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U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10)introducing the panelists for theYoung Women’s Leadership Programat the Great Falls Library. Studentswere taught about the benefits ofgiving back to their communities.

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By Alyssa Miller

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On Friday, several dozen highschool girls gathered at GreatFalls Library to hear abouthow they could get involved

in volunteer opportunities. As part of Con-gresswoman Barbara Comstock’s 10th Con-gressional District Young Women Leader-ship Program, these students were taughtabout the benefits of giving back to theircommunities.

A panel of guests spoke at the event, manyof whom were from the organizationWomen Giving Back, which provides freeclothing to homeless women and childrenin the area.

“Volunteerism really makes a difference,”said Terri Stagi, the president of the WGBexecutive committee. “It adds something toyour life.”

According to Stagi, the young women atthe program could volunteer for WGB bysorting clothing or even being personalshoppers for some of the teenagers beingserved by WGB.

Shirley Clark, the CEO and executive di-rector of the Women’s Center in Vienna,echoed Stagi’s sentiments. According toClark, volunteering is about more than justbuilding a resume — although it can helpwith that as well.

“Volunteerism looks great on a resume,but more importantly, it helps you thinkdifferently,” said Clark.

Clark and Sally Turner, the president and

chair of the Women’s Center Board of Di-rectors, also discussed combatting pressureson women in the workplace.

According to Turner, when she was grow-ing up, girls were told they could be secre-taries, teachers or nurses. However, hergrandfather owned a business school, soTurner went to business college during thesummers and was able to get a job in the ITfield. Turner urged the girls to get out ofthe office and meet people in their futurecareers, and to know when to move on from

one job to the next.Clark said she noticed during her bank-

ing career that many women didn’t speakup or use their voice at work.

“While they may have had food and cloth-ing and housing and even a job, they werereally disadvantaged, as well, because theydidn’t have the confidence or the supportthey needed to get to the next level,” saidClark.

Clark said that seeing women “give ourpower away” encouraged her to get started

By Tim Peterson

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Friday afternoon, July 1, FairfaxCounty School Board memberseach received an email contain-

ing new operating regulations regardingtransgender and gender nonconformingstudents.

The previous board voted on May 7,2015, to add “gender identity” to theschool system’s nondiscrimination policy.They then hired a private consultant tohelp staff develop regulations for howthat policy change would be formally en-acted in schools day to day.

At the time, at-large Board memberRyan McElveen asserted that the policychange would effectively not change any-thing in the way transgender studentsand employees are treated from a schoolsystem standpoint. But the consultantwould also review Fairfax County PublicSchools practices as compared to bestpractices in other school systems and the

formal guidelines would be reflective of thatstudy as well.

THE SIX TYPED PAGES of guidelinesbegin with definitions the school system willuse when referring to concepts includingsex assigned at birth, transgender, transi-tion and gender nonconformity.

They also call for the creation of supportteams for students who identify themselvesas transgender, transitioning or gender non-conforming, that can involve the parents orguardians, teachers, administrators, schoolpsychologists or other staff members asappropriate. The support team then devel-ops a plan for how the student can feel mostsafe when using bathrooms or locker rooms,or participating in school activities andsports.

School Board Chairman Pat Hynes saidthe new guidelines are regulations as theynow stand, not a draft.

“It’s the Board’s role to review them, that’spart of our job,” Hynes said, “to make surethey comply with our policy.”

When the policy change was passed morethan a year ago, there was successful fol-low-on motion calling for the board to re-view the regulations, as Hynes said. Whatthe motion didn’t say was what form thatreview would take.

According to Hynes, it would be sufficientfor members to simply read over the emailand sign off. She called the regulations “welldone” and “pretty comprehensive.”

A second option is for the Board to con-vene a work session and discuss in a morein-depth manner. There could also be a le-gal advisory meeting for addressing specificlegal questions. In the area of transgenderregulations, Hynes acknowledges laws arestill in flux.

“In my opinion,” she said, “this complieswith our policy for nondiscrimination — thelaw, as the law now exists.”

If the board members collectively agreethe new regulations are not fully in line withthe policy, they can direct FCPS Superin-tendent Karen Garza and staff to amendthem.

