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By Vernon Miles

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A new 12-story office build-ing at 2025 Clarendon Bou-levard will change the faceof Arlington’s Courthouse

neighborhood. At its March 14 meet-ing, the County Board unanimously

approved ther e d e v e l o p -ment despitec o n c e r n sabout the de-sign and useof the build-ing.

P e t e rSchulz, fromthe Depart-ment ofProjects andP l a n n i n g ,compared thenew structureto the Flatironbuilding inNew York Cityas a wedgeshaped designin the heart ofA r l i ng ton ’ sCourthouse

metro area. Schulz said the building’sdesign fits the county’s ambitions toalter the local skyline with buildingsthat taper the density and height uptowards the metro complex. The newbuilding will occupy 195,870 squarefeet, including 6,960 square feet ofground floor retail. The design also in-

cludes 244 parking spaces in an under-ground garage.

The site is currently occupied by aWendy’s and Wells Fargo. As a condition ofbuying the property, the property’s devel-oper, Carr Properties, a large portion of thefirst floor retail space was taken up by thenew Wells Fargo location.

In a Sept. 2014 report, staff said the3,375-square-foot Wells Fargo Bank branchon the ground floor of the new structurewas “inappropriate” for the location. In re-sponse, Carr added a fourth 995-square-footretail area to the Clarendon Boulevard sideof the building, with the aim of using thespace as a coffee or sandwich shop.

“Planning principles have to accommo-date where the market is,” said ErikGutshall, a member of the Arlington Plan-ning Commission. “Normally we would notwant to see a bank use on a prime retailspot, but I think the [Site Plan Review Com-mittee] recognized that this is somethingthat needed to be accommodated to make

all of the other successful parts of thisproject work out. We did work to find waysto mitigate that use.”

Some on the County Board raised con-cerns regarding the rest of the space beingused as offices, particularly with a 20.5 per-cent office vacancy rate throughout Arling-ton, with numbers as high as 28.7 percentin Rosslyn.

“We have record high office vacanciesacross the county right now,” asked CountyBoard Member John Vihstadt. “Why do youbelieve your building is a breed apart? Howare you going to surmount the current andnear term office vacancy dynamics in Ar-lington?”

According to county staff, the new officespaces in the building are smaller than tra-ditional office spaces and are more reflec-tive of a new type of development in Ar-lington.

“The people we’re recruiting to come hereas tenants are downsizing and want moreflexible space,” said County Manager Bar-

bara Donnellan. “The 10,000-square-foot30,000-square-foot tenant is who we’re try-ing to attract and keep here. We’re not get-ting the General Services Administrationtenants we had in the past that take upwhole buildings and complexes.”

Gutshall commented that the PlanningCommission was excited to see developerscontinuing to build new office developmentin Arlington, despite the vacancy rate.

The discussion in the County Board meet-ing also took the unlikely turn towards adiscussion on the nature of art. The devel-opment currently plans to build a muralbased on a picture of local historic figureCrandal Mackey on one of the building’sblank walls. Mackey was an Arlington Com-monwealth Attorney who, in 1905, led aseries of raids against brothels and barsthroughout Rosslyn to tone down the area’snightlife, an event that neighborhood’snightlife has never fully recovered from. Apark in the county was named after Mackey,but a new Central Place development willreplace that park. So with a blank space ona property once owned by Mackey, the de-veloper included the mural as a tribute tothe prosecutor.

While the design was approved by theArlington Historic Affairs and LandmarkReview Board, Jon Hensley from Arlington’sPublic Art Committee took objection to artbeing added to a public space without anyinput from Arlington’s artistic community.

“We don’t believe that public art shouldbe used in this manner, without artists andpreordained,” said Hensley. “We prefer thatthe public art contribution go through thestandard process. The idea of this was pre-sented at the December meeting and it waspresented as potentially public art, and waspresented as potentially public art at thePlanning Commission.” Carr has said theproject’s development schedule is to be de-termined, while no current plans are set forthe removal of the Wendys and currentWells Fargo bank from the site. After ap-proval of the project by the County Board,Carr has three years to begin development.

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The large paddle cuts through thedough in the large aluminum bowl.“This is enough for about 100 car-

rot cakes,” said Wolfgang Büchler. Büchler

and his wife Carla own the HeidelbergPastry Shoppe on Lee Highway in Arling-ton. Büchler’s day begins in the dark at 1:30a.m. when he arrives at the bakery to getthe donuts and Danish underway for theday. “I like working when it is nice andquiet.” Next to him is another bowl withenough ingredients to make a couple ofthousand shortbread cookies. He says all oftheir flour is ordered from Germany. “Watchout,” he said over his shoulder to SaranChuong who is flipping over the Germanjelly-filled berliners in the hot oil.

