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HomeLifeStyleMore than 80 Fairfax Countyresidents spoke directly to mem-bers of the Fairfax delegation tothe General Assembly at a publichearing on Jan. 7 at the FairfaxCounty Government Center.

More than 80 Fairfax Countyresidents spoke directly to mem-bers of the Fairfax delegation tothe General Assembly at a publichearing on Jan. 7 at the FairfaxCounty Government Center.

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“We’re not letting teachersdo their jobs,” was theplea from Jo Neuberof Vienna Co-chair of

the organization Class Size Counts. Neuberthanked Del. Jim Lemunyon (R-67) for de-veloping three class size bills for the 2017session of the Virginia General Assembly,including HB1498. Neuber said she was infavor of putting a cap of 24 students in sci-ence labs.

Neuber was one of more than 80 FairfaxCounty residents who spoke directly tomembers of the Fairfax delegation to theGeneral Assembly at a public hearing onJan. 7 at the Fairfax County GovernmentCenter.

The General Assembly is set to convenein Richmond at noon on Jan. 11, when theywill begin work on new or amended legis-lation for the Virginia Code.

The public hearing was the last chancelocal constituents had to voice their hopesor concerns for pending or potential legis-lation in person without traveling to thestate capital, though most lawmakers havealready all but finalized their legislativeagenda for the session.

Education was once again an importanttopic for many speakers, beginning withBoard of Supervisors chairman SharonBulova.

“Of the $21 million in additional state

funding the county was expected to receivein FY2017, $4.4 of that is already at riskdue to the cancellation of funding for raisesfor teachers and other instructions person-nel,” Bulova said. “We must get that fund-ing back and we must make sure that fund-ing for those raises is included in theFY2018 budget.”

Bulova and Fairfax County Public SchoolBoard vice chair Jane Strauss said the Vir-ginia Retirement System rates were accel-erated by one year last year, which increasesthe costs for FCPS by more than $25 mil-lion in FY 2017.

“We ask for help in avoiding funding re-ductions to our local programs and ser-vices,” Bulova said, “and opposing restric-tions on our local revenues.”

Several education advocates echoedNeuber’s call to reduce class size, andBulova’s concern for competitive teachersalary levels.

Other topics with numerous speakers in-cluded legalization of marijuana for medici-nal use; funding for disability services waiv-ers; transportation and congestion reduc-tion; funding for the court system; and thetax on toilet paper, adult diapers and somefeminine hygiene products.

Holly Seibold of Vienna is founder andexecutive director of the group BringingResources to Aid Women’s Shelters that pro-vides donated feminine hygiene productsto who have insufficient access to them. Sheurged the delegation to support the “Dig-nity Act,” introduced by Del. JenniferBoysko (D-86), that would make toilet pa-per, adult diapers and some feminine hy-giene products tax exempt.

For more information on the General As-sembly, to track a bill or find out who yourrepresentative to the assembly is, visitvirginiageneralassembly.gov.

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More than 80 Fairfax County residents spoke directly to members of theFairfax delegation to the General Assembly at a public hearing on Jan. 7at the Fairfax County Government Center.

Sarah Pickford of Springfieldspoke on behalf of the Springfield-based non-profit Brain InjuryServices. Pickford urged lawmak-ers to oppose proposed cuts tostate funding for the organization.

Teresa Elder of Springfield encour-aged the delegates to supportSB1027, which provides for phar-maceutical production of cannabisoil. She praised Sen. Dave Marsden(D-37), who she said went out ofhis way to better understand thesituation of her son’s intractableepilepsy. “I encourage you to beopen to hearing our voices, rea-sons for supporting this bill.”

Warren Wheeler of Springfieldrepresented the Convention ofStates Project. He advocated forHJ547, which would have Congresscall a convention of the states topropose amendments to the U.S.Constitution to restrain the federalgovernment from abusing power.

