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Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield District) speaks at the 2017 Library Jubilee held at Pohick Library in Burke on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017.

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With the theme, “The LibraryGoes Hollywood,” about250 people attended the2017 Library Jubilee Gala

Fundraiser at the newly remodeled PohickRegional Library in Burke on Saturday, Oct.21, 2017. This being the largest fundraiserof the year, the goal was to raise $120,000for the Fairfax County Library system.

“What we’re hoping to accomplish is thatwe will raise community support for FairfaxCounty Public Library for programs andservices that provide enrichments to theprograms beyond the county support for thelibrary,” said Susan Harman, Executive Di-rector of the Fairfax Library Foundation.

Added Brian Engler, Chair of the Boardof Directors for the Fairfax Library Founda-tion. “The Library Jubilee is our major an-nual event for fundraising for the FairfaxLibrary Foundation. We raise funds all year,of course, but this is the one where we re-ally focus on getting a lot of people togetherwho love the library, having a silent auc-tion, raising money through ticket sales andthrough sponsorships.”

The money goes toward programs andservices for the library, which includes schol-arships, special presentations like SummerReading and the Book Club Conference, aswell as some 30,000 picture books for un-der-served preschoolers at the librarybranches. Other programs include Chang-ing Lives Through Literature, giving first-time juvenile offenders an alternative toformal court action, and Ready to ReadEarly Literacy Outreach, which brings in-teractive reading experiences topreschoolers. The newest funding area isthe New American Initiative, which raisesfunds for English Language Learning mate-rials. The night brought together Founda-tion and Library leadership and staff,

elected officials, published authors, businessleaders, and library supporters who enjoyedhors d’oeuvres, cocktails, a silent auction,and a jazz trio from Mason Music Produc-tions. Shirley’s Catering and Peterson’s IceCream provided the food and sweets.

At the silent auction, guests could bid onwinery visits, hotel packages, and passes toDisney World, which were all donated bylocal businesses to support the library. Therewas also a photo booth and a visit fromMarilyn Monroe.

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George Mason University students from Mason Music Productions per-form at the Library Jubilee.

Jessica Hudson, Director of Fairfax County Library, Sharon Bulova,Board Chairman of Fairfax County Supervisors, and John Clements, aFriend of the Library.

250 people help raise$120,000 in fundraiserfor Fairfax CountyLibrary.

Library Jubilee at Pohick Library

Rene Edwards, Keynote Speaker, Early LiteracyServices. Sabrina Byrum a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe.

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By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

Northern Virginia has morecompetitive seats than anyother part of the common-wealth, a ring of districts that

forms a beltway of sorts separating the in-ner solid blue in Arlington and Alexandriafrom the solid red in rural and exurban seatsin Loudoun and Prince William. That putsFairfax County squarely in the driver’s seatthis November, when Democrats hope topick up seats in an election that has bal-anced local issues like schools and roadswith the ongoing reaction to PresidentDonald Trump. That battle will be won orlost in suburban Northern Virginia, wherethe Washington suburbs are sprawling intoareas that used to be farmland and or-chards.

“We have a transportation beltway aroundD.C. in Northern Virginia, and we also havea competitive political beltway,” saidQuentin Kidd at Christopher Newport Uni-versity. “It’s the fault line between old Vir-ginia and new Virginia, and it’s the trenchesof our current political battlefield.”

The region has many incumbent delegateswho are running unopposed, all Democrats:Mark Keam (D-35), Ken Plum (D-36); DavidBulova (D-37); Vivian Watts (D-39); EileenFiller-Corn (D-41); Mark Sickles (D-43);Paul Krizek (D-44); Mark Levine (D-45);Charniele Herring (D-46); Patrick Hope (D-47); and Rip Sullivan (D-48).

The decision of longtime Del. David Albo(R-42) to step down from public life aftermore than 20 years in office has created avacuum that Democrats are eager to fill.Former Labor Department deputy adminis-trator Kathy Tran emerged from a primaryback in June, and she’s been running hardagainst Republican Lolita Mancheno-Smoakever since. Democrats have called attentionto Mancheno-Smoak’s early support ofDonald Trump, whose candidacy she sup-ported back in 2015 shortly after he de-clared his candidacy by calling Mexicanimmigrants rapists.

“Sometimes in order to generate change,in order to get new energy to actually feelpassionate about a new beginning you needpositive disruption,” said Mancheno-Smoakin an interview with Connection Newspa-pers. “I see Trump as a positive disruptor.”

Democrats pounced on that remark, is-suing a press release in reaction.

“It’s no surprise that she would callDonald Trump a positive disruptor as themost recent version of Trumpcare woulddisrupt access to affordable health care for32 million people,” said Virginia HouseCaucus spokeswoman Katie Baker in a writ-ten statement. “For Kathy Tran, on the otherhand, health care is a moral issue.”

ASIDE FROM HAVING three of the fouropen seats on the ballot this year, the re-gion has more Republicans incumbents fac-ing hotly contested races than any other part

publicans and Democrats since he retired adecade ago. The Republican in the race isCheryl Buford, who struggled to answerquestions about her own campaign platformin an interview with Connection Newspa-pers. She says she wants to reduce regula-tions, for example, but she couldn’t nameany specific ones she would spike. She alsosays she wants to tackle the opioid crisis,although she couldn’t name any specificproposals on that either.

“While it will be tough for the GOP to winany seats currently held by Democrats in2017, this is one of the few such seats witha recent track record of competitiveness,”says Skelley. “So I don’t think we can en-tirely count out Buford.”

One race that is contested but not neces-sarily competitive is House District 86,where incumbent freshman Democrat Jen-nifer Boysko is defending the seat againstRepublican challenger Linda Schulz.

Two years ago, Democrats were able toflip the seat after the retirement of long-time Republican Del. Tom Rust (R-86), aformer mayor of Herndon. Since that time,Boysko has become one of the most out-spoken critics of the Republican House lead-ership, even staging a press conference todenounce how bills with little chance ofpassing the Courts of Justice were beingkilled without so much as a hearing. De-spite the fact that the seat was held by aRepublican for decades, though, the Cen-ter for Politics did not race this as a com-petitive race.

“Tom Rust was a moderate Republicanwho managed to hold that seat even as itbecame bluer and bluer,” says Geoff Skelleyat the University of Virginia Center for Poli-tics. “But now Jennifer Boysko controls it,and there’s little reason to think she’s indanger.”

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competitive race this yearis Del. Tim Hugo (R-40).who serves as the Repub-lican caucus chairman.He’s facing DemocratDonte Tanner, who raisedmore than $350,000 totake on the popular Re-publican incumbent.That’s a huge chunk ofchange, especially for afirst-time candidate run-ning against a longtimeincumbent. But it’s abouthalf of what Hugo was

able to raise. That’s only part of the valueof incumbency. Hugo, who calls himself the“pothole delegate” for his support of con-stituent issues, has spent the last decadebuilding goodwill among voters in the dis-trict.

