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News, Page 2 STD PRSRT Photo by Susan Laume/The Connection Photo April 30 - May 6, 2020 online at www.connectionnewspapers.com Spring Valley Farm and Orchard News Eli and Misty Cook Keeping an Eye on Due to the Covid 19 crisis, Eli & Misty Cook, who normally participate in the following Farmers Markets: Accotink Creek Alexandria-Old Town Alexandria Farmer’s Market DuPont-FRESHFARM DuPont Circle Market, D.C. 301 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 1600 20th St. NW Washington, D.C 20009 Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm Sunday 8:30 am to 1:30 pm ‘Transform 66,’ construction Silver Spring-FRESHFARM Silver Springs Market Mosaic- FRESHFARM Mosaic Market 1 Veterans Place Silver Springs MD 20910 2910 District Ave. Fairfax, VA 22031 stirring the silt pot in Fairfax. Saturday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Westover-Westover Farmer’s Market Reston Farmer’s Market ( Opening May 8) By Mike Salmon of thing and are working with the 1644 N. McKinley Rd. Arlington, VA 22205 1609 Washington Plaza N Reston, VA 20190 The Connection Friends of Accotink Creek to make Sunday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm sure the creek is protected. Dean Burke-Burke VA pickup location will be in the VRE parking Fairlington Farmer’s Market hen the Friends Naujoks, a Potomac Riverkeeper at lot VRE STA P Lot, 5671 Roberts Parkway, Burke, VA 22015 3308 S. Stafford St. Arlington, VA 22206 of Accotink Creek the Potomac Riverkeeper Network, Saturday 8am-11am. Suday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Opening May 5) looked at the mud- is part of the effort, and said that died waters down- “sediment pollution is number one We now offer a Seasonal Market W stream from where it goes un- source of water pollution in the Box, ordered online, der I-66 in Fairfax County, they country,” along with phosphorus, that can be prepaid and brought the issue to the Virginia a leading cause of impairment to packaged in advance. Department of Transportation and the Potomac and its tributaries and No waiting in long lines then the Virginia Department of Chesapeake Bay. “One of the goals and selecting -- Environmental Quality to try to of Chesapeake Bay Clean Up is sed- stem the tide of sediments entering iment, nitrogen and phosphorus,” just grab your box and go! the waters of Accotink Creek. For he said, “phosphorous attaches to We also offer optional home the last few years, VDOT has been sediment to use as a transport.” delivery inside the 495 beltway. widening I-66 to put in toll lanes The I-66 Outside the Beltway between I-495 and Haymarket, widening project crosses 5.1 miles Check out our website for more info: an area that includes the Accotink of the Accotink Creek watershed, springvalleyfarmandorchard.square.site or call 304-496-7788 Creek watershed. passing over the tributaries of also check us out on facebook at: According to the Potomac Riv- Long Branch (north), Bear Branch, facebook.com/SpringValleyFarmandOrchard or call Misty 304-671-7220 erkeeper Network, “VDOT ‘fixes’ Hatmark Branch, Hunters Branch, were not adequate,” they said. The group keeps an eye on this kind See Construction, Page 6
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Dance Benefit Raises Funds for MS Research Photos Courtesy of Jordyn Salow Before school ended for the year, dance students from the Fairfax Academy put on a dance benefit to support those battling multiple sclerosis. The event was a big success and, besides highlighting the talented dancers, it raised $1,700 for the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
