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Map QuestNews, Page 3

Mother’s DayPhoto GalleryNews, Page 5

Opposing Views onEducation FundingOpinion, Page 7

Robert E. Lee High School seniors in Mary Schaefer’s Geospatial Analysis class,including (rear, from left) Hammad Chaudhry, Timothy Freeman, Hasan Ali,Sothea Sok, Enzo Rodriguez, Jia-Kang Ju, Brian D’Amore, Cameron Smith,Peter Block, James Zurta, Mirza Baig, Solomon Araya, Bilien Woldetatios,Samuel Amarteifio, Alexis Arriaza and (front) Sunny Cushing-Spiller presentedmapping projects at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Springfield.

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Jack wiggles on Jennifer’s lap infront of the computer while shetries to research a grant applica-

tion. A Zimbabwean tapestry with mutedbackground spotted with an elephantand a giraffe hangs behind her desk. Jen-nifer Jones and her husband, JamesKaelin, adopted Jack from China in Janu-ary when he was 22 months old. She ex-plains the paperwork was endless, overa year. After all of the fingerprints andstickers, they finally got accepted into thesystem as eligible parents and learnedfrom their matchmaker Diane that it

could be about six months. “Then we got acall the next day while we were in Louis-ville for Christmas. They told us we had ababy and needed to be in China in nine daysto pick up Jack. There went my plans tolearn Mandarin and to get the crib set upand buy the diapers and everything else weneeded.”

JONES is a collector of women’s storiesfrom around the world and has inventedthe Collective Story Method (CSM) “builtupon my now decades of work in empow-ering individuals to tell their stories.” It is

designed to focus first on the personal, thenthe individual in relation to the collective,and finally on the collective as a whole. “Iwent from the luxury of working full-timeon my company, on the road a lot perform-ing, working on my writing to…well, Jackwoke up today at 4:30 a.m.” Jones isn’t trav-eling or performing now but is still writing,producing 3-5 minute digital stories withvoice makeovers. “This has made me evenmore organized. I know I have between 2-

Jennifer Jones empowers women to telltheir stories worldwide.

Motherhood: A New Story

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Jack bounces up and down onJennifer’s knee as she attemptsto write a grant applicationwhile occupying her newlyadopted Chinese son, Jack.See Motherhood, Page 4

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By Tim Peterson

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Robert E. Lee High School seniorPeter Block studied two decadesof violent crime in Loudoun,Prince William and Fairfax

Counties. His classmate Brian D’Amorelooked into the need for additional Teslaelectric car supercharger locations inLoudoun County. Other peers SolomonAraya and Samuel Amarteifio made predic-tions for 2016 elections in Virginia. On April21, they all gave formal presentations andbackboard talks at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, as part of theirGeospatial Analysis class.

Students from Lee and South Lakes HighSchool in Reston participated in the agency’sGIS Fair, an opportunity to present for pro-fessionals to deal with all kinds of mappingfor a living. (GIS is an acronym for geo-graphic information system.)

“This group was able to help find BinLaden and also help when there’s a disas-ter like Haiti,” said Lee assistant principal

for science Denise Katz. “It’s very eye-open-ing, things they’re learning in school defi-nitely have an application in the real world.”

2015 is the second year for the fair, aswell as Schaefer’s class, comprises (largelymale) 28 students. Last year there were twoclasses, next year there will be two again.Students use a cloud-based program calledArcGIS to learn about creating maps for justabout any kind of data.

“Mapping is everything,” said Schaefer,who gave the example of “Going to prom: Ican map shopping, the cheapest places, theshortest way.”

Schaefer reached out to the NationalGeospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfieldneighbors to Lee since moving to the areafrom Bethesda in 2011, to enhance the classthat is partnership with James MadisonUniversity in Harrisonburg, Va. Studentswho take the class pay a fee but have theoption of earning three geography electivecredit hours that are viable at Madison andother colleges.

GOING TO THE AGENCY was a chance

to interact with professionals from variousbackgrounds and receive feedback on theirwork. Each student presented a slide showof their project and fielded questions stand-ing in front of colorful tri-fold backboards.

Over 100 volunteers from the agency re-viewed the presentations, according to Na-tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency rep-resentative Brittani Beverly. “Everyone men-tioned [the students’] ability to speak andpresent their projects well,” she said, “andthe detail they gave and included in theirmaps.”

The confidence to present well came froma month and a half of preparing in class.For Peter Block, the experience was “fun andnerve-wracking.”

“The professionals gave me helpful tipsto make [my project] better, like lookinginto more variables, why change was oc-curring, like more liquor stores or gunranges in the area.”

Brian D’Amore was also nervous, but re-lied on his preparation and “just went withthe flow, no regrets.” D’Amore is consider-ing criminal justice as a career option and

was interested to see opportunities to ap-ply his coursework in that field within theagency.

“We have so many careers here focusedaround [Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics] it basically comprisesthe National Geospatial-IntelligenceAgency,” said Beverly. “That’s our future,having students who are working in thosefields, see degrees in those fields. Now isthe perfect time to introduce them intowhat NGA is, and to find out there is aplace right around the corner from wherethey went to school.”

“It was the perfect storm,” Schaefer saidof the GIS Fair. “The students get to see youdon’t have to be a scientist to work there.”

IF ANY STUDENTS were lacking confi-dence prior to presenting at the tightly se-cured agency, the experience helped themgrow.

