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What brought you out today?Viewpoints

Lenore Levinof GreatFalls:

“I’m on theboard of theENdependenceCenter ofNorthernVirginia, adisabilitiesresourcecenter. We’ve taken cuts and lost staffpositions. We’re hoping to have fund-ing restored.”

CandiceGuillaudeu ofMcLean:

“I’m heresupportingtransportationalternatives andrenewableenergy.”

Scott Petersonof Vienna:

“I’m here asexecutive directorof the Checks andBalances Project,a nonprofitwatchdog. In theaftermath of BobMcDonnell, we’rehoping things canchange with ethics. Too much coziness isallowed with corporations.”

JackBruggemanof Vienna:

“I’m repre-senting theParents andAssociates ofthe NorthernVirginiaTrainingCenter and

advocating for delaying the closure ofthe center.”

StuartMendelsohnof GreatFalls:

“I’m herewith theFairfax BarAssociation.Our courtsystem is reallyat a crisispoint. Our population has explodedand the business community has growntremendously. We need to fund theentire 15 seats in our Circuit Court.”

Joseph Daileyof McLean:

“I’m hererepresenting thejuvenile domesticrelations districtcourt. We need tokeep judges tomake sureeveryone hastheir day in

court.”

Ken Garnes ofVienna:

“I’m here as thechair of theFairfax-FallsChurch Commu-nity ServicesBoard, advocat-ing for full timepeer support forpeople withsubstance abuse disorders.”

TraceyPhillips-Edman ofFalls Church:

“I’m heresupporting earlyinterventionservices. Mydaughter hascerebral palsyand my son has

autism, and therapy is a part of everydaylife. Early intervention was in no smallway instrumental in giving my childrena leg up.”

— Tim Peterson

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By Tim Peterson

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Justin Dolan addressed the statedelegates and senators from hiswheelchair rather than the po-dium. The 34-year-old Falls

Church resident has cerebral palsy, and re-ceived an Individual & Family Developmen-tal Disabilities Support waiver.

“I can use my waiver to fund a staff per-son to help me with my daily care needs,when I can find someone who wants towork for $11.47 an hour with no benefits,”Dolan said. “The thing I really need isenough support for me to move out of mymom’s house and live in the communitywith friends, but the waiver doesn’t providethat.”

Dolan asked for a reduction of thewaiver wait list, a redesign of the waiversystem itself to offer increased services.He was one of over 70 speakers given anopportunity to address a panel of del-egates and senators about to travel toRichmond to begin the 2015 General As-sembly session.

The forum took place Jan. 10 at theFairfax County Government Center.

Chairman of the Board of SupervisorsSharon Bulova was first to speak, speakingprimarily on the importance of funding K-12 education in Fairfax County.

“We’re pleased both the General Assem-bly and Governor McAuliffe were able toprotect K-12 from recent funding cuts,” shesaid. “In the longer term, we still need yourhelp.”

Bulova cited the more than 52,000 stu-

dents in FCPS that qualify for free and re-duced lunch, a figure she said outnumbersthe total population of all but four schooldivisions in the state.

FCPS School Board Chair Tammy DerenakKaufax followed Bulova, claiming the cur-

rent K-12 funding isn’t serving the commu-nity well and decrying teachers’ salary rank-ing with respect to the cost of living.

“I urge you to work on the SOL, reducingthe impact of that assessment on students,”she said.

Over 70 members of the public were eachgiven three minutes to address the delega-tion. Though the subject matter varied fromsocial services for mental illness and sub-stance abuse disorders to filling circuit courtjudge vacancies, one common theme wasthe lack of resources, people trying to domore with less.

Several individuals spoke out about theclosure of the Northern Virginia TrainingCenter (NVTR), a state residence servingpeople with intellectual disabilities. Openedin 1973 at 9901 Braddock Road, the De-partment of Behavioral Health and Devel-opmental Disabilities plans to close theNVTR in March 2016 in favor of a morecommunity-based system.

“The quality of life has been been com-promised by degrading services,” saidJudith Korf of Reston. Korf was at the fo-rum representing the Parents and Associ-ates of the Northern Virginia Training Cen-ter. “We need to keep it open in a smallerand more effective footprint.”

General Assembly Fairfax delegationholds public meeting prior to sessionLegislators Meet Constituents

Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection

(From left) State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31), Lenore Levin of Great Falls,Del. Ken Plum (D-36), State Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35) and Del. KathleenMurphy (D-34) meet following the Fairfax delegation public forum.

