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Cody Schneider, 8, ofFairfax controls a

robot in an attemptto shoot a ball into a

hoop as his motherand David Joyner, 18,

watch at the MakerFaire. Joyner, a

senior at South LakesHigh School, helped

build the machinewith other members

of the school’s FIRSTTech Challenge team.

Cody Schneider, 8, ofFairfax controls a

robot in an attemptto shoot a ball into a

hoop as his motherand David Joyner, 18,

watch at the MakerFaire. Joyner, a

senior at South LakesHigh School, helped

build the machinewith other members

of the school’s FIRSTTech Challenge team.

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HCA Virginia’s Reston Hospital Center isthe first hospital in the region to offer SAVISCOUT radar localization technology. Analternative to wire localization, SCOUT isan FDA-cleared device used by surgeons toprecisely localize small tumors and directtheir removal during surgery.

SCOUT uses non-radioactive, radar tech-nology to provide real-time surgical guid-ance during breast surgery. Rather thanplacing a wire immediately before surgery,which is the traditional approach, a SCOUTreflector is placed in the target tissue by aradiologist up to 30 days prior to surgery.The reflector cannot be felt through the skinand decreases the number of proceduresonthe day of surgery.

Dr. Elizabeth Feldman, breast surgeon atReston Hospital Center, performed the first

lumpectomy using the SCOUT system inNorthern Virginia. “The technology of theSAVI SCOUT has taken breast conservingsurgery to a new level. With this system,I’m able to have incredible accuracy in lo-calizing a tumor for removal, ultimatelygiving my patients a much higher chanceat seeing better clinical and cosmetic re-sults.”

“We’re proud to be the first hospital inNorthern Virginia to use the new SCOUTradar localization system,” says JohnDeardorff, President and CEO of RestonHospital Center. “It’s our goal to remain atthe forefront of surgical technology so thatboth our surgeons and patients have accessto the latest in surgical care.”

Visit restonhospital.com for more aboutReston Hospital Center.

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By Fallon Forbush

The Connection

Could a new property listing in Reston bethe opening “ding-ding” of another battleroyal?

The Reston National Golf Course waslisted for sale by investment advisory firm ARANewmark on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Here’s where the fighting words come in.ARA lists the property as “168 acres of by-right

residential development.” This is misleading becauseany owner of the golf course would not have theright to develop the land into residential propertyby right.

“Right now, it is considered for golf course andplanned recreation and it is intended to remain that,”said Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins. “Openspace is a big deal for Reston, so [redevelopment]would be a big leap.”

The Reston community has already fought aboutthis with the golf course’s current owners and won.

Fairfax County designated the land for only recre-ational use. Any residential development plan for theproperty would require approval from the county’sPlanning Commission and Board of Supervisors torezone the property. This process requires multiplepublic hearings along the way, which is where thegolf course owners have had a history of losing thisbattle with Restonians.

When Northwestern Mutual, the majority ownerof RN Golf Management, which owns the RestonNational Golf Course, tried to go around the pro-cess, the Fairfax County Zoning Administrator toldNorthwestern Mutual attorneys that they could notredevelop the golf course without rezoning approval.The attorneys then challenged the county in court,where they were told no again.

IN NOVEMBER 2015, a judge ruled that the golfcourse owners would have to go through the county’sPlanning Commission and Board of Supervisors toseek a land-use change to redevelop the propertyinto anything other than open recreational space.

Months before this ruling, the county added an-other layer of complication that would make the pro-cess for redeveloping the property even more diffi-cult.

The Fairfax County’s comprehensive plan forReston— the Reston Master Plan Special Study— wasamended and adopted by the Fairfax County Boardof Supervisors on June 2, 2015. The amended ver-sion includes this provision: “The Reston Nationaland Hidden Creek Country Club golf courses areplanned for private recreation use, more specificallyto remain as golf courses.”

“Any property owner has the right to seek a changeto their land-use designation,” said Connie Hartke,president of Rescue Reston, the grassroots organiza-tion that lead the resistance to the golf course’s re-development.

But developers would be up for an even tougherfight for round two if they applied for redevelop-ment. This is because they would not only have toseek rezoning with the Planning Commission andBoard of Supervisors, but also a comprehensive planamendment.

A month prior to the property listing, the RestonAssociation doubled down on its stance against thegolf course’s redevelopment by approving a resolu-

tion that opposes any development of the HiddenCreek Country Club or Reston National golf courses.

The resolution states that Reston has been a golfcourse community since its inception in 1961 andthat both golf courses are an essential element ofReston because of their integration into Reston’s natu-ral open space areas and because of the active recre-ational opportunities they provide.

Still, golf course owners are moving forward withtheir by-right advertising.

“We can only confirm that the golf course will becoming to market for an as-is sale and that we be-lieve the property development potential,” MarkAnstine, spokesperson for ARA, told the Connectionover email.

In the meantime, Rescue Reston will continue toadvocate for its green golf course. Hartke said hergroup will continue lobbying and protecting the golfcourse, which requires expensive legal support.

TO HELP FOOT THESE BILLS, the group’s thirdannual Golf Tournament and Nature Walk is set forOct. 2.

“We cannot do this without an attorney at our side,”Hartke said.

While the fundraiser is set for the fall, the recentlisting has Rescue Reston seeking help now. As soonas the grassroots organization notified its support-ers, an additional $3,500 in backing was pledged,according to Hartke.

“Out of the six-digit legal bill that we had for thefour-year court case (decided in 2015), our support-ers have helped pay all but 16.13 percent of the billas of January,” Hartke said. “I think it’s so impres-sive. This is showing how dedicated the communityis. It’s not just showing up at meetings or signingpetitions, they open up their wallets.”

There have been no new applications to redevelopthe golf course, according to Hudgins’ office. The golfcourse is still listed for sale.

Hudgins hopes buyers beware and perform duediligence before making any offer to purchase theproperty.

