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Cousins ConradMcCumiskey, 4, andAudrey LaGarde, 4, ofHerndon ride theWagon Wheel togetherat Herndon Festival onSaturday, June 3.

The People BehindThe Herndon FestivalViewpoints, Page 5

Suspicious PackageCauses AlarmNews, Page 2

The People BehindThe Herndon FestivalViewpoints, Page 5

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Herndon FestivalDraws More Than 80K

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By Fallon Forbush

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The third day of theHerndon Festival endedon a temporary note of

alarm when a “suspicious pack-age” was brought to the attentionof the Herndon Police Departmentjust after the fireworks display.

The culprit: A forgotten back-pack.

Without knowing what was in-side the backpack, police quietlybarricaded the 700 block of EldenStreet between Spring and Centerstreets just after 10 p.m. before thefestival was to close for the nightat 11 o’clock.

The Fairfax County PoliceDepartment’s Special OperationsDivision Explosive Ordnance Dis-posal team arrived on sceneshortly thereafter.

“There’s a suspicious packageand we’re going to take care of it,”2nd Lt. Lance Schaible, an officerwith the FCPD, said after he ex-ited his vehicle on the scene. “Aslong as we keep the street clear,we’ll be fine,” he added later.

People inside the O’Sullivan’s

Irish Pub were evacuated andlarge crowds of people exiting thefestival from Station Street wereconfused as they were divertedaway from the barricade zone.

Once the festival crowds dis-persed, police extended the barri-cade further east down EldenStreet to Lynn Street. Patrons in-side Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern andCopan Restaurant were not dis-turbed. However, entrances fromthe establishments onto EldenStreet were restricted.

FCPD Master Police Officer Tho-mas Eggers was sent into the bar-ricade in a protective bomb suit.He exited and went back in a sec-ond time, just as someone whowas unaware of the situationwalked right out of a side door ofJimmy’s Old Town Tavern withinfeet of the officer. She was quicklycalled out to a safe area and wasbrought up to speed.

“Eggers X-rayed the bag the firsttime and determined nothing dan-gerous was inside. He then wentback in and inspected by hand,”Schaible said. “It turns out it wasmiscellaneous items.”

The barricade was lifted shortlyafter midnight.

“We couldn’t leave it withoutchecking it,” Herndon Police ChiefMaggie DeBoard, said once thesituation was diffused. “Obviously,we called the county bomb tech-nicians out here to safely deal withit and they were able to determinethat there was nothing threaten-ing inside the backpack. But in themeantime, we had to clear thearea and make sure that it wasaway from anybody where it couldhave caused a problem.”

The department has faced simi-lar situations before. In fact, a sus-picious package event happenedthe previous day just before thefestival was to open for its secondday, according to DeBoard.

“We cannot take the risk whenwe have crowds like this,” she said.

Package Causes Alarm

Photos by Fallon Forbush/The Connection

Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard and 2nd Lt. LanceSchaible of the Fairfax County Police Department’s Spe-cial Operations Division Explosive Ordnance Disposalteam talk after he arrives on the scene on Elden Street.

Master Police Officer Tho-mas Eggers of the FairfaxCounty Police Departmentremoves his protective gearafter the package wasdetermined to be harmless.

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By Fallon Forbush

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You must be 36 inches tall to ride.It also takes three tickets.The clear plastic bag strapped toSonya’s side is filling with the

valuable blue and pink paper as parents andtheir children pay up after waiting in a longline.

Sonya Dunnigan-Farnsworth is a carnivalworker and her spinning Tea Cups children’sride is popular.

Some parents try to board the revolvingplatform, but there is a 54-inch height limit.Sonya, small in stature herself, patrols thegate with confidence. She fills the six tea-cups with four kids each to fight back theline, but it keeps filling.

She tucks the kids into the cups, ensur-ing their seat belts are strapped in and thedoor of their round vehicles are securelyshut. The kids are getting impatient. Shegives them a test twirl as she walks by totheir utter delight.

She counts and raises both of her thumbsto signal without saying a word, “Room fortwo more kiddos!” While this is going on alittle girl manages to undo her seatbelt andclimb out to the front of the platform, sob-bing. The girl has changed her mind andwants no part of this.

