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McLean senior Maire Shine and the Highlanders girls’soccer team played to a scoreless tie with South Lakeson April 4 and maintained an undefeated record.

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By Michael Lee Pope

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Alexandria has the lowestrates of smoking in North-ern Virginia, but it also hasthe highest rates of exces-

sive drinking. Fairfax City has thehighest rates of physical inactivity, al-though Fairfax County enjoys one ofthe lowest rates of premature death.Manassas City has the highest ratesof sexually transmitted diseases inNorthern Virginia. Arlington Countyhas the highest rates of physical ac-tivity and therefore the lowest ratesof obesity.

These are some of the findings ofthe County Health Rankings andRoadmaps program, a collaborationbetween the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation and the University of Wis-consin Population Health Institute.

“This is an annual checkup of yourcommunity’s health,” said JulieWillems Van Dijk, deputy director ofCounty Health Roadmaps at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin. “It’s a way tothink about what we can do collec-tively to improve these areas.”

The annual rankings measure every-thing from high-school graduationrates and obesity to smoking and un-employment. The goal is to reveal asnapshot of how health is influencedby where people live. Organizers saythe point is to help communities havea discussion about how they can usethe data to make changes. Even whenthe numbers are good — low obesityrates in Arlington and Alexandria, forexample — that doesn’t mean a com-munity should become complacent.

“That’s still one out of five peoplewho are obese,” said Van Dijk. “So

while it’s encouraging, I don’t think we havea lot to celebrate there.”

SOME OF THE STATISTICS are contro-versial, especially in Fairfax City. For ex-ample, one of the data points in the reportmeasures premature death. That’s a figurescalculated by looking at years of life lostbefore age 75 per 100,000 people. Accord-ing to the report, Fairfax City has the high-est rate of premature death in Northern Vir-ginia at 8,652 years lost. That’s the highestrate in Northern Virginia, and one of thehighest rates in Virginia. But is it accurate?

“The data on which the rankings arebased is inaccurate for several reasons,” saidLouise Armitage, human services coordina-tor for Fairfax City in an email. “The mainreason for the erroneous data is that thestate health department continues to uti-lize ZIP code to assign jurisdiction of resi-

dency even though ZIP codes are not dis-crete to the city or to the county.”

Armitage says an audit of deaths in FairfaxCity deaths shows serious irregularities. In2008, for example, one audit showed 276out of 417 recorded deaths in Fairfax Cityover a four—year period were actually cityresidents. As a result, only 34 percent ofdeaths that are reported to have taken placein Fairfax City actually happened in FairfaxCounty. Because of the small size of FairfaxCity and the frequent confusion with FairfaxCounty, many of the statistics can be prob-lematic. Armitage says she has raised theseconcerns with the researchers who compiledthe report, who say they are hoping to re-fine the data in the future to make it better.

“I don’t have any problems with her as-sessment,” said Amanda Jovaag, an associ-ate researcher with the University of Wis-consin Population Health Institute. “That

seems perfectly reasonable to me.”

NORTHERN VIRGINIA fares welloverall when compared to the rest ofthe commonwealth. The top threehealthiest jurisdictions are in North-ern Virginia: Loudoun County, FairfaxCounty and Arlington County. The top10 includes Alexandria and ManassasPark City. Health officials warn thatthe statistics can be misleading,though, and that people should notbecome complacent.

“Many of us who work in humanservices get concerned when we sortof pat ourselves on the back and say,‘Oh look, our percentages are so low.Isn’t that wonderful?’” said MarleneBlum, a member of the Fairfax CountyHealth Care Advisory Board. “We arean affluent community, and we’re ahighly educated community. But noteverybody is doing well.”

Some of the health concerns inNorthern Virginia are emblematic ofthe kinds of problems in other com-munities in America that have well-educated people. For example, Alex-andria has the second-lowest numberof people who smoke cigarettes inVirginia overall and the lowest num-ber of smokers for Northern Virginia.But it has the sixth highest rate ofexcessive drinking in Virginia and thehighest rate of excessive drinking inNorthern Virginia.

“Better educated people often drinkbut don’t smoke,” said Van Dijk.“Cocktails are more acceptable thancigarettes.”

SOMETIMES THE NUMBERSshow trends in combination. For ex-ample, Manassas City has the high-est rate of children who live in pov-erty in Northern Virginia. It also hasthe highest teen birth rate per 1,000female population. Researchers saythese two data points speak to eachother.

There’s probably some linkagethere,” said Van Dijk. “We know thatif mom has a baby as a teenager, thelikelihood that child will be raised inpoverty will be much higher.”

New study reveals someparts of Northern Virginiaare healthier than others.

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A map of Virginia rates health factors, including everything from high-school graduation rates and obesity to smoking and unemployment.

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Premature death in Fairfax City is calculated by looking at years of lifelost before age 75 per 100,000 people, but health officials in Fairfax Citysay the data is flawed.

“This is an annualcheckup of yourcommunity’s health. It’sa way to think aboutwhat we can docollectively to improvethese areas.”

— Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputydirector of County Health Roadmaps

at the University of Wisconsin

“Better educated peopleoften drink but don’tsmoke. Cocktails aremore acceptable thancigarettes.”

— Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputydirector of County Health Roadmaps

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State Secretary of Transportation AubreyLayne Jr.’s firsthand ex-perience with northern

Virginia road congestion hap-pened as he was running lateto a meeting last week.

