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Vienna Artists Meet CommunityNews, Page 3
‘More Than Just a Teacher’People, Page 2
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Marilynne Jost’s student Candace Miu received the prestigious Paderewski Medal in 2016 and completed her High School Diploma in piano this year. Miu was also awarded the President’s Cup from the Na-tional Federation of Music Clubs this year for her 12 years of superior performances.
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People
By Carlyn Kranking
The Connection
As Marilynne Jost drove at age 27,a truck in the curb lane made au-turn into her car, sending it intoa ditch on the side of the road.
During the impact, she smashed her knuck-les on her left hand. Jost, a pianist, was toldthat she would never play again.
“The Missouri mule in me said, ‘Oh yeah?Watch me,’” Jost said.
When she got her hand out of its cast,Jost returned to practicing basics. Shewould play piano for about ten minutes,soak her hand in warm water for twenty,then repeat the process. She finally im-proved, but not to the level she was at be-fore. Though she gave up her plan to audi-tion for Phillips Gallery, Jost refused to giveup piano.
This September marks Jost’s 60th yearteaching piano, and over the years, she hasmade an impact on countless students andtheir families. Janice Murray, whose daugh-ter takes lessons with Jost, teared up justtalking about her.
“I think she’s just a top-notch teacher,”Murray said. “She’s been teaching her wholelife, and it is something that she was meantto do. I wanted to find a teacher that [mydaughter] could develop a relationshipwith, and I just feel like they hit it off fromthe beginning.”
When Jost was growing up and takingpiano lessons of her own, she had a teacherwho would stop instruction the moment her45-minute lesson was over. This teacherwould close the piano book and cut her off,even if she was in the middle of a measure.Jost vowed that she would never do that toa student.
Now, Jost strives to spend the necessarytime with each student, even adapting herlessons to what each kid may need on aparticular day.
“My job is to deal with them as awhole person, not just as a 30-minutemusic student,” Jost said. “If they cometo me with a bad day and I can get themto leave in a good mood, I’ve done
something worthwhile.”
JOST TAKES TIME during each lesson totalk to her students about life. If a studentis having a difficult day, she tries to find afun piece to play to ease their stress. Shesaid a parent told her she’s like everybody’sgrandmother.
“She likes kids, and to be a good teacher,I think you have to like being around kids,”parent Carrie Moacdieh said. “But that’s notenough. You have to know your material,and of course, she herself was a professionalconcert pianist.”
At age 16, Jost made her debut with theSt. Louis Philharmonic, and she then wentto Washington University in St. Louis ona full scholarship, where she studied mu-sic. Since then, she performed many pro-grams, culminating in an all-Chopin pro-
gram in 2010.Though Jost was a concert pianist her-
self, she does not put pressure on her stu-dents to do the same.
“I don’t expect to turn out spectacular kidsthat are going to go into concert careers.I’ve had an awful lot of good ones. But that’snot my goal,” Jost said. “My goal is just tospread the love of music so that they willbe symphony supporters, support the goodmusic station and play in the communitiesand retirement homes. I encourage my kidsto do that all the time.”
In addition to taking students to play atretirement homes, Jost encourages her stu-dents to give back to the community bywriting valentines and letters for woundedveterans and participating in fundraisers.
Last year, her studio participated in a two-week hurricane relief fundraiser that sheplanned. Students asked for donations fromsponsors, who pledged a certain amount ofmoney per hour of practice time. Thisfundraiser brought in about $1,400 for theAmerican Red Cross and more than $800for The Humane Society.
While these charitable actions teach herstudents giving, parent Katherine Thomassaid that Jost’s everyday actions also modelgood behavior for the kids. Thomas movedlast year, and Jost offered to come over andhelp paint her walls. When Thomas had alot of company at her house, Jost boughther a turkey.
“She really goes out of her way to try tohelp others. She looks for needs of othersand then meets them,” Thomas said. “I likethat she teaches the kids not just how toplay the piano, but how to be responsibleand how to be respectful.”
Jost and many parents agree that she isnot the teacher for everyone – she wantsstudents to meet expectations and cansometimes be strict. But she genuinely caresabout her students, and to them, Jost ismore than just a teacher: The Murrays havehad her over for Thanksgiving, past studentscome back to visit and her adult studentsconsider Jost a friend.
ONE OF HER ADULT STUDENTS, DianeBaumgartner, previously took piano lessonsfrom a teacher in Maryland. Her schedulegot very busy when she started to simulta-neously take a weaving class, so she had tocancel a couple of piano lessons.
“Then I get this letter in the mail fromhim, basically firing me from being his stu-dent, because I wasn’t dedicated enough,”Baumgartner said. She looked for a newteacher, and that’s how she came acrossJost. “She’s more than just a teacher, she’sa friend, and I am really, really gratefulthat my old piano teacher fired me, be-cause otherwise I never would have mether.”
Though she has been a piano teacher for60 years, Jost was never in it for glory.