Büchler points to Thomas Fend nearbywho is making loaves of bread. “We pro-duce about 110 loaves a day including 20

kinds of bread,” Büchler said with his heavyGerman accent. “Bread is the most difficultchallenge of anything we make in the bak-ery. Yah,” he said. “Humidity can changeeverything and one minute in mixing timecan make a difference in how the breadturns out. This bread is for tomorrow. It willsit, then we put it in the fridge to proof 15-20 hours.”

In the back of the bakery, a nephew,Nathan Smith, monitors small donuts au-tomatically dropping into the vat of specialmelted shortening to fry before the machinearm flips them over. Cinnamon-sugar isadded. “We used to do this by hand,” he

Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe Celebrates 40th AnniversaryCars line the streetfor blocks for freecake at the Germanbakery.

Wolfgang Büchler, chef and ownerof Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe,arrives at work in the dark about1:30 a.m. so he can get the donutsand pastries started for the earlymorning customers.


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The first meeting of the FairfaxCounty Ad Hoc Police PracticesReview Commission will takeplace next Monday, March 23, and

it comes with hope for real change.Police could take one step that would signal

that they are serious about regaining publictrust.

Police departments in Northern Virginiashould let go of their relentless pursuit of se-crecy. Police departments all over the countryroutinely allow access to police reports, inci-dent reports, dashboard video and many othersources of information without harm, all thingsthat police here refuse to allow the public tosee.

The first paragraph of Virginia Freedom ofInformation Act, passed by the General Assem-bly in 1968, states that all public records “shallbe presumed open.” But the legislation in-cludes an exception that allows police to with-hold “complaints, memoranda, correspon-dence, case files or reports, witness statementsand evidence.”

Police officials in Fairfax (and also in Arling-ton and Alexandria) have adopted what they

call a “blanket” approach to using their exemp-tion. That means they have decided to with-hold any document they can without any analy-sis of whether they should, whether the caseis open or closed, whether they are about a“police-involved shooting” or informa-tion requested by a family about a ho-micide victim.

It is only because of legal action bythe family of John Geer, shot dead by a FairfaxCounty police officer in the doorway to his ownhome in August 2013, and the resulting courtorder that we know details of what happenedthat day. And what we now know confirms thatthe information released by police was incom-plete and misleading at best.

We’ve learned that we cannot trust the lead-ership at the Fairfax County Police Departmentto tell the truth voluntarily on these matters.(See Editorial: “Not the First or Only Time,”Connection, Feb. 11, 2015.)

Repeating what we have said in this spacemany times: Police wield power unlike anyother entity — the power to detain and ques-tion, the power to arrest, the power to respondwith force when necessary, sometimes deadly

force.With that power, comes responsibility — the

responsibility to operate openly and with trans-parency, the responsibility to make availablethe greatest possible amount of information,

especially the responsibility to providethe public with a full picture of whathappened when something goeswrong.

Most Northern Virginia residents think veryhighly of their police. We are very safe here.People understand that sometimes mistakeshappen, that sometimes force is needed, andthat sometimes police will exercise deadlyforce. What they are unlikely to accept is se-crecy that shrouds mistakes, and failure to takeresponsibility for explaining events of deadlyforce.

It’s clear that discretion about when to with-hold information cannot be left up to the po-lice department.—Mary Kimm, Editor and Publisher

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Mary Kimm is a member of the Ad Hoc Police Prac-tices Review Commission; news coverage of police issueswill continue to be the responsibility of reporters at theConnection.

On Police Information and SecrecyTime for change in public access to police information.

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By Megan Beyer

It may never feel like a “good time” to havea colonoscopy. You might have alreadyused the excuse that the preparation day

before a colonoscopy is unpleasant and cutsinto your busy schedule — and then you put itoff another year. But momentary discomfortor inconvenience is a small price to pay forsaving your life.