But to decide the nature of the board’sreview, they’ve scheduled a forum on July14 at Luther Jackson Middle school,around their evening business meeting.

The topic of review and the guidelinesthemselves will not be on the agenda,however, meaning citizens may not bringthem up during the public participationportion of the meeting.

In an email, At-Large member JeanetteHough said she’s advocating for a morepublic conversation on the regulations inthe form of a work session.

“Not only do I have a lot of questionsabout the regulations and on what basisthey were created,” Hough wrote, “but Iam hearing daily from my constituentswith these same questions. For starters,I think it is important that we honor thefollow on motion from May 7, 2015 whenmembers of the former Board stated thatchanges would be reviewed in a publicway.”

Springfield District representative onthe board Elizabeth Schultz is also criti-cal, saying that the process of arriving at

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working to help women,She encouraged the girls to volunteer and

help women, even if only for a short time.Comstock, who hosted the event, said that

volunteering helps to enrich the lives ofthose who are helping, as well as those whoare being helped.

“Whatever that passion is that you have,”said Comstock, “when you share it, youprobably learn more about yourself andyour abilities by doing that.”

U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10)introducing the panelists for theYoung Women’s Leadership Pro-gram at the Great Falls Library:Students were taught about thebenefits of giving back to theircommunities.

From left: Shirley Clark, the CEO and executive director of the Women’sCenter in Vienna; Sally Turner, the president and chair of the Women’sCenter Board of Directors; U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10), whohosted the event; and representatives of Women Giving Back — TerriStagi, the president of the executive committee; Pat Leader, the secretaryand treasurer; and Fiona Hughes, the vice president.

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July 14 forum scheduled to decide meaning of board’s “review.”

School Board Receives New Transgender Regulations

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Great Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Brightview Great Falls willhost an Open House on Satur-day, July 23 from 11 a.m. – 4p.m.

Buckley Fricker, local authorand owner of Buckley’s for Se-niors, will share key aspects ofEstate Planning from her book,“Eldercare: The Road to Grow-ing Old is Not Paved,” at 11:30a.m.

Also featured will beBrightview Great Falls’ Well-spring Village Director RoseManduku. At 2 p.m., Rose shewill discuss the benefits of mu-sic and memory as well as shareother programs that benefitpeople living with dementia.

“Lifestyles characterized bypossibilities and choice awaitresidents and their families atBrightview Great Falls,” saidCarolyn Pennington, commu-nity sales director.

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the regulations has been less transparent than theboard promised last May.

“The race to embrace doesn’t help any side,”Schultz said. “There’s been no presentation to theboard about what we’re doing well, best practices,what we’re not doing well, recommendations thatwe change. There’s nothing.”

Schultz, Hough and Sully District member TomWilson submitted a series of questions regarding thepending regulations to staff prior to finished prod-uct being sent to board members.

“How do you fundamentally implement any of thispolicy?” Schultz said. “[The regulations are] ex-tremely limited. They don’t even begin to cover thelength and breadth of what we’ve submitted.”

SCHULTZ CITED the regulations not addressingtransgender employee issues, how conscientiousobjector teachers would be dealt with or whethermedical professionals were involved in creating thedocument, adding their expertise on whether theguidelines would be truly helpful.

“These are the nuances no one’s thinking about,”she said. “It requires really thoughtful discussion. Tobe authentic, you still have to have integration inthe process, allow the process to work the way youtold the people it was going to work.”

Robert Rigby, a teacher at West Potomac High

School and leader of the LGBT employees group forFairfax County Public Schools called FCPS Pride,plans to attend the July 14 forum.

So far, Rigby, who has been advocating for LGBTnondiscrimination since 2000 is pleased with theregulations. He was pleasantly surprised, he said, bythe inclusion of support teams and the definition forgender nonconformity.

“It doesn’t put kids into boxes,” he said, "you canbe yourself. It accommodates and recognizes that.”

Regarding the support teams, Rigby said Fairfaxhas been doing a version of that for a while. “It’s adeveloped program,” he said. Even if it hasn’t beencodified until now. “My colleagues who’ve workedon this say it’s been a process — helping people out,making sure things work right. They’re really pleasedand impressed by how it’s worked.”

