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By Bonnie Hobbs
Mountain View High PrincipalGary Morris believes there’snothing his school’s Junegraduates can’t achieve in
the future. That’s because he’s seen first-hand how much they’ve already accom-plished, despite great adversity.
Addressing them during their graduationceremony on Tuesday, June 20, atCentreville High, he said they were aboutto be set free to make their marks on theworld.
“You’ve been on this journey for sometime and, today, it’s here,” said Morris. “Gochange the world. I’m serious; you can doit. I believe in you; I have faith in you.”
Giving examples of a few people who’vedone it, he mentioned Mahatma Gandhi,who led nonviolent protests for indepen-dence in India. He also noted American CivilRights leader Rosa Parks, who showed that“Ordinary people can do anything if theystick to their beliefs, regardless of the cir-cumstances.” And he praised farmworkerand activist Cesar Chavez who inspiredpeople with his motto, “Yes, it can be done.”
So, Morris asked the students, “Why can’tyou go change the world? You’ve defied theodds before. Some of you have done it be-cause you’ve believed what your teacherssaid you could do. You put your head downand forged on until you reached your goals.You didn’t quit; you believed you could be-cause that was the only option.”
Detailing what they’ve changed aboutthemselves, Morris said that, initially, manyof them didn’t want to be at school. “Butyou were hungry for that education and
wanted to work toward graduation,” hesaid. “That’s inspiring — you changedhearts and showed us you were ready forthis.”
He said the students also changed theirvalues from wanting to stay home in bed tobecoming eager to attend classes. And, headded, “You changed your peers; theywanted to succeed because they saw yousucceed — and that’s an impact.”
Furthermore, said Morris, “You’ve madeus change the way we deliver education toyou — and that’s innovation. Inspiration,impact and innovation — you’ve got to havethem to change the world — and you do.We’ve seen what you can do and others haveseen it, too.”
Quoting Gandhi’s famous words, “Be thechange you wish to see in the world,” Mor-
ris told the seniors, “I’ve already seen thatcapability in you, just by being you. And Iand the rest of the faculty will be here tosee you through, just the way we alwayshave.”
“Be the best you can be, every single day,”he continued. “You don’t have to be per-fect, but aim for it. Follow the motto that’sgotten you here today — [Mountain View’smotto of] ‘Family, love, respect.’ Now, goout and change the world.#GoTimberwolves.”
Then, after a school alumnus and twoseniors shared their individual successstories, several students received Moun-tain View’s highest awards. They wererecognized not just for their academic ac-complishments, but also for their per-
sonal character.
CITIZENSHIP AWARDThe Citizenship Award is given to those
students who have helped build a positiveschool community through their exampleand their work with others. Social StudiesDepartment Chair Pete Garvey presentedthese awards to Junior Zevallos and SharonChavarria.
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDThe Personal Achievement Award recog-
nizes those students who’ve succeeded aca-demically and personally, despite adult pres
Mountain View Highholds springcommencement.
Principal to Graduates: ‘Go Change the World’
Graduation 2017
Saira Gomez receives the PersonalAchievement Award from SocialStudies teacher Mike Hardy.
Grad Jordan Diaz Zuniga with (from left) his cousin, Nubia Zuniga; aunt,Mariza Zuniga; and mom, Albertina Biddle.
English teacher Tim Harris givesthe Faculty Award to Misael AriasMaradiaga.
Graduate Mayli Ortega with hus-band, Melvin Portillo, and theirdaughter Zoe, 14 months.
Graduate Jesus Ramirez with(from left) sister, Britany, 10, andniece, Camila, 10 months. Grad Delia Nolasco and friend
Edgar Escalante.
Photos by Bonnie Hobbs
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By Bonnie Hobbs
The highlight of anyMountain Viewgraduation isn’twatching the seniors
receive their diplomas, but lis-tening to the student speakersshare their personal stories. Andthis year’s speakers were no ex-ception.
First up was Marcel Wells,who attended the school when Jim Oliverwas principal (2003-10). Current principal,Gary Morris, told the seniors Wells wasthere to “bridge the gap between where youare today and where you can be.”
When Wells first came to Mountain View,math teacher Anne Hoffman became hismentor. But, he said, “I eventually becamecomplacent, skipped school and my gradesslipped. But Ms. Hoffman called me andyelled at me and said, ‘Get your butt toschool.’ I’d never heard her raise her voicebefore, and it was a defining moment forme. A woman I’d only known for a fewmonths cared about me — and it felt like Iwas surrounded by family, love and re-spect.”
Later, just the algebra SOL stood betweenWells and graduation. He hated math andhad previously failed that SOL, so he knewhe had to work his hardest to overcome thislast hurdle — and he did. Said Wells: “I gotone, last chance, and I passed the test.”
Before coming to Mountain View, he said,“I was kicked out of every other school forfighting. But now I’m self-sufficient. I’vebeen married for five years, have a 4-year-
old son and a 2-year-old daughter, own my own house and carand have a decent job. Thanks, again, andcongratulations, graduates.”
The next speaker was senior Jostien Sky,originally from Alexandria, Egypt. “Comingto the U.S., school wasn’t my priority,” hesaid. “I was at Centreville High, but Iskipped school so much that the adminis-trators there said I wasn’t going to gradu-ate — and I didn’t want to let my parentsdown.”
So he enrolled in Mountain View andfound “a great staff and great students whowork together to get the job done. Theteachers want us to earn our diplomas asmuch as we do. They make difficult sub-jects easy to understand. And if I miss a dayof class, someone calls me.”
Basically, said Sky, “They care about me,so now I go to school every day. I’ve neverseen such strong relationships between stu-dents and teachers at any other school. Ithank the staff at Mountain View and, es-pecially, Ms. [Ellen] Fay, my counselor.We’ve learned we need skills and knowl-edge to move forward. And now that we’regraduating, we need to keep moving and
keep learning.”Then senior Saira Gomez came to the
podium. “When I came to this country threeyears ago, I couldn’t see myself somedaystanding on this stage,” she said. “I waspregnant at 17 with two, beautiful twindaughters. It was a high-risk pregnancy, soI was on bedrest for three months andcouldn’t go to school.”
