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Staff, students and parentsof the Vienna ElementarySchool [VES] community

came together on May 19 to saygoodbye to two long-time VESteachers retiring this year. TerryLove, media specialist and headlibrarian, and Linda Camacho,fifth grade teacher, are leavingwith a combined tenure of 44years.

The library was packed withcolleagues and families, andpeers paid tribute to them dur-ing the retirement celebrationparty. Love and Camacho posedfor photographs with studentsand parents.

“The key things that come tomind about both of them aretheir relationships with stu-dents, staff and the commu-nity,” said VES principal JohnCarmichael. “Their caring atti-tude, their wealth of knowledgeand their passion for teachingstand out.”

“The whole tenure here hasbeen memorable,” said Love,

who started his career with VESin 1997. “The students are fan-tastic. On top of that, the par-ents are so helpful working withthe school and the students.

“I like the local community.”Love is looking forward to

traveling and enjoying hisgrandchildren. First travel plansof retirement call for a longEuropean vacation.

Like Love, Camacho intendsto travel more. She’s got golf inher plans, as well. “I was gladto be here when they renovatedthe school,” said Camacho, whotaught at VES for 27 years. “Justhaving such a supportive placeto work was really important.”

Two engraved stones are tobe placed in the school’s court-yard to honor Love andCamacho.

Carmichael called Love andCamacho “lifelong teachers.”

“They modeled what a trueeducator is.

— Donna Manz

Terry Love and Linda Camacholeave the school after decadesteaching there.

Vienna ElementaryHonors Retiring Teachers

The Vienna Elementary School community – col-leagues, parents and students – turned out on May19 to say goodbye to retiring teachers Terry Love andLinda Camanco and to wish them well.

Vienna Elemen-tary SchoolPrincipal JohnCarmichael[center] calledretiring mediaspecialist TerryLove and fifthgrade teacherLinda Camacho“lifelong teach-ers,” modelingwhat a trueeducator is.

Photos by Donna Manz/The Connection

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The Vienna Town Green concert serieskicked off on Friday, May 30 with a per-formance by Bill Emerson and the SweetDixie Band, and a tribute to the late

mayor M. Jane Seeman. The band was a personalfavorite of Seeman and the Town paid a fitting trib-ute to her memory with lit candles as the concertclosed. Mayor Laurie DiRocco spoke briefly onSeeman’s legacy.

For families lazing on the blankets or on lawnchairs, the concert heralded the beginning of earlysummer.

“We look forward to spring,” said 52-year Viennaresident June Terry, who has been coming to the con-certs with her husband since the performance seriesstarted. “When we see the notice in the town news-letter, we say, ‘spring is here.’”

As is common during the concerts, the lawn wasdotted with families with young children, seniors andfriends sharing picnic dinner or snacks. Some saidthey came spontaneously. Others were looking forsomething to do on a warm, bright spring evening.The Molinini family was there for the first time, cel-ebrating dad Louis’s birthday. “Mom heard they werehaving music here tonight, so we came,” said 7-year-old Joseph Molinini. “We have a lot of open space.”When 4-year-old Matthew Molinini was asked if heliked the music, he answered, “I think I want pud-ding.”

Upcoming scheduled performances are June 6:Vienna Idol; June 8: Kingsley Winter Band – Rock;June 13: Annapolis Bluegrass; June 15: NRJ – Rock;June 18: Children’s Show - Rocknocerous Sponsoredby Vienna Moms, Inc; June 20: Nitehawks SwingBand; June 22: US Navy Sea Chanters; June25:Childrens Show - Networking for the Arts Foun-dation - Beatle Kids; June 27: Sarah Bennett Swanner- Soulful Blues; June 29: The Tonics - Blues/Rock;July 11: Stealin’ the Deal - Rock and Country; July13: Village Jazz Band; July 18: Feedback - Classicand Alternative Rock; July 20: US Navy Commo-

dores; July 25: Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone; July27: Vienna Community Band. For details, go to http://www.viennava.gov/index.aspx?nid=879. Forweather updates and cancellations, call Vienna Parksand Recreation Department at 703-255-6360.

“You can’t beat the entertainment. We like the va-riety,” Terry said. “This is a good place to gather andsee the community.”

— Donna Manz

Vienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Bluegrass music andcandle tribute to formermayor M. Jane Seeman.

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Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco [center] andTown Council members Edythe Kelleher[left] and Carey Sienicki lead the candle-light tribute to former Vienna mayor M.Jane Seeman who died in February.

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The Vienna Town Green concert serieskicked off on May 30 with a performanceby Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band.

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By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

When Carla Castro-Claurewas approaching the agewhen she would soon attend Kindergarten, her

mother became increasingly concernedabout Hybla Valley Elementary School.She wasn’t sure it was safe for her daugh-ter, and stories were circulating throughthe neighborhood about elementaryschool students being suspended for hav-ing drugs. Then, one day, she learnedabout a robbery that happened at the 7-Eleven on the corner. The robbers hid atthe school to evade police.

“It was known to be a bad elementaryschool,” said Castro-Claure. “It has thelowest test scores, and there was a lot ofcrime in the neighborhood.”

Her mother decided that Hybla Valleywas not safe enough for her, choosinganother school several miles away. Sincethat time, she said, the school has im-proved. It has new security measures,and the test scores have improved. Hersister now attends the school, and hermother heads the parent-teacher asso-ciation. Nevertheless, the schoolstruggles with poverty. According to astatewide database of poverty in theclassroom, Hybla Valley has the highestrates of students who quality for free orreduced price lunch in Northern Virginia.

“We have a sense of urgency at alltimes at this school,” said Hybla ValleyPrincipal Lauren Sheehy. “At anotherschool, we may not need as much skillsand as much energy to get the job done.But here we need 110 percent at alltimes, and that’s what drives us everyday.”

POVERTY SPREADS across the class-rooms of Northern Virginia by ZIP code,with poor neighborhoods logging the high-est percentage of students who quality forfree or reduced price lunch. Among allschools in Alexandria, Arlington and FairfaxCounty, Hybla Valley has the highest. Almost90 percent of students qualify, making it oneof the highest poverty schools in the region.And even though Arlington County has areputation of being a wealthy enclave,Carlin Springs Elementary comes in a closesecond. More than 86 percent of its studentsquality for free or reduced price lunch.

“Arlington, like, most suburbs has verysegregated schools although nobody wantsto talk about it,” said Fred Millar, whosechildren attended Arlington Public Schools.“When you draw school boundaries to ef-fectively insulate the wealthy students,that’s class warfare.”

Although the 10 highest-poverty schoolsin Northern Virginia are spread out acrossthe region, one area has a cluster of high-poverty schools. Southeast Fairfax County

has three of the highest poverty schoolshugging the Route 1 corridor. Three of theelementary schools here make the top 10list of high poverty schools: Hybla Valley,Mount Vernon Woods Elementary schooland Bucknell Elementary School. Critics saythese neighborhoods fall through the cracksbecause they don’t have the kind ofmoney and clout enjoyed by areas withwealth and power.

“In a lot of ways, government is moreresponsive to those who have than tothose at the bottom,” said Del. ScottSurovell (D-44). “Why does every plan-etarium in the county work except theone at Carl Sandburg? Why do we stillhave a huge Head Start waiting list? Whydo we still have a big childcare waitinglist?”

