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IncidentsEmbezzlement - Noodles and Company. 201

Maple Ave., East. Between Dec. 1, 2015 at 12:01a.m. and Feb. 19, 2016 at 12:01 a.m. An employeereported another employee had embezzled an un-disclosed amount of money. He stated heconfronted the employee who promised to repaywhat she had taken by a mutually agreed upondate. When the date came the employee did notshow up. This case is being investigated.

Telephone Case - 1000 Block MountfortCourt, SW. Between Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. and Feb. 22at 9:30 p.m. A resident reported he had been re-ceiving prank telephone calls from an internationaltelephone number by an individual who goes bythe name “Ryan Hiding.” He stated on two separateoccasions he received pizzas from two different pizzabusinesses. After he rejected the delivery of the piz-zas, “Ryan” called to ask how the resident liked thepizzas. This case is being investigated.

Fraud - 800 Block Marjorie Lane, SE. Feb. 15,5:15 a.m. A resident reported he discovered acharge had been made to his Kohl’s Credit Cardwithout his knowledge. He contacted Kohl’s andthe charge was cancelled as well as the credit card.

Fraud - 300 Block Moorefield Road, SW. Be-tween Feb. 16 at 7 a.m. and Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. Aresident reported an individual claiming to be with“Care.Com” attempted to scam her. She stated theindividual contacted her regarding caring for hischildren. He stated he would send her a check foran undisclosed amount of money to cover suppliesand her salary. The resident contacted Care.Comand was informed the individual was a scammerand the check was fraudulent. This case is being in-vestigated.

Forgery - 400 Block Colin Lane, NW. BetweenFeb. 16 at noon and Feb. 22 at noon. A residentreported someone had forged several personalchecks for an undisclosed amount of money. Thiscase is being investigated.

Animal Case – Quarantine - The Hope Center,140 Park St., SE. Feb. 17, 3:30 p.m. An employeereported she had been bitten on the hand by a catwhile attempting to perform a medical procedure.By the time the officer received the report the cathad been released to her owner who lives in Arling-ton, Va. This case will be turned over to theArlington Animal Welfare League.

Juvenile Case - Hillcrest Drive, SW. Feb. 18,11:39 p.m. A resident reported her son was in needof medical services. Fairfax County Fire and Res-cue personnel were summoned to the residenceand transported her son to an area hospital.

Grand Larceny - Giant Food Store, 359 MapleAve., West. Feb. 19, 3:15 p.m. An employee re-ported a customer purchased three gift cards with acredit card that had been altered. When the employeerequested to see the credit card to verify the accountnumber, the customer grabbed the gift cards and fledthe store. This case is being investigated.

Arrest – Narcotics Violation - 400 BlockMaple Ave., East. Feb. 19, 10:25 p.m. An officerwas on patrol when he observed a vehicle withdefective equipment. As a result of the defect he con-ducted a traffic stop. Upon speaking with the driverhe detected the odor of marijuana emanating fromthe vehicle. After further interaction with the driverhe located a measurable amount of marijuana. The23-year-old man from Winding Woods Court inCentreville, Va. was issued summonses for the defec-tive equipment and Possession of Marijuana.

Arrest – Drunk in Public - 800 Block MarjorieLane, SE. Feb. 20, 4:58 a.m. A resident reportedtwo suspicious men were knocking on his door. Anofficer responded and spoke with the resident and

two men. The resident informed him they had beenat the residence earlier and were asked to leaveafter an altercation. An officer determined one ofthe men was under the age of 21 and intoxicated.Due to his intoxication he arrested the 18- year-old-man from Rosemoore Lane in Fairfax for UnderagePossession of Alcohol and Drunk in Public. He wastransported to the Fairfax County Adult DetentionCenter where he was held on a $1,000 bond.

Open Door - Manhattan Bagel - 310 MapleAve., West, Feb. 20, 6:25 p.m. An officer respondedto Manhattan Bagel for the report of an open door.Upon arrival he searched the business and foundnothing appeared suspicious. The door was securedprior to leaving.

Narcotics Violation - Berry Street at HineStreet, SE. Feb. 20, 11:25 p.m. Officer Herrera wason patrol when he observed the driver of a vehiclecommit a traffic offense. As a result of that offensehe conducted a traffic stop. Upon his interactionwith the driver and passenger, both juveniles, hedetected the odor of marijuana emanating from thevehicle. After further interaction with the juveniles,the passenger was found to be in possession of ameasurable amount of marijuana. The passengerwas transported to the Vienna Police Station wherehis father was contacted and responded to take hisson home. This case is being investigated.

Arrest – Noise Violation - The Bey Lounge,303 Mill Street, NE. Feb. 20, 11:35 p.m. An officerresponded to the area after a resident reportedexcessively loud music radiating from the business.Upon his arrival he determined the music was inviolation of the Town of Vienna Noise Ordinance.As a result the employee, a 24-year-old man fromLeesburg Pike in Vienna was issued a summons forViolation of the Noise Ordinance. He was releasedafter signing the summons and agreed to turn themusic down.

Arrest – Driving While Intoxicated - Cen-ter Street at Locust Street, SW. Feb. 21, 1:05 a.m.An officer was on patrol when he observed thedriver of a vehicle stopped along the curb, with theengine running and the driver asleep in the driver’sseat. After awaking the driver he determined hemay have been impaired. After failing to completea series of field sobriety tests he arrested the 33-year-old man from Manassas Forge Drive inManassas, for Possession of Marijuana and DrivingWhile Intoxicated. During the search incident to hisarrest the officer located a measurable amount ofmarijuana. The man was transported to the FairfaxCounty Adult Detention Center where, due to themarijuana found, a sample of his blood was drawnto determine if he was under the influence of bothmarijuana and alcohol. After the blood draw hewas charged with Possession of Marijuana andDriving While Intoxicated. He was to be held untilhe was sober.

Arrest – Narcotics Violation - East Street atHine Street, SE. Feb. 22, 4:13 a.m. Sgt. Farhan wason patrol when he observed the driver of a vehiclecommit a traffic offense. As a result of the offensehe conducted a traffic stop. Upon his approach tothe vehicle he detected the distinct odor of mari-juana emerging from the vehicle. After speakingwith the driver he located a measurable amount ofmarijuana. The officer issued the 34-year-old manfrom Crittenden Street in Washington, D.C. a sum-mons for Possession of Marijuana. He was releasedafter signing the summons.

Animal Case - 1000 Block Cottage Street, SW,Feb. 22, 1:30 p.m. An officer responded to a resi-dence for the report of two chickens running atlarge. He was able to capture both of the Rhode Is-land Red Roosters. ACO Barker was unsuccessfullyable to obtain their identity and therefore, given noother choice, they were transported to the FairfaxCounty Animal Shelter until their lost owners can

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Vienna Crime ReportsNotable incidents from the Town of ViennaPolice Department from Feb. 19-25.

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By Tim Peterson

The Connection

On Wednesday, Feb. 24, FairfaxCounty Police served 20 ar-rest warrants, all for posses-sion and or distribution of

heroin. They had obtained 37 warrants, butwith severe thunderstorms that rolled inquickly during the evening rush hour, theoperation had to be cut short.

Of those 20 who qualified as low-levelusers, they were given the choice while ap-pearing before a magistrate at the AdultDetention Center to be taken to theMerrifield Crisis Center and evaluated fortreatment services, or continue being pro-cessed at the jail.

Twelve individuals took the offer and rodea donated Fastran bus to the Crisis Centeroff Gallows Road in Fairfax, a facility of theFairfax Falls Church Community ServicesBoard. Those 12 were evaluated and fivebegan rehabilitation treatment immediately.

