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RestonReston WellbeingWellbeingPage 8WellbeingPage 8Concertgoers crowd thepavilion for the bestview of the band duringthe opening night of theReston Concerts on theTown on Saturday.

Reston Town CenterEases Paid ParkingNews, Page 3

A Meal Among NeighborsOpinion, Page 4

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A Meal Among NeighborsOpinion, Page 4

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By Ellen BarkerThe Connection

R eston Concerts on the Townopened Saturday, June 3 witha performance by Landau Eu-gene Murphy Jr. The concert be-gan at 7:30 and ran until 10 p.m.

Listeners at the front of the paviliondanced along to classic numbers includingFrank Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me” and“Fly Me to the Moon.” Landau EugeneMurphy Jr. and his backing instrumental-ists had the crowd nodding and singing

along as the former America’s Got Talentwinner crooned out songs from the GreatAmerican Songbook.

The Concerts on the Town series occursevery Saturday at 7:30 p.m., rain or shine.The band plays under the pavilion on Mar-ket Street, and listeners set up chairs underthe pavilion and around the fountain.

Attendance is free and the music can beheard several blocks away from the pavil-ion. Many people visiting the Town Centeron Saturday nights stop by to enjoy the con-certs. Kyle Allan and Leanne Clarke liveclose to the town center and stopped to lis-

ten. “There’s a lot of people out here,” Allansaid. “It’s enjoyable.” They plan to returnfor later concerts in the series.

“It’s pretty great,” said Kristen Lantzy, whowas attending the concert with TrevorLantzy. “This guy is pretty amazing.” Bothintend to come to future concerts, as theyare frequent visitors to the Town Center.

Some Reston residents are long time at-tendees of the concert series. Sharon Lizamaand her husband Jeff attended the openingconcert on Saturday and look forward tothe coming opportunities to enjoy music inthe Town Center. Lizama attends the series

every year. “It’s good music, it’s fun,” shesaid. She particularly enjoys Motown, whichwill be performed by the final group thisseason, David Akers & the Soul Shakers.

Listeners can look forward to a variety ofgenres this season. The second performanceof 2017 is Hard Day’s Night, a Beatles trib-ute band. Other artists include Matuto, aBrazilian funk band, Flamenco, a Latin fu-sion group, and Love Canon, a bluegrasscover band.

The series runs from June 3 to Aug. 26,with the exception of June 17 for the Tasteof Reston Festival.

Dancers can be seen at the front of the pavilion as the band performs.

Couples take on the dance floor as Landau EugeneMurphy Jr. plays an upbeat tune from the Great Ameri-can Songbook.

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By Fallon ForbushThe Connection

Reston Town Center is now giv-ing patrons who park in its ga-rages the first hour free ofcharge and free parking after 5p.m. The changes went into effect on Mon-day, June 5.

Parking in the garages has always beenfree on weekends and major holidays. How-ever, the new parking policy will make nochanges for street parking, which are onlyfree on Sundays and major holidays.

“Even before we rolled [the paid parkingsystem] out, we made it clear, I think, toour tenants and maybe to a lesser degreeto the community that our intent … was tolook at a number of factors … related tothe impact of having the paid parking modelin Reston Town Center,” said PeterJohnston, executive vice president of Bos-ton Properties, which owns and managesthe buildings in the town center.

There were several factors that promptedthe changes, according to Johnston.

“It has to do with how many people arecoming to the center, how long they stay atthe center and what the impact is to ourtenants, etcetera,” he said. “It’s a wholecombination of those things.”

While Johnston acknowledged that someof the merchants in the town center startedexperiencing revenue drops after the paidsystem was initiated in January, he also saidthat other tenants in the town center areexperiencing flat and even increased salesand that the parking system is not to beblamed entirely for shortcomings of strug-gling merchants.

“We monitor sales year over year, andthere are numerous tenants who, just be-cause of what is going on in the broaderretail market, whose sales have been goingdown for a number of years,” he said.