Rigby said a bigger challenge for LGBT studentsis still those who don’t have support from their par-ents. His hope is with the new regulations and sur-rounding discussion and shared information, therewill be more understanding.

“No one can make people support their kids,” hesaid. “But you can educate the wider community sothere’s more of a chance.”

FCPS has not posted the regulations online yet,however, Chairman Hynes has been sharing the docu-ment with anyone interested in reviewing them. Hercontact information is pmhynes@fcps.edu.

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President Barack Obama has approved the pro-motion of Shepard Smith, from captain to rearadmiral (lower half), a prerequisite for Smith to be-come director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, afterhis selection by Department of Commerce SecretaryPenny Pritzker. Smith’s appointment to director willbe effective on Aug. 26, 2016. Smith is the son of LauraNichols of Great Falls. He attended Great Falls Elemen-tary, Kent Gardens and Langley High School between1979 and 1984.

Smith will oversee NOAA’s charts and hydrographicsurveys, ushering in the next generation of navigationalproducts and services for mariners who need integrateddelivery of coastal intelligence data.

He succeeds Rear Adm. Gerd Glang, who will retireon September 1 after a 27-year NOAA career. Glangserved almost four years as Coast Survey director, lead-ing NOAA’s transition from a paper-based nauticalcharting system to a full digital system.

“NOAA’s navigational services provide critical sup-port to our nation’s maritime transportation system,”said Russell Callender, NOAA assistant administratorfor the National Ocean Service, in announcing Smith’sappointment. “Rear Adm. (select) Smith has the expe-rience, knowledge and leadership skills to lead thetransformation of navigational intelligence into the in-tegrated data delivery platform required for the nextgeneration of navigational services.”

Smith has served with NOAA for 23 years, duringwhich time he has been involved in advancing the state-of-the-art in hydrography and nautical cartography. His11 years as a field hydrographer continue to this day,

as he currently serves as the command-ing officer of NOAA Ship ThomasJefferson. He previously served as thechief of Coast Survey’s Marine ChartDivision, managing the privatization ofpaper chart printing and distribution.

In addition to his three tours on Tho-mas Jefferson (twice as her command-

ing officer), Smith also served on NOAA Ship Rainier,surveying in Alaska, and as the officer-in-charge ofResearch Vessel Bay Hydrographer. He served on theinteragency response teams for the search and recov-ery of TWA flight 800, EgyptAir flight 990 and the pri-vate plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. He com-manded Thomas Jefferson during her six-week re-sponse to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

For his shore assignments, Smith served as the chiefof Coast Survey’s Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, andas Coast Survey’s deputy hydrographer, as well as chiefof the Marine Chart Division. Smith also served as thedeputy director of the Office of Response and Restora-tion, on the staff of the U.S. Coast Guard LANTAREAheadquarters, and as a senior advisor to the AssistantSecretary of Environmental Observation and Predic-tion. He served on the U.S. delegation to the Interna-tional Hydrographic Organization’s HydrographicServices and Standards Committee and as the chairmanof the IHO Data Quality Working Group.

Smith attended Deep Springs College and CornellUniversity, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Sci-ence in mechanical engineering in 1993. He earned aMaster’s of Science in ocean engineering from theUniversity of New Hampshire in 2003.

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, originally formed byPresident Thomas Jefferson in 1807, maintains thenation’s nautical charts, surveys the coastal seafloor,responds to national maritime emergencies andsearches for underwater obstructions and wreckage.

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“Prior to the remodel, the kitchen was essentiallyclosed off to the rest of the home,” said April CaseUnderwood of Case Design/Remodeling. “I think thegrouping of materials the client selected with us areunique, definitely not cookie-cutter, and these makethe space really interesting,” Underwood said.

Among the fixtures, accessories and materials usedare Caesarstone countertops, a marble and granitebacksplash and reclaimed shelving, provided byhomeowners, which, “made the kitchen look moreunique and gave it an eclectic feel,” said Underwood.

“I think in general the perfect combination of thevarious materials, from smooth and glossy to roughand textured, is simple but interesting and showsbeautifully,” said Underwood.

