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News

By Ken Moore

The Connection

Supervisor Jeff McKay pointed outthe irony in County Executive EdLong’s proposed $3.8 billion bud-get. Three planning positions

would be eliminated from the budget eventhough Long suggested the county needsmore efforts to raise revenue from commer-cial and industrial venues.

“A timely planning process in revitaliza-tion is important in economic develop-ment,” said McKay after Long’s 30-minutepresentation to the Board of Supervisors onTuesday, Feb. 17. “The planner piece is notgoing in the same direction as the economicdevelopment question.”

McKay pointed to redevelopment alongthe Route 1 corridor as a source of economicgrowth that would require extra input fromplanning. Long agreed that the county ur-gently needs to expand the nonresidentialtax base in the county.

Commercial assessments dropped 0.6percent, while residential assessments in-creased 3.4 percent. Commercial vacancyrates are higher than they have been since1991. Although the U.S. economy grew atan estimated rate of 2.6 percent during thefourth quarter of 2014, “we are clearlyunderperforming the national economy,”Long told the Supervisors, mostly due tothe sequester and reductions in federalspending and contracting.

“Our economy is very dependent onpeople buying cars, buying houses andshopping,” Long said.

Long forecasts no significant improve-ments in the short term future. “We cannotfund all our priorities and investments.”Most departments, aside from public safety,will see some expenditure reduction.

Just 5,100 jobs were created in NorthernVirginia in 2014, less than half of the 11,900jobs created in 2013, which is half the num-ber of jobs (25,250) created on average in2011 and 2012.

“It is a bit sobering,” said Hunter MillSupervisor Catherine Hudgins.

Stalled Labor Market Slows County BudgetProposed budget callsfor no real estate tax rateincrease, but averagehomeowner would pay$184 more.

Budget Town HallMeetingsHunter Mill District Budget MeetingFrying Pan Park, 2709 West Ox Road,

HerndonSaturday, Feb. 28, 9 a.m.

Dranesville District Budget Meeting 1Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown

Pike, Great FallsWednesday, March 4, 7 p.m.

Dranesville District Budget Meeting 2McLean Community Center, 1234

Ingleside Avenue, McLeanWednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.

Providence District Budget MeetingProvidence Community Center, 3001

Vaden Drive, Fairfax - Multi-Purpose Room 2

Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m.

Chairman Bulova’s CommunityDialogue on the Budget

Fairfax County Government Center,12000 Government CenterParkway, Fairfax - ConferenceRoom 9/10

Saturday, March 14, 2:30 p.m.

Sully District Budget MeetingRocky Run Middle School - Cafeteria -

4400 Stringfellow Road, ChantillyWednesday, March 25, 7 p.m.

Braddock District Budget MeetingBraddock Government Center, 9002

Burke Lake Road, Burke - BraddockHall

Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.

Chairman Bulova’s CommunityDialogue on the Budget, South

South County Center, 8350 RichmondHighway, Alexandria - Room 221

Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m.

Budget ScheduleMarch 3: Board advertises FY 2016 tax rateApril 7-9: Public hearingsApril 21: Budget markupApril 28: Budget adoption

To sign up to speak at one of the public hear-ings, call the Clerk to the Board’s Office at703-324-3151 or 703- 324-2391 (TTY 711) or toaccess the form to sign up to speak, go to https://w w w . f a i r f a x c o u n t y . g o v / b o s c l e r k /speaker_bos.htm The public can send written tes-timony or communicate with the Clerk’s Office byemail at: [email protected]

Courtesy of Fairfax County Government

This pie chart shows sources of county revenue, with 64 percent coming fromreal estate taxes.

Courtesy of Fairfax County Government

This pie chart shows county expenditures, with 52.8 percent going to FairfaxCounty Public Schools, and 12 percent to public safety.

Great Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

703-778-9414 or [email protected]

5 Things toKnow about theBudget

❖ One penny change in thereal estate tax rate, currently$1.09, is worth $22.6 million.

❖ The average 2014 homeselling price, $517,000, has stillnot reached its previous peakvalue of $543,271 achieved in2005.

❖ Direct office vacancy ratewas 15.2 percent as of mid-year2014, the highest office vacancyrate since 1991.

❖ Fairfax County PublicSchools request $14 millionmore than is in the current pro-posed budget. Schools ask for a3.99 percent increase; the cur-rent county budget proposalincludes 3.43 percent increaseover last year.

❖ School Age Child Care(SACC) fees restructured togenerate revenue and to betterreflect income levels andaffordability for participatingfamilies. Full paying familieswill see an increase of 8 per-cent.

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Fairfax County REAL ESTATE

ZIP CODE AREA 2014 MEAN 2015 MEAN PERCENT CHANGEAlexandria/Mount Vernon 404,687 418,917 3.52Annandale 412,942 435,438 5.45Burke 422,815 438,376 3.68Centreville 369,253 382,393 3.56Chantilly 439,525 451,393 2.70Clifton 640,436 651,446 1.72Fairfax 459,412 476,220 3.66Fairfax Station 632,518 643,923 1.80Falls Church 416,666 433,989 4.16Great Falls 1,032,117 1,042,598 1.02Herndon 458,919 471,829 2.81Lorton 369,023 381,000 3.25McLean 845,113 879,305 4.05Oakton 668,009 681,562 2.03Reston 410,846 423,942 3.19Springfield 399,742 417,057 4.33Vienna 659,582 681,339 3.30

for single family, townhouses and condominiums

2015 Assessments by Area

SOURCE: Fairfax County

The average assessed value of asingle family home in Fairfax County

for 2015 is $620,080, up 3.27%

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History came alive as fourth-graders atForestville Elementary School Monday,Feb. 23, assumed identities of famous

Virginians in the school’s annual Living Wax Mu-seum. Each student conducted his or her own re-search for several weeks about a character — of-ten visiting historic homesites and museums —and created a report and supporting poster abouttheir characters childhood, adult life, accomplish-ments, and little-known facts. Students broughtin artifacts about their chosen character to sup-port their one-minute speech delivered in costumeas their character. Pictured is Nancy Crotty’s class.