The massive arrest operation, dubbedSave-a-Life through CAST (Chiefs and Sher-iffs together), was a multi-jurisdiction af-fair, including Sheriff and Police Depart-ments in Loudoun and Prince William coun-ties, the city of Alexandria, Manassas andthe Virginia State Police.

Overdose deaths from heroin and opioidprescription medication have been on therise around the United States; the two havebeen linked as people who develop addic-tions to prescription pain medicine such asoxycodone often move on to cheaper andmore readily available heroin to continuechasing their chemical high.

Representatives from several of the lawenforcement agencies gathered at theMerrifield Crisis Response Center the dayafter the operation to brief members of themedia.

Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapmansaid, “There’s no one solution to this, but alot of different solutions we’re trying to pulltogether.”

Virginia State Police Captain Greg Kincaidsaid troopers made three arrests on the dayof the event, also pulling from ongoing in-vestigations. Two of those were distributorsbringing heroin into Fairfax County.

THOSE ARRESTED ranged in age fromearly twenties to mid-thirties, according toFairfax County Police Department Com-mander of the Organized Crime and Nar-cotics Unit Captain Jack Hardin, who su-pervised the operation.

Hardin said more than half of the indi-viduals were men and the rest women, and

were spread out, nearly evenly, across allmagisterial districts in Fairfax County, ex-cept McLean.

Once the individuals were taken to theFairfax County Adult Detention Center, mostwent before a magistrate or judge and weregiven the choice to either be transported tothe Merrifield Crisis Response Center andsubmit to being evaluated for services, orremain at the jail.

Fairfax-Falls Church Community ServicesBoard assistant deputy director LynTomlinson said the vast collaborative eventfalls under the “Diversion First” programintended to keep certain offenders out ofjail.

For those who could benefit from treat-ment at the CSB, Tomlinson said they“would be better served with services thanincarceration.

“Recovery is truly possible,” she contin-ued. “We’re proud of the individuals whodecided to take a chance on treatment. It’snot an easy decision, I appreciate their cour-age.”

Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield)brought a board matter before the Fairfax

County Board of Supervisors in October2014, explaining there had been a 163 per-cent rise in heroin overdoses in northernVirginia between 2011 and 2013, and ask-ing the Board to have the County Execu-tive investigate the problem further.

“It starts with awareness,” Herrity said atthe press event. Deaths from overdose “ex-ceed car deaths in Virginia,” he said. “It’sunderreported, and bigger than we think.”

Thirty-year-old Nick Yacoub of Great Fallsadded a human element to the discussion,sharing his story of substance abuse thatdates back 20 years when he began usingprescription medicine that was not his. Pre-scription drugs were eventually replaced byheroin and other substances, Yacoub said,but regardless, “Addiction is addiction.”

At his worst, or at the greatest extent ofhis addiction, Yacoub said he had a $3,000per week habit that he financed in part byselling drugs, as well. “I considered it asstill partying and having fun,” what he hadbeen doing at ages 19-21.

Yacoub entered a 28-day recovery pro-gram after being arrested for Driving Un-der the Influence. He himself had been

evaluated at the CSB, and credits the ser-vices he received, as well as a strong sup-port networks of friends and family for help-ing him turn his life around.

Yacoub is now a peer support specialistsupervisor and senior recovery coach withSubstance Abuse Addiction and Recovery(SAARA). He also spends a lot of timespeaking in public settings about his story.

“I’m comfortable in my own skin today,”Yacoub said. “I don’t hate what’s lookingback, I’m not a chameleon, I’m consistent.”

Yacoub wanted to emphasize that peoplestruggling with addiction are facing a dis-ease. “It doesn’t turn them all into liars,cheats and thieves,” he said. “They’re notbad people trying to be good, they’re sickpeople.”

Though the Diversion First program wasnot instituted in its current form when hewas arrested, Yacoub said he believes itwould have helped him.

Captain Hardin acknowledged the impor-tance of a smooth handoff between policeand the CSB, for helping more individualslike Yacoub get the recovery services theyneed. “Enforcement alone is not going tosolve this problem,” he said.

FOR MORE INFORMATION aboutheroin use in Fairfax County, and what thegovernment is working on to reign it in, visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/news2/confront-ing-heroin-in-our-community.

Police Arrest 20 for Heroin Use in One DayOperation Save-a-Lifeoffered low-level of-fenders the chance atrecovery treatmentrather than jail time.

From left, Peer support specialist supervisor and senior recovery coach with Substance Abuse Addictionand Recovery (SAARA) Nick Yacoub, Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield), Loudoun County Sheriff MikeChapman and Fairfax County Police Department Commander of the Organized Crime and Narcotics UnitCaptain Jack Hardin discuss the use of heroin and other opioid drugs in Fairfax County.

We’re proud of theindividuals who decidedto take a chance ontreatment. It’s not aneasy decision, Iappreciate theircourage.”

—Lyn Tomlinson

Fairfax-Falls Church CommunityServices Board assistant deputydirector Lyn Tomlinson said manyaddicts start with the use of pre-scription medication.

Peer support specialist supervisorand senior recovery coach withSubstance Abuse Addiction andRecovery (SAARA) Nick Yacoub saidhe has been sober and completelysubstance-free for eight years.

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

A local college student is spend-ing much of her senior yearscouring the last wills and testa-ments of residents of Northern

Virginia. While many of the documents con-tain antebellum treasures like silverserveware, rifles and horses, Georgia Brownis looking for more haunting line items:slaves.

“Nobody had ever combed through all120 years of will books line by line before,so we had no idea what I would find,” saidBrown, a George Mason University student.“It is pretty exciting seeing GeorgeWashington’s and George Mason’s wills andinventories as it gives me a peek into theirhouseholds… It is fascinating to see whatpeople considered important enough to passon to a specific person once they were gone.Some people were very worried about theirriding horses or slaves, while others caredmore about their…silver spoons with theirmonogram.”

BROWN, who is a veteran of the UnitedStates Navy and a senior majoring in his-tory at George Mason University, began aninternship at the Fairfax County CircuitCourt Historic Records Center as part of herdegree program.

After expressing an interest in the CivilWar and slavery, Brown was asked to combthrough the probate records index. The in-dex includes wills, inventories, and estateaccounts from 1742, the year Fairfax Countywas founded, to 1865, when the Civil Warended. Each time a slave was mentioned inan estate, she recorded the slave’s name,age, the owner’s name and other details.

“We didn’t know if the slaves would belisted with names, first or last, if there wouldbe family groups, or if they would be men-tioned in wills, just like livestock,” saidBrown.

Brown was surprised to find not only thenames of slaves, but birthdates, emancipa-tions, descriptions of character, sales andbequeathments showing trails of ownership.“After constantly showing my exciting find-ings to the archivists and [Maddy McCoy]a historian who specializes in African Ameri-can genealogy, we started working on ideasfor a way to capture this information in adatabase that would make the data search-able to the public,” said Brown. “I wouldsay that after reading the first few docu-ments mentioning slaves we knew wewould need to capture all the information Iwas finding in the will books.”

Heather Bollinger, assistant archivist at

Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Cen-ter, supervises Brown and other interns andhelped formulate the idea of a slavery da-tabase. “To determine which of the peopleown slaves – we realized an abundance ofinformation that needed to be captured,”she said.

An index card is created for each slaveand owner, creating a slavery database thatis searchable by the names of both the slaveand owner.

While the slavery index is still in its in-fancy, Brown hopes that, when complete, itwill provide answers for those who havequestions about their ancestry, answers that,for the descendents of slaves, are often hardto find.

