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Katrina Brubaker is taking down children’s pictures to makeroom for the space poster in her classroom at Trinity Presby-terian Preschool. She says, “If teachers had to go back to getthe new qualifications that would be required, they wouldnever make their money back. This is truly a labor of love.”

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Nelly Curtis ParkUpgrade ApprovedNews, Page 3

Resident RevelsIn ‘Car-lessness’People, Page 4

Changes Proposed forART Local Bus RoutesNews, Page 4

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Nelly Curtis ParkUpgrade ApprovedNews, Page 3

Resident RevelsIn ‘Car-lessness’People, Page 4

Changes Proposed forART Local Bus RoutesNews, Page 4

Wakefield Headed BackTo State TournamentNews, Page 13

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News

By Eden Brown

The Connection

According to the U.S. Census Bu-reau, more than 17,000 Arling-ton residents are living at or be-low the Federal poverty level of

$24,250 for a household of four.“That’s a conservative estimate,” said

Anne Vor der Bruegge, report author anddirector of the Marymount Nonprofit Re-source Center. “A more realistic one, called‘The Virginia Poverty Measure,’ estimatesthat there are over 26,000 individuals inArlington living in poverty. These are theworking poor, the disabled, seniors livingon fixed incomes and veterans.”

More than 100 community members con-vened at Arlington’s Central Library on Feb.1 to hear a report on the work of 14 Arling-ton “safety-net” nonprofits that providebasic necessities for Arlington residents likethese. The report, “Arlington’s Safety-NetNonprofits: Advancing the Common Good,”was produced by the Marymount Univer-sity Nonprofit Resource Center in Partner-ship with the Arlington Community Foun-dation.

“One reason we did this report is that thevulnerable residents of Arlington are oftenobscured by the wealth most people see

around them here,” said Vor der Bruegge.“But these are real numbers with real hu-man beings behind them. And ‘these people’

are as much a valuable part of being an au-thentic community as anyone else.”

According to the report, in FY 2015, de-mands are increasing: AFAC (ArlingtonFood Assistance Center) saw an increase indemand for food of 19.4 percent over theprevious year, which itself saw a 26 percentincrease over the prior year. Recent cuts tothe federal Supplemental Nutrition Assis-tance Program (formerly Food Stamps)have forced even more families to seek help.

The Marymount University NonprofitResource Center in Partnership with theArlington Community Foundation Center,sometimes called the Nonprofit Center, wascreated in late 2014 to educate the publicon pressing community needs and to sup-port Arlington’s nonprofits in meeting thoseneeds.

The report highlighted the cost-effective-ness of the safety-net non-profits. They pro-vide high-quality affordable services by le-veraging donated goods and services andattracting corporate, philanthropic and pub-lic funds. In the past year, for example, Ar-lington Free Clinic provided ongoing medi-cal care to more than 1,600 uninsured com-munity members by coordinating the ser-vices of 500 volunteers and accessing sev-eral million dollars in donated medications.

The organizations multiply their impact

Arlington safety-netreport draws crowd.

Report: Striking Increase in Residents Seeking Assistance

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Wanda Pierce, executive director of Arlington Community Foundation, atpodium moderating panelists Anita Friedman, director of ArlingtonCounty Department of Human Services (standing with microphone), andCaroline Jones, executive director of Doorways for Women and Families.

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By Vernon Miles

The Connection

If there’s one place in Arlington whereyou’re likely to see more argumentsthan at a playground, it’s the County

Board. An argument between neighborhoodresidents against their civic association andthe Neighborhood Conservation AdvisoryCommittee escalated to a disagreement be-tween members of the County Board, butone that ended with unanimous approval.

A $800,000 upgrade to the Nelly CurtisPark was presented to the County Boardwould include a new playground, whichupset some residents in the newly formed“Friends of Aurora Highlands Park,” who

argue that the area already has an over-abundance of playgrounds and needs moregreen space.

Sarah McKinley, chair of the Neighbor-hood Conservation Advisory Committee,defended the upgrade. McKinley noted thatother features in the plan, like the play-ground scale and the tricycle loop originallyplanned, had all been reduced or eliminatedas part of trying to compromise with con-cerned neighbors.

“We’re never going to have a project thatis [supported by] 100 percent of the com-munity, but we do have clear support,” saidMcKinley, who argued that allowing theopposition from the local residents wouldsubvert the process and “hijack democracy.”

Though there is a playground directly

across the street from the planned one atNelly Curtis park, County staff noted thatthe playground served a 2 to 5 age range,and the new park would serve ages 5through 12, but some still had concerns.

“I feel very uneasy, given the concerns that[a minority in the community] have raised,”said County Board Member John Vihstadt.“Some of the answers from staff we’re hear-ing for the first time tonight.”

Vihstadt said that he would prefer theboard defer the item until March for a morerobust debriefing. Vihstadt said he was un-sure whether the opposition had legitimateissues with the process or if they were justsour over the playground being built. Butthis wasn’t a view shared by his CountyBoard colleagues. County Board Member

Jay Fisette echoed McKinley’s argument thatthe process had included input from thedisgruntled neighbors and that allowingtheir frustrations to stall the park develop-ment would be a disservice to the demo-cratic process.

“I think the Neighborhood Conservationprogram is a citizen-driven, grassroots pro-gram that’s incredible democratic,” saidFisette. “It isn’t perfect, but it evolves itself.The community drives that process. Ihaven’t voted against an [NeighborhoodConservation] project, I don’t see it as myrole to second guess.”

Ultimately, Vihstadt said he didn’t dis-agree with the park project enough to voteagainst it, and the board unanimously ap-proved the upgrade to Nelly Curtis park.

By Shirley Ruhe

The Connection

The Arlington County Board onFeb. 23 pulled draft revisions ofChapter 52 child care regula-tions from the public comment

website after voluminous comments, “somequite pointed,” had been received criticiz-ing a number of the draft provisions.

At the County Board meeting, Anita Fried-man, director of the Department of HumanServices, outlined the background for theproposed revisions. She explained the Ar-lington County child care regulations cur-rently affecting 79 facilities were put inplace in the late 1960s. Except for minoradministrative changes in 1981 they haven’tbeen updated since. Until 2014 when Vir-ginia updated the state regulations to be incompliance with a new Federal law,Arlington’s regulations were still more strin-gent than the state.

Friedman said Arlington prides itself onbeing the best. But she said the Arlingtonregulations “no longer reflect the futuretrend in child care to go from babysittingto early early childhood education,” al-though she admitted that “in some caseswe may have over reached.” She added, “Wewent into the process somewhat naively andover zealously on what day care would ac-tually look like. I take full responsibility forthis mess.” But she added that she firmlybelieved this outpouring of comments, evenif negative, is a good thing.

County Board Member John Vihstadt saidthis rollout of the draft regulations was themost troubled since public land for publicgood. “It was an unmitigated disaster. If thegoal was to increase the supply andaffordability, this does just the opposite.”

Katie Cristol, a new County Board mem-ber, observed that “the level of best prac-

tice had been conflated with the code.” Shesaid the document online should reflect thehealth and safety practices that are likelyto be code and that can be supplementedwith best practices. “This is silly seasonbusiness. I object to the insertion unbiddenof the government telling a mother how tofeed her child.”

Section 52.34 set out frequency and num-ber of snacks and meals as well as the kindof foods, juice and milk (1 percent) thatmust be provided by child care centers.Cristol added, “We have been hearing in thisprocess that Arlington is hostile to daycare

centers. There are broader concerns, andthis might be in conflict with other countygoals. Young families are leaving becausedaycare is so expensive.”

County Board chair Libby Garvey said,“On another level there is some upset thatanyone thought some of this was a goodidea, a lack of judgment. The buck stopshere and we’re going to fix it.”

One of the most hotly debated sectionsfocuses on draft regulation 52-22E1b, thequalifications for teachers. This provisionin the draft regulations allows a bachelor’sdegree in a related field (to child develop-ment or early childhood education) with atleast nine semester hours credit or quarterequivalent of advanced study in child de-velopment or early childhood education.The paragraph in the original code allow-ing two or more years of college with atleast 15 semesterhours or quarterequivalent in child-hood developmentor early childhoodeducation is notincluded in thedraft regulations.

Sabrina Bras-sard, director ofTrinity Presbyte-rian Preschool on16th Street N, says she gets most of herteachers from the category that has beeneliminated. “The teacher qualifications pro-vision for me is huge.” She said a lot of herpeople are second career people so theywon’t go back and get their associate de-gree. We will lose all of our teachers.”

Katrina Brubaker, a teacher at Trinity said,“I have a Master’s degree in speech pathol-ogy so I would be OK under the proposedregulations. However, if you had to go backto get qualifications, you would never makeyour money back; this is truly a labor oflove.”

Pat McGeehan, director of Walker ChapelPreschool on N. Old Glebe Road agreed:“This will make it next to impossible for me

to hire new teachers for our part-time, nohealth care positions.” Directors of part-timechild care centers argue the teacher require-ments shouldn’t be the same for full-time,full day programs and day care programsfor a few hours a week.

