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Inside andand OaktonOakton Senior Living ViennaVienna SPRING 20152015 Viennaand Oakton www.ConnectionNewspapers.comLocal Media Connection LLC onlineVienna/Oakton at www.connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ Senior Living April 2015 ❖ 1 SeniorSenior LivingLiving Richard Graff, formerly of Vienna, showed Nysmith students from Herndon a photo taken of himself on V-E Day in Classifieds, Page 14 Classifieds, 1945 when war in Eu- ❖ rope came to an end 70 years ago. He still wears his uniform when shar- ing experiences of the war, and brings a Nazi flag he captured. Sports, Page 12 ❖ Entertainment, Page 10 ❖ Opinion, Page 8 FirstFirst HandHand ExperienceExperience WithWith WorldWorld WarWar News,News, PagePage 55 Moving: From Institution To Community News, Page 4 Witty, Intriguing Play Entertainment, Page 10 Photo by Ken Moore/The Connection www.ConnectionNewspapers.comApril 1-7, 2015 online at www.connectionnewspapers.comVienna/Oakton Connection ❖ April 1-7, 2015 ❖ 1 Week in Vienna Planning and Zoning Navy Federal to Director Named Expand in Vienna Patrick Mulhern has been selected as the Navy Federal Credit Union, the world’s Town of Vienna’s Director of Planning & largest credit union with more than 5 mil- Zoning. “The Town of Vienna has approved lion members, will expand its headquarters specific smart growth design criteria to campus in the town of Vienna in Fairfax guide the on-going redevelopment of the County. Town,” said Mulhern. “Their redevelopment The credit union will add 600 headquar- effort offered me a unique new challenge ters employees and invest $114.6 million that fully utilizes my skills, interest and tal- in the campus as a result of the expansion - ents. Vienna already is a great place to live. Governor Terry McAuliffe announced March I’m excited to have an opportunity to im- 19. prove the urban fabric of the Town so it The investment will include a new four- matches the quality of the community.” story, 234,000-square foot office building Mulhern currently serves as the Planning and a parking deck on a 10.8-acre site. An & Community Development Director for the elevated walkway will connect the new Town of Culpeper, where his efforts led to building to the rest of the headquarters cam- the Town receiving the Virginia Downtown pus. Development Associate Award of Excel- “Fairfax County has been proud to be the lence, Neighborhood Stabilization Program home of Navy Federal for more than three Award from VDHCD as well as the Great decades, and this significant expansion of Streets Award. the credit union’s headquarters operation Mulhern has a Master’s Degree from the is a great testament to the confidence its University Of Virginia School Of Architec- leadership has in the county and the town ture. He is a classically trained tenor and of Vienna as a business location and hub has traveled to Canada, California, and the for their employees,” said Gerald L. Gor- Virgin Islands to perform in benefit concerts don, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax where he raised money for many charities. County Economic Development Authority Mulhern will join Vienna’s Planning and (FCEDA). Zoning Department on April 13, 2015. 2 ❖ Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ April 1-7, 2015 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] George Marshall High School team, winner of the 2015 Rookie All Star, celebrating their award. Cougar Robotics of Oakton High School winning alliance member all smiles. FIRST Promotes ‘Gracious Professionalism’ ally, this year’s theme centering on Robotics Competition Gryphons - sustainability. The game is played by two George Marshall teams of three robots each. Robots score held at the Patriot High School points by stacking totes on scoring plat- team — happy forms, capping each of those stacks with Center: Oakton and with mid-day recycling containers and properly dispos- results. From ing of pool noodles thrown into the field Marshall teams go left: Emily arena, representing litter. In keeping with Carson, Vienna; the year’s theme, all game pieces used are to Nationals. Joshua Shipler, reusable or recyclable. By Valerie Lapointe Vienna; Marie While the competition is the center stage The Connection Farson, mentor event, FIRST’s mission to encourage “gra- and engineering cious professionalism” extends well beyond his past weekend the annual teacher; the arena. Greater DC Regional FIRST (For Alexander “The robotics is really just a small por- Inspiration and Recognition of Roman, Vienna; tion of what this is all about,” said Com- T Chester puter Science teacher Oliver Small. “It’s all Science and Technology) Robot- ics Competition was held at the Patriot Cen- Cabauatan, Falls about safety, outreach, visibility, engineer- ter: 48 