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By Reena Singh

The Connection

Dozens of works of art,ranging from paint toglassblowing, took

over the village green last week-end.

Great Falls Studios [GFS]held their Art on the GreenSpring Show and Sale on Sat-urday and Sunday at their new-est show location.

“We’ve outgrown all the othervenues in town,” said GFSfounding member LauraNichols.

Many of the visitors came be-cause they were curious whythere were white tents set upon the green, according to eventorganizer Linda Jones.

“The reason we chose thisweekend is because we’re hav-ing the first Concert on theGreen tonight,” she said. “Thisis great, because one of ouraims is to nurture Great Falls asan artful community. We’re veryexcited about this new venue.”

A handful of the 27 artistswere showing with GFS for thefirst time.

“I met a lot of really nicepeople and had a lot of reallyinteresting discussions,” saidBob Schroeder, photographer.

He sold several photos thatweekend - the most popularbeing lions and a pair of el-ephants that he photographedin Africa during his retirementtravels.

“I wanted to get a sense ofwhat other people thought,kind of getting a meter of whatother people liked,” he said.

Painter Karen Rose joined the

studio a few years ago but re-cently wanted to start sellingher work.

“I only expected to hand outbusiness cards this weekend, soI was surprised that I sold acouple of paintings,” she said.

Like Schroeder, Rose valuedthe feedback she got. She saidmany of the visitors commentedthat her paintings were a hom-age to the Impressionist era.

“This has really been motiva-tional,” she said.

Robert Maclay’s very firstshow selling blown glass cre-ations was in December. Sincethen, he has joined Great FallsStudios. The spring show washis first with the GFS.

“The customers have beenvery inquisitive, which is great,”he said. “I can go on about glassall day.”

His interest in glassblowingwas sparked when he saw ademonstration during a fourthgrade trip to colonialWilliamsburg. About two yearsago, he received a six-weekglassblowing class as a presentfrom his mother.

“This has been a very success-ful weekend,” he said. “I livedin Great Falls my entire life, soit’s good seeing faces I’ve seenbefore.”

In addition to the annual stu-dio tour, which will take placeOct. 17 through 19, GFS alsohas an annual holiday show.This year’s show will be held atthe Barns at Wolf Trap on Dec.13 to 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, visith t t p : / /www.greatfallsstudios.com/index.php.

Great Falls Studios annual springshow flourishes at new location.

Art on the Green

Robert Maclay, localglassblower, soldseveral of his piecesat the Art on theGreen spring showthis weekend.

Photo by Reena Singh/ The Connection

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By Jennifer Benitz

The Connection

As the much-anticipated gradua-tion season gets in full-swing forthe Class of 2014, a lingeringfeeling of nostalgia can push

some people to reflect on their schoolyears—what they’ve accomplished and whatthey’ve learned. For one Langley High School se-nior, reflecting led him to create a campaign thattransformed seniors’ lessons learned throughouthigh school into positive advice for youngerpeers—an initiative called the “4U Campaign.”

Spearheaded by 18-year-old Ezzy Sriram, the4U Campaign was designed specifically with un-derclassmen in mind. As seniors approach gradu-ation and reflect on their own four years, they areable to provide everything from serious advice toupbeat words of encouragement and tips throughthe use of photography and social media, provingto peers and the community that “unity is trust,” asSriram said.

Sriram, the co-founder and president of the Entre-preneurship Club at school, said that he was at one oftheir meetings this spring and thought to himself thathigh school shouldn’t focus on stress, but rather open-ing oneself up to as many opportunities as possible.

“I started the campaign to put high school in per-spective and I thought, ‘Who better to listen to thanseniors?’” said Sriram. “It’s a really neat way to con-nect.”

WITH GRADUATION just around the corner, thein-school and social media campaign took off quickly.After getting the campaign approved and funded bythe Langley High School Administration and PTSA,Sriram and a few fellow classmates worked diligentlyto prepare for the launch.

With the help of Langley student Rosie Brock, aninitial set of portraits were made of a core group ofstudents as they posed with a piece of paper thathad some words of encouragement on it, whether itwas a quote by someone else or their own advice forunderclassmen—it was advice to pass on to theirpeers. The portraits were then printed as posters andhung up in the school.

Throughout the two-week campaign, more por-traits were taken of seniors. The initial group ofmodels included Sriram, Brock, Logan McLendon,Emma Digiammarino, Dylan Hoang, Killeen Rivers,and Jeff Waters, and quickly expanded to includemore seniors as the campaign grew.

The first round was launched on May 19. Over thenext two weeks, seniors continued to volunteer forportraits and posted advice on a bulletin board atLangley and left post-it notes with their advice onthe posters—all of which was changed day-to-day toallow underclassmen to see as many perspectives aspossible.

“I was under the impression that just a handful ofseniors would be the core group of models but thenthe overwhelming support lead to the portraits withseniors creating their own messages, as well as abulletin dedicated to underclassmen,” said theMcLean resident.

Having chosen the timeframe specifically so thatthe campaign would launch for two consecutiveweeks—the first week while seniors were still inschool, and the following week when seniors weregone.

“Seniors want to give back to their community,”said Sriram. “There was just no medium before todo it and this has allowed them to do so.”

While it was originally designed as an in-schoolcampaign, social media has certainly allowed thecampaign to reach as many people as possible. Withthe public support by Fairfax County School BoardAt-Large Representative Ryan McElveen, the cam-paign grew momentum online.

OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, there have beenover 10,000 impressions to its Facebook page lastweek and its presence on Twitter, the word of the 4UCampaign and support for it spread pretty quickly,having even pushed students from a ThomasJefferson School of Science and Technology contactSriram to see how they could help.

Langley High School Director of Student ServicesSonya Williams has monitoring the campaign andexpressed support.

“I think it’s a good idea and a good time of theyear,” said Williams. “This is the best time of the yearfor seniors to really look back on their high schooltime. […] They do have some valuable insight forunderclassmen.”

For more information on the 4U Campaign, checkout it’s Twitter page, @4UTip, and Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/4UTip.

Provide support andencouragement forunderclassmenthrough campaign.

