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Kushaan and Medhnaa Saran, ofVienna, have raised more than $5,000
for the children of Bal Ashram orphan-age in India. The residents, victims ofchild labor or human trafficking, are
sheltered and educated at Bal Ashram.
Kushaan and Medhnaa Saran, ofVienna, have raised more than $5,000
for the children of Bal Ashram orphan-age in India. The residents, victims ofchild labor or human trafficking, are
sheltered and educated at Bal Ashram.
PuttingTheir MoneyWhere Their
Heart IsNews, Page 3
PuttingTheir MoneyWhere Their
Heart IsNews, Page 3
Big Splash on Town GreenNews, Page 8
Antioch Christian ChurchWelcomes a New PastorPeople, Page 5
Big Splash on Town GreenNews, Page 8
Antioch Christian ChurchWelcomes a New PastorPeople, Page 5
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Vienna Area Branchof AAUW to HostOpen House
The American Association of UniversityWomen, AAUW, of the Vienna Area will holdan informational Open House on Saturday,Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to noon at the PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East, inVienna. Learn about upcoming programsand events, and how the AAUW promotesequity and education for women. Light re-freshments will be served. Membership dueswill be discounted for those who join at thisevent. Contact [email protected] more information.
Used Book Collectionon Aug. 13
Used Book Collection, sponsored by theAmerican Association of University Women(AAUW) of McLean, will be held on Satur-day, Aug. 13, 9 a.m.—1:30 p.m. at SunTrustBank, 515 Maple Avenue East, Vienna.
Also, bring your CDs, DVDs, software,children’s book, records, and recent text-books, in good condition. Proceeds benefitscholarships for women. For more informa-tion or questions you can contact:[email protected] or call 703-527-4206.
Country Fair Comingto Vienna, Virginia
On Saturday, Aug. 20, from noon to 4p.m., Historic Vienna, Inc. will host the firstVienna Country Fair on the grounds of theFreeman Store & Museum, 131 ChurchStreet, NE, Vienna.
The Country Fair will feature farm ani-mals, cow milking, butter to churn, barndancing, woodcarving, beekeeping, farmcrafts and games, races for the children, aflower show, live music by the Difficult RunString Band, and a farm tractor fromVienna’s Maple Avenue Market. There willalso be a fruit and vegetable competitionduring the Fair. Members of the public wish-ing to participate in the competition shouldbring their best tomatoes, squash, berries,patio pots or other items to the FreemanStore between 8 and 10 a.m. the morningof the Fair.
The afternoon will feature HistoricVienna’s second annual Bike DecoratingContest and Bike Parade at 3 p.m. “Kids” ofall ages are welcome to participate, no pre-registration is necessary.
Burgers, hotdogs and other refreshmentswill be available for purchase at the Fairfrom the Sons of the American Legion ofVienna’s Dyer-Gunnell American LegionPost 180.
Admission to the Fair is free. For moreinformation visit historicviennainc.org orcall 703-938-5187.
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Ashton Schaffer, a 2015James Madison graduate, is di-recting a children’s summerdrama camp and anintergenerational production of“Godspell” this week atEmmanuel Lutheran Church inVienna (2589 Chain BridgeRoad).
When asked why he made thedecision to take on this projectduring his summer break,Shaffer, 20, a musical theatermajor at Rider University inNew Jersey said, “Godspell is amusical about finding hope inthe face of despair. It’s aboutgoing into a dark world andfinding the light. Those are sto-ries that the world needs tohear. In this mixed up world, it’shard to find a light in the dark-ness. My reasoning behind di-recting Godspell is to offerhope, and be a glimmer of lightto anyone who comes and seesthe show.” Shaffer has beenperforming in theater produc-tions for years, including someregional productions in theWashington, D.C. area. His listof shows includes “LesMiserables,” “Music Man,” “Pip-pin,” and “Romeo and Juliet.”
No tickets are necessary to at-tend the performances on Fri-
day, Aug. 5 and Saturday, Aug.6 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 7at 1 p.m. in the church’s sanc-tuary. However, a goodwill of-fering will be taken for TheLamb Center in Fairfax, whichworks to assist the area’s home-less.
