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South County Presents‘At the Water’s Edge’

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South County High Chamber Singersperformed in the Oct. 16 Fall seasonconcert titled “At the Water’s Edge.”

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The Fairfax County Federation of Teachers would like to thank all ofthe 2014 award winners listed above for their consistent advocacy,proactive communications, and support of our workforce over thepast year. We publicly acknowledge their efforts to make a differencein the lives of FCPS employees. Thank you for caring about us; itmatters and is appreciated.

Karen Garza Superintendent, FCPSRamona Morrow President, FCCPTAMegan McLaughlin (Braddock District)Elizabeth Schultz (Springfield District)

Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill District)Patty Reed (Providence District)Sandy Evans (Mason District)

Dan Storck (Mount Vernon District)Tammy Derenak Kaufax (Lee District)

Ryan McElveen (At Large)Janie Strauss (Dranesville District)

Ilryong Moon (At Large)

2014 FCFTPresident’s Award

2014 FCFTPresident’s Award

for Outstanding Advocacyfor the Employees of FCPS


News

By Tim Peterson

The Connection

Julie Thompson isn’t a voodoopriestess. But the stay-at-homemother, of Clifton plays, one, onenight of the year, in a skit for

Clifton’s Haunted Trail.“Voodoo draws from so many different

religions; it freaks people out because youcan’t peg it,” said skit leader Sara Holbrook.“Voodoo altars typically have a raised piecein the middle with statue of Virgin Mary,rum bottles all around, a rosary and voo-doo dolls.”

Holbrook and Thompson’s skit will bemore of an “authentic” installation piecethan choreographed skit, due to Holbrook’sextensive research.

“I want to make it as detail-oriented aspossible,” said Holbrook, “as visually lay-ered and rich as possible. It’s the same feel-ing set designers get. That’s the part thatappeals to me.”

She doesn’t mind the role-playing andexhilaration of scaring people, however.

“When you realize you’ve disguised your-self so effectively that people look at youand they’re like Whoa, you get a reaction,that’s really cool,” said Holbrook, also astay-at-home mom living in Clifton. “I haveno desire to act in my real life, but it’s funone night of the year.”

CLIFTON’S ONE-AND-DONE “HauntedTrail” around the eight-acre Buckley Parkhas been an annual fundraiser for the his-toric town since 2001.

“It was Civil War-era town,” said Thomp-son. “A lot of people have said these his-toric homes, residences are thought to behaunted. We thought this was somethingcool to embellish.”

The first year included just five skits, per-formed as visitors are lead around the tikitorch-lit park trail, but over the years thetrail has ballooned to nearly two dozen skitsfor the 2014 fright fest. Each skit includes

six to seven people. They span the gruesomegamut.

“This year we’re doing haunted toys, aCivil War scene,” said Thompson. “There’salways vampires, witches, pirates, scaryclowns. And someone does kind of a ‘Si-lence of the Lambs’ thing. He doesn’t call itanything.”

There’s also appearances from a gang ofhidden chainsaw operators, a botched (wecan’t say how) electric chair execution andperiodic appearances from Fairfax County’sown urban legend the Bunnyman.

Upwards of 200 volunteer actors and hos-pitality crew from Clifton, South Countyand Centreville High Schools and RobinsonSecondary School will put on this year’sevent from 7-10 p.m. on Oct. 25. Projectmanager Steve Bitner said they’re expect-ing several thousand visitors to comethrough the town and trail.

“In that three hours, we had close to 3,000come through a few years ago,” said Bitner.“It’s a big event for the town when you do

the math.”“It’s a great fundraiser for the town,” said

Holbrook. “It reinforces that sense of com-munity Clifton’s known for: coming to-gether and seeing what all your friends havedone.”

Bitner said the one to two-mile circularloop trail should take about half an hour totraverse. Afterwards, and for children tooyoung (they don’t recommend much below12 years old) to walk the trail, the Trail teamwill be showing spooky movies and servingconcessions, including food from Clifton’sItalian restaurant Trattoria Villagio.

TICKETS for adults are $15 and childrenunder 12 are $10. In case of inclementweather, the one planned rain date is Oct.26. “With 2-3,000 people in one space,there’s a lot of energy that comes with that,”said Bitner. “You have humans that knowhow to scare, hiding behind trees and tarps.They can be spontaneous. That makes ahuge difference.”

Clifton’s “haunted” bridge lives up to the hype, at least for a few hoursduring the community’s Haunted Trail event to be held from 7-10 p.m.on Saturday, Oct. 25.

A Fairfax County urban legend, the “Bunnyman” has been known toappear during Clifton’s Haunted Trail.

Clifton residents put on a bigger, scarierHaunted Trail on Saturday, Oct. 25.Walking Dead

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By Reena Singh

The Connection

Dulles International Airport wasone of five airports in the na-tion to begin screening for

Ebola on Thursday.The Center for Disease Control and

Protection trained staff to check all pas-sengers arriving from Guinea, Liberiaand Sierra Leone to check for signs ofillness to prevent more passengers frominfecting others during their daily inter-actions.

“We work to continuously increase thesafety of Americans,” said CDC DirectorTom Frieden in a press release. “We be-lieve these new measures will furtherprotect the health of Americans, under-standing that nothing we can do will getus to absolute zero risk until we end the

tor themselves.If the trained professional believes they

are at risk for Ebola, however, they willbe “referred to the appropriate publichealth authority” for further evaluation.

CDC Communication Specialist AnitaBlankenship said she would not be ableto reveal where individuals would go ifthey had Ebola symptoms.

“CDC has Memorandum of Agree-ments with hospitals near U.S. ports ofentry that have agreed to evaluate illtravelers if a serious communicable dis-ease is suspected,” she said in an email.“The actual hospital names are confiden-tial under the terms of the agreement.”

The press release noted that most trav-elers arriving from Africa with a fevertested positive for malaria.

“In the last two months since exit

Dulles Now Screening for Deadly Virus Local hospitals to treat ill pas-sengers arriving from Africa.

Dulles International Airport was selected as one of five airports in thenation to begin screening travelers arriving from African nations af-fected by Ebola.

Ebola epidemic in West Africa.”The press release states that travelers

from the three African countries will be es-corted to a separate screening location af-

ter having their passport reviewed, observedfor any signs of illness or fever. If there areno symptoms present, the individual willbe given instructions on how to self-moni-

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Election Officersare Sought

Fairfax County needs 2,700 election of-ficers, particularly bilingual citizens.Election officers must be registered vot-ers in Virginia and complete requiredtraining and forms. People may chooseto accept the $175 payment for a full dayor volunteer their time.

For more information, go towww.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections andclick the “training and education” but-ton or call 703-324-4735, TTY 711. Signup at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/working.htm.

GMU Communica-tions Forum

GMU students will engage with some ofthe nation’s leading communication profes-sionals during a free career forum, Tuesday,Oct. 28, from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., in DewberryHall. #AllThingsSocial will examine socialmedia and integrated digital communica-tion as a global phenomena and opportu-nity for today’s graduates.

Aaron Sherinian, the U.N. Foundation’svice president for communications and pub-lic relations, will present the keynote ad-dress, followed by a panel discussion andspeed-mentoring session by professionals innews, public relations, corporate commu-

nication, nonprofits and government. Reg-istration is strongly encouraged for thespeed mentoring session; contact BrittanySanders at [email protected].

