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A tot trotter runswith the help ofhis parentsparticipating inthe Reston TownCenter’s HolidayParade alongMarket Street onFriday, Nov. 25.

A tot trotter runswith the help ofhis parentsparticipating inthe Reston TownCenter’s HolidayParade alongMarket Street onFriday, Nov. 25.

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Fairfax County Fire AndRescue Participating InToys for Tots Campaign

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department will again be participat-ing in the Annual National Capital Region Fire and EMS Departments’ 2016Toys for Tots Campaign. The intent of the campaign is to “bring holiday joyand deliver a message of hope to children.”

Last year, thanks to the generosity of those who live and work in FairfaxCounty, the Fire and Rescue Department collected more than 13,000 toys.

Children who are served by this campaign include toddlers and youthsthrough age 17. The campaign will only accept new unwrapped toys andyou can drop them off at any of our Fire and Rescue Stations. Toys used asweapons or considered to be weapons (i.e., toy guns or knives of any kind)will not be accepted. Checks or money orders for donations must be madepayable to Toys for Tots.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Stations will accept donations throughFriday, Dec. 16, 2016.

Public Meetings onDraft Action Plans

Fairfax County has developed Draft Action Plans for the Chesapeake Bay,Sediment, Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), and Bacteria Total MaximumDaily Loads (TMDLs) that have assigned wasteload allocations (WLAs) tothe county’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4). The draft planswill be presented at two public meetings:

❖ Public meeting to present the County’s Draft Sediment, PCB, and Bac-teria TMDL Action Plans: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 6 to 8 p.m., Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Confer-ence Rooms !X

❖ Public meeting to present the County’s Draft Chesapeake Bay TMDLAction Plans: Thursday, December 15, 6 to 8 p.m., Fairfax County Govern-ment Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, ConferenceRooms 2/3

The meetings will mark the beginning of public comment periods on allfour Draft TMDL Action Plans that will run through Monday, January 23,2017. Please contact the Stormwater Planning Division [email protected] or 703-324-5500, TTY 711, with any ques-tions regarding the public meetings.

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly(D-11) will hold hiseighth annual Federal

Open Season Workshop on Satur-day, Dec. 3, at the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center to assist fed-eral employees and retirees innavigating through the manychanges in the 2017 Federal Em-ployees Health Benefits Plans(FEHBP), dental and vision insur-ance programs.

The federal government’s OpenSeason for federal employees andretirees to change their healthplans runs from Nov. 14 throughDec. 12, 2016.

Connolly’s Open Season Work-shop will take place at the FairfaxCounty Government Center onSaturday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.The Government Center is locatedat 12000 Government CenterParkway, Fairfax.

This year’s event will once againfeature FEHBP expert WaltFrancis, author of CHECKBOOKS’sGuide to Health Plans for FederalEmployees as well as a represen-tative of the Office of PersonnelManagement. Representatives

from the various FEHB plans andMedicare will be available to an-swer questions and discuss theirprograms with participants.

“Most FEHB plans have benefitand rate changes for 2017 so it isimportant that federal employeesand retirees know the details onhow their current plans are chang-ing and whether or not there isanother option that better suitstheir needs,” Connolly said. “Withthese possible changes, it is impor-tant that every federal employeeand retiree review the status oftheir current coverage.”

Connolly urged every federalemployee and retiree, as well assurvivor and former spouse annu-itants to make sure they reviewtheir FEHB plan coverage andother benefits before Open Seasonends on Dec. 12, 2016. “Federalemployees, retirees, and annu-itants who have questions or wantto make sure that they have thecoverage they need are welcometo attend my Open Season Work-shop on Dec. 3, ” he said.

Congressman Connolly’s OpenSeason workshop will feature:

10 – 11 a.m.❖ Panel Discussion featuring ex-

perts on FEHB programs and avail-able health plan options, includingFEHBP expert Walt Francis, authorof CHECKBOOKS’s Guide to HealthPlans for Federal Employees and arepresentative from OPM

Hosted in the Government Cen-ter Board Room

11:00 a.m. – 1 p.m.❖ Representatives of various

FEHB health plans and Medicarewill be available to provide infor-mation and answer questions con-cerning plan offerings for 2017 —Hosted in adjoining conferencerooms

Federal employees seeking fur-ther information about FEHBplans can visit OPM’s Open Sea-son website at: http://w w w . o p m . g o v / i n s u r e /openseason/ .

Federal employees, retirees, orannuitants seeking more informa-tion about the Open Season work-shop can call Connolly’s DistrictOffice at 703-256-3071.

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By Fallon Forbush

The Connection

The Giving Circle of HOPE cel-ebrated a major milestone thisyear – more than $1 million

raised and granted to support small non-profit organizations in Northern Virginia.

GCH’s members voted for the fund’s2016 grantees at a special event at Re-fraction in Reston Town Center on Thurs-day, Nov. 17.

“This milestone proves the power ofcollective giving because we reached itwith many individuals giving as little asone dollar a day or volunteering for oneevent a year,” says founding memberLinda Strup. “Reaching this $1 millionmilestone is exciting, but I am evenprouder of the lives we have changed,both within the Giving Circle of HOPEand in the greater community.”

Eight grants were funded for a total of$56,000. The 2016 grant award winnersare:

❖ Fairfax Court Appointed Special Ad-vocates (CASA) for Advocating for

Abused/Neglected Youth❖ Friends of Guest House for Workforce

Development Project Pilot❖ Josh Anderson Foundation for Our

Minds Matter: Website Development❖ La Cocina for Free Bilingual Culinary

Job Training, Placement & Food Assistance❖ NAMI Nova for Peer Support of Youth

and Adults Living with Mental Health Con-ditions

❖ OAR Arlington for Employment Assis-tance for Individuals Returning Home Af-ter Incarceration

❖ Women Giving Back for Women Giv-ing Back Transportation Project

❖ The Reading Connection for Child,Youth Development & Education

A giving circle is a form of participatoryphilanthropy where groups of individualsdonate their own money to a pooled fund,decide together which charities to give toand, in doing so, increase awareness of andengagement in issues in their community.

Prior to this year’s vote, GCH awarded125 grants to 52 local nonprofits. Fundshave been awarded in the areas of Child,Youth Development and Education; Health,

Mental Health and Aging; Poverty Relief;Immigration; and Poverty Escape. Organi-zations throughout Northern Virginia havereceived funding including: Alexandria,Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fauquier,Loudoun, Manassas and Prince William.

