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Krop’s CropsExpands in Great Falls

News, Page 3Some of the vendors at the newly expanded

Krop’s Vintage Market Place, located at Krop’s Crops at 11110 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.

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Promoting andPreserving Local HistoryThe McLean Historical Society presented Palmer Robesonwith its 2019 Henry C. Mackall Award for his outstandingservice in promoting and preserving the history ofMcLean. Shown from left are Mary Lipsey, representingthe Fairfax County History Commission, Palmer Robeson,Mary Anne Hampton, and Carole Herrick, presidentMcLean Historical Society.

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By Steve Hibbard

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Larry Krop has been selling Christmas treessince 1986 at his Krop’s Crops at 11110Georgetown Pike in Great Falls. In addi-tion to adding apples, corn, tomatoes, wa-

termelons, and more, he is best known for his Hal-loween and Christmas traditions of hayrides, campfires, apple cider, and pumpkins.

THIS WEEK, he’s offering up an expanded Krop’sVintage Market Place — a flea-market-style shabbychic center that grew from 14 to 19 vendors. Withnames like The Antique Gardener and The TangledWeb, they sell everything from antiques to jewelryto knick-knacks, and are open from June 1 to Dec.24, with the hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

“I’m just trying to do something for the vendors sothey have a place to sell their stuff. Basically, I’mhere for Halloween and Christmas. This is just some-thing to do in the summertime and something ex-tra,” said Krop.

According to vendor Ginger Mahon, whose busi-ness is called Staging for Today: “One of the thingsthat’s so appealing about Krop’s Vintage Market isunlike so much of Great Falls, it is this 40-year-oldbarn that you walk into that evokes another timeperiod, and as you’re walking around you’re seeingthings that remind you of your childhood,” she said.

“You’re finding a piece of jewelry that you want togive as a gift for your daughter’s graduation or evenan item to decorate your living room. That is themagic of this secret barn that nobody knows about,”she said.

Mahon, who is in her third season, sells anythingfrom Grandma’s attic finds to furniture to Waterfordcrystal, antiques, China, and jewelry. “It’s a real mixof accents for the home,” she said.

She added: “We’re trying to get more traffic as adesignation for collectibles and unique finds andantiques closer than having to drive out to Leesburgand Lucketts and beyond. Instead of it just being afarmer’s market that Larry’s had for years, we wantyou to come over here and look through the barnand go home with a wonderful gift or somethingspecial to your home.”

Her booth has less expensive antiques — a $5pitcher, creamer and little plates that one could hangon a wall — all the way up to Waterford. “Last year,I had a few beautiful old antique dressers I was sell-ing. So, it’s the kind of place where you want to cometo not just once but over and over again becauseevery space is always changing.”

Another vendor, Hatsie Charbonneau, who grewup in McLean and now lives in Sterling, calls herbusiness Kitty’s Keepsakes; she has a separate jew-elry business called Fans by Ferwhitia (her Goddessname). “I have a lot of vintage items we’ve been col-

lecting over the years. I don’t really have this as abusiness; I have it as a means to bless others withthese really nice items that go back to the 1800s,”she said.

“I’ve got a lot of rare, one-of-a-kind things. I’vegot a lot of antique tins; a lot of trivets; nice jew-elry; dinner plates; China; silver; and very uniqueitems,” she added. “The one thing that attracted meto want to be a vendor here in the first place is thevariety here. One person might have shabby chicstuff; another person might do some furniture. Ifyou’re looking for something special, we justbrought in an H.T. Cushman original cigar humidorand cigarette stand that would make a great giftfor somebody’s man-cave.”

The 2019 National Capi-tal Area CappiesAwards Gala on May 27

at the Kennedy Center broughttogether theater students from60 high schools from Virginia,Maryland, and Washington,D.C. Theatre students from Lan-gley and McLean high schoolscame away with top prizes.

Langley High School’s “BiloxiBlues” won the Cappies Awardsfor Best Play and Ensemble Ina Play.

Langley student Cole Sitilideswon as Lead Actor in a Play.Mark Bosset won in the Sup-porting Actor in a Play category.

McLean High School won theProps Category.

McLean student KristenWaagner won as Lead Actressin a Play for her role as Jack in“Lord of the Flies.”

McLean High School againtook home the arts journalismaward for Best Critics Team.Team members include MaryKate Ganley, Kristen Waagner,Helen Ganley, Kara Murri, SydKirk, Alannah Rivera, KatherineKelly, Rachel Kulp, and SophieCamus.

Kristen Waagner won the BillStrauss Graduating CriticCappies Award.

McLean, Langley HighWin Cappies Awards

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Langley High School’s ‘Biloxi Blues’ won the CappiesAwards for Best Play and Ensemble In a Play.

