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GreatGreat FallsFalls ‘The Children’s Inside Hour’ at Senior Living APRIL 2014 Langley High News, Page 4 Sports, Page 12 ❖ From left, Madeleine Chalk ograms in Arlington From left, Madeleine Chalk playing Karen Wright and fice of Senior Adult Pr fice Lily Brock as Mary Tilford Great Falls A recent study showed yoga programs specifically designed on set in Langley High for seniors can improve strength and flexibility. Photo courtesy of the Of courtesy Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comLocal Media Connection LLC onlineGreat atFalls www.connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ Senior Living April 2014 ❖ 1 School’s spring production,tion, ‘The‘The Children’sChildren’s Hour,’Hour,’ SeniorSenior LivingLiving during dress rehearsal. Classifieds, Page 14 Classifieds, ❖ Inside Entertainment, Page 8 ❖ Opinion, Page 6 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Great Falls Connection ❖ Adeler Jewelers/Great Falls Optimist Children's Spring Festival 2014 ❖ 1 The Northern Virginia Problem News, Page 13 Walker Road ‘Diet’ Nears Completion News, Page 3 Photo by Reena Singh/ The Connection www.ConnectionNewspapers.comApril 2-8, 2014 online at Greatwww.connectionnewspapers.com Falls Connection ❖ April 2-8, 2014 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Great Falls Connection ❖ April 2-8, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Great Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] Protecting Walker Road ‘Diet’ Children Online Great Falls-based Enough is Nears Completion Enough protects children from $1 million project the harms of the Internet. features cross- By Reena Singh The Connection walks and street nough is Enough (EIE), Photo courtesy of Enough is Enough of Enough courtesy Photo side parking. Ea nonprofit based in Great Falls, was the first By Reena Singh of its kind. The Connection The organization that began as a hope to protect children o the average person, the from pornography and sexual Walker Road Project looks predators from the emerging T World Wide Web has moved nearly complete. With signage that needs to be Congress to pass laws and con- moved and added, however, there vinced parents to become the is still a few days left until the af- front-line of defense for their fectionately dubbed “Walker Road by Photo child’s safety online. Diet” is another check mark for the “We were the first Internet Great Falls Citizen’s Association. safety organization in the coun- Donna Rice Hughes is the “We still need the speed limit Reena Singh try,” said President and CEO President and CEO of sign moved and a crosswalk sign,” Donna Rice Hughes. “When it Enough is Enough. said GFCA President Eric Knudsen. started, the Internet was just “Once they get that in here and get starting to become commercial- law only was effective if por- the speed limit reduced to 25 miles ized.” nographers who marketed to / The Connection per hour, I’ll be fine.” The organization began in children and sexual predators He was referring to a 35 mile per 1992. EIE focused on the were persecuted. The organiza- hour speed limit sign by the Wells Internet just two years later as tion found that this was not al- Fargo crosswalk that needed to the founders realized that the ways the case, especially with move down further - to be re- Internet was a way for sexual the rise of social media and placed with a 25 mile per hour predators to hide themselves in online gaming. sign. Additionally, the crosswalks plain site online. Pornographers “At this point, the only way lacked a sign informing drivers to Great Falls Citizens Association President Eric were selling, trading and mar- we can protect kids online is by yield to pedestrians. He said the Knudsen stands on the nearly completed project site keting both hardcore and child having parents be the first line changes already have gotten driv- for the ‘Walker Road Diet.’ pornography. of defense,” ers to slow down, though. He has When she said. seen cars rocket down the road at 50 miles per hour portation],” said Knudsen. “One year later, they came Hughes “At this point, the That in the past. up with three plans. We told them which of the de- joined the or- meant EIE Construction crews finished asphalting the Walker signs we wanted, and they came back another year ganization in only way we can needed to Road south of Georgetown Pike around March 24. later with a design.” 