Reserving Some Expenditures Until Revenues Materialize Fairfax City moves “Because of its budget adoption COVID-19, we’re to May 13. holding expenditures By Bonnie Hobbs in reserve until we The Connection start seeing what our ontinuing to grapple with the fallout from COVID-19’s chill- revenues will be. ing effect on the economy, And this also applies CFairfax City Manager Rob Stal- zer recommended the City move its FY 21 budget adoption from May 6 to May to personnel raises.” 13. He did so because Fairfax County is — Fairfax City Manager also adopting its budget later than usual, Rob Stalzer and the City has two large contracts with the county. A chart of important dates regarding Fairfax City’s budget. going to just flip a switch and it’s He said that during the April 14 City going to go back to the way it Council meeting and also suggested the term borrowing of $5.335 million for the FY was. I think the recovery is going to Council hold quarterly, budget-review, work THE ONLY INCOME INCREASES are be- 21-25 CIP (Capital Improvement Program), be gradual.” sessions about the FY 21 budget. He then cause of the drop in fuel prices for City ve- which may be carried over multiple years. “Over the next three or four weeks, showed several slides detailing the City’s hicles, lower operating costs for buses since “By reducing [certain] projects in the CIP, do we expect the proposed tax rates to estimated FY 20 revenue decreases and the schools are closed, and capital construction we’re not eliminating them, just reserving stay the same, unless something dra- projected FY 21 budget shortfalls. projects that have either been completed or them,” he said. matic happens?” asked Councilman For example, said Stalzer, “For FY 20, the scaled back. So, said Stalzer, “It results in a Stalzer said that, “Because of COVID-19, Michael DeMarco. Stalzer replied yes. BPOL tax [Business, Professional and Occu- $131,000 FY 20 surplus, which will help bal- we’re holding expenditures in reserve until Councilman Sang Yi then said he pational License] will be reduced by about ance the FY 21 budget. we start seeing what our revenues will be. wants the Council to set its budget 30 percent, and the bank franchise tax will “I’m hoping things begin to recover after And this also applies to personnel raises.” priorities, and Stalzer said he wants to be reduced by about 15 percent. There’s less six months, but we don’t know – and that’s Freezing non-public-safety overtime is also do that, too, “with the help of [City] traffic, so fewer fines, Parks and Rec is shut why we have the review schedule,” he said. on the table. staff and others.” down [so no money is being made from can- “We estimate a $17.669 million shortfall for He further noted that, although he’s rec- Also during that meeting, resident celled events].” FY 21.” As a result, he’s recommending near- ommending a $200,000 cut to the City’s Douglas Stewart asked the Council “Less school aid is coming in, and we’re ly $3.5 million in cuts from the upcoming Renaissance Housing Corp. – which makes to defer making land-use decisions getting less income on our investments be- budget. small loans to residents to renovate their during the pandemic. He said such cause of the lowered interest rate,” he con- “Gradually, we’ll be able to bring the homes – this entity currently has $600,000 decisions are important, but “not es- tinued. “So we’re expecting an overall FY schools and Parks and Rec back online and in the bank that it can loan. sential to the continuity of govern- 20 loss of $4.632 million [for the last 3-1/2 collect fees again,” said Stalzer. “So we’ll ment.” months of this fiscal year] because of loss- hold $7,851,261 in reserve for these things. STALZER also recommended against dip- In response, City Attorney Brian Lub- es in business revenue and City operations, I also anticipate recommending that the ping into the City’s 12-percent fund bal- keman said, “It’s currently being hotly plus the elimination of the recommended 3-cent tax increase be put in play in FY 22.” ance. “It’s far less than many other juris- debated around the commonwealth. 3-cent real-estate tax increase.” In addition, he’d like the City to do short- dictions our size have,” he said. “We’re not We’re still wrestling with that.”