Langley High student Cole Sitilides won as “LeadActor in a Play.”

Now Krop’s VintageMarket Place will have19 vendors sellingantiques, knick-knacks.

Krop’s Crops Expandsin Great Falls

Vendor Ginger Mahon, whose business iscalled Staging for Today.

Vendor Hatsie Charbonneau, whosebusiness is called Kitty’s Keepsakes,with another jewelry business calledFans by Ferwhitia.

Photos by Steve Hibbard/The Connection


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According to Fairfax resident JoyHarrison, who is originally from the Philip-pines and runs the business called Bella andJoy: “The Krop’s Vintage Market is definitelya place where we have artisans, people whodesign jewelry, who have a good eye forfinding vintage items, collectibles, andthings like home furnishings, gifts andunique items.”

She added: “My family and I used to havea business in Vienna; we would importwood items and baskets. When we foldedthe business, we had some beautiful thingsthat were left over that I’m slowly addingto my inventory.”

“I would say that most of my items wouldmake people smile. I like conversationpieces; I like pieces that reflect history;pieces for entertaining — that little some-thing that would remind you of yourgrandmother’s table…. Something thatbrings back what family gatherings were. Ilike tablewares; I like fine china. It’s an en-joyable thing to find unique pieces, espe-cially the ones that are very old,” she said.

KROP’S VINTAGE MARKET PLACE islocated at 11110 Georgetown Pike in GreatFalls. Visit the website at http://www.kropscrops.com.

Krop’s Crops ExpandsPhotos by Steve Hibbard/The Connection

A Fourth of July table at Krop’s Vintage Market Place.

A serving tray that can be used as an art piece sold by Ginger Mahon.

Joy Harrison’s booth is calledBella and Joy.


By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Maria Cogswell says she used to sob inher car each day as she drove to herjob on Capitol Hill. She complainedof stomach cramps and indigestion

during the time she spent in her office.“I was rude to people and short and irritable with

my friends,” she said. “I was miserable. My brain wasfried and I was completely burned out at work. Even-tually I just quit my job.”

Cogswell is not alone. According to a recent Gallupstudy two-thirds of full-time workers experienceburnout on the job. Researchers who conducted thestudy concluded that employee burnout can lead toa downward spiral in performance and can damagean employee’s self-esteem and confidence. In fact,the World Health Organization (WHO) recently la-beled workplace burnout as an “occupational phe-nomenon” that could lead to health issues.

“Burnout is a state of physical, emotional and men-tal exhaustion that negatively affects self-esteem,”said Linda McKenna Gulyn, Ph.D., Professor of Psy-chology at Marymount University. “It affects the qual-ity of services the burned-out employee provides. Forexample, nursing is a field with high burn-out, sothis is a concern if the employee is not able to per-form well.”

The feeling that one has little or no autonomy atwork can cause frustration and stress that leads toburnout. “Keep in mind [that] those jobs, across allprofessions in which the employee has little controland competing demands of both family and work,lead to this serious problem of burnout,” addedGulyn, who taught the topic of stress and burnoutin a recent class.

Learn to recognize the early signs of burnout, ad-vises Carolyn Lorente, Ph.D., Professor Psychologyat Northern Virginia Community College. “Oftentimes the first indicator of work burnout and stressmay be felt in our bodies,” she said “Especially forthose of us who learned as children to tough it out,we may have been socialized to not cue into our stres-sors or emotions. This can really take a toll on ourphysical health. We may find ourselves getting morefrequent headaches, having stomach issues, or catch-ing colds more often.”

Such extreme levels of chronic stress can damageone’s overall physical and mental wellbeing, addedChris Harrison, Professor of Health and Physical Edu-cation at Montgomery College. “Individuals reach thecondition of burnout when they are exhausted andcan’t replenish their energy levels, they lack motiva-tion, develop a chronic pessimistic attitude with feel-ings of frustration and hopelessness. … Job relatedburnout can result in lower productivity, lower qual-ity of work, increased accidents and increased ab-senteeism,” continued Harrison, who teaches a classcalled “Controlling Stress and Tension.”

One of the most effective ways to ease stress andprevent burnout before it happens is to make timethroughout the day to practice self-care, advisesLorente who encourages people to take what she calls“peace pauses.”

“For instance, during a lunch break take a walkoutside rather than eating inside, treating yourself

to a favorite afternoon tea or coffee, or listening tobooks on tape or an interesting pod-cast to and fromwork.”

Stress often comes from feeling a lack of controlover how one’s time is spent, advises Lorente who isalso a psychotherapist at Belle Point Wellness clinicwhere she helps patients manage stress. “Thesepeace-pauses can help us begin to take back evensmall parts of how our day goes and help protectagainst stress-related ill health,” she said.

