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2 v Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v August 26 - September 1, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News Returning Strong to a ‘New Normal’ “Personally, I’m excited about being able Area high schools “I am excit- “Personally, to go to the football games and hopefully have hoco and fun stuff like that,” she said. welcome back their ed for most I’m excited Aria Miao, a Burke resident and junior at Lake Braddock Secondary School, is looking students and staff. everything about being forward to learning hands-on photography after a year of only digital photos. By Jess Kirby to go back able to go to “One thing I am excited about is being The Connection able to go into the dark room and devel- to normal, the football op film and learn about different types of lthough most FCPS students and Ariana Hill Cali Dudek photography,” she said. “I took Photo 1 last staff will be returning to in-person like football games and year and, as part of the curriculum you are learning this school year, the ex- supposed to be able to do a lot of hands-on Aperience will be far from normal. games and seeing my hopefully have hoco photography, especially film which you do in According to Lake Braddock Principal Dr. the dark room, and we didn’t get to do that Daniel Smith, all FCPS students and staff, peers in school, but I and fun stuff last year.” regardless of vaccination status, will be re- Moellendick is ready to get back in the quired to wear masks indoors. They will be am just worried about like that.” classroom with his students. continuing the same precautions as last year, — Cali Dudek of Fairfax Station, “I’m just excited to see my students again,” such as social distancing when possible, us- how normal it will be senior, Lake Braddock he said. “Last year was endless hours of star- ing hand sanitizer, cleaning and trying to ing at black boxes on a computer monitor. limit traffic in the hallways. and what limits will be Secondary School There were some students last year who, “We’ll have those layered prevention strat- God’s honest truth, I’ve never seen, I’ve nev- egies in place,” he said. “When I think about set in place still.” Springfield High School junior Ariana Hill er heard them talk, they never said anything this year compared to last year in terms of — Ariana Hill, Springfield, junior, of Springfield. “Since everyone got vacci- in the chat; I know nothing about these stu- the strategies and mitigation measures we West Springfield High School nated I was looking forward to not having dents.” have in place, there’s not much that will to wear one in school, but I understand that However, he worries that one thing won’t change except for we’re obviously not going it is what needs to happen with the Delta go back to normal: snow days. to be able to social distance at six feet. When the student body.” variant.” “If they do what they did last year, which you have 4,300 students, we are going to do According to Smith, 76.5 percent of Fair- Fairfax High School junior and Fairfax res- is basically the ‘Hey, we’re going to go all it to the best extent possible.” fax County’s 12- to 17-year-olds have gotten ident Kara Bellis agrees with the mask policy. virtual today because it’s a snow day,’ you Jordan Moellendick, an AP Statistics and at least one dose of the vaccine. “I think it is the right decision to require can’t expect teachers to plan good lessons Algebra 2 Honors teacher at West Spring- masks because it’s keeping more people and create quality content for students and field High School, is confident that masks AFTER TWO SCHOOL YEARS impacted by safe than if people weren’t required to wear then, with less than an hour’s notice, change and vaccines will be effective against COVID. COVID-19, Lake Braddock junior and Burke one,” she said. “Especially with the new Del- all those plans around,” he said. “I’m not terribly worried about the Delta resident Natalie Garkey will head back to ta variant going around, masks should be variant spreading at West Springfield,” he school with the acceptance of a “new nor- worn indoors.” AS FAIRFAX COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS said. “Virginia has instituted universal mask- mal.” As a varsity cheerleader and gymnast at welcome back their students and staff, Lake ing for all K-12, and if you look at what’s “I think [COVID] is something that’s al- West Springfield, Hill is worried that her ju- Braddock has adopted the theme Every Bru- been happening over the last year, especial- ways going to be in the back of our minds nior year will not be as normal as she hopes. in has a Story to honor every community ly with bringing students back in schools, from now on,” she said. “They keep saying “I am excited for most everything to go member’s diverse experiences. it actually seems like masking has been it’s going to go back to normal but it’s never back to normal, like football games and see- “It’s really