But in December 2016, she returned toclasses at Mountain View. “My babies were5 months old and only 5 pounds each,” shesaid. “They were born premature, and it wasso hard to leave them. But now that I’mhere, graduating, I know all the sacrificeswere worth it.”
“This is more than a school, said Gomez.“Coming to Mountain View was a blessingfor me. It helped me become a better per-son and a better mom. My personal-financeteacher helped me so much and supportedme, even after I finished her class. The staffhere has become my family. They, my ba-bies and my family were my motivations toreach my goals and graduate. And I knowthat someday my children will be proud ofme.”
She also thanked her daughters’ father for
sures and obstacles, such as raising a childand holding down a full-time job while at-tending school. Social Studies teacher MikeHardy presented this honor to Saira Gomez.
FACULTY AWARDFaculty Award recipients are students
who’ve earned the faculty’s respect andadmiration by exemplifying the spirit of theschool’s motto, “Family, love, respect,” whileearning a 3.4 GPA or higher. English teacherTim Harris gave one of these awards toMisael Maradiaga. Harris said Maradiagadidn’t speak English when he first came toMountain View, but learned quickly. He alsoachieved an “A” average in his classes whileworking full-time.
The other Faculty Award was given toBailey Kim by social worker CynthiaCrisafulli. “Bailey completed 10 classes this
year, earned a 3.8 GPA and is graduatingone year early,” said Crisafulli. “She gavebirth to her son at age 14 and had to learn
Two seniors, onealumnus, sharetheir stories.
‘Mountain View Was a Blessing for Me’
Jabria Merriweather receivesher diploma from PrincipalGary Morris.
Alexander Toosi receives his di-ploma from Mountain View Princi-pal Gary Morris.
Mountain View alumnusMarcel Wells addressesthe seniors.
Graduation speakerJostien Sky
Graduation speakerSaira Gomez
“being there beside me and being a won-derful father to his little girls.” And she ad-vised her classmates to not be hesitant to“Look for help. There’s always somebodythere to help you accomplish your goals. Ihope I’ve made my mom proud; thank you.”
Photos by Bonnie Hobbs
Principal to Graduates: ‘Go Change the World’
From left are teacher Pete Garveyand Citizenship Award winnerJunior Zevallos.
Pete Garvey with Citizenship Awardwinner Sharon Chavarria
Bailey Kim (left) receives theFaculty Award from social workerCynthia Crisafulli.
Graduation 2017
to cope with her emotions in more matureways. She also won three scholarships andplans a career in the sciences.”
Photos by Bonnie Hobbs
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Chantilly High School held itsgraduation on June 21, 2017,at EagleBank Arena on thecampus of George Mason Uni-
versity. The National Honor Society usheredthe ceremony that was presided over byoutgoing Principal Teresa Johnson. Johnsonhas been the principal for the past six yearsbut will be leaving soon to take on the po-sition of assistant superintendent for the De-partment of Special Services for FairfaxCounty Public Schools. There were 663graduating seniors.
Graduates Bid Farewell to Chantilly HighGraduation 2017
Senior Class Board members (fromleft) Hannah Reeves and EmersonMoon.
Introducing the 2017 Chantilly High School graduates.
From left: McKenzieAhmadi, Jeanine Acierto,and Atit Acharya take in
the graduation atmo-sphere as they wait forthe ceremony to start.
Principal Teresa Johnson, and School Board membersElizabeth Schultz, Tom Wilson, and Ryan McElveenlisten to the commencement speaker.
Chantilly graduates smile as the commencement ceremony concludes.
Graduate Hung Ho stands with a large group of family and friends afterthe commencement ceremony. He will attend VCU in the fall and plans tostudy biology.
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Tom Manning
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Opinion
The U.S. Senate bill to repeal the Af-fordable Care Act would take morethan $600 billion (yes with a B)from poor children, poor elders and
people with disabilities to give a tax cut topeople who make more than $200,000 a year.Households with income of $1 million, wouldgain $50,000 in tax cuts per year. It is a mas-
sive transfer of wealth to thewealthiest households inAmerica taken from the mostvulnerable and neediest people.It would lead to more sick
people and thousands of preventable deathsevery year.
While much of the damage is done by mas-sive cuts to Medicaid, affecting poor children,people with disabilities and most people innursing homes, some of the changes will re-sult in damage to the quality of insurance forthose who get their insurance from their em-ployers as well.
What could go wrong?❖ Millions of people lose their health insur-
ance — 22 million fewer would have healthinsurance by 2026 according to the Congres-sional Budget Office analysis.
❖ Loss of coverage for pre-existing condi-tions, including cancer survivors, people whohad transplants, people with asthma, arthri-tis, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity,mental health issues, ADD, etc.
❖ States could opt out of the law’s essentialhealth benefits measure, which requires insur-ers to cover 10 main benefits, including hospi-talization, prescription drugs and other ser-vices. That is, companies could sell health in-surance that wouldn’t actually be health in-surance. Would Virginia be a state that optsout? Quite likely.
❖ Ending annual and lifetime coverage capswould also impact people who get health in-surance from their employers and the privateinsurance market. For example, a serious acci-dent or an illness that requires repeated sur-geries or bone marrow transplants could putany one of us over the coverage cap.
❖ Medicaid pays public schools for many ser-vices for special education students, but theSenate bill removes schools from eligible Med-icaid providers, costing Virginia an estimated$40 million annually; $3 million in FairfaxCounty; $2 million in the City of Alexandria.
❖ $800 billion plus in cuts to Medicaid putsthe funding for most people who are currentlyin nursing homes at risk. Many of these arepeople who were middle class and but outlivedtheir savings and coverage.
❖ In Virginia, the proposed changes to Med-icaid would cost the state $1.4 billion overseven years.
