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By Alex McVeigh

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The Herndon Town Council approved aZoning Map Amendment to change 2.41acres of residentially zoned land to thenew, denser downtown zoning at their

Feb. 26 meeting. The property, located north of VineStreet between Center Street and Grace Street, isslated to become the Vinehaven development, whichwill consist of 17 single family detached homes.

The vote concluded 21 months of back and forth,which also saw the town pass a downtown masterplan and pattern book for designs.

“There is a lot of value in where this developmentwill be located, the amenities within walking dis-tance are outstanding, on par with any town inFairfax County,” said Beth Clifford, president of theBeltway Investment Group, the developer.

She said that the intent was to market the homesto adults in their 50s who might be unsure about theliving situations of their children or other familymembers and will allow them to age in place if sodesired. The houses will come in five different mod-els, ranging from 1,800 to 2,800 square feet.

“The intent of this designs is to all live together,close together. You might not have everything withthese homes, we like to say it will be everything youneed, but maybe nothing you want,” she said. “Ifyou want a billiard room, video room, smoking roomand a 400-square-foot master bedroom, this isn’t foryou.”

Clifford also said the development design wouldmeet the LEED Silver from the U.S. Green BuildingCouncil, except for factors that are beyond the scopeof the development.

“Located in such a robust and walkable environ-ment would require as prerequisite to even be con-sidered for LEED Silver to have 12 dwelling unitsper acre. We have seven,” she said. “Second is LEEDdesign requires through streets, not cul-de-sacs,which would have required opening on Grace Streetthrough lot of back and forth, it seemed both of thesethings were not what town wanted.”

THE DEVELOPERS requested four waivers fromthe town, to make building height setback same asR-10 residential zoning which the property abuts,minimum side yards of five feet, private street front-age and the ability to build detached garage struc-tures less than 10 feet from the dwelling.

The first three items are not required under newzoning approved by council since the application wasoriginally submitted, and the fourth goes along withthe recommendation of the Heritage PreservationReview Board.

Mark Holland, zoning administrator for the Townof Herndon, said the development will also includea gazebo and a community garden, making 6.9 per-cent of the development open space.

Signe Friedrichs, a 16-year resident of the town,said she was in support of this kind of developmentas part of the new downtown Herndon.

“This appears to consolidate the appearance ofCenter Street, giving it a smooth transition betweentown homes and family homes,” she said. “I reallylike the idea of being focused on older populationthat I now belong to with master bedroom on mainfloor, those types of things.”

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Council ApprovesVinehaven DevelopmentResidential developmentwill contain 17 single familydetached homes.

A group of Venture scoutscarry a stretcher past a groupof Webelos. As the stretcherpasses, the Webelos watch thescouts of the Cobras Patroldemonstrate how to treat apuncture wound. This is Disas-ter Day (or D-Day). DisasterDay is a day when boy scoutsfrom Troop 159 of Herndonhone their first-aid skills, aswell as recruiting Webelos to

join their troop. It is an over-night campout at Billy GoatTrail, Md., with a three-milehike where the scouts aretasked with facing many differ-ent first-aid scenarios. Addi-tionally, there’s a bunch of first-aid stations, campfire cooking,and fun. Temperatures werebelow freezing that night at thecampsite.

Herndon Scouts Practice for D-Day

Venture scouts lift a makeshift stretcher.

Scouts assist an “injured man” on the path.

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Town Hall Meeting onCounty Budget

Dranesville Supervisor John Foust has scheduled three town hallmeetings in March and April to give Dranesville residents an opportu-nity to learn about and discuss the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 (FY2014)Budget for Fairfax County. County management and budget staff willbe present to make a summary presentation of the budget and answerquestions. The Herndon session is scheduled for Monday, April 3, at 7p.m. at the Herndon Town Council Chambers, 765 Lynn St., Herndon.

For details about the FY2014 Budget visit the county website at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb. For more information on these publicmeetings contact Jane Edmondson in Supervisor Foust’s DranesvilleDistrict office at 703-356-0551, TTY 711 or [email protected].

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The location of theproposed Vinehavendevelopment, whichwas approved bythe Herndon TownCouncil Tuesday,Feb. 26.

The proposed layoutof the newVinehaven develop-ment in Herndon,which was approvedby the Town CouncilTuesday, Feb. 26.