Colorectal cancer is the second leading causeof death from cancer in the United States. Only40 percent of colorectal cancer cases are foundin the early stages when it is most treatable.Consider the implications of not gettingscreened, or of a family member putting offscreening until it is too late. If you are over 50years old and of average risk, you should getscreened for colorectal cancer. Those at higherrisk may need to be screened earlier. Andcolorectal cancer, long thought of as a diseaseof older adults, has been rising in young adults— which makes it especially important forpeople of all ages to be aware of risk factorslike tobacco use, obesity and heavy drinking,as well as family history.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Aware-ness Month. There is no need to be uncom-fortable talking about colorectal cancer. Makethis a conversation topic in your fam-ily and encourage them to speak withtheir health care professionals aboutgetting screened. Nearly everyonehas lost a loved one to cancer, and colorectalcancer is a disease that takes too many liveseach year. This year an estimated 132,700people will be diagnosed with colorectal can-cer. Worse, nearly 50,000 people will die fromit. In 2014 about 136,830 people are predictedto be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in theUnited States, and about 50,310 people arepredicted to die of the disease. Don’t becomea statistic. Start taking preventive steps today.

Determine your family history of cancer andtalk with your health care professional aboutcolorectal cancer screening options. Expertsrecommend both men and women over 50 ofaverage risk get screened. A colonoscopy al-lows medical professionals to examine the en-tire colon and remove any polyps (pre-cancer-ous growths) before they ever become cancer-ous. When colon cancer is found early, it is

more treatable, and the five-year survival rateis 90 percent. If you cannot or will not have acolonoscopy, there are a variety of other screen-

ings available, such as a virtualcolonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopyor double-contrast barium enema.Talk to your health professional

about what is best for you.Some people need to start screening earlier

because they are at a higher risk of colon can-cer — they have personal histories of colorectalcancer, pre-cancerous polyps or inflammatorybowel disease; family histories of colorectalcancer, polyps or a hereditary colorectal can-cer syndrome; or have Type 2 diabetes.Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality ratesare highest in African-American men andwomen; incidence is about 25 percent higherand mortality rates are about 50 percent higherthan those in Caucasians.

Healthy living is a vital step to cancer pre-vention and can lower risk for colorectal can-cer. Maintain a healthy weight and stay activeby exercising regularly for 30 minutes at leastfive times a week. Eat a nutritious diet low inred and processed meats (such as bacon orsausage) and full of fruits, vegetables andwhole grains. Do not smoke and only drinkalcohol in moderation. Use these tips to live ahealthier life today, and share this informationwith family and friends. Colorectal cancer istreatable, especially if caught early. Talk withyour family and loved ones about ways to re-duce their colorectal cancer risk. Visitwww.preventcancer.org for more informationabout cancer prevention and early detection.

Megan Beyer is the wife of U.S. Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-8) and is a member of Congressional Families CancerPrevention Program of the Prevent Cancer Foundation.All statistics are provided by the American Cancer Soci-ety.

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FRIDAY-MONDAY/MARCH 13-23Marine Corps Marathon Lottery. For 10 days,

starting March 13 at noon, the Marine CorpsMarathon will conduct a registration lottery fortheir 40th anniversary event on Sunday, Oct. 25.Registration is $125. Visit marinemarathon.com.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 18An Introduction to Hospice and Palliative

Care. 7 p.m. at Arlington Central LibraryAuditorium, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington. Get anoverview of hospice and palliative care, and dispelmyths and misconceptions surrounding thisspecialized care. The cost of care will be addressed.Presented by Dan Cronin, Senior CARERepresentative of Capital Caring Hospice. Call 703-228-5999 for more information.

Tech Class: Introduction to Twitter. 7-8:30 p.m.at Central Library Computer Lab, 1015 NorthQuincy St., Arlington. Learn how to post, reply tomessages, follow other Twitter users, use hashtags,add photos and videos and customize your Twitterpage. A personal email account is required. Free.Call 703-228-5959.

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Arlington County faced three majorretirements over the past week. OnFriday, March 13, Arlington County

Manager Barbara Donnellan announcedthat she would be retiring, effective June30. Then, on Monday, March 16, ArlingtonDepartment of Human Services DirectorSusanne Eisner announced that she wouldbe stepping down from her position effec-tive by the end of May. Also on Monday,Del. Rob Krupicka, who represents the 45thdistrict, announced that he would not runfor re-election.

Donnellan began as a budget analyst inArlington in 1983. In a letter to county staff,

Donnellan did not specify the reason for herretirement beyond a desire to “start a newchapter in my life.”

Eisner has worked in the Department ofHuman Services since 1984 and becamedirector of the organization in 2005.

Krupicka was elected to office in 2012following the resignation of Del. DavidEnglin. In a letter to his constituents,Krupicka said he was unable to continuehis commitments to both his family and hisbusiness while holding office. In January,Krupicka opened a branch of the Richmond-based Sugar Shack Donuts in Alexandria.

— Vernon Miles

Wave of Retirements Hits Arlington

“Flourishing After 55” from Arlington Office ofSenior Adult Programs for March 30 - April 3.