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NEWS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] Workers prepare for pouring cement footings. Architect’s rendering illustrates Turning Point Suffragist Memorial plan before cost cutting changes. Kemal Kurspahic Editor ❖ 703-778-9414 [email protected]
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Suffragist Turning Point Memorial work style memorial will not be practical. Jean Card Production Editor [email protected] proceeds with design changes. THE ASSOCIATION of volunteers managing the monument has expressed hope that By Susan Laume additional donors will come forward, but ADVERTISING: The Connection recognize the country, rightfully, has a sig- For advertising information e-mail: nificant number of challenges now. Con- [email protected] omen are often recognized struction will move toward completion 703-778-9431 for putting the needs of oth- in a phased approach. They will contin- ers before their own. So it’s ue opportunities for donors to leave their Steve Hogan Display Advertising, 703-778-9418 ironic that the pandemic, mark on this part of history by adding their W [email protected] once again, has forced women to take a names to sections of the memorial. Major back seat. Funds have been deferred for a portions of the memorial still will be com- Debbie Funk memorial to women’s struggle for passage pleted by August. The opening celebration National Sales 703-778-9444 and ratification of the 19th Amendment, must await a green light for crowd gather- [email protected] which gave women the right to vote, in ings that can’t be foreseen at present. consideration of local economic needs. RLN Construction The memorial association’s Executive David Griffin A memorial, the only one in the nation Chalk layout of memorial imposed on Director and CEO, Pat Wirth, said, “It took Marketing Assistant 703-778-9431 dedicated to the suffragists, was fully concrete footings. millions of women from every state, creed, [email protected] planned and designed, with work begun race and nationality 72 years to win the after ground breaking in November 2019. The struction workers, wearing protective masks vote. Our association will persevere until every Classified & Employment site located in the Occoquan Regional Park, in a nod to health crisis guidelines, prepared single one of those brave, tenacious women is Advertising calls attention to the nearby historic workhouse wooden forms, checked measurements, and appropriately recognized and honored through 703-778-9431 where suffragists’ imprisonment and poor treat- concrete footings were poured for the entrance this national monument. It will serve as a visual ment lead to a turning point in public opinion and wall foundations. Funds on hand will pro- symbol and educational tool to elevate them to Editor & Publisher about their cause. Early in March, non-profit vide for completion of three plaza areas in the their proper place in American history.” Mary Kimm association organizers were celebrating their next few weeks: the front, middle and round The Occoquan Regional Park location off Ox [email protected] @MaryKimm success after 12 years of planning and fund- areas. An outline of the layout can be seen Road was selected for the memorial for its prox- raising, with plans to open the site in August imposed on the area. The National Women’s imity to the Lorton Workhouse, where suffrag- Executive Vice President in a day-long event. They had accumulated all Suffrage Centennial Commission, created by ists were once imprisoned. After arrest for im- Jerry Vernon final pledges to cover construction costs for the Congress in April 2017, donated three bronze peding traffic, the ladies were ill-treated, even 703-549-0004 [email protected] memorial, called the Turning Point Suffragist statues being crafted in Utah, which will be in- beaten and force-fed during their hunger strike Memorial. A grand opening in August would cluded in the monument. The life sized figures over worm-ridden food at the workhouse. News Managing Editor coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the depict Alice Paul, co-founder of the National of their poor treatment was key to turning pub- Kemal Kurspahic passage of the 19th Amendment with attendees Woman’s Party and author of the Equal Rights lic opinion to favor their cause, and led Pres- Art/Design: Laurence Foong, John Heinly, and famous personages from across the country. Amendment; Mary Church Terrell, co-founder ident Wilson to speak to Congress in support Ali Khaligh At about the same time they celebrated, the of the NAACP and professor; and Carrie Chap- of suffrage in 1918. Congress passed the 19th Production Manager: pandemic arrived in Virginia with its associated man Catt, President of the National American amendment the following year and its State’s Geovani Flores economic and social gathering impacts. Signifi- Woman Suffrage Association and founder of ratification was effective on Aug. 18, 1920. cant pledged funding from government entities the League of Women Voters. In the open air Achieving suffrage spurned women to orga- CIRCULATION was soon slated for review in light of obvious space, the Memorial’s entrance will replicate nize in support of an equal rights amendment Circulation Manager: revenue reductions related to the health crisis. the White House gates where suffragists