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By Reena Singh

The Connection

Kathleen Murphy was greeted withcheers by more than a 100 sup-porters as she entered her victoryparty at McLean Community Cen-

ter late Tuesday, Jan. 6.The democrat won the 34th District seat

of the state House of Delegates, 6,406 to6,082, after Republican Craig Parisot con-ceded the race.

“I could not possibly be more proud to bethe delegate-elect for the 34th District,” saidMurphy at her victory party. “I’m over-whelmed. I know from the very beginning,I have said this to you every single time -this was not my win. This was our win.”

Parisot did not comment after his conces-sion following the election or the week af-ter.

According to the unofficial results on thewebsite elections.virginia.gov, Murphy won51 percent of the vote when all precinctsturned in their results.

The site recorded 12,503 votes, 15 ofwhich were write-ins. Election officers ex-pected low turnouts after snow blanketedLoudoun and Fairfax counties, but when theskies cleared by mid-day, residents swungby their local polling places to cast theirvote.

“We were only expecting 5 to 10 percent(turnout), but we’re at 12 percent rightnow” said Langley High School Chief Elec-tion Officer Amanda Bridges around 3 p.m.Tuesday. “Now that the snow has melted orbeen plowed, we’ve had more peoplecome.”

Although school was in session despitethe treacherous weather, Bridges said therewere no disruptions.

“It’s out of the way,” she said about thepolling location inside the school. “In onedoor and out the other.”

AT GREAT FALLS LIBRARY, doors wereconstantly being opened by eager votersaround 4 p.m.

“We are trying to get more ballots at eachsite, so that indicates that turnout has beenheavier than usual,” said site Chief ElectionOfficer Joe Gofus.

He said the location had the same issueas Langley High School’s polling locationin the morning - with most of the votersshowing up after 11 a.m. to avoid the snow.

“We were at about 50 in the first threehours, and now we have around 350,” hesaid.

Arthur Kingdom, at Murphy’s table, andGrant Grieco, at Parisot’s table, spent theentire 13 hours in the cold outside the li-brary, dedicated to the candidates they rep-resented. Kingdom said he had to go homeseveral times to change his shoes - whichbecame so soaked in the wet snow outsidethe library that his feet became painfullycold.

“I think the first voter showed up at 6:15a.m.,” he said.

At the victory party, Murphy said her firstorder of business is finding out her sched-ule for the looming Virginia Assembly ses-sion.

“I’m looking forward to it,” she said.She’s not the only one excited about the

upcoming session. State Sen. Barbara Favola(D-31) was very excited as well.

“I think this was a vote for common sensesolutions-oriented government,” she said.“It’s a great win for the 34th District.”

CAUCUS CHAIRMAN Del. Scott Surovell(D-44) introduced Murphy to her support-ers as the next House of Delegates repre-sentative.

“You could not have asked for a candi-date who worked harder, and I think it re-ally showed in the results tonight,” he saidduring his speech. “We kicked some butt,gave ourselves some momentum and areshowing Richmond one brand spankingnew member.”

He said he believed that with Murphy,Virginia passed Mississippi with the percent-age of women in the legislature, which gar-nered both laughs and cheers.

Dranesville Supervisor John Foust said itis a win for the community.

“Kathleen in a wonderful person,” he said.“I think she’ll do a wonderful job represent-ing us in Richmond.”

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Opinion

by Martina Leinz

President, Northern Virginia Chapter of

the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun

Violence

Legislators convening for the 2015 Vir-ginia General Assembly session thismonth have a great opportunity tomake the Commonwealth a

safer place for us all by voting in fa-vor of the modest and responsiblerecommendations recently put forthby Governor Terry McAuliffe regarding gunviolence prevention.

Governor McAuliffe has proposed six keypieces of legislation intended to keep firearmsaway from dangerous individuals. Three of theinitiatives are regarding criminal backgroundchecks at gun shows. Currently, only FederallyLicensed Firearms Dealers are required to runcriminal background checks prior to selling ortransferring firearms. Private sellers are exemptfrom this requirement leaving the door wideopen for criminals to easily gain access to guns.

One of McAuliffe’s proposals would makeunlawful purchases more difficult by prevent-

ing gun shows from advertising that they arenot required to conduct background checks.Another proposal would give the State Policestatutory authority to process voluntary back-ground check requests of private sellers. Themost substantive of the three proposals wouldclose the existing loophole and require back-ground checks for all purchases at gun shows.