Some provisions seem to impact manychild care centers such as 52-34E that en-sures mothers are encouraged to breast feedtheir infants and will safely store breast milkprovided by the parent or the provision re-quiring a stamp from a doctor’s office forphysical exams. Others such as certain staff-ing requirements seemed to primarily af-fect the cooperative day care centers.

Crystal Jean, director of the Rock SpringCooperative Preschool, says there are twoadditions in the draft that would ultimatelymake it impossible for Rock Spring to oper-ate. One is the requirement that volunteers

can never be leftalone with chil-dren. The second isthat volunteerscannot be includedin child-to-adultratios. She added,“Now that the drafthas been with-drawn, we arehopeful that wewill be able to

work collaboratively with the county in up-dating the regs to meet the unique needs ofcooperative preschools.”

Brassard said when the guideline revisionbegan in 2014 that they laid out a processthat sounded good but it went off track.Brassard said she participated in workinggroups established to get input from childcare directors. “We filed reports, then atsome point it went to the National Associa-tion for Regulatory Administration (NARA)who was a consultant hired by the countyas part of the process. In March 2015 over30 of us were in a room and given a num-bered draft to review in 45 minutes. We had

Child’s Play County Board members clash over playground construction.

Arlington Connection Editor Steven Mauren

703-778-9415 or arlington@connectionnewspapers.com

Photo by Shirley Ruhe/The Connection

Sabrina Brassard, director ofTrinity Presbyterian Preschool apart-day facility established in1957, says her comments on theproposed Arlington child careregulations on teacher qualifica-tions were consistent each time:“But there was no change in thenext draft. It seemed to go into ablack hole.”

Controversy forces County Board toreconsider regulations.

Draft Childcare Regulations Withdrawn

“We went into the processsomewhat naively and overzealously on what day carewould actually look like.”

—Anita Friedman, director,Department of Human Services

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By Shirley Ruhe

The Connection

Arlington has developed draft recom-mendations to improve bus servicein the county. The 10-year transit

development plan for ART and Metrobusroutes contains proposals for 36 routes toenhance or restructure their services. Oneof these proposals would be a headway-based route that would connect Skyline,Pentagon City and Crystal City.

“It would be a high frequency route ev-ery six minutes at peak time,” Steven Yaffe,Arlington Transit operations manager, said.

“It would not service every stop to give afaster trip but would stop at all transfer sta-tions.” Bus stops would be replaced withtransit stations that offer level boarding.

Arlington Transit is the county’s local busservice operating within Arlington Countyto supplement Metrobus with cross-countyroutes as well as neighborhood connectionsto Metrorail. Most of ART’s big green andwhite state-of-the ART buses operate onclean-burning natural gas. Yaffe says ARTis a public-private partnership. Arlingtonowns the buses and hires a contractor tomaintain them, dispatch and supervise.

Phase I of the long-term plan began lastspring with the collection of information onusage, preferences and desired improve-ments. At that time 3,396 responded to the

Public input sought.

Changes Proposed for ART Local Bus RoutesSteven Yaffe, Arlington Transitoperations manager, reaches out tothe public on Feb. 29 in Phase III ofthe draft recommendations to im-prove bus service in the County. Sixmeetings are being held all acrossthe County to explain the recom-mendation and get citizen input.

held around the county to get geographicalrepresentation, online comments and“reaching out every way we can.” The sur-vey will be taken down March 11. After thatthe recommendation will go to the boardfor endorsement of the 10-year plan. Goonline at ArlingtonVA.us/transit2026 to getmore information or provide feedback tothe plan.

survey.Phase II which began in November in-

cluded four workshops and five focusgroups to identify gaps in service with 406people participating. “All were bilingual,”according to Yaffe.

Phase III involves six community events

Photo by Shirley Ruhe/The Connection

By Eden Brown

The Connection

In a world with too many cares, hav-ing no car means one less headache.Katy Lang is an example of the trendamong “under 30s” Arlington resi-

dents: they don’t have a car. Lang became“carless” over five years ago. Lang is an or-ganization development consultant for theAmerican Chemical Society, downtown;next year, she will become a graduate stu-dent in urban planning.

Lang has done the math on what she issaving by not having a car. A car cost herroughly $1,920 each year, which includedinsurance, registration, property tax, gas,parking, tolls, maintenance, and taking theMetro to work which was the only way shecould get such a low insurance rate. Butbeing car free was only $900 each year.Because her firm pays most of her commut-ing cost, her transit cost was zero. Her $900paid for Amtrak tickets to visit family fivetimes a year, zipcar membership, helpingfriends pay their gas bills, taking Uber orLyft cabs. But the money is nothing, Langsaid, compared to the improvement in qual-ity of life.

Lang has lived in Arlington, off LeeHIghway, for seven years, and has been carfree for five and a half. She chose Arlingtonbecause she wanted to be close to a metrostation and commute to work without driv-ing. Her office at the time was off Route 66in Fairfax, but driving on 66 was a disaster.The time spent to get to work was time shewould have preferred to read: now she cando that. She also learned to take Amtrakup to New Jersey to see her family: moretime to read and relax rather than fight traf-fic jams on Route 95. With her Amtrak re-wards program, it is cheaper to train than

to drive.Lang tells Arlingtonians who are think-

ing they couldn’t go car-free that she wassurprised it’s so much easier than shethought it would be. At first, the thought ofwalking 12 minutes to the grocery store wasdaunting: now, it’s something she looks for-ward to. She gets a sense of the streets fromwalking. She sees more. Life is slower. Whenpeople ask if she has seen the new restau-rant in town, she can say “yes” because shewalked by it and saw it, instead of drivingby it and seeing nothing but the road.

In terms of health benefits, Lang saysmental and physical health are both boostedby her car-free status. That 10 minutes ofwalking from the Metro to her apartmentis a way to decompress, and by the sametoken, it helps keep her in physical shape.

Lang doesn’t use a bike because the bikelanes to her place of work on 16th and Min D.C. are not developed enough. Although85 percent of the way is bike lane, the 15percent that is not is too unsafe to use. Shefeels safe on the Metro, in fact, safer thanbeing in a car or walking in an area wherecar is still king: getting hit by a car is a realthreat in the Washington, D.C. Metro area,because people don’t always stop forpedestirans in crosswalks.

Lang is not the only one of her group togo without a car: of her five Arlington-basedfriends, one other is carless — but they alluse Metro to go to work. She recommendstwo Apps for finding optimal bus routes.She uses the 3Y along Lee Highway to gointo D.C. She uses a Zipcar occasionally: re-cently she took a zip to go to Bailey’s Cross-roads to buy craft supplies. She likes Lyftinstead of Uber, and prefers Car2Go insteadof Zipcar simply because you don’t have topay when you aren’t in the car, and you canpick it up anywhere and drop it off any-where.

As positive as she is about Arlington’stransit system, Lang would like to see abetter North to South Arlington connection.The walkability in between North and Southis not that good, she says, and a better busservice to Shirlington and Crystal Citywould be good as both areas have so muchmore to offer than they used to. She wouldlike to see more trees in Arlington, and morevisual interest. She was well aware of thestudy that shows the changes in blood pres-sure people experience when they walk byan interesting wall, in contrast with walk-ing by an empty lot or blank wall.

Lang praises Arlington for its transit op-tions. She is a member of the Transit Advi-

sory Committee, a group of Arlington resi-dents who meet once a month to hear abouttransit in the area: they receive an updatefrom Metro, talk about the bus system,Ballston redevelopment, and give theirstamp of approval to county staff propos-als.

“There is not a lot to complain about,”she said.

She believes Arlington County does agood job of keeping its citizens informedabout changes and asking for input; thatsaid, she did not know about the Lee High-way Plan comment period and thought itwould be good if the county used Twitterto announce public fora and comment pe-riods. Like many of her generation, Langdepends on a web presence to stay in-formed. The civic association she wouldbelong to has a dead web presence, andtherefore, is not generating a lot of inter-est.

Lang also notes that one of the reasonsshe is car-free is because it is a global kind-ness to move away from the car-orientedsociety. SInce her graduate study will focuson transit options, it made sense for her topractice what she will someday help design:walkable streets and accessibility withoutcars. She recommends for anyone interestedin the idea: “Happy City” by Charles Mont-gomery. Even her graduate school choicewill be based on whether a car will be nec-essary: even though she has been acceptedby the University of Virginia, she may notgo because … she would have to get a car.“In an ideal world,” Lang said, “I wouldnever have a car again.”

Being car-free is thenew normal foryounger generation.

Arlington Resident Revels in ‘Car-lessness’Resources forCar-free People

❖ www.zipcar.com❖ www.Car2Go.com❖ Metro AppFor more information about tools to help car

free people go to: http://www.carfreeatoz.com/planner and http://mobilitylab.org/tech/transit-tech-initiative/

Katy Lang gotto theNorthsideCoffee Shop bywalking fromLee Highway.