A large picture window overlooking an expansivebackyard is the focal point of awhite kitchen in Falls Church.When the homeowners decidedto renovate and expand thespace, they enlisted the help ofdesigner Keira St. Claire of An-thony Wilder Design Build, Inc.The project included addingadditional space to the back ofthe house and removing a wallbetween the kitchen and thedining room.

“Although we opened up the wall between thekitchen and dining room, one challenge was main-taining a distinction between the two spaces, whichwas important to the client,” said St. Claire. “In orderto create a feeling of separation, while preserving thesense of openness … [we designed] a custom glasscabinet piece, which is accessible from both rooms,”said St. Claire.

The new unit gives the homeowners extra storageand a place to display their crystal. Sunlight from thenew picture window in the kitchen reflects off thecrystal stemware and refracts, causing both rooms toglisten with radiant, natural light.

White cabinetry was contrasted against dark woodas part of a kitchen renovation in Centreville. Whilethe basic layout of the kitchen remained the same,the space, which was designed by Allie Mann of CaseDesign Build, Inc., was brightened with whitecabinetry, a built-in pantry and a custom cherry woodisland. “The white kitchen is classic and timeless,”

White kitchens are a trend with staying power.Bright WhitePhoto by John Cole

A large picture window is the focal point of this whitekitchen by Anthony Wilder Design Build, Inc.

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A Potomac, Maryland, kitchen was lightened, brightenedand redesigned by Rill Architects to give the home’s own-ers to a connection to their natural surroundings.

By Marilyn Campbell

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The clean, crisp look of a white kitchen hasstaying power and versatility, according tothe National Kitchen and Bath Association.The organization reports that white

cabinetry is the top choice for 67 percent of its mem-bers. In fact, the percentage of homeowners request-ing white kitchens has increased by 20 percent overthe past two years.

The trend is also apparent locally, said designers.When a family of five returned to the Washington,D.C. area after spending 30 years in the U.S. ForeignService, they settled into their home in Bethesda, a1960 brick Dutch colonial that they purchased in1986. They decided to give the home a makeoverbecause, after being a rental for many years, it feltdated and dingy. The family feltthat the kitchen was old, darkand closed-off from the livingroom. They needed a largerspace to accommodate theirfamily of five.

The homeowners knew theywanted the new kitchen spaceto be free flowing and light-filled. They also wanted to in-corporate some of their existingfurniture, such as an antiquetable and chairs.

Designed by Bruce Wentworth of Wentworth Inc.,the new kitchen is sunny and spacious. It includeswhite cabinetry and an island with dark gray granitecountertops. A large stainless sink, dishwasher, pull-out trash and bookcase for cookbooks make the is-land functional. Facing the dining room is a shallowcabinet with mullioned glass doors.

Granite tops the counters in the remainder of thekitchen and white cabinetry houses a sub-zero refrig-erator, microwave drawer, small prep sink and a gasrange with a stainless steel range hood. “Wall cabi-nets with clear glass mullioned cabinet doors [give]visual depth and make space feel larger,” saidWentworth.

When the owners of an Arlington home decided toupdate their dark and dated kitchen, they opened thespace to the living and dining rooms and added natu-ral lighting and white cabinetry. The result was a roomwith a crisp and airy aesthetic. The new, open con-

said Mann. “It can work with most color accent pal-ettes.”

A cramped and dark Potomac, Maryland, kitchenwas lightened, brightened and redesigned to give thehome’s owners a connection to their natural surround-ings, which included a landscaped yard created foroutdoor entertaining.

The kitchen was designed by Jim Rill of Rill Archi-tects who added a working island around which the

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A Potomac, Maryland, kitchen was lightened, brightenedand redesigned by Rill Architects to give the home’s own-ers to a connection to their natural surroundings.

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family can gather and prepare meals. He describedthe new look as a, “simple, clean design with subtleelegance.” “

We added functional space with lots of windowsand a place for everything, so kitchen could be cleanedup and used as an entertaining area,” Rill said.

The family wanted a white kitchen, he said, becauseit, “creates a great backdrop for art and accentuatesthe exterior colors of spring, winter and fall.”

“The white kitchen isclassic and timeless.It can work with mostcolor accent palettes.”

— Allie Mann,Case Design Build, Inc.

