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The SoundOf Vienna
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‘Silver Line’AcceleratesNews, Page 3
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Reinhardt Liebig’s piano atMaplewood Grill is a highlight
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News
By Donna Manz
The Connection
The new Board of Directors of theViennaTysons Regional Chamber of Commerce [VTRCC] tookover when outgoing Chairman
of the Executive Committee Gina Cocomellohanded over the gavel to 2011 ExecutiveCommittee Chairman Cory Scott at the Jan.13 installation luncheon at Maggiano’s.Many 2010 directors returned to the 2011Board.
VTRCC president Diane Poldy installedthe new Board of Directors.
Long & Foster realtor Tana Keeffe wasselected by Cocomello as “Member of theYear” for her outstanding contribution toVTRCC projects and events. Keeffe createdand organized the Chamber’s annual holi-day party for children in homeless shelters,worked on the Chamber’s inaugural tradeshow and on casino night, and is theChamber’s liaison to local schools. Keeffemanaged the profitable beer tent duringOktoberfest.
“This is an inspirational Chamber,” saidScott in his first address in his new capac-ity. “That’s what drew me to it in the firstplace.
“We live in a blessed and inspiring com-munity.” Scott, Senior Property Managerat Tysons Corner Center, lives in Vienna withhis wife, daughter and soon-to-be son.
“Regardless of the condition of theeconomy, the Chamber’s goal is to be thereas a resource for businesses and the com-munity,” Scott said.
SIGNATURE EVENTS of the VTRCC arethe annual “Casino Night & Taste of theTown,” the Oktoberfest celebration in down-town Vienna and the newly-produced tradeshow. The annual Vienna Halloween Pa-rade is a partnership of the Town of Viennaand VTRCC.
VTRCC advocates for smart transporta-tion and smart land use as part of its mis-sion.
Scott explained how a business can get afeel for what the chamber can offer beforebecoming a member.
“The monthly Brown Bag University semi-nars are always free and open to the pub-lic,” said Scott. “Our member developmentcommittee has free monthly breakfastswhere businesses can meet chamber lead-ers and get a feel for everything the cham-ber has to offer. And businesses can comefree once to a monthly mixer as a guest ofthe chamber president.
“As always, the best way to get more infoon any of these opportunities is to call thechamber office and speak with our team,”Scott said.
“Anytime, anybody can reach out to Boardmembers to talk about the benefits of theChamber,” Scott said.
Casino Night & Taste of the Town,
Vienna’s popular winter social event, isscheduled for March 19 at Westwood Coun-try Club. The western-themed gala featuresfood, gaming tables, raffle prizes, cash bar,friends and more food. Fifteen local res-taurants are participating.
Tickets are priced at $75 and can be pur-chased from the Chamber.
The 2nd annual trade show, expandedand relocated from last year, features dem-onstrations, booths, presentations and akeynote address by prominent motivationalspeaker Chris Gardner.
The Chamber is sponsoring a three-partseminar on social networking this year, andis inaugurating a Young Professionals De-velopment series, as well.
“We’re always changing and growing tomake sure we have the right environmentfor all the stakeholders involved.”
CONGRESSMAN Gerry Connolly andVienna mayor M. Jane Seeman were seatedat the host’s table. Connolly spoke on thestate of the Fairfax County economy, Tysonsredevelopment, traffic in the Tysons area,and jobs.
“Slowly, but surely, we’re climbing out ofthe recession,” said Connolly, representa-
tive of the richest Congressional district inAmerica. “Here in Northern Virginia, wehave been remarkably insulated from someof the worst parts of the recession.”
He spoke, too, of the tragedy in Tucsonat Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on YourCorner,” commenting on the eloquence ofthose who spoke at Wednesday’s memorialservice for the victims. They captured,Connolly said, the meaning of such a trag-edy.
“Any one of us could have been there,”Connolly said. To bring the office of Con-gress to the community invites the commu-nity to share its concerns or just meet itsrepresentatives. “It brings services to thefolks we serve,” he said. Connolly led amoment of silence in honor of the slain andthe wounded.
Scott rounded out his upbeat address asnew chairman with a pragmatic message.“Don’t miss out on the opportunities allaround you,” he said.
To buy tickets for Casino Night & Taste ofthe Town or to learn more about theViennaTysons Regional Chamber of Com-merce, see www.vtrcc.org or call Chamberoffices at 703- 281-1333 in Vienna or 703-286-0752 in McLean.
Cory Scott takes overas new Chairman.
VTRCC Installs 2011 Board of Directors
VTRCC installation luncheon Master of Ceremonies Rich Irons, Chamberpresident Diane Poldy, 2010 board chairman Gina Cocomello, U.S. Rep.Gerry Connolly [D-11], Vienna Mayor M. Jane Seeman, and 2011 Chair-man of the Board Cory Scott.
2010 VTRCC Chairman of theBoard Gina Cocomello hands overthe gavel to 2011 Chairman CoryScott of Vienna.
Tana Keeffe, Long & Foster realtorat the Earman Company, receivedVTRCC’s Member of the Yearaward.
Seven TJHSSTStudents NamedIntel Semifinalists
Seven students at Thomas JeffersonHigh School for Science and Technol-ogy in Alexandria were named semi-finalists in the 2011 Intel Science Tal-ent Search. Each semifinalist will re-ceive a $1,000 award. In addition, TJwill receive $1,000 for each semifinal-ist to be used to further excellence inscience, math and engineering educa-tion.
TJ’s Intel semifinalists and the titlesof their projects are:
William Edward Bunting, 18,Herndon, Neutrino and An-tineutrino Mass Bounds by a NewMethod
Sanjeet Das, 18, Chantilly,Metamaterial integrated SolarConcentrator (MiSC)
Sang Min Han, 18, Fairfax,Excitation of Low FrequencyStimulated ElectromagneticEmissions (LF/SEE) in theIonosphere by High Power RadioWaves
Kelly McKenzie Ivins-O’Keefe,16, Annandale, Hydrogen Sulfide:A Novel Molecular Target forBreast Cancer Therapy
Venkat Iyer, 17, Herndon, Crystal-lization of a Novel MalarialProtein CelTOS, for X-ray CrystalStructure Determination andAnti-malarial Development
Aman Dev Kansal, 18, Vienna,Synthesis and Characterization ofIndium Nitride Nanowires
Rachel Epstein Marzen, 17,McLean, Climate Induced Ecosys-tem Regime Shifts in the BeringSea: Evidence from the BenthicOstracode Assemblage
Three hundred semifinalists wereselected this year from a pool of 1,744applicants representing 499 highschools in 42 states, the District ofColumbia, and one overseas school.Finalists will be announced Jan. 26,and invited to attend the week-longIntel Science Institute in Washington,D.C., in March and compete for agrand prize of $100,000.
The Intel Science Talent Search rec-ognizes independent research de-signed and executed by the students.Students submit detailed research re-ports, essay questions, recommenda-tions, transcripts, and test scores.
All students at TJ are expected tocomplete a science or engineering re-search project during twelfth grade,either by working in one of the 13 sci-ence and technology research labora-tories at the school, or by working ina commercial, government or univer-sity research lab or technical facilitythrough TJ’s mentorship program. TJstudents competing in the Intel Sci-ence Talent Search typically begintheir projects before 12th grade.
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See Presidents, Page 7
By Donna Manz
The Connection
Ever wonder who was thefirst president to havehis entire presidency
covered by 24-hour cable TV?Or, why Calvin Coolidge wasseen and not heard in his 1924campaign newsreel at the mov-ies? And which U.S. president’simage is more accuratelyknown today than when he waspresident?
Jane Hampton Cook won-dered those things, and theVienna author answered thosequestions, and more, in hersixth book, weaving narrativeand fact into an easy-to-readhistory of technology.
‘What Does the PresidentLook Like?’ was written for chil-dren. The facts, though, nestledin sidebars along each page,offer glimpses into the mediaavailable from GeorgeWashington’s presidency upthrough that of Barack Obama,
facts that will draw in theadults, as well.
HAMPTON COOK, a formerwebmaster in the George W.Bush White House, was in-spired by her tenure there toexamine the tools newsmenand the public had to see whatthe U.S. president looked like.
“If the President comes totown today, you’d grab yourdigital camera or phone to takea picture of him,” said Cook.“Going back in time, how didpeople know what the presidentlooked like?”
In her newest book, HamptonCook tells her readers that itwas Washington’s wife Marthawho convinced the president tosit for Gilbert Stuart. PresidentWashington did not like havinghis portrait painted at all.
Abraham Lincoln was the firstpresident to be photographed.His photographer, Matthew
By Nicholas M. Horrock
The Connection
The managers of the Dulles CorridorMetrorail Project said Wednesday thatlast January’s (2010) record blizzard anddelays in utility relocation along the
Route 7 resulted in a 3.5 months delay in the Phase1 of the mammoth rail project.
The “scheduled substantial completion date is fore-cast for November 21, 2013,” which is about 3.5months behind schedule, the managers reported. OnDec. 22, 2010, the Metrorail managers gave DullesTransit Partners, the contractor, “interim directionfor schedule acceleration.” DTR’s recovery plan torecoup all lost time has been provided to the Metro-politan Washington Airport Authority which is build-ing the line and will direct the rail connection fromWest Falls Church to Dulles International Airport.
