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Flor Camargo , 32, 4000 block ofAnnandale Road, Annandale, charged withfour counts of using false statements to obtainproperty or credit.

Jarbin Guevara Paz, 38, 400 block ofNorth Gordon St., Alexandria, charged withtwo counts of using false statements to obtainproperty or credit.

Brizeida Justiniano, 37, 100 block ofSouth Cameron St., Sterling, charged withusing false statements to obtain property orcredit

Veronica Rubio-Hernandez, 25, 9200block of Dellwood Drive, Vienna, chargedwith using false statements to obtain propertyor credit.

Misael Vargas , 30, 6900 block ofWestcott Road, Falls Church, charged withusing false statements to obtain property orcredit.

Kenia Aguilar-Hernandez, 30, 6000block of Hibbling Ave., Springfield, chargedwith using false statements to obtain propertyor credit.

Nelly Torrico , 32, 7300 block of

Parkwood Court, Falls Church, charged with threecounts of using false statements to obtain propertyor credit.

Victoria Rojas, 57, 3000 block of RosemaryLane, Falls Church, charged with using false state-ments to obtain property or credit.

spiracy to commit wire and mail fraud andone count of wire fraud.

Juan de la Cruz Aguayo, 49, 7300block of Bath St., Springfield, charged withconspiracy to commit wire and mail fraudand one count of wire fraud.

Delmy Mendieta, 36, 6300 block ofDana Ave., Springfield, charged with con-spiracy to commit wire and mail fraud andone count of mail fraud.

Wilmer Mendieta, 32, 6300 block ofDana Ave., Springfield, charged with con-spiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

Maria Del Carmen Rapalo, 35, 5800block of Royal Ridge Drive, Springfield,charged with conspiracy to commit wireand mail fraud and two counts of wirefraud.

Jose A. Rodriguez, 37, 7200 HighlandSt., Springfield, charged with conspiracy tocommit wire and mail fraud and one countof wire fraud.

Yesenia Benegas, 36, 6100 block ofHibbling Ave., Springfield, charged withconspiracy to commit wire and mail fraudand one count of wire fraud.

Jorge Cider Mendez Chavez, 41,Loudoun County, charged with conspiracyto commit wire and mail fraud and onecount of wire fraud.

Suspects ArrestedOn Federal Charges

Lourdes Rojas, 28, 3000 block of RosemaryLane, Falls Church, charged with conspiracy tocommit wire and mail fraud, three counts of wirefraud and two counts of mail fraud.

Ruben Rojas, 30, 9200 block of DellwoodDrive, Vienna, charged with conspiracy to commitwire and mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud andthree counts of mail fraud.

Litcia Linares, 32, 6600 block of School Lane,Falls Church, charged with charged with con-spiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and onecount of wire fraud.

Oscar Barahona, 32, 6000 block of GraysonSt., Springfield, charged with conspiracy to com-mit wire and mail fraud and one count of wirefraud.

Santos Euceda Manzanares, 29, 6000 blockof Hibbling Ave., Springfield, charged with con-

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Mortgage Fraud Bust Nets 20 ArrestsFairfax Police,FBI uncover vastmortgage fraudscheme.

By Justin FanizziThe Connection

Fairfax County Police, in partnership with the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation, arrested 20 suspectsThursday, Sept. 24 as part of whatlocal officials are calling the largest fraudinvestigation in the history of the county.

The arrests, police said, are for fraudu-lent activity at 35 homes across the county,valued at $20 million, and signify thecompletion of just the first phase of a largerfraud investigation. Most of the 20 arrestedare facing federal charges of wire and bankfraud, with eight facing state charges ofusing false statements to buy property.

“This isn’t just the crime of an individual,this case is very complex, long in nature andinvolves many aspects of the [real estate]industry,” said Joseph Persichini, assistantdirector in charge of the FBI’s WashingtonField Office. “We feel the pain of the reces-sion and the abuses that took place in ourfinancial systems. We were left with vulner-abilities and these individuals saw thisweakness.”

The purpose of the scheme, which policebelieve involves as many as 200 homesworth more than $100 million, was to de-fraud mortgage lenders into lending moneyto purchase and refinance residential homesfor profit.

See FBI, Page 14

Students Going Green for the GreenEdison Academy is equipping its studentswith green job skills.

