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Three-year-oldCalliope Willisshows off her favor-ite “book of themoment.” Hergrandmother, DotGreen, says Calliopeloves books. Thatone is in the chew-able bookcase (sinceher 9-month-oldsister Thalia likes tochew everything),and the good booksare over on the wall.

Three-year-oldCalliope Willisshows off her favor-ite “book of themoment.” Hergrandmother, DotGreen, says Calliopeloves books. Thatone is in the chew-able bookcase (sinceher 9-month-oldsister Thalia likes tochew everything),and the good booksare over on the wall.

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By Eden Brown

The Connection

Chip Benjamin came to the happyhour at Pete’s Pizza in Clarendonon Jan. 20, because he was think-

ing of walking the 5K in honor of his friend,Judie Armington, who died of ovarian can-cer this past year. He had heard about Ar-lington Thrive at the First PresbyterianChurch in Ballston, and arrived somewhatundecided, as the first snow of the yearstarted falling. “I think I’m going to walkthe race,” he said tentatively.

Several in the small crowd came up toshake his hand and congratulate him on hiseffort: Benjamin was only 15 minutes intothe happy hour when he realized there wasno way he was not going to run or walkafter all the comments about how great therace was.

And then, he won the door prize of a freethree-month membership at theSport&Health fitness club in Ballston.

Cecelia Gallegos was concerned: Wouldthey let her walk part of the race if shecouldn’t run 5K?

“Of course”, said John Morrill, “I walkedit last year.” He enjoyed it so much he’s backto run it this year.

Matt Cunningham came back; he startedout doing the ten miler last year but at sixmiles, he decided he wasn’t ready. He didthe 5K and will try for a longer distance

this year. There is no pressure to do betterthan that, said Jill Barker. It’s not aboutwinning, it’s about Arlington Thrive andmaking friends. Some of those who cameto the happy hour are celebrating their 10thrun with Arlington Thrive. They were show-ing that same dedication on Thursday night— being in Clarendon past 7 p.m. meantsome of them took more than five hours toget back home on the slippery roads.

The registration dates have changed dueto the snowstorm. The informational meet-ings for new runners will be Thursday, Feb.4 at 7 p.m,. First Presbyterian Church, Rm.103. New runners are required to attend.The 10 Mile training will take place Satur-day mornings at 9 a.m. starting Saturday,Feb. 6 through April 16, and the 5K train-ing will take place Saturday mornings at 9a.m. from Feb. 27 through April 16.

Thrive posts updatedregistration and clinicdates due to snow

Braving Slippery Streets to Run or Walk

Chip Benjamin and Shandra Niswander at Pete’s Pizzaduring the Happy Hour.

John Morrill (left) and Jeff Myers, the 5K coach.

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lumbia Department of Transportation iscontributing $35,000 to the study, $5,000less than Arlington, and a major stickingpoint for a County Board already rootingthrough potential controversies. Thoughoverall Washington contributors make uptwice as much of the project’s costs as Ar-lington contributors, County Board mem-bers were concerned with the symbolismof the only other government at the tablepaying less than the County Board would.

“I am very concerned that the District,which from a transportation perspectivewould solve a lot of problems, yet when youlook at the jurisdictional split they’re play-ing less than Arlington. I don’t understandthat math,” said County Board MemberChristian Dorsey. “It’s worth less to themthan to Arlington?”

Joe Sternlieb, president of theGeorgetown Business Improvement District,said it had started with an even 50-50 con-tribution request on either side of the river.

“It was taking so long that we put in moremoney on our side,” said Sternlieb. “I don’tthink it’s a productive conversation to ar-gue about $5,000. They’re committed to this.... We have 50,000 cars going over the KeyBridge every day, and it’s in everyone’s in-

terests to reduce that.”“We don’t dispute that at all,” said Dorsey,

“but you have to recognize that constitu-ents may look at that a little bit differently,and we represent them as well.”

Victor Hoskins, Arlington Economic De-velopment director, also emphasized thatthe benefits of the gondola would be sym-biotic rather than competitive. In particu-lar, Hoskins noted that Arlington Cemeteryand the Marine Corp Memorial, the county’stwo largest touristattractions, are lo-cated in Rosslyn.

“The easier it isto get there, thebetter it will be forArlington,” saidHoskins, “anythingthat can lower thebarrier of move-ment will benefitboth.”

Ultimately, it wasM a r y - C l a i r eBurick, executivedirector of the Rosslyn BID, who helped theCounty Board haggle down to a $35,000contribution. Burick said the project wasimportant enough to the business commu-nity that they would be willing to cover thatextra $5,000 cost to put the Washington andArlington governments on an even footing.

“We had the very same concerns whenwe were first approached, but after hear-ing other partners doing this and lookingat other projects in United States andabroad, it seemed to make more sense,” saidBurick. “My hope is that Arlington Countyhas that seat at the table.”

For some on the County Board, it wasBurick’s pledge that sealed the approval ofthe study.

“I started out really skeptical,” saidCounty Board Chair Libby Garvey. “I am stillpretty skeptical, but I want to have an openmind. It means a lot that the business com-munity really stepped up.”

Chris Slatt, chair of Arlington’s Transpor-tation Commission, shared the hopes andmisgivings his group expressed when theproject came before them.

Georgetown BID’s renderingfor potential gondola project.

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By Vernon Miles

The Connection

It’s crazy enough that it just mightwork.

This was the logic behind aunanimous vote at the Jan. 28 County

Board meeting, when the board approvedparticipation in a feasibility study for a gon-dola doorway connection between Rosslynand Georgetown. The county will contrib-ute $35,000 as well as staff and technicalexperience to the study.

Members of the County Board remainunconvinced of the plan’s practicality, butthere’s enough potential that it merited fur-ther study.

The need for some kind of transportationimprovement isn’t in dispute. Dennis Leach,deputy director of transportation, noted thatthe Key Bridge between Rosslyn andGeorgetown is the most heavily used bikeand pedestrian sidewalk in Arlington, andthe road carries over 50,000 vehicles perday.

According to Assistant County ManagerShannon Flanagan-Watson, the study wouldconsider the cost, regulatory requirements,financing mechanisms, ridership estimates,design choices, real estate consideration,and timetables for a potential gondolaproject. The study would take approxi-mately nine to 12 months to complete.

“This is the first step to determine if thisis a feasible option,” said Flanagan-Watson.

Arlington County was initially set to con-tribute $40,000 of the study’s $205,000. Anadditional $30,000 comes from varioussources in Arlington, including $20,000from the Rosslyn Business Improvement.District.

On the Washington D.C. side, $75,000 isbeing contributed by the Georgetown Busi-ness Improvement District and $25,000 byGeorgetown University. The District of Co-

“There’s a possibility it could be a realtransportation solution,” said Slatt. “A [fea-sibility] study is the right vehicle to find out[if this] could be a real transportation op-tion. Gondolas do well when they cross riv-ers cheaply. They do well when there issteep grade to deal with. If they’re going tobe a useful transportation solution, it couldbe here… The concern is that this is a dis-traction. Taking time and energy away fromother transportation things we should befocusing on, like moving buses more quicklyand getting metro back on track.”

Though unspoken, the specter of thestreetcar loomed over the proceedings. Theexpensive transportation project, cancelledtwo years ago, sharply divided the countyand was largely responsible for breaking theuncontested democratic hold on the board.John Vihstadt, one of the County Boardmembers who’d helped defeat the street-car proposal, said he was wrestling with thereal opportunities to explore a benefit totransit, a boost to tourism, and a potentialto foster economic development against hispreconceived notions of this as a“cartoonish, Disney-like proposition.”

When the time came to vote on the study,County Board Member Jay Fisette made theinitial motion, and it was Vihstadt who sec-onded it.

“Even if thisstudy comes backand says this is fea-sible, doesn’t meanit’s fiscally respon-sible, wise, or theappropriate thingto do, but we won’tknow that until wehave the study,”said Vihstadt. “I’ma little bit skepti-cal. I’m concernedabout views to andfrom the Arlington

skyline. I’m concerned about reaction of Na-tional Park Service and National CapitalPlanning Commission, and I’m concernedabout inhibiting a boathouse on Arlingtonside of the river.”

Vihstadt wasn’t alone. Each member ofthe board expressed misgivings. For CountyBoard Member Katie Cristol, there was con-cern that the study obligated the county tolend already overstrained county staff as anin-kind contribution. But in their unanimousapproval, each of the County Board mem-bers said they believed it was at least worthconsideration.

“I have no idea if this is a good idea, butI think studying it is a good idea,” saidFisette. “Everyone that first hears it hasskepticism. But if there is to be benefit, itwill clearly be a mutual benefit.”

