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2 ❖ Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] Plan to Enhance Maple Avenue Flis said the Vienna Business Assn. asked Public hearing held what accommodations have been made to protect and retain the small, local busi- on proposed, new nesses. “But the zoning code isn’t the tool to do this,” he said. “Things like tax incen- zoning district. tives are.” By Bonnie Hobbs “There are buildings reaching the end The Connection of their life cycle and needing invest- ment,” continued Flis. “The focus is on t’s been a long time coming, but the place and experience, not just on the re- IMaple Avenue Corridor (MAC) zoning tail, itself. Demand for office space has district is close to becoming a reality in declined and retail is going to have a the Town of Vienna. smaller footprint.” On July 7, the Town Council held part one of a two-part public hearing on the pro- UNDER THE MAC PROPOSAL, open posed, new district for commercial property space is promoted and businesses wishing along Maple Avenue. Part two is set for Aug. to add outdoor tables or displays won’t have 18. to go through a public hearing. A develop- It’s been evaluated since 2001, and – so ment doesn’t have to be a minimum size, everyone’s views would be represented – so smaller businesses may be encouraged. the late Mayor Jane Seeman and the Town Under the existing zoning, said Flis, “Cur- Council appointed a broad variety of people rent businesses have little opportunity to to a 17-member steering committee in- develop.” Photos by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection volved in this project. “MAC reduces the amount of impervious Sunday afternoon traffic on Maple Avenue. Now, the committee has passed its final area and allows businesses to go from three report, 4-3, and those opposed to it wrote opment. “And it’s voluntary – businesses “Maple Avenue currently carries 33,000 to four stories, but no higher than 54 feet,” their own report, as well. don’t have to join it. But they can ask to be vehicles per day through the Corridor,” said said Lardner. “There’s a more robust ap- rezoned in and the decision would be up to Noble. “With improved pedestrian connec- proach to landscaping, so there’d be one tree COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Doug Noble, the Town Council. If they do become part tions, people could park once and go from per eight parking spaces, plus 10 percent landscape architect Elizabeth Lardner and of it, it’s hoped that they’ll use the MAC business to business, instead of driving from open space. And there’d be bike parking for Vienna Deputy Director of Planning and guidelines to create more walkable, mixed- parking lot to parking lot.” residential buildings of 10 or more units.” Zoning Matt Flis all presented details to the use developments. He said there’s no plan to widen Maple, She said current landowners in the MAC Town Council. “People told us this part of Vienna wasn’t and he encouraged the Council to look at could stay as is, but the new zoning district “You have changing demographics, new affordable anymore for their children and Vienna as a “mixed-use community, because “provides businesses a chance to grow and businesses and mainly by-right develop- grandchildren,” said Lardner. “They also it generates less vehicle traffic. Under by- adds incentives for them to do so. And the ment,” said Lardner. “So this would give you said there aren’t condos and apartments for right zoning, we have little ability to ad- MAC gives them a tool to address redevel- more control over development and protect them to move to here when they want to dress traffic. But the new zoning allows us opment challenges.” the small-town character while staying true leave their homes and large lawns behind, to require traffic studies, proffers and Overall, added Noble, “The purpose of the to what Vienna’s all about.” but still remain in the Maple Avenue area. multimodal traffic, as well as less driveway MAC is to allow the town to control the in- What the MAC should do, she explained, They want it made safer and more pedes- access to businesses from Maple Avenue. It evitable changes on the way, protect the is control and direct density, support local trian-friendly so they can walk places and also means less delay of other vehicles and residential community and enhance the businesses and encourage economic devel- hang out.” less crash risk.” business environment.” Residents Comment on Maple Avenue Corridor east Vienna Citizens Assn., wanted busi- difficult later on.” Anderson said the project will cost Tell Town Council nesses to provide bicycle parking for their Mary Ellen Larkins wrote that everyone money, and he wondered if the residents employees. And, he added, “Sidewalks [in in Town needs to “think about what we can would end up subsidizing the business the pros and cons of that area] should be composed of porous do to make Vienna a showplace. Broken community, as a result. “We need to step materials to decrease the water runoff.” curbs and sidewalks are common; bus shel- back and make a serious analysis of park- what’s proposed. Land-use attorney Sara Mariska, said her ters could be cleaned up. Access in front of ing, traffic and the tax structure,” he said. firm is “excited about what this means as the shops could be spruced up, and walk- “Because once it’s on the books, it’s on By Bonnie Hobbs an opportunity for our clients along Maple ers should be encouraged to help pick up the books forever.” The Connection Avenue. And in August, we’re going to sug- trash.” DiRocco said she and the Council mem- gest some language [in the MAC document] bers have his report, and he told them to maintain flexibility in the site-plan modi- THE NEXT SPEAKER was Chuck Ander- he’ll be speaking again at the Aug. 18, t the July 7 public hearing for fication [wording].” son, who authored the Vienna Planning follow-up public hearing on this issue. AVienna’s proposed Maple Av- Then Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco read Commission’s minority report on the MAC MAC Steering Committee Chairman enue Corridor (MAC) zoning into the official record two letters she’d re- plan. “I’m the voice of dissent and provide Doug Noble said the redevelopment cost district, people spoke both for and ceived. She said Charles Sloan, who owns an alternative viewpoint,” he said. “would be borne, not by the Town, but against the project. three properties in the MAC and has a law- “My main issue is that – although one of by the businesses wanting to opt in” to The first was Peter Greenberg, repre- office there, agrees with the need for this the goals is to increase density on Maple the new zoning corridor. senting Brandywine Senior Living. He zoning district. He also cited the need for Avenue – we’re talking about 1,000 addi- told the Town Council members that fa- condos in the Town. tional parking spaces [there],” he contin- RESIDENT Hugh Allen asked if the pro- cility would be “a compatible use to your “Vienna needs to provide more opportu- ued. “This would lead to even more traffic posal would go to a referendum for the downtown.” nities for vibrant business development,” he than we already have and possibly choke voters. “I don’t think the people of Bob McCahill, president of the North- wrote. “If we don’t change now, it’ll be more off commercial development.” See Maple Avenue, Page 5 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 ❖ 3 News Paycheck Gender Wars? Across Northern “What we are probably seeing in Bailey’s Crossroads is women who are nannies of Virginia, men pull families that make a lot of money,” said Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fel- larger paychecks low at the Mercatus Center at George Ma- son University. “They make a lot more than women; money than their male counterparts who are working in construction or putting up disparities larger than drywall.” national average. ACADEMICS WHO look at these numbers say the imbalance of salaries between men By Michael Lee Pope and women can be explained by looking at The Connection how the genders participate in the labor force differently. A recent study by the hen Lola Arce de Quintela George Mason School for Regional Analy- first moved to Oakton 20 sis concluded that Arlington County has the Wyears ago, she noticed highest labor force participation rate for something about the way women in the region while the District of men and women arranged their professional Columbia has the lowest. Meanwhile, sub- careers around their family lives in North- urban areas of Fairfax County have much ern Virginia. Men took high-powered jobs lower female participation rates than urban with large paychecks, while women often areas such as Arlington or Alexandria. dropped out of the workforce to take care “If you’re looking at why men are earn- of growing families. If women had full-time ing more, it’s because in those cases women jobs, she says, they would often select posi- who might have a higher earning potential tions that were not as demanding so they are not in the labor force, they are staying could focus their time and attention on their home to raise a family,” said David Versel, children while husbands and fathers pulled senior research associate at the Center for in six-figure salaries. Regional Analysis. “That’s obviously less “The other women who live on my block true than it was a generation or two ago, are teachers,” said de Quintela, a freelance but that’s the easiest way of looking at this.” translator. “Their husbands are attorneys or Although the disparity between salaries they work for the World Bank.” earned by men and women are glaring, re- On a national basis, women make 77 “If you’re looking at why men are earning more, it’s searchers who look at the data warn not to cents for every dollar men make. But here jump to conclusions about gender inequal- in Northern Virginia the disparities are because in those cases women who might have a ity. These numbers show that men and greater, especially in wealthier areas. No- women who live in the same ZIP codes earn where is this trend higher than 22124, the higher earning potential are not in the labor force, different salaries, it does not say that they suburb of Oakton, where the average me- they are staying home to raise a family.” receive different salaries for doing the same dian income for full-time female workers is work. They probably say more about how $77,000. The men in that ZIP code pull in —David Versel, senior research associate at the Center for Regional Analysis women and men approach the labor force almost $130,000. That means women who differently than how employers choose to live in Oakton and are full-time, permanent on those roles,” said Annie Rorem, policy even reversed in some of areas with the low- compensate their employees. workers earn 60 percent of what men earn. associate in the demographics research est salaries. In Bailey’s Crossroads, for ex- “This doesn’t necessarily mean that we “It’s very difficult to have a family and group at Weldon Cooper Center for Public ample, women earn $59,000. But men earn are talking about any active gender inequal- raise kids when you have two people with Service at the University of Virginia. “We $46,000, the lowest salary of any Fairfax ity in the sense of discrimination or men high-powered careers that demand a lot of often see differences in female and male County ZIP code. That means men earn and women being paid different amounts time and attention,” said de Quintela. “So earnings that are related to, although I about 22 percent less than women here, a for the exact same labor,” said Rorem. “One a lot of women tend to find work that’s more would not necessarily say caused by, family phenomenon that indicates workers here thing that’s important to keep in mind when flexible and not as demanding, which structure.” are attached to the labor force in a way you are looking at all full-time year-round means they earn less money. It’s a trade off.” This trend is less evident in ZIP codes that’s different from people at the top of workers is that one thing you don’t pick up where salaries are lower, and the roles are the earnings scale. is experience between workers.” CENSUS RECORDS show disparities tend to be greatest where people earn the most money. In the Fairfax Station ZIP code 22039, for example, the average annual Eight FCPS Students Win College-Sponsored Merit Scholarships male median salary is $134,000. That’s one Eight Fairfax County Public Schools Technology (TJHSST) (engineering), Na- University of Georgia Scholarship. of the highest in Northern Virginia. By con- (FCPS) graduates from the class of 2014 tional Merit Case Western Reserve Univer- ❖ Vishal Talasani of Alexandria, trast, women in this area earn $86,000 a have been named winners of college- sity Scholarship. TJHSST (economics), National Merit year. That’s still a high salary for the region, sponsored scholarships by the National ❖ Adam Friedman of Fairfax, TJHSST University of Chicago Scholarship. but women who live in Fairfax Station earn Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). (environmental science), National Merit ❖ Tony Xiao of Herndon, TJHSST (film 64 cents for every $1 the men who live there Recipients of college-sponsored schol- Emory University Scholarship. production), National Merit Vanderbilt make. arships from the NMSC, with their prob- ❖ Nicholas Jones of Round Hill, TJHSST University Scholarship. Demographers say some of this may be able career fields in parentheses, are: (aerospace engineering), National Merit College-sponsored Merit Scholarships explained by a concept they call “labor force ❖ Celia Islam of Vienna, Marshall High University of Central Florida Scholarship. provide between $500 and $2,000 an- attachment,” which essentially means that School (medicine), National Merit ❖ Thomas Lunn of Potomac Falls, TJHSST nually for up to four years of undergradu- women are less attached to the labor force George Washington University Scholar- (international relations), National Merit ate study at the institution financing the than men. ship. Bowdoin College Scholarship. scholarship. Nationwide, approximately “Given the traditional understandings ❖ Brian Clark of Burke, Thomas ❖ Timothy Ruiter of Centreville, TJHSST 7,600 students have won Merit Scholar- about who cares for children or aging par- Jefferson High School for Science and (biomedical engineering), National Merit ship awards in 2014. ents, what we often see is that women take