By Justin FanizziThe Connection

In a time rife with cut backs and layoffsin the business world, job competitionis fierce and unique skills are valued.The staff at Edison Academy not only rec-ognizes this but also is seizing an opportu-nity to help propel their students to suc-cess.

The school, which offers technical andspecialized courses that focus on careerfields to high school juniors and seniors inthe FCPS system, began a push to promotegreen job skills to their students this sum-

mer. The result, school officials hope, willbe a new generation of young FairfaxCounty men and women equipped withcareer skills that will not only help set themapart from other job candidates, but willenable them to make a positive differenceon their environment as well.

“They’re practicing green collar job skills,and they can put that on their résumé,” saidCareer Experience Specialist GenieWilliford. “It’s a hot time right now to men-tion those skills, and we’re hoping the greenfocus will help them find ways to marketthemselves.”

Though the school has a long-standing

commitment to green practices, as evi-denced by the HVAC program receiving aLowe’s Grant for $10,000 last year for itsefforts in promoting carbon monoxide poi-soning awareness, thepush to expand the cur-riculum came after a dayof green education thispast summer. On Sept 1,the school’s Career andTechnical Education in-structors visited theUnited States GreenBuilding Council’s officesand the National Build-ing Museum to acquireknowledge about the “green” industry anddevelop ways to incorporate green educa-tion into their instruction.

“It was the kind of atmosphere that you’ll

be expecting to find in business and indus-try,” Williford said. “The teachers came backreally inspired.”

That inspiration gave the teachers myriadideas to institute intheir classrooms thatwill not only highlightgreen practices but con-tribute to the existingcurriculum as well. Thefirst idea that arosefrom the field trip wasto partner the culinaryand landscaping de-partments. As part ofthe partnership, the

landscaping students will take the unusedfood scraps from the culinary department

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“It’s a hot time rightnow to mentionthose skills.”

— Genie Williford, careerexperience specialist,

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and put them into their new compost machine.The students will then take the compost and use itas fertilizer for a vegetable and herb garden. Oncethose plants are grown, the culinary students willbe given the food to use, and the process will con-tinuously repeat itself. In addition, landscapingteacher Tomas Ovalle is also working with the stu-dents to create original designs for the garden andwill use recycled wood to build it.

“They’re going to build the herb gardens to giveback to the culinary department,” Ovalle said. “It’sgoing to be one, big circle. We’re really making aneffort to make everything 100 percent green in here.”

IN THE HOTEL management program, instructorDwannal McGahee is having his students do an ex-tended research project to study resorts and hotelswith green practices to see how they incorporateenvironmentally friendly ideas into their facilities.Also, McGahee said that his students would be ex-ploring how those hotels market their green featuresso that they can understand what appeals to theconsumer. Their research will culminate in an in-ternship at a local hotel, where McGahee hopes theycan help implement the green practices that theyhave learned.

“The trend is green, and the consumer is lookingfor businesses like that,” McGahee said. “The kidswere fascinated to see that there was a big push forbusinesses to be environmentally friendly.”

The automotive program is also taking part in thegreen initiative. Williford said that the students willbe focusing on how to make cars more fuel efficientand to cut down on emissions so that they can learnhow to make cars not only runbetter, but make them safer forthe environment as well. In ad-dition, the students will repairand resell cars that would other-wise be sent to the junkyard andwill be studying the engineeringof hybrid cars so that they will beable to work on them.

“We are doing things to become more aware ofemissions and we’re trying to fix and resell cars,”junior Will Luster said. “It not only benefits the shop,but it is great preparation for the future.”

OTHER GREEN initiatives are taking place in allof the academy’s programs. Williford said that the

Academy Goes Green

cosmetology program will be collecting hair clippingfrom haircuts and will donate the hair to a groupthat uses them to clean oil spills. In the HVAC de-

partment, students will be learn-ing how to make air conditionersand other appliances more energyefficient, while the students in theelectrical program will learn howto cut down on electricity usage.

Though the academy only has itsstudents for a few hours a day, a

few times a week, staff members are confident thatthe students are receiving the message that goinggreen is not only good for the environment but alsois a great way to make a living.

“Many of the students are very passionate aboutwhat they are doing here and want to continue inthe industry,” Williford said. “We’ve had a lot of suc-cess stories, and we hope to have many more.”

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“It’s going to beone, big circle.”

— Tomas Ovalle

Week in Springfield

West Springfield PyramidChallenge Runs Oct. 17

More than 700 elementary school students in West Spring-field are expected to run for their health, their schools andtheir community in the fourth annual Pyramid ChallengeSaturday, Oct. 17.

