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NewsGreat Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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See Making, Page 7

See Viewpoints, Page 6

By Jean T. Jianos

The Connection

Did you know that the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors proclaimed 2010the “Year of Appreciation of OlderAdults,” or that, five years ago, the Board

of Supervisors developed a “50+ Action Plan” to pre-pare for the anticipated, dramatic increase in the olderadult population within Fairfax County? The Great Falls

Citizens Association (GFCA) has undertaken an effortto raise awareness of what county leaders and localorganizations are doing, and of the resources that areavailable, to assist older adults and caregivers so thatolder adults can “Age in Place.” In support of that out-reach effort, the GFCA hosted a Town Hall meeting onTuesday, April 19, organized by the Seniors Task Team,a GFCA subcommittee that is focused on senior ser-vices

Aging in Great FallsGFCA Town Hall Meeting presents services for seniors.

Linda Fernald, Acting Co-Chair of the GFCA subcommittee, Seniors TaskTeam, introduces the panelists (left to right): Barbara H. Sullivan, Execu-tive Director, Mount Vernon At Home; Brent DeRobertis, Convener,Housing Committee, “Aging in Reston;” Bill Kirby, Vice Chair, Board ofDirectors, Shepherd Centers of America; Cheryl Laferty, Coordinator,Adult Services, Department of Neighborhood and Community Services;and Sharon Lynn, Acting Director, Department of Family Services, FairfaxAgency on Aging.

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) listening to closing remarks byWayne Foley, Great Falls resident and builder; Chair of GFCA subcommit-tee, Seniors Task Team.

Viewpoints

GFCA Town Hall Meeting on SeniorIssues: What Do Citizens Say?

— Jean Jianos

Maddie McCabe,Retired, Lives in Great Falls“My husband and I want to age inplace.”

Gene McCabe,Retired:“The presentation was excellent.”

Ed Behrens,Retired corporate executive,Photographer, Great Falls Studio artist“Senior issues are being recognized andare finding their place among a numberof issues that are key to the broadercommunity interest of Great Falls.”

Scott Maguire,Owner of Always Best Care of Fairfax,provider of Senior Services,Lives in Reston“It was interesting to learn about theefforts being made in Great Falls to sup-port older adults and to hear about whatis being done in other parts of FairfaxCounty. It is up to the residents of GreatFalls to determine the model [of support]that will best fit their needs.”

Peggy Rowell, Executive Director,Great Falls Assisted Living residences foradults with Alzheimer’s/dementia inHerndon“Supporting the local community is keyfor all businesses. The Great Falls CitizensAssociation is here today, dedicated tohelping this community develop a viablesenior program. This meeting is a greatstart! I am looking forward to workingfurther with this [GFCA, Senior Services]task team.”

Patricia Rohrer, Facilitator,Long Term Care Coordinating Council,Fairfax County Health Department“Among other Aging in Place models,the Center Without Walls [partnershipbetween Fairfax County and interestedresidents that helps older adults stayactive and engaged in their community]might be a good fit for Great Falls.”

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Thelma’s ice cream andcountry store was, forfifty years, a focalpoint in the Great Falls

community. She lovingly tendedthe store and customers with bothfood and wisdom until she died in2001 at 86 years old. ThelmaFeighery never heard the catchphrases “aging in place” or “tsu-nami of seniors” that refer to themass of retiring baby boomers inAmerica but she was the type ofwoman who would take care ofher neighbors.

It is in many ways fitting thatcivic leaders and business leadersare joining together to create astate of the art retirement commu-nity on the very tract of land thatonce contained the store and herhome. Brightview Senior Living isin the process of developing theproperty into a senior living facil-

ity with 90 apartments. Officialshope the complex will be opera-tional in 2012 and expect it to fillup quickly.

“Great Falls has changed in thelast 10 years. Senior living is im-portant and people want their par-ents closer to them when they re-tire,” said long time businessowner and resident Mike Kearney.“People living in Great Falls lovethe community and want to stayhere. Options are being proposedto keep the heart beat of the com-munity here,” he said.

Brightview has the backing ofthe Great Falls Citizens Association(GFCA). “Basically, the board likedtheir ideas and plans. Theychanged their plans to make itmore consistent with the area,”said GFCA president Jackie Taylor.Brightview’s plans currently callfor 64 assisted living apartmentsand 26 Alzheimer’s care apart-ments. Brightview s Director ofMarketing, Tricia Ourand, saidthey are working with officials in

Great Falls to create a facility thatblends as much as possible into thetown. “We want it to resemble andlook in the family with the archi-tecture in the vicinity. We will re-flect the residential flavor of thatneighborhood,” Ourand said.

THE RETIREMENT COMMU-NITY would be built on the landat 10200 Colvin Run Road, oppo-

site the more than 100 year oldColvin Run Dance Hall. Thelma’sheld the “honorary” designation ofbeing on the Fairfax County Inven-tory of Historic Places, until it wasdemolished in July 2007. It’s a des-ignation that offers no official sta-tus or protections.

Some residents are resigned tothe coming development but notexcited. “I think about what else

could go in there. Anything’s bet-ter than a strip mall. That areadoesn’t need another mall. I hopeit’s tastefully developed and thearchitects, the citizens associationwork to fit it in to what used to bea historic area,” said David Olin, aColvin Run resident and formerofficer with the GFCA.

Thelma’s at Night - Thelma’s always seemed to look better at night since it was such acollection of stuff and signs around the front of the place.

Thelma’s RevisitedBeloved Great Falls store site beingdeveloped into a senior residence.

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Hosted by Grammy-winningsinger and producer DonnieMcClurkin, the series will film inNew York City and premiere inJuly for 10 consecutive weeks. Thewinner will be chosen from amongthe finalists during a live-telecastfinale in September aboard theUSS Intrepid.

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GFCA Town Hall Meeting on SeniorIssues: What Do Citizens Say?

— Jean Jianos

Beverly Rice, Retired,Great Falls“I am planning for future needs. Thisprogram gave an excellent summary ofexisting services for those wishing to agein their own homes.”

The Very Rev. Penelope Bridges, Rector,St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls“It is critical that we provide services forour elders so that Great Falls doesn’t loseits living history.”

Robin Rentsch,Retired from environmental work,Co-chair, GFCA Environment,Parks & Trails Committee“The issues for seniors have not yet beenaddressed. This is just the beginning.Initially a farming community, as thepopulation of Great Falls has increased,residents have become more isolated. Theprogram helped answer the question,‘What are the options [for aging inplace]?’ [Not being able to age in place]would require a change of lifestyle. Ourcommunity is really who I am.”