His excuse for arriving tardyto the March 31 McLean andGreat Falls citizens associations’community hearing gave the100-plus members in the audi-ence some comic relief beforehe delved into more serious top-ics like the Route 7 expansionand increasing tolls.

“I misjudged the amount oftime it took to get here,” saidLayne at the McLean Commu-nity Center. “While we have sometraffic issues in [Hampton Roads],they are mostly confined to cross-ing bridges and tunnels.”

Layne was appointed at the be-ginning of the year by Gov. Terry

McLean, Great Falls Citizens Associations meet withstate Secretary of Transportation.

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New state Secretary of Trans-portation Aubrey Layne Jr. talkstraffic at a joint communitymeeting.

McAuliffe as the Secretary ofTransportation. A resident of Vir-ginia Beach, he served on theCommonwealth TransportationBoard representing his region

from 2006 until his recent ap-pointment, according to https://governor.virginia.gov/cabi-net/transportation.

“When I was asked to send aninvitation to the Secretary, Ithought it would be months be-fore we heard from him,” saidDranesville Supervisor JohnFoust during introductory re-marks.

Layne said transportation de-cisions are best solved on thelocal level, and all issues shouldbe faced head on.

“I learned when you don’tdeal with issues head on, you’lldeal with them anyway,” hesaid. “You’ll have to deal withthem later on.”

This includes the plans towiden Leesburg Pike. He saidthe project, which includes

other plans to relieve congestionbefore the Silver Line Metrorail isopen, will cost $300 million. How

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ONCE STARTED, the projectwould take about two years tocomplete.

By a show of hands, many of theaudience members were a part ofthe Wolf Trap Woods HomeownersAssociation. They were worriedthat the possible roadwork wouldcreate entering and exiting theirneighborhood a hazard.

“We’ll have no safe means to getin and out of our subdivision,” saidassociation member Nancy Kessler.“In order to get into McLean, wehave to maneuver through threelanes of traffic that’s very con-gested. When we’re coming home,say from Tysons Corner, we haveto maneuver again through threelanes of traffic. That’s a recipe fordisaster.”

Layne agreed with her sugges-tion to add traffic lights at majorneighborhood intersections.

Not everyone felt their concernswere addressed, however. StellaKoch, of Great Falls, asked forlower speed limits through TysonsCorner.

“It’s not a beltway,” she said. “It’snot a tollway.”

Koch said there is a conflict withtraffic moving at 50 miles per hourthrough the urban area.

“I don’t think they resolved theissue at all,” she said after themeeting.

MANY CITIZENS asked whetherLayne could get the tolls reducedor eliminated on the Dulles TollRoad and the Greenway. However,he said the matter was not his toresolve.

“Unfortunately, both of thesearen’t owned by the state,” he said.

After the Metropolitan Washing-ton Airports Authority bought theroad, the tolls were never removed- despite the original plan to onlyhave the toll until the road waspaid for. Layne said he could tryto negotiate with MWAA, but hedid not want to make a promiseon something he did not feel con-fident about.

“It’s not a great answer, but it’sa truthful answer,” he said.

Foust said he was happy withhow Layne handled the meeting.

“He’s only been on the job for acouple months, and he’s respon-sible for the entire state’s transpor-tation,” he said after the hearing.“There’s a lot going on at thecounty level.”

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That was what the judge saidwhen awarding first place for In-depth or investigative reporting toMichael Lee Pope in the Arling-ton Connection.

The Virginia Press Associationannounced its press awards for2013 at the annual meeting onSaturday, April 5, in Richmond.

Pope also won first place foreducation writing, for businessand financial writing, and awardsfor health, science and environ-mental writing and for govern-ment writing. Stories appeared in the Alexan-dria Gazette Packet, the Mount Vernon Gazetteand the Connection papers.

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Victoria Ross won for feature series/continu-ing coverage for coverage of foster care. Judgesnote: “Fantastic blend of fact and narrative, andit packs an emotional punch. The stories arevery well-researched, tightly written andhighly effective.”

Ross also won for personal service writ-ing for her coverage of “digital legacy,”and control of one’s online content afterdeath.

Cartoonist Steve Artley begancartooning for the Alexandria GazettePacket in December 2013, with only threecartoons in the year, but two of them wonawards. His cartoon on the threateneduse of eminent domain in the City of Al-exandria drew this comment from thejudge: “One of the best examples of edi-torial cartooning I have seen in years andreminiscent of editorial cartoons poi-gnant and relevant enough to still be in-cluded in history texts today. Wonderfuluse of the paper boat as the flagship ofeminent domain with tons of little

touches which push the entry even higher.”Alex McVeigh won an award for investiga-

tive or in-depth reporting in Great Falls. DonnaManz won for her feature stories in Vienna.

The annual Insiders/Newcomers edition ofthe Alexandria Gazette Packet won third placefor special edition, including work by StevenMauren, Jeanne Theismann, John Bordner andJean Card.

Editorials written by Mary Kimm won sec-ond and third place awards.

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First Place for Investigative Reporting, Un-covering Secret Government. Michael LeePope, Arlington Connection — Judge’s com-ment: Great work exposing serious challengesand obstacles in the way of the public’s access

to public information. The articlesare well written and well re-searched, providing concrete andcompelling examples of the flawsin the systems.

First Place for Education writ-ing. Michael Lee Pope, AlexandriaGazette Packet — AlexandriaEducation Dollars. Judge’s com-ment: This is by far the best entryin the contest. Michael Lee Popewrote several strong articles onthe cost of administration in hismarket. He did a very nice job ofmaking a numbers story interest-ing.

