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By Alex McVeigh
The Connection
Though it might seem natural to spend thewinter months huddling beside a roaringfire, Great Falls offers many opportunities
to enjoy the great outdoors. Parks such as Riverbendand Great Falls offer a chance to enjoy natural beautywithout the crowds.
“There’s fewer people, so there’s often a chance tosee more wildlife,” said Tina Driskell, a seasonal natu-ralist at Riverbend Park. “We also get a lot of seedsthat get washed down the river, so you’ll see somevery rare plants too.”
THE 400-ACRE PARK includes 2.5 miles of trailalong the Potomac River. Many local hikers take ad-vantage of the lack of crowds during the winter.
“I love to come out here in the winter, probablyeven more than in the warmer weather,” said AllieLondon of Vienna. “Once you get moving, the coldisn’t a bother especially while bundled up, and it’sso neat to come out here with less people, even bet-ter when the river is frozen like it is now.”
The park is also part of the flying path for migra-tory birds headed south for the winter, which offersmore of a variety for birders than the usual patterns.
“Some of the best photos I’ve taken in this areahave been here at Riverbend in the winter,” said OmarChadhuri of Great Falls, who comes out on week-ends to take photos of birds. “I think the highlight ofmy sessions here was when I saw a winter wren,which comes from Canada, and if you time it justright, you can catch them as they come down theeast coast.”
The park hosts weekly merit badge classes, wherelocal scouts can come to satisfy requirements. Badgessuch as Wilderness Survival, Astronomy, Camping,Environmental Science and Indian Lore are offered.
More information about Riverbend can be found atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend.
A FEW MILES DOWNSTREAM, Great Falls Parkalso offers opportunities to enjoy the outdoors in thewinter. The park keeps regular hours during the win-ter, and is a popular destination for many in the region.
“You’ll see some different animals, the migratingbirds, pretty much everything but the reptiles,” saidPark Ranger Rachel Berger. “We don’t close any trails,so people still come out. We even have people bar-becuing out there.”
Stan Barrow of Falls Church is one such winter-time griller, and he said it’s just as much fun in thewinter.
“I always get strange looks at the office when Icome in on a Monday in January talking about theweekend at Great Falls, but it’s actually a lot of fun,”Barrow said. “We warm our hands around the grill,and as long as you eat the burgers before they getcold, it’s a great time. I almost prefer it to the sum-mer, there’s no waiting around for an open grill orfighting with crowds.”
Due to the speed and volume of the water comingthrough the falls, most of the water doesn’t freeze,except the occasional ice floe that collects in the poolsand eddies. The springs that come from the rocksfreeze, forming long, icicle shaped pieces of ice thatrun down the rocks.
“You get a completely different view of the fallswith no leaves on the trees, even from the lookouts,”Berger said. “It’s the kind of park that’s really neat tosee across the four seasons, because so much changes.For people looking to get out of the house and findsome solitude, winter is a great time to do it.”
More information about Great Falls Park, includ-ing a schedule of events can be found atwww.nps.ogv/grfa.
Parks offer unusualopportunities for winterfun in Great Falls.
Enjoying Winter Outdoors
From left, Elayne Doliber and BrigitteAronhime enjoy a winter day at GreatFalls Park. Great Falls and Riverbend Parkare open throughout the winter, and offerunique opportunities to enjoy nature.
This frozen spring is one of the sights atGreat Falls Park during the winter months. Winter Fun in Great Falls
JAN. 30❖ Discovery hike at Great Falls Park, 2 p.m. Join a park ranger to explore a
gorge, canal and the Potomac River. Dress for the weather, meet the rangerat the Visitor’s Center.
JAN. 31❖ Animal Vets workshop at Riverbend Park, 9:30 a.m. Spend a day checking
health, weight, size of the park’s exhibit animals, as well as other activitiesand games.
FEB. 6❖ Ashbrook, Oorts and McKenna at the Old Brogue, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. seatings.
Pan-Celtic music with a European flavor. Part of the Winter Celtic ConcertSeries, $15 per show or $78 for the entire series.
FEB. 9❖ “Salem Baptist Church History and Future Hopes” by the Great Falls
Historical Society, 9 p.m. at the Great Falls Library. Presented by PastorRoland Smith of the Salem Baptist Church on Georgetown Pike.
FEB. 13❖ Al Petteway and Amy White at the Old Brogue, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. seatings.
Celtic harp, mandolin and percussion. Part of the Winter Celtic ConcertSeries, $15 per show or $78 for the entire series.
FEB. 20❖ Matt and Shannon Heaton at the Old Brogue, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. seatings.
Flute, bouzouki and vocals playing traditional Irish music. Part of theWinter Celtic Concert Series, $15 per show or $78 for the entire series.
FEB. 27❖ Beth Patterson at the Old Brogue, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. seatings. Bouzouki queen
from New Orleans. Part of the Winter Celtic Concert Series, $15 per showor $78 for the entire series.
MARCH 6❖ Robin Bullock at the Old Brogue, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. seatings. Bouzouki, guitar,
mandolin and fiddle wizard. Part of the Winter Celtic Concert Series, $15per show or $78 for the entire series.
MARCH 13❖ IONA at the Old Brogue, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. seatings. Fiddle, vocals, flute,
bouzouki, bass and percussion playing high-energy Celtic music. Part of theWinter Celtic Concert Series, $15 per show or $78 for the entire series.