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From Page 3 we don’t want that. We want cre- Vienna would like to see a four- ative architecture, walkways and or five-story wall or a parking ga- pedestrian spaces.” rage on Maple Avenue,” he said. Furthermore, added DiRocco, “It’ll be a radical change in the “People’s plans would have to be Town’s appearance.” approved by the Board of Archi- But DiRocco said that’s not the tectural Review, the Planning intention. And Deputy Director of Commission and the Town Coun- Planning and Zoning Matt Flis ex- cil.” She then said that, “Because plained that “it’s not a plan that’ll this subject is so important, the be implemented next year. It’s a public hearing on it will continue guideline for many years.” to the [Monday], Aug. 18, meet- Noble also reassured Allen and ing for written comments; and the Council members that “there Town residents can also comment won’t be a brick wall along Maple; that night.”

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Angela Wertz, daughter of Daniel and Lori Wertz of McLean, and a former student of Langley High School, has graduated from Duquesne University’s Rangos School of Health Sciences. Angela will be attend- ing the twelve month Accelerated Nursing Program this year at George Mason University.

Grayson Smith, of Great Falls, earned a Bachelor of Science De- gree in accounting, cum laude, during the spring commencement ex- ercises at Auburn University. He is currently enrolled in Auburn’s Master’s of Accounting Program. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 ❖ 5 Opinion Vienna & Oakton

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xpress lanes and rapid-bus tran- sit could be coming to Interstate E66, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on July 17. Photo by Janelle Germanos/The Connection “Interstate 66 is broken. Commuters are The proposed express lanes for Interstate 66 would Courtesy of VDOT stuck in traffic, limited in the travel choices be similar to those on Interstate 495 and those being This map demonstrates the area where express lanes they can make and unable to predict how constructed on Interstate 95 in Springfield, pictured and other improvements will be made along Inter- long their trip will take on any given day,” here. state 66. McAuliffe said. “Giving Virginians more choices and a better, safer travel experience Herrity (R-Springfield.) Road,” Herrity said. “I want to thank Trans- and robust community involvement. By the on I-66 is one of my top priorities, and to- The project, which spans 25 miles, will portation Secretary Layne for continuing to end of 2016 our plan is to complete envi- day I am proud to announce the beginning cost an estimated two to three billion dol- keep this project a priority for the Common- ronmental work, identify funding sources, of that effort.” lars. The express lanes would operate simi- wealth of Virginia.” receive federal approval, and move forward The plan, which includes three regular lar to those on Interstate 495 and those Officials announced the plan at a meet- on a plan to turn I-66 into the efficient, and two express lanes in each direction, bus being constructed on Interstate 95, which ing at VDOT’s Fairfax office on July 17. multi-modal corridor that Virginia’s service, and improved commuter parking, base the cost of the toll on time of day and “Over the last couple of months the Vir- economy needs,” said Virginia Secretary of would be implemented from the Capital congestion. ginia Department of Transportation has Transportation Aubrey Layne. Beltway to Haymarket “I have been a longtime advocate for an worked closely with the Department of Rail Express lanes on Interstate 95, which will “Today’s announcement that we could be ‘Express Lanes’ like solution for I-66 which and Public Transportation, the Office of run from Stafford County near Garrisonville starting construction by 2017 on Express would open this corridor up to reliable time Transportation Public-Private Partnerships Road up to 395 near Edsall Road, are ex- lanes like solution to I-66 congestion is out- advantaged mass transit and carpooling, and Fairfax and Prince William counties to pected to open in early 2015. All drivers standing news. I-66 is our most congested extend a growing network of lanes dedi- devise a plan that will reduce congestion will be required to purchase E-ZPass or E- corridor and this gives me great hope that cated to mass transit and carpools, and ease on I-66 by increasing capacity and giving ZPass Flex in order to use the lanes, and we can improve the quality of life for all congestion on I-66 and surrounding roads travelers more choices. Today we kick off only vehicles with three or more passengers Northern Virginians,” said Supervisor Pat like Route 50, Route 29 and Braddock 17 months of rigorous environmental study can ride toll free.