“Our database currently is a 3x5” cardcatalog so it is very low tech,” said Brown.“This project is a bit of a trial run.”

When the project is complete, “it will behelpful to people living not only in FairfaxCounty, but Arlington and Alexandria, tooin tracing ancestral family lines and under-standing slave economy as it functioned inFairfax county,” said Bollinger.

Brown adds, “It will also be useful to his-torians doing research in African Americanhistory or history on early Virginia.”

ONE SUCH HISTORIAN is Maddy McCoywho had been researching slavery in FairfaxCounty for the last decade. “Once the in-dex is complete, I will utilize that data tointerpret slavery in this county in a way thathas never been able to be done before,” saidMcCoy who is serving as a consultant onthe Fairfax County Slavery Index project“This is an amazing project and they aredoing a great job.”

Originally from Oregon, Brown says shewas surprised that some of her beliefs aboutslavery and the south were unfounded.“From the limited education I have on sla-very, I predicted that most of the slave own-ers would treat their slaves as chattel, orworse,” she said.

By combing through documents, Brownconcluded that the relationships betweenslaves and masters were more complicatedthan she originally imagined. “It seems thatbecause Fairfax County was made of smallerfarms, the relationships between slaves andtheir masters, for better or for worse, weremore intimate,” said Brown. “It was actu-ally quite rare to see a will where the slaveowner was indifferent or wanted his slavessold. Unless a sale was absolutely necessaryto provide for their families, most ownerswould do anything to keep their slaves.”

THE MOST FASCINATING wills, saysBrown, were those that included emanci-pations. “Every time I saw ‘to be freed’ myheart would skip a little,” she said. “Someemancipations were straight to the point,while others were almost a love letter totheir former slaves. I will admit that someof the words of respect made me tear up alittle.”

Brown hopes that her project will serveas a model for counties in other parts ofthe south. “A project such as this is verydoable,” she said. “The process can be gru-eling, but it is definitely a labor of love whenwe see all the people who are no longerlost in the archives.”

Bollinger and others in the research groupsay they haven’t had anyone find an ances-tor from the database complied so far, andthey estimate that it will be more than oneyear before the project is complete. Any-one interested in searching the recordsshould contact the Fairfax Circuit CourtHistoric Records Center at 703-246-4168 orhistoricalrecords@fairfaxcounty.gov.

Uncovering the Roots of SlaveryLocal student createsslave index to helpdescendants tracefamily history.

Photos courtesy of Georgia Brown

This is one of the documents that contained data for the Fairfax CourtSlavery Index.

George Mason University studentGeorgia Brown organizes theFairfax Court Slavery Index bysearching more than 10,000 refer-ences to slaves in the FairfaxCircuit Court Historic RecordsCenter will and deed books thatdate from 1742 to 1870.

For More InformationAnyone interested in searching the Fairfax

Court Slavery Index should contact the FairfaxCircuit Court Historic Records Center at 703-246-4168 or historicalrecords@fairfaxcounty.gov

”We didn’t know if theslaves would be listedwith names…or if theywould be mentioned inwills, just like livestock.”

— Georgia Brown

Do you want to know what really goes on withteens on Saturday nights? The Unified Preven-tion Coalition of Fairfax County (UPC) will hosttwo “Saturday Night in the Suburbs” programsin March: at Woodson High School on Tuesday,March 15, and at Westfield High School onThursday, March 17. The program is open toadults in the community and begins at 7 p.m. ateach school.

The program features a panel of high schoolseniors who talk openly about alcohol and druguse, teen parties, social media, parent supervi-sion and enabling, and communication withparents. Middle school and high school parents

are encouraged to attend.“Parents find this to be somewhat eye-open-

ing,” said UPC’s Jennifer Lewis-Cooper, who willfacilitate the events. “We will not ask the panelspecific names, dates, places of events or putthem on the spot — their job is not to ‘snitch’ onothers but to educate parents to understandwhat teens are dealing with and help parents toset better limits.”

Only adults will be admitted to the presenta-tions.

For more information, visitwww.unifiedpreventioncoalition.org orwww.facebook.com/unifiedpreventioncoalition.

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Stolen Auto - 200 Block Cedar Lane,SE. Between Feb. 22 at 2:00 p.m. andFeb. 23 at 1:30 a.m. A resident reportedhe parked his vehicle in the parking lot,directly in front of his apartment. Hestated when he returned to the vehiclehe discovered it was gone. He informedMPO Nelson he has the only keys to thevehicle but was unsure if it was locked.This case is being investigated.

Stolen Auto - 200 Block LocustStreet, SE. Between Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.and Feb. 23 at 7:30 a.m. A resident re-ported he parked his vehicle in theparking lot at his apartment complex.He stated when he returned to the ve-hicle he discovered it was gone. Heinformed MPO Lyons the vehicle waslocked and he has the only keys to thevehicle. This case is being investigated.Case Update: On Feb. 25, an officerwas on patrol in the area of the CedarLane Apartments when he located thevehicle that had been reported stolen.The vehicle was taken to the ViennaPolice Station to be processed for evi-dence and will then be returned to theowner.

Juvenile Case – Runaway - 200Block Cedar Lane, SE. Feb. 24, 6:03 p.m.A resident reported his step-daughterhad not returned home from school. Hestated she may be with her boyfriend,whose name is unknown to her step-fa-ther. This case is being investigated.

Arrest – Warrant Service - 200Block Cedar Lane, SE. Feb. 25, 6:57 p.m.PFC Tracy received information fromthe Prince William County Police De-partment that an outstanding warrantfor Failure to Pay Child Support hadbeen issued for an individual who maybe in town visiting his sister. Two offic-ers responded to the address andlocated the individual, a 25-year-oldman from Marginella Drive in Reston.They informed him he was being ar-rested for Failure to Pay Child Support.During the search incident to his arrestthey located two white pills on his person,believed to be Oxycodone. The individualwas transported to the Fairfax CountyAdult Detention Center where he wascharged with the Failure to Pay Child Sup-port warrant from Prince William Countyand Possession of a Schedule I/II Con-trolled Substance. He was held on a$1,000 bond for each charge.

Garza to Speak atMadison High

Superintendent Karen Garza,accompanied by the regional as-sistant superintendents, will pro-vide an update on the budget,Strategic Plan, classroom initia-tives, and other happenings inFCPS and listen to ideas, com-ments, and questions from theaudience on Tuesday, March 29 atMadison High School. The meet-ing will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Those planning to attend areasked to register in advance onlineat https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2016ListeningTour6YZ7PCY andindicate if an interpreter is needed.

For more information, go tohttp://www.fcps.edu/news/listening.shtml.

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Opinion

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

If past history provides any in-dication, the 2016 session ofthe General Assembly willhave considered nearly 3,000

bills and resolutions before its 60-day session adjourns in early March.While the figure is impressive, it canbe deceiving without a breakdownof the total number. For example, in2014 which was also a 60-day “long” session,the 100 members of the House of Delegatesintroduced 1,950 bills and resolutions, and the40 members of the Senate introduced 938 billsand resolutions. Of the 2,888 total bills andresolutions, resolutions accounted for 942.Most resolutions are memorial in that they rec-ognize someone noteworthy in a delegate’s dis-trict who had died the previous year or theycommend in offering praise to a person, sportsteam, organization, or entity for a noteworthyaccomplishment or event. It is seldom that me-morial or commending resolutions do not pass.

Other resolutions may propose to ex-press the sense of the General As-sembly on an issue or provide guid-ance to another branch or level ofgovernment. Some of these resolu-tions can be very controversial es-pecially when members propose tosend a message to the big bad fed-eral government. No resolution car-ries the force of law.

