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Washington-Lee High School’s 2017 Class graduates.

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By Vernon Miles

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Three graduations. Three differ-ent atmospheres. One location.One day.

On June 21, Arlington PublicSchool’s three different high schools floodedthe Daughters of the American Revolution’sConstitution Hall with celebration.

At Washington-Lee High School’s gradu-ation, the morning’s celebrations weremixed with grief. Jayant Tripathi, a seniorat the school, died from natural causes onApril 20. His father came to the stage asthe ceremony began to receive his son’s di-ploma.

“Today is a day of loss, courage, and ac-complishments,” said Tannia Tolente, aSchool Board member whose son wasgraduating.

Many of the students wore pins on theircaps with Jayant’s face, showing solidarityfor their classmate.

Kay Tiernan was one of the busiest par-ents on graduation day. She was at theWashington-Lee graduation to support herson, Jon Tiernan, then at the Wakefieldgraduation that evening for her two daugh-ters. Jon Tiernan attended Washington-Leeto attend the international baccalaureateprogram and will be going to Virginia Techto study computer science.

“It feels great,” said Kay Tiernan. “I’m veryexcited. He loved being at Washington-Lee.”

Celebration and mourningat Washington-Lee’s2017 graduation.

Honoring One of Their Own

Valedictorian Niki Kowsar ad-dresses her graduating class.

Staff Sgt. Jhosue Escate, a MarineCorps recruiter, attended the Wash-ington-Lee High School graduationto support Xavian Henson.

Eric Weiner (center) with his family. Weiner will be attending HarveyMudd College to study computer science.

Members of the Washington-LeeClass of 2017 Ajai Tripathi accepts his son’s diploma. From left: Alex De Lazzari, Noah Hall, and Marco Viola.

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At most graduations, students walkacross the stage to receive theirdiplomas. At Wakefield HighSchool, they dance. Many of the

students crossing the stage to get their di-plomas did so with a twirl, a salute to theaudience, or a dab. One proudly carried aGuatemalan flag with him. Ana Tiernan, astudent with special needs, held her degreeover her head in celebration after sherecieved it to a thunderous standing ap-plause by the audience. At Wakefield HighSchool, graduations are an expression ofpride with a personal touch.

“It’s an emotional day,” said Kay Tiernan.Two of her daughters were graduating fromWakefield. Elizabeth Tiernan will be attend-ing Virginia Commonwealth University inthe fall. Anna Tiernan will be attending theArlington Career Center to eventually trans-fer into a program at George Mason Uni-versity. “My girls had a great experience atWakefield. [Elizabeth Tiernan] did Spanishimmersion and [Anna Tiernan] didcheerleading.”

The graduating class of 2017 also marksthe first class to have spent all four years inthe new high school building.

“We survived the lack of wifi and brokenwater fountains,” said Nishita Barua, SeniorClass co-president. “This is not a class I needto worry about. The juniors on the otherhand .…”

The last graduating class of ArlingtonPublic Schools in 2017 gathered outside theConstitution Hall June 21, meeting withtheir parents and saying goodbye to theirclassmates.

“It’s overwhelming,” said Rickeye Hill,attending Northern Virginia CommunityCollege and studying journalism. “It didn’thit me until I was in line to receive my di-ploma. These four years have been a longjourney; a memorable one.”

Hill said one of her favorite memories wasa student who spontaneously started danc-ing in the town hall, the gathering place atWakefield. Hill said everyone around himstopped and started cheering him on.

“It feels amazing,” said Sarah Vest, attend-ing St. Joseph’s to study English. “I’veknown some of these people for 13 years.It feels like we made it. We’ve been reach-ing for this.”

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Wakefield High School class of 2017 inside DAR Constitution Hall on June 21.

Rickeye Hill (center) with her family. Sarah Vest (center right) with her family.

Michael N. Sampson (left) and Nishita Barua, seniorclass co-presidents.

Leo, Nick, and Steven Cantros are blind triplets whoearned their diplomas from Wakefield High School.

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Gail Harrison and Larry Suitersmoved to a house behindWilliamsburg Middle School(WMS) because their yard

wouldn’t face a busy road in the front, andwould be full of shade trees and quiet inthe back. “Our son was 2 years old and ourprevious home had no backyard and thedriveway had a steep downhill slope thatfed right into Military Road. So we movedto the area near Williamsburg for the greenspace and trees behind our home, the quietnights and lack of traffic. The nine childrenwho lived in or near our cul de sac wouldchase fireflies and play hide and seek in theevening in the 60-foot wide wooded areabetween the houses and the WMS fields.”

County Manager Mark Schwartz will an-nounce this week whether or not to pro-ceed with a plan to light the playing fieldsnext to Williamsburg Middle School (WMS)with 21 lamp displays of blue light at 5,700Kelvin (K) level, for the benefit of those whowant to play after the sun sets. Those play-ers aren’t the 5-14 year-olds in the neigh-borhood who go to school there. Many aremembers of select soccer teams, drawingelite level players from all over the region,high school ultimate Frisbee squads or adultsports leagues that include members whodo not live or work in Arlington County.Such teams pay rental fees to Arlington’sDepartment of Recreation for use of thespace.

According to more than 500 residentswho have signed a petition opposing thelights, the approval process seems to havemissed a step: making sure the projectwould not harm human health, the envi-ronment and the character of the surround-ing neighborhood.

Residents say at no time were those whosehouses are sometimes as close as 60 feet tothe playing fields told they would have5,700 K lights installed so close to theirhomes. Lights would not be the only un-welcome addition to the neighborhood:parking overflow from the fields, and noiselevel from practices and games would beother “non-residential” aspects to thelighted fields, residents say.

Arlington County has one vendor for suchlighting, and that source, Musco Lightingis providing the expertise on how the light-ing will look and affect the neighborhood:there is no expert on the county staff andno photometric data (luminaire light dis-tribution measured in a photometric labo-ratory) which can serve as a check on thevendor’’s portrayal of impact, residents said.

Residents believe they were misled dur-ing the approval process. “Those playingfields were never even meant to be lit atnight,” said Gail Harrison, whose deck over-looks the fields. “And because of the waythe fields are configured, the lights oppo-site my house would have to be angled tocover a 500-foot expanse — the width ofthe two fields and the run-off areas on ei-ther side of them — because the space be-tween the two fields is too narrow to placepoles between them without risking injuryto players.”

Residents also suspect the beaming anglewill be tilted toward the homes in order tobe able to light the 500-foot expanse of bothfields.

Another issue is how late the fields willbe open to play if lit. The county standardcurfew is 11 p.m. and that is usually nego-tiated with each neighborhood. The lightsat Yorktown, for instance, were negotiatedfor a 10:30 p.m. curfew but that usuallyextends to 10:45 p.m. according to thosewho live in the neighborhood. The countyalso reserves the right to hold special eventson the playing fields. A standing commit-tee usually meets to decide the hours andlimitations, but there is no such committeefor Williamsburg; even if there were, ac-cording to residents, there are only threerepresentatives from the neighborhood onthe committee normally, and they are out-numbered by county staff, Arlington PublicSchools, and sports club representatives.