According to Dave Larrabee,The Lamb Center’s ExecutiveDirector, his organization doesmore than just feed or housethe homeless. “The Lamb Cen-ter is a place where those with-out housing in Fairfax Countycan get a meal and a shower,get their clothes washed andtheir medical needs met. Morethan focusing on the physicaland spiritual needs of theirguests, the Lamb Center is aplace where community isformed, and lives are trans-formed. The Lamb Center isgrateful that EmmanuelLutheran’s production ofGodspell will serve to bless thelives of our many guests.”
Visit www.TheLambCenter.orgfor more information about howthe organization helps the home-less get back on their feet. Visitwww.elcvienna.org to learnmore about the production andEmmanuel Lutheran Church orcall 703-938-2119.
‘Godspell’ at EmmanuelLutheran Church
Photo contributed
Ashton SchafferBy Donna Manz
The Connection
Vienna siblings Medhnaa Saran, 12, and heryounger brother Kushaan, 11, are on amission to help children halfway across theworld, victims of child labor and traffick-
ing, to be safe and to get an education.They raise money to combat child labor and traf-
ficking. The Saran children have raised more than$5,500 over the past few years and have deliveredthe funds personally to the Indian orphanage, BalAshram, sheltering and educating these young vic-tims. Besides economic support, they bring personalskills to teach math and play sports with the rescuedchildren living at Bal Ashram, one of two orphan-ages founded and sponsored by Bachpan BachaoAndolan of the Save the Children Movement, estab-lished by Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi.
“We’re a lot more fortunate than they are,” saidMedhnaa after their first visit to the orphanage fouryears ago. “That’s how I got the idea, I wanted tohelp,” she said. “Just seeing those other kids with noparents.”
Medhnaa and Kushaan, along with their parents,returned from another trip to India and the orphan-age in July. While there at the orphanage in July,they met Bachpan Bachao Andolan founder,Satyarthi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014for his dedication to children’s rights and welfare.
While Medhnaa worked with the young residentson math and science, her younger brother playedsoccer and cricket with them, giving them a sense ofnormalcy. The siblings taught their parentless peersart and socialized with them.
“I play soccer and cricket with them and they arehaving fun,” said Kushaan. “They want to have fun,they want to learn.”
At home in Vienna, the Medhnaa raised money withan all-day bake sale at the children’s school, PinnacleAcademy in Oakton, while Kushaan organized a soc-cer tournament with a small fee to enter. Parents ofother students cooperated by baking donations. Theirfirst bake sale, in May of 2014, raised $1,000 which
was matched by a donor. Raised funds came in at$1,500 in 2015, and in 2016, the children – withtheir bake sale and soccer tournament registration –brought in $1,600. The Saran family foundation ben-efiting the Bal Ashram, the Touch of Life Founda-tion, registered as a 501-C3 this year. Medhnaa andKushaan have bigger plans for fundraising in theupcoming school year. Besides the bake sale and soc-cer tournament, the siblings are looking into a golftournament and a cultural exhibition. They say theywant to “grow” their own organization to help morechildren have a better life.
Kailash Satyarthi founded the first Bachpan BachaoAndolan orphanage, Bal Ashram, in 1980 and, sincethen, have rescued more than 83,000 children from144 countries from exploitation. The two orphan-ages he founded rescue dogs as well as children.
“When I hear stories about all the bad things thathappened to the kids there, like no parents to takecare of them, I really want to help,” said Kushaan.
“I want to get them started to have a good life.”To learn more about the Vienna 501-C3 founda-
tion started by Medhnaa and Kushaan Saran, [email protected]. Matching-funds anddonations from community are welcomed.
Vienna siblings raisefunds for childrenrescued from child laborand human trafficking.
Putting Their Money WhereTheir Heart Is
Kushaan and Medhnaa Saran, Vienna,have raised more than $5,000 for thechildren of Bal Ashram orphanage inIndia. The residents, victims of child laboror human trafficking, are sheltered andeducated at Bal Ashram.
The Sarans makean annual visit toBal Ashram or-phanage in India,bringing funds andsocial engagement.Medhnaa is inlavender andKushaan in orange.
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Donna Manz/
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By Meredith Luhrs
Memories of WW ll in anAmerican child’s mindare a distinct set of cu-
riosities — special activities re-moved from the ordinary day today routine of growing up. We ac-cumulated aluminum from candywrappers, tin foil, and wrapped itinto heavy, grimy balls which werethen collected “for the war.” Ev-ery boy had one in his pocket. Ourmothers gathered to roll bandagesfor the Red Cross, volunteering“for the war.” Evenings at six, westood back and kept silent for theritual of the nightly news, whenour parents huddled around theradio, listening to serious and som-ber voices, hearing the strangenames of places in the world be-come familiar by much reporting.Much straining to hear and shush-ing of innocent prattle identifiedshort wave broadcasts comingover the Atlantic from London.These memories were completelysomber, and remain so. I must turnthe page when I recall a com-pletely different set of events
which are simply identified as V-JDay.