“It was Dorothy and the Emerald City,”said Schaefer. “They had the best time, com-ing out like ‘I’m bad, I’ve been to the Na-tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.’”

Lee seniors take projects toNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.Map Quest

Photos by Tim Peterson/The Connection

Lee teacher Mary Schaefer and her senior Geospatial Analysis students(from left) Peter Block, Hasan Ali and Sunny Cushing-Spiller locate andtag a piece of trash near the entrance to the high school on a virtualmap of the grounds.

Robert E. Lee High School seniors in Mary Schaefer’s Geospatial Analysisclass, including (rear, from left) Hammad Chaudhry, Timothy Freeman,Hasan Ali, Sothea Sok, Enzo Rodriguez, Jia-Kang Ju, Brian D’Amore,Cameron Smith, Peter Block, James Zurta, Mirza Baig, Solomon Araya,Bilien Woldetatios, Samuel Amarteifio, Alexis Arriaza and (front) SunnyCushing-Spiller presented mapping projects at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Springfield.


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5:30 p.m. to get things done.” Jack announceshimself in the door waving his train and crawlsinto the rocking chair, ready to play.

She calls her projects “Letters to Clio” — theMuse of History. The most popular of the showsin the Letters to Clio series is ‘Performance of Life,’a story of brutality and loss - but also a story ofsurvival, new life and triumph. A framed postercommemorating her first story, Arab Springs,hangs on the wall adjacent to her tapestry. “Butpeople don’t perform Neela’s story very muchbecause it just goes from bad to worse. It’s verydepressing. You can’t make a happy ending whenit isn’t real.”

Jones says she views life differently now thatshe has a son. “I’m changing my views; it’s uni-versal to talk to another mother. Now I look atthose women so differently. How would I react ifI had 24 hours to get my children out of Liberia?”Jones says she had a double major at NYU in the-atre and sociology and always wanted to use the-ater for change. “I considered myself prettyplugged in. But I was shocked as I learned aboutthe girls trafficked in Nepal, the adoption rightsin Ireland.”

NEXT on her list of projects is the story of mi-

grants fleeing Liberia. Jones points out that peoplewho were doctors and high-level officials in Liberiacome to America and work in grocery stores or dopart-time administrative work. The parents still feelbetrayed by their government, but there is a twistbecause the children are going back to rebuild. “Ispent some time on the border in refugee campsand was set to go back when ebola hit.” She hasbeen interviewing people long enough that theycan see what she has done and will talk to her.“But refugees are the hardest. They are afraid togive you something and expect something back,like a ticket for emigration to America.” She saidthey “want to know why does this gringo care. Butthey want to know their story matters, that theyare more than a blip.” Now that she has Jack shehas her own story to explore. One day she wantsto write a book about what it is like to go aroundcollecting stories, common themes, commonstruggles.

On to the day’s schedule: Jack moves to break-fast. He has replaced mostly kimchi with yogurtand scrambled eggs (and Mexican food and heloves Indian). Then playing and playing. “I knowevery park within 30 miles. He will only take anap in the stroller so some days I walk for fivemiles.” Kaelin gets home from the State Depart-ment about 2 p.m. to take over “with more play-ing” and Jennifer returns to her stories.

Motherhood: A New Story

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By Stacey A. Kincaid

Sheriff, Fairfax County

Across the nation, peopleare having serious discus-sions about how to alter

the dynamic that too often existsbetween some law enforcementofficers and individuals. Out ofeach case, we learn something thatwill help us go forward. So, as jus-tice pursues its course in FairfaxCounty with regard to the tragicdeath of Natasha McKenna, let’snot lose sight of the real underly-ing problem: the systemic mishan-dling of mentally ill patients whohave few or no resources, and lawenforcement’s struggle to dealwith untreated or undertreatedindividuals.

There is a teachable momenthere for those of us who have dedi-cated our lives to law enforcementand for members of the commu-nity who believe in dignity and

fairness for those who come intocontact with the criminal justicesystem.

All of us are eager — and manyare impatient — for the investiga-tion into Ms. McKenna’s death tobe concluded. This incident hasnot been forgotten or ignored.From the beginning, the Sheriff’sOffice has cooperated with the in-vestigation fully. The recentcompletion of a report by the Of-fice of the Chief Medical Examinermeans the investigation is nearinga close. I have not offered morethan passing comment because, asboth a law enforcement officialand a citizen, I do not want toprejudice the outcome of an inves-tigation in advance of the facts byanswering questions to which I donot have the answers, or by antici-pating actions I might take onceall the facts are known. I admit tohaving been disappointed thatsomeone chose to release internal

documents — for the same reasonsI think anyone interested in jus-tice and fairness would be.

In the meantime, and for theforeseeable future, our jail willcontinue to be a warehouse for in-dividuals with mental illness whohave been unable or unwilling toaccess effective clinical care, socialservices and housing in the com-munity.

About 40 percent of the inmatesin our jail have been identified asneeding some level of mentalhealth care during their incarcera-tion. More than a quarter have aserious mental illness — oftencombined with a substance abusedisorder — that requires interven-tion, regular treatment and medi-cation management. The Sheriff’sOffice is working to improve men-tal health care at the jail, but as ofthis writing, we have no availableoptions to properly divert indi-viduals under arrest and avoid

unnecessary incarceration. In noway whatsoever is this intended tojustify inappropriate, improper orillegal behavior by law enforce-ment officers anywhere; it is sim-ply a fact.

