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By Tim Peterson
The Connection
Clifton residents Mark andSharon Gottlieb are expectinghundreds of house guests.Gottleib’s mother Lois, an ap-
prentice of the famous architect Frank LloydWright, designed their 10,000-square-foothome overlooking the Occoquan River andoversaw its construction between 1994 and1996. And the couple is happy to share it,for a day.
“I love to build stuff, create things, solveproblems, make things beautiful — a homeis a wonderful place to do that,” said Mark.“This becomes an art project, a work of love.It’s fun to show it off occasionally, there’ssome satisfaction.”
The Gottleib’s house, along with Mark’smany projects and enhancements such ascustom furniture, electronics and tree forts,
When and WhereThe 43rd annual Clifton Fairfax Station Homes
Tour takes place Thursday, May 21 from 9:30a.m. to 4 p.m. at five locations around Cliftonand Fairfax Station. The silent auction and book-signing run from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at theClifton Presbyterian Church, 12748 RichardsLane in Clifton.
Tickets are $25 in advance of the tour, $30 onthe day of the tour and $10 to tour a singlehome. Information on purchasing advancetickets is available at cliftoncwc.org/homes-tour-ticket-information.
NewsLorton/Fairfax Station/Clifton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic
The Townsend home at 8244 Roseland Drive, Fairfax Station, is adornedwith numerous original murals painted on the walls, as well as a size-able collection of Hummel figurines (owner Julie’s) and memorabiliafrom a career in the Army (owner Ron’s).
Photos courtesy of Ginny Ax
The Oliver Home at 10812 Henderson Road, Fairfax Station, built in2007 to reflect classical Georgian architecture, sits on a 35-acre prop-erty that’s home to 42 horses boarded in “Oliver Stables.”
Clifton and Fairfax Station Homes Tourreturns for 43rd year.Open Door Policy
Photo courtesy of Mark Gottleib
The Gottlieb home at 8625 Hampton Way, Fairfax Station, features a pairof waterfalls and maple and walnut furniture crafted by owner Mark.
Photo courtesy of Dick Nanto
The Nanto gardens at 12818 Wycklow Drive, Clifton, are divided into adedicated Japanese garden, rose garden and four others named for thegrandchildren of homeowners Dick and Masako.
will be on view to the public as part of the43rd Clifton and Fairfax Station HomesTour.
Hosted by the Clifton CommunityWoman’s Club (also 43) the event is thegroup’s “one big, very popular event,” in itsexpressed purpose of “wanting to give backto the community,” said Homes Tour Chairand real estate agent for Fairfax Station andBurke, Dana-Jean LaFever.
According to LaFever, around 500 peoplecame out to tour homes last year and theevent brought in roughly $25,000 for thegroup’s charitable trust from ticket sales andsponsorships.
“We raise a great deal and make sure themoney goes back to people in this area,”she said. That includes about 30 charitiesas well as scholarships for a local highschool senior, the George Mason UniversityGeneral and Education scholarship andNorthern Virginia Community College
Scholarship.Last year $20,000 from the trust was dis-
tributed among the charities, such asSpringfield-based Ecumenical Council Help-ing Others, Fairfax County domestic vio-lence shelter Artemis House and the Ameri-can Cancer Society, and scholarships.
LaFever and Gottlieb agree the event con-tinues to draw visitors, particularly thoseworking on their own house projects, be-cause people continue to be curious abouthow others shape their living space.
“We have so many unique houses in thearea, very few two-of-a-kinds,” said LaFever.“People like to see some older homes thatare renovated, put back the way they were,or look at new things, go in and get ideas.”
“I love the way you did this or that — it’sjust great way to see, ah, I think I’ll do thatthe next time I do that kind of thing,” saidGottleib.
The tour includes four homes, as well as
a stop at the Masonic Lodge in Clifton andan auction at the Clifton PresbyterianSchool. For an added draw this year, LaFeversaid they’ve invited a number of local au-thors for a book-signing, also held at thechurch.
For more information on the Clifton Com-munity Woman’s Club, visitwww.cliftoncwc.org or call 703-609-3479.
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By Tim Peterson
The Connection
When the members of the SchoolBoard reconvene on May 7,they’re scheduled to act onwhether or not to add “gender
identity” to the list of nondiscrimination cat-egories for all Fairfax County Public Schoolsstudents, employees or applicants for employ-ment. The current list in the board’s policy item1450 includes age, race, color, sex, sexual ori-entation, religion, national origin, marital sta-tus and disability.
A new business item at the board’s April 23meeting was a recommendation to adopt thispolicy change, “To ensure conditions of nondis-crimination and equal opportunity in the schoolsystem” (language from the draft new policy).
The proposed change drew several speakersduring the citizen participation portion of themeeting.
Del. Bob Marshall (R-13), representing partsof Prince William and Loudoun counties, op-posed adding gender identity to the nondis-crimination list based on the board lacking theauthority to do so.
“Seven Attorney Generals from 1982 through
stable and emotionally secure environment inwhich to learn — your policy change threat-ens this,” Lafferty said.
West Potomac High School teacher and spon-sor of the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance Rob-ert Rigby favored the policy change.
“From hearing from students and parents, Ican say that harassment and discriminationbased on sexual orientation have decreasedduring my time working for Fairfax,” Rigby saidin his remarks. “However, transgender studentsstudents and students who do not display tra-ditional gender expression continue to experi-ence a great degree of of harassment; theirfriends and family members also hear someamazingly negative comments.”