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for Great Falls and chaired by local builderand Great Falls resident, Wayne Foley.

SUPERVISOR JOHN FOUST (D-Dranesville) framed the discussion in hisremarks: “Here in Fairfax County we areusing a collaborative approach, workingwith communities to help them find theright solutions for themselves. . . . We arefortunate that, here in Great Falls, the GreatFalls Citizens Association has already begunthe search for those solutions.”

Nancy Carter and Pam Cooper are GreatFalls residents who have aging parents liv-ing at a distance out-of-state. They cameto the meeting to become better informedabout available resources and the planning

they need to do. They left impressed withthe services for older adults and caregiversthat are already available in Fairfax County,as outlined by Sharon Lynn, Acting Direc-tor of the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging. Inparticular, it was beneficial to learn that theycan discuss their needs and the needs oftheir parents with information specialists atthe Fairfax County Department of FamilyServices. (www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices)

A recurring theme raised by all partici-pants is the need for older adults to be ableto engage in community life to the fullestextent possible. “Living a Life That Mat-ters” is the motto of the Shepherd’s Centerof Oakton-Vienna, an interfaith organiza-tion that provides “services, personal enrich-ment and volunteer opportunities for adults

[age] 50 and over,” represented on theprogram’s panel by Bill Kirby, Vice Chair ofits Board of Directors. Panelist BarbaraSullivan, Executive Director of MountVernon at Home, said that intergenerationalactivities that promote interaction and re-quire cooperation to achieve a shared goalare natural outgrowths of the aging-in-place“village” model upon which that nonprofitmembership organization is based. Like-wise, Center Without Walls, a community-based partnership between Fairfax CountyDepartment of Neighborhood and Commu-nity Services and community residents, pro-motes community engagement and activeaging by using a variety of existing neigh-borhood facilities such as health clubs, otherlocal businesses and places of worship, toprovide activities, programs and services to

Making Great Falls Livable for All Agesadults age 55 and older.

PANELIST Cheryl Laferty, Coordinator ofAdult Services with the Department ofNeighborhood and Community Servicespointed out that the multiple locations in-troduce older adults to new places andpeople in their community while incorpo-rating the smart growth concept of usingexisting resources efficiently to preserve thelands and buildings that shape communi-ties like Great Falls.

Ric Edelman, financial advisor, host of“The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman”on radio and television, and Great Falls resi-dent, will be the featured speaker at the nextGFCA Seniors Task Team event, scheduledfor Tuesday, June 14, 6:30 p.m. at the GreatFalls Library.

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Opinion

$34.50: That’s what I estimate I spentthis past weekend on five full tripsthe entire length of the Dulles TollRoad and the Greenway, plus an

additional trip on the Dulles Toll fromthe Beltway to Hunter Mill Road andback. (Remember when you could buya tank of gas for that?)

Almost all of that money, at least $22.50,went to the private owners of the Greenway,contributing not one penny to rail or any otherlocal infrastructure. I don’t mind the $12 thatmight help pay for rail nearly as much.

How will the design of the Metro stop atDulles Airport affect its use?

Research demonstrates, along with commonsense, that the more convenient transit is, (fre-quency, proximity, continuity) the more peopleuse it. It also has to be clean and safe, but we’regoing to assume those features will be in-cluded.

We’ve planned for decades (Dulles openedin 1962) not for rail to Tysons or for rail toReston, but for rail to Dulles, to serve a por-tion of the 24 million passengers a year thatfly through the airport; eventually the num-ber of passengers could more than double.

Saving $330 million is a worthy goal, theamount extra that putting the Dulles stop un-derground would cost. Making the rail easy touse is also important. The fact that drivers onthe Dulles Toll Road pay for a significant por-

tion of construction of the rail line adds to thecontroversy.

There might be more than one way toshorten the walk from getting off Metro to the

terminal (where we know that thereare more trains, shuttles, corridors andescalators waiting). Perhaps an aboveground station could be designed on

the current hourly parking lot, conveniently ahop, skip and a jump into the terminal. Let thepeople who drive walk a few extra minutesinstead.

Sharon Bulova, chairman of the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors, demonstratedthat the walk from the above ground stationto the terminal would be four-to-seven min-utes. We know that navigating once inside theterminal also takes time.

Meanwhile, we need more scrutiny and in-tellectual power on the tolls we already payand the tolls that are coming, and how thosecould be used to advance transportation foreveryone.

No entity, private or government, shouldcollect tolls without displaying clearly howmuch they are charging. It’s not easy to figureout what you spend using your EasyPass tran-sponder. At least on the Dulles Toll Road, thereare signs letting you know what you are pay-ing. No such luck on the Greenway. It mightbe good for everyone who uses it to have oneday a year (not the same day please) when

they must pay by cash, just as a reminder ofhow much money it is.

Construction continues on the high occu-pancy toll lanes on the Beltway, where again,a private company will collect 100 percent ofthe tolls for at least 50 years, and the cost ofone trip from near the American Legion Bridgeto the Mixing Bowl in the HOT-lanes (remem-ber, T for toll) could be as much as $12. This isfor infrastructure built on public property.

There are benefits to the construction of theHOT-lanes including rebuilding dozens of ag-ing bridges over and around the Beltway. Butthe state could have paid for the project withbonds based on tolls. Or the contract couldhave required revenue sharing.

As Virginia seems intent on going forwardwith HOT-lanes on 395-95, pubic officials oweNorthern Virginia commuters better represen-tation.

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Editorials

TakingExceptionTo the Editor:

We take exception to former10th District Democratic congres-sional candidate Jeff Barnett’s mis-representation of our Delegate,Barbara Comstock [“Getting WhatWe Pay For,” April 20-26 issue].While a debate over governingphilosophy is a healthy traditionVirginians are long known for,mischaracterizations and distor-tions represent partisanship at itsworst and seem to be part of a po-litical campaign that should haveended when Mr. Barnett lost toCongressman Frank Wolf last No-vember.

Barnett’s misguided attacks ig-nore that Delegate Comstock hasindeed focused on our top priori-ties. She was a sponsor for the firstmajor investment in transporta-tion in 20 years – the $4B trans-portation bill which was passedthis year with overwhelming bi-partisan support. Every FairfaxCounty Delegate and Senator, ex-cept one, voted for the bill. Amongothers things, it will provide $30m

for widening Route 7; funds thatComstock vigorously worked tosecure. Further, DelegateComstock’s bill to change the rev-enue sharing formula to providemore transportation funds forFairfax County was incorporated,a fact that Barnett conveniently ig-nored. Delegate Comstock alsowas a leader in working with ourcommunity to prevent the furtherextension of the Hot Lanes to theMaryland border, holding twotown hall meetings on the issue.In Great Falls, she similarlyworked with the community andVDOT, to stop the two-lane turnfrom Route 7 and work for a singlelane solution.

