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Sophia Vasiliadis of Great Falls madeher debut as Wing Commander at theAir Force Academy in January.

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By Reena Singh

The Connection

Due to erratic weather conditions,roadwork on Georgetown Pike ismoving slower than originally an-

ticipated.The historic byway running through the

village was supposed to be finished by theend of November. According to VirginiaDepartment of Transportation Communica-tions Representative Jennifer McCord, theexact date of completion will only be knownwhen there is a break from threats of snowand ice.

“Once there’s a good break in weather andtemperatures the paving should take about3-4 weeks once they restart work,” she said.

The project began in August. At the time,most of the paving was done during the night.When the temperatures dropped in late No-vember - turning the roadways into ice over-night - the repaving project resumed duringthe day. Finally, the project was put on hold.

“There were a few potholes on WalkerRoad, they filled those,” she said.

Those potholes were filled early duringthe last week of January.

McCord said there is only 10 percent ofthe paving left around three intersectionsof the village. As cars continue to roll overthe unpaved road and as ice continues tobreak it up, VDOT will continue to repairthe potholes until the road can be finished.

“They’re going to keep maintaining themilled pavement,” she said.

Photo by Reena Singh/ The Connection

Walker Road is one of the intersections on Georgetown Pike thatstill needs repaving.

VDOT to resume Georgetown Pikeproject with good weather.

Update: Roadway Paving On Hold

NewsGreat Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

703-778-9414 or [email protected]

By Reena Singh

The Connection

Four years ago, Sophia Vasiliadiswas about to graduate from Lan-gley High School and unsure ofthe direction she wanted to take

in life.Since then, it has been up, up and away.

Today, the 22-year-old student at the AirForce Academy (AFA) is now leading theentire student body as the new Cadet Wing.

“What made me want to apply for WingCommander here is the opportunity tochange and make this a better place forother people here,” she said.

Vasiliadis is not the first woman in theheavily male enrolled military school nearColorado Springs to become the Wing Com-mander of the school. In the position, sheis at the head of the four wings at the acad-emy. In the process, each wing selects itstop four candidates. Those candidates gothrough the selection process until they arewhittled to three positions: Cadet Wing,deputy commander and director of opera-tions Commander.

According to AFA Media Relations DeputyChief John Van Winkle, “As the top cadet,Vasiliadis carries the Cadet Wing Gold Sa-bre, continuing the longstanding academytradition of the senior cadet carrying a goldsabre at ceremonial events.”

Vasiliadis is using her term to focus onthe basics - like events and cadet policies -but she also wants to make other subtlechanges while in the position.

“Right now we’re taking a look at mak-ing sure the training is purposeful,” she said.

She plans on focusing on freshmen who

are going through the tough basic trainingprocess and make sure everything they aregoing through is necessary for the rest oftheir time in the AFA.

SHE REMEMBERED her own basic train-ing just three days after she graduated inMay 2011.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” she said.“It was a good experience, but I never wantto go through it again.”

Taking on major leadership roles at theacademy has also changed how much shehoped to be involved with the military af-ter graduating. Originally, she applied to theschool because her grandfather was an AirForce fighter pilot. Her mother, HelenVasiliadis, said Sophia was always a leaderbut as the most compassionate of her fivechildren, she was not so sure her daughterwould even survive basic training.

When Vasiliadis got in and visited thecampus, she knew it was the college shewanted to attend.

“The caliber of people I saw there wasreally amazing,” Vasiliadis said.

This was despite the news reports of haz-ing and sexual assault towards the outnum-bered female cadets.

She said she’s never seen or experiencedwhat the media has reported, but she doesnot deny that it exists.

“I know I feel safer here, more supportedhere, than in any other environment,” shesaid. “There are people around me who arelooking out for me.”

Even remembering back to her days atbasic training, she said she felt no one wasworried whether a male or female was nextto them because they were all completingthe tasks they were given.

“I have had plenty of classes where I wasthe only girl,” she said.

According to her mother, however, Sophiahas never let the possibility of gender dis-crimination get in the way of something shewanted to do.

“When they had flag football here, shewas there as one of the boys,” said Helen.

THAT FEELING OF SUPPORT she hasgotten from the academy will fly herthrough graduation in May and into pilottraining in Texas immediately after. Al-though it means staying committed to theAir Force for 12 years, she is ready.

“When I came here, I had no interest inbeing a pilot or flying,” she said. “I thoughtI was going to end up at some analyst posi-tion for a civilian company. Before I markedpilot off my list because of a fear of com-mitment.”

Although she will miss her family - whohave all gone to college and settled aroundGreat Falls, she knows she has their sup-port and hopes to take on leadership rolesduring her next 12 years in the military.

The support will be there at home - just aletter or a phone call away - whenever sheneeds it.

“Being a wing commander is all we couldhave ever hoped for,” said Helen.

Sophia Vasiliadisnamed WingCommander of school.

Langley Alumna Ranks High at Air Force Academy

Photos contributed

Sophia Vasiliadis

Sophia Vasiliadis made her debut as Wing Commander at the Air ForceAcademy in January.