Part of the public feedback also promptedBoston Properties to install new cash ma-chines adjacent to the kiosks in garages sopeople can break larger bills down to exactchange when paying with cash.

This summer, Boston Properties will alsobe making upgrades to the payment kiosksthat will allow patrons to swipe credit cardsto initiate parking sessions. Currently, pa-trons must enter their credit card informa-tion manually.

Fallston Group, which represents BostonProperties, issued this statement:

“Based on a study of traffic patterns andbehaviors as well as retailer input, BostonProperties identified that one hour of freeparking and free parking after 5 p.m. wouldaddress the primary concerns expressed bythe community while still supporting theoriginal goals of paid parking: protectingthe parking rights of RTC tenants and visi-tors and augmenting revenue dedicated tocommunity reinvestment.”

SOME CRITICS were pleased, but mostsaid they wanted more.

“This is a step in the right direction,” said

Aaron Gordon head of the RestonMerchant’s Association and owner of Gor-don Food Group, which operates the RedVelvet Cupcakery on Democracy Drive in thetown center.

“We would like Reston Town Center tooffer three hours free parking at all times,which would end the controversy entirely,”he said. “Ultimately, our customers will de-cide if the recent concessions are enough.I’m very hopeful they are.”

Other paid parking opponents chimed in.“Progress was made with the announce-

ment of changes coming to the Reston TownCenter paid parking system,” said SuzanneZurn, who organized a Change.org petitionthat garnered nearly 10,000 signatures op-posing the paid parking system.

“The community welcomes Boston Prop-erties’ realization that free parking hoursare needed and we look forward to learn-ing more about the upgrades to the park-ing kiosks,” she said

But she also wants to see more free hoursduring the week.

“A two- to three-hour free period duringthe day would have done more to alleviatethe barriers and the community anger,” shesaid.

Gordon is taking the announcement as avictory for the merchants and their custom-ers. Still, he plans on regrouping with hisassociation to discuss whether the towncenter is doing enough to meet their de-mands.

Gordon, Zurn and hundreds of others whoopposed Reston Town Center’s paid park-ing scheme marched in a “Park Free RTC”protest march on Saturday, March 4. Thedemonstration organizers had specific de-mands for Boston Properties:

❖ reduce the hourly parking rates or givepatrons the first hour or two free; and

❖ provide free parking after 5 p.m. onweekdays.

“We see this as a victory for our groupand our customers,” he said. “But, we willregroup in the next two weeks to discuss ifwe think Reston Town Center is doingenough.”

One of the main arguments Boston Prop-erties has used to defend its decision toimplement a paid parking system was toprotect its tenants’ parking spots frompeople who were abusing the spots as a dropoff point for their commutes on public tran-sit.

However, the Silver Line of the Metrorail

will take years before it is operational nearthe town center.

“We know from past experience, it takesa while to change people’s behaviors,”Johnston said. “The metro is well underconstruction and, in our view, it would havelikely been as big an issue if not worse ifwe just put it in place the day the Metroopened and didn’t give people an opportu-nity to kind of get acclimated to it.”

Johnston also said that people workingand attending daytime meetings at theHyatt Regency Reston hotel on PresidentsStreet in the town center were taking ad-vantage of the free and private parking ga-rages that are meant for patrons instead ofusing the hotel’s parking garage, whichcharges a fee.

Those living in condominiums or apart-ments within the town center or nearby thetown center were also opting not to buyparking spots and instead taking advantageof the garages, he said.

“These are real business issues for us,whether people want to acknowledge themor not,” Johnston said. “Which is to say, Ihave hundreds of leases throughout thetown center and millions of square feet ofspace. Those leases all obligate me to pro-vide and make parking available to thosetenants.”

THE RESTON CITIZENS ASSOCIA-TION has weighed in.

“We seem to have made some progresswith Boston Properties in response to themassive public outcry as well as the dam-age inflicted on businesses by the rollout ofpaid parking,” said Sridhar Ganesan, presi-dent of the RCA. “While free evenings mayalleviate the situation a little for RTC mer-chants, restaurants and visitors, it is notenough. One hour free is not going to besufficient for day-time shoppers, visits toRTC for special events — which will onlyincrease during the summer — meetingsand lunches.”

