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By Alex McVeigh

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Gathering clouds and a light rain didn’tdeter hundreds of people from attending the Great Falls Spring Festival Sun-day, which was held at the Village Green.

For Shelby Nelson, 7, of Great Falls, it would havetaken a lot worse than that to keep her away.

“She woke up this morning, saw it was raining andhad the raincoats for the entire family ready beforewe could barely get downstairs,” said her father Jeff.“I should have known.”

Shelby said she couldn’t wait to attend the festi-val, because “all of my friends have been to otherones, but we just moved, so I wanted to enjoy it withthem.”

The area behind the Post Office just west of theGreat Falls Village Centre was filled with rides, in-cluding a climbing wall, the Dixie Kart Wheel (whichspun riders upside down), the Monkey Motion (whichallowed users to strap bungie cords on themselves

and bounce on an inflatable trampoline) and manymore.

“It was so much fun,” said Maddie Paulsen, 12, ofGreat Falls, after riding the Dixie Kart Wheel. “But itwas creepy how you go from seeing the ground tothe sky so quickly.”

Over at the Village Green, vendors from aroundthe area peddled their crafts, art, jewelry and otherhandmade items. For Jayson Hoberman of Vienna,the two parts of the festival allowed him to kill twobirds with one stone.

“I thought it was mostly just rides and stuff for thekids,” he said. “But I was actually able to look aroundand find something for my wife for Mother’s Day nextweek. The only problem is, if I tell her I got it at theSpring Festival, does that mean I waited till the lastminute?”

The gazebo on the green was host to several localmusic acts throughout the day, including Cashmere’sTopia, made up of juniors from Langley and HerndonHigh Schools.

“It was a little awkward squeezing all of us andour stuff onto the gazebo, but it was also a lot offun,” said Kevin Nejad, guitarist and singer for thegroup. “There were a lot of happy people dancingright in front of us, and that’s all that really mat-tered, that people enjoyed the music.”

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

When GordonTheriault, whomoved to Great

Falls a few months ago, decidedto head down to Katie’s CoffeeShop Saturday morning he hadno idea what he was in for.Theriault drives an Audi A4,which he calls “pretty fancy, butnothing crazy,” but when herolled into the parking lot, hewas greeted with the sight ofFerraris, Porsches,Lamborghinis and those werejust the ones he recognized.

“I was thinking, ‘what onearth have I stumbled into? Isthis the standard in GreatFalls?’” he said.

Theriault was partially right,

it’s not that everyone in GreatFalls drives cars that run intosix figures, but Cars and Coffeeis a standard Saturday morningaffair in Great Falls. The weeklyevent (when the weather iswarm) brings together car col-lectors, enthusiasts and driverstogether to check out the fanci-est things on four wheels.

“It was really cool, I got mycoffee and ended up spendingabout an hour just walkingaround checking out the cars,and I’m not even a car buff,”Theriault said. “I did snap somepictures with my phone though,and after I show them to thekids, I have a feeling we’ll behere next week.”

A crowd admires an Austin convertible Saturdaymorning during Cars and Coffee at the Great FallsVillage Centre.

Saturday EventsStart in Great FallsCars and Coffee, farmer’smarket begin regular schedules.

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Festival Springs to LifeSpring Festival returns toGreat Falls.

From left, Kevin Nejad,and Brian Patterson,juniors at Langley HighSchool and NicholasBlack, a junior atHerndon High School,perform as Cashmere’sTopia at the gazebo inthe Great Falls VillageCentre during the SpringFestival Sunday.

From left, Regan Kassing, 11 and Maddie Paulsen, 12 ofGreat Falls prepare to be flipped upside down whileriding the Dixie Wheel Kart during the Great Falls SpringFestival Sunday.

From left, Samantha Forman,11 and Nicole Schwein, 13help draw a section of amural provided by the GreatFalls Studios at the SpringFestival Sunday.

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To have community events listed in theConnection, send to [email protected]. Deadline isFriday.

SATURDAY/MAY 7Great Falls Garden Club Annual

Plant Sale. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. There will also be aGarden Treasures Sale of itemsranging from plant related books tohousehold items donated by Clubmembers. www.gfgardenclub.org.

MONDAY/MAY 9Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support

Group. 5 p.m. Lewinsville Adult DayHealth Care Center, 1609 Great FallsRoad, McLean. 703-734-1718.

Preschool Open House. 10 a.m.Christ the King Lutheran Church,10550 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Reserve at703 759-6935 [email protected].

TUESDAY/MAY 10Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support

Group. 5 p.m. The SylvestryAssisted Living, 1728 Kirby Road,McLean. 703-506-2122.

