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By Andrea Worker

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The inbox of anymember of Con-gress overflowswith information

on hundreds, if not thousands,of issues and requests to ad-dress the problems that plaguetheir constituencies. So how didthe growing opioid crisis and itseffects on local communitiesfind its way to the top of thepile for U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11)?

Connolly found himself “sotaken aback” when doing a“little data reading.”

“I knew it was bad. I knew it was affect-ing a lot of people,” but the numbersstunned him.

Connolly and his staff dug deeper. Calls,meetings, research, and even some drive-alongs with law enforcement followed.Then it was time to bring together the ex-perts, the policy-makers, the front-line re-sponders, representatives of those person-ally affected, and the public at large. Join-ing forces with the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors, Connolly and Board ChairmanSharon Bulova hosted a roundtable eventon Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, that was aired live, aswell as recorded and available for viewingon the County’s Channel 16.

“This … is an opportunity for our com-munity to come together and bring theopioid epidemic out of the shadows,” saidConnolly, “… and by bringing this panel ofexperts together we hope people will knowthey aren’t alone in this fight.”

TO START THINGS OFF, both Connollyand Bulova shared some of those numbersthat so affected the congressman.

❖ Since 2000, the opioid and heroin epi-demic has claimed more than 200,000 lives— more than three times the number killedin the Vietnam War.

❖ According to the National Center forHealth Statistics, more than 64,000 Ameri-cans died from drug overdoses in 2016 —an increase of more than 20 percent overthe previous year.

❖ Deaths from the synthetic opioid fen-tanyl have increased by 540 percent in justthree years.

❖ In the Commonwealth of Virginia,opioid overdose deaths rose by about 40percent from 2015 to 2016, and syntheticopioid deaths rose from 262 to 692 duringthat time.

❖ Northern Virginia is not immune from

the epidemic, with Fairfax County rankingnumber one in opioid-related deaths dur-ing the 2015-2016 period. Prince WilliamCounty (parts of which are included inConnolly’s district) reported a doubling oftheir opioid-related deaths during that sameyear.

Bulova added that between January andSeptember last year, Fairfax County Emer-gency Medical personnel reported 369 usesof the drug Naloxone, used to treat peoplesuffering from opioid overdose. “That’smore than one per day,” said Bulova. “Theseare disturbing numbers.” The overdoseswere the result of prescription drug usage,heroin, and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.“And as many of you may know,” notedBulova, “fentanyl is 10 times more potentthan heroin.”

Some studies have reported fentanyl asbeing as much as 50 times more potent thanmorphine.

THE ASSEMBLED PANEL illustrated thedepth and breadth of the crisis. JoiningConnolly and Bulova were state Secretaryof Health and Human Resources WilliamHazel; John Chesek, battalion chief, FairfaxCounty Fire and Rescue Department EMSDivision; Maj. Amanda Lambert, director of

Support Services, Prince William-ManassasRegional Adult Detention Center; GinnyAtwood-Lovitt, executive director of theChris Atwood Foundation; Dr. HusamAlathari, medical director, INOVA CATS pro-gram; Jennifer Lofland, field intelligencemanager with the U.S. Drug EnforcementAgency; Lyn Tomlinson, assistant deputy di-rector of the Fairfax Falls Church Commu-nity Service Board; and Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu, director, Fairfax County Depart-ment of Health.

Each speaker brought their own perspec-tive to the issue, highlighting the profoundnegative effects being felt at all layers andlevels of society, strengthening the argu-ment that it will take the efforts of all ofthese elements of the community, alongwith the public, to wage an effective waron the opioid epidemic.

“We can’t arrest our way out of this,” saidHazel. “This is an addiction epidemic, notan opioid epidemic, and there are reallyonly three outcomes to addiction: live withit, recovery, or death.”

Hazel, and other panel members, spokeof the effects of the crisis, beyond the im-mediate loss of life and the heartbreakingimpact that loss has on family and friends.

Drug addiction also causes or exacerbates

other medical conditions. Drugaddiction in pregnant womenoften leads to the birth of ad-dicted infants, or babies suffer-ing from other medical prob-lems. In addition to the humancost to these innocent lives,Hazel pointed out that neo-na-tal care for these afflicted new-borns can cost about $70,000per child.

To highlight that point, Lam-bert reported that 100 percentof the pregnant women cur-rently incarcerated in PrinceWilliam County are in need ofmethadone to counter addic-tion.

Often-times, elevated crimerates are found in areas experi-encing high addiction levels,and “there’s certainly a negativeimpact on the workforce andproductivity,” said Hazel.

Chesek spoke of the addeddangers now facing first re-sponders when called out todrug-overdose emergencies.

Some of the new drugs can be transferredto the responder through touch, or eventhrough inhalation. New gear and newmethods of protecting police and emer-gency personnel, as well as hospital staff,are now required, and the chief expressedhis gratitude for a grant from the state toprovide doses of Narcan to help protectthose on the frontline, as well as the vic-tims they assist.

The panelists were in agreement that thefirst step in stopping the epidemic is to endthe stigma attached to addiction.

MANY OF THOSE suffering from opioidaddiction came to their situation as the re-sult of legally prescribed medications to al-leviate pain, often following a surgery oras the result of some accident or injury.

“You have to understand,” said Alathari,“that these drugs can literally re-wire yourbrain.” Alathari cited studies showing thateven limited use of opioids can lead tochanges in brain chemistry that makes thedrug user willing to “give up food, waterand sex — the main life drivers — for thedrug.” The doctor said that physicians needto do their part and recognize addiction asa chronic medical condition. “These patientsstruggle every day. There are FDA-approvedmedications that can help, but the becauseof the stigma, the patients are often encour-aged to stop taking them.”

Atwood-Lovitt also pointed to the stigmaassociated with addiction as an obstacle tothose engaged in the war against it. Atwood-Lovitt lost her brother Christopher to anopioid overdose. During the years thatChristopher and his family struggled withhis addiction, Atwood-Lovitt recalled thefriends and family members who “turnedtheir backs,” no longer wanting to associ-ate with Christopher because he was “oneof those people.” Employment and normal

Facing – and Fighting – the Opioid CrisisConnolly andBulova hostOpioid CrisisRoundtable.

At the roundtable addressing the Opioid Epidemic. Speakers included U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly, Fairfax County Board Chair Bulova, and members of law enforcement, the medi-cal profession, nonprofits, treatment providers, and state Secretary of Health and HumanServices William Hazel.

Dr. HusamAlathari,medical direc-tor of INOVA’sCATS pro-gram, saysthat the medi-cal professionneeds to dotheir parts infighting theopioid epidemic: “Addiction needsto be treated like the chronicmedical condition that it is.”

Nick Yacoub, arecoverycoach, ad-dresses thepanel, re-counting hisown struggleswith addictionfrom an earlyage: “Part ofthe problem[in combatingthe opioid crisis] is that addictionis seen as a moral failure.”

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Northern Virginia has morecompetitive seats than anyother part of the common-wealth, a ring of districts that

forms a beltway of sorts separating the in-ner solid blue in Arlington and Alexandriafrom the solid red in rural and exurban seatsin Loudoun and Prince William. That putsFairfax County squarely in the driver’s seatthis November, when Democrats hope topick up seats in an election that has bal-anced local issues like schools and roadswith the ongoing reaction to PresidentDonald Trump. That battle will be won orlost in suburban Northern Virginia, wherethe Washington suburbs are sprawling intoareas that used to be farmland and or-chards.

“We have a transportation beltway aroundD.C. in Northern Virginia, and we also havea competitive political beltway,” saidQuentin Kidd at Christopher Newport Uni-versity. “It’s the fault line between old Vir-ginia and new Virginia, and it’s the trenchesof our current political battlefield.”