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RewritingThe Rulesto turn it back in. We had a weekto provide comments, and it wasright before spring break. In June2015 we got another draft and thistime we could take it home. Butwe had to sign a piece of paperthat stated we wouldn’t copy it orshow it to anyone. We had a dayto make comments.”

Brassard said that her commentswere consistent each time aboutteacher qualifications but eachtime the draft came back with nochanges in this area: “They had allof these meetings but they didn’tlisten to what we said. It went intoa black hole.”

Kurt Larrick, director of commu-nications for the Arlington CountyDepartment of Human Services,said the draft circulated for publicreview was the product of collabo-ration between the child care li-censing office staff, child care cen-ter representatives, parents, stake-holders and NARA. “We haveworked hard to make it open, par-ticipatory and inclusive with mul-tiple opportunities and methodsavailable for stakeholders to en-gage in the process,” he said.

Maxine M. Maloney, supervisorof Child Care Services for Arling-ton Child and Family Services sentan email on Feb. 17 that began,“we hear your concerns, feedbackand recommendations regardingthe proposed enhancements toChapter 52!” She added that inresponse to feedback received thatweek the comment period wasbeing extended to March 31. Itcontinued, “the current commentperiod has shined light on someareas of the draft code that requireexamination.” She added that thenext iteration of the draft code willpotentially include modificationsin the staff requirements, medicalcare assessment requiring a

physician’s stamp and adult-stu-dent ratio requirements for coop-erative preschools. The modifica-tion for staff credentials could in-clude “grandfathering staff whosehiring predates certain credentialrequirements. All currently em-ployed staff prior to the adopt ofthe proposed Chapter 52 may beexempt from the proposed quali-fications; however all newly hiredstaff after the adopt of the pro-posed Chapter 52 must comply.”

However, on Feb. 23 the CountyBoard announced they were goingto take down the draft. On Thurs-day, Feb. 25, a “Next Steps” emailwas sent from Child Care Central.“In view of all comments and rec-ommendations we have decided toremove the proposed draft ofChapter 52 from the Open Arling-ton Comment tool. We are evalu-ating our process and developinga new plan of action.”

Larrick said, “We plan to hold aseries of group meetings with thespecialized interests — larger childcare centers, partial-day and coopprograms and religiously exemptprograms — to work through is-sues and concerns.”

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Rock Spring CooperativePreschool on Little FallsRoad serves children from18 months to 5 years.Crystal Jean, the director,says some of the newstaffing rules for volun-teers would make it impos-sible for the school tocontinue to operate.

“Flourishing After 55” from ArlingtonOffice of Senior Adult Programs forMarch 6-11.

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

St.Senior trips: Tuesday, March 8,

Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmondplus lunch, $85.Thursday, March 10,Philadelphia Flower Show plus lunch,$115; Saturday, March 12, historicFredericksburg, $7. Call Arlington,County 55+ Travel, 703-228-4748. Reg-istration required.

Folk music sing-along, Monday,March 7, 1:30 p.m., Lee. Free. Register,703-228-0555.

Current events discussion, Mon-day, March 7, 10 a.m., CulpepperGarden. Free. Register,703-228-4403.

Pickleball games and instruc-tion, Mondays, 11 a.m., Arlington Mill.Free. Register, 703-228-7369.

Ice skating, Mondays, 8:10a.m. –9:20 a.m., Kettler Capitals Iceplex,Ballston Mall, $1. Register, 703-228-4771.

Madison Chess Club, Mondays,9:30 a.m. Games and strategies. Free.Details, 703-534-6232.

Table tennis, Monday through Fri-day, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Arlington Mill.Free. Register, 703-228-7369.

World history roundtable, Tues-day, March 8, 11:15 a.m., Lee. Free.Register, 703-228-0555.

Volleyball, Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.,Langston-Brown. Free. Register, 703-228-6300.

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Arlington-Falls Church has initiatedtwo programs for senior adults whofind it difficult to leave their homes.The Friendly Visitor program matchesvolunteers to seniors who would likea visit periodically. The FriendlyCaller program allows volunteers tocall seniors to let them know theyhaven’t been forgotten and remindthem to call the Center if they needhelp. Both programs allow for settingup a time convenient for both clientand volunteer. Volunteers are neededfor both programs. Call theShepherd’s Center at 703-506-2199or e-mail info@scmafc.org.

THROUGH THURSDAY/APRIL 14Free Tax Preparation Assistance.

Be prepared by bringing thenecessary documents with you.Spanish speaking volunteers areavailable at both locations. Note: theIRS no longer supplies the librarywith tax forms.

* Central Library walk-in tax assistancetimes: Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.;Thursdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;appointments available by calling703-829-6192.

* Columbia Pike Branch Library walk-inonly tax assistance times: Tuesdays,1:15-7:45 p.m.; Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

To download and print the AARPVolunteer Tax Assistance Schedulefor Arlington, visit http://arlingtonvalibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2016/01/Tax-Prep-Clinics-2016.pdf.

FRIDAY-WEDNESDAY/

THROUGH MARCH 2.LIONS, ARLINGTON NORTHWEST,

CHARITY FUNDRAISING. FreshFlorida and Texas Citrus, GeorgiaPecans, and 100 percent VermontMaple Syrup for sale at the OverleeBath House (Lower Level), 6030 LeeHighway, Arlington, Lower Entranceoff John Marshall Drive. Friday,12:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;Monday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Tuesday,10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 8a.m.-4 p.m. 703-528-1130.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 2Turfgrass Management. 7-8:30 p.m.

at Fairlington Community Center,3308 S. Stafford St. Learn aboutturfgrass selection for the area,specific springtime turf managementpractices, nutrient management andsoil testing, and basic pest anddisease management. Free and opento the public. Advance registration isrequested at mgnv.org. Call 703-228-6414 or email mgarlalex@gmail.comfor more.

FRIDAY/MARCH 4Veterans Legal Services Clinics. 9

a.m.-5 p.m. at Northern VirginiaCommunity College, AnnandaleCampus. Volunteer attorneys fromthe Office of the Attorney Generaland the Virginia State Bar will beavailable to serve veterans bydrafting wills, powers of attorney andadvance medical directives. Visitwww.nvcc.edu/news/media-alerts/annandale-herring-legal.html.

Career and Technical EducationOpen House. 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. AtNorthern Virginia CommunityCollege’s Richard J. Ernst CommunityCultural Center at the AnnandaleCampus. Rresentatives from all sixcampuses for various programsincluding welding, automotive,dental hygiene and veterinarytechnology. Free. Open to the public.

SATURDAY/MARCH 5Project Cinderella. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at

the Army-Navy Country Club, 1700Army Navy Drive. Hosted by the USOof Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore and the Project CinderellaPlanning Committee, and sponsoredby EY, Project Cinderella empowersmilitary women and spouses toembrace their authentic beauty byproviding them with a variety ofinteractive workshops, specialspeakers, and a visit to the dressboutique to select a “new-to-you”formal gown and accessories. ContactMichelle Shortencarrier atMichelle@usometro.org 703-864-6429.

How to Prune PracticallyAnything. 10:30 a.m.-noon –outdoors, Arlington location to beannounced. Gain hands-onexperience in pruning evergreens anddeciduous shrubs, deadheadingperennials, removing large limbsfrom trees safely, and removingEnglish ivy from trees. Bring toolsand learn how to sharpen andmaintain them. Register early; each

workshop is limited to 15participants. Free and open to thepublic. Advance registration isrequested at mgnv.org. Call 703-228-6414 or email mgarlalex@gmail.comfor more.

SUNDAY/MARCH 6Sister City Update. 7 p.m. at

Arlington Central Library, first floorauditorium, 1015 N Quincy St. Whatis the current situation in Ukraine?How is Arlington’s sister city, Ivano-Frankivsk, faring? Arlington SisterCity Association (ASCA) Ivano-Frankivsk committee has invitedASCA board member, Dr. CarlLankowski, to discuss the currentsituation, based on a recent trip toUkraine and visits to several regionsof the country. Vistwww.arlingtonsistercity.com/our-sister-cities/ivano-frankivsk/ formore.

MONDAY/MARCH 7Placement Exams for ESL. 9 a.m. or

6 p.m. at Syphax Education Center,2110 Washington Blvd. #106.

English as a Second Language forAdults, Arlington Public Schools’REEP Program is giving placementexams for the March 28–June 17English (ESL) classes to be held atSyphax Education Center. Morningand evening classes available. Tuitionis $285 and $200 for people who liveor work in Arlington; $470 and $350for all others. Exams are free. Call703-228-4200 or visit www.apsva.us/reep.

Transform 66 Public Hearings. 6-8p.m. at Washington-Lee High SchoolCafeteria, 1301 N. Stafford St. TheVirginia Department ofTransportation (VDOT), inpartnership with the VirginiaDepartment of Rail and PublicTransportation (DRPT), will hostDesign Public Hearings for theTransform 66 Inside the BeltwayProject. Information on howdynamically-priced toll lanes willoperate on I-66 inside the Beltway, aswell as proposed locations of tollgantries and pricing signs will beprovided. The hearings will includea formal presentation, followed by apublic comment period.

