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Ethan Van Slyke, 10, as Oliver, sings toSarah Overton, a rising sophomore atHerndon High School as Bet, during“Oliver!” at Herndon High School.

Ethan Van Slyke, 10, as Oliver, sings toSarah Overton, a rising sophomore atHerndon High School as Bet, during“Oliver!” at Herndon High School.

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Workers from Bechtel Constructionplaced the final aerial span forMetrorail in Tysons Corner Tuesdaymorning, the last of 258 that will

support trains as they make their way from FallsChurch to Wiehle Avenue along Phase One of theSilver Line.

“This is a major construction milestone for PhaseOne of the project, which will connect Tysons Cor-ner and Reston to Metro’s existing Orange Line andthe entire 106-mile Metrorail system,” said PatNowakowski, executive director of the project. “Weplan to complete construction this time next sum-mer and Metro will open Phase One in late 2013.”

The blue and yellow truss, which is a 365-ton, 360-foot long horizontal crane, lowered the span, whichis made of concrete cast at Dulles Airport, in about40 minutes Tuesday morning. The span includes 12segments, each weighing between 25 and 40 tons.

“The aerial guideway has been one of the mostchallenging aspects of the project, as we had to carryout this work safely above busy highways and in acongested area,” said Larry Melton, Bechtel’s execu-tive director for the project. “Innovative construc-tion techniques, the work of a dedicated and experi-enced crew and patience from the public were criti-cal to the successful completion of the guideway.”

The average span is made up of 12 segments andis 120 feet. The total length of the guideways re-quired 2,769 segments to complete.

“With the completion of this guideway, if one wereso inclined, they could now walk from Falls Church,through Tysons, all the way to the Wiehle Avenuestation,” Melton said. “But we do have fences andmeasures to discourage that of course.”

Crews will spend the next four to five weeks dis-mantling the truss and will also begin laying trackalong the 11.7 miles between Falls Church andReston.

“This is definitely an important milestone, andwe’re very close to being right on schedule,” saidSam Carnaggio, the project’s director from theMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority. “Thetunnel through Tysons was completed some timeago, and after completion of the aerial structures,we’ll move on to connecting everything to theOrange Line.”

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10)announced the 10thDistrict’s Class of 2016

appointments to the nation’sservice academies, as well asthose selected for Academyprep schools and scholarshipsto academy-affiliated prepschools.

UNITED STATES MILITARYACADEMY: Benjamin Davies,**McLean, Laurel Springs, En-gland; Molly Shannon,**McLean, Thomas Jefferson; Mat-thew Ziegler.** Centreville,Westfield; Tirone Young, Win-chester, John Handley; RichardXue, Centreville, Westfield.

UNITED STATES NAVALACADEMY: David Kim,**Great Falls, Langley; RichardKuzma, Leesburg, ThomasJefferson; Robert Mason, OakHill, Chantilly; Darby Nelson,Centreville, Westfield; ZacharyOravec,** Ashburn, StoneBridge; Ashley Paek,**Leesburg, Thomas Jefferson;Spencer Shabshab,** Mclean,Langley; Megan Snyder,Ashburn, Stone Bridge; TaylorTurchan, Sterling, Dominion.

UNITED STATES NAVALACADEMY PREP SCHOOL:Ryan Ochoa, Front Royal,Randolph Macon.

UNITED STATES NAVALACADEMY FOUNDATIONSCHOLARSHIP: Catherine

Macklin, McLean, Langley andChad Palmiotto, Sterling,Potomac Falls.

UNITED STATES AIRFORCE ACADEMY: ShannonDaily, Leesburg, Heritage; TroyDennis,** Centreville,Westfield; John Laskodi,**Haymarket, Battlefield; GavinMcDonald,** Centreville,Westfield; Caleb Myhre,** Ster-ling, Rift Valley, Kenya.

UNITED STATES AIRFORCE ACADEMY PREPSCHOOL: Tyler Dietrich,Leesburg, Tuscarora.

UNITED STATES MER-CHANT MARINE ACAD-EMY: Quinn Fleming,**Ashburn, Gonzaga; MatthewHassan, Warrenton, Seton;Hutton Jackson,** Leesburg,Seton.

UNITED STATES COASTGUARD ACADEMY: JosephRizzardi, Ashburn, BriarWoods.

**These appointees werenominated by Wolf ’s 10thDistrict Service AcademyAdvisory Board, which inter-views candidates and recom-mends nominees. The selectionprocess is strictly a competitiveone. Others listed abovereceived their appointmentsthrough presidential, Senate orother nomination sources.

From left: David Kim (USNA), Matthew Ziegler(USMA), Ashley Paek (USNA), Molly Shannon (USMA),Chad Palmiotto (USNA Foundation Scholarship),Congressman Frank Wolf, Colin Laskodi (USAFA),Taylor Turchan (USNA), Zachary Oravec (USNA),Gavin McDonald (USAFA), Troy Dennis (USAFA) andDarby Nelson (USNA).

Appointed to AcademiesU.S. Rep. Wolf announces serviceacademy appointments.

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Workers lower the final aerial span for theMetrorail track in Tysons Corner Tuesday,July 17.

Workers observe as the final concrete span for the guideway for the Metrorail throughTysons Corner is lowered into place Tuesday, July 17.

Workers completeoverhead bridges,move to laying track.

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People Notes

Oakton High StudentStudies Founding Principles

Emily Yaremchuk, 17, arising senior at OaktonHigh School, was

among seven Northern Virginiahigh school students who at-tended the Constitutional Acad-emy, the nation’s premier pro-gram for high school studentsto study the Constitution – theBill of Rights Institute an-nounced. The scholarships wereprovided by the OhrstromFoundation.

They read the Founding docu-ments and other primary sourceresources, and discussed theideals of the American Found-ing along with contemporaryissues with students from acrossthe country and constitutionalscholars in Washington, D.C.

During the educational weekin Washington, the students alsoviewed historical documents atthe National Archives and vis-ited landmark sites includingGeorge Washington’s MountVernon and the U.S. Capitol.

Yaremchuk said her favoritepart of the Constitution Acad-emy was the visit to MountVernon.

“The estate has such a rich

history and it was remarkableto be able to climb stairs thatnearly all of the Founding Fa-thers had. Visiting MountVernon gave me an understand-ing of General Washington’sintense care for the infantAmerica and everything herisked to defend it and watch itgrow,” Yaremchuk said.

Andrea and Francis.

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Pesce of Oak Hill are pleased toannounce the marriage of their son, Francis to An-drea, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hobeck of

Ruckersville. The wedding was held at the Fairview ChristianChurch in Hood, Va. on May 26. An outdoor reception followedat the home of the bride’s parents. The couple graduated fromVirginia Tech in 2011 and 2012. They reside in Salem, Va. withtheir golden retriever pup, Lexi.

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Tech Savvy Girls Explore Technology

Nancy Lamberton (in red) answers questions from students,while Sandra Beyer (in blue) listens to the discussion.

Sandra Beyer, executive di-rector of DigitalKidz, is al-ways looking to enhance the

learning experience for studentstaking her technology camps andclasses. When she put together theprogram for this year’s Tech SavvyGirls camp, she decided that invit-ing guest speakers to talk abouttechnology would make technologycome more alive for the students.