Senior centers: Lee, 5722 Lee Hwy.;Langston-Brown, 2121 N. Culpeper St.; CulpepperGarden, 4435 N. Pershing Dr.; Walter Reed, 2909S. 16th St.; Arlington Mill, 909 S. Dinwiddie St.;Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18th St.

Senior trips: Monday, March 30, NationalGeographic Museum, D.C., $16; Tuesday, March31, National Harbor, Tanger Outlets, Md., $7;Thursday, April 2, National Museum of Women inthe Arts, $16; Friday,

April 3, Odyssey Cruise and lunch, $84. CallArlington County 55+ Travel, 703-228-4748. Reg-istration required.

Art history class, Monday, March 30, 1:30p.m., Lee. Free. Register, 703-228-0555.

Strength training classes at TJ, Mondays,9 a.m., $60/15 sessions or $4 drop in. Details, 703-228-5920.

Pickleball games & instruction, Mondays,11 a.m., Arlington Mill. Free. Register, 703-228-7369.

Ice skating, Mondays, 8:10 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.,Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Ballston Mall; $1. Regis-ter, 703-228-4745.

Demo Edison Amberola phonograph,Tuesday, March 31, Lee. Free. Register, 703-228-0555.

Orthopedic ailments, Tuesday, March 31, 11a.m., Arlington Mill. Free. Register, 703-228-7369.

How to declutter, Tuesday, March 31, 10:15a.m., Walter Reed. Free. Register, 703-228-0955.

Beginners full fitness exercise, Tuesdays,10 a.m., Lee. $60/15 sessions or $4 per class. De-tails, 703-228-0555.

Arlington Mill Trekkers, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.Free. Register, 703-228-7369.

Table tennis, Tuesdays,10 a.m., -12 p.m.,Walter Reed. Free. Register, 703-228-0955.

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Email announcements to [email protected]. Include date,time, location, description and contact forevent: phone, email and/or website. Pho-tos and artwork welcome. Deadline isThursday at noon, at least two weeks be-fore event.

ONGOING“Kid Victory.” Through March 22,

7:30 p.m. at Signature Theatre, 4200Campbell Ave. From John Kanderand Greg Pierce comes a new musicalabout coming home and breakingout. Buy tickets online, at the BoxOffice or by calling 703-820 9771.Visit www.signature-theatre.org formore.

“Much Ado About Nothing.”Through March 22, 8 p.m.Wednesday-Saturday; Sunday, 2 p.m.at Synetic Theater, 1800 S. Bell St.,Crystal City, Arlington. Directed byPaata Tsikurishvili andchoreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili,this is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, set in 1950’s LasVegas. $35 and up. Student ticketsstart at $20. Senior citizens andmilitary receive $5 off. Groupdiscounts are available. Ticketsavailable at synetictheater.org or bycalling 866-811-4111.

Linda Lowery Exhibit. ThroughMarch 28, 5-8 p.m. at GalleryUnderground, 2100 Crystal Drive,Suite 2120-A. Artist Linda Loweryhas been painting crying babies in aunique, loose style for several years,resulting in her solo art exhibition“Screaming Babies.” Visitwww.galleryunderground.org.

Family and Teen Skate Nights.Through March 28 at The ThomasJefferson Community Center, 300 N.Park Drive. The evenings start withFamily Skating from 6:30-9 p.m. andclose with Teen Nights from 9-10:45p.m., for middle and high schoolstudents. $2 per person/$3 skaterental. Visit parks.arlingtonva.us/kids-events/roller-skating-nights-skate-parties-thomas-jefferson formore.

“The Founding Sisters.” ThroughMarch 29, 1-4 p.m. at the ArlingtonHistorical Museum, 1805 SouthArlington Ridge Road, until March29, 2015. 2015 marks MarymountUniversity’s 65th anniversary inArlington. The Arlington HistoricalMuseum at the Hume School isopening several mini-exhibits duringthe winter to honor Arlington’s homeuniversity. Marymount studentscurated the exhibits. The winningexhibit is on the Catholic Order, theReligious of the Sacred Heart ofMary, which founded Marymount in1950. Designed by EmmaEnkhsaikhan, Dalia Faris, AmyLawton and Apasrin Suvanasai, “TheFounding Sisters” exhibit featuresinformation about the founders aswell as photos and artifacts fromMarymount’s early years. Visitwww.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

Photo Exhibition. Through April 6.10 a.m.-9 pm; Tuesday andWednesday, 1-9 p.m.; Friday andSaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. atCherrydale Branch Library, 2190Military Road, Arlington. “The Roofof the World: Photos of Nepal byKenneth Chadwick.” Free. Call 703-228-6330.

