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“First Aid for Heroes” author Jane H. Davis,now of Fairfax, narrated vignettes from hertwo-and-a-half week duty at Ground Zero, fromher interactions with first-responders to aheart-to-heart talk with a school janitor whorefused to leave his building.

Residents StillUpset aboutFollin Lane

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The Northern Virginia Model Rail-roaders held an open house Sat-urday afternoon, Sept. 13, at thehistoric Vienna Train Station. At-

tendees got to see and hear model trolleysand steam and diesel trains in a multi-level,railroad layout representing the mountain-ous terrain and towns of Western NorthCarolina.

There were models of train yards, pluspassenger, freight and mail trains, betweenAsheville and Spencer, N.C. This is a per-manent display containing 100-150 railcarsand 250,000 railroad ties. This model-rail-roaders club has been based in Vienna since1976 and has about 85 members. For moreinformation, go to www.nvmr.org.

— Bonnie Hobbs

Children, Adults EnjoyModel Railroad Display

Children andadults, alike,enjoyedwatching themodel trains.

A modeltrain pass-ing througha replica ofStatesville,N.C., in themid-to-late1950s.

Families hav-ing fun at themodel-trainsdisplay.

Photos by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection

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NewsVienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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On Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014,the sky was bright blue, theair warm and crisp, the sunbeamed. Much like the morn-

ing was in the D.C. area on Sept. 11, 2001.The tragedy that unfolded in less than twohours 13 years ago comes to the forefrontof communities across the nation every Sep-tember 11, commemorating the most per-vasive way-of-life changing terrorist attackon American soil.

Vienna’s American Legion Post 180 andthe Town of Vienna partner each year in asolemn program paying tribute to “A Dayto Remember.” On 9/11, two commercialaircraft smashed through the twin towersof the World Trade Center, one tore into thePentagon, and a fourth crashed in SomersetCounty, Pennsylvania.

“It was strange with no planes overhead,nothing normal,” said Captain Steven Clark

of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Departmentreflecting on that day. He spent 48 hours atthe Pentagon working from Tower 1 out ofMcLean. “We were checking for hotspots onthe roof,” said Clark, remembering thatPresident George Bush came by and salutedthem.

"A Day to Remember" program” began at10 a.m. on the lawn of Freeman House,about the same time the South Tower col-lapsed. The Post 180 Honor Guard pre-sented the colors, followed by the Pledgeof Allegiance. The Vienna Choral Societysang the National Anthem, and MarthaHatter, past Unit president of the AmericanLegion Auxiliary, gave the invocation. PostCommander Joseph Payne introduced guestspeaker Jane H. Davis, author of “First Aidfor Heroes,” an American Red Cross volun-teer nurse who tended to the physical andemotional needs of the recovery teams.

American Legion Post 180 and Town of Viennapay tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

Vienna Pauses During‘A Day to Remember’

Recalling making her way into Manhat-tan, Davis said, “it looked like a war zone.Then, there was the acrid smell.” Davis nar-rated vignettes from her two-and-a-halfweek duty at Ground Zero, from her inter-actions with first-responders to a heart-to-heart talk with a school janitor who refusedto leave his building.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco, Town Councilmembers Edyth Kelleher, Emil Attanasi,Linda Colbert, Carey Sienicki, HowardSpringsteen and Pasha Majdi, and Delegate

Mark Keam and State Senator ChapPetersen were present during the program.TAPS closed the program.

Mayor DiRocco, on behalf of the Town ofVienna, read the town’s annual proclama-tion to “memorialize those whose lives weresuddenly, without cause, and pointlesslytaken from them on Sept. 11, 2001, andmay they forever rest in peace and abide inour memories.”

— Donna Manz

Photos by Donna Manz/The Connection

Elected officials honor the American flag as the Vienna Choral Societysang the National Anthem.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco, on behalf of the Town of Vienna, read the town’sannual proclamation to “memorialize those whose lives were suddenly,without cause, and pointlessly taken from them on Sept. 11, 2001, andmay they forever rest in peace and abide in our memories.”

Vienna Mayor’sWalking Group

Vienna residents are welcome to joinMayor Laurie DiRocco’s walking group.It meets every Friday at 9:30 a.m. at theTown Hall, 127 Center St. S. The walksare about 2.5 to 3 miles, with a differentroute every Friday. The next walk is Sept.19.

Club Phoenix15th Anniversary

Club Phoenix is the teen center inside theVienna Community Center, and it offers funand games for local teenagers. And this Fri-day, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m., the club will cel-ebrate its 15th anniversary. Teens are in-vited to come check out all it has to offerand meet the Club Phoenix staff, and thepublic is welcome to join the festivities.

Vienna TownCouncil Meeting

The next Vienna Town Council Meetingis Monday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m., in the ViennaTown Hall, 127 Center St. S. At that time,the Council is scheduled to make its deci-sion on the Maple Avenue Corridor.

A Meetingon Emergencies

The Town of Vienna Parks & Recreationwill host a meeting on September asEmergency Preparedness Month on Sept.22, 10-11 a.m. at the Vienna Commu-nity Center

120 Cherry St. S.E. - MultipurposeRoom.

Week in Vienna


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By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

The Town of Vienna plans to

widen Follin Lane from twoto three lanes, level thegrade of the road at the Hine Street

intersection and remove the brush.But neighborhood residents contend that

these changes will be like waving a checkeredflag at the start of a race, enabling motoriststo drive even faster there en route to MapleAvenue.