Last month Nancy Lamberton,President of Women in Technol-ogy, spoke to the students of theTech Savvy Girls camp at FryingPan Park.

Beyer said, “Lamberton pro-vided insightful information onthe different jobs that women canget, how technology can be ap-plied, and how to prepare for thefuture. The students loved havinga guest speaker and after beingmotivated by her speech, they’reall very anxious to make an im-pact in the world of technology.”

Lamberton enjoyed her visit andsaid, “The girls’ enthusiasm andknowledge about how they usetechnology today and how impor-tant technology is to their future(whether they want to become avet, a video game creator or thePresident) was inspiring. Building

that interest in technology and theconfidence to pursue a technologycareer starts at an early age andneeds to be continually nurtured.”

During the Tech Savvy Girlscamp, students design a fashiontrends website, edit photos ofthemselves and friends, learngraphic design and animation,musical compositions, designvideo games, or create a digitalvideo. Girls work with a new breedof robotics that integrates art andtechnology to spark creative think-ing. They also create musicalsculptures, interactive jewelry,dancing creatures, and other play-ful inventions. Guest speakersteach girls about the latest, rel-

evant technologies, and how thesecan tie into future careers.

Digital Kidz is an enrichmentprogram located in northern Vir-ginia that provides computerclasses and camps for childrenages 4 to 14 years old. They offerclasses throughout the region inrobotics, animation, videogamedesign, and movie making just toname a few. Founded in 2005 bySandra Beyer, they specialize ingiving your child a quality learn-ing experience that will stimulatetheir imagination and encouragethem to embrace new technology.For more information visitwww.DigitalKidzInc.com or call703-863-2763.

Dulles Chapter 1241 Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Delegate Tom Rust (R-86) presenting Virginia Assemblycongratulatory resolution to NARFE Dulles Chapter 1241Bill Schmidt on June 25 at 40th Anniversary Celebration.

U. S. Representative GeraldE. Connolly (D-11) andNARFE President Joseph

Beaudoin headlined the impres-sive list of guests as members gath-ered to celebrate Dulles Chapter1241’s rich history of representingactive and retired federal workersin protecting their earned pensionsand benefits for 40 years. The fes-tive luncheon program was heldon June 25 at the Amphora DinerDeluxe in Herndon.

Other guests included Del. Tho-mas Rust (R-86); Ann Rust, aideto Senator Mark Warner (D); Re-gion X Vice President William F.Martin; Virginia Federation ofChapters (VFC) President LutherSantiful; VFC Area X Vice Presi-dent Victoria Duarte; VFC Area IXVice President Pierce Johnson, andVFC Public Relations CommitteeChair Gaston Gianni.

Greeters Shirley Boning, ArtBrophy, and Ellie Fusaro greetedmore than 50 members and in-vited guests as they entered thepatriotic “Red, White, and Blue”room. The celebration was led byChapter President Bill Schmidtwho served as emcee throughoutthe event. Long-time member andPast Chapter President Bill Boningspoke about “Dulles Chapter Thenand Now.”

Representative Connolly andPresident Beaudoin spoke of the

challenges facing active and re-tired employees and the impor-tance of an organization likeNARFE. Del. Rust presented thechapter with a Resolution of Ap-preciation from the Virginia Gen-eral Assembly.

President Bill Schmidt recog-nized Olive Panzera, the onlyknown living charter member ofthe chapter, although she was un-able to attend.

President Beaudoin joinedChapter President Bill Schmidt in

cutting the first slice of the spe-cial 40th Anniversary Cake andrecognized Program Co-ChairsSue Righter and Shirley Vaughnfor their work in making the anni-versary celebration a reality.

Dulles Chapter meets monthly atthe Amphora Diner in Herndonand covers the areas of Ashburn,Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon,Oak Hill, Reston, Sterling, andOutlying Areas. For more informa-tion, visit www.vanarfe.org/1241/1241.htm.

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A group of Herndon High School French students and 2012 graduates recently returnedfrom two weeks in France. After a 10-day homestay immersed in French family life inthe south of France, the group met up again to cap off their trip with three days inParis. Here they are on the 4th of July in front of the Eiffel Tower with their teacher,Madame Rosenthal. Vive le français et vive les vacances!

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Opinion

Separate and Unequal?

Editorial

If we don’t believe that poor students are lessinnately talented, then the disparities inNorthern Virginia are truly unfair.

The numbers are eye-popping. Latinostudents are 22 percent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools students, but2.7 percent of the incoming Tho-

mas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology freshman class, the class of 2016.Of the 480 students, seven are black. That’s1.4 percent, while black students are 10 per-cent of the county school system.

The class of 2016 includes 480 students: 126white students (26 percent), 308 Asian stu-dents (64 percent), 13 Hispanic students (2.7percent), seven black students (1.4 percent)and 27 other.

Almost all of the students accepted to TJcome from eight middle schools with advancedgifted-and-talented programs.

The disparities and lack of diversity at North-ern Virginia’s stellar magnet school, ranked thetop high school in the nation, is a symptom of amuch more pervasive problem in Fairfax County.

This week, two groups, the Coalition of TheSilence led by former school board memberTina Hone, and the Fairfax County Branch ofthe NAACP filed a formal complaint with the U.S.Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.The complaint argues that the current policiesregarding admission to Thomas Jefferson andpolicies regarding identification of students foreligibility for gifted services within FCPS “dis-parately impact Black and Latino students in vio-lation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1965,which prohibits discrimination based on race,

color and national origin.”For well over a decade, FCPS has made a

variety of attempts to address the exclusivenature of admissions to TJ, but with little ef-fect and intense controversy.

The problem runs much deeper than fresh-man admission to Thomas Jefferson. Of 12,044

elementary and middle schoolstudents identified for “level 4”gifted-and-talented programslast year, only 455 were black,

3.8 percent, while 10 percent of FCPS studentsare black. Just 752 were Hispanic, about 6 per-cent, although 22 percent of FCPS students areHispanic.

GETTING ACCEPTED to TJ, in general, isnot an easy task for anyone, reported JuliaO’Donoghue in 2010 in the Connection. Theschool admitted only 15.3 percent of the 3,119students who applied to be part of the class of2014. That means TJ had a lower acceptancerate for its incoming freshman class than ei-ther Cornell University or Swarthmore Collegethat year.

Fairfax students also compete with childrenfrom around the region for slots at the North-ern Virginia magnet school. About 80 percentof TJ’s student body comes from Fairfax butresidents from Arlington, Loudoun, PrinceWilliam and Fauquier counties and the City ofFalls Church can also apply. (The City of Alex-andria does not allow its students to apply to

TJ, and should reconsider its choice to opt out.)While it may be difficult for all children, stu-

dents who are black, Hispanic or poor have aparticularly hard time getting admitted to TJ.

Out of 480 students admitted to the class of2014, only nine were considered poor enoughto qualify for free-or-reduced-priced lunch.

Across all four grades at TJ in 2009-10 schoolyear, approximately 1.78 percent of studentswere black, 2.84 percent of students were His-panic and 1.74 percent were poor.