“While I don’t have any idea of whetherthe gondola is practical or desirable, theonly way we’re going to be able to answerthat question is if we get some data,” saidDorsey. “So I have absolutely no problemwith a feasibility study. It guarantees thatArlington has a seat at the table.”

Board approves feasibility study forRosslyn-Georgetown Gondola.

Gondola Project Gets Off the Ground

Rosslyn Skyline from the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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“Everyone that first hearsit has skepticism. But ifthere is to be benefit, it willclearly be a mutualbenefit.”

— Jay Fisette, Member, County Board

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By Shirley Ruhe

The Connection

It is Monday. That means that Mikeand Dot Green are caring for theirgranddaughters Calliope and ThaliaWillis in their home on N. 31st Street

in Arlington. Dot Green says that Calliopeat 3 is very funny and active. She has lotsof facial expressions and loves to run … “hasto run,” Mike Green interjects.

Her sister Thalia at 9-months-old enjoysputting things in her mouth to see what theyare. “She is just plain relaxed,” Dot Greensays, “rarely cries.” Part of the mix is thefive-year-old black Labrador retriever,Shadow, who allows both girls to climb allover her and pull her ears. Dot Green saysduring the last week when the grandchil-dren were home due to the storm, “The dogwas beside herself.”

On Wednesday and Thursday Mike andDot Green alternate driving to Baltimore tocare for their other two grandchildren.Catherine is six and in first grade, more in-tense. “She has always been that way,” MikeGreen says. Also she is very musical andreally enjoys activities and crafts.

David is 2-years-old, also very funny. “Heabsorbs things and then makes statements.The way he says things is practical, downto earth and it just comes out funny.” Theperson with that week’s Baltimore sched-ule spends Wednesday night in Baltimoreand the person babysitting at home is in-vited to the Arlington daughter’s home fordinner. “That’s our pay,” Mike Green says.

The Greens started caring for their grand-children almost 6 years ago when Catherinewas 6 weeks old and their daughter-in-lawLiz went back to work full-time as a geolo-gist for the Maryland Department of Envi-ronment. It was an hour and five minutesto get to their house in Baltimore and Mikeor Dot Green had to be there at 7:30 a.m.Through subsequent years schedulesevolved into a changing jigsaw puzzle asDot Green went to Baltimore Tuesday and

Wednesday and Mike Green came on Thurs-day while Liz worked four 10-hour days andtheir son did four days plus Saturday. DotGreen worked part time at Yorktown untilDecember. She and her husband did lots ofjuggling. Now it is easier since Catherine isin first grade and David is in preschool sothey don’t need to pick him up in Baltimoreuntil noon.

Dot Green says she and her husband coverfor each other when there are other activi-ties. “I go knitting on Thursday afternoons,”and Mike Green adds that he goes to thegym and serves as vice president of their

civic association.Calliope picks up a purple Magna-Tile and

adds a red one to build a square. When itfalls apart Dot Green says, “What do wedo?” Calliope answers, “We put it back to-gether.”

Calliope has just returned from her 1.5hour preschool Chinese language class. DotGreen explains that Calliope’s mother andfather had met when they were teaching inChina so their daughter feels it is impor-tant for Calliope to learn the language. Af-ter the class Dot Green and Calliope go tothe library to check out 10 books. “We al-

ways get 10,” Dot Green says, “so we canremember how many we have to return.”Then in the afternoon Calliope is allowed1-1/4 hours of TV experiences with a Chi-nese DVD or You-Tube if she wants. “I do,”Calliope pipes up. Thalia will begin Chinesewhen she is older. “They will talk to eachother in Chinese and we will be in realtrouble,” Dot Green says.

“The key to this working for all of us is tohave a working communication. We havesimilar child-raising styles as our kids andwe also talk about things. In their house inBaltimore if we have a question we ask ourgrandkids what would mom and dad do?And the grandkids are honest,” she says.“Part of the reason our kids are so recep-tive to their kids spending time with us isthat they saw the benefit of the time theyspent with their own grandparents and theywanted the same thing for their kids.”

A stuffed panda, zebra, fox and dog sitside by side on the couch. The stuffed pen-guin has a privileged place in the stroller. “Idon’t know why,” Dot Green says. Afterbreakfast of toast or dried cereal and fruit,“We play,” Mike Green says. And after lunch,“we play some more.” Sometimes they goto the park. “Arlington has great parks,” DotGreen says, “And sometimes we go to thezoo.”

Calliope sits on the floor thumbingthrough books. Calliope looks frustrated asshe points to a picture in her book and re-peats a phrase to a puzzled audience.“That’s the Chinese word for chicken,” shepronounces. Meanwhile Thalia has pulledherself up and is bouncing up and downand inching along. “If she walks you’ll seeher first step. She is ready. We’re in for it.”

Why do they do this? “There’s no betterway to get to know your grandchildren. Andwe’re lucky with our grandchildren,” DotGreen says. “Our kids in Baltimore andSouth Arlington are an hour and a half awaybut at Christmas everyone was here for fourdays together with the grandkids campedout on futons,” Mike Green says. Eventhough Thalia seldom takes naps anymore,the hand-made wooden cradle in the livingroom seems a symbol of the continuity ofthe generations. It dates back to the greatgrandparents in the late 1800s with eachgeneration sleeping in the same spot.

Juggling Grandparenting in Baltimore and ArlingtonMaking scheduleswork across thegenerations.

Mike and Dot Green care for their grandchildren in Arlington five days aweek and by dividing up duties they they also care for two grandchil-dren in Baltimore two days a week. Here Thalia plays with grandpawhile the black Labrador retriever takes a nap on grandma and Calliopemakes squares with Magna-Tiles.

Thalia Willis loves tocrawl under the table

and bump her head.She emerges on the

other side, pullsherself up and

bumps up and down,ready to take her

first step whilegrandparents Mikeand Dot Green wait

in anticipation.

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It was Tuesday, Jan. 26, two days afterthe second largest snowstorm in re-corded history hit Arlington. Jean

Philippe Beauvois, in-home physical thera-pist with LightHouse Healthcare, Inc., looksout his front door at the mounds of snow-

drifts and unplowed roads on N. DickersonStreet. He has four appointments scheduledthat day beginning at 9 a.m.

“I thought about taking my motorcycle.It is a heavy duty BMW but there wasn’tany way out. So I decided to walk,” he said.

Beauvois layered on a blue shirt, a blackvest and a jacket and pulled on his heavyduty brown boots. He tucked his notebookunder his arm and headed for his first pa-tient recovering from a stroke; the patientneeded balance exercises to reduce fallrisks. He crunched through the snow towardthe street behind Marymount University.The patient had said his curb was clean but

he didn’t know if the house was accessible.When Beauvois got close he could see thehouse but the sidewalk was piled high withdrifts. So he borrowed a snow shovel fromthe next door neighbor and shoveled hisway there. Beauvois said, “I arrived sweat-ing and I was 45 minutes late. I thought itwould be much closer.”

Beauvois’ next appointment was a coupleof miles away on N. Woodstock Street. Hisonly choice was to walk along the edge ofGlebe Road keeping an eye out for cars thatcould slip his way. His cell phone buzzed inhis pocket. It was his 18-year-old daughter

The Snowstorm Doesn’t Stop Beauvois

Before discharging a patientJean Philippe Beauvois teachesthe patient how to get up froma fall. He says a patient can doa lot to help himself.

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Washington, Virginia,and Maryland havelost roughly 2.5 per-

cent of tree canopy every decadesince 1950. According to CaseyTrees, only 35 percent of Virginiais tree canopy. Trees need advo-cates, and the TreeStewards, to-gether with Casey Trees, the ParkService, and county officials, func-tion as local advocates.

Applications are now being ac-cepted for the 2016 Class ofTreeStewards. The TreeStewardsof Arlington and Alexandria arevolunteers dedicated to improvingthe health of urban trees througheducational programs, tree plant-ing and care, demonstrations andtree maintenance throughout thecommunity. In addition to servingas volunteers, those who graduatefrom the class are better informedabout their own gardens and trees,

and become effective pruners andnative plant connoisseurs.TreeStewards help local churches,schools, temples, and parks main-tain their trees and rid the areasof invasive plants.

New volunteer training are heldTuesday evenings, through April12, with some Saturday mornings.Fun and interactive training is pro-vided by experts in tree care andcitizen advocates. Scholarships areavailable and no one will beturned away due to lack of fundsto pay the course fee.TreeStewards especially seeksschool and county staff to attend.

For more information and tocomplete an application, visit theTreeSteward website atwww.TreeStewards.org or [email protected].

— Eden Brown

TreeStewardsSeek Volunters

THURSDAY-SATURDAY/FEB. 4-6Parks, Recreation and Natural

Resources. Come to a publicmeeting to provide input on and askquestions about the changing needsfor parks, recreation, and naturalresources.