On education, DelegateComstock was among the first toreach out and team with Gover-nor McDonnell on behalf of FairfaxCounty students – I know becauseI was among those that met withher in advance. She was one ofthe first leaders in our communityto fight to reverse former Gover-nor Tim Kaine’s proposed changeof the school funding formulawhich would have cost Fairfaxschools over $60m. She came toour children’s school, Churchill El-

ementary, in the early days ofJanuary 2010, and fought with usto reverse Kaine’s action. JeffBarnett was a proud supporter ofKaine, who wanted to cut $60mfor our schools at the same timehe wanted to add $2 billion inadditional taxes.

Delegate Comstock also was aleader in advocating for more in-state slots for our college students.The $50m Higher Education billthat she sponsored and was passedthis year with unanimous support,provides for more in-state slots forour students as well as significantSTEM investments.

On the economic and jobs front,Delegate Comstock was chosen bythe Governor to serve on his JobCreation and Economic Develop-ment Commission and she was theChief Co-Patron on the R & D TaxCredit which was a priority of ourhigh tech community and theNorthern Virginia TechnologyCouncil (NVTC). Comstock’s leg-islation for a Tele-work Tax Creditwas also a priority for NVTC andagain passed with broad biparti-san support.

Finally, Delegate Comstock haspromoted quality of life issues by

founding the first House Arts Cau-cus and by addressing Lyme Dis-ease prevention and passing a reso-lution supported by the NationalCapital Lyme Foundation makingMay “Lyme Disease AwarenessMonth.” She also worked with abipartisan group of legislators tostrengthen penalties in Virginia tofight human trafficking.

Already, as a freshman, DelegateComstock has been selected forleadership positions as Chairmanof the Housing Subcommittee andas a Deputy Whip in her caucus.In addition, she was one of only50 state legislators around thecountry to be chosen to participatein the University of Virginia’s bi-partisan “Emerging Political Lead-ers Program.”

We appreciate DelegateComstock’s strong work ethic andher commitment to the people sheso ably represents. We also appre-ciate that these significant accom-plishments were secured whilebalancing our budget, not raisingour taxes, and returning moremoney to hard working taxpayers.

Nuala and Glenn KellyMcLean

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The Great Falls Garden Club will hold its annualplant sale on Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. infront of the Great Falls Library at 9830 GeorgetownPike. Everyone is invited.

Hundreds of plants donated by Club members willbe offered for sale. This year, in addition to selling awide variety of plants, there will also be a GardenTreasures Sale of items ranging from plant related

books, to household items donated by Club members.The funds raised will be used to support various

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For those with creativity in their fingertips,the Great Falls Spring Festival on May 1will offer a bonanza of child-related andother art activities—and a prize valued

at $800.The art comes three ways. You can watch Great

Falls artists as they create new work. You can checkout an exhibition of children’s art from Forestvilleand Great Falls elementary schools. And if you area child, you can grab crayons and take part in artactivities that include creation of a large festivalbanner. Children who participate will get a freesticker featuring the logo for an election now tak-ing place in Great Falls to select a town bird sym-bol.

The prize is an original oil painting created byGreat Falls artist Hwa Crawford. It depicts a greatblue heron trolling for fish near the Potomac Rivershoreline in Riverbend Park in Great Falls. Theframed, 16X20-inch painting will go to a Great Fallsresident picked at random. To be considered, youmust vote during the Spring Festival for your choiceof a bird to become the official symbol of GreatFalls. Voters will also be eligible to win other prizes,

including mugs made by local potters.The bird election is a project conceived by the

local art group Great Falls Studios in conjunctionwith the National Audubon Society, Forestville andGreat Falls elementary schools and eight other lo-cal organizations. Great Falls Studios will have twotents near the gazebo on the Village Green.

The art activities at the Festival, including theelection polling place, will be brought to you by93 artists who live or work in Great Falls and aremembers of Great Falls Studios. The non-profitGreat Falls Foundation for the Arts, which supportsthe visual arts in Great Falls, will also have a boothwhere children can create art. The two groups havebeen doing their best to make Great Falls an artfulplace, and at the Festival they’ll be reaching out toyou in hopes that you and your children becomepart of a Great Falls movement to nurture creativ-ity and establish Great Falls as a regional centerfor the visual arts.

The festival is sponsored by the Celebrate GreatFalls Foundation and will take place on Sundayfrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Great Falls VillageCentre.

HwaCrawford’soriginal oilpainting ‘GreatFalls BlueHeron’ is aprize with avalue of $800.It will be givento a visitor,picked atrandom, whovotes in theGreat Fallsvillage birdelection at theGreat FallsStudios tents.

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George Mason University PatriotCenter, 4500 Patriot Drive, Fairfax.$32.50-$39.50, available atwww.ticketmaster.com or 703-573-SEAT. Accessible seating is availableat 703-993-3035.www.thirtysecondstomars.com orwww.patriotcenter.com.

The Digitour with Dave Days,David Choi, DeStorm, RickyFicarelli and more. 6 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. jamminjava.com.

THURSDAY/APRIL 28Eisley, The Narrative and Christie

Dupree. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

Bedtime Storytime. 7:30 p.m. OaktonLibrary, 10304 Lynnhaven Place,Oakton. Stories and songs. Age 2-5with adult. 703-242-4020.

FRIDAY/APRIL 29Graham Parker. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’

Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

“Cheaper by the Dozen.” 8 p.m.Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave.,McLean. Tickets $13-$15. 703-790-9223 or www.McLeanPlayers.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 30Kylie Minogue. 8 p.m. George Mason

University Patriot Center, 4500Patriot Drive, Fairfax. Tickets $55-$125, available atwww.ticketmaster.com or 703-573-SEAT. www.patriotcenter.com.

Tony Thaxton and Claudia Riveraat 10:30 a.m., and Tyrone Wellsand Matt Duke at 8 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

WUMC Preschool Yard and BakeSale. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Wesley UnitedMethodist Church, 711 Spring St.S.E., Vienna. Children’s clothes, toys,household goods and homemadetreats. All proceeds will be used topurchase books for the [email protected]

Fairfax CASA Run for the Children.8:30 a.m. Fairfax Courthouse.4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. 10Kand 3k. Food, prizes andentertainment for runners andspectators. Runners will help raiseawareness for the CASA programwhile also raising money to supportthe recruitment, training, andsupervision of volunteers from the

community to serve as CourtAppointed Special Advocates. $25-$30. Register atwww.fairfaxrunforthechildren.com or301-871-0400.

