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Tom Flatt plays director ChrisBelling in Reston CommunityPlayers’ production of ‘Cur-tains.’ The musical dominatedthe WATCH Awards March 14.

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News

This illustration depicts the proposed Comstock Partners development at the WiehleAvenue Metro Station at full build-out.

Shadow Over Proposed PlazaStaff recommendsdenial but saysdeveloper hascontinued tocooperate.

By Mike DiCicco

The Connection

Richard McCary, presi-dent-elect of the Com-mittee for Dulles, saidhis organization was a

longtime supporter of the Metroline to Dulles Airport and recognized that parkingaround the planned rail stations was a critical ele-ment of the plan. Thus, he said, the committee com-mended Comstock Partners for the firm’s “imagina-tive and efficient” approach to meeting that need.

The developer has entered into a joint develop-ment agreement with the county, whereby Comstockwill pay for the construction of a 2,300-space under-ground garage to serve the coming Wiehle AvenueMetro Station and then build its own mixed-use de-velopment on top of the structure.

However, McCary told the county Planning Com-mission at its public hearing on Comstock’s rezon-ing application last Thursday, March 25 that such adevelopment had high standards to live up to.

“As yet, we do not feel that exceptionally high stan-dards of development have been met,” he said.

AMONG THE CONCERNS raised by those whotestified at the meeting, as well as some of the plan-ning commissioners, were a lack of design excellence,traffic impacts, the amount of parking on the siteand, most frequently, the quality of the plaza that isproposed for the middle of the development. Mostwho commented, including county staff, expressedconcern that traffic and the near-constant shade castby tall buildings would make the plaza uninviting asa recreational area. Staff had recommended that theproposal, as submitted, be denied, although at thehearing, staff members said Comstock was cooper-ating with the county and making changes to its plan.

The Planning Commission deferred its decision onthe application to April 14, in order that testimonyfrom the hearing could be taken into account.

Joe Stowers of the executive committee of the

The plaza that is to be located at the center of the devel-opment has been a source of contention, as residents andthe county worry that traffic and a lack of sunshine willmake it inhospitable.

Greater Reston Chamberof Commerce PresidentMark Ingrao

Dulles Regional Chamberof Commerce PresidentEileen Curtis

Chambers Team Up toAdvocate for BusinessesThree chambers lobbied GeneralAssembly with unified front.

By Mike DiCicco

The Connection

This year marked thefirst time that theDulles Regional Cham-

ber of Commerce, the GreaterReston Chamber of Commerceand the Loudoun Chamber ofCommerce teamed up to advo-cate together for the businessesthey represent. The threegroups hired a lobbyist to rep-resent their interests to the Vir-ginia General Assembly duringits session that ended March 14,and chamber representativesvisited Richmond at least threetimes during the session.

Eileen Curtis, president of theDulles Chamber, said her grouphad joined forces with theLoudoun Chamber last year andinvited other chambers to joinforces with them this year. TheReston Chamber took them upon the invitation.

“We are in that zone that isso hot for growth,” Curtis said,noting that the area betweenLeesburg and Tysons Cornerwas the second fastest-growingregion in the country in termsof commercial expansion. Boththe Loudoun and Dulles cham-bers have fast-growing mem-berships, she said.

“At a time with money beingtight, you really have to fightfor your own constituents,”Curtis said.

Reston Chamber PresidentMark Ingrao just took over thepresidency in July, coming froma lobbying background. “I’vealways thought it’s very impor-tant to be engaged in Rich-mond, as well as here in Fairfax

County,” he said, adding that heconsidered advocacy to be oneof the best services a chambercould provide for its members.

Also, he said, the fact thatMetrorail would soon unite thethree jurisdictions and spurcontinued growth made thepartnership sensible.

THE CHAMBERS hired Fairfax-based Access Point Public Affairs,who the Dulles and Loudounchambers had hired last year, torepresent their collective 3,000member businesses.

Curtis said one of the first is-sues to come up was the pro-posed freeze on the local com-posite index (LCI), whichwould have meant a loss ofabout $120 million in schoolfunding for Fairfax andLoudoun counties. When theGeneral Assembly seemed dis-inclined to restore the fundingto Northern Virginia, the cham-bers took the matter to Gover-nor Bob McDonnell (R), whosided with them, she said.

“We have an education piece,so we were very concernedabout that issue and we weighedin on that,” Ingrao said. North-ern Virginia frequently touts itsschool systems as incentive forbusinesses to move here.

Ingrao said the groups focusedon tax and regulatory policy, en-ergy and environmental issues,and economic development.They didn’t propose any legisla-tion but supported bills thatwould benefit their businessesand opposed those they deemeddetrimental, he said.

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Dulles Corridor Rail Association, said his organiza-tion had met with Comstock earlier in the week andwas confident that the developer was working torespond to the concerns. He recommended that theapplication be approved, with some flexibility to al-low Comstock to continue to improve its plan. Amongthe design changes he suggested was the idea of ex-panding the plaza by placing some buildings abovethe proposed Reston Station Boulevard.

Most of the 12-and-a-half-acre development willbe on the northwest quadrant of the intersection ofWiehle Avenue and the Dulles Toll Road, next to thecoming Metro stop, although about three and a halfacres will be a block away, southwest of the intersec-tion of Sunset Hills Road and Isaac Newton Square.Comstock plans to connect the two sites by buildingtwo roads, to be called Reston Station Boulevard andComstock Metro Center Drive.

THE DEVELOPMENT is planned to have an over-all floor-area ratio of 2.5, meaning two and a halfsquare feet of floor space for every square foot ofland. The county’s Comprehensive Plan says this isan acceptable density for mixed use on the 17 acresclosest to the Wiehle Avenue station. Twenty per-cent of the area is to be open space, with much ofthat contained in a plaza at the center of the largersite, surrounded by buildings, some of which couldbe up to 205 feet tall, with others standing up to 140feet tall.

County staff had concluded that the majority ofthe plaza would be in the shade nine months out ofthe year. William O’Donnell of the Department ofPlanning and Zoning said, the proposed vehicular


Week in Reston

RA Board Election deadlineFriday, April 2 is the deadline to cast ballots for the 2010 Reston

Association Board Elections. Ballots were mailed on March 5th witha return deadline of 5 p.m. on April 2nd. Reston Association Mem-bers and renters are eligible to vote by mail or online. www.reston.org.

Members of the Reston Association (RA) will elect three indi-viduals to RA’s Board of Directors - one each from the North Pointand Lake Anne/Tall Oaks Districts and one At-Large Director. Eachwill serve a three-year term. The Board of Directors determinesthe Association’s goals and policies. Reston is a large communityassociation with a population of 62,000.

Police Make Arrest in HomicideOn March 27, police arrested a 45-year-old man of 11900

Winterthur Lane #PH-3, and charged him with the October 2009murder of Karen Deck, of 1599 Inlet Court in Reston. Police be-lieve he and the victim were acquaintances.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, officers were called to an apart-ment in the 11900 block of Winterthur Lane around 3:40 p.m. tocheck on the welfare of an adult man. They located a man sittinginside. The body of a woman was also found inside the apart-ment. An investigation determined the victim, Karen Deck, suf-fered a gunshot wound to the upper body.

Easter Brunch, More at theSheraton Reston

The Sheraton Reston will be serving Easter Brunch at its SyrahRestaurant on Sunday, April 4, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. In addition,various animals from the Leesburg Animal Park will be on-sitethanks to the park’s Zoo-to-You program. Plus, the Sheraton willbe hosting Easter Egg Hunts at 12 noon, 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.

The Leesburg Animal Park will be on-site from 12 noon – 3p.m. during which time children, young and old alike, can petand personally visit with friendly animals, even a few babies. Moreinformation about the Park and some of its residents can be foundby visiting leesburganimalpark.com.

Walkathon to Support Amy’s HouseRomanian Christian Enterprises will hold a Walkathon on April

17, beginning at the Temporary Road Pavilion (at the corner ofTemporary Road and North Shore Drive) at 9 a.m. to raise moneyfor Amy’s House. For further registration information, see RCE’swebsite at www.recenterprises.org.

On May 7, in Arad, Romania, a home for disabled teens will bededicated and named in honor of Reston resident, Amy Boyle, whodied in June 2008 from a brain tumor. Many Reston and Herndonresidents encouraged and helped Amy as she battled cancer, allthe while gaining respect for this courageous young girl. Amy’sHouse will be a home for orphans with disabilities, ages 14-18,who have been loved, raised and educated by Romanian ChristianEnterprises. There the teens will receive vocational and life skillstraining to allow them to become working participants in the com-munity of Arad when they are officially adults at 18.

Volunteers Improve Garden PathwayAbout 20 volunteers from Software AG in Reston will help im-

prove the pathways that connect garden plots in the Golf CourseIsland, making a safer walkway for 120 gardeners.

“This project will satisfy the pleas and concerns from garden-ers about the difficult pathway,” said Patricia Greenberg, envi-ronmental resource supervisor for Reston Association. “This willbe a great help because many gardeners have a hard time mov-ing wheelbarrows through the plot.”