McLean Branch of the AmericanAssociation of UniversityWomen Spring Dinner. 6:45 p.m.Assaggi Osteria, 6641 Old DominionDrive, McLean. With Andrew Kreig,Executive Director of the JusticeIntegrity Project, on “One Man’sReflection on the Erosion of Women’sMovement Gains-and What To DoAbout It.” $38. 703-356-0529 orwww.mcleanaauw.org.

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By Meredith Billman-Mani

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Great Falls suffered enormous losses onSeptember 11, 2001. Per capita, thesmall community lost more membersthan any other town. In the months fol-

lowing the terrorist attacks on New York City andWashington, D.C., residents and business ownerscame together to commemorate the loss. The Free-dom Memorial, behind the Great Falls Public Library,stands as a testament to the lives lost and the spirit

of the people in Great Falls.There are six weeping cherry trees ringing the

memorial. Mere saplings when they were planted,as nearly a decade has passed, the trees have ma-tured and add strength and beauty to the memorialnow. There is one tree for each of the residents whowere killed on Flight 77, the airplane that hit thePentagon on 9-11 and changed the town forever.Those lost that day were: 1st Lt. Richard Gabriel,USMC, Retired, Ann C. Judge, Barbara K. Olson, LisaJ. Raines, Diane M. Simmons, and George W.Simmons.

Great Falls, McLean ResidentsReact to bin Laden’s Death

Bill Gehrke, Great Falls“It’s a long time coming, but it’s a

worthwhile event. There are bad people inthe world.”

Wayne Gamotis, Great Falls“I’m glad we finally resolved this issue.”

Frank Smith, Chief, Volunteer FireDepartment, Great Falls

“There were a lot of first responders whodied as a result of 9-11. This is closure fora lot of families that lost loved ones. Thiswas a long time coming. This will helpbring closure.”

Bruce Stark, McLean Firefighter“Not that it brings any justice, just poetic

justice I guess. I lost a lot of friends thatday. My partner went in the tower to gethis wife, she was pregnant. She came outand he didn’t.”

David Souza, McLean“It’s about damn time. The fact

that we got him, finally got thatbastard, well, he got what hedeserved. This brings somepeace to the people who havelost someone, that day or in themilitary. Americas is moreprepared now.”

Cindy Flores, McLean“I’m surprised he was actually caught

after so many years. I wonder how it’sgoing to turn out. I mean, what’s going tohappen now.”

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As a couple, Mayo and Connie Stuntz ofVienna have been married for 64 years.As a team they have combined their skillsto write three books, “This Was Vienna,

Virginia,” in 1987, “This Was Tysons Corner, Virginia,”in 1990 and “This Was Virginia: 1900-1927” in 1998.Connie, who has an English degree from Duke wrotethe books and Mayo, a World War II veteran andretired government worker, provided the photo-graphs.

“Connie did all the writing for our books, my de-sire was simply to get a photo of every house onChain Bridge Road from Tysons Corner to Oakton,”Mayo Stuntz said. “And I got them all but one, whichwas knocked down.”

Mayo and Connie were honored by the Great FallsHistorical Society April 27, who awarded the duothe Jean Tibbetts History Award. Tibbetts, whopassed away in 2004, was a former president of theGFHS, a historical researcher and author. The GFHSestablished the award to recognize local writers forexcellence in research and writing.

“We started researching wills and records in 1979,and it was wonderful learning about all these namesthat were so important in this area,” Connie Stuntzsaid.

THE WRITING of their first book took them almosteight years, as they balanced their research with run-ning an antique store. Though the award was pre-sented to both people, Mayo was quick to heap mostof the credit on his wife.

“Working with Connie has always been a pleasure,she always knew what to do next,” he said.

Kathy Heberg of the GFHS said the two FairfaxCounty natives were personally responsible for pre-serving important parts of this area’s history.

“Their works, based on primary sources and me-ticulously researched, explore earlier times in FairfaxCounty life,” she said. “A great amount of this infor-mation would be lost were it not for their love of

history and hard work.”Mayo Stuntz attended Cornell University and

served in the Pacific during World War II. He was afounding member of the Fairfax County History Com-mission and has served as president of the HistoricalSociety of Fairfax County.

Connie Stuntz currently serves as president of His-toric Vienna, Inc., and also wrote a 2005 book, “AView of Falls Church, Virginia,” which was based onthe diaries of the owner of the Highland View prop-erty in Falls Church from 1881-1889.

THE GFHS also elected new officers at the meet-ing, with Vice President Kathleen Murphy elected un-opposed. Murphy credited outgoing president JacqueOlin with getting her involved with the organization.

“I became vice president here on a visit, with nobackground, but Jacque gave me guidance and sug-gestions all the time,” Murphy said. “And for that,I’m grateful.”