As I have done for years, I willcontinue to advocate locally andin Virginia for more treatment cen-ters for minor offenders who areseriously mentally ill and would bebetter served in a mental healthfacility than in a jail.

I have pledged my 28-year careerwith the Sheriff’s Office in serviceto the safety, security and well be-ing of all Fairfax County residents,and to do so as fairly and transpar-ently as possible. I will continue towork with mental health organiza-tions in search of solutions to anintractable problem facing vulner-able individuals for whom all of us,out of nothing more than commonhuman compassion, must assumesome responsibility.

Law Enforcement, the Mentally Ill and the Pursuit of JusticeCommentary

Mother’s Dayand IslamTo the Editor:

A man once asked the holyProphet Muhammad (may peaceand blessings of Allah be uponhim), “O Messenger of Allah! Whohas the most right to the best treat-ment from me? The Prophet re-plied, “Your mother. The manasked, “Then who?” The Prophetsaid, “Your mother.” The manasked again, “Then who?” The

Prophet again said, “Your mother.”The man asked again, “And afterthat?” The Prophet replied, “Yourfather” (Bukhari and Tirmidhi).

To truly appreciate the awesomesignificance of this particular in-cident, one must remember thatthis took place more than 1,400years ago, in a completely maledominated society; a societywhere women were treated nobetter than slaves.

In Islam the role of a mother isrecognized as being so pivotal inthe upbringing of the children - as

well as in shaping the future ofmankind and society - that Mus-lims are taught that the attainmentof paradise lies under theirmother’s feet. Not only does thisparadise refer to the one in thehereafter, but it also refers to a so-cial paradise in this world…peace,blessings, and security which areobtained after respecting and hon-oring your mother each and everyday, regardless of how difficult thecircumstance may be.

So while it’s thoughtful andsweet to pause our busy lives once

a year to overtly celebrate every-thing our mothers mean to us withflowers and gifts, it is more impor-tant that we also instill the prac-tice of honoring them daily bymaking them proud of the man-ner in which we conduct our-selves; as well as attending to theirgrowing needs with the same care,compassion, love, and patience asthey once extended to us when wewere children.

Aisha KhanHerndon

Letters to the Editor

Opinion

There are families dealing with hun-ger in every county in the UnitedStates, including here in NorthernVirginia.

In Fairfax, there are 67,190 people who arefood insecure, (facing hunger at some pointmonthly) which is more than 6 percent of thepopulation, according to a report by FeedingAmerica. In Arlington, 8.7 percent of the popu-lation is food insecure, 18,750 people. In Al-exandria, 10.8 percent of the population faceshunger at least monthly, that’s 15,540 people.

You can see the national data by county inan interactive map: http://map.feedingamerica.org/

ON SATURDAY, MAY 9, as they deliver mail,postal carriers will collect donations of non-perishable food left by residents near their mailboxes. They will be joined by retired letter car-riers, by family members and friends, and byvolunteers to help collect and distribute thesacks of non-perishable food items that get leftnext to mailboxes that morning.

People are encouraged to leave a sturdy bagcontaining non-perishable foods such ascanned soup; canned vegetables; canned meatsand fish; pasta; peanut butter; rice or cerealnext to their mailbox before the regular maildelivery on Saturday. Carriers will bring thefood to local food banks, pantries and shel-ters.

The annual food drive is held in more than10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, theDistrict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the VirginIslands and Guam. Last year almost 73 millionpounds of food was collected in the one-dayevent for people in need throughout the UnitedStates.

CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED by hunger dis-proportionately, with nearly 30 percent of stu-dents in Fairfax County Public Schools poorenough to receive subsidized meals at school,which is an incredible 51,968 students. Thatpercentage is more than 31 percent in Arling-ton with more than 7,700 students poorenough to get meal benefits. In Alexandria, 60percent of students are poor enough to getmeal benefits; that’s almost 8,600 students.

Many of these students go hungry on week-ends, during school closures for bad weatherand in the summer. More on that soon.

In the meantime, leave a bag of food out byyour mailbox on Saturday.

Saturday, May 9, is the postal carriers food drive;put a sturdy bag with food donation next to yourmailbox that morning.

Hunger Is Widespread

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Statement from Fairfax County Public SchoolsSuperintendent Karen K. Garza following the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors passage of the FairfaxCounty Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget:

Once again, we find that the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors hasfailed to fully fund Fairfax County

Public Schools (FCPS). This is extremely dis-heartening — we entered this budget yearmaking a good faith effort to workcollaboratively with the Board of Supervi-sors. We worked for nearly a year with theCounty Executive and the Board of Super-visors to develop a reasonable budget thatmet only the very minimal needs of FCPS,and in the end they did not deliver.

Supervisors are sending a clear messagethat they are unconcerned about the in-creasing challenges of our students, ourteachers, and our schools. The supervisorsrefused to fully fund our budget for the2015-16 school year (FY 2016), when facedwith a nominal $7.6 million deficit. We havegrave concerns as to what will happen inthe 2016-17 (FY 2017) school year whenwe face a devastating shortfall of more than$100 million.

The entire Fairfax County community hasa critical decision to make: either we investthe necessary funds in our students andschools, or we will have to work togetherto decide what to cut — and we cannot cutour way to excellence.