The Software AG volunteers will work with RA staff on theproject, which will also help save the Reston community moneyduring the current economic climate. The work will include dig-ging soil, cutting and laying boards strategically, moving and flat-tening soil, then reseeding the ground to create level pathways atthe Golf Course Island Garden Plot.

The project will take place on Friday, April 9, from 9 a.m.- 4p.m. The rain date is Friday, April 16. Volunteers should meet atthe Golf Course Island Recreation Area - 11301 Links Dr.

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Lasagna Dinner Tradition to Continue

Reston Founder Bob Simon talks withworkers at Lasagna Dinner in 2009.

This year’s Democratic event to be Saturday, April 10,at the Reston Community Center.

Hunter Mill Democratic Chairman BobHaley talks with Delegate Ken Plum.

In 1976, area Democrats – mostly women activists with their husbands, many working inthe federal government – came together for alasagna dinner. The Hunter Mill Democratic

Committee has preserved the tradition, full of fes-tive decorations, animated talkers and the smell ofgarlic and tomato sauce at the Annual Lasagna Din-ner. The dinner was originally held in the commu-nity room of Tysons Corner Center on rented tablesand chairs with the lasagna kept warm in wrappingsof newspapers and aluminum foil and the occasionalhot plate. Inaugural guests included future Gover-nor Chuck Robb and his wife, Linda, and Ken Plum,now chair of the Democratic Caucus in the Houseof Delegates.

Barbara Caputo, one of the original organizers,together with other organizers hand-wrote invita-tions to honored guests, hired a deejay from a localrecord station for pennies and prepared the food.They also helped move the event from the crampedTysons facility to the Reston Community Center andits ample kitchen space. “A Godsend,” Caputo recalls.

On Saturday, April 10, the Reston Community Cen-ter will again be alive with community memberscommuning over the layered pasta casserole feast.It remains an event where volunteers provide re-sources, hard work and effort to help Democraticcandidates get elected. And over the years, an earlyVIP reception has been added as well as silent and alive auction with Delegate Plum as the auctioneer.

The Lasagna Dinner is always a good place to catchup with your State Senators and Delegates, Congres-sional representatives, Supervisors and School BoardMembers, as well as an excellent opportunity to meetnew candidates running for office in the area.

The Annual Lasagna Dinner will be held on Satur-day, April 10, at the Reston Community Center, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston, beginning at 6 p.m. A VIPreception begins at 5 p.m. Advance tickets for the

event can be obtained by going to http://tinyurl.com/RSVP-HMDDC orwww.fairfaxdemocrats.org.

Reston Residents Honored for Volunteering

Volunteer Fairfax and theFairfax County Board ofSupervisors will honor the

spirit of service at the 18th annualFairfax County Volunteer ServiceAwards, Friday, April 23, at theFairview Park Marriott in FallsChurch. One hundred and forty-eight individuals and groups nomi-nated will be honored for theirwork supporting such causes asmentoring children, the arts, en-vironmental programs, job train-ing, helping young mothers, ani-mal rescue, homelessness andhunger. In Reston, the followingresidents have been nominated fora Fairfax County Volunteer ServiceAward:

❖ Axel Alanis volunteered atReston Interfaith, Inc., and isnominated for the Benchmark 100award.

❖ Catherine Walter volunteeredat Reston Interfaith, Inc., and isnominated for the Senior Volun-teer award and the Benchmark

500 award.❖ Marlis McCollum volunteered

at the Fairfax County Departmentof Family Services, and is nomi-nated for the Benchmark 250award.

❖ Mary Stine volunteered atMVLE, Inc., and is nominated forthe Adult Volunteer 250 Hours &Under award.

❖ Kiwanis Club of Tysons Cor-ner volunteered at Our DailyBread, and are nominated for theAdult Volunteer Group award.

❖ Richard Raines volunteered atthe Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office,and is nominated for the Bench-mark 1,000 award.

❖ Robin Smyers volunteered atthe Reston Association, and isnominated for the Adult Volunteer250 Hours & Over award.

❖ Steve Le volunteered atChildhelp Children’s Center of Vir-ginia, and is nominated for theBenchmark 250 award.

❖ Sylvia Haefer-Rose volun-

teered at Reston Interfaith, Inc.,and is nominated for the LifetimeAchievement award.

❖ Tamarind Johnson volun-teered at Childhelp Children’sCenter of Virginia, and is nomi-nated for the Benchmark 250award.

The Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors serve as honorarychairs for the program and willpresent awards to CommunityChampions from every districtalong with other volunteer win-ners during the breakfast cer-emony. Earl Stafford, Chairmanand Chief Executive Officer of theStafford Foundation, will serve asthe ceremony’s keynote speaker,and ABC7/WJLA-TV AnchorCynné Simpson will emcee theprogram. Volunteer Fairfax willwelcome more than 500 guests tothe event. For more informationabout the nominees or to purchasetickets, visitwww.volunteerfairfax.org.


By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

Ask any of the residents ofNorthern Virginia to namethe top two or three major

challenges facing the region andvirtually all will include traffic con-gestion. Yet with this well definedneed and the election of a newgovernor who ran with a “trans-portation plan,” the legislatureadjourned with only raising thespeed limit to 75 mph on ruralinterstates and the Governor re-opening rest stops that had beenclosed to save money. As minor-ity caucus chairman I did not putforth a specific transportation planthat would have been rejected onpartisan grounds, but I did pledgeto vote for any plan that stood anychance for passage. No one couldfind a way to improve traffic con-gestion without costing money, sono bills made it out of committee.

Former Virginia Secretary ofTransportation and now distin-guished member of the House ofDelegates, Vivian Watts, dispensedwith “common excuses for not vot-ing’ on transportation needs in aspeech on the floor of the Houseof Delegates. As Delegate Wattstold the House, the notion that theprivate sector can do the work

better hardly applies tothe Virginia Depart-ment of Transportation(VDOT) that contractsout 80 percent of itswork to the private sec-tor already. At thesame time, she pointsout that it is essentialto have appropriateoversight of the bil-lions of public dollarsthat are spent on privatesnowplow operators tobillion-dollar construc-tion projects. Taxpayers have anexpectation that projects be fin-ished on-time and on-budget, andVDOT has one of the best recordsin the country at doing just that.VDOT has been audited eighttimes in the last decade withoutfindings of mentionable waste,fraud, or abuse. In fact, VDOTstaff has been cut 30 percent in thelast decade and 12 percent in theprevious decade.

Delegate Watts pointed out tothe House that a meaningful in-vestment in transportation infra-structure would help to stimulatethe economy. With 80 percent ofVDOT’s budget going to privatesector contracts, the constructionindustry would be given a majorboost. Furthermore, an invest-

ment in transportationinfrastructure wouldsave time and moneyfor commuters inNorthern Virginia whomust travel throughthe second worst traf-fic congestion in thecountry. Sitting intraffic is hardly amoney-saver forpeople try to get to

work or return home.

Promises of profitsfrom offshore drilling that Gover-nor McDonnell says he will use tofund transportation are years inthe future, if ever. Tolling of newroads has limited practical appli-cation. Alternatives to automotivetravel that are dependable and af-fordable must be provided in con-gested regions. GovernorMcDonnell has intimated thatthere may be a special legislativesession on transportation. But aspecial session will be productiveonly to the degree that the Gover-nor shows leadership with sub-stantive recommendations. It istime to show the people somemovement on transportation. Andas The Washington Post said lastweek in an editorial, it is time tomove past “sprites, fairies, andpixie dust.”

No Movement on Transportation

Commentary

Captain Deborah Burnett-Reston Station Commander,Fairfax County Police, has is-sued the following letter onMarch 26, 2010:

Dear Citizens:

In the past week and a half,there has been a maliciousand erroneous e-mail cir-

culating in our communitywhich is causing undue alarmand hysteria. This e-mail hasthe subject line “Serial rapistspotted in Reston” and hasmany inaccuracies, false infor-mation and presumptionswhich have caused much con-cern in our community. As aresult of this e-mail being cir-culated to our schools, HOAs,other jurisdictions, etc. my of-fice, our dispatch center, andthe police Public InformationOffice have been inundatedwith calls and e-mails referenc-ing the rapist loose on theReston pathways.

The facts are that on Satur-day morning, March 13, we hadtwo reports of a suspicious maleon the pathway along GladeDrive between Soapstone Driveand Twin Branches Road. Basedon these reports, I directed ad-ditional patrol and resources to

the pathway in an attempt toidentify the subject along withproviding a sense of security tothe users of the pathways. Thesubject did not commit anycrime nor was there any physi-cal contact made.

On Monday March 15, theWashington Post had a detailedreport of an East Coast SerialRapist. Based on this article,the circulating e-mail errone-ously made the leap that oursuspicious person report wassomehow linked. First, let mestate there is absolutely no in-formation which remotely tiesthe suspicious male/incident tothe East Coast Rapist.

Second, we encourage allcitizens to call the police whensuspicious activity occurs.