The region has many incumbent delegateswho are running unopposed, all Democrats:Mark Keam (D-35), Ken Plum (D-36); DavidBulova (D-37); Vivian Watts (D-39); EileenFiller-Corn (D-41); Mark Sickles (D-43);Paul Krizek (D-44); Mark Levine (D-45);Charniele Herring (D-46); Patrick Hope (D-47); and Rip Sullivan (D-48).

The decision of longtime Del. David Albo(R-42) to step down from public life aftermore than 20 years in office has created avacuum that Democrats are eager to fill.Former Labor Department deputy adminis-trator Kathy Tran emerged from a primaryback in June, and she’s been running hardagainst Republican Lolita Mancheno-Smoakever since. Democrats have called attentionto Mancheno-Smoak’s early support ofDonald Trump, whose candidacy she sup-ported back in 2015 shortly after he de-clared his candidacy by calling Mexicanimmigrants rapists.

“Sometimes in order to generate change,in order to get new energy to actually feelpassionate about a new beginning you needpositive disruption,” said Mancheno-Smoakin an interview with Connection Newspa-pers. “I see Trump as a positive disruptor.”

Democrats pounced on that remark, is-suing a press release in reaction.

“It’s no surprise that she would callDonald Trump a positive disruptor as themost recent version of Trumpcare woulddisrupt access to affordable health care for32 million people,” said Virginia HouseCaucus spokeswoman Katie Baker in a writ-ten statement. “For Kathy Tran, on the otherhand, health care is a moral issue.”

ASIDE FROM HAVING three of the fouropen seats on the ballot this year, the re-gion has more Republicans incumbents fac-ing hotly contested races than any other part

longtime incumbent. But it’s about half ofwhat Hugo was able to raise. That’s onlypart of the value of incumbency. Hugo, whocalls himself the “pothole delegate” for hissupport of constituent issues, has spent thelast decade building goodwill among vot-ers in the district.

“Folks like Tim Hugo have established aname brand and an identity in their dis-tricts, and voters generally have a favorableview toward them,” said Mark Rozell, atGeorge Mason University. “Democrats areenergized, and they are counting on a biganti-Trump vote. But I think you can counton some split ticket voting, and perhapsmany of those voters who are going to voteagainst the Republican at the top of theticket will still vote for their local guy inthe House of Delegates.”

REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS aren’t theonly General Assembly members facingchallenges, though. Del. Kathleen Murphy(D-34) is one of two Democratic incumbentsfacing a challenge the Center for Politics hasranked as competitive. The seat was heldfor more than 40 years by Republican VinceCallahan, although it has been held by Re-publicans and Democrats since he retired adecade ago. The Republican in the race isCheryl Buford, who struggled to answerquestions about her own campaign platformin an interview with Connection Newspa-pers. She says she wants to reduce regula-tions, for example, but she couldn’t nameany specific ones she would spike. She alsosays she wants to tackle the opioid crisis,although she couldn’t name any specificproposals on that either.

“While it will be tough for the GOP to winany seats currently held by Democrats in2017, this is one of the few such seats witha recent track record of competitiveness,”says Skelley. “So I don’t think we can en-tirely count out Buford.”

One race that is contested but not neces-sarily competitive is House District 86,where incumbent freshman Democrat Jen-nifer Boysko is defending the seat againstRepublican challenger Linda Schulz.

Two years ago, Democrats were able toflip the seat after the retirement of long-time Republican Del. Tom Rust (R-86), aformer mayor of Herndon. Since that time,Boysko has become one of the most out-spoken critics of the Republican House lead-ership, even staging a press conference todenounce how bills with little chance ofpassing the Courts of Justice were beingkilled without so much as a hearing. De-spite the fact that the seat was held by aRepublican for decades, though, the Cen-ter for Politics did not race this as a com-petitive race.

“Tom Rust was a moderate Republicanwho managed to hold that seat even as itbecame bluer and bluer,” says Geoff Skelleyat the University of Virginia Center for Poli-tics. “But now Jennifer Boysko controls it,and there’s little reason to think she’s indanger.”

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“This is probably the best chance Demo-crats have of taking out a GOP incumbent,”said Geoff Skelley, media relations coordi-nator at the Center for Politics. “JimLeMunyon occupies the most Democraticseat held by a Republican in the House ofDelegates.” He is opposed by Karrie Delaney.

Another Republican incumbent facing acompetitive race this year is Del. Tim Hugo(R-40). who serves as the Republican cau-cus chairman. He’s facing Democrat DonteTanner, who raised more than $350,000 totake on the popular Republican incumbent.That’s a huge chunk of change, especiallyfor a first-time candidate running against a

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The supporters all agree on onething. As Imam Ali Siddiqui said,“Nobody asked these kidswhether they wanted to come to

America. They go to school, they work hard,build a career. It will be a loss to send themback.” Figures distributed by The Common-wealth Institute in October 2017 show thatif all Virginians who are eligible for DeferredAction for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) be-came citizens, state and local tax contribu-tions by young Virginians would rise fromthe current $35 million to $52.9 million ayear.

As President Trump’s executive order re-leased Sept. 5 threatens 800,000 DACA re-cipients with deportation, communities ofsupporters rally to their defense.

Individuals and groups converge from alldirections to provide sanctuary, educationalassistance, moral support, employmentcounseling and sometimes “in your face”advocacy for immigrant assistance. Eachgroup has a plan and a niche but they areall working for the same goal — passage ofthe Dream Act, which will offer the oppor-tunity for a long, but legal, path to citizen-ship for undocumented immigrants.

Norma Kacen is part of the Northern Vir-ginia Friends of Refugees, an Arlington-based group, which she co-founded withWendy Chan in the fall of 2016. “I grew upon Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island,an ethnic ghetto. It was a closed world withcircles of ghettos — Portuguese, Italian,French, German, Polish,” she said, drawingcircles with her finger on the table.

Kacen has recently been up on Capitol Hillas a volunteer lobbyist with the AmericanAssociation of University Women visitingkey senators to urge passage of the DreamAct. “All of the comments were ‘we couldn’tafford it,’ but,” she says, pulling out a talk-ing sheet, “ending DACA and kicking recipi-ents out of the labor force would cost theUnited States $433.4 billion in GDP anddecrease Social Se-curity and Medicarecontributions by$24.6 billion overthe next decade.”This is according tothe Center forAmerican Progress,a self-described pro-gressive indepen-dent nonpartisanpolicy institute.

As of November2016, 645,000DACA recipients nationwide are employed,and they pay taxes. Kacen said, “My chal-lenge to the senators was yes, we pay fortheir education like anyone else who paystaxes.” But most of the senators were un-moved by the arguments. Kacen says it is

also important to acknowledge a break-down of DACA by Congressional districtsbecause “some our representatives only lis-ten to their own constituents.”

Northern Virginia Friends of Refugees wasestablished to combat the anti-Muslimrhetoric and to be a welcoming friend to allrefugees. “We didn’t want to duplicate theefforts of others so we partner with otherorganizations,” she said.

RECENTLY THE GROUP held three ad-vocacy workshops for people supportive ofrefugees. About 50 people attended one ofthe workshops at Fairfax PresbyterianChurch, Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church inArlington and a Muslim site in Fairfax.These workshops are non-partisan with thepurpose to teach the skills necessary for ef-fective advocacy.

“I was really delighted and it was ex-tremely heartening that millennials at-tended. Every organization is trying to fig-ure out what they can do to attract the dis-engaged millennials,” Kacen said.

The second event, which was held in thespring, brought American professionals to-gether with the often highly skilled immi-grants to help the immigrants navigate theworkplace. “So we connect the immigrantstogether with American professionals intheir own field to allow the professionalsto talk.” Many of the refugees were doc-tors, architects, engineers and entrepre-neurs in their countries and now have low-level jobs in America. The purpose of theselife skills programs is to increase connec-tions to help the immigrants reach theirpotential.