We lived by a lake, and my fa-ther was determined that everychild in the neighborhood shouldbe able to swim. Riding in thetruck bed was a normal, everydayevent for us bigger children, as myfather came home from work ev-ery day at five during the summer,loaded any and all into the truck,driving to a park which had a lakeand sandy beach...an ideal placeto learn to swim. He taught us —one by one — to swim, and to en-joy the water. He also taught us to
pick wild blueberries! This detailwill explain why we were so sur-prised to see him in the middle ofa summer day, and why it wasnatural for neighborhood childrenjoin in our V-J Day adventure.
It was a hot humid day in Au-gust. We didn’t know it was V-JDay. The story begins when myfather came home at noon. We quitplaying and stood in astonishmentat this never before event, immo-bile seeing him and his truck in the
middle of the day. Smiling, hewent straight into the house. A fewmoments later my parents cameout and announced the war wasover. Japan had surrendered. Howwe cheered. We danced with ex-citement as a roll of red, white andblue bunting was pulled from thefront seat, and my parents beganto unfurl it, securing it to the lum-ber rack of the truck. There wasno protocol for celebrating the endof a war, so what happened nextwas a thoroughly American inven-tion: Make noise and let the joybe heard! Pot and pans, lids andwooden spoons were rounded up,and distributed to neighborhoodkids and to my older brother andme as we climbed into the truckbed. My mother got into the cabwith the baby on her lap, and mylittle sister climbed in between hermommy and daddy. Then we wereoff! But where were we going?
My father was a boat builder onthe bay shore of New Jersey. Thenatural thing, in his mind, was to
What We Did on V-J Day Vienna resident’s memoriesof the end of the war.
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Henry and Elsie Luhrs withtheir children in 1946.
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Originally from Atlanta, Ga.,Pastor Sweatman earned a PhD inNew Testament Theology andPauline Studies at the Universityof Gloucestershire in England andadditionally, he holds both an MAand a BA from Cincinnati Chris-tian University.
Pastor Sweatman desires to seeGod’s Word and Truth under-stood and proclaimed faithfully.He and his wife Jenn have de-voted their lives to all levels ofministry. Antioch welcomes theSweatman family as they setforth to fully engage the congre-gation, the community and theworld in spreading the Word ofGod.
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Social engagement and mentally challenging jobsmight keep Alzheimer’s disease at bay.
Challenged Brain, Healthy Brain?
By Marilyn Campbell
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Most days of theweek, AnaNelson can befound educat-
ing others about Alzheimer’sdisease in her role as vicepresident of Programs and Ser-vices for the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation National Capital AreaChapter. Her free time is spenttouring historical sites inNorthern Virginia and stayingfit through competitive run-ning and other activities. She’scurrently training for the Ma-rine Corps Marathon.
“I have worked in the(Alzheimer’s disease) field for30 years and have always beena promoter of healthylifestyles,” said Nelson. “Whenyou’re sightseeing and askingquestions, you’re stimulating and challeng-ing your mind. When I enter and train forraces, I’m interacting with other people andstaying socially engaged.”
Nelson is incorporating into her life keyelements that are credited with staving offage-related mental decline. In fact, jobs andactivities that require complex thinking andsocial connections can help build resilienceand delay age-related cognitive decline anddementia, according to a new study pre-sented at the Alzheimer’s Association Inter-national Conference (AAIC) 2016 last week.
The study suggested that working withpeople in challenging jobs such as Nelson’shad the most protective effect on the brain.
“With the brain, like other parts of thebody, you use it or lose it,” said Dr. DeanHartley, Ph.D., director of Science Initiativesfor the Alzheimer’s Association. “If you don’tuse it, it goes away.”
Activities that require planning and pro-cessing information challenge the brain. “Sit-ting in front of the television is detrimental,”
said Hartley. “Being passivedoesn’t stimulate the brain.”
