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It’s tough enough getting older, butsenior citizens increasingly face dan-ger from falling and suffering seri-
ous injuries in their own homes. Andthose on low incomes are hard pressedto be able to afford the needed repairsto prevent these mishaps in advance.
But that’s where the Fairfax City-basednonprofit, Rebuilding Together of Arling-ton/Fairfax/Falls Church, comes in. It’s newventure, RT Express, uses small teams ofskilled volunteers to make targeted repairsthat help seniors live safely in their homesso that they may age in place.
This program has proved extremely suc-cessful. Over the past two years, 75 RT Ex-press projects were completed by teams offour to five trained volunteers. Via half-dayprojects, their work corrected 93 percentof the falling hazards and 90 percent of allhazards – at a cost of $500 or less for mate-rials per home.
By Bonnie Hobbs
The Connection
Students from Lanier Middle andFairfax High schools came homefrom both the FCCLA State andNational Leadership Conference
with smiles on their faces and medalsaround their necks. FCCLA (Family, Careerand Community Leaders of America) is anational, student organization that particu-larly focuses on family.
For the State competition, the studentsworked for several months preparing theirSTAR (Students Taking Action for Recogni-tion) events, projects, portfolios and pre-sentations. And four teams – eight studentsfrom Lanier and two from Fairfax – thenearned the privilege of representing FairfaxCity, FCPS and Virginia at Nationals.
“Last year, one team of three studentsmade it to the FCCLA National LeadershipConference to compete,” said Susan vonSchaack, Family and Consumer Scienceteacher at Lanier and FCCLA advisor atFairfax. “This year, I took 10 students forthe competition, plus the newly electedstate officer, Fairfax High rising senior LauraStravach. She’ll be Virginia FCCLA’s vicepresident of membership for the 2018-2019school year.”
States were held in April in VirginiaBeach, with City of Fairfax students captur-ing a slew of medals. In the Promote and
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‘Innovative, Cost-Effective and Replicable’ WorkRebuilding Togetherhonored for makingseniors’ homes safer.
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Bringing Home the Silver and GoldFairfax Family,Career and CommunityLeaders of Americastudents win at Statesand Nationals.
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Food Innovations Team: (From left)are Yale Kim, Miranda Cespedesand Emily Sarber.
Advocacy Team: Hope Peters pre-sented solo at Nationals and re-ceived a silver medal.
Chapter Service Project DisplayTeam: (From left) Kayleigh Will-iams and Naomi Daniels collectedsocks for the homeless in Fairfaxand won silver medals.
Promote and Publicize Team:(From left) are Hana Ismail, JuliLuckabaugh and Riley Sarber
City of Fairfax FCCLA members, from both Lanier Middle and FairfaxHigh schools, with a banner thanking their sponsor, ManTech. (Fromleft) are Kayleigh Williams, Juli Luckabaugh, Miranda Cespedes, NaomiDaniels, Riley Sarber, Yale Kim, Emily Sarber, Hope Peters and HanaIsmail. (Not pictured: Diego Santiago).
Photos Courtesy of Susan von Schaack
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News
By Mike Salmon
The Connection
One night a week, Danielle Gil-bert is in her kitchen bakingseveral trays of her homemade brownies that are the
main ingredient in the brownie sundaes atWoody’s Ice Cream in the center of OldTown Fairfax. In the twenty years thatWoody’s has been an ice cream favorite inFairfax, it’s this dedication to home baked,small business, family establishments that’skept Woody’s an ice cream destination inthe City of Fairfax.
“I’m a big believer in shop local and shopsmall, it’s nice to have the community sup-port,” said Gilbert, owner and manager whotook over when her grandfather WoodyLashley Jr. retired in 2010. Although she’sadded a few more bells and whistles atWoody’s in the last eight years, like a com-puterized ordering system, a wider varietyof toppings and hand-dipped ice cream,she’s still seeing the same faces every year.“They’re still coming here 20 years later,that’s what’s nice,” Gilbert said. “Whensome of the customers come in, I know ex-actly what they want so I have their orderready,” she added.
Allison and Andreas Moffett have beencoming to Woody’s since they were children,and still walk over from their home in theCity. “I like that it’s all local, that’s fun,” saidAllison.
The Splash Park right across the street isa good combination on hot summer days.Ed Baroody Jr. was over at the parkbabysitting, and liked the fact that Woody’swas so close. “I had vanilla that was reallygood,” he said.