MARCH 18❖ Amphibians After Dark at Riverbend Park, 7:15 p.m. Assist park naturalists
with an amphibian survey. Learn how to identify frogs and toads by theircalls, while exploring pools and ponds. Children must be accompanied by aregistered adult.
Riverbend Park, located upstream of Great Falls Park,offers birds, plants and other wildlife on display thatis unique to the winter season.
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Newcomers of GreatFalls raised over$6,000 for the char-
ity FACETS during its Wines forthe Holidays fundraiser on Sun-day, Nov. 14 at member BarbaraRabil’s home in Great Falls.Roughly 75 Newcomers andfriends attended the event.Joda Coolidge, Bobbie Dewar,and Joan Pifer headed up thephilanthropy committee forNewcomers.
For a $20 donation per per-son, attendees were able tosample wines and food pairingsfalling under three separatethemes: “Sweet Celebrations”,“Holiday Dinners”, and “PartyPairings”. The Wine Cabinet inReston provided the wines anddonated 20 percent of everywine bottle purchase to FAC-ETS.
In addition to the wine tast-ing, the evening included a Si-lent Auction and Raffle; theseraised the bulk of the funds.Auction items included stays atseveral vacation homes, jew-elry, restaurant and food certifi-cates, tutoring lessons, flowerarrangements, and artwork.
The Newcomers philanthropycommittee is hosting its secondevent to benefit FACETS on Sat-urday, Feb. 12: the Great FallsValentines Dance. The dance,which runs from 7:30 to 11p.m., is being held at the his-toric Colvin Run Schoolhouse,10201 Colvin Run Road inGreat Falls. The attire is “dressycasual.” The popular local bandStanding Room Only will be
playing that evening.Tickets are $45 per person
and include the live entertain-ment, heavy hors d’oeuvres,and two free drink tickets. Thedance will also include an ar-ray of attractive silent auctionitems. Since Newcomers issponsoring the event, 100 per-cent of the proceeds will go toFACETS and all donations are100 percent tax deductible.
To purchase tickets, sendyour check – made out to FAC-ETS – to Joan Pifer, 10914 LakeWindermere Drive, Great Falls,VA 22066. Include your homephone number on the check,and mail it by no later than Feb.9. Tickets will be held for youat the Colvin Run Schoolhouse.For questions, call 703-444-5878.
Newcomers of Great Falls(www.greatfallsnewcomers.com)is a social and philanthropicorganization dedicated to fos-tering an atmosphere for resi-dents to create friendships andget involved with the commu-nity. Newcomers will mergewith the Great Falls Woman’sClub in June 2011; the com-bined club will have roughly240 members.
By Nicholas M. Horrock
The Connection
The managers of the Dulles CorridorMetrorail Project said Wednesday thatlast January’s (2010) record blizzard anddelays in utility relocation along the
Route 7 resulted in a 3.5 months delay in the Phase1 of the mammoth rail project.
The “scheduled substantial completion date is fore-cast for November 21, 2013,” which is about 3.5months behind schedule, the managers reported. OnDec. 22, 2010, the Metrorail managers gave DullesTransit Partners, the contractor, “interim directionfor schedule acceleration.” DTR’s recovery plan torecoup all lost time has been provided to the Metro-politan Washington Airport Authority which is build-ing the line and will direct the rail connection fromWest Falls Church to Dulles International Airport.
Pat Nowakowski, executive director of theMetrorail project told members of the Airport Au-thority, that the project managers have estimated forbudget purposes that the acceleration will cost $7million dollars. He said the costs are being negoti-ated with DTR and could come in higher or lowerthan the $7 million figure.
Accelerated work is underway, he said.The delay came up in a briefing on the fourth quar-
ter of 2010 for the Airport Authority at its ReaganNational Airport headquarters.
Other key points in the briefing were:❖ Construction is 27 per cent complete.❖ Work on five stations continues to progress❖ Final design is 95 percent complete❖ Utility relocation is 99 percent complete.❖ There have been no recorded injuries on the job
since Oct. 1, 2010 and the recordable incident rateis 1.42 for 5.5 million work hours
George Morschauser, project executive director forDTR, said his firm has targeted safety on this projectincluding letting workers craft their own safety tech-niques, continuous training and mentoring programs.
He said that DTR conducts a safety warning mes-
sage for the public on WTOP radio and said the pub-lic needs to be alert when driving and walking nearthe miles of work sites.
He said one man, driving with his son in the car,inadvertently followed a dump truck into a work zoneand became stuck in the mud and the car had to becraned out.
Marcia McAllister, communications manager forthe Metrorail project, said the Jan. 10, 2010 stormand its impact on utility relocation were at the coreof the 3.5 month delay.
The storm itself delayed work and then the bulk ofthe power companies working on the relocation torestore power to the thousands of businesses andhomeowners in the Washington area hard hit by theunusual snowfall.
McAllister said relocating the utilities was vital tothe project. It meant shifting power lines for all theoffices, homes, businesses along Route 7 and for shift-ing some sewer lines and other underground cablesand connections.
“We have moved much of the wiring undergroundand you can notice along a lot of Route 7 that tele-phone poles and overhead power lines have disap-peared,” she said.