Two Oakton natives Change of Command assume new duties. ear Adm. Charlie Williams, who said Williams. “New platforms, including ships and enhancing interoperability in Rwas born and raised in Oakton, LCS and her rotational deployments, are a ways that tangibly support America’s re- relieved Rear Adm. Cindy key part of our Navy’s forward presence balance to the Asia-Pacific,” said Williams. Thebaud as commander, Logistics Group and, as more LCS’ deploy, these ships will “Much of this success is owed to Capt. Paul Western Pacific (COMLOG WESTPAC) provide increased opportunities for inter- Schlise’s superb leadership.” during a change of command ceremony, action with the region’s people, ships and Kacher, a native of Oakton, graduated July 1. Williams also assumed duties as waters in unprecedented ways.” from the United States Naval Academy in commander, Task Force 73 (CTF 73) and Located in Singapore since 1991, 1990 with an honors degree in English. A Navy Region Singapore (NRS) for U.S. COMLOG WESTPAC is the U.S. 7th Fleet’s veteran of multiple overseas deployments forces. provider of combat-ready logistics, operat- and sea tours, he commanded USS The guest speaker, U.S. Ambassador to ing government-owned and contracted Stockdale (DDG 106) from 2008 to 2010. Singapore, Kirk Wagar, praised ships to keep units throughout 7th Fleet Prior to reporting to DESRON 7 as deputy, Thebaud’s many accomplishments, in- armed, fueled, and fed. Additionally, he served as lead speechwriter and special Photos contributed cluding her sustained focus on 7th Fleet COMLOG WESTPAC is 7th Fleet’s Theater assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Rear Adm. Charlie Williams logistics and security cooperation activi- Security Cooperation agent for South and of Staff. He also holds a Master in Public ties in South and Southeast Asia - both Southeast Asia. Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School and in direct support of America’s rebalance For more news from Commander, Task was selected as a 2006-2007 White House to the Asia Pacific. Force 73, visit www.navy.mil/local/ctf73/. Fellow, where he worked at the White House on issues related to homeland security and A FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF for DESTROYER SQUADRON (DESRON) 7 counter-terrorism. A winner of the Arleigh Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet and commo- held a change of command ceremony at Burke Leadership Award and Admiral Elmo dore of Destroyer Squadron 15, Williams Commander, Logistics Group Western Pa- Zumwalt Award for Visionary Leadership, assumed command following a tour as cific in Singapore, July 14. he is the author of the book, Newly Com- deputy, Surface Warfare Combat Systems Capt. Paul J. Schlise turned over com- missioned Naval Officer’s Guide (U.S. Na- on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff mand to Capt. Fred W. Kacher, who had val Institute Press, 2009). in Washington D.C. served as DESRON 7’s deputy commodore “I am honored to take command of “Geography matters and, as someone since October 2012. Rear Adm. Charlie Wil- DESRON 7,” said Kacher. “We have an in- who has already spent many years in this liams, commander, Logistics Group Western credibly talented team and I look forward region, I know that COMLOG WESTPAC Pacific, presided over the event. to building on the legacy of excellence Paul has a rather unique vantage on the Asia- “As the operational face of our theater Schlise established leading the first De- Pacific, finding itself at the maritime security cooperation activities in Southeast stroyer Squadron forward deployed to SE Capt. Fred W. Kacher, a native of crossroads of South and Southeast Asia,” Asia, DESRON 7 is strengthening relation- Asia in more than 40 years.” Oakton

8 ❖ Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com U.S. News: Inova Fairfax Hospital Tops in D.C. Metro Area or the third year in a row, staff who provide the best of care to our ❖ Geriatrics Objective measures such as patient sur- Inova Fairfax Medical Cam- patients every day. I’d like to congratulate ❖ Nephrology vival and safety data, adequacy of nurse F ❖ pus has been ranked as the top hos- our staff, particularly within Inova Neurology and Neurosurgery staffing levels and other data largely de- pital in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan Women’s and Children’s for their impres- ❖ Orthopedics termined the rankings in most specialties. area by U.S. News & World Report. Inova sive and well-deserved national rankings,” ❖ Pulmonology The rankings are available at http:// Fairfax also jumped in rankings to second said Patrick Christiansen, PhD, chief ex- ❖ Urology health.usnews.com/best-hospitals and in the state, and earned national recogni- ecutive officer, Inova Fairfax Medical In the recently released U.S. News Best will appear in the U.S. News “Best Hospi- tion as No.33 in the country in Gynecology Campus. Children’s Hospital Rankings, Inova tals 2015” guidebook, available in August. and No. 42 in Neonatology. The annual U.S. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus also earned Children’s Hospital was named 42nd in the All five of Inova’s hospitals were recog- News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their high-performing rankings in 11 specialties: nation for Neonatology. nized again this year in the top 15 best 25th year, recognize hospitals that excel in ❖ Cancer U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help hospitals in the Washington, DC, metro- treating the most challenging patients. ❖ Cardiology and Heart Surgery guide patients who need a high level of care politan area, and top 20 in Virginia. To “Three years in a row as No. 1 is an out- ❖ Diabetes and Endocrinology because they face particularly difficult sur- learn more about Inova Fairfax Medical standing accomplishment and we are proud ❖ Ear, Nose and Throat gery, a challenging condition or extra risk Campus, visit www.inova.org/ifh. of our hospital’s dedicated physicians and ❖ Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, because of age or multiple health problems.

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Photo by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection Abraham Zuhairi, 4, of Oakton, enjoys being inside the Fairfax Water bobcat. Children Enjoy Big Photo contributed Vienna Saints players, from left, front row - Kara Vietmeyer, Amalia Makrigiorgos, Stephanie Zaso, Izzy Williamson, Mary Trivisonno, Christina Trivisonno. Back row: Vehicles Up Close Nicole Collins, Kelley Strike, and Val Dirske. Monica Balistrere - not pictured. Some 2,800 people attended the recent Touch-A-Truck event at Vienna Saints Second in National Tournament the Chantilly Regional Library. Besides the Fairfax County Fire and Police departments, participants included: Virginia State Police; The Vienna Saints, fifth grade girls team, competed in the 2014 United States Basketball Association county Animal Shelter and Public Works; Federal Bureau of Alco- National Tournament and placed second in their age group. The team, comprising fifth grade Vienna area hol, Tobacco and Firearms; Fairfax Connector; Fairfax Water; Do- residents, beat teams from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Georgia before succumbing in the final minion Power and VDOT. minute in the championship game. The team finished with a tournament record of 5-1.

