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Santa Claus hands out candy to childrenduring the 5th Annual WinterFest Paradein McLean on Sunday evening.

Santa Claus hands out candy to childrenduring the 5th Annual WinterFest Paradein McLean on Sunday evening.

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While enjoying the 5th Annual WinterFest Parade in McLean on Sunday, Dec.2, several children race to grab candy from a passing parade participant.

Hundreds of area residents braved the weather on Sunday evening toattend the 5th Annual WinterFest Parade in McLean.

McLean Kicks Off Holiday Season

Bilgen Urus with her daughter, Asya, 2, and family friendBora Tekin, 7, watch the 5th Annual WinterFest Parade inMcLean on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 2.

Members of Girl ScoutTroop 593 in McLean par-ticipate in the 5th AnnualWinterFest Parade inMcLean on Sunday evening,Dec. 2.

Sophia, Eva anda friend joinhundreds of

McLean residentswhile watchingthe 5th AnnualWinterFest Pa-

rade in McLean.

Hundreds ofarea residents

braved theweather on

Sundayevening, Dec.

2, to attend the5th AnnualWinterFest

Parade inMcLean.

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McLean Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

703-778-9414 or [email protected]


George C. Marshall HS would like to thank our generoussponsors and donors for a successful 50th anniversary

celebration on November 9, 2012.FIVE STAR SPONSOR

STATESMEN SPONSORS

FRIENDSBetsy GoodmanIn memory ofMichael Pritchett (’80) &

Kathryn A. Pritchett (’91)Kimberly AndersonMcCabe’s PrintingSamaha AssociatesDONORSMarisa Laniak FriedmanGollogly FamilySonia GuzmanDonna HoffmanJim KacurLava YogurtEugene MillerKalvin MooreJay W. PearsonJeff and Colleen QuinnBonnie Steuart TaylorVeoni FamilySILENT AUCTIONDONORS

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Dog Day CareAMC Tysons CornerAnjali AnandAssaggi OsteriaBasketball Hall of FameBodenBrad MeltzerBridges FamilyBuild-A-Bear WorkshopCabot CheeseCafé OggiCalifornia Car DusterCanaan Valley ResortCheryl Keamy/Paul PantanoChris Gardner/PosiTek.netClarisonicCoinstarD.C. UnitedDelegate Jim ScottDisney ParksDogtopiaEclips Salon & Day SpaEric Kampmann ’87Fairfax Ice ArenaFairfax Racquet ClubFairview Park MarriottFire & IceFoster Opportunities, Inc.Frank James & Vickie

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GCM BoostersGCM Theatre BoostersGiant FoodGlory Days GrillGMU Center for the ArtsGo Ape Treetop AdventuresGreen Mountain CoffeeHeavenly TasteHillwood Estate, Museum

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Occasions of Great Falls)Massage HeightsMassanutten ResortMeadowlark Botanical

Gardens (NVRPA)Medieval TimesMediterranee RestaurantMerrifield Garden CenterMicrosoftNational GeographicNational Museum of Crime

& PunishmentNewseumOPI Products, Inc.Panera BreadPaul Mitchell The School,

Tysons CornerPev’s PaintballPink CalyxPizzeria OrsoPolar BottlePortrait InnovationsPotomac Riverboat CompanyReston LimousineRiver RidersRock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Room and BoardSesame Street WorkshopSharp DetailShenandoah River OutfittersSkatequestSKLZSportrock Climbing CentersStamping Up!Stifel & CapraStoner Inc.The Cheesecake FactoryThe Dandelion PatchThe Discovery TheatreThe Kennedy CenterThe Laser Tag GroupThe Pioneer WomanThe State TheatreThe Washington CapitalsThe Washington RedskinsThera BandsTysons Red Door SpaUnder The Olive TreeVienna Dahn Yoga CenterVirginia International

RacewayVitalia MedSpaWashington KastlesWashington Nationals

Baseball ClubWestern DigitalWildfire Restaurant

SPECIALRECOGNITION:American AVHarris Design, Inc.PosiTek.netThank you to all the golf

tournament sponsors whowere recognized at the

tournament onOctober 5, 2012.

Please support thesebusinesses and

organizations that careenough to invest in the

success of George C.Marshall High School.

A huge thank you to thegala committee, parents,students, administrationand staff, and to all thevolunteers who in oneway or another havecontributed to the

resounding success ofthe 50th anniversary

celebration.

OPEN HOUSESSATURDAY/SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 & 9

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Every yearbetween Christ-mas and NewYear’s, TheMcLeanConnection turnsits pages over tothe contributionsof local students.We are seekingartwork, photogra-phy, poetry, opin-ions, short storiesand reflections.We welcome con-tributions frompublic schools, pri-vate schools andstudents who arehome schooled.

E-mail to:[email protected], ormail (.jpg and textfiles on disc only)to 1606 King St.,Alexandria, VA22314. Please besure to include thestudent’s name,age, grade, schooland town of resi-dence along witheach submission.For information,call 703-778-9410.

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SATURDAY/DEC. 8Donate a Bike. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at James Madison

High School, 2500 James Madison Drive,Vienna. The James Madison High SchoolEnvironmental Club collects bikes for Africans inSouth Sudan’s Mayom Primary School to helpwith transportation for food, water andmedicine. $15 donation for overseas shippingrequested accompanying each bike. 703-919-0570 or [email protected].

MONDAY/DEC. 10Toy Donations. Accepted at the McLean District

Police Station, 1437 Balls Hill Road, McLean.Bring a new, unwrapped toy, game or book forchildren who are critically ill and unable toreturn home; Dec. 10 is the last day to donate.703-246-2253.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 12Networking Breakfast—The New Downtown

Coming to Tysons. 7:30-9 a.m., at J. GilbertsWood-Fired Steak and Seafood, 6930 OldDominion Drive, McLean. Michael Caplin,executive director for Tysons Partnership, willbe speaking. $20 in advance for members; $25in advance for non-members; $5 extra at door.Register online. www.mcleanchamber.org.

Milestones Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at the McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave.,McLean. The General public, communitystakeholder organizations and Tom Ward RestonCommunity Center’s deputy director jointogether to understand the process andrenovations for the McLean Community Centerand to make a final decision for steps to betaken in January 2013. www.mcleancenter.org.

SATURDAY/JAN. 19Oratorical Contest. 10 a.m., at the American

Legion Post 180, 330 Center Street N., Vienna.

Students who wish to compete should submittheir names by Jan. 11, 2013 [email protected]. 703-867-1285 or http://legion180.net.forms.htm.

ONGOING:Essay Contest, for third through 12th Grade.

Essays answering the prompt “What freedom doI enjoy the most?” submitted to the AmericanLegion Auxiliary Unit 180 of Vienna beforeMarch 1, 2013 will be considered in thecompetition. 703-242-7082.

Volunteer to serve as a table leader for the TysonsRegional Chamber of Commerce Ethics Day forGeorge C. Marshall HS seniors on Friday, Dec. [email protected].

Everest College-Tysons Corner provides a freeGED test preparation and credential completionprogram open to the public called GEDAdvantage. Call 1-888-201-6547 for moreinformation.

Ongoing Coffee/Tea Poetry Group. Poets andpoetry lovers in the McLean, Tyson’s Corner,Falls Church and Vienna areas seek to form agroup to meet once a month at a local coffee/teashop to enjoy each other’s creations.

If interested contact Lily at 703 819-1690.Weekly TIPS Lunch. 12:15-1:30 p.m., at Shula’s,

8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna. Tyson’s RegionalChamber of Commerce does lunch. 703-862-4895.