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Fred Bemak and his wifeRita Chi-Ying Chung,who are both professorsat George Mason Univer-

sity in Fairfax, recall being in Haitishortly after the catastrophicearthquake of 2010. They werethere to provide mental healthcounseling to those traumatizedby the natural disaster.

“We were working in one of thetent camps,” said Bemak who,with Chung, has been a professorof counseling and development inGeorge Mason’s College of Educa-tion and Human Developmentsince 2000. “There were tents andeach contained about 30 cots.People lived side-by-side with noprivacy. There was little food andlittle water.”

They worked with a woman whowas so traumatized that she had

been unable to get out of bed forthree months. “The traditional re-sponse is ‘let’s get her off to theside and speak to her alone,’” saidBemak. “But that is the Westernmodel of therapy. When you’relooking at family-oriented commu-nities, there is a tremendous needto connect with others.”

As Bemak spoke with his bed-ridden patient, others began tojoin the session. “We started to talkto her and crowds started to gatheraround her cot,” he said. “It be-came a huge healing interventionwhere for the first time in threemonths, she got out of her cot. Wehad a [session] that was condu-

cive to the community in Haiti.”Bemak and Chung’s peers will

salute their dedication to hu-man rights, social justice andculturally sensitive mentalhealth treatment later thismonth when they receive twoof the American CounselingAssociation’s highest honors.

Chung will receive the Gilbertand Kathleen Wrenn Humani-tarian and Caring PersonAward, which Bemak wasawarded in 2011, and Bemakwill receive the Kitty Cole Hu-man Rights Award, whichChung garnered last year. Ad-ditionally, Chung will receivethe 2013 Outstanding FacultyAward from the State Councilof Higher Education for Virginiaand Dominion Resources.

“I am deeply honored that Iwas even considered for theseawards. It is a true honor. I feel soprivileged to be in this field,” saidChung, who noted that her back-ground fuels her passion for herwork.

“I am a person of color and Igrew up in another country,” saidChung, whose parents moved

from China to New Zealand afterthe World War II. “Being an immi-grant to the United States myself,I understood the struggles andchallenges of immigrants and refu-gees. A lot of counseling theoriesare based on Western beliefs. Com-ing from an Eastern background,I know that culture plays a majorpart in the way we react and re-spond to major life experiences.”

Bemak worked as a counselorand also served as director of theUpward Bound Program at theUniversity of Massachusetts,Amherst. “I worked with white,African American and Latino stu-dents who were struggling aca-demically,” he said. “When theycame together, for many it was thefirst time that they’d been aroundpeople of other races.”

Bemak and Chung say culturalsensitivity and insights are oftenlacking in mental health care. Thisunderscores the importance oftheir work with Counselors With-out Borders, which Bemakfounded. It provides culturally re-sponsive humanitarian counseling

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Mental Health Counseling Professors HonoredCultural sensitivityat the heart oftheir work.

George Mason University Professors Fred Bemak and RitaChi-Ying Chung will be honored by the American CounselingAssociation for their dedication to human rights, socialjustice and culturally sensitive mental health treatment.

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after disasters. Together, they’veled teams of therapists and stu-dents in providing mental healththerapy along the Mississippi GulfCoast after Hurricane Katrina, andon American Indian reservationsand in Latino migrant communi-ties after the San Diego wildfires.

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Mason Professors Honoredto more than 55 countries, to-gether and individually, wherethey have worked with at-riskyouth, immigrants and refugees;counseled child-trafficking andpost-disaster victims; and guidedstudents of color and former childsoldiers,” said Catherine Probst, aspokeswoman for George MasonUniversity.

The couple also co-authored

“Social Justice Counseling: TheNext Steps BeyondMulticulturalism” last year.

“We both do the work becausewe want to give back,” said Chung.“We’re trying to instill in the nextgeneration of counselors to giveback. I am not working to be rec-ognized, but I hope this will inspirepeople to do the work becausethere is so much need out there.”


Opinion

By Gayle Robinson

My name is Gayle Robinson andI am a Reston resident currently working in Ghana as ahealth, water and sanitation

educator with the Peace Corps. In addition tomy primary health projects, I am working withmy community to build a new school.I am writing to request support fromthe Reston Connection in order tospread the word about my project.

