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By Angela Woolsey Fairfax County Times The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has ordered a consultant to review the working environment at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.
“The Board of Supervisors directs the County Executive to retain an outside thirdparty consultant to assess the working environment within the Fire and Rescue Department, focusing on equal employment issues, workforce morale, mental health assistance, and communications
issues,” Chairman Sharon Bulova said in a statement Tuesday during the Board of Supervisors’ meeting. Bulova, whose statement was later published on the Fire and Rescue Department’s news blog, said that county staff will develop a more detailed set of directions for
the study. A public affairs officer for the Fire and Rescue Department said that the department hasn’t issued any direct comment about the directive, but according to Bulova, Fire and Rescue Chief Richie Bowers has expressed full support. Questions about the work-
ing environment for women in the Fire and Rescue Department cropped up last month after investigators determined that a missing female firefighter had apparently committed suicide by hanging.
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Visitor logs show Google’s unrivaled access to White House ■ Employees visited 427 times over seven years, report states.
White House a combined 124 times in the same span. (That data goes through October 2015). The Google Transparency Project, the work of
By Johnny Kampis Watchdog.org A project examining White House visitor logs shows the Obama administration has extended an open door to Google. Johanna Shelton, Google’s director of public policy — in effect, the company’s top lobbyist — has visited White House officials 128 times since President Barack Obama took office in 2009. To put that in perspective, senior lobbyists for other companies in the telecommunications and cable industry — including Comcast, Facebook, Amazon, Oracle and Verizon — have visited the
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The entranceway of Google’s office located at 1875 Explorer Street in Reston Town Center.
Campaign for Accountability, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to
expose corporate influence on government, identified policy pushers for the 50 biggest lobbying spenders and counted how many times they appeared in the White House visitor logs. Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google--which maintains an office in Reston Town Center--spent $16.6 million on lobbying in 2015. That was the twelfth most of any company, and the most by any technology firm, just above AT&T’s $16.4 million and Comcast’s $15.7 million. Anne Weismann, executive director of the Campaign for Accountability, told Watchdog.org those logs don’t reveal the discussion of the meetings, just who attended them.
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Historic Vienna church turns 50 ■ Congregation has rich history based in progressive issues By Times Staff Emmaus United Church of Christ (UCC), 900 Maple Avenue East in Vienna, celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 15. The 50th anniversary ceremony paid tribute to past members and milestones, while also celebrating its present and looking ahead to its future ministry. The church was founded on May 15, 1966, by the Potomac Association of the UCC. The Reverend Thomas Cox, its founding pastor, and 66 charter members originally met for worship at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Lewinsville Road in McLean until the Fellowship Hall and the Education Building were completed and dedicated in 1970. Emmaus' present sanctuary was built and dedicated in 1990. The congregation's name, Emmaus, was chosen from Luke 24:13, a story in which Jesus appears to two disciples as they walked to the
village Emmaus with heavy hearts after his crucifixion. The original members chose the name as symbolic of "the journey ahead, the sharing of
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The "Walk to Emmaus" stained glass window in the Emmaus Sanctuary, designed by artist Brenda Belfield, was a gift in 1992 from the Jack Dreyfus family in memory of Jack's mother Bernice.
the Word through scripture, and the fellowship with the spirit of Christ in communion." Not surprisingly, last year the congregation chose "Many paths, traveling together... Emmaus UCC" as central to its theological identity as a safe place to explore faith and Biblical teachings within a
diverse community of believers. The United Church of Christ, the Protestant denomination to which Emmaus belongs, is a community of Christians with over 5,000 churches and nearly one million members. It carries a rich history of "firsts." The UCC's predecessor, the Congregational Church, supported the first integrated anti-slavery society in the U.S. with multiracial leadership, organized by Lewis Tappan of the Amistad revolt (1846); the first woman to be ordained and to serve a Christian congregation, Rev. Antoinette Brown (1853); the first openly gay person ordained as a minister, Rev. William R. Johnson (1972); first African American leader of a racially integrated mainline church in the U.S., Rev. Joseph H. Evans (1976); the first and only hymn book that honors in equal measure both male and female images of God, The New Century Hymnal (1995); and the first religious organization (UCC's General Synod) to pass a resolution supporting samegender marriage equality (2005). Central to the UCC's tenets of faith is a belief that "God is still speaking."
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GRANDEUR PEEKING THROUGH: Between bouts of rain, a brief but intense burst of sunshine appeared Tuesday evening in Centreville.
Wanted: New home for homeless shelter ■ Fairfax County’s plan to relocate Baileys Crossroads shelter fraught with complications By Angela Woolsey Fairfax County Times Behind the Lincolnia Senior Center, a blocky brickand-concrete building not far from Little River Turnpike in Alexandria, there’s an approximately 10,000-squarefoot stretch of land covered in grass and ringed by an asphalt path. Passersby can glimpse a playground through the chain-link fence and line of trees that run behind the field. In less than a year, that plot may have a new occupant: a homeless shelter. Fairfax County announced plans in March to turn the site behind the Lincolnia Senior Center into a temporary replacement for the Baileys Crossroads Community Shelter, which is being pushed out of its current location by developers. The proposal has invited a flurry of questions and concerns from Mason District residents, particularly those from the Lincolnia neighbor-
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Volunteers pose behind the Baileys Crossroads Community Shelter sign in Falls Church.
hoods near the senior center, but county officials say the move may be necessary, even as they continue searching for more ideal alternatives. “The reconstruction of the shelter has been a longstanding goal of the county’s capital improvements program,” Deputy County Executive Robert Stalzer, the lead on the project, said. “The timing has required us to…relocate the shelter sooner than we had originally anticipated, so that’s why we’re doing what we’re doing right now.” The Baileys Crossroads Community Shelter has occupied its current spot on Moncure Avenue in Falls Church since 1987. The facility is in
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need of an update with many building systems that are old, inefficient and do not meet accessibility requirements, according to an FAQ page on the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services’ (DPWES) capital projects website. The push to move the shelter is also part of an effort to revitalize Baileys Crossroads that began in 2005, when the county tried to arrange a public-private partnership with the Arlington-based Weissberg Corp., which filed redevelopment plans for the area.
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35-year-old Kimhoang Pham LaRocque of Vienna has been charged with killing her husband.
Vienna woman charged with killing her husband A Vienna woman has been charged with killing her husband last year. On July 31, 2015, police responded to the 1800 block of Midlothian for the report of an unresponsive man. There, they found Eric John Larocque, 33, dead from a gunshot wound to his upper body. On May 16, 2016, 35-year-old, Kimhoang Pham LaRocque, was charged with Second Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony. LaRocque was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and held without bond. Police say the LaRocque homicide was one of 13 homicides reported in Fairfax County in 2015. There have been six homicides in Fairfax County so far in 2016.
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Springfield woman, 18, struck and killed by train An 18-year-old Springfield woman is dead after being
struck by a train Monday evening. Fairfax County Police officers and detectives said they responded to the 9500 block of Burke Road on May 16, for the report of a pedestrian struck by a train at approximately 9:40 p.m. Police said the preliminary investigation determined that three friends were walking along the tracks when one was struck. Erika Dunn, 18, of Springfield, sustained lifethreatening injuries and was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital where she later died. No one else was injured. Polcie say the official cause and manner of the death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Fairfax County Police at 703-6912131.
Former CEO of Virginia Regional Transit pleads guilty to bribery Mark W. McGregor, 63, former chief executive officer of Virginia Regional Transit (VRT), pleaded guilty May 16 to bribery concerning federal program funds for his role in a bribery scheme that caused $380,000 in losses to the U.S. government. According to the statement of facts filed with his plea agreement, McGregor served as the chief executive officer of Virginia Regional Transit (VRT), a nonprofit organization that provides transportation services throughout Northern Virginia. VRT is funded by a combination of federal, state and local grants, including from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Records show that McGregor engaged in a bribe scheme with co-conspirator
Thomas Ahalt, then-President of Mobile Auto Truck Repair (Mobile Auto), an automotive repair business in Purcellville, since 2007. Mobile Auto provided automotive repair services to VRT. According to plea papers, from January 2007 through December 2015, Mobile Auto submitted—and McGregor caused to be approved—false invoices for additional weekly labor charges. McGregor approved and VRT paid to Mobile Auto approximately $380,000 in fraudulent additional weekly labor charges. A portion of the monies VRT paid to Mobile Auto were federal program funds originating from the Federal Transit Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. In exchange, McGregor received regular kickback payments from Ahalt and others associated with Mobile Auto totaling half of the additional weekly labor charges. In total, McGregor received approximately $190,000 in kickback payments. On April 6, Ahalt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery concerning federal program funds for his role in the scheme. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 2, and McGregor is scheduled to be sentenced on September 9. Individuals with information related to public corruption in Northern Virginia should call the FBI public corruption hotline at 703-686-6225.
Man drives truck onto National Mall claiming exposure to Anthrax On May 17, a man drove his truck, a white, four-door pickup, onto the National Mall between 3rd and 4th Streets
Northwest claiming that he had been exposed to anthrax. The man had called the United States Capitol Police to warn of the exposure and that he had anthrax with him in the vehicle. U.S. Capitol police said that after exiting the vehicle, he was checked for exposure to anthrax and that the test results were negative. As a safety precaution he and the officers who made contact him went through a decontamination procedure. Police say the man said he allegedly saw the substance being spread on a field in Virginia, thought it was a threat to people, and collected some of it up in order to warn others of the danger. Police said he never threatened anyone and has been compliant throughout the incident. No charges have been made public, so the man’s name has not been released.
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Police chief clarifies facts concerning recent barricade situation Colonel Edwin C. Roessler Jr., Chief of Fairfax County Police, shared two audio clips last week from the police radio traffic of a recent suspicious event-turned-barricade that occurred on March 2 in the 6200 block of Larkspur Drive in Alexandria. The chief said he firmly believes the manner in which this call was handled from start to finish illustrates the high level of professionalism
and composure both he and the community expects of our officers. The two audio segments depict the moments just after the call is dispatched—as officers were arriving and reported being fired upon—and the end of the incident—when the suspect was surrendering. There is an approximate oneand-a-half-hour separation between the time of the first and second excerpt. Police say barricade situations often take several hours to resolve, and even when they coincide with a criminal investigation, can involve individuals who are emotionally distressed. Last July, the department revised policy guidelines pertaining to hostage and/or barricaded person situations. There are times when officers must use force to maintain order and public safety but protecting the sanctity of life and preserving community safety are core principles embedded within their public service mission, they say. The suspect in the March 2 incident, Sayed Robbie Javid, 19, of the 6200 block of Larkspur Drive in the Alexandria-area of Fairfax County, was charged with assault on a police officer and falsely summoning police. Police say that when Javid initially called 911 around 4:53 p.m., he allegedly claimed there was someone in the home who did not live or belong there. An investigation determined he had been alone in the home at the time he called 911 and after police were on scene. Police say Major Crimes Division and Crime Scene Section detectives also determined the pistol Javid fired in the direction of arriving officers, was a starter revolver. This revolver fires cartridges which produce a muzzle flash, muzzle smoke, and the same
repeating explosive sound of an actual bullet being fired. Based on these elements, officers’ instincts were to find immediate cover and safety, as they believed the pistol they saw and sounds they heard were from a real firearm. Police say the incident seems to have stemmed from a family argument that occurred earlier in the day. Police had responded to the home around 9 a.m. for a father and son arguing over the son’s poor conduct. The incident apparently escalated into a physical altercation and police charged the father with assault on a family member.
KFC under attack for antibiotics use The Natural Resources Defense Council this week launched a national campaign urging Kentucky Fried Chicken—the largest fast food chicken chain in the country— to commit to phasing out chicken raised with the routine use of antibiotics. “KFC’s antibiotics polices are not finger lickin’ good for public health,” said Lena Brook, food policy advocate at NRDC. “With fast food restaurants increasingly serving meat raised with better antibiotics practices, KFC is lagging behind competitors like Chick-Fil-A and its sister company, Taco Bell. As the nation’s largest fast food chicken chain, KFC has an opportunity and responsibility to help stem the growing epidemic of drug-resistant infections by cleaning up its antibiotics policies.” NRDC is calling on KFC to make a time-bound commitment to only purchase chicken raised without the routine use of antibiotics important to human medicine. KFC representatives were not immediately available for comment.
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PEOPLE AND PLACES Arts Council of Fairfax County Approved for $40,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts The Arts Council of Fairfax County has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Chairman Jane Chu for a $40,000 Art Works award for the Arts Council’s “Imagine Art Here” initiative at Seven Corners and Springfield. “Imagine Art Here” will both elicit a vision for the role of the arts in the community and collect resident, workforce, and visitor feedback on the type of facilities, public art and related arts amenities desired at both locations. The input from the “Imagine Art Here”initiative will inform the Master Arts Plan (MAP) being spearheaded by the Arts Council on behalf of the County. “We are just delighted to receive this NEA grant to bring Imagine Art Here to the communities of Seven Corners and Springfield,” said Linda Sullivan, president and CEO of the Arts Council of Fairfax County. “It’s all about engaging the public in a dialogue on art and arts amenities for their community — and we get to engage artists in producing temporary public art in highly visible locations.” Anticipated start date for both projects are summer of 2016 with installations and engagement taking place in 2017. The artist selection will be made through an invitation to bid with a panel of arts, architecture, planning, and community representatives. The selected artists’ works will be installed at Seven Corners, located at Route 50 and Sleepy Hollow Road, and Springfield, located in a pedestrian and vehicular underpass near the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station. Both projects will enhance the experience of residents, workforce, and visitors passing through those areas, promote community participation, and increase public awareness of the potential for public art. The Arts Council is working with Fairfax County Government, corporate sponsors, and community partners to carry out the projects. “The arts are all around us, enhancing our lives in ways both subtle and obvious, expected and unexpected,” said NEA Chairman Jane Chu. “Supporting projects like the one from the Arts Council of Fairfax County offers more opportunities to engage in the arts every day.” For more information about the Arts Council of Fairfax County and it’s $40,000 Art Works Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts see related story on page B-4.
Northern Virginia Residents Commissioned as Army Officers at the Citadel Four Northern Virginia residents were among 104 men and women commissioned as Army officers at the Citadel May 6. They are John Goins, Herndon; Frank Healy, Centreville; Daniel Kim, Clifton; and Steven Rutledge of Chantilly. Families, friends, faculty and staff assembled at the Summerall Chapel on The Citadel campus to honor the newly commissioned officers. The commissioning cadets and students took oaths accepting their appointments as officers in the U.S. armed services.
Renowned Math Teacher Among New Staff at BASISed Veteran Fairfax County math teacher of 40 years, Vern S. Williams, is joining BASIS Independent McLean faculty in August, teaching middle school students. Renowned by parents, students and colleagues for his mastery as a math teacher, most recently at H.W. Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church; Williams passion and dedication to engage, teach and challenge students in mathematical reasoning and problem-solving has earned him nationwide recognition in his field.
FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES Williams is just one of many exceptional teachers joining BASIS Independent McLean, including Lisa Bliss of McLean with international experience and a specialty as a learning expert teacher; Cara Dalton of Oakton, Va., a veteran college and secondary education language arts instructor with an expertise in gifted curriculum; Daryl ‘Gus’ Grissom, Ph.D., of Herndon, an exceptional world languages instructor; Amanda McMeekin Setty of McLean, with a specialty in preschool thematic learning and graduate studies in New Zealand; David Sharp of Arlington, a noted secondary education teacher in language arts and advanced placement studies; and Hsiu Mei Tozzi of Bristow, with international experience, and a specialty in Mandarin. “Our teachers are at the heart of much of our curriculum… their interest, expertise and passion help our students thrive and succeed,” said Sean Aiken, head of school of BASIS Independent McLean. “We’re thrilled to have such a remarkable group of local instructors join our team,” he said. School registration is underway for Tyson Corner’s new school, BASIS Independent McLean. The school will be located at 8000 Jones Branch Drive in McLean and opens in August.
Dewberry Designated a Certified Commissioning Firm Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, was recently designated a certified commissioning firm (CCF) by the Building Commissioning Certification Board (BCCB). The firm met and exceeded the requirements of having at least one full-time certified commissioning professional (CCP) and completing three new building, existing building, or renovation commissioning projects as the lead commissioning firm from design through construction with a cumulative total of 150,000 square feet and a construction
value of at least $30 million. Dewberry is now one of only 31 CCFs in the U.S. “This is a great distinction for Dewberry,” said Bill McMullen, associate vice president and energy solutions group business unit manager. “As we continue to advance the industry with innovations, being a CCF gives clients and partners confidence that they are receiving the highest-quality service in accordance with BCCB’s nationally recognized codes of service and attributes.” The CCF program was launched in 2013 in response to industry requests for recognition of commissioning expertise on a firm level. The international Building Commissioning Association (BCA) promotes building commissioning practices that maintain high professional standards. Since 2014, Dewberry’s energy solutions group has helped save 673,794 kWh of annual energy at the Los Angeles Department of Public Works headquarters, 500,000 kWh of annual energy at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., and retrocommissioned more than 4 million square feet of higher education healthcare space across six University of Pittsburgh Medical Center facilities.
Middleburg Real Estate/Atoka Properties proudly announces the addition of REALTOR Mary Curran Mary Curran has joined the team of realtors at Middleburg Real Estate/Atoka Properties. Initially, Curran’s love of horses drew her to the area, but she instantly fell in love with the Blue Ridge Mountains and the rolling countryside in the Piedmont. Not only did she enjoy galloping along the hills and valleys after the Piedmont Hunt, but she also enjoyed the history, quaint towns, and spending long days on the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. This area has so much to offer those who enjoy spending time outdoors in nature rid-
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ing horses, boating on the rivers, hiking on the Appalachian Trail or biking on the C&O Canal. After a very successful and rewarding career making and training foxhunters, Curran focused on her career as a real estate agent. She employs many of the traits that made her successful training horses to her real estate career, such as being trustworthy, honest, reliable and detail-oriented. Mary will make the purchase or sale of your home worry and stress free by managing the transaction from start to finish. Most important to her is that you find a home that matches your lifestyle. A healthy and happy lifestyle is more than eating healthy, it is about finding balance in your home and work life; it is about finding a home that complements your personality; it is about living in an area makes it easy for you to pursue interests that are most dear to you when you are not working. As a Certified Health Coach, Mary believes that people’s well-being and health are closely related. Her great knowledge of the local area will be instrumental balance, whether your love is riding horses, or putting a boat in the river. To contact Atoka Properties, call 703-777-1170 Ext. 309 or 540-454-2200.
Park Authority Seeks Nominees for Elly Doyle Service Awards It’s time once again to honor the thousands of individuals and numerous organizations which volunteer each year in local parks and support the many programs and initiatives of the Fairfax County Park Authority. Volunteers are the backbone of the Park Authority, and in order to recognize their contributions, nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Elly Doyle Park Service Awards. Volunteers provided more than 180,000 hours of service in the past fiscal year, providing innumerable benefits to this community.
The Elly Doyle Park Service Awards were established in 1988 in honor of Ellamae Doyle’s many years of service and accomplishments as a member and chairman of the Park Authority Board. The County’s park system expanded and thrived during her tenure with the addition of significant open space, construction of new recreational facilities, and a commitment to the preservation of natural and cultural resources in Fairfax County. Anyone may submit a nomination for the awards. The awards are open to those who have made outstanding service contributions during the past year. A service contribution is the giving of time or expertise to the Fairfax County Park Authority for the advancement of recreational and/ or educational opportunities or the protection of natural, cultural or historic resources in Fairfax County. Groups and individuals are eligible. However, an individual or organization may receive only one Elly Doyle Award. Recipients will be honored at a reception and ceremony in November. All nominations are due by June 17. Award applications and additional information about the Elly Doyles are available online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/ellydoyleawards.htm. For more information, please contact the Public Information Office at 703-324-8662 or via Parkmail@fairfaxcounty.gov.