First Place for Business and Fi-nancial writing. Michael LeePope, Mount Vernon Gazette —Judge’s comment: The storyabout car title loans offers an in-teresting look at this industry,which is proliferating due to achange in state law. Kudos for

looking at how much the industry contributesto state legislators’ political campaigns. Busi-ness taxes — is it fair to charge higher ratesfor certain professions? Pope provides a bal-anced look at the pros and cons. The story ona transit study covers the debate over urbanvs. rural development in Mount Vernon. Popecombines thorough reporting with competentwriting.

First Place for Public Safety Writing, JeanneTheismann, Alexandria Gazette Packet —Judge’s comment: Creative, compelling ledes.

First Place for General News Writing, BonnieHobbs, Centre View — Judge’s comment: Thecreative lede pushed this one over the top.Good work getting all viewpoints of the issuewithout assigning judgment to who is right andwho is wrong.

First Place for Personal Service Writing.Jeanne Theismann, Alexandria Gazette Packet— Judge’s comment: Each story is an interest-ing and vivid snapshot of the deceased withgood use of quotes and anecdote to bring the

subject’s personality to life and also con-vey why he or she was valued in the com-munity. It is hard to write about some-one who has died in a way that is upbeatand positive, but this writer has achievedthis.

First Place for Informational Graphicsfor Insiders Guide to the Parks, Jean Card,Laurence Foong, Renee Ruggles and CraigSterbutzel, Mount Vernon Gazette — In-formational graphics: Fairfax Countyparks.

First Place for HomeLifeStyle, MaryKimm, Laurence Foong, Geovani Flores,Marilyn Campbell, John Byrd, TimPeterson and Jean Card, The Vienna/Oakton Connection — Specialty pages orsections: Judge’s comment: Clean design

Reporting, photography, design and editorial cartoons commended atannual Virginia Press Association meeting.

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OTHER AWARDS:Steve Artley, Alexandria Gazette

Packet — Illustrations — EminentDomain. Judge’s comment: One ofthe best examples of editorialcartooning I have seen in yearsand reminiscent of editorial car-toons poignant and relevantenough to still be included in his-tory texts today. Wonderful use ofthe paper boat as the flagship ofeminent domain with tons of littletouches which push the entry evenhigher.

In-depth, investigative report-ing, Alex McVeigh, Great Falls Con-nection — Judge’s comment:Great work continuing to followan important environmental storythat had the potential for far-reaching impacts. These articlesalso do a good job explaining thenature of the underground con-tamination and, in understandableterms, the geology behind the waythey spread.

Alexandria Gazette Packet, In-siders/Newcomers Guide. StevenMauren, Jeanne Theismann, JohnBordner, Jean Card, GeovaniFlores and Laurence Foong, Alex-andria Gazette Packet — Judge’scomment: A good package of in-formation for newcomers. A goodarray of photos of communitymembers.

Health, Science and Environ-mental Writing, Michael Lee Pope,The Arlington Connection —Judge’s comment: Good solid sto-ries on interesting subjects. A lotof good historical backgroundadds significantly to the steriliza-tion story. The lead on the chickenstory was very good.

Government Writing, MichaelLee Pope, Alexandria GazettePacket — Judge’s comment: Wepreach to our reporters to followthe money. Michael Lee Pope doesgreat job of following the moneytrail to great news stories. Con-tinue to keep them honest.

Feature Series/Continuing Story.Victoria Ross, The Burke Connec-tion — Feature series or continu-ing story. Judge’s comment: Fan-tastic blend of fact and narrative,and it packs an emotional punch.The stories are very well-re-searched, tightly written andhighly effective.

Personal Service Writing,Victoria Ross, The Fairfax Connec-tion . Judge’s comment: Good jobusing the individual story and re-lating it to the wider issue. Wouldhave liked more follow-up detailsabout whether the social mediacompanies are complying with the

law and what the parents foundon the son’s social media sites.

Jeanne Theismann, AlexandriaGazette Packet — Column writing.Judge’s comment: These columnswere well written and informativeas well as entertaining.

Editorial writing. Mary Kimm,Alexandria Gazette Packet — Edi-torial writing. Judge’s comment:Very well done. Writer does anoutstanding job presenting the

paper’s stance on the issues of theday.

Editorial writing. Mary Kimm,The Fairfax Connection — Judge’scomment: These editorials werearticulate and to the point.

Education writing: Michael LeePope, The Arlington Connection —Judge’s comment: Concise, wellput thoughts.

Page Design, Jean Card, MountVernon Gazette — Judge’s com-

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Cartoon, Steve Artley, Alexan-dria Gazette Packet — Illustra-tions. Judge’s comment: Theshackles of the tea party! Ol’Ebenezer Elephant will be surelylistening for the chimes of the hourafter this ghost appeared beforethe foot of his bed. Fantastic work

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The McLean Community Center’s (MCC)10th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Re-ception was held on Sunday, March 23,in the Community Hall. The theme was

“Paris” and Center volunteers were treated to a ca-tered lunch by Splendid Fare and live music by TheHot Club of D.C.

The 2013 H. Gordon Randall Outstanding Volun-teer Service award was presented to Beverly Howardfor her volunteer contributions as an usher for TheAlden. MCC Special Events Director Sam A. Robertsand MCC Governing Board Chair Chad Quinn pre-sented the award.