New Neighbors League Club (NNLC) ofNorthern Virginia is looking for women whoare interested in meeting new people for funand friendship. Bridge, mah jong, gardening,quilting and stitching, bible study, bowling,bunco, Southern living dining, movie outings,cards or board games, couples mixers, bookclub, nursing home sing-a-longs, and more.www.newneighborsvirginia.com.

Join Volunteers for Change, a program foradults which offers more than 50 weekend andevening volunteer opportunities per month. VisitVolunteer Fairfax for orientation dates, atwww.volunteerfairfax.org.

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St. John’s Episcopal Church,6715 Georgetown Pike, in McLean, holdsa Festival of Lessons and Carols sung bythe choirs of St. John’s Church, accom-panied by organist Dr. John C. Wulff andthe Sunrise String Quartet with TeriLazar and Osman Kivrak on Sunday, Dec.16 at 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. 703-356-4902 or www.stjohnsmclean.org.

Great Falls United MethodistChurch is providing an Advent sermonseries called “A Different Kind of Christ-

mas: Living and Giving Like Jesus”, basedon the book by Rev. Mike Slaughter. Theywill look at the celebration of Christmasand find ways to bring the focus of theseason back to the reason we celebrate.Attendees will be encouraged to examineChristmas celebrations and to developnew Christmas traditions that focus onrelationships and service. The series willbe held on Sundays, Dec. 9, 16 and 23 atthe 10 a.m. service held at 10100Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. 703-759-3705 or [email protected].

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News

See Silver Line, Page 7

By Nicholas Horrock

The Connection

In August, 2013, 55 years after con-struction began on the Dulles Inter-national Airport, the first phase of a$7 billion Metrorail connection be-

tween Washington, D.C. and Dulles will becompleted that will extend rail travel to fivestops in Tysons Corner and Reston.

As Bob Chase, president of the NorthernVirginia Transportation Alliance said gaz-ing out his window at a giant part of therail construction in Tysons Corner, “It’s nota vision. It’s here and now, the question ishow to make it work.” After nearly two de-cades of often acrimonious debate and “per-ils of Pauline” like stops and starts of theDulles Metrorail project, the new Metro line,dubbed the Silver Line, will start runningin early 2014, serving five new stations be-yond West Falls Church.

It joins the second-busiest rapid transitsystem in the United States in passengertrips, after the New York City Subway. In2008, for instance, Metro made 215.3 mil-lion trips or 727,684 trips per weekday. Butit is a Metro system which must make vastupgrades to improve tracks and other safetysystems after a horrendous accident in 2009killed 29 people. Investigation disclosedthat Metro had failed to take many stepsmandated for safety and there was an ab-sence of a “safety culture” at Metro.

For the planners at the Washington Met-ropolitan Area Transit Authority, getting thecars rolling means sorting out some daunt-ing issues:

❖ RIDERSHIP—How many people willride the Silver Line initially and how manywill ride it as the years go forward is a mov-ing target. Metro officials estimated in Feb-ruary 2012 that they could anticipate about9 million passenger trips a year, plus about5.4 million passenger trips that would shiftfrom existing lines to the Silver Line. But itwill take years, they said, before the SilverLine grows enough to match the 70 percentcost recovery rate from fares that exist onthe rest of the system. Catherine Hudgins,chair of the WMATA Board of Directors (andDemocratic county supervisor representingthe Hunter Mill District), said she antici-pates ridership to be higher.

❖ STATIONS—The Tysons Corner redevel-opment plans envision a city of 100,000residents with 200,000 visitors and work-ers arriving daily by 2040. The plan is tomake Tysons Corner a pedestrian friendly

community so only one of the five Metrostops will have a parking garage, with a ca-pacity of 2,300 cars. But the 2010 censusfound 19,267 residents in Tysons and BobChase and others wonder whether driversfrom outlying areas will flock to the stopsin the years before the population increases.The Fairfax Board of Supervisors earlier thisyear named the stations: Tysons East onRoute 123 at Scotts Crossing Road andColshire Drive in McLean; Tysons Central123 on Route 123 at Tysons Boulevard;Tysons Central 7 on Route 7 just northwestof Route 123. There is relatively little streetparking in any of these locations. TysonsWest on Route 7 at Spring Hill Road is inthe median of the Dulles Access Highwayjust west of the intersection with WiehleAvenue. A parking garage for 2,300 cars isunder construction at Wiehle Avenue.

❖ ROSSLYN BOTTLENECK—The OrangeLine is Metro’s second busiest and carriesapproximately 180,000 passenger trips ona typical weekday. It will share part of itsroute with the Silver Line. It enters Wash-ington through a tunnel between RosslynVirginia and the Foggy Bottom area of Wash-ington, but during rush hours the tunnel isat capacity with 26 trains in each directionat peak hours and there would be no roomfor Silver Line trains that would use thesame tunnel. The Potomac crossing is al-ready too crowded to accommodate suffi-cient Blue Line and Orange Line trains dur-ing the rush hours. Orange Line trains areso crowded that it is called “Orange Crush.”

❖ TRAIN REROUTING—June 18, 2012,Metro began “Rush Plus,” rerouting threeBlue Line trains in peak hours each way overthe Fenwick bridge that the Yellow Line usesto reach Washington. This means those BlueLine passengers for stations like Foggy Bot-tom and Farragut West would have to backtrack. But the change will benefit 46,000Orange Line passengers during peak hours,according to a Metro news release.

❖ TUNNELS—There have been myriadsuggestions on how to deal with this prob-lem from building a new tunnel across thePotomac to building one for trains from thewest to couple with the Blue Line track nearReagan National Airport. But none of thesesolutions are in the near term of budgetarypossibilities.

❖ EIGHT CAR TRAINS—The priority so-lution under study now according to MetroGeneral Manager Richard Sarles in an ad-dress to the Northern Virginia Transporta-tion Alliance earlier this year is to run eightcar trains with larger passenger capacity.Sarles said however that Metro does nothave sufficient power to move those larger

Silver Line Faces‘Daunting Issues’Challenges plannersface before carsget rolling.

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cars and the cost of upgrading the power systemwould be $1.5 billion. On Nov. 29, 2012, the Wash-ington Post reported that Metro officials are worriedthat Silver Line trains will not be able to make a turnaround at the stadium station in Washington and willhave to go five additional stops to Largo, Md. at acost of $4.5 million a year.

❖ METRO CARS—Metro’s fleet consists of some

1,126 rail cars, but many are of an older series 1000and are a safety hazard. Metro has on order a 7000series car that is larger, with larger passenger capac-ity and of that model has signed a contract for 428new cars to serve the Silver Line.

❖ OPERATING COSTS—Metro has estimated thatit will costs between $20 million and $45 millionduring the first three years of operation (2013, 2014,2015) to recruit and train personnel.

Silver Line Challenges PlannersNews

Donation Request for Lanigan Family Fundraiser

If you cannot attend but would like to help Sean and hisfamily, please follow this PayPal link and accept our mostheartfelt gratitude for your kind donation.

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When: Friday, December 14, 2012Time: 5 PM to 1 AM Happy hour 5 to 6Location: Sully’s Restaurant & Lounge,

14153 Lee Jackson highway, Chantilly, VA 20151

Still $60,000 in debt from defending himself and attempting to obtainreimbursement from the Fairfax County School Board, Sean’s friends areholding a fundraising celebration event for him and his family on 12/14 @Sully’s. Silent Auction items are rolling in from David Beckham, LandonDonovan, signed Willie Mays baseball, a ski week, a beach week, golfpackages and other great things for a great cause! Advance bidding forthose that wish to, but cannot attend, can be made by contacting BethTweddle at [email protected] or by visiting the Facebook page athttp://www.facebook.com/SeanLaniganSilent Auction.