In this study, researcherstried to answer questionsabout whether mentally chal-lenging occupations and ac-tivities protected cognitivefunction against the impact ofpoor diet. Scientists studied351 older adults who were liv-ing independently and adher-ing to a Western diet, whichresearchers said included redmeat, potatoes, foods madewith white flour and sugar.
Over a three-year period, theresearchers found this type ofdiet to be associated with cog-nitive decline in older adults.However, individuals in thestudy diet who consumed aWestern diet, but also had amentally stimulating lifestyle,were protected from cognitivedecline.
“Activities that required an engagement of executive func-tioning, like planning, volunteering or any task that get yourmind thinking, those types of experiences are where we’re
Photo courtesy of Ana Nelson
Ana Nelson of the Alzheimer’sAssociation and her husband Jimstay fit and socially engagedthrough competitive running. Anew study shows that socialconnections can help build resil-ience and prevent age-relatedcognitive decline and dementia.
seeing the best protection against cognitivedecline,” said Amy E. Coren, Ph.D., J.D.,assistant professor of Psychology at North-ern Virginia Community College in Alexan-dria. Coren was not involved with the study.
Not all types of social interaction havebeen shown to be equally beneficial tohealthy brain functioning, notes develop-mental psychologist Dr. Linda Cote-Reilly,associate professor of Psychology atMarymount University in Arlington. “Olderadults who have a lot of social interactionbecause they need assistance with activi-ties of daily living do not experience theseinteractions as positive,” she said. “Peopleare helping them because they have lost theability to do the tasks themselves and aredependent on other people.”
However, Coren, Hartley and other re-searchers say that more research is needed.
Wellbeing
By Marilyn Campbell
The Connection
Listening to ChristianElliot describe part of arecent vacation that hetook with his wife,
Nina, you might think he was at-tending a fitness bootcamp.
“We woke up early, got in a jogand I did push-ups on a step,lunges on a dirt road,” said Chris-tian Elliot. “As long as you havegravity … you can exercise.”
While August vacations offer achance to renew and rejuvenate,carving out time to exercise andcreating opportunities for nutri-tious food are keys to maintain-ing a healthy lifestyle while onholiday.
“The biggest thing about eatinghealthy and exercising on vacationis planning ahead,” said Elliot, a
personal trainer and founder ofTRUE Health and Wholeness inArlington. “People plan their va-cation in pretty good detail, butthey fail to plan where and howthey’re going to work out.”
Part of that planning includesbringing packable equipment andappropriate clothing for exercise.“Pack [resistance] bands forstrengthening exercises, and ajump rope is a great way to getcardio. Those are lightweight andeasy to pack,” said Catie Brocker,NP-C, MSN, director of the StudentHealth Center at Marymount Uni-versity in Arlington. “Whateveryou do, keep it simple and fun. Ifwe make it too complicated itmight not work.”
GETTING ACTIVE with familyand friends is one way thatBrocker made exercise enjoyable
during a recent vacation. “I led abodyweight circuit for my familyevery morning when I was on abeach vacation recently,” she said.“We were staying on the beach andwe would wake up each morningand do a workout.”
Part of the appeal of bodyweight
exercises is that they can be donevirtually anywhere and require noequipment. Brocker recommends60-second exercise intervals with15 seconds of rest between eachset.
“I do an upper body exercise, alower body exercise, sit ups andsome type of cardio,” she said. “Forexample, push ups, squats, jump-ing jacks and a sit up. There arefitness and workout apps out therethat you can use if you feel intimi-dated by creating your ownbodyweight circuit. If you writeout a few exercises before youleave for vacation, you’re far morelikely to do it.”
From swimming laps in a hotelpool to walking laps around anairport terminal while waiting fora flight, there are many ways toget creative with exercise.
“Hotels usually either have agym … and the concierge can tellyou about nearby trails for hikingor walking,” said Brocker.
In addition to planning to exer-cise while on vacation, packing a
small, portable stash of fruit, veg-etables or trail mix can quell hun-ger while sightseeing or waiting atthe airport. “Stop by the grocerystore and pick up healthiersnacks,” said Brocker. “Go-to foodsfor me are nuts or dried fruit.They’re great when going throughsecurity.”
For those who, like the Elliots,will be traveling with children,child-friendly snacks are a must.“We have to manage their lowblood sugar with quick energyhits,” said Elliot. “Our kids love thegrass-fed beef sticks or beef jerky.”