Students can register 24 hours a day at www.nvcc.edu/startstrong or get in-person service during normal business hours at NOVA campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge. Online courses start on various dates throughout the year. Nearly 40 degrees and certificates can be completed entirely online through NOVA’s Extended Learning Institute. In addition, registration is underway for NOVA’s summer session. Summer classes that have not yet started begin June 27. To learn more about NOVA, call 703-323-3000.
Herndon Fortnightly Club Announces Deadline for Scholarship Opportunity
The Herndon Fortnightly Club is accepting applications for one-year scholarships from individuals living in the greater Herndon area. Past recipients of Fortnightly scholarships are not eligible for further consideration. Candidates should be accepted for entrance or enrolled in an educational institution before applying for a scholarship. Qualifying coursework includes undergraduate college level, post graduate, continuing education and coursework required for reentering the workforce. Candidates should write a Fall registration is Un- one-page letter, without attachments, to The Herndon Fortderway at NOVA nightly Club explaining why the Open registration for Northern scholarship is needed, what caVirginia Community College’s reer goals are being pursued and fall 2016 semester is underway. what academic institution has or will proStudents may secure classes early in the registration period while vide acceptance. Also included the most choices are available should be comments relating to and not pay tuition until July activities, community service and 25. Starting July 25, tuition academic standing. The letter with your name, is due by 5 p.m. on the next business day after registering. address and phone number should Students must register no later be sent to Scholarships, c/o The than 11:59 p.m. on the day be- Herndon Fortnightly Club, P.O. fore a session begins. The 16- Box 55, Herndon, VA 20172week fall semester starts Aug. 0055. Application letters must 22 with several shorter sessions be received by May 25. beginning later in the semester.
Brownie book drive in Oakton a success!
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Girl Scout Brownie Troop 3173 at Waples Mill Elementary School in Oakton recently held a book drive that collected 1161 books for Fairfax Futures’ Neighborhood School Readiness Project. The project supports young children’s successful transition to kindergarten. Teams of educators and administrators identify the needs of neighborhood families and develop the relationships needed to effectively support young children and their families as they transition to kindergarten. Troop 3173 thanks everyone who donated books.
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GOOGLE from Page A-1 “You don’t know what the meetings are about, but the fact that someone has that level of access at the White House is revealing,” she said. “It certainly suggests a level of influence.” Shelton far outpaced her peers. The second most frequent White House visitor, with 75 visits, was Alissa Fox, senior vice president of the Office of Policy and Representation for Blue Cross/ Blue Shield (again, essentially a mouthful of a title for a head lobbyist.) Oil companies in the top 50 visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a combined 101 times, and defense contractors in the top 50 came 89 times since 2009. Shelton visited the White House more than 18 of the top 50 lobbying spenders combined. Shelton didn’t return a call from Watchdog.org seeking comment about the White House visits. Google media relations didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. “It suggests, given the intrusion of the Obama administration into the internet and health care, the idea these companies are independent
SHELTER from Page A-1 Developers envisioned transforming the landx from Moncure Avenue to Leesburg Pike into a mixed-use space with residential and retail facilities, according to Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross. However, when the recession hit in 2008, those plans stalled. The partnership didn’t come up again until Weissberg Corp. president Nina Weissberg approached county officials about the possibility in 2013. Weissberg also brought in real estate investment trust AvalonBay Communities to purchase the contract for the land from
of the government is quaint,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, a conservative foundation promoting transparency and accountability in government. Fitton said the Obama administration wants to regulate the internet like a public utility, so he can’t blame Google for beating a trail to the White House. “The government wants to turn these companies into socialized entities,” he said. “I’m surprised Google isn’t there twice as much.” “With Obama’s destruction of the health care industry, evidently Blue Cross didn’t go there enough,” Fitton joked. He pointed out, however, that because the White House isn’t subject to the Freedom of Information Act, the public can’t be sure the logs reflect all the visits that are made. In all, employees of Google and related companies visited the White House 427 times, or more than once a week over a period of nearly seven years. Those trips included 363 meetings in total, attended by 169 Google employees — from executives to software engineers — and 182 officials from the White House.
Weismann said the transparency project hasn’t crunched the numbers for total visits by other companies among the top 50 lobbying spenders. The Google Transparency Project examination includes large events such as parties, state dinners and industry conferences. The majority of these meetings were likely between small groups of company officials and key White House officials, “meetings at which public policies are likely to have been discussed,” the Campaign for Accountability wrote. At least 21 of those meetings included Obama, and a similar number included such high-ranking political and economic advisers as current White House chief of staff Denis McDonough, former chiefs of staff Jack Lew (now Treasury secretary), Bill Daley, Pete Rouse and Rahm Emanuel, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and economic adviser Jeffrey Zients. Of Shelton’s 128 visits, 94 included meetings with White House officials (she has also, for example, ferried Google Science Fair winners there), and four of those meetings involved Obama. “That’s a lot of meetings
for one individual to have,” Weismann said. White House logs are not available for previous administrations; Obama was the first president to make that information available for public inspection. A document showed that the George W. Bush administration’s Energy Task Force met with energy industry officials at least 40 times in 2001 in preparation for creating a new national energy policy, reported the Washington Post in 2007. The administration went to court to try to keep the task force records private. Before working at Google, Shelton was senior counsel for telecommunications and internet issues for the House Energy and Commerce Committee and served as counsel on similar issues for Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Virginia. She also held multiple senior positions at the Federal Communications Commission. A host of other former Google executives have ended up working in the administration, including U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith. Shelton has most commonly met with David Edelman, senior adviser for technol-
ogy and economic policy, (13 meetings) and Victoria Espinel, intellectual property enforcement coordinator (12 meetings.) Shelton has met with 48 White House officials in all. Of particular note for government watchdogs are the flurry of meetings by Shelton and other important Google representatives around the time the Federal Trade Commission was considering an antitrust case against the company in 2011. The FTC looked into whether Google’s business practices in searches and advertising was shutting out competitors and harming consumers. Namely, regulators investigated to see if Google favored its own companies in search results. Google Transparency Project lists a number of meetings that took place in 2011 and 2012 during that investigation. Of particular note is this one: Shelton, Google director of product management Hunter Walk and Raben Group lobbyist Courtney Snowden met with White House domestic policy counsel Steve Robinson on April 17, 2012. Raben Group was one of the lobbying firms Google retained to help with the FTC antitrust case.
In January 2013, Google reached a settlement with the FTC, agreeing to allow competitor access to patents “on critical standardized technologies needed to make popular devices such as smart phones, laptop and tablet computers, and gaming consoles,” the FTC said in a press release. The FTC did not, however, find that Google gamed the search-engine system. “The evidence the FTC uncovered through this intensive investigation prompted us to require significant changes in Google’s business practices. However, regarding the specific allegations that the company biased its search results to hurt competition, the evidence collected to date did not justify legal action by the Commission,” said Beth Wilkinson, outside counsel to the FTC. “Undoubtedly, Google took aggressive actions to gain advantage over rival search providers. However, the FTC’s mission is to protect competition, and not individual competitors. The evidence did not demonstrate that Google’s actions in this area stifled competition in violation of U.S. law.”
Landmark Atlantic, LLC. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the land swap deal in February, and AvalonBay is currently in the process of submitting a rezoning application to allow for the construction of 375 apartments along Moncure Avenue. Fairfax County is also involved in the land swap because the county hopes to build a human services center and to connect Seminary Road and Columbia Pike with a road extension, according to the Fairfax County News Center’s report. However, these redevelopment plans require a change in location for the Baileys Community Crossroads Shelter, a 50-bedT:5.41” emergency shelter for adults. The county’s
leasing agreement with AvalonBay set a deadline of Mar. 1, 2017 for when the current shelter must be vacated. “We’re under a time constraint, so we haven’t secured a permanent location yet,” Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross said. “It would be wonderful if we could find a permanent location so that we only move once.” If the shelter moves to the proposed temporary site next to the Lincolnia Senior Center, county officials estimate that it would remain there for four or five years until a permanent location is found and a new facility can be built. Many residents who live near the senior center, however, question the appropriateness of putting a shelter for the homeless right beside
a senior center. “People of homelessness, like anybody else, they want their freedom, and they should have it to the best that they can have it,” Stonegate at Landmark homeowners association president Debbie Fraser said. “But I think when you mix two populations, the elderly and them… the help they need isn’t the same.” Fraser lives with her husband, Mark, on the block neighboring the Lincolnia Senior Center, which reopened earlier this year after undergoing renovations. She helped spearhead the neighborhood’s Stop the Shelter campaign and an online petition at Change.org with more than 500 signatures. The Frasers and other Stonegate at Landmark residents, along with senior center occupants, have been using the green space behind the center as an exercise area. That plot of land also includes a community garden used by the senior center. Design plans for the temporary shelter, which will accommodate around 50 beds just like the current facility, leave the community garden untouched, but it will take up about 7,000 square feet of the grassy field, according to Stalzer, and about half of the asphalt walking track that encircles the field. The shelter will also include 24 additional parking spaces. Though the project involves multiple different county agencies, the publicprivate branch of the DPWES led efforts to find potential sites for the relocated Baileys shelter. The county reviewed around 20 different possibilities, including the Lincolnia Senior Center, the First Christian Church of Falls Church, and the Fairfax Animal Hospital, which sits on Seminary Road in Baileys Crossroads less than a mile from the shelter’s current location. Fairfax County has yet to release a list of all the potential sites because nearly all of them are still under consideration, some of them even as options for a permanent shelter. “Some of the sites that we’re looking at the owners don’t know that we’re actually interested in their property. Some of the owners do. But [discussing] it really negatively impacts our negotiating position,” Stalzer said. The Lincolnia Senior Center emerged as a frontrunner for a temporary site because, unlike the privately-owned First Christian Church for example, the land is already county property. That location also appealed to county staff because it would be co-located with another county facility
already staffed around-theclock, and its proximity to bus stops and other public transit options is ideal since most homeless shelter residents tend not to have their own cars. The county held a community meeting on the temporary shelter project at Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria on Apr. 11. Residents expressed concern about how the shelter will impact on businesses, crime and home values in the area. Stalzer acknowledged those complaints but pointed out that the county operates other shelters near residential areas, such as the Embry Rucker Community Shelter in Reston, which sits right next to the Reston Regional Library. “Locating a homeless shelter isn’t an easy thing to do because there are a lot of perceptions in the community about what goes on in a homeless shelter and the folks who are served by those facilities,” Stalzer said. “It’s challenging to find a location that’s suitable…but homeless shelters can be good neighbors despite what some folks may feel.” The county released a draft security assessment conducted by New Horizon Security Services at the Apr. 11 meeting. “The elderly are a very fragile population and the homeless shelter carries with it the stigma of crime and other nuisance behaviors. Shelter security and neighborhood safety is of the utmost importance,” read the assessment draft, which estimates an approximate cost of $150,650 for all security measures. The assessment’s recommendations included armed security guards, the installation of a six-foot fence around the shelter’s perimeter, hand wands and metal detectors, surveillance cameras, and the use of an electronic lockdown system. According to Gross, most of these security measures are standard for any county facility, but Stonegate at Landmark residents worry that the shelter’s presence could still have a negative effect on the economy and quality of life in the area. Mark and Debbie Fraser moved to Stonegate at Landmark in 2010 not long after the county first started trying to develop and revitalize the neighborhood. “If Fairfax County’s going to change a neighborhood, you need to change it for the better,” Debbie Fraser said. “You never take it back. You want to make it better, and then really, what quality of life are the homeless folks going to have? They’re going to be under an armed guard now.” The deadline for moving
the shelter is in the spring or summer of 2017, according to Gross, who says that rumors that the move is scheduled for summer or fall 2016 are a “misunderstanding.” The slideshow that was presented at the Apr. 11 community meeting and is now available online at the Fairfax County website includes a proposed timeline with construction on a temporary facility starting from fall 2016 to spring 2017, when the shelter’s scheduled to open. Before construction commences, however, the county still needs to get its plan approved by the Mason District Land Use Advisory Committee, which will get a presentation on the project on May 24. The land use committee would then make its recommendation to the planning commission during its June 28 meeting, and Gross predicts that the planning commission will act on the project sometime in late June or early July. The planning commission will also hold a public hearing on the project, but the exact date hasn’t yet been scheduled. Despite the disagreements over the proposed temporary shelter, all sides seem to agree that it would be preferable if the county only needs to relocate the Baileys shelter once. Stalzer says that the Lincolnia Senior Center site is too small to accommodate a homeless shelter long-term. The county ultimately hopes to build a permanent facility of 25,000 square feet that would include both a shelter and transitional housing. “Ideally, and unfortunately this isn’t going to happen in the short-term, we would prefer not to have any homeless shelters,” Stalzer said. “We would prefer that everyone have…some type of short-term transitional housing until they get on their feet and can move into a more permanent solution. The reality is we’re not there, so the temporary housing option provided by homeless shelters is in fact important.” Debbie Fraser says that the opposition to the Lincolnia Senior Center temporary shelter doesn’t stem from a resistance to living near that kind of facility, as some people assume. Rather, she and her neighbors want Fairfax County to come up with a permanent solution now, rather than leaning on a stopgap measure. “Wherever they move this place, it needs to be permanent for the homeless,” Fraser said. “We just want to see it done the right way and throwing it in a neighborhood because you can, it’s not good enough for those of us who live here. We have wonderful neighbors, and it’s not right.”
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Dock Dogs show off in Reston ■ Hundreds turn out to see talented dogs leap and fetch over water By Bonnie Stephens Fairfax County Times Do you ever feel like telling your dog to “just go jump in a lake”? Several hundred people came to Reston May 14 to watch quite a few dogs do just that. More than a dozen waterloving dogs jumped into Lake Anne--grabbing toys in midair--as part of the Chesapeake Dock Dogs training day. Not all the dogs were seasoned World Champions; some were new to the sport and just learning. Dock Dogs compete for the title in Big Air, Speed Retrieve and Extreme Vertical, but Big Air is the most popular of the three disciplines available. It is the long jump for dogs. Competitors are given the option
to use 40 feet of the dock to run and jump into the water. Each dog gets two tries – the best is the score for the wave. The long jump distance is judged where the base of the tail meets the water.
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Dogs in Reston at Lake Anne wowed the crowd on May 14.
According to Cindy Williams, owner of event sponsor PetMAC, “It was a wonderful day! Reston’s Lake Anne is a very pet-friendly area. Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the day and cheer on the dogs.” Information tables were set up with free samples from Fromm Pet Foods, Zignature,
Fussie Cat, and Weruva, as well as representatives from Just Cats Clinic and Mary Kay Cosmetics, both at Lake Anne Plaza, Dogtopia in Herndon, and adoptable dogs from K9Lifesavers Dog Rescue. Chesapeake Dock Dogs will be having their inaugural event, Puppypalooza 2016, at their new location in Purcellville on May 21 and 22 at their new home, Maggie Malick Wine Caves. Any Chesapeake Dock Dogs member is able to participate, and enrollment is ongoing; the public can join simply by contacting the club directly. Registration is available ahead of time or day of the event, however spectators may just show up and enjoy the show! The next Dock Dogs event at Lake Anne will be on Sept 17 so mark your calendars! Bring your blanket and you can just sit…and stay. For more information, go to http://chesapeakedockdogs. com/future_events.html
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Reston Hospital hosts Meet the Robot Night ■ Guests learn about robotic surgical options on site with surgeons By Bonnie Stephens Fairfax County Times Reston Hospital Center's Institute for Robotic Surgery hosted Reston's Meet the Robot Night on May 12, an evening where the public was invited to meet and mingle with surgeons trained on various surgical robots. More than 200 visitors took advantage of the chance to investigate the latest in surgical technology and learn about the patient benefits. Many visitors worked hand-in-hand with a robot, controlling the movements and actually learning to grasp small items situated in a dome five feet from the controls, mimicking a surgery in
process. Working through a 3D computer monitor, a captivated public manipulated the hands and digits of a robotic arm. Robot-assisted surgery allows doctors to perform many types of complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques. Robotic surgery is minimally invasive and consists of procedures performed through tiny incisions. As Dr. Jennifer Young of the Urology Group explains, “Today, robots are used for many different types of surgeries. We can use them for cancer surgeries, kidney blockages, reconstructions… the possibilities are great.” Visitors had a chance to see the robot in action along a simulated exposed spine, as it moved up and down the vertebrae.
Dr. Jae Y. Lim, a boardcertified neurosurgeon who specializes in robotic spine surgery, encouraged others to see the technique in action, a process that significantly reduces surgical impact. Lim states, "Innovations in robotic spine surgery over the last several years have been absolutely amazing. Robotics is a technique providing shorter recovery times and fewer complications." The Reston Institute for Robotic Surgery currently offers all four of the latest in robotic surgery technology including the da Vinci XI, da Vinci Si, Renaissance by Mazor, and the MAKO Robotic-Arm. Patients and surgeons have access to the benefits of all four of these life-saving surgical robots in one fully comprehensive program.