Now there are three spaces to fill.Without flinching, Sonya hands three tick-

ets back to the child’s mother and lets herinto rescue her child. Other parents areshouting from the other side of the gate try-ing to get their kids’ attention for photoson their smartphones.

Sonya circles the cups once more to makesure everything is set before she descends.

“Watch me now,” she says as the kids arequite possibly on their last nerve.

She makes a lavish gesture and raises herpointer finger above her head so they canall see this moment. She presses the large

red button. They are off.During the minutes-long reprieve, Sonya

slurps a soda. Protruding from her other hipis a keychain affixed with a large bottle ofhand sanitizer. You can also see socks em-broidered with little hearts protruding fromher black tennis shoes that are splatteredwith what looks like white paint.

Though Sonya could easily fit on the ride,she is not fragile. Aside from short restroombreaks, she has been operating the ride non-stop all weekend. Temperatures have raisedto temperatures in the low 80s where herride sits out in the open unshaded from thesun.

IT IS THE EVENING of Saturday, June3, and the sun is setting on the third day ofthe 37th Annual Herndon Festival. Sonyasmiles, her patience and professionalismnever eroding.

The four-day festival featured musicalentertainment on three stages, a carnivalwith rides, fireworks, arts and crafts, a busi-ness expo, 10K/5K races and fitness expoand a variety of food and drink vendors.

“We work on planning this for sometimes

nine months to a year,” Abby Kimble, mar-keting specialist with the town of Herndon’sParks and Recreation Department, whichproduces the festival each year. This is her11th year working on the festival. “When theweather is nice and the crowds are happy,and the vendors are happy, then it’s all agood payoff for all of that hard work.”

The fireworks display on Saturdayevening were set off to hometown themedmusic, like American Idol season 11 win-ner Phillip Phillips’ 2012 hit single, “Home.”

“I spent hour selecting the music back inJanuary,” said Holly Popple, performing artsand special events supervisor for the town’sParks and Recreation Department. “It wasall about town and hometown pride.”

An estimated 81,500 people visitedHerndon’s historic downtown area to par-take in the hometown’s festival last week-end, according to Kimble. That is more thana threefold jump in the town’s total popu-lation of 24,393, estimated in 2016 by theU.S. Census Bureau.

“The food selection at the Herndon Festi-val is enormous,” Kimble said. “You cancome in and get some amazing barbecue,

you can have vegetarian, you can have In-dian food, it runs the gamut.”

Everyone has their favorite.“I think a classic funnel cake means festi-

val to me,” Kimble said. “I love seeingpeople that have eaten a funnel cake andthen have all the powdered sugar on theirshirt like they just missed their mouth andit’s all down their shirt. That’s always a goodlook.”

The town and its residents take pride inthe annual celebration.

“Volunteers are our backbone for thisevent,” Kimble said. “If we didn’t have thesupport of all the Herndon volunteers andpeople from the surrounding area, wecouldn’t put this event on. It takes over1,000 hours of volunteer service to makesure that our entrances are covered, theplace is kept tidy and we’re also able to havefree hand-on arts activities because of allof these wonderful volunteers.”

There were rides suitable for all ages,from tiny tots to teenagers and adults.Kimble’s favorite is the Gondola Wheel.

“What’s really fun is to get up there whenthe fireworks go off and see the fireworks,”she said. “That’s my little insider tip.”

THE FESTIVAL, which started 37 yearsago because a community member wantedto throw a party, began as a one-day affair,according to Kimble. It’s now a four-daystaple of the town.

“It’s kind of like a homecoming when youcome to this event,” Kimble said. “You getto see people that you haven’t seen all win-ter long or haven’t seen in years but theycome out and support it.”

The town employees are committed inkeeping it going, even if the downtown willbe unavailable next year.

“We’re going to keep on offering it,” Kiblesaid. “It’s a cherished event for many in thecommunity. We look forward to offering the38th and many more.”

Herndon Festival Draws More Than 80K

Photos by Fallon Forbush/The Connection

Stella Ferguson, 9, Madalyn Starling, 8, and Matthew Starling, 2, take aride in a helicopter as the sun sets on Thursday, June 1.

