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By Reena Singh

The Connection

A mother’s love neverends.

Sarah Kirk is plan-ning a celebration of life inmemory of her daughter, BeckyLove, to raise awareness aboutsuicide and funds for ComfortZone Camp.

Becky was a charismatic andspiritual person and a motherherself, according to Kirk. Shewas found dead on a shootingrange in August at 32 years old.

“I wish I knew more aboutwhat my daughter was goingthrough,” said Kirk. “Wewanted to celebrate Becky be-ing a mother and all motherswho want the best for theirkids.”

The Mothers for MentalHealth event on Turner Farmstarts at 8 a.m. Sunday, May 11,with a 5K walk or run and a 1K“fun run.” Prizes will be givento the fastest man and womanas well as the top runners ineach age category at noon.

Moon bounces, pony ridesand face painting will takeplace from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.A silent auction and a 5K horse-back ride around Turner farmwill be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Turner Farm is located at 925Spring Veil Road in Great Falls.

Kirk hopes to raise $50,000for bereavement camps - thesame camps that helped herfamily cope with the loss of herdaughter.

About a month after herdaughter’s death, Kirk and herfamily put her energy into the

Becky Love Foundation to raiseawareness about suicide anddealing with sudden loss.

Becky’s brother, Joey Love,remembers the emotions hewent through when he foundout what happened with his sis-ter. He knew she had been deal-ing with depression for a while.

“At first, I was in disbelief,”he said, his eyes welling withtears. “There was a lot of sad-ness and praying - asking forhelp. Within the first week, I feltkind of at peace knowing thatshe no longer felt any pain orsuffering. It obviously takestime. It’s not something I reallyenjoy talking about.”

The creation of the founda-tion gave him a release for hisemotions.

“We are trying to help otherpeople because we couldn’thelp her,” he said.

Becky’s youngest brother, 13-year-old Nicky Zoski is alsohelping to put the Mother’s Dayevent together. When Becky’sbirthday came up five monthsafter her death, he createdshirts for family and friendsacross the country to celebrateher life. He remembered howsmart she was and has memo-ries of her babysitting him.

“It’s hard to actually thinkshe’s gone,” he said.

Kirk and Joey said they wantthe event to be joyous, not som-ber. They want parents andtheir children to have fun forthe cause.

“Joy is contagious,” said Joey.For more information about

the foundation, visitwww.beckylovefoundation.org.

Photo by Reena Singh/ The Connection

Sarah Kirk and Joey Love are organizing a Mother’sDay event for a cause.

Turner Farm event raisingmoney for suicide awareness.

Mother’s DayEvent for a Cause

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By Janelle Germanos

The Connection

At a public hearing on the2015 budget, FairfaxCounty resident Kim-berly Adams joined nu-

merous other individuals whourged the Board of Supervisors toconsider a meals tax.

“To have the quality of life thatwe’ve come to depend on inFairfax County, we must move theneedle closer to the regional aver-age when it comes to taxes. Wemust not be afraid to look for newstreams of revenue, such as ameals tax for instance,” Adams told theBoard of Supervisors at the budget hear-ings. “Never have I actually thought, well,there’s a meals tax in Alexandria, so I’ll drive10 more minutes into Fairfax and order mypizza. I go to the place that’s convenientand where I want to eat.”

Echoing the concerns of citizens likeAdams, Board of Supervisors ChairmanSharon Bulova announced the establish-ment of the meals tax referendum task forceon April 22, which will study this possiblesource of revenue and make a recommen-dation to the Board of Supervisors by June17.

“Throughout the past months as thisboard and the community have deliberatedon the advertised fiscal year 2015 budget,a number of individuals and organizationshave urged us to put the question of a mealstax to the voters,” Bulova said at the meet-ing.

Kate Hanley and Tom Davis, former chairmen ofthe Board of Supervisors, will lead the task force indeciding whether a referendum for a meals taxshould occur, and when this referendum would ap-pear on the ballot.

IN VIRGINIA, counties are only able to establish ameals tax with a voter referendum.

At a rate of 4 percent, a meals tax could generateat least $88 million. Many cities within and aroundFairfax County have a meals tax.

“Several of our surrounding jurisdictions have ameals tax, but the Town of Clifton, Prince Williamand Loudoun counties do not. I have and will con-tinue to be adamantly opposed to a meals tax andany referendum on this issue as it is directed at asingle industry. I believe this is the wrong time toadd another tax on our county residents and whilesome of it will be paid by visitors the bulk will bepaid by our county residents,” Springfield DistrictSupervisor Pat Herrity wrote in an email on April30.

In April 1992, voters struck down a meals tax pro-posal that appeared on the ballot in Fairfax County.

