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Front row: Holly Gray,Madeleine Hardy; Back

row: Briana Warner,Darien Brauman enjoying

holidays at Reston TownCenter ice skating rink.

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Tour de LightsHeld in RestonReston Association’sMultimodal TransportationAdvisory Committee held itssixth annual Tour de Lightsbike ride on Saturday, Dec.17. The tour biked on NorthReston paths and secondaryroads to view some ofReston’s best holiday lights.Riders were required to havefront and rear lights andhelmets. The group posed fora photo at the tour’s startingpoint at Lake Anne Plaza.

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By Alyssa Miller

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The freshly-Zamboni’d ice reflects hun-dreds of twinkly white lights in theReston Town Center Ice Skating Pavilionas a crowd of locals and visitors stands

just on the other side of the walls, waiting to enter.The ice rink, an annual tradition in the city, is open

from November to March. It provides a place for fam-ily and friends to gather and celebrate the season,

regardless of experience level.“I think it brings the families together, getting out-

doors,” said Blythe Shippie, who visits the ice rinkseveral times each year with her two daughters. “It’sjust a fun activity that gets us out of the house, awayfrom gadgets and TV screens.”

The rink provides skate rentals and offers giantplastic snowmen and penguins with handles for any-one who needs someone — or something — to leanon as they circle the ice. There are also group dis-counts for large gatherings of people according toMalik Husnain, the general manager of the ice rink.

Carlos Aguiluz, whoused to live nearby, visitedthe rink from Florida withhis family. Carlos and histwo daughters, Monica,10, and Victoria, 8, lovedexperiencing this part ofReston for the first time.

“I love it because there’sunlimited time; you canstay as long as you want,”Carlos said.

Monica appreciated thesimplicity of skatingaround for hours.

“I like that it’s not com-plicated,” she said. “Youcan just go around incircles.”

Shippie likes seeinghappy families enjoyingthe atmosphere.

“You can see the parentsholding the kids’ hands,and they’re all laughing,”Shippie said.

Reston Town Center ice skating rink provides outdoorentertainment for family and friends.

Merry and Bright

Melissa Romano and daugh-ters Chloe, 4, and Olivia, 5, arevisiting the Reston ice rinkfrom another part of NorthernVirginia.

Carlos Aguiluz with daughtersMonica, 10, and Victoria, 8.Aguiluz, who used to livenearby, is visiting from Floridawith his family; they’re consid-ering moving back to Reston.

A Christmas tree lights up the night across the street from the Pavilion.

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Reflections and ProjectionsRestonians think back on past year, look ahead to 2017:

What, for you, was a highlight of 2016? What are youlooking forward to most in 2017? —Alyssa Miller

Karen Hirst (right) anddaughter Karly Hirst

Karen Hirst, Stay-at-home mom, hasbeen in Reston about 10 years

“A daughter’s wedding [on Sept. 17]… It was in South Florida: DeerfieldBeach, Florida.”

“I have another daughter graduatingfrom college, and I guess just … First fullyear as empty-nesters. I’m like lookingforward to just stage two of our adultlife.”

Karly Hirst, Teacher, now lives inSouth Florida

The wedding was also Karly’s highlight.“I just like having a new year to start

over with.”

From left: Steve Holsten, Caroline Holsten, SarahMacLean (friend), Ted Holsten

Steve Holsten, Attorney, has been in Reston for about 14 years“Our second child going away to college in Scotland. She goes to the

University of St. Andrews. She’s studying Modern History and Englishliterature … and French.”

“For me, I’m starting a new job.”

Meghan Mathew andher family: Maria,

left; Faith; Francesca;and Nick.

Meghan Mathew, Stay-at-home mom, has been inReston for about 6 months

“The birth of our thirddaughter, Francesca … she is10 months now.”

“The birth of our fourthbaby. We’re not even sure[the sex]. We’re gonna keep ita surprise.”

Praveen Cherukuri,Scientist, has been inReston for over a yearand a half

“I found a new job, that was ahighlight. The kids are healthy.”

“Whatever it brings, I think,like, the unexpected is what I’mlooking forward to. And I hopeit’s not too unexpected and nottoo crazy.”


Opinion

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

At noon on January 11 thesergeant at arms will en-ter the chamber of the

House of Delegates carrying a 20-pound, 24-karat gold coated macethat he will place in a holder inthe front and center of the cham-ber signifying that the House ofDelegates is in session. That for-mality has been followed since theeighteenth century when it signi-fied that Virginia was one of theBritish royal colonies. On the Sen-ate side of the Capitol the Lieuten-ant Governor who is the presidentof the Senate will call that bodyto order. The Governor will ad-dress a joint session of the Houseand Senate that evening.

With all the history and pompand circumstances that surround

a legislative sessionthe list of issues be-fore the Assembly isvery up to date. Theneed for legislation

related to Uber, Airbnb, and Teslaelectric cars is likely to be heardwithin the context of new practicesof commerce coming up againstestablished traditions and turf.Lobbyists outnumber legislatorsmore than six to one with someseeking to protect the status quoand others wanting new directionsand innovation. The job of legis-lators is to determine the publicgood among conflicting interests.