News

The Langley High School Madri-gals recently completed a busyfall and winter season with aperformance at the Providence

Baptist Church Twelfth Night Feast on Jan. 8.The Madrigals, a small vocal ensemble thatperforms mostly Renaissance music with anemphasis on independent and a cappella sing-ing, also took part recently in a Tallis Schol-ars Masterclass with Peter Phillips at Christo-pher Newport University in Newport News.The choir has performed at a number of eventsaround the Washington, D.C. area over thepast few months, including the Anti-Defama-tion League’s Concert Against Hate at theKennedy Center in October and a VeteransDay performance at the Great Falls FreedomMemorial.

The Madrigals were joined by the LangleyWomen’s Chamber Choir in presenting theschool’s annual Renaissance Feaste on Dec.5 and 6. The popular musical celebration,held at the Capital Church in Vienna, fea-tured costumed servers, jesters, minstrels,and musicians in a festive “Greate Hall” en-vironment. The concert and dinner are fash-ioned after a 16th-century gathering oflanded gentry, with entertainment and tra-ditional Madrigal songs and dancing.

Other recent choral events have includedperformances at the National High SchoolJournalism Convention in Washington, D.C.;

and fall and winter concerts at the high school.The Langley Chorus program will send 54

students, with four alternates, to participatein the All-District Honor Choir concert onPresident’s Day weekend, Feb. 12-14, atHerndon High School. More than 800 stu-dents auditioned for the select Women’sChoir and Mixed Choir, representing 16high schools from Arlington and FairfaxCounties. Approximately 300 students wereselected for the All-District Honor Choir,which presents an opportunity for highschool singers to rehearse challenging mu-

sic and work with a renowned choral con-ductor at an advanced level.

Seven Langley High School seniors wereselected for the Virginia Music EducatorsAssociation (VMEA) Honors Choir. Follow-ing auditions held at Longwood College inOctober, the VMEA Honors Choir rehearsedand presented a concert on Nov. 22 in Nor-folk at the VMEA annual conference. Stu-dents representing Langley High Schoolwere Ethan Zell, Connor Kianpour, AndrewMyers, Ali Burk, Sarah Salem, Yasmeen El-Rafey, and Vivian Vaeth.

Langley High School offers six choirs: theMadrigals, Women’s Chamber Choir, Con-cert Choir, Women’s Select Choir, Women’sTreble Choir, and VoiceMale. Director ofChoral Activities Mac Lambert, now in his13th year at Langley, leads the award-win-ning choirs. Under Dr. Lambert’s direction,Langley choirs have consistently receivedsuperior ratings at district assessments andhave earned top scores at Heritage MusicFestivals around the country. The choirs willattend the 2015 Heritage Music Festival inSan Antonio in March.

The Langley High Madrigals were joined by the Langley Women’s Chamber Choir in presenting the school’sannual Renaissance Feaste on Dec. 5 and 6 at the Capital Church in Vienna.

Langley High Choirs Complete Fall/Winter SeasonPhotos by Abigail Kreutzer


520daysIt took a court order and 520 days afterFairfax County police officer Adam D.Torres shot and killed John Geer ofSpringfield for basic information aboutwhat happened that day to be released.The public now knows what investigatorslearned on the same day Geer died, Aug.29, 2013, that at least five witnessesincluding the police officer actually talk-ing to Geer at the instant he was shot,disputed Torres’s version of events. Torressaid Geer suddenly dropped his hands tohis waist; none of the other witnesses sawGeer’s hands move below his head.

Opinion

After waiting 17 months for any in-formation about the investigationinto the shooting death of JohnGeer, the information released last

week is deeply troubling.Fairfax County Police officer Adam D. Torres

shot and killed John Geer of Springfield insidethe doorway of his own home in Springfieldon Aug. 29, 2013. Police were calledto Geer’s home following Geer’s argu-ment with his longtime partner. Policespoke with him for more than half anhour while he stood in his doorway, unarmed,with his hands raised and resting on the frame.As he began to lower his hands, by all accountsstill at shoulder level, he was shot in the chestand died in his house without receiving medi-cal attention.

It took more than 16 months, a $12 millioncivil suit by Geer’s family and a court order toget the first tiny bit of information on the shoot-ing, which came earlier this month when po-lice named the officer who fired the shot thatkilled Geer.

On Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, in response to acourt order, Fairfax County released more than10,000 pages of documents about the shoot-ing and the investigation.

We now know that investigators learned on

the same day Geer died, Aug. 29,2013, that at least five witnessesincluding the police officer actuallytalking to Geer at the instant he wasshot, disputed Torres’s version ofevents. Torres said Geer suddenlydropped his hands to his waist; noneof the other witnesses saw Geer’s

hands move below his head.On the day of the shoot-

ing, investigators and pros-ecutors had compelling in-

formation to take to a grand jury.Instead, after a long period of si-lence, obstruction and obfuscation,the investigation was turned overto the Justice Department, wherethere is no timetable for resolution(and no adequate explanation forpunting the investigation to the feds).

Without the Geer family lawsuit and thecourt order to turn over documents as part ofdiscovery, the public might never know whatreally happened that day.

The question of accountability for what hap-pened remains.

As we have said many times, the problemgoes beyond Fairfax County, and beyond po-lice shootings.

Police officials in Fairfax, Arlington and Al-exandria have adopted what they call a “blan-ket” approach to using their exemption. Thatmeans they have decided to withhold any docu-ment they can without any analysis of whetherthey should.

It’s past time for change.