And some of the neighbors brought their con-cerns to the Sept. 8 Vienna Town Council Meet-ing. “We continue to work with [Town] staffon traffic safety, drainage issues, the detourimpact on other streets and the potential lossof tree canopy,” said Westbriar Civic Assn.’sPatricia Melton. “We hope we’ll have an equi-table solution for the residents, as well as forthe Navy Federal Credit Union [on Follin, nearMaple].”

Suzanne McClorey, who lives at the cornerof Hine and Follin, also spoke. “A lot of us aren’thappy, at all, with the project and believe itneeds to be fixed before it goes out to bid,”she said. Noting that the neighbors have metwith Director of Public Works Dennis Johnson,McClorey said, “The right-turn lane in the planis really a fully dedicated lane, and Johnsonand his team should refer to it that way.”

Furthermore, she said, “Mr. Johnson told us that70 percent of the traffic there turns left on Follin toget to Maple, so having an 800-foot right-turn lanewon’t really help. It’s a dangerous corner, and theright-turn lane would put my kids and others’ kidsat risk.”

McClorey said the Town wants to come onto herproperty’s easement and flatten thegrade. “But that’ll bring the roadeven closer to our house,” she toldthe Council members. “Mr. Johnsonand you all should be part of thediscussion before any constructiongets started. I think it’s negligent notto do that.”

She said the Hine and Folin inter-section has regularly occurring traf-fic accidents that are “only going toget worse if the road is widened.”And she added that 40 residentshave signed a document detailingtheir worries about this project.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco said she’s made left turnsfrom Hine onto Follin three times recently to checkit out. “Thank you for your words tonight,” she toldMcClorey. “We’ll keep in touch with you.”

A few minutes later, outside the meeting room,McClorey and her husband Sean continued the dis-cussion with The Connection. “There have been 14accidents at our intersection in seven months, andwe believe that the ditch there has protected us from

them,” said Suzanne McClorey. “But with this project,the ditch would go away.”

“They’re moving the road within a foot of our prop-erty line, so speeding cars could crash into ourhouse,” said Sean McClorey.

“And if a car came into contact with a gas line onour property, our whole house could go up in flames,”added Suzanne McClorey. “So we’d like some kind

of barrier or brick façade to protectus and our kids from the traffic. The14 accidents there are only the onesthat were reported; I’m sure therewere more.”

Besides all that, said SeanMcClorey, “There’s no safety net forpedestrians on the sidewalk they’regoing to build, so it’ll be dangerousfor them. If something happens,they’ll be in jeopardy.”

His wife said the Council members“talk about Vienna being familyfriendly.” Yet because of this project,she said, “We have four kids who

won’t be able to play in their own yard.”“I think it’ll invite a ton of cut-through traffic once

they widen the lanes,” said Sean McClorey.“It’s right in the middle of a residential area and

will help commuters who don’t live here, but won’thelp the residents’ quality of life,” said SuzanneMcClorey. “How can they have a $2 million over-haul of a road in the heart of Vienna and safetyisn’t considered?”

Want Town Council to become more involved beforeproject starts.

Residents Still Upsetabout Follin Lane

Photo by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection

Residents say improving Follin Lane willworsen speeding, hurt the tree canopy and putpeople’s lives in danger.

“A lot of us aren’thappy, at all, withthe project andbelieve it needs tobe fixed before itgoes out to bid.”

— Suzanne McClorey


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Vienna & OaktonOpinion

By Gerry Connolly

U.S. Representative (D-11)

This month marks the 20th anniver-sary of the Violence Against WomenAct (VAWA) – landmark legislationin which our nation committed new

prevention and response resources sothat our mothers, daughters, sisters,and friends would no longer have tosuffer in silence through domesticabuse.

Though meaningful progress has been re-alized, domestic violence continues to be areal and troubling challenge in our commu-nities. Far too many of us have been touchedby domestic violence in one way or another.According to the National Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence, an estimated 1.3 millionwomen are victims each year, and one in ev-ery four women will experience such violence

in their lifetime.Just last year, Turning Points, the only do-

mestic violence intervention program in PrinceWilliam County, served 6,000 clients. In FairfaxCounty there were more than 8,000 incidentsreported, and we have seen a 40 percent in-crease in homelessness due to domestic vio-lence.

This is why I was so disappointed when theHouse Republican majority blocked a biparti-san modernization of VAWA for 18 months be-fore relenting last year. The Senate passed thebill in a strong and bipartisan 78-22 vote, butsome House Republicans objected because they

did not want to extend protectionsto Native Americans, LGBT Ameri-cans, and immigrants. Thankfully,House leadership finally put aside

this obstructionism and ultimately allowed theHouse to pass the improved VAWA bill, whichI and an overwhelming number of Democratssupported.

Thanks to VAWA, we have strengthened andexpanded critical protections for all victims ofdomestic violence and enhanced our nation’scriminal justice response. Specifically, VAWAhas instituted stricter sentencing guidelines forrepeat federal sex crime offenders and pro-

vided resources to tribal, local, and state lawenforcement communities to address violentcrimes against women. In addition, VAWAfunds specialized training for 500,000 law en-forcement officers, prosecutors, judges, andother personnel every year. The National Do-mestic Violence Hotline, which responds tomore than 22,000 urgent calls for help everymonth, also was created under VAWA.