“You can’t deprive yourself andsay’ I’m not going to have icecream at all’,” said Janet Zalman,founder of the Zalman NutritionGroup. “You can say, ‘I’m going tohave ice cream one or two times,but I’m not going to eat the super-size, I’ll have a kiddie size.’”
It’s also a good idea to chooserestaurants and peruse menus atyour destination before leaving onvacation. “Research your options,”said Brocker, “Like anything elseyou do, you have to plan and re-search it so that you can be an in-formed consumer.”
Finally, if you decide to splurgeon a favorite food, make it count.“When you go off the rails and eathigh calories food, make sure it’sfabulous,” Zalman. “Most peoplecheat out of convenience, but ifyou’re going to cheat, cheat high.”
Advance planning is key tomaintaining a healthy diet andfitness on the road.
Staying Fit and Healthy on Vacation
Photo courtesy of Christian Elliot
Nina and Christian Elliot plan ahead to incorporate ahealthy diet and exercise into family vacations with theirchildren Naomi, 8, Caleb, 6, Noah, 2, and Cohen, 7months.
“Whatever you do,keep it simple andfun. If we make ittoo complicated itmight not work.”— Catie Brocker, Marymount
University
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The Town of Vienna Parks andRecreation Department pickedthe ideal sultry summer day –July 31 - for its first-ever Big
Splash on the Town Green. Hundreds ofchildren came by to slide down water slides,play balloon toss, dance to rock music, havetheir faces painted, and run through sprin-klers. On top of the water fun, was a bouncehouse and raffle prizes at no cost to enter.The children came dressed in bathing suits,ready for water fun.
Paid-staff and volunteers supervised theevent and encouraged participation ingames and entertainment.
Girl Scout Troop 2387 from Falls Churchvolunteered to paint faces and members ofthe Teen Council of Club Phoenix, the teencenter’s service arm, took charge over wa-ter activities. A ONO shave-ice truck soldmulti-colored icees.
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The Otters ended their season with a 20point win over Sleepy Hollow Bath! Thisfinishes out their season with a 4-1 recordin Division 5.
Double Winners were: Charlotte Lim8&Up Free & Back, Emerson Wilson 9-10Free & Breast, Burke Carroll 11-12 Free &Breast, Eric Koplaski 13-14 Free & Fly,Evelyn Pickett 13-14 Free & Fly, MichaelAmbrose 15-18 Free & Breast, LaurenZarnock 15-18 Free, Ethan Piccolo 8&Up
Back & Fly, Catherine Lim 11-12 Back & Fly,and Jon Anthony Montel 8&Up Free &Breast.
Single Winners were: Will Thompson 9-10 Fly, Joshua Shipley 11-12 Fly, NicoleLopez 15-18 Fly, and Drew Weber 15-18 Fly.
Oakton Otters End the Season onWinning Note
Hundreds of kids andparents turned out forwater fun.
Big Splash on Town Green Made a Big Splash
ArielKlopfenstein
(13-14 fly).
Photos by Kevin Ambrose
The object of a water-balloon toss is to see who remains with an intactballoon filled with water after taking steps to broaden the distancebetween toss partners. Once the tossed water balloon hits the ground,it’s kerplunk.
Photos by Donna Manz/The Connection
Vienna Parks and Recreation staff, in blue shirts, led the kids in a danceparty routine during the Big Splash event on the Town Green on July 31.
Alex Tsibertzoulos and Colin Chapman, both 9, tookrefuge under a shade tree and agreed they liked theshave-ice the most.
Younger children, in particular, patiently waited inthe line for the taller of the two water slides on theTown Green on Saturday.
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drive through the towns alongthe shore of the Raritan Bay andmake a lot of noise at the homesof his employees. So we started out— Lawrence Harbor, Keyport,Keansburg, Belford, Leonardo. Ev-erywhere we went, with our potbanging and shouting, we sawother people celebrating. Everyonecame out onto their lawns, greet-ing us with jumping and waving,
From Page 4 shouting and cheering. It was a dayof victory, it was a day of joy. Thewar was over. It was almost darkwhen we pulled into the driveway,sweaty, hoarse, and happy. Mosqui-toes stuck to our sticky arms andfaces, those big ones! We werebathed and sent to bed with a greattreasure — the memory of how ourfamily celebrated the end of thewar. I was seven.
