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table of contents September 2014 Vol. 4 No. 9

FEATURE STORY Answering the Call: First Responders of Greater Prince William ....................................4

DEPARTMENTS from the publisher..................................................3 advertiser index......................................................3

4 Photo courtesy OWL VFD

on a high note Castaways Repertory Theatre................................10 destinations RELIC: Small Center, Big Resource ........................12 taking care of business Ricks Roasters Coffee Company: Where “It’s All About the Bean” ..........................16 family fun Tips for Stress-free Scheduling..............................18 giving back Community Emergency Response Teams: Neighbors Trained to Lend a Helping Hand ........22

12 Photo by Linda Hughes

local flavor Not Your Average Joe’s: Creative Casual Cuisine........................................26 calendar ..............................................................30 tambourines and elephants Back in the Day....................................................35

COLUMNS health & wellness ................................................14 home & hearth ....................................................24 your finances ......................................................28 Discover Prince William & Manassas ..............31

26 Photo by Linda Hughes

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ften, we think of emergencies as things that happen to “other people.” And who can blame us? It would be hard to enjoy life preoccupied with what could go wrong. Still, a little preparation can pay big. Even commonplace events such as storm damage can knock us off track if we aren’t ready. Luckily, September is National Preparedness Month, so you’ll have plenty of reminders to formulate a plan to weather emergencies, starting with this month’s issue of Prince William Living.

First, Helena Tavares Kennedy walks you through the network of fire, rescue and law enforcement personnel serving our community in “Answering the Call: Our First Responders,” on page 4. Learn who answers when you dial 911 and how the town, city and county departments collaborate in keeping the people of Prince William safe. I’m always in awe of these men and women, willing to put themselves in harm’s way to protect others—and then call it just a day on the job. Our first responders will tell you that they are not heroes. But I disagree.

As the public information officer for the Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton Fire Department, I can attest that we are fortunate to have skilled, caring and brave safety professionals protecting us.

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One way to support our first responders is by becoming a member of the Manassas City or Manassas Park Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). This national program prepares ordinary citizens to be able to help in disaster situations where first responders may be either overwhelmed or unreachable. The cities also call on CERT members to lend their services during large public events, weather incidents and other everyday situations. I encourage you to check out the free training sessions that the local CERTs are holding this fall. Learn more in “Giving Back” on page 22.

Once you’ve done your “prep work,” with fresh water, nonperishable foods, medical supplies, cash and flashlights at the ready in case of emergencies, reward yourself with some #pwliving. In this issue you’ll also find stories on managing back-to-school chaos, Not Your Average Joe’s eclectic menu, farm-to-table yumminess, the latest from The Castaways Repertory Theatre and more.

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ANSWERING THE CALL First Responders of Greater Prince William

By Helena Tavares Kennedy

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y definition, a “Certified First Responder” is somebody who has completed an intense certification in pre-hospital care—how to quickly assess emergency situations, call an ambulance and administer first aid.

This may include postal workers, school bus drivers and manufacturers. However, when most of us refer to first responders, we are thinking of the men and women who respond to our emergency calls, the ones who run toward danger to keep the public safe.

A call from a landline in Manassas or Manassas Park goes directly to the call center for that city. Cell phones can be a little tricky, explained City of Manassas Public Affairs Specialist Patty Prince.

Since cell calls are more difficult to locate, the OPSC typically handles them and transfers the call to the appropriate center.

This interconnected 911 system reflects the collaboration among emergency services in Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Policing Together In Case of Emergency Since the Greater Prince William area includes the county, two independent cities and four incorporated towns, who responds to 911 calls depends on the location and type of emergency. A caller may first reach either the Prince William County Office of Public Safety Communications (OPSC) or call centers for the Manassas or Manassas Park police departments.

While Prince William’s 911 system may seem complex, it is an efficient distribution center for the network of first responders operating here. In the realm of law enforcement, Prince William is served by seven police departments and a sheriff, and has a state police presence as well. Recognizing that criminal activity often crosses jurisdictions, personnel from different departments frequently collaborate to keep Prince William safe.

If someone reports a fire or medical emergency, OPSC telecommunicators will dispatch services from the fire and rescue units serving that area. Call-takers work directly with all of the fire departments serving the county, cities and towns.

Chief Stephan M. Hudson leads the Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD), the largest of our police departments, with a staff of about 800. Occoquan’s department is the smallest with one full-time and one part-time officer.

For police assistance, the 911 system routes calls based on the jurisdiction from which they originate. Calls coming from within the county go to OPSC, where they are dispatched to either the PWC or appropriate town police department.

“The PWC Police Department and the city and smaller police departments work very well together,” said First Sergeant Kim D. Chinn, public information officer for the PWCPD. “We collaborate a lot together on things like the Manassas City and Manassas Park narcotics task force, as criminals cross city lines all the time, so working together is essential.”

“Towns in Prince William County, like Occoquan, are all dispatched by PWC police, but we are independent of PWC and have similar reporting to state police,” said Occoquan Police Department Chief Sheldon Levi.

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To combat large criminal enterprises, police departments across the state also work with each other and with federal law

Photo courtesy Prince William County

Prince William County Department of Fire & Rescue personnel work together to extract a driver from the wreckage of his vehicle.

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by citizens of the county and both cities, is serving his third consecutive term. He directs a staff of 97 employees in their primary responsibilities of securing the Judicial Center and serving civil process papers, including protective orders and eviction notices. They also transport and extradite prisoners, investigate fugitives and provide fingerprinting for the Virginia Sex Offender Registry.

Hill added that his office holds concurrent law enforcement jurisdiction with local police departments and stands ready to assist the police in their primary duties as needed.

All in a Day’s Police Work The City of Manassas Fire & Rescue Department EMS Bike Team can maneuver through crowded events to provide medical assistance.

enforcement. Manassas City Police Chief Douglas Keen said that the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force is a great example of this.

“It’s a group effort from all agencies in Northern Virginia, including state police. Each jurisdiction assigns a supervisor or detective to work on the task force and respond to gang-related issues, because gang issues aren’t just in one city or area, but a regional issue – it goes across boundaries. We are constantly collaborating with each other because so few of these issues we face today stop at the line on the map,” said Keen, chairperson of the task force.

The Prince William County Sheriff's Office, located in the Prince William County Judicial Center in Manassas, is another ally in keeping the community safe. Sheriff Glendell Hill, elected

In addition to the well-known duty of “catching bad guys,” modern police forces take on a myriad of public safety tasks.

Traffic control and accident reports, providing school resource officers and crossing guards, administering animal control and issuing taxicab licenses all fall under the purview of the PWCPD. For Virginia State Police, which has its “Area 11” office in Manassas, responsibilities include patrolling of state highways and issuance of motor vehicle registration and driver’s licenses.

Hill said that the Sheriff ’s Office maintains a commitment to community service activities, such as issuing child identification cards, escorting funeral processions and administering Project Lifesaver. This national program uses technology to locate and bring home people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s who sometimes wander and become lost.

