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Jones Branch ExtensionWill Reach Across I-495News, Page 2

Day Prom CombinesDancing, Food and FunNews, Page 12

Summer Fun for EveryoneNews, Page 3

Vienna-area residents enjoy a star-spangled evening of music and fireworksat Yeonas Park on the Fourth of July.Spring and summer traditionally offer “funfor everyone” in Vienna/Oakton area.

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By Mike Salmon

The Connection

When the Virginia Departmentof Transportation (VDOT)and Fairfax County aredone, McLean residents will

have another way across I-495 at JonesBranch Drive and a link from inside thebeltway to the I-495 express lanes.

But getting there, like all other road con-struction projects, will have its share ofheadaches.

“It’s going to be inconvenient, that’s real-ity,” said VDOT District Engineer Bill Cut-ler at their “Pardon Our Dust,” meeting onMay 18 in Tysons Corner. “When we com-plete this project, you’ll be able to accessthe express lanes from both sides,” headded.

In all, the $58 million project willlengthen the Jones Branch extension fromthe I-495 express lanes eastward over theinner loop to a point on Route 123 near theSilver Line metro station. This will providetraffic another option to getting across thebeltway and relieve the congestion thatcurrently clogs up Route 123 at Tysons Cor-ner. The project will create a continuousmedian for future transit, on-road bikelanes, and a few more traffic lights.

The project is a joint effort of VDOT andFairfax County and will be completed by

November 2019, according to the VDOTplan. A schedule “I consider to be very ag-gressive,” said Cutler. The $58 million is acombination of state, county and federalmoney, he added. The project is a five-phased project where most of the actual

construction is taking place during phase IIwhich is scheduled for spring 2018.

The Gates of McLean condominiums areright in the path and have already beenimpacted by the construction of the exten-sion and a new Capital One building that is

going up in that area. With both projects, itwill be seven years of construction. Resi-dents are complaining of long waits at thelights and construction that begins at sunup.“They put the Gates of McLean in a hugeinconvenience,” one audience member said.The property manager Maria Hatcher notedthe holes in the road from all the trucks.“It’s a pretty rough ride,” she said.

The traveling public will feel the pain too.With construction now around I-495, thereare slow downs due to narrow lanes in thatarea, but when the beams for the newbridges are hung, there will be total over-night lane closures, but the express laneswill remain open, and traffic will be re-routed up the exit ramp and down the otherside.

This project was eyed to be part of the I-495 express lanes work, which started in2008, but was shelved due to the expenseat that time.

The intersection at Scotts Crossing Roadand Route 123 has been causing delays, andfrequent travelers have complained toVDOT about a possible turn on red beingimplemented, so a traffic study was per-formed, said Abi Lerner, VDOT seniorproject manager.

“Our traffic analysis looked at the sightdistance, it’s not safe,” Lerner said. Hatchercalled this intersection is a “hot button is-sue.”

Jones Branch Extension will Reach Across I-495

VDOT’s District Engineer Bill Cutler explains the new access road at thePardon Our Dust meeting in Tysons.

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By Donna Manz

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Summertime and the livin’ is easy… it’s also hot, humid, and full offun events, regardless of theweather. The Vienna-Oakton Con-

nection looks at the traditional and the not-so-traditional, from Chillin’ on Church fam-ily night and holiday celebrations to fire-works and waterplay.

The Town of Vienna, through its Parks andRecreation department, offers a diversity ofsummer camps to residents and surround-ing communities. Camps range from tradi-tional play-and-activities to outdoor play atGlyndon Park, from sports camps to com-puter camps, cooking to theatre arts, andmore popular activities for children from 6years old and beyond. Seewww.viennava.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3574 for details.

Wolf Trap, the nation’s only national parkfor the performing arts, is in residence in aVienna zipcode — 22182. Set on rollinghills, the performance venue brings concertsoutdoors to festive life. Visitwww.wolftrap.org for a schedule of perfor-mances throughout the summer.

Pull out the fun-guide insert and hang iton your refrigerator; outdoor events is whatsummer is all about.

Concerts on the Green, throughearly September

Concerts on the Vienna Town Green begin at6:30 p.m. unless otherwise-noted, and run Fridayand Sunday nights throughout the summer. Spe-cial events include Chillin’ on Church with food,live music, and activities for children.

The U.S. Navy Commodores Jazz Band kicks offthe summer on June 2; Kiddie-rock starsRocknoceros plays June 14.

Bring your own seating; picnics welcome but noalcohol.

See concert schedule at www.viennava.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3480.

In the event of rain, call the weather line at 703-255-7842 or the Department of Parks andRecreation at 703-255-6360 two hours before theevent for cancellation information.

ViVa! Vienna! May 27-29One of the community’s most-anticipated events

comes every year during the three-day MemorialDay weekend … Known as ViVa! Vienna! andhosted by the Vienna Rotary in cooperation withthe Town of Vienna, the festival offers all-day andall-evening entertainment on multiple stages.

ViVa! Vienna! takes over the historic ChurchStreet corridor with 300 marketplace vendors, 20amusement rides, free activities for children, and

more than a dozen kiosks selling nostalgic “carny-food.”

Ride access may be purchased as individual tick-ets or unlimited with a wristband.

Proceeds benefit Northern Virginia nonprofitsand Vienna services. Go to vivavienna.org/ for

The Independence Day celebration at Yeonas Park includes live music,food-eating competitions, and, to crown off the festivities, fireworks.