Make time to take care of one’s physical health,advises Harrison. “Work to improve your sleep hab-its, eat a healthy diet and participate in regular physi-cal activity,” she said. To ease stress, Harrison alsorecommends a holistic approach. “Explore activities... such as yoga, meditation, guided imagery or taichi,” she said. “Mindfulness is the act of focusing onyour breath flow and being aware of what you’resensing and feeling in the present moment withoutinterpretation or judgment.”

Yoga and meditation teacher Debbie Helfeld rec-ommends alternative nostril breathing for calming.

Adjusting the way one views stress and changingone’s thoughts, behaviors and relationships might benecessary, suggests, Jerome Short, Ph.D., LicensedClinical Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psy-chology at George Mason University. “The more thatwe view stress as a challenge and we develop copingskills the more we can experience growth and notharm,” he said.

For those who feel a sense of hopelessness,Harrison suggests exploring available options. “Dis-cuss specific concerns with your supervisor,” she said.“Maybe you can work together to change expecta-tions or reach compromises or solutions. Try to setgoals for what must get done and what can wait.”

Sometimes the best option is to get help from atherapist or simply change jobs, says Short. “In theworkplace, it helps to have new challenges, a senseof purpose, autonomy to make decisions, and op-portunities to master skills,” he said.

Recognizing the symptomsand strategies for relief.

Burnout at Work

Photo by Marilyn Campbell

Yoga and meditation teacher DebbieHelfeld practices alternate nostril breath-ing which she says can relieve the type ofstress that can lead to workplace burnout.

Wellbeing


By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

The threats to our demo-cratic-republican form ofgovernment are more nu-

merous than weeks of this columncould enumerate. While I will notmention the more obvious onesbrought on by the current admin-istration in Washington, I do wantto focus on two that have comeabout in the recent past—one justlast week. They impact all levels

of governmentand comeabout not fromthe executive

branch of government or the dys-functional Congress but ratherfrom the judicial branch and itshighest level, the Supreme Court!While I have always viewed theSupreme Court as a safety back-stop that would save our republicfrom harm by the Congress or thepresident, in recent years it is theCourt that has become one of thereal threats to democratic gover-nance.

One of the biggest inhibitors ofadvancement on progressive is-sues in Virginia has been the un-

restrained ability ofthe members of theparty in power at thetime of the decennialcensus to choose thevoters they want torepresent for the nextdecade by gerryman-dering district bound-aries. For some of usthere has been astruggle to put in place a non-par-tisan method of drawing districtlines. With the great organizationOneVirginia2021’s efforts therehas been real progress towardsmeeting that goal. A Constitu-tional amendment passed the lastsession of the General Assemblythat would establish what is de-scribed as a non-partisan andtransparent process for redistrict-ing. It must pass the 2020 sessionwithout change in order to be sentto the voters in a referendum be-fore becoming part of the stateconstitution.

In the meantime lawsuits weresuccessful in federal courts to havethe Virginia Congressional andHouse of Delegates districts re-drawn to eliminate discriminationbased on race. The Supreme Court

refused to review thenew House of Del-egates districtsdrawn by a lowerfederal court on atechnicality that thecurrent membersbringing the suit didnot have standing.

Of great concern,however, is the Su-

preme Court decision last weeksaying in effect that federal courtsdo not have the power to redrawpolitically gerrymandered districtlines. The outcome could be moredevastating to a republican formof government as the dominantparty would be left free to estab-lish itself in power without a wayto challenge it.

Threats to Our Government as We Know ItThe Supreme Court has histori-

cally sidestepped cases in the pastthat would have brought them intoresolving partisan redistricting. Iam fearful that the Court’s deci-sion will result in rampant gerry-mandering of legislative districtscreating unparalleled control oflegislatures. This unfortunate de-cision by the Supreme Court mayhave been exceeded in its partisanimplications only by CitizensUnited that many people feel mayhave been the Court’s greatestmistake by bringing uncontrolledcorporate influence into elections.

As usual the checks, althoughextremely limited to these kindsof bad decisions, continue to bevoting the very best people intoelective office.

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By John C. Cook

Braddock District Supervisor

The fireworks andburgers we all lookforward to on Independence Day can

make us forget the incredible his-tory behind the celebration. As apublic servant, I cannot help butreflect on the remarkable politicalevents and the figures who took

incredible risks to shape thegovernment of our youngcountry. The work of onelocal man in particular in-

spired the Declaration of Independence and theBill of Rights. His name was George Mason.