❖ Thursday/Feb. 4, 7-9:30 p.m. PublicMeeting at Langston BrownCommunity Center, 2121 N.Culpeper St.

❖ Friday/Feb. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. OpenHouse at Courthouse Plaza, 2100Clarendon Blvd.

❖ Friday/Feb. 5, 10-11 a.m. Chat withParks Director at Courthouse Plaza

❖ Friday/Feb. 5, 5-7 p.m. Happy Hour atWhitlow’s on Wilson, 2854 WilsonBlvd.

❖ Saturday/Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.Public Meeting at Arlington MillCommunity Center 909 S. DinwiddieSt.

Visit http://parks.arlingtonva.us/2016/01/pops-a-plan-for-our-places-and-spaces/ for more.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/FEB. 5-6Mastermind Event for Small

Business Owners. Join 14 otherbusiness owners for a one-dayworkgroup at a home in Arlingtonled by Nancy Becher of BusinessSuccess Unlimited. Choose either Feb5 or Feb 6. For details and toregister, email [email protected] call Nancy 269-319-6041.

SATURDAY/FEB. 6Community Meeting. 10 a.m. at

Yorktown High School, 5200Yorktown Blvd. Outcomes from thefall Lee Highway CommunityVisioning Charrette have beencompiled into a Draft CommunityVision. Everyone is invited to attenda presentation of the draft, askquestions and provide feedback. Visithttp://projects.arlingtonva.us/plans-studies/land-use/lee-highway/ formore.

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Heart Pillows for Heart MonthWoman’s Club of Arlignton is honoring Heart Month bymaking padded recovery heart pillows to be donated tothose who have had recent heart surgery. From left areSandy Newton, Vicky Gill, Kathleen Harrison and ClubPresident Anne Kauzlarich. The American HeartAssociation’s National Wear Red Day is Friday, Feb. 5.

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Starting NewYear Off GivingAndrea Morici, a member of theWoman’s Club of Arlington, knittedmore than 300 items to donate in2015: scarves, hats, baby and lapblankets. She delivered 40 hat/scarf sets to A-Span in Arlingtonrecently, just in time for the coldweather. Lamont Coleman appreci-ates his new, bright set. A-Spanstaff noted there is an ongoingneed for donations of coats forboth men and women. See www.a-span.org/.

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Hundreds of bills before this year’sGeneral Assembly session focuson “business climate,” providingincentives for businesses to lo-

cate and expand here, extending tax exemp-tions and tax credits, encouraging internationaltrade, reducing regulation and many otherapproaches perceived as pro-business.

Previous years of robust economicgrowth have been fueled by federalspending in Northern Virginia, but nowthat growth has slowed due to reducedspending on defense, homeland security andother programs.

But ideology and partisan politics have ledthis otherwise pro-business state to ignorepleas from virtually every business group inthe Commonwealth to adopt a policy thatwould result in more than $3 billion in eco-nomic activity, add more than 30,000 jobs,make the overall population healthier, save thelives of many poor residents and pave the wayfor solving Virginia’s mental health crisis.

Implementing Medicaid expansion in Vir-

ginia would provide a $3.9 billion boost to theVirginia economy annually, according to anindependent study commissioned by VirginiaHospital and Healthcare Association, and couldsupport more than 30,000 additional jobs. (Themultiplier effect results in economic benefitsseveral times greater than the initial injectionof funds.)

In no way should the decision onexpanding Medicaid be left up to theGeneral Assembly that is gerryman-dered to favor ideologically driven

members who oppose the Affordable Care Actfor inconsistent reasons without regard to thewellbeing of the Commonwealth and its resi-dents.

To quote the VHHA study: “Strengtheningthe existing Medicaid program and potentiallyextending coverage to an estimated 400,000low-income adults has far reaching conse-quences that go well beyond what can be quan-tified in purely economic terms.”

— Mary Kimm

Another OpportunityTo Talk About It

Super Bowl Sunday is Sunday, Feb. 7, andoften more about the parties than the game.The parties have resulted in a measurable in-crease in impaired driving on that day.

During Super Bowl Sunday 2012, more thana third of traffic fatalities involved alcohol-impaired drivers according to the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration.

“It’s important to have a game-plan prior tokick-off and to beat this too often deadly op-ponent,” said Kurt Gregory Erickson, presidentof the nonprofit Washington Regional AlcoholProgram (WRAP), a local 34-year-old public-private partnership.

Plan to bring a designated driver. Plan toparty where you can take public transporta-tion. Plan to celebrate at home or someplacewhere you can spend the night. Plan to ab-stain. Plan to call a cab or Uber or Lyft andretrieve your car the next day if need be.

But don’t miss the chance to talk to the mem-bers of your household and members of yoursocial circle about the importance of keepingimpaired drivers off the road.

— Mary Kimm

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Economic Development in VirginiaThe General Assembly prides itself inproviding a pro-business climate, but refusesinfusion of more than $3 billion annually.

Editorial

By Adam P. Ebbin

State Senator (D-30)

As the snow thawed and the General As-sembly went about its business lastweek, a number of developments oc-

tial entrée” that would enable the restaurateurto serve spirits. My legislation, which passedthe Senate unanimously, would allow an ap-plicant for a license to serve any food, not justsubstantial entrees; simplifying the process forindependent small business owners. After all,a restaurant menu should be prepared by achef, not a lawyer.

My bill SB322 — which would end the prac-tice of charging prison inmates exorbitantphone rates to contact their families and lovedones — passed 37-2, while SB420, which sim-plifies the voter registration process for those

who have had their rights restored,also passed 26-14.

I will be holding four Town HallMeetings over the coming weeks

and hope you can join me at one:❖ Arlington: Saturday, Feb.6, 10-11:30

a.m.Walter Reed Community Center – 2909 16th

Street South, Arlingtonwith Del. Alfonso Lopez❖ Alexandria: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2-3:30 p.m.Mt. Vernon Community School – 2601 Com-

monwealth Avenue, Alexandriawith Del. Mark Levine❖ Lee District: Saturday, Feb. 20, 9:30-

11:30 a.m.Hayfield Elementary School – 7633 Tele-

graph Rd, Alexandriawith Sen. Scott Surovell, Del. Mark Sickles

and Del. Paul Krizek❖ Mt. Vernon: Saturday, Feb. 20, 12:30-2

p.m.Whitman Middle School – 2500 Parkers

Lane, Alexandria

Nondiscrimination Bills Pass Senatecurred involving LGBTrights.

I am excited that bothSB12, my bill prohibitinganti-LGBT discriminationin public employment, andSenator Jennifer Wexton’s(D-Loudoun) bill SB67,prohibiting discriminatoryhousing practices, passed the Senate 25-15. Sixfair-minded Republicans joined Senate Demo-crats in passing these bills to promote fair hir-ing and housing practices that have been en-dorsed by business coalitions and po-litical advocacy groups alike. My billSB10, which removes provisions in theCode of Virginia prohibiting same-sexmarriage in light of the landmark US Supremecourt decision Obergefell v. Hodges, was car-ried over to the 2017 session, awaiting the re-view of the Virginia Code Commission as towhich changes will be necessary to compre-hensively update the code to bring the currentterms of “husband” and “wife” into alignmentwith this decision.

Four more of my bills passed the Senate thisweek and now await consideration by theHouse of Delegates. They include SB373,which clarifies the scope of food that must beserved at restaurants holding mixed-beveragelicenses. Under current law, only restaurantsthat serve “full course meals with a single sub-stantial entrée” can prepare cocktails. This doesnot reflect the current culinary diversity of theCommonwealth. For example, in Virginia, youcan have oysters on the half shell; then enjoypizza and salad, or head for sushi at anotherestablishment and under current law youwould have never consumed a single “substan-

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Opinion

By Piper Phillips Caswell

CEO, Phillips Programs for

Children and Families

Everyone may know someone likeBrian, a child who struggles atschool, has emotional outbursts, and

is constantly visiting the office and facingdetention. It’s children like Brian and theirfamilies — whose lives are spiraling — thatmembers of the Virginia Association of In-dependent Specialized Education Facilitiesserve — including Phillips Special Educa-tion Day Schools.

We are part of the educational systemmany people don’t see or know about. Pro-grams such as ours provide a custom edu-cation for those who have signifi-cant learning and emotional chal-lenges and for whom school hasoften been a place of repeated fail-ure and frustration. As partners to the pub-lic schools systems and families, we step into give a child another chance at educationand life success.

With the elections past us, new and re-turning members of the state legislature arepreparing for the 2016 legislative session.As they do, we wanted to make a plug forthe safety net. It’s important that kids —especially vulnerable ones like Brian —don’t get lost in the shuffle.