For the younger set, there are Wednesdays stories and sprinklers behindFreeman House.

From holiday celebrations to weeklycommunity activities, the Vienna areaoffers a diversity of amusements.

Summer Fun for Everyone

Memorial Day weekend’s most anticipated event –ViVa! Vienna! – features more than 300 marketplacevendors, a food court housing a plethora of carnivalfood kiosks, live entertainment on multiple stages,and more than 20 amusement rides. The spider jumpattracts the most daring of the young children.

Fry it and they will come … it’s ViVa! Vienna! overMemorial Day weekend and the festival takes overthe Church Street corridor for three days. From friedturkey legs to fried Twinkies, the carnival foodscreams “summertime.”

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sympathy or contempt for those affected by it.For others it might be a fear of it possibly hap-pening to them. The desire to find out howpeople felt on this subject served as the cata-lyst for my project team in a George MasonUniversity communications class.

As part of the class project we had the op-portunity to partner with the Fairfax CountyOffice of Public Affairs and the Office to Pre-vent and End Homelessness. When we wereinformed about the current situation involv-ing homelessness in the county, I was shocked.We were told that back in 2008, approximately1,800 people were found to be homeless in thecounty. Although there has been an almost 50percent reduction in homelessness since then,it had never occurred to me that a significantnumber of people in the area were goingthrough this problem.

We wanted to know more about what oth-ers thought about homelessness in the county.We decided to do a survey of county residentsabout their thoughts on homelessness and re-port on what we found out. We sent the sur-vey out on March 23 and promoted it throughsocial media and email. After two weeks, wegot the results and I think what we learnedsurprised all of us.

Almost 1,600 people filled out the survey.One of the responses revealed that 65 percentof those who responded believe homelessnessaffects them personally. Some people said theyoften saw people who were homeless, whileothers said they have never seen a person whois homeless in the county. Yet, what broke myheart were the comments that read “They are

Virginia Needs toAdopt California FuelEconomy GoalsTo the Editor:

In response to Governor McAuliffe’s direc-tive to Virginia’s DEQ to cut carbon pollution,Virginia should adopt Obama’s and California’sfuel economy goals: 54.5 mpg by 2025. Do cli-mate-change dismissives — especially thosewho drive gas-guzzlers — ever go outside? Dothey ever run, walk, or ride a bike beside aroad so that they have to breathe in car ex-haust?

I loathe walking beside roads, and when I’vegone on long bike rides, I’ve noticed that “ya-hoos” in pickup trucks — especially the dieselmodels, like to “floor it” when they pass a groupof bike riders, so that we are forced to get alungful of carbon monoxide, methane, sulfurand nitrous oxides, polyaromatic hydrocar-bons, and heavy metals. I’d like to see if theycould get out of their three-ton “exhaust spray-ers” and pedal up a two-mile grade.

Have they ever hiked in the mountains, awayfrom traffic noise (which I despise), andbreathed in pure, oxygen-rich air? My grand-father, a doctor from Marion, N.C., used to takea bicycle inner tube filled with mountain airwhen he went to the city, so that he couldbreathe the air from that tube with his car win-dows rolled up. To him (even with the rubbersmell), that air was better than the exhaust-filled city air.

To Trump, those bike-riders and hikers arelosers, especially compared to selfish status-

seekers who can afford a Cadillac Escalade,Lexus LX 570, Dodge Viper, or other ridicu-lously heavy and/or powerful gas hog. Andwho cares about wildlife, the hapless victimsof our pollution? I do, for one! Shouldn’t ev-eryone be outraged to learn that:

❖ 25 percent of cars are causing 90 percentof the air pollution we breathe;

❖ in 2016, about 76 different models of ve-hicles weighed at least 6,000 lbs. (which areexempt from annual depreciation caps);

❖ eight of the most expensive luxury carsget the worst gas mileage (e.g., 14 miles pergallon or less overall).

With the strong evidence correlating demen-tia, Alzheimer’s, and cancer with breathing carexhaust, Trump and the GOP plan to roll backnational car emission standards. (My veryhealth-conscious wife was just diagnosed withcancer, and with all the walking we do, breath-ing exhaust likely contributed to its onset.)Why doesn’t Virginia join California to adoptthe 54.5 mpg-by-2025 goal? It’s the very leastwe should do!

John H. Fringer, III, P.E.Reston

Heart-BreakingResponses onHomelessnessTo the Editor:

Homelessness is a word that can conjure upa variety of emotions. For some it might be See Letters, Page 11

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

For more than a half century signsalong the roadsides and ads in localnewspapers featured Smokey theBear with a message “Keep Virginia

Green.” His reference was to forest fire pre-vention, of which he said 9 out of 10 could beprevented. Forest fires were a big concern be-cause wood products were big business in Vir-ginia.

A campaign continues today with a “KeepVirginia Green” theme as part of the “Keep Vir-ginia Beautiful” effort. It has a broader mean-ing as it now includes stopping littering andother actions consumers can take as part ofcaring for the environment in the Common-wealth.

