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Dawn redwood on N. Ohio Street lost its battle to developers Aug. 21-24. Classifieds, Page 10 Classifieds, v Not Just a Tree; Entertainment, Page 6 A Precedent News, Page 3 Arlington Author At One More Page News, Page 2 Exploring the Requested in home 8-30-18 home in Requested Time sensitive material. material. sensitive Time Complexities Postmaster: Attention permit #322 permit Easton, MD Easton, PAID Of ‘Passion’ Postage U.S. Entertainment, Page 6 STD PRSRT Photo by Shirley Ruhe and Contributed Photo August 29-September 4, 2018 online at www.connectionnewspapers.com News File photos by Shirley Ruhe by Shirley photos File Northern Virginia Senior Olympics competitors. Run, Throw or Dive and Use Your Brain in NVSO Northern Virginia Senior Olympics returns Sept. 15. By Shirley Ruhe years-old , Toftoy has been competing in events this year include beach ball wallyball, Alexandria, Falls Church or Fairfax or the The Connection NVSO for many years. His current favorite canasta and croquet. counties of Arlington, Loudoun, Fairfax, event is pickleball which is says is a national Events will be held at 29 different parks, Fauquier, or Prince William. Most com- nly $13 registers you in the favorite. This year NVSO begins Saturday, recreation centers and sports courts includ- petitions are held by age group and di- Northern Virginia Senior Sept. 15 with the opening ceremony at 9 ing Fairfax Senior Center-Green Acres, Tho- vided between men and women. OOlympics (NVSO) unless a.m. followed by track, rowing and diving mas Jefferson Community Center, Wakefield Registration ends postmarked Aug. 31 you compete in 13 differ- events. NVSO ends Sept. 26 with pickleball, District Park, Northern Virginia Badminton for regular mail and Sept. 3 for online ent categories like Charles Toftoy. At $2 yo-yo and bunko. In between there is ev- Club, The Jefferson, Prince William Golf registration at www.nsvo.us. for each event, it costs him $39 for reg- erything from softball hit and throw, tennis Course, and St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Volunteers are also welcomed. To vol- istration plus event participation. Several doubles, swimming and track events, mini- Participants are required to be 50 years unteer at at event, call RSVP at 703-403- events require additional fees. At 83- javelin, volleyball and cornhole toss. New old or older and to reside in the cities of 5360 or email [email protected]. Arlington Author Christina June at One More Page where You Want to Be,” What was your first Discussing her came out earlier this year published work? Event Details and is a retelling of Little Did it take a long Sandhya Menon, New York Times bestselling writing process. author, in conversation with Christina June Red Riding Hood, set in time to get pub- Aug. 31, Friday 7-8 p.m. New York. June is excited lished? One More Page Books By Teresa Carandang to share her third book, My debut, “It Started 2200 N Westmoreland St, Arlington, VA 22213 The Connection “No Place Like Here,” by Hannah Bjorndal Photo With Goodbye,” came out which is in set in a place in 2017. It’s a modern to help frame them. “Everywhere You Want rlington resident and author Chris- inspired by Airlie, a farm spin on Cinderella. In To Be” was inspired by Little Red Riding Atina June will be in conversation situated in the country- terms of wait time, I Hood, and I loved swapping the dark forest with Sandhya Menon on Aug. 31, 7 side in Warrenton. It will think I’m middle of the for the skyscrapers of New York City. I like p.m. at One More Page Bookstore. Both be available May 21, road. I went from writ- fairy tales because they’re timeless and it’s June and Menon are writers of contempo- 2019. ing the book to landing fun to put my own spin on the familiar. rary fiction for young adults. The author June shared how her an agent to securing a What is your writing process like? discussion will be led by June who plans to writing career started, book deal to publication Because I’m a full-time school counselor, ask Menon about her “process, research her writing process, her in just over three years. a mom, a wife and an adult, my time is lim- she’s done for her books, and how life has inspirations, what she Christina June. I know a lot of people ited, so I do my best to be efficient. Though changed for her since being published.” considers the most ro- who had much longer my process has changed over time, I tend Menon will be signing her latest roman- mantic spot in Arlington and more in the journeys than I did, and a few lucky ones to write a detailed synopsis first, which en- tic comedy, “From Twinkle with Love.” Her following interview. who got deals right away. Publishing takes ables me to write a clean first draft and earlier book, “When Dimple Met Rishi,” Why and when did you start writ- patience. avoid big revisions. I work out a lot of what made it to the New York Times bestseller ing your