The updated VAWA is renewing our success-ful partnerships with local nonprofits and lawenforcement agencies. It is improving protec-tions for underserved communities, particularlyimmigrants and victims of human trafficking.And of particular importance for helping vic-tims through the recovery process, the new billis expanding housing assistance and providingsupport regardless of sexual orientation.

Sadly, recent events in the news demonstratethat although we have made great progress,as a community we must remain vigilant inprotecting those threatened by domestic vio-lence. Please know that I will continue to pushCongress to maintain and expand the invest-ments needed to support these critical pro-grams in our community and continue to be avoice of support to those who might otherwisenot speak up for themselves.

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By Tamara Derenak Kaufax

Chairman, Fairfax County School Board

I am honored to have the opportunity toserve as the chairman of Fairfax CountySchool Board for the 2014-15 school year.

My colleagues on the board and I – workingclosely with our superintendent, Dr. KarenGarza – have an ambitious agenda for the yearahead. Our top priority remains adequate fund-ing for our schools at both the state and countylevels. State support for education remains atunacceptable levels and we will continue towork with our county Board of Supervisors toprovide our schools with an adequate level offinancial support when the state fails to do itsjob. As a consensus builder, I will continue tourge the School Board to work inpartnership with the Board of Super-visors to find solutions to our bud-get dilemma.

We have already taken steps to build a stron-ger relationship with the Board of Supervisors.This past year, Dr. Garza provided a new levelof transparency in the budget process by meet-ing with the Board of Supervisors and othercommunity leaders, conducting listening toursin each of the magisterial districts, and devel-oping the Citizens Guide to Understanding theBudget, all of which were well received by thesupervisors and the community. Our boardshave already met jointly in September to out-line our fiscal forecasts. In addition, we haveestablished the Joint Budget DevelopmentCommittee composed of three supervisors andthree School Board members. The committeewill review budget factors impacting Fiscal Year2016 and provide guidance to both boards. Thecommittee will deliver a report to both boards

before the County Executive presents his Ad-vertised Budget and before the superintendentpresents her Proposed Budget in early 2015.Last year, the county and School Board cre-ated the joint Infrastructure Financing Com-mittee to review the facilities needs of bothFCPS and the county. The committee reportreleased earlier this year resulted in an addi-tional $13 million that will be invested eachyear beginning in FY 2016 for school infrastruc-ture upgrades. I will continue to encourage thiskind of collaboration to build trust and realis-tic expectations for the supervisors, the schoolboard, and the community.

In the next few weeks we plan to make afinal decision regarding school start times forthe 2015-16 school year. Superintendent Garza

made her recommendation to theboard at a meeting in early Septem-ber. We will provide the communitywith sufficient time to comment on

the proposal before we take final action at ourOct. 23 meeting. As you may recall, the SchoolBoard adopted a resolution in April 2012 withthe stated goal to start high schools after 8 a.m.The board subsequently hired Children’s Na-tional Medical Center to serve as consultantsto develop a plan to achieve that goal. CNMCdeveloped four options. Those options weretaken to the community in a series of eightpublic meetings held in May and June. Afteranalyzing the feedback from parents and thecommunity, CNMC made their recommenda-tion and, based on school board direction,Option 3 is the framework being used to de-velop a final recommendation for school boardconsideration. I invite you to learn more atwww.fcps.edu.

Other new initiatives include the FCPS Por-

trait of a Graduate, which will serve as a foun-dation on which to build a long-range strate-gic plan for FCPS. Once a strategic plan is inplace with a direct and clear vision for ourschools, our work will be very focused and theoutcome will be improved student achievementfor every student.

We have had great success with our launchof full day Mondays for our elementary stu-dents. The community is very supportive of thechange which will increase instructional timefor students and dedicated planning time forteachers. Beginning this school year, we alsohave a new standard school calendar in placethat eliminates the need to make up inclem-ent weather days at the end of the school year,if fewer than 13 days are missed.

The Bailey’s Upper Elementary School for theArts and Sciences opened Sept. 2 with a com-munity ribbon-cutting celebration scheduledfor Oct. 15. This new school was convertedfrom a five-story office building on LeesburgPike and will solve the overcrowding problemsthat have plagued Bailey’s Elementary Schoolfor the Arts and Sciences. Under the leader-ship of one principal, the new campus housesgrades 3-5 while the existing campus remainshome to preschoolers through second graders.

The start of a new school year is always anexciting time for students, parents and teach-ers. As chairman, I pledge to maintain andbuild upon the excellence for which ourschools are known. Working with our stateelected officials, supervisors, superintendentand other stakeholders, I am confident thatwe can solve our most pressing problemswhile continuing to offer a world-class edu-cation for our families. Have a safe and pro-ductive school year.

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The heart of the school system’snew strategic plan is closer tobeing approved.

The Fairfax County School Board dis-cussed the five component Portrait of aGraduate - with some asking for a com-ponent emphasizing a caring quality - atMonday’s work session.

“We haven’t truly captured what we’retrying to say with ‘goal-directed,’” saidMason District board member SandyEvans.

She and a handful of other board mem-bers felt the last component, “Goal-di-rected and resilient” came across as cut-throat. She said the word “caring” neededto be in the heading of the componentbecause character ethics is a priority.

THE FIVE COMPONENTS for the Por-trait of a Graduate that was created forapproval are Communicator, Collabora-tor, Global Citizen, Creative and CriticalThinker in addition to Goal-Directed andResilient Individual.