World Tai Chi Day. 10 a.m.Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna.Demonstrations and mini-classes ofTaijiquan, Qigong and Yoga.www.peaceabledragon.org.

Ryan Buckle & Friends: ScienceYou Can Sing To. 10:30 a.m.Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Musicand science with Ryan Buckle andZelda the Zookeeper. All ages. 703-790-8088.

Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.American Legion Auxiliary Unit 270,1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean.Household items, jewelry, smallappliances, toys, DVDs, tools, art,books and more. 703-893-4588.

Art Show and Sale. 6 p.m. HistoricPleasant Grove Church, 8641Lewisville Road, McLean. Reston-based artist Ann Marie Williams’abstract expressionist and realisticpaintings. [email protected].

Fistula Foundation Fundraiser:Dinner and Dance Performance.7 p.m. United UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. Four-coursedinner with dance performance byJane Franklin Dance Co. Tickets $60,available at 703-425-9712 [email protected].

“Cheaper by the Dozen.” 8 p.m.

Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave.,McLean. Tickets $13-$15. 703-790-9223 or www.McLeanPlayers.org.

Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m. ViennaVolunteer Fire Department, 400Center St. S., Vienna. Clothes, books,housewares and more. Proceeds go toThe Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyto help find a cure for blood cancers.703-448-3900.

SUNDAY/MAY 1Celebrate Great Falls Spring

Festival. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Great FallsVillage Center, Georgetown Pike andWalker Road, Great Falls. Rockclimbing wall, moon bounces, Velcrowall, pony rides, vendors andcraftspeople, stage performancesincluding the Langley dance team andlocal bands, a classic car show, andmore. Sponsored by the CelebrateGreat Falls Foundation.

“Places.” 12 p.m. Great Falls Festival,Great Falls Village Center,Georgetown Pike and Walker Road,Great Falls. Dodgeball Theatre’s TeenEnsemble original production, writtenand performed by the actors. $10.www.dodgeballtheatre.com.

Randy Thompson. 7 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

Native American Woodlands Walk.2 p.m. Meadowlark BotanicalGardens, 9750 Meadowlark GardensCourt, Vienna. A tour of the PotomacValley Native Plant Collection, withemphasis on the uses NativeAmericans made of these plants. Free

and open to the public. 703-255-3631.

Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.American Legion Auxiliary Unit 270,1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean.Household items, jewelry, smallappliances, toys, DVDs, tools, art,books and more. 703-893-4588.

Arc of Northern Virginia 33rdannual Patriots’ Cup CorporateChallenge 8K Race. 9 a.m. GeorgeMason University, 4400 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Proceeds benefitpeople with disabilities in NorthernVirginia. www.thearcofnova.org/events/patscup/.

7th Annual 5K Race and 1 Mile FunRun/Walk. Vienna ElementarySchool, 128 Center St. S., Vienna.Registration at 6:45 a.m., race beginsat 8 a.m. Rock and roll warm-up,awards ceremony and post-racerefreshments. Race course is USATFcertified. Adults $25-$30, children $5-$15. www.vienna5krun.org.

37th Annual Walk On the Hill. 2-5p.m. Vienna’s Windover HeightsHistoric District. Co-sponsored byHistoric Vienna, Inc. and the residentsof the District. Free and open to thepublic. Visitors may walk through anygarden with an “Open” sign and listento concerts by the Green HedgesSchool Jazz Ensemble and the ViennaCommunity Band. Rain date May 8.703-938-5187 orwww.historicviennainc.org.


Civil War Concert. 7 p.m. Old TownHall, 3999 University Drive, Fairfax.“The Civil War on the Home Front,” aconcert of music, song and poetryfrom the Civil War presented by Síor-Óg. Sponsored by The City of FairfaxSpotlight on the Arts. Family friendly,free admission and parking. 703-352-ARTS or www.fairfaxspotlight.org.

TUESDAY/MAY 3Danger Between the Lines. 7 p.m.

Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave.East, Vienna. “Danger Between theLines - The Civil War Along HunterMill Road.” Presentation with DVD,artifacts, and question and answerperiod. Presented by the Hunter MillDefense League. Adults. Free. 703-938-0405.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 4Joan As Police Woman. 8 p.m.

Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. jamminjava.com.

THURSDAY/MAY 5Jarrod Gorbel, Josiah Leming and

Dion Roy. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

FRIDAY/MAY 6Neil Innes. 7 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227

Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.


SATURDAY/MAY 7Steve Forbert at 7 p.m., and Fight

The Bear and OverdriveSuperthruster at 10 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

Home & Design Luxury Expo. 10a.m.-5 p.m. Sheraton Premiere, 8661Leesburg Pike, McLean. With HGTV’sJane Lockhart. HomeandDesign.com.

Fairfax Civil War Day. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Historic Blenheim Estate, 3610 OldLee Highway, Fairfax. Re-enactors,all-day demonstrations onblacksmithing with an 1862 travelingforge, railroads, and soldier research.Talks about slave life, the telegraph,soldiers’ graves, Lee’s resignation andthe Skirmish at Fairfax. Guided toursof Blenheim’s gallery, exhibits onsecession and the Blenheim atticgraffiti. Firing demonstrations of aHowitzer cannon artillery gun, “bootcamp” for children, scavenger hunt,wagon rides through soldier camps,period music and dancing. $5 adults,$3 age 12 and younger. Proceedsbenefit the restoration andmaintenance of the Historic BlenheimEstate. Free parking and shuttleservice provided at Fairfax HighSchool, 3501 Rebel Run. This event isproduced by the City of Fairfax;Historic Fairfax City Inc.; and the17th Virginia Infantry, Company D“Fairfax Rifles.” 703-591-0560 orwww.fairfaxva.gov/SpecialEvents/CWW/CWW.asp.


Dragon Fest. 2-7 p.m. Green HedgesSchool, 415 Windover Ave., McLean.Games, rides, face painting, food andmore. Admission is free. 703-938-8323.

Colvin Run Community Hall Dance.9 p.m. 10201 Colvin Run Road, GreatFalls. Salsa lesson, music by TheFamily band, dance lesson at 8.Lesson $5, dance admission $12. 703-795-2003 or www.colvinrun.org.

Social Justice Yard Sale. 7 a.m.-1p.m. Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. www.uucf.org [email protected].