VolunteeringMade Easy

Fairfax County introduces its new volun-teer management system, paving the wayfor easier navigation of county volunteeropportunities. People may visitvolunteer.fairfaxcounty.gov, fill out one ap-plication and search for opportunities meet-ing their interests by geographic location,dates, type of people or program type. Theymay view positions from a variety of agen-

cies track their hours and review upcom-ing volunteer jobs. They may even vol-unteer to serve during emergencies.

Police, Fire GamesHelp Needed

The 2015 World Police and Fire Gameswill need upwards of 3,000 people totake on a wide variety of roles across theNational Capital Region. These includewelcoming visitors, transporting athletes,joining the medical team, assisting sportscoordinators, helping out behind thescenes on the technology team. For moreinformation or to volunteer, go to http://fairfax2015.com/volunteer.

Area Roundups

By Tim Peterson

The Connection

It wasn’t so much a down and dirtydebate as a no-frills four-way ques-tion-and-answer session. Not thatAARP and the League of Women Vot-

ers of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA), two of thesponsors of the “Meet the Candidates” se-ries billed the Oct. 14 event as such.Tuesday’s meeting was the penultimate ofseven events in the series, with the finalbeing a District 8

The roughly 100 voters in attendance atthe Westminster continuing care retirementcommunity dining room had the opportu-nity to witness the rare occurrence of allfour District 11 congressional candidatespresent under the same roof, answering thesame questions.

Those who missed the proceedings cansee video of the nearly two hours (with arecess in the middle to switch the cameratape) on the League of Women Voters’YouTube page.

Suzanne Scholte (Republican), GerryConnolly (Democrat, Incumbent), JoeGaldo (Green) and Marc Harrold (Libertar-ian) approached the dais microphone inballot order, starting with Scholte. Eachcandidate was given three minutes for anopening statement, then two minutes perquestion to deliver a response.

Olga Hernandez, organization director forLWVFA, posed a battery of questions to thepanel of candidates, including suggestionsfrom the audience.

CANDIDATES weren’t generally affordedthe opportunity to respond directly or re-but another candidate’s claim, thoughScholte and Connolly wasted no time intaking their first opportunities to indirectlybutt heads over the Affordable Care Act,known affectionately (or infamously, de-pending on persuasion) as “Obamacare.”

“We’ve never had something like this,”said Scholte in her response to the ques-tion “What is one thing you would changeabout the Affordable Care Act,” “where theparties didn’t work together for a solution.

That’s why it’s been such a disaster.”“I couldn’t disagree with my opponent

more,” Connolly said in turn. “I’m proud ofhaving voted for the Affordable Care Act. Itis transforming lives in America as wespeak. 7.3 million people who were unin-sured are now insured. And another 3 mil-lion people are accessing Medicaid. Andthere would be 400,000 more of them herein Virginia if my opponent’s party wouldonly stop blocking that expansion down inRichmond.”

Scholte also called out Connolly for sid-ing with his party and voting for the Se-quester. In his subsequent response, the in-cumbent responded directly: “I opposed it.Last year I was the only one of NorthernVirginia congressmen to vote against thecontinuing resolution to fund the govern-ment, because I said it baked in sequestra-tion.”

Galdo and Harrold each came to the platewith more direct responses to the Afford-able Care question than each other, favor-ing reforming and repealing Obamacare,respectively.

“I would change it to a single-payer plan,”

said Galdo, “put it under Medicare. Ratherthan going through insurance companies,increasing the cost and complexities of thesystem, that would simplify it and lowercosts.”

“I believe it is a step towards a single-payer system,” Harrold said. “I don’t thinkthere’s a real way to favor Obamacare with-out realizing that it’s a slippery slope. It’s ahuge encroachment on a major portion ofthe economy.”

For the bulk of the questions, that rangedin subject from ideas to stabilizing Congressand strengthening Social Security to stanceson new voter identification laws and fed-eral funding for Planned Parenthood, thefour candidates responded in large part asadvertised. Scholte and Connolly toutedtheir individual successes while pickingapart the other’s party’s deficiencies.

Galdo was understated and pragmatic,drawing agreement from other candidateswith his simplified two-step assessment forSocial Security. “One is lift the ceiling onSocial Security taxes,” he said. “That wouldcreate additional revenue for the SocialSecurity trust fund. The second is create

more jobs. The more people you have work-ing, the more are paying Social Security.That’s our problem now.”

Harrold was straightforward yet affable,and consistent in applying the filter of isthis something federal government shouldbe involved in, if any government?

“I thought about running as the pro-traf-fic candidate,” he dead-panned to a ques-tion about transportation expansion. “Itdidn’t poll well.”

THERE WAS LITTLE DISSENTIONamong the panel in support of transporta-tion infrastructure expansion, like extend-ing the Metro Yellow Line, favoring immi-gration reform, decrying the partisanunproductiveness of the current Congressand perceiving the new voter identificationlaws in Virginia as discriminatory andthreatening to fundamental civic rights.

“What could the new law be designed todo other than suppress votes?” saidConnolly. “The claim is it is designed tomake sure there’s no voter fraud. There isno voter fraud in Virginia.”

Whereas Planned Parenthood was one ofthe more divisive questions: Scholte did notsupport federal funding, citing the abortionsfacilitated by Planned Parenthood as hercentral disagreement. Connolly referencedhis voting record against the proposals todefund the organization in Congress anddrew rare applause from the otherwise calmcrowd with his favoring a woman’s right tochoose.

Galdo supported funding on the groundsof the “valuable health care services” pro-vided by Planned Parenthood, despite hispersonal disagreements with abortion in themajority of cases.

Harrold joined Scholte in not favoringfunding, if only from the small governmentstance. “In the public discourse,” he said,“the question is whether public fundingshould be used. It is intimate and becauseit’s intimate, it should be left without anygovernment interference.”

At the end of the formal program, votershad the opportunity to meet the candidatesface-to-face and ask additional questions.

Complete ballot of 11th District candidatesfaced off in Lake Ridge.Connect Four

Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection

From left: 11th District candidates Suzanne Scholte, Gerry Connolly, JoeGaldo and Marc Harrold participated in a four-way question-and-answerprogram at the Westminster in Lake Ridge.

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On Saturday, Oct. 18,the Fairfax CountyPublic Library system

held their annual Library Jubi-lee Gala. The night celebratedthe Fairfax County PublicLibrary’s 75th anniversary withboth a live and silent auction,entertainment provided by theGeorge Mason UniversitySchool of Music and a keynotespeech by Gary Noesner, aformer FBI Hostage Negotiatorand author of “Stalling forTime.”

Among the night’s attendeeswere Congressman GerryConnolly, Delegates EileenFiller-Corn and Ken Plum andFairfax Chairman SharonBulova. The event was held atthe at the City of Fairfax Re-gional Library this year.

Library Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41) and Ken

Plum (D-36) celebrateFairfax County Public

Libraries 75th Anniver-sary at the Library Jubi-lee on Saturday, Oct. 18.


Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:We are writing about the Nov. 4

voter referendum on transporta-tion bonds for Fairfax County. ThePartnership for a Healthier Fairfaxis a diverse coalition of individu-als and public, community, andbusiness organizations that havejoined forces to improve commu-

trians and bicyclists benefit every-one through enhancing safety, pro-viding active transportation op-tions, providing opportunities forroutine exercise, expanding accessto recreational opportunities, andimproving quality of life. Improve-ments funded by the bond will alsopermit more “Safe Routes toSchool,” or opportunities for chil-dren to walk or bike to school. Thegoals and objectives of both our

plan and the transportation bondissue are aligned in encouraginga healthy lifestyle through physi-cal activity and improving connec-tivity throughout the county.Please support the bond by a “yes”vote on Nov. 4.

Marlene Blum and JulieKnight

Partnership for a HealthierFairfax/Co-Chairs

nity health by mobilizing re-sources, increasing awareness,and promoting change. The Part-nership has identified investmentsin infrastructure that supportphysical activity as a major prior-ity in its community health im-provement plan. Investments infacilities and pathways for pedes-

Opinion

Of more than 75 projects includedin the current proposal, on theballot for Nov. 4, all but sevenare designed to make Fairfax

County safer and more inviting for pedestri-ans and bicyclists.

Voters will decide on Election Day whetherto authorize $100 million for:

❖ Spot road improvements to increase road-way capacity, reduce congestion, improvesafety, and improve transit access ($16 million)

❖ Pedestrian improvements to improve ca-pacity, enhance safety and complete missingpedestrian links that connect neighborhoods,and improve access to schools, Metrorail sta-tions and activity centers ($78 million)

❖ Bicycle improvements that include devel-oping new bicycle facilities, constructing trails,adding bicycle parking and enhancing acces-

sibility ($6 million)Fairfax voters have a long history of approv-

ing bond questions for local transportation,schools and parks. This should be no excep-tion.

VoteThe importance of voting, and the difference

just a few votes can make, is on display in Vir-ginia, where close elections decided by a frac-tion of a percent of total voters have set thestage for some big changes.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4. But you don’thave to wait until then.

In person absentee voting is underway atFairfax County Governmental Center and sevensatellite locations thru Nov. 1.

Office of Elections, 12000 Government Cen-ter Pkwy, Conf. Rooms 2/3, Fairfax, 22035.Now - Oct. 31, Monday thru Friday - 8 a.m. - 7p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, 9 a.m. - 5p.m.

Satellite Voting Locations Include:Franconia Governmental Center - 6121

Franconia Road, Alexandria, 22310West Springfield Governmental Center -

6140 Rolling Road, Springfield, 22152Mason Governmental Center - 6507 Colum-

bia Pike, Annandale, 22003

For more information, call 703-222-0776 orvisit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/absentee.htm

You’ll need photo identification to vote ei-ther on Election Day or absentee. Any regis-tered voter can apply for a free Virginia VoterPhoto Identification from any generalregistrar’s office in the Commonwealth. Vot-ers applying for the Virginia Voter Photo IDCard will have to complete the Virginia VoterPhoto Identification Card Application, havetheir picture taken, and sign the digital signa-ture pad. Once the application is processed,the card will be mailed directly to the voter.

— Mary Kimm,

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$84 million forpedestrian, bike andtrail improvements.

Yes to Fairfax Transportation Bond

Vote ‘Yes’ on Transportation

By Donna D. Carey

Springfield

In 2007, a member of my fam-ily was nearly killed by adriver who failed to yield on

green turning left from Old KeeneMill Road onto Huntsman Boule-vard. The driver then claimed tobe on Government business at thetime and with the help of a Gov-ernment insurance companyseemed to avoid much personal in-convenience despite havingcaused a terrible accident.

My loved one survived but hasnever been the same physically.Even with some reimbursementfor hospital stays, nothing can re-place healthy lung capacity or ver-tebrae or account for years ofsubtle after effects. When it comesto traffic accidents, there is noquestion prevention is the bestcure. Traffic accidents ruinpeople’s lives every day.

Everyone who lives in WestSpringfield knows the Huntsmanintersection is dangerous. Even

worse is the intersection of Bauer/Greeley and Old Keene Mill. Evenwith warning signs and flashinglights, impatient drivers routinelytear through the red light at Bauer.Hard red lights – not even a hintof yellow. Nearby residents are athigh risk having to navigate thisintersection every day. The inter-section needs cameras and 24/7police presence. Unfortunately,there are many dangerous roadsand intersections, and communi-ties just do not have the money topolice every one all the time.

So it is up to us to be careful.Great - what are the odds.

When I approach the Bauer sig-nal, I try to wait to make sure allthe cars have stopped before Imove on my green light, for mysake and others. It makes me an-gry to see drivers speed throughthe red light. I do honk at thesedrivers, not only because it infuri-ates me that they are selfish andcareless with other people’s safetybut also because I hope they willwake up and think twice the next

behind me won’t honk at me.” Andthen they might kill someone.

Relax. Take a breath. Say aprayer. Think about how thankfulyou are for all your limbs and yourlungs and your family. Before youknow it, that person in front of youwill have moved and you can beon your way. By being calm andcautious, you could savesomeone’s life. What if it wereyour loved one in the middle ofthe intersection when a personruns a red light? If the light is yel-low, STOP. If the light is red, STOP.It’s only a couple minutes.

Running red lights is a crime. Ifyou must honk at someone, honkat the person who just ran a redlight. If you catch me running ared light, yammering on my cellphone, weaving in and out, cut-ting you off, then fine, go aheadand honk at me. But don’t honk atme for being cautious.

Show your appreciation forpeople who care more about yourlife than their own need to get some-where. Show them some patience.

Don’t Honk at Me for Being Cautioustime. Yes, someone saw that. Yes,people care. Yes, you are account-able. I’ve seen the consequence ofyour careless attitude, and it’s dev-astating.

On the other hand, when do Ihear someone honk at me? Not forrunning a red light. No, they honkat me for being careful. Okay, somaybe I’m going to wait a few ex-tra seconds for that next batch ofcars to drive by before I make myleft turn on green. Why? Becausemy loved one was nearly killed bysomeone making a careless leftturn. When I’m turning right, Istop first to make sure the coast isclear before I move. Why? Becausemy loved one was almost killed bya careless driver.

Don’t honk at me for being cau-tious. Think about what you’redoing. A horn is negative rein-forcement. If you honk at some-one and that person is inclined tobe intimidated, then next timethey approach a signal they are go-ing to think, “Oh, I have to rushand take a chance so that person

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Vocal musicians from 14Fairfax County publicschools have been named

to the Virginia Honors Choir for2014. This select choir is open onlyto the top 125 singers from aroundthe Commonwealth of Virginia,and is the highest honor a choirstudent can attain during his orher high school career. Thirty-sixFairfax County Public Schools(FCPS) students were selected forthe choir, and six students were

named alternates. The studentswill perform at the Virginia MusicEducators Association (VMEA)convention in Norfolk on Nov. 22.

FCPS students named to the2014 Virginia Honors Choir are:

❖Annandale High School:Annika Hackfeld and DavidFurney

❖Centreville High School:Nancy Brittain, Jin Young Lee, andKarsten Kim, and alternates KaylaEbright and Alexandria De La

Rosa.❖Chantilly High School: Claire

Hewer, Michael Mason, Jake Fries,and Troy Fries.