Roberts said Howard has been volunteering withthe Alden Theatre for more than 18 years. She wasnominated by Performing Arts Assistant Jeff Virchow.

Virchow said that Howard has spent an average of63 hours annually volunteering in the last three yearssince he has overseen the usher program. This yearalone, Howard will have served 81 hours at 27 per-formances. When she is not volunteering, Howard isworking full time at a property management companyin McLean. “As a volunteer usher, Bev represents theAlden perfectly,” said Virchow. “From the moment sheenters the facility, her bright smile never leaves herface as she gives that extra touch of customer servicethat the theatre has been working hard to create. She’sjust full of life and it’s infectious,” said Virchow.

For more information on volunteer opportunitiesat the Center, call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit,www.mcleancenter.org.

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2013 Volunteer Awardwinner Beverly Howard,with MCC GoverningBoard Chair Chad Quinn,and her daughters (leftto right) Laurie Feltonand Karen Sasaki.

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Award-winning USA Today sportscolumnist Christine Brennan willbe the honored guest at McLeanProject for the Arts (MPA) Spring

Benefit. The annual fundraiser will be onThursday, May 15, 7 - 9 p.m. at the homeand gardens of Michelle and Chris Olson inMcLean. Co-chairs for this year’s event areSylvia Garfinkle and Laura Miller.

The MPA Spring Benefit raises neededfunds that support MPA’s programs of pro-fessionally-curated exhibitions and art edu-cation which includes classes and programsfor adults and children. It also helps fundthe MPA’s ArtReach program that workswith Fairfax County Public Schools both inthe schools and through special field trips

to the MPA galleries for tours and hands—on activities conducted by art educators thatfocus on art and the Virginia Standards ofLearning. MPA also presents McLean’s onlyoutdoor arts festival, MPAartfest.

“McLean Project for the Arts adds so muchvalue to the community through its art ex-hibition and education programs,” Brennansaid. “I’m proud to serve as the honoredguest.”

Brennan was the first woman sports writerat The Miami Herald in 1981 and the firstwoman to cover the Washington Redskinsas a staff writer at The Washington Post in1985. Twice named one of the country’s top10 sports columnists by the Associated PressSports Editors, she has covered the last 16Olympic Games, summer and winter.

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Honoring Poetry Contest Winners.11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. The Great FallsFriends and Neighbors will hold aluncheon to honor 4th - 6th gradewinners in their 31st Annual Poetrycontest. The cost of the luncheon is$21. Please make checks payable toGFFN and send them to Lisa Spodenat: 10917 Lake Windermere Drive,Great Falls, VA 22066. The deadlineto register is April 5. Paypal is alsoavailable on the GFFN website atwww.gffnva.org, members area.

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at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7p.m. 1st Stage in Tysons, 1524 SpringHill Road, Tysons Corner. Excitementripples through the sleepy Irishcommunity of Inishmaan abuzz withthe news that a Hollywood filmmakerplans to shoot a movie on aneighboring island. When youngCripple Billy lands a screen test, theoddball citizens of Inishmaan mount aheartbreakingly hilarious campaignbursting with dark humor andtouching devotion. Generaladmission: $27. Seniors $22. Studentsand Military $15. Purchase online atwww.1ststagetysons.org or 703-854-1856.

FRIDAY/APRIL 11-MONDAY/MAY 5Six Artists Return. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Monday through Saturday. The FrameFactory, 212 Dominion Road NE,Vienna. An exhibition and sale ofpaintings, drawings, sculpture andjewelry by local artists Jackie Elwell,Elaine Florimonte, Debbie Glakas,Lisa Neher, Sarah Swart and BarbaraWagner. www.theframefactory1.com

FRIDAY/APRIL 11“Too Much Light Makes the Baby

Go Blind.” 8 p.m. The Alden, 1234Ingleside Avenue, McLean. In thisshow, an underground New York Cityfavorite, the eccentric New York Neo-Futurists race against the clock toperform 30 miniature plays in 60breathless minutes. Tickets are $20/$15 for MCC district residents.www.aldentheatre.org

SATURDAY/APRIL 12Train Club’s 65th Anniversary

Model Railroad Open House. 1-5p.m. 231 Dominion Road NE, Vienna.Celebrate the Northern VirginiaModel Railroaders’ 65th Anniversary.See and hear model trolleys andsteam and diesel trains plus Thomasand some of his friends in the HistoricVienna Train Station along the W&ODtrail just past the Caboose. Theimpressive layout reflects themountainous terrain and towns ofWestern North Carolina with awardwinning structures. Free admission(donations accepted). For moreinformation visit www.nvmr.org.

Flea Market. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Vienna’sAmerican Legion 330 Center St, N,Vienna. Space $20; tables-$5. ContactDebbie at 703-938-9535 for more info.

Paws for Art Fundraiser. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. This April,your artwork can help us save morelives, and help us raise awareness ofLDCRF. Donations of artwork in anymedia are still being accepted for theLDCRF Paws for Art Show and Sale.

“We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.”McLean Community Center’s TheAlden, 1234 Ingleside Avenue,McLean. 2 p.m. A small group ofintrepid adventurers are on a quest tofind a bear. They wade through thegigantic swishy, swashy grass, thesplishy splashy river and the thickoozy, squelchy mud on their journey.The show is appropriate for childrenages 4 and older. Tickets: $10-$15.Visit www.aldentheatre.org or call703-790-0123, TTY: 711.

SATURDAY/ APRIL 12-SUNDAY/APRIL 13Spring Table Tennis Tournament.