In the front row are Tyler Wenks portraying theCivil War’s “Grey Ghost” Col. John S. Mosby,Mireille Rothmeijer crooning melodies as EllaFitzgerald, Jenny Peng as abolitionist and humani-tarian Harriet Tubman, Sofia Garrison as famousnurse and American Red Cross Founder ClaraBarton, Tyler Bowman as President John Tyler,Armaan Pandey discussed President ThomasJefferson’s role in Virginia and our developingnation, and Andrew Stoica delivered PatrickHenry’s famous line “Give me liberty or give medeath.”

Standing in the back row are Daren Moslehas Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall,Jamison Huang as Chief Powhatan discussed hisrole working with Jamestown settlers, EllieMcFadden discussed Belle Boyd’s role as a Con-federate spy, Mallory Edwards demonstrated en-

thusiasm of Olympic Gold-medalist Gabby Dou-glas, McKenna McConnell was First Lady DolleyMadison, Ananya Anand discussed her life asSinger Patsy Cline, Nash Hoover recanted ex-periences and exploratory expeditions as Will-iam Clark, Bert Whaley became John Smithwhose life was saved by Pocohontas, NicholasGuagliano taught classmates and parents aboutPresident Abraham Lincoln’s accomplishments,Smo Tyini talked about tennis player ArthurAshe, and Owen Ruskavich became PresidentGeorge Washington.

History Comes Alive atForestville Elementary

Photo by Christina Tyler Wenks

Forestville Elementary fourth-graderspresent annual Living Wax Museum.

News

Leslie Anthony is the guest art-ist exhibiting at Katie’s CoffeeHouse (the Old Brogue), 760Walker Road, Great Falls in March2015. Titled “Horses and Hounds,”the show consists of oil paintingsmostly of Virginia Equine scenesplus one acrylic surprise. “Thereis so much energy when one paintshorses, whether running, jumpingor sniffing a hound, or even juststanding there. My canvas is mystoryboard and my paintings arethe real story,” said Anthony wholives in Reston. photo, or this oneis not the correct size, please letme know. The oil painting is en-titled “Horse and Hound” 16” X20”.

“I did not intend to become suchan avid admirer of horses to the

point that they are what I love topaint most. We had horses when Iwas little and I knew I loved them,but a few years ago I was intro-duced to a wonderful retired Thor-oughbred in Great Falls, and we justconnected. I was riding him oneday and he turned his head aroundto sniff my boot. What a wonder-ful image that was with his musclesflexed and his beautiful soft eye. ‘Ineed to paint you Blue,’ and thatwas the beginning of a wonderfuljourney. Blue flew off my brush andonto the canvas,” said Anthony.Anthony is a member of Artists onThe Green, a Great Falls studio andgallery, Great Falls Studios, a pre-mier consortium of local artists,AiM (Artists in Middleburg) andLeague of Reston Artists.

Leslie Anthony’s ‘Horse and Hound’on Exhibit at Katie’s Coffee House

‘Horse andHound,’ oil oncanvas, byLeslie Anthony.

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ComstockAnnouncesCongressional ArtCompetition

U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10) announced the 2015 Congres-sional Art Competition for the 10th

Congressional District. The com-petition is open to all high schoolstudents who reside in the District.The winner of the competition willhave their piece of art displayedin the United States Capitol.Comstock is a member of the Con-gressional Art Caucus and started

Week in Great Falls

the House Arts Caucus in the Vir-ginia General Assembly.

“I am looking forward to seeingwhat interesting and innovativeart the students create,” said Con-gresswoman Comstock.

Students should drop-off theircompleted artwork on March 25,between 1 to 6 p.m. at EnterpriseHall on the campus of the GeorgeWashington Virginia Science &Technology Campus. All art sub-mitted will be on display fromApril 3 to May 7 on the campus ofVSTC. Art submitted must beready to hang and entries are lim

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Community

Preschoolers Celebrate Valentine’s DayThe St. Francis Creche preschool in Great Falls recently celebrated Valentine’s Day with several class activities.

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Purple class students making Valentine’s bags.

Matthew King and Helena Backus maketarts like the Queen of Hearts.Carter Mills counts his candy hearts.

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Kindergarten Open HouseFebruary 27th 9:30am-11am

www.vgdsva.com703-759-4049

790 Walker Road, Great Falls, Virginia

Preschool Open HouseFebruary 27th 9:30-11am

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ited to two per student. On theevening of May 4, the First, Sec-ond, Third, Honorable Mention,and Best In Show awards will beannounced. For information andguidelines about the 2015 Con-gressional Art Competition go toCongresswoman Comstock’swebsite. Competitors can also con-tact Lucy Norment in theCongresswoman’s office at 703-404-6903 or by email [email protected]

Friends andRefreshments atForestvilleSchoolhouse

Great Falls Senior Center MeetUp group invites you to come andenjoy friends and refreshments ina game of Scrabble, Bridge, Domi-nos, and Mah Jongg on Feb. 26from 1-3 p.m.

History Alive atGreat Falls SeniorCenter Event

The Great Falls Senior Center(GFSC) will have Mary Ann Jung,award-winning actress;Smithsonian scholar, writer, anddirector recreate one of history’smost fascinating women, RosieThe Riveter at the March 3 event.Jung researches and writes herown scripts, and performs in theauthentic costumes, accents, andattitudes for her characters’ eras.She has appeared on CNN, theToday Show, and Good MorningAmerica. She has been a lead ac-tress and Director of RenaissanceHistory and Shakespearean Lan-guage at the Maryland Renais-sance Festival for 32 years. Sheperformed as queen and was Di-rector with the Florida Renais-sance Festival from 1994-2006;she was Director of Street Theaterand Family Performances forArtscape.

The March 3 event will be heldat the United Methodist Church,10100 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. The program runs from 11a.m.-1:30 p.m. and includes lunch;a modest contribution is appreci-ated. Reservations are a must. Toreserve, email Polly Fitzgerald [email protected] or call 703-759-4345.

The event is being sponsored byGreat Falls Assisted Living (AMemory Care Community), 1121Reston Avenue, Herndon.

Great Falls Senior Center haspartnered with the Fairfax CountyDepartment of Neighborhood andCommunity Services in all ven-tures and events.

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Opinion

A national report released on Feb. 11highlighted the prevalence of peoplewith mental illness incarcerated inlocal jails.

