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Confederate soldiers mount a cavalrycharge against Union soldiers during are-enactment of Capt. John Mosby’s raidon Herndon Sunday, March 17.

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

From the powerful sounds of a high schoolband to the soothing melodies sung in akindergarten music classroom, local musiceducators are using the month of March to

raise awareness of the benefits of learning music.In fact, the National Association for Music Educa-

tion (NAfME) designates March as Music In OurSchools Month, and local music educators echo thesignificance of the annual celebration.

“The reason Music in our Schools Month is so im-portant is because it heightens awareness … thatschool music programs help provide important andhealthy musical alternatives to the sometimes dis-turbing messages that children inadvertently hear inthe … music they may encounter in popular culture,”said Brian C. Wuttke, Ph.D., director of music edu-cation at George Mason University in Fairfax.

Even if formal music lessons are not an option,local musicians and music educators say that par-ents can encourage and inspire their children’s mu-sicality with simple activities at home. “Researchsuggests that parental involvement in a child’s mu-sic activities can not only pique a child’s interest inmusic, but it can positively impact motivation andachievement in music,” Wuttke said.

So how can parents support a child’s musical tal-ent or interest? “I think playing music with your kidswould be the number one way to enhance their mu-sicality,” said Elizabeth Lasko of the National Asso-ciation for Music Education. “Of course, a parent may

not play an instrument, but there is always singing.”Lasko encourages parents to allow children to ex-

periment with instruments. “As kids, we used to singwith our grandmother’s player piano,” she said.“Singing with recorded music is another option.Learning songs from different eras and genres canopen up new worlds to kids.” According to Lasko,inexpensive percussion instruments like shakers ortambourines can help children develop rhythm whilehaving fun.

Shannon Melideo, Ph.D., chair of the EducationDepartment at Marymount University in Arlington,says exposure to music should be a priority. “[It] iscritically important,” she said. “Sure, you want themto listen to ‘your music’ as a parent, but listen to asmuch diverse music as possible and talk about it in-formally.”

Lasko agrees and encourages parents to look forlocal performances that are designed for young au-diences. “Lots of children love to attend musical per-formances that are geared toward their own age,especially if there is fun interaction between the per-formers and the audience,” she said. “Many commu-nities offer inexpensive performances. Some [areoffered] at schools. Seeing kids their own age orslightly older perform music can be very inspiringfor children.”

Parents don’t even have to leave home to findmusical inspiration. “For young children, simple,everyday household items can be used to make afunctional musical instrument that the child can deco-rate and compose a song on,” said Wuttke.

He added that parents should encourage their chil-dren to participate in school music programs. “Praisethe student for their efforts,” he said. “Ask the stu-dent to sing or play a song on an instrument theyare working on in school for family members.”

Finally, technology offers convenient options.“There are many iPad applications, for instance, thatare musical in nature and help kids learn about dif-ferent instruments and how to record music,” saidLasko.

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Local musicians and music educators say parents can encourage and inspire children’smusicality with simple activities at home.


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Union soldiers speak to local citizens in a re-enactment of Capt. John Mosby’s raid onHerndon Sunday, March 17.

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Rusty Jones, as Capt. John Mosby, leads a raid on Unionsoldiers in downtown Herndon Sunday, March 17, a re-enactment to commemorate 150 years since the actual raid.

Union soldiers surrender to the forces of Capt. JohnMosby in downtown Herndon, a re-enactment of Mosby’sraid that took place March 17, 1863.

From left, Rusty Jones, as Capt. JohnMosby, forces Charlie Waddell, playing aUnion soldier, to surrender. Sunday, March17, marked the 150th anniversary ofMosby’s raid on Herndon, and a re-enact-ment was hosted by the Herndon Histori-cal Society.

Confederate soldiers force Union soldiers tosurrender during a re-enactment of Mosby’sraid on Herndon Sunday, March 17, the150th anniversary of the actual raid.

History Comes Alive DowntownHistorical society hostsre-enactment of Mosby’sraid on Herndon.

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

On. St. Patrick’s Day, the area around theHerndon train station was surroundedby uniformed men on horses talking totownspeople. In 1863, with the coun-

try in the throes of the Civil War, these men wereUnion soldiers, answering questions about soldiersstealing from citizens. Last Sunday, they were re-enactors recognizing the 150th anniversary of Capt.John Mosby’s raid on Herndon.

In 1863, a group of Union soldiers were at theHerndon train station while several officers lunchedat a nearby house, now the site of the Main StreetBank.

Mosby’s men emerged from the woods in blue over-coats, leading the Union soldiers to believe they wererelieving them of duty. By the time Mosby’s men gotclose enough, they were charging, capturing severalsoldiers and the rest surrendered.

The re-enactment featured the Union soldiers andtheir horses on Lynn Street in front of the train sta-tion. Mosby’s men emerged from the W & OD Trail,firing a few dozen shots into the air and quicklyrounding up the Union soldiers while the crowdcheered them on.

“When I read about the event at first, I was a littleskeptical, I didn’t think it would be convincing see-ing Civil War soldiers passing by the Dairy Queen indowntown, but I think they did a really great job,”said George Foster of Herndon. “It was very interest-ing just to get a sense of what might have happenedin this same downtown area 150 years ago.”