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10 ❖ Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Calendar Photos by Donna Manz/The Connection

Send announcements to [email protected]. Deadline is Friday for the following week’s paper. Photos/artwork encouraged. Former FRIDAY/JULY 25 Vienna Idol “Pippi Longstocking: The Family semi-finalist Musical.” 7:30 p.m. Lanier Middle Jason Saitta School, 3801 Jermantown Road, Fairfax. A family-friendly musical rocked the comedy for all to enjoy. For ticket house information, visit during www.fairfaxcitytheatre.org. Summer on the Green Concert. Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. Vienna Town Green, 144 Caffe Maple Avenue E, Vienna. Bring chairs Amouri and blankets to come hear Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone. No alcoholic Vienna native Natalie York returns with her Brooklyn, birthday beverages allowed; recommended N.Y.-based band and second album PROMISES on Aug. 2 bash. pets be left at home. Pokemon League. 3 p.m. Patrick at Jammin’ Java. Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East, naturalist and learn about the Vienna. Learn and play. Ages 5 to 18. www.viennacommunityband.org historical and natural beauty of the 703-930-0405. Potomac. Ages 14+. $59-$74. Bizet Carmen. 8:15 p.m. Wolf Trap, Register at http:// 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Wolf Trap MONDAY/JULY 28 www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ Opera and the National Symphony Treasured Threes to Fives. 10:30 riverbend-park/kayaktours.htm. Orchestra in a thrilling tale of love, a.m. Patrick Henry Library, 101 Natalie York Band at Jammin’ lust, and desire. New production, Java. Caffe Amouri Maple Ave. East, Vienna. Join us for 7 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 fully staged and costumed with stories and songs. Age 3 to 5 with Maple Avenue East, Vienna. Vienna custom video projection design. Sung adult. 703-938-0405. native Natalie York returns with her in French with English supertitles. Reptiles Alive. 7 p.m. Oakton Library, Brooklyn, NY-based band and second Tickets: $25-$75. www.wolftrap.org/ 10304 Lynnhaven Pl., Oakton. See album PROMISES. Tickets available Celebrates Birthday how these amazing animals cling, at www.jamminjava.com. climb and chase in the wild. Ages 6 It says a lot about a business showed up, as did friends of the SATURDAY/JULY 26 to 12. 703-242-4020. when the community shares its Lamb Center, housed at Fairfax SATURDAY/AUG. 2 - SUNDAY/AUG. 3 Professor Parsnip’s Lab. 10:30 a.m. birthday celebration and it says Circle. Matthew Dobras identi- Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Tysons-Pimmit Library Book Sale. Ave. East, Vienna. The Professor TUESDAY/JULY 29 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tysons-Pimmit a lot about a service nonprofit fied himself as one of the people mixes food, science, and fun in this Woof, and Paws - Read to a Dog. Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg when the community it has the Lamb Center helped Bright Star Theatre production. Sign 10 - 11 a.m. Patrick Henry Library, Pike, Falls Church. Friends of the helped comes to “give back.” through bad times, motivating up each child and adult separately. 101 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. Need a Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library is All ages. 703-938-0405. little reading help? Sign up to read holding a book sale to benefit the Business and nonprofit inter- him to get back on his feet. Sarah McLachlan. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap, with a reading therapy dog. Age 6 to Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library on wove on Saturday, July 19, “So many homeless are men- 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. With 12. 703-938-0405. August 2 and 3. Choose from a large when Caffi Amouri celebrated tally-ill,” said Dobras, who said emotional ballads and ethereal Heart. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap selection of on Sunday, August 3, vocals, this Grammy-winning “Angel” Road, Vienna. Power ballads and melodic from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. its fourth anniversary in busi- he was a homeless 27-year-old has become “pop’s voice of hard rock—including “Barracuda” and ness with a benefit on behalf of in 1998, riddled by drugs and SUNDAY/AUG. 10 compassion and consolation” (The “Alone”—from ultimate “Magic” women the Lamb Center, a faith-backed mental illness. The Lamb Cen- New York Times). Tickets: $30-$70. who’ve released 20 unforgettable Top 40 Tom Principato Celebrate Great www.wolftrap.org/ singles. Tickets: $35-$60. Falls Concert on the Green. 6-8 charity that serves the poor and ter got Dobras the mental www.wolftrap.org/ p.m. Great Falls Village Centre the poor-in-spirit locally. health treatment he needed, R U Puzzled? 5:30-7:30 p.m. Vienna Green, Georgetown Pike and Walker “This is what we’re all about,” and, with the assistance of pre- Art Center, 115 Pleasant Street NW, Road, Great Falls. Come out with Vienna. The Vienna Arts Society WEDNESDAY/JULY 30 your picnic baskets and chairs for an said Caffe Amouri owner scribed medications, Dobras presents walls of giant puzzles Preschool Storytime. 10:30 am. evening of live, free blues and rock Michael Amouri, as he grilled started to get “better and bet- created by assembling 12” puzzle Oakton Library, 10304 Lynnhaven music. 571-293-0474. hot dogs. “The community sup- ter.” Now, he works and has pieces. Reception on Saturday, July Pl., Oakton. Stories and songs for Intro to River Kayaking. 1-1:30 p.m. 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. 703-319- children and adults. Ages 3 to 5 with Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills ports us and we’re thanking the family again. 3971. adult. 703-242-4020. St., Great Falls. This introductory community for its support by Caffe Amouri has been voted “Pippi Longstocking: The Family Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra level course covers river hazards, giving back to it.” the #1 coffeehouse in Northern Musical.” 7:30 p.m. Lanier Middle with Wynton Marsalis. 8 p.m. water safety and paddling basics. School, 3801 Jermantown Road, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Ages 14+. $28-43. Register at http:// The “bash,” held in front of Virginia since 2012 by readers Fairfax. A family-friendly musical Grammy-winning jazz master www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ Caffe Amouri, served free of Northern Virginia magazines. comedy for all to enjoy. For ticket Wynton Marsalis and an all-star riverbend-park/kayaktours.htm. hotdogs to those who brought Amouri spearheaded the Vienna information, visit orchestra. Tickets: $25-$48. www.fairfaxcitytheatre.org. www.wolftrap.org/ little donations for the Lamb Business Association’s first an- WEDNESDAY/AUG. 13 Center, and provided live mu- nual First Night Vienna celebra- Kayaking for Fitness. 5-7 p.m. sic, face painting, and games for tion in 2013. SATURDAY/JULY 26 - SATURDAY/AUG. 9 THURSDAY/JULY 31 Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills McLean AAUW 45th Annual Used Patrick Henry Book Club. 1 p.m. St., Great Falls. Four beginning children throughout the day. Book Collections. 9 a.m. - 1:30 Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple kayaking classes that teach flat and Local Caffe Amouri friends — Donna Manz p.m. Sun Trust Bank, 515 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. Among the Mad: A moving water kayaking basics while Avenue East, Vienna. Bring book, CD Maisie Dobbs novel by Jacqueline increasing fitness. Ages 14+. $119- and DVD contributions for the 45th Winspear. Adults. 703-938-0405. $134. Register at http:// Annual Used Book Sale in September. Happy Birthday, Harry Potter. 7 www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ Email [email protected] or p.m. Patrick Henry Library, 101 riverbend-park/kayaktours.htm. call 703-527-4206 for information. Maple Ave. East, Vienna. Help us celebrate the birthday of favorite literary wizard. Games, trivia, fun. FRIDAY/AUG. 15 SUNDAY/JULY 27 Teens and adults. 703-938-0405. Kayak Tour Island Hopping. 5-7 Darius Rucker. 7:30 p.m. Wolf Trap, Rodrigo y Gabriela. 8 p.m. Wolf p.m. Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Trailblazing Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Hills St., Great Falls. Explore the country singer and acclaimed Hootie Nimble-fingered Mexican guitar duo upper Potomac River islands by & the Blowfish front man shines on presents rhythmically supercharged kayak. Register at http:// earnest hits including “Alright” and instrumentals, with influences www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ “Wagon Wheel.” Tickets: $35-$65. ranging from heavy metal to salsa. riverbend-park/kayaktours.htm. HYPERLINK “http:// Tickets: $35-$65. www.wolftrap.org/ www.wolftrap.org/” www.wolftrap.org/ SATURDAY/AUG. 16 Summer on the Green Concert. SATURDAY/AUG. 2 Ballroom Dance. 8-11:30 p.m. Colvin 6:30 p.m. Vienna Town Green, 144 Ballroom Dance. 8-11:30 p.m. Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin Run Maple Avenue E, Vienna. Bring chairs Run Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls. $15. and blankets to come hear the Vienna Road, Great Falls. 8-9pmºCha-Cha Sunrise Kayak Tour. 7-9 a.m. Community Band. No alcoholic lesson;º9-11:30pmºdance with Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills beverages allowed; recommended favorite dance tunes from the 1930s St., Great Falls. Paddle with a pets be left at home. to today. Attire is ballroom casual. naturalist and learn about the Town of Vienna Concert. 6:30 p.m. $15. 703-759-2685. historical and natural beauty of the Six-year-old Nina Mendez has her face painted by Vienna Town Green. Free outdoor Sunrise Kayak Tour. 7-9 a.m. Potomac. Ages 14+. $59-$74. concert featuring music for the whole Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills Register at http:// Caffe Amouri volunteer Kristen Amouri. Nina’s mom family. All ages. 703-403-9179. St., Great Falls. Paddle with a www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ said the family came to support the Lamb Center. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 ❖ 11 Sports Madison’s Koshuta Returned to Dominance After Torn ACL Q&A: 6-2 post earned immediate impact in the ACC, and that is Koshuta: People talk about my height also attractive to me. I will be playing all the time, but it’s funny: I am actually all-state in 2014, against some of the best players in the coun- undersized for a college post player. I try, not to mention I absolutely love the have played against girls who are 6-6 and committed to Virginia school, and the campus. 6-7 during AAU season. *Connection: At what age did you start *Connection: What is your favorite ath- Tech. playing basketball? Have you always been letic moment from your first three years a post player? When did you realize playing at Madison? torn ACL sidelined Kelly Koshuta college basketball was a possibility for you? Koshuta: Two things come to mind: Afor her entire sophomore season, Koshuta: I started in second grade. I have beating Paul VI in the Bulldog Bash my but the injury didn’t keep the 6- pretty much been a post player my whole freshman year, and winning the Liberty foot-2 Madison basketball standout from life. I realized college basketball was a pos- District my freshman year. returning to dominance. sibility when colleges started recruiting me *Connection: Who is your favorite After averaging 19.5 points and 10.8 re- in seventh grade. music artist? Why? bounds as a freshman post, leading the *Connection: You missed your sophomore Koshuta: John Mayer, just because his Warhawks to a Liberty District title and a season due to a torn ACL. How has that in- songs are mellow and about real things trip to the region semifinals, Koshuta in- jury and the work it took to get back affected that happen in life. jured her left knee during an AAU game in you as a basketball player and a person? *Connection: What is your favorite the summer of 2012. After sitting out as a Koshuta: It motivated me to never take movie? Why? sophomore, Koshuta returned for her jun- basketball for granted. I realized how much Koshuta: ‘Hercules,’ the cartoon, be- ior campaign and earned all-state honors. I missed the game when I had to watch my cause he has to prove that he is a true Madison reached the region semifinals for sophomore season from the bench. I kept hero so he can rejoin his father and be- the second time in three years, and Koshuta training as soon as I could stand, and come a God. The story motivates me, and nearly willed the Warhawks to victory and Connection File Photo worked hard on my game all during rehab. makes me happy! I like all the Disney a berth in the state tournament. Facing Madison’s Kelly Koshuta scored 39 As a person, I now reach out to other ath- movies. eventual region champion Stonewall Jack- points and grabbed 19 rebounds letes who get injured and tell them to work *Connection: What is your favorite son and 6-foot-2 Wake Forest-bound Nicole during a loss to Stonewall Jackson hard, and things will get better. hobby outside of basketball? Floyd, Koshuta scored a career-high 39 in the 2014 6A North region semifi- *Connection: Was there ever a time dur- Koshuta: I like to watch movies and points and grabbed 19 rebounds, but Madi- nals. ing your rehab that you wanted to give up? hang out with my family and friends. son fell short, 78-72. to the Hokies during her junior year. Koshuta: Never. I had a great surgeon, Dr. *Connection: What location is the far- “She has great hands and she just has the Koshuta recently participated in a Q and Chris Annunziata, and an awesome physi- thest you have traveled from the Wash- determination to score,” Madison head A via email with The Connection. cal therapist named Sam Kang and they were ington, D.C. metro area? coach Kirsten Stone said about Koshuta *Connection: You’re committed to Virginia both positive I would make a complete come- Koshuta: I went to Hawaii for my entering her junior season. “She knows how Tech. What made Tech the right fit for you? back. I also had support from my trainer, uncle’s wedding. to use her body. She’s a little bit undersized Koshuta: Virginia Tech was the first school Mandy Ronay, and my family. If anything, I *Connection: Are you a pro sports fan? for a post, but she knows how to position to offer me, and they called the day after I worked even harder after my surgery, both in If so, who are your favorite teams? herself in a way that she can score.” got injured and believed in me. VT Head rehab, and training for basketball. Koshuta: I love watching sports. I like Koshuta, a rising senior, will have one Coach Dennis Wolff took over a struggling *Connection: You stand 6 feet 2. How all the local DC teams, like the Redskins, more season to try and lead Madison to the program and has made improvements ev- often does someone mention your height Caps, Nats, and Wizards. state playoffs. After high school, Koshuta ery year. The coaches at Virginia Tech be- during a conversation or ask if you play will play for Virginia Tech after committing lieve in me, and they think I will make an basketball? — Jon Roetman Langley Grad Collier to Play Basketball at Denison Q&A: Collier enjoys Collier: I developed a solid relationship game did you break it? with the coaching staff, it had the perfect Collier: I broke it during our regional listening to Nas, balance of strong academics and social life, quarterfinal game against Stonewall a beautiful campus, and I just felt at home Jackson. watching Will when I visited. *Connection: How long were you out? *Connection: What is your major? How difficult was it to miss time? Ferrell movies. Collier: Economics. Collier: I had surgery a couple days af- *Connection: At what age did you start ter the game, and was out for about six s a senior, Garrett Collier was an playing basketball? When did you realize weeks. I missed the first 10 games of bas- Aall-region wide receiver on the playing college basketball was a possibility ketball, which was difficult for the team highest-scoring offense in Lan- for you? because we were so young. The slow start gley football history. He was also a de- Collier: As early as I can remember. From hurt some of the younger players’ confi- fensive back and an all-conference kick a very early age, I always wanted to play dence, and I believe that was a big rea- returner and punt returner. A broken college sports, I just wasn’t sure if it would son we weren’t able to be as successful collar bone knocked him out of the final be basketball or football. as we wanted to. game of the season, but Collier played a *Connection: You were also a standout *Connection: If you could go back and significant role in helping the Saxons fin- football player at Langley. Did you give any change one thing about your high school ish 9-3, including a playoff victory over thought to playing football in college? If so, athletic career, what would it be? Battlefield. While Collier had a strong when did you make the choice between Collier: I wouldn’t have let senior season on the football field, his football and basketball? [Wakefield’s] Re’Quan Hopson shoot the Connection file photo future is on the hardwood. An all-con- Collier: I didn’t expect to have the [se- buzzer-beater 3-pointer that knocked us Garrett Collier (22) was a standout ference basketball player at Langley, nior] season I had in football, so I didn’t out of regionals [in 2013]. on the basketball and football Collier signed to play hoops at Denison give much thought to playing in college. By *Connection: What are you most look- teams at Langley. University in Granville, Ohio. Collier, a the time I received interest, I had already ing forward to about the transition from three-year varsity football and basket- and A via email with The Connection. committed to Denison. high school to college? ball player at Langley before his 2014 *Connection: What made Denison Uni- *Connection: You broke your collar bone Collier: The step up in competition and graduation, recently participated in a Q versity the right fit for you? during football season, correct? In which the freedom of living on your own. — Jon Roetman