Maybe the most meaningful effort ever takento protect Virginia’s environment was an-nounced last week by Gov. Terry McAuliffe —that he had signed an Executive Directive or-dering the Department of Environmental Qual-ity to begin the process of establishing regula-tions in Virginia that will reduce carbon emis-sion from power plants. As the Governor ex-plained, “As the federal government abdicatesits role on this important issue, it is critical for

states to fill thevoid…Virginia willlead the way to cutcarbon and lean in onthe clean energy fu-ture.” The currentfederal administra-tion has moved to re-scind actions of theEnvironmental Pro-tection Agency to re-duce carbon in the at-mosphere and to acton climate change.

While proponents of states’ rights may ap-plaud the shift from the federal to the stategovernments, wind currents from power plantsand airborne pollutants do not recognize stateboundaries. It is critically important that otherstates follow the actions of Gov. McAuliffe.

According to the press release announcingthe Governor’s Executive Directive, the Com-monwealth has seen an increase from just 17megawatts of solar installed to more than1,800 megawatts in service or under develop-ment. Revenues in the rapidly growing cleanenergy sector have risen from $300 million to$1.5 billion between 2014 and 2016. In thelast year alone, solar installations have risen

nearly 1,200 percent. The number of Virgin-ians employed by the solar industry rose 65percent to 3,236 — twice the number of jobssupported by coal. An analysis by The SolarFoundation quoted in the release said that Vir-ginia is now second in the Southeast and ninthin the nation for year-over-year solar growth.As of 2017, Virginia is first in the Southeastfor corporate clean energy procurement.

Dominion Energy, the Commonwealth’s larg-est electricity producer, announced earlier thatit intends to follow the federal Clean PowerPlant regulations even if they are rescinded bythe current administration. Older coal-poweredplants are being converted to natural gas orclosed. The company will be subject to anyadditional regulations that result from theGovernor’s Executive Directive.

It is heartening to see the number of citizenswho have expressed a greater interest in envi-ronmental matters as they realize the threatto current protections under the new adminis-tration. We need to thank and applaud theGovernor for his action and at the same timekeep the pressure on federal and state electedofficials to see that our air is kept clean andsafe. I am pleased that both the Sierra Cluband the League of Conservation Voters haverecognized my efforts in this regard.

Keep Virginia Green

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By Andrea Worker

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The Fairfax County Human Ser-vices Council thinks it’s time toshake things up, to build a newstrategy for identifying, address-

ing and funding solutions for human ser-vice needs in the community, and they’vetaken the first step in that direction by host-ing the Innovation Challenge on May 18.

Evidence from the recent Fiscal Year 2018Budget process and the data collected in the“Human Services Needs Assessment” pub-lished last year, show a trend where moreof the county’s residents require some typeof assistance. In the words of Board of Su-pervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova, “De-mand is outstripping resources.”

During the budget proceedings, some pro-grams and initiatives were left unfunded,or given less than requested, and other ini-tiatives and needs were rolled forward forfuture consideration.

Seven months ago, Human ServicesCouncil members Dr. Patrice Winter(Braddock District) and Thomas Goodwin(Providence District) “hatched an idea,”Winter told the attendees at the Innovationevent. She said that the two convinced eachother that a broader network of people froma greater variety of disciplines and experi-ences was needed to bring a fresh perspec-tive to the various problems. With the sup-port of their council colleagues and fromcounty personnel, Winter and Goodwin di-rected their idea into the Challenge thatbrought several hundred attendees togetherwho, as Winter put it “might normally notcross paths.”

In her letter to the Innovation Challengeparticipants, Bulova called the

community-driven program “unprec-edented in that it brings together leadersof all elements of the emerging 21st centuryhuman services community: businesses,established and startup; financiers in socialimpact investment; social entrepreneurs;philanthropists and foundations;nonprofits, and outstanding thought lead-ers in academia. Fairfax County employees,”wrote Bulova, “are here primarily to listen.”

THE PRESENTERS and the attendees cov-ered a range of varying interests and expe-riences. In her opening remarks, Winteracknowledged that everyone present —speakers, panelists and audience members— came to the table with their own under-lying agendas, causes or points of view. Sheasked that those agendas be “left in theparking lot. Models, strategy and process,

not issues, are our directions this morning.”Speaking to the attendees, Goodwin ap-

plauded the audience’s presence at theevent, telling them that by being there, theywere participating in an experiment in com-munity engagement. Working together pro-duces significant results, he affirmed.

“We know that,” said Goodwin, using theexample of the county’s Diversion First pro-gram that seeks to direct persons with in-tellectual disabilities and mental health is-sues away from imprisonment to treatmentwhen they come into contact with law en-forcement for nonviolent offenses. “Fiveagencies work together across turf” to makeDiversion First work, said Goodwin.

The Innovation Challenge, intended to bethe launch for a series of events, set forththree main objectives:

❖ Exchange information about state-of-the art innovations that can address healthand human service challenges.

❖ Elicit new ideas from public and pri-vate partners to enhance services and maxi-mize resources.

❖ Set the stage for specific recommenda-tions about service enhancements and re-sources required to present to relevantstakeholders in the future.

The first section of the program offeredpresentations from persons working directlyin Human Services in neighboring Mont-gomery County, Md. When questioned onseeking funds from the business communityor other non-governmental sources, SharonFriedman, project director of MontgomeryMoving Forward, advised that the key is todevelop partnerships early.

“We don’t show up afterwards and ask formoney,” said Friedman. Instead, possiblecollaborators are asked to be at the tablefrom the start, “when the needs and thechallenges are explained and discussed.”