“Folks like Tim Hugo have established aname brand and an identity in their dis-tricts, and voters generally have a favorableview toward them,” said Mark Rozell, atGeorge Mason University. “Democrats areenergized, and they are counting on a biganti-Trump vote. But I think you can counton some split ticket voting, and perhapsmany of those voters who are going to voteagainst the Republican at the top of theticket will still vote for their local guy inthe House of Delegates.”

REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS aren’t theonly General Assembly members facingchallenges, though. Del. Kathleen Murphy(D-34) is one of two Democratic incumbentsfacing a challenge the Center for Politics hasranked as competitive. The seat was heldfor more than 40 years by Republican VinceCallahan, although it has been held by Re-

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KathyTran (D)

Lolita Mancheno-Smoak (R)

of the state. The Center for Politics at theUniversity of Virginia identified eight Re-publicans facing competitive challenges andtwo Democrats. The incumbent who seemsto be facing the strongest challenge is Del.Jim LeMunyon (R-67), who sent out mail-ers emphasizing his work with DemocraticGov. Terry McAuliffe.

“This is probably the best chance Demo-crats have of taking out a GOP incumbent,”said Geoff Skelley, media relations coordi-nator at the Center for Politics. “JimLeMunyon occupies the most Democraticseat held by a Republican in the House ofDelegates.” He is opposed by Karrie Delaney.

Another Republican incumbent facing a

House District 40Republican Tim Hugo: $660,000❖ $26,000 from CommonSense VA❖ $15,000 from Check into Cash of Va❖ $15,000 from Dominion Energy❖ $12,500 from LoanMax❖ $12,500 from Va Beer Wholesalers AssociationDemocrat Donte Tanner: $355,000❖ $15,000 from Future Now❖ $15,000 from Only If You Run❖ $12,000 from stockbroker Edward Hart Rice

of Vienna❖ $10,000 from Congressman Don Beyer’s PAC❖ $10,000 from Donte Tanner

House District 42Democrat Kathy Tran: $418,000❖ $15,000 from Flippable Va PAC❖ $10,000 from Congressman Don Beyer’s PAC❖ $8,000 from Future Now❖ $5,000 from Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi of Corpus

Christi, Texas❖ $4,500 from the Fairfax County Democratic

CommitteeRepublican Lolita Mancheno-Smoak: $74,000❖ $15,500 from Dominion Leadership Trust❖ $3,000 from House Republican Campaign

Committee❖ $1,400 from Clifton Republican Women’s Club❖ $1,250 from Geraldine Davie❖ $1,200 from Cruz Mancheno of Fairfax Station

Springfield Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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By Shirley Ruhe

The supporters all agree on onething. As Imam Ali Siddiqui said,“Nobody asked these kidswhether they wanted to come to

America. They go to school, they work hard,build a career. It will be a loss to send themback.” Figures distributed by The Common-wealth Institute in October 2017 show thatif all Virginians who are eligible for DeferredAction for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) be-came citizens, state and local tax contribu-tions by young Virginians would rise fromthe current $35 million to $52.9 million ayear.

As President Trump’s executive order re-leased Sept. 5 threatens 800,000 DACA re-cipients with deportation, communities ofsupporters rally to their defense.

Individuals and groups converge from alldirections to provide sanctuary, educationalassistance, moral support, employmentcounseling and sometimes “in your face”advocacy for immigrant assistance. Eachgroup has a plan and a niche but they areall working for the same goal — passage ofthe Dream Act, which will offer the oppor-tunity for a long, but legal, path to citizen-ship for undocumented immigrants.

Norma Kacen is part of the Northern Vir-ginia Friends of Refugees, an Arlington-based group, which she co-founded withWendy Chan in the fall of 2016. “I grew upon Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island,an ethnic ghetto. It was a closed world withcircles of ghettos — Portuguese, Italian,French, German, Polish,” she said, drawingcircles with her finger on the table.

Kacen has recently been up on Capitol Hillas a volunteer lobbyist with the AmericanAssociation of University Women visitingkey senators to urge passage of the DreamAct. “All of the comments were ‘we couldn’tafford it,’ but,” she says, pulling out a talk-ing sheet, “ending DACA and kicking recipi-ents out of the labor force would cost theUnited States $433.4 billion in GDP anddecrease Social Se-curity and Medicarecontributions by$24.6 billion overthe next decade.”This is according tothe Center forAmerican Progress,a self-described pro-gressive indepen-dent nonpartisanpolicy institute.

As of November2016, 645,000DACA recipients nationwide are employed,and they pay taxes. Kacen said, “My chal-lenge to the senators was yes, we pay fortheir education like anyone else who paystaxes.” But most of the senators were un-moved by the arguments. Kacen says it is

also important to acknowledge a break-down of DACA by Congressional districtsbecause “some our representatives only lis-ten to their own constituents.”

Northern Virginia Friends of Refugees wasestablished to combat the anti-Muslimrhetoric and to be a welcoming friend to allrefugees. “We didn’t want to duplicate theefforts of others so we partner with otherorganizations,” she said.

RECENTLY THE GROUP held three ad-vocacy workshops for people supportive ofrefugees. About 50 people attended one ofthe workshops at Fairfax PresbyterianChurch, Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church inArlington and a Muslim site in Fairfax.These workshops are non-partisan with thepurpose to teach the skills necessary for ef-fective advocacy.

“I was really delighted and it was ex-tremely heartening that millennials at-tended. Every organization is trying to fig-ure out what they can do to attract the dis-engaged millennials,” Kacen said.

The second event, which was held in thespring, brought American professionals to-gether with the often highly skilled immi-grants to help the immigrants navigate theworkplace. “So we connect the immigrantstogether with American professionals intheir own field to allow the professionalsto talk.” Many of the refugees were doc-tors, architects, engineers and entrepre-neurs in their countries and now have low-level jobs in America. The purpose of theselife skills programs is to increase connec-tions to help the immigrants reach theirpotential.

The third focus for this year is a large com-munity event planned for the spring. Itwould be intended to show the resilienceof the immigrants by “focusing on the in-credible skills in the cultural arts such asmusic, arts and fashion. It is to show thecapacity to overcome, the triumph of thehuman spirit,” she said.

Are they making progress? Kacen paused,“It’s hard to say. But... there are so manypeople engaged.”

Monica Sarmientois executive directorof Virginia Coalitionfor Immigrant Right(VACIR), a coalitionthat began in 2013with eight organiza-tions, now grown to16. She says their or-ganization is focusedon how to have morecomprehensive im-

migrant reform in Virginia. “Many organi-zations have their niches demographicallyor ethnically but we tend to be looking atwhat we’re doing statewide andcollaboratively. The most important empha-

sis is to push different community repre-sentatives at the table — African, Korean,Muslim.”

Sarmiento says since VACIR is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization they don’t directlylobby but have encouraged people to calltheir members of Congress, and the 16 or-ganizations who are part of the coalitionoften engage in advocacy. For instance theCommonwealth Institute has prepared afact sheet outlining how DREAMers growour economy with 61 percent opening abank account, 64.5 percent buying their firstcar, 97 percent becoming employed or en-rolled in school. It adds that young peoplewith DACA status contribute nearly $711million to Virginia’s economy annually in-cluding nearly $35 million in state and lo-cal taxes. The conclusion is that endingDACA could reduce Virginia state and localtax revenue by almost $13 million a year.