“Serious mental illness, which includes bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, and major de-pression, affects an estimated 14.5 per-cent of men and 31 percent of womenin jails — rates that are four to six timeshigher than in the general population.… While most people with serious mental ill-ness in jails, both men and women, enter jailcharged with minor, nonviolent crimes, theyend up staying in jail for longer periods oftime.” See vera.org.

Natasha McKenna, a woman with a long his-tory of severe mental illness, died on Feb. 8,five days after being repeatedly shocked witha taser, restrained, hooded and forcibly re-moved from her cell by six deputy sheriffs “pur-suant to its protocols for managing combativeinmates.”

McKenna, a small woman according to press

reports, had been held in the Fairfax CountyDetention Center since Jan. 26, on a warrantfrom the City of Alexandria. Fairfax deputieswere forcibly extracting her from her cell soshe could be transported to the Alexandria jail.

Here is part of the police release on the inci-dent:

“During the struggle to restrain McKenna, amember of the Sheriff’s Emergency ResponseTeam deployed a conducted energy weapon(Taser) on McKenna. While being restrained,deputies placed a spit net (which is designedto restrict and prevent spitting) on McKenna.

A nurse from the ADC medical staff waspresent at that time to check on herprior to transport and cleared her fortransport. Deputies attempted to put

her in a medical transport chair, but McKennacontinued to be combative and was moved toa restraint chair for transport.”

To understand a little of what was happen-ing, search for images of “spit net” and “pris-oner restraint chair.”

When the emergency response team wasgetting ready to load McKenna into a vehicle,“medical personnel from the Fairfax CountySheriff’s Office checked McKenna and deter-mined she was experiencing a medical emer-gency.”

McKenna never regained consciousness.

Natasha McKenna’sdeath provides windowon national concern.

Managing Mental Illness in JailsThe incident was recorded on video, but “the

video is currently retained as evidence by de-tectives from the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment and will not be released at this time.”

Less than two weeks after McKenna’s death,the public knows a lot more about the detailsof this incident than previous cases involvingthe Fairfax County Police, but questions of whathappened, how and why, greatly outnumberanswers.

It is standard operating procedure in theUnited States to warehouse disruptive peoplewith mental illness in jails. A 2006 SpecialReport by the Bureau of Justice Statistics esti-mated that 705,600 mentally ill adults wereincarcerated in state prisons, 78,800 in Fed-eral prisons and 479,900 in local jails, accord-ing to the National Institute for Corrections.

We have to ask what constitutes humane,effective treatment for people with mental ill-ness, and often substance use disorders, whoend up in jails. Are the brutal images of NatashaMcKenna’s handling a common experience forpeople with severe mental illness in jails? Whiledeaths resulting from such incidents are rare,they do occur. What can be done to providetreatment?

— Mary Kimm

[email protected]

Editorial

To the Editor:Our family’s beloved

dog, Rocky has been lostsince Saturday at 5 p.m.– last seen in Mclean (in-tersection of OldDominon Drive andLinway Terrace). Whileon a walk, Rocky beganchasing an SUV and afterhis leash became tangledin the wheel, the leashbecame unhooked. We’rehoping Rocky isn’t tooinjured, because he wasterrified and able to runaway. Neighbors reportedseeing him late Saturday,but we haven’t seen himsince then.

Rocky is shy, and isprobably very scaredright now, so the best wayto try to get him to comeis with food and then togently put fingersthrough his collars whenhe comes near to grab thefood. If found, anyonecan contact Sean Kim at703-489-7600 [email protected].

Suejin KimMcLean

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Letters to the Editor

OversightNeeded in PoliceShooting CasesTo the Editor:

Kudos and thanks for your re-cent editorials voicing the concernof many Fairfax County citizens inconnection with the investigationof police shootings.

James Madison said of govern-ment that we must “oblige it tocontrol itself ” through checksand balances, including vigilantoversight of administration. It isdi f f icult to conceive whereBoard of Supervisors oversightis more needed than over agroup—even a group as honor-able and courageous as our po-lice officers—entrusted to exer-cise coercive powers, up to andincluding life and death. TheBoard of Supervisors should ful-fill that oversight function, start-ing with investigative hearingsinto the reasons for the secrecyshrouding the shootings identi-fied in your editorial. State Sen.Barbara Favola and our new Del.Kathleen Murphy may also wishto consider whether to proposestatutory changes to the VirginiaFreedom of Information Act.

Bruce Ellis FeinGreat Falls

Supporting DeerManagementTo the Editor:

Thank you for the excellent ar-ticle on deer management inFairfax County (“A Time to Hunt?”- Connection, February 18-24,2015). One deer can carry 1,000ticks, and approximately 25 per-cent of ticks in our county carryan infectious agent. In addition toborrelia burgdorferi, the tick cancarry babesiosis, bartonella, andother pathogens. Current methodsof testing humans for such dis-eases are unreliable, resulting inpossibly thousands of undiag-nosed patients in our county. Na-tionwide, 300,000 new cases ofLyme disease were estimated bythe CDC last year, a 10-fold in-crease over prior estimates. As aformer Lyme sufferer, supportgroup leader and current patientadvocate, I see the devastationthese diseases cause to our resi-dents. From bedridden children tosuicidal teens to failed marriagesand economic ruin, these diseasestake a toll on more than just one’scar and garden.

I appreciate all the county isdoing to reduce the number ofdeer in our yard!

Marjorie VeigaVienna

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Proud Location of the Following Events:“Egg Hunt” “4th of July Parade” “Concerts

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The Village Centre welcomes our newest tenant

THURSDAY/FEB. 26Computer Tutoring. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Great Falls

Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Learn how to enhance your computer skills byworking with a tutor. All are welcome.

Basic Computer Skills. 3:30 p.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.One-on-one tutoring in basic computer skills.Call to sign up.Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Beginning readers practice reading to teens.Coaching for Better Parenting. 7 p.m.Dolley Madison Library, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. First in a series offering tips andguidance for becoming a skillful parent,presented by a team of expert coaches. Adults.

FRIDAY/FEB. 27Playdate Café. 10 a.m. Great Falls Library, 9830

Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Toys and play space

for children. Coffee and conversation for grownups!McLean Art Society Meeting. 10 a.m. - noon.

Mclean Community Center,1234 InglesideAvenue, McLean. Jane McElvany Coonce, whohas taught art for Arlington County for 35 yearswill be the featured speaker at the meeting ofthe Mclean Art Society. Coonce will bedemonstrating techniques for watercolorportraits using base colors and transparentoverlays. She will also discuss mountingwatercolors so that a mat and glass areunnecessary. Guests are welcome.

