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RestonReston Desiree Tan, of Reston, with mum on lastMother’s Day in Malaysia. Desiree just relocated

to the U.S. about two months ago, ‘happy to beone of the residents in Reston,’ but missing her

mom - her superwoman ‘a bunch.’

Desiree Tan, of Reston, with mom on lastMother’s Day in Malaysia. Desiree just relocated

to the U.S. about two months ago, ‘happy to beone of the residents in Reston,’ but missing her

mom - her superwoman ‘a bunch.’

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Mother’s Day Photo Gallery, Page 3

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Mother’s Day Photo Gallery, Page 3Fine Arts FestivalReturns May 21-22News, Page 3

See You at the MarketOpinion, Page 5

Fine Arts FestivalReturns May 21-22News, Page 3

See You at the MarketOpinion, Page 5

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Greater Reston ArtsCenter (GRACE) pre-sents their 25th an-nual Northern Vir-

ginia Fine Arts Festival, offeringauthentic art and experiences forall tastes and ages on May 21 and22 at Reston Town Center. Thiseleven-block art walk will be filledwith more than 200 artists fromacross the nation who will exhibitand sell original paintings, photog-raphy, mixed-media, sculpture,jewelry, and fine craft. Plus, seeinspired dance performances inthe parks, enjoy free art-makingactivities for families in the Pavil-ion, periodic live music, and morethroughout the weekend. As ahighlight of the year in the DC re-gion, this event attracts more than30,000 attendees over two days.

Northern Virginia Fine Arts Fes-tival is open from 10 a.m. until 6p.m. on Saturday, May 21 and 10a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, May22 at Reston Town Center, 11900Market Street, Reston.

A gate donation of $5 providesa festival program that includesdining certificates for local restau-rants.

On the evening of Friday, May20 at Reston Town CenterPavilion,there will be a FestivalLaunch Party that includes an“amazing silent auction” and ca-tering by The Counter

Ticket quantities are limited forthis special celebration and arenow on sale at GRACE, $100 each.

This year’s list of more than 200

participating artists includes 38who will be exhibiting at the festi-val for the first time, 28 from theD.C. metro region, and 4 fromReston. Artists are coming from asfar away as California, Florida,Minnesota, New Hampshire,Canada, and points in between.The selection of artists also in-cludes 10 who received an Awardof Excellence at the 2015 North-ern Virginia Fine Arts Festival. Fes-tival artists are selected on thebasis of quality, originality, andcraftsmanship by a panel of expert,independent jurors appointed byGRACE. This year’s jurors – artist,Tim Doud; curator, Ashley Kistler;and interior designer, JudithWeisman – will also serve as judgesfor the 2016 festival.

The Northern Virginia Fine ArtsFestival is made possible with thesupport of generous sponsors, in-cluding Title Sponsor LindsayVolkswagen of Dulles, SignatureCommunity Sponsors Reston Com-munity Center and Reston TownCenter Association, Pavilion Spon-sor The M Group, Launch PartySponsor The Counter, Water Spon-sor Wegmans, and Venue HostReston Town Center, among othervalued supporters.

Free parking is available inseven multi-level garages.

For more information about thefestival — and about volunteering,sponsoring or supporting theAdopt-an-Artist campaign — callGRACE at 703-471-9242 or visitwww.restonarts.org.

Festival at Reston Town Centerfeatures more than 200 nationalartists, dance performances,family art-making activities and more.

Fine Arts FestivalReturns May 21-22

Presented by Reston Community Center;Signature Community Sponsorof the Northern Virginia FineArts Festival

SATURDAY, MAY 2111 a.m. — Reston Town Square Park,

GroundShare Arts Alliance1 p.m. — Hyatt Park, Gin Dance

Company2 p.m. — Reston Town Square Park,

Ravel Dance Company4 p.m. — Hyatt Park, Classical Ballet

Theatre

SUNDAY, MAY 2211 a.m. — Hyatt Park, Gin Dance

Company12:30 p.m. — Reston Town Square Park,

Ravel Dance Company2 p.m. — Reston Town Square Park,

GroundShare Arts Alliance3:30 p.m. — Hyatt Park, Classical Ballet

TheatreMore entertainment: Throughout the

weekend, additional live musicwill be offered periodically inthe Pavilion and at RestonTown Square Park.

Family Art Park in the Pavilion – FREEartmaking activities all weekend.Rain or shine.

All ages are invited to take part inhands-on art projects inspired by thesignature “GRACE Art” program.

Dance Performancesand Family Art ParkActivities

Mother’s Day

Photo Gallery

This is a picture of mymother, Alice Morrow,with my dogs (aka hergrandchildren) Kizzmaand Frankie. It wastaken during her lastvisit to Reston, circa2009. The dogs love towalk around Lake Anneand stop off at theplaza to watch people.— Cindy Morrow,Reston.