Manny Solon, a Fairfax County resident, alsospoke in favor of the change, comparing hav-ing a gender identity different from your bodyto Alzheimer’s disease.
“To have that feeling and to not be able getout and express yourself is a hell on earth,”Solon said, “and I think we owe it to ourselvesand to these kids, who are our kids to go andspeak up for them.”
The next meeting of the Fairfax County SchoolBoard will be at 7 p.m. on May 7 at Luther Jack-son Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road in FallsChurch. To email the School Board, [email protected]. More in-formation about requesting to speak at meet-ings is available at www.fcps.edu/schlbd/meet-ings/requestspeak.shtml.
2010, in eight opinions, all concluded that theGeneral Assembly is the only body with au-thority to establish or change public policy todefine classes for forbidden discrimination,”Marshall said in his remarks. “In that time, fiveAttorney Generals published six formal opin-ions dealing with local government includingschool boards.”
Marshall and other speakers also referencedan opinion issued earlier this year by currentAttorney General Mark R. Herring that localschool boards can, in fact, include sexual ori-entation and gender identity as part of non-discrimination policies. Herring said the stateconstitution and law provide “power fairlyimplied from the express grant of authority.”
However Marshall urged the board to lookat a larger body of past opinions “in light ofpossible citizen legal response.”
Andrea Lafferty, president of the TraditionalValues Coalition and mother of a school-agechild in Fairfax County, also opposed the policychange.
“There is a way to accommodate transgenderstudents and still protect the other students’privacy rights, and the rights of parents,”Lafferty said in her remarks. She referenced apublic School Board discussion in March thatshe said “none of the important issues of con-cern or the real issues to be faced,” such asbathrooms, changing rooms and the impact ofteachers in the classroom.
“Children need and deserve a psychologically
School Board toconsider policy change.
Nondiscrimination and Gender Identity
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Area Students EarnAwards at 2015Virginia History Day
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)students earned five first place awardsat the 2015 Virginia History Day compe-tition, held last weekend at MountVernon.
First place award winners were:❖ Aaron Granstedt of Langley High
School, Senior Individual Exhibit, “Jo-seph Goebbels: The Legacy of PublicEnlightenment” (Christina Banker,teacher).
❖ Josh Dow of Whitman MiddleSchool, Junior Individual Exhibit,“Ralph H. Baer, The Father of VideoGames” (Melissa Chesney and JeffSmith, teachers).
❖ Lane Conzone and MadisonFletcher of Langley High School, SeniorGroup Exhibit, “Exposing the Horrors:The Truth Behind the Middle Passage”(Christina Banker, teacher).
❖ Dorothy Adu-Amankwah andShirley Kabir of West Springfield HighSchool, Senior Group Website, “The IronLady of India: Indira Gandhi” (CathleenBoivin, teacher).
❖ Noah Stroup, Jorge Palomo, andSajel Behari of Lorton Station Elemen-tary School, Junior Group Website,“Admiral Rickover” (Laurie Hartt,teacher).
The following students won secondplace awards:
❖ Tsuyoshi Nemoto of Mount VernonHigh School, Senior Individual Exhibit,“442nd Regimental Combat Team”(Amelia Bochain, teacher).
❖ Emma Hogan of Whitman MiddleSchool, Junior Individual Exhibit,“Knowledge is Power—Emma Willard”(Melissa Chesney and Jeff Smith, teach-ers).
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❖ Hyunha Hwang of West SpringfieldHigh School, Senior Individual Website,“The Korean Independence Movement:Leading the Country Out of JapaneseControl” (Stephanie Shimp, teacher).
❖ Grace Eassa, Sophia Cronin, andAlicja Galecka of West Springfield HighSchool, Senior Group Exhibit, “TheButcher of the Balkans” (CathleenBoivin, teacher).
❖ Francesca DeLeos and CandiceWong of West Springfield High School,Senior Group Website, “Corazon Aquinoand the Fight for the People’s Power”(Cathleen Boivin, teacher).
Winning third place awards were:❖ Sarah Woods of West Springfield
High School, Senior Individual Website,“Toussaint L’Ouverture and the World’sOnly Successful Slave Revolution”(Cathleen Boivin, teacher).
❖ Rachel Wade of Langley HighSchool, Senior Paper, “Set in Stone:Imprinting on the World Through Art”(Christina Banker, teacher).
❖ Margo Beck, Shannon Ghahramani,and Leena Tahmassian-Pacosian of Lan-gley High School, Senior GroupWebsite, “Long Live the Armenians”(Christina Banker, teacher).
❖ Catherine Kiser, Meghan McIntyre,and Beth Whittier of West SpringfieldHigh School, Senior Group Documen-tary, “William Stephenson: World WarII Mastermind” (Cathleen Boivin,teacher).
The two top entries in each categoryand each age division qualify to competein the national competition, scheduledfor June 14-18 at the University ofMaryland, College Park.
Area Students EarnAwards at 2015Virginia History Day
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Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of SupervisorsSharon Bulova “loves this photo.” On the right is herdaughter Karin feeding her newborn Mac, sittingnext to her stepdaughter, Mary, feeding Will. Theygave birth within two weeks of each other.
Chairman Sharon Bulova with son Delegate DavidBulova in 1971. David Bulova has since gotten overhis fear of horses.
Chairman and Delegate Bulova at Ocean City in1973.
Mother’s Day Photo Gallery
From left: Andrew, Karen and SamanthaFoster, of Fairfax Station. “This photo wastaken last year, the day my mom became anAmerican citizen. She is from Scotland, andhas lived as a U.S. resident for about 25years. I love you, mom,” writes Samantha.