Due to years of chronic underfundingcoupled with a decade of significant enroll-ment growth and increasing student needs,we will not be able to sustain the currentquality nor the full range of academic pro-gramming we currently offer our students.We have sought to protect the classroom todate, but with the scale of the FY 2017shortfall, we will have to take a serious lookat the programs that we must cut starting

in the 2016-17 school year. These cuts willlikely affect all current academic program-ming including limiting elective choices,reducing career and technical programs,impacting advanced offerings, and againraising class sizes at all levels. We mustmake these difficult choices by December2015 because students begin their courseselections in January 2016.

Since 2008, we have cut 2,175 positionsand nearly a half-billion dollars from ourbudget affecting every school and depart-ment. We have fallen so far behind inteacher salaries that we are no longer com-petitive and are losing talented staff toneighboring school districts. Our teachersare the reason FCPS students excel andachieve. Losing our most experienced teach-ers will have a significant effect on studentperformance and will ultimately affect thereputation of FCPS.

Fairfax County public schools are fre-quently cited as one of the main reasonsthat businesses choose to relocate to thecounty, and Fairfax has some of the highestproperty values in the country, but withoutexcellent schools as a foundation — corpo-rate investment in Fairfax and property val-ues will decline.

In the education of our children, everyyear matters; we cannot hope to make updeficits in their education in their lateryears. It is critical we take action now.

I hope our community will join me to#saveFCPS.

By Jeffrey McKay, Supervisor

(D-Lee District)

There is a considerable amount ofmisinformation about the County’scommitment to education and I

would like to give you some of the facts.While close to 70 percent of County resi-

dents do not have children in the schoolsystem, education is our County Board’spriority. We directly transfer more than halfour General Fund to the schools and addi-tionally assume the costs of a number ofother school needs, such as school nurses,health aides, resource officers, and the like.

The FY2016 budget that we adopted onApril 28 includes a transfer to the schoolsof $2.01 billion, an increase of $66.7 mil-lion (+3.43 percent) over the FY2015 bud-get and nearly two-thirds of all new rev-enue associated with increased propertyvalues. The total school budget (that in-cludes the County transfer and some stateand federal funding), totals $2.6 billion.This is the fifth consecutive year that hasseen a substantial increase in the schooltransfer—since 2008, the Board of Super-visors has increased funding for the schoolsby $230 million.

As a County Supervisor, I am responsiblefor all of our residents’ needs includingparks, libraries, public safety, and humanservices. These are not stand-alone servicesand the success of our schools is also linkedto these public services.

To further illustrate our spending priori-ties, in addition to the 52.1 percent of theCounty’s General Fund that we transfer di-rectly to the schools, we spend only 12 per-cent of our General Fund on public safety,10.9 percent on health and human services,and 1.4 percent on parks, libraries, and rec-reation centers combined. Slashing fundingto these would not make a dent in our bud-get and would hurt the schools.

The crux of our school funding problemis the State funding formula. Fairfax Countyis a donor jurisdiction, sending more dol-lars to the state than it recoups—about 21cents on the dollar. That funding formulainequity holds true not only for educationbut also for human services, transportation,

and the like.FCPS’ state per pupil

funding suffers in compari-son to other Virginia locali-ties. In FY2012, the stateprovided $2,764 per pupilwhile the County provided$9,905 per pupil in localfunding. In contrast, neigh-boring Prince WilliamCounty received half its perpupil funding from thestate. These figures mayhave been OK in the past,but today’s school needshave far outpaced our lo-cal ability to pay. Otherschool districts are able to

fund their needs with our tax dollars whilehere in Fairfax County we struggle to meetour own needs.

Fairfax County continues to work with theGeneral Assembly and advocates hard for alarger share of state funding for our schools.Our lobbying this year got us $9.9 millionmore than anticipated in the state budget.Those additional funds bring FCPS within$4.1 million of its total $2.6 billion adver-tised budget proposal—that’s a gap of 0.16percent less than the School Board’s pro-posed budget.

The superintendent of Fairfax CountyPublic Schools increased her transfer re-quest after the state budget increase wasannounced and shortly before our budgetadoption.

Please be aware that the Board of Super-visors does not have line item authority overthe FCPS budget.

According to the Constitution of Virginia,that responsibility lies with the electedSchool Board and it is that Board that setsthe funding priorities for the schools, in-cluding salaries. If teacher salaries are theSchool Board’s top priority, it is their respon-sibility to close the 0.16 percent gap be-tween their proposed budget and the fundsthey are receiving.

As we look ahead at the fiscal outlook fornext year, we know that we will continueto be affected by a sluggish economy andthe effects of federal cutbacks and seques-tration.

Like the Schools, the County side of theledger is projecting a budget shortfall forthe next (2017) fiscal year. Both boards willhave to work closely together to producebalanced budgets.

Thank you again for contacting me andyou have my assurance that my colleagueson both the County and School boards willcontinue to work together.

P.S. - On a personal note, with two kids,I’m as much invested in our educationalsystem as anyone. My daughter is an FCPSfirst-grader and my son isn’t very far be-hind. I’m the product of our Fairfax CountyPublic Schools and I want every child tohave the same opportunity to learn that Idid.

Opposing Views on Education Funding

Education Is CountyBoard’s PriorityThe cruxof our schoolfundingproblem isthe Statefundingformula.

Jeffrey McKay

Garza Calls Communityto Help #saveFCPSSuperintendent saysFCPS faces deficitof more than $100million; FCPSexcellence at risk.