In 1998, when Woody’s was in anotherlocation in the city, Gilbert was a senior atFairfax High School, and came in a fewtimes a week to help her grandfather out.At one point, he lived in the apartment overthe shop, and they only had soft serve icecream at that time, which they were known
for. He still comes in several times a week.“Fun That’s Affordable” is the slogan thathe made up, and their bargains start with acone at $3.15, and tee shirts at $10.
The brownies are no secret either. “I makethem from scratch, everyone knows, I sellout of them,” she said. One of the currentemployees even branched out from thebrownie sundae and made another versioncalled the “dirty brownie,” that is a big sellertoo. “One of the employees made that up,”said Gilbert.
To keep with the hometown, ice creamtheme, tunes from the 1950s are playedover the sound system, and there is a largeporch with tables that gets crowded everysummer night. They are pet friendly too,serve “pup cups,” with a small scoop in cupfor the dog.
Woody’s has a connection with the autobusiness that is coincidental, but makesGilbert smile when it’s brought up. Hergrandfather started the business after re-tiring and selling “WT Auto Body,” that heowned for years, and now his granddaugh-ter owns Fairfax Towing, Quality Auto Body
and Northern Virginia Auto Recyclingwith her husband. Woody’s closes ev-ery year in late October and reopensin April. Gilbert takes a break then.“One less business I have to worryabout,” she said.
Family ice creamshop a mainstay inthe City of Fairfax.
Woody’s Ice Cream StillPacking them in After 20 Years
Where & WhenWOODY’S ICE CREAM10435 North StreetFairfax703-277-9553Sunday: noon-8 p.m.Monday-Thursday noon-9 p.m.Friday & Saturday: noon-10 p.m.
Now owner, Danielle Gilbert holdsa cone of Woody’s most popularflavor, the soft-serve vanilla-choco-late twist.
Photos by Mike Salmon/The Connection
Allison and Andreas Moffett have beenfans of ice cream at Woody’s since theywere children.
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Publicize category, Fairfax Highfreshman Juli Luckabaugh andLanier seventh-graders HanaIsmail and Riley Sarber earnedgold medals and first place in Vir-ginia.
In Chapter Service Project Dis-play, Lanier eighth-graderKayleigh Williams and seventh-grader Naomi Daniels took secondplace and won silver medals. Theywere honored for their Toasty Toesservice project collecting socks forhomeless people in Fairfax.
Competing in Food Innovations,Fairfax freshman MirandaCespedes and Lanier eighth-grad-ers Yale Kim and Emily Sarber tookhome the gold. The TropicalSmoothie Cupcake created by thisteam earned a perfect score of 100points for a first-place finish.
On the Advocacy team, Laniereighth-graders Hope Peters andDiego Santiago garnered enoughpoints to win silver medals for“Oh, No! GMO” STAR project, andand were first in the state.
“Not only did the students as-sist with several fundraisers onweekends throughout the schoolyear, but they gave up their freetime and worked with their team-mates on teacher workdays be-cause they wanted to do their bestat the National Leadership Confer-ence in Atlanta,” said vonSchaack. They also needed to raisemoney for their trip and associatedexpenses, so the team co-presi-dents created a brochure and a do-nation proposal and made a pre-sentation to ManTech. The com-pany then gave them a contribu-tion that paid for their uniformblazers, Virginia Delegation fee forNationals, entry to the AtlantaAquarium and 5K race entry fee.
FCCLA Nationals were held June28-July 2, during which all stu-dents vied against other chaptermembers from across the country.
Fairfax City gold medal winnerswere Cespedes, Kim and Sarber inFood Innovations, plusLuckabaugh, Ismail and RileySarber in Promote and PublicizeFCCLA. Earning silver medalswere Peters in the Advocacy STARevent (Santiago was unable to at-tend), plus Daniels and Williamsin Chapter Service Project Display.
Luckabaugh completed the EN-GAGE Leadership Academy, andPeters and Emily Sarber earnedthe LAUNCH Leadership Academycertificates and medals.
“I’m really proud of how well allthe teams did at the national con-ference,” said von Schaack. “Theyare the true leaders of tomorrowand they’re learning these skills bybeing a part of FCCLA.”
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Meet Chi Chi and MiaFrom left — cats Chi Chi and Mia are not related but they were adopted on the sameday in January 2017 from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. They were surrendered bydifferent owners. Now they are indoor cats who love to watch birds and squirrels, playwith their cat toys, be brushed and follow their human around the house - writes Jenni-fer Smith of Fairfax.