Fortunately not all issues areearth-shattering. Many of themore than 3,000 bills and resolu-tions that will be considered thisyear are fairly mundane dealing

shown to exist in Virginia. Thesebills do keep many citizens frombeing able to register and to vote.

There is a strong citizen effortto have Virginia adopt an indepen-dent non-partisan redistricting lawfor which I have been advocatingsince the 1980s, but the party inpower would have to relinquishtheir power for that to happenwhich makes the legislation a longshot. I and others will be introduc-ing gun safety legislation, but theNRA grip on the legislature is firm.Hopefully more citizen involve-ment will help to loosen that holdand reasonable common sensebills can be passed.

The good news likely to be com-ing out of the session is that mean-ingful reform of Virginia’s mentalhealth system will take place andpositive steps reforming publiceducation will be enacted.

Virginia General Assembly 2017

The call for reform and transparencyin Fairfax County Police began longbefore the shooting death of JohnGeer in August 2013. Some mem-

bers of the Fairfax County Police Practices Re-view Commission pressed for reform for nearlya decade before the formation of the commis-sion. Their experience also should answer anyquestion about whether reform was reallyneeded.

Anita and Sal Culosi lost their son Dr.Salvatore “Sal” Culosi Jr. when he was killedby a Fairfax County Police officer Jan. 24, 2006

outside his Fair Oakstownhouse by a SWAT teammember executing a searchwarrant. Police knew Culosi

was unarmed and did not consider him dan-gerous. The shooting was ruled an accident andthe officer faced no charges.

“My son would still be alive today,” Culosisaid at the first meeting of the commission inMarch 2015, “but for 2006 Fairfax County poli-cies to routinely use SWAT and aggressive pro-cedures against citizens certified to be lowrisk.”

Culosi Sr. told members of the commissionthat David M. Rohrer told him that use offorce policy changes had been made sincehis son’s shooting, but that Rohrer declinedto give him copies of the changes or tell himexactly what changes were made. Rohrer,now deputy county executive for publicsafety was Fairfax County police chief whenCulosi Jr. was killed.

As the commission began its work, PoliceChief Edwin Roessler and Rohrer among oth-ers, embraced Sal Culosi Sr.’s involvement, andworked with him on many details of policy

changes ranging from how SWAT teams aredeployed to “ready gun position.” New policieswere developed with his input, are available tothe public and mark significant improvements.

NICHOLAS R. BELTRANTE, a retired D.C.homicide detective and Mount Vernon resident,founded Virginia Citizens Coalition for PoliceAccountability in 2010 in response to the shoot-ing death of unarmed David A. Masters whowas shot and killed by a Fairfax County Policeofficer on Richmond Highway and Fort HuntRoad on Nov. 13, 2009. Masters, a former U.S.Army Green Beret, struggled with mentalhealth issues.

Beltrante decried the secrecy surroundingthe Masters and Culosi cases among others,and began advocating for the formation of acivilian review panel.

He wrote to the Connection in 2012:“During the years 2010-2011, the CCPA has

directed a number of letters to Chief David M.

Rohrer regarding these and other citizen alle-gations of police abuse, misconduct, and neg-ligence. These letters have gone unanswered.As a result the CCPA began in January 2012mailing letters of complaint to Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulovawith the understanding they would be for-warded to Supervisor Gerald W. Hyland, theboard’s Public Safety Committee chairman, forappropriate action. In recent weeks the CCPAhas written to Supervisor Hyland in an effortto determine what action, if any, he had taken.To-date, we have not heard from SupervisorHyland.

“The apparent lack of accountability by vari-ous entities of the Fairfax County Governmentregarding these serious issues has caused manycitizens grave concern and some have ex-pressed their frustration by indicating theirbelief this may constitute a case of malfea-sance.”

Beltrante noted that no one, including thefamilies of the deceased victims, had been ableto obtain a police incident report despite thefact that the four cases were closed.

The establishment of a civilian review paneland an independent police auditor, both ap-proved last year by the Fairfax County Boardof Supervisors, plus changes in policies aboutuse of force, transparency and crisis interven-tion, among many others, are major accom-plishments.

The Culosis and Beltrante began the call forsuch changes many years before the death ofJohn Geer. Geer’s best friend, Jeff Stewart, alsoserved on the Ad Hoc Commission. Stewart waspresent on the scene when his friend was shotdead. Stewart’s voice was also critical on thecommission. The personal involvement of thesefamilies and individuals in the process, plusthe new openness of leadership in the FCPD,made all the difference.

— Mary Kimm

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Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection

Sal Culosi (left) and NicholasBeltrante (right) attend the firstmeeting of the Fairfax County Ad HocPolice Practices Review Commissionin March 2015

Personal involvement of Culosi, Beltrante key tosuccess of police commission.