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Email announcements to arlington@connectionnewspapers.com. Include date, time,location, description and contact for event: phone, email and/or website. Photos andartwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, at least two weeks before event.

The yard at Madison CommunityCenter, usually full of candidatesigns, is empty. One worker standsalone outside the polling placewith pamphlets for Libby Garvey’sCounty Board primary in June.Mariam Miller said, “I am 100percent for Hillary Clinton” but shewonders where are the lines. “It’svery quiet here.” At 7:30 a.m. 178voters had been counted. CarolineKlam, chief election officer, saysshe has been working for 12 yearsand has never seen it like this. Shesays maybe it is so unusual becausethe political parties usually put outthe signs but they can’t take sides.So each candidate would have toput out their own signs.

Not So SuperTuesday

Teenagers in shorts and T-shirtsjoin voters with coffee cupsheading toward door 8 leading tothe polling place at Yorktown HighSchool. It is 8 a.m. and 219 votershave come through the line. Theyard is empty of candidate signs atYorktown with three workersstanding on the sidewalk handingout County Board pamphlets andone enlisting volunteers for Hillary.The only sign is the one pointing tothe location of the polling place.People seem to already know forwhom they want to vote, so thecandidates have decided not tospend the money on all of theparaphernalia.

Blood Drive ResultsMore than 80 people participated in a Feb. 21 blooddrive hosted by the Boy Scouts from Troop 111 at St.Agnes Parish Center. Seventy-three 73 pints of bloodwere collected.

Concert for ChildrenTousled blond curls and flyaway red hair crowd the front of the

sanctuary at Rock Spring UCC on Saturday morning to hear “Karen Buildsa Violin.” This concert for 3-8 year old children was presented by violinistKaren Lowry-Tucker and violist Elizabeth Pulju-Owen, both members ofthe Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. This musical tale followsKaren who cannot afford to buy a violin as she decides to build one.“What is a violin made out of, plastic?” The children yell back “No.” Karengoes into the woods to find chipmunks to help carry the wood as Mozartfollows her through the trees. When she returns successful, tiny handsclap and tiny voices yell “bravo.”

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Estela Cristina Gibbon, age 103, of Ar-lington, died on Jan. 15, 2016, with herfamily at her side in the Falls Church Sun-rise. Estela was born in Santiago, DominicaRepublic on May 15, 1912.

Estela was preceded in death by her hus-band, Edward E. Gibbon Sr. of 52 years, a30-year, Marine Corps veteran, and the chiefdeputy sheriff of Arlington County. She wasthe daughter of Ramon and Cristina PiolaVila, sister to Dolores, Mercedes, Jose, andRamon (Jr.) all who preceded her in theirjourney to eternity with God, as well as hergrandson, Patrick.

Estela is survived by her sons who servedin the U.S. Navy and Marines Corps, Ed-ward Jr., wife (Araceli), Jorome (Elizabeth),James, Richard (Karyn), and her daughterTeresa Stewart (John), as well as 12 grand-children, and 14 great-grandchildren. Sheis survived by many cousins, nieces andnephews throughout the United States andDominican Republic.

A traditional military family wife and

mother, Estela traveled and lived in theCaribbean Islands, Hawaii, and several U.S.Marine installations throughout the U.S.from the 1930s to 1960s, District of Colum-bia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, andGeorgia, before settling in Arlington.

Estela was active in the Arlington Catho-lic Diocese parishes of Saint Ann, SaintAgnes, and Saint James. She served as anofficer in the Catholic Daughters in North-ern Virginia.

Her vocations included baking ceremo-nial cakes, needlepoint, crochet, painting,and dancing. She was a volunteer at theArlington Senior Citizens Center inClarendon, and worked for the ArlingtonPublic Schools.

Catholic funeral mass will be held in herhonor at St James Catholic Church, in FallsChurch, on March 5 at 10 a.m. She will beinterred at 1 p.m., at the Arlington NationalCemetery with her husband. Donations inher memory may be made to the CatholicDaughters of America.

Estela Cristina (Vila) Gibbon

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WEDNESDAY/MARCH 9Moving Towards Zero Waste. 6:30-9 p.m. at

the Navy League Building, 2300 Wilson Blvd.Join Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment fortheir 38th Annual Meeting introducing thevision for 2016 programming and apresentation on moving Arlington towards zerowaste. The meeting is open to the public. Lightrefreshments will be served. http://www.arlingtonenvironment.org.

Are Arlington’s Police and Justice SystemsPrepared to Respond to Community andRacial Tensions? 7 p.m. Hosted by theArlington Committee of 100 at MarymountUniversity, Dining Room, Gerald Phelan Hall,with Arlington Chief of Police M. Jay Farr,Commonwealth Attorney Theo Stamos, andMount Zion Baptist Church Minister Bishop Rev.Dr. Leonard H. Smith. Dinner Service beginningat 7 p.m.; program begins at 8 p.m. Go toarlingtoncommitteeof100.org for reservations.

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Email announcements to arlington@connectionnewspapers.com. 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“Treasure Island.” Through March 6,

various times at Thomas JeffersonTheatre, 125 S. Glebe Road. EncoreStage & Studio presents anadaptation of Robert LouisStevenson’s classic novel. Young JimHawkins leaves a dull life to searchfor where “X” marks the spot on atreasure map left behind by an oldsea captain. Tickets are $10-15. Visitwww.encorestageva.org for more.

Solo Exhibit: “Urban Edge” andMarch Members Show. ThroughMarch 25, gallery hours at GalleryUnderground, 2100 Crystal Drive.The Focus Gallery in March features“Urban Edge,” Sandi Parker’s soloshow of abstract acrylic paintingsdepicting urban living. This exhibitwill run alongside the monthly

members exhibit. Free. Visitwww.galleryunderground.org formore.

“Romeo & Juliet.” Through March27, 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2p.m. Sunday at Synetic Theater, 2611Jefferson Davis Highway. Syneticreturns with another “WordlessShakespeare” production. Generaladmission tickets start at $35, $15for students, and senior citizens andmilitary receive a $5 discount. Visitwww.synetictheater.org for more.

Photography by Jan Bender andRichard Weiblinger. ThroughMarch 30, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday at The Barry Gallery–Reinsch Library at MarymountUniversity, 2807 N. Glebe Road.Photographer Jan Bender focuses onfilm, using traditional techniques,Weiblinger’s photographs and plantphotograms are hand-printed. Free.Visit www.marymount.edu/barrygallery.

Sci-Fi Book Club. Third Wednesday ofeach month, 7-8:30 p.m. at JavaShack, 2507 N. Franklin Road. Free.

Visit www.library.arlingtonva.us.“King of the Forest: Adventures of

BioPerversity.” Through April 3,gallery hours at Arlington ArtsCenter, 3550 Wilson Blvd. Thisexhibit features the work of 13contemporary artists from the mid-Atlantic region whose work exploresthe interactions between humans andnon-human species. Free. Visitwww.arlingtonartscenter.org formore.

“Daydreams in theAnthropocene.” Through April 3,gallery hours at Arlington ArtsCenter, 3550 Wilson Blvd. ArtistRachel Schmidt examines the rolehumans play in the environment.Free. Visitwww.arlingtonartscenter.org formore.

Instructor Select. Through April 3,gallery hours at Arlington ArtsCenter, 3550 Wilson Blvd. In theJenkin’s Community Gallery,Arlington Arts Center will presentInstructor Select 2016, featuringwork by both students andinstructors. Free. Visitwww.arlingtonartscenter.org for

more.“The Flick.” Through April 17, various

times at Signature Theatre, 4200Campbell Ave. “The Flick” follows thestory of three employees at acrumbling Massachusetts movietheatre. Tickets start at $40. Visitwww.sigtheatre.org for more.

Post-Graduate Residency Studio.Through Nov. 17, gallery hours atThe Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105N. Union St. The Torpedo Factory ArtCenter welcomes four emergingartists to participate in the Post-Graduate Residency Program. JiheeKang, Paulette Palacios, Anne Smith,and Danielle Smith, were juried byPaul Shortt, new media curator forArlington Cultural Affairs. Artists cancreate and sell work, interact withthe public, and network with otherartists. The program will culminate ina group exhibition in the TorpedoFactory’s contemporary exhibitionspace, the Target Gallery. Free. Visitwww.torpedofactory.org for more.

Arlington’s Historical MuseumOpen on First Wednesdays. TheArlington Historical Museum is opento the public on the first Wednesday

of 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 atgarrett.peck@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

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. For 21years and older. Free. Visitwww.iotaclubandcafe.com for moreinformation.

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

Entertainment

Gallery Underground Presents‘Urban Edge’ and March Show

The Focus Gallery in March features “Urban Edge,” Sandi Parker’s solo showof abstract acrylic paintings depicting urban living. Meant to evoke city walls, thepaintings are highly textured, meant to represent the results of layers of peelingpaint, graffiti and pasted flyers. In addition to a new all-media March MembersShow in the Main Gallery, also featured are realist painter George Bowles and atribute to the American painter James McNeill Whistler. Both will run March 1-25. Free. Visit www.galleryunderground.org for more.