1994, she protect kids online educate par- Residents were using the crosswalk and street side The project took a little longer than a year to con- said she ents. The or- parking just days later. struct. Because of some design changes, the cost went quickly real- is by having ganization Knudsen said that, besides a few vocal naysayers, from about $260,000 to nearly $1 million. ized how launched most people spoke positively about the change. “It would not have cost that much money if they quickly chil- parents be the first “Internet “We love the walk!” yelled an unidentified woman didn’t have to do all of the drainage,” said Knudsen, dren could Safety 101,” in her car. pointing at white pop-ups in the grass along the road. lose their in- line of defense.” which teaches how Knudsen smile broke into a wide grin. “In today’s world, the engineers, the rules we play nocence in — Donna Rice Hughes “See?” he said. by cause the expenses we have to live by.” the burgeon- to filter The idea of the project was born in 2006 when Old Brogue Pub owner Michael Kearney - who ing Internet Internet GFCA wanted to get a crosswalk to help pedestrians owns a business near Walker Road - thinks the “diet” age. searches, monitor children’s walk safely across the road from the tavern to Great was a good improvement for Great Falls. According to the website, online activities and has ac- Falls Library. However, the Virginia Department of “I think Eric Knudsen and the GFCA Transporta- enoughisenough.org, EIE con- counts from victims and perpe- Transportation informed the citizens association that tion committee did a great job,” he said. “I love the vinced Congress to pass the trators. Hughes said the DVD, a crosswalk could not be painted on a five lane road. feel of the new road when you drive up the hill from Communications Decency Act which was mostly filmed at Thus, the decision to put Walker Road on a “diet.” the Village Green Day School into our small town. in 1996 and the Children’s’ McLean Bible Church, was The plan was to whittle the road to two lanes with We now have a crosswalk between the two shopping Internet Protection Act of 2000. turned into a three-part televi- one two-way turn lane in the center. Bumpouts cre- centers which will make the village more walking Due to the effective nature of sion show for the Public Broad- ated sidewalk space and street-side parking. friendly and you no longer feel like you are racing to the organization, it was hailed casting Service. “We worked with [Fairfax Department of Trans- get to the Georgetown Pike light. I love it!” as “a strong and effective ad- The television show won an vocate for children’s online Emmy last year - and parents safety” by former U.S. Attorney can call their local PBS station General John Ashcroft and “one to watch it. Your Home…Your Neighborhood…Your Newspaper of the leaders in the fight To contact WEDA, call 703- against pornography aimed at 998-2600. children on the internet” by EIE needs interns, volunteers Oprah Winfrey, according EIE’s and donations. To contact the website. organization, call 888-744- www.connectionnewspapers.com However, Hughes said, the 0004. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Great Falls Connection ❖ April 2-8, 2014 ❖ 3 Week in Great Falls News Town Hall Meeting On Deer Issues Students in Langley High School’s spring Great Falls Citizens Association will hold a Town Hall Meeting production, ‘The on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Great Falls Grange, as a Children’s Hour,’ Part II - GFCA Deer & Forest Health Program. during dress rehearsal. Part one of this program was held in March when Common- wealth and Fairfax County experts discussed the role of deer in forest degradation, Lyme disease and car collisions. The April 8 program will look at possible solutions ❖ Kristen Sinclair, Fairfax County Park Authority, who will outline deer control in county parks; ❖ Kevin Rose, certified wildlife biologist with the VA Depart- ment of Game & Inland Fisheries, who will discuss Common- wealth hunting requirements and non-lethal forms of deer con- Photos by Reena Singh/ The Connection trol; and ❖ Jerry Peters, Great Falls resident and founder of Green Fire, who will describe his neighborhood’s bow hunting program and the impact on local deer herds. ‘The Children’s Hour’ at There will be ample time for questions and answers during this public program. Talk on Sundials at Langley High Great Falls Library Classic Lillian Hellman what they saw for days to come. On April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Great Falls Library Fred Sawyer, “Lillian Hellman makes you think,” she said. “You President of the North American Sundial Society, will talk about play to run April 3-5. don’t walk out being able to forget it.” Gnomonic Tales of Thomas Jefferson (and other Founding Fa- The play touches on the anti-bullying message thers).” Reservations are required. The lecture will consider sun- By Reena Singh schools have been pushing for the last few years. dials in the lives of Thomas Jefferson and other prominent fig- The Connection She had other reasons for choosing “The Children’s ures of early America such as George Washington and Benjamin Hour” as the 2014 spring play, however.

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