Pat Nowakowski, executive director of theMetrorail project told members of the Airport Au-thority, that the project managers have estimated forbudget purposes that the acceleration will cost $7million dollars. He said the costs are being negoti-ated with DTR and could come in higher or lowerthan the $7 million figure.
Accelerated work is underway, he said.The delay came up in a briefing on the fourth quar-
ter of 2010 for the Airport Authority at its ReaganNational Airport headquarters.
Other key points in the briefing were:❖ Construction is 27 per cent complete.❖ Work on five stations continues to progress❖ Final design is 95 percent complete❖ Utility relocation is 99 percent complete.❖ There have been no recorded injuries on the job
since Oct. 1, 2010 and the recordable incident rateis 1.42 for 5.5 million work hours
George Morschauser, project executive director forDTR, said his firm has targeted safety on this projectincluding letting workers craft their own safety tech-niques, continuous training and mentoring programs.
He said that DTR conducts a safety warning mes-
sage for the public on WTOP radio and said the pub-lic needs to be alert when driving and walking nearthe miles of work sites.
He said one man, driving with his son in the car,inadvertently followed a dump truck into a work zoneand became stuck in the mud and the car had to becraned out.
Marcia McAllister, communications manager forthe Metrorail project, said the Jan. 10, 2010 stormand its impact on utility relocation were at the coreof the 3.5 month delay.
The storm itself delayed work and then the bulk ofthe power companies working on the relocation torestore power to the thousands of businesses andhomeowners in the Washington area hard hit by theunusual snowfall.
McAllister said relocating the utilities was vital tothe project. It meant shifting power lines for all theoffices, homes, businesses along Route 7 and for shift-ing some sewer lines and other underground cablesand connections.
“We have moved much of the wiring undergroundand you can notice along a lot of Route 7 that tele-phone poles and overhead power lines have disap-peared,” she said.
Nowakowski said the delay in getting delivery ofnew rail cars (now 2013 and 2014) has been eased.Metro has agreed to supply additional cars from itsrolling stock for tests along the new “Silver Line,” asthe Dulles route is called, while delivery of the newcars is ongoing.
He reported that the project has to pay sales taxon materials and labor it buys and that this was notconsidered in the planning and that it has been paidfrom the project’s $312 million contingency fund.
McAlister said that when the project was firstlaunched some believed the Virginia legislaturewould waive the sales tax on a public project, butthat never materialized. The board members in-structed Nowakowski to learn if the Virginia Depart-ment of Transportation has to pay tax on materialsand labor.
Nowakowski said that about half of the nearly $3billion phase one budget has been spent.
The “Silver Line” was a project that many hopedwould be built in 1976 when Dulles first opened. Itis some 23 miles long and construction is in twophases. Phase 1 is Wiehle Avenue to Reston in 2013.Phase 2 is Reston to Virginia 772, beyond Dulles by2015.
‘Silver Line’ AcceleratesRail to Dulles runs 3.5months behind schedule,accelerated work underway.
Both inbound andoutbound tunnelmining is completeand the tunnelsmoothing shotcreteapplication forwaterproofing is nowunderway.
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Jane Hampton Cook, Vienna author and mother oftwo, was webmaster in the George W. Bush WhiteHouse.
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See Music Venues, Page 11
By Donna Manz
The Connection
If one were to Google “music” and “Vienna,” up wouldpop Mozart and Strauss.The Connection is making
the search for local music easier.Here’s a run-down on local musicvenues.
Vienna is graced with venuesthat stand out not only for theirmusic, but for their communitysupport, as well. From classy pi-ano bar to kiddie rock, adult rockand open mics, Vienna runs thegamut of music offerings.
MAPLEWOOD GRILL,132 Branch Rd. SE. Phone: 703-281-
0070; www.Maplewoodgrill.comMaplewood Grill is an upscale
restaurant, a happy-hours destina-tion, and, a piano bar four to fivetimes a week.
When Marcel Kuchler and hisson, Chef Paul, transformed LeCanard into Maplewood Grill, theydid more than remodel and modifythe menu from French cuisine tocontemporary American. TheKuchlers added live music.
What the Kuchlers got was anintimate piano bar where custom-ers feel free to pull up chairs nextto the piano or jam along with thepianists.
Reinhardt Liebig plays jazz, clas-sics and standards on piano onWednesdays, Fridays and Satur-days.
Restaurant patron Larry Koppmakes the trip from Haymarketonce a month, along with his clari-net, to jam with Reinhardt Liebig.Kopp says he also come for theschnitzel.
Terry Lee Ryan, pianist and vo-calist, performs on Thursdays, 7 to10 p.m. Ryan plays and sings stan-dards, blues and New Orleans-style music.
Lou Neely performs the first andthird Tuesday of every month, 8to 10 p.m. A vocalist and musician,Neely sings jazz blues and ballads,accompanying himself on piano,keyboard or guitar.
Chef Paul Kuchler is a hands-onkind of restaurant owner, whip-ping out creative American cuisineat Maplewood Grill, which he co-owns with his father, Marcel, ormanning his restaurant’s commu-nity events booths.
“We wanted to start somethingunique in Vienna,” said Chef Paul,who operates the Maplewood Grillwith his father. “No place inVienna, that I know of, has a pi-ano lounge.
p.m. To sign up, e-mail Jim Dowell [email protected] or Director ofParks and Recreation Cathy Salgadoat [email protected]
Jim Dowell, who has performedat the Vienna Town Green’s suc-cessful open mic nights since theybegan, wondered, “why can’t wehave open mic nights indoors therest of the year?”
Cathy Salgado, Director of Townof Vienna Parks and Recreation,liked the idea that Dowell pro-posed. So much so, she turned theconcept over to Dowell for execu-tion.
Dowell and his wife now live inFalls Church, but his wife grew upin Vienna and the Dowells werefamiliar with the community cen-ter. Dowell looked at open micnights at the community center asa way to bring entertainment dur-ing the winter months, an exten-sion of the Town Green concertprogramming.
The mic is not technically“open.” Musicians do have to signup in advance. Dowell schedulesup to nine acts, giving each ap-proximately 15 minutes to per-form while allowing a few minutesfor equipment changes betweenacts. The community center openmic nights have featured musicalartists as young as eight and as oldas mid-sixties. Most, however,Dowell said, are between the agesof 30 and 55.
The slots fill up and Dowell rec-ommends signing up about threeweeks in advance of date.
“There’s a lot of very talentedpeople in this area,” said Dowell.“The D.C. area is known as a greatmusic scene even in Nashville.”
All this local talent likes to show-case themselves, Dowell said, andthe community center’s open micgives them a venue outside of bars.
Dowell is looking for ways tocoattail the open mic programswith other community events,such as art shows.
Many of the performers are re-turnees.
“The main idea was to have avenue for young people to comeout and perform, especially thechildren,” Dowell said. “We wouldlike to see more new people joinus.”
CAFFE AMOURI107 Church St. NE. Phone: 703-938-
1623; www.caffeamouri.comWhen Caffe Amouri owner
Michael Amouri envisioned hiscommunity coffeehouse, a state-of-the-art sound system was in his
The Sound of ViennaFrom open mics to name bands, Vienna offers variety.
“The piano bar gives our restau-rant another dimension,” Kuchlersaid. “It’s the trifecta of good food,a great bar with specialty drinks,and a piano lounge.
“You can have a meal, or comefor dessert and drinks, and listento the music.”
JAMMIN’ JAVA227 Maple Ave E. Phone: 703-255-1566;
www.jamminjava.comJammin’ Java has a split person-
ality.By day, Jammin’ Java offers daily
tot rock along with coffee andsandwiches. By night, it’s an adultmusic venue. And, frequently,Jammin’ Java supports Vienna-area groups who are fundraisingor launching a career.
“We get a kick out of helping lo-cal talent,” said Daniel Brindley,one of Jammin’ Java’s co-ownerbrothers. Brindley said it’s a delib-erate move to promote local mu-sicians. “There is good local talentthat can sell tickets,” Brindley said.
While nighttime grown-up mu-sic is Jammin’ Java’s “main event,”as Brindley calls it, the morningkiddie rock shows and family mati-nees offer something different andwelcome to the community.Brindley calls it a “give-and-take”relationship. The community getsunique programming, usually lo-cal musicians, and Jammin’ Javautilizes daytime space.
“We think it’s really cool to givethis opportunity to the community,and it works for us, as well,”Brindley said.
When it comes to fundraisers,Jammin’ Java tries to be as flex-ible and accommodating as theycan, noting that the venue, none-theless, has to cover costs.
Jammin’ Java stands in themidst of downtown Vienna onMaple Avenue. The Brindleybrothers took over an extant cof-feehouse, turning it into some-thing that offers so much more.From evening music performancesthat have made Jammin’ Java oneof Washington’s most well-knownmusic venues to morning familyshows and weekend matinees,Jammin’ Java has made the mostof its ten years in Vienna.