SUNDAY/MAY 8An Evening with Charlie Hunter. 8

p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. jamminjava.com.

Twyford to Exhibit at Katie’s Coffee HouseSuzanne Twyford’s work will be featured at Katie’s CoffeeHouse, 760 Walker Road in Great Falls, during the monthof May. The show, entitled “Aspects of My Life” reflects,through paintings in oil, acrylic, and mixed media, favor-ite subjects and eclectic themes. Twyford’s work has beenexhibited widely and hangs in private collections here andabroad.

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WEDNESDAY/APRIL 27Foster Parent Information

Session. 6 p.m. UnitedMethodist Foster Services(UMFS), 6335 Little RiverTurnpike, Alexandria. Agencyrepresentatives will answerquestions and explain therequirements to foster or adopt.Free. 703-941-9008 orwww.umfs.org.

Peer Support Group forSurvivors of Clergy Abuse.6:30 p.m Tysons-Pimmit HillsRegional Library, 7684 LeesburgPike, Falls Church. Co-sponsoredby the Northern Virginia affiliate

of Voice of the Faithful, meetingslast Wednesday of every month.Free. 703-538-6128.

THURSDAY/APR. 28Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support

Group. 6:30 p.m. Sunrise ofMcLean, 8315 Turning Leaf Lane,McLean. 703-902-8102.

Child and Spousal Support: TheRealities Beyond Formulas. 7p.m. The Women’s Center, 127 ParkSt., N.E., Vienna. How to do yourown child support guidelinecalculations. $40 non-members, $30members. Register atwww.thewomenscenter.org or 703-281-2657.

FRIDAY/APRIL 29Mclean Art Society Meeting. 10

a.m. McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. JillBanks on “The Business of Art”and a sale of surplus art materialsand publications to benefit theSociety. Guests welcome. 703-790-0123.

MONDAY/MAY 2Safe Community Coalition Spring

Meeting. 7 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center. 1234 InglesideAve, McLean. The SCC Board ofDirectors seeks input regardingissues for consideration andactivities for the 2011-2012 schoolyear. 703-371-5995.

Bereavement Training to becomea Haven Volunteer. 9:30 a.m.Haven of Northern Virginia, 4606Ravensworth Road, Annandale.Training will be on Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays from May2-13. 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org.

TUESDAY/MAY 3Vienna-Tysons Regional

Chamber of CommerceBusiness2Business. 7:30 a.m.-4p.m. Fairview Park Marriott, 3111Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church.“Opportunity 2011”, a trade showspecifically targeted towards smallto medium size companies doingbusiness in the Vienna-Tysonscorridor. Limited access tickets$25. Full conference access tickets$129 members, $149 non-members. http://viennatysonstradeshow.com, 703-281-1333 or www.vtrcc.org.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS).6 p.m. St Timothy’s Episcopal

Church, 432 Van Buren St.,Lower Level, Herndon. Anoncommercial network ofweight-loss support groups withtools and programs for healthyliving and weight management.Meetings are Tuesdays.www.tops.org.

Vienna-Tysons RegionalChamber of Commerce TIPSLunch. 12:15 p.m. Shula’sSteakhouse, 8028 Leesburg Pike,in the Tysons Corner Marriott.Meets every Tuesday. 703-281-1333 or www.vtrcc.org.

THURSDAY/MAY 5Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support

Group. 10 a.m. UnitarianUniversalist Church of Fairfax,2709 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton.703-281-9515.

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To honor Mom on Mother’s Day, send us your favoritesnapshots of you with your Mom and The Connection willpublish them in our Mother’s Day issue. Be sure to includesome information about what’s going on in the photo, plusyour name and phone number and town of residence. To e-mail digital photos, send to:

[email protected] to mail photo prints, send to:

The Great Falls Connection,“Me and My Mom Photo Gallery,”

1606 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314Photo prints will be returned to you if you include a stamped,self-addressed envelope, but please don’t send us anythingirreplaceable.

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If your 60th birthday cake iseaten and if residing in Virginia for at least one year,you can attend courses at

any state institution of higher edu-cation without paying tuition andfees, such as parking. However,you must pay fees covering coursematerials.

Any course the senior applicantqualifies to attend on a payingbasis may be attended on the non-paying basis. Traditional coursesand special courses (such as “adulteducation” and “continuing edu-cation”) are included.

Northern Virginia CommunityCollege (NVCC), George MasonUniversity (GMU) and all other

state institutions of higher educa-tion conduct this free tuition pro-gram for senior citizens. Graduateand professional schools are notexcluded.

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Under a 1974 law, senior citizens may attend stateinstitutions of higher learning such as George MasonUniversity without paying tuition.

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Olin was a close personal friend ofThelma’s and fought to preserve the coun-try store before and after Thelma died. “Iunderstand there is a desire and need inthe community for the facility. Where thechoice is to put it,” Olin said, “there are prosand cons. There has been an argument thatThelma would have loved it. I don’t agreewith that. Her wish was that the store wouldgo on.”

Attempts were made by subsequent own-ers to run the store but none were success-ful and the building was eventually left todecay until it was in such poor shape that itwas demolished. Current zoning allows fora commercial use. The community leaders’choice to support Brightview reflects a seachange within the community as well aschanging demographics.

Great Falls lacks a physical building thatcan provide for the needs of transitioningseniors. That’s a hole Brightview hopes tofill. “Great Falls is such a lovely place andthere’s a need there. It’s such an extraordi-nary, active home-based place where peoplehave roots,” explains Ourand. Currentthinking is that allowing seniors to “age inplace” by developing facilities and servicesthat assist people in living comfortably intheir own communities is most advanta-geous. “Aging in place means, to me, agingin a geographical environment where youcan have continued connections where youhave roots,” Ourand said.

KEARNEY has watched the population ofGreat Falls mature and develop. “Ten yearsago, I don’t know if we needed this,” saidKearney. “But the people who will be mov-ing into that community are the people whomade Great Falls so great in the first placeand they want to stay here. It’s ironic but Ithink Thelma would be happy to have herfriends here,” said Kearney.

While there are detractors from the pro-posal to build a retirement home in GreatFalls, the supporters have been visual andplentiful. Several recent meetings held bythe GFCA on the topic of aging have beenwell attended. Last week the GFCA host aTown Meeting on Collaborative Initiativesfor Seniors. District Supervisor John Foust

and five expert panelists were on hand topresent myriad solutions to how aging resi-dents can stay in their homes as long aspossible. Foust said he is “working with thecommunity to help them find the right so-lutions for themselves,” and commendedthe GFCA for being proactive in addressingthis growing issue.