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To the Editor:Nikki Cheshire’s informative ar-

ticle (“Preventing Zika: Doing YourPart,” Great Falls Connection, July6-12, 2016) presents the contra-dictory and costly positions of theFairfax County Health Departmentand the Public Works and Environ-mental Services Department. Resi-dents are told that they shouldfight the Zika virus by emptyingwater in bird baths, flower pots,

and all the used tires in our yards.At the same time, the County isspending millions to convert oureffective storm drainage systemsinto standing water ponds,swamps and dammed drains. Thecontradiction is even more prepos-terous when the environmentalhealth supervisor, Josh Smithclaims that mosquitos “do notbreed in still water ponds, pool-ing lakes, stormwater manage-

ment areas or drainage ditches”but they do breed in “containerson private property.” As I havenoted in a previous letter, theCounty has replaced the stormdrains that have effectively servedmy neighborhood for 33 years,and they are doing the same inother Great Falls neighborhoods.The project in our neighborhoodconsists of 2 standing ponds, 3swamps and a plugged drain that

Contradictory and Costly holds water. It can’t be tipped. TheCounty used “easement rights” toinstall these mosquito farms onprivate lawns where children usedto play. I suggest that the Countyrequest some of the billion dollarsthe Federal Government willspend to fight Zika, to restore thestorm drains and lawns that wereeffective and scenic.

Gene PhillipGreat Falls

To the Editor:The lead story in the July 6-12

Great Falls Connection (“Undis-turbed Forest, Detailed Negotia-tion”) describes the efforts of de-veloper Gulick Group to rezone 11acres of mostly forest to permitconstruction of more homes,hence increasing Gulick’s profits.

The county, the GF Citizens’ As-sociation, and the residents of thevillage invested thousands ofworker-hours determining the ap-propriate use and density of thatland. Now a developer comesalong, one who knew, or shouldhave known, the zoning of the

property before buying it, and heexpects the county and its plan-ning commission to make him agift of down-zoning to increase hisreturn on the cost of the land.

I object. The property is zonedRA for a reason, to preserve thelow density nature of the commu-nity. There is no reason at all togrant the zoning change.

Gulick’s options are clear: de-velop the land as zoned and seeka lower price from the originalowner, or pass and find a propertywith the zoning he wants.

To the Editor:I fully agree with Dudley

Losselyong’s letter (“DecisionDriven by Tax Base, Great FallsConnection, July 6-12, 2016).Nineteen houses in Brooks Farmis marginally better, I guess, than23, but the developers, Basheer/Edgemoore Brooks surely knewthe zoning of the property whenthey bought it. Now they have thenerve to ask the people of GreatFalls to make them a present of themany millions of dollars in in-creased property value (and saleprices of the homes to be built)that a rezoning will entail.

Why do developers always as-sume that they can count on re-zoning whenever it will benefitthem?

I object, and I hope the Connec-tion and the citizens of the Villagewill as well.

I will remember how the plan-ning commission members andhow the County Supervisors voteon Brooks Farm and the Challedonrezoning actions, and I will seek topunish those who try to Restonizeand McLeanify Great Falls.

Peter D. ZimmermanGreat Falls

Objections to Rezoning Objections to rezoning - II

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In the middle of a heat wave,it’s not easy to find a way toexercise your dog outside.However, this past Sunday,

Seneca Hill Animal Hospital, Re-sort and Spa offered up the per-fect opportunity at their seventhannual Dog Days of Summerevent.

The open house event allowsanyone and everyone to bringtheir dogs and enjoy a barbecuewith free hot dogs, free frozen dogtreats to help them stay cool, andeven let the dogs swim some lapsin the on-site pool.

“We were looking for somethingto do for the community duringthe summer,” said HeatherGonzalez, general manager at Sen-eca Hill. “It’s our way to thank allof our clients, and welcome in newpeople from the community whomay not be familiar with our ser-vices here.”

Also available at the event arekids games, a sale in their bou-tique, and access to one of theirlarge grassy play yards. Accordingto Gonzalez, more than 100people typically take part in theopen house, and she hopes thatnext year there will be even morepeople attending with their pets.“Everyone is a friend of a friendwho share it, and that’s how we’llgrow,” said Gonzalez.