In smaller departments, officers may find themselves juggling a variety of duties as well. “Occoquan is a small town, so what I do (continues on page 6) prince william living September 2014 | 5

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Department of Fire & Rescue, going all the way back to the formation of the Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton Volunteer Fire Department (OWL) in 1938. According to county literature, the county hired its first paid firefighter in 1966, along with a fire chief and fire marshal.

Fast forward to the present day, when the county’s fire and rescue services operate under a “combination system,” relying on both volunteer and paid county resources and staff.

“Staff are distributed across the county...every station has career fire and rescue staff at their stations Monday through Friday 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Career crew [are] on staff at each station when volunteers are typically at work,” said Prince William County Fire Chief Kevin McGee. He added that all department members operate by the same policies and procedures, ensuring consistency of services.

Sergeant Mark Hurd prepares to serve process papers, one of the primary duties of the Prince William County Sheriff's Office.

is totally different than what the larger city or county police departments do,” said Levi. “It’s only me and a part-time officer for Occoquan but we do [have] to talk to local business owners and residents, patrol the area, handle traffic enforcement and conduct office work. We get a wider mix of tasks during our day whereas the larger police departments have dedicated traffic control divisions, desk officers, etc. So even though I’m chief of police, I have so called ‘street cop’ duties as well.”

Officers from all departments may also find themselves on the frontlines of mental health issues. “All of law enforcement struggles with mental health issues among its residents. In reality, we are the first responder for mental health cases,” said Keen.

“We get called into situations where we have to evaluate a person’s mental health quickly, take them into temporary custody and wait with them at the hospital until medical personnel take over.”

“The advantage is the pooling of all the resources together,” he said. “You might see a truck that says ‘volunteer’ on it but it’s driven by career and vice versa, since they share equipment regularly.”

In 2013, this combined system of more than 500 volunteer and career firefighters responded to 38,000 calls for service. McGee said that callers are often surprised to see a fire truck pull up to a medical emergency, rather than an ambulance.

He explained that each fire station has Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) on staff, and some stations also have medic units with paramedics. When a 911 call comes in, dispatchers send the nearest medical help, which might mean that firefighters may be first on the scene. McGee said that the goal is to have basic life support arrive within four minutes of an emergency call, and advanced life support within eight minutes.

Also serving the community is the PWC Fire Marshal’s Office, which provides oversight of fire code compliance, inspections and investigating the origin and causes of fires. Additionally, the county’s 23 marshals participate in joint investigation with local police and issue permits for special hazardous uses, such as fireworks displays.

He explained that because bed space might not be immediately available for these patients, officers may have to wait with their charges for up to seven hours until a bed is found. In one instance, Keen’s department had scheduled six officers on the street, but three of them were tied up at the hospital waiting to turn mental patients over to medical staff, essentially cutting the police presence in half.

Like Prince William County, Manassas relies on a combined system of about 90 volunteer and 60 career firefighters. The City of Manassas Fire and Rescue Department, Manassas Volunteer Fire Company and Greater Manassas Volunteer Rescue Squad together answered more than 6,100 emergency calls in Fiscal Year 2014. “The career staff and volunteer members work handin-hand to provide the emergency response services,” said Manassas Fire Chief Brett R. Bowman.

A Network of Fire & Rescue Services

Manassas recently received the Outstanding EMS Agency Award from the Northern Virginia EMS Council. According to a press release issued by the city, “Recipients were selected based on their excellence in Emergency Medical Services.”

Much like its police force, Prince William is served by a network of departments overseeing fire and rescue services. There are 21 fire and rescue stations across Prince William County, 17 of which are owned and run by volunteers. There are also two stations in Manassas and one in Manassas Park.

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Manassas Park, with a staff of 27, has Prince William’s only allcareer force, led by Fire Chief David O. Dixon. Of this personnel, 24 staff the fire station and three serve in administrative tasks. However, all are cross-trained in firefighting

Photo courtesy Zack Owen

Fire and rescue and law enforcement departments also coordinate efforts. “There are many times when fire and rescue and police departments come together,” said Rebecca Barnes, public information officer for OWL. “After a car accident, fire and rescue will shut down a road and local or state police will manage traffic while we get control of a scene, putting out the fire or stabilizing patients.”

She added that in a mass casualty situation, Incident Command Systems (ICS) comes into play. ICS is an operating procedure that assists government agencies and private organizations in working together during large-scale domestic incidents. “During those times, coordination is essential,” said Barnes.

“OWL volunteers have worked closely with area law enforcement agencies for years. Several of our volunteers have been employees of these same agencies, helping to maintain great relationships,” said McAllister.

Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Station 10 includes a showcase of department history.

and EMS, and 98 percent are trained in advanced life support.

The department gets about 2,300 calls in an average year. Of these, 75 percent are for EMS, said Dixon, who started his firefighting career as a volunteer 39 years ago.

Joining Forces Don’t let the different department names and jurisdictions fool you: When it comes to keeping residents of greater Prince William safe, all of our first responders are on the same team.

“The City of Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County essentially operate as one large department,” said Bowman. “We are dispatched and respond together multiple times daily. To assure efficiency and effectiveness, we use the same standard operating procedures and practices to assure seamless delivery of services to the citizens of all three jurisdictions.”

Rescue departments also collaborate by sharing ideas and learning from one another, such as when OWL commissioned the design of two specialized fireboats to handle emergencies on the Potomac River. OWL volunteers worked with the manufacturer, MetalCraft Marine, “to ensure we could meet the demands of our citizens and visitors,” said OWL Chief James McAllister. “Our design now leads an industry standard resulting in these vessels being sold around the world.” Neighboring fire departments that have acquired fireboats based on the OWLdesigned model include the District of Columbia, Alexandria and Fairfax.

McAllister added that OWL volunteers have been instrumental in conducting several large-scale exercises on the Potomac River as well as participating in the creation of the Potomac River Response policy for the Council of Governments.

Dixon summed up the level of service that residents can expect when dialing 911 in Greater Prince William. “We are always trying to do the best we possibly can, to do what’s best for the customer, with dignity and respect regardless of social status or circumstance. All the departments do. It’s what your community, your neighbors expect,” said Dixon.

Helena Tavares Kennedy is a marketing and communications consultant who also enjoys freelance writing and blogging at LivingGreenDayByDay.com. She has lived in Prince William for more than 13 years with her family and thanks those who have served and currently serve our communities, putting their lives at risk each and every day to better all our lives. She can be reached at hkennedy@princewilliamliving.com.

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With a goal of encouraging people to discover and continue a love for the theater, The Castaways offer a broad range of plays.

Audiences can expect everything from the classic cadence of Shakespeare to musical favorites such as “South Pacific” and “My Fair Lady.”

Each year, this all-volunteer group puts on three feature plays at its “main stage,” the Ferlazzo Building at 15941 Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge. Additionally, the group performs in the Northern Virginia One-Act Play Festival, held the last two weekends of every June.

Giving Kids a Chance at Creativity Now in its 33rd year, The Castaways remain true to the mission of bringing arts appreciation and education to the greater Prince William area. Through a recent partnership with The Homeschool Theatre Troupe, also based in Woodbridge, it is also expanding efforts to support the next generation of actors and reach new audiences.