None of these three proposals goesfar enough. Ideally, criminal back-ground checks would be universal;required on all firearms transactions

including online sales. They are, however, astep in the right direction and would do muchto keep guns out of the hands of dangerousindividuals.

Another proposal is to return the limit ofhandgun purchases to one a month so the Com-monwealth won’t hold the dubious distinctionof being one of the most prolific gun-runningstates in the nation. Other initiatives include abill to keep guns from people subject to pro-tective orders and one to revoke concealedhandgun permits for parents delinquent onchild support payments. This later proposalwould affect the roughly 9,000 parents with

such permits who are delinquent collectivelyon child support payments of over $15 mil-lion.

These six modest proposals would be veryeffective in reducing violent crime by keep-ing guns out of the hands of people whoshould not have them. None of the proposalswould prevent law-abiding citizens from own-ing weapons and none would infringe uponSecond Amendment rights of responsibleadults.

With the Republicans controlling both theHouse of Delegates and the Senate, there arebound to be disagreements with any legisla-tion proposed by Democratic GovernorMcAuliffe. However, everyone should agree tothese modest proposals to keep Virginians safe.It is not a partisan issue; it is a simple matterof public health and safety.

With great opportunity comes great respon-sibility. I sincerely hope the General Assemblyembraces that responsibility and votes accord-ingly. If you agree, please contact your electedofficials and tell them you are counting onthem to vote in support of all proposals to curbgun violence in the Commonwealth.

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To the Editor:This letter is in response to a

recent letter to the editor aboutFairfax County’s Fall CankerwormInsecticide Spraying Program.

I am a professional entomologistand I have been in charge of theU. S. National Insect Collection atthe Smithsonian Institution, aFairfax County resident for 21years, as well as a biologist expe-rienced in conservation. I havebeen following the issues regard-ing the program in Fairfax Countyto spray Bacillus thuringiensis var.kurstaki (Btk), a kind of biologi-cal insecticide, to control a nativemoth, the Fall Cankerworm (sci-entifically, Lepidoptera:Geometridae or Inchworms).

Bt was first used to control Lepi-doptera (moth) pests of agricul-tural crops; however, this natu-rally-occurring bacterium wasfound to be deadly to all mothsand butterflies (Lepidoptera).Since this discovery there havebeen many types of Bt developed,but those used against moths arestill deadly to non-target species,including native species. However,the areas in Fairfax County beingsprayed are not crops or timber-lands for harvest, but rather for-ests, parklands, neighborhood gar-dens. These are places to preservewildlife and nature, and to protectthem for the benefit of not onlyFairfax County residents, but alsofor all Virginians and visitors.Without scientific monitoring or

surveys, we do not know howmany or even which native specieslive in any particular area beingsprayed. Therefore, to inadvert-ently spray this deadly microbe,even if the intention is to targetcertain areas, is not prudent.

The letter writer does acknowl-edge that spraying Btk can killother kinds of caterpillars, “… butonly if they are up and eating thefirst baby leaves.” However, it iswell known that plant chemicalsthat often prevent insects eatingcertain plants only are present inolder leaves (for example, tanninsin Oak leaves); therefore, manyspecies of caterpillars are only ableto eat, and even prefer, what hecalls “baby leaves.” He also claimsthat research shows that sprayingincreases the diversity of otherspecies of butterflies and moths.However this research is appar-ently about the Gypsy Moth, anon-native (invasive) species fromAsia. Reducing Gypsy Moth num-bers could indirectly benefit other,native insect species. However,spraying to kill the native Fall Can-kerworm is likely to severely harmmany (as yet undetermined) na-tive species of butterflies andmoths and may even increase di-versity of other non-native pestspecies potentially harming thefauna and flora of Fairfax County.Getting rid of the Fall Cankerwormwill eliminate a potentially vitalfood source for many migratoryand resident birds, as well as rep-

tiles, amphibians, predatory in-sects, and other wildlife that relyon caterpillars for their survival.His assertion that “birds can safelyeat the dead caterpillars” is mis-leading because in spring (whenthe spraying actually takes place),many insectivorous birds need tofind enough live caterpillars tofeed their nestlings or fuel theirnorthward migration and it is notclear if they would even eat deadcaterpillars.

Episodic population outbreaks(“infestations”) of native speciessuch as the Fall Cankerworm arepart of the natural ecologicalrhythm of our forests and wood-lands, so why disrupt it? Based onprevious research I have done (forexample with Elms) and observa-tions of the natural history in theforests of the northeastern USA, Ido not believe that occasionaland/or partial or even completedefoliation of most native easternforest tree species will cause treedeath. The severe defoliation fromby Gypsy Moth in the 1970s dem-onstrated that only very severeand repeated defoliation overmany years truly killed nativetrees; our local Fall Cankerwormoutbreaks are natural and no-where as severe and will not be-come so.