“I’m not out to make a big name for my-self,” Jost said. “I just want the kids toenjoy music. I want them to be able tosay to their kids, ‘Oh, I had the neatestpiano teacher. I want you to study piano.I hope we can find a teacher like that.’That’s my legacy. That’s what I can con-tribute to the world.”
Oakton piano teacher has shared herlove of music for 60 years.‘More Than Just a Teacher’
Candace Miu (right), a student ofJost’s, received the prestigiousPaderewski Medal in 2016 andcompleted her High School Di-ploma in piano this year. Miu wasalso awarded the President’s Cupfrom the National Federation ofMusic Clubs this year for her 12years of superior performances.
Jost and a new student this year,Alisa Chang, at the Spring Recital
Marilynne Jost (second from right) performs a piece written for eighthands at one piano with some of her adult students.
Photos courtesy of Shari Schwartz
Marilynne Jost and her students at their Spring Recital earlier this year.
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Marvel Adams’s house is so full of herartwork that pieces have to be storedunder sofas and beds. Mary EllenLarkins has six kilns in her basement.
“It’s really nice in the winter time when the heatrises from the kilns, but it’s not so nice in the sum-mer when the heat rises and it’s fighting the air con-ditioning,” Larkins said.
The passion to create that is shared by Vienna ArtsSociety members is evident not only in their homes,but in their enthusiasm at art shows. Sunday, theVienna Arts Society held its first reception in its newart center at the Windover building, 243 ChurchStreet, NW. This show featured art by various Soci-ety members, including Artist of the Year RichardNeff.
“I like to do scenes of nature, landscapes and es-pecially flowers in their natural setting,” Neff said.“I’m a copyist at the National Gallery of Art, so theyallow me to come in and copy famous paintings. Ilearn to be a better painter by copying others.”
The gallery also includes the 2018 Healing Wall,created by the Vienna Arts Society and the FortBelvoir Community Hospital. Volunteers from Viennahave been going to the hospital for five years to al-low the service members there to paint puzzle pieces.Society members later connect the puzzle pieces tocreate the Healing Wall.
“The way the Vienna Arts Society puts them to-gether makes it pop a little bit more, and more ofthe story of the military members comes out,” saidJennifer Pratt, recreation therapist at Fort BelvoirCommunity Hospital. “One [piece] is just simple, butthen when it all goes together, there’s a lot moredepth.”
Painting the puzzle pieces serves as a kind of arttherapy and helps the service members at the hospi-tal to heal.
“Surprisingly enough, people who have PTSD seemto come out of their shells when they do artwork.It’s cathartic for them and very beneficial,” ViennaArts Society President Hayden Luczka said. “Thereare literally people who do some of this artwork thatnever speak, and when they finish with the artwork,they’re speaking to the person sitting next to them.”
By Carlyn Kranking
The Connection
The Shouse Village swimteam closet houses allkinds of items, from
folded-up bed sheets withspray-painted team slogans tolarge canopies that provideshade for the swimmers. Thissummer, the closet also becamea storage location for more than300 pounds of canned goods.
“There is a giant box in thecloset that is more than twogrown men can pick up rightnow,” team spirit leader MelissaCarey said.
Saturday, Carey announcedthe donation total at the swimteam end-of-season banquet.Due to the contributions ofShouse swim team families andthose of visiting teams, theswimmers were able to give thisgenerous donation to theReston nonprofit A Simple Ges-ture.
The swimmers were split intocompeting groups named forthe colors of the swim team –yellow and blue – and couldearn “spirit points” throughoutthe season. To motivate giving,whichever team collected themost donations overall wouldbe awarded ten points. The do-nations, placed in A SimpleGesture’s signature “cool, greenbags,” will be delivered to vari-ous food banks in Reston andHerndon.
“We’re telling [the kids],‘What does yellow and blueequal? Green,’” Shouse Villageresident and A Simple Gesturevolunteer Bob Park said. “Soyou combine them all together,and bingo, everyone wins.”
The Shouse Village swimteam has a history of givingback to the community: Eachsummer, the team raises fundsfor a local charity through itsSwim-a-Thon. Shouse swim-mers collected money for HSCPediatric Center this year, andby the end of the season, theteam had raised more than$7,000 for the cause.
Though the team did not seta goal for the donation drive,Carey said, their total was morethan anything she predictedthey could accomplish. Otherparents felt the same way.
“I was really shocked at theturnout and the level of dedi-cation,” swim team parentElizabeth Judkins said. “Thatwas phenomenal to see.”
While food pantries receive alot of donations during the holi-day season, contributions tendto go down at this time of year.Nevertheless, Park said, hungeris still a persistent issue in thecommunity.
“It’s striking that in this partof the county, where peopleseem to have so much, we stillhave hunger,” Park said.“There’s a simple way to helpease that problem.”
Local swim team collectsdonations for A Simple Gesture.
Yellow and BlueMakes Green
The Shouse Villageswim team collectedmore than 300 poundsof food donations for ASimple Gesture, Reston.
To motivate giving, donating was incorporated into ateam spirit competition. (Standing, left: Bob Park,right: Melissa Carey).