Several in attendance said they felt downtownHerndon was a great venue for a re-enactment.

“I’ve been to a few re-enactments, like the one inWaterford, and they’re fun, but can also be hard tofollow. Sometimes it quickly dissolves into two sidesfiring at each other, but there’s no narrative to howthe battle actually unfolded,” he said. “I really likedthe narration, why the Union soldiers were here, theinitial confusion when Mosby’s men arrived, all theway up to the capture of the officers.”

There were two separate re-enactments of the cav-alry charge itself, and in between the participantsanswered questions and posed for pictures with au-

dience members.Gabriel Fleury, 11, of Herndon, said he watched

both re-enactments from the front row, right next tothe safety fencing that separated the crowd from thefighting.

“I liked being able to be so close to the action, andby the second time I was used to the loud shooting,”said Fleury, who came dressed as a Civil War soldier.“The second one was also fun because I knew whatwas going to happen where, so I could follow JohnMosby and some of the others.”

The Herndon Historical Society hosted the re-en-actment, which they previously did in 1999 and 2001.

Herndon Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Bringing Local History to Life

Filling the rafters with their sweet sound, the fourth graders from McNair ElementarySchool in Herndon use song to help tell the story of the McNair family that originallyowned the land the school was built on, and helped settle and shape the Town of Herndon.

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The Connection

I wanted the kids to see thatthis area wasn’t alwaystownhouses and shopping

centers.”So answered McNair Elemen-

tary School-based Technology Spe-cialist Laura Reasoner Jones, whenasked what motivated her to pro-duce a movie and organize aMcNair History Night. Jones hasauthored several well-reviewedbooks, including “Herndon (Thenand Now)” and “The All-Wise Be-ing: A Tale of God and Republi-cans,” the latter being a fictional-ized account of her ancestor EthanT. Reasoner, based largely on hispersonal journals.

This time around, Jones decidedto make history jump off the pagesof a book and bring the lessonshome to the students she servesat McNair Elementary. With her own historical knowl-edge and gathered additional source material fromthe Herndon Historical Society, interviews with mem-bers of the McNair family and local historians Mar-garet Peck and Charles Mauro, Jones produced amovie: “A Farm, A Family and a School,” to tell thestory of the land around the school and the familywho lived there. The land the school and much ofthe surrounding neighborhoods sit on today was oncepart of the McNair family farm.

Friday, March 15, saw the premiere of Jones’ pro-duction, held at the Frying Pan Farm Park Visitor’sCenter at 2739 West Ox Road in Herndon. The at-tending crowd seemed to take even the organizersby surprise as more and more folding chairs wereadded to the seating arrangements.

JONES’ PLAN to get the school children investedin history was assured when she added McNair’sfourth grade classes to the program. The youngstershave been studying Virginia history all year withteachers Marisa Burvikovs, Caitlin Mease, MatthewParker, John Thomas and Kasey Teske. Under the di-rection of McNair general music teachers JessicaBlood, Valerie Junttila and Charles Quinlan, theywere ready, willing and well rehearsed to becomepart of the show, performing a number of folk songsat appropriate moments throughout the movie. From

the second floor loft of the auditorium came theirstirring renditions of tunes like “Jamestown,” byTeresa Jennings, and the traditional spiritual “Wadein the Water.”

Special guests in attendance for the performanceincluded Hunter Mill District Supervisor CathyHudgins, Dr. Frank Zuluaga, assistant superintendentof schools, members of the McNair family, McNairElementary Principal Maria Eck and Assistant Prin-cipals Larry Aiello and Melissa Hansen. In her open-ing remarks before showtime, Jones gave specialthanks to the McNair family for their time and theloan of family memorabilia for the project, to JamesFranklin Smith, former resident of local Smith Farmsand to local author and historian Margaret Peck.

THE FORTY-ODD MINUTES of the movie and theaccompaniment of the McNair singing fourth grad-ers kept the audience in their seats and paying at-tention. The only whispering to be heard proved thatthe attendees, particularly the younger ones, werebeing reached. “Daddy, did all the kids really go toschool in that one little building?” asked one youngman in a back row. “And they had to get up and milkall those cows before school? Right around whereour school is?” McNair History Night may just haveadded to a story started a long time ago, just aroundthe corner.

Among many honored guests at McNair History Night, are(from left) local historian Margaret Peck, James FranklinSmith, former resident of Smith Farms, Cindy Ryder Whalen,a McNair cousin, Jean McNair Petkofsky, McNair daughterwho grew up on the local farm, and Betty McNair, who co-owned the farm with husband Robert before it’s sale.

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A mock-up of a standalone chimney that the Friendsof Runnymede Park would like to place on the prop-erty to serve as a habitat for birds.

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Friends Seek Home ForBirds at RunnymedeArchitecturalReview Boardapprovesstandalonechimney forpark.

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

The Friends ofRunnymede Park arehoping to place a

stand-alone chimney on theproperty, to help make the parka bird habitat. The structurewould provide a nesting placefor the chimney swift, a high-energy bird that often stays air-borne for days at a time.

