Two Incumbents, One Newcomer Win Board Seats

9:50 pm: Incumbents Sean Dunn and Risa Sanders  and newcomer Chad Quinn won election last night to the McLean Community Center Board.

Winning the two youth seats were Christy Meyer, a junior at Langley High School, and Maggie Himpler, a sophomore at Oakcrest School to complete the 11-member board.

Susan Bourgeois, chair of the McLean Community Center board Elections Committee, posted the results on the front window of the community center shortly after 9:30 p.m.

5:30pm. It's over. Now it's just a matter of waiting for the election results of  the race for three adult seats and two youth seat on the 11-member McLean Community Center Board.

Counting at the community center. Candidates are called then the results are literally posted on the door of the community center. Time unclear.

4:30pm. 30 minutes to close. Families slowly leaving. Traffic on Chain Bridge Rd from Westmoreland Street to Great Falls Road barely moving. Side streets are starting to clear.

Politicians still collecting names for their nominating petitions.

Families munching on everything from hot dogs to kebabs, gyros and, of course, fennel cakes --- fried dough sprinkled with powdered sugar.

3:30 pm. Long lines for carnival rides and food. McLean Rotary hot dogs very popular as always.

Lines for pony rides come and go. A few exhibitors starting to leave.

Folks looking for shade on this warm afternoon. A sea of families, kids and baby strollers.

Closes at 5 p.m.

12:58 pm. McLean Day is in full swing. Long lines for the pony rides. Families picniking on the grounds. Kids and politicans everywhere.

The exhibits ranged from budding enterpreneur Danielle Lantonio, there to promote her new "home staging" business, to the CIA, McLean's largest employer.

Jennifer Youngblood,  CIA deputy  director of public affairs: "We are here because we are neighbors. We work in McLean and we consider ourselves your neighbors." She and her colleagues did a brisk business handing our CIA bags with goodies.

One man said the bags probably included a tracking device. Youngblood assured him that the CIA doesn't follow the neighbors.

Danielle Lantonio: "I wanted to reach a lot of the McLean audience. McLean Day draws in thousands of McLean residents."

2011 is an election year. McLean Day for politicans is a like lint to a black jacket. Even candidates who haven't formally announced their candidacies were there.

Craig McKenzie a youth member of the McLean Board was conducting a write-in election to stay on the board.  The 11-member board includes  two youth representatives --- one from the McLea High District and one from the Langley District. McKenzie lives in the McLean district but attends Langley.

9:45 am You can tell that 2011 is an election year. A battalion of campaign signs greet those attending McLean Day today.

Candidates like Barbara Favola, a member of the Arlington County board, is here to introduce herself to McLean voters. Why? Because she's running in the newly created 31st State Senate District which includes Arlington, McLean, Great Falls and part of southern Loudoun County.

Risa Sanders, a McLean Community Center board member running for reelection,  greeted visitors in a blue and white tee shirt bearing her name.

Traffic: Fairfax County police already directing traffic on Chain Bridge Board at the entrance to Lewinsville Park, site of McLean Day.

The south side of Chain Bridge Road near the park entrance is already lined with cars. Please see McLean Day guide for information on traffic and free shuttle buses.

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