❖Fairfax High School: TiaMaxfield, Laurel Romoser, andJames Derrick.

❖Herndon High School: SarahOverton.

❖Lake Braddock SecondarySchool: Christos Kokkinis and al-ternate Mary DeMarco.

❖Langley High School: Vivian

Vaeth, Ali Burk, Sarah Salem,Connor Kianpour, Andrew Myers,Ethan Zell, and alternate YasmeenEl-Rafey.

❖Madison High School: BenParsell.

❖Marshall High School: KaileeSibley, Nadia Duncan, and AlexMourao.

❖Oakton High School: JohnFerri.

❖South Lakes High School:Catherine Evans and alternate

Jessy Eubanks.❖West Potomac High School:

Shana Merker and Sam Rainey.❖Westfield High School: Abigail

Martin and alternate JonathanBidinger.

❖Woodson High School:Suzanne Howard, Hope Carey,Ariana Hooberman, Lara Taylor,Jacob Nelson, Will Everett, CalebYoo, and Jon Miller. Auditions wereopen to seniors enrolled in choralprograms at their respective schools.

Thirty-Six FCPS Students Named to Virginia Honors Choir


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Ebola PrecautionsFrom Page 3

The Center for Disease Control and Protection sent trained staff to DullesInternational Airport to help screen passengers for Ebola.

County Schools Preparedfor Ebola Threat

Fairfax County Public Schools is communicating with parents regarding the risksof Ebola in a school setting, according to FCPS spokesperson John Torre.

All county schools already require a strict physical exam before enrolling. Torresaid they are working with the county Health Department to implement furthermeasures.

“Health care providers are screening patients for travel history and have receivedguidance on how to respond appropriately when they determine a patient is at highrisk for Ebola,” he said. “Effective Oct. 10, FCPS began screening new students fortheir recent travel history. Students who have visited one of the Ebola-affected coun-tries in the last 21 days will receive an additional assessment by the HealthDepartment to determine the individual’s risk.”

Torre said all students who go to the nurse’s office with a fever will be screenedfor their travel history as well.

“If a student, or a member of his/her household, has recently visited one of theEbola-affected countries, the Health Department will follow-up with an additionalassessment of the student and his or her family members to determine their riskand, if warranted, take appropriate public health actions,” he said.

screening began in the threecountries, of 36,000 peoplescreened, 77 people were deniedboarding a flight because of thehealth screening process,” it states.“None of the 77 passengers werediagnosed with Ebola and manywere diagnosed as ill with malaria,a disease common in West Africa,transmitted by mosquitoes and notcontagious from one person toanother.”

HUNTER MILL SUPERVISORCathy Hudgins noted in a pressrelease that Reston Hospital Cen-ter was the closest hospital toDulles International.

“Some residents have expressedfear,” she stated. “While we shouldall have concern, we must not letthat turn to panic. Remember,Ebola is not new to Reston.Twenty-five years ago, we workedwith appropriate local, state, andfederal agencies to contain Ebola,and I believe that we should beable to do the same today.”

She said that Reston HospitalCenter, like other Northern Vir-ginia hospitals, are preparingthemselves for possible sick pa-tients - whether for Ebola, malariaor other illnesses.

“If authorities make the decisionthat Reston Hospital Center, or anyother facility in Fairfax County, isthe best option to treat and possi-bly save an individual’s life, then Iwill support the decision reachedby the medical professionals whohave all of our best interests atheart,” stated Hudgins.

Blankenship did not answerwhen asked if other passengerswill be notified whether a travelerfrom their plane was taken to thehospital for symptoms or tested

positive or how professionals cantell the difference between a trav-eler with Ebola or other illnesses.

Inova Fairfax spokespersonTracy Connell said she did notknow if they were one of the des-ignated hospitals for Dulles Inter-national. However, she did say anindividual who vomited and hada fever was taken to the hospitalon Friday afternoon for possibleEbola symptoms. At the time, shesaid the hospital was waiting forthe county Health Department todetermine whether to test the pa-tient for Ebola.

The hospital is equipped with anisolation room and personal pro-tective equipment for staff to keepthemselves safe. In the last week,the staff even ran several emer-gency drills to prepare for a worst-case scenario epidemic.

“If a patient has the symptoms,we’re trained to treat it as if theyhave Ebola,” she said.

A WOMAN WAS ALSO TESTEDfor Ebola symptoms last week inLoudoun County after comingback from Africa recently. Al-

though her tests came back nega-tive for the virus, Rep. Frank Wolfsaid there was not enough concernabout the epidemic before it cameon American soil. “Since July, Ihave been voicing concern thatthere is not a sufficient plan inplace to deal with the deadly dis-ease,” he said in a press release.“Last week, I called on the ObamaAdministration to appoint one per-son to coordinate a response. Re-grettably, my recommendationshave fallen on deaf ears. Today Iam calling for a ban on travel fromthose West African nations battlingEbola.” In addition to screening atthe arrival gate, first respondersare being trained on safety proto-cols when arriving at the scene forsomeone who is displaying Ebola-like symptoms.

“Ebola prevention is based onprinciples and approaches that weuse every day,” said State HealthCommissioner Marissa J. Levine ina press release. “However, thereare unique aspects of Ebola thatrequire us to make sure our plansand processes are up to date forthis new concern.”

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“Historically, the railroad wasjust such a great thing like that,”said Paul Awad, a professor offilmmaking at the Art Instituteof Washington and director andco-producer of the Western webseries “Thurston.” “It really en-abled all the people to travel;they’re all heading west.”

Rosie has been a character inall three seasons of “Thurston,”a project Awad and his wifeKathryn O’Sullivan, a theater,play and communications pro-fessor at the Manassas campusof Northern Virginia Commu-nity College, produce together.

With the series set in a fic-tional 1880s Kansas Ozarksmining town, Awad andO’Sullivan have had challengesfinding proper costumes andlocations to shoot near theirReston home.

“We tend to write these thingsand not know how to filmthem,” joked Awad.

The final episode of the thirdseason of “Thurston” will fea-ture two characters embarkingon trains, which brought Awadand his wife to the Fairfax Sta-tion Railroad Museum, housedin a restored 1854 Orange &Alexandria Railroad Station.

“Even though it’s a little laterthan the series is set, it’s per-fect,” said Awad.

“It’s close to our house andseems like a great mixing ofwhat we’re doing and whatthey’re doing.”

“We’re trying to find ways to helpcommunity and provide facilitiesavailable in reasonable condition,”said Michael Chinworth, vice presi-dent of the Friends of the FairfaxStation Railroad Museum. “Wewant people to use it, to show itoff, and help elevate historicalawareness in the area.”

Filming for the episode will takeplace in and outside the museumon Oct. 26 from 4-6:30 p.m. and is

open to the public. The museumwill be open that day from 1-4p.m.

The Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum is located at 11200Fairfax Station Road in FairfaxStation. Admission is free forchildren under 5 and Museummembers; $2 for children ages5-15; $4 for adults 16 and older.