Photos by Carlyn Kranking/
The Connection
Marvel Adams and her artwork (mosaicand pottery). ‘Somebody just told me, “Wenever know what you’re gonna bring in,because you never do the same thing.” Ifyou’re a crafty person, you’re gonna do itall,’ said Adams
“Basics” by Hayden Luczka, President ofthe Vienna Arts Society. “Art for me is inthe eye of the beholder, so people seedifferent things in a piece of artwork. Youmight see a flower in some of the thingsthat I do, or you might see a fish or youmight see a ghost. What I see in (‘Basics’)is a sun. I see a sun, and I see the worldaround it,” says Luczka.
Vienna Arts Society holdsfirst reception in new space.
Local ArtistsMeet Community
Mary Ellen Larkins and her glass jewelry.‘I just fell in love with glass. I don’t know,it had a magical power,’ Larkins says.
Richard Neff, Artist of the Year, and hispaintings. ‘When I’m painting, I get intothe mood and time goes very quickly. It’slike playing music: You’re into the mo-ment. You don’t think about your troubles,or problems or anything. When I see ascene that’s really beautiful, I like tocapture that somehow, so that’s what I’mdoing,’ said Neff.
‘My Daily Path’by NoreenBrunini. ‘It’s apainting of apath throughtrees. It’s aplace that mydaughterwalked everyday when shewas in En-gland,’ Bruninisays.
Photos by Carlyn Kranking/The Connection
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Entertainment
Live Music at Jammin’ JavaDan Navarro has just released his first true studio-recorded solo album, “Shed My Skin.” Saturday, Aug.11, 8 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.$20-25. Visit www.jamminjava.com orwww.dannavarro.com for more.
Submit entertainment announcementsat www.connectionnewspapers.com/Cal-endar/. The deadline is noon on Friday.Photos/artwork encouraged.
ONGOINGArt Exhibit: Country Places.
Through Aug. 4, gallery hours atVillage Green Shopping Center , 513Maple Ave. NW, Vienna. Artist LibbyEckert’s exhibit Country Places is ondisplay. Free and open to the public.Call 703-319-3971 or visitwww.ViennaArtsSociety.org.
Vienna Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, through Nov. 3 atVienna Community Center, 120Cherry St. S.E., Vienna. The ViennaFarmers Market, hosted by theOptimist Club of Greater Vienna, hasmore than 30 vendors from acrossthe region, the Vienna FarmersMarket provides locally-sourced fruitsand vegetables and homemade eats.Throughout the year, great musicwill be featured to accompany yourshopping. Visitoptimistclubofgreatervienna.org/.
Oakton Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1p.m. at Unity of Fairfax Church, 2854Hunter Mill Road, Oakton. Year-round weekly farmers market inOakton. Local produce, meats/eggs,dairy, baked goods, and more.Admission is free. Visit community-foodworks.org.
REGISTRATION OPENVienna Youth Soccer Fall 2018.
House Soccer is Vienna YouthSoccer’s recreation soccer program.House is open to all boys and girlsages 3-18 years old who wish to playand learn soccer while having fun,making friends, and developingsportsmanship in a non-pressure
environment. Visit www.vys.org.
WEDNESDAY/AUG. 1Summer Stories, Songs, and
Sprinklers. 1 p.m. on the lawn ofthe Freeman Store, 131 Church St.NE, Vienna. Young children andfamilies are invited to listen to astory, tune into some favorite songs,then have a little casual fun withwater sprinklers at 1 p.m.Wednesdays, through Aug. 8. Freeand appropriate for all ages. Visitwww.viennava.gov.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY/AUG. 1-2Studio Ghibli: The Tale of Princess
Kaguya. Wednesday, 7 p.m.(Japanese with English subtitles);Thursday, 11 a.m. (English dubbed)at Angelika Film Center – Mosaic,2911 District Ave., Fairfax. TheAngelika Mosaic will featureanimated films from the celebratedStudio Ghibli praised for theiroriginality, stunning animation, andambitious storytelling. All tickets areregular admission. Visitwww.AngleikaFilmCenter.com.
THURSDAY/AUG. 2Nottoway Nights. 7:30-8:30 p.m. at
Nottoway Park, 9537 CourthouseRoad, Vienna. Featuring JohnMcCutcheon (Folk). Bring blanketsand chairs and enjoy music fromaround the world every Thursdayevening at Nottoway Park. Free. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/nottoway-nights.
FRIDAY/AUG. 3Summer on the Green: Nowhere
Men. 6:30 p.m. area residents can
catch a new and diverse musical actat the Town Green or at Chillin’ onChurch. Bring blankets and chairs,but please leave Fido and any otherpets at home. The concerts are free
and open to the public. Visitwww.viennava.gov.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY/AUG. 3-4Beauty and the Beast. 7:30 p.m. at
the Vienna Community Center, 120Cherry St. SE, Vienna. Vienna YouthPlayers’ premieres Walt Disney’sBeauty and the Beast. The cast andcrew features more than 30 aspiringstudent-artists, ages 8-18. Thisproduction will be a swan song as itis director Barbara ‘Babs’ Dyer’s finalshow with the company afterhelming the director’s chair 26 years.Tickets are $15 each generaladmission, at viennava.gov/webtracor at the community center.