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with the operation of government.Since localities have only the pow-ers delegated to them by the Gen-eral Assembly, there will be nu-merous “local” bills that may af-fect only a given local government.There is likely to be only 15 or 20high profile bills that will get wide-spread press coverage and heavypublic lobbying.

With the outcome of the na-tional elections, the social conser-vatives will feel empowered to putin their bills to limit or eliminatelegal abortions. The Governor isexpected to veto these bills if theypass just as he did a year ago whenhe vetoed Virginia’s version ofNorth Carolina’s HB2 permittingdiscrimination against LGBT per-sons. The national election expe-rience last year will result in morebills to eliminate fraud from elec-tions even though none has been


Opinion

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See ‘Funding Gap,’ Page 8

By John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

Let’s face it, 2016 was nota great year. We gottahope 2017 will be better!Forget the national elec-

tions which left us with a President-elect whose closest foreign friendis Vladimir Putin and who is deter-mined to make the White House a familyprofit center. I feel powerless in that arena.So, let’s limit this conversation to an arenawhere we have a chance to bring change— Reston.

Let’s look at our homeowners association,Reston Association. 2016 was a bad yearfor RA. The outlook is worse unless newfolks are elected to the RA Board of Direc-tors. If you’re a Reston homeowner, in thelast week you got a notice in the mail thatyour assessment is due and has been jackedup again, this time by a healthy forty-fourdollars. The increases are driven by continu-ing wasteful spending on the Tetra “LakeHouse” acquisition and questionable legalservices.

The Tetra matter raised such an uproarin the community that the RA Board agreed

to contract for a review of theoverpriced acquisition andnearly $1 million being spentto prepare the building foruse. The Board drafted thecontract scope of work and se-

lected a well-qualified community group(MediaWorld) to review the acquisition pro-cess and cost overruns, identify problems,and recommend rules to prevent a recur-rence. The MediaWorld proposal will cost$1 U.S. But, instead of allowing staff tonegotiate the contract, the Board assignedthe task to the RA attorney who reports toCEO Cate Fulkerson. The attorney seemsintent on torpedoing the contract. Accord-ing to people close to the process, he re-fused the 4-page format used for a compa-rable contract, devising instead a 17-pagedocument loaded with poison pill provisionslimiting contractor independence, processtransparency, and imposing financial pen-alties, e.g., $2,000 per occurrence for

By Terry Maynard, Co-Chair

Reston 20/20 Committee

On Dec. 19, while most of us weregetting ready for the holidays, abare quorum of the County’s

Reston Network Analysis Group (RNAG), agroup appointed by Supervisor Hudgins,met and voted by a narrow majority to en-dorse a new tax on Reston station areahomeowners to help pay for future streetimprovements there. The vote was literallyno more than an endorsement by a devel-oper-dominated group of a totally unwar-ranted tax that will subsidize for profit de-velopment without a single community rep-resentative from the Reston station areasaffected by the prospective tax.

The RNAG vote specifically endorsed aproposed Tax Service District (TSD) thatimposes added property taxes of $.021/$100 valuation on all property owners, in-cluding residences, near Reston’s Metro sta-tions. As laid out by the county transporta-tion department (FCDOT), residents willend up paying about 40 percent of the $350million in TSD taxes over the next 40 years,some $140 million under a set of assump-tions that grossly understate the likely costsresidents will pay.

ABSURD COUNTY ASSUMPTIONSAnd why? Because the Board of Supervi-

sors directed FCDOT to find a new revenuesource to pay for improvements of thestreets in and around Reston’s station ar-eas, of course, without asking if a new fund-ing source were needed. Then FCDOT gen-erated a phony $350 million “gap” in Restonroad funding over the next 40 years thatcould only be filled with some new tax rev-enue source—as directed by the Board.

The funding “gap” is based on a numberof bogus assumptions. First, at the heart ofthis tax scheme is the absolutely incredu-lous assumption that the County is unableto re-allocate any of its current $4 billionin annual County General Fund tax rev-enues to improve Reston’s streets in andaround the station areas. The amount thatneeds to be diverted each year is less than$9 million, a sum that barely rates as arounding error in the County budget.

Second, if for whatever cockamamie rea-son the County seriously believes it can’tdivert funds to improve Reston’s streets tosupport massive development, it could everso slightly raise the tax rate on any of sev-eral existing County-wide tax mechanismsto generate the needed funds. In a moreperfect world, the Board could even twistdevelopers’ arms to have them pay for allthe road improvements since they alone willprofit to the tune of more than one billion

The Absurdity of aNew Reston Road Tax

Reston Association:Broom in 2017

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By Fallon Forbush

The Connection

Crunch Fitness at Reston Town Center ex-pects 150 new members to join in Janu-ary to conquer their 2017 New Year’s fit-ness resolutions. But, statistically speak-

ing, 85 percent of those people will stop within thefirst 90 days, according to Jamie Toombs, the gym’sgeneral manager.