Langley High Seniors Wrap Up4U Campaign

Photo by Suddy Sriram

On the campaign’s last day, May 30, Ezzy Sriramposes for one more portrait with a final piece ofadvice to wrap up the 4U Campaign.

“This is the best time of the yearfor seniors to really look back ontheir high school time. […] Theydo have some valuable insightfor underclassmen.”

— Sonya Williams, Langley High Director ofStudent Services

Great Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

When Carla Castro-Claurewas approaching the agewhen she would soon attend Kindergarten, her

mother became increasingly concernedabout Hybla Valley Elementary School.She wasn’t sure it was safe for her daugh-ter, and stories were circulating throughthe neighborhood about elementaryschool students being suspended for hav-ing drugs. Then, one day, she learnedabout a robbery that happened at the 7-Eleven on the corner. The robbers hid atthe school to evade police.

“It was known to be a bad elementaryschool,” said Castro-Claure. “It has thelowest test scores, and there was a lot ofcrime in the neighborhood.”

Her mother decided that Hybla Valleywas not safe enough for her, choosinganother school several miles away. Sincethat time, she said, the school has im-proved. It has new security measures,and the test scores have improved. Hersister now attends the school, and hermother heads the parent-teacher asso-ciation. Nevertheless, the schoolstruggles with poverty. According to astatewide database of poverty in theclassroom, Hybla Valley has the highestrates of students who quality for free orreduced price lunch in Northern Virginia.

“We have a sense of urgency at alltimes at this school,” said Hybla ValleyPrincipal Lauren Sheehy. “At anotherschool, we may not need as much skillsand as much energy to get the job done.But here we need 110 percent at alltimes, and that’s what drives us everyday.”

POVERTY SPREADS across the class-rooms of Northern Virginia by ZIP code,with poor neighborhoods logging the high-est percentage of students who quality forfree or reduced price lunch. Among allschools in Alexandria, Arlington and FairfaxCounty, Hybla Valley has the highest. Almost90 percent of students qualify, making it oneof the highest poverty schools in the region.And even though Arlington County has areputation of being a wealthy enclave,Carlin Springs Elementary comes in a closesecond. More than 86 percent of its studentsquality for free or reduced price lunch.

“Arlington, like, most suburbs has verysegregated schools although nobody wantsto talk about it,” said Fred Millar, whosechildren attended Arlington Public Schools.“When you draw school boundaries to ef-fectively insulate the wealthy students,that’s class warfare.”

Although the 10 highest-poverty schoolsin Northern Virginia are spread out acrossthe region, one area has a cluster of high-poverty schools. Southeast Fairfax County

has three of the highest poverty schoolshugging the Route 1 corridor. Three of theelementary schools here make the top 10list of high poverty schools: Hybla Valley,Mount Vernon Woods Elementary schooland Bucknell Elementary School. Critics saythese neighborhoods fall through the cracksbecause they don’t have the kind ofmoney and clout enjoyed by areas withwealth and power.

“In a lot of ways, government is moreresponsive to those who have than tothose at the bottom,” said Del. ScottSurovell (D-44). “Why does every plan-etarium in the county work except theone at Carl Sandburg? Why do we stillhave a huge Head Start waiting list? Whydo we still have a big childcare waitinglist?”

TEST SCORES show that students at high-poverty schools often struggle to meet stateand federal standards. One of the highestpoverty schools in the region is Jefferson-Houston in the City of Alexandria, wheretest scores have been so low for so long that

state leaders are poised to orchestrate atakeover. When classes begin this fall, thenewly created Opportunity Educational In-stitution is expected to seize control of theschool, which serves Kindergarten througheighth grade. The institution, which wascreated by former Republican Gov. Bob

McDonnell, is targeting six schools in Vir-ginia. Jefferson-Houston is the only schoolin Northern Virginia, although city leadersin Alexandria are hoping that a lack of or-ganization and funding will derail the take-over, although frustrated parents say Alex-andria leaders have demonstrated they areunable to transform the school.

“I think it’s a good idea for new peopleto step in and take over,” said Bea Porter,whose grandson attends the school. “Thelocal school system has failed Jefferson-Houston for too long.”

According to salary data received in aFreedom of Information request, teach-ers at high poverty schools often receivelower pay than their counterparts at otherschools. In many cases, that’s becauseteachers at high-poverty schools are freshout of school and looking to enter the pro-fession. Many transfer to wealthier neigh-borhoods, where teaching students canpose fewer of the challenges related topoverty. The average pay for a Kinder-garten teacher in Fairfax County, for ex-ample, is $61,000. The highestKindergarden teacher salary is $99,000at Fort Belvoir, and the lowest is $45,000at London Towne Elementary. The aver-age Kindergarten teacher salary is higherthan the average Kindergarten teachersalary at Hybla Valley, Lynbook, MountVernon Woods, Buckness and GrahamRoad.

“We have this mythology of equality,”said Jon Liss, founder of Tenants andWorkers United. “But the reality is thatthere has been a resegregation becauseof the overlap of race and class.”

BEHIND HYLBA VALLEY is a series oftrailers — sometimes called portables —where students gather in temporarystructures. Schools with the most num-ber of trailers tend to be at high povertyschools, although school officials also usethem at some schools with low rates ofpoverty such as Haycock ElementarySchool and Clermont Elementary School.Critics say the village of trailers behindHybla Valley is an indication that FairfaxCounty Schools is not willing to invest

the kind of resources here that might go toa school where parents would lobby SchoolBoard members for a new wing of class-rooms.

“The value of education is not equal,” saidAlma Lopez, parent of four children at HyblaValley Elementary School. “If you compare

students in McLean to students in HyblaValley, it would be obvious that the levelof education is better in McLean.”

The principal says that the school hasalways needed trailers, even after a two-story addition gave the school 17 moreclassrooms. Before she came to HyblaValley, Sheehy was assistant principal atLynbrook Elementary School, anotherhigh poverty school. Like many of theteachers and staff at Hybla Valley, Sheehy

says that she feels called to work with stu-dents in need.

“It really is a calling. It’s a real passion,and I feel really proud to be at the schooland proud to support the students here,”said Sheehy. “Our teachers embrace it, andthey acknowledge that there are more chal-lenges here than at other schools.”

Pockets of low-income students scattered through Northern Virginia.