SATURDAY/AUG. 4W&OD 10K. 6 p.m. starting and
finishing at Centennial Park, 131Church St., NE, Vienna. In memory ofSally Hamilton (1962-2009), directorof Friends of the W&OD Trail, Fairfax4 Horses, and Hunters Valley RidingClub. The out-and-back course runsthrough one of the area’s firstenvironmentally-protected zones, anundeveloped meadowland where thedeer and the antelope play. Visitwww.active.com and search “Friendsof W&OD” to register.
MONDAY/AUG. 6Submission Deadline. Vienna Arts
Society’s annual Photography Showis calling for photographers fromaround the Capitol Region. Thetheme is “Visual Stories.” Show willbe open Aug. 14-Sept. 15. $10 perpiece for VAS members, $15 perpiece for non-members. Enter nomore than two photographs.Prospectus available atwww.ViennaArtsSociety.org.
WEDNESDAY/AUG. 8Summer Stories, Songs, and
Sprinklers. 1 p.m. on the lawn ofthe Freeman Store, 131 Church St.NE, Vienna. Young children andfamilies are invited to listen to astory, tune into some favorite songs,then have a little casual fun with
water sprinklers at 1 p.m. Free andappropriate for all ages. Visitwww.viennava.gov.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY/AUG. 8-9Studio Ghibli: Spirited Away.
Wednesday, 7 p.m. (Japanese withEnglish subtitles); Thursday, 11 a.m.(English dubbed) at Angelika FilmCenter – Mosaic, 2911 District Ave.,Fairfax. The Angelika Mosaic willfeature animated films from thecelebrated Studio Ghibli praised fortheir originality, stunning animation,and ambitious storytelling. All ticketsare regular admission. Visitwww.AngleikaFilmCenter.com.
THURSDAY/AUG. 9Nottoway Nights. 7:30-8:30 p.m. at
Nottoway Park, 9537 CourthouseRoad, Vienna. Featuring CathyPonton King (Blues/Soul). Bringblankets and chairs and enjoy musicfrom around the world everyThursday evening at Nottoway Park.Free. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/nottoway-nights.
FRIDAY/AUG. 10Summer on the Green: Richard
Walton Group. 6:30 p.m. arearesidents can catch a new and diversemusical act at the Town Green or atChillin’ on Church. Bring blanketsand chairs, but please leave Fido andany other pets at home. The concertsare free and open to the public. Visitwww.viennava.gov.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY/AUG. 10-12Beauty and the Beast. Friday-
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30p.m. at the Vienna CommunityCenter, 120 Cherry St. SE, Vienna.Vienna Youth Players’ premieres WaltDisney’s Beauty and the Beast. Thecast and crew features more than 30aspiring student-artists, ages 8-18.This production will be a swan songas it is director Barbara ‘Babs’ Dyer’sfinal show with the company afterhelming the director’s chair 26 years.Tickets are $15 each generaladmission, at viennava.gov/webtracor at the community center.
SATURDAY/AUG. 11Bands for Bikes. 1-4 p.m. at Old
Firehouse Teen Center, 1440 ChainBridge Road, McLean. Rising collegefreshmen Jack Lichtenstein andMorgan Poirier, will host their 5thannual “Bands for Bikes” concert tobenefit Wheels to Africa (a youth-ledall volunteer 501c(3) that collectsused bikes for needy children).Joining the boys as an organizer thisyear will be Langley risingsophomore and musician, ClaireFulton. Area student musicians andbands will be performing on theoutdoor stage. Bike donationswelcome (but not required) and canbe dropped off 10 a.m.-4 p.m. thatday.
Live Music: Dan Navarro. 8 p.m. atJammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. With a career spanningdecades and a dozen albums withLowen & Navarro, Dan Navarro hasjust released his first true studio-recorded solo album, “Shed MySkin.” $20-25. Visitwww.jamminjava.com.
MONDAY/AUG. 13Dining with Dorothy. 12:30 p.m. at
Ledo Pizza, 141 Park St., Vienna. Aprogram of the Shepherd’s Center ofOakton-Vienna. Join with friends ormake new ones. Newcomers arealways welcome. To reserve space,contact event chair, Dorothy Flood [email protected].
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Wellbeing
By Marilyn Campbell
As parents compile back-to-school task lists,health officials say thatalong with backpacks,
notebooks and pencils, parentsadd the vaccinations that are re-quired by Maryland and Virginiastate laws in order for students toattend school. Now is the time toget those immunizations to avoidthe back to school rush.
“We have free, walk-in clinicswhere you can get vaccines be-tween now and the beginning ofthe school year,” said Mary Ander-son, Montgomery County Depart-ment of Health and Human Ser-vices. “We urge parents to go nowand not wait. We offer vaccines atclinics every day of the week atfour different locations.”