10 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9

a.m. to noon on Sunday. OldFirehouse Teen Center, 1440 ChainBridge Road, McLean. The fee toparticipate is $5 per person, per eventfor The Northern Virginia TableTennis Club members and $10 perperson, per event for all others. Allevents are round-robin, followed by asingle elimination. Prizes will beawarded to the champion and runner-up in each of three divisions:beginner, intermediate and advanced.Semifinals and finals are best threeout of five. All other matches are besttwo out of three. The tournamentdirector reserves the right to modifyor cancel events based on the numberof entries. To register for thetournament, or for more information,visit www.nvtcc.org

SUNDAY/APRIL 13Photographing Chrysanthemums

and other Floral Blooms. 2:30p.m. Falls Church Community Center,223 Little Falls Street, Falls Church.Todd Brethauer, whose photographsof Mums are featured on the NationalChrysanthemum Society

www.mums.org website andFacebook page, will discuss anddemonstrate how to get the BestFloral Bloom Pictures out of yourcamera for your use and enjoyment.

Pro Musica Washington Ensemble.3 p.m. McLean Community Center’sThe Alden, 1234 Ingleside Avenue,McLean. For further information,please phone 703-620-9535. Concertis free.

30th Annual Children’s SpringFestival. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Great FallsVillage Green. Join in the fun withactivities for kids ranging from gamesto rides and delicious food.

WEDNESDAY/ APRIL 16125th Birthday Celebration for

Charlie Chaplin.7:30 p.m. TheAlden, 1234 Ingleside Avenue,McLean. The Alden in McLean willcelebrate Charlie Chaplin’s 125thbirthday with an evening of silentfilms with live musicalaccompaniment. For moreinformation or to purchase ticketsonline, visit: www.aldentheatre.org orcall 703-790-0123.

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Photo by Teresa Castracane/Courtesy of 1st Stage

Josh Adams and Megan Graves in “TheCripple of Inishmaan” at 1st Stage, run-ning April 11-20.

Take your little one out for some excite-ment and adventure in The Alden’s produc-tion of “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,”playing on April 12 at the McLean Commu-nity Center.

See and hear model trolleys and steam and diesel trainsplus Thomas and some of his friends in the HistoricVienna Train Station’s 65th Anniversary Open House onApril 12.


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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Betsy Fein found herself inthe middle of a springfling in Fairfax recently.She wasn’t at a festival

or involved in a new romance, butin the midst of organizing a clut-tered bedroom that was litteredwith piles of shirts, pants, shoesand books.

Spring often means renewal andlocal organizers like Fein are of-fering suggestions for clearing outwinter clutter. From closets thatare overstuffed with wool sweat-ers and down coats to kitchendrawers overflowing with batter-ies and appliance manuals, theyoffer suggestions for getting orga-nized without getting over-whelmed.

“Spring is a time when you haveall the winter stuff in your closetand you want to change it out forsummer, so you’re flinging itout,”said Fein, of Clutterbusters!!(www.clutterbusters.com) inRockville, Md.

“Because this child was younger,we suggested that they hang a lotof things,”said Fein of her recentproject. She also advised the par-ents to install a second rod in thecloset. “They could have shirts ontop and pants on bottom.”

Fein recommended using photo-graphs to help with organization.“They can take a picture of a pairof socks, for example, and put iton the drawer so the child can seethat socks go in that drawer.”

She even included an idea foroutgrown clothes. “Keep a color-ful bin on the bottom of the closet,so when you realize that clothesdon’t fit any more you can tossthem in the bin and donate them.”

The idea would work for adults,too. “Pack away all your winterclothing and unpack your springand summer items,”said SusanUnger, of ClutterSOS(www.cluttersos.com) in Vienna.“Be sure to evaluate each item andask yourself …‘Does it fit? Do Ilove it? Is it in good shape? Do Ifeel good in it?’If all these answersare ‘yes’and it is a keeper, thenplace it in your closet or drawers.

“Be sure to group like items to-gether such as skirts, dresses, t-shirts, [and] shorts. Decide if thediscards should be tossed or do-nated depending on thecondition,”she said. “Be sure tokeep a list of new items to buy.”

When you store those bulky win-ter clothes, make sure you usesealed containers. “Store them inbins and make use of vertical spacethat is hard to reach or otherrooms [like the] basement,”saidJody Al-Saigh of Picture PerfectO r g a n i z i n g(www.pictureperfectorganizing.com)in Arlington. “Before storingclothes for next winter, be surethey are laundered first. A little-known fact [is that] moths don’tactually go after the clothing fibersbut rather the human perspirationand dander that build on clothes.”

An easy place to start springcleaning is your file (or pile ordrawer) of appliance manuals andinstruction booklets. “Store themall in an accordion file, by brands,by type of appliance, by room orarea,”said Al-Saigh. “Or look upthe manual online, download andtoss the paper one.”

Be sure to purge often or whennew items are purchased. “Don’t

toss warranties or receipts for war-ranties or rebates. Keep those inyour file,”said Al-Saigh. “Keep theaccordion file somewhere handylike the garage shelf [or on] topof fridge.”

NOW THAT THE END of theschool year is growing closer, pilesof children’s artwork are growingtaller. “We did a family room thathad a bookshelf and toys,kids’artwork and stuff all over theplace,”said Fein. “We had to helpthe parents make decisions aboutwhat to keep. We used a methodcalled the three Fs: Frame-worthy,flush (or toss) and file. Withkids’art, you have to be ruthlessand realize that it is not all aPicasso.”