Fully 25 percent of students in Fairfax Countyare poor enough to qualify for free-or-reduced-priced meals. Do we believe that poor studentsare less talented than students from wealthierfamilies?

The complaint asserts that FCPS “has evolvedinto a system that essentially operates a net-work of separate and unequal schools.”

Many if not most poor students lack accessto quality enrichment programs and after-school activities, lack access to expensive andhighly specific test preparation classes for theadmissions test for TJ. And the complaint citesFCPS retreated from outreach programs forpoor and minority students.

Addressing these issues from Kindergartenup would have many benefits beyond increas-ing diversity at one school. This could alsodecrease the achievement gap, increase thegraduation rate for minority and poor students,and reduce disparities in the suspension andexpulsion rate.

These are hot issues with many perspectives.We welcome letters and comments suggestingsolutions and with different points of view.

— Mary Kimm,

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Letters to the Editor

Rejecting aFairy TaleTo the Editor:

I am writing in response to theletter titled “Making Care Afford-able” from the July 18-24 editionof The Connection. This opinionarticle says that we should all cel-ebrate now that Obamacare hasbeen upheld by the Supreme Courtas a tax. The article supposes thatnow millions of Americans willhave access to care, as if they don’talready, and that all our ills willbe solved and we’ll live happilyever after. Well I’m sorry. I don’tbelieve in fairy tales, and that isexactly what Obamacare is. Thetruth about Obamacare is that itis a tax, it is not affordable, andmany Americans will not be ableto retain the doctors of theirchoice.

From the beginning, we weretold that it was not a tax, yet theChief Justice of the Supreme Courtupheld it on the basis of it being atax. Now the federal government

can force us to buy something wedon’t want or pay a penalty for notdoing so. Sorry, this is not theAmerica I know and love wherefederal bureaucrats now have thepower to dictate what and howmuch of anything we need to buyfor our families.

We were told that health carewill be “affordable,” yet the MarchCBO scoring of this disgraceful lawshows that it will be nothing of thesort. It has updated its cost esti-mate for the first ten years to be1.76 trillion dollars, up from itsoriginal scoring of $940 billionwhen this was signed into law.How will this country, with an al-ready downgraded debt rating, ananemic economic growth rate of1 percent, staggering unemploy-ment and underemployment, anda President that is outright hostileto free enterprise, ever pay forsuch a monstrous new governmententitlement? My liberal friendswill say let’s make the evil 1 per-cent pay for it. But with only halfthe working population even pay-ing federal income taxes, I think

the answer is we won’t pay for it.We will pass this burden on to ourchildren and grandchildren andtheir grandchildren.

We were told that more peoplewill have coverage underObamacare and that we will beable to keep the doctors we like.Yet the March CBO scoring showsthat 3 million more people willrequire health care through Med-icaid, and that private employerswill drop their coverage for em-ployees, forcing more people ontoMedicaid rolls and into govern-ment run health exchanges. Andfrom the beginning, Obamacarecut $500 billion from Medicare.

So once again, I say this Ameri-can is not celebrating. The Afford-able Care Law is anything but af-fordable. This disastrous law is fullof empty promises and representsa heavy handed federal govern-ment bent on eroding our free-doms and burdening generationsof Americans with outrageousbills. I live in the real world wherebudgets are made and benefits getpaid for, not passed on to future

generations of Americans not evenborn yet. I pray the rest of my fel-low citizens will see through thefairy tale that is Obamacare andelect representatives in Novemberwho will overturn this despicablelaw.

Gina RyanGreat Falls

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Young Herndon PianistEmbarks on a Musical Journey

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Ten-year-old Anton Nelson’s hands are a blur as he per-forms at a solo recital Friday, July 6 at The Piano Com-pany in Leesburg.

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The walls of the pianostudio where 10-year-old Anton Nelson ofOak Hill practices for

four hours per day are lined withblack and white portraits of thegreats of the musical world:Beethoven, Brahms,Rachmaninoff, Chopin. The worksof these greats have inspiredAnton to expand on his already ad-vanced musical accomplishments.On Friday, July 6 Anton demon-strated his abilities at a solo recitalat the Piano Company in Leesburg.

Anton began playing pianowhen he was 4. His mother,Natallia, teaches piano in theirhome and provides Anton instruc-tion.

“There has always been musicin the house. We taught him mu-sic because it would be a sin notto,” said Anton’s father, HitchNelson.

It was following an incident dur-ing a visit to Seattle when Antonwas 6-years-old that truly led theNelson family to increase Anton’sexposure to great music. In a res-taurant in which the family wasdining there was an upright piano.“Anton played a one short, littlepiece and everyone started clap-ping. People were genuinelymoved,” said Hitch. “When we re-turned home, we started introduc-ing him to great music.”

Before Anton displayed his mu-sical abilities, his father thought hemight actually become a great iceskater or hockey player. “He wasquite good at skating.” To encour-age his son, Hitch gave him ahockey player doll. He finds thatold encouragement amusing.

Anton is home-schooled and thefamily does not have a TV or videogames in the home. The absenceof these distractions, believesAnton’s father, allows Anton totruly focus on the “beauty of life.”

In his spare time, Anton enjoysperforming scientific experimentsand using his microscope. Antonis fluent in English and Russian,his mother’s native language. Heenjoys studying mythology.

Anton’s solo recital on Fridaywas titled “The Performer as Hero.” Anton playedfor a little over an hour before a crowd of about 40people. Anton said that he was not nervous and therecital went well. As Anton prefers music from theRomantic period, his recital featured works from thatperiod including: Chopin’s Opus 66, Liszt’s LaCampanella, and Brahms’ Opus 119/3.

According to Anton’s father, Anton plays with a“combination of raw power and nuanced gentleness

Anton Nelson with his mother, Natallia, and father, Hitch.Natallia offers piano lessons and is Anton’s pianoteacher. Anton’s father says there has always been musicin their home.

that reflects a maturity and artistry beyond his years.”“I’m proud Anton chose this path. I can’t think of a

more exciting path to journey down. The journey ofa pianist is truly life-long and Anton is just startingout,” said Hitch.

Anton and his family are hoping to find a conduc-tor and orchestra for Anton to perform with. Mean-while over the summer Anton plans to learn theRachmaninoff First Piano Concerto.

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Silas, a Shiloh Shepherd,takes a break from fetch-ing the ball to get a drinkof water at the ChandonOff-Leash Dog Area inHerndon on July 18.

Jessie Campbell, of Herndon, gets ready to toss the ballfor her Shiloh Shepherd Silas at the Chandon Off-LeashDog Area in Herndon on July 18. To her right is MarinLee of Fairfax.

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with so many unwanted andabused dogs. Since then, I havebeen working with Hart for thepast four years. I own five of myown dogs and I always leave roomfor one foster dog in my home.Fostering an animal is importantbecause I determine who is able toadopt the dog I am looking after.It requires responsible pet owner-ship, and if the adopter is not suit-able with the dog I am fostering, Ido not give the person ownership.

I love dogs in general because anydog can be good. They’re all dif-ferent and have unique personali-ties and they always hold a visual;when you’re sick they are there tohelp and they are always there witha loving attitude.”