Speaker Dr. Sallie Keller, professor of Sta-tistics and director of the Social and Deci-sion Analytics Laboratory of theBiocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech(“Yes, what a mouthful!” agreed Keller) of-fered insights on “designed data collection”in the Human Services arena and work be-ing done to better measure outcomes. “Thegoal is to democratize data … and to pro-vide new language for communication …that can become a unifying thing arounddifferent disciplines.”

After a section devoted to “ProgressiveFunding Opportunities,” the organizers setthe “social experiment” in motion with aseries of “Reverse Pitches” to drive home

County Launches Innovation ChallengeChallenge bringstogether severalhundred attendeeswho “might normallynot cross paths.”

the collaborative approach that Winter,Goodwin and colleagues hope to see de-velop from this first Innovation Challenge.

THE IDEA is to “pitch” community issuesand have businesses consider them and of-fer their suggestions and potential solutions,instead of the traditional “company pitchesa product model.” For the Innovation Chal-lenge, real problems were shared, and realcompanies, who had been paired with theproblem-presenters in advance for the sakeof demonstration, came back with possibleinnovations, services, technologies, or skillssets that might be applied to solving theproblem.

The topics chosen were familiar chal-lenges for many in the audience. Headsnodded in acknowledgement when“Caregiver Support Services,” “Transporta-tion Options for Older Adults and Individu-als with Disabilities,” and “Skills Trainingfor Today’s Employment” were presented tothe partnered businesses.

Fairfax County, like many jurisdictionsacross the country, is facing the challengeof widening gaps between the human ser-vices needs of its residents and the county’sability to deliver those needs within its bud-get constraints. With the kick-off of the In-novation Challenge, the Fairfax CountyHuman Services Council is seeking to per-form what they call a “much needed facelift”on the traditional methods of addressingthose challenges. The public is encouragedto learn about the council atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov, search Human Ser-vices Council and to review the “HumanServices Needs Assessment” which is alsoavailable on the county’s website.

For details on area parks, services, and communi-ties, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Search for tax bills,property transfers, and employment opportunities.

A diverse audience gathered for Fairfax County Human Services Council’s Innovation Challenge, an eventseeking greater community engagement to address the county’s challenges.

Fairfax County Supervisor DanStorck (D-Mount Vernon) discussessome of the issues with HumanServices Council Member ThomasGoodwin (Providence District).Along with Council member Dr.Patrice Winter, Goodwin “hatchedthe idea” for the Challenge. Super-visors Cathy Hudgins (D-HunterMill) and John Foust (D-Dranesville) also attended theevent.

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For the City Council, thelargest looming issue inthe upcoming months of2017 is always the city’s

budget. The routine is fairly simi-lar year after year: the city andschool system haggle to a compro-mise over expanding school enroll-ment costs whileother city depart-ments rotatethrough yearly bud-get increases anddecreases. But this

year, according to the City Coun-cil, the budget process is shapingup to look a little more dire thanusual.

“The budget isgoing to be a verybig deal,” saidC o u n c i l m a nTimothy Lovain.“It always is. It’sour main busi-ness, but it will beparticularly chal-lenging withMetro needs,school needs, andother infrastruc-ture. Those capi-tal needs are criti-cal to the futureof the city. Weneed to address them as best wecan.”

While school capacity needsgenerally take the largest focus inthe budget discussion, this year aMetro system in crisis and crum-bling city infrastructure are mus-cling into the spotlight. The issuesbeing discussed and weighedaren’t new, but Councilman Paul

Smedberg says the scale of thedemands exceeds previous years.

“We’ve had these issues before,but the dollar amounts and thesize is bigger,” said Smedberg.“Schools, infrastructure, andtransportation are all core to whatwe do. How we prioritize the restis what we have to decide.”Across the council, schools, in-

frastructure, and transportationare agreed to be the core budgetpriorities in 2016.“Blooming student enrollment

in the schools also presents a realchallenge,” said Lovain. “It largelyshows up for us in school construc-tion funding needs. It’s a happyproblem, it’s a compliment to oursystem, but we’re adding so manystudents. There’s a structural defi-cit we face. [Our]needs are grow-ing faster thanrevenues. Thatshows up on thecapital side andfor schools.”

In terms ofcapital costs, theapproved Alexan-dria City PublicSchools (ACPS)FY 2017 - FY2026 Capital Im-provement Plan(CIP) budget lastyear totaled$273,988,551. The FY 2018 - FY2027 CIP proposed by Superinten-dent Alvin Crawley raises that 10-year total to $515,739,655.“We need to expand the num-

ber of schools that we have andsomehow or another accommo-date renovations and expansion,maybe building a whole new

In the RedSchools, Metro, and infrastructureform trinity of 2017city budget priorities.

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The YearAhead

Send entertainment announcements toconnectionnewspapers.com/Calendar/. Dead-line is Friday at noon for the following week’spaper. Photos/artwork encouraged.

ONGOINGArtists Show. Various times through May 31

at the Broadway Gallery, 1025-J SenecaRoad, Great Falls. “Levels of Abstraction,”show featuring the works of Hiromi Ashlin,Genna Gurvich, Sandi Ritchie Miller, andBuck Nelligan. Visit www.broadwaygallery.net or call 703-450-8005 for more.

Artists Show. Various times through May 31at Katie’s Coffee House, Village Center,760 Walker Road, Great Falls. Artist JoyceLee. Call 703-759-2759 for more.