Members of VACIR include such groupsas Legal Aid Justice Center, SEEC,VOCOLAO, NAKASEC, The CommonwealthInstitute and Virginia New Majority. Thesegroups have focused on the constituents oftwo U.S. representatives in Virginia, ScottTaylor (R-2) and Barbara Comstock (R-10),who they are trying to convince “to do theright thing and support a clean Dream Act.”

Sarmiento says the VACIR board had de-cided for the first time to endorse a cleanDream Act, the first time they had endorsed

any legislation. “A clean Dream Act wouldnot have such provisions as mandatory veri-fication (death by 1,000 papers), an in-crease in ICE agents, increased money fordeportation, funding for the border wall,inability to sponsor family members, nopathway to citizenship.”

She says there needs to be a much largerconversation to spotlight the injustices hap-pening now with undocumented immi-grants who have already lost their DACAstatus due to President Trump’s executiveorder or who will lose their Temporary Pro-tective Status (TPS) if it is not renewed.These people could be deported any day.She says 300,000 of these are from LatinAmerica; 200,000 of these are Salvadoran.Sarmiento was raised in Northern Virginiabut her parents emigrated from El Salva-dor fleeing war. “They were fortunate mygrandmother lived here and got her legalstatus through the Reagan amnesty act somy father got legal status.”

Sumi Yi, Virginia community organizer forNational Korean American Service & Edu-cation Consortium (NAKASEC), a commu-nity-based progressive Asian American andPacific Islander organization, says their mis-sion is to organize Korean and Asian Ameri-cans to achieve social, racial, and economicjustice. She points out that out of the cur-

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Who Will Help Dreamers and Refugees?Individuals, religious groups and otherorganizations share same goal.

Remembering her youth in Rhode Island, Norma Kacen of Arlingtontraces circles on the table as she describes neighborhood ghettos ofpeople segregated by ethnicity.

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Resources❖ Just Neighbors: justneighbors.org❖ The Dream Project: dreamproject-va.org❖ Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights

(VACIR): virginiaimmigrntrights.org❖ The National Korean American Service & Edu-

cation Consortium (NAKASEC): nakasec.org❖ Mason DREAMers: masondreamers.org❖ Sanctuary DMV: sanctuarydmv.org❖ NOVA Friends of Refugees:

[email protected]❖ Northern Virginia Family Services: nfs.org❖ Legal Aid Justice Center: justice4all.org

Sumi Yi Monica Sarmiento The Rev. Laura Martin


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Becoming anEagle ScoutJose Reyes of NorthSpringfield, a stu-dent at AnnandaleHigh School, wasapproved by anEagle Scout Board ofReview for EagleScout. Jose is amember of BoyScout Troop 1131,St. Stephen’s UnitedMethodist Church inBurke. He is pic-tured with his fatherRick Tackaberry, alsoan Eagle Scout, as isJose’s brother Elias.A ceremony willfollow at a later dateto award the EagleScout Badge andCertificate.

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Opinion

Every year is election year in Virginia.Virginia offers multiple examples thatprove every vote counts.

This year, each Virginia voter will vote forGovernor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Gen-eral and their member of the House of Del-egates. Virginia is one of two Governor’s races,and many are watching the Virginia race to asa harbinger of what to expect in 2018.

No matter how you vote, polling shows thatthe Governor’s race could bevery close.

While there are quite a fewuncontested races for members

of the House of Delegates, several races couldalso be close, with the outcome likely to de-pend on turnout.

There is every reason to get out and vote.

Absentee Voting in PersonVoting early if you qualify is a good choice.There are 19 valid reasons to vote absentee

in Virginia, including the possibility that youwill be working and commuting to and fromhome for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m.and 7 p.m. on Election Day. Check the VirginiaDepartment of Elections list to see if you areeligible: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-bal-lot/absentee-voting/index.html

There are two ways to vote absentee: in-per-son and by mail. To vote by mail, you will needto apply for an absentee ballot; if you voteabsentee in-person you will fill out the appli-cation when you arrive at the in-person ab-sentee location.

See your locality’s elections website for more.

Bring Photo ID,There Are Alternatives

Virginia has voter identification require-ments; plan to bring photo identification withyou to vote, whether absentee or on ElectionDay.

Any registered voter who does not have oneof the required forms of identification can ap-ply for a free Virginia Voter Photo Identifica-tion from any general registrar’s office in theCommonwealth. Voters applying for the Vir-ginia Voter Photo ID complete the VirginiaVoter Photo Identification Card Application,have their picture taken, and sign the digitalsignature pad.

Among accepted ID: valid Virginia Driver’sLicense or Identification Card; valid VirginiaDMV issued Veteran’s ID card; valid U.S. Pass-port; other government-issued photo identifi-cation cards issued by the U.S. Government,the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a politicalsubdivision of the Commonwealth; valid col-lege or university student photo identificationcard from an institution of higher educationlocated in Virginia; valid student ID issued bya public school or private school in Virginiadisplaying a photo; employee identification

card containing a photograph of the voter andissued by an employer of the voter in the ordi-nary course of the employer’s business.

A voter who does not bring an acceptablephoto ID to the polls will be offered a provi-sional ballot.

To find a registration office where you canobtain photo ID, even on the day of an elec-tion, visit: vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/PublicContactLookup.

Provisional Ballot Process for VotersWho Arrive Without Identification

If you arrive at your polling place on Elec-tion Day without an acceptable form of photo

GovernorRalph S. Northam (D)Edward W. “Ed” Gillespie (R)Clifford D. Hyra (L)

Lieutenant GovernorJustin E. Fairfax (D)Jill H. Vogel (R)

Attorney GeneralMark R. Herring (D) incumbentJohn D. Adams (R)

House of Delegates34th District

Kathleen Murphy (D) incumbentCheryl Buford (R)

35th DistrictMark Keam (D) incumbent, unopposed

36th DistrictKen Plum (D) incumbent, unopposed

37th DistrictDavid Bulova (D) incumbent, unopposed

38th DistrictKay Kory (D) incumbentPaul Haring (R)

39th DistrictVivian Watts (D) incumbent, unopposed

40th DistrictDonte Tanner (D)Tim Hugo (R) incumbent

41st DistrictEileen Filler-Corn (D) incumbent, unop-

posed42nd District

Kathy Tran (D)Lolita Mancheno-Smoak (R)

43rd DistrictMark Sickles (D) incumbent, unopposed

Don’t Stay Home Your vote counts this round;nation is watching.

Editorial

identification, don’t panic or give up. You willbe given the opportunity to vote a provisionalballot. After completing the provisional ballot,the individual voting will be given written in-structions from the election officials on howto submit a copy of his/her identification sothat his/her vote can be counted.