My town is a rural community ofabout 600 cocoa farmers in the Western Re-gion of Ghana. Three years ago, the commu-nity approached the District Assembly aboutstarting a junior high school in town. Previ-ously, students would walk over an hour to anovercrowded and poorly performing juniorhigh school in a neighboring town. The dis-trict agreed to fund teachers, but told the com-

munity they had limited funds andcould not build the new classrooms.The community had begun construc-tion on a new school but construction

ceased due to limited funding. Since then, thecommunity has made two makeshift class-rooms but they are not sustainable. The newschool building will include three classrooms,an office for teachers and a storage area. Thebuilding will also cater to town meetings andnight classes, which are currently held by flash-light.

Often, international aid organizations buildschools and hospitals without working with thelocal government to ensure future funding forstaff. Not only has the funding for teachers al-ready been written into the district’s budget,the district has also agreed to contribute ap-proximately $5,000 in materials for the con-struction. Additionally, the community hasvolunteered to do all of the labor and the dis-trict will be providing free technical workshopsthroughout the construction process in orderto train members of the community in masonry,carpentry and electrical work. This will there-fore ensure proper construction, as well as in-crease capacity within the community for fu-ture projects.

I am writing because despite these contribu-tions by the community and District Assembly,approximately $8,500 is still needed. Donationsare accepted online through the Peace Corpswebsite—http://donate.peacecorps.gov—andmy project can be found by searching undermy last name, Robinson. If you are interestedin supporting my project, I’d be happy to pro-vide you with any additional information.

Gayle Robinson is a health, water andsanitation educator, Peace Corps Ghana.

Gayle Robinson playing with some ofthe students at the school.

Reston resident appealsfor support in buildinga school.

Helping to Build a School in Ghana

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Out ofMainstreamTo the Editor:

According to a Feb. 25 article in“Politico,” two prominent Repub-lican CEOs lambasted GOP guber-natorial candidate Ken Cuccinelliat the Feb. 22 meeting of the Re-publican Governors Association,saying his hard core socially con-servative policies will make Vir-ginia less attractive for business,and he is out of the Virginia main-stream.

It is good to finally see leadingmembers of the Republican Partyspeaking up for the betterment ofour state.

To date, Mr. Cuccinelli has notexhibited the same kind of mod-eration as his would-be predeces-sor Gov. McDonnell. As case inpoint, he has been quite vocal inhis disdain for the transportationbill recently passed under thestewardship of McDonnell, who ofcourse is a Republican as well. Thebill is primarily based on new taxesand cuts, and was passed on a bi-partisan basis. As alluded to in thearticle, this seems to be the break-ing point amongst even establish-ment Republicans, such as theseCEOs.

Instead of focusing on tangibleissues such as roads, educationand transportation, he has focusedhis attention on socially partisanissues such as limiting women’scontraceptive rights. Perhaps now

that leading figures of Cuccinelli’sown party have reprimanded himfor deterring new business fromcoming to Virginia due to his so-cially extremist witch hunts, thevoters of this commonwealth willmove on to the business of deter-mining a serious leader with realsolutions.

RJ NarangVienna

‘Green’ TaxTo the Editor:

You have to laugh. You knowhow our liberal friends love toraise “revenue” for a variety of self-defined beneficent causes: Rail toDulles, “transportation,” schoolfacilitators, “green” projects, andsuch. Plunging in to save theworld, some folks purchased, at aprice, hybrid vehicles. Now nosooner have these environmen-tally worthy folks been slappedwith a small tax directly (withDemocrat votes), they are rushingto the microphones at warp speed.

Our delegate, who has two such“environmentally responsible” ve-hicles, dislikes the hybrid tax(“All’s Well That Ends Well,”Reston Connection, Feb. 27-March5, 2013). A matter of minutes af-ter having commendedRichmond’s dubious transporta-tion tax hike, Delegate Plum (“Iwas both amazed and delighted”)says he is “writing to the governorto ask him to rethink that whole

proposition” (of a $100 a year hy-brid-vehicle tax). We feel the painof owners of such hybrids (a whop-ping 1.3 percent of Virginia’s ve-hicle fleet), but cannot forgo a wrygrin. Oxen being gored, and allthat.

Anyone seen a Volt anywhere?