Olin served as president for five years. GFHS mem-ber Betty Swartz said Olin helped come up with thegroup’s more successful programs.

“She came up with programs that no one wouldthink of, and we were always able to get a largeamount of people to attend,” Swartz said.

Looking IntoArea’s PastMayo and Connie Stuntzawarded 2011 JeanTibbetts History Award.

From right, outgoing Great Falls HistoricalSociety President Jacque Olin presents the2011 Jean Tibbetts History Award toConnie and Mayo Stuntz of Vienna whohave written three books about localhistory.

From right, Betty Swartz presents outgo-ing Great Falls Historical Society PresidentJacque Olin with a bouquet of flowers,thanking her for her five years of leader-ship.

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

The students at the Mar-garet Haddad Studio ofClassical Ballet will

present a two-act ballet versionof “Bambi” May 7 at the Ma-deira School. The performancewill feature 75 students fromages four to their early twen-ties.

“A performance like this givesthe children more insight intoparts they know very well fromclassic children’s stories,”

Haddad said. “It’s a differentway to experience a story we’reall familiar with.”

Students will play the part ofeverything from baby deer totrees whose blooms change foreach season.

Performances will take placeat 2 and 7 p.m. on May 7. Tick-ets are $18 for adults, $16 forseniors and students and $12for children. The MadeiraSchool is located at 8328Georgetown Pike in McLean.Tickets can be purchased bycalling 703-359-3366.

Haddad Studio to presenttwo-act ballet “Bambi.”

‘Bambi,’ Ballet Style

Students from the Margaret Haddad Studio ofClassical Ballet in Great Falls will present “Bambi”May 7 at the Madeira School.

Students from the Margaret Haddad Studio ofClassical Ballet in Great Falls will present “Bambi”May 7 at the Madeira School.

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The members of the Artist’s Atelier of Great Fallshave been invited to show their work at the Centerfor the Arts Caton Merchant Family Gallery inManassas from May 6 to June 17. They will takepart in the Old Town Manassas Gallery Walk on May6 from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitors to the gallery receptionwill have an opportunity to meet the artists and dis-cuss their work.

The Artist’s Atelier is a group of fourteen artistswho share studio space at 1144 Walker Road suitesD & G, in the Colvin Run business district of GreatFalls. All of the Atelier artists are members of Great

Falls Studios. The artists of the Atelier are BrendaDrake, Jennifer Duncan, Hwa Crawford, ChrisRollins, Michaela Mansino, Jill Banks, Walt Laurence,Nancy Keene, Tina Learned, Mollie Vardell , Marga-ret Power, Mehrnaz Moussavi, Elaine Elinsky, JohnMcCabe and Terri Parent.

The Atelier space as well as the Great Falls Schoolof Art are supported by the Great Falls FoundationFor The Arts which was founded as a non-profit artsorganization in 2007 by members of Great Falls Stu-dios to provide a vehicle for raising money to helpbring an Art Center to our community.

Reception willbe held onFriday, May 6,6 – 8 p.m.offering theManassas artlovers theopportunity tomeet GreatFalls artistsand enjoyrefreshments.

Great Falls Artists to Exhibit in Manassas

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Opinion

May 3 is World Press FreedomDay, a time to remember thatin 2010, 44 journalists weremurdered around the world to

stop them from reporting the facts. In 2011,so far, 16 journalists have been murdered.

The day serves as a reminder to governmentsof the need to respect press freedom, alsoserves as a day of reflection on professionalethics and press freedom for those who workin media, a day of support for journalists andorganizations of all kinds who are tar-gets, and a day of remembrance forthose journalists who lost their livesin the exercise of their profession.

The UN General assembly proclaimed May3 as World Press Freedom Day in 1993, as areminder that in dozens of countries aroundthe world, publications are censored, fined,suspended and closed down, while journalists,editors and publishers are harassed, attacked,detained and even murdered.

At the Connection, we are reminded of theimportance of press freedom internationallyby the daily presence of Kemal Kurspahic. Of

the 50 World Press Freedom Heroes named10 years ago, who were honored again inVienna, Austria last September, one is KemalKurspahic, managing editor here at the Con-nection. Kurspahic is managing editor andcommunity editor for the Vienna, McLean,Great Falls, Reston and Oak Hill/HerndonConnections.

In December 1988, Kemal Kurspahic wasnamed editor-in-chief of Oslobodjenje,Sarajevo’s 70,000 circulation daily newspaper,

the first elected by the paper’s staff.Before that, the Communist Party hadcontrolled all editorial appointments.Then after the communists were

ousted and Bosnia’s first democratic electionsheld, Kurspahic battled to maintain editorialindependence against a coalition of national-ist parties through a constitutional court casein 1991.