“Runnymede Park is home toover 450 native plants, and as aresult, a lot of insects, primarilymosquitoes. The biggest preda-tors for those insects are chim-ney swifts,” said Dave Swan,president of the Friends ofRunnymede Park. “They’reamazing birds. They can literallyfly all day long, and they usu-ally nest in hollow trees, andwhen there’s not any hollowtrees, they look for chimneys.”

The chimney would be lo-cated in the center of the oval-shaped island in Runnymede’sparking lot.

“This location was chosenbecause it’s close to the fields,where the birds will hunt dur-ing the day, and then come toroost in the evening,” saidRaymond Ocel, a planner andzoning administrator with thetown. “It’s close to the picnicareas so people can watch thebirds.”

The bird’s legs are too smallto hold their bodies up, so theymust rest by hanging upsidedown.

THE STRUCTURE will standabout 12 feet tall and be hol-

low so birds can enter androost. It will be a gray color,with some areas of exposedstainless steel trim, and therewill be a cap, similar to thoseon a house chimney on the bot-tom and a piece on the bottomto prevent raccoons, snakes andother predators from gettinginside.

“As many as 500 birds can liveinside one structure, but onlyone mating pair lives in a struc-ture,” Swan said. “Therefore,the more structures, the morebirds. We would be the first oneto my knowledge in FairfaxCounty.”

Other stand-alone chimneysused for bird habitats are in theRust Nature Sanctuary west ofLeesburg and Dominion HighSchool in Sterling.

Swan said the birds aren’tafraid of humans, and that thehabitat will attract new visitorsto watch them, particularly onfall evenings.

Carol Hadlock, a board mem-ber of the Friends ofRunnymede Park, said she be-lieves the chimney will makeRunnymede Park abirdwatcher’s destination.

“Chimney swifts are a speciesof birds that are experiencing adramatic decline in their popu-lations right now, mostly due tolack of suitable nesting sites,”she said. “We’ve chosen a chim-ney design that’s proven to bevery successful in other parts ofthe country, and I think we’vechosen the best possible site inthe park for this tower. It’s openenough for the birds and there’splenty of room for us to holdeducational events.”

The structure is meant to beas maintenance-free as pos-sible, it will use laminated ply-wood siding and enamel paint,painted a “Baby Seal” shade ofgray that is meant to blend inand be unobtrusive.

The tower was approvedunanimously by the town’s Ar-chitectural Review Board Mon-day, March 18.


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THURSDAY/MARCH 21The Mom’s Club of Herndon

Meeting. 10-11:30 a.m., at TrinityPresbyterian Church, 651 DranesvilleRoad, Herndon. Amanda Geary andJen Blevins will advise on how toorganize children’s [email protected].

Interview Skills Workshop. 6:30-8:30p.m., at Heritage FellowshipChurch,2501 Fox Mill Road, Reston.The workshop includes useful adviceand a question and answer period.RSVP [email protected].

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Vernon Walker Nature andEnvironment. 7-9 p.m., at the JoAnn Rose Gallery at RestonCommunity Center, Lake Anne,Reston. Program will focus on therole of Vernon Walker and thehistory of the Vernon Walker NatureCenter; the scope and diversity ofReston’s natural resources and recentenvironmental initiatives. 703-709-7700 or [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 3Fiscal Year 2014 Budget

Presentation. 7 p.m., at HerndonTown Council Chambers, 765 LynnSt., Herndon. Dranesville SupervisorJohn Foust holds a town hall meetingto give residents an opportunity tolearn about and discuss the proposedFY 2014 budget.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb.

ONGOING Positive Energy Submissions. 8:30

a.m.-5 p.m., at League of RestonArtists Parkridge 5 Building, 10780Parkridge Blvd., Reston. The LRAcalls for painters and photographersto enter works that interpret “PositiveEnergy” by April 10; the show opensApril 15 and remains through July12, open Monday through Friday.www.leagueofrestonartists.org.

Arabic-speaking Older AdultSocial Visits. Fairfax County needsvolunteers who speak Arabic toprovide social visits to an elderlyperson in Reston for four hours permonth. 703-324-5406, TTY 703-449-1186,[email protected] www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices.

Long-Term Care VolunteerOmbudsman Program NeedsVolunteers. Ombudsmen advocatefor the rights of residents of nursingand assisted living facilities—theyalso help residents resolve conflictand improve their quality of life. 703-324-5861 TTY 711 [email protected].

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Opinion

More than 140,000 residents ofFairfax County have no healthinsurance. That’s more than 13percent of the slightly more

than 1 million people who live in the wealthi-est county in the nation. Arlington and Alex-andria have similar percentages of uninsuredresidents.

These are some of the 400,000 people inVirginia who could receive health cov-erage under an expansion of Medicaidif only officials in the commonwealthare gracious enough to accept on theirbehalf.

Virginia’s current eligibility requirements forMedicaid are so strict that although it is the11th largest state in terms of population andseventh in per capita personal income, Virginiaranked 43rd in Medicaid enrollment as a pro-portion of the state’s population and 47th inper capita Medicaid spending, according to a2013 Fairfax County report.