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By Sharon Bulova, Chairman
Fairfax County Board of Supervisor
An adorable gray and white catshowed up at my doorstep re-cently. My husband and I broughthim inside. He gobbled down
two big bowls of cat food and made him-self at home.
We fell in love, bought him a collar andnamed him Pippin. Unfortunately our othertwo cats, Sam and Frodo, were not amused(an understatement).
For Pippin’s safety, I brought him to myoffice at the Fairfax County Government
Center. For a day, he enjoyed exploring theoffice furniture (he is definitely a climber)and bonded with my staff. We wanted tokeep Pippin at the office, but figured hewould get lonely on the weekends andmight surprise our custodial staff. Plus myChief of Staff is allergic.
Pippin is now in the capable hands of theFairfax County Animal Shelter, where Iknow he will soon meet the perfect family.If you are interested in adopting this sweet,playful and affectionate kitty who spent aday in the Chairman’s Office, he is currentlyat 4500 West Ox Road, but hopefully notfor long!
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Opinion
By Sen. Dave Marsden
State Senator (D-37)
The cruelty enacted by the TrumpAdministration in separating minorchildren from their parents is egre-gious on its face. What concerns me
even more is that the science around the de-tention of young people is available and widelyunderstood.
The science is clear, unless a child poses animminent public safety risk or an imminent riskto themselves, alternatives to detention andseparation from family should be pursued.
I spent part of my career as a probation of-ficer making decisions around whether to re-move young people from their families for theircriminal behavior. Fortunately, in1974, the Juvenile Justice and Delin-quency Prevention Act prohibited thedetention of status offenders — run-aways, truants, incorrigibles — in secure,locked facilities. The rest of my career was spentas superintendent of Fairfax County’s JuvenileDetention Center and a 2-and-half-year stintin Richmond as chief deputy and acting direc-tor of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Jus-tice (DJJ) — which operated probation, parole,and confinement for 1,200 incarcerated delin-quents convicted of criminal offenses. In theFairfax Detention Center, I had as many as 137children and 55 beds. We had to sleep kids onmattresses on the floor. Today we average 30-40 kids in the Fairfax Detention Center and havefewer than 300 in the DJJ. Why has the dra-matic drop in populations occurred?
One factor for the dramatic drop in juvenileincarceration is that we now know better and
only detain or incarcerate those who are animminent public safety risk. We now know thatdetained kids who are not public safety risksare only made worse by the experience. Chil-dren who are unnecessarily detained fall vic-tim to the principle of “the self-fulfilling proph-ecy.” What this means is that children wethought we were teaching a lesson to were notlearning how to behave but were rather hav-ing their worst feelings about themselves con-firmed by the juvenile justice system — ulti-mately making them more likely to live a de-linquent lifestyle.
In 2001, as acting director of the Departmentof Juvenile Justice, we initiated a best prac-tice of creating structured decision-making orrisk instruments to determine, on a more sci-entific basis, whether youngsters should bedetained in local juvenile detention centers orcould be released to their families on outreach
detention or electronic monitoringpending their court dates.
We are making better decisionstoday because in the past we did not
know the impact of our actions on these chil-dren and their families. We thought we werehelping by teaching them a lesson but we wereactually making things worse.
All of this is background for what is happen-ing at the border and the damage that can bedone to children in this thoughtless and ill-in-formed policy of separating these children andtheir families.
In 1997, the Adverse Child Experience Study(ACE) was completed by Kaiser Permanenteand the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).What this study demonstrated for us is howcritical a decision it is to separate a child fromtheir family and the damage that is perpetratedon that child. All of us have the capacity toovercome a temporary negative experience.
What children often do not have the capac-ity to overcome is prolonged trauma that thisseparation inflicts on them. Detention itself canhave traumatic impact even if families are to-gether. Younger children who witness or expe-rience abuse, violence, emotional mistreat-ment, and privation can fundamentally be psy-chologically rewired in ways that hinder theirability to handle normal life situations. The bestexample of this is a parable told by a psychia-trist from San Francisco I heard at a confer-ence. She said, “Imagine yourself a child walk-ing alone in the woods and coming across abear. The child runs from the bear and is terri-fied but in the normal course of events, withcomfort from the family, the frightening epi-sode can be overcome and life can move onwithout permanent adverse impact. Now, imag-ine that you live with the bear.” Clearly, it isnot only the separation from family itself butthe duration of the separation that has dra-matic impact on children.
This is the science and what we know aboutthoughtless interventions that may appear tosolve our problems but rather damage othersirrevocably. While some children are danger-ous and do require confinement and treatment,almost no child taken from their parents at theU.S.-Mexico border fits this category.