❖ Medicaid pays for much of the fight againstopioid addiction, including treatment. Cutswould be devastating to efforts to counter the
wave of overdose deaths and other effects ofaddiction.
❖ Coverage for mental health treatment, in-cluding addiction treatment, is threatened bothby cuts to Medicaid and by changes in the pri-vate insurance market.
❖ There will be greater need for Medicaidover time. More seniors will be poor, as fewerpeople who are retiring have pensions or ad-equate retirement savings. The demand fornursing home beds will be increasing as thepopulation ages.
(This is by no means a comprehensive list ofproblems.)
If a version of the Senate bill were to pass,the results will be harmful to tens of millionsof Americans. Call your senators. Virginia’s U.S.Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, are bothDemocrats in the forefront of pushing backagainst this bill. But let them know you expectthem to do the extraordinary to hold this up.Call the senators listed below and tell them tovote against it.
Ask family and friends to call their senatorstoday.
If you have family or friends who live in WestVirginia, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Alasksor Ohio, their calls are especially important.Senators Shelley Capito (R-WV); Bill Cassidy(R-LA); Susan Collins (R-ME); Dean Heller (R-NV); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Rob Portman (R-OH) are among those reported to be possibleopponents of this proposal.
The U.S. Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121, and a switchboard operator willconnect you directly with the Senate office yourequest.
— Mary Kimm
Killing the Poor to Pay MillionairesEven employer provided insurance wouldsuffer; coverage caps and exclusions ofpre-existing conditions could return.
Editorial
By Arko Mazumder
Everyone has their own needs. It’s a com-mon cliché at this point, but it makessense that we know when the needs of
one person are different than the needs of an-other. But that is not the case with proficiencyin our schools, where needs of the many dooutweigh the needs of the few, and not in aneffective way. And though our community isOK with that, I’m not.
This issue cannot remain unnoticed in ourclasses where the problems continue to per-sist. It has come to the point of increased stress
on our community on whatthey are doing wrong. Forexample, it has come to thepoint where an AP lan-
guage and composition teacher worries aboutthings being “overly quantified” in his class,because percentages are compared to writingskills. And yet the community seems to blamethose kinds of students or teachers for havingthat mindset. One reason has gone unnoticed,and that is the implementation and impact ofthe Student Information System, or SIS, intoour academic community.
SIS is a new way of allowing students to have“instant access” to their grades. With anything
that allows people to see it instantly however,there is always abuse. Both the students andteachers agree that SIS has put an emphasison grades and GPA rather than learning. Withthe instant access of grades, SIS has consumedthe lives of students and parents. This mental-ity of putting individual grades or numbersover mastery is even more harmful when thosestudents transition into college, where havinga “grades first” mindset may get a student intoa good college, but that does not mean that heor she will do well in college.
Unfortunately, this behavior is only perpetu-ated in high school, where the “grade grub-ber” mindset is completely acceptable. In fact,it’s exactly what our community is going for.Allowing students to constantly check theirgrade is certainly a double-edged sword. Ev-ery time a teacher puts a test score on SIS andsome students do not perform well, those stu-dents panic as if it was Monday morning inthe NYSE and the Dow Jones fell 500 points.At times, the panic is justified. What worriesme is that those people who underperformedon a test do not usually try to improve theirunderstanding of that subject. Instead, thesestudents usually conclude that the teacher is“unfair” or “mean.” Like the stock market, thereis constant speculation on whether a group of
numbers goes up or down. This is not just idi-otic. It’s dangerously idiotic.
Surely this social stigma did not arrive over-night, as the root cause of this kind of behav-ior comes from the community itself. Becauseparents want the very best for their kids, theyare mostly responsible to substantial changesto the grading system, such as the 50 percentrule and the 80 percent retake rule. These rulesstate that the lowest grade a student can haveis a 50 percent, and any student can retake atest up to an 80 percent. I cannot assert thatSIS is 100 percent responsible for an emphasison grades over learning, as the 50 percent and80 percent rules are key factors as well. A cal-culus teacher listed the 50 percent rule as arule that “inflates the SIS grade book alongwith student scores, and is simply lying to ev-eryone about what a student has really mas-tered.” Learning should be a beautiful experi-ence, but these changes and SIS added on tothe problem.
I am not arguing that SIS has absolutely nobenefits to it. On the contrary, I can recognizethe benefits that SIS offers and can say that itshould stay. The ease of access is crucial forcertain teachers, such as a learning disabili-ties teacher who credits SIS for allowing him
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In Defense of Learning
Letter to the Editor
to “see if a student struggles across theboard, or needs remediation after school.”For certain types of classes, the use of SISis a vast improvement compared to previ-ous grading systems. Unfortunately, asCentreville High School student CatonGayle put it, “SIS has become the new fo-cus compared to literally everything else.”
Now, a lot of skeptics might say that thisis all great philosophically, but it seemsimpractical.
To fix this issue, the system itself must bechanged, then the problems that SIS andthe overall “grade grubber” problem will befixed. I am suggesting however, that classesshould be modeled after the AP computer
science curriculum. In that curriculum, thegrades are secondary, as people can retaketests any time before the AP exam to boosta previous grade.
What matters is whether one learned thematerial or not, and that makes sense. Thisis not a one size fits all solution, but it is agood place to start from.
What we have now are far too many stu-dents with 4.0 GPAs, many who don’t un-derstand the material in the first place. Ofcourse, it will all be meaningless if the par-ents, teachers, and students do not striveto put learning ahead of GPA. Only then willthose students truly be ready for the com-plexities that life has ahead of them.
The writer is a junior at Centreville High School.
Words & Pictures
PrefaceChantilly resident Anita R Mohan started writing poems for children a year ago and shared
them on Facebook. Since they were children’s poems, she thought they should be accompa-nied by art drawn by children. She also conducts poetry workshops for children in grades K-4 every month at the Chantilly Regional Library.