Virginia has the option to add new cover-age, at least 90 percent funded with Federaldollars, that would extend to individuals earn-ing less than about $15,000 per year and fami-lies earning less than about $31,000 per year,to low income teens who lose Medicaid whenthey turn 19, and adults with disabilities notcurrently eligible.

It isn’t as if there is no health care cost forthese currently uncovered residents.Right now, they access health carewhen they are very sick by going to anemergency room, where the hospital

spreads the cost of care around. But this is in-efficient, expensive and unhealthy. ExpandingMedicaid coverage would allow far less expen-sive preventative care and lead to better healthoutcomes. Uninsured people don’t receive pre-ventative care; they seek treatment later in ill-nesses when the costs are much higher, andthe consequences in terms of lost days at workand other productivity are also much higher.

Expanding Medicaid to 133 percent of thepoverty level would generate state general fundsavings and new revenues that would totalmore than $2 billion and more than offset thestate’s share of expansion costs over the nexteight years, plus provide significant numbersof new jobs and economic growth, accordingto multiple reports including the Virginia Hos-pital and Healthcare Association. Expandinghealth care is a job creator, and would add tensof thousands of new jobs.

Virginia stands to lose more than $9.2 bil-lion in federal funds over the first five years ofthe new law if it opts out of the provision thatexpands Medicaid.

Turning away federal money to providehealthcare to uninsured Virginians makes nomore sense than declining federal funds fortransportation because you don’t like the fedstelling you to wear your seatbelt.

If Gov. Bob McDonnell and members of aGeneral Assembly panel considering whetherto accept funding to expand Medicaid decideagainst this benefit for 400,000 Virginians,perhaps they and their families should go fora year without health insurance as well.

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Editorial

Guest Editorial

By Kerrie Wilson

CEO/Reston Interfaith

This year, March is not re-served for sports madnessalone. With Congress un-

able to come to agreement on thefederal budget, the “unthinkable”has happened with sequestrationand the start of $85 billion across-the-board cuts on domestic anddefense programs. Without a newgame plan, the reductions in fed-eral housing programs at the U.S.Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment will fall entirely onhighly vulnerable individuals andfamilies, putting them at risk of be-coming or remaining homelessand leaving nothing for other ba-sic needs.

With average rent in FairfaxCounty for a 2BR apartment at$1,550/month, one would have toearn $62,000 a year to affordhousing and other basic needs(www.nlihc.org). Nearly one-quar-ter of Fairfax County householdsearn less than that, and 8.4 per-cent or 33,000 households inFairfax County earn less than

$25,000 per year, surviving onnear poverty level wages.

Housing assistance is arguablythe most important home courtadvantage for Reston Interfaithand the Fairfax County Partnershiporganizations working to preventand end homelessness. For home-less, disabled, elderly and low-in-come working families living inour high cost of living area, subsi-dies are the stabilizing force, andstable housing the number onepredictor of future self-sufficiency,no matter what other challengesan individual or family is facing.

While some say programs for thepoor—like housing assistance forthe most vulnerable—will be ex-

empted from sequestration, or thatthe effect will not be immediate,that is not how things are playingout. When the freeze play wascalled on Capitol Hill, it had theeffect of benching our neighbors.Fairfax County, like other jurisdic-tions dealing with the uncertaintyand fickle nature of the currentsituation, has put a hold on therelease of new vouchers that wewere counting on to help ourneighbors.

Jeri is 70 years old, frail and losther home after a long illness. HerSocial Security payments are in-sufficient to meet her living ex-penses without help. She is sleep-ing on a cot in our overflow pro-

While some say programs for the poor will beexempted from sequestration, that is not how thingsare playing out.

March Madness on Homelessnessgram and is effectively unshelteredafter March 31 because the land-lord is waiting on the release ofthe project-based voucher that willhelp pay her rent.

A single mom, Kara has threechildren under the age of sevenand has struggled withhomelessness for years after leav-ing the abusive relationship withher children’s father. She never fin-ished high school but is smart anddetermined. She tries to think be-yond her current situation andtalks of going back to school andtraining to become a bookkeeper.She cries at night because a shel-ter is no place to raise her children.She had been approved for avoucher and we found a landlordwilling to overlook her poor creditand past evictions. He will have tomove on to another renter.

Investments in affordable hous-ing provide stability and opportu-nity for working families and asafety net for extremely low-in-come households and our neigh-bors with special needs. At a timewhen businesses, governments,communities and families are crav-ing certainty and predictability tohelp adjust to a “new normal,”why aren’t we calling a timeout toadjust the call for homeless andvulnerable neighbors like Jeri, andKara and her children, who areready to go home? It’s madness.

Kerrie Wilson (center), CEO of Reston Interfaith, talkswith volunteers about their experiences finding anddocumenting the lives of homeless individuals duringRegistry Week in Fairfax County Feb. 25.

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WEDNESDAY/MARCH 20Trip to Hollywood Casino at

Charles Town Races. 3:30–11:30p.m., at Hunters Woods ShoppingCenter, 2201 Springwood Drive,Reston. Join Reston Association foran evening at the race track and anice dinner overlooking the horses;participants will receive $15 worth offree slot play. Reston Associationmembers: $32; non-members: $38.Ages 55 years and [email protected] or 703-435-6577.

