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Wakefield junior DominiqueTham scored a career-high 31points, grabbed 23 rebounds
and blocked eight shots againstMount Vernon on Feb. 15.
ReplacingBairdNews, Page 3
Swapping StoriesNews, Page 3
Incorporating Math andScience Into a Child’s DayA+, Page 6
ReplacingBairdNews, Page 3
Swapping StoriesNews, Page 3
Incorporating Math andScience Into a Child’s DayA+, Page 6
Thriving inLeadership Role
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The Animal Welfare Leagueof Arlington has launchedthe Care And Transform
capital campaign to secure a$670,000 in funding for a build-ing renovation that will improvethe intake and quality of life forfeline and small companion ani-mals at the shelter.
Annually, AWLA receives ap-proximately 900 cats with an av-erage length of stay of 35 days.With no time limit for any of itsanimals, some cats may live at theshelter for as long as a year priorto finding permanent homes.
The renovated cat and smallcompanion quarters will be de-signed by Animal Arts, an archi-tecture firm specializing in animalshelter and veterinary clinic designand will adhere to the Associationof Shelter Veterinarians guide-lines.
The new facility will includemore cageless cat colonies; largercat cages with spaces for hiding,perching and stretching; enlargedwindows to provide more naturallight; private “get acquainted”rooms; new cat receiving and iso-lation rooms; and a state-of-the-
art HVAC system.The CAT campaign committee is
comprised of community and busi-ness leaders including MarkTreadaway, Jeanne Broyhill,Joanne Hannett, Diane Greenlee,Pat and Bob Ragan, and DebraRose. The committee has raisedmore than 35 percent of the cam-paign goal with lead gifts fromJohn Kaparakis, Debra and DavidRose, Mark Treadaway and BobKenney, Jack and Dona Hobbs,Lisa Kirschner, Gillian McPhee,Bernice Barbour Roundation, Patand Bob Ragan, Susan and DavidSherman, Neil Trent, JeanneBroyhill and Joe Ventrone, JennieBarnes, George Depaoli, Susanand Kevin Murnane and AmericanInternational Group.
To learn more about the CATcampaign or AWLA’s availablecompanion animals, visitwww.awla.org or download thefree Arlington Pets App.
AWLA is located at 2650 S. Ar-lington Mill Drive and is open tothe public on Mondays, Wednes-days, Thursdays and Fridays,noon-7 p.m. and Saturdays andSundays, noon-4 p.m.
Animal Welfare LeagueLaunches CAT Campaign
‘Mouse in House’Jane Franklin Dance performed “Mousein House,” adapted from the book “TheMouse of Amherst” by Elizabeth Spires,at Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. FourMile Run Drive last month.
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More than 30 Yorktown High School students are participating in thisyear’s program.
Workshop instructor Judy Thibault Klevins leads the student in a circle exercise.
Yorktown student AmyButler listens and takesnotes as she and herclassmates prepare fortheir performance.
Judy Thibault Klevins is the Swapping Stories projectcreator and director. A former theatre and languagearts teacher and Arlington County’s arts educationspecialist, Klevins is a Kennedy Center teaching artistwho has led seminars and workshops in 31 states.
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heatre students from Yorktown HighSchool and from Fairhaven School inPrince George’s County will participate
in Swapping Stories, a theatre workshop on Feb.22 at 3 p.m. at the Atlas Performing Arts Centerlocated at 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC.
Swapping Stories is an inter-generational, in-ter-cultural project that helps people find, develop,and exchange their stories. Led by project creatorJudy Thibault Klevins, participants learn to “walkin another’s shoes,” leading to understanding thatone’s stories center on universal themes. The
workshop is open to public participants, age eightor older. To join in the fun, go to http://intersectionsdc.org. For more about the SwappingStories process, visit http://exchangingstories.orgSwapping Stories is a part of the Atlas Intersec-tions Festival, a gathering of performing and vi-sual artists. Each performance presents an “inter-section” of art forms and cultures for audienceand participant discovery. The festival, which wasattended by more than 10,000 people in 2013,will run Friday through Sunday, Feb. 21 to March8.
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Arlington County schoolsare at a crossroads. En-rollment is steadily ris-ing, and parents have
become upset about the amountof standardized testing that takesplace in schools across the county.Meanwhile, two-term SchoolBoard member Sally Baird says shewill not seek another term, open-ing up the seat to a new genera-tion of leadership.
“The advice for the next SchoolBoard member is to make sure thatyou are hearing everybody,” saidSally Baird, who says she has nointerest in running for CountyBoard. “At the same time, you haveto make sure all the school com-munity folks see the bigger pictureof the entire school system and notjust one school.”
Although the Arlington SchoolBoard is a non-partisan race, threecandidates are seeking the Demo-cratic endorsement for the office.While that doesn’t necessarilymean they will sail into office, the
candidate with the nod from theparty almost always wins the elec-tion. Democrats are planning afirehouse primary on May 15 atDrew Middle School and May 17at Washington-Lee High School.Leaders in the Arlington Demo-cratic Committee say voters will belooking for candidates who canuse their experience to help guidethe school system.
“They are looking for someonewho is going to do an excellent jobmanaging the challenges of in-creasing enrollment at a timewhen budgets are hard to comeby,” said Arlington County Demo-cratic Committee Chairman KipMalinosky, a civics teacher inFairfax County. “We’re looking fora commitment to excellence in ourschools, and reducing the burdenof standardized testing.”