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THROUGH SATURDAY/OCT. 2540 Years of Potomac Valley

Watercolorists Public OpeningReception. 7-9 p.m. Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9601 Ox Road, 22079 Lorton.This exhibit of 100 watercolorpainting celebrates the 40 yearanniversary of the Potomac ValleyWatercolorists. http://workhousearts.org

THROUGH FRIDAY/NOV. 3Adventures in Learning. 9:30 a.m.-

2:45 p.m. Lord of Life LutheranChurch, 5114 Twinbrook Road,Fairfax. This program is open to alladults age 50 or better. Registrantsbring a bag lunch and stay for a fullday of classes/activities andsocializing, or pick and choose theclasses that interest them the most.$30. www.scfbva.org or 703-323-4788.

THROUGH FRIDAY/OCT. 31Pumpkin Patch. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Messiah United Methodist Church,6215 Rolling Road, Springfield.Pumpkins are available from 10 a.m.– 8 p.m. daily until Oct. 31, when thepatch closes at 6 p.m. 703-569-9862.

THROUGH SUNDAY/FEB. 8, 2015Dressing for the Occasion: An

Exhibition of Costumes andTextiles Representing FairfaxPersonalities and Events.Exhibition. Fairfax Museum & VisitorCenter, 10209 Main Stree, Fairfax.Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 703-385-8414.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 22-MONDAY/OCT. 27Disney On Ice Presents Frozen.

Patriot Center, George MasonUniversity, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Feld Entertainment, Inc.announces that its 34th Disney On Icespectacular will bring to life theAcademy Award-winning and numberone animated feature film of all time,Disney’s Frozen.www.patriotcenter.com.

FRIDAY/OCT. 24United States Navy Band’s

Skipjack Quartet. 8 p.m. Old TownHall, 3999 University Drive, Fairfax.The Navy Band’s newest ensemble,the Skipjack Quartet, consists ofvibraphone, guitar, double bass anddrums. The Skipjack Quartetspecializes in elegant jazz and Latinstylings of the Great American SongBook, derived from Broadway andpopular songs of a bygone era. 703-385-2712.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 8 p.m.George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Warm-hearted theatricalexperience presented by the School ofTheater and the School of Music. $15-$25. 888-945-2468.

FRIDAY/OCT. 24-SATURDAY/NOV. 1Workhouse Arts Center Haunted

Trail. 7-10 p.m. 9601 Ox Road,Lorton. During an exclusive event forsix hair-raising nights only, visitorscan walk the Haunted Trail withfriends and family. Visitors willexperience the macabre outdoorscenes in the lesser traveled areas ofthe historic prison campus and enjoyspecial effects, live scare actors and anightmarish, immersive storylineabout a growing horde of infected

drones. Evening trail, $10; daytimetrail, $5.

SATURDAY/OCT. 25 – FRIDAY/OCT. 31St. Peter’s in the Woods Pumpkin

Patch. 5911 Fairview Woods Dr.,Fairfax Station. St. Peter’s in theWoods Annual Pumpkin Patch is acommunity outreach fundraiser.Pumpkins and Gourds of all sizesavailable for purchase. Come buy apumpkin and help support communityoutreach.

SATURDAY/OCT. 25Tales to Tails. 10:30 a.m. City of

Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthSt., Fairfax. Read to a therapy dog.Ages 6-12 with adult. 703-293-6227.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 2 p.m.and 8 p.m. George Mason University’sCenter for the Arts, 4400 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Warm-heartedtheatrical experience presented by theSchool of Theater and the School ofMusic. $15-$25. 888-945-2468.

Clifton Haunted Trail. 7-10 p.m.Chapel Road, Clifton. A terrifyingannual event that winds throughClifton’s 8 Acre Park. Visitcliftonhauntedtrail.com.

Dog Adoption. 12 -3 p.m. Petco,Greenbriar Towncenter, 13053 LeeJackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax.Call 703-817-9444 or visitwww.hart90.org/.

SATURDAY/OCT.25-SUNDAY/OCT.26Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

presents Copland andStravinsky. 8 p.m. George MasonUniversity’s Harris Theatre, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Classicalperformance by the Fairfax SymphonyOrchestra. www.fairfaxsymphony.org

SATURDAY/OCT. 25-MONDAY/JAN. 19Dada Re-Discovered. Building W-16

Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9518 Workhouse Way,Lorton. Dada Re-Discovered exploreshow contemporary media and ideascan filter past Dada concepts andartwork. The exhibit will featuresound, video, performance and othervisual mixed media. 703-584-2900.www.workhousearts.org.

SUNDAY/OCT. 26Outdoor Filming. 4-6:30 p.m. Fairfax

Station Railroad Museum, 11200Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station.Outdoor filming of an online Westernseries titled, “Thurston.” Publicinvited to watch the filming thatafternoon. The Railroad Museum willalso be open that day from 1-4 p.m.www.fairfax-station.org. 703-425-9225.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 4 p.m.George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Warm-hearted theatricalexperience presented by the School ofTheater and the School of Music. $15-$25. 888-945-2468.

Concert Series U.S. Army Strings.4:30-6 p.m. Fairfax United MethodistChurch, 10300 Stratford Ave., Fairfax.Free concert. Offering may be taken.703-591-3120.

Music from Oberlin at Oakton. 7:30p.m. Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. Music fromOberlin at Oakton is a musicaloutreach program designed to giveconservatory students an opportunityshowcase their musical talents. Free.703-281-4230, [email protected].

Neighborhood Fall Festival. 5-8 p.m.King of Kings Lutheran Church andPreschool, 4025 Kings Way, Fairfax.Fun activities for the entire family.There will be a moon bounce, gamesand prizes, a maze and haunted room,food, hot cider, s’mores, face painting,story time, crafts, a costume parade,raffles, pumpkin decorating and much

more. It will end with Trunk or Treatfor the kids at sun down. Free. 703-378-7272, ext. 225,[email protected].

MONDAY/OCT. 27Music and Movin’ with Miss Susan.

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. City of FairfaxRegional Library, 10360 North St.,Fairfax. Cosponsored by Friends ofthe City of Fairfax Regional Library.Age 6 months-5 years with adult. 703-293-6227.

Crazy 8s Math Club. 4:30 p.m. City ofFairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthSt., Fairfax. Join Bedtime Math’sCrazy 8s to build stuff, run and jump,make music, make a mess…it’s atotally new kind of math club. Schoolage. 703-293-6227.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 29Bilingual Storytime. 4 p.m. City of

Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthSt., Fairfax. Bilingual storytime inEnglish and Spanish. Build yourchild’s early literacy skills whileenjoying stories, songs and activities.Age 3-5 with adult. 703-293-6227.

Genealogy Help Desk. 7 p.m. City ofFairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthSt., Fairfax. Bring family historystumpers to the experts.Accomplished genealogists and librarystaff will be on hand to assist. Ask atthe Virginia Room desk or call 703-293-6227, option 6. Adults, Teens.

George Mason University VisitingFilmmakers Series. 7:30 p.m.Johnson Center, 4400 University Dr.,Fairfax. Showing of Out in the Night,with question and answer withdirector Dorosh Walther, producerGiovanna Chesler, and professor andsubject Renata Hill. Free. Open topublic. 703-993-2768.

THURSDAY/OCT. 30Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m. City

of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360North St., Fairfax. Build your child’searly literacy skills while enjoyingstories, songs and activities. Age 3-5with adult. 703-293-6227.