The third focus for this year is a large com-munity event planned for the spring. Itwould be intended to show the resilienceof the immigrants by “focusing on the in-credible skills in the cultural arts such asmusic, arts and fashion. It is to show thecapacity to overcome, the triumph of thehuman spirit,” she said.

Are they making progress? Kacen paused,“It’s hard to say. But... there are so manypeople engaged.”

Monica Sarmientois executive directorof Virginia Coalitionfor Immigrant Right(VACIR), a coalitionthat began in 2013with eight organiza-tions, now grown to16. She says their or-ganization is focusedon how to have morecomprehensive im-

migrant reform in Virginia. “Many organi-zations have their niches demographicallyor ethnically but we tend to be looking atwhat we’re doing statewide andcollaboratively. The most important empha-

sis is to push different community repre-sentatives at the table — African, Korean,Muslim.”

Sarmiento says since VACIR is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization they don’t directlylobby but have encouraged people to calltheir members of Congress, and the 16 or-ganizations who are part of the coalitionoften engage in advocacy. For instance theCommonwealth Institute has prepared afact sheet outlining how DREAMers growour economy with 61 percent opening abank account, 64.5 percent buying their firstcar, 97 percent becoming employed or en-rolled in school. It adds that young peoplewith DACA status contribute nearly $711million to Virginia’s economy annually in-cluding nearly $35 million in state and lo-cal taxes. The conclusion is that endingDACA could reduce Virginia state and localtax revenue by almost $13 million a year.

Members of VACIR include such groupsas Legal Aid Justice Center, SEEC,VOCOLAO, NAKASEC, The CommonwealthInstitute and Virginia New Majority. Thesegroups have focused on the constituents oftwo U.S. representatives in Virginia, ScottTaylor (R-2) and Barbara Comstock (R-10),who they are trying to convince “to do theright thing and support a clean Dream Act.”

Sarmiento says the VACIR board had de-cided for the first time to endorse a cleanDream Act, the first time they had endorsed

any legislation. “A clean Dream Act wouldnot have such provisions as mandatory veri-fication (death by 1,000 papers), an in-crease in ICE agents, increased money fordeportation, funding for the border wall,inability to sponsor family members, nopathway to citizenship.”

She says there needs to be a much largerconversation to spotlight the injustices hap-pening now with undocumented immi-grants who have already lost their DACAstatus due to President Trump’s executiveorder or who will lose their Temporary Pro-tective Status (TPS) if it is not renewed.These people could be deported any day.She says 300,000 of these are from LatinAmerica; 200,000 of these are Salvadoran.Sarmiento was raised in Northern Virginiabut her parents emigrated from El Salva-dor fleeing war. “They were fortunate mygrandmother lived here and got her legalstatus through the Reagan amnesty act somy father got legal status.”

Sumi Yi, Virginia community organizer forNational Korean American Service & Edu-cation Consortium (NAKASEC), a commu-nity-based progressive Asian American andPacific Islander organization, says their mis-sion is to organize Korean and Asian Ameri-cans to achieve social, racial, and economicjustice. She points out that out of the cur-

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Who Will Help Dreamers and Refugees?Individuals, religious groups and otherorganizations share same goal.

Remembering her youth in Rhode Island, Norma Kacen of Arlingtontraces circles on the table as she describes neighborhood ghettos ofpeople segregated by ethnicity.

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Resources❖ Just Neighbors: justneighbors.org❖ The Dream Project: dreamproject-va.org❖ Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights

(VACIR): virginiaimmigrntrights.org❖ The National Korean American Service & Edu-

cation Consortium (NAKASEC): nakasec.org❖ Mason DREAMers: masondreamers.org❖ Sanctuary DMV: sanctuarydmv.org❖ NOVA Friends of Refugees:

[email protected]❖ Northern Virginia Family Services: nfs.org❖ Legal Aid Justice Center: justice4all.org

Sumi Yi Monica Sarmiento The Rev. Laura Martin


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Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith community. Send [email protected] is Friday at noon.

First Baptist Church of Viennalocated at 450 Orchard St., NW, Vienna.Sunday services are held at 7:45 and 10a.m. weekly. Wednesday Night with theFamily service is held at 6 p.m. followedby corporate singing at 7 p.m. Biblestudies take place Tuesday’s at noon.

For those struggling physically orspiritually, on the first Sunday of eachmonth, Christ the King LutheranChurch offers a rite of healing as partof worship; the opportunity to beanointed with oil and prayed over. Dur-ing the healing rite, the pastor oranother person says a short prayer whiletwo people lay hands on the recipient.Then the pastor or helper anoints themwith oil as a sign of God’s healing andforgiveness. Christ the King LutheranChurch, 10550 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. Call 703-759-6068 or visitwww.gflutheran.org.

Wesley United MethodistChurch located at 711 Spring St., SE,Vienna, Virginia 22180, at the corner ofSpring Street and Moore Avenue. 10:30a.m. fellowship time in the fellowshiphall; 11 a.m. traditional family worshipin sanctuary. If you are seeking a churchhome which encourages: caring andsupportive fellowship, an active anddevoted prayer life and study of scrip-ture, support for local and worldmissions, an open, responsive aware-ness to the presence and power of God’sHoly Spirit.

Youth Activities at WesleyUnited Methodist Church. Activitiesare open to all 6th-12th graders. YouthSunday School meets every Sunday at10 a.m. in the upper room. Youth BibleStudy will meet every Sunday at 4:30p.m. off-site. Following bible study, ridetogether to the church for youth group.Email the Youth Ministry Staff for theaddress. The Anchor meets every Sun-day from 6-8 p.m. in the fellowship hall.Join us for dinner, games, worship, anddiving deeper into the Word. During thesummer, Youth Sunday School meetsmost Sundays at 9 a.m. in the upperroom.

To receive the newsletter or for moreinformation [email protected].

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church,at the intersection of Lewinsville andBrook roads in McLean, invites you fora casual Saturday Service at 5 p.m., fol-lowed by conversation and fellowship orfor Sunday Services at 8 a.m. or 10 a.m.Sunday School for Youth and Childrentakes place during the 10 a.m. Service.Check www.stthomasmcleanva.org forspecial events and services through theyear. St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church,8991 Brook Road, McLean, 703-442-0330.

Church of the Holy Comforter,543 Beulah Road, NE, Vienna, offers amonthly Healing Eucharist with the Lay-ing on of Hands and Anointing forHealing (first Sunday of the month, 5p.m. at St. Mary’s Chapel). The HealingMinistry is led by the Rev. Valerie Hayesand Alexandra MacCracken and in-cludes a team of lay healers who havegone through intentional training andformation. Contact the Rev. ValerieHayes at [email protected].

Yoga Class with a Christian Fo-cus is held Saturdays, 3-4 p.m., McGillHall or the Library at the Church of theHoly Comforter, 543 Beulah Road, NE,Vienna. This group is suitable for those


Opinion

Every year is election year in Virginia.Virginia offers multiple examples thatprove every vote counts.

This year, each Virginia voter will vote forGovernor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Gen-eral and their member of the House of Del-egates. Virginia is one of two Governor’s races,and many are watching the Virginia race to asa harbinger of what to expect in 2018.

No matter how you vote, polling shows thatthe Governor’s race could bevery close.

While there are quite a fewuncontested races for members

of the House of Delegates, several races couldalso be close, with the outcome likely to de-pend on turnout.

There is every reason to get out and vote.

Absentee Voting in PersonVoting early if you qualify is a good choice.There are 19 valid reasons to vote absentee

in Virginia, including the possibility that youwill be working and commuting to and fromhome for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m.and 7 p.m. on Election Day. Check the VirginiaDepartment of Elections list to see if you areeligible: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-bal-lot/absentee-voting/index.html

There are two ways to vote absentee: in-per-son and by mail. To vote by mail, you will needto apply for an absentee ballot; if you voteabsentee in-person you will fill out the appli-cation when you arrive at the in-person ab-sentee location.