In 2014, 1,946 bills that proposenew laws were introduced by the

House and Senate members. By the end of thesession that year 825 bills or 42 percent passedthe House and Senate with only 10 of thesenot being signed by the governor. If more than800 new laws seems like a big number, a fur-ther analysis will put it in perspective. Manybills are double-counted in that they have beenintroduced in both houses and passed by bothhouses. About two-thirds of the legislationpassed are duplicates of other bills. Some billsare local in that they apply to only a singlejurisdiction. As a Dillon Rule state—meaningthat local governments have only the power

granted to them by the state—local govern-ments must come to the state for enabling leg-islation to take on a new power or activity if itis not granted by the locality’s existing charteror general law. These bills are generally notcontroversial unless the locality is asking forpower not ever given to another local govern-ment. Agency bills are introduced by memberson behalf of the governor and state agenciesrelated to the functions of state government.Housekeeping bills are introduced to corrector clarify legislation that has been introducedin the past. A high percentage of bills relate tocrime and punishment and civil actions.

When these clarifications distill down thetotal number, you get to the couple of dozenbills about which you read in the newspapersand by which you might be directly impacted.They are the bills that are controversial andsometimes partisan. Little legislation willthreaten the stability of the Commonwealth.When change is needed, however, we need tobe willing to make that change. I will addressthe most significant pieces of legislation fromthis session in future columns.

Bills and More Bills

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Letters to the Editor

About two years ago I attendedan event in Washington, D.C.where the First Lady of Afghani-stan, Ms. Ashraf Ghani, spoke onbehalf of the Aschiana Foundation.She passionately voiced the impor-tance of educating Afghani chil-dren displaced from their homesdue to war. She said that it isthrough education that these chil-dren will earn a better life. Thatevening I personally made a prom-ise to Ms. Ghani that I would sharewith the students of CooperMiddle School what I had learnedabout the Aschiana Foundation.

This year I challenged the stu-dents of Cooper to collect paper,pencils and other supplies for the

Aschiana School.They even created fillable

storybooks for the students ofAschiana to express their interestsmathematically through words,equations, tables and graphs—“Rule of 4!” These same studentscreated their own “Rule of 4”storybooks. They are aware of theimportance of pencil and paper forall students to learn globally. Wehope the students of Aschiana en-joy composing their ownstorybooks as much as the stu-dents of Cooper.

Mary JacobsSeventh grade Math teacher

Cooper Middle School

Cooper Middlestudents col-lected paper,pencils andother suppliesfor theAschianaSchool.

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OverzealousSpendersTo the Editor:

In your editorial (“Limiting Lo-cal Authority,” The Connection,February 10-16, 2016) you writethat the Virginia General Assem-bly is “rushing to restrict prof-fers...” For decades the incessantgrab for increasing revenues bylocal jurisdictions has been evi-denced by larger and larger, morecreative grabs by localities, someeven illegal. There is no rush, sim-ply a patient, prudent reply tothose overzealous spenders ofother people’s money.

Steve BartoVienna

To the Editor:Childfree restaurants need to ex-

ist in today’s society. Why? Becauseit appears that parents have forgotto be – well, parents! I do not blamethe child for crying and screaming. Iblame the parents for taking theirchild to a nice restaurant in the firstplace. I understand that babiesscream or a child throws a tempertantrum, but the parent should rec-tify the situation and inconveniencethemselves by having to go outsideto calm the child down. I should nothave to make a sacrifice so you cango out to eat with your kid. Underno circumstances will I ever beempathetic in that situation. Anotherissue? When parents allow their chil-dren to run wild in a restaurant.

Doing this at Chuck E. Cheese is onething, but in a “real” restaurant it isabsolutely unacceptable! Youshouldn’t have had a kid if youweren’t ready to make sacrifices.

I was searching for childfree res-taurants in the NoVA area theother day and could not find one.There needs to be some restau-rants with a strict rule of not al-lowing kids into their establish-ment. Until parents learn that theworld does not rotate around theirkid and not everyone thinks theirkid is cute, there will always be aneed for childfree restaurants inthis local area.

Reena DesaiHerndon

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Jessica Lewis, of Great Falls,along with Marshall HighSchool classmates Ethan

Epstein, Sam Hassett, TheaPrevalsky and Quiana Dang tooktop honors in the VirginiaLifeSmarts competition, held inRichmond.

The team competed in indi-vidual and collaborative tests andquiz bowl-type rounds againstother teams in preliminary con-tests, ultimately defeating theformer state champions in the fi-nal round. Two of the team mem-bers placed first in the state in theirindividual categories: Prevalsky inthe environmental category, andLewis in the consumer rights and

responsibilities category.LifeSmarts is an educational

program of the National Consum-ers League for students in grades6-12 that prepares them to enterthe real world as smart adult con-sumers. Participants focus on fiveareas: consumer rights and re-sponsibilities, the environment,health and safety, personal fi-nance, and technology. Content isrevised to keep up with currentdevelopments in these areas andcomplements the curriculum inmiddle and high schools.

The Marshall team advances tothe Life Smarts National competi-tion in Denver in April, where itwill represent Virginia.

Marshall High School team takes top honors in VirginiaLifeSmarts competition.

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The Northern Virginia Se-nior Softball League(NVSS) is looking for soft-

ball players for the 2016 spring/summer and fall seasons startingApril 5 and ending in late Octo-ber. Women age 40 and up andmen age 50 and up are eligible toplay. Games are played on Tues-day and Thursday mornings start-ing at 9:30 a.m. at various play-ing fields in Fairfax County. Theleague has over 500 members andfields teams at three separate com-petitive levels of play so there is aplace for players regardless of skilllevel, of age, when you last played,

or if you never played. If youplayed baseball in the past, youcan play softball. The League holdsskill assessments to determinecompetitive level placement.

The league has many players intheir 70s and 80s so do not let agestop you from joining. So comejoin us, get great exercise, havefun, and make many new friends.You can join anytime and play onlyone day a week if you cannot playboth days. See https://w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /NorthernVirginiaSeniorSoftballand http://www.nvss.org for moreinformation and application form.

Northern Virginia Senior SoftballLeague Seeks Players

Faith Notes are for announce-ments and events in the faithcommunity. Send tovienna@connectionnewspapers.com.Deadline is Friday.

Vienna Presbyterian Church,124 Park St., NE, Vienna, offers Pas-sages DivorceCare. If you areexperiencing the pan of separation

and divorce, this program offers apath toward healing. Fourteen-weekseries held Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m.beginning Feb. 23. $20. Scholarshipsavailable.

For registration or informationcall 703-938-9050 or go towww.viennapres.org, or emailPassages@ViennaPres.org. (Editor’snote: Delete entry after April 11).

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

It was around 2 a.m. on a frigid win-ter night when Janet Russell wasawakened from her sleep by thesound of woman calling for help. The

cries were coming from the front lawn ofher Arlington home. She ventured out intothe cold to find her 84-year-old neighborlying on the ground, believing that dozensof bugs were crawling on her skin.

“She was having bad hallucinations, andit turns out that she’d taken the wrong com-bination of medicines,” said Russell. “Shewas on about 11 different medications, somefor her blood pressure, and she was admin-istering them to herself.”

MEDICATION ERRORS are not uncom-mon, according to a recent survey by HomeInstead Senior Care. Their survey showedthat 20 percent of seniors who take morethan five medications had problems takingthem as prescribed. Unintentional medica-tion misuse, such as forgetting to take a doseor taking more or less than the requireddose, can have devastating results. HomeInstead is encouraging families to talk withtheir loved ones about medication manage-ment and are offering suggestions on howto approach such conversations.