Assistance League spring event raises money for needy ■ Event held in Fairfax for 2nd consecutive year By Times Staff Nearly 100 people gathered to raise money for community-based children’s programs late last month at Assistance League of Northern Virginia’s “Annual Spring Event, Luncheon and Silent Auction.” Programs benefiting from event’s proceeds were Weekend Food for Kids, Reading Express and New Clothing for Kids. Member volunteers and their guests, representatives from recipient schools, corporate and individual donors, event sponsors and community volunteers joined together to bid on a wide variety of items and services donated by generous businesses in the community. From tickets to the theatre, golf outings, wine tastings and dinners-for-two to jewelry, photography sessions, teeth whitening packages and tickets to D.C. sporting events, the silent auction offered something for everyone and led to a few
STUDY from Page A-1 Nicole Mittendorff was reported missing on Apr. 15 after she didn’t show up for work at Station 32 in Fairfax Station, where she served as a firefighter-paramedic, and Virginia State Police found her body six days later in Shenandoah National Park. A series of posts discovered on the local web forum, Fairfax Underground, criticized Mittendorff’s body, sex life and even her death. The writers claimed to be colleagues of Mittendorff, prompting speculation that she had experienced cyberbullying and/or workplace harassment. The Fire and Rescue Department launched an internal, administrative investigation of the online posts on Apr. 29. “Fairfax County Fire and Rescue maintains a ‘zero tolerance’ policy in regards to bullying and harassment of any kind,” Bowers said when the department started the investigation. A preliminary investigation determined that there was no departmental knowledge of harassment related to Mittendorff prior to her disappearance and confirmed that no county computer had been used to access or post on Fairfax Underground, which is an independent site not associated with Fairfax County government. While the cyberbullying investigation remains ongoing, another Fairfax County firefighter filed a federal civil rights suit against the depart-
friendly bidding wars. For the fifth year, Auctioneer Daniel Sanders, the owner of Four Sales Estate Sales in Alexandria, donated his services in support of the live auction and special appeal. Pat Thompson, President, Assistance League of Northern Virginia, hosted the spring event which took place at International Country Club in Fairfax for the second year. Sheehy Nissan/ Manassas and ShounBach, a family law firm based in Fairfax were sponsors for this fundraiser which featured a presentation by Master Police Officer, Wayne Twombly, FCPD on Personal Safety. Claudia McDowell, Social Worker, and Maggie PerezRives, Parent Liaison at Lynbrook Elementary School in Springfield spoke about how Assistance League programs, which provide essential food and clothing to children living in food insecure households, help their students focus on learning. Lynbrook ES is one of ten Title I schools in the Counties of Fairfax and Prince William and the City of Alexandria served by the nonprofit. Tables were decorated
ment on May 6 that claimed she’d experienced sexual harassment for a period of years. Magaly Hernandez has worked as a firefighter for Fairfax County since 2005 and claims that she was subjected to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment starting in October 2013, when she was transferred to a Station 42 under the supervision of Capt. John Bruley. The suit, which was filed with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, claims that Bruley made unwanted physical and sexual advances on Hernandez, who submitted a complaint on Apr. 29, 2014. According to court documents, the department never took any “corrective action”, despite recommendations for disciplinary action and a psychiatric evaluation for Bruley issued by his direct supervisor and the department’s medical director. Court documents also say that the Fire and Rescue Department “formally reprimanded [Hernandez] and forcibly reassigned her to another station, thereby preventing her promotion.” The suit also argues that the department has a history of allowing male employees to display hostile behavior to female employees without receiving any kind of reprimand. “What we’re seeking in this lawsuit is to put an end to the regular and systematic harassment of women in the fire department,” Ellen Renaud, Hernandez’s attorney, told WTOP’s Megan Cloherty.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Pat Thompson, president of the Assistance League of Northern Virginia, hosted the league’s spring event which took place at International Country Club in Fairfax for the second year.
with red roses and handwritten thank you notes from students receiving support from the all-volunteer 501(c) (3). Funds raised during the “Annual Spring Event” will enable Assistance League to sustain and expand programs which feed, clothe and educate children in need. For more information about Operation School Bell programs and sponsorship opportunities, contact VP Resource Development Linda Shilts: lindamshilts@gmail. com. Fairfax County spokesman Tony Castrilli said in a statement that the county can’t comment on a pending lawsuit. “We want to assure our community that harassment of any kind is not tolerated by Fairfax County,” Castrilli said. “Allegations of harassment are taken seriously and fully investigated.” More recently, Guy Morgan--who heads the department’s office of Professional Standards and is charged with investigating accusations of misconduct in the Fire and Rescue Department--was placed on administrative leave May 12 after female firefighters complained about inappropriate and lewd photos that were posted to Morgan’s Facebook page. Morgan was also mentioned in Hernandez’s lawsuit, which alleges that he conducted an “inept investigation” in her case. In light of the scrutiny faced by their department, several firefighters, including many women, held a press conference Wednesday at the Annandale Volunteer Fire Department to discuss their workplace experiences. The Fairfax County firefighters defended their workplace’s culture and sought to improve morale. “I have always found the department very supportive,” firefighter Alyssa Vance said, according to ABC7-WJLA, which reported on the event. “It has been a difficult time looking at what may have happened…but I also feel like an event like this has brought us together.”
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Mason baseball wins at Towson 11-10 Heads Up football now endorsed statewide ■ Final series now ongoing at UMass By GMU Athletics It’s been a tumultuous year for The George Mason baseball team erased an eight run deficit on the way to an 11-10 win at Towson on Tuesday afternoon at Schuerholz Park. It’s the biggest comeback win of the season for the Patriots. Mason (19-32, 7-14 A-10) took the lead in the top of the first inning against Towson starter Garrett Walther. Freshman Caleb Walls led off with a single and sophomore Tyler Nelin drew a one-out walk to put runners on first and second. With two outs, sophomore Garett Driscoll singled through the left side of the infield, with Walls crossing the plate to give Mason a 1-0 lead. The Patriots have scored at least one run in the first inning 17 times this season. Towson (19-33, 9-12 CAA) used a single and two walks to load the bases in the home half of the first with only one out, but Mason starter Tim Quinn recorded a pop out and a strikeout to end the inning. The Tigers stranded 14 baserunners and left the bases loaded three times in a 10-3 loss at Spuhler Field Apr. 6. In the bottom of the second, junior Billy Plante led off the inning with his first triple of the season and with one out he scored when senior Danny Caddigan drove in his first run of the season with an infield single to tie the game 1-1. After two walks loaded the bases for the second time in as many innings, junior Chris Henze drove in two runs with a single to center to put the Tigers in front 3-1. Towson sent eight batters to the plate in the inning. Freshman Zach Skrtich took over on the hill in the top of the
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Pitcher Ryan Tassone gets ready to let one fly. third and hit a batter and walked two as the Tigers loaded the bases with no outs. Freshman Jon Ostroff entered the game in relief and surrendered a RBI single before freshman Richie Palacios hit his first collegiate grand slam as Towson increased the lead to 8-1. Henze added a solo home run to left field to make the score 9-1 Tigers. Mason has allowed three grand slam home runs this season (Apr. 16 in a 14-4 loss at George Washington and Feb. 27 in a 6-5 win over Rutgers). In the fourth, after an infield single by Quinn, freshman Ryan Tassone belted his first collegiate home run, a two-out two-run blast over the left field fence to cut the lead to 9-3. The Patriots cut into the lead again in the top of the fifth when Nelin drove in two runs with a single to make the score 9-5. In the sixth, the Patriots scored three runs on four hits. Quinn doubled to start the inning and scored when Tassone hit a ground rule double down the left field line to get Mason closer at 9-6. Freshman Greg Popatak II then singled through the right side of the infield, with Tassone racing home from second to make the score 9-7. Popatak went from first to third on a wild pitch before freshman Alejandro Aponte made it a one-run game with a RBI single and the Towson lead was 9-8. At one point Mason trailed by eight runs, but the Patriots tied
the game in the top of the seventh when freshman Bailey Klein hit a no-doubt two-run homer onto the grass behind the left field wall to tie the game 10-10. Mason scored nine runs over four innings from the fourth through the seventh. Klein gave the Patriots their first lead of the game in the top of the ninth when he crushed a 2-0 pitch into the setting sun over the left field wall for his second home run in as many at bats to put Mason in front 11-10. The Patriots hit three home runs in the game after going 13 games without a round tripper. Towson loaded the bases in the ninth inning against Mason closer Zach Mort on a single, an error and a walk but Mort recorded two strikeouts and a game-ending ground out to preserve the win. The Patriots have scored 10 or more runs five times this season, twice against Towson. The Patriots scored 20 runs on 29 hits in a two-game season sweep over the Tigers. Senior Mark Maksimow (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to earn the win. Mort picked up his eighth save of the season and has a save in each of the Patriots last six victories. Klein went 2-for-3 with two home runs, three RBIs and scored twice. He has hit all three of his homers this season on the road. Aponte was 3-for-5 with three singles, a RBI and scored a run. He has driven in five runs in his last five games. Tassone finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs. He has driven in six runs in his last five games played. Quinn and Popatak each collected two hits in the game. Seven different players scored a run for the Patriots. The Patriots began their final series of the season Thursday at UMass.
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■ Program emphasizes safety By Angela Woolsey Fairfax County Times
The two main organizations that govern high school sports in Virginia – the Virginia High School League (VHSL) and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association – endorsed a player safety program created by USA Football in April. The two endorsements came within a week of each other and spread the Heads Up initiative, which sets safety standards and offers certification courses to coaches and trainers, to more than 350 schools in the state with football programs. “This further raises the bar in coaching education and player safety across the state at the high school level,” USA Football senior communications director Steve Alic said. “What you’re seeing on the high school level in Virginia is going to make a positive difference downstream for youth players as well.” USA Football is football’s national governing body and its representative on the U.S. Olympic Committee. The organization developed the Heads Up program in 2012 to promote the adoption of a safer approach to football, particularly in the light of health hazards such as concussions, sudden cardiac arrest and heat stroke. According to data gathered by USA Football, there have been 47 deaths related to high school football in the past three years. The program pivots on six educational components: concussion recognition and response, heat preparedness and hydration, sudden cardiac arrest, proper equipment fitting, tackling, and blocking. Heads Up tackling and blocking techniques aim to re-
duce the impact of those plays on players’ heads. Coaches involved in the Heads Up program both at the youth and the high school level take required online certification courses that touch on all six educational components. USA Football is also testing a form of the program where each participating organization has a player safety coach who reinforces Heads Up standards and helps instruct other coaches after being certified. Fairfax County acted as a pioneer for Heads Up by becoming the first jurisdiction in the country to test the program in 2013, and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced in September 2015 that its athletic programs had already seen a 16 percent decrease in injuries and 28 to 36 percent decrease in the number of concussions among student athletes. FCPS’s example was one factor in convincing the VISAA to endorse Heads Up. “The people in Fairfax County have been very aggressive in what they’ve done,” VISAA executive director Richard Kemper said. “It’s shown to reduce injuries and reduce the rate of concussions. We wanted to pursue that with our schools, take some of the same principles and see how we can apply those.” The governing body for accredited private schools in Virginia, the VISAA has a relatively smaller number of football-playing schools, with 45 compared to the more than 300 schools in the VHSL with football, though there’s some overlap since the VHSL started accepting private school members in 2015. According to Kemper, the group first started having conversations about whether to endorse Heads Up at the VISAA’s annual coaches’ meeting in December, and he later talked to USA
Football about the program at the Virginia Athletic Administrative Association conference in Richmond. Though the VISAA and VHSL discussed endorsing the program independently, they made the decision around the same time because the two organizations generally try to work in conjunction with each other. That coordination ensures that players and coaches will approach the game with the same baseline knowledge and techniques. “We’re looking to help people become better coaches and to look at ways that we can use the fundamentals of the game to keep students that participate as safe as possible,” Kemper said. The VISAA hasn’t implemented Heads Up yet but will work on getting it into schools throughout the summer so that the program will be ready when football season starts in the fall. Ideally, all schools in the organization will use Heads Up, but the goal for now is to focus on adoption at the regional level. Including the VISAA, 25 state high school athletic or state coaches associations from 20 different states around the country have endorsed Heads Up, according to Alic, with 10 of them committing since the end of the 2015 football season. While the program is specifically designed for football, many of the coaching and training techniques, especially those that relate to player health, can be applied in other sports, such as lacrosse. “Across the board in high school sports, not just football, many sports are doing good work in the area of player safety,” Alic said. “This further raises the standards and quality of the sport and how we address teaching the sport better and smarter as well as advancing player safety.”
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What if Lake Accotink was no more?
■ Community workshop organized by Park Authority examines sediment issue By Angela Woolsey Fairfax County Times A canoe ride or hike around Lake Accotink in Springfield is a summertime staple for many Fairfax County residents. The 55-acre lake and the 493-acre wooded park surrounding it offer ample opportunities for recreation and wildlife viewing, an ideal location to spend a warm, lazy afternoon or to get away to after a tedious day at the office. However, as serene and idyllic as everything may appear on the surface, trouble lurks beneath those translucent waters. According to the Fairfax County Park Authority, which oversees the park and held a meeting May 16, Lake Accotink is in danger of disappearing due to the sediment that has steadily accumulated over the past several decades. “Sedimentation has been a constant problem for Lake Accotink,” said Gayle Hooper, a landscape architect in the Park Authority’s park planning division. Hooper has been appointed project manager for the department’s ongoing Lake Accotink Park master plan revision, which launched with a public meeting on Mar. 14 at Cardinal Forest Elementary School in Springfield. The park master plan was first developed in 1964 and undergoes revisions whenever the park or its surrounding community experiences significant changes. The plan was last updated in 1993. The Park Authority designs its master plans to achieve a balance between the facilities its parks offer to serve the community and the conservation of natural and cultural resources.
Though there are other elements to the master plan, sedimentation is the biggest challenge facing Lake Accotink Park right now. Hooper describes sedimentation as a natural process where, in the case of Lake Accotink, stormwater runoff picks up soil, rocks and other particles and carries them downstream until those particles eventually settle at the bottom of the lake. The explosion in development throughout Fairfax County has resulted in more impervious surfaces, such as roads or concrete pavement, that increase the amount of runoff that enters the streams in the Accotink Creek watershed, which encompasses 51 square miles with 30 square miles that drain into Lake Accotink. The increased mass and speed of those streams leads to more erosion of the stream banks, adding to the amount of sediment in the water. When the U.S. government first built the dam to create a lake in 1940, Lake Accotink was 23 feet deep. It is now a mere four feet deep. The Park Authority previously addressed the issue of sedimentation by conducting dredging operations, where workers physically pulled up sediment from the bottom of the lake to restore its depth. The first dredging operation occurred in 1984, and there was another one in 2004, but these operations are expensive, timeconsuming and labor-intensive, requiring trucks to haul the recovered sediment to storage facilities and necessitating park shutdowns that could last up to two years. Because they can only gather so much sediment, dredging operations must also be repeated approximately every 15 years. To address this problem, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved project funding for the Lake Accotink Park master plan revision in 2014, and the county hired consulting
firm Wetland Studies and Solutions (WSSI) to develop possible courses of action. WSSI director of engineering Frank Graziano presented a list of technically feasible alternatives to county residents during a workshop meeting held Monday at Kings Glen Elementary School in Springfield. In addition to undergoing another dredge operation that would restore the lake’s depth up to eight feet, the suggested options include creating a sediment forebay that would collect incoming sediment at the basin where streams enter Lake Accotink or constructing in-line “beaver dams” along the main river to reduce the amount of sediment that reaches the lake. Both those options would also require dredging, but the forebay would extend the time between operations to 30 or 40 years. WSSI also proposed demolishing the existing dam to eliminate Lake Accotink altogether and turn the park into more of a hiking or wildlife viewing destination with a river. The final suggestion was to modify the dam so that there would be a smaller lake with a single channel running alongside it. Because the study is still in its early stages, WSSI and the Park Authority haven’t yet conducted any in-depth research of the costs or potential environmental impacts of the proposed projects. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is also scheduled to release new Total Daily Maximum Loads (TMDL), which set regulations for pollution as required by the Clean Water Act, at the end of the year. Those new standards could affect the viability of alternatives for Lake Accotink, particularly those that involve altering the dam. “I really couldn’t say what the best option is,” Park Authority project branch manager John Lehman said. “Some of the options would eliminate the lake.
That would make it unacceptable to a lot of people, so there are pluses and minuses with each option.” Lehman, who was previously also involved with the 2004 dredging operation, says that the Park Authority wanted to get community input on the master plan before the TMDLs came out because the process takes a long time. The department’s main goal is to develop a plan that’s sustainable, meaning it takes environmental, social or community-oriented, and financial considerations all into account. Many attendees at the workshop meeting shared stories about their experiences at Lake Accotink Park as they discussed the Park Authority’s presentation. For example, David Kepley, a community council member of
the nonprofit Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, has lived in Fairfax County with his family for 35 years and regularly visits the Lake Accotink Park to hike, ride his bike and watch wildlife, including the bald eagles that have nested in the trees beside the lake. He currently lives in near Long Branch Valley Stream Park and says there’s a restoration project taking place on a stream behind his house that eventually feeds into Lake Accotink. Watching that stream erode the dirt bank prompted him to attend the workshop meeting so that he could understand the big picture. “I’m mostly concerned about the environmental standpoint,” Kepley said. “[However], it’s a lake in the middle of a community, so the people have to be considered, because it’s their tax
dollars that are going to fund all of these projects anyway.” All of the residents at the meeting expressed a strong desire to keep the lake, though many people noted that it’s difficult to make any decision without more details about possible impacts on park wildlife or project funding. Some also wondered whether some of the options could be combined. Kings Park resident Bobby Bancroft has visited Lake Accotink Park since he was a kid and finds the park valuable because it lets him spend time in nature without having to drive or venture too far from home. “You have to do things within reason,” Bancroft said. “I’d like to keep the lake, but if it doesn’t make sense for the sediment or cost-wise, then you have to figure out what makes the most sense.”
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Liar, liar – political pants on fire THE LEGAL EDGE by PAUL
SAMAKOW
It is legal for politicians to lie when running for office. Again. Politicians are allowed to lie to us. Prohibiting them from doing so violates their First Amendment right to free speech. So says the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, when they upheld a U.S. District Court ruling in an Ohio case. If the truth will set you free, deceit holds the key to money, fame, revenge, power, and too often, election. “Political speech is at the core of First Amendment protections,” said the Chief Judge. “Even false speech receives some constitutional protection.” An anti-abortion group in Ohio, in 2010, wanted to erect a billboard in the Cincinnati area that claimed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) allowed taxpayer-funded abortions. The former Democratic U.S. Representative Steve Driehaus said the statement was false because the law stipulated that no federal funds could be spent to pay for abortions. The case wound around and ultimately we have the proc-
lamation: political advertising lies are protected free speech under the First Amendment. The Court looked at an earlier 2012 Supreme Court case where Xavier Alvarez claimed he had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in violation of the Stolen Valor Act of 2005. The Supreme Court ruled that despite the interest in protecting the honor of actual recipients of the military honor, and even though Alvarez’ claim was completely untrue, he could not be prosecuted as such would be a restraint on his First Amendment constitutional right to free speech. Astonishingly, truth means nothing in political advertising. The common ending of ads “I approve this message” does not mean the ad is true. When the candidate knows the ad is false, he or she is literally saying they approve the lie. Moreover, the candidate espousing those “approval” words qualifies him or her for the cheapest television and radio ad rates, because the ad then complies with the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. Even if a federal candidate’s ad is deceptive, rules of the Federal Communications Commission mandate it running. The intersection of politi-
cal ads and other forms of advertising falling under what are known as “truth-in-advertising” laws makes common perception of the political ads believable. Most people believe political ads, or feel there must be some truth to them, because of the incomplete understanding of the applicability of truth-in-advertising laws. The common perception is that the ads must be true, or “they” would not let them run on television. Truth-in-advertising laws were created to protect consumers from misleading statements about food, drugs, chemicals, toilet paper, electronics, etc. They apply to things sold to us. If you lie about razor blades, you can be prosecuted. If you lie about political issues you get a pass. Political consultants and politicians know this, and count on it. Politicians can lie in ads, they can lie about what they said, and they can lie about their opponents. Harriett Balkind, writing for Altnet Media, says that studies show that “even when people are told that a fact is a lie, they remember it as the truth”, and Amy Sullivan, writing for Time said “a far greater percentage of voters hear the original lie
in a campaign ad than ever read about the fact-checked version in a local paper or website. All is not lost however. According to the 2013 McCann Truth About Politics Study, the public thinks politicians are less truthful than they used to be (really?) and will say anything to get elected. Blame George Washington, who confessed to cutting down a cherry tree and said “I cannot tell a lie” for creating the standard of honesty. Andrew Jackson wasn’t impressed. In 1828 he campaigned telling Southerners that he was for a “judicious tariff,” meaning a low tariff. Once he was elected Congress passed a high tariff that caused outraged Southern leaders to talk about nullification and secession. Maybe President Jimmy Carter heard Washington’s voice when he vowed during his presidential campaign: “I will never tell a lie to the American people.” That promise was apparently kept. He was swept out of office after one term. Presidential lies might be considered “political,” but more often are not election based, and according to John Blake, writing for CNN, fall into being either “forgivable” or “unforgivable.”