TEST SCORES show that students at high-poverty schools often struggle to meet stateand federal standards. One of the highestpoverty schools in the region is Jefferson-Houston in the City of Alexandria, wheretest scores have been so low for so long that

state leaders are poised to orchestrate atakeover. When classes begin this fall, thenewly created Opportunity Educational In-stitution is expected to seize control of theschool, which serves Kindergarten througheighth grade. The institution, which wascreated by former Republican Gov. Bob

McDonnell, is targeting six schools in Vir-ginia. Jefferson-Houston is the only schoolin Northern Virginia, although city leadersin Alexandria are hoping that a lack of or-ganization and funding will derail the take-over, although frustrated parents say Alex-andria leaders have demonstrated they areunable to transform the school.

“I think it’s a good idea for new peopleto step in and take over,” said Bea Porter,whose grandson attends the school. “Thelocal school system has failed Jefferson-Houston for too long.”

According to salary data received in aFreedom of Information request, teach-ers at high poverty schools often receivelower pay than their counterparts at otherschools. In many cases, that’s becauseteachers at high-poverty schools are freshout of school and looking to enter the pro-fession. Many transfer to wealthier neigh-borhoods, where teaching students canpose fewer of the challenges related topoverty. The average pay for a Kinder-garten teacher in Fairfax County, for ex-ample, is $61,000. The highestKindergarden teacher salary is $99,000at Fort Belvoir, and the lowest is $45,000at London Towne Elementary. The aver-age Kindergarten teacher salary is higherthan the average Kindergarten teachersalary at Hybla Valley, Lynbook, MountVernon Woods, Buckness and GrahamRoad.

“We have this mythology of equality,”said Jon Liss, founder of Tenants andWorkers United. “But the reality is thatthere has been a resegregation becauseof the overlap of race and class.”

BEHIND HYLBA VALLEY is a series oftrailers — sometimes called portables —where students gather in temporarystructures. Schools with the most num-ber of trailers tend to be at high povertyschools, although school officials also usethem at some schools with low rates ofpoverty such as Haycock ElementarySchool and Clermont Elementary School.Critics say the village of trailers behindHybla Valley is an indication that FairfaxCounty Schools is not willing to invest

the kind of resources here that might go toa school where parents would lobby SchoolBoard members for a new wing of class-rooms.

“The value of education is not equal,” saidAlma Lopez, parent of four children at HyblaValley Elementary School. “If you compare

students in McLean to students in HyblaValley, it would be obvious that the levelof education is better in McLean.”

The principal says that the school hasalways needed trailers, even after a two-story addition gave the school 17 moreclassrooms. Before she came to HyblaValley, Sheehy was assistant principal atLynbrook Elementary School, anotherhigh poverty school. Like many of theteachers and staff at Hybla Valley, Sheehy

says that she feels called to work with stu-dents in need.

“It really is a calling. It’s a real passion,and I feel really proud to be at the schooland proud to support the students here,”said Sheehy. “Our teachers embrace it, andthey acknowledge that there are more chal-lenges here than at other schools.”

Pockets of low-income students scattered through Northern Virginia.

Poverty in the Classroom

“In a lot of ways, governmentis more responsive to thosewho have than to those atthe bottom.”

— Del. Scott Surovell (D-44)


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Why Suffer ThroughThe Season?

Vienna CrashKills Woman

An 80-year-old woman died lastThursday, May 29, following a carcrash two days earlier in Vienna.Fairfax County police identifiedher as Mary Eckert of Potomac, Va.The incident happened May 27,around 2:08 p.m., in the area ofTowlston Road and Shouse Drive.

Police say Eckert was drivingnorth on Towlston in a 2002 LexusRX200 and ran off the right sideof the road, striking a tree. Shewas transported to a hospital anddied May 29 as a result of her in-juries. According to police, speedand alcohol were not factors in thecrash.

Teens Chargedin Vienna Thefts

Believing that two teens stoleproperty from several local ve-hicles, Vienna police arrested themboth. They did so after the pairreportedly entered a garage in the400 block of Talahi Road S.E. inVienna, May 25, around 4:25 p.m.

They charged Brian RoggerCueva, 19 of Patrick Street inVienna, with two counts each ofvehicle tampering and grand lar-

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ceny and one count each of petitlarceny and underage possessionof alcohol. Monica Nicole CustodeRon, 18, of Fort Chimney Drive inCentreville, was charged with pos-session of stolen property.

Police say a resident reportedthat, as she was leaving her hometo go on a bike ride, she noticed aman rummaging through her ve-hicle and a woman standing be-hind it while it was parked in heropen garage. She said that, whenthe man saw her approaching, heand the woman fled from her ga-rage with a bag of oranges.

However, the resident gavechase on her bicycle and was ableto catch the pair and persuadethem to return to her home tospeak with the responding policeofficers. Upon returning, the resi-dent also discovered a bicycle thatwasn’t hers lying next to her ve-hicle. After speaking with bothsuspects, police determined thatthe couple had allegedly enteredseveral vehicles in the area andtaken property from them.

Vienna CouncilWork Session

The Vienna Town Council willhold a work session on Monday,June 9, at 8 p.m., in the Vienna

Town Hall, 127 Center St. S.

Hitmen BaseballTryouts

Hitmen Baseball has announcedthe tryouts dates for the upcom-ing 2014-2015 Fall and SpringSeasons. This six year old programis designed to be a highly competi-tive program that concentrates onproviding the Northern Virginiaskilled athlete with the tools nec-essary for continued success asthey enter their high school years.High school teams are geared to-ward showcasing player talent infront of college recruiters. Themiddle school tryouts are gener-ally the entry point for players.

There will be an interest meet-ing on June 10 at 6:30 p.m. atNeighbors Restaurant (Vienna) forall parents that seek informationthat will take them through thetryouts.

June 22 Tryout will be held at7:30 p.m. at Langley High Schooland June 30 Tryout at 5 p.m. atCapital One Field.

To register for the Tryouts go towww.hitmen-baseball.com. Try-outs are free but participants needto register so they get timely up-dates.


By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

For fresh produce, flowers, crepes,breakfast tarts, candy, bakedgoods and piping-hot doughnutholes – in a cheerful atmosphere

filled with friends and neighbors – theVienna Farmers Market is hard to beat.

In the parking lot of Faith Baptist Church,301 Center St. S., it’s open Saturdays from8 a.m.-noon and is definitely a hit with visi-tors and residents alike.

“I think it’s great,” said Fair Oaks’sBethany Miller, who went there recentlywith her sister-in-law who lives in Vienna.“I love supporting the local vendors andbuying home-grown produce. Today Ibought dahlias, gerbera daisies, strawber-ries, arugula and a spinach mixture.”

Vendor Annette Lane of Vienna was sell-ing three, different flavors of granola thatshe makes herself. It comes in peanut-but-ter flavor, coconut and the original, cinna-mon-vanilla – all sweetened with maplesyrup.

“It’s my fifth year here at the market,” shesaid. “It’s very relaxed and the people arereally nice.”