Whether they are our children or childrenseeking asylum from another country, our ob-ligations as people who know better, are clear.These children may end up staying in theUnited States under our asylum laws. Do wewant them healthy and capable of contribut-ing to society or traumatized and unable tofunction appropriately? This is an easy choiceno matter how you feel about immigration. Thescience and our experience tells us not to sepa-rate children from their families. The unin-tended consequences can be serious.
Do Not Separate Children and FamiliesWhat we have learned.
Commentary
By Diane Burkley Alejandro
Fairfax County is poised to improve itspolicy governing law enforcement inschools significantly, but the current
draft fails to protect immigrant students, andmust be changed.
The matter is urgent because the policy ondeployment of armed police School ResourceOfficers (SROs) to all public middle and highschools in the county is being considered atthe School Board working meeting on Monday,July 23 and will be voted on at the Thursday, 7p.m. Board meeting. It will be implementedwith the start of the school year next month.
Those who support making schools off lim-its to immigration authorities should sendemails to their School Board member and, mostimportantly, attend these upcoming meetings,which are open to the public.
Forced separation of immigrant youth fromtheir families is not just happening at the bor-der. Police in schools throughout the countryare feeding information to federal immigrationauthorities about undocumented students.
Some examples:❖ In Long Island, N.Y.; SROs sent informa-
tion to the Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment (ICE) on undocumented students theycouldn’t arrest due to lack of evidence, lead-ing to their arrest for deportation.
❖ The Boston school system was sued overits sharing students’ info with ICE.
❖ A child in Durham, N.C. was arrested onhis way into school.
Immigrant students in Fairfax public schoolsfear that it can happen to them, too. Studentsand school counselors have reported that manyimmigrants avoid reporting crimes againstthem, or stay away from school altogether.
Unfortunately, the draft agreement betweenthe police and school system does not preventthem from helping ICE. The deficits in this pro-posed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)between the police and public schools are two-fold:
❖ The MOU gives law enforcement accessto students and their information if they havea “warrant.” This can be read to include notjust warrants issued by judicial authorities butso-called warrants issued administratively byICE itself.
❖ Police are not prohibited from giving in-formation about students to ICE if it is includedin “law enforcement records” created by SROs.These records are not subject to FERPA, the
privacy law protecting student records. Evendirectory information on students is danger-ous, because ICE can use addresses and othercontact information to track down students andtheir families.
To remedy these deficits, ACLU People Powertogether with National Korean American Ser-vice & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) pro-pose that the School Board amend the draftMOU to require that ICE have a criminal war-rant or subpoena issued by a court in order to:
❖ obtain student information, including non-public directory information that could be usedto locate household members
❖ interview or search a student, or❖ arrest any student or their household
members on school property.Other progressive school systems across the
nation (including New Haven, Philadelphia,Chicago and Los Angeles) have already ad-dressed this concern.
It is time for Fairfax public schools to doso as well. If you agree, please make yourvoice heard.
Diane Burkley Alejandro is the lead advocate forACLU People Power Fairfax. She was a member of theSRO Community Review Committee set up to provideinput on the new MOU. This column first appeared inThe BlueView, blueviewfairfax.com
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Entertainment
‘Good Dogs’Class Act Players Theatre Company is staging a new play, “Good Dogs,” written by Morgan Smalley and directed by Max-
well Snyder (both of whom are students at George Mason University). Friday-Sunday, July 27-29, 7:30 p.m. at the LortonWorkhouse, 9518 Workhouse Road, Lorton. The show is rated PG-13 for language and subject matter. Tickets are $15 forthe general public and $10 for students with ID. Visit www.workhousearts.org/ for more.
Submit entertainment announcementsat www.connectionnewspapers.com/Cal-endar/. The deadline is noon on Friday.
CAMPYouth Arts Summer Camps. At
Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Road, Lorton. Multiplesessions available for ages 3-17.Themes include Doodle Tots (ages 3-5), Visual Arts Explorers (ages 6-10),Fine Arts Innovators (ages 11-13),Summer Arts Intensive for YoungAdults (ages 14-17), Short Film, andGame Design. New Music andTheatre Camps include Let’s PlayGuitar Camp, Vocal Arts Camp,Performing Arts Summer CampChallenge, and Experimental TheatreProject Camp. Visitwww.workhousearts.org.