We often work with youth who are partof the foster care system. It can be a diffi-cult journey for a child, especially as theyare emancipated from the system. Someselect to do so before their 21st birthdays— choosing to forgo services. However, ifthey change their minds, it is difficult forthem to opt back into services that can themsucceed. That’s why we hope legislators willhelp this fragile population regain accessto services if they have a change of heart.

Changes that provide funding for com-parable education services for students ap-proved for residential services are also a

critical to meeting the needs of youth whohave emotional, behavioral and other spe-cial challenges. Currently there is no mecha-

nism for children placed in resi-dential care to have any of theireducational costs paid. That putsmore children and families at

risk.Another way we can help these at risk

children is to make it easier for them to getservices. Too often children and their fami-lies are denied critical services due to bur-densome, confusing and time-consumingassessment and qualification criteria.Virginia’s serving agencies must be facilita-tors for families to access services, not bar-riers.

Families we meet are often frazzled bythe challenges they face in getting appro-priate education and services for their chil-dren. For those of limited means, the pro-cess and costs of getting help can seem in-surmountable. That’s why expanding Med-icaid up to 133 percent of the poverty levelwill remove another obstacle to low-incomefamilies getting help.

Having a strong safety net is critical toensuring youth with special challengesgrow, learn and succeed. But the net is onlygood if it can catch kids as they are falling.Our legislators can make it stronger, pro-tecting and propelling youth forward.

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It is my continued honor to represent thecitizens of the 30th Senate District.

“Flourishing After 55” from Arlington Office ofSenior Adult Programs for Feb. 8-12.

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

Senior trips: Celebrate Chinese New Year,Peking Gourmet Inn, Falls Church, Tuesday, Feb.9, $33; Riverside Dinner Theatre, “The BuddyHolly Story,” Wednesday, Feb. 10, $59; NationalMuseum of Women in the Arts, D.C., Friday, Feb.12. Cost $17. Call Arlington, County 55+ Travel,703-228-4748. Registration required.

Healthy Mardi Gras cooking, Monday, Feb.8, 11 a.m., Langston-Brown. Free. Register, 703-228-6300.

Pickleball games & instruction, 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. Regis-ter, 703-228-4771.

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

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

Protecting cognitive health, Tuesday, Feb.9, 6:30 p.m., Walter Reed. Free. Register, 703-228-0955.

Are kids responsible for their parents,Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1 p.m., Lee. Free. Register, 703-228-0555.

How did the United States get theirshapes, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 11:15 a.m., Lee. Free.Register, 703-228-0555.

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

Belly dance class, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10a.m., Lee. Free. Register, 703-228-0555.

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

“Flourishing After 55”


By Steve Hibbard

The Connection

The Arlington Players (TAP) willperform “Deathtrap,” the longest running comedy-thriller everon Broadway, Feb. 5-7 and 12-

13, at the Thomas Jefferson CommunityTheatre in Arlington. The show is a blendof mystery, plot reversals and humor. Itsauthor, Ira Levin, wrote both “Rosemary’sBaby” and “The Stepford Wives.”

In discussing the challenges of putting ona show, Producer Janet Bordeaux said incommunity theater, they rely on volunteers.“None of us is paid to do the work that isrequired to get a show up. Not the boardmembers, the director, the actors, the de-signers or those who work behind thescenes,” she said. “So I would say the big-gest challenge is getting people to volun-teer their time after a full day of work andgiving up weekends.”

She added: “People who regularly volun-teer their time to The Arlington Players andother area community theaters understandthe rewards of putting a show together, butit’s hard to convey this to someone whohasn’t done it before.”

Director Andrew JM Regiec said that lastJanuary he chose “Deathtrap” to present tothe TAP Board by sending his “bucket list”of shows, and “Deathtrap” was one thatcaught their interest. “I had seen the showwhen it was first on Broadway and it left amark,” he said.

Regiec said theatre can be a transforma-tive experience. “This can be uplifting aftera musical or contemplative after a drama,”he said. “We see lots of movies and TV thattackle the drama — and for good cause.Those media control your focus much more,using closeups and cutaways and under-scored music adding to the manipulationthe actors and script provide.”

He added: “It’s a little harder to carry theaudience along onstage — more of a bur-den for the actors. I hope to have helpedthem fine-tune their motivations and theskills used to convey them to the audience.This, and providing a provocative physicalenvironment for them to play in is my pathto providing a memorable theatrical expe-rience.”

As far as audience takeaways, he said theshow is meant to be a lot of fun for thosewho like the “who’s-gonna-do-it-to-whom”type of show.

Zell Murphy plays the role of SidneyBruhl, a well-known playwright who hasn’thad a hit in 18 years. “He desperately longsfor that next successful thriller that willbring him renewed fame and fortune,” hesaid.

Besides memorizing all of the lines, thechallenge was “getting a handle on all thedetails and intricacies of the plot and reallytrying to get into the head of Sidney Bruhl,”he said.

He added: “I want the audience to beshocked and surprised by all the twists andturns that this classic ‘one set, five charac-ter’ thriller will take them on.”

Jennifer Lyons Pagnard plays the role ofMyra Bruhl, who comes from a wealthy fam-ily with a silver spoon in her mouth. “Butsince her marriage to Sidney, a washed upplaywright, she’s almost burned through herriches. She enjoys her wealthy lifestyle, andshe’ll do almost anything to maintain it,”

she said.As far as challenges, she said,

“It took me a while to find theright approach to Myra. She’s not

exactly a weak character, but she’s certainlynot a pillar of strength either. She also hasa heart condition, so I had to work that intothe character as well.”

She added: “If someone in the audiencehasn’t seen ‘Deathtrap,’ I think they’ll enjoythe unexpected twists and turns of the plot.I also think all of my fellow castmates aregiving stellar performances. That, combinedwith brilliant direction and an amazing setand production team, make for a ‘killer’night at the theatre.”

Sam Nystrom plays the role of CliffordAnderson, an ambitious young playwrightwho has written a terrific new thriller andwill do most anything to ensure its success.

“There are lots of baits and switches inthis play,” he said. “And it is tricky decidinga character’s real motivation. It can be hardto tell when certain characters are tellingthe truth because at times, (playwright) IraLevin has them act a certain way so as notto give away surprises and plot twists to theaudience.”

Gayle Nichols-Grimes plays the role ofHelga ten Dorp, a Dutch psychic extraordi-

Mixing Mystery, Plot Reversals, HumorTAP presents “Deathtrap.”

nary who is in the U.S. for rest and is co-writing a book. She “gets things right mostof the time, but not in the ways you maythink,” she said.

One of her challenges with the role wastrying to sound Dutch instead of German,she said.

Bernard Engel plays the role of PorterMilgrim, an attorney who is there to plantcertain seeds which will sprout later in theplay. “He is, in other words, a device. If Itold you more it would ruin the show foryou,” he said. “As a dramatic device the chal-lenge was to make sure the ‘seeds’ wouldbe presented to the audience in such a man-ner that they would be remembered laterin the play.

“I hope the audience will walk away fromour performance realizing that quality the-ater can be found in a variety of venues andthat professionalism is not a function of apaycheck,” he said.

The Arlington Players present “Deathtrap” Feb. 5-7 and 12-13at the Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre in Arlington.

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The Arlington Players will perform “Death-trap,” at Thomas Jefferson Community The-atre, 125 S. Old Glebe Road. Performancesare Feb. 5-7, and 12-13. Fridays and Satur-days at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Ticketsare $21.50/adults; $16.50/juniors and se-niors. Visit: www.thearlingtonplayers.org.

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

ONGOING“Georgie: The Life and Death of

George Rose.” Through Feb. 7,various times at Signature Theatre,4200 Campbell Ave. In a limitedengagement, Signature Theatre will

host the world premiere of “Georgie:The Life and Death of George Rose,”a one-man play written andperformed by Ed Dixon detailingDixon’s relationship with friend andmentor George Rose, a Broadwaycharacter actor. Tickets are $25-45.Visit www.sigtheatre.org for more.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”Through Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. and 2:30p.m. at Gunston Theatre Two, 2700S. Lang St. Avant Bard presents anew take on “A Midsummer Night’sDream.” Director Randy Baker willreimagine Shakespeare’s dream usingIndonesian-inspired shadow puppets,

accompanied by an actor-generatedpercussion orchestra. Tickets are$10-35. Visit www.wscavantbard.orgfor more.

Art Exhibit: “The Power of Color.”Through Feb. 27, Monday-Friday 10a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2p.m. at Gallery Underground, 2100Crystal Drive. “The Power of Color”focuses on vibrant color. Free. Visitwww.galleryunderground.org formore.