“Anyone who’s buying it has to recognize whatthey’re buying,” Hudgins said. “I hope there’s enoughsunshine to help any buyer who approaches this tounderstand what they’re acquiring.”

Buyer Beware

Photo courtesy of Rescue Reston

Golfers play at Reston National GolfCourse during Rescue Reston’s Golf Tour-nament and Nature Walk in October 2016.

By Fallon Forbush

The Connection

Tech enthusiasts, inven-tors, entrepreneurs,educators and curious

minds gathered last weekend atthe 4th annual Maker Faire.

The event, previously knownas the NoVa Mini Maker Faire,was Sunday, March19, at the SouthLakes High Schooland the LangstonHughes MiddleSchool on SouthLakes Drive inReston.

From engineers toartists to scientists tocrafters, the MakerFaire is an opportu-nity for “makers” toshow hobbies, ex-periments andprojects. More than100 makers sharedtheir knowledgethrough hands-onprojects, demonstra-tions, workshops anda speaker series inareas of art, engi-neering, robotics,drones and 3D print-ers. Students andschools also sharedhow making and in-novation occurs ineducation.

New to this year’sevent was the NoVaMaker EducatorMeetup, which gaveeducators an oppor-tunity to network

and learn from their peers inthe region. A group of experi-enced educators shared briefpresentations describing theirmaker programs.

A complete list of makerswho participated at the eventcan be found on the MakerFaire NoVa website atwww.nova.makerfaire.com.

Maker CultureMeets in Reston

Photos by Fallon Forbush/The Connection

Jeffrey Ugarte, 8, of Reston uses a saw with the helpof Patrick Waters, an educator and maker who goesby the name Woodshop Cowboy, at the Maker Faire.Waters is a self-taught carpenter who tries to findways to get young people into the world of making.He teaches at Nova Labs, Inc. in Reston.

Nicole Baumgartner ofFutureMakers, an educationalconsultant company that trainschildren to be makers, helpsPolina Rady, 7, of Herndon makea 3D print using a process calledthermoforming. The process usesheat and a vacuum to stretchsoftened plastic over a mold.Rady made the mold herself outof different shaped items at theMaker Faire.

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By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

Explanation of the recentlyannounced AmericanHealth Care Act usuallystarts with an expressed

need to clean up the mess that theAffordable Care Act — orObamacare — had made. Most allagreed that the massive transforma-tion the program of health care had broughtabout could use some tweaking and refine-ment, but clearly a seven-year campaignagainst the Affordable Care Act left a blurredview of what the program did for consumers.If the ACA had created a mess, the recentlyproposed replacement of it will certainly cre-ate an even messier and unfair situation.

Virginians in particular will suffer a doublehit on health care especially for those most inneed. The General Assembly would not ap-prove an expansion of Medicaid that wouldhave brought health care to as many as400,000 uninsured most in need in the Com-monwealth and would have expanded thehealth care network with the four billion dol-lars that would have flowed into the state.

While the new program would elimi-nate Medicaid expansion in 2020,persons would have been able to gethealth care in the interim rather thanto go without or have to seek helpat free clinics or one-time-a-yearRemote Area Medical (RAM) clinics.States that have expanded Medicaidwould continue to get full coverage

for persons already enrolled but would get alesser amount for new enrollees beginning in2020. That provision alone would add to thefour billion loss already incurred in Virginia.

There are 327,000 Virginians who gainedcoverage under the ACA as it expanded accessto affordable health care. The proposed re-placement to the ACA would do away with fed-eral health insurance subsidies that helpedpeople afford their monthly premiums and low-ered out-of-pocket expenses. Subsidies wouldbe replaced with tax credits. Currently insur-ers can charge older customers up to threetimes what they charge younger customers;under the new plan that would increase to fivetimes.

Although some would never acknowledge it,

there are features of the despised Obamacareprogram that were maintained. Insurers wouldstill be banned from denying coverage basedon preexisting conditions. Dependents wouldstill be able to stay on parents’ insurance plansthrough age 26. Caps on annual or lifetimecoverage would still be banned.

Clearly fewer people will have access to af-fordable care under the AHCA. Virtually everydeveloped country in the world with the ex-ception of the USA has decided that access tohealth care is a basic human right. What is thebiggest objection to the program enacted un-der President Obama? It included targetedtaxes on investment income and wages for thevery high income individuals and couples. Thenew AHCA eliminates many of the taxes. Thewealthiest 400 households including the bil-lionaires in the new administration would getan average tax cut of $7 million per year whiletaxes for many low-income working familieswould increase. Eliminating the two taxes onvery high income households would cost thefederal government $275 billion over 10 years.

Most Virginians will lose under the replace-ment proposed for the ACA. Only the very richwill gain. Maybe that is what the debate is re-ally about!

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Commentary

By John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

Sometimes a little anger andangst can stir positive devel-opments here in Bob

Simon’s community. I’m watchingthe 2017 Reston Association Boardof Directors elections prettyclosely, including sitting in on thecandidate forums for the At-Large,Hunters Woods and North Point seats in orderto see the candidates in head-to-head compe-tition. Out of a total of 10 candidates, eightare new blood, that is first-timers. They are apromising group overall.

One thing they share is upset with recent RABoard performance and a sense the organiza-tion is mistake prone and going in the wrongdirection. The Tetra purchase deal and costoverruns is the consensus example of systemicfailure. The Lake Anne land swap is also men-tioned, and a sense that the Board fails to fol-low its own policies — for example, budgetlimits and conflict of interest rules. High man-agement pay and nearly a million dollars inlawyer fees also made some lists. Overall thisis a group demanding change. After the forums,I am sticking with Eric Carr for At-Large,Victoria White in Hunters Woods/Dogwood,and John Mooney in North as most likely todeliver the change.

Meanwhile, the most nagging issue refusingto go away is Pay-to-Park in Reston Town Cen-

ter. When the change was first an-nounced, I knew there would be areaction after 25 years hassle-freeparking. But, like a lot of change, Ifigured the upset would blow overin a few months and life wouldcontinue as before. I even boughtinto Boston Properties’ stated rea-

son for the conversion — to protect its garagesand the right to shop from evil Metro commut-ers. Wow, was I wrong!?