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The student theatre troupe, directed by Julie Little since its formation 10 year ago, came under the auspices of The Castaways in 2013. The student actors are featured in one Castaways production each year, and encouraged to participate in other productions that involve children.

“We usually have about 40 students between 10 and 18 [in the troupe],” said Little, also a longtime member of The Castaways.

Little explained that the youth plays are based on classic literature. For its first production with The Castaways, this summer the children performed “Pride and Prejudice.” Past productions have included “Les Misérables,” “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “The Canterbury Tales.”

Kathy Sahlberg, a Castaways volunteer since the early days, explained that while the group had always involved children in productions as appropriate, it did not have a youth program in place prior to the partnership. “Julie approached us….we said this is perfect. It’s something we wanted to do and she already had a system and plan in place,” said Sahlberg.

“Anything you can do to give a kid a chance...where they can be creative, I think it’s a good thing,” added Sahlberg.

Kicking Off a New Season The 2014-2015 season schedule kicks off with “A Mid Summer Night’s Dream,” playing Oct. 24, 25 and 30 and Nov. 1, 7 and 8 at 8:00 p.m., with additional performances on Oct. 26 and Nov. 9 at 2:00 p.m.

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Macbeth, left, and A Streetcar Named Desire are among the classical stories brought to life by The Castaways Repertory Theatre, based in Woodbridge.

Leslie Anne Ross will direct the play, transporting the characters from the magical world of the original story, set in the 16th century, to the time of the Great Depression in New York’s Central Park. Ross said her version will allow modern audiences to appreciate and understand the story without having to decipher Renaissance English.

“Leslie’s a wonderful director. ... She wants the audience to really understand the flow of Shakespeare,” said Sahlberg. She relayed the tale of an audience member who approached her after watching a performance of Macbeth that Ross directed. “He told me, ‘This is the the first time I enjoyed something by Shakespeare, I understood what was going on.’ She’s really good at that,” said Sahlberg.

Other productions this season include “Peter Pan” and “Hello, Dolly!” As always, the theater group is accepting new talent for its cast and crew.

“We are open to any age and there is no requirement to be a member of Castaways to audition,” said Castaways President Doug Nelson. “We welcome new people and are always looking for volunteers. Our greatest need for volunteers is usually for crew members.”

Nelson added that no experience is needed. However, those selected to join a production are required to become a Castaways member. Membership rates vary from $15 per production to $45 for a premium membership which includes access to all performances for the season, along with five tickets for guests.

Audition requirements vary by production and are subject to the director’s discretion, said Nelson. However, some standard audition guidelines usually apply: Be prepared to read from the script, and memorize and perform a two-minute monologue from a classic play (actors 15 and under do not need a monologue).

■ Bring a headshot and theatre resumé.

■ Dress for easy movement, since you may be asked to improvise.

The Castaways Repertory Theatre posts information about upcoming auditions on its website.

Volunteering On and Off Stage Being a Castaways member doesn’t stop at the theater door. Cast and crew members regularly find ways to take their work into the community. For instance, during the holiday season, group members visit senior living homes to perform holiday readings.

The Castaways is also a founding member of the Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH), now in its 14th year. According to washingtontheatre.org, the program “recognizes artistic and technical excellence in community theatre throughout the Washington, D.C. area.”

Additionally, The Castaways Repertory Theatre is a member of NVTA (formerly the Northern Virginia Theatre Association), Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) and the Prince William County Arts Council.

Sahlberg explained why she and others continue to volunteer with The Castaways, both on and off stage. “It’s part of that magic of the theatre...you see the people milling around before the show. You see how it affects them,” she said. “For a few hours we take them to a different place. … We change their life for just a moment.”

For additional information, visit www.castawaystheatre.org.

Tracy Shevlin is a Virginia native and long-time resident of Prince William County. She is an administrative assistant and is completing her degree in Business Communications. prince william living September 2014 | 13

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RELIC: Small Center, Big Resource

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By Cindy Brookshire

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atching celebrities find their roots on TV shows like “Who Do You Think You Are?” may leave the impression that genealogy is a quick online search or DNA test result away.

Not so, according to Tish Como and Beverly Veness, who have been helping visitors gather keys to their past at The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC) at Bull Run Regional Library since it opened 20 years ago. RELIC Virginiana Librarian Don Wilson has been a Sherpa to the past even longer – 35 years – since the days of RELIC’s predecessor, the Virginiana Room at Central Library.

The center is named for Lloyd, a Prince William civic leader who successfully led the push for the first public library demonstration project funded by the Virginia General Assembly in 1952, which eventually became the current 10-location Prince William Public Library System. RELIC’s mission is to preserve Prince William’s heritage, provide access to Virginia historical information, and assist family historians – whatever their family origins.

A Genealogist’s Best Friend Wilson helps visitors like Melissa Harshman, a 44-year-old data analyst from Bristow who is researching her husband Brad’s lineage.

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So far, she has pieced together that one of his ancestors fought with the Stonewall Brigade, survived the Civil War and lived to be almost 100 years old.

“You cannot work a true genealogy of your family without boots on the ground, going to courthouses, looking up records and doing it right,” said Harshman, who has also spent time in upstate New York with her aunt, Dee Dee Neely of Stafford, researching their lineage as well. Harshman traced her father’s side back to a passenger on the Mayflower, and her tenth greatgrandfather on her mother’s side was the first mayor of Albany, N.Y. This past summer, the town historian at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in DeRuyter, N.Y. let Harshman and Neely into the 1835 structure, now closed to the public, so they could stand where their ancestors once worshipped.

“I’m still blown away by the whole experience, to know that they were there, even though their burial markers have long since disappeared,” said Harshman. “You come to RELIC and you pull down some of these books about these families, and if you truly have a love of history, their lives become real to you. They’re not just names and dates. Each successive generation has led to you. And so [in] understanding them, in some ways you can understand yourself.”

“People think with Ancestry.com, you click the little leaf and you’re done,” Harshman added. “Well, places like RELIC are absolutely critical. You’re going to find stories you wouldn’t otherwise find, cemetery transcriptions and indexes of births that may only be here.

When you take into account that probably only five to seven percent of the available records in the country are digitized, you’re not going to find everything online.”

featuring a buffet dinner, this year featuring a lecture by acclaimed genealogist John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., whose topic will be “Is Any Body There? Tracking Ancestral Remains.” Registration opened Aug. 1; call 703-792-4540 to see if space is still available.

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RELIC is open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. Contact RELIC at 703-7924540 or relic2@pwcgov.org to learn more.

In Fiscal Year 2013 alone, RELIC staff members have responded to 15,794 “Ask RELIC” requests for information, in person and online. This doesn’t count the hits on RELIC pages on the county government’s website, pwcgov.org. There visitors can help themselves to a vast array of resources, including a growing digital library of historic and vital records, photos, images and maps. A nine-minute introductory YouTube video explains it all.