Summer Drama Camp. Through Aug.3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Lanier MiddleSchool, 3801 Jermantown Road,Fairfax. City of Fairfax TheaterCompany offers its TraditionalSummer Drama Camp with weeklong sessions in July and August. TheSummer Drama Camp teacheschildren to create a stagedperformance at the end of each week.$170 per camper for any one-weeksession, $600 per camper for all foursessions. Visitwww.fairfaxcitytheatre.org forweekly themes and registration.
ONGOINGThe Sunday Farmers’ Market.
Through Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at10500 Page Ave., Fairfax — oneblock from West and Main streetsbehind the Wells Fargo Bank andadjacent to the Historic FairfaxCounty Courthouse. Visitwww.fairfaxsundaymarket.com.
Saturday Community Farmers’Market. Through Oct. 27, 8 a.m.-1p.m. at 10500 Page Ave., Fairfax —one block from West and Mainstreets behind the Wells Fargo Bankand adjacent to the Historic FairfaxCounty Courthouse. Visitwww.fairfaxsaturdaymarket.com.
Farmers Market. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2p.m. at Springfield Town Center.6699 Spring Mall Drive, Springfield.Visit www.facebook.com/SpringfieldFoodworks/.
THURSDAY/JULY 26Evenings on the Ellipse with
Tartan Terrors. 5:30-7 p.m. at theFairfax County Government Center,12000 Government Center Parkway,Fairfax. The Evenings on the Ellipsesummer concert series is a family-friendly event featuring a wide rangeof musical genres. Paradise SpringsWinery and The Winery at Bull Runwill be providing complimentarytastings; glasses of wine and fullbottles available for purchase. AFarmers Market (2:30-6:30 p.m.) willalso be on site selling fresh fruit andsavory snacks. Rain or shine. Free.Visit fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
FRIDAY/JULY 27Rock the Block: My Hero Zero.
6:30-9:30 p.m. at Old Town Square,3999 University Drive, Fairfax.Family-friendly free concert series,which features live bands, beergarden, and city restaurant vendorbooths. Bring your own lawn chairsor blankets to sit on. Free. Call 703-385-7858 or visit www.fairfaxva.gov/rocktheblock.
B-I-N-G-O. 7 p.m. at Fire Station 3,4081 University Drive, Fairfax. Enjoyfree coffee, entertaining callers, afriendly atmosphere, $1,000guaranteed jackpot, treasure chestprogressive raffles, and good foodavailable for purchase. All proceedsgo to purchasing fire and rescue
FRIDAY-SUNDAY/JULY 27-29“Good Dogs.” 7:30 p.m. at the Lorton
Workhouse, 9518 Workhouse Road,Lorton. Class Act Players TheatreCompany is staging a new play,“Good Dogs,” written by MorganSmalley and directed by MaxwellSnyder (both of whom are studentsat George Mason University). Theshow is rated PG-13 for language andsubject matter. Tickets are $15 forthe general public and $10 forstudents with ID. Visitwww.workhousearts.org/.
11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. at ArchesGallery, Bldg. W-9, Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9518 Workhouse Way,Lorton. Featuring new work byKathleen Best Gillmann.The firstartist presentation will be at 11:30a.m. with a repeat of the talk at 6p.m.This is an opportunity to meetthe artist and learn about Ms.Gillmann’s materials, techniques andinspiration. Visit online atVeryBestFineArt.com and on FB at“Kathleen Best Gillmann – Very BestFine Art”.
SUNDAY/JULY 29WVMGRS G-Scale Trains. 11 a.m.-5
p.m. at the Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad, Fairfax Station. TheWashington, Virginia & MarylandGarden Railway Society (WVMGRS)members will have a G-Scale traindisplay running at the Fairfax StationRailroad Museum. Ages 16 and older,$4; 5-15, $2; 4 and under, free. Visit
www.fairfax-station.org,www.facebook.com/FFXSRR, or call703-425-9225.
Everything Fairfax. 3:30-5 p.m. atPohick Regional Library, 6540Sydenstricker Road, Burke. SusanGray of the Fairfax Museum recountsthe history of other places namedFairfax, along with a look atcollectibles and ephemera from someof these places. Free. Visitwww.burkehistoricalsociety.org.
Peter Kater Concert. 7 p.m. at Unityof Fairfax 2854 Hunter Mill Road,Oakton. Cost is $20. See Grammy-winning pianist/composer, PeterKater, in a rare and intimate liveconcert performance. Peter will playa 75–90 minute set with nointermission. Contact RebeccaWhitecotton [email protected]. Visit thewebsite at https://www.unityoffairfax.org/peter-kater-concert-s
TUESDAY/JULY 31Farm to Fairfax Market. 10 a.m.-2
p.m. at Old Town Square, 10415North St., Fairfax. The market, willbe producers-only – meaning that allvendors at the market may only sellwhat they raise on their farms ormake from scratch using localingredients as much as possible. May-September, weather permitting. Call703-385-7893.
