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Students assemble by thesidewalk outside ChurchillRoad Elementary Schoolon Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Students assemble by thesidewalk outside ChurchillRoad Elementary Schoolon Tuesday, Sept. 3.

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By Ryan Dunn

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On Tuesday, Sept. 3, parents,students and faculty cametogether at Churchill RoadElementary School in McLean

for the first day of school. Danielle M.Mazurowski, a music teacher for nine yearsat Churchill Road, was at one of the doorsgreeting people as they entered into thecafeteria. “It is always a great day, the firstday of school,” said Mazurowski.

David Suchoski, one of the school’s firstgrade teachers was preparing papers for theday’s activities. “It is always exciting andwonderful to have a new start. I am just asnervous as the kids,” said Suchoski. A resi-dent of Falls Church, this is Suchoski’s 28thyear teaching at this school. Suchoski pre-viously taught first, third, and fourth grade,and welcomes the return to teaching firstgrade classes.

“By far you see the most growth, bothintellectually and socially, in kids during thistime. They may enter in first grade and notbe able to fully write their names and whenthey leave they will be able to read,” saidSuchoski. “It is refreshing to be in a situa-tion where you make an impact with thekids. It is a great deal of work but the ben-efits outweigh the challenges.”

First grade teacher Elizabeth Diffie wasalso preparing for the day’s activities.

Diffie has been teaching on and off for30 years, and has 10 years teaching experi-ence at Fairfax County schools. “I love thiscommunity, it is warm and has caring fami-lies, and a fabulous staff of teachers. Weare also very involved in ecology and recy-cling,” said Diffie.

The school has an active Eco Team, andredistributes unopened food to local foodbanks. Churchill Road is proud of itsEnviroment-Based Education Program andthe connection it makes with students. “Wehave a winter garden and now have pump-kins growing. First grade is all about help-ing students fall in love with school and theprocess of learning, inspiring students sohopefully they will want to continue learn-ing,” said Diffie.

Teacher Mary Lynn Robosky was lookingforward to the first day of school.

“This is my first year teaching first gradeat this school,” said Robosky. This will beRobosky’s third year at Churchill Road El-ementary, where she has previously taughtother grades.

“We are looking forward to a lot of handson experience … being a first grade teacher,has been a dream of mine. My first gradeteacher, Ms. Helman, was so memorable.

You always remember your first gradeteacher,” said Robosky.

Some parents brought cameras to recordthe moments their children returned to

school. “We are super excited, and can’tbelieve our son is already in the first grade,”said local resident Trita Parsi. “I think thisis really one of the best schools in the area,”

It’s Back to Churchill Road in McLeanFirst day for firstgraders, otherstudents at ChurchillRoad Elementary.

said parent Lucy Sum.To learn about Churchill Road Elemen-

tary School, visit their webpage at: http://www.fcps.edu/ChurchillRoadES/.

First grade teacher David Suchoski. First grade teacher Elizabeth Diffie.First grade teacher Mary LynnRobosky.

Students assemble by the sidewalk outside ChurchillRoad Elementary School on the first day of school.

A father walks his son to Churchill Road ElementarySchool for the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

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Chesterbook Swim and Tennis in McLean hosted aCharity Swim-a-Thon on Saturday, Aug. 31, to ben-efit two charities with close ties to the membership.The first charity, Nadar por Vida, works to break thecycle of drowning and minority obesity in tradition-ally non-swimming populations. For several years,Chesterbrook teens have volunteered coaching forNPV. The second charity, Environment Virginia—Re-search and Policy Center, is an educational organi-zation dedicated to protecting air, water and openspaces. Environment Virginia was chosen to memo-rialize Chesterbrook’s beloved former vice president,Ken Meade, who died tragically earlier this summer.

The event was organized by Jake Huber andMeagan McArthur, rising seniors at McLean HighSchool and longtime Chesterbrook swim team mem-bers and coaches. More than two dozen swimmersparticipated in this fun event with the youngest mem-ber, five-year-old Alex Valencic swimming twelvelaps. Event organizers, Jake and Meagan, reportedthat more than $3,000 was raised at the event. Theydescribed it as “a fantastic event which really broughtthe community together at the end of the summer insupport of these two great causes.” They are plan-ning to make it an annual occurrence.

Chesterbrook Swimclub Raises More Than $3,000 inFirst Charity Swim-a-Thon

Event organizers, Jake Huber and Meagan McArthur,rising seniors at McLean High School.

Youngest swimmer, Alex Valencic, 5.

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Used Book SaleTo Be HeldSept. 20-22

The McLean Branch of theAmerican Association of Univer-sity Women (AAUW) will hold its44th AAUW Annual Used BookSale at the McLean CommunityCenter, on Friday Sept. 20 from9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Sept.21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and,Sunday, Sept. 22 from noon to 4p.m.