Youth Chorus Auditions. Through June 6at Vienna Baptist Church, 541 MarshallRoad, SW. The Fairfax Choral Societyencourages children between the ages of 5-13 to audition for one of three choirs thatmeet at the Vienna campus. [email protected] or call703-642-3277 for more.

Free Tai Chi. Every Saturday, from 7:55-9a.m., Introduction and Beginners’ Practice,meet on the outdoor basketball courtlocated directly behind the Dolley MadisonPublic Library, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave. inMcLean Central Park, McLean. Call 703-759-9141 or visit www.FreeTaiChi.org

The Golden Girls of Northern Virginia,a senior women’s softball league, is lookingfor players. Any woman over the age of 40is encouraged to join. All skill levels arewelcome. Play on Wednesday evenings andSaturday mornings in Vienna. Visitwww.goldengirls.org.

First Sunday Jazz Brunch 11-2 p.m.Recurring monthly on the 1st Sunday atBazin’s on Church 111 Church St N.W.,Vienna. Enjoy brunch accompanied by thesoft jazz sounds of Virginia MusicAdventure. Visit www.fxva.com/listing/bazins-on-church/1686/

The Freeman Store & MuseumWednesday through Sunday noon-4 p.m.131 Church St. NE, Vienna. The FreemanStore & Museum is dedicated to Preservingand promoting Vienna’s heritage throughthe identification, preservation, andinterpretation of history significant places,events, and persons. Historicviennainc.org

Bingo Night. Sundays. 4 p.m. Flame Room,Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, 400Center St. S, Vienna. $10. www.vvfd.org/bingo.html.

Gentle Yoga. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. EmmausUnited Church of Christ, 900 E Maple Ave.E., Vienna. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. UnitarianUniversalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709Hunter Mill Road, Oakton. GentleKundalini Yoga, one free introductorysession, senior discounts. Increaseflexibility, improve breathing and health,reduce stress. Ravi Kaur has 15 yearsexperience teaching yoga. $15 per session.www.edimprovement.org. 571-213-3192.

Fishing Rod Rentals 8700 Potomac HillsSt., Great Falls. Rentals available duringvisitor center hours. Fishing tackle and livebait are available for purchase.Reservations required for group rentals.

$6/rental (2 hour max). Valid driver’slicense required. Rod/reel combinationsare perfect for beginners and children. AVirginia or Maryland freshwater fishinglicense is required for those 16 years orolder. The park does not sell fishinglicenses. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend-park/

Colvin Run Mill open 11 - 4 p.m. daily,closed Tuesday. 10017 Colvin Run Road,Great Falls. Fairfax County’s operational19th century water powered gristmill,offers recreational and educationalactivities for all ages through daily tours,school programs and special events. Fees:$7/adult, $6 students 16+ with ID, $5children & seniors. Admission to park isfree except for some special events.

Fundamentals of Watercolors. Mondays10 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Arts of Great Falls,756 Walker Road, Great Falls. Artist LorrieHerman will help students get comfortableworking with watercolors andunderstanding this medium. Visitwww.greatfallsart.org for more.

Still Life Painting. Tuesdays 10:30 a.m.-1p.m. at The Arts of Great Falls, 756Walker Road, Great Falls. Still lifeprovides a great tool to hone skills.Recommended for students of all levels.Visit www.greatfallsart.org for more.

Evening Painting. Tuesdays 6:30 -9:30p.m. at The Arts of Great Falls, 756Walker Road, Great Falls. Jill Banksfocuses on oil painting fundamentals withtwo sessions each of still life, landscapes,and portrait/ clothed figure from a livemodel. Visit www.greatfallsart.org.

Intro to Jewelry Design. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-noon at The Arts of Great Falls, 756Walker Road, Great Falls. JJ Singh teachesa class for anyone interested in exploringthe world of metal clay and its designpossibilities. Visit www.greatfallsart.org.

THURSDAY/MAY 25The Original Pancake House Benefit. 7-

3 p.m. at The Original Pancake House, 7395Lee Highway, Falls Church. The OriginalPancake House will donate 15 percent of itssales from breakfast and lunch to theShepherd’s Center. Call 703-734-8353.

SUNDAY/MAY 28Weekend Brunch and Cookie Class. 9-11

a.m. at Wildfire, Tysons Galleria, McLean.Breakfast buffet, cookie decorating class andface painting. $20. Call 703-442-9110.

SATURDAY/JUNE 3Riverbend Park Benefit. 6-9 p.m. at the

Riverbend Park Visitors’ Center, 8700Potomac Hills St., Great Falls. Fundraiser forthe benefit of Riverbend Park sponsored bythe Friends of Riverbend Park. $50 foradults, $25 for children, $125 for families.Register at www.forb.wildapricot.org.

SUNDAY/JUNE 4Vienna Lions Club 75th Anniversary. 2-4

p.m. at the Vienna Town Green, 144 MapleAve. E. Featuring Nighthawks Swing Band,food, beverages, and a sight and hearing vanoffering checks for all ages. Go towww.viennava.gov for more.

Blessing of the Animals. 2-4 p.m. at theAntioch Christian Church, 1860 BeulahRoad. Bring dogs, cats, or other companion,to the Blessing of the Animals. Visitwww.antiochccvienna.org for more.

McLean Symphony. 7 p.m. at the LewinsvillePresbyterian Church, 1724 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. International Treasures, withSpotlight on the Organ, including localorganist David Lang. Visit https://web.ovationtix.com for more.