The smartphone application that RTCencourages patrons to use to pay for theirparking sessions continues to be a point ofcontention.

“The awkward parking validation andparking app have not changed and the con-fusion about street versus garage parkingremains,” Ganesan said.

Johnston assures that the changes arestraightforward.

“If you come after 5 o’clock, you don’tneed to do anything,” he said. “It’s as if thesystem isn’t on.”

But patrons will not be able to ditch theircars for the night free of charge because thesystem will turn back on at 3:30 a.m., ac-cording to Johnston. And if you park be-fore 5 p.m. during the week, you still muststart a parking session, even if you plan onstaying for an hour or less.

“You’re not charged until you actually endthe session,” Johnston said. “If you start thesession and leave after 45 minutes … youclose that session out and you’re nevercharged.”

Reston Town Center Eases Paid Parking

On Saturday, March 4, protesters march past a Reston Town Centerparking garage sign that displayed more than 1,600 vacant parkingspaces in the garages — which are free on Saturdays and Sundays.

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On June 13, every Virginia voterhas the opportunity to vote in thePrimary Election to choose thecandidates for their chosen partyfor governor and lieutenant governor.

Ralph Northam and Tom Perriello are vyingto be the Democratic nominee for governor.

Ed Gillespie, Cory Stewartand Frank Wagner are seekingthe Republican nomination forgovernor.

For lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, GeneRossi and Susan Platt are seeking the Demo-cratic nomination.

Bryce Reeves, Glenn Davis Jr. and Jill Vogelcompete for the Republican nomination forlieutenant governor.

In Fairfax County, there are primaries for

Democrats in two delegate seats as well, thethe 67th District and the 42nd.

In the 67th, three Democrats, John Carey,Karrie Delaney and Hannah Risheq face off forthe right to run against incumbent Del. JimLeMunyon (R).

In the 42nd, long-time Del. Dave Albo (R) isgiving up his seat; two Democrats and threeRepublicans are seeking to be on the Novem-ber ballot to replace him. The Democrats, TillyBlanding and Kathy Tran, will appear on theprimary ballot.

The Republican candidate for the 42nd Dis-trict will be chosen by GOP party canvass onJune 10 at South County Middle School, 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Eligible voters of the 42nd dis-trict will choose between Steve Adragna,Michael Drobnis and Lolita Mancheno-Smoak.

The filing deadline for independent and non-primary party nominees is June 13 at 7 p.m.for the November general election.

For in person absentee voting, availablethrough June 10, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/absentee.htm. For more informationon voting in Fairfax County including sample

ballots, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/upcoming.htm

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Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, and onceagain the Connection will publish a gallery ofFather’s Day photos. Every year at this time,the Connection puts out the call for photo-graphs of fathers and their children, grandfa-thers and their children and grandchildren.

Send in photos with the following informa-tion: the town where you live, the names ofeveryone in the picture, the approximate datethe picture was taken, the ages of the childrenand a sentence or two about what is happen-ing and where the photograph was taken. Besure to tell us your town name and neighbor-hood. Photos are due by June 12.

You can submit your photos online atwww.connectionnewspapers.com/fathersday.You can also email photos [email protected].

Vote On or Before June 13In-person absenteevoting continuesthrough June 10.

Editorial

By Andrea WorkerThe Connection

Traditionally speaking, thereporter wanders the pe-rimeters of an event, thendashes in to get the scoop with akey subject, a quote or two andmaybe a photo. Then it’s back tothe sidelines to scout out the nextnewsworthy moment.

There were cer-tainly a lot of tradi-tions being ob-served at theRamadan Iftar din-

ner at Fairfax County GovernmentCenter on May 31, organized bythe American Turkish FriendshipAssociation (ATFA) and hosted byBoard of Supervisors ChairmanSharon Bulova — but the reporteras pure observer was not one ofthem.

