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June 16-22, 2010 ❖ Volume XXIV, Number 24
SeahawksTriumph at
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Re-imaginingReston’s FutureNews, Page 3
Highway Noise DebatedNews, Page 3
Lead Actress in aMusical, Mary Davis,
South Lakes High School.School’s production of
‘Les Miserables: SchoolEdition’ wins fiveCappies Awards.
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Taste of RestonReturns to TownCenter
Taste of Reston will take placeJune 18-19 at Reston Town Cen-ter featuring more than 30 arearestaurants, a full line-up of musi-cal entertainment, a kid’s activitytent and, for the first time, a chilicook-off pitting police againstfirefighters. Taste of Reston is pro-duced by the Greater RestonChamber of Commerce.
In addition to the restaurantsamplings, the “Guns n’ HosesChili Cook-off” will pit area copsagainst firemen – the ultimatebattle of the heroes – this time inaprons in front of chili pots. At-tendees can vote for the “People’sChoice” chili. A panel of food writ-ers and critics will determine the“overall best chili”. The event’smasters of ceremonies will beMIX107.3’s Tommy McFly andNewsChannel8’s KatherineAmenta.
On Friday from 5:30 until 10:30p.m. The Fabulous Dialtones willentertain from the Town CenterPavilion. On Saturday, June 19,from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. C.J.Chenier & the Redhot LouisianaBand will perform.
Admission: Free, food tickets $1each. Friday, June 18 – 3-11 p.m.;Saturday, June 19 – noon-11 p.m.Guns n’ Hoses Chili Cook-off, Sat-urday June 19, noon- 4:30 p.m.www.RestonTaste.com
Sign Up Open forTour de Cure
When the 2010 National Capi-tal Tour de Cure sets off fromReston Town Center on Father’sDay, many of the cyclists will pedala new route across the woodsytrails of the Reston Association.
“We are excited to have the Tourde Cure take to trails of Reston.The route will not only be chal-lenging, but also scenic as manyof the Reston Association’s ameni-ties will be seen along the route,”said Larry Butler, RestonAssociation’s Director of Parks andRecreation.
The American Diabetes Tour deCure raises money for diabetes re-search and education. The RestonTour de Cure is the fifth largest inthe country, according to BrendanFoley, manager of the Tour de Curefor the National Capital Chapter ofthe American Diabetes Association.It attracts about 1,400 cyclists and300 volunteers.
You can sign up for the Tour de
Week in Reston
Cure on the day of the event at thepavilion at Reston Town Center.
There are six races, beginningwith the100 mile century ride at6:30 a.m. the 63 mile at 7:30, the32 mile at 8:30; the 20 mile at9:30, the 17 mile at 10:30, whichheads through RA trails, and thefamily fun ride at 11:30 a.m. Formore information, contactBrendan Foley, manager, Tour deCure at [email protected]. Reg-ister online at www.diabetes.org/nationalcapitaltourdecure <http:// w w w . d i a b e t e s . o r g /nationalcapitaltourdecure>
Phone: 202-331-8303 x4532
RA to Hold aSpecial BoardMeeting
The Reston Association Board ofDirectors will be holding a SpecialMeeting at 9 a.m. on Saturday,June 19, at the Main Office, I930Isaac Newton Square in Reston.
The purposes of the specialmeeting are to begin the processof outlining the Association’s po-sition relative to the Reston Mas-ter Plan Special Study Task Forceand to establish a subcommitteeto be tasked with refining/finaliz-ing the Association’s position.
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By Alex McVeigh
The Connection
Reston 2020, a committee of the Reston Citizens Association, presented their vision for
the next decade of development inReston June 8. They presentedtheir findings to community mem-bers and members of the RestonMaster Plan Special Study TaskForce.
Reston 2020 has been workingon a series of papers for the lastsix months about the future of ev-erything from parks and recreationto residential and urban design.
Their main goal is to make surefuture growth and development inReston is well-planned to benefitcurrent and future residents, aswell as developers and businesses.
“We’ve been working these pastsix months with the idea of assist-ing the [Master Plan SpecialStudy] Task Force, with workinggroups preparing their papers,”said Richard Stillson, the co-chairof Reston 2020. “We’ve tried to becompletely open to input, and weencouraged as many people aspossible to participate.”A KEY POINT in the presentationwas the future of parks and recre-ation in Reston. The issue of trails,
new parks, new athletic fields andindoor recreation facilities was abig part of the Parks and Recre-ation presentation.
“We think that new trails shouldconnect to our existing ones, tocreate a network of foot or bikeoptions that cover the entire com-munity for getting around andgetting exercise,” said Carol Bra-dley, one of the presenters.
She stressed the need for urbanparks that “provide the opportu-nity for entertainment and publicgathering.”
In the paper submitted to theReston Task Force, Bradley and
Photo courtesy of Reston 2020
This plan for the Herndon-Monroe Metro station includes extending the Sunrise ValleyWetlands to include the Woodland to the north, as well as new access roads.
Re-imagining Reston’s FutureCommittee presents ideas for future of Reston
News
See Vision, Page 5
Viewpoints
What do you think needs to be consideredwhile planning the future of the Dulles Corridor?
D i c kRogers,Reston, re-tired
“Restons c h o o l swill beo v e r -c r o w d e dwithin thenext fiveyears, andthe task
force needs to start paying attention tothat before they start developing.”
J o eLeighton,R e s t o n ,retired
“With alot moredevelop-m e n t scoming in,we needbuses torun every2 minutes,
especially in the morning on weekdays.It will help people get out of their cars.”
K a t h yK a p l a n ,R e s t o n ,writer
“We needa balance be-t w e e nres ident ia land commer-cial. Morecommercialmeans toomuch traffic,
and more residential means more schoolsare needed.”
J o h nBowman,Reston, IT
“We needto makesure welook at theintangibles,things likethe SunriseValley Wet-lands. Youcan’t put a
dollar amount on them, those are thingsthat should be considered to keep aquality of open space.”
See Public, Page 15
J o h nHanley,R e s t o n ,bank secu-rities
“As ac o m m u -nity, wecan’t lookat thingsparcel byparcel, weneed to
take a holistic approach to everythingthat is done.”
By Jessica Levine
The Connection
As its most recent movein the development of anew highway noise
policy regarding sound wallsalong the Dulles Toll Road, Met-ropolitan Washington AirportsAuthority (MWAA) conducteda public workshop on Thursday,June 10 at Langston HughesMiddle School to discuss thedraft policy and solicit feed-back.
Residents of neighborhoodssurrounding the Toll Road,many of whom have raised con-cerns about MWAA’s proposals,attended the workshop, whichwas organized into four stationsthat detailed the draft policyand MWAA’s next steps. Attend-ees were invited to walkthrough the stations and speakwith members of MWAA as wellas to submit comments in writ-ing at the event or online at theMWAA website through June30.