“Reaching the $1 million means we gotto a landing in a long staircase,” says found-

The Giving Circle of HOPECelebrates Million Dollar Milestone

Founders of the Giving Circle of HOPE celebrating Million DollarMilestone.

ing member Diana Katz. “We can take abreath, look back to see what we havedone, and we can look upward to seehow much more we can do. It’s a stepthat gives us perspective.”

GCH is a component fund of the Com-munity Foundation for Northern Virginiaand was created in 2004.

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A 45-year-old was driving southbound on Wiehle Avenue withhis 7-year-old daughter when helost control at a curve. His car

hit the guardrail, traveled down the em-bankment and over the walking trail andinto Lake Anne.

No one was hurt, but it could have beena different story if Beth Hoyos, 47, of Restonwasn’t there to help.

The accident occurred at a location of ablind curve and is a location of frequentaccidents, she says.

“Some are pretty bad,” she says. “I’d liketo see something done about it.”

She has seen the accidents because shelives in the neighborhood and saw this lat-est crash happen as she was driving her 14-year-old daughter home from school.

“I was about to turn on to Inlet Court andI was slowing down to turn left into myneighborhood when the car hit the curb,then hit the guardrail and then flew overthe hill,” she says. “My daughter and I werestumped. Like, ‘Did that really just hap-pen?’”

She quickly parked her car and told herdaughter to stay.

“It looked like it was going to be bad,”she says.

As she ran towards the car, she dialed 9-1-1. To her surprise she realized the carwent all the way into the lake.

“The driver of the car was pulling him-self out and saying his daughter was in thecar,” she says. “I had to admit that I thought

I could walk a few steps out, but two stepsin and it suddenly dropped very deep. I re-alized I had to swim.”

She grabbed the 7-year-old and realizedthat she could swim.

“She was a super little trooper, actually,”she says. “I just gave her a shove towardsthe shore.” At that point, people started togather and helped the girl off the rocks andonto the shore.

“Her father was saying he couldn’t swimand he was starting to look very panickedat that point,” she says. “He kept going un-der the water.”

THE CAR was almost completely sub-

merged at this point.“In the process of me trying to help him,

he was pushing me under … I wasn’t strongenough to really pull him in,” she says. “Ihad turned around to shout for help.”

That’s when a 15-year-old namedSebastian entered the water to help her pullthe man to safety.

By that time a crowd of about a dozenpeople were watching, she says. Some hadgathered blankets to help warm them upas they waited for EMTs to arrive.

Since the adrenaline-inducing event,Hoyos says people have been calling her ahero; a weird experience for her.

“I didn’t stop to think about it,” she says.

“The guy said his daughter was in the carand he didn’t know how to swim. There wasreally no conscience choice. The only thingI really remember thinking at the time was,‘Should I leave my boots on or take my bootsoff.’ The rest of it was sort of an autopilot:go in, make sure they’re OK and get themout.”

She says she didn’t even think it was dan-gerous at the time she entered the water.

“I thought they just needed some helpgetting to the shore,” she says. “I definitelydidn’t know how deep the water was.”

EVERY YEAR, Hoyos participates in theReston Sprint Triathlon, a race that requiresbiking, running and swimming. But sheadmits that she isn’t the leader of the pack.

“I do some training for the swimming partof it, which I’m not particularly good at,”she says. “In the last triathlon, I just didawful.” However, she doesn’t know if thefather would have been OK if she hadn’tentered the water when she did.

“I think I was more helpful by just beingthere and being a comfort,” she says. “Hereached out and grabbed my hands and Iwas looking at him in the eyes.”

He called her the following day to thankher for her act of courage. On the call, hetold her that her presence helped him getthrough the ordeal.

Hoyos says credit for the rescue also goesto Sebastian. When she turned around tothe shore to ask for help, he was the onlyone to act. “There was a scary moment therewhere the only person that got in was theteenager,” she says. “I’m impressed with himfor that.”

Beth Hoyos, 47, of Reston helps fa-ther and daughter escape a sinkingcar that crashed into Lake Anne.Heroic Rescue at Lake Anne

The accident happened at Wiehle Avenue and Inlet Court on Wednesday,Nov. 16. The Fairfax County Police Department’s Dive Team pulled thecar from the lake the following day.

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A CRC worker kneels in the tunnel where he is hand mining to carryutilities to and from the Silver Line Phase 2.

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As work on the Dulles CorridorMetrorail Project, DCMP,progresses and Phase 2 ofMetro’s Silver Line begins to take

shape, some of the toughest work on theproject is conducted underground, out ofpublic sight. About 1,400 people currentlyare working on the project, which extendsthe Silver Line from the Wiehle-Reston EastStation westward through Dulles Interna-tional Airport and on to Ashburn.

To supply the rail line with needed utili-ties, such as water and electricity, projectworkers must tunnel beneath the Dulles TollRoad and Dulles Greenway to access the railline in the median of those roads.

All along the project, dense rock knownas diabase (granite) has challenged CapitalRail Constructors (CRC) crews attemptingto dig out those tunnels. CRC is the groupcontracted to build the bulk of the project.The diabase is much denser than anticipatedbefore work began.

Project workers first began digging by amethod called “jack and bore” using a largepiece of equipment that drills horizontallythrough the earth without disturbing road-ways. However, that process was not ad-equate to break through the hard rock alongthe rail line.

For many of the tunnels built roughly ev-ery mile along the Dulles Toll Road, CRCresorted to hand mining, an intensive pro-cess that requires workers to crawl into thetunnels and break out the rock bit by bit.

“That’s all basically on their knees,” saidDCMP senior project manager StephenBarna.

John Kearney, another DCMP seniorproject manager, emphasized that handminers perform some of the most strenu-ous work on the job.

“Imagine crawling under your desk and

digging through solid rock in that tightspace on your knees for eight or more hoursevery day,” Kearney said. Further, it’s a jobthe public cannot see and therefore cannotappreciate.

“It’s an unseen and thankless piece ofwork,” he said. “No one understands whatthose miners go through. They work in moredifficult conditions than most of the othertrades and they have to work harder to com-plete these tunnels and get through theirdays.”

Digging the tunnels is but one part of theprocess. As the workers push forward - someshifts making up to 8 feet of progress, oth-ers making only 3 inches per shift - metalsupports called liner panels are boltedaround the tunnel and grout is used to fillin the gaps between the liner panels andrough, rocky walls. Once the tunneling iscomplete, utility lines or ducts are fedthrough the tunnel to supply the rail linewith power, water and any other neededutility.