Seneca Hill also collects dona-tions for the Marshall Legacy In-stitute, an organization that trainsand places mine-sniffing dogs inthird-world countries to clear outvillages and provide support tovictims of landmines.

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Please, don’t always cave in to devel-opers’ requests that change Great Fallsfor the worse.

Peter D. ZimmermanGreat Falls

Misinterpretationand Misdirection To the Editor:

This is a response to Mr. Peter Storm’sspecious letter, (“What Was the Found-ing Fathers’ Intent?” (Connection, July 6-12, 2016) and the broader leftist propen-

sity toward historical misinterpretation andmisdirection regarding the 2nd Amendment.

Mr. Storm applied a selective “FoundingFathers” taxonomy (limited to the 56 signersof the Declaration) to assert that it’s not pos-sible to determine the Founders’ intent be-hind the 2nd Amendment because they were“hardly involved” in authoring the Constitu-tion, save the six men who signed both.

With this logic, readers are presumablysupposed to feel compelled to foreswear anoriginalist hermeneutic and submit to thelatest progressive assault on individual lib-erties.

Not so fast. This is a distinction withouta difference.

Whether the authors and signers of theConstitution are billed as “Founders” or not

has almost no bearing whatsoever on one’sability to discern their intent, or on theirauthority when it comes to interpretingwhat they wrote or agreed to. Besides, themore widely accepted taxonomy for the“Founding Fathers” is one that includes thedelegates to the Constitutional Convention,a taxonomy to which our own National Ar-chives subscribes.

And irrespective of how narrow or broadone’s definition of “the Founding Fathers”is, the historical record is replete with com-pelling evidence that those men recognizedand sought to protect an individual rightto bear arms, as the Supreme Court reaf-firmed most recently in Heller, and in sodoing, serve as a check on the abuse of fed-eral power.

So, when your readers hear things likeRepresentative Connolly’s call for rein-statement of the scary-looking(er…assault) weapons ban, they can eas-ily consult any number of fellow Virgin-ian Founders to see how contrary to theirintent such proposals are: ThomasJefferson and Richard Henry Lee (Dec-laration signers); or George Mason andJames Madison (Convention delegates).

Progressives rely heavily on emotionalappeals and logical misdirection to ad-vance their anti-gun agenda, counting onthe public to have forgotten their history.Your readers should not fall for it.

Jonathan CloughSpringfield

By David Siegel

The Connection

The dazzling, fantastic world of Cirque duSoleil’s “Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities”will be under the famous blue-and-yellow Cirque du Soleil Big Top at Tysons II.

It promises to be an astonishing journey meant toopen the mind and imagination. And it is all live.

“Nothing is predictable in this magical, romantic,very ingenious world of dreams,” said Michel Laprise,artistic director behind “Kurios.” Laprise made clearthat the show “is meant to transport both young andold into a steampunk fantasy world where all ispossible.” It is a world not needing computergenerated animation or 3-D effects. The real-life castof performers “is taking daring risks right beforeeveryone’s eyes,” said Laprise.

“Kurious” is meant to transport the audience intoan alternative world full of characters conjured intolife by a Seeker who becomes the Master of Ceremo-nies. He believes there are invisible worlds waitingto be connected to the curiosity in everybody.

In a show that Laprise calls “wild and free,” theSeeker is helped by Mr. Microcosmos with a fancifulcollection of otherworldly, hybrid characters. Theyperform in an eccentric large-scale, steampunk fan-tasy with working mechanical marvels. It all takesplace under the colorful 62-foot-high Cirque du SoleilBig Top with its capacity to seat 2,500.

What will pop out, float down from over 40 feet

into the air, or appear out of nowhere will be contor-tionists, acrobats, large hand puppets, aerial swing-ing bicyclists, comic acts, flying performers, an in-visible circus, trampoline net performers, chair bal-ancing acts and an upside-down world full of mirrors,to name just a few of the many acts. There will alsobe arcade-like performers, such as an accordion manand others.

There will be well over 400 props and 100 uniquecostumes to further express, all without words, whatis happening before the audience. Even the hard-at-work stagehands will be visible and in costume. Andif the weather permits, there will be artists up on theexterior of the Big Top greeting everyone.