Erin’s Epic Stories. 10:30 a.m. at OldTown Square, 10415 North St.,Fairfax. A variety of children’sactivities and entertainment in OldTown Square at the pergola,Tuesdays June-August. Weatherpermitting. Free. Visitwww.fairfaxva.gov/government/parks-recreation/old-town-square.
WEDNESDAY/AUG. 1Springfield Nights. 7 p.m. at Burke
Lake Park, 7315 Ox Road, FairfaxStation. Featuring: Ruthie & theWranglers (American Roots). Bring apicnic dinner, blankets, your dog,and lawn chairs and relax withfriends and family. Beer and foodwill be available for purchase. Call703-451-8873.
Kings Park Concert Band. 7:30-8:30
p.m. at Mason District Park, 6621Columbia Pike, Annandale. KingsPark Concert Band; program ofmarches, band classics, Broadwayand movie show tunes. Seatingprovided in the amphitheater orbring your lawn chair. Free. Call 703-569-3090 or visit kingsparkband.org.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY/AUG. 1-2Studio Ghibli: The Tale of Princess
Kaguya. Wednesday, 7 p.m.(Japanese with English subtitles);Thursday, 11 a.m. (English dubbed)at Angelika Film Center – Mosaic,2911 District Ave., Fairfax. TheAngelika Mosaic will featureanimated films from the celebratedStudio Ghibli praised for theiroriginality, stunning animation, andambitious storytelling. All tickets areregular admission. Visitwww.AngleikaFilmCenter.com.
THURSDAY/AUG. 2Bocce Picnic and Play. 11 a.m.-1
p.m. at Green Acres Center, 4401Sideburn Road, Fairfax. Featuring afree Bocce Picnic and Play event.Green Acres is the host site for the2018 NVSO bocce competitionscheduled on Thursday, Sept. 20.Medalists from past NVSO boccecompetitions are expected to be onhand at the picnic Aug. 2 to helpintroduce bocce to those who mightbe new to the sport. Participants mayalso register for the NVSO at thepicnic. All registration for the seniorgames ends Aug. 24 . You must be atleast 50-years-old by Dec. 31, 2018,to compete in the NVSO. To registerfor the free RSVP picnic or to becomea NVSO volunteer, call volunteerspecialist Carly Hubicki at 703-403-5360 or visit www.rsvpnova.org.
Evenings on the Ellipse with TheGibson Brothers. 5:30-7 p.m. atthe Fairfax County GovernmentCenter, 12000 Government CenterParkway, Fairfax. The Evenings onthe Ellipse summer concert series is afamily-friendly event featuring awide range of musical genres.Paradise Springs Winery and TheWinery at Bull Run will be providingcomplimentary tastings; glasses ofwine and full bottles available for
purchase. A Farmers Market (2:30-6:30 p.m.) will also be on site sellingfresh fruit and savory snacks. Rain orshine. Free. Visit fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
FRIDAY/AUG. 3B-I-N-G-O. 7 p.m. at Fire Station 3,
4081 University Drive, Fairfax. Enjoyfree coffee, entertaining callers, afriendly atmosphere, $1,000guaranteed jackpot, treasure chestprogressive raffles, and good foodavailable for purchase. All proceedsgo to purchasing fire and rescueequipment. Visit www.fairfaxvfd.comor call 703-273-3638.
SATURDAY/AUG. 4Workhouse Brewfest. 1-8 p.m. at
Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. More than30 Virginia craft breweries, artisandistilleries, and Virginia wineries willbe on tap at the third annualWorkhouse Brewfest, which will alsofeature live performances by 12bands, food trucks, access to 12 air-conditioned art galleries and 65 artiststudios. Visit workhousebrewfest.orgfor tickets.
AUG. 4-SEPT. 2Art Exhibit: Free Beer (and other
lies). At Arches Gallery atWorkhouse Arts Center, Building 9,9518 Workhouse Way., Lorton.Featuring works by John Hartt, whois known for his quirky oil paintingswhich have been described asstrangely comforting. His latestkooky collection, “Free Beer (andother lies),” explores some of theconcepts and stories surroundingbeer, drunkenness and lies as onlyHartt can interpret them. Visitwww.workhousearts.org. For moreinformation about John Hartt, visitwww.jortt.com.