Nowakowski said the delay in getting delivery ofnew rail cars (now 2013 and 2014) has been eased.Metro has agreed to supply additional cars from itsrolling stock for tests along the new “Silver Line,” asthe Dulles route is called, while delivery of the newcars is ongoing.
He reported that the project has to pay sales taxon materials and labor it buys and that this was notconsidered in the planning and that it has been paidfrom the project’s $312 million contingency fund.
McAlister said that when the project was firstlaunched some believed the Virginia legislaturewould waive the sales tax on a public project, butthat never materialized. The board members in-structed Nowakowski to learn if the Virginia Depart-ment of Transportation has to pay tax on materialsand labor.
Nowakowski said that about half of the nearly $3billion phase one budget has been spent.
The “Silver Line” was a project that many hopedwould be built in 1976 when Dulles first opened. Itis some 23 miles long and construction is in twophases. Phase 1 is Wiehle Avenue to Reston in 2013.Phase 2 is Reston to Virginia 772, beyond Dulles by2015.
‘Silver Line’ AcceleratesRail to Dulles runs 3.5months behind schedule,accelerated work underway.
Both inbound andoutbound tunnelmining is completeand the tunnelsmoothing shotcreteapplication forwaterproofing is nowunderway.
Contributed
Joda Coolidge, Vice President of Ways and Means forNewcomers, hands Ken Bradford from FACETS a folderfull of checks totaling over $6,000. From left: MikeMackie, co-owner of The Wine Cabinet; Bobbie Dewarfrom Newcomers; Joan Pifer from Newcomers; KenBradford, Director of Development for FACETS, andRande Jenus, co-owner of The Wine Cabinet.
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More on FACETS FACETS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
formed in 1988, works to break thecycle of poverty. The organizationdelivers educational and enrich-ment programs, advocacy andeviction prevention services, andcase management to needy familiesand children in Fairfax County. In2010 FACETS served over 5,000individuals in the area; over half ofthem are children.
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Langley HighParticipates inDistrict Festival
Langley High School advancedTheatre Arts students competed inthe 2011 Liberty District TheatreFestival on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011at George C. Marshall HighSchool.
This student directed short playdistrict competition included areahigh schools such as Fairfax HS,Thomas Jefferson HS, JamesMadison HS, McLean HS, SouthLakes HS, Stone Bridge HS, Lan-gley HS, and Marshall HS. UnderDrama Coach Phyliss Jaffe (Lan-gley HS Theatre Arts Chair), stu-dent directors Justin Cecil (Jr.) andHayley Mueller (Sr.), Langley stu-dents presented “Comings andGoings,” by Megan Terry.
Actors Becca Allen, NatalieBozorgzad, Nick Calandra,Chaffee Duckers, Tess Higgins,Cyrus Kingdom, Jay Mamana, andKevin Nejad presented a rivetingperformance.
Langley students, from left, Hayley Mueller, ChaffeeDuckers, Kevin Nejad, Cyrus Kingdom, Becca Allen, NickCalandra, Natalie Bozorgzad, Tess Higgins, Jay Mamana,and Justin Cecil.
Chaffee Duckers and Jay Mamana in ‘Comings and Go-ings,’ at the 2011 Liberty District Theatre Festival.
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Opinion
By Gov. Bob McDonnell
(R)
The average NorthernVirginia commuterspends 70 hours peryear sitting in traffic, ac-
cording to the Texas TransportationInstitute’s 2010 Urban Mobility Re-port. This is almost three dayswasted — time that could be spentwith family, working to improve oureconomy, or volunteering to makeour communities better. This muchtime wasted in congestion is unacceptable.
That is why I have proposed a multi-facetedtransportation package that leverages our re-sources to invest in needed transportationprojects today. My comprehensive transporta-tion package will inject $4 billion into trans-portation in the next three years alone, with-out raising taxes. It will get drivers out ofgridlock and put Virginians back to work.
Some have said that this plan, the single larg-est monetary infusion for transportation indecades, doesn’t do enough for transportation.They say it won’t fully resolve theCommonwealth’s transportation needs. I agreethat this plan is not the answer to every chal-lenge we face. There simply is no single easyanswer or funding source that can immediatelysolve Virginia’s transportation challenges. Doesthat mean we should do nothing while the de-bate continues on transportation? I think not.This plan is a major step in the right direction.
Passage of our transportationpackage will fund 900 projectsacross our Commonwealth. Here inNorthern Virginia, where I wasraised, these projects include theextension of HOV/HOT Lanes onInterstate-95/395, the widening ofInterstate 66, the widening of a keysection of Rolling Road in FairfaxCounty to address the expected traf-fic impacts of BRAC, widening
Route 7 in Loudoun County and wid-ening Route 28 in Fairfax and PrinceWilliam counties. Those are signifi-
cant projects that will have reduce the timeyou spend in traffic so you can spend moretime at home and at work.
Here is how our plan works. We will simplyaccelerate the issuing of $1.8 billion in bondsalready approved by bipartisan majorities inthe General Assembly in 2007. The fundingsources are already in place to pay the debtservice. By doing this, we can take advantageof record low interest rates and historically lowprices for highway projects to get the mostbang for the buck.
We will also issue $1.1 billion in federalGARVEE bonds, which are federally authorizedbonds sold to finance a specific capital project.In the case of these bonds, the state will usefederal transportation funds to pay the debtservice.