Open micsand moreVIENNA COMMUNITY CENTER120 Cherry Street SE. Phone: 703-255-
6360; www.viennava.gov/Town_Departments/pr3.htm
Open mic nights: Saturdays, Feb. 26,March 26, and April 23; 7 to 9:30
Photo by Donna Manz/The Connection
Reinhardt Liebig plays jazz and standards on piano onWednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at the MaplewoodGrill. Frequently, restaurant patrons like Larry Kopp jamalong with Liebig.
Contributed
Natalie York of Vienna, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter,launched her first professional CD at Jammin’ Java inlate December.
“The piano bar gives ourrestaurant another dimension.”
— Paul Kuchler, Maplewood Grill
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Presidents, Up Close and Personal
Brady, went on to photograph 18presidents in his lifetime.
“By Lincoln’s time, photographywas the new media of the day,”Hampton Cook said. The preser-vation of the likeness of the sittingpresident was guided by the tools– or technology – out there.
From paintings and cartoons tocampaign posters, photography,stereographs, silent movies andnewsreels, Americans could put aface, and a pose, on their presi-dent.
Franklin Roosevelt was shown innewsreels at the movies. By the1960s, everyone had TV in theirhomes, and television brought theKennedy-Nixon debates to familiesacross America. Fledgling CNNcovered the entire daily presidencyof Ronald Reagan.
“I hope the book helps kids con-nect the dots between the paint-ings of yesteryear and theSmartphones of today,” HamptonCook said.
In Hampton Cook’s first book,“Maggie Houston,” readers learnabout Texas Governor SamHouston’s decision to support the
Union during the Civil War whilethe rest of Texas was supportingthe Confederacy. The story, seenfrom the eyes of Maggie Houston,was written for the 10- to 13 year-old age group.
“Stories of Faith and Couragefrom the Revolutionary War” is a365-day devotional/digest basedon stories from the Founders of theUnited States, written for adults.
“Stories of Faith and Couragefrom the War in Iraq and Afghani-stan,” co-written with two otherauthors, tells 365 stories from U.S.troops or their families, based onpersonal experiences.
“It was so good for soldiers totell their stories and know they’llbe remembered,” Hampton Cooksaid.
“Faith of America’s First Ladies”uses stories from the lives of FirstLadies to illustrate the principlesof womanhood.
“B is for Baylor” is an alphabetbook, written for ages three andup. Hampton Cook received herundergraduate degree fromBaylor.
For “What Does the PresidentLook Like?” Hampton Cook re-searched primarily online
through the Library of Congress.Her White House contacts helped,too. A librarian at the WhiteHouse directed Hampton Cook tosources within the White Houseitself.
“I had a blast doing the re-search,” said Hampton Cook.
Hampton Cook and her husbandmoved from Texas to the Washing-ton area when George W. Bushwon the White House. She servedas Bush’s webmaster when he wasgovernor of Texas and took overthe role in Washington, D.C.
THE COOKS moved to Vienna in2006, a year after the birth of theirfirst child. Two and a half yearslater, a brother joined him. Thefamily lives in the center of town,taking advantage of Vienna ameni-ties and special events.
“What I really like about Viennais being close to commerce butbeing in a residential area, too,”Hampton Cook said. “I like thecommunity feeling that Viennaoffers.”
As for why Calvin Coolidge wasseen and not heard, the reason isquite logical. Sound movies hadyet to be produced.
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Opinion
By Gov. Bob McDonnell
(R)
The average NorthernVirginia commuterspends 70 hours peryear sitting in traffic, ac-
cording to the Texas TransportationInstitute’s 2010 Urban Mobility Re-port. This is almost three dayswasted — time that could be spentwith family, working to improve oureconomy, or volunteering to makeour communities better. This muchtime wasted in congestion is unacceptable.
That is why I have proposed a multi-facetedtransportation package that leverages our re-sources to invest in needed transportationprojects today. My comprehensive transporta-tion package will inject $4 billion into trans-portation in the next three years alone, with-out raising taxes. It will get drivers out ofgridlock and put Virginians back to work.
Some have said that this plan, the single larg-est monetary infusion for transportation indecades, doesn’t do enough for transportation.They say it won’t fully resolve theCommonwealth’s transportation needs. I agreethat this plan is not the answer to every chal-lenge we face. There simply is no single easyanswer or funding source that can immediatelysolve Virginia’s transportation challenges. Doesthat mean we should do nothing while the de-bate continues on transportation? I think not.This plan is a major step in the right direction.
Passage of our transportationpackage will fund 900 projectsacross our Commonwealth. Here inNorthern Virginia, where I wasraised, these projects include theextension of HOV/HOT Lanes onInterstate-95/395, the widening ofInterstate 66, the widening of a keysection of Rolling Road in FairfaxCounty to address the expected traf-fic impacts of BRAC, widening
Route 7 in Loudoun County and wid-ening Route 28 in Fairfax and PrinceWilliam counties. Those are signifi-
cant projects that will have reduce the timeyou spend in traffic so you can spend moretime at home and at work.
Here is how our plan works. We will simplyaccelerate the issuing of $1.8 billion in bondsalready approved by bipartisan majorities inthe General Assembly in 2007. The fundingsources are already in place to pay the debtservice. By doing this, we can take advantageof record low interest rates and historically lowprices for highway projects to get the mostbang for the buck.
We will also issue $1.1 billion in federalGARVEE bonds, which are federally authorizedbonds sold to finance a specific capital project.In the case of these bonds, the state will usefederal transportation funds to pay the debtservice.
Additionally, we will use $400 million in one-time money available from our successful au-dit of VDOT and last year’s budget surplus to
create the Virginia Transportation Infrastruc-ture Bank which will support private and lo-cality investments in projects that make ourhighway system safer and less congested. Even-tually this bank will grow to $1 billion by theend of our administration.
Not only will our plan get new roads builtquickly, it will put thousands of Virginians towork at the same time. For every $100 millionspent on highway construction, it is estimated3,000 jobs are created or supported. This planwill mean thousands of new jobs for Virgin-ians in one of the toughest job markets in gen-erations.
For all of these reasons, 43 major businessand transportation groups, including theNorthern Virginia Technology Council, theDulles Area Transportation Association, theNorthern Virginia Transportation Alliance, andthe chambers of commerce of Reston, Loudoun,the Dulles Area, Fairfax County, Prince Will-iam, Springfield and Arlington all strongly sup-port this plan — the only comprehensive trans-portation program anyone has put forward toget roads built and reduce congestion. And, itis why state Sen. Chuck Colgan (D-29), chair-man of the Senate Finance Committee, hassigned on as a co-patron of the bill.
Rather than spend more years debating andpointing fingers, let’s get started investing intransportation improvements today. This fis-cally responsible, comprehensive transporta-tion program will get new roads built now andwill move our Commonwealth forward on thiscritical issue. It is attracting broad, bipartisansupport and I encourage you to visit mywebsite, www.governor.virginia.gov to read thedetails of my plan for yourself. I know that,working together, we can get traffic moving inVirginia.
It’s Time for ResponsibleTransportation InvestmentGovernor’s plan will dedicate $4 billion totransportation in next three years.
Commentary
Business ofGovernmentTo the Editor:
I read your editorial entitled,Transportation Plan without Sub-stance [Great Falls Connection,Jan/ 19-25]. I think that you areright on the mark. I am in favor ofthe Commonwealth owning liquorstores, and earning money fromthat endeavor. Experience clearlyshows that government is so muchbetter at running things than arecommercial interests. We have anexcellent local example of that inthe construction of the CapitolVisitors Center that was overseenby Congress.
Liquor is an evil substance sokeeping prices high through lackof competition (at least for thosepersons unable to cross thePotomac to DC or Maryland) helpsinhibit its use. I favor ending sale
of wine and beer through outletsnot owned by the Commonwealth.What do grocery and beveragestores know about selling productsanyway?
I am hoping that GovernorMcDonnell will consider importingsome unemployed central plan-ners from the old Soviet Union,and find even more sources of rev-enue by running more businesses.I suggest that community newspa-pers could be the next source ofrevenue.
Max PadonGreat Falls
Time to Act NowOn GlobalWarmingTo the Editor:
As the 112th Congress and the
General Assembly begin their ses-sions, I remind legislators thattheir agendas should include ad-dressing climate change. Duringcold periods such as January inWashington, it’s easy to deny glo-bal warming, but the planet is in-deed heating up. According to theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration, the first quarter of2010, famous for“snowmaggedon,” turned out tobe the warmest first quarter onrecord. The year 2010 tied 2005as the warmest year on record, andthe month of June and the sum-mer of 2010 were the warmest onrecord as well.
Our country cannot afford thecosts of climate change, which in-clude heat-related deaths,droughts, destroyed crops and in-frastructure. Instead, we need theclean energy investments and jobsthat a renewable energy revolu-tion will bring. Studies like the one
by the University of Massachusettshave found that clean energy in-vestments could create 1.7 millionjobs. We know the facts and therelative costs, and the VirginiaCommission on Climate Change,numerous scientists, multiple re-spected studies and countless au-thorities have urged Congress toact. How much more does it take?When will Congress act?
Linda BurchfielMcLean
The writers is a Chair of NOVACAN(Northern Virginia Climate ActionNetwork).