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina,despite snipers’ bullets, constant shelling, andnewsprint shortages, the paper’s multi-ethnicstaff of Bosnians, Serbs and Croats, guided byKurspahic, worked day and night in a nuclear

bomb shelter to put out a daily issue of thepaper, providing one of the city’s only sourcesof information.

In the United States, freedom of the press isprotected by the Constitution.

While the challenges in Northern Virginiapale in comparison, we also remember thatthere are miles to go in openness and trans-parency in government.

More: www.wpfd2011.org, www.cpj.org,www.freemedia.at/awards/world-press-free-dom-heroes

Happy Mother’s DayAround the world, but more so in our area,

mothers run the company, the town, theschools, the county, the world, as well as thefamily, the PTA, the soccer (and lacrosse, soft-ball, baseball, football, track …) team.

Thanks, moms, for all you do, and for dem-onstrating to all of us that anything is possible.

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Self-proclaimedGovernmentTo the Editor:

Your article on the placement ofan assisted living medical facilityon the site of the former Thelma’s[“Thelma’s Revisited,’ Great FallsConnection, April 27-May 3, 2011]would have us believe there is anew level of government in FairfaxCounty – that of the Great FallsCitizen’s Association. For thosewho may not understand this, theGFCA is essentially a club ofpeople with vested interests.While they may do good thingsfrom time to time in Great Fallswe must be clear when we statethey are not a government bodyand as such have no statutory de-cision-making authority over mat-ters of property in Great Falls. Yet,the people on the Board of GFCAthat are quoted in your articlewould have us believe they can,and do, make decisions that im-pact our enjoyment and use of ourown property. Further, by his ac-tions, our actual elected leader,Supervisor Foust, seems to havegranted GFCA special decision-making authority to decide whatkind of a facility will be placed onthis site. That they are doing thisdespite the fact that not one of themembers of the Board of GFCAlives in close proximity to the pro-posed site and will not have tosuffer the attendant noise, traffic,lights, delivery vehicles, and pol-lution is simply ill mannered andwrong.

The sanctimonious decision bythe GFCA that a facility that willbe 57,000 square feet, half ofwhich will be built on propertycurrently zoned R1 (residential)and which will be towering in theback of the property overlookingthe property of the neighbors (asthe GFCA granted its approval pro-vided Brightview did not build thebulk of the structure too close toColvin Run Road where they mightsee it when they pass by) and forwhich there will be less than thestandard 20 foot setback from theproperty lines, amounts to a dic-tatorship of vested interests. Itmay be news to these self-pro-claimed rulers that a large num-ber of neighbors who live in closeproximity to this proposed behe-moth do not want it. Not that wewere ever actually asked; we didnot know about it because we arenot members of the GFCA. Sur-prise! How could we be asked? Itis not like Brightview was trans-parent and let us know.

Indeed Mr. Foust only ap-proached the GFCA to gain its ap-proval and in so doing all butgranted the GFCA club special fa-vor as some kind of de facto gov-erning body. As a result the claimis that Brightview has planned thisfor a year with the help of the GFCAand essentially its “late in the pro-cess” for those of us who just foundout about it to do anything aboutit. Really? I guess that is whatcourts are for: to decide whetherthese new levels of self-proclaimedgovernment do not actually haveauthority over citizens who pay

taxes. Hopefully Supervisor Foustwill also understand this and real-ize he is the elected official who issupposed to represent us againstcorporations that would destroyour neighborhood

Kim ThachukGreat Falls

Preserving theCharacterOf Great FallsTo the Editor:

I was reading the Thelma’s Re-visited article [Great Falls Connec-tion, April 27-May 3, 2011] andhave a couple of points to make. Icompletely agree with the need tobuild a senior assisting living fa-cility in Great Falls and taking careof the “Aging in Great Falls” per-spective. But I also think weshould have to achieve win-win inthis Brightview proposal. It shouldnot change the character of GreatFalls, which are Low Density, Semi-Rural, and Historic as Great FallsCitizens Association stated on theirWebsite.

Unfortunately, people wish forthe best and do the opposite. First,they demolished the Thelma’shouse during the middle of thenight; Then, they want to build 56units apartment Senior Living Fa-cility on it; Third, they found it’snot making money and want tobuild 90 units on the R-1 residen-tial plot as well by seeking countySpecial Exception; Finally, they

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didn’t want to reveal that they willcharge you $6000 to $8000 permonth without accepting Medi-care for that Senior living apart-ment (It’s on the video of March23 public hearing. The Brightviewlawyer said they will charge$6000-$8000 per month). Ofcourse, they will provide 4% of theapartments for those low-incomesenior residents to meet the mini-mum State requirement for sucha facility, which is peanuts.

