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Fairfax Education Association President Kimberly Adams, left, a member of the Fairfax County Council of PTAs, holds a sign along with others urging the Board of Supervisors to put a proposed meals tax on the ballot for voters.
Fairfax County voters will decide whether to authorize a meals tax when they head to the polls on Nov. 8. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal to add the referendum to voter ballots during its June 7 meeting. If voters pass the referendum, a 4 percent tax would be levied on prepared food and beverages, including alcohol, in Fairfax County starting with Fiscal Year 2018. “This is going to be a heavy lift. There are several sides to the issue,” said Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross, who chaired the board’s discussion after Chairman Sharon Bulova started the motion. “Let’s ask the voters to decide, and I’m willing to live with what they decide.” The motion to place a meals tax referendum on the election ballot passed the board by an 8-2 vote. The possibility of a county meals tax has cropped up regularly during the Board of Supervisors’ budget discussions over the past several years as many have argued the need for an additional source of revenue to fully fund
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Moved to tears to move across the border into neighboring West Virginia, which is only about 35 miles or so from the westernmost part of Fairfax County. “People are flabbergasted when we tell them we cannot do a move within the state of West Virginia,” Vogt said. It’s not for lack of trying. Vogt has applied for a license to operate his moving company in West Virginia, only to be told by state bureaucrats that his business wasn’t needed. Thanks to relatively obscure state laws requiring moving companies to obtain a so-called “Certificate of Necessity” license (also
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Arty Vogt spent more than $10,000 in legal fees trying to navigate West Virginia’s Certificate of Necessity laws for moving companies, only to be denied a license. Now, he’s taking the state to court so his moving company can use those famous country roads. “I can move you to Brazil, I can move you to Wisconsin. But for no good reason, I’m not allowed to do a move in West Virginia,” he said.
From their headquarters in rural northern Virginia, Arty Vogt and his team of professional movers at Lloyd’s Transfer & Storage can transport your stuff almost anywhere in the world. Unless, that is, you want
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ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Fairfax and Arlington County officials to avoid using the Metro when possible. As of Wednesday morning, Metro ridership for stations west of Ballston, which have been subject to continuous single tracking as part of a “safety surge,” has been consistently down by around 27 percent since WMATA started the first portion of its SafeTrack maintenance project on June 4.
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Hunter Mill District Supervisor Cathy Hudgins encouraged commuters to find alternative transportation options to Metro as WMATA started its SafeTrack program last week.
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known as Certificate of Public Need in other states), it’s not the market that determines whether moving companies get to operate in West Virginia – it’s the state government. Those licenses, which are on the books in many states, were originally concocted as a way to prevent railroads from directly competing with one another. But they have been co-opted by a variety of industries – from pipeline builders to health care providers and, yes, even moving companies – under the premise that state governments are better able
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Natasha McKenna, who died in police custody after being Tasered four times.
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PUBLIC SAFETY NOTES ing vehicle and determined that it was not an active shooter situation. Moreau assisted bystanders in moving Abutoh further away from the burning vehicle. Warrants were initially obtained against Abutoh for malicious wounding. This charge was revised to second degree murder following the passing of Sheren, 74. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Sheren died from complications resulting from injuries he sustained in the crash.
Fatal shooting in Annandale On June 8 around 1:30 p.m., Fairfax County police were called to a home in the 3400 block of Beverly Drive, for the report of a shooting. Police said the preliminary investigation determined that a man apparently wounded two adults at the home. Patrol officers, SWAT, K-9, the police helicopter (Fairfax 1) and other police assets responded and set up a perimeter. Personnel from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department also responded. Arriving officers said they observed a man dead outside the home in the yard. While conducting a search for suspect, SWAT officers located a second victim, an adult female, inside the home. A suspect, an adult male, was also located inside the home and taken into custody. The female victim was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Detectives from the Major Crimes Division and from the Crime Scene Section responded to the scene. Polcie say the relationship between the victims and the suspect has yet to be determined. The suspect was transported to Fairfax County Police Headquarters. The case remains active and the investigation is ongoing.
Springfield man charged with murder of McLean man On May 31, Samuel Ovie Abutoh, 59, of Springfield, was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. There, detectives from the FCPD Major Crimes Division served arrest warrants on Abutoh for Second Degree Murder, Felony Destruction of Property and two counts of Arson. Police were initially called to the Silver Diner located at 8101 Fletcher Street in McLean, at around 12:35 p.m. on May 4, for a report of vehicle crash with injury. Officers arrived and found that an SUV struck the building and was on fire. The fire was ex-
home with his girlfriend, claiming he needed to go to church in the early morning hours. They returned home later and he appeared to be acting rational. No one was injured and this incident was not reported to police at the time it occurred. On the day of the police incident, prior to police involvement, police said the man reported to work at the pool and got into at least one argument with guests over the wristbands required for entry. He claimed they were not the right color and allegedly grabbed one guest, a 24-year-old woman, by the arm to remove her wristband. Guests notified pool management about this incident and several of them left. The lifeguard supervisor, who is a certified lifeguard, arrived and observed the man’s erratic and strange behavior, notified property management and advised the remaining pool guests to clear the area. He remained on scene and summoned police to assist. The Department of Public Safety Communications dispatched officers around 1:35 p.m. for a report of a man talking to himself in the Polish language, walking around and who appeared to be emotionally or mentally distressed. Officers arrived on scene around 1:40 p.m. and observed the man, who appeared to be talking on his cell phone. They attempted to communicate with him several times. The man, without appearing to acknowledge the officers’ presence, would yell and blow his whistle and move away from the officers. The officers, realizing the man was experienc-
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Police Chief shares details of strange Mount Vernon pool incident tinguished by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Four people were reportedly injured, including Abutoh, the driver of the vehicle. Three of the injured were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries; the fourth refused to be transported and was treated at the scene. During the initial investigation, police said it was determined that Abutoh allegedly intentionally drove his SUV into the building multiple times. When doing so, he struck Andrew Sheren of McLean as he was entering the diner. Then, police say Abutoh was observed pouring flammable liquid on his own body and lighting himself on fire while inside the vehicle. Along with numerous bystanders, Chief Flight Officer, Second Lieutenant Jennifer Lescallett of the Helicopter Division, and an off-duty Fairfax County police officer, Brent Moreau, happened to be in the area and quickly responded to the incident. Second Lieutenant Lescallett rendered aid to the injured parties. Officer Moreau was at a nearby location and was alerted by a bystander that a possible “active shooter” incident was occurring at the diner. Moreau responded and observed the burn-
On May 30 around 1:30 p.m., Fairfax County police responded to a report of a man who appeared to be experiencing a mental crisis at a neighborhood pool in the 5800 block of Cameron Run Terrace, in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County. Police said an investigation determined a 22-year-old man was employed at the Riverside Park swimming pool as a lifeguard and had started exhibiting signs of unusual and erratic behavior at his home the night before. Police said he shared with an acquaintance that he was hearing noises and they were telling him to do things or go places. His roommates were reportedly concerned and attempted to talk to him but he became irate and used a chair to strike a door in the home. Then, the man left the
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ing a mental crisis and unable to communicate with him, immediately called for a Polish-speaking officer and an officer specifically trained in crisis intervention. As these and other officers arrived to assist, the man continued to talk to himself and exhibit unusual and erratic behavior. He entered the pool and fully submerged himself at least twice. On two of those occasions, police said the man threw his cell phone into the water and then went in to retrieve it. Each time he went in, he fully submerged himself in the deep end of the pool, remained there for a period of time, moved around under the water then would later surface. Officers could see him clearly through the water and monitored his actions. At least one officer removed his gear just in case it became necessary to take action in the water or assist the lifeguard supervisor. After being under water for some time, police said the man would surface and exit the pool, out of breath. Upon exiting, he continued to pace around, talk to himself or shout and blow his whistle. At one point, he climbed the lifeguard tower and shouted. His behavior appeared tense and agitated, and he did not respond to any of the officers’ attempts to talk, but he never became aggressive toward them and there was no apparent indication, based on statement heard or actions observed, that he intended to harm himself or others. Officers continued their efforts to talk to the man and provide assistance. One of the man’s acquaintances responded to the pool and attempted to talk to him, but he did not respond to his pleas either. For at least a third time, the man entered the pool. He submerged himself once more. Officers moved to where he was in the pool to monitor him. After realizing the man had been under longer than the previous times, the lifeguard supervisor dove in to get him out. Two officers jumped in to assist. When they exited the pool with the man, they could see he needed immediate medical atten-
tion, began CPR and summoned emergency medical personnel, who had been waiting on the perimeter. Officers and emergency personnel successfully resuscitated the man and immediately transported him to Inova Fairfax Hospital. On the way to the hospital, medics reported the man became belligerent and officers had to pull to the side of the road to restrain him. At the hospital, the man’s condition stabilized. Police notified hospital staff of the mental crisis he appeared to be in to ensure he would be evaluated by a mental health professional and receive any necessary assistance. Neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to be factors in this incident. According to FCPD Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr., further investigation determined the man, while exhibiting strange and unusual behavior, made no statements about wanting to hurt himself or anyone else and he was not in violation of any criminal laws. “Police cannot take law enforcement action on a person who is not in violation of a criminal law and as public caretakers, police cannot take a person into involuntary physical custody unless they have reason to believe that someone is in imminent danger to themselves or others or is substantially unable to care for themselves, and therefore, requires immediate psychiatric care,” Roessler said in a statement. “Without any of these factors present, the goal of officers on the scene was to contain the situation, make every effort to keep the man calm and less agitated and get him mental health assistance. They monitored him closely, both in and out of the water, and once it became apparent he was trying to harm himself, they took immediate action to prevent this, then ensured he received proper treatment and care.” Roessler went on to say that he supports the appropriate critical decision-making skills used by his officers in dealing with a person in mental crisis, as well as the follow up to provide mental health resources to a community member in need.
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PEOPLE AND PLACES 2016 Grant Cycle Opens Monday The Giving Circle of HOPE (GCH) is pleased to announce the opening of its 2016 Grant Cycle Monday. The Giving Circle of HOPE seeks to create positive change in Northern Virginia through collective and engaged philanthropy. Since its inception in 2004, GCH has given nearly $1 million to nonprofit organizations in Northern Virginia. For 2016, the GCH will award grants of up to $7,000 to local nonprofits who help disadvantaged, low-income, or underserved people in the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun or Prince William, or the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax or Falls Church. Application instructions can be found at http://wp.me/ P7bMCU-Fx Grant applications are due by 5 p.m. August 12 and must be in electronic format only. To learn more about submission guidelines and the screening process, go to www. givingcircleofhope.org/grants/ collective-grants/. Address questions via e-mail to grants@ givingcircleofHOPE.org or call 703-665-9334.
McLean AAUW Branch Announces New High School Awards Recipients
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Inga Schlier, second from left, and Emma Barberis, second from right, juniors at Marshall High School are shown receiving their academic achievement awards from the McLean Area Branch of AAUW. The awards were presented by Margaret Hines, far left, branch liaison for Marshall HS, and Judy Page, far right, STEM coordinator for the branch. The McLean Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) partnered with counselors at McLean, Langley, and Marshall high schools to award Science and Math Achievement Awards to six female students finishing their junior year. Each award, which is funded through the branch’s annual book sale, consists of a certificate and a $100 check for the honoree. The following students are receiving the 2016 awards: Lauren Hassi, McLean High School, Math; Caroline Lewis, McLean High School, Science; Emily Wallach, Langley High School, Math; Emily Stranne, Langley High School, Science; Inga Schlier, Marshall High School, Math; and Amelia (Emma) Barberis, Marshall High School, Science. The criteria for the awards include a demonstrated record
of overall academic success, as well as a distinguished record of achievement in either math or science. Career center counselors at the schools managed the process of selecting the students. The awards were presented to the students at local award ceremonies at each high school by branch members The branch instituted the awards to encourage young women to pursue educational opportunities related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). For more information on the McLean Area Branch and its annual book sale, visit the AAUW McLean Area website at http:// mclean-va.aauw.net.
Vienna Bike/Walk Challenge Week Starts Monday It’s time kiss the long kiss and ride line at school goodbye – at least for the week of June 13 when elementary schools throughout Vienna will participate in the 8th annual Safe Routes to School Bike/ Walk Challenge Week. Each day during the challenge week, this Monday through June 17, students at Vienna’s seven elementary schools are encouraged to ride their bikes or walk to school. At the end of the week, the schools that have the most improvement, best overall participation, and best biking participation will receive trophies – and bragging rights for the next year. “Parents and kids learn how easy it is to walk or bike to school,” says Pedestrian Advisory Board Member Sean McCall, who has championed the communitywide challenge over the past several years. “Plus it’s really fun for the kids.” Teachers report, he adds, that the challenge makes the classroom learning experience better and more focused because students have exercised before arriving at school. McCall says he’s gratified that there’s “a lot more biking and walking happening in Vienna in the past few years” and that several of the school PTAs have initiated programs to encourage walking and biking throughout the year. He encourages adults, too, to make an effort to walk and bike, at least during the challenge week, to work, shopping, and dining. “People are moving to Town, in part, because of our reputation that you can walk and bike here,” he said. Last year, Westbriar Elementary School won the overall Challenge Cup for most improved participation. About 300 students, half of the school’s population, participated in the challenge, according to Principal Lisa Pilson, who said that that number includes about 170 students who do not typically walk or bike to school. “The challenge not only encourages a healthy lifestyle that includes exercise,” explained Pilson. “It also results in fewer cars in the kiss and ride line, which is both good for the environment and traffic. Also, this activity promotes positive community engagement by providing an opportunity for neighbors to get to know one another.” As a result of the annual challenge, Westbriar’s PTA organizes monthly “Wednesdays are for Walking” events. “I’m proud of our students for participating in this event,” said Pilson. “I sincerely appreciate the work of our PTA. The
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Gallery Hosts Mixed Media Show Live An Artful Life® Gallery in The Plains will host the mixed media work of Linda Hendrickson in a show titled “Feathers, Petals and Sliders”. The show will run through June 26. The public is invited to a painting demonstration by the artist tomorrow from 1 to 5 p.m. It’s a great opportunity to watch, talk to the artist and listen to her speak about her work and techniques. The show reception will be held Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. with the artist present for conversation. Hendrickson has been painting professionally for more than 12 years. She holds a BFA from University of Arizona and an ME from Idaho State University. Hendrickson has taught art to junior high school students and currently teaches adults in her Gainesville studio. Her work has been described as happy, full of color and texture. She describes her style as “Whimsical Impressionism”. Gallery owner, Linda Neel says “If you look closely at her work you might see occasions where Linda has included pieces of other media: sketch book page pieces, map pieces, hand-made papers, newspaper clippings, or pattern tissue. These all add to the interest in each work of art”. The show’s title is telling: Feathers (birds), Petals (flowers) and Sliders (turtles). Hendrickson also loves painting pet portraits and has done many pets on commission from their owners. She has a knack for bringing out the personality of each pet. “Pets are a huge part of our families and lives,” she said. “Whether the pet is posthumous or living I want my paintings to reflect the role they play in our health. I enjoy capturing the pet’s personality and the unconditional love and joy they give us daily.“ Live An Artful Life® Gallery is an artful lifestyle gallery featuring fine art and fine craft handmade in America. The gallery is located at 6474 Main Street in The Plains. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional information on the gallery as well as upcoming events is available by calling the 540-253-9797 or visiting the web site at www.LiveAnArtfulLife. com/events.
Students Named to Radford University Fall Dean’s List Radford University named the following area residents to the Dean’s list for the fall semester. From Vienna: Emma Catherine Aulestia, senior; Renee Melania Dauerer, senior; Kevin Drake Ivey, senior; Jillian Elizabeth Kelly, senior; Matthew Bryant Kelly, senior; Chloe Fernande Lefrancois, senior; Viktoria Lipnicky, junior; Lesleigh A. Martin, junior; Brandon Samuel Miskell, freshman; Rachel Helen Mitchell, junior; Sandra Linette Moncivais, senior; Jenni Patricia Waters-Heflin, sophomore; and Robert Anderson Williams, sophomore. The following Reston residents: Tarryn Marie Chichester, junior; Matthew Edward Cibak,
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Oksana Vickers, left, freshman at Langley High School, received the AAUW McLean Area Branch STEM Excellence Award from Peggy Stotz, right, member of the Branch’s Local Awards Committee at their annual dinner on May 25.
$100 prize By Times Staff Oksana Vickers and Mandy Smith, both freshmen at Langley High School, have been selected as the 2016 recipients of AAUW McLean Area Branch’s STEM Excellence Award. The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Excellence Award is given to a female student or team from a high school in the McLean area with an outstanding science fair project in the field of Engineering. This year’s award recognized the work done by Oksana and Mandy on the project, “The Effect of Desalination Method on Overall Efficiency.” Each student receives an award certificate, half of a $100 award, and recognition at a Branch event. The awards were announced at the Branch’s Annual Dinner on May 25 at Riverbend Country Club. The students’ project was
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motivated by a critical lack of drinkable water worldwide. The purpose of their experiment was to find the most efficient method of desalination in terms of time, reduction in salinity, and water loss. Oksana first became interested in desalination of water through her participation in Langley High School’s Model United Nations club and then pursued learning about the science required for its implementation. She has won awards at the Ivy League Model UN Conference,
as well as regional and state science fairs. Mandy has an interest in both environmental science and engineering and chose this project because it combined her interests and could help others at the same time. She has also won awards at Langley High School’s science fair and the Fairfax County regional science fair. For more information on the American Association of University Women and the McLean Area Branch, visit the AAUW McLean Area website at http:// mclean-va.aauw.net.
freshman; Cailin Rose Fratarcangelo, junior; Jossy Ivet Santos, junior; Joseph J. Stacey, senior; Dakota Rozilyn Wells, senior; and Abdullah Zulfiqar, senior. Springfield residents: Riley Thomas Anderson, senior; Katherine M. Annetti, junior; Briana Chelsea Bittner, freshman; Carra Julia Dewing, senior; Hannah Catherine Downey, senior; Kayger Duran-Mateo, senior; Austin Atwill Fitzmaurice, freshman; Kyle Hector Gonzalez, senior; Hannah Belle Houghton, senior; Sarah Rose Jarvis, senior; Percie Jewell Lyons, freshman; Michael Edgar Matthews, sophomore; Sofia M. Mavrommatis, junior; Kelly Christine McNamara, sophomore; Frederick I. Naramore, senior; Anne Nguyen, senior; Yaritza Pacheco-Lopez, senior; Nicole Marie Puddy, senior; Bradlee Rogers, junior; Brett J. Smith, sophomore; Nicole Alexandra Thomas, senior; Hannah Marie Thomas, senior; Nicholas Andrew Valencia, senior; Rachel Cheaney Winland, sophomore; and Hailey Spenser Yost, freshman. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have taken 12 or more graded credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.4 or above with no grade below a C.