“Soon.” Through April 26 at SignatureTheatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. Atwenty-something mourns the hottestsummer in human history from hercouch in this Nick Blaemire musical.Tickets start at $48. Visitwww.signature-theatre.org/shows/soon for tickets.

Crystal City 5K. Fridays in April, 6:30p.m. at 2121 Crystal Drive. CrystalCity hosts this after-work race.Runners will receive deals fromparticipating establishments. Each of

the four races is $20, or run all fourfor $60. Visit www.runpacers.com/race/crystal-run-5k-fridays/.

LGBT & Straight Friends Social.Tuesdays. Happy Hour, 3 p.m.-7p.m.; Mikey’s “Bar A” Video Wall, 7p.m.; start time at 8 p.m. IOTA Club& Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd. IOTA Club& Cafe has designated every TuesdayLGBT & Straight Friends Social Nightfor those 21 years and older. Free.Visit www.iotaclubandcafe.com formore information.

Open Mic Comedy. Wednesdays 8-10p.m. at Ri Ra Irish Pub, 2915 WilsonBlvd. Doors open at 7 p.m. 21 and uponly. Free show, $25 cash prize forbest joke. Call 703-248-9888 or visitwww.RiRa.com/Arlington for more.

Invasive Plants Removal. Workparties are held every month to keepthe parks free of destructive invasiveplants. Teens, adults and familieswelcome. Every second Sunday of themonth 2-4:30 p.m. at Gulf BranchNature Center, 3608 Military Road;call 703-228-3403. Every thirdSunday of the month 2-5 p.m. atLong Branch Nature Center, 625 S.Carlin Springs Road; call 703-228-6535 or visitregistration.arlingtonva.us. Free, noregistration required.

Poetry Series. 6-8 p.m. second Sundayof the month at IOTA Club & Cafe,2832 Wilson Blvd. Hosted by poetMiles David Moore. Featured artistsshare their poetry followed by openreadings. Free. Visitwww.iotaclubandcafe.com or call703-522-8340.

Open Mic Nite. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m.every Wednesday at IOTA Club &Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd. Sign-uptimes are 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.Bring instruments, fans and friends.Featured musicians perform from9:30-10 p.m. Visitwww.iotaclubandcafe.com or call703-522-8340.

Karaoke. 8 p.m. on the first Sundayevery month at Galaxy Hut, 2711Wilson Blvd. Visitwww.galaxyhut.com or call 703-525-8646.

Pub Quiz. 8 p.m. every Sunday atWhitlow’s on Wilson, 2854 WilsonBlvd. Prizes for first place. Free. Visitwww.whitlows.com or call 703-276-9693.

Storytime. Mondays and Fridays,10:30-11:00 a.m. at Kinder HausToys, 1220 N. Fillmore St. Storytimewith Ms. Laura. Call 703-527-5929.

Lego Club. Monthly on the firstWednesday. 4-5 p.m. GlencarlynBranch Library, 300 SouthKensington St. The library providestubs of legos and a special challengeand after the program the creationsare displayed for everyone to see. Noregistration required. Call 703-228-6548 for more.

Family Nights. 7-9 p.m. on the firstFriday of the month at Arlington MillCommunity Center. E-mail [email protected]. orcall Emily Thrasher at 703-228-4773for more.

CAMPS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPSTheatre Classes. Encore Stage &

Studio is holding classes and minicamps for children in grades K-8 aton Saturdays at Thomas JeffersonCommunity Theatre, 125 S. OldGlebe Road and Tuesdays andWednesdays after-school at Theatreon the Run, 3700 S. Four Mile RunDrive. Visit www.encorestageva.orgfor a list of classes.

Synetic Theater. Synetic Studio, 2155Crystal City Plaza Arcade T-19,Arlington. Synetic offers anintroduction to physical theater,acting and dance that inspirestudents to creativity. Classes includeprograms for elementary, middle andhigh school students, as well asadults. Discounted packages and

payment plans are available. Visitwww.synetictheater.org/studio orcall 703-824-8060.

Teen Camp Summer Intensive.June 22-July 1, 9 a.m., at the SyneticStudio. Eight days of actor trainingand new play development led bySynetic teaching artists and DCtheatre professionals, culminating inthe production of Star Force, aphysical musical theatre parody ofeveryone’s favorite intergalacticspace odyssey. Reigster atwww.synetictheater.org.