Desiree Tan, of Reston, shares twofavorite snapshots with her mum. Thisone was taken back when she was oneyear old at the Morib beach in Malaysia.

Desiree Tan, of Reston, with mum onlast Mother’s Day in Malaysia. Desireejust relocated to the U.S. about twomonths ago, ‘happy to be one of theresidents in Reston,’ but missing hermum - her superwoman, ‘a bunch.’

Fran Lovaas doing a bit of impromptudancing with her granddaughter JoyCharbonneau-Lovaas on a stage at GlenEcho Park. Mimi and Joy enjoy dancing,painting, playing games, and just hang-ing out together. Joy is 7 going on 8.

Fran Lovaas with daughter JenniLovaas. Jenni is an auditor and lives inAlexandria. She and her mom are justfinishing off a platter of deliciousChesapeake Bay Blue Crabs.

Mike James of Reston with his motherDorathy, father Donald and sister Patriciain Youngstown, Ohio, circa 1931.


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By Sharon Bulova

Chairman, Fairfax County Board of

Supervisors

One in five adults in the U.S. ex-perience mental illness, andmore than half did not receivetreatment within the past year.

Across the country, more people with mentalillness are in jail than in psychiatric hospitals,with 2 million people with mental illnessbrought to jail every year. The criminalizationof mental illness is a social, health and justiceissue that Fairfax County has tackled head-onin this year’s FY2017 Adopted Budget.

Diversion First, a new Fairfax County initia-tive, aims to reduce the number of people withmental illness in our jail. When people withmental illness have a non-violent or low-levelencounter with the law, police officers can takethem to the Fairfax-Falls Church CommunityServices Board’s (CSB) Merrifield Crisis Re-sponse Center for treatment rather than jail.During this January alone, 265 mental healthinvestigations were conducted by FairfaxCounty police officers in the field, and 40 per-cent of those investigations involved the CSBMerrifield Crisis Response Center.

Fully implementing Diversion First was arecommendation of Fairfax County’s Ad HocPolice Practices Review Commission. In thecounty’s FY2017 Budget, officially adopted onApril 26, 2016, the Board of Supervisors in-vested $7.5 million to implement many of theserecommendations, including $3.89 million anda number of new staff positions for DiversionFirst.

Diversion First is a priority for the Board ofSupervisors because the benefits of divertingpeople to treatment are enormous. First, peoplecan recover from a mental health episode orbecome stabilized if they receive treatment. Ifbrought to jail, chances of recovery are lesslikely and reentry back into the communityadds even more challenges. With a record ofjail time, applying for jobs and housing be-comes extremely difficult, if not impossible.Guiding people to treatment instead of incar-ceration helps prevent a cycle of crime beforeit even starts, giving residents a better shot atmanaging and living successfully with mentalillness, which benefits the entire community.

Diversion First not only saves lives, it alsosaves money. It is extremely expensive to thetaxpayer to house people in jail who could bebetter served elsewhere. On average, peoplewith mental illness remain incarcerated fourto eight times longer than those without men-tal illness for the same charge and can cost upto seven times more. In Fairfax County, it costsan average of $66,000 per year to hold oneinmate in jail. Compare that to about $8,000for one year of the most intensive CSB care for

an individual, which does not include hous-ing. A jail diversion program in Bexar County,Texas (Fairfax County’s model for DiversionFirst) saved taxpayers $50 million in the pastfive years. We are aiming for a similar outcomehere in Fairfax County that promotes a safer,healthier and less expensive way of helpingpeople with mental illness.

As part of Diversion First, Fairfax Countypolice officers and deputy sheriffs are receiv-ing 40 hours of state-certified Crisis Interven-tion Team (CIT) training to learn about thechallenges of living with a mental illness andhow to de-escalate crisis situations, both in thecommunity and in the jail. CIT training is alsoaimed at changing the way law enforcementand the judicial system interact with peoplewho have substance use disorders or intellec-tual and developmental disabilities.

After completing the training, CIT officersand deputies are better equipped to identifyindividuals who are experiencing an episoderelated to mental illness. They can make aninformed decision to take persons to theMerrifield Crisis Response Center for assess-ment rather than arresting them and bringingthem to the Adult Detention Center. Or, CITofficers may be able to de-escalate the crisisand resolve the situation on the spot.

If you call 9-1-1 for a mental health crisis oremergency, you can request a CIT-trained of-ficer to respond. In a crisis that is not life threat-ening or when involving law enforcement isnot necessary, you can call CSB EmergencyServices 24/7 at 703-573-5679.

Fairfax County BudgetInvests $3.89 Million in“Diversion First”

Breaking the Cycle of Crimewith Treatment Instead of Jail

By Kenneth R.

“Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

Governor TerryMcAuliffe issued an execu-

tive order recently restor-ing civil rights of voting,serving on a jury, runningfor office, or being a no-tary public for personswho had been convictedof any and all felonies in the pastand who have completed theterms of incarceration and whohave completed any period of su-pervised release of probation andparole. The restoration of civilrights after completing a sentencehas been automatic in most statesand routine in those that have hadan application process. Virginia re-quired an application before theGovernor’s order, but the waitinglist for acting on applications wasnotoriously long until GovernorMcAuliffe came into office. His ex-

ecutive order willcover more than200,000 people.

Most includingmyself have ap-plauded theGovernor’s action.As he described it,“it’s the right thingto do.” Other have

accused him of politics. Actually, Ibelieve the laws in Virginia thatdenied the right to vote to peoplewho had served their sentenceswere political, and what the Gov-ernor did was to take some of thepolitics out of registering to vote.A review of history will explainwhat I mean.

Denying civil rights to personswho had been convicted andserved their sentences was part ofan effort during the early part ofthe twentieth century to limit theelectorate in the state to white

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men who supported the politicalestablishment. Jim Crow laws thatwere primarily aimed at blackpeople required voters to write ona blank sheet of paper informationthat was required in the state con-stitution and to answer any ques-tion posed by election officials.Additionally, in order to vote aperson must have paid the capita-tion tax of $1.50 every year forthree years in a row at least sixmonths before the election. Denialof civil rights of those who hadbeen in prison was just anotherattempt to disenfranchise morevoters

The Constitution of 1902 thatcontained all the Jim Crow provi-sions was never ratified by a voteof the people as all previous andall since constitutions have been.It was simply declared to be in ef-fect by the political establishment.These deliberate actions to keepblack people from voting were so

successful that by the end of 1902there were only 21,000 of an esti-mated 147,000 blacks of votingage registered, and the impositionof the poll tax cut that number inhalf. Denial of voting rights toblack people was notoriousthroughout the south, but no statewas more successful than Virginia.

Many of us have worked hardin the legislature and in the courtsto eliminate artificial barriers tovoting. The Voting Rights Act of1965 was extremely important,but Congress repealed that law.Other techniques to limit voting byrequiring specific identification,limiting hours of registration andvoting, and restricting the use ofabsentee ballots are all modernday versions of what happened inthe past. I thank GovernorMcAuliffe for his courage in elimi-nating one more vestige of thepolitics of limiting voting. Now weneed to work on the others.


Opinion

By John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

We always enjoy the coming of springin Reston. The woods are greening,the birds are singing and the pathways are again filled with people.

One of our special delights is being asked as we walk,“when is the farmers market opening?” Fran and Istart to hear this query as we’re walking Angus, ourScottish terrier, long about February and the antici-pation builds from then on.

Of course, the Reston Farmers Market at Lake Annesells only locally grown fruits and vegetables and, evenwith the advent of hoop houses, there is little avail-able until about the beginning of May. So, now I amproud to announce that the Reston Farmers Market,sponsored by your friendly Fairfax County Park Au-thority, will open its 19th season this very Saturday,May 7 at 8 a.m. And, weather permitting, we’ll be openevery Saturday, 8 a.m. till noon, except Sept. 24.

You will recognize most of the small growers andproducers who were with us last year and a lot who’vebeen with us for many years and have made the Mar-ket Number One in Northern Virginia. To be precise,29 of 30 vendors are returning. In addition, we havetwo newcomers—Misty Meadow Farm Creamery and

Kiwi Kuisine. Misty Meadow, from Smithburg, Md.features fresh whole Creamline milk, the closest thingto milk straight from the cow. No more 1 or 2 percenthomogenized milk products for me! And, Kiwi Kuisinebrings a nice variety of tasty meat pies to the Market.

Of course, the mainstays of any good farmers mar-ket are the folks who bring you the freshest localfruits and vegetables. It is certainly true at the RestonFarmers Market. We feature 13 of the very best fruitand vegetable farmers, including two certified or-ganics—The Farm at Sunnyside and Jerry’s Berries.

Over the years, the Market has diversified to in-clude: four meat producers, one Virginia fishing fam-ily, four fine bakers, one beekeeper/honey producer,four dairy producers (cheeses, milk and ice cream),two plant and flower growers, and four value-addedfood makers. For detailed information on who theyall are, and what and how they produce the goodsthey bring to Market, I suggest you go to:www.restonfarmersmarket.com. And if you don’t seea locally growable food you would like to have inthe Market, please tell co-market manager Fran orJohn, and we’ll see if we can bring it in!

In addition, the Reston Farmers Market hosts twospecial community services of which we are espe-cially proud. The Supplemental Nutrition AssistanceProgram (SNAP) managed by CORNERSTONES pro-vides tokens to eligible low-income residents forpurchases of fresh fruits and vegetables in the Mar-ket, and resident Fairfax Master Gardeners in anotherbooth provide expert advice to help market shop-pers solve problems with their own plants and gar-dens. See you at the Market.