Since there was no independent expertto ask about the lighting at WMS, residentsof the area pooled their resources to hirelighting expert Nancy Clanton, president ofClanton & Associates. Her conclusion? “Thestandards the county is applying are not theright ones; there is no way the county’s pro-

TimelineWILLIAMSBURG FIELD LIGHTS❖ County Manager Recommendation - Week of

June 26❖ County Analysis and Recommendation

Presentation to Commissions❖ Environment & Energy Conservation Commission

(E2C2) – Monday, July 24❖ Park and Recreation Commission (PRC) –

Tuesday, July 25 “ Sports Commission (SC) –Thursday, July 27 (date to be confirmed)

❖ County Manager’s Draft Board Report to PlanningCommission – Friday, Sept. 1

❖ Planning Commission (PC) Hearing –Wednesday, Sept. 6 “ Planning CommissionRecessed Hearing – Thursday, Sept. 7

❖ Final County Manager’s Report issued fordistribution – Friday, Sept. 8

❖ County Board Hearing – Saturday, Sept. 16❖ County Board Recessed Hearing - Tuesday,

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Yorktown High School filledDAR Constitution Hall withan atmosphere of accom-plishment.

“To me, this represents the bestclass of all,” said Diana Calderon-Nolasco, the class speaker. “Forme, this moment signifies some-thing truly beautiful … I won’tmiss the school lunches or goingto classes just for the credit. I willmiss the people, all of you, whoare a part of who I am today.”

Yorktown High School is part ofthe Miller family. Holley Millerwatched her son graduate fromthe same school as his brother twoyears earlier and where she gradu-ated in 1989.

“He had a great time atYorktown,” said Miller. “He’sgraduating with honors and goingto Virginia Tech to study engineer-ing.”

Miller said her son was in theschool choir and loved performingin the school musical, “Pippin.”

“It feels so surreal,” said Chris-tian Cleaveland, the senior classpresident attending Duke Univer-sity in the fall, maybe studyingapplied math. “I had the datesaved in my calendar but it felt amile away. It’s sad, this will be thelast time I see some of them. I’vebeen in Arlington schools all mylife, I’ve grown up with a lot ofthem. We did this together.”

A class shares memoriesat its 2017 graduation.Leaving Yorktown

Yorktown High School class of 2017 inside DAR Constitution Hall on June 21.

Grace Stroup, valedictorianof the class of 2017.

Dr. Raymond Pasi, retiringthis year as principal ofYorktown High School.Senior Class President Christian Cleaveland.

Yorktown High School class of 2017 inside DAR Constitu-tion Hall on June 21.

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The U.S. Senate bill to repeal the Af-fordable Care Act would take morethan $600 billion (yes with a B)from poor children, poor elders and

people with disabilities to give a tax cut topeople who make more than $200,000 a year.Households with income of $1 million, wouldgain $50,000 in tax cuts per year. It is a mas-sive transfer of wealth to the wealthiest house-holds in America taken from the most vulner-able and neediest people. It would lead to moresick people and thousands of preventabledeaths every year.

While much of the damage isdone by massive cuts to Medic-aid, affecting poor children,people with disabilities and

most people in nursing homes, some of thechanges will result in damage to the quality ofinsurance for those who get their insurancefrom their employers as well.

What could go wrong?❖ Millions of people lose their health insur-

ance — 22 million fewer would have healthinsurance by 2026 according to the Congres-sional Budget Office analysis.

❖ Loss of coverage for pre-existing condi-tions, including cancer survivors, people whohad transplants, people with asthma, arthri-tis, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity,mental health issues, ADD, etc.

❖ States could opt out of the law’s essential

Killing the Poor to Pay MillionairesEven employer provided insurance would suffer;coverage caps and exclusions of pre-existingconditions could return.

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health benefits measure, which requires insur-ers to cover 10 main benefits, including hospi-talization, prescription drugs and other ser-vices. That is, companies could sell health in-surance that wouldn’t actually be health in-surance. Would Virginia be a state that optsout? Quite likely.

❖ Ending annual and lifetime coverage capswould also impact people who get health in-surance from their employers and the privateinsurance market. For example, a serious acci-dent or an illness that requires repeated sur-geries or bone marrow transplants could putany one of us over the coverage cap.

❖ Medicaid pays public schools for many ser-vices for special education students, but theSenate bill removes schools from eligible Med-icaid providers, costing Virginia an estimated$40 million annually; $3 million in FairfaxCounty; $2 million in the City of Alexandria.

❖ $800 billion plus in cuts to Medicaid putsthe funding for most people who are currentlyin nursing homes at risk. Many of these arepeople who were middle class and but outlivedtheir savings and coverage.

❖ In Virginia, the proposed changes to Med-icaid would cost the state $1.4 billion overseven years.

❖ Medicaid pays for much of the fight againstopioid addiction, including treatment. Cutswould be devastating to efforts to counter thewave of overdose deaths and other effects of

addiction.❖ Coverage for mental health treatment, in-

cluding addiction treatment, is threatened bothby cuts to Medicaid and by changes in the pri-vate insurance market.

❖ There will be greater need for Medicaidover time. More seniors will be poor, as fewerpeople who are retiring have pensions or ad-equate retirement savings. The demand fornursing home beds will be increasing as thepopulation ages.

(This is by no means a comprehensive list ofproblems.)

If a version of the Senate bill were to pass,the results will be harmful to tens of millionsof Americans. Call your senators. Virginia’s U.S.Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, are bothDemocrats in the forefront of pushing backagainst this bill. But let them know you expectthem to do the extraordinary to hold this up.Call the senators listed below and tell them tovote against it.

Ask family and friends to call their senatorstoday.

If you have family or friends who live in WestVirginia, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Alasksor Ohio, their calls are especially important.Senators Shelley Capito (R-WV); Bill Cassidy(R-LA); Susan Collins (R-ME); Dean Heller (R-NV); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Rob Portman (R-OH) are among those reported to be possibleopponents of this proposal.

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Rhetoric MustCool DownTo the Editor:

I have lived in Virginia for mostof my life — over 35 years — andfor the first time, I am ashamed tocall Virginia my home. The homeof George Washington, ThomasJefferson, James Madison, George

Mason, Patrick Henry, and, yes,Robert E. Lee and Nat Turner. Andnow home to the most recent at-tempted political assassination onAmerican soil. I am ashamed, butnot surprised.

The Del Ray ballpark assault ofearly June 7 came just hours afterVirginia primaries that were pre-ceded by campaign invective andrhetoric that set new standards for

both irrelevance and hatred. Inprimaries to nominate candidatesfor state elections to state offices,state issues were rarely men-tioned. Federal policies on immi-gration, international agreementsand foreign affairs, Federal judi-cial decisions, the “mess” or“swamp” in Washington, the Presi-dent, and Congress were men-tioned (and usually reviled) time

and time again. But the 2017 Vir-ginia election can change none ofthese. Public sentiment on themmay be strong, but to fan theflames of resentment on Federalmatters in an election where nopeaceful and legitimate change tothose matters can be effected in-vited a violent and illegitimate re-sponse.

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Submit entertainment announcementsat ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar.Photos and artwork welcome. Deadline isThursday at noon, at least two weeks be-fore event.

ONGOINGRosslyn Rocks Concerts. Through

June 29, 6-8 p.m. at Central Place, N.Moore Street at Rosslyn MetroStation. Free live music everyThursday evening in June at CentralPlace Plaza. Each week will feature adifferent cover band. Beer and winewill be available for purchase. June 1features local band White FordBronco. Visit www.rosslynva.org formore.