For those that know the story that devastated our friend and neighbor,Sean Lanigan and his family, there is a bright light at the end of this horren-dous event. Sean is turning a page and celebrating the end of a nearly 3year long fight for his reputation, freedom and family’s financial well-being.


Opinion

There is a little life in the economythis year, and that is quite likely toallow some to be the life of theparty.

You know the drill, the five-to-seven or six-to-eight drop-in happy hour, you’ve been in-vited to five of them, and you could attend aninfinite number of these between now and thesecond day of 2013. And there are many othervarieties of holiday festivities, many involvingmore than a drink or two.

So make a plan. Plan for a designated driver.Plan to celebrate at home. Plan to spend thenight. Plan to take public transportation. Planto call a friend for a ride home. But if the bestlaid plans go awry, Washington Regional Alco-hol program has a safety net for you.

The annual Holiday SoberRide program willoperate 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012until Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 as a way to keepimpaired drivers off the road during this tra-ditionally high-risk holiday period.

Residents celebrating with alcohol may callthe toll-free SoberRide phone number 1-800-200-TAXI for a no-cost (up to $ 30 fare) saferide home. Last holiday season, more than2,000 people used the service.

Local taxicab companies will be providingthis no-cost service to local residents age 21and older who otherwise may have attemptedto drive home after drinking.

More information at www.soberride.com.Parents can encourage their young adult

children who are over 21 to carry the numberwith them if they are celebrating. It’s probablymore important to talk to their underage rev-elers about moderation and contingency plansto avoid drinking and driving, or risking get-ting into a car with an underage driver whomight have been drinking.

CorrectionLast week’s editorial included information

about upcoming community meetings on thesearch for a new superintendent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools. Thank you to SchoolBoard member Cathy Smith for noticing thatwe omitted one meeting, Dec. 5 at ChantillyHigh School. Here are the meeting dates andplaces repeated, including Chantilly:

Dec. 4—7 p.m., cafeteria, Langley High School, 6520Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101.

Dec. 5—7 p.m., cafeteria, Robinson SecondarySchool, 5035 Sideburn Road, Fairfax, VA 22032

Dec. 5—7 p.m., cafeteria, Chantilly High School,4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly, VA 20151.

Dec. 6—10 a.m. Gatehouse Administration Center,8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042Room 1600.

Dec. 6—7 p.m., cafeteria, Annandale High School,4700 Medford Drive, Annandale, VA 22003.

Dec. 6—7 p.m., cafeteria, Groveton ElementarySchool, 6900 Harrison Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.

Dec. 7—1 p.m., Gatehouse Administration Center,8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042Room 1600.

Holiday Revels With a Safety NetA serious backup, butseriously, make a planahead of time.

Tax Cuts forWealthiest:Not Right andNot Smart

Right now in D.C., our represen-tatives are trying to find a solu-tion to keep us from going overthe "fiscal cliff." But too many con-gressmen are attempting to holdthe negotiations hostage, insistingeveryone’s taxes go up unlessPresident Obama and the Senateagree to extend tax breaks to thewealthiest 2 percent.

I’m among that wealthiest 2 per-cent of Americans, so I have skinin the game, so to speak. Yet Istrongly oppose prolonging thespecial tax breaks for the wealthi-est. We need such breaks the least,as we have been the largest ben-eficiaries of the tax cuts over thepast 10 years. Moreover, our in-come has grown while the aver-age American’s has not, so weneed to start paying our fair share.Not since the early 20th centuryhas our country experienced awage gap between the best-paidAmericans and average wageearners as large as the one thatexists today.

I am willing to pay my fair shareto support the country that hasgiven me so much and providedopportunities for me to succeed.It’s only fair to expect that I willchip in to make sure that othershave the same opportunities I havehad. The Bush tax cuts that onlygo to the richest 2 percent give an

average tax break of nearly$150,000 to each household thatmakes more than $1 million a year.We’ve been getting this extra breakfor a decade.

Ending the Bush tax cuts for thewealthy would save nearly $750billion over the next 10 years—money desperately needed to putfiscal house in order. Bankruptingthe government by providing end-less tax cuts for the wealthiest isnot right and is not smart. It willlead to the regression in economicgrowth we are seeing in Europe,and will only fuel conservativecries to cut social safety net pro-grams while the rich enjoy contin-ued expansion of their income andwealth as has been true over thelast ten years. Business owners likeme know that restoring taxes toClinton-era rates on the portion ofour profits above $250,000 inhousehold income would have noeffect on our decisions aboutwhether to hire additional work-ers.

Our country faces a choice. Itcan ask the wealthiest 2 percentto accept tax rates closer to whatother Americans pay so we canshrink the deficit while protectingmiddle-class priorities such as edu-cation and Medicare from deepcutbacks. Or we can slash invest-ments vital to our nation’s futurein order to be even more gener-ous to those of us who need taxbreaks the least. That shouldn’t bea hard choice.

Joel KanterMcLean

OpposingTysons’ ServiceDistrict TaxTo the Editor:

As a member of the Tysons LandUse Task Force involved in writ-ing the Comprehensive Plan, andspeaking on behalf of existing resi-dential neighborhoods in the area,I am compelled to express totalopposition to the PlanningCommission’s recommendation tofund 50 percent of Tysons Trans-portation costs from a “service dis-trict tax” on existing residentialproperty owners.

This notion was never even sug-gested by county officials nor in-troduced for discussion duringmore than four years of publichearings and Task Force sessionsrelated to drafting of the CompPlan.

I am amazed that only twomembers of the Board of Supervi-sors have opposed this proposal onbehalf of the residents they repre-sent. The rest should be aware thatwhile it is Tysons today, it couldbe their districts in the future that

will bleed tax dollars for the fu-ture profits of developers.

Existing residences have beenand will continue to be the victimsof continued disruption, construc-tion pollution, and deteriorationor destruction of our residentialatmosphere in and around Tysonsfor many years to come. To addinsult to injury, the board is look-ing to tax us to pay for developerbenefits.

We have already contributed,and continue to contribute, to nec-essary improvements for infra-structure and services in thecounty. Costs, instead, shouldproperly be allocated to those en-tities that will benefit most fromnewly created neighborhoods andbusiness locations.

The Board of Supervisors needsto be more creative and assertivein working with the General As-sembly to get legislative authorityto exempt residences from a spe-cial district tax as recommendedby the Planning Commission.

Amy L. TozziMcLean

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By Kirk Randall

Our community of 200single family homes incentral Fairfax is far

more culturally diverse than whenHickory Farms was built while thefirst wave of refugees from theVietnam War resettled in theWashington area in the late 1970s.While the Vietnamese led the way,the biggest impact on our commu-nity has been the second wave ofIndian, Pakistani and Korean im-migrants who have sought outnew lives in Fairfax County.

What attracts immigrants to ourcommunity? While we may boastof our nicely maintained, afford-able homes, what really bringsthem in is our public schools. Theimmigrant community’s emphasison education can be seen in theproliferation of college prep tutor-ing businesses in nearby shoppingcenters. We have even hadhomeowners purchase houses inour community sight-unseen, be-fore they even arrived in America.Now, that speaks worlds about thedesirability of Fairfax County as aplace in which to raise a family.

America has always been a na-

tion of immigrants, and it contin-ues to attract the best and bright-est and most ambitious from thesecountries. We need them to fuelour growing local economy andkeep Virginia and America com-petitive in the world market.