Harry LocockReston

Protecting OpenSpacesTo the Editor:

I am writing to express my con-cern regarding the current pro-posal to build a new indoor recre-ation center at Baron CameronPark. Our open spaces andparkland are limited. Once ouropen spaces and parkland are re-placed with buildings and parkingareas, cement and asphalt, theyare gone for good.

Baron Cameron Park currentlyprovides a variety of recreationalamenities, including footballfields, soccer fields, communitygarden plots, a dog park, and openparkland.

Reston and Fairfax County al-ready have plenty of buildings,with many more buildings on theway. We need more open space notless. Reducing the open space atBaron Cameron Park is in opposi-tion to the Fairfax County ParkAuthority’s own recognition of theimportance of providing open

space. To quote from the FCPA’spolicy plan posted on theirwebsite: “As residential densitiesrise and individual yards becomesmaller or disappear, the need forpublic open space, woodlands,trails and open play areas in-crease.”

The FCPA and Reston Commu-nity Center do not need to reducealready limited open space andparkland to provide new indoorrecreation facilities. There are anumber of opportunities in Restonto develop private and public in-door recreation facilities thatwould enhance and revitalize ex-isting centers. As just one example,Tall Oaks shopping center hasbeen struggling for years. An in-door recreation center could sta-bilize this area, bringing in peopleand revenue that could attract andkeep businesses and restaurants.

The FCPA and RCC need to lookfor other options to meet indoorrecreation needs without reducingoutdoor recreation opportunities.To quote again from FCPA policy:

“Collaborative efforts betweenthe private and public sectors, es-pecially through the land develop-ment process, can result in betterappreciation, protection, andstewardship of natural and cul-tural resources, as well as the pro-vision of adequate recreationalfacilities and amenities to serveresidents.”

Angie LovingReston

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Southview CommunityChurch, 2620 Reston Parkway,Herndon, holds their annual EasterEgg Hunt! Festivities, open to thecommunity, on Saturday, March 30,at 10 a.m. with lunch and activitiesincluding crafts, bounce houses, acarousel, a rock wall and a familypresentation on the story of Easter.703-860-880 or www.southview.org.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road, Herndon, hasSunday worship services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery and childcareare provided and youth and adultSunday school classes are held prior,from 9:40-10:45 a.m. 703-437-5500or www.trinityherndon.org.

Faith Notes Faith Notes are for announcements and events in the faith community,including special holiday services. Send [email protected]. Deadline is Thursday.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center,Unitarian Universalist Church, 1625Wiehle Ave., Reston, holds monthlyclasses for the general public which useBuddhist teachings to practice medita-tion. www.meditation-dc.org or202-986-2257.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road in Herndon, hasSunday Worship Service at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery and childcare areavailable during worship services. Youthand Adult Sunday School is held Sun-days from 9:40-10:45 a.m.703-437-5500 orwww.trinityherndon.org.

St. Anne’s Episcopal Church,1700 Wainwright Drive in Reston,holds Sunday services at 7:45 a.m.,9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and contemporaryservice at 5 p.m. Nursery, SundaySchool and Adult Education avail-able. Morning Prayer on Monday at9:30, Holy Eucharist Wednesday at8:15 a.m. 703-437-6530 orwww.stannes-reston.org.

Adult Sunday school will beheld 9:30 a.m. Sundays at the Wash-ington Plaza Baptist Church at LakeAnne Village Center. The group isstudying the Gospel of Mark. Ser-vices follow at 11 a.m.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 6 RCC Photography Exhibit. 9 a.m.-9

p.m., at RCC Hunters Woods, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston. Instructorsand students at Reston CommunityCenter exhibit their work during themonth of March; open Mondaythrough Saturday from 9 a.m. -9 p.m.and Sunday from 9 a.m.-8 p.m.www.RestonCommunityCenter.com.

Pirate Party. 11 a.m.-noon., at theReston Association, 12001 SunriseValley Drive, Reston. The PirateAdventure will transform your childinto a pirate, complete with dress-up,games, crafts, and fun activities.Reston Association Members: $4;Non-members: $6. 703-435-6577 [email protected].

Ballet in HD Series at Bow TieCinemas. 7 p.m., at Reston TownCenter, 11900 Market Street, Reston.Experience the Vienna 1966performance of “Swan Lake” starringdance legends Dame Margot Fonteynand Rudolf Nureyev. 703-464-0816.bowtiecinemas.com orwww.restontowncenter.com/events.