“There has been a growing sentiment during re-cent years for our board to once again allow the vot-ers to decide whether or not they wish to avail them-selves of this additional source of revenue. Reasonsfor urging this include the desire to diversify the rev-enues we have available to fund schools, public safety,parks, libraries and human services,” Bulova said.

Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland,who has proposed a meal tax several times in thepast, said that voters need to be better informed thistime as to why they should vote for the tax.

“To be quite frank, the last time we put it to refer-endum, there was almost silence on the side of whywe were asking people to do it. Most important, thequestions should be what are we going to do withthe money if it passes and we have a meals tax,”Hyland said.

Adams, who is president of the Fairfax EducationAssociation and part of the new “Invest in Fairfax”coalition, said at the budget hearings that the extrarevenue is needed for Fairfax County services thatcitizens depend on.

“If you can afford to eat out in a nice restaurant,you can afford to pay the four percent tax,” she said.

AT A RECENT Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Com-merce event, Lee District Supervisor Jeffrey McKaytold members that Fairfax County needs to diversifyits revenue and that there was pressure from schooladvocates to consider a meals tax.

“Will it pass if it’s put on the ballot? I don’t know.I think it’s unlikely, to tell you the truth,” McKay saidat the event.

The meals tax referendum task force includes acoalition of organizations within the county, includ-ing the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce,the Fairfax Education Association, the Fairfax CountyTaxpayers Alliance, and the Federation of CitizensAssociations.

Tax could generate $88 million in revenue.

Kimberly Adams spoke infavor of a meals tax at thepublic hearings on theFairfax County budget inearly April.

Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors ChairmanSharon Bulova announcedon April 22 the creation ofa meals tax referendumtask force.

Meals Tax Possible for Fairfax County

Photos by Janelle Germanos/The Connection

At the public hearings on the Fairfax Countybudget, several citizens urged the Board of Super-visors to consider a meals tax in order to con-tinue to “Invest in Fairfax.”


Mother’s Day Photo Gallery

Board of Supervisors chairman Sharon Bulova: “Justminutes after giving birth to my daughter Karin in1971. I was 24 and we are in Fairfax Hospital.”

Sharon Bulova’s daughter Karin with her first child,Finnian (“Finn”) in Seattle on June 23, 2011.

Dianne VanVolkenburg ofGreat Falls withher four childrenlast fall.

Joey Gatt (9) of Great Falls and his mom,Krista Gatt, enjoy a cool and relaxing dayat the pool in Antigua during Spring Breakin March 2014.

Kristin Clark Taylor, of Great Falls, enjoysthe cherry blossoms with her daughter, 24,Mary Elizabeth Taylor.

Reid andOliver withtheir momSamanthaSiffring, with aload of strawfor the gardenthey just putin. Their home-town is GreatFalls, but theynow live inDenver, Col.

From left: Gloria Boos, mom Melodee Boos, and RoseBoos, of Great Falls, standing in front of a longhouse withanimal skins draped in the background at the RiverbendBluebell Festival.

Caroline and Josh McQuaig with their mother, Heather, ofGreat Falls, on vacation in Kiawah Island, S.C.


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By Ryan Dunn

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On Sunday, May 4, resi-dents of Great Falls andvisitors had the oppor-

tunity to celebrate Great Falls Dayat the Great Falls Grange onGeorgetown Pike and learn moreabout the history of the commu-nity. Listed on the National Regis-ter of Historic Places, the publicassembly hall was built in 1929, aproduct of the Grange Movementwhich swept America after theCivil War. The Grange was a sym-bol of commitment to communityinvolvement and progress, and hasbeen a meeting and special eventsite throughout its history.

“It is great that people can takethe opportunity to go out and meettheir neighbors at event like this,”said Dranesville District Supervi-sor John W. Foust who attended

Great Falls Day CelebratedVisitors learnhistory of GreatFalls community.

Terry Bender brought his organ to play at Great Falls Dayat the historic Great Falls Grange on Georgetown Pike.Other attractions included visiting animals fromHerndon Frying Pan Farm Park.

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Blood Drive at LoebigChiropractic & Rehab a Success

Loebig Chiropractic & Rehab and The American Red Cross hosted acommunity blood drive in Great Falls at the office of Dr. Glenn Loebig,on Tuesday, April 15 where enough blood was donated to help save thelives of up to 57 hospital patients.

“In our continued efforts to support the community that we call home,we believe that an event such as a blood drive is a great way to pullneighbors together for a common cause. I would like to personallythank everyone who came out to support our efforts,” Dr. Glenn Loebigsaid.

Loebig Chiropractic & Rehab regularly holds community events suchas this most recent blood drive.

Those interested in participating in the future can view upcomingevents at www.LoebigChiropractic.com.