Is there a downside to so manyforeign speaking neighbors? Onlyin the short term. As a member ofmy community’s board of direc-tors, I get occasional complaintsfrom old timers that the newcom-ers don’t volunteer for the board

of directors or committees, neigh-borhood watch, don’t read thecommunity newsletter which re-minds residents of communityrules, etc. There may be many rea-sons for this; English language dif-ficulties, long work hours, or cul-tural backgrounds that don’t valuecommunity or school participationby elders. That problem will pass,as we see decades later that thechildren of the first wave havefully assimilated in our communi-ties. America’s history has shownthat our immigrants eventuallyassimilate, and our country is forthe better. When my great grand-father and his family immigratedfrom Italy in the 1890s, it tookthem a few decades to fit in. It’sno different today.

Meanwhile, we get to enjoy thebenefits immigrant diversitybrings to the community, be it be-ing exposed to new foods or hear-ing first hand stories of life in otherlands.

So, the next time your commu-nity plans its Independence Daypotluck picnic, please ask yournew neighbors to bring along aspecial dish from their homelandto share.

By Krishna Sharma

Although it is a little oversix years since I firstlanded in the USA fromNepal, it is not too early

to say that I am living the dream.For me, the American dream is notabout amassing money and livingin luxury, but about living freelyand fully in mutual harmony in acommunity. It is about happily rais-ing a family in a peaceful and safeenvironment, giving kids the besteducation possible, and adaptingto the American culture of “giving.”

The American dream does notcome easily, as some people think,since it is about relentlessly engag-ing in fields of endeavor with ut-most honesty and diligence. I re-member my wife and I being car-less, near penniless, and spendinghalf the days transferring busesand trains to get to assignmentsor training school. Had we been alittle languid during those hardtimes, we would not be who andwhere we are today. We wereequally happy to celebrate ourdaughter’s fourth birthday in ournew homeland although we didnot have a camera to capture thebirthday moments.

There are nations where hard

constantly improving themselves.Working at The Washington Post

was rewarding in many ways. Thebest lesson I learned while at thePost was that I needed to unlearnfirst and then seek a niche accept-able to tomorrow’s market.

Hosting the TV talk-show,“American Conversations: Con-necting Frontiers”, and interview-ing experts and expat communityleaders on issues that matter themost to the Nepali Diaspora com-munity is a pleasant experience.And this was made possible be-cause of the resourceful public andprivate American dynamics. Spe-cifically, Fairfax County, where Ilive, provided me almost every-thing—opportunity, basic training,a platform to grow and a pat onthe back from friends like HansSawyer who is a life-long friendof Nepal and Tibet.

My other profession takes me toalmost all the wonderful states onthe East Coast and some in theMidwest. I was offered a move toAtlanta for a job with more money.But we loved Fairfax so much thatwe decided to make it our home-town.

Krishna Sharma is president ofthe Vision for Nepal Foundation.

work is not always rewarded, dueto deeply disturbing socio-politi-cal environments. There are cul-tures with dutifully resilientpeople whose dreams are foreverout of reach. I discovered Americaas a place where people can actu-ally achieve their dreams by dis-covering and rediscovering theirrespective places in the society,utilize America’s freedom, libertyand vast support resources, and

American Conversations from Nepal

Krishna Sharma (right)with Marybeth Markey,president of InternationalCampaign for Tibet inWashington D.C.

Schools Attract Immigrants to Fairfax

Kirk F. Randall resides inFairfax.

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Focus on Immigration


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Focus on Immigration

By Amiee Freeman

The Connection

A visitor to Hunter’sWoods FellowshipHouse in Hunter’sWoods Square in

Reston could hear 21 different lan-guages. Residents speak everyMiddle Eastern language, Russian,German, Polish, Filipino and sev-eral Asian languages, said Fellow-ship Square Housing and ServicesExecutive Director JanaBroughton.

Fellowship Square Housing andServices, a charitable, not-for-profit organization, offers afford-able housing for elderly peopleand for people with disabilities inthe D.C. Metropolitan area. Fel-lowship Square runs four Fellow-ship Houses: Hunter’s Woods andLake Anne in Reston, Lake Ridgein Woodbridge and Largo Landingin Largo, Md. In recent years, saidBroughton, there has been an up-tick in the number of immigrantson the waiting list for affordablehousing in Fairfax County and spe-cifically for apartments at the LakeAnne and Hunter’s Woods Fellow-ship Houses.

“The resident population in theLake Anne and Hunter’s WoodsFellowship Houses really matchesthe demographics of FairfaxCounty,” said Broughton.

According to a 2011 AmericanCommunity Survey for FairfaxCounty compiled by the FairfaxCounty Department of Neighbor-hood and Community Services andbased on statistical data from the2010 U.S. Census, 29 percent ofthe people living in Fairfax Countywere foreign born. Of that percent-age, 51.5 percent hailed from Asia,31.5 percent from Latin America,8.8 percent from Africa, and theremaining 8.2 percent from Eu-rope, Canada or Oceania.

COMPLICATING ISSUES FORIMMIGRANTS, Fairfax County isone of the most affluent countiesin the country, according to cen-sus data. In recent years the costof housing has increased despitethe housing crisis and economicturmoil. In 2009, the last year forwhich this data was available, theaverage monthly rent in FairfaxCounty was $1,375.

“There is a huge need for afford-able housing in Fairfax County,”said Broughton.

Neighborhood Resources at RestonInterfaith.

RESTON INTERFAITH offersjob and housing assistance. Theyoffer programs on foreclosure pre-vention. Through their communitycenters they offer legal clinics andtry to provide a lawyer who is fa-miliar with immigration issues asthere is a high demand for thatservice. They also offer English asa Second Language classes. Thisis the only program that is gearedspecifically for immigrants, saidThrelkeld.

Reston Interfaith also offers pro-grams on new life skills. “The per-son attending this program mightbe new to the community or newto the country,” said Threlkeld.

Threlkeld said that Reston

Interfaith’s programs need to beresponsive, so they can work to-ward meeting the needs of anyonewho comes into their offices.“These are folks that are part ofour community. We want to helpthem integrate. They want to beable to do what everyone else isdoing. We try to help them dothat,” said Threlkeld.

The goal of many of RestonInterfaith’s programs is to promoteself-sufficiency. “We don’t wantpeople to fall from a position ofself-sufficiency to dependency. Wewant to keep them going on [a]self-sufficient path. If we can keepsomeone in their home throughour intervention, then we do that.The work we do here at RestonInterfaith helps provide stability inour community,” added Threlkeld.

Every other month at Hunter’s Woods Fellowship House inReston, residents attend an International Tea and share dishesfrom their country of origin, with one such function picturedhere. At Hunter’s Woods Fellowship House, 50 percent of theresidents are Asian, 21 percent are from Middle Eastern coun-tries and the remainder are Russian, Caucasian and Hispanic.

Residents at the Lake Anne Fellowship House also gather forsimilar events and celebrate holidays. At Lake Anne, 53 percentof the residents are Caucasian, 35 percent are Asian and theremainder are African American, Indian and Hispanic.

Social Programs Adapt to Fulfill Immigrant NeedsFellowship House, Interfaithhelp immigrants on their way toself-sufficiency.

Fellowship House doesnot give preference basedon immigrant or non-im-migrant status, saidBroughton. They providehousing based on a firstcome, first served policy.The waiting list for anapartment at one of theFellowship Houses is sixto eight years.