See your locality’s elections website for more.

Bring Photo ID,There Are Alternatives

Virginia has voter identification require-ments; plan to bring photo identification withyou to vote, whether absentee or on ElectionDay.

Any registered voter who does not have oneof the required forms of identification can ap-ply for a free Virginia Voter Photo Identifica-tion from any general registrar’s office in theCommonwealth. Voters applying for the Vir-ginia Voter Photo ID complete the VirginiaVoter Photo Identification Card Application,have their picture taken, and sign the digitalsignature pad.

Among accepted ID: valid Virginia Driver’sLicense or Identification Card; valid VirginiaDMV issued Veteran’s ID card; valid U.S. Pass-port; other government-issued photo identifi-cation cards issued by the U.S. Government,the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a politicalsubdivision of the Commonwealth; valid col-lege or university student photo identificationcard from an institution of higher educationlocated in Virginia; valid student ID issued bya public school or private school in Virginiadisplaying a photo; employee identification

card containing a photograph of the voter andissued by an employer of the voter in the ordi-nary course of the employer’s business.

A voter who does not bring an acceptablephoto ID to the polls will be offered a provi-sional ballot.

To find a registration office where you canobtain photo ID, even on the day of an elec-tion, visit: vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/PublicContactLookup.

Provisional Ballot Process for VotersWho Arrive Without Identification

If you arrive at your polling place on Elec-tion Day without an acceptable form of photo

GovernorRalph S. Northam (D)Edward W. “Ed” Gillespie (R)Clifford D. Hyra (L)

Lieutenant GovernorJustin E. Fairfax (D)Jill H. Vogel (R)

Attorney GeneralMark R. Herring (D) incumbentJohn D. Adams (R)

House of Delegates34th District

Kathleen Murphy (D) incumbentCheryl Buford (R)

35th DistrictMark Keam (D) incumbent, unopposed

36th DistrictKen Plum (D) incumbent, unopposed

37th DistrictDavid Bulova (D) incumbent, unopposed

38th DistrictKay Kory (D) incumbentPaul Haring (R)

39th DistrictVivian Watts (D) incumbent, unopposed

40th DistrictDonte Tanner (D)Tim Hugo (R) incumbent

41st DistrictEileen Filler-Corn (D) incumbent, unop-

posed42nd District

Kathy Tran (D)Lolita Mancheno-Smoak (R)

43rd DistrictMark Sickles (D) incumbent, unopposed

Don’t Stay Home Your vote counts this round;nation is watching.

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identification, don’t panic or give up. You willbe given the opportunity to vote a provisionalballot. After completing the provisional ballot,the individual voting will be given written in-structions from the election officials on howto submit a copy of his/her identification sothat his/her vote can be counted.

A voter will have until noon on the Fridayfollowing the election to deliver a copy of theidentification to the local electoral board or toappear in person to apply for a Virginia VoterPhoto ID Card. Also by noon on Friday follow-ing the election, the voter may appear in-per-son in the office of the general registrar, in thelocality in which the provisional ballot was cast,and apply for a Virginia Voter Photo ID Card.At the completion of the application process,the voter may request a Temporary Identifica-tion Document. This document may be pro-vided to the electoral board to suffice the iden-tification requirement.

General Election Day,Tuesday, Nov. 7

On Election Day Polls are open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m.

44th DistrictPaul Krizek (D) incumbent, unopposed

45th DistrictMark Levine (D) incumbent, unopposed

53rd DistrictMarcus Simon (D) incumbentMike Casey (I)

67th DistrictKarrie Delaney (D)Jim LeMunyon (R) incumbent

86th DistrictJennifer Boysko (D) incumbentLinda Schulz (R)

Fairfax County School BondsVoters will vote yes or no on a $315 mil-

lion public school bond referendum on theNov. 7 general election ballot. If approvedby voters, the Fairfax County Public Schools’current plans to use this bond money are toplan and/or construct two new elementaryschools, one in Fairfax/Oakton area andanother in the northwest county area; relo-cate one modular building; plan additionsat three existing high schools to add capac-ity at Madison, Stuart and West Potomac;plan and/or construct renovations of 10 el-ementary schools, three middle schools andtwo high schools. See www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities-planning-future/2017-school-bond-referendum.

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See Lewinsville, Page 10

By Fallon Forbush

The Connection

A large project is underway to reno-vate and increase the capacity forserving McLean’s growing senior

population: The Lewinsville CommunityCenter. The renovated site will house a pub-lic community center as well as a privateindependent living facility.

“In a way, there are four different func-tions in this old building,” said HosseinMalayeri, deputy director of real estate, fi-nance and development for the FairfaxCounty Department of Housing and Com-munity Development. “The scope of workbasically is to demolish the existing facilityand design and build two separate build-ings.”

When completed, the Lewinsville Com-munity Center Campus will include 82 in-dependent living residences called theFallstead, which will add capacity in McLeanto accommodate the wave of anticipatedretirements, often called the “Silver Tsu-nami,” as the baby-boom generation, orthose born between 1946 and 1964, exitthe workforce.

There are 9,003 people living in McLeanwho are 65 and over, or nearly 19 percentof the total population, according to datafrom the 2015 American Community Sur-vey by the U.S. Census Bureau. It is antici-pated to continue growing.

THE PROJECT will also add capacity foraffordable housing for McLean seniors, whoface a median gross rent of $2,771, accord-ing to the Census Bureau.

There will be 72 one-bedroom and 10two-bedroom units. All residences will beprovided as affordable units and 73 of theunits will be available to people 62 years

and older whose income is at 50 percent ofthe Area Median Income, or very low-in-come. The remaining nine units will be af-fordable at 30 percent AMI, or extremelylow-income.

The 2017 Virginia AMI is $80,800, ac-cording to the U.S. Department of Housingand Urban Development. Here are the costsfor living at the Fallstead under 2017 AMI,according to Kamilah McAfee, director ofreal estate development for the WesleyHousing Development Corporation, whichis developing the residential units on thesite:

Unit Type Occupancy Rent Maximum Income1 Bedroom 1 $980 $38,6501 Bedroom 2 $980 $44,1502 Bedroom 1 $1,175 $38,6502 Bedroom 2 $1,175 $44,1502 Bedroom 3 $1,175 $49,6502 Bedroom 4 $1,175 $55,150

“This is our mission,” McAfee said. “We’rea nonprofit, affordable housing developerspecializing in higher-need populations. Wehave a lot of special needs projects and se-nior projects in our portfolio, as well as fam-ily housing. Typically, anything below 60percent AMI is our traditional target, butthe reality is that we have households at onaverage 35 percent of the area median in-come in our properties.”

There will also be common areas withinthe residences, including a library, TV room,fitness center, business center with comput-ers and a multipurpose community room

Photo courtesy of the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development

This rendering shows what the exterior of the Lewinsville Senior Center,Adult Day Health Center and Childcare Center will look like.

Lewinsville Center ReimaginedNew campus to addlow-income housingcapacity and activitiesfor seniors.

Call for VolunteersThe Lewinsville Adult Day Health Center, which

is currently located in Suite 50 at 7700 LeesburgPike in Falls Church, is in need of volunteers:

❖ Bingo helpers for two hours per week;❖ Musicians for one hour per week;❖ Social visitors who can speak the Kikuyu lan-

guage;❖ Ballroom dance instructors; and❖ Guitar instructors.Those interested in volunteering can register and

apply online with Fairfax County’s Volunteer So-lutions at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/volunteer-solutions.htm or bycalling 703-324-5406, or [email protected].


News

By Fallon Forbush

The Connection

Langley High School debuted itsnew library and fine arts wing onTuesday, Oct. 17, with a ribboncutting, an array of hors d’oeuvres

and music played by the high school’s stringorchestra.

“In many ways, this is the nerve center ofthe school; the life blood,” Langley HighSchool Principal Frederick Amico said whilestanding in the library during the ceremony.