Above: “Crosstown Sky” and below: “Revolution” by Sandi Parker

“Antonios” by George Bowles

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Street, and Washington Boulevard. Find a round-upof regional food trucks. Free to attend. Visitwww.dmvfta.org.

Invasive Plants Removal. Work parties are heldevery month to keep the parks free ofdestructive invasive plants. Teens, adults andfamilies welcome. Every second Sunday of themonth 2-4:30 p.m. at Gulf Branch NatureCenter, 3608 Military Road; call 703-228-3403.Every third Sunday of the month 2-5 p.m. atLong Branch Nature Center, 625 S. CarlinSprings Road; call 703-228-6535 or visitregistration.arlingtonva.us. Free, no registrationrequired.

Poetry Series. 6-8 p.m. second Sunday of themonth at IOTA Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd.Hosted by poet Miles David Moore. Featuredartists share their poetry followed by openreadings. Free. Visit www.iotaclubandcafe.comor call 703-522-8340.

Open Mic Nite. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. everyWednesday at IOTA Club & Cafe, 2832 WilsonBlvd. Sign-up times are 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.Bring instruments, fans and friends. Visitwww.iotaclubandcafe.com or call 703-522-8340.

Karaoke. 8 p.m. on the first Sunday every monthat Galaxy Hut, 2711 Wilson Blvd. Visitwww.galaxyhut.com or call 703-525-8646.

Pub Quiz. 8 p.m. every Sunday at Whitlow’s onWilson, 2854 Wilson Blvd. Prizes for first place.Free. Visit www.whitlows.com or call 703-276-9693.

Storytime. Mondays and Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m. atKinder Haus Toys, 1220 N. Fillmore St.Storytime with Ms. Laura. Call 703-527-5929.

Lego Club. Monthly on the first Wednesday. 4-5p.m. Glencarlyn Branch Library, 300 S.Kensington St. The library provides tubs of legosand a special challenge and after the programthe creations are displayed for everyone to see.No registration required. Call 703-228-6548 formore.

Crystal City Sparket. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. onWednesdays at 1900 Crystal Drive. Sparket — ACreative Market is an extension of DC’s EasternMarket with arts, crafts, and handmade goods.Free to attend. Visit www.crystalcity.org.

Open Mic Night. Wednesdays, at 8 p.m., sign ups

are at 7:30 and 10 p.m., at Iota Club & Café,2832 Wilson Blvd. Free. Visit http://www.iotaclubandcafe.com/.

Art for Life. Third Thursday of each month. TheHyatt Regency Crystal City’s “Art for Life”Partnership with National Kidney Foundationbrings a new artist each month to The Hyatt fora reception. Free. Visit www.torpedofactory.org.

Brunch at Freddie’s. Third Saturday of everymonth, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Freddie’s Beach Bar,555 23rd St. The Arlington Gay and LesbianAlliance gathers for an all-you-can-eat breakfastbuffet ($9.99). All are welcome. No reservationis required. Visit www.facebook.com/events/700174390103305.

FEB. 22-MARCH 17Rosie Riveters. 4-6 p.m. at Shirlington Public

Library, 4200 Campbell Ave. Three classes, forages 4-6 (Tuesdays), ages 7-10 (Mondays), andages 11-14 (Thursdays), are designed to providespace for girls ages 4–-14 to imagine, create andplay while developing their skills in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). Boys may also enroll. Free. Visitwww.rosieriviters.com to register.

THURSDAY/MARCH 3“Arlington’s Forests and Streams: Status of

Our Local Ecosystem.” 7-8:45 p.m. atArlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St.The speakers are Jen McDonnell of the ArlingtonCounty Department of Environmental Servicesand Vincent Verweij of the Arlington CountyDepartment of Parks and Recreation. They willaddress the challenges facing natural areas.Free. Email Browning atbrowiningwh@gmail.com or call 703-969-7345for more.

FRIDAY/MARCH 4Skate for Catherine. 3:30-5 p.m. at Kettler

Capitals Iceplex, 627 N. Glebe Road. A skatingparty, raffle, and online auction to raise fundsfor childhood cancer research. Tickets are $20.Visit www.blairfoundation.org for more.

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Global-Phonic Music Festival:Kiran Ahlumalia. 8 p.m. atRosslyn Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N.Kent St. Kiran Ahlumalia is joined byher husband, guitarist Rez Abbasi, toperform music in the Indian andPakistani tradition. Free, but ticketsrequired. Visitwww.arlingtonarts.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/MARCH 4-5Washington Antiquarian Book

Fair. 4-8 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-5p.m. on Saturday at Holiday InnRosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 N. FortMyer Drive. Exhibitors from aroundthe country will convene, offeringboth serious collectors and buddingenthusiasts rare books, manuscripts,modern first editions, autographs,prints, maps, drawings and other rarefinds. Tickets are $14 for both days,$8 for Saturday only, and $5 forstudents and librarians with ID. Visitwww.WABF.com for more.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/MARCH 4-6“South Pacific.” 7:30 p.m. Friday-

Saturday, 3 p.m. on Sunday atUnitarian Universalist Church ofArlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.Chalice Theater celebrates its 20thanniversary with Rodger andHammerstein’s “South Pacific.” Thestory revolves around prejudice, war,and romance on an Americanmilitary base during WWII. Ticketsare $20 for general admission, $15for seniors and students. Visitwww.uucava.org for more.

SATURDAY/MARCH 5NoVa Teen Book Festival. 9:30 a.m.-

5:30 p.m. at Washington-Lee HighSchool, 1301 N. Stafford St.,Arlington. This event features paneldiscussions, special speakers, booksignings, food and fun. Guestsinclude Holly Black, Josh Sundquist,Julie Murphy, Tommy Wallach,Jennifer Donnelly and JasonReynolds. Free. Visitwww.novateenbookfestival.com formore.

“Treemonisha” Brunch. 1 p.m. atWashington Golf & Country Club,3017 N. Glebe Road. Arlington’sOpera NOVA is hosting a benefit forfolk opera “Treemonisha.” Ticketsstart at $75. Visitwww.operanova.org for more.

“Wash Over You–Part 1.” 4:30 p.m.at Atlas Performing Arts Center, LabTheatre II, 1333 H St. N.E.,Washington, D.C. Arlington’s JaneFranklin Dance presents “Wash OverYou,” which finds travelers movedalong an unpredictable river. Ticketsare $20. Visit www.janefranklin.comfor more.

Monte Carlo Night. 7-11 p.m. atRonald Reagan National Airport inHistoric “Terminal A.” LeadershipArlington and Leadership Center forExcellence present Monte CarloNight: Casablanca, a gala in supportof Leadership Arlington’s YouthProgram. Tickets start at $185. Visitwww.leadershiparlington.org formore.

SUNDAY/MARCH 6Crescendo Concert. 4 p.m. at

Culpepper Garden Senior Center, at4435 Pershing Drive. Crescendo, theYouth Chamber Music Program of theArlington Philharmonic, will performa concert featuring Tango, Pops, andJazz repertoire. Free, but donationsaccepted. Visitwww.arlingtonphilharmonic.org formore.

MONDAY/MARCH 7Signature in the Schools: “295N.”

7:30 p.m. at Signature Theatre, 4200Campbell Ave. Featuring a cast andcrew of Arlington County high schoolstudents, “295N” looks at the historyof race in America through the lensof Baltimore’s history. Free, butreservations required. Visitwww.sigtheatre.org or call 703-820-9771 for more.

THURSDAY/MARCH 10Book Talk: “High Hand.” 6 p.m. at

Barnes & Noble, Clarendon MarketCommon, 2800 Clarendon Blvd.Author James Rosen discusses his spythriller, “High Hand.” Free. Call 703-248-8244 for more.

Book Talk: “Martha JeffersonRandolph.” 7 p.m. at MarymountUniversity Reinsch Library, 2807 N.Glebe Road. The Arlington HistoricalSociety will host Dr. Billy Wayson,who will speak about his book,“Martha Jefferson Randolph:Republican Daughter and PlantationMistress.” Free. Call 703-942-9247for more.

FRIDAY/MARCH 11Global-Phonic Music Festival:

Lulacruza. 8 p.m. at RosslynSpectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent St.South American duo blendsindigenous instruments like theColombian cuatro, charango andbombo legüero and utilize electronicprocessing and sequencing. Free, buttickets required. Visitwww.arlingtonarts.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/MARCH 11-13“South Pacific.” 7:30 p.m. Friday-

Saturday, 3 p.m. on Sunday atUnitarian Universalist Church ofArlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.

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Chalice Theater celebrates its 20thanniversary with Rodger andHammerstein’s “South Pacific.” Thestory revolves around prejudice, war,and romance on an Americanmilitary base during WWII. Ticketsare $20 for general admission, $15for seniors and students. Visitwww.uucava.org for more.