Additionally, we will use $400 million in one-time money available from our successful au-dit of VDOT and last year’s budget surplus to
create the Virginia Transportation Infrastruc-ture Bank which will support private and lo-cality investments in projects that make ourhighway system safer and less congested. Even-tually this bank will grow to $1 billion by theend of our administration.
Not only will our plan get new roads builtquickly, it will put thousands of Virginians towork at the same time. For every $100 millionspent on highway construction, it is estimated3,000 jobs are created or supported. This planwill mean thousands of new jobs for Virgin-ians in one of the toughest job markets in gen-erations.
For all of these reasons, 43 major businessand transportation groups, including theNorthern Virginia Technology Council, theDulles Area Transportation Association, theNorthern Virginia Transportation Alliance, andthe chambers of commerce of Reston, Loudoun,the Dulles Area, Fairfax County, Prince Will-iam, Springfield and Arlington all strongly sup-port this plan — the only comprehensive trans-portation program anyone has put forward toget roads built and reduce congestion. And, itis why state Sen. Chuck Colgan (D-29), chair-man of the Senate Finance Committee, hassigned on as a co-patron of the bill.
Rather than spend more years debating andpointing fingers, let’s get started investing intransportation improvements today. This fis-cally responsible, comprehensive transporta-tion program will get new roads built now andwill move our Commonwealth forward on thiscritical issue. It is attracting broad, bipartisansupport and I encourage you to visit mywebsite, www.governor.virginia.gov to read thedetails of my plan for yourself. I know that,working together, we can get traffic moving inVirginia.
It’s Time for ResponsibleTransportation InvestmentGovernor’s plan will dedicate $4 billion totransportation in next three years.
Commentary
Business ofGovernmentTo the Editor:
I read your editorial entitled,Transportation Plan without Sub-stance [Great Falls Connection,Jan/ 19-25]. I think that you areright on the mark. I am in favor ofthe Commonwealth owning liquorstores, and earning money fromthat endeavor. Experience clearlyshows that government is so muchbetter at running things than arecommercial interests. We have anexcellent local example of that inthe construction of the CapitolVisitors Center that was overseenby Congress.
Liquor is an evil substance sokeeping prices high through lackof competition (at least for thosepersons unable to cross thePotomac to DC or Maryland) helpsinhibit its use. I favor ending sale
of wine and beer through outletsnot owned by the Commonwealth.What do grocery and beveragestores know about selling productsanyway?
I am hoping that GovernorMcDonnell will consider importingsome unemployed central plan-ners from the old Soviet Union,and find even more sources of rev-enue by running more businesses.I suggest that community newspa-pers could be the next source ofrevenue.
Max PadonGreat Falls
Time to Act NowOn GlobalWarmingTo the Editor:
As the 112th Congress and the
General Assembly begin their ses-sions, I remind legislators thattheir agendas should include ad-dressing climate change. Duringcold periods such as January inWashington, it’s easy to deny glo-bal warming, but the planet is in-deed heating up. According to theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration, the first quarter of2010, famous for“snowmaggedon,” turned out tobe the warmest first quarter onrecord. The year 2010 tied 2005as the warmest year on record, andthe month of June and the sum-mer of 2010 were the warmest onrecord as well.
Our country cannot afford thecosts of climate change, which in-clude heat-related deaths,droughts, destroyed crops and in-frastructure. Instead, we need theclean energy investments and jobsthat a renewable energy revolu-tion will bring. Studies like the one
by the University of Massachusettshave found that clean energy in-vestments could create 1.7 millionjobs. We know the facts and therelative costs, and the VirginiaCommission on Climate Change,numerous scientists, multiple re-spected studies and countless au-thorities have urged Congress toact. How much more does it take?When will Congress act?
Linda BurchfielMcLean
The writers is a Chair of NOVACAN(Northern Virginia Climate ActionNetwork).
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ion fairyland as the thirty-six stu-dents in Langley’s Advanced Fash-ion Marketing class held theirshow, Once Upon a Runway: AFashion Fairytale. Over 160 stu-dents and 20 faculty members, in-cluding Principal Matthew Ragone,modeled original designs by 10 stu-dents and collections of outfitsstyled by students to reflect currentfashion trends. The show, the larg-est production at the school, is en-tirely student-run.
A Fashion Fairyland at Langley High
Senior Farhana Khan, of Great Falls (center) stands between the models who will showher 12 dresses in the fashion show. The models (in no particular order) are Ana Loria,Celine Amini, Tarah Golzar, Niki Germano, Hayley Van Gorder, Morgan Hisey, NicoleBurkart, Maggie Gray, Danielle Lee, Jessie Wheat, Torrie Zarella, and Amanda Baker.The designs are meant to evoke animals.
The fashion show was a mix of student designs and collections repre-senting fashion ‘trends.’ The nautical/stripe trend was organized anddirected by Meredith Meeks, Anne Frances Davis, Chandler Ebeier,and Hanna Hodges. The models are, in no particular order: AprilFerguson, Brittany Tholan, Caroline Kronzer, Christie Goddard,Deanna Labriny, Jessica Thrush, Katherine Meiser, Katie Altman,Natalie Richardson, Pallavi Rudraraju.
Sophomore CharlotteFernlund, on left,models a dress de-signed by SophomoreElizabeth Regan, right.