“You can be all of these things and be ahorrible human being,” said Braddock Dis-trict board member Megan McLaughlin.

She said her reason for needing theheading’s name change stemmed from hersocial work background.

“It’s one of the most important things wecan do, create a young person who cares,”she said.

Hunter Mill District boardmember Pat Hynes agreedthat the name sounded“pushy.”

“It’s really all about ambi-tion - that’s what it comesacross as sounding,” she said.

Portrait of a Graduate wasannounced by SuperintendentDr. Karen Garza last Octoberduring an education summit.Since then, stakeholders have sent in a flurryof comments on what the final productshould look like.

“We’ve had hundreds and hundreds ofpeople submit feedback to the committee,”she said. “It resonates with a lot of people.”

Even retired teachers, she said, have sup-ported the measure.

FCPS Chief of Staff Marty Smith showeda video about the importance of the fivecomponents for a students and what type ofstudent they want graduating from theschool system.

“This is what we call the heart of the stra-tegic plan,” he said.

Smith said that Portraitlooks at skills even the young-est students might need whenthey graduate. In addition, hesaid that everyone, includinghimself, could identify withthe qualities they need to begood at school, their job andtheir life.

“It’s not changing the‘what,’” said Garza. “It’schanging the ‘how.’”

She said she wants to honor thecommittee’s work by keeping most of thewording, but there could be some room toput the word “caring” into the lastcomponent’s heading.

Several other board members felt thatchanging the wording was not necessary.

“We’re at the Queen Elsa moment where

we need to just let it go,” said at largeboard member Ryan McElveen.

Springfield District board memberElizabeth Schultz felt that the words“goal-directed” were being misconstrued.While other members felt that it was pres-suring students to become world leaders,Schultz said goals are different from per-son to person depending on their situa-tion, whether that means having a 4.9Grade Point Average or dressing them-selves.

“Having goals isn’t a bad thing,” shesaid. “Being resilient isn’t a bad thing.”

BOARD CHAIRMAN Tamara DerenakKaufax encouraged those unhappy withthe name to submit amendments by theend of the week. The board is scheduledto vote on the proposal at the next SchoolBoard meeting Sept. 18.

The components for Portrait of a Gradu-ate can be found at http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9NNHVC4A210A/$file/POG%20Chart%20FINAL.pdf.

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The Connection

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shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Thefamily settled in Northern Virginiaand, years later, Naveed graduatedfrom Hayfield Secondary School inAlexandria. She dreams of becom-ing the first person in her familyto graduate from college.

“My mother was forced to dropout of junior high and at 32 got herGED. I just knew that there wasn’tanyone in my immediate familywho had graduated from collegeand was determined to be the firstperson,” said Naveed. “I knew Iwanted to [go to] George Masonbecause I didn’t want loans and Iknew I could pay for George Ma-son out of pocket.”

Naveed used Northern VirginiaCommunity College’s GuaranteedAdmissions Program to completeher associate of arts degree and isnow finishing a bachelor’s degreein criminology, law and society atGeorge Mason University inFairfax.

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Students do have to meet certainacademic requirements, such asearning a minimum grade pointaverage, in order to be acceptedinto their chosen four-year col-leges.

“It’s very beneficial to the stu-dents because before these agree-ments, there weren’t any perim-eters as to what it takes to be ad-mitted to universities,” said JuliaBrown, coordinator for transferpolicy at Northern Virginia Com-munity College. “As long as youhave a certain GPA, the guaranteedadmission agreement takes all ofthe guess work out of whether youwill qualify. It is a huge relief. …Students don’t want to wastemoney or time by taking a classthat isn’t needed.”

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Northern Virginia from 2010 to2020.

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THURSDAY/SEPT. 18Adventures in Learning Classes Open House. 10 a.m.-

12 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax,2709 Hunter Mill Rd, Oakton. Visit the Open House andlearn more about classes you can attend on a variety oftopics of interest. Tuition: $40. Visit http://www.scov.org/for more info. Ages 50+.

Classic Books Discussion Group. 1 p.m. Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Avenue East, Vienna. Join writer/scholar Amanda Holmes Duffy for a discussion of A Housefor Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul. Adults and teens.

Not Just for Teens Adult Book Club. 7 p.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple Avenue East, Vienna. Are you anadult who loves YA lit? If so, join us to discuss BeautyQueens by Libba Bray. Adults.

Oakton Book Discussion Group. 7 p.m. Oakton Library,10304 Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. Come and join Oakton’sbook discussion group. We will discuss The WomanUpstairs by Claire Messud. Adults.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 19Drop-in Chess. 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Great Falls Library,

9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Weekly drop-in chessgames in the library meeting room. All ages welcome.

Look at the Stars! Open Observatory. 7:30-10:30 pm.Turner Farm Park, Springvale Road, Great Falls. Fridaynight viewings of the sky at the observatory park. Visithttp://www.analemma.org for more information.

Playdate Cafe. 10 a.m. Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Toys and play space for children, coffeeand conversation for grown-ups.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 20 Fall into the Garden: Tour the Salvia and Herb

Garden. 10 – 11 a.m. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens,9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna. Enjoy thebeautiful colors of fall while touring the Salvia and HerbGarden with Tammy Burke, Senior Horticulturist. Learnabout plants that will make your autumn garden glow.http://www.nvrpa.org/park/meadowlark_botanical_gardens/events

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Jim Kidsinger, a children’s entertainerwho sings and plays guitar while his farmanimal friends roam and interact with theaudience will be at the McLean Commu-nity Center’s Annual Harvest HappeningFestival on Sept. 27 at 1234 InglesideAvenue, McLean.