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ONGOINGCirque du Soleil “Kurious.” July 21
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Evenings on the Ellipse. 5:30-7 p.m.Thursdays through Aug. 25. FairfaxCounty Government Center, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.Fun music and good company.Paradise Springs and The Winery atBull Run will be offeringcomplimentary tastings of theirpremium reds and whites. If it rains,concerts will be moved inside to theGovernment Center Forum. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/
McLean Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon. Fridays from May 6-Nov. 18.Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. The market providesarea residents an opportunity topurchase locally grown or producedproducts. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets.
Weekly Storytime. Wednesday andSaturday. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble,7851 L Tysons Corner Center,McLean. Themes and Titles vary.Free admission.
Tai Chi Beginners’ Practice.Saturdays, 8-9 a.m. St. Luke’sCatholic School Gymnasium, 7005Georgetown Pike, McLean. WeeklyTai Chi practice. Group has met forover 20 years. Free. FreeTaiChi.org.703-759-9141.
THURSDAY/AUG. 4“The Greatest Sports Heroes A to
Z.” 2:30 p.m. Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. Performed by Bright StarTouring Theatre as part of the
Summer Reading Program. For moreinformation, 703-356-0770.
FRIDAY/AUG. 5First Friday Art Walk in the
Village, 6-9 p.m. - Come to GreatFalls Village Centre and browsethrough three Art Studios & Galleries(with 27 artists), Shops, &Restaurants. See painting demos byartists in the studios and enjoy musicas you stroll through the VillageGreen. Live Music at The Old Broguebegins at 9 p.m. Start in any location:756, 766 or 776 Walker Road, GreatFalls, VA. Info atwww.greatfallsart.org/ArtWalk/
Kayak Tour-Sunset OverRiverbend. 5:30 p.m. RiverbendPark, 8700 Potomac Hill St., GreatFalls. Experience day’s end with anupper Potomac River tour. Start withthe basics and in a short time youwill be maneuvering through thewater. This is not a whitewater tour.No previous experience required. 14and up. $39/$41.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend-park/.
SATURDAY/AUG. 6ACE W & OD 10K. 6 p.m. Centennial
Park, 131 Church St. NE, Vienna. Allare welcome — runners, walkers,baby strollers, and friendly dogs onleash. [email protected]. 703-927-4833.
Animal Feeding Time. 10 a.m.Riverbend Park, 700 Potomac HillSt., Great Falls. It is feeding time andthe parks exhibit animals are hungry.Join a Riverbend animal caretaker asthey feed and care for our snakes,turtles, frogs, and fish. 3 years andup. $4/$6. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend-park/.
SUNDAY/AUG. 7Natty Beaux. 6-8 p.m. Great Falls
Village Centre Green, Great Falls. Afun-lovin’, finger-snappin’, hoppin’and boppin’ swingin’ jump blues androckabilly combo. http://www.celebrategreatfalls.org/concerts-on-the-green/.
Book Signing. 2-4 p.m. FreemanStore, 131 Church St. NE, Vienna.Connie Stuntz, of Vienna, a historyauthor will sign copies of “This Was
Vienna, Virginia.” 703-938-5187.Wagon Ride-Journey to the
Potomac River. 11:30 a.m.Riverbend Park, 700 Potomac HillSt., Great Falls. Enjoy riding throughthe woods and along the PotomacRiver, while finding out about thepark’s wildlife and the AmericanIndians who once lived here.Children must be accompanied by anadult registered in the program. $6/$8. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend-park/.
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY/AUG. 8-10JA Entrepreneurhip Summit. JA
Finance Park, 4099 Pickett Road,Fairfax. Students will be presentedwith a problem and will work inteams to develop solutions that theywill ultimately pitch Shark Tank-styleto a panel of Greater Washingtonbusiness leaders. Grades 9-12.Information and registration at http://www.myja.org/programs/entrepreneurshipsummit.
WEDNESDAY/AUG. 10Phillip Phillips and Matt
Nathanson. 7 p.m. Filene Center,Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts,1551 Trap Road, Vienna.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/AUG. 13Used Book Collection. 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
SunTrust Bank, 515 Maple Ave. East,Vienna. Sponsored by the AAUWMcLean Branch. Also, bring your CDs,DVDs, software, children’s book,records, and recent textbooks, in goodcondition. Proceeds benefit scholarshipsfor women. [email protected].