Finally, grout is poured to fill the spacesbetween and around the utility ducts.

Numbers Tell Story of ProgressImpressive numbers now tell the story of progress along the alignment of Phase 2 of the Dulles Cor-

ridor Metrorail Project, also known as the Silver Line. Here’s an update on the aerial work that has beendone at Dulles Airport:

❖ All 197 drilled shafts have been completed.❖ All 197 columns have been poured.❖ 98 percent (182) of pier caps have been poured.❖ 183 (62 percent) deck slabs have been poured.❖ Crews continue to drill and set anchor bolts and bearings on the pier caps for girders on the guide-

way columns.❖ Crews completed drilling Secant Piles for the Reston Land Bridge and completed pouring columns

on the S–1 Guideway east of the future Dulles Airport Station. All Aerial Guideway Columns have beenpoured.

❖ The precaster continues to cast girders and prepare the girders for shipment to the site from theCoastal Precast facility.

A Big Piece of the ActionThe arrival of the first segment of one of many to be built, connecting Phase 2 rail stations to both

sides of the Dulles Toll Road corridor, signaled major progress in construction in late October.This large section arrived on the south side of the site where the Innovation Center Station is being

built in the shadow of the Center for Innovative Technology near Route 28 and the toll road.The bridgeswill be assembled on site and erected over the east and westbound lanes of the Dulles corridor usingcomplex construction procedures that will demand major lane closings and shifts at each station site.Details of those erections will be announced well in advance.

Did You Know?❖ Loudoun and Fairfax counties are footing the bills for parking garages for rail users in their respec-

tive counties.❖ The largest rail yard in the Metro system is part of Phase 2. It is being built on a 90 –acre site owned

by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority near Route 606 and Mercure Business Park.❖ Parking at Herndon Station will handle 3,500 cars (including the 1,950 spaces in the existing ga-

rage).❖ Bike racks are located at each station except for Dulles Airport.

Hand mining usedto dig tunnelsthrough granite.

Tough Underground Work Underway on Silver Line Phase 2

The first span for the pedestrianbridge has been delivered to Innova-tion Center south.These Capital Rail Constructors

workers are near a completedutility duct tunnel along the SilverLine Phase 2 route.

This equipment, similar to a jackhammer, is used by the constructioncrew to break through incredibly dense rock along the Silver Line Phase2 route.


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Reston Community CenterReceives State Award

Reston Community Center received the state-wideaward for Best New Program at the 62nd AnnualConference of the Virginia Recreation and Park So-ciety (VRPS) held Nov. 5 – 8 in Roanoke. RCC Rideswas honored in the category of areas with a popula-tion 50,001 - 100,000. “We are honored to receivethis award but we would not be successful withoutour volunteer drivers,” said Eileen Boone, RCC Lei-sure & Learning Director. “Our volunteers are theheroes of this program and we thank them for theircommitment and passion.”

RCC Rides provides door-to-door rides to help getolder adults to important engagements, ranging fromRCC’s social and enrichment activities to medicalappointments. Ride services are provided exclusivelyby volunteer drivers, free of charge, to anyone age55 or older who resides in Reston CommunityCenter’s Small District 5 boundaries. Since launch-ing in July 2015, this program has given 1,094 ridesto Reston adults 55 years and older who cannot drive.Ride destinations vary but the majority of them arein or around Reston. More than 147 riders and 43drivers are now a part of the Reston program.

RCC continues to seek drivers to help meet therider needs in Reston. All volunteer driver applicantsundergo a thorough DMV and background check paidfor by NV Rides. Interested volunteer drivers canapply immediately by going to http://www.restoncommunitycenter.com/about-reston/nv-rides-reston/become-a-driver. For more informationabout RCC Rides, contact Ali Clements, RCC RidesCoordinator, at 703-390-6198 or

[email protected], or visitwww.restoncommunitycenter.com/RCCrides.

Oakton Baptist Church toHost Open House

Oakton Baptist Church of Chantilly, located at14001 Sullyfield Circle, will be

having a Christmas Open House on Saturday, Dec.10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will include a tour ofthe church, meeting members and a cup of free hotchocolate. Also, there will be three Food Truckspresent, Taco/Latin, Grilled Cheese, and a Carni-val/Kid-Friendly truck. Children 12 and under willenjoy Christmas shopping in the Fellowship Hall.There will be new and gently used items while sup-plies last. A small donation will be accepted for eachitem. The items will be gift wrapped. Location: 14001Sullyfield Circle, Chantilly on Route 50. First stop lightEast of Route 28. Snow date is Saturday, Dec. 17.

Volunteers Needed forFood Packing Event

Assistance League of Northern Virginia invitesmembers of the community to help pack food for itsWeekend Food for Kids program. This program pro-vides nonperishable food to children in need at sixTitle 1 schools in our community. The next food pack-ing event is at 10 a.m. on Dec. 15 at Dominion Re-sources, 3072 Centreville Road, in Herndon. Arrive at9:30 a.m. to help with setup. Contact Karen Amster:[email protected].

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By Kenneth R.

“Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

When my friendA u g u s tW a l l m e y e r

wrote his book, “The Ex-tremes of Virginia, South-west, Southside and theEastern Shore: Two Separated and UnequalCommonwealths. Rural, Poor and Largely Un-known” (Dementi Books, 2016), he includeda chapter on illegal drug use for obvious rea-sons—In 2014 for the first time on record fa-tal drug overdoses became the most commoncause of accidental death in the Common-wealth, according to the Office of the ChiefMedical Examiner. As the Secretary of Healthand Human Resources reported to Mr.Wallmeyer, “In 2015 we lost more than a thou-sand Virginians to opioid or heroin overdoses.More Virginians now die from drug overdosesthan from car accidents.” For another reason,the rate of fatal drug/poison overdoses in thepoorest areas of the state are 47 percent higherthan those in Virginia as a whole. The picturehas been getting worse.

Last week the state health commissioner Dr.Marissa J. Levine declared opioid addiction tobe a public health emergency in Virginia. Shesaid the Commonwealth has seen a 77 percentincrease in opioid deaths from 2012to 2016. So great is the concern aboutthis epidemic that CommissionerLevine issued a standing order thatallows all Virginians to obtain the drug Nalox-one without a specific prescription. Naloxoneis used to treat narcotic overdoses in emer-gency situations. Persons who know someonewho is struggling with opioid addiction areadvised to visit a local pharmacy to obtainNaloxone and keep it on hand for possible over-dose emergencies. For more information onNaloxone, go to http://www.getnaloxonenow.org. Another website ofVirginia government offers resources on howto best discuss addiction with someone, http://vaaware.com/treatment-recovery/.