MEET A GREAT DANEDebbie Caspari, Herndon

“My family and I have ownedSophie for about eight monthsnow. She is about 4-1/2 now, and

although she is small for her breed,she is a Great Dane. We have al-ways been dog owners. Previously,before we had Sophie, we had agolden retriever. We have alwaysloved big dogs as pets and our sonhad always wanted a Great Dane.The previous owners of Sophiecould not take care of her and agood friend told us she was in needof a home. Shortly after, weadopted this very sweet, very vo-cal, whimpy, floppy-eared animal.”

THE BEST GIFT EVERKristin Allgaier, Herndon

“I was in shock when my par-ents surprised me and my sister,Kit, with a bichon shi-tsu yorkiemix seven years ago. He was flownin from a breeder in Canada andwas easy to travel with because ofhis size. Jasper is a very rare mix

of breeds and he is extremely well-behaved. My dad has never been ahuge fan of having a dog aroundthe house, but it helps that Jasperdoes not shed. My family and Idon’t necessarily prefer small dogsover large ones, but Jasper is per-fect for us. He loves the outdoorsand we take him on most of our

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Maggie the Pomeranian at Christmas time. All the dogsloved to dress up on the holidays. “We take them to theannual Pom Play Group Halloween party every year,”Kirsten Porter, of Herndon, said.

Kirsten Porter of Herndon: “I own five of my own dogsand I always leave room for one foster dog in my home.” Photo courtesy of Debbie Caspari

On St. Patrick’s Day, Sophie rocks hershamrock headband. “Sophie is the sweet-est animal and she is a natural-born partydog,” Debbie Caspari, of Herndon, said.

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At Christmas, Kristin Allgaier of Herndonand her family make Jasper feel at home.“Jasper loves Christmas time and all theexcitement; after all, he was the best gift Ihave ever received,” Allgaier said.

vacations when we go to our cabinin the Shenandoah and when wego hiking. Jasper was named afterJasper national park, right nearwhere he was born. I don’t think Ihave ever had a better gift than thisfluff ball.”

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WEDNESDAY/JULY 25Busia Bear’s Sensational Summer-

Films-Lights! Camera! 7 p.m.Reston Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. All ages. 703-689-2700.

Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m-1:30 a.m.Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern, 697Spring St., Herndon. EveryWednesday. Register your band atBluesSlide@aol.com or 703-593-5206. www.jimmystavern.com.

Tex-Mex Cooking Class atWilliams-Sonoma. 6-8 p.m.Reston Town Center Pavilion, 11900Market Street. The menu includesfresh tomato and chile salsa, corntortillas, tortilla soup, and chickenfajitas with guacamole. $45. 571-203-8815 or williams-sonoma.com.

THURSDAY/JULY 26Spin, Pop, Boom. 10:30 a.m. Reston

Library, 11925 Bowman TowneDrive, Reston. Ages 6-12. 703-689-2700.

Tribute to Margaret’s Garden. PostGallery, ArtSpace 750 Center Street,Herndon. Exhibit will feature localartists celebrating the Fairfax Countylandmark of “Margaret’s Garden.”Free and open to the public. 703-956-6590.

Matthias Kuchta. 10:30 a.m. FileneCenter, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. TheBrothers Grimm fairytale, The Wolfand the Seven Little Goats. Germanpuppeteer Matthias Kuchta uses life-size puppets to share the story ofseven little goats that let a wickedwolf into their home. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

Buzzing Cicadas. 7-8 p.m. WalkerNature Center, 11450 Glade Drive.All ages. Learn why and how cicadas,crickets and grasshoppers makenoise. RA Members $4, Non-members$6. 703-476-9689 and press 5.

Civil War Re-enactment. 7-9 p.m.Lake Anne, 1609 Washington Plaza,Reston. The Civil War returns toFairfax County at the RestonCommunity Center.www.restonmuseum.org.

FRIDAY/JULY 27“Oliver!” 7:30 p.m. Herndon High

School, 700 Bennett Street, Herndon.Tickets $10. 703-810-2341. Tributeto Margaret’s Garden. PostGallery, ArtSpace 750 Center Street,Herndon. Exhibit will feature localartists celebrating the Fairfax Countylandmark of “Margaret’s Garden.”Free and open to the public. 703-956-6590.

Matthias Kuchta. 10:30 a.m. FileneCenter, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. TheBrothers Grimm fairytale, The Wolfand the Seven Little Goats. Germanpuppeteer Matthias Kuchta uses life-size puppets to share the story ofseven little goats that let a wickedwolf into their home. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

SATURDAY/JULY 28Family Fun Entertainment Series:

Rocknoceros. 10-10:45 a.m.Reston Town Center Pavilion, 11900Market Street. Band that makes funmusic for children. 703-476-4500 orRestonCommunityCenter.com.

Global Grooves. 7:30 p.m. RestonTown Center Pavilion, Market St.,Reston. Incendio. Spanish guitar,flamenco and Latin fusion.www.restontowncenter.com.

Wiggle Worms. 11 a.m.-12 p.m.Walker Nature Center, 11450 GladeDrive. Ages 3 to 5. Learn aboutworms. RA Members $5, Non-

members $8. 703-476-9689 andpress 5.

CINE CLASSICS Movie Series. 11a.m. Bow Tie Cinemas, 11940 MarketStreet, Reston. Watch movies likeJaws, Jurassic Park, Back to thefuture and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Seats $5; $4 for Criterion Club. 703-464-0816 or bowtiecinemas.com.

Sardegna Cooking Class. 12 p.m. IlFornaio restaurant, 11990 MarketStreet #106, Reston. Three-courselunch with wine and recipes. $45(plus tax & gratuity). Reserve atbanquets.reston@ilfo.com or 703-437-5544.

Reston Concerts on the TownSeries - Incendio. 7:30-10 p.m.Reston Town Center Pavilion, 11900Market Street. Spanish guitar,flamenco, Latin fusion. Free. 703-689-4699.

“Oliver!” 7:30 p.m. Herndon HighSchool, 700 Bennett Street, Herndon.Tickets $10. 703-810-2341.

SUNDAY/JULY 29Tribute to Margaret’s Garden. Post

Gallery, ArtSpace 750 Center Street,Herndon. Exhibit will feature localartists celebrating the Fairfax Countylandmark of “Margaret’s Garden.”Free and open to the public. 703-956-6590.

Wolf Trap Opera Company:Backstage Buzz Artist Panels. 3p.m. Wolf Trap Center for thePerforming Arts, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Bringing the opera to life.Preshow talk one hour beforeperformance. www.wolftrap.org.

Eye-amazing Makeover. RestonTown Center Pavilion, 11900 MarketStreet. Get a 5-minute makeover.703-481-1956 or origins.com.

CINE CLASSICS Movie Series. 11a.m. Bow Tie Cinemas, 11940 MarketStreet, Reston. Watch movies likeJaws, Jurassic Park, Back to thefuture and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Seats $5; $4 for Criterion Club. 703-464-0816 or bowtiecinemas.com.

“Oliver!” 2 p.m. Herndon High School,700 Bennett Street, Herndon. Tickets$10. 703-810-2341.

MONDAY/JULY 30Mr. Knick Knack! Children’s

Performance. 10:30-11:15 a.m.Reston Town Center Pavilion, 11900Market Street. Unique, heart-centered music for kids. Free.