Christian Valladares, 18, Angebeth Partidas, 17, Lisset Valladares, 17,and Reyna Perez, 16, are slung up into the air on the Street Fighter thatspins 360 degrees while rotating back and forth like a pendulum, even-tually taking riders upside-down.

Carnival worker Sonya Dunnigan-Farnsworth manned the SpinningTea Cups during the four-dayfestival.

Katie Preston, 10, of Herndonescapes the Surf Shack by slidingout of the maze on Saturday, June3.


Opinion

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On June 13, every Virginia voterhas the opportunity to vote in thePrimary Election to choose thecandidates for their chosen party

for governor and lieutenant governor.Ralph Northam and Tom Perriello are vying

to be the Democratic nominee for governor.Ed Gillespie, Cory Stewart

and Frank Wagner are seekingthe Republican nomination forgovernor.

For lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, GeneRossi and Susan Platt are seeking the Demo-cratic nomination.

Bryce Reeves, Glenn Davis Jr. and Jill Vogelcompete for the Republican nomination forlieutenant governor.

In Fairfax County, there are primaries for

Democrats in two delegate seats as well, thethe 67th District and the 42nd.

In the 67th, three Democrats, John Carey,Karrie Delaney and Hannah Risheq face off forthe right to run against incumbent Del. JimLeMunyon (R).

In the 42nd, long-time Del. Dave Albo (R) isgiving up his seat; two Democrats and threeRepublicans are seeking to be on the Novem-ber ballot to replace him. The Democrats, TillyBlanding and Kathy Tran, will appear on theprimary ballot.

The Republican candidate for the 42nd Dis-trict will be chosen by GOP party canvass onJune 10 at South County Middle School, 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Eligible voters of the 42nd dis-trict will choose between Steve Adragna,Michael Drobnis and Lolita Mancheno-Smoak.

The filing deadline for independent and non-primary party nominees is June 13 at 7 p.m.for the November general election.

For in person absentee voting, availablethrough June 10, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/absentee.htm. For more informationon voting in Fairfax County including sample

ballots, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/upcoming.htm

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Send in photos with the following informa-tion: the town where you live, the names ofeveryone in the picture, the approximate datethe picture was taken, the ages of the childrenand a sentence or two about what is happen-ing and where the photograph was taken. Besure to tell us your town name and neighbor-hood. Photos are due by June 12.

You can submit your photos online atwww.connectionnewspapers.com/fathersday.You can also email photos [email protected].

Vote On or Before June 13In-person absenteevoting continuesthrough June 10.

Editorial

By Andrea Worker

The Connection

Traditionally speaking, thereporter wanders the pe-rimeters of an event, then

dashes in to get the scoop with akey subject, a quote or two andmaybe a photo. Then it’s back tothe sidelines to scout out the nextnewsworthy moment.

There were cer-tainly a lot of tradi-tions being ob-served at theRamadan Iftar din-

ner at Fairfax County GovernmentCenter on May 31, organized bythe American Turkish FriendshipAssociation (ATFA) and hosted byBoard of Supervisors ChairmanSharon Bulova — but the reporteras pure observer was not one ofthem.

Instead, demonstrating the spiritof friendship that ATFA seeks topromote, this reporter was“adopted” for the event by the Kilicfamily of Vienna — father Erdal,mother Emine, daughter Yasemin,and son Cemal, who have been inthe country since 2015. While the

actual assignment was attendedto, with interviews, photographsand hasty scribbling of highlightsfrom speeches, in between it all,however, Ermine kept urging“come, sit down with us, eat” asshe pointed to the plate she hadput together for the new “familymember.”

THE EVENING marked the thirdtime that Fairfax County officialshave hosted the joint communityoutreach. The Iftar is the eveningmeal when Muslims end theirdaily fast at sundown during theholy month of Ramadan. After abrief introduction and some in-sight into the meaning ofRamadan by Zeynap Cakmak ofClifton, Bulova welcomed the hun-dred-or-so attendees, comprising

all ages, ethnicities, and religiousbeliefs.