Serving the Great Falls area for over 17 years, Dr. Loebig and hisstaff specialize in difficult and challenging cases of spinal disc injuryand trauma, whiplash, scoliosis, and degenerative diseases-and alsofocuses on treating complex sports and extremity injuries.

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To the Editor:Through columns on your news-

paper website like “Avoidance Bet-ter Than Arrests, Prison, Death”my attention has been drawn toyour spotlight on forums focusedon drug prevention in highschools. With the increase in useof drugs for recreational useamong youths, this is a timely andwell-covered issue in your news-

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ered by your paper called “Protect-ing Against the Realities of Sub-stance Abuse,” put on by ParentsReaching Out To Educate Commu-nities Together (PROTECT), pro-vides a new approach to talkingabout drug awareness and preven-tion that could help parents bet-ter understand and approach the

rise in drug culture in youths. Bybringing in police officers, formerdrug users and dealers, and fami-lies affected by drugs, parentswere able to hear their stories andlearn ideas like how to recognizesigns earlier that may indicatedrug use in their children.

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By Ilryong Moon

Fairfax County School Board

Chairman

The Fairfax County Boardof Supervisors (BOS) con-tinues to state that educa-

tion is its top priority but its actionsclearly do not match its words —not when county spending next yearwill increase by 3.6 percent whileFairfax County Public Schools’(FCPS) budget is projected to in-crease by just 1.6 percent over lastyear’s adopted budget. Overall,FCPS will receive 52.4 percent of thecounty’s budget, down from 52.7percent this year. While this per-centage change seems small, thatequates to more than $12 millionthat FCPS would have received.

In his April 22 newsletter to resi-dents, Supervisor Pat Herritymakes several misleading asser-tions about the FCPS budget. Hesuggests that the School Board al-ready has available funding tomeet the school system’s needs,beyond the amount that will betransferred from the county andstate. We would like to correctthese misperceptions.

Supervisor Herrity suggests in-creasing the salary “lapse rate” (asalary lapse occurs during a jobvacancy). FCPS’ budgeted lapsesavings are based on historicaltrends. FCPS has taken severalsteps to adjust compensation ac-counts in the FY 2015 budget in-cluding using lower salaries tobudget for vacant positions and fornew positions due to enrollmentgrowth. Whatever is remaining inthe compensation accounts, com-bined with other savings generatedthroughout the year, go into theending balance which we use tofund the following year’s budget.

Supervisor Herrity suggestseliminating pay raises for admin-istrators to save $13 million. Thecost of providing a step increasefor all employees is $41 million.Of that amount, the cost for theadministrative positions in schoolsis $1.7 million and central admin-istrators account for $300,000. Toachieve his goal of $13 million insavings, pay raises would need tobe denied to employees who di-rectly serve students includingadvanced academic resourceteachers, work experience teach-

ers, instructional support teachers,school counselors, librarians, au-diologists, physical and occupa-tional therapists, English forspeakers of languages teachers,professional technical projectteachers, public health attendants,public health training assistants,school-based technologists, psy-chologists, social workers, schoolclerical, school custodial, andschool administration.

Supervisor Herrity also claimsthat many of our teachers are do-ing administration instead ofteaching. He states that if we “takethe total number of students in theschool system and divide it by thenumber of full time equivalentteachers (emphasis added), weshould get a class size of 12.” Asour class size is not as such, he al-leges that our teachers must bedoing administration. This canardhas been raised before by Super-visor Herrity and it is irresponsiblefor him to continue to deliberatelymislead the public by using deceit-ful teacher-student ratios in hiscomments. This doesn’t result inpurposeful conversation, butrather distracts the community

from the real issue of fully fund-ing schools. To clarify once again,“full time equivalent teachers” aremuch more than classroom teach-ers. They also include special edu-cation teachers, English for Speak-ers of Other Languages teachers,instructional coaches, speechtherapists, guidance counselors,librarians, music, physical educa-tion teachers, and more. Althoughthese professionals do not haveassigned classrooms, they are allteaching and working directly withstudents. It takes more than asingle classroom teacher to pro-vide a well-rounded and full edu-cation for FCPS students.

Moving forward, it’s critical inbudget discussions that disingenu-ous arguments are not used to re-fute or support one’s position. Thisshould not be seen as a SchoolBoard versus Board of Supervisorsdebate. We are partners. TheSchool Board will continue towork closely with the Supervisorsin an effort to develop long-termsustainable funding for FCPS andto meet the expectations of thecommunity to maintain our world-class school system.

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Opinion

Economic diversification is worthygoal. All of your eggs shouldn’t bein one basket. All of your revenueshouldn’t come from one source.

In Fairfax County, adding a meals taxat the same level as Arlington, Alexan-dria, Falls Church and the City ofFairfax, 4 percent, could generate $88million a year. The county estimates that 25-30 percent of the meals taxes collected wouldbe paid by non-county residents.