Funds raised last year from the43rd Annual Used Book Sale,contributed both to local scholar-ships and also to national AAUWefforts. Nationwide, the165,000-member organization ofAAUW awarded $4.3 milliondollars in fellowships, grants,research projects, legal advocacyand leadership training forwomen and girls. The commu-nity support and the thousandsof hours of volunteer labordonated by the Branch membersand the facilities donated by theVienna Sun Trust Bank resultedin the McLean Area Branch ofAAUW being recognized nation-ally and state-wide for outstand-ing achievement in fund raising.

Among the AAUW’s 1,000branches and 800 colleges anduniversities partners, the McLeanArea Branch of AAUW receivedfive fundraising awards for2012.

The AAUW McLean AreaBranch achieved first place intotal branch giving to the AAUWPublic Policy Fund, which isnationally recognized to be oneof the top advocates for laws andpolicies that are fair to women.

The AAUW McLean AreaBranch achieved fourth place intotal branch giving to the AAUWLeadership Programs Fundwhich helps develop women’spotential to lead in their schools,communities and country.

The AAUW McLean AreaBranch achieved fifth place intotal branch giving to the AAUWLegal Advocacy Fund, whichserves as one of the top protec-tors of the legal rights of thosefacing discrimination.

The AAUW McLean AreaBranch achieved seventh place intotal branch giving in CombinedSupport to all of AAUW’s pro-grammatic areas.

And to top it off, the AAUWMcLean Area Branch wasrecognized as one of the ten topbranches to contribute to theAAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fund.This fund enables top research-ers to provide understanding ofissues that are important towomen and girls.

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As the season changes and students prepareto go back to school, the McLean Commu-nity Center offers local residents an op-portunity to change their “trash into cash”

by selling their gently used items. The center’sMcLean Fall Community Flea Market will be heldfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, in theparking garage located at 1420 Beverly Road (be-hind the Giant Shopping Center). Admission to thesale is free.

The first, biggest and best sale of the season, theannual sale boasts more than 50 sellers. Commercialvendors and flea market dealers are also welcome toparticipate in the sale. Vendor spaces are availableon a first-come, first-served basis for $45. Vendorscan register in person at the center or online at thewww.mcleancenter.org, using Activity No. 2001.213.The deadline to apply is Thursday, Sept. 5.

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McLean Community Center toHost Flea MarketMcLean Fall Community Flea Market will be held onSaturday, Sept. 7.

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Heading to PollsTo the Editor:

Thanks to the Connection andreporter Victoria Ross for the“Every Year is Election Year inVirginia” information in theAug. 28 edition. I hope thatreaders will clip and save thearticle and then go to the pollsand vote on Nov. 5.

I would like to add two pointsthat were not mentioned in thearticle:

❖ Virginia citizens who havea current Virginia driver’s li-cense or ID card issued by theDMV can now register or up-date their registration informa-tion online by going to: https://www.vote.virginia.gov.

❖ The Fairfax County Office ofElections will need over 2,000election officers to work at thepolls for the Nov. 5 election. Per-sons with fluency in several lan-guages are especially needed. Per-sons able to spend election dayplus several hours for training to“help make democracy work” cansign up by calling the Office ofElections at 703-324-4735 or go-ing to the office’s website at:http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/e l e c t i o n s / w o r k i n g . h t m #electionofficer.

The League of Women Voters ofthe Fairfax Area (LWVFA) will beat the Reston Multi-Cultural Festi-val at Lake Anne Plaza on Sept.28 to register voters and provide(nonpartisan) election informa-tion. Stop by.

Therese MartinLWVFA first vice president

Letters to the Editor

Saving the BookTo the Editor:

I picked up a book of poetry atReston Regional Library so I wouldhave something to read my grand-daughter at bedtime while wewere at the beach last week. Ifound “The Children’s OwnLongfellow.” It’s illustrated withwonderful old, oil paintings. WhenI was reading it to my granddaugh-ter, I came across a poem my sixthgrade teacher in Salt Lake City re-quired us to memorize. “Under aspreading chestnut-tree/ The vil-lage smithy stands;/ The smith, amighty man is he,/ With strongand sinewy hands.” It was one ofthree poems we were required tomemorize that year.

My teacher, Mr. Boyce, was aWWII veteran and brought homea French wife. Since he had hadto learn French to talk to his wife,he decided we should, too. Everymorning, all year, we conjugatedFrench verbs. He really loved po-etry. “One ship sails East,/ Andanother West,/ By the self-samewinds that blow,/ ’Tis the set of thesails/ And not the gales,/ That tellsthe way we go.”