The far wiser approach to thisproblem would be for FairfaxCounty to sponsor some scientificsurveys, to determine which spe-cies of butterflies and moths are

present in the intended treatmentareas, i.e. the biological diversity.Also advice to homeowners abouthow to monitor and/or treat theirgardens would be helpful.

I have discussed this Fall Can-kerworm issue with several ex-perts on butterflies and moths atthe Smithsonian and the USDAand they all agree with my state-ments above.

In conclusion I feel strongly thatFairfax County should cease spray-ing against Fall Cankerworm, be-cause such spraying does moreharm than good to the ecosystemsand neighborhoods of FairfaxCounty.

David G. Furth, Ph.D.Department of Entomology

Smithsonian Institution

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1 904 CHINQUAPIN RD ............. 7 .. 7 .. 4 ...... MCLEAN ..... $6,500,000 .... Detached .... 3.80 ...... 22102 .............. CHINQUAPIN ............. 06/20/14

2 9410 PISCATAWAY LN............. 6 .. 8 .. 4 ... GREAT FALLS .. $6,188,600 .... Detached .... 7.97 ...... 22066 .......... BRANDES ESTATES ......... 08/25/14

3 839 WHANN AVE ................... 6 .. 6 .. 2 ...... MCLEAN ..... $4,200,000 .... Detached .... 1.45 ...... 22101 ........... LANGLEY FOREST .......... 08/15/14

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7 1163 BELLVIEW RD ................ 6 .. 7 .. 4 ...... MCLEAN ..... $3,725,000 .... Detached .... 1.90 ...... 22102 ................. MCLEAN ................ 11/14/14

8 211 CLARKS RUN RD ............. 5 .. 5 .. 3 ... GREAT FALLS .. $3,675,000 .... Detached .... 6.83 ...... 22066 .......... BRANDES ESTATES ......... 04/01/14

9 1239 DALEVIEW DR ............... 5 .. 7 .. 3 ...... MCLEAN ..... $3,600,000 .... Detached .... 1.53 ...... 22102 ......... WOODSIDE ESTATES ........ 05/15/14

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By Marilyn Campbell

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Spring may seem light years awayfrom the frigid January tempera-tures, and lounging in your backyard is probably the last thing you

want to do at the moment, but landscapedesigners say now is the time to start plan-ning a summer retreat.

“January is a good time to start thinkingabout your backyard,” said Alex Ikenson,co-owner of Home Escapes, located inHerndon. Home Escapes, which had spe-cialized in hot tubs and outdoor furniture,merged recently with Urban Retreat, an in-door furniture and accessory company.

“A lot of things we sell are special orderand take a few weeks to come in, so youdon’t want to start too late,” said Ikenson.

From swim spas to fire pit tables, optionsfor outdoor landscapes are plentiful.

“People now are spending more time athome and less time going on vacation, andmaking their backyards more of a livingspace, creating a living space,” said RosanneTsantes, sales manager of Home Escapes.

“Outdoor furniture companies have re-sponded to the surge with beautiful piecesof furniture.”

Touted by industry insiders as comfort-able, durable and easy to maintain, the ar-ray of outdoor fabrics on the market rivaltheir indoor counterparts.

“The whole industry has expanded to truedesigner furniture and fabrics. There arehundreds of beautiful fabrics available,”said Tsantes. “If you were to pick out alu-minum furniture, you could choose from atleast 10 frame colors, where it used to bejust black and green. We have brush toneswith gold tint, antique tones, … There aresome really gorgeous finishes.”

Accessories can be customized to fit vir-tually every budget and space as well. “Ev-erything is made to order,” said JodieLabovitch, an interior designer with UrbanRetreat. “They’re not pulling it off the shelf.”

Outdoor fire pit tables, powered by gas,are crowd-pleasing accessories that comein every size from compact coffee table todining room table. Styles run the gamutfrom rustic to sleek.

“The tabletops can be porcelain or alu-

Local tastemakers say winter is the best timeto plan an idyllic backyard retreat.

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minum, stone or granite,” said Tsantes.“There is even an artisan top that looks likecarved leather. Now you can go into yourback yard and feel like you’re on vacationsomewhere in the islands.”