Teresa Champion of Springfieldrepresented the Virginia AutismProject. Champion called for re-storing the Medicaid waiver systemand advocated for an advisorycouncil to establish standards fortreatment.

Duke Dunn of Springfield repre-sented the group Saving Our Soci-ety-Pulling All Communities To-gether and pushed for the legaliza-tion of medical marijuana. “It’sabout wellness, it’s an herb, it’snatural,” he said. “You need toendorse it and help the people. It’sthe will of the people, do it now.”


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By Natalia Megas

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Sixteen years ago, Springfield resi-dent Gennet Belay got the phonecall that saved her life. She was oneof three candidates for a kidney

transplant and a few days later, became thelucky recipient.

“I was very happy,” recalls the shy andhumble mother of two who went on thetransplant waiting list a year after she ar-rived from Ethiopia 12 years prior. Belayhad been suffering from nephritic syndromeand her kidneys were only functioning at10 percent. Her prospects were grim.

But it was a complete stranger from FallsChurch, Harold Mintz, who donated one ofhis kidneys to Belay that piqued her curios-ity.

“I wanted to know, who is this man?” sherecalls. “It’s easy to give clothes, and things.But it’s not easy to give life.”

Mintz grabbed headlines that year fordonating his kidney to Belay and becomingone of the first living donors in an organdonation program organized by the Wash-ington Regional Transplant Community(WRTC).

MINTZ AND BELAY’S subsequent meet-ing, organized after the donor and recipi-ent agreed to it, only solidified their bond,a connection they now share for life, and a“rebirthday,” Belay’s term for the anniver-sary of the donation.

But Mintz had his reservations at firstabout meeting Belay post surgery, which heshares in a new short documentary, “1-800-Give-Us-Your-Kidney” by filmmakerSamantha Smith who chronicles their saga.h t t p s : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m /watch?v=avw4xRVvaBk

“What happens if that person that got thekidney looks at me and goes, ‘You’re notwhat I thought you’d be,’” he ruminates. Butall that worry and the commotion in theroom faded away, says Mintz, when he en-tered and made a beeline for Belay’s em-brace. Belay, diminutive and soft-spokenand Mintz, tall and outgoing found at leastone thing in common beyond their sharedkidney. They had both touched each other’slife.

“You can see love, the passion in him,”Belay says about Harold. “You have to havepassion to give life to other people.”

Even though Georgetown Universityscanned Mintz’s brain for a study years af-ter the surgery to prove that altruistic do-nors brains are different from others, Mintzmaintains, “I’m normal. Normal people havethe ability to do outrageous, beautifulthings,” he says.

“I was struck by Harold’s story,” saysSmith. “Just a look on Gennet’s face, a mo-ment of silence after Tsegaye [Belay’s hus-band] contemplates whether he would do-nate like Harold did, the emotion Haroldshowed when talking about his father.Spending so much time with these charac-ters in the editing room, I really fell in love

with their hearts... [The film] says so muchabout humans, our nature, and our relation-ships.”

Mintz now lives in Malibu, Calif. in Para-dise Cove, “the world’s most expensivetrailer park,” he says, and works with hishigh school friend, Tom Shadyac, also aformer Falls Church resident and currentlya Hollywood movie director (“Ace Ventura:Pet Detective,” “The Nutty Professor,”“Bruce Almighty,” etc.). But when askedabout the day Mintz decided to donate his

kidney to a total stranger, he recalls how itwasn’t a sudden decision. Life was leavinghim “breadcrumbs,” he says, that accumu-lated over time.

“When people hear that I donated a bodypart to a stranger, I oftentimes get the sameresponse...I could never do that. I always tellpeople that if the events that happened tome had actually happened to them, thenthey quite possibly would have ended upon that surgeon’s table,” he says.

Mintz attributes his decision to donate to

events like donating blood in high schooland reading a newspaper article about aNorth Carolina teacher who donated oneof her kidneys to help save one of herstudent’s life.