Attorney General Mark Herring is extremelyactive in combating drug abuse problems inVirginia. A documentary he produced on theheroin and prescription drug epidemic in Vir-ginia is available to individuals and organiza-tions for their use. Preview it at http://www.hardesthitva.com. The Attorney General

has led the effort to distribute 80,000 drugdisposal kits to individuals through the Depart-ment of Health and to hospitals, law enforce-ment and nonprofits. These kits will allow for

the safe disposal of prescriptions thatcould be abused by others. There isa strong link between misuse of pre-scription drugs, opioid addiction,

and the use of heroin when prescription drugsbecome too expensive or are no longer avail-able. Some studies found that half of youngpeople who use heroin got started abusing pre-scription opioids.

The Attorney General reported that morethan 500 people went to a Virginia emergencyroom from a heroin overdose in the first fourmonths of 2016, a 250 percent increase over2015.

No longer is the problem of opioid abuse onethat is primarily in the poorer, “extremes” ofthe state. It can be found in all areas of thestate affecting people of all income levels andbackgrounds. The strong response to the needby the Attorney General and the State HealthCommissioner are very important. Coordina-tion among agencies and work at the local levelto end root causes are critical. Fortunately theyare underway to end this epidemic.

Opioid Epidemic in Virginia

Commentary

By John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

Of late I have been criti-cal of our generally highquality Reston Associa-

tion. My critical comments havehad a lot to do with the question-able acquisition of the formerTetra office on the Lake Newportdam and the lavish expenditure onmaking it habitable for programsstill being defined. And, a fewweeks ago, this column took awhack at RA’s out-of-control bud-get and assessment increase.

No doubt I may return to those

two topicsdown the pike,but for achange I wantto highlightsome currentR Ap o s i -tives—i m -portant ones. Stream restoration,seemingly abandoned 4 or 5 yearsago, is back in couple badly erodedstretches of stream north of the tollroad. The next time you’re pass-ing Hickory Cluster, take a look atthe clearing along thestreambanks. That stream (re-

ferred to as Hickory Cluster tribu-tary) has been re-engineered andlooks sort of barren where the areawas cleared and levelled. It nowawaits major new plantings to re-store the green.

The streambanks werebadly eroded, sending tonsof silt into Lake Anne whichhad to be dredged at greatcost every few years. Silt-

ation will be slowed to a trickle.And, once the new trees and na-tive shrubs take hold, the ecosys-tem will recover and the area willbe lovelier than ever. Also, a newbridge, designed by a HickoryCluster resident, is about to re-

place the old bridge over thestream by the holding pond near-est Lake Anne. Work should becomplete by the end of 2016.

A larger chunk of work is at anearlier stage on a longer stretch ofthe Wiehle North tributary, thestream running along the northside of Wiehle Avenue betweenNorth Shore on the west to thenorth side of the Lake Anne dam.Banks along the stream are terri-bly eroded, 15 -20 feet deep ra-vines in some places. Work herewon’t be complete until spring of2017. It is interesting, rugged ter

Hickory Cluster tributary to Lake Anne. Re-engineering tobe completed shortly.

LEED Gold rated Nature House. RA Nature House stafferAbby Stocking in foreground.

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rain.I don’t have a cost estimate for the resto-

ration in these two areas, but it must beseveral hundred thousand dollars. The goodnews—it won’t cost Reston residents a dime.Funds come from the special land bankwhere developers destroying wetlands else-where by law deposit offset payments torestore other wetlands—such as those inReston! See photos of the re-engineeredHickory and work beginning along WiehleNorth tributary.

My personal favorite RA-owned and op-erated treasure is the Nature House, ourspecial model of environmentally soundconstruction (LEED Gold), in the midst ofour 72-acre Walker Nature Education Cen-ter along Glade Drive in south Reston. (Seephoto).

Unlike another RA property, which shallgo nameless here, Nature House and theNature Center are beehives of activity in-volving Restonians of all ages year-round.Just a few weeks ago, RA staff put on theannual Halloween Nature Trail for about1,000 kids and their parents. All year itseems there are films on nature and envi-ronmental topics. In the summer, there arecamps for hundreds of Reston kids, andduring the school year, school buses bringhundreds more to visit the exhibits in Na-ture House and to walk the lovely trails

nearby. Other favorite Nature Center activi-ties include the frequent birding walks con-ducted by leaders from the Audubon Soci-ety of Northern VA and Reston’s own ter-rific naturalists.

They have walks for all skill levels andages. You’d be amazed at the many speciesof birds you’ll see: from the pileated wood-pecker and varied hawks down to littlechickadees and kinglets! Check out a sched-ule at Reston.org.

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By Fallon Forbush

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Santa and Mrs. Claus ushered in thespirit of the holiday season byhorse-drawn carriage at the RestonTown Center’s Holiday Parade along

Market Street on Friday, Nov. 25.The festivities have been an annual tradi-

tion on the day after Thanksgiving in thecommunity since 1991. Now in its 26th year,the parade has been nominated for USATODAY’s 10 Best Holiday Parades, whichallows readers to cast votes for the 20 nomi-nees once per day until the polls close onMonday, Dec. 5, at noon.

Each year with much fanfare, about10,000 spectators come to watch the hour-long parade, which boasted 60 groups ofabout 1,500 participants this year, said AngieGoff of NBC4 News, who emceed at a grand-stand at Fountain Square as the groups pro-ceeded down the half-mile parade route. HerNBC4 colleague and meteorologist ChuckBell also emceed further down Market Streetat a second location.

About 10,000 bells were passed out tospectators on the street, which Goff encour-aged to be jingled as marching bands, danc-ers, cars, characters and community groupspassed the grandstand.

Not to be missed were balloons thatfloated down the route. A 35-foot tallsnowman balloon was one of the largest.Inflated with 2,500 cubic feet of helium, ittook 18 volunteers to maneuver, said Goff.

MARKET STREET was bustling well be-fore the parade kicked off.

While department stores invited consum-ers to chase down Black Friday deals in theearly morning hours, children were aftersomething else. Plenty of shopping could bedone at stores throughout the shopping cen-ter, but kids were focused on running in theGingerbread Man Mile.

The one-mile fun run around the shoppingcenter, included five age groups: 12 to 14-year-olds, 10 to 11-year-olds, 8 to 9-year-olds, 6 to 7-year-olds and 4 to 5-year-olds.The last group, the tot trot, was for kids aged3 and under.