GREG GREELEY says ArlingtonPublic Schools are not ready forthe enrollment spike that’s aboutto happen. Since he joined theschool system’s facility advisorycommittee three years ago,
CandidatesGreg Greeley, 49: A native of Toledo, Ohio,
Greeley was raised in Temperance, Mich. He has abachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in computerscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy. After he received his undergraduate degree, hewas commissioned as a lieutenant in the Air Force,where he was on active duty for four years at the Pen-tagon. He is currently a program manager for EnergyEnterprise Systems, which does work for the federalgovernment. He lives in the Douglas Park neighbor-hood, and he votes at the Four Mile Run precinct. Hehas a son, adopted from foster care, who graduatedfrom T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria and ason in seventh grade at Jefferson Middle School.
Barbara Kanninen, 50: A native of Richland,Wash., Kanninen was raised in Columbus, Ohio. Shehas a bachelor’s degree in business administrationfrom Ohio University and a master’s degree in eco-nomics from Texas A&M and a doctorate inagricultural and resource economics from the Univer-sity of California at Berkeley. She is currently dataspecialist and owner of BK Econometrics and the au-thor of a line of children’s books. She lives in the RockSpring neighborhood, and she votes at theWilliamsburg Middle School. She has two children inArlington Public Schools, one at Yorktown HighSchool and one at the Arlington Career Center.
Nancy Van Doren, 53: A native of New York City,Van Doren was raised in New York and Cornwall,Conn. She has a bachelor’s degree in Humanities andInternational Affairs from the School of Foreign Ser-vice at Georgetown University and a master’s degreein management from the Hartford Graduate Center,now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Shelives in the Ashton Heights neighborhood, and shevotes at Clarendon United Methodist Church. She hasfour children, three at Washington-Lee High and oneat Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
Replacing BairdThree candidates vie for Democraticnomination to School Board.
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In 1967, Virginia was one of 16 states thatbanned interracial marriage and hadcriminal penalties for violators. MildredJeter, an African-American woman, and
Richard Loving a white man, married in 1958,were convicted and banished from living inVirginia for 25 years to avoid serving aone-year prison sentence. On June 12,1967, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Lov-ing v. Virginia, overturned the convic-tions of Mildred and Richard Loving, declar-ing the ban on interracial marriage unconsti-tutional.
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion:“Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of
man,’ fundamental to our very existence andsurvival. … To deny this fundamental freedomon so unsupportable a basis as the racial clas-sifications embodied in these statutes, classifi-cations so directly subversive of the principleof equality at the heart of the FourteenthAmendment, is surely to deprive all the State’scitizens of liberty without due process of law.The Fourteenth Amendment requires that thefreedom of choice to marry not be restrictedby invidious racial discriminations. Under ourConstitution, the freedom to marry, or notmarry, a person of another race resides withthe individual, and cannot be infringed by theState.”
Less than 50 years ago, it was still illegal inVirginia, punishable by prison time, for a whiteperson to marry someone of another race.
Judge Arenda Wright Allen last week onValentine’s Day, ruled that Virginia’s ban onsame-sex marriage is unconstitutional. In theopening of her order, Allen quotes Mildred Lov-ing in a statement she madein 2007 on the 40th anni-versary of Loving v. Virginia:
“We made a commitmentto each other in our love andlives, and now had the le-
gal commitment,called marriage, tomatch. Isn’t thatwhat marriage is? ...
Today’s young people real-ize that if someone lovessomeone they have a rightto marry. Surrounded as Iam now by wonderful chil-dren and grandchildren, not a day goes by thatI don’t think of Richard and our love, our rightto marry, and how much it meant to me to havethat freedom to marry the person precious tome, even if others thought he was the ‘wrongkind of person’ for me to marry. I believe allAmericans, no matter their race, no mattertheir sex, no matter their sexual orientation,should have that same freedom to marry. Gov-ernment has no business imposing somepeople’s religious beliefs over others. ... I sup-port the freedom to marry for all. That’s whatLoving, and loving, are all about.”
Judge Allen’s written decision is compellingand well worth reading. You can find a copy of
it on the Connection website.It begins:“A spirited and controversial debate is un-
derway regarding who may enjoy the right tomarry in the United States of America. Americahas pursued a journey to make and keep ourcitizens free. This journey has never been easy,and at times has been painful and poignant.
The ultimate exercise ofour freedom is choice. OurDeclaration of Indepen-dence recognizes that ‘allmen’ are created equal.Surely this means all of us.While ever-vigilant for thewisdom that can comefrom the voices of our vot-ing public, our courts havenever long tolerated theperpetuation of lawsrooted in unlawful preju-dice. One of the judiciary’snoblest endeavors is to
scrutinize laws that emerge from such roots.“Plaintiffs assert that the restriction on their
freedom to choose to marry the person theylove infringes on the rights to due process andequal protection guaranteed to them under theFourteenth Amendment of the United StatesConstitution. These challenges are well-taken.…
“The Court is compelled to conclude thatVirginia’s Marriage Laws unconstitutionallydeny Virginia’s gay and lesbian citizens thefundamental freedom to choose to marry.”
Fundamental Freedom To Choose To MarryVirginia is historicallyslow inextending rights.
Editorial
“Our Declaration ofIndependencerecognizes that ‘allmen’ are createdequal. Surely thismeans all of us.”— Judge Arenda Wright Allen
By Adam Ebbin
State Senator (D-30)
You most likely heard that my colleague,Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath County), un-derwent a horrible ordeal last fall with
his son Gus, who was suffering from severemental illness. The Deeds family had realizedthat Gus needed urgent help and were doingeverything they could to ensure his well-be-ing, but a psychiatric bed could not be foundfor him when it was desperately needed. In a
horrific turn of events, Guscritically stabbed his fatherand then took his own life.Senator Deeds has shownremarkable resilience andcourage to see that otherfamilies do not enduresimilar tragedies.