“I was just amazed that the teacher waswilling to offer up one of her kidneys forsomeone who wasn’t family. I couldn’t getthat out of my head...” he says. But it waslosing his father at a relatively young ageand a casual meeting in a New York mallthat left a lasting impression on Mintz.

At 26, Mintz found out his father was di-agnosed with cancer and five weeks later,he died. Mintz says doctors didn’t haveenough medical knowledge at the time tofigure out how to save him but when hethought years later about the people thatdie everyday waiting for a new kidney, itwas an eye-opening moment. “I totally getit if doctors don’t know how to save some-one. But to know how to save them but justnot have enough parts? That was a bigbreadcrumb,” he says.

Then, years later at a mall in New York,Mintz stumbled upon parents of a daugh-ter with leukemia asking passersby forblood, hoping for a possible match for theirdaughter’s bone marrow transplant.

“I had every intention of walking right bythem on my mission to acquire confectionsand flowers...but I quickly noticed that ev-erybody else in the mall was cruising rightpast them,” he says, so he stopped. Mintzand his wife offered their blood but sixmonths later, he found out via a news ar-ticle that the daughter had died.

“I was devastated,” he says. And to top itoff, the parents thanked everyone who do-nated blood. “Not a statistic, not a number.But real people...that one left a mark.”

THE EVENT that sealed the deal for Mintzto donate his kidney was a movie on a plane,“A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story,”starring Debbie Reynolds as a grandmotherwho falls ill and sees her grandson donatean organ to her. At the end of the credits,there was a number: 1-800-Give-Us-Your-Kidney.

He jotted that number down but it wasn’tuntil months later that he found it. He says,“Just out of curiosity, I called...”

“It wasn’t until enough of thesebreadcrumbs were placed on some sort ofinternal scale that my mind shifted,” hesays. Recalling the moment he made hisdecision in the short documentary, Mintzponders this: “If I don’t give my kidney tosomebody this week, will somebody diewaiting for it?”

The answer was yes. In fact, with over119,000 people currently waiting for a life-saving transplant, 22 people die each day,waiting. “Every 10 minutes another persongets added to the list,” says Lisa Colaianni,WRTC’s donor family advocate for the past25 years. It was these statistics and her goodhealth that compelled Colaianni five yearsago to also donate an organ to a stranger,

Two Strangers, One Kidney, a New Documentary

Photo by Christy Kosnic

From left: Tom Shadyac, Harold Mintz, Gennet Belay, and Tsegaye Woldeat their premiere at the Washington West Film Festival in Reston.

Photo courtesy of Harold Mintz

3. Susan Mintz, Gennet Belay and Harold Mintz at the Washington, D.C.’sKidney Ball.


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technically termed a non-designated donor. She do-nated one of her kidneys to a woman whose son wasunable to donate because he wasn’t a match.

Colaianni says she wanted to pay it forward andhonor the families, the donors, those waiting, andrecipients. “It’s brought me more joy [in life]. Wefeel like we’ve done a good thing and this is good foryour heart.”

Colaianni adds that her donation led to anotherseven donations. The son who was unable to donateto his mother, donated instead to somebody elseoutside their family and another six recipients ben-efited.

“I continue to receive because giving that gift al-lows me to receive this love and warmth,” she says.

Mintz concurs.“I feel that when I share my story, when I tell oth-

ers about it, it might just prove to be a breadcrumbin someone else’s story...Every time I speak [aboutdonations], I feel that I’m making a difference. Nota difference in numbers or statistics but a differencein another person’s life. The ripples keep rippling.”

1-800-Give-Us-Your-Kidney is currently making itsrounds at film festivals. It recently won the Audi-ence Award at Napa Valley Film Festival. It also wonthe Audience Award at the Washington West FilmFestival in Reston and Conscious Good Film Festival.