The Reston FarmersMarket opens 19th seasonon Saturday, May 7.

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Reston Farmers Market at Lake Anne sells only locallygrown fruits and vegetables.

Resident Fairfax Master Gardeners provide expert adviceto help market shoppers solve problems with their ownplants and gardens.

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Emily Rusch says hermother died a slow andheartbreaking deathfrom Alzheimer’s Dis-

ease. The experience felt continu-ous and excruciating.

“Caring for someone withAlzheimer’s is really like one never-ending day,” said Rusch, officemanager for Strength & Perfor-mance Training, Inc. (SAPT) inFairfax.

This June, she and her team ofSAPT colleagues will join withteams of people around the worldto participate in The Longest Day,a sunrise-to-sunset challenge toraise awareness and funds for re-search programs of the Alzheimer’sAssociation. The name of the eventhonors the strength, passion and

endurance of those facingAlzheimer’s.

Held annually on the summersolstice, The Longest Day symbol-izes the challenging journey ofthose living with the disease andtheir caregivers. Teams are encour-aged to create their own experi-ence as they fundraise and partici-pate in an activity they love tohonor someone facing the disease.

SAPT will hold a fundraisingevent on June 18 by offering freeworkouts and classes for 16 con-tinuous hours. “We’re open for allof the daylight hours on the 18th,and in return, we’re asking for do-nations that will go to support theAlzheimer’s Association’s mission,”said Rusch.

The SAPT team is also takingdonations in advance and hasraised nearly $1,000 of their$5,000 goal. Rusch hopes to do her

part to halt the disease’s cyclewhich she has experienced first-hand.

“My daughters were 8 and 11when my mother died. They neverreally knew her because she wasin the advanced stages ofAlzheimer’s,” she said. “When I wasa child, my grandmother had

Alzheimer’s so I never knew hereither. I’m doing the Longest Daybecause research is important tofinding a cure or viable treatment.”

Yen DeAnda of Alexandria,whose father has Alzheimer’s, isparticipating in The Longest Dayand is the captain of Springfield’sTeam Bridge Heroes United. The

team, which is based out of a re-tirement community in Springfield,is intergenerational. There are highschool students who play alongside

seniors.This June will be their fourth

year participating in the event. Inthe last three years, the team hasraised more than $58,000 for theAlzheimer’s Association. In 2013,the team’s first year, they finishedin the top 20 teams in the nation.In 2014 and 2015, they finished inthe Top 10.

“The [seniors] need exposure todifferent people to stay engagedand alert. The kids light up theroom when they are there,” said

Event to raise awareness andfunds for research programs ofAlzheimer’s Association.

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DeAnda. “Some kids have broughttheir grandparents to play.”

The bridge club helps seniors intwo ways. Club members raisemoney for Alzheimer’s research byplaying the game, and the gameitself is an activity that keeps se-niors engaged.

“You’re forced to interact withother people and that helps youkeep your sanity,” said DeAnda.“Social connection is huge.”

While June 20 is the official datefor The Longest Day event, theAlzheimer’s Association encour-ages activities and fundraisingaround this date.

Cindy Schelhorn of theAlzheimer’s Association says thatteams across the nation developcreative ways to raise money.“We’ve seen … Rocking ChairMarathon … writing letters toloved ones, yard sales [and] yoga.”

For information, visit alz.org/thelongestday or call 800-272-3900.

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Teams work to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion during the annual Longest Day event.

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Emily Rusch and her SAPT team will join with teamsaround the world to raise money for the Alzheimer’sAssociation.

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Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Madison senior KatieVannicola praised SouthLakes sophomore AlyRayle for her improvement

in the circle after the two engaged in a 10-inning pitcher’s duel on Friday.

Vannicola’s performance on the field,however, wasn’t as kind toward theSeahawks.

The future Georgetown University pitcherstruck out a career-high 21 batters andworked her way out of a bases-loaded jamin the bottom of the 10th inning, helpingthe Madison softball team defeat SouthLakes 2-1 on April 29 in Reston.

South Lakes, down 2-1, loaded the baseswith one out in the bottom of the 10th, butVannicola recorded her 21st strikeout of theevening before inducing a game-endinggroundout.

“I’ve been in that situation quite a fewtimes, actually, especially in travel ball, like[at] nationals,” Vannicola said. “It’s reallyimportant that you keep your mind clearand don’t worry about what could go wrongand just kind of go pitch by pitch.”

Madison took a 2-1 lead in the top of the10th inning when a South Lakes infielderdropped a one-out pop up, allowing whatproved to be the winning run to score fromthird base.

Vannicola allowed one run on six hitswhile walking two in 10 innings. She didnot allow a run until the ninth inning, wheninternational tiebreaker rules give teams arunner at second base to start each half-inning for the remainder of the game.

Vannicola threw 157 pitches, including119 strikes. She threw a first-pitch strike to26 of 38 batters faced.