“We’re very grateful for our volunteers,” said Wilson, pointing out Bill Balderson and Margaret Benning, who have worked years to transcribe numerous documents and compile indices of vital records that are now available to the public online. Meanwhile, when gravesites were discovered at the construction site of what will be Prince William County’s 12th public high school, volunteer Charlotte Cain’s work with DeedMapper software helped determine boundaries of the early property in question, located near the intersection of Route 234 and Hoadly Road. “We wouldn’t be able to do nearly what we’ve been able to do without them,” Wilson added.

RELIC seeks to preserve any material dealing with the history of Prince William County. Examples include scrapbooks from the Woman’s Club of Manassas and the Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, as well as all the papers of the former Prince William Symphony Orchestra.

Additionally, Veness is working with a volunteer to transcribe county tax lists from the 1780s. RELIC is also digitizing all local newspapers, with the intention of being able to search them with one search. Due to the popular requests for local public school yearbooks, all 250 in the collection will soon be scanned, allowing more public access.

“If anyone is willing to donate yearbooks that fill the gaps in our collection, we would welcome them,” Wilson invited.

Year-Round Learning Opportunities RELIC offers year-round learning opportunities that are free to the public, and anyone may sign up for eNotifications of the monthly programs. On Sept. 30 at 7 p.m., Como will teach “Genealogy 201: Beyond the Basics.” On Oct. 28, noted author and UVA history professor Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy discusses his book, “The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire.”

All RELIC programs are held at Bull Run Regional Library, including the 10th Annual RELIC AFTER DARK, a fundraiser

RELIC may be small, but it has a big heart for history and families.

Don Wilson’s best preservation advice: “Record your memories.

Interview your living relatives. Label your photographs. Share what you know now with your relatives, and with the library.”

Freelance writer and Manassas resident Cindy Brookshire is a frequent contributor to Prince William Living. She can be reached at cbrookshire@princewilliamliving.com.

Which Comes First, Research or DNA Tests?

Should you have your DNA tested when looking into your family history?

“There are all kinds of DNA testing,” explained RELIC’s Virginiana Librarian Don Wilson, ticking off the three basic: Y-DNA (men only), Mitochondrial DNA (maternal line origin) and Autosomal DNA (broad genetic heritage and ethnic groups) testing.

“You still have to research the documents first,” he advised.

“The companies usually ask you for a family tree chart up front. Otherwise, there’s nothing with which to compare the results.”

Bristow resident and amateur genealogist Melissa Harshman agreed. She shared that she had both her father’s Y-DNA and her Mitochondrial DNA tested after years of research. Her father’s results showed a mismatch to the expected surname that occurred 10 to 14 generations ago. Her maternal great-grandmother, whose death certificate indicated she was born in Scotland, showed matches to Jewish ancestry, leading Harshman to turn toward the ties to Poland that kept surfacing in her research. “[DNA testing] can be another tool to narrow your search focus, but I think people expect too much from it,” stated Harshman. “They expect immediate answers and that’s not how it works. If you’re super lucky, you’ll get an exact match. But your match is based on the number of people who have been tested. And because it is expensive, not many people can afford to get tested.”

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health & wellness Are You Lacking Vitamin D?

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On the other hand, some people may have no symptoms.

Causes of deficiency may include a lack of exposure to the sun, poor diet, poor quality supplements and genetic predisposition.

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Ricks Roasters Coffee Company

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shared lifelong passion for the perfect cup of coffee led Sean and Keely Ricks to start their company last year.

They began importing and roasting specialty coffees in their home, and recently expanded to a larger location in a Fredericksburg business park. Commuters may also know them from the Ricks Roasters coffee shop inside the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) station in Quantico, now in its second year.

Many of the coffee beans they select come from Central and South America as well as Africa, and are organic whenever possible. In addition to the VRE and Fredericksburg locations, Ricks Roasters products are available online at ricksroasters.com and at Opera House Gifts and Gourmet and Bull Run CrossFit in Manassas.

Prince William Living spoke with Sean Ricks to see what was brewing at his business.

PWL: Tell us about the origins of Ricks Roasters, and then your shop in Quantico.

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Ricks: We started in May of 2013. Our primary business is actually roasting and selling finished coffee products. A friend of ours, in June of last year, said, 'Hey, the VRE is going to put their contract for a coffee shop at Quantico out to bid,' and that we should do it. I’m still active duty Navy, and my wife is a school social worker for Stafford County, so we really didn’t have the capacity for someone to be there all the time.

Keely and Sean Ricks, owners of Ricks Roasters, import and roast specialty coffee from around the world.

it go. Well, about a week before the bid was due, Fred came back to us and said, 'Hey, let’s do this.' So we put together the bid, with Ricks Roasters and with the bidding company, and then Harry O's provides our food, and Mary [Junkersfeld] would be the one there in the morning running the shop. She worked for the old [coffee] contractor. So we submitted a resume, stuff like that, and we won the contract. We opened sometime around Sept. 17 last year.

PWL: How far-reaching is your distribution network? What does it include?

Ricks: It’s kind of funny how it’s evolved. We have locations from New York all the way down to Smithfield, Va., and it’s everything from gourmet stores and cafes, kind of the normal stuff, to a golf course. We have three gyms that sell our coffee, realtors, mortgage bankers. A lot of what we do is custom blending and custom labeling of coffees. So we work with our distribution network to come up with a coffee that is completely unique and it becomes their recipe essentially, their blend, and then we private label it for them.

PWL: How is your product delivered, or are there other options?

Ricks: One of the things we do that is a little unique, even outside of the industry, is anytime that someone becomes a distributor of ours, in addition to just going on our website, they’re also a pickup location. Say somebody in Maryland orders coffee, but doesn’t want to pay the shipping to Maryland. We have a couple of Maryland distributors, and they can click that.

It saves [customers] the shipping, and it also gets them into one of our distributors. So they have it shipped there to pick up the coffee. And our distributors like that because it pulls somebody who maybe would not have come by into their place.

PWL: Are you involved in charitable giving?

PWL: What do you like about having a coffee shop in Quantico station?

Ricks: Just meeting the people is the best part. It almost takes on a very ‘Cheers’ sort of feeling because you see the same people that ride the same train pretty much every day. And Mary in particular is fantastic about knowing everybody’s name and everybody’s story.

PWL: She really chats them up, huh?

Ricks: She really does. The nature of it is that a bunch of people show up, a train comes, everybody gets on the train and then it’s empty. So you don’t have a whole lot of contact time with these people. Maybe if you’re lucky, five or ten minutes. So for her to actually be able to remember everybody, a lot about their life and their family and stuff like that, is pretty amazing.

PWL: What are the biggest challenges or obstacles you've overcome since starting your business?

Ricks: Our number-one challenge has been managing our rapid growth. We've been successful beyond our expectations and being able to keep pace with that success has been difficult at times. One of my favorite sayings is "There is no such thing as growing too fast; there is only mismanaged growth." At times we've not done well at it but on the whole we've always figured it out. We've been very blessed.

PWL: What advice would you give to other local would-be entrepreneurs?

Ricks: Do something you're passionate about, be honest, be generous in your giving and always stay true to your product or service.

PWL: We understand you will soon be heading overseas.

How will this affect your business?