CUSTOMERS Bev and Jim Seacord pur-chased Lane’s granola to snack on at themovies. “I love Annette’s granola: I’ve beenbuying it for years,” said Bev Seacord. She’salso a fan of the farmers market. “You getfresh stuff and I love the community atmo-sphere,” she said. “You see kids and par-ents come here together, and it’s good forVienna to have something like this.”

Resident Tom Flanigan was picking outapples, green onions, big red strawberriesand a jar of apple butter. “I also bought threebags of the largest size of granola I couldget,” he said. “It’s so good.”

“It’s nice to have a place to go and getfresh ingredients,” added his wife Jessica.They brought their children, ages 16 monthsand almost 4, and Tom called it “a nice walk

so nice and they’re good, buying custom-ers. The strawberries are especially popu-lar today.”

Husband and wife Joe DiPietro andStephanie Dodman were among the cus-tomers enjoying themselves. They boughteggs, basil plants, pickling cucumbers, pars-ley and peppers; they also got veggieburritos for lunch from Reuben’s Crepes.

“We came last season and were excitedfor this market to start again,” said Dodman.“We like buying directly from the farmers,and it’s nice to be here with other membersof the community.” Besides that, addedDiPietro, “We like supporting local busi-nesses, and it’s a good way to spend a Sat-urday.”

Selecting chives, plus spice mixes for dips,was Vienna’s Brenda Huber. “I come to thismarket every year,” she said. “I enjoy thefresh produce, the variety and the localvibe.”

Vendor Peggy Savage of Savagely Goodoffered savory breakfast tarts. They cost $5apiece and contained caramelized onions,arugula, gruyere cheese and mushrooms.She also sold fudge, buckeye candies, saltedcaramels, cinnamon rolls, fruit hand-pies,gluten-free cookies and her Virginia StateFair, blue-ribbon-winning lemon bread.

“We’ve been at this market four years andget lots of regular customers,” she said. “It’sfriendly, has a family atmosphere and thepeople running it are wonderful. And it’snice to see our regulars’ children growingup.”

Agreeing, vendor Travis Dragan of TheMushroom Stand – which sells a dozen dif-ferent varieties of mushrooms – praised the“super-friendly people. This market’s low-key, laid-back and family-oriented, whichis a great thing. I’m so glad to be here.”

IT’S ORGANIZED by the Optimists Clubof Greater Vienna and run by market man-agers Dave Lanphear and Sarah Brady.They’ve opened up the front lot for special-needs parking and added benches andtables so people can sit outside and eat.

Once a month, the church provides freeface-painting, gives out popcorn and spon-sors a moonbounce at the market. And, saidLanphear, “The master gardeners will alsogive people advice about taking care of theirown plants.”

Mama’s Donut Bites is one of the market’s hot spots. Annette Lane waits on a customer buying her homemade granola.

Buy fresh produce,meet neighbors atVienna Farmers Market.

Strawberries, Daisies and Doughnuts, Oh, My!

Vienna’s Bev Seacord checks outthe strawberries at Lois’s Produce.

Holding a basil plant and otherproduce are Vienna’s StephanieDodman and husband Joe DiPietro.

Vienna’s Brenda Huber holds chivesfrom Westmoreland Produce.

(On right) Peggy Savage of Sav-agely Good offers savory breakfasttarts, candy and cinnamon rolls.

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on a Saturday morning.”“It’s fun for the kids and there’s a park

next door,” said Jessica. “So we’ve madewalking here a tradition.” At the market,they bought some canned peaches and wereconsidering purchasing some asparagus andspring onions at Lois’s Produce stand.

Among that stand’s offerings were straw-berries for $4/pint; asparagus, $6/bunch;spring onions, $3/bunch; and gerbera dai-sies, $10/two bunches. “We’ve been com-ing to this market ever since it opened,” saidLois’s employee Bobby Byrd. “It’s a goodmarket; I like the people here. Everybody’s

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The Vienna Woman’s Clubawarded $1,000 scholar-ships to three local high

school seniors going on to collegethis fall. During the May 21 pro-gram at the Vienna CommunityCenter, the Woman’s Club alsohanded out $500 to each of theTown of Vienna’s four elementaryschools for extracurricular pro-gramming.

Allison Pawlowicz and JuliaRhinehart of Oakton High Schooland Nathalia Montano Rojas ofGeorge C. Marshall High acceptedscholarship checks and spoke alittle about their dreams and goals.The students were supported bytheir career counselors.

“You educate a man, you edu-

cate a man. You educate a woman,and you educate a generation,”said guest speaker JenniferWagner Davis, vice president forFinance & Administration atGeorge Mason University.

Pawlowicz will be off to the Uni-versity of North Carolina –

Wilmington this fall. She plans onstudying 3-D studio art andanatomy. While in high school, shesang with the Madrigals and vol-unteered with Canine Lifesavers.

Rhinehart has her heart set onbeing a veterinarian, but she’s ahumanitarian at-heart. She spends

summers doing Habitat for Hu-manity projects through herchurch. Her mom is battling breastcancer for the second time andRhinehart supports breast cancerresearch.

Much like Pawlowicz andRhinehart, Rojas volunteers in the

community; she works with spe-cial needs youth as a lacrossecoach. Rojas is captain of herschool’s lacrosse team. She saysshe wants to “give back” to herfamily.

Vienna, Cunningham Park,Louise Archer and Marshall Roadelementary schools are designat-ing their grant money to go to theschools’ remedial or summer read-ing programs.

The Vienna Woman’s Club is acivic and service nonprofit cluballied with the General Federationof Women’s Club and Virginia Gen-eral Federation of Women’s Clubs.The club fundraises, primarilythrough its annual fall bazaar, tosupport community programs.Scholarship night has been an an-nual recognition since the ViennaWoman’s Club’s founding in 1955.

The club meets the thirdWednesday of the month, 7 to 9p.m., from September throughMay at the Vienna CommunityCenter at 120 Cherry Street,Vienna. For membership informa-tion, go [email protected].

— Donna Manz

Vienna Woman’s Club Awards Scholarships to High School SeniorsOakton andMarshall HighSchool studentseach accept$1,000 scholar-ships.

Accepting Vienna Woman’s Club $500 grants each fortheir elementary schools are Vienna Elementary SchoolPrincipal Intern Katharine Richman, Cunningham Park ESAssistant Principal Dylan Taylor, Marshall Road ES Princi-pal Jennifer Heiges and Louise Archer ES Assistant Princi-pal Jennifer Condra.

Nathalia Montano Rojas ofGeorge C. Marshall HighSchool and AllisonPawlowicz and JuliaRhinehart of Oakton HighSchool each accept a$1,000 scholarship fromthe Vienna Woman’s Clubon May 21.

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Chances are that if you are a regis-tered voter in the 8th Congres-sional District, your mailbox hasbeen letting you know that many

candidates are running in next week’s Demo-cratic primary.

The 8th Congressional District is currentlyrepresented by retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Moran,and seven candidates are running for the rightto replace him. There is no runoff, so even ifthe top candidate gets considerably less than50 percent of the vote, he or she willmove on as the Democratic nomineein November, facing Republican MicahEdmond. Given the voting history inthe 8th district, the Democratic nominee willmost likely move on to serve in Congress.