SATURDAY/MARCH 12“Mouse in the House.” 3 p.m. at

Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. FourMile Run Drive. Jane Franklin Dancegives a performance of an adaptationof the book by Elizabeth Spires,“Mouse in House,” which reveals afriendship between a mouse andreclusive 19th-century poet EmilyDickinson. Tickets are $10-15. Visitwww.janefranklin.com.

Forty+ Performance. 5 p.m. atTheatre on the Run, 3700 S. FourMile Run Drive. A mixed repertoryperformance by Forty+ features newworks by Andie Ligon de Vaulx,Emily Crews, and recent works byJane Franklin. “Just Wear a Scarf”comments on the appropriateness ofsuitable attire for the well-dressedwoman, and more. Forty+performers are a diverse group ofwomen, with careers spanning thegovernment, public and privatesectors, some who have retired, avarying range of physical facility.Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 atthe door. Tickets are $10 for childrenunder 17 and seniors 65+ inadvance. Visit wwwjanefranklin.comfor more.

Wounded Warrior Bowl-O-Rama.7-11 p.m. at Fort Myers BowlingCenter, 224 McNair Road, FortMyers. Psi Nu Chapter, Omega PsiPhi Fraternity, Inc. of Alexandriahosts an event benefitting theWounded Warrior Project. Tickets are$20. Visitwww.woundedwarriorproject.org formore.

National Chamber Ensemble:“American Landscape.” 7:30p.m. at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre,1611 N. Kent St. The NationalChamber Ensemble celebratesInternational Women’s Day withAmerican music by composer AmyBeach. Tickets are $33, $17 forstudents. Visitwww.nationalchamberensemble.orgfor more.

“Wash Over You Part I and II.”7:30 p.m. at Theatre on the Run,3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive. “WashOver You” finds travelers movedalong an unpredictable, serene yetpowerful river. Music is by audioproducer, violinist and composerDavid Schulman. Video vignettes byJane Franklin reference stop motionanimation and supply an intermittentbackdrop as the journey progresses.Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at

the door. Visit www.janefranklin.comfor more.

2016 Lit Up Ball. 8-11 p.m. at theClarendon Ballroom, 3185 WilsonBlvd. The Friends of the ArlingtonPublic Library present the third LitUp Ball, a literary-themed socialevent created to raise money for theLibrary’s Early Literacy initiatives.Tickets are $35. Visitwww.arlingtonlibraryfirends.org formore.

SATURDAY/MARCH 13Solar Home Tour. 1:30-3 p.m. at 706

N. Ivy St. Tour an Arlington homethat includes solar water heating,solar electric tied to a battery bank, asolar attic vent fan, and a geothermalheat pump. A rear sunroom addspassive solar heating and Virginia’sfirst electrochromic glass. A smalloffice building also features solarelectric roofing shingles, a small windturbine and a hydrogen fuel cellcharging a smart, web-enabledbattery bank. Free. Call 703-522-3049 or email solarsklar@aol.com.

“Wash Over You Part I and II.” 4p.m. at Theatre on the Run, 3700 S.Four Mile Run Drive. “Wash OverYou” finds travelers moved along anunpredictable, serene yet powerfulriver. Music is by audio producer,violinist and composer DavidSchulman. Video vignettes by JaneFranklin reference stop motionanimation and supply an intermittentbackdrop as the journey progresses.Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 atthe door. Visit www.janefranklin.comfor more.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/MARCH 18-19Bowen McCauley: “Twenty Years

with Love.” 7 p.m. at the KennedyCenter, 2700 F St., Washington D.C.Arlington dance company celebrates20th anniversary with a worldpremiere of “Ars Amatoria,” aninterpretation of ancient instructionalwritings about the arts of seductionand love. Also on the program, a solodanced to the music of Juilliardprofessor and composer MichaelWhite. Tickets are $40-45. Visitwww.bmdc.org for more.

SATURDAY/MARCH 19“Mouse in the House.” 3 p.m. at

Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. FourMile Run Drive. Jane Franklin Dancegives a performance of an adaptationof the book by Elizabeth Spires,“Mouse in House,” which reveals afriendship between a mouse andreclusive 19th-century poet EmilyDickinson. Tickets are $10-15. Visitwww.janefranklin.com.

Forty+ Performance. 5 p.m. atTheatre on the Run, 3700 S. Four

Mile Run Drive. A mixed repertoryperformance by Forty+ features newworks by Andie Ligon de Vaulx,Emily Crews, and recent works byJane Franklin. “Just Wear a Scarf”comments on the appropriateness ofsuitable attire for the well-dressedwoman, and more. Forty+performers are a diverse group ofwomen, with careers spanning thegovernment, public and privatesectors, some who have retired, avarying range of physical facility.Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 atthe door. Tickets are $10 for childrenunder 17 and seniors 65+ inadvance. Visit wwwjanefranklin.comfor more.

Bowen McCauley: “Twenty Yearswith Love” Soirée. 9:30 p.m. atKennedy Center, 2700 F St.,Washington D.C. Tickets includespremium performance seating at theprior performance of world premiereof “Ars Amatoria,” a playfulinterpretation of ancient instructionalwritings about the arts of seductionand love. Also on the program, a solodanced to the music of Juilliardprofessor and composer MichaelWhite. Tickets are $150. Visitwww.bmdc.org for more.

“Wash Over You Part I and II.”7:30 p.m. at Theatre on the Run,3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive. “WashOver You” finds travelers movedalong an unpredictable, serene yetpowerful river. Music is by audioproducer, violinist and composerDavid Schulman. Video vignettes byJane Franklin reference stop motionanimation and supply an intermittentbackdrop as the journey progresses.Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 atthe door. Visitwww.janefranklin.com.

MONDAY-FRIDAY/MARCH 21-25Synetic Theater Spring Break

Camp. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at SyneticTheater, 1800 S. Bell St. Synetic’sone-week camp combines dramaskills, creative play, and physicaltheater with the legends, landmarksand art of ancient Egypt. Campincludes a field trip to the NationalMuseum of Natural History andculminates in the campers creatingliving exhibitions inspired by theweek of theatre exercises, visual art,and collaborative research. Earlyregistration is $307 and regularregistration is $357. Visitwww.synetictheater.org for more.

MONDAY/MARCH 28Laughter Yoga. 6-7:30 p.m. at

Arlington Central Library, 1015 N.Quincy St. Laughter Yoga, for allages, is a fun practice that reducesstress and strengthens the immunesystem. Free. Emailarlingtonlaughteryoga@yahoo.com.

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her Arlington home. She ventured out into the coldto find her 84-year-old neighbor lying on the ground,believing that dozens of bugs were crawling on herskin.

“She was having bad hallucinations, and it turnsout that she’d taken the wrong combination of medi-cines,” said Russell. “She was on about 11 differentmedications, some for her blood pressure, and shewas administering them to herself.”

MEDICATION ERRORS are not uncommon, ac-cording to a recent survey by Home Instead SeniorCare. Their survey showed that 20 percent of seniorswho take more than five medications had problemstaking them as prescribed. Unintentional medication

“They can go through each medication with thedoctor and find out what it’s for. Sometimes, for ex-ample, someone might be taking a medication thatwas prescribed six months ago for a condition thathas already cleared up.”

Oyeleye suggests a conducting what she calls amedication reconciliation in order to determinewhether someone is taking multiple medications forthe same condition. “What you might find is that onemedication exacerbates or even negates the other,”she said.

Trisha Brechling Miller, 57 of McLean, has man-aged the medications for both her 85-year old hus-band, Larry, and her 84-year old mother. After Larryfell, broke his hip and became immobile, Muller be-gan using a calendar to keep his medication sched-ule in order. “I have a calendar that helps keep meorganized as to what he needs to take and when, “she said. “If it changes, I update it.” Miller, a HomeInstead Senior Care client, is also assisting her motherin creating a medications calendar.

CONVERSATION ABOUT MEDICATION can befraught with tension. A perceived loss of freedom isone factor that can make getting involved in manag-ing family members’ medication complicated, saysLovejoy.

“It’s just one more thing that they’re losing controlover,” he said. “Along with the car and their mobility,their medication is something that people generallylike to have control over.

Clear lines of communication are necessary, asfamilies often play a critical role in intervening andpreventing a possible negative outcomes.

“My husband is on 10 different medications, andwe’re able to manage his medications, but there arepeople who can’t do that. Those people tend to relyon family, ” said Sheila Moldover of the PotomacCommunity Village in Potomac, Md.“They need chil-dren or close friends who handle it for them.” ThePotomac Community Village offers programs andservices designed to help seniors lead healthy livesand remain in their homes as long as possible.

Gaining empathy from a parent and making itabout the child’s feelings is one way to open com-munication, so Lovejoy suggests that caregivers startby finding a common ground. “It’s important to com-municate the emotional stress that potential medi-cation mistakes can cause for a loved one,” he said.“Let your parent know that you are concerned. Yourparents don’t want you to be upset.”

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“... their medication is some-thing that people generally liketo have control over.”

— Ian Lovejoy, Home Instead Senior Caremisuse, such as forgetting to take a dose or takingmore or less than the required dose, can have devas-tating results. Home Instead is encouraging familiesto talk with their loved ones about medication man-agement and are offering suggestions on how to ap-proach such conversations.