I had no idea what a costly and convolutedsystem BP would foist off on the Reston com-munity, visiting shoppers, and their own ten-ants. Nor was this highly unfriendly systemneeded to solve the unwanted commuter park-ing problem which has been dealt with else-where by simply not opening garages to non-tenants until 9:30 or 10 a.m. It is clear thatthe BP goal was profit, corporate greed if youwill, to generate about $10 million revenue inaddition to the highest rents in the region.

What baffles me most is why would BP, hav-ing decided to beef up its bottom line, not goout of its way to make the transition as easy aspossible. Why would you go out of your wayto instantly make top dollar, make RTC low-wage store employees pay to come to work,and devise a nifty high tech system that chal-lenges would-be customers and wrings moremoney out of tenants with a dysfunctional vali-

dation system? Why?BP would have us believe that in fact a re-

turn to normalcy, as well as profitability, is rightaround the corner. Perhaps, but people whoare in touch with merchants throughout RTCtell a very different story. One merchant tellsme that he has spoken to managers or ownersof the vast majority of RTC establishments.Nearly all report declines in sales since Jan. 3,ranging from 10 percent area up to 35 or even40 percent. The merchants are hurting.

People I talk to are more than a little upset,refusing to use the app and swearing off RTCexcept on weekends. A protest march aroundRTC on March 3 attracted about 400 march-ers according to press reports.

The trouble is, of course, that the corporatedisrupters aren’t paying the price for the boy-cotting. The businesses are taking the hit, andthe customers to some extent as well in higherprices to offset validation charges. Merchantsare fighting back. They are talking about legalaction and supporting more protest actions bythe community. To follow these plans, go to:www.facebool.com/restonunited/.

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CommunitySummit ExplainsBudget ProcessTo the Editor:

Hunter Mill District (and otherFairfax County) residents missed agreat opportunity to learn the factsabout the County’s budget processand outlook if they didn’t attendMarch 4 Hunter Mill District Com-munity Summit at the Frying PanPark visitor’s center. This annualevent sponsored by SupervisorCathy Hudgins and presented byCounty and Schools budget offic-ers is a good way for Reston andVienna area residents to learnabout the costs and outlook forpublic services that they need andwant. While the attendance thisyear was “OK,” it could have beenmuch better. It seems that toomany people take every opportu-nity to complain about taxes andgovernment services and decisionswithout taking the time to find outthe facts that result in them. Actu-ally, Fairfax County governmenttakes extraordinary efforts to com-municate with its residents—whodon’t seem to do their part to re-ceive the information.

If citizens had taken the time last

year to learn about the County’sbudget and financial situation andthe extent to which its hands are tiedby Virginia law, they likely wouldnot have defeated the proposedmeals tax in November. The lack ofunderstanding based on many pub-lic comments and letters to the edi-tor was evident. It is also evidentthat many of those complainingabout the Reston Service District fortransportation have not taken thetime to look at the County Budget’spresentation of transportation costsand funding. Granted, it would beeasier to do if there was some sortof overview summary or table(which I have suggested) but thebudget does group many of theseparate funds which support trans-portation together in one section. Beaware that pinpointing, reading andunderstanding the material doestake some time, and wouldn’t it beeasier to attend some of the com-munity meetings where you couldask for such a presentation? Lack-ing that, the County provides a boat-load of information on its budgetwebsite: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb/. Inform yourself and then at-tend one of the public hearing ses-sions in early April.

Therese MartinReston

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By David Siegel

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Arts Council of Fairfax CountyStrauss Artist Grant recipientErica Rebollar and RebollarDance are returning to

CenterStage. This time the performance is“Sacred Profane.” With an all-women castof diverse ages, cultures and ethnicities,“Sacred Profane” uses music compositionslike tapestries of sound by Jeffrey Dorfmanalong with pops songs and classical music.

Strauss Artist Grants rec-ognize the work and contri-butions to the quality of lifein Fairfax County of profes-sional artists; their contin-ued pursuit of their creativework; their achievementsand demonstrated history ofaccomplishments. Holdinga MFA from UCLA, Rebollaris also a Visiting Lecturer ofDance, University of Mary-land-Baltimore County andadjunct faculty, GeorgeWashington University.

The D.C. area “is multi-cultural, yet cultures are di-vided; women’s life experiences are oftennot shared,” said Rebollar. “‘Sacred Profane’is a choreographed performance that skirtsthe boundaries of risk-taking” with a cross-cultural perspective on themes such as femi-ninity.

The performance of “Sacred Profane”means to be “a loose, provocative canvasswith bodies in motion,” said Rebollar.“Movements, situations and stories are con-trasted to each other to provoke questionsand challenge ideas.”

Asked about the title “Sacred Profane,”Rebollar indicated it came to her after trav-

els to Morocco and observing the local cul-ture then thinking about American cultureand the cultural expectations of both coun-tries.

“I sought to find a common denominatorthrough gender, and explore our shared ex-periences as well as what makes us differ-ent. This work is the outcome,” said Rebollar.“Through viewing the differing cultural ex-pectations, dress codes, societal norms, and

behavioral defenses thatwomen of Morocco andAmerica display and dealwith, I then imagined thetitle ‘Sacred Profane.’”

The performance of “Sa-cred Profane” at Reston’sCenterStage is in partner-ship with D.C.’s Dance Place.Dance Place is “committedto enriching the field ofdance locally, nationally andinternationally.” Foundednearly four decades ago,Dance Place aims to build “acommunity of artists, audi-ences and students through

high quality performances, commissions,training and educational programs.”

The all-women “Sacred Profane” cast ofperformers combines backgrounds in vari-ous dance genres and viewpoint. The per-formance includes collaboration with apunk rock dance band, South Asian Per-forming Arts Network (SAPAN), SomapaThai Dance Company, and guest artistsHeather Doyle and Annemarie Clark.