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The highlight of the win
ter social calendar – the18th Annual CasinoNight & Taste of the Town -
comes this year on March 19. Sponsoredby the Vienna Tysons Regional Chamberof Commerce [VTRCC], the gala drawsapproximately 300 guests to game ca-sino-style, win raffle prizes, bid onunique auction selections, eat food fromthe area’s most popular restaurants (15of them), drink and eat some more.There’s even a DJ.
Every guest receives a goody bag atcheck-in which includes gaming ‘money’and a couple of free drink coupons. Atthe end of the evening, guests redeemtheir winnings for raffle tickets for goodsand services. The silent auction includesjewelry, sports memorabilia, gift basketsand services. Tickets are $75 each.
VTRCC Chairman of the Board CoryScott says it’s time to pull out the cow-boy boots. Once again, Casino Night iswestern-themed.
The good times roll from 7 p.m. tomidnight at Westwood Country Club,800 Maple Ave., East.
Neighbors mingle with neighbors,business people mingle with everybody… it’s festive, it’s funky, it’s fun.
For more information or to buy tickets, go towww.vtrcc.org or call 703-281-1333.
1ST STAGE THEATREProfessional theatre in Tysons Corner
found a home when 1st Stage presentedits first production in September 2008.Approximately 20 productions later, 1stStage has included in its repertoiredrama, re-told classics, musicals, comedy and mys-tery. Its production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mouse-trap” consistently filled the house.
1st Stage received the Helen Hayes Awards 2010John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging The-atre. Artistic Director Mark Krikstan taught dramaat George C. Marshall High School before retiringand turning his attention full-time to theatrical pro-duction.
“Fuddy Meers” plays Feb. 4 through Feb. 27; “TheGlass Menagerie” March 25 through April 17; “ByJeeves,” May 20 through June 19.
Tickets are priced at $25 general admission, and$15 for students.
Performances are Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m.
1st Stage Theatre, 1524 Springhill Road, Suite LL, McLean.Free parking. http://1ststagespringhill.org/
VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER FOR TWOCulinaria describes the relationship between food
and romance like this: “Ever since Marc Antony firstfed Cleopatra grapes, food and its sensual side hasbeen intertwined with romance.”
So, that’s why men give the special women in theirlives chocolates on Valentine’s Day.
Culinaria Cooking School, on Pleasant Street, goesa step further than chocolates and grapes.
On Monday, Feb. 14, from 7 to 10 p.m., Culinariaoffers couples a cooking class that takes a romanticValentine’s Day dinner to the next level.
Culinaria staff members Robyn Alexander, StephenSands and John Peters conduct the class that fea-tures basil-eggplant soup, grilled sea scallops withbasil & lavender essence, pasta with asparagus,chicken and gorgonzola and warm chocolate cakeswith Grand Marnier whipped cream.
Dinner for Two, $120.Culinaria’s winter schedule includes knife skills,
specialty, themed, international and wine classes.Classes are held both in the evening and during theday.
Culinaria Cooking School, 110 Pleasant Street NW, Vienna;703-865-7920. http://www.culinariacookingschool.com/index.aspx
LUNCH N’ LIFEShepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna provides ser-
vices, personal enrichment and volunteer opportu-nities for adults over 50. Every quarter, SCOV hostsa luncheon featuring music or presentation. The din
From Casino Night to gourmet cuisine,there’s something to heat up the cold months.
Having Fun in Vienna
The 18th Annual Casino Night & Taste of the Towngoes western on March 19 at Westwood CountryClub. Tickets are available from the Vienna TysonsRegional Chamber of Commerce at vtrcc.org.
Culinaria Cooking School’s couple classes feature aspecial Valentine’s Day menu on Feb. 14.
Photos by Donna Manz/The Connection
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THURSDAY/JAN. 27Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support
Group. 6:30 p.m. Sunrise of McLean,8315 Turning Leaf Lane, McLean.703-902-8102.
SATURDAY/JAN. 29Del. Barbara Comstock (R-34) is
holding a Great Falls Town HallMeeting, 10:00 a.m. at the Great FallsGrange, 9818 Georgetown Pike. Del.Comstock invites you to join her inGreat Falls to discuss issues facing theCommonwealth.
Conversations About Elder Issues.10 a.m. The Women’s Center, 127Park St. N.E., Vienna. Tips andstrategies for effective communicationwithin and between generations. WithJeannett Twomey, JD, Va. CertifiedMediator and Sharon Schroer, JD.$45, $35 members. Register atwww.thewomenscenter.org or 703-281-2657.
MONDAY/JAN. 31Northern Virginia Chapter of the
National Alliance on MentalIllness Meeting. 7 p.m. at FirstChristian Church, 6165 Leesburg Pike,Falls Church. 703-256-2908.
WEDNESDAY/FEB. 2Raise Your Child’s Social IQ:
Stepping Stones to People Skillsfor Kids. 7:30 p.m. Flint HillElementary, 2444 Flint Hill Road,Vienna. With author, social workerand psychotherapist Cathi Cohen.Open to parents of Flint HillElementary or Thoreau Middle Schoolstudents. www.fhespta.org.
THURSDAY/FEB. 3Volunteers for Change
Orientation. 6-7 p.m. Whole Foods,
143 Maple Ave. East, Vienna.Weekend and weekday eveningprojects. Register at 703-246-3895 [email protected].
Alzheimer’s Caregiver SupportGroup. 10 a.m. UnitarianUniversalist Church of Fairfax, 2709Hunter Mill Road, Oakton. 703-281-9515.
Welcome Club of Northern VirginiaLuncheon. 11 a.m. at Maggiano’sRestaurant at Tysons Galleria, 2001International Drive, McLean. “NanaTechnology: Improving the Quality ofLife for Seniors.” $30. Registrationrequired atwww.welcomeclubnvirginia.com.
FRIDAY/FEB. 4Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
Auxiliary ScrapbookingWeekend. 6 p.m.-12 a.m. VVFD, 400Center St. South, Vienna. Vendors,supplies and expert advice available.Meals available for purchase. $45-$55. Proceeds benefit the [email protected] or 703-281-5797.
SATURDAY/FEB. 5Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
Auxiliary ScrapbookingWeekend. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. VVFD, 400Center St. South, Vienna. Vendors,supplies and expert advice available.Meals available for purchase. $45-$55. Proceeds benefit the [email protected] or 703-281-5797.
V-Day Oakton 2011 Auditions for“A Monologue, A Memory, ARant and A Prayer.” 10 a.m.-2p.m. at Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. V-Day is a globalactivist movement to end violenceagainst women and girls. Registrationrequired atwww.vdayoakton2011.weebly.com
TUESDAY/FEB. 8Langley “Saxonette” Dance Team
Clinic. 4:40 p.m. Langley HighSchool, 6520 Georgetown Pike,McLean. For 4th-8th graders with alllevels of dance [email protected].
Vienna Area Branch of AAUW. 7p.m. Patrick Henry Library, 101 MapleAve East, Vienna. GMU Professor Dr.Anita Taylor Discusses the Future ofthe Feminist Movement in the Early21st Century. Free, public invited.703-321-7499.
WEDNESDAY/FEB. 9Virginia Chronic Pain Support
Group Meeting. 1:30 p.m. atKaplan Center for IntegrativeMedicine, 6829 Elm St., Suite 300,McLean. Group leader, Jodi Brayton,LCSW. 703-532-4892.
SATURDAY/FEB. 12Brinker Toastmasters. 9:30 a.m. at
Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 ParkSt. N.E., Vienna. Meets second andfourth Saturday of the month.brinker.wordpress.com.
T’ai Chi Practice. 8 a.m. at St. Luke’sCatholic School Gymnasium, 7005Georgetown Pike, McLean. Saturdaysthrough March. Free, open to all. Nospecial clothing or equipment needed.www.FreeTaiChi.org or 703-759-9141.
MONDAY/FEB. 14Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support
Group. 5 p.m. Lewinsville Adult DayHealth Care Center, 1609 Great FallsRoad, McLean. 703-734-1718.
TUESDAY/FEB. 15Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support
Group. 5 p.m. The Sylvestry AssistedLiving, 1728 Kirby Road, McLean.
703-506-2122.
WEDNESDAY/FEB. 16Beth Emeth Early Childhood
Center Open House. 10:30 a.m.Congregation Beth Emeth, 12523Lawyers Road, Herndon. Take a tour,see classes in action, meet staff andmore. 703-860-4515, ext. 114 [email protected]/beecc.htm.
SATURDAY/FEB. 19Vienna Lions Club 48th Annual
Bland Contest. 1 p.m. at Assemblyof God Church, 100 Ayr Hill Ave.,Vienna. Vocal and instrumentalcategories for Virginia students up to12th grade. Applications available at703-938-7716 [email protected].
T’ai Chi Practice. 8 a.m. at St. Luke’sCatholic School Gymnasium, 7005Georgetown Pike, McLean. Saturdaysthrough March. Free, open to all. Nospecial clothing or equipment needed.www.FreeTaiChi.org or 703-759-9141.
WEDNESDAY/FEB. 23Support Group for Survivors of
Clergy Abuse. 6:30 p.m in theconference room of the Tysons-Pimmit Hills Regional Library, 7684Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Amonthly peer support group forsurvivors and others affected. Free.Confidential. No registration required.703-538-6128.