THURSDAY/MARCH 7Eyewear Show at The Eyewear

Gallery. 3-7 p.m., at Reston TownCenter, 11900 Market Street, Reston.Ultra-fashion eyewear for men andwomen by Kliik Denmark. 703-709-5400. eyewear-gallery.com orwww.restontowncenter.com/events.

SATURDAY/MARCH 9 Private Cooking Classes at

Williams-Sonoma. Noon, atReston Town Center, 11900 MarketStreet, Reston. Williams-Sonomaoffers private instructional and funcooking classes for groups of four toeight people; inquire at the store.571-203-8815, williams-sonoma.comor www.restontowncenter.com/events.

Contra Dance.7:15-8 p.m., 8-10:45p.m. Reston Community Center,2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston.Michael Barraclough calls contradances and squares to the music ofthe June Apple Band; partner notnecessary. 703-476-4500.

SUNDAY/MARCH 10Youth Art Month. 2-4 p.m., at RCC

Lake Anne in the Jo Ann Art Gallery,1609 A Washington Plaza, Reston.Art from Reston Elementary Schoolsis on display through the month ofMarch.www.RestonCommunityCenter.com.

Sunday Afternoon Dances. 2:30-4:30 p.m., at RCC Hunters Woods,2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston. Danceand/or socialize at an afternoonfeaturing music of all genres; lightrefreshments served. $3 for Restonresidents; $6 non-residents.www.RestonCommunityCenter.com.

MONDAY/MARCH 11Classic Cinema Brunch: Mr. Deeds

Goes to Town. 9:15 a.m., at RCCHunters Woods, 2310 Colts NeckRoad, Reston. A 10 a.m. showingfollowing an early complimentarybrunch.www.RestonCommunityCenter.com.

TUESDAY/MARCH 12Trip to the Ben Franklin Institute.

6:30 a.m.-6 p.m., leaving from RCCHunters Woods, 2310 Colts NeckRoad, Reston. Join friends andneighbors for a trip to Philadelphia’sFranklin Institute; admission, lunchand IMAX theatre showing ofTitanica included. $48 for Restonresidents; $96 for non-residents.Register.www.RestonCommunityCenter.com.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 13Jigsaw Puzzle Event. 10 a.m-3 p.m.,

at the Reston Association, 12001Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston. Join usas an individual or as a couple to doa Reston themed puzzle to see howmuch you can finish in the timeallotted; coffee and lunch provided.Reston Association: $9; Non-members: $13. 55 years or older.703-435-6577 [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 20Complimentary Cake Tasting at

Edibles Incredible Desserts.

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at EdiblesIncredible Desserts, 11917 FreedomDrive, Reston. Try up to three flavorsof award-winning cake withhomemade fillings and toppings.703-709-8200 orediblesincredible.com.

Trip to Hollywood Casino atCharles Town Races. 3:30–11:30p.m., at Hunters Woods ShoppingCenter, 2201 Springwood Drive,Reston. Join Reston Association foran evening at the race track and anice dinner overlooking the horses;participants will receive $15 worth offree slot play. Reston Associationmembers: $32; non-members: $38.Ages 55 years and [email protected] or 703-435-6577.

Symphony in Cinema Series atBow Tie Cinemas. 7 p.m., at BowTie Cinemas, 11940 Market St.,Reston. Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite ofSpring” is presented by ThePhiladelphia Orchestra, conducted byNézet-Séguin Yannick. 703-464-0816or bowtiecinemas.com.

FRIDAY/MARCH 15Emerging Visions Opening

Reception at Greater RestonArts Center. 5-7 p.m., at RestonTown Center, 11900 Market Street,Reston. Fairfax County high schoolstudents exhibit their work in aprofessional gallery setting; throughMarch 30. 703-471-9242,restonarts.org orwww.restontowncenter.com/events.

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South Lakes junior Sasha Sprei beatthe buzzer with a jumper at the endof the Friday’s AAA statequarterfinal contest against Stone-

wall Jackson, which was decided by twopoints. But unlike the Northern Region tour-nament, when the Seahawks won threegames by a combined five points, a last-sec-ond bucket didn’t lead to a South Lakes vic-tory.