(Our region is losing its two longest servingmembers of Congress to retirement, Moran andU.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10). Voters in the 10thCongressional District will choose betweenRepublican Barbara Comstock and DemocratJohn Foust in November.)

The 8th Congressional District includes allof Arlington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon,plus parts of Tysons, McLean and Vienna tothe north, Springfield, Lorton and Mason Neckto the South.

Candidates include Don Beyer, LavernChatman, Mark Levine, Patrick Hope, AdamEbbin, Bill Euille and Derek Hyra. Three othernames will appear on the ballot even though

the candidates have withdrawn from the racebecause they withdrew after the ballot wasprinted/set.

Election Day is Tuesday, June 10, and regu-lar polling places will be open 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Voters who qualify to vote absentee can votein person early until June 7. But be sure tovote by primary Election Day, June 10.

Anyone who might working and commutingfor 11 of the 13 hours polls will be open onElection Day, 6 a.m.-7 p.m., qualifies to vote

absentee. You can vote absentee if youare: a student or spouse at an academicinstitution, absent on business, absentfor personal business or vacation, un-

able to get to the polls due to a physical dis-ability or illness, a caretaker of a confined fam-ily member, a precinct election officer, have areligious obligation or conflict, active duty uni-formed service or merchant marine or a de-pendent, regularly employed outside the U.S.or a dependent, and several other special cir-cumstances.

In Arlington, vote absentee-in-person atCourthouse Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite320, through Saturday, June 7; weekdays 8a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Father’s Day PhotosFather’s Day is June 15, and as in years past,

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By Wonhee Kang

Two years ago, the Taste ofAsia event was createdthrough a partnership

with the Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Washington and the AsianAmerican Chamber of Commerceto celebrate Asian and Pacific Is-lander Heritage Month. This year’sevent, Saturday, May 10, enjoyeda new location thanks to a newpartnership with Everest College,Tysons Corner.

A wet weather forecast for theday had some committee membersanxious about how the eventwould operate in both the indoorand outdoor locations needed forthe event. Throughout a morningfull of setting up; including trans-forming the normal every-day col-lege classrooms into Asiancelebratory places full of dragondecorations, colors, and shapesfrom a far eastern part of the worldand collecting food from eight dif-ferent restaurants located inFairfax County, which trulybrought the taste of Asia to the

sorship, attendees hadaccess to hands-on activi-ties. With leadershipfrom Ms. Lindsay Holt,arts and crafts tableswere set up for origami(Japan), Cultural Masks(China), Weaving (Phil-ippines), and Mandala( I n d i a / T i b e t / S o u t hAsia). There was a tableset up for Name Calligra-phy where attendees’names could be writtenin Korean, Japanese, Chi-nese, Hindi, Thai and Ta-galog. While these activi-ties were happening, Icould hear a lot of dia-logue about the meaningof names and back-ground, helping the at-tendees make meaning-ful connections to eachother.

All participants had a passportto get their stamps to be sure theywere not missing out any valuable

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The Taste of Asia at Everest College inTysons on May 10 included many demon-strations, as well as food and other cul-tural interactions.

college location, the com-mittee asked mother na-ture to keep the raindrops away.

We celebrated theevent with an impromptu‘Day Light Dance’ initi-ated by Robert Lee, theevent’s Master of Cer-emony, which was joinedby everyone from theyoungest dancers to theoldest, praying for therain to stay in the sky.After the greetings,Sanjana Srikanth pre-sented an Indian dancefollowed by an impres-sive presentation from agroup from Taekwondo.The audience was mes-merized by these worksof art from people ofAsia.

The original Taste ofAsia event was created to share theculture of the Asian countries andthis year’s event shared the Asianfood, performances, cultural artsand friendships with 200 people

of varying backgrounds includingmany young people.

Along with the “taste” of Asia,which included food from eightrestaurants and Coca-Cola’s Spon-

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Eight Fairfax County PublicSchools (FCPS) students have beennamed winners of Merit Scholarshipawards by the National Merit Scholar-ship Corporation (NMSC). The studentsare part of a group of more than 2,500National Merit® finalists chosen to re-ceive scholarships financed by highereducation institutions.

Winners of the scholarships, withtheir probable career fields in parenthe-ses, are:

❖ Benjamin Espey of Langley HighSchool (computer engineering), Na-tional Merit Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute Scholarship.

❖ Timothy Sheridan of Madison HighSchool (economics), National MeritUniversity of Oklahoma Scholarship.

❖ Samuel Clayton of McLean HighSchool (mechanical engineering), Na-tional Merit Brigham Young UniversityScholarship.

Ashwin Basana of Thomas JeffersonHigh School for Science and Technology(TJHSST) (engineering), National MeritNorthwestern University Scholarship.

❖ Eric Levonian of TJHSST (com-puter programming), National MeritUniversity of Southern California Schol-arship.

❖ Christine Nguyen of TJHSST(medicine), National Merit University ofCentral Florida Scholarship.

❖ Andrew Pan of TJHSST (engineer-ing), National Merit University ofAlabama Scholarship.

❖ Tyler Shepherd of TJHSST (com-puter science), National Merit RensselaerPolytechnic Institute Scholarship.

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On May 2, Officer Conor Tracywas honored for his enforcementefforts against drunk and impaireddrivers. The Virginia Alcohol SafetyAction Program (V.A.S.A.P.) inFairfax County and MothersAgainst Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.)held its annual awards ceremonyat the Tysons Westpark Hotel inMcLean. The Annual Awards forExcellence in Community Serviceand Safety honored many localpolice officers and deputy sheriffsfrom various agencies for their ef-forts to combat drunk driving.

Every year since 1991 V.A.S.A.P.and M.A.D.D. have honored arealaw enforcement officers and oth-ers for their efforts in enforcing andprosecuting the drunken drivinglaws of the Commonwealth.

Officer Tracy has been a memberof the Vienna Police Departmentsince 2011. In addition to his du-ties as a patrol officer, Officer Tracyis also an Intoxilyzer Operator forthe Commonwealth of Virginia, aR.A.D. (Rape Aggression and De-fense) instructor, a Patrol Rifle Op-erator and a Bicycle Patrol Officer.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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In November 2013,Franklin Middle Schoolteacher Jannine Parisi,47, was the victim of a

tragedy which left her two teen-age daughters without parents.But she’s not been forgotten bythose who knew and loved her.

And now, her former school isholding a 5K race in her honorand to raise money for herchildren’s education. The firstannual Born to Run 5K Memo-rial Race and Fun Run is slatedfor Saturday, June 14, at theschool, 3300 Lees Corner Roadin Chantilly.

“Jannine was a huge BruceSpringsteen fan, so we namedthe race after his song,” saidAssistant Principal Bryan Hol-land, organizing the event. “Andas a P.E. teacher, physical fitnesswas important to her, and wewanted to do a community-minded event to honor her.”

Parisi taught at Franklin foreight years and, according toRob Gibbs, a fellow P.E. teacherthere, “She was a well-respectedmember of our Franklin MiddleSchool family. She was a won-derful teacher, role model andfriend to students, staff and ourschool community.”

“Jannine’s students respectedher as a positive influence, givenher ability to inspire them andplace the concerns of othersabove her own,” continuedGibbs. “Since November, ourschool community continues tocollectively heal from her loss.We want to make this specialevent a successful tribute toJannine and her spirit.”