With dance that is at times celebratoryand other times irreverent, Rebollar indi-cated that “Sacred Profane” is an eveninglength “woman spectacular.”

“Sacred Profane” atReston’s CenterStage.

Dance to Provoke and ChallengeWhere and When

Reston Community Center/CenterStagepresents “Sacred Profane” by Rebollar Dance atthe Hunters Woods Village Center, 2310 ColtsNeck Road, Reston. Performance: Wednesday,April 5, at 8 p.m. Tickets $15-$20. Call 703-476-4500 or visit www.restoncommunitycenter.com

Photos courtesy of the artist

‘Sacred Profane,’ Erica Rebollar in performance.

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Reston Community Center willpresent singer/songwriter/multi-instru-mentalist Raul Midón for a one-nightperformance on March 29 at p.m. at theCenterStage. The Reston audience is infor a treat as his highly anticipated ninthalbum, “Bad Ass and Blind,” debuts onMarch 24 — the same week as hisReston concert. Midón’s new releasepromises to be a smash hit and ourCenterStage performance will be amonghis first for the new music..

South Lakes High School andLangston Hughes Middle School willhost this gifted artist on Tuesday, March28 as part of RCC’s Professional TouringArtist Series Artist-in-Residency pro-gram.

Blind at birth, Raul Midón has beencreatively shattering boundaries withjazz, soul and pop signatures for the lastdecade.

“We selected Raul Midón as our art-ist-in-residence this season because hebrings a singular perspective and style tohis music and a positive message ofovercoming adversity,” said Paul Dou-glas Michnewicz, RCC’s Arts and EventsDirector. “Our goal is to give Reston stu-dents the opportunity to experience thework and background of a musical ge-nius as well as the ability to see multiplepoints of view. Raul’s cultural frame ofreference and his holistic response to hisblindness help students connect and fos-ters respect for our differences.”

The CenterStage is located at RestonCommunity Center Hunters Woods,2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston. Tickets

for the March 29 performance are $15Reston/$20 Non-Reston. In-school resi-dencies are not open to the public.

Visit www.restoncommunitycenter.com.Tickets are available for purchase online (un-til 1 hour before performance) or in personat the Box Office on Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday: 4-9p.m., Saturday: 1-5 p.m., andtwo hours prior to curtain time.

To find the programs or events thatare right for you, visitwww.restoncommunitycenter.com orcall 703-476-4500.

Reston Welcomes Raul Midón to theCenterStage and Local Schools

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Send entertainment announcements towww.connectionnewspapers.com/Calen-dar/. The deadline is noon on Friday.Photos/artwork encouraged.

ONGOINGSlave Life Exhibit. Through March

31, various times at the Sully HistoricSite, 3650 Historic Sully Way,Chantilly. $7 adults, $6 students, and$5 seniors and children age 5-15.Artifacts excavated from aroundSully’s 18th-century slave cabins.Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site/ or call 703-437-1794 for more.

Mosaic Art with Anita Damron.Mondays through April 3, 10 a.m.-1p.m. at ArtSpace Herndon, 750Center St., Herndon. All mosaicmethods taught in this class. $200 +a $50 supplies. Call 703-956-9560 orvisit www.artspaceherndon.com formore.

“No Place Like Home.” Great FallsStudios presents a juried art show onexhibit through April 8 atArtSpaceHerndon, 750 Center St.,Herndon. Visitwww.artspaceherndon.com/ formore.

Ice Skating in the Pavilion 8 a.m.-11 p.m. open daily through March.Skate Shop, 1818 Discovery Street,Reston Town Center. 11900 MarketStreet. Receive $2 off admission withvalid college ID. Live DJ & music,games & prizes; skating continuesuntil 11 pm. Share the ice withScooby-Doo, Cat in the Hat andmore. [email protected]/skating

“A Bird in the Hand.” throughout thespring in Reston Town Square Park,Market St., Reston. See and explorePatrick Dougherty’s monumentalpublic art sculpture made from treesaplings. Presented by GRACE incollaboration with IPAR. Call 703-471-9242 or visit restonarts.org.

All-comers’ Group Fun Run atPotomac River Running.Tuesdays and Thursdays. RestonTown Center, 11900 Market Street,Reston. For beginners or competitiverunners, come out for a fun, low-keyrun that is safe and social. Call 703-689-0999 potomacriverrunning.com.

Over-40 Softball League. A Fairfax-based league is looking for enoughplayers to form another team. Playersmust be at last 40 years of age to beeligible. All games are doubleheaders- played on Sundays at Bready Parkin Herndon between 11 a.m. and 6p.m. If interested, [email protected] for moreinformation.

Teen and Adult Art ClassesArtSpace Herndon Every Mondayfrom 5:30-8:30 p.m. 750 CenterStreet, Herndon. Drawing and MixedMedia with Melanie Stanley - DuringFall and Winter of 2016. Cost: $45/

class. The class will use a variety oftechniques for drawing, painting,mark making, and collage using finearts tools and materials. Students willbe taken down a creative path tolearn to use drawing tools andbrushes more effectively. Register byemailing Melanie, and she will sendyou the supply list and paymentoptions/information:[email protected]. 703-956-9560. www.artspaceherndon.com.

MARCH 17-APRIL 1Emerging Visions: Interactions.

Various times at the Greater RestonArts Center (GRACE), 12001 MarketStreet, Suite 103, Reston. Afterviewing Shih Chieh Huang: SyntheticTransformations, students wereasked to explore differentinterpretations and aspects ofinteractions. The final selections willbe on view in the gallery. Openingreception, March 18, 6-8 p.m. Visitrestonarts.org or call 703-471-9242for more.

THURSDAY/MARCH 23Cabaret Singer. 2:15–3:30 p.m at

Reston Community Center, HuntersWoods, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. Beverly Cosham sings cabaretfavorites. Visitwww.restoncommunitycenter.comfor more.