Appointments are not requiredfor immunization visits in Mont-gomery, Arlington and Fairfaxcounties. The Alexandria HealthDepartment, however offers ser-vices by appointment only.
“We would certainly encourageparents to make an appointmentnow,” added John Silcox, FairfaxCounty Health Department. “Ap-pointments fill up quickly, andthere are some walk-in appoint-ments, but the closer you get toschool the more crowded our clin-ics get.”
Fairfax County has five clinicswhich offer vaccines. “School-re-quired immunizations are alwaysfree at our clinics, whether a per-son has insurance or not,” saidSilcox. “We highly encourage par-ents to call the clinic that is mostconveniently located to them É sothat they have you vaccines in timefor school.”
Parents must bring a copy of thechild’s existing immunization record. “A parent ordesignated adult must be with the child when the goto get vaccines,” said Anderson. “If a parents doesn’thave or can’t find their child’s record, we can try toreconstruct it.”
As recently as May, the Washington, D.C. regionsaw a case of a vaccine preventable disease, saysAnderson. “There was a case of measles that thisparticular individual had contracted outside of thecountry,” she said. “But this is a reminder about theimportance of vaccinations because if you had comein contact with this individual and hadn’t been vac-cinated you could have gotten sick.”
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Parents are encourage to get required vaccines now toavoid the back-to-school rush.
Some students may be granted an exemption fromthe Virginia and Maryland state requirements forreligious for medical reasons. “There is an exemp-tion form that people would need to get filled outand turn into their school in order to be exempt fromthe state requirement.”
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“We have free, walk-in clinics where youcan get vaccines between now and thebeginning of the school year. We urgeparents to go now and not wait.”
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Sports
The following summary contains vari-ous incidents of general interest as well asvehicular crashes handled by the Town ofVienna Police Department from July 20 –July 26, 2018.
INCIDENTSVandalism — 300 Block Berry Street,
SE Between July 7 at 8 a.m. and July 14at 10 p.m. A resident reported damageto their vehicle that was legally parkedon the roadway.
Grand Larceny — Ray’s Auto Body316 Dominion Road, NE Between July18 at 9 p.m. and July 19 at 7 a.m. Anemployee with Michael’s Lawn Servicereported that someone cut the fence tothe secured storage lot at Ray’s AutoBody and stole lawn equipment fromone of their vehicles parked in the lot.
Lost Property — James Madison Shell545 Maple Avenue, West Between July19 at 10 a.m. and July 20 at 10 a.m. Aresident lost his wallet after placing it onthe roof of his vehicle while he waspumping gas. The resident drove off for-getting about the wallet and was unableto locate it when he returned.
Narcotics Violation — Nutley Streetand Princeton Terrace, SW July 19,11:12 a.m. PFC Post observed a vehiclewith expired registration and conducteda traffic stop. Upon her interaction withthe driver, the officer detected the odorof marijuana. The driver was in posses-sion of an immeasurable amount ofmarijuana. The marijuana was disposedof, and the driver was released with awarning.
Narcotics Violation — Ware Streetand Gibson Drive, SW July 20, 12:46a.m. Lt. Taylor observed two juveniles inthe area. Upon his interaction with thetwo males, he detected the odor of mari-juana. Both juveniles were found to bein possession of smoking devices andgrinders. Lt. Taylor confiscated the drugparaphernalia, verbally counseled thetwo and released them to the custody oftheir parents.
Trespassing — Town of Vienna Prop-erty Yard 600 Mill Street, NE July 20,12:47 a.m. Sgt. Ruddy observed threemen and a woman coming out of thecreek bed at the Town Property Yard.The woman advised that her husband
and their two friends became concernedfor her safety when she wandered awayfrom the Caboose Brewery. As they fol-lowed her to the area of the creek, theyall fell in. The four people were advisedthey were trespassing on Town propertyand agreed to leave the area.
Arrest – Warrant Service — ViennaPolice Department 215 Center Street,South July 20, 11:45 a.m. A residentcame to the police station to accept ser-vice of a summons from Harrisonburg,Virginia Police Department. The 19-year-old woman from Rensselaer Courtin Vienna was released on her signaturefor the summons charging False Alarmfor Ambulance or Fire. Arrest – WarrantService — Wolftrap Hotel 430 MapleAvenue, West July 20, 12:20 p.m. Offic-ers responded to the hotel to serve awarrant on a man wanted by FairfaxCounty Police. Ofc. Sterling arrested the38-year-old man and transported him tothe Fairfax County Adult Detention Cen-ter. He was served with the capiascharging Probation Violation and heldwithout bond.
Police Service — 900 Block FrederickStreet, SW July 20 between 5 and 6:56p.m. A caretaker requested assistance inlocating an elderly resident who had lefthome alone, and was concerned fortheir safety. The elderly resident waslocated by neighbors and returned homesafely.
Lost Property — Pazzo Pomodoro 118Branch Road, SE July 20 between 8 and11 p.m. A resident advised she lost hermedication while at the restaurant.
