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A nyone else smell pumpkin spice? It's probably just me, and probably because I’m one of those people who can’t wait for fall. Sweaters come out of storage and, as the weather cools, I’m energized. I refresh the house and I refresh my look (by which I mean my hair, which always needs it after the sweltering summer!). If you enjoy this kind of “refreshment” as well, don’t miss our Fall Beauty Refresh section. Of course fall also heralds the return of school. And while I like to think most teachers are good, I happen to know that one teacher in particular is great. The kids in her class at Bull Run Mid dle love her. And the kids on her school bus do, too. Hurry on over to our Local Hero feature and meet the incredible Angela Leatham for yourself. We’ve got lots of terrific features this month, including a new one called The To-Do List. It’s filled with fun local things to do, see, read, and taste right here in Haymarket and Gainesville. (Feel free to send me items to include!) I hope you enjoy it and the rest of this issue. Cheers!
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NICE RICE Fold apple butter (to taste) into hot, cooked rice. To make it even nicer, add some walnuts, pecans, or raisins. Serve with pork, ham or chicken, or curry.
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core the apples then cut into random chunks. Put the chunks and water into a medium pot. Cover. Cook on the stovetop on medium heat until the apples are very soft – about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mist your slow cooker with cooking spray (do not use butter). Set the slow cooker on high (empty and uncovered) to preheat.
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A pple picking is a time-honored fall tradition here in Virginia.Farms, festivals and roadside stands all cel ebrate the season with “pick your own” and “picked for you” abun dance – something I sim ply can’t resist. And then there’s the apple butter. It wouldn’t be a real Virginia fair or festival without a huge kettle of spiced ap ples bubbling away over a crackling wood fire. Be still my heart. By the bushel or the peck, it’s time to get into the kitchen with your orchard haul. Celebrate the harvest season with festival-quality spiced apple butter that you can make at home in your slow cooker, and whip up a twist on a traditional ap ple crisp with cranberry and walnuts for dessert.
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3. Pour into your preheated slow cooker. Cook (uncovered) until the mixture is the thickness and color you like –about 8 hours. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching. Cool. Puree for extra smoothness, if desired.
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7. Top pie with second crust. Crimp edges. Cut a dime size hole in the center of the top crust so steam can escape. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet to catch drips.
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4. Peel and core apples. Slice ¼ inch thick.
8. Bake in preheated oven until crust is browned and apples are tender –about 50 minutes. Cool before cutting to allow juices to set.
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It’s a Family – and Friends – Thing Bridget is surrounded by philanthropic and progres sive friends and family. Her older brother Kyle founded the organization Kyle’s Campaign for Change (KCC) as a teenager to help type 1 diabetics in South Sudan, and family friends Mallory Slucher and Phoebe McChesney started the organization Spread Your Wings (SYW) to award four-year scholarships to women in South Sudan who want an education. Why South Sudan KCC, SYW, and HK2L focus their efforts on South Sudan because Bridget’s father, Dr. Mark Thaller, spent years living and working there. Consequently, his kids have been familiar with the country all their life. Dr. Thaller was a naval officer, worked on Wall Street, and is now an advisor for KCC and SYW.
South Sudan Minister of Federal Affairs Losuba Wongo is an occasional houseguest at the Thaller residence. Dr. Thaller said, “He’s known Bridget since she was six. Hear Above: The girls’ dormitory at Divine Mercy OrphanageActionis not yet built, so the girls sleep on the floor. Rifka, (Rebecca in English), seen here with Bridget, shares a bed with Ms. Yasmin, the co-founder, and co-director of the orphanage. Below: The compound at the Divine Mercy Action Orphanage in Kabo, South Sudan. These little girls, including Rifka, followed Bridget everywhere she went. Here, they’re asking her if she can play with them by swinging them around.
How 15-year-old Bridget Thaller is helping the world
B ridget Thaller was born and raised in Virgin ia, the youngest of four siblings and a rising sophomore at Patriot High School. She’s got a penchant for deadpan humor but, outside of the hours at track practice after school, she spends her free time very seriously running the international organization she founded, Help Kids 2 Live (HK2L), whose focus is on improving the lives of girls in South Sudan.