I have co-sponsored twoof Senator Deeds’ bills that will make much-needed improvements to our mental healthsystem. Senate Bill 260 would allow an Emer-gency Custody Order of up to 24 hours while
a bed is sought by an individualin need of critical help. Cur-rently, an individual like Guscan only be detained for 4-6hours if a bed is not found;
nearly every other state provides for up to 24hours. Creigh informed me that less than oneperson per day on average in the entire Com-monwealth has been turned away for lack of abed; while this number is fortunately small,each of these cases can be life or death. Thisbill would require the development of an elec-tronic database of all psychiatric beds state-wide to be available to Community ServicesBoards (CSBs) when an individual needs help.A state bed would be offered as a last resort ifno private beds are available. I also co-spon-sored Senate Joint Resolution 47 calling for a
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study of our entire state mentalhealth system.
On Sunday afternoon, the Sen-ate Finance Committee unveiledits version of the two-year budgetto take effect July 1. AlthoughVirginia’s economy is doing betterthan most states, revenue collec-tion has not been as strong as pre-viously forecast. With that in mind,the Finance Committee has pru-dently decided to propose a bud-get that is more in line with therevised estimates. Especially giventhese circumstances, I am ex-tremely happy that the FinanceCommittee granted my request tohire three new forensic scientiststo reduce the backlog in the pro-cessing of Physical Evidence Re-covery Kits (PERKs). These kitscollect DNA evidence used to
document, investigate and pros-ecute cases of sexual assault. Pro-cessing these kits more quickly willallow law enforcement to placesuspects in custody sooner, pre-vent further crimes and provideclosure to victims.
Thanks to all of you who joinedDel. Rob Krupicka and I for ourTown Hall Meeting this past Sat-urday in Alexandria. I enjoyed theopportunity to answer questionsand provide an update on the leg-islative session.
You can email me [email protected] your thoughts on pendinglegislation or other state matters.I am also active on Facebook andTwitter (@AdamEbbin).
It is my continued honor to rep-resent the citizens of the 30th Sen-ate District.
“Flourishing After 55” from ArlingtonOffice of Senior Adult Programs for March3-8.
Senior trips: Monday, March 3, In-ternational Culinary School, Arlington,lunch, $41; Wednesday, March 5, Na-tional Geographic. “Women of Vision”exhibit, $18; Thursday, March 6, Phila-delphia Flower Show, $86. CallArlington County 55+ Travel, 703-228-
4748. Registration required.Seniors only weight room
hours, Langston-Brown and Madison.Monday-Wednesday-Friday, $60/15sessions. Call for days and times, 703-228-4745.
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Maria Kennedy was drivingher 5-year-old son to pre-school when he asked aquestion that stunned her.
“Mommy, why is the sun following us?”Kennedy, who says she was stuck in rush-hour traffic and running late for work wasn’tsure how to respond.
“Looking back, it was an excellent oppor-tunity for a simple astronomy lesson,” saidKennedy. “At the time, I wasn’t sure how tobreak it down for him and didn’t have timeto figure it out.”
Math and science education experts saythere are countless opportunities to enhancea child’s math and science learning. Re-sources abound to aid parents in their questto boost their child’s education.
“It is absolutely important that parentsencourage math and science learning out-side of the classroom,” said PadmanabhanSeshaiyer, Ph.D., professor, MathematicalSciences; director, STEM Accelerator Pro-gram; director, Center for Mathematics Pro-fessional Outreach and Educational Tech-nology in the College of Science at GeorgeMason University. “I believe strongly thatchildren have different learning styles. Wehave to look for ways to engage our chil-dren in math and science and get them to
be curious.”Seshaiyer said that parents should be de-
liberate in their efforts to engage their chil-dren in science and math. “For example,while going for a walk in the park, you canobserve something interesting about a tree,”he said. “While walking down the steps,children can count the number of steps orcount the odd or even numbered steps.”
Usha Rajdev ED.D., professor of Math andScience at Marymount University said thatopportunities to learn about math and sci-ence are virtually everywhere. “If they arein the parking lot, you can ask, ‘How manyred cars do you see?’ ‘How many sets of tiresdo you see? There are four tires on eachcar. How many sets of tires are there if yousee three cars?’ These types of activities areso overlooked.”
The Washington metropolitan area offers
opportunities for “family field trips” that aregoldmines of math and science lessons. “Forall age groups I believe that what they dooutside the classroom is just as importantas what they do inside the classroom,” saidPeggy Weldon, math and science teacher atConnelly School of the Holy Child inPotomac, Md. “The Octagon Museum down-town is a great one for architecture andmath lessons. Any of the Smithsonians aregreat.”
“Children experience the wonder of sci-ence and math every day,” said Donna Ryan,a Kindergarten Teacher at St. Stephen’s &St. Agnes School in Alexandria. “They justmay need a spark from adults to ignite theirperpetual curiosity. Two websites that canadd to that spark are: bedtimemath.org andwonderopolis.org. They are daily imagina-tive and fascinating windows into the world
around us.”Michael Moynihan, Head of Upper
School, at The Heights School in Potomac,Md. said that there are many resourcesavailable to help with math and scienceeducation. “Parents can set up accounts onKhan Academy [“a not-for-profit with thegoal of changing education for the betterby providing a free world-class educationfor anyone anywhere”] to monitor theirchild’s progress through particular areas ofmath,” he said. “Even encouraging goodhabits of critical reading of texts throughtaking notes on reading can be effective.Parents with limited time should conveyexpectations and goals in terms of effectivelearning strategies more than provide di-rect help.” Visit www.khanacademy.org.