Most of the immigrantresidents at the two fel-lowship houses in Restonhave family who immi-grated to the U.S. for bet-ter schooling or for bettereconomic opportunities,said Broughton.

“With housing so ex-pensive here, if you are ayoung immigrant familyyou cannot afford tohouse grandma or auntand uncle. It is importantthat we offer affordablehousing to immigrants.Many of these immi-grants bring very impor-tant family values withthem and we as a societyneed to respect those val-ues.”

Broughton remem-bered one example of anIranian family who es-caped political retalia-tion with “only theclothes on their back.”This family was well-to-do in their home country,but here they becamepart of the immigrantpoor. Many families, re-gardless of their reasonfor immigrating to the U.S. be-come the immigrant poor as thecost of living is so high, saidBroughton.

“By providing affordable hous-ing to immigrants, we are fulfill-ing part of [the] American dreamthat we are a home for all,” saidBroughton.

Reston Interfaith, a Reston-based nonprofit that promotesself-sufficiency through direct sup-port and advocacy, does not spe-cifically direct services to immi-grants, but feels that their missionstatement requires them to pro-vide services to everyone.

“Our services are open to every-one. We try to provide a diversityof programs that help facilitateaccess to the community,” said BillThrelkeld, division director of

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“I placed goals for myself,from challenge to chal-lenge,” Adeler said. “I makemistakes and I learn fromthem. I don’t have much fearof failure.”

By 1980, Adeler decided tocombine his family-run busi-nesses under one roof. GreatFalls was the place he choseto call home for his businessand family. “Great Fallsended up being one of themost fantastic communitiesI’ve ever lived in,” Adelersaid.

Adeler Jewelry has pro-vided services to 3,500 of the7,000 households in GreatFalls since it opened its doorsover 30 years ago and con-tinues to grow each year. Re-cently, Adeler won the 2012-2013 International Pearl De-sign Competition DesignersAward as well as placing inthe top competitors at theJCK “Jewelers ChoiceAwards.”

In recent months, the in-ternationally recognizedjeweler has received requestsfrom various magazines toshowcase his designs to Hol-lywood stylists and celebri-ties asking to wear his de-signs, including Sally Fieldsin the movie Lincoln thisyear.

Adeler is so appreciative ofthe opportunities he hasbeen given to succeed in thecountry he calls “the dreamland,” that he makes it apoint to give back to thecommunity as much as hecan through various dona-tions and volunteer work.

“We believe that if youdon’t give back to the com-munity, you break the rulesin how society should be.”

His long list of communitypartnerships include every-thing from the Red Cross tovarious organizations ben-efiting diabetes, veteransand Inova Hospital, and hecontinues to reach out.

“I have so much to begrateful for,” Adeler said.“Every single day I have ev-erything to be grateful for.Life has been extraordinaryto us.”

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diagnosee/patient/survivor/anomaly, livinglong – whether prospering or not, is not thesimple and presumptive proposition I hadanticipated. No more do I anticipate livingthe same number of years and in the samerelative good health that my parents (bothdeceased), experienced well into their 80s.Now, my life revolves around my oncologistand the CT Scans and lab work that pre-cede our recurring appointments. WhetherI think I feel, or hope I don’t feel, or worryabout what I do feel, or wonder if what Ifelt meant that my greatest fear has beenrealized: tumors growing, moving, medica-tion not working and/or causing collateraldamage to internal organs, visits (and I usethat term loosely) with my oncologist willcertainly cut through any emotional clutter.

Presuming that this cancer thing (routineI now live) is unlikely to change, I probablyneed to enjoy the good reports/ appoint-ments as much as possible, because let’sface it: this is an extremely serious situationI find myself in. However, just as it is saidthat fame is fleeting and money can’t buyhappiness, one “stable” CT Scan followedup by a widely grinning oncologist sayinghow “pleased” he is with my results doesnot a future guarantee or remission make. Itis what it is: good, make that excellentnews, but it’s hardly a corner that’s beingturned, it’s simply a road less traveled: thatbeing a lung cancer patient outliving hisoriginal prognosis and beyond any proto-cols/clinical studies available to determine aprescribed/acceptable course of treatment.The short version: I’m still alive. Now what?

“Now what,” for me, since I don’t worryor second guess what my oncologist isadvising/how I am being treated, is toembrace the highs more (and no, I’ve neverbeen prescribed medical marijuana) andstop being so damn neutral anticipating thenext low (tumors growing/moving) trying tomaintain my even disposition. Intellectually,logically, it makes sense. Still, I can’t get aparticular Henny Youngman joke out of myhead, that in my head, seems/feels relevant,especially given the various intervals ofscans and appointments and all the associ-ated medical expenses that I incur: “A doc-tor gave a man six months to live. The mancouldn’t pay his bill; the doctor gave himanother six months.”

Every day, every symptom, every labresult, every diagnostic scan might causemy doctor to tell me – as he did originallyback in late February, 2009 (“13 months totwo years”) that I only have so many moremonths to live. And presumably, he won’tbe joking. For me however, finding humorsomewhere, anywhere, during this wholecancer business has been how I’ve rolled.Perhaps it’s time, 45 months post diagnosis,to consider the seriousness of my situationand when I receive some less-than-distressing-better-than-I have-a-right-to-expect scan results: love it, live it, appreci-ate it; don’t joke about it. My oncologistwas smiling when he saw me. That’s notfunny. That’s amazing. I can worry – and benegative about, later – later. Right now iswhat counts. Tomorrow is promised to noone, especially terminal cancer patients.The future will get here soon enough. Ineed to savor the present. It probably won’tkill me to do so.

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

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Hot Gift Spots in McLeanChild’s Play, Old Book Companyoffer holiday gift ideas.

From left, Brad Moore talks books with Judy Norrell andSandy Warhol at the Old Book Company in McLean.

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This holiday season, al-most every toy store isbrimming with toys

that are made to smash, bangand boom. But at Child’s Playin McLean, their shelves arestocked with toys aimed tomake playtime fun, but alsoeducational.

“We always try to get ourgrandson more than just some-thing that explodes from thelatest movie, we try to lookaround for something that willchallenge him at least a littlebit,” said Gretchen Moll ofMcLean. “We found Child’s Playa few years ago, and that’s beenour number one stop since then.And we don’t ever have to makea second one.”

Open since 2010, the store’sstaff pride themselves on know-ing what toys will best fit the in-terests and age group of a certainchild. Though sometimes theydon’t even have to go that far.

“I think it’s fun to come in andplay around with stuff ratherthan look at pictures online,”said James Foster of McLean.“We bring our son and daugh-ter in to try out toys for theirtwo cousins in North Carolina,who are the same age, and theyalways make a good pick.

Child’s Play is located at 1382Chain Bridge Road in the Lan-gley Shopping Center, and can

be found online atwww.barstonschildsplay.com.

For those interested in moreintellectual gift ideas, the OldBook Company of McLean isoverloaded with them. Boastingthousands of books crammedinto every square inch of thestore. Much of their selection israre, out-of-print books.

“They get a lot of interestingstuff in there, it’s always wortha look. I used to scour a lot ofrare book sites for one of myfriends, and would end up pay-ing a fortune for some book I’msure he didn’t ever read,” saidStephanie Johnson of McLean.“The problem is, for every bookI get as a present, I end up pick-ing up two or three for myself.”

The store has an especiallylarge selection of military his-tory and intelligence books,which staff attribute toMcLean’s large intelligencecommunity.

“My son started getting veryinterested in military historyaround middle school, and fiveyears later, he’s still interested,which makes the Old BookCompany one of the must-stoplocations during the holidayseason,” said Graham Ball ofMcLean. “The store is filled withbooks that anyone interested inpolitics, intelligence and mili-tary history would love.”