Summer STEM camps offered across Northern Virginia From robotics to rocketry, summer STEM camps offered by Northern Virginia Community College’s SySTEMic Solutions will take place at multiple locations across the region. Summer STEM camps are integral to SySTEMic Solutions’ mission to spark an early interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), equipping youth with skills to pursue STEM education and ultimately strengthen the local workforce. SySTEMic Solutions’ camps have been steadily expanding each year as demand has grown across Northern Virginia. This summer, camps will operate at the following locations: Fairfax County: VEX IQ Robotics at Edison High School (July 11-15), South Lakes High School (July 18-29) and Marshall High School (Aug. 1-5) VEX 1 Robotics at Edison High School (July 11-15), South Lakes High School (July 18-29) and Marshall High School (Aug. 1-5)
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Park High School (July 18-22) Rocketry Camp at Patriot High School (July 11-15) and Forest Park High School (July 18-22) VEX IQ Robotics at Patriot High School (July 11-15) and Forest Park High School (July 18-22) VEX 1 Robotics at Patriot High School (July 11-15) and Forest Park High School (July 18-22) Cybersecurity Camp at Forest Park High School (July 18-22) VEX 2 Robotics at Woodbridge Senior High School (July 25-Aug. 5) CAD/3D Printing Camp at NOVAManassas (July 25-Aug. 5) Programming Camp at NOVAManassas (July 25-Aug. 5). Register at www.nvcc.edu/ systemic or contact SySTEMic Solutions Regional STEM Coordinator Aleksander Marthinussen at 703-530-2894 or systemic@ nvcc.edu for more information.
In Memoriam - Stanley Jakubiak Jr. Stanley John Jakubiak Jr., 72, of Chantilly, VA, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016. Born on October, 15, 1943 in Plains, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Stanley Jakubiak Sr. and the late Evelyn Sagon. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother Mark Jakubiak. Stanley obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) on June 9, 1966. He retired from the Department of Defense in 2014 after 48 years of distinguished federal service. Stanley is survived by his sister Judy Schott, daughter Pamela Laing, son Steven Jakubiak, and grandson Jason Laing. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM with a memorial service at 12:00 PM on Thursday, June 9, 2016 held at Adams Green Funeral Home in Herndon, VA.
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MEALS TAX Continued from Page A-1 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and other county services. While many cities and towns around or in Fairfax County already have meals taxes, including the towns of Vienna, Herndon and Clifton, Virginia law requires that counties in the state pass a referendum in order to establish a meals tax. Fairfax County previously had a meals tax proposal on the ballot in 1992, when the referendum failed to pass. This current attempt to levy a meals tax began on Apr. 22, 2014, when Bulova urged the Board of Supervisors to form a task force to explore the issue. The task force presented its final report to the board on June 17 of that year. The issue of a meals tax has proved divisive among Fairfax County residents and even on the Board of Supervisors. Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity in particular came out in strong opposition to the tax during the board’s June 7 meeting. Because in Virginia, only a court can officially order a voter referendum, the Board of Supervisors vote was technically to pass a drafted resolution that will be presented to the Fairfax County Circuit Court in order to request a referendum. The Department of Management and Budget estimates that a meals tax would generate $99 million in its first year. The resolution approved by the Board of Supervisors for the circuit court states that 70 percent of that revenue would be dedicated to FCPS. The county would use the remaining 30 percent for various other services, capital improvement projects and property tax relief. However, several supervi-
TEARS Continued from Page A-1 to balance supply and demand than the marketplace. In reality, though, CON laws allow existing businesses to use the power of the state government to keep out competition. That’s the basis of a lawsuit filed last week in federal court challenging the constitutionality of West Virginia’s CON licensing laws for moving companies. Vogt is the plaintiff in the lawsuit, and he’s getting assistance from the Pacific Legal Foundation, a nonprofit law firm that litigates in favor of free markets and limited government. Larry Salzman, an attorney for the group, said West Virginia’s law is “state-sanctioned cronyism.” “It drives entrepreneurs off the road merely to safeguard the market share of existing moving companies,” he said in a statement to Watchdog. Vogt said he spent a full year and more than $10,000 in legal fees trying to navigate West Virginia’s CON process after his application to operate in the state was challenged by other moving companies. Under the state law mandating a Certificate of Necessity for household-goods movers, a license can be obtained only by proving a “need” for new services that cannot be met by existing companies. There are no objective standards in the law for demonstrating a “need,” and established companies are allowed to protest applications by wouldbe competitors; if a protest is lodged, the whole thing ends up in court, driving up the cost
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“We have to come up with revenue to help our own residents,” McKay said. “We have a moral obligation. We’re not going to stop funding schools, police, human services because the state won’t do their job.” Lee McKay Lee District Supervisor sors expressed skepticism Tuesday about whether that revenue split would be the best course of action, questioning the emphasis on funding for schools over other services. Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins proposed that the board defer its vote on the referendum resolution until its June 21 meeting so that the supervisors can have a more detailed discussion with Fairfax County School Board members about how FCPS would use its additional funds. The Board of Supervisors and School Board have a joint retreat scheduled for June 14. “I believe [education] is important for everybody,” Hudgins said, noting that she will ultimately advocate for the meals tax. “I also believe in all of the services that families need to support the educational attainment of their children, and we do not support that as well as we can.” Hudgins’s motion to defer failed by a 4-6 vote. Supporters of a meals tax argue that the county needs to diversify its revenue streams with federal spending in the area decreasing and real estate taxes ris-
of the process and effectively allowing existing companies to block their competition. The West Virginia Public Service Commission, which handles CON licensing issues, did not respond to Watchdog’s inquiries about Vogt’s complaints. According to the Pacific Legal Foundation, West Virginia has not approved a new moving company in more than 15 years. West Virginia is not alone when it comes to restricting competition between moving companies — by one count, there are similar laws on the books in 23 states. These state licensing laws are hardly a new phenomenon and neither is the fight against them. The first such laws were created in the late 19th century and designed to protect semimonopolies such as railroads, but they gradually evolved into government-enforced bans on competition in a variety of sectors. In 1932, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered what should have been a decisive blow. In New State Ice Company v. Leibmann, the court struck down an Oklahoma law that banned the delivery of ice unless a new delivery company could prove to a state board there was a public need for more deliveries. The board that made the decision, perhaps unsurprisingly, was staffed by the owners of existing ice companies. In the 7-2 ruling, Justice George Sutherland wrote “it is beyond the power of the state, under the guise of protecting the public, arbitrarily to interfere with private business or prohibit lawful occupations.” But that ruling did little to
ing. Fairfax County’s real estate taxes currently stand at $1.130 per $100 of assessed value, an increase over $1.090 in 2015. FCPS advocates in particular say that inadequate funding has made it difficult for the school system to address basic needs, such as paying teachers a salary that would keep the county competitive with nearby jurisdictions. Finding new sources of revenue has become a challenge for Fairfax County, because the state limits or controls the county’s non-property tax revenues and prohibits the county from imposing taxes on products such as alcohol without General Assembly approval. The General Assembly also frequently spends Fairfax County residents’ tax dollars in other parts of Virginia, argued Lee District Supervisor Lee McKay, who noted that the county is in the top 10 areas in the state when it comes to personal income but the bottom 10 for investment in education. “We have to come up with revenue to help our own residents,” McKay said. “We have a moral obligation. We’re not
stop the march of restrictive licensing laws. In recent years, though, the tide has begun to turn. In 2007, Minnesota lawmakers eliminated a state law requiring new moving companies to give notice to existing companies. In 2012, Missouri lawmakers brought an end to a similar law that gave existing moving companies veto power over new applicants. Similar laws in Missouri and Oregon have been changed after legal challenges in those states. Most reform efforts have focused on CON licenses for hospitals and other medical service providers. Virginia, Tennessee and other states have seen recent legislative activity focused on eliminating those licensing laws as a way to free up health care markets, reduce prices and improve access to care, particularly in rural areas. The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice have gone on the record in support of repealing CON laws. Leaving aside the legal and economic consequences of CON laws, there’s a more basic question: If someone wants to hire Vogt to move their belongings from Virginia to West Virginia, how is that the state government’s business? There’s no public safety issue here. There’s no evidence that driving a moving van in Beryville, where Vogt’s company is located, is any less dangerous than driving that same van across the state line to Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., less than 20 miles away. “That’s not only unfair,” Salzman said. “It violates the U.S. Constitution.”
going to stop funding schools, police, human services because the state won’t do their job.” Opponents of a meals tax, however, say that the tax unfairly singles out the restaurant industry and adds to the financial burden that taxpayers already have to carry. Herrity, the tax’s most vocal opponent on the Board of Supervisors, proposed an amendment that would change the phrasing of the board’s resolution to “an additional tax on prepared food and beverages.” Northern Virginia has a 6 percent state and local sales tax rate, up 0.7 percent from the general rate applied to the rest of the state. “It targets a specific industry, an industry that does so much for our schools and community and provides jobs and careers to so many of our residents,” Herrity said when explaining his opposition to the meals tax. “It’s a regressive tax that impacts those who can least afford it, and it’s not the answer to our standing problems.” Those in the restaurant industry, many of whom were present in the audience during the board
meeting, argue that, while a meals tax would apply to tourists and travelers, it would still have a significant effect on Fairfax County residents, particularly if they are low-income or working parents who rely on prepared food to save time. They also say that the tax could affect the success of existing restaurants, especially small or new businesses, while creating a disincentive for ones considering a move to the region to locate in Fairfax County. “A single-industry tax is unfair and not broad enough to really affect the county budget in any way,” Claude Anderson, a Fairfax resident and restaurant manager, said. “It’ll affect our businesses. It’ll affect our employees and also the jobs of some of our employees.” Anderson suggested that the county look into a broader service industry tax instead of focusing just on meals. Jon Norton, the CEO of Great American Restaurants, which operates several restaurants in Fairfax County, including multiple Costal Flats and Sweetwater Tavern branches, expressed disappointment with
what he sees as a lack of transparency from the Board of Supervisors. Norton says that he wishes the board passed Herrity’s amendment, which failed by a 3-7 vote, and he also thinks that the public needs more specifics about where the money from a meals tax would go in order to make a good decision when voting on the referendum. “It seems like they’re trying to share that it’s going to go to a certain place, but who knows where the money’s going to actually end up?” Norton said. In order for the meals tax referendum to officially end up on the Nov. 8 ballot, the circuit court will have order a referendum election by Aug. 19, and the clerk of the court would then publish notice of the election sometime in September or October. If the referendum passes, the Board of Supervisors would hold public hearings on the meals tax in early 2017 and adopt an ordinance establishing the amount and terms of the tax in February 2017. For now, though, the question of a countywide meals tax falls to voters. Fairfax Education Association president Kimberly Adams attended the board meeting, because she thought it was important that the Board of Supervisors give voters the opportunity to express their opinions. While the Fairfax Education Association focuses specifically on schools, Adams says that she was glad Hudgins and other board members emphasized that the need for more revenue for Fairfax County extends beyond the school system. “Our entire county as a whole needs to support more of our human services and capital improvements to keep Fairfax County the world class place it is to live, work and play,” Adams said.
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McKenna, 37, died on Feb. 8, 2015, while in the custody of the Fairfax County Police Department. Sheriff Stacy Kincaid called her death a “terrible tragedy” in a statement released in September, but the lawsuit alleges McKenna’s death was gross negligence. McKenna was held in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center after being arrested in Alexandria in January 2015. The ADC houses inmates with mental illnesses. McKenna had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as a teenager. She needed to be transferred to Alexandria, so a six-member Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was mobilized. In a video filmed before and during the transfer, a member of the SERT said that McKenna was a biohazard threat. The officer claimed she had been throwing feces and was not listening to the officers. The video showed entire SERT was dressed in hazmat suits and gas masks and armed with riot shields when they went to remove McKenna from her cell. The lawsuit claims the use of the team went against the department’s standard operating procedure because it is only supposed to be used when “all other methods of resolving an emergency situation have been exhausted.” It further claimed “there was no emergency until the SERT created one.” The video, which was partially obstructed by the six-man team, showed a member of the SERT using a Taser on McKenna four times as they restrained her. The lawsuit asserts the use of a Taser was unjustified and accuses the SERT of blocking the camera on purpose. It also accuses the SERT with three different counts of gross negligence, willful and reckless negligence, battery, and wrongful death and Sheriff Kincaid with two counts of “grossly negligent supervision” and “wrongful death.” The lawsuit demands a jury trial. In September, Ray Morrogh, the Fairfax County commonwealth’s attorney, announced there would not be criminal charges against the staff involved in the death. Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office representatives declined to comment on the suit, citing its policy that the office does not comment on pending litigation cases.
Metro and Northern Virginia officials urged residents to find alternative means of transportation for the next couple of weeks, as continuous single tracking on the orange and silver lines between East Falls Church and Ballston raised the possibility of long delays and heavy crowds. “Our hope is that people who really need the service and don’t have any other options, they’re the ones who will use Metro,” WMATA general manager Paul Wiedefeld said at a June 3 press conference. “If you have other options, please use them.” Northern Virginia residents appear to have heard his plea. Ridership on the orange and silver lines west of Ballston, starting from the Vienna and Wiehle-Reston stations respectively, dropped by 26.9 percent Wednesday from 5:00 to 10:00 a.m., with just under 16,500 riders compared to more than 22,000 on May 18 before the safety surge started. The most significant drop-off came at the West Falls Church station, which saw a 47 percent decrease in riders Wednesday morning, while Spring Hill actually saw 5 percent increase from 460 riders to 482. WMATA reported similar numbers for Monday morning, the first workday during the safety surge, when there was a 26.1 percent drop in riders, and Tuesday morning, when ridership dropped by 27 percent. This particular safety surge, which reduced service at stations west of Ballston to one train every 18 minutes, is scheduled to end June 16. WMATA has planned 14 more surges that will impact various track segments until mid-March 2017. While most surges involve continuous single tracking, some of them require the shutdown of entire stations. Metro has also closed all stations at midnight every day since June 3, a practice that will continue into the foreseeable future. The next safety surge will start June 18 with the closing of stations between Eastern Market and Minnesota Avenue. SafeTrack is WMATA’s plan to allow for maintenance and repair projects intended to address the subway system’s performance issues. “We have a system where there’s been deferred maintenance for de-
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“We have a system where there’s been deferred maintenance for decades. The reality is we can’t go on this way from a safety standpoint or from a service reliability standpoint. We have to do something different.” Paul Wiedefeld WMATA General Manager
cades,” Wiedefeld said. “The reality is we can’t go on this way from a safety standpoint or from a service reliability standpoint. We have to do something different.” With Metro ridership down, commuters have turned to other transportation options to get to work. As officials discouraged people from driving if they’re alone, traffic going into Washington, D.C., on June 6 was fairly normal for a Monday in June, aside from a slight increase in congestion on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge over the Potomac River, according to Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) director Tom Biesiadny. Tuesday saw an uptick in traffic but “no dramatic differences,” and I-66 was backed up Wednesday morning between Routes 123 and 50, though an accident on the interstate made it difficult to tell how much of that congestion could be attributed to drivers avoiding the Metro. Fairfax County added a supplemental bus line from the Vienna Metro station to the Pentagon along with additional stops along an existing route to the Pentagon from Reston. According to Biesiadny, ridership on the new Vienna route nearly doubled on Wednesday since the ser-
vice started Monday morning, jumping from 115 riders to more than 200. The expanded Reston line also saw a noticeable but less striking increase in riders. Though exact numbers weren’t available Wednesday, the regional ridesharing service Commuter Connections also received a boost in usage with the establishment of new slug lines, including one at the kiss-and-ride lot at the Vienna Metro station. With a second surge scheduled again for the East Falls Church and Ballston stations starting July 20, Fairfax County officials hope to use the lessons learned from this first surge to improve operations next time. In addition to developing better signage to mark bus stops, the county is considering altering bus times to run earlier or later, and FCDOT will also upload its bus schedules to the trip planner on WMATA’s website, something that it wasn’t able to do earlier given the limited timeframe that the county was given to prepare for SafeTrack. “We’ll continue to adjust for conditions,” Biesiadny said. “Things may happen that we don’t expect, or we learn [new] things. The good thing is we have the flexibility to make adjustments.”
• On June 25, 1876, near Montana’s Little Bighorn River, Indians led by Sioux chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull wipe out Lt. Col. George Custer and much of his 7th Cavalry. Within an hour, Custer and all 215 of his soldiers were dead. Although the Sioux and Cheyenne fought to maintain their traditional ways, within five years almost all would be confined to reservations. • On June 22, 1906, writer and pilot Anne Morrow Lindbergh (wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh) is born in New Jersey. She later published several books about her experiences, including “North to the Orient” (1935). • On June 26, 1948, the Berlin Airlift begins as U.S. and British aircraft deliver food and supplies after the city is isolated by a Soviet blockade. By July 15, an average 2,500 tons of supplies were being flown in each day, with planes landing every 4 minutes. • On June 21, 1956, playwright Arthur Miller defies the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refuses to name suspected communists. Miller’s defiance of McCarthyism won him a conviction for contempt of court. • On June 20, 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a “hot line” communication system, a step toward reducing tensions between the two countries following the Cuban Missile Crisis. • On June 23, 1987, Tiffany launches a career-making tour with a live performance in a mall in New Jersey. The 16-year-old singer’s debut album gathered dust until she began her tour of shopping malls, turning the album into a smash hit. • On June 24, 1997, the Walt Disney Corp. orders the recall 100,000 already shipped copies of an album by Insane Clown Posse — on the day of its planned release. The Southern Baptist Convention had threatened to boycott Disney over the rap duo’s lyrics. © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Sohwon Kim is on the path to the 2020 Olympics. A 19-year-old native of Fairfax, Kim has been training diligently his whole life in the combination sport/art of Korean martial arts Taekwondo. Kim is currently competing on an international level at the Pan American Taekwondo
Championship games in Queretaro, Mexico for the U.S. Senior National Team. The Championship is comprised of talented and driven Taekwondo athletes from North America, Central America, and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Kim will be competing against athletes from Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Brazil. Many of these countries are considered “power house” countries in the sport. Kim says he is not intimated and considers himself as a “young fresh-faced athlete” who is very dangerous due to his vast experience as a Junior Athlete.
The outcome of the Mexican match, which is set to end June 11, will determine his international ranking. Kim got his start in Taekwondo at the age of five. His teacher or “grandmaster” was his father, Han Kyu Kim. Sohwon accredits his father for the “main reason I’m able to have great kicking technique and skills,” he said. Sohwon’s father owns the US taekwondo College with locations in Chantilly and Herndon. Sohwon Kim is currently being trained under three time former Olympian and Olympic head team coach Juan Moreno. Together they are working towards having him compete in the 2020 Olympic Games.