Instead, demonstrating the spiritof friendship that ATFA seeks topromote, this reporter was“adopted” for the event by the Kilicfamily of Vienna — father Erdal,mother Emine, daughter Yasemin,and son Cemal, who have been inthe country since 2015. While the

actual assignment was attendedto, with interviews, photographsand hasty scribbling of highlightsfrom speeches, in between it all,however, Ermine kept urging“come, sit down with us, eat” asshe pointed to the plate she hadput together for the new “familymember.”

THE EVENING marked the thirdtime that Fairfax County officialshave hosted the joint communityoutreach. The Iftar is the eveningmeal when Muslims end theirdaily fast at sundown during theholy month of Ramadan. After abrief introduction and some in-sight into the meaning ofRamadan by Zeynap Cakmak ofClifton, Bulova welcomed the hun-dred-or-so attendees, comprising

all ages, ethnicities, and religiousbeliefs.

Citing “our diversity as thegreatest asset in Fairfax Countyand what truly makes us special,”Bulova said it was “appropriate”to host the dinner at the Govern-ment Center. “This is the gather-ing place for our community andwe welcome all of our neighborshere.”

Iman Mehmet Ayaz of the Insti-tute of Islamic-Turkish Studies inFairfax, thanked Bulova and thecounty for “making us feel in-cluded. These days it is extrameaningful to be welcomed andmade comfortable, here at the cen-ter of our government.” Ayazadded that having such a diversegroup at the Iftar dinner reflected

Chairman Sharon Bulova enjoys the offerings at theRamadan dinner with (left) Mustafa Akpinar, CEO withthe Rumi Forum for Interfaith Dialogue and InterculturalUnderstanding and (right) Emre Celik, president withRumi, organizers of the event.

The Kilic family of Vienna, from left, Cemal, Erdal,Yasemine and Emine, at the American Turkish FriendshipAssociation Ramadan Iftar dinner at the GovernmentCenter.

A Meal Among NeighborsAmerican Turkish FriendshipAssociation and County dinetogether for Ramadan.

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By John LovaasReston Impact Producer/Host

On June 13, we have two reallyimportant elections in Vir-ginia. They are important be-cause they are the Democratic and Re-publican primaries to select their candi-dates for Governor, Lt. Governor andAttorney General — the top elec-tive offices in the Commonwealth.Because they are primaries, onlyabout 5 percent of those eligible tovote are likely to turn out, and they are unlikely tobe representative of all Virginians. Primary voterstend to be hard core, i.e., rabid tea party Republi-cans and liberal Democrats.

For purposes of this short column, I’m focusing onthe Lt. Governor races. The race for Governor is get-ting enough media attention, and I have had con-tact with five of the six Lt. Governor candidates —three Republicans and three Democrats (all but JillVogel). I actually find the Republican contest mostinteresting because of a very nasty clash betweenfrontrunner and leading fundraiser state Sen. JillHoltzman Vogel and her former state senate “friend”Bryce Reeves. In late 2016, a rumor circulated inRepublican circles that Reeves had an affair with acampaign aide. Reeves denied the rumor, claimed itcame from the Vogel camp. The former police of-ficer said he’d traced calls and electronic messagesto a Vogel phone and a neighbor’s computer. Chargesand countercharges are still moving glacially in thecourts.

All three candidates are conservatives, all stressmaking Virginia better for business. Reeves is themost extreme. He told me on Reston TV that any

adult should be able to buy as many fire-arms of any kind as his heart desired,except convicted felons. He loves theRyan/Trump health care plan, andwould have immigration status checkedon anyone stopped by police. When Italked with the third candidate, Del.Glenn Davis, he said he had jointly spon-sored legislation to allow “temporary

expansion” of Medicaid, but backedoff when pummeled by Republicancolleagues. He would limit accessto guns for those with serious men-

tal illness. Vogel’s positions are largely in lockstepwith the others, except she insists she wants stron-ger ethics rules on the uses of campaign cash!