Adding the resort-like feel are swim spas,the large cousin of the ubiquitous hot tub.

“A swim spa allows you to exercise, evenduring the winter, by swimming against thecurrent,” said Tsantes. “They are like hottubs, only about 12-16 feet long and eightfeet wide. You can run out in the winterand swim and then sit on the spa bench,just like you would in a hot tub.”

Even those who don’t have an expansivebackyard can create cozy retreats.

“Outdoor furniture companies are mak-ing pieces for those with small spaces tothose with huge Great Falls homes with alarge backyard,” said Tsantes.

“Indoor and outdoor furniture are nowblending,” said David Cintorino, president ofHome Escapes. “People are using their out-door spaces like indoor spaces, that is a cur-rent trend. Outdoor furniture companies arecreating furniture to keep up with that trend.”

Swim spas,upscale furni-ture and firepit tables areamong theoptions inoutdoor fur-nishings forthose whowant to createa backyardliving space.

Options for outdoor décor, includ-ing swim spas and fire pit tables,abound at a newly formed show-room in Herndon.

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Center. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. -9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. - 11p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.TysonsCorner Outdoor Center, 1961 ChainBridge Road, Tysons. Adults,$10;Child/Senior/Military, $9; SkateRental, $6; Group of 10+, $12 andincludes skates

THURSDAY/JAN. 15Kevin Griffin. 8 p.m. The Barns Wolf

Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. A raresolo show by the frontman andsongwriting mastermind of alt-rockband Better Than Ezra, who haswritten for Train, Sugarland, JamesBlunt, Howie Day, Missy Higgins,Blondie, and more. $25-27. 703-255-1900. http://www.Wolf Trap.org/Barns.aspx.

Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Beginning readerspractice reading to teens.

FRIDAY/JAN. 16Vienna Arts Society Reception. 7-9

p.m. Vienna Art Center, 115 PleasantStreet, NW, Vienna. Meet the artistsas the Vienna Arts Society celebrateswinners from the 45th annualTreasury of Art juried show and sale.The exhibition continues Tuesdays -Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., throughJan. 31. Free and open to the public.

The Iguanas. 8 p.m. The Barns WolfTrap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. TheseBourbon Street party-starters mixNew Orleans jazz, R&B soul, andtraditional Mexican melodies to cookup their eclectic musical gumbo. $25.703-255-1900. http://www.WolfTrap.org/Barns.aspx.

Playdate Cafe. 10 a.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Toys and playspace forchildren, coffee and conversation forgrownups.

Drop-in Chess. 3:30 p.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Drop-in and play chess.All skill levels and ages welcome.

Family Fun Bingo. 7-8:30 p.m.McLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Avenue, McLean. $10/$5MCC district residents; children up to36 months are free. Registration isrequired. Activity No. 4504.315

SUNDAY/JAN. 18Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Celebration Theatre IV’s “IHave a Dream.” 2 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAvenue, McLean. $15/$10 MCC taxdistrict residents

MONDAY/JAN. 19Give Together, A Family Volunteer

Event. 1:30-3:30 p.m. LutheranChurch of the Redeemer, 1545 ChainBridge Road, McLean. VolunteerFairfax invites families with school-age children to participate in aspecial family event held inconjunction with Martin Luther King,Jr. National Day of Service. GiveTogether service projects are fun,hands-on activities and speciallydesigned for young people in mind.Projects will directly benefit localnonprofits and project locations willinclude the Jewish CommunityCenter of NoVa in Fairfax and theLutheran Church of the Redeemer inMcLean. All volunteer activities arefree. Please register atwww.volunteerfairfax.org.

TUESDAY/JAN. 20Lego Club. 2 p.m. Great Falls Library,

9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Drop-in and build with LEGOs. Ages3 & up.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 21Treasured 2-5s. 10:30 a.m. Dolley

Madison Library, 1244 Oak RidgeAvenue, McLean. Join us for an earlyliteracy enhanced storytime featuringstories, rhymes and songs. Ages 2-5with adult.

Pokemon League. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Drop-in and playPokemon with your friends!

THURSDAY/JAN. 22Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Great

Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Beginning readers

practice reading to teens.Evening Book Group. 7:30 p.m.

Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Call branch forTitle.