The Old Book Company ofMcLean is located at 6829Redmond Drive.

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WEDNESDAY/DEC. 5 Photography Lecture by Bob

Meyers. 7:30-9:30 p.m., at ThoreauMiddle School, 2505 Cedar Lane,Vienna. Bob Meyers, photographerfor Green Peace, will speak at theDec. 5 meeting of the ViennaPhotographic Society on his journeyfrom photojournalism todocumentary photography. 703-451-7298 or www.vps-va.org.

THURSDAY/DEC. 646th Annual Holiday Homes Tour.

10 a.m.-3 p.m., various locations innorthwest McLean between theBeltway and the Potomac River. Fourlarge houses on Rivercrest and LiveOak Drives each reflect a distinctarchitectural style; their naturalbeauty is played up with festiveseasonal decor. $25 in advance; $30day of (tickets available at theMarketPlace, Karin’s Florist ofVienna, Mesmeralda’s Gifts ofMcLean and Great Dogs of GreatFalls). www.mcleanwc.org.

Woman’s Club MarketPlace. 10a.m.-3 p.m., at Trinity UnitedMethodist Church, 1205 DolleyMadison Blvd., McLean. Lunch,dessert concession, a silent auction ofmerchandise and services, vendorsand Homes Tour tickets for sale; allproceeds benefit local charities andnonprofits or go to scholarships andeducation. 703-356-9646 or 703-556-0197.

Les Miserables, the SchoolEdition. 7 p.m., at McLean HighSchool, 1633 Davidson Road,McLean. The play lead, DamianLeverett, won the 2012 NationalCapitol Area Cappie for Best Actorand the 2012 McLean HS Idolcompetition; see the classic on thestruggle against adversity in Franceduring the early 1800s. $10 inadvance; $8 at the door.www.brownpapertickets.com.

Schooner Fare. 8 p.m., at Wolf Trap,1635 Trap Road, Vienna. The folkmusic band based out of Portland,Maine, plays country-style songs andmaritime themed-folk. $25.www.wolftrap.org.

FRIDAY/DEC. 7Schooner Fare. 8 p.m., at Wolf Trap,

1635 Trap Road, Vienna. The folkmusic band based out of Portland,Maine, plays country-style songs andmaritime themed-folk. $25.www.wolftrap.org.

Les Miserables, the SchoolEdition. 7 p.m., at McLean HighSchool, 1633 Davidson Road,McLean. The play lead, DamianLeverett, won the 2012 NationalCapitol Area Cappie for Best Actorand the 2012 McLean HS Idolcompetition; see the classic on thestruggle against adversity in Franceduring the early 1800s. $10 inadvance; $8 at the door.www.brownpapertickets.com.

Altar Boyz. 8 p.m., at 1st Stage, 1524Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner. Acheeky, pop-rock musical comedyabout a boy band of singing dancingheartthrobs from Ohio on the lastnight of their national tour. $30; $15,students. 703-854-1856 orwww.1ststagetysons.org.

SATURDAY/DEC. 8Annual Holiday Art Show and

Sale. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at VillageGreen Day School, 790 Walker Road,Great Falls. Oil and watercolorpaintings, pottery, photographs,jewelry, layered paper works, art

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at the the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner,1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean. Enjoythe Nutcracker Ballet with afternoontea and treats while members of theCreative Dance Center put acontemporary twist on the belovedclassic and the pastry team tantalizespalates with tea sandwiches, pastriesand sweets. $75 (includes nutcrackerdoll for all children).www.ritzcarlton.com/tysons.

Mister G: Chocolalala HolidayConcert. 10:30 a.m. Jammin JavaMusic Club and Cafe, 227 Maple AveE, Vienna. Come see Mister G, achildren’s musician, performbilingual songs that blend Latinrhythms, traditional instruments, andMister G’s uniquely catchy song-writing for children. Don’t miss thisone-of-a-kind dance party. $8. http://jamminjava.com/home/kids-events/mister-g or http://soundcloud.com/mister-g-kids-music/sets/chocolalala-1.

Santa at the Freeman Store. 1-3p.m., 131 Church St., N.E., Vienna.Assisted by his elves, Santa sitsupstairs in his traditional chair besidethe Christmas tree, happy to talk tochildren and smile with them for aphoto. The Ayr Hill Garden Clubprovides fresh greens and decorativearrangements. 703-938-5187 orwww.historicviennainc.org.

Skippyjon Jones. 2 p.m., at McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. A play based on thebook by Judy Schachner, a littlekitten with big ears and biggerdreams transforms himself intoSkippito Friskito, the greatest swordfighter in Old Mexico, but ischallenged by a bullying bee. $10,general; $15 for MCC residents.www.aldentheatre.org.

Altar Boyz. 2 p.m., 8 p.m., at 1stStage, 1524 Spring Hill Road, TysonsCorner. A cheeky, pop-rock musicalcomedy about a boy band of singingdancing heartthrobs from Ohio onthe last night of their national tour.$30; $15, students. 703-854-1856 orwww.1ststagetysons.org.

Les Miserables, the SchoolEdition. 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m., atMcLean High School, 1633 DavidsonRoad, McLean. The play lead,Damian Leverett, won the 2012National Capitol Area Cappie for BestActor and the 2012 McLean HS Idolcompetition; see the classic on thestruggle against adversity in Franceduring the early 1800s. $10 inadvance; $8 at the door.www.brownpapertickets.com.

Holiday Magic. 8 p.m., at OakcrestSchool, 850 Balls Hill Road, McLean.A McLean Orchestra concert offavorite holiday selections, includingselections from the Nutcracker, OHoly Night, Christmas FestivalOverture and more featuring sopranosoloist Melissa Mino and the OakcrestSchool Girls’ Chorus. $40, adults;$30, seniors; $15, youth 18-and-under. 703-893-8646 orwww.mclean-orchestra.org.

SUNDAY/DEC. 9The Handmaid of the Lord. 9 a.m.

11 a.m., at Immanuel PresbyterianChurch, 1125 Savile Lane, McLean. Aholiday cantata about Mary mother ofJesus featuring Ave Maria; the cantatais composed and conducted by BrianE. Wilhour. www.ipcmclean.org.

Annual Holiday Art Show andSale. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at VillageGreen Day School, 790 Walker Road,Great Falls. Oil and watercolorpaintings, pottery, photographs,jewelry, layered paper works, artquilts, weaving, woodcarving, andartful gifts and cards—all from GreatFalls artists. 703-442-9251 orwww.GreatFallsStudios.com.

Gingerbread House DecoratingClass. 10 a.m., 1 p.m., at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, 1700 Tysons

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Ball in the House Comes to Alden TheatreGroup brings musicalentertainment, acappella-style.

Entertainment

By David Siegel

The Connection

An evening of lively, fun a cappella-stylesinging will be in store for audiencesat the Alden Theatre. Without musical

instrument accompaniment, the classic har-mony, five-member Ball in the House will beperforming from a wide-ranging play list. Itwill be a vocal feast.

This is the first appearance of Ball in the Houseat the Alden, said Kathleen Herr, director of YouthPrograms, McLean Community Center.

“Anyone who enjoys music will love them.Those between 16-30 may have a particularaffinity for the group,” said Herr. “I’ve seenthem perform several times... I thought theywere wonderful.”