The three Democrats running in the June 13 pri-mary are: Justin Fairfax, Susan Platt, and Gene Rossi.Fairfax and Rossi are lawyers, both with experienceas Assistant State Attorneys— the latter for 27 years.Ms. Platt has worked as senior staff to Joe Biden andother prominent Democrats. Unlike the Republicancandidates, all three Democrats are Northern Virgin-ians and none have held elective office. The Demscall for tax fairness and more, better paying jobs. Allare solidly liberal and refuse money from DominionPower, leading a movement to break its strangleholdon Virginia’s legislative assembly.

At 38, Justin Fairfax is the frontrunner, with en-dorsements of the Party establishment, twice as muchin the campaign till as his opponents. Four years ago,Fairfax lost a primary by an eyelash to now AttorneyGeneral Mark Herring. I was impressed not only withhis progressive credentials but also his thoughtfulapproach to issues. I even got the sense this manmight well be capable of working on innovative so-lutions with Republicans!

Picking a Lieutenant Governor in Virginia

Independent Progressive

By Kenneth R. “Ken”Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

The Virginia General As-sembly will celebrate its400th anniversary in acouple of years making it thelongest-running representativelegislative body in this hemi-sphere.

Although not much haschanged in the basic proceduresof lawmaking with committeesand structured floordebate, over the cen-turies there have beenadaptations to the times as thelegislature has sought to bestserve those it represents. Mostrecently the biggest changeshave been to the housing of thelegislative functions.

For those interested in details,here is a summary of the majorchanges — past and present.The General Assembly in 2004abandoned Mr. Jefferson’s Capi-tol for the first time since theCivil War to give the place amajor renovation that wouldkeep it standing and expand itssize underground so as to nottake away from its iconic exte-rior.

For that renovation, the legis-lature moved to the former statelibrary whose upstairs had beenrenovated to be the Governor’sOffice but whose reading roomsdownstairs had been left intactand became very efficiently theHouse of Delegates and Senatechambers for several sessions.

Meanwhile the offices of leg-islators in the General AssemblyBuilding (GAB) have beencrumbling asbestos explainingthe white dust that periodicallyappeared on the furniture. Leg-islating should not be consid-ered hazardous duty, at least ina physical sense, nor should fail-ing plumbing and heating andcooling systems cause delays inthe work of the legislature.

For decades, the Life InsuranceCompany of Virginia had occu-pied the building before itmoved to an office park in thesuburbs and sold its aging build-ing to the Commonwealth. Thebuilding is currently being de-molished, and a new officebuilding will be constructed inits place with a parking garageacross the street. That will begood news for those who wantto participate in the legislativeprocess but have been prevented

from doing so becausethey simply could notfind a place to park.

The last act of legislators thispast session was to pack our-selves up for a move downRichmond’s Capitol Hill to thePocahontas Building, formerly inprivate hands as the State Plant-ers Bank of Commerce and TrustBuilding, where we will havetemporary but nice and asbestos-free offices for several yearswhile the new building will beconstructed.

The Pocahontas Building wasavailable to us as the AttorneyGeneral and his staff who hadoffices there have recently relo-cated to the Barbara JohnsBuilding, formerly the HotelRichmond and later state offices,just across the street from wherethe new General Assembly Build-ing will be.

Regardless of whether youchose to follow all that, the goodnews is that when you come toRichmond you will be muchmore likely to find a convenientplace to park, and you will be ina safer setting.

With our physical surround-ings taken care of, now we needto go to work on bringing thelegislative process up to date bymaking it more transparent andresponsive.

Maybe a significant anniver-sary and a change in workingenvironment should be viewedas a time to start anew.