“If you notice a change in personality or thinking,or if they’re they having a mobility issue or if theyseem sluggish, those are signs of medication mis-management,” said Ian Lovejoy, director of opera-tions of Home Instead Senior Care in Fairfax County.

Home Instead has created a program called “Let’sTalk about RxSM” (prescription self medication). Thisprogram is designed to inform seniors’ families aboutthe dangers of medication mismanagement as wellas offer tips for minimizing the risks and suggestionsfor starting a dialogue about taking medication asprescribed.

“Our goal is to keep seniors at home and safe,”said Lovejoy. “We want the daughter and the son nothave to focus on the pill bottle.”

Discovering that an elderly patient is taking morethan five medications could be a warning sign thatthey may lose track or get confused about the tim-ing and dosage for each prescription.

“If an adult child sees that their parent is on manymedications, I would suggest what I call brown bag-ging: putting all of the medications in a brown pa-per bag and taking them with you to the next doctorvisit,” said Omobola Oyeleye, an assistant professorof nursing at Northern Virginia Community Collegewho teaches a class in drug dosage calculations.

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through strategic collaborationwith each other and in public-pri-vate partnerships with ArlingtonCounty. Each organization focuseson what it does best while ensur-ing that clients access additionalservices they need from other or-ganizations. For example, Door-ways for Women and Childrenpartners with the Arlington Part-nership for Affordable Housing tohelp victims of domestic violencefind safe housing while workingwith the victims to build their self-sufficiency and heal from thetrauma of abuse.

A social return on investmentanalysis reveals the value deliv-ered and costs avoided by thesenonprofits. CIting a national study,the report notes, according to sev-eral conservative estimates, everydollar invested in addiction treat-ment programs yields a return ofbetween $4 and $7 in reduceddrug-related crime, criminal jus-tice costs, and theft. When savingsrelated to healthcare are included,total savings can exceed costs bya ratio of 12-to-1. In examining thesocial return on investment ofAFAC’s services, a George MasonUniversity study estimates grocer-ies from AFAC help to avoid up-wards of $4 million in health carecosts associated with food insecu-rity in Arlington County.

These 14 non-profits also con-tribute to Arlington’s economy.Although nonprofits by definitiondo not make a profit, they do gen-erate revenues to support their ser-vices, and they make significantexpenditures in delivering theseservices. As with other businesses,they pay taxes and hire employ-ees (who in turn pay taxes andspend money on local consumergoods and services). in FY 2015,these 14 nonprofits generated $58million in revenues, employed 444individuals and paid $6.6 millionin property taxes. “That is 14 fairlysmall grassroots nonprofits, noteven counting the whole nonprofitsector, which would include thebigger nonprofits,” Vor derBruegge said.

The Nonprofit Resource Centeris a knowledge hub for Arlingtonnonprofits. The Arlington Commu-nity Foundation provides fundingand other material support to theCenter as a means of extending itsinvestments in Arlingtonnonprofits. Marymount studentsand faculty provide services whilebeing exposed to issues that tran-scend the formal academic envi-ronment.

Vor der Bruegge said the Non-profit Resource Center would be

By Vernon Miles

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Arlington County has a revenue sharingagreement with the school system, wherethe schools automatically receive 46.5percent of the local taxes revenue. For FY

2017, the County Manager Mark Schwartz set thatnumber at $462.5 million, with an additional $2.4million in one-time funding, totaling $464.9 million.Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy’s plans for FY2017 assumes a $579.4 million budget, 80 percentof (463.5 million) which comes from the ArlingtonCounty transfer. However, before the County Boardadopts its budget on April 16, either Murphy orSchwartz will need to find $1.9 million in their re-spective budgets to close that gap.

This year’s school budget is a $22 million (3 per-cent) increase over last year’s $557.3 million bud-get. According to Murphy, the core of the increase is$10.8 million to deal with ongoing student enroll-ment growth and $9.6 million for a step increase foreligible staff. Enrollment is expected to grow by 1,135students to a total of 26,372 students. Since 2009,every two years the school faculty and staff have re-ceived step increases, including an increase in theFY 2015-2016 school year. The budget also includesa $2 million one-time payment to eligible employ-ees not receiving a step increase or other adjustmentsfor hourly employees.

$4.4 million is devoted to instructional/studentsupport initiatives, and $3 million to rebuildingschool infrastructure.

One of the smaller new expenses is $750,000 in fund-ing for Arlington Tech, a new technical and engineer-ing focused program at the Arlington Career Center.

The School Board now moves into the add/deletephase of the budget process, towards final approvalby the board on May 5.

Quick look at the ArlingtonCounty Schools budget.

Mind the Gap

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looking ahead to the gaps whichremain unfilled in the Arlingtonarea; there are many. For instance,last year, Guest House receivedover 378 applications, averagingmore than one per day, for its resi-dential program for female ex-of-fenders, and yet could only house66 women in the program.

Vor der Bruegge urged residentsto read the stories about those whowere helped: “These are peoplethat you run into in daily life,” shesaid. “They are your cleaning la-dies, or the retiree living down thestreet. They are the child care pro-viders, the office cleaners, and thehotel workers. They are the par-ents of children your child may goto school with.” Vor der Brueggelamented that many Arlingtoniansstill don’t understand the need tosupport fellow residents who haveemergency needs, or need afford-able housing. At the same time,she said, Arlington is a prime ex-ample of nonprofits workingcollaboratively and with unusuallystrong support from local volun-teers.

The full report is online at http://bit.ly/1PpA5IG.

Economic ImpactsThe FY 2015 economic impacts of

the 14 nonprofits covered in thisreport are as follows:

❖ Over $58 million in revenueswere generated in FY 2015.

❖ Nearly $8 million were cashrevenues from Federal and Stategovernment sources.

❖ $6.5 million were funds fromArlington County, representing 11percent of the combined total revenuesof all 14 nonprofits. The actualpercentage of any given nonprofit’srevenues from Arlington County varieswidely, ranging from 1 percent to 90percent. Eight of the 14 nonprofitsreceived 25 percent or under of theirfunding from the county; of these, sixreceived less than 6 percent of theirfunding from the county.

❖ Nearly $17 million were in cashcontributions from foundations,special events, businesses, individuals,the faith community, and others.

❖ Just over $18 million in revenueswere from fees and contracts that aresignificant sources for only four of thenonprofits. Phoenix House receivesfees from Medicaid, governmentcontracts, and private insurance for itsservices. The three nonprofit housingproviders — AHC Inc, APAH, andWHDC — receive the majority of theirincome from property operations andproject management fees.

❖ Nearly $9 million were in-kindrevenues of volunteer time, donatedfood, and supplies.

❖ Total FY 2015 operating expendi-tures of these 14 nonprofits werenearly $45 million.

❖ 444 individuals were employed(296 full-time and 148 part-time).

❖ Nearly $24 million in salaries,wages, and benefits were paid.

❖ $1.8 million in employment taxeswere paid.

❖ $6.6 million in property taxeswere paid.

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Sophomore forward Amari Cooperthrew down a dunk late in the re-gion semifinal contest, head coachTony Bentley raised his hands in cel-

ebration and the Wakefield crowd went wild.The Warriors are again experiencing

postseason success.The Wakefield boys’ basketball team de-

feated Potomac Falls 76-67 in the 5A Northregion tournament semifinals on Feb. 25 inArlington. Potomac Falls senior Danny Coxmade a pair of free throws with 1:12 re-maining, cutting the Wakefield lead to 71-67, but the Warriors scored the final fivepoints of the game, including Cooper’s one-handed jam.

“When I saw Amari go up,” Bentley said,“that’s the first time I showed a little bit ofemotion — [put] my hands up — because Ilooked at the clock [and] we were upenough.”

On Feb. 27, Wakefield traveled toPotomac High School for the region cham-pionship game. The Warriors finished run-ner-up, losing the Panthers 85-73.

Wakefield (24-2), the No. 2 seed from 6ANorth, will face Deep Run, the No. 3 seedfrom 6A South, in the state quarterfinals at5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5 at RobinsonSecondary School. The winner will face thewinner of L.C. Bird and Potomac Falls inthe semifinals at 11:45 a.m. at VCU in Rich-mond.

The state final will be played at 3:45 p.m.on March 9 at VCU.

Wakefield on Feb. 27 played in a regionchampionship game for the third time infour years. The Warriors lost in overtime toWoodson in the 2013 AAA Northern Regionfinal and defeated Potomac in the 2014 5ANorth championship game.

Last year, however, the Warriors enteredthe region tournament on a lengthy winstreak only to suffer a season-ending loss

to Freedom in the quarterfinals.“Games like that … they’re left [behind]

but they’re not forgotten,” senior DengNhial said. “That game has always stuck[with] us ever since the beginning of theseason.”

This year’s Wakefield team avoided an-other postseason meltdown. The Warriorsdefeated Halifax County 71-58 in thequarterfinals on Feb. 23, which securedWakefield a berth in the state tournament.Against Potomac Falls on Feb. 25, the War-riors earned a trip to the region final.