Consider creative projects that includeadding, subtracting or multiplying.
“Rube Goldberg machines are a good wayto get kids motivated about science andmath,” said Seshaiyer. “Puzzles are alsogood.” Visit www.rubegoldberg.com.
In fact, said experts, some of the best les-sons are through tangible experiences. “Iam a big proponent of learning by doing,”Seshaiyer said. “For example, how manyhalves are in four? Take a Hershey choco-late bar and ask them how many half piecesare in the bar. They will cut it and quicklysee that it is eight. It gives them somethingconcrete to do and lets them justify theiranswer.”
In April, Seshaiyer encourages parents totake their children to The USA Science &Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.,“It is the largest science festival in the coun-try,” he said. Visitwww.usasciencefestival.org.
Incorporating Math and Science Into a Child’s DaySimple suggestionsfor supporting mathand science learning.
A new world indoor rowing recordwas set in Alexandria at the 29thMidAtlantic Erg Sprints, which was
held in the Gerry Bertier Gymnasium at T.C.Williams High School on Saturday, Feb. 1.
The record was set by Tom Darling of theCambridge Boat Club in Massachusetts.Competing in the 2000-meter race for vet-eran men age 55-59, Darling blasted thehinges off the previous world record by cov-ering the distance in a time of 6:12.6, whichwas over six seconds faster than the previ-
ous record of 6:18.6 set by Dick Cashinin 2009.
This year’s competition featured morethan 1,500 athletes competing on 120ergometers that were set up on the racefloor inside the Gerry Bertier Gymna-sium. The athletes ranged in ages fromunder 10 to over 70.
The athletes came from such highschools as T.C. Williams, Bishop Ireton,West Potomac, Thomas Jefferson,McLean, Yorktown, Washington-Lee,Bishop O’Connell, Lake Braddock, Lan-gley, Loudon County, James Madison, St.Albans, Gonzaga, Georgetown Visita-tion, Walt Whitman, Walter Johnson,Churchill, Hylton, Oakton, Robinson,Wilson, West Springfield, WesternAlbemarle, Westfield, Bethesda-ChevyChase, and the Academy of the HolyCross.
Next year’s MidAtlantic Erg Sprintswill be held on Jan. 31, 2015. For thecomplete results of this year’s competi-tion, visit www.ergsprints.com.
World Record Set at MidAtlantic Erg Sprints
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Seeking Slot on School BoardGreeley says, he has come to the conclusion thatArlington needs a master plan to deal with an en-rollment of 30,000 students by the next decade.
“Do we want to stick with three comprehensivehigh schools?” asked Greeley. “If we want to stickwith just those three, we need to be comfortable thatthose three are going to get larger.”
Greeley said he doesn’t have a proposal, althoughhe thinks the school system needs to launch a pro-cess that would allow the community to make a de-cision. If the community decides to stay with threehigh schools, he said, that would mean that the sizeof the schools would increase from 1,500-1,900 stu-dents to schools that would have3,000 or more — common forFairfax County, but not for Arling-ton. Greeley also says as the par-ent of a special education student,he would advocate for a stream-lined system that would allow par-ents and students to navigate thesystem better.
“It’s little things like tackingVelcro to the underside of thedesks so that kids can rub their fin-gers along it, and it gives themsome sensory input but it also al-lows them to focus,” said Greeley.“The county needs more of thosekinds of consistent applications ofcommon sense measures to helpkids through their classes.”
BARBARA KANNINEN says sheis running for the School Boardbecause she is passionate aboutchildren and education, spendingyears as an advocate and volun-teer. Now she wants to use her experience with sta-tistics and sustainability on the Arlington CountySchool Board. Her top priority is pressing forwardwith a high-tech curriculum that also has room forarts education and culture.
“We have a situation where we have a wide vari-ety of how much science we teach in the schools,especially elementary schools,” said Kanninen. “Andthe minute we mention science, we have to balancethat by saying we always want to be strong in thearts.”
Like all the candidates, Kanninen says the pendu-lum has swung too far in the direction of standard-ized testing. She says the documents that the school
system puts out should not place as much emphasison the stardardized test scores. Aside from that, shesays, one of the most important things that she coulddo as a School Board member would be a voice tocreate some distance between how children are as-sessed and the system of standardized testing thathas become unpopular with parents who feel thatmany teachers design their curriculum around a se-ries of tests.
“We need to start talking about how we can defineachievement in new ways,” said Kanninen. “And Iwant to be a voice at the table that will be pressingfor that.”
NANCY VAN DOREN has spent the last decadevolunteering in a number of ca-pacities. Her experience rangesfrom the County Council of PTAsand the Advisory Council on In-struction to the Career Center Par-ent Advisory Committee and theMulti-Modal Transportation andStudent Safety Special Committee.Now she wants to bring that ex-perience to the Arlington SchoolBoard, focusing on making surethe county’s instruction preparesstudents for colleges or careers.
“The reason I’m doing this nowis that I just have so much knowl-edge and spend a great deal oftime advising School Board mem-bers,” said Van Doren. “It’s time forme to be at the table helping tomake decisions rather than advis-ing.”