Open Summer Readings. 7:30 p.m.Sunset Hills Montessori School,11180 Ridge Heights Road, Reston.$10 per session or $35 for all foursessions prepaid. RSVP and/orpurchase tickets atrestoncommunityorchestra.org

TUESDAY/JULY 31Storytime and Rhyme. 7 p.m. Reston

Library, 11925 Bowman TowneDrive, Reston. All ages. 703-689-2700.

Tribute to Margaret’s Garden. PostGallery, ArtSpace 750 Center Street,Herndon. Exhibit will feature localartists celebrating the Fairfax Countylandmark of “Margaret’s Garden.”Free and open to the public. 703-956-6590.

Okee Dokee Brothers. 10:30 a.m.Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Bluegrass melodies. $8-$10at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 1Okee Dokee Brothers. 10:30 a.m.

Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Bluegrass melodies. $8-$10at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

The Herndon High School TheatreBoosters will present “Oliver!” start-ing July 27, a summer show that willfeature students from Herndon, South

Lakes, Chantilly and Westfield High Schools. Theproduction also received assistance from severallocal elementary and middle schools, as well asthe Reston Community Players, the Alliance The-atre of Chantilly, Westfield Theatre and theCentreville Presbyterian Community Theatre.

Due to it being a summer show, the productiontime was about four weeks until opening day,rather than two or three months in a normal,school-year production. While the schedule mighthave been hectic for the actors, who had less timeto learn their songs, lines and choreography, techdirector Justin Burns said he enjoyed the intensefocus.

“I found it a little easier, there was no schooland homework to work through, we could leavearound 5 p.m. instead of being here until 11,” saidBurns, who just graduated from Herndon HighSchool and will attend James Madison Universityin the fall. “We had to get a little inventive withhow we saved time, we recycled and modifiedsome set pieces.”

THE TITLE CHARACTER is played by Ethan VanSlyke, 10, a student at Hutchinson Farm Elemen-tary School in Chantilly. He previously performedin the school’s production of “Beauty and theBeast” and “Macbeth.”

“There were a lot of fun things I got to do, likeget trapped in a coffin. I don’t think many peopleget to do that in the summer,” he said. “I alsolearned a lot about memorization and stage com-bat, and I think I made some new friends here.”

Alycia Adams, a rising sophomore at ChantillyHigh, says she thought it might be difficult work-ing at a new school with new personnel.

“It’s been way more inviting than I thought, Iwas a little worried I’d be an outsider, but I got toknow everyone pretty quick,” said Adams, whoplays the Artful Dodger. “Lunchtime has becomemy favorite part, no one is clique-y, it’s been greatgetting to know everybody.”

This was the first time Adams had played a male,which she said was easy, “except for the dancingpart, I had to learn how to lead. It was like learn-ing backward.”

Others felt their role was a big change for them.“I played Mrs. Potts in ‘Beauty and the Beast,’

my biggest role, so this is a big change,” said

Megan Overton, a rising senior who plays Nancy.“I worked harder than I ever thought I could, butI think I grew as an actor. I never knew I could doa cockney accent, but after some work it cameout pretty well.”

FOR SOME STUDENTS, their role was a bitmore familiar.

“I seem to play old people a lot,” said ChrisHrozencik, a rising senior who plays Fagin. “But Ihaven’t done a lead since my freshman year, andthis is the first one in a musical. It’s been a lot ofmemorizing.”

Stage manager Cate Graney, who just graduatedfrom Herndon High and will attend ChristopherNewport in the fall, says the experience has beenvaluable for more than theatrical reasons.

“It was very different working with someyounger kids, because we had a lot of rehearsalswith them, but it was so much fun,” she said. “Iloved working with them, and I’m studying to bean elementary school teacher, so I got a lot out ofit. And it was amazing seeing how talented theywere.”

Hunter Robinson, a rising junior at South Lakes,plays Mr. Sowerberry, the undertaker. He said hisfavorite part was getting to work with studentsoutside his normal theater program.

“Everyone comes with new experiences, andthere’s a wide variety of talents everybody brings,”he said. “The best part about the play is that allthe characters have their moments within theshow, so it’s not just a bunch of characters tellinga story, they’re actually going through something.”

‘Oliver!’ at Herndon HighPlay features studentsfrom several local schools.

From left, Megan Overton, a risingsenior at Herndon High School as Nancyand her sister Sarah, a rising sopho-more, plays Bet during a production of“Oliver!” at Herndon High School.

From left, SarahOverton, Alycia Adams,Ethan Van Slyke, ChrisHrozencik and MeganOverton in a summerperformance of“Oliver!” at HerndonHigh School.

Summer ShowtimesThe summer production of “Oliver!” will take place at

Herndon High School, starting Friday, July 27.Showtimes will be at 7:30 p.m. July 27 and 28 andSunday, July 29 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $10, and are available at the door atshowtimes, or online at www.herndondrama.org.

Photo by Alex

McVeigh/The

Connection

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A Boisterous Musical Comedy Elden Street Players present ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.’

Entertainment

Annie Ermlick and Nathan Tatro in the Elden StreetPlayers production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”

Where and WhenElden Street Players present “Dirty

Rotten Scoundrels” at IndustrialStrength Theatre, 269 Sunset ParkDrive, Herndon. Performances, Aug. 3-25, Friday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sundaymatinee, Aug. 5, 3 p.m., Sunday eve-nings, Aug. 12 & 19 at 7 p.m., and Aug.16 and 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $23. Call703-481-5930 or visitwww.EldenStreetPlayers.org.

By David Siegel

The Connection

Something completely different is arriving atthe Industrial Strength Theatre. The EldenStreet Players take on the Northern VirginiaArea premiere of a hilarious comedy of two

con men who may have met their match.Nominated for 10 Tony

Awards in 2005 “Dirty RottenScoundrels” is a musical basedupon the 1988 film. With mu-sic and lyrics by David Yarzbekand book by Jeffrey Lane, Theshow ran 626 Broadway perfor-mances. The Players productionis directed by award-winnerMichael Kharfen.

Kharfen indicated he jumpedat the chance to direct the show.“It has so many funny lines. The writers must havehad a ball writing the show. It’s like that old CarolBurnet Show when Harvey Korman and Tim Conwaytried and usually succeeded in cracking each otherup on purpose.”

“This is a great musical comedy and one of theleast self- conscious shows I know; it constantlybreaks the Fourth Wall with the audience. I also wasgrabbed by the jazzy score and think the audiencewill find themselves dissolved in laughter.”

The change of pace musical comedy will have aband of 10, with musical direction by veteran ScottRichards. The band includes keyboard, brass, reeds,bass and more. Richards said who couldn’t enjoy ascore with titles such as “Ruffhousin’ MitShuffhausen.” Then again there is also “Like Zis/LikeZat.”

The cast of 15 includes the skilled Annie Ermlick a2012 WATCH community the-ater award nominee. Her char-acter is Christine a woman whomay be the more than the equalof the con men. “This is justsuch a feel good show. I evenget to use all I can to try to en-trap the men,” Ermlick saidwith a sassy smile. “I will findmy marbles soon.”