“The show was created and is performed so thatthe audience will not miss their computer screensand smartphones,” said Laprise. “What if, by engag-ing our imagination and opening our minds we, couldunlock the door to a world of wonders?”

Laprise added that he wanted the audience “to feelclose and connected with the performers and askingthemselves ‘how do they do that?’”

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Evenings on the Ellipse. 5:30-7 p.m.Thursdays through Aug. 25. FairfaxCounty Government Center, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.Fun music and good company.Paradise Springs and The Winery atBull Run will be offeringcomplimentary tastings of theirpremium reds and whites. If it rains,concerts will be moved inside to theGovernment Center Forum. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/

Paint the Town. Sept. 6-Oct. 1. 115Pleasant St. NW, Vienna. Vienna ArtsSociety members exhibition.ViennaArtsSociety.org.

Bingo Night. Sundays. 4 p.m. FlameRoom, Vienna Volunteer FireDepartment, 400 Center St. S,Vienna. $10. www.vvfd.org/bingo.html.

Great Falls Summer Market.Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 778 WalkerRoad Great Falls. http://greatfallsfarmersmarket.org/

Great Falls artist Betty Ganley.Month of July. Katie’s Coffee House,760 Walker Road, Great Falls.Nautical and and floral subjects inwatercolor. 703-759-4673.

“Footloose.” Fridays and Saturday, 8

p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. July 8-24. AldenTheatre, McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Basedon the movie of the same name.McLeanPlayers.org. 866-811-4111.

McLean Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon. Fridays from May 6-Nov. 18.Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. The market providesarea residents an opportunity topurchase locally grown or producedproducts. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets.

Krop’s Crops Flea Market. 9 a.m.-3p.m. Second and fourth Saturdaysfrom May to August. 11110

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Weekly Storytime. Wednesday andSaturday. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble,7851 L Tysons Corner Center,McLean. Themes and Titles vary.Free admission.

Tai Chi Beginners’ Practice.Saturdays, 8-9 a.m. St. Luke’sCatholic School Gymnasium, 7005Georgetown Pike, McLean. WeeklyTai Chi practice. Group has met forover 20 years. Free. FreeTaiChi.org.703-759-9141.

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Providence Baptist Church, 8980Brook Road, McLean. For rising first-to sixth-graders. Cooking for fun,acting, experiments and explosions,magic, dance and sports.ProvidenceToday.org. 703-893-5330.

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Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road,Tysons Corner. Part of SummerfestConcert Series on the Plaza.tysonscornercenter.com.

Ms. Virginia Senior Pageant. 1 p.m.James Lee Center Theater, 2855Annandale Road, Falls Church.Entertainment-filled afternoon tohonor this year’s contestants andVirginia’s seniors. RSVP to 703-549-7012 ormsvirginiasenioramerica.com.

SUNDAY/JULY 17Jr. Cline and the Recliners. 6-8 p.m.

Great Falls Village Centre Green,Great Falls. Unique arrangements ofboth classic and modern rhythm &blues and soul with rockin’ edge andfull brass sound. http://www.celebrategreatfalls.org/concerts-on-the-green/.

The Reflex. 5 p.m. McLean CentralPark, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd.1980s tribute band. Part of theAlden’s Sunday Summer Concerts.Free. aldentheatre.org. 703-790-0123.

TUESDAY/JULY 19Kehinde Wiley Lecture. 6-8 p.m.

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Satisfaction. 5 p.m. McLean CentralPark, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd. TheInternational Rolling Stones Showtribute band. Part of the Alden’sSunday Summer Concerts. Free.aldentheatre.org. 703-790-0123.

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Taco Bamba Taqueria, 164 Maple Ave W. Vienna, VA

22180. The above establish-ment is applying to the

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine & Beer/Mixed Beverage Restau-

rant on Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. William Susinski,

Managing MemberNOTE: Objections to the issu-ance of this license must be

submitted to ABC no later that 30 days from the publishing

date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

objections should be regis-tered at www.abc.virginia.gov

or 800-552-3200.

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Susan CanisAssociate Realtor

Jan & Dan LaythamDianne Van Volkenburg

Office: 703-757-32229841 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066 • 703-759-9190Sally Marvin

Associate RealtorJustin Scango

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