The draft policy establishesthe criteria that MWAA will use
in determining where there isa need for future sound walls.The first step in the process isa study that MWAA will con-duct on highway noise alongthe Dulles Toll Road, using theTraffic Noise Model to deter-mine noise level.
“We’ll be going out and do-ing noise monitoring of resi-dencies, hotels, schools … andfrom there, we’ll be taking [thedata] and we’ll be putting itinto the Noise Model,” saidMWAA Consultant KristenFusco Rowe. “Based on [fed-eral, state and local regula-tions], it will determinewhether a noise wall is war-ranted.”
Under the draft policy, whichthe MWAA Board of Directorswill approve in July or August,properties must meet a seriesof criteria to be eligible for asound wall, including a 66 Leq(h) minimum noise level, a 5decibel minimum noise reduc-tion from the proposed walland a $40,000 maximum con-struction cost per benefited
Photo by Jessica Levine/The Connection
Supervisor Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), left, andother attendees look at aerial photos of the DullesToll Road at MWAA’s public workshop on the drafthighway noise policy.
Highway Noise DebatedMWAA conducts public work-shop to discuss draft Dulles TollRoad highway noise policy.
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Father’s Day Gallery
Grandad Don Rutledge and Grandmom Linda, with TiffanyRutledge, 10; Hugh Curran, 12; Maureen Curran, 12;Kerry Curran, 12; Sydney Rutledge, 7; and Bri Curran, 13.Other grandchildren are Jackson, 10; Zachary, 6; andBrooklyn Rutledge, 3, who live in West Virginia.
Mark Rutledge and his children Brooklyn, 3;Zachary, 6; and Jackson, 10, at their homenear Morgantown, W.Va., in May 2010.
Mike Rutledge with his daughtersTiffany, 10, and Sydney, 7, in Ashburn,in May 2010.
Mike Harrison and his wife Cathy movedto Reston in 1975. Two years later, theirdaughter Bridget was born. The proudfather wants to honor Bridget on Father’sDay with this photo of the two of themtogether.
In a photo taken during the blizzard onFeb. 5, on their patio in Reston, left toright, are Greg, Tony, Sonja Hope and ScottMayo. Great picture of a great dad Tonywith his three kids.
Phoebe,Forrest andRyan Adams,Dad: nothingmakes thekids happierthan a ticklesession fromdaddy!
Dad Kelly Murrayhelps son Sean winthe second place atthe 2009 Oak Marrjunior golf tourney.
Papa Falk; holding BirthdayGirl Caroline, 4; Dad EricFalk and sons; Evan, 8; andBrady, 6, in Reston on April3, 2010.
Brett Eagle and daughter Bailey, 9, inReston on Christmas 2009.
Walter Lazear, wholives in the
Lakewinds clusterin Reston is pic-tured in a cozy
moment with hisgranddaughter
Brianna Lazear atChristmas 2007. He
is reading a newstory that Brianna
received for Christ-mas, at which time
she was 3.
Walter Lazear,of Reston, withhis son Peter,sharing thehelm off An-napolis on aChesapeake Baysailboat cruisewith their wiveson June 7, 2000.Peter was 25 atthe time.
Kathryn Vande Houten,
13, Dad RickVan de
Houten, andChristine
Van deHouten, 13,of Herndon
share happymoments
posing forthe picture.
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From Page 3
Vision Meets Reality on Reston 2020members of her committee outlined four
different types of urban parks, and howeach could be used in Reston.
Stewart Rauch presented the committee’svision for the Herndon-Monroe Metro sta-tion, located on Sunrise Valley Drive.
“The Herndon-Monroe station area pro-vides a unique configuration of landmarkswhich will allow a transit-oriented commu-nity constructed there to achieve a completeintegration of the community and the natu-ral world,” Rauch said, reading from thecommittee’s paper.
The committee advocates a new gazeboto be built at the Sunrise Valley Nature Park,as well as planting of native wildflowers andflowering shrubs.
They also recommended a small villageto replace the current park-and-ride park-ing garage in the area, as well as a “bridgecity” connecting Reston and Herndon, withair rights over the Dulles Toll Road.
Kathy Kaplan, co-chair of the Residence,Urban Design and Livability work group,presented a vision for a proposed park atCascades, located in the space along TownCenter Parkway, between Baron CameronAvenue and the Dulles Toll Road.THE PARK would aim to “provide an in-novative urban open space for the new resi-dents of Spectrum and North Town Center,and attract shoppers and office workers,”
according to the group’s paper.Kaplan spoke of a “climate-controlled
gallery space, with retail below, office spacein the middle and residents above,” com-paring it to galleries around the world, suchas in Naples, Italy.
“This plan will give us all the same den-sity, the same people, the same offices, butwe get a lake, we get a park and somethingpeople can be proud to call their commu-nity,” Kaplan said.
Fred Selden, director of the planning di-vision of Fairfax County, said that thecommittee’s recommendations, though ap-pealing, might not be feasible.
“Tearing down eight and nine-story officebuilding for houses and parks is not easy,especially in this area,” Selden said. “It’snice to have a vision, but we also have totemper that vision with practical marketrealities.” He mentioned that Reston is partof Fairfax County, which is part of a muchlarger region and state, meaning “certainelements of the future are constrained bythe present.”
Stillson was happy that Reston 2020 wasable to show off their vision for the com-munity, but said “over the summer, the taskforce will get down to serious writing.”
More information on the committee aswell as the entirety of papers authored bythe various workgroups can be found atwww.reston2020.blogspot.com.
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We love our pets. Dogs and catsand other creatures great andsmall are essential members ofour families. They offer us un-
conditional love, joy, comfort, companionship,humor. We know our children benefit fromlearning to empathize, care for and love ourfamily pets.
We don’t hesitate when it comes to spend-ing on their health care or rearranging our livesaround basic needs.
To celebrate, we plan to publish the Pet Con-nection, including yourfamily’s pets, in late July.
We invite photos of yourpets with you, your children or
with whole family. We’ll prefer photos that pic-ture the pets with their humans.
We also invite children’s artwork of theirpets.
We also welcome short stories (200 wordsor less) about your pet. Tell us a funny story,or explain how your pet helped you or a mem-ber of your family through a tough time. Tellus about how you came to adopt or rescue yourpet. Tell us how your favorite places to go with
your pet, or how you solved a particular chal-lenge concerning your pet.
We haven’t forgotten horses, fish, birds, rep-tiles and amphibians, guinea pigs, hamsters,and other more unusual pets — we hope forphotos about them all.
Be sure to identify the full names of every-one pictured in any photos, include informa-tion such as breed and age of the pet and chil-dren pictured, and (very important) the com-munity where you live.