A voter will have until noon on the Fridayfollowing the election to deliver a copy of theidentification to the local electoral board or toappear in person to apply for a Virginia VoterPhoto ID Card. Also by noon on Friday follow-ing the election, the voter may appear in-per-son in the office of the general registrar, in thelocality in which the provisional ballot was cast,and apply for a Virginia Voter Photo ID Card.At the completion of the application process,the voter may request a Temporary Identifica-tion Document. This document may be pro-vided to the electoral board to suffice the iden-tification requirement.

General Election Day,Tuesday, Nov. 7

On Election Day Polls are open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m.

44th DistrictPaul Krizek (D) incumbent, unopposed

45th DistrictMark Levine (D) incumbent, unopposed

53rd DistrictMarcus Simon (D) incumbentMike Casey (I)

67th DistrictKarrie Delaney (D)Jim LeMunyon (R) incumbent

86th DistrictJennifer Boysko (D) incumbentLinda Schulz (R)

Fairfax County School BondsVoters will vote yes or no on a $315 mil-

lion public school bond referendum on theNov. 7 general election ballot. If approvedby voters, the Fairfax County Public Schools’current plans to use this bond money are toplan and/or construct two new elementaryschools, one in Fairfax/Oakton area andanother in the northwest county area; relo-cate one modular building; plan additionsat three existing high schools to add capac-ity at Madison, Stuart and West Potomac;plan and/or construct renovations of 10 el-ementary schools, three middle schools andtwo high schools. See www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities-planning-future/2017-school-bond-referendum.

Fairfax County Office of Electionswww.fairfaxcounty.gov/electionsVoter Registration: 703-222-0776, TTY 711Absentee Fax: 703-324-3725Email: [email protected] Officer Info: 703-324-4735, TTY 711

On the Ballot

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Submit civic/community announce-ments at ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos and artwork welcome.Deadline is Thursday at noon, at least twoweeks before event.

SOBER-RIDE FOR HALLOWEEN

Free Sober Rides. Saturday, Oct. 28,10 p.m. through Sunday, Oct. 29, 4a.m. Area residents, 21 and older,may download Lyft to their phones,then enter the code DCHALLOWEENin the app’s “Promo” section toreceive a no cost (up to $15) safe

ride home. The SoberRide code isvalid for the first 1,500 Lyft userswho enter the code. Visitwww.soberride.com.

BRADDOCK ROAD STUDYCommunity Meetings. Braddock

District Supervisor John Cook andthe Fairfax County Department ofTransportation (FCDOT) will host aseries of community meetingsfocused on specific sections ofBraddock Road this fall. The schedule

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Technology brought together students fromFairfax Academy’s Ko-rean class in Fairfax

County Public Schools, HyltonHigh School’s Korean class inPrince William County Schools,and students on scholarship study-ing abroad in various locations inSeoul, Korea. The students expe-

rienced an hour-long interactiveconversation, practice their Ko-rean speaking and listening skillswhile discussing the NSLI-Y (Na-tional Security Language Initiativefor Youth) scholarship program inits entirety.

The virtual conference allowedthe three students staying (inthree different locations) near

Fairfax Academy’s Korean Class ‘Visits’ SeoulSeoul, Korea to give first-handadvice and knowledge to stu-dents who are applying for theNSLI-Y scholarship so that, likethem, they could also have theopportunity to stay with a hostfamily in Korea and immersethemselves in the culture whileenhancing their Korean languageabilities while learning about a

culture they love.Advice from the students abroad

ranged from explaining the chal-lenges and rewards of the pro-gram, while also just comparingand contrasting the typical schoolday and social/family life for themas students in Korea.

They explained they have gradu-ally spoken less English each day

and truly immersed themselves inKorean culture, while making life-long friends.

Those same students also gaveadvice to our students regardinghow this experience helps to “rec-ognize and contain your fear”when learning to communicate ina language that is not your nativelanguage.


Senior Living

By Hanan Daqqa

The Connection

Good news for baby boomers:Sunrise, a senior care facility,has completed the full preser-vation and restoration of

Burke’s beloved 193-year-old landmark –the Silas Burke House, also known as TopO’ the Hill. The house had been owned byTerry Neal and his wife Suzanne “Suzi”Fowler Neal. When Suzi was asked why thishouse is so important to her, she said, “Thisis my life, I grew up in Burke, mother lovesBurke, mother was born in Burke, Burke iswhat I know, Burke is what I love, Burkechanged a lot.”

Terry Neal added, “Burke, as quaint as itis today, you would never know it, but backthen it was kind of a resort town for all thebig-name people. Like, the politicians wouldcome out of D.C., come over here and theyspend the weekend.

The house was passed from theCopperthite family. Suzi’s grandfather [Wil-liam H. Simpson] bought the house in 1925if I remember the way history is. It has beenin her family ever since then. Her familyloved it and cared for it and basicallyopened it up to the community for parties

and get-togethers and anniversaries, wed-dings, whatever the celebration was, theywould open the house up. Her parents weremarried here in 1930; Suzi and I were mar-ried here in 2003.”

“The passion for the house was strong andso what we’ve committed to from the be-ginning with the county was: preserving thishouse, and not just preserving it but keep-ing it prominent. So you will notice that

Sunrise is building a traditional Sunrise [se-nior care community] behind the SilasBurke House.

That is intentional to keep it behind. Sowhen you drive up and down Burke LakeRoad, what you see as a prominent featureis Burke House. That was so important. Inthe end, I think what you will have is thatthe Silas Burke House stays the prominentfeature forever in Burke, and you will have

this beautiful Sunrise caring for Burke’s se-niors for the next hundred years,” saidSunrise’s chief financial officer, EdwardBurnett.

A tour through the house started in thekitchen. “This is my mother’s favorite room.Grandma always cooked for us. There were15 of us all here,” said Suzi.

During the tour, Andrea Owensby,Sunrise’s senior director of interior design,talked about the special interior design con-siderations, such as keeping certain piecesof furniture and artifacts. “For example, wehad refinished the fireplace, it was not func-tional and in the restoration, we didn’t re-paint.

We kept all the original paint on the bricksand just cleaned that up, so the mantel anddoor frames had the character that an oldhouse naturally would. We did not smoothall that out. It would not be the same houseif we did.”

According to Burnett, the house will beopen for the public to enjoy. “It will be aplace for our residents who will be livingacross to come over and have tea, enjoy anactivity and share its history.”

Sunrise’s new senior living community,located behind the historic home, is set tobe completed early next year.

Suzanne “Suzi” Fowler Neal in her former bedroom in the restored SilasBurke House. Suzi, Terry, and Edward Neal looking out of one of Sunrise’s unit.

Silas Burke House to open for public.Top O’ the Hill House Restored

The color scheme of the house was based on this original rug from Suzi.

Grandma’s stove, still functional, bought from Montgomery Ward. Simpson’s pew bench made in the late 1940s, from the Burke Church.

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and TV analyst CharlesRay Knight has beencharged with assault andbattery after an incidentin his home in the Alex-andria area of FairfaxCounty, according toFCPD Media RelationsBureau. Officers re-sponded to a fight call inthe 7500 block of Ashby Lanearound 4 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 22,after an argument between Knightand an acquaintance, a 33-year-old man, became physical. Both

men had visible injuries.The victim was taken tothe hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Knight was also treatedat a hospital and thentaken to the Adult De-tention Center. He hassince been released andhis scheduled court dateis Jan. 8, 2018.