teams primarily from Washington Church; Chris- ing, and teamwork. It’s a kid driven event D.C., Virginia, Maryland created robots to tian Cabauatan, that allows them to decide what they want compete in this year’s game “Recycle Rush.” Falls Church; to learn, and find a way to learn it.” Six weeks before competition, teams are Parham Many students participating have STEM given identical starter kits that have all the Mohammadi, interests, like Abbey Kasanagottu, a junior rudimentary parts required to produce a Falls Church; at Centerville HS. “I wanted to be a dentist robot with the necessary functionality to and Bah-Cin before joining this team, but now I am seri- compete. However, the kit alone is not Kumaran. ously considering a mechanical engineer- enough for complex maneuvering and Photos by ing.” But since the project is completely stu- teams must get creative, using materials Terrance Moran dent driven, not just when building the ro- The Connection from an approved supply list to build a truly bots but in fundraising, crafting grant pro- competitive robot. posals, and doing outreach, others use the Obtaining the necessary materials can be competition as a way to feel different inter- an expensive endeavour for a high school ests. robotics club, and so many teams enlist cor- Caleb Wilkinson, a student on the porate sponsors for help. Herndon HS team wants to go into media. “Having corporate sponsorship is the only “For this competition I focused all my ef- way this really works,” said Jerry Stueve, a forts on documenting our project visually parent volunteer from the Herndon High and promoting outreach as our media rep- team. “When people from within the indus- resentative.” said Wilkinson. “Not everyone try come out and help, together with the here wants to go into a STEM field, some students, parents, and teachers, it becomes of us want to go into business or even writ- a real team.” ing and this serves as a platform for us to Herndon High School’s team “Epsilon explore those interests.” Delta” in partnering with NASA headquarters was able to acquire three 3D printers AT THE END of two long days of competi- which allowed them to build scale models tion it was the coalition of the RoHawks of the arena, and some parts they used on from New York City, Cougar Robotics from their robot. Oakton HS, and the CAV-ineers from Severn, Md., who emerged victorious, ad- EACH TEAM is given six weeks of build vancing to Nationals in St. Louis, Mo. Teams time before the competition to get their ro- Langley High School team making on the fly repairs to their robot. Jun from Chantilly HS, Marshall HS and Battle- bots ready. Choi, Chris Laronis, James Bollinger, Sepmta Khaashnoid, Brandon Kim field HS received judges awards and will They are asked to complete changes annu- and Brandon Sodgewich of McLean. also be going to Nationals. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ April 1-7, 2015 ❖ 3 FY2015 budget for Northern Virginia Training Center: News Budget $34,014,013. Projected expenditures: $34,478,068. Moving: From Institution to Community Northern Virginia “It’s not an easy decision; they must be Training Center to matched with folks who do have the close by March 2016. capacity to serve them.” By Tim Peterson — Jean Hartman, assistant deputy director of the Falls The Connection Church-Fairfax Community Services Board oseph McHugh has lived at the Northern Virginia Training Center Jfor 35 years, moving in when he was a teenager. McHugh has ce- rebral palsy and colostomy and severe spas- ticity issues. At the training center, McHugh works with a speech pathologist, nurse, on-campus dietician and is close to an X-ray ma- chine, dental facility and clinic on the grounds. “My brother Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection would’ve been The Northern Virginia Training Center on Braddock Road is scheduled to close in March 2016. dead without the training center,” don’t have a family advocating for them slip of Title II of the Americans with Disabili- The investiga- said Chris through the cracks, wither on the vine.” ties Act. Governments or other public orga- tion concluded McHugh, who The training center, one of five large re- nizations, it said, must therefore offer more that Virginia “fails lives in San Fran- gional institutions in Virginia that are op- integrated, community-based services to to provide services cisco. “He was al- erated by the state’s Department of Behav- people with disabilities. to individuals with most pronounced ioral Health and Developmental Services, Virginia Code § 37.2-319 calls for a Be- intellectual and dead a couple was built to house and provide services for havioral Health and Developmental Ser- developmental Dr. Dawn Adams times, except for people with intellectual

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