Poverty in the Classroom

“In a lot of ways, governmentis more responsive to thosewho have than to those atthe bottom.”

— Del. Scott Surovell (D-44)


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High Honors for Great Falls Third GradersThird graders Erika Castellano and Brooke Dawn of Great Falls recently received recog-nition at Johns Hopkins University for achieving High Honors in the JHU Center forTalented Youth talent search. The girls, both students at the Nysmith School, receivedthe award for performing exceptionally well on an above grade level test given toacademically talented 2nd-8th grade students throughout the country.

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What are your thoughts about the currentmortgage environment: How is it affecting realestate market in Northern Virginia?”

Margaret Ireland, Associate Broker, Weichert“Interest rates are actually pretty good, especially

compared to where they’ve been in the past. But thepublic doesn’t see that. I agree that there needs to bea bit of a let up in all of the rules and regulations andchallenges to the buying process, still keeping therisks in mind to avoid a repeat of this collapse.”

Tracey Barrett, Barrett & Associates, LLC,Elite Group Realtors

“Whatever is going on, with proper coaching I canset up expectations to meet goals and deadlines. It’sstill a good time to buy, and a good time to sell.Rates are historically low, sellers can still get excel-lent prices. We all may have to work a little harder,but good business is there.”

Andy Krumholz, Keller Williams Reston“For most buyers the mortgage marketplace has

not impacted their ability to obtain financing. Theloan underwriters remain conservative in theiranalysis and are requiring more documentation fromthe borrowers then ever before. This often willelongate the loan approval process a bit, but typi-cally does not hinder the borrowers ability to obtainfinancing. Borrowers need to be prepared to re-spond quickly to lenders questions and providecomprehensive information when asked.”

— Andrea Worker

Viewpoints

SATURDAYSReston Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon.

Saturdays, May 3-Nov. 9. Named the bestfarmers market in Northern Virginia byVirginia Living Magazine. Lake Anne VillageCenter, 11401 North Shore Drive, Reston.www.restonfarmersmarket.com.

Oakton Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Year round. Unity of Fairfax Church, 2854Hunter Mill Road, Oakton.www.smartmarkets.org/

Great Falls Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Year round. Great Falls Village Centre, 778Walker Road, Great Falls.www.celebrategreatfalls.org/FarmersMarket.html.

Farmers Markets

Vienna Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. FaithBaptist Church Parking Lot, 301 Center StreetSouth, Vienna. www.viennafarmersmarket.com

SUNDAYSMcLean Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Parking lot of the National Automobile DealersAssociation 8400 Westpark Drive, McLean.www.smartmarkets.org/

Tysons Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. NADACampus, Greensboro & Westpark Drive.www.tysonspartnership.org

WEDNESDAYSReston Farmers Market. 3-7 p.m. 12001

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston.www.smartmarkets.org.

Frying Pan Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.2709 West Ox Road, Herndon.www.farmersmarketfryingpan.nova-antiques.com.

THURSDAYSHerndon Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Thursdays, May 1-Nov. 13. Twelve Vendors sella variety of products including kettle corn andfresh made Italian pasta. Old Town Herndon,700 Block of Lynn St, Herndon.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/herndonmkt.htm

FRIDAYSMcLean Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Fridays, May 2-Nov. 21. Vendors include anorchard and winery company and specialtyberry farm. 1659 Chain Bridge Road,McLean. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/mcleanmkt.htm

Kingstowne Farmers Market. 4-7 p.m.Fridays, May 2-Oct. 31. Giant Parking Lot,5955 Kingstowne Towne Center, Alexandria.Vendors products include fresh organichoney, pies and rolls.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/kingstownemkt.htm

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By Andrea Worker

The Connection

The Northern Virginia Associationof Realtors (NVAR) hosted Fi-nance Summit 2014 at theirFairfax Headquarters on

Wednesday, May 21. The event brought to-gether a panel of speakers with an impres-sive collection of credentials and expertise.Moderator Ken Harney’s “Nation’s Housing”column is nationally syndicated. Harney isalso a member of the Federal Reserve BoardConsumer Advisory Council, an author andcommentator on real estate and mortgageissues, and the host of CNBC’s “Real EstateMagazine” weekly television program.

Tony Porto, Regional Manager from eventsponsor Access National Bank, opened theprogram. “There are some 11,000 membersin your organization,” he said, “and morethan 50 choices of lenders. Service is whatwill differentiate one from the other.” Portohad pens flying across notepaper when heexplained the key features of a new lend-ing product being offered by Access forloans up to 760K with no PMI and only 5percent down required.

Joseph Minarik, Sr. V.P. and Director ofResearch – Committee for Economic Devel-opment, was the first presenter to addressthe gathering. With multiple degrees fromYale and Georgetown, and a backgroundthat includes a post as the Chief Economistof the Office of Management and Budgetduring the Clinton administration, Minarikwarned that the financial “crystal ball” wascloudier than ever, particularly since “thereis no real history for a downturn such aswe have experience over that last sevenyears.” Minarik spoke of the “Shadow La-bor Force” – those who had virtually quitlooking for work during this time – and thefact that no one could truly predict howmany of them would come back into theworkforce, and at what levels of productiv-ity and income.

A FORMER COLLEAGUE of current Fed-eral Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Minarikexpressed faith in the Fed and its monetary

policies, but less in the country’s fiscalpolicy. “We are still at risk,” he said. “Weare not pre-destined to have a happy end-ing.”

Steve Farbstein, Chairman, Virginia Bank-ers Association Mortgage Executives Com-mittee and Richard Owen, VP CommunityBank Division & Government Relations –Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, did a com-bined presentation that spoke to some ofthe changes brought to the lending marketby the 2,319 pages of the Dodd Frank WallStreet Reform and Consumer ProtectionAct. Most realtors in the room acknowl-edged that they had not as of yet felt any

real negative effects from the legislation,even though it kicked in on Jan. 11 of thisyear. Farbstein credited much of the smooth-ness to the start up to the “Dodd Frankchecklists that banks, brokers and otherlenders have been working on for months.”Both Farbstein and Owen reminded theiraudience that a strong realtor/lender part-nership was still the best way for both tosucceed, and to best satisfy their mutualcostumer – the homebuyer. The duo pro-jected an overall positive outlook on thecurrent mortgage market, saying that creditavailability is getting better,homeownership in the region is up, while

delinquencies and foreclosures are down.“Yes, rates are rising a bit,” said Owen, “butmaybe we should use the times of the Sav-ings and Loans crisis as a reminder. Com-pared to 17, 18, even 21 percent, 4 percentlooks pretty good to me.”