Summer Bootcamp. 2-7 p.m. Mondayand Wednesdays through July 1;9:30-10:30 Saturday at GatewayPark, 1300 Lee Hwy. $35. Visitwww.rosslynva.org/do/summerbootcamp for more.

“Jesus Christ Superstar.” Extendedthrough July 9 at the SignatureTheatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. Visitwww.sigtheatre.org for more.

Rosslyn Cinema and Pub in thePark. Fridays through August 25, 6p.m. at Gateway Park, 1300 LeeHighway. On Fridays, RosslynCinema brings you games, drinks,dinner and free outdoor movies thissummer. Visit www.rosslynva.org formore.

Arlington Farmer’s Market. EverySaturday, 8 a.m.-noon at the cornerof N. 14th Street and N. CourthouseRoad. A weekly celebration of localfood including fresh produce, meats,dairy, cheese, baked goods, freerange eggs, specialty items, cutflowers, plants and herbs. [email protected] or call 917-733-6402.

Cycling Volunteers Needed. The20th annual Armed Forces CyclingClassic needs volunteers for the June10-11 race. [email protected] for more.

FRESHFARM Market. 3-7 p.m. onTuesdays at 1900 Crystal Drive. Shopfrom local farmers and producerswith seasonal fruits and vegetables,fresh-cut flowers, container plantsand herbs, farm-raised eggs, all-natural meats, artisan baked goods,and specialty foods. Visitwww.crystalcity.org for more.

Mobile Bike Repair. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. onThursdays at 1900 Crystal Drive.Drop off your bike on Thursdaymorning and have it tuned up andready to ride before heading home.Email [email protected], or phone855-VELO-FIX for more.

Food Truck Thursdays. 11 a.m.-2p.m. at 1900 Crystal Drive & 20112th St. Actual truck schedules aresubject to change so be sure to followyour favorites. Visitwww.crystalcity.org for more.

Crystal Ball: Street Hockey. 6:30p.m. Thursdays at 1900 CrystalDrive. A coed social league, Inpartnership with the DC Fray, hockeyenthusiasts compete competitivelyand recreationally in Crystal City.Games are played weekly andchampions are crowned at the end ofeach season. Visitwww.crystalcity.org for more.

Healthy Lifestyle Runs. Saturdays, 9a.m. at Roosevelt Island, GeorgeWashington Memorial Parkway.American Cancer Society partnerswith parkrun USA to promote fitnessin the fight against cancer. Free. Visitwww.parkrun.us/rooseveltislanddc/for more.

Friday Night Live. 8 p.m. Fridays atthe Church at Clarendon, 1210 N.Highland St., Suite A. Localmusicians perform. Free. Visit1bc.org for more.

Culinaire’s Winter Lunch. Tuesdaysthrough Thursdays, 11:30 a.m.-1p.m. at The Art Institute ofWashington, 1820 N. Fort Myer

Drive, 12th floor. Culinaire, thestudent-run restaurant of the ArtInstitute of Washington, is nowserving lunch from their winter menuon Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays. Visitwww.artinstitutes.edu/arlington formore.

Arlington’s Historical MuseumOpen on First Wednesdays. TheArlington Historical Museum is opento the public on the first Wednesdayof every month from 12:30-3:30 p.m.The museum consists of exhibitschronicling Arlington County’shistory from Native Americansettlements up to the present day.The museum will continue to be openon Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4p.m. Admission is free. The museumis located in the former 1891 HumeSchool building at 1805 S. ArlingtonRidge Road. Contact Garrett Peck at571-243-1113 or at [email protected].

LGBT & Straight Friends Social.Tuesdays. Happy Hour, 3-7 p.m.;Mikey’s “Bar A” Video Wall, 7 p.m.;start time at 8 p.m. IOTA Club &Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd. For 21 yearsand older. Free. Visitwww.iotaclubandcafe.com for more.

Open Mic Comedy. Wednesdays 8-10p.m. at Ri Ra Irish Pub, 2915 WilsonBlvd. Doors open at 7 p.m. Age 21and up only. Free show, $25 cashprize for best joke. Call 703-248-9888 or Visit www.RiRa.com/Arlington for more.

Food Truck Thursdays. 5:30-8:30p.m. at the corner of North Irving St.and Washington Blvd. Find a round-up of regional food trucks. Free toattend. Visit www.dmvfta.org.

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 Visit

registration.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.Visit www.iotaclubandcafe.com orcall 703-522-8340.

Karaoke. 8 p.m. on the first Sundayevery month at Galaxy Hut, 2711Wilson Blvd. Visit galaxyhut.com orcall 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. Wednesdays and Fridays,10:30-11 a.m. at Kinder Haus Toys,1220 N. Fillmore St. Storytime withMs. Laura. Call 703-527-5929.

Lego Club. Monthly on the firstWednesday. 4-5 p.m. GlencarlynBranch Library, 300 S. Kensington St.The library provides tubs of legos anda special challenge and after theprogram the creations are displayedfor everyone to see. No registrationrequired. Call 703-228-6548 formore.

Crystal City Sparket. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.on Wednesdays at 1900 CrystalDrive. Sparket — A Creative Marketis an extension of DC’s EasternMarket with arts, crafts, andhandmade goods. Free to attend.Visit www.crystalcity.org.

Open Mic Night. Wednesdays, at 8p.m., sign ups are at 7:30 p.m. and10 p.m., at Iota Club & Café, 2832Wilson Blvd. Free. Visitwww.iotaclubandcafe.com/.

Art for Life. Third Thursday of eachmonth. The Hyatt Regency CrystalCity’s “Art for Life” Partnership withNational Kidney Foundation brings anew artist each month to The Hyatt

for a reception. Free. Visitwww.torpedofactory.org.

Brunch at Freddie’s. Third Saturdayof every month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. atFreddie’s Beach Bar, 555 23rd St. TheArlington Gay and Lesbian Alliancegathers for an all-you-can-eatbreakfast buffet ($9.99). All arewelcome. No reservation is required.Visit www.facebook.com/events/700174390103305.

THROUGH JUNE 30Paul McGehee’s Artshow. Various

times at Art Recollections, Inc., 3505N. Quebec St. Paintings of localscenes, past and present. Visitwww.paulmcgeheeart.com for more.

JUNE 24-OCT. 1Jung Min Park: Memoryscape.

Various times at the Arlington ArtsCenter, 3550 Wilson Blvd. Jung MinPark creates memorable urban andarchitectural scenes through first-hand experiences and observations ofcities and sites. Call 703-248-6800for more.

FRIDAY/JUNE 30Shepherd’s Center Fundraising

Meals. 7 a.m.-midnight at the TheLocker Room, 502 W. Broad St., FallsChurch. The Locker Room restaurantwill donate 15 percent of its salesfrom breakfast, lunch and dinner tothe Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church. Visitwww.scmafc.org or contact NancyMurray at 703-734-8353.

Some Like It Hot. 6-11 p.m. atGateway Park, 1300 Lee Highway.Part of the Rosslyn Cinema + Pub inthe Park movie series, featuring amovie and food from one of the foodtrucks on site. Visitwww.rosslynva.org/go/gateway-parkfor more.

2017 Ms. Virginia Senior AmericaPageant. 7 p.m. at the James LeeCenter Theater, 2855 AnnandaleRoad, Falls Church. Virginia seniorwomen compete and celebrate

through dance, song, andperformance to the theme “Puttingon the Glitz.” Requested donation of$10. Call 703-549-7012 for more.