SATURDAY/FEB. 28“Why Don’t My Kids Listen to Me?” for

parents of children 5-12. 10 - 11:30 a.m. WaplesMill Elementary School, 11509 Waples MillRoad, Oakton. The nonprofit ParentEncouragement Program will offer a freeparenting workshop

To have community events listed in the Connection,send to [email protected]. The deadlinefor submissions is the Friday prior to publication.

Bulletin Board

Letters

To the Editor:Ken Moore’s article on the impact of grow-

ing deer herds on our local forests (“A Timeto Hunt?” - Connection, February 18-24,2015) was a good overview of the issuesfacing our community and a

description of some of the ways inwhich residents can help ensure that ourlocal forests remain for the next genera-tion. The article mentioned the survey bythe Great Falls Citizens Association; resi-dents interested in the whole survey, in-cluding the incidence of of Lyme Diseasein our community, can f ind i t at

Survey, Video Document Deer Challengewww.gfca.org. I’d also highly recommenda video that we showed, in part, at theJanuary GFCA town hall meeting. It’scalled Lords of Nature and it graphicallyshows how Yellowstone National Park’secology was adversely affected whengrowing deer and elk populations over-grazed it, as well as the steps the Na-tional Park Service took to re-establish abalance. That video is also freely avail-able on the GFCA website.

Bill CanisVice President, GFCA

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“Sam and Frodo are both rescue cats.Frodo, the big orange guy with the furryfeet, came from Home Alone Feline Res-cue in 2011. He is part Maine Coon andpart American bobtail. Lou and I had beenthinking about getting a second cat as acompanion for Frodo when I ran into LeeDistrict School Board member TammyKoufax at a community event in Spring-field in August 2013. Tammy and her kidswere fostering a litter of feral kittens thathad been found behind a restaurant in

Washington D.C. When Lou and I sawTammy’s photo of the smallest kitten, atiny tiger tabby, we fell in love. Eventu-ally, so did Frodo, once she got over Samtrying to steal his toys and occasionallysnatching his treats away. We love watch-ing the two cats chase each other around.Animals add so much to your life!”

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Pet Connection

The late British-American writerChristopher Hitchens oncewrote, “Owners of dogs will havenoticed that, if you provide them

with food and water and shelter and affec-tion, they will think you are god. Whereasowners of cats are compelled to realize that,if you provide them with food and water andshelter and affection, they draw the conclu-sion that they are gods.”

I have owned both, and I think Hitchenswas right, although he was an atheist, andthus did not believe in “god” or “gods.”

Great Falls is filled with pet owners whomay not quite worship their pets, but lovethem dearly all the same. To feature a merehandful here is to do no more than scratchthe surface of pet owners in these parts (thepets themselves, of course, are scratchingeverything else in sight). And while most ofour pets are dogs and cats, this is Great Fallsafter all, and more than a few have horsesas well.

Emma Keller is among the horse owners,and her Arabian horse Alex spends his daysat Southdown Farm, just down the road fromL’Auberge Chez Francois. Emma describes hispersonality as that of “a giant golden re-triever.”

Emma’s mother Jill Keller enjoys the com-pany of smaller traditional pets, a YorkshireTerrier named Louie, and a rescue cat namedBlack Cat.

Louie is among the smaller dogs so popu-lar in the area, while Angela Boyer’s Dober-man, named Marz, is at the other end of thespectrum: nearly as tall as she is when hestands up. “He’s an active, energetic teen-ager,” Boyer says, “and he has a lot of en-ergy to let out when he get the chance torun outside and play.”

Energy is not a word that Ellen Ash woulduse in the same sentence as Mr. Puss, her 6-year-old Norwegian Forest Cat. “He’s a 25pound bundle of love,” she says, and sheloves all the extra hair that grows betweenthe pads on his paws. “They almost look likeextra toes,” Ash marvels.

Harry Truman, who served in Washingtonas a senator, vice president and president,once said, “If you want a friend in Washing-ton, buy a dog.” Well, Harry, my pet is a cat,an orange tabby named Purrcy. A friendfound him near a construction site off ColvinRun Road. He’s still a kitten, and although

Best Friends of Great Falls

some day I suppose that he’ll slow down andsleep a lot, right now he’s a bundle of en-ergy. He’s rather affectionate for a cat, andhe’s a good friend too.

— Patrick Korten

Emma Keller and her Arabian horse Alex, who spendshis days at Southdown Farm, just down the road fromL’Auberge Chez Francois.Patrick Korten with his cat Purrcy.

Angela Boyer and her Doberman Marz in a snow day last week in GreatFalls.

Photos by Patrick Korten

Ellen Ash and her cat Mr. Puss, a 6-year-old Norwegian forest cat.

Jill Keller andher dog Louie.

Jill Keller,with Black Catand Louie.

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Rose Boos, of Great Falls, with herguinea pig Cuddles.

Pet Connection

My Wish: Guinea PigDo you ever have an item that you

would really, really like to have? Wellthis is the cute little fella I’m dying tohave.

The object I would like to have is aguinea pig. I would like to have a guineapig, because they are small, so I don’thave to have a big cage for it, they areplayful, so I will never get bored of it,they are quiet, so when I am sleeping Iwill not get woken up by it, because alot of hamster and guinea pigs are verynoisy, and you cannot sleep very well ifthey are in your room. Finally they arevery fluffy and soft, so I can just relaxwith the guinea pig lying on my lap.

You can easily buy a guinea pig at al-most any pet store, which is very con-venient for me, because there are lotsof pet stores fairly close to me. Alsowhen my sister’s hamster passes away,I can maybe get a guinea pig, if it’s okwith my mom of course! Also I am veryorganized, and I would already have itscage, water/ food, and toys ready forhim before he even comes home withus.

What you should have before buying aguinea pig:

1. food2. water3. a cage4. chew toys5. extra hay

There are not too many things you needto have for guinea pig! I hope I can per-suade my mom to buy me a guinea pig. Wishme luck!!!

— Rose “RJ” Boos,

Grade 5, Great Falls Elementary

Meet Tango,Paddingtonand Peanut Vanessa Doyle, ofGreat Falls, and herthree dogs: Tangoon right,Paddington left andPeanut in themiddle at RiverbendPark.