When it was his turn to present, KenHarney took some time to chastise the lend-ing policies that demand “a too high creditscore, keeping many qualified people outof the buying process.” Harney is also criti-cal of the high, layered fees that he sees as“blocking growth.” “There have been fiveincreases in FHA lean fees in the last sev-eral years.” Harney sees the mortgage mar-ket in something of a “vicious circle.” Al-though he strongly agrees that no one wantsto see a return to the boom/bust housingmarket, “too many people are afraid to letone (risky loan) through.”

THE PROGRAM’S FINAL SPEAKERapologized in advance of his remarks.“Sorry,” said Stan Collender, Exec. VP,Qorvis/MSLGroup . “I don’t have aPowerPoint. And I really only have a fewthings to say, starting with ‘get use to it.’”Collender, who has worked for the Houseand Senate Budget Committees as well asthree U.S. representatives on the HouseBudget and Ways and Means Committeethinks the way things are right now is thenew normal for at least the rest of the de-cade. Providing numerous firsthand anec-dotes of what he sees as fairly entrenchedpartisan politics on the Hill, Collender’s pre-diction is that this Congress “will namesome new post offices, but that’s about it.There will not be any new Federal dollars,nothing new in the Federal budget arena,certainly no tax reform before 2019 at theearliest. “ Describing a continued “tight anddifficult period,” Collender thinks that thiswill translate into people less likely to sell,even those ready to downsize. Many realtorsin the room nodded in agreement, somecommenting that the lack of inventory insome of the price ranges is definitely a bar-rier to their business.

The 2014 Finance Summit is just one ofthe many forums, seminars, networkingevents and educational programs offered bythe NVAR at both their Fairfax headquar-ters, at the NVAR Herndon Center and else-where. More information is available ontheir website at www.nvar.com and on theirFacebook page.

Realtors discuss themortgage market atfinance summit.

Some Good News and a Lot of Uncertainty


Opinion

Chances are that if you are a regis-tered voter in the 8th Congres-sional District, your mailbox hasbeen letting you know that many

candidates are running in next week’s Demo-cratic primary.

The 8th Congressional District is currentlyrepresented by retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Moran,and seven candidates are running for the rightto replace him. There is no runoff, so even ifthe top candidate gets considerably less than50 percent of the vote, he or she willmove on as the Democratic nomineein November, facing Republican MicahEdmond. Given the voting history inthe 8th district, the Democratic nominee willmost likely move on to serve in Congress.

(Our region is losing its two longest servingmembers of Congress to retirement, Moran andU.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10). Voters in the 10thCongressional District will choose betweenRepublican Barbara Comstock and DemocratJohn Foust in November.)

The 8th Congressional District includes allof Arlington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon,plus parts of Tysons, McLean and Vienna tothe north, Springfield, Lorton and Mason Neckto the South.

Candidates include Don Beyer, LavernChatman, Mark Levine, Patrick Hope, AdamEbbin, Bill Euille and Derek Hyra. Three othernames will appear on the ballot even though

the candidates have withdrawn from the racebecause they withdrew after the ballot wasprinted/set.

Election Day is Tuesday, June 10, and regu-lar polling places will be open 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Voters who qualify to vote absentee can votein person early until June 7. But be sure tovote by primary Election Day, June 10.

Anyone who might working and commutingfor 11 of the 13 hours polls will be open onElection Day, 6 a.m.-7 p.m., qualifies to vote

absentee. You can vote absentee if youare: a student or spouse at an academicinstitution, absent on business, absentfor personal business or vacation, un-

able to get to the polls due to a physical dis-ability or illness, a caretaker of a confined fam-ily member, a precinct election officer, have areligious obligation or conflict, active duty uni-formed service or merchant marine or a de-pendent, regularly employed outside the U.S.or a dependent, and several other special cir-cumstances.

In Arlington, vote absentee-in-person atCourthouse Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite320, through Saturday, June 7; weekdays 8a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

In Alexandria, vote absentee-in-person at theOffice of Voter Registration & Elections, 132North Royal Street #100 through Saturday,June 7, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. http://www.alexandriava.gov/Elections

In Fairfax County, two options:❖ Fairfax County Government Center, Office

of Elections, 12000 Government Center Pkwy.,Suite 323, Fairfax, through Friday, June 6, 8a.m. - 7 p.m., and Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. – 5p.m.

❖ Mount Vernon Governmental Center, 2511Parkers Lane, Alexandria, through Friday, June6, 3:30 - 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. -5 p.m.

Read extensive previous coverage about thecandidates at

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/Election/National/Representatives/VA08/

Father’s Day PhotosFather’s Day is June 15, and as in years past,

The Connection will publish a gallery of pho-tos of fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathersand sons and daughters. Send your photos,including names of everyone in the photo, agesof children, town of residence and a brief de-scription of what is happening [email protected].

Vote this week at your convenience in personabsentee, or be sure to vote on Tuesday.

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By Wonhee Kang

Two years ago, the Taste ofAsia event was createdthrough a partnership

with the Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Washington and the AsianAmerican Chamber of Commerceto celebrate Asian and Pacific Is-lander Heritage Month. This year’sevent, Saturday, May 10, enjoyeda new location thanks to a newpartnership with Everest College,Tysons Corner.

A wet weather forecast for theday had some committee membersanxious about how the eventwould operate in both the indoorand outdoor locations needed forthe event. Throughout a morningfull of setting up; including trans-forming the normal every-day col-lege classrooms into Asiancelebratory places full of dragondecorations, colors, and shapesfrom a far eastern part of the worldand collecting food from eight dif-ferent restaurants located inFairfax County, which trulybrought the taste of Asia to the

sorship, attendees hadaccess to hands-on activi-ties. With leadershipfrom Ms. Lindsay Holt,arts and crafts tableswere set up for origami(Japan), Cultural Masks(China), Weaving (Phil-ippines), and Mandala( I n d i a / T i b e t / S o u t hAsia). There was a tableset up for Name Calligra-phy where attendees’names could be writtenin Korean, Japanese, Chi-nese, Hindi, Thai and Ta-galog. While these activi-ties were happening, Icould hear a lot of dia-logue about the meaningof names and back-ground, helping the at-tendees make meaning-ful connections to eachother.