“If you notice a change in personality orthinking, or if they’re they having a mobil-ity issue or if they seem sluggish, those aresigns of medication mismanagement,” saidIan Lovejoy, director of operations of HomeInstead Senior Care in Fairfax County.

Home Instead has created a program

called “Let’s Talk about RxSM” (prescriptionself medication). This program is designedto inform seniors’ families about the dan-gers of medication mismanagement as wellas offer tips for minimizing the risks andsuggestions for starting a dialogue abouttaking medication as prescribed.

“Our goal is to keep seniors at home andsafe,” said Lovejoy. “We want the daughterand the son not have to focus on the pillbottle.”

Discovering that an elderly patient is tak-ing more than five medications could be awarning sign that they may lose track or getconfused about the timing and dosage foreach prescription.

“If an adult child sees that their parent ison many medications, I would suggest whatI call brown bagging: putting all of the medi-cations in a brown paper bag and takingthem with you to the next doctor visit,” saidOmobola Oyeleye, an assistant professor of

nursing at Northern Virginia CommunityCollege who teaches a class in drug dosagecalculations.

“They can go through each medicationwith the doctor and find out what it’s for.Sometimes, for example, someone might betaking a medication that was prescribed sixmonths ago for a condition that has alreadycleared up.”

Oyeleye suggests a conducting what shecalls a medication reconciliation in order todetermine whether someone is taking mul-tiple medications for the same condition.“What you might find is that one medica-tion exacerbates or even negates the other,”she said.

Trisha Brechling Miller, 57 of McLean, hasmanaged the medications for both her 85-year old husband, Larry, and her 84-year oldmother. After Larry fell, broke his hip andbecame immobile, Muller began using a cal-endar to keep his medication schedule in

“Let’s Talk aboutRxSM” helps seniorsavoid prescriptiondrug mishaps. order. “I have a calendar that helps keep me

organized as to what he needs to take andwhen, “ she said. “If it changes, I update it.”Miller, a Home Instead Senior Care client, isalso assisting her mother in creating a medi-cations calendar.

CONVERSATION ABOUT MEDICATIONcan be fraught with tension. A perceived lossof freedom is one factor that can make get-ting involved in managing family members’medication complicated, says Lovejoy.

“It’s just one more thing that they’re los-ing control over,” he said. “Along with thecar and their mobility, their medication issomething that people generally like to havecontrol over.

Clear lines of communication are neces-sary, as families often play a critical role inintervening and preventing a possible nega-tive outcomes.

“My husband is on 10 different medica-tions, and we’re able to manage his medica-tions, but there are people who can’t do that.Those people tend to rely on family, ” saidSheila Moldover of the Potomac CommunityVillage in Potomac, Md.“They need childrenor close friends who handle it for them.” ThePotomac Community Village offers programsand services designed to help seniors leadhealthy lives and remain in their homes aslong as possible.

Gaining empathy from a parent and mak-ing it about the child’s feelings is one wayto open communication, so Lovejoy sug-gests that caregivers start by finding a com-mon ground. “It’s important to communi-cate the emotional stress that potentialmedication mistakes can cause for a lovedone,” he said. “Let your parent know thatyou are concerned. Your parents don’t wantyou to be upset.”

Managing Medication Can Be ChallengingFor More Information

http://www.caregiverstress.com/senior-safety/lets-talk-about-rx/risk-solutions-guide/

Photo courtesy of Home Instead Senior Care

A new study shows that that 20 percent of seniors who take more thanfive medications had problems taking their prescription drugs as directedby their doctor.

Wellbeing

Fairfax County’s free FamilyCaregiver Telephone SupportGroup meets by phone on Tuesday,March 8, 7-8 p.m. to discuss Inconti-nence Issues and Caregiving. Join us todiscuss your concerns and learn moreabout making this issue more manage-able. Register beforehand atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/OlderAdults andclick on Telephone Caregiver SupportGroup. Call 703-324-5484, TTY 711.

The Fairfax Commission on Agingmeets on Wednesday, March 16 atnoon at the Hunter Mill District Office,1801 Cameron Glen Dr., Reston. The pub-lic is welcome to attend and join in thecomment period that begins each session.Find out more at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/coa.htm. Call

703-324-5403, TTY 711 for meeting ac-cess needs.

The Hollin Hall Senior Center in Al-exandria needs instructors for the follow-ing classes: Basic Woodworking, BasicGuitar, Italian and Ballroom Dance. Forthese and other volunteer opportunities, call703-324-5406, TTY 711 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults andclick on Volunteer Solutions.

The Lewinsville Senior Center inMcLean needs instructors for the followingclasses: Line Dance,Zumba Gold, Cer-tified Arthritis Exercise, SquareDance, Basic Guitar, Art, and BasicSpanish. For these and other volunteer op-portunities, call 703-324-5406, TTY 711or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults

and click on Volunteer Solutions.

The Bailey’s Senior Center in FallsChurch is in need of a Volunteer TripAssistant. For these and other volunteeropportunities, call 703-324-5406, TTY 711or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadultsand click on Volunteer Solutions.

Fairfax County needs volunteers to driveolder adults to medical appointmentsand wellness programs. For these and othervolunteer opportunities, call 703-324-5406 , TTY 711 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults andclick on Volunteer Solutions.

The Mott Community Center SeniorProgram in Fairfax is looking for volun-teer instructors for the following classes: Tai

Chi and Art. For these and other volun-teer opportunities, call 703-324-5406,TTY 711 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults and click on Volunteer Solu-tions.

Meals on Wheels needs drivers, co-ordinators, and co-coordinators forroutes throughout the county. For theseand other volunteer opportunities, call703-324-5406, TTY 711 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults andclick on Volunteer Solutions.

The Herndon Senior Center needsSocial Visitors. For these and other vol-unteer opportunities, call 703-324-5406, TTY 711 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults andclick on Volunteer Solutions.

Volunteer Events and Opportunities

Corey Thornblad, social studiesteacher at Kilmer Middle School,has been named the Fairfax

County Public Schools 2016 OutstandingTeacher. Thornblad will represent FCPS inVirginia’s Teacher of the Year competition;the winner will be announced in fall 2016.

Thornblad receives a $3,000 prize fromFCPS for being named 2016 OutstandingTeacher. She is also a finalist for the Wash-ington Post’s Teacher of the Year Award,which recognizes excellence in teaching,encourages creative and quality instruc-tion, and contributes to improving edu-cation in the Washington area.

“Having a rich knowledge of the sub-ject matter is not enough,” saysThornblad. “What counts is how youshare that knowledge with students be-cause it isn’t about me, it’s about them.”Thornblad takes this philosophy into theclassroom with her honors history stu-dents, those who are English languagelearners, and those with disabilities. Hergolden classroom rule—no putdowns—makes her classroom a safe, caring placewhere everyone feels accepted.

ONE OF THORNBLAD’S GOALS is toensure her students leave her classroomwith a rich understanding of history andthe ability to think and write like histori-ans. “More importantly, they leave witha desire to learn more about their past,present, and future. That’s what it’s allabout. By making learning fun, I instill inmy students a desire to keep learning.”