Photographer Joan Bradyof Great Falls volunteerswith a nonprofit calledpaws4people.org which

raises and trains service dogs, in-cluding psychiatric assistancedogs for veterans with PTSD andassistance dogs for children withdisabilities. Brady documents thedogs from birth.

“We like to document each lit-ter with a group shot. When pup-pies are just born, they sleep quitea bit, so you would think theywould be easy to photograph,”says Brady. “But they are actuallyquite squirmy. And as they getolder, they are more mobile, soyou have to get creative aboutfinding ways to corral them asmuch as possible. Getting greatshots requires patience, lots of ex-tra hands and a good bit of luck.”

Brady has started a newFacebook group to showcase thecutest puppy shots. Check it outat “Priceless Puppies.” To find outmore about paws4people, go topaws4people.org.

Priceless Puppies,Future Service Dogs

Photos by Joan Brady

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Three Local Keller Williams Teams AmongTop 100 in USA

Ron Cathell, the owner and operating principal, and Amina Basic, CEOof Keller Williams McLean/Great Falls office, announced three teams made2014 “TOP 100 Teams” Nationwide for Keller Williams. The followingteams made it to the top 100 nationally: The Belt Team, HBC Realty Groupand Ron Cathell Team ranked among the best in the country out of morethan 100,000 associates. All three teams consist of a long time area resi-dents. “This ranking affords them access not only to tools, technolo-gies, and resources that uniquely benefit their clients. That’s a win-winfor us and for our clients. Our company motto is ‘God, Family, Busi-ness.’ We live by that. And so it’s even more gratifying to be able tohelp so many clients find that ‘perfect home,’ as well as help them selltheir properties quickly and for the highest price possible, so they canmake their dreams come true. All three teams are family businessesand they treat their clients like family,” said Basic.

Keller Williams McLean/Great Falls office is ranked #17 in the countryby production. For more information call Amina Basic at 703-672-0687.

Weichert, Realtors Recognizes TopRegional Associate

Bruce L. Green, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, an-nounced Sales Associate J.D. Callander of the McLean/Dolley Madisonoffice was individually recognized for her exceptional industry successduring the month of January. A top producer, Callander led the region,which comprised offices throughout Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier andDelaware counties, for resale listings and resale dollar volume.

She can be reached in Weichert’s McLean/Dolley Madison office at1313 Dolley Madison Boulevard or by phone at (703) 760-8880.

A Home Sellers Seminar in Great FallsKeller Williams Realty, 774A Walker Rd, Great Falls,will host a free

Home sellers seminar on Sunday, March 1, 2-4 p.m. RSVP:[email protected] or 703-795-3946

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2ND ANNUAL

Friday, March 6, 2015The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner

The Boys & Girls Clubs of GreaterWashington/Fairfax Region helphundreds of at-risk youth every dayright here in Fairfax County.

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SATURDAY/MARCH 7Fun Dog Show. 11 a.m. Market

Square, 301 King Street,Alexandria. Register your dogs towin the contests ranging fromBest Tail Wag to Best IrishCostume. The show starts at11:15 a.m., and afterwards alldogs are welcome to walk in theannual Old Town Alexandria St.Patrick’s Day Parade. Register andlearn more at http://www.ballyshaners.org/parade/ParadeInfo_dogshow.htm.

Pet Friendly Events FRIDAY-SUNDAY/MARCH 27-29Super Pet Expo & Doggie

Kissing Contest. Dulles ExpoCenter, Chantilly. The Super PetExpo is the largest, most amazingevent for animal lovers in the DCMetro. Learn, shop and beentertained with hundreds ofvendors and fun activities. Buytickets at http://www.superpetexpo.com/ticketsand use code NOVADOG to save$3. Before the expo on Saturdaymorning, join hundreds of otherdogs and the people who lovethem to attempt to set a doggie-kissing record.

Send announcements to [email protected]. Deadline isFriday for the following week’s paper.Photos/artwork encouraged.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY/MARCH 11Ice Skating at Tysons Corner

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

FRIDAY/FEB. 27Concert: John Eaton. 8 p.m. Wolf

Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. 8p.m. Renowned pianist, vocalist,musicologist, and humorist deliversrendition of cherished Americansongs. Tommy Cecil, Bass. Tickets$25-27.

Ice Skating. 3:30 - 10 p.m. OldFirehouse Teen Center, 1440 ChainBridge Road, McLean.

SATURDAY/FEB. 28Mardi Gras Gala. 8 p.m. American

Legion Post 180 Patriot Hall, 330 N.Center Street, Vienna. Music byTerry Lee Ryan (New Orleans’own). Heavy Hors D’oeuvresCostumes optional. Prize for bestcostume. Tickets: $35 can bepurchased at Post 180 or Online athttp://Legion180.net Open to thepublic.

Concert: Big Sam’s Funky Nation.8 p.m. Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road,Vienna. 8 p.m. Join these NewOrleans “hot purveyors of funk,(Miami News Times) for urban funk

electrified by distinct trombone riffsand rhythmic, jazzy beats. Tickets$24.

SUNDAY/MARCH 1125th Anniversary Town of

Vienna Concert. 7 p.m. ViennaCommunity Center, 120 CherryStreet SE, Vienna. A free concertfeaturing music celebrating the125th anniversary of the Town ofVienna. The band will performJohann Strauss’s “Radetsky March,”Franz von Suppe’s “Morning, Noon,and Night in Vienna,” AaronCopland’s “Down a Country Lane,”Pavel Tschesnokoff’s “Salvation isCreated,” Stephen Bull’s “Bond . . .James Bond,” and other favorites.

For more information, visitwww.viennacommunityband.org orcall 703-403-9179.

TUESDAY/MARCH 3Speaker on Honoring Military at

Arlington Cemetery. 12:15 p.m.Trinity United Methodist Church,McLean. The McLean Woman’s Clubwill host as speaker Paula McKinley,chairman of The Arlington Ladies, agroup that honors fallen militarymembers during burial at Arlingtonand supports their families.Reservations: 703-356-3646.

<cal1>Friday/March 6Antigone Rising. 8 p.m. Jammin’

Java, 227 Maple Avenue E, Vienna.The girls will be bringing theirtrademark sound - a fusion ofcountry, pop, rock and folk. Tickets:$15-$18.