For frame-worthy artwork, Feinsuggests tape frames or inexpen-sive acrylic frames. “Tape framesare sticky on the back, but theylook like real frames. You can swapout the artwork and reuse them.”

For artwork that can be filed,Fein suggests using a keepsake boxor creating a photo book. “You cantake digital photos of the art workand put together a book on

Tips for Spring Cleaning“After a long winter such as this most recent one, it feels good to give a house a

good, thorough cleaning. Start by walking through your home room by room andmaking a list of items to be completed.”

“When you are finished, you may think the list in its entirety looks overwhelm-ing and …impossible to complete,”she said. “Take one room at a time and thenbreak the tasks for that room down into smaller tasks and estimate the time tocomplete the task. Determine how much time daily you can commit to the tasksand schedule it on your calendar. By doing it this way the project shouldn’t feel sooverwhelming. Be sure to finish each room before going on to the next.”

—Susan Unger

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Betsy Fein of Clutterbusters!! created order in thisPotomac, Md., garage by grouping similar items together.

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Spring’s mild weather alsomakes it an ideal time to clean out

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and sort it in the driveway.”Al-Saigh suggests using

sidewalk chalk. “Section offareas for piles for items tokeep, donate and trash,”shesaid. “When putting backthe keep stuff, group itemstogether and create zonessuch as tools, gardening,sports equipment, camping,bicycles. The more you canhang on hooks on the wallsor from the ceiling the bet-ter. Floor to ceiling shelvingis good to maximize the ver-tical space.

“Get creative. Use old bar-rels to store hockey sticksupright, hang a mesh bagfull of soccer balls,”sheadded. “Remove] thingsthat don’t belong in yourgarage like photos, paper-work, fragile memorabilia.”

Fein points to a Potomac,Md., garage that she re-cently helped a client reor-ganize. “It was a normallooking garage where stuff waseverywhere,”she said. “Bikes andsports stuff were all over the place,so it was a matter of putting likethings together.”

It helps, Fein said, to make or-ganizing fun. “Don’t think of it asa chore. …Play music and get the

weekend, three hours in yousay this is too much and youquit. Maybe start with adrawer.”

Keep it simple. “With filingpapers, sometimes a person’sfiling system is so detailed thatit is impossible to organize andmaintain,”said Fein. “Let’s takebills. A simple system may be afile that says bills. It doesn’tneed to be in alphabetical or-der. A lot of clients are disorga-nized because they are perfec-tionists. If they can’t maintaina complicated system perfectly,they’d rather just have it in apile.”

Once a home is finally orga-nized, keeping it that way canbe challenging. “You have to bedisciplined about maintainingit,”said Fein. “Even if you setaside 10 minutes a day to makesure you do a little maintenancein your kitchen, bedroom, officeor wherever. Doing a little eachday keeps it organized ratherthan letting it build up.”

Once a person develops sucha routine, it becomes natural foreven the messiest among us, saidFein. “It takes 21 days to change ahabit,”she said. “For 21 days, puta reminder in your calendarphone, or leave yourself a voicemessage reminding yourself to doa little maintenance.”

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whole family involved. Play gameswith your children, like beat theclock or beat the time.”

Start small. “A lot of timespeople think ‘I have to organize mywhole basement and I have 40years of stuff,’ said Fein. “If youhave decided to spend the whole

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By Reena Singh

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Capital One wants to make its future head-quarters office building the tallest inTysons Corner.

McLean Citizens Association discussedthe changes in the development plan at its April 2Board of Directors meeting.

The Building 3 office building, if constructed asplanned, will rise 470 feet - 32 stories - into theTysons skyline due to the mechanicals that will beplaced at the top. This will make it the tallest build-ing in the urban center.

Their current McLean headquarters building is 14stories. The new building is planned to be more thantwice that size.

“This is going to be a monster of a building,” saidboard member Mark Zetts during the zoning pre-sentation.

This is more than the current zoning laws allow.To allow Capital One to have the building it drew

up without it giving permission for other companiesto ask for taller buildings, Zetts proposed to call it a“landmark gateway building,” a title of distinction,he said, to announce “you have arrived.” Because itwill sit by the beltway and the metrorail station, hesaid it is in the perfect location to have the title.

The title also means that another developer can-not ask for a building to be constructed taller thanthe proposed Block B office building - keeping Tysons’skyline from turning into one that rivals Manhattan.

“Why are you moving to make it a gateway build-ing rather than telling them to drop the height?”asked board member Francesca Gutowski.

She asked if the county was going to tell CapitalOne to drop the height.

However, Zetts was pretty confident that givingCapital One the distinction was the best plan forTysons Corner because of its size and proximity tothe beltway.

The new plans also included creating an $11 mil-lion community center in the Capital One office park.The community center will remain there until it is

replaced by a larger office building, Building 11, inan undetermined amount of time. The center willthen be moved to the bottom two floors of the build-ing.

The office park is planned to be 65 percent office,25 percent residential space, 8 percent hotel spaceand 2 percent retail.

Board member Jeff Barnett was worried thatMcLean homeowners would have to pick up the taxesfor the community center because is not going togenerate taxes. However, board member DarrenEwing said this is the best plan to keep new Tysonsresidents in their community rather than pressing touse McLean’s community center.

“This is what we want at the end of the day,” hesaid.

The plans passed 31-1, with two members abstain-ing.