Karen K. Garza

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To the Editor:So the agreement was reached to pay

John Geer’s family just under $2.95M forthe mistake of a police officer. My heartgoes out to the family.

But I am concerned about the payment.Why are taxpayers responsible to pay

for this? Where is the statute that justi-fies this?

I pay over five digits in real estate tax,personal property tax, car registration

fees, licensing fees, and who-knows-howmuch in sales tax.

But the Board of Supervisors pays mil-lions to a victim of a mistake; yet theroads I have to drive on are still full oflumps, bumps, cracks, and potholes.Where is the money for that? Whatgives?

Bob FritzOakton

Who Pays for a Mistake?

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Bill and Betty Kenealy, ofSpringfield, make it apoint to socialize regu-larly with their long-time

friends, many of whom are othercouples they met through work andthrough the activities of their fivechildren. They’ve watched theirchildren become adults, worked,retired and even survived cancer.Now they’re living together in a re-tirement community in Springfield.Bill is 85 and Betty is 81.

“We enjoy meeting for dinner ona regular basis or playing cards ordominoes and Bingo,” said Bill.

One of those couples is Georgeand Peggy White, both 80. Theymet when Bill and George were sta-tioned together in the military. Bothcouples speak fondly of the strengththey get from their friendships.

“All of us have different storiesand have different backgrounds,”said Peggy White, 80. “It’s been an

interesting and rewarding.”Healthy friendships and strong

social connections provide morethan interest, say researchers. Theyare vital to one’s mental, physicaland emotional wellbeing. A studyby the National Institutes of Healthshow that people who are sociallyisolated are more likely to die ofheart disease than those who haveclose relationships. While it mightbe more challenging to makefriends as one ages, the benefits areworth the effort say researchers.

“Research shows that social con-nections are more important forhealth, longevity and cognitivefunctioning than any other vari-able,” said Linda Gulyn, professorof psychology at Marymount Uni-versity in Arlington. “Social sup-port … increased likelihood of get-ting proper health care, compli-ance with health treatments, diet,activity [and] mental health.”

A HEALTHY SOCIAL NET-WORK is credited with longevity.

“Social support at all stages of thelifespan reduces people’s stress lev-els, and this in turn promotesphysical health,” said Linda Cote-Reilly, Ph.D., associate professor ofpsychology at Marymount Univer-sity. Seniors who have active socialconnections are better able to fightdisease, they experience greaterpsychological well-being and re-duced incidence of depression,Cote-Reilly said.

Social isolation can lead to de-pression and physical health issues.

“One of the things that researchhas shown is that social isolationis a killer,” said Dominique S.Hubbard, professor of psychologywho studies social exclusion andostracism at Northern VirginiaCommunity College. “One of themost fundamental things that weneed is meaningful social connec-tions and a sense of belonging.”

In fact, researchers point to avariety of studies that link healthand longevity with fulfilling rela-tionships.

“There is this really amazingstudy done in Alameda County,Calif., that followed almost 5,000residents for nine years, and foundthat the best predictor of mortal-ity rates were people who indicatedthey had few meaningful relation-ships, meaning that people whoanswered they had many meaning-ful relationships were more likelyto be alive than those with few,”said Georgeana Stratton, Ph.D.,(associate professor of psychologyat Northern Virginia CommunityCollege in Sterling. “Even whenthey … only look at people withcancer or heart disease, they stillfound that those with many mean-ingful relationships did better thanthose who answered few.

“Their social relationships werethe best predictor of health anddeath, meaning it predicted betterthan other things they measuredlike smoking and stress,” saidStratton.

Seniors are more susceptible tothe harmful effects of a dearth of

companions. “Isolation is poten-tially very damaging to all of us,but most especially to seniors,” saidPamela Stewart, assistant dean ofpsychology, Northern VirginiaCommunity College, Annandalecampus. “Friendships keep us bal-anced and generally more positive.They help to keep us busy, can giveus a focus and keep us more hap-pily engaged in the world aroundus.”

Retiring and relocating createschallenges when attempting tomaintain existing friendships. “Un-fortunately, for many the pool offriends becomes smaller as oneages,” said Stewart. “We lose touch

with our former work mates and afair percentage of our friends mayhave moved away or passed away.”

Those who are no longer in situ-ations that offer natural opportu-nities for social interactions canstill recreate a circle of friends.

“Seniors can replace those byadding new things,” said Hubbard.“Consider joining a class or abridge club. The key is to have con-sistent, positive interactions.”

Donating one’s time offers anopportunity for staying connected.

“Volunteering at a local school oranimal shelter or even getting apart time job is a great way to meetpeople and stay engaged and cur-

Researchers say meaningful friendships help preserve health.

Healthy Relationships for Life

Photo courtesy of George & Peggy White

George White, 80, stays socially connectedby volunteering for the West Springfieldpolice department. He and his wife, Betty,also 80, stay connected with friends. rent,” said Joyce Schwartz, a geri-

atric social worker who lives inPotomac, Md. “Pursuing a hobby,working out a gym or attendinglectures are good too, especially ifthey’re free or discounted activitiesfor seniors.”

STILL, STAYING ENGAGED so-cially and developing new friend-ships can become increasinglychallenging, as one gets older.

“Physical disabilities and ill-nesses can increase the likelihoodthat a person is hospitalized orhomebound in later adulthood,which can lead to social isolationand depression,” said Cote-Reilly.