Knight played for anumber of Major League

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Beth El Hebrew Congregation,3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, hasservices on Fridays, 7:30 p.m. with apre-service wine and cheese social at6:30 p.m., and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.with a pre-service Torah study at 9 a.m.Religious school is on Wednesday eve-nings and Sunday mornings. Adultlearning opportunities take placethroughout the year. Tot Shabbat is onthe first and third Saturdays at 11 a.m.Kolot Shabbat, a musical service, is thefirst Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m.703-370-9400 orwww.bethelhebrew.org.

The Cranford United MethodistChurch, located at 9912 Old ColchesterRoad, Lorton, hosts prayer and healingservices on the first Thursday of eachmonth at 6:30 p.m. Worship service is at11 a.m., and fellowship is at 12:30 p.m.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkway andBurke Lake Roads, holds a bible study

fellowship at 9 a.m. Sundays followedby a 10 a.m. worship service. Nurserycare and children’s church also pro-vided. 6401 Missionary Lane, FairfaxStation, 703-323-8100 orwww.fbtministries.org.

Grace Presbyterian Church of-fers Sunday school for all ages at 9:15,and a blended worship service 10:30a.m. every Sunday morning. Coffee andfellowship follows worship. Nurserycare is provided from 9-11:45 a.m. 7434Bath Street, Springfield. 703-451-2900or www.gracepresby.org.

First Baptist Church of Spring-field offers Sunday school at 9:15 a.m.,followed by both traditional and con-temporary worship services at 10:30a.m. at 7300 Gary St., Springfield. 703-451-1500 or www.fbcspringfield.org.

The Guhyasamaja BuddhistCenter, 10875 Main St., Fairfax Cityprovides free classes to both newcomersand advanced practitioners of TibetanBuddhism. The center emphasizes work-ing with the mind and learning how tounderstand the workings of the mind,

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One warm October day,120 Braddock Elemen-tary students in grades

3-5 made a difference in the eco-system around their school. In con-junction with the Fairfax CountyStormwater Team, the studentsplanted 600 ferns and coneflowerplants on school grounds as partof a bioretention project, usingnative Virginia plants provided byMerrifield Gardens.

While participating in the Chesa-peake Bay Classroom programover the summer, XSTREAM pro-grams coordinator JoyceMatthews and third grade Span-ish immersion teacher WandaNegron designed a project thatinvolved planting native plantsaround the school. While discuss-

ing watersheds and clean waterprojects in their summer program,the teachers learned that theFairfax County Stormwater Teamhad an interest in improving thebioretention areas near the school.Matthews and Negron coordinatedwith the county and the projectwas underway.

The bioretention project dove-tailed perfectly with the fifth gradelandforms curriculum, fourthgrade ecosystems unit, and thirdgrade unit on soil. In all grades,elementary students learn aboutwatersheds and conservation ofthe Chesapeake Bay. Cross-curricu-lar connections for math, socialstudies, Virginia history, languagearts and vocabulary, and writingare woven into the science units.

Braddock Elementary students find a spot near the schoolto plant greenery for their project.

Students help each other transfer the plants from the pot.

Bioretention Project atBraddock Elementary

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Two hundred twenty-three FairfaxCounty Public Schools (FCPS) stu-dents from 17 high schools havebeen named semifinalists in the 2018National Merit Scholarship Program.Thomas Jefferson High School for

Science and Technology (TJHSST),which also serves as the Governor’sRegional School for Northern Vir-ginia, has 145 semifinalists.

All semifinalists are eligible tocompete for 7,500 National MeritScholarship awards worth $32 mil-lion, to be awarded in spring 2018.FCPS 2018 National Merit semifinal-ists are:

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small apartment with 13 people. We were there tosupport her for her deportation hearing. The womanhad fled El Salvador, which is the murder capital ofthe world. We took her to Rosslyn to immigrationcourt. All of us had to go through a metal detectorincluding the children, and they took away the foodin her purse.”

Martin says 80 different cases were all given thesame 11 a.m. time for consideration. “It wasn’t agrand court — it was an institutional setting withlow ceilings, bright light and so crowded that people,

even with babies,couldn’t sit down. Itwas very proceduraland you heard thesame thing dozens oftimes. They took caseswith attorneys first sowe had to wait for along time.”

Martin says somewhere along the way the woman’sheavy ankle bracelet started beeping because thebattery was low. “There was nowhere to recharge itso it just kept beeping until we got to Subway forlunch in the late afternoon and she could plug it in.”When it came her turn the bilingual judge asked ifthe immigrant needed time to get an attorney andpostponed her case until August.

Then they had to go to Vienna for a regular anklebracelet check-in. “They could track where she was.”

Martin said the Sanctuary DMV group is not in-volved in case management so she doesn’t know whathappened at the August court date. “The courts can’tkeep up. They are rescheduling out to the end of2018.”

An excerpt from a poem sent by Martin to the con-gregation concludes:

“I have known the grandmothers whoSmile even though they have leftTheir country of spices and markets,Have left their open windows with blue curtainsHave left the tramping of war,Have left their songs and language,And believed America when we said,‘This is the land of the free.’”

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rent 800,000 DACA 135,000 are Asian-Americans.The current efforts focus on DACA with phone

banks, vigils and visits to Virginia legislators urgingthem to support of the Dream Act. “RepresentativesBarbara Comstock and Scott Taylor are on the fenceabout whether to co-sponsor the legislation,” saidYi. NAKASEC is planning a day soon when they willjoin with other organizations and knock on everydoor they can find. “Come on; we can do this,” shesaid.

Yi says that Korea is a land of opportunity with agreat educational system. “I can go there now andmake a lot of money but what keeps us rooted hereis liberty and freedom. In Korea,” she said, “You haveto think a certain way. Culturally and value-wise, I’mAmerican.”

Yi takes a moment to reflect on their recent 30-day vigil in front of the White House.

She said they slept on benches, talked to people,got signatures and even did the “DACA dance.”

“The Secret Service told us we were the weirdestdemonstrators they had ever seen at the WhiteHouse; we even had a karaoke night. But we raiseda lot of money,” Yi said. “Some people were support-ive but others were being really mean. We had kidswith us and I could see they were so hurt. I don’tknow what’s going to happen but we’re stronger to-gether. We have to do something.”

She declares they’re going to get education anddriver’s licenses for everyone in Virginia. “This mo-ment is bigger than all of us.”

SIXTY FOUR PLACES of worship joined togetherafter the election with the announcement of upcom-ing anti-immigration legislation. Imam Ali Saddiqui,who is part of a transitional leadership team for thegroup, says SanctuaryDMV (D.C., Maryland,Virginia) includes a num-ber of Protestantchurches as well as sev-eral synagogues, Catholicchurches and his MuslimInstitute. One of their ac-tions has been organizingrallies in support of DACA and immigrant rights. “Iwas just there last week at the Immigration CustomsEnforcement (ICE) office in D.C. and at the mayor’soffice.” Since there was just a raid where ICE wentafter 500 undocumented immigrants and 14 werearrested, the group was asking for their release andfor the mayor not to cooperate with ICE officials.