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By KENNETH B. LOURIE
“Love That Dirty Water”
“Oh, Boston you’re my home.” At least it wasagain for four days this past week: Sunday a.m.through Wednesday p.m. First I saw my best friend,Cary, and his family for two and a half days; then,for a day and another half, with a Washington,D.C. friend, Jim, I attended two Boston Red Soxgames at Fenway Park (“Baseball’s most belovedballpark”): Tuesday evening and Wednesdayafternoon.
I not only grew up in Boston (Newton Centre,actually) I was raised there as well. I had loving andsupportive parents who, to this day, even in theirabsence (both having succumbed to old age a fewyears back) impact my life. I quote them often,refer to their parental advisories, tell their storiesand even, grudgingly, repeat my father’s jokes (I’llspare you any examples). When my father retiredat age 70, my parents moved to Florida so I hadfewer reasons to return home; though periodicallyI did so (high school reunions, Bar Mitzvahs, etc.).Previous to this visit however, I had not been backin nearly six years; in late October 2010 whenCary and I went to see the Boston Celtics play theMiami Heat in LeBron James’ first regular seasongame after “The Decision.”
Being back home now (yes, home to me iswhere I was born, bred and buttered; my lifethrough high school) was extremely emotional.When I first met Cary and his wife, Mindy, at theairport, I started crying. I don’t know if it was thelung cancer/my heightened sense of mortality orjust my age, but the tears flowed.
As you might imagine, we drove by all thefamiliar places: schools, temple, the house where Ilived, the old neighborhood, downtown Boston,the Charles River (to which this title refers) and thesuburbs. For food, we ate Chinese and Italian fordinner, meatball and cheese subs and pizza forlunch (all perfect for me) and fresh muffins andbagels for breakfast. We reminisced and laughed,appearing not to miss a beat from any previous vis-its and/or any of the hundreds of phone calls we’veshared over the years. Overall, I was nurtured andloved and made to feel significant and appreciated.Wonderful doesn’t begin to describe the way I feltand the manner in which I was treated. To quote aformer checker at my local Safeway: it was“superfantastic.”
Tuesday afternoon/evening it was on to FenwayPark, home of the Boston Red Sox since 1912, forthe first of our two games. We had box seats upthe right field line, within 20 rows or so of the rightfield foul pole, better known as the “Pesky Pole,”named after the legendary Red Sox shortstop.Johnny Pesky, he of the alleged “held-ball” in the1946 World Series, among other memories. (A fewyears back, the left field foul pole was officiallynamed the “Fisk Pole” after former Boston Red Soxcatcher, and now Hall of Famer, Carlton Fisk: mostremembered by Red Sox Nation for his 12thinning, arm-waving, foul-pole hitting, game-win-ning home run in game six of the 1975 WorldSeries against the Cincinnati Reds, aka “The BigRed Machine.”)
I attended many games at Fenway Park (notthat one unfortunately, but I know exactly where Iwas when “Pudge” hit his series-tying shot), mostlywith my father so the memories came gushing backas I walked along Yawkey Way: the vendor/locationwhere my father always stopped for a sausage andonion sandwich, the old ticket booths at Gate A,the “Fenway franks” he’d smother with condi-ments, the peanut/popcorn/ice cream concessionshe’d buy for me, the ticket window he’d go toinside the stadium to try and upgrade our seats, theadjacent bathroom with the old-fashioned ameni-ties, his preference to sit on the first-base side inorder to see the action in the left-field corner atthe base of the “Green Monster,” and too manymore to recount. I would guess you get the gist ofit by now.
It was four days I’ll never forget and a lifetimeI’ll always remember – and cherish. Thanks to mywife, Dina for encouraging me to take the trip andto Cary and Mindy for hosting me. If I had it to doover again, I wouldn’t change a thing. Well, onething, actually. The Red Sox lost both games, so Inever got to hear “Love That Dirty Water,” the tra-ditional song/anthem played at the stadium to cele-brate a win.
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By Marti Moore
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Some children go to the shoppingmall because their moms have torun errands or it’s a nice place tohang out with friends.
Who knew Fair Oaks Mall is a go-to placeto conduct science experiments, program arobot and make stuff out of a 3-D printer?
Nearly 700 children and adults found outSunday, July 25, as the Children’s ScienceCenter Lab celebrated its first birthday as apremier destination in this region for op-portunities in science, technology, engineer-ing and math education.
Board Chair Amy Burke says 80 percentof learning happens outside the classroom.She believes the museum is an informaleducation facility that reinforces learningin school.