On the campaign trail, VanDoren says, she hears from parentsthat they believe students spend
too much time taking standardized tests. She saysshe’s also heard from teachers who have said theybelieve standardized testing doesn’t necessarily in-form them as to what they should be doing with thechildren. As a result, she said, the county needs tofocus on tests that are necessary and do away withtests that are extraneous.
“To me, it all goes back to the individual child andwhat do you need to know about that child? So whatI might suggest be eliminated for one of my four kidsI may not suggest be eliminated for another one,”said Van Doren. “That’s why it’s more complicatedfor me to answer that question than say get rid of X,Y or Z test.”
SnapshotYes, Virginia,there is snowin Arlington.Photo takenWednesday,Feb. 12.
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“They are lookingfor someone who isgoing to do anexcellent jobmanaging thechallenges ofincreasingenrollment at a timewhen budgets arehard to come by.”
— Kip Malinosky, Chairman,Arlington County
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The Washington-Lee wrestling teamhad two grapplers place and Yorktownproduced one during the 6A North re-gion meet on Sunday at Centreville HighSchool.
W-L senior Narankhuu Ganbaatarplaced third in the 126-pound bracket,pinning West Potomac’s Jeremiah Carterin the third-place match. Senior AchboldTreveensuren finished fourth in the 160-pound competition, losing to Battlefield’sRaymond Bernot in the third-placematch.
Yorktown sophomore Talha Farooqplaced sixth in the 106-pound bracket,falling to Battlefield’s Trevor Mello in thefifth-place match. Robinson won its thirdteam title in the last four years.
The state meet will be held Feb. 21-22at Robinson Secondary School.
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Sports Briefs
By Jon Roetman
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Mount Vernon senior BrendonMaturey attacked the basketearly in the third quarter-Saturday when Wakefield
junior Dominique Tham stepped up to de-fend the lane.
Tham, a 6-foot-4 presence in the paint, isknown for swatting shots. During this pos-session, however, No. 32 took a differentdefensive approach.
Rather than leap and attempt to add an-
other block to his already impressive total,Tham stood his ground and took a charge,giving possession back to the Warriors.
“I don’t take charges,” Tham said afterthe game, confirming head coach TonyBentley’s claim that it was the first chargeTham had taken all season.
Whether the result of using a foreign de-fensive technique or simply bad luck, Thamalso took a shot to the groin during the playand headed to the bench shortly after. Painwas about the only thing that could slowhim down during an otherwise career-bestperformance.
Tham scored a career-high 31 points,grabbed 23 rebounds and finished witheight blocks during as the Wakefield boys’basketball team concluded the regular sea-son with a 70-48 victory over Mount Vernonon Feb. 15 at Wakefield High School. The
Warriors enter the Conference 13 tourna-ment as the No. 1 seed due in large partTham, who has transitioned to team leaderthis season after a strong sophomore cam-paign during Wakefield’s run to the 2013AAA state semifinals.
“He, without a question, is the Player ofthe Year in our conference,” Bentley said.“I know the guys from Edison are going tohave something different to say, but thereisn’t anybody better than Dominique Thamin our conference.”
Tham came on strong down the stretchlast season, recording a triple-doubleagainst Robinson in the region semifinals.His 15-point point, 11-rebound, 12-blockeffort helped the Warriors beat the Rams68-58 and earn a trip to the region champi-onship game and a berth in the state tour-nament. But while Tham made evident hisability as a difference-maker, senior guardKhory Moore was Wakefield’s leader and topoffensive threat.
“Dominique wasn’t the man last year. Itwas Khory’s team,” Bentley said. “This isDominique’s team this year.”
Moore is now a freshman on the VirginiaWesleyan men’s basketball team and Thamis averaging a team-high 16 points per gamefor Wakefield, according to stats from theWashington Post’s allmetsports.com. Thamis also an impact rebounder and shot-blocker. He is one of many returning War-riors who have stepped into new roles afterthe graduation of standouts Moore andErmias Nega.
“Domo is stepping up,” Wakefield seniorRe’Quan Hopson said. “Thirty-one [points]?That really wasn’t him last year. [He] wasmore [about] rebounding and stuff like that.Now he’s stepping up his scoring. … [Our]roles have changed.”
On Saturday night, Tham was simply too
much for Mount Vernon to handle. Hehelped Wakefield close the third quarter ona 10-0 run with a three-point play. He scoredthe Warriors’ first eight points of the fourthquarter, including a tip-in to give Wakefielda 64-44 lead with less than five minutesremaining.
“There’s everybody [else], and thenTham,” Mount Vernon head coach JohnWiley said. “He had a heck of a game. Ourgame plan was to put a body on him be-cause we know he roams from elbow to el-bow and camps out in the paint, it just didn’twork.”
Hopson, a senior forward and another keyplayer from last year’s state tournamentappearance, finished with 12 points, includ-ing a transition dunk. Junior guard MarquaWalton knocked down four 3-pointers andalso scored 12 points.
Wakefield faced Thomas Jefferson in theconference tournament quarterfinals onTuesday, after The Connection’s deadline.The semifinals are on Wednesday, Feb. 19and the championship game is Friday, Feb.21.
“You don’t want to backtrack,” Hopsonsaid about Wakefield’s goals for thepostseason. “We don’t feel like we lost toomuch to change our goals, so the goal isjust the same thing — to go back to states.”
Wakefield junior Dominique Tham blocks a shot during the Warriors’ 70-48 win overMount Vernon on Feb. 15.
Wakefield senior Re’Quan Hopson dunks againstMount Vernon on Feb. 15.
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— Wakefield boys’ basketball coachTony Bentley
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Art Exhibit. See “Evidence ofCivilization,” featuring Arlingtonartist Marsha Slater, through Feb. 24at Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road.See photographs, paintings, ceramicsand more. Free. 301-299-7087.