Shepherd and Kimberly at the CrosspointeEaster Egg Hunt.
Connection reporterTim Peterson and hismother Ellen tailgatebefore a Northwest-ern University foot-ball game inEvanston, Ill.
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By Stacey A. Kincaid
Sheriff, Fairfax County
Across the nation, peopleare having serious discus-sions about how to alter
the dynamic that too often existsbetween some law enforcementofficers and individuals. Out ofeach case, we learn something thatwill help us go forward. So, as jus-tice pursues its course in FairfaxCounty with regard to the tragicdeath of Natasha McKenna, let’snot lose sight of the real underly-ing problem: the systemic mishan-dling of mentally ill patients whohave few or no resources, and lawenforcement’s struggle to dealwith untreated or undertreatedindividuals.
There is a teachable momenthere for those of us who have dedi-cated our lives to law enforcementand for members of the commu-nity who believe in dignity and
fairness for those who come intocontact with the criminal justicesystem.
All of us are eager — and manyare impatient — for the investiga-tion into Ms. McKenna’s death tobe concluded. This incident hasnot been forgotten or ignored.From the beginning, the Sheriff’sOffice has cooperated with the in-vestigation fully. The recentcompletion of a report by the Of-fice of the Chief Medical Examinermeans the investigation is nearinga close. I have not offered morethan passing comment because, asboth a law enforcement officialand a citizen, I do not want toprejudice the outcome of an inves-tigation in advance of the facts byanswering questions to which I donot have the answers, or by antici-pating actions I might take onceall the facts are known. I admit tohaving been disappointed thatsomeone chose to release internal
documents — for the same reasonsI think anyone interested in jus-tice and fairness would be.
In the meantime, and for theforeseeable future, our jail willcontinue to be a warehouse for in-dividuals with mental illness whohave been unable or unwilling toaccess effective clinical care, socialservices and housing in the com-munity.
About 40 percent of the inmatesin our jail have been identified asneeding some level of mentalhealth care during their incarcera-tion. More than a quarter have aserious mental illness — oftencombined with a substance abusedisorder — that requires interven-tion, regular treatment and medi-cation management. The Sheriff’sOffice is working to improve men-tal health care at the jail, but as ofthis writing, we have no availableoptions to properly divert indi-viduals under arrest and avoid
unnecessary incarceration. In noway whatsoever is this intended tojustify inappropriate, improper orillegal behavior by law enforce-ment officers anywhere; it is sim-ply a fact.
As I have done for years, I willcontinue to advocate locally andin Virginia for more treatment cen-ters for minor offenders who areseriously mentally ill and would bebetter served in a mental healthfacility than in a jail.
I have pledged my 28-year careerwith the Sheriff’s Office in serviceto the safety, security and well be-ing of all Fairfax County residents,and to do so as fairly and transpar-ently as possible. I will continue towork with mental health organiza-tions in search of solutions to anintractable problem facing vulner-able individuals for whom all of us,out of nothing more than commonhuman compassion, must assumesome responsibility.
Law Enforcement, the Mentally Ill and the Pursuit of JusticeCommentary
Mother’s Dayand IslamTo the Editor:
A man once asked the holyProphet Muhammad (may peaceand blessings of Allah be uponhim), “O Messenger of Allah! Whohas the most right to the best treat-ment from me? The Prophet re-plied, “Your mother. The manasked, “Then who?” The Prophetsaid, “Your mother.” The manasked again, “Then who?” The
Prophet again said, “Your mother.”The man asked again, “And afterthat?” The Prophet replied, “Yourfather” (Bukhari and Tirmidhi).
To truly appreciate the awesomesignificance of this particular in-cident, one must remember thatthis took place more than 1,400years ago, in a completely maledominated society; a societywhere women were treated nobetter than slaves.
In Islam the role of a mother isrecognized as being so pivotal inthe upbringing of the children - as
well as in shaping the future ofmankind and society - that Mus-lims are taught that the attainmentof paradise lies under theirmother’s feet. Not only does thisparadise refer to the one in thehereafter, but it also refers to a so-cial paradise in this world…peace,blessings, and security which areobtained after respecting and hon-oring your mother each and everyday, regardless of how difficult thecircumstance may be.
So while it’s thoughtful andsweet to pause our busy lives once
a year to overtly celebrate every-thing our mothers mean to us withflowers and gifts, it is more impor-tant that we also instill the prac-tice of honoring them daily bymaking them proud of the man-ner in which we conduct our-selves; as well as attending to theirgrowing needs with the same care,compassion, love, and patience asthey once extended to us when wewere children.
Aisha KhanHerndon
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Opinion
There are families dealing with hun-ger in every county in the UnitedStates, including here in NorthernVirginia.
In Fairfax, there are 67,190 people who arefood insecure, (facing hunger at some pointmonthly) which is more than 6 percent of thepopulation, according to a report by FeedingAmerica. In Arlington, 8.7 percent of the popu-lation is food insecure, 18,750 people. In Al-exandria, 10.8 percent of the population faceshunger at least monthly, that’s 15,540 people.
You can see the national data by county inan interactive map: http://map.feedingamerica.org/
ON SATURDAY, MAY 9, as they deliver mail,postal carriers will collect donations of non-perishable food left by residents near their mailboxes. They will be joined by retired letter car-riers, by family members and friends, and byvolunteers to help collect and distribute thesacks of non-perishable food items that get leftnext to mailboxes that morning.