Adam Chutuape, 18, a student of RobinsonSecondary School in Fairfax, ran as the gin-gerbread man for all the kids to catch. Hewas roped into the role by his track teamcoach, he says.

“It was about five miles in total, but it wasfun though,” he says.

With the official arrival of the holiday sea-son also came opportunities to give back tothe community.

Right after the parade ended, Santa andMrs. Claus took photos with families nextto the shopping center’s Ice Skating Pavil-ion. Proceeds from the photos benefited theSouth Lakes High School Chorus.

Next to the pavilion, people could alsopurchase mini-train rides on a trackless trainthat traveled on wheels around the shop-ping center, which benefited Cornerstones,a local nonprofit.

As the sun set, Reston’s Conservatory Bal-let performed a ballet directly in front of theChristmas tree in Fountain Square. For thecold, outdoor performance, the dancersdressed in all white and opted for UGG bootsinstead of pointe shoes.

In darkness, Santa and Mrs. Claus re-

turned to the square at 6 p.m. to help lightthe tree. Angie Goff of NBC4 News also re-turned to the podium with her daughterAdora to count down to the magical mo-ment.

“Every year they take a break from tellingthe elves what to do and what to make tocome out here and say a hello,” said Goff.“Santa and Mrs. Claus, we are so glad thatyou came to help us light our tree onceagain.”

Goff then asked the audience to partici-pate.

“We’re going to need everybody’s helpthough, OK?,” she said. “Everybody, I wantyou to close your eyes and think of that wish… on the count of three open your eyes, andwe’re all going to shout our one-word wish… When you wish, you will see this treemagically light up and that means we’re of-ficially ready for the holidays.”

THE TREE lit up to “oohs and ahhs” andthe crowd was guided in a sing along to tra-ditional Christmas carols by the Reston Cho-rale and brass quintet.

The festivities will continue at RestonTown Center throughout December, includ-ing mini-train rides, horse-drawn carriagerides, ice skating and community perfor-mances.

Schedules are posted online atwww.restontowncenter.com/holidays.

The tot trotters, children aged 3 and under, chase after the gingerbreadman as parade balloons are inflated in the background.

(left to right) Presley Burns, 4, Ellarie Simon, 3, Kylie Simon, 6, andPeyton Burns, 6, sit in front of mom and aunt Vanessa Simon on the curbwith their jingle bells waiting for the parade to begin.

The Reston Youth Association’s cheerleaders perform a cheer for thecrowd on Market Street.

Santa Claus Came to TownThe festivities willcontinue at RestonTown Center through-out December.

Santa and Mrs. Claus (center) took a photo with (left to right) CharoKleimann of Ashburn and her grandson Diego, daughter Pao and husbandTito. The photos benefitted the South Lakes High School Chorus.

Lily Carroll of Reston’s Conservatory Ballet is enpointe while wearing UGG boots during a cold outdoorperformance in front of the Christmas tree just priorto its lighting in Fountain Square.

A 35-foot tall snowman balloon took 18 volunteers tomaneuver down the parade route.

The “Unicycle Lady” rolls down Market Street duringthe parade.

Volunteersmaneuver atoy soldier

balloon in acircle on

MarketStreet

during theparade.

Photos by

Fallon Forbush

The Connection


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ONGOINGLRA “Dreams, Creates, Inspires”

at Ernst Center Nov. 22 through Dec.18 The exhibit is free and the galleryis open Monday through Friday from10:00 am – 5:00 pm. at the RichardJ. Ernst Community Cultural Centeron the Northern Virginia CommunityCollege Annandale Campus, BuildingCE, 8333 Little River Turnpike,Annandale.

The League of Reston Artists displayspaintings, drawings, mixed media,photographs and two-dimensionalworks suitable for wall hanging.www.leagueofrestonartists.org

Mini-Train Rides 12 - 4 p.m.November 27 through December 18.Departures on Market Street next toTalbots 11900 Market Street, RestonTown Center. Enjoy train ridesthrough Reston Town Center everySunday through December 18.Donations accepted – all proceedsbenefit local charities.restontowncenter.com/holidays

Retrospective PhotographyExhibit Dec. 1 - 31 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.Daily except Sunday when the RCCfacility closes at 8 p.m. RestonCommunity Center at Hunters Woods2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston. Thisexhibit includes more than 70 colorand monochrome photos by Restonphotographer Fran Bastress takenfrom 2007 to the present. Shespecializes in landscape, nature, andfine art photography. Cost: Free.www.restoncommunitycenter.com/attend-shows-events-exhibits/exhibits-and-galleries

LRA PenFed Realty Hosts Sievers’Paintings The League of RestonArtists is showing the oil paintings ofRuth Sievers during December 2016and January 2017 at the office ofPenFed Realty, 1886 Metro CenterDr. Reston. The exhibit is free andthe office is open to visitors Mondaythrough Friday from 9:00 am – 5:00pm. www.leagueofrestonartists.org

Exercise for Parkinson’s EveryMonday, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. RestonSport&health, 11445 Isaac NewtonSquare, Reston. This program bringstogether people impacted byParkinson’s Disease to participate invarious physical exercises aimed atimproving posture, balance andcirculation and increasing strength,muscle control and mobility.Free.parkinsonfoundation.org.ckacenga@sportandhealth.com 703-621-4148.

Teen and Adult Art ClassesArtSpace Herndon Every Mondayfrom 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 750 CenterStreet, Herndon. Drawing and MixedMedia with Melanie Stanley - DuringFall and Winter of 2016. Cost: $45/class. The class will use a variety oftechniques for drawing, painting,mark making, and collage using finearts tools and materials. Studentswill be taken down a creative path tolearn to use drawing tools andbrushes more effectively. Register byemailing Melanie, and she will sendyou the supply list and paymentoptions/information:[email protected]. 703-956-9560. www.artspaceherndon.com

Manganelli Solos at PenFed RealtyOctober and November 2016 at theoffice of PenFed Realty, 1886 MetroCenter Dr., Reston. The exhibit is freeand the office is open to visitorsMonday through Friday from 9:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m.leagueofrestonartists.org

Unforgettable PhotographyExhibit Artspace HerndonFeaturing the photography of MartiBelcher November 2 - December 4.750 Center Street, Herndon. Life is ajourney, a continuum of everyday

events and ordinary people, all ofwhich make for an extraordinarylifetime of experiences. 703-956-9560. www.artspaceherndon.com

Mr. Knick Knack. 10:30-11:15 a.m.Mondays through October. RestonTown Center Pavilion. Unique, heart-centered music for kids and theirgrown-ups. Free.restontowncenter.com. 703-579-6720

All-comers’ Group Fun Run atPotomac River Running.Tuesdays and Thursdays. RestonTown Center, 11900 Market Street,Reston. For beginners or competitiverunners, come out for a fun, low-keyrun that is safe and social. For moreinformation, call 703-689-0999https://potomacriverrunning.com.