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The Northern Virginia Wiffle® Ball World Series (NVWWS) returns to Fairfax County for its 21st Annual competition on August 6 at Waters Field in Vienna. For the past decade, the 2-Young-Foundation (2YF), a nonprofit foundation dedicated to benefitting Brain Cancer Research in the memory of former Vienna resident Brian Bedell, has hosted this recognizable community event. This year, the Joe Cassella Foundation is now the proud sponsor of this local tournament. The Joe Cassella Foundation looks PHOTO COURTESY NVWWS to continue the great tradition of donating the proceeds of this event to families in the Northern Virginia area who are in
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Ball players of all ages and skill levels are welcome, as four different leagues are set to include 48 teams, divided by league: Little League, Minor League, Major League and Masters League, as well as toddler fields for the 6 and under players. NVWWS player registration is now open and teams can sign up on the JCF website (http://JoeCassellaFoundation.org/Wiffle). The site also provides information about corporate and team sponsorships, numerous volunteer opportunities, and much more! The Joe Cassella Foundation’s mission is to provide financial assistance for medical expenses to families of children who are ill in the Washington D.C. Metro area. This organization was born from the loss of an amazing man and inspired by the overwhelming support his family received throughout their journey. To find out more, go to www.JoeCassellaFoundation.org
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Online dating sites: love meets the law THE LEGAL EDGE by PAUL SAMAKOW
It is not hard to understand a single person’s desire for love and companionship. (See Adam and Eve.) Fast-forward to the Internet. The tools for finding love exist and flourish there. Estimates say that 1 in 5 marriages now come from online dating. We venture forth into romance. But we can get burned. Horror stories about dating site continue to surface, including situations ranging from ridiculous mismatches, to fraudulent “profiles,” to being scammed and losing money. Even worse, there have been instances of stalking and assaults. When crimes are committed that are associated with online dating, the matters transcend the dating service itself and are handled by the authorities when reported. Sadly, however, when dates go badly wrong for any reason, civil law – the body of law enabling a victim to seek monetary compensation or reimbursement --mostly does not protect the victim. The closest analogy to how this works is going into a bar looking for love. If the rendezvous turns out badly, you cannot sue the bar. “Caveat emptor,” (“buyer beware”) is a key tenant of consumer law. And so it is in the world of online dating. Not everyone is blond and skinny or muscular with a full head of hair and a pleasant personality. Online dating can lead to rip-off scams, sexual predators, felons, stalkers, your data being taken, defamation, and damage to your reputation. So tell me about yourself. On-line? Yes? Okay, tell me honestly. Looking for a date or a relationship? Act as you would in a bar. Be careful. Be suspicious. Be slow before giving out too much information. Don’t provide your last name or telephone number too quickly, and assume anyone who mentions a huge family trust fund or an ownership interest in a diamond mine in Africa is probably stretching the truth. Every divorce attorney has a story about a potential client wanting a divorce because they met someone across the country they want to marry. When asked if they’ve ever met, the answer is “no, but I know this is my soul mate.” Maybe, but again, be careful. In today’s world of online dating, there are currently three kinds of available services. They offer: 1. an ability to search for and see photographs of prospects; 2. a chance to exchange messages and set up in-person meetings; and 3. “matching” with individuals who are possible long-term romantic prospects. In order to pair you with others, the dating services collect data about you. You will fill out a form, identify preferences, and maybe even provide a blood sample. You will provide a photograph of yourself, identify your age, height, weight, date of birth, religion and ethnic identity in some cases, and your history of relationships, often answering if you have been married before and if you have children. You will be asked your occupation or profession and where you live and work. You may be asked about your drinking or criminal history. Results for the effort? One dating service advertises that potential matches are “prescreened for deep compatibility with you across 29 dimensions.” In reality, your mileage may vary. But where else can you go and get potentially hundreds of people interested in dating you in less than an hour? Miffed because you got matched up with someone with whom you have nothing in common? Have you endured date after torturous date? The likelihood is that the site did what it was supposed to do; it matched you with
someone compatible. The problem is, people lie. I don’t know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest – it doesn’t exist. Richard Gere. I hate first dates. I made the mistake of telling my date a lie about myself, and she caught me. I didn’t think she’d actually demand to see the bat cave. Alex Reed. How many people are really honest in their profiles? Analysts say fibbing is common Men say they are taller, women say they weigh less. Studies show that 80 percent of profiles contain inaccuracies. When you sign up for a dating site, you are signing a contract. You have undoubtedly heard the expression that contracts have “fine print.” Indeed, a dating site’s fine print, often seen in the section of the contract called Terms of Service, states among other things that once you give them your information, it is theirs forever. This includes photographs you provide of yourself. Even if you quit the service, find true happiness and get married, the site keeps your data, because they believe you’ll be back. Sites are allowed to share your data. Tell them of upcoming nuptials, off goes your data to a wedding site. Most “hyper-target” you and use your demographic, preference, psychological and behavioral data to sell your information to companies selling products and services you likely want, or will want. In 2014, though, a California jury awarded a class of members $16.5 million in damages against a dating site for STD-positive singles that promised 100 percent confidentiality. The site gave members’ information to thousands of its related websites. Another clause in all of dating sites’ contracts says that they are not responsible for the truth or accuracy of the information provided by members. Translation: if people lie, too bad for you. The dating site contracts also have multiple liability disclaimers: “You are solely responsible…” “You understand (we) do not in any way screen our members…” “(We) are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate content posted.” Lawsuits against dating sites for false statements made by other members mostly go nowhere. Congress passed the Communications Decency Act of 1996 establishing that the sites cannot be held responsible for the lies of its members. One lawsuit that did prevail occurred in 2007, when Yahoo Personals agreed to pay $4 million to settle a claims alleging they allowed people to post fake profiles, when those doing the posting had no interest in finding dates. Nefarious behavior doesn’t always involve only the members of these online sites. Two sites reportedly created fake profiles to keep paying members from cancelling their accounts. One site actually sent employees on dates posing as paying members. Attempting to help, some states require the sites to tell possible customers whether they have done criminal record background checks. There is no requirement to do these checks. They just have to tell if they do them. A Florida model sued a dating site in 2013 and proposed an improvement as to what the sites should do: she claimed they could easily weed out fake profiles if they used photo recognition software and checked IP addresses. A Las Vegas woman sued a dating site for $10 million after the man she was paired with stabbed her 10 times in the face and chest in an effort to kill her. The man was prosecuted and sentenced to 28-70 years in jail. The woman lost her civil damages lawsuit against the site because of The Communications Decency Act , which specifies “websites are not liable for user
content.” Recommendations for searching for on-line love: 1. The site address should begin “https,” which signifies online security. 2. The site should truly delete your data when you close your account. 3. It should disclose who else gets your data. 4. It should provide the name and telephone number of a real person to contact with questions or concerns. 5. Use a free e-mail account specifically set up for on-line dating. Some sites offer a “blind” email service – if so, use it. 6. Put out your suspicious antenna: if your instincts raise questions, act. This means if someone doesn’t resemble their photo, if they have frightening or aggressive personalities, if they appear dishonest, it is okay to retreat or completely abandon the date. 7. Follow common sense electronic privacy rules. 8. Read the terms of service and privacy policies before signing on with any site. 9. Check the local Better Business Bureau website for scams. Be realistic. And always remember: to find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads. 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.
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Why are we so negative? NEURISHING NEWS
TERESA MICHELI
Do you tend to be negative? Professional experience and research shows me that negativity is the default position of the human psyche, part of the brain’s survival system, which is why it’s so hard to eradicate. Why would our brains make us so negative? The reality is that the brain is hardwired for negativity. Studies of brain development and observations about early traumas support this. First, let’s look at brain development. To simplify greatly, our right hemisphere deals more than the left with emotions and the gist of sensory experience and pattern recognition, while our left hemisphere deals with language, logic, and problem solving. Now it turns out that the right hemisphere is more negative than the left; the left hemisphere—to the extent that it does deal with emotions—is more positive than the right. The left hemisphere orients itself toward positive emotions related to approach, exploration, and connection with others. The right hemisphere, as we have discussed, is oriented toward negative emotions related to withdrawal and self-protection. It is more closely related to the limbic system and to the rest of the body than is the left hemisphere. Think of emotions as experiences that move us toward or away from something or someone. Emotions are the ways we experience and interpret the impact of our brain networks on our body states. The negative emotions we experience—think fight or flight— are more primitive and basic than our positive emotions. And negative emotions—grounded as they are in the right hemisphere and the primitive amygdala—can even override the more positive and logical left hemisphere when we are threatened. Situations of significant threat or danger can literally render us speechless—the left (verbal) hemisphere shuts down, and the right hemisphere and the amygdala
dominate our experience. The kicker is that in an ironic twist of fate, Mother Nature has seen fit to develop the negative right hemisphere before the more positive left hemisphere develops. Because in typical brain development the right hemisphere comes online first, the infant and toddler experiences the world with a negative tinge, and of course has no language or logic with which to understand or correct his early perceptions. Thus, a baseline, a foundation, of negativity is set early in life. Later, the left hemisphere matures and we develop language and an ability to apply logic to otherwise emotionally driven situations. But the foundation of negativity has already been set in stone. Because so much of early emotional learning is guided by the right hemisphere, negative experiences early in life can have a detrimental and longlasting impact on how we feel about ourselves, our personality structure, and how we tend to experience the world. The development of our memory system also hardwires us for negativity. To again simplify greatly, we have implicit and explicit memory systems. Implicit corresponds to nonverbal. Think of riding a bicycle. We remember how to do it, but we cannot explain it in words. That’s implicit. Explicit corresponds to verbal. We can remember the name of our fourth-grade teacher or the date we memorized for the attack on Pearl Harbor. The implicit memory system is centered on the amygdala, which learns quickly and crudely about dangers but seems to hold on to them like a steel trap because it deals with threats to existence. The amygdala is for the most part not plastic; its memories are relatively fixed and rigid. The explicit memory system is based in the hippocampus, which is “plastic,” or changeable, so we can learn new things and forget what is nonessential. The problem is that the explicit system, like the
reasoning left hemisphere, takes longer to develop, leaving the infant once again prone to negatively tinged experiences of the world provided by the earlier-developing amygdala system. The perceived dangers from early traumas, branded into the more primitive parts of the nervous system, including the amygdala, can last a lifetime. We all wish that love would triumph over fear, but neurobiologically speaking, that’s a tall challenge. The infant and young toddler have only the amygdala memory system active in their brain. So they have the right hemisphere, which tends to interpret things negatively, and they have their only memory system being the amygdala. The amygdala’s steel trap just won’t let go of early traumas. Later, as language skills begin to develop, young children begin to develop an effective explicit memory system centered on the hippocampus, in which memories can be modified and even forgotten. In fact, full development of the hippocampus likely occurs only in early adulthood. But until they are at least past the toddler stage, the only memory system children have is the amygdala system, which holds on to traumatic memories like the proverbial elephant—never forgetting. In Joseph Annibali’s new book, Reclaim Your Brain—How to Calm Your Thoughts, Heal Your Mind, and Bring Your Life Back Under Control, he demonstrates how to manage your brain-based tendencies for negativity by reframing and rewriting the negative stories that we all tell ourselves. Doing so, we find that our lives and relationships can be remarkably improved. Teresa Micheli holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, with additional schooling in nutritional therapy. Currently, she is the Founder of Neurish and provides brain coaching and training in the Northern Virginia area.
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FCPS music cuts cut artistic creativity LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I’m on the stage at the Clarice Smith Arts Center at the University of Maryland ready to sing. A full orchestra and choir both composed of high school kids are behind me. We’ve worked hard to produce the best show we can because we are all passionate about one thing: music. Unfortunately, other kids may not be able to share similar musical experiences. In light of recent budget cuts in public schools around the nation programs are getting the axe, and music programs are often the first to go. Cuts came about in Philadelphia when the School District of Philadelphia’s Class Itinerant Music Teachers program was eliminated in 2013, affecting music teachers, parents and students. This isn’t unique to Philadelphia. Closer to home, the FCPS School Board sent out a proposed budget to the Board of Supervisors for this upcoming school year. If not fully funded, 4th grade strings programs could have been eliminated in the upcoming school year. Some FCPS schools have already begun tightening their
music programs by making fewer ensembles available to students. This is especially unfortunate as music enrichment can be obtained privately by those who can afford it, but low-income students often do not have the funds to participate in music enrichment outside of school. The elimination of these programs all together would be devastating. Although it appears that STEM subjects are valued more than music in the U.S. in 2016, School officials need to realize the benefits of music education are immense and all students regardless of income should have access to these programs. There are many ideas as to why music programs are often the first ones to be cut in public schools, but one accepted idea is that STEM-subjects are seen as more valuable. STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics; subjects considered the foundations of the corporate and industrial world. Anthony Mazzochi, grammy-nominated music educator, believes that at
the top of the educational hierarchy are STEM subjects and therefore the arts aren’t as valued, as STEM subjects are “the most useful subjects” that will “get you a job or into college”. It is this mindset that has pushed music to the bottom of the totem pole, especially in competitive counties like FCPS. Adding to the neglect of music programs in schools are the Common Core Standards, as well as the No Child Left Behind Act, which was passed out of concern that American Education was no longer competitive. The Common Core Standards focus on what K-12 students should know in the areas of English and mathematics at the end of each year, and the No Child Left Behind Act creates testing standards. Music programs were consequently not seen as necessary core subjects. Although it appears that STEM subjects are valued more than music in the U.S. in 2016, School officials need to realize the benefits of music education are immense and all students re-
gardless of income should have access to these programs. In budget crises, some students have access to these programs and some unfortunately don’t. James Caterall, a professor of education at UCLA, remarks on how cuts to music programs in public schools especially affects low-income families; “ It is true that instruction can be obtained in a ‘private market by those who can afford it’, but arts education in schools is something students should be able to experience and benefit from”. In an expensive area like Fairfax County, a family may simply not have enough money to pay for a music lesson; and they shouldn’t have to. Music education programs should be in our schools where they are accessible to all children. What school board members in many counties don’t realize is that music programs have so many benefits, especially for children. Some of the benefits are improved performance in school, higher test scores, better self confidence, better language -learning skills, and higher
graduation rates. Music teacher Hugh Williamson believes “music class is the motivation some kids need to wake up and go to school.” Williamson was one of sixty-six music teachers reassigned or laid off due to budget cuts in Philadelphia. When his school’s music program was cut, 11- year- old music student Ravi Giberson stated, “Music is really a way for me to express myself...it’s difficult to imagine going back to school next year with no music.” His Mother, Trinette Giberson, commented “The outlet for a child who wants to learn an instrument of their choice is disappearing and it’s just not right.” Music belongs in schools right along with math and science, and students should be given the choice to take music or not. Why do I, a junior at Oakton High School, care so much about these programs being cut? I care because FCPS music programs laid the foundation for my passion for music. I enrolled in chorus in 4th grade at Hunters Woods Elementary School, and I am still involved in chorus at the High
School level. My middle school choir teacher helped me find my voice teacher, a Metropolitan Opera Singer named Danielle Talamantes. She also had her musical start in FCPS schools and majored in music at Virginia Tech. Without music in FCPS schools she claims, “ it is likely she would not be where she is now.” I have placed in multiple voice competitions and this summer I will be participating in the Washington National Opera’s Summer Opera Institute at American University and the Kennedy Center. I plan to go to college for vocal performance in the Fall of 2017. Without the musical foundation I received in school, I likely would not be where I am today. Regardless of family income and despite how STEM subjects are seen as more useful, music programs are so important and should be available to all. Who knows, maybe the next Puccini is being denied proper music education right now. Jillian Tate Oakton
Treatment, not incarceration, Local delegate endorses Clinton for our troubled heroes Most of us cannot imagine what it is like to return as a veteran and have the horrors of our experiences abroad follow us home. Most of us cannot imagine what it is like to suffer a traumatic brain injury or endure a mental health challenge that threatens our future. Unfortunately, many of our veterans have not only lived these experiences, but have had them impact their lives significantly. Many veterans develop post-traumatic stress, substance use disorders, or other difficulties assimilating back into everyday life. They deserve just as much care and respect from us as they showed our nation. All too often, when faced with a troubled veteran who committed a low-level offense, we approach the situation with incarceration. Instinctively, we lock up this offender during his or her crisis rather than offer the treatment he or she needs. In reality, incarcerating veterans who commit low-level offenses is more expensive, inefficient, and disregards their need for lasting treatment. Incarceration of those with mental health needs does not
deter future crimes, but increases the odds of future offenses and a more pronounced need for help. It only serves to agitate an already vicious cycle, and does nothing to address the mental health issues these veterans may experience. Here in Fairfax County, we are taking the lead in Virginia in fighting for treatment over incarceration when veterans or the mentally ill are involved in low-level offenses. I have been a major proponent of the Veterans Treatment Docket, a specialty court that works with veterans, not against them, by offering treatment, intense court supervision, and mentoring by a fellow combat Vet to help them in need get back on their feet. The Veterans Treatment Docket recently graduated its first group of veterans, and is establishing its reputation here and across Virginia as a rigorous treatment program aiming to treat as many qualifying veterans as possible. The graduates of this first class, who have showcased the growing potential of this docket, are now in a much better position
Athletes Laundromat and spent the afternoon chilling with Ziggy Marley underneath a tree ... I was good. I also was lucky. Twenty minutes later, a bomb went off in the park, killing two people and injuring more than 100. Had we stayed, we would have been within 50 yards of the blast, and almost certainly taken a nail or two from the insidious bomb. I went back to work the next day and joined the chorus of volunteers and amateurs who wanted to see the games go on. That was then; this is now. It may come as a surprise to you to learn that the mosquito is the most deadly animal on the planet. Each year, the little female of the species bites, drinks from and in so doing infects, millions of people and animals around the world, killing more than even we humans do. This year’s Olympics are to be held in Brazil. They are not ready, nor are they prepared to deal with the ramifications of the Zika virus, a virus we are just beginning to understand, a virus that deforms babies and can be transmitted sexually. That last part has me the most worried: Athletes are proud of their bodies. They actually made the hookup app Tinder a household name due to its handiness in the last Athletes Village. The World Health Organization is calling for a delay. Rio is in disarray. We should heed its advice. This is how outbreaks occur, and for what? We can still play the Games, but we can’t be stupid. Zika is for real, and figuring out how to handle this threat is as serious as any Jack Mack and the Heart Attack. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
have yet to feel a full recovery in their daily lives. We need leaders who will put American families first by investing in transportation and rebuilding our infrastructure. We need a president who is committed to helping more students graduate college without student debt by making higher education more affordable and accessible. And we need to elect someone who knows that we have to make the economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. I believe that Hillary Clinton is that leader. She will put families first and fight to ensure everyone has the opportunity to get ahead. That is why I am supporting Hillary Clinton as our next President. Virginia Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41)
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Like all great stories, here’s one that starts with a girl and ends with a heart attack. And, like many misapplied missives, let’s try and apply it to the upcoming Olympic Games at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The year is 1996, and the place is Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, the “commons area” for that year’s games. Located just outside the Athletes Village at Georgia Tech and the dorms at Georgia State, and forced into a small, once-barren urban parcel between the Georgia Dome and CNN headquarters, Olympic Park was a place to grab a beer at the spacious Anheuser-Busch tent, listen to a slate of live bands and queue up for a taxi ride home or shuttle to your car. This was where I spent much of my time, working for a large tech company inside the Athletes Village. It was a magical Olympics: Ali lit the torch. Kerri Strug landed a vault on a broken leg. The Dream Team was regulating. And on July 27, after a shift, I decided to celebrate at the Olympic Park and listen to a few bands. At that point, I ran into a girl from days gone by, and consumed with nostalgia, we decided to leave the park to visit with one another. After all, the next band was “Jack Mack and the Heart Attack,” and who the heck were they? I had just seen Run DMC play the Olympic
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ings of families across the state. 152,700 people lost their jobs. Last week, another report revealed that Donald Trump went even further, saying that he was “excited” about the housing market collapse in 2007. Hundreds of thousands of Virginians and millions of Americans suffered, and he was “excited.” His excitement didn’t stop once the crisis hit. In 2009 he encouraged others to take advantage of the crisis and at Trump University students were taught how they could cash in from the collapse. Instead of thinking about how he could help, Donald Trump thought about how he could profit. We have made major progress since the recession, yet many people in Fairfax County and across Virginia haven’t seen their income rise in years and
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to improve their life. Their stories are constant reminders that diversion is possible, jail is seldom the answer to psychological illness, and that treatment can help save dollars, hours, and lives. Similarly, our new Diversion First program offers opportunities to divert people with mental illness or significant disabilities from incarceration into treatment and services. This program is proven to improve lives, reduce crime, and save money in the long term. In just April alone, 114 people were taken to the Merrifield Crisis Response Center and received Diversion First treatment. This is not just a statistic; it represents real lives that are being improved through coordinated treatment and respect. We are not just talking about treatment here in the County, because the time has passed to simply talk about aiding those with mental illness. In Fairfax, we are doing something about it.