The Pyramid Challenge is a cross-country race for kin-dergarten through sixth-grade students at West Springfield,Rolling Valley, Orange Hunt, Hunt Valley, Cardinal Forest,Keene Mill and Sangster elementary schools, the feederschools for Washington Irving Middle School.

Washington Irving Middle School, whose PTA is support-ing the race, will present the Pyramid Cup, a traveling tro-phy, to the winning school based on a point system reward-ing student body participation and fastest finishers. Roll-ing Valley Elementary has won the Pyramid Cup for threeyears.

The Pyramid Challenge will take place rain or shine, onthe grounds of Washington Irving Middle School. The half-mile race for kindergartners will begin at 10 a.m., followedby half-mile races for grades 1, 2 and 3, and then 1-mileraces for grades 4-6 girls and then grades 4-6 boys. Theentry fee of four cans of food will benefit Food For Others,a local food bank. Each runner will receive a T-shirt to wearduring the race. Elementary students should contact theirschool PTA to enter.

The race was started in 2006 by Bob Briggs and PeterSteinberg, race director and race coordinator. The two aredistance runners whose children attend Fairfax Countyschools in the West Springfield pyramid.

Hispanics Match Asians asLargest Minority in FCPS

The Hispanic student population could be poised to takeover as the largest ethnic minority community in FairfaxCounty Public Schools if enrollment trends continue onthe same trajectory as seen in recent years.

The school system bases it official population count eachyear on the number of students enrolled at the end of Sep-tember. For the past 23 years, Asian students have emergedas the largest ethnic minority in Fairfax schools.

Last fall, Hispanic students made up about 18.1 percentof Fairfax’s 168,782 pupils, coming very close to the num-ber of Asian students, about 18.5 percent of the schools’population.

White students are the largest racial group in Fairfaxschools overall, about 46.2 percent of the population in2008. Black students were about 10.5 percent of the schoolsystem during the 2008-2009 school year.

Other ethnic categories that the government tracks but

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include “Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders” and “American Indian/Alaskan.”Students cannot be counted as being in more than one ethnic category,though there are “undesignated” or “multiracial” options.

In 1986, Asian students, then nine percent of the countywide stu-dent body, first surpassed black students, who were 8.7 percent of thestudent body, as the largest ethnic or racial minority group in theschool system.

But the number of Hispanic students has been growing faster thanthe number of Asian students since at least 1991.

Annual growth in the Asian student population reached a high pointin1999 and 2000, when the number of Asian pupils in Fairfax grew 6.5percent for two consecutive school years.

In some years, the number of Hispanic students has grown at nearlydouble that rate. The largest jump came between1999 and 2000, when the percentage of Hispanicstudents enrolled in Fairfax schools increased 12.8percent between the annual student counts.

Ten years ago, Asian students made up 10.4 per-cent of Fairfax’s total student population and Hispanic students madeup 4.8 percent of Fairfax’s total student population.

According to the U.S. Census, the Asian population is still the largestethnic minority in Fairfax County as a whole, with about 160,560 people,or 17.5 percent of the locality’s population in 2008. About 14.1 per-cent of Fairfax’s total population was Hispanic the same year.

Fairfax has a rather large Asian population when compared to therest of the United States, where people who are Asian made up aboutfive percent of the total population in 2008.

Fairfax’s Hispanic community is slightly smaller than the country’sas a whole. In the United States, 15.4 percent of the population isHispanic, according to the U.S. Census.

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OpinionFarmers Markets Still Open

One more way to support local businessesand the economy.There might be a chill in the air, butlocal farmers markets will be openwell through October, with manyopen well into November and be-

yond, with markets in Alexandria and Leesburgopen year round.

Farmers markets are a wonderful source oflocally grown and produced items, includingfruits and vegetables of many kinds, greens,apples, pumpkins, chrysanthemums, meat,dairy products, flowers, eggs, honey, bakedgoods, and more. The markets are colorful andfriendly, and often also offer live music. Many

markets include experts on gar-dening, landscaping and cook-ing. Recipes and tips for cook-ing with local produce are

available.But many farmers markets report a drop in

customers after Labor Day.Buying from local markets promotes local,

sustainable and organic agriculture, and thelocal economy. Buying food grown close tohome helps the environment and helps reduceglobal warming by saving the energy used totransport the produce.