12 ❖ Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com In June 2014, 132 homes sold between $1,875,000-$234,250 Home Sales in the Vienna and Oakton area. This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $1,875,000-$867,000 range. For the complete list, visit www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Build Your Community Address ...... BR . FB . HB ... Postal City .... Sold Price ... Type ...... Lot AC . PostalCode ...... Subdivision 2604 HANNAH FARM CT ...... 6 ... 5 ... 2 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,875,000 .... Detached ...... 2.01 ...... 22124 ...... HANNAH HILLS 2005 CARRHILL RD ...... 5 ... 6 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,835,000 .... Detached ...... 0.58 ...... 22181 ...... WENDOVER 1904 BALLYCOR DR ...... 7 ... 6 ... 2 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,700,000 .... Detached ...... 0.87 ...... 22182 ...... SADDLEBROOK FARMS 11623 VERNA DR ...... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,675,000 .... Detached ...... 0.90 ...... 22124 .. THE RESERVE AT WAPLES MILL 3150 ARIANA DR ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,525,000 .... Detached ...... 0.84 ...... 22124 ...... WINDSONG SOUTH Support Your Local 1802 KILBARRY CT ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,510,000 .... Detached ...... 0.83 ...... 22182 ...... SADDLEBROOK FARMS 2539 DONNS WAY ...... 6 ... 5 ... 2 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,500,000 .... Detached ...... 2.09 ...... 22124 ...... BRIDGES OF OAKTON 1831 ELGIN DR ...... 7 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,490,000 .... Detached ...... 0.97 ...... 22182 ...... ELGIN MANOR Businesses. 2823 CENTER RIDGE LOT 6A-2 ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,375,000 .... Detached ...... 1.20 ...... 22124 DOROTHY W. GOODE SUBDIVISION 102 BATTLE ST SW ...... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,375,000 .... Detached ...... 0.33 ...... 22180 ...... WEST VIENNA WOODS 616 CENTER ST S ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,375,000 .... Detached ...... 0.32 ...... 22180 ...... KINGCREST 1704 DREWLAINE DRIVE ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,373,112 .... Detached ...... 0.51 ...... 22182 ...... ANKERDALE 2487 OAKTON HILLS DR ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,300,000 .... Detached ...... 1.86 ...... 22124 ...... OAKTON HILLS ESTATES 3783 SARAH HARPER WAY E ...... 5 ... 6 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,300,000 .... Detached ...... 1.00 ...... 22124 ...... WILLOW OAKS 1471 CARRINGTON RIDGE LN ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,290,000 .... Detached ...... 0.25 ...... 22182 ...... CARRINGTON 9890 PALACE GREEN WAY ...... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,250,000 .... Detached ...... 0.12 ...... 22181 ...... WILLIAMSBURG COMMONS 1279 COBBLE POND WAY ...... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,233,000 .... Detached ...... 0.65 ...... 22182 ...... ESTATES AT GREAT FALLS 1835 FOXSTONE DR ...... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,210,000 .... Detached ...... 0.46 ...... 22182 ...... WOLFTRAP CREEK ESTATES www.connectionnewspapers.com 10514 DUNN MEADOW RD ...... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,200,000 .... Detached ...... 0.83 ...... 22182 ...... ESTATES AT GREAT FALLS 712 KINGSLEY RD SW ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,192,000 .... Detached ...... 0.24 ...... 22180 ...... VIENNA WOODS 207 BATTLE ST SW ...... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,188,000 .... Detached ...... 0.24 ...... 22180 ...... WEST VIENNA WOODS 2809 MADISON MEADOWS LN ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,186,000 .... Detached ...... 0.83 ...... 22124 ...... MADISON MEADOWS 10883 MIMOSA PL ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,180,000 .... Detached ...... 0.83 ...... 22124 ...... OAKTON RIDGE ESTATES 3264 PONY RIDGE WAY ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,175,000 .... Detached ...... 0.61 ...... 22124 ...... DARTMOOR WOODS 1006 LYNN ST SW ...... 6 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,165,035 .... Detached ...... 0.23 ...... 22180 ...... VIENNA WOODS 9506 MACY AVE ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,160,000 .... Detached ...... 0.35 ...... 22182 ...... PANOPOULOS ESTATES 10601 CHAMBERLAIN DR ...... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,149,000 .... Detached ...... 0.83 ...... 22182 ...... BARONS BROOK 1339 CARPERS FARM WAY ...... 5 ... 3 ... 2 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,125,000 .... Detached ...... 0.46 ...... 22182 ...... CARPERS FARM 2908 OAKTON RIDGE CIR ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,100,000 .... Detached ...... 0.98 ...... 22124 ...... OAKTON MILL ESTATES 10422 WILLOW CREST CT ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,095,000 .... Detached ...... 0.57 ...... 22182 ...... HUNTER MILL ESTATES 1522 NIGHT SHADE CT ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,079,000 .... Detached ...... 0.72 ...... 22182 ...... WOLFTRAP MEADOWS 9706 MIDDLETON RIDGE RD ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,075,000 .... Detached ...... 0.47 ...... 22182 ...... MIDDLETON TWO 1290 TWEED CT ...... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,072,500 .... Detached ...... 0.46 ...... 22182 ...... MIDDLETON TWO 2113 ARROWLEAF DR ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,050,000 .... Detached ...... 0.12 ...... 22182 ...... FOX CREEK 1309 CARPERS FARM WAY ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,045,000 .... Detached ...... 0.50 ...... 22182 ...... CARPERS FARM 9307 ARABIAN AVE ...... 6 ... 5 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $1,035,000 .... Detached ...... 0.35 ...... 22182 ...... TRAILS THE 10311 LYNNHAVEN PL ...... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $1,025,000 .... Detached ...... 0.13 ...... 22124 .... HEARTHSTONE VILLAGE OAK 10201 PALMER GLEN CT ...... 5 ... 4 ... 5 ...... OAKTON ...... $985,000 .... Detached ...... 0.26 ...... 22124 ...... PALMER GLEN 9800 FOSBAK DR ...... 6 ... 4 ... 0 ...... VIENNA ...... $980,000 .... Detached ...... 0.49 ...... 22182 ...... CLARKS CROSSING 9900 CHAPPELL LN ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $970,000 .... Detached ...... 0.36 ...... 22181 ...... OAKTON GROVE 9813 OAK VALLEY CT ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $939,000 .... Detached ...... 0.76 ...... 22181 ...... OAK VALLEY COURT 11708 DEERFIELD DR ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $905,000 .... Detached ...... 5.00 ...... 22124 ...... ASHTON 314 WESTVIEW CT NE ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $905,000 .... Detached ...... 0.27 ...... 22180 ...... WESTWOOD VIEW 2725 CLARKES LANDING DR ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ...... OAKTON ...... $904,000 .... Detached ...... 0.46 ...... 22124 ...... CLARKES LANDING 1313 TULIP POPLAR LN ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $900,000 .... Detached ...... 0.50 ...... 22182 ...... COLVINS GLEN 2018 ADAMS HILL RD ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $895,000 .... Detached ...... 0.95 ...... 22182 ...... HUNTER MILL FOREST 8062 CRIAZA BRANCH CT ...... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $885,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ...... 22182 .... RESERVE AT TYSONS CORNER 9809 WINTERCRESS CT ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ...... VIENNA ...... $867,000 .... Detached ...... 0.60 ...... 22182 ...... WOLFTRAP MEADOWS Copyright 2014 RealEstate Business Intelligence. Source: MRIS as of July 15, 2014.