Symphony in Cinema Series atBow Tie Cinemas. 7 p.m., at BowTie Cinemas, 11940 Market St.,Reston. Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite ofSpring” is presented by ThePhiladelphia Orchestra, conducted byNézet-Séguin Yannick. 703-464-0816or bowtiecinemas.com.

THURSDAY/MARCH 21David Lang and Tordis Fahringer.

2:15-3:30 p.m., at Center Stage,Reston Community Center HuntersWoods, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. Artistic Director Davi Langand accompanist Tordis Fahringer forthe Reston Chorale play duets fromthe classic repertoire; the first in aseries of seven free Thursdayafternoon “Meet the Artists” concerts.703-503-3384 or www.olli.gmu.edu.

11th Annual Reston RepublicanDinner. 6:30 p.m., at Hidden CreekCountry Club, 1711 Clubhouse Road,Reston. The club’s annual Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner features formerrising Democrat Party star andCongressman Artur Davis on hisjourney from being an Obama ally toa Republican. $72.50 prior to March10; $80 from March 11 to 20; $100at the door. 703-476-8982,[email protected] orwww.restonGOP.org.

Appetite for Art—ContemporaryArt Dialogues at GreaterReston Arts Center. 7-8:30 p.m.,at the Greater Reston Arts Center,12001 Market St., Suite 103, Reston.Artists, curators, or educators willguide you through an in-depthviewing of the current exhibition anddiscuss related trends and influencesin contemporary culture. 703-471-9242, 703-476-4500 orwww.restonarts.org.

Newcomer’s Night. 7-9 p.m, at theReston Association, 12001 SunriseValley Drive, Reston. Come learnmore about Reston Association (RA)and its many services, amenities andprograms as well as other localorganizations in the community;

refreshments and door prizes. 703-435-6577 or [email protected].

SATURDAY/MARCH 23Garlic Mustard Removal at Old

Trail Drive. 10 a.m.-noon, alongGlade Drive between Old Trail Driveand Generation Drive, Reston. Helprestore the natural area and removethe Garlic Mustard that has invadedthe Snakeden Stream watershedwhile the plant is identifiable andbefore it goes to seed; tools, gloves,snacks, lunch and water provided(wear long sleeves and pants ifallergic to poison ivy). 703-435-7986or [email protected].

Nature Walk Through RestonNational Golf Course. 1 p.m., atSouth Lakes Park, 11100 South LakesDrive, Reston. Led by a naturalistfrom the Walker Nature Centre,participants will learn about naturalresources and reveal a variety ofbirds, including Purple Marlins. RSVPrequired. 703-709-7700 [email protected].

Annual Family Easter Festival. 3-5p.m., at Floris United MethodistChurch, 13600 Frying Pan Road,Herndon. “The Egg Hunt” is thefeature of the day with caricatures,family discovery stations, crafts, facepainting, balloon sculpting, funinflatables and more surrounding.www.florisumc.org.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 27Meet Me at the Movies Senior

Movie Day. 10 a.m., at the Bow TieCinemas, 11940 Market St., Reston.Reston Association presents Oscar-winner “Argo” starring Ben Affleckand Alan Arkin; refreshments anddoor prizes provided prior to themovie. 703-435-6530.

American Contemporary MusicEnsemble: Brutal + Sublime. 8p.m., at Reston Community Center,CenterStage, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. The ensemble plays selectionof Nico Muhly, Timothy Andrew,Mick Barr, Jefferson Friedman, JohnCage and Louis Andriessen. $15 forresidents; $30 for non-Restonians.703-476-4500 orwww.restoncommunitycenter.com.

THURSDAY/MARCH 28Beverly Cosham. 2:15-3:30 p.m., at

Center Stage, Reston CommunityCenter Hunters Woods, 2310 ColtsNeck Road, Reston. The cabaretsinger has performed her act atnightspots across the country andBob Smith, presidential pianist forPresidents Nixon through Clinton,accompanies her; the second in aseries of seven free Thursdayafternoon “Meet the Artists” concerts.703-503-3384 or www.olli.gmu.edu.

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St. Timothy’s EpiscopalChurch , 432 Van Buren St.,Herndon offers Holy Week servicesbeginning March 24th with PalmSunday services at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. A Maundy ThursdayHoly Eucharist Stripping of the altarservice is on March 28 at 7:30 p.m.On March 29th, the church offers aGood Friday Stations of the Crossservice at 12:15 p.m. and a PassionGospel and solemn prayer service at7:30 p.m. St. Timothy’s will celebrateEaster Sunday, March 31st, withResurrection/Easter Holy Eucharistservices at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11a.m. Nursery care will be available atthe Maundy Thursday, Good Fridayand 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundayservices for newborns to 3-year-olds.

703-437-3790 or www.saint-timothys.org.