Police Service — Kingsley Road, SWJuly 20, 8:02 p.m. Officers served a Pro-tective Order on a resident and helpedarrange to get his belongings from hishome.
Assist EMS — James Madison Shell545 Maple Avenue, West July 20, 11:18p.m. Officers responded to assist rescuepersonnel with a man who suffered amedical emergency. A resident advisedthat she and the man were travelingfrom a family party when he began tofeel sick and became unconscious. Theresident immediately pulled over andcalled for rescue. The man was trans-ported to an area hospital fortreatment.
Animal Case — 900 Block of GlyndonStreet, SE July 20, 2:30 p.m. A repair-man reported being bitten by thehomeowners dog. The dog was placedon a routine 10- day quarantine.
Animal Case — Oakton-Vienna Vet-erinary Hospital 320 Maple Avenue,East July 20, 7:15 p.m. A dog bit anemployee during a procedure.
Petit Larceny — 200 Block YeonasDrive, SW July 22, 4:26 a.m. A cabdriver reported a man that was refusingto pay their tab. Ofc. Rohr located the21-year-old man in his residence onYeonas Drive. He was issued a summonsfor Defrauding a Cab Driver and re-leased on his signature. Arrest – DrivingWhile Intoxicated, Hit & Run, andDrunk in Public — 300 Block CenterStreet, South July 22, 6:32 p.m. Offic-ers responded to the report of a driverrepeatedly striking a parked vehicle andattempting to leave the scene. Arrivingofficers found the woman driver and hermale passenger putting their clothes onbefore exiting the vehicle. Upon the of-ficers’ interaction with both the driverand passenger they detected signs of im-pairment. The driver failed to completea series of field sobriety tests. Ofc Rohrarrested a 30-year-old woman from Ce-dar Lane, SE in Vienna. She wastransported to the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center where she was giventhe opportunity to provide a sample ofher breath for analysis. She was thencharged with Driving While Intoxicated,Hit & Run, and held on a $2000 securedbond. MPO Shaw arrested the 36-year-old man from Nititz Road in Kensington,Md. He was transported to the FairfaxCounty Adult Detention Center wherehe was charged with Drunk In Public.Assault — Kingsley Road and NutleyStreet, SW July 22, 10:30 p.m. A taxicab driver reported that a passenger hehad just picked up from the ViennaMetro station assaulted him. As theywere traveling north on Nutley Streetthe man, described as a Korean man inhis late 20s, became irate. He demandedthe driver pull the vehicle over. The manthen struck the driver with his fists be-fore running eastbound on KingsleyRoad. Officers searched the area butwere unable to locate the man.
The Oakton Otters (Oakton Swim and RacquetClub) dominated the diving boards Tuesday night,July 24, against Chesterbrook and finished the sea-son in first place and undefeated (5-0) in NVSL’s Di-vision 3. The final score at the meet was 55 to 17.
Six Otter divers placed first in their respective cat-egories: Isabelle Whang in Freshman Girls with ascore of 60.1; Max Messina in Junior Boys with ascore of 86.25; Claire Newberry in IntermediateGirls with a score of 116.2; Spencer Dearman inIntermediate Boys with a score of 152.7; Molly Estes
in Senior Girls with a score of 145.8; and JoshShipley in Senior Boys with a score of 156.5. TheOtters swept the category of Intermediate Girls(Kalina Montel, second; Molly Kenefick, third). Theother Otters who placed were: Samantha Schuster(Freshman Girls, second); Jon Anthony Montel(Freshman Boys, second); Chrstina Angelicchio(Junior Girls, second); Brendan Doe (Junior Boys,second); Blaise Wuest (Intermediate Boys, second);Kyla Straker (Senior Girls, second); and LiamKlopfenstein (Senior Boys, second).
Oakton Otters Finish the Season Undefeated, 5-0
Intermediate GirlMolly Kenefick
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Susan Estes
Vienna Police Highlights
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESThe Fairfax-Falls Church Community
Services Board’s Merrifield Center offers anew stand-up information kiosk. Part of a pilotproject, the new feature aims to improve thecustomer service experience and decrease waittimes for individuals who are seeking mental(behavioral) health services. To check in,individuals respond to five simple questions,then the CSB’s Patient Track software alertsstaff. Based on clinicians’ schedules andavailability, as well as the needs of the client,individuals are triaged and seen by the nextavailable staff member. For more information onavailable services, call the CSB at 703-383-8500(Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.). In anemergency 24/7, call CSB Emergency Services at703-573-5679 or the Fairfax Detox Center at703-502-7000 (TTY 703-322-9080).
WEDNESDAY/AUG. 1Application Deadline. Think and Act Green. The
Town of Vienna’s Community EnhancementCommission (CEC) is challenging localbusinesses and nonprofits to adopt greenpractices and self-certify as “sustainable” basedon points earned. Find a list of suggested greenstrategies and the Sustainability Challengechecklist at viennava.gov/sustainabilitychallenge. Submit to Town Hall at127 Center Street S., Vienna to the attention ofthe Community Enhancement Commission.Contact Desiree Di Mauro at [email protected].