I was wondering how manypeople can afford that. On theother hand, we have Great FallsManor, a senior living at the vil-lage center that has vacancy. Wealso have Great Falls Assisting Liv-ing across Route 7 at Herndonwith almost 60% of vacancy. Theyhave been heavily marketed in theGreat Falls and Fairfax county dur-ing the past two years. In a word,low-income senior living is an is-sue at Fairfax County. But it’s nevera high-end one like Brightviewproposed.

Michael YuGreat Falls

Opposing SpecialExceptionsTo the Editor:

Thank you for the article aboutthe Brightview Assisted Living fa-cility being built in Great Falls[“Thelma’s Revisited,’ Great FallsConnection, April 27-May 3,


“It is the supreme art ofthe teacher to awaken joyin creative expression andknowledge.” —Albert Einstein

The parents of Fairfax County love and respect the wonderfuljob that all of our public school teachers do daily with our mostprecious resource…our children.For Teacher Appreciation Week, consider returning the loveto our teachers by giving them what they and their familiesmost need:

Money to survive!

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• Fairfax County teachers have had no salary or COLA increase in the pasttwo years.

• Teachers in Loudoun (3% COLA ) and adjoining Northern Virginia countiesare being given raises THIS year.

• County workers are being given a raise THIS year.• Many teachers in Fairfax have had to take second jobs to pay their bills

and provide for their children, which takes time away from their abilityto do extra-curricular work (like sponsoring clubs or mentoring) for FCPS.

Please give back to our hard-working teachers this week: E-mail your School Boardmembers and tell them to make those who educate, love and protect our childrentheir priority in this year’s budget!

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Dion Roy. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

DVD of Watercolorist CharlesReid. 10:15 a.m. Vienna ArtCenter, 115 Pleasant St. N.W.,Vienna. Bring watercolor suppliesand practice techniques. Free.www.ViennaArtsSociety.org, 703-319-3971

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Social Justice Yard Sale. 7 a.m.-1p.m. Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. www.uucf.org [email protected].

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“Bambi.” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. MadeiraSchool, 8328 Georgetown Pike,McLean. The Studio of ClassicalBallet presents a two-act children’sballet. 703-759-3366.

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The McLean Orchestra wel-comes back internationallyrenowned Maestro Emil deCou as guest conductor for

its grand finale concert, “Puppet Strings,”on Saturday, May 14, at 8 p.m. This per-formance, to be heldat Oakcrest School inMcLean, will end theorchestra’s 39th sea-son, “A Season of En-chantment.”

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McLean Orchestra’s Principal Cellist AmyWard Butler closing the season withDvorak’s epic Cello Concerto in B Minor.

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By Alex McVeigh

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Local schools are takingextra steps to make surestewardship of the envi-ronment starts at a

young age. Many schools in theLangley High School pyramid, in-cluding Cooper Middle School,Churchill Road, Franklin Shermanand Spring Hill Elementary Schoolhave recently been certified by theNational Wildlife Federation asEco-Schools.

The program, which is a stu-dent-implemented program, aimsto improve the use of indoor andoutdoor spaces on school property.Students, faculty and parents fromLangley have been meetingthroughout the school year to bestdiscover ways to make their schoolgreen. On Saturday, Langley offi-cially began installing two nativehabitats in the courtyard in thecenter of the school.

“It’s not about beautification, it’sabout enhancing our curriculumoutdoors, where we can see first-hand what goes on,” said ElaineTholen, environmental educationmanager with Fairfax County Pub-lic Schools. Tholen was also theNWF’s Volunteer of the Year in2006. “Younger students get to seethat nature is cool, and we buildon that to see how important it isin our community, our state andworldwide.”

ALMOST A DOZEN students andparents came to the school to in-stall the two habitats Saturday.One, located on the north side ofthe courtyard, get plenty of sunand will be a meadow habitat. Theother is located at the southwestcorner, and has a lot more shade,so it’s more of a woodland habi-tat. Both will attract native birds,insects and other animals.

Staff from Potomac Flower andLandscape Design helped the stu-dents plant. The school also ap-plied for and received $2,120 from

the Fairfax County Public SchoolSchoolyard Stewardship grant.

“It’s nice to have a courtyardthat’s blocked off by the school, sosome animals can’t get it, but wedon’t have to worry about deereating the plants,” Tholen said.

She also said that studentsacross the range of subjects canuse the plants for study, whetherit’s Social Studies students learn-ing how Native Americans in thearea used the plants, or Environ-mental Science students learningabout details of the plant struc-ture.

Dede Den Hartog, the AP Envi-ronmental Science teacher at Lan-gley, says that green learning rep-resents a host of new opportuni-ties to students.