Forgivable lies by Presidents are those told to keep the nation from harm. The unforgivable lies are intended to cover up crimes, incompetence or sometimes, to protect a president’s political future. Interestingly enough, the public forgives lies by presidents when they perceive that the lie serves the national interests. Bill Clinton remains a hero and George W. Bush remains in the dog-house. Bill Clinton: “I did not have sex with that woman.” George W. Bush: “… invading Iraq was necessary to eliminate weapons of mass destruction.” Ronald Regan in 1986: “We did not, I repeat, did not trade weapons or anything else to Iran for hostages, nor will we.” Four months later it was revealed that the U.S. did exactly what Regan denied. Lyndon Johnson kept the full cost of spending on the Vietnam War to preserve his political power. Richard Nixon -- In response to mounting suspicions that he knew of the Watergate burglaries, he stood in front of hundreds of members of the press and proclaimed “I am not a crook.” When the tapes came
out and he was to be impeached, he resigned. James Polk told Congress Mexico invaded us in 1846 because he wanted to take the Southwest from them. That little fib led to the MexicanAmerican War. Dwight Eisenhower told us that the U.S. was not flying U-2 spy planes over the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union shot down one of the planes, that lie’s life ended. In The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, Thomas Cronin and Michael Genovese said “we want a decent, caring and compassionate president, yet we admire a cunning, guileful, and on occasions that warrant it, even a ruthless, manipulative president.” Mommy, I didn’t take those cookies. Paul A. Samakow is a Personal Injury attorney and author, headquartered in Tysons Corner and Wheaton, Md. He has been practicing since 1980. His book “The 8 Critical Things Your Auto Accident Attorney Won’t Tell You” can be downloaded for free on his website: http://www.samakowlaw.com/book.
Reduce the appearance of cellulite with food NEURISHING NEWS by TERESA
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Cellulite is one of the most undesirable curses of most women. I use the word “curse” because it is a condition that is hard to treat, and is strongly related to genetics. Cellulite is described as pockets of fat which are trapped and cause dimpling in the skin. It is most commonly found on legs,
hips and buttocks. Sometimes it is compared to the look of an orange peel. Cellulite is not a medical term, and it is not pathological, but most women hate the look! There has been much research done on the exact cause of cellulite. Most experts agree on some common factors which contribute to cellulite. One is hormones. Estrogen is thought to be involved because this condition mainly affects women, and usually occurs after puberty. As well, it seems
as if the appearance of cellulite becomes aggravated during pregnancy, menstruation, nursing and estrogen therapy. Other hormones that may be involved are insulin, cortisol and thyroid hormones. Then there is the factor of diet. For sure dehydration, and a diet high in carbohydrates, fats and sodium seem to exacerbate the appearance of cellulite. When you have a diet with excess carbohydrates and fats, that can lead to an increase in fat production and storage. However, thin peo-
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Senior Citizens’ Council honored
Dear Editor, On Friday, May 13, Chairman Sharon Bulova joined the Fairfax County Senior Citizens’ Council in honoring the generous community contributions of senior citizens at a Senior Recognition Luncheon at Waterford, Springfield. The Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) was honored with two outstanding senior awards to Elaine Nixon for her leadership in strengthening the tai-chi program and to Corazon Sandoval Foley for founding BWSSCWoW. And the Virginia Commonwealth Council on Aging 2016 Best Practices Awards recognized
with the Honorable Mention the BWSSCWoW “Seniors Giving Back to Community Project” in which BWSSCWoW seniors provide FREE community service to support “Aging-in-Place” by strengthening “Aging” and “Place.” The community service involves international folk dancing for seniors to share world heritage and cultural enrichment to our community; as well as local history and career seminars to support residents of all ages in Fairfax County. Corazon Sandoval Foley Springfield
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Reader issue: Mother’s Day letter
Dear Editor, Every week, the past few weeks, I have noticed editorials in the Fairfax County Times written by Mr. Arsalan. Mr. Arsalan’s points are highly debatable. It seems Mr. Arsalan will take every opportunity to write and praise Islam. Specifically in reference to last week’s submission on Mother’s Day he attempted to re-educate us on how to or not to celebrate our national days in America. I would like to present the Middle Eastern and North African point of view of Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day, “Eid El-Om” is celebrated in many countries all over the world, including many Muslim countries. Mother’s Day has nothing to do with Islam or any other religion for that matter. It is a day where we show our appreciation to what our mothers have sacrificed and given us all the time, not only that day. If Mr. Arsalan really wishes to
talk about women in Islam maybe he should shed light on the whole truth. I would suggest he includes how Islam treats women when it comes to inheritance, child custody, even Islam’s position of a mother’s witness versus a man in an Islamic court. Also, Mr. Arsalan does not mention anything about wife beating as allowed in Islam, nor the ability of a Muslim man to divorce his wife on the spot, nor polygamy. It is evident through many verses of the Quran, the Hadith and Sirah that the picture Mr. Arsalan paints about women in Islam is false. If you insist on publishing Mr. Arsalan’s editorial, then Mr. Arsalan needs to be challenged on only providing half of the truth. Naim Kassar Fairfax
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John Geer’s killer gets off lightly Dear Editor, Two and a half years after Officer Adam Torres shot and killed unarmed John Geer, Torres cut a plea deal with Commonwealth Attorney Ray Morrogh to serve 12 months for “involuntary manslaughter”. From the day he shot Geer in 2013, Officer Torres drew full salary at a desk job for two years before finally being charged and locked up for the last 10 months awaiting a trial now unlikely to happen. Unless the judge throws out the slap-on-thewrist deal, Torres will be a free man in a couple of months. Yet, this shortfall of justice is progress for Fairfax County. Since the Department’s creation more than 75 years ago in 1940, no Fairfax County Police Officer had ever been charged in a line-of-duty shooting death despite many questionable killings, including several in the last 10 years. Adam Torres is the first to be charged. The reasons Officer Torres was charged were the public outrage over the cold blooded shooting of John Geer—in front of civilian as well as police witnesses—and the Fairfax County Police Department’s 18 months of stonewalling both the public and the Commonwealth Attorney while the Board of Supervisors, who oversee the FCPD, remained silent. Supervisors created the Commission to Review Police Practices in response to public outrage. In October 2015, the Commission submitted its final report to the Board, complete with 142 recommendations. If fully implemented, the recommendations will have a transformational impact on FCPD according the Commission’s Chairman. The If is a large one. The Board put implementation in the hands of former Police Chief David Rohrer, now Assistant County Executive for Public Safety (Police and Fire), and current Chief Ed Roessler. Some argue that Rohrer shaped the organization so
in need of reform, while Roessler oversaw the stonewalling debacle that followed John Geer’s killing .To date, the Board has met just once to discuss implementation of the Commission’s roadmap to reform. While Chief Roessler has taken initiative to train most officers in the Dept.’s changed philosophy emphasizing the “sanctity of life” and de-escalating crises rather than reflexively using force, few recommended policies have been adopted. Likewise, the Board has approved few recommendations and none of the key ones. E.g., the first recommendation for improved communication is adopting a disposition to disclose rather than withhold information from the public. Seems a no-brainer, but it’s still under study. Also, one key to achieving police accountability to the community is creation of an independent Civilian Review Panel to receive and review complaints from the public about police abuse of power or other serious misconduct. The Panel, which will be advisory only, would consist of seven distinguished citizens, including one with law enforcement background. This recommendation is fiercely opposed by police unions. Only fellow officers should look into police misconduct, they believe. Transparency and accountability will not come easily here. In a statement commenting on Officer Torres plea deal and the loss of their loving father, Geer’s young daughters, Hayley and Morgan, reminded us all that “the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and …Police Department hid the truth of what happened to [their] dad…” and pleaded with the Supervisors to get on with implementing the reforms called for by the Commission. Let’s hope the Supervisors were listening and that John Geer’s death will not be forgotten. John Lovaas Reston
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If you ever have the opportunity to visit a newspaper office, you will immediately notice the decorations, particularly in the meeting rooms and lobbies of the newspapers who have been around awhile (and have managed to stick around). If they own their own presses, you will see thin sheets of tin called “plates” hanging on the walls. In other cases, you will find reprints of front pages that span the decades, featuring prominent moments in time. In almost every case, you are certain to find front pages, declaring in large, bold type any number (or all) of the following: the sinking of the Lusitania, the sinking of the Titanic, the assassination of JFK, the resignation of Nixon and the Challenger disaster. On occasion, you may come across a “V-J Day” or the moon landing, but those would be rare finds. Just about the only place you will find moments of archival triumph enshrined instead of tragedy is at the sports desk. There, you will find pictures of local athletes and teams with their hands held high in victory, trophies aloft, flags raised, ticker tape and confetti streaming down. But imagine, if you will, driving to your local market one day and running over an improvised explosive device (IED) that kills all your passengers in the fiery aftermath, leaves you unconscious, flesh burning
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have many benefits. In a study done by NCBI, comparing students in real life skills programs to students that are not in a program like that, students in real life skills classes have been proven to have higher self-esteem, better adjustment to different topics, and better behavior in class. According to LifeSkills Training, a middle school program, real life skills help students’ social skills, and self management skills. Lastly, future employers are looking for students with certain skills. Communication skills are looked for by employers, because being able to communicate is a very important skill. You need to be able to communicate and work with a group efficiently in most jobs. Teaching kids real life situations may help them understand the curriculum better and they can use what they learned in their job. Flexibility and adaptivity is needed because you need to be able to deal with new things and be able to understand new things. Computer knowledge is needed for almost all jobs these days,
and computer knowledge is a real life skill. The two most sought out for skills in an employee are problem solving and being a good learner. 65% of employers look for people that are good problem solvers and 64% look for people that are a good learner. Every job employer has different preferences on what skills are needed but these the are top skills looked for by employers. People do not have the life skills required to go into the real world, benefits of these classes, and employers are looking for these life skills, and as a result FCPS needs to incorporate real life skills classes. Many graduates aren’t prepared for the real world and end up not being successful. After all, isn’t school supposed to educate us on how to be successful? Everything we have talked about will help prevent failure in the real world, and that is why we need real life skills classes. Zarif Hasan, Michael Evans, David Calderon, Carl Blakney Rachel Carson MS students
Healthcare sector very important to Fairfax County Dear Editor, While Northern Virginia is routinely recognized for leading the nation in areas like governmentcontracting and technology, our region’s healthcare sector, led by our world-class hospitals, is equally important to our continued growth. Across Virginia, hospitals provide 115,000 quality jobs, equating to$36 billion in annual economic impact. But when you step back from the numbers, the true impact ofour hospitals
becomes even more impressive. Hospitals in our region, including Northern Virginia Chamber members Inova and Reston Hospital Center, are there for us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,365 days a year. We know that care is always available, and the certainty that knowledge provides iscritical not just to our families, but to businesses who are deciding whether to call our region home. Along with quality schools and
services, businesses seek high quality healthcare when deciding where tolocate, and that is key to growing our already robust business community. This Virginia Hospital Week,May 9-13, please join me in taking a moment to thank a doctor, nurse, hospital administrator, oremployee for supporting our health and supporting our economy. Jim Corcoran Fairfax
May is Maternal Mental Health Month
Having a new baby is the happiest time of a woman’s life, right? Not always. Up to 1 in 5 new mothers will experience anxiety or depression, turning joy into sadness, worry, and confusion. These are the most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and they affect the entire family. Mothers who are depressed are more likely to neglect health care advice. Children with a depressed
mother have increased likelihood of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive delays. This year, the Virginia General Assembly has declared May as Maternal Mental Health Month. Meanwhile, several medical governing bodies have recently addressed this issue in a variety of ways. Virginia has a network of health care providers, mental health professionals, and volunteers to assist new and
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The Tawdry Quandary You gotta hand it to House Speaker Paul Ryan. He has successfully staked his claim to the moral high ground — at least when it comes to his image crafting. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise when he was asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper whether he’d now endorse his party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, that he and his staff had prepared a ready answer: “I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now.” Translation: What’s in this for me? In politics, it’s “whatever keeps me/ us in power.” Remember that as we ponder the “ethical dilemma” confronting Republicans who believe that Donald Trump as president would be a disaster for the country and certainly the party. Some are staying defiant, saying there’s no way he’s their guy, but for most others there is no dilemma; they’re falling in line, their feelings of horror about Trump a dim memory, obliterated by their canny instinct for self-interest. They are frantically calculating what leaves them in the best position to maintain their power and prosperity. Can they get ahead or at least survive better by being good soldiers, or do they benefit in the long run by repudiating Trump so that after a Republican debacle on Election Day, they are able to loudly shout, “I told you so!” Then you have the Paul Ryans of this world who are playing for time to
squeeze out whatever advantage they can. Others who face tough election prospects of their own are taking the mealy-mouthed stand that they “support but won’t endorse” the new GOP leader. And then there are those like Ted Cruz, who wouldn’t seem to have any choice. Cruz really embarrassed himself in Indiana and got so badly hammered that he had to shut down his campaign. That was after he got goaded into ranting that Donald Trump was a “pathological liar” and “philanderer.” For now, one would think he can only pout and plot while he just returns to his friends in the Senate. Oh, wait ... John Kasich also gave up the ghost and ended his smiley-face run with a sad look. He finally realized that “Don’t Worry Be Happy” won’t cut it with this year’s angry voters. Trump has constantly proved everyone wrong, at every turn. It’s a mistake to underestimate the chance this country won’t choose him to be the next president of the United States. His opponent presumably will be Hillary Clinton, who is not exactly the most adept candidate. Even in the world of deceptive politics, she’s managed to look untrustworthy. Additionally, she’s been tarred by a perception that she’s in the same boat with the people who so many feel are the pirates sailing our “rigged” economic ship. Both candidates have remarkably high “unfavorable ratings,” so their choice of a running mate will be critical. As usual, the mentionables in both parties are pretending they’re aloof, not letting people see that they’re foaming at the mouth. That doesn’t include Newt Gingrich, who is maneuvering in his typical unsubtle way. He’s a great match for Trump. Both are demagogues who shoot from the lips. Neither is the slightest bit concerned over right and wrong. Like most politicians. © 2016 Bob Franken Distributed by King Features Synd.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
School means success? Or does it?
Have you ever wondered what your future would be like if you had more time to prepare for it? Have you ever thought about learning about computers or engineering? What would your life be like if you had those classes before you entered the real world? Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) needs to incorporate real life skills classes, because people do not have the skills required to go into the real world, there are many benefits to life skill classes, and employers are looking for real life skills. First of all, employers are looking for real life skills from applicants for their jobs. In 2011, 53% of college graduates in their 20s had no job, or had a low paying job. 30% of college graduates have said that college has not prepared them for what they will face in the real world. Many classes do not teach these skills, and schools need to teach these before college, as not everyone goes to college, and yet everyone needs to know these skills. Secondly, real life skills classes
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Unconquered and Undefeated
away. You awaken three months later from a coma to learn that 80 percent of your body suffered third-degree burns, lungs injured from inhaling toxic smoke. You have lost fingers from both hands and the nerves in your right foot have been sheared away. After enduring more than 120 surgeries and skin grafts, would your first inclination be to return to the market? Well, that’s precisely what Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro Jr. did ... only in his case, he went back to the frontline of a war. On Sunday, May 8, he stood atop a podium in Orlando, Florida, and delivered the keynote speech for the Invictus Games not only as a hero, but as an athlete. The Invictus Games, a Paralympic-styled competition, is the brainchild of Prince Harry, who founded the games with a grant from his foundation in 2014. And while the event certainly draws its share of celebrity involvement and the competition is fierce, it isn’t the sort of event that has any losers in the traditional sense. And, unfortunately, it isn’t the kind of event that many newsrooms would choose to enshrine on their library walls. But men like Master Sgt. Del Toro, who will compete in cycling and powerlifting, embodies the word “invictus,” Latin for “unconquered,” perhaps as well or better than any other athlete ever, and the words he shared transcend competition and speak more to the human heart. “I will never let the guys who set that bomb get the satisfaction that they ruined my life,” Del Toro declared. Now that’s something you can put on any wall. Remember to never forget our soldiers.
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Down through all the millennia that mankind has smoked tobacco, no one would have believed (or even imagined) that a battery-powered contraption with no tobacco would one day be considered a tobacco product. We’ve long had smokeless tobacco; now we have tobaccoless tobacco. This conceptual breakthrough is the work of federal bureaucrats who are bringing the regulatory hammer down on e-cigarettes in a misbegotten extension of the war on smoking. The Food and Drug Administration has issued new rules so onerous that they will likely suppress the manufacture of e-cigarettes and kill off small companies making them. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell hailed the action as “an important step in the fight for a tobacco-free generation” — never mind, of course, that e-cigarettes are tobacco-free. It is a strange country that is simultaneously moving to legalize marijuana and to crack down on vaping. But here we are. There is no doubt that cigarettes are a great cause of human misery; they kill almost 500,000 people a year in the U.S. This is why e-cigarettes, with their potential to diminish smoking, could be a boon to public health. They deliver nicotine without the truly harmful part of cigarettes, the tar and chemicals. The FDA is evidently operating on the basis of a regulator’s reverse Hippocratic oath: First, do harm to a bur-
May 16, 2016
Blowing Smoke on E-Cigarettes
geoning industry — then hope to find some evidentiary justification for it at some later date. The new rules are crafted so that every vaping product currently on the market will have to go through an onerous FDA review process. Any new products will have to do the same. The American Vaping Association maintains that submitting an application will cost more than $1 million and take more than 1,700 hours. The regulatory burden will swamp small companies that lack the resources to pour into compliance costs. (The big tobacco companies, in contrast, will be fine.) The small firms have driven innovation in e-cigarettes. The products have gotten better, with more variety, since their introduction in 2007. That’s manifestly a good thing. The more satisfying e-cigarettes are, and the more they replicate the real smoking experience, the more likely it is that smokers will switch over, or at least use fewer cigarettes. The highly respected Royal College of Physicians in Britain gets the logic. It issued a report emphasizing the enormous promise of e-cigarettes, which it estimates are 5 percent as dangerous as the real thing. An authority who worked on the report explained to The New York Times that e-cigarettes “have the potential to help half or more of all smokers get off cigarettes. That’s a huge health benefit, bigger than just about any medical intervention.” The U.S. is rejecting that common-sense approach to harm reduction. It is against vaping no matter how safe it is or how many people it might coax into giving up smoking. The famous line attributed to Mark Twain is that nothing is as easy as quitting smoking — he’s done it thousands of times. Of course, Twain didn’t have the option of vaping. If the FDA has anything to say about it, neither will anyone else. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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expectant mothers experiencing anxiety and depression. Postpartum Support Virginia, a non-profit organization, is one that provides free assistance to new moms, including support groups and referrals to mental health professionals. Learn more at www.postpartumva.org. Adrienne Griffen Fairfax
Renaming of local high schools is political correctness run amok
Dear Editor, There has recently been a movement underway to change the names of the old historic high schools in Fairfax County. Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield (which opened in 1958), J. E. B. Stuart High School in Falls Church (which opened in 1959), and W. T. Woodson High School in Fairfax (which opened in 1962) are named after historic individuals who are now deemed by certain misguided individuals as being politically incorrect. Robert E. Lee and J.E.B. Stuart because they are named after Confederate generals; and W. T. Woodson because it was named
after a Fairfax County Superintendent of Schools who presided during the era of segregation. This is political correctness run amok. I am firmly opposed to changing the names of my schools. With all the problems facing our schools, it would be too costly and confusing to waste resources trying to rename schools. When will this end? It’s a slippery slope. The schools all have a proud history and tradition. It would be a slap in the face to all the proud alumni of these distinguished institutions to change the name of their alma mater. Historical study and history ed-
ucation of the United States today are in bad shape, and the causes are varied. We should preserve our heritage, not desecrate it. The entire northern Virginia area is awash with the legacy of the Confederacy. Does anyone really think they can eviscerate all the vestiges of the Confederacy around here? It’s a foolhardy notion. As a 55-yearold lifelong Alexandrian with a B.A. in History from George Mason University, I take these cultural issues very seriously. Sincerely Gregory G. Paspatis Alexandria
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Getting 40 winks in important for learning ■ Teens who lack sleep at greater risk for depression, suicide, warns Mason researcher By Cathy Cruise George Mason University George Mason University psychology professor Adam Winsler is an expert on kids and their development, especially how language, ethnicity, poverty and other factors play a role. Not long ago, he turned his eye toward the importance of sleep, and how a lack of it can deeply affect teenagers’ mental health. Winsler and his students, along with collaborators from Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School, gathered data from the Fairfax County Youth Survey. This assessment given to all Fairfax County students in grades 8, 10 and 12 examines behaviors, experiences and other factors impacting children’s health and well-being. The team focused on sleep times reported by an ethnically diverse sample of 27,939 middle- and
high-school students. And the numbers were troubling. While the National Institutes of Health recommends teenagers get around nine hours of sleep a night, only 3 percent of Fairfax County students reported getting that much sleep, and 20 percent said they got five hours or less of
sleep per weeknight. On average, respondents reported getting only six-and-a-half hours of sleep each weekday night. The consequences of skipping sleep can be dire. Accounting for variables such as family composition and income, gender, and ethnic and community-level
differences, Winsler determined each hour of sleep lost was associated with a 38-percent increase in feelings of sadness and hopelessness among teens, a 23-percent increase in substance abuse, a 42-percent increase in suicidal thoughts and a 58-percent increase in actual suicide attempts.