Principal MatthewRagone escorts JuniorsLeyly Ram (left) andSarah Benzaria (right)onto the stage. Ram andBenzaria are members ofthe Fashion class thatwas responsible fordeveloping and executingthe fashion show.Benzaria was PR Chairfor the show.
Sophomore Eliza-beth Regan sportsher ‘Bohemian’hair and makeup.She will be model-ing a fashion‘trend’ in the showand will have adress she designedmodeled in theshow.
Alicia Underhill, a Junior, blows a kiss tothe crowd at the end of the runway.Underhill was one of the co-directors ofthe student-run show.
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George Mason University Center forthe Arts Harris Theatre, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Free. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.
L.A. Theatre Works “The Real Dr.Strangelove”. 8 p.m. at the GeorgeMason University Center for the ArtsConcert Hall, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Tickets $18-$36, available at888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.
“The Drowsy Chaperone.“ 8 p.m.McLean Community Center AldenTheatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.Glamorous brides, tap-dancinggroomsmen and more. $17-$19. 703-790-9223 or www.mcleanplayers.org.
Callers and Brainfang at 7 p.m. andMurphy’s Kids, Irresponsibleand Feed God Cabbage at 10 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. jamminjava.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”and “The Dogs are Coming.” 7p.m. George C Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece aboutan Armenian girl struggling withprejudice & separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
David Jolley and Eduard Laurel. 8p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645Trap Road, Vienna. Russian piecesfrom Reinhold Glière, AlexanderScriabin, and Alexander Glazunov.$35. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/JAN. 29Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets:
Animalia. 2 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center Alden Theatre,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie. 8
p.m. at George Mason UniversityCenter for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. The GermanState Philharmonic, conducted byPhilippe Entremont on its first tour ofthe U.S., performing Strauss’ “TillEulenspiegels lustige Streiche” andBrahms’ Symphony No. 4, Op. 98.Entremont also joins SebastianKnauer on piano for Mozart’sConcerto for Two Pianos, No. 10 in E-Flat major, K. 365. Tickets are $30-$60, available at 888-945-2468 orcfa.gmu.edu.
“The Drowsy Chaperone.“ 8 p.m.McLean Community Center AldenTheatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.Glamorous brides, tap-dancinggroomsmen and more. $17-$19. 703-790-9223 or www.mcleanplayers.org.
Musical Tribute to Jim Tuckerfeaturing The Lost HighwayBand, Laurie Jones & SB2 andMHR at 5 p.m. and Passafire andThree Legged Fox at 10 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. jamminjava.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”and “The Dogs are Coming.” 2p.m. George C. Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece about anArmenian girl struggling with prejudice& separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
John Eaton. 7:30 p.m. The Barns atWolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.Big band and jazz music. $25. 703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
SUNDAY/JAN. 30Music for a Russian Festival. 4 p.m.
Saint Luke Parish, 7001 GeorgetownPike, McLean. With the WashingtonSymphonic Brass, music by Prokofiev,Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and more.Adults $25, seniors $20, students $15.866-962-7277 or www.wsbrass.com.
Robbie Fulks and TimothyBracken. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.
Violinist Josef Spacek. 3 p.m. AldenTheatre, McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Free.www.amadeusconcerts.com.
Two Family One Acts: “Wolf Tales”and “The Dogs are Coming.” 2p.m. George C. Marshall High School,7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. AMother Goose spoof and RaynEpremian’s biographical piece aboutan Armenian girl struggling withprejudice & separation. $5. 703-714-5450.
“The Reluctant Dragon.” 4 p.m. St.John’s Church, 6715 GeorgetownPike, McLean. A children’s operettawith music by John Rutter and wordsby David Grant, performed byvocalists Devin Wulff, Kara Morganand Nigel Tangredi. Free, donationsto the Music Fund accepted. 703-356-4902 or www.stjohnsmclean.org.
George C Marshall High School will be presenting two midwinter family one acts: “Wolf Tales” and “The Dogs areComing,” Jan. 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 29 and 30 at 2p.m. Tickets $5 for all, includes both shows. Free parking.Pictured: Marshall High students in ‘Wolf Tales.’
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A lot of people make New Year’s Resolutionsthey can’t possibly keep, like “I’m going tostop drinking good wine, and save mymoney for a 96 inch LCD, LED, HD, 3D
TV.” Well, to mix metaphors, now you can have yourcake and drink it, too, while watching that new TV.All you have to do is find good quality wine thatcosts almost nothing.
From our travels and writing this past year, wecame across many producers who offer deli-cious wines at terrific prices. Twowhich we especially like and arehappy to share with readers arelocated in neighboring countriesin South America.
One is Concha y Toro Chile’ssingle largest winery, the other isDoña Paula, a large commercialwinery in Argentina. Concha yToro produces a series calledXplorador; Doña Paula’s series iscalled Los Cardos.
Concha y Toro XploradorLast year in Santiago we sat down with Concha y
Toro’s chief winemaker, Marcelo Papa, to tastethrough almost the full range of wines. We reportedthe results of that tasting in The Wines of Chile onwww.i-winereview.com. However, we never reportedon Concha y Toro’s line of entry level wines,Xplorador. Xplorador wines have suggested retailprices under $10 a bottle, which usually translatesinto something less at your local neighborhood store.
