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VOLUME 36 NO. 10
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OCTOBER 30, 2014
G R E AT FA L L S • M c L E A N • O A K T O N • T Y S O N S • V I E N N A
Raucous End to Wild Ride in the 10th District
Final Debate Between Comstock and Foust Leads to Raised Voices of Supporters as Civility Fades BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Passions and invective have been high ever since Democrat John Foust and Republican Barbara Comstock began duking it out months ago in their efforts to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th). When they met for one final debate Oct. 26 at the McLean Community Center’s Alden Theatre, the thin veil of civility separating their supporters van-
ished. Comstock focused on her legislative accomplishments and policy positions, but Foust, whom some political observers see as trailing in the race, repeatedly charged that his opponent was a “hyper-partisan” ideologue. Sponsored by the McLean and Great Falls citizens associations, the debate was moderated by those groups’ respective presidents, Sally Horn and Eric Knudsen.
Organizers urged the audience to show up early because of limited seating. Those who did still had to queue up in a football-field-long line outside. Moderators warned the crowd against bringing signs into the facility or holding them up outside. But afterward, some Foust supporters held signs and chanted outside the front doorway. Candidates initially were given three minutes to Continued on Page 30
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High-School Start Times Pushed Back
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It’s been a decade in the making, and last week the Fairfax County School Board agreed to push back start times for high-school students across the county, in the hopes that the later start will allow youth to get more sleep. The plan would see high-schoolers start school between 8 and 8:10 a.m. and end their school day between 2:45 and 2:55 p.m. The later start times would come at the expense of middle-school students, who would see their days start earlier. The change, which will begin in the 2015-16 school year, will benefit more than 57,000 high-school students representing more than 30 percent of Fairfax County Public Schools’ student population, school officials said.
RELATED Kim Buseman of Centreville, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, feeds carrots to a horse named Nyles on Oct. 22 at Lift Me Up! therapeutic-riding facility in Great Falls. The non-profit organization is aiming to expand its services as it approaches its 40th anniversary. See coverage inside on Page 4. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER
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