Youth and Teen Winter FitnessPrograms. Winter speed andexplosion workshops at SwansonMiddle School will focus on mentalpreparation, speed, explosion, agility,fitness and conditioning training.Teens ages 13-19 can take advantageof programs focused on baseball andsoftball. Ages 9-13 will enjoy a moregeneralized program. The keyobjective ofworkshops is to ensurethat every athlete is challenged in anintense and fun atmosphere that willenable them to learn and maximizetheir performance and to achievepeak condition. For full time andsession dates or to register visithttp://www.registration.arlingtonva.us anduse activity code 720515.

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From left, Marymount University student Apasrin Suvanasai, Dr. Mark Benbow andstudent Emma Enkhsaikhan stand in front of the exhibit, “The Founding Sisters.”The display is open to the public through the end of March at the Arlington Histori-cal Society’s museum, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road.

‘The Founding Sisters’Apasrin Suvanasai didn’t know much about the early days of Marymount University until she took a course in pub-

lic history. That’s when she and three other students created an exhibit about their school’s founding sisters, the Religiousof the Sacred Heart of Mary, as part of a class project to celebrate Marymount’s 65th anniversary.

Suvanasai marveled at how Marymount, founded in 1950 with 13 students, has grown from a two-year college forwomen into a coeducational university serving approximately 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students.

The public can learn about the school’s origins from “The Founding Sisters,” an exhibit designed and curated bySuvanasai, Emma Enkhsaikhan, Dalia Faris and Amy Lawton, on display through the end of March at the ArlingtonHistorical Museum, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road. The museum is open from 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.One of three planned exhibits that shows how integral Marymount has been to the Arlington community, it featuresinformation on the founders, photos and artifacts. Visit www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

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Little Falls Presbyterian Church’sFriendship Hall, 6025 Little FallsRoad, Arlington. Sheila Advaniinstructs new learners in the SogetsuSchool of Ikebana and free stylefloral arrangement. Free, open to thepublic. An optional lunch follows for$5. Sponsored by the Rock SpringGarden Club. Make reservations at703 532-1959 [email protected] www.rockspringgardenclub.comfor more.

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“Blue Viola.” 8 p.m. at Artisphere,1101 Wilson Blvd. Urban Ariaspresents an opera that tells the truestory of a junk dealer who steals apriceless viola from a prominentorchestra musician, only to discoverthat the instrument is a fake. GeneralAdmission is $28, $26 for Seniors/Students/Military. Visitwww.artisphere.com.

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David M. Brown Planetarium, 1426N. Quincy Street. Four science fictionand fantasy writers will discuss theuse of science in their work.Catherine Asaro, Tom Doyle, EdLerner and Alan Smale willparticipate in a panel moderated byTom Schaad, host of “Fast Forward.”Tickets are $4.07 for children, $6.12for members and seniors, and $8.17for adult non-members.www.friendsoftheplanetarium.org/event/86/.

Author Event. 2 p.m. at One MorePage Books, 2200 NorthWestmoreland St., Arlington. MiriamPolli discusses and signs her debutnovel, “In a Vertigo of Silence,” amultigenerational novel about a lineof women whose lives are wrapped ina long-held secret. Visitwww.onemorepagebooks.com or call703-300-9746.

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By Jon Roetman

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The first two weeks of the seasonfigure to test the mental andphysical toughness of theWakefield boys’ soccer team. For

various reasons, multiple talented athletesthat Wakefield coaches figured to have onthe field are unable to play. Along with adepleted roster, the Warriors scheduled fourquality programs to start the year: peren-nial power Langley; 2014 6A North regionsemifinalist West Potomac; defending 5Astate champion Broad Run; and 2014 6Astate runner-up Washington-Lee.

“We scheduled murder’s row for these firstfour games,” Wakefield assistant coach NickChauvenet said.

The gauntlet started Monday, when Lan-gley traveled to South Arlington. The Sax-ons took the lead when sophomore strikerJacob Labovitz scored in the 24th minuteand Langley cruised to a 3-0 win.

“Reality is you’ve got to be able to playwith a physicality,” Chauvenet said, “and wecan’t right now.”

Labovitz scored two goals for the Saxons,and sophomore Sam Golan added one.

“Coming in, we’re very optimistic,” said

Langley head coach Bo Amato, whose teamhas hopes of competing for the 6A statechampionship. “… We’re young, but we’regood.”