Genealogy Databases. 2 p.m. City ofFairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthSt., Fairfax. Search for your ancestorsusing the library’s genealogydatabases and other free Internetdatabases. Adults, teens. 703-293-6227.

FRIDAY/OCT. 31The National Acrobats of the

People’s Republic of China:Cirque Peking. 8 p.m. GeorgeMason University’s Center for theArts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.With a combination of traditional andmodern music, colorful sets, andimaginative props, the NationalAcrobats of the People’s Republic ofChina is among Asia’s most acclaimedensembles. $29-$48. 888-945-2468.

SATURDAY/NOV. 1-MONDAY/DEC. 15FCPS Art Teachers Exhibition.

Building W-16 McGuireWoodsGallery, Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. FCPS artteachers display their art. 703-584-2900. www.workhousearts.org.

SATURDAY/NOV. 1The Robinson Marketplace. 10 a.m.-

4 p.m. 5305 Sideburn Road, Fairfax.Shop at over 80 vendors at theHoliday Market, raffle and silentauction sponsored by the RobinsonSecondary School PTSA. Visitwww.robinsonptsa.org.

SATURDAY/NOV. 1-SUNDAY/NOV. 2Cabaret Series: Heroes Cabaret. 8

p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m Sunday. W-3Theatre, Workhouse Arts Center,9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. Songsand music of heroes and anti-heroes.703-584-2900.www.workhousearts.org.

THURSDAY/NOV. 2Nate Hausmann Author Talk. 2 p.m.

Jewish Community Center ofNorthern Virginia, 8900 Little RiverTurnpike, Fairfax. j.talks event.Author with autism shares his story.$11/$9/$7. 703-323-0880.

New Orleans Legends: Featuringthe Preservation Hall Jazz Bandand Allen Toussaint. 7 p.m.George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Join us for an evening ofmusic. The legendary jazz and NewOrleans R&B pianist Allen Toussaintrecently received the highlyprestigious National Medal of Arts byPresident Obama in recognition of hisseminal influence on New Orleansmusic. Tickets: $29-$48.

MONDAY/NOV. 3Move & Groove with Mr. Skip.

10:30 a.m. Old Town Hall, 3999University Drive, Fairfax. Mr. Skip,who is all about music andmovement, sings original and classickids songs like Old McDonald to thefive and under crowd. He gets thekids off their seats and moving. Formore information, visitwww.fairfaxarts.org or call 703-352-ARTS.

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By Abigail Constantino

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Kate Sheridan was a star athlete and an A-stu-dent up until the fifth grade when she sud-denly developed flu-like symptoms and one

day woke up with a rash on her face in the shape ofa bullseye. Her parents took her to the doctor andshe was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Soon, she wasin a wheelchair and was transferred to a special needsclass. “Losing control over your body and feelingyourself sliding backwards and there’s nothing youcan do to stop it,” have been her experience sinceshe was diagnosed.

With the support of family, friends, teachers, coun-selors and a team of doctors, Sheridan was able tograduate from Oakton High School after five years.Now, the 19-year-old is a student at George MasonUniversity and has even started an intense exerciseprogram. She calls herself a “survivor of Lyme dis-ease.”

Sheridan represented the patient perspective in aforum on the impact of Lyme disease in FairfaxCounty students held on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at FairfaxHigh School. “Why are we talking about a tiny bug?”said Executive Director of the National Capital Lymeand Tick-Borne Disease Association Monte Skall.

LYME may not be grabbing the headlines, like Ebola,but the Centers for Disease Control estimates Lymecases to be 300,00 per year and Fairfax County hasan average of 212 new cases per year for the pastfive years, said Skall.

Steve Thomas, a teacher at Kilmer Middle Schoolin Vienna, would consider Sheridan lucky—her di-agnosis was immediate and accurate. Thomas’ symp-toms occurred in 2005, while he and his family wereliving in Nicaragua. Two years later, his mysteriousaffliction forced his family to move back to the UnitedStates.

Doctors told Thomas that he had ALS. He and hisfamily started planning for his death. It was whilewatching the documentary Under Our Skin thatsomething clicked for him. “I immediately knew I

had Lyme disease,” he said. “I have never been soexcited to have had Lyme disease” compared to ALS.

Prior to Thomas’ epiphany, he had had three nega-tive tests for Lyme disease in a three year period.

The disease is hard to diagnose for a variety ofreasons. Psychiatrist Joseph Annibali described Lymedisease as the “Great Imitator” because it and its co-infections can mimic other diseases.

As chief psychiatrist at Reston Amen Clinics, hehas seen cognitive and psychiatric issues resultingfrom the disease, such as brain fog or clouding ofconsciousness, ADHD, anxiety, mood disorders, OCD,and anger. Annibali’s daughter also has Lyme dis-ease. Because the disease’s symptoms often appearas symptoms of other illnesses, treatment can be hardto pinpoint. Heather Applegate, a psychologist forLoudoun County Public Schools who was undiag-nosed for many years, said that the prescription ofmedication for diseases that are not Lyme diseaseare common occurrence.

“Tick-borne illness has confounded the brightestof parents and the best of doctors,” said Skall.

“The saddest thing is an undiagnosed patient,” saidApplegate. Children who go undiagnosed causes thefamily fear for the child’s survival and mistrust ofhealth care and school officials. “I’m confident thatFairfax County Schools are dealing with undiag-nosed” cases, she said. “It’s a good idea for the schoolsystem to be educated about these kids,” saidApplegate.

The test for Lyme disease is also unreliable. NancyFox has written books and curricula about Lyme dis-ease education. On the day she was tested in 2003,her first result in the morning was negative but shetested positive for Lyme disease later that afternoon.

RESEARCHERS at George Mason University havemade some progress in creating a more accurate andtimely test for diagnosis called Nanotrap UrinaryAntigen Test for Lyme. Lance Liotta and AlessandraLuchini of the George Mason Center for AppliedProteomics and Molecular Medicine said that the testhas the potential to increase the specificity and levelof sensitivity for Lyme antigens. It is also non-inva-sive and can test the efficacy of treatment.

How does one prevent Lyme disease? Avoid ticksand tick places, dress properly—long sleeves, longpants—apply repellents and insecticides, and checkfor ticks, suggested Joshua Smith of the FairfaxCounty Health Department. But with all these pre-cautions, he said “it is still possible for ticks to es-cape these defenses.”

Panelists, from left, Steve Thomas, Eboni Cornish, Alessandra Luchini, Lance Liotta,Joseph Annibali, Tara Fox, Heather Applegate, Kate Sheridan, Joshua Smith, andNancy Fox, present their experiences treating and living with Lyme disease on Tues-day, Oct. 21 at Fairfax High School during a public forum on Lyme disease.

Lyme Disease, ‘The Great Imitator’Lyme Disease Associationholds forum on impact ofdisease on Fairfax Countystudents.

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In observance of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Fairfax County Policepersonnel from the agency’s Victim ServicesUnit hosted the 8th Annual K-9 Krawl; a 5K

Walk with 307 registered walkers held at the FairfaxCounty Government Center on Saturday, Oct. 18. Theevent was created to highlight the link between do-mestic violence and the link to animal cruelty. In

K-9 Krawl Held at Government Center2013, the police department received over 11,000domestic violence calls for service; an average of 928per month. There were over 1,600 assaults on fam-ily members and 293 violations of protective orders.More than 1,900 people were arrested for offensesrelating to domestic violence.