Be Part of the Pet ConnectionSend us your photosand stories of yourfavorite creaturesfor our July edition.
What tips do you have for someone new toyour town? What interesting, almost secret,places would you like to have learned aboutearlier when you moved in?
We invite you to share the expertise you’vegained in living in your hometown with yourneighbors and with people new to the area inour Newcomers and Community Guides, com-ing later this summer.
Connection staff members and interns arealready working on the annual Newcomers andCommunity Guide, which will publish at theend of August.
We invite residents, businesses and organi-zations to send us suggestions. We invite cal-endar listings for major events for the upcom-ing year, information on how to get involvedin nonprofits and charities, details about yourclub or other organization.
When are the major festivals, celebrationsand other events at your church or temple or
We prefer digital submissions, delivered onCD or via email. Please send in submissions assoon as possible, but at least before July 10. E-mail to [email protected],and write “Pets” in the subject line. You canmail submissions to McLean Pet Connection,1606 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314.
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Expertise for Annual Community Guidesmosque?
We also invite readers to contribute directlyto the newcomers and community guides. Sendus a short letter: what do you love about yourcommunity? Tell us about one special placeyou’ve discovered. Does you family have dif-ferent favorites in different seasons? How didyou get involved in your town? Share your fa-vorite park. Tell us about your favorite annualevent.
Helping pets adapt to new surroundings canbe a big part of any family’s move. Share tipsyou have for acclimating a pet to a new home.Do you have a favorite dog park?
Send you comments and submissions [email protected] or mail toMcLean Newcomers Guide, 1606 King St., Al-exandria, VA 22314.
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Letter to the Editor
By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum
State Delegate (D-36)
Commencement time ofthe year is a wonderfuloccasion when we can
celebrate steps in our educationalprogress or those of our children,grandchildren and others. It is atime of reflection, contemplation
and joy. Forsome, it is atime of memo-ries.
The 1960 graduating class ofShenandoah High School of whichI was a member celebrated its 50thanniversary this year. A specialcelebration was held at historicStevens Cottage in Shenandoah,Va. I was out of the country at thetime and unfortunately could notattend. My memories of highschool days were jogged by abooklet put together by one of theclass members that included ourgraduation year photograph, a re-cent photograph and a short biog-raphy. I was surprised to see howmy classmates had aged.
It was great fun to remembereach of my classmates and thegreat times we had together. Fromthe bios I found that 22 of the 41
members of the classwent on to college atsome level reflectingour class motto: “Notfinished, just begun.”Seven of us taughtschool for at least a partof our careers. Seeingone of our class spon-sors, Mrs. Kite, in the photographtaken at the celebration remindedme so clearly of the impact thatshe had on my life. I was a junior,and she was the first counselor thehigh school had ever had, work-ing part-time as counselor andteaching the remainder of the day.She called me into her office andsaid some words to me that I hadnever dreamed of hearing and thattransformed my life. “Kenneth,”she said, for no one called me Kenin those days, “it is time for you tothink about applying to college.”
No one in my immediate familyhad been to college, and no onehad suggested to me that I couldor should go. “You meet peopleevery day who have been to col-lege, and there is no reason youshould not go,” she explained. Inever forgot that conversation andthe impact it had on me.
Although not associated with my
graduating class butsparked by the celebra-tion was a conversationI had with Mr. Peffer,the barber, whose bar-ber shop was on PostOffice Hill in the Townof Shenandoah. WhenI went for my last hair-
cut and explained that I was leav-ing the area, he assured me that Iwould have no problem being suc-cessful. As he explained, “You havegrown up in the country whereyou have always had to work hard;You will be successful because youwill always outwork everyoneelse.”
The little celebration bookletincluded some other informationabout our class. I had forgottenwinning the first public speakinghigh school forensics program ourschool had ever entered. In theclass Will, my front row seat ingovernment class was willed toanother student who may haveloved government class as muchas I did.
There are many other memoriesas I know you have from your past.Thanks for reading these, and Iwould gladly share more if wehave a chance to talk sometime.
Graduation Memories
Commentary
Poison Ivy AlarmTo the Editor:Along the wooded path leading
to North Shore Drive from thesmall parking lot next to theReston Farmers’ Market, a thickbed of poison ivy is starting to en-croach onto the sidewalk. It’s onlya matter of time before dogs, chil-dren, and inattentive others stepin it and bring its itchy effects intotheir cars and homes. I don’t knowwho is responsible for removingpoison ivy in public spaces inReston, but I hope that the appro-priate party will read this and takeaction.
Alice MarkhamReston
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THURSDAY/JUNE 17Beginning, Intermediate and
Advanced English Classes. 7p.m. at the Washington Plaza BaptistChurch, 1615 Washington PlazaNorth, Reston. For speakers of otherlanguages. Free.www.WashingtonPlazaChurch.comor 703-471-5225.
Herndon Farmer’s Market. EveryThursday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. at theHerndon Center, 460 Elden St.,Herndon. Producer-only locallygrown fruits and vegetables, locallyraised meats and poultry, and localfoods from bread and cheese to salsaand sausage. smartmarkets.org.
FRIDAY/JUNE 18Republican Club of Greater
Reston. 7 p.m. in the Rose Gallery,Reston Community Center, LakeAnne, Reston. Speaker will be theHonorable Corey Stewart, chairmanof the Prince William Board ofCounty Supervisors. 703-435-4765.
SATURDAY/JUNE 19Blood Drive. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the
Herndon Masonic Lodge #264, 820Eldon St., Herndon. To schedule anappointment visit the InovaBloodmobile website atwww.invoa.org/donateblood and usecode 7438 to find the bloodmobile,or [email protected] set up an appointment.
SUNDAY/JUNE 20Beginning and Intermediate
English Classes. 2 p.m. at theWashington Plaza Baptist Church,
1615 Washington Plaza North,Reston. For speakers of otherlanguages. Free.www.WashingtonPlazaChurch.comor 703-471-5225.
MONDAY/JUNE 21Reston Runners Women’s
Training Program. 6:30 p.m. atSouth Lakes High School, 11400South Lakes Drive Reston. Forwomen walkers and runners, to beginor get back into an exercise routine.$30. Speakers on running form, gear,common injuries, and nutrition.Register at www.restonrunners.org.
Chen tai chi. Beginners class everyMonday, 6:30 p.m. at the Jow GaShaolin Institute, 600-D CarlisleDrive, Herndon. First class free. Alllevels and ages welcome.truetaichi.com or 703-801-0064.
THURSDAY/JUNE 24Lupus Support Group. 12 p.m. at
Reston Hospital Center, The WestWing, 1850 Town Center Parkway,Reston. [email protected] orwww.lupusgw.org.