Citing “our diversity as thegreatest asset in Fairfax Countyand what truly makes us special,”Bulova said it was “appropriate”to host the dinner at the Govern-ment Center. “This is the gather-ing place for our community andwe welcome all of our neighborshere.”

Iman Mehmet Ayaz of the Insti-tute of Islamic-Turkish Studies inFairfax, thanked Bulova and thecounty for “making us feel in-cluded. These days it is extrameaningful to be welcomed andmade comfortable, here at the cen-ter of our government.” Ayazadded that having such a diversegroup at the Iftar dinner reflected

Chairman Sharon Bulova enjoys the offerings at theRamadan dinner with (left) Mustafa Akpinar, CEO withthe Rumi Forum for Interfaith Dialogue and InterculturalUnderstanding and (right) Emre Celik, president withRumi, organizers of the event.

The Kilic family of Vienna, from left, Cemal, Erdal,Yasemine and Emine, at the American Turkish FriendshipAssociation Ramadan Iftar dinner at the GovernmentCenter.

A Meal Among NeighborsAmerican Turkish FriendshipAssociation and County dinetogether for Ramadan.

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The People Behind the 37th Herndon Festival Photos taken and

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by Mercia Hobson

More than 80,000 people joined the fun at the 37th Annual HerndonFestival held Thursday, June 1-Sunday, June 4. The Town of Herndonand the Parks and Recreation Department hosted the event which fea-tured not only three stages of live entertainment, carnival rides andgames, and two nights of firework displays but also a business exposi-tion, arts, crafts and food vendors, Kids’ Alley with a Children’s Hands-on Art area, and free shuttle bus service.

“With so many events and peopleinvolved, what is your experiencewith Herndon Festival 2017?”

John Orrison, HerndonBuilding Official

“What we’re looking for is thatall the safety items are working;that the ride is properly assembledand there is no excessive wear. I’vebeen an amusement devices in-spector for over 20 years and abuilding inspector for 32 years.”

Balbir Singh, Herndon,Fairfax County bus driver

“I’ve been driving for Festival forfive years now. Everybody is good;so very nice. I’m done when itends…. when no one else is left.”

Erik Hernandez, SOS Secu-rity

“We’re trying to be sure every-body is having fun and also safewhile doing so.” Hernandezchecked bags belonging to WandaMitchell and her daughter KatieKipper both of Herndon. Withthem are Kipper’s children, Sierraand Colten, 3.

Sam Murray, Town ofHerndon Stage Manager,Manassas

“I’ve been a stage manager forsix years here in Herndon, and Ilook forward to it each year. I en-joy meeting the bands that arrivehere, internationally and fromacross the country.”Clay Maselle, Front Man forStrung Like A Horse, Chat-tanooga, Tenn.

“This is the second time I’vebeen to Herndon Festival, andfrom just visiting and playing mu-sic, it seems like a real cool townwith a lot of awesome people. Wewant to come back as many timesas we can.”

Ben Hoyt, Musician, Balti-more, Maryland

“The greatest thing about thistown is its people. Every singleexperience I’ve had, musical orotherwise here, has been an abso-lute pleasure. I’m so grateful to thetown, the audience, and my fel-low musicians who have given methe opportunity to perform.”

Bob Stouts, Concert at-tendee, Herndon

“We’ve lived here since 1985,and we’ve come every year. It’s atradition, kids, grandkids and fam-ily. They will fill up the blanket.This is a very joyful experience.”

Mary Kay Stine, formerHerndon resident

“I was at the airport and thepeople in front of me were talkingabout the Herndon Festival. Theywere asking a lot of questions, andI encouraged them to come.”

Chris Skoviram Alpharetta,Ga.

“Every year I come to Herndon,and it is exceptional, from the pa-trons to all others. Everyone doesa fantastic job, and I always lookforward to it. Whoever orderedthis weather, should be reinstated.Winds calm and temps perfect.Order this for next year, and I’llbe back.”

Bobbie Bowers, Herndon Department ofPublic Works

“I like seeing families enjoying themselves.”Ronnie Mitchell, Herndon Department ofPublic Works

“I’m a rookie; this is my second year. I like thefood.”Kirk Anzengruber, Herndon Department ofPublic Works

“I like the Thursday night fireworks. I can see themfrom my home.”