— Steve Hibbard

Fairfax County Sheriff Deputy Jenny Chesky with Fiona,Sheriff Stacey Kincaid with Johnny, and Deputy AaronWaple with Igby.

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n Thursday, Oct. 16,South County HighSchool presented itsFall season choral

concert titled “At the Water’sEdge.”

With accompaniment by pianistMike Langlois South County fea-tured six choral arrangements un-der the direction of JenniferWillard. Alison Sail and DavidGigrich provided lighting andsound for the evening’s concert.Each of the five South County Cho-ral groups performed two selec-tions and all the choral groupswere combined to Sing “Like aMighty Stream” to close out theprogram.

South County’s has five choralgroups. There are three middleschool groups – Concert Ladies,Men’s Chorus, and Ladies Select.Together there are 110 studentsparticipating at the middle schoollevel. The two high school choralgroups have 60 members brokenbetween the Symphonic Choir andthe Chamber Singers. Membershipin the Chamber Singers is achievedthrough auditioning and ability tosite read music and perform with-out accompaniment.

Jennifer Willard of Lorton is theDirector of South County’s HighSchool choral program. She orga-nizes a choral program everyschool quarter. The next choralprogram will be held on Dec. 9.

— Terrance Moran

Middle School Concert Ladies

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Area residents can help end hun-ger and raise funds for disasterrelief on Sunday, Nov. 23, at the22nd Annual Burke Area CROP

[Communities Responding to Overcome Pov-erty] Hunger Walk – a humanitarian out-reach to our local, national, and internationalcommunities.

Organized locally, an estimated 400 peoplewill participate in the 6K (3.6-mile) or op-tional Golden Mile walk. Registration for theevent begins at 1:30 p.m. followed by thewalk at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 23, at LivingSavior Lutheran Church, 5500 Ox Road, inFairfax Station and ends at Fairfax Presbyte-rian Church, Fairfax. Shuttles will be avail-able at both the starting and ending loca-tions. Walkers will enjoy live entertainmentand refreshments at the conclusion of thewalk.

“I invite each of you to walk on November23 in kinship and solidarity with neighborsnear and far to make a difference,’’ said JanetSmith, coordinator of the Burke CROP Hun-ger Walk. “CROP walkers walk so strugglingfamilies can rebuild their lives, whether it’shere in the U.S., Latin America, or Africa.”

Funds raised by CROP Hunger Walkers na-tionwide feed the hungry, assist uprootedpeople, and empower families and commu-nities around the world to help themselves.

Twenty-five percent of the money raised in theBurke Walk stays in the Burke, Springfield, Fairfax,Fairfax Station, and Clifton area to support the im-portant anti-hunger and emergency assistance pro-vided by Ecumenical Community Helping Others(ECHO) and Western Fairfax Christian Ministries(WFCM).

CROP Hunger Walk participants raise money by

The walk begins at Living Savior LutheranChurch, 5500 Ox Road in Fairfax and ends atFairfax Presbyterian Church.

Area residents can help end hunger and raisefunds for disaster relief on Sunday, Nov. 23, atthe 22nd Annual Burke Area CROP (CommunitiesResponding to Overcome Poverty) Hunger Walk.

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The 22nd AnnualBurke Area CROPWalk to be heldNov. 23.

Helping End HungerOne Step At a Time

collecting pledges from sponsors. Sponsor/registra-tion envelopes can be obtained from participatingcongregations, or by contacting Janet Smith 703-455-9025 or [email protected]). “And if you can’twalk on Walk day, or just want to broaden your hori-zon of sponsors, you can walk on the web with us,”Smith said. Visit www.crophungerwalk.org/burkevato find out how.

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Westminster at Lake Ridge isa Continuing Care RetirementCommunity located at 12185Clipper Drive, Lake Ridge, Va.,next to the historic, riversideTown of Occoquan, just acrossthe river from Fairfax Countyand 30 minutes from Washing-ton, D.C. For more informationcontact Michelle at 703-496-3440, or visit wlrva.org.

FarmersMarket onThursdays

Each Thursday, from 3-7p.m., the Fairfax County Gov-ernment Center hosts a farm-ers market in its parking lot.The Government Center is at12000 Government CenterParkway in Fair Oaks, and theseason’s last two markets areslated for Oct. 23 and Oct. 30.

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Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

In a matchup of quality goalkeeperswith their seasons on the line, it wasRobinson’s Caroline Freeman whowalked off the field with a clean sheet

and an opportunity to play another day.The Robinson field hockey team defeated

the Centreville Wildcats 3-0 in the win-or-go-home quarterfinal round of the Confer-ence 5 tournament on Oct. 20 at RobinsonSecondary School. Both Freeman andCentreville’s Kylie LeBlanc entered the con-test in the top five for saves in the Wash-ington, D.C.-metro area, according to statsfrom the Washington Post’sallmetsports.com. The Rams and Wildcatswere locked in a scoreless tie in the secondhalf before Robinson scored three goals ina span of five minutes, including two againstLeBlanc.

Robinson’s Addie Walsh scored the game’sfirst goal with 20:35 remaining in the sec-ond half. Katie O’Loughlin found the backof the cage less than two minutes later, andCharlotte Clark put the finishing touches onthe 3-0 win.

“I think once we got that first goal,” Ramshead coach Lindsay Arnsmeyer said, “theyjust calmed down.”

LeBlanc, a sophomore, tallied four savesand finished her season ranked third in thearea with 160.

“She’s aggressive,” Centreville head coachDemby Banbury said. “She is not afraid. Andif you look at her, she’s constantly ready.Even if the ball is [at the other end of thefield], she’s never just standing there. She’salways focused and she’s only a sopho-more.”

Freeman, a senior, had three saves andsits in fifth with a 114 and an opportunity

to add to her total.“[Freeman has] been amazing,”

Arnsmeyer said. “She is one of my key play-ers on defense. She’s explosive. I think she’sthe top goalie in the area.”

Freeman became a field hockey goalie herfreshman year. Her comfort level grew af-ter a couple seasons and now she wants toplay at the collegiate level.

“I was just sort of thrown into the posi-tion,” Freeman said. “… I was a soccergoalie and my teammates needed a [fieldhockey] goalie for freshman year becausethey didn’t have one. They said it’s just like[playing] soccer goalie. It wasn’t. It was anew thing. I got more comfortable in thepads to the point where soccer goalie be-came hard to play because I wasn’t com-fortable without pads.”

Arnsmeyer said Freeman has taken con-trol during her senior season.

“Last year, she was a little timid with someof the things that she did,” Arnsmeyer said.“She wouldn’t come out as much. Now, she

just commands the circle. It’s her circle andshe doesn’t want anyone to be in it. Shemakes sure all her teammates are beingaware of what’s going on, too.

Robinson goalkeeper Caroline Freeman recorded a shutout againstCentreville in the Conference 5 tournament quarterfinals on Oct. 20.

Robinson’s Addie Walsh scored a goal against Centreville in the Confer-ence 5 tournament quarterfinals on Oct. 20.

Katie O’Loughlin and the Robinson field hockey team secured a berthin the 6A North region tournament with a 3-0 win over Centreville onOct. 20.