— Mary Kimm

[email protected]

Everything about this case erodes publictrust and demonstrates police departmentsshould not be allowed to apply “blanket”exemptions to release of information.

No Justification for Secrecy,Delay on Geer Shooting

Editorial

Dear Delegate:Many of you know our story

well. We are the parents of Mor-gan Harrington. Morgan, a studentat Virginia Tech, went to a rockconcert in Charlottesville in 2009and never came home. Her re-mains were found 100 days later.

We’ve made it our life’s work inhonor of Morgan to support vic-tims of sexual assaults and to makesure that all students are safe onour college campuses – even ifthey’re just visiting.

That’s why we’re asking for yoursupport of HB 1343, a bipartisanbill by Delegate Eileen Filler-Cornand Chief Co-Patron Dave Albo.

Once a victim reports a sexualassault to campus and/or local lawenforcement, HB 1343 calls for thelocal Commonwealth’s Attorney tobe notified within 48 hours of thereported incident.

We agree with Del. Filler-Cornwho said: “By passing this bill, wecan show victims that we will not

tolerate sexual assault on campus.We can show them they can havefaith in our justice system.”

Chairman Albo has said that this“bill ensures that allegations ofsexual assaults on college cam-puses will receive the same levelof attention by police and prosecu-tors that off campus sexual as-saults receive. This bill strength-ens our justice system and encour-ages collaboration between vic-tims, college staff, police and pros-ecutors.”

The reality is that too oftensexual assaults aren’t reported tothe police.

A December report by the U.S.Justice Department found that80% of students do not report rapeand sexual assaults to the police.

That same report also found thatfewer than one in five female stu-dent victims received assistancefrom a victim services agency.

This is where HB 1343 can makea difference.

HB 1343 works to restore victims’faith in the justice system and toshow that they will be heard andsupported. The bill expedites inves-tigation of the case once reportedto campus law enforcement, whileensuring the proper course of ac-tion, due process and any neces-sary legal filings are completed.

It also lets each Commonwealth’sAttorney’s Office Victim/Witnessprogram get involved early on inthe investigation, which helps pro-vide counseling and can help edu-cate a victim about her or his op-tions going forward with a crimi-nal prosecution.

Supporters of the bill include:Michael R. Doucette,

Commonwealth’s Attorney forthe City of Lynchburg

Mary Gavin, City of FallsChurch Chief of Police

Stacey Kincaid, Fairfax CountySheriff

Denise Lunsford,Commonwealth’s Attorney for

Albemarle CountyTrina Murphy, Aunt of Alexis

Murphy, Help Save the Next Girlsupporters

Ray Morrogh,Commonwealth’s Attorney forFairfax County

Virginia Sheriffs Association,representing 95 sheriffs

Virginia Sexual and DomesticViolence Action Alliance

We know this bill isn’t a silverbullet when it comes to the com-plex problem of solving campussexual assaults. But it is a goodfirst step and that’s what isneeded.

Passing this bill can help usmake sure that all students aresafe on our college campuses.

We urge you to join us and sup-port passage of HB 1343.

Gil and Dan HarringtonParents of Morgan Harrington

Founders of Help Save theNext Girl

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By Marilyn Campbell

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Leslie Roberts recalls hear-ing a mother talk aboutgetting her stepson ad-mitted to a psychiatric

hospital.“Her stepson was angry and act-

ing out,” said Roberts. “She didn’tunderstand what her stepson wasdoing.”

The woman had completed amental health first aid class thatRoberts teaches. Mental HealthFirst Aid is offered by the staff ofthe Fairfax-Falls Church Commu-nity Services Board Wellness andHealth Promotion. The goal of theclass is to offer insight into mentalillness and teach strategies for in-tervention.

“She was grateful that the classhad taught her what those signsand symptoms were,” said Leslie.“Before the class she thought hewas being a problem teenager. Af-ter the class she understood thathe was suffering from depression,and his behavior had a lot moremeaning.”

That is the goal of the eight-hour

certification class, which is taughtin both English and Spanish. Stu-dents learn the warning signs ofsuch mental illnesses as depres-sion, anxiety, trauma, psychosis,substance use disorders and self-injury. They also get a five-step ac-tion plan to help the individual incrisis connect with appropriate pro-fessional care.

“Students learn specific behav-iors or comments that individualswill make,” said Roberts, who is aWellness and Health Promotions

Supervisor. “Such as, ‘Things arenever going to get better. I feel likeI’ll always be sad. What’s thepoint?’”

“They get background and sta-tistics on these illnesses, as well asa basic understanding of risk fac-tors, signs and symptoms,” addedJamie MacDonald, wellness healthpromotion and prevention man-ager.

There is a standard curriculumand class instructors must be cer-tified to teach it. The class is typi-

cally taught on two separate days.“We offer an open enrollment classfor adults once each month,” saidMacDonald. “It’s a ‘come one, comeall.’ Anyone from Fairfax Countycan sign up.”

Students learn to assess for sui-cide or harm, listen non-judgmentally, give information andassurance, encourage appropriateprofessional help and self-help, andother strategies.

“We use the acronym ALGEE,which is the first letter of each skillthe students learn,” saidMacDonald. “Then they get skillsaround how to approach someonewho might be showing early signsof a mental illness or how to rec-ognize when someone is in a men-tal health crisis.” After the class,students take a test. If they pass,they are certified for three years.