Mason resided in Gunston Hall and activelyinvolved himself in the Fairfax County com-munity. He was elected into the Virginia Houseof Burgesses in 1758 alongside George Wash-ington and Patrick Henry. He left his office ashort time later due to illness and a reluctancetowards politics. However, he was one of thegreatest and most respected political thinkersof his time. A follower of the political philoso-pher John Locke, Mason firmly believed in therights of individuals and was an early adopterof the Revolutionary cause. When the Britishbegan imposing taxes on the colonies, Wash-ington asked Mason to draft official responses

in protest. This resulted in theFairfax Resolves, a countywidedocument that opposed the in-creasingly harsh British policiesand called for an American “gen-eral congress, for the preservationof our Lives Liberties and For-tunes.” While many countieswrote their own resolves, Mason’swas considered the most forcefuland influential.

After the House of Burgesseswas dissolved by the British governor in 1774,Virginians formed their own legislative bodyin protest called the Virginia Convention, whichcreated a new government structure in Vir-ginia. As a member of the convention, GeorgeMason drafted the groundbreaking VirginiaDeclaration of Rights and the 1776 Constitu-tion, which laid the “basis and foundation” fora government in Virginia. It called for a gov-ernment based on individual liberty that onlyreceived its power from the people it served.The document opened with the bold statement“That all men are by nature equally free andindependent, and have certain inherentrights...” Thomas Jefferson adopted similarlanguage for our national Declaration of Inde-pendence. These radical thoughts, so deliber-ately laid out, sent a shockwave through thecolonies and history changed forever.

When the fighting finally ceased years later

it was time to build a stable government forthe expansive territory the Americans had se-cured. Mason was once again invited to sharehis wisdom in building a government as a Vir-ginia representative in the Constitutional Con-vention. Mason had a clear vision of what hewould like to see in the Constitution. Hestrongly advocated for individual rights, popu-lar elections, and a three-part executive branch.He was especially wary that the new govern-ment would too closely resemble England’s. Asthe convention went on Mason’s concerns grew.He opposed the slave trade and wanted to seeit eradicated in the new government. Whenhe proposed a bill of rights to be included inthe body of the constitution, his motion wasrejected by a majority of the convention. Thesetwo key issues led Mason to vote against theConstitution. His was one of only three dis-senting votes. Many elements of Mason’s phi-losophy, however, made their way into the sub-sequent Constitution and Bill of Rights. Estab-lishing three branches of government, freedomof the press, freedom of religion, and civilianmilitary control were all elements fromVirginia’s founding documents.

I hope you and your family have a safe andhappy Fourth of July. I also hope you take sometime to remember the history and people behindthe holiday. Without the courage and convictionof people like George Mason, our country wouldnot be the beacon of liberty it is today.

George Mason’s Role in Founding our NationEstablishing three branches of government, freedom of the press, freedom of religion,and civilian military control were all elements from Virginia’s founding documents.

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ONGOINGDrop-in Mah Jongg. Wednesdays,

9:30 a.m.-noon at McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. Players should have abasic understanding of the rules andshould bring their current AmericanMJ League card. For McLean Districtresidents. [email protected] for more.

Oak Marr Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m.-noon at Oak Marr RECenter, 3200Jermantown Road, Oakton. EveryWednesday through Nov. 13, rain orshine. Call 703-281-6501 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/oak-marr for more.

McLean Farmers Market. Fridays,through Nov. 15, 8 a.m.-noon atLewinsville Park, 1659 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/mclean.

Great Falls Farmers Market.Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 778 WalkerRoad, Great Falls. Music, vendors,fresh produce, fresh prepared food,delightful bakery, spices from aroundthe world, wild-caught fish, grass-fed, free-range meats, organic-fedpoultry and eggs. [email protected]

Oakton Farmers Market. Saturdays,9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Unity of FairfaxChurch, 2854 Hunter Mill Road,Oakton. Year-round weekly farmersmarket in Oakton. Visit community-foodworks.org.

TUESDAY/JULY 2Kids on the Green: Reptiles Alive

(live animals). 10 a.m. on the

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The Celebrate Great Falls Foundation had their own floattopped with a white gazebo at the 2018 Home.

4th Of July HometownCelebration and Parade

Great Falls celebrates the 4th of July. Thursday, July 4, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the GreatFalls Village Centre. 6 p.m. at Turner Farm Park. Free admission. Visitcelebrategreatfalls.org/event/4th-of-july-hometown-celebration/ for more.

Vienna Town Green. The Kids on theGreen series is a weekly collection ofinteractive animal shows, magicians,puppet performances, and more,running through Aug. 20. Free. Visitviennava.gov for more.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 3Stories, Songs & Sprinklers. 1 p.m.

on the Freeman Store lawn.Partnering with Historic Vienna, Inc.,the Town of Vienna invites youngchildren and families to an afternoon

of storybook reading, short songs,and fun with water sprinklers. Free.Visit viennava.gov for more.