“Why Not Sea Monsters” Concert. 10:30 a.m. ViennaPresbyterian Church, 124 Park Street, NE, Vienna.Children’s concert for all to enjoy.

Pancake Breakfast. 8 a.m. – Noon. Vienna Volunteer FireDepartment, 400 Center St. South, Vienna. All you can eatpancakes, sausage, bacon, juice and coffee. Adults $8,

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seniors 65+ $7, children under 12 $6,children under 4 are free.TysonsBBQ, Bourbon and Beer. 12-6p.m. Town Square at Tysons II,Tysons Boulevard, Tysons Corner. Ataste extravaganza featuring burgers,micro-brews, bourbons andbarbeque. Not designed for children.For ticketing and more information,visit: http://beerandbourbon.com.

Ballroom Dance. 8 p.m. - 9p.m.Foxtrot Lesson. 9 p.m.-11:30 p.m.Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 ColvinRun Road, Great Falls. DJ music withCraig Bukowski playing favoritedance tunes from the 1930s to today.Attire is ballroom casual. Everyone iswelcome. $15. 703-759-2685 orwww.colvinrun.org.

Walk for Mental Health! 9:30 a.m.Tysons Corner Center. Join“NAMIWalks Northern Virginia”National Alliance on Mental Health(NAMI) Northern Virginia provideslocal education/support programs atno cost to individuals living with amental health condition and familymembers. More information atwww.NAMI-NorthernVirginia.org.

SUNDAY/SEPT. 21Super H 5k Run, Walk and Wheel.

7 a.m. Sport & Health Club, 8250Greensboro Drive, McLean. Proceedsfrom the race will support MedStarNRH’s adaptive sports programs,which enable adaptive to participatein paralympic sports. $35. 202-887-1781 or www.medstarhealth.org/SuperH5K.

Gring Grain at Colvin Run Mill. 12-3 p.m. Colvin Run Mill, 10017 ColvinRun Road, Great Falls. Come watchthe miller grind grain; cornmeal,grits, whole wheat for sale in GeneralStore. 703-759-2771.

MONDAY, SEPT. 22Rock-a-Bye Baby. 10:30 a.m. Patrick

Henry Library, 101 Maple AvenueEast, Vienna. Join us for an earlyliteracy enhanced storytime,featuring rhymes, stories and songs.Birth-12 months with adult.

American Girl Book Club: MeetFelicity. 4 p.m. Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Avenue East,Vienna. Do you love the AmericanGirl series? Join us to read anddiscuss Meet Felicity. Please read thebook prior to attending; dolls arewelcome but not required. Snack andCraft included. Ages 6 to 9.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23Dedication of the Little Free

Library. 4:30 p.m. Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Avenue East,Vienna. Dedication of the Little FreeLibrary memorial for Jane Seemam atthe Little Library of Vienna, 131

Church St NE, Vienna, VA.Cosponsored by Historic Vienna, Inc.,Green Hedges School, the Town ofVienna and the Friends of PatrickHenry Library.

Local Author Anna Whiston-Donaldson. 7:30 p.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple AvenueEast, Vienna. Anna Whiston-Donaldson is a local blogger (An Inchof Gray) whose 12-year-old son wastragically killed when he was sweptaway in a freak neighborhood floodin Vienna in 2011. Her book, RareBird: A Memoir of Loss and Love,comes out this month. Join theauthor to learn about her story andthe book that came out of herexperience. Books available for saleand signing. Adults.Colvin RunTuesday Dance for Everyone.6:30-10 p.m. Colvin Run CommunityGall, 10201 Colvin Run Road, GreatFalls. Come participate in weekelydance lessons ranging from ‘Dance ofthe Month to Generl with Hustle,Shug, Latin and more. Admissions:$12. 703-435-5620 or Ed Cottrell,[email protected].

Great Falls Writer’s Group. 7-9 p.m.Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Author PamelaPalmer discusses her newest book,“Wulfe Untamed,” with the GFWGwhile the audience engages inintellectual stimulation andinteresting dialogue. Come for a lightpotluck dinner at 7. Free admissions.Call 703-757-8560 for more info.

WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 24Pokemon League, 4:30-6 p.m. Great

Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Come play in Pokemonwith friends, or meet new ones. Forages 5-15.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 25Great Falls Rotary Club. 7:30 a.m.-

8:30 a.m. River Bend Country Club,375 Walker Road, Great Falls.Weekly meeting and speaker series. Ifinterested in joining, visit http://www.rotarygreatfalls.org.

Artists Meet for Coffee. 8:30 a.m.-10a.m. Katie’s Coffeehouse,Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Localartists get together for weekly coffee.Drop in.

Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Grab a book, grab abuddy! Beginning readers and teenspractice reading together.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 26Drop-in Chess. 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Weekly drop-inchess games in the library meetingroom. All ages welcome.

Look at the Stars! OpenObservatory. 7:30-10:30 pm.

Turner Farm Park, Springvale Road,Great Falls. Friday night viewings ofthe sky at the observatory park. Visithttp://www.analemma.org for moreinformation.