But does a sleep deficit cause depression, or does persistent sadness cause sleep disturbances? While Winsler said his correlational data do not firmly provide an answer, he said prior research leads him to conclude that it goes both ways, but there’s a stronger correlation showing that a sleep deficit can cause depression. Many U.S. high schools have tried to help by implementing later school start times. Skeptics may believe kids simply stay up later when start times are delayed, Winsler said, but it turns out that isn’t true. “Communities that have done this find teens get more sleep, do better in school, reduce driving accidents, and all kinds of good things happen.” Fairfax recently became one of those communities, moving back its high school start times by 40 minutes this year. A full hour would have been better, Winsler said, as his research shows just one hour more of sleep can bring about noticeable changes in depression outcomes. Still, it’s a step in the right direction, and one Winsler wishes his own children, who were Fairfax County students, could have benefited
from. “It’s a personal interest of mine,” Winsler said. “I have two teenagers, one of whom was part of the 40 percent or so who have a hard time with early morning waking. His whole high school experience was terrible, largely because of that early start time.” To help kids get more sleep, he recommends: ■■
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And for teens who are really struggling, a wake-up light, which brightens a room gradually in the mornings to mimic sunrise, could help. Winsler published his findings in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Second Lady Jill Biden addresses NOVA graduates ■ Biden applauds innovation during commencement address By Hannah Dellinger Loudoun Times-Mirror During Northern Virginia Community College’s commencement address on May 14, second lady Jill Biden said she’s enjoyed her role in the White House, but where she really felt at home for the past eight years was in the classroom. Biden started teaching over 30 years ago. After her husband became vice president, she didn’t
stop. Biden began teaching English full-time at NOVA’s Alexandria campus shortly after moving to Washington D.C. The second lady has said in many past interviews and speeches she believes community colleges are “America’s best kept secret.” But in her latest speech, she said the success of community colleges shouldn’t be a secret anymore. “I believe it’s time for that to change,” she said. “I believe it’s time to celebrate community colleges and their students for who they really are: innovative, inspiring and essential.” Biden said she thinks community college courses should be free for “all responsible students.” “Too many hard-working Americans still have to worry
about whether college is affordable,” said the teacher. “For millions of people across this country community college is the single best path to opportunity.” After moving into the D.C., Biden said she began receiving emails from NOVA Dean Jim McClellan asking her to join the college and keep teaching. The English teacher said she immediately fell in love with the campus, students and staff. “It’s been an honor to serve my country. But I knew at the time I had to stay true to myself,” said Biden. “I had to keep teaching because teaching is not just what I do. It’s who I am.” Ever since Biden took up the teaching job during her husband’s time in office, she said she’s been “living a double life.”
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“One moment I’m taping a live interview at 7:15 a.m. in the blue room at the White House for the ‘TODAY’ Show, then the next moment at 8 a.m. I’m in class at NOVA teaching English Comp 111,” she said. Many of Biden’s students don’t realize who she is at first, said the teacher. “For example, a student of mine came running into my room and said, ‘Dr. B, I saw you last night on the television with Michelle Obama. I called my mother and said, ‘That’s my English teacher!’ She said ‘that’s not your English teacher, that’s the second lady,’” recalled Biden. The second lady said out of everyone she’s met in her life, she’s learned the most from her students. “Every step of the way I’ve been inspired by the strength and courage of ordinary people across our nation doing extraordinary things,” said Biden. “Just like you, the students at NOVA.” Biden applauded the gradu-
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Jill Biden, second lady of the United States and English teacher at NOVA, spoke to the college’s graduating class on May 14 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow. ating class for attending college while working full-time and supporting families. She also honored graduating veterans for their resilience, strength and pride. The commencement at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow also marked NOVA’s 50th anniver-
sary. As Biden pointed out, the first graduating class was made up of 82 students in eight fields of study. This year’s graduating class had over 7,600 students in over 60 fields of study.
Beatboxing them at their own game ■ Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict By Buzz McClain George Mason University
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Hip-hop DJs, MCs, beatmakers and dancers from around the world descended on a hotel conference room in Washington, D.C., this spring to learn how to turn their high-energy musical art into tools for empowerment, entrepreneurship and conflict resolution. The program is called Next Level, which teaches “hip-hop diplomacy” and is sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the University of North
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Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival celebrates 25
This weekend shop, look and take in 11 blocks of art and dance at the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival. All weekend, Saturday, May 21 (from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Sunday, May 22 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) see the work of over 200 national artists at Reston Town Center, 11900 Market Street, Reston. Four dance companies will also be performing throughout the weekend. There is a suggested donation of $5 at the door that will go to the Greater Reston Arts Center who puts on the festival; kids 18 and under are free. For more information, http:// restonarts.org/fineartsfestival2016/
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In salute to Ireland
The Kennedy Center presents “IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture” in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, which led to Ireland’s independence. It will also serve as a kickoff to the performing arts center’s centennial celebration of President Kennedy. The festival which started on Tuesday runs through June 5 and will have a number of events from theater, music, culinary and even Redhead Day. Some events are free, some are ticketed. Pictured is Irish dance and choreographer, Colin Dunne, in his piece “Out of Time” which will be performed this weekend. For more information, http://www.kennedy-center. org/festivals/ireland/index
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As the summer season is upon us, Fairfax County towns are hosting their community events. This Saturday, May 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. observe 101 years at McLean Day. It will be a day of carnival rides, food trucks, live entertainment, a petting zoo, exhibitor booths and much more. Entrance is free, however certain activities require tickets. For more information, http://mcleancenter.org/specialevents/upcoming/icalrepeat.detail/2016/05/21/1407/-/mclean-day-2016
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Comedians David Spade, Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider all began as featured players on Saturday Night Live during the 1990-91 season, and over the last 25 years, have remained good friends as they all have seen their careers skyrocket. Of course, Sandler became one of Box Office’s biggest stars with films like “The Water Boy,” “Wedding Singer” and “50 First Dates”; Schneider did a few TV shows and movies and is often a sidekick in Sandler’s movies; and Spade scored big with long-running TV sitcoms, “Just Shoot Me” and “Rules of Engagement,” and had success in movies like “Joe Dirt.” The trio appeared together in “Grown Ups,” its sequel and “The Ridiculous Six.” Next month, they star in the Netflix movie, “The DoOver.” In preparation for its release, Spade, Sandler, Schneider and comedian Nick Swardson have hit the road for a short comedy tour named after the movie. “It’s great working together. It’s like a little short-hand because you know how the other guy operates, what they like and don’t like, and how they like to be on the road,” Spade said. “I’ve been practicing for this for a while and everyone is pumped and ready to go.” The Do-Over Tour comes to EagleBank Arena on May 24, just one of seven stops it will make before the movie is released on Netflix on May 27. “We did a couple of shows out west and it was such a great time,” Spade said. “We would probably go out and do more but it’s so hard coordinating all of our schedules. This coincided with some time off to do publicity for the movie anyway, so we thought it was a great time to hit the
nn 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 24 nn Tickets start at $25 nn For more information, visit eaglebankarena.com
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David Spade is one of four headlining the Do-Over Tour. road for some comedy.” The way the show works, each comedian will do his own standup, and then they hit the stage together at the end where anything can happen. “Twice we’ve done a song, a couple of times we’ve done a Q&A; we really play it by ear and figure out what sounds fun for that night,” Spade said. “It is fun to get up altogether, but it does get a little crazy with the audience yelling and shouting
out questions. We just try to have the best time we can.” In the movie, Sandler and Spade play Max and Charlie, two old friends who are tired of their mundane lives. When they meet up at their 25th high school reunion, they decide to wipe their slates clean and assume new identities and new lives. “I play someone down on his luck—a bank manager with a boring life—and struggling through,” Spade
said. “Sandler’s character tells me, ‘we were always going to do cool things, we should do it all over’ so we fake our deaths and it really spins out of control.” The cast also includes Paula Patton, Sean Astin, Renée Taylor, Luis Guzmán, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Chiklis, Catherine Bell, Natasha Leggero, Torsten Voges and Matt Walsh. “It was one of those bigger movies I haven’t done in a while,” Spade said. “I got to work a lot with Paula Patton, and through movie magic, she sort of likes me. It was really a lot of fun to work with everyone.” In his career, Spade has been part of two long-running sitcoms, “Just Shoot Me!” and “Rules of Engagement,” which both ran for more than 100 episodes. “I love the network sitcoms because they are a comfortable place for me, but I would also like to try a sitcom on cable or maybe something different,” Spade said. “The ‘Do-Over’ was fun because it was R-rated and my act is a little rough on the edges, and that’s fun for me. Wherever I wind up though, I just want to be in a good situation with good people.” Spade had planned to do another show next season, playing a sports agent in “The Kicker,” but the pilot was passed on by CBS just this week. “I was sort of like the goofy Jerry McGuire who doesn’t know anything,” Spade said. “In this business you just cross your fingers and if it works, we go right into it, and if it doesn’t, you just try for something else. You have to keep slugging away and that’s what I’ve always done.”
‘Seats of Power’ exhibition at GRACE
■ Mother, daughter artists use single motif of chairs to underscore political and economic inequality By Janet Rems, Special to the Times
When are chairs more than chairs? This is not some trick Freudian question but the crux of the current exhibition at the Greater Reston Arts Center. On view through June 18, the exhibition, “Seats of Power,” features the diverse but thematically unified works of mother and daughter artists Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Barnes Mandle—collectively known as “Wells & Barnes.” Using an assortment of “found” chairs and chair images, the Mandles’ works—including large-format photography, painting, sculpture, and embroidery—examine “society’s eternal power struggle,” its global political and economic inequalities. “The subject of power—whether political or socioeconomic—has a long and compelling pedigree in the history of art,” GRACE Executive director, Holly Koons McCullough, noted. “Approaching the subject through the single motif of a chair, Wells & Barnes create works that transcend a single period, government or nation. They have fashioned a universal statement regarding the perils of economic imbalance.” McCullough added: “Although this body of work was created few years ago in response to global protests against economic inequality, it is equally relevant at the current juncture, during an election year that has revealed deep socioeconomic divisions within our country. Using the mundane motif of chairs, the work of Wells & Barnes provokes us to consider the relationship between haves and have-nots.” Sitting in the GRACE Gallery on a recent afternoon, Gayle Mandle
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Installation “Study for a Monument” by Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Barnes Mandle--wood, steel, cloth and paint. likewise marveled, more than a bit ruefully, that “Seats of Power” continues to grow in relevance. She explained that the seeds for the exhibition’s themes were germinated while she was living with her husband in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The former president of the pres-
At GRACE nn What: “Seats of Power” nn Where: Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE), 12001 Market Street, Reston Town Center nn When: On view through June 18, including during the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, produced by GRACE, May 21-22. nn Information: Visit www.restonarts.org or call 703-471-9242
tigious Rhode Island School of Design and a noted art historian, Roger Mandle was in Doha serving as director of the Qatar Museums Authority, growing its museums from five to 19. Finding herself living in the Middle East when the Arab Spring
erupted, Gayle Mandle, currently a Massachusetts resident, learned firsthand about its underlying causes and about the enormous number of people living in “states of despair.” Though far less violent, when she and her husband moved back to the states, the Occupy Wall Street Movement was getting underway, further underscoring the world’s inequalities. “I came at it as human rights in Qatar,” Gayle Mandle said about the exhibition’s conceptual underpinnings. “Julia was inspired by what makes people rise out of their seats and protest.” Hence, the symbolic use of chairs. In her artist’s statement, Gayle Mandle, 75, who describes herself as a “storyteller,” elaborated: “I also feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to draw attention to world events that affect our well-being. … For years I’ve been questioning the ever-growing global economic imbalance.” In her artist’s statement, Julia Mandle, 46, who has worked for more than a decade as a conceptual artist and now resides in the Netherlands, said: “What is consistent among all my projects is the original inspiration
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Embroidery on canvas, “Rising and Falling,” by Julia Barnes Mandle that I draw from current events, and its impact on individuals. I think that my experience of witnessing the violence of 9-11—the powdered covered people wandering the streets and the charred office papers continually raining from the sky—crystallized this artistic direction. … My intention is to contribute to society by making stories tangible and stimulating empathy between people.” The most visually dramatic of the works in “Seats of Power” is a massive sculptural installation, titled “A Study for a Monument.” Symbolic of the growing wealth gap, it is composed of 88 miscellaneous chairs— most purchased, never for more than $10, some were donated. See GRACE Page B-4
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CHANTILLY HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS “CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY”
Bring the entire family to Chantilly High School’s production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Join hero Charlie Bucket as he goes on a fun adventure with Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee as they explore Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. This beloved Roald Dahl classic is perfect for the entire family. Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $5/person. Chantilly High School, 4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly. www.chantillyhsdrama.com.
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The Vienna Parks and Recreation Department sponsor this event held every Friday and Sunday through August 14. The series features a wide range of musical genres. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. and are approximately 1 1/2 hours long. This week: Sarah Bennett Swanner sings soulful blues. Free. Vienna Town Green, 144 Maple Ave., East, Vienna. www.viennava.gov.
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See a wide variety of vehicles 25 years and older from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at City Hall, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. The show will feature bluegrass music and food by the Knights of Columbus. High school auto tech programs will have displays and the City of Fairfax Fire Dept. will operate its smoke trailer, which teaches the public how to escape a burning building. For more information visit www.visitfairfax.com or www.nvrg. org.
Post your events online at www.fairfaxtimes.com. Click “Events Calendar” on the tool bar, then click “Submit an Event” and fill in your event information. FRIDAY, MAY 20 Garden Talks: Lovely Annuals and Perennials Want to have a beautiful yard with loads of curb appeal? Master Gardeners show you how soil preparation, mass plantings and careful attention to the right flower selection can give you a lush flowering garden from spring to fall. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. $10 per person. Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty. gov/parks/greenspring using code 290 202 9101 or call 703642-5173. Tear Down the Wall features speaker and genealogist Debra A. Hoffman who will speak on research techniques and strategies to move beyond research brick walls and ways to continue to explore your family history. 7:30 p.m. Free. Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Station, 2148 Gallows Rd., Vienna. For more information visit fxgs.org/ events or call 703-644-8185.
SATURDAY, MAY 21 Genealogical Society Education Class features Janet Warner who will talk about “Old and New Ways to Use Timelines and Another Look at Newspaper Research.” 10 a.m. Free. Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Station, 2148 Gallows Rd., Vienna. For more information visit fxgs.org/ events or call 703-644-8185. Garden Container Potting Workshop Bring your 16-inch (or smaller) container in for a potting party. Horticulturist Judy Zatsick will give a short talk on successful container gardens. Then, experts will help you select plant combinations to make a stunning planter that suits your site and container. Included in the program price: container garden talk, personal assistance from knowledgeable staff, soil and fertilizer. Cost of plants is a separate fee and will be tallied at time of selection. Containers available for purchase with advance phone call. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $12 per person. Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty. gov/parks/greenspring using code 290 287 5801 or call 703642-5173. Daisies: Flower Garden Journey Learn how seeds grow, plant seeds and take some home for your garden. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $10 per scout. Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, VA 22312. Register online at www. fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ greenspring using code 290 274 6501 or call 703-642-5173. Fish Fry and Yard Sale to Benefit Nigerian Crisis sponsored by Dranesville Church of the Brethren and Salem Baptist Church. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fish fry begins at noon. 11500 Leesburg Pike, Herndon. McLean Day Bring the family to this popular annual event with many free activities. Enjoy live entertainment, great food, a petting zoo, exhibitor booths, balloon animals, games, a tennis clinic, a magician and more. Large and small carnival rides with tickets sold on-site. Vote for your favorite McLean Community Center Governing Board candidate at the event or in advance at MCC. Parking
at free shuttle sites. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road, McLean. http://bit.ly/1R71wr0. Guided Tours of Historic Ratcliffe-Allison House, oldest house in downtown Fairfax, to view architectural changes and learn about residents’ lives, Saturdays through Oct. 31. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. RatcliffeAllison House, 10386 Main St., Fairfax. 703-385-8414. Spring Market Fair Celebrate spring at Claude Moore Colonial Farm. Watch spinning and candle making and enjoy games and music and much more. See heritage breed animals on site. Lunch available for purchase. 11 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. today and tomorrow. $8 for adults, children ages 3-12 and seniors $3. Children under age 3 free admission. Claude Moor Colonial Farm, 6310 Georgetown Pike, McLean. For more information call 703-2313545 or 703-442-7557. Dog and Cat Adoption, offering spayed or neutered pets. Noon to 3 p.m. Fees apply. Seven Corners PetSmart, 6100 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church. 703-295-3647 or www. lostdogrescue.org. The Iron Road of Franconia is a free book talk at the Franconia Museum at 1 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and copies of the book will be available for purchase. Franconia Museum (inside the Franconia Governmental Center), 6121 Franconia Rd., Alexandria. For more information e-mail franconiamuseum@yahoo.com. Used Book Collection Bring CDs, DVDs, software, children’s books, records and recent textbooks all in good condition to Sun Trust Bank, 515 Maple Ave. East, Vienna from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit scholarships for women. For more information call 703-527-4206 or e-mail aauwbookfair@gmail.com. American History Film Project Exhibition Enjoy viewing short films on hometown historical topics, including Fairfax County, produced by students from Virginia and several other states. This is an annual project for K-12 students. 2 p.m. Free Popcorn. Learn more at: http://tinyurl.com/ ushistoryfilmproject. Free. The Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim, 3610 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. For more information call 703-385- 8414 or 703-591- 0560. A Forever Home Hosts Casino Night includes an evening of casino-style entertainment at the Piedmont Club in Haymarket. This year’s event will benefit our future forever home, Imagine. Imagine will be a permanent facility based in Northern Virginia with offices, training and health care rooms, and boarding kennels. 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $80 to $145. For more information and tickets visit http://to-afh.org/ CasinoNightTickets.
SUNDAY, MAY 22 Temple Rodef Shalom Blood Drive Mark your calendars to donate blood at this drive sponsored by the Women of Temple Rodef Shalom. Refreshments will also be provided. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Temple Rodef Shalom, 2100 Westmoreland St., Falls Church. Make your
life-saving appointment by visiting www.redcrossblood. org and use sponsor code TEMPLERODEFSHALOMVA or contact Jane Roseman at 703356-2573 or Susan Freilich at 703-472-3564. Inaugural DC Bike Ride The culminating event of National Bike Month festivities benefitting the Washington Area Bicyclists Association includes musical performances and more. The Finish Festival will kick off at 9 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m. on Constitution Ave. between Pennsylvania Ave and 7th Avenue NW. $60 per person or $50 if you have a group of 10 or more. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www. DCBikeRide.com. Stand Up Paddleboard Demonstrations provided by Surf Reston and Red Paddle Company. All ages. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Reservations required. Lake Anne Plaza, 11404 Washington Plaza W., Reston. For more information visit www.surfreston.com. Gunston Hall Conversations, George Mason’s family, friends and servants discuss politics, play games and perform domestic skills in 18th-Century Virginia, Noon to 4 p.m., $10/ adults, $8/seniors over 60, $5/ children 6 to 18, Free/children 6 and younger, Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Mason Neck. www.gunstonhall.org. Cat Adoption, offering spayed or neutered cats. 1 to 4 p.m. Fees apply. PetSmart, 11860 Spectrum Center, Reston. 703-295-3647 or http:// lostdogrescue.org/animals-foradoption/all-cats.