Art Exhibit. See “Visions of the Future”at Gallery Underground, 2100 CrystalDrive. The works are by futureArlington Arts Alliance Gallerymembers. Runs through Feb. 28.Free. Visitwww.arlingtonartistsalliance.org orwww.galleryunderground.org formore.
Art Exhibit. See the gallery members’show at Gallery Underground, 2100Crystal Drive.Runs Feb. 3-28. Free.Visit www.arlingtonartistsalliance.orgor www.galleryunderground.org formore.
Winter Cabaret Festival. See avariety of cabarets while enjoying adrink in the ARK Theatre atSignature Theatre, 4200 CampbellAve. Performers include Tracy LynnOlivera, Chelsea and Geoff Packard
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Theater Performance. See “La VidaQue Me Das...y no me alcanza (Sucha Life You’ve Given Me… and it’s notenough)” Feb. 13-March 9 atGunston Arts Center - Theater Two,2700 S. Lang St. Performances areThursdays at 8 p.m. ($15/person),Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.($35/regular; $30/students, seniors)and Sundays at 3 p.m. ($25/person).
Visit www.teatrodelaluna.org fortickets. Performances are in Spanishwith English subtitles.
Theater Performance. “Beaches” willrun Feb. 18-March 30 at SignatureTheatre, 4200 Campbell Ave.Performances are Tuesday-Sundayevenings with matinees on Saturdaysand Sundays. Tickets start at $40.Based on the book by Iris RainerDart. Visit www.signature-theatre.org.
Theater Performance. See VirginiaWoolf’s “Orlando” at Theatre on theRun, 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive.
Performances run Feb. 26-March 23.Pay-what-you-can previews Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Pay-what-you-can Saturday matineesMarch 1-22 at 2 p.m. All otherperformances are Thursday-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdayand Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Visitwww.arlingtonarts.org/ for more.
Theater Performance. Encore Stage& Studio presents “The Secret Case ofSherlock Holmes” from Feb. 28-March 9 at Thomas JeffersonCommunity Theatre, 125 S. OldGlebe Road. Performances are
Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 11a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sundays at 3p.m. Recommended for ages 4 andup. Visit www.encorestageva.org formore.
Theater Performance. See“Oklahoma!” Feb. 28-March 16 atUnitarian Universalist Church ofArlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.Performances are Fridays andSaturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 3p.m., with an additional matinee onSaturday, March 15 at 3 p.m. $20/adult; $15/student, senior. 703-892-0202 ext. 6 for tickets.
Art Exhibit. See Arlington residentHoward C. Smith’s “Over Kansas,”featuring watercolor paintings atHouse of Steep, 3800 Lee Highway,through March 31. The show is anexploration in color and space, andincludes abstracts inspired by thephoto, along with a series of stilllifes. The pieces are available forsale. Visitwww.bethsingerdesign.com/watercolors orwww.houseofsteep.com for more.
Art Exhibit. See “Illuminations” the artof Linda Maldonado and Elise Ritterat Gallery Underground, 2100 CrystalDrive. Both artists use acrylic,watercolor, and collage to achieveimaginative expression in abstractand symbolist styles. The exhibit runsMarch 3-28. Free. Visitwww.galleryunderground.org or 571-483-0652.
Theater Performance. SyneticTheater reimagines their original“silent Shakespeare” production“Hamlet … the rest is silence” fromMarch 13-April 6. Performances areWednesdays through Saturdays at 8p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. atSynetic Theater, 1800 S. Bell St.Tickets start at $35; student ticketsstart at $15. Visitwww.synetictheater.org for tickets.
Art Exhibit. See “Easter Island Today:Images by Arlington PhotographerGreg Embree” at Cherrydale BranchLibrary, 2190 Military Road. Runsthrough April 7. Hours are Mondayand Thursdays 10 a.m.-9 p.m.,Tuesday and Wednesdays 1-9 p.m.,and Fridays and Saturdays from 10a.m.5 p.m. Free.
Art Exhibit. See “CSA: Forty Years ofCommunity-Sourced Art” curated byLaura Roulet at Arlington ArtsCenter, 3550 Wilson Blvd. Theexhibit celebrates 40 years of AAC’srole as incubator of talent, andfeatures work by artists whosecareers were launched at AAC. Free.Runs Jan. 22 through April 13. Visitwww.arlingtonartscenter.org or call703-248-6800 for hours.
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Local community theatre productions rely heavily upon goodwill to pull off their shows. The stage space, occupiedby a cast and crew of close to 100, is provided by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. The set shop at alocal school is available when the students are not using it. But that means school hours, church hours, weekends, andsnow days are off-limits. “Even if the snow must go on, the show will too,” said O’Reilly.
“Oklahoma!” runs Feb. 28-March 16, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Saturday matinee, March15, 3 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, corner of Arlington Boulevard and George Mason Drive. Tick-ets $15-20, reserve at 703-892-0202, ext. 6.
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Not to state the obvious (which I readilyadmit I do), but to be given a terminal diagno-sis: stage IV, non-small cell lung cancer, alongwith a rather disappointing prognosis: “13months to two years” is a challenging set ofextremely unexpected (given my immediatefamily’s medical history) circumstances. I don’twant to say that I live under a dark cloud –because I don’t like the negative implication orreaction it conjures, but I definitely feel as if Ihave a metaphorical sword of Damocles hang-ing over my head; which I only refer to as an-out-of-context Three Stooges referencewherein a non-Stooge was innocently standingunder a pie which Moe had thrown to theceiling and there it stuck, hanging precariouslyover the character’s head. Now I still don’tknow the proper historical context of thesword of Damocles, I only know the ThreeStooges version, but there was some imminentdanger involved (not death, mind you), butrather a falling pie which ultimately landedflush on the character’s face as she looked upto make further inquiries.