It’s Toombs goal to make sure his gym beats theindustry average and to keep these new members—many of whom will be joining a gym for the firsttime in their lives—comfortable so they stay past 90days.

By 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, 151 of thegym’s 2,500 members had stopped by to work out,on track to increase by the New Year.

“People are motivated and may go too hard, toofast,” Toombs says. “It’s more about starting andbuilding so you don’t burn out and plateau.”

Crunch gives new members a body assessment andtwo complimentary sessions with a personal trainerto make the gym a little less intimidating.

The Connection spoke with Cali Garner, the gym’sfitness director, for more advice on sticking with yourresolutions.

Garner speaks from personal experience.Garner, who stands at 5 foot and 7 inches, teaches

classes of all sorts—from Zumba to weight lifting.He is also a professional in bodybuilding. However,this was years in the making.

His fitness journey began in 2009 when he made aresolution to get back into shape after working a jobduring the third shift where he formed a habit ofsnacking to keep himself awake.

That year, he stuck to his commitment and wentfrom 255 pounds to 189 pounds. And he hasn’tstopped re-evaluating his goals ever since.

THIS YEAR, he has a goal of earning his pro cardfrom the International Federation of Bodybuilders,which would give him the qualifications to earnmoney for his bodybuilding. This means he must winregional and national bodybuilding competitions.

He will compete in the National PhysiqueCommittee’s Max Muscle VA Classic in Woodbridgeon April 29.

“Most people know what they want the end resultto be, but they don’t know what’s in between,” saysGarner.

He recommends breaking a goal into small por-tions and rewarding yourself for progress.

And if your goal is weight loss, it’s counterintuitiveto reward yourself with extra cheat meals.

Still, “five pounds at a time deserves a celebra-tion,” he says.

He recommends rewarding yourself with thingsthat will make time at the gym more interesting. Thiscould be an upgrade in headphones for each mile-stone or buying new water bottles or workout gearwith pithy or motivational sayings.

“I see people fuss with their headphone wires andthen over time they get bluetooth and then they endup wearing $300 Beats,” he says.

Garner says that it is impossible to “out-train a baddiet.”

“Hand-in-hand, nutrition is 60 percent; resistancetraining is 30 percent; and cardio is 10 percent oflosing weight,” Garner says. “Tracking calories en-sures you achieve your goals.”

He recommends using calorie counting apps on

your smartphone to keep track, like dotFIT,MyFitnessPal or CalorieKing. The apps will tell youhow many calories you should be eating in a day,according to how much you weigh and what yourweight loss goals are.

“Cardio is great, but it won’t get you your idealbody,” Garner says.

For every pound of muscle someone has, 50 calo-ries are burned while at rest per week. With 10pounds of muscle, that equates to burning 500 calo-ries, or an entire pound of fat, per week while atrest—for doing nothing.

“Second to nutrition, building muscle is more im-portant than cardio when losing weight,” he says.

PEOPLE WHO WORK OUT with someone else are80 percent more likely to stick with it.

“Never be afraid to ask for help,” he says.Whether it be a trainer or a friend, having account-

ability is key. Social media can be an easy way tobuild accountability with strangers.

Garner posts photos on social media daily to trackhis fitness progress.

“If I miss a post, someone will comment and askme where it is—and I may not even know who theperson is,” he says.

Garner has taken all sorts of fitness classes to keephis routine from going stale. Gym memberships canoften include complimentary classes, like yoga,Zumba and Pilates.

Variations in work out will help keep your interestso you stay on track towards your goals.

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Weight Lifter Provides Tips To KeepYour New Year’s Resolutions

Photo by Marilyn Campbell/The Connection

Losing weight and getting in shape aretwo popular resolutions that people makeat the beginning of a new year.

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What is your New Year’s FitnessResolution and How Will YouKeep It?

—Fallon Forbush

Briget Borges,23, of Reston

“I mostly justwant to stayconsistent witheating right. Ineed to mindfullyeat rather thanemotionally eat. Iwill useMyFitnessPal[calorie countingsmartphone app]or maybe I’ll keepa journal.”

Gary Ford, 54of Reston

“I want to do aTough Mudder [ a10- to 12-milemud and obstaclecourse] and anIRONMANtriathlon. I have aworkout plan. Ibike, run, swimand take spinclasses at Crunchand I do weights.”

JenniferMoffatt ofHerndon

“I’ve decided tochange up mywork out becauseI’ve only beendoing cardio forthe last 20 years.I’m scheduled towork with apersonal trainerthe first week ofthe year to learnabout weights.”

Keats Nicoll,57, of Oakton

“I’ve been doingthis for a longtime, but I amtrying to be morescientific aboutmy goals and losea little fat. I workout with a trainerthree times aweek. The key isto stay consis-tent.”


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Registration is open for the Win-ter/Spring session of the EncoreChorale at locations in NorthernVirginia and singers of all vocalexperience, age 55+, are welcometo join. Fifteen weekly rehearsalswill begin the week of Monday,Jan. 9, 2017 at the following lo-cations.