Ball in the House is a soul-pop/R&B vocalgroup. They tour the US extensively. Over theyears, the group has been an opening act andperformed with the Jonas Brothers, GladysKnight, Lionel Richie, Jessica Simpson, TheTemptations, and Smoky Robinson, and KC &The Sunshine Band and others. They appearedon the NBC Today show and even did a CoolWhip commercial.

“The guys in the group are very engaging aswell as wonderful singers. They perform a widevariety of songs,” said Kerr. “I know everyonewho attends will have a fun evening of mu-sic.” Some may remember a cappella singingthat is often associated with doo-wop and evenperhaps Barbershop groups.

Ball in the House is composed of RyanChappelle (vocal bass), Dave Guisti (tenor),Suranjan Sen (tenor), Nels Urtel (baritone) andJon J Ryan (beatbox). If you are not familiarwith the beatbox, it is vocal percussion pro-ducing the sounds of drum beats. The groupmembers hail from many different parts of theUnited States; each brings his own flair.

“We want our shows to be a place where au-dience members are able to escape for twohours into a world of music, harmony andlaughter. When they leave our show, we hopethey leave a bit lighter than when they camein, with a bounce in their step,” said Guisti.

Ball in the House is expected to perform cov-ers of any number of well-known hits alongwith some originals. There might even be au-dience participation with songs such as“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” or perhaps “Sum-mer Breeze” according to Urtel.

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The Princess Tea. 11 a.m., 2 p.m., atthe the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner,1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean. Disneyprincesses, treats and a specialteatime make it a magical day;holiday gift bag and photo withprincesses included. $75.www.ritzcarlton.com/tysons.

Talk for Writers: “GettingPublishers to Say, ‘Yes!’” 1:30p.m., at Katie’s Coffee Shop, 760Walker Road, Great Falls. DavidHazard, publishing consultant and bestselling author, shows how to createwilling proposals to help writers breakinto publishing. Hazard has launchednearly 250 authors. Walk-in or RSVP [email protected] or 540-454-4495.

Altar Boyz. 2 p.m., 7 p.m., at 1st Stage,1524 Spring Hill Road, TysonsCorner. A cheeky, pop-rock musicalcomedy about a boy band of singingdancing heartthrobs from Ohio onthe last night of their national tour.$30; $15, students. 703-854-1856 orwww.1ststagetysons.org.

Young Soloists Recital. 3 p.m., inthe Alden Theatre at McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. Bach, Liszt, Grieg,Mozart and others grace theinstruments of pianists and oneviolinist at this concert showcasingthe young musicians’ talent. 703-620-9535.

O Light of Life: A ChristmasFestival. 5-6 p.m., at Lewinsville

Presbyterian Church, 1724 ChainBridge Road, McLean. The choirs andhandbell ensembles of LewinsvillePresbyterian church play with organand chamber orchestra for anevening of music and caroling. 703-356-7200, [email protected] www.lewinsville.org.

Holiday Magic. 8 p.m., at OakcrestSchool, 850 Balls Hill Road, McLean.A concert of favorite holidayselections, including selections fromthe Nutcracker, O Holy Night,Christmas Festival Overture and morefeaturing soprano soloist Melissa Minoand the Oakcrest School Girls’ Chorus.$30, adults; $20, seniors; youth 18-and-under, free. 703-893-8646 orwww.mclean-orchestra.org.

TUESDAY/DEC. 11Orchestra Concert. 7 p.m., in the

Langley High School Auditorium,6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean.Come early to the high schoolorchestra concert and sign up forsilent auction items. www.fcps.edu/LangleyHS/.

McLean Woman’s Club ChoraleHoliday Concert. 1 p.m., at TrinityUnited Methodist Church, 1205Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean. The30-member group sings popular andsemiclassical selections; free,reservations requested. 703-356-0089 or www.mcleanwc.org.

THURSDAY/DEC. 13The Sixth Annual Non-Profit

Forum. 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m., at theGannett Conference Center, 7950Jones Branch Drive, McLean.Networking opportunities, a keynotespeech from ALSAC/St. JudeChildren’s Research Center, thesecond-largest health charity in the

country, resources galore and lots oflearning on the theme of “TellingYour Story to the Right People.”Registration required. $25, members;$40, non-members. 703-356-5424 orwww.mcleanchamber.org.

Mason Madrigals with SantaClaus. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at theTower Club’s Fairfax Room, 8000Towers Crescent Drive, No. 1700,Vienna. A seasonal musicalperformance from the MasonMadrigals and Madison High Schoolwarrant a special appearance fromSanta. Bring an unwrapped toy forthe Toys for Tots drive.www.vtrcc.org.

Alice in Winter Wonderland. 7p.m., at Chesterbrook ElementarySchool, 1753 Kirby Road, McLean.McLean High School TheatreCompany’s traveling children’stheatre production offers a new twistto an old tale for the holidays;donations support the McLean HStheatre [email protected].

FRIDAY/DEC. 14Southern Comfort Dinner. 5:30-8

p.m., at the American Legion Post180, 330 Center Street N., Vienna.Bring all your friends and family forshrimp or chicken creole, or redbeans and rice with sausage. $8-10per plate. 703-938-9535.

Sounds of the Season Concert &Live Nativity. 6:30-8:30 p.m., atRedeemer Lutheran Church, 1545Chain Bridge Road, McLean.Uplifting music from bell and voicechoirs and sing-along carols at the7:30 p.m. concert, live baby animalsincluding a donkey, sheep, goat, calfand bunnies at the live nativity;treats like hot chocolate and bakesale items available. 703-356-6537.

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Langley DominatesCentreville in OpenerHead Coach Hess said Saxons willtry to capitalize on team’s “beef.”

Senior guard JustinGaliani led Langley with15 points during a Nov.29 victory againstCentreville.

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Six-foot-6 center BradDotson and 6-foot-3 for-ward Philip Novacki, a

pair of sturdy, paint-patrollingpost players, combined to score10 of Langley’s first 11 pointsin the third quarter of its sea-son opener on Nov. 29. Later inthe period, 6-foot-4 guard Jus-tin Galiani got the ball on abreakaway and threw down aone-handed dunk, causingHead Coach Travis Hess to getfired up in front of the Saxonsbench.

The Langley boys’ basketballteam has six players on its ros-ter listed at 6-foot-3 or taller,a luxury to which the Saxonsaren’t accustomed, and Hesssaid the team is going to en-joy it.

Langley defeated Centreville,54-36, during the first night ofthe Readers are Leaders Tip-Offat South Lakes High School.The Saxons showed off theirsize and athleticism, building a26-point second-half lead.Galiani scored a team-high 15points and grabbed six re-bounds. Dotson scored 14points, grabbed seven reboundsand blocked six shots. Novackifinished with six points andthree rebounds, and 6-foot-2guard Garrett Collier scored sixpoints and grabbed eight re-bounds.

Langley out-reboundedCentreville, 35-19.

“We’re a totally different teamthan what we’ve been in yearspast,” Hess said. “In years past,we’ve kind of been a four-guardor five-guard offense, spreadthe floor and been more of a fi-nesse team. But this year, we’vegot beef inside and we’re goingto take advantage of that. We’regoing to try and pound the ballinside and beat people up onthe glass and play a totally dif-ferent style. We’re looking for-ward to it.”

Dotson made an impact atboth ends of the floor. At 6-foot-6, he has the size to be a defen-sive and rebounding presence.He also has the athleticism tobe an offensive force. Dotsonwill play collegiate lacrosse at

Bucknell University.“First of all, he brings a cham-

pionship mentality and leader-ship,” Hess said. “ . . . The kidsrespect him, he’s an incredibleleader and he brings a workethic every day to practice—heforces guys to work hard everyday, so that really, really helps.”