“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 ofBioPerversity.” Through April 3,gallery hours at Arlington Arts

Center, 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 for

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more.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.

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

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 IrvingStreet, and Washington Boulevard.Find a round-up of regional foodtrucks. Free to attend. Visitwww.dmvfta.org.

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

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

Open Mic Nite. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m.every Wednesday at IOTA Club &Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd. Sign-uptimes are 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.Bring instruments, fans and friends.Visit www.iotaclubandcafe.com orcall 703-522-8340.

THURSDAY/FEB. 4Valentine Crafternoon. 4 p.m. at

Arlington Central Library, 1015 N.Quincy St. Kids and teens are invitedto make a valentine treat. Free. Visitlibrary.arlingtonva.us for more.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY/FEB. 4-6Crystal Couture Show & Sale. 6-10

p.m. on Thursday, Friday and 2-10p.m. on Saturday at 1750 CrystalDrive. More than 30 area boutiques,designers, and retailers, take part ina runway show. Guests can shopdiscounted merchandise both on therack and on the runway as modelsshowcase select offerings. Generaladmission is free, VIP tickets are $20.Visit www.crystalcity.org for more.

“How to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying.” 7 p.m.and a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee at

Washington-Lee High School, 1301N. Stafford St. “How to Succeed inBusiness Without Really Trying”centers on a young window-cleaner,J. Pierrepont Finch, who begins ameteoric rise from the mailroom toVice President of Advertising at theWorld-Wide Wicket Company.Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 atthe door. Visit www.wltheater.com.

FRIDAY/FEB. 5Opening Reception: “The Power of

Color.” 5-7 p.m. at at GalleryUnderground, 2100 Crystal Drive.“The Power of Color” focuses onvibrant color. Free. Visitwww.galleryunderground.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/5-7“Deathtrap.” 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,

2:30 p.m. on Sunday at ThomasJefferson Community Theatre, 125 S.Glebe Road. The Arlington Playerspresent “Deathtrap,” a comedy-thriller. Tickets are $21.50, $15.50for children 18 and under andseniors 60 and older. Visitwww.arlingtonplayers.org for more.

FEB. 5-MARCH 6“Talley’s Folley.” Various times at

Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. FourMile Run Drive. At a dilapidatedboathouse in Lebanon, Miss., in1944, Matt Friedman and SallyTalley become acquainted. Ticketsare $15-20. Visitwww.petersalley.com for more.

SATURDAY/FEB. 6Grasses for the Masses. 9:30-11

a.m. at Fairlington CommunityCenter, 3308 St. Stafford St., Room118. Learn to grow native plantsindoors during the winter months,and install them in the spring wherethey can provide environmentalbenefits. The fee for the workshop is$40. Visit www.cbf.org/grasses toregister.

Singles Dinner and Movie Night. 5p.m. at Rock Bottom Brewery, 4238Wilson Blvd. New Beginnings, asupport group for separated/divorcedmen and women, sponsors a fixed-price dinner and a movie. Tickets are$32, RSVP required. Visitwww.newbeginningsusa.org.

Piola Carnival. 9 p.m. at Piola, 1550Wilson Blvd. Piola’s annual Carnivalfeatures samba, choro, forró andbossa nova with the famous GigiMacLaughlin. Bring your feathermasquerade masks, costumes andbeads. Tickets are $35. Visitwww.rosslynva.org for more.

SUNDAY/FEB. 7St. Ann Annual Giant Used Book

Sale. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. AnnChurch–Parish Hall, 5300 10th St. N.All genres available. Also find a bakesale and free coffee. Free to attend.Visit www.stannchurch.org for more.

MONDAY/FEB. 8Lecture. 4-4:30 p.m. at Arlington

Central Library, 1015 Quincy St.Kenneth A. Daigler will discuss “EarlyAmerican Spies, American RevolutionSpy Craft and Tactics. Free. Call 703-228-2144 for more.

Anti-Valentine Day Party. 7 p.m. atAurora Hills Library, 735 S. 18th St.Find chocolate, crafts, coloring, andmore. Free. Call 703-228-5715.

TUESDAY/FEB. 9Mardi Gras Parade. 7 p.m. starting at

North Barton St. More than 50participants will march toWashington Blvd. Free. Visitwww.arlingtonarts.org for more.

Mardi Gras Ball. 7 p.m. at Clarendon

Ballroom, 3185 Wilson Blvd. 8ohmBand and Yomomanem Jazz Bandperform, Louisiana-themed food,Mardi Gras Punch, and more. Ticketsare $20. Visit www.clarendon.org formore.

Workshop: Vegetable Gardening.7-8:30 p.m. at the Walter ReedRecreation Center, 2909 16th St.South. The Master Gardeners ofNorthern Virginia, (Arlington andAlexandria) present a workshop forthe beginning vegetable gardenerwill address best managementpractices for site selection, soilrequirements and soil improvement.This planning program providesguidance on crop selection andplanting schedules. Free. Call 703-228-6414.

New Play Reading: “Pray for theDead.” 7:30 p.m. at Theatre on theRun, 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive.This dark musical comedy is aboutmorgue workers. This event is part ofFirst Draft’s New Play Reading Series.Free. Visit www.firstdraft.org.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 10Toast to Our Troops. 6-10 p.m. at

Women In Military Service ForAmerica Memorial, ArlingtonNational Cemetery, Code of SupportFoundation will be hosting its annualToast To Our Troops, a salute to theservice of our military servicemembers, veterans and their families.The wine tasting event also featureslive music, hors d’oeuvres, and asilent auction. Ticket and silentauction proceeds will fund theFoundation’s critical programs.Tickets are $125. Visitwww.cofeofsupport.org/toast.

THURSDAY/FEB. 11REEP 40th Anniversary Open

House. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. or 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Syphax EducationCenter, 2110 Washington Blvd. TheArlington Education and EmploymentProgram will host an open house

allowing patrons to meet staff, visitadult English classes, and learn moreabout the programs the program hasto offer. Free. Visit www.apsva.us/reep for more.

Advance Movie Screening. 6-10p.m. at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre,1611 N. Kent St. The ArlingtonPhilharmonic hosts an exclusivescreening of “Maestro” aboutconductor Paavo Jarvi. AudienceQ&A with the film’s director andproducer, David Donnelly will follow.Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 atthe door. Visitwww.arlingtonphilharmonic.org.

“The Girls Who Glow.” 7 p.m. atYorktown High School, 5200Yorktown Blvd. Ginny Mohler, agraduate of Yorktown High School inArlington, will be back at her oldschool for a presentation of “TheGirls Who Glow,” an adaptation ofher film script about the “RadiumGirls,” teenage factory workers whowere slowly poisoned while paintingglow-in-the-dark watches in the1920s. Free. Visit www.apsva.us.

“Bridge Builder of Nauck/GreenValley.” 7 p.m. at MarymountUniversity, 2807 N. Glebe Road. TheArlington Historical Society will hostDr. Alfred Taylor, who will speakabout his book, “Bridge Builders ofNauck/Green Valley.” Free. Call 703-942-8247 for more.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/FEB. 12-13“Deathtrap.” 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,

2:30 p.m. on Sunday at ThomasJefferson Community Theatre, 125 S.Glebe Road. The Arlington Playerspresent “Deathtrap,” a comedy-thriller. Tickets are $21.50, $15.50for children 18 and under andseniors 60 and older. Visitwww.arlingtonplayers.org for more.

SATURDAY/FEB. 13Bowen McCauley Dance: Valentine

Concert. 7:30 p.m. at Rosslyn

Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent St.Bowen McCauley Dance partnerswith the National ChamberEnsemble. Tickets are $17-33. Visitwww.bmdc.org for more.

SUNDAY/FEB. 14Love the Run You’re With 5K

Race. 9 a.m. at Pentagon Row, 1101S. Joyce St. The USATF-certifiedcourse runs along Army Navy Drivestarting and finishing at the Shops atPentagon Row shopping complex.Registration is $35-45. Visitwww.runpacers.com/race/love-the-run-youre-with-5k for more.

FEB. 16-MARCH 13“Road Show.” Various times at

Signature Theatre, 4200 CampbellAve. Musical “Road Show” depictsthe story of real life Mizner brothersas they pursue the “American Dream”via the Alaskan gold rush and theFlorida real estate boom. Tickets startat $40. Visit www.sigtheatre.org.

TUESDAY/FEB. 16Workshop: Vegetable Gardening.