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“Most of the time the girls from South Sudan get married off and don’t get a chance to get an education,” Bridget said. No access to menstrual products and a cultural priority on getting mar ried as early as 12 years old severely restrict a girl’s education.
Once Phoebe and Mallory went to college, Bridget was ready for the next step. She established HK2L in January of this year as a way to help at-risk children, and she decided to start with the kids at Divine Mercy Action orphanage.
DMA now has a new, concrete building with two floors and pillars in place to support additional floors. The build ing is bare, save for a small fridge and VCR on the bottom floor powered by solar cells. There are nearly 100 children at DMA, from six to 19 years old. At some point, when the Bottom left: Bridget at the front of a classroom at the Straight Link orphanage in Gudele. Help Kids to Live (HK2L) is assisting the orphanage
building is complete, the kids will be able to replace their tents with rooms.
HK2L’s website states that its “first project is trying to help DMA by raising money to buy food, building supplies, school supplies, shoes, and other things.” They plan to catalyze DMA’s construction projects using Dr. Thaller’s contacts to get building materials.
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ing his stories about South Sudan made those I’ve shared with her even more poignant.”
“My dad brought me the original idea of working with the orphanage. We talked about it for a while, eventually decid ing it would be a good first effort for HK2L,” said Bridget.
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Two years ago, Kyle made a trip to Juba, South Sudan, with his father. They met with Minister Wongo who invited them on a picnic where he took them to the Divine Mercy Ac tion (DMA) orphanage. The Divine Mercy Action orphanage DMA was established by Father Paolino Tipo Dengin in 2017 and is about 60 miles outside of the capital of Juba.
“I’ve seen many orphanages, I’ve helped many, including those in South Sudan,” said Dr. Thaller. “Unfortunately, most are so sad that you don’t want to take pictures. But DMA is clean and the boys and girls are eating.”
Empowering South Sudanese girls Being educated by her family on South Sudan and the lives of girls in that country motivated Bridget to get involved. Before launching HK2L, she joined SYW, whose mission “is to ensure every girl in South Sudan can read, teach, represent, and grow,” because “SYW wants to help young girls to become future leaders of South Sudan.”
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To her it’s important to lean on those you love – and who love you – to help you achieve your goals.
For more information on Help Kids 2 Live (HK2L), visit helpkids2live.org.
To anyone hoping to follow in her footsteps, Bridget’s advice is simply, “Try your best, and if you need help, ask. Getting help is necessary for starting an organization.”
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During their trip, they visited and made donations of food and money to DMA and other orphanages, including Straight Link Center and The Sisters of Charity. Bridget also had the honor of awarding two four-year scholarships on behalf of SYW to Mariam Rasas Henry, and Adeng Bona Malual, also known as Clara, as well as an additional $100 prize to another young woman. Helping each other to help others
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In July, Bridget and her dad went from their Virginia Gateway home to South Sudan, meeting ministers, the vice president, and Pope Francis. “It was pretty cool,” Bridget said regarding being on Pope Francis’s agenda.
Between homework and track, Bridget maintains HK2L in the evenings and on weekends and sometimes her life as an advocate bleeds into her life as a high schooler. Once when advertising HK2L at track practice, she found out one of her coaches owned a running store. Her coach pledged to donate any gently used returned shoes to HK2L.
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Of course it’s just as important to her to help others however possible. “I try to help as many people as I can, whether I help them a lot or a little. Even the smallest of things can make a person's day better,” she said. Whether it’s about helping other teens start a nonprofit or helping people around the world get the resources they need to live a better life, Bridget said,”Helping a little is still a great step in paving a path for a better future.” hg
Once they returned home, Bridget immediately went to work as a camp counselor and continued as a lifeguard at SplashDown Waterpark. Typical teen summer jobs. But she also carved out time to see her friends and family.
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“I’ll get emails from kids saying how they feel like I understand what they are going through and I’m someone they can talk to,” says Leatham. One thing she consistently does to end every week on a positive note is play the Friday song. “Every Friday I play the Friday song by a man named Mufasa, who also dances to this song. Sometimes I get the kids up and we try to dance with him, but we haven't mastered it yet. The kids love it!”
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hen Angela Leatham of Haymarket went back to school, her goal was to obtain her teaching certification. She had already been volunteering in her children’s schools assisting teachers in the classroom as well as substitute teaching for many years.