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Tom Shadyac, Samantha Smith, Hollywoodproducer Bruce Cohen, and Harold Mintzat the Washington West Film Festival inReston.

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Over the course of anormal week, my of-fice receives thou-

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Every two weeks, Liz receivesan enzyme replacementtherapy to prevent her diseasefrom progressing. Each treat-ment costs more than $16,000,for a total of $400,000 per year.Before the Affordable Care Act,someone like Liz had to worry

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condition, as most in-surance wouldn’twant to cover me.”

For Liz Salter and somany of our friendsand neighbors, the Af-fordable Care Actmeans peace of mindwhen it comes tohealth care. Could weimprove it to expandbenefits to moreAmericans and con-

tinue to bring down the costcurve? Of course we could.

But that’s not what the Republi-can Majority in Congress is aboutto do. What they plan to do is re-peal it before even introducing aplan to replace it. This recklessapproach would raise the deficit,hurt Medicare, bring chaos to thehealth care market, and put thehealth insurance of millions ofAmerican families in jeopardy.

Here in Virginia, thanks to theAffordable Care Act, 327,000 in-dividuals have gained access tohealth care, the uninsured rate has

dropped by nearly one-third,and annual and lifetime limitshave been eliminated for2,974,000 people, including LizSalter. Children can stay ontheir parents’ plan until theyturn 26 and more than 114,138seniors have saved an averageof $1,015 on prescription drugcosts. Make no mistake, all ofthat is at risk if Republicans re-peal the Affordable Care Act.

It may have made good poli-tics to demagogue the Afford-able Care Act, but stories likeLiz’s are common throughoutNorthern Virginia and theydemonstrate that our healthcare system is far better todaythan it was before we acted. Isupport improvements to thelaw including expanding Med-icaid in states like Virginia, cre-ating even more choices forconsumers, and continuing todrive down the cost of care. Butjust repealing the law is no planat all; it will just make Americasick again.

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By Scott Surovell

State Senator (D-36)

On Wednesday,Jan. 11, the2017 Session ofthe General As-

sembly Session will gavel in fora 45-day “short” session. I amlooking forward to a very busysix weeks and would like to up-date you on my plans for session. I am in-troducing nearly 40 bills, but here are a fewhighlights.

First, lagging state revenues continue tolimit legislative initiatives and create fund-ing priorities. The Virginia State Police ishemorrhaging Troopers due to lagging payand a planned two percent raise for teach-ers and state employees was delayed afteranticipated revenues fell short. They willbe a priority this year.

My number one legislative priority willbe prohibiting drivers from having mobilephones in their hands while driving. Be-tween Jan. 1 and July 1 of 2016, trafficfatalities in the United States were up by10 percent — for the first time in 50 years.Most experts attribute this to distracteddriving. Anyone driving our roads only hasto look at the vehicle next to them to real-ize this is a problem that requiresattentiotn.

Second, I am hoping to focus on PotomacRiver water quality. The City of Alexandriaplans to continue to discharge raw sew-age into the Potomac River for an addi-tional 20-30 years. Del. Dave Albo andmyself are carrying legislation requiringthe city to stop discharging raw sewagewithin 10 years.

Also, in my research about ongoing pol-lution from coal ash, I discovered that Vir-ginia currently imports about 600 cargocontainers of coal ash from China into Vir-ginia every year. I am introducing legisla-tion requiring investor-owned utilities torecycle at least that much coal ash from

dumps around Virginia everyyear so that we can start toclean up our coal ash dumps.

The Route 1 Corridor has amuch higher incidence of pe-destrian fatalities than anyother road in Northern Virginia.I am introducing a “vulnerableuser” bill which creates a lowercriminality threshold andhigher penalties for drivers who

injure pedestrians and cyclists. Also, in anattempt to address the scourge of vehiclescontinuing to pass stopped vehicles onSherwood Hall Lane, I am introducing leg-islation to make clear that bicycle lanes can-not be used by cars to pass other vehicles.