THURSDAY/JULY 44th Of July Hometown Celebration

and Parade. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at theGreat Falls Village Centre. 6 p.m. atTurner Farm Park. Free admission.Visit celebrategreatfalls.org/event/4th-of-july-hometown-celebration/for more.

❖ 8 a.m. — 5K Walk/Run at the Great

Falls Freedom Memorial. Visitrunsignup.com/Race/VA/GreatFalls/July45K to register.

❖ 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — INOVA BloodDrive with the Great Falls VolunteerFire Department. Photo ID required.Allow 1 hour for donor visit. See youthere!

❖ 9 a.m. — Little Patriot Parade onthe Village Centre Green (at theGazebo). Babies and Toddlers up toage 5 are welcome to parade theirfinest patriotic display around theGreen.

❖ 10 a.m. — Main Parade around theGreat Falls Village Centre. See thefloats, horses, antique cars and petsmaking a loop in the Main Parade.

❖ 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. —Festivities, Food & Fun. After theparade, enjoy burgers, dogs andsnow-cones along with music, fieldgames and festivities on the VillageCentre Green.

❖ 6 p.m. — Fireworks & Fun atTurner Farm Park.Gates open at 6.Pack up the family and come tailgatewith neighbors. Live music, games,contests and food trucks willentertain until the Big Show getsunderway just after dusk.

Sprinklers and Sparklers. 10 a.m.-2p.m. at the Vienna CommunityCenter, 120 Cherry St. SE, Vienna.Features three water slides and abevy of other water activities forchildren as well as five food trucksand snow cones. Kids (and adultswho may encounter collateral waterdamage) should be prepared to getreally wet and to have a really goodtime. Visit viennava.gov or call 703-255-6361.

Mclean 4th Of July FireworksCelebration. 6:30 p.m. at LangleyHigh School, 6520 Georgetown Pike,McLean. Enjoy a DJ, food trucks, andfireworks. Free onsite parking(limited).

Free satellite parking and shuttle buses(handicapped equipped) fromMcLean Community Center and St.John’s Episcopal Church. Thefollowing are prohibited on school

grounds: smoking, alcohol, vaping,glass containers, personal fireworks,weapons and pets. Free admission.Visit www.mcleancenter.org or call703-790-0123.

The Big Bang. 7:15 p.m. at YeonasPark, 1319 Ross Drive SW, Vienna.Vienna will host its annual big bangshow. The Josh Christina Band willprovide the evening’s soundtrack.The Vienna Little League concessionstand and food trucks will serve upfood and non-alcoholic beverages.

The fireworks show, courtesy of NavyFederal Credit Union, starts around9:30. Visit viennava.gov or call 703-255-6361.

FRIDAY/JULY 5Get Hooked on Fishing. 5:30-7:30

p.m. at Riverbend Park, 8700Potomac Hills St., Great Falls.Riverbend is offering “River Fishingby Boat.” In this class, participantsage 5- adult will learn to fish forsmallmouth bass and sunfish from acanoe or jon boat. Previousexperience rowing or paddling is notrequired, and boats, PFDs, fishingrods and bait are provided. Therewill be a maximum of threeparticipants per boat, one of whommust be 16 or older. Each participantmust register. $16 per person. If theweather’s bad or river conditions arehazardous, the program will becanceled. Call 703-759-9018 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend.

Summer on the Green: U.S. NavyBand: Commodores (big bandjazz). 6:30 p.m. on Vienna’s TownGreen. The Summer on the Greenconcert series returns to Vienna’sTown Green Friday nights throughAug. 23. Please see the text below orthe attached release for details. Bringchairs and/or blankets. No alcoholicbeverages are permitted. Considerleaving pets at home. In the event ofrain, check the weather line at 703-255-7842. Learn more at


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SATURDAY/JULY 6Get Hooked on Fishing. 9-9:55 a.m.

at Lake Fairfax Park, 1400 LakeFairfax Drive, Reston. Lake FairfaxPark is offering the “Fishing Fun”series for children age 7-11 onSaturdays from July 6-27.Participants will learn fishing basics.The class helps participants improvefishing skills with spinning- andclosed-faced reels while teachingsafety, catch-and-release fishing andprotecting the environment. Allequipment is provided. $66 per childfor four sessions, plus a supply fee of$20 payable at the first class. Call703-471-5414 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lake-fairfax.

Open Mic Night. 7-10 p.m. at CaffeAmouri, 107 Church St. NE, Vienna.Every Friday, a featured host is themain performer and also the emceewho introduces other performerswho show up to play music, recitepoetry, or do a comedy routine. Freeadmission. Call 703-938-1623 or visitcaffeamouri.com/events-calendar.

