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Golf buddies Kirk and Skip: Golf pro Kirk Lucas of McLean takes Skip pretty much everywhere he McLeanMcLean goes, including to work, which in Lucas’s case is a golf course. Classifieds, Page 14 Classifieds, ❖ Entertainment, Page 12 ❖ Opinion, Page 6 BestBest GolfGolf BuddyBuddy PetPet Connection,Connection, PagePage 77 Connection Pet Connection Families Right of Way to Education? Page 7 News, Page 3 Commission To Hear Sunrise in Fall News, Page 3 Photo by Kevin O’Brien/The Connection www.ConnectionNewspapers.comJuly 27 - August 2, 2016 onlineMcLean at www.connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ July 27 - August 2, 2016 ❖ 1 2 ❖ McLean Connection ❖ July 27 - August 2, 2016 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com McLean Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] Assisted living facility application Commission to Hear Sunrise in Fall rescheduled for September. By Ken Moore “In the 102-year history of the McLean The Connection Citizens Association, few issues have driven neighborhood anger like the proposed lo- he Planning Commission has de- cation of the 90-bed Sunrise Assisted Liv- ferred Sunrise’s proposed appli- ing facility at the corner of Kirby and Tcation to build an assisted liv- Westmoreland roads in McLean. After study- ing facility at the corner of Kirby and ing the proposal for almost two years, MCA Westmoreland in McLean this September. voted to oppose the multiple zoning adjust- About 40 residents who attended the ments that Sunrise needs to build on this McLean Citizens Association meeting on lot,” said MCA president Jeff Barnett. Wednesday, July 8, applauded when the Sunrise Development Inc. seeks a Medi- board voted unanimously to oppose cal Care Facility Special Exception permit Sunrise’s proposed assisted living facility. to construct and operate an assisted living “In 15 years, I’ve never seen so much op- facility at 1988 Kirby Road, at the intersec- position in any case,” said Mark Zetts, chair- tion of Kirby Road and Westmoreland man of MCA’s planning and zoning commit- Street. tee. “We’ve been inundated with emails.” Homeowners associations, including Sunrise’s corporate headquarters are in L’Ambiance of McLean, Mayfair of McLean, McLean, and the company operates more Autumn Chase, Foxhall Road, and civic as- than 300 Sunrise Senior Living communi- sociations El Nido, Marlborough-Nantucket ties in the U.S., Canada and the United King- and Franklin Area Civic Association all op- dom, according to its website. pose the application, according to MCA The facility would have a maximum of draft documents. 73 units and 90 beds, according to MCA “Given the mass it represents, we believe documents, in a 40,309-square-foot build- Photo by Ken Moore/The Connection it should be on a full five-acre site,” said ing. Approximately 90 employees would Numerous McLean homeowners and civic associations have opposed a Zetts. work at the facility, although a maximum special exception to build an assisted living facility at the corner of The Planning Commission was scheduled of 25 employees would be on the site at Kirby Road and Westmoreland Street. The Planning Commission has to hear public feedback on the application any time, according to the documents. scheduled a public hearing on the proposal for Thursday, July 28. on July 28. Decision regarding expansion of Right of Way to Education? Falls Church City school that operates on By Ken Moore county land expected this week. The Connection alls Church Mayor David Tarter F crossed county and McLean borders to advocate for the expansion of Mount Daniel Elementary School, a school he called “a cornerstone of our small com- munity.” “We take pride in our school system,” said Tarter. “This is of critical importance to our city.” But to get to Mount Daniel requires trips on McLean streets, including North Oak, a Fairfax county street not easily navigated by school buses. “There is simply not enough room on that street,” said Gayle Matthews, who lives on North Oak, a 26-foot-wide street. Falls Church City Public Schools (FCCPS) More than 17 speakers testified for and against a Photos by Ken Moore/The Connection has operated Mount Daniel Elementary proposed expansion of Mount Daniel Elementary Mount Daniel is a Falls Church City Public School but School on a 7.31-acre property located in a School, The Planning Commission is scheduled to operates at 2328 North Oak Street, a Fairfax County residential neighborhood at 2328 North make its decision on Thursday, July 29. street. Oak Street since 1952. The Falls Church school system seeks an sion because it was “excessive and incom- said Justin Castillo, chair of the Falls Church “I am here to say we are serious about expansion that would increase the square patible with the neighborhood.” City School Board. making sure we abide by our promises,” footage of the building from 44,118 square “It is a lot of intensity for this small site,” Castillo expressed ways Mount Daniel Castillo said. feet to 79,491 square feet; the expansion testified Mark Zetts, chair of MCA’s plan- hopes to alleviate concerns of the neighbor- “We know we must comply with our con- would allow the school to enroll up to 660 ning and zoning committee. hood, including having shuttles during ditions and we will continue to work with students. About 436 students are enrolled About 17 speakers testified Thursday, July nighttime events, keeping the number of our neighbors,” said Mayor Tarter. now and the school is above capacity. 