TUESDAY/JULY 4Independence Day. 5-10 p.m. at the

Long Bridge Park, 475 Long BridgeDrive. Family-friendly activitiesincluding live music, food vendors,games, and a view of theWashington, D.C. fireworks display.Games and activities will include facepainting, balloon art, moon bounces(weather permitting), cornhole,bocce, and more. No on-site parkingat the event. Free event shuttles willrun continuously from 4:30-10:30p.m. between Long Bridge Park andthe Pentagon City and Crystal CityMetro stations. Free. Visitparks.arlingtonva.us/july-4th/ formore.

FRIDAY/JULY 7Golden Eye. 6-11 p.m. at Gateway

Park, 1300 Lee Highway. Part of theRosslyn Cinema + Pub in the Parkmovie series, featuring a movie andfood from one of the food trucks onsite. Visit www.rosslynva.org/go/gateway-park for more.

JULY 7-22Fabulation, or the Re-education of

Undine. 8-10 p.m. at Gunston 2,2700 S. Lang St. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage,tells the story of Undine BarnesCalles, a businesswoman who hascreated a successful public relationsfirm and suddenly sees her once-balanced life completely fall apart.$20; $18 Seniors. Visitwww.portcityplayhouse.org for more.

SATURDAY/JULY 8Cool Creek Critters. 10-11:30 a.m. at

the Alcova Heights park fire ring, 901S George Mason Drive. Dress to getwet and spend some time exploringwaterfalls, trying to catch water

1940 Tysons CornerPaul McGehee’s Artshow is on display through June 30 at Art Recollections, Inc., 3505 N. Quebec St. Paintings of localscenes, past and present. Visit www.paulmcgeheeart.com for more.

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striders, and taking a closer look at some creekcritters. Please wear closed-toe water shoes. Call703-228-3403 for more.

Lord of the Flies Audition. 1-3 p.m. at SyneticTheater, Studio Violet, 2155 Crystal PlazaArcade T-19. The Synetic Teen Company willstage William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,”adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams. Visitsynetictheater.org/teen/ or [email protected].

Seashell Workshop. 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the GulfBranch Nature Center, 3608 Military Road.Discover the unique feeding methods ofmollusks like the moon and cone snails. Look attheir shells and the signs they leave behind ontheir prey. Ages 7-12. Call 703-228-3403.

R.I.P. - Remove Invasive Plants. 2-4 p.m. atthe Gulf Branch Nature Center, 3608 MilitaryRoad. Work parties are held every month andare making a real difference, with the return offerns and wildflowers, and the animals thatdepend on them, in areas once covered indestructive invasive plants. Call 703-228-3403

Terrific Turtles Campfire. 7-8 p.m. at the GulfBranch Nature Center, 3608 Military Road. Thisengaging program will be filled withentertaining activities that may include stories,special animal guests, games, songs and ofcourse, S’mores. Call 703-228-3403 for more.

’70’s vs ’80’s Retro Party. 8 p.m. at the TheState Theatre, 220 N Washington St., FallsChurch. Venture into the retro and dance thenight away with funk, disco, new wave, pop androck. Costumes encouraged. Ages 18 and older.Visit www.thestatetheatre.com for more.

JULY 8-9St. Mary’s Booksale. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday,

and 8 a.m.-noon on Sunday at St. Mary’sEpiscopal Church, 2609 N Glebe Rd. Annualbook sale to benefit the Arlington PediatricCenter Visit stmarysarlington.org/ or call 703-527-6800.

MONDAY/JULY 10Registration Begins. For the Northern Virginia

Senior Olympics through Sept. 2. The NVSOincludes about 70 events that exercise the mindas well as the body. To qualify for the Olympicsparticipants must turn 50 years old by Dec. 31.RSVP Northern Virginia at 703-403-5360 oremail RSVP at [email protected]. For acomplete list of events and venues please visitwww.nvso.us.

JULY 11-AUG. 29Drawing: The Natural World. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

at Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd. Thiseight-week course will focus its attention on thenatural world, and teach you to record what yousee, using materials like graphite, charcoal, andink. $250. Ages 18 and older. Call 703-248-6800, or visit www.arlingtonartscenter.org formore.

JULY 12-AUG. 30Drawing and Painting: The Figure. 6:30-8:30

p.m. at Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd.Beginning, returning, and advanced studentslearn drawing and painting in this course on thehuman form. $280. 18 and older. Call 703-248-6800, or visit www.arlingtonartscenter.org formore.

FRIDAY/JULY 14The Father of the Bride. 6-11 p.m. at Gateway

Park, 1300 Lee Highway. Part of the RosslynCinema + Pub in the Park movie series,featuring a movie and food from one of the foodtrucks on site. Visit www.rosslynva.org/go/gateway-park for more.

SATURDAY/JULY 15Bilingual Campfire (Spanish/English). 7-8

p.m. at the Long Branch Nature Center, 625 S.Carlin Springs Road. This program will be filledwith entertaining activities that may includestories, special animal guests, games, songs andS’mores. Call 703-228-3403 for more

SATURDAY/JULY 16R.I.P. - Remove Invasive Plants. 2-4 p.m. at

the Long Branch Nature Center, 625 S. CarlinSprings Road. Work parties are held everymonth and are making a real difference, withthe return of ferns and wildflowers, and theanimals that depend on them, in areas oncecovered in destructive invasive plants. Call 703-228-3403 for more.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 19Project Linus Blankets. 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the

Columbia Pike Library, 816 S. Walter ReedDrive. Learn how to make a Project Linusblanket for a child in need of comfort, and workon it for the rest of the summer to finish it,before dropping it off at the library for donation.Visit www.projectlinus.org/about/ or call 703-228-5260 for more.

FRIDAY/JULY 21Moana. 6-11 p.m. at Gateway Park, 1300 Lee

Highway. Hawaiian themes, part of the RosslynCinema + Pub in the Park movie series,featuring a movie and food from one of the foodtrucks on site. Visit www.rosslynva.org/go/gateway-park for more.

JULY 24-28Vacation Bible School. 5:30-8 p.m. at St. John’s

Episcopal Church, 415 S. Lexington St. Bibleschool with hero theme. Preschool-fifth grade.$35 for the week, $20 for each additionalsibling. Visit www.stjohnsarlingtonva.org or call703-671-6834.

FRIDAY/JULY 28The Wizard of OZ. 6-11 p.m. at Gateway Park,

1300 Lee Highway. Part of the Rosslyn Cinema+ Pub in the Park movie series, featuring amovie and food from one of the food trucks onsite. Visit www.rosslynva.org/go/gateway-parkfor more.

NVSO RegistrationRegistration begins on Monday,July 10 for the Northern VirginiaSenior Olympics through Sept. 2.The NVSO includes about 70 eventsthat exercise the mind as well asthe body. To qualify for the Olym-pics participants must turn 50years old by Dec. 31. RSVP at 703-403-5360 or [email protected] For acomplete list of events and venuesvisit www.nvso.us.

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through Wednesday, July 5, 2 a.m. Arearesidents, 21 and older, may download Lyft totheir phones, then enter the code SOBERJULY4in the app’s “Promo” section to receive a no cost(up to $15) safe ride home. The SoberRide codeis valid for the first 1,500 Lyft users who enterthe code. Visit www.soberride.com.

FARE INCREASES❖ The ART adult fare will increase from $1.75 to

$2 and the ART discount fare for seniors,students and people with disabilities willincrease from $0.85 to $1.