In addition, they have been visiting congressionaloffices in support of the Dream Act and phoningmembers of Congress. “Actually this is on a party line.Democrats are very supportive and Republicans not.”

He says you hear the argument that immigrantscost the government money and don’t pay taxes. “Letme tell you my own story. I came here from Pakistanon March 23, 1969 originally as an asylee. I lookedfor a job and started working and paying taxes March24 and have paid ever since.”

The Rev. Laura Martin, associate pastor for at RockSpring UCC in Arlington and also a member of DMVSanctuary, says there are a number of unresolvedissues about the concept of offering sanctuary to animmigrant in a church building. “We are trying tocome up with a wider definition of sanctuary suchas offering solidarity or support for immigrants whenthey have an order for deportation. So in the springanother member of the congregation and I pickedup a woman living in D.C. with her two children in a

Imam Ali Saddiqui, transitional leader forSanctuary DMV, demonstrates outside ofICE office in D.C.

DACA by Congressional DistrictDACA DACA

U.S. Rep. Recipients EligibleBeyer (D-8) 2,000 5,400Comstock (R-10) 1,600 3,700Connelly (D-11) 2,400 5,300

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ONGOINGPhoto Exhibition. Through Oct. 28,

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. atThe Civil War Interpretive Center atHistoric Blenheim, 3610 Old LeeHighway, Fairfax. “Binding Wounds,Pushing Boundaries: African-Americans in Civil War Medicine”looks at the men and women whoserved as surgeons and nurses duringthe Civil War and how their servicechallenged the prescribed notions ofrace and gender.Free. Call 703-591-0560 for more.

Senior Line Dancing. Mondays, 1p.m.; Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m. at LittleRIver Glen Senior Center, 4001Barker Court, Fairfax. Line Dancing isa gentle, social form of aerobicactivity. Studies have shown it aids inwarding off Alzheimer’s disease. Noprevious experience needed. Cost: $5per 8-week session. [email protected] or call 703-524-3739.

Fairfax Pets on Wheels NewVolunteer Orientation. Anorientation for new volunteersinterested in visiting residents ofnursing homes and assisted livingfacilities with their approved petsthrough the Fairfax Pets On Wheelsprogram is held the first Wednesdayof every month starting at 7:30 p.m.Visit www.fpow.org for each month’slocation. Prior to attending, pleasecomplete the online applicationfound at www.fpow.org/volunteer.www.fpow.org, 703-324-5424 [email protected].

Carolina Shag. Wednesdays, 6:30-10p.m. at Arlington/Fairfax Elks Lodge,8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax. Freelessons at 7:30 p.m. No partnersneeded. Dinner menu. $8. Under 21free. nvshag.org.

FUN-Exercise Thursdays, noon-12:50p.m. at Grace Presbyterian ChurchFamily Room, 7434 Bath St.,Springfield. Inova certified exerciseinstructor leads a moderate levelexercise class with music and currentevents conversation. Muscle, Balance,Strength Training using stretch bandsand weights both standing andseated exercises. Instructor donationis $5. [email protected] or 703-499-6133.

Exercise Program Mondays andFridays at 9:30 a.m. year-round atLord of Life Lutheran Church, 5114Twinbrook Road, Fairfax. Theexercises are for strength, balanceand maintaining limberness. ContactSCFB office at 703-426-2824 formore information.

Cafe Ivrit (Hebrew Cafe).Wednesdays. 8:15-9:15 a.m. JewishCommunity Center of NorthernVirginia, 8900 Little River Turnpike,Fairfax. Shalom (hello) Did youalways want to converse in Hebrew?Join Na’ama each week forconversational Hebrew. You willlearn and practice Hebrew in a funand interactive way while learningmore about Israel. Free, however weask that you try to attend regularly.RSVP [email protected].

Smoke Free Bingo. 7 p.m. EveryFriday. Fairfax Volunteer FireDepartment, 4081 University Drive,Fairfax. Free coffee, entertainingcallers, $1,000 jackpot (with breaksfor smoking friends).www.fairfaxvd.com. 703-273-3638.

English Conversation Groupsweekly at George Mason, BurkeCentre, and Lorton Libraries Practiceand improve your English. Day andstart times vary. Visit:va.evanced.info/fairfaxcounty/lib/eventcalendar.asp

Funday Monday 10:30 a.m., everyMonday at Old Town Hall, 3999University Drive, Fairfax. There will

be music, movement, storytelling,performances, crafts, and more. It isopen to children of all ages, howeverespecially for those who haven’t yetstarted school. Programs are free andopen to the public, donations aregratefully appreciated. There isample free parking in the downtownarea, and stroller access at the rear ofOld Town Hall on Main St. 703-385-7858 www.fairfaxva.gov/culturalarts.

Kingstowne Farmers Market. 4-7p.m. every Friday through Oct. 27, atKingstowne Giant Parking Lot, 5870Kingstowne Center, Alexandria.Freshly picked, producer-onlyvegetables and fruit, from-scratchbread (including gluten free), bakedgoods, kettle corn, salsa, hummus,cake pops, fruit popsicles, and icecream. Email [email protected] or call 703-642-0128 for more.

THROUGH OCTOBERFall Festival and Pumpkin

Playground. Various times at BurkeNursery & Garden Centre, 9401Burke Road, Burke. Weekdays is $10per person and the weekend price is$14 per person. Call 703- 323-1188for more.

Pumpkin Patch. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at theSt. George’s United MethodistChurch, 4910 Ox Road, Fairfax. Buyfall pumpkins and decorative gourdsgrown by Native American farmers tosupport jobs in a high unemploymentarea in Arizona. Email [email protected] or call 703-385-4550.

THURSDAY/OCT. 26Annual Trick or Treat Party. 5-7

p.m. at the Mosaic District, 2910District Ave., Fairfax. Pet costumecontest and Hotel Transylvaniascreening at 6:30 in Strawberry Park.Visit mosaicdistrict.com/ for more.

FRIDAY/OCT. 27Final 2017 Rock the Block

Concert. 6:30-9:30 p.m. at OldTown Square, 10415 North StreetFairfax. Vinyl Invention performs.Visit www. fairfaxcityeda.org formore.

Bonita Lestina Performance. 8-10

p.m. at the Sherwood CommunityCenter, 3740 Old Lee Highway,Fairfax. Russkie Musikanti: “A Nightfor Romance,” Balalaika Ensemble.Call 703-273-6097 for more.

SATURDAY/OCT. 28Vendor Fair Fundraiser. 11 a.m.-3

p.m. at Liberty Middle School, 6801Union Mill Road, Clifton. Schoolfundraiser and raffle. [email protected] for more.

Halloween Fest. 3-5 p.m. atSpringfield Town Center, 6500Springfield Mall, Springfield.Featuring entertainment by magician,Carnegie Master of Mystery, facepainting and craft activities. Childrencan stop by Guest services to get theirtrick or treat bag. Visitspringfieldtowncenter.com for more.