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E-mail mcleanrotary.va@gmail. com to RSVP. For additional information view our webpage at www.mcleanrotary.org. Adult Novice Rowing Camp Come find out what rowing is all about with Prince William Rowing Club. For two weeks, each Novice Camp boat of eight will go out on the water with four experienced rowers and four novice rowers. Rowing with the experienced rowers will allow the novices to leapfrog ahead in the learning process and gain a better feel of the potential that rowing offers. The program consists of six total sessions, Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 8 to 10 a.m., May 24-June 4. Cost is $125. Register online and find more information at http://pwrc. org/adult-novice-camp.html. The Do-Over Tour featuring Adam Sandler, David Spade, Nick Swardson and Rob Schneider Enjoy a night of adult comedy with some of the funniest comedians doing stand up all on one night. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Adults only. $125/floor and $85 and $55/concourse. Eagle Bank Arena (Formerly Patriot Center), 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax. www.eaglebankarena. com.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Color Me Happy Relax, unwind, and turn loose your inner artist as you discover that coloring is for grown-ups too. Choose from a collection of intricate designs and bring them to life with color. Coloring pages, pens and pencils provided or bring your own. 7 p.m. Free. Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Dr., Reston. For more information call 703689-2700. Meet Canada’s Snowbirds Meet this military aerobatic flight demonstration team ad the Udvar-Hazy Center. Talk with the pilots and get an upclose look at the Canadair CT114 Tutors they fly. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. Parking is $15. National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly. For more information
call 703-572-4118 or visit airandspace.si.edu. Author Event “The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It” and “January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam and the Month that Changed America Forever.” Join John Dean and Jim Robenalt for a glimpse into our nation’s history and how these events can provide us all with additional insight into today’s American political climate. 7 p.m. Barnes and Noble, 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr., Fairfax.
THURSDAY, MAY 26 Farmers’ Market The Herndon Farmers’ Market includes an opportunity to purchase plants, produce, baked goods, mean and more. Come on out and enjoy seasonal events and entertainment. 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Historic Downtown Herndon. Garden Tour & Tea Tour some of the demonstration gardens with a master gardener docent who will share stories of Green Spring past and present. Afterwards, enjoy English afternoon tea served in the 1784 historic house. Reservations required. Ages 13 to adult. 1 to 3 p.m. May 26 $32 per person. Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, VA 22312. To make reservations, call Historic Green Spring at 703-941-7987. Dollars and Sense is a monthly book discussion group that focuses on business leaders and markets. May’s title is “The Safe Investor” by Tim McCarthy. 7 p.m. Free. Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Center, Reston. For more information call 703689-2700.
ONGOING Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe is a movie about an investigation into how the CDC destroyed data on their 2004 study that showed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Tickets are on sale for a limited engagement at Angelika Pop-up at Union Market, 550 Penn St. NE, Washington, D.C. The movie will show daily from
today through May 26. Purchase tickets at http://tinyurl.com/ vaxxedatangelika. For more information watch the trailers at vaxxedthemovies.com or e-mail Vaxxed.Va@gmail.com. Olympic Camp Providence Baptist Church will host an Olympic Camp for rising 1st through 6th grades 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 11 through 15. Providence Baptist Church, 8980 Brook Rd., McLean. Register at www.ProvidenceToday.org. For cost and more information call 703-893-5330. Hogwarts Vacation Bible School Church of the Holy Comforter is welcoming students from 9 a.m. to noon daily July 11 to 15. All children ages 5 through 11 are invited. $75 per student. Registration closes June 1. Church of the Holy Comforter, 543 Beulah Rd. NE, Vienna. To register visit www. holycomforter.com for a link to the registration form. For more information e-mail vbs@ holycomforter.com. Haven Seeks Volunteers Haven of Northern Virginia offers training to people interested in providing support to the bereaved and seriously ill. A 30-hour training period is required. To become a Haven volunteer, please call Haven for orientation at 703-941-7000. Drugs: C osts and Consequences A national touring exhibit developed by the DEA and the DEA Educational Foundation, formally known as Target America, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday through Sept. 16. In this interactive exploration of the effects of drugs on both individual and society, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the history and current science behind drug law enforcements, drug prevention and drug treatment specific to Loudoun County and surrounding Northern Virginia communities. 750 Miller Dr., SE, Suite F-1, Leesburg. For more information visit www. drugexhibit.org.
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MONDAY, MAY 23 32nd Annual Helen Hayes Awards Celebrate the best of Washington area theater in its biggest night. At The Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street NW. Washington, D.C. at 6:30 p.m. Tickets range from $150-$275. For more information, http:// theatrewashington.org/
TUESDAY, MAY 24 Stories from Strawberry Park, enjoy a live interactive performance taught by a group of unique storytellers (held outside, weather permitting), 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., The Mosaic, 2910 District Ave., Fairfax. http://mosaicdistrict.com. Assisted Living Open House at Arleigh Burke Pavilion Come and explore our picturesque community and all it has to offer. Meet the team, enjoy hors d’oeuvres, and learn more about our Assisted Living private apartment residences. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 24. Please RSVP to 703560-2133 or marketing@ vinsonhall.org. Can’t attend? Call for a private tour! For more information visit www. vinsonhall.org/assisted-living/ abp_openhouse. McLean Rotary Club Luncheon Members of the community are invited to join the women and men of the Rotary Club of McLean for our weekly luncheon meeting and meal. Noon. Fellowship Hall of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 1545 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean. The Rotary Club of McLean is a service club actively involved in the McLean Community and in international areas related to our community.
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Send community calendar notices at least two weeks prior to your event to ffxtimesevents@gmail. com. Please limit submissions to event name, date, time, cost, address and contact information. Events are listed on a space-available basis. ART EVENTS McLean Art Society Meeting Nancy Still, an artist specializing and teaching the painting of miniatures will be the featured presenter today. She will demonstration doing a miniature in oil paint. Artist members who also do miniatures are asked to bring samples of their work to display. Guests are welcome. 10 a.m. to noon at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Rd., McLean. For more information call 703-790-0123. Papel Amatae: Making Paper in Mexico a talk by Helen Frederick. She will describe her trip to San Pablito, Mexico to learn about the traditional papermaking technique practiced for centuries by the Otomi community. 6:30 p.m. Today. Enjoy Mexican craft beers and tacos provided by Taco Bamba for $8. To purchase tickets visit http://tinyurl.com/ mexicanpapermaking. McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. For more information visit http://www. mpaart.org/events-2/. Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival This 11-block art walk will be filled with more than 200 artists from across the national who will exhibit and sell their work. See dance performances in the park. Enjoy free art-making activities for families in the Pavilion, live music and more. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tomorrow. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Reston Town Center, 11900 Market St., Reston. A gate donation of $5 to Greater Reston Arts Center provides a festival program. For more information visit www.restonarts.org. Not Just Dance Auditions for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR for youth between 6 and 18 years old. Tomorrow and Sunday. For cast descriptions and details about auditions please visit www.Sum-
EVENTS from Page B-2 MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS Memorial Day Concert The National Men’s Chorus will conclude its season with a Memorial Day concert at 5 p.m. May 29. St. Luke Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean. Tickets will be available at the door for $20. Students and children admitted free. For more information visit www.nationalmenschorus.org. Town of Herndon Memorial Day Observances sponsored by American Legion Post 184 will feature the Herndon Naval Junior ROTC Color Guard. 10 a.m. Chestnut Grove
FAI RFAX COUNT Y T I MES merNotJustDance.net. Rehearsals are July 25 through Aug 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. There will be two performances Aug. 4 and 5. Take Me Home Huey is a mixed media sculpture created from a historic U.S. Army Huey helicopter. The display aims to raise awareness for PTSD. This display will be in front of the National Museum of the Marine Corps May 26 through June 2. Artist Steve Maloney will be available to discuss his artwork and is mission May 27 and 28. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. National Museum of the Marine Corps, 18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Triangle. For more information call 703-784-6107 or visit www. usmcmuseum.org. Creative Aging Festival The Arts Council of Fairfax County selected seven outstanding artists who will be part of a diverse line up this month. Fifty free activities and events are planned at 14 senior centers throughout the county during this month. To find an event near your senior center visit http://www.fairfaxcounty. gov/ncs/news/ni2016/2016_creative_aging_festival.htm. Theatre in the Woods The 2016 season lineup for Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods features diverse acts including puppetry, storytelling, dance, theater, and music. Situated in the heart of Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods welcomes families, school groups, caregivers, and their young ones Tuesday through Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m., beginning June 21 through August 6. Tickets are $8 - $12 and children under two enter free of charge. For more information see the listing of performance dates at wolftrap.org/ youngatarts or purchase tickets at wolftrap.org/woods. Open Rehearsal The Fairfax Jubil-Aires Barbershop Chorus invites men of all ages who enjoy singing to visit us Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Lord of Life Church, 13421 Twin Lakes Dr., Centreville. For more information visit www.fairfaxjubilairs.org or call 703-991-5198. Vienna Idol 2016 is a music competition benefiting Khristin Kylio Memorial Fund and SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) research. Auditions are semi-weekly at either Caffe Amouri or Whole Foods in Vienna. Finals take place at a concert on the Vienna Town Green June 10 where fans vote for their favorite “idol.” Go to www.viennaidol.org for registra-
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Cemetery, Avenue of Flags, 831 Dranesville Rd., Herndon. For more information call 703-4811200. Korean War Veterans Wreath Laying The placing of a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery will be done jointly by Korean War Veterans Association President Larry Kinard and Maj. Gen. Kyoung Soo SHIN, defense attache at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Noon. May 30. Arlington National Cemetery. National Memorial Day Parade Beginning at 2 p.m. Korean War Veterans Association president Larry Kinard will lead the veterans,
some being driven in vintage Korean War military vehicles down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. Many Korean War veterans marching will be accompanied by KoreanAmerican ladies wearing traditional native costumes. Presentation of Wreaths at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall by representatives of the Korean War Veterans Association, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation and the American Indian Veterans Association. 5 p.m. Korean War Veterans Memorial, National Mall, Washington, D.C. For more information call 703-304-7665.
IN THE GALLERIES Tennesee Loveless will make a personal appearance at ArtInsights Gallery to release the first images of his new project, “The Art Outsiders.” 2 to 4 p.m. Tomorrow and Sunday. ArtInsights Gallery, 11921 Freedom Dr., Reston. For more information call 703-478-0778 or visit www. artoutsiders.net. Surrealism: a Photography Exhibition is a collaborative effort between Del Ray Artisans and Union 206 Studio. Exhibit continues through May 29. Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. For more information visit www.TheDelRayArtisans.org/shows/. Two Views features new works by Pat Macintyre and Gail Axtell-Erwin who create their interpretations of nature in mixed media and acrylic on canvas. This show is on exhibit until Jun 2. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays at Reston Art Gallery & Studios, 11400 Washington Plaza, Reston. For more information visit www.RestonArtGallery.com or call 703-481-8156. Images of Fairfax Exhibition features sketches, maps, photographs and artwork depicting buildings and landscapes. Highlights include a collection of City of Fairfax residents, Randolph and Ellen Lytton, and historic photographs of the Burke area on loan from the Burke Historical Society. Free. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 10. Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main St., Fairfax. For more information call 703-385-8414.
CONCERTS Friday Night Live! An annual tradition in the Town of Herndon returns with weekly concerts in its 22nd season. Events are free but food and beverages are available for sale with some proceeds benefitting the Herndon AfterProm and All-Night alcohol-free Grad Parties. No concert Friday, June 3 due to the Herndon Festival. 777 Lynn Street, Herndon. http://herndonrocks.com. Live Music with Eddie Pockey Well known throughout the region as an amazing vocalist/ rhythm guitarist, Eddie Pockey, performs a show every Friday at Pistone’s Italian Inn. Admission is free with a $10 minimum food/ drink purchase. 9 p.m. to midnight. Pistone’s Italian Inn, 6320 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church. For more information call 703533-1885.
DISCOVER WHAT’S NEW AT THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM’S STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER. There’s More to See…
• Scores of aircraft, from the dawn of human flight to the present day • Rockets, satellites, and spacecraft, including Space Shuttle Discovery • A NASA android; Charles Lindbergh memorabilia; science fiction-inspired toys; astronaut and pilot suits; instruments and gear
More to Do…
• Watch from the observation tower as airplanes take off and land at Dulles International Airport • Enjoy a simulator ride or take in an Imax movie
More to Learn…
• Family days, special activities, and events for every age
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Join us!… Contact Information: airandspace.si.edu 202-633-1000 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway Chantilly, VA Admission is free, Parking: $15
Together, the Udvar-Hazy Center and the National Air and Space Museum’s flagship building in Washington, DC welcome more than eight million visitors a year.
A Choral Postlude II presented by the Fairfax Choral Society to the 5:15 p.m. mass, the Symphonic Chorus season culminates with an encore performance in the largest church in the western hemisphere and the eighth largest church building in the world. 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. tomorrow. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 400 Michigan Ave. NE Washington, D.C. For more information visit http://fairfaxchoralsociety.org/event/a-choralpostlude-ii/. Amadeus Orchestra The Amadeus Orchestra and pianist Thomas Pandolfi will present Sibelius: FinlandiaGrieg. A preconcert lecture by Music Director A. Scott Wood will begin at 3:15 pm, 45 minutes prior to the start of the concert. Reception will follow the concert. 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. $30 adults, students age 17 and under free. St. Luke Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean. For more information visit www. amadeusconcerts.com. Music for a Desert Island Music and Arts Providence presents this concert directed by Terry Stoneberg. Free meet the artists reception will immediately follow the performance. 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $20 for ages 13 and older. Providence Presbyterian Church, 9109 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax. To purchase tickets visit www.music-and-artsprovidence.org. Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Come “Home” or have a “40 Day Dream” with the 10-piece band that resurrects “the sounds of 1930s country, 1970s psychedelia, and 1970s… rock with a healthy helping of folk and gospel linking the chains” (PopMatters). 8 p.m. May 25. Tickets are $25 to $50. Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. For more information or to purchase tickets visit http://tinyurl.com/edwardsharpeatwolftrap.
THEATER Caroline, or Change presented by Creative Cauldron is a musical that blends blues, gospel and traditional Jewish klezmer music to tell the story of the Gellman family and their
Page B-3 African-American maid. 8 p.m. showings on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through May 28. General admission is $18 to $26. ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 South Maple Ave., Falls Church. For more information visit http:// creativecauldrom.org/caroline_ change_271.htm. City of Angels There are two shows in one in this stylish musical throwback to the golden age of Hollywood. Try not to be swayed by the 1940s film noir vixens, the entrancing musical score or the allure of the life of the private eye hero. This show contains mature content and themes that may not be appropriate for children. Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sundays, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $40/GA. NextStop Theatre Company, 269 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon. http://bit. ly/24Iy5oB. Chantilly High School Presents “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Bring the entire family to Chantilly High School’s production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Join our hero Charlie Bucket as he goes on a fun adventure with Agustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee as they explore Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. This beloved Roald Dahl classic is perfect for the entire family. Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $5/person. Chantilly High School, 4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly. www.chantillyhsdrama.com.
BALLET Cinderella, the Manassas Ballet closes their 2015-2016 season with THE classic fairy tale ballet “Cinderella.” With the familiar storyline, lush costumes and scenery, the ballet is sure to be an audience favorite. Friday through Sunday. 7:30 p.m. $25-$55/person. Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas. http:// manassasballet.org. Fairfax Ballet Company “Coronation of Fairy Princess,” this fairytale adventure features a beautiful fairy named Lily and her three sisters Nixie, Fay and Blossom as they prepare for Lily’s upcoming coronation. Full of magic, mystery and wonder,
this show features senior company dancer Sarah Marchesseault of Herndon. Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 4 p.m. $23/ person. Centreville High School, 6001 Union Mill Road, Centreville. http://ffxballet2016.bpt.me.
SHAKE IT OFF Ballroom Dance with DJ and dance instruction Craig Bukowski. Mambo lesson 8 to 9 p.m. Dance for everyone begins at 9 and lasts until 11:30 p.m. to a DJ mix of contemporary and classic dance music. Light snacks, sodas and set-ups included in the $15 fee. Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin Run Rd., Great Falls. For more information visit www.colvinrun. org or call 703-759-2685. Dance for Everyone These weekly dances feature Ed’s DJ music mix suitable for a wide variety of dances. Beginner West Coast Swing Lesson takes place from 7 to 8 p.m.ollowed by dancing until 10:30 p.m. to a DJ mix of contemporary and classic dance music including west coast and east coast swing, hustle. Light snacks, sodas and set-ups included in the $12 fee. Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin Run Rd., Great Falls. For more information visit www.colvinrun. org. Come Dance with Us Dance the Carolina Shag every Wednesday with the Northern Virginia Shag Club from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Free lesson from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. No partner needed. Dinner menu available. $7 members and $8 non-members to pay for the DJ. Under 21 Free. Arlington/ Fairfax Elks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax. For more information visit www.nvshag.org. Square Dance Lessons Where can you get great exercise and enjoy doing it? Join Boomerangs Square Dance for classes every Wednesday beginning May 4 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Greenspring Village, Accotink Room, 7410 Spring Village Dr., Springfield. $30 per for classes for a series of 12 classes. For more information call Nancy at 571-210-5480.