The GFCA has a dedicated Seniors Groupthat is holding public meetings, like the onelast week, to gather as much citizen inputand information as possible. That data, inturn influences decisions the group makes,such as support and suggestions forBrightview’s project.

As a way to honor and applaud the twohundredth anniversary of the Colvin RunMill and surrounding community, theGreat Falls Historical Society is sponsor-ing a Colvin Run Historic Street Fair onMay 15, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Insidethe Colvin Run Schoolhouse, visitors canenjoy a school reenactment; photoboards depicting the community over its200 year history; treasured artifacts ondisplay; and relatives and descendantsof local residents who will discuss the

good old days, weaving a picture of daysgone by. Members of GFHS can begin theday at the schoolhouse, where a wristbandcan be picked up that will allow access to afree grind at the Colvin Run Mill.

Local businesses will display their waresand offer foods along the road. Artists willbe outside the Mill, painting the historicbuilding for all to see. Food, ice cream, andmusic will delight. A silent auction will pro-vide a way for local businesses to showcasetheir offerings. Outside the schoolhouse

native plants, heirloom seeds, and back-yard wildlife habitat techniques

will be on display. The Great Falls His-torical Society invites and welcomesmember participation in the preparationof this event. They are gathering the his-tory of the Colvin Run area and welcomeyour photos, artifacts and stories, if youhave

items you would like to share. For fur-ther information call Kathleen Murphy703–759-6509 or [email protected].

Historic Street Fair to be Held at Colvin Run

Photo by Walt Lawrence

Thelma’s on the Inside: Everyone who knew of Thelma’s has stood infront of this ice cream freezer trying to make the most difficult decision,‘Which flavor?’

Taylor concedes no one really wants moredevelopment but that the opportunity be-fore the community now is to ensure whatis constructed at the site serves the residentsof Great Falls. “On the board, the vast ma-jority are for it. It’s a better commercial usethan another shopping mall,” said Taylor.“A lot of people did want this, some didn’tand some were adamant against it becausethere might be a precedent for density,”Taylor said.

The Brightview community in Great Fallshas been in the works for some time, ac-cording to Ourand but they are still “in theprocess of doing due diligence and sightplans. Saying it’s a done deal is an over-statement.” Several large hurdles have beencrossed already, according to Taylor. “VDOThas made some concessions,” Taylor said.There is also public water and sewer hookupat that end of Great Falls so they would nothave the septic issues that plague otherparts of town.

Brightview officials decline to commenton the price of an apartment in the proposedfacility. Given that Great Falls land valuesare some of the highest in the country, theprice point is likely to be high as well.

Landmark Site to Link Seniors

“I hope it’s tastefullydeveloped and thearchitects, the citizensassociation work to fit itin to what used to be ahistoric area.”

— David Olin, a Colvin Run resident

Here it is: April 3, 2011, three monthssince my last diagnostic scans, the exact weekin fact when typically – per doctor’s orders forthe last two years, I would be waiting out(sweating out is more accurate) the findingsfrom the previous week’s scans, hoping for agood result. Trying to pretend that I was still incontrol of my emotions/life. Trying not toworry my wife, Dina. Trying to put my bestface forward; until the call came or we arrivedat my doctor’s office for the usual post-scanappointment/assessment to discuss and/or“strategize” about what medical treatment/frequency happens next.

And what change occurred, what changeTeam Lourie agreed on was, twofold: toreschedule my every-three-week chemother-apy to four, and to change the frequency ofmy quarterly scans. The CT scan will nowoccur every four months. The MRI of thebrain and the Bone scan will now occur everysix months. (Minimizing exposure to harmfulradiation and poisonous chemotherapy wasour intent.) What it all means is, right now Iam emotionally over-extended, sort of. Rightnow – exactly, I am living the month betweenthe old – and familiar – cycle of beingscanned quarterly and then being updated bymy oncologist accordingly and now (subject toreevaluation anytime; it’s up to me, my doc-tor has assured me), adding a month’s time tothat assessment because of my relative goodhealth and previous “partial stable remission”status and desire to moderate, if possible, thecollateral damage caused by my ongoingtreatment. Good news, all the way around;except…

It’s sort of uncharted territory, though. It’sthe longest interval between scans – and cer-tainly appointments with my oncologist, sinceI got on this cancer train in late Feb., 2009.Don’t get me wrong. I’m thrilled to be here.(Heck, I’m thrilled to be anywhere; let’s behonest.) And according to my oncologist’s ini-tial diagnosis and prognosis: “13 months totwo years,” I shouldn’t be here. Yet, here Iam; living proof of a patient who has outlivedhis prognosis and has jokingly been called“the poster child for Avastin.” I have now sur-vived longer on this chemotherapy drug thanany other of my oncologist’s previous patients.

However, I am not cured. I am only con-tinuing to respond well to treatment. Butnothing is forever. There were few guaranteesgiven at the beginning of my diagnosis andthere’s been even fewer offered now, 25months post-diagnosis. And it’s during theseatypical intervals of time or changes in treat-ment, or living beyond dates when I was toldhow statistically unlikely it would be for astage IV lung cancer patient to survive, when Ihave extra anxiety about the jackpot in whichI find myself immersed.

And the reason I feel this way is that partof my coping mechanism, diagnosis-to-date,has been denial: trying not to focus or con-cern myself – or others, too much, with theunderlying problem (as I euphemistically referto my diagnosis). Even though there were (are)constant reminders, I have deluded myself,somehow and assimilated and compartmen-talized the cancer stuff into a “Seinfeldian”type of vault. A vault to which only I have thekey and for which I maintain control –responsibly.

But new-and-different causes problems forold-and-familiar me. This one month exten-sion, to which doctor and patient agreed, is“new and different.” Soon it won’t be. SoonI’ll get my scan results and things will go on asthey now will have become: familiar. That’smy hope anyway. And if not, you’ll readabout it here because I’ll need your thoughtsand prayers even more.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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Last night, a deer was hitin front of my home.Twice. The impact of thesecond hit, by a speed-

ing truck, left her skull crackedand three of her legs broken.

The crash woke my seven-yearold son, who watched from hiswindow. It also left the deer alive.

Someone eventually drug her tothe grass on the side of the road,where my son waits for his schoolbus. It was there that I found her,a little after 2 a.m. Body broken,barely breathing, and giving birth.

Both doe and fawn died as an-other car flew by.

It took me until sunrise to moveand bury them. I finished just intime to slip the tooth from myson’s pillow. He woke still believ-ing both in the tooth fairy and thatpeople do the right thing. I an-

swered his questions with the bestversion of the truth I had, the deerwas in a better place.