Herndon Regional Wind EnsemblePractice. Every Tuesday 7-9 p.m.through May. Herndon MiddleSchool, 901 Locust St., Herndon. Foradvanced high school students,college students, and adults who playa brass, woodwind or percussioninstrument. [email protected]: Free

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WEDNESDAY/NOV. 30An Evening with Mark Twain 7

p.m. Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive. To celebrateMark Twain’s birthday the historicalre-enactor Mike Hall will bring Twainto life comparing his time with lifetoday. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/library.Adults, teens, older children.

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Reston Lions Club Annual CitrusSale. Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday, 9a.m.-5 p.m. at Lake Anne Plaza,11401 North Shore Drive, Reston.Fresh navel oranges, pink grapefruit,tangelos, and mandarins will beavailable. All proceeds benefit sightand hearing programs and other clubcharities. Eyeglasses and hearing aidsaccepted at sales site for recycling.Kathy Gold, 703-282—4078.

SATURDAY/DEC. 3Jingle on Lake Anne Festival 11 - 2

p.m. Lake Anne Plaza Waterfront1609 Washington Plaza, Reston. Theannual family friendly holiday eventJingle on Lake Anne is coming soon.Community organizers and plazaretailers will host a variety of festiveactivities ranging from the everpopular special visit from Santa —arriving on a lake barge, to strollingcarolers, a petting zoo, music, winetastings, merchant specials, children’scrafts, cookie decorating, holiday arts& crafts market, holidayentertainment and much more. Theday will be filled with lots ofmerriment for all ages. http://lakeanneplaza.com/event/jingle-on-lake-anne/

The Reston Chorale “Home for theHolidays” A Seasonal Celebrationat 4 and 7 p.m, Reston CommunityCenter/Hunters Woods, 2310 ColtsNeck Road. Join The Reston Choraleand Washington Symphonic Brass forHome for the Holidays - a musicalholiday treat for the entire familyTickets and info atwww.RestonChorale.org.

SUNDAY/DEC. 4Holiday Arts and Crafts Show. 10

a.m.-4 p.m. Herndon CommunityCenter, 814 Ferndale Avenue,Herndon.

Handcrafted items and fine art will beon sale. Including wreaths, quilts,jewelry, Christmas ornaments,photography and stained glass.www.herndon-va.gov.

Book Sale 1 p.m. Reston RegionalLibrary 11925 Bowman Towne Dr,Reston, VA 20190. Start yourshopping early. Come browse andbuy - we have lots of gift-qualitybooks. Call 703-689-2700 or visithttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/rr/

TUESDAY/DEC. 6Cookies with Santa 10:30 a.m. –

12:30 p.m. Please register for a 30minute increment. Lake House,11450 Baron Cameron Ave. Reston.$12 RA Members, $16 non-members.Be here when Santa makes his firststop to Reston. Bring the little onesfor a personal visit with Santa and aphoto.

Warm up with hot chocolate andcookies, and kick off the holidayseason with festive crafts, activitiesand a take home treat. Registration isrequired.

Must cancel 72 hours in advance toreceive a refund. Contact Kelsey at703-435-7995 or [email protected]

Reston Chorale’s annual MessiahSing-Along 7:30 pm at St. JohnNeumann Catholic Church (Chapel),11900 Lawyers Road, Reston. Thistreasured holiday tradition alsobenefits Cornerstones’ Coat Closet.Bring a new or gently used coat - ornew hat, gloves, socks or scarf - andreceive $5 off the price of admission.Tickets and information atwww.RestonChorale.org.

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The Herndon Community Center at 814 Ferndale Av-enue will be the scene of a number of holiday happen-ings, including a large Arts and Crafts Fair and a Holi-day Storybook Holiday Celebration. The Arts and CraftsFair takes place Sunday Dec. 4 from 10 - 4 p.m. Admis-sion is free. The Storybook Holiday Celebration will beheld on Saturday Dec. 17 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. Admis-sion is $9 per child and includes craft projects, a visitwith Santa and a reading of a holiday story by a specialguest.

The annual show ofthemed art for the sea-son, “Holiday

Sparkle,” is on exhibit from Dec.2 through Jan. 19 at Reston ArtGallery & Studios. All are wel-come to the reception on Sat-urday, Dec. 10, from 2 - 4 p.m.,to meet the artists, enjoy com-plimentary refreshments, andfind works of fine art and gifts.This will include small paintingsand acclaimed jewelry hand-made with intricate beadworkby Gail Axtell. Reston Art Gal-lery & Studios, 11400 Washing-ton Plaza, Reston, is located on

the waterfront at Lake AnnePlaza.

Hours - Saturdays, 10 a.m.until 5 p.m. closed on Dec. 24;Sundays, 12 - 5 p.m. closed onChristmas Day and New Year’sDay; weekdays, by chance orappointment.

Children’s Art Workshops –free, themed art classes for chil-dren, ages 3 – 11 years, Satur-days, 10 a.m. until 12 noon, andclosed on Dec. 24.

For more information callRAGS at 703-481-8156, find iton Facebook, and visitRestonArtGallery.com.

Neapolitan Angel, by Joan Kelly, at Reston Art Gal-lery & Studios Holiday Sparkle exhibit.

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LINK’s annual holidayprogram helped a totalof 736 families: 2,261

adults and 1,720 children.The annual program provides

coats and food to families inneed. This year, recipients wereable to pick up the items onNov. 19 at the Christ the Re-deemer Catholic in Sterling orTrinity Presbyterian inHerndon.

In 2015, the program helped709 families, which meansLINK was able to provide neces-sities to more families this year.

“LINK stalwarts went aboveand beyond to ensure the suc-

cess of our program and enableour guests to receive food for threeto five days, grocery gift cards andgently used coats and winter cloth-ing,” LINK President LisaLombardozzi said in an email tosupporters.

Every year, LINK’s Holiday Pro-gram aims to provide all of itsneedy families with a week’s worthof non-perishable food and a win-ter coat in November and a week’sworth of non-perishable food anda toy for each child in December.