books? What inspired you to use fairy I want to write — both plot and characters list in 2017 to glowing reviews. It was about I write a lot in my day job, but it isn’t tales as the framework of your — in the shower, when driving, or when two Indian American teen-agers whose especially creative. stories? working out. I always listen to music while families wanted to arrange a traditional In the fall of 2012, I was feeling itchy to I saw an abandoned dress shoe on the writing; every book gets its own playlist. marriage for them. create and decided to dive into National sidewalk and immediately knew I wanted What is the best part of being an June writes books inspired by fairy tales. Novel Writing Month, which happens ev- to write something inspired by Cinderella. author? Her first book, “It Started with Goodbye,” ery November, with the goal of writing a When it became clear that other characters Connecting with readers is my favorite. is set in Arlington and is a modern take on 50,000 word novel. I managed to do it and from “It Started With Goodbye” had stories I’m so grateful to all the librarians and Cinderella. June’s second book, “Every- never looked back. to tell, I looked for original source material See Author, Page 10 2 ❖ Arlington Connection ❖ August 29 - September 4, 2018 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Arlington Connection Editor Steven Mauren News 703-778-9415 or [email protected] Photos by Shirley Ruhe and Contributed by Shirley Photos Dawn redwood Aug. 21-24 going, going, gone. Not Just a Tree; A Precedent Failure to save the dawn redwood: Lack of power or lack of political will? By Shirley Ruhe the largest of its species in Virginia. The Connection Conflicting interests and differ- ing interpretations of laws and he Heritage dawn red- regulations left the tree in the wood on N. Ohio middle for several months with the TStreet lost its battle to dawn redwood caught in a Catch developers. The desire 22. Development plans filed with to protect the diminishing tree Arlington County become public canopy in Arlington came to a documents once they are ap- head in the current struggle be- proved. But by the time they were tween Richmond Custom Develop- approved it was too late to impact ers and local conservationists over the county’s and developer’s ac- the fate of a 114-foot high Cham- tions. pion dawn redwood tree located Defenders of the tree argue that at 3260 N. Ohio Street in a Re- the location of the tree in a Re- source Protected Area (RPA.) source Protected Area gives it pro- On Aug. 21 the tree removal tection. An RPA includes streams, truck slowly and methodically be- rivers and other water bodies and gan slicing off the limbs of the environmentally sensitive lands dawn redwood. Neighbors gath- within 100 feet of these water re- ered to watch the demolition. sources. “Such a shame.” said Angela A letter sent by the County lington Tree Action Group (ATAG) est Master Plan and Natural Re- to provide for the proposed use of Dickey, a neighbor and activist for Board on Aug. 15 indicated: “Al- member, who examined the plans. sources Management Plan, both of development’.” preservation of the tree, “I felt like though the tree is in a Resource VIhstadt said, “Our response to which may include new adminis- In addition, he suggests that crying, and I think the tree was Protected Area, under Virginia law the FOIA request from a citizen trative tools to promote tree pres- with a minor adjustment the drive- crying too.º A horrible thing to and applicable county code provi- looking to know more about the ervation.” way could be rerouted to be far- happen to a living thing.” She said sions, the developer has consider- county’s process and ultimate de- In a series of email exchanges ther away from the dawn redwood it felt like an amputation. able rights as a property owner to cision to grant the developer’s per- beginning in late June with Rob- and not endanger it. Further that John Vihstadt, a member of the redevelop and subdivide the prop- mits was both hard to understand ert Sharpe, resident ombudsman “existing vegetation and trees shall County Board and the board’s rep- erty and in this instance to remove and incomplete.” and director of constituent ser- be preserved to the maximum ex- resentative to Parks and Recre- the tree.” Seymour said, “Obviously the vices, County Manager’s Office, tent practicable consistent with ation, said, “I share community John Seymour, president of the removal of the majestic dawn red- Roos explains that in his analysis the proposed use and develop- anxieties about the loss of such a Williamsburg Civic Association wood was a disappointment to the the dawn redwood tree (number ment permitted and in accordance marvelous tree.” within which the tree is located, neighbors and to the Williamsburg 973) is clearly in the RPA and is with the Virginia Erosion and Sedi- Back in March the owner-devel- was able to obtain documents on Civic Association as a whole ….