7-8:30 p.m. at the Kate WallerBarrett Branch Library, 717 QueenSt., Alexandria. The MasterGardeners of Northern Virginia,(Arlington and Alexandria) present aworkshop for the beginning vegetablegardener will address bestmanagement practices for siteselection, soil requirements and soilimprovement. This planning programprovides guidance on crop selectionand planting schedules. Free. Call703-228-6414.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 17Pet Therapy. 10:15-11 a.m. at Walter

Reed Senior Center, 2909 S. 16th St.The public is invited to meet Zoe, atherapy Yorkshire Terrier. Free. Call703-608-8314 for more.

FEB. 17-MARCH 27“Romeo & Juliet.” 8 p.m.

Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sundayat Synetic Theater, 2611 JeffersonDavis Highway. Synetic returns withanother “Wordless Shakespeare”production. General admission ticketsstart at $35, $15 for students, andsenior citizens and military receive a$5 discount. Visitwww.synetictheater.org for more.

THURSDAY/FEB. 18Designing a Sustainable,

Manageable Yard. 9 a.m.-12:30p.m. at Fairlington CommunityCenter, 3308 S. Stafford St. MasterGardeners of Arlington andAlexandria will cover the basics ofsustainable landscapes and answerquestions about individual gardenmanagement challenges. Learn thebest management practices ofsustainable landscapes — usingnative plants, making the most ofavailable water, building soil healthand reducing maintenance. Free, butregistration required. Visitwww.mgnv.org for more.

SATURDAY/FEB. 20Workshop: Vegetable Gardening.

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the EllenCoolidge Burke Branch Library, 4701Seminary Road, Alexandria. TheMaster Gardeners of NorthernVirginia, (Arlington and Alexandria)present a workshop for the beginningvegetable gardener will address bestmanagement practices for siteselection, soil requirements and soilimprovement. This planning programprovides guidance on crop selectionand planting schedules. Free. Call703-228-6414.

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“The Power of Color” is on display at Gallery Under-ground, 2100 Crystal City Drive, through Feb. 27. Picturedhere: “Princeton Study” by Parveneh Limbert. Visitwww.galleryunderground.org for more.


By Gale Curcio

The Connection

Life is short, but it’s very wide,” saidKareem Abdul-Jabbar, in responseto a question during the recent

Conversations with Tyler: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The question was about how Abdul-Jabbar brings together his wide range ofinterests.

Held at The Westin Arlington, Conversa-tions with Tyler: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wasmoderated by Tyler Cowen and sponsoredby George Mason University’s MercatusCenter.

There are few things that Abdul-Jabbarhasn’t done during his lifetime. He is a topscorer in basketball, has written 11 books,starred in and directed movies, been an avidreader since he was young, is a jazz aficio-nado, was cultural ambassador for Secre-tary of State Hillary Clinton — and that’sjust for starters.

Early on in the interview, he talked about

converting to Islam and is-sues with Black America.“Black America needs to geta grasp of what’s afflictingthem and how to fix it,”said Abdul-Jabbar. “Weneed to get the best and thebrightest the best educa-tion. Knowledge is power.You need to read and ex-

perience life to experience that power.“The problem in the Islamic world is not

just the distribution of wealth, but also theway that it is interpreted is contrary to theway the prophets meant it,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “I am not optimistic about the out-come [of Muslim countries]. It’s the job ofthe West to show them what Islam reallyis.”

Cowen honed in on Abdul-Jabbar’s loveof jazz and asked him how many times hehad seen jazz icon Thelonious Monk. Abdul-Jabbar said that he had seen him at least20 to 30 times, but said that there was astory behind that.

He babysat for Ben Riley, Monk’s drum-mer, as a teenager, so he was allowed to sitin one some of the shows at the Village Van-guard.

“It was a great part of my life,” said Abdul-Jabbar.

When asked which Miles Davis album thathe thought was most underappreciated,Abdul-Jabbar said that he really liked“Seven Steps to Heaven.”

Abdul-Jabbar also said that he didn’t thinkjazz was dying. “I know for a fact that it’snot dead,” he said. “Jazz musicians are com-ing from all different places – Azerbaijan,Indonesia. There are still people all over theworld who love it [jazz] and will make itsurvive.”

Talking about Abdul-Jabbar’s favoritepersonalities from the Harlem Renaissance,he said that he loved Chester Himes.

“He wrote those crazy detective novels,”said Abdul-Jabbar. “I love ‘Cotton Comes toHarlem’.”

The conversation turned to basketball andCowen asked Abdul-Jabbar if he remem-bered the game against the Detroit Pistons.It was one of the last games that he would

play before retiring.While the Lakers didn’t win the game,

Abdul-Jabbar gave a great performance.Abdul-Jabbar said, “We were without

Magic Johnson and Byron Scott but Iwanted to go out the best way I could.”

Abdul-Jabbar was well known for his SkyHook and when asked why none of the cur-rent players use that technique, he said,“They don’t realize that if you get close tothe basket, you get more baskets. They wantto be out there in the stratosphere gettingthe three-pointers.”

He cited how Stephen Curry made 92 outof 100 three-pointers during practice.

“The three-point shot is worth more so ifyou have people who can work those shots,it’s to their advantage,” said Abdul-Jabbar.

But he did wonder if it’s going to changethe game so much that it won’t be as excit-ing to watch.

Abdul-Jabbar was in town to promote hislatest book, ‘Mycroft Holmes.” He said hehas been fascinated with Sherlock Holmessince he was a young boy. So much so thathe used deductive reasoning even whileplaying basketball.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Visits During Book TourSharing his view on life, sports and religion.

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By Marj Signer

The Connection

On Thursday, Feb 11, GinnyMohler will be back at her oldhigh school in Arlington,where she was a theater stu-

dent 10 years ago. This time, she’ll be thereas a prize-winning filmmaker, watching theYorktown High School actors perform “TheGirls Who Glow,” an adaptation of herscreenplay. The one-act drama is a sisterproject of the feature film “Radium Girls”which Mohler co-wrote and is slated to di-rect this spring.

After the 7 p.m performance, Mohler willtake part in a “talkback” with Carol Cadby,the Yorktown High School theater teacher,and the student actors who make the his-torical drama come to life. The evening isfree and open to the public and co-spon-sored by the League of Women Voters-Ar-lington and American Association of Uni-versity Women-Arlington, with a social hourand refreshments provided by YorktownTheatre Arts Parents.

The Radium Girls were teenage factoryworkers in New Jersey in the 1920s whowere slowly poisoned while painting glow-in-the-dark watch dials with radium. Mohleris determined to make their story known,in part because it relates to so many injus-tices today, she says, citing as one theSamsung factory in South Korea whereworkers have fallen ill making smartphones

and other consumer products. Not onlywere the Radium Girls deceived about thesuspected dangers of radium, they wereinstructed to lick the tip of the brushes theyused to create a fine point for painting thenumbers on the watch faces. When the girlsbegan to suffer pain, crumbling bones, lossof teeth and other debilitating effects, theirsuspicions were dismissed, ignored, andridiculed.

Mohler discovered their story after shegraduated from New York University TischFilm School in 2011 and was working as aresearcher on a documentary about theatomic bomb. In 2013, the screenplay “Ra-dium Girls” by Mohler and co-author Brit-tany Shaw won the NYU-Alfred P. Sloan$100,000 Feature Film Production Grant.This grant provides the initial funding forthe film she is now making with producerLydia Dean Pilcher, founder of Cine Mosaic,an independent production company. TheYorktown High School production wasadapted by Yorktown Advanced Theatre IVstudents and Cadby, who chairs theYorktown theater department. She is alsothe lead theater teacher for Arlington Pub-lic Schools and an adjunct acting professorat George Mason University.

Mohler learned that the injustices theRadium Girls faced were daunting — cor-porate greed and lies, a callous legal sys-tem, abusive labor practices that preyed onthe vulnerable and disregarded the healthand safety of working-class women. That is

why telling this story is important to theLeague of Women Voters and AAUW, whichwork for women’s rights and human rights.Despite these obstacles and against all odds,six of the Radium Girls sued the U.S. Ra-dium Corporation. After being worn downby endless legal delays, the dying workersreceived a small settlement, much less thanthey had asked for.

Even though they didn’t get the compen-sation they deserved, Mohler credits theRadium Girls with a historic achievementin forcing the radium company to go on therecord and expose its deceptions and dis-torted research at a time when corporationswere considered beyond reproach. The girlswere not victims, she said. “They found theirvoice in seeking justice. I want to make surewe honor that.”

Like the Radium Girls who sued, Mohleris dedicated to seeking justice and empow-erment through storytelling. The growth

and change she has experienced over thefour years she has worked on the film par-allels in many ways the fictional coming-of-age journey of the feature film’s protago-nist, Bessie, who goes from dreamy teen-ager to radical activist as she loses her sis-ter to radium poisoning.