Taking children to the farmers market to helppick out their fruits and vegetables can helpexpand their horizons on healthy foods.

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In Fairfax County, see http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farm-mkt.htm

Mount Vernon Farmers Market, Tuesdays, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., through Nov. 24, Sherwood RegionalLibrary, 2501 Sherwood Hall Lane

Fairfax Farmers Market, Tuesdays, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.,through Oct. 27, Van Dyck Park on Old LeeHighway

Vienna/Oakton Farmers Market, Wednesdays, 8a.m.-12 p.m., through Nov. 18, Oak Marr RECenter,3200 Jermantown Road

Frying Pan Farmers Market,Herndon, Wednesdays, 8 a.m. -12:30 p.m., through Oct. 28, FryingPan Farm Park, 2709 West Ox Road,Herndon, in front of Frying PanCountry Store

Wakefield Farmers Market, Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m,through Oct. 28, Wakefield Park, 8100 BraddockRoad, Annandale.

Herndon Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m.-12p.m., through Oct. 29, Old Town Herndon, 777Lynn St., next to the Red Caboose

McLean Farmers Market, Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30p.m, through Nov. 20, Lewinsville Park, 1659 ChainBridge Road in McLean

Kingstowne Farmers Market, Fridays, 4-7 p.m,through Oct. 30, Kingstowne Town Center near theSunoco Gas Station.

Burke Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.,through Oct. 31, in the Virginia Railway ExpressParking Lot at 5671 Roberts Parkway

Reston Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.,

through Oct. 31, Lake Anne Village Center, RestonLorton Farmers Market, Sundays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m,

through Oct. 25, Lorton VRE Station Parking Lot,8990 Lorton Station Blvd., Lorton.

In Alexandria, see http://alexandriava.gov/FarmersMarket

The Old Town Farmers Market in Alexandria isopen year round, Saturdays, 5-10:30 a.m, at MarketSquare, 301 King St., with free parking in theMarket Square garage during the hours of the

Farmers’ Market.Del Ray Farmers’ Market, Corner ofEast Oxford and Mount Vernon avenues,Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., through thefirst Saturday in DecemberUpper King Street Fresh Farmers’

Market, King Street Gardens Park, 1806 King St.,every Wednesday from 3-7 p.m., through Oct. 29

West End Farmers’ Market, Ben Brenman Park,4800 Brenman Park Drive, Sundays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.through October.

In Fairfax City, see ww.fairfaxva.gov/farmermarket.htm

Downtown Fairfax Coalition CommunityMarket, the corner of West and Main streets,Fairfax, Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., through October.703-430-6164.

Sunday Farmers Market in Fairfax, corner of OldLee Highway and North Street, in the George MasonSquare lot, Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., throughOctober. 703-430-6164.

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Letters

BoardinghouseViolatorsTo the Editor:

Thursday, Sept. 24 marked ahuge victory for the residents ofLee District and Fairfax County.What began years ago right herein Lee District has culminated inthe largest fraud investigation inthe history of Fairfax County. As-tute citizens, my office, multiplecounty departments, the police,the FBI and other law enforcementagencies have been working be-hind the scenes for two years toresearch, find, and now arrest per-petrators of mortgage fraud andillegal boarding houses through-out this county. Keeping silent dur-ing years that this investigationtook place has been politically dif-ficult, but it was worth it not toundermine this large investiga-tion.

There’s been no lack of commu-nity concern and anger and tem-pers — including mine — haveflared over the proliferation of il-legal boarding McMansions in ourcommunities. While I have soughtand achieved widespread opera-tional changes in our zoning en-forcement and Strike Team opera-tions, zoning enforcement chal-lenges remained, leaving a sourtaste in the mouths of communi-ties. While operationally we arenow better off, it was critical thatwe seek criminal prosecution of

those individuals engaging inmortgage fraud to create hundredsof boarding houses. Zoning en-forcement is one thing, but crimi-nally prosecuting mortgage fraudis absolutely key and I insisted thatboth occur simultaneously. That’simportant because mortgage fraudisn’t just another faceless financialcrime. Ask anyone in a community

that has been af-fected and you’ll hearabout the toll it takeson their neighbor-hood. I am proud of

our community and our countyagencies, police and FBI who haveall worked together to slam thebrakes on this crime against neigh-borhoods.