Go-Kart Opening Benefit. 11 a.m-10p.m. at Dulles Autobahn IndoorSpeedway, 45448 East Severn Way,Suite #150, Sterling. First AutobahnIndoor Speedway in nation with NextGeneration Karts. 50 percent of theday’s sales will be donated to SpecialOlympics Virginia. Visitwww.specialolympicsva.org orwww.AutobahnSpeed.com for more.

Sip, Shop, and Stroll. 7-9 p.m. atReston Town Center, 11900 MarketSt., Reston. Shopping event thatincludes one night only offers, gifts,and giveaways. Free. Visitwww.restontowncenter.com.

FRIDAY/MARCH 24Student’s Short Films. 7-9:30 p.m. at

ArtSpace Herndon, 750 Center St.,Herndon. Nine short films from theFilm and Video Studies curriculum atGeorge Mason University. $20. Call703-956-9560 or visitwww.artspaceherndon.com for more.

Bluegrass Concert. 8 p.m. at HolyCross Lutheran Church, 1090 SterlingRoad, Herndon. Eddie’s wife Marthaadds her vocal talent to the groupand the resulting sound of this trio isa hit, whether singing or playinginstrumentals. $15 children 12 andyounger free. Call 703-435-8377.

SATURDAY/MARCH 25Family Fun Saturdays. Throughout

the day at Fountain Square, RestonTown Center, 11900 Market St,,Reston. Activities include:

❖ Mini Train Rides noon-5 p.m.❖ Caricature Artist, noon-4 p.m.❖ Free Sweet Treats, 1 p.m., while

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❖ Balloon Artist 1-4 p.m.❖ Meet Reston Town Center Mascot,

“Resty” the Dog Visitcornerstonesva.org/rest-on, [email protected], or callCornerstones at 571-323- 9555 formore.

Swim Team Tryouts. 10 a.m.-noon atLife Time Swim, 1757 BusinessCenter Drive, Reston. Open tomembers and non-members, ages5+, Life Time Swim Team is a part ofUSA Swimming and offers weeklypractices, specialized training,

THURSDAY/MARCH 23Go-Kart Opening Benefit. 5 p.m. at Dulles Autobahn

Indoor Speedway, 45448 East Severn Way, Suite #150,Sterling. First Autobahn Indoor Speedway in nationwith Next Generation Karts 50 percent of the day’s saleswill be donated to Special Olympics Virginia. Visitwww.specialolympicsva.org orwww.AutobahnSpeed.com for more.

SATURDAY/MARCH 25Kids’ Trout Fishing Day. 8 a.m.-noon at Sugarland Trail

Stream behind the Herndon Police Station, 397Herndon Parkway. Stream will be well stocked withhundreds of trout. All necessary equipment will beprovided and Trout Unlimited members will help cleanthe fish. Registration is required. Ages 2-12. To register,reserve a fishing rod go to bit.ly/2017TroutFishingDay.Call 703-435-6800, ext. 2106 or [email protected] for more. (Rescheduled from March 18)

Swim Team Tryouts. 10 a.m.-noon at Life Time Swim,1757 Business Center Drive, Reston. Open to membersand non-members, ages 5+, Life Time Swim Team is apart of USA Swimming and offers weekly practices,specialized training, regular competitions and thechance to win awards. Call 571-512-3500 for more.

Prom Dress Giveaway. noon-6 p.m. at RCC Lake Anne,1609-A Washington Plaza, Reston. Reston CommunityCenter will host its Annual Diva Central DressGiveaway, open to anyone interested in a prom dress.Visit www.restoncommunitycenter.com or call 703-476-4500.

MARCH 31–APRIL 2Rings for Spring Bridal Event. Various times by

appointment at Midtown Jewelers, Reston Town Center,11990 Market St. D, Reston. Selection of engagementrings and wedding bands from designers. Specialsavailable only for this weekend. Call 703-707-9663 orvisit midtownjewelers.com for more.

SATURDAY/APRIL 1Swim Team Tryouts. 10 a.m.-noon at Life Time Swim,

1757 Business Center Drive, Reston. Open to membersand non-members, ages 5+, Life Time Swim Team is apart of USA Swimming and offers weekly practices,specialized training, regular competitions and thechance to win awards. Call 571-512-3500 for more.

SATURDAY/APRIL 8Founder’s Day. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lake Anne Plaza, 1609

Washington Plaza N., Reston. A celebration the 53rdanniversary of Reston’s founding. Visitwww.restonmuseum.org/foundersday or call 703-709-7700 for more.

Aqua Egg Hunt. 1:30.m. at Herndon Community Centerpool, 814 Ferndale Ave., Herndon. Children will collectas many floating and sinking eggs as possible in thetime allowed. $10. Open swim at 4 p.m. Visit herndon-va.gov/ for more.

SATURDAY/APRIL 15Egg Hunt. 9:30 a.m. at 777 Lynn St. behind the Herndon

Municipal Building. Story readings, coloring mural,tattoo shack, petting zoo, photo-op with Easter Bunny,instrument “Petting Zoo” brought to you by Bach toRock. $9 in advance or $10 onsite the day of the event.Visit herndon-va.gov/ for more.

SATURDAY/APRIL 29Spring Fling. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Goddard School, 2400

Dulles Town Blvd., Herndon. Pony rides, face painting,balloon twisting, crafts, games, and food. [email protected] or call 703-653-0337for more.

SPRING 2017“A Bird in the Hand.” Various times in Reston Town

Square Park, Market Street, Reston. See and explorePatrick Dougherty’s monumental public art sculpturemade from tree saplings. Presented by GRACE incollaboration with IPAR. Call 703-471-9242 or visitrestonarts.org.

Kids’ Trout Fishing Day, Saturday, March25 from 8 a.m.–noon at Sugarland TrailStream behind the Herndon PoliceStation, 397 Herndon Parkway. Ages 2-12. To register, reserve a fishing rod goto bit.ly/2017TroutFishingDay. Call 703-435-6800 for more.