Illustration © Parmis Salahy,
age 9, Chantilly
Illustration © Medha Kumawat,
age 8, Fairfax
All of Me, DancesBy Anita R Mohan
Feet asked legs out for a danceLegs ran happily to tell thighs
Thighs shook with joy telling hipsHips wriggled in delight shaking stomach
Stomach growled happily at chestChest heaved with excitement at shoul-
dersShoulders moved hands in delight
Hands clapped with pleasure looking atneck
Neck turned to share the news with headHead nodded with happiness as Ears
heard musicMouth sang, Eyes lit up, Nose wiggledand they all danced to the beat of the
Heart.Copyright © Anita R Mohan
Illustration © Shivani Padmanabhan,
age 9, Fairfax
My Lost ToothBy Anita R Mohan
Today while having sandwich andpunch
my wiggly tooth got stuck to my lunchI will now have a funny smile on my
facesince my mouth has an empty spaceBut I am all excited because mommy
saida tooth fairy will visit me when I am
asleep in bed.Copyright © Anita R Mohan
Opinion
Summer FunBy Anita R Mohan
Summer will soon be heretime to get out the beach
gearUmbrellas, pails, spades,
balls, hatstowels, sunscreens, slip-
pers, matslisten to the ocean as it
roarswatch the seagulls as they
soarbuild sandcastles and eat
ice creamlay under the sun and
daydream!Copyright © Anita R Mohan
groups that sometimes provide social ser-vices in tandem the state, cannot discrimi-nate on the basis of sexual orientation orother reasons. But the Executive Order waswritten in a way that can be interpreted toallow state agencies to bar faith-based or-ganizations from working with the state inproviding social services such as housingand refugee resettlement, for example, ifthe faith-based organization adheres to tra-ditional marriage. This is true even if theservices provided have nothing to do withmarriage.
If the Executive Order was more clearlywritten, H.B. 2025 would have been unnec-essary. The Executive Order should havesaid there can be no discrimination whenproviding such services, regardless of anorganization’s views about traditional mar-riage. I believe most people would supportthis outcome, including me.
Jim LeMunyonMember, Virginia House of Delegates
67th District
Bill AddressesDiscriminationTo the Editor:
In an article mentioning me in the June21-27 edition of the Chantilly Connection[“Four-Term Incumbent LeMunyon to FaceFormer Republican”] a bill I supported inthe House of Delegates was described asallowing “religious-based discriminationagainst gays.”
This is not a correct characterization ofthe bill. The bill, H.B. 2025 would have pre-vented the state from discriminating againstVirginians who hold a traditional view ofmarriage. H.B 2025 was a modern day ap-plication of Thomas Jefferson’s 1786 Stat-ute of Religious Freedom.
H.B. 2025 aimed to clarify an ambiguityin an Executive Order issued by GovernorMcAuliffe. The Executive Order was in-tended to require that entities that do busi-ness with the state, including faith-based
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Lego Block Party. Every otherTuesday, 3 p.m. at the ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Legos will be provided for anafternoon of building. Grades 3-6.Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve.
Duplo Storytime. Every otherWednesday, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. atthe Chantilly Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Develop andreinforce early literacy skills forreading success. Ages 1-3 with adult.Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve.
Live After Five. Fridays at 5:30 p.m. atThe Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. Every Friday night a bandplays on the patio of the winery. Freeto attend. Visit www.wineryatbullrun.com for a full schedule.
Legos Kids Club. Every otherTuesday, 10:30 a.m. at theCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Thousands ofLegos for children to play with. Ages6-12. Free. Call 703-830-2223 toreserve a space.
Starlight Storytime. Every otherWednesday, 7 p.m. at the CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. GermainDrive. Stories under the stars for ages4-8. Wear pajamas and bring stuffedfriends. Free. Call 703-830-2223 toreserve a space.
PET ADOPTIONSAdopt a Dog. Fridays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
at PetSmart, 12971 Fair LakesCenter, Fairfax. Visitwww.lostdogrescue.org for more.
Adopt a Dog. Saturdays, 12-3 p.m. atPetco, 13053 Lee Jackson Highway.Visit hart90.org for more.
Adopt a Dog. Sundays, 1-4 p.m. atPetco, 13053 Lee Jackson MemorialHwy. Adopt a puppy or dog.Visitaforeverhome.org for more.
Adopt a Dog. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. atPetSmart, 12971 Fair Lakes Center,Fairfax. Adopt a puppy or dog. Visitwww.lostdogrescue.org for more.
THROUGH JUNE 30Thrift Store Sale. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Monday through Saturday at PenderRegift Thrift Store, 4447-C BrookfieldCorporate Drive. Storewide sale, 25percent off. Visitwww.penderthrift.org, or call 703-378-7371 for more.
FRIDAY/JUNE 30Whys and Whey of Dairy. 1, 2 and 3
p.m. at the Sully Historic Site, 3650Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. Learn
how dairy products used to be madebefore the days of big grocery storesand chilly refrigerator sections. $7.Call 703-437-1794 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site for more.
Constellations and Campfire. 8:30-10 p.m. at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park,5040 Walney Road, Chantilly. Meetat Cabell’s Mill and head into themeadow with a naturalist to identifythe early summer constellations.Then return to the campfire to makes’mores. Call 703-631-0013 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence for more.
SATURDAY/JULY 1Whys and Whey of Dairy. 1, 2 and 3
p.m. at the Sully Historic Site, 3650Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. Learnhow dairy products used to be madebefore the days of big grocery storesand chilly refrigerator sections. $7.Call 703-437-1794 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site for more.
MONDAY/JULY 3History at Sully Historic Site. Tours
from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Sully HistoricSite, 3650 Historic Sully Way,Chantilly. $7 for adults, $6 forstudents, and $5 for seniors andchildren. Call 703-437-1794 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site for more.