What does all this mean? Itmeans that citizens — who knowtheir communities and know whensomething is not right — canchange the face of government.Democracy is alive and well in LeeDistrict and to my constituents Isay, I heard your concerns, I agreedwith your concerns, and what mayhave sometimes seemed minor hasturned into a vast collection offraudulent actions involving a po-tential loss of more than $100 mil-lion to mortgage lenders. We havedevoted enormous county re-sources to this effort because wecare about our citizens and we willprotect our neighborhoods.

In Lee District, and in FairfaxCounty, the message is clear: If yourun an illegal boarding house and

are engaged in mortgage fraud, wewill find you, we will prosecuteyou, and justice will be served.

I thank those communities, whohave been under assault by fraudsrunning boarding houses, for theirpatience. I always said we wouldwin this battle, protect our neigh-borhoods, and regain faith in thecounty’s ability to fight for our citi-zens and justice. Savor the day!

Supervisor Jeff McKayD-Lee

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Health CareUnbelievableTo the Editor:

All across this great country ofours, people are suffering fromlack of and /or inappropriatehealth insurance. It is unbelievablethat in the world’s richest countrythere are 47 million people with-out health insurance and sneakypoliticians are talking aboutunaffordability of health insurancein the world’s largest economywhile much smaller economies inthe other 27 developed countriesare able to provide coverage to allcitizens. How can we provide tril-lions of taxpayer dollars to theworld’s largest corporations inbailouts but we cannot providereasonable and respectablehealthcare to our own citizens?Unfortunately, we still have a largeproportion of people in our soci-

ety who believe that we can liveisolated with and unaffected bysuffering humanity. This is increas-ingly impossible in this ever-shrinking world. The suffering ofthese people is reflected on ournation and the country resultinginto crisis after crisis. How can wehave an efficient economy whenone-seventh of our populationdoesn’t even have access to properhealthcare? Even the people whohave health insurance are beingdenied all the time by rationingdone by health insurance compa-nies.

Sadly, in our so-called civilizedsociety and advanced economy,getting sick is an unforgivable sinand once you get the label of “pre-existing condition,” getting healthinsurance becomes nearly impos-sible. Surprisingly, our Republicanleaders are publicly suggestingthat if you are poor and get sick,there are only two options for you:die helplessly or beg for charity. Idon’t know, how does our con-science allow us to let our fellowAmericans die so brutally? We cannever forget 9/11 culprits but haveno remorse on millions of peopledying of sickness and their inabil-ity to access proper healthcarebecause of unfair practices by bighealth insurance companies. Inspite of being the world leader andonly super power, preventivehealthcare is almost non-existent,

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Our healthcare system is rated37th in the world, while there areonly 28 developed countries. Thismeans we are even below certainunder developed countries. Cuba,our long time rival and the worstsocialist country, from our point ofview, has far less wealth than usand is ranked 38th, very next tous. It is very hard for me to be-lieve that a country like that isranked so close to us.

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THURSDAY/OCT. 1Kitty Tales. 10:30 a.m. Burke Centre

Library, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke.Bring a favorite stuffed kitty andlisten to stories and songs aboutkittens. Age 13-23 months withadult. 703-249-1520.

Daytime Book Discussion Group.12:15 p.m. Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria. ThatOld Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx.Adults. 703-339-4610.

Redemption Thursdays, Johnny 3Legs, Feed God Cabbage,Fairgrounds and Mojo. 8:30 p.m.Jaxx Night Club, 6355 Rolling Road,Springfield. $7, $10 if under 21. 703-569-5940 or jaxxroxx.com.

FRIDAY/OCT. 2Comedy Sportz. Fast-paced,

improvisational comedy 7:30 p.m., atLittle Theatre at Lake BraddockSecondary School, 9200 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. $10 per ticket.

Lunch Bunch. 12 p.m. John MarshallLibrary, 6209 Rose Hill Drive,Alexandria. Bring lunch and come forstories. Birth-5 with adult. 703-971-0010.

UFO with The Travis Larson Band,Gate 1, rival tribe and more. 8p.m. Jaxx Night Club, 6355 RollingRoad, Springfield. $25 in advance,$30 at the door. 703-569-5940 orjaxxroxx.com.

SATURDAY/OCT. 3Art, Wine & All That Jazz. 12-8 p.m.

,at the Workhouse Arts Center, 9601Ox Road, Lorton. Local wineries fromVirginia and North Carolina, art andall day jazz performances. $25 inadvance or $30 at the gate.www.workhousearts.org or 703-584-2927.