THURSDAY/AUG. 2Caregivers Support Group. 10-11:30 a.m. at
UUCF Unitarian Universalist Congregation ofFairfax - Program Building, 2709 Hunter MillRoad, Oakton. For caregivers to adult familymembers with dementia. First and thirdThursdays of every month. Hosted by Shepherd’sCenter of Oakton-Vienna, scov.org. Contactfacilitator Jack Tarr at 703-821-6838 [email protected].
Community Meeting. 7 p.m. at McLean HighSchool, 1633 Davidson Road, McLean. Join theVirginia Department of Transportation andFairfax County for the first of two communitymeetings on efforts to identify potentialcongestion solutions for neighborhoods near I-495 (the Capital Beltway). VDOT and FairfaxCounty staff will be on hand to answerquestions. Visit www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/mclean_traffic_analysis.asp fordetails. Send comments [email protected], andinclude “McLean Area Traffic Analysis” in thesubject line.
THROUGH AUG. 3Public Comment Period. The Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority is hosting threepublic hearings to inform and solicit commentsfrom the community about proposed toll rateincreases along the Dulles Toll Road.An “onlineopen house” will be available atwww.dullestollroad.com/toll/toll-setting-processthroughout the comment period. It will containan explanation of the informational exhibits anda comment form. Comments may also besubmitted at the public hearings, via email [email protected] or mailed during thecomment period to: MWAA Public CommentPeriod, c/o HNTB, 2900 South Quincy St., Suite600, Arlington, VA 22206.
FRIDAY/AUG. 3Networking Breakfast. 7:30-9 a.m. at Tower
Club, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1700,Vienna. DemBiz welcomes former VirginiaGovernor and former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffeas part of their Signature Breakfast Series. Joinfor a discussion of Virginia business and whathe’s hearing on the ground as he speaks all overthe country. Visit www.dembiz.org for more.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY/AUG. 3-5Tax-Free Holiday. During Virginia’s sales tax
holiday, qualifying school supplies, clothing,footwear, hurricane and emergencypreparedness items, and Energy Star andWaterSense products can be purchased withoutpaying sales tax. Visit tax.virginia.gov/virginia-sales-tax-holiday for details.
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By KENNETH B. LOURIE
Intestinal or otherwise. “All hands to the pump,” (Downton Abbey), emotionally speaking. The weight of it all is not too much to bear, but it is pretty close to it:
24-hour urine collection on Tuesday; Pre-chemotherapy lab work and quarterly CT
Scan on Wednesday (not often occurring on the same day but this cycle unfortunately they did);
Balance of Wednesday and Thursday waiting for lab results which ultimately determine whether I’m approved for chemotherapy on FRIDAY;
Thursday through Monday (or longer): waiting for scan results from previous Wednesday (my life doesn’t hang in the balance exactly, but it’s
Friday: my actual chemotherapy; Sunday through Thursday (post chemother-
apy): feeling lousy, hardly eating, irregular sleep, tired all the time (typical post-chemotherapy side effects)
“Phoning It In,” talking with my oncologist over the phone to discuss my scan, my treatment going forward, my life, etc.
6, two weeks of cancer “centricity.”
used the word hope and expressed per pen the written emotion so much in my previous two columns. When cancer or any other treatment for a serious disease, operation, recuperation, physical therapy and so forth is concerned, ultimately, what else is there?
Whether you’re following doctor’s orders and/or supplementing it with non-Western, holistic-type alternatives, rarely are there any guarantees other than as they say “death and taxes” and for a time
Nevertheless, hope springs eternal, as a former-ly long-suffering life-long member of Red Sox Na-tion can attest: three World Series Championships since 2004 after breaking/braking the “Curse of the Bambino,” (the 86-year drought since the Red Sox had last won the World Series in 1918 – Babe Ruth’s last season playing for the Red Sox).
And as I live on/write on nine years and nearly eight months past a “13-month to two-year” prog-nosis diagnosed back in late February 2009, I am eternally hopeful – and always forever grateful.
And in spite of my amazing, miraculous good fortune, the last thing I do, and I mean the absolute last thing I do, is take any of it for granted. That is why the emotion so often expressed in pen and in person is hope. I am never going to betray/dismiss who and/or what has power over my outcome/life expectancy.
I mean, at the end of the day (heck, at the beginning of the day), I am a mere mortal and don’t presume for a minute (or even a second) that
greatest advisory mankind has ever known: cancer. And though I am generally positive and optimistic, I am cautiously so.
After all, I’m just not supposed to blow by (live through) my original prognosis as if it was an arbitrary statement. It was the real deal, and when
At this actual real-time Friday-morning mo-
my pre-chemotherapy lab results are acceptable for today’s infusion. (Otherwise, this fortnight will be extended by seven days.) As any cancer patient under treatment knows, one’s presence is never
you. Soon, I will be advised. In all the intervening moments, I am still
waiting to hear back concerning the results from my CT Scan on Wednesday. Hopefully (there’s that word again), we will hear before the weekend. It’s so much easier to suffer through/anticipate the fort-night when news is known sooner rather than later.