Altan. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap, 1551 TrapRoad, Vienna. One of Ireland’s mostrespected traditional Celtic musicacts blends lively strings and etherealvocals to transport listeners to theheart of the Emerald Isle.

Tickets: $25.

SATURDAY/MARCH 7Great Falls Grange Reopening

Ceremony. 10 a.m. 9818Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. JohnFoust, Dranesville District Supervisor,and the Fairfax County ParkAuthority hold the Re-OpeningCeremony of the Great Falls Grange.The ceremony will be held during theGreat Falls Farmers Market.

Pancake Breakfast. Vienna VolunteerFire Department, 400 Center StreetSouth, Vienna. 8 a.m. - Noon. All youcan eat pancakes, sausage, bacon,juice and coffee. Adults $8, Seniors65+ $7, Children under 12 $6,Children under 4 free. There will alsobe tours of the fire equipmentavailable. All proceeds go to theVienna Volunteer Fire Department toassist in purchasing life saving fireequipment. Come have a deliciousbreakfast, spend time with themembers of the VVFD and thecommunity. For more informationcontact: [email protected]

Salon Simone and Med SpaCultura. 6-10 p.m. Tysons CornerMall, 1961 Chain Bridge Road,McLean. Come by and bring a friendor two for a sip, a bite and mingle atTyson’s Corner Center’s newest salonand spa.

SUNDAY/MARCH 8Keaton Simons. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’

Java, 227 Maple Avenue E, Vienna.Keaton Simons’ music has been heardin dozens of feature films andtelevision shows, including Private

Practice, NCIS, Malcolm in the Middle,Crash, Hollywood Heights and Sons ofAnarchy. He has also worked as awriter, musical director, singer,bassist and guitarist with notable actslike Gnarls Barkley, Black Eyed Peas,Snoop Dogg, and Tre Hardson of ThePharcyde. His guitar playing is highlysought-after, so much so that friendsand peers like Ben Harper and JoshKelley have asked him to join themon tour and on live TV.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 11Buckwheat Zydeco. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap,

1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Join a“Swamp-boogie joy ride” (People) asthis Grammy-winning zydeco bandserves up their vibrant brand ofCreole music. Tickets: $28

Great Falls Historical SocietyMarch Program. 6 p.m.Celebration of the Grange,refreshments; local memories of theGreat Falls Grange, film.

THURSDAY/MARCH 12Artist’s Demonstration. 10:30 a.m. -

12:30 p.m. Vienna Art Center, 115Pleasant St. NW, Vienna. The ViennaArts Society invites the public todiscover how Potomac artist JackHarding creates subtle texturaleffects with watercolors on distressedrice paper. Free. 703-319-3971.

FRIDAY/MARCH 13Weather or Not. Vienna Art Center,

115 Pleasant St., NW, Vienna.Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 4p.m. March 3 – April 4.Members ofthe Vienna Arts Society bring MotherNature. Meet the artists, to includeNational Gallery of Art copyist DickNeff and featured artist GingerSanaie, at a reception Friday, March

13, 7 – 9 p.m. Free and open to thepublic.

FRIDAY/MARCH 20Enter the Haggis. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap,

1551 Trap Road, Vienna.Experimental roots-rock stalwartspush the boundaries of Celtic musicwith vigorous performances andinventive albums. Tickets: $28.

TUESDAY/MARCH 24Annual Children’s Printmaking

Workshop. 4-5 p.m. Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Avenue E,Vienna. The Vienna Arts Societyinvites children ages 7 - 12 to createprints using fish, vegetables, andmore at a workshop. To register, callthe Children’s Librarian at 703-938-0405.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 25Karla Bonoff. Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap

Road, Vienna. A velvety-voiced, folk-pop singer/songwriter whoseheartfelt ballads have been coveredby Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt andWynonna Judd. Tickets: $27.

ONGOINGTai Chi Beginners’ Practice.

Through March 21. Free Tai Chibeginners’ practice. Open to all.Every Saturday, 8-9 a.m.

St. Luke’s Catholic School Gymnasium,7005 Georgetown Pike, McLean.

Free Comedy Showcase. Thursdays8:30 p.m., at Kalypso’s SportsTavern, 1617 Washington Plaza N.,Lake Anne Village Center, Reston.Kalypso’s hosts weekly comedy showsthat feature some of the best nationaltouring and local comedians in thearea. Free of charge.

Catch Antigone Rising playing on March 6 at Jammin’Java. The girls will be bringing their trademark sound - afusion of country, pop, rock and folk.

The Vienna Arts Society invites the public to discover howPotomac artist Jack Harding creates subtle texturaleffects with watercolors on distressed rice paper onMarch 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the Vienna Art Center, 115Pleasant St. NW, Vienna.

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Riley at a “Puppy Party” that Tanya and her brotherthrew to celebrate Riley being cancer-free for sixmonths.

About Riley’s LifeRiley was a good puppy. He was trained to walk on a leash. He

had lots of friends, played with them and had lots of bones andchew toys. Then he grew up to be a big dog he got very happyand then he got cancer and got sick. So we took him to the vet tofix him up. Then when I was at school Riley had hole on the sideof him and took him to the vet again and stitch him up. Then thenext day I came back from school he was healed and he stayedthat way for six weeks and the cancer came back. Then we tookhim to the vet again and he died there. When I came home fromschool, my Dad told me and all of us were sad. Then we got anew dog now and she is nice. My mom is trying to make her eatme. Also Riley was a great dog!

The story was written by 9-year-old Tanya Ray, after the death of hermuch-loved 10-year-old dog due to cancer.

Pet Connection

Playing withCuddles andWarriorsRose and Gloria Booswith their guinea pigsCuddles and Warriors.

- Melodee Boos,

Great Falls

Ernie ExploresRiverbend Park“Here’s a photo of Ernie exploringRiverbend Park on his own. He’s a feistyNorfolk terrier and just 9 months old.There’s never a dull moment when heplays with our two senior Norfolk terri-ers, Hank and Otto. Adding a puppy tothe mix has brought a spark of energyto the house!”

- John Murray,

Great Falls

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By Jon Roetman

The Connection

The McLean gymnastics teampulled off the trifecta Friday.