Southview Community Church,2620 Reston Parkway, Herndon, holdstheir annual Easter Egg Hunt! Festivi-ties, open to the community, onSaturday, March 30, at 10 a.m. withlunch and activities including crafts,bounce houses, a carousel, a rock walland a family presentation on the storyof Easter. 703-860-880 orwww.southview.org.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road, Herndon, hasSunday worship services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery and childcare areprovided and youth and adult Sundayschool classes are held prior, from 9:40-

10:45 a.m. 703-437-5500 orwww.trinityherndon.org.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center,Unitarian Universalist Church, 1625Wiehle Ave., Reston, holds monthlyclasses for the general public whichuse Buddhist teachings to practicemeditation. www.meditation-dc.orgor 202-986-2257.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road in Herndon,has Sunday Worship Service at 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. Nursery andchildcare are available during wor-ship services. Youth and AdultSunday School is held Sundays from9:40-10:45 a.m. 703-437-5500 orwww.trinityherndon.org.

Faith Notes Faith Notes are for announcements and events in the faith community, including specialholiday services. Send to [email protected]. Deadline is Thursday.

“Thanatos, a Still Life Blue,” by Dorothy Bonica, theLeague of Reston Artists’ newest and youngest member.

League of Reston ArtistsOpens Parkridge Exhibit

Paint and Flash is the new League of Reston Artists exhibit, featuring paintingsand photographs in a wide range of styles and subjects. Open Monday throughFriday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Parkridge 5 Building, 10780 Parkridge Blvd.,Reston, through April 12. www.leagueofrestonartists.org.


Sports

The Oakton softballteam lost its seasonopener to South

County, 4-0, on March 15 in arematch from last year’s North-ern Region semifinals. Oaktonhead coach Ray Gordon re-signed on Friday due to an “ir-reconcilable differing on staff-ing,” Director of Student Activi-ties Pat Full said Tuesday.

Sam Newman, a FairfaxCounty Public Schools em-ployee, is the new Oakton headsoftball coach and met the teamfor the first time on Monday,Full said.

With 2012 Northern RegionPitcher of the Year Allison Davisrecovering from an injury to herpitching arm, junior Alana Peterspitched for Oakton. Peters wasperfect through three innings,but South County catcher HayleaGeer delivered a two-out, run-scoring double on a 0-2 pitch in

the fourth inning, giving the Stal-lions a 1-0 lead. South Countyadded three more runs in thefifth on a three-run triple byfreshman Jade Williams.

Peters surrendered fourearned runs on five hits whilewalking two and striking outseven in six innings.

Oakton finished with twohits. Second baseman and co-captain Becky Cerva’s third-in-ning single was the first hit ofthe game for either team. Jun-ior Marleigh Hall had a doublein the sixth inning.

Davis and shortstop EmilyKrisanda are also co-captains.

Oakton defeated SouthCounty 3-0 in eight innings dur-ing last year’s region semifinals.The Cougars finished regionrunner-up to Stone Bridge.

Oakton will travel to faceBattlefield at 6:30 p.m. on Fri-day, March 22.

Oakton Softball DropsSeason Opener

Second baseman Becky Cerva is an Oakton softballco-captain.

Oakton junior Alana Peters pitches against SouthCounty on March 15.

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South Lakes Boys’ SoccerFalls to T.C. WilliamsSeahawks open seasonwith shutout loss.

South Lakes junior Jhonny DeSouzabattles for the ball against a T.C. Williamsplayer on March 14.

South Lakes senior Sulaiman Dainkeh is ateam captain.

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South Lakes boys’ soccer coach Marty Pfisterthought his team played well after trailingT.C. Williams by a pair of goals on March14. Falling behind in the first place, how-

ever, was a different story.TC scored first on a free kick by Eryk Williamson

in the 44th minute. The Seahawks disagreed withthe foul call which gave the Titans the opportunity,but it didn’t matter. TC added a goal by MomodoJalloh in the 48th minute. From there, South Lakeshad several chances in front of the net but couldn’tcapitalize and the Seahawks opened the season witha 2-0 loss to T.C. Williams at South Lakes High School.

“We picked it up when we got down,” Pfister said.“It was a little bit of an unfortunate swing of mo-mentum on more or less a questionable call, but thathappens all the time so we’re going to have to learnhow to react better. … I don’t mind the questionablecall, it’s how we reacted after the 1-0 because whenit went to two, it just makes everything harder.”

South Lakes returns several key players from lastseason’s team, which posted a 9-5-4 record, reachedthe Liberty District tournament semifinals and de-feated Herndon in the opening round of the North-ern Region tournament.

Senior defensive midfielder and team captainSulaiman Dainkeh will play soccer at the Universityof Maryland next season. Fellow senior captainsDylan Katz (stopper) and Elvin Arbaiza (offensivemidfielder), and junior striker Jhonny DeSouza arekey players for the Seahawks.

“We have high expectations for this year for howwell we did at the end of last year and what we re-turn,” Pfister said. “But at the same point in time, wekind of developed a team unity last year and we’vegot to find that again.”

South Lakes will host Herndon at 7 p.m. onWednesday, March 20.