Lydia Menci, 15, Herndon“It’s a great place to spend time

with friends.”

John Mosesso, HerndonFestival Volunteer Coordi-nator and Marnie Turman,Cameron Parish and Daugh-ters of the American Revo-lutionTurman:

“Coming back to Herndon earlythis morning, another driver fellasleep at the wheel and rear-endedme. I spun; hit the curb, and mycar flipped over. I have bruises andbumps, but I walked away from it.I’ve volunteered here for eightyears, so I came anyway.”Mosesso:

“You’ve outdone me 10 timesover.”

Chief Jack May, Fair OaksFire Department

“We love coming to Herndon.”


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Art Exhibition. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. throughJune 29 at U. S. Geological Survey,12201 Sunrise Valley Drive. Exhibit“H. K. Anne Presents The AmericanLandscape,” will be on exhibit at theUSGS National Center is a publicbuilding, parking is available in thevisitor’s lot outside the visitor’sentrance. Photo ID is required toenter. Visitwww.HKAnneFineArt.com for more.

Lake Anne Exhibit. Through July 2 atthe Reston Community Center atLake Anne, 1609 Washington PlazaN. Exhibit features work by membersof the Reston Photographic Society.Visit www.leagueofrestonartists.org/rps or call 703-476-4500.

Free Concerts. Through Aug. 26, 7:30-10 p.m. every Saturday night in thepavilion at Reston Town Center,11900 Market St. Call 703-912-4062or visit www.restontowncenter.com/concerts for more.

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Over-40 Softball League. A Fairfax-based league is looking for enoughplayers to form another team. Playersmust be at last 40 years of age to beeligible. All games are doubleheaders- played on Sundays at Bready Parkin Herndon between 11 a.m. and 6p.m. If interested, [email protected] for moreinformation.

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THURSDAY/JUNE 8Book and Art Sidewalk Sale. 5-8

p.m. at 845 Station St., Herndon. TheCloset sponsors sale for decorating orsprucing up the home and yard withan inventory of books on gardening,art, interior design, cooking andhome improvement, as well as aselection of prints and paintings forsale. Proceeds benefit The Closetcollege scholarship fund for localstudents. [email protected] for more.

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a.m.-4 p.m. at 845 Station St.,Herndon. The Closet sponsors salefor decorating or sprucing up thehome and yard with an inventory ofbooks on gardening, art, interiordesign, cooking and homeimprovement, as well as a selectionof prints and paintings for sale.Proceeds benefit The Closet collegescholarship fund for local students.Email [email protected].

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Having been a cancer “diagnosee” now foreight years and exactly three months — as I sitand type on May 27, 2017, a lifetime consider-ing the original “13 month to two-year” prog-nosis I was given on February 27, 2009, I havelearned much about cancer that I didn’t know.In fact, I’ve learned everything about cancer Iknow now because previously I knew nothing.Growing up I heard/experienced very littleabout cancer. My parents were healthy as wasmy immediate family (aunts, uncles, cousins).

And even though I spent many Sundays withmy parents visiting my grandparents in nursinghomes, the diseases/afflictions I rememberhearing most about were diabetes, Parkinson’s,Leukemia and high cholesterol. Never canceror any condition that I associated with cancer. Irealize now how lucky we all were. I wouldn’tsay I took good health for granted, but I mighthave taken it as a given. Not any more.

Everyday I wake up, as my father used tosay, is a good day; and ever since I was diag-nosed in early 2009, most days — all thingsconsidered, and I do consider all things, havebeen good days. I have been extraordinarilyfortunate in how my body and mind hasreacted to being diagnosed with a “terminal”disease: non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV.Rarely have I ever gone one step forward andthen two steps backward.

Oh sure, the early hairless days of heavy-duty chemotherapy (infused for six hours everythree weeks) were challenging, but it was aprocess I had to endure — so far as I knew (Iknow a bit more now and there are manymore choices/protocols than ever before).