TUESDAY/JUNE 6Mini-Golf for Chari-TEE. 1 p.m. at Oakmarr

Recreation Center, 3200 Jermantown Road,Oakton. $8. Proceeds to benefit the

Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna. Call703-281-0538 for more.

THURSDAY/JUNE 8Griffin House Concert. 7:30 p.m. at

Jammin Java, 227 Maple Ave., Vienna. $20or $25 door. Call 877-987-6487 or visitwww.jamminjava.com for more.

MONDAY/JUNE 12Musician Alex Hassan. noon-3 p.m. at

Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2589 ChainBridge Road, Vienna. Hassan will beplaying melodies from the era betweenWorld War I and World War II. $10

Summer Fun, Food & Entertainment

Levels of AbstractThrough May 31, Levels of Abstraction Art, various times atBroadway Gallery, 5641-B General Washington Drive. Featuringthe works of Hiromi Ashlin, Genna Gurvich, Sandi Ritchie Miller,and Buck Nelligan. Visit www.broadwaygallery.net or call 703-450-8005.

What do you like to do for fun in andaround McLean during the summer?

Pat Davis, Great Falls and daugh-ter Anna

“I like to sit at the café at the out-side tables and have coffee. I like togo walking in Great Falls Park, and Ilike to go to Meadowlark, which isan amazing place in Vienna.”

Greer and Dean Armandroffand son Gabriel, new residents ofMcLean

Greer: “We’re really looking for-ward to the neighborhood pool, andplaying in the park.”

Dean: “And playing tennis. I’mgoing to revive my tennis playing.”

Emily Alesantrino, McLean“The Old Firehouse in McLean

does a great summer camp and teenprogram with amazing trips. Otherthan that, we like to go hiking inGreat Falls.”

Mary Jenkins and daughterAnnemarie, McLean

“She does the It’s Elementary sum-mer camp, she really likes that. Play-ing outside, there’s Clemyjontri park,which she really likes. She likes thewater parks, the rec centers, King’sDominion. There’s a movie theatershe goes to with stadium seating.She did a camp at Kent Gardens, ascience camp.”

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required by June 6. Call 703-281-0538.

SUNDAY/JUNE 18Father’s Day Golf Tournament. 8 a.m. at

Oak Marr Golf Complex, 3200 JermantownRoad, Oakton. Compete in closest-to-the-pin-contests, and prizes will be awarded forthe top three places in all three divisions.$65 per team. Call 703-323-1641 for more.

FRIDAY/JUNE 23White Elephant and Bingo Ice Cream

Social. noon-3 p.m. at American Legion,330 N. Center St., Vienna. Call 703-281-0538 for more.

Live MusicGriffin House is playing onJune 8 at 7:30 p.m.at Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave., Vienna.$20 or $25 door. Call 877-987-6487 or visitwww.jamminjava.com.

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Stop by between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to view the preliminary

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Oakton High SchoolStudents Take First Place

A student team from Oakton High School earneda first place award at the 2017 DECA InternationalCareer Development Conference held in Anaheim.The winning team included Oakton High studentsShazmeena Khattak and Sambriddi Pandey who wonfirst place in the Sports and Entertainment Market-ing Operations Research Event.

Bus Headed from Viennafor Memorial Day Event

Vienna’s Church of the Good Shepherd (UnitedMethodist) is inviting local veterans to attend the

May 29 Memorial Day wreath laying event in Wash-ington, D.C., at the World War II Memorial, whereGood Shepherd’s pastor will pray and church mem-ber Dave Yoho will be a featured speaker.

“A bus has been provided to leave from our churchto attend the wreath laying on Memorial Day,” saidThe Rev. Eric Song, Good Shepherd’s pastor. “We haveseats available and would like them to be used byveterans and elderly who would have a hard timedriving to the WWII Memorial.” Fairfax businessmanand professional speaker Dave Yoho has been selectedto address those at the Memorial Day program. Yoho,an author and World War II veteran, will speak prior tothe wreath laying at the World War II Memorial. Thebus will leave the Vienna church around 7:45 a.m. May29 and return after noon. Those wishing to join thetrip are asked to sign up at www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4ca5a729aaf58-busseating

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Fairfax Citizens Protest Wells Fargo’sFunding of Keystone XL Pipeline

Peaceful protest in front of Vienna’sWells Fargo branch highlights the localfight to defund climate damaging pipe-line.

Members of the climate justice group 350Fairfax gathered outside of Vienna’sWells Fargo Bank on Saturday, May 20,

to peacefully protest the bank’s funding of theKeystone XL pipeline. The group handed out fly-ers to bank customers and passing pedestrians toexplain why the Keystone XL pipeline is a disasterfor the climate, dangerous for water and soil qual-ity along its proposed route, and is unfair to in-digenous peoples whose sacred land would bedisrupted.

“We’re here to ask Wells Fargo to stop fundingthe Keystone XL Pipeline, and to educate the pub-lic that the pipeline is carrying the dirtiest formof oil from the tar sands in Canada,” said HeleneShore, co-chair of the 350 Fairfax group. “It’s athreat to our water, our air and our climate. Ittook Obama seven years to study the effects ofthis project, and he rejected it.

Trump overturned it in one month because it isin the best interests of the oil companies. We planto use our voices to stand up against the banksthat fund the pipeline, and ultimately to defundit.”