stood (ERA). Eventually passed by Congress in 1972, Ann Oliver Those entities will weigh the balance of short- as “silent sentinels.” The protesters were called State ratification of ERA lagged until Virginia [email protected] fall needs now against the future revenue in- “Silent Sentinels” because they protested with- became the 38th State to ratify it in the last come from tourism that the monument is ex- out uttering a word, six days a week, for hours General Assembly on January 27, 2020. Consti- pected to generate. at the White House gates. They hoped to draw tutional questions remain regarding the timeli- President Wilson’s attention to their cause: the ness of this ratification and if the ERA process FINAL BUDGET DECISIONS have not yet been right to vote for women. must be re-started. made but other new funding prospects for the To reduce costs in light of the funding issues Readers can learn more about the Turning memorial look dire. The August opening cele- and high costs, the modified building plan re- Point Suffragists Memorial at www.suffragist- bration has been postponed indefinitely. moves the rotunda in favor of a pedestal, and memorial.org including history of the move- Although Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton is eliminates water features and a small walking ment. Donations and sponsorships for the me- closed, except to foot traffic, work at the memo- bridge. Without money for an irrigation system, morial can be made on-line or at TPSM, 5400 rial site continues with available funding. Con- many trees and plants envisioned in the garden Ox Rd, Fairfax Station VA 22039. 4 v Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v April 30 - May 6, 2020 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Week in Fairfax
Learn about Old Town, Northfax Plans Fairfax Residents, City Employees: The City of Fairfax will host a remote meeting, Tues- Wear Masks day, May 12, at 6:30 p.m., to present its consultant’s rec- Due to COVID-19 community spread capabilities, the ommendations for the Old Town Fairfax and Northfax Fairfax City Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution activity centers. Small Area Plans are neighborhood-level encouraging residents and City employees to wear cloth plans to guide City staff and elected officials on each of masks when in settings where other social-distancing Fairfax’s five Activity Centers defined in the 2035 Com- measures are difficult to maintain – including in public prehensive Plan. This includes proposed details regard- spaces and within City facilities and private businesses. ing the overall designs, mix of uses, residential and build- The CDC has said using cloth face coverings will slow ing densities, multimodal transportation, infrastructure the virus’ spread and help prevent transmission by people improvements and open spaces. Work on these two Small who may have it and not know. And, explained Council- Area Plans began last summer, and they’re slated for a woman Janice Miller during the April 28 Council meet- City Council public hearing, this summer. ing, “There’s a concern in the business community about The meeting will be aired live on channel 12 on Veri- people coming into their businesses without masks. Gro- zon FIOS and Cox Communications and online at fairfax- cery-store, pharmacy and hardware-store employees are va.gov/services/about-us/city-meetings. The public may doing a real service but are putting themselves at risk, comment, both online and in offline forums. For more every day. By encouraging people to wear masks, we’re information, go to fairfaxva.gov/smallareaplans or email helping all of us stay a little safer.” City Planning staff at [email protected].
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www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v April 30 - May 6, 2020 v 5 Classified Proper Order in a Pandemic? WWW.CONNECTIONNEWSPAPERS.COM Sickness, fear, precautions taken, To Advertise in This Paper, Call by Monday 11:00 am 703-778-9411 Order of the days is shaken. Keeping distance, isolation Obituary Obituary Sitting in our lonely stations. Distance learning is the normal, Laptops serving as our portal. Ruth Lavely Miller, of Springfield, VA passed away on April 25, 2020 at Greenspring Senior Living Community. Born on Screens we substitute for faces, July 31, 1924 in Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Books and magazines for places, Newell Eddy Lavely and Mildred Lehman Lavely. Keeping every person waiting For the day we’ve all been fating. Ruth is survived by her children; Sue C. Seerey-Lester and Some will say it’s far too distant, husband John, Kathe M. Wilson and husband Matthew, and Others say it’s nonexistent. William T. Miller and wife Beth. Also surviving Ruth are her grandchildren; Lavely Miller, Benjamin Miller, Andrew Wilson I won’t listen to their folly and Brendon Wilson. Pessimistic, never jolly. Lily Och Holding hope for someday’s morning Ruth graduated from the University of Michigan in 1946 and was a teacher with Casting out our masks and warning. We’ll remember loss of order, Fairfax County Schools for 36 years, as well as a very active member of Immanuel Waiting still with faith and patience, Bad reception, patience shorter. UMC In Springfield. Ruth was a lover of life. She was a world traveler, a sculptor, a skier, a canoeist, an Outward Bound Camp graduate in her later years, and she Trusting in a God who’s gracious, Still I hope we learn this lesson: worked as a volunteer reading tutor to prisoners. We will make it through the madness Time we’re given is a blessing. Working through our current sadness. A private family service is planned for a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions Washing hands and staying distant — Lily Och, 17, of Burke, is an 11th grade stu- may be made to the Humane Society of Fairfax County. Demaine Funeral Home, Only lasting for the instant dent at Ad Fontes Academy in Centerville, Springfield is handling the arrangements. www.demainefunerals.com Longing for a normal someway which transitioned to distance learning on Looking back on all this someday March 17. Legals Legals