going to be about developing pretty effective at preventing the spread of going to be normal; we’re going to have a ing my peers in school, but I am just worried those relationships and understanding what Coronavirus. And while the Delta is more new normal.” about how normal it will be and what limits each one of our students and staff needs,” transmissible, masks still help with that. However, some students are disappointed will be set in place still,” she said. said Smith. “Everybody had different expe- In addition… everybody who attends West by the return of masking. Cali Dudek, a Lake Braddock Secondary riences through COVID, so we want to ac- Springfield is old enough to get vaccinated, “I am not the happiest about the mask re- School senior and Fairfax Station resident, is knowledge them and we want to make sure so you have the vast majority of the staff quirement because I feel like we have had hopeful that she’ll be able to attend football everyone feels safe and supported here at that’s been vaccinated and a good portion of to deal with them for so long,” said West games and dances again. Lake Braddock.” Suspect Arrested in Double Homicide in Burke

33-year-old man is in custody and Bradley Lister was located Detectives from the FCPD Solvers”. Anonymous tipsters are eligible awaiting extradition at the Balti- by the U.S. Marshals Service Organized Crime and Intelli- for cash rewards of $100 to $1,000 dollars Amore Central Booking Intake Facil- at a hospital in Baltimore and gence Bureau are coordinat- if their information leads to an arrest. ity for the murder of Susan Lister, 67, and was taken into custody for ing with the Baltimore City Victim specialists from the Major Amber Currie, 41, both of Burke. Bradley charges unrelated to the ho- Police Department and federal Crimes Bureau’s Victim Services Division Lister, 33, is facing two counts of sec- micides. Detectives responded partners for follow-up investi- have been assigned to ensure that the ond-degree murder and two counts of use to the Baltimore City Police gation related to the firearms. victims’ family is receiving appropriate of a weapon in the commission of a felony. Department Headquarters to Detectives are asking any- resources and assistance. Detectives from our Major Crimes Bu- interview Lister and deter- one with information about This is being investigated as the 16th reau determined Bradley Lister killed mined he shot both victims on this crime to call the Major and 17th homicide year to date in Fairfax his mother and sister in the home where Aug. 17. Crimes Bureau at 703-246- County. Detectives have made 12 arrests they all resided in the 6100 block of Ea- Following the murder, Lister 7800, option 3. Tips can also related to the 17 homicides with one out- gle Landing Road in Burke. Officers dis- fled to Baltimore City. Detec- FCPD be submitted anonymous- standing warrant for Terrence Butler. covered the victims on the morning of tives believe Lister removed Bradley Lister ly through Crime Solvers by For ongoing updates, read the FCPD Aug. 20 following a request for a welfare multiple firearms from the phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866- blog and follow on Twitter, Facebook and check. Detectives immediately sought home. Lister will remain in custody at the 411-8477), by text – Type “FCCS” plus tip to Instagram at @FairfaxCountyPD. Bradley Lister for questioning, but he Baltimore Central Booking Intake Facility 847411, and by web – Click HERE. Download could not be found or contacted. until he is extradited back to Fairfax County. our Mobile tip411 App “Fairfax Co Crime — FCPD Public Affairs Bureau www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v August 26 - September 1, 2021 v 3 Opinion

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She said ideation, attempts, and deaths in Fairfax that given the level of COVID transmission County, reported experts in mental health in the County and its isolation, people are at the “Fight Suicide” Walk-a-Thon at Lake not doing what they did previously. “When Fairfax Park in Reston held Aug. 21. The individuals have challenges with their men- need exists for the community to offer a tal health, isolation further exacerbates the hand to those who cannot ask for help or problem… Silence fuels the stigma,” said treatment. Addo-Ayensu. Prolonged social distancing and self-iso- School Board Member Melanie Meren lation imposed by the pandemic are com- (Hunter Mill District) said, “Mental health is pounded by the daily burden of worries just as important as physical health for our about family and self-employment, income students and staff. This year we know that falling, and Covid health and safety of loved we must pay attention to the risk of suicide ones. These concerns are raising the risk of and listen to our students who are asking for mental health issues. Some individuals are help.” at the breaking point into “darkness” and Robert Rigby is a teacher at West Potomac the “ultimate