Starting Anew

Commentary

To the Editor:As a young mother, one of my

daily worries is about my abilityto provide my daughter with thenecessities of life. That’s why I’mso concerned about the rapid riseof prescription drug prices in theUnited States. Drastic price spikesare putting life-saving medicationout of the reach of people whoneed it the most. It’s true thatpharmaceutical companies haveproduced medications and have

improved and saved lives. Thesemedications required years of ex-pensive research and developmentand I am incredibly grateful fortheir time and effort. But, it’stroublesome when drug compa-nies raise prices drastically andalmost overnight — after theyhave already recouped their costs.

While there is much disagree-ment about the future ofhealthcare in our country, the needto act to lower the prescription

drug prices has vast support. I urgeVirginia’s Members of Congress towork together to tackle this grow-ing issue by speeding up the ap-proval of generic drugs by theFood and Drug Administration.Their bipartisan leadership willincrease competition to lowerprices and ensure patients con-tinue to have access to the medi-cation they need to stay healthy.

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p.m. at 845 Station St., Herndon. TheCloset sponsors sale for decorating orsprucing up the home and yard withan inventory of books on gardening,art, interior design, cooking andhome improvement, as well as aselection of prints and paintings forsale. Proceeds benefit The Closetcollege scholarship fund for localstudents. [email protected] for more.

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Friday at Scrawl Books, 11862Market St. Reading stories forchildren. Visit www.scrawlbooks.comfor more.

SATURDAY/JUNE 17Taste of Reston. noon-11 p.m. at

11900 Market St., Reston. GreaterReston Chamber of Commercepresents this outdoor food festivalfeaturing two days of samplings fromthe region’s eateries, live music, beerand wine gardens, and much more.Free admission; tasting ticketspurchased on site or in advance atrestontaste.com. Call 703-707-9045or visit restontaste.com.

SUNDAY/JUNE 18Brass Quintet Concert. 7-8 p.m.

Reston Town Park, Reston TownSquare Park Corner of Market andExplorer streets. A performance ofselections spanning nearly 400 yearsfrom Handle, Debussy, and Sousa, toLeonard Bernstein and Fats Waller.Presented by Reston CommunityCenter and Reston Town CenterAssociation. Free. Visitrestoncommunitycenter.com.

JUNE 24-25SoccerFest. Various times at Lake

Fairfax Park, 1400 Lake FairfaxDrive, Reston. Full weekend of soccercompetition. call 703-471-5414.


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By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Having been a cancer “diagnosee” now foreight years and exactly three months — as I sitand type on May 27, 2017, a lifetime consider-ing the original “13 month to two-year” prog-nosis I was given on February 27, 2009, I havelearned much about cancer that I didn’t know.In fact, I’ve learned everything about cancer Iknow now because previously I knew nothing.Growing up I heard/experienced very littleabout cancer. My parents were healthy as wasmy immediate family (aunts, uncles, cousins).

And even though I spent many Sundays withmy parents visiting my grandparents in nursinghomes, the diseases/afflictions I rememberhearing most about were diabetes, Parkinson’s,Leukemia and high cholesterol. Never canceror any condition that I associated with cancer. Irealize now how lucky we all were. I wouldn’tsay I took good health for granted, but I mighthave taken it as a given. Not any more.

Everyday I wake up, as my father used tosay, is a good day; and ever since I was diag-nosed in early 2009, most days — all thingsconsidered, and I do consider all things, havebeen good days. I have been extraordinarilyfortunate in how my body and mind hasreacted to being diagnosed with a “terminal”disease: non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV.Rarely have I ever gone one step forward andthen two steps backward.

Oh sure, the early hairless days of heavy-duty chemotherapy (infused for six hours everythree weeks) were challenging, but it was aprocess I had to endure — so far as I knew (Iknow a bit more now and there are manymore choices/protocols than ever before).

It reminds me of a long-ago M*A*S*H epi-sode in which “Hawkeye” met a South Koreanwoman after she drove — a Cadillac — into the4077th. She needed medical help for her fam-ily. Col. Potter ordered “Hawkeye” to returnwith the woman back to her home.Begrudgingly he went along, mistakenly think-ing she felt a sense of entitlement. After a shorttime treating her family he learned how wronghe had been. Later that day, “Hawkeye” sawthe woman walking up a nearby trail carryingbuckets of water on a pole. When he askedher why she was doing that (getting the waterthat way, from wherever); she replied:“Because that’s where the water is.” It struckhim — and apparentl — it struck me, too. As acancer patient/survivor, that has always beenmy approach/attitude. “Next man up,” a com-mon sports refrain; no excuses, keep movingforward.