Nathan Tatro is one of the conmen. “My character is so muchmore than the script and the

written words. I am able to ad lib and just have somuch fun with the role,” said Tatro. “I even get to beoutrageous for the audience. “ Tom Flatt, a WATCHaward nominee plays the other con man ready to doall to make a buck from others.

Teri Alfred is cast as a swindled woman with a gun.“The show is just so upbeat, and very witty.” Withthe good humor sung in the show; “It’s almost a reli-gion, the need to take a pigeon.”

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Sports

As Weather Cools,Lake Newport Heats Up

Allison Cimino of North Hills fightsthrough in the girls' (13 - 14) 50-meterbreaststroke in a meet against Glade.

Sisters Emily (left) and Sophia Landeryouown every individual swim team recordfor Glade in the girls 8 and under and 9-10age groups. Sophia owns the record bookin the 8U category while Emily takes thehonors in the 9-10 grouping. Emily alsoowns the freestyle and butterfly records inthe girls11-12 age group.

Team wins first undisputed RSTA title.

What a difference a week makes. WhileNorthern Virginia has sufferedthrough one of the hottest summerson record, last Saturday, July 21

seemed like a return to April with temperatures in themid-70s and constant light showers making it a daymore acclimated to ducks than to swimmers. But forthe fans and swimmers of Lake Newport, it didn’t mat-ter. For the first time since its founding as a team in1988, Lake Newport laid claim to the undisputed RestonSwim Team Association (RSTA) league championship.

They concluded a perfect 6-0 season with theirdefeat of Lake Anne. “If anyone ever told me thatthis would be happening back at the beginning ofthe season, I would have told them no way,” LakeNewport RSTA Board member Jim Mizner said. “Ona more serious note, this is all about the coaches.They did a spectacular job all season long.”

”I’m just so happy for our swimmers,” said PattyRedican, one of Lake Newport’s team managers andmother of swimmers Anna, Emi, Mara, Sean andJoseph. “We always tell them that anything is pos-sible. You just have to keep working hard and be-lieve. And they did exactly what the coaches asked.I couldn’t be prouder of them.”

With the conclusion of the season on Saturday, RSTAnow gears up for its annual All-Stars meet this on Sat-urday, July 28. Ironically, the meet takes place at LakeNewport. And while Saturday’s spotlight was justifi-ably on the Lake Newport team, Joann Fu of Lake Annetook home individual honors with another standoutperformance. Her time of 35.35 seconds in the girls’(11-12) 50-meter backstroke broke her old Lake Annepool record of 36.07, which she had set on July 30.

Scores and highlights from Saturday's meets follow:

North Hills Hurricanes 585, Glade Gators 514For North Hills, triple event winners were: Miles

Yang, Lindsey Hill, Christina Mazziotta and RachelSwarts. Double event winners were: Courtner Clark,Arnav Kachroo, Joseph Sciortino, Emily Deker, JulianPardo, Page Schiavone, Allison Boone, LindseyRogers, Devan Fink, Ishan Ganjoo, Katie Cazenas,Ryan Luczak, Francis Kwartin and Catherine Ren.

For Glade, triple event winners were AndrewHuang, Emily Landeryou, Sophia Landeryou andHunter Ellis. Double event winners were: JosephLetteri, Kahlil Dover, Andrew Draganov, AndrewDeLillio, Noah DiLisio, Zachary Smith, NatalieMcCrea, Nicholas Kapani, Alexander Graves, AidanO Donovan and Rachel Heatherly.

Lake Audubon Barracudas 614, HuntersWoods Blue Marlins 516

For Lake Audubon, triple event winners were: JuliaSofhia Nassau and Suya Haering. Double event win-ners were: Angelika Giavis Aidan Scanlan, ConorMcBride, Max Daum, Alaina Cordts, Griffin Scanlan,Sabrina Groves, Elizabeth Crump, John Hughes andEllen Huber.

For Hunters Woods, triple event winners were:Joseph Wang, Philip Pan and Katie Vintimilla. Doubleevent winners were: Gwyneth Wagner, Ashley Thai,Logan Nasr, John Evans, Arya Amirshah, Amy Zhao,

Eric Tang, Matthew Beach, Christopher Bryon, JackHam, Michael Li and Anne DiMaio.

Lake Newport Lightning 614, Lake AnneStingrays 517

For Lake Newport, triple event winners were: AnnaRedican, Meghna Sharma, Casey Storch and JackEdgemond. Double event winners were: Katie Storch,Fabricio Alvarez, Garrett Linn, Peter George, Dan Ni,Reis Johns, Matthew Williams, Vincent Kahng, NicoleRussell, Brian Boyce, William Kohn and Julie Kercher.

For Lake Anne, triple event winners were: BryanMarquet, Mary Fouse and Emily Meilus. Double eventwinners were: Trevor Stup, Kathryn Dealey, AriannBarkhordari, Devin Conley, Jason Fu, Tope Oladimejiand Joanne Fu.

Newbridge Dolphins 576, AutumnwoodPiranhas 476

For Newbridge, triple event winners were: CeliaCompton, Ryan Ha, Megan Ha, Jocelyn Wulf, EricCompton and Stephen Baldwin. Double event win-ners were: Missy Ford, Grant Tremaine, Melanie Ford,Emma Schaller, Andy Carro, Ian Ha, Lily Schaller,Max Torrington, Spenser Kossler, Gideon Daland, IanMeikle and Joseph Sgambati.

For Autumnwood, triple event winners were: StephenGrubbs, Diya Murthy, Delaney Kirr and Abby Freeman.Double event winners were: Claire Romansky, KaylaRolph, Jake Xeller, Liam Willson and Sophie Henry.

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The Oakton Otters lostto Cardinal Hill in a Di-vision 4 dive meet on

July 17, 44-27. The loss broughtthe Otters’ record to 1-3.

Two sisters for the Otters tookfirst place in their respectivecategories: Elana Colbert in in-termediate girls with a score of144.00, and AJ Colbert in se-nior girls with a score of202.00.

Other Otter divers that placedwere: Finn MacStravic (fresh-

man boys, third), MackenzieBrennan (junior girls, second),Brad Burgeson (junior boys,second), Liam Klopfenstein(junior boys, third), JuliaPowell (intermediate girls, sec-ond), Gil Osofsky (intermediateboys, second) and DanielNugent (senior boys, second).

The Otters’ next meet is onTuesday, July 24 at Villa AquaticClub. The Otters are hosting theNVSL Divisional Dive Meet onSunday, July 29.