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Arts Council of Fairfax County approved for $40,000 Art Works Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts ■ County-wide public art initiative Imagine Art Here will engage the public and provide temporary art at Seven Corners and Springfield By TIMES STAFF The Arts Council of Fairfax County has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Chairman Jane Chu for a $40,000 Art Works award for the Arts Council’s “Imagine Art Here” initiative at Seven Corners and Springfield. “Imagine Art Here” will both elicit a vision for the role of the arts in the community and collect resident, workforce and visitor feedback on the type of facilities, public art and related arts amenities desired at both locations. The input from the “Imagine Art Here” initiative will inform the Master Arts Plan (MAP) being spearheaded by the Arts Council on behalf of the County. “We are just delighted to receive this NEA grant to bring ‘Imagine Art Here’ to the communities of Seven Corners and Springfield,” Linda Sullivan, president and CEO of the Arts Council of Fairfax County, said. “It’s all about engaging the public in a dialogue on art and arts amenities for their community — and we get to engage artists in producing temporary public art in highly visible locations.” Anticipated start dates for both projects are summer of 2016 with installations and engagement taking place in 2017. The artist selection will be made through an RFQ with a panel of arts, architecture, planning, and community representatives. The selected artists’ works will be installed at Seven Corners, located at Route 50 and Sleepy Hollow Road, and Springfield, located in a pedestrian and vehicular underpass near the Franconia-Springfield
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The 2015 ground mural art installation titled “Tysons Tiles” by artist Julia Vogl from the Arts Council’s “Imagine Art Here” series at Greensboro Green Park in Tysons. Metro Station. Both projects will enhance the experience of residents, workforce, and visitors passing through those areas, promote community participation, and increase public awareness of the potential for public art. The Arts Council is working with Fairfax County Government, corporate sponsors, and community partners to carry out the projects. “As the long-awaited redevelopment of Seven Corners gathers momentum, community involvement will be critical. Engaging our residents for public art is an important facet of that involvement,” Mason District Supervisor Penelope A. Gross said. “The Arts Council’s work with the community and public art will greatly enhance our plans in Springfield,” said Lee District Supervisor Jeff C. McKay. “Public art is a great solution for way finding and will enhance access to and from the FranconiaSpringfield Metro Station and Springfield Town Center.” This is the second NEAfunded “Imagine Art Here” project. In 2015, the Arts Council launched the series of “Imagine
Art Here” projects with “Tysons Tiles” by artist Julia Vogl. 1,000 Tysons’ residents, employees, and visitors were asked about their vision for the arts at Tysons and were then able to see the responses displayed in two massive ground murals located at Greensboro Green Park and Tysons West. In addition, responses were illuminated in LED lights on the exterior of the Silverline Center building and displayed on a wrapped shuttle bus. “Public opinions gathered through the ‘Imagine Art Here’ initiative will help to inform the Master Arts Plan for Fairfax County,” said Leila Gordon, Chair of the Art Council’s Master Arts Plan Task Force. “Our goal is to expand community access to the arts and to enhance our public spaces through art.” More than $82 million has been awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts for arts projects and partnerships nationwide. The Art Works category supports the creation of work and presentation of both new and existing work, lifelong learning in the arts, and public engagement with the arts through 13 arts dis-
ciplines or fields. “The arts are all around us, enhancing our lives in ways both subtle and obvious, expected and unexpected,” said NEA Chairman Jane Chu. “Supporting projects like the one from the Arts Council of Fairfax County offers more opportunities to engage in the arts every day.” Input from the “Imagine Art Here” initiative will inform MAP. The goal of MAP is to expand community access to and engagement in the arts and culture by planning cultural facilities and public art throughout Fairfax County that reflects its diversity, considers existing facilities, and responds to future growth. In 2010 the Board of Supervisors tasked the Arts Council of Fairfax County, as the official arts agency for the County, with the collaborative leadership of MAP. The MAP task force consisting of Arts Council Board members, community representatives, and government officials was formed to assess existing cultural assets in the County and the growth trends that will inform a plan for future arts facilities and public art.
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Continued from Page B-1 Constructed like a giant teeter-totter, one end is empty and sits in a permanent up position. Gilded, this end represents the wealthy elite, more commonly known as “the one percent.” The other end holds a mammoth jumble of chairs, which took Gayle Mandle almost two days to pile up on site with help from the GRACE staff. “It’s like building a ship in your basement,” she quipped. The chairs, physically distressed with the marks of age and use and some purposely “killed” by being burned, are “the protesting revolutionaries,” she explained. Like the people that the chairs symbolize, Gayle Mandle further noted that she and her daughter deliberately sought pieces of “humble” character. And so others would not be deprived of their use, they chose chairs no one else might want. The installation, which she would love to see someday recreated in bronze, will be reinstalled in a new site-specific version this summer in Providence, R.I., as an outdoor, interactive sculpture. Always different, the GRACE installation of “A Study for a Monument” is its fourth iteration. Another visually arresting work is a wall-size photograph of an ornate, gold “throne,” up-
holstered in blood-red velvet and engulfed in flames. Shot by professional photographer Ron Cowie, Gayle Mandle recalled how they found the throne in a shop, and after making it newly resplendent, “we torched it as Ronald photographed.” Laughing, she explained, “We invested $1,000. … I held the hose. I was putting out the surrounding fires as he was clicking away.” McCullough, a fan of contemporary needlework, is particularly fond of Julia Mandle’s embroidery works. She said: “Julia Mandle’s images of embroidered chairs, either rising or falling or arranged in a wave-like crescendo, feature bits of thread that unravel from the chairs, signaling instability and uncertainty.” “Seats of Power” is the Mandles first full collaboration. Her daughter, Gayle Mandle acknowledged, “leads the band in all of this. … I’m more literal, my daughter--a site-specific, socio-political performance artist-more mysterious.” Constantly dialoguing, frequently by Skype, the motherdaughter team, motivated by human rights issues, is now also developing a body of works inspired by the issue of water pollution and the safety of our water supply.
PHOTO BY JOHNNY SHYROCK “The Man in the Iron Mask” is a follow up to “The Three Musketeers” and promises to be a swashbuckling adventure rich in excitement, drama and pageantry. Synetic Theater, Arlington, Va. Runs through June 19. For more information, www.synetictheater.org
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Clearing the way for a new lifestyle ■ Kitchen makeover yields lighter, brighter interior By John Byrd Special to the Times Even a kitchen you helped design yourself may eventually seem a little tired. Take, for instance, the one recently remodeled by a McLean couple who have occupied the same spacious Colonial for three decades. Back in the 1980s, Marianne and husband Franklin built their handsome 5,000 square foot home on a shady lot, an ideal place for raising children. With nine foot ceilings and a large dining room and a breakfast room, the floorplan handily accommodated all formal entertainment requirements, leaving for family-use a traditional-style kitchen, which Marianne had personally helped create. The space was comfortable in all the ways busy parents require. The working kitchen was concentrated into a 12-by-14 foot galley accessible from the breakfast room and a mudroom linked to the garage. Cooking amenities included both gas and electric ranges: the former on a back interior wall ensconced in a hearth-like recess; the second on a stand-alone island surrounded by a U-shaped counter that incorporated the kitchen sink. One leg of the counter
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The kitchen’s striking white-on-white interior is balanced by refurbished walnut-stained hardwood floors. The Calacatta marble—with its unique soft veining—is a particularly distinctive design element. formed a peninsula between the kitchen and the breakfast room. Cherry cabinets tucked under ceiling-flush bulk heads provided storage. An archway with decorative corbels primly separated the kitchen from the breakfast room. Over time, of course, styles change; so, too, personal needs. “Our kitchen had gotten dated,” Marianne Polk admitted,
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Before: The previous cook top island left little room for staging ingredients needed in prepare a meal. Ceiling-flush bulk heading limited cabinets to 30 inches.
describing steps that inspired her to pursue a complete makeover more suitable to current needs. “I’d been looking for a plan that would work better for casual entertaining. I wanted an open, light room...with a relaxed, elegant ambiance. I was looking for ideas, but not sure where to go.” Polk’s search had also been driven by an awareness of the existing kitchen’s now-glaring shortcomings. The island’s counter top, for instance, which included four electric burners, was configured on 3-by-2 foot surface, an arrangement which left little room for staging the ingredients needed to prepare a meal. The peninsula—which had become a catch-all for clutter— was mostly a barrier against freeflowing traffic in and out of the kitchen. It was also now apparent that the original 30 inch cabinets really didn’t meet existing storage needs. Moreover, the wall separating the kitchen from the breakfast room was now plainly seen as one reason the kitchen was too dark. It is at this juncture that Polk met Sonny Nazemian, president
and CEO of Michael Nash Design Build and Homes. From the beginning, Polk found Nazemian’s ideas insightful and directly relevant. “I recognized right away some design limitations that are common to kitchens created in 1980s and 1990s,” Nazemian recalled. “A decade back, there was less concern for optimizing space. We’ve since learned that re-routing HVAC concealed in bulk heading can create the wall surfaces needed for taller cabinets. Replacing 30 inch cabinets with 42 inch cabinets, for instance, can be a good starting point for a better kitchen plan.” With these discussions underway, Nazemian next proposed relocating the gas range to the south-facing interior wall. Crowned with a decorative cook top hood, the new cook station would become the kitchen’s primary focal point. But first a series of demolitions and deletions were in order. The ceiling-flush bulk heading would be removed. The small cook top island eliminated; ditto, the peninsular counter surface. With the old hearth no longer needed, the kitchen’s inside back
wall could be completely redesigned, making room for a double refrigerator/freezer, a stacked oven with microwave and a spacious serving station crowned by glass-facing cabinets. Also, with the peninsula gone, removing the archway between the kitchen and breakfast area became an obvious call, one that allows a lot more light and visual continuum. “Revealing the taller ceilings makes the space feel really expanded,” Polk said. “The change highlights the unique character of the house.” With the implications of an “open” plan now fully in view, Nazemian next proposed an innovative food preparation island that would incorporate glassfacing display cases and customdesigned drawers. The built-in would be situated between the new gas range, the sink, and the refrigerator and stacked ovens on the back wall. “We established work triangles in three directions,” Nazemian said. “The island provides direct support for cooking, meal prep and clean-up, yet the 3 feet of floor space around it allows for comfortable thru-traffic.” Still, more importantly, the island is the defining piece in an interior design scheme skillfully developed throughout the interior. A row of glass-facing cabinets on walls formerly occupied by bulkheads provides display space for collectibles Polk previously had to store in boxes out of view. A new floor-to-ceiling hutch
between the kitchen and the breakfast table provides additional display space, as well as storage for mats, table-cloths, and other kitchen necessities. “There’s been a 30 percent increase in storage overall,” Nazemian said. “And many drawers custom-designed for serving plates, pots and cooking tools.” Meanwhile, the white Calacatta marble used for counter surfaces and backsplashes presents a particularly distinctive design element in a white-on-white interior suitable for any occasion. “It’s a marble without a lot of veining,” Polk said. “Very special.” To further augment natural light availability, Nazemian replaced the box window above the sink with substantially larger bay window. The solid door formerly connecting the mudroom has been replaced with a French door and overhead transom. Refurbished walnut-stained hardwood floors unify the interior’s sea green wall coloring and white crown molding. “It’s opened-up a wonderful new entertainment space for everyone,” Polk said. “It’s the new center of the house.” For Information: 703/6419800 or MichaelNashKitchens. com John Byrd has been writing about home improvement for 30 years. He can be reached @ www.HomeFrontsNews.com or byrdmatx@gmail.com
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Wall elevations in the Polk’s kitchen were completely revised. The gas range with hood is the new focal point in a spacious gourmet kitchen and designer Michael Nash replaced a box window with a bay window.
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Brightview Woodburn opens, first residents move in ■ Welcoming a new community in Annandale By Times Staff Brightview Woodburn, a 100-apartment home assisted living community, is now open at 3450 Gallows Road in Annandale, Va. “The community is beautiful,” Executive Director Peggy Breda said. “Residents, families and associates have been looking forward to this special day.” “We are thrilled to welcome the community’s first residents to their new home,” she continued. Brightview Woodburn is Brightview Senior Living’s third community in Virginia. It includes Assisted Living apartment homes for people who need some support services and are looking for a vibrant lifestyle and Wellspring Village, Brightview’s custom-designed neighborhood for people living with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. “Life in Wellspring Village is not about dementia or memory impairment or loss.
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A rendering of the new Brightview Woodburn facility. It is about the continued possibilities that exist for each person,” explained Patrick Doyle, Corporate Director of Dementia Care. With highly trained, energetic associates as well as
Brightview’s SPICE program, a proactive, holistic approach to wellness addressing all of the dimensions of wellness – Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural and Emotional – Brightview Woodburn’s innovative approach to as-
sisted living and dementia care offers peace of mind to families. “Brightview Woodburn has proven a popular choice,” explained Joanna Banks, Community Sales Director. “Our apartment homes are
filling up quickly, and now that construction is complete, the community is open and residents are moving in, it won’t be long until we’re fully occupied,” added Mark Frazier. Hord Coplan Macht,
architect; Clark Builders; and Brightview’s development group teamed up to create a community that echoes the surrounding neighborhood’s architecture.
Everybody can have their share ■ Chefscape Northern Virginia’s newest shared kitchen and event company springs open By Times Staff With the opening of Chefscape, Northern Virginia will now be home to its very own shared kitchen and event company catering to the needs of local food entrepreneurs. The Chefscape landscape is a mixture of hardworking kitchen and polished office space. Built
out of the previous “Mezza Grill” at Old Ashburn Square, it is 1800 square feet of hard working kitchen space, equipped with the industry’s leading brands in commercial kitchen equipment, 24/7 access and monitoring, and onsite parking. For the office polish, Chefscape provides a conference room, flat screen TV and white board equipment to support its members in growing their business to the next level. Like many innovations, Chefscape was created after its founders, and their affiliated company, Union 3Sixty5, owners/operators of several Food Trucks in the D.C. Metro area, encountered a problem finding a space to rent for their Food Truck depot out-
side of D.C. proper. What they needed was a convenient and affordable space for the hard work and grit that goes into running a small food business. What they created, is a shared space that provides food entrepreneurs with the space to carve out their own business landscape and the services and support for those businesses to blossom and grow. Chefscape offers membership options to fit everyone, from a few hours a month to several hours a week. Members will benefit from a wide selection of business support services designed to help them start and grow their food business and navigate the certification and regulatory landscape.
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The space at Chefscape.
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Leaving his Marx at Birchmere
■ Richard Marx offers up his greatest hits at Birchmere By Keith Loria Special to the Times If you’ve been to a prom or wedding in the past 25 years, chances are good that you danced to a Richard Marx tune or two, as the popular singer has churned out a collection of ballads and romantic favorites during his career. With songs like “Right Here Waiting,” “Endless Summer Nights” and “Now and Forever,” the ’80s hit-maker was a staple on MTV and the radio. But not every hit was a ballad, as Marx also produced pop rock favorites like “Don’t Mean Nothing” and “Satisfied.” In fact, Marx placed himself in the musical annals by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. “I write every song for my own selfish purposes, to either celebrate feelings or purge them. Sometimes the songs contain
commentary about things I think about, but again, they’re designed only as expressions of me,” Marx said. “The amazing thing is when people all over the world relate to these songs as if I was speaking to them. I can’t contrive that. It’s just a humbling gift that’s happened throughout my career. It’s awesome.” His first album came in 1987, but by then, Marx was already a seasoned session musician, having sung backup for the likes of Lionel Richie on “All Night Long,” Whitney Houston on “Greatest Love of All” and legends such as Julio Iglesias, Madonna and Barbra Streisand. “The best advice I ever got was when I worked with Kenny Rogers in the early ’80s,” Marx said. “He said, ‘Remember, Richard….sometimes you’ve gotta give up good to get great.’” Those are words he took to heart, and with more than 30 million albums sold in his career, he certainly achieved greatness. On May 25, Marx will be playing a concert at the Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, a show that will be filled with his greatest hits and some fun stories. In addition to being known
for his own songs, Marx has had great success writing for others as well. Among his most notable tunes sung by other artists are NSYNC’s “This I Promise You,” Luther Vandross’ “Dance With My Father” and Keith Urban’s “Long Hot Summer.” He said he never has second thoughts about whether he should have kept a big hit for himself.
Richard Marx nn The Birchmere Music Hall, 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, nn 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 25 nn Tickets: $39.50 nn For more information, visit birchmere.com
“It’s never been a dilemma. Many of those songs I wrote with the artists and the point was to serve their vision of what they wanted to say, not mine,” he said. “If I write something personal, I never think of offering it to someone else. And if someone has a huge hit with one of my
songs, I’m nothing but thrilled.” Earlier this month, Marx released his newest single, “Last Thing I Wanted,” and it’s quickly climbing the musical charts. Fans expecting a new album, however, may be a little disappointed as the singer doesn’t see that as a viable option anymore. “I truly don’t know anyone in years who has sat down and listened to a whole album. People are too ADD. They might listen to music but usually only when texting friends or checking Instagram,” he said. “So I don’t know what the ‘album’ really represents anymore. But I do have a bunch of songs written I’d love people to hear and am figuring out how and when to put them out.” Currently, Marx is working on a musical with his friend, Randall Wallace, the screenwriter of “Braveheart.” It’s a project that’s been long in the making, but the singer calls it “something really special” and he hopes to have something ready next year. Looking back on a career that’s been filled with so much success already, the 52-year-old is very satisfied with how his career has gone. “I started out with a bucket
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“I write every song for my own selfish purposes, to either celebrate feelings or purge them.” list whose items have all been crossed off, thankfully. But my career has also seen moments I never imagined,” Marx said. “I think I really just wanted to maintain a level of quality in
my writing and my singing and performing, and still have people wanting to hear what I’m up to. So in that way, it’s now very much what I hoped.”
Home help: What to know when adding windows, roof windows or skylights to your home ■ Looking at the
different types of windows By Times Staff Is your home chilly and dark in winter, or stuffy and dark in the summer? If your home has too small or too few windows, it can be difficult to get the natural light and ventilation you crave, and need for good health. You may look around your digs and think, "this place could stand some more windows," but have no clue if it's feasible to add them or how to get started. Cutting a hole in a wall or
roof can be a scary prospect for homeowners, but adding windows, roof windows or skylights isn't as hard as you might think. What's more, properly installed windows, roof windows or skylights can be a highly rewarding way to improve a home's air quality, energy efficiency, healthfulness and visual appeal while making it a more pleasant place to be every day. If you're unsure what type of window or skylight might be right for you, here's a rundown of the basics:
Vertical windows Unless you live in a bunker, your home already has vertical windows (in the walls) and the support
structure for them was incorporated into the wall when the home was built. Replacing an existing under-sized vertical window with a larger one should be an easy task for a professional. Installing a new window where none existed before is slightly more complex. The installers may need to add support to ensure the new opening doesn't compromise the wall's ability to support the weight of the roof and/or story above it.
Roof windows Most traditional windows admit light at the wall level, while skylights bring light into the home from above. Roof windows are somewhat of a hybrid in that they
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Fit Foodie event hits Fairfax running ■ Sweat, sweets, and swag By Hannah Menchhoff Fairfax County Times It is hard to imagine a place where good food and fitness melt together. Michelle Metter, Partner and Co-Founder of Fast Forward Event Productions, has created one. The Fit Foodie Race, produced by Metter and sponsored by John Hancock, Cooking Light and Health, combines celebrity chef tastings, culinary demonstrations with a 5k running event and other workout sessions. “We [Fast Forward Events Productions] were having a conversation about Cooking Light and we were talking about the
fact that we as individuals, we love to have great culinary experiences. We consider ourselves foodies, but we also are fit. We make sure that we have that kind of balance in our lives,” Metter explained. “We’ve been going to lots of food festivals and things like that and we’re like really the two things aren’t mutually exclusive; they can co-exist. You can love great food, indulge in moderation and still live a healthy and fit lifestyle. So then we started joking around about the fact that we were fit foodies and the idea came from that really.” So they all decided to make a live experience where you eat really great food, but also sweat it out. “Calories burned, calories earned” is a saying Matter lives by. The three-day event, which
will be in Fairfax at the Mosaic District this weekend, kicks-off with a big party on Friday night. Saturday morning starts with a pre-race warm up, the 5k and once you cross the finish line you will be greeted by “the most delicious finish line ever.” This is where you can catch the cooking and fitness demonstrations led by area experts. Sunday is a sweat session, followed by more food. If you visit Mosaic on any normal day, you can see why this would be an ideal location for such an event. “We had been looking at doing something on the east coast. Whenever we are looking at a market, we look at markets that have a strong foodie culture and markets that have a runner culture as well. For us, the D.C. metro area was so on our radar
because of those two categories. We had been introduced to the team at Mosaic, it’s a great location, Fairfax is a great market, so that’s where we were. That was our second Fit Foodie so I think we’ve been there now going on four years,” Metter said. Also, the event works to give back. It isn’t just simply three days of eating and running. “Then part of what is important to us, on a personal level, I have a family history of diabetes and we felt it was really important to connect back to an organization to where that purpose resonated,” Metter explained. “We thought the ADA [American Diabetes Association] was a really good match for us, so we work very closely with them on a product as well.” But how do you really get
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people to moderate their eating to really highlight the cause of diabetes prevention? It sounds like there is so much eating on this weekend, there is still a huge chance for excess. What are Metter and her team looking for to keep a balance between food and fitness? “You know we kind of do a combination because again the idea is not to deprive, the idea is to enjoy in moderation. If you look at it you know on our Friday we are at True Food, where the food that is coming out has a mission behind it, but it’s delicious and you know we’re not looking at it from a caloric standpoint. We’re looking at it as in, is it good to eat, will you enjoy it, does it do something for you. So that’s Friday,” she said. “Saturday, what you find is sort of is
a combination of things so what we’ve told the chefs is that you don’t have to be surveying what would be deemed as health food. We just ask that you serve something that’s mindful about people who want to live a fit and healthy lifestyle, but also who want really good food. So if you want to serve shrimp and grits, serve shrimp and grits but have some purpose behind it. For us it is about having balance and knowing there are times to say yes I want that dessert and there are times to say no, I’m going to save myself from that. For us, it’s not saying no all the time, it’s more permissive. It’s about saying go ahead it’s okay, but we’re going to work that off.” For more information, http:// www.fitfoodierun.com/fairfaxvirginia.html
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Followed by the run, attendees are welcomed to an event with a number of activities, like cooking demonstrations.