Vannicola’s career high for strikeouts in aseven-inning game is 19. She had 18through seven innings on Friday.

“Katie’s such a good pitcher,” Madisonsenior catcher Julia Hoy said. “I’ve knownher for so long, I’ve been catching her forso long … her pitching as well as she didtoday is something I’m just used to, but wereally appreciated it tonight.”

HEAD COACH Jim Adkins said Vannicolawas dealing with pain in the index fingeron her pitching hand during the game. Hoypraised her teammate for the performance.

“I’m so insanely proud of Katie,” Hoy said.“She hurt her finger and it’s been bother-ing her, so the fact that she was able to pushthrough that and deliver for the team, thatwas amazing.”

At one point, Vannicola struck out sevenconsecutive batters between the third andfifth innings.

“I thought she did great,” Adkins said. “I

thought she had command of all her pitchesand I thought she did a great job of keep-ing the hitters off balance. It was probablyone of the better games she’s pitched allyear and we knew that we would need that

kind of performance from her against SouthLakes, which is a great team.

“With Aly Rayle pitching, you know you’renot going to score a lot of runs. We knewthat we just had to kind of keep it close and

hope we got a couple breaks and fortunatelywe did.”

Rayle suffered the tough-luck loss on Fri-day. The sophomore allowed two runs —one earned — on four hits while walkingthree, hitting one batter and striking outsix in 10 innings. She did not allow a rununtil the ninth inning.

After sharing time in the circle as a fresh-man last season, Rayle has emerged as astandout pitcher.

“It’s really interesting to watch her be-cause I remember her when she was [afreshman],” Vannicola said. “… I know thather speed has gotten better. I know, fromhitting off of her, that her spin has definitelygotten a lot better. She’s probably beenworking really hard, so I applaud her forthat.”

Rayle threw 131 pitches, including 93strikes. She tossed a first-pitch strike to 29of the 40 batters she faced.

“It was a lot of pressure, but I tried tojust not let it get to me,” Rayle said. “Ratherthan feeling the pressure on myself, I thinkabout the situation that the batter’s in andhow much pressure they feel and I try totake it off myself.”

Madison scored the game’s first run in thetop of the ninth when bunt by shortstopCameron Pistilli plated Alex Echazarreta.South Lakes tied the score at 1 in the bot-tom of the ninth on an RBI single by thirdbaseman Jazmyn Stokes.

Madison sophomore leadoff hitter CatArase went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles.Third baseman Echazarreta and right fielderKristen Williams each had a hit for theWarhawks.

Stokes finished 2-for-4 with two singlesand an RBI for South Lakes. Designatedplayer Natalie Pritz, catcher Danielle Barr,second baseman Calista Somer and KaylinTang each had one hit for the Seahawks.

MADISON improved to 16-2 overall andsits atop the Conference 6 standings at 11-1. South Lakes, which snapped a lengthyregional tournament drought last season,fell to 12-6 overall and 8-4 in the confer-ence.

Madison was scheduled to face Langleyon Tuesday, after The Connection’s dead-line. The Warhawks will conclude the regu-lar season with a home game againstMcLean at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6.

South Lakes was scheduled to face Wash-ington-Lee on Tuesday. The Seahawks willtravel to take on Hayfield at 6 p.m. on Fri-day, May 6.

“I’m not upset at all,” second-year SouthLakes head coach Carlos Soto said. “I reallythink that the girls battled so hard. Madi-son is such a good team. They’re so com-posed, they have so much experience.Vannicola up there, she’s a rock. It doesn’tlook like anything fazes her. No matter whatthe situation, she just kept going at it. …I’m nothing but impressed by both teamsand how they both played and how theycomposed themselves. In some ways, I wishI was watching. I was just glad I was here.”

Warhawks hurlerstrikes out 21 in 2-1victory over Seahawks.

Madison’s Vannicola Out-Duels South Lakes’ Rayle in 10 Innings

South Lakes designated player Natalie Pritz had one of six hits off ofMadison pitcher Katie Vannicola on Friday.

Senior catcher Julia Hoy and the Madison softball team improved to 16-2 with a 2-1 win over South Lakes on Friday.

Katie Vannicola and the Madisonsoftball team are in first place inConference 6.

South Lakes sophomore Aly Rayleshut out Madison for eight inningsbefore the Seahawks suffered a 2-1, 10-inning loss to the Warhawkson Friday.

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Open Mic Night at Kalypso’s.Mondays, 7-10 p.m. Kalypso’s SportsTavern, 1617 Washington Plaza N.,Reston. Musicians and singers! Loveto perform but need a venue? Wantto get used to playing for anaudience? 703-707-0660.www.kalypsossportstavern.com.

Karaoke at Kalypso’s. Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. . Kalypso’s Sports Tavern,1617 Washington Plaza N., Reston.Come to Kalypso’s and sing yourhearts out! 703-707-0660.www.kalypsossportstavern.com.