The Warriors, on the other hand, face amore challenging path while not at fullstrength. Wakefield reached the 5A Confer-ence 13 championship game last season, butis missing key players this year. The War-

riors are hoping for the return of seniormidfielder Omar Al-Dulaimi, who suffereda concussion during wrestling season, andsenior midfielder Jordi Carcamo Moya, whois academically ineligible.

While Wakefield hopes to return to fullstrength, senior midfielder John Fuqueneand senior defender Alejandro Quinones areleading those who are able to play. Fuquene

Wakefield Boys’ Soccer Faces Tough Early-Season ScheduleWarriors blankedby Langley inseason opener.

Wakefield senior defenderAlejandro Quinones, left, will playcollegiate soccer at Drexel.

Jayson Carbajal-Hernandez and theWakefield boys’ soccer team face atough early-season schedule.

Pedro Rojas Tapia and theWakefield boys’ soccer teamlost to Langley 3-0 on Monday.

will play collegiate soccer at William &Mary, while Quinones will play at Drexel.

Next up for Wakefield is a road gameagainst West Potomac at 7 p.m. on Friday,March 20. “I still feel confident we can havea very solid team this year,” Chauvenet said.“… We just want to go further [than lastyear]. … We want to win games in the re-gional [tournament].”

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Neighborhood Bakery Satisfies Variety of Tastes

Thomas Fend makes bread forthe next day at the HeidelbergPastry Shoppe. The bread willsit and then proof for 15 ormore hours before baking.

said. They are making these donuts tosell for 40 cents each at Heidelberg’s spe-cial 40th anniversary celebration Satur-day, March 15. Heidelberg Bakery startedout in 1975 on the corner of Lee Heightsshopping mall. In 1988 the Büchlers builttheir own bakery building on the cornerof Lee Highway and N. Culpeper Street.

Büchler recalls that thefirst week they were in thenew location he slept onlyone hour the entire week.“I fell asleep on a chair infront of the oven andwoke up to the sound ofthe oven alarm.” He pointsto the current oven withrotating shelves that canhold 100 cakes at a time.Next to it is another oventhat can hold 125 pies.“The rotation helps dis-tribute the heat better. “ Carla Büchlerlikes the pretzels hot out of the oven andWolfgang Büchler wrinkles in concentra-tion. “I like a lot of stuff.”

He says at this time of the year theyare busy making Easter cakes and breadssuch as hot cross buns, Easter bread,marzipan sunbathing bunnies and thou-

sands of pieces of chocolate. Carla Büchlersays that they have seen things change overthe last 40 years. For a while there were alot of families with children who wouldcome in on Sunday for donuts or “anythingwith sprinkles.” The population aged, butnow the large families are back again. Theeconomy can be a factor but according to

Wolfgang Büchler, “it is uphere, “ he says pointing to hishead. “You can sit aroundand talk about it, but thatdoesn’t do any good. Youneed to figure out what to doabout it.” When peoplecouldn’t afford quarter sheetcakes anymore, they made 8-inch cakes instead. Andsometimes they have a gameto entice people to have funwhile they are there.

Wolgang Büchler is alwaysthinking about what works and seeking togrow. “Over there is Alexander, our 33-year-old son who recently changed our coffeeafter a lot of experimenting.” Many of hisbakers have been with him for at least 15-20 years. “I train them all, every baker runsa a different system. He says he is discipli-narian and believes the customer meanseverything. “I tell my bakers, the customer

doesn’t care if you didn’t get much sleeplast night.”

Wolfgang and Carla Büchler divide theduties with Wolfgang supervising the bak-ing upstairs —juggling timing for the bread,heating the chocolate, baking pies, fryingdonuts while Carla handles the downstairs.“We don’t try to ‘mangle too much’.” CarlaBüchler says she has 20-25 workers includ-ing full-time and part-time. She pays thebills, orders for retail and the deli, servescustomers and answers emails. “It is so dif-ferent now with credit cards and all of thoseemails.” Carla Büchler says that the popu-larity of the German bakery is partly be-cause a lot of people used to be stationedin Germany in the military and had happymemories. Others have visited Germany.And of course there are the people of Ger-man heritage.

The bakery has been offering sandwichessince they moved to the current location.On Saturday mornings in good weather theyoffer sausages with the trimmings under alarge umbrella stand outside the bakery.Carla Büchler says they have a Germanbutcher in Baltimore who makes sausagesand cold cuts. In about 1990 they addedthe “portrait cakes.”

Wolfgang Büchler said, “Back then themachine cost about $20,000 and had a big

arm that screeched for 10 minutes whiletransferring the picture to the cake. Nowthe pictures are in color and the processtakes just a few minutes.