The 5K starts at 8:30 a.m., fol-lowed shortly afterward by the 1Kfun run.

Online registration is atwww.prraces.com. Registration forthe 5K is $35 until June 12, $40on race day; the 1K is $20 throughrace day. Potomac River Runningis managing the 5K, and runnerswill be timed via a computer chipin their race bibs.

All proceeds will be donated toan established education fund forParisi’s daughters. One is aChantilly High senior and the otheris in eighth grade, and both willbe at the event. Those unable toparticipate in the event, but wish-ing to contribute, may do so at theWebsite.

“Jannine valued education, and

what meant the most to her wereher daughters,” said Holland. “Sothe best way for us to honor herand give back is to help provide aneducation for them.”

Awards will be given to the fast-est overall male and female finish-ers, the overall male and femalestaff members from the ChantillyPyramid and the top male and fe-male finishers in various age cat-egories. Packet pick-up is Friday,June 13, from 3-6 p.m., and Sat-urday, June 14, from 7-8 a.m., be-fore the event.

Runners will traverse a flatcourse through the Chantilly High-lands neighborhood, and the racewill both start and end at FranklinMiddle. The fun includes a rafflefor gift certificates from local mer-chants, and the school PTA and

community businesses are pro-viding refreshments afterwardfor the participants.

“The event will focus on asense of community and the cel-ebration of life,” said Gibbs. “Weare very excited to be honoringour friend in such a fashion.”Anyone who’d like to donate anitem to the raffle or volunteerto help on race day should con-tact Assistant Principal BryanHolland at [email protected].

“So far, about 250 people haveregistered to run, so we’re hop-ing for a good turnout,” he said.“As people found out about therace, they’ve contacted me toask what they could do, and it’sreassured me how truly caringand compassionate theChantilly community really is.”

At Franklin, Jannine Parisiwas a hardworking andcherished staff member;

to me personally, she was a goodfriend. She is best known for herbeautiful smile and positive at-titude that would improveanyone’s day. She inspired herstudents to reach the potentialshe saw in each of them. Shewas patient with them; and they,in turn, thought highly of her.

Jannine was also the heartand soul of the P.E. departmentas the pseudo-mothering figureand mentor to each member.And she loved and treated eachmember as if they were part of

countless hours making sure bothher girls had the skills to succeedin life, and she was so proud of theyoung women they had become.

As a co-worker, she inspired hercolleagues to develop positive re-lationships with one another andwith their students. As a person,she inspired us all to live our liveswith a smile on our face, regard-less of what was going on in ourlives. She led a dignified and self-less life and will be forever missed,but never forgotten, by herFranklin family.

— Bryan Holland,

assistant principal, Franklin

Middle School

An Homage to Jannine Parisi

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her own family. She was a calmingvoice, and her humor and laugh-ter made her friends’ and col-leagues’ days better. Her warm per-sonality was contagious.

Always happy to help otherteachers, Jannine became a promi-nent and award-winning memberof the GMU Teaching advisorycouncil. Her love and passion forher job always inspired her co-workers and provided those newto the profession with a solid foun-dation to start from.

However, those who workedclosest to Jannine recognized thatthe most important thing in her lifewas being a mother. She spent

Fundraiser for deceased teacher’s two daughters.

Born to Run Memorial 5K Race Is June 14

Jannine Parisi

In happier times: Jannine Parisi having funat school.

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THURSDAY/JUNE 5The Josh Anderson Foundation

and Safe Community Coalition(SCC) present “Teen-to-Teen MentalHealth Summit”, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., AldenTheatre, 1234 Ingleside Avenue,McLean. A panel of local teens fromLangley High School, McLean HighSchool and Thomas Jefferson HighSchool for Science and Technologywill be sharing their stories aboutliving with anxiety and depressionand how they want to erase thestigma of talking about these issuesamong their peers and in thecommunity. This will be followed byparent and teen breakout groups withdiscussion facilitated by educatorsand mental health professionals. Thisis a free event, but, seating is limited.Reserve your seat today at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A48A4A722A46-teentoteen. Formore information visitwww.joshafoundation.org andwww.safecommunitycoalition.net.

MONDAY/JUNE 9McLean & Great Falls Celebrate

Meeting. 5:30 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. The group will bediscussing plans for their August 24event commemorating thebicentennial of the burning of thenation’s capital during the War of1812. If interested in taking part inthe organization and its upcomingevent please contact Carole Herrick at703-356-8223.

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experiences from the event. I trustall participants from this eventtasted Asia in many ways and I amgrateful for that. I thank 30 -plusvolunteers that we had for theevent and special thanks to ourevent committee members whohelped build many positive bridgesamong people in this diversecounty.

When I witnessed some kidsfrom Ghana, trying on Korean,Chinese and Thai dresses and hav-ing a photo-op, I saw a glimpse of‘Promised Land,” that once Mar-tin Luther King noted. When I wit-nessed Chinese women helpingHispanic young people wearingtheir Chinese costumes, there washeartfelt welcoming and receivingof friendship built. It was pleasureof seeing acceptance of each otherand they are moving forward tolearn about each other and theyare reaching out and sharing theirstories. Their hearts were wideopened to embrace each other forthose moments. There was joy andhappiness all around.

I saw what Dr. Martin Luther

King dreamed: ”that day when allof God’s children, black men andwhite men, Jews and Gentiles,Protestants and Catholics, will beable to join hands and sing in thewords of the old Negro spiritual:Free at last! Free at last! ThankGod Almighty, we are free at last!”

I am committed to seed thedream that Dr. King once talkedabout by offering a column thatwould continue to offer a place fora “Taste of Asia” and I am veryexcited about this calling.

As E.M. Forster noted, that thiscolumn will bring humanism toour living. “The four characteris-tics of humanism are curiosity, afree mind, belief in good taste, andbelief in the human race.”

Wonhee Kang will write an occa-sional column for the Connection.

Chairperson of Taste of AsiaChairperson of Next-generation

Entrepreneurship and LeadershipDevelopment Committee (NELDC)

Sr. Director of Boys & Girls Clubsof Greater Washington, FairfaxCounty Region

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Each award provides between$500 and $2,000 annually for up tofour years of undergraduate study atthe institution financing therecipient’s scholarship.

Ten Fairfax County PublicSchools (FCPS) students earnedtop 10 finishes at the DECA Interna-tional Career DevelopmentConference held recently in Atlanta.

The following FCPS studentsearned a top 10 finish at the nationallevel:

❖ Paige Ahmed, Sophie Eaton,and Lauren Fisher of Robinson Sec-ondary School, Learn and EarnProject.

❖ Conor Boyle and Emma Heidenof Marshall High School, MarketingCommunications Team.

❖ Sydney Applegate and MasonHawkins of Oakton High School,Hospitality Services Team.

❖ Michael Briody and WesHammerschmidt of Marshall HighSchool, Buying and MerchandisingTeam.

❖ Claire Heiden of Marshall HighSchool, Principles of Marketing.

A total of 37 FCPS students wererecognized as finalists at the 2014competition.