Author Signing/Lecture. George J.Haas, author of “The Martian Codex:More Reflections from Mars,” willconduct a lecture and PowerPointpresentation featuring NASAphotographs of aesthetically designedstructures found on the surface ofMars. 1 p.m., at the BoardersExpress, 6725 Springfield Mall,Springfield, 703-971-9443.

Kittie and Soil with Arkaea,Straight Line Stitch, GI9 andInfliction. 7 p.m. Jaxx Night Club,6355 Rolling Road, Springfield. $18in advance, $20 at the door. 703-569-5940 or jaxxroxx.com.

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,at the Workhouse Arts Center, 9601Ox Road, Lorton. $25 in advance or$30 at the gate.www.workhousearts.org or 703-584-2927.

Reunion Music Society JazzOrchestra, under the direction ofChristopher Johnston, performs JazzWith Strings at 7:30 p.m. The musicof Cole Porter, George Gershwin,Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker/Clifford Brown accompanied by astring orchestra. The concert is in theForum at the Richard J. ErnstCommunity Cultural Center, 8333Little River Turnpike, Annandale.Adults $15, seniors/teens $10, age12 and under free. 703-569-0973.

I Am The Kaleidoscope, SatellitePapa, Apex, Rashad Darnell,The Cliched, John T., Little Justice,

TiJean, Paperhaus, Anarcoustic andBetter Red Than Dead. 4:15 p.m.Jaxx Night Club, 6355 Rolling Road,Springfield. $8 in advance, $10 at thedoor. 703-569-5940 or jaxxroxx.com.

MONDAY/OCT. 5Inova HealthSource Fight the Flu.

11 a.m. Lorton Library, 9520Richmond Highway, Lorton. Shots$25 or Medicare Part B; must be 18or older. Call Inova for details; 703-698-2424. Adults.

TUESDAY/OCT. 6Computer Tutoring. 3:30 p.m. and

4:30 p.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935Freds Oak Road, Burke. One-on-onehelp with basic computer skills,navigating the Internet and usingMicrosoft Word and Excel. Call tosign up. Adults. 703-249-1520.

Teen Book Club. 6:30 p.m. BurkeCentre Library, 5935 Freds OakRoad, Burke. Fun, food and greatbook discussions. Age 12-18. 703-249-1520.

Monster Mash. 10:30 a.m. LortonLibrary, 9520 Richmond Highway,Lorton. Stories and activities. Age 2-3with adult. 703-339-7385.

Acoustic Open Mic with BobGaynor of The Roadducks. 7p.m. Jaxx Night Club, 6355 RollingRoad, Springfield. Age 21 and up.703-569-5940 or jaxxroxx.com.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 7Fall Fashion Show sponsored by the

Women’s Association of NorthernVirginia. 11 a.m. at the SpringfieldGolf and Country Club, 8301 OldKeene Mill Road, Springfield. Bringnon-perishable items for food bank.$30 for luncheon. 703-250-6636.


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Air Force Airman Joshua D.Gamble graduated frombasic military training atLackland Air Force Base,San Antonio, Texas. Airmenwho complete basic train-ing earn four credits to-ward an associate in ap-plied science degreethrough the CommunityCollege of the Air Force. Heis the son of Kelly-AnneGamble of Debra Lu Way,Springfield.

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

Navy Seaman Stephen A. Frye,son of Michele R. and Ronald A. Frye ofSpringfield, recently completed U.S.Navy basic training at Recruit TrainingCommand, Great Lakes, Ill. Frye is a2006 graduate of Lake Braddock Sec-ondary School.

Army Pvt. Tyler J. Williams hasgraduated from basic combat training atFort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Williams isa 2005 graduate of Robinson SecondarySchool, Burke.

Army Reserve Pvt. Fatema M.Khan has graduated from basic combattraining at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.Khan is a 2003 graduate of West Spring-field High School.

Clayton T. Buckley has graduatedfrom the Army ROTC (Reserve OfficerTraining Corps) Leader’s TrainingCourse at Fort Knox, Ky. The cadet is astudent at East Tennessee State Univer-sity, Johnson City. He is the son DavidB. and Janice G.H. Buckley of OrioleAvenue, Springfield. Buckley is a 2007graduate of Robert E. Lee High School.