After winning their fourthconsecutive Conference 6/Liberty Dis-trict championship and capturing the 6ANorth region title, the Highlanders fin-ished the 2014-15 season by winning thestate championship on Feb. 20 at PatriotHigh School.

McLean posted a score of 145, edgingStafford (144.75) to win the team title.Ocean Lakes finished third (143.9) andBattlefield took fourth (139.175).

“It was such an exciting experience!”McLean gymnast Jacqueline Green wrotein an email. “We had no idea what theoutcome would be throughout the com-petition so we were surprised and thrilledby the news. We have all worked so hardto get to this point and it feels great tofinish my senior year first in the state.”

McLean, led by head coach CourtneyLesson, is the first Fairfax County schoolto win a VHSL state gymnastics title sinceLangley accomplished the feat in 2004.

“We really had not competed against

many of the teams at the state competitionbut we knew they were all stacked with tal-ent, so that was definitely intimidating,”McLean senior Lizzy Brown-Kaiser wrote inan email. “Going into the competition, theentire team was really focused on hittingour routines and having fun while doing it.”

MCLEAN CAME CLOSE to winning it alllast season. After winning their conferenceand finishing region runner-up to Washing-ton-Lee for the third straight season, theHighlanders placed second at the 2014 statemeet, finishing 1.225 points behind FrankW. Cox.

“We were all motivated to live up to thehigh expectations that we set for ourselvesafter last year,” Green wrote. “We wantedto make this season even better than thelast.”

“This year we had a lot of depth with theaddition of several talented freshmen to theteam,” Brown-Kaiser wrote. “I think every-one on the team improved immenselythroughout the course of the competitiveseason and peaked at states. We all becamea lot more consistent and confident withour skills with the help of our coach,Courtney Lesson.”

Green and Brown-Kaiser were two pri-mary reasons McLean captured its first statetitle. Green finished with the Highlanders’top score on floor (9.525), vault (9.425) andbeam (9.35). She also scored 8.8 on bars.

“I felt great about the meet,” Green wrote.“I had my best individual all-around scoreof the season. It was a great way to finishup my last meet with the team. It feels very

gratifying to have all of our hard workpay off. … We knew that we needed tohave our best meet of the season to pulloff first place. It was an incredible teameffort and I am very proud of everyone.”

Brown-Kaiser scored 9.15 or better ineach event, including 9.425 on floor. Shescored 9.3 on vault, 9.25 on beam and9.15 on bars.

“Personally, I was very satisfied withmy individual performance but I was es-pecially proud of the team,” Brown-Kai-ser wrote. “I was really happy that I couldcontribute to our team score.”

Calista Parude (floor, 9.275), CarolynBrown-Kaiser (vault, 9.15) and MathildeLarose (vault, 9.05) each scored 9 orbetter in an event for the Highlanders.

Madison Schumann (8.675) andDelaney Gallagher (8.6) competed onbeam for McLean.

THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION,originally scheduled for Feb. 21, waspostponed until noon on Saturday, Feb.28 at Patriot High School due to inclem-ent weather concerns. Lizzy Brown-Kai-ser will compete in the all-around. Greenwill compete on floor and vault, andCarolyn Brown-Kaiser qualified on vault.

“I hope to do some of my best rou-tines of the season,” Green wrote. “Iwant to finish off my high school careeron a good note!”

Highlanders first Fairfax County champsince Langley in 2004.

Photo by Mike Gallagher

The McLean gymnastics team wonthe 2015 6A state championship onFeb. 20 at Patriot High School.

McLean Gymnastics Wins 6A State Championship

Sports

The Langley girls’ swim and diveteam won the VHSL 6A statechampionship on Feb. 21 inRichmond by narrowly edging

out three-time defending state championOakton, 206-204.

The Lady Saxons already held the 2014-2015 Conference 6 and 6A North regiontitles when they headed to Richmond Fri-day for the Virginia 6A championships, butstate team members, Joanne Fu, GraceGent, Micaela Grassi, Fiona Muir, AmyOwens, Michelle Owens, Celeste Pace andIsabella Rongione, knew the state titlewould be a three-way battle between Lan-gley and formidable opponents Robinsonand Oakton. Winning the state title wouldrequire a collective team effort with topswims from each of them. At the end of theday, they succeeded by outscoring theiropponents with multiple top-16 finishesdespite not having any divers and not win-ning any one event.

ference record); Carter Bennett (50 free,Langley and conference record); MicaelaGrassi (100 fly, Langley and conferencerecord); Casey Storch (500 free, Langleyrecord and 200 free, conference record);Isabella Rongione (500 free, Langleyrecord); Ryan Ha, Garrett Walsh, DevinTruong and Carter Bennett (200 medleyrelay, conference record); Carter Bennett,Justin Rose, Alex Gomez and Casey Storch(200 free relay, Langley and conferencerecord); Casey Storch, Devin Truong, Jus-tin Rose & Garrett Walsh (400 free relay,conference record); Amy Owens, MicaelaGrassi, Isabella Rongione and MichelleOwens (200 free relay, conference record);Amy Owens, Michelle Owens, IsabellaRongione and Fiona Muir (400 free relay,Langley and conference record).

In addition to the state team membersnoted above, the following were also mem-bers of the conference and/or regional teams:Erica Barton, Sarah Campos, Sophia Cam-pos, Danielle Fairchild, Madison Fletcher,Miranda Fletcher, Anya McKee, LindseyMcKula, Ana Mulligan, Aneeka Murjany,Maggie Natal, Caitlin Nguyen, Haley Simkins,Emily Wallach, Chase Bradshaw, MasonGreenblatt, Terry Keffer, Alex Lim, TreyMcKula, Nick Omsberg, Eric Owens, RileyPfadenhauer, Duncan Proxmire, AdamSpeers, Andy Tan and Ryan Windus.

Langley boys’ teamwins conference, placesthird at regional andstate meets.

Langley Girls’ Swim Brings Home State TitleThe Langley girls’swim team cap-tured the 6A statetitle on Feb. 21.Pictured fromleft: Fiona Muir,Micaela Grassi,Amy Owens,Michelle Owens,Joanne Fu,Celeste Pace,Isabella Rongioneand Grace Gent.

The Langley boys’ state team placed thirdbehind powerhouses Oakton and Robinson.Team members included: Garrett Walsh,Carter Bennett, Justin Rose, Devin Truong,Ryan Ha, Alex Gomez and Casey Storch.Both Langley teams are coached by RyanJackson and Kristin Sandridge.