Seth McNair of McLean, a stu-dent at Landon School in Bethesda,Md. will participate in the 2014 U.S.Naval Academy (USNA) SummerSeminar program. USNA invited aselect group of approximately 2,550young men and women from aroundthe nation and abroad to attend theNaval Academy Summer Seminarprogram this year. Summer Seminaris a fast-paced leadership experience

for rising seniors in high school. Thisprogram helps educate, motivate andprepare selected students who areconsidering applying for admissionto USNA.

For more information about theNaval Academy, visit:www.usna.edu or the USNA Admis-sions Facebook page.

Longfellow Middle School stu-dents Aaditya Singh, FranklynWang, and William Sun havequalified to the United States ofAmerica Junior Mathematical Olym-piad (USAJMO) 2014. The USAJMOis an invitation only competitionwhere the MAA invites the top scor-ing 230 students (10th graders andbelow across the US) based on acombination of their performance inthe AMC-10 and AIME competitions.See more at: http://www.maa.org/node/79/#USAMO

Courtney Cross, of Great Falls,graduated from Bishop O’Connellhigh school. She is a sophomore atVillanova University and was namedto the Dean’s List for the fall semes-ter of 2013.

Matthew Kent, of Vienna, wasnamed to the Dean’s List at CarnegieMellon University for the fall semes-ter of 2013.

Lindsay Weber, a 2010 gradu-ate of James Madison High School,has been named to the Dean’s List forthe fall semester of 2013 at RadfordUniversity.

Julian Kell, of Vienna, wasnamed to the Dean’s List at Univer-sity of New England for the fallsemester of 2013.

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From creating dough for freshlybaked bread to squeezing lemonsfor a neighborhood lemonadestand, Michael Roll enjoys spending

time in the kitchen with his children trans-forming ordinary food into nutritious culinarycreations, particularly during the summer. Hesays that when parents cook healthy mealswith their children they model behavior thatcan last a lifetime.

“The more ‘from scratch’ and processingraw food at home a child can see throughtheir parents, the better understanding thechild can develop in terms of what makes foodhealthy and unhealthy and where our foodcomes from,” said Roll, director, Departmentof Culinary Arts and Food and Beverage Man-agement at The Art Institute of Washingtonin Arlington. “These are fundamental thingsthat can easily be lost in our very time-crunched worlds and long grocery store aislesof prepared and over-processed foods.”

Farmers markets can offer a goldmine ofinspiration for creating nutritious summermeals. “[They] bring us seasonal, fresh pro-duce, grown close to home,” said ChristineWisnewski, an instructor at Culinaria Cook-ing School in Vienna. “In contrast to the maddash into the supermarket the rest of the year, themore relaxed summer schedule also gives us thechance to really look around and broaden our foodhorizons.”

Offering children a wide selection of fresh foodand a chance to make their own selections broad-ens their culinary horizons. “In my experience, kidsare more willing to try something new if they aregiven the opportunity to choose that new itemthemselves,” said Wisnewski. “Challenge them tochoose one new thing a week. “One week havethem look for the most beautiful fruit or vegetablethey can find at the market, next week have themfind the ugliest. You might all be surprised withhow that experiment plays out. The kids will gainexposure and you will gain experience. You were al-ways curious about kohlrabi anyway, right?”

Roll encourages parents to approach cooking withan attitude of enthusiasm. “Baking chocolate chipcookies, even with my 6 year olds was fun becausemeasuring flour, sugar, learning how to crack an eggwere all exciting things for them,” he said. “Lickingraw batter and tasting warm cookies didn’t hurt, butat 11, my son could probably make passable cookieswithout any help. My family’s passion for cookies iswhy.”

COOKING TECHNIQUES and the tasks childrenundertake in the kitchen should be age appropriate,said Roll. “For the really young, nothing beats funnyshapes, layering yogurt and fruit and granola in aclear glass is magical to a child,” he said. “For theolder, make baking a chemistry lesson on baking soda[or] why flour in bread makes such a different prod-uct than flour in pancakes.”

Roll added, “I think that starting simple helps, too.Chicken broth, chicken, carrots, celery and pasta,

with some seasoning still makes the best cold rem-edy there is. A child can peel a carrot. A child cantest the doneness of pasta, a child can learn that alittle salt is great, no salt is bland, and too much saltis a disaster.”

With a little planning, parents can create deliciousand healthy fare with their children that is hands-on, but safe. “Letting kids help cut fresh fruit for fruitsalads is a great summer dish, said Beth Szymanskiof Tiny Chefs, a culinary academy with locations inFairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Sterling, Ashburn,Reston, Herndon, Centerville, Va., and Potomac, Md.“Kids love to help cut food and having them use let-tuce knives lets them really help out in the kitchenwhile keeping them safe.”

Szymanski adds that there are simple short cuts tocreate substantial, low-maintenance meals. “Use analready cooked rotisserie chicken to create a chickensalad or pasta salad in the summer time to keep thekitchen cool without having to turn on the oven, plusthe kids love to help shred and cut up the chicken,”she said.

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THURSDAY/JUNE 5- SUNDAY JUNE 8Celebrate Fairfax!. Celebrate Fairfax!,

Northern Virginia’s largestcommunity-wide celebration, arrivesJune 6-8 to the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center. Twenty-fiveacres of vendors, exhibitors, rides,and nightly fireworks. 703-324-FAIR(3247) for all details.

FRIDAY/JUNE 6 - SUNDAY/JUNE 22“Bat Boy: The Musical.” Check

website for times. 1st Stage Theatrein Tysons, 1524 Spring Hill Road,McLean. A musical comedy/horrorspoof and satire on Americanprejudice featuring a half-boy, half-bat creature a the main character.Admission: $15-$32. http://www.1stStageTysons.org/. 703-854-1856.

FRIDAY/JUNE 6 – SUNDAY/JUNE 15 Salvador Dali: The Sculpture

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FRIDAY/JUNE 6- SUNDAY JUNE 8Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. 2

and 8 pm. Wolf Trap- The FileneCenter, 1551 Trap Rd, Vienna. “BeOur Guest!” Belle and her enchantedentourage prove love conquers all inthis family-favorite musical withOscar-winning score featuring“Something There” and “If I Can’tLove Her.” $22-$80. 703-255-1900.

Postage Stamp Show. 10 a.m.- 6p.m.; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday.

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FRIDAY/JUNE 6Vienna Idol. 6:30 p.m. Vienna Town

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SATURDAY/JUNE 7Applause Unlimited presents “The

Magic of Hans ChristianAndersen”. 2 p.m. The Alden, 1234Ingleside Ave, McLean. In this award-winning show two puppeteerscombine their talents to present threeHans Christian Andersen’s best lovedstories with puppetry, masks andstorytelling. Ages 4+. $15. 703-790-0123.

”The Magic of Hans ChristianAndersen.” 2 p.m. Alden Theater,1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean. Twopuppeteers combine their talents topresent three of Hans ChristianAndersen’s beloved stories. $10-15.www.aldentheater.org. 703-790-0123

Bands for Bikes. 6-8 p.m. Old FireHouse Center, 1440 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. Two local middleschool boys are organizing a kidsconcert called Bands for Bikes tobenefit Wheels to Africa, a youth-ledall volunteer 501c(3) that collectsused bikes for needy children inAfrica.