Over the years, I have met many cancerpatients; at the Infusion Center, at conferences,at work and at play. And I may be biased (no‘maybes’ about it), but I have to say, we’re afairly hearty and resilient bunch. Getting diag-nosed with a terminal disease — frequently outof the blue, is not exactly the stuff of whichdreams are made. Quite the contrary.

Nevertheless, many of the cancer patientsI’ve met seemed to have faced their demonsand are standing tall against the worst kind ofadversity. Bette Davis is often credited with thequote: “Old age is not for sissies.” Well, neitheris cancer. It seems to be for everybody, every-where. Unfortunately, cancer is an indiscrimi-nate, equal opportunity destroyer; all ages, allraces, all ethnic groups, all populations.

According to “Medical News Today,” “Onein two people will develop cancer in their life-times.” So getting cancer is either a matter oftime, inevitable or a random-type miracle if itdoesn’t affect you. For many of us who’ve beenaffected already, we’ve come to learn that can-cer isn’t the automatic death sentence it used tobe, especially for us lung cancer patients. Theresearch dollars and enthusiasm going intodefeating this scourge are at their most signifi-cant in decades, perhaps ever.

Now is not the time to give up hope. It’stime to embrace it.

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Neighborsthe “true spirit of Ramadan.”In addition to the chairman, representa-

tives from all branches of county law en-forcement and safety agencies and other de-partments were on hand to show theirneighborly support. Supervisor John Foust(D-Dranesville) was also in attendance, aswere Del. Vivian Watts (D-39), Del. MarkSickles (D-43), and deputy county execu-tive for public safety, David Rohrer.

Watts, who was hosted by a local familyduring a 2008 visit to Turkey, said it was“so sad what is happening in that extraor-dinary place.” With the tensions and unrestin their native country, and the spike in anti-Muslim sentiment that many Turkish immi-grants have faced in their new homeland,Watts is saddened that many “must feel likeno place is home. That’s why it is all themore important to be here as part of thebridge to connect people.”

Mustafa Akpinar, CEO of the Rumi Forumand an organizer of the event, agreed thatof late “it seems like we are all on doubleshifts on our mission to be part of the com-munity, but we love diversity and we cel-ebrate it.”

Back to the Kilic table, where Emine care-fully described each of the delicacies thatshe had picked out for my enjoyment, whilestill telling me that she, too, worries aboutthe state of affairs in Turkey. “But we are soglad to be here, where things are so pos-sible.”

Cemal, a smiling and anything-but-shy11-year-old, was happy to talk about a widerange of subjects; why we are gathered here— “to better learn to communicate witheach other” to cars — “Sorry, I am more forLamborghini than Ferrari.”

Yasemin spent her first year here study-ing primarily in Turkish while she perfectedher English — which seemed pretty perfectalready. The 16-year-old student at OaktonHigh School is exploring the paths her fu-ture might hold. “I like math, for sure, butlately I am thinking about politics, or thelaw, something that I can do to help every-one have a better life.” She also loves towrite — “I am working on a book” — sojournalism is also a possibility.

ALL AROUND US, people were talking,laughing, and just getting to know eachother a little better. The Imam’s call toprayers after the meal was the only pause.The gathering continued for many, onceeveryone had come back together.

Time to go and actually write the story,despite pleas from Emine, Yasemin andCemal (dad Erdal was off meeting and min-gling with other groups) to stay a bit longerand chat.

Duty calls, but not before receiving aninvitation to attend a Turkish cooking classwith Emine and a class in Ebru, the tradi-tional Turkish “marbling” art form withYasemin.