FRIDAY/JAN. 23“Be My Baby.” 8 p.m. Vienna

Community Center, 120 CherryStreet, SE, Vienna. “Be My Baby” is aromantic comedy that tells the storyof John, an irascible Scotsman andan uptight English woman, Maud,and how they’re brought togetherwhen his ward marries her niece andthe young couple decides to adopt anewborn baby. The older couple hasto travel to California to pick up thechild and bring her home to Scotlandbut John and Maud despise eachother. While in California, they learnsome startling lessons about life andlove. Tickets: $14. To reserve ticketsemail [email protected] performances: Jan. 24, 30,31, Feb. 6,7: 2 p.m.: Feb 1, 8: 8 p.m.

Playdate Café. 10 a.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Toys and playspace forchildren, coffee and conversation forgrownups!

Drop-in Chess. 3:30 p.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Drop-in and play chess.All skill levels and ages welcome.

SATURDAY/JAN. 24Polyhymnia. 8 p.m. Immanuel

Presbyterian Church, 1125 SavileLane, McLean. Polyhymnia is an acapella chamber chorus that since1991 has offered free concerts ofworks from Renaissance tocontemporary and from manycountries. Polyhymnia’s WinterConcert series, under its conductorSteven Beck, features songs byPoulenc, Janacek, Tallis, Victoria,Desprez, Palestrina, andcontemporary works by Steven Beck,Rich Campbell, and Ernst Toch.There is no charge for performances,but if you are willing to make adonation to support our costs it willbe tax deductible.

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“Boy,” oil on paper by Anna Watson, Peoples’ Choicewinner at Treasury of Art. Meet the artists as the ViennaArts Society celebrates winners from the 45th annualTreasury of Art juried show and sale on Jan. 16 at theVienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant Street, NW, Vienna.


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The McLean gymnastics team hasproduced a run of success in re-cent years, including a state run-ner-up finish in 2014.

This year, the Highlanders might be evenbetter.

McLean has been one of the region’s topprograms, finishing runner-up to Washing-ton-Lee at three straight regional meets.Last year, the Highlanders outperformed theGenerals at the Conference 6 meet, winningthe title, and at the state meet, whereMcLean finished second to Frank Cox.

The Highlanders return multiple gym-nasts with experience at states, includingseniors Lizzy Brown-Kaiser and JacquelineGreen. McLean also has a standout fresh-man, Carolyn Brown-Kaiser.

McLean won a meet at Fairfax HighSchool on Jan. 10. The Highlanders pro-duced a score of 139.45, well ahead of thehost Rebels, who finished second with ascore of 125.825. The Highlanders hadthree of the top four finishers on vault, threeof the top five on bars, three of the top fouron beam and two of the top four on floor.

“Going forward, I feel pretty good,”McLean head coach Courtney Lesson said.

“I feel like we’re getting our kinks and ourfalls out now. We’re just working to improvefor the next meet and moving one meet ata time to hopefully make it on to the statetournament.”

Carolyn Brown-Kaiser was the loneMcLean gymnast to compete in the all-around. The freshman finished runner-upwith a score of 34.6.

“She is a top contributor and has beenimmensely helpful to our team,” LizzyBrown-Kaiser, Carolyn’s sister, wrote in anemail. “She’s a powerhouse, so she reallybumps up our vault and floor team scores.”

Fairfax’s Rachel Barborek won the all-around with a score of 38.325.

Lizzy Brown-Kaiser, who is in her fourthyear on the McLean gymnastics team,placed second on vault (9.525) and beam(9.225). Green finished third on vault(9.475), third on beam (9.1), and fifth onbars (8.3). Calista Pardue placed first onfloor (9.55) and fourth on bars (8.375).Jennie Korb was fourth on beam (8.775).

“Being a senior this year definitely hasme feeling more excited and confident thisyear,” Lizzy Brown-Kaiser wrote. “I knowthat my fellow senior Jackie Green and Ireally want to go out with a bang. I havealways felt good about the team every yearI have been on it, but I think this year wewill be stronger than ever.”

McLean is scheduled to compete in a meetat Washington-Lee High School in Arling-ton at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 22. The Confer-ence 6 meet is Feb. 2 at McLean High School.

Highlanders finishedstate runner-up in 2014.

McLean Gymnastics Looking for Return to States

“I have always feltgood about the teamevery year I have beenon it, but I think thisyear we will bestronger than ever.”

— McLean senior Lizzy Brown-

Kaiser

McLean senior Lizzy Brown-Kaiser placed second onvault during a meet at Fairfax High School on Jan. 10.

McLean freshman Carolyn Brown-Kaiser finishedsecond in the all-around during a meet on Jan. 10.

Jacqueline Green,a senior, is one ofthe most experi-enced membersof the McLeangymnastics team.

Photos by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Great Falls Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman

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