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Cooking Class. noon-2 p.m. at Il Fornaio, RestonTown Center, 11990 Market St. #106, Reston.Three-course lunch with wine and recipes, $55.Taxes and gratuity not included. [email protected] or call 703-437-5544.

Arts Workshop. 5-6:30 p.m. at Greater RestonArts Center, Reston Town Center, 12001 MarketSt #103, Reston. Studying art post-secondaryschool workshop at GRACE. Free. [email protected] or call 703-471-9242.

SUNDAY/MARCH 26Choral Symphony. 3 p.m. at the Hylton

Performing Arts Center, 10960 George MasonCircle, Manassas. The Reston Chorale and thePiedmont Symphony Orchestra, under the batonof Maestro Glenn Quader, will be performingBeethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the “ChoralSymphony.” Visit www.HyltonCenter.org formore.

Women’s Choral Festival. 4-6 p.m. at theCommunity of Faith United MethodistChurch,13224 Franklin Farm Road, Herndon.Featuring the Oakcrest School Girls ConcertChorus along with piano and string quintet. Call703-620-1977 for more.

TUESDAY/MARCH 28Reston Art Films. 7:30 p.m. at CenterStage,

Reston Community Center, Hunters WoodsVillage Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston.Watch three films by film director RebekahWingert-Jabi, a Peabody Award recipient andReston native. Visit www.publicartreston.org formore.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 29Raul Midón Concert. 8:00 p.m. at the

CenterStage, Reston Community Center,Hunters Woods, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston.Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist playingfrom his ninth album,”Bad Ass and Blind.” $15Reston/$20 Non-Reston.Visit

www.restoncommunitycenter.com for more.

MARCH 31–APRIL 2Rings for Spring Bridal Event. Various times

by appointment at Midtown Jewelers, RestonTown Center, 11990 Market St. D, Reston.Selection of engagement rings and weddingbands from designers. Specials available only forthis weekend. Call 703-707-9663 or visitmidtownjewelers.com for more.

SATURDAY/APRIL 1Watershed Cleanup Day. 8 a.m.–noon at

Runnymede Park, 195 Herndon Parkway.Runnymede Park and Sugarland Run watershedcleanup day and shred. Volunteers should dressfor the weather, wear boots with sturdy soles,and bring work gloves, and there will be a freesecure document shred truck on the premisestoo. Visit tinyurl.com/HerndonCleanup or call703-435-6800 x 2014 for more.

Swim Team Tryouts. 10 a.m.-noon at Life TimeSwim, 1757 Business Center Drive, Reston.Open to members and non-members, ages 5+,Life Time Swim Team is a part of USASwimming and offers weekly practices,specialized training, regular competitions andthe chance to win awards. Call 571-512-3500for more..

SUNDAY/APRIL 2Tidewater Guitar Quartet. 4-6 p.m. at ArtSpace

Herndon, 750 Center St., Herndon. TidewaterGuitar Orchestra members John Boyles, SamDorsey, Todd Holcomb and Cliff Morris haverecently come together with guitars. Call 703-956-6590 for more.

SATURDAY/APRIL 8Founder’s Day. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lake Anne

Plaza, 1609 Washington Plaza N., Reston. Acelebration the 53rd anniversary of Reston’sfounding. Visit www.restonmuseum.org/foundersday or call 703-709-7700 for more.


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By KENNETH B. LOURIEI wouldn’t say I’m forgetting things, but

according to my wife, Dina, I certainly don’tseem to be remembering them, at least as shedoes. Naturally, this “misremembering” couldbe attributed to the condition which likelyaffects many couples who have been over hill,over dale and over many dusty trails in nearly39 years of marriage, as we have. Nevertheless,identifying the condition doesn’t soothe thesavage beast. Another possible/probable expla-nation is the ever-unpopular, recently-con-firmed actual occurrence common to manycancer patients receiving chemotherapy:“chemo brain.”

Even though I’m a veteran of these can-cer/chemo wars apparently doesn’t make meimmune to its harmful effects. Quite the con-trary in fact. Survival is wonderful, but years-long treatment does take its toll. And for a can-cer patient now in his ninth consecutive year oftreatment, the bell tolls for me. Fortunately, Ican still hear the bell. The question is: will Iremember having heard it? I say, absolutely! Mywife says: not so fast.

All kidding aside, I can see this difference ofopinion becoming a problem. At present, I’mnot the least bit (well, maybe a little bit, other-wise; why would I be droning on about it?)concerned about a few of our memories fadingsince I don’t believe that they have. I’minclined to invoke an opposite-GeorgeCostanza here and say it’s her, not me. Not sur-prisingly, my wife will play the part of one ofGeorge’s ex-girlfriends and say it’s definitelyme. So what else is new? Nothing. The ques-tion/worry is: will this become a chronicproblem?

Which in a way is what all us heretofore “te-rminal” cancer patients want. Obviously, a curefor what ails me/others similarly diag-nosed would be ideal, but the more realisticscenario is that one day, cancer will treated as achronic condition, like diabetes, not a terminaldisease as my stage IV, non-small cell lung can-cer was originally characterized by my oncolo-gist on Feb. 27, 2009 (you bet I remember thatdate!). Oh yes, that is a date that will live ininfamy. Unlike Pearl Harbor, however, wherethousands died, and unlike the message deliv-ered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt that sameday, when the sober news was first heard by anation then at war, only three people heardwhat my oncologist said to me that day, andonly my life was at stake, though certainly mywife, Dina and my brother, Richard wereimpacted, even though they weren’t he onesreceiving a grim prognosis.

As Dina and I regularly reminisce about ourlife together, we regularly have different recol-lections. She’s entitled. I’m entitled. Theremight be a right. There might be a wrong. Butwithout Warner Wolf around to “go to thevideotape,” the chance that we’ll remember ashared memory similarly or at all consideringthere’s now almost four decades worth ofstuff is unrealistic, isn’t it? I mean, we’re differ-ent people. We process and store informationdifferently. In fact, I might say, it’s likely a mira-cle if we did actually remember, identically,people, place and things.