Nevertheless, pie issues/references notwith-standing, having seen my oncologist todaywhile being infused and receiving a big smile/“you’re going great”/thumbs-up set of ges-tures/reactions while reclining in myBarcalounger with a chemotherapy I.V. drip-ping medicine into my right arm, is the kind ofsuper-positive feedback with which I can live.Along with my every-three-week pre-chemo-therapy lab work and my every-three-monthCT Scan followed by my every-three-monthface-to-face appointment with my oncologist,this is how I roll. Worrying about upcomingtests, waiting anxiously for results, trying not toanticipate good, bad or indifferent; living dayto day and trying to appreciate my good for-tune and the unexpected above-average qual-ity of life with which I’ve been blessed – for aterminal cancer patient, that is.
Ergo, the title of this column: “Until FurtherNotice.” Whenever I’m asked by those in myknow how I’m doing, I typically respond: “I’mdoing fine, until further notice.” And “furthernotice” is my way of lightening the emotionalload under which I live and thankfully stillbreathe; any port in a storm, you might say.Moreover, even though there’s relative calmright now, given my diagnosis/prognosis,there’s likely to be some inevitable unpleas-antness down the road – as I’m semi-fond ofsaying/joking. And as many changes as I’vealready made to diet and lifestyle since I wasdiagnosed, I don’t suppose I’ll know whatturns I’ve taken until my oncologist advises meafter my miscellaneous test results have beenanalyzed. As much as I’m doing internally, Istill feel as if the news will come externally. Asa result, I feel pressure every day; self-assess-ing, analyzing, introspecting; it’s a constantbattle of mind over what may or not matteryet. And of course, I can never forget the pie.
The great Satchel Page joked to not lookback because you never know who’s chasingyou. And though I’m certainly mindful ofdeath and what’s chasing me (figurativelyspeaking), ignoring certain facts as they werepresented to me by my oncologist is mucheasier said than done. When I first learnedabout my medical situation/diagnosis/ progno-sis, it certainly sounded like a death sentence;now, five years later, it has evolved into moreof a life sentence. And though it’s unlikely I’llever make parole, it is life nonetheless, andthough there are some days when it’s not verypretty, these are days I didn’t anticipate hav-ing. And so far, there’s been no pie or swordto diminish them – all things considered.
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camps for children in grades K-8 at on Saturdaysat Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 S.Old Glebe Road and Tuesdays and Wednesdaysafter-school at Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. FourMile Run Drive. Visit www.encorestageva.org fora list of classes.
Choral Rehearsal. Encore Chorale’s springseason will start Jan. 14 from 2-3:30 p.m. atLangston Brown Senior Center, 2121 CulpeperSt. Anyone over the age of 55 can participate.Registration information is available atencorecreativity.org, or by calling 301-261-5747or via e-mail to [email protected].
Register Now. Winter and Spring break classesare open for registration atwww.arlingtonartscenter.org. There will beweekend workshops for children, and more.
THURSDAY/FEB. 20Drop-in Story Time: Over 2s. 10:30-11 a.m. or
11:15-11:45 a.m. at Shirlington Library, 4200Campbell Ave. For children age 25 months-5years. Free. 703-228-6545.
Drop in Storytime. 10:30 a.m. at CherrydaleLibrary, 2190 N. Military Road. Children up toage 5 can enjoy stories. Free. 703-228-6330.
Drop-in Storytime: Under 2s. 10:30 a.m. atAurora Hills Library, 735 S. 18th St. For childrenup to age 2. Free. 703-228-5715.
Drop-in Storytime: Over 2s. 11:15 a.m. atAurora Hills Library, 735 S. 18th St. For childrenage 2-5. Free. 703-228-5715.
Garden Plant Discussion. 11 a.m. at Little FallsPresbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road.Learn about native plants, soils and pest controlduring the monthly meeting of the Rock SpringGarden Club. Free with an optional $5 lunch.RSVP by Feb. 13 towww.rockspringgardenclub.com [email protected].
Film. 3-4:30 p.m. at Columbia Pike Library, 816 S.Walter Reed Drive. Watch “RomanticsAnonymous” (2010). Free. 703-228-5710.
Tween Art Afternoons. 3-5 p.m. at WestoverLibrary, 1644 N. McKinley Road, suite 3.Children in grades 4-6 can do art projects. Free.703-228-5260.
Bilingual Story Time. 4:15 p.m. at CentralLibrary, 1015 N. Quincy St. Children can enjoystories, songs and crafts in English and Spanish.Free. 703-228-5990.
Paws to Read. 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Aurora HillsLibrary, 735 S. 18th St. Children in grades K-5can read to therapy dogs. Free. Register for aslot by calling 703-228-5715.
Comedy Performance. 10 p.m. at ArlingtonCinema & Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike.Colin Jost, named the new co-anchor ofSaturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, willperform. $15. Visitwww.arlingtondrafthouse.com for tickets.
FRIDAY/FEB. 21Story Time: Baby Steps. 10:30 a.m. at Columbia
Pike Library, 816 S. Walter Reed Drive. Childrenup to 1 year old can enjoy stories. Free. 703-228-5710.