The inability to implement alternative rev-enue sources will mean continued dependenceon one basket. The combined increase in thereal estate property tax rate and home values

means that most homeowners will be payinghundreds of dollars more in property taxesregardless of their ability to pay.

In Virginia, localities have only the powersexplicitly granted to them by the General As-sembly. In Northern Virginia, the economicengine of the state, this has translated intoheavy dependence on the real estate propertytax to fund everything, because localities are

allowed few revenue options.Fairfax County has a task force study-

ing the possibility of holding a requiredreferendum to let voters decide on add-

ing a meals tax. It would applied to “ready-to-eat foods and beverages wherever they aresold,” but not vending machines.

Former Board Chairman Kate Hanley andformer Board Chairman and U.S. Rep. TomDavis will chair the task force and report backto the Board of Supervisors in mid June. If su-

pervisors approved the referendum, it couldappear on the November ballot.

It’s interesting that historically, FairfaxCounty voters overwhelmingly give the thumbsup to authorizing capital improvements toschools, parks and roads via bond sales, but in1992, voters said no to the meals tax. It willbe up to elected officials and advocates forschools, parks, libraries, public safety and hu-man services to help make the case for the in-crease.

(Taxing income is a power the Common-wealth of Virginia retains for itself, and it is amechanism that sends money from NorthernVirginia to other parts of the state while forc-ing Northern Virginia localities to depend onproperty taxes.)

— Mary Kimm,

[email protected]

Voters could decide onthe tax in November.

Yes to the Meals Tax Referendum

Editorial


GrangeRevisited

Pat Brodowski, Chief Gardener of Monticello (center) spoke aboutgardening and heirloom seeds at the May 4 Great Falls Day event whichwas hosted by the Great Falls Historical Society.

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National Grange Communications Director Amanda L. Brozana withKathleen Murphy, Harry Massey, Ernestine Keiser, and President ofVirginia State Grange James Taylor at the Great Falls Grange.

the event. Great Falls HistoricalSociety sponsored the event,which celebrated the 85th anniver-sary of the dedication and open-ing of the Great Falls Grange Num-ber 738. Fairfax County Park Au-thority took responsibility for sev-eral displays and contributed his-toric archives from the Great FallsGrange, and Fairfax County agri-cultural history. Cate Henderson,a liaison with the Friends of Fry-ing Pan Farm Park helped bringsome animals from the farm parkto the Great Falls Grange. “We arehere to represent a local farm thatwould have benefited from theGrange,” said Henderson.

In 1929, the Grange was builtfor $12,500 and featured the lat-est in kitchen and heating equip-ment. It was one of five grangehalls that served the dairy farm-ing community. Dairy farming wasthe predominant form of agricul-ture in the county, and FairfaxCounty was the leading Virginiaproducer until 1933.The Grangeopened doors on May 4, 1929 andserved as the center of communitylife for 52 years.

With declining membership andthe dairy farms giving way to sub-urban development, the Grangeand its grounds were sold to theFairfax Park Authority in 1981.The Great Falls Grange is the laststanding unaltered grange hall inVirginia and is listed on the FairfaxCounty Inventory of Historic Sites,with the Virginia Department ofHistoric Resources.

Marjorie Lundegard, a residentof Great Falls since 1988 was as-sisting with a display of old timechildren’s toys at the old school-house. “The community put a lotof energy into this event,” saidLundegard. “We just wish morelocal residents would attend thisevent.”

To learn more about Great FallsHistorical Society, visitwww.gfhsws.org.

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12 p.m. Turner Farm, 925 SpringvaleRoad, Great Falls. A positive dayraising money for suicide prevention,bereavement camps for kids, and tobring light onto the epidemic ofyoung people taking their lives in ourcommunity. Activities include familyfun rides and activities, includingmoon bounces, climbing wall, ponyrides, games and face painting, silentauction, 5K run/walk, 5K ride inTurner Farmer Park, and more.www.beckylovefoundation.org.

Mother’s Day Lakota MissionBenefit Lunch and Music. 11:30a.m. The Church of the GoodShepherd (United Methodist), 2351Hunter Mill Rd., Vienna. Feast on avariety of buffalo-based plates(alternatives available) and hearmusic by Brooklyn, NY-based singer-songwriter Natalie York in specialfundraiser for 21st Lakota summermission trip to the Pine RidgeReservation., VA. Lunch immediatelyfollows church’s 10:15 a.m. worshipservice. Advance reservationsrequested atwww.GoodShepherdVA.com

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The Brunch will include pastries,seasonal fruits, and a deliciousseafood display, as well as expansivewaffle, omelet and carving stations.In addition, the Chef has added a fewsurprises like grilled flank steak,fettuccine nests with roasted chickenand chipotle pork barbeque ribs witha creamy polenta.