On Feb. 20, Wakefield won its fourth con-secutive conference/district championship,beating Marshall 50-47 in the Conference13 tournament final.

Many of this year’s primary contributorsare new to the Wakefield program, butBentley said the Warriors’ two prominentreturners, senior forward Nhial and juniorguard Alan Treakle, stressed the importanceof not repeating last year’s disappointingpostseason performance.

“It means a lot,” Bentley said about this

year’s postseason success. “Alan and Dengcame back saying that we can’t go out likewe did last year. Every team talks about onegame at a time, but we really had to buyinto one game at a time and then the winsstarted racking up because no one thoughtwe were going to be anything. Even CoachBentley said: ‘Life after [all-state performerand 2015 Wakefield graduate DominiqueTham], what are we going to do?’ and theseguys stepped up.”

Three of Wakefield’s starters againstPotomac Falls transferred to the school priorto this season. Senior guard JonathanAdams, who transferred from Woodbridge,led the Warriors with 18 points. Juniorguard Halil Parks (Washington-Lee) finishedwith 11 points and senior guard Eric Mar-tin (Edison) added five.

“This is new to me,” Adams said. “I’venever experienced [anything] like this. I’mjust here for the ride and to do my part.”

Cooper, a 6-foot-4 sophomore who movedto the area from South Carolina, finishedwith 12 points off the bench.

“The sky is the limit for Amari,” Bentleysaid. “Sophomore, two dunks tonight, ex-citement dunks, exciting blocks — thosewere momentum swings. To see him emerg-ing right in front of my eyes, it looks goodwhen I’ve got to think about Deng leavingus next year.”

Nhial scored 14 points for Wakefield andTreakle finished with 13.

A bucket by senior Dondrea Tillman gavePotomac Falls a 28-26 lead in the secondquarter, but Wakefield responded with an18-4 run that stretched into the third quar-ter, taking a 44-32 lead with an Adamsjumper. The Warriors led by as many as 15,when a Parks 3-pointer gave Wakefield a53-38 advantage in the third quarter.

Potomac Falls trailed by eight entering thefourth quarter and pulled to within twowhen junior guard Brian Sweeney knockeddown a 3-pointer with less than 6 minutesremaining, cutting the Warrior lead to 59-57. However, the Panthers were unable totie the score or take the lead for the remain-der of the contest.

Tillman led Potomac Falls with 25 points.Sweeney finished with 19.

Warriors finishrunner-up in 5ANorth region.

Wakefield Headed Back to State Tournament

Photo by Jeff McQuilkin

Head coach Tony Bentley has ledthe Wakefield boys’ basketballprogram to three region finalberths in the last four seasons.

Wakefield junior Alan Treakle scored 13 points against Potomac Falls onin the 5A North region semifinals on Feb. 25.

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OBITUARY NOTICEThomas (Tom) B. Bonner, 84, of Bristow, Virginiaand formerly long time resident of Vienna, Virginiapassed away peacefully on February 27, 2016.

Tom was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the onlyson of the late Thomas A. and Jessie A. (Miller)Bonner, and was raised in Arlington, Virginia. Tommarried his wife, Marie, in 1953, and they madetheir home in Vienna, Virginia, where they residedhappily for 58 years, raising their family of four chil-dren. Tom was employed as an illustrator for theU.S. Department of Defense for 37 years until heretired in 1988.

Tom loved living in the town of Vienna, Virginia andwas active in the community for most of his life,with a passion for service in the Vienna VolunteerFire Department. Tom joined the department in1961 as a volunteer fireman, and throughout therest of his life he proudly contributed in many dif-ferent capacities there, with his most recent effortsfocused on the fire department’s historical preser-vation. In 2012, after 50 years of volunteer service,he was recognized as a Life Member of the VVFDand also the VVFD Auxiliary. Tom loved baseballand enjoyed coaching in the Vienna Little Leaguefor many years, where he was inducted as a mem-ber of the Vienna Little League Honor Roll in 1985.He was also a member of the Vienna AmericanLegion Post and was actively involved in theKnights of Columbus organization.

Tom is survived by his beloved wife, Marie, of 62years, his four children Thomas, Jr. (Lyndee) ofCentreville, VA, Terry Maddox of Warrenton, VA,John (Anne) of Centreville, VA, and Donald (Lale’)of Cornelius, NC. He leaves behind nine grandchil-dren, Justin, Matt, Nicolle, Michelle, Jennifer, Mike,Chris, Danny, and Ben, and great grandson, Gavin.He was preceded in death by his son-in-law KenMaddox. Tom was a loving husband, father, andgrandfather and will be deeply missed by all hisfamily and friends.

Visitation will occur from 6:00 to 8:00 pm onTuesday, March 1, 2016 at Pierce Funeral Home inManassas, VA. The funeral mass will be held onWednesday, March 2, 2016 at Holy Trinity CatholicChurch, in Bristow, VA, at 10:30 a.m. with intermentto follow at Fairfax Memorial Park Cemetery, inFairfax, VA. Donations in his name can be made tothe Vienna Volunteer Fire Department.www.vvfd.org

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That as I sit and attempt to write nextweek’s column, I am doing so on the exactdate, February 27th, seven years ago when Imet the oncologist who delivered to me, mywife, Dina and my brother, Richard (a.k.a.“Team Lourie”) the devastating news thatwould change my life/life expectancy forever. Aphone call from my internal medicine doctorthe previous week had confirmed that thebiopsy indicated a malignancy in my lungs andan appointment with an oncologist to discussthe details was recommended. A week later,“Team Lourie” met the oncologist who advisedus that the tumors were in fact non-small celllung cancer (NSCLC), stage IV; “inoperable,incurable,” and with a “13-month to two-year”prognosis. After reviewing the recent medicalhistory that led up to this appointment, andthen discussing with the doctor the variousalternatives/treatment protocols – and likelyoutcomes, we all agreed that I should beginevery-three-week chemotherapy as soon aspossible. And so, six days later, on the followingWednesday, it began. The rest, as you regularreaders know, is history, and “history” whichI’m proud to say is still being made.

However, as much as this date is about me– and as a cancer patient, you’re often told:“it’s all about you” – I can’t appreciate my life(and amazing good fortune) without expressingmy condolences generally to all the newfoundfriends, acquaintances, a few relatives and themiscellaneous names; some famous and note-worthy, many not, whom I have heard aboutand read about, who have succumbed to thisterrible disease. A disease which, at least whenI was originally diagnosed, offered patients verylittle hope of surviving even beyond two years;I’m living into my eighth year now. My oncolo-gist refers to me as his “third miracle,” a moni-ker I am happy to embrace and incredibly for-tunate to have earned with a disproportionateamount of luck, perseverance and a positive,self-effacing, find-humor/make-humor, take-the-good-with-bad and the-bad-with-the-goodapproach that if I believe any of what I’ve beentold by numerous medical professionals, haslikely contributed to my overall good health.And though there are no guarantees offered orgiven in oncology, I am at least one example ofa grim tale that turned out not to be a fairytale.

Let me be clear: I am not in remission. I amstill under the regular and recurring care of myoncologist. I still receive chemotherapy infu-sions every four weeks. I still go for diagnosticscans every three months, and a follow-upappointment with my oncologist a week or solater for evaluation and assessment. I still liveevery day knowing there remains no cure forwhat ails me. And as written about in lastweek’s column, “A Further Explanation,” theexperience has changed me forever, no doubtreflecting the ongoing demands of being diag-nosed with a terminal form of cancer, a diagno-sis which is all it’s cracked up to be.

But dwelling on this reality serves no pur-pose. And living as if today is my last day does-n’t resonate with me either. I prefer to live mylife as much as possible, anyway, as how Iwould otherwise live it: no bucket lists to fill ormust-haves or must-dos. Instead, I’d rather dowhat I must and live as I have: consistent withwho I am and who I’ve become: a seven-plusyear cancer survivor amazed to still be aliveand appreciative of all the help and encourage-ment I’ve received along the way.

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Our Seasonal Merchandisers work in the garden departments,unloading and displaying product while providing customer service.

Come get your hands dirty, enjoythe summer weather and, earn a paycheck!

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NEW! Extended Service Department Hours:Monday – Friday, 7 am to 9 pm

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NEW! Extended Service Department Hours:Monday – Friday, 7 am to 9 pm

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NEW! Extended Service Department Hours:Monday – Friday, 7 am to 9 pm

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NEW! Extended Service Department Hours:Monday – Friday, 7 am to 9 pm

Saturday, 8 am to 5 pmSunday, 10 am to 4 pm

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NEW! Extended Service Department Hours:Monday – Friday, 7 am to 9 pm

Saturday, 8 am to 5 pmSunday, 10 am to 4 pm

Sunday by appointment only.

NEW! Extended Service Department Hours:Monday – Friday, 7 am to 9 pm

Saturday, 8 am to 5 pmSunday, 10 am to 4 pm

Sunday by appointment only.