It reminds me of a long-ago M*A*S*H epi-sode in which “Hawkeye” met a South Koreanwoman after she drove — a Cadillac — into the4077th. She needed medical help for her fam-ily. Col. Potter ordered “Hawkeye” to returnwith the woman back to her home.Begrudgingly he went along, mistakenly think-ing she felt a sense of entitlement. After a shorttime treating her family he learned how wronghe had been. Later that day, “Hawkeye” sawthe woman walking up a nearby trail carryingbuckets of water on a pole. When he askedher why she was doing that (getting the waterthat way, from wherever); she replied:“Because that’s where the water is.” It struckhim — and apparentl — it struck me, too. As acancer patient/survivor, that has always beenmy approach/attitude. “Next man up,” a com-mon sports refrain; no excuses, keep movingforward.

Over the years, I have met many cancerpatients; at the Infusion Center, at conferences,at work and at play. And I may be biased (no‘maybes’ about it), but I have to say, we’re afairly hearty and resilient bunch. Getting diag-nosed with a terminal disease — frequently outof the blue, is not exactly the stuff of whichdreams are made. Quite the contrary.

Nevertheless, many of the cancer patientsI’ve met seemed to have faced their demonsand are standing tall against the worst kind ofadversity. Bette Davis is often credited with thequote: “Old age is not for sissies.” Well, neitheris cancer. It seems to be for everybody, every-where. Unfortunately, cancer is an indiscrimi-nate, equal opportunity destroyer; all ages, allraces, all ethnic groups, all populations.

According to “Medical News Today,” “Onein two people will develop cancer in their life-times.” So getting cancer is either a matter oftime, inevitable or a random-type miracle if itdoesn’t affect you. For many of us who’ve beenaffected already, we’ve come to learn that can-cer isn’t the automatic death sentence it used tobe, especially for us lung cancer patients. Theresearch dollars and enthusiasm going intodefeating this scourge are at their most signifi-cant in decades, perhaps ever.

Now is not the time to give up hope. It’stime to embrace it.

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Neighborsthe “true spirit of Ramadan.”In addition to the chairman, representa-

tives from all branches of county law en-forcement and safety agencies and other de-partments were on hand to show theirneighborly support. Supervisor John Foust(D-Dranesville) was also in attendance, aswere Del. Vivian Watts (D-39), Del. MarkSickles (D-43), and deputy county execu-tive for public safety, David Rohrer.

Watts, who was hosted by a local familyduring a 2008 visit to Turkey, said it was“so sad what is happening in that extraor-dinary place.” With the tensions and unrestin their native country, and the spike in anti-Muslim sentiment that many Turkish immi-grants have faced in their new homeland,Watts is saddened that many “must feel likeno place is home. That’s why it is all themore important to be here as part of thebridge to connect people.”

Mustafa Akpinar, CEO of the Rumi Forumand an organizer of the event, agreed thatof late “it seems like we are all on doubleshifts on our mission to be part of the com-munity, but we love diversity and we cel-ebrate it.”

Back to the Kilic table, where Emine care-fully described each of the delicacies thatshe had picked out for my enjoyment, whilestill telling me that she, too, worries aboutthe state of affairs in Turkey. “But we are soglad to be here, where things are so pos-sible.”

Cemal, a smiling and anything-but-shy11-year-old, was happy to talk about a widerange of subjects; why we are gathered here— “to better learn to communicate witheach other” to cars — “Sorry, I am more forLamborghini than Ferrari.”

Yasemin spent her first year here study-ing primarily in Turkish while she perfectedher English — which seemed pretty perfectalready. The 16-year-old student at OaktonHigh School is exploring the paths her fu-ture might hold. “I like math, for sure, butlately I am thinking about politics, or thelaw, something that I can do to help every-one have a better life.” She also loves towrite — “I am working on a book” — sojournalism is also a possibility.

ALL AROUND US, people were talking,laughing, and just getting to know eachother a little better. The Imam’s call toprayers after the meal was the only pause.The gathering continued for many, onceeveryone had come back together.

Time to go and actually write the story,despite pleas from Emine, Yasemin andCemal (dad Erdal was off meeting and min-gling with other groups) to stay a bit longerand chat.