People are encouraged to leave a sturdy bagcontaining non-perishable foods such ascanned soup; canned vegetables; canned meatsand fish; pasta; peanut butter; rice or cerealnext to their mailbox before the regular maildelivery on Saturday. Carriers will bring thefood to local food banks, pantries and shel-ters.
The annual food drive is held in more than10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, theDistrict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the VirginIslands and Guam. Last year almost 73 millionpounds of food was collected in the one-dayevent for people in need throughout the UnitedStates.
CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED by hunger dis-proportionately, with nearly 30 percent of stu-dents in Fairfax County Public Schools poorenough to receive subsidized meals at school,which is an incredible 51,968 students. Thatpercentage is more than 31 percent in Arling-ton with more than 7,700 students poorenough to get meal benefits. In Alexandria, 60percent of students are poor enough to getmeal benefits; that’s almost 8,600 students.
Many of these students go hungry on week-ends, during school closures for bad weatherand in the summer. More on that soon.
In the meantime, leave a bag of food out byyour mailbox on Saturday.
Saturday, May 9, is the postal carriers food drive;put a sturdy bag with food donation next to yourmailbox that morning.
Hunger Is Widespread
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Enjoying the beautiful North-ern Virginia weather isn’tthe only perk of our post-winter weather thaw. From
May until November, we also have anopportunity to enjoy the area’s agriculture and sup-port our local farmers by attending Fairfax County’sfarmers markets. In doing so, we can also supportthe local economy and the environment. The firstfarmers market was established in Fairfax County in1978. Since then, Fairfax County has become hometo 11 weekly farmers markets. Stocked with the fresh-est fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy products, breads,meats, flowers and plants from the region near toour county, these markets provide local farmers withthe opportunity to sell their products and gives com-munity members access to a level of quality and fresh-ness rarely found elsewhere. While many of us en-joy these markets year after year, few of us know therole Fairfax County plays in supporting these efforts.The County supervises these markets through theCommunity Horticulture office of the Fairfax CountyPark Authority. On a day-to-day basis, however, themarkets are managed by volunteer Market Masters.The Market Masters are crucial to the success of thefarmers markets; they are responsible for the devel-opment and promotion of each of the markets, aswell as coordinating with each of the farmers whowill be participating. Each volunteer brings a uniqueset of skills to each individual market.
Buying produce from Fairfax County’s farmersmarkets doesn’t just help support local farmers,but it also benefits our local economy. A specialfeature of Fairfax County farmers markets is thatall 11 are deemed “producers only” markets. Thismeans that every vendor must come from withina 125-mile radius of Fairfax County and must growall of the products they sell. Since many of these
farms are located within the state, if each householdin Virginia pledged to spend just $10 a week on lo-cally grown agricultural products, it would bring$1.65 billion into the Virginia economy each year!Not only do these farmers markets benefit our localeconomy and our health, they are also environmen-tally friendly. Often, when you buy local produce,you are supporting sustainable farming practices thathelp prevent soil fertility loss, as well as reduce pes-ticide and fertilizer runoff into the Chesapeake Baywatershed. Making a visit to one of Fairfax County’sfarmers markets can also become a fun summer tra-dition that the entire family can enjoy. Our farmersmarkets provide a fun atmosphere for children, andcan be a great opportunity for them to experienceVirginia’s agriculture first-hand. In fact, oftentimes,farmers will provide introductions of their products,and great recommendations for preparing the prod-ucts they grow. There are many reasons why thesefarmers markets are worth supporting. I encourageyou to take a look at this year’s market schedule athttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/wp-farm-mkt.htm and make a weekly commitment to attendone of the 11 markets being held in Fairfax County. Ithink you’ll be glad you did!
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Bill and Betty Kenealy, ofSpringfield, make it apoint to socialize regu-larly with their long-time
friends, many of whom are othercouples they met through work andthrough the activities of their fivechildren. They’ve watched theirchildren become adults, worked,retired and even survived cancer.Now they’re living together in a re-tirement community in Springfield.Bill is 85 and Betty is 81.
“We enjoy meeting for dinner ona regular basis or playing cards ordominoes and Bingo,” said Bill.
One of those couples is Georgeand Peggy White, both 80. Theymet when Bill and George were sta-tioned together in the military. Bothcouples speak fondly of the strengththey get from their friendships.
“All of us have different storiesand have different backgrounds,”said Peggy White, 80. “It’s been an
interesting and rewarding.”Healthy friendships and strong
social connections provide morethan interest, say researchers. Theyare vital to one’s mental, physicaland emotional wellbeing. A studyby the National Institutes of Healthshow that people who are sociallyisolated are more likely to die ofheart disease than those who haveclose relationships. While it mightbe more challenging to makefriends as one ages, the benefits areworth the effort say researchers.
“Research shows that social con-nections are more important forhealth, longevity and cognitivefunctioning than any other vari-able,” said Linda Gulyn, professorof psychology at Marymount Uni-versity in Arlington. “Social sup-port … increased likelihood of get-ting proper health care, compli-ance with health treatments, diet,activity [and] mental health.”
A HEALTHY SOCIAL NET-WORK is credited with longevity.
“Social support at all stages of thelifespan reduces people’s stress lev-els, and this in turn promotesphysical health,” said Linda Cote-Reilly, Ph.D., associate professor ofpsychology at Marymount Univer-sity. Seniors who have active socialconnections are better able to fightdisease, they experience greaterpsychological well-being and re-duced incidence of depression,Cote-Reilly said.
Social isolation can lead to de-pression and physical health issues.