That’s why I started driving a bus— these kids were waiting up to 40 minutes for a bus each day, and they just wanted to go home.
About five years ago, Leatham took on another role to help students. While she was teaching at Parkside Middle School in Manassas, students were waiting a long time to get home due to a bus driver shortage. So, the school principal at Parkside, Dr. Mary Jane Boynton, started a program offering teachers bus driver training if they would be willing to be drivers before and after school.
“That's why I started driving a bus,” she says. “These kids were waiting up to 40 minutes for a bus each day, and they just wanted to go home.”
“I felt like it was my calling,” she says. “I'm pretty good with kids and while I was volunteering, I loved helping with any prob lems they were having.”
“I’ve only taught 6th and 8th grades,” says Angela,”and I fell in love with middle-school aged kids. Yes, some of the rumors are true about middle schoolers being tough. So, it’s important, just like in other grades, for them to have really good teachers.”
“I've only taught 6th and 8th grades, and I fell in love with middle-school aged kids. Yes, some of the rumors are true about middle schoolers being tough. All those hormones are starting to come out, and I feel like they are in the most awkward time of their lives. So, it’s import ant, just like in other grades, for them to have really good teachers.”Having four kids of her own – 21-year-old Mason and 19-year-old Parker, who are both attending NOVA, plus Liam, a 10th grader at Gainesville High School, and Camil la, who is in 8th grade at Reagan – has given her plenty of insight into her students.
Today, she’s been teaching for seven years and over the past year, has been teaching 6th grade social studies and covering a homeroom at Bull Run Middle School.
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And she can now add another title - “Hero.” hg
Right: BRMS Principal Matthew Phythian, Angela, and PWC Supervisor Pete Candland the day she received the Gainesville Hero Award. Bottom: With her children, Liam, Mason, Parker, and Camilla.
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Left: Angela on the school bus she drives every day. Below left: With Giselle Fox, a student in her social studies class last year.
At the end of last school year, Leatham was given the Gainesville Hero Award to recognize all that she does for students in and out of the classroom.
“I've never seen people prouder of me in my whole life than those 6th grade kids. It was the cutest thing. They were showing it to other students in the hallway and saying, ‘Look what she got; she's a hero!’” That plaque is now proudly displayed in her classroom.
“That was fun,” she says. “Prince William County District Supervisor Pete Candland and others brought a plaque and balloons. When the kids got off the bus, they had me come out. He then gave a short speech about me and how I give back to the community.
In addition to all her other roles, she also coaches for the Virginia Soccer Association. “Whenever I go out, I know some child’s going to recognize me,” says Leatham. “I'm either going to be called teacher or coach.”
When Leatham transferred over to Bull Run, she continued driving. “I pick up the bus around 6:45 in the morning, and then I'm back to the school by 8:00. Classes start at 8:00, so I walk in with all the students. After school, the kids come out at 2:55 and get on the bus. I’m usually finished by 3:50 – 4:00.” Her students think it’s great, and as a teacher, she knows how to handle kids when they get somewhat rambunctious.“Therewasone bus specifically at Parkside that had kids who were always getting into trouble, until I was given their route. Many of the students were only Spanish speaking, and since I speak Spanish, it was easier for me to communicate with them. I was clear about how they were going to behave on the bus and they were so good; I never had a problem.”
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“By the time we moved back to Haymarket from Ar lington,” she said, “I was freelancing and doing hair here andAmberthere.”spent sev eral years in the hair industry before she discovered her passion — extensions.“Fiveyears ago, I got into doing extensions,” Amber said. “I fell in love with the transfor mation it gives you. So, I went full steam ahead and built my business around helping women transform and refresh themselves and regain their confidence with extensions.”WhenAmber returned to Haymarket she noticed something she’d seen before. Busy moms. Working moms. Single moms. Stay at home moms. Hundreds of moms taking care of their kids, sometimes their parents, and letting their self-care fall to the wayside.
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“W hen you have confidence about your hair, it trickles down to picking out the best outfit, choosing whether or not you want to wear makeup,” Amber Mayo said. “It allows you to feel like the most authentic version of yourself. When you exude confidence, you attract positivity.”