Beginning and IntermediateEnglish Classes. 2 p.m. at theWashington Plaza Baptist Church,1615 Washington Plaza North,Reston. For speakers of otherlanguages. Free.www.WashingtonPlazaChurch.comor 703-471-5225.
Beginning, Intermediate andAdvanced English Classes. 7p.m. at the Washington Plaza BaptistChurch, 1615 Washington PlazaNorth, Reston. For speakers of otherlanguages. Free.www.WashingtonPlazaChurch.comor 703-471-5225.
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The South Lakes HighSchool Theater Department walked away
with some serious hardware atthe Cappies Sunday night, tak-ing home five awards: AlexTurner won Best Comic Actor ina Musical, Sean McCoy won BestLead Actor in a Musical, MaryDavis won Best Lead Actress ina Musical, Kenzy Forman wonfor Best Lighting and the “LesMiz Pit” won for Best Pit Orches-tra.
South Lakes was also nomi-nated for another four awards,Best Stage Crew, Best Song, BestMusical and Best SupportingActress in a Musical.
For Maria L. Harris, theaterarts director and performing artschair at South Lakes, victory wasespecially sweet given the mas-sive time off due to winterstorms and the youth of her cast.
“They were a director’s dreamcome true, especially from such
a young cast with a lot of ninthand tenth graders,” Harris said.“It says a lot about their hardwork and dedication, we lost alot of time, we had about amonth to put the whole thingtogether.”
The students got a chance toperform onstage at TheKennedy Center, performing“The Innkeeper’s Song.”
“The kids were treated withso much respect at The KennedyCenter, I think it was a wonder-ful experience,” Harris said.
Harris was also quick to givemost of the credit to the supportshe received from everyone inthe South Lakes community.
“A director’s only as good asthe people you work with,” shesaid. “We had a dynamite groupof kids and a wonderful supportnetwork of parents and admin-istration.
I think we have many goodyears to come with these out-standing actors, actresses andcrew members.”
‘Wonderful Experience’At Kennedy CenterMaria Harris: ‘A director’s only asgood as the people you work with.’
By Bonnie Hobbs
The Connection
A classic based on a Frenchnovel and a student-written play were the big win-
ners at Sunday night’s 11th annualCappies Awards program at TheKennedy Center in Washington,D.C. South Lakes High School’sproduction of “Les Miserables:School Edition” won five Cappies,and Langley High’s “Time’s Square2090” garnered four, includingBest Musical. Walt Whitman Highin Bethesda, Md., won Best Play for“Amadeus.”
❖ Orchestra: South Lakes“This is great; I’m really thank-
ful,” said sophomore AustinChustz, who plays percussion. “Ihad no idea the orchestra wouldget as good as it did. It was a re-ally fun experience. Everyone wasreally talented, and we put our tal-ents together to make a good, fin-ished product.”
“I’m really glad we won,” saidfreshman Scott Walter, who playspiano. “We worked really hard onit. There were many hours of play-ing and rehearsing.”
“I think the number of people inour orchestra made it stand out,”said freshman Seth Hickox, whoplays percussion.
❖ Lighting: South Lakes
“My head’s going to explode,”said freshman Kenzy Forman. “Thiswas pretty cool. Our lighting wasso epic; every time I saw the barri-cade scene, I was in awe. And ScottObenchain, our technical director,was awesome.”
❖ Comic Actor in a Musical:South Lakes
“I feel wonderful; I’m veryhappy,” said junior Alex Turner.When asked what he thought ap-pealed to the judges about his char-acter, he replied, “Everyone likes agood drunk.”
❖ Lead Actress in a Musical:South Lakes
“This is so unreal; I’m still shak-ing,” said junior Mary Davis. “Ihoped for it, but didn’t think it wasgoing to be. I think I won because[my performance] came from myheart.”
❖ Lead Actor in a Musical:South Lakes
“This has been completely nerve-wracking, but what a great experi-ence,” said freshman Sean McCoy.“I’m so blessed. It was a group ef-fort, all of us combined, and I justgot lucky. I’m going to put this onmy trophy shelf where my momcan see it.”
❖ Female Dancer: Herndon- “Oklahoma!”
“I’m absolutely ecstatic, said se-nior Kirsten Lloyd. “I’m so honored.
South Lakes High Triumphs at Cappies
Lead Actor in a Musical,Sean McCoy, South LakesHigh School, ‘LesMiserables: School Edition.’
Best Comic Actor in a Musi-cal, Alex Turner, SouthLakes High School, ‘LesMiserables: School Edition.’
Photos by Steve Hibbard
Best Orchestra, the Les Miz Pit Orchestra, South LakesHigh School, ‘Les Miserables: School Edition. From left areScott Walter, Austin Chustz and Seth Hickox.
School’s production of ‘LesMiserables: School Edition’wins five Cappies Awards.
I’ve been dancing for 16 years andwas on point during the show. Ireally appreciate the opportunityfrom [theater director Zoe] Dillard.It was my first, musical experi-ence.”
Send announcements [email protected] is Thursday for the followingweek’s paper. Photos/artwork encouraged.For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.
THURSDAY/JUNE 17Mahala. 7:30 p.m. Frying Pan Farm
Park, 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon.South African township music. Free.703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
Miles Stiebel Band. 7 p.m. at LakeAnne Plaza, Reston.
Contemporary Jazz.www.milesstiebel.com
Sing a Song. 10 a.m. Walker NatureEducation Center, 11450 Glade Drive,Reston. $5/child RA members; $8/child non-members. Learn about birdsand how to identify some just by theirsongs. For ages 3–5 years. Childrenmust be accompanied by an adult.Reserve at 703-476-9689 ext. 6540 [email protected].
FRIDAY/JUNE 18
Taste of Reston. 3-11 p.m. at RestonTown Center, 1760 Reston Parkway,Reston. More than 30 arearestaurants, live musicalentertainment and children’s activitytent. Free admission, food tickets $1each. 703-707-9045.
Cats. 8 p.m. at Wolf Trap Foundation for
the Performing Arts, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna. $44-$245. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/JUNE 19Taste of Reston: Guns n’ Hoses
Chili Cook-off. 12-4:30 p.m. atReston Town Center, 1760 RestonParkway, Reston. The “Guns n’ HosesChili Cook-off” will pit cops againstfiremen in the ultimate battle of theheroes: in aprons in front of chili pots.More than 30 area restaurants, livemusical entertainment and children’sactivity tent. Free admission, foodtickets $1 each. 703-707-9045.
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s OTOString Quartet. 10 a.m. LakeFairfax Park Amphitheater, 1400 LakeFairfax Drive, Reston. Showing theperforming techniques and qualitiesof string instruments. Free. 703-324-7469 or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
New Orleans Porch Party: C.J.Chenier & the Red Hot Taste.7:30 p.m. at the Reston Town Center,1760 Reston Parkway, Reston. Zydecoand high-energy blues.www.restontowncenter.com.