The protest piggybacks on a national week ofaction coordinated by the Rainforest Action Net-work on the week before Earth Day. Called the“#DefundKXL Week of Action,” these nationwideactions were meant to pressure big banks such asWells Fargo to take their money away from theKeystone XL pipeline project. 350 Fairfax joins

other environmental groups around the countryto keep the momentum going and keep the move-ment to defund Keystone XL at the forefront ofthe public’s mind.

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Splish-and-a-splashin’ on the TownGreen … children jump on waterslides and in a bounce house – andeat sno-cones – on Vienna’s own“water-park” day.

details, updates, schedule and map of events.

Vienna Lions Club 75th

Anniversary Celebration,The Vienna Lions Club is celebrating its 75th

anniversary in the town Saturday, June 3, 2-4 p.m.,free, at Vienna Town Green and the community isinvited to celebrate along with them. The partyfeatures the Nighthawks Swing Band, food andbeverages, and sight and hearing checks sponsoredby the Lions Club.

Stories and Sprinklers, Wednes-days, June 28-Aug. 2; 1:30 p.m.

Children sit on the lawn behind the HistoricLittle Library, located behind the Freeman Store onChurch Street and listen to a storyteller recite apopular kids’ book. Afterward, children dart overto the Town Green to run through the sprinklersset up there.

Independence Day Celebration,July 4, Yeonas Park, 1319 RossDrive, SW

The Town of Vienna celebrates IndependenceDay with live music, food-eating contests, hotdogsand nachos, and the celebration’s most-anticipatedevent, fireworks.

Music begins at 7:15 p.m. with the classic rocksounds of Fat Chance. Food and drinks are for saleat the Vienna Little League concession stand.

Fireworks begin at dark, approximately 9:30p.m.

Children 5-10 years old are invited to enter the2nd annual pie-eating contest that begins at 7 p.m.Call Brian Hanifin for more details at 703-255-6352.

If gorging on chili dogs is more your style, enter

the 2nd annual Chili Dog-Eating Contest sponsoredby the Vienna Inn, famed for its chili dogs.Thereis a $20 registration fee and participants must be18 years old or older to enter. Register online, atthe Parks and Recreation office, or at the ViennaInn on Maple Avenue.

Splish-Splash Kids’ Water Party,Vienna Parks and Rec turns the Town Green into

a water park for the afternoon on Saturday, July29, 1-3 p.m. on the Town Green. Activities includea water slide, slip-n-slide, moon bounce, watergames, sprinklers, and sno-cones, as well as araffle.


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Sticking to United States Postal Servicetradition, antique mail truck braves theweather for the main parade for GreatFalls’ July 4 celebration last year.

Last year, Great Falls singer-songwriterMary Ann Redmond performed a mix ofclassic covers and her own music at theConcert on the Green. The lawn was fullof people from all over the area.

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The Reston Chorale and Brass of the Potomacwill mark the beginning of Memorial DayWeekend with A Star-Spangled Salute, in-

cluding a concert of patriotic music, entertainmentby Al and Ellen Torzilli of the band Natural Selec-tion, family activities and a care package drive fortroops serving overseas. Slated for Saturday, May 27,7-8:30 p.m., at the Reston Town Center’s Pavilion,this free, family-friendly event will salute the menand women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, andhonor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

“This is one of the highlights of our season,” notesRuth Overton, president of The Reston Chorale.“There are moments when we sing the Armed ForcesSalute — when a veteran, service member or theirfamily hears ‘their song’ and gets to their feet orwaves a flag — that bring home what this event isall about. It’s a time and a way for us to say ‘thankyou for your service and sacrifice’—and to remem-ber and honor those who gave their lives for our coun-try.” Thanks to support from Northrop Grumman,this year the Chorale will share the stage with Brassof the Potomac – a British-style brass band. Together,members of The Reston Chorale and Brass of thePotomac will present a concert of patriotic music andsongs that celebrate America.

The event also offers ways to directly thank ser-

vice personnel: a creative station where children andadults can make thank you cards for troops, and aCare Packages for the Troops drive.

The Reston Chorale and Reston Town Center haveteamed up to collect donations of care package items— from snack foods and sports equipment to sup-plies for a Fourth of July celebration — that will besent to a platoon serving overseas.

Suggested donations include protein bars, pow-dered drink mixes and water flavorings; non-aero-sol, unscented toiletries; small electronics, such ashand-held games, fans, misters and non-lithium bat-teries; playing cards, puzzle books and lightweightsports equipment. Donations can be dropped offduring the event on May 27, or on weekdays throughFriday, June 2, in the lobby of 11951 Freedom Drive,Reston, as well as other Reston Town Center officebuildings. “This event is about honoring and givingback to the men and women who serve our nation,”notes Overton. “Thanks to the heartwarming re-sponse to the Chorale’s care package drive, in justtwo years we have shipped 650 pounds of donationsfor troops serving far from home.”

For more information about A Star-Spangled Sa-lute and The Reston Chorale’s care package drive,please visit www.restonchorale.org or call 703-834-0079.

The RestonChorale willhold A Star-SpangledSalute onSaturday,May 27, atthe RestonTownCenter.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDContact Volunteer Solutions at 703-324-5406,

[email protected] orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/volunteer-solutions.htm.