Amber is a local. She grew up in Manassas, moved to Bristow, and ultimately Arlington where she worked for a government consulting firm. Once she met her husband and started her family, she listened to the close family and friends who encouraged her to pursue her passion for hair and makeup and attended cosmetology school.
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Amber is the founder and owner of Salon AM — a single chair suite salon offering high-end hair extensions and located off Linton Hall Road in Gainesville.
“You get caught up in those responsibilities and start letting a lot of the things that make you feel good about yourself slide. I came up with Salon AM to empower the
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’ve known since I was seven that I wanted to be a hairdresser. My grandmother owned a 2-chair salon in Haymarket,” Christy Mellender said. “Growing up watching her, I knew I wanted to do hair. By the time I was 14, she told me I should go check out working at a bigger salon, so I got a job at Charles Russell in Manassas.” Fast forward to today, and Mellender has been the proud owner of Bombshell Beauty Lounge, formerly Christy’s Serenity Salon & Spa, since 2003. When Mellender was four, her family moved to Hay market. She met her husband while they were both at BOMBSHELL SALON
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women in this communi ty to find their confi dence again. I’m in the business of confidence. I provide life changing ex periences for my clients.” And her clients agree. “Amber has given me the confidence I didn’t know I needed,” said Desiree Smallwood of Manassas. “She is all about hair health, and she explains all the steps she is doing as she does them. She really made me feel so comfortable. When I first came to her I wanted a new look but I was nervous. Now? I’m allWhenin!” it comes to her services, Amber prides herself on providing an amazing, luxury service that will make you feel confident, empowered, and refreshed, no matter your“Youbudget.canfeel amazing at any budget,” Amber said. “Whether it’s tapein, clip-in, or sew-in, the result is a return to your unique self. Plus, extensions are super time savers. You only have to mess with your hair on wash day. The rest of the time you style it and go. The look is effortless and you look flawless when you walk out the door no matter what you’re wearing.” Amber specializes in Kacey Welch and Lingerie hair extensions and has studied with Redken artists and a number of ce lebrity stylists. Extensions are her passion, but she’s a color and cut whiz as well. Says Eryn Groff of Arlington, “Amber Mayo is my go to hairdresser. I love the quality of my cut and style, but I love her personality even more. I wouldn't go to anyone else.” hg Ready to refresh your look and reboot your confidence? Give Amber a call at 703.232.8444 or book online at salonamsuite.com.
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BOUGHT HER CAR FROM Country Chevrolet in Warrenton. “It’s important to me to support becauseentrepreneurslocalthat’swhatIam.” HER “WHY?” I had a woman the other day, she’s a COVID long hauler. She has seizures and she’s lost her hair. It’s heartbreaking as she’s always had long, full hair. I did her extensions and then I took a picture of her looking at herself for the first time. She cried. To be able to give that confidence back to women is the reason why I do what I do.”
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tending Brentsville High School and today they have four children, ages 3, 10, 14 and almost 17. Just as Christy fol lowed her grandmother, her 14-year-old daughter plans to follow in her footsteps, too – announcing at the age of five that she’d one day be a hairdresser like her mom.
“Our Master Stylists help the junior stylists apply color, foils, and blow dry hair,” said Mellender. “They take pride in watching them grow and ultimately get promoted to the floor. We’re very much a unit. Every one is always willing to help out wherever needed and we’re all about getting to know the customers. You’re not just a number here. Our clients tend to recom mend their kids and friends, as well, because they’ve developed a relationship with their stylist.”
“I would much rather train a budding stylist myself than poach a stylist from another salon,” she said. “It ensures quality control and it allows the junior stylists to gain hands-on training, versus just handing them a license and wishing them good luck.”
economy didn’t cooperate and the spa side of things didn’t progress so, since 2011, it’s been all about hair.”
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Bombshell Beauty Lounge is a teaching salon, something Mellender sees as the key to growth.
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The salon’s clients enjoy it, too. Said Mellender, “Being a teaching salon allows us to provide the celebrity treatment to each guest because they have at least two pairs of hands working on them –sometimes three!”
HOLLYWOODFAVORITEICON Marilyn Monroe. “She’s the original blond bombshell.”
IT’S ALL ABOUT FAMILY Christy’s mother is her managertheolderpartner,businesshersisterisfrontdeskandheryoungersisterisahairstylist.“Sheworkedfromthegroundup,attendinghairschool,andgoingthroughmyassociateprogram.”