The Viking Choir. 5:30 p.m. atHerndon United Methodist Churchlocated at 701 Bennett Herndon. Thechoir consists of 31 boys ages [email protected].
Tom Finn Book Signing. 2 p.m. atReston Museum, 1639 WashingtonPlaza, Reston. “Are You Clueless? 7Clues to Profit, Productivity, &Partnership For Leaders in a
Multicultural World”. 703-709-7700or [email protected].
Cats. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $44-$245.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
SUNDAY/JUNE 20Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s
Dixieland Band. 2 p.m. SullyHistoric Site, 3601 Sully Road,Chantilly. New Orleans inspiredmusic. Free. 703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
Artist’s Reception. 12 to 2:30 p.m. atthe Unitarian Universalist Church,1625 Wiehle Ave., Reston. David andJane Ernst will display fine artphotography and digital paintingsthrough July [email protected].
Cats. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $44-$245.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
MONDAY/JUNE 21Earth, Wind & Fire. 8 p.m. at Wolf
Trap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $58-$471. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
ESL Beginners. 11 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. ESLconversation group. Adults. 703-689-2700.
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Progressive & Welcoming
Heather Saba of South LakesHigh School is among the winnersof Serco, Inc. Scholars Program$5,000 scholarships. Saba is amember of the National HonorSociety and placed second in theDistributive Educational Clubs ofAmerica District Competition. Sheis the daughter of Michele Saba, aSerco Project Manager at the Fed-eral Retirement Thrift InvestmentBoard in Fairfax.
Cailin Lan Ce Clinton wonthe 2010 Pamplin Leader award atHerndon High School. ThePamplin Leader is a one-year,$1,000 tuition scholarship to Vir-ginia Tech.. It was established byRobert B. Pamplin, Sr. and RobertB. Pamplin, Jr., to acknowledgestudents with a record of outstand-ing academic achievement bal-anced with a commitment to com-munity service and leadership ex-perience.
Madeleine Holt Humphreyof Reston has graduated summacum laude from the University ofNew Hampshire in Durham, N.H.Humphrey earned a bachelor ofscience in Kin:PhysEd Pedagogy.
Thomas A. Flynn of Restonhas been named to the spring 2010dean’s list at Mount St. Mary’sUniversity of Emmitsburg, Md.The junior is the son of Mr. andMrs. James Flynn.
Jessica Luehrs of Reston hasgraduated with a major in psychol-ogy in the College of Science atVirginia Tech. Luehrs is a memberof the Virginia Tech Corps of Ca-dets Class of 2010.
Scott Reynolds of Herndongraduated with a bachelor of artsfrom Villanova University ofVillanova, Pa.
Jeffrey D. Doremus ofHerndon has graduated with abachelor of science from Pace Uni-versity of New York, N.Y.
Colby Miller of Oak Hill hasbeen named to the spring 2010dean’s list at Elizabethtown Col-lege in Pa. Miller is a junior biol-ogy education major.
Heather Saba
School Notes
Celebrate Summer at ST. ANNE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
“First Annual Junk inthe Trunk SALE/SWAP
in the parking lot of St. Anne’s EpiscopalChurch, 1700 Wainwright Drive, Reston.Saturday, June 19 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Raising funds for Missions and Youthprograms. Call the office 703-437-6530
to rent a $10.00 parking space.”
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When you visit one of these Open Houses, tell the Realtor you saw it in this Connection Newspaper. For more real estatelistings and open houses visit www.ConnectionNewspapers.com, click the Real Estate links on the right side.
Call Specific Agents to Confirm Dates & Times.
Oak Hill/Herndon2515 Wheat Meadow Ct.....$389,000...Sun 1-4....Rakesh Kumar ............. .................................703-475-6673
Reston1569 Brookshire Ct ............$374,000...Sun 1-4....Rosi Sarson.................Weichert....................703-934-040011407 R Gate Hill #110......$285,000...Sun 1-4....Melody Novak..............Weichert....................703-362-40631208 Heritage Commons Ct....$550,000...Sun 1-4....Claudette Schwartz......Weichert....................703-309-4663
McLean6433 Linway Terrace ........$889,000 ...Sun 1-4....Karen Briscoe .............Keller Williams .........703-734-0192
Vienna9505 Rockport Road..........$824,900... Sun 1-4 ..Christine Richardson...Weichert....................703-231-18122787 Groveman Lane........ $424,900...Sun 1-4....David Lloyd..................Weichert....................703-593-32042729 Manhattan Place........$549,000...Sun 1-4....Wajiha Rashid..............Prosperity Realty.......703-855-6155
Oakton11466 Bronzedale Dr..........$749,000...Sun 1-4....Brenda Davis................Weichert....................703-966-3210
Arlington (22201)1808 North Barton St.........$695,000...Sun 1-4....Jennifer Caterini...........Coldwell Banker ........703-609-6258511 N. Lincoln St. .............$895,000...Sun 1-4....Ron Cathell ..................Keller Williams .........703-975-250015th St. N., #1505..............$925,000...Sun 1-4....Keri O’Sullivan .............ReMax Allegiance......703-395-4099
Arlington (22205)1321 N. McKinley Rd. ........$574,900...Sun 1-4....Ron Cathell ..................Keller Williams .........703-975-25002105 Greenbrier St.............$635,000...Sun 1-4....Gayle Fleming..............Keller Williams..........703-625-13581123 George Mason Dr., N...$659,900...Sun 1-4....Rob Allen.....................Long & Foster...........703-867-6193
Arlington (22207)4390 Lorcom Ln., #412......$235,000...Sun 1-5....Julia McNally-Wiles ..... Town & Suburban Prop....703-403-13961743 N. Quincy St..............$560,000...Sun 1-4....Susan Shepard-Siple ...Keller Williams..........703-598-53523005 N. Stuart St. ...........$1,350,000...Sun 1-4....Dave Lloyd & Associates...Weichert....................703-593-3204
Arlington (22209)1021 Arlington Blvd. #405.$209,900...Sun 1-3....Randy Morrow.............Keller Williams..........703-629-1733
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6433 Linway Terrace, McLean • $889,000 • Open Sunday 1 -4Karen Briscoe, Keller Williams, 703-734-0192
OPEN HOUSESSaturday & Sunday, June 19 & 20
Opinion
By Jack Kenny
Past President, Republican Club
of Greater Reston
After years of being outbidby some outsider to mowthe rights-of-way in
Reston, several community activ-ists with the help of a new statesenator, worked the General As-sembly to change a number of thestatutes governing home ownersassociations. The changes in-cluded a provision that requiredVDOT to give preference to largerHOA’s desiring to mow the rights-of-way within their boundaries. Inthe intervening years, the RA re-ceived the contract from VDOT todo the mowing and provided forone street sweeping a year.