JSSA Parent Support Group forYoung Adults Across the AutismSpectrum. 7 p.m. at JSSA, 3018Javier Road, Fairfax. A monthlysupport group to discuss participants’interests and concerns. Identifyingcommunity resources, building asupport network and balancing one’sown needs with that of an adult son ordaughter. Register at 703-204-9100.
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THURSDAY/JAN. 27Patrick Henry Book Club. 1 p.m.
Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave.East, Vienna. Book discussion. Call fortitle. Adults. 703-938-0405.
Jonas Sees In Color, Poema,Queens Club, Mercury InSummer and The Baby Grand. 7p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. jamminjava.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”and “The Dogs are Coming.” 7p.m. George C Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece aboutan Armenian girl struggling withprejudice & separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
Ari Hest with Bess Rogers. 8 p.m.The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 TrapRoad, Vienna. Indie-folk. $18. 703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
FRIDAY/JAN. 28Mason Jazz Concert. 8 p.m. at the
George Mason University Center forthe Arts Harris Theatre, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Free. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.
L.A. Theatre Works “The Real Dr.Strangelove”. 8 p.m. at the GeorgeMason University Center for the ArtsConcert Hall, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Tickets $18-$36, available at888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.
“The Drowsy Chaperone.“ 8 p.m.McLean Community Center AldenTheatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.
George C Marshall High School will be presenting two mid winter family one acts:“Wolf Tales” and “The Dogs are Coming,” Jan. 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 29 and 30at 2 p.m. Tickets $5 for all, includes both shows. Free parking. Pictured: MarshallHigh students in ‘Wolf Tales.’
Glamorous brides, tap-dancinggroomsmen and more. $17-$19. 703-790-9223 or www.mcleanplayers.org.
“The Dining Room”. 7:30 p.m. JamesMadison High School, 2500 JamesMadison Drive, Vienna. The play takesplace in one dining room, outside ofthe restraints of time. $5.madisondrama.com.
English Conversation Group. 10a.m. Patrick Henry Library, 101 MapleAve. East, Vienna. English
conversation group for adults. 703-938-0405.
Pokemon League. 3 p.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East,Vienna. Learn and play. Age 5-18.703-938-0405.
Callers and Brainfang at 7 p.m. andMurphy’s Kids, Irresponsibleand Feed God Cabbage at 10 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. jamminjava.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”
and “The Dogs are Coming.” 7p.m. George C Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece aboutan Armenian girl struggling withprejudice & separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
David Jolley and Eduard Laurel. 8p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645Trap Road, Vienna. Russian piecesfrom Reinhold Glière, Alexander
Scriabin, and Alexander Glazunov.$35. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/JAN. 29Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets:
Animalia. 2 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center Alden Theatre,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie. 8p.m. at George Mason UniversityCenter for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. The GermanState Philharmonic, conducted byPhilippe Entremont on its first tour ofthe U.S., performing Strauss’ “TillEulenspiegels lustige Streiche” andBrahms’ Symphony No. 4, Op. 98.Entremont also joins SebastianKnauer on piano for Mozart’sConcerto for Two Pianos, No. 10 in E-Flat major, K. 365. Tickets are $30-$60, available at 888-945-2468 orcfa.gmu.edu.
“The Drowsy Chaperone.“ 8 p.m.McLean Community Center AldenTheatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.Glamorous brides, tap-dancinggroomsmen and more. $17-$19. 703-790-9223 or www.mcleanplayers.org.
“The Dining Room”. 7:30 p.m. JamesMadison High School, 2500 JamesMadison Drive, Vienna. The play takesplace in one dining room, outside ofthe restraints of time. $5.madisondrama.com.
Musical Tribute to Jim Tuckerfeaturing The Lost HighwayBand, Laurie Jones & SB2 andMHR at 5 p.m. and Passafire andThree Legged Fox at 10 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. jamminjava.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”and “The Dogs are Coming.” 2p.m. George C. Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece aboutan Armenian girl struggling withprejudice & separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
John Eaton. 7:30 p.m. The Barns atWolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.Big band and jazz music. $25. 703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
SUNDAY/JAN. 30Music for a Russian Festival. 4 p.m.
Saint Luke Parish, 7001 GeorgetownPike, McLean. With the WashingtonSymphonic Brass, music by Prokofiev,Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and more.Adults $25, seniors $20, students $15.866-962-7277 or www.wsbrass.com.
Vienna Volunteer Fire DepartmentBingo. 7 p.m. at the VVFD, 400Center St. South, Vienna. Games heldevery Sunday in the Flame Room.www.vvfd.org.
Faculty Artist Series: Mira Yang,mezzo-soprano. 7 p.m. at theGeorge Mason University Center for
the Arts Harris Theatre, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Free. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.
Robbie Fulks and TimothyBracken. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.
Violinist Josef Spacek. 3 p.m. AldenTheatre, McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Free.www.amadeusconcerts.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”and “The Dogs are Coming.” 2p.m. George C. Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece aboutan Armenian girl struggling withprejudice & separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
“The Reluctant Dragon.” 4 p.m. St.John’s Church, 6715 GeorgetownPike, McLean. A children’s operattawith music by John Rutter and wordsby David Grant, performed byvocalists Devin Wulff, Kara Morganand Nigel Tangredi. Free, donationsto the Music Fund accepted. 703-356-4902 or www.stjohnsmclean.org.
MONDAY/JAN. 31Faculty Artist Series: Harry
Watters, trombone and Dr.Dickinson, trombone. 8 p.m. atthe George Mason University Centerfor the Arts Harris Theatre, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Free. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.
WEDNESDAY/FEB. 2Bands without Borders Featuring
Brother Shamus, TheWeathervanes and Half Brother.7:30 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. E., Vienna. jamminjava.com.
Buckwheat Zydeco. 8 p.m. The Barnsat Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna. Louisiana zydeco music. $24.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
THURSDAY/FEB. 3An Evening with Todd Wright and
Cal Everett. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.
Author Sandra Parshall. 7:30 p.m.Oakton Library, 10304 LynnhavenPlace, Oakton. The author will signand read from “Broken Places”.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library.
FRIDAY/FEB. 4“Fuddy Meers” by David Lindsay-
Abaire. 8 p.m. 1st Stage Theater,1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean.Claire’s amnesia causes her to awakeneach morning as a blank slate, andchaos arises as everyone tries to fill inthe holes of her lost memory. A dirtypuppet, an ex-criminal and a fake copadd to the dark comedy. 703-854-1856 or www.1ststagetysons.org.
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Oakton residents NicholasMcCormick and Louisa C. Stanwichhave been named to the president’s listat Randolph-Macon Academy in FrontRoyal for the first quarter of the 2010-2011 school year. McCormick, a junior atthe Academy, is the son of Michael andGabrielle McCormick of Oakton.Stanwich, a freshman at the Academy, isthe daughter of John and Maria CarosaStanwich of Oakton.
Katie Ozga of Vienna was named tothe fall 2010 dean’s list at ShepherdUniversity. She is a sports communica-tions major. The Madison High Schoolgraduate is the daughter of MaryRandolph and Jan Peter Ozga.
Cooper Bourdon was recognizedfor outstanding athletic achievementduring the fall sports season atRandolph-Macon Academy. He receivedthe Coach’s Award for the varsity foot-ball team. Bourdon is the son of HeatherWreath and Brian Bourdon, both ofVienna.
Mark Jeschke of Vienna wasnamed to the fall 2010 dean’s list atMessiah College in Grantham, Pa.Jeschke is a senior majoring in businessadministration.
Jack Rowe of Vienna has beennamed to the fall 2010 honor roll at theLoomis Chaffee School in Windsor,Conn.
Vienna residents Benjamin D.Aldrich and Daniel W. Markwalterhave been named to the fall 2010 dean’slist at Bucknell University in Lewisburg,Pa. Aldrich is the son of David and
Marilyn Aldrich, and Markwalter is theson of Brian and Holland Markwalter.
Lauren Larkin of Vienna has beennamed to the fall 2010 dean’s list atCentenary College of Louisiana.
William Happ of Oakton has beennamed to the fall 2010 dean’s list atYork College of Pennsylvania. Happ is asophomore computer information sys-tems major.
Robert V. Demson of Oakton hasbeen named to the fall 2010 dean’s listat the Virginia Military Institute. He ismajoring in economics/business.Demson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-ert V. Demson.
James A. Devens of Vienna hasbeen named to the fall 2010 dean’s listat the Virginia Military Institute. He ismajoring in electrical/computer engi-neering. Devens is the son of Mr. andMrs. Edward P. Devens.
Christian A. Guaglianone ofOakton has been named to the fall 2010dean’s list at the Virginia Military Insti-tute. She is majoring in chemistry.Guaglianone is the daughter of Lisa M.Barbieri.
Collin R. Newcomb of Vienna hasbeen named to the fall 2010 dean’s listat the Virginia Military Institute. He ismajoring in economics/business.Newcomb is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Darrell S. Newcomb.
Mackenzie Stratton of Viennagraduated from Georgia Southern Uni-versity in Dec. 2010.