The state meet wrapped up a phenom-enal 2014-2015 season for Langley duringwhich team members amassed not onlymany personal bests but also numerousschool and conference records, as well asautomatic All-American and All-Americanconsideration times.

Isabella Rongione achieved automatic All-American times in the 200 free and 500 free.

All-American consideration times wereachieved by: Michelle Owens (200 free, 500free); Casey Storch (200 IM); CarterBennett (50 free); Micaela Grassi (100 fly);Ryan Ha, Garrett Walsh, Devin Truong andCarter Bennett (200 medley relay); MicaelaGrassi, Amy Owens, Isabella Rongione andMichelle Owens (200 free relay); AmyOwens, Michelle Owens, Isabella Rongioneand Fiona Muir (400 free relay).

School and conference records were setby: Fiona Muir (100 back, Langley and con-

Photo by

Susan Muir

Great Falls Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman

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St. Francis Episcopal Church,9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls, of-fers musical, educational, outreach andfellowship ministries in addition to wor-ship services, including a 7:45 a.m.worship service without music; 9 a.m.worship service, children’s chapel andchildren’s choirs; 10 a.m. Sunday schooland adult forum; and 11 a.m. worshipservice with adult choir. 703-759-2082.

The Antioch Christian Churchoffers a time of Prayer and Healing onWednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. foranyone wanting encouragement andhealing through prayers. People areavailable to pray with you or for you.Antioch Christian Church is located at1860 Beulah Road in Vienna.www.antiochdoc.org

The Jewish Social ServicesAgency (JSSA) offers a wide variety ofsupport groups for those with emo-tional, social, and physical challenges.www.jssa.org/growth-learning.

HAVEN of Northern Virginia of-fers a variety of free bereavementsupport groups, meeting on a weeklybasis. 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org.

McLean Bible Church FitnessClass at Body & Soul Fitness. Gain bal-ance, energy and strength at 9:45 a.m.Mondays and Fridays. Free childcare forregistered [email protected].

St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church,1830 Kirby Road in McLean, holds athird Sunday service every month at10:15 a.m. which allows children to playactive roles in the music and as greetersand ushers. Traditional services are ev-ery Sunday at 8:15 and 10:15 a.m.

Vienna Christian HealingRooms are open, every Saturday, 1-5p.m., at 8200 Bell Lane. A team of Chris-tians is available to anyone requestingprayer. Free and open to the public.703-698-9779 orwww.viennachristianhealingrooms.com.

Chesterbrook United MethodistChurch is at 1711 Kirby Road, McLean.Worship service is at 11 a.m. Sundayschool is at 9:30 a.m. for adults and chil-dren. 703-356-7100 orwww.ChesterbrookUMC.org.

Centering Prayer Group meetsFridays, 9:30 a.m. at Andrew ChapelUnited Methodist Church, 1301 TrapRoad, Vienna. The hour includes a briefreading related to Centering Prayer, fol-lowed by a 20-minute prayer period.E-mail Martha Thomas [email protected] or call thechurch at 703-759-3509.

The Jewish Federation ofGreater Washington and the Jew-ish Outreach Institute offer theMothers/Parents Circle, an umbrella offree educational events and resources.Jewish rituals, ethics and the creation ofa Jewish home, regular meetings andgroup Shabbats and holidays. Partici-pants include Sha’are Shalom,Congregation Beth Emeth, Temple RodefShalom and the Jewish Community Cen-ter of Northern Virginia. ShalomDC.org.

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But real-time once again: February 20,11 hours, approximately, after ourregularly-scheduled, post-scan meetingwith the oncologist at 10:00 this morning.The news could have been better, andrealistically assessing, it could have beenworse. But since it wasn’t better, it wasdefinitely worse. Something “fluffy” (myoncologist’s description) has appeared andbegun to take some kind of shape in myleft lung. It’s not exactly a nodule or atumor yet, but it’s something that wasn’tthere previously. Oddly enough, all theother tumors that we’ve been monitoringdidn’t grow, nor were there any fluid issuesto consider. Nevertheless, something newseems to be forming.

In discussing its appearance with myoncologist, he said if the mass was smaller,he wouldn’t be too concerned and if it waslarger he’d be more concerned. But its sizeis in the middle. Compounding his level ofconcern – and complicating his medicalopinion, is that I remain relatively asymp-tomatic, giving him no clues and/or indica-tions to corroborate a malignancy or evena possible pneumonia. Consequently, thisappointment became a serious discussionabout varying options to determine a pru-dent course of action treating forward; thekind of appointment which we haven’thad for over 18 months, since I was lasthospitalized in August, 2013.

To say we’ve been living on easy street,accordingly, this past year and a half is abit of an oversimplification. To say we’veoccasionally taken for granted my amazinggood fortune is likewise a bit of a pre-sumption. We have, however, gottenaccustomed to an ebb and flow, focusingmore on the good and less on the bad. Butsince an updated determination concern-ing this growth can’t be made for twomonths, until my next CT Scan (advancedby one month due to these new circum-stances), waiting, wondering and worryingwill be the inescapable order of the day,week and months ahead; a bit of a differ-ent mindset than we’ve been used to oflate. Over this interval, my treatment willcontinue on as usual: chemotherapy everythree weeks with Alimta, so long as mykidney function allows it. In the short-terminterim, I have been prescribed five daysof antibiotics in case this growth is pneu-monia, not cancer. Regardless, we stillwon’t know anything for a few months,unless, of course, I develop some newsymptoms.

I can’t deny that receiving this newsearlier today was discouraging. I’ll proba-bly need some time to assimilate it, ration-alize it, understand it and ultimately dealwith it. But “it” is definitely now top ofmind once again, not where I want it andcertainly not where I need it.

Still, life goes on, as I often say, and it’sa life I’ve been extremely fortunate tohave had, given the “13-month to two-year” prognosis I received back in lateFebruary, 2009. (I always put the “progn-osis” in quotes because that’s what myoncologist told Team Lourie.) In fact, nextFriday is February 27th, my six-year anni-versary of surviving a terminal diagnosis,I’m proud to point out. And even thoughI’ve been there and done that years longerthan anticipated, doing this doesn’t getany easier.

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