Playdate Cafe. 10 a.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Toys and play space forchildren, coffee and conversation forgrown-ups.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 27Cars & Coffee. 7-9 a.m. Katie’s Coffee

House, 760 Walker Road, Great Falls.Every Saturday come find anassortment of antique, custom,exotic, sports cars and more. Withcoffee.

Great Falls Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Great Falls Village, 778Walker Road, Great Falls. Bring yourrecyclable bag and participate in thelocal movement. Farmers fromaround the area sell their vegetables,fruits, crepes, drinks and more.

Turner Farm’s Back to SchoolingShow. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Turner Farms,925 Springvale Road, Great Falls. Achance to show off your skills as anequestrian. Open to all ages.Admissions: $10 for participants and$15 per class. Visit http://www.turnerfarmevents.com.

Dance for Everyone. 6:30-11:30 p.m.Colvin Run Community hall, 10201Colvin Run Road, Great Falls. Comeparticipate in dance lessons rangingfrom ‘Dance of the Month to Generalwith Hustle, Shug, Latin and more.Hosted by Ed Cottrell. Admissions:$12. 703-435-5620 or Ed Cottrell,[email protected].

Evening of Art Fundraiser. 7-10p.m. The Home of Richard & MaryKelly on the Potomac, Great Falls.Enjoy food & drinks while viewingthe vast collection of originalpaintings & drawings from theGolden Age of American Illustrators1890-1925. All are welcome, butspace is limited. Register at http://www.greatfallsart.org/evening-of-art/

McLean Community Center’sAnnual Harvest HappeningFestival. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAvenue, McLean. General admissionis $5 at the door; admission is freefor children up to 36 months old.Piglets, chickens, goats and guineapigs are just a few of the many farmanimals young children ages 3-8 willbe able to see and/or touch.

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The Marshall field hockey teamheld a 9-4 advantage in penaltycorners during regulation of

Monday’s contest against Mount Vernon.In the closing seconds of the second

half, junior Victoria Novak smacked theball just outside the left post, but noneof her Statesmen teammates were thereto put the ball in the cage.

In overtime, the Statesmen held a 5-2advantage in corners, but failed to score.

Marshall had opportunities to capturea victory on Sept. 15, but the Statesmenfailed to find the back of the cage. In-stead, Marshall went to strokes with Con-ference 13 foe Mount Vernon, and Ma-jors goalkeeper McKenzie Moore cameup clutch.

Moore made three saves during theshootout, helping the Majors to a 0-0 (3-

2) victory over the Statesmen at MountVernon High School.

Marshall held a 2-1 advantage afterthree rounds of strokes. However, Mooresaved the Statesmen’s final two attempts,while Mount Vernon capitalized on itsfinal two and walked away a winner.

“You just have to stay calm,” Mooresaid. “Strokes are not designed for keep-ers to really save, and if you do save it,it’s like you’re a hero. [You can’t] put alot of pressure on yourself.”

Marshall senior captain Lauren Kaupand Novak each converted a stroke dur-ing the shootout. Junior goalkeeperEmma Frasier made one save.

Marshall head coach Christina Carrollsaid the Statesmen lacked a sense of ur-gency.

“The way we played, it was disappoint-ing because we weren’t really going togoal, we were letting things come backout,” she said. “Our second effort wasn’tthere. … Sometimes the girls don’t real-ize you can end it here, or you can playfor 25 more minutes.”

The loss dropped Marshall’s record to7-3. The Statesmen will host McLean at7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Statesmen fall despite14-6 advantage inpenalty corners.

Marshall Field Hockey Loses in Strokes to Mount Vernon

Photo by Louise Krafft/The Connection

Marshall’s Chelsea Taylor (5) defends Mount Vernon’s Amber Sableduring Monday’s game at Mount Vernon High School.

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By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Leading by 10 points in the fourthquarter, the Oakton Cougars hada chance to put away T.C. Will-iams on Saturday afternoon, but

lost a fumble deep in Titans territory.Two plays later, Oakton senior linebacker

David Allely got the ball right back, recov-ering a fumble at the T.C. 16-yard line. Thistime, the Cougars wouldn’t let the Titansoff the hook.

Junior quarterback Sal Tutone connectedwith junior receiver Jarrett Bacon for game-clinching 16-yard touchdown with 7:09 re-maining and the Oakton football team de-feated T.C. Williams 24-7 on Sept. 13 inAlexandria.

Oakton scored three offensive touch-downs and a field goal during a rainy dayat T.C. Williams High School, but the Cou-gars’ defense was the primary reason theyremained undefeated. Oakton (3-0) forcedsix Titan turnovers, including a fumble re-covery on the game’s opening possession.The Cougars recovered three T.C. Williamsfumbles and intercepted Titans quarterbackDarius Holland three times.

“I think our defense played great, espe-cially toward the end, just causing the turn-

overs,” Allely said. “… The defensive linestopped the run pretty much the wholegame.”

Oakton limited T.C. Williams (1-1) to 81yards on the ground, while Holland com-pleted just 5 of 17 passes for 119 yards.

“We felt confident if we were able to stopthe run game, they wouldn’t be able to con-sistently move the ball against us in the air,

either,” Oakton head coach Jason Rowleysaid. “We put them in some bad positionsbecause we were able to take away half oftheir offense in terms of stopping the run.”