ABC LICENSE ABC LICENSE Burke Centre Texaco INC trading as Burke Welcome California Market, Inc. trading Construction Silt Clogging Gills Centre Texaco, 6054 Burke Commons Rd, as 99 Ranch Market 622, 10780 Fairfax Burke, VA 22015. The above establishment Blvd. Fairfax, VA 22030-4323. The above is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVER- in Accotink Creek (ABC) for a Wine And Beer Off Premises AGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and Beer license to sell or manufacture alcoholic Off Premises license to sell or manufacture beverages. Robin M Haar, President au- alcoholic beverages. Alice Chen/CFO. From Page 2 thorizing advertisement. NOTE: Objections NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this to the issuance of this license must be license must be submitted to ABC no later and the headwaters of the north- submitted to ABC no later than 30 days than 30 days from the publishing date of from the publishing date of the first of two western watershed, the Friends of the first of two required newspaper legal required newspaper legal notices. Objec- notices. Objections should be registered at Accotink Creek say. There are five tions should be registered at www.abc. www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200. virginia.gov or 800-552-3200 different spots where the Accotink Creek tributaries go under I-66, their map shows. Legals According to Naujoks, projects are supposed to have National ABC LICENSE Pollution Discharge Elimination EAD Entertainment, LLC trading as System Permit for construction Muse Paintbar, 2920 District Avenue, Suite 100, Fairfax, VA 22031. The above run off that requires VDOT and establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA its contractors to ensure sediment DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and pollution does not leave the con- Beer On Premises-Restaurant license to struction site. The site is also sup- sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Photo contributed Brian Reynolds, LLC Manager. NOTE: posed to use best management Objections to the issuance of this license practices, properly maintained and Dean Naujoks, a Potomac Riverkeeper at the Potomac Riverkeeper must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 functioning, so that no polluted days from the publishing date of the first Network, stands in the mud near the construction. An expert is someone who knows some of of two required newspaper legal notices. runoff reaches the Accotink or the the worst mistakes that can be made in Objections should be registered at www. his subject and how to avoid them. Potomac. told him an action plan was in the rainfall that occurred during the abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200. -Werner Heisenberg The Friends group urges sup- works. referenced rainstorm, resulting in porters to loosely monitor things the concerns that were raised, the along I-66. “Although we were APRIL’S SHOWERS VDOT’s Megaprojects Office said. You can read any of this week’s unable to hold the asphalt at bay VDOT acknowledged the con- Following this complaint, an or even to have current stormwa- cerns from members of the Friends on-site inspection was held on Fri- 15 papers digital editions here: ter controls applied to this proj- of Accotink about possible sedi- day, April 17, and a follow up visit ect, let’s all keep our eyes on it ment discharging to a stream lo- was conducted on Monday, April, www.ConnectionNewspapers.com/PDFs and hold VDOT and contractors to cated near the end of Ranger Road 27, resulting in confirmation from standards the citizens and environ- in the Mosby Woods Subdivision in DEQ that all needed corrective ac- ment of Virginia are entitled to ex- Fairfax City following heavy rain- tions were taken to address con- pect,” their website states. “Friends fall in Northern Virginia and the cerns about this stream. of Accotink Creek: ALL EYES ON entire region occurring on April I-66! - UPHOLD ENVIRONMEN- 12 and 13, they said. The I-66 PREVIOUS SEDIMENT INTRU- TAL STANDARDS!” it reads. Outside the Beltway’s design-build SION Kris Unger, a Friends member, contractor, FAM Construction, is The project at I-66 isn’t the first was discouraged with the level of required to install and maintain time the Friends of Accotink Creek accountability with VDOT and the erosion and sediment controls have been concerned about sed- elected officials when the issue was throughout their construction area iments in the stream. When the brought up. The I-66 project spans to protect streams and the sur- I-495 toll lanes, loosely called several miles and “we