“There is a lot of repetition andpractice. There are live simulationsand scenarios where small groupswill practice what they learn,” saidMacDonald. “We try to gear theirminds toward, ‘What will I dowhen I’m experiencing a mentalhealth crisis? How will I support

someone like a colleague, friendand even a stranger?’”

The re-enactment scenarios alsohelp set limits. “We make their roleclear,” said MacDonald. “You’re amental health first aider when youget your certification, you’re not amental health crusader. You’re nottrained to provide treatment, coun-seling, or make a diagnosis. Thatis pounded into their heads.”

Safety is another aspect of thetraining. “Students are taught todecide if a situation is safe for themto enter and whether or not theyhave time. If they start providingassistance, do they have time tofinish it,” asked MacDonald. “Be-ing clear, careful and thinkingthrough what steps they want totake is important. In a crisis, theyhave to decide: ‘Do I want to stepin or will I be in over my head? DoI need to grab my phone and callsomeone else? Your first and bestaction might be a call to 911.”

For information on schedule ofclasses, visitwww.fair faxcounty.gov/csb/events/menta l -hea l th - f i r s t -aid.htm.

County offers program to offer insight into mentalillness and teach strategies for intervention.Mental Health First Aid

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Jamie MacDonald and Leslie Roberts of the Fairfax-FallsChurch Community Services Board Wellness and HealthPromotion teach a Mental Health First Aid class.

By Marilyn Campbell

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Dental hygiene should starteven before a baby’s firsttooth emerges. That is

one of the messages that dentalprofessionals are hoping to conveythis month.

February is designated NationalChildren’s Dental Health Month,organized by the American DentalAssociation, along with the ADAFoundation, to raise awarenessabout the benefits of good oralhealth for children. Dental profes-sionals stress children should brushfor two minutes twice per day, flossand rinse daily, eat healthy meals,limit snacks and visit the dentistregularly.

“To get babies comfortable withoral hygiene, begin cleaning thebaby’s mouth by wiping the gumsand tongue with a moist washclothor gauze shortly after birth untilteeth erupt into the mouth,” saidJeanne Yang, DDS, a public healthdentist at the Joseph WillardHealth Center’s dental clinic in theCity of Fairfax. “It is recommendedthat parents bring children to theirfirst dentist appointment prefer-ably within 6 months of when thefirst tooth appears, but no laterthan their first birthday. And, al-ways, always, always use a softtoothbrush, whether you are 1 or100. A soft toothbrush should beused by all ages.”

Local health departments wantthe public to know that a child’sdental care need not depend on afamily’s ability to afford such ser-vices. Many Northern Virginia den-tal clinics offer free or low-costdental examinations, cleanings,fluoride applications, restorativeservices including fillings and evenlimited oral surgeries.

“We have three children’s dentalclinics in Fairfax County,” said TinaDale of the Fairfax County HealthDepartment. The county’s clinicsare in Mount Vernon, Fairfax andReston. “Our dental program is justfor children. Their family’s incomehas to be at a level where they meetMedicaid criteria.”

The Northern Virginia DentalSociety is also hosting a “Give aKids a Smile Project” on Saturday,Feb. 6 at the Northern VirginiaCommunity College (NOVA) Medi-

cal Education Campus in Spring-field. The project will join dentistsand dental hygiene students fromNOVA with other community vol-unteers to offer dental services tounderserved children, includingpreschool students in ArlingtonCounty’s Head Start program.

“A huge number of children havedental disease earlier and earlier,”said Kathy A. Thompson of North-ern Virginia Community College.“This is an opportunity to get themexcited about dental care and givethem information on how to takecare of their teeth, and introducethem to what it’s like to go the den-tist.”

The slogan for the 2015 cam-paign is “Defeat Monster Mouth.”It’s plastered on posters that depictdental superheroes fighting to de-feat “Plaqster the Monster” forgood oral health. Dental providersare hoping to teach children andparents about the timing of a firstdental visit, how to brush and flossproperly, the effect of thumb suck-ing on teeth and the importance ofregular dental examinations. Al-though the observance is a monthlong, health department officialskeep up the effort year-round.

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FRIDAY/JAN. 30 - SATURDAY/FEB. 15“13: A Hilarious Coming-of-Age

Musical.” The Alden, 1234Ingleside Avenue, McLean. The showchronicles the story of EvanGoldman, a New York City boy whoselife is on the cusp of teen-hood. Evanfinds himself dealing with a divorce,trying to fit in with the cool kids at anew school in an Indiana town, andone other major event ... hisimpending Bar Mitzvah. The MCPproduction of “13” includes aseasoned, yet all adolescent cast of17 between the ages of 12-16.Selected through an open audition,the cast members include studentsfrom Northern Virginia schools suchas Langley High School, McLean HighSchool, Frost Middle School,Longfellow Middle School, RachelCarson Middle School, ThoreauMiddle School, Spring HillElementary School Our SaviorLutheran and the MetropolitanSchool of the Arts.Tickets: $23-$25.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY/MARCH 11Ice Skating at Tysons Corner

Center. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. -9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. - 11p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.TysonsCorner Outdoor Center, 1961 ChainBridge Road, Tysons. Adults,$10;Child/Senior/Military, $9; SkateRental, $6; Group of 10+, $12 andincludes skates

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/FEB.7-8“Be My Baby.” 8 p.m. Vienna

Community Center, 120 CherryStreet, Vienna. Be My Baby is aromantic comedy that tells the storyof John, an irascible Scotsman andan uptight English woman, Maud,

and how they’re brought togetherwhen his ward marries her niece andthe young couple decides to adopt anewborn baby. The older couple hasto travel to California to pick up thechild and bring her home to Scotlandbut John and Maud despise eachother. While in California, they learnsome startling lessons about life andlove. Tickets: 14.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY/FEB. 4-5International Guitar Night. 8 p.m.

Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.A night of international guitarvirtuosos featuring poetic lyricist(Gore), Grammy-winning classicalguitarist (York), jazz master(Figueiredo), and steel string prodigy(Jamal). Tickets: $25-$27.

FRIDAY/FEB. 6Decades Party. 7-10 p.m. Old

Firehouse Teen Center, 1440 ChainBridge Road, McLean. $5 member/$10 all others.

Chamber Music At The Barns: TheMontrose Trio.

8 p.m. Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road,Vienna. Accomplished soloists andchamber musicians Jon KimuraPaker, Martin Beaver, and CliveGreensmith join forces to create anew piano trio. Tickets $35.

SATURDAY/FEB. 78th Annual McLean Jewelry

Showcase. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAvenue, McLean. Jewelry lovers andothers can meet more than 30carefully selected designers andartisans for a special day of shopping.Admission: $3.

Cars and Coffee. 7 a.m. Katie’s Coffee

House, 760 Walker Road, Great Falls.Early on Saturday mornings you’llfind an amazing gathering of coolcars - antique, custom, hotrods,exotic, sports cars, they’re all here.

Great Falls Farmers Market. 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Old Schoolhouse, 9812Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Thehistory of the Old Schoolhouse ondisplay on Saturdays at the GreatFalls Historical Society table throughmid-February.

General Admission Dance:BeauSoleil Avec MichaelDoucet. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap, 1635Trap Road, Vienna. Let by fiddlerMichael Coucet, this Grammy-winning ensemble combines zydeco,Caribbean calypso, and traditionalLouisiana folk music for an irrisistibleCajun mix. Tickets $27.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 11Mardi Gras Bunco Night. 7-9 p.m.

Vienna Art Center, 115 PleasantStreet, NW, Vienna. No experiencenecessary, and everyone will takehome a prize. Seating is limited, soplease call to purchase a ticket for$22. 703-319-3971.

THURSDAY/FEB. 12Acrylic Painting Demonstration.

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Watch an byaward-winning Vienna artist BobMagnesen, who captures vibrantscenes with the use of surprisingcolors. Free and open to the public.

FRIDAY/FEB. 13Climate Action Movie Night. 7:30

p.m. Unity of Fairfax, 2854 HunterMill Rd, Oakton. Join the Faith

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Alliance for Climate Solutions’ screeningof “Thomas Berry: The Great Story”.As a pioneer in the field of spiritualecology, Thomas Berry created aquiet revolution. Discussion willfollow the film. Free. http://www.faithforclimate.org; 571-882-9312.

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Great Falls Farmers Market. 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Old Schoolhouse, 9812Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Thehistory of the Old Schoolhouse ondisplay on Saturdays at the GreatFalls Historical Society table throughmid-February.

Concert: Solas. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap,1635 Trap Road, Vienna. Hailed bythe Washington Post as “one of theworld’s finest Celtic-folk ensembles,this quintet’s diverse repertoireincludes innovative original songs aswell as Irish classics. Tickets $25-28.

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A Great Falls tradition entered its 27th year on Sun-day, Feb. 1, when The Old Brogue hosted the first ofsix Sunday concerts in its annual Winter Celtic Con-cert Series. Maggie Sansone (of Maggie’s Music, aMaryland-based music company distributing musicalbums by Celtic musicians throughout the U.S. andCanada), Andrea Hoag, Sharon Knowles and PatrickEgan offered a variety of Irish and Scottish music.

The Celtic concerts continue each Sunday throughMarch 8, with performances at 4 and 6 p.m. Up-coming concerts feature Beth Patterson (Feb. 8); AlPetteway & Amy White (Feb. 15); Robin Bullock(Feb. 22); IONA (Mar.1); and Ayreheart (Mar. 8).Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for children, andcan be purchased online at www.instantseats.com/

events/oldbrogue. The Brogue’s usual assortmentof food and drink are available during the concerts,which are held in front of the fireplace in the warmand inviting Snuggery Dining Room. An extra 8 p.m.performance may be added if the first two showssell out.

Many of the concerts offer a little different take onCeltic music than one usually hears in an Irish bar:Sunday’s concert, for example, featured music on ahammered dulcimer and a Celtic harp as well as themore familiar fiddle and guitar. Information on up-coming performances can be found atwww.ionamusic.com/brogue.shtml.

— Patrick Korten

Winter Celtic Concerts Return to The Old Brogue

On Sunday,Feb. 1, The OldBrogue hostedthe first of sixSunday con-certs in itsannual WinterCeltic ConcertSeries.