* Encore Chorale of Reston –Rehearsals begin Tuesday, Jan. 10at 2 p.m. at RCC Hunters Woodsin Reston. Fee is $185 for Restonresidents/$320 for non-residentsfor 15 weekly rehearsals, sheetmusic, CD in your music part andperformances.

* Encore ROCKS Reston- Re-hearsals begin Thursday, Jan. 12,2017 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Anne’sEpiscopal Church located at 1700Wainwright Drive, Reston. Fee is$175 for 15 weekly rehearsals,sheet music, CD in your music partand performances.

There are no auditions and sing-ers may be seated for rehearsalsand performances. Singers willrehearse each week for 90 minutesin preparation for May perfor-mances. The spring repertoire for

Encore Chorale includes Porgy &Bess, Va Pensiero, Les Miserables,Do, Lord Remember Me, andmore. The conductor is DavidLang. The Spring repertoire for theROCKS choruses includes favoriteslike, All You Need is Love by theBeatles, Longest Time by Billy Joel,Forever Doo Wop and Rock On—a medley of hits from the 50’s &60’s.

Singers may register at the firstrehearsal or online atwww.encorecreativity.org. Call301-261-5747 for more informa-tion.

Encore currently has 15 EncoreChorales and 5 Encore ROCKSchoruses in Virginia, Maryland andWashington, D.C. serving morethan 1000 singers, and 11 affili-ate chorales nationally.

Encore Chorale is the largestgrowing choral music program forolder adults in the country. Formore information, visit the Encorewebsite at http://encorecreativity.org, call 301-261-5747 or [email protected]

Registration Opens forReston Encore Chorale’sWinter/Spring Session


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dollars per year over the next four decades. Anotherspecial tax on Reston homeowners (on top of theexisting community-wide special tax district charg-ing $.047/$100 valuation to fund the Reston Com-munity Center) or any part of them is totally unwar-ranted; the street improvements are merely a fabri-cated excuse.

Third, the TSD proposal ignores the order of mag-nitude growth in the taxable value of planned Restonstation area development over the next four decades.Right now, Reston’s station areas are valued at about$6 billion. Four decades from now they will likely bevalued at more than $60 billion, and maybe as muchas $90 billion, based on long-term area experience.Even without a rate increase, that means the Countywill collect over $11 billion in basic property taxesfrom Reston’s station areas over the next 40 years,an average of more than one-quarter billion dollarsin Reston station area taxes per year even withoutthe TSD. Surely three percent of those $11 billion-plus revenues could be used to fund Reston’s roadimprovements.

Fourth, don’t fool yourself into assuming those newTSD tax funds will just be added to Reston’s currenttransportation funding level. The bulk of the addedtax revenue generated by this TSD tax stream willmost likely be offset by the County’s diversion ofmuch of its current Reston station area transporta-tion funding to other areas of the county.

And, once the tax is approved, station area resi-dents will be stuck:

❖ This tax doesn’t require a referendum approval,just the approval of the tax-ravenous Board of Su-pervisors, backed by the pre-holiday endorsementof the phony Reston Network Analysis Group.

❖ There is nothing to keep the Board of Supervi-sors from raising the TSD tax rate—and residentialtax burden—just as it has with a similar TSD inTysons.

❖ Finally, there is no sunset provision on the TSDproposal. When that initial roadway investment iscompleted, station area homeowners will continueto pay the TSD tax indefinitely.

Stop the Scam: Restonians Pay while the CountyCollects Forever

And there you have the massive scam of the al-leged “gap” in Reston station area street improve-ment funding. There really is no “funding gap.” Thereis just another County scheme to pick homeowners’pockets. It reflects the Board’s refusal to put an ad-ditional penny into Reston streets despite billions ofexisting and future tax dollars sources. At the sametime, Restonians will face worse traffic by virtue ofthe County’s explicit intent to lower traffic flow stan-dards such that intersection delays will nearly doubleduring rush hour.

The notion of a Reston station area “funding gap”is a swindle perpetrated by the Board to justify thecreation of another tax revenue stream unrelated toany legitimate new tax funding need. As a Restonian,whether or not you live in a Reston station area, youneed to oppose this preposterous County tax scheme.

❖ You can do so by contacting Supervisor Hudgins’office ([email protected]) andtelling her that you are against the Board’s imposi-tion of this unnecessary and unfair tax.

❖ You can also sign the petition on Change.org(https://www.change.org/p/fairfax-county-board-of-supervisors-stop-the-tsd-road-tax-on-reston-metro-station-area-residents) calling for the defeatof this absurd tax.

❖ And you can testify at the upcoming RestonNetwork Analysis Group community meeting in Janu-ary (date & place TBD), the Board of Supervisorspublic hearing on the RNAG funding plan (Feb. 28,2017), and the Board’s public hearing on the spe-cific TSD tax rate proposal in March (date TBD).