Once again, I am going to introduce leg-islation prohibiting school systems fromrequiring children to use electronic text-books unless they provide them with por-table computers. My bill passed the Senatelast year and failed in a House Committeeby one vote. Also, I am seeking to add com-puters to Virginia’s Start of School Sales TaxExemption. On a $700 computer, this wouldbe worth a $45 savings.

I am also introducing legislation to allowthe Department of Motor Vehicles to issuelicenses to all persons who file Virginia in-come tax returns and pass a driving test. Inother states adopting these measures, thereare fewer accidents and hit and run cases.Also, if more people file income tax returns,it could result in over $500 million in newrevenue to Virginia.

Finally, I am introducing legislation to re-quire predatory lenders who make theirloans over the internet to be licensed in theCommonwealth. Many lenders from outsideVirginia or even the United States are mak-ing 200 percent plus interest loans in Vir-ginia.

As the session progresses, I welcome yourfeedback Please send me an email [email protected]. Also, please comevisit us in Richmond. It is an honor to serveas your state senator.

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ONGOING“Ispirazione Italiana” Inspired by Italy Dec.

17 - Jan. 16, Bodzin Art Gallery 8900 LittleRiver Turnpike, Fairfax. Watercolors byacclaimed artist and J member JudyWengrovitz and special guest artist ElianaStrauss. [email protected], 703-537-3075

Senior Line Dancing 1 - 2 p.m. Little RIver GlenSenior Center 4001 Barker Ct, Fairfax. LineDancing is a gentle, social form of aerobicactivity. Studies have shown it aids inwarding off Alzheimer’s disease. No previousexperience needed. Cost: $5 per 8 weeksession. [email protected] 703-524-3739

Fairfax Rotary Club Meeting 12:15-1:30p.m. Mondays. American Legion, 3939 OakSt., Fairfax. Meetings with luncheon andprogram. fairfaxrotary.org.

Carolina Shag. Wednesdays. 6:30-10 p.m.Arlington/Fairfax Elks Lodge, 8421 ArlingtonBlvd., Fairfax. Free lessons at 7:30 p.m. Nopartners needed. Dinner menu. $8. Under 21free. nvshag.org.

FUN-Exercise Thursdays, noon - 12:50 p.m.Grace Presbyterian Church Family Room,7434 Bath St., Springfield. Inova certifiedexercise instructor leads a moderate levelexercise class with music and current events

conversation. Muscle, Balance, StrengthTraining using stretch bands and weightsboth standing and seated exercises.Instructor donation is [email protected] or 703-499-6133.

EXERCISE PROGRAM Mondays and Fridaysat 9:30 a.m. year-round at Lord of LifeLutheran Church, 5114 Twinbrook Rd.Fairfax. The exercises are for strength,balance and maintaining limberness. ContactSCFB office at 703-426-2824 for moreinformation.

Cafe Ivrit (Hebrew Cafe). Wednesdays. 8:15-9:15 a.m. Jewish Community Center ofNorthern Virginia, 8900 Little RiverTurnpike, Fairfax. Shalom (hello) Did youalways want to converse in Hebrew? JoinNa’ama each week for conversationalHebrew. You will learn and practice Hebrewin a fun and interactive way while learningmore about Israel. Free, however we ask thatyou try to attend regularly. [email protected].

Smoke Free Bingo (with breaks for smokingfriends). 7 p.m. Every Friday. FairfaxVolunteer Fire Department, 4081 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Free coffee, entertainingcallers, $1,000 jackpot. www.fairfaxvd.com.703-273-3638.

English Conversation Groups weekly atGeorge Mason, Burke Centre, and LortonLibraries Practice and improve your English.Day and start times vary. Visit: https://va.evanced.info/fairfaxcounty/lib/eventcalendar.asp

A Community Service Board Info Forum on Launch of New OpioidRecovery Program will take place on Tuesday Jan. 17 at theMerrifield Center 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, Fairfax start-ing at 7 p.m. Resolve to help those you love start their journey torecovery in 2017. Attendees will learn about: How to help someoneconfront and face the reality of an addiction, the assessment pro-cess, signs and symptoms of drug use, detox and treatment options.