Mr. Knick Knack. 10:30-11:15 a.m.Mondays through October. RestonTown Center Pavilion. Unique, heart-centered music for kids and theirgrown-ups. Free.restontowncenter.com. 703-579-6720

Wells and Barnes: Seats of Power.April 21-June 18. Greater Reston ArtsCenter, 12001 Market St., Suite 103,Reston. Collaborative exhibitionfeaturing artists Gayle Wells Mandleand her daughter, Julia BarnesMandle. Gayle and Julia use themotif of chairs as a vehicle toexamine society’s eternal powerstruggle. 703-471-9242.restonarts.org.

Joyful Color in Reston. April 7-May5. Reston Art Gallery and Studio,11400 Washington Plaza W, Reston.Joan Kelly’s colorful acrylic paintingsof Reston scenes will be on exhibit inunison with Founder’s Week, acelebration of the life of Restonfounder, Robert E. Simon, Jr.RestonArtGallery.com.

All-comers’ Group Fun Run atPotomac River Running.Tuesdays and Thursdays. RestonTown Center, 11900 Market Street,Reston. For beginners or competitiverunners, come out for a fun, low-keyrun that is safe and social. For moreinformation, call 703-689-0999 orvisit https://potomacriverrunning.com.

Patrick Dougherty Public ArtInstallation. Through 2017. RestonTown Square Park, 11900 MarketStreet, Reston. See and explore “ABird in the Hand,” a monumentalpublic art sculpture made from treesaplings. The event is presented byGRACE in collaboration with IPAR.For more information, call 703-471-9242 or visit http://restontowncenter.com/index.php.

FRIDAY/MAY 6

PACOdc Season Finale. 7:30-9 p.m.United Christian Parish of Reston,11508 North Shore Drive, Reston.Pro Arte Chamber of Orchestra ofGreater Washington’s final concert.Free-$25. www.PACOdc.org. 571-483-8444.

SATURDAY/MAY 7At the Hop: Those Fabulous

Fifties! 4:30, 7:30 p.m. RestonCommunity Center, 2310 Colts NeckRoad, Reston. Bop to the beat of thefabulous 1950s as The RestonChorale steps back in time to thedays of sock hops, soda fountains androck and roll. Poodle skirts andgreased-back hair optional. $20-$25.www.restonchorale.org.

Pet Fiesta, 10 a.m-4 p.m. Pavilion ofReston Town Center, 11900 MarketSt., Reston. Super pet adoption,entertainment, exhibitors, pet rescueand nonprofit groups. Presented byGoodDogz.org. All on-leash petswelcome. Free admission, rain orshine. petfiesta.org.

Author Laura Gehl. 3 p.m. ScrawlBooks Pop-Up Shop, Wiehle-RestonEast Station, 1862 Wiehle Ave.,Reston. Author of “Peep and Egg: I’mNot Hatching!” scrawlbooks.com.703-966-2111.

THURSDAY/MAY 12Reston Hospital Center’s Robot

Night. 6:30-8:30 p.m. RestonHospital Center Pavillion II Lobby,1850 Town Center Parkway, Reston.Meet the entire team using the daVinci XI technology. Hors d’oeuvresand beverages. For information,contact 703-689-9030.

SATURDAY/MAY 14Encore Chorale Spring Concert.

7:30 p.m. United Christian Parish,11508 North Shore Drive, Reston.Medley of romantic Rodgers and Hartpieces, blues favorites by HoagyCarmichael, and a rousing medleyfrom the Broadway show “Guys andDolls.” Free. encorecreativity.org.

SUNDAY/MAY 15Reston Community Orchestra. 4

p.m. Reston Community Center,2310 Colts neck Road, Reston.Concert features Juggler andComedian Jonathan Austin at free,family-friendly performance. Thishigh energy guest artist promises biglaughs and split second timing. Free.Limited seating.restoncommunityorchestra.org. 571-449-7095.

TUESDAY/MAY 17Folk Club of Reston-Herndon. 7:15

p.m. Amphora’s Diner Deluxe-Herndon. 1151 Elden St., Herndon.Dave Nachmanoff, a California-basedperformer with more than a dozenalbums, performs. $10/$9. 703-435-2402. restonherndonfolkclub.com.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 18“The Supreme Court After Justice

Scalia.” 8 p.m. 1441 Wiehle Ave.,Reston. Dr. David Cole, George J.Mitchell Professor in Law and PublicPolicy at Georgetown University.Free. http://www.nvhcreston.org/.703-863-7639.

FRIDAY/MAY 20GRACE’s Festival Launch. 6:30 p.m.

Reston Town Center, 12001 MarketSt. #103, Reston. Enjoy artsybeverages, savory creations, anamazing silent auction, and minglewith the artists in town for theweekend festival. $100.restonarts.org. 703-471-9242.