Mother’s Day at Wildfire. 9 a.m. – 9p.m. Wildfire, Tysons Galleria, 3rdfloor, McLean. Spit Roasted Leg ofLamb with garlic, spinach and augratin potatoes. Or, choose tocelebrate with Wildfire’s signatureRoasted Prime Rib of Beef or OvenRoasted Lump Crab Cakes. Forreservations, call 703-442-9110.

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McLean Day 2014: Celebrating ourHometown. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. A spring carnival forfamily and friends to enjoy.www.mcleancenter.org/special-events.

Kilmer Center Run, Walk & Roll.7:30 a.m. Kilmer Center, 8102Wolftrap Road, Vienna. For childrenand young adults with significantintellectual, developmental andphysical disabilities. Activitiesinclude a 5K Run, 1 mile Walk andRoll (multi-terrain wheelchairaccessible race course), and WellnessExpo/Community Resource Fair.Entry fee of $20 per participantincludes a t-shirt. To register, visitwww.fcps.edu/kilmercenter/. To

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Troop 55 in Great Falls re-cently announced the ad-vancement to the rank of

Eagle Scout of four young men:Patrick Ryan, Conrad Dear,Bennett Molster, and Ryan With-ers. These scouts have earned atleast 21 merit badges, and havedemonstrated scout spirit by liv-ing the scout oath and law throughyears of service and leadership.They have each also planned, or-ganized, led and managed exten-sive service projects. Patrick Ryan,a sophomore at Thomas JeffersonSchool for Science and Technol-ogy, joined the troop in 2009.Patrick spearheaded his Eagleproject in August 2013. It entailedthe building of a fenced 20’ x 40’garden at Camp Fraser in GreatFalls. The garden is used by Liv-ing Classrooms, Washington D.C.,to teach sustainability and to pro-vide underserved city youth popu-lation with hands-on outdoor edu-cation. Patrick hopes to pursue acareer in engineering once he fin-ishes high school.

Conrad Dear, a junior at Langley

High School, joined Troop 55 in2008 when he crossed over fromCub Scout Pack 673. He has en-joyed scouts from the early daysas a cub scout to the present dayas an Eagle Scout. Conrad leadhis Eagle project in Sept 2013. Itentailed the building of three por-table fly rod racks to supportProject Healing Waters, a non-profit organization dedicated tohelping wounded veteransthrough fly fishing. Conrad hopesto pursue a career in the math andscience fields.

Bennett Molster, a senior at Lan-gley High School, joined the troopin 2006 and has enjoyed the out-door trips and being with hisfriends during the outings. For hisEagle Project, Bennett coordinatedthe collection of new and gentlyused DVD’s and shipped them to

military personnel stationed over-seas and on ships. He has not yetdecided which college he will at-tend but hopes to study Business.

Ryan Withers, a senior atHerndon High, has been withTroop 55 since 2006. He hasstayed with scouts because theprogram teaches excellent lifeskills and principles. For his Eagleproject, Ryan led a team of scoutsin building wooden games to beused by St Francis EpiscopalChurch during their annual Coun-try Fair. The young men alsopainted several of the existinggames that showed signs of aging.Ryan will be studying engineeringat Virginia Tech next year andhopes to work on the developmentof a manufacturing system for au-tomobiles that reduces cost, re-sources and time.

From left: Conrad Dear, Patrick Ryan and Ryan Withers.

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On any given work-day, you might findArlington residentErin Weiner sitting

in a family-friendly restaurantcausally coloring or playing gameswith a young child. At first glance,she might be mistaken for anyyoung mother entertaining heroffspring while they wait for ameal. In actuality, Weiner, who isa speech-language pathologist, isemploying what she describes asan innovative approach to therapythat involves working with a childin his or her natural environment.

“Real-time therapeutic sessionshelp children develop skills thatthey can effectively apply to day-to-day life,” said Weiner, of Erin’sPlace for Therapy in NorthPotomac, Md.

Hearing loss affects more than 36million Americans. During themonth of May, Better Hearing &Speech Month, Weiner and otherspeech and hearing professionals

are working to raise awarenessabout communication disorders andthe treatments that are available.

“Most people don’t realize howthe loss of hearing is interferingwith their lives,” said Michael V.Massa, AuD., of Massa and Asso-ciates, Doctors of Audiology withtwo offices in Alexandria. “Hear-ing loss is usually gradual and aspouse or family member will no-tice it first.”

Massa says that while hearingloss is most common in peopleaged 50 and older, it can affectpatients from newborns to the eld-erly. Recognizing the warningsigns and finding the proper treat-

ment can be life-altering. “Peoplecome back and say ‘if I had knownhow much this would have helped,I would have come to see youmuch earlier,’” said Massa.