Alas, with the budget deficit cre-ated by over-zealous estimates ofrevenue by the Kaine administra-tion, VDOT funds for summermowings have been sorely re-stricted. We are led to believe thatthis summer, RA has not receivedany mowing funds to date. Our
streets still hold theremnants of last fall’sleaves with the accu-mulation of the win-ter detritus. Alas, nomoney for streetcleaning! However, apromise has beenmade by VDOT to re-imburse the as-sociation whenfunds do comeavailable. In theinterim, we suck it up.
Meanwhile, Reston grows moreshaggy by the year. RA does a finejob of keeping the RA trails clear.Our streets and sidewalks, the re-sponsibility of VDOT, becomemore overgrown each year. Theresultant damage to the county’sbuses and commercial trucks, aswell as the danger to pedestriansand runners on sidewalks is be-coming intolerable. Our streetsshould be clear to a height of four-teen feet above the roadway andour sidewalks 8 feet.
RA can and should take care of
this situation. If wecan afford to pur-chase a new suite offurnishings for thenew headquartersconference room anda paving machine topatch the roads andtrails, we should be
able to afford astreet sweepingvehicle. Wehave the chip-
pers and tree trimmers to clear ourstreets and sidewalks. What is ourseasonal help doing?
Our General Assembly electedrepresentatives have clearly givenus the message: Reston is a cashcow to the state coffers. We onlyget back in services somewhere be-tween $0.18 to $0.25 cents foreach dollar we send to Richmond.Our local delegate and senator areeither incapable of making the ar-gument that we deserve a largerreturn or they do not understandwhat is means to represent a com-munity.
Sprucing up Reston
A Differing Point of View
TASTE OF RESTON VOLUNTEERS Both individuals and corporations are
invited to volunteer at this year’sTaste of Reston, on Friday, June 18,from 3–11 p.m. and Saturday, June19, from noon–11 p.m. Volunteerswill receive a Taste of Reston T-shirtand a $20 gift certificate to BrixAmerican Bistro as a thank you fortheir time and efforts. Visitwww.restonchamber.org todownload the volunteer form. E-mailyour form to Lesley Green [email protected], or fax it tothe Chamber at (703) 707-9049.
RESTON FESTIVAL 2010 The Reston Festival is seeking
volunteers on July 10–11, 2010, for avariety of positions throughout theweekend with an opportunity to meetneighbors or fulfill communityservice hours while having fun.Contact Ha Brock [email protected] or call (703)435-7986. Indicate the day and shiftyou are available to volunteer. Inexchange for volunteer work, youwill receive a festival T-shirt and afree meal ticket. For moreinformation, visit
www.restonfestival.com.
WEED WARRIORS
PROJECT – ENGLISH IVYOn Saturday, June 26, 10 a.m. to noon,
ages 13 or older. Location: Firstentrance to Old Trail Drive, headingeast toward Soapstone Drive fromReston Parkway. The area nativetrees, ferns and wildflowers areunder attack by invasive exotic plantslike English ivy, Japanesehoneysuckle and bamboo. These fastgrowing, invasive plants escape frompeople’s yards and threaten localecosystems, taking away vital foodand habitat from already stressedwildlife populations.
RA needs warriors to join in rescuingReston’s parkland from theseaggressive plants. Spend a couple ofhours every 4th Saturday of eachmonth and help restore Reston’sforests to their natural state.
Long pants and long sleeves arerecommended; there will be poisonivy. Water, work gloves and tools willbe provided.
NATURE CENTER DOCENT PROGRAMCome learn about the Nature House and
find out how rewarding volunteeringcan be. The Nature Center Docentsstaff the front desk, greet visitors andprovide information at the year-round Nature House’s new state-of-the-art environmental learningfacility. Training includes anoverview of frequently askedquestions, a description of Reston’sfirst LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) Certifiedbuilding’s sustainability features, anda brief narrative of the Nature Househistory and current programs.
Docents staff the front desk on Saturdaysfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sundays 1–4p.m. or from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. onweekdays (closed on Tuesday). Formore information on the NatureCenter Docent Program, contact HaBrock at 703 - 435-7986 or [email protected].
CorrectionThe last week’s Volunteers column
[Page 5] featured an outdated file in-stead of the volunteers’ notes above.
Volunteer Opportunities
Faith Notes are for announcementsand events in the faith community, in-cluding special holiday services. Send [email protected] is Thursday.
Hope Fellowship Church willtemporarily be meeting at Woody’s GolfRange, 11801 Leesburg Pike, Herndon.Sunday Worship Services for this newSouthern Baptist church are at 10:45a.m.
The public is invited to join a grow-ing Bible believing, multi-ethnic/multi-cultural congregation, with Bible-based sermons and uplifting music.703-599-3527 or
www.hopefellowshipchurchloudoun.org.
Knitters needed the first and thirdWednesdays of the month, at 7 p.m., atSt. Timothy’s Episcopal Church,432 Van Buren St., Herndon. Thechurch’s Shawl Ministry is offering freeknitting instruction while providingshawls, blankets and other knitted itemsfor people in need. No cost and yarn canbe provided. E-mail [email protected] or visit the Pastoral Carepage at www.saint-timothys.org.
Nondenominational Christianbusinessmen meet for prayer, Biblicaldiscussion and fellowship 7 p.m. Fridays
at Anita’s, 1051 Elden St., Herndon and12 p.m. Thursdays at 555 Grove St.,Suite 200, Herndon. Call 703-795-1257.
Adult Sunday school will be held9:30 a.m. Sundays at the WashingtonPlaza Baptist Church at Lake Anne Vil-lage Center. The group is studying theGospel of Mark. Services follow at 11a.m.
Epiphany United Methodist Pre-school, 1014 Country Club Drive, N.E.in Vienna, is now enrolling 3-4-year-oldstudents for the 2010/2011 school year.Contact 703-938-2391 orwww.epiphanypreschool.com.
Faith Notes
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Sports
When Herndon High’s KirkNguyen failed to place inthe boys’ shot put event at
the Concorde District outdoor trackand field championships May 19-21at Westfield High School, his coacheschallenged him to put more effort andfocus into the event at the followingweek’s Northern Region champion-ships.
With a new mindset in regards toshot put, Nguyen was a different com-petitor at regionals the followingweekend (May 27-28) at LakeBraddock Secondary School where hewon both the shot put and discusevents to help boost the Hornet boysto a third place tie with host schoolLake Braddock in the team standings.
“He really stepped up at regionals,”said Sherry.