However, there is no evi-dence to substantiate the con-cern that the East Coast serialrapist is loose in Reston. If youreceive such an e-mail, it wouldbe best not to forward the in-formation; call the police Pub-lic Information Office at 703-246-2253. On March 16, infor-mation was released and is cur-rently available on ourw e b p a g ewww.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/stations/reston/

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April is National Poetry Month according to the Academy of American Poets, and we invite our local poets tosend submissions for us to print.

The National Poet Laureate serves as con-sultant to the Library of Congress and “seeksto raise the national consciousness to a greaterappreciation of the reading and writing of po-etry.”

Virginia also has a poet laureate, a positionestablished by the General Assembly and ap-pointed by the governor from nominees sub-mitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Thecurrent poet laureate of Virginia is ClaudiaEmerson, claudiaemerson.org.

Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Po-etry for her collection “Late Wife.” She is a pro-fessor of English and Poetry at the Universityof Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.

But some residents are lucky enough to havelocal poetry as well.

On April 10, 2007, the Alexandria City Coun-cil named Mary McElveen as the city’s poetlaureate for a three-year term; her replacementfor the next three years is set to be announcedshortly.

Arlington sponsors poetry competition, oneopen to all, one for Arlington public school stu-

dents, culminating in the display of winningpoems (all limited in length) on Northern Vir-ginia Metro busses.

This is one service local government couldexpand even in these economic times; Fairfax,Arlington counties, the City of Fairfax, thetowns of Herndon and Vienna could considerappointing their own poets laureate.

The Alexandria Poet Laureate will promotean appreciation of poetry as an art form, en-courage creative writing and reading of all

Poetry in AprilPoem a Day for April

Go to www.poets.org to sign up to receive a poem emailed daily.

Moving WordsREAD AND RIDELaunched in 1999 during National Poetry Month, MOVING WORDS makes poetry a part of daily life for com-

muters in Northern Virginia and promotes the work of local writers. The poems of six local poets selected throughan annual competition are displayed on Northern Virginia Metro buses and viewed by approximately 1.3 mil-lion Metro bus riders every month. The poems are exhibited in Metro buses that traverse Arlington County,Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax County, and Fairfax City. Read the poems of the six winners and seven final-ists at http://www.arlingtonarts.org/cultural-affairs/moving-words/moving-words-2010.aspx

MOVING WORDS POETRY READINGWinners of the 2010 Poetry Competition featured at IOTA Club & Cafe’s “Second Sundays Poetry and Art

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McSmooth and Kootch: Fighting for YouIndependent Progressive

By John Lovaas

Civic Leader and Reston

Impact Producer/Host

Remember last fall whenRepublican BobMcDonnell (hereafter

known as McSmooth) ridiculed hisopponent (Democrat CreighDeeds) for not having a plan tofund and build a new transpor-tation network to end our traf-fic woes — all with no new orincreased taxes? Deeds pro-posed a bipartisan, blue-ribboncommission to plan infrastruc-ture fixes and funding, admit-tedly including the possibility ofnew taxes. McSmooth had aplan, complete with fundingsources to solve all transporta-tion problems without a pennymore in taxes — he said.

The legis lat ive sess ionended—with no new plan fromMcSmooth. All the smoke andmirrors of the campaign, such assale of the state ABC stores, ofcourse did not materialize. Asthe Washington Post , JohnLovaas and others had pointedout, McSmooth’s so-called planwas a complete fraud. But, hesold it to unbelievably gullible,conservative Virginians. Justmore traffic.

Luckily for us, McSmooth and

h i sk n u c k l e -d r a g g i n gA t t o r n e yG e n e r a lK e nCuccinelli( K o o t c h )made re-markab le

progress on other fronts. For one,they beat back the inroads madeby kids in pre-school and gradesK-12 at the public trough byslashing low-priority educationbudgets. Millions from PresidentObama’s evil stimulus programblocked further gutted — curses!At the same time, Republicansled by the Guv slashed mentalhealth and child health carefunding — fortunately affectingonly those troublesome lowerincome people. While joyfullycutting these programs, they mi-raculously restored public fund-ing for Viagra and other vitalerectile dysfunction medicationsfor the guys, funding earlier cutout by that wimp, Tim Kaine.

In a great triumph for the sec-ond amendment (the one abouta well-organized militia), theRepublicans passed legislationwelcoming all manner of con-cealed guns into all places serv-ing alcohol — as long as every-

body promises not to drinkwhile introducing new modes ofdispute resolution in the newfree fire zones. And, McSmooth-Kootch, doing a cool good cop/bad cop act, ensured that gaysin government remained fairsport for the bigotry that hascome to symbolize their party.

McSmooth, Kootch and the Rsreached their pinnacle, however,defending all Virginians, espe-cially rascally lower and middleincome types from an impend-ing threat of health care. Thelegislature passed a law barringVirginians from being subjectedto health insurance. Kootchmade the grand-standing play ofthe year, suing the Feds for mak-ing people healthy! The right-wingnuts protected the less-than-wealthies’ right to be sick.A great start, eh?

Meanwhile: Developers onthe Reston Master Plan TaskForce are not slacking. One hassuggested that the 15.7-acrewetland refuge near theHerndon station site is not real-izing its full (dollar) value.Imagine high rises and garagesthere instead! The trick, hewarned, is to get it done quietlyso those pesky environmentaltypes don’t hear about it andmake a ruckus. See Letters, Page 11

Letters to the Editor

ProtectingCommunityTo the Editor:

In this RA Board election RestonAssociation (RA) and Reston Com-munity Center (RCC ) board mem-bers have taken the unprec-edented step of attacking specificcandidates and Save Brown’sChapel, the organization that en-dorsed them. Bill Bouie and BillKeefe, both RCC board members,wrote a recent letter to the editor[“Serving Reston At Large,” RestonConnection, March 17-23]. In itthey said “Reston Association isunder attack” from a “special in-terest coalition” with a “specific,narrow ‘NIMBY’ agenda” whodon’t care about the community asa whole. They called us “well-or-ganized,” “well-financed” and“partisan” and stated that theywere “frightened” for the commu-nity. RA President Robin Smyersmade similar claims in a widelycirculated e-mail.

Who are we and why are theyso afraid of us? We are neighborsfrom all over Reston. We formedour Coalition to Save Brown’sChapel one year ago when we dis-covered that a joint task force con-sisting of RA and RCC board mem-bers had been meeting for monthsand had spent $100,000 on con


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for Innovative Technology (CIT).The laboratory, which is to supportinstitute’s personalized medicineprogram, is planned to be theworld’s second-largest wet lab,second only to one in Beijing,China, Curtis said.

ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS metwith at least some success.

Ingrao said it was the first timethe Reston Chamber had teamedwith other chambers for the pur-pose of advocacy, although it had

teamed up with the Dulles Cham-ber to put on International Net-working Night and was now work-ing with the Arlington Chamber ofCommerce to provide a trip toChina in the fall.

“I don’t see any reason why wewouldn’t continue it,” he said, not-ing that many legislators had beeneager to meet with the alliance,which represent about 100,000jobs. “That says something aboutthe power you have when thethree forces come together.”

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The Reston CommunityPlayers took homemore awards than any

other theater company at theannual Washington Area The-atre Community Honors(WATCH) award ceremonySunday, March 14 at theBirchmere in Alexandria.

Thirty theater groups entereda total of 114 productions — 32musicals and 82 plays — tocompete for 38 awards. TheReston Community Players took13 of those honors, most ofthem for their fall productionof the musical “Curtains.”

In addition to the Outstand-ing Musical award that theplayers won as a group, win-ning members of the “Curtains”team are as follows: AndrewRegiec won Outstanding Direc-tion of a Musical; Mark Dealwon Outstanding Music Direc-tion; Andrea Heininge wonOutstanding Choreography;Brian Farrell and KarenSchlumpf won OutstandingStage Combat Choreography;Blakeman Brophy won Out-standing Lead Actor in a Musi-cal; Katie McManus won Out-standing Featured Actress in aMusical; Cathy Reider won Out-

standing Set Painting for a Mu-sical; Sarah Birkhead won Out-standing Set Construction for aMusical; Skip Larson, RickSchneider and Andrew Regiecwon Outstanding Set Design fora Musical; Rich Bird won Out-standing Sound Design for aMusical; and Ken and PattiCrowley won OutstandingLighting Design for a Musical.

Also, Mike Hoskinson wonOutstanding Featured Actor ina Musical for his performancein the group’s spring productionof “The Full Monty.”

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[email protected] is Thursday for the followingweek’s paper. Photos/artwork encouraged.For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.

THURSDAY/APRIL 1Open Mic for Bands Night. 9 p.m. at

Jimmy’s Tavern, 697 Spring St., OldTown Herndon (on the Corner ofElden and Spring Streets). Bands willreceive 30 minutes to play, and mustpre-sign with Andre’ Love [email protected] or 703-984-9114. Walk–ins will only beaccepted if time permits. All types ofmusic welcomed. 703-435-5467.

The Holmes Brothers. 8 p.m. At WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Roots,R&B, gospel and country influencedmusic. $22. www.wolftrap.org.