❖ STAR Zone 1 fare will increase from $3.50 to$4, the STAR Zone 2 fare will increase from $5to $5.50 and the Zone 3 fare will increasefrom $9 to $9.50. The increases will keep theZone 1 fare at double the ART adult fare, whilealso helping to offset increases in STARoperating expense.

FEMALE MENTORS NEEDEDDesigning, crafting building, innovating…at Space

of Her Own (SOHO), preteen girls experimentwith art and uncover unique talents with theencouragement of caring mentors. Girls arepaired with professional adult female volunteersand engage in visual arts and life skills lessonsto open their worlds to new possibilities. Pairsmeet in a group setting one night a week for theinitial program year, which ends in a team effortto give each girl’s bedroom a makeover.

Information sessions for potential mentors will beheld:

❖ Thursday, July 6, 6-7:30 p.m. at Dr. OswaldDurant Arts Center, 1605 Cameron St.,Alexandria

❖ Wednesday, July 19, 6:30-8 p.m., ArlingtonCareer Center (in the Common Area), 816 S.

Walter Reed Drive.To register, visit www.spaceofherown.org. For more

information, email Sarah Maroney [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 28Gardening Talks & Demonstrations. 7 p.m. at

the Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. QuincySt. The Arlington Food Assistance Center andthe Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia willsponsor a series of talks and demonstrationsabout gardening. In addition to basic gardeningtechniques, topics will include wild edibles,pollinators, food preparation and preservation,and more. For a complete schedule, visitwww.afac.org/.

THURSDAY/JUNE 29Comment Deadline. The Virginia Department of

Transportation accept community input onlighting alternatives for the W&OD TrailPedestrian and Bicycle Bridge over U.S. Route29 (Lee Highway). The alternatives are based oninput received during a planning workshop heldin April and a public meeting held in May. VisitVDOT’s project page. Email your comments orquestions to [email protected] written comments to Ms. Amanda J. Baxter,Special Projects Development Manager, VDOTNorthern Virginia District, 4975 Alliance Drive,Fairfax, VA 22030. Reference “W&OD TrailBridge” in the subject line. VisitTransform66.org for more.

FRIDAY/JUNE 30Nomination Deadline. Leadership Center for

Excellence seeks nominations for its regional 40Under 40 event. Honorees will be recognized forthe positive personal and/or professionalleadership impact they make in the communityat a luncheon in November. Visitleadercenter.org/40-under-40/.


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posal can be executed without affecting the charac-ter of the neighborhood. In addition, no photomet-ric data was provided by the lighting company.”Clanton also pointed out in her report that the heightlimit under the Arlington County zoning ordinanceis 68 feet: the proposed poles in the WMS scenarioare each 80 feet tall. “This is more than double the35-foot maximum height of surrounding dwellingsunder the ordinance.”

The purpose of a zoning ordinance is to have newstructures blend into neighborhoods, not stand outfrom them. John Seymour, a member of theWilliamsburg Field Working Group (WFWG) whichexamined the appropriateness of lighting the fieldscautioned that “even with a zoning amendment al-lowing the erection of 80-foot tall poles and broadlighting arrays, the vendor’s data still shows signifi-cant exceeding of acceptable standards of glare (lightthat causes discomfort to the human eye) for his-torically dark residential neighborhoods.”

Local residents also hired an arborist to assess theimpact on woods in the area. It was the arborist’sconclusion that a minimum of one or more maturetrees would have to be removed to make room forthe lights and prevent overhanging leaves fromblocking light from the array. Construction of thelight poles would cause damage to the area, since asemi-truck, large crane, and tons of equipment wouldhave to enter the area to set up the massive lightpoles, per the arborist.

While the medical issues associated with LED lightsare still being researched, the American MedicalAssociation (AMA) has said LED street lightsshouldn’t have Kelvin levels above 3,000. High Kelvinlights can cause suppression of melatonin in humansand in wildlife; disturbing the sleep cycles and cir-cadian rhythm of the natural habitat of animals andpeople. Neighbors are wor-ried about potential sleepproblems suffered by fieldusers and close-in resi-dents, said Seymour.

Harrison says the issueconsuming Arlington resi-dents right now is how touse dwindling availablegreen space. Arlington’sParks and Recreation De-partment has a symbioticrelationship with sports-user groups, she noted, and has to negotiate supplyand demand. Most playing fields are crowded onweekends and additional playing ground space is indemand. Conversely, natural green space is also indemand and county residents are anxious to main-tain woods and trees in the area.

WFWG members have identified alternatives toincrease field capacity without harming residentialneighborhoods. Options include a new lighted fieldat Long Bridge Park, and installing organic syntheticturf on four existing lighted natural grass fields and10 most heavily used unlighted grass fields.

WFWG was appointed by the County Board in July2015, comprising neighbors, independent expertsand others; they have been actively analyzing pro-posals for lighting the fields and their impacts fornearly two years. A majority of the WFWG (nine outof 14 members) signed the section of the group’sfinal report that’s entitled “Opposed to Lighting.”

County board members have not indicated howthey will vote on the issue. Katie Cristol said, “Thissituation and decision, about whether to light the

fields at Williamsburg, has been particularly challeng-ing to me as a board member because we lack clearcriteria for determining when and whether more in-tensified recreational uses (artificial turf, lighting) areappropriate or optimal for a given facility. Both theWilliamsburg Field Working Group (WFWG) and thePublic Spaces Master Plan Update process (POPs)have deliberated extensively on developing these cri-teria for future decision making, however. So my hopeis that future decisions will be more grounded in theirgood thinking.”

Roy Gamse and Gail Harrison say residents werenever told there was a plan to install synthetic turfand lighting on the fields. They were told the oppo-site during the public processes leading to construc-

tion of the new DiscoveryElementary School. As theprocess evolved, wheneverthe question came up, theanswer was always that thefields would be naturalgrass and unlit at night. Inlate summer 2013, after thegavel came down on theDiscovery public processes,then-County Manager Bar-bara M. Donnellan calledfor synthetic turf to be in-

stalled with the understanding it would lead to lights.The current county manager has previously indi-

cated that once a decision is made to have syntheticturf, the fields have to be lighted at night to makethe investment worth it.

At a meeting on the lights which took place May20, 2013, lifelong Arlington resident Larry Suiterssaid, “Not since Custer has a group been ambushedthis badly.”

Mary Curtius, media relations spokesperson forArlington County government, responded to a queryon this issue on June 26 saying, “The manager willbe posting his recommendation on WilliamsburgMiddle School field lights to the county website bythe end of this business week. County staff will briefthe relevant county commissions on that recommen-dation in July. The manager’s recommendation,formed following extensive public comment, will beconsidered first by the Planning Commission and thenby the County Board in September. We will have nofurther comment until the recommendations areposted on our website.”

Health ConcernsHealth concerns related to the intense lighting proposed

for WMS playing fields:❖ A September 2016 independent analysis conducted by

Nancy Clanton, president of Clanton & Associates, con-cluded that impacts of lighting one or more of the WMSfields cannot “be mitigated sufficiently to protect thecharacter of the neighborhood and provide a reasonablequality of life to the nearest neighbors.”

❖ 5700 Kelvin LED lights pose human health andenvironmental risks identified by the American MedicalAssociation (AMA) and International Dark Sky Association.