22 before the Planning Commission, both nighttime events to 10 during the school More than four dozen advocates for the “Most of us can’t get comfortable with an for and against. year, helping plow the streets during snow expansion stayed past midnight to listen to expansion of this size,” testified David Falls Church City Public Schools have re- storms, ensuring that all Mount Daniel par- the Commission hearing. Wuehrmann, who lives on North Oak. located kindergarten students and hope the ents know the impact the school has on the The Planning Commission is scheduled The McLean Citizens Association Board expansion would allow it to operate the neighborhood, and more. The school sys- to make its recommendation to the Board of Directors adopted a resolution in 2015 school for its first and second graders. tem reduced its original plans to expand the of Supervisors with its vote on Thursday, and this year opposing the potential expan- “We work hard to be good neighbors,” school so it could enroll up to 792 students. July 29. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com McLean Connection ❖ July 27 - August 2, 2016 ❖ 3 News Photos by Victoria Ross During an interfaith and civil rights roundtable discussion hosted by Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-VA) listens to student Hidayah Martinez Jaka, Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-VA) at the All Dulles Area Muslims Society who talked about her personal experiences with intolerance and preju- (ADAMS) Phillip Thompson of Fairfax, chair of the Northern Virginia dice towards Muslims, during a roundtable discussion Kaine hosted with NAACP, talks about Black Lives Matters and says he is deeply troubled by leaders of the Northern Virginia interfaith and civil rights communities the recent spate of police-related violence. Johnson is seated next to on Thursday, July 21 at the All Dulles Area Muslims Society (ADAMS) Faateha Syed (left), a 13-year-old ADAMS member and Joan Bell-Haynes Center. (right), pastor of United Christian Parish in Reston. Senator Tim Kaine spends last day before The Virginia Way VP pick showing why Virginia matters. By Victoria Ross The Connection o one knew it at the time, but Sen. Timothy M. Kaine’s (D- NVa.) public appearances mod erating roundtables in North- ern Virginia last Thursday, July 21 would be his last day of relative political anonym- ity before being catapulted to political prominence 24 hours later as Hillary Clinton’s pick for her vicepresidential run- ning mate. Trailed throughout the day by a phalanx of political reporters, Kaine remained re- laxed, composed and engaged (but never boring) during his two events. While the first event – a roundtable dis- cussion on immigration in Arlington - was closed to the media, the second event on religious freedom and civil rights held at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Ster- Mohsin Alikhan, president of the ling was open to the press, and dozens of McLean Islamic Center, talks to a reporters, representing nearly every promi- Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) receives a warm welcome from Sanober reporter after an interfaith nent media outlet, planted themselves in Yacoob (left), an executive staff member of the All Dulles Area Muslims roundtable forum hosted by Sen. one of the conference rooms at the center, Society Center, and Syed G. Moktadir (center), president of the society, Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) at the All setting up cameras, adjusting boom micro- as he enters the center to host a roundtable forum with leaders of the Dulles Area Muslim Society center phones, juggling tripods and waiting. Northern Virginia interfaith and civil rights communities on Thursday, on Thursday, July 21. During the “Why don’t they talk to us?” asked 13- July 21. forum, Alikhan asked Kaine year-old Faateha Syed, a young Muslim whether he would still visit the woman from Reston, who seemed baffled day. – two of Trump’s policy promises – Kaine center when he’s vice president. as the media throng descended on Kaine as “He gave each of the panelists here a voice asked the group: “Do you want a trash-talk- Kaine, who had not yet been he entered the room. to talk about the issues confronting Mus- ing president or a bridge-building presi- tapped as Hillary Clinton’s running “They’re not here for us.