FRIDAY/APRIL 2The Elden Street Players in

‘Metamorphoses.’ 8 p.m. at theIndustrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park Drive, Herndon. Amodern adaptation of Ovid’s Romanmythological stories. Mature themesand brief male nudity. Patrons in thefront row may be splashed with waterduring the show; towels provided..$19, $16 seniors and students.Reserve at 703-481-5930.www.eldenstreetplayers.org.

Christine Lavin. 8 p.m. At Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Folk artist.$20. www.wolftrap.org.

Reston V.I.P. 2 p.m. Reston RegionalLibrary, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive,Reston. Support group for peoplewith vision loss. Adults. 703-689-2700.

SATURDAY/APRIL 3Herndon Rotary Club Tango Gala

Fundraiser. At the Reston CenterHyatt, Reston, 1800 Presidents St.,Reston. Live music by an orchestrafrom Argentina, floor show byprofessional tango dancers, dinnerand dancing. $100 per person; blacktie optional. Proceeds benefit localcharities supported by HerndonRotary Club. Contact Rudy Tassara,703-478-2800. www.herndonrotary-tango.com.

Northern Virginia Country WesternDance Association. At LutherJackson Middle School, 3020 GallowsRoad, Falls Church. Line dancelessons at 7:30 p.m., couples specialtydance at 8 p.m. Open dancing 8:30-11 p.m. Members $10, non-members$12. Under age18 $5, PSDC members$10. www.nvcwda.org or 703-860-4941.

The Elden Street Players in‘Metamorphoses.’ 8 p.m. at theIndustrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park Drive, Herndon. Amodern adaptation of Ovid’s Romanmythological stories. Mature themesand brief male nudity. Patrons in thefront row may be splashed with waterduring the show; towels provided.$19, $16 seniors and students.Reserve at 703-481-5930.www.eldenstreetplayers.org.

13th Annual Easter Party for Kids.12:30-3:30 p.m. at Jimmy’s Old TownTavern, 697 Spring St., Herndon.Magic Mountain Puppeteer, coloring,arts and crafts and TeGee’s BunnyHop Dance Party. $12.95 per child.Space is limited, reservationssuggested. All children must bring agrown-up. 703-435-JIMS.

Jonathan Edwards. 7:30 p.m. At WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Folkmusic. $24. www.wolftrap.org.

SUNDAY/APRIL 4Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro Petting

Zoo, provided by the LeesburgAnimal Park. At the Westin RestonHeights, 11750 Sunrise Valley Drive,Reston. Lambs, ducks, bunnies, goats,and a long haired llama will be on thelawn from 12-3 p.m., and Easter egghunts for ages 12 and under at 12p.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The EasterBunny will visit. Three-course prixfixe brunch menu, $40 adults and $18for ages 12 and under.www.viniferabistro.com.

MONDAY/APRIL 5ESL Beginners. 11 a.m. Reston

Regional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. ESL conversationgroup. Adults. 703-689-2700.

TUESDAY/APRIL 6Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m.

Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. Storiesand activities. Age 3-5 with adult.703-689-2700.

ESL Advanced. 11 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Practice Englishin a group with a volunteer facilitator.Adults. 703-689-2700.

Reston Garden Club Meeting. 1 p.m.at the Walker Nature EducationCenter, 11450 Glade Drive, Reston.Linda Brining from Merrifield GardenCenter will do a presentation ontrough gardens.www.restongardenclub.org.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 7Wandering Wildlife: Tracking

movement, migrations andmileage, from wolves to wadingbirds. 7 p.m. at the U.S. Geological

Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,Reston. USGS researchers L. DavidMech and Robert Gill will talk aboutthe use of the latest state-of-the-arttechnology in tracking wildlife.Federal Facility: Photo Id Required.703-648-4333 or www.usgs.gov/public_lecture_series.

Drop-In Story Hour. 11 a.m. HerndonFortnightly Library, 768 Center St.,Herndon. Storytime with a focus onbooks. 703-437-8855.

Special Twos. 10:30 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Stories andactivities. Age 2 with adult. 703-689-2700.

What’s All That Jazz About? 6:45 p.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Saxophonist Shenole Latimercombines classic recordings and liveperformance to provide new insightson how to follow along with jazztunes. Adults. 703-689-2700.

THURSDAY/APRIL 8Swing Dance with Natty Beaux.

7:30 at The Old Town Hall, 3999University Drive, Fairfax. 703-424-1745or www.headoverheelsdance.com.

Lupus Support Group. 12 p.m. atReston Hospital Center, The WestWing, 1850 Town Center Parkway,Reston. tinyurl.com/lupusgrps or 1-888-349-1167.

Baby Steps Storytime. 10:30 a.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Interactive storytime for parent andchild. Age 13-23 months with adult.703-689-2700.

Friends’ Book Discussion. 7:30 p.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. “TheBridge of San Luis Rey” by ThorntonWilder. Adults. 703-689-2700.

Faith Notes are for announcementsand events in the faith community, in-cluding special holiday services. Sendto [email protected]. Deadline is Thursday.

The United Christian Parish at11508 North Shore Drive, Reston cel-ebrates the Holy Week.

❖Maundy Thursday, April 1. Alight meal to mark the Last Supper at6 p.m., followed foot washing andcommunion.

❖Sunday, April 4. 6:30 a.m. Eas-ter sunrise service and 8:30 and 11a.m. worship services.

The United Christian Parish is anecumenical church combining theUnited Methodist Church, Presbyte-rian Church (USA), United Church ofChrist and Christian Church (Dis-ciples of Christ.) Contact 703-3065 orwww.unitedchristianparish.org.

Washington Plaza BaptistChurch, 1615 Washington Plaza inReston, invites the community toLenten services.www.WashingtonPlazaChurch.comor 703-471-5225

❖Maundy Thursday. 7 p.m. onThursday, April 1. Experience Christ’slast sorrowful night through narrationand music.

❖Good Friday. 12 p.m. on Fri-day, April 2. The story of Christ’s lasthours through scripture and prayer.

❖Easter Sunday. 11 a.m. onSunday, April 4. When the desert inthe sanctuary blooms and we cel-ebrate the resurrection of ChristJesus.

The Guyasamaja BuddhistCenter will host Glenn Mullin, anauthor, poet, translator, and teacherof Tibetan Buddhism. On Sunday,April 11, 1-5 p.m. Mullin will teachtwo classes open to all-from begin-ners in Buddhist practice to advancedpractitioners. Location: The Unitar-ian/Universalist Church, 1625Wiehle Ave., Reston VA 20190. Sug-gested donation: one class $10; both$15.

Knitters needed the first and thirdWednesdays of the month, at 7 p.m.,at St. Timothy’s EpiscopalChurch, 432 Van Buren St.,Herndon. The church’s Shawl Minis-try is offering free knitting instructionwhile providing shawls, blankets andother knitted items for people inneed. No cost and yarn can be pro-vided. [email protected] or visit thePastoral Care page at www.saint-timothys.org.

Nondenominational Christianbusinessmen meet for prayer, Bib-lical discussion and fellowship 7 p.m.Fridays at Anita’s, 1051 Elden St.,Herndon and 12 p.m. Thursdays at555 Grove St., Suite 200, Herndon.Call 703-795-1257.

Adult Sunday school will beheld 9:30 a.m. Sundays at the Wash-ington Plaza Baptist Church at LakeAnne Village Center. The group isstudying the Gospel of Mark. Servicesfollow at 11 a.m.

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THROUGH APRIL 15 Emerging Visions: FUSION at

GRACE. Annual celebration ofYouth Art Month showcasesinnovative work and collaborativeinstallations by Fairfax Countyadolescents from Herndon HighSchool, Pimmit Hills High School,and South Lakes High School.Teen Night: Thursday, April 15, 6– 9 p.m. 703.471.9242.restonarts.org

THROUGH APRIL 30 ‘Through the Film Lens,

through the Looking Glass,’Exhibit at ArtInsights Gallery.New limited edition art from TimBurton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland,’James Cameron’s ‘Avatar,’ andHarry Potter original art incelebration of the opening of‘Harry Potter Wizarding World!’703.478.0778. artinsights.com

EVERY SATURDAY IN APRIL Live Music at Paolo’s

Ristoranté, Saturdays at 10 p.m.April 3: Kevin James, April 10: DrewStevyns (finalist in America’s GotTalent), April 17: Dan Fisk, April 24:Tommy Rothman. 703-318-8920paolosristorante.com

FRIDAY/APRIL 2Movie Night at The Bike Lane kicks

off the season with a viewing ofGripped Films’ “24 Solo”. 8 p.m. Bringyour lawn chair and get ready to beinspired. 703.689.2671.thebikelane.com

SUNDAY/APRIL 4 Mon Ami Gabi’s Easter Brunch

featuring Live Jazz. Join Mon AmiGabi for a spectacular Easter Brunchand enjoy an elaborate Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar, bubblymimosas and live jazz to complementthis special day - and a surprise treatfor all the children. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.703.707.0233. monamigabi.com

Easter Brunch at Uncle Julio’s RioGrande Café. Enjoy a vast selection of

scrumptious brunch items andseveral cool cocktails. 10 a.m.-4p.m. 703.904.0703. unclejulios.com

MONDAYS/7 – 10 P.M. M&S Grill’s Salsa Dancing. Salsa

lessons and dancing with AdamKing ‘The Ballroom King.’ Lessonsare $10. 703.481.6600

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 72010 USA Hockey Opening

Ceremonies. TournamentOpening Ceremony for the USAHockey National Championships, 6- 8 p.m. at Reston Town CenterPavilion/Market Street. TheChampionship Tournament isbeing held at rinks in FairfaxCounty and Loudoun, April 7 – 12.44 teams from across the countrywill compete to be the championsof the Pee Wee (U12) Tier II (AA)division. usahockey.com/youth_nationals/ For more eventsand confirmation, go towww.restontowncenter.com/events

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The Reston CommunityPlayers’ production of“Curtains” dominatedthis year’s WATCH awards.