“It really feels like the story picked me, Ididn’t pick this story,” she said. By the endof the film, Bessie has become a very dif-ferent person, questioning what “the sys-tem” does and says. Mohler has also learnedto question established historical facts, nowknowing that there are alternate historicalperspectives, not just those in history books.

“We won’t be able to do anything aboutinjustices until people are aware,” Mohlersaid. “Being at that first stage of real aware-ness is frustrating but this is the beginningof that road to change. So I’m grateful Istumbled across this story and that it tookhold.”

Story of Radium Girls To Glow on Yorktown StageOne-act drama co-sponsored by the Leagueof Women Voters-Arlington and AmericanAssociation of University Women-Arlington.

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The fallout of the 2016 massive snowstorm is coming to a close for Arling-ton. “We’re in phase four, the clean-

up phase, which follows the residential phase,”said Greg Emanuel, director of the Departmentof Environmental Services. “Today was alleys.More importantly, we got curb to curb on someof our arterials to fully restore transit opera-tions.”

Emanuel said that the county is graduallyletting contractors go and will shortly beginthe lessons-learned process. County ManagerMark Schwartz noted that, in the future, thecounty needs to do a better job of mappingand tracking which areas were plowed.

“My street was done, but the online map saidit hadn’t been yet,” Schwartz said. “There’s alot of people searching for that information andwe have to do a better job of that.”

Jane Rudolph, director of the Departmentof Parks and Recreation, addressed questionsabout why the bicycle trails were clear whilethe county was still working on clearing themain roads.

“In fiscal year 2015, the board allocatedfunding for the Parks Department to plow ninemiles of trail concurrently while the roads arebeing plowed. There were two pieces of equip-ment with four employees, and they clear thetrails. Those employees and equipment couldnot be used on the streets. We’re not pullingresources from the streets to clear the trails.”

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Johanna Braden, owner of Two the Moon giftshop tucked in the corner of the WilliamsburgShopping Center, said, “This Ussies book is prob-ably the most unique Valentine’s gift in the store.You know, like everyone takes selfies on theirphone; this is Ussies for couples.” The books sits ona Valentine-themed table amidst lover’s couponbooks for “an errand of your choice,” a “foot mas-sage”, “I’ll be a designated driver,” as well as redcandles, Love Notes and XOXO note pads. Bradenwas a nurse for 35 years specializing in-end-of-lifecare. But she was wondering what to do next withher life, and her dream of opening a neighborhoodgift shop was born. She opened her shop in Septem-ber 2015. “It’s nice to know you were one thing andyou can become another.” She points to severalunusual picture frames. “I like this company inMichigan.” She goes to markets in Atlanta and NewYork to find new and unusual gifts and she adds,“customers make requests.” Most of my jewelry islocally made.” Braden says she has monthly wineand cheese events featuring local artisans. “I’ll havea Men’s Night soon to help men pick out theirValentine’s gifts.” Braden says the name of her shopcomes from her two children and their frequentquestion. How much do you love me? To the moonand back.

Anna Barratt is tempering the chocolate forthe Sloop Betty, one of the six cocktails in themixology collection made with local spirits at Ar-tisan Confections at 1025 N. Fillmore Street. Thisone uses white Russian Vodka from Maryland. Theprocess begins with Valrhona chocolate importedfrom a small town in France. The chocolate ispoured into the mold, hardened in the cold roomovernight, then piped with the individual fillingand topped with a layer from the faucet of liquidchocolate. The mold is leveled off with the scraperand put back in the cold room overnight.

“Making these chocolates is a two- day processbefore we pop them out of the mold,” according toChelsea Harnett at Artisan Confections. Eachflavor has a unique design stenciled on top — theirlogo is “we make tiny masterpieces.” She said theywill be making 2,000 pieces each of 15 flavors in-cluding ancho chili, red wine, cherry-lemoncaramel and fresh mint. Specials for Valentines Daygo on sale beginning Feb. 6 and include home-made vanilla marshmallows, red boxes ofheart-shaped salted caramels, blond honey choco-lates made with blond “hunny” beer with a pretzelcrust, “like beer and pretzels” and snickerdoodlebonbons with homemade snickerdoodle crust andcinnamon ganache. In addition, there will be 200-300 prepackaged boxes of a selection of chocolates.

Try Preston’s Care Pharmacy at 5101 Lee High-way for a wide selection of Valentine’s Day cards.A tall card carousel just inside the front door piv-ots around with 72 choices. Two nearby displayshold over 120 additional cards from the sweet tothe humorous. Melissa Eklund whose husbandowns the store says she chooses the cards. “If I seeanything I like when I travel, I find out where toget the line of cards. For instance, I discoveredCurly Girl designs in St. Michaels where I visit mymother.” She says that sometimes she likes some-thing but it isn’t necessarily universal. She pointsto a card with a tastefully disguised nude coupleand said that one day two little old ladies turnedthe card around to show the blank back of the card.“And look at these darling English cards. And overhere is our best selling line from Persimmon Press.People love them.” And for a little something ex-tra you can supplement the card with a GiannaRose Atelier French milled pink heart-shaped soap.

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Physical Therapist Walks to Appointments in SnowdriftsFrom Page 4

In-home physical therapist JeanPhilippe Beauvois walks from hishome on N. Dickerson to his fourappointments in Arlington onTuesday after the snowstorm.

Chloe calling from California to wish hima happy birthday. As he approached the lightat Little Falls Road Beauvois said, “I spot-ted a German shepherd wandering in thestreet. I had to stop traffic and chase thedog. I had to hold on hard but the ownercame to retrieve the dog and was very gladto see him back.”

Finally, slipping around the corner he ar-rived at his next appointment where he wasworking with a patient just recovering fromback surgery. Beauvois rang the doorbelland took off his boots to leave beside thedoor. He said, “I am still sweating from allthe snow shoveling. I have on too many lay-ers.” He sat at the table and updated hiscomputer records for the patient’s mobility,changes in medications, blood pressure,general well being “and all those stuffs.” Hesaid, “This is so much easier than when Iwas in California. Having everything on thecomputer instead of writing it all out leavesme more time to spend with my patient.”

Beauvois has been in Virginia for fouryears working as an in-home physical thera-pist for LightHouse Healthcare. He says thatLightHouse has been in business for 10years and they work with referring doctorsto provide a variety of skilled services in-cluding PT which is his expertise, OT andRN and caregivers. “I love this hands-on

work and wonder why I spent so many yearsin California as director of rehab in StudioCity at a skilled nursing facility. I spent somuch time behind a desk coordinating theinterdisciplinary staff of doctors, socialworkers, family, staff and patients and do-ing a lot of paper work.” Beauvois is a na-tive of Belgium where he graduated from

the University of Leuven in 1985. He saysthere is a difference in the approach tophysical therapy in the two countries. “Herein America we have access to a lot of ma-chines but in Belgium there was much morephysical contact with the patient. But,” headded, “in Belgium there was an overflowwith a PT on every corner and with social-ized medicine wages were low.”

Practicing in-home physical therapy giveshim the chance to interact with people, tohelp people out and “to improve their ail-ments.” What he likes is to maximize theoutcome of rehab by being creative, usinghands on the furniture in every householdso the patients can see how they can func-tion in their home.

In earlier appointments the patient hadmastered the log rolling technique for get-ting out of bed without stressing his back.For the next step he lies on the bed doingthe bridging exercise for lower back stretch-ing. “Up, two three four, again two threefour.” Beauvois is strengthening the gluteusmaximus muscle. On to the next round ofexercises. “Here,” he said, “hang on to thecounter and we’ll do some exercises forbalance. First up on the toes, down .... twothree four. Then back on the heels. Howdoes that feel, good?”

“I don’t want to do too much more today.When can we schedule our next appoint-

ment?” Beauvois says that it is good whenpeople can stay in their homes where theyfeel comfortable. He says there is a balancebetween physical and mental and one treatsthe whole person. “If they can function bet-ter in their own environment, it is best foreveryone to stay there. The patient is in abetter emotional spirit in his home environ-ment.” He says stroke is the hardest thingto treat because one side of the body is af-fected and you have to teach the person howto move, usually with a quad cane. BeforeBeauvois is finished, the patient needs toknow how to get up if he falls. “People startto panic but there is a lot they can do tohelp themselves.” He demonstrates, “Rollon your back, roll to your side. Good. Useyour hands to push up. Get on your strongleg and brace yourself. You got it,” he said,clapping for the patient who has done itcorrectly the first time. “It’s as simple asthat.”

Beauvois heads down the street toChesterbrook Road and left on to ForestLane where his next patient has had a kneereplacement and is not out of bed yet. Fi-nally he goes to 37th Street to helpstrengthen the legs of a patient with recentopen heart surgery. Then he heads backhome through the snow. But for the finalevent of the day he has called a taxi to takehis wife out for a birthday celebration.