Administrators for the Fairfax CountyPublic School district joined in the mile-stone.

“You are getting a beautiful new, 21st cen-tury school for these kids who are truly liv-ing and will be adults and thriving in the21st century,” Superintendent ScottBrabrand said during the ceremony. “It isso great to see this next chapter that we’regoing to celebrate today with the mediacenter take fruit.”

Ryan McElveen, member-at-large of theFCPS Board, and Douglas Tyson, assistantsuperintendent, were also in attendance.

“When [the renovation] is all said anddone, it’ll be awesome,” Amico, whoseschool is using 36 trailers for instructionwhile classrooms are being worked on, said.“As [new portions of the school] get releasedto us, they’re really nice. I’m happy.”

THE RENOVATION of Langley HighSchool began back in November 2014.

“FCPS takes its time in design and per-mitting and construction because we dophased, occupied [buildout],” said BrianDonnelly, associate principal with PerkinsEastman, a planning, design and consult-ing firm. “We have to work around keepingkids safe and teachers safe during construc-tion.”

A large two-story science addition, admin-istration offices and a performing arts cen-ter with both a black box and full-size the-ater were built in the back of the school

rooms, a weight room, a wrestling room anda student services area (where the old li-brary was) are currently under construction,all of which will be completed by start ofthe 2018 school year, according to Rauch.

Construction of a kitchen, café, an out-door amphitheater and remaining site workwill be conducted over the summer breakthis school year, according to Rauch.

“There’s a big courtyard in the middle ofthe building,” Donnelly said. “When westarted the design, nobody even knew it wasthere. From the corridors, you couldn’t evensee it.”

The designers’ main objective was to usethe courtyard and make it the heart of theschool and have every program area con-nect to it in some way.

“Once this is complete, you’ll be able tosee it from the library, you can see it fromthe weight room, from the cafeteria, froma science classroom; all of the different pro-grams have some connection to that cen-tral hub,” Donnelly said. “I think that’s myfavorite part of the building. The fact thatwe were able to organize all of the dispar-ate parts of a high school, which are prettysprawling, and connect everything back toone central space. I think that’s really criti-cal in building community and helping theschool feel like one space.”

THE LANGLEY HIGH School Parent-Teacher-Student Association is already plan-ning to work on landscaping for the court-yard and other outdoor areas of the school.The group would like to incorporatebenches, trees and other plants to thegrounds.

“We’re working with the science depart-ment for the plantings and things that aregoing to be happening there,” said PTSAPresident Jennifer Feinstein. “We’re lookingfor an architect to work with who couldcome up with a plan for the entire propertyand then we could try to work onfundraising and installation in differentstages.”

Langley High School Sophomore Hannah Yo, 15 (center), plays“Csárdás” on the violin with the Langley High School Orchestra duringthe grand opening.

Langley High School Librarians Kathleen Ortiz and Philip Clark did thehonors of cutting the ribbon.

Saxons Unveil New Library and Fine Arts Wing

Fairfax County Public School Superintendent Scott Brabrand (left) andLangley High School Principal Frederick Amico (right) speak at thegrand opening ceremony in the library. “It’s beautiful and we’re reallyhappy with it,” Amico said of the library or media center.

The rendering of the main entrance to the school shows the new library,which has tall windows on all three exterior walls, to the far left.

during the first phase of construction, whichlasted approximately two years, accordingto Brady Rauch with the FCPS Office ofDesign and Construction Services.

This first phase was completed when anew gymnasium and auxiliary gymnasiumwere completed last summer.

“We simply moved into the instructionalspaces vacated by moving into the largescience addition for phase two,” Rauch saidvia email.

“We also began the library addition, finearts wing and locker rooms.”

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Design Public HearingsAll hearings at 6-8:30 p.m. Brief presentation at 7 p.m.

Monday, November 13, 2017for project segment from Route 50 to I-495

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News

McLean Orchestra, with47 years history, haschanged its name to

Tysons McLean Orchestra to bet-ter reflect its growth and that ofTysons Corner. The logo, with let-ters TMO will remain the samewith Tysons added on the mast-head. The announcement was for-mally made at a dinner at CaféOggi in McLean on Monday, Sept.25. Attendees became foundingmembers of the Friends of theTysons McLean Orchestra.

Margot Young, president of theBoard of Trustees, unveiled thenew name at the event at CaféOggi, where musicians enter-tained.

Café Oggi owner, Renato Scozziis a longtime supporter of the Or-chestra. Young said, “We are ex-cited about the new identity withthe same wonderful music. Oursupport from Fairfax County ismost important to us and theBoard of Supervisors support for

the performing arts centers beingplanned in the Tysons area is ap-plauded by our audience.”

Miriam Burns, the Music Direc-tor and Conductor is looking for-ward to inaugurate the 2018-2019Season in Tysons. Joseph O’Brien,a Board member in charge of theDevelopment Committee, an-nounced the plans for the newTysons McLean Orchestra to DavidDiaz, President and CEO of theTysons Partnership, who said it isimportant to pay attention to thecultural aspects that attract busi-nesses and residents to this newemployment hub.

Currently, the 60- to 70-personTysons McLean Orchestra, led byMusic Director and ConductorMiriam Burns, is performing inFalls Church at the auditorium ofThe Falls Church Episcopal whereseating is available for 450 attend-ees. The Tysons McLean Orches-tra is awaiting the new concertvenues planned in Tysons Corner.

Margot Young, president; Miriam Burns, music director;and Ann Page, executive director of the Tysons McLeanOrchestra, formerly McLean Orchestra.

Lorraine Haddad, Laura Grantier, Cynthia Wolverton andWendi Hatton, musicians from the Tysons McLean Orches-tra perform at Cafe Oggi event Sept. 25.

Tysons Gets Its Own OrchestraOf Professional MusiciansSeason Opening Concert on Oct. 14

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small apartment with 13 people. We were there tosupport her for her deportation hearing. The womanhad fled El Salvador, which is the murder capital ofthe world. We took her to Rosslyn to immigrationcourt. All of us had to go through a metal detectorincluding the children, and they took away the foodin her purse.”

Martin says 80 different cases were all given thesame 11 a.m. time for consideration. “It wasn’t agrand court — it was an institutional setting withlow ceilings, bright light and so crowded that people,

even with babies,couldn’t sit down. Itwas very proceduraland you heard thesame thing dozens oftimes. They took caseswith attorneys first sowe had to wait for along time.”

Martin says somewhere along the way the woman’sheavy ankle bracelet started beeping because thebattery was low. “There was nowhere to recharge itso it just kept beeping until we got to Subway forlunch in the late afternoon and she could plug it in.”When it came her turn the bilingual judge asked ifthe immigrant needed time to get an attorney andpostponed her case until August.

Then they had to go to Vienna for a regular anklebracelet check-in. “They could track where she was.”

Martin said the Sanctuary DMV group is not in-volved in case management so she doesn’t know whathappened at the August court date. “The courts can’tkeep up. They are rescheduling out to the end of2018.”

An excerpt from a poem sent by Martin to the con-gregation concludes:

“I have known the grandmothers whoSmile even though they have leftTheir country of spices and markets,Have left their open windows with blue curtainsHave left the tramping of war,Have left their songs and language,And believed America when we said,‘This is the land of the free.’”

This is the third article in a series focusing on DACA.

From Page 4

rent 800,000 DACA 135,000 are Asian-Americans.The current efforts focus on DACA with phone

banks, vigils and visits to Virginia legislators urgingthem to support of the Dream Act. “RepresentativesBarbara Comstock and Scott Taylor are on the fenceabout whether to co-sponsor the legislation,” saidYi. NAKASEC is planning a day soon when they willjoin with other organizations and knock on everydoor they can find. “Come on; we can do this,” shesaid.