TUESDAY/JULY 4Holiday Crafts Day. 1-4 p.m. at the
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road in FairfaxStation. The crafts will highlight theholiday and the railroads. Museummembers and ages 4 and under, free;ages 5-15, $2; ages 16 and older, $4.Visit www.fairfax-station.org, or call703-425-9225 for more.
BEGINNING JULY 5Zumba Gold for Adults 50+. 1-2
p.m. at Sully Senior Center, 14426Albemarle Point Place, Chantilly.Afternoon fitness classes for adults50 and over. Free. 703-322-4475 orvisit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ncs.
SUNDAY/JULY 16NTRAK Scale Model Train Show. 1-
4 p.m. at the Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad, Fairfax Station. $4 for adults16 and over $2 for children 5-15 freefor Museum members and childrenunder 5. Visit www.fairfax-station.org or phone703-425-9225.
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FRIDAY/JUNE 30Independence Fireworks. 6-9:45
p.m. at George Washington’s MountVernon, 3200 Mount VernonMemorial Highway. Fireworks withMansion Tour: $34 for adults; $24for youth; No Mansion Tour: $30 foradults; $20 for youth. Call 703-780-2000 or visit www.mountvernon.org.
SATURDAY/JULY 1Fireworks at Lake Fairfax Park. 10
a.m.-10 p.m. at Lake Fairfax Park,1400 Lake Fairfax Drive, Reston. TheWater Mine Park, boat rentals, livemusic, food, puppet show, campingand fireworks. $10 per car. The raindate is Sunday, July 2. Call 703-471-5414 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lakefairfax/.
Workhouse Arts Center Festivities.5-9:30 p.m. at The Workhouse, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. $20. Golfcourse lecture, hole-in-one challenge,fireworks. Visitwww.workhousearts.org.
Independence Fireworks. 6-9:45p.m. at George Washington’s MountVernon, 3200 Mount VernonMemorial Highway. Fireworks withMansion Tour: $34 for adults; $24for youth; No Mansion Tour: $30 foradults; $20 for youth. Call 703-780-2000 or visit www.mountvernon.org.
MONDAY/JULY 3History Day Tours. Tours at 11 a.m.
through 3 p.m. at Sully Historic Site,3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly.Test your knowledge of U.S. historyat Sully Historic Site with politicaltrivia, games and fun facts. $7 foradults, $6 for students, and $5 forseniors and children. Call 703-437-1794 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
TUESDAY/JULY 4Firecracker 5K. 8-10 a.m. Reston
Town Center, Reston Town Center,11900 Market St. Live music andAmerican flags while rooting for therunners in the “Battle of theBranches” competition. Call 703-912-4062 or visit restontowncenter.com.
Autism Speaks 5K. 8 a.m. at PotomacLibrary, 10101 Glenolden Drive,Potomac, Md. Fundraiser for autism.Registration, packet pick up at 6:30a.m. Call 202-955-3111 or [email protected].
Great Falls HometownCelebration. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at atGreat Falls Village Centre, 776Walker Road, Great Falls. Great Falls5K Walk/Run starts at 8 a.m. andthen view the floats, antique cars,
horses and the bike brigade in the4th of July Parade at 10 a.m. Afterthe parade, food, music, field gamesand festivities on the Village CentreGreen. At 6 p.m., the gates open atTurner Farm Park featuring music,games, contests and food trucks untilthe Fireworks Show gets underwayjust after dusk. Visitwww.celebrategreatfalls.org.
Mount Vernon Independence Day.9 a.m.-5 p.m. at George Washington’sMount Vernon, 3200 Mount VernonMemorial Highway. Troop inspection,wreath laying, citizen naturalization,music, fireworks and cake. Call 703-780-2000 or visitwww.mountvernon.org.
Fairfax Independence Day Parade.10 a.m. On Main Street in downtownFairfax. Visit www.fairfaxva.gov/about-us/special-events/independence-day-celebration.
City of Fairfax Evening Show. 5:30p.m. at Fairfax High School, 3501Rebel Run. Children’s activities(inflatables, face painting, andballoon artists), Oon-stageentertainment with a fireworksdisplay that follows. The rain date forthe fireworks only is July 5. Itemsthat may puncture the synthetic turf,smoking, alcohol and animals (exceptservice animals) are not permitted onthe football field. Visitwww.fairfaxva.gov or call 703-385-7855.
Fairfax Station Holiday CraftsDay. 1-4 p.m. at the Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 FairfaxStation Road in Fairfax Station.Crafts will highlight the holiday andthe railroads. Museum members andages 4 and under, free; ages 5-15,$2; ages 16 and older, $4. Visitwww.fairfax-station.org, or call 703-425-9225.
Great Falls Fireworks. 6 p.m. atChrist the King Lutheran Church,10550 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.As part of the Village of Great FallsIndependence Day celebration, Christthe King Lutheran Church invitesmembers, friends, and members ofthe community to gather on thechurch’s front lawn to enjoy thefireworks from this premium vantagepoint. Visit www.gflutheran.org orcall 703-759-6068.
Arlington Independence Day. 5-10p.m. at the Long Bridge Park, 475Long Bridge Drive, Arlington. Family-friendly activities including livemusic, food vendors, games, and aview of the Washington, D.C.,fireworks display. Games andactivities will include face painting,balloon art, moon bounces (weatherpermitting), cornhole, bocce, andmore. No on-site parking at theevent. Free event shuttles will runcontinuously from 4:30-10:30 p.m.between Long Bridge Park and the
Pentagon City and Crystal City Metrostations. Free. Visitparks.arlingtonva.us/july-4th/.
Vienna July 4 Festival andFireworks. 6:30 p.m. at at YeonasPark, 1319 Ross Drive SW, Vienna.Food available from the Vienna LittleLeague snack bar, those who registercan get their taste of America in theform of two eating contests: Childrenages 5-10 can sign up onsite toparticipate in a pie-eating contest.Adults can give their chomping skillsa try in Vienna’s second annual hotdog-eating contest. Visitviennava.gov or call 703-255-6360.