Schools
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Antioch Christian Church,1860 Beulah Road in Vienna, in-vites singers to join a localvolunteer choir. Presentations areSundays at 11 a.m. at with re-hearsals Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.703-255-2761 or 703-319-8742.
Centering Prayer offeredat St. Dunstan’s, 1830 KirbyRoad, McLean, Tuesdays at 7-7:45 p.m. Centering prayer ismeditation and contemplativeprayer, wordless, trusting, open-ing of self to the divine presence.Instruction [email protected].
Epiphany United Method-ist Preschool, 1014 CountryClub Drive, N.E. in Vienna, is nowenrolling 3-4-year-old studentsfor the 2010/2011 school year.Contact 703-938-2391 orwww.epiphanypreschool.com.
Vienna Assembly of Godhas a ministry to children onWednesdays, 7-8 p.m. at the cor-ner of Center N and Ayr HillAvenue, N.E. Children’s Churchon Sundays also available. 703-938-7736 orwww.ViennaAG.com.
Vienna Christian HealingRooms, every Saturday, 1-5p.m., at 8200 Bell Lane. A team ofChristians is available to anyonerequesting prayer. Free and opento the public. 703-698-9779 orwww.viennachristianhealingrooms.com.
Trinity United MethodistChurch, 1205 Dolley MadisonBlvd., McLean, Sunday worshipservices are at 8:30 and 10:30a.m. Sunday School for adults isat 9:30 a.m. and for children dur-ing the 10:30 a.m. worshipservice. Youth Group for grades7-12 meets Sunday nights, 6 -7:30 p.m. A 20-minute service ofHoly Communion is held eachWednesday at 12 p.m. 703-356-3312 or umtrinity.org.
McLean Bible Church,8925 Leesburg Pike in Vienna,presents The Power of a ChangedLife, a multi-arts presentation onJan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The film“Adoniram’s Calling” is the storyof Adoniram Judson, the first USforeign missionary, and the pro-gram continues with stagereadings. There will be achildren’s program for ages [email protected].
St. Dunstan’s EpiscopalChurch, 1830 Kirby Road inMcLean. The third Sunday serviceevery month at 10:15 a.m. allowschildren to play active roles in themusic and as greeters and ushers.Traditional services are everySunday at 8:15 and 10:15 a.m.Nursery is available at the 10:15a.m. service. 703-356-7533.
Chesterbrook UnitedMethodist Church is at 1711Kirby Road, McLean. Worshipservice is at 11 a.m. Sundayschool is at 9:30 a.m. for adultsand children. Rev. KathleeneCard, Pastor. 703-356-7100 orwww.ChesterbrookUMC.org.
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I-winereview
A lot of people make New Year’s Resolutionsthey can’t possibly keep, like “I’m going tostop drinking good wine, and save mymoney for a 96 inch LCD, LED, HD, 3D
TV.” Well, to mix metaphors, now you can have yourcake and drink it, too, while watching that new TV.All you have to do is find good quality wine thatcosts almost nothing.
From our travels and writing this past year, wecame across many producers who offer deli-cious wines at terrific prices. Twowhich we especially like and arehappy to share with readers arelocated in neighboring countriesin South America.
One is Concha y Toro Chile’ssingle largest winery, the other isDoña Paula, a large commercialwinery in Argentina. Concha yToro produces a series calledXplorador; Doña Paula’s series iscalled Los Cardos.
Concha y Toro XploradorLast year in Santiago we sat down with Concha y
Toro’s chief winemaker, Marcelo Papa, to tastethrough almost the full range of wines. We reportedthe results of that tasting in The Wines of Chile onwww.i-winereview.com. However, we never reportedon Concha y Toro’s line of entry level wines,Xplorador. Xplorador wines have suggested retailprices under $10 a bottle, which usually translatesinto something less at your local neighborhood store.
How, you ask, can a respectable winery like Con-cha y Toro make such inexpensive wines? There arelot of reasons, of course, but the main one is that thefruit for these wines is sourced mainly from Chile’sCentral Valley where the yields are high. Then, un-der the direction of winemaker Tito Urzia, that fruitis fermented and aged in large stainless steel tanks,not expensive, small French oak barriques. Don’t kidyourself. This process isn’t going to produce ChateauMargaux. But you can get perfectly good, drinkablewines.
Nothing complicated, not particularly nuanced, justpure, plain good fruit. This makes them easy drink-ing, either as an aperitif or with a meal. TheXplorador 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon is a fruitforward Cabernet Sauvignon showing mostly redplum and berry fruit on the nose with just a hint ofbrambles and earth. It’s a straight- forward, uncom-plicated wine, but it’s also surprisingly tasty, balancedand easy to drink. The Xplorador 2009 Merlot isa wine that definitely needs to be drunk with food.It has nice red plum fruit on the nose and palate, butit also has a green herbal note that can nicely comple-
ment the right kind of food (thinkbrussel sprouts, asparagus, and othervegetarian fare). The Xplorador 2010Malbec shows cherry and raspberryaromas and vibrant fruit on the palate.It’s quite delicious, albeit lighter thanthe typical Malbec coming out of Argen-tina.
Dõna Paula Los CardosDoña Paula was established in 1997 by Chilean
entrepreneur Ricardo Claro of the Claro Group withthe purchase of 40+ year old Malbec andChardonnay vineyards in Luján de Cuyo. The estatenow consists of 1,878 acres of vineyards in theTupungato and Luján de Cuyo regions. David Bonomiis chief winemaker, and Edgardo Del Popolo isviticulturalist.
Los Cardos is Doña Paula’s entry level wines whichsell for $10-12. The fruit for most of the wines comesfrom the Finca El Alto in Ugarteche (Luján de Cuyo)and the high altitude (1100 m) Finca Los Cerezos inValle de Uco, the zone closest to the Andes and there-fore the coldest and best suited for early-ripeningvarietals, especially Sauvignon Blanc andChardonnay. Doña Paula 2010 Los CardosSauvignon Blanc shows good varietal characterwith an opulent style. It has an effusively fragrantnose of grapefruit and nettles and a citrus, pear andherbal palate of very good intensity. This is a verygood wine and an excellent value!
Doña Paula 2009 Los Cardos Chardonnayis in the ripe, New World style with a nose of smoke,ripe citrus, and honeydew. It’s ripe on the attack withgood integration of fruit and oak and shows goodacidity on the finish.
Fresh plum and blackberry waft from the glass ofthe dark ruby purple Doña Paula 2009 LosCardos Malbec. There’s a sweet, tangy attack ofblackberry fruit with notes of underbrush, tar andearth and good purity of fruit on the finish with firm,ripe tannins. This wine offers everything, and at avery reasonable price.
Recommendations for delicious wines for about $10.
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plans. Jammin’ and open micwere no afterthoughts there.
“Music is really important towhat I’m trying to do here,” saidAmouri. “I love how music canpull a community together andgive the people in it a sharedsense of purpose and, well,community. I do take pretty se-riously the music that’s playedin the shop and want to expandour efforts.
“ … over the holidays we hada ‘holiday sing-a-long’ in theshop. That was a lot of fun. Wemight try to do something elselike that in the future.
“At Caffe Amouri, music is animportant part of our ‘being,’”said Amouri. “The records onthe wall will become, soon - I’dsay within a month - more thandecoration.
“We’re bringing in a turntableand we’re going to do ‘vinylnights.’” Amouri is still workingout the details, but he’s think-ing of combining that themewith a table full of board gamesfor patrons. He plans on down-loading all the albums on thewall onto his Ipod and then playthe wall, so–to-speak. If you canidentify the album that the cutis playing, you get a ten percent.
Saturday night open mic nightwas turned over to TBS, a bandof what Amouri referred to as a“group of young guys who havea really good band.” They set upand play. Then, if another per-former comes in, TBS introducesthe newcomer. What CaffeAmouri gets is music just aboutevery Saturday night.
“I’m hoping that it catches onand becomes a full-fledgedopen mic situation where theseyoung guys play, introduce, andplay some more,” said Amouri.
The Friday night jam sessionswere put on the backburner
during the holidays, but theidea is one Amouri wants torekindle.
“These jams are the thing Ireally want to do most,” saidAmouri, “... where folks justshow up and play with eachother. Just like our college dayswhen everyone would show upwith guitars, a harmonica,whatever and just jam.”
THE SOUNDRY316 Dominion Road. Phone: 703-
698-0088; www.soundry.netEvery Tuesday night at 8
p.m., the Soundry hosts anopen mic program.
The Soundry’s open mic isstreamed live.
Housed in a former auto bodyshop converted into a coffeeshop, art gallery and shared-studio space for member artistsand musicians, the Soundry isopen to bands and individualperformers. The Soundry sup-plies a drum kit.
There is one major caveat onthe Soundry’s website: abso-lutely no puppets.
THE BARNS AT WOLF TRAP1635 Trap Road. www.wolftrap.org/
Barns.aspxThe Barns at Wolf Trap offers
performances to the Washing-ton, D.C. region throughout thewinter months when the out-door amphitheatre at Wolf Trapis closed. From classical musicto jazz, comedy to sixtiesmemories, The Barns presentsan eclectic mix of music andsatire.
February highlights includeBuckwheat Zydeco and 60s fa-vorites Chad and Jeremy;March brings The Second Cityand a Tribute to the Byrds.