SUNDAY/AUG. 5History Challenge Day. 1-4 p.m. at
the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road, FairfaxStation. Choose from a selection ofquizzes on a variety of topics for achance to win a prize. Differentversions will be available for all agesand groups and interests. Ages 16and older, $4; 5-15, $2; 4 and under,free. Visit www.fairfax-station.org,www.facebook.com/FFXSRR, or call703-425-9225.
Ballet “Precedence.” 2 p.m. at ErnstCommunity Cultural Center, NVCCAnnandale Campus, 8333 Little RiverTurnpike, Annandale. Virginia BalletCompany and School will present aprogram that includes modern dance,ballet, and flamenco. All seats arereserved, and tickets are priced bylocation, with orchestra center $30,orchestra sides $20, and Balcony $15(all plus a $3 processing fee). Ticketsmay be purchased atwww.vaballet.org or at the door. Call703 249-8227.
TUESDAY/AUG. 7Farm to Fairfax Market. 10 a.m.-2
p.m. at Old Town Square, 10415North St., Fairfax. The market, willbe producers-only – meaning that allvendors at the market may only sellwhat they raise on their farms ormake from scratch using localingredients as much as possible. May-September, weather permitting. Call703-385-7893.
Erin’s Epic Stories. 10:30 a.m. at OldTown Square, 10415 North St.,Fairfax. A variety of children’sactivities and entertainment in OldTown Square at the pergola,Tuesdays June-August. Weatherpermitting. Free. Visitwww.fairfaxva.gov/government/parks-recreation/old-town-square.
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Recognizing the importance and effectiveness ofmaking surprisingly simple, low-cost repairs to cor-rect these hazards, the Commonwealth Council onAging recently presented Rebuilding Together withits first-place, “Best Practices” award for 2018.
GIVEN TO A PROGRAM that helps low-incomehomeowners age in their homes safely, the competi-tive award came with a $5,000 prize funded by Do-minion Energy. And Rebuilding Together officials,representatives and volunteers were honored dur-ing a ceremony in Old Town Hall in the City of Fairfax.
“We’re thrilled to have Rebuilding Together in theCity of Fairfax,” said Mayor David Meyer.
He recalled how the organization helped fix thehome of an elderly Fairfax woman and her son aftera contractor she’d hired left it in shambles. Built in1949, it had sustained serious water and termitedamage over the years, so she tried to have it re-paired.
But instead, the unscrupulous contractor guttedher house, left it uninhabitable, took her money anddisappeared. Her home was then condemned, andshe and her son had to rent a basement apartmentelsewhere – for nearly two years – while still payingthe mortgage in Fairfax.
However, after learning of their plight from theCity, Rebuilding Together mobilized a team – withwidespread community support and help – andpretty much rebuilt the decimated home from theground up. Said Meyer: “We were very impressedwith what Rebuilding Together did.”
Richard Lindsay, chairman of the Best PracticesCommittee of the Commonwealth Council on Ag-ing, also praised the organization. “Rebuilding To-gether is an amazing program,” he said. “We get atremendous number of applications [for our BestPractices award], each year. We look at innovationand whether the work is cost-effective and repli-cable.”
He said Rebuilding Together provides a “tremen-dous service to people unable to make modificationsin their homes. These things are critical, and theydo it in a short period of time and for a modifiedcost for older people and the disabled.”
“More than one in four older people fall each year– and one in five falls cause serious injuries, such ashead injuries and hip fractures,” explained Lindsay.“And falls are often followed by disabilities, so these
home repairs are important because they help pre-vent falls.” He then called Rebuilding Together’s pro-gram “a center for this type of innovative thinkingthat we need to have more of.”
Stepping to the podium, Rebuilding Together Ex-ecutive Director Patti Klein said, “It’s indeed our honorto receive this award.” She also thanked Christy Zeitz,executive director of the Fellowship Square Founda-tion, which nominated the organization for this rec-ognition. The Foundation owns buildings where manylow-income, older adults live, and RebuildingTogether’s team installed 80 grab bars in their homes.
Caroline Blakely, CEO and president of RebuildingTogether’s national organization, said, “We’re veryproud that we’re strong and innovating. The nationaloffice and its affiliates – including our Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church affiliate – created handbookswith scientifically based safety principles for reha-bilitating a home.”
Noting that more than 65 percent of the peopleher organization serves are senior citizens and veter-ans, she said, “I’m so excited that Patti was recog-nized for the great work she’s doing here.”