SATURDAY/MAY 21Skye Ballet Center Swan Lake. 2-

6:30 p.m. South Lakes High School,11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston.Full-length “Swan Lake”performance. $20/$25. 703-231-8351. [email protected]. 703-863-7639.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 25Color Me Happy. 7 p.m. Reston

Regional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive. Relax, unwind, turnloose your inner artist and discoverthat coloring is for grown-ups, too.Choose from our collection ofintricate designs and bring them tolife with color. Coloring pages, pensand pencils provided, or bring yourown. Adults. 703-397-0420.

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Fairfax County’s Farmers Marketsopened in May. There are 11 loca-tions of the county’s Park Authority’s

Farmers Markets.Find fresh produce, meats, cheese, baked

breads, honey, ice cream, sweets and cutflowers our region has to offer.

FCPA Farmers Markets are strictly “pro-ducer-only,” which means that all vendorsmust grow or produce everything they bringto market. This provides customers with theunusual opportunity to connect directlywith farmers, who are eager to answer ques-tions about their growing practices, animalcare, recipes and more.

Most produce at local Farmers Markets ispicked less than 24 hours before it arrivesat market.

Buying from your local Farmers Marketshelps to keep money circulating through thelocal economy.

Stop by any market to get your pledgecard and make your commitment to spend$10 a week locally, and help generate $1.65billion a year for Virginia’s economy.

The pledge card can also be found athttp://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/vagrown/pdf/punchcard2.pdf.

Send in your pledge to be entered to wina Virginia grown gift basket.

Select locations accept SNAP benefits(formerly food stamps), includingMcCutcheon/Mount Vernon, Reston,Lorton, and Herndon farmers markets.

For more information, including loca-

tions, directions and vendor lists, contactthe Community Horticulture Office at 703-642-0128; or go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets.

Locations and DaysWednesday❖McCutcheon/Mount Vernon: May 4 - Dec. 14, 8

a.m. - Noon, Sherwood Library, 2501 SherwoodHall Lane, SNAP accepted, bonus dollar program

❖Oak Marr: May 4 - Nov. 16, 8 a.m. - Noon; OakMarr Recreation Center, 3200 Jermantown Road

❖Wakefield: May 4 - Oct. 26, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.;Wakefield Park, 8100 Braddock Road

Thursday❖Annandale: May 5-Nov. 10, 8 a.m. - Noon; Mason

District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike❖Herndon: May 5 - Nov. 10, 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.;

Old Town Herndon, 700 Block of Lynn St., Bythe Red Caboose; SNAP accepted, bonus dollarprogram

❖Government Center: May 5 - Oct. 27, 3 p.m. - 7p.m.; Fairfax County Government Center, 12000Government Center Pkwy; CLOSED forCelebrate Fairfax set up June 9

Friday❖McLean: May 6 - Nov. 18, 8 a.m. - Noon;

Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road;CLOSED for McLean Day set up May 20

❖Kingstowne: May 6 - Oct. 28, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.; Inthe Giant parking lot, 5935 Kingstowne TowneCenter

Saturday❖Burke: May 7 - Dec. 17, 8 a.m. - Noon; VRE

parking Lot, 5671 Roberts Parkway❖Reston: May 7 - Nov. 12, 8 a.m. - Noon; Lake

Anne Village Center, 11401 North Shore Drive;SNAP accepted, bonus dollar program. CLOSEDfor Multicultural Festival Sept. 24

Sunday❖Lorton: May 1 - Nov. 13, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m; VRE

parking lot, 8990 Lorton Station Blvd.; SNAPaccepted, bonus dollar program.

Farmers Markets in Fairfax County

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WEDNESDAY/MAY 4Saint Johns Wood Community Meeting. 7-9

p.m. Hunter Mill District Office, CommunityRooms A and B, 1801 Cameron Glen Drive,Reston. Revised proposal for Saint Johns WoodApartments. Contact: Goldie Harrison, 703-478-0283, [email protected].

TUESDAY/MAY 10Tall Oaks Village Center Community

Meeting. 7-9 p.m. 12040 North Shore Drive,Reston. The revised proposal for the Tall OaksVillage Center. Contact: Goldie Harrison, 703-478-0283, [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/MAY 11League of Women Voters — Reston. 7:30-9

p.m. Hunter Mill District Community Room B,1801 Cameron Glen Drive, Reston. Mentalhealth services in Fairfax: What is available? and“Diversion First: What is it?” Join the discussion.Free. lwv-fairfax.org. 202-263-1311.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 18Annual Blood Drive. 1-6:30 p.m. Home Suites

Dulles International Airport, 13460 SunriseValley Drive, Herndon. Special appearance willbe made by “Lewis the Duck.” 703-793-1700 ext.7815.