The Barns at Wolf Trap isowned and operated by theWolf Trap Foundation under anact of Congress.
Vienna Offers Varietyof Music Venues
The Barns at Wolf Trap is an intimate venue formusic and comedy.
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SportsVienna/Oakton Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders
703-224-3031 or [email protected]
The James Madison Warhawks’ swim/dive teamswere victorious in a regular season finale meet versus Viennaarea rival Marshall last Friday night. The Madison boys, whichconcluded the regular season with a perfect 7-0 record, de-feated the Statesmen, 193.5 to 117.5. The Madison girls (6-1),meanwhile, were also victorious, defeating the Lady Statesmen,227-88.
In the boys’ meet, first place finishers for Madison wereDavid Fallavollita (100 fly), Austin Chute (100 back) and RyanFox (diving). Also, the Warhawks’ 200-free relay team ofFallavollita, Joe Capra, Grayson Smith, and Evan Owensfinished first.
In the girls’ meet, first place finishers for Madison wereBeverly Dobrenz (200 free and 100 free), Sami Fletcher (200individual medley, 100 breaststroke), Ali Queen (100 fly),Laura Kellan (500 free), and Taylor Smith (100 back). TheWarhawk girls won all three of their relays - the 200 medley(Taylor Smith, Sami Fletcher, Laura Kellen, Liz Zolper); the200-free relay (Ellie Westfall, Liz Bertolett, Ali Queen, LauraKellan); and the 400-free relay (Ellie Westfall, Sami Fletcher,Bev Dobrenz, Laura Kellen).
Oakton High School girls’ basketball coach FredPriester has won the National Federation of High Schools(NFHS) 2010 Mideast Sectional Coach of the Year Award. TheMideast section includes the states of Delaware, Kentucky,Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, aswell as the District of Columbia. The award is presented by theNFHS Coaches Association.
Coach Priester celebrated his 500th career coaching win in agame last year, a 2009-’10 season, in which the Cougars wonthe Northern Region championship. He is currently in his 17thyear as head coach at Oakton. In the past 16 years, his teamshave compiled a record of 371-61, while winning 12 ConcordeDistrict championships and four region championships. Histeams have advanced to the Virginia State AAA semifinals onfive occasions.
Prior to his tenure at Oakton, Priester was the McLean Highgirls’ coach for 10 years. There, coach Priester compiled themost wins in McLean High School girls’ basketball history with130.
The Thomas Jefferson High boys’ and girls’ swim/dive teams scored decisive wins against Stone Bridge at aLiberty District meet held on Jan. 14. Jefferson swimmers anddivers brought home first place in all but one event. First placefinishers for Jefferson included Stephen Seliskar (200 free) ofMcLean; MaryKate Dilworth (200 free and 500 free) of Clifton;Jack Borsi (200 IM) of Herndon; Jon Spitz (50 free) of Fairfax;Sarah Liu (50 free) of Annandale; Ron Enson (100 fly) ofClifton; Brianna Kim (100 fly and 100 back) of Fairfax; Madi-son Phillips (100 free) of Vienna; Miles Oakley (100 back) ofFairfax; and Aedan Collins (100 breaststroke) of McLean.Seliskar’s 200 free swim qualified him for the state champion-ship meet.
Jefferson showed its depth as well, with first, second, thirdand fourth place finishes in five events. Amanda Blair andKelsey Rainey, both McLean residents, finished second andthird, respectively, in the girls’ 500-free. Marc Wechsler ofFairfax finished second in the boys’ 100 back, while Sam Oberof Fairfax was fourth in the same event. Catherine Dworak ofMcLean was second in the girls’ 100 back, while Ria Sarkar ofHerndon was fourth in the same event.
Sports Roundups
By Rich Sanders
The Connection
The Madison High girls’ basketball teamcontinued its winning ways last Thursday night, Jan. 20 with a decisive 58-42win at Liberty District opponent South
Lakes.The Warhawks, who have been without injured
front court starter Anna Jay for most of the season,improved their record to 11-4 overall and 7-1 in dis-trict play. They are currently tied for first place inthe district standings with Stone Bridge.
The victory was the fifth straight for Madison,which last lost a game back on Jan. 3 at district op-ponent Fairfax, 47-41. The Rebels, currently third inthe district standings, are 11-5 overall and 6-2 inthe district.
Madison’s victories since the setback to Fairfax havecome over visiting McLean, 56-35, on Jan. 6; hostMarshall, 48-35, on Jan. 12; home team Langley, 57-39, on Jan. 14; home team Jefferson, 62-26, lastWednesday, Jan. 19; and the South Lakes squad aday later.
Madison led 14-11 after one quarter versus theSeahawks (5-10, 2-6) and held a 24-18 advantageat the half. Madison effectively put the game awayin the third quarter, outscoring South Lakes, 16-7,and going on to the win from there.
The Warhawks, the two-time defending LibertyDistrict tournament champions, saw three playersscore in double figures against South Lakes - seniorforward Carmen Mann with 19 points, senior guardAnnie Gauf with 12 and sophomore guard MeganHenshaw with 10. Other scoring contributions in thewin came from freshmen guard Katie Kerrigan (7points), senior forward Sarah Schrock (6) and sopho-more guard Megan Leduc (4). South Lakes’ top scorerwas Gabby Schultz with 14 points.
“After losing Anna Jay, our 6-3 senior center, sev-eral of our players had to step up and play differentpositions which they have done,” said Madison coachKirsten Roberts, of the Warhawks’ adjustments tobeing without their talented inside player this sea-son.
THE WARHAWKS were scheduled to play two ofthe district’s toughest teams this week in Stone Bridgeon Tuesday, Jan. 25 in Ashburn, and visiting Fairfaxthis Friday night.
Fairfax has a terrific, well-balanced squad this sea-son. The Rebels are led in scoring by 6-2 senior cen-ter Meredith Mesaris, who is averaging 18 points andnine rebounds per game. Another key player forFairfax is 6-1 junior forward Liz McNaughton (18points, 7 rebounds per game).
Fairfax has also received an outstanding seasonfrom freshmen point guard Kylie Murphree, who isaveraging eight points, five assists and five steals pergame.
Fairfax head coach Marcus Konde recently spokewith Murphree about looking for her to shot more.The playmaker responded with a season-high 19
points in Fairfax’s 57-49 district home win overMarshall last Friday night. In the game, Murphreeconnected on five-of-seven shots from beyond thethree-point circle.
“She only took eight shots that game,” said Konde,of his super point guard. “She can shoot the ball realwell. She can do it all, and is a real talent. Defen-sively, she’s a natural with great instincts andathleticism. It’s a matter of putting it all togetherand knowing when to look for her shot.”
Konde said his squad is still in the running for theregular season district crown with its six wins to twolosses in district play. He said facing a Warhawks’team his Rebels beat earlier this season on Jan. 3will be a difficult test.
“The [earlier season] win over Madison was a con-fidence builder,” said Konde, whose team had a huge21 point, 11 rebound effort by Mesaris that game.“We expect [Friday’s game with Madison] to be atough game.”
Roberts, the Madison coach, said her team wasworking hard in preparation for this week’s gamesagainst the Bulldogs of Stone Bridge and the Rebelsof Fairfax.
“We have a big week playing Stone Bridge andFairfax,” said Roberts. “In practice we have beenworking on our team defense and boxing out. Westill have a long way to go but are working hard.”
Big Week for MadisonGirls’ Basketball TeamFirst place Warhawks set to play talented Liberty teamsin Stone Bridge and Fairfax.
Gabby Schultz, going for a layup, scored14 points for South Lakes in its gameagainst Madison last week. But it wasn’tenough for the Seahawks as three Madisonplayers scored in double figures in theWarhawks’ 58-42 Liberty District win.
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News Lunch n’ Life atShepherd’s CenterFrom Page 7
ing room usually fills up withsmiling faces, most of whomknow one another from otherluncheons or from classes inAdventures in Learning.
Coming up in March is thenext Lunch n’ Life, featuringDick Neff on banjo and WarrenUnderwood on guitar, playingbluegrass. The duo, who are do-nating their time and talent,performed for SCOV’s caregiverretreat in January.
Underwood is a co-founder ofthe Bluegrass Ministry programat his church, Oakton UnitedMethodist Church. A retiredmathematics professor, Neffbelongs to the Capital AreaBluegrass and Old-Time MusicAssociation and the D.C. Blue-grass Union. He paints in oilsand is vice president of theVienna Art Society.
“Lunch n’ Life encourages fel-lowship and offers them a low-cost nutritious meal,” saidSCOV Executive Director
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Hankins of Vienna describedwhy he comes to Lunch n’ Lifeevents and what he likes aboutthem.
“I come to meet new peopleor meet old friends at our tableof eight,” said Hankins. “Tohave a healthy meal served bythe Tzu Chi ladies from Taiwanwho are so nice to us. We al-ways have an interestingspeaker or musical entertain-ment. It is a fun day and theShepherd’s Center takes care ofus. We like them.”
Lunch n’ Life costs $10 perperson and reservations andprepayment are required by Fri-day, March 4.