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Address ................................ BR . FB .HB ... Postal City .... Sold Price ... Type .......... Lot AC . PostalCode ..................... Subdivision3228 NAVY DR ............................... 5 ... 5 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $920,000 .... Detached ........ 0.70 ........ 20171 ................. DARTMOOR WOODS3105 FRANKLINS WAY .................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $882,500 .... Detached ........ 0.31 ........ 20171 ...................... FRANKLIN FARMS1160 MILLWOOD POND DR ............ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $835,000 .... Detached ........ 1.00 ........ 20170 ..................... MILLWOOD POND1097 LIBERTY MEETING CT ............ 6 ... 5 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $772,000 .... Detached ........ 0.84 ........ 20170 ..................... LIBERTY MEETING2804 GIBSON OAKS DR .................. 5 ... 4 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $750,500 .... Detached ........ 0.38 ........ 20171 .................... FRANKLIN WOODS11573 SOUTHINGTON LN .............. 5 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $732,000 .... Detached ........ 0.65 ........ 20170 ....................... SHAKER WOODS1206 CAMEO CT ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $715,000 .... Detached ........ 0.38 ........ 20170 ....................... SHAKER WOODS840 ELDEN ST ............................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $695,000 .... Detached ........ 0.35 ........ 20170 ......................... ELWARDSTONE13027 GREY FRIARS PL .................. 5 ... 3 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $691,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 20171 .................... ASHBURTON OAKS1520 MEADOW CHASE DR ............. 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $595,000 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 20170 ............................ KINGSTREAM1013 STANTON PARK CT ................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $580,000 .... Detached ........ 0.13 ........ 20170 ........ STANTON PARK OVERLOOK13134 THORNAPPLE PL .................. 4 ... 2 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $570,000 .... Detached ........ 0.21 ........ 20171 ....................... FRANKLIN FARM1324 STOURHEAD CT .................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $540,000 .... Detached ........ 0.34 ........ 20170 .............. DRANESVILLE ESTATES2755 MANSWAY DR ....................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $540,000 .... Detached ........ 0.23 ........ 20171 ....................... BRADLEY ACRES13447 MUIRKIRK LN ...................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $529,900 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 20171 ............ CHANTILLY HIGHLANDS12008 ROSIERS BRANCH DR .......... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $500,000 .... Detached ........ 0.22 ........ 20170 ..............................UNION MILL12758 KINSHIP DR ......................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $500,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 20171 ..................... FOX MILL ESTATES2994 EMERALD CHASE DR ............. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ....... OAK HILL .......... $477,500 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 20171 ...................... EMERALD CHASE13028 NEW PARKLAND DR ............. 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $473,000 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 20171 ....................... BRADLEY ACRES12595 CROSS HOLLOW CT ............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......HERNDON ......... $472,400 .... Detached ........ 0.21 ........ 20170 ...................... HASTINGS HUNT12807 BRIERY RIVER TER ............... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $465,000 .... Detached ........ 0.30 ........ 20170 ......................... HIDDENBROOK12795 BRADWELL RD .................... 4 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $457,000 .... Detached ........ 0.29 ........ 20171 .......................... FOX MILL ESTS12832 PINECREST DRIVE ................ 3 ... 3 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $450,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 20171 ..................... FOX MILL ESTATES12309 STALWART CT ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $441,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 20170 .............. DRANESVILLE ESTATES12319 EXBURY ST .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $420,000 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 20170 .............. DRANESVILLE ESTATES13144 ASHNUT LN ......................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $417,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20171 ..... MCNAIR FARMS LANDBAY 122614 LITCHFIELD DR ..................... 4 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $410,000 .... Detached ........ 0.38 ........ 20171 .......................... FOX MILL ESTS2507 TERRA COTTA CIR ................. 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $406,850 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20171 .. COPPERMINE CROSSING LAND2151 SEAMAN CT .......................... 5 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $389,000 .... Detached ........ 0.29 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE1190 MONROE ST .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $375,000 .... Detached ........ 0.31 ........ 20170 ..................... VICTORIA MANOR1511 BAL HARBOR CT .................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $366,000 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 20170 ......................... HIDDENBROOK13694 SALK ST #279 ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $342,500 .... Townhouse ..................... 20171 ........... COPPERMINE CROSSING637 WOOD ST ............................... 4 ... 1 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $330,000 .... Detached ........ 0.43 ........ 20170 ... HUTCHINSON AND MITCHELL703 ALABAMA DR .......................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $330,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 20170 ................................ CHANDON2200 JENSEN PL ............................ 4 ... 1 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $260,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE12913 ALTON SQ #218 ................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $253,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 ............................ WORLDGATE1003 SABER LN ............................. 3 ... 1 ... 2 .......HERNDON ......... $248,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20170 ......................... CAVALIER PARK1121 AUTUMNHAZE CT ................. 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $246,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20170 ............ FOUR SEASONS REGIME13201 KEACH PL ............................ 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $239,900 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE2132 MONAGHAN DR .................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $232,700 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE2255 CHRISTY PL ........................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......HERNDON ......... $215,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 20170 ..................... REFLECTION LAKE2204 WESTCOURT LN #309 ........... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $175,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 ............................ WORLDGATE511 FLORIDA AVE #216 .................. 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $167,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 .................... JEFFERSON MEWS503 FLORIDA AVE #103 .................. 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $149,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20170 .................... JEFFERSON MEWS609 JEFFERSON ST #18 ................. 2 ... 1 ... 0 .......HERNDON ......... $130,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 20170 ................... GASLIGHT SQUARE

In February 2013, 45 homes sold between $920,000-$130,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

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Floris United Methodist Church will hold its AnnualFamily Easter Festival on Saturday, March 23, from 3 to5 p.m. (Doors open at 2:45 p.m.) Everyone is welcome.The Egg Hunt (organized by kindergarten through firstgrade, second grade, and third through fifth grade) beginsshortly after 3 p.m. Other activities include caricatures,family discovery stations, crafts, face painting, balloonsculpting, fun inflatables and more. Admission is free.Floris United Methodist Church is located at 13600 Fry-ing Pan Road, Herndon, and is easily accessible from theDulles Toll Road, Centreville Road South exit.