act,” suicide, yet stigma and High School in Alexandria. He said that sui- prejudice associated with reaching out for Supporters of the walk-a-thon gather for a group photo. cide touches LGBTQ+ students “very dear- help stops them from doing so. ly.” “I’m here to stand up for and represent On Saturday, Aug. 21, the Family Coun- all the students who are struggling and need seling Center of Greater Washington located someone to support them.” in Vienna hosted the “Fight Suicide” Walk-a- Shyamali Roy Hauth is the 1st Vice-Chair Thon. Partnered with the Fairfax Health De- of Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia. partment, the event’s purpose was to bring According to Hauth, the Asian community attention to mental health and the stigma needs to make sure they speak about suicide that can be associated with it. prevention. “Last week, we held a panel on Daniel Park is the Executive Director of mental health with the Democratic Asian the Family Counseling Center of Greater Americans of Virginia…Speaking about Washington in Vienna. “Suicide is not a mat- mental illness, mental health, and suicide ter of personal concern. It is a matter of the prevention is very important to our commu- community’s responsibility,” Park said. “This nity.” is why we must work together, especially for the Asian American community. It is not GRACE NOH, 17, of Clifton, attended the ready yet to speak about suicide because of walk-a-thon. According to Noh, the event stigma.” was important to her because she knew peo- Cultural factors influence some Asian- ple struggling with depression. “I thought Americans whether or not they seek access Daniel Park, Executive Director of the this was a way to support them,” she said. for behavioral or mental health concerns. Gloria Addo-Ayensu, MD, MPH, is the Family Counseling Center of Greater Ester Lee, 17, of Centreville, said she saw Depending upon the individual’s degree of Director of Health for Fairfax County. Washington in Vienna. a flier about the event and thought it a good acculturation, socioeconomic status, im- way to connect. She, too, told of a friend migration status, and their given culture, who had been struggling with depression. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, et- Sophia Yu, 13, of Springfield, came to the cetera, these factors may influence whether walk-a-thon with her mother. Sophia said individuals seek diagnosis and treatment or what she learned that day was that someone not. in the United States dies by suicide every Cindy Han, CEO of the Family Counseling eleven minutes. Asked what she might do Center of Greater Washington located in Vi- if she felt negatively overwhelmed, Sophia enna, said that the practice’s primary pur- said, “I would talk to somebody, someone I pose is to serve those with mental illnesses. was close to, if I felt sad or depressed.” It offers to counsel individuals experiencing Gabriel Yu, 11, of Springfield, said that he life’s serious challenges. learned teenagers were “dying by suicide.” If I felt depressed, I would talk with my mom THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC crisis on or dad.” suicidality appears related to the increase Thomas Rayner’s father died by sui- in mental health problems. Han said, “We cide. While not a mental health expert but have encountered many families who have holding personal knowledge, Rayner said, lost their loved ones to suicide and families “When people get into that space, they struggling with a family member contem- don’t see any other alternatives. They don’t plating suicide. Sophia Yu, 13, of Springfield Gabriel Yu, 11, of Springfield think about the impact they have on people “A person dies by suicide every 11 minutes around them and their loved ones. It’s not in the United States,” said Han. Suicide is communities. “The American public is not lessness.” She said the purpose of the day’s that they’re selfish, but they just can’t think the second leading cause of death among aware that suicide is a national crisis,” said event was “to bring people from darkness of another way.” teenagers, particularly many Korean teenag- Yang. “People seeking our mental health ser- out into the light.” Anthem HealthKeepers Plus, one of the ers who take their lives with suicide, accord- vices have increased threefold since 2020 Yang said, “Mental health is nothing to be event sponsors, offers Medicaid and FAMIS ing to Han. compared to 2019.” ashamed of. It is no different than having (Family Access to Medical Insurance Secu- Binbin Yang, Community Health Special- According to Yang, the impact of the pan- any other bodily ailment that you go seek a rity Plan, the Virginia health insurance pro- ist with Fairfax County Health Department demic is negatively compromising lives with specialist for a cure.” Yang added that when gram for children). Open enrollment runs works with the Asian and Pacific Islander “anxiety, depression, and a sense of hope- people suffer, have challenges, they need to through Aug. 31. 