❖ A June 2016 report by AMA’s Council on Science andPublic Health recommended that LED roadway lights belimited to no more than 3000 Kelvin. The State of Coloradoand City of Denver have adopted this 3000 Kelvin LEDstandard.

❖ AMA warned of human health and environmental risksassociated with exposure to high Kelvin (over 3000K) streetlights. Risks include disruption of circadian rhythmsdisturbing day/night cycles and causing reduced sleep time,nighttime awakenings, impaired daytime functioning andobesity.

❖ AMA also highlighted risks of discomfort and disabilityglare from high Kelvin lights, especially among the elderly,individuals with cataracts and children, and others withimplants and vision-related disabilities.

Neighbors Fight Lights

“And because of the way thefields are configured, thelights opposite my housewould have to be angled tocover a 500-foot expanse... ”

— Gail Harrison


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FRIDAY/JUNE 30Independence Fireworks. 6-9:45

p.m. at George Washington’s MountVernon, 3200 Mount VernonMemorial Highway. Fireworks withMansion Tour: $34 for adults; $24for youth; No Mansion Tour: $30 foradults; $20 for youth. Call 703-780-2000 or visit www.mountvernon.org.

SATURDAY/JULY 1Fireworks at Lake Fairfax Park. 10

a.m.-10 p.m. at Lake Fairfax Park,1400 Lake Fairfax Drive, Reston. TheWater Mine Park, boat rentals, livemusic, food, puppet show, campingand fireworks. $10 per car. The raindate is Sunday, July 2. Call 703-471-5414 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lakefairfax/.

Workhouse Arts Center Festivities.5-9:30 p.m. at The Workhouse, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. $20. Golfcourse lecture, hole-in-one challenge,fireworks. Visitwww.workhousearts.org.

Independence Fireworks. 6-9:45p.m. at George Washington’s MountVernon, 3200 Mount VernonMemorial Highway. Fireworks withMansion Tour: $34 for adults; $24for youth; No Mansion Tour: $30 foradults; $20 for youth. Call 703-780-2000 or visit www.mountvernon.org.

MONDAY/JULY 3History Day Tours. Tours at 11 a.m.

through 3 p.m. at Sully Historic Site,3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly.Test your knowledge of U.S. historyat Sully Historic Site with politicaltrivia, games and fun facts. $7 foradults, $6 for students, and $5 forseniors and children. Call 703-437-1794 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov.

TUESDAY/JULY 4Firecracker 5K. 8-10 a.m. Reston

Town Center, Reston Town Center,11900 Market St. Live music andAmerican flags while rooting for therunners in the “Battle of theBranches” competition. Call 703-912-4062 or visit restontowncenter.com.

Autism Speaks 5K. 8 a.m. at PotomacLibrary, 10101 Glenolden Drive,Potomac, Md. Fundraiser for autism.Registration, packet pick up at 6:30a.m. Call 202-955-3111 or [email protected].

Great Falls HometownCelebration. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at atGreat Falls Village Centre, 776Walker Road, Great Falls. Great Falls5K Walk/Run starts at 8 a.m. andthen view the floats, antique cars,

horses and the bike brigade in the4th of July Parade at 10 a.m. Afterthe parade, food, music, field gamesand festivities on the Village CentreGreen. At 6 p.m., the gates open atTurner Farm Park featuring music,games, contests and food trucks untilthe Fireworks Show gets underwayjust after dusk. Visitwww.celebrategreatfalls.org.

Mount Vernon Independence Day.9 a.m.-5 p.m. at George Washington’sMount Vernon, 3200 Mount VernonMemorial Highway. Troop inspection,wreath laying, citizen naturalization,music, fireworks and cake. Call 703-780-2000 or visitwww.mountvernon.org.

Fairfax Independence Day Parade.10 a.m. On Main Street in downtownFairfax. Visit www.fairfaxva.gov/about-us/special-events/independence-day-celebration.

City of Fairfax Evening Show. 5:30p.m. at Fairfax High School, 3501Rebel Run. Children’s activities(inflatables, face painting, andballoon artists), Oon-stageentertainment with a fireworksdisplay that follows. The rain date forthe fireworks only is July 5. Itemsthat may puncture the synthetic turf,smoking, alcohol and animals (exceptservice animals) are not permitted onthe football field. Visitwww.fairfaxva.gov or call 703-385-7855.

Fairfax Station Holiday CraftsDay. 1-4 p.m. at the Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 FairfaxStation Road in Fairfax Station.Crafts will highlight the holiday andthe railroads. Museum members andages 4 and under, free; ages 5-15,$2; ages 16 and older, $4. Visitwww.fairfax-station.org, or call 703-425-9225.

Great Falls Fireworks. 6 p.m. atChrist the King Lutheran Church,10550 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.As part of the Village of Great FallsIndependence Day celebration, Christthe King Lutheran Church invitesmembers, friends, and members ofthe community to gather on thechurch’s front lawn to enjoy thefireworks from this premium vantagepoint. Visit www.gflutheran.org orcall 703-759-6068.

Arlington Independence Day. 5-10p.m. at the Long Bridge Park, 475Long Bridge Drive, Arlington. Family-friendly activities including livemusic, food vendors, games, and aview of the Washington, D.C.,fireworks display. Games andactivities will include face painting,balloon art, moon bounces (weatherpermitting), cornhole, bocce, andmore. No on-site parking at theevent. Free event shuttles will runcontinuously from 4:30-10:30 p.m.between Long Bridge Park and the

Pentagon City and Crystal City Metrostations. Free. Visitparks.arlingtonva.us/july-4th/.

Vienna July 4 Festival andFireworks. 6:30 p.m. at at YeonasPark, 1319 Ross Drive SW, Vienna.Food available from the Vienna LittleLeague snack bar, those who registercan get their taste of America in theform of two eating contests: Childrenages 5-10 can sign up onsite toparticipate in a pie-eating contest.Adults can give their chomping skillsa try in Vienna’s second annual hotdog-eating contest. Visitviennava.gov or call 703-255-6360.

McLean Independence Day. 6:30p.m. at Churchill Road ElementarySchool, 7100 Churchill Road,McLean. Musical entertainment by alocal disc jockey, as well as foodtrucks selling a variety of entrees andsnacks. Off-site parking and shuttlesavailable. Admission is free. In caseof inclement weather, the fireworksshow will be presented at 8 p.m. onthe rain date, Wednesday, July 5.Call 703-790-0123, or visitwww.mcleancenter.org.

Herndon Independence DayCelebration. 6:30-9:30 p.m. inBready Park at the HerndonCommunity Center, 814 FerndaleAve. Family-fun event featuringgames, patriotic arts and craftactivities, live music, family games,

bingo, food, balloon artists and more.Visit herndon-va.gov/recreation/special-events/4th-of-july.

Falls Church Celebration. 7-10 p.m.at George Mason High School, 7124Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Livemusic. Visit www.fallschurchva.gov/.

Montgomery County Sparkles. 7:30p.m., Albert Einstein High School,11135 Newport Mill Road,Kensington. Montgomery Countycelebrates Independence Day withlive music featuring Gringo Jingo.Fireworks are at 9:15 p.m. Shuttlebus at Westfield Wheaton NorthBuilding. Handicap parking onlyavailable at Einstein High School.Food vendors on site. Raindate isJuly 5 for fireworks only. Call 240-777-0311.