For more information, call the church at 703-793-0026or visit www.florisumc.org/easterfestival.

Floris UMC has been ministering to Herndon and thesurrounding community for more than 100 years. Thecongregation moved to its latest building in April 2006 toaccommodate its growing membership, its various educa-tional programs, and its numerous local, national andinternational outreach and mission activities.

Floris UMC worship services are at 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sundays, with a Latino service on Sat-urdays at 7 p.m. For additional information, visitwww.florisumc.org.

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Large outdoor inflatables are just one ofthe many fun activities at the FlorisUMC annual Family Easter Festival,scheduled for this Saturday, March 23,from 3-5 p.m.

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LANDSCAPINGHaving never attended medical school (and

not really having had the grades or commitmentto do so), and having only completed 10th-gradeBiology and freshman-year Astronomy, and rarelyeven driven by a medical school growing up, myunderstanding and/or instincts regarding how amedical professional plans and/or prepares for hisday is as foreign to me as sugar-free chocolate (ifI’m going down, I’m going down swinging; intruth however, considering the anti-cancer, alka-line diet I’m following, I do need to swing a littleless frequently).

Nevertheless, having had multiple appoint-ments with doctors/health care professionals overthese last four cancer-centric years, I’ve oftenwondered how much preparation occurs beforeeach appointment. There’s a schedule certainly,but does the doctor review it daily/weekly – inadvance, to determine the course of his possibleaction/discussion with the patient? And if so, doeshe review/study/research said patient’s medicalchart/history to better prepare for these discus-sions or does he sort of “wing it,” professionallyspeaking, and instead wait to hear what thepatient has to say? Moreover, if there’s been labwork, diagnostic scans, etc. completed previous tothe appointment, does the doctor receive indica-tions – electronic or otherwise, before theappointment, with enough time to evaluate theresults/read the reports or does he see it for thefirst time sometime during the day of the appoint-ment? And while this curiosity exists in my head,is the doctor likewise preoccupied (even a littlebit) with my ongoing health situation beyond the30 minutes or so we spend together every fewmonths or his time too precious, respectfullyspeaking? I realize he’s busy, but do I rank in hisfile? And if so, what does he know and when didhe know it?

Not that I’ve ever felt unknown or disre-spected when visiting either my primary care doc-tor or my oncologist, but I have felt a little dis-tance when I’ve seen specialists: pulmonary, tho-racic, nephrology, surgery, to whom I’ve beenreferred, who previous to seeing me face-to-facehad never met and/or spoken to me. Now I nevertook it personally; I took it professionally, as in: Isuppose this is the process. However, how dothey know a patient they don’t know, let aloneadvise with proper consent?

Over time though, my thinking has evolved.Now I’m thinking/wondering if they are even sup-posed to prepare for me – and not by reading myfile for the first time when I’m sitting on an exam-ining table directly across from them or throughstudy the night before, but at all? Perhaps mysituation – as serious as it is to me, is not as seri-ous to the doctor? And by that I mean, he’s notruled by his emotions – he’s not terminal, that Iknow of, anyway. It’s just another day at the office– so to speak. I understand that he likely hasmany patient histories on his mind/in his headand focusing/preparing too much for one some-how has adverse consequences for the others.Maybe the treatment protocols, as complicated asthey are to me, are fairly mundane to the doctorand don’t require that much homework, so dis-cussing my chart as he reads it for that first time isno big/complicated deal and standard operatingprocedure?

I’ve actually experienced this sensation a cou-ple of times with my oncologist. When I was amore frequent visitor to the Infusion Center –every three weeks, occasionally I would see himtending to other patients; he didn’t seem to knowI was going to be infused that day (in fairness, theinfusion appointment does not directly involve theoncologist), even exhibiting surprise at my pres-ence. Still, I would more often than not ask him aquestion about my specific health situation.However, if I didn’t have a non-infusion appoint-ment scheduled that day, he wasn’t comfortableanswering my questions. He would say: he wasn’tprepared to answer the question. Apparently, hecouldn’t pull my information out of thin air. Icame to understand and accept that if it wasn’tmy day to be examined, it wasn’t a good day toask him health-related questions about yours truly.

Still, I wonder, as much from lack of knowl-edge as anything: are my expectations unreason-able? I know, in my head anyway, as concerns mycancer treatment, it’s all about me. But whatabout in my oncologist’s head? Am I on his radaror am I out of sight, out of mind? And if so, isthere any harm in that, or is it just me wonderingtoo much about too much (the bane of this can-cer patient’s existence)?

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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