8 v Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v August 26 - September 1, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News Calendar NOW THRU AUG. 29 Summer Table. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At morning with your family. 10:30 Building W-8, Workhouse Arts a.m. Saturdays at Old Town Center, 9518 Workhouse Way, Square. Pre-registration is re- Twins Ace, Community, Britepaths Lorton. Ceramic Artists Pam quired. Visit the website: https:// Eisenmann and Joan Ulrich offer www.fairfaxva.gov/government/ two takes on convivial dining. parks-recreation/cultural-arts Celebrating summer gatherings Raise Funds for School Supplies with lively handmade tableware: SATURDAY/AUG. 28 serving pieces, vases, sippers and LESSON ZERO Performs. 6-9 .m. At By Bonnie Hobbs more. Meet the artists on August Crafthouse, 1161 Palace Way, The Connection 14th, 2-4 p.m. Light refreshments Fairfax. For additional informa- will be served. tion see: www.youtube.com/ ach year, Fairfax-based nonprofit Britepaths lessonzero or www.reverbnaton. WEDNESDAY/AUG. 25 com/lessonzero raises money to purchase school supplies for Lee District Nights. 7:30 p.m. At Lee students in need in Fairfax County. And this District Park, Leonadus K. Plenty SUNDAY/AUG. 29 year, the need was greater than ever, but that Amphitheater, Franconia. Model Trains Running. 1-4 p.m. E Aug. 25 - Sharon Clark Quartet only made Britepaths even more determined to help At The Fairfax Station Railroad (Jazz) these students. Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station. The North- Local residents and businesses stepped up and an- SATURDAY/AUG. 28 ern Virginia NTRAK group will be swered the call, opening their wallets to contribute. Summer Saturdays. 11 a.m. to 4 running N gauge model trains. Among them was Twins Ace Hardware in Fairfax City. Photo courtesy of Britepaths p.m. At Gunston Hall, 10709 Admission: Children 4 and under During July, it raised $2,000 for Britepaths’ Collect Twins Ace Hardware co-owner Craig Smith (cen- Gunston Road, Lorton. Summer and Museum members, free; Saturdays is back! Join them for Kids Back-to-School program via a round-up cam- ages 5-12, $3; ages 13 and older, ter) presents a check to Daniels Run social worker virtually or in-person for hands- $5, $6 for special events. Seniors paign, whereby customers donated their change to June Bloedorn and Principal Christopher Smith. on history activities. Cost is $0 to and military (active and retired) round up their totals when they bought items from $10. This program occurs at the $4. Visit www.fairfax-station.org, the store. In previous years, Britepaths has assisted 2,500 stu- same time every Saturday until www.facebook.com/FFXSRR, Fairfax City’s Daniels Run Elementary was one of dents with school supplies. But this year – because of August 28th. Visit the website: 703-425-9225. www.gunstonhall.org/event 15 Fairfax County Public Schools that received supply the increased need due to the pandemic – it also asked SATURDAY/SEPT. 11 kits through Britepaths’ program to distribute to stu- its supporters to help with this endeavor. SATURDAY/AUG. 28 Second Saturday Art Walk. 6-9 p.m. dents in need at its school. And last Monday, Aug. 16, In addition to Twins Ace, the Northern Virginia Mount Vernon Nights. 8 p.m. At At The Workhouse Arts Center Twins Ace co-owner Craig Smith went there and met Association of Realtors’ Cares Committee, plus Mara Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton. on the second Saturday of each with Britepaths’ Shannon Bryant to present the store’s Hair and Mode Studio in Fairfax City, both provided Schedule month. It’s the perfect time to August 28 – The U.S. Army Field donation. sponsorship funds, and many individuals and families meet nearly 100 resident and as- Band, Six String Soldiers (Ameri- sociate artists, creating art in the Overall, Britepaths raised more than $43,000 and donated, as well. And thanks to their generosity, Brite- cana, Folk, Bluegrass, Irish) studios or exhibiting in 12 campus used the donations to buy 4,250 Campus Survival Kits paths was able to exceed its $40,000 fundraising goal. galleries. Indulge in classes in the for Fairfax High School, Justice High School and their Britepaths’ Back-to-School program is part of Fair- SATURDAY/AUG. 28 art of mixology or cuisines from feeder elementary and middle schools. Inside the kits fax County’s Collect for Kids partnership to ensure Kidz Korner -- Oh Susannah. 10:30- around the globe. Experience art exhibitions of the region’s finest were folders, composition books, pencils, crayons, that as many FCPS students as possible with identified 11:30 a.m. at Old Town Square, Old Town Hall, 3999 University sculpture, painting, glass, ceram- markers, scissors, glue sticks, erasers, a pencil sharp- needs are able to start the school year with all the sup- Drive, Fairfax. Join in a fun ics, and fiber art works. ener and earbuds. plies necessary for them to succeed in the classroom.