In a major speech this week, Hillary Clinton rightly pointed out that Donald Trump has no idea how the global economy works and that his proposals would “cause an economic catastrophe far worse than anything we experienced in 2008.” This isn’t surprising considering we recently learned that Donald Trump actually cheered on 2008’s catastrophic market collapse. In 2006 Donald Trump was hoping for a collapse of the housing and real estate market just so he could try to make a profit. Two years later, the Great Recession hit, devastated our economy, and left millions of Americans out of work and without homes. In Virginia alone, over 200,000 families lost their homes as a result of the crisis. Housing values plummeted by 22 percent, wiping out the sav-
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Green Spring Gardens alive with flowery sweetness n nLocals learn to
crystallize edible flowers at historic property By Bonnie Stephens FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
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One of the samples of crystallized confections at Green Springs Gardens.
On June 5, Ultimate Events Catering provided a demonstration at Green Springs Gardens of the art of crystallizing edible flowers, herbs and fruit; a technique that first became popular during Victorian times when sugar first started to appear in granulated form. Chef and event planner Nora Burgan demonstrated the pro-
Virginia police release 2015 crime stats n nFairfax makes
most arrests in area By Caroline Boras SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
The Virginia Department of State Police released the 2015 crime statistics for the state last week. These stats are published every year to help “criminal justice agencies can make an informed decision concerning the most efficient and effective manner in which to dedicate their limited resources toward the reduction of crime in their communities,” the report said. In 2015, the was a total of 441,355 Group A Offences reported. These offenses include murder, bribery, vehicle theft and prostitution, as well as several others. Out of these offenses, there were 126,032 arrests reported.
No statistic for the amount of Group B offenses was included, but the State Police did report that there were 156,390 arrests for Group B crimes. These include liquor law violations, bad checks and trespassing. In Northern Virginia, the most prevalent crimes committed were simple assault, larceny, and drug or narcotic offenses. Other major offenses were related to alcohol use, like DUI or public drunkenness. The Fairfax County Police Department made more arrests than surrounding counties and cities at almost 24,000 arrests in 2015, but it is also the largest county in the state. Throughout the state, there was over 35,000 drug or narcotic arrests, with marijuana possession contributing to almost 60 percent of these arrests. In Northern Virginia, over 5,000 adults were arrested for drug offenses, and over 600 kids.
Fairfax County had the most drug-related arrests with 3,234 adults and 475 kids arrested. Fairfax County also had the most DUI arrests, with 2,029. Arlington had the second most, with 554 arrests. Larceny, which the state police define as “the unlawful taking away of property from the possession of another person” had the most arrests in Fairfax and Loudoun, at 3,514 and 554 arrests respectively. Simple assault, or assault without a weapon, saw most arrests in Fairfax and Loudoun. In Fairfax, 1,927 adults and 280 kids were arrested and 413 adults and 35 kids in Loudoun. Murder is not much of an issue in the Northern Virginia area, but it should be noted that in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties an arrest was made for each incident of murder. Alexandria, however, had four reports of murder and no murder arrests in 2015.
cess, and shared the Old World origins of these delicate confections. She showed the 48 class participants how to crystallize edible flowers as elegant garnishes, something that was enjoyed at the “big houses” of Edwardian and Victorian England. Class attendees enjoyed making and tasting samples of these exquisite candied creations— everything from grapes, pansies, and roses to mint and even orange peels. Burgan states, “Initially, crystallizing edible flowers was thought of as a successful preservation technique; previously cooks needed to use honey and other methods to preserve foods. This easy combination of egg whites, sugar and 48 hours in a cool, dry area makes
for the most delicious and decorative garnish!” She warns, “But don’t refrigerate it -- that just won’t work!” She explains that this delicious artistry is enjoying a new popularity with weddings and many seasonal festivities. “This is the first time we’ve put on a crystallization program,” states Debbie Waugh, Historic House Coordinator of Green Spring. “We’ve hosted many food-themed events and tastings, yet this really ties it into the historic gardening theme of Green Spring.” Waugh states that the historic tea events are always very popular, and this is an educational adjunct to the elegant tea program. Historic Green Spring Gardens serves Fairfax County residents and visitors by advancing the aware-
ness and practice of gardening. The gardens and educational programs focus on practical landscaping techniques that are appropriate for the Washington metro area. Additional programs emphasize historic influences on the land and Fairfax County residents’ role in preserving cultural resources. Sunday’s event at the Horticulture Center of Green Spring Gardens was booked to capacity, and has allowed the historic home planners to consider adding more crystallization classes to the calendar. To find out more information, budding chefs may call Historic Green Spring at (703) 941-7987 or visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/greenspring/teas.htm
Setting them on the right path n nRepublican Women of Clifton awards scholarships to local students
By Times Staff Four local graduating high school seniors received scholarships from the Republican Women of Clifton (RWC) Club for their essays on “What the First Amendment Means to Me.” The scholarship decision was determined on service to the community, leadership, academic performance and the essay. First place winner, Michael Murphy, Lake Braddock Secondary School, received a $1,000 scholarship. He will be attending the University of Florida. The second place scholarship of $100 was awarded to Austin Ludolph who attends Robinson Secondary School. The tie for third place went to Joel Galloway, West Springfield High School, and Kirsten Chase, Lake Braddock Secondary School. Each received a $50 scholarship. All of the students who sub-
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New report highlights life expectancy in NOVA n nRace, economic
status, environment influence life expectancy in Northern Virginia By Angela Woolsey FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
The socioeconomic status of Northern Virginia residents and the environment in which they live have a more significant impact on their health than access to healthcare alone, according to a new study released June 7 by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health. The study found that, due to a variety of factors such as race, education and income level, the average life expectancy for North Virginia residents varies by as much as 13 years depending on
the specific neighborhood, despite the region’s overall healthiness compared to other areas of the state and the country. VCU Center on Society and Health director Steve Woolf presented the research team’s findings on Tuesday in Springfield at a regional health summit hosted by the Northern Virginia Health Foundation (NVHF), which supported the study. See related story page A13. While Woolf says that a disparity in life expectancy isn’t surprising, as similar results have been found in other areas of the country, seeing a 13-year range in Northern Virginia is significant because the region is generally perceived as affluent. “If you peel back the onion and look into the neighborhoods more closely, you’ll see that the overall average is hiding important pockets of need throughout Northern Virginia,” Woolf said. “In our neighborhoods, people are
living with concentrated poverty, poor education and lots of other deficiencies in social support. As a result, they have poorer health.” The NVHF commissioned VCU to study life expectancy, defined as the number of years an average newborn can expect to live, in Northern Virginia earlier this year, marking the first time this research has been done with a focus on this particular reason. In addition to the written report authored by Woolf, the Center on Society and Health and NVHF created an online mapping tool that illustrates the different average life expectancies in different jurisdictions and neighborhoods. As cited in VCU’s report, which is titled “A Study in Contrasts: Why Life Expectancy Varies in Northern Virginia”, the Robert Wood Foundation, a philanthropic organization, ranked Fairfax County second among all Virginia counties when it comes
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to health in 2016. Loudoun and Arlington counties came in first and third, respectively. However, when Woolf and his team of researchers examined life expectancy by census tracts, which are county subdivisions defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, they found that resident health is far from uniform across the region, varying by as many as 13 years between neighborhoods that may be no more than a couple of miles apart. For example, residents of western Lorton have an average lifespan of 89 years, whereas eastern Lorton, a mere four miles away, has a 79-year life expectancy. The study determined five factors that most significantly affect life expectancy: individual behaviors, such as how much someone exercises or smokes; the surrounding physical and social environment; socioeconomic circumstances, including race and income; healthcare access; and public policy and spending. Race, education, and income in particular play large roles in determining how long a person will live. People of color (African and Hispanic Americans), those without education beyond high school, and people who live in poverty tend to have poorer health outcomes than their white, college-educated or affluent counterparts. Western Lorton, for instance, has a median household income of $133,413 per year with African Americans representing 12 percent of the population, according to the report. The median household income in eastern Lorton, where African Americans make up 37 percent of residents, is $77,901 per year. Similarly, the life expectancy in the Alexandria neighborhood Hybla Valley is 78 years. African American and Hispanic residents respectively comprise 24 and 46 percent of population in Hybla Valley, which sports a $45,572 annual median income, and 19 percent of the neighborhood’s residents live below the federal poverty line. By contrast, Arcturus, a
neighborhood two miles away from Hybla Valley in Fort Hunt, Va., south of Alexandria, has an 84-year average life expectancy, an annual median income of $163,750, and a population that’s 95 percent white with no residents in poverty. The disparity between the health of the wealthy and the poor doesn’t stem just from their ability to access healthcare. Citing a 2010 study by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute, Woolf says that healthcare, including access to care and insurance coverage, only accounts for 10 to 20 percent of health outcomes. The greater impact comes from the fact that people in poverty, who tend to disproportionately be people of color, face greater economic pressures, resulting in more stress, instability in the household and other factors that may negatively affect a person’s health. VCU’s report also emphasizes the gap in the quality of affluent and low-income neighborhoods, with the latter often providing limited access to social services, safe and affordable housing, healthy dining options, public transit, and outdoor spaces such as parks or bike trails that encourage physical activity. However, neighborhoods hit by poverty and health challenges aren’t always easily identifiable, particularly in suburban areas like Fairfax County that give off an impression of wealth. “When you think of the stereotype of poverty, you don’t think of communities that have a lot of single-family homes and a lot of grass and trees,” NVHF president and CEO Patricia Mathews said. “In fact, some of the concentrations of poverty are in those very communities. It just doesn’t ‘look poor’, but it is.” According to Woolf, areas in Fairfax County identified in the VCU report as experiencing economic and health disadvantages include Bailey’s Crossroads near Route 7 as well as pockets around Reston, Herndon and Centreville. Neighborhoods such as Burke, Clifton and the Williamsburg Vil-
lage area of McLean, by contrast, have an abundance of social and economic resources. “We have areas of tremendous affluence, McMansions and so forth, where just a short distance away, things aren’t so good,” Woolf said. The report provides data and information to policymakers, including the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the Fairfax County Public Schools board, and even the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), so that they can understand how their decisions on everything from the availability of affordable housing to land use and zoning laws affect the health of their constituents. According to the VCU study, public policy has contributed to the disparity in wealth and health in different neighborhoods since at least the 1930s, when redlining policies that restricted loans to African Americans segregated people of color into “bad neighborhoods” that suffered from a lack of investment by the government and businesses. “These neighborhoods didn’t turn out this way by accident,” Woolf said. “Decisions were made that led to these conditions.” While the released report focuses on providing information and data, researchers hope to expand the study in the future by exploring potential solutions and examining exactly what kind of effect different policy decisions might have on health in Northern Virginia. Neither Woolf nor Mathews dismisses the importance of healthcare access, but they both say that the study’s ultimate goal is to push lawmakers to address what they call “upstream factors,” namely the environmental, economic and social conditions in which people live and how they influence the wellbeing of individuals or entire neighborhoods. “Much of what we’re talking about is actually preventable,” Mathews said. “Expansion of healthcare addresses the problem once you get sick. The object is to prevent you from getting sick in the first place.”
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Summit highlights life Third westbound lane opens expectancies in northern Virginia on Route 50 in Fairfax
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From left to right, Northern Virginia Health Foundation President and CEO Patricia Mathews, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Director of Center on Society and Health Dr. Steven Woolf, and Virginia Department of Health State Health Commissioner Dr. Marissa Levine.
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Neighborhood Impacts Your Health By Elaina Taylor SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
The data said it all – despite the affluence of northern Virginia, life expectancy can vary by as much as 13 years depending on the neighborhood. On June 7, policy makers and members of the health community attended the 10th Anniversary Northern Virginia Health Foundation Community Health Summit to discover the reason why. The summit, themed “Upstream Matters: What’s Really Affecting Our Health?” spotlighted the various factors that influence health outcomes such as mortality and morbidity. The speakers emphasized that health and well-being is not only influenced by health systems and health care. State Health Commissioner Dr. Marissa Levine from the Virginia Department of Health, and Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health Dr. Steven Woolf, noted that there are five major factors that influence health outcomes such as length and quality of life. Besides genetic predispositions, they said, health outcomes are shaped by public policies and programs, social and economic
factors, the physical environment, health systems and clinical care, and individual behaviors. In an attempt to understand why health outcomes vary across neighborhoods in northern Virginia, the Northern Virginia Health Foundation supported a report by VCU’s Center on Society and Health. The resulting report, “A Study in Contrasts: Why Life Expectancy Varies in Northern Virginia” studied both health factors and outcomes in the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon and Prince William, and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. (This region is also the focus of the Northern Virginia Health Foundation’s work.) The report examined characteristics of the individuals, their households and their neighborhoods in order to understand the discrepancies in life expectancy. The personal characteristics included ethnic composition, immigration status and level of education; the household characteristics included level of income, and household composition (married versus single parent); neighborhoods characteristics included local housing, transportation and crime. To properly examine the discrepancies and variations between neighborhoods, the report used census tracts, which are generally smaller than zip codes as statistical subdivisions of a county defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The results became visualized in an online interactive map that color coded the variations in
health factors and outcomes by census tract. “This data is important because it teaches people that access to and quality of health care is only 10-20 percent of the equation,” said Northern Virginia Health Foundation President and CEO Patricia Mathews. “At the Northern Virginia Health Foundation, we hope this data and this community health summit helps disseminate the information, and gets people asking questions and collaborating across sectors.” After the presentations, the audience received time for questions and discussion. “We must think holistically about how to effectively invest in our communities…all 35 districts should have a robust community health assessment,” State Health Commissioner Dr. Levine said. Speakers emphasized the importance of laying a firm foundation for the future in the form of investing in the future workforce – the students of today. Having discussed the links between academic and economic success and health, audience members and presenters agreed on the need to focus on the physical, social and emotional wellness of students. “This information has given me much broader context in understanding the inequalities I continue to see,” Dr. Khan said. “It’s important for policy makers and the community at large to understand that even through Northern Virginia is relatively affluent, there are real disparities in health and life expectancies within our communities.”
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The first annual AUUC Burke Blaze 5K Run/ Walk at Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, 10125 Lakehaven Court, Burke, VA. 5k run on a paved course; 1k walk on a trail. Awards for top finishers. $10 entry fee includes refreshments and a T-shirt! Bring your friends and neighbors. This event is open to everyone.
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City of Fairfax Mayor Scott Silverthorne and NVTA Chairman Martin Nohe cut a ribbon to signal the opening of a new westbound lane on Route 50.
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Bevan Drive to Jermantown Road designed to reduce congestion By Angela Woolsey FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
Drivers headed west on Route 50 in the Fairfax City area now have a third lane that they can utilize. City of Fairfax Mayor Scott Silverthorne and Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) Chairman Martin Nohe officially opened the new westbound lane that runs from Bevan Drive to Jermantown Road on June 6. The NVTA hopes that the new lane will reduce congestion on Route 50 for drivers exiting Route 50 and heading south at the Jermantown Road intersection. “It is important that, as our
city grows, we continue to improve our transportation system to increase access and reduce congestion,” Silverthorne, who also serves as the NVTA’s vicechairman, said. “We appreciate the commitment and support of the NVTA as we increase mobility in our region.” The new lane is phase two of a $6.5 million Jermantown Road improvement project largely financed by the City of Fairfax with the NVTA contributing $1 million. Along with the additional westbound lane on Route 50, the project calls for the widening of northbound Jermantown Road to accommodate two through lanes, improvements that would allow for a dual right turn lane, a left turn lane, and a through lane, and the replacement of traffic signals at the intersections where Fairfax Boulevard meets both Jermantown and Bevan Drive. According to the City of Fairfax’s transportation division website, the Jermantown Road
improvement project is scheduled for completion sometime this summer. The Jermantown Road improvement project is one of many transportation projects in Fairfax County that involve road widening or the addition of new lanes, despite a push throughout Northern Virginia to shift the region’s transit focus from automobiles to multimodal options, including rail, biking and walking. The NVTA is currently in the middle of updating TransAction 2040, the organization’s longterm transportation plan. Potential transportation projects must be included in that plan in order to be eligible for funding, which is designated through a selection process based on criteria such as the potential for congestion relief. The NVTA funded approximately 70 projects from FY 2014 through 2016 in Northern Virginia, including the purchase of six new CUE buses for the City of Fairfax.
Hickory Hill: a historic landmark n nLocal Author Pens
History of McLean’s Hickory Hill By Elaina Taylor SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
A McLean house nearly as famous as the public figures who lived in it, Hickory Hill, is once again in the spotlight. Local author Carol Herrick recently published her eighth book, titled “Hickory Hill: The Story of a House and Those Who Lived There”. Herrick is a member of the Fairfax County History Commission, and a former president of the McLean Historical Society.
She says the recent purchase and renovation of the historic house prompted her to write the book. “I wanted to set the record straight and clear up some erroneous information, but also because Hickory Hill is significant to Mclean, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation due to people that have lived there,” she said. Herrick spent four years researching and writing the book, combing through sources such as property deeds and old newspaper articles, determined to be accurate. As a result, “Hickory Hill: The Story of a House and Those Who Lived There”, lives up to its name, encompassing the history of the house and its occupants from its completion in 1870 up to present day. “Each of the succeeding fami-
lies altered the house in some form; each put their stamp of change on the house,” she says. Even the current owner, Alan Dabbiere, has proved to be no exception. Notable former homeowners include a U.S. Supreme Court Justice as well as the most prominent figures of the Kennedy clan, but there’s no sense spoiling all the juicy tidbits before you’ve had a chance to read it! Dive right into the tale of a key landmark in the Langley Fork Historic District, and learn the cultural significance of Hickory Hill. “Hickory Hill: The Story of a House and Those Who Lived There” can be purchased on Amazon.com, as well as several small stores such as Mesmerald’s Gifts in McClean and the Freedman Store and Museum in Vienna.
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When Fairfax becomes fun-fax Northern Virginia’s largest community-wide celebration is here with Celebrate Fairfax! The festival runs from June 10 through 12. Enjoy three days of food, fireworks, carnival rides and eight stages of music. Location: 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. Hours: Friday 6:00 p.m. to 12 a.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 12 a.m.; and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ticket prices vary. For more information, flip to B-7 and http://celebratefairfax.com/
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Howard Jones will be performing at Wolf Trap next week along with OMD and the Barenaked Ladies.