In other business, advertised Fairfax County 2015budget plan was also approved by the MCA.

Also, McLean’s centennial gala is tentatively Nov.28 at the McLean Community Center.

Company wants a tallerbuilding in Tysons.

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Photo by Reena Singh/ The Connection

McLean Citizens Association meeting onApril 2.


Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Neither team scored a goal dur-ing Friday’s McLean Highlanders-South LakesSeahawks girls’ soccer

matchup, but both came away feeling posi-tive about how their respective 2014 sea-sons have unfolded.

The Highlanders and Seahawks played toa scoreless tie during a battle of unbeatenteams on April 4 at South Lakes HighSchool. McLean entered the match as a pro-gram looking to continue its run of recentsuccess, which includes a state champion-ship in 2011. South Lakes is a group look-ing to take the next step in establishing it-self as a contender.

Each team generated some offensivechances, but McLean squandered a goldenopportunity in each half. In the 26th minute,senior Haley Mennes beat the South Lakesgoalkeeper but failed to finish, hitting theside of the net. In the 50th minute, seniorMaire Shine bounced a shot off the nearpost.

“I think we dug deep in the second half,especially,” Shine said. “It was a hard-foughtgame. We just were a little off on some ofthe final passes. I think we could have wonthe game if we just finished a little better.… I thought I had it on the chip. [SouthLakes goalkeeper Sara Vigen] covered nearpost really well and I didn’t have the anglefor back post, so I knew I’d have to chip herand then it hit the inside of the post and,ugh, I thought I had it.”

Shine, a first-team all-region selection lastseason, leads the Highlanders with fourgoals in six games. She’s the primary offen-sive threat for a McLean team with a 3-0-3record, including a scoreless tie againstSouth County on Monday, April 7.

“I expect Maire to produce,” McLean headcoach Rob Bouchard said. “Everybody in thedistrict voted her an all-region first-team[player] and we expect her to lead and playlike an all-region first-team [player].”

Shine and senior defender Kaela Mahoneyare team captains. Midfielders CarolineMeier and Megan DeGrafft, and defendersAudrey Freeman, Katherine Horenstein andMeaghan O’Reilly are also key contributors.

After opening the season with a scorelesstie against Robinson on March 21, McLeanwon its next three games, beating Oakton(2-1, March 24), Thomas Jefferson (4-0,March 28) and Langley (1-0, April 1).

“I think this team can go far,” Shine said.“Everyone wants it and we’ve got a lot oftalent, so I don’t think there’s any reasonwe can’t go far.”

The Highlanders finished runner-up in theLiberty District last season, losing to StoneBridge 4-0 in the tournament championshipgame. McLean is competing in Conference6 this season, which includes 2013 regionrunner-up Yorktown. While the Highland-ers and Patriots don’t face one another dur-

ing the regular season, each is a strong can-didate to reach the conference tournamentfinal.

“Our girls feel a little slighted becausethere has been talk about all these otherteams in our district and nobody ever talksabout us, so we take it personal,” Bouchardsaid. “We want to go out there every nightand beat everybody now because of that.… My girls, they think they can beat any-body. There’s a lot of hard teams out there,but they have that attitude [of], ‘Why notus?’”

While the Highlanders have their sightsset on continued success, the Seahawks arelooking to take the next step under second-year head coach Mike Astudillo, who

coached the Chantilly girls’ soccer teamfrom 2004 to 2007.

In recent years, South Lakes suffered lop-sided losses against top-tier teams, includ-ing an 8-0 defeat against McLean in 2011and a 7-0 loss to Stone Bridge in 2012. In2013, Astudillo’s first as South Lakes headcoach, the Seahawks finished with a 7-3-3regular-season record, including ties againstMcLean and Stone Bridge. Astudillo wasnamed Liberty District Coach of the Year.

This season, South Lakes opened withfour consecutive victories, beatingWakefield (5-0, March 19), T.C. Williams(2-1, March 27), Marshall (3-0, March 28)and Thomas Jefferson (4-1, April 1) priorto tying McLean.

“This was our first real test of the sea-son,” Astudillo said. “We did what we weresupposed to do for the first four games ofthe season. I scheduled two of the toughestscrimmages I could find and we playedfairly well against Centreville and Chantilly,but McLean is just a team that has talentedplayers … [and] Rob runs a great program.It’s just a really good test for us.”

While South Lakes produced a winningseason last year, the Seahawks failed toqualify for regionals, losing to Langley inthe opening round of the district tourna-ment.

“We need to improve on what we did lastyear,” Astudillo said. “Last year, we showedup and we let the region know that we werehere to play. We tied Stone Bridge last yearand when we called in the score they werelike, ‘Boys’ soccer tied Stone Bridge?’ ‘No,no, girls’ soccer tied Stone Bridge.’

“The region was aware that we did somethings last year. Now we’ve got to take thatnext step. We need to move to the next level.We need to qualify for the region tourna-ment. I think that should be something thatwe need to do. We knocked on the door lastyear and we didn’t get there. We need toget there this year.”

One of the athletes responsible for SouthLakes’ early-season success is sophomoremidfielder Meaghan Nally, who has been theSeahawks top offensive threat, producingfour goals and three assists in five games.What makes Nally a good player?

“Her motor,” Astudillo said. “Her enginenever quits. She is an Energizer Bunny outthere. She runs from goal line to goal line,she does everything we need.”

Friday’s result moved South Lakes’ recordto 4-0-1 and marked the second consecu-tive season the Seahawks managed to tieMcLean.