The following students from Spring-field recently graduated from theCollege of William and Mary with bach-elor of arts degrees: Jessica Aysanoa,Michael Campbell, Elizabeth Cole,Matthew Fuller , BrendanMascarenhas, Mary McGillvray,Kelsey Mihaloew , Kyle Nomi ,Kathleen Olsen , Adam Park ,Daniel Plehal, John Quinn, RyenRasmus, Erin Shannahan, MichaelVogel and Amanda Zinn.

The following students from Spring-field recently graduated from theCollege of William and Mary with BBAdegrees: Dustin Dunbar, KariFasick, Christina Hoffman andMaja Lojanica.


Grinding for Goals at R.E. LeeSports Springfield Connection Sports Editor Reed Albers703-224-3014 or [email protected]

Lancer K.P. Park’s toughplay stands out in loss.

“I just focus on thegame and I don’tcare if I get hurt.”

— K.P. Park

By Reed S. AlbersThe Connection

If anyone questions whether Lee High Schoolfield hockey player K.P. Park gave her best ef-fort in the Lancers’ 5-1 loss to W.T. Woodsonon Sept. 25, the post-game ice bags wrappedaround her legs should be proof enough.

“I got hit in two different places,” said Park, point-ing to the bags surrounding her shins. “The girl hither stick [on my leg] and then I was hit by the ball[blocking a shot]. Then I pulled my hamstring chas-ing down the ball.”

Park’s grinding style of play hasbeen one of the Lancers’ brightspots this season.

Walking gingerly on her legs, butwearing a smile after scoring theLancers’ lone goal in the loss toWoodson, the junior forward saidthat the cuts and bruises mean itwas just another day on the field for her.

“Every game I’m getting banged up,” Park said. “Igo 100 percent. I just focus on the game and I don’tcare if I get hurt. I just sacrifice myself for the team.”

Park’s sacrificial play stood out against Woodson,where the Lancers faced a regional contender brim-ming with talent. Parents from Woodson clamoredabout Park’s toughness and some even wondered howshe’s made it through the season without a seriousinjury.

Assistant Coach Brianna Hoffman said that theteam never worries when Park grimaces in pain.

“She’s one tough kid,” Hoffman said. “When shegets hit in the face or just about anywhere, she al-ways gets right back up.”

Park’s willingness to endure pain isn’t the only skillshe brings to the young Lancers’ team.

“She’s just amazing,” Hoffman said. “She bringsintensity and she’s all over the field for us. She’s oneof our best defenders and one our best offensive play-ers. She’s only a junior so she’ll just get even better.”

The heart-and-soul Park wasn’t the only Lancer tocontribute against Woodson.

Sophomore goaltender Laura Geter performedadmirably against the powerful Woodson offense. Shefrustrated co-Northern Region Player of the Year,Shelly Montgomery, by only allowing her to scoreone goal.

“I just go out and try to do my best in net,” Getersaid. “I work with my defense and clear the ball asmuch as I can. It’s all just hard work.”

Geter is expected to play a large role in the Lanc-ers’ future, Hoffman said.

“She’s developed well in the lastyear,” Hoffman said. “Last yearwas her first year in goal for ourjunior varsity team, and webrought her up for varsity thisyear. We were expecting her tohave a building year, but she’shaving a great year so far.”

Geter’s poise in net against Woodson helped theteam stump the offensive squad for much of the firsthalf, although the Lancers were unable to hold backWoodson’s charge.

Despite letting in a total of five goals, Hoffmansaid that Geter has shown promise all season.

“[Geter] has great saves, great stick saves and greatreflexes,” she said. “She’s quick to the ball and we’reworking on her recovery after the first shot. In thenext few years, she’ll be a big-time player for us.”

Like Geter, other teammates are young and stilllearning, Hoffman said. “We’ve got a lot of youngplayers, “ she said. “We have a few senior studs wewill miss, but we’re building up and I hope we cancontend in the district next year.”

Kenny Towns Leads Bruins to VictoryLake Braddock golfer leads team to firstin Patriot District Golf Tourney.

By Michael K. BohnThe Connection

In the 2009 Patriot District golf tour-nament on Sept 23, the Lake BraddockSecondary School golf team clawed itsway to a first place finish. Led by juniorKenny Towns, Lake Braddock won by 21strokes over runner-up West SpringfieldHigh School at Twin Lakes Golf Course.

“Everyone really focused well,” said LakeBraddock Coach Bill Hughes. “No one hadany disasters and they all struck the ballwell during the two rounds.”