Ghoultide Scarols. 7:30-9:30 p.m. atFairfax High School, 3501 Rebel Run,Fairfax. Music of the “GhoultideSeason,” with music by Bach, AndrewLloyd Webber, Camille Saint-Saensand guests featured in ThomasPavlechko’s Ghoultide Scarols. Visitwww.fairfaxband.org for more.

OCT. 28-29Fall Festival. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the

Whitehall Farm, 6080 ColchesterRoad, Fairfax. Featuring a large cornmaze in the shape of a chicken,pumpkin patch, farm animals,inflatable bounce houses, hay ride,and nature trail. $12, active dutymilitary and their families receive $2off per ticket. Visitwww.whitehall.farm for more.

MONDAY/OCT. 30Trick-or-Treating at City of Fairfax

Buildings. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Childrenare invited to come safely trick-or-treat at any of the following City ofFairfax buildings:

❖ City Hall – 10455 Armstrong St.❖ Green Acres – 4401 Sideburn Road❖ Sherwood Center – 3740 Old Lee

Highway❖ Fairfax Museum & Visitor Center –

10209 Main St.Email [email protected] or call

703-385-7855 for more.Halloween Celebration and

Costume Parade. 10:30 a.m. atOld Town Square, 3999 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. A variety of children’sactivities and entertainment,costumes encouraged for parade.Visit www.fairfaxva.gov/culturalartsor call 703-385-7858.

TUESDAY/OCT. 31Story Times at Old Town Square.

10:30 a.m. at Old Town Square,3999 University Drive, Fairfax. Stafffrom City of Fairfax Regional Librarywill bring over books to read withchildren in an informal setting. Visitwww.fairfaxva.gov/culturalarts formore.

THURSDAY/NOV. 2Decorative Arts Symposium. 9 a.m.-

4 p.m. at George Mason’s GunstonHall, 10709 Gunston Road, Lorton.Topic: “Women’s Work: Women asGlobal Actors in the

18th Century” with guest speakers. Call703-550-9220 ext. 240 or

email [email protected] Visiting Filmmakers Series.

4:30 p.m. at Johnson Center Cinema,4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Filmis ‘Whose Streets?” by SabaahFolayan, a look at how the killing of18-year-old Michael Brown inspired acommunity to fight back and sparkeda global movement. Call 703-993-2768.

FRIDAY/NOV. 3Business Holiday Celebration. 8

a.m.-2 p.m. at American Legion Post# 177, 3939 Oak St., Fairfax.Exhibitors and speakers including thekeynote speaker, Sharon Bulova,Chairman of the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors. Visitultbizexpo.com for more.

Film Festival for the Arts. 8 p.m. atSherwood Center, 3740 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Free. “Imagine: JohnLennon” (1988). Doors open at 7p.m.

SATURDAY/NOV. 4Suffragist Lecture. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at

the City of Fairfax Regional Library,10360 North St., Fairfax. Lecturetitled “Forgotten Fairfax: 100thAnniversary of the Night of Terrorand the Occoquan Suffragists.”Fairfax County History Commissionmember, Lynne Garvey-Hodge,speaks about the Night of Terror,when 33 female protesters picketingthe White House for the right to votewere incarcerated at the OccoquanWorkhouse and tortured. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/ or call 703-293-6227.

Northern Virginia Chorale. 8 p.m.at St. Mark’s Church, 5800 BacklickRoad, Springfield. The Chorale willalso perform “We Remember Them”from Donald McCullough’s HolocaustCantata, as well as spirituals andother choral selections tocommemorate All Saints Day. $25 forAdults; $10 for students; under 12free. Visitwww.northernvirginiachorale.org orby phone at 703-239-2180.

NOV. 4-JAN. 13, 2018Fall Art Lessons for Youth Classes.

9:15-10:30 a.m. at WoodsCommunity Centre, 10100 WardsGrove Circle, Burke. Instructor CarolZeitlin drawing and watercolor. Visitwww.czartlessons.com or call 703-250-6930 for more.

Fall Art Workshop for Teens/Adults. 10:30a.m.-12:30 p.m. atWoods Community Centre, 10100Wards Grove Circle, Burke. InstructorCarol Zeitlin, drawing, watercolor,Chinese brush and portfoliodevelopment. Visitwww.czartlessons.com or call 703-250-6930 for more.

Ghoultide Scarols will be the sound onSaturday, Oct. 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m. atFairfax High School, 3501 Rebel Run,Fairfax. Music of the “Ghoultide Sea-son,” with music by Bach, Andrew LloydWebber, Camille Saint-Saens and guestsfeatured in Thomas Pavlechko’sGhoultide Scarols. Visitwww.fairfaxband.org for more.

Halloween Fun

THURSDAY/OCT. 26Annual Trick or Treat Party. 5-7 p.m. at the Mosaic

District, 2910 District Ave., Fairfax. Pet costumecontest and Hotel Transylvania screening at 6:30 inStrawberry Park. Visit mosaicdistrict.com/ for more.

SATURDAY/OCT. 28Halloween Fest. 3-5 p.m. at Springfield Town Center,

6500 Springfield Mall, Springfield. Featuringentertainment by magician, Carnegie Master ofMystery, face painting and craft activities. Children canstop by Guest services to get their trick or treat bag.Visit springfieldtowncenter.com for more.

Ghoultide Scarols. 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Fairfax HighSchool, 3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax. Music of the“Ghoultide Season,” with music by Bach, Andrew LloydWebber, Camille Saint-Saens and guests featured inThomas Pavlechko’s Ghoultide Scarols. Visitwww.fairfaxband.org for more.

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a.m.-5 p.m. Children are invited to come safely trick-or-treat at any of the following City of Fairfax buildings:

❖ City Hall – 10455 Armstrong St.❖ Green Acres – 4401 Sideburn Road* Sherwood Center – 3740 Old Lee Highway* Fairfax Museum & Visitor Center – 10209 Main St.Email [email protected] or call 703-385-7855Halloween Celebration and Costume Parade.

10:30 a.m. at Old Town Square, 3999 University Drive,Fairfax. A variety of children’s activities andentertainment, costumes encouraged for parade. Visitwww.fairfaxva.gov/culturalarts or call 703-385-7858.

Art ClassesFall Drawing PlusColor Classesstarting Nov. 4,6:15-7 p.m. atWoods CommunityCentre, 10100Wards GroveCircle, Burke.Instructor CarolZeitlin, drawingand watercolor.Ages 5-8. Visitwww.czartlessons.comor call 703-250-6930.


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overcoming inner causes of suffering,while cultivating causes of happiness.Under the direction of Lama ZopaRinpoche, the center is a place of study,contemplation and meditation. Visitwww.guhyasamaja.org for more infor-mation.

Lord of Life Lutheran offers ser-vices at two locations, 5114 TwinbrookRoad in Fairfax, and 13421 Twin LakesDrive in Clifton. Services in Fairfax areheld on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. and Sun-days at 8:30 and 10 a.m. Services inClifton are held on Sundays at 8:50 and10:50 a.m. 703-323-9500 orwww.Lordoflifeva.org.