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Music is thumping, sweat is drippingand hearts are pounding. In a packedaerobic dance studio, students movein the name of health.

“There’s a push by the community to have aerobicand cardio programs, especially ones that start after5 p.m.,” said Peter Selikowitz, director of the Potomac(Md.) Community Recreation Center, where the aero-bic dance classes are held. “That has been a big shiftin recent years, and it’s a shift we’re looking to make.”

Throughout the month of February, in honor ofAmerican Heart Month, health and fitness profes-sionals are raising awareness about cardiovasculardisease and the role of aerobic exercise in prevent-ing it. While recent studies, including one by the MidAmerica Heart Institute, found that extreme exer-cise training and competing in endurance events canactually damage the heart, exercise is still the bestprescription for a healthy heart.

“All aerobic activity has the potential to bring posi-tive health benefits if the correct intensity [or] levelof difficulty and duration are used,” said MichelleWalters-Edwards, chair and associate professorofºHealth and Human Performance at MarymountUniversity in Arlington.

Some warning signs that an exercise programmight be too intense include “constantly soremuscles, changes in mood, trouble sleeping, a de-crease in appetite or feeling weak,” said Joel Martin,Ph.D., assistant professor of kinesiology at GeorgeMason University. “Those are signs that you might

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an optimum level of aerobic intensity. The formulacalls for subtracting one’s age from 220 and multiply-ing that number by 0.5 for a beginner, by 0.69 for some-one who exercises frequently for moderate intensity,and by 0.8 to 0.85 for vigorous intensity for those withsignificant experience with aerobic exercise.

ACSM recommends 30 minutes of aerobic exer-cise three to five days each week at a moderate in-tensity. “If you can hold a conversation while exer-cising that is a safe intensity for beginners,” saidWalters-Edwards.

The standards are based on “how fit you alreadyare, your age and how accustomed your body is tothe demands of cardio workouts,” said Walters-Edwards. “The more accustomed you are to workingout aerobically the greater your endurance capacitywill be.”

A beginner, says Walters-Edwards, might aim for acombination of walking and jogging to reach the 30-minute recommended daily minimum. This time canbe broken down into two 15-minute sessions.ºº“It isalways a good idea to have at least one rest day perweek with no exercise to support recovery, she said.

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No, what I am finally referring to is thenon-stop loop of identical snow informationfrom the same radio and television anchors(anchored to their desks, presumably; I know,“double shifts because of the storm;” yada,yada, yada) from the same stations (local andnational) all day and all night. If the serious-ness and urgency of the miscellaneousinstructions and directives could have struckmore fear – and loathing, in my household,anyway – not only would Hunter S. Thompsonhave been stirred from his grave (especiallysince we’re in a political season), so toowould Orson Welles have been tossed aboutremembering the hysteria that ensued withhis famous radio broadcast of H. G. Wells’“War of the Worlds” on “Mercury Theatre onthe Air” on October 30, 1938. Listenersthought then we were under attack from ali-ens. As the snow continued to fall here lateSaturday evening, January 23rd, and eveninto Sunday morning, January 24th, onewould have thought, listening to the daytime– and nighttime – broadcasts, that we alsowere all under attack. But we weren’t underattack – from aliens. We were under attackfrom the media; and its tendency to bunker-down its mentality and hyper-act in the faceof/the midst of, out-of-the-ordinary, poten-tially life-changing/property-damaging sets ofuncharacteristic/atypical circumstances for theWashington, D.C. metropolitan area, nearlypopped my cork. I’m not sure if it was theredundancy of the message or the forcedspontaneity and extemporaneous words anddeeds many of us listeners were forced toendure but it wasn’t too long before I hadreached my limit.

If the technology existed that allowed theaudience to verbally interact – in real time,not simply by texting and then watching one’scomments scroll across the bottom of thescreen, I would have been yelling: “I GET IT.Now can we get back to regular program-ming, please?” (I realize I can switch chan-nels. I am a sentient being. I’m not Data from“Star Trek: The Next Generation.”) However,the frequency and the frequencies withwhich we were being subjected and in mymind, inundated and overwhelmed by thisdoom and gloom and over-the-moon report-ing was cause for concern: my concern. Wewere not under attack. We were simplyunder snow. Get a grip. I realize there arerisks and precautions and preparations to beconsidered, but really, sometimes, as mymother was fond of saying so many years ago:“It’s enough already.”

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By Jon Roetman

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For years, the Yorktown swim programdominated the National District, pil-ing up championships against infe-

rior opponents.Prior to the 2013-14 season, the Patriots

moved to Conference 6 as part of the VHSL’ssix-class re-alignment. The transition meantYorktown would compete against some ofthe top program’s in the region.

After two years of coming up empty, thePatriots on Monday took home a title.

The Yorktown girls’ swim and dive teamwon the Conference 6 championship on Jan.30 at Washington-Lee High School. Themeet was condensed into a one-day timedfinals format due to snowstorm-relatedschool closures.

The Patriots had enough depth to win theteam title despite not winning an individualevent or relay.

“On the girls’ side, I think it was an over-all group effort,” Yorktown head coachClaire Shreeve said. “A lot of kids just endedup scoring points throughout. I don’t thinkwe had any first-place wins, but it was thefact that every girl went out and got uspoints for the group win.”

Defending state champion Langley fin-ished runner-up, followed by McLean(third), South Lakes (fourth), Fairfax (fifth),Madison (sixth), W-L (seventh) andHayfield (eighth).

“It’s different dominating the NationalDistrict and being handed it every year[and] kind of expecting it,” Shreeve said.“… It’s more exciting … beating teams that… are legit powerhouses, like Langley andMadison.”

Senior standout Suzanne Dolan placedfourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.65)and third in the 100 backstroke (59.62). Shehelped the 200 free relay (freshman KaylePark, sophomore Emily Brooks, seniorKatherine Lundy, Dolan) place second(1:39.08), finishing two-tenths of a secondbehind Langley, and the 400 free relay(Park, Brooks, senior Elizabeth Romano,Dolan) finish fifth (3:42.77).

Dolan (no relation to Olympic gold med-alist and 1993 Yorktown graduate TomDolan) is the defending state champion inthe 50 free and the 100 breaststroke.

Shreeve said Dolan decided to swim differ-ent events at Saturday’s conference meet.

“She’s a hard worker and naturally tal-ented,” Shreeve said about Dolan. “Shetakes the sport seriously, but she … also hasfun with it.”

Park placed fourth in the 200 IM(2:10.29) and third in the 100 free (53.8)for the Patriots. Sophomore Hannah Karlinplaced third in the diving competition witha score of 314.7.

Washington-Lee senior Bryn Edwardswon the 100 breaststroke championshipwith a time of 1:04.34, providing the Gen-erals with their lone title of the evening.

“Bryn really gets excited to swim at ourchampionship meets,” W-L head coachKristina Dorville wrote in an email. “She didoutstanding, breaking her own W-L record,qualifying for states, and getting an All-American consideration time cut. Overall,she’s a standout in the 100 breast and willhave a strong presence at both regionals andstates.”

In boys’ action, Langley repeated as con-ference champion, followed by McLean(second), South Lakes (third), Madison(fourth), Yorktown (fifth), Washington-Lee(sixth), Hayfield (seventh) and Fairfax(eighth).

Yorktown senior Brady Almand placedthird in the 100 breaststroke, setting aschool record with a time of 58.01.

The Yorktown 400 free relay team ofsophomore Jonathan Day, sophomoreNicholas Pasternak, senior Jacob Larsen andAlmand tied for third, setting a schoolrecord with a time of 3:17.75.

The Yorktown 200 free relay team (fresh-man Sam Ellis, Pasternak, Larsen, Almand)placed second (1:29.68).

Day placed third in the 200 free (1:47.2)for the Patriots, and junior Jacob Kreiderfinished third in the dive competition (497).

W-L sophomore Jayapraka Kambhampatytook second in the 100 butterfly (51.81) andthird in the 100 backstroke (51.56). Fresh-man Kai Green finished third in the 50 free(22.31).

Langley won each of the three relays andtook home five individual championships.

Senior Carter Bennett, who signed a let-ter of intent to swim for the University ofSouth Carolina, was a major contributor forthe Saxons. Along with helping Langley winthe 200 medley relay (1:35.19) and 200 freerelay (1:27.96), Bennett won individualtitles and set conference meet records in the50 free (20.96) and 100 free (47.31).

The 6A North region swim finals arescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.

Suzanne Dolanand theYorktown girls’swim and diveteam won theConference 6championshipon Jan. 30.

Proving Their CompetitivenessYorktown girls’swim team wins firstConference 6 title.

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