Hughes applauded Town’s excellent playand then noted how well Sam Kim playedduring the tournament. “I am pleased withall of his hard work.”

Towns won the medal for low score inindividual play, shooting a 1-over 71-74-145. He bested runner-up Matt Spooner

Team Results (Top 3)1. Lake Braddock 6082. West Springfield 6293. South County 630

Individual Play (Top 5)1. Kenny Towns (Lake Braddock) 1452. Matt Spooner (W. Spring.) 1503. Bobby Bradshaw (W. Spring.) 1514. Nolan White (South County) 1535. Sam Kim (Lake Braddock) 155

from West Springfield by five strokes.“I just played steady golf,” the Burke resi-

dent said afterward. “I did putt awful in thesecond round, though,” he said, pointingat the six 3-putts on the card. “I tried totake advantage of my length off the tee tomake up for the putting,” he said.

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

Burke Presbyterian Church(BPC) is hosting its annual WorldCommunion Sunday service fol-lowed by an International Luncheon onSunday, Oct. 4. Worship services are8:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. followed bythe luncheon at 12:45 p.m. A specialpresentation of the Jerusalem WomenSpeak tour will be shared. Three womenfrom Jerusalem, each of three faiths —Islam, Christianity and Judaism —speak of their daily lives, voice theirhopes and frustration amidst the ongo-ing violence, and tell of their efforts forpeace. BPC is located at 5690 OakLeather Drive, Burke. For additionaldetails about this event visitwww.BurkePresChurch.org or call 703-764-0456.

Parenting: The Early YearsClass. Franconia United MethodistChurch, 6037 Franconia Road, Alexan-dria, will offer a six-session video studyfor parents of young children on Mon-days from 7-9 p.m. starting Oct 5-Nov16 (no class on Oct. 12). $15 registra-tion fee, which includes a workbook. Toregister, contact Frank at 703-971-5151ext.112, or [email protected]. Web site: http://www.franconiaumc.org.

Community Days at HarvestChurch. Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday,Oct. 4. Bring the whole family to Satur-days events from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and willinclude inflatables, rock wall, ponyrides, face painting, magic show, draw-ings for prizes, etc. On Sunday a specialone-hour community service will beginat 10:30 a.m. highlighting the variousministries of the church. Grand prizeswill be given away on Sunday. Must be

present to win and at least 18 years ofage. Free. Harvest Church is located at7401 Beulah St., Kingstowne. Call 703-971-7070 or visitwww.harvestchurchag.org.

Messiah United MethodistChurch is located at 6215 RollingRoad, Springfield. For more informa-tion, call 703-569-9862 or visitwww.messiahumc.org.

❖ A Community of ContagiousJoy. Sunday Worship: 8:15 a.m., withHoly Communion every Sunday; and9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Holy Commun-ion on the first Sunday of the month.

❖ Heartline: An interactive praiseand worship service, Sunday evenings at7 p.m.

Fairfax Presbyterian Churchworship services are at 8:45 a.m. and11:15 a.m. at 10723 Main St., Fairfax.Contact 703-273-5300 [email protected].

Faith Notes

D.O.B. January 1, 2007, Shepherd/LabMix, Spayed Female, 55 lbs. Nicole wan-dered into someone’s yard and had 7puppies. She was picked up by animalwardens and taken to a rural shelter withlittle chance of survival for herself or herbabies. She was starved, scared andsearching for someone to love her. Herbabies have all been adopted and nowit’s Nicole’s turn to be loved. She’s verygentle and good with other dogs. Youcan see the love in her eyes and can feelthe love in her heart. Please give this lit-tle lady the chance she so deserves, tohave someone special in her life. Call ustoday and soon you’ll have a wonderfullifelong companion. Attributes: So sweetyou’ll think she’s made of sugar!

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Only 125,000 original miles on this third owner, classic six cyl-inder 1989 Mercedes sedan with roomy interior and 20+mpg. Offers great protec-tion and reliability for young driver, second family vehicle or hobbyist. Amazing condi-tion, low mileage and mechan-ical reliability for 20 year old car. Usual Mercedes luxury plus new ignition switch, up-dated AC system and Sony stereo/cd/mp3 player. Engine, transmission, power locks and all electrical (except power an-tennae) operate smoothly. Va state emissions valid through Sept, 2010. Minor paint, interi-or blemishes and barely visible rust bubble on left rear panel.Have too many cars for two drivers. $2900/offer.

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