EARLY DETECTION IS CRITI-CAL. “Hearing loss can affect one’sability to communicate with andengage others in the community,”said Jeffrey Edge, rehabilitationservices manager for the FairfaxCounty Health Department. “Theearlier you detect a hearing loss,the sooner you can take steps tohopefully decrease the impact ofthe loss on communication. Earlydetection of hearing loss is most

important with infants and chil-dren as hearing is critical to de-veloping speech and languageskills and learning.”

Edge points to research from theNational Institute of Health, Na-tional Institute on Deafness andOther Communication Disorders,which shows that speech and lan-guage development begins in thefirst six months of life and childrenwho get treatment early developbetter language skills than thosewho don’t.

There are certain signs that tellparents their children might beexperiencing hearing loss. “Is thechild responding to their namewhen the child isn’t looking atyou?” asks Weiner. “Are theyspeaking as much as their peers?Are they saying ‘What?’ a lot? Dothey seem to be reading your lips?If a fire truck with its sirens ongoes by does the child look up? Arethey having problems speaking atthe right volume?”

Weiner, who provides oral, mo-tor articulation, language therapyand auditory processing treat-ments, said problems with audioprocessing can often be difficult todiagnose. “You have to determine

if the issue is auditory processingor hearing loss. This can be diffi-cult to distinguish. With auditoryprocessing, someone might keepsaying ‘What?’ and they probablyheard you, but the message is notgetting to their brain.”

Hearing loss in newborns can behereditary or congenital, saidMassa, but it is often caught earlybecause of state laws that requirenewborn hearing screenings. “Atbirth we can tell if a child’s hear-ing is normal or not and this iscritical because they have to de-velop speech,” said Massa.

MASSA SAID THAT the numberof Americans with hearing loss hasdoubled within the past 30 years.“Some of that is due to the fact thatwe have so many baby boomers,”he said. “Inner ear hearing loss isthe most common type of loss.”

Sudden hearing loss is anothercommon hearing disorder thatusually occurs in one ear. “Withsudden hearing loss, time is of theessence,” said Massa. “The personneeds to be seen right away. Stud-ies show that they have a betterchance of recovering if treatmentbegins right away.”

“What?” May is Better Hearing and Speech Month.

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Courtney Cross, of GreatFalls, graduated from BishopO’Connell high school. She is asophomore at Villanova Universityand was named to the Dean’s Listfor the fall semester of 2013.

Matthew Kent, of Vienna, wasnamed to the Dean’s List atCarnegie Mellon University for thefall semester of 2013.

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Aline Dolinh, 15, is a sopho-more at Oakton High School inVienna and has been appointed asthe National Student Poet by thePresident’s Committee on the Artsand the Humanities. Dolinh willparticipate in readings and work-shops at libraries, museums andschools in Virginia as well as cre-ate community service projects toexpand their reach while increas-ing engagement in the literaryarts.

Kate E. DeWeese, daughter ofRandi and Steve DeWeese ofVienna, graduate of ThomasJefferson High School, and first-year student in the Bachelor ofArts Program, has been inductedinto Alpha Lambda Delta honorsociety at Bucknell University.

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Langley Boys’ SoccerBeats Marshall

The Langley boys’ soccer team de-feated Marshall 3-1 on May 1, improv-ing its record to 7-1-2. The Saxonshave not lost since dropping theiropener against Yorktown on March 19.

Langley will play at Chantilly at 7p.m. on Wednesday, May 7. Marshallwill travel to face McLean at 7 p.m.on Thursday, May 8.

Langley TennisBeats Madison

The Langley boys’ tennis team de-feated Madison 8-1 on May 2.

With its win, Langley finished itsseason undefeated and first in Confer-ence 6. With its 5-2 record in Confer-ence 6, McLean finished in secondplace in the conference. Madison,South Lakes, and Yorktown all finishedwith 4-3 conference records and thuswill engage in a three-way playoff thiscoming week.

In singles action, Langley’s KevinShen (10-0), James Schenck (10-0),Chase Lewis (10-4), HammyAbuhamda (10-3) and Nick Smoyer(10-4) each won their respectivematches.

The Langley doubles teams of Shen/Abuhamda, Schenck/Lewis andSmoyer/Stavros Kontzias also won.

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Langley sophomore TaylorHosley, left, and Marshalljunior Alexander Stockerobattle for the ball duringLangley’s 3-1 victory on May 1.

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Senior midfielder SepehrHarandi and the Langley boys’soccer team beat Marshall 3-1on May 1.

Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

For the St. Stephen’s & St. Agnesgirls’ lacrosse team, it was achance to learn from a recent mis-take. For the Madison Warhawks,

it was a chance to learn from an elite formof competition.