It also turned out that the name of the salon was trademarked and so it became Christy’s Serenity Salon & Day Spa until Mellender rebranded as Bombshell Beauty Lounge in 2018.
Mellender’s mother is her business partner. “She does all of the behind the scenes,” she said. “My older sister is my front desk manager and my younger sister is a hair stylist. She worked from the ground up, attending hair school, and going through my associate program.”
The educational aspect of the salon has also helped Melender amass a terrific, tight team.
Client Darien Shifflett of Linden echoes Mel lender’s sentiments. “Michelle is a hair lifesaver and has an amazing personality. The whole salon was very down to earth and fun. I will never go anywhere else.” Since 2003, Bombshell Beauty Lounge has con tinued to grow and there are no plans to slow down anytime soon. In fact, this fall the salon is moving to a new, larger location in Dominion Valley. hg When you're ready for a hair refresh and luxury services from a homegrown team of top stylists, call or text Bombshell Beauty Lounge at 703.754.2955. You can also learn more about Bombshell Beauty Lounge and sched ule your appointment by visiting ChristysSerenity.com.
“I love Marilyn Monroe. She’s known as the original blonde bombshell, so that’s where our new name came from.”
Top: The Bombshell Beauty Lounge team from left to right: Bavna Purohit, Candice Wallace, Christy Mellender, Michelle Amos, Kelsea Overstreet. Group photo by Ally Anne Photography. Bottom: Eileen Harrity of Centreville is one of Bombshell Beauty Lounge’s very happy clients. She’s been going to Christy for years.
“When I was growing up, Haymarket was very small. I remember having to drive to the next town to get groceries,” Mellender said. “When I decided to open my salon, they were just breaking ground for the Virginia Gateway exten sion.” Her first salon opened there. “I knew there wasn’t anything major in that area, so my plan was to open a big salon and spa and call it Serenity Salon & Day Spa. Sadly, the
When you enter Bombshell Beauty Lounge, you can expect luxury services with an at-home feel and employees who seem like family. And that’s because some of them are.
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Marcus understands the dangers well. “You just have to be focused all the time,” he says. “You always have to be thinking ahead and paying attention to your surroundings.”
Although he only started racing go-karts last year and has been competing against far more experienced kids, he’s already won many races, including the championship in his division last year. His home track is United Karting in Hanover, Mary land, but he also competes at tracks all over the region in cluding North Carolina, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
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Marcus Wolfe’s future is in the fast lane
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Marcus often gets up to 65 miles an hour when racing around a track, so it’s important he has the proper safety gear. “He wears a fire suit, a helmet, and a neck roll called a HANS device, which is the same thing they wear in NASCAR,” says Richie. “He also wears special racing shoes, racing gloves, and a rib protector, which is like body armor that goes around his chest and ribs. The most alarming thing for Brenda or any mom or parent is that there are no seatbelts in these karts. There’s nothing strapping them in because if they were to overturn, you don’t want them to be trapped inside.”
Brenda says he’s had a couple of close calls with run ning off the track or getting pushed off. “He gets right back in there though; we're real proud of him. A couple of weeks ago he had a race where his tire would not stay sealed and it kept losing air. He ran a 12-lap race and eight of those laps were with a flat tire. He just stayed in it and still came in second place. The kid’s got heart and it's so fun to watch.”
Marcus’s kart is an LO206 which has the same motor as the ones grown men drive. “These karts are capable of go ing just shy of a hundred miles an hour, so they put a slide restrictor in the carburetor, which limits the speed for the little guys,” says Richie. “These go-karts aren't beach karts. They have extremely advanced braking systems, tires, engines, and aerodynamics.”
BY SUE BALDANI PHOTOS BY LUKE CHRISTOPHER M arcus Wolfe of Bristow grew up watching NA SCAR with his dad Richie, and now at 12, he is on track to one day be a professional driver.
“It's just so fun because it's fast and you're always battling with someone else,” says Marcus. “There’s a lot of adrenaline.”It’sthefast part that makes his mom Brenda’s heart speed up. “He's been talking about racing since he could talk,” she says. “We have videos of him in his crib on the baby monitor asking about going to see Denny Hamlin [American professional stock-car racing driver and NA SCAR team owner]. He even dressed up as Denny Hamlin one Halloween. He's got such a passion for it and I'd be doing him a disservice if I held him back. So we say our prayers and just let him be him.”