Please step up and help stop this unwarranted ad-ditional special tax on Reston station areahomeowners.

ONGOINGShepherd’s Center of Oakton

Vienna Caregivers SupportGroup Meetings are the first andthird Thursdays of every month,i.e. January 5th and 19th, 2017from 10:00 a.m to 11:30 a.m.Join us at the UnitarianUniversalist Congregation ofFairfax (UUCF) - ProgramBuilding, 2709 Hunter Mill Rd,Oakton.All caregivers arewelcome to come for supportanytime. For more info contactfacilitator, Jack Tarr, 703-821-6838, [email protected] LynnRafferty, [email protected]

All-comers Group Fun Run atPotomac River Running EveryTuesday and Thursday, 6:30 p.m.For beginners or competitiverunners, come out for a free, fun,low-key run that’s safe and social.703-689-0999potomacriverrunning.com

Random Acts of Art by SharonWright Pound at the RestonCommunity Center at Lake Anne.This exhibit features a range ofrepresentational and abstractpaintings that exemplifiesSharon’s varied artistic interests.Her work is on exhibit from Jan 4- Feb 6 at the Rose Gallery in theReston Community Center at LakeAnne, 109A Washington Plaza,Reston. Visit her portfolio websiteat http://www.sharonpoundart.com

LRA PenFed Realty HostsSievers’ Paintings The Leagueof Reston Artists is showing theoil paintings of Ruth Sieversduring December 2016 andJanuary 2017 at the office ofPenFed Realty, 1886 MetroCenter Dr. Reston. The exhibit isfree and the office is open tovisitors Monday through Fridayfrom 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.www.leagueofrestonartists.org

Explorations in Color ExhibitFeaturing Artist Kristin HerzogDecember 7, 2016 - January 8,2017. ArtSpace Herndon, 750Center Street, Herndon.Explorations in Color is an exhibitfeaturing abstract paintingsexecuted in vibrant color. KristinHerzog’s paintings are all aboutcolor and its power to conveyemotion. With color she exploresher reactions to the physical andemotional landscapes of daily life.For more information call 703-956-9560.www.artspaceherndon.com

“A Bird in the Hand” throughspring 2017 Reston Town SquarePark, 11990 Market Street,Reston Town Center. See andexplore Patrick Dougherty’smonumental public art sculpturemade from tree saplings.Presented by GRACE incollaboration with IPAR. 703-471-9242 restonarts.org

PenFed Realty Hosts Sievers’Paintings during January 2017at the office of PenFed Realty,1886 Metro Center Dr. Reston.The exhibit is free and the officeis open to visitors Mondaythrough Friday from 9:00 am –5:00 pm. Visit the LRA web site atwww.leagueofrestonartists.org formore information on this andother events.

Little Hands Preschool ArtClass at Greater Reston ArtsCenter Saturdays, January 7 -28, 10 - 11 a.m. Introducingyoung children to art by havingthem explore new artwork,materials, and skills each week.Four weeks of classes cost: $80

for Reston residents, $120 non-residents. 703-471-9242restonarts.org

Exercise for Parkinson’s EveryMonday, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. RestonSport&health, 11445 IsaacNewton Square, Reston. Thisprogram brings together peopleimpacted by Parkinson’s Diseaseto participate in various physicalexercises aimed at improvingposture, balance and circulationand increasing strength, musclecontrol and mobility.Free.parkinsonfoundation.org.ckacenga@sportandhealth.com703-621-4148.

Teen and Adult Art ClassesArtSpace Herndon EveryMonday from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.750 Center Street, Herndon.Drawing and Mixed Media withMelanie Stanley - During Fall andWinter of 2016. Cost: $45/class.The class will use a variety oftechniques for drawing, painting,mark making, and collage usingfine arts tools and materials.Students will be taken down acreative path to learn to usedrawing tools and brushes moreeffectively. Register by emailingMelanie, and she will send youthe supply list and paymentoptions/information:[email protected]. 703-956-9560. www.artspaceherndon.com

All-comers’ Group Fun Run atPotomac River Running.Tuesdays and Thursdays. RestonTown Center, 11900 MarketStreet, Reston. For beginners orcompetitive runners, come out fora fun, low-key run that is safe andsocial. For more information, call703-689-0999 https://potomacriverrunning.com.

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Meanwhile, the RA Governance Committee seemsintent on killing the proposed strengthening of theethics policy for the RA Board. In this case, a con-tractor was actually hired and submitted a draft forethics reform following community complaints about

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The Reston community will continue itsover three decades of celebrating thebirthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “TheReston Community Center is committed

to celebrating the life and legacyof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” saidPaul Douglas Michnewicz, arts andevents director, Reston Commu-nity Center (RCC).

The 2017 Martin Luther King Jr.celebration will be over a 3-dayperiod. There will be inspiring per-formances, an insightful KeynoteAddress by Pulitzer Prize recipientEugene Robinson, enlivening, dia-logues, community service andother activities.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Holi-day was established Nov. 3, 1983,when President Ronald Reagansigned a bill establishing the 3rdMonday of every January as theMartin Luther King, Jr. NationalHoliday, beginning in 1986.