“We know that we can hang in there withthe best of the best,” Nally said. “You justsee how we can work together as a team,work hard. We can hang in there. We’regood. Last year we tied them, as well, andwe made a statement. We tied them againthis year — they’re better, we’re better, soit made a bigger statement.

“… I think that last year, [Astudillo] wasnew, and so we were just getting used tohis style. This year, we’re kind of used tohim. We know what he expects … and we’restepping up to the plate because we knowwhat we can do now. He’s a really goodcoach. He motivates us, he keeps pushingus to the next level.”

Bouchard has noticed the Seahawks’ im-provements.

“Their goalie [Vigen] is phenomenal andtheir field players have gotten so much bet-ter,” Bouchard said. “First half, they took itto us and I was scared. Second half, we roseto the occasion and started making it moreof a game.”

South Lakes faced Mount Vernon on Tues-day, April 8, after The Connection’s dead-line. The Seahawks will host Stuart at 7 p.m.on Wednesday, April 9.

McLean will host Fairfax at 7 p.m. on April22.

Highlanders play to scoreless ties against South Lakes, South County.

McLean Girls’ Soccer Undefeated Through Six Games

Senior Maire Shine is the McLean girls’ soccer team’s leading goal-scorer with four through six games.

Caroline Meier and the McLean girls’ soccer team is 3-0-3 through sixgames.

“My girls, they think they can beat anybody.There’s a lot of hard teams out there, butthey have that attitude [of], ‘Why not us?’”

— McLean girls’ soccer coach Rob Bouchard

Photos by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection


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LANDSCAPINGSo has said my longtime oncology nurse,

Ron, who has tended to me since June,2009. Originally, I had been assigned to adifferent oncology nurse, Holly, with whom Ideveloped an immediate rapport. She caredfor me from the beginning, early March2009, when I began my every-three-weekchemotherapy infusion through June, whenshe transferred from the Infusion Center to adifferent unit (oncology does take a toll).Initially, after Holly’s departure, Jane,another nurse in the unit, took me on as apatient. However, and this is where thedetails get sketchy, within a subsequent infu-sion or two, I was told one day upon myarrival at the Infusion Center, that Ron, stillanother oncology nurse, who I had certainlyseen there previously but with whom I hadminimal interaction, would be taking overfor Jane – who was not transferring out – andhenceforth would be my new oncologynurse. Apparently, I had been traded. Foranother patient? For future considerations?For a lunch-to-be-paid later? To this day,nearly five years later, I’ve never been ableto uncover the truth. I got along fine withJane; I’m a very low-maintenance patient/person; I don’t think I did anything to pre-cipitate such a decision. Nevertheless, a deal(my word) had been struck.

To the extent to which assigning nurses tooncology/chemotherapy patients is not ran-dom, given the ongoing and serious natureof the types of treatment, Ron’s assignment –to me – was genius. We are alike in so manyways. We’re the same age and have thesame wise guy-type personality. We both usehumor at every opportunity and love Yiddishand shtick as well; also we’re both Jewish. Inaddition, we’re both from the Northeast andlove sports. He’s interested in me and I’minterested in him. I know about his family.He knows about mine. Our relationship hasevolved from nurse-patient to close friend. Itrust Ron with my life.

That fact was never clearer to me thanthis past August 2nd, a scheduled infusionday for me, when I arrived at the InfusionCenter for my usual chemotherapy. Ronnoticed how ashen gray I was and after talk-ing to me, further realized how much diffi-culty I was having breathing. Initially, hewalked me around the unit while monitoringmy oxygen levels; they were not merely low,they were no-chemotherapy-for-me-that-dayreally low. Immediately, Ron went to “PlanB:” assessment by a doctor in the EmergencyCare Department. I needed medical help,that day. Ron then spent the next few hourscoordinating care and managing the neces-sary steps to finding me a hospital bed. Laterthat day, I was “ambulanced” to Holy CrossHospital where I was admitted. Two dayslater, I had 4.5 liters of fluid drained from myleft lung which subsequently collapsed. Ithen spent the next five days recovering inS.I.C.U. In total, I was hospitalized for eightdays before being released the followingFriday. If not for Ron’s hands-on and profes-sional approach to my deteriorating condi-tion, it’s likely, as he’s fond of joking, that Iwas a “goner.”

But I’m not a “goner.” I’m a “still here-er.”In fact, at my last infusion, Ron told me thatas of my five-year anniversary in late Febru-ary, I’m now his longest-surviving cancerpatient. And I’m still alive for many reasons,one of which is most definitely due to thedepth of the relationship I have with myoncology nurse, Ron “Choo, Choo” Chubin(he’s also a train guy). I wouldn’t be herewithout him because, as he’s also fond ofsaying, he’s where I need him to be. ThankGod!

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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Award-Winning Connection NewspapersMore Reasons the Connection Newspapers are the Best-Read Community PapersWinners of Awards in the 2013 Virginia Press Association Editorial Contest

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❖ Mary Kimm, Alexandria Gazette Packet– Editorial writing.❖ Alex McVeigh, Great Falls Connection –In-depth or investigative reporting.❖ Michael Lee Pope, ArlingtonConnection – Health, science andenvironmental writing.❖ Michael Lee Pope, Alexandria GazettePacket – Government writing.

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Louise Krafft, Alexandria Gazette Packet– Feature photo: Summer Fun.

Steve Artley, Alexandria Gazette Packet –Illustrations – Eminent Domain.

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