“One of the things that researchhas shown is that social isolationis a killer,” said Dominique S.Hubbard, professor of psychologywho studies social exclusion andostracism at Northern VirginiaCommunity College. “One of themost fundamental things that weneed is meaningful social connec-tions and a sense of belonging.”
In fact, researchers point to avariety of studies that link healthand longevity with fulfilling rela-tionships.
“There is this really amazingstudy done in Alameda County,Calif., that followed almost 5,000residents for nine years, and foundthat the best predictor of mortal-ity rates were people who indicatedthey had few meaningful relation-ships, meaning that people whoanswered they had many meaning-ful relationships were more likelyto be alive than those with few,”said Georgeana Stratton, Ph.D.,(associate professor of psychologyat Northern Virginia CommunityCollege in Sterling. “Even whenthey … only look at people withcancer or heart disease, they stillfound that those with many mean-ingful relationships did better thanthose who answered few.
“Their social relationships werethe best predictor of health anddeath, meaning it predicted betterthan other things they measuredlike smoking and stress,” saidStratton.
Seniors are more susceptible tothe harmful effects of a dearth of
companions. “Isolation is poten-tially very damaging to all of us,but most especially to seniors,” saidPamela Stewart, assistant dean ofpsychology, Northern VirginiaCommunity College, Annandalecampus. “Friendships keep us bal-anced and generally more positive.They help to keep us busy, can giveus a focus and keep us more hap-pily engaged in the world aroundus.”
Retiring and relocating createschallenges when attempting tomaintain existing friendships. “Un-fortunately, for many the pool offriends becomes smaller as oneages,” said Stewart. “We lose touch
with our former work mates and afair percentage of our friends mayhave moved away or passed away.”
Those who are no longer in situ-ations that offer natural opportu-nities for social interactions canstill recreate a circle of friends.
“Seniors can replace those byadding new things,” said Hubbard.“Consider joining a class or abridge club. The key is to have con-sistent, positive interactions.”
Donating one’s time offers anopportunity for staying connected.
“Volunteering at a local school oranimal shelter or even getting apart time job is a great way to meetpeople and stay engaged and cur-
Researchers say meaningful friendships help preserve health.
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George White, 80, stays socially connectedby volunteering for the West Springfieldpolice department. He and his wife, Betty,also 80, stay connected with friends. rent,” said Joyce Schwartz, a geri-
atric social worker who lives inPotomac, Md. “Pursuing a hobby,working out a gym or attendinglectures are good too, especially ifthey’re free or discounted activitiesfor seniors.”
STILL, STAYING ENGAGED so-cially and developing new friend-ships can become increasinglychallenging, as one gets older.
“Physical disabilities and ill-nesses can increase the likelihoodthat a person is hospitalized orhomebound in later adulthood,which can lead to social isolationand depression,” said Cote-Reilly.
Also important, said Cote-Reilly,is distinguishing connections that
offer positive social interactionfrom those that simply provide con-tact with another person. “Socialsupport means, ‘Does this indi-vidual feel supported by those inhis or her life?’ It doesn’t mean thenumber of friends or support per-sons one has,” she said. “Olderadults who have a lot of social in-teraction because they need assis-tance with activities of daily living… do not experience these inter-actions as positive. People are help-ing them because they have lost theability to do the tasks themselves.”
While social media has madestaying in touch with friends easierfor some, there are dangers. “Un-fortunately, there is a negative cor-relation between time spent onsocial networking sites and theinternet in general and the timespent with friends,” said Stratton.“Also, several studies indicate thatmore time on Internet predicts de-pression. So while in-person rela-tionships are great buffers for stressand protect physical and mentalhealth, online relationships mayactually… hurt mental health andsocial connections.”
Photo courtesy of Bill & Betty Kenealy
Bill and Betty Kenealy stay connected bysocializing regularly with their goodfriends and former next-door neighbors.
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On April 28, students in the Japaneselanguage program at Lake BraddockSecondary and at Hayfield Secondaryvisited the White House for the official
ceremony welcoming Japan’s Prime Minister ShinzoAbe to the United States. Such an invitation was afirst in each school’s history, and produced muchexcitement among the students and teachers.
“We found out about a week-and-a-half before,”said Eriko Spurlock, a senior in the Japanese lan-guage program at Lake Braddock Secondary.
“We were very honored to be there,” said HayfieldSecondary senior, Michael Chong. Students from alllocal school districts were invited to send 50 studentsto the official welcoming ceremony. Twenty-five stu-dents from Lake Braddock and 25 students fromHayfield represented Fairfax County on Tuesday. Theopportunity to visit the White House has studentsthinking about their future plans.
“I hope to minor in it. My sister studied Japanesehere and I’m following in her footsteps,” said Chris-topher Scafford, senior at Lake Braddock.
The official ceremony lasted for half an hour, be-ginning at 9 a.m., with a welcome from PresidentObama, followed by remarks from Prime MinisterAbe. At the conclusion, the leaders shook hands withmembers of the audience, something that the stu-
dents will never forget.“The most memorable part was shaking their
hands,” said Bryce Ahn, a senior from Lake Braddockwho also did a homestay in Japan with Youth forUnderstanding.
“I was very determined to shake both of theirhands,” said Nattacha Munakata, from Hayfield, witha laugh. Munakata, who is Japanese, serves as acoach/mentor to students in the Japanese languageprogram.
In addition to shaking each of their hands, Scaffordtook a step further, attempting to try out a Japaneseexpression with the Prime Minister.
“When I said it he nodded, but I also saw the lookof surprise on his face,” he said with a laugh.
This visit has students thinking about continuingtheir language study, and learning more about rela-tions between Japan and the United States.