“More and more colleges areoffering environmental science orrelated degrees, and working onthings like this can really helpthem,” she said. “It’s important forthem to realize that the environ-ment is everywhere around us, notjust something you see on a schoolfield trip.”

Senior Farhan Khan was one ofthe students helping plant thehabitats. Khan and Langley stu-dents Amanda Baker, PaigeMurray and Anna Helmer helpedwrite the grant proposal for the

project.“I just wanted to help this court-

yard look nice,” Khan said. “Andit’s always fun to work outside.”

Baker said after she got in-volved, she was “very interestedin the impact something like thiscan have.”

High schoolers aren’t the onlyones in the area learning about theenvironment in their schoolyard.Students at the Village Green DaySchool held their annual environ-mental event, as part of their questto be certified an Eco-School.

“We encourage children to re-purpose, re-use and recycle, andwe welcomed back some new andold returning families while we didit,“ said Paula Shapiro, director ofcurriculum for the school. “Wemade degradable pots out of news-papers and bird feeders out ofused milk and juice cartons.”

VILLAGE GREEN is big on theidea of the “outdoor classroom”which allows students to learnoutside of the confines of the in-door room.

“It’s a joy to get together gen-erations of families at an event likethis to promote the idea of an out-door classroom,” said LynneSimmons, founder and presidentof the Village Green Day School.

LocalSchoolsGo GreenLangley High,Village GreenDay Schoolenjoy localenvironment.

Langley freshmen Robert Guidry and Michael Cox prepareto plant native meadow plants in the Langley High Schoolcourtyard Saturday.

Lynne Simmons, founder and president of Village GreenDay School and Paula Shapiro, director of curriculum atthe new “Three Sisters” garden, containing beans, cornand squash at the school.

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First, the county is granting aspecial exception to build a com-mercial facility in a 3.56 acre lot,where the zoning regulation statesthat a minimum of 5 acres is re-quired for a commercial facility.

Second, out of 3.56 acres 2.22acres is zoned as R1 (Residential1). So the Planing Commission hasrecommended granting specialexception to build the property onR1 zoned parcel of the lot.

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From Page 8 cal facility where the current zon-ing regulation does not allow amedical facility in a C8 zoned lot.

Fourth, the Planing Commissionhas not taken into considerationthe privacy and impacts to thequality of life for the immediateresidents.

Fifth, Brightview is giving sub-stantial donations to the Friendsof the Colvin Run Mill as a part ofthe proposal.

As a Great Falls resident I amconcerned that granting specialexceptions are slippery slope. Idread what is next? A well fundedbuilder gives a donations and gets“Special Exception” to build aCondo in Great Falls?

By granting this Special Excep-tion, the Planning Commission isbreaking a sacred trust. This willdeter future residents from invest-ing top dollars to live in GreatFalls.

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Epiphany United MethodistChurch, 1014 Country Club Drive inVienna, wil l hold a Mother ’s &Women’s Sunday service May 8 at 11a.m. The sermon will be “The WindBeneath Our Wings.” 703-938-3494 [email protected].

The Andrew Chapel UnitedMethodist Church Bell Choir 25thAnniversary Celebration will be May 22at the church, 1301 Trap Road, Vienna.A pot luck dinner begins at 6 p.m. fol-lowed by the bell performance.www.andrewchapelumc.org or 703-759-3509.

Trinity United MethodistChurch, 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd.,McLean, Sunday worship services are at8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School foradults is at 9:30 a.m. and for childrenduring the 10:30 a.m. worship service.Youth Group for grades 7-12 meets Sun-day nights, 6 - 7:30 p.m. A 20-minuteservice of Holy Communion is held eachWednesday at 12 p.m. 703-356-3312 orumtrinity.org.

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Centering Prayer offered at St.Dunstan’s, 1830 Kirby Road, McLean,Tuesdays at 7-7:45 p.m. Centeringprayer is meditation and contemplativeprayer, wordless, trusting, opening ofself to the divine presence. Instructionoffered. [email protected].

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Charles Wesley andChesterbrook United MethodistChurches invite the community to a20-minute weekly service of prayer andHoly Communion in the Charles Wesleysanctuary, 6817 Dean Drive in McLean,at 12 p.m. Thursdays. At the conclusionof the service, there is a time of indi-vidual blessing, anointing and healingprayer. 703-356-6336.

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“He knows where to find these thingsonline, I don‘t have a clue” said Philip Aschwith a laugh. “But he’s always been intoDodge Vipers, and outside a dealership ordriving on a road, you don’t see them toooften, so it’s a good chance for him. Whoknows? Maybe one day he’ll remember thisand buy me one.”