All participants had a passportto get their stamps to be sure theywere not missing out any valuable

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The Taste of Asia at Everest College inTysons on May 10 included many demon-strations, as well as food and other cul-tural interactions.

college location, the com-mittee asked mother na-ture to keep the raindrops away.

We celebrated theevent with an impromptu‘Day Light Dance’ initi-ated by Robert Lee, theevent’s Master of Cer-emony, which was joinedby everyone from theyoungest dancers to theoldest, praying for therain to stay in the sky.After the greetings,Sanjana Srikanth pre-sented an Indian dancefollowed by an impres-sive presentation from agroup from Taekwondo.The audience was mes-merized by these worksof art from people ofAsia.

The original Taste ofAsia event was created to share theculture of the Asian countries andthis year’s event shared the Asianfood, performances, cultural artsand friendships with 200 people

of varying backgrounds includingmany young people.

Along with the “taste” of Asia,which included food from eightrestaurants and Coca-Cola’s Spon-


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experiences from the event. I trustall participants from this eventtasted Asia in many ways and I amgrateful for that. I thank 30 -plusvolunteers that we had for theevent and special thanks to ourevent committee members whohelped build many positive bridgesamong people in this diversecounty.

When I witnessed some kidsfrom Ghana, trying on Korean,Chinese and Thai dresses and hav-ing a photo-op, I saw a glimpse of‘Promised Land,” that once Mar-tin Luther King noted. When I wit-nessed Chinese women helpingHispanic young people wearingtheir Chinese costumes, there washeartfelt welcoming and receivingof friendship built. It was pleasureof seeing acceptance of each otherand they are moving forward tolearn about each other and theyare reaching out and sharing theirstories. Their hearts were wideopened to embrace each other forthose moments. There was joy andhappiness all around.

I saw what Dr. Martin Luther

King dreamed: ”that day when allof God’s children, black men andwhite men, Jews and Gentiles,Protestants and Catholics, will beable to join hands and sing in thewords of the old Negro spiritual:Free at last! Free at last! ThankGod Almighty, we are free at last!”

I am committed to seed thedream that Dr. King once talkedabout by offering a column thatwould continue to offer a place fora “Taste of Asia” and I am veryexcited about this calling.

As E.M. Forster noted, that thiscolumn will bring humanism toour living. “The four characteris-tics of humanism are curiosity, afree mind, belief in good taste, andbelief in the human race.”

Wonhee Kang will write an occa-sional column for the Connection.

Chairperson of Taste of AsiaChairperson of Next-generation

Entrepreneurship and LeadershipDevelopment Committee (NELDC)

Sr. Director of Boys & Girls Clubsof Greater Washington, FairfaxCounty Region

Director of Worship-arts,Culmore United Methodist Church

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Donating the fruits of their yearlong labor, thesenior council of the Oakcrest School, an all-female preparatory school in McLean, pre-

sented Kathleen Martin, CEO of Vinson Hall Retire-ment Community, a check for just over $1,300 onTuesday, May 27.

The money, which was raised completely throughstudent-organized fundraisers, will go to theSylvestery, an assisted living facility for those withAlzheimer’s, dementia and memory loss that is partof the Vinson Hall Retirement Community and sup-ported by the Navy Marine Coast Guard ResidenceFoundation.

“Every year the senior council selects a theme,” saidGianna Ridout, president of the senior council. Thisyear, the council decided on “Better Together.” Withthe theme in mind, the students of Oakcrest Schoolraised money all year, then donated it to a charity oftheir choosing.

“We wanted to do something within the commu-nity to give back to the area we’ve been in for so long,especially since our community is within a period oftransition from McLean to Vienna,” said Cathryn

Grace Sreco, treasurer of the senior council. OakcrestSchool plans to move from McLean to Vienna in 2015,said Marty Lerner, director of marketing and commu-nications.

So the senior council chose the Sylvestery, said AlexAguilar, secretary of the senior council. They knew ofthe organization because girls from Oakcrest Schoolhave sung to residents as service projects in the past,she said.

“We were looking for an organization within thecommunity — one that could really benefit,” Srecosaid. “One thousand dollars is no little sum, but whenyou’re dealing with a really large organization, itdoesn’t make as much of an impact,” she said.

AS FOR THE FUNDRAISING, “it was a huge ini-tiative within the student body,” Sreco said. Through-out the year, every class works on different fundraisingprojects, and each class has a different month in whichto hold their fundraisers, she said.

The only exception to this is the middle school,Aguilar said, and grades six through eight work to-gether as a team. “This year they held a sweatshirtfundraiser, where students paid 25 or 50 cents to beable to wear a sweatshirt with their uniforms,” saidAguilar. They raised the most money, even thoughtheir month was filled with snow days, she said.

“IT IS INCREDIBLE that a group of young womenhad the fortitude to look at what they could do tomake their community better,” said Kathleen Martin,CEO of Vinson Hall. “They wanted to have an impacton our residents, and they definitely will.”

Oakcrest senior council presents the Sylvestery with a$1,300 check. From left: Kathleen Martin, CEO of VinsonHall, Cathryn Grace Sreco, Gianna Ridout and Alex Aguilarand Robin Walker, clinical manager of the Sylvestery.

Oakcrest senior council members Cathryn Grace Sreco,Gianna Ridout and Alex Aguilar (from left) tell Vinson HallCEO Kathleen Martin about their yearlong fundraisingefforts.

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Oakcrest School studentsdonate over $1,000 tothe Sylvestery.