One of the scheduled events is aperformance by “The Pursuit ofHarmony.” The world renownedJewish-American songwriterMichael Hunter Ochs and award-winning Muslim Palestinian peace activist/songwriterAlaa Alshaham will present an evening of music.Along with personal stories, photographs and vid-eos, the two will also speak about their improbablefriendship as well as performing together at theUnited Nations.

In interviews, Ochs and Alshaham noted thatthrough the message of hope in their music andfriendship they could “challenge the status quo…anduse their voice to effect positive change.” “We wantpeople who attend to almost feel like they’ve taken ajourney with us,” said Alshaham. “Maybe we couldinspire others to seek such friendships in their com-

munities.” added Ochs.The Martin Luther King Jr Day

keynote address will be given byEugene Robinson. He is a PulitzerPrize-winning journalist andwrites for the Washington Post.

“Eugene Robinson has beenspeaking truth to power about racerelations in America for a genera-tion,” said Michnewicz. Robinson’sinsightful perspective is basedupon witnessing and reportingevents here in America andabroad. The author of “Disintegra-tion: The Splintering of BlackAmerica” (2010), his remarks areexpected to present his under-standing of race relations in theUnited Stage including why popu-lar conceptions are now obsolete.

At the conclusion of Robinson’skeynote address there will be theannual Reston Community lunchheld in the RCC CommunityRoom.

Inviting residents to the Reston weekend to cel-ebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. PaulMischnewicz said, “This is what an integral commu-nity center is supposed to do. There is no better wayto commit to Dr. King’s work than to build a strongand supportive community.”

Reston to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’sBirthday with weekend of events.

Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy

Where and WhenThree-days of events for Reston Martin Luther King Jr.

Birthday Celebration; Jan. 14-16, 2017. For information aboutperformances and events call 703-476-4500 or visitwww.restoncommunitycenter.com. Events include:

❖ “The Pursuit of Harmony” at CenterStage, Reston Com-munity Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston. In partnershipwith the Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation and AllDulles Area Muslin Society (ADAMS), Performance Jan. 14,2017 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $5 Reston/$10 non-Reston. Call 703-476-4500 or visit www.restoncommunitycenter.com

❖ Keynote address by Eugene Robinson at CenterStage,Reston Community Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road, HuntersWoods, Reston. Event on Monday, Jan. 16, 2016 at 12 noonfollowed by Community Lunch. Tickets: $5 Reston/$10 non-Reston. Call 703-476-4500 or visitwww.restoncommunitycenter.com.

❖ Note: After the community lunch, there will be an inter-active workshop titled “Building Bridges” – A Tool Kit forFinding Common Ground led by Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt, PhD,MSW, LGSW on Monday, Jan. 16 from 3 to 4 p.m. Free, sepa-rate registration required.

Eugene Robinson, KeynoteSpeaker on ,Martin LutherKing Jr. Day at RestonCommunity Center.

Performers in“The Pursuit ofHarmony” inReston Commu-nity Center’sMartin LutherKing, Jr. Daycelebrationweekend, fromleft, AlaaAlshaham andMichael HunterOchs.

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The League of Women Voters of Virginia(LWVVA) sponsored the Pre-Session of theWomen’s Legislative Roundtable, (WLRT)on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at the StateCapitol in Richmond. Presentations weremade by 17 representatives of nonprofitorganizations and from secretaries of Gov-ernor McAuliffe Cabinet. They gave shortand informative speeches on their areas ofexpertise before an audience of about 130people, including Leaguers and friends. Thisannual event provides an opportunity forattendees to learn about what other groupswill be advocating for and what cabinetmembers expect will occur during the up-coming General Assembly (GA).

The subjects covered were as diverse asthe state budget, women’s rights, votingrights, election laws and voter protection,equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender LGBT Virginians, issues ofLatinos, redistricting, transparency, publicsafety, criminal justice reform, juvenile jus-tice, domestic and sexual violence, mental

illness, poverty, decriminalization of mari-juana, civil forfeiture, police reform, andconservation of natural resources. The com-mon thread in many of these speeches wasthe need for justice and fairness.

Ric Brown, the Secretary of Finance, saidthat a potential $1.5 billion budget short-fall is being expected due to lower-than-expected income and sales tax collections.To handle this shortfall, Gov. McAuliffeasked Executive Branch agencies to makebudget cuts. These have included delayinggrant payments and new positions, elimi-nating 26 current positions, canceling payraises, trimming the state’s payroll in otherways, and using the rainy day fund. Virginiais an income tax state so it is difficult toproject income inflows. Medicaid Extensionis not in the budget.