Yi says that Korea is a land of opportunity with agreat educational system. “I can go there now andmake a lot of money but what keeps us rooted hereis liberty and freedom. In Korea,” she said, “You haveto think a certain way. Culturally and value-wise, I’mAmerican.”

Yi takes a moment to reflect on their recent 30-day vigil in front of the White House.

She said they slept on benches, talked to people,got signatures and even did the “DACA dance.”

“The Secret Service told us we were the weirdestdemonstrators they had ever seen at the WhiteHouse; we even had a karaoke night. But we raiseda lot of money,” Yi said. “Some people were support-ive but others were being really mean. We had kidswith us and I could see they were so hurt. I don’tknow what’s going to happen but we’re stronger to-gether. We have to do something.”

She declares they’re going to get education anddriver’s licenses for everyone in Virginia. “This mo-ment is bigger than all of us.”

SIXTY FOUR PLACES of worship joined togetherafter the election with the announcement of upcom-ing anti-immigration legislation. Imam Ali Saddiqui,who is part of a transitional leadership team for thegroup, says SanctuaryDMV (D.C., Maryland,Virginia) includes a num-ber of Protestantchurches as well as sev-eral synagogues, Catholicchurches and his MuslimInstitute. One of their ac-tions has been organizingrallies in support of DACA and immigrant rights. “Iwas just there last week at the Immigration CustomsEnforcement (ICE) office in D.C. and at the mayor’soffice.” Since there was just a raid where ICE wentafter 500 undocumented immigrants and 14 werearrested, the group was asking for their release andfor the mayor not to cooperate with ICE officials.

In addition, they have been visiting congressionaloffices in support of the Dream Act and phoningmembers of Congress. “Actually this is on a party line.Democrats are very supportive and Republicans not.”

He says you hear the argument that immigrantscost the government money and don’t pay taxes. “Letme tell you my own story. I came here from Pakistanon March 23, 1969 originally as an asylee. I lookedfor a job and started working and paying taxes March24 and have paid ever since.”

The Rev. Laura Martin, associate pastor for at RockSpring UCC in Arlington and also a member of DMVSanctuary, says there are a number of unresolvedissues about the concept of offering sanctuary to animmigrant in a church building. “We are trying tocome up with a wider definition of sanctuary suchas offering solidarity or support for immigrants whenthey have an order for deportation. So in the springanother member of the congregation and I pickedup a woman living in D.C. with her two children in a

Imam Ali Saddiqui, transitional leader forSanctuary DMV, demonstrates outside ofICE office in D.C.

DACA by Congressional DistrictDACA DACA

U.S. Rep. Recipients EligibleBeyer (D-8) 2,000 5,400Comstock (R-10) 1,600 3,700Connelly (D-11) 2,400 5,300

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LewinsvilleFrom Page 7

Photos courtesy of the Wesley Housing Development Corporation

A courtyard is planned for the center of the resi-dences, which is named the Fallstead at Lewinsville.

The Lewinsville Community Center Campus is lo-cated east of the Dulles Access Road at 1609 GreatFalls Street in McLean. It is bordered by Chain BridgeRoad to the north; Evers Drive and the LewinsvillePark to the east; Davis Court to the south; and GreatFalls Street to the west.

with a kitchenette, accordingto McAfee. The communityroom will be the primary loca-tion for activities and program-ming, which Wesley Housingsecured grant funding from theFairfax County ConsolidatedCommunity Funding Pool tohelp finance human services forthe occupants.

“As everybody knows, one ofthe greatest concerns with se-niors is not only making surethey’re living in a safe and af-fordable environment, but alsoto make sure that we preventanything that may cause isola-tion,” Kathy Mejasich, a spokes-person for Wesley Housing,said. “With our resident servicesprogramming, we are commit-

ted to doing that and trulybuilding and being a part of thecommunity.”

ON THE PUBLIC FACILITYSIDE, the Senior Center will beexpanded and increase partici-pant capacity from 50 to 80.The Adult Day Center will beexpanded so that its capacitywill double from 40 to 80 par-ticipants. The two child daycare centers — the LewinsvilleMontessori School andWestgate Child Care Center —will continue to accommodate210 children but in a largerspace. The youth playing fieldwill be increased to a regula-tion size Under-13 field. It willbe a natural grass field, accord-ing to Malayeri.

Faith Notes

From Page 5

with beginner and/or intermedi-ate yoga experience. Dresscomfortably and bring a mat.

Feel free to bring a towel, block(s)or strap. Contact the Church Office at703-938-6521.

Mom’s Group meets second andfourth Thursday of the Month, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Church of the Holy

Comforter, 543 Beulah Road, NE,Vienna. Join the group for coffeeand fellowship. The group meets inthe Lillian Croy Room, near theChurch Office. Childcare will beavailable just across the hall in theChildcare Center. If you are inter-ested in joining the group, contactthe Church Office at 703-938-6521so that we can plan appropriately formaterials and childcare.


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Assistance League of NorthernVirginia would like to give specialthanks to Intelsat in McLean andto Lauren Danoff, a HerndonMiddle School student, for fooddonations to Weekend Food forKids program.

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Submit entertainment announcements atwww.connectionnewspapers.com/Calendar/. Thedeadline is noon on Friday. Photos/artwork encour-aged.

ONGOINGGreat Falls Farmers Market. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-

1 p.m., 778 Walker Road, Great Falls. Music,vendors, fresh produce, fresh prepared food,delightful bakery, spices from around the world,wild-caught fish, grass-fed, free-range meats,organic-fed poultry and eggs. [email protected].

McLean Farmers Market, Fridays, through Nov.17, 2017; 8 a.m. to noon, 1659 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean, Master Gardener Plant Clinic onsite to answer questions about plants in yourlandscape

Vienna Saturday Farmers Market, throughOct. 28, 8am-noon, sponsored by the OptimistClub, Across from Vienna Volunteer FireDepartment in parking lot of Faith BaptistChurch, 201 Center Street South, Vienna

THROUGH NOV. 18Broadway Exhibit. Various times at Broadway

Galleries, 1025-J Seneca Road, Great Falls. Localphotographer, Silvia Gonzalez Roman with avariety of work. Visit www.broadwaygallery.net.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 2571st Annual Halloween Parade. 7 p.m. on

Maple Avenue, Vienna. Join friends andneighbors, ghouls and goblins for one ofVienna’s traditions: the 71st annual HalloweenParade, hosted by the Vienna BusinessAssociation. Pre-registration is required forbusinesses and organizations who wish to marchin the parade. No registration needed forchildren who want to wear costumes and walkin the parade; children must be accompanied bytheir mummy or another adult. Visit bit.ly/2huu6L0.

THURSDAY/OCT. 26Grand Reopening. 10 a.m. at H&M at Tyson’s

Corner, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, McLean. Storeis reopening after being remodeled. Visitwww.hm.com.

Annual Trick or Treat Party. 5-7 p.m. at theMosaic District, 2910 District Avenue, Fairfax.Pet costume contest and “Hotel Transylvania”screening at 6:30 in Strawberry Park. Visitmosaicdistrict.com/.

OCT. 27-28Vienna Theatre Company Production.

Various times at the Vienna Community Center,120 Cherry St. SE. Upcoming production “InLiving Sound - Back Home!,” live radio dramadirected by Patricia Boswell Kallman. $14. Visitwww.viennatheatrecompany.org.

The Recital on Stage. 7:30 at 1st Stage Theatre,1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean. Premiere of TheRecital with live piano performed by MusicLink,Saturday’s ticket includes access to the Post-Performance. $30-50. Call 703-854-1856.

SATURDAY/OCT. 28Arlington Free Clinic Annual Benefit Gala. 6

p.m.-midnight at Ritz-Carlton, Tysons CornerTysons Galleria, 1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean.Cocktail reception and silent auction, whichincludes getaways, art and photography, sportsitems, and much more. $300. Visitwww.gala.arlingtonfreeclinic.org.