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14 ❖ Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Bulletin Board 10304 Lynnhaven Pl., Oakton. English practice for Oakton Library, 10304 Lynnhaven Pl., Oakton. non-native speakers. Adults. 703-242-4020. English practice for a non-native speaker with a A Battle— To have community events listed in the Connec- Spanish Conversation Group. 1 p.m. Great library volunteer. Call for appointment. Adults. Hopefully Not to tion, send to [email protected]. Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. 703-242-4020. The deadline for submissions is the Friday prior to Practice Spanish as a foreign language in this the Premature publication. casual conversation group. Adult. 703-757-8560. WEDNESDAY/JULY 30 Computer One-on-One. 11 a.m. Oakton Library, Death 10304 Lynnhaven Pl., Oakton. Internet, THURSDAY/JULY 24 TUESDAY/JULY 29 By KENNETH B. LOURIE Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Adult. Computer One-on-One. 11 a.m. Oakton Library, Computer One-on-One. 11 a.m. Oakton Library, 703-242-4020. One of my ongoing major concerns is the 10304 Lynnhaven Pl., Oakton. Internet, 10304 Lynnhaven Pl., Oakton. Internet, English Conversation Group. 1 p.m. Dolley origin of the miscellaneous symptoms I Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Adult. Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Adult. Madison Library, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave., McLean. irregularly experience. Obviously I don’t 703-242-4020. 703-242-4020. Practice conversational English in a group want to think they’re cancer-related, so Improve Your English Skills. 11 a.m. Dolley setting. Adults. 703-356-0770. Madison Library, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave., McLean. ESL Conversation Group. 2 p.m. Great Falls assessing them becomes minding what FRIDAY/JULY 25 potentially matters. Moreover, since I don’t Get focused help with reading, writing, speaking Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. English Conversation Group. 10 a.m. Patrick and listening skills. Adults. 703-356-0770. Practice English in this casual conversation want to believe the cancer is actually harm- Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. One-on-One Computer Tutoring. 11 a.m. group. Adult. 703-757-8560. ing me, convincing myself that what I feel Practice your English conversation skills in a Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East, One-on-One Computer Tutoring. 2 p.m. might be important to share with my oncolo- group. Adults. 703-938-0405. Vienna. Work with a volunteer tutor to learn Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East, gist is almost a fool’s errand. Though I’ve about using the Internet, setting up an email Vienna. Work with a volunteer tutor to learn account and using basic software. Adults. 703- about using the Internet, setting up an email been in this situation going on nearly five and MONDAY/JULY 28 one half years now, I am still stubborn and 938-0404. account and using basic software. Adults. 703- stupid about my reality. And though I further English Conversation. 10:30 a.m. Oakton Library, English Conversation One-on-One. 1:30 p.m. 938-0404. realize that pretending doesn’t work, and denial is hard to maintain when you receive chemotherapy every three weeks, still, accepting the various symptoms as cancer has been too scary for me to consider; so I haven’t/don’t. Perhaps it’s the treatment (I tell myself constantly), and the cumulative effect on my body of non-stop chemotherapy every three SPECIAL PULLOUT TAB weeks for five-plus years, save for a year when I was able to take a “targeted therapy” pill, Tarceva, at home every day, that is mani- festing itself? As I may have joked, being a cancer patient is all it’s cracked up to be. In Community & Newcomers Guide one delivery system or another, I have been receiving treatment for almost 64 months. It seems only logical that my body would at August 27, 2014 some juncture begin to feel the effects from that kind of long-term exposure, though my lab work doesn’t necessarily reflect it, other The annual Newcomers and Community Guides for each of our 15 than for the kidney and liver issues with which you regular readers are familiar. I communities with inside facts on what makes each community special, would imagine there has to be some wear- and-tear-type fatigue. I mean, 64 months of their secret places, the real power players, how to get involved and more. fairly toxic materials swirling around in your blood system and interacting with all your organs; not exactly a recipe for normalcy. It Including the history, schools, parks, libraries, Great Marketing for: can’t be one big happy family in there, if you know what I mean. There has to be some local people, elected officials, county/city disagreements. So far, however, apparently • Hospitals, Healthcare, Wellbeing not; at least as indicated by my labs and offices, how decisions are made, a calendar of scans, which if certain levels changed would events and other vital community information. • New Homes, Realtor Remodels likely warrant a retreat of some kind. Perhaps what I feel is simply my age. How • Schools, Camps, Services would I know? I’ve never been this age Due to the popularity and long shelf life of this before; but certainly it’s possible, maybe for Students even probable. For all I know, this is what age issue, an overrun of the publication is made to 60 feels like. Maybe all that I feel – and all • Malls, Shopping Centers that I worry about – is simply the aging proc- meet demand. Extra copies are delivered to ess, and this allows me to rationalize away • Professional Services my worst fears. Or, and this is the worst-case select Chambers of Commerce, Realtors, scenario, the age symptoms could be mask- Citizens’ Associations and local government. • And Much More ing the cancer symptoms, and yours truly continuing to do nothing about either is way past pretending and denying; it’s almost irre- Space Reservations Due: Thursday, August 21 sponsible, and disrespectful even, to the efforts being made – by myself and others, to E-mail [email protected] for more information. keep me alive. After all, keeping a stage IV, non small cell lung cancer/terminal patient alive for as long as I’ve survived doesn’t exactly happen by accident. Stage IV lung cancer is a killer, almost always, and one’s amazing good fortune shouldn’t be taken for granted. Shouldn’t I be paying closer attention here? If I feel something, shouldn’t I allow my oncologist the opportunity to evaluate me? Who am I, a writer/salesperson, to determine what is medically significant (cancer-related), and what is not (age-related)? As I’ve said a hundred times in my life, I know about two things: sports and chocolate, neither of which has much to do with cancer and its treat- ment. Concerning science and medicine, I know very little. Usually at least, I know enough to follow directions. Therefore, if I’ve Reaching Suburban Washington’s Leading Households been told to do something (by my doc- tor/health care team), maybe it’s time I did. • Alexandria Gazette Packet • Fairfax Connection • Oak Hill/Herndon Connection It’s likely to be important living forward, Newspapers & Online • Arlington Connection • Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection • Potomac Almanac especially considering I’ve reached an age no • Burke Connection • Great Falls Connection • Reston Connection one expected me to be. 703-778-9431 • Centre View • McLean Connection • Springfield Connection www.ConnectionNewspapers.com • Chantilly Connection • Mount Vernon Gazette • Vienna/Oakton Connection Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative for The Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers. © LOCAL MEDIA CONNECTION, LLC www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ July 23-29, 2014 ❖ 15 Award-Winning Connection Newspapers More Reasons the Connection Newspapers are the Best-Read Community Papers Winners of Awards in the 2013 Virginia Press Association and Maryland-Delaware-D.C. 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Patch, the family’s beagle, gets Maddie Whishard demonstrates along with Maddie Whishard’s one of Winston’s tricks, getting other two pets. Maddie Whishard and her horse, who is currently without a name. him to sit in exchange for a treat. A Dog, a Pig and a Horse: Oh, My!