Helping each student succeed is one ofher major goals. Working with her teamteacher to help a student struggling tofocus in class, Thornblad added a stand-ing table to the back of the room, pro-vided a dedicated space for his items, andhad a test read to him instead of makinghim take it online. After recognizing thatmany students were struggling with pri-mary and secondary sources and devel-oping a thesis for their writing, she con-sulted with Kilmer librarian GretchenHazlin to develop a ThesisAlive! Work-

shop, structured to help students under-stand how to construct a thesis and ana-lyze sources by using Lego stations, iPadsand fairy tales. “The workshop was sopopular that Corey encouraged her col-leagues to use the developed material forother content areas,” adds Compton. “Asa result of her advocacy, over 1,000 stu-dents at Kilmer were exposed to the work-shop, learning in an unconventional wayhow to write a more detailed narrativeessay.” Thornblad and Hazlin then createdthe Bubble Up Classroom website, anonline community offering strategies thatpromote critical thinking and writing insocial studies that includes theThesisAlive! Workshop and a thesis gen-erator, enabling FCPS colleagues andteachers across the country to access theirtools.

“She has made a reputation for herselfas a tireless advocate for our special edu-cation population and our general edu-cation students, going to great lengths toshow every student that he or she cansucceed, especially in a population of kidsthat is often underserved and unawareof their own potential as human beings,”says nominator and colleague Rob Paine.

With an understanding that emotionaland physical needs also need to be met,Thornblad integrates “brain breaks” intoher class every 10 to 15 minutes. Studentsstand and share, do jumping jacks, orhead outdoors for a quick game, return-ing to class refreshed and refocused.

THORNBLAD served as social studiesdepartment chair and civics collaborativeteam leader at Kilmer. She has taken onthe informal role of an instructionalleader as well as a technology leader,encouraging other teachers to use tech-nology and developing professional learn-ing opportunities for hands-on experiencewith Google classroom. She has alsoserved on a FCPS social studies technol-ogy cohort to foster the use of technol-ogy in social studies classrooms.

Thornblad earned her bachelor of artsin history and theater at the Universityof the South and her master of arts ineducation from George Washington Uni-versity. Prior to joining FCPS in 2004, sheworked for two members of the U.S. Con-gress and at the Environmental Protec-tion Agency.

Corey Thornblad ofKilmer Middle Schoolhonored by FCPS.

Outstanding Teacher

FCPS SuperintendentDr. Karen Garzaawards KilmerMiddle Schoolteacher OutstandingTeacher of the Year.

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Piper Williams of Vienna,Nina Sebastien ofMcLean, Elaine Zhang

of Vienna, and Taylor Olson ofFalls Church represented ourarea at the 2016 U.S. Synchro-nized Skating Championshipsin Kalamazoo, Mich. last week.They are four of the 22 mem-bers of the DC EDGE Juvenileteam, now ranked seventh inthe nation after their perfor-mance at the national champi-onship event. The team, whichpractices at Kettler CapitalsIceplex, Cabin John Ice Rink,and Wheaton Ice Arena, hasbeen training since May 2015in hopes of qualifying for Na-tionals. They secured their spotby winning the silver medal atthe Eastern Sectional Champi-onship in Richmond, Va. on Jan.28, 2016.

DC EDGE sent four teams toNationals with two cominghome National Champions:Adult and Masters. Their Juve-nile team placed seventh andNovice placed 11th. OtherFairfax County skaters include:Ashley Morris of Vienna and

Nicole Berry of McLean on theNovice team.

Synchronized skating is anup-and-coming disciplinewhich brings teams of skaterstogether to perform a synchro-nized program on ice. Formore information about “syn-chro” or the DC EDGE Syn-chronized Skating Teams, visitdcedgesynchro.org.

Vienna, McLean skaters partici-pate in 2016 U.S. SynchronizedSkating Championships.

Area Skaters Go National

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Juvenile Skaters, from left: Piper Williams of Vienna,Nina Sebastien of McLean, Elaine Zhang, of Viennaand Taylor Olson of Falls Church.

DC EDGE Juvenile team performs a pyramid forma-tion at the 2016 U.S. Synchronized Skating Champi-onships on February 25

Vienna residents, PiperWilliams (front left) andElaine Zhang (centerfront), skate in a blockformation at the 2016U.S. Synchronized Skat-ing Championships onFebruary 25

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

The Oakton girls’ basketballteam suffered through ascoreless stretch of more

than 10 minutes during the 6ANorth region tournament final onFeb. 27, standout forward MaddieRoyle picked up her fourth foulwith 5:18 remaining in the thirdquarter and head coach FredPriester questioned the Cougars asthey trailed entering the fourth.

“I told them at the end of thethird quarter, ‘Look, I’m lookingout here and looking at a bunchof kids that aren’t going to comeback,’” Priester said. “‘Is that whoyou are?’”

The Cougars told their coachthat wasn’t the case. Then theywent back on the court and provedit.

Oakton outscored Fairfax 26-13during the fourth quarter and re-peated as region champion with a46-36 victory on Saturday atRobinson Secondary School. TheCougars also remained unde-feated, improving their record to28-0.

“We’re not satisfied with this,”Royle said. “We’re going to go far-ther.”

Royle led all scorers with 20points and received tournamentMVP honors. After sitting out morethan half of the third quarter infoul trouble, the junior forwardreturned in the fourth andknocked down a 3-pointer thatgave Oakton a 27-26 lead with6:34 remaining. TheCougars held the leadfor the remainder ofthe contest.

“I consider that tobe a guts win forthese kids,” Priestersaid. “They gutted itout.”

Junior guard Kailyn Fee knockeddown a 3-pointer with less than 3minutes remaining in the first half,giving the Cougars a 20-11 lead.It would be the last time Oaktonscored until a Delaney Connollyjumper 15 seconds into the fourthquarter — a drought of nearly 11minutes.

Fairfax failed to pull away, how-ever, managing just 12 points dur-ing Oakton’s stretch of offensivefutility. The Rebels outscored theCougars 7-0 during the third quar-ter, taking a 23-20 lead on a Noe’llTaylor free throw with 2 minutesleft in the period.

“Once we finally settled down,once we came to the realizationwe spent the whole quarter with-out scoring a point [and] we wereonly down three, we said … we

can do this,” Priester said. “… Allwe’ve got to do is get a couplebuckets.”

Connolly scored eight of her 12points in the fourth quarter, in-cluding a 3-pointer with 2 minutesremaining that extended the Cou-gar lead to 39-32.

Oakton made nine 3-pointers,including four by Royle and two

by Connolly.Fee finished with 10 points for

Oakton, including a trio of 3-point-ers. “I’m feeling more confident inmy shot nowadays,” Fee said, “andI just let it fly when I get it and myteammates trust me to do so.”

Fee and Connolly were namedto the all-tournament team.

Oakton will face Woodbridge,the No. 4 seed from the 6A Southregion, in the state quarterfinalsat 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5 at

Robinson SecondarySchool.

The winner willface the winner ofLandstown and Lan-gley in the semifinalsat 1:30 p.m. on Tues-day, March 8 at VCU

in Richmond.The state final is scheduled for

7:15 p.m. on March 9 at VCU.Last year, Oakton entered the

state tournament on a 26-gamewin streak but lost to Bethel in thesemifinals.

“We think about how bad it feltto lose,” Royle said, “and we don’twant to feel that way ever again.”

Oakton Girls’ BasketballRepeats as Region ChampionCougars willface Woodbridgein statequarterfinals.

The Oakton girls’ basketball team on Feb. 27 won itssecond straight 6A North region championship.

Oakton guard Kailyn Fee made a trio of 3-pointers andscored 10 points against Fairfax on Feb. 27.

“I consider that to be a guts win forthese kids. They gutted it out.”

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All over the country, people are raising theirhair in the air to help increase awarenessof the roughly 108,000 children in fostercare who are currently available for adop-

tion./This month, some local dogs joined in to showtheir support.

If you are interested in learning more about fostercare adoption, go to the Adoption ExchangeAssociation’s website adoptea.org or call 410-636-

7030. To learn about specific children waiting andhoping for adoptive families visit adoptuskids.org orcall 888 200-4005.