McLean Independence Day. 6:30p.m. at Churchill Road ElementarySchool, 7100 Churchill Road,McLean. Musical entertainment by alocal disc jockey, as well as foodtrucks selling a variety of entrees andsnacks. Off-site parking and shuttlesavailable. Admission is free. In caseof inclement weather, the fireworksshow will be presented at 8 p.m. onthe rain date, Wednesday, July 5.Call 703-790-0123, or visitwww.mcleancenter.org.
Herndon Independence DayCelebration. 6:30-9:30 p.m. inBready Park at the HerndonCommunity Center, 814 FerndaleAve. Family-fun event featuringgames, patriotic arts and craftactivities, live music, family games,
bingo, food, balloon artists and more.Visit herndon-va.gov/recreation/special-events/4th-of-july.
Falls Church Celebration. 7-10 p.m.at George Mason High School, 7124Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Livemusic. Visit www.fallschurchva.gov/.
Montgomery County Sparkles. 7:30p.m., Albert Einstein High School,11135 Newport Mill Road,Kensington. Montgomery Countycelebrates Independence Day withlive music featuring Gringo Jingo.Fireworks are at 9:15 p.m. Shuttlebus at Westfield Wheaton NorthBuilding. Handicap parking onlyavailable at Einstein High School.Food vendors on site. Raindate isJuly 5 for fireworks only. Call 240-777-0311.
Free Sober Rides. Tuesday, July 4, 7p.m. through Wednesday, July 5, 2a.m. Area residents, 21 and older,may download Lyft to their phones,then enter the code SOBERJULY4 inthe app’s “Promo” section to receive ano cost (up to $15) safe ride home.The SoberRide code is valid for thefirst 1,500 Lyft users who enter thecode. Visit www.soberride.com.
THURSDAY/JULY 6Patriotic Music. 1-2 p.m. at Holiday
Park Senior Center, 3950 FerraraDrive, Wheaton. $2 or free forresidents. Visit www.holidaypark.us/.
Summer Under the Stars Concert.8 p.m. Veterans Amphitheater(adjacent to City Hall), 10455Armstrong Street, Fairfax. MainStreet Community Band. Visitfairfaxva.gov or call 703-385-7855.
SATURDAY/JULY 8USA/Alexandria Birthday
Celebration. 5-10 p.m. at OronocoBay Park, 100 Madison St. Event tocelebrate the 241st birthday of theUSA and the 268th birthday of theCity of Alexandria, featuringentertainment, cannon salute duringthe 1812 Overture, food andbeverage sales, and fireworks at9:30. Call 703-746-5592 or visitwww.visitalexandriava.com/alx-bday/.
Riverfront Fundraiser. 7:30-10:30p.m. Del. Mark Levine’s house, at 805Rivergate Place, Alexandria.Refreshments include “impeachmentpunch,” “Orange Russians,” wine andbeer, soft drinks, and food. And greatviews of the fireworks which begin at9:30 p.m.
Come early to get a good lawn seat orcome later after the festivities nextdoor at Oronoco Park.
A Week of Area Independence Day Celebrations
Celebrate Independence Day at 144 MapleAve. E., Vienna. Food, water games, pieeating contest and more. Visitwww.viennava.gov or call 703-255-6360.
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Riptide Coaches (bottom): P. Kearney, G. Eisenhart, N. McGrath, C. Cogan, L. Emanuel,M. Henderson-Kurz, (top) H. Schlatter, J. Metcalf, S. Boyle, L. Stovall, and A. Borsato.
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The Sully Station II Piranhas kickedoff the 2017 summer swim season withtheir trademark team spirit amid racesagainst Somerset-Olde Creek on Satur-day, June 24. Competing in Division 11,swimmers gave their all in the poolwhile cheering in festive Hawaiian gear.Four Piranhas came away as doubleevent winners, including 8&U Grace VerPlanck in backstroke (27.61) and butter-fly (26.56), 13-14 standouts Caroline Liin free (32.59) and fly (34.68) and An-gela Cai in back (35.58) andbreaststroke (40.26), and 15-18 leadersDelaney Kennedy in breaststroke(38.71) and fly (33.77) and KellenCampbell in back (30.65) and fly(29.62).
The 15-18 girls displayed their depthand dominance across all events, withKarenna Hall capturing first in free(30.13) and second in fly (34.60), two
2nd place finishes by Carly Logan in free(32.59) and back (36.76), and a 2nd
place finish in breaststroke for GeorgiaStamper (39.94).
The girls combined their skills to turnin a truly dominant 10-second win in themedley relay.
The 8&U girls followed in the foot-steps of the older Piranhas by securingpersonal bests and the relay win. MaryCampbell added points in freestyle(26.90) and breaststroke (29.29) andNatalie Lumsden finished a strong 3rd infree (31.02). Alyssa Seng brought homethe breaststroke win in 28.87 as well as2nd place in fly (28.53).
Five more Piranhas notched wins, in-cluding backstrokers Caden Seng(51.06), Lilly Wilson (47.90), andCharles Tai (43.43) and breaststrokersJason Li (51.09) and Harrison SaintGermain (43.10). Excellent 2nd place fin-
ishes included Bryan Kim (free andback), Ehma Stalfort (free and breast-stroke), Callie Ver Planck, HarrisonSaint Germain, Mark McLendon (backand breaststroke), Caden Seng, CarsonSaint Germain (breaststroke and fly),Madison Stalfort, Harmon SaintGermain, Jason Li and Lilly Wilson.Adding crucial points in 3rd place werePiranhas Michael Zhang (free andback), Ella Ammons, Harmon SaintGermain, Simon Campbell, ZacchaeusPost, and Brody Campbell.
The meet concluded with several ex-citing relays, highlighted by the 11-12squad of Callie Ver Planck, Angela Cai,Caroline Li and Hayley Norris and themixed age racers Cai, Stalfort sistersEhma and Madison, and anchorKarenna Hall. The Piranhas will travel toAnnandale for their next A meet nextSaturday, July 1.