The South Lakes girls’ basketball team’sseason ended with a 55-53 loss to Stone-wall Jackson on March 1 at Robinson Sec-ondary School. The Seahawks entered thefourth quarter with a one-point lead, fellbehind by seven and later pulled within two.South Lakes trailed by no more than sixpoints during the final six minutes of thegame, but couldn’t find a way to reach thestate semifinals in Richmond. Stonewallheld a four-point, two-possession lead in theclosing seconds, meaning Sprei’s jumperaffected only the Raiders’ margin of vic-tory.

Junior center Abigail Rendle led SouthLakes with 16 points. Sophomore for-ward Princess Aghayere finished with 11points, senior Mary Severin had 10 andSprei added eight.

South Lakes defeated Chantilly (42-40) in the opening round of regionals,knocked off Mount Vernon (46-45) on aCaitlin Jensen buzzer-beater in thequarterfinals and edged Oakton (48-46)in the semifinals by a combined fivepoints. After relinquishing a 17-pointlead during a 60-52 loss to Edison in theregion championship game, South Lakesended its season with a two-point defeat.

“I think that the kids really dug down,”South Lakes head coach Christy Winters-Scott said. “Obviously you want to cut netsand obviously you want to win, but to havethe roller-coaster endings in the postseason,we did what we needed to continue. … Wemade the plays throughout games neces-sary to win them down the stretch.”

South Lakes’ five region and state playoffgames were decided by a combined 15points.

“Being involved in these big games is ex-citing and nerve-racking at the same time,”Rendle wrote in an email. “Your adrenalineis running and the crowd is shouting andyou can feel the time ticking away, but youknow you have to stay calm and executethe plays. When you win it’s a great feel-ing, but if you lose in a close game, it hurts.However, you learn from your mistakes andtake what you did learn and improve forthe next game.”

SOUTH LAKES FINISHED the regular

season atop the Liberty District standingsbefore suffering a three-point loss to Madi-son in the district tournament semifinals.The Seahawks bounced back to reach theregion final and advance to the state tour-nament. South Lakes’ final record was 23-6.

“The season we had was amazing,” Spreiwrote in an email. “Not everyone thoughtwe’d go as far as we did and even thoughwe didn’t win regions or states, this seasonshowed us what we can accomplish.”

South Lakes will lose two seniors fromthis year’s team: Severin and GabrielleSchultz.

“Apart from remembering the wins andlosses, making it to the region finals andstate tournament, as well as the personalrecognition, I will remember the life lessonsI learned from varsity basketball the most,”Schultz wrote in an email. “Having been aleader and a competitor, I will definitelycarry those aspects of the game over intomy future.”

Severin referenced memories from earlyand late in her varsity career.

“What I will remember the most aboutmy career is being on the varsity team as asophomore and working hard to get a start-ing spot on the team, which is what Iwanted,” Severin wrote. “I will also remem-ber this season. To have the team go toregionals and states my senior year wasawesome. I couldn’t have asked for a bet-ter season and a better team. I will remem-ber the great coaches I had and my team-mates that made the season the best one Ihave ever had.”

THE SEAHAWKS will return most of theirroster next season. While athletes gainedexperience from this year’s close games,they also gained motivation from toughlosses.

“The losses to Madison, Edison and Stone-wall by that small of a margin left a bittertaste in our mouth,” Jensen wrote in anemail, “so it is motivation to work evenharder this offseason to really take our teamto the next level next season.”

Seahawks fall to Stonewall Jackson,55-53, in quarterfinals.

South Lakes Girls’ BasketballEnds Season at State Playoffs

South Lakes junior Abigail Rendle shoots a jumper against StonewallJackson during the state quarterfinals on March 1 at Robinson Second-ary School.

South Lakes girls’ basketball coach Christy Winters-Scott encouragesmembers of the team during the state quarterfinals on March 1 atRobinson Secondary School.

“Not everyone thoughtwe’d go as far as we didand even though we didn’twin regions or states, thisseason showed us what wecan accomplish.”—South Lakes junior Sasha Sprei in an

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Ronald Thompson, a longtime Herndon residentwho has recently moved to Grace Street, said he wasconcerned about a precedent of dense developmentson small lots.

“I’m concerned buildings in the town will get get-ting closer together, causing conflict between neigh-bors,” he said. “The more stuff we build in town,seems like the streets get narrower, which becomes[a] trash pickup problem. Trucks are big and it’s hardto get in and out of developments.”