‘Better Together’

On May 25, 16 BoyScouts and AdultScouters from the

Great Falls Troop 55, charteredby St. Francis Episcopal Church,honored our nation’s heroes byparticipating in the 7.2 mileBaden-Powell Hike in Washing-ton, D.C. Sir Robert Baden-Powell was the famous EnglishGeneral and founder of Scout-ing in England in 1907. The Na-tional Capital Area Council(NCAC) of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica introduced this inaugu-ral Baden-Powell Hike to cel-ebrate Memorial Day and helpscouts understand the history ofScouting in Washington D.C.

Starting the hike from theFDR Memorial the Scouts hikedaround the National Mall, whichincluded the major Memorialsand Monuments, Boy ScoutMonuments, Capitol Hill, andthe Peace Monument. Along theroute, Troop 55 Scouts paid trib-ute to the fallen, saluted ournation’s great leaders, studiedscouting history by answering21 questions, and did their civil“Good Turn” by removing trash

from the streets. The Boy Scoutsalso cheered the riders of the an-nual Rolling Thunder MotorcycleRally honoring POWs and MIAs.

Completing the 7 1/2 hour edu-cational hike, the Scouts earned the

limited (only 3000 available nation-ally) Inaugural Baden-Powell HikeMedal. The Medal was a reproduc-tion of the original Gold Medalawarded to Boy Scouts for their he-roic action during the time of Presi-

Troop 55 Boy Scouts celebrate Memorial Day weekendwith Baden-Powell Hike.

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dent Wilson’s inauguration in1913. Boy Scouts and Scoutersof Troop 55 found the greatestreward was the opportunity topay tribute to the men andwomen who serve our country.

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Troop 55 Scouts salute the Lincoln Memorial during the Inaugural Baden-Powell Hikein Washington, D.C. From Left to Right: Valin Singh, Christian McCann, Brandon Boose,Lucas Andersen, Misha Somogyi, Alex Holman, James Ye, Jason Jin.

By Reena Singh

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Great Tastes of Tysonskicked off what will be astreak of inaugural festi-

vals in the urban center.The two-day food and wine fest

created by Tysons Partnershipbrought out local and national res-taurants, wineries and breweriesfor visitors to sample as theymingled through the gauntlet ofvendors.

Fairfax County Board of Super-visors Chairman Sharon Bulovacame to the event for another in-augural event as well - the ribbon-cutting for the Lerner TownSquare.

“This is a real demonstration ofthe promise of Tysons and Tysonsbeing a place of community, lifeand vitality,” she said. “This festi-val and everything else we seearound us is a result of a highlysuccessful partnership between thecorporate community, the civiccommunity and the residential

community.”Bob Tanenbaum, a principal at

Lerner Enterprises, represented thecorporate community that is tak-ing on a role to increase commu-nity participation in the urban cen-ter. Lerner Enterprises is hostingmost of the summer’s events on its10-acre lot across the street fromTysons Galleria.

“Lerner is proud to help developa community spirit and improvethe quality of life in Tysons,”Tanenbaum said in a statement.“We are a founding member ofTysons Partnership, and we arecommitted to the continued trans-formation of this exciting region.”

Melissa Alexander, ofWilliamsburg, with Vacation Vil-lage Resorts took advantage of theslower hours when the festival justopened to sample gourmet steakand mashed potatoes from theO’Malley Pub booth next to hers.

“Actually, after trying that, we’re

Inaugural event - the ribbon-cuttingfor the Lerner Town Square —attracts food and wine lovers.

Great Tastes atTysons Town Square

going to eat there tonight,” saidAlexander.

She said she signed up to be avendor for the event because shehas had a good relationship withbusinesses in Tysons Corners.

“It’s all about shop local, resortlocal,” she said. “You couldn’t haveasked for better weather. It canonly get better from here.”

In addition to the booths, foodtrucks - and a Cupcake Winerytruck - could be found parkedthroughout the festival grounds.Early visitors got to visit any ven-dor of their choosing without hav-ing to wait in line.

Christine and Charles Matherscame to the event all the way from

Bear, Del., after Charles read aboutit online while he was still sta-tioned in Afghanistan.

“So far, everything has been verygood,” said Christine, holding awine glass sampler. “We’ve gone toabout five different booths so far. Ilike wine, and he likes beer.”

Lauren London, with PsychicReadings by Lauren, is a Rockville-based vendor who has done otherevents in Tysons. When her familyreceived a call from Tysons Part-nership, they jumped at the chanceto be a part of the inaugural event.

“We were born gifted,” said Lon-don. “My mom has been a spiritualadvisor for 30 years and I’ve beendoing this since I was 7.”

Ribbon-cuttingfor the LernerTown Squareand the GreatTastes ofTysons thisweekend.

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It is interesting to read the Demo-crats calling the expansion of Med-icaid a “A Moral Imperative!” Yetwhen Governor Terry McAuliffeand the Democrats talk about theadditional funding that wouldcome from the federal governmentpaying for the expansion of Med-icaid not a word is heard abouthow this addition federal fundingcould be used to cut the tax bur-den on all Virginia taxpayers. In-stead, the only thing that comes

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Postage Stamp Show. 10 a.m.- 6p.m.; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday.Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920Jones Branch Dr, McLean. Seventy-nine dealers selling, buying, andappraising stamps and envelopesalong with 11 postal administrations,exhibits, and a youth table. Free.Napex.org.

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From creating dough for freshlybaked bread to squeezing lemonsfor a neighborhood lemonadestand, Michael Roll enjoys spending

time in the kitchen with his children trans-forming ordinary food into nutritious culinarycreations, particularly during the summer. Hesays that when parents cook healthy mealswith their children they model behavior thatcan last a lifetime.

“The more ‘from scratch’ and processingraw food at home a child can see throughtheir parents, the better understanding thechild can develop in terms of what makes foodhealthy and unhealthy and where our foodcomes from,” said Roll, director, Departmentof Culinary Arts and Food and Beverage Man-agement at The Art Institute of Washingtonin Arlington. “These are fundamental thingsthat can easily be lost in our very time-crunched worlds and long grocery store aislesof prepared and over-processed foods.”

Farmers markets can offer a goldmine ofinspiration for creating nutritious summermeals. “[They] bring us seasonal, fresh pro-duce, grown close to home,” said ChristineWisnewski, an instructor at Culinaria Cook-ing School in Vienna. “In contrast to the maddash into the supermarket the rest of the year, themore relaxed summer schedule also gives us thechance to really look around and broaden our foodhorizons.”