“And it’s fun,” adds Burke, the mother oftwo boys who also works as a consultantfor technology policy and government re-lations.
The lab received two huge corporate giftsworth $125,000.
Lab visitors saw two new exhibits, anaquatic life display and a robotic arm chal-lenge.
The small aquarium holds colorful fishlike some of the sea creatures featured inthe popular 2003 Disney-Pixar movie “Find-ing Nemo” in a room designed for kids ages5 and younger.
This Discovery Zone offers a tinker shopthat introduces young minds to engineer-ing and design concepts. It is earmarked forthe $75,000 birthday gift from Herndonbank Northwest Federal Credit Union.
The robot exhibit in the adjacent gallery
performs tasks users can program from fourtablet computers installed around a booth.McLean commercial and government tech-nology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamiltongave $50,000 for this interactive display.Visitors can help the Children’s Science Cen-ter Lab find a name for the new robotthrough Sept. 5. The winner will receive abirthday party at the museum.
Visitors can also sit at a bar and order ascience experiment from a “STEM tender”who brings their ingredients and offers as-sistance if patrons need help with instruc-
tions shown on the Amazon Kindle elec-tronic reading device at their station.
“It’s fun and they don’t even know they’relearning,” said museum marketing directorDorothy Ready.
Ready said the facility can fit 90 kids perfield trip and many schools must send theirstudents in separate groups. These “capac-ity constraints” are the reason why Spiveyspoke to a crowd Sunday morning aboutthe museum’s 10-year expansion plan witha new center under construction soon in
Loudoun County at the Dulles Town Cen-ter.
This million-dollar STEM education facil-ity runs on corporate and private donors,annual memberships of $150 a year for afamily of four, birthday parties and a $12general admission.
The 5,400-square-foot Children’s ScienceCenter Lab has an annual operating budgetof $1.2 million — according to museumexecutive director Adalene “Nene” Spivey— and employs 12 full-time and 20 part-time staff. The museum also boasts 300 ac-tive volunteers.
The museum also continues to thrive onits STEM education roots through a portableclassroom in a van donated by Volkswagenthat delivers science projects to areaschools.
“We started as a mobile lab,” Ready ex-plained. She said it took five years offundraising to grow the van into a museum.
Spivey said the Children’s Science Cen-ter Lab had at least 50,000 visitors through-out its first year and garnered 900 familymemberships. The demonstrations changeon a rotating basis. Part of her display cri-teria is “they are so fun, the adults want toplay with the exhibits.”
More activities held elsewhere in the mallfocused on health and fitness in prepara-tion for a special event to promote STEMeducation nationwide. Retired U.S. ArmyCol. Tim Hoffman of Warrenton will bike4,200 miles across America to promote theinitiative and raise money for the Children’sScience Center Lab from Aug. 1 to Oct. 25.Participate in his cause onlineatwww.afceanova.org/transamerica-cycle-for-STEM.
The Children’s Science Center Lab is openevery day in Fairfax from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.on the Level 1 entrance at 11750 Fair OaksMall. Parking is between Lord & Taylor andSears. Call (703) 648-3130 or visit theirwebsite at www.childsci.org.
Mall STEM Lab Celebrates First BirthdayChildren’s Science Center Lab celebrates with cake, a new robot,aquarium and checks worth $125,000.
Children use KEVA educationaltools called KEVA planks to helpconstruct a wooden tower tallerthan themselves. The constructiontook place Sunday morning at thecelebration of an interactive STEMeducation museum in Fair OaksMall.
Arlington toddler Palmer Sadowskyfinds a live version of cute clownfish from a beloved children’smovie Sunday at the Children’sScience Center Lab in Fair OaksMall. Palmer turns 2 years old thisweek.
Anna O’Sullivan, 10, of Great Falls learns about the science of acousticsfrom student intern Gaby Mugica, 13, of Loudoun County. The activity,called “good vibrations” helps participants make different sounds onthe water goblet at the museum’s experiment bar.
Amy Burke, board chair of the Children’s Science Center Lab, and execu-tive director Adalene “Nene” Spivey watch Emily Brunner, 15, of FallsChurch take on the robotic arm challenge after programming the deviceto play the “Happy Birthday” song on a xylophone following a Sundaymorning ribbon cutting in Fair Oaks Mall. Brunner participated on herschool’s robotics team at George C. Marshall High School.
Photos by Marti Moore/The Connection