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Virginia L.(Bostic) Bisson passed away peacefullywith her family at her side on December 30, 2016 at INOVAFairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA. She was born on October 211934 in Centreville, VA to Orville and Dorothy Bostic. Virginiagrew up in Centreville, VA and graduated from Fairfax HighSchool in Fairfax, VA in 1953. After high school she workedwith the Fairfax County Circuit Court, Department of Defenseat the Pentagon, Fairfax County Public Schools and served asan employee for the High’s Dairy Store and Hunter Hardwareuntil her retirement in 2006.

Her greatest joy was her family and friends, especially her be-loved grandchildren. Virginia was preceded in death by her pa-rents Orville and Dorothy Bostic, her siblings, Orville Bostic Jr.Sherlock Bostic, James Bostic, Joyce Stephenson, Roger Bos-tic, Jonas Bostic, Ruth Lamb, Lois Shropshire, Larry BosticBetty Devinney and her spouses Frederick Bisson and PhillipYarborough. Virginia is survived by her siblings Ann Turk ofHerndon, VA, Robert Bostic of Centreville, VA and David (Teo-flia) Bostic of Florence, AL and her children Jennifer Lowmanof Centreville, Va, Tim (Nathalie) Bisson, John (Sheila) Bissonof Warrenton, VA, Cindy (Jim) Draucker of Front Royal, VAand Robert (Sharon) Yarborough of Leesburg, VA and hergrandchildren Jessica Lowman, Ben Draucker, Marie BissonAustin Bisson, Matthew Yarborough, Kelley Yarborough, andher great-grandchildren Samuel Draucker and Skylar Drauck-er.

Services were held at Adams-Green Funeral Home on Saturday, January 7, 2017. Donations may be made to theCapital Caring Hospice Organization or to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be left on the online guestbook at http://adamsgreen.com/1/Home.html.

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‘Murder on the Nile’ on GMU StageAquila Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Nile” atGeorge Mason University, Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Performance Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 at 4 p.m. Tickets: $26,$37 and $44. Call 888-945-2468 or visit www.cfa.gme.edu Note: Therewill be a pre-performance discussion 45 minutes before the show.

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First Sunday Jazz Brunch 11 - 2 p.m. Recurringmonthly on the 1st Sunday at Bazin’s on Church111 Church St N.W., Vienna. Enjoy brunchaccompanied by the soft jazz sounds of VirginiaMusic Adventure. Visit: http://www.fxva.com/listing/bazins-on-church/1686/

Stories From Strawberry Park 10 - 11 a.m.Tuesdays in Mosaic - Strawberry Park 2910District Avenue, Fairfax. Enjoy a live interactiveperformance each week taught by a group ofunique storytellers. For ages 10 and under. Heldoutside in Strawberry Park. In inclementweather and October through April, storytimewill be held in Angelika Film Center. Recurringweekly on Tuesday. Visit: http://www.fxva.com/listing/mosaic-district/2326/

FRIDAY/JAN. 13D’Amore Duo - Classical Guitar & Oboe 8

p.m. Old Town Hall, 3999 University Dr, Fairfax.The Bonita Lestina Old Town Hall PerformanceSeries. Founded in 1983 by the late Ray Abell,the Cathedral Brass performs sacred and secularworks from all eras in support of the musicministry at Vienna Presbyterian Church. Thegroup draws its membership from around theDC Metro area, and includes current and formerprofessionals and members of the Service Bands.The Cathedral Brass is under the direction of L.Thomas Vining. 703-385-7858www.fairfaxva.gov/culturalarts