Freshman Girls:1. Natalie Lychak (CH) 79.102. Carolyn Scott (CH) 69.303. Emma Sahlgren (CH)62.40

Freshman Boys:1. Andrew Merski (CH) 49.552. Colin Crowley (Ch) 42.953. Finn MacStravic (O) 20.00

Junior Girls:1. Elsa Scott (CH) 95.102. Mackenzie Brennan (O)92.903. Grace Cusack (CH) 89.35

Junior Boys:1. Erik Sahgren (CH) 110.502. Brad Burgeson (O) 99.15

Cardinal Hill 44, Oakton 273. Liam Klopfenstein (O) 81.25

Intermediate Girls:1. Elana Colbert (O) 144.002. Julia Powell (O) 142.903. Paige Atherton (CH) 122.95

Intermediate Boys:1. Bryce Shelton (CH) 196.502. Gil Osofsky (O) 105.453. Liam Colwell (CH) 104.30

Senior Girls:1. AJ Colbert (O) 202.002. Morgan Stahl (CH) 192.23. Sydney Shelton (CH) 186.90

Senior Boys:1. Zach Stahl (CH) 192.102. Daniel Nugent (O) 146.05

Herndon Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

703-224-3031 or richsand8@aol.com

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Address ................................ BR . FB .HB ... Postal City .... Sold Price ... Type .......... Lot AC . PostalCode ..................... Subdivision13155 BRYNWOOD CT ................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $530,000 .... Detached ........ 0.23 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM12590 CROSS HOLLOW CT ............. 5 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $521,000 .... Detached ........ 0.22 ........ 20170 ...................... HASTINGS HUNT3036 EMERALD CHASE DR ............. 4 ... 2 ... 2 .......HERNDON ......... $519,000 .... Detached ........ 0.21 ........ 20171 ...................... EMERALD CHASE2861 SPRING CHAPEL CT ............... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ....... OAK HILL .......... $510,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 20171 ...... SPRING LAKE ESTATES WEST2628 NEW BANNER LN .................. 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $505,000 .... Detached ........ 0.28 ........ 20171 ...............................MONTEREY12491 MARSTAN MOOR LN ............ 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $500,000 .... Detached ........ 0.34 ........ 20171 ..................... FOX MILL ESTATES12339 FOLKSTONE DR ................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $499,950 .... Detached ........ 0.55 ........ 20171 .............................. FOLKSTONE13391 SIR RAMSAY WAY ................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $492,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 .......... MCNAIR FARMS LANDBAY13610 RED SQUIRREL WAY ............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $490,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.07 ........ 20171 ......................... SQUIRREL HILL488 WOODSHIRE LN ...................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $485,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 20170 ................................. ASHBURN3263 WHITE BARN CT .................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $485,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM13120 ROSE PETAL CIR ................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $480,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 .................................. OAKMILL3401 BRIGHTFIELD CT ................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $475,000 .... Detached ........ 0.18 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM12038 CHEVIOT DR ....................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $470,000 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 20170 .......................... STUART RIDGE1629 WINTERWOOD PL ................. 4 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $470,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 20170 ..................... KINGSTON CHASE1342 GRANT ST ............................. 5 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $470,000 .... Detached ........ 0.23 ........ 20170 ............................ BARKER HILL12903 FRATERNAL CT .................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $470,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 20171 ..................... FOX MILL ESTATES1370 BUTTER CHURN DR ............... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $463,000 .... Detached ........ 0.22 ........ 20170 ........................... CRESTBROOK2552 HUNTINGTON DR .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $462,500 .... Detached ........ 0.37 ........ 20171 ..................... FOX MILL ESTATES155 HERNDON MILL CIR ................ 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $455,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.07 ........ 20170 ..... VILLAGE AT HERNDON MILLS12620 GLENBROOKE WOODS DR .... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $445,000 .... Detached ........ 0.47 ........ 20171 .............. GLENBROOKE WOODS13506 BRIGHTFIELD LN ................. 3 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $445,000 .... Detached ........ 0.16 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM2544 TERRA COTTA CIR ................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $440,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20171 .. COPPERMINE CROSSING LAND13261 COPPERMILL DR .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $440,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 20171 ............................. COPPERMILL2122 CAPSTONE CIR ...................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $435,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20170 ................................ ROCK HILL1007 PAGE CT ................................ 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $430,000 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 20170 ...................... BENICIA ESTATES13503 HUNTSFIELD CT .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $425,000 .... Detached ........ 0.17 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM12319 STREAMVALE CIR ................ 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $420,000 .... Detached ........ 0.19 ........ 20170 ............................ KINGSTREAM13108 ASHNUT LN ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......HERNDON ......... $420,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 ..... MCNAIR FARMS LANDBAY 121404 BAYSHIRE LN ........................ 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $419,000 .... Detached ........ 0.35 ........ 20170 ................................. TREESIDE2563 SUTTERS MILL DR ................. 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $400,005 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20171 .............................. WELLESLEY12613 ETRUSCAN DR ..................... 3 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $398,000 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 20171 ..................... FOX MILL ESTATES2463 ROLLING PLAINS DR .............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......HERNDON ......... $397,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 ...... MCNAIR FARMS LAND BAY 21313 MISTYVALE ST ....................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $395,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 20170 ............................... WESTFIELD2793 CRYSTAL WOOD CT ............... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $390,000 .... Detached ........ 0.42 ........ 20171 .............. GLENBROOKE WOODS1350 SHALLOW FORD RD............... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $384,900 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 20170 ........................... CRESTBROOK1349 SHALLOW FORD RD............... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $380,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 20170 ........................... CRESTBROOK12609 BAYOU DR ........................... 4 ... 4 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $379,900 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 20170 ..................... KINGSTON CHASE1267 REDWOOD CT ....................... 3 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $375,000 .... Detached ........ 0.32 ........ 20170 ................................. TREESIDE1102 DEVON ST ............................. 4 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $368,000 .... Detached ........ 0.22 ........ 20170 ...................... HUNTERS CREEK12803 LADY FAIRFAX CIR ................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $365,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 20170 ..................... KINGSTON CHASE12602 TERRYMILL DR .................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $355,000 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 20170 ...................... HASTINGS HUNT1521 SADLERS WELLS DR ............... 4 ... 4 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $350,000 .... Detached ........ 0.21 ........ 20170 ......................... HIDDENBROOK2438 OLD FARMHOUSE CT ............. 2 ... 2 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $341,600 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 ...... MCNAIR FARMS LAND BAY 23305 STONE HEATHER CT .............. 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $338,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM1130 WHITWORTH CT ................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $335,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 20170 ................. POTOMAC FAIRWAYS1521 YOUNGS POINT PL ................. 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $320,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 20170 ......................... HIDDENBROOK2524 PASCAL PL #202 .................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $310,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 20171 ........... COPPERMINE CROSSING13155 MARCEY CREEK RD .............. 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $300,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 20171 ..................... FOX MILL STATION13491 STANTON PL ........................ 2 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $300,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.02 ........ 20171 .......... MCNAIR FARMS LANDBAY1120 TWAY LN ............................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $299,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20170 ................. POTOMAC FAIRWAYS1062 NICKLAUS CT ........................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $298,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20170 ................. POTOMAC FAIRWAYS1126 TWAY LN ............................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $296,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 20170 ................. POTOMAC FAIRWAYS13619 KRISTIN PL .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $285,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20171 ..................... HIGHLAND MEWS1266 BOND ST .............................. 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $283,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 ...............................BLUEMONT12954 CENTRE PARK CIR #404 ....... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $283,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20171 ... BRYSON AT WOODLAND PARK1171 CYPRESS TREE PL .................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $280,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 ....................... PARKWAY PLAZA859 DOGWOOD CT ........................ 4 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $276,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.10 ........ 20170 .............. COURTS OF CHANDON2109 HIGHCOURT LN #305 ............ 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $249,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 ............................ WORLDGATE12913 ALTON SQ #306 ................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $245,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 ............................ WORLDGATE384 RENEAU WAY .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $244,900 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 20170 .............................. CRESTVIEW13332 APGAR PL ............................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $234,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE531 EARLY FALL CT ........................ 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $231,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20170 ............ FOUR SEASONS REGIME388 RENEAU WAY .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $231,000 .... Attach/Row Hse0.03 ........ 20170 .............................. CRESTVIEW956 PARK AVE ................................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $230,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.13 ........ 20170 .............. PARK AVENUE SQUARE1161 DUBLIN PL ............................ 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $223,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 .................................... TRALEE2167 MAGER DR ............................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $209,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE1104 WATERFORD PL ..................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $195,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 .................................... TRALEE2204 WESTCOURT LN #109 ........... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $173,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 ............................ WORLDGATE2201 WESTCOURT LN #102 ........... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $170,100 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 ............................ WORLDGATE527 FLORIDA AVE #T2 ................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $165,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 .................... JEFFERSON MEWS517 FLORIDA AVE #101 .................. 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $118,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 .................... JEFFERSON MEWS