To have community events listed inthe Connection, send [email protected] is Friday.

THURSDAY/APRIL 8Transportation Exhibit Opening

Reception. 5:30 p.m. at the RestonMuseum, 1639 Washington Plaza,Reston. The first of a new series ofrevolving exhibits at Reston Museum,featuring transportation of the past,present and future in Reston, ondisplay through May 2010. 703-709-7700 or www.restonmuseum.org.

Lupus Support Group. 12 p.m. atReston Hospital Center, The WestWing, 1850 Town Center Parkway,Reston. [email protected] orwww.lupusgw.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 10The Reston Accessibility

Committee (RAC) meets are at 10a.m. on the second Saturday of everyother month, at United Bank, 1801Reston Parkway, Reston. The RACworks improve accessibility formobility-impaired persons in Reston.Contact Ken Fredgren, 703-391-9019or [email protected].

Hunter Mill Democratic CommitteeLasagna Dinner. 5 p.m. at theReston Community Center, 2310 ColtsNeck Road, Reston. $40 advanceticket, $20 students, $50 at the door.Music, live and silent auctions. 703-716-2339 or 703-242-1652.

MONDAY/APRIL 12Weekly classes in Chen tai chi.

Beginners class every Monday, 6:30p.m. at the Jow Ga Shaolin Institute,600-D Carlisle Drive, Herndon. Firstclass free. All levels and ageswelcome. truetaichi.com or 703-801-0064.

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SportsThe under-12 Reston Raiders’ AA ice hockey team

will be representing Virginia at the upcoming 2010 USA HockeyPee Wee (U-12, Tier II) National Championships, set to take placeApril 7-11. The Reston Raiders’ organization is hosting this year’snationals showcase event.

Recently, the U-12 Raiders proved their worth by winning theCapital Beltway Hockey League championship.

Reston, part of the 23-team, Capital Beltway Hockey League,peaked near the end of their 18-game schedule by winning sevenof their last nine games to capture a playoff spot. In the playoffs,they stunned the top-seeded Ashburn Xtreme, 4-3, in a shootoutin the semifinals. Reston goalie Andrew Herrmann had 39 savesin that victory. Then in the finals, the Raiders defeated the Rich-mond Royals, 7-4.

At nationals, Reston will face teams from Alaska, Texas andMissouri in first round action. The Raiders will also competeagainst two local teams - the Xtreme and the Metro Maple Leafs.

Reston’s first game at nationals will be against the AllianceBulldogs (Dallas) on Wednesday afternoon, April 7 at 2:30 atSkateQuest Reston. Tournament games will take place at bothSkateQuest Reston and Ashburn Ice House. Tickets can be pur-chased at both rinks on any day of the event. Tournament passesare $35 for adults and $25 for individuals under age 18. Singleday passes are $15 and $7, respectively. Children 4-and-youngerwill get in free. For more information, please visit http://wwa.usahockey.com/Tournament.

The Langley High boys’ tennis team won a Liberty Dis-trict match at Madison, 6-3, last Thursday, March 25. The Sax-ons, under coach Jack Porter, improved to 3-0 on the young sea-son. Langley singles winners in the match versus the Warhawkswere: junior Vincent Ning (No. 2 singles), senior Evan Berner(No. 3), junior Josh Cooper (No. 4), sophomore Jimmy Fang(No. 5) and sophomore Jeff Small (No. 6). Langley’s No. 2doubles team of Ning and Cooper was victorious. The Saxonswill travel to Marshall next Monday afternoon, April 5 for a dis-trict match versus the Statesmen at 3.

Two Chantilly High track athletes earned all-Americanhonors at the Nike Indoor National Championships, held onMarch 12-13 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Chantillysenior Chris Foley, who is headed to the University of Virginianext year, took fourth place in the two-mile run event. His timeof 9:09.75 broke the Chantilly school record, set in 1997 byChargers’ alum Eric Post, who now serves as a Chantilly assis-tant cross country coach. Foley’s time at the Nike event was thebest two-mile time by any Virginia high school runner this year.

Meanwhile, Chantilly freshman Sean McGorty took fifth placein the Freshman Mile event in Boston, running a personal-besttime of 4:35.61.

Annandale United FC is among some of the outstandingelite U-17 boys’ soccer teams competing at this week’s Challengefor the Tiffany Trophy Cup, an international amateur tourna-ment set to run through April 2. Other participating top tier teamsinclude West Ham United FC Academy of England, the U17 Na-tional Team of Georgia, and D.C. United Academy. The worldclass tournament is drawing teams from four continents - Eu-rope, Asia, Africa, and North America. Games were taking placeat such venues as the Maryland Soccerplex and the Bretton WoodsCenter, both in Montgomery County. Tickets are $8 each andavailable at the field before matches. The championship matchwill be held on April 2. For more information visitwww.InternationalAmateurSports.com.

The Oakcrest School (McLean) varsity girls’ basketballteam, on Saturday, Feb. 20, met Covenant Life School in thePotomac Valley Athletic Conference (PVAC) tournament finals.The title game, which was won by Covenant Life, 49-46, tookplace in the Bender Arena at American University.

Oakcrest senior co-captain Eileen Kuzma led all scorers with21 points, five steals, and four rebounds. Senior teammate andco-captain Therese Franco also had a great game with 11 points,six rebounds, four steals, and two assists. Also for Oakcrest, jun-iors Alessandra Christiani and Elise McNall were big contribu-tors with five points each and Elise grabbed 10 rebounds. SeniorTori Jensen had four points and eight rebounds.

Oakcrest finished first place in the South Division regular sea-son standings with a record of 14-2. Overall, the team was 15-6.

Sports Roundups

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

New head coach CraigLunde and his SouthLakes High boys’ lacrosse team will take

victories any way they can getthem this spring.

Last week, that meant goingdown to the wire on consecutivedays as the Seahawks won over-time thrillers over George MasonHigh, 9-8, and Potomac Falls, 13-12.

“It’s been pretty exciting,” saidLunde, a former standout lacrosseplayer at Yale University.

The victories were much neededfor the Seahawks, who had openedthe season with a pair of losses -against Stone Bridge, 17-8, in aLiberty District road game onMarch 18; and a deflating 19-4home loss to cross-town rivalHerndon on March 19.

The bounce-back wins, onWednesday, March 24, and Thurs-day, March 25, over the Mustangsof George Mason and the Panthersof Potomac Falls, were huge goinginto this week’s spring break.South Lakes has spent the off-weekpracticing in preparation for thebulk of its schedule which willstart next Friday evening, April 9at 7:15 with a district home gameversus Marshall.

In the triumph over George Ma-son, the Seahawks scored thegame-winner in overtime on a goalby junior attack Harrison Hughes,off an assist from junior attackerBrendan Galbraith.

The following day, Alex Clough,another junior attackman and theSeahawks’ top scorer through fourgames, scored the OT game-win-ner off an assist from sophomoremidfielder John Oakes (1 goal, 4assists in the win) to lift SouthLakes past Potomac Falls.

“The nice thing is we’re gettingclutch scoring,” said Lunde, whosaid his squad, following thesweet, hard-fought win overPotomac Falls, was a totally ex-

hausted group on its bus ride backto Reston.

Clough scored five goals withtwo assists against the Panthers.

“He’s so quick,” said Lunde, ofClough’s all-around game. “Hegets a lot of nice loose balls andcan find the open man.”

Hughes was the next leadingscorer against Potomac Falls withfour goals.

In the net, senior goalie KevinMurphy played the first threequarters and came up with, ac-cording to Lunde, “eight acrobaticsaves.”

The Seahawks gave their oppo-nents a different goalie look in thefourth quarter of that game whenjunior Ricky Stoudt took over andplayed a solid final quarter.

Lunde, who grew up in Long Is-land, N.Y., enjoys the luxury ofhaving two able goalies to look toat any time. Stoudt, a 6-foot-3 inchright-hander and a team captain,played the entire game in the winover George Mason. And Murphy,a left-hander, gave his team qual-ity play over three quarters againstPotomac Falls.

South Lakes is younger in termsof varsity playing experience thanthe more-seasoned squad it had ayear ago under former coach MattBlamey, who was at the helm ofthe program for six years beforegoing on to become the headcoach at the local Northern Vir-ginia Community College men’slacrosse team. The Seahawks went5-7 during the 2009 campaign.

This year’s team, while it has 13seniors on the roster, also has asolid nucleus of sophomores andjuniors who are receiving goodplaying time.