Maria Spearman (Tai-Chi andBalance). 8-9 a.m. The PalladiumCivic Place Green, 1445 Laughlin

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Catholic Church, 7001 GeorgetownPike, McLean. Pianist ThomasPandolfi, known for his intensityand technical brilliance, along withcellist Doug Wolters, cellist of theGettysburg Chamber Orchestra,present a variety of works for celloand piano. $25.www.musicinmclean.org/2013-2014-season.html. 703-356-0670.

Sunday Soiree Series: Our GreatFathers. 3-5 p.m. McLean

Community Center, 1234 IngelsideAve, McLean. As inexpensive andenjoyable dates go, they don’t getbetter than this! Come hear ths musicof the Wayne Tympanick Trio as youtry out your favorite dance movesand enjoy appetizers andrefreshments. $5.

Kingsley Winter Band- Rock. 6:30p.m. Vienna Town Green, 144 MapleAvenue E, Vienna. The Summer onthe Green is a free concert series inVienna. Bring chairs or blankets forseating.

Parisian Musicale. 4 p.m. CarderockFalls Manor, 1323 Calder Road,McLean. Step back in a 1900sParisian one-woman theater show.

MONDAY/JUNE 9Gabriel Kahane. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’

Java, 227 Maple Ave East, Vienna.Gabriel Kahane is a songwriter,singer, pianist, composer, devotedamateur cook, guitarist, andoccasional banjo player, who madehis recital debut at Carnegie’s ZankelHall. $12-$15. 703-355-1566.

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 11Trey McIntyre Project. 8:30 p.m.

Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551 TrapRd, Vienna. In their final DCperformance, this inventive and boldcomtemporary ballet companyperforms to Queen’s glam-rockstylings. $10-$44. 703-255-1990.

THURSDAY/JUNE 12Matt Wertz. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’ Java,

227 Maple Ave East, Vienna. Morethan ever, the reflective songwriterhas his heart on his sleeve, andWeights & Wings is the veryincarnation of that lifeline. $20. 703-

255-1566.Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. 8

p.m. Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551Trap Rd, Vienna. Celebrate an erawith a band of rock n’ roll virtuososfrom the Beatles, Santana, Journey,Toto and more! $35-$65. 703-255-1900.

Touching Heart Lunch. 11:30 a.m.- 1p.m. Marriott Tysons Corner,Shutters Restaurant, 8028 LessburgPike, Vienna. An elegant lunch andnetworking event by Touching Heart,a foundation to inspire kids toservice. $25.www.touchingheart.com

FRIDAY/JUNE 13 II Volo. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap Filene

Center, 1551 Trap Rd, Vienna. Pop-opera trio of Italian teen heartthrobscombines soaring voices with playfulcharm in a multilingual “mixture ofAndrea Bocelli and the JonasBrothers.” (The NYTimes) $30-$65.703-255-1900.

Annapolis Bluegrass. 6:30 p.m.Vienna Town Green, 144 MapleAvenue E, Vienna. The Summer onthe Green is a free concert series inVienna. Bring chairs or blankets forseating.

SATURDAY/JUNE 14Memorial Race and Fun Run. 8:30

a.m. at Franklin Middle School, 3300Lees Corner Road, Chantilly. First“Born to Run” 5k Memorial Race andFun Run in honor of the late teacherJannine Parisi. $30+ for 5K, $15+for 1K goes towards an educationfund for Jannine’s two daughters. Toparticipate, register atwww.prraces.com. Volunteersneeded, contact Assistant PrincipalBryan Holland at [email protected].

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The show has a catchy pop score of about 25 songs,with straight-forward lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe anda graphic-novel type story by Keythe Farley and BrianFlemming. What makes the production fly is the vig-orous, aiming-to-please, tuneful voices the ten-mem-ber cast brings with their wide-eyed sincerity andbright-eyed looks.

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Sports

By recording victoriesover both Albemarleand Stone Bridge, the

Marshall boys’ tennis team ad-vanced to the 5A North regionfinal for the first time in years.By advancing to the region fi-nal, the Statesmen also secureda berth in the state tournament.

Ryan Feenick, Joe SanNicolas, John Garvey, and ChrisBeddow all recorded straightsets victories in both matches,while freshman Logan Tran dis-

played some grit and tenacityto scratch out a third-set tiebreak against Stone Bridge toclinch a berth in the state cham-pionships for the team.

Thomas Jefferson defeatedMarshall in the region final onMonday.

The state championships willbe played in Newport Newsfrom June 12-14.

Marshall is led by head coachJames Macindoe and assistantcoach Lindsey Hardenbergh.

Marshall junior John Garvey competes against StoneBridge in the 5A North region tennis semifinals onMay 30.

Marshall Boys’ TennisEarns State Berth

The Marshall boys’ tennis team defeated StoneBridge 5-1 on May 30 to advance to the 5A Northregion finals.

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Oakton senior R.J.Gaines and McLeansenior JoeySullivan engaged

in a pitcher’s duel on May 30 inthe opening round of the 6A Northregion tournament.

Gaines limited the Highlandersto one run in six innings. But onthis Friday evening, even one runwas too much againsta motivated Sullivan.

Sullivan threw aone-hit shutout andMcLean sophomoreshortstop ConorGrammes drove in thegame’s only run as theHighlanders defeatedthe Cougars 1-0 atOakton High School.

Sullivan, whosigned with VirginiaTech, said he wasn’tpleased with his bodyof work during the2014 season and pitched like hehad something to prove. FacingConference 5 champion Oakton,Sullivan delivered what he calledthe “best” performance of his highschool career.

“For me, this isn’t the senior sea-son that I’ve imagined,” Sullivan

said. “… I’ve been pretty disap-pointed with my play and the[team’s performance]. … For me,today, I wanted to show peoplethat I deserve to go to VirginiaTech, and I deserve to be [consid-ered] an elite pitcher in the regionand go out there every day andhave teams fear me. I don’t thinkI’ve had my best stuff this seasonand I don’t think I’ve proved thetype of player that I really am.

“… This was a statement gamefor me. I wanted to prove myself,again, to the region that I thinkI’m as good as it gets out there andthat I give my team a good chanceto win.”

Sullivan threw 106 pitches, in-cluding 70 for strikes. He walked

two, hit one batter and struck outeight. A two-out, fourth-inningsingle by Oakton first basemanDale Good was the only hitSullivan surrendered.

THE MCLEAN RIGHT-HANDER did not allow an

Oakton runner to reach third base.“Joey pitched his tail off,”

McLean head coach John Dowlingsaid. “It’s the same story we’ve hadall season: We know we’re goingto pitch, we know we’re going toplay defense, and if we can scrapea couple across, I like our chancesevery night out.”

Gaines suffered the tough-luckloss. The right-hander allowed sixhits and one earned run in six in-nings. He walked two and struckout one. Gaines stranded two run-ners in scoring position in the sec-ond inning and left the basesloaded in the sixth, but the two-out RBI single he surrendered toGrammes proved to be the differ-ence.

“We had one inningthat just got awayfrom us,” Gaines said.“I left one over themiddle and they founda hole and they founda way and that’s all ittook.”