only went to rounding environment from rain “HOT” lanes at that time, were un- one spot on one day,” he said, not- and other weather events during der construction, the stream took a ing that the sediment runoff prob- construction. FAM’s team, as well hit then as well. The Friends note An expert is someone who knows some lem could be more widespread as the VDOT team, inspects these that incident on the website: At a of the worst mistakes that can be made than originally thought. In mid- erosion and sediment controls reg- June 2017 meeting, the Friends of in his subject and how to avoid them. -Werner Heisenberg April, representatives from VDOT ularly. Unfortunately, the controls did answer his email though, and could not withstand the significant See Accotink, Page 7 6 v Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v April 30 - May 6, 2020 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News Business Directory And So Accotink WWW.CONNECTIONNEWSPAPERS.COM From Page 6 Call 703-549-0004 for advertising information It Begins Accotink Creek, objected to tree loss with- LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING By KENNETH B. LOURIE out mitigation, outdated stormwater control standards, and considering transit as an af- Good is not The six-week schedule/treatment for my stage II papillary thyroid cancer began on Thursday, April terthought, rather than a leading element in good, where better is 23 with an hour-long telephone appointment with any transportation project, they said. Unger one of the doctors from the Nuclear Medicine was involved at that time also and felt there expected. department. He was confirming, clarifying and wasn’t enough discussion with the author- -Thomas Fuller preparing yours truly for the arduous task at hand: ities. a commitment to a month-long, low iodine diet “We would like to point out that four years beginning April 27 (no salt, no sugar, no dairy, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL Winter Cleanup... no normal-type bread and a bunch of other less after completion of the 495 Express Lanes, impactful nos) and 15 on-site hospital-related visits we are struggling to correct erosion control (in lab, in doctor’s office and in scan area) followed and landscaping shortcomings that did not by an overnight in late May when I receive my final meet minimum standards. We fully expect to treatment. After which, for the following week, I face the same situation with the I-66 Express am to be quarantined at home (unsafe for children, Lanes,” the Friends website stated after the pregnant woman and pets) with miscellaneous other quarantine-associated behaviors/advisories June meeting. (changing bed sheets every other day, using one The Friends of Accotink Creek group has bathroom exclusively, flushing toilets twice, using reached out to Virginia Senator Dave Mars- plastic silverware and paper plates, among others) den (D-37), Del. David Bulova (D-37), and with the fun and games ending June 5th when the Fairfax County Supervisors Dahlia Palchick GUTTER GUTTER quarantine period ends. Then I can resume my (Providence) and James Walkinshaw (Brad- normal/familiar routine for the treatment of my underlying/pre-existing stage IV non small cell lung IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS dock), but has yet to receive a response. cancer. Treatment for which will likely begin again TILE / MARBLE TILE / MARBLE in mid July after I’ve had a CT scan to assess the Bulletin Board damage/success of my thyroid cancer treatment. By then, it will have been about six months that CLOSURE OF SILVER AND ORANGE I’ve actually had any current treatment/medicine for STATIONS my lung cancer. Once given a clean bill of health (so far as the thyroid cancer is concerned), I’ll likely The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) announced a new plan for con- restart my bi-weekly treatments for my non-small struction activities for the summer of 2020 cell lung cancer (which as my oncologist said; he with a full closure of all Metrorail Orange and could treat but never cure). Treatment which began Silver Line stations in Fairfax County. These in early March, 2009 and has continued for nearly adjustments to WMATA’s current construction 11 years. Pending the results of that July CT scan, efforts on the Silver Line and the up-com- my life will likely return to abnormal. Still, it’s way ing platform reconstruction efforts on the too early to speculate on life going forward. Six Orange Line address the health and safety of months (dating back to my last treatment in Jan., WMATA’s workers operating the rail system 2020) is an eternity in the cancer world (heck six and the contractors working on these two ma- days is an eternity). jor capital projects. It also considers the low And aside from the obvious, that planning for ridership on Metrorail related to the impacts or even predicting scenarios two to three months of COVID-19 and the current Stay-at-Home hence, it has never been my oncologist’s style. Then Orders in place across the National Capital consider, as he said during our most recent phone Region appointment (April 17), that he’s no longer certain The expanded station closures will advance the if the tumors in my lungs are non small cell lung two largest capital projects in Virginia -- the cancer, papillary thyroid cancer which has moved demolition and reconstruction of