Photo by Patrick Korten

Perhaps you have seen Virginia native DeniseHicks, founder of Postmodern Foods, at theGreat Falls Community Farmers Market orat one of the other popular markets around

the D.C. Metro region. Offering a variety of organicand freshly-made cold pressed juices, fruit and veg-etable smoothies, salads, entrees, and desserts, herfocus has been to promote a healthy lifestyle withthe mantra “more plants, more often.”

Farmers Market manager, Kathleen Murphy, said,“When Denise applied to join in the Great Falls Farm-ers Market, we had no idea whether her raw organicofferings would be of interest to Great Falls residents,but Denise suspected that Great Falls would be thebest demographic for her offering.

From the very first week, Denise’s clients have builtsteadily, week to week, over her entire two years atour market. Denise continues her presence at themarket on Saturdays, but has the distinct honor ofbeing the first local vendor to graduate to a store-front - right next to The Old Brogue. We applaud hersuccess and are proud to have a farmers market‘graduate’ serving our local residents all week long.You may “support” Denise’s Postmodern Foods, opendaily from 8 am to 4 pm, except Tuesdays and Satur-days.”

The location officially opened on New Year’s Eve,about a month ago, and is already open 5 days aweek, but the grand opening celebration will be held

Postmodern Foods finds amore permanent home inGreat Falls.

this spring, exact date to be announced via newslet-ter; to sign up visit www.postmodernfoods.com. Formore information and questions — including inter-est in partnership opportunities —contact:[email protected].

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Denise Hicks, owner (center) is holding aTurmeric Juice, pictured with team mem-bers Meredith Wells (left) and SummerSmith Simon (right).


Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

McLean gymnast Lizzy Brown-Kaiser dismounted from theuneven bars, stuck the land-ing and celebrated with a

smile toward head coach Courtney Lesson.During Monday’s ultra-competitive Con-

ference 6 championship meet, which oneof the region’s top teams was guaranteedto leave empty handed, Brown-Kaiser kepther cool and came up clutch, placing in thetop eight in three of four events.

AT THE CONCLUSION of the meet,Brown-Kaiser celebrated by hugging a team-mate, reacting when Washington-Lee wasannounced as runner-up, meaning McLeancaptured its fourth consecutive Liberty Dis-trict/Conference 6 championship. The High-landers held off W-L and Yorktown in atightly-contested three-team battle.

McLean earned the title with a score of143. W-L finished runner-up and earned theconference’s second and final regional berthwith a score of 142.225. Yorktown, a tal-ented team that performed well at timesduring the regular season, produced a scoreof 141, leaving the Patriots on the outsidelooking in at the 6A North region champi-onship meet, scheduled for Feb. 11 at LakeBraddock Secondary School.

“It’s a really great feeling because this is

our senior year and there was a lot of pres-sure to keep our conference championshiptitle [streak],” Brown-Kaiser said, “so it feelsgreat to fulfill that.”

Fellow senior Jacqueline Green said: “It’sgreat to do it for the fourth year in a row.”

Green placed second in the all-aroundwith a total score of 36.625. She tied forthird on vault (9.6), placed fourth on bars(9), finished fifth on floor (9.125) and tiedfor sixth on beam (8.9).

Brown-Kaiser placed third in the all-around (36.425). She placed third on bars(9.225), tied for third on vault (9.6), tiedfor seventh on floor (8.8) and tied for ninthon beam (8.8).

Both qualified for regionals in the all-around.

“They did good,” Lesson said of McLean’ssenior duo. “They hit three of four routines— they both had a fall on beam. We stillhave a couple more meets to go, so hope-fully they’ll get better.”

McLean’s Calista Pardue (fourth, 8.95)and Jennie Korb (sixth, 8.9) both qualifiedfor regionals on beam (top eight or 9.0).Carolyn Brown-Kaiser finished sixth onvault (9.45). Mathilde Larose tied for ninthon vault with a score of 9.15.

Washington-Lee senior Sophie Hatcherwon the all-around with a score of 37.625.

“It feels so good because at all my other

meets, I didn’t ever hit all four [events] — Ialways had some mistake — but today I hitall four and I’m really happy. This is the bestmeet I’ve ever had in all my four years ofhigh school.”

MCLEAN SETS ITS SIGHTS on regionals,where the Highlanders have finished run-ner-up to Washington-Lee each of the lastthree seasons. Last year, McLean went onto finish second in the state.

“They’ve beaten us the past few years atregionals,” Green said, “so we hope to comeback this year and take it.”

Fairfax senior Rachel Barborek, the de-fending 2014 conference all-around cham-pion, placed fourth with a score of 36.250.Other gymnasts who earned regional berthsin the all-around include: W-L’s AnnieHatcher (36.2), Yorktown’s JulietteMitrovich (35.85), Yorktown’s Bella Kane(35.725) and Hayfield’s Molly Overstreet(35.675)

Overstreet, a two-time state champion,won the conference bars title (9.5).Barborek won the beam (9.425) champi-onship. Hatcher won vault (9.75) and floor(9.575) championships.

Mitrovich said qualifying for regionals asan all-around will only slightly numb thedisappointment of not qualifying as a team.

“It [helps] a little bit,” Mitrovich said, “butit would have been nice to make it becausewe’ve beaten W-L almost all year and theyjust had a good meet this one time and wedidn’t get to make it, but it is what it is.”