STARTING IN 2015, said Klein, her group beganconcentrating on making 30, standard repairs en-abling older residents to remain in their homes safelyand in a healthy environment.
They include: Installing double handrails on stairs,improving lighting, installing smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms, providing fire extinguishers, clean-ing gutters and downspouts, repairing kitchen andbathroom exhaust fans, fixing defective clothes-dryervents, sealing cracks and holes, repairing exteriordoors and windows to lock securely, vacuuming re-frigerator coils and sealing air leaks.
“We focus on four people working four hours andspending about $400 making quick and specific re-pairs,” said Klein. “We’ve now done over 75 suchprojects in three years. We want others to take ad-vantage of the strategies we learned. But we did thisas part of our communities and working together withothers, including case workers and social workers.”
She then thanked Meyer, the City of Fairfax, otherpeople and entities and Rebuilding Together’s “tal-ented and passionate staff.” Praising all the volun-teers and RT Express team leaders, too, she said,“They work with the homeowners, obtain assessmentson the homes, get the volunteer workers and do thepaperwork. Together, we can do great things through-out the commonwealth.”
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RebuildingTogether ishonored:From left arePatti Klein,DianaPaguaga,RichardLindsay,Mayor DavidMeyer, AmyMarschean,Linda Bufanoand CarolineBlakely.
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESThe Fairfax-Falls Church Community
Services Board’s Merrifield Center offers anew stand-up information kiosk. Part of a pilotproject, the new feature aims to improve thecustomer service experience and decrease waittimes for individuals who are seeking mental(behavioral) health services. To check in,individuals respond to five simple questions,then the CSB’s Patient Track software alertsstaff. Based on clinicians’ schedules andavailability, as well as the needs of the client,individuals are triaged and seen by the nextavailable staff member. For more information onavailable services, call the CSB at 703-383-8500(Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.). In anemergency 24/7, call CSB Emergency Services at703-573-5679 or the Fairfax Detox Center at703-502-7000 (TTY 703-322-9080).
VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDHaven of Northern Virginia is committed to
offering, support, compassion, information andresources to the bereaved and seriously ill.Volunteers provide individual and group supportto those suffering from a loss. Volunteers mustparticipate in a 30 hour training. Training willbe offered in October 2018. To volunteer, callHaven at 703-941-7000.
Assistance League of Northern Virginia, avolunteer nonprofit, invites community membersto join the organization to participate in itsReading Express program. Volunteers provideone-on-one tutoring to first grade studentsduring the school year. To learn more contactVP Membership Mary Gronlund [email protected] or Program Coordinator LynnBarron at [email protected].
SATURDAY/JULY 28Journey Through Grief. 2-4 p.m. at Haven,
4606 Ravensworth Road, Annandale.Registration requested for Journey ThroughGrief workshop. Free. Call 703-941-7000, emailHaven at [email protected], or visitwww.havenofnova.org.
TUESDAY/AUG. 7Lions Dinner Meeting. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at
American Legion Post 177, 3939 Oak St.,Fairfax. Lions Club meets the 1st and 3rdTuesdays of each month. Guests are welcome tolean about the mission of the Lions Clubs “WeServe,” meet club members and learn to helpserve the community. Free to first time guests.Email [email protected] or visitwww.fairfaxlions.org for more.
SUNDAY/AUG. 12Spiritual Prosperity Workshop. 1:30-4 p.m. at
Unity of Fairfax, 2854 Hunter Mill Road,Oakton. Learn how to make changes in life usingspiritual laws of abundance in this workshopwith nationally-known author and speakerEdwene Gaines. Workshop is offered on a loveoffering (donation) basis. Call 703-281-1767 orvisit www.unityoffairfax.org/four-spiritual-laws-prosperity-workshop-s for more.
AUG. 13-SEPT. 9Pool Closure: South Run RECenter. Four
Fairfax County Park Authority RECenter poolswill be closing for regular, periodic cleaning andmaintenance next month. Consider trying outanother county pool during the temporaryshutdown. RECenter passes are valid at all ninePark Authority RECenters. Dates are subject tochange. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/recenter for more.
TUESDAY/AUG. 21Lions Dinner Meeting. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at
American Legion Post 177, 3939 Oak St.,Fairfax. Lions Club meets the 1st and 3rdTuesdays of each month. Guests are welcome tolean about the mission of the Lions Clubs “WeServe,” meet club members and learn to helpserve the community. Free to first time guests.Email [email protected] or visitwww.fairfaxlions.org for more.
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