Fortitude For a Fortnight
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Opinion
By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum
State Delegate (D-36)
The only common requirement for holdingelective office is thatone be a registered
voter in the state meaning then ofcourse that you must be at least18 years of age.
You do not need to be a residentof the district you hope to repre-sent although you will have to move into thedistrict if you win. The concept of a citizen leg-islature is that it is made up of people from all
walks of life in the commu-nity who can collectivelyspeak for the community atlarge. Supposedly there
would be no professional politicians—justregular everyday folks. Such an approachshould work out well to have the communitybroadly represented.
In the past, because of laws and practices,most legislatures have been filled mostly withold white men. Recent years have seen a shiftincluding in Virginia as more women are run-ning for office and getting elected. This yearhas more women, young people, and people
of color running than ever before.With the diversification of who
sits in the legislature the challengebecomes taking people of manydifferent backgrounds, perspec-tives and constituencies and bring-ing them together to work for con-sensus on legislation to get a ma-jority vote. While skills acquiredin business and civic activitiesteach many of the soft skills of in-terpersonal relationships and
team building that are transferable to a legis-lative body, there are unique differences thatare important to recognize.
Most legislatures with which I am familiarhave orientation programs to acquaint newmembers with where the bathrooms are, rulesof order in committee meetings and on thefloor, and operating procedures around thecapitol. Putting legislation together, develop-ing a strategy for its passage, and keeping con-stituents back home happy are most oftenhandled by the political party caucuses or help-ful mentors.
Another source of in-service training I havefound invaluable are conferences put togetherby professional associations, specifically the Na-tional Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
I am at their national conference this week.NCSL keeps up with what is happening in
state capitols around the country and throughpublications, conferences and consultancykeeps legislators informed. The association istruly non-partisan, although its leadership—chosen from among state legislators across thecountry—maintain their party allegiance whilethe staff is able to stay out of the partisanship.
Virginia of course had the first representa-tive legislature in the western world beginningin 1619. Not everyone followed the Virginiamodel however in writing their constitution oforganizing their legislatures. I continue to beamazed as I work with colleagues from aroundthe country as to the number of different waysthat legislative bodies can organize themselvesand do their business. No one has a corner onthe best way to do the people’s business, butwe can learn from taking a look at how otherstates conduct their business.
NCSL refers to the states as the laboratoriesof democracy. The description is appropriateas we all face mostly the same challenges. Ourresponses are different, however. By gettingtogether for what some would call a confer-ence, but what I think is more appropriatelycalled in-service training, we can do a betterjob for the people we represent.
In-Service Training
Commentary
GerrymanderingContinues toMess with OurElectionsTo the Editor:
No matter where we stand onthe political spectrum, the possi-bility that anyone interferes ortampers in our elections is unac-ceptable. Meanwhile, gerryman-dering continues to mess with all
our elections.Gerrymandering is drawing vot-
ing districts to expand the impactof some votes and shrink others.In 2019, Virginians will elect 100state delegates and 40 state sena-tors. In 2020 another national cen-sus will be taken, and in 2021 theincumbents elected in 2019 (withmore influence from the majorityparty) will draw voting maps thatfavor their own re-election. Hav-ing incumbents draw their owndistricts is a serious conflict of in-terest. Unless we find a fairer way,
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this process will be repeated in2029, 2031, and so on.
You can help by (1) identifyingwhich candidates favor fair redis-tricting, (2) voting for them, and(3) checking outOneVirginia2021.org. where you(like more than 80,000 other Vir-ginians) can send a message toyour representatives demandingan independent commission toapportion districts fairly.
Karen ScarfoneClifton
The Northwest Federal CreditUnion Foundation recently cel-ebrated its fourth annual NeonNight Glow Run, raising moneyfor their ninth annual Night ofMagic, which the NWFCU Foun-dation hosts at Inova Children’sHospital. There were 250 par-ticipants in this year’s race, withproceeds going towards the an-nual event, which creates amemorable evening of fun forcritically ill children and theirfamilies.
“This year’s Neon Night GlowRun was a tremendous success,grossing over $13,000,” saidExecutive Director of theNWFCU Foundation,Alexzandra Shade. “We appre-ciate our community sponsors
and race participants for comingtogether to support our programwith Inova Children’s Hospital andthe children receiving treatmentthere.”
The NWFCU Foundation wasestablished in 2004 to promoteand manage Northwest FederalCredit Union’s philanthropic ac-tivities. The mission of NWFCUFoundation is to empower youthto achieve their goals by helpingthem learn and celebrate life andsupporting their health and well-being. The NWFCU Foundation isa 501(c)(3) organization. Dona-tions are tax deductible to the ex-tent permissible by law for thosewho itemize deductions. For moreinformation, visitwww.nwfcufoundation.org.
Raising Money for ‘Night of Magic’
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