Offering children a wide selection of fresh foodand a chance to make their own selections broad-ens their culinary horizons. “In my experience, kidsare more willing to try something new if they aregiven the opportunity to choose that new itemthemselves,” said Wisnewski. “Challenge them tochoose one new thing a week. “One week havethem look for the most beautiful fruit or vegetablethey can find at the market, next week have themfind the ugliest. You might all be surprised withhow that experiment plays out. The kids will gainexposure and you will gain experience. You were al-ways curious about kohlrabi anyway, right?”

Roll encourages parents to approach cooking withan attitude of enthusiasm. “Baking chocolate chipcookies, even with my 6 year olds was fun becausemeasuring flour, sugar, learning how to crack an eggwere all exciting things for them,” he said. “Lickingraw batter and tasting warm cookies didn’t hurt, butat 11, my son could probably make passable cookieswithout any help. My family’s passion for cookies iswhy.”

COOKING TECHNIQUES and the tasks childrenundertake in the kitchen should be age appropriate,said Roll. “For the really young, nothing beats funnyshapes, layering yogurt and fruit and granola in aclear glass is magical to a child,” he said. “For theolder, make baking a chemistry lesson on baking soda[or] why flour in bread makes such a different prod-uct than flour in pancakes.”

Roll added, “I think that starting simple helps, too.Chicken broth, chicken, carrots, celery and pasta,

with some seasoning still makes the best cold rem-edy there is. A child can peel a carrot. A child cantest the doneness of pasta, a child can learn that alittle salt is great, no salt is bland, and too much saltis a disaster.”

With a little planning, parents can create deliciousand healthy fare with their children that is hands-on, but safe. “Letting kids help cut fresh fruit for fruitsalads is a great summer dish, said Beth Szymanskiof Tiny Chefs, a culinary academy with locations inFairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Sterling, Ashburn,Reston, Herndon, Centerville, Va., and Potomac, Md.“Kids love to help cut food and having them use let-tuce knives lets them really help out in the kitchenwhile keeping them safe.”

Szymanski adds that there are simple short cuts tocreate substantial, low-maintenance meals. “Use analready cooked rotisserie chicken to create a chickensalad or pasta salad in the summer time to keep thekitchen cool without having to turn on the oven, plusthe kids love to help shred and cut up the chicken,”she said.

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McLean pitcher Joey Sullivan’s seniorseason has had its bright spots, in-cluding a perfect game against rivalLangley, and a three-hit shutout

against South Lakes in the Conference 6 tournamentquarterfinals.

As the Highlanders entered the region tournament,however, Sullivan felt he had something to prove.His overall body of work wasn’t to his liking and No.5 wanted to affirm his status as one of the top pitch-ers in the region.

The stage was set Friday night for Sullivan to showwhat he had, and the Virginia Tech signee didn’t dis-appoint.

Facing Conference 5 champion Oakton, Sullivandelivered what he called the “best” performance ofhis high school career, throwing a one-hit shutout asthe Highlanders defeated the Cougars 1-0 in theopening round of the 6A North region tournamentat Oakton High School.

“For me, this isn’t the senior season that I’ve imag-ined,” Sullivan said on May 30. “… I’ve been prettydisappointed with my play and the [team’s perfor-mance]. … For me, today, I wanted to show peoplethat I deserve to go to Virginia Tech, and I deserve tobe [considered] an elite pitcher in the region and goout there every day and have teams fear me. I don’tthink I’ve had my best stuff this season and I don’tthink I’ve proved the type of player that I really am.

“… This was a statement game for me. I wanted toprove myself, again, to the region that I think I’m asgood as it gets out there and that I give my team agood chance to win.”

Sullivan threw 106 pitches, including 70 for strikes.He walked two, hit one batter and struck out eight.A two-out, fourth-inning single by Oakton firstbaseman Dale Good was the only hit Sullivan sur-rendered.

THE MCLEAN RIGHT-HANDER did not allow anOakton runner to reach third base.

“Joey pitched his tail off,” McLean head coach JohnDowling said. “It’s the same story we’ve had all sea-son: We know we’re going to pitch, we know we’re

going to play defense, and if we can scrape a coupleacross, I like our chances every night out.”

The Highlanders managed just one run Fridaynight, but it was plenty for Sullivan. With two outsin the top of the fifth inning, sophomore shortstopConor Grammes delivered an RBI single, scoring leftfielder Matthew Bielamowicz, who doubled with oneout.

“I hit the first pitch that came to me, and I wasdefinitely looking fastball middle-in because that’swhat I had gotten a hit on [during] my [previous]at-bat,” Grammes said. “It was right there and I justturned on it and hit it through the third-base gap.

“I was very confident [at that point]. I knew that ifwe could get one, then I thought we’d be in goodshape. I knew … that Joey’s an incredible pitcherand that if we could score one, that would definitelybe enough.”

Grammes, hitting second in the McLean battingorder, finished 2-for-3.

“Conor has hit at the top of our order the entireseason; he’s been one or two,” Dowling said. “… Asa sophomore, he’s maturing into a really, really tal-ented ball player. Guys look at him, he’s not the big-gest guy, he’s not the quickest guy, but at the plate,he does not get fooled. He barrels up everything hesees.”

Oakton starting pitcher R.J. Gaines kept the Cou-gars in the game, but ended up suffering the tough-luck loss. The senior right-hander allowed six hitsand one earned run in six innings. He walked twoand struck out one. Gaines stranded two runners inscoring position in the second inning and left thebases loaded in the sixth, but the two-out RBI singlehe surrendered to Grammes proved to be the differ-ence.

“We had one inning that just got away from us,”Gaines said. “I left one over the middle and theyfound a hole and they found a way and that’s all ittook.”

MCLEAN ADVANCED to the quarterfinals, wherethe Highlanders defeated Battlefield 7-5 on Monday.McLean (14-10) will travel to face Madison (21-2)in the region semifinals at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June4.

Oakton ended its season with a 14-8 record, in-cluding a second consecutive Conference 5/ConcordeDistrict championship.