The senior Piranhas led by example in and out of the pool for Sully 2. Back row:Karenna Hall, Kellen Campbell, Brody Campbell, Harmon Saint Germain, Colin Brown,Max Morris, Brantley Cervarich. Front row: Hope Alston, Ally Introne, DelaneyKennedy, Georgia Stamper, Carly Logan, and Nicole Phillips.
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A major record was set and swimmersexcelled as the Virginia Run Riptideopened its 2017 NVSL season. TheRiptide’s Charis Roundtree swam a blis-
tering 15.25 seconds in the 25-meterfreestyle to shatter a 32-year-old NVSLrecord for 8 and under girls. And while55 Riptide teammates swam to 78 per-
sonal bests for the season, Virginia Runwas narrowly beaten by Vienna Woods221 to 199.
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Four weeks out of every five, it appears asif I don’t have cancer. Fortunately, I don’t lookthe part. Nor do I act the part – in my opin-ion. However, there is one week out of everyfive when I most definitely feel the part: theweek after my chemotherapy infusion, wheneating is a particular challenge. The look, feel,taste and thought of food and/or drink isnearly impossible to swallow – literally andfiguratively. And though I’m not in any painduring this post-chemotherapy weak, I amcompromised nonetheless.
Friends and family who are familiar withmy “normal” eating habits (I’d order off thechildren’s menu if I could) have joked thatsince I’m unable to eat any of the usual andcustomary Kenny selections, perhaps I shouldtry eating foods that I would never select:Brussels sprouts, grapefruit, tuna fish in a can,fresh fish on a platter, all condiments otherthan mayonnaise, all legumes and a millionother foods that you probably love. Plain andboring is how I roll (a potato roll is my prefer-ence), repeatedly.
The problem is that when I’m post chemo,nothing satiates: salty, sweet or “snacky;” hot,cold or medium; fast or slow; store-bought,home-made or restaurant-ready. It’s allmerely a variation on a theme where myback stiffens, my head tilts back and downand my eating mind says “no.” It’s been thisway for about two and a half years now. Andthough I don’t look the least bit undernour-ished, I am overwhelmed by these week-longpost-chemotherapy eating fits and non-starts.
Naturally I have discussed this side effectwith my oncologist. When asked how longthis situation lasts, my seven-ish day struggleseems about average, according to my doctor,maybe even slightly shorter than some otherpatients he treats who are infused with thesame chemotherapy drug as I am. Apparently,there are other patients where the eatingchallenges last even longer than mine. Andsince there’s nothing to be prescribed/rec-ommended to affect this eating problem/lackof outcome, all I can do is live with the con-sequences of my treatment. Live being theoperative word. So unless I stop treatment,this eating challenge will persist, presumably.(Although, there’s scant clinical informationregarding side effects on stage IV, non-smallcell lung cancer patients still living after eightyears and four months as we’re a patientpopulation that doesn’t much exist. We’re notexactly unicorns, but neither are we ponies atthe Fair.)
Fairness – and normalcy for me was offi-cially gone on Feb. 27, 2009, the date of mydiagnosis and the initial Team Lourie meetingwith my oncologist. But so what. As of thatdate, my perspective/orientation becameabout living forward, not recriminating back-ward. Sure, the present was important, butthe future was more important, and the past,well, it had passed. No more could I afford toconsider who, what, where, when, why andhow I ended up in this predicament. My goalwas to remain positive, take the bad withgood, survive until the next drug approval bythe FDA (of which there have been half adozen in the last two years specifically for thetreatment of lung cancer) and try not toimpose my problems on anyone else.
Which I believe I’ve succeeded in doing.Oh sure, I’ve imposed myself on you regularreaders, but what I’ve imposed on you havebeen my experiences. Considering the con-text, I’d like to think I’ve shared, not self-indulged. Moreover, I’d like to think we’re allbetter off for the ‘experience.’ I know I am.
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When Charis Roundtree set the NVSL freestylerecord, her teammates Anna Kelliher and CarsonCoughlin captured second and third for a sweep ofthe event. In backstroke Carson Coughlin placedfirst and Caroline Friess third. With new best timesin breaststroke Charis Roundtree took first andJenna VanBuren second. Caroline Friess was firstand Anna Kelliher was second in butterfly, alsorecording personal bests. For the 8 and under boysEthan O’Connor was third in free and first in back.Five-year-old Tyler Harris swimming in his first Ameet, captured a third place in backstroke. Olderbrother Nicholas Harris won both the breaststrokeand butterfly with two best times and ChristopherThomson, also swimming a best time, swam tosecond in the breaststroke.
For the 9-10’s Angela Thomson swam to first infree and second in breaststroke. Ali Harkins placethird in free and fly, while Laney Zimmerman wasthird in backstroke. Posting two best times, RyanFries was first in free and second in back. DavisCollingsworth captured two first place finished inback and breaststroke. Ryder Hicks swam for sec-ond place in free and fly, while Christopher Lee wasthird in fly.
Outstanding swims were made by the 11-12’swith Caitlin Kelliher placing second in free and flyand Isabelle Cogan third in back and fly. JacksonBlansett, swimming two personal bests, placed firstin back and fly, while Charles Beamon took a firstin free. William Whitton was third in free and sec-ond in back. Griffin Osterhout placed second andNathan Ryman third in breaststroke, while SeanGunn captured third in fly.
Competition in the 13-14’s was intense andpoints hard to come by. Maddie Whitton was firstin fly and second in freestyle, while AlanaTurflinger was first in back and second in breast-stroke. Jason Cheifetz was third in free and KevinWang second in breast.
For the 15-18-year olds, Sarah Boyle capturedfirst place in free and fly, setting a new team recordof 30.00 seconds in the 50 meter butterfly.Meredith Matz swam for second in breaststrokeand Chanel Cogan for third in backstroke. NickMcGrath won first in free and breast, AnthonyArcomona was first in back and fly, while ThomasBeamon was third in free and back.