“If I could ask them any question it would be whatwould you do to improve relations?” said LinseyAsbury, junior at Hayfield.
“I just want them to be good citizens,” said YukiMelvin, Japanese language teacher at Lake Braddock.“A key concept of Japanese culture is coexistence.”
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Japaneselanguage teacher at Hayfield, Kyoko Vaughan said.
Lake Braddock, Hayfieldstudents invited to theWhite House.
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(From Left), Hannah Moon, Eriko Spurlock, ChristopherScafford, Erika Nguyen and Bryce Ahn were five of 25students from Lake Braddock Secondary School invited tothe welcoming ceremony for Prime Minster Shinzo Abe atthe White House.
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Destination Smileto Provide DentalCare for Children
“We have been so fortunate to havewonderful patients in Lorton. It is anhonor and a joy to hold Caring for KidsDay each year to give back to our com-munity,” said Dr. Flavia Tingling, ofDestination Smile Pediatric Dental Of-fice in Lorton.
When Destination Smile opened theirdoors in April 2010, the doctors knewthat starting a small business would behard work. They were amazed at thewelcoming, warm community. Fromtheir first business anniversary to now,five years later, Destination Smile hasbeen offering free dental health careonce a year to children without accessto dental insurance.
This year, on May 16, DestinationSmile doctors and staff will again beproviding care to community children.Destination Smile will be partneringwith Lorton Community Action Center(LCAC), Fairfax Public Schools (FCPS)Family and Parent Partnerships programand the Department of Family Services,as well as other community partners, tobring Caring for Kids Day to the commu-nity.
“All children deserve quality medicalcare,” says Dr. Kristina Biggs. Destina-tion Smile wants to ensure that as manychildren receive care as possible by of-fering care to children with noestablished state, federal or private den-tal coverage. The children will be seenfor a comprehensive exam, x-rays,cleaning, fluoride treatment, preventivesealants and triage for any acute dentalissues and necessary treatment, at an
estimated worth of over $400. Caringfor Kids Day is a day of donated carefrom Doctors Biggs and Tingling.
Caring for Kids Day was the precursorto the doctor’s monthly Passport to Phi-lanthropy initiative, which supportspatient nominated nonprofits eachmonth as a means of giving back to thecommunity.
“Destination Smile has been home tome and my children since they firstopened their doors. I’m proud to runPassport to Philanthropy and help orga-nize Caring for Kids each year. I lovebeing a part of the ‘DS Family’,” saysKara O’Neil, Community Outreach Di-rector for the office.
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By David Siegel
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There was a buzz of en-ergy in the jam-packedfoyer of the Center for
the Arts at George Mason Uni-versity. Northern Virginia per-forming arts lovers were readyto learn of the 25th anniversaryseason of “Great Performancesat Mason!” The crowd wouldnot be disappointed as ThomasReynolds, director of artisticprograming, announced “a re-markable variety of performingarts that both entertains andeducates.” The new season be-gins this September.
“We’ve always prided our-selves on variety and the 25thanniversary season is very rep-resentative of that,” saidReynolds. “We are sticking withour strengths, which has alwaysbeen a variety of arts and en-tertainment options.”
The upcoming season of“Great Performances at Ma-son!” will also continue to sup-port the students at GeorgeMason University. The Center ispart of Mason’s College of Vi-sual and Performing Arts andthe schedule of performerstakes “to heart the mission ofhow to present artists that helpsupport the teaching of our stu-dents,” noted Reynolds.
There are many highlights forthe upcoming 25th anniversaryseason. Just a few examplesinclude the Tony and GrammyAward winning Broadway ac-tress and singer Bernadette Pe-ters who will headline the an-nual “Arts by George!” grandbenefit gala on Sept. 26. Thegala will include a grand show-case of Mason College of Visualand Performing Arts studentand faculty works.
As the season rolls forward,
there is tap dance phenomSavion Glover, Disney’s “Fanta-sia - Live in Concert,” a notableperformances from the VirginiaOpera, the Munich SymphonyOrchestra, live theater such asAquila Theatre’s “The Adven-tures of Sherlock Holmes,” theinventive work ofMummenschanz, the dynamicMark Morris Dance Company,the innovative RIOULT contem-porary dance troupe andBollywood Masala Orchestraand Dancers of India, to namea few.
There will be Christmastimefavorites such as Chanticleerand the Vienna Boys Choir. Lo-cal favorites such as JeffreySiegel and his Keyboard Con-versations and the Metropoli-tan Jazz Orchestra will also re-turn
With a wide-range of offer-ings, the 2015-16 season is anopportunity to try new thingsor take in old favorites. Thereare many performances rightfor the whole family as a wayto introduce younger audiencesto the world of performancewith special ticket prices all ina near-by, easy to reach loca-tion with parking. And free pre-performance discussions spon-sored by the Friends of the Cen-ter for the Arts add to experi-ences.
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Silverbrook Road, Lorton. Tickets will cost $15 for generaladmission or $12 for students and seniors.citizens. You canorder tickets online at southcountytheatre.org. “LesMiserables” is famous musical adapted from the novel byVictor Hugo in 1862. The story revolves around formerconvict Jean Valjean and his pursuit of self-redemption bybreaking his parole, thus having to escape the fleet ofInspector Javert. Intertwined are the students’ revolution tocombat the monarchy and a love triangle betweenschoolboy Marius, Valjean’s daughter Cosette, and the poorEponine. Taking place in France in the early 19th century,the central themes are compassion and social injustice.