Story Time: Baby Steps. 10:30 a.m. at WestoverLibrary, 1644 N. McKinley Road, suite 3. Forchildren up to age 1. Free. 703-228-5260.
Story Time: Over 2s. 10:30 a.m. or 11:15 a.m.at Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St. Childrenage 25 months to 5 years. Free. 703-228-5946.
Story Time: Under 2s. 10:30 a.m. or 11:15 a.m.at Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St. Childrenup to age 2. Free. 703-228-5946.
Story Time: Wobbly Walkers. 10:30 a.m. atWestover Library, 1644 N. McKinley Road, suite3. For children age 13-24 months. Free. 703-228-5260.
Mystery “Diet” Friday. 2 p.m. at Columbia PikeLibrary, 816 S. Walter Reed Drive. Hear the newrelease of Dashiell Hammett mystery story readaloud. Free. 703-228-5710.
Comedy Performance. 7:30 p.m. at ArlingtonCinema & Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike.Colin Jost, named the new co-anchor ofSaturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, willperform. $24. Visitwww.arlingtondrafthouse.com for tickets.
SATURDAY/FEB. 22Tiny Tot. 10:30 a.m. at Long Branch Nature
Center, 625 S. Carlin Springs Road. Childrenages 18-35 months can discover nature througha themed program. $5 due at registration. 703-228-6535. Program #622914-G.
Drop in Story Time. 10:30 a.m. at ColumbiaPike Library, 816 S. Walter Reed Drive. Childrenup to age 5 can enjoy stories and more. Free.703-228-5710.
Feel the Heritage Festival. Noon-4 p.m. atCarver Community Center, 1415 S. Queen St.The free event celebrates Arlington’s African-American history and culture and will featurelive music, dance from Step Afrika!, kids’entertainment, arts and crafts, Hall of History,food, vendors and more. Free event shuttles willoperate between Drew Community Center andPentagon City Metro. Visit www.arlingtonva.us/departments/parksrecreation for more.
Animal Feeding: Amphibians. 1 p.m. atPotomac Overlook Regional Park, 2845 N.Marcey Road. Assist in the feeding of toads,frogs and salamanders while learning abouttheir feeding habits. $5/child. Register at 703-528-5406.
Hanssen Spy Talk. 4-5 p.m. at Long BranchNature Center, 625 S. Carlin Springs Road.Adults can learn about spy and traitor RobertHanssen and see where he conducted some ofhis affairs. $5. 703-228-6535. Program#622944-F.
RowRemix. 7-10 p.m. at Pentagon Row Ice Rink.Guests will skate on the newly renovated icerink set to music by a live DJ. Every week,register to win an iTunes gift card. $7/12 andunder; $8/13 and older; $3/skate rental. Visitwww.facebook.com/PentagonRow orwww.pentagonrow.com/visit/visit-the-ice-rinkfor updates.
SUNDAY/FEB. 23Film. 3-4:30 p.m. at Columbia Pike Library, 816 S.
Walter Reed Drive. Watch “High Tech Low Life”(2012). Free. 703-228-5710.
Music Performance. 4 p.m. at Lyon VillageCommunity House, 1920 N. Highland St. Enjoya free concert from IBIS Chamber music. “I HearAmerica Singing” is the theme. A reception willfollow.
MONDAY/FEB.24Story Time: Under 2s. 10:30 a.m. at Glencarlyn
Library, 300 S. Kensington St. For children up toage 2. Free. 703-228-6548.
Drop-in Story Time: Under 2s. 10:30 a.m. or11:15 a.m. at Shirlington Library, 4200Campbell Ave. For children up to age 2. Free.703-228-6545.
Story Time: Baby Steps. 2 p.m. at CentralLibrary, 1015 N. Quincy St. For children up toage 1. Free. 703-228-5946.
Paws to Read. 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Central Library,1015 N. Quincy St. Children in grades K-5 canread to therapy dogs for 15 minutes. Each dog ispart of PAL. Register for a slot by calling 703-228-5946.
Drop in Family Storytime. 6:45 p.m. atCherrydale Library, 2190 N. Military Road. Forall ages. Free. 703-228-6330.
Book Club. 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1015 N.Quincy St. Discuss “A Moveable Feast” by ErnestHemingway. Free. 703-228-5946.
TUESDAY/FEB. 25Story Time. 4:15 p.m. at Westover Library, 1644
N. McKinley Road, suite 3. For children up toage 5. Free. 703-228-5260.
Drop-in Story Time: Over 2s. 4:30-5:15 p.m. atCherrydale Library, 2190 N. Military Road. Forchildren age 25 months to 5 years. Free. 703-228-6330.
Paws to Read. 5:30-6:30 p.m. at WestoverLibrary, 1644 N. McKinley Road, suite 3.Children in grades K-5 can read to therapy dogs.Free. Register for a slot by calling 703-228-5260.
WEDNESDAY/FEB. 26Nanny Club. 10 a.m.-noon at Columbia Pike
Library, 816 S. Walter Reed Drive. For childrenup to age 5. Free. 703-228-5710.
Story Time: Over 2s. 10:30 a.m. at WestoverLibrary, 1644 N. McKinley Road, suite 3. Forchildren age 25 months- 5 years. Free. 703-228-5260.
Stop in for Stories. 10:30 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. atCentral Library, 1015 N. Quincy St. For childrenup to age 5. Free. 703-228-5946.
What’s the Attraction. 4-5 p.m. at Long BranchNature Center, 625 S. Carlin Springs Road.Children ages 3-5 can learn about the north andsouth poles of magnets. $5/due at registration.703-228-6535. Program #622914-Z.
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