The lead in the meet changed on six occasions,but heading into the relays the Riptide needed towin a majority of the races. Virginia Run came upa little short, winning 5 of 12 relays.
Virginia Run boasts 211 swimmers from 122families. The Riptide Board, chaired by RobinOsterhout, secured the services of new head coach,Morgan Henderson-Kunz, a competitive swimmerfrom the age of 5, who went to the Olympic Trialsin 2008 and has coached at club and high schoollevels. Patrick Kearney, a former Riptide recordholder, has returned as assistant coach. Seniorcoaches Chanel Cogan, Geoffrey Eisenhart, LukeEmanuel, Nick McGrath, Didi Pace and Leo Wang,along with Junior Coaches Abby Borsato, SarahBoyle, Jack Metcalf, Harry Schlatter, and LaurenStovall complete the coaching staff.
8 & Under Girls Freestyle Sweepwith new NVSL Record Holder: C.Coughlin, C. Roundtree, and A.Kelliher.
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The 18th Annual CappiesGala honoring highschool theater was held
Sunday, June 11 at The KennedyCenter in the District.Winning the top prizes for the BestMusical was West Potomac HighSchool for “Billy Elliot,” and win-ning Best Play was Duke EllingtonSchool of the Arts for “The BluestEye.”This year’s Masters of Ceremonywere Judy Bowns and JanieStrauss with Erich DiCenzo andPhil Reid as Lead Players.
The show included 59 publicand private high schools in FairfaxCounty, Arlington, Fauquier,Loudoun, Montgomery, and PrinceWilliam counties, and the Cities ofFalls Church, Alexandria, andWashington, D.C. This year’sawards were pretty much evenlydistributed across all of those re-gions. The Cappies season ex-tended from late October to earlyMay.
Cappies shows were attended,on average, by 45 student criticswho wrote 300-599 word reviews.
More than 300 student-writtenreviews were published or broad-cast in local newspapers, includ-ing The Connection, Patch, FallsChurch News Press, Times Com-munity Newspapers, LoudounNow, Maryland Theatre Guide,and Fairfax County Public Schoolsand other media.
The Cappies program waslaunched in the summer of 1999by Judy Bowns, the Theatre Artsresource teacher with FCPS, andthe late Bill Strauss (director, Capi-tol Steps), in cooperation witharea theater teachers, for the pur-pose of celebrating and bringingpublic acclaim to high school the-ater.
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WFCCA Elects OfficersThe Western Fairfax County Citizens Association
(WFCCA) held its 38th annual meeting on June 12and elected the following officers: President, SteveChulick; Vice-President, Mark McConn; and Trea-surer, Ted Troscianecki. Committee chairmen are:Environment, Chris Terpak-Malm; Land Use, JohnLitzenberger; and Transportation, Ted Troscianecki.
WFCCA Land-Use Committee members elected totwo-year terms were: Steve Chulick, Carol Hawn,John Litzenberger, Mark McConn, Jim Neighbors,Chris Terpek-Malm and Ted Troscianecki.
Meetings are held as required for most commit-tees, with the Land-Use committee meeting everymonth jointly with the Sully District Council Land-Use committee. The WFCCA thanks At-Large Plan-ning Commissioner Jim Hart for serving as the elec-tion officer overseeing this year’s elections.
Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police
Station will perform free, child safety carseat inspec-tions Thursday, July 6, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the sta-tion, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. No appoint-ment is necessary. But residents should install thechild safety seats themselves so technicians may prop-erly inspect and adjust them, as needed.
Because of time constraints, only the first 35 ve-hicles arriving on each date will be inspected. Thatway, inspectors may have enough time to properlyinstruct the caregiver on the correct use of the childseat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirm datesand times.
Volunteers NeededThe Health Department is seeking volunteers to
participate in its upcoming Point of Dispensing (POD)exercise on Saturday, July 29. From 9-11 a.m. a simu-lated POD will be operated at Centreville HighSchool, 6001 Union Mill Road, Clifton.
Trained Health Department staff and volunteerswill assist actors — POD clients — with filling out ascreening form, dispensing faux-medications andanswering questions. This exercise is intended toevaluate the Health Department’s ability to providecritical services during a disaster, specifically dispens-ing medication quickly to residents.
Register to participate as an actor by going towww.eventbrite.com/e/fairfax-county-health-depart-ment-point-of-dispensing-exerc ise- t ickets -33333277731.For more information, contact LizSullivan, training and exercise coordinator, at 703-246-8703.
Volunteer at WFCMWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries at 4511 Daly
Dr. Suite J, Chantilly seeks individuals to volunteerfor the following:
❖ Volunteer(s) to clean office and bathroom, Tues-day or Thursday, either 8:30-9:30 a.m. or 2:30-4 a.m.
❖ Volunteer(s) to answer phones and schedule ap-pointments, Tuesday and Thursday, 2 - 4:30 p.m.Requirements: good phone skills, personable, ableto conduct pantry tours. Interview and completedapplication required.
See wfcmva.org/how-you-can-help/volunteer-pro-gram/
Roundups
Submit civic/community announce-ments at ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos and artwork welcome.Deadline is Thursday at noon, at least twoweeks before event.
INDEPENDENCE DAYFree Sober Rides. Tuesday, July 4, 7
p.m. through Wednesday, July 5, 2a.m. Area residents, 21 and older,may download Lyft to their phones,then enter the code SOBERJULY4 inthe app’s “Promo” section to receive ano cost (up to $15) safe ride home.The SoberRide code is valid for thefirst 1,500 Lyft users who enter thecode. Visit www.soberride.com.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDVolunteers needed at the Fairfax
Station Railroad Museum, 11200Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station.The Museum offers a variety ofexciting volunteer opportunities inMuseum events, programs andadministration. [email protected] or703-945-7483 to explore servicesthat will fit your schedule andinterests. Visit www.fairfax-station.org, or call 703-425-9225 formore.
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