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Happy pride! Even though this weekend marks the end of the 2016 Capital Pride Celebration, as always it will go out with a bang. Catch 180 parade floats and endless entertainment on Saturday, June 11. Led by Grand Marshal Leslie Jordan, the Pride Parade steps off at 4:30 p.m. On Sunday, June 12, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. the Pride Festival is a celebration featuring food, entertainment and education. Don’t miss the Pride Concert, also on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. where pop singers Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth will be headlining. For more information and locations, http://www.capitalpride.org/celebration-2016/
English synth-star Howard Jones burst upon the music world in 1983 with a string of hits that included “Like to Get To know You Well,” “What is Love?” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Things Can Only Get Better.” Jones has been performing live for more than three decades, and still has a thrill every time he steps on stage. He continues to operate at the forefront of music technology in both his live shows and productions. “It’s a bit dangerous. Anything can go wrong. It’s living life in a slightly precarious way. If you step out onto a stage and you come out all nervous and don’t feel really good, it doesn’t work. You have to be in the right frame of mind, you have to raise your game and want to give a great show for the people. I love that process, to be great for the people kind enough to come and see you. It’s very addictive and if I didn’t do it, I would really miss it.” On June 15, Howard Jones will be joining OMD and the Barenaked Ladies at Wolf Trap as part of the Last Summer on Earth Tour. “I’ll be opening the show and I’ve got 40 minutes so I’m really sticking to my seven biggest radio hits,” Jones previewed. “I’ll also be doing a track with the
HOWARD JONES nn Wolf Trap nn 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 15 nn Tickets: $37-$57 nn For more information, visit www.wolftrap.org
Barenaked Ladies during their set—a surprise fave— so that’s going to be great.” While he used to share concert bills with OMD back in the day, this will be Jones’ first tour appearing with the more pop-centric Barenaked Ladies. “I think we have very different fan bases, but that’s what appeals to me, because I can introduce myself to them,” he said. “It’s always challenging when you are playing with an audience who isn’t entirely there for you. It’s about finding a way to engage them. I think it’s great that people are putting together unlikely combinations and I hope more of that happens.” Although Jones has some new music, including the popular “Eagle Will Fly Again,” from the film “Eddie the Eagle,” the singer knows that he needs to stick to the hits when he does shows like this, joking he has too many hits and they’re ruining his life. “If I have 90 minutes, I can play songs from throughout my career, but people go crazy if they don’t recognize a song when you’re not on stage as long,” he said. “We’ve be rejuvenating and reinventing the heritage material and it’s all sounding pretty cool, so it should be a banging set.”
The singer’s last recording was 2014’s “Engage,” which was a multimedia project that embraced art forms from ballet to contemporary dance to classical. “I wanted to challenge myself to do something different—not just the normal 10 songs on a CD, so I did a whole multimedia concept,” he said. “That went really well and for the next one, I’ve written 10 new songs for a new album that we will record when I get back from this tour. Again, it will be designed around a live performance.” Jones doesn’t expect to see new fans gravitating to his material, and understands his audience has grown along with him. “I’m very flattered if young people come across it and like it, but really, there are so many great new bands out there that they can get into, I just hope they support them,” he said. “I think of my audience and what they would like lyrically and the subjects they would be interested in. I am well past the idea of chasing some popularity. The thing people want me to do is be myself and go where my instincts take me, and I really enjoy that.” During his solo tours, Jones likes to tell lots of stories and plays the piano alone on stage, but for the Wolf Trap concert, he’ll have his signature threepiece electronic band and mobile keyboards on tap. “We manipulate the sound live and try to push things using the technology that’s available and try to present things in a different way,” Jones said. “We make it fun and I just want everyone to have as good a time as I have.”
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Take in the island breeze Take the opportunity to see art inspired by the Caribbean. Artists are either from the region or have Caribbean background or affiliation. 36 works will be featured at the Art Impact USA: Caribbean Jubilee exhibition that starts June 11 and runs through June 30 at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria. The opening reception takes place Saturday. For more information, http://torpedofactory.org/event/art-impact-usacaribbean-jubilee/
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One of the many acrobatics scenes of Cirque du Soleil’s “Kurious: Cabinet of Curiosities.” The show will come to Tysons II in July.
Popular entertainment right now is so dark, bleak and just kind of depressing. If you look at the movies nominated for Oscar’s Best Picture you have “The Revenant,” “The Big Short,” “Room.” None of these are uplifting really. Looking at TV shows like “How to Get Away With Murder,” you start to lose faith in humanity. And when Beyoncé released “Lemonade,” it’s just like how can things get worst? When Michel Laprise was coming up with an idea for his touring Cirque du Soleil production, he was thinking on the opposite end. He wanted the team and the audience to be happy throughout the experience. What a concept. “That’s what I wanted to create from day one, I said, ‘I want people to be optimistic, to be joyful after the show, and I want them to say, we have all these
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Ever wonder what it’s like in outer space? The answer to this question and more will be answered by Thomas Jones, author of “Ask the Astronaut: A Galaxy of Astonishing Answers to Your Questions on Spaceflight.” A reading and question-and-answer session followed by an outdoor astronomy lesson (weather permitting). 8 to 10 p.m. Barnes and Noble, 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr., Fairfax. Space is limited. To reserve your seat e-mail CRM2937@bn.com.
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Be a spectator or join in the fun of this two-day street-painting festival where participants create amazing street art. Festival goers can purchase a plot of brick space on the plaza and paint to their hearts content whatever flows from their imagination. Only 150 spots are available. $15/space for professional and amateur artists; $10/space for families and school-aged children. Registration required. 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Lake Anne Plaza, 1609 Washington Plaza N., Reston. www.chalkonthewater.com.
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Honor the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Join the color guard in procession to Mason’s tomb for a wreath laying, listen to distinguished speakers and savor samples from the kitchen while conversing with characters from the past. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. George Mason’s Gunston Hall, 10709 Gunston Road, Mason Neck. www. gunstonhall.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. 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.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10 Annual Golf Classic benefitting Wounded Warrior transitional Housing, 7:30 a.m. registration. 8:30 a.m. Shotgun Start. 1:30 p.m. lunch and awards. Raffle tickets are $175 which includes cart, greens fees, continental breakfast and lunch. Reston National Golf Course, Reston. For more information contact the Navy Marine Coast Guard Residence Foundation at 703-538-2970. Celebrate Fairfax starts today and runs through Sunday. Featuring 25 acres of games, rides, vendors, concerts and more. Fairfax County Government Center, 120000 Government Center Pkwy., Fairfax. For more information, call 703-324- 3247, or visit the website, www.celebratefairfax.com. Teen Book Festival will bring together the exciting worlds of writing, illustration and publishing to life. Includes pizza party at 7 p.m. Author events will take place today, tomorrow and Monday. Teen Writer’s Workshop is Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Festival continues through Monday. Barnes and Noble, 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr., Fairfax. For more information e-mail CRM2937@bn.com.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Burke Blaze 5K Run/Walk Includes a 5k run on a paved course and a 1k walk on a trail. T-shirts and refreshments for all. Open to everyone. Proceeds support Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church
community outreach programs, including environmental initiatives, interfaith activities, hypothermia shelter and at-risk youth programs. 5k starts at 8 a.m. Walk starts at 8:30 a.m. Event runs until noon. Accotink UU Church, 10125 Lakehaven Court, Burke. Registration opens at 7 a.m. $35 for the 5k, $15 for the Walk. For more information visit www.accotinkuuc.org or call 703-5034579. Yeehaw! Vienna Bike Rodeo Round up your children of all ages for Vienna’s annual Bike Rodeo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, 400 Center Street S., Vienna. Children will learn practical safety checks, including how to wear helmets and adjust bikes, while practicing skills, such as stopping and checking for cars, by pedaling through a fun obstacle course. Bring your bicycles and helmets. Inova Trauma Center will be giving away free helmets while supplies last. Spring into Summer Tysons West invites all to enjoy this free event from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. featuring exciting activities for all ages, plus giveaways and entertainment. Three hours of DJ music, sidewalk chalking, hopscotch, an obstacle course, JumpBunch action, and health advice is on tap. Held rain or shine. Ample free parking is available Tysons West, 1500 Cornerside Blvd., Tysons. For event information, call 703-476-9377, or visit www. TysonsWest.com. 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. Ratcliffe-Allison House, 10386 Main St., Fairfax. 703-385-8414. Dog and Cat Adoption, offering spayed or neutered pets. Noon to 3 p.m. Fees apply. Seven Corners PetSmart, 6100 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church. 703-2953647 or www.lostdogrescue.org. Escape Room Herndon Grand Opening, Escape Room Herndon
by Ravenchase Adventures is an immersive puzzle adventure experience. These escape rooms encourage teamwork, reward collaboration, and challenge creative thinking. Each of the three rooms holds their own mystery and provides a unique experience. They can resemble anything from a villain’s dining room, science labs, inside the mind of a spy, and more. Groups explore an immersive environment full of hidden clues, locked boxes, and other oddities. Together the team unlocks the mysteries of the room and solves its puzzles in a race against the clock. 6:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. daily. $28/person. Reservations strongly encouraged. Escape Room, 404 Elden Street, Herndon. www.escaperoomherndon.com/reservations.
SUNDAY, JUNE 12 Dissection Discovery Workshop, this parent/child workshop investigates the various life systems of crayfish and compares and contrasts how they relate to humans. 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. $25/child and parent. Children’s Science Center Lab, 11948 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax. http://bit. ly/1TYJAGW. 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-for-adoption/all-cats. Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning Join mystery author Donna Andrews and several of her fellow sisters in crime for a panel discussion featuring the newest book in their award-win-
nominees for Elly Doyle Park Service Awards by June 17 By Times Staff Time is running out to pay tribute to your favorite park volunteers! Stop procrastinating and submit your nominee for the 2016 Elly Doyle Park Service Awards by Friday, June 17, 2016. Volunteers provide critical services to support the Park Authority and expect no reward other than the pride of service to their community. Catch them by surprise
by nominating them for the award, named in honor of Ellamae Doyle’s many years of service and accomplishments as a member and chairman of the Park Authority Board. Last year’s recipients included park friends groups, a historic site storyteller, a man who brought show-biz to Frying Pan Farm Park, a developer who protected green space, a Master Gardener and a volunteer who provided great customer service to park golfers. Anyone may submit a nomination for the awards, which are open to those who have made outstanding service contributions during the past year. That means the giving of time or expertise to the Fairfax
ning Chesapeake Crimes series, “Storm Warning.” Other panelists include Maddie Davidson, Linda Ensign, Barb Goffman and Alan Orloff. 2 p.m. Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive. Adults. History of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum Executive Director A. Page Harrington will tell how the National Woman’s Party and its leader Alice Paul used the strategic location of the house on Capitol Hill to lobby for women’s suffrage and other issues. 2 p.m. Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main St., Fairfax. For more information call 703-385-8414. Movie Night Under the Stars, join in the fun every two weeks on Sunday night for Movie Night at Holy Trinity. This week, Disney’s Frozen. Bring a lawn chair or blanket along with your favorite snacks. 6:30 p.m. Free. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3022 Woodlawn Ave., Falls Church. www.holytrinityfallschurch.org.
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., Through June 4. Cost is $125. Register online and find more information at http://pwrc.org/adult-novicecamp.html. Style, Sips and Sweets Fashion Event Series begins tonight and takes place the second Tuesday of each month this summer. 6 to 9 p.m. Fairfax Corner, 4100 Monument Corner Dr., Fairfax. Tonight’s event begins at Fairfax Corner’s newest boutique—Lou Lou, 4209 Fairfax Corner E Ave. Participants MONDAY, JUNE 13 can check in at Lou Lou to receive Lunch N’ Life for Se- the list of exclusive offers for the niors Hosted by Shepherd’s Cen- evening along with a fashion tote ter of Oakton Vienna from noon and complimentary cocktail voucher to 2 p.m. at the Emmanuel Lu- courtesy of P.F. Chang’s for the theran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge first 200 guests. There will also be Road, Vienna. A healthy lunch a gift with purchase for a free mini w/dessert will be served, followed fashion-emergency kit. For more by entertainment provided by the info, visit www.fairfaxcorner. Washington Sangerbund choir. com. Other event dates are July 12 Reservation and payment was due and Aug. 9. before June 6. Call 703-281Wild Women! Author Lauren 0538 for more information. Silberman discusses her book, “Wild Women of Maryland: Grit TUESDAY, JUNE 14 and Gumption in the Free State.” 7 p.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935 Stories from Strawberry Park, Freds Oak Rd., Burke. For more enjoy a live interactive performance information call 703-249-1520. taught by a group of unique storyPublic Hearing on Herndon Retellers (held outside, weather per- development Mayor Lisa Merkel mitting), 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., The and the Herndon Town Council will Mosaic, 2910 District Ave., Fair- solicit comments from the public fax. http://mosaicdistrict.com. regarding redevelopment proposals. McLean Rotary Club Lun- 7 p.m. Herndon Council Chambers, cheon Members of the commu- 765 Lynn St., Herndon. The two nity are invited to join the women proposals are available for review and men of the Rotary Club of on the town’s website at www. McLean for our weekly luncheon herndon-va.gov/downtownrfp. meeting and meal. Noon. Fellow- For more information call 703-435ship Hall of the Lutheran Church 6800 Ext. 2085. of the Redeemer, 1545 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean. The Rotary Club of McLean is a service club WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 actively involved in the McLean Smart Markets of Reston is Community and in international a producers-only market featurareas related to our community. ing locally grown produce, loE-mail mcleanrotary.va@gmail. cally raised meat and poultry and com to RSVP. For additional more. 3 to 7 p.m. Reston Sta-
tion, 1900 Reston Station Blvd., Reston. For more information and other market locations visit www.smartmarkets.org.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16 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. Vietnam Veterans Chapter Meeting All veterans, friends and the general public are invited to hear Lt. Col. Chuck Harris, U.S. Army retired, who will share his two Vietnam War tours of duty as a helicopter gunship pilot and flight leader of Huey helicopters. 7:30 p.m. Neighbor’s Restaurant, 262D Cedar Lane, Vienna. For more information call 703-2550353 or visit www.vva227.org.
ONGOING 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 703-8935330. 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 703-9417000. Drugs: Costs 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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County Park Authority for the advancement of recreational and/or educational opportunities or the protection of natural, cultural or historic resources in Fairfax County. Both groups and individuals are eligible. With more than 180,000 hours of volunteer service to the Park Authority last fiscal year there are certainly some great folks to recognize. Recipients will be honored at a reception and ceremony in November. Nominations must be submitted by Friday, June 17, 2016. Award applications and additional information about the Elly Doyles are available online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/ellydoyleawards.htm.
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703-991-5198. Painting and Drawing Classes for Ladies No experience is necessary. 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays. The cost of $185 per month covers four two-hour sessions per month. There is a one-time $100 registration fee. All materials are provided by the studio. For more information visit www.meadeartstudio.com or call 703-802-6243. Summer Art Camps and Teen Studios enrolling now. From McLean Project for the Arts partnership with the Vosler Young Artists’ Studio to Young Rembrandts Drawing Camp, there is something from every age from June through August. For more information and to register visit http://www.mpaart.org/summercamps/.
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Vienna Arts Society Celebrates Animals In conjunction with the June exhibition of “Animal Kingdom” at the Vienna Art Center, members are presenting a community outreach featuring pet rescues and adoptions tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art Center Parking Lot, 115 Pleasant St. NW, Vienna. Rain date is Sunday. Artists will offer pet-related art and invite owners to bring their pets to pose for original caricatures and portraits. Many vendors will be selling products as well. Donations of towels, pet toys and pet food are encouraged to benefit the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. For more information call 703-319-3971 or visit www. ViennaArtsSociety.org. Watercolor Workshop: Water Lilies and Monet Be inspired by Monet’s style and create your own water lily paintings using techniques like glazing, dry-brush, wet on wet, washes and more with the help of instructor Dawn Flores. Supply list e-mailed before class. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. $85. Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Rd., Alexandria. For more information call 703-642-5173. Annual Chalk on the Water Festival Two-day street painting festival where participants will create amazing street art. Festival goers can purchase a plot of brick space for $5 to $15 on the plaza and paint to their heart’s delight. Tomorrow and Sunday. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information visit www.LakeAnnePlaza.com. Two-Day Photoshop Workshop for beginners and those with some experience. The first half of the workshop will go over basics. Part two will focus on creative expression. Bring your laptop with Photoshop CC loaded and images of your work. Tomorrow and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Ages 16 to adult. For more information and to register visit http://tinyurl.com/ mccphotoshopworkshop. Explore More! at GRACE Walk-in art-making program designed for preschool and elementary school aged children. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 per child. Greater Reston Arts Center Please check the calendar before planning your visit. For more information call 703-471-9242 or visit restonarts.org. Botanical Garden Exhibit Vienna Arts Society members will be exhibiting at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens through June 30. Free. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct., Vienna. For more information call 703-255-3631. 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
“Seats of Power” Exhibit at GRACE Gayle Wells Mandle and daughter Julia Barnes Mandle use the motif of chairs as a vehicle to examine society’s eternal power struggle. The exhibit explores political and economic inequality through a variety of media, including large-format photography, painting, sculpture, installation, and embroidery through June 18. Free. Greater Reston Arts Center. For more information call 703471-9242 or visit restonarts.org. 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 Summer on the Green Concert Series, 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. 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 After-Prom and All-Night alcohol-free Grad Parties. 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 703-533-1885. All Blues, All Weekend, All Over Town From Delta Blues to Piedmont Blues to Chicago Blues, the Tinner Hill Blues Festival has become one of the largest in the DC area. Today through Sunday. Tickets range from $20 in advance to $30 at the gate. Food and merchandise vendors will also be on hand. Friday concert is at the State Theatre, 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. Doors open at 7 p.m. . Main event is tomorrow, an all day concert in Cherry Hill Park, 312 Park Ave., Falls Church, from 1 p.m. to dusk. Sunday’s event takes place at the Tinner Hill Historic Site,
FA IRFA X C O UNT Y T IMES 108 Tinner Hill St., Falls Church. For more information and the full schedule visit www.tinnerhill.org. Reston Concerts on the Town Weekly summer concert series at Reston Town Center features talented local and national acts. These free family-friendly concerts take place every Saturday night through August 27, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., rain or shine. Music lovers of all ages are invited to bring chairs and picnics to the concerts. Visit http://www.restontowncenter.com/events/information/ to access the full schedule. Gustafer Yellowgold’s Show Gustafer is a friendly fellow who came from the Sun and landed in the Minnesota Woods. Enjoy this multi-media performance of live music, animated illustrations and storytelling. Ages 4 and up. 2 p.m. Sunday. $15 ($10 for MCC district residents). The Alden, McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. For more information visit www.mcleancenter.org. Classical Guitar Recital Father Rick Lord, rector, will perform works by Weiss, Sor, Tarrega and more. No tickets are required and a reception will follow. 4 p.m. Sunday. Church of the Holy Comforter, 543 Beaulah Rd. NE, Vienna. For more information call 703-938-6521. A Musical Journey Through Classics to Imagination Lucas Finet will present his senior piano recital for the Oakton Church of the Brethren Community Concert Series Sunday at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary. This event is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted to fund community outreach programs of the church. Oakton Church of the Brethren, 10025 Courthouse Rd., Vienna. For more information call 703-281-4411. The Flight of the Conchords Sing After creating a cult following with their HBO series, the Grammywinning musical humorist who span all genres reunite to perform their musical comedy. 8 p.m. June 13. Tickets $35 to $65. Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. For more information visit http:// www.wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/ performance/16filene/0613show16. aspx. Sing-alongs of Masterworks Bring your score of Brahms’ “Ein deutshes Requiem” or rent one for $5 and join Choralis in these fun sing-alongs. 7 p.m. June 14. $15. Falls Church Episcopal Church, 115 E. Fairfax St., Falls Church. For more information call 703-237-2499 or visit www.choralis.org. Jackson Browne transports audiences to a time of innocence and lost love with his folk rock hits. 8 p.m. June 14. Tickets from $35 to $60. Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. For more information visit http:// www.wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/ performance/16filene/0614show16. aspx. Barenaked Ladies with OMD and Howard Jones perform at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap. 7 p.m. June 15. Tickets from $37 to $57. Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. For more information visit http://www. wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/ performance/16filene/0615show16. aspx. Take-a-Break Concert Series Grab a lawn chair and enjoy free live concerts at Lake Anne Plaza. 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday through September 1. For more information visit www.LakeAnnePlaza.com.