Duty calls, but not before receiving aninvitation to attend a Turkish cooking classwith Emine and a class in Ebru, the tradi-tional Turkish “marbling” art form withYasemin.

No regrets on breaking with journalistictradition on this one occasion, and learn-ing some new ones with a room full ofneighbors.


By Marilyn Campbell

While sustaining an injury isn’t onanyone’s list of fitness goals, arecent study by the Center for

Injury Research and Policy shows an in-crease in gym-related injuries in recentyears. Corrective exercise is among thestrategies for recovering from workout-re-lated injuries, but fitness experts are alsoemphasizing prevention.

“Generally speaking, at some point it’sgood following an injury to perform cor-rective exercises to rehab injured muscles,”said Joel Martin, Ph.D., Exercise, Fitnessand Health Promotion Graduate Programcoordinator and assistant professor of Ki-nesiology at George Mason University.

“Depending on the stage of the healingprocess the exercises may focus on gettingblood flowing to the injured area, regain-ing strength in injured muscle or correct-ing poor movement patterns that contrib-uted to the injury.”

One of the most common causes of sportsor workout related injuries is performingan exercise incorrectly, says Martin. “You

should take the time to learn proper formand seek the help of an exercise professionalfor advice as to how to perform various ex-ercises,” said Martin. “Investing the time tolearn how to move well at the beginning ofan exercise program will pay off in the longrun.”

Failing to do warm-up exercises before aworkout and increasing the intensity of theexercise too quickly — either within theexercise session or across multiple exercisesessions — are among the leading causesof workout injury, says Martin. Not follow-ing safety procedures is another.

“Some of the most serious exercise inju-ries happen from not using common sense,”he said. “These can come in a variety offorms, but may be due to trying to showoff, not wearing proper shoes or equipmentfor the exercise mode, exercising in unsafeenvironments, or not using a spotter forheavy lifts.”

Even with safety measures in place,Parker Bryant, a personal trainer based inBethesda, Md., tells his clients that injuriescan happen, even to the most cautious ath-letes. “For many common injuries, especiallya muscle that’s sore because it’s been over-used, I usually advise clients to apply icefor about 20 minutes several times a day toreduce any swelling and to rest the injuredbody part,” he said.

For those dedicated to fitness, being toldto rest can be hard to hear, says GeoffRobison of Custom Kinetics in McLean, buthe says that it is possible to be active whilerecovering from an injury. “One of the hard-est things for a runner with an injury to hearis that they have to stop running,” Robisonsaid. “But one of the worst things you cando when you have an injury is lay downand not move. Movement, when done prop-erly, can be very healing. It can bring bloodflow and realign your body.”

Exercise can be used to help heal someworkout or sports related injuries, saysRobison. “Everyone who walks in our doorgets taken through an assessment,” he said.“Whether it’s low back pain, a knee prob-lem or shoulder pain, we find the root causeof the problem.”

Once the problem is identified, Robisonand his team of trainers work to create anexercise program that is designed to de-crease pain and build fitness.

One example that he uses to explain histherapeutic strategy is knee pain, which hesays is one of the injuries he sees most of-ten in clients. He observes the client’s move-ments to help determine the cause of theproblem. “Maybe it’s coming from the foot,because the foot is not strong enough, soyour knees cave in when you squat,” he said.“Maybe your glutes [gluteal muscles] areweak or maybe your quads [quadriceps] areweak. Strengthening these muscles can helpstabilize the leg and help relieve knee pain.”

Robison builds an exercise regimen thatis designed to address a specific issue orinjury. “One exercise that I might use is theclam shell where clients lie down on theirside and open and close their knees,” hesaid. “When it’s a case of muscle overuse, Imight use a foam roller or resistance bandsto loosen and strengthen the muscles.”

Bryant says that an injury can be an op-portunity to try a new type of workout. “Forexample, if you’re a runner, but your kneesare bothering you, stop running for a whileand try swimming to give your knees a rest,”he said. “After you’re been pain-free formore than a week, you’re probably healed.When you do return to your normal exer-cise routine, don’t dive in with the sameintensity as before your injury. Graduallywork your way back so that you don’treinjure yourself.”

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