Oakton teen Maddie Whishard tends to a “spin” and “dance.” pay for the mare, who currently lacks a “After [those initial few months], he be- name. Her ebony coat is marked with a few small herd of animals, including a pig, a horse came enjoyable. He’s quite a gentleman,” flecks of white, with a wide swath of ivory says Whishard. Winston seems to have down her snout. While it took time for her and a beagle. grown out of his piglet mischief, no longer to warm up to her new owner, the horse is getting into pantries and opening bulk-sized now comfortable around Whishard. “She’s By MacKenzie Reagan So, what made this 16-year-old want to bags of brownie mix. (“We had to put a lock adjusting well. She’s good with people,” she The Connection own a pig? on the cabinet in the garage,” adds mom says. “People told me I couldn’t,” she says, not- Anna). Whishard rides the horse at least once a he camera flashes. ing that her peers doubted her when she At night, Winston sleeps in a crate in the day, following the many trails that run My subject, taken aback, initially showed interest in raising a piglet. Whishards’ garage, getting tucked in every through this Fairfax County suburb. Even- Tsqueals. Determined, Whishard read up on pig care night with a lullaby from Maddie. He spends tually, Whishard hopes to train her new pet “Looks like the pig’s a little and saved up her money (no word on his days roaming around in a fenced-in por- to foxhunt. camera shy,” I offer. whether or not she used a piggy bank). tion of the family’s yard, part of their vast So how does she get on with Winston and The swine in question, Winston, is a 1- Whishard bought Winston from a petting property that includes an iron gate in front the family’s beagle, Patch? year-old black Julian pig. His owner, Maddie zoo in Maryland. In the beginning, “he was and a barn in the back. “She’s fine with the pig, but she won’t Whishard of Oakton, said it took nearly six quite a handful,” she confesses. “The first The barn stood empty until recently, when associate with him.” As for Winston, “he’s months to convince her parents to let her six months were rough.” It took Winston a Whishard purchased a horse. Whishard, afraid of the horse.” And the dog? “She gets get a pet pig. few months to become acclimated to his who’s been riding horses since she was 8, along pretty well with Patch.” “I wrote a paper and did a ton of re- new home. Whishard dutifully taught her works a few odd jobs — including fence As they say, every dog (and pig, and search,” she says. new charge, teaching him tricks like “sit,” painting, babysitting and lawn care — to horse) has its day.