Secretary of Administration. NancyRodrigues, Secretary of the Commonwealth,Kelly Thomasson, and Secretary of NaturalResources Molly Joseph Ward all thankedthe League for its nonpartisan efforts for

voter rights. The Commissioner of Elections,Edgardo Cortes said a record number ofVirginia voters registered online and voted.According to Co-President Lois Page, “Wewere awed once again by the compassion,determination and dedication of these civicactivists, who want what is best for all Vir-ginians.”

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Eleanor Christine Ingram Mallette, 92, ofCroasdaile Village Retirement Community,died on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.//Born inArden, N.C. Eleanor was the daughter of thelate Viola Lenora Causey of Pleasant Gardenand Sidney Oscar Ingram, Sr. of Asheville.She grew up on Long Shoals Road in Arden,along the banks of the French Broad River,and in that river she learned to swim./

Eleanor graduated as salutatorian fromValley Springs High School in Skyland, N.C.in 1941 and earned her A.A. in SecretarialScience from Mars Hill College in 1943.While at Mars Hill she was a member ofthe basketball team, swimming club, Bun-combe County club, business club, andserved as a society officer and FriendshipCircle Leader. In April 1944, Eleanor losther father in an automobile accident notfar from the family homestead.

Later in 1944, she began working as a sec-retary to an Army colonel in the Air Com-munications Service based in Asheville. Anofficer reporting to her colonel had beendrafted into service during his junior yearof college, was tasked with writing the his-tory of the Army Air Corps, and was as-signed a desk near hers. The officer,Malcolm Mallette, too shy to ask her outhimself, asked a buddy to call her to ex-press his interest. She said if he wanted adate, he’d have to ask her himself. He didget up the nerve to talk to her and askedher out. Eleanor and Mal got married in

September 1946 after his discharge and thenewlyweds lived in Syracuse until he fin-ished his journalism degree at SyracuseUniversity in January 1947.

/ Asheville became Eleanor and Mal’shome base as Mal played professional base-ball through 1952; first with the New YorkYankee organization and then the Brook-lyn Dodgers. During the season, Eleanorwas known to jump in the car and drive byherself to see Mal play, once driving fromAsheville to Kansas City./

/Between 1950 and 1958, Eleanor andMal had three sons. She would laugh aboutthe big babies she had given birth to andhow their size helped them all become goodathletes. Eleanor was the ever-present sup-porter at their swim meets, tennis matches,baseball and basketball games. She wasproud of her “three boys” and enjoyed talk-ing about and sharing their achievements./

Post/baseball, Mal’s/journalism careertook the/family to/Asheville; Winston-Sa-lem; Paramus, N.J.; and, Reston, where theylived from 1974-1999. While not an avidexerciser, Eleanor welcomed each summerand time at the RHOA pools and was knownto do a lap of backstroke from time to time.

After Mal’s retirement, and with some en-couragement from their three sons, Eleanorand Mal moved to Durham’s Croasdaile Vil-lage Retirement Community in August1999. As part of the first group of residents,they quickly adapted to life at Croasdaile

and enjoyed the social aspects of living in aretirement community./

Eleanor was predeceased by her husbandMal and her eldest son, Gary MalcolmMallette. She was also predeceased by herparents; her sisters Margaret Helen Ingramand Grace Viola Ingram Fritts; her brotherSidney Oscar Ingram, Jr.; her half-sisterFrances Hayman Brown; step-sisters BeulahEstelle Ingram and Blanche O’Neal IngramLunsford; and, stepbrother G. Orison Ingram.

/She is survived by her sons Bruce andwife Julie Rice Mallette of Cary, N.C.; andDavid Mallette and wife Melinda Stubbeeof Durham, N.C.; nine nieces and onenephew.

/The family thanks the many CroasdaileVillage staff and departments who cared forEleanor throughout her 17 years as a resi-dent there. Thanks are extended also to theentire medical team at Duke UniversityMedical Center who saw Eleanor manytimes over the years, and especially to theEmergency Department and General Medi-cine team for their support of Eleanor andthe family over the last few days. ///

Memorial donations can be made to edu-cation activities at Save The River, Clayton,N.Y. or the National Baseball Hall of Fame,Cooperstown, N.Y. or a charity of yourchoice./The Mallette family is under thecare of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Emailcondolences can be sent to/www.hallwynne.com.

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Funding Pool 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Taking Place atThe Jo Ann Rose Gallery Reston CommunityCenter Lake Anne 1609-A Washington Plaza,Reston. Our January 2017 FCIA Network Meetingwill focus on Consolidated Community FundingPool (CCFP) priorities in preparation for the nextCCFP funding cycle. FCIA Network Meeting

attendees will dialogue about the types of servicesfor which there is a continuing need, currentservice gaps, and emerging needs. The CCFP fundslocal nonprofit organizations to provide humanservices, affordable housing development andconstruction. Priority-setting is the first step of thenext funding cycle. Once set, a request forproposal will be issued in the fall of 2017. Awardswill be announced the following spring. Totalfunding in FY 2017 was 12.5 million dollars.Please note, this meeting WILL NOT takeplace at the Government Center.

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