The Highlandersmanaged just one runFriday night, but itwas plenty forSullivan. With twoouts in the top of thefifth inning, Grammesdelivered an RBI

single, scoring left fielder MatthewBielamowicz, who doubled withone out.

“I hit the first pitch that came tome, and I was definitely lookingfastball middle-in because that’swhat I had gotten a hit on [dur-ing] my [previous] at-bat,”

Oakton pitcher R.J. Gaines allowed one run in six inningsagainst McLean on May 30 during the opening round ofthe 6A North region tournament.

McLean pitcher JoeySullivan threw a one-hitshutout against Oakton inthe opening round of the6A North region tourna-ment on May 30.

Oakton Baseball Shut OutBy McLean Pitcher SullivanCougars endseason withregional loss toHighlanders.

Grammes said. “It was right thereand I just turned on it and hit itthrough the third-base gap.

“I was very confident [at thatpoint]. I knew that if we could getone, then I thought we’d be ingood shape. I knew … that Joey’san incredible pitcher and that if wecould score one, that would defi-nitely be enough.”

Grammes, hitting second in theMcLean batting order, finished 2-for-3.

“Conor has hit at the top of ourorder the entire season; he’s beenone or two,” Dowling said. “… Asa sophomore, he’s maturing intoa really, really talented ball player.Guys look at him, he’s not the big-gest guy, he’s not the quickest guy,but at the plate, he does not get

“I couldn’t be more proud of theseguys. … One of the coachesbrought it up: We started theseason 5-6 and we ended up 14-8,so I think that says a lot about thecharacter of our players.”

— Oakton baseball coach Justin Janis

fooled. He barrels up everythinghe sees.” McLean advanced to thequarterfinals, where the Highland-ers defeated Battlefield 7-5 onMonday. McLean (14-10) willtravel to face Madison (21-2) inthe region semifinals at 7 p.m. onWednesday, June 4.

OAKTON ended its season witha 14-8 record, including a secondconsecutive Conference 5/Concorde District championship.

“I couldn’t be more proud ofthese guys,” Oakton head coachJustin Janis said. “… One of thecoaches brought it up: We startedthe season 5-6 and we ended up14-8, so I think that says a lotabout the character of our play-ers.”

Vienna/Oakton Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

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Marshall junior John Garvey competes against Stone Bridge in the 5A North regiontennis semifinals on May 30.

The Marshall boys’ tennis team defeated Stone Bridge 5-1 on May 30 to advance to the5A North region finals.

Marshall Boys’ Tennis Earns State Berth

By recording victories over both Albemarle andStone Bridge, the Marshall boys’ tennis teamadvanced to the 5A North region final for the

first time in years. By advancing to the region final,the Statesmen also secured a berth in the state tour-nament. Ryan Feenick, Joe San Nicolas, John Garvey,and Chris Beddow all recorded straight sets victoriesin both matches, while freshman Logan Tran dis-

played some grit and tenacity to scratch out a third-set tie break against Stone Bridge to clinch a berthin the state championships for the team.

Thomas Jefferson defeated Marshall in the regionfinal on Monday. The state championships will beplayed in Newport News from June 12-14.

Marshall is led by head coach James Macindoe andassistant coach Lindsey Hardenbergh.

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third Sunday service every month at10:15 a.m. which allows children toplay active roles in the music and asgreeters and ushers. Traditional ser-vices are every Sunday at 8:15 and10:15 a.m.

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-William Van Horne

In anticipation of my next face-to-faceappointment with my oncologist, the first in threemonths (as per usual) and considering a breathingissue I’ve been experiencing the last month or so,my wife, Dina (original Team Lourie member)asked if I wanted my brother, Richard (the otheroriginal Team Lourie member), to attend. Not thathe wouldn’t attend if asked (he’s local); it’s morethat I’m wondering if he really needs to attend, asin whether there will be life-changing, cancer-related decisions where all hands need be ondeck. Of course, a week before the appointment Ihave no legitimate clue – nor have I received anysuggestions from my oncologist – that anything ofsubstance/recent changes that have occurred (Ihave also recently completed my quarterly diag-nostic scans and am awaiting those results as well)will be discussed; and that’s the point of this col-umn: how frequently, how/when does the patient/survivor know when team members should bepresent at these appointments?

Initially, at the very first meeting with youroncologist (see last week’s column: “Team Up”),team members’ presence, inclusion, participation,etc., is mandatory. It’s the subsequent appoint-ments, however, when their presence may not benecessary; that is, the discussions with the oncolo-gist are more mundane, (at least they have beenfor me anyway, mostly) and matter-of-fact and notas serious as they were at the beginning, when Iwas advised to take that trip I had always dreamedof because my prognosis was not that good: “13months to two years.” Now, I feel that if I bringalong the entire team, I’m tempting fate some-how; thinking negatively when thinking positivelyis the anecdotal solution to what ails me. Troublehas already found me. I don’t need to look for it.

And by trouble, I mean: the current treatmentis no longer maintaining the tumor’s status quoand there’s been some spread and/or growth orsome additional kidney/liver damage, manifesta-tion of which would likely stop treatment. Giventhat I’m presently taking the last drug my oncolo-gist feels comfortable recommending I take (giventhe previous organ damage I’ve already experi-enced and knowing that most chemotherapydrugs are filtered through one or two of theseorgans), my next choices are: other chemotherapydrugs with a 10 percent chance of positivelyaffecting the tumors (vs. doing nothing), a clinicaltrial at either N.I.H. or Johns Hopkins, or doingnothing and living my life – what there is of it, andtrying in turn not to not focus or anticipate whenthe other shoe will drop off – figuratively speaking,and/or maybe even literally, too. And therein liesmy dilemma: if this is in fact where I am, the needfor a calm and reasoned perspective to help con-sider these alternatives would be most welcomeand appreciated. Still, I can’t help being remindedof the old joke about the not-too-bright personquestioning how the Thermos knows to keep thecold water cold and the hot water hot. How do Iknow my future fate? I don’t. I’d like to believe inkarma, but sometimes, maybe most of the time,the die is cast.

If the substance of the conversation with myoncologist is to be serious, I want the team there.If it’s not, I don’t want them there as a presump-tive buffer to bad news that I might not evenreceive. I don’t want to waste their support for anappointment that doesn’t really warrant it, if youknow what I mean? But the problem is, I’ll neverknow until it’s too late, and too early is subject toreinterpretation, as I wrote about previously in acolumn titled: “Whew!” So now I’ll be waitingeven longer for information/an assessment andknowing even less in the interim (because we’vesort of learned our lesson) – and therefore welikely won’t know anything until the actualappointment.

Perhaps I’m writing around in circles here, buthaving cancer isn’t exactly a by-the-numbers kindof existence, and there’s certainly no handbook orracing-type form to direct you on the variousfacts/feelings to consider in your everyday living-with-cancer life. (I wish there were; gosh, thatwould make it so much easier.) Moreover, whatseems like simple choices for those of you outsidethese battle lines become somewhat muddled tothose of us on the inside. I’ll manage, though. I’mstill alive five years and three months after receiv-ing my diagnosis/prognosis in late February, 2009,a heck of a lot longer that I was originally given;and as I’m extremely fond of saying: “I’d be crazyto complain,” and I’m not complaining, I’m justtrying to sort out yet another cancer conundrum.

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

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