A week after that, Nguyen cappedthe postseason with a good effort atthe state AAA championships atSports Backers Stadium in Richmondwith a sixth place finish in discus anda ninth place in shot.
Nguyen’s postseason resurgencewas one of numerous highlights forHerndon High athletes throughoutthe districts, regionals and state com-petitions.
At districts, the Herndon girls’ teamput together a strong second placeshowing with 126 points, finishingbehind champion Oakton (146) andahead of third place Robinson (99).
Carina Peter had a fabulous show-ing at districts with first place finishesin both the 100 and 200 races, as wellas the long jump event.
Other first place finishes at districtscame from Cc Chambers in the dis-cus and Mehnaz Haq in the 800 race.Chambers was also a third place fin-isher in the shot put.
— Rich Sanders
Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The
Connection
Herndon High girls’ runnerCarolyn Hennessey.
HornetsStrongIn Postseason
The Reston Swim Team Association (RSTA) kicked off its 37thseason in grand style on Saturday, June 12. The day featured
spirited meets involving eight of the RSTA’snine swim teams. The scores of the meetswere as follows: North Hills – 526;Autumnwood - 427; Hunters Woods - 599Lake Newport 471; Lake Audubon - 615Lake Anne - 427; Newbridge – 546; andRidge Heights - 493. RSTA, which began in1973 with only a handful of small teams,now consists of nine 100-member teams.Members range in age from 6 to 18. Theprimary purpose and objective of RSTA isto develop and improve the capabilities oftheir swimmers while also promoting goodconduct and sportsmanship. This year’s sea-son runs through mid-July and concludeswith the annual All Stars meet on July 31.
Photo by
Bob Babcock
Ridge Heightsswimmer
Emma White(yellow cap)finishes her
leg of thegirls’ 11-12,
100-metermedley relay,
with team-mate KatiImel, 12,
diving in. Alsoon that team
were AnnaTignor and
Maya Becker.A Newbridge
swimmerstands in thebackground.
Reston Swimmers Kick Off New Season
Photo by Jodi Imel
Ridge Heights swimmer Elli Imel, 11, congratulates teammate EmmaWhite, 12, on their close finish during the girls’ 11-12, 50-meter breast-stroke race.
Photo by Jodi Imel
Ridge Heightsswimmer Maya
Becker, 11, finishedfirst in the butter-
fly race.
Photo by Bob Babcock
Diego White of theRidge Heights
team competes inthe 8-under boys’
25-meter butterfly
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By Alex McVeigh
The Connection
More than 30 students at HuntersWoods Elementary are workingwith artist Valerie Theberge on
the first project of Initiative for Public ArtReston. The project, a mosaic, will adornthe ceiling and walls of the underpass lo-cated near the intersection of Glade Roadand Colts Neck Road.
IPAR is made up of a civic and commu-nity organizations dedicated to creating anew generations of public art worksthroughout the community. Students havebeen working after school on Wednesdayssince May 19.
Hunters Woods Elementary was chosenbecause it is an arts and music-focusedschool, and it is located very close to theunderpass. The students meet for an hourand a half every Wednesday, with their lastsession June 23. Each student is creatingtheir own star, which Theberge will incor-porate into the mural. Since more than 30students are participating, the design willactually spill out of the underpass to makeroom for all the stars.
THE DESIGN, which features greens, yel-lows, reds and teals, will feature two trian-gular parts on the walls, which will lead intoa piece covering the ceiling of the under-pass.
“These students have really been amaz-ing, they’re all so capable and I’ve beenimpressed with their focus and creativitythroughout the project,” Theberge said.
Theberge has worked on public artprojects all over the country, but she saysshe has been especially impressed with thelevel of support and involvement in Reston.
“There’s been a lot of community involve-ment and input, between meetings with the
public and working with this class andschool, it’s really nice to have that,” she said.
For teachers, parents and students, theproject has been a fun way to do somethingafter school as well as make their mark ontheir community.
“My son wakes up every Wednesday andreminds me that today is art day,” saidCourtney Wilson, whose son Jonas, 9, is oneof the artists in training. “I think it’s fantas-tic for the kids to be able to see a projectlike this from start to finish. At the end,when they see their product permanentlyaffixed to the underpass, I think they’ll allget a sense of what it is to contribute totheir community.”
THE STUDENTS enjoy the creative pro-cess, as they spend their sessions workingon their stars, seeking input from others andworking together to put out the best de-signs. Knowing that their art project will beon display for all is just a bonus.
“I really, really like art, which is why Iwanted to do this,” said Monica Lannen, 12.“It’s fun to pick out the colors of tiles andput them all together. I’m looking forwardto seeing it when it’s finished.”
The Reston Association and the RestonCommunity Center have partnered withIPAR and Hunters Woods to coordinate theafter-school sessions.
“I think it’s a wonderful environment ofcollaboration and support for the students.Being able to share Valerie’s knowledge ofart is going to help them going forward,”said Anne Delaney, executive director ofIPAR. “This is a great way to start [IPARprojects], we hope to branch out to otherschools on future projects.
The students will submit their completedstars to Theberge June 23, and she will thentake them to her studio to incorporate intoher final design.
Reston Public ArtGets Underway
Photo by Alex McVeigh/The Connection
From left, Olivia Heatherly, 11; Dounia Lizreq, 11; Rhett Fetter, 12; andMonica Lannen, 12; work on their stars June 16 for the IPAR projectfeaturing work from students from Hunters Woods Elementary.
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Public ReviewsHighway Noise Policy
property. Existing sound walls will be re-paired or replaced based on an evaluationthat MWAA plans to complete by Novem-ber.
Supervisor Cathy Hudgins (D-HunterMill) attended the June 10 workshop andsaid she has met with MWAA officials.Hudgins said that MWAA has been coop-erative, considering “they said they wouldaddress the sound issues and would pro-vide funding” for sound wall constructionfrom the capital budget for the Dulles TollRoad.
However, she recognized that residentshave expressed some resistance to the draftproposal and hopes that MWAA would ad-dress these lingering issues.
“What I want to hear is what are the con-stituents’ concerns,” said Hudgins. “I wouldlike to have the citizens who have a con-cern to get a response as to how you canmitigate that concern.”
AREA RESIDENTS have expressed con-cerns about the draft policy and MWAA’saction on the noise issue.
J. Paul Jassal of Vienna has lived near theToll Road for three years and says the noisefrom highway traffic is so bad that it is dif-ficult to sleep at night.
“My wife and I have to sleep in the closet,”said Jassal. “They’re taking $1,200 a monthin my taxes. I expect them to put up a wall.”
“It’s impossible to adequately express howadversely the noise affects us,” said RonBank, a resident of the Symphony Mead-ows neighborhood located next to the TollRoad. His is one of a few neighborhoodsthat has no existing sound wall protection.