Ellis Paul in Concert. 7:30 p.m. at Jammin Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. Ellis Paul withSophie B. Hawkins in celebration of 25 years oftouring. Visit www.jamminjava.com.

SUNDAY/OCT. 29Pumpkin Carving Lessons. 10 a.m.-4 p.m at

Wildfire, Tysons Galleria, 3rd floor, Mclean.Executive Chef Edwin Amaya shares his best-kept secrets for carving pumpkins and EmmaChoi, student representative to Real Food forKids, will be the special guest followed by acostume contest. $20.00 per child and a portionof the proceeds will be donated to “Real Foodfor Kids.” Call 703-442-9110.

Spookappella Halloween Jam. 2 p.m. atJammin Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. Cover

Halloween ParadeThe parade route for the 71st Annual Halloween Parade, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. onMaple Ave., Vienna. Join friends and neighbors, ghouls and goblins for one of Vienna’straditions: the 71st annual Halloween Parade, hosted by the Vienna Business Associa-tion. Pre-registration is required for businesses and organizations who wish to marchin the parade. No registration needed for children who want to wear costumes andwalk in the parade; children must be accompanied by their mummy or another adult.

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New Dominion Chorale. 4 p.m. at St.Luke Catholic Church, 7001Georgetown Pike, McLean. Theprogram, “Songs Celestial,” will beconducted by Thomas Beveridge,artistic director, and will featureorganist Paul Skevington, baritoneJames Shaffran and countertenorChris Dudley. $35 for adults, $30 forsenior citizens, and $15 for studentsand children. Group tickets areavailable for groups of 10 or more at$25 per ticket. All tickets generaladmission. Visitwww.newdominion.org.

FRIDAY/NOV. 3Scott Miller Concert. 2 p.m. at

Jammin Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. Rock singer/songwriterhighlights his first full album in fouryears, “Ladies Auxiliary.” Visitwww.jamminjava.com.

NOV. 6-JAN. 7Textures Exhibit. Various times at the

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 2571st Annual Halloween Parade. 7 p.m. on Maple

Avenue, Vienna. Join friends and neighbors, ghoulsand goblins for one of Vienna’s traditions: the 71stannual Halloween Parade, hosted by the ViennaBusiness Association. Pre-registration is required forbusinesses and organizations who wish to march in theparade. No registration needed for children who wantto wear costumes and walk in the parade; childrenmust be accompanied by their mummy or anotheradult. Visit bit.ly/2huu6L0 for more.

THURSDAY/OCT. 26Annual Trick or Treat Party. 5-7 p.m. at the Mosaic

District, 2910 District Avenue, Fairfax. Pet costumecontest and “Hotel Transylvania” screening at 6:30 in

Strawberry Park. Visit mosaicdistrict.com/ for more.

SUNDAY/OCT. 29Pumpkin Carving Lessons. 10 a.m.-4 p.m at Wildfire,

Tysons Galleria, 3rd floor, Mclean. Executive Chef EdwinAmaya shares his best-kept secrets for carving pumpkinsand Emma Choi, student representative to Real Food forKids, will be the special guest followed by a costumecontest. $20.00 per child and a portion of the proceedswill be donated to “Real Food for Kids.” Call 703-442-9110 for more.

Spookappella Halloween Jam. 2 p.m. at Jammin Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. Cover band rocking R&B,Hip-Hop, Funk, and soul hits of the last five decades.$10 in advance, $15 at the door. Visitwww.jamminjava.com for more.

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Vienna Arts Center, 115 Pleasant St.,NW. Call 703-319-3971 or visitwww.ViennaArtsSociety.org.

WEDNESDAY/NOV. 8Great Falls Historian. 7 p.m. at the

Great Falls Grange, 9818 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Joan Wehner willspeak about the purchase, restorationand transfer of the Schoolhouse tothe Fairfax County Park Authority.$5. Visit gfhs.org.

Astronomy Lecture. 7:30-9 p.m atTurner Farm, 925 Springvale Road,Great Falls. Topics may includeplanets, open clusters, double stars,stellar color spectrum, globularclusters and galaxies. After class,view the objects that were discussedthrough the observatory’s telescopes,if weather allows. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/turnerfarm/.

THURSDAY/NOV. 9Meet the Artists. 7-9 p.m. at the

McLean Project for the Arts, 1446Chain Bridge Road, McLean. “Natureas Prototype” exhibition by Yoko K,

Adam Nelson and Gretthe Whittrock.“Nature as Prototype” runs throughDec. 23. Visit mpaart.org.

SATURDAY/NOV. 11Fall Bazaar. 10 a.m.-4 p.m at Vienna

Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary,400 Center St., South. The ViennaVolunteer Fire Department Auxiliaryis sponsoring this event with crafts,bake sale, holiday items. [email protected] or call 703-309-3468.

NOV. 16-18Christmas Craft Show. Thursday and

Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday 10a.m.-4 p.m. at the Oakton Church ofthe Brethren, 10025 CourthouseRoad, Vienna. Oakton Church of theBrethren’s 24th Annual ChristmasCraft Show is a three-day eventfeaturing a wide variety of handmadecreations and craft supplies forpurchase, plus a soup and sandwichlunch and bake sale. Visitwww.oaktonbrethren.org.

Pumpkin FunPumpkin carving lessons,Sunday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m.-4p.m at Wildfire, Tysons Galleria,3rd floor, McLean. ExecutiveChef Edwin Amaya shares hisbest-kept secrets for carvingpumpkins and Emma Choi,student representative to RealFood for Kids, will be the spe-cial guest followed by a cos-tume contest. $20 per child anda portion of the proceeds willbe donated to “Real Food forKids.” Call 703-442-9110.


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social outlets were suddenly be-yond reach “when he needed themthe most.” “Denial is deadly,” saidAtwood-Lovitt. Stigma reduction,education and prevention is essen-tial. The Chris Atwood Foundationis now engaged in advocating foropioid addiction education andtreatment, and provides trainingin the use of Narcan, as well ashelping to make the overdose re-vival medication more readilyavailable.

Although in his opening remarksConnolly declared that the day’sproceedings would avoid puttingpolitics on the table, there were afew occasions when the congress-man felt compelled to address theneed for “political will” as part ofthe solution.

“Expanding Medicaid in Virginiawould bring an additional $100million to aid in the fight againstopioid addiction. Another $200million would be available formental health treatment and ini-tiatives. We need all of the re-sources we can get to fight this.”

CONNOLLY also announced hisintroduction of the “Opioid Imme-diate Suspension Order Act (H.R.4073).” The legislation is designedto restore the DEA’s authority tosuspend a pharmaceuticaldistributor’s license if the AttorneyGeneral finds their actions to becausing an imminent danger to thepublic health and safety. H.R. 4073is Connolly’s response to the po-tentially crippling effect of the En-suring Patient Access and EffectiveDrug Enforcement Act of 2016 onthe DEA’s ability to stop over-dis-tribution.

Connolly doesn’t think this is thetime to make it harder for the DrugEnforcement Agency “to do theirjob,” citing an example in a small

West Virginia town, with a popu-lation of 2,924, where one dis-tributor was able to provide onepharmacy with 258,000hydrocodone pills in one month,not to mention the fact that “morethan 300 million opioid prescrip-tions were written in the U.S. lastyear – enough for every man,woman, and child to have theirown bottle of powerful painkillers.

Members of the audience weregiven an opportunity to makecomments and ask questions.Many of those who spoke, usedtheir time to recount personal sto-ries of family members or of theirown struggles, like Nick Yacoub,who began his addiction at the ageof 10 and who is now a recoverycoach.

“Recovery is possible,” saidYacoub, who described himself asa successful product of the FairfaxFalls Church CSB treatment pro-grams, “especially if we stop view-ing addiction as a moral failure.”