Mayor Lisa Merkel said she was in support of thedevelopment, and called it a good first step for de-velopment of the downtown master plan. She alsoadded that the town council was not planning onrezoning many parcels zoned for low-density resi-dential use.

Councilmember Dave Kirby said he was originallyskeptical of the development, likening it to thePresident’s Court development made up of“McMansions,” but that he had come around.

“I’m convinced with lot sizes and footprints in the

proposal that we’re not looking at a McMansion-styledevelopment,” he said. “I’ve never supported addi-tional townhouses in the town of Herndon, and that’swhat was originally planned for this block.”

The council passed the amendment with a 5-2 vote,with Vice Mayor Connie Hutchinson andCouncilmember Charlie Waddell voting no.

SEVERAL RESIDENTS in attendance at the Feb.26 meeting expressed concern over potential con-flict of interest, given the fact that Clifford is a donorto a Political Action Committee, Herndon Voices,which donated to several campaigns in last year’stown elections.

According to the Virginia State Board of Elections,Clifford donated $1,000 to Herndon Voices on March7, 2012.

Campaign finance reports for the 2012 Herndonelection show that Merkel and Councilmember GraceWolf received $111.75 from Herndon Voices.Councilmembers Melissa Jonas, Sheila Olem, as wellas candidate Eric Boll, who was not elected, received$611.75 each from Herndon Voices.

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My oncologist is a man. He has e-mail.He works for an HMO that encourages/advertises its connectivity and responsive-ness – electronically, to its members. If Iwant to get medical answers in a reasonableamount of time – save for an emergency,typing, “mousing” and clicking is the recom-mended methodology. No more phonecalls, preferably. Though pressing keys on akeyboard rather than pressing buttons on aphone might have felt counter-intuitive atfirst as a means of receiving prompt replies,it has proven over these past few years to bea fairly reliable and predictable informationloop. Not in minutes necessarily, but moreoften than not during the same day – andalmost always by the very next day. In fact,I’ve received e-mails from my oncologist aslate as 9:18 p.m. (time-stamped) after asometime-during-the-day e-mail had beensent. The content of the sent e-mail hasalmost always been helpful or constructive,even instructive concerning the issue athand. I’ve never felt disconnected, though;alone maybe, but that’s more because,other than our three cats, there is rarelyanyone else at home with me. Being a sales-man can sometimes be a solitary pursuit.And though there are many advantages –freedom and independence being the twomost important, occasionally you find your-self alone with your thoughts, literally.

Attempting to speak directly with myoncologist during the day – at my conven-ience, given the too-numerous-to-listresponsibilities of his non-stop, double-booked routine, seems a bit unrealistic. Andif there’s anything I’ve learned during thiscancer experience, it would be to mini-mize/manage my expectations in a way –any way, to avoid any totally understand-able but fairly unhelpful jumps to discourag-ing conclusions. Patience can be a virtue,although being one of many, less so. Andthough I consider myself an importantpatient (I would imagine most “terminal”patients would characterize themselves assuch) and thus deserving/expecting exceed-ingly prompt and predictable feedback, thereality appears to be somewhat less Kenny-centric. Not that I need constant care (Idon’t, thank God!) or reassurance for thatmatter; however, when your oncologistshortens up your life expectancy by say, 30years, you kind of think/feel that you’verisen to the top of his to-do list. Which Icertainly don’t know that he has/keeps. If hedid/does, perhaps my placement on itwould warrant a more immediate reply,electronic or otherwise. Nevertheless, mydiagnosis-to-date sense has been thatthough I am likely on a list, there are proba-bly other equally less fortunate people whohave become listed as well. All of whomfeel as I do: that they’re the most importantname on that list – real or imagined.

Apparently, for the medical system’sexchange of information and for the treat-ment of patients to sync, e-mail has to suf-fice. And though it may have taken me a lit-tle while to sync up, I am now a regular e-mailer to my doctor and an equally regularreceiver of his electronic expertise. It’s notperfect, but four years into it, I feel fortu-nate to have the access that I do. It’s notexactly any port in a storm, but the weatherhas been inclement and having lines ofcommunication available to me 24/7 hassmoothed out many rough patches.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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