If you would like to join the awareness effort, takeyour own “hair in air” pic and post it on Facebook,Instagram and Twitter with #hairinair. Learn moreabout the effort on Facebook, “Hair in Air.”

This project is the brainchild of Great Falls resi-dent and photographer Joan Brady.

Local dogs raising their ears in the air to help increaseawareness of foster care adoption.

‘Hair in Air’

Abby Piper

Laura Koeppen of McLean

Hank Brady of Great Falls Lucy of Great Falls

Cocoa Piper of Vienna

Jonluke, Joshua, Chiquita and Caleb O’Cain of Great Falls

Oreo Angles of Vienna

Joan Brady of Great Falls Piper Kurtz of Great Falls

Photos by Joan Brady

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See Calendar, Page 13

Vienna Rotary Hosts Casino NightVienna Rotary Club hosted its annual Casino Night on Friday, Feb.26, at Westwood Country Club. Pictured, Michele Wright, presidentof Rotary, Dealing Black Jack.

From left, Reyes Guiterrez, Robin Bernhard, James Cudney andElaine Cudney.

From left, Doug Zimmerman, Jessie Clark, Linda Colbert and JamesCudney.

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Oskuie.

Send announcements tonorth@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline isFriday for the following week’s paper. Photos/art-work encouraged.

ONGOINGScholarship. Deadline April 1. The Bull Run Civil

War Round Table in Centreville is offering a$1,500 scholarship to a high school senior whoresides in Fairfax or Prince William counties andwill attend college or community college in fall2016. Information and application instructionscan be found at http://bullruncwrt.org.

Gentle Yoga. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. EmmausUnited Church of Christ, 900 E Maple Ave. E,Vienna. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. UnitarianUniversalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709Hunter Mill Road, Oakton. Gentle KundaliniYoga, one free introductory session, seniordiscounts. Increase your flexibility, improve yourbreathing and health, reduce your stress. RaviKaur has 15 years experience teaching yoga. $15per session. www.edimprovement.org. 571-213-3192.

“Wishes and Dreams” Exhibit. March 1-April2. Vienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant St., NW,Vienna. Free. viennaartssociety. 703-319-3971.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 2Imagine Dragons in Concert:

Smoke+Mirrors. 7:30 p.m. Tyson’s Corner16, 7850 Tysons Corner Center, McLean. Watchthe concert as it is broadcast live on the bigscreen. http://www.fathomevents.com/event/imagine-dragons-in-concert.

THURSDAY/MARCH 3Game Night: King of Tokyo. 7 p.m. Barnes and

Noble Tysons, 7851 L. Tysons Corner Center,McLean. Bring friends, grab a snack from theCafe and get ready for some board game fun.Free. 703-506-6756. http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2238.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/MARCH 4-5Scrapbooking. Friday, 6 p.m.-midnight. Saturday,

9 a.m-7 p.m. Vienna Volunteer Fire Department,400 Center St., South, Vienna. Proceeds benefitfire department. $50/$60. Dinner available forpurchase. Contact Lisa Emerson atlisaemerson3@verizon.net or 703-981-4504.

SATURDAY/MARCH 5“Wishes and Dreams” Reception. 4-6 p.m.

Vienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant St., NW,Vienna. Free. viennaartssociety.org. 703-319-3971.

Author Reading and Signing. 1 p.m. Barnesand Noble Tysons, 7851 L. Tysons CornerCenter, McLean. Local children’s author AlisonGrace Johansen will read and sign copies of her

picture book “HumFree the Bee Has a FoodAllergy.” 703-506-6756. http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2238.

Making Justice Work. 2-4 p.m. United ChristianParish, 11508 North Shore Drive, Reston.Second of two forums on Criminal Justice in theU.S. Subtitled “Police Practices” and will havelocal orientation. Free. Open to all.ucpreston.org.

TUESDAY/MARCH 8NARFE Meeting. 1 p.m. American Legion Post

180, 330 North Center St., Vienna. Lia VelizHutson, director of Operations at Liberty TaxService will be the guest speaker. Free. 703-938-9757.

THURSDAY/MARCH 10Vienna Art Society Meeting. 10:30 a.m.-12:30

p.m. Speaker will be Davi D’Agostino who willdiscuss and demonstration her paintings in oilsand acrylics and how she plans subject matterfor her own works and also for the classes sheteaches. Free. viennaartssociety.org. 703-319-3971.

Game Night: Sheriff of Nottingham. 7 p.m.Barnes and Noble Tysons, 7851 L. TysonsCorner Center, McLean. Bring friends, grab asnack from the Cafe and get ready for someboard game fun. Free. 703-506-6756. http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2238.

SATURDAY/MARCH 12Model Trains and Thomas at Open House.

1-5 p.m. Historic Vienna Train Station, 231Dominion Road NE, Vienna. See and hear modeltrolleys and steam and diesel trains plus Thomasand some of his friends. The layout reflects themountainous terrain and towns of WesternNorth Carolina with award winning structures.Free. Donations accepted. www.nvmr.org. 703-938-5157.

Look to the Rainbow. 6-10 p.m. Charles WesleyUnited Methodist Church, 6817 Dean Drive,McLean. Come celebrate with the WorldChildren’s Choir with songs, dance, drummingand activities. Featuring songs with a Celticspirit in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. $10-$30.worldchildrenschoir.org. 571-344-2206.

TUESDAY/MARCH 15Whiskey Classics Dinner. 7-9 p.m. Ruth’s Chris

Steak House-Tysons Corner, 8521 LeesburgPike, Vienna. Ruth’s Chris Tyson’s Corner andMacallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskypresents a five-course “Whiskey Classics Dinner”prepared by Executive Chef Jean Bosch. $99.99.http://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/tysons-corner. 703-848-4290.

Perennial Personalities. 10 a.m. ViennaPresbyterian Church, 124 Park St., Vienna.

Rescheduled performance of “The Importance of Being Earnest” will beat The Alden Theatre on Wednesday, March 30.

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George Liffert, a nationalpark manager with 28years’ experience, will

lead Wolf Trap National Park forthe Performing Arts. He has servedas acting superintendent sinceJune 2015. He will assume his roleas superintendent immediately.

“George brings proven experi-ence in developing and growingpartnerships to his position as su-perintendent at Wolf Trap,” Na-tional Capital Regional directorBob Vogel said. “His backgroundin resource management will helpthe park continue to promote itsworld class performances andchildren’s programs while alsohighlighting it as a natural trea-sure, home to native plants andanimals, and hiking, picnickingand outdoor recreation destination.”

Liffert served since 2005 as the deputy superin-tendent at Prince William Forest Park, which is wherehe began his career as a temporary park ranger in1988. He has worked in resource protection andserved 14 years as a commissioned law enforcementranger, including as chief ranger at Prince WilliamForest Park. In addition to Wolf Trap, he completedassignments as acting superintendent at NationalCapital Parks – East and Prince William Forest Park.

He was instrumental in forginga partnership with NatureBridgeto establish its first East Coast en-vironmental education campus atPrince William Forest Park andimplemented the Rangers AgainstDrugs program for sixth graders.Liffert worked with the PotomacAppalachian Trail Club to maintainpark trails and assisted in resolv-ing a longstanding land use issuewith the Department of Navy andMarine Corps Base Quantico.

“It is an honor to be selected asthe superintendent of Wolf Trap.I’m excited to continue workingwith our partners, the Wolf TrapFoundation and Friends of WolfTrap, to bring cultural and per-forming arts to people,” Liffertsaid. “And, if you’ve never visited

Wolf Trap, I want to extend a special invitation tovisit during 2016, the National Park Service’s cen-tennial year.”