❖ The Lewinsville Senior Center in McLeanneeds instructors for the following classes: Art,Self-Defense, Chair Exercise, Indoor Gardening,Basic Spanish, Basic French, Ballroom Danceand Basic Guitar.

THROUGH SUMMERVienna Street-sweeping Program. The Town

of Vienna began its annual street-sweepingprogram beginning March 20. The Town isdivided into eight sections for purposes of thesweeping program. During the first pass throughTown, the Public Works Department asks thatresidents not park on the street. Find the“sweeping” sections at viennava.gov/sweeping.Additionally, signs will be placed on streetsmarking a window of 7-10 days during whichthe truck will come through. Contact publicworks at 703-255-6380.

THURSDAY/MAY 25Public Meeting. 7 p.m. at the Great Falls Grange,

located at 9818 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.The Fairfax County Park Authority will hold aproject information meeting regarding theupcoming installation of synthetic turf andathletic field lighting on rectangular field #7 atGreat Falls Nike Park. This is the field closest tothe corner of Leesburg Pike and Utterback StoreRoad in the park. Call 703-324-8662, [email protected] or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/press/html/ir077-17.htm.

THURSDAYS/MAY 25-JUNE 29Chronic Disease Self-Management. 9-11:30

a.m. at Kaiser Permanente - Tysons Corner,8008 Westpark Drive, McLean. Fairfax County isoffering a free Chronic Disease Self-Managementprogram. Register at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/chronic-disease.htm orcall 703-324-5489, TTY 711.

SATURDAY/JUNE 3Flea Market. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Oakton Church

of the Brethren, 10025 Courthouse Road,Vienna. Vendors needed. Call 703-281-4411,email [email protected] or visitwww.oaktonbrethren.org.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDShepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-

Falls Church, 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd.,McLean has an urgent need for volunteers tohelp area senior citizens. To find out more aboutthe Shepherd’s Center and how you canvolunteer to provide transportation and otherservices, call the Center at 703-506-2199 oremail [email protected], visit www.scmafc.org.

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lung cancer, I don’t think, why me. I mightthink, why not me, but I definitely think, nowwhat. The idea/strategy being: moving forward,not recriminating or regretting backward. AsPopeye the Sailor man so often said: “I y’amwhat I y’am.” Although I doubt he was talkingabout having lung cancer. How could he? Heate all that spinach, canned though it was.Besides, he’s a cartoon character.

And as much and as often as he ate it —and it always helped him overcome whateverpredicament Brutus had put him in, is as littleand infrequent as I ate it. Perhaps that wasbecause my mother cooked vegetables in apressure cooker so by the time I saw them onmy plate, they no longer resembled a vegetablenor were they the least bit appetizing. To saythe vegetables were limp and lifeless does a dis-service to all things characterized as ‘limp andlifeless.’ In fact, I can still remember the firsttime I ate a vegetable that was not d.o.a. It wasat my mother-in-law’s house; she was a won-derful cook. She made asparagus for thismemorable meal and served it in a beautifulantique china serving dish. When the dish camemy way, I stuck my fork in the asparagus toserve myself and heard a sound, a poof. I wastaken aback, sort of. It was a sound I had neverheard before — from a vegetable. As I learnedthat night, it was the sound of a vegetable thathad not been cooked beyond its edible life.

That’s not to imply that avoiding vegetablescontributed to my diagnosis. Hardly. It simplysays that vegetables were not a part of my child-hood. Meat and potatoes were, as was my stan-dard go-to meal: cream cheese and Americancheese on bread. It was the sandwich of myyouth and it has remained very much a part ofmy adulthood as well. It may not sound appe-tizing to you; to me, it represents all the com-forts of home — heaven on Earth between twoslices of bread or open-faced on a bagel orEnglish muffin. Simple but oh so effective —and delicious.

Not to be totally oblivious to my underlyingmedical condition, I do realize that modifyingmy eating habits is a prudent and sensible con-sideration. However, I rationalize that need-to-feed with the explanation that, as a cancerpatient (and anyone else, really), if I am to con-tinue to attempt to thrive while I survive, I needto be happy, positive and relatively stress free.After all, this cancer business: characterized as“terminal” by my oncologist; chemotherapy (and its well-known side effects) every fiveweeks, C.T. Scans quarterly, M.R.I.s every sixmonths, P.E.T. and Bone scans every so often,face-to-face quarterly appointments with myoncologist and all the associated fears and anxi-ety surrounding this rather unpleasant experi-ence, and you can imagine, even agree per-haps, that living in the trenches as us cancerpatients do, we need help — in any number ofways; personal and professional.

And though I am mindful of what I eat, Idon’t want to abuse the privilege of survival I’vebeen given. I never want to take it for granted,especially considering my original “13-month totwo-year” prognosis. By the same token, life isfor living. As Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) saidto “Red” (Morgan Freeman) in the movie “Sha-wshank Redemption:” “Get busy living or getbusy dying.” Since I’m in no hurry to die, Ineed to find a balance in how I live. Being mis-erable because of what I can’t eat won’t workfor me. I’m just not flexible/mature enough inmy eating choices; never have been. I still eatlike a child, but now I have a man-sizedproblem.

I imagine the longer I live with cancer, themore vigilant I have to be. Then again, if it ain’tbroke, is there any reason to fix it? Do I leavewell enough alone or do I try to grow up andeat my age, not my shoe size? I mean, I am eli-gible for Social Security.

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