Allely, a three-year starter whotransitioned from defensive lineman to line-backer as a senior, finished with an inter-ception and two fumble recoveries.

“He’s a scholarship kid,” Rowley said.

“He’s really good.”While Allely, listed at 6 feet 1, 208

pounds, was a force on defense, the Oaktonoffense was led by an athlete of consider-ably smaller stature.

Sophomore running back Patrick Fran-cisco, listed at 5 feet 3, 132 pounds, car-ried the ball 26 times for 80 yards and atouchdown. Francisco scored on a 2-yardrun during the Cougars’ opening drive.

“My confidence in him is due to the workhe put in in the offseason,” Rowley said.“He worked super hard this offseason withweights. I know he looks very diminutive.He’s very small, but nobody ever hits himsquare.”

Oakton led 10-7 at halftime after kickerNick Delgado booted a 30-yard field goallate in the second quarter. The Cougars ex-tended their lead to 17-7 in the third quar-ter, when Bacon threw a 51-yard touchdownpass to junior Derrick Beale on a trick play.

Tutone completed 7 of 16 passes for 62yards and a score.

Last season, Oakton opened with a 38-2home loss to T.C. Williams. The Cougarswon their next four games, but finished theseason 5-5 and missed the playoffs.

This year, Oakton is off to a 3-0 start, in-cluding wins over Woodson and Madison.

“I think we’re feeling pretty good,” Allelysaid. “It’s early in the season. We haven’tstarted district play, so we’ve got a lot ofwork to do.”

Oakton will host Annandale at 7:30 p.m.on Friday, Sept. 19.

Cougars force sixTitan turnovers.

Oakton Football Beats T.C., Improves to 3-0

Photo by Louise Krafft/The Connection

Oakton running back Patrick Francisco carries the ball against T.C.Williams on Sept. 13.

Vienna Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman

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On July 19, 2014, the Old Do-minion Cotillion (“ODC”) heldits Twenty-Third Annual Debu-tante Ball at Westfields Marriottin Chantilly. Family and friendswho gathered for dinner anddancing celebrated the debut offour young women. The debu-tantes dressed in white ballgowns were formally presentedand then escorted by cadetsfrom Fishburne Military Schoolin Waynesboro, Va. The school,founded in 1879, is the oldestcontinually operating military

school in Virginia.The ODC announces the debut

of its 2014 debutantes: Miss ErynBurr Cooper, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Joshua J. Cooper of Oakton,who is a senior at Oakton HighSchool. Miss Tatiana Mi-Hae Galli,daughter of Mr. Paolo Galli and Dr.Suzanne Kim Doud of Washington,D.C., who will be a senior atBrookwood School; Miss AnnaHeekyung Moon, daughter of Ms.Jenet Dokhee Ahn of Centreville,a senior at Westfield High School;and Miss Leilani Marie Wolf,

Old Dominion Celebrates 23rd Debutante Balldaughter of Mr. Christopher H.Wolf of Chantilly, and Ms. GraceHan Wolf and Mr. MichaelLamatrice of Herndon, who is a se-nior at Wakefield School.

The Old Dominion Cotillion is awomen’s organization that was es-tablished in 1991. It is an organi-zation in which young women areeducated in the social gracesthrough enrichment, social andphilanthropic activities to grow inconfidence and poise. The ODC’ssocial season begins with the an-nual fall invitational tea.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

Featuring 45 tables of trains andtrain accessories, a “train doctor”who repaired broken trains and anoperating layout built by three

boys, the Train Collectors Sale and Showwas held Saturday, Sept. 13, at the ViennaFirehouse.

Participants included Bruce Greenberg,who was there promoting his latest book,“Greenberg’s Guide to Lionel Trains.” It’s hissixth revision of that book and extensivelydocuments the yearly changes Lionel hasmade to its trains.

He’s a member of the WB&A chapter ofthe Train Collectors Assn., which put on thisshow. He’s written 21 books on modeltrains, and his company, Kalmbach, pub-lishes “Model Railroader” magazine.

Clem Clement of Fairfax was there dem-onstrating Bauer’s Spiral Railway, a circu-lar track patented in 1923. He’s the pastpresident of the Train Collectors Associa-

tion and buys, sells and repairs model trains.As for the vertical, spiral railroad track hedisplayed, Clement called it “a fun toy. It

has a tin-plate train that runs downhill bygravity.”

Another highlight of the show was the

operating train layout built by three middle-school students, Zach Pavis, CadenceHinnant and Jackson Van Ness. It comprised300-400 pieces, including scenery, and tookthem about five hours to set up.

Zach and Cadence are both seventh-grad-ers at Flint Hill School in Oakton, andJackson’s an eighth-grader at HighlandSchool in Warrenton. “What I think is coolabout model railroading are the detailedscale models and all the mechanical mo-tion, plus the history behind some of thesethings,” said Zach, an Oakton resident.

“I like how creative you can get with it,”said Cadence, of Fairfax. “You can do a lotmore with a boxed set of trains than peoplebelieve you can; you can do lots of differ-ent things.”

Jackson said he’s always been interestedin things that move. “You can kind of be incharge of your own, little world,” he ex-plained. “I like to duplicate scenes of realrailroads and different operational rail-roads. And you can make a model railroadreally simple or very complex.”

‘In Charge of Your Own Little World’

Bruce Greenberg holds his latestbook.

(From left) are Zach Pavis, Cadence Hinnant and Jackson Van Ness withthe train layout they built together.