Each team benefited from Monday’s pri-vate/public matchup of defending statechampions. The Saints, however, did sowhile pulling out a victory.

St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes, a private schoolpowerhouse in Alexandria, improved to 23-1 with a 13-8 victory on its home field.Madison, a public school program inVienna, trailed by two after KierraSweeney’s goal with 14:42 remaining in thesecond half cut the SSSA lead to 8-6, butthe Saints responded with five consecutivegoals and handed the Warhawks (10-1)their first loss of the season.SSSA scored sixof the game’s first seven goals, but Madi-son closed the first half with a 3-0 run, cut-ting the Saints’ lead to 6-4 at halftime. Dur-ing the break, the Saints made it clear theywanted to avoid a letdown similar to whatthey experienced against Roland Park Coun-try School (Baltimore) on April 26, whenthey suffered their lone defeat of the sea-son, 12-11.

“A few weeks ago, we played at RowlandPark and it was kind of the same situation,”Saints junior Ellie Majure said. “We walkedinto halftime kind of with our faces drawnand we were kind of like, ‘We’re up by afew goals,’ and it did not end well for us.

Warhawks stayed close early in the secondhalf, but eventually fell short against theironly private-school opponent of the season.

“I am very proud of my team,” Madisonhead coach Amanda Counts said. “It was agood, hard-fought game. We appreciate thecompetition. It was fun.”

Counts expressed her competitive nature,as well.

“I hate to lose,” she said. “I would havereally liked to have been the team to beatthe Saints. Hopefully there will be otheropportunities in the future.”

Madison junior Kierra Sweeney finishedwith three goals and three assists. Sweeneyis committed to Dartmouth, where shewould play with Davidson and Carson ofSt. Stephen’s & St. Agnes.

“I think we were really excited to playbecause they are an extremely, extremelygood team,” Sweeney said. “I think weplayed really well and I think it was defi-nitely a learning experience because theyare such an elite team, where we can reallylearn from their motions and their stickskills and the way they play. I’m really proudof the way my team played. I thought wereally rose to the challenge and did ourbest.”

Katie Kerrigan, who will play for OhioState next season, finished with three goalsand an assist. Alex Condon and RachelBrennan each had one goal for theWarhawks.

The Saints will host Holy Child at 4:15p.m. on Wednesday, May 7. Madison willtravel to face Thomas Jefferson at 7:30 p.m.on Friday, May 9.

Madison Girls’ Lax Learns FromSeason’s Toughest Challenge

Madison’s Rachel Brennan, left,scored a goal against the Saints onMonday.

Warhawks fall to national power St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes.[Today], we went into halftime, we werelike, ‘This cannot happen again, you needto get pumped up,’ and everybody got theiradrenaline going and got real excited.”

St. Stephen’s, the defending VISAA statechampion, responded, scoring the first twogoals of the second half before pulling awaylate. Majure led the way with four goals andadded an assist. Olivia Mikkelsen, DarbyPhilbrick and Ellie Carson each scored twogoals for the Saints, and Avery Donahoe,Abby Bailey and Sophie Davidson each hadone. Donahoe and Philbrick each had twoassists.

SSSA head coach Kathy Jenkins, who hasamassed more than 600 victories in 39 yearswith the program, praised the Warhawks,who have won two of the last three VHSLstate championships.

“I went to the state finals to watch lastyear and I was really impressed with theirstick skills and how fast they move the ball,”Jenkins said. “They’re not [a] typical pub-lic school [program, where] one girl triesto run it. They move the ball down the field.As you could see, all those passes, kids werebreaking. … I think it’s exciting to see thepublic schools are getting closer to the pri-vate. It was a great game. It’s too bad morepeople didn’t have an opportunity to see it.”

Madison entered Monday’s contest witha 10-0 record, with nine wins coming by atleast eight goals. The Warhawks’ only testcame on April 16, when Madison edgedWestfield 16-15.

St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes, ranked No. 2in the nation by laxpower.com, providedMadison with its toughest test to date. The

Senior midfielder Alex Condonscored a goal for Madison duringthe Warhawks’ May 5 contestagainst St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes.

Senior Katie Kerrigan scored threegoals against St. Stephen’s & St.Agnes on May 5.

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“The girls gain an opportunity to en-joy performing and dance before anaudience of people,” said MargaretHaddad. “This time the show is ‘Alice

In Wonderland’.” Since 1962 Margaret A. Haddadhas taught the Nicholai Legat method of Russian Clas-sical Ballet across the globe in locations includingEngland, Lebanon, Kenya. In 1987, Haddad openedher studio in Great Falls. There, talented youngpeople learn the Legat Syllabus, emphasizing grace,unison and discipline.