Fairfax finished fourth as a team with ascore of 125.275, followed by Hayfield(121.1), South Lakes (115.125), Madison(108.7) and Langley (81.3).

McLean Gymnastics Wins 4th Straight District/Conference TitleGreen placessecond in all-around,Brown-Kaiser third.

“It’s a really great feelingbecause this is our senioryear and there was a lotof pressure to keep ourconferencechampionship title[streak], so it feels greatto fulfill that.”— McLean senior Lizzy Brown-Kaiser

McLean posted a meet-bestteam vault score of 37.8 during

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Multiple event victories bysophomore Devyn Jones anddomination of the relays, led

the South Lakes High School indoortrack teams to Liberty Conference cham-pionships in both the boys and girls di-visions Thursday, Jan. 30 at the PrinceGeorge’s County Sports and LearningComplex Landover, Md.

SLHS girls team scored 147 points forits fourth consecutive title. James Madi-son was second with 86 while Langleyand McLean tied for third with 54.50points each. The Seahawks boys teamwon its seventh consecutive title, mass-ing 195 points with McLean second (68)and James Madison and Washington-Leetied at third (48).

Jones teamed with fellow sophomoreJessica Lister, junior Golden Kumi-

led a SLHS sweep of the girls 55 meterhurdles, winning the event in 8.85. SeniorsMaya Rodriguez (9.44) and Nieusma (9.88)finished second and third, respectively,Jones also won the long jump (16-08.50).

Senior Comfort Reed, who finished thirdin the long jump (16-03.50) won the triplejump with a leap of 34-11.25. Reed andseniors Ozioma Chinaka, Samantha Webband sophomore Nikayla Hoyte finished thirdin the girls 4x200 meter relay (1:48.83).Chinaka also finished third in the pole vault(8-03.00).

Senior Delaney Wickman finished secondin both the 300 meters (41.96) and 500meters (1:18.52). Kumi-Darfour was thirdin the 1,000 meters (3:07.82).

SLHS juniors, led by Eric Kirlew, domi-nated the boys triple jump. Kirlew won theevent with a jump of 44-06.50. SkanderBallard was second (41-08.75), Anas Fainfinished third (41-06.00) and Alex Rudisontook fourth (39-10.00). Kirlew also led theSLHS boys’ long jumpers on Day 1 with awinning distance of 19-10.00. Ballard wassecond (19-06.00) and Fain finished third(19.-05.00). Fain also contributed to theboys’ championship finishing tied for sec-ond in the high jump (5-11) and winning

the 55 meter hurdles in 7.94 on Day 1.Kirlew, third in the 55 meters (6.84),

sophomore Timiebi Ogobri, who was sec-ond (6.68) on the first day of competi-tion, teamed with Ballard and Rudisonon Day 2 to win the boys 4x200 relay in1:35.66.

The 4x400 team of senior Sam Arpee,juniors John LeBerre, Nikolai Waithe andBallard won the event in 3:35.59. Arpeealso won the 500 meters in 1:08.81 andWaithe was second 1:09.58 in that event.In the 300 meters, Ballard finished sec-ond (36.73), Arpee was third (37.21)and Waithe finished fourth (38.21).

vSophomores John Swecker, AshtonReinhold, juniors Connor Smith andLeBerre finished second in the 4x800meter relay (8:33.16) .

vFreshman Olivia Beckner, Kumi-Darfour, junior Monica Lannen and se-nior Augusta Durham were third in thatevent with a 10:00.09.

The top six finishers in each event andthe top three relays advance to the North-ern 6A Regional Championship Feb. 19at the Prince George’s County Sports andLearning Complex in Landover, Md.

South Lakes Wins Conference ChampionshipBoth boys and girlswin indoor track andfield Liberty Confer-ence championship.

South Lakes High School’s 4x400girls relay team, from left: DevynJones, Claire Nieusma, JessicaLister and Golden Kumi-Darfour.

Darfour and senior Claire Nieusma in win-ning the girls 4x400 relay in 4:09.63. Jonesfinished fourth in the triple jump (33-07.00)and sixth in the 500 meters (1:23.64). OnDay 1 of the championship (Jan. 22), she

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Presumably, maybe even obviously,nearly six years into a “terminal” diag-nosis, arrangements for a smooth transi-tion of power should have been madealready. But they haven’t. Not being aparent, and with no real extenuating-type circumstances to consider, despitethe rather precarious existence in whichI find myself I’ve never felt stronglyabout taking the steps necessary toarrange for a future which didn’tinvolve yours truly.

Selfish, stupid, stubborn or any num-ber of other characterizations whichdon’t begin with the letter “s,” I’venever put down anywhere on paper –literally or figuratively – what would, inthe event of my death, need to happen,how any of it should happen, and/orwhy it would even happen. So far, asconcerns my wife, Dina, should I in factpredecease her, I’ve pretty much left itto happenstance. Moreover, given herinterests, it seems unfair of me to notassist her somehow in a post-Kennyworld.

Still, I’ve always felt that doing so,however prudent and practical – andconsiderate – was bad luck, sort of; aversion of negative reinforcement. Bynot thinking of death/planning for it,somehow I was preventing its occur-rence, dare I say (given my original “13-month-to-two-year prognosis”), itsinevitability. And though I don’t specifi-cally know why this uneasy feeling hasmanifested itself of late (I’ve notreceived any discouraging medicalnews of late), it has; and ignoring theconsequences of my continuing neglectseems ill-advised.