I brought my son here, home, togive him his own memories ofwarm summer nights, crisp au-tumn air, and quiet winter snow. Idid not bring him to remembermangled carcasses at the bus stopor the sound of screeching tires.

This is not about whether thereare too many deer, should we killthem with bullets or arrows orwhich has more value, a fawn or atulip. This issue is about publicsafety, responsibility and reality.

Period.The problem with becoming ac-

climated to broken deer dead onthe side of the road is that we havealso been seduced into thinking itis not our problem.

FOR EVERY DEAD DEER on theroadside, someone was lucky

enough to escape serious injury.If carcass-strewn roads have not

alerted us that recklessness equalsdeath, who will we be to mournthe next person killed in a deer-vehicle collision when we can pre-vent it?

Yes. We have a “Deer Manage-ment Program.” In response to theoutcry of a tragic fatality from adeer-vehicle collision in 1997, ourcounty has spent the last fourteenyears shooting, striking and spear-ing as many deer as our tax dol-lars permit. We can literally see theresults with our own eyes.

No. It’s not working.Good news: there are things that

do work. Driver education. Flash-ing signs. Speed limits that areenforced. Public awareness. Mediacampaigns. Deer-deterrent sys-tems. Cleared underbrush. Slow-ing down. Community commit-ment. Action.

Execute. Here’s where the rocketscientist weighs in…slow down.

We were right to demand actionwhen a woman lost her life in1997. We were wrong not to payattention to if it was working.

It is not.I chose to bury that broken doe

and her baby. Out of sight does notmean out of mind. I’ll bet if thetwo drivers that struck her hadbeen forced to choose between lift-ing, loading and burying the twodeer, then rocking my tear-filled,wide-and-wild-eyed child to sleep,or slowing down, they wouldpicked the latter.

I DO NOT WANT TO SACRI-FICE my child’s innocence, re-place the smell of summer grasswith decaying flesh or lose anothernight’s sleep. Even more, I do not

Not in My Back (or Front) Yard

See Opinion, Page 17

Bad news: if it works some-where else, we’re not even tryingit here.

Communities across the countryhave reduced deer-vehicle colli-sions by 85% in a year. It does nottake rocket science to raise publicawareness and make the roadssafer. It simply takes a communitydeciding enough is enough.

It has been over twenty-fiveyears since I took driver’s ed but Istill remember the “IPDE” motto –Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute.

Identify. It is not a question of ifthere is a deer in or near the road,but where.

Predict. Yes, Virginia, there willbe an accident.

Decide. Choose not to blindsidean expectant mother, risk your life,cause a traffic jam that makes themorning news and incur, on aver-age, $2500 worth of body damageto your car.


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must be space in class for the se-nior citizen.

In some cases, academic credittoward a degree can be earned.One of those situations is wherethe senior had $15,000 or less inVirginia taxable income during thepreceding year. The Social Secu-rity Administration reports theaverage monthly retirement ben-efit currently is $1,178. Factor inthe personal exemption and de-ductions to reach “taxable income”and the potential pool of eligibleseniors is sizeable.

Participating seniors often donot seek a degree. They “audit”courses on a part-time basis forpersonal reasons. These includethe pure enjoyment of studying asubject of interest such as art or

history, the challenge of learningto converse in a foreign language,and improvement in self-skills(e.g., time management). The at-traction for those re-entering thejob market might be a course titledPreparation for Employment.

According to Jessica M. Baxter,NVCC’s public affairs officer, avail-able data for recent years showtotal student headcounts at about70,000. Yet, the numbers of free-tuition senior citizens in the cur-rent year’s fall and spring semes-ters are 514 and 612, respectively,says Michael A. Blackwell, theNVCC business manager respon-sible for such filings.

Senior citizen attendees at GMUpresent a similar picture. Currentstudent enrollment is 32,562, ac-cording to Daniel Walsch, pressofficer. Of the 418 students age 60

or older, he notes that only 185claim tuition-free attendance.

Although the law has been onthe books for more than 35 years,these figures suggest that benefitsof the Senior Citizens Higher Edu-cation Act of 1974 are underused.The law itself requires that theprogram be displayed “promi-nently” in every college and uni-versity catalogue; yet, school staffadmit to being unfamiliar with thestatute.

This general lack of awarenesscould explain why so few take ad-vantage of the opportunities of-fered at Virginia’s colleges anduniversities.

The writer has participated in thetuition-free program since 2002, andcourses range from “introductory” atNVCC to “graduate” at GMU’s School ofLaw.

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want the responsibility of know-ing that one day soon, tragedy willstrike our community again and Idid not sound the warning bell.

One of these days, it will not bea deer that is left broken in the

middle of the road in the silentnight, it will be a mother, or achild, or a father.

Identify what will happen if wedo not demand actions that willreduce deer-vehicle collisions.

Predict that by taking responsi-bility we will save lives.

Decide there is no alternative.Execute your decision.If you live here, if you drive, if

you pay taxes, if you have eyes,it’s your problem too.

The writer is resident of GreatFalls.

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The Langley Saxons boys’ soc-cer team will celebrate Senior Nighton Friday, April 29. Special pre-gameformalities will begin at 6:30 p.m. asseniors will be introduced. Kickoff forthe Saxons’ Liberty District game versusStone Bridge High will be at 7:30. Theevening will feature special activitiesand the night of soccer will be fun forall ages. Local youth players in atten-dance should wear their Great FallsSoccer Club jerseys for free admission.Regular admission is $5. Donations ac-cepted.

The Langley girls’ soccer team,meanwhile, will celebrate its SeniorNight on Thursday, May 5.

Great Falls Soccer Club is proud tohave had and continue to have so manyof these Langley seniors play in theGreat Falls Soccer Club from the earli-est of ages (many since U5). This istheir last season with Great Falls SoccerClub and with Langley.

Jesse Lawrence, a McLean residentand a graduate of Maret School inWashington, D.C., played a big role forthe Ohio Wesleyan University men’s la-crosse team in its 8-7 victory overKenyon. The NCAC game took place onApril 15. With Ohio Wesleyan holdingonto an 8-7 lead in the final minutes,Lawrence, a junior midfielder for the

Battling Bishops, was instrumental incausing several Kenyon turnovers overthe contest’s final three minutes to pre-serve the lead and the win for his team.