Also important, said Cote-Reilly,is distinguishing connections that

offer positive social interactionfrom those that simply provide con-tact with another person. “Socialsupport means, ‘Does this indi-vidual feel supported by those inhis or her life?’ It doesn’t mean thenumber of friends or support per-sons one has,” she said. “Olderadults who have a lot of social in-teraction because they need assis-tance with activities of daily living… do not experience these inter-actions as positive. People are help-ing them because they have lost theability to do the tasks themselves.”

While social media has madestaying in touch with friends easierfor some, there are dangers. “Un-fortunately, there is a negative cor-relation between time spent onsocial networking sites and theinternet in general and the timespent with friends,” said Stratton.“Also, several studies indicate thatmore time on Internet predicts de-pression. So while in-person rela-tionships are great buffers for stressand protect physical and mentalhealth, online relationships mayactually… hurt mental health andsocial connections.”

Photo courtesy of Bill & Betty Kenealy

Bill and Betty Kenealy stay connected bysocializing regularly with their goodfriends and former next-door neighbors.

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There was a buzz of en-ergy in the jam-packedfoyer of the Center for

the Arts at George Mason Uni-versity. Northern Virginia per-forming arts lovers were readyto learn of the 25th anniversaryseason of “Great Performancesat Mason!” The crowd wouldnot be disappointed as ThomasReynolds, director of artisticprograming, announced “a re-markable variety of performingarts that both entertains andeducates.” The new season be-gins this September.

“We’ve always prided our-selves on variety and the 25thanniversary season is very rep-resentative of that,” saidReynolds. “We are sticking withour strengths, which has alwaysbeen a variety of arts and en-tertainment options.”

The upcoming season of“Great Performances at Ma-son!” will also continue to sup-port the students at GeorgeMason University. The Center ispart of Mason’s College of Vi-sual and Performing Arts andthe schedule of performerstakes “to heart the mission ofhow to present artists that helpsupport the teaching of our stu-dents,” noted Reynolds.

There are many highlights forthe upcoming 25th anniversaryseason. Just a few examplesinclude the Tony and GrammyAward winning Broadway ac-tress and singer Bernadette Pe-ters who will headline the an-nual “Arts by George!” grandbenefit gala on Sept. 26. Thegala will include a grand show-case of Mason College of Visualand Performing Arts studentand faculty works.

As the season rolls forward,

there is tap dance phenomSavion Glover, Disney’s “Fanta-sia - Live in Concert,” a notableperformances from the VirginiaOpera, the Munich SymphonyOrchestra, live theater such asAquila Theatre’s “The Adven-tures of Sherlock Holmes,” theinventive work ofMummenschanz, the dynamicMark Morris Dance Company,the innovative RIOULT contem-porary dance troupe andBollywood Masala Orchestraand Dancers of India, to namea few.

There will be Christmastimefavorites such as Chanticleerand the Vienna Boys Choir. Lo-cal favorites such as JeffreySiegel and his Keyboard Con-versations and the Metropoli-tan Jazz Orchestra will also re-turn

With a wide-range of offer-ings, the 2015-16 season is anopportunity to try new thingsor take in old favorites. Thereare many performances rightfor the whole family as a wayto introduce younger audiencesto the world of performancewith special ticket prices all ina near-by, easy to reach loca-tion with parking. And free pre-performance discussions spon-sored by the Friends of the Cen-ter for the Arts add to experi-ences.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY/MAY 8-9“Big the Musical.” 7:30 p.m. Fairfax High School, 3501

Rebel Run, Fairfax. The FX Players theatre department willdebut its long awaited spring musical, BIG, the first twoweekends of May. Following the storyline of the 1980’sTom Hanks movie, BIG revolves around a young boy whodreams of being an adult. After a Zoltar machine grants hiswish, he goes on a heartwarming adventure where helearns that age does not determine how much fun you canhave. For more information, please visit www.fxplayers.orgor call 703-219-2351.

Spotlight on the Arts Festival. Dedicated to showcasingthe very best of the visual and performing arts in the City ofFairfax. At a variety of venues in and around the city. Visitwww.visitfairfax.com/category/spotlight.

FRIDAY/MAY 8Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m. St. Stephen’s United Methodist

Church, 9203 Braddock Road, Burke. The MaranathaSingers will present an enjoyable evening of music with aguest appearance by the St. Stephen’s Orchestra. The themeof the concert will be “Jammin’ Juke Box”. Refreshmentsserved after the concert in the Welcome Center. Everyone isinvited to attend. Free.

SATURDAY/MAY 9Concerts from Kirkwood. 3 p.m. Kirkwood Presbyterian

Church, 8336 Carrleigh Parkway, Springfield. Concertsfrom Kirkwood will complete its 2014 – 2015 season onMay 9, with a special concert featuring the internationallyrenowned Spanish piano duo, Carles&Sofia.

Carles Lama and Sofia Cabruja have been performing togethersince 1987. They perform regularly worldwide both inrecitals for four hands and with orchestra. They have madean extensive number of recordings on the on the KNS-classical label.

West Springfield Baseball Alumni Festival. 10 a.m. - 3p.m. West Springfield High School baseball field. Gatesopen at 9:45 a.m. (no admission fee), the student/facultysoftball game starts at 10 a.m., and the alumni game startsat 12 p.m. There will be jousting and carnival-style games,a bounce house,baseball skills games, raffles and anauction, concessions, and a spirited set of alumni playingbaseball. Money raised will be used to renovate the battingcages and replace worn-out equipment. Test your skills atthe games, bid on the items, watch the game, or just join usfor lunch and help support the program. Donations andquestions can be directed to Jason Olms [email protected]

Neighborhood Plant Clinic. City of Fairfax RegionalLibrary, 10360 North Street, Fairfax. 10 a.m. MasterGardeners provide horticultural tips, information andadvice to home gardeners. Adults only.