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Photo contributed Important Work Sharon Bulova with her cats. "Animals add so much to your life!" Bulova says. red, donated and/or rescued for assistance dog training by Bpaws4people.org, these “baby Becoming Best Friends pictures” will be shared with the children and veterans matched with each dog. rodo and Sam have become best Tammy showed me a photo of the kittens But until then, the puppies will receive F friends – sort of. My husband and I in August of 2012 during the Springfield comprehensive training. Training begins adopted Frodo from Home Alone Cat Bridge Walk and I fell in love with the small- at the Training Center in Wilmington, Rescue several years ago. He is part Maine est kitten with tiger markings. As soon as Del. The specific training is proprietary, Coon and part American Bobtail, with a Sam had gained enough weight to be but includes learning how to navigate funny short tail. He may have been mis- adopted we brought her home as a com- different surfaces and challenges and After 12 - 15 months of socialization treated by a previous owner because he is panion for Frodo. how to handle stress. At around 6 weeks, and command training, they will each be afraid of everything, especially ceiling fans. It took a few weeks for the two cats to get they curl up in a transport van and make matched with either a child or a veteran. He quickly became comfortable in our home used to each other, but now they play to- the drive to the Puppy Development Cen- From that point, the puppies will be as an “only cat”. gether and chase each other around all the ter, currently in Georgia. There, they con- trained specifically to meet their new We adopted “Sam” in September of 2012. time. They are so cute together, especially tinue with socialization training as they “handler’s” needs. She was an adorable tabby kitten, part of a when Sam hides behind the bedroom door work students who are autistic at the During that specialized training, the feral litter living outside of a restaurant in and ambushes Frodo when he walks into Lionheart school, with both puppies and dogs remain in prison. These pictures will Washington D.C. Lee District School Board the room. Animals add so much to your life! students getting more comfortable with help the newly matched children and Member Tammy Kaufax and her two high new situations and people. adults get through that initial separation. school aged kids, Halle and Matthew, were — Sharon Bulova, Chairman, At 16 weeks, they pile back into the Read more about paws4people assistance fostering the litter as part of a school project. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors van and are met by inmate trainers at dogs at joanbradyphoto.wordpress.com Lakin Correctional, in West Virginia. It is here that the core of “command set” — Joan Brady training happens. Each dog will learn 110 commands before being matched Joan Brady is a professional photographer; with a “client.” mentor and advocate for current and former foster children; volunteer with paws4People, Fairfax Families4Kids, and others; and a resident of Great Falls. Reach her at [email protected]

Cavalier Teddy is a 3 1/2-year-old Cavalier, an AKC Therapy Dog, who lives in Vienna with Ruth and Bob Benker. Teddy loves visiting with all his friends at Iliff Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunn Loring. Teddy and Ruth volunteer there with Fairfax Pets On Wheels, Inc. It is the highlight Joan Brady and the paws4people puppy named JOAN of his week to go and check on all his friends.

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verybody knows the old saying “a dog is man’s best friend” but over Etime it seems that dogs have be- come everyone’s best friend. Pam Rao and her family own a 15-week-old gold retriever named Charlie. They adopted him at just 8 weeks old and he has been part of the family ever since. Pam laughs and says, “Sometimes it’s harder training the kids then the dog because I always have to keep them from giving him too many treats.” Pam also comments, “When Charlie wakes up in the morning he is so happy to see you. All he does is rub up against you and wags his tail so hard he ends up falling down.” Sarah Babson of Vienna is also a dog per- son, owning two herself. Tucker is a 16-year- Photos by Erin Conway/The Connection Karin Young and Haruki: "Haruki is Emily Panek and Sandy. Sandy’s old schnoodle and Ziva is 2 1/2-year-old Sarah Babson with Tucker (gray) very fun and open, like a dog original name was Kisses given to schnauzer. Fun fact about Ziva; she was and Ziva (black). almost," Young said. her for how much she loves licking given a name from the TV show NCIS by people. her breeder. Babson comments, “There are and focus his attentions toward something visits, Haruki is very fun and open, like a so many things that make Tucker and Ziva else while Ziva will bark and bark and bark dog almost. He is very playful and open to been a part of Emily’s life and family since unique, especially how they play together at one thing because she doesn’t really know strangers it’s really great,” she said. she was a tiny puppy only 14 weeks old. even though Tucker is a lot older. I also love size.” Tucker and Ziva are just too cute for Fun fact about the Japanese name Emily comments, “She really loves her little how they both want to be in the pet stroller words. “Haruki,” it means radiance, shine and life. toy squeaky snake and she loves taking my I bought for Tucker. I pulled Ziva out one While dogs seem to dominate in Vienna Whoever said diamonds were a girl’s best socks.” time to put Tucker in and she just decided area, Karin Young owns a pet slightly dif- friend clearly never owned a dog. Emily Sandy’s original name was Kisses given she wasn’t done and jumped right back in!” ferent. Karin owns a 3-year-old Holland Lop Panek, however, knows otherwise. She owns to her for how much she loves licking “The main difference between the two,” rabbit named Haruki. Karin has owned a very loving mutt named Sandy. Her dad people, but the name Sandy matches her Babson comments, is that Tucker will bark Haruki for about two and a half years now. jokingly comments, “She’s Heinz 57; she’s sandy colored coat which complements her at something for a second and then turn “Despite the fact he has very frequent vet all mix.” Sandy is 7 months old, but has little black mouth and nose.

ent bed. She also rotates bedrooms de- Luna pending on who is home. When I left for We had decided that when we got a college, Luna kept my mother and puppy we would be that family who brother company at night switching be- trained their dog to keep off of the fur- tween the two. However, when I came niture and sleep in a crate at night. How- home for winter break my loyal canine ever, all our careful planning and rules friend slept with me in my bed the en- were broken the first night we brought tire two months until I went away again. Luna, our Maltese/Bichon Frise mix The three of us have entirely different home. It was similar to the scene in working schedules which means we all Disney’s “Lady and the Tramp” where the get up at different times of the morning. stubborn parents finally succumb to poor Luna despises having to get out of bed, Lady’s howls of loneliness and allow her and when the habitant of one bed gets to spend the night in their bed. Luna up to get ready for work, she moves on could be heard crying from her crate to the next bed which still contains a downstairs throughout the better part of sleeper. It’s amazing how sometimes you the night until my mom gave in and forget that she’s a dog. She acts so much brought her to sleep in her bedroom. like a person you can’t help but talk to Since then, Luna has always found a her because you know she understands place for herself in each one of the beds what you’re saying. Luna takes care of in our house. She has developed her own us as much as we take care of her, and as schedule that requires early bedtimes Alexandra Court’s dog, Luna. long as she is around, she will always and sleeping in as long as possible in the make sure we each get a good night’s morning. When she’s ready for bed she take too long to get ready for bed she pro- turn, or move the slightest muscle she gives rest. hops up on the mattress and lays down ceeds to knock all the pillows off and mess you a warning growl and if you continue to right in your favorite sleeping spot. If you up your sheets. At night, if you toss and disturb her she leaves in search of a differ- — Alexandra Court, Vienna

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