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10 v Burke / Fairfax / Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton / Springfield v August 26 - September 1, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News “Enough Business Already” Directory By KENNETH B. LOURIE As my late mother would have suggested WWW.CONNECTIONNEWSPAPERS.COM after reading four consecutive weeks of Kenny’s column being on the same subject: the second Call 703-549-0004 degree burns on my feet, I am finally moving on. for advertising information Though my feet and mobility have not entirely returned to normal, I am nonetheless finished with this arc and am returning to my regular subject: cancer. ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL After being a cancer patient for so long now, it’s easy to forget exactly what the side effects are for a particular medicine that you’re presently taking versus one that you used to take. Granted, it’s not rocket science, but it is confusing, espe- cially after 12-plus years of treatment and having taken over a dozen different types of chemother- apy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy; most for lung cancer, some for thyroid cancer. Throw in that the patient (yours truly) is over age 65 and likely experienced a touch or two of “chemo brain” (a kind of memory loss brought on by LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING chemotherapy) over the many years of treatment and before you can say alimta, avastin, tarceva Photos by Mike Salmon/The Connection and opdivo, you can’t even distinguish one from the other. Considering these varying medicines A full dumpster is a sign of a successful program. kept you alive for a time, is a bit disconcerting at the least and really scary at the most. However, the bigger picture is that I’m still alive and what- ever bumps and bruises I’ve experienced along A Full Glass Recycling the road, I’m still able to drive, if you know what Summer Cleanup... I mean? Nevertheless, it’s important to stay current Dumpster is a Sign of Success and aware of the likely side effects because not knowing/recalling them can lead to unnecessary and unhelpful worry: is this the cancer or some It all started on Oct. 1, 2019 when the predictable side effect? Whatever makes this Purple dumpsters are awareness/lack of awareness challenging is that county stopped accepting bottles and jars the side effects vary from one treatment/medi- pulling in big numbers in curbside recycling bins, and gave con- cine to the next and are not always consistent in sumers the choice of throwing the used their occurrence and/or intensity. glass in the trash with other trash, or go- As an example, currently, I am experiencing around the county and ing to the purple dumpsters. There were shortness of breath. It is a side effect of lenvima, 21 dumpsters at first, and they are evalu- the thyroid cancer drug I’m taking daily. How- a few spots outside. ever, I haven’t been as short of breath as I am ating other sites for more. now as I had been the previous few weeks. At Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) Landscape Drainage Landscape Drainage least I know it’s a side effect so I’m not freaking By Mike Salmon backed the program since it started a few out. Still, is a side effect that was not happen- The Connection years ago, and found support from nearby ing, problematic, when nothing else (increased residents. “It’s wildly successful,” he said. dosage) has happened? In fact, I’ve already had t was a good sign when several cars Fairfax County says “collecting glass sep- the dosage reduced twice from 24 mg to 10 mg primarily because I was too short of breath, and pulled up to the Springfield purple arately in a purple container will reduce experienced a touch of dizziness/vertigo as well. dumpster for glass recycling and the contamination levels in single-stream recy- The goal in deciding dosage, as I understand Iportals were nearly overflowing with cling. All colors of clean glass bottles and it/have been told, is to try and find the “sweet glass. People were recycling their glass, with jars are accepted in the purple containers. spot” where the minimal dosage results in the a little finesse, they still managed to fit the Glass items not accepted include lamps, maximum benefit: controlled disease/no pro- glass in. light bulbs, ceramics, porcelain, mirrors, gression. And now, with my most recent cancer marker down to seven from a high of over 200 “I love it, glad they do it,” said Enna, a windows, and sheet glass.” last year, the medicine certainly seems to be Springfield resident. “It’s definitely- work The overflow in Springfield shows the pro- working. The dilemma is determining how much ing,” she said. gram’s popularity. “People really embraced can the dosage be reduced before it allows the Another woman from Kings Park West glass recycling,” Herrity said, but did note cancer to grow? My oncologist has always been managed to throw her bottles in too. “I live that it requires a drive to the dumpster and concerned with quality of life so we’ve regularly adjusted doses depending on the results of lab in a cul-de-sac and collect for three houses, to physically put the bottles in the chutes. work and my quarterly scans. this is a wonderful The drive is “the It seems silly to mess with success. And service,” she said. biggest com- besides shortness of breath - to me, is a minor Bottles and glass “People really embraced plaint,” he said but inconvenience considering the stakes. I just have aren’t accepted some streets have to be aware and remind myself that a cancer di- with the curbside one person that agnosis, especially one which started with a “13 glass recycling.” month to two year” prognosis, is fraught with recycling in Fairfax — Supervisor Pat Herrity voluntarily makes many challenges and inconsistencies. Some- County anymore, (R-Springfield) the drive, like the times, what’s up is down and what’s down is up. so the purple woman from Kings It’s all very disorienting and if my life wasn’t at dumpsters located Park West. The risk, I might find this experience mildly amusing, on county property are the option. Springfield dumpster is behind the police even curious (as Data from “Star Trek: Next Gen- In fact, “the program is doing well, and station on Rolling Road, and the Lee District eration” might say). But, on the contrary, my sit- uation is as serious as a heart attack, which fortu- we’re pleased with the numbers,” said Sha- dumpster is located out front of the Franco- nately I’ve never suffered, thank God! I just hope ron North, at the Fairfax County Department nia Government Building. if it does occur, I’ll recognize the symptoms for of Public Works and Environmental Services. Glass collected in purple containers is what they are, rather than as a side effect of the North had a chart that showed over 13 tons delivered to the county’s glass processing medication I take for my thyroid cancer. What of glass had been recycled since the program plant in Lorton, the only glass processing a mistake that would be. And I’d have no one started in April 2019. 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