Dotson said the Saxons arefocused on controlling thepaint.

“We want to stay solid,” hesaid. “If somebody’s beating usinside, we’re not going to winanything. That’s our game.”

Galiani, who will play soccerat Bucknell, is offensive threatwith the ability to attack therim.

“He’s kind of our X factor,”Hess said. “He won a lot ofgames for us last year. . . . Hehas a knack for making bigplays.”

Galiani’s dunk was part of a22-6 Saxon run.

“I haven’t really had achance [to dunk],” he said. “Iwas trying to break away andI figured it would be a mo-mentum changer; get us firedup, and it led to a good runfor us.”

Langley defeated Oakton, 54-49, on Nov. 30 to improve to 2-0. The Saxons traveled to facePotomac School on Tuesday,which was after TheConnection’s deadline. Langleywill travel to face Woodson at7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7.

L.C. Bird RB RobertsonTorches OaktonSenior rushes for426 yards, fivetouchdowns inplayoff win.

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

A gritty toughness drovethe underdog Oaktonfootball team to a berthin the state playoffs.

Once there, an elusive runningback wearing pink socks with bun-nies on them ended the Cougars’season.

L.C. Bird senior Paul Robertsonrushed for 426 yards and fivetouchdowns and the Skyhawks de-feated Oakton, 41-17, in the Divi-sion 6 AAA state semifinals onSaturday, Dec. 1 at Oakton HighSchool. L.C. Bird will face OceanLakes in the state championshipgame on Saturday, Dec. 8, while the Cougars’postseason run, which included knocking off the topthree seeds en route to a Northern Region title, cameto an end.

After struggling at the end of the regular season,the Oakton defense limited opponents to 14 pointsper game during three regional playoff contests, hold-ing Lake Braddock (13), Centreville (13) and previ-ously undefeated Westfield (16) to season-low pointtotals. Against L.C. Bird, however, Oakton allowedRobertson to produce the 11th greatest single-gamerushing total in state history, according to the foot-ball records section at vhsl.org.

Robertson referred to his pink socks as his “good-luck” socks, saying he has totaled more than 250yards each time he’s worn them.

“We all saw [the Cougars] put their heads down,”said Robertson, describing how the Skyhawks’ground game affected Oakton, “so we knew we hadto keep going and just get this game over with.”

A 78-YARD TOUCHDOWN run by Robertson gaveL.C. Bird a 27-3 lead with 3:48 remaining in the sec-ond quarter. Oakton responded with an 11-play, 65-yard drive, capped by a 1-yard touchdown run byquarterback Kyle Downer. The score cut L.C. Bird’slead to 27-10 with 29 seconds remaining in the firsthalf and gave the Cougars a glimmer of hope as theywould receive the second-half kickoff. But theSkyhawks quickly squashed that hope on the nextplay from scrimmage as quarterback Terrance Ervinthrew deep to Darius Hawkins for a 49-yard gaindown to the Oakton six-yard line. Robertson scoredon the next play, extending the Skyhawk lead to 34,10 seconds before halftime.

“Coming out of this game, I really have no regrets,”Oakton senior defensive lineman Joe Allely, a teamcaptain, said. “I played my heart out. I believe thatour defense, even though we made mistakes, we all

played our hearts out. . . . [Robertson is] a fast kid.He definitely delivers a blow. He’s good with his cutsand he can make a play when his blocks aren’t there.But you can’t let that get to you as a defensive playerand you’ve got to compete with him.”

On offense, Downer carried 19 times for 72 yardsand two touchdowns. He completed 13 of 22 passesfor 135 yards and was intercepted once. Bobby Lamcarried four times for 36 yards. Mike Wandey rushedfor 23 yards on 10 carries and caught five passes for51 yards.

“I felt like, offensively, we had some things work-ing,” Oakton Head Coach Jason Rowley said. “Wehad a hard time getting off the field on defense.”

Oakton starting left tackle Chris Durant missed thegame due to a knee injury, Rowley said.

OAKTON FINISHED THE SEASON with a nineto five record. The Cougars started six to zero beforeclosing the regular season with a four-game losingstreak. Oakton finished fifth in the six-team ConcordeDistrict and entered the playoffs as the No. 7 seed inthe Northern Region. The Cougars beat No. 2 LakeBraddock, No. 3 Centreville and No. 1 Westfield towin the region title.

“It was unbelievable,” Wandey said about the Cou-gars’ run to a region championship and trip to states.“It was an amazing feeling, a great ride. We nevergave up. We kept believing and we knew that wewere a great team.”

Oakton captured its first region championship since2008 and reached the state playoffs for the fourthtime since 2002.

“I’ve been a part of four state playoff teams [withOakton],” said Rowley, who was the team’s defen-sive coordinator before taking over as head coach in2011, “and these guys . . . battled and clawed andscraped their way to that more so than any of thoseothers that we’ve been a part of in the past.”

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Finding balancecan preserveone’s well-being.

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Food, festivities and friendsare synonymous with theholidays. However, celebra-

tions can take a toll on your health.“The holidays are times of rush

and chaos and of thinking of every-one but yourself,” said MichelleWalters-Edwards, department chairand association professor of healthand human performance atMarymount University in Arlington.

Health and fitness experts saythat even during the hustle andbustle of the season, it is possibleto stay healthy and energized. Itjust takes a little focus.

“I may be stating the obvious,but exercise is the key to stayinghealthy during the holidays,” saidRosa Ganey, a nurse health edu-cator for Fairfax County HealthNetwork and a Burke resident.

Between shopping, parties anddecorating, many people feelpressed for time and exercise canfall by the wayside. Here are a fewcreative ways to sneak in some fit-ness:

Incorporate exercise into holi-day shopping. “You can walk at themall and do some window shop-ping or use your home as an exer-cise base: the stairs can be used asa perfect location to get your bloodpumping,” said Walters Edwards.

Make it a family affair. “If youhave kids at home, maybe you canplay exercise or dance videos orCDs and try the moves together,”said Ganey.

Celebratory gatherings can offeropportunities for exercise as well.“Dance at your holiday party,” saidMichelle Walters-Edwards. “Thirtyminutes of moderate dancing canburn around 200 calories in a per-son [who weighs] 150 lbs.”

If there’s no time for the gym,improvise, say experts. “Some-times it can be challenging to findtime to make it to the gym, butthere are quite a few bodyweightexercises you can do at home,”said Joel Martin, an assistant pro-fessor of kinesiology at GeorgeMason University in Fairfax. “Mostpeople think of pushups and sit-ups when they hear the words‘bodyweight exercise.’ However,there are quite a few other exer-cises like air squats, burpees,planks, mountain climbers.”

Accommodate for less workouttime during the holidays. “Probablythe most important piece of advice

I would give, since your workoutwill most likely be shorter thanusual, is try to maintain a high in-tensity for the duration of theworkout and minimize the timeyou spend resting,” said Martin.

Break up a workout routine.“Doing several 10-15 minuteworkouts throughout the day us-ing only body weight movementsat home may be another solutionfor someone crunched for time,”said Martin. “I recommend pick-

ing three or four movements orexercises and doing several sets ofeach with less than a minute ofrest between sets.”

Above all, say experts, balanceis vital to preserving one’s healthand well-being during the holi-days. “Maintain a focus on balanc-ing your stress, eating and exer-cise year-round. Extremes of eachof these factors are not healthy.Remember, moderation is key,”said Walters-Edwards.

Keys to Staying Healthy During the Holiday Season


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