West Coast Swing Lesson takes place from 7 to 8 p.m. followed 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. Din-
The Tinner Hill Blues Festival is this weekend
DANCE Fascinating Rhythm Back from their tour of South Africa, Encore Theatrical Arts Project presents a 20th Anniversary celebration. 8 p.m. tomorrow and 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $19 to $23. Richard J. Ernst Theatre, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. For more information call 703-222-5511 or visit www. Encore-tap.org.
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For a weekend of great music and food check out the Tinner Hill Blues Festival. See the CONCERTS section of the calendar for more information, look for “All Blues, All Weekend, All Over Town.”
THEATER Theatre in the Woods The 2016 season lineup for Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods features diverse acts including puppetry,
DISCOVER WHAT’S NEW AT THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM’S STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER. There’s More to See…
SHAKE IT OFF Ballroom Dance Pre-dance lessons taught by various DC area dance instructors start at 7 p.m. with a beginner class followed by novice/intermediate at 7:45 p.m. Dance for Everyone begins at 8:30 p.m. with DJ music by Ed Cottrell. $15 per person includes the lesson, dance and snack bar. Dress is ballroom casual. No experience, partner or reservations needed. For more information call 703-759-2685 or visit www. colvinrun.org. Dance for Everyone These weekly dances feature Ed’s DJ music mix suitable for a wide variety of dances. Beginner
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. Wind in the Willows Creative Cauldron brings to life Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger, the immortal animal friends. 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through June 18. Tickets $11 to $16. Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 South Maple Ave., Falls Church. For more information visit http://creativecauldron. org/wind_in_willows_272.html. Ragtime The Musical, catch this Tony-winning spectacular that took Broadway by storm transporting the audience to the dawn of the 20th Century where change is booming and possibilities are endless. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8 p.m. $22-$100/ticket. Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. www.wolftrap.org/tickets.
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ner 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 started May 4. 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.
• 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
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• 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.
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James Eulises Gonzales as Rola Bola. Seeker’s makeshift mechanical laboratory, bringing back curiosities from his Cabinet of Curiosity. “This show is a lot about the human contributions to inventions and stuff, inventions that connect us. Because it is sent on the second half of the 19th century and a lot was invented. The railway system was connecting the cities,
so you would go and visit people and you would also welcome people. So it was a whole human interaction that was accelerated by the railway system. The gramophone was invented so a voice could become eternal and the music could travel for the first time. You could have a symphony orchestra in your living room, so
there was a lot of democratization of the music thanks to the gramophone,” Laprise said. “…A lot of the things were about connecting people, so it was a beautiful era and the whole mystery around electricity was the main source of inspiration for the show.” Further, he wanted “Kurios” to make audiences feel like any-
thing is possible and open their heart to creativity and imagination. “We have the tools now to do that so we are going to advance a lot. I wanted to do a show, where people would feel optimistic like everything is possible, that’s the vibe that we get, so we’re really happy about that.” What was also important to the energy of the show would be a steampunk inspiration, which is a subgenre of science fiction according to the now defunct Steampunk Magazine. “…Steampunk is really real. You have an object made with different parts, each part has a history, it comes with its history. But then the assemblage has a complete different meaning, a new meaning,” Laprise expanded. “It’s very much so, in a Cirque du Soleil show, every artist and crew member comes with his own or her own background and history and cultural heritage. We respect that general aspect, when you combine them the whole has a new meaning. That’s why I thought it was really relevant to go steam punk. It’s fun also. Steampunk is this element of ludisme, or like playfulness, of invention, of little clever things, is all things we want to convey in the show, so it was the perfect style for that.” Interestingly however, considering the technological inspirations behind this Cirque du Soleil production, Laprise wanted to keep the show “low tech.” “I think what I like in ‘Kurios’ is that it’s really connected to the soul of Cirque du Soleil,
we’re in the streets and stuff, human based expression. There’s technology in the show, but I don’t want it to look like a technological show,” he said. “With the music, I want to hear the real instruments, almost like an acoustic show, of course there’s computers and stuff but they are there to serve and support, not to push away and take the place of acoustic instruments. So there’ a lot of technology in ‘Kurios’ but you don’t see it, it’s a very low tech show in that aspect, from your perception, but there is technology.” Despite the show being in its second year of the run, with the contract nearing the end, Laprise says the show still “feels very fresh” and he visits “Kurios” when it starts in each new city. He clearly loves talking about the show as if it was opening night and is so grateful to the team that produced it. “It is a Cirque du Soleil show but there was a pressure from the beginning, audiences had started to say that we were kind of starting to become predictable. So I said to the team, this is more than a show, it’s a mission, we have to reinvent ourselves in the show. So we started that with the show,” he said. “I’m glad because we’ve been breaking records of sales in attendance, and I’m glad they say that it’s the best show in the last 10 years, but what is great is that the reason why they love it: is it feels different this time. But it’s still Cirque du Soleil to me, but it feels different. I think it’s because we work hard.”
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problems and challenges around, but if we get together we can do that easily.’” To do this, Laprise explained he had to create something, first and foremost, that he really loved. The idea for “Kurious: Cabinet of Curiosities,” which will come to Lerner Town Square at Tysons II on July 21, came from looking at Cirque du Soleil’s classic chapiteau, or big top tent. “…I looked at it and I thought: I love it. I went to the Big Tops of the previous show and looked at it, there were talks of maybe changing the shape of it, and I was like ‘no, no, no, I’ve been dreaming for years to do that. I want to do the yellow and blue chapiteau.’ What I did was I just looked at it because I was fascinated by it because I thought what’s special about the big top is you look at it from a distance and you are touched by the magic. By the time you are sitting inside the chapiteau, you are already touched by the magic,” the writer/director recalled. “I look at it and thought, oh wow it looks like a giant antenna, with the four masts, the metal and the canvas. So I thought, okay I like that. It was like if it was [captivating] the invisible around, the energy, and manifesting it through the body of the artists onstage.” So Laprise took this idea and started to write the story of a scientist in the 19th century, who is building a machine that plugs into an antenna and takes you to a parallel universe: The Valley of the Possible Impossibles. “…This is where all of the dreams wait before they are dreamt on planet earth. This is also where the crazy ideas that we abandon on Earth, they go and refugee there before somebody else will think them,” Laprise said. “Because they exist you know. It’s very like a German philosopher thing, but an idea exists once it’s pronounced it exists.” The quest of the scientist, also called the Seeker, is to travel to the Valley and bring these ideas to earth, but something else happens. Instead, three people from the other dimension, fall into the
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Tony-winning musical comes to Vienna n nThe National Tour
of Ragtime set for three nights at Wolf Trap By Keith Loria SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
Each year, Wolf Trap treats theater lovers to some great theatrical productions, and this summer it’s bringing in the national tour of the 1998 Tony-Award winning Best Musical, “Ragtime.” Set against a gloriously rich score, which won Tony’s for both original score and its star, Audra McDonald, “Ragtime” transports audiences to the dawn of the 20th century where change is booming and possibilities are endless. The musical stars Leslie Jackson as Sarah and Chris Sams as Coalhouse Walker Jr. The cast started rehearsals at the end of September and performances have run for several months now. It will be playing four shows over three days at Wolf Trap, June 9-11. In “Ragtime,” the stories of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician unfold— all three united by their desire and belief in a brighter tomorrow. Their compelling stories are set to the amazing Tony Award-winning score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. “It’s one of the most beautiful scores ever,” Jackson said. “It’s a favorite among many in the theater world and once you listen to it, you keep listening over and over.” Jackson first learned of the show while a student at Northwestern University, when a friend saw a production and knew it was right up her alley. “He played a song for me that Audra McDonald sang in the Broadway version and I just loved it and fell in love with the whole show,” she said. “I knew this was a part that I wanted to play someday.” The opportunity came sooner than expected when her college put on the show her senior year and it quickly became one of her favorite roles. That’s why when the National Tour came calling, she was eager to play the part of Sarah again. “I feel like I am getting a lot more out of it now since college because I’ve grown a lot since then both as a person and performer,” she said. “I have a better understanding of the show and the characters.” Plus, when Jackson did the college production, she hadn’t read the book, but made sure to read the original source material— the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow—before starting this tour. “It was really enlightening and a great read, and I think it really helped in being able to flesh out more of the story for me,” she said. “It was interesting to see how the book really differs from the stage adaptation.” While the show is set in the 1900’s and Jackson feels people have come a long way since then, she does feel Ragtime is very “eye-opening” and that people still have a long way to go. “It very has that sense of history repeating itself and sometimes we get trapped in a cycle. It’s set over a century ago and it’s eerie how relevant a lot of the issues in the show are to what’s going on today,” Jackson said. “We have issues with immigration and refugees and these worrisome issues with the Black Lives Matter movement and law enforcement overstepping their boundaries—and these are all prevalent in the show.” With a cast of 26, “Ragtime” is not an easy show to produce and Jackson is impressed with how everyone performs so seemingly among the great sets and music. The show features a 30-piece orchestration that recreates the entire breadth and scope of the original Broadway production, travelling with a musical delivery system engineered with state-of-the-art virtual instrument technology combined with original recorded musical samples to produce the entire spectrum demanded to support the emotional fabric of the show. “I think it’s amazing that a show like this can be put up in a touring production. This is only the second time it’s ever been done as a national tour, and to be
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RAGTIME THE MUSICAL nn Wolf Trap’s Filene Center nn 8 p.m., Thursday, June 9; 8 p.m., Friday, June 10; and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday, June 11. nn Tickets: $22-$80 nn For more information, visit wolftrap.org
able to bring its stories to so many places that quite otherwise might not be able to see it, is great,” she said. “People come in expecting just ragtime music and they leave with so much more. It has such heart and soul to it and I love seeing their reactions to it.” Before each Wolf Trap performance, Sams will hold a discussion one hour before the start of the show.
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The cast of “Ragtime.”
“I think it’s amazing that a show like this can be put up in a touring production. This is only the second time it’s ever been done as a national tour, and to be able to bring its stories to so many places that quite otherwise might not be able to see it, is great.” Leslie Jackson
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Leslie Jackson as Sarah and Chris Sams as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the touring production of “Ragtime.”
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1st Stage production receives rave reviews n n“A wholly unique
musical adventure” Submitted by 1st Stage Tysons 1st Stage, Tysons’ national award-winning theater, has brought the monumental musical, “Floyd Collins,” to the DC region for the first time in over 15 years. Featuring an impressive cast of D.C. based performers and the extraordinary talents of some of the area’s finest musicians, this “rare sparkling gem of a musical” (TheatreBloom) runs until June 26. The caves of the Appalachian Mountains were largely unexplored and filled with mystery when “Floyd Collins,” an already notable cave explorer, sought to generate more tourist activity at his family’s cave by discovering a new entrance in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave system. In January of 1925, Collins’ left leg became pinned under a rock, trapping him 200 feet underground. The region erupted in a media circus, draw-
ing reporters and tourists from across the country to wait with bated breath as rescuers, engineers, and Collins’ own family worked tirelessly over 16 days to free Floyd from the pit. The me-
dia sensation reached new heights and rivaled the desperation of the family to free their loved one. This dichotomy is beautifully explored through the folk/bluegrass song styling’s that make “Floyd
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tent is coming Submitted by Cirque De Soleil Cirque du Soleil is returning to the Washington, D.C. area with “Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities.” Known for its larger than life acrobatics and mystical feats, Cirque du Soleil has raised the bar with Kurios, creating a world where the seemingly impossible plays out before your eyes. Michel Laprise, writer and director of Kurios, wanted to take the audience back to the latter half of the 19th century. A time of innovation in a changing world. With inventions such as the telegraph, railroad systems, gramophones, people believed anything was possible and that the world could be explored in a new way. In Kurios, attendees will be amazed by the high-flying performers, the beautiful steampunk set, props and costumes as well as the very up-beat gipsy-jazz and electro swing music. “We really pressured ourselves to reinvent ourselves and to do something beautiful, great and new for our audience,” Laprise said. “Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities” premiered to the world in Montréal in April 2014 and since its debut, the critics have been raving: “KURIOS is Cirque du Soleil’s strongest act in years…one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen on a stage” (Toronto Star), “KURIOS is the best Cirque
sic direction by William Yanesh. Floyd Collins was written by Tina Landau with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and additional lyrics by Tina Landau. Tickets can be purchased online at www.1ststagetysons.
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(L to R) Hasani Allen, Ben Lurye, and Russell Silber in “Floyd Collins” at 1st Stage. The show runs through June 26, 2016 in Tysons Corner.
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Celebrate Fairfax! event takes place this weekend, June 10-12 By Times Staff The Celebrate Fairfax! Festival, is set to take place this weekend on the grounds of the Fairfax County Government Center. The three-day event features 25 acres of amazing concerts, family programs, exhibits, carnival rides and nightly fireworks. Among the festival’s highlights are more than 130 performances on eight stages, with an exceptional line-up of national, regional and local artists. On the Bud Light Main Stage will be three musical headliners: Plain White T’s, B-52s and Living Colour. The Plain White T’s will open the weekend with a concert tonight, June 10 at 8:00 p.m. The band kicked off their career in the Chicago suburbs, playing a mix of pop, punk, and melodydriven rock ‘n’ roll in basements and clubs across the metro area. A decade-and-a-half later — with several thousand shows and a string of platinum-selling singles, including the mega-hit “Hey There Delilah” under their belts (the 18th most-downloaded song of all time)—the guys haven’t stopped heading back to the basement to dream up new sounds. That is where the Plain White T’s put the finishing touches on “American Nights,” the band’s first independent album since 2001. On Saturday at 8:00 p.m. the B-52s will claim the stage. It is well known that they are the World’s Greatest Party Band. And 30 years and over twenty million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why The B-52s remain among the most beloved rock stars ever. Any mystery concerning the longevity and ongoing appeal of the band is immediately solved when exposed to a unique
B-52s concert experience. From the timeless gems of “Rock Lobster,” “Planet Claire” and “Private Idaho” to the more recent classics “Channel Z,” “Love Shack” and “Roam”, the B-52s’ unforgettable dance-rock tunes start a party every time their music begins. Finally, Living Colour will perform Sunday, June 12 at 4:30 p.m. Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band’s music is a creative fusion influenced by free jazz, funk, hard rock and heavy metal. The band’s debut album, “Vivid,” was released in 1988 on Epic Records and reached number six on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It featured “Cult of Personality,” a number 13 hit on the Billboard 200 Singles chart as well as the Top 40 hit, “Glamour Boys.” “Cult of Personality” went on to earn the band their first Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The weekend isn’t just these headliners though. Seven other stages will feature many genres of music. Too decide and get those acts on stage though, is quite the process. “Usually we try to keep to the east coast, all the way up from New York to Florida you know, but we put emphasis on local bands. We do a lot of different research and everyone signs up in advanced to be considered, then we have a review committees that listens to all of the music,” Meagan Butkus, Vice President and Managing Director of Celebrate Fairfax Inc., explained. “We’ll have anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 submissions a year of different bands that we listen to, to try to boil down what we listen to on our eight stages.” Music aside, northern Virginia’s largest community-wide event, has a lot to do. There are plenty of enhancements to the festival programming, including areas such as the popular Silent Disco, the Fairfax County Karaoke Championship, the Fairfax County DockDogs Competition, Virginia Tourism
LOVE artwork, Celebrate Fairfax 5k Race, Giant Maze, Popup Playground, Flamingo Frenzy Scavenger Hunt and the Emerging Artist Showcase, plus more than 60 carnival rides, games, and attractions, and a variety of 30-plus food vendors. “Celebrate Fairfax as a nonprofit has a mission of celebrating Fairfax County and its communities. So we kind of expand on our mission itself. Some of the things we do for example is we work with other nonprofits or other event producers in the area to swap equipment or to do different educational workshops together so that everyone is improving their own events across the board. To meet our mission is not just to create this event for Fairfax County, it’s also helping other event producers produce their events, which has a larger outreach,” Butkus said. “As far as the community wide celebration, we see typically 70,000 to 80,000 attendees over the course of what is essentially 48 hours, three days, Friday night, Saturday all day and Sunday. So it’s kind of a short event because we are on government center property, but we see a lot of people who come through the event from all over the region.” General admission is available for all performances; shows are free with daily tickets to the event. Advance tickets go on sale on April 1 at www. celebratefairfax.com, and will also be available starting May 1 at all Wegmans locations in Northern Virginia. Advance discounts are offered; general ticket prices are $15/adult; $5/ children 3 – 12; free for 3 and under. Carnival ride tickets are additional. The 35th annual Celebrate Fairfax! Festival is a presentation of Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. and will be held Friday, June 10 through Sunday, June 12, 2016. For information, call 703-3243247, follow on Facebook.com/ CelebrateFairfax, and Twitter @ CelebrateFFX, and visit the website, www.celebratefairfax.com.
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The Plain White T’s will be one of many bands taking the stage at this weekend’s Celebrate Fairfax! Festival.
A hypnotist event at least year’s festival.
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Demand for integrated indoor-outdoor spaces inspires innovative solutions, evolving technologies n nFor Sun Design’s
Craig Durosko, remodeling is all about staying on top of emerging applications By John Byrd
SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
“When we started this company 28 years ago, our core specialty was opening up views and creating visual continuum,” explained Craig Durosko, chairman and founder of Sun Design Remodeling. “That said, creating a more functional relationship between the house and its setting has always been the larger proposition we explore with homeowners.” “Simply put, northern Virginians like their green backyards and temperate climate,” he added, “so finding ways to connect the house with what’s just outside your door is a strong local incentive—especially as spring unfolds into summer.” In fact, Durokso observed, homeowner expectation for better integrated outdoor spaces evolves with each season; so, too, the call for definitive sight lines linking the house to the grounds. To accommodate, Sun Design professionals constantly assess emerging building technologies, code issues, and design literature. “You’re always learning,” Durosko said. “Improving on the quality of what you stand for as a company is a continuous motivator for everyone here.” By way of example, Durosko
cites three recent trend-setting projects.
Poolside Pavilion Features Outdoor Kitchen Entertaining outdoors has become a primary recreational activity for Monte Zaben and his family. Though he commutes regularly to an office in McLean from his Fredericksburg home, Zaben’s weekends by the pool are treasured quality time. The reward is all the sweeter knowing that 18 months ago his expansive backyard playground was pretty uninviting. “The house was built to my requirements, but I hadn’t thought much about the grounds,” he said. “We added a saltwater pool a few years ago—only to realize that the back of the house was so sun-exposed...it was uncomfortable sitting outside.” For about a year, Zaben stockpiled ideas on how to convert the dysfunctional backyard into a more useful and aesthetically-pleasing outdoor play area; finally, researching online, he came across a portfolio of indoor-outdoor solutions by Sun Design and set up a meeting. From the start, the homeowner was impressed with Durosko’s plan for a shaded pavilion outside the home’s lower level. With its vaulted entrance extending to the pool, the new structure accommodates several inter-related activity zones while quietly articulating the existing architecture. Craftsman-style piers supporting an angular metal-clad roof present a period ambiance accented with wicker chairs and cafe tables.