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A Night at the Opera with Sarah and Reginald “I was never good at blending with a choir, so this seemed like something that was right up my alley,” she said. For Smith, he believes that opera found him. He has degrees in both vocal performance and choral music education, and had thought he would be a teacher. “However, while pursuing both degrees in college, I guess God had a path for me to follow, and when he leads, you better follow,” he said. “Who knows, maybe I’ll go back to the classroom someday and use my education degree.”
■ Join Sarah Larsen and Reginald Smith, Jr., for an evening of classical opera By Keith Loria Special to the Times Opera fans can experience a wonderful night of classical music on May 20, when Wolf Trap Opera artists Sarah Larsen, mezzo-soprano, and Reginald Smith Jr., baritone, join S&R Foundation Artist in Residence Ryo Yanagitani, piano, for an evening of song in the historic Evermay Manor. The one-hour program will include music of Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Quilter, Lecocq, and Mahler. “We’ve tried to focus on Spring as the overarching theme of this recital,” Larsen said. “All of my pieces feature either flowers or animals, but not always in obvious ways. Through the German, French, and Russian songs I’ll be performing, we’ll explore different outlooks on the concepts of rebirth and renewal, both in pastoral and cautionary tales.” The mezzo-soprano revealed that the French pieces by Charles Lecocq and Charles Trenet are particularly close to her heart. They feature the “Fables de la Fontaine,” French versions of Aesop’s fables by Jean de la Fontaine, adapted in the 1600’s. “Fables have also often been utilized as political tools to convey ideology that would have been considered criminal in any other form. By having animals play the starring roles in these stories, rather than humans, these fables take on a whimsical quality, despite their often violent and selfish moral lessons,” she said. “These pieces are the parts of the recital where I let myself have the most fun.” Smith hopes that the concert will change the perception that opera and opera singers are very serious all the time, and is looking forward to sharing the stage with Larsen. “She is a spectacular person and a brilliant singer. Together, we have assembled a concert of
A Night at the Opera nn Overtures featuring Sarah Larsen and Reginald Smith, Jr. nn Wolf Trap Opera at Evermay Manor nn 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 20 nn Tickets: $65
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Sarah Larsen is a Filene Young Artist for Wolf Trap. ‘happier’ music that reflects the beautiful mood of spring,” he said. “So, I think with the mix of languages, including plenty of English, and the lighter mood of the repertoire, I think people will be pleasantly surprised at the refreshingly, ‘less-serious’ classical vocal works of the concert.” The joy of the recital for Smith is having the opportunity to program and perform some of his favorite songs that he has wanted to perform for a while. “I am so excited to tell the story of ‘Von ewige Liebe’ by Brahms and equally as excited to convey the light-hearted nature of some of the Quilter songs. For me, this entire recital will be one my favorites,” he said. “I love connecting to music and to the people through the music while I
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am performing. It’s really an intangible gift that makes one feel transcendent. It’s truly a blessing to share the gift of music with others.” Larsen grew up around classical music because her mother is a coloratura soprano, but she didn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. She became interested in opera after performing in a high school production of “The Sound of Music” in the role of Mother Abbess, and audience members remarked how loud she was and recommended she try opera.
The artists worked together for the first time last summer for Steven Blier’s concert, “The Rodgers Family, A Century of Musicals” and are excited to be doing a recital together. Larsen started as a studio artist at Wolf Trap in 2008—the first time she was ever paid to sing. “That summer changed the way I looked at myself as an artist and provided focus for me in terms of my career path,” she said. “I was then invited back to perform in a workshop for John Musto and Mark Campbell’s new opera, ‘The Inspector’ in 2010 and I ended up performing in the premiere of that piece with Wolf Trap one year later.” In 2016, she returns to perform with Wolf Trap as a Filene Young Artist for her second summer in a row. “The Wolf Trap audience is extremely intelligent and adventurous. They have open minds and are willing to give any kind of
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Reginald Smith, Jr. is a Filene Young Artists for Wolf Trap. repertoire a chance—a rare occurrence in today’s world,” Larsen said. “The most exciting and fulfilling kind of art flourishes in this type of environment.” Smith joined the company last season as a Filene Young Artist. “The program at Wolf Trap is so extraordinarily special because you have such wonderful performing opportunities under the tutelage of renowned professionals in this business,” he said. “By being a member of the Wolf Trap Opera Company, one can make long-lasting friendships
with singers/pianists, and one can also make meaningful and longlasting connections to professionals in this business.” On top of this great advantage, the young artists have opportunities to perform operatic roles and concerts that they otherwise might only learn at other places. “You get the chance to live with, learn, grow, and perform some of the great roles of opera that you can take with you for the rest of your career,” Smith said. “Who could ask for anything more.”
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By Noah Special to the Times Sometimes I wonder about my friend, Lab Lady! At the Lab Walk this past Sunday, she did everything! She registered walkers, counted money, got water and treats for the dogs, and walked the Walk so fast that many didn’t even see her move. What this wonderful friend of mine does to support the Labrador Retrievers that come in Lab Rescue of L.R.C.P., Inc. is amazingly pawsome. WOOFs to her! But Lab Lady doesn’t do it all by herself. No way. She has the absolutely most pawsome volunteers working and assisting throughout the walk! I have to give them a “high paw” for their most excellent work! The event raised $135,000 to support the efforts of dog rescue by the Lab Rescue of L.R.C.P., Inc. With 350 people attending, the number of dogs became a blur! About 200 dogs of all breeds, shapes, colors of the Lab rainbow attended. The Walk was supported by more than 15 sponsors this year!
Barkingly pawsome, over the years, the Labradors who have been rescued and found humans will come to the walk to say, thanks! This year, Kokko for example, a Lab saved six years ago, came back for a visit. Kokko was a young pup when rescued but had a collar embedded in her neck that had to be removed and a 1 inch swath of skin to be closed. A bandana hides the scars of her past but she’s got the same smile on her face!
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Helen, a chocolate lab. A huge part of this year’s walk was Helen, who was the Ambassador of the Lab Walk. Helen’s is a difficult
story to share. Why is it difficult? Well, it reminds me somewhat of what happened to me and some of my pals I met before I was rescued and others at the rescue. Barkingly, it is a pawsomely good example of what many rescues do in their work. Helen was found emaciated and blind walking along a highway where no one stopped to help but several called Animal Control. Helen walked until she was rescued! When Helen was found by the shelter in West Virginia, they noticed what a sweet disposition she had. Barkingly, the shelter called Lab Rescue to help this sweetheart! As their love of dogs often has them do, Lab Rescue workers went the aid of Helen. The sight of her condition was shocking to the intake team who, sometimes feel that they've seen it all! The initial veterinary tests revealed diabetes which caused the blindness. Paws, it’s likely it has never been diagnosed or treated. This sweetheart pawsome girl has been under veterinary care since mid-April and has be-
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A pup looking pretty stylish for the Lab Walk! gun to gain weight, her blood sugar levels are controlled with insulin and her glucose levels appear to be stabilizing. The beautiful Helen is about 6 years old. She is a Chocolate Labrador Retriever but has spent so much time outside that she is almost blond. Helen is one of the Labs who will be saved during the Lab Rescue’s 25th year of Rescuing Labs. If you would be interested in helping Helen, please visit, https://cause2give.unxvision.com/P2PWeb/PublicParticipantPage.aspx?ParticipantI dView=36325&EventId=1056 &LanguageId=3 If you would like to meet a Labrador Retriever for your next pawsome family mem-
ber, and learn more about dog adoption, contact the Lab Rescue of the L.R.C.P., Inc. at www.lab-rescue.org, call the Lab Line: (301) 299-6756 or email info@lab-rescue.org. About Me: Noah is the Pawthor of the blog, www.fromthedogspaw. com- a Bloggery of Dogs and Cats for pet parents. Follow Noah’s blog for more humor and facts about dogs and cats. He is the Dog to his human, Allen Pearson, who is a Dog Photographer and Writer, www.allenpearsonsphotos.com, www.facebook. com/AllenPearsonsPhotos. com, www.twitter.com/AllensPhotos, www.instagram. com/fromthedogspaw.
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■ Embassy chefs gather to serve up signature dishes hoping to win the People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice Awards By Times Staff Arguably, one of the best ways to experience a country’s culture is through its food. The 8th Annual Events DC presents Embassy Chef Challenge, a Cultural Tourism DC signature event, on Wednesday, May 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center offers that chance on a grand scale. “This event is a great opportunity for the embassy community to engage locals through the international language of delicious food,” said Erik A. Moses, senior vice president and managing director of Events DC, Sports, Entertainment and Special Events. “Events DC is proud to partner with Cultural Tourism DC to bring this unique culinary competition to the District for the 8th consecutive year.” Guests can nibble their way through an abundant array of global food and drink prepared by more than 15 embassy chefs, along with live music from around the world. All reflect the rich cultural diversity offered by our embassy community. Filipino chef Claude Tayag is
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IT Professionals: Ent. Lvl to Sen. Lvl. Prog. Anlysts; Drupal Dvlprs; Automation Test Engnrs, SAP Consultants; BI/ ETL anlysts; & D/base Admins. are needed for our Herndon, VA office. May Req. Traveling. Send resume, ref., & Sal. Req. to Techizee, Inc.; 209 Elden Street, Suite 208, Herndon, VA 20170 Growing medical office locations in Reston and Fairfax, seeks FT patient service professional for patient, clinical and administrative responsibilities. Requires ability to multi-task, computer skills, polished people skills, superior English language skills, mobility, ability to work standing, ability to work in teams and independently. Must have at least 1 year of experience in customer service field, ideally in medical healthcare. EMR experience is a plus. Great salary and benefits. Advancement opportunities possible. Work Monday through Friday in the daytime. Email cover letter and resume to: jobs@neurologyfairfax. com or fax to 703-940-1497.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the Town of Herndon, Virginia, will hold a work session on Monday, May 23, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. and a public hearing on Monday, June 6, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Herndon Council Chambers Building located at 765 Lynn Street, Herndon, Virginia, on the following items: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT, ZOTA #16-03. Descriptive Summary of Proposed Action: Consideration of an amendment to the Town of Herndon Zoning Ordinance (2007), Herndon Town Code (2000), as amended, to revise § 78-201.2., Establishment of application requirements, schedule, and fees., § 78-201.5., Neighborhood meetings., § 78-202.6., Site plans, subdivision plans, single lot development plans and building location surveys., § 78-300.4., Additional lots requirements for all districts., § 78-301.3., Additional lot requirements for residential districts., § 78-402.7., Standards for specific accessory uses and structures., § 78-503.9., Other landscape standards., § 78-505., Green streets., § 78-512., Downtown transition areas., § 78-515.3., Noise., § 78-515.7., Odorous matter standards., § 78-515.9., Exterior lighting standards., § 78-516., Standards for solid waste receptacles and screening enclosures., and § 78-701., Definitions., to provide language to make changes for internal consistency, clarification, and other minor amendments. Deferred from the May 2, 2016, Planning Commission public hearing ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT, ZOTA #16-04. Descriptive Summary of Proposed Action: Consideration of an amendment to the Town of Herndon Zoning Ordinance (2007), Herndon Town Code (2000), as amended, to revise § 78-202.10., Zoning appropriateness permit., § 78-402.3., Permitted and allowed accessory uses and structures., § 78-402.7., Standards for specific accessory uses and structures., and § 78-701., Definitions., to provide language to clarify the difference between a wet bar and an accessory food preparation area, requiring a special exception for accessory food preparation areas while permitting wet bars by-right. Deferred from the May 2, 2016, Planning Commission public hearing ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT, ZOTA #16-06. Descriptive Summary of Proposed Action: Consideration of an amendment to the Town of Herndon Zoning Ordinance (2007), Herndon Town Code (2000), as amended, to revise § 78-402.7.(l), Keeping of livestock., and § 78-701., Definitions., to amend the language permitting the keeping of up to four female fowl by right in a residential district. People having an interest in the above items are invited to attend the public hearing and to state their opinions. Items required to be made available for public examination by state or town code will be available for examination by the public beginning at 3:00 pm, on Friday, May 20, 2016, in the Department of Community Development, 777 Lynn Street, Herndon. The Town of Herndon supports the Americans with Disabilities Act by making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, so that they may participate in services, programs, or activities, offered by the Town. Please call (703) 435-6804 or TDD 435-6817 to arrange for any accommodation that may be necessary to allow for participation. ___________________________ Viki L. Wellershaus, Town Clerk
5/20/16 & 5/27/16
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5556 VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE
Off Braddock Road, Near Stone Road Centreville, Fairfax County, VA 20120
Order To Reschedule Hearing/Samantha Grace Deyoe/Shelby Olive Deyoe Bogutz & Gordon, P.C., 3503 N. Campbell Avenue, Suite 101, Tucson, Arizona 85719, (520) 321-9700, kh, Jacquelyne J. Mingle (State Bar No. 029687, PAN No. 66580), minentries@gmail.com, Attorney for Eugene A. Deyoe, Jr. In The Superior Court Of The State Of Arizona Pima County In the Matter of the Guardianship of: Samantha Grace Deyoe (DOB 07/11/2008), and Shelby Olive Deyoe (DOB 07/06/2011); Minors. GC20160230 Order To Reschedule Hearing The Court, having reviewed the Motion to Reschedule Hearing regarding the Petition for Appointment of Guardian, hereby orders that: A. The hearing currently set for June 6, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. on the Court’s appearance calendar is vacated. B. The hearing shall be rescheduled for to the 23rd day of May, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., before the Honorable Lisa Abrams, in an appearance hearing. Dated: May 13, 2016. /s/ Comm. Lisa I. Abrams, Honorable Lisa Abrams. [Full name(s) of owner(s)]: 7-Eleven Inc and Megha Sales Corporation Trading as: 7-Eleven 10652C 427 Maple Ave E Vienna, Fairfax County, VA 22180
[(Full name(s) of owner(s)]: The Addis 4 LLC Trading as: Le Mediterranean Bistro 4008 University Dr Fairfax, Fairfax County, VA 22030
The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine & Beer on Premises License to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.
The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer On Premises License to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.
David Seltzer, VP, 7-Eleven Inc Anil Khanal, President, Mega Sales Corporation
NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.
1956566
(5-13-16, 5-20-16)
Multiple IT Positions in Fairfax, VA area: Software Engineers I: Consult w/ users & mngmnt. Dev software sys testing & validation procedures & documentation. Work w/ Guidewire, Adobe CQ5, Data Power Center, Message Broker, Java, DOJO, ATG Dynamo, BPM, Hadoop, POJO, EJB, MQ Series, Selenium, QTP, Biztalk, SAP. Software Engineers II: Analysis, design, dev, implementation, documentation & post implementation support of software. Work w/ Java, .NET, Hadoop. Both positions req travel/reloc to various unanticipated locations. Send res & indicate position to Hadiamondstar Software Solutions LLC at 9477 B Silver King Court Fairfax, VA 22031.
Helen Gebrhiwot, Member NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.
1956573
(5-13-16, 5-20-16)
Branch Highways, Inc. (VA License #2701029434A) is currently soliciting quotes for the following project: Northfax Intersection & Drainage Improvements for City of Fairfax, Virginia (IFB #: 16058). We are soliciting quotes for the following selected items of work: Surveying, Excavation, Hazardous Materials, Paving, Flatwork, Utilities, Drainage, Seeding, Erosion Control, Pavement Markings, Signage, Signal, Lighting, Maintenance of Traffic and Hauling of Materials. All quotes must be received by: Noon on June 5, 2916. We encourage Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Businesses to participate. Contact our Estimating Department (571) 379-5603, fax (571) 379-5896, or send your quote by mail to PO Box 40004, Roanoke, VA 24022 or by email to bhiestimating@ branchhighways.com. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/H/V
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016 AT 12:00 NOON
- Suggested Opening Bid: $375,000 Well updated home within 1.5 miles of I-66, and less than 2 miles from US-29 (Lee Highway). Walking distance to groceries, restaurants, banking and other neighborhood businesses. $35,000 cashier’s check is required to bid. Please see our web site or call for complete details, photos and terms.
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Friday-Sunday, May 20-22, 2016
A. J. BILLIG & CO. AUCTIONEERS
6500 FALLS ROAD • BALTIMORE, MD 21209
410-296-8440 • www.ajbillig.com
Moving Sale
Moving sale/ Multifamily Sale: 4120 Nutwood Way Fairfax. Antique furniture and numerous items. May 21st 8-12.
Construction Co Hiring... Skilled installers needed for bathroom remodeling Co. Applicants must have 5 years experience and transportation. Requirements; installing ceramic tile, plumbing and electrical. Must pass a criminal background check. Drivers license and social security number a must. Contact Rick 703-209-5828
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ADVERTISEMENT Corning Optical Communications LLC in Herndon, VA seeks Product Management Specialist III responsible for supporting commercial success of product line within Wireless Distributed Antenna System (DAS) business unit. Involves creating the vision, long-term strategy and roadmap for Mid- and High-power wireless remote units for the MA1000/2000 system and managing complete product life-cycle from product introduction to end of life. Responsibilities include developing long-term product line strategy for product line in alignment with overall Wireless business strategy; achieving profitability targets for Mid- and High-power product lines; defining product requirements, creating business cases and overseeing cross-functional teams leading development projects; enabling commercialization of new products through creation of value propositions, floor pricing and analytical models; benchmarking competitive product offerings and conducting ongoing analyses on relative competitive strengths and opportunities; providing product training and presentations to internal and external customers and serving as a technical resource on productrelated issues to internal sales and technical support organizations; assisting RF engineers with in-building wireless designs and interfacing with R&D team to ensure that product features and functions conform with market requirements; supporting regulatory approval process from marketing and technical aspects to enable product availability for all relevant markets; supporting creation and maintenance of collateral materials including product presentations, white papers, technical notes, product specification sheets, ordering guides, user manuals and deployment recommendations; and protecting intellectual property rights through effective use of patents, licenses and other agreements in support of long-term strategy. Position involves 20-30% travel, both domestic and international (Israel and Asia). Requires Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline + 3 years of product management experience. Must include experience with wireless industry protocols and RF technologies for cellular, data and Wi-Fi including GSM, CDMA, LTE, WiMAX, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n and industry ecosystem; experience working with RF test equipment including spectrum and network analyzers and RF signal generators; experience performing RF system optimizations; and experience with wireless industry regulatory and environmental requirements including FCC, TUV, CE and IP ingress. Send resume describing qualifications to the attention of Ms. Karen Clarkson at careers@corning.com or by mail to Ms. Karen Clarkson, Corning Incorporated, MP-HQ-01-E04, Corning, NY 14831. Please reference “Product Management Specialist” in e mail or cover letter.