How, you ask, can a respectable winery like Con-cha y Toro make such inexpensive wines? There arelot of reasons, of course, but the main one is that thefruit for these wines is sourced mainly from Chile’sCentral Valley where the yields are high. Then, un-der the direction of winemaker Tito Urzia, that fruitis fermented and aged in large stainless steel tanks,not expensive, small French oak barriques. Don’t kidyourself. This process isn’t going to produce ChateauMargaux. But you can get perfectly good, drinkablewines.
Nothing complicated, not particularly nuanced, justpure, plain good fruit. This makes them easy drink-ing, either as an aperitif or with a meal. TheXplorador 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon is a fruitforward Cabernet Sauvignon showing mostly redplum and berry fruit on the nose with just a hint ofbrambles and earth. It’s a straight- forward, uncom-plicated wine, but it’s also surprisingly tasty, balancedand easy to drink. The Xplorador 2009 Merlot isa wine that definitely needs to be drunk with food.It has nice red plum fruit on the nose and palate, butit also has a green herbal note that can nicely comple-
ment the right kind of food (thinkbrussel sprouts, asparagus, and othervegetarian fare). The Xplorador 2010Malbec shows cherry and raspberryaromas and vibrant fruit on the palate.It’s quite delicious, albeit lighter thanthe typical Malbec coming out of Argen-tina.
Dõna Paula Los CardosDoña Paula was established in 1997 by Chilean
entrepreneur Ricardo Claro of the Claro Group withthe purchase of 40+ year old Malbec andChardonnay vineyards in Luján de Cuyo. The estatenow consists of 1,878 acres of vineyards in theTupungato and Luján de Cuyo regions. David Bonomiis chief winemaker, and Edgardo Del Popolo isviticulturalist.
Los Cardos is Doña Paula’s entry level wines whichsell for $10-12. The fruit for most of the wines comesfrom the Finca El Alto in Ugarteche (Luján de Cuyo)and the high altitude (1100 m) Finca Los Cerezos inValle de Uco, the zone closest to the Andes and there-fore the coldest and best suited for early-ripeningvarietals, especially Sauvignon Blanc andChardonnay. Doña Paula 2010 Los CardosSauvignon Blanc shows good varietal characterwith an opulent style. It has an effusively fragrantnose of grapefruit and nettles and a citrus, pear andherbal palate of very good intensity. This is a verygood wine and an excellent value!
Doña Paula 2009 Los Cardos Chardonnayis in the ripe, New World style with a nose of smoke,ripe citrus, and honeydew. It’s ripe on the attack withgood integration of fruit and oak and shows goodacidity on the finish.
Fresh plum and blackberry waft from the glass ofthe dark ruby purple Doña Paula 2009 LosCardos Malbec. There’s a sweet, tangy attack ofblackberry fruit with notes of underbrush, tar andearth and good purity of fruit on the finish with firm,ripe tannins. This wine offers everything, and at avery reasonable price.
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A Lifesaving ProgramTo the Editor:I just wanted to drop you a brief but sin-
cere note to both: thank you for the Con-nection Newspapers’ recent and valued at-tention paid toward the nonprofit Washing-ton Regional Alcohol Program’s (WRAP)free cab ride service to prevent drunk driv-ing, SoberRide, which unquestionably con-tributed to SoberRide providing a recordnumber of free rides (967) on New Year’sEve to persons who, otherwise, may havedriven home drunk; and to let you know,as well as to counter any scuttlebutt other-wise, that this recent removal of nearly1,000 would-be drunk drivers from GreaterWashington’s roadways on New Year’s Evecame without a single customer complaint(minus one District of Columbia residentwho reported waiting 53-minutes for hisSoberRide at 2:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day).
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Throwing GoodMoney in the Trash
To the Editor:The notion of Fairfax County spending
$400 million of our hard-earned tax dol-lars to procure the Lorton trash incineratorseems not only counterintuitive but chockfull of irony as an incinerator is exactlywhere that money will end up when it couldeasily be used elsewhere in a more produc-tive manner.
That this proposal has not been sum-marily rejected by the entire Board of Su-pervisors is demonstrative of elected offi-cials who still do not get it.
These are trying economic times for folksin Great Falls, McLean and Herndon, as wellas the rest of the Commonwealth, who areconcerned about the plummeting values oftheir most valuable asset – their homes, in-creasing tax rates and the rising unemploy-ment that is creeping into places it has notsince the days of the Carter administration.
Apparently the plan is that althoughCovanta would operate the facility through2016, the $400 million county purchasewould result in significant savings by 2029.That would be 18 years of real dollar pay-ments for 13 years of undefined savings.Sound familiar? Actually, this is an unnec-essary boondoggle that our children andtheir children will be saddled with long af-ter this Board of Supervisors has been re-lieved of their duties. Call, write or e-mailyour elected supervisor and remind him orher that this $400 million can better serveour community in the education of our chil-dren and the much needed transportationinfrastructure.
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But Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, the date of mymost recent post-scan appointment with myoncologist. The date when the results of thoseprevious week’s scans will be shared with Dinaand me. The appointment when we will learnif my stage IV lung cancer has progressed – ornot. And what we learned is, news we can livewith: “No change.” The tumors have notgrown or moved. The status is quo. I am doing“Amazing,” according to my oncologist. Twoyears into my treatment, and it’s not, to invokea Boston expression, “Katie bar the door;”which means trouble, sort of, figurativelyspeaking.