Free Sober Rides. Tuesday, July 4, 7p.m. through Wednesday, July 5, 2a.m. Area residents, 21 and older,may download Lyft to their phones,then enter the code SOBERJULY4 inthe app’s “Promo” section to receive ano cost (up to $15) safe ride home.The SoberRide code is valid for thefirst 1,500 Lyft users who enter thecode. Visit www.soberride.com.

THURSDAY/JULY 6Patriotic Music. 1-2 p.m. at Holiday

Park Senior Center, 3950 FerraraDrive, Wheaton. $2 or free forresidents. Visit www.holidaypark.us/.

Summer Under the Stars Concert.8 p.m. Veterans Amphitheater(adjacent to City Hall), 10455Armstrong Street, Fairfax. MainStreet Community Band. Visitfairfaxva.gov or call 703-385-7855.

SATURDAY/JULY 8USA/Alexandria Birthday

Celebration. 5-10 p.m. at OronocoBay Park, 100 Madison St. Event tocelebrate the 241st birthday of theUSA and the 268th birthday of theCity of Alexandria, featuringentertainment, cannon salute duringthe 1812 Overture, food andbeverage sales, and fireworks at9:30. Call 703-746-5592 or visitwww.visitalexandriava.com/alx-bday/.

Riverfront Fundraiser. 7:30-10:30p.m. Del. Mark Levine’s house, at 805Rivergate Place, Alexandria.Refreshments include “impeachmentpunch,” “Orange Russians,” wine andbeer, soft drinks, and food. And greatviews of the fireworks which begin at9:30 p.m.

Come early to get a good lawn seat orcome later after the festivities nextdoor at Oronoco Park.

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By Vernon Miles

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H-B Woodlawn Secondary Pro-gram is a little different. Itonly makes sense that thegraduations are unique as

well. There are no caps and gowns. Thereis no valedictorian speeches. With less than100 graduates, the whole senior class gath-ered around with their teachers who sharedanecdotes about each of them at the schoolon Tuesday, June 20. Some stories evokelaughs, others tears. Nearly all of them endin a hug.

Every graduate was a story. Adam Duvedecame to the school as an exchange studentfrom Sweden and always offered keen ob-servations on things other students and stafftook for granted. According to teacher Gra-ham McBride, he was also a great volley-ball player.

For Ethan Sattler, the school was a ref-uge. His teacher, Teri Doxsee, said that fam-ily tragedy forced him to step up in his homelife, but that he persevered and will be at-tending Brown University. Doxsee said someof her favorite memories of Sattler are theirfrequent discussions about politics and thechanging roles of technology. At the gradu-ation, Doxsee gave him a very old calcula-tor as a reminder of those talks.

Farewell to H-B Woodlawn Stories of courage anddedication at graduation.

Bill Podolski, H-B Woodlawn theater teacher(left) with Samuel Guseman (right). Podolskishared with the audience a time, during aperformance, Guseman broke character onstage and sang “In My Life (I Love You More)”by the Beatles and dedicated the song to hismother. Podolski ended the story with singing afew stanzas of the song to Guseman.

Bill Podolski, H-B Woodlawn theater teacher,with Katherine Barnes.

Christine Wanda (left) and Erin Claeys (center)with their teacher Cecilia Allen.

Patti Walsh (left) said her student, Juno Cardiff(right), was a confident and active student whotaught Walsh a lot about gender identities.Walsh said Cardiff is patient with questions andobservations, a skill she applied to her seniorexperience working in therapeutic writing.

Paul Weiss (left) with his student Colin Obrist(right). Weiss said Obrist loves studying his-tory; looking at it not from the viewpoint ofnostalgia but with continual self-improvementin mind. At the graduation, Weiss gave Obrist at-shirt that says “History: Don’t Make Me Re-peat Myself.”

Jennifer Moreno-Sosa (left) will be going toNorthern Virginia Community College to be-come a teacher. Her teacher, Michael Coughlin(right), presented her with a thesaurus.

Casey Robinson, principal of H-BWoodlawn, said this diversity of studentsand all their individual stories makes it im-possible to broadly catagorize any gradu-ating class.

“This was a great class,” said Robinson,

“lots of unique individuals. It was a dynamicgroup; always lively and fun.”

For Robinson, this class was special be-cause they had started as sixth graders thesame year she joined the school as an ad-ministrator. Robinson said there’s something

special about a graduation for students thatshe’s seen change and really get to know.

“They were adventurous and spirited,”said Robinson, and remembering some ofthe mischief. noted, “they always loved topush the envelope.”

The H-B Woodlawn Class of 2017 gathers for its graudation on Tuesday, June 20.

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It was the third consecutiveyear for Arlington residentNina Hurley, who said shehad never seen so many

people attend this year’s baseballgame between Capitol Hill legisla-tors. The 24-year-old governmentemployee and 2010 graduate ofBishop O’Connell High Schoolclaims the line Thursday evening,June 15, to the entrance of Nation-als Park in Southeast Washingtonwas at least two or three blockslong. The whole bottom of the sta-dium was filled, she noticed.

Although Democrats defeated

the Republicans 11-2, Hurley sawplayers and fans on the left sideof the aisle showing support forthe right following the mass shoot-ing the previous day against Re-publican teammates during anearly morning baseball practice inAlexandria. She was impressed bysigns Democrats waved to boostthe morale of all hurt by the at-tack, especially the five people hitby gunfire — including House Ma-jority Whip Steve Scalise, the Re-publican congressman from Loui-siana wounded from a rifle shotto his right hip that fracturedbones, injured internal organs and

Witnessing BipartisanSportsmanship

Carla, Rob and Chris Aaront at the annual baseball gamebetween Capitol Hill legislators.

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The 18th AnnualCappies Gala honor-ing high school theater was held Sunday,

June 11 at The Kennedy Center inthe District. Winning the top prizesfor the Best Musical was WestPotomac High School for “BillyElliot,” and winning Best Play wasDuke Ellington School of the Artsfor “The Bluest Eye.” This year’sMasters of Ceremony were JudyBowns and Janie Strauss withErich DiCenzo and Phil Reid asLead Players.

The show included 59 public andprivate high schools in FairfaxCounty, Arlington, Fauquier,Loudoun, Montgomery, and PrinceWilliam counties, and the Cities ofFalls Church, Alexandria, and Wash-ington, D.C. This year’s awards werepretty much evenly distributedacross all of those regions. TheCappies season extended from lateOctober to early May.

Cappies shows were attended,on average, by 45 student criticswho wrote 300-599 word reviews.More than 300 student-writtenreviews were published or broad-cast in local newspapers, includ-ing The Connection, Patch, FallsChurch News Press, Times Com-munity Newspapers, LoudounNow, Maryland Theatre Guide,

Cappies Gala HonorsHigh School Theater

and Fairfax County Public Schoolsand other media.

The Cappies program waslaunched in the summer of 1999by Judy Bowns, the Theatre Artsresource teacher with FCPS, andthe late Bill Strauss (director, Capi-tol Steps), in cooperation with areatheater teachers, for the purposeof celebrating and bringing publicacclaim to high school theater.

— Steve Hibbard

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The award for Best Soundis Conrad Burns of Arling-ton, “In the Garden of LiveFlowers,” Wakefield HighSchool.

News

WEDNESDAY/JULY 5Gardening Talks &

Demonstrations. 7 p.m. at theArlington Central Library, 1015 N.Quincy St. The Arlington FoodAssistance Center and the MasterGardeners of Northern Virginia willsponsor a series of talks anddemonstrations about gardening. Inaddition to basic gardeningtechniques, topics will include wildedibles, pollinators, food preparationand preservation, and more. For acomplete schedule, visitwww.afac.org/.