“I couldn’t be more proud of these guys,” Oaktonhead coach Justin Janis said. “… One of the coachesbrought it up: We started the season 5-6 and weended up 14-8, so I think that says a lot about thecharacter of our players.”

Virginia Tech signee callsFriday’s performance ‘best’of high school career.

McLean’s Sullivan MakesStatement with 1-Hit Shutout

McLean pitcher JoeySullivan threw a one-hitshutout against Oakton.

McLean sophomore shortstop Conor Grammes drove inthe winning run during the Highlanders’ 1-0 victory overOakton in the opening round of the 6A North regiontournament on May 30.

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match against the higher-seeded Lake Braddock Bruins19-12, led by sophomore HalleDuenkel’s 8 goals and 2 assists.Fellow sophomore MorganKuligowski (4 goals) and seniorKatherine Gallo (3 goals) addedto the scoring tally. FreshmanMegan O’Hara was stellar ingoal, stopping the powerfulLake Braddock offense after aclose 11-10 halftime score.Sophomore defenderMackenzie Regen was bolsteredby seniors Ava Shomaker andCaroline Mannon ensuring an-other Saxon win.

Langley then finished astrong year in a close loss toOakton 14-8 in the Regionalquarterfinals. Seniors Gallo andLauren Clubb kept it a tightmatch with impressive goals.Freshman attacker AnaHofgard, junior co-captainAubrey Zarella, and juniorsNicole Lee and Bethany Bascotook on a tough Oakton defense

making it a very close gameuntil the end of the second half.

“I loved the senior leadershipon this team, and I am proudof how much we were able toaccomplish. I’m especiallyproud of senior captain JordanSimonides for being such aleader after a major knee injuryand surgery this season. Shetaught the girls how to over-come adversity with a positiveattitude. Jordan will be play-ing next year at Marquette andwe will all be cheering her on.This season has been about alot more than just lacrosse.”

Graduating Langley seniorsare Jordan Simonides, LaurenClubb, Katherine Gallo, AvaShomaker, Caroline Mannon,and Monica Cho. All LibertyConference First Team honorswent to Halle Duenkel andAubrey Zarella, with MorganKuligowski, Lauren Clubb, andCaroline Mannon garneringSecond Team Honors. MeganO’Hara, Katherine Gallo, NicoleLee, and Bethany Basco wereHonorable Mention.

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In anticipation of my next face-to-faceappointment with my oncologist, the first in threemonths (as per usual) and considering a breathingissue I’ve been experiencing the last month or so,my wife, Dina (original Team Lourie member)asked if I wanted my brother, Richard (the otheroriginal Team Lourie member), to attend. Not thathe wouldn’t attend if asked (he’s local); it’s morethat I’m wondering if he really needs to attend, asin whether there will be life-changing, cancer-related decisions where all hands need be ondeck. Of course, a week before the appointment Ihave no legitimate clue – nor have I received anysuggestions from my oncologist – that anything ofsubstance/recent changes that have occurred (Ihave also recently completed my quarterly diag-nostic scans and am awaiting those results as well)will be discussed; and that’s the point of this col-umn: how frequently, how/when does the patient/survivor know when team members should bepresent at these appointments?

Initially, at the very first meeting with youroncologist (see last week’s column: “Team Up”),team members’ presence, inclusion, participation,etc., is mandatory. It’s the subsequent appoint-ments, however, when their presence may not benecessary; that is, the discussions with the oncolo-gist are more mundane, (at least they have beenfor me anyway, mostly) and matter-of-fact and notas serious as they were at the beginning, when Iwas advised to take that trip I had always dreamedof because my prognosis was not that good: “13months to two years.” Now, I feel that if I bringalong the entire team, I’m tempting fate some-how; thinking negatively when thinking positivelyis the anecdotal solution to what ails me. Troublehas already found me. I don’t need to look for it.

And by trouble, I mean: the current treatmentis no longer maintaining the tumor’s status quoand there’s been some spread and/or growth orsome additional kidney/liver damage, manifesta-tion of which would likely stop treatment. Giventhat I’m presently taking the last drug my oncolo-gist feels comfortable recommending I take (giventhe previous organ damage I’ve already experi-enced and knowing that most chemotherapydrugs are filtered through one or two of theseorgans), my next choices are: other chemotherapydrugs with a 10 percent chance of positivelyaffecting the tumors (vs. doing nothing), a clinicaltrial at either N.I.H. or Johns Hopkins, or doingnothing and living my life – what there is of it, andtrying in turn not to not focus or anticipate whenthe other shoe will drop off – figuratively speaking,and/or maybe even literally, too. And therein liesmy dilemma: if this is in fact where I am, the needfor a calm and reasoned perspective to help con-sider these alternatives would be most welcomeand appreciated. Still, I can’t help being remindedof the old joke about the not-too-bright personquestioning how the Thermos knows to keep thecold water cold and the hot water hot. How do Iknow my future fate? I don’t. I’d like to believe inkarma, but sometimes, maybe most of the time,the die is cast.

If the substance of the conversation with myoncologist is to be serious, I want the team there.If it’s not, I don’t want them there as a presump-tive buffer to bad news that I might not evenreceive. I don’t want to waste their support for anappointment that doesn’t really warrant it, if youknow what I mean? But the problem is, I’ll neverknow until it’s too late, and too early is subject toreinterpretation, as I wrote about previously in acolumn titled: “Whew!” So now I’ll be waitingeven longer for information/an assessment andknowing even less in the interim (because we’vesort of learned our lesson) – and therefore welikely won’t know anything until the actualappointment.

Perhaps I’m writing around in circles here, buthaving cancer isn’t exactly a by-the-numbers kindof existence, and there’s certainly no handbook orracing-type form to direct you on the variousfacts/feelings to consider in your everyday living-with-cancer life. (I wish there were; gosh, thatwould make it so much easier.) Moreover, whatseems like simple choices for those of you outsidethese battle lines become somewhat muddled tothose of us on the inside. I’ll manage, though. I’mstill alive five years and three months after receiv-ing my diagnosis/prognosis in late February, 2009,a heck of a lot longer that I was originally given;and as I’m extremely fond of saying: “I’d be crazyto complain,” and I’m not complaining, I’m justtrying to sort out yet another cancer conundrum.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

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