“The Supreme Court After Justice Scalia.” 8p.m. 1441 Wiehle Ave., Reston. Dr. David Cole,George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and PublicPolicy at Georgetown University. Free. http://www.nvhcreston.org/. 703-863-7639.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 25DMV2Go at the Pavilion. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Reston

Town Center Pavilion. DMV wireless office onwheels — apply or renew ID card and driver’slicense; get driving records, vehicle titles, licenseplates, and more. Information on all services athttp://re.ston.tc/P9HLkh. 703-579-6720.

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Dollars and Sense. 7 p.m. Reston RegionalLibrary, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive. Amonthly book discussion group that focuses onbusiness leaders and markets. May’s title is “TheSafe Investor” by Tim McCarthy. 703-397-0420.

ONGOINGComputer Classes for Seniors. 11 a.m.-noon.

Wednesdays. April 6-May 4. Tysons CornerMicrosoft Store, 1961 Chain Bridge Road,McLean. Free. Register by calling ShepherdsCenter of Oakton/Vienna at 703-281-0538.

The Herndon Adult Day Health Care Centerneeds a bingo caller and an art therapyassistant.

For these and other volunteer opportunities, call703-324-5406, TTY 711 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults and click onVolunteer Solutions.

The Herndon Senior Center needs a volunteertrained in taking blood pressure, Social Visitorsand a Baked Goods Table Manager. For theseand other volunteer opportunities, call 703-324-5406, TTY 711 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults and click on Volunteer Solutions.

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

Fairfax County needs volunteers to drive olderadults to medical appointments and wellnessprograms.

For these and other volunteer opportunities, call703-324-5406, TTY 711 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults and click onVolunteer Solutions.

Respite Care volunteers give family caregivers ofa frail older adult a well-deserved break so theycan go shopping, attend a doctor’s appointmentor just have coffee with a friend. Volunteers visitand oversee the safety of the older adult for afew hours each month. Support and training areprovided.

Contact 703-324-7577, TTY 711, [email protected].

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Garage EntranceClosure atWiehle-RestonEast Metro

Starting Monday, May 2 throughSunday, May 15, 2016, the RestonStation Boulevard entrance to theFairfax County Parking Garage atthe Wiehle-Reston East Metro sta-tion will temporarily close to ac-commodate a fan installationproject.

Customers who use the Park-and-Ride facility should enter anddepart the Metro station from theprimary entrance located next tothe Kiss-and-Ride entrance.

For more information, call 703-339-7200 or visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connec-tor/news/2016/16_007.htm.

CommunityMeeting onTall Oaks

Village CenterSupervisor Cathy Hudgins and

the Jefferson Apartment Group arehosting a community meeting toshare the revised proposal for theTall Oaks Village Center. The meet-ing will be held on Tuesday, May10, 2016 from 7 to 9 p.m., at12040 North Shore Drive, (TallOaks Shopping Center – site of theformer grocery store) Reston.

Attendees will hear a briefing onthe project and have an opportu-nity to provide feedback. For ad-ditional information, contact

Goldie Harrison at 703-478-0283,or email address:[email protected].

Summer STEMCamps at ThreeArea Schools

Fairfax County Public Schools(FCPS) is partnering withSySTEMic Solutions, Northern Vir-ginia Community College’s re-gional K-16 STEM (science, tech-nology, engineering, and math)

outreach initiative, to host STEMcamps at three schools this sum-mer. The camps will be held in Julyand August from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.as follows:

❖ VEX IQ Robotics, for grades4-8, at Edison High, July 11-15;South Lakes High, July 18-22 andJuly 25-29; Marshall High, Aug. 1-5.

❖ VEX EDR Robotics 1.0, forgrades 8-12, at Edison High, July11-15; South Lakes High, July 18-22 and July 25-29, and MarshallHigh, Aug. 1-5.

❖ Cybersecurity (Basic and Ad-vanced), for grades 9-12, atMarshall High, Aug. 1-5.

The camps are designed to pro-vide rising fourth through twelfthgrade students with knowledgeand hands-on experience in STEMprograms, and introduce them tothe many career opportunities inthe growing field. Additional in-formation and registration instruc-tions are available at http://w w w. n v c c . e d u / s y s t e m i c /camps.html.

Week in Reston

NotableIncidents fromthe FairfaxCounty Policeblotter fromApril 22-30.Larcenies

2500 block of CentrevilleRoad, items from vehicle

1700 block of ClubhouseRoad, property frombusiness

9900 block ofGeorgetown Pike, beerfrom business

10500 block of HuntingCrest Lane, wallet fromvehicle

600 block of River BendRoad, checkbook andwallet from vehicle

11500 block of ShadbushCourt, wallet from vehicle

2500 block of CorneliaRoad, license plate fromvehicle

12000 block of StarboardDrive, bicycle from busi-ness

12100 block of AbingtonHall Place, backpack fromvehicle

11500 block of LakeNewport Road, cash fromvehicle

2200 block of FrearPlace, laptop computer andphone from vehicle

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