“Our team is pretty thin andyoung,” said Lunde, who coached

the Herndon High JV boys’ team ayear ago. “We have many sopho-mores and juniors in the line-up.”

Two key underclassmen includefaceoff specialists Peter Moran, afreshman, and sophomore FreddieLehner. Both players aremidfielders. Both won severalface-offs in the recent two wins.Lehner opened the George Masongame by winning the openingfaceoff before taking the ball downthe field and scoring nine secondsinto the start of play. AgainstPotomac Falls, Moran was fouledon a few occasions after winningface-offs. The results were theSeahawks capitalizing with somepower play scores.

“They’ve been fantastic,” saidLunde, of the overall play ofMoran and Lehner.

SOUTH LAKES’ THREE teamcaptains this season are Clough,goalie Stoudt and seniordefenseman Daniel Reineberg,who missed his team’s first twogames with an injury before re-turning to the line-up in lastweek’s two victories.

“I think we could potentially bea good team,” said Lunde, whofrom 2006 through 2008 was anunder-15 boys’ lacrosse coachwithin the Herndon/Reston Opti-mist youth organization. “We’resuch a young team. By the end ofthe season I hope we’ll be playingour best lacrosse. We have tons ofcharacter and good senior leader-ship on defense.”

Lunde, while attending Yale,played both lacrosse and football.He earned four varsity letters inlacrosse and, as a senior, helpedlead the Bulldogs to the Ivy Leaguetitle for the first time since 1969.He played attack position that se-nior year and was part of an at-tack trio that produced theprogram’s best scoring output in100 years of Yale lacrosse. A yearearlier as a junior, Lunde led theBulldogs in scoring. He graduatedas Yale’s fourth all-time scoringleader.

Seahawks’ Boys Lacrosse Wins TwoSouth Lakes, under new coach Craig Lunde, winsOT affairs over George Mason and Potomac Falls.

Reston Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

703-224-3031 or [email protected]

“I think we couldpotentially be agood team.”

— Coach Craig Lunde

The 2010 USA HockeyTournament OpeningCeremonies will be

held on Wednesday, April 7, 6 -8 p.m. at Reston Town Center

Pavilion/Market Street.The National ChampionshipsTournament is being held at rinksin Fairfax County and Loudoun,April 7 – 12. 44 teams from across

National Hockey Championship Opens at Reston Town Centerthe country will compete to bethe champions of the Pee Wee(U12) Tier II (AA) division.u s a h o c k e y . c o m /youth_nationals/


cept plans for an indoor recre-ation center at the site of Brown’sChapel Park. In March 2009, thejoint task force discussed detailslike the size and layout of the fa-cility, class offerings and fee sched-ule. They asked the site engineerto look into permits and voted toname the new facility “The Rob-ert E. Simon Community Center.”All of this took place before Restonresidents knew anything about itand before we had the opportu-nity to give community input.

We started a grass roots move-ment of Reston residents unitedwith similar beliefs including thepreservation of RA parkland andopen space. We made a petitionand built a Web site. We quicklygrew to 1,500 strong. Far frombeing well-financed, we are notfinanced at all. We are all volun-teers doing this in our spare time.We have collected contributionsfor a legal fund to pay the fees for

Opinion

A Thank-You NoteTo the Editor:

It was almost a decade ago, when I thought, “Ihave some time. Reston is truly my home. Howcan I get involved in my community and try togive back?” I had just gone through the DRB pro-cess as a homeowner, and decided to apply as alay member and see how it would go. Now aftereight years of volunteer service to RA, I want toextend my profound thanks for the experience ofallowing me to get to know my community bet-ter, and many of my neighbors.

Reflecting on my two terms on the Reston Asso-ciation board, my thoughts haven’t changed aboutthe importance of getting involved, how we canall give back, and make a difference. This com-munity is going through profound changes.

But, this I still believe: No matter how busy weget, how stressed out we are, or how we may notalways agree, Reston will continue to thrive, suc-ceed, and always be a great place to live, work,play and get involved.

To the Reston Association staff, past and present,my profound thanks and undying respect for thejob you do, and the many ways you give back toour community. We may not always say it oftenenough, you are the greatest asset to our commu-nity. Thank you for supporting our members ev-ery day.

To all of my volunteer friends, especially SuziJones, who encouraged me to get involved so longago, thank you for your never-ending enthusiasmand support.

To the leadership, staff, and volunteers of othercommunity organizations, including Reston Com-munity Center and Reston Interfaith, thank youfor the opportunity to be your partner in doinggood things for all of our neighbors.

And, to Robert E. Simon: Thank you for yourvision of what a community should be. You havebeen a role model for so many, and my personalhero. With profound respect, I hope you know weare all so lucky to be living your vision, and weare all better for having you in our midst.

Finally to all Restonians, please remember, vol-unteering is easy. All it takes is someone to tapyou on the shoulder, and ask you to give sometime. Or maybe you are already involved. Whynot ask someone you know to join in and giveback? It has truly been a humbling and fulfillingpersonal experience for me; one that I hope manyof you will consider trying. Whether you have acouple of hours to give, or many, get involved,give back, and make a difference. After all, thiscommunity is rich with talent and so much goodhappens in Reston every day.

Robin SmyersReston

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a land use attorney (to whom westill owe money). We dealt withthe craziness of fighting our ownhomeowners association who wasusing our fees to fight against us.We waged a David versus Goliathbattle, against organizations thathave big budgets and teams of at-torneys at their disposal. Organi-zations that are supposed to belooking out for us.

Contrary to the claims of Mr.Bouie and Mr. Keefe, we are notpartisan or affiliated with any po-litical party. We are not as theyhave suggested, a bunch of “con-servatives” or “Republicans” or“rich people.” We are neighborsfrom all over Reston who caredeeply about the community. Allof the founding members of ourgroup are longtime Reston resi-dents with strong ties to the com-munity. I personally am a secondgeneration Restonian and havelived here for 25 years, in four resi-dences on both sides of the toll

road. Like the others I can’t imag-ine living anywhere else. We arehere to stay, and that is why wechose to get involved.

We did come together over aspecific issue, the destruction of abeloved park. We are not againstindoor recreation. We simply don’tbelieve that an indoor recreationcenter designed for all of FairfaxCounty has priority over a neigh-borhood park used by residentsfrom all over Reston. You can callus NIMBY if our backyard is Restonas a whole. Of that we feel veryprotective.

The prospect of the destructionof Brown’s Chapel Park motivatedus to become involved. We decidedto stay involved and to stay vigi-lant to make sure that nothing likethat happened in Reston again.

Clearly our grass roots coalitionmakes some people very unhappy.They are trying desperately to dis-credit us, to quiet our voice. Theyview us as “harmful” and “danger-ous.” I have a different view. Lastsummer, we came together as acommunity. For the first time in thehistory of Reston hundreds ofpeople attended board meetingsand community input sessions. Wefound out that residents from allover Reston care enough to getinvolved to save their park andtheir money. This is not a badthing, it is a good thing. We havenothing to hide, no hiddenagenda. We are fellow residentsthat want the best for Reston —our motives are clear. Now I ask

you: what are they so afraid of?

Amy JusticeCo-Chair Coalition to Save

Brown’s Chapel

MethodicalDecision-makerDear Reston Association members:

Please vote for David Robinsonfor the at-large seat on the RestonAssociation Board.

David has years of experience inboth the public and private sectorswith problem-solving under tightbudget constraints. He is a me-thodical decision-maker who con-siders the short-, mid- and long-term impacts of the decision be-ing considered. As Co-Chair of RA’sParks and Planning Advisory com-mittee he serves as a strong voiceof reason as RA makes decisionson how to meet the recreation ex-pectations of current and futuremembers while preserving RA’snatural areas. He is also commit-ted to maintaining RA’s financialhealth and using assessment mon-ies wisely to provide a strong qual-ity of life for residents of all ages.

The new Directors elected to theBoard will be called on to makecritical decisions regarding thequality and cost of living in Reston.It is important that we elect can-didates who are open-minded,deliberative, and professional tomake the right – and sometimesdifficult – decisions for our com-munity. David possesses these at-tributes more than any of the otherat-large candidates. He will be aleader in taking the RA Board tothe highest level of professional-ism and strengthen the members’trust in the Association.

All RA members should havereceived an election ballot in themail. If you have not received aballot, have misplaced the ballot,or have any questions regardingyour ballot, contact the RestonAssociation immediately at 703-435-6512 or [email protected]

Your vote must be received nolater than 5 p.m. April 2.

Joe and Marcia StowersReston

Childish andUglyMy fellow citizens of Reston:

I would like to thank you all forthe opportunity to run for theReston Association Board of Direc-tors. As a candidate for At-LargeDirector, I have listened to mem-bers of our community, and theopinions of my opponents. It is dif-ficult even for me to choose the

best man for the job. Joe Leightonbrings 12 years of Board experi-ence, as well as his commitmentto his cluster. David Robinson hasserved our community on theparks committee, and is dedicatedto moving Reston forward. RodKoozmin wants to improve two-way communication, a formidabletask.