SUNDAY/JULY 7Visit Colvin Run Mill. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

at Colvin Run Mill, 10017 Colvin RunRoad, Great Falls. See, hear and tastehistory with a visit to Colvin RunMill. Blacksmithing demonstrationmaking iron tools and utensils,grinding demonstration turns wheator corn into flour and meal, and freewood carving lessons onsite. Milltours are $8 for adults, $7 forstudents 16 and up with ID, and $6for children and seniors. All ages areinvited to enjoy these historicdemonstrations, and no reservationsare required. Call 703-759-2771 orvisit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/colvin-run-mill.

Summer Concerts: DuPont Brass.5 p.m. in the gazebo of McLeanCentral Park, 1468 Dolley MadisonBlvd., McLean. The Alden at theMcLean Community Center is againsponsoring free summer concerts inthe gazebo of McLean Central Parkfeaturing a mix of musical genres.Call 703-790-0123 or visitwww.aldentheatre.org.

Concerts on the Green:Oxymorons. 6-8 p.m. on the GreatFalls Village Centre Green. Bringpicnic baskets, chairs and blanketsfor an evening of live music. Free.Visit www.celebrategreatfalls.org.

Summer on the Green: U.S. NavyBand: Country Current(bluegrass). 6:30 p.m. on Vienna’sTown Green. Bring chairs and/orblankets. No alcoholic beverages arepermitted. Consider leaving pets athome. In the event of rain, check theweather line at 703-255-7842. Learnmore at www.viennava.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3997.

TUESDAY/JULY 9Kids on the Green: The Great

Zucchini (magician). 10 a.m. onthe Vienna Town Green. The Kids onthe Green series is a weeklycollection of interactive animalshows, magicians, puppetperformances, and more, runningthrough Aug. 20. Free. Visitviennava.gov for more.


on the Freeman Store lawn.Partnering with Historic Vienna, Inc.,the Town of Vienna invites youngchildren and families to an afternoonof storybook reading, short songs,and fun with water sprinklers. Free.Visit viennava.gov for more.

THURSDAY/JULY 11Nottoway Nights: David Bach

Consort. 7:30 p.m. at Nottoway

Park, 9537 Courthouse Road, Vienna.Thursday evenings, through Aug. 22.Bring a picnic and a blanket or chair.For last minute weather cancellationscall 703-324-7469 one hour prior tothe program start time.

FRIDAY/JULY 12ESL Playdate Cafe. 1-2 p.m. at

Oakton Library, 10304 LynnhavenPlace, Oakton. Meet other caregiversof young children. Adults practiceEnglish while children enjoy playtime in the same room. Birth-5 yearswith adult. Free. Call 703-242-4020ibrarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/5260042.

Summer on the Green: Fat Chance(rock). 6:30 p.m. on Vienna’s TownGreen. The Summer on the Greenconcert series returns to Vienna’sTown Green Friday nights throughAug. 23. Weather line at 703-255-7842. Learn more atwww.viennava.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3997.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/JULY 12-14Seussical The Musical. Friday-

Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.at Alden Theatre, McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. The McLeanCommunity Players return to theAlden Theatre with the musical“Seussical,” which opens July 12,2019, and runs weekends throughJuly 28. “Seussical” brings togethermany beloved Dr. Seuss characters.$15-$28. [email protected] or visitwww.McLeanPlayers.org for more.

SATURDAY/JULY 13Model Railroaders Open House. 1-

5 p.m. at the Vienna Depot, 231Dominion Road NE. NorthernVirginia Model Railroaders hold anopen house at the Vienna Depot eachmonth and on Vienna celebrationdays, including Viva! Vienna and theVienna Holiday Stroll. Freeadmission. Call 703-938-5157 or visitwww.nvmr.org.

Open Mic Night. 7-10 p.m. at CaffeAmouri, 107 Church St. NE, Vienna.Every Friday, a featured host is themain performer and also the emceewho introduces other performers whoshow up to play music, recite poetry,or do a comedy routine. Freeadmission. Call 703-938-1623 or visitcaffeamouri.com/events-calendar.

SUNDAY/JULY 14Summer Concerts: Frontiers -

Journey tribute band. 5 p.m. inthe gazebo of McLean Central Park,1468 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean.The Alden at the McLean CommunityCenter is again sponsoring freesummer concerts in the gazebo ofMcLean Central Park featuring a mixof musical genres. Call 703-790-0123or visit www.aldentheatre.org.

Concerts on the Green: Jr. Clineand the Recliners. 6-8 p.m. on theGreat Falls Village Centre Green.Bring picnic baskets, chairs andblankets for an evening of live music.Free. Visitwww.celebrategreatfalls.org.