Tales to Tails. City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthStreet, Fairfax. 10:30 a.m. Age 6-12 read aloud to afriendly, trained therapy dog. Openings.

Escape from Burke Centre Library Game. Burke CentreLibrary, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke. 1:30 p.m. Intriguinggames and activities based on the book “Escape from Mr.Lemoncello’s Library,” by Chris Grabenstein. Openings forage 8-12.

Springfield Smart Markets Farmers Market. 10 a.m. - 2p.m. Springfield Town Center, at the corner of LoisdaleRoad and Spring Mall Drive. Fresh local fruits and veggies.

SUNDAY/MAY 10Workhouse Farmers Market. 1-5 p.m. Workhouse Arts

Center, 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. The opening day ofthis year’s farmers markets season.

MONDAY/MAY 11PJ Library Book Buddies. City of Fairfax Regional Library,

10360 North Street, Fairfax. 10:30 a.m. Ages 6 months to 5years with adult enjoy Jewish storybooks and craft making.Co-sponsored by JCC of Northern Virginia.

TUESDAY/MAY 12Creative Cupcakes for Older Adults. City of Fairfax

Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax. 1 p.m.Celebrate the Creative Aging Festival by getting creative.Decorate cupcakes with the pros from Cupcakes Actually, alocal bakery and multiple winner at the Chocolate LoversFestival. Openings.

Pohick Daytime Book Discussion for Adults. BurkeCentre Library, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke. 1 p.m. “TheLast Runaway,” by Tracy Chevalier.

Tai Chi. Burke Centre Library, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke.10 a.m. Dante Gilmer of Still Water Tai Chi Center invitesall adults to increase their level of fitness by learning the

art of Tai Chi. Wear comfortable clothes that allow slowmovements.

THURSDAY/MAY 14Storytime Yoga for School Age Children. Burke Centre

Library, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke. 4:30 p.m. Joincertified yoga instructor Karen Hamilton for stories,stretches, and simple yoga poses. Wear comfortableclothing and bring a mat or towel. Funded by the Friendsof Burke Centre Library. Openings.

Salsa’s Ancient Rhythm. Burke Centre Library, 5935 FredsOak Road, Burke. 7 p.m. Teens and adults participate in aninteractive presentation by Mr. José Obando, Salsaconsultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts’sDepartment of Musical instruments, as he reveals thehistory and music. Openings.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/MAY 15-16Alice in Wonderland. 7 p.m. Thomas Edison High School,

5801 Franconia Road, Alexandria. This modern retelling ofthe classic children’s story has all of the characters youknow and love, including the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat,and the Queen of Hearts. With cell phone in hand, apresent-day Alice encounters the Wonderland so many ofus treasure in a musical that appeals to both children andadults. Tickets will be available at the door ($5 for adults,$3 for children, $1 for children at matinee).

Concessions will be available.

SATURDAY/MAY 16Creative Writers Club. 2 p.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935

Fred Oaks Road, Burke. Do you enjoy writing fiction,poetry, non-fiction and/or memoirs? Join us for sharing,discussion and feedback of works in progress. Ages 12-18.

Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) BenefitBuffet Luncheon. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Springfield OutbackSteakhouse, 6651 Backlick Road, Springfield. TheSpringfield Outback Steakhouse will be presenting afundraiser to benefit the FARA.Cover charge is $30 andincludes an all you can eat buffet including sliced steak,sliced chicken, side dishes, non-alcoholic beverages anddessert. Live entertainment will be provided by the “OceanDrive” from Fredericksburg, Va, (www.islandgerry.com).The event is being co-sponsored by the Washington AreaParrot Head Club. www.curefa.org, or contact DonnaRambler at the Springfield Outback [email protected] or by phone at 703-912-7531.

(From left) Doug Klain and Zion Jang playwith light sabers during Fairfax High’s“Big: The Musical.” Performances: Thurs-day-Saturday, May 7, 8 and 9, at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $10 via www.fxplayers.org or$15 at the door. For the Sunday matinee,tickets are $5 for children 12 and under.And after the show, they can dance on thebig piano, take a photo with the cast andmake a wish with Zoltar.

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GIVE - Free Tutoring to School AgeStudents. City of Fairfax Regional Library,10360 North Street, Fairfax. 2 p.m. Math,reading, writing, science, social studies and ESLfree tutoring by GIVE- Growth and Inspirationthrough Volunteering and Education volunteersfrom Thomas Jefferson H.S. and Robinson H.S.

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Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Florida. He died withhis wife and three children by his side of complicationsof pulmonary fibrosis. Born in Jamestown, NY on July28, 1929, survived by: wife Joyce Elaine CarlbergBurgeson, brother Irving Burgeson, sister LouiseKolinofsky. Three children: Stephen Clair Burgeson ofBuffalo, NY, David Mark Burgeson of Naples, FL, LisaJoy Burgeson Rhein of Fairfax, VA and six grandchil-dren: Elizabeth Rhein O’Connor, Robert Rhein, GenevraRhein, Eric Burgeson, Briana Burgeson, Liam Burgeson.