Robinson Goalie Freeman Shuts Out CentrevilleRams earn regionalberth with tourna-ment victory.

“She is one of my keyplayers on defense. She’sexplosive. I think she’sthe top goalie in thearea.”

— Robinson field hockeycoach Lindsay Arnsmeyer

about Caroline Freeman

“… Her communication at the beginningof last season was terrible and that was themain thing that we focused on, that sheneeds to be talking the whole time. Now,you can always hear her.”

The victory advanced Robinson to theconference tournament semifinals andearned the Rams a berth in the 6A Northregion tournament. The Rams faced No. 1seed and defending state championWestfield in the semifinals on Wednesday,after The Connection’s deadline.

The conference tournament champion-ship game is Thursday, Oct. 23 at OaktonHigh School.

West Springfield FootballBeats Lake Braddock

The West Springfield football team sits in second place in the Patriot District afterknocking off defending champion Lake Braddock 16-14 on Oct. 17 at West Spring-field High School.

The Spartans improved to 5-2, including 3-1 in district play.West Springfield will travel to face Annandale at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24.

Robinson Football Suffers First LossThe Robinson football team was knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten, losing

to Westfield 31-14 on Oct. 17.The Rams (6-1) will travel to face Oakton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24.

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Online Scavenger Hunt. Visit Fairfax tasks thoseinterested in becoming “citizen ambassadors” tothe county (those informed on fun, creativeweekend outings in the area) to find two FairfaxCounty Ambassador icons hidden throughoutthe fxva.com website in order to join theambassador team; those who find all five hiddenpins will receive a complimentary gift.www.fxva.com/online-ambassador.

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American Red Cross CPR, First Aid andAED. Various times, at 2720 State Route 699,Suite 200, Fairfax. One-year certification, digitalor print materials and continued education onMondays through Thursday and Saturday. $70-110. www.redcrossnca.org.

Dementia Care Givers Support Groups.Various times, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church,5114 Twinbrook Road, Fairfax. The groups arefor those caring for someone with dementia orfor those interested in learning more aboutproviding care giving to a person with a disorderthat affects memory and cognition and mayimpact behavior and physical abilities. 703-451-8626 or [email protected].

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Burke Presbyterian Church is embarkingon a six-week study of the book by writer, theo-logian and activist Brian McLaren entitled “WhyDid Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and MohammedCross the Road?” McLaren claims that his Chris-tian identity moves him “toward people of otherfaiths in wholehearted love, not in spite of theirnon-Christian identity, and not in spite of [his]own Christian identity, but because of [his]identity as a follower of God in the way ofJesus.” All are welcome to join this conversationon Sundays, 9:45-10:45 a.m., Oct. 26 – Nov. 23at Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 OakLeather Drive, Burke.www.BurkePresChurch.org, 703-764-0456.

Are You 50 or Better? Please join us forthe next Lunch N’ Life sponsored by theShepherd’s Center of Fairfax-Burke on Thurs-day, Nov. 20, (12-2 p.m.) at Lutheran Churchof the Abiding Presence, 6304 Lee Chapel Rd,Burke. The Program will feature Jari Villaneuva,a Bugler, speaking on The History of Taps. Forreservations, call Faye Quesenberry, 703-620-0161, by Nov. 14. The cost is $10; checkspayable to SCFB. If transportation is needed,call the SCFB office 703-323-4788. Seewww.scfbva.org for more information.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, at the corner ofFairfax County Parkway and Burke Lake Roads,holds a bible study fellowship at 9 a.m. Sundaysfollowed by a 10 a.m. worship service. Nurserycare and children’s church also provided. 6401Missionary Lane, Fairfax Station, 703-323-8100or www.fbtministries.org.

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Falls Church/Pimmit Hills $1,999 per monthJust 2.4 miles to Silver Line’s McLean Metro Station & 3.1 milesto Tysons Station * Fresh paint throughout * Wood floors, carpetin bedrooms * Updated kitchen & bath * Dining room opens tolarge multi-level deck in fenced flat back yard backing to trees* Driveway parking. Call Judy 703-503-1885 or [email protected]

Fairfax$535,000

Nicely updated4 BR/2.5 BAColonial insought-afterKings ParkWest. Kitchenhas attractivecabinetry

w/granite, stainless appliances, gas cooking & breakfastbar adjoining dining room. Patio off Kitchen & DR makesfor some great outdoor meals! Upgraded baths, hard-woods, sitting room with access to patio & quiet backyard.Close to VRE, Metrobus, schools & shopping.

Sterling$368,900

Beautifully renovated4 bedroom, 4 bath, 3-level T/H. Gorgeousupdated kitchenw/granite, S/S appli-ances. New paint &carpet. Family roomwith F/P. L/L bdrmsuite with F/P &walkout. Wonderfuldeck & patio, customlandscaped yards.

Terrific End Unit Town House in Parksideat Dulles. 1,500 sq ft in this 3 BR/3 BA home.

$306,000

Lorton $600,000Shows Like a Model! This gorgeous SF home features4 BRs, 2 Full and 2 half BAs, gourmet Kit w/SilestoneCtrs, Sun Rm & Large FR. Fully finished LL w/hugeRec Rm & Exercise Room. A must-see!

Alexandria $939,900Charming Belle Haven Old English style stone home setamidst exquisite English gardens with views of thePotomac River and National Harbor. Four bedroomsinclude a Lower Level nanny or guest suite. Many updates.

View more photos at www.hermandorfer.com

Clifton – $949,000Gorgeous 5 acre setting with Pool

Fairfax Station – $1,200,0005 acre Estate with Sparkling Pool

NorthReston

$949,900Updated andgorgeous! 3finished lev-els, 5 BR, 3& 1/2 BA,walkoutbasement,

2-story foyer, library, spectacular updated kitchen,hardwood main level, many built-ins andupgrades. Open floor plan, backs to woodedparkland.

Mortgage rates are still LOW…and inventory is UP! Contact meNOW for assistance to find and

negotiate the best price andterms for your new

DREAM HOME!

703-981-3277 [email protected]

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Burke Condo Rental $1,800A Perfect 10 ** Main Level Burke Cove CondoWith Patio! 3 BR, 2 Full BA, Huge Storage Rm,New Kitchen, All Updated *** Available Now!

Fairfax Middleridge Rental $2,300Single Family Home with 4 BR, 3 BA, NEW GASHEAT, 1-Car Gar * Fenced Yard * May consider1 small dog * Robinson HS ** Shows very well

*** Available Oct. 1 *Call Kay for Appointment/

INFO 703-503-1860

Bristow $419,900WOW! Don’t miss this move-in-ready home with sun-filled morning room and one of Braemar’s best yardsbacking to treed common area! 4 BRs, 2.5 BAs, lux mas-ter bath, and granite kitchen. www.9811SolitaryPl.com

Fairfax $529,900Looking for that perfect home? Well...here it is! 4 Levels ofperfection, 4 BR’s, 3 Baths, Updated Kitchen w/stainlesssteel appliances, granite, Hardwd Floors, LL FR w/FP, Level4 makes that perfect media room. Call Sheila 703-503-1895.

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Fairfax $379,900This 3-level town home has been updated. Newkitchen, windows, hardwood floors, the list goeson. Located in the heart of Fairfax across thestreet from the VRE.

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