According to Lombardozzi, LINKcollected over 2,300 coats and wewere able to purchase 100 newmen’s puffy coats from Costco for$10. In total 2,100 coats —includ-ing all of the children’s coats onhand— 1,600 sweatshirts and

sweaters and 1,650 hats, glovesand scarves were distributed.

LINK was able to collect50,000 pounds of non-perish-able food, with 40,000 poundsof donations coming from theBoy Scouts and 10,000 poundsof donations coming from indi-viduals, businesses, schools andcivic groups.According toLombardozzi, LINK expects tohelp 835 families for the De-cember round of its HolidayProgram and is now acceptingdonations of non-perishablefood items and toys. Games, giftcards and other gift items forchildren as young as infants toas old as 16 years may bedropped off at the HerndonUnited Methodist Church at 701Bennett Street in Herndon.

LINK’s November HolidayProgram Helped 736 Families

Claire Tracey, 16, of Reston and her LittleFree Library. Claire Tracey’s Little Free Library.

Reston Teen Promotes Love of Books

Claire Tracey, 16, of Reston has completedher Little Free Library project and has cel-ebrated a ribbon cutting with a ceremony

at the YMCA to reveal her library. Of her project, shesaid: “Last summer, I attended the Great Books Sum-mer Program in Oxford, England. After being in campwith many amazing instructors and a famous book-

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The Arts Council ofFairfax County hasawarded $379,013 inOperating Support

Grants to 41 nonprofit arts orga-nizations in Fairfax County. Oper-ating Support Grants provide criti-cal funds necessary for the basicoperation of arts organizations inFairfax County in recognition ofthe valuable programs and ser-vices they provide to County resi-dents.

Fiscal year 2017 funded organi-zations offering public programsin a variety of disciplines includ-ing arts education, dance, instru-mental music, multidisciplinary,opera, theatre, visual art, and vo-cal music. Operating SupportGrants are awarded each year toboth emerging and established artorganizations.

“We are pleased to issue Countysupport for the arts in Fairfaxthrough a competitive grants pro-cess. Organizations receiving gen-eral operating support representour most creative and well man-aged organizations, which providea high level of arts service andcommunity reach,” said Linda S.Sullivan, President & CEO, ArtsCouncil of Fairfax County.

“With the grant award, RestonCommunity Players will providescholarships to college bound the-atrical artists and help Girl Scoutslearn about the world of theaterbackstage. The grant also furthersour ability to work with commu-nity organizations on specialprojects, such as the LMprojectBroadway Bound Summer Inten-sive, and to provide unique oppor-tunities for audiences to experi-ence theater in ways they may nototherwise have the chance to, suchas our sensory sensitive matineeof Mary Poppins,” said JoleneVettese, President, Reston Commu-nity Players.

“This year, with support from theArts Council, Arts Herndon wasable to host one of our most pres-tigious programs—a literary eventfeaturing Kwame Alexander andMeg Medina. Kwame is the win-ner of many literary awards, mostrecently the Newbery award, andMeg Medina is the two-time win-ner of the Pura Belpré award forChildren’s and Young Adult litera-ture. Attendees included StateDelegate Jennifer Boysko, FairfaxCounty Supervisor John Foust,Herndon Mayor Lisa Merkel anda diverse audience of high school,

elementary school, and adult at-tendees,” said Signe Friedrichs,Arts Herndon.

“We are honored to receive ourfirst Operating Support Grant fromthe Arts Council, which supportsour commitment to provide a com-prehensive performing arts acad-emy program, including world-re-nowned instructors and state-of-the-art facilities, and our goals toexpand, teach, and personify per-forming arts education in our com-munity in Fairfax County and be-yond,” said Melissa Dobbs,Founder and Executive Director ofMetropolitan School of the Arts inAlexandria. “Our black box the-atre, set to debut in January 2017,is just one example of MSA’s pas-sion to build our community artsprogram and bring the arts to ourFairfax County neighbors,” saidMelissa Dobbs, Founder and Ex-ecutive Director of MetropolitanSchool of the Arts.

Operating SupportGrant Recipients

1st Stage, Inc., Acting For YoungPeople, Amadeus Concerts, Inc., Ameri-can Youth Philharmonic Orchestras,BalletNova, Children of the Light Danc-

ers, The Choralis Foundation, City ofFairfax Band Association, City of FairfaxTheatre Company, Arts Herndon, Cre-ative Cauldron, The Fairfax BalletCompany, Fairfax Choral Society,Greater Reston Arts Center, The HubTheatre, Initiative for Public Art –Reston, Jewish Community Center ofNorthern Virginia, McLean CommunityPlayers, McLean Orchestra, McLeanProject for the Arts, The McLean Sym-phony, Metropolitan School of the Arts,Mosaic Harmony, Mount Vernon Com-munity Children’s Theatre, New

Dominion Chorale, NextStop TheatreCompany, Northern Virginia Chorale,Providence Players of Fairfax, TheReston Chorale, Reston CommunityPlayers, Reunion Music Society, Inc.,Traveling Players Ensemble, ViennaChoral Society, Vienna-Falls Chorus,Sweet Adelines International, TheVienna Jammers Percussion Ensemble,Inc., Virginia Ballet Company andSchool, Virginia Chamber Orchestra,Virginia Opera Association, Inc., VoceInc., Washington Balalaika Society, andWorkhouse Arts Foundation.

Arts Council Grants Exceed $379,000 to Further the Arts in Fairfax County

Children’s ConnectionDeadline Approaches

During the last week of each year, The Connection devotes itsentire issue to the creativity of local students and children. It is akeepsake edition for many families. The annual Children’s Con-nection is a tradition of well over a decade. We publish artwork,poetry, essays, creative writing, opinion pieces, short stories, pho-tography, photos of sculpture or other creative efforts. We ask thatall submissions be digital so they can be sent through email ordelivered on CD or flash drive. Writing should be submitted in richtext format (.rtf). Artwork should be photographed or scanned andprovided in jpeg format. We welcome contributions from publicand private schools, individuals and homeschoolers. To be published,we must have the first and last name of the student. Please includethe student’s age and/or grade, school attended and town of resi-dence, plus the name of the school, name of teacher and town ofschool location. Please provide submissions by Friday, Dec. 2.

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Devyn Jones, second from right, in 55H Region Championship, Feb.18, 2016.

South Lakes High Track AthleteSigns with Air Force Academy

Devyn Jones, a se-nior at SouthLakes High

School, has signed a Na-tional Letter of Intent withthe Air Force Academy.