So what’s next? No one knows for sure andthat’s the problem. Although not nearly theproblem the original pain in my ribcage hasturned out to be. But still a problem. A prob-lem of the unknown. What to do, how to treat,a patient who has now outlived his prognosisand who has been on a chemotherapy drug –Avastin, longer than any other patient hisoncologist has previously treated, and a patientwho is as symptomatic and progressing as wellas I am? “Uncharted territory” is how myoncology nurse has described my future.
But it’s a future. A future that two years agowas not exactly promised to me. Not thatpromises are likely ever made to cancerpatients during chemotherapy, but you get theidea I’m sure. And not that I ever took thecharacterizations personally but, after all thetesting is completed to determine “the underly-ing problem” (as I call my lung cancer/ diagno-sis), you become a statistic, a compilation ofdata – which, according to medical sci-ence/history indicates/corresponds to a certaintime line (I hesitate to use the term “deadline”anymore). And neither is that time line prom-ised, but presumably, there is some methodol-ogy to their madness and statistical presump-tions, so it’s a bit hard to ignore. Although,you try.
Nevertheless, it’s a weight – and a wait, too.It’s all about what happens next: results fromlab work, X-Rays, CT scans, MRIs, physicalexaminations, etc., to determine your fate.Some of it is in your control, most of it is not.And upon reflection, you may recall what youroncologist said to you back in February 2009:there are exceptions to every rule – and hehopes that you are one of them. However, hewas not the least bit encouraging. Presumablyhe is duty-bound and medically and ethicallymotivated as well, not to provide too muchfalse hope. In my case, he didn’t. Moreover, hesuggested that perhaps I take that vacation Ialways wanted to. WHAT!?
But here I am, two years post diagnosis; anexception to the rule. You can now officiallythrow the statistics out the window. Andthough I am thrilled to be here (Duh!), here iswhere few of us have ever been before, unfor-tunately. As a result, there are no real treatmentprotocols to follow and so my oncologist hasmuch less medical data on which to rely andmore anecdotal-type feelings from me, thepatient, to consider as he/we decide how bestto proceed/how to treat. Not that the diagno-sis-/treatment-to-date hasn’t been collabora-tive, it has; it’s more that, treatment going for-ward, there’s less conventional wisdom onwhich to rely and more dependence onunconventional wisdom – mine, to decidedosages, frequency of chemotherapy andscans, etc.
This new decision-making, combined withwhere I am relative to my original progno-sis/time line scares the living daylights out ofme – if you want to know the truth. If youdon’t want to know the truth, welcome to theother half of my brain. Can you say dichotomy?(I can’t, anymore than I can say “deadline”.)
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Team America 93, a U17boys’ soccer team from North-ern Virginia, was crowned theDiv. 1 National Indoor SoccerChampion for the second yearin a row. The tournament tookplace Jan. 15 and 16 in Balti-more.
Team America, whose rosterincludes players from McLean,Fairfax, Springfield, and MountVernon, handily won their firsttwo games, 7-2 against theRush from Pennsylvania and 7-3 over the Blue Magic Lightningof Maryland. The third gameversus the Manchester Eliteproved more challenging butTeam America came out on top,4-3, with a last minute goal byFalls Church’s Ohjay Porteria.
The win over the Elite ad-vanced Team America to thechampionship game against FCYork. Team America playersworked in sync brilliantly thewhole game to win by a scoreof 7-0. Despite numerous at-tempts by FC York, TeamAmerica’s goalkeeper, RobbyMaffei of Mclean, helped histeam earn the shutout win. Atotal of seven Team Americaplayers scored goals during thetournament. Team America iscoached by Larry Dunn andPatrick DaCosta.
McLean Youth SoccerSpring 2011 Registration is on-going on MYS’ web site atwww.mcleansoccer.org for allreturning and new families.MYS offers various programsfor children ages 4 thru 18, in-cluding Recreation, Travel,McLean Premier Soccer Travel,U5 for Pre-K players, and TOPSoccer for children with specialneeds. The season will beginthe week of March 28 and ex-tend thru mid-June. Register nolater than Jan. 31 to take ad-vantage of the early discountedregistration fees. For more in-
formation, contact the MYSClub Administrator [email protected] orcall the MYS Office (703) 506-8068.
The Langley SaxonetteDance Team Clinic will takeplace on the evenings of Feb. 8and 11, from 4:40 to 6:30 at Lan-gley High School. The danceteam will perform at the Langleygirls’ basketball game on the11th. The Saxonette dance teamwelcomes all fourth througheighth graders, of all experiencelevels, to the clinic sessions. Con-tact [email protected] go to the Langley High SchoolDance Team website for registra-tion information.
The Madeira Schoolswim/dive team, in an ISLprivate school meet held lastFriday night, Jan. 21, defeatedSidwell Friends, 103-82, to im-prove its season record to 3-2.Junior Brittany Jansen wonboth the 50 and 100 free racesto pace the Snales. She wasjoined by two-event winnersand teammates Christa AnnSaunders (200 IM and 100backstroke) and Maddie Alagia(200 and 500 free). Saundersis a senior member of theMaderia team, while Alagia isa sophomore.