Clifton Presbyterian Church,12748 Richards Lane, Clifton, offersSunday worship services at 10 a.m. andCup of Fellowship at 11 a.m. Nurserycare is provided from 9:45-11:15 a.m.Christian education for all ages is at9:45 a.m. 703-830-3175.

St. Andrew the Apostle CatholicChurch, 6720 Union Mill Road, Clifton,conducts Sunday masses at 7:30 a.m.,8:45 a.m., Latin mass at 10:30 a.m. and12:30 p.m. It also offers a Saturday vigilat 5:30 p.m. and a Thursday Latin massat 7 p.m. Additional mass offered Mon-day-Friday at 6:30 a.m. (except onFederal holidays) and 8:45 a.m. 703-817-1770 or www.st-andrew.org.

Clifton Baptist Church, 7152Main St.Clifton, is a small Bible-believ-ing church offering worship service onSunday at 11 a.m., with Bible Study onWednesday at 12:30 p.m.

Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, 8304 Old Keene Mill Road,Springfield, offers casual worship ser-vices on Saturday evenings at 5:30 p.m.featuring contemporary music. Moretraditional services take place on Sun-day mornings at 8:15 and 11 a.m.Sunday School is from 9:45-10:45 a.m.for children and adults.

The church also offers discussiongroups for adults. 703-451-5855 orwww.poplc.org.


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way Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA), nearly half (45 percent)of all U.S. traffic deaths involvedrunk drivers, free Halloween Lyftrides will be offered to deter im-paired driving throughout North-ern Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Offered by the nonprofit Wash-ington Regional Alcohol Program(WRAP), the 2017 HalloweenSoberRide program will be in op-eration beginning at 10 p.m. onSaturday, Oct. 28 and continueuntil 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29,2017 as a way to keep local roadssafe from impaired drivers duringthis traditionally high-risk holiday.

During this six-hour period, arearesidents age 21 and older cel-ebrating with alcohol may down-load Lyft to their phones, thenenter the code DCHALLOWEEN inthe app’s “Promo” section to re-ceive their no cost (up to $15) safetransportation home. TheSoberRide code is valid for the first1,500 Lyft users who enter the

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SoberRide program on St. Patrick’sDay, Cinco de Mayo, Indepen-dence Day and during the winterholidays – this year starting onDec. 15, 2017 and operatingthrough and including New Year’sEve.

In March 2017, WRAP an-nounced a partnership with theridesharing service Lyft to provideWRAP’s SoberRide service in theWashington-metropolitan areathrough 2017. SoberRide, thepopular free safe ride service toprevent drunk driving, will now besolely available via the Lyft mobileapp ridesharing platform.

“In 2015 and according to theNational Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration, 45-percent of allU.S. traffic fatalities during Hal-loween involved drunk drivers,”said Kurt Gregory Erickson,WRAP’s President. “Compoundingmatters, 21-to-35 year-olds ac-count for nearly two-thirds (64percent) of U.S. traffic deaths onHalloween night 2015.”

SoberRide is offered throughoutLyft’s Washington, D.C. coveragearea which includes all or parts of:the District of Columbia; the Mary-land counties of Montgomery andPrince George’s; and the NorthernVirginia counties of Arlington,Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince Will-iam. Sponsors of this year’s Hal-loween SoberRide campaign in-clude the 395 Express Lanes, AAAMid-Atlantic, Anheuser-Busch,Brown-Forman, ConstellationBrands, Diageo, District of Colum-bia Association of Beverage Alco-hol Wholesalers, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Giant Food, Glory DaysGrill, Lyft, MillerCoors, RestaurantAssociation Metropolitan Wash-ington, Volkswagen Group ofAmerica and the Washington AreaNew Automobile Dealers Associa-tion. Since 1993, WRAP’sSoberRide program has provided67,991 free safe rides home towould-be drunk drivers in theGreater Washington area.

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Say that three times quickly. Heck, say itone-time slowly. And then welcome to mywhirled: the world of cancer treatment and sur-vival. A ‘whirled’ in which, eight years andnearly eight months post diagnosis, I continueto live, breathe and write.

Occasionally it happens, as it is happeningnow, that some of the most excruciatingdemands of being a cancer patient, occursimultaneously – or a reasonable facsimile thereof. For me that means 24-hour urine collection,pre-chemotherapy lab work, chemotherapyinfusion, CT Scan and then the appointmentwith my oncologist to discuss all the results;occurring over 13 days – with intermittent daysoff for good behavior.

Typically; meaning every minute, everyhour, every day, every week, etc., maybe notevery second, I am thinking about cancer;though I wouldn’t say I’m preoccupied (othersmight). And of course, it’s certainly understand-able and reasonable to do so when every dayover a fortnight, you are waiting – as we say inthe sales world – “for the other shoe to drop.”

Having endured this cycle over the last eightand a half years with varying regularity, I canhonestly say that whatever symptoms havemanifested themselves – or not – have neverprovided any consistent assurance that mylife/life expectancy had not changed for theworse. It’s not until the appointment with myoncologist occurs – or sooner if he emails methe scan results, that I learn the facts of mycase.

All of that being said, as my friend Frank hasoften said to me: “You’re in pretty good shapefor the shape you’re in.” Don’t I know it.

However, yes there’s always a ‘however’ inthe cancer-patient-surviving-against-all-odds‘whirled,’ there are no guarantees. In fact, thereare only two guarantees: death and taxes. Theformer is way too close for comfort and the lat-ter, I’m already taxed to the hilt, emotionally.Somehow, I have to get through because “thealternative is gloomy” to quote Dr. Mobley, thedoctor in Miles City who treated AugustusMcCray in the epic miniseries, “LonesomeDove.” And so I try not to be gloomy.

However, there’s that word again, circum-stances/schedules randomly bring down theweight – and wait of my ‘whirled.’ These 13days can never pass quickly enough. But thatpresumes a good result, which one would wantto know as soon as possible. But what of a badresult, leading to an exponential increase inanxiety – and fear, ultimately leading to a treat-ment unknown. That I might not want to knowso soon. Not that not knowing serves any pointor helps coordinate the next treatment plan,I’m more afraid of hearing something I haven’theard much of since February 2009. To quotemy late mother quoting somebody: “No onegets out of this life alive.”

That of course is the point of this column,and the effect of having all this cancer stuff hap-pen at the same time. I can take it, generally; asmy late father used to say: “KB, I have confi-dence in you. You have broad shoulders.”Nevertheless, I worry about the figurative strawbreaking my emotional back. Cancer can dothat. It did it to my mother-in-law, Peggy, whereover a few days the situation went from bad toworse to finally, the worst.

Somehow, I have to compartmentalize allthis negative energy and focus on the positive.And that positive turns out to be an early emailfrom my oncologist basically saying that my lungcancer remains stable. Now we can go to myappointment on Monday “unencumbered,” toonce gain quote my late father. The pressure issemi off. Talk about relief.

Now maybe I can relax and try not to thinkabout my next infusion, my next scan and mynext appointment with the oncologist. There’sno harm in trying, right?

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