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Racing has become a real family affair. “My dad’s up every night before the races, working on my kart, trying to make it faster,” says Marcus. Richie also packs the trail er, unloads it, and plans the race registrations. Marcus’s 16-year-old brother, Joey, is crew chief of the Wolfe Pack Racing team and also recently started racing himself. And his mom and sister, 18-year-old Taylor, handle photogra phy and social media, pack lunches and cheer him on.
sponsors, which is really helpful and a blessing,” says Brenda. “Simply Home in Fredericksburg has been a tire sponsor for us for a while, and Platinum Auto Body in Sterling and Hoosier Tire East, a national spon sor, also help out.”
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“I've always dreamed of being a professional NASCAR driver,” he says. Be sure to follow his racing career at Wolfe Pack Racing LLC on Facebook. hg
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A student of Marstellar Middle School, Marcus is active in other sports as well such as motocross, mountain biking and skateboarding. “I love riding my bike with my best friend, Jack McGehee,” he says. “We're always outside unless it’s raining.” Brenda says they’re a very active family. “We all love to be outside camping or just hanging out in the driveway, watching the kids ride their bikes.” Adds Richie, “I'm always on a boat or fishing or hunt ing and the kids have always tagged along.”
Race entry fees alone start at $100 to $200 for local rac es and can run up to $1,500 for national races, so the fami ly also has sponsors who help them out. “Daniel Beery is an authorized franchisee of Snap-On Tools in Northern Virginia and he's been a tremendous help,” says Brenda. “He gave us a toolbox with lots of tools and a bunch of tents and coolers,” says Marcus. “He also helps us with race tires.”
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Left: Brenda, Taylor, Marcus, Joey, and Richie Wolfe. Brenda and Taylor handle photography and social media, brother Joey is the crew chief, and dad Richie is the backbone of the entire Wolfe Pack Racing team. Below: Marcus and dad Richie work on his kart. Says Marcus, “My dad’s up every night before the races, working on my kart, trying to make it faster.”
Since these tires only last a couple of races, there’s a constant need for new ones. At $200 a set, it can get very expensive very fast. “We have people who are just tire factsfast WHO Marcus Go-KartCompetitiveWolfe;Driver
Brenda adds, “My husband’s uncle, Bob Wolfe, lives in Maryland and he's an older gentleman. He hasn't been feeling too good lately, but even he comes out to see Mar cus. He says he’s his number one fan.”
LowKey Racing in Hanover has also been amazing, she says. “They’re a race team led by Eric King, Amy Bitz and Ryan Miller III. They took an interest in Marcus last year and asked him to be on their team.” They also taught Richie a lot about go-karts. Since go-kart racing is an expensive sport, they get oth er kinds of support as well. “Marcus’s cousin, Joey Pyles, donated a race trailer to our team to haul the kart, which is huge,” says Richie.
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“When I had my first race, my whole family - all my cousins, uncles, great uncles – they were all there,” says Marcus. “There were 20 or 30 people watching me and they all had my Wolfepack Racing tee-shirt on.”
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Get your culture on T he Manassas Museum is expanding. The plan is to build a 4,800-square-foot addition to the northeast side of the existing 6,500-square-foot museum structure. The addition will include a 2,300-foot “special exhibit hall” and about 1,650 square feet for new collections and storage.
“This is going to give us additional opportunities to show case those artifacts that have been donated to the museum from people in our community that talk about our history, talk about our heritage, talk about our cultures,” said City Manager Pat Pate. “And it gives us a nice, open meeting space that the community’s been looking for.” The addition is expected to be complet ed late next summer.
If you could go for a big pizza, go to Benny’s Pizza K nown for its 28-inch pies, Benny’s Pizza is now open and serving its enormous slices of pizza in Old Town Manassas. The chain originated in Blacksburg in 2011 and quickly became a favorite for late-night grub among Virginia Tech students. This newest location, owned by Kyle Kerivan and located at 9209 Center St., is the chain’s 17th restaurant in Virginia. Like pizza? Tastes just like a supersized, super-delicious pizza!
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