Haddad was one of the first English students ac-cepted to the Legat School of Russian Ballet whichwas developed by Nadine Nicolaeva and NicolaiLegat. Located in Scotland, the Russian Ballet Soci-ety is committed to preserving and maintaining theClassical Russian Ballet style and the Legat Systemvia teaching and examination qualification exams.

As an adult, Haddad moved frequently and wasgrateful her ballet education at the Legat Schoolenabled her to have a career as a ballet instructor.“When I left Nairobi, I had 500 students,” saidHaddad. “I carry on doing what I was taught to do…the girls have to have a love of ballet in order toparticipate.” Haddad runs a school that emphasizesgood character traits, as well as ballet skills.

In addition to studio practice, the Haddad studiohas two big shows, a winter performance of “TheNutcracker,” and a spring show. Previous springshows covered the Snow Queen, Bambi, and Sleep-ing Beauty. “We follow the story completely,” saidHaddad. The ballet begins with Alice played by Claire

Banducci falling through the rabbit hole. In the sec-ond act, Alice goes to the tea party and meets theQueen of Hearts (Justine Verheul) and the Duchess(Sarah Parks).

The spring ballet show is set for Saturday, May 11at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and will be held at the MadeiraSchool at 8328 Georgetown Pike McLean. The showshave a cast of 65 persons, with some students hav-ing up to three or four characters. “I am just excitedto be on stage again,” said Justine Verheul, who hasbeen taking the teacher training program at the stu-dio.

Rita Parks, a resident of McLean organized andprepared the costumes for this show. “My daughterhas been dancing since she was four and I have beenhelping with costumes for nine years,” said Parks.“This is the second time my daughter has preformedin ‘Alice’, so it is exciting to see her in a bigger role.”This will also be her daughter’s final performancewith the studio. “We want to have the same impacton others as Mrs. Haddad,” said Sarah Parks.

For more information about Haddad studio, visitwww.haddadballet.com or call 703-759-3366.

Haddad Studio of ClassicalBallet presents ‘Alice InWonderland’ on May 11.

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Rita Parks, Margaret Haddad and JustineVerheul at the Haddad ballet studio inGreat Falls. Both Parks and Verheul havebeen taking the teacher training programat the Haddad studio.

Students at the Haddad studio, includingSerena Karam, will be in a ballet produc-tion of ‘Alice In Wonderland’ on May 11 atthe Madeira School.

Rita Parks and Justine Verheul pose for aphoto at the Haddad ballet studio in GreatFalls. Both will be in the May productionof ‘Alice In Wonderland.'

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It is not the best of times, nor is it theworst of times; it is, simply put: the timebetween the end of winter and thebeginning of summer. It is the seasonknown as spring, but more to the pointof this column, it is the time when, if theweather cooperates/accommodates, Iwon’t need to turn the heat or the airconditioning on in my house. I willinstead be able to ride the wave, so tospeak, and not incur any post-win-ter/pre-summer utility bills. Possibly, Imight even be able to pay off my oil-heating budget bill balance for the2013/2014 season – before the 2014/2015 budget cycle begins, and hope-fully not have to cool down the house atthe same time – due to an early summer– so that on the day my oil-heating bill isdue, it won’t be competing for cash withmy upstart electric/air conditioning billfor money not well spent and for moneyhardly in abundance.

As difficult and challenging as ourmost recent winter has been, and as hotand humid as our summers typically are,I (like many others I’m sure), would cer-tainly appreciate a break/brake in mycash flowing out and instead enjoy itsstaying power – in my bank. Not that itearns any interest idling as it does there;nevertheless, its presence in my check-ing account without immediately beingin demand would create a sense of sol-vency, false though it may be (and atemporary sensation at that), and likelymake a positive contribution to my sea-sonal situation. I don’t mind beingthrown a bone once in a while.Moreover, given the circumstances andreality of living in the never-having-enough-resources world, any discount,reduction or delay, real or imagined, inthe ongoing and recurring utility bills,would be a most welcome improve-ment. If the heat and air conditioningindeed stayed off, and I didn’t need tobe warm any more than I needed to becool, I’m sure I could make the adjust-ment. Paying less probably wouldn’t bea hardship. I’m not too proud to admitit, though I’m not begging.

I’m not asking for a multi-monthsojourn from my utility bill reality. I’mjust asking for a month. One monthwhere I could stop the bleeding andpossibly pay forward to get ahead ratherthan pay backward to not be in arrears.I don’t believe I’m asking for a lot. Andneither do I think I’m being greedy.However, I agree it may be wishfulthinking. Nevertheless, it’s a requestworth making. And as unpredictable –respectfully speaking, not criticizing – asthe weather can be, a little help wouldgo a long way; in dollars and in sense.Otherwise, I might have a dickens of atime paying for heat AND air condition-ing in the same month. Then it wouldbe the worst of times.

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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