Under the roof, three distinct activity areas provide shaded privacy within easily interactive sight lines: a lounge area in the redesigned entrance to the lower level changing area; a smaller closerin footprint with a cozy poolside vista; an outdoor kitchen equipped with a traditional grill, a smoker and a power burner. The kitchen accommodates a dining table for two—perfect for sampling a new wine, or one of the chef’s special dishes. When the summer guest list rises to 50 or more, the vaulted canopy becomes a perfect spot for buffet tables. Careful detailing—an architecturally-sympathetic overhang to an upper level kitchen window, a redesigned dormer—gives the new elevation an appealing balance that incorporates planters and other outdoor features. “We use our outdoor space on just about every seasonable day of the year,” Zaben said. “It’s very much part of our lives now.”
Screen porch, rear decking: weatherresistant materials finely applied As Fairfax homeowner Joanne Alger tells it, the defining element to their Georgian-style home—a classic wooden portico on the front facade—had failed twice in 14 years; also, the two-level wooden decking system on the home’s rear elevation was deteriorating badly. On a friend’s recommendation, Alger called Durosko, who inspected the facade and found an old story: the effect of a northwestern exposure on compara-
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Sun Design Remodeling’s reconciliation of a spacious Fredericksburg home to its poolside setting converted an uncomfortably sun-exposed setting into the family’s favorite warmweather play area. The multi-component Craftsman-style architectural solution includes a large outdoor kitchen and many well-articulated gathering places. tively fragile wooden soffits, trim and other detailing. His solution: replace the portico’s flat roof with a metal concave-shaped alternative; use an
aluminum-frame arch-topped window in lieu of the existing wood-trimmed variant. All
would seamlessly integrate with other exterior elements. For added weather-resistance, the new portico supports are trimmed in PVC. Impressed with the outcome, the Algers next sought Durosko’s ideas for a grander rear elevation
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HOMES Continued from Page B-8 indoor/outdoor component, one that would better reconcile the sprawling house with its six acre wooded setting. The Algers embraced a scheme with three main components: a 17by-16 foot screen porch, a grilling deck, and a ground-level patio. To preserve sight lines from the house, Durosko situated the grilling deck immediately outside the kitchen door. From the grilling deck, a stairway descends to a landing where it splits in two directions before reconnecting at a ground-level patio. The patio, in turn, segues to a hard-scape platform featuring an 8 foot stone hearth and comfortable seating. Meanwhile, the screen porch demonstrates how highly-durable materials can be shaped to meet demanding aesthetics. A Trex “transend” railing with black aluminum balusters was selected since it won’t obscure views by reflecting light. The fiberglass charcoal screen, likewise, makes it hard to see the porch interior from the outside. Pressure-treated southern yellow pine flooring under-girded with screen mesh keeps the bugs out. The fir-beaded tongue-and-groove wood ceiling lends a natural burnish to the open-air ambiance. As a finishing touch: paneled Hardiboard for the porch’s inside wall—a neutral backdrop for the wide-screen plasma TV mounted next to a window that serves as a food and beverage pass-through. Overhead fans and portable heaters keep the outdoor room habitable in all but the coldest days of winter. “It’s our preferred gathering place now,” Alger said. “And so comfortable we can use it from early spring to late fall.”
Well-designed Visual Continuum Brings the Outside Indoors On a related topic, Durosko points to the 25-by-16 foot custom window wall in a newly remodeled Fairfax home as a kind of triumph of glazing technologies over
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Black aluminim railing, charcoal gray screens, yellow pine flooring and a beaded tounge-and-groove ceiling are among the enduring and weather-reistant materils that distinquish the Alger family’s screen porch. the strong wind. “Homeowners come to us for ideas that will open up space and invite visual continuum,” he explained, “But Fairfax County’s rules on the wind-resistance requirements of large-scale windows can inspire a search for innovations that yield a better view.” Since wind-load can cause windows to crack and even shatter, the relationship of a window’s size to its distance from adjacent bracing panels must meet an exacting metric. Finding engineering solutions that will assure homeowners the exceptional effects they seek is, thus, critical to doing the job well. Case in point, Gini Mulligan, whose 2,200 square foot circa 1960s split foyer home Sun Design converted into a 4,238 square foot French colonial complete with wrap-around porches, a new master bedroom suite addition, and a spacious gourmet kitchen with a jaw-dropping view of towering backyard trees. “We bought the house over 20 years ago—mainly because of the lovely wooded setting,” Mulligan explained. “ I then spent so many years gazing out of a small back window, trying to imagine how the house would feel if we had a better view.” Of course, the scale of Mulligan’s vision—a two story rear elevation window wall—presented feasibility questions. “We knew we had to customdesign the window frame, since a traditional wooden frame with the tensile strength required by code would be so thick it would actually
restrict the view,” Durosko said. Which is why Durosko and team proposed a steel “moment” frame. It’s unusual in a residential application, but allows for as much as a 40 percent increase in unobstructed glass surface. Among the challenges: zero tolerance for error. Since all the frame’s constituent parts had to be created off-site, there’s no way to cut, bend, or shape its pure tempered steel once the on-site assembly is underway. “The design and fabrication must be precise,” Durosko said. The glass panes—which feature a high-level of thermal resistance—were, likewise, fitted into the frame on site. “It all looks very delicate—but this window can withstand winds of up to 90 MPH,” Durokso said. Added Mulligan: “Every room in our house is now visually linked to the setting. We are treated to flowering trees in spring and summer oak and maple foliage in the fall. Then snow-dusted hollies. It’s all very special.” Sun Design Remodeling frequently sponsors tours of recently remodeled homes as well as workshops on home remodeling topics. Headquartered in Burke, the firm has a second office in McLean. FOR INFORMATION: 703.425.5588 or www.SunDesignInc.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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Tech Trends: Smart Buyer’s Reps Know about Smart Homes By Marc Gould Smart-home technology is shifting into high gear. By all accounts, 2016 will be the tipping point for consumer interest and adoption, nearly five years ahead of experts’ original projections. For example, a recent Coldwell Banker Real Estate survey found almost half (45 percent) of all Americans either own smart-home technology or plan to invest in it this year. Additionally, 70 percent of current owners of at least one smart-home device plan to expand into additional technologies. Why Now? The concept of automating various aspects of home living has long appeared in science fiction, but now actual technology is catching up. The number of options has increased dramatically,
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while prices have come down. These developments are happening against a backdrop of strong consumer demand to own more resource-efficient homes. Popular Options Smart-home technology is being employed across a wide range of applications, including: - Automated sprinklers - Climate control - Entertainment systems - Entry door locks - Kitchen/laundry appliances - Lighting - Security systems/cameras - Window shades Systems linked to a home’s Wi-Fi network are typically remote controllable via a smartphone app. You can play your favorite music, set a kitchen timer, or even order a pizza, all on your mobile device.
Time to Learn More With the growing popularity of these devices, it’s essential for buyer’s representatives to pay closer attention to developments. Smart technology will undoubtedly be a growing topic of conversation during buyer consultation sessions and on home tours. It’s important for buyer’s representatives to provide clients with helpful information and insights. Interest in smart devices also crosses generations and income levels. In fact, the Coldwell Banker survey found that older generations are adopting certain technologies faster than younger ones, and Americans with annual household incomes of $50k to $75k are adopting smart technology at virtually the same pace as households with incomes of $75k to $100k.
By Times Staff Take a deep breath of fresh air. Feel the warm sunshine on your skin. Kick back and listen to the peaceful sounds of nature. There’s a reason people are investing in spaces that allow them to spend more time relaxing, dining and entertaining outside. In addition to expanding livable space, outdoor enhancements also offer a strong return on investment at the time of sale. Convinced this is the year you’re going to jump on the outdoor living bandwagon? To refresh your space and start enjoying the outdoors from the comforts of home, consider the top outdoor living trends of 2016.
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Upholstered seating is a good way to bring out, indoor comfort. variety of upholstered sofas, sectionals and chairs that look just like the classics used indoors, but are specifically designed to withstand the elements outside.
Eclectic design
Outdoor cooking
Homeowners are embracing the same eclectic trends that they love indoors and bringing this same design approach to their outdoor spaces. Mixing materials is at the heart of this trend. From all-weather wicker and teak to concrete and aluminum, using different materials means creating durable spaces with one-of-a-kind looks. Beyond the hardscape, using a variety of patterns, textures and shapes adds visual appeal.
Summer entertaining is enhanced when meals are cooked outdoors. Home chefs are thinking beyond the grill to incorporate other useful mediums for al fresco cooking. For example, hearths and stone ovens offer undeniable outdoor ambiance while providing a unique way to cook pizzas, bread and other baked goods. The finishing touch: add an herb garden for quick access to the fresh flavors of the season.
Upholstered soft seating This year, homeowners are revamping patios and decks by bringing the comforts of indoors outside. The perfect example of this movement is the use of upholstered furniture for the outdoors. Arhaus Furniture offers a
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Making chalk into a real work of art
PHOTO BY DANNY CLINCH
Left to right, Mike Olson, Rachel Price, Bridget Kearney and Mike Calabrese of Lake Street Dive.
Lake Street Dive brings on “Side Pony” n nBut will they rock
the hairstyle too? By Tripp Laino SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
PHOTO BY MAURISA POTTS
Reston’s Lake Anne Plaza will host the 3rd Annual Chalk on the Water Festival this weekend.
n nArtists go for top
prizes at 3rd annual Chalk on the Water Festival By Bonnie Stephens FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
Rain, rain, go away! Art lovers across northern Virginia will rejoice on June 11 and 12 as Lake Anne Plaza holds its 3rd annual Chalk on the Water Festival. Individuals of all ages are encouraged to let their inner artist shine through hundreds of colors on the brick waterfront, where the sound of water lapping and artists’ chatter is music to their ears. Chalk on the Water is a two-day street-painting festival where participants will create beautiful street art using only colored chalk on a rectangular brick canvas, reserved
especially for them. Festival artists can purchase a “plot” of brick space on the plaza and paint to their hearts’ delight; spectators are invited to observe at no charge. 150 reserved brick canvas plots are available for this event. Participants have a chance to win cash prizes for various categories, awarded by community judges, and the top prize of $1000 will be awarded to one talented artist on Sunday at 2 p.m. Lake Anne collaborated with Initiative for Public Art- Reston (IPAR) to bring this public art themed event to the plaza. Funds raised from the festival will be donated to IPAR, known most recently by its extra large bird’s nest artwork by Patrick Dougherty at Reston Town Center Square Park, and the “Wooden Horse” sculpture by Marco Rando at Lake Anne Village Center. IPAR was founded in 2007 by a group of Reston civic and community orga-
nizations and leaders who joined to develop a vision and plan for cultivating a new generation of public artworks throughout the community. As a result, the Public Art Master Plan for Reston was adopted in December 2008. The mission of IPAR is to inspire an ongoing commitment to public art and create a new generation of artworks in Reston. IPAR imagines public art throughout Reston that inspires the community and engages the mind and senses. Chalk on the Water Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 11 and 12. Registration for art space is available online at www. chalkonthewater.com or on a walk up basis at the lake. Cost for spaces are $10.00 for families and schoolage children (Elementary – High School), $15.00 for amateur artists and professionals. Lake Anne Plaza (Waterfront) is located at 1609 Washington Plaza, Reston.
It’s shaping up to be quite a busy year for Boston’s Lake Street Dive. The band released its fifth album, “Side Pony,” in February, and is about to hit the road in support of the record, playing nearly 50 shows across the United States and Europe over the summer and early fall. Lake Street Dive staggers their shows among clubs, theaters and performing arts centers to a mixture of crowds, and this tour is no exception – it’s a challenge drummer Mike Calabrese said the band is looking forward to. “The variety of venues sort of keeps the mind active,” Calabrese said. “It’s funny, we’re in a new place every day, but it’s still a grind. Every day has the same basic layout. Their summer tour, which includes a performance at Wolf Trap on Thursday, June 16, is taking them into large scale venues. “It’s good to see the range of not only what your material is able to do, but the environ-
LAKE STREET DIVE nn Wolf Trap nn 7 p.m., Thursday, June 16 nn Tickets: $25-$45 nn For more information, visit www.wolftrap.org
ment you’re able to create as a band depending on the context you’re in,” he said. “It’s always a learning experience. … It’s a good thing to do – it’s like exercise. You’ve got to make sure you get a leg day in or you’ll be out of balance. And we like a challenge.” Lake Street Dive has always been a band that shared songwriting among the four members, and “Side Pony” is no different. “The name of the game historically has been that we write individually and come together to arrange – that’s the method that has just worked out,” he said. “As writers in the band everybody in their own way likes to be alone with the song. That’s how we get the best material out of ourselves.” Writing in that fashion opens the door for creating some instantaneous magic if a band mate brings in something spectacular. Calabrese pointed to the band’s popular “You Go Down Smooth” as one of those moments of everything easily
gelling, where guitarist Mike Olson brought a rough version of the song to a rehearsal at Calabrese’s apartment. After trying it a few times, they added it to their rotation that evening. “There are these moments you listen to someone’s demo or sing it, and you think that has something,” he said. “… Mike was like ‘I just wrote this song,’ and we debuted it at the gig that night in Brooklyn. People loved it and we’ve played it every single show for five years. That was one of those moments – I like this song and I wonder if other people will like it. It turned out that they did.” But this album also saw the band joining forces to write together, a process that was new to them. Calabrese explained they recorded the album in about a month, with a pair of two-week sessions: one to record pieces written prior to the session, and the second to collaborate on material. “Our producer coached us sort of through the collaborative songwriting process,” Calabrese said. “We had a couple seed ideas and played them for him, and said ‘Let’s work these out.’ As a band we figured out a groove or a bridge or a bass line and were forced into a collaborative process. Turns out there’s a lot of merit to it.”
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Thousands of yogis to descend on Reston Sunday
Sharing Hometown Recipes, Cooking Tips and Coupons By Janet Tharpe
Simple Coconut Beer Shrimp With Sweet and Tangy Sauce “Mmmm!”
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Leah Stacey Mt. Juliet, TN (pop. 23,671)
eah Stacey’s Coconut Beer Shrimp with Sweet and Tangy Sauce are quite the treat. Her addition of coconut to the breading is an act of genius! Plate these up for your next game night or barbecue and you’ll be the hit of the party. Consider doubling the recipe for the dipping sauce... it’s that good. See step-by-step photos of Leah’s recipe plus thousands more from home cooks nationwide at: www.justapinch.com/coconutshrimp You’ll also find a meal planner, coupons and chances to win! Enjoy and remember, use “just a pinch”...
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Coconut Beer Shrimp w/Sweet & Tangy Sauce
PHOTO BY BONNIE STEPHENS/FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
Yogis of all ages are invited to Reston’s Yoga Festival on Sunday.
n nFree classes at
Reston Town Center for all ages By Bonnie Stephens FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
One of the best things about yoga is that anyone can do it at any age, anywhere, and without any special equipment. On Sunday, June 12, area yogis are invited to celebrate that and more at the 8th Annual Love Your Body Yoga Festival (LYBYF) at Reston Town Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Event organizers report that last year’s festival attracted 5,000 attendees, and that the number keeps growing. All are welcome to participate in classes taught by the area’s best instructors, and share in a com-
mon goal of better living. A new local “farm to table” tent has been added this year, promoting healthful and sustainable agriculture for more healthful eating. Yoga studios and wellness centers of northern Virginia will share information with the public, and offer hourly classes and services. LYBYF offers free activities and entertainment for the whole family including live music, healing demonstrations, food samples, and soothing therapies such as Reiki, chiropractic and massage. Donations for participation in specific classes will benefit Cornerstones, a nonprofit organization serving northern Virginia that promotes self-sufficiency for those in need. The Kids Tent will offer storytelling, laughter yoga, and more, for all ages. New highlights are presented at this year’s
event, and all are invited to enjoy the variety of activities, free prize drawings, and many booths on Market Street through the day at the festival. The event also launches the official start of the 9th annual Virginia Yoga Week, June 12 – 19, when yoga studios and independent teachers will be offering free, $5, and Karma classes throughout the Commonwealth. “This event was born from the desire to create ease and accessibility for people to try yoga, and celebrates the diverse yoga community of northern Virginia,” Maryam Ovissi, coowner of Beloved Yoga, said. “At Love Your Body Yoga Festival, everyone can learn about the many ways to take care of their bodies from the inside out – physically, mentally, and emo-
tionally – to feel stronger and healthier.” The Love Your Body Yoga Festival is organized by Beloved Yoga, which has studios in Reston and Great Falls, Va., and is presented with support from other local businesses and community volunteers. Beloved Yoga has also created a Mind Body Fund, supporting yoga teachers to go into the Cornerstones community, making yoga accessible for all. Love Your Body Yoga Festival classes and activities are available online. For more information, call Beloved Yoga, 703-860-9642 or visit www. loveyourbodyyogafestival.com. Love Your Body Yoga Festival will be held at the Pavilion at Reston Town Center, 11900 Market Street, Reston. Namaste.
What You Need 4 eggs 1 c beer 3 tsp Creole seasoning 1 1/4 c flour 2 tbsp baking powder 48 large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined with tails 1 bag sweetened coconut, shredded 2 c oil SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE 2 c orange marmalade 1/4 c Dijon mustard 1 1/2 tbsp horseradish
Directions • Combine eggs, beer, 3 tsp Creole seasoning, flour, and baking powder. • Blend well. • Dip the shrimp in beer batter and roll in coconut. • Fry in oil heated to 350. • The oil should be at least 1-1/2” deep. • Drop shrimp in a few at a time and fry until golden brown. • Remove and drain on paper towel. • To make the sauce, blend together dipping sauce ingredients.
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But first, coffee n nAn explanation
of the different caffeinated drinks By Times Staff Americans love their coffee. Millions of people drink at least one cup of coffee per day and many get their caffeine fix with a specialty coffee drink. Dairy milk is a great complement for any cup of coffee; it’s both a tasty addition and a way to add essential nutrients to your mug. Every type of dairy milk, whether low fat, fat free or organic, contains nine essential nutrients, including high-quality
protein. In fact, milk is the top food source for three of the four nutrients of concern, or the nutrients Americans, including children, are most lacking: calcium, potassium and vitamin D. If you enjoy a morning cup of coffee, here are a few ways to create gourmet coffee drinks at home.
There are a few easy ways to froth milk at home. Use an inexpensive milk frother or try this DIY tip: shake your favorite type of milk in a jar until it froths up. Remove the lid and microwave to a desired temperature. Now you’ve got warm milk for your coffee and foam to top it off.
How to Make a Café au Lait
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A cafe au lait is simply a strong-brewed coffee drink mixed with steamed milk. The best way to make one is to brew a dark-roast blend in a French press and mix with equal parts steamed milk.
Lattes are two parts milk to one part espresso. Starting your day with a morning latte is a wonderful way to enjoy the buzz of coffee plus milk’s nine essential nutrients, including eight grams of high-quality protein per eight ounces.