The older one gets, the greater the cumula-tive information in our brains and apparently,the less chemical/muscular ability we have toaccess/retrieve all that information. Not remem-bering or remembering differently is nothingmore than the passage of time rearing its uglyhead. Now combine that inevitability with thetoxicity of chemotherapy — and God knowswhat else my cancer is affecting, and what youhave here is a sitting duck. If I were to believetotally in this inevitability or in my wife’s assess-ment, I would say there’s disintegrating hopefor me. But I don’t. I believe in the power ofme. I believe in the power of positive thinkingand in always seeing the bright side — and jok-ing/laughing about all of it. So what if I don’tremember or remember differently, it probablywasn’t worth remembering anyway.

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MONTHLY CAREGIVER GROUPSunrise at Reston Town Center offers a

monthly Caregiver Support Group on the fourthWednesday of the month, 6:30-8:00 p.m.Monthly support group offers a safe place forfamily caregivers, to meet and develop a mutualsupport system and to exchange practicalinformation and possible solutions. Learn aboutresources available in the community and howto manage caregiver related stress. Call 703-956- 8930 or [email protected] to RSVP.

TUESDAY/MARCH 21Transportation Meeting. 7 p.m. in the cafeteria

of Coates Elementary School, 2480 River BirchRoad, Herndon. Fairfax County Department ofTransportation will host two informationalmeetings on the proposed Reston TransportationService District. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot for more.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 29Transportation Meeting. 7 p.m. in the lecture

hall of Hughes Middle School, 11401 RidgeHeights Road, Reston. Fairfax CountyDepartment of Transportation will host twoinformational meetings on the proposed RestonTransportation Service District. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot for more.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 12Medicare 101. 2-2:30 p.m. at the Reston

Community Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. Fairfax County is offering the freeseminar, Medicare 101. Contact Karen Brutschéat 703-390-6157 for more.

ONGOINGExercise for Parkinson’s. Every Monday, 1:15-

2:15 p.m. Reston Sport&Health, 11445 IsaacNewton Square, Reston. This program bringstogether people impacted by Parkinson’s Diseaseto participate in various physical exercises aimedat improving posture, balance and circulationand increasing strength, muscle control andmobility. Free. [email protected] 703-621-4148.

Master Gardener Training. The Fairfax CountyMaster Gardener Association offers plant clinics,home turf training or speakers for homeowner’smeetings. Fees vary. Visit fairfaxgardening.orgor call Dora Lockwood at 401-864-4778.

Over-40 Softball League. A Fairfax-basedleague is looking for enough players to formanother team. Players must be at last 40 years ofage to be eligible. All games are doubleheaders -played on Sundays at Bready Park in Herndonbetween 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. [email protected] for more.

Hypothermia Prevention: An EmergencyProgram for the Homeless. To help ourvulnerable neighbors survive the winter, weprovide overnight shelter with a “no turn-away”policy at all emergency homeless shelters duringfreezing weather. Through the coldest months ofthe winter, we also provide the HypothermiaPrevention Program, a countywide communitynetwork of 45 overnight shelters. Through thisprogram last winter, our nonprofit and faith-based community partners served almost 1,000men and women with a safe, warm place tosleep. If you see someone at night who isunsheltered and you think could be at risk ofhypothermia, call the county’s non-emergencyphone line at 703-691-2131, TTY 711.

Passages Divorce Care. Tuesdays 6:45 to 9:00p.m. beginning Sept.13 through Jan 7. ViennaPresbyterian Church is located on the corner ofMaple Avenue (Rt. 123) and Park Street inVienna, Virginia. Cost to cover materials $20,scholarships available. 703-938-9050,www.viennapres.org, or send an email [email protected]

The Herndon Adult Day Health Care Centerneeds volunteers to assist with fitness activities,arts and crafts, mealtime, entertainment andmuch more. For these and other volunteeropportunities, call 703-324-5406, TTY 711 orvisit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults andclick on Volunteer Solutions.

The Northern Virginia Long Term CareOmbudsman Program needs volunteeradvocates for residents in nursing homes andassisted living facilities. Contact Lisa Callahan at703-324-5861, TTY 711 or [email protected] . Also visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/ltcombudsman/.

Fairfax County needs volunteers to drive olderadults to medical appointments and wellnessprograms. For these and other volunteeropportunities, call 703-324-5406, TTY 711 orvisit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults.

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Herndon Church Hosts Conference on‘Breaking Free Through Forgiveness’More than 700 women attended the Women’s Meeting at Saint JosephCatholic Church in Herndon on Saturday, March 11. The theme of theconference was, Breaking Free Through Forgiveness. “When we insiston holding on to past hurts and sorrows, we are never free. Freedomcomes when we acknowledge the wrong and let go of the hatred,”says Thérèse Bermpohl, Director of the Office for Family Life at theCatholic Diocese of Arlington which is a co-sponsor of the event.Author and Survivor of the Rwandan Genocide, Immaculée Illibagizawas the featured speaker.

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Adam Lind, the project managerfor bicycle, pedestrian and traf-fic safety improvements forFairfax County, brought several

of his colleagues from the Department ofTransportation (FCDOT), including direc-tor Tom Biesiadny, to a community meet-ing on March 16. Armed with enormousaerial maps and a 60-plus slide PowerPointdeck, Lind and company presented pro-posed improvement options for three ma-jor roadways in Reston.

“This is our chance to make some much-needed improvements at no cost to thecounty,” said Lind, referring to the annualrepaving work that is funded and under-taken by the Virginia Department of Trans-portation (VDOT). Different areas aroundthe Commonwealth are singled out eachyear for the projects. “It’s a once in every10-to-15-year cycle and our opportunity toreally re-think the roads for everyone’s use”rather than just paving the potholes.