Copyright 2012 RealEstate Business Intelligence. Source: MRIS as of July 13, 2012.

Home SalesIn June 2012, 109 homes sold between $1,307,000-$118,500

in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $530,000-$118,500 range.

For the complete list, visit www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith community, includingspecial holiday services. Send toreston@connectionnewspapers.com.Deadline is Thursday.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center,Brown’s Chapel, 11450 Baron CameronAve., Reston, holds monthly classes forthe general public. Gen Kelsang Varahi,an American Buddhist nun, will teach‘Living Meditation: Meditation for Re-laxation,’ teachings and guidedmeditations that teach students how torelax their body and mind. $12.www.meditation-dc.org or 202-986-2257.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road in Herndon, hasSunday Worship Service at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery and childcare areavailable during worship services. Youthand Adult Sunday School is held Sun-days from 9:40-10:45 a.m.703-437-5500 orwww.trinityherndon.org.

Floris United Methodist Church,13600 Frying Pan Road in Herndon, hasworship services at 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sundays, with aLatino service on Saturdays at 7 p.m.703-793-0026 or www.florisumc.org.

St. Anne’s Episcopal Church,1700 Wainwright Drive in Reston, holdsSunday services at 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m.,11:15 a.m. and contemporary service at5 p.m. Nursery, Sunday School andAdult Education available. MorningPrayer on Monday at 9:30, Holy Eucha-rist Wednesday at 8:15 a.m.703-437-6530 or www.stannes-reston.org.

Adult Sunday school will be held9:30 a.m. Sundays at the WashingtonPlaza Baptist Church at Lake Anne Vil-lage Center. The group is studying theGospel of Mark. Services follow at 11a.m.

HAVEN of Northern Virginia of-

fers a variety of free bereavement sup-port groups, meeting on a weekly basis.Contact 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org for schedulesand registration information.

The Jewish Federation ofGreater Washington and the JewishOutreach Institute offer the Mothers/Parents Circle, an umbrella of free edu-cational events and resources. Jewishrituals, ethics and the creation of a Jew-ish home, regular meetings and groupShabbats and holidays. Participants in-clude Sha’are Shalom, CongregationBeth Emeth, Temple Rodef Shalom andthe Jewish Community Center of North-ern Virginia. ShalomDC.org.

The Baha’i community ofMcLean holds a weekly fireside, ameeting of discussion, devotion and fel-lowship, at 7500 Box Elder Court inMcLean, at 8 p.m. every Friday. An op-portunity to learn about the Baha’i faith.703-556-3400.

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It might be my age (as in getting older), or itmight be the fact that I have cancer (you think?),but my brain and the related physical and mentaltasks it coordinates are not exactly working atpeak efficiency. Don’t get me wrong, I’m notexactly “Forrest, Forrest Gump,” but plans arenot easily made and when they are made, not soeasily or successfully carried out. Whether it’s adrive to an unfamiliar destination, time spentwith semi-unsuspecting (about me) acquain-tances, or overnighting away from home (andout of my routine: alkaline water, pills, aspara-gus, baking soda, apple cider vinegar, etc.) as afew examples, what once seemed like ordinaryand manageable acts of everyday-type life nowpresent previously unfamiliar hurdles. Talk aboutmaking something out of nothing. Everything issomething, even if it’s nothing. And that’s achange – for the worse.

Unfortunately, knowing this – and acceptingit, hasn’t lessened the burden and inevitability ofliving with it. I’m always relieved when whatever,wherever, however, we (meaning me) finish whatwe’re doing: get to where we’re going/solve theproblem we’re needing to solve/arrange theschedule we’re attempting to arrange, and com-plete our miscellaneous activities. I can then set-tle back into what’s familiar and relativelyuncomplicated. If I’ve been there and am accus-tomed to doing it, it gets done, without muchado. However, if I haven’t been there – literallyand figuratively, getting there – and back,becomes increasingly more difficult. I don’t nec-essarily want to blame this behavior on my ageor my underlying problem (“NSCLC”), but atleast if I blame it on something that makes sense– to me, I can live with the consequences of thispreferred inaction. And the more I understandthe reasons for certain “inaction,” the less stressI’ll feel. And the less stress I feel, the better off I’llbe; as a cancer patient, first, and as a reasonablyintelligent adult second (no comments from thepeanut gallery, please).

I guess what I’m trying to do is what Jerry,Elaine, George and Kramer were competing todo years ago on a particularly memorable “Sein-feld” episode: master my own domain; trying tocontrol the uncontrollable. However, if any set ofcircumstances is likely uncontrollable, it is thephysical, mental, emotional and spiritual effectsone experiences after receiving a terminal diag-nosis. You’re either ready for its demands oryou’re not. It’s not like – at least for me, therewas really any preparation or expectation thatyour life – as you knew it, was over. I supposethere’s a handbook somewhere. (Maybe there’seven some training or a class – Cancer 101, youcan attend.) And though I can certainly appreci-ate the benefit and power of the written – andread word, a terminal diagnosis with a “13-month to two-year” prognosis requires – in myopinion, a more personal touch, one with a one-to-one/face-to-face-type connection. When thediagnosis is stage IV-serious, it’s best to leavenothing to chance and/or misinterpretation. Asmuch as you – as the patient/”diagnosee” thinkyou’re hearing and/or reading what’s being saidor handed to you concerning the facts of yourcase, the shock of what you’re learning will notonly cloud your judgment, but rewire your brain,emotionally speaking. It’s hardly another day atthe office. In fact, it’s like no other day you’veever had at your office or any other office. Theassimilation – or rather the attempted assimila-tion of your diagnosis, prognosis, treatmentoptions, schedule of diagnostic scans and doctorappointments, best and worst case scenarios, willforever change the way you process informationand plan your future.

What I’m finding out is, the longer I survive,it’s the emotions I feel about having cancer morethan the facts of having cancer that are causingme the most problems. One I can live with, theother is living with me. And it’s not of my ownchoosing, either.

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

A Life WorthLiving, Still

Do what you can, with what youhave, where you are.

-Theodore Roosevelt

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