PWL: You do a lot at your Quantico location with a very small staff.

Ricks: In early July we received some surprising news. My next set of orders were to take me from the Pentagon to Quantico.

Instead, I start training in August to deploy to Afghanistan in early 2015. While Keely was already planning to go full-time in the coffee business, the transition and learning curve sped up considerably. She has the support of our operations manager, a very strong board of directors, our part-time employees, and countless friends and family. We expect the growth will continue uninterrupted and I will return to a company that is larger and stronger than ever.

Ricks: There’s only one person there at a time, but there’s a total of four who work there, who rotate. And then there’s a lot of crossover. We’re in eight farmers markets a week. So we have a lot of people who work the different markets for us, from Manassas all to the way out to Culpeper, down to Spotsylvania.

Postscript: The majority of this interview was conducted in May 2014. Mary Junkersfeld, 59, passed away on June 16. Prince William Living extends condolences to her coworkers, friends and family.

Ricks: From the very first pound of coffee we delivered, we’ve given a portion of the proceeds back to the Wounded Warrior Project and to a place in Woodbridge called StreetLight Community Outreach. It’s a homeless outreach agency in Prince William. So from the very beginning we’ve donated back to the community.

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Tips for Stress-free Scheduling

By Kristina Schnack Kotlus

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ith back to school comes back to sports, scouts, religious education groups, PTA events and generally back to the craziness of everyday life. To keep these things fun rather than stressful, it’s important to have an organizational system that helps the whole family keep track of what’s going on.

Enter the family calendar. Even preschoolers can be involved in keeping up with activities when you make the calendar visual rather than text-based. A bonus to using this method? It helps small children know when an anticipated event is approaching.

Digital Calendars One of the easiest ways to keep the whole family on track is through a website or app-based calendar that everyone can access with one touch. Our family uses a Google Calendar that syncs automatically with our iPhones. This method is particularly helpful if you have people outside your household that need to be included.

For us, Grandma is on-call for days when we have three kids going in three directions at the same time. Now, we can digitally share our activities with her, too, even though she can’t see the calendar on the side of our fridge every day.

Digital calendars are also fantastic for teens who have a phone or iPod as they can be included too. Reminders can also be set to alert you that it’s time to leave, or to do chores. I haven’t found the perfect timing for reminders yet, though. Ten minutes isn’t long enough to get my kids wrangled into the car, and 15 or more minutes apparently indicates that I can still check a few more emails—and end up running late. If anyone figures that out, let me know.

Other great features of digital calendars include the ability to import pre-existing calendars, such as religious holidays or professional sports schedules, and the ability to color-code for various family members.

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Perpetual Calendars Swinging the completely opposite direction, one of my favorite “visual organizer” variety calendars come from Melissa and Doug®. A perpetual calendar, it allows you to change the month, year and date on each day, as well as having magnets for seasons.

This format encourages your child to practice counting, as well as to memorize calendar facts, like months and days, as they update the calendar each month. In addition to date magnets, the calendar also comes with 140 magnets that represent common childhood activities such as holidays, soccer and pizza parties. Placing these on the calendar can give children a sense of control and responsibility over their scheduling.

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A more basic take on this concept, and good if keeping track of lots of small pieces isn’t a fit for your family, is a dryerase calendar. They are sold in many sizes. Or, you can make your own by putting a blank calendar printout into a picture frame. The glass becomes your dry-erase surface, which you can update each month.

To get even more crafty, instead of the printed calendar, in the picture frame line up paint samples in complimentary shades for each day of the week. The obvious downside to both of these models is the ability for little hands to shuffle magnets or run a hand over dry-erase marker. I suggest having a “master backup” somewhere and not relying on either of these kid-friendly models for more than teaching time management and calendar skills.

Traditional Paper Calendars Finally, there’s the trusty standby of a paper calendar. Whether you choose a large desk-size version—essential if you need lots of space to schedule—or a “mommy version,” such as The Well Planned Day Homeschool Planner, you can make traditional calendars more fun and visually appealing, too.

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Getting your family’s schedule coordinated and organized can help you keep activities fun. Seeing everything written down, whether it’s typed into your phone or scrawled on paper, can also help you determine if your family is trying to fit too much fun into too little time.

Experts say that different children can handle varying loads of activity, but as you’re filling in your calendars, make sure you’re including time for homework, downtime and family time. If that means scheduling family dinners or game nights on your calendar, I suggest using bright ink with glitter and stars as a reminder: The best family fun happens together.

Kristina Schnack Kotlus is a local mother of three children and the owner of PWCMoms.com, a resource for parents and families in Prince William.

Try setting up a command central for your family. A magnetic clip on the side of the refrigerator works well. Keep lunch menus, preschool calendars and sports schedules all in one place so you know where to find the information.

Next, try assigning a color for each family member so that they can see at a glance what they have going on daily. No matter what type of calendar you use to track your family fun, when a new, smaller calendar for an individual activity comes home, try to get it on your family calendar as soon as possible. Ask your children to check over the school lunch menu and pick which days they’d like to buy or to pack and get that on there, too.

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Community Emergency Response Teams Neighbors Trained to Lend a Helping Hand

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icture this: There’s an emergency—a fire, a break-in, an injury. But you can’t get through to 911. Maybe the phone lines are down, or the power is out. It could also be a catastrophic event where there are not enough first responders for all of the emergencies.

This may sound extreme, but we have experienced variations of this right in our own backyard. From ice storms that trapped commuters on Interstate 95 to cell phones being rendered useless on 9/11, Prince William residents have learned that we must be prepared for all manner of emergency. That’s where the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) comes in.

National Program, Managed Locally In 1985, the Los Angeles City Fire Department developed the concept that would become the national CERT program.

The department expanded its efforts following the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, which caused gas leaks, phone system saturation, power outages and water main breaks, according to United States Geological Survey (usgs.gov). This disaster underscored the need to train citizens to help one another in situations where first responders may be overwhelmed or unreachable.

Eventually, “the Emergency Management Institute and the National Fire Academy adopted and expanded the CERT materials believing them applicable to all hazards,” according to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Today, there are more than 2,200 registered CERT programs across the United States. Most are managed at the state or local level and funded by FEMA grants.

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In our state, CERT is overseen by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, which coordinates 53 registered CERT programs. State level responsibilities include distributing FEMA grant money and providing curriculum guidelines and minimum requirements for CERT training programs. Virginia requires that CERT members undergo at least 26 hours of training.

CERT in our Community Locally, the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park both have CERT programs. The Manassas City CERT, which has 43 active members, goes beyond the state minimum, requiring 41.5 hours of training for graduation. Manassas Park requires a minimum of 26 hours (18 hours of classroom time combined with 8-9 hours of hands-on training) and has 25 CERT trained volunteers.

“Generally speaking we all—CERT teams—have the same guidelines we try to follow,” noted Steve Frick, who has served as coordinator of Manassas Park CERT as a volunteer since 2005.

Both local programs are open to residents of the cities and Prince William County. However, trainees are only authorized to act as CERT representatives within the boundaries of the jurisdiction in which they are certified. The cities have relied on their training for tasks as varied as removing snow from fire hydrants, supporting communications during Hurricane Sandy and conducting damage assessments.