TUESDAY/JULY 16Kids on the Green: Bill Wellington

(kids songs and storytelling).10 a.m. on the Vienna Town Green.The Kids on the Green series is aweekly collection of interactiveanimal shows, magicians, puppetperformances, and more, runningthrough Aug. 20. Free. Visitviennava.gov for more.


on the Freeman Store lawn.Partnering with Historic Vienna, Inc.,the Town of Vienna invites youngchildren and families to an afternoonof storybook reading, short songs,and fun with water sprinklers. Free.Visit viennava.gov for more.


Sports

By Aimee Weinstein

The Langley High SchoolCrew Team hadasuccessful season this

year, with three boats competingin Nationals, excellent placementfor three boats at States, severalathletes named to the U.S. Scho-lastic Honor Roll. A few athleteswill row in college.

The team had a number ofstrong contenders in their lineupof boats this year, and the girls’lightweight four won the VirginiaState Rowing Competition. Theteam’s junior eight on the women’sside won an impressive third andthe junior eight on the men’s sideplaced second. All three of thoseboats competed well at Nationalsin Ohio in May as well.

Coach Joshua Baum is veryproud of the team. “This was aunique year with more canceledregattas due to weather, but theteam made the most of their op-portunities,” Baum said. “I tell therowers that there are a lot of thingsthat they cannot control, but theycan control their attitudes andwhat they are going to do in themoment. At States, the rowers fo-cused on the opportunity and tooktheir shot.”

Langley’s Crew team is knownfor scholar-athletes and this yearis no exception.

Mia Uitz and Elaine Zeng werenamed to the U.S. Rowing Scho-lastic Honor Roll with PatrickCorrigan receiving an honorablemention.

Two athletes will continue row-ing in college: Emily Elkas at theUniversity of North Carolina,Chapel Hill, and Lilliana Fedewaat the University of Miami.

Coach Julie Sutliff also takes aforward-looking approach. “Lan-gley Crew has continued to show

the ability to be competitive at alllevels,” she comments, “We havea young squad and are alreadylooking forward to all of the tal-ent and dedication representingthe future of our team next year.”

Langley’s Learn to Row program

for new athletes will begin in earlySeptember and the winter condi-tioning ahead of the spring waterseason begins in late November.For more information, go tohttps://www.langleycrew.com/ oremail [email protected]

From left: Coach Josh Baum, Christopher Cumberbatch, Brandon Colberg, RichardsonPhan, Matthew Zheng, Ethan An Pham, Nick Rongione, Ellis Sitilides, Lucas Frischling,Arnay Vohra.

Langley Crew: Full Steam Ahead

From left: Abigail Dickerson, Iman Khan, Hyebin Yang,Lydia Conner, Caroline Hanlon, Paige Morley, ClaireJohnson, Anna Romani, Coach Julie Sutliff, CoachLauren Evans; Front, Melis Akinci.

The winning women’s four boat: Coach Lauren Evans,coach Julie Sutliff, Jenna Ashtar, Sydney Weinstein,Lilliana Fedewa, Lily Fowler, Olivia Elkas, Coach KevinBedell.

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Now that I’m unburdened from the web-site weight I’ve been carrying for the past few weeks, I will, for the second week in a row, not write about cancer.

This week’s topic will be manufacturer’s coupons and the trick certain supermarkets are playing on us unsuspecting consumers.

Like many of you, or maybe not that many, I use coupons to save money. In fact, I have become rather adept at doing so. I’m not willing or talented enough to go on television – and tell my tales; I’m not that good. As an example, I’m not able/that inclined to download and print the digital coupons some brands/sites offer.

All I know to do is clip/use the paper cou-pons inserted in the Sunday newspapers and “clip” the digital coupons offered on certain supermarket and drugstore websites.

In my “couponing” I am aware and mindful of the doubling and occasionally even tripling coupon opportunities. Moreover, I am similarly aware of the less frequent doubling/tripling of coupons with values of one dollar or more.

Most of the time, I am using coupons whose face value is less than one dollar whose amount is then doubled (a 75 cent coupon is worth $1.50). In addition, I’m always looking to use my “couponing” skills with items that are already on sale for super savings.

Unfortunately, the opportunity doesn’t present itself as often/on as many items as I like to purchase. Although, until recently, there had been a savings opportunity when the identi-cal-to-the-paper digital coupon appeared on the supermarket’s website. On those occasions, one could use both the paper and digital coupons on the same item, to double dip, so to speak (and a super-duper savings if that item were already on sale); a loophole which has since been closed.

Another loophole, of sorts, one that saves the supermarket’s money – at the consumer’s

their digital coupons. Not only can you no longer ‘double dip,’ but if you “clip” the digital coupons, the ones under one dollar, the face amount doesn’t double as it would for a similar-ly valued paper coupon.