Wolfgang Büchler knew he wanted tobe a chef since he was five years old. Hejust liked it. And besides in Germany youhad a choice of being a farmer, a me-chanic or a butcher but “I didn’t like kill-ing animals. And in the wintertime, itwas nice and warm in the bakery.”

“Kids come inand wantanything withsprinkles.”

— Carla Büchler,co-owner, Heidelberg

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By Marilyn Campbell

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Though the official startof spring is still daysaway and the frigidityof winter is still recent

on the minds of many, JanelleWright, a Potomac, Md., motherof two, has already mapped outthe summer for her children.

Wright did research before sign-ing up her 13-year-old daughter,Corrine, in an academic campgeared toward boosting her En-glish composition skills, and en-rolling her 12-year-old son, Teddy,in a camp for children whoseneeds fall just outside the norm.

Indeed, experts say social inter-actions, a chance to have fun andan opportunity to fill the time be-tween family trips are just someof the benefits of summer camps.

There are camps for every child,no matter their needs.

“I spoke to the camp and sharedwith them up front that my sonmight need help socializing withother kids,” said Wright. “He mightneed directions repeated to him. Idid that so I could drive away inpeace knowing that he’d be fine.It’s different for my daughter be-cause she doesn’t have any chal-lenges. I don’t have to call thecamp and talk to them like I dowith my son.”

WHETHER A CHILD is typicalor falls slightly outside the norm,doing a bit of research and exer-cising forethought are good ideaswhen selecting summer programs.In fact, advanced planning andregistration for summer camp isessential in the Washington, D.C.,region, say educators.

“It’s important to find an activ-ity that kids already like to do. It’ssummer so kids should have fun,”said Linda Gulyn, Ph.D., professorof psychology at Marymount Uni-versity in Arlington.

“Choose a camp where theywon’t feel lonely. It helps to signthem up with a buddy, especiallyin late elementary and middleschool so they’ll have one or twopeople at camp they already know.That really does matter.”

If choosing a specialty camp,summer might not be the time forembarking on a new activity, how-ever.

“Summer camps may not be atime to have kids do somethingcompletely new,” she said. “Forexample, if a child has neverplayed golf, you might not want

to invest money in a golf camp ifyou aren’t sure your child will en-joy it. A child needs to feel like thisis not school where they are strug-gling to learn a new activity.”

The most important thing is forparents to do their research.

“Interview the camp director,said Lois McCabe, head of schoolfor The Diener School in Potomac.“What does the day look like? Howstructured or unstructured is it? Itis good to have a mix of both.”

“Parents should consider a campthat taps into their child’sstrengths, the size of the groupingsduring the day,” said Susan J.Johnson, Ph. D., of Common-wealth Academy in Alexandria.“Consider the length of time foreach activity.”

Johnson advises that parents trycoordinating their child’s attentionspan with the camp’s schedule.“Match camp schedule with bodyclock of the child,” she said.“Schedule afternoon camp for chil-dren who naturally sleep late inthe mornings, for example.”

INFORM THE CAMP’S STAFFif a child has allergies, medicalneeds or phobias. For special needschildren, Johnson says camp coun-selors and directors should be“aware of a child’s specific learn-ing disabilities, and trained in howto teach children with learningdisabilities, present directions,teach multiple strategies for learn-ing new skills and always incor-porate hands-on learning activi-ties.”

Johnson suggests parents do apractice run to camp and visit thecampus or building. “This will easefirst day anxiety and give thecamper self confidence that he orshe knows his way around,” shesaid. “Meet the counselors if pos-sible.”

There are also options if parentswant their children to enjoy typi-cal camp activities like swimmingand arts and crafts combined withacademics. For example, Wrightchose an English program at St.Andrew’s Episcopal School inPotomac for her daughter.

“[Our] summer programs en-compass academics for credit orenrichment and the arts [includ-ing] visual, performing and culi-nary,” said Monique McMillan-Jackson, director of summer pro-grams. St. Andrews also offerssports and technology camps.

SOME DAY CAMPS are struc-tured to allow parents to choose

the week their child will attendcamp based on the camper’s inter-ests.

“We have a theme for everyweek that is packed with field tripsand special events” said FredLowery, owner of Kiddie Countryin Burke, which is running 11

weeks of camp this summer. “Allof the camp activities are relatedto the theme. There are field tripsto the Maryland Science Center, aWashington Mystics game, Rep-tiles Alive and Hershey Park. Onsite, we have everything from madscience to jugglers to swimming.”

Traditional camp experiences,like opportunities for socializingwith peers, are still found in spe-cialty camps.

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