A depression baby, born in 1929, Clair received adiploma in General Agriculture from NYS AgriculturalTechnological Institute (now Alfred State College) in1950, a diploma in Bible Studies and Missions fromPrairie Bible Institute, Alberta Canada in 1954, aBachelor of Arts, cum laude, SUNY Albany paid for bythe G.I. bill. During his 3 years of United States Armyservice he spent a year and a half on the DMZ in Korea.He set up two libraries and served as a librarian underspecial services. Joyce and Clair both worked whileraising Steve, Dave and Lisa. Clair completed two addi-tional college degrees; a Masters of Library Science,Columbia University and a Certificate of AdvancedStudy in Educational Administration, SUNY, New Paltz.

His library career began in White Plains High School.In 1967 he took the position of Director of Libraries inRamapo Central School District in Rockland County, NYand held it until his retirement in 1991. One of his greatjoys during that time was teaching a Junior Great Booksclass for the 7th and 8th grade students. Clair was oneof the first trustees of the Sloatsburg Library, instrumen-tal in moving the library to the building it resides intoday. A naturalist, he took many groups on educationalnature walks in Harriman State Park. An energetic fatherand grandfather, he could be counted on to jog, snowshoe, hike, bike and canoe as well as take quiet walksin nature. He was an enthusiastic bird watcher, lovedclassical music, and an avid reader. He was active in theAmerican Library Association and Audubon Society.Clair gave consistently and generously to his charitiesof choice. He was unfailingly devoted to his family.Upon his retirement, Clair and Joyce enjoyed travelingthe world and sharing their love with family and manyfriends at their residences in Naples, FL, Chautauqua,NY, Burke, VA, and Boca Raton, FL.

His love of learning, nature, spirituality, philosophyand people will live on through we who knew and lovedhim. He will be deeply missed. Contributions in Clair’smemory can be made to the Sloatsburg Public Library, 1Liberty Rock Road, Sloatsburg, NY 10974 or theAudubon Society. Following a scattering of Clair’s ashesover Chautauqua Lake, a gathering and smorgasbordwill be held in the library at the Roger Tory PetersonInstitute of Jamestown, NY on July 18, 2015.

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By Jon Roetman

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The Robinson boys’ lacrosse teamreturned most of its firepowerfrom last year’s state championship run, entered Saturday’s

contest against South County with a 9-2record and had won 26 of its previous 27games against public school opponents, astreak dating back to early in the 2014 cam-paign.

In other words, the Rams are good. Realgood.

But just in case there was any doubtwhether Robinson has what it takes to com-pete for a second straight state title, theRams put forth one of their best offensiveefforts of the season on Saturday.

Facing a South County team, consideredone of the best in the region, the Rams hadseven different players score multiple goalsduring a 16-9 victory on May 2 at RobinsonSecondary School.

“I’m starting to see the patience that I’mlooking for offensively,” Robinson headcoach Matt Curran said. “… This is huge,and one of the reasons is we’ve had somegood offensive outputs, but not against ateam — no offense to the teams we’veplayed — but a team of this caliber. Thiswas really big for our momentum. … Thiswas the type of victory we needed.”

South County entered the contest with a10-2 record and brieflytook a 4-3 lead on a goalwith 2:53 remaining inthe second quarter.Robinson responded witha pair of goals and led 5-4 at halftime.

Robinson led for theentire second half.

“I think this is one of thebest games we’ve playedall year,” said JackRowlett, a senior longstick midfielder who willplay for the University ofNorth Carolina. “As ateam, it wasn’t just oneplayer shining. Everyonecontributed …”

Rowlett scored three goals Saturday, giv-ing him 16 for the season.

“Getting a hat trick as a long stick,[Rowlett is] just such a weapon,” Curransaid. “… Long stick middies, you don’t getthat. You might have one or two goals onthe year in a transition. Jack has 16 goalson the season and that’s just kind of un-heard of with a long pole. He can dodgeagainst anybody. If he has a shorty on him,he has the green light.”

Senior attackman Chapman Jasien saidRowlett makes life difficult for opposingdefenses.

“That’s huge coming from a long stickmiddie,” said Jasien, who will play collegelacrosse for the Naval Academy. “That’stough for another team; that’s tough to de-fend. We’ll kind of get out of his way and lethim work on offense; let him get his shot …

“Those shots really help us out a lot. Weencourage it big time.”

Senior attackman Tommy Gallogly alsorecorded a hat trick for Robinson.

Senior midfielder Jack Smith, juniorattackman Johnny Daniel, senior attackmanChris White, junior midfielder Austin Henry,and Jasien each scored two goals for theRams.

“I think it’s good for us,” Rowlett said.“We’re hitting our stride at the right time.We started a little shaky, not playing as wellas we could have. This is a big game for usto help us build toward the team we canbe, the team we should be [come late] May,the beginning of June.”

Robinson defeated Oakton 14-4 on Tues-day, improving its record to 11-2. The Ramswill close the regular season with a roadgame against Centreville at 7:15 p.m. onMonday, May 11.

Seven different Ramsscore multiple goalsin win over SoCo.

Robinson Boys’ LaxSpreads Offensive Wealth

Robinson long stickmidfielder JackRowlett, right, scoredthree goals againstSouth County onSaturday.

Photos by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Robinson senior Tommy Gallogly finished with ahat trick during the Rams’ 16-9 win over SouthCounty on Saturday.


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