Who does that help? The convenience of digital coupons. I’m not buying it anymore.

In summary, two ways here I see the super-markets making money where previously they hadn’t.

First, they’re encouraging consumers to use digital coupons, like it’s money for nothing. Really it’s money for something, just not the consumer’s something. Granted, there seem to be more digital coupons than paper coupons but the more digital coupons you use, especial-ly instead of paper coupons for the same item,

from the doubling opportunity afforded by paper coupons).

Second, for whatever coincidental/conspir-atorial reason, there are fewer coupon inserts in the Sunday papers. There’s less to cut on Sundays and accordingly, less to show for it on Mondays, when I plan my week’s “consumer-ing.” The result is that due to this lack of paper coupons, consumers are being forced to go digital, and by doing so, are losing our ability to double down.

Rather than supply the demand in paper, the supermarkets are demanding the supply by forcing our hands to go mouse-clicking.

You may view this coupon pursuit as a bit of a fools errand, but I view it more as a challenge, and as a way to overthrow the conspirators, while there’s still time.

Coup de GrasSubmit civic/community announcements atConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos andartwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, atleast two weeks before event.

SOBER-RIDE FOR JULY 4Free Sober Rides. Thursday, July 4, 7 p.m.

through Friday, July 5, 2 a.m. Area residents, 21and older, may download Lyft to their phones,then enter a code in the app’s “Promo” section toreceive a no cost (up to $15) safe ride home.WRAP’s Independence Day SoberRide promocode will be posted at 6 p.m. on July 4 onwww.SoberRide.com.

TUESDAY/JULY 9Family Caregiver Telephone Support Group.

7-8 p.m. Fairfax County’s Family CaregiverTelephone Support Group meets by phone onTuesday, February 13, 7-8 p.m. This month’stopic is After Hospitalization: What’s Next? Call703-324-5484, TTY 711 to register.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 10Fairfax County Park Authority Board

Meeting. 7:30 p.m. in the Herrity Building,12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 941,Fairfax. The Park Authority Board’s 12appointed members establish strategic policyand direction for the Park Authority. Open tothe public. For agenda and more information,visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/boardagn2.htm or call 703-324-8662.

THURSDAY/JULY 11Caregivers Support Group. 10-11:30 a.m. at

UUCF Unitarian Universalist Congregation ofFairfax - Program Building, 2709 Hunter MillRoad, Oakton. For caregivers to adult familymembers with dementia. First and thirdThursdays of every month. Hosted by Shepherd’sCenter of Oakton-Vienna, scov.org. Contactfacilitator Jack Tarr at 703-821-6838 [email protected].

New and Prospective Member Orientation.11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Tower Club, 8000 TowersCrescent Drive, Suite 1700, Vienna. Learn moreabout the Tysons Regional Chamber ofCommerce and how to make the most of amembership through the various events,committees, member to member benefits andmarketing opportunities. Meet the Chamber staffand hear from Board Members. Registration isrequired. Free for new and prospectivemembers. Sandwiches provided. Visitwww.tysonschamber.org.

SATURDAY/JULY 13Car Seat Safety Check. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at

the McLean district police station, 1437 BallsHill Road. Fairfax County Police Departmentoffers free safety check and install eventsthroughout the year to ensure children travelsafely. In preparation for your appointment, youshould install the seat in your vehicle using theinstructions that came with the car seat. Trainedofficers will review the car seat instructions andcar owner’s manual to be certain that they arebeing followed as they should.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 17Fairfax Commission on Aging Meets. 1-3

p.m. at McLean Governmental Center, Rooms A& B, 1437 Balls Hill Road, McLean. The public iswelcome to attend and join in the commentperiod that begins each session. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/familyservices/older-adults/fairfax-area-commission-on-aging. Call703-324-5403, TTY 711 for access needs.

THURSDAY/JULY 18Caregivers Support Group. 10-11:30 a.m. at

UUCF Unitarian Universalist Congregation ofFairfax - Program Building, 2709 Hunter MillRoad, Oakton. For caregivers to adult familymembers with dementia. First and thirdThursdays of every month. Hosted by Shepherd’sCenter of Oakton-Vienna, scov.org. Contactfacilitator Jack Tarr at 703-821-6838 [email protected].

Memory Cafe. 2-4 p.m. at Andrew Chapel UnitedMethodist Church, 1301 Trap Road, Vienna.Connect with others living with loved ones withdementia. Helping those with dementia andtheir caregivers find fun, resources and “family.”Email Carol Blackwell at [email protected] orcall at 571-236-6933.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 24Fairfax County Park Authority Board

Meeting. 7:30 p.m. in the Herrity Building,12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 941,Fairfax.

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