All of the candidates are en-dorsed by various individuals orgroups. All of the candidates havehad letters written, commentsposted, and twitters tweeted, insupport of their agendas. I com-mend them all on achieving thisrecognition.

As we enter the final stretch ofthis year’s election, I would askthose of you who have not yet de-cided, to please review my commit-ment to sustainable growth anddevelopment in Reston. The Metrois coming to Reston. There is nodenying that fact. This is “our”Metro station. It does not belongto Loudon County. It is not for thecitizens of Leesburg, Sterling, orAshburn. It is for Reston. And de-velopment around this stationshould be a reflection of our prin-ciples and commitment to the resi-dents of this community. It is theresponsibility of our citizens, rep-resented by the RA Board, to chal-lenge any strategy put forth byFairfax County, in order to assurethat Reston maintains its high stan-dard of living and quality of life.

Currently, there are two issueson which the Board of Supervisorsis planning to take action. Severalservice lines of the Fairfax Connec-tor will be cut in Reston. Theselines serve our community, andwill only increase traffic as formerriders must drive to commuter lotsand transit stations.

The second issue is the plannedComstock development at theWeihle station. The developer’s plandoes not even consider its impacton our community. The highrisestructure, limited parking, and fail-ure to provide a traffic mitigationplan, is an insult to the planned de-velopment of our community.

These two issues will have a his-toric and lasting impact on ourcommunity. The RA Board has senta letter to the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors regarding theComstock development.Grassroots organizations are rais-ing awareness about the reductionin transit service. As an RA Boardcandidate and resident of Reston,I believe that the board must ac-tively engage our new President,and push for RA attendance, as arepresentative body, at all FairfaxCounty Board and Committeemeetings concerning our commu-nity. The RA Board must addressthese issues, and bring our griev

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access to the plaza could turn itinto another kiss-and-ride lot,leaving its public recreation oppor-tunities “greatly diminished, if notdestroyed.” O’Donnell said thecounty and Comstock had reacheda verbal agreement on traffic re-strictions in the plaza, but staff hadnot yet received an altered plan.

He said staff had also recom-mended denial because the countyand Comstock had not reachedagreements on Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design (LEED)certification for the buildings andtraffic mitigation studies and re-quirements. However, O’Donnellsaid, “Since the publication of thestaff report, the applicant has con-tinued to work with staff.”

Attorney Ben Tompkins, repre-senting Comstock, said the devel-oper was comfortable with staff’srequests for both LEED certificationand traffic demand management.

Kris Abrahamson of the Depart-ment of Planning and Zoning saidartificial light sources could beused to brighten the plaza, andbuilding heights could be slantedto allow some sun in. “It’s endemicthat there will be shadow in thatcourtyard area,” she said. “It’s howit’s treated that we’re worriedabout.”

Doug Carter, the project archi-tect, said buildings could bemoved and made more vertical inorder to let more sunshine into theplaza.

At-large Commissioner JamesHart said he wasn’t sure how thatwould work, but he said, “I thinkthe quality of that space could bevery chilly and unfriendly if it’s adark alley where people are coldand you just want to get across.”

Local planner and architect GuyRando suggested a modified sitedesign, with some of the densitymoved to the north of the plazaand in the air rights over WiehleAvenue to let sun into the plaza.He also suggested moving muchof the building that is planned togo north of Reston Station Boule-vard to the air rights over WiehleAvenue and Sunset Hills Road tocreate more open space. Randosaid traffic could be routed underthe plaza to the first level of theparking garage, leaving the openspace to pedestrians. He said thatarea of the garage could be turnedinto a sort of art gallery to make itpleasant. “We’re not quibblingwith the density. We’re suggestingquality here,” he said.

“We urge the Planning Commis-sion to reject the Comstock rezon-ing application as presented,” saidDick Stillson, co-chair of theReston Citizens Association’s

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The mixed-use development is to be located on two sites,with most of it immediately adjacent to the comingWiehle Avenue Metro Station.

Commission Scrutinizes Proposal

Reston 2020 Committee. In addi-tion to traffic and shadow on theplaza, he said another major prob-lem was what his committee feltwas excessive parking.

A private, above-ground struc-ture with about 6,000 spaces isproposed to serve the develop-ment, prompting Stillson to sug-gest that the county’s minimumparking requirements be reducedto bring them more into line withtransit-oriented development poli-cies, which de-emphasize cartravel. Some of the undergroundparking would no longer be nec-essary after the Metro Silver Lineis completed and the Wiehle Av-enue station is no longer the endof the line, he said. He suggestedthat the commission recommendapproval of the underground park-ing structure and wait until issueswere resolved before making adecision on the rest of the devel-opment.

O’Donnell said a study was un-derway to reduce parking require-ments. Rick Stevens of the FairfaxDepartment of Transportation saida study carried out during theplanning of the Silver Line hadforecasted a demand for 5,000parking spaces to serve the station,even if it wasn’t the line’s termi-nus.

Resident Rob Whitfield said thedevelopment was expected to putsomething like 1,300 more cars onthe roads during the morning rushand 1,800 more cars in theevening. “I haven’t seen how thosevehicles are going to be accommo-dated on the local street level,” hesaid. “It seems to me that’s a fun-damental problem we need to ad-dress with this application.”

Eddie Byrne of the Initiative for

Public Art Reston (IPAR) read aletter from IPAR CEO Joe Ritcheyexpressing support for the rezon-ing application, which the lettersaid marked the first time a devel-oper in Fairfax County had madea “strong statement” about publicart as part of its application.Comstock has agreed to spend atleast $125,000 on public art in thedevelopment.

COMMISSIONER Frank de la Fe(Hunter Mill) suggested thatComstock consider some sort ofcooperation with Reston Associa-tion and the Fairfax County ParkAuthority. The property is in theReston Center for Industry andGovernment (RCIG), where resi-dential space has not been allowedin the past and the Reston Asso-ciation currently has no authority.

Tompkins said Comstock was intalks with the Reston Associationabout the possibility of becominga dues-paying member. If the resi-dential portion of the developmentjoined the RA, he said, the com-mercial portion might contributeto the Park Authority.

Stillson was not the only personto suggest that the garage be ap-proved before the rest of the plan,but de la Fe said that wouldn’t belegal. If the project were denied,he said, the Comprehensive Planwould continue to call for a 2,300-space, above-ground garage toserve the station, “and that is whatwe all said we didn’t want.” Thecounty would have just months tofigure out how to change that plan,he said, as construction would needto begin early next year in order tohave the parking structure readywhen the first phase of the Metroline opens in 2013.


John Candler Brooks of Reston has beenawarded a bachelor of science in engineering de-gree from Miami University of Oxford Ohio.

Seven Reston residents received degrees fromVirginia Tech in Blacksburg at the Dec. 2009 gradu-ation: Renee Maisel, bachelor of science inbusiness in marketing management; HaleyRardon, bachelor of science in business in man-agement; Andrew Alter, bachelor of science ingeosciences; Emily Brennan, bachelor of sciencein business in accounting and information systems;Elizabeth Papile, bachelor of architecture;Maryann Raimo, bachelor of arts in philosophy;and Andrew Holland, bachelor of science inbusiness in finance.

Navy Seaman Recruit Joseph A. Lartey ofReston, a 2004 graduate of South Lakes High

School, recently completed U.S. Navy basic train-ing at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes,Ill. During the program, Lartey completed train-ing in naval customs, first aid, firefighting, watersafety and survival, and shipboard and aircraftsafety.

Conor Keefe of Reston has bee named to thefall 2009 dean’s list at St. Bonaventure University.Keefe is a senior management sciences/ generalbusiness major, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will-iam J. Keefe.

Nicole Ehrhardt of Reston was named to thefall 2009 dean’s list at Chestnut Hill College ofPhiladelphia, and was

inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta NationalHonor Society. Ehrhardt is an elementary educa-tion major.

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Volunteer Fairfax and the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors willhonor the spirit of service at the

18th annual Fairfax County Friday, April 23,at the Fairview Park Marriott in FallsChurch.

One hundred and forty-eight individualsand groups nominated will be honored fortheir work supporting such causes asmentoring children, the arts, environmen-tal programs, job training, helping youngmothers, animal rescue, homelessness andhunger. In Oak Hill and Herndon, the fol-lowing residents have been nominated fora Fairfax County Volunteer Service Award:

❖ Frank Saylor volunteered at Reston In-terfaith, Inc., and is nominated for theBenchmark 250 award.

❖ Grace Wolf volunteered at the Councilfor the Arts of Herndon, and is nominatedfor the Benchmark 500 award.

❖ Digital TV Volunteer Team volunteeredat Volunteer Solutions-Area Agency on Ag-ing, and are nominated for the Adult Vol-unteer Group award.

❖ Jennifer Peng volunteered at PathwayHomes, Inc., and is nominated for the YouthVolunteer award.

❖ Heritage Fellowship Church volun-teered at Reston Interfaith, and are nomi-

Oak Hill, Herndon ResidentsNominated for Volunteer Service Awards

nated for the Adult Volunteer Group award.❖ Karen Stacy volunteered at the Coun-

cil for the Arts of Herndon, and is nomi-nated for the Benchmark 250 award.