Liffert holds a bachelor degree in recreation fromVirginia Commonwealth University. He and his wife,Kimberly, live in Woodbridge with their children,Kathryn, a graduate student at George Mason Uni-versity; Nicholas, a sophomore at Northern VirginiaCommunity College; and Noah, a homeschooled stu-dent.

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Neighbors Monthly Luncheon.11:30 a.m. Peking Gourmet Inn,6029 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church.Cabi clothing stylist, AllisonBateman, will speak, providing uswith all the latest spring trends for2016. $24. RSVP by March 11 toSusie Osser at sosser@verizon.net.McLeanNewcomers.org.

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SATURDAY/MARCH 19Old-Fashioned Egg Hunt and Roll.

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Mr. Jon and Friends. 10:30 a.m.Jammin Java, 227 Maple Ave.,Vienna. This energetic family music isall about fun, movement, andlaughter. Mr. Jon & Friends makesmusic for kids and their families thatinspire fun, laughter, and dancing.$25. Family pack available. http://jamminjava.com/event/1032603.

THURSDAY/MARCH 24Game Night: Codenames. 7 p.m.

Barnes and Noble Tysons, 7851 L.Tysons Corner Center, McLean. Bringfriends, grab a snack from the Cafeand get ready for some board gamefun. Free. 703-506-6756. http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2238.

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Easter Egg Hunt. Starts 9:30 a.m.Nottoway Park, 9537 CourthouseRoad, Vienna. Special appearance bythe Easter Bunny. Bring own basketand hunt for candy and eggs filledwith treats. Ages 1-9. $10 per child.Cash only. Information call 703-324-8566.

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Inge’s Properties Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Virginian corpora-tion organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virgin-ia, has dissolved in the Commonwealth of Virginia as of Febru-ary 10, 2016. Pursuant to the filing of the certificate of dissolu-tion, the Corporation hereby gives notice to all persons having a claim against the Corporation, other than a claim against the Corporation in a pending action, suit or proceeding towhich the Corporation is a party, to present their claims against the Corporation in the manner prescribed below:

1. All claims must be presented to the Corporation in writing and must contain sufficient information reasonably to inform the Corporation or successor entity of the identity of the claim-ant and the substance of the claim.

2. The mailing address to which such a claim must be sent is: Inge’s Properties Inc. c/o Robert B. Nealon, Esq., 119 N. Henry Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

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ABC LICENSE P&M Group, LLC trading as Red Galanga, 144 Church St, NW, Vienna, VA 22180. The above establishment is apply-ing to the VIRGINIA DEPART-MENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEV-ERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and Beer On Prem-ises; Mixed Beverage Restau-rant license to sell or manufac-ture alcoholic beverages. Perawat Pradawong, memberNOTE: Objections to the issu-ance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 dates from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Ob-jections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200

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OBITUARY NOTICEThomas (Tom) B. Bonner, 84, of Bristow, Virginiaand formerly long time resident of Vienna, Virginiapassed away peacefully on February 27, 2016.

Tom was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the onlyson of the late Thomas A. and Jessie A. (Miller)Bonner, and was raised in Arlington, Virginia. Tommarried his wife, Marie, in 1953, and they madetheir home in Vienna, Virginia, where they residedhappily for 58 years, raising their family of four chil-dren. Tom was employed as an illustrator for theU.S. Department of Defense for 37 years until heretired in 1988.

Tom loved living in the town of Vienna, Virginia andwas active in the community for most of his life,with a passion for service in the Vienna VolunteerFire Department. Tom joined the department in1961 as a volunteer fireman, and throughout therest of his life he proudly contributed in many dif-ferent capacities there, with his most recent effortsfocused on the fire department’s historical preser-vation. In 2012, after 50 years of volunteer service,he was recognized as a Life Member of the VVFDand also the VVFD Auxiliary. Tom loved baseballand enjoyed coaching in the Vienna Little Leaguefor many years, where he was inducted as a mem-ber of the Vienna Little League Honor Roll in 1985.He was also a member of the Vienna AmericanLegion Post and was actively involved in theKnights of Columbus organization.

Tom is survived by his beloved wife, Marie, of 62years, his four children Thomas, Jr. (Lyndee) ofCentreville, VA, Terry Maddox of Warrenton, VA,John (Anne) of Centreville, VA, and Donald (Lale’)of Cornelius, NC. He leaves behind nine grandchil-dren, Justin, Matt, Nicolle, Michelle, Jennifer, Mike,Chris, Danny, and Ben, and great grandson, Gavin.He was preceded in death by his son-in-law KenMaddox. Tom was a loving husband, father, andgrandfather and will be deeply missed by all hisfamily and friends.

Visitation will occur from 6:00 to 8:00 pm onTuesday, March 1, 2016 at Pierce Funeral Home inManassas, VA. The funeral mass will be held onWednesday, March 2, 2016 at Holy Trinity CatholicChurch, in Bristow, VA, at 10:30 a.m. with intermentto follow at Fairfax Memorial Park Cemetery, inFairfax, VA. Donations in his name can be made tothe Vienna Volunteer Fire Department.www.vvfd.org

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That as I sit and attempt to write nextweek’s column, I am doing so on the exactdate, February 27th, seven years ago when Imet the oncologist who delivered to me, mywife, Dina and my brother, Richard (a.k.a.“Team Lourie”) the devastating news thatwould change my life/life expectancy forever. Aphone call from my internal medicine doctorthe previous week had confirmed that thebiopsy indicated a malignancy in my lungs andan appointment with an oncologist to discussthe details was recommended. A week later,“Team Lourie” met the oncologist who advisedus that the tumors were in fact non-small celllung cancer (NSCLC), stage IV; “inoperable,incurable,” and with a “13-month to two-year”prognosis. After reviewing the recent medicalhistory that led up to this appointment, andthen discussing with the doctor the variousalternatives/treatment protocols – and likelyoutcomes, we all agreed that I should beginevery-three-week chemotherapy as soon aspossible. And so, six days later, on the followingWednesday, it began. The rest, as you regularreaders know, is history, and “history” whichI’m proud to say is still being made.

However, as much as this date is about me– and as a cancer patient, you’re often told:“it’s all about you” – I can’t appreciate my life(and amazing good fortune) without expressingmy condolences generally to all the newfoundfriends, acquaintances, a few relatives and themiscellaneous names; some famous and note-worthy, many not, whom I have heard aboutand read about, who have succumbed to thisterrible disease. A disease which, at least whenI was originally diagnosed, offered patients verylittle hope of surviving even beyond two years;I’m living into my eighth year now. My oncolo-gist refers to me as his “third miracle,” a moni-ker I am happy to embrace and incredibly for-tunate to have earned with a disproportionateamount of luck, perseverance and a positive,self-effacing, find-humor/make-humor, take-the-good-with-bad and the-bad-with-the-goodapproach that if I believe any of what I’ve beentold by numerous medical professionals, haslikely contributed to my overall good health.And though there are no guarantees offered orgiven in oncology, I am at least one example ofa grim tale that turned out not to be a fairytale.

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But dwelling on this reality serves no pur-pose. And living as if today is my last day does-n’t resonate with me either. I prefer to live mylife as much as possible, anyway, as how Iwould otherwise live it: no bucket lists to fill ormust-haves or must-dos. Instead, I’d rather dowhat I must and live as I have: consistent withwho I am and who I’ve become: a seven-plusyear cancer survivor amazed to still be aliveand appreciative of all the help and encourage-ment I’ve received along the way.

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