“Big the Musical.” 7:30 p.m. Fairfax High School, 3501Rebel Run, Fairfax. The FX Players theatre department willdebut its long awaited spring musical, BIG, the first twoweekends of May. Following the storyline of the 1980’sTom Hanks movie, BIG revolves around a young boy whodreams of being an adult. After a Zoltar machine grants hiswish, he goes on a heartwarming adventure where helearns that age does not determine how much fun you canhave. For more information, please visit www.fxplayers.orgor call 703-219-2351.
Spotlight on the Arts Festival. Dedicated to showcasingthe very best of the visual and performing arts in the City ofFairfax. At a variety of venues in and around the city. Visitwww.visitfairfax.com/category/spotlight.
SATURDAY/MAY 9Tales to Tails. City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North
Street, Fairfax. 10:30 a.m. Age 6-12 read aloud to afriendly, trained therapy dog. Openings.
SUNDAY/MAY 10Hands On Modeling Day Workshop. 1-4 p.m. 11200
Fairfax Station Road in Fairfax Station. You and Mom canlearn how to create and paint scenery for your model traindisplay. Admission: Museum members and children 4 andunder, free; ages 5-15, $2; adults 16 and older, $4.www.fairfax-station.org, 703-425-9225. Like us onFacebook, www.facebook.com/FFXSRR.
Workhouse Farmers Market. 1-5 p.m. Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. The opening day ofthis year’s farmers markets season.
MONDAY/MAY 11PJ Library Book Buddies. City of Fairfax Regional Library,
10360 North Street, Fairfax. 10:30 a.m. Ages 6 months to 5years with adult enjoy Jewish storybooks and craft making.Co-sponsored by JCC of Northern Virginia.
Crazy 8S Math Club for School Age. City of FairfaxRegional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax. 4:30 p.m.Super-Cube Shuffle: Math and art collide when you usespecially colored cubes to create funky design. Then, testyour memory skills as you race to copy a giant pattern thatyour friends are spinning…Openings.
TUESDAY/MAY 12Creative Cupcakes for Older Adults. City of Fairfax
Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax. 1 p.m.Celebrate the Creative Aging Festival by getting creative.Decorate cupcakes with the pros from Cupcakes Actually, alocal bakery and multiple winner at the Chocolate LoversFestival. Openings.
Community Action Center, South County Cares, and INOVAare providing the annual Hope & Health Festival at theLorton Park, 9518 Richmond Highway, behind the LortonLibrary. Free health screenings, food, inflatables, kids’games and activities will be available, rain or shine to all inattendance. LortonAction.org or call 703-339-5161, ext.140.
7th Annual Occoquan River Fest. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Occoquan Regional Park, 9751 Ox Road, Lorton. Thisfamily event will feature free river boat rides, a children’smidway, live animals, food, hiking, paddling and over 15outdoor recreation, history and conservation organizations.The event is sponsored by NOVA Parks with assistance fromthe Occoquan Watertrail League, the Occoquan RiverCommunities, Bob Beach Architects, Vulcan Materials,Rivergate Development, Prince William Marina and LortonStation Merchants.
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N Gauge Model Train Show. 1-4 p.m. Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Road, FairfaxStation.Museum members, free; adults 16 and over, $4;children 5-15, $2; under 4, free. Information on themuseum and shows is at www.fairfax-station.org phone703-425-9225.
MONDAY-SUNDAY/MAY 18-24GI Film Festival. Angelika Film Center, 2911 District
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THURSDAY/MAY 21Fairfax Antique Arts Association. 10 a.m. Green Acres
Senior Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax. LinwoodSmith, guest speaker this month, will demonstrate how torepair old trunks. He will have a few small samples toshow. He will also share stories about growing up in OldeTown Alexandria.
SATURDAY/MAY 23Screening of Big Dream. 1 p.m. GMU, 4400 University
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SUNDAY-MONDAY/MAY 24-25Art Guild of Clifton Show and Sale. 5-8 p.m. on Sunday.
12-5 p.m. on Monday. 11200 Fairfax Station Road inFairfax Station. Artists will display and sell works featuringlocal themes across a range of media. Admission is free forMuseum members and children 4 and under; $2 children5-15; $4 adults 16 and older. www.fairfax-station.org, 703-425-9225.
(From left) Doug Klain and Zion Jang playwith light sabers during Fairfax High’s“Big: The Musical.” Performances: Thurs-day-Saturday, May 7, 8 and 9, at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $10 via www.fxplayers.org or$15 at the door. For the Sunday matinee,tickets are $5 for children 12 and under.And after the show, they can dance on thebig piano, take a photo with the cast andmake a wish with Zoltar.
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The Guhyasamaja Buddhist Cen-ter , 10875 Main St., Fairfax Cityprovides free classes to both newcomersand advanced practitioners of TibetanBuddhism. The center emphasizes work-ing with the mind and learning how tounderstand the workings of the mind,overcoming innner causes of suffering,while cultivating causes of happiness.
Under the direction of Lama ZopaRinpoche, the center is a place of study,contemplation and meditation. Visithttp://www.guhyasamaja.org for moreinformation.
Lord of Life Lutheran offers ser-vices at two locations, in Fairfax at 5114Twinbrook Road and in Clifton at 13421Twin Lakes Drive. Services in Fairfax areheld on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. and Sun-days at 8:30 and 10 a.m. Services inClifton are held on Sundays at 8:15 and10:30 a.m. 703-323-9500 orwww.Lordoflifeva.org.