Frick recalled his CERT’s role in “Snowmageddon,” the blizzard of 2010. The team responded to Manassas Park’s call to help “search and rescue” fire hydrants, digging them out from under nearly three feet of snow. Local CERT members may also volunteer to be

Photos courtesy Manassas City CERT

With 41.5 hours of classroom and hands-on training, Manassas City CERT graduates are prepared to handle a variety emergency situations.

Manassas often request the services of its CERT members during large events. Volunteer duties can include managing lost and found, providing first aid and supplementing first responder services.

on standby at large public events, where they help care for lost children and treat minor ailments such as cuts and scrapes and cases of heat exhaustion.

arrive. The remainder focuses on what to do if first responders are unable to get there. “We don’t want to sound like doomsdayers, but we do cover some basics for survival in case 911 can’t get to you when you need them, or in severe situations such as a threemonth power outage, [during which] you wouldn’t be able to use ATMs and credit cards,” said Keller.

“[Manassas] City utilizes four roaming CERT teams at the fireworks display to supplement first responders like police and fire and rescue,” said Bob Keller, who manages the Manassas City CERT program, also on a volunteer basis. He added that more than 90,000 people attend this annual 4th of July event.

Keller said the Manassas City CERT program began in 2010 and has received lots of support from city government. A full-time FBI forensics examiner, Keller moved to Manassas from Fairfax seven years ago. Wanting to get involved in the community, he signed up for the first CERT class that Manassas offered, and has managed the program ever since.

Training the Team CERT students come from “all walks of life,” said Frick. In addition to first responders and medical personnel, they include attorneys, educators, retirees and others who want to prepare for the unexpected. Keller said another common thread is that “they all care about the community and want to give back in some way.”

The Manassas and Manassas City CERT 12- week training programs usually consist of once-weekly sessions that run about an hour and a half, in addition to several three-hour sessions. At the end of the training period, students take a practical (test), responding to a simulated disaster while observed by instructors.

Regular sessions are held in the evening to make them more convenient for full-time workers, and the three-hour sessions take place on weekends.

In Manassas Park, trainees are required to bring safety equipment such as gloves, goggles and masks, helping them to build their own disaster response kit over the course of the training. Both cities offer the training at no charge.

Keller said that 95 percent of CERT training teaches emergency preparedness and what to do while waiting for first responders to

“You also learn about team structure in different circumstances, which is helpful to remain organized in emergency situations,” said Debbie Bruce, a librarian at Bull Run Regional Library and graduate of both cities’ programs.

Bruce and her husband David signed up for the Manassas Park CERT training in 2005. She said coverage of Hurricane Katrina motivated them to become better prepared to handle emergencies.

When Manassas City began its CERT program in 2010, the Bruces, residents of Manassas, took that training as well.

Both CERT programs also offer courses for its members throughout the year, such as traffic control. “After they train us, they value us as part of the team,” said Bruce. “I now feel prepared on a personal and community level to take on something in case of emergency.”

Manassas resident Helena Tavares Kennedy, is a marketing and communications consultant who enjoys freelance writing and blogging at LivingGreenDayByDay.com. She can be reached at hkennedy@princewilliamliving.com.

Learn more about local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) efforts and training programs. Both Manassas and Manassas Park have free training sessions this fall.

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home & hearth Conquer School Clutter

By Vickie Williamson Custom Framer and Interior Designer

t’s that time again. School is back and so is all the chaos associated with a new school year. As a mother of three children, I know the stresses of the return of school supplies and bus routes. The change in schedule, overflowing backpacks and piles of paperwork can easily take over our lives if we’re not careful. I’ll share with you some of the methods that I’ve used in the past to make some sense of the chaos. Organization is key!

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rack near the door. This alleviates them being found all over the house and looks neater when guests arrive.

■ A three-tier storage rack with baskets assigned to each

child has been a lifesaver for me. These can be used for the inevitable mounds of paperwork and smaller supplies like pencils and glue sticks.

■ Separate manila envelopes for each child keep school

paperwork like class rosters, codes of ethics and emergency contacts easy to find.

■ Books and homework need a designated place when not

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The kitchen, where parents can keep an eye on progress, is again a great spot for this sort of thing.

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When the commotion gets to be too much, just keep thinking how nice and quiet the house will be for a few hours each day.

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NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE’S CREATIVE CASUAL CUISINE

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ot Your Average Joe’s (NYAJ) is the highest rated of the new restaurants that opened in Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in recent years, and winner of a 2014 Diners’ Choice OpenTable® Award. The chain comes to us by way of the Boston suburbs, where the first one opened in 1994.

According to the company website, founder Steve Silverstein was tired of driving into the city for great food. He wanted to address “the shortage of great restaurants with reasonable prices in the suburbs.”

Apparently other suburbanites welcomed the concept, and the chain has now expanded to 20 locations across the Eastern Seaboard, with another slated to open in Pennsylvania this month. The Woodbridge location opened in June of 2013.

Come As You Are NYAJ Woodbridge General Manager Jim Winters explained what drew the company to Prince William: “Because of the area, the demographics and the fact that we had an opportunity to get into the Stonebridge Town Center at a relatively early stage. Once we saw the plans for the town center, we really liked what we saw.”

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Anything But Your Average Meatloaf surprises with a mozzarella center and a topping of mashed potatoes in barbecue gravy.

Tempura Maki Roll gives an Asian flair to the eclectic Not Your Average Joe's menu, which includes rotating seasonal specials.

vision for the brand. “We’re the industrial chic kind of design and décor, with the high ceilings, more of the really nice furniture and tables,” said Winters.

“The bread is awesome. The dip is amazing. The lemonade is very good. The Peanut Butter Thing we had for dessert is great,” raved Houde.

On any given night, the mix of patrons may contain couples on dates, co-workers enjoying happy hour, family gatherings and people still in workout clothes after wrapping up at the Sport & Health behind the restaurant. Which is just how Winters likes it.

She and her friends also said that they had all enjoyed the seasonal drink special, the “Strawberry Rhubarb Sangria,” which bartender Robert Albert listed as one of the restaurant’s most popular libations.

“We cater to anybody who is living that active lifestyle and wants to eat healthy. We don’t make it too stuffy where they’ll feel out of place, you know, coming over from the gym,” said Winters.

“But we also want to make sure this is a nice enough restaurant that our guests would enjoy coming here for an anniversary.” He added that a couple married there this Valentine’s Day, which he believed to be a first for any NYAJ.

Another patron, Sean McNeely, frequently comes through the Woodbridge area on business, and said he makes a point to stop at Not Your Average Joe’s each and every time.

A Growing Customer Base Not Your Average Joe’s popularity goes beyond special events.

“We’re very busy Thursday through Saturday. It’s insane how many people are repeat customers,” said waiter Donald Heinlein.

“We do really good business. People like us.”

As she finished up dessert with a group of five girlfriends, Stephanie Houde confessed to being a regular who comes about once a month. “The food is really good, and the ambiance is very nice, and it’s fun,” said Houde, who lives in Woodbridge.