FRIDAY/JULY 7Application Deadline. The Arlington

County Police Department is nowaccepting applications for the fallCitizen’s Police Academy. The 21stCitizen’s Police Academy will beginon Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. TheAcademy will consist of 12 sessionsthat meet on Thursdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at police headquarters,located at 1425 North CourthouseRoad. Individuals who wish to applywill be subject to a backgroundcheck. Applications are due no laterthan Friday, July 7, 2017. Contactthe Training and Career DevelopmentUnit at 703-228-4247 or by email [email protected].

Bulletin Board

Letter to the Editor

From Page 7

This has no place in Virginia. Iflocal elections can be conductedwith civility and based on local is-sues anywhere, it should be here.There are plenty of local issues tobe discussed: Virginia energy, en-vironmental and social policies;Virginia infrastructure and trans-portation; and Virginia finances,taxes and budget, to name a few.As Virginians, we must insist thatthe candidates and campaigns fo-cus on these. We must not allow

the candidates’ consultants, advis-ers, and financial backers to turnthe 2017 Virginia election intosomething like the Spanish CivilWar. We Virginians must insist thatour interests be put first.

The rhetoric must cool downand focus on Virginia. It must doso now, before another fourmonths of extremely negativecampaigning, and before, not af-ter, the body count gets higher.

Thomas M LeaheyArlington

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Four weeks out of every five, it appears asif I don’t have cancer. Fortunately, I don’t lookthe part. Nor do I act the part – in my opin-ion. However, there is one week out of everyfive when I most definitely feel the part: theweek after my chemotherapy infusion, wheneating is a particular challenge. The look, feel,taste and thought of food and/or drink isnearly impossible to swallow – literally andfiguratively. And though I’m not in any painduring this post-chemotherapy weak, I amcompromised nonetheless.

Friends and family who are familiar withmy “normal” eating habits (I’d order off thechildren’s menu if I could) have joked thatsince I’m unable to eat any of the usual andcustomary Kenny selections, perhaps I shouldtry eating foods that I would never select:Brussels sprouts, grapefruit, tuna fish in a can,fresh fish on a platter, all condiments otherthan mayonnaise, all legumes and a millionother foods that you probably love. Plain andboring is how I roll (a potato roll is my prefer-ence), repeatedly.

The problem is that when I’m post chemo,nothing satiates: salty, sweet or “snacky;” hot,cold or medium; fast or slow; store-bought,home-made or restaurant-ready. It’s allmerely a variation on a theme where myback stiffens, my head tilts back and downand my eating mind says “no.” It’s been thisway for about two and a half years now. Andthough I don’t look the least bit undernour-ished, I am overwhelmed by these week-longpost-chemotherapy eating fits and non-starts.

Naturally I have discussed this side effectwith my oncologist. When asked how longthis situation lasts, my seven-ish day struggleseems about average, according to my doctor,maybe even slightly shorter than some otherpatients he treats who are infused with thesame chemotherapy drug as I am. Apparently,there are other patients where the eatingchallenges last even longer than mine. Andsince there’s nothing to be prescribed/rec-ommended to affect this eating problem/lackof outcome, all I can do is live with the con-sequences of my treatment. Live being theoperative word. So unless I stop treatment,this eating challenge will persist, presumably.(Although, there’s scant clinical informationregarding side effects on stage IV, non-smallcell lung cancer patients still living after eightyears and four months as we’re a patientpopulation that doesn’t much exist. We’re notexactly unicorns, but neither are we ponies atthe Fair.)

Fairness – and normalcy for me was offi-cially gone on Feb. 27, 2009, the date of mydiagnosis and the initial Team Lourie meetingwith my oncologist. But so what. As of thatdate, my perspective/orientation becameabout living forward, not recriminating back-ward. Sure, the present was important, butthe future was more important, and the past,well, it had passed. No more could I afford toconsider who, what, where, when, why andhow I ended up in this predicament. My goalwas to remain positive, take the bad withgood, survive until the next drug approval bythe FDA (of which there have been half adozen in the last two years specifically for thetreatment of lung cancer) and try not toimpose my problems on anyone else.

Which I believe I’ve succeeded in doing.Oh sure, I’ve imposed myself on you regularreaders, but what I’ve imposed on you havebeen my experiences. Considering the con-text, I’d like to think I’ve shared, not self-indulged. Moreover, I’d like to think we’re allbetter off for the ‘experience.’ I know I am.

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In its opening home meet of the NVSL Di-vision IV season, the Donaldson Run Thun-derbolts beat the Poplar Tree Pirates witha final score of 246-174.

Double individual race winners forDonaldson Run were: Sean Conley (boys’13-14 50 free and 50 fly); Charlie Green-wood (who broke his own boys’ 9-10 50backstroke team record and 50 breast);Grace Jansen (girls’ 11-12 50 breast and 50fly); Elsa Leichty (girls’ 11-12 50 free and50 back); Miles Nelson (boys’ 8 & Under25 back and 25 fly); Thomas Rodman (boys’9-10 50 free and 25 fly); and Jack Tsuchitani(boys’ 11-12 50 breast and 50 fly).

The team’s single winners were (in orderof age and event): Henry Royal (boys’ 8 &Under 25 free); Charlie Taylor (boys’ 11-12 50 free); Andrew Rehr (boys’ 15-18 50free); Rachel Conley (girls’ 9-10 50 back);Emily Brooks (girls’ 15-18 50 back); HaydenHill (boys’ 8 & Under 25 breast); DrewHarker (boys’ 13-14 50 breast); AnnaTrainum (girls’ 13-14 50 breast); GraceMotta (girls’ 15-18 50 breast); Ellie Wertzler(girls’ 8 & under 25 fly); and EmmaHutchison (girls’ 15-18 fly).

Winning relay teams included: AramConnable, Jay Lineweaver, Miles Nelson,Peter Madden (boys’ 8&U 100 free relay);Ellie Wertzler, Josephine Brooke, EvieMaloney, Ryan Clark (girls 8&U 100 freerelay); Will Taylor, Charlie Greenwood,Jimmy Egan, Thomas Rodman (boys’ 9-10medley relay); Hank Holley, JackTsuchitani, Charlie Taylor, Braylon Meade(boys’ 11-12 medley relay); TJ Hutchison,Drew Harker, John Ford, Sean Conley (boys’13-14 medley relay); Emily Brooks, GraceMotta, Audrey Engel, Sarah Conley (girls’15-18 medley relay); Jack Tsuchitani,Charlie Greenwood, Sean Conley, AndrewMeighan (boys’ mixed age relay); and GraceJansen, Rachel Conley, Anna Trainum,Emily Brooks (girls’ mixed age relay).

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“They were very unifying, saying theywere on Team Scalise,” Hurley said. A June17 medical update posted online atscalise.house.gov, stated the congressman’scondition was serious but showed signs ofimprovement following surgery.

A Congressional Sports for Charity pressreport says the June 15 game set a recordwith 24,959 tickets sold. More than $1.5 mil-lion was raised from corporate sponsors, $10general admission sales and other donationsfor organizations that benefit area childrenand youth – Boys & Girls Clubs of GreaterWashington, Nationals Dream Foundation,Washington Literacy Center – plus charitiesthat support the U.S. Capitol Police officersand those injured by the shooting.


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