Sponsored by Shepherd’sCenter of Oakton-Vienna, Mon-day, March 14, noon to 2 p.m.at Emmanuel Lutheran Church,2589 Chain Bridge Rd, Vienna.
Visit www.scov.org for more infor-mation on events and programs atSCOV or call 703-281-0538 for moreinformation.
Coldwell Banker ViennaDonates $2,895 Each toFamily PASS,Alternative House
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage inVienna recently presented checks for $2,985.75each to Family Preservation and StrengtheningService (Family PASS) and to the AlternativeHouse on behalf of Coldwell Banker ResidentialBrokerage Cares, the company’s philanthropicarm.
Pictured above at the check presentation are(left to right) Coldwell Banker Vienna agent JodiBentley; Suzette Steinhardt from Family PASS;Coldwell Banker Vienna Branch Vice-PresidentMark Ackermann; and Ruth Papuchis, RegionalVice-President of Coldwell Banker ResidentialBrokerage in the Greater Washington Metro area.Family PASS works with Fairfax County familiesin crisis in order to prevent homelessness and helpthem become self-sufficient by providing rentaland financial assistance and support services. Formore information about Family PASS, visit http://familypassfairfax.org.
Pictured below at the check presentation to theAlternative House are (left to right) Lisa Moffett,the sales associate with Coldwell Banker Viennawho suggested the donation; Coldwell BankerVienna Branch Vice-President Mark Ackermann;Judith Dittman, the executive director of Alterna-tive House; and Ruth Papuchis, RegionalVice-President of Coldwell Banker ResidentialBrokerage in the Greater Washington Metro.
Alternative House provides support to at-riskchildren, youth and families in Northern Virginiathrough counseling, shelter, crisis intervention andneighborhood outreach. For more information,visit http://www.thealternativehouse.org/.
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A Lifesaving ProgramTo the Editor:I just wanted to drop you a brief but sin-
cere note to both: thank you for the Con-nection Newspapers’ recent and valued at-tention paid toward the nonprofit Washing-ton Regional Alcohol Program’s (WRAP)free cab ride service to prevent drunk driv-ing, SoberRide, which unquestionably con-tributed to SoberRide providing a recordnumber of free rides (967) on New Year’sEve to persons who, otherwise, may havedriven home drunk; and to let you know,as well as to counter any scuttlebutt other-wise, that this recent removal of nearly1,000 would-be drunk drivers from GreaterWashington’s roadways on New Year’s Evecame without a single customer complaint(minus one District of Columbia residentwho reported waiting 53-minutes for hisSoberRide at 2:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day).
Further news of WRAP’s recent SoberRidesuccess can be found online at http://w w w . w r a p . o r g / p d f s /2010HolidaySoberRideEnd.pdf.)
Again, thank you for your most welcomedfocus on this local, lifesaving program.
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The writers is President & CEO of WashingtonRegional Alcohol Program (WRAP).
Throwing GoodMoney in the Trash
To the Editor:The notion of Fairfax County spending
$400 million of our hard-earned tax dol-lars to procure the Lorton trash incineratorseems not only counterintuitive but chockfull of irony as an incinerator is exactlywhere that money will end up when it couldeasily be used elsewhere in a more produc-tive manner.
That this proposal has not been sum-marily rejected by the entire Board of Su-pervisors is demonstrative of elected offi-cials who still do not get it.
These are trying economic times for folksin Great Falls, McLean and Herndon, as wellas the rest of the Commonwealth, who areconcerned about the plummeting values oftheir most valuable asset – their homes, in-creasing tax rates and the rising unemploy-ment that is creeping into places it has notsince the days of the Carter administration.
Apparently the plan is that althoughCovanta would operate the facility through2016, the $400 million county purchasewould result in significant savings by 2029.That would be 18 years of real dollar pay-ments for 13 years of undefined savings.Sound familiar? Actually, this is an unnec-essary boondoggle that our children andtheir children will be saddled with long af-ter this Board of Supervisors has been re-lieved of their duties. Call, write or e-mailyour elected supervisor and remind him orher that this $400 million can better serveour community in the education of our chil-dren and the much needed transportationinfrastructure.
Dennis HuschHerndon
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LEGAL NOTICEIn Re: Adoption of Baby Girl Tort, a minor , No A076 of 2010 in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. To: “Dave” The Unknown Natural Father of Baby Girl Tort, who was born on May 29, 2010, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. A Peti-tion has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have to the child, Baby Girl Tort. That hearing will be held in Orphans’ Court, 1700 Frick Building, 437 Grant Street, Pitts-burgh, Pennsylvania, 15219 on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at 1:30pm. You are warned that even if you fail to ap-pear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to the child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have the right to be represent-ed at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot af-ford a lawyer, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, please advise the office of that when you tele-phone or visit. LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE, The Allegheny County Bar Association, 11th floor, Koppers Building, 436 7th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-261-5555.DEBORAH L. LESKO, Esquire, attorney for Petitioner, 373 Va-nadium Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15243. 412-276-4200
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But Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, the date of mymost recent post-scan appointment with myoncologist. The date when the results of thoseprevious week’s scans will be shared with Dinaand me. The appointment when we will learnif my stage IV lung cancer has progressed – ornot. And what we learned is, news we can livewith: “No change.” The tumors have notgrown or moved. The status is quo. I am doing“Amazing,” according to my oncologist. Twoyears into my treatment, and it’s not, to invokea Boston expression, “Katie bar the door;”which means trouble, sort of, figurativelyspeaking.
So what’s next? No one knows for sure andthat’s the problem. Although not nearly theproblem the original pain in my ribcage hasturned out to be. But still a problem. A prob-lem of the unknown. What to do, how to treat,a patient who has now outlived his prognosisand who has been on a chemotherapy drug –Avastin, longer than any other patient hisoncologist has previously treated, and a patientwho is as symptomatic and progressing as wellas I am? “Uncharted territory” is how myoncology nurse has described my future.
But it’s a future. A future that two years agowas not exactly promised to me. Not thatpromises are likely ever made to cancerpatients during chemotherapy, but you get theidea I’m sure. And not that I ever took thecharacterizations personally but, after all thetesting is completed to determine “the underly-ing problem” (as I call my lung cancer/ diagno-sis), you become a statistic, a compilation ofdata – which, according to medical sci-ence/history indicates/corresponds to a certaintime line (I hesitate to use the term “deadline”anymore). And neither is that time line prom-ised, but presumably, there is some methodol-ogy to their madness and statistical presump-tions, so it’s a bit hard to ignore. Although,you try.
Nevertheless, it’s a weight – and a wait, too.It’s all about what happens next: results fromlab work, X-Rays, CT scans, MRIs, physicalexaminations, etc., to determine your fate.Some of it is in your control, most of it is not.And upon reflection, you may recall what youroncologist said to you back in February 2009:there are exceptions to every rule – and hehopes that you are one of them. However, hewas not the least bit encouraging. Presumablyhe is duty-bound and medically and ethicallymotivated as well, not to provide too muchfalse hope. In my case, he didn’t. Moreover, hesuggested that perhaps I take that vacation Ialways wanted to. WHAT!?
But here I am, two years post diagnosis; anexception to the rule. You can now officiallythrow the statistics out the window. Andthough I am thrilled to be here (Duh!), here iswhere few of us have ever been before, unfor-tunately. As a result, there are no real treatmentprotocols to follow and so my oncologist hasmuch less medical data on which to rely andmore anecdotal-type feelings from me, thepatient, to consider as he/we decide how bestto proceed/how to treat. Not that the diagno-sis-/treatment-to-date hasn’t been collabora-tive, it has; it’s more that, treatment going for-ward, there’s less conventional wisdom onwhich to rely and more dependence onunconventional wisdom – mine, to decidedosages, frequency of chemotherapy andscans, etc.
This new decision-making, combined withwhere I am relative to my original progno-sis/time line scares the living daylights out ofme – if you want to know the truth. If youdon’t want to know the truth, welcome to theother half of my brain. Can you say dichotomy?(I can’t, anymore than I can say “deadline”.)
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Coldwell Banker ResidentialBrokerage in Vienna collectedmore than 3,700 toys for the U.S.Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys forTots program during Novemberand December. The toys were col-lected in the 465 Maple AvenueWest office’s lobby during the dayand in two large barrels, donatedby AAA, during evening hours out-side. Toys were then stored in asemi-trailer provided by JK Mov-
ing & Storage. Finally, Marinescollected the toys and distributedthem as holiday gifts to local chil-dren in need. Coldwell BankerVienna also received approxi-mately $100 in checks for Toys forTots.
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president of Coldwell BankerVienna. “We’re thankful to every-one who contributed, includingthe students of Louise Archer El-ementary School who made it aschool project to take part.”
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Bicycles donated to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Vienna’s annual U.S.Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots collection are tested out by (left to right) LanceCpl. Michael Lawrence, USMC Reserves; Vienna agents Frank Lattanzi, Alan Cavacas andJack Paganelli (who coordinates the office’s toy drive); and Gunnery Sgt. JamesSirmones, USMC.
Coldwell Banker Vienna Collects Toys,Donations for Toys for Tots
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Rachel Frankel,10th grade,Marshall HighSchool
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Tiara Diaz,10th grade,Marshall HighSchool
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