Sabbath of Solidarity 8 - 9:30 p.m.Congregation Adat Reyim 6500 Westbury OaksCourt, Springfield. Let us join together – manyfaiths, with one goal – to reaffirm and shareMLK’s vision of social justice and equality. Insolidarity we will demonstrate that mutualrespect and understanding are values we cherishand uphold. www.adatreyim.org/

SATURDAY/JAN. 14Blanket Drive, 2017. Drop Off location: Outback

Steakhouse, 6651 Backlick Rd/Springfield, from11 a.m. to 5 pm. (Free Cocoa offered).Requesting: Blanket donations, new or cleanused. Share the warmth – our community canmake a difference. Blanket distribution date:Monday, Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Day.(MLK). The blankets will be distributed to thehomeless who are currently on the streets, in theD.C and Virginia areas first; any extra blanketswill be given to the homeless shelters.

SUNDAY/JAN.15WVMGRS G-Scale trains at the Fairfax

Station Railroad Museum noon - 4 p.m.11200 Fairfax Station Road in FairfaxStation.The Washington,Virginia & Maryland GardenRailway Society (WVMGRS) members will havea G-Scale train display running at the FairfaxStation Railroad Museum. [email protected] www.fairfax-station.org

TUESDAY/JAN. 17CSB Info Forum on Launch of New Opioid

Recovery Program 7 p.m. CSB’s MerrifieldCenter 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive,Fairfax. All are invited to come to a free, opensession to learn about a new CSB opioiddependency treatment group that starts inFebruary. Resolve to help those you love starttheir journey to recovery in 2017. Attendees willalso learn about: How to help someone confrontand face the reality of an addiction, theassessment process, signs and symptoms of drug

use, detoxification and treatment options, CSB’sREVIVE opioid overdose reversal training, theimportant role of the CSB Peer Support staff.The number of people now facing heroin andopioid dependency has grown dramatically, and

the crisis has been labeled as a “public healthemergency” in the Commonwealth of Virginia.According to most recent statewide data, thenumber of fatal opioid overdose deaths isexpected to increase by 77 percent.

THROUGH JAN. 18Community Forums on Superintendent

Search. Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates(HYA), the firm hired by the FCPS School Board toconduct a search for a new superintendent toreplace Karen K. Garza, will be holding tencommunity forums in January to allow FairfaxCounty residents to share their ideas and feedbackon the characteristics they are seeking in a newsuperintendent. Meetings in our area include:

- Monday, Jan. 9, 1 p.m., GatehouseAdministration Center, room 1600, 8115Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042.

- Monday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., South County HighSchool, 8501 Silverbrook Road, Lorton, VA22079.

- Tuesday, Jan. 10, 12:30 p.m., Virginia Hills CenterLibrary, 6520 Diana Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310.

- Wednesday, Jan. 11, noon, Providence DistrictOffice and Community Center, multipurposeroom 2, 3001 Vaden Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031.

- Wednesday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m., Mount VernonHigh School Little Theater, 8515 Old MountVernon Road, Alexandria, VA 22309.

- Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1 p.m., Burke Centre Library,5935 Freds

- Tuesday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m., Chantilly High SchoolLecture Hall, 4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly,VA 20151. An online survey will be posted onwww.fcps.edu on January 9, which will allowcommunity members to submit their opinionselectronically. Additional information on thesuperintendent search will be posted online as itbecomes available. Interpreters will be available

at select locations to be determined.

SATURDAY/JAN. 14Blanket Drive, 2017. Drop Off location: Outback

Steakhouse, 6651 Backlick Rd/Springfield, from11 a.m. to 5 pm. (Free Cocoa offered).Requesting: Blanket donations, new or cleanused. Share the warmth – our community canmake a difference. Blanket distribution date:Monday, Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Day.(MLK). The blankets will be distributed to thehomeless who are currently on the streets, in theD.C and Virginia areas first; any extra blanketswill be given to the homeless shelters.

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