“Reston is a walking and biking commu-nity,” added Fairfax County SupervisorCathy Hudgins, who was in attendance. Theprojects all fall into Hudgins’ Hunter MillDistrict, and the supervisor stressed theneed to consider the big picture for all roadusers when making these decisions.

The sections under review are:❖ North Shore Drive, Ring Road to Wiehle

Avenue❖ Twin Branches Road – from Lawyers

Road to South Lakes Drive❖ Colts Neck Road, from Reston Parkway

to Sunrise Valley Drive

FOR THE NORTH SHORE project, thecounty offered two options: either keepexisting parking along both sides of the roadbut narrow travel lanes to add bike lanesor shared-lane markings, or to restrict on-street parking to one side of the street fromIvy Oak Square to Wiehle Avenue and addbike lanes in both directions for this sec-tion. From Ivy Oak Square to Ring Road,parking on both sides would once again bepermitted, but the road narrowed for theinclusion of bike-only and shared lanes.

One area resident expressed concernabout either plan, citing that old growthtrees would be removed, harming the aes-thetics of their cluster neighborhood. Park-ing was also a potential problem, since thereis no other place in the cluster for on-streetparking except along North Shore Drive.

The Twin Branches proposal was also metwith some skepticism. A resident from theBeacon Hill community pointed out thatparking is already a serious issue when thereare swim meets at the Lake Audubon pooland any loss of on-street parking wouldexacerbate the problem.

The county’s recommendation to adddedicated turning lanes at the intersectionof Twin Branches and Lawyers roads was

generally well received. At peak travelhours, the back up can extend the entirelength of the road, from Lawyers to SouthLakes Drive, and accidents occur, especiallywhen impatient drivers attempt to goaround vehicles turning south onto TwinBranches from Lawyers.

A traffic light has been requested for thisintersection, but the request remains “inconsideration,” according to Lind, and thebest option for now is to make what im-provements are possible and within thescope of the county’s authority.

Much of the public discussion was in-spired by the proposals for Colts Neck Road.From Reston Parkway to Glade, the plancalls for keeping existing parking, but nar-rowing the lanes — a strategy called a “roaddiet” — to allow for bike lanes.

On the section of Colts Neck from GladeDrive to Colts Neck Court, FCDOT recom-mends the road diet to create a center turnlane, reducing the travel lanes to one in ei-ther direction, adding bike lanes and cross-walks to improve public safety, especiallyby the Hunter Woods shopping center,which sees considerable pedestrian traffic.

Between Colts Neck Court and SunriseValley Drive, the plan would leave the twonorth-bound travel lanes, reduce the southbound to one lane, and add the bike lanes.

Aric Line has been biking the Reston roadsfor years, often travelling to and from workin the Town Center, and often making sev-eral trips per day by bicycle along Colts NeckRoad. He’s not opposed to new bike lanes,but he thinks the focus along this particu-lar roadway should be more about pedes-trians. Line sees this area as dangerous forthose on foot due to lack of lighting, thespeed at which cars travel this stretch, andthe absence of crosswalks.

THE COUNTY answered with studiesshowing that where implemented, the roaddiet plan generally results in reducing thenumber of speeding drivers. The road nar-rowing, coupled with new crosswalks,makes getting across the road safer, withfewer lanes of traffic with which to contend.Lawyers Road and Soapstone Road are themost recent examples of completed roaddiet projects in Reston, and Lind broughtstatistics and highlights of an opinion pollthat indicate that the Lawyers Road diet ishaving the desired effect.

John Farrell, president of the ColonialOaks cluster association along SoapstoneRoad, had several words of caution for thecrew from FCDOT. Driving daily along thestreet in front of his neighborhood resultsin frequent “near death experiences,” saidFarrell, as competing vehicles attempt turns.“Someone has to get out of the way.” Farrellcalls the turn lanes “suicide lanes.” “The waythe road has been re-made, there’s no placeto go.”

Too many left-turn off sets in a shortstretch of road are a real hazard, accordingto Farrell.

A Reston resident since 1984, Farrell isconcerned that what he sees as a “lack ofplanning” will have a negative impact onColts Neck, as well. “You have a lot of eld-erly and a lot of pedestrians moving alongthat road, with an assisted living facility onthe other side of the road coming in thefuture.” Farrell also questioned the safetyof the shifting lanes and markings.

Most of the attendees seemed preparedto accept the roadwork with further modi-fication based on resident input. Some werepleased that the roads would be repavedand re-designed, and not at the county’sexpense. A few, like Farrell, questioned why

adding bike lanes was even a necessity.Farrell said that his research of the

county’s website showed that the numberof bike trips in the area are about .4 per-cent of traffic movement. “But we want torework our roads and bottleneck the trafficby giving up 25 percent of the roads to cy-clists. It just doesn’t make sense.”

The FCDOT plans for Reston were modi-fied from an earlier draft, with changesmade after a public forum held late last year.Lind said that many of the recommenda-tions that they received at that earlier pub-lic engagement were incorporated into thenew draft plans, noting that, after all, “youare the ones who live here and know theseroads best.”

Community meeting solicits resident feedback.

Proposed Reston Road Improvements Presented

John Farrell lives off of Soapstone Road in South Reston, which hasalready received the repaving and road diet redesign. According to theColonial Oaks cluster president, turning on Soapstone leads to frequent“near death experiences.”

Aric Line cycles the roads of Restonto and from work. He’s happy to seemore bike lanes, but wants morefocus on pedestrian safety.

Public Feedback DeadlineThe public feedback period for the revised plans is open through March 31. Comments can

be emailed to [email protected]. Once finalized, road work is slated tobegin this spring. More information, including the slides used at the presentation and all of themaps, are available on the county’s website. Search for “2017 Proposed Hunter Mill StreetDesign Improvements.”

A map showing part of FCDOT’sproposed road improvement plansfor Reston during the state’s sum-mer repaving program. The roadsunder review are Colts Neck andTwin Branches in South Reston,and North Shore on the north sideof the district.

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