Playing with a wooden train set at the show is Maame Siamba, 5 1/2, ofVienna.

Clem Clement displays Bauer’sSpiral Railway.

Photos by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection


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ABC LICENSEC2 LLC trading as Highline R&R, 2010 Crystal Drive,

Suite A and A-1, Arlington, VA 22202-3799. The above estab-

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine

and Beer On; Mixed Beverage (seating capacity 151 seats or more) license to sell or manu-facture alcoholic beverages.

Geoffrey O. Dawson, memberNOTE: Objections to the issu-ance of this license must be

submitted to ABC no later that 30 days from the publishing

date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

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

or 800-552-3200.

ABC LICENSELa Tasca Inc trading as La Tasca, 2900 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201-3851. The above establishment is

applying to the VIRGINIA DE-PARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Mixed Beverage Caterer Limited license to sell or man-ufacture alcoholic beverages.

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Brendan Bernard Francis McKay, 30, passed awayMonday, September 8, 2014, in Rome, Italy, following atragic accident.An AmeriCorps volunteer, artist, multi-instrumentalist,snowboarder, world traveler, counselor, historian, Ph. D.candidate, and Seanchaí in the Irish storytelling tradition,Brendan was born June 30, 1984 in Summit, New Jersey,the second of Bernard and Mary McKay’s four children. Hegrew up in Alexandria and McLean, Virginia, where hegraduated from McLean High School in 2002.Brendan began undergraduate studies at VirginiaCommonwealth University, later attended WesternConnecticut State University and John Cabot University inRome, and in 2012 graduated magna cum laude fromRhode Island College with a Bachelor’s in History. Mostrecently, Brendan completed his Master’s degree inInternational Relations at St. John’s University in Rome,Italy in June 2014.Throughout his teens and early twenties, Brendan strug-gled with addiction issues. With the support of loved ones,he participated in therapeutic and rehabilitation programsin Utah, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Kansas. In2008, Brendan emerged from this period secure in hisrecovery, and with a renewed passion for education,adventure, and experience which would come to definethe rest of his life.From 2008-2010, Brendan served with AmeriCorps as avolunteer with Big Brothers, Big Sisters in Worland,Wyoming. Within a matter of months he was promoted toVice President of Development, going on to raise hun-dreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of at-risk youth,before leaving to accept a position as an AmeriCorpsProgram Manager in Rhode Island. Before leavingWyoming he was urged by locals in Worland to stay andrun for mayor. He was flattered and seriously consideredit.Brendan is remembered fondly by his loved ones in theU.S. and around the world for his legendary sense ofhumor, a classic Irish storyteller vividly sharing his manyadventures. He ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Herode a hot air balloon through the Atlas Mountains ofMorocco. He skied across the Swiss-French border in theAlps, not entirely on purpose. Completing an Asian journeythat included Malaysia, Cambodia and Nepal, he returnedto Rome over the Himalayas and Mt. Everest. He criss-crossed the United States by car, camped in the badlandsof North Dakota, and lived on a mountain in SouthernCalifornia. During academic travel to North Korea he

became one of only a small number of Americans to haveseen the demilitarized zone from the north side.Brendan was also intellectually brilliant. He was an enthu-siastic reader, with particular interest in philosophy, his-tory, physics, and comparative religion. His collection ofunusual tattoos included the Fibonacci sequence on hisarm. His creativity and humor led to unique inventions; onone occasion, Brendan created what he called a “Scra-bbanjelo,” a playable banjo which he constructed fromthe wooden box of a Scrabble set — a game at which hewas renowned as unbeatable.At the time of his passing, he was looking forward to hisdoctoral work at King’s College in London. His studieswere to focus on the little-told story of the town of Fiumion the Italy-Croatia border, which formed its own inde-pendent state in World War I in defiance of the warringcountries around it.Brendan’s 6’ 6” physical presence was the outer manifes-tation of an unusually humble, sensitive, self-deprecatingperson, whose generosity, kindness, and compassion forfriends and family alike will never be forgotten. Hisbeloved dog, Anastasia, is the physical embodiment ofthat kindness. Brendan had encountered a group of drugdealers about to shoot a young puppy for which they hadno use. He persuaded them to let him adopt her inexchange for what little money he had in his pocket, ameager five dollars. For more than a decade, Anastasiahas been a cherished member of the McKay family, dis-playing a level of emotional intelligence that is extraordi-nary to find in an animal.Brendan was not immune to accidents, and indeed hadscars going back to toddlerhood. But he always stood up,brushed himself off, and went at life again, chargingboldly at every experience the world could offer. Hisenthusiasm for adventure inspired all who knew him.Brendan is survived by his parents, Bernard and Mary, histwo brothers, Patrick and Conor, his sister, Rosemary,sister-in-law Nora, and his beloved, Camilla Valeriano. Hewill be sorely missed.A memorial service and Mass of Christian Burial will beheld at Our Lady of Mercy Chapel at Salve ReginaUniversity in Newport, Rhode Island, on SaturdaySeptember 20, 2014, at 9:00A.M. A reception will follow atOchre Court on the University campus. All are welcome.The family suggests, as an alternative to flowers, thatcontributions could be made to the Brendan McKayMemorial Scholarship Fund, Salve Regina University,Ochre Point, Newport, Rhode Island 02840 USA.

Brendan Bernard Francis McKay, 30

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