No regrets on breaking with journalistictradition on this one occasion, and learn-ing some new ones with a room full ofneighbors.


By Marilyn Campbell

While sustaining an injury isn’t onanyone’s list of fitness goals, arecent study by the Center forInjury Research and Policy shows an in-crease in gym-related injuries in recentyears. Corrective exercise is among thestrategies for recovering from workout-re-lated injuries, but fitness experts are alsoemphasizing prevention.

“Generally speaking, at some point it’sgood following an injury to perform cor-rective exercises to rehab injured muscles,”said Joel Martin, Ph.D., Exercise, Fitnessand Health Promotion Graduate Programcoordinator and assistant professor of Ki-nesiology at George Mason University.

“Depending on the stage of the healingprocess the exercises may focus on gettingblood flowing to the injured area, regain-ing strength in injured muscle or correct-ing poor movement patterns that contrib-uted to the injury.”

One of the most common causes of sportsor workout related injuries is performingan exercise incorrectly, says Martin. “You

should take the time to learn proper formand seek the help of an exercise professionalfor advice as to how to perform various ex-ercises,” said Martin. “Investing the time tolearn how to move well at the beginning ofan exercise program will pay off in the longrun.”

Failing to do warm-up exercises before aworkout and increasing the intensity of theexercise too quickly — either within theexercise session or across multiple exercisesessions — are among the leading causesof workout injury, says Martin. Not follow-ing safety procedures is another.

“Some of the most serious exercise inju-ries happen from not using common sense,”he said. “These can come in a variety offorms, but may be due to trying to showoff, not wearing proper shoes or equipmentfor the exercise mode, exercising in unsafeenvironments, or not using a spotter forheavy lifts.”

Even with safety measures in place,Parker Bryant, a personal trainer based inBethesda, Md., tells his clients that injuriescan happen, even to the most cautious ath-letes. “For many common injuries, especiallya muscle that’s sore because it’s been over-used, I usually advise clients to apply icefor about 20 minutes several times a day toreduce any swelling and to rest the injuredbody part,” he said.

For those dedicated to fitness, being toldto rest can be hard to hear, says GeoffRobison of Custom Kinetics in McLean, buthe says that it is possible to be active whilerecovering from an injury. “One of the hard-est things for a runner with an injury to hearis that they have to stop running,” Robisonsaid. “But one of the worst things you cando when you have an injury is lay downand not move. Movement, when done prop-erly, can be very healing. It can bring bloodflow and realign your body.”

Exercise can be used to help heal someworkout or sports related injuries, saysRobison. “Everyone who walks in our doorgets taken through an assessment,” he said.“Whether it’s low back pain, a knee prob-lem or shoulder pain, we find the root causeof the problem.”

Once the problem is identified, Robisonand his team of trainers work to create anexercise program that is designed to de-crease pain and build fitness.

One example that he uses to explain histherapeutic strategy is knee pain, which hesays is one of the injuries he sees most of-ten in clients. He observes the client’s move-ments to help determine the cause of theproblem. “Maybe it’s coming from the foot,because the foot is not strong enough, soyour knees cave in when you squat,” he said.“Maybe your glutes [gluteal muscles] areweak or maybe your quads [quadriceps] areweak. Strengthening these muscles can helpstabilize the leg and help relieve knee pain.”

Robison builds an exercise regimen thatis designed to address a specific issue orinjury. “One exercise that I might use is theclam shell where clients lie down on theirside and open and close their knees,” hesaid. “When it’s a case of muscle overuse, Imight use a foam roller or resistance bandsto loosen and strengthen the muscles.”

Bryant says that an injury can be an op-portunity to try a new type of workout. “Forexample, if you’re a runner, but your kneesare bothering you, stop running for a whileand try swimming to give your knees a rest,”he said. “After you’re been pain-free formore than a week, you’re probably healed.When you do return to your normal exer-cise routine, don’t dive in with the sameintensity as before your injury. Graduallywork your way back so that you don’treinjure yourself.”

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