The women were splitting a dessert called “The Peanut Butter Thing,” which the menu lists as “peanut butter and chocolate chunks folded into vanilla ice cream and rolled in oreo cookie crumbs, topped with fresh whipped cream and drizzled with hot chocolate and caramel sauces tableside.”

“The clam chowder is the best. I love it, and the food’s great. The menu rotates a lot. It’s always fresh,” said McNeely. “Everything else is so cookie cutter, but the menu isn’t, not here.”

Creative Cuisine, Your Way This non-cookie cutter approach comes through in twists on classic recipes, like the “Anything But Your Average Meatloaf,” which tucks fresh mozzarella into meatloaf served with a side of sauteed vegetables and mashed potatoes covered in barbecue gravy. Nachos also get a makeover, with crisp, whole tortillas stacked in an artful tower that overflows with chipotle braised chicken, cumin sour cream and avocado corn salsa.

Additionally, unique ingredients make an appearance on the seasonal specials such as the “Peachy Keen Kabobs,” described on the menu as “brown sugar and spice rubbed chicken, skewered and grilled, served with Larriland farm peach avocado salsa.”

“We change up our specials menus every month to focus on seasonal and local ingredients,” said Winters. Larriland is located (continues on page 33) prince william living September 2014 | 27

your finances Taking the Economy’s Pulse

By Bennett Whitlock, CRPC® Private Wealth Advisor

ow do we know if the economy is doing well? Leading economic indicators are considered the most important factors to watch. These indicators tend to come before economic shifts, helping predict the direction of the economy. Here are some of the most discussed leading economic indicators:

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The Consumer & Producer Price Indexes: The Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks the price of goods and services over time at the consumer level. Changes to the CPI help determine inflation and cost of living, helping to shape monetary policy. When prices rise or fall too much, the government may intervene with policies to bring the economy back in line. Much like CPI, Producer Price Index (PPI) takes into account wholesale costs of American goods and services (less food and energy) and is also a predictor of inflation.

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Productivity and Costs: Efficient well-managed businesses increase productivity and increase profits, which in turn leads to greater investments, an increase in jobs and overall prosperity.

Real Earnings: This economic indicator uses real average hourly earnings to estimate consumer buying power.

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New Construction: Housing starts and building permits indicate business growth and consumer confidence.

Employment Situation: The stock market rises with new jobs and less unemployment, leading to greater consumer confidence which in turn means more consumer spending.

For a deeper dive into leading indicators and their meanings, visit the websites for the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau, or talk to your financial advisor to understand how shifts in the economic outlook affect your portfolio.

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Responding to Nature Sept. 1-10 | 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory 9419 Battle Street, Manassas See the internal responses to natural surroundings created by artists Judy Almond, Michelle Frantz and Genevieve Ivan. View their work, which translates sensory stimuli and share their intrigue made by study of the discarded to the sublime. More info: center-for-thearts.org/programs.

Manassas Park Farmers’ Market Tuesdays, Sept. 2-30 | 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Costello Park 99 Adams Street, Manassas Park Every Tuesday now through November, the City of Manassas Park Parks & Recreation holds a farmers’ market with fresh foods from a variety of vendors.

Located next to the Manassas Park Community Center. More info: 703-335-8872.

Tackett’s Mill Farmers’ Market Tuesdays, Sept. 2-30 | 3:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Tackett’s Mill Commuter Lot Harbor Drive, Lake Ridge Find produce, meat, jams, bread and more each Tuesday now through November. Market is held in the parking lot directly behind the McDonald’s. More info: facebook.com/TackettsMill.

Cirque Italia Sept. 3-7 | Hours Vary Sudley Manor Square Shopping Center 7849 Sudley Rd West Gate, Manassas Experience a traditional event enjoyed in every village across the Old World: A genuine European traveling circus. This year’s production includes acts performed in a 35,000 gallon water stage. Tickets & info: cirqueitalia.com.

Bands Brews and BBQ Sat., Sept. 13 | 12 p.m.–7 p.m.

Manassas Museum Lawn 9101 Prince William Street, Manassas Picnic on the lawn, while enjoying some of Virginia’s finest barbecue and craft beers and listening to live music from classic rock to jazz.No entrance fee, purchase tickets for food and drinks.More info: visitmanassas.org

CASA’s Evening Under the Stars Sat., Sept. 13 | 7 p.m.–11 p.m Harris Pavilion 9201 Center Street, Manassas This black tie optional affair raises funds to help 500+ abused children in our area.

Taste cuisine from more than 30 restaurants and dance the night away to Doc Scantlin and his Imperial Palms Orchestra. Also featuring Chou Chou and the Girlfriends and live and silent auctions. More info: casacis.org

Raise the Roof: 4th Annual Auction & Benefit Sat., Sept. 13 | 6:30 p.m. –11 p.m.

Evergreen Country Club 15900 Berkeley Drive, Haymarket Helping Haitian Angels invites you for a night of fun, complete with auctions, dinner, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, live band, dancing, cigar rolling and photo booth. Advance tickets $60, $75 day of.

All proceeds benefit Helping Haitian Angels to build Kay Anj Village in Cap Haitien, Haiti. More info: Helping Haitian Angels. More info: helpinghaitianangels.org/raise-the-roof/

Peter Mayer, Scott Kirby & Friends Benefit Concert Fri., Sept. 19 | 6:30 p.m.–11 p.m.

Tally Ho eatre 19 W. Market Street, Leesburg

An evening of guitar and harmonizing to raise funds for Rainbow Riding Therapeutic Center. Appetizers, beer and wine will be available for purchase.

Special guests Brendan Mayer and Gary Green will be joining Peter and Scott.

Tickets are $30. More info: rainbowriding.org.

Manassas Latino Festival Sun., Sept. 21 |12 noon–5 p.m.

Harris Pavilion 9201 Center Street, Manassas Family entertainment, dance and musical groups and authentic Latino food makes this free annual event a must-attend.

Children’s activities include inflatable games and piñatas. More info: manassaslatinofestival.com.

Stonebridge Friday Night Concert Series Fri., Sept. 26 | 8 p.m.–10 p.m.

Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center 14900 Potomac Town Place, Woodbridge Dance the night away with country singer John Luskey at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center. Free event takes place in front of Orvis. More info: stonebridgeptc.com.

Volunteer Tree Planting Sat., Sept. 27 | 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

K9 Gunner Dog Park Buffer Near Intersection of Minnieville and Colby Drive, Woodbridge Volunteers are invited to plant about 50 trees and shrubs, plus more than 100 wildflowers, in the buffer by the K9 Gunner Dog Park. You’ll be creating a more scenic Minnieville Road, new wildlife habitat and protecting drinking water resources with native plants. All ages welcome. Bring a smile and a shovel (if available). Lunch is provided. RSVP & more info: pwconserve.org/events.

Annual Chili Cook-Off & Kids Fest Sat., Sept. 27 | 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Harris Pavilion 9201 Center Street, Manassas Enjoy live music, crafts, games and the best chili in the region! Free chili samples start at 1 p.m. All cooks welcome, apply online. More info: harrispavilion.com.