Jones, a member of theSLHS track team, is the de-fending region champion-ship in the 55 meter hurdlesand was fourth in that eventat last year’s indoor trackand field 6A state championships. She’s the school-record holder in the all of the girls’ hurdle events: 55meters (8.40), 100 meters (14.52), 300 meters(45.86) as well as a member of the school recordSprint Medley relay team.

She’s the two-time defending Liberty Conferenceoutdoor track champion in the 100-meter hurdles andreceived letter honors three times in both indoor andoutdoor track.

Among her track and field achievements thus farat SLHS, Jones won the long jump at the outdoorconference championship last spring and finishedsecond in the same event during the indoor season.She won the event during the 2015 indoor season;won the 55 meter hurdles at the Liberty Flames Invi-tational, the Liberty Elite Meet and finished secondat the Ocean Breeze Freedom Games in New Yorklast season; she is a member of the two-time defend-ing Conference indoor champion 4x400 meter relayteam, and a member of the 2015 team that finishedsecond in the state.

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Not about me, at first. My oncology nurseof almost seven years, a person with whom Ihad much in common and who, quite frankly,probably saved my life back in August of ‘13when I showed up at my regularly scheduledchemotherapy infusion with an oxygen levelof 85. This ultimately led to a week-long stayin Holy Cross Hospital to solve the problemwhich was that 4.7 litters of fluid had accumu-lated in my lungs, a not uncommon occur-rence for lung cancer patients. It becamequite clear after our first few infusions togetherthat we were well suited. To say that I wouldbe looking forward to my infusions because ofRon’s hands-on care and concern — anddepth of our relationship might be a bit naïve(let’s face it, I didn’t want to be there at all;certainly not as a patient, although I’d behappy to visit/support a friend, family memberof fellow cancer patient). But I will admit tothis: I never dreaded it because invariably Ronlifted my spirits through his schtick and excel-lent intentions.

When I walked into the Infusion Centertwo Fridays ago and walked over to my bar-colounger, I didn’t see Ron so I joked aloud“where’s Ron? Maybe I’ll get some decentservice today?” Another nurse (all of whom Iknow) quickly responded and said “Ron’s nothere.” “Oh,” I said, thinking nothing of it.“You mean because it’s Veteran’s Day?” “No,”she said. “He’s gone. He took early retire-ment.” “Wow,” I said. “Is he OKAY? Is his fam-ily OKAY?” I stammered. What few additionalinquiries I made to the other nurses aboutwhen he left, his last day, what he’s doingnow, if he’s moving, etc., were all met with asincere “I don’t know.”

As I waited for my chemotherapy to bemixed/prepared (as you may or may notknow, chemotherapy is not exactly off theshelf. Oh, sure, it’s on a shelf but not ready forprime time until the patient actually arrivesand his vitals are taken and then, presumablyalong with one’s pre-chemotherapy lab workresults, communicated to the patient’s oncolo-gist for assessment and if satisfactory on to theon-site pharmacy for the actual preparation), Ithought about the effect Ron’s departurewould have on his patients. I imagine, theywere similar to many of the ones I was having.

When I mentioned this likely effect toanother of the oncology nurses, (and you getto know and are treated by all of the nursesstaffing the Center, but generally there is onenurse to whom you are assigned), sheexplained/understood how caring for oncol-ogy patients in an Infusion Center is much dif-ferent than caring for a patient in a hospitalwhere you might see the patient for a fewdays and then never again. In an InfusionCenter, you might see the same patient foryears (for me, it will be eight years, comeMarch 2017), she said. As such, she added,you develop relationships, friendships, muchmore so than a typical patient/acquaintanceyou have in a hospital experience.

If I were to calculate how many times I’veseen Ron at The Infusion Center over the pastseven-plus years, I would guess upwards of90. And we talked plenty during those 90 vis-its, and not always about cancer. In fact, it wasalmost always about life. It was never morbid,it was always merrier. He was a humorousbreath of fresh air in an environment/set ofcircumstances where the breath — so tospeak, can occasionally be stale and hard totake. I don’t want to say/want to think: whatabout me? But if I were to allow it for oneminute, one column, I would say what mybrother, Richard often says after he hears agood report from my oncologist about me: “Ifhe’s happy, then I’m happy.” Well, If Ron’shappy then I suppose I’m happy, believe it ornot.

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The Great Falls Studios Holiday Fest ArtMarket is coming soon.

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Toy Drive in Collaboration with Nonprofit FISHThrough Dec. 16

Stop by 11890 Sunrise Valley Drive any weekdayfrom 9-4 and drop a new, unwrapped toy in thedonation box in the lobby. All toys will bedistributed to needy children within LoudounCounty and to Herndon/Reston children via thenon-profit Herndon-Reston FISH, Inc. Toysshould be for the ages of Newborn to 16. Thelast day for donations is December 16. Call 703-860-4600 for more information.

The Northern Virginia Long Term CareOmbudsman Program needs volunteeradvocates for residents in nursing homes andassisted living facilities. Contact Lisa Callahan at703-324-5861, TTY 711 or [email protected] . Also visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/ltcombudsman/.

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Respite Care volunteers give family caregivers ofa frail older adult a well-deserved break so theycan go shopping, attend a doctor’s appointmentor just have coffee with a friend. Volunteers visitand oversee the safety of the older adult for afew hours each month. Support and training areprovided. Contact 703-324-7577, TTY 711, [email protected].

Fairfax County’s Meals on Wheels urgentlyneeds drivers in the Annandale, Franconia/Kingstowne, Reston, Mount Vernon and McLeanareas. 703-324-5406, TTY 711 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults.

Habitat Heroes Project. The fourth Saturday ofeach month from 10 a.m. - noon. Join theHabitat Heroes in protecting Reston’s forestsfrom aggressive plants and restoring them totheir natural state. Wear long sleeves, longpants, and if possible, gardening gloves toprotect from insects and dangerous plants. R.A.will provide tools, gloves, snacks, and water. Tovolunteer and find more information, [email protected] or 703-435-7986.

ARTSPACE HERNDON – ArtSpace Herndonneeds volunteer docents to greet guests, answerthe phone and complete sales during normalgallery hours. Volunteers are also needed a fewhours each month to assist with exhibitinstallation and special performing arts events.Training is provided. Flexible shifts areavailable. For additional information see ourwebsite www.artspaceherndon.com. Or contactus at 703-956-9560,[email protected]. ArtSpaceHerndon, 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA.

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