In addition, throughout this cancerexperience, it has been suggested thatmanaging stress (among otheranecdotal-type advisories: keeping apositive attitude, maintaining a sense ofhumor, being a compliant patient)would be beneficial in the short,medium and long term battle royal thatall cancer patients endure. But diagno-sis- to-date, I’ve not addressed this moststressful, what-to-do/what-needs-to-be-done problem. And though a properlyexecuted will would certainly be a start,it would not be a finish. There are moremundane instructions and organiza-tional details, tedious as they me be,which would likely drastically reduce alevel of stress which unbeknownst tome and my conscious, has probablyinvaded my subconscious, with predict-able effect. I don’t imagine solving thisproblem would put a bounce in mystep; however, it would definitely elimi-nate a potential drag on my coefficient.And if my life is going to be lived, theless drag on it, the better.

Whatever I can do to lighten theload should be priority number one. Idon’t want to be spinning my emotionalwheels over here. Cancer imposesenough pressure externally; I don’tneed to add to it internally.

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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Langley PyramidHelps StopHunger Now

For the fourth year in a row, Langley pyra-mid schools are raising money for the StopHunger Now. This year the goal is to raise$25,000, which is enough money to pur-chase 100,000 meals for school age chil-dren. To contribute to this fundraising ef-fort, visit Stop Hunger Now at http://e v e n t s . s t o p h u n g e r n o w . o r g /LangleyPyramid2015. Each 25¢ raised = 1meal. All proceeds will be used to purchasemeals which the community will then packon Saturday, Feb. 7, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30p.m. at Colvin Run Elementary. Approxi-mately 450 volunteers (150 people per ses-sion) are scheduled to pack meals that day.The Langley pyramid students donated over$10,000 which will purchase over 40,000meals. Anyone interested to donate onlinetowards the collective goal of 100,000meals is encouraged to do so. Stop HungerNow will use the money raised to purchasethe meals for the event.

Supporting CIAOfficers MemorialFoundation

This month’s Military Appreciation Mon-day event is on Feb. 16 in support of theCIA Officers Memorial Foundation. Makeyour reservation early for either the 5:30or 7:30 seating at The Old Brogue by call-ing 703-759-3309. Visit: CIA Officers Me-morial Foundation to learn more about thisorganization and the help it provides toAgency families.

Last month the event for the Navy SEALFoundation raised a little over $7,000.

For those unfamiliar with the MAMevents, you simply come enjoy a dinner atthe Old Brogue in Great Falls, The Brogue,Bob Nelson of Keller Williams Realty andco-sponsors each make a contribution to thefoundation based on 10 percent of what-

ever you spend. Door prize entries are alsosold as a means of raising additional funds.

RegistrationOpens forGreat Falls Softball

Online registration for Great FallsSoftball’s spring season is open. Tryouts areSaturday, March 7 at Diamond Sports Train-ing in Sterling. The season begins April 13.Register at www.gflittleleague.org. Registernow, as registration fees begin to escalateon Feb. 1.

Terri ParentExhibits at Katie’sCoffee House

Fine art photographer Terri Parent willexhibit “Earth’s Bounty” at Katie’s CoffeeHouse, Feb. 1- 28. Katie’s Coffee House islocated at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, andis open Monday-Friday 6 a.m.- 3 p.m.; Sat-urday and Sunday 7 a.m.- 2 p.m. Parent’swork is on permanent display at The Art-ists’ Atelier, 1144 Walker Road, Great Falls,and can be viewed atwww.terriparentphotography.com.

Langley Crew ‘Boatsand Oars’ Fundraiser

On Saturday, Feb. 21, crew team mem-bers from Langley High School will partici-pate in their “Boats and Oars” fundraisingeffort throughout neighborhoods in McLeanand Great Falls. Each year, the Langley HighSchool Crew Team asks the larger commu-nity for financial support. Donations to Lan-gley Crew (LCBC) are tax deductible.

And the team invites you to come see aregatta or two in the spring. Regattas areheld Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. from March21 until May 9 (no regatta on April 4) onthe Occoquan at Sandy Run Regional Park,10450 Van Thompson Road, Fairfax Station.

Week in Great Falls

Vital Theatre’s “Pinkalicious,” a mu-sical adaptation of the book byVictoria and Elizabeth Kann, will

come to The Alden in McLean for a singleperformance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14.Tickets are $20 for the general public and$15 for McLean tax district residents. TheAlden is located inside the McLean Com-munity Center, which is located at 1234Ingleside Avenue.

The show’s main character, youngPinkalicious, can’t stop eating pink cupcakesdespite warnings from her parents. Her pinkindulgence lands her at the doctor’s officewith “Pinkititis,” an affliction that turns herpink from head to toe—a dream come truefor this pink-loving enthusiast. But when herhue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can fig-ure out a way to get out of this predica-ment. The production is appropriate forchildren ages 4 and older.

Tickets are on sale now. For more infor-

mation or to purchase tickets online, visit:www.aldentheatre.org or call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711.

Vital Theatre’s ‘Pinkalicious’ at The Alden Feb. 14

Vital Theatre’s “Pinkalicious”comes to The Alden in McLean fora single performance at 2 p.m. onSaturday, Feb. 14.

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