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Discover Prince William & Manassas

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One of my favorite spots for fall flavor is historic downtown Manassas. Check out the fourth annual Bands, Brews and BBQ on Sept. 13. This lip-smacking event will feature top local beers served up beside delicious barbecue. Held on the Manassas Museum lawn, this will be a real treat for all ages.

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Enjoy the free Prince William County Farm Tour, the weekend of Sept. 27-28. Visit pwcfarmtour.org to print off the activity guide for your kids so they’ll learn something new at each of the 10 stops along the way. This tour incorporates the important role that agriculture plays in our community. There are numerous working farms that provide food, milk and other products to discover firsthand.

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On Oct. 4, don't miss Taste of the Potomac at Rippon Lodge. The event features local food vendors, and Heritage Brewing Co. and BadWolf Brewing will be among the regional microbreweries and wineries participating. Plus, enjoy live music and tours of the historic home complete with costumed interpreters.

Make sure to mark your calendars and discover the many local flavors of Prince William and Manassas this fall. For more information visit discoverpwm.com.

Ann Marie Maher is the president and CEO of Discover Prince William & Manassas.

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Bird Walk at Merrimac Farm Sun, Sept. 28 | 8 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Merrimac Farm 14712 Deepwood Lane, Nokesville Look for birds and other wildlife as you travel through the uplands to the edge of the floodplain, covering a variety of habitats, including open fields and woodland edges. All are welcome.

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(continued from page 27) in Maryland, and is one of several area farms that supplies food to NYAJ. Another atypical aspect of dining here is the degree of menu flexibility. When your server says they can substitute or make anything, he means it. One server even offered to run to the nearby Wegman’s for ingredients if necessary.

“We really truly believe in ‘Yes is the answer. What is the question?’,” explained Winters. “Our chef can create something for [customers] based on their needs and their desires and what their restrictions are. … We will find a way to make it work and do everything in our power to meet the requests of our guests.”

Not Your Average Community Partner In addition to creative cooking and a customer-first mindset, community service is also on order at NYAJ. Winters said that each new location launches with a two-day charitable fundraiser, with all revenues going to a local not-for-profit. For the Woodbridge store, he said Wounded Warrior Project was a natural fit.

“We did a few different events during our pre-opening to help with the Wounded Warrior Project ... we really wanted to reach out and touch base with the military community with, you know, Quantico right down the street from us,” said Winters.

The charitable giving continues with “Not Your Average Cause.”

Area not-for-profits can apply online or in person to hold a

“cause” event. If accepted, NYAJ assigns the organization a month during which it will receive 15 percent of the revenue from any patron it sends to the restaurant on designated days. To trigger the donation, diners must mention the name of the organization that they are supporting.

“We try and schedule it every Tuesday of the month, and occasionally we’ll have a couple of other causes set up...we may schedule something for a Wednesday night as well, or Monday depending on the demand,” said Winters. “It’s really, really cool when we present that check to the individual or the organization, to kind of give back. It’s a really good feeling.”

This mix of community investment, quality food and customercentric service lends NYAJ a neighborhood feel not always present in corporate restaurants. “I know [NYAJ] is from Boston. … But it doesn’t feel like a chain,” summed up McNeely.

Not Your Average Joe’s is located at 5101 Potomac Town Place, Suite 150. Hours are 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

For more information call 571-989-5637, or visit notyouraveragejoes.com/woodbridge.

Emily Guerrero is editor in chief of Prince William Living and owns Mightier Than, a communications firm based in Northern Virginia. She is also a self-declared foodie who enjoys visiting the new restaurants popping up in Prince William, and can be reached at editor@princewilliamliving.com.

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By DeeDee Corbitt Sauter

I survived the 70’s without a car seat. In fact, I recall sitting in the way, way back of a light blue Pinto station wagon on our way to Myrtle Beach and I didn’t die. We were also not involved in an accident so that probably helped.

There is no way that the best childhoods in written history only occurred 30 or 40 years ago. It is simply currently considered the greatest years because these are the people who are alive to tell the tales, or stretch the truth depending on the point of view.

My sister and I roamed the neighborhood well after the sun went down, and took part in dares that involved flashlights and dark paths around the playground. More than once we were buzzed by low-flying bats while creeping behind bushes to scare our friends while tightly gripping walkie-talkies.

For example, take one of my favorite antique people, Laura Ingalls Wilder, born in 1867, just a couple of years following the end of the Civil War. She wrote her autobiography in a series of books after she was married and recalled a childhood filled with fun and hard work.

Nothing, absolutely nothing can beat playing with a ball made out of an animal bladder or homemade carved dolls with dresses made by her mother. Wooden toys like dominoes and group fun like charades took up their time.

All of our parents were also out. They sat in lawns with cups of coffee and plates of cake while we pretended we were completely unsupervised.

Our bikes had bells, playing cards and banana seats. We rode to the pool in the sweltering Virginia heat without helmets and with our towels hanging perilously close to the road, ready to make us crash. When we got there, we played Sharks and Minnows, hid our vending machine money under our paperback books and sunbathed with baby oil.

We didn’t have cell phones and watched out for each other. Although, like magic, my mom knew everything we had done during the travels to, as well as at, the pool. Not a moment went unobserved. Even without immediate communication, my mom’s friends had reporting skills that would make the CIA jealous.

Imagine Laura’s FaceBook page post touting the perfection of her generation: You know you’re a child of the 1880s if: ■ You hand-scrubbed your clothes in a boiling cauldron ■ You made your own clothes ■ You traveled by covered wagon over the prairie ■ You lived in a dirt dugout while in South Dakota ■ You did your learning in a one-room school house

“Our bikes had bells, playing cards and banana seats. We rode to the pool in the sweltering Virginia heat without helmets and with our towels hanging perilously close to the road, ready to make us crash. ”

■ The Homestead Act of 1862 impacted your moving ■ You killed and grew your own food Anything can sound romantic when you make it into a list and share in a public venue. Her kids would have gasped at some of her stories and laughed at others. Her experiences were probably much better than her parents’. And she bragged about it by writing a series of books. Today kids brag online.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Anyone even close to my age remembers these moments and the glorious years that defined our childhood. There are countless plaques, poems, cartoons and rants all dedicated to the perfection of the 70’s.

And 80’s. Even into the 90’s. Much later than that, and it’s clear that your childhood was miserable. The joy youngsters experience vanishes sometime just after the turn of the century.

This is concerning because as the mother of two boys still at home, I wonder if they will reflect on their younger years with any type of joy.

That’s ludicrous. Of course they will sit together and tell their own children about their adventures, most assuredly very different than what future generations are sure to experience.

So a couple of lessons can be learned from this: 1 – Every generation is the best.

2 – If you want something to sound good, turn it into a list.

But quit bragging about your childhood just because you lived to have kids. It’s annoying.

DeeDee Corbitt Sauter is a resident of Prince William County. Her column, “Tambourines and Elephants,” appears monthly in Prince William Living. prince william living September 2014 | 35

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