“We’ve been trying for years to get soundwalls for the communities that don’t havethem,” said Bank. “We very much appreci-ate that MWAA is doing this [workshop],but we have a lot of serious concerns aboutthe policy as it stands now.”
Bank would like MWAA to honor the firstsentence of the draft noise policy, whichstates that MWAA aims to address highwaynoise concerns along the Dulles Toll Roadand Airport Access Highway, in the spirit ofit, said Bank.
“The communities [seriously affected]should get a sound wall, period, withoutdealing with technicalities,” he said.
Bank also wants to see the draft policyinclude future rail traffic noise from theDulles Metrorail line that MWAA began con-structing in 2009.
Vienna resident Dixit Patel, who lives inthe Chathams Ford neighborhood near theToll Road, said that MWAA representativesin charge of the highway noise policy are“trying to separate from the rail project sothey might not have to build a wall” to miti-gate significant rail noise.
“If the train comes every five minutes,that’s 80 or 90 [decibels],” said Patel.
However, MWAA Deputy Vice Presidentfor Engineering Stephan Smith said that rail
noise is the responsibility of a differentMWAA project, the Dulles CorridorMetrorail Project, which would implementnoise mitigation measures as part of the railconstruction. The Metrorail Project plans toplace four to 6-foot parapet barriers alongthe track to reduce noise at locations pre-dicted to be most affected by rail noise, ac-cording to the Metrorail Project’s Environ-mental Impact Statement.
“Projects mitigate themselves,” saidSmith. “[The rail project] went through anoise analysis appropriate for rail projects.Highway noise mitigation falls under a high-way noise mitigation policy.”
THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP was “very ef-fective,” according to MWAA Design Man-ager Diane Hirsch.
“I think we’ve been able to give a positiveview of what we’re doing,” said Hirsch.
Smith encouraged residents to submittheir concerns to MWAA. The Board of Di-rectors will consider public feedback in de-termining the final policy.
“We’ll analyze those comments … andlook at the policy and determine if thereneed to be adjustments,” he said.
Smith said that MWAA’s draft noise policyis based on federal guidelines for traffic noisemitigation and is “very similar to what a statewould do, very similar to Virginia’s policy.”
“We’re not interested in doing anythingbut the right thing,” said Smith. “We liveand work here. The Authority is a customer-oriented organization, and we have folkswho live in the area.”
However, Vienna resident Ali Alavi saidthat because the MWAA Board of Directorsis not elected, “our concern is that the bestthing for taxpayers will not be in play here.”
Alavi lives in the Sun Valley neighbor-hood, which consists of 167 homes and islocated next to the Dulles Toll Road. He saidthat the noise level in the neighborhood’sbackyards is more than 70 decibels, whichis “like being about 3 feet away from a run-ning vacuum.”
Alavi would like to see MWAA adopt thesame policy that the Virginia Departmentof Transportation, in partnership with Fluor-Transurban, used in building HOT lanes onInterstate 495. Alavi feels that the soundbarriers from that project are “uniform” and“effective,” in contrast to the current soundwalls along the Toll Road, which are “ahodgepodge of different shapes, quality andsizes,” he said.
In addition, Alavi said that the MWAAworkshop is “just a show to say ‘we’re goodneighbors.’” He worries that the Board ofDirectors, which has the final say on thehighway noise policy, would not adequatelyconsider area residents’ concerns.
“We fear that to them, everything is aerialshots, everything is decibels, everything isaverage noise,” said Alavi. “For us, it is life.”
The full text of the draft policy, as well asthe online comment form, can be found atmwaa.com/tollroad/2941.htm.
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I have never been particularly charitable.Oh sure, I’ve given money here or there,especially when friends, neighbors, co-work-ers or family members have embraced – andsolicited for – a cause. But on the whole, myactions (make that inaction) have left a lot tobe desired. Unless of course, there were cook-ies or candy involved, or self-addressed, pre-stamped envelopes provided; otherwise, myinclination has been, generally speaking, notto “incline.” I have stayed pretty much withinmy perimeters, not navigating (heck, not evendrawing) outside the lines. I have been happytraveling within the imaginary guidelines setfor me, set by me, set because of me. Well,that’s about to change.
A little perspective goes a long way, and sotoo does an unexpected stage IV lung cancerdiagnosis affect a life-long non-smoker at age54; and so my perspective has changed (as in,“There are no atheists in foxholes,” a quotemost often attributed to World War II journal-ist, Ernie Pyle), evolved you might say,matured even, and now I’m redrawing someof those lines. I’m certainly not on the frontlines, it’s more of a rear guard-type action. I’mnot addressing and/or stamping those enve-lopes or calling prospective donors over thephone, nor am I soliciting in public. I’m sim-ply contributing, financially, more frequentlythan I have in the past. (That’s not sayingmuch, but it is saying something.) On the onehand, I figure it’s not too late. On the other, Ifigure, given my prognosis, it’s now or never. Idon’t think I’m making a Faustian-type deal,but neither do I know for sure that unselfishacts made in the face of death won’t result insome kind of positive feedback down the line(under the line? up the line? across the line?).Still, I’m a long way from committing myself toa potential spiritual-type purity that might, infact, alter the course (or is that curse?) of thatfuture line. Nevertheless, I’d rather be safethan sorry, or at least think I’m being safe somaybe I won’t be sorry. But who knows,really?
So yes, I suppose there is an ulteriormotive. Now, whether a few dollars spreadaround (by me) to those less fortunate than I(cancer issues not-always-withstanding,although likely underlying every decision Inow make; subconsciously probably, con-sciously definitely) and/or contributing tomore charitable endeavors (other than myself)won’t likely help me in this life, I can’t seehow it would hurt, either. Nor am I countingchickens or hatching a plan. I’m simply tryingto consider the bigger picture.
It’s not like I’m donating all my worldlypossessions or going on a pilgrimage to thePromised Land to find the true meaning of life– and death. I’m still living my normal (rel-atively speaking for a cancer patient receivingchemotherapy every three weeks) life, but try-ing to work into that “normal” life more dosand less don’ts, and to be more sensitive tothose who have not rather than to those whohave a lot.
I wouldn’t say this benevolence hit merecently. I would say it’s been a gradual year-or-so ago awakening, having hit me on Feb.27, 2009, when my internal medicine doctorfirst called me with the results of my biopsy.The “m” word has a way of sharpening yourfocus and maybe even redefining your valuesa bit.
So here I sit, 15 months later, approxi-mately, doing better than my oncologistexpected, and grateful for every result that hehas characterized as “above average.” I’m notthinking about death (too much), I’m thinkingabout life. And not just mine, but others. In apeculiar way, it sort of helps.
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