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Just down Walker Road at the VillageGreen Day School, another Great Fallswarm-weather tradition kicked off with theopening of the Farmer’s Market. Moved tothe school this year, the market featureslocal fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs and otherculinary goods from local farmers and mer-chants.

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Craig Hagaman of High View Farm inClarke County is at the market for the firstyear this year. Hagaman sells to The OldBrogue and a few other local businesses,and decided the farmer’s market would bea good place to sell his pork, sausage, wholechickens and free-range eggs.

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Prior to the 2010 spring boys’ la-crosse season 15 months ago,Langley coach Earl Brewer won-dered which of his players - those

who had not been front-liners the year be-fore when the Saxons had won their first-ever state championship - would step up totake on larger roles. A bunch of key mem-bers of the ’09 state championship team hadgraduated and Brewer realized his teamwould have a different look in 2010. As itturned out, numerous Saxons stepped upto the forefront. The result was a secondconsecutive state crown last spring.

Interestingly enough, Brewer had thesame kinds of questions regarding his teamgoing into the current season. A core groupof prominent players had graduated andless experienced varsity players would haveto step up. And, to the coach’s pleasure, thathas, once again, been the case. Langley hasreceived solid, consistently good seasonsfrom players who were not necessarily keyplayers a year ago but have shined this sea-son. So with the postseason set to begin thisFriday night with the Saxons hosting Fairfaxin a first round Liberty District tournamentcontest, hopes are high that Langley mightbe able to put together another memorablepostseason. Friday night will be a playoffdouble-header at Langley with the Saxongirls set to play at 5:30 and the boys to fol-low at about 7:30.

Langley, going into this week, was 9-2overall with just one final regular seasongame remaining - that contest set to beplayed at non-district opponent Oakton on

Tuesday, May 3 - before the startup of dis-tricts later in the week.

“I feel pretty confident and I feel the sameas last year,” said Brewer. “We’ve had a lotof guys fill in [to bigger roles] who didn’tplay last year who have done a real goodjob. The same thing happened last year.”

Going into the postseason, Brewer feelsgood about his club.

“We’re pretty healthy,” he said. “Luck andinjuries play a big part in every season.”

The team’s only real serious injury thisyear occurred early on when senior attackTanner Stack, who had put together a goodpre-season and was vying for a starting po-sition, suffered a season-ending knee injuryjust a couple of games into the regular sea-son. Stack is healing nicely and is lookingforward to playing in college at ChistopherNewport University next year.

PERHAPS LANGLEY’S most interestingseason has come from junior attack SeanAhearn, who a year ago enjoyed an out-

standing season as a sophomore with 30-plus goals and 15 assists. This season hasseen Ahearn’s numbers turn around. He hasnot scored as many goals this season (16),but he has twice as many assists (32).Brewer said Ahearn benefited greatly in thegoal-scoring department last year as a re-sult of former teammates Ethan Bailey andJack Lundeen, both since graduated, oftengetting the ball to him in scoring position.This year, Ahearn has taken on more of aset-up/assist role and has continued to blos-som as an all-around player.

“It’s a complete turnaround from lastyear,” said Brewer, of Ahearn’s statisticalnumbers and on-field role. “Basically, Baileyand Lundeen carried the ball last year andSean finished. This year, he’s carrying theball.”

This year, Ahearn, who is the first juniorin Brewer’s 17 years at Langley to be nameda team captain by his teammates, has con-sistently gotten the ball to fellow attackstandouts Mikey Adams, a junior with 27goals and five assists, and Jack Sandusky, asenior with 21 goals and 15 assists.

“Sean has just been tremendous,” saidBrewer. “If he is out of the game [in a lop-sided affair] he is always on the sidelinesupporting the backups. And he’s alwaysrallying teammates in tight games.”

Brewer said Ahearn, who is an EagleScout, is the type of team member who willgo around picking up balls around the fieldfollowing practice - anything to set a posi-tive example.

“He’ll do whatever it takes to win,” saidthe coach.

Adams and Sandusky have both put to-gether impressive seasons. Adams is anoutstanding shooter.

“His shooting percentage is over 50 per-cent, which is unheard of in lacrosse,” saidBrewer. “When he gets [in shooting posi-tion], he finishes. He’s also been the recipi-ent of a lot of feeds from Sean.”

Sandusky, a spot starter last year, has be-come one of the team’s top players. Hescored four goals, including the game-win-ner, in Langley’s overtime win over Chantillyover spring break. Sandusky seems to stepup in big moments. In the region finals lossto Robinson last year, he received moreminutes as a result of Bailey being out ofthe line-up with a concussion. He scoredtwo goals and had a pair of assists in thetitle game loss to the Rams.