First Baptist Church of Spring-field offers Sunday school at 9:15 a.m.,
followed by a 10:30 a.m. worship serviceat 7300 Gary St., Springfield. 703-451-1500 or www.fbcspringfield.org.
Clifton Presbyterian Church,12748 Richards Lane, Clifton, offers Sun-day worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 11a.m. Nursery care is provided. Christianeducation for all ages is at 9:45 a.m. 703-830-3175.
St. Andrew the Apostle CatholicChurch, 6720 Union Mill Road, Clifton,conducts Sunday masses at 7:30 a.m.,8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Italso offers a Saturday vigil at 5:30 p.m.and a Thursday Latin mass at 7 p.m. 703-817-1770 or www.st-andrew.org.
Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, 8304 Old Keene Mill Road,Springfield, offers casual worship ser-vices on Saturday evenings at 5:30 p.m.featuring contemporary music. More tra-ditional services take place on Sundaymornings at 8:15 and 11 a.m. SundaySchool is from 9:45-10:45 a.m. for chil-dren and adults. The church also offersdiscussion groups for adults. 703-451-5855 or www.poplc.org.
Kirkwood Presbyterian Church,8336 Carrleigh Parkway in Springfield,supports a Mothers of Preschoolers(MOPS) program on the first and thirdWednesday of each month. Meetings are
9:30-11:30 a.m. at the church. All moth-ers and children are welcome. Theprogram provides mothers an opportu-nity to get to know other mothersthrough discussions and craft activities.Register. 703-451-5320.
JCCNV Mother’s Circle program,for women who are not Jewish but areraising Jewish children. Free education inJewish rituals, practices and values, whilerespecting the participant’s choice to re-tain her own religious identity. JewishCommunity Center of Northern Virginia,8900 Little River Turnpike in Fairfax.Contact Laurie Albert, 703-537-3064 orHYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]”[email protected].
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A depression baby, born in 1929, Clair received adiploma in General Agriculture from NYS AgriculturalTechnological Institute (now Alfred State College) in1950, a diploma in Bible Studies and Missions fromPrairie Bible Institute, Alberta Canada in 1954, aBachelor of Arts, cum laude, SUNY Albany paid for bythe G.I. bill. During his 3 years of United States Armyservice he spent a year and a half on the DMZ in Korea.He set up two libraries and served as a librarian underspecial services. Joyce and Clair both worked whileraising Steve, Dave and Lisa. Clair completed two addi-tional college degrees; a Masters of Library Science,Columbia University and a Certificate of AdvancedStudy in Educational Administration, SUNY, New Paltz.
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The Robinson boys’ lacrosse teamreturned most of its firepowerfrom last year’s state championship run, entered Saturday’s
contest against South County with a 9-2record and had won 26 of its previous 27games against public school opponents, astreak dating back to early in the 2014 cam-paign.
In other words, the Rams are good. Realgood.
But just in case there was any doubtwhether Robinson has what it takes to com-pete for a second straight state title, theRams put forth one of their best offensiveefforts of the season on Saturday.
Facing a South County team, consideredone of the best in the region, the Rams hadseven different players score multiple goalsduring a 16-9 victory on May 2 at RobinsonSecondary School.
“I’m starting to see the patience that I’mlooking for offensively,” Robinson headcoach Matt Curran said. “… This is huge,and one of the reasons is we’ve had somegood offensive outputs, but not against ateam — no offense to the teams we’veplayed — but a team of this caliber. Thiswas really big for our momentum. … Thiswas the type of victory we needed.”
South County entered the contest with a10-2 record and brieflytook a 4-3 lead on a goalwith 2:53 remaining inthe second quarter.Robinson responded witha pair of goals and led 5-4 at halftime.
Robinson led for theentire second half.
“I think this is one of thebest games we’ve playedall year,” said JackRowlett, a senior longstick midfielder who willplay for the University ofNorth Carolina. “As ateam, it wasn’t just oneplayer shining. Everyonecontributed …”
Rowlett scored three goals Saturday, giv-ing him 16 for the season.
“Getting a hat trick as a long stick,[Rowlett is] just such a weapon,” Curransaid. “… Long stick middies, you don’t getthat. You might have one or two goals onthe year in a transition. Jack has 16 goalson the season and that’s just kind of un-heard of with a long pole. He can dodgeagainst anybody. If he has a shorty on him,he has the green light.”
Senior attackman Chapman Jasien saidRowlett makes life difficult for opposingdefenses.
“That’s huge coming from a long stickmiddie,” said Jasien, who will play collegelacrosse for the Naval Academy. “That’stough for another team; that’s tough to de-fend. We’ll kind of get out of his way and lethim work on offense; let him get his shot …
“Those shots really help us out a lot. Weencourage it big time.”
Senior attackman Tommy Gallogly alsorecorded a hat trick for Robinson.
Senior midfielder Jack Smith, juniorattackman Johnny Daniel, senior attackmanChris White, junior midfielder Austin Henry,and Jasien each scored two goals for theRams.
“I think it’s good for us,” Rowlett said.“We’re hitting our stride at the right time.We started a little shaky, not playing as wellas we could have. This is a big game for usto help us build toward the team we canbe, the team we should be [come late] May,the beginning of June.”
Robinson defeated Oakton 14-4 on Tues-day, improving its record to 11-2. The Ramswill close the regular season with a roadgame against Centreville at 7:15 p.m. onMonday, May 11.
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Robinson long stickmidfielder JackRowlett, right, scoredthree goals againstSouth County onSaturday.
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Robinson senior Tommy Gallogly finished with ahat trick during the Rams’ 16-9 win over SouthCounty on Saturday.
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