❖ Lisa Xander volunteered at theHerndon RECenter, and is nominated forthe Benchmark 250 award.

❖ Luan Ngo volunteered at the HerndonAdult Day Health Care Center, and is nomi-nated for the Senior Volunteer award.

❖ Michele Bevington volunteered at theCub Run RECenter, and is nominated forthe Adult Volunteer 250 Hours & Underaward.

❖ Peg Menzel volunteered at Reston In-terfaith, Inc., and is nominated for theBenchmark 250 award.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisorsserve as honorary chairs for the programand will present awards to CommunityChampions from every district along withother volunteer winners during the break-fast ceremony. Earl Stafford, Chairman andChief Executive Officer of the Stafford Foun-dation, will serve as the ceremony’s keynotespeaker, and ABC7/WJLA-TV Anchor CynnéSimpson will emcee the program. VolunteerFairfax will welcome more than 500 gueststo the event. For more information aboutthe nominees or to purchase tickets, visitwww.volunteerfairfax.org.

Patrick Hammes Advances to States

Clearview sixth-grader PatrickHammes has qualified to competefor the state level of the National

Geography Bee. Patrick will representClearview at Shenandoah University in Win-chester on April 9 against students from allover Virginia for a chance to advance to thenational level of the Geography Bee.

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ances and solutions to Supervisor Hudgins.Many of the letters I’ve read during this

election point to a divided community. At-tacks come from all sides, and have gottenchildish and ugly. I have heard very fewvoices that lead me to believe we can builda coalition of support for sustainable growthand development. I cannot promise that I,or any candidate, will be able to change thisas a member of the RA Board.

However, I can assure you of a few things;as a representative of our community I willanswer every email, return every phone call,and will meet with every resident whowishes to have their issue heard, questionanswered, complaint vented. As a represen-tative of Reston, I will challenge the RABoard to represent our community at FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisor meetings.Should the Board choose not to send a rep-resentative, I will go myself, and representthis community to the best of my ability.

Patrick ShippReston

Semantic QuibbleTo the Editor:

The Virginia Assembly passes a necessarydeficit-reducing budget by a huge biparti-san majority, and, little surprise here, Del-egate Plum wants more “revenue” (for morespending) and votes “No” (“No to the Bud-get,” Reston Connection, March 24-30).

Governor McDonnell is confronted withthe largest deficit in Virginia’s history ($4.2billion for 2011 and 2012). He proposes$2.3 billion in cuts. Given the substantialrises in school and Medicaid spending overthe past decade, there is room for budget-balancing reductions, but Delegate Plumwants more “revenue”.

He indulges in some semantic quibbleabout a “fee” not being a “tax,” but, eitherway, his desired “review of the revenue sideof the budget” would mean more moneyout of taxpayers’ ever-shortening pockets.

Other than raising taxes, Delegate Plum,which you concede is “out” in a recession,hard-pressed taxpayers would like to knowhow you would balance the budget.

Harry LocockReston

SpectacularlyIll-ConsideredTo the Editor:

I was appalled to learn of the recently an-nounced cuts to Fairfax Connector bus ser-vice in Reston. The decision to eliminate aservice that 8,000 people depend on everyday, without providing any alternatives, isspectacularly ill-considered. I take the busto work from the park and ride to the metro,and this decision will only make the remain-ing buses, the Toll Road and the Wiehle Aveparking lot even more crowded than theyalready are.

This decision is apparently linked to theloss of Toll Road revenues because MWAAtook over the Toll Road. The MWAA take-over has been public knowledge for at leastfour years, and it is absolutely disgracefulthat this problem has not been addressed

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effectively before now. Common sense sug-gests that if MWAA is now receiving the $6.6million in annual toll revenues that wasformerly spent on buses, then MWAA shouldeither give that money to VDOT to pay forbuses, or reduce tolls accordingly. Lameexcuses from MWAA on this score are sim-ply not acceptable.

I encourage everyone to write to ourelected officials, as I did, to urge them tomaintain this critically important service.

James PerryReston

Negative ImpactOf Bus CutsTo the Editor:

I want to thank our local newspaper forits attention to the impending demolitionby our elected and appointed officials ofpublic transportation within Reston[“Reston Buses Grind to a Halt,” by MikeDiCicco, Reston Connection, March 17-23.]

At a time when Tysons Corner is beingpresented with a free circulator bus so thatthe people in Tysons can get used to theidea of public transit in advance of the con-struction of four metro stations in Tysons,Reston commuters and local folks who de-pend on existing public transit to get towork, go to the doctor, run errands, etc.,are being told to jump back into their carsand clog our roads in Reston. That is, if theyhave a car. People who previously walkedfrom their home to the local bus stop tocatch a bus to West Falls Church will haveto drive to the Reston East Park and Ride atWiehle (future site of the one — at least forseveral years — metro stop in Reston) tocatch the new bus from Wiehle to the metroat West Falls Church. But wait, the Park andRide is already seriously overcrowded.Where will all those people who currentlytake the bus park the cars they will nowhave to drive to the Park and Ride? On thestreet, in nearby neighborhoods, in nearbybusiness park parking lots? Or, perhaps theywill take a cab to Park and Ride, or have afriend or family member drop them off atthe Park and Ride? The resulting additionaltraffic will clog Reston’s streets, which al-ready suffer from too much traffic at cer-tain times of the day.

Think of the impact on our environmentof the increased traffic: hundreds more carsidling in traffic jams throughout Reston.Think of the impact on the health and wel-fare of our working residents who will beforced to add additional time to their al-ready long commutes. Think of the peoplewho have no cars and, therefore, dependon the bus entirely for their transportationneeds. Residents of Reston better think ofthese things, because, apparently, no oneat the county or commonwealth level is tak-ing our needs and concerns into consider-ation when planning things like public in-frastructure.

Once again, the unincorporated area ofReston is powerless against the bureaucratsat the county, state and federal level whocan grant or deny services to us wheneverthey so choose.

Diane BlustReston

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Wow! My oncologist sure sobered me upthe other day and I hadn’t even been drinking.But I sure felt like grabbing a stiff one – orthree – after we spoke. What he said wasn’tanything he hadn’t said previously, but it wassomething I hadn’t heard in a long time, 11months to be exact. It was cancer related. Itwas responsible – and perhaps even consider-ate, of him to tell me. It was my future as thestatistical averages see it. It was straight forward(as my doctor knows I prefer to hear it). It was,if nothing else, a reminder, and an advisory toboot (not really a kick at all, though).

What he suggested was, since my appoint-ments with him are now scheduled to be everythree months instead of every three weeks (asthey have been for the past year), that I try tomake those appointments after I’ve completedmy quarterly scans (MRI, CT and Bone) and tobring along a family member as well, in casethere’s bad news. (WHAT?!) Then, in responseto my usual life expectancy/prognosis question,he reiterated that cancer patients with mydiagnosis live, on average (and he was carefulto explain what average really meant, using acliff reference) 13 months to two years (thisappointment occurring around the 12-monthanniversary – some anniversary!). We then pro-ceeded with my physical exam, which I passedwith flying colors. After which, we exchangedour final pleasantries ending with the doctorsaying casually: he “hopes to see me in threemonths.” “HOPES?!” I knee-jerked out loud.“What do you mean, ‘hopes?’ You’re not sup-posed to say ‘hopes,’ you’re supposed to sayyou’ll see me in three months or somethinglike that.” Unsettled didn’t begin to describemy emotional state (state of panic, state ofanxiety, state of fear cumulatively, might havethough).

In fairness, none of this was/is new informa-tion. In fact, it’s old news. News my wife, mybrother and I were given on March 5, 2009,the date of our initial Team-Lourie meetingwith my oncologist. And it wasn’t given then,any more then it was given now, for shockvalue or effect even. It was provided then asnow, as useful and timely information, crucialinformation, for a stage IV lung cancer patientto have. However, it was a conversation wehadn’t had in almost a year. And not that I for-got much from that first life-changing doctor-patient exchange, but after the last year oftreatment, scans, medical appointments, labwork, and all, it’s not all that I have to remem-ber, so its place, its dominance in my brain/lifehas become less intense. I have learned to livewith my diagnosis and all the cancer-relatedactivities, as previous columns have indicated.

Still, there’s nothing quite like a metaphori-cal 2x4 to the head to shake out the mentalcobwebs. Not that I thought I was getting – orhad become complacent in my coexistencewith cancer, but given my mental state afterthis thwack, perhaps I had. I mean, the light’salways been on, definitely, but maybe I haven’tbeen home as often as I think/thought.

But that’s how I’ve coped – and hoped; byfocusing less on the negative and more on thepositive. I haven’t obsessed about cancer andas a result, I don’t believe I’ve regressedbecause of it. Life has gone on (thank God!)and I’m grateful that it has. The uncertainty ofthe future (heck, the present, too) remains aconstant and disturbing companion, however.The doctor’s courtesy/responsibility in review-ing my timetable the other day struck directlyat the heart of that day-to-day existence whichscares the living daylights out of me (if youwant to know the truth). I know exactly why Iwanted that drink, to forget.

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

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