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Another Italian coffee drink, the cappuccino’s name comes from the Italian word for “hood.” A cappuccino is made with equal parts espresso, steamed milk and foamed milk. A “dry” cappuccino has more foam while a “wet” cappuccino is closer to a latte in consistency. Whether you prefer a cappuccino, latte or cafe au lait, adding milk to your coffee is a delicious, nutritious complement to your coffee beverage of choice. From espresso to strong brewed coffee adding dairy milk only adds to the enjoyment.
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ADORABLE ADOPTABLES
CHANCE
SALLY
GWEN
HUSHPUPPY
MOMMA
PENNY
Breed: Labrador Retriever mix Age: 5 years Gender: Male Chance is a very friendly dog who loves walks and is good with other dogs and cats. He loves to be around people and is well behaved around children. See more at: http://www. aforeverhome.org/availabledogs/#sthash.YB0OgBjz.dpbs; Call: 703.961.8690
Breed: Feist/Chihuahua/Dachshund mix Age: 11 weeks Gender: Female Sally is a very sweet and calm puppy. She loves to be by herself or playing one on one with her foster family. She is good with other dogs and children. See more at: http://www. aforeverhome.org/availabledogs/#sthash.YB0OgBjz.dpbs; Call: 703.961.8690
Breed: Shepherd / Collie mix Age: 6 months Gender: Female This sweet girl was found as a stray. She is very smart and good natured. Gwen listens very well and is great with other dogs. See more at: http://www. aforeverhome.org/availabledogs/#sthash.YB0OgBjz.dpbs; Call: 703.961.8690
Breed: Treeing Walker Coon Hound Age: 10 weeks Gender: Female This sweet little girl came to AFH with her three siblings. Mom and Dad were pure-bred Coon Hounds. This baby is loving and gentle. She is good with dogs and does well with everyone. See more at: http://www. aforeverhome.org/availabledogs/#sthash.YB0OgBjz.dpbs; Call: 703.961.8690
Breed: Treeing Walker Coon Hound Age: 4 years Gender: Female Momma was abandoned by her owner. She is very sweet and gets along great with other dogs. She totally loves children. See more at: http://www. aforeverhome.org/availabledogs/#sthash.YB0OgBjz.dpbs; Call: 703.961.8690
Breed: Carolina Dog Mix Age: 21 months Gender: Female This beautiful girl came to us with her six pups. Penny weighs 35 pounds. Although she is an adult, she plays like a puppy. She is working on fetch and likes to tug on ropes and chase balls. See more at: http://www. aforeverhome.org/availabledogs/#sthash.YB0OgBjz.dpbs; Call: 703.961.8690
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TAZ
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GWEN
GUMDROP
Breed: Terrier/Airedale mix Age: 3 months Gender: Male Dustin is a cuddle bug with personality plus. He was born March 1st and his mom is Daisy. Her sweet personality has been transferred to her 10 pups and they can’t wait to show you how loving they are. For more information, contact Humane Society of Fairfax County. www.hsfc.org 703-385-7387
Breed: Hound mix Age: 1 year Gender: Male Apollo is friendly with other dogs and likes people of all ages. He loves to go for walks and the longer the better. This fella hopes he never has to be chained outside again For more information, contact Humane Society of Fairfax County. www.hsfc.org 703-3857387
Breed: Pekingese. Age: 8 years Gender: Male Jaxsun’s may be 8 years old, but he still thinks he’s a puppy. He’s a lover boy who is great with kids, people of all ages, dogs, cats and other animals. He’s healthy and has never had any medical issues. For more information, contact Humane Society of Fairfax County. www.hsfc.org 703-385-7387
Breed: DSH cat Age: 10 weeks Gender: Female (spayed) Gwen and her littermates (Greta, Gunnar, Gail & Grant) are all ready for adoption. Come check out this young active litter. HSFC asks that you adopt two kittens if you do not have another cat at home. For more information, contact Humane Society of Fairfax County. www.hsfc.org 703-385-7387
Breed: DSH cat Age: 4 years Gender: Male (neutered) Loving and cuddly, Gumdrop deserves a new home. He thought he had gone to his forever home, but was returned to no fault of his own. Gumdrop is a strong male that gets along with other cats. For more information, contact Humane Society of Fairfax County. www.hsfc.org 703-385-7387
ACE (AND HIS BROTHER ASH) Breed: DSH tabby cat. Age: 10 months Gender: Male Ace came to us from the great outdoors. He is ready for a home with those who will show him love and care. Come see Ace, Ash, and their roommate Topaz play tetherball, batting their favorite new toy. For more information, contact Humane Society of Fairfax County. www.hsfc.org 703-385-7387
FROM THE DOG’S PAW
Hot weather and pets
PHOTOS COURTESY PETCONNECT RESCUE
Finn, a Basset mix.
Shamrock, a cool cat.
Lex, a kitten with three siblings.
Bucky, a Chihuahua.
By Noah SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
I love going places with my human like garden centers and pet stores. Barkingly, hot weather can be dangerous for dogs or cats who are in a parked car or outside for long periods. Heat stroke can happen fast! Did you know that it only takes 10 minutes for the temperature in a closed car to go up 20 degrees? Leaving the air conditioning on doesn’t help, because they fail. Ever notice how the air conditioner in some cars warms up when the car’s idling? Heat stroke has happened on 70 degree weather days and leaving the windows open doesn’t always help.
My human uses a rule, “If I can’t take Noah in the store with me and if it’s hot to me, it’s too hot for me to go with him.” Humans don’t have fur coats like we dogs do! My friends from PetConnect Rescue brought a few friends by for you to meet. Meet Bucky, an incredibly cool, special needs, tiny 3-4 year old Chihuahua. PetConnect Rescue isn’t sure what happened to him. Not only does he have terrible scars down his back that look like chemical burns, he seems to have fairly significant cognitive issues. He seems to have slightly impaired vision, but he has exceptional hearing. Bucky, a friendly, sweet guy who loves attention, seems to live in his own happy world. He does great with other dogs as long as they
don’t run him over! He comes when called, is food motivated, house trained, and he loves a heated bed and a dark crate. A little skip to his gait adds to his character. Bucky isn’t very good on a leash, since all he really wants to do is go out to do his business one isn’t needed. Bucky is a pawfect pet for an older person who wants a companion but doesn’t want to walk or exercise much. If you accept him for what he is, a comical, perky character, he’ll make an awesome companion. Meet Finn sweet, a young Basset mix that does well with other dogs and enjoys attention from humans of all ages. Finn was picked up as a stray and sadly, his “family” never came to get him! A lovable, happy-golucky personality makes Finn a fabulous family member. Meet Shamrock (affectionately
known as Sham or Shammy)! A cool cat mommy who gave birth to five perfect kittens on March 13 and found their forever homes, so she’s ready to find hers! A soft gray tabby cuddle bug, Shamrock loves belly rubs, looking out the window and just relaxing with her humans! Shamrock wants to be your one and only! Looking for a sweet lap cat to add to your family? Shamrock could be the one! Meet Lex! A cat full of personality! Lex, her sisters (Lotus & Marigold) and brother (Max) were born at the end of February in a shelter – but they’re in a foster home, which is much more fun. She snuggles with her foster mom, wrestles with other kittens and climbs the cat tree! Lex has a great purr and loves to sit on shoulders. Healthy, started vaccinations and always uses the litter
box, Lex would love to be adopted with one of her siblings. For more information about these dogs or cats contact, http:// www.petconnectrescue.org, email: info@petconnectrescue.org or call 1-877-838-9171 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.
UPCOMING ADOPTION EVENTS Please come and meet Fancy Cats Rescue Team’s cats and kittens at our adoption events:
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Sunday June 12th 12 - 4pm Fair Lakes Petsmart 12971 Fair lakes Center Fairfax, VA 22033 Springfield PetSmart 6536 Frontier Dr. Springfield, VA 22150
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Despite commercial success, comedians go back to standup roots n nChris D’Elia
and J.B. Smoove headline a strong month of comedy at DC Improv By Keith Loria SPECIAL TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
PHOTO BY PAUL MOBLEY
“I’ve got bullets in my holster for sure, but I like to make each show its own entity.” -J.B. Smoove
DC Improv has always been known for bringing in top comedians and the next two weeks are no exception, with popular TV stars J.B. Smoove appearing June 9-11, and Chris D’Elia taking the stage June 15-19. Smoove is just about everywhere you look on TV these days. In the last few years, he’s co-starred opposite Will Arnett on “The Millers,” has hosted “Last Comic Standing,” plays a fictionalized version of himself on “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” and is the latest spokesperson for Rent.com. He’s also the host of MSG’s “Four Courses with J.B. Smoove,” and he’s even popped up on “Talking Dead” a few times to talk about his favorite zombie show. And as if his schedule wasn’t busy enough, he also voices videogames, such as the new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Portal Power;” will appear in several new movies; and makes sure to keep his comedy fresh by appearing at comedy clubs when time permits. “My style is crazy. For those who have seen me on TV and in film, they know. I don’t make a plan for what I’m going to talk about,” he said. “I’ve got bullets in my holster for sure, but I like to make each show its own entity. You’ll never see the exact same show from me.” While Smoove is plenty busy in the other mediums, he promises he will always have time for standup. “Standup is my immediate
J.B. SMOOVE AND CHRIS D’ELIA nn DC Improv nn Smoove: June 9-11; D’Elia: June 15-19 nn Tickets: $35 nn For more information, visit www.dcimprov.com
response. When you do film, you have to wait for months, with TV, you have to wait. With standup, it’s all about the moment and you can get the comedy high,” he said. “This is about the groundwork and building some stuff up. It’s just amazing to be out there.” Smoove knew early in life that he wanted to make people laugh, but he wasn’t sure how to go about it. “I knew I was quick and I knew I could apply my personality to standup, but I didn’t know I would be a guy who could paint pictures on stage verbally,” he said. “I took an improv class because I wanted who I was on stage to be the same person you see off stage. I wanted those two worlds to merge.” Of course, his breakout role came from playing Leon on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” being the yin to Larry David’s yang, and perhaps creating the oddest bromance in television history. “People love Larry and myself and we had so much fun, especially being on HBO,” he said. “I talk to Larry at least once a month to check in and let him know I’m available, and see if he’s made his mind up. I told that guy, ‘if you do not come back, you have to spin me off.’ See how Leon’s out and about without Larry.” As for D’Elia, he’s just coming off a three-year run on NBC’s “Undateable,” and with a popular Netflix special, he’s cementing himself as one of the top forces in standup today. For his show at DC Improv, D’Elia previewed he’ll be talking
more about the things that are affecting him at post 36 years of age. “It’s just like the next stage of my life, being an adult now and realizing I’m not a kid anymore,” he said. “I saw a picture of myself and I realized I was a man, and not a kid anymore, but in my head I still feel like a kid sometimes. That realization became the basis of my act. I’ll tell some stories about some of the things that have happened.” Although he’s become something of a TV star—first starring opposite Whitney Cummings on NBC’s “Whitney” and then the “Undateable” run—D’Elia started in this business with aspirations of being a standup comedian. “The other stuff is great, but standup is really what I always wanted to do,” he said. “It’s the only time you can say what you want to say and no one can change that. You’re on stage and it’s all
you.” Sadly, NBC cancelled “Undateable” last month, so D’Elia is hoping to find a cable show or something a little different to try next. While he wasn’t surprised by the cancellation, he did call it one of the best experiences of his life and he loved working with his friends on the show. “My goal now is to do my own show and some movies. I just want to be in control of it,” D’Elia said. “I ultimately want to do what Eddie Murphy, Kevin Hart, Adam Sandler and Jim Carey all did.” Currently, he’s working on his next comedy special and some of the material he’s testing at DC Improv may find its way to the show. “To me, it’s the best material I’ve ever done and I’m really proud of it,” he said. “If they like it, great, and if not, they don’t have to come see me again.”
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Systems Connection has an immediate opening for warehouse personnel and truck drivers in Sterling, VA and furniture installers in the Washington DC/ Northern VA area. We at Systems Connection reward our employees with Excellent pay, 401k, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance. Applicant must have valid drivers license, transportation and be able to pass drug screen and criminal background check. Please send resume to rcolejr@ sysconmd.com or call 301-3435421 for more information. Custodians Full Time Part-Time Daytime Night-Time Positions Needed immediately In Chantilly, VA Uncleared Positions $13.00 hour Cleared Positions $22.00 hour Must have an active TS/SCI Clearance The Wilburn Company, Inc. 410-789-3320 Database Administrators (Herndon, VA) Define & Dvlp product to improve installation of new d/ base. Dsgn, Plan, Procure Eqpmt, Build, Manage Test Programs or D/ bases. Configure Storage Life Cycle Policies, Disk Pools, Disk Storage Units, Vault. Utilize Linux, Aix, & Solaris. Master’s deg in Comp Sci, Engg, Info Systms or equiv & 2 yrs exp or a Bachelor’s deg in Comp Sci, Engg, Info Systms or equiv & 5 yrs exp. May also req travel to various unanticipated client sites nationally. Send resume: Techizee Inc. Attn: HRGC, 209 Elden St, Ste 208, Herndon, VA, 20170. Quality Assurance Lead MBO Partners seeks Quality Assurance Lead to assume responsibility for the overall quality of application development projects. Involves project evaluation and requirements definition, continuous integration/deployment, and final acceptance testing. Min. Requirements: Master’s in Information, Network and Computer Security, Computer Science or closely-related technical field, plus at least 2 years of experience developing and converting quality assurance test automation scripts using Python. Alternatively, will accept a Bachelor’s in Information, Network and Computer Security, Computer Science or closely-related technical field, plus at least 5 years of progressive, postbaccalaureate experience developing and converting quality assurance test automation scripts using Python. To apply, send resume to Alyssa Krysick, MBO Partners, 13454 Sunrise Valley Dr., Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20171. RAIN OR SHINE - June 18, 2016 – 9 a.m. NO Early Birds ANTIQUES- melodian, dulcimer, furniture, collectibles, etc. BOUTIQUES- Lilly Pulitzer, Juicy Couture, Ralph Lauren, etc. Linens, dishes, electronics, jewelry, Christmas items 2825 Yeonas Drive Vienna, VA 22180 Last house on Yeonas Drive, adjacent to I-66
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HERNDON DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Herndon, Virginia, will hold a work session on Tuesday, June 7, at 7:00 p.m. and a public hearing on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Herndon Council Chambers Building located at 765 Lynn Street, Herndon, Virginia, to solicit public comment on the: HERNDON DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT RFP #16-05. The town received two proposals in response to the Request for Proposals issued for the redevelopment of 4.675 acres of land in historic downtown Herndon. The town’s adopted master plan envisions a mix of retail, office and residential development, to include four-story mixed-use/residential structures; three-story mixed-use/ commercial structures; a jointly-funded public/private parking structure; an arts center and more. People having an interest in the two proposals submitted by Comstock Development Services, LC, and The Stout & Teague Company, are invited to attend the public hearing and to state their opinions. The two proposals are available on the town’s website at www. herndon-va.gov/downtownrfp for review. 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 ___________________ Note to Publisher: Publish June 3rd and June 10th
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1-800-Pack-Rat (VA-Sterling-5523) 46213 Transdulles Plaza Sterling, VA 20164
Notice is hereby given that the Heritage Preservation Review Board of the Town of Herndon will hold a work session on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. and a public hearing on Monday, June 20, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Herndon Council Chambers Building located at 765 Lynn Street, Herndon, Virginia on the following items: APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO AMEND AN APPROVED APPLICATION. HPRB #16-05. Descriptive summary of the proposed action: An application to amend a previously approved application located on the property at 955 Locust Street, Herndon, Virginia and further identified as Fairfax County Tax Map 0162-02-0052. Applicant: Joseph Gabbard. Owner: Mohammed Shah, Trustee. Deferred from the May 16th public hearing. APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, HPRB #16-08. Descriptive summary of the proposed action: An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a one story addition on the rear of the house located at 953 Locust Street, Herndon, Virginia and further identified as Fairfax County Tax Map 0162-02-0053. Applicant: Michael Stevens, Architect. Owner: Anne Kinsinger. Deferred from the May 16th public hearing. APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, HPRB #16-10. Descriptive summary of the proposed action: An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a free standing garage located at 1022 Tyler Street, Herndon, Virginia and further identified as Fairfax County Tax Map 0104-03110002. Applicant and Owner: Brian and Lisa Taggart People having an interest in the above items are invited to attend the public hearing and to state their opinions. Items are available for examination by the public 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 (703) 435-6817 to arrange for any accommodation that may be necessary. ___________________________ Viki L. Wellershaus, Town Clerk
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Daniels, Dawn
351950
LeMaster, Jodi
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Rossi, Dan
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Williams, Radclyffe
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Theresa Sowinski
LDM
D04349
William Campbell
LDM
D01488
1-800-Pack-Rat (VA-Sterling-5523), 46213 Transdulles Plaza, Sterling, VA 20164, has possessory lien on all of the goods stored in the units above. All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the assertion of the lien on 6/15/2016 at 10:00 AM in order to collect the amounts due from you. The sale will take place on www.strangeauctionservices.com from 6/15/2016 to 6/22/2016 at 6:00p.m.
Entry Lvl to Senior Lvl (Multiple Positions) SQL/ Oracle DBAs, .NET Dvlprs, Java Dvlprs, SAP CRM Consultants, BI/ETL Dvlprs, UNIX & Network Admins, and QA Analysts are needed for our Chantilly, VA office. Travel may be required. Please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to Tanvi IT Solutions, Inc., 4211 Pleasant Valley Road, Suite 230, Chantilly, VA 20151
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Architectural Review Board of the Town of Herndon will hold a work session on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. and a public hearing on Monday, June 20, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the Herndon Council Chambers Building located at 765 Lynn Street, Herndon, Virginia on the following items: APPLICATION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, ARB #16-09. Descriptive summary of the proposed action: An application to erect a monopole and equipment compound on the property located at 101 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia, and further identified as Fairfax County Tax Map #0171-02-0009A. Applicant: Colleen Khan, entrex communications services. Owner: Virginia Electric Power Company. APPLICATION FOR A WALL SIGN PERMIT, ARB #16-10. Descriptive summary of the proposed action: An application to attached a wall and door sign to the building located at 520A Huntmar Park Drive, Herndon, Virginia, and further identified as Fairfax County Tax Map #0162-02-0156E. Applicant: Henry Allen, Signaram. Owner: BritHerndon Square LLC. People having an interest in the above items are invited to attend the public hearing and to state their opinions. Items are available for examination by the public 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 (703) 4356817 to arrange for any accommodation that may be necessary.
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The Fairfax County Times newspaper is seeking an Arts & Entertainment Editor. This is a 3-day-a-week part-time position that will allow the right person to help create, develop and manage the paper’s Arts and Entertainment section. Hours are 9-5 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Must know AP Style, have some professional journalism experience and a general knowledge of the Fairfax County arts and entertainment scene. Please email resumes to Managing Editor Gregg MacDonald at gmacdonald@fairfaxtimes.com. No phone calls please. Help Wanted
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Small furnished one person apartment in house. Deck and yard, quiet area, 5 minutes to Tysons. No Smoking, no pets, $1,250 per month, utilities and internet included. Please call 703-732-7774 or 571730-4864.