the station and/or, wait for it, that my lung cancer tumors platforms at four Metrorail Orange Line LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING have gone into remission. Can you quote the late stations and work to connect the five new Phil Rizzuto: “Holy cow!” None of which will be Metrorail Silver Line stations to the existing known until a week or so after my July CT scan. transit network. The closures begin Memo- And not that wondering/waiting isn’t already the rial Day weekend 2020 and are expected to Patios & Drainage hardest part but before I will have learned the status continue through the fall. Your neighborhood company since 1987 Impacts on Orange and Silver Line Service -- All of my tumors, I will have been in and out of hospi- stations west of Ballston Metrorail Station on 703-772-0500 tals being treated for thyroid cancer right smack in the Orange and Silver Lines will be closed be- the middle of the coronavirus pandemic when I’m ginning Saturday, May 23, 2020. The stations supposed to do the exact opposite: isolate at home to be closed are: and stay away from hospitals. I couldn’t be looking Orange Line -- East Falls Church, West Falls J.E.S. Services for more trouble if I planned it. Nevertheless, I Church, Dunn Loring, Vienna just hope the old adage applies: “Time flies when Silver Line -- McLean, Tysons, Greensboro, Free Estimates - Fully Licensed & Insured you’re having fun.” (And I suppose I should add: Spring Hill, Wiehle-Reston East • Planting & Landscaping Design flies safely.) All Orange Line trains will begin and end service • Drainage & Water Problems I don’t really feel the fun? Maybe it’s the nee- at Ballston. Service will operate from Ballston • Concrete Driveways, Replacement or New dles you feel, or the fear/anxiety associated with to New Carrollton. There will be no Silver • Patios and Walks • Masonry Work or Dry Laid being in and out of hospitals multiple times in a • Paver, Flagstone, Brick, any style you choose Line service for the duration of the station • Retaining walls of all types comparatively short period of time? Or maybe you closures. feel the worry and difficulty I’ll have maintaining a Free Shuttle Bus Service -- WMATA will be offer- All work Guaranteed low iodine diet for 31 or so days, and the hunger ing free express and local shuttle bus service pains and chocolate withdrawal I’ll experience to provide alternative travel options for during that month. I’d like to think that the time/ those who must travel and use the Metrorail Sign up for treatment will pass quickly, but I’m guessing that system. The shuttle buses will operate seven the demands of the diet will slow me down to a days a week during the operating hours of the crawl and that the experience will be an extremely Metrorail system, currently 5 a.m. – 9 p.m. on challenging transition/return to normal. (Particularly weekdays and 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. on weekends. FREE DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION so for me since food has always been the bane of They will operate approximately every 10 to any or all of our 15 papers my existence.) minutes on weekdays and approximately every 15 minutes on weekends. Buses will not www.connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe But so what? My health status, which originally stop at stations that are currently closed due had been a terminal one: “13 months to two years” The gton has improved dramatically. I’m still likely to die to WAMTA’s response to COVID-19. WellbeingPage 8 PotomacArlinArlingtonConnection Reston Page 11 Alexandria Helen Slade of New York’s Cotton Club brought the audience to its feet with songs such as “We Shall Overcome” at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Concert on Sunday, Gazette Packet Jan. 15 in the Wakefield High School Fairfax auditorium. In a highlight of the evening, Page 6 from cancer but instead of the two years maximum Slade invited children from the audience Serving Alexandria for over 200 years • A Connection Newspaper to dance and sing with her on stage. “I know! I know!” Free Orange and Silver Line Shuttle Service Kimberly Palmer, Many of the students Wellbeing author of “Smart were eager to answer Mom, Rich Mom,” “Mr. Jefferson’s” (Bill Page 14 will share insights Barker) questions at the Potomac during the living Page 9 history assembly at 25 Cents Library on Satur- January 5, 2017 day, Jan. 28. Armstrong Elementary. In the Red I had anticipated (been “prognosed”), I am now Orange Line Express -- Direct service between Schools, Metro, and infrastructure form trinity of 2017 city budget priorities.
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❖ By Vernon Miles Gazette Packet Smedberg says the scale of the demands exceeds previous years. or the City Council, the “We’ve had these issues before, living and breathing two months into year 12, post largest looming issue in but the dollar amounts and the the upcoming months of size is bigger,” said Smedberg. Vienna and Ballston Metrorail Stations. 2017 is always the city’s “Schools, infrastructure, and budget.F The routine is fairly simi- lar year after year: the city and transportation are all core to what school system haggle to a compro- we do. How we prioritize the rest mise over expanding school enroll- is what we have to decide.”
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