American Legion Post 180 willhold its 10th annual Golf Classic Friday,June 17 at Penderbrook Golf Club inFairfax. Registration is from 7 to 8 a.m.,with shotgun start at 8. There is roomfor 144 golfers. Each entry fee includesGreen Fees, Event Shirt, Cart Rental,and Steak Dinner. There will be prizesfor closest to the pin, longest drive, andhole in one. For more information con-tact Janet Renner at [email protected].

The Paul VI High golf team re-cently captured its seventh straightVirginia State Catholic Schools Champi-onship. The postseason event took placeat Kiskiack Golf Club in Williamsburg.Under windy conditions, Paul VI (308strokes) edged out local rivals BishopIreton (326 strokes) of Alexandria andBishop O’Connell (334) of Arlington,both whom finished in second and thirdplace, respectively.

Paul VI senior Tyler Wingo was thefirst place medalist at 72, even par.

Paul VI, under longtime head coachMilt Papke, has now won 12 state titlesin school history.

Liberty District boys’ tennis rivals McLeanand Madison High Schools competed in aclosely contested team match earlier this

week on Monday, April 25. The visiting Highland-ers edged the Warhawks by a 5-4 score.

It was an exciting match with the team scoretied at 4-4 with just the No. 1 doubles competi-tion pending. The McLean top doubles’ team ofNik Padmanabhan and Louis Gruber ended upwinning a close competition over Madison’s No.1 team of Dan Sablik and John Adam, 10-8, to tiltthe team victory into the Highlanders’ favor.

Sablik, Madison’s outstanding singles player,remained unbeaten this spring at No. 1 singles,getting past McLean junior Kayvon Mobarakeh.Madison also received singles victories from JohnNothaft, who bested Charlie Roco, 10-7, at No. 4singles; and Matt Bosco, who got past McLean’sBing Waid, 10-6, at No. 5 singles.

The Highlanders also earned three wins atsingles. Padmanabhan, at No. 2 singles, defeated

Madison’s Ho Joon Choi, 10-4. Gruber, at No. 3singles, beat Madison’s John Adam, 10-7. And atNo. 6 singles, McLean’s Zach Spahr was a 10-7winner over Madison’s Will Lowther.

So, going into doubles, the team match was tiedat 3-3. Madison’s No. 2 doubles team of Choi andNothaft was a winner over McLean’s Mobarakehand Roco. Meanwhile, at No. 3 doubles, the High-landers’ duo of Waid and KC Kristian defeatedMadison’s twosome of Alex Russell and AaronPlymack. Following the conclusion of both the No.2 and 3 doubles’ matches, the No. 1 match wasstill taking place. The winner of that top tier com-petition would determine the team victor. And itended up being the Highlander team ofPadmanabhan and Gruber that came out on topat the No. 1 doubles matchup, thus giving theHighlanders the team triumph.

McLean, with the win, improved its record to 8-3 on the season. Madison, with the loss, is now 4-5.

Highlanders Edge WarhawksIn Liberty boys’ Tennis Action

Sports Roundups

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

The McLean High girls’ softballteam went up against some stiffcompetition at the MadisonHigh Spring Break Tournament

in Vienna over the last two weeks.The recent poor weather conditions con-

tinued at the tournament. Nevertheless, theHighlanders were able to get in three oftheir scheduled five games. The other twoare set to be made up later this week.

McLean went up against some pretty qual-ity competition and pitching and as a re-sult struggled to generate a lot of offensein its three games at the tournament. TheHighlanders lost two close contests - 3-1 toStonewall Jackson (Manassas) and 3-2 toNorthern Region opponent Westfield High.

McLean pitcher Lauryn Hahne put to-gether two quality outings in both losses.But along with the struggle to score runs inthose two contests, McLean struggled de-fensively as well according to head coachMaurice Tawil.

“In both those loses, our defense did notsupport the outstanding pitching by sopho-more Lauryn Hahne,” said Tawil. “We alsodidn’t hit well enough to make-up for oursub-par defense. But, we need to give creditto [the opposing] pitchers.”

The loss versus Stonewall Jackson was thefirst of the entire season for McLean, thedefending state AAA champions who startedthis season 7-0. The Highlanders, in the lossto Stonewall, managed six hits at the plateand the one run. Hahne allowed just fourRaiders batters to get base hits in her stel-lar effort for McLean.

MCLEAN, despite its tournament losses toboth Stonewall and Westfield, did get a nicevictory over a tough C.D. Hylton High(Woodbridge) club, 2-0, on Monday, April18, at Madison.

In that game, McLean’s Grace Henrydrove in the winning two runs with a doubleover the center fielder’s head. Freshman

Christi Geisler, meanwhile, went 3-for-3 atthe plate, with two doubles. The winningpitcher for McLean was seasoned standoutJamie Bell, who remained unbeaten on theseason.

McLean will conclude the tournamentwith games versus both West Potomac andMarshall High Schools this Saturday, April30. Both opponents, like McLean, are mem-bers of the Northern Region. Marshall is alsoa fellow member with McLean of the Lib-erty District.

Going into this week, McLean was 9-2overall. The team is a perfect 7-0 in LibertyDistrict play.

The Highlanders have been led this sea-son by seniors Bell and Jesse Straub, as well

as junior Allison Wilhelm. Bell, who is un-beaten on the mound, is also contributingmightily at the plate with a batting averageat around the .500 mark. Straub, mean-while, has been outstanding defensively andis also hitting near .500 with good powernumbers. And clean-up hitter Wilhelm isleading the team in home runs while alsobatting near .500.

THIS WEEK, the Highlanders were sched-uled to resume regular season play withintheir Liberty District. McLean was sched-uled to play at home versus Fairfax Highon Monday, April 26, before traveling toJefferson High the following day (April 27)for a game versus the Colonials. This Thurs-day evening at 6:30, McLean will be athome versus South Lakes. Then, of course,the locals will conclude play in the Madi-son Tournament on Saturday.

Next Tuesday, May 3, McLean will be athome against district rival Madison for a6:30 p.m. game. It will be the second meet-ing of the season between the two districtfoes. McLean won at Madison on April 1 bya 5-2 score. In that first meeting betweenthe Highlanders and Warhawks, HighlanderRBIs came from Straub, Bell, and Wilhelm.On the mound that evening, Bell allowed11 base hits but held the hard-hitting Madi-son team to just the two runs.

Coach Tawil realizes the Highlanders havequite a challenge in all the games they arescheduled to play over the next several days,especially when it comes to the districtgames.

“We have several big games coming upand we will need to continue improving inorder to stay atop a talented Liberty Dis-trict,” said Tawil.

But McLean remainsunbeaten in Liberty Districtsoftball play this spring.

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McLean High softball pitcher Jamie Bell remains unbeaten this season.

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