Also taking first place victo-ries for Madeira were juniorAnn Griffin in the 100 freeevent and sophomore GraceJohnson in the 100 fly.
In addition to placing first inall the individual events, Ma-deira swept the relays with winsin the 200 medley relay(Saunders, Griffin, Jansen andAlagia); the 200 free relay(freshman Michaela Saunders,senior Rachel Tang, Griffin andJohnson); and the 400 free re-lay (Saunders, Jansen, Alagiaand Johnson).
Northern Virginia’s Team America 93 - National Cham-pions. Front row: Robby Maffei; Middle row, left toright: Brandon Siles, Damaro DaCosta, Ohjay Porteria,Bernardo Majano, Armado Oakley, Mikael Belay, BryanCastellon. Back row: Ezra Williams, Zac Galiani,Clinton Black, Alex Padilla, Jonny Dunn, Evan Ragland,Hatzael Diaz, Martin Lopez, and Edgar Zepeda.
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By Rich Sanders
The Connection
In a key cross-town rival, Liberty District boys’basketball game, the Langley Saxons jumpedout in front early and went on to defeat ascrappy, determined McLean Highlanders out-
fit, 57-47, last Friday night. The contest was playedin front of a large, enthusiastic crowd at Langley.
“We got off to a great start early and that reallyhelped,” said Langley head coach Travis Hess. HisSaxons remained unbeaten in district play at 8-0.
The first place Langley squad, two-time defendingdistrict tournament champions, opened up a 13-6lead after one quarter of play. The Saxons, 10-6 over-all this season, held a 26-20 halftime lead and a 37-33 advantage after three quarters. McLean wouldrally to take the lead early in the fourth quarter butthe Saxons ultimately outscored the Highlanders inthat final stanza, 20-14, to go on to the 10-point win.
McLean, with the loss, slipped to 9-7 overall and5-3 in district play. The Highlanders played a goodoverall game but fell just short.
“It was a good game,” said McLean head coachKevin Roller. “Langley got out of the gate with anearly lead as [Saxon guard] Austin Vasiliadis tookadvantage of a couple of mental mistakes on defenseand we missed a number of early open shots earlyon.”
Vasiliadis, a junior guard for Langley, finished withnine points, second in team scoring in the game be-hind senior guard David Adams (14 points). Otherscoring contributions for the Saxons came from jun-ior guard Daniel Dixon (8 points), senior guardBraden Anderson (7), junior guard Joey Robinson(6), junior guard Tristan Evans (5), senior guard JeffCochran (4) and senior post player Brenden Dwyer(4).
McLean’s top scorers were junior guard GordonRogo, who scored a game-high 19 points, and juniorfront court player Thomas Van Wazer, who finishedwith 15 points. Sango Amolo, a junior guard, con-tributed seven points for the Highlanders.
MIDWAY THROUGH the first quarter, after Lan-gley had started out the game well, McLean went toa 1-3-1 zone defense for the first time this season.The Highlanders began playing better defensively asa result and remained in the defensive alignment.
“It proved very effective in slowing down Langley’spenetration and after three quarters we had closedthe lead to 37-33 through great defensive effort,”said Roller.
The Highlanders’ offense also came to life as thevisitors were able to have success running the floor.
“Our transition game picked up, particularly in thethird and early fourth quarters,” said Roller. “A quickspurt early in the fourth gave us a lead and the gamewent back and forth for the next few minutes. In theend, Langley made a few more shots. In particular,David Adams was able to come up with a loose balland got fouled on the shot for a three-point play thatwas crucial, to stretch the lead to five with less than
two minutes remaining. In the final few possessions,Langley made their free throws and defended welland the game ended at 57-47 - the largest [lead]margin of the game.”
Roller credited playmaking guard Vasiliadis withplaying a major part in leading the Saxons to thewin over his squad.
“He only had nine points, but Austin Vasiliadisplayed a very strong game,” said Roller.
It was the second meeting of the season betweenthe two local squads. Back on Dec. 17, Langley wona down-to-the-wire, 43-42 game at McLean.
Perhaps the two squads will meet for a third timeduring the upcoming district tournament playoffs inmid-February.
“If we are fortunate enough to meet them again inthe district playoffs, I think the third game will be asexciting as the first two,” said Roller.
Langley, still undefeated in the district, has dis-trict wins thus far over McLean (twice), Fairfax, StoneBridge, Marshall, Jefferson, Madison and SouthLakes.
“I am pleased with the way we are playing rightnow,” said Hess, whose team was riding a seven gamewin streak following the win over McLean. “Our de-fense and rebounding continue to improve and I thinkthat is a big part of our success. Offensively we arecontinuing to grow in our new offense. We are goodat spreading people out and forcing a fast pacedtempo. We are a fairly deep team.”
The Saxons were scheduled to play district gamesthis week at Fairfax on Tuesday, Jan. 25 and homeagainst Stone Bridge this Friday night, Jan. 28.
McLean was scheduled to play district home gamesthis week against Jefferson on Tuesday and Marshallon Friday.
Langley Boys RemainUnbeaten in District PlaySaxons hold off talented Highlanders in pivotalcross-town basketball contest.
McLean’s Brian Godla defends as Langley’sAustin Vasiliadis goes up for a shot duringlast Friday night’s rival meeting betweenthe Highlanders and host Saxons.
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