The roundtable concluded withmessages of hope and support, andpromises by the speakers to con-tinue the fight and to continueworking with each other to end theepidemic. Bulova urged membersof the public to share the informa-tion and to direct others to thevideo of the event, and to thecounty’s website for informationand resources.

The Board of Supervisors hasalso recently established an OpioidCrisis Task Force that will becharged with developing plans tofight the epidemic.

“The prescription opioid andheroin epidemics are driven bybiological, psychological, and so-cial problems that require multi-dimensional solutions,” saidConnolly. “We must never forgetthe human cost of these epidem-ics. We must win.”

BASIS IndependentMcLean debuted its newmascot as the Red-

Tailed Hawk. Staff and studentsvoted on five mascot candidatesand the winning selection wasthe Red-Tailed Hawks.Two students helped create thedraft design for the Red-TailedHawks for their communicationjournal: Kelley Wang, an 11th

grader representing upperschool, and Grace Araya, a 4thgrader representing the lowerschool.

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KelleyWang, an11th grader,helpeddesign thenew mascot.

Grace Araya,a 4th grader,helpeddesign thenew mascot.

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By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Say that three times quickly. Heck, say itone-time slowly. And then welcome to mywhirled: the world of cancer treatment and sur-vival. A ‘whirled’ in which, eight years andnearly eight months post diagnosis, I continueto live, breathe and write.

Occasionally it happens, as it is happeningnow, that some of the most excruciatingdemands of being a cancer patient, occursimultaneously – or a reasonable facsimile thereof. For me that means 24-hour urine collection,pre-chemotherapy lab work, chemotherapyinfusion, CT Scan and then the appointmentwith my oncologist to discuss all the results;occurring over 13 days – with intermittent daysoff for good behavior.

Typically; meaning every minute, everyhour, every day, every week, etc., maybe notevery second, I am thinking about cancer;though I wouldn’t say I’m preoccupied (othersmight). And of course, it’s certainly understand-able and reasonable to do so when every dayover a fortnight, you are waiting – as we say inthe sales world – “for the other shoe to drop.”

Having endured this cycle over the last eightand a half years with varying regularity, I canhonestly say that whatever symptoms havemanifested themselves – or not – have neverprovided any consistent assurance that mylife/life expectancy had not changed for theworse. It’s not until the appointment with myoncologist occurs – or sooner if he emails methe scan results, that I learn the facts of mycase.

All of that being said, as my friend Frank hasoften said to me: “You’re in pretty good shapefor the shape you’re in.” Don’t I know it.

However, yes there’s always a ‘however’ inthe cancer-patient-surviving-against-all-odds‘whirled,’ there are no guarantees. In fact, thereare only two guarantees: death and taxes. Theformer is way too close for comfort and the lat-ter, I’m already taxed to the hilt, emotionally.Somehow, I have to get through because “thealternative is gloomy” to quote Dr. Mobley, thedoctor in Miles City who treated AugustusMcCray in the epic miniseries, “LonesomeDove.” And so I try not to be gloomy.

However, there’s that word again, circum-stances/schedules randomly bring down theweight – and wait of my ‘whirled.’ These 13days can never pass quickly enough. But thatpresumes a good result, which one would wantto know as soon as possible. But what of a badresult, leading to an exponential increase inanxiety – and fear, ultimately leading to a treat-ment unknown. That I might not want to knowso soon. Not that not knowing serves any pointor helps coordinate the next treatment plan,I’m more afraid of hearing something I haven’theard much of since February 2009. To quotemy late mother quoting somebody: “No onegets out of this life alive.”

That of course is the point of this column,and the effect of having all this cancer stuff hap-pen at the same time. I can take it, generally; asmy late father used to say: “KB, I have confi-dence in you. You have broad shoulders.”Nevertheless, I worry about the figurative strawbreaking my emotional back. Cancer can dothat. It did it to my mother-in-law, Peggy, whereover a few days the situation went from bad toworse to finally, the worst.

Somehow, I have to compartmentalize allthis negative energy and focus on the positive.And that positive turns out to be an early emailfrom my oncologist basically saying that my lungcancer remains stable. Now we can go to myappointment on Monday “unencumbered,” toonce gain quote my late father. The pressure issemi off. Talk about relief.

Now maybe I can relax and try not to thinkabout my next infusion, my next scan and mynext appointment with the oncologist. There’sno harm in trying, right?

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Drive, McLean. Join AARP Virginia and the McLeanCommunity: A Village for All Ages for Dinner atMylo’s Grill in McLean, 15 percent discount onentire check. Call 1-877-926-8300 or visitaarp.cvent.com.

MONDAY/NOV. 13Community Meeting. 6-8:30 p.m. at the Oakton

High School Cafeteria, 2900 Sutton Road,Vienna. Design Public Hearings on theTransform 66 Outside the Beltway Projectregarding plans for the 22.5 mile corridor fromI-495 to University Boulevard in Gainesville.Visit transform66.org for more.

MONDAY/DEC. 11FCPS Community Conversations. 6:30-8 p.m.

at Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road,Falls Church, Cafeteria (Region 2). FairfaxCounty Public Schools (FCPS) SuperintendentScott S. Brabrand will host CommunityConversations to hear what students, parents,employees, and members of the community arethinking about and what issues are important tothem. Brabrand welcomes citizens to attend andtake part in any of the upcoming sessions thatare convenient for them. Citizens needing atranslator can make a request for servicesonline. Visit www.fcps.edu/news/superintendent-brabrand-schedules-five-community-conversations-fall.

SUPPORT GROUPSAre You A Caregiver? Shepherd’s Center of

Oakton Vienna Caregivers’ SupportGroup takes place first & third Thursday ofeach month. February 2nd and 16th, 2017 from10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Join us at theUnitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax(UUCF) - Program Building, 2709 Hunter MillRd, Oakton, VA. For more info contactfacilitator, Jack Tarr, [email protected].

Haven of Northern Virginia Support Group.703-941-7000, www.havenofnova.org [email protected].

Virginia Chronic Pain Support Group Meetsfrom 1:30 - 3 p.m. the 2nd Wednesday of eachmonth at Kaplan Center for IntegrativeMedicine, 6829 Elm St., Suite 300, McLean.Group leader, Jodi Brayton, LCSW. 703-532-4892.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDRSVP, a volunteer network for seniors seeking

service opportunities in and around FairfaxCounty, Arlington County and the City ofAlexandria, offers a wide array of opportunitiesfor volunteers 55 and older. RSVP volunteersenjoy flexible schedules, free accident andliability insurance while serving, optionalmileage and meal reimbursement and areinvited to volunteer group projects and socialgatherings. To sign up for an upcomingorientation, email Carly Hubicki [email protected] or call RSVP at703-403- 5360. To learn more about RSVP, visitwww.rsvpnova.org.

Master Gardener Training. The Fairfax CountyMaster Gardener Association offers plant clinics,home turf training or speakers for homeowner’smeetings. Fees vary. Visit fairfaxgardening.orgor call MG Help Desk at 703-324-8556 for more.

Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church, 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd.,McLean continues to have an urgent need fornew volunteers to help area senior citizens getto and from their medical and therapyappointments. To find out more about theShepherd’s Center and how you can volunteer toprovide transportation and other services, callthe Center at 703-506-2199 or e-mail the Centerat [email protected]. The Center’s website iswww.scmafc.org.

Volunteers Needed. PRS is looking forempathetic and caring volunteers to make phonecalls to older adults who may be feeling sociallyisolated. The commitment is one 3-hour shift perweek for one year. Located in Arlington. Ages 21& up. Intensive training provided. Learn moreand apply: https://prsinc.org/carering-volunteering/. Questions? [email protected].

The Northern Virginia Long Term CareOmbudsman Program needs volunteeradvocates for residents in nursing homes andassisted living facilities. Contact Lisa Callahan at703-324-5861, TTY 711 or [email protected]. Also visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/ltcombudsman/.

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