“I knew Jack was going to be a goodplayer last year,” said Brewer. “He was tre-mendous in that [Robinson] game. I knewat that moment Jack was a player. Whenyou see a guy step up like that in a big game,you have so much confidence in him.”

IN THE MIDFIELD, Langley has receivedstellar seasons from sophomore Luke Salzer(10 goals, 12 assists) and senior DavisWagner. Salzer has blazing speed and runsthe field extremely well. Last year, as afreshman, he scored a goal in the Saxons’state title game win.

“He’s scoring and teams have to knowwhere he is, he’s so fast and quick,” saidBrewer.

Wagner, meanwhile, saw limited playingtime last year but has been a part ofLangley’s first midfield this spring.

“He’s done a tremendous job,” saidBrewer. “He just does real smart things onthe field for us.”

Leading the Saxons’ defense has beenBrenden Dwyer, who was recently selectedas the District Defensive Player of the Yearby the coaches. Dwyer, a three-year varsitystarter and a team captain, will, like team-mate Stack, being playing collegiate la-crosse at Christopher Newport next year.

“He locks down the defense and his endof the field,” said Brewer. “He’s not so mucha vocal leader, but a leader by how he plays.He doesn’t get beat and he doesn’t make[mental] mistakes.

Dwyer has been the leader of a defensethat includes younger players such as jun-ior Chandler Suk (First Team All-District),who received limited playing time last year,and sophomores Brad Dotson (Second TeamAll-District) and Robbie Byrne (HonorableMention All-District).

An outstanding year in the net has comefrom Andrew Spivey, a junior and First TeamAll-District selection.

“He has just stepped up and become agreat goalie,” said Brewer.

Senior Ryan Long, who is also headed toChristopher Newport to play lacrosse, hasplayed well at goalie in a backup role.

Langley will be looking to win its fourthconsecutive district title at the upcomingtournament. The Saxons finished first in theregular season district standings. There wasa three-way tie for second place betweenMadison, Stone Bridge, and South Lakes.

“We’re going to have our hands full at thedistrict tournament,” said Brewer, who, thispast Friday, taught his final day as a physi-cal education/health teacher at CooperMiddle School in McLean and is now re-tired. “It won’t be a walk in the park.”

The Langley High boys’ lacrosse team, just as it did last year, will belooking to make some postseason memories in the weeks ahead. TheSaxons host Fairfax in a first round district playoff game this Fridaynight at 7:30.

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The regular season is nearing an end for theLangley High girls’ tennis team. Going into thisweek, the Saxons were scheduled to play only twomore Liberty District regular season matches - atMcLean on Monday, May 2, and at home versusJefferson on Wednesday, May 4. The district tour-nament is set to begin next week.

Last year, Langley won the Liberty District in aplayoff with Thomas Jefferson and McLean. TheSaxons then went on to finish second in the North-ern Region tournament behind championMcLean. But Langley still qualified for the stateplayoffs where it reached the semifinals beforelosing to eventual champion Mills Godwin (Rich-mond area), which won its fourth consecutivestate title.

Langley, going into this week, was 12-0 andfirst place in the district standings, ahead of bothJefferson and McLean. Both the Colonials andHighlanders had two losses going into the week.In singles and doubles play combined, the Langleygirls have won an astounding 98 of 107 matches(92 percent) over the course of their 12 teamwins.

The following is a recap of the last week of

Langley matches.Langley vs. Madison (April 27): On Senior

Night, host Langley defeated much-improvedStone Bridge, 6-2. In singles, Langley had winsfrom Kathryn Emery (No. 1 seed), Kitty Branche(No. 2), Vivian Louthan (No. 3), and ParniaZehedi (No. 6). In doubles, the Saxons had winsfrom their No. 1 team of Kathryn Emery and KittyBranche; and their No. 2 team of Vivian Louthanand Rorie McQuade. The Saxons’ No. 3 doublesteam of Sophia Vasiliadis and Parnia Zehedi wereahead 4-2 in their match when rain halted theaction. Langley, on the special Senior Day occa-sion, celebrated the high school careers of seniorsSophia Vasiliadis, Parnia Zehedi, and RorieMcQuade.

Langley vs. Marshall (April 25): Host Langleydefeated Marshall 9-0. In singles, Langley hadwins from Kathryn Emery (No. 1), Kitty Branche(No. 2), Vivian Louthan (No. 3), Rorie McQuade(No. 4), Jenny Liu (No. 5), and Meghan Braselton(No. 6). In doubles, the Saxons had wins fromKathryn Emery and Kitty Branche at No. 1; VivianLouthan and Rorie McQuade at No. 2; andMcKenzie Malpede and Jenny Liu at No. 3.

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