Why is poetry important for chil-dren? For one thing, it adds com-plexity of language they cannot getfrom contemporary spoken lan-guage. It exposes them to an ex-panded vocabulary. Poetry is alsoat the nexus of cognitive experi-ence and the creation of thought.It is where we go when we wantto think new thoughts, to describenew experiences, to explore, play-fully, how language works.

Poetry is also the only link wehave to a pre-literate past from

before we began to transmit ourculture with the written word. TheBible, Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Iliadand the Odyssey were all memo-rized and recited before they werefinally put down on paper genera-tions after they were first spoken.Those rhythmic poetic cadencesare what we have left from ourearliest experiences as human be-ings.

Chanting and rhyming repeti-tion is how children learn and re-member language. Who doesn’tremember, “By the shores ofGitche Gumme,/ By the shiningBig-Sea-Water,/ Stood thewigwam of Nokomis,/ Daughter ofthe Moon, Nokomis.”

I found Susan Jeffers’ illustratedHiawatha at Reston Regional inwith the other children’s poetry.Much of that collection has beenculled, sold away or burned. Nowthat my granddaughter knowsfrom reading this edition ofLongfellow that there are manymore poems in the originalHiawatha, she wants to hear themall. Luckily, I have a copy of theentire epic poem.

But this little book, the one weread at bedtime last week, I worryabout. When I take it back to thelibrary will some wet-behind-theears library page pull it for dis-posal because it’s old? Inside thebook it says it was published in1908. Library Director Sam Clayis having library pages pull oldbooks. Under the Beta Plan, afront-line librarian will not see thisbook again before it goes to thedumpster. Will the kid know thatthis is a recent printing? Will thekid ever have heard of HenryWadsworth Longfellow? Will there

ever be another child who readsthese words from this very book,“Listen my children, and you shallhear/ Of the midnight ride of PaulRevere.”

I cannot bring myself to take itback to the library. The fate of thisone book is important to me. Itshould be important to you. Weneed Fairfax County to understandwe will not tolerate any more de-struction of our library books.Write the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors. Write the LibraryBoard of Trustees. Tell them tocancel the Beta Plan and revisit theLibrary Strategic Plan which seeksto replace our print books witheBooks. Do it soon. Every daymore books are culled from theshelves and sent to the dumpsterat Chantilly waiting for transportto the incinerator.

Kathy KaplanReston

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Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, the firstday of school in Fairfax County, Dr.Karen Garza began her official dayat 6:30 a.m. at Chantilly

High School. While Garza was makingherself available for interviews beforethe first class started at 7:20 a.m., manystudents were already on the school bus.

That means the students, and most likelytheir sleep-deprived parents, were rousted outof bed before 6 a.m., a time that is essentiallythe middle of the night for teenagers.

The science on teenagers, sleep schedule,health, learning and more all points in a singledirection.

“The scientific evidence is irrefutable:chronic sleep loss and disruption in circadian

rhythms associated with early high school starttimes are associated with negative conse-quences including poor academic performance,increased sport-related injuries, and potentiallong-term increases in cardiovascular andmetabolic (i.e., type 2 diabetes) health risks,said Judith Owens, MD, director of Sleep Medi-cine at Children’s National Medical Center. “We

know that delaying high school starttimes increases total sleep time andpositively impacts academic achieve-ment and school attendance. There are

also documented mental and physical healthbenefits for students that include reductionsin rates of depression and fewer drowsy driv-ing crashes.”

Children’s National Medical Center’s Divisionof Sleep Medicine has been contracted by theFairfax County School Board to develop a planto delay high schools’ start time to 8 a.m. or later.

A 2011 survey showed that more than a quar-ter of 10th and 12th grade students were get-

ting less than five hours of sleep on schoolnights, about half of the recommended eight-and-a-half to nine-and-a-half hours of sleep forteenagers.

Sleep deprivation can also affect teen moodand ability to cope with stress. About a thirdof Fairfax County students surveyed in the lastcounty student youth survey reported feelingdepressed, with more than 15 percent report-ing that they had considered suicide in the pastyear.

Fairfax County Public Schools, with a newsuperintendent supportive of later start times,is poised to do the right thing. It’s time to makethis the last year that high school begins at7:20 a.m.

For more information see http://smartschoolstart.wordpress.com/ and http://www.sleepinfairfax.org/

— Mary Kimm,

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It’s past time to act;let this year be the year.

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By Alex McVeigh

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Rob Jolles has spent 30years writing andspeaking about topicsthat can be difficult for

others to pick up. Sales, publicspeaking, personal and businessdevelopment are all subjects hetackles in his best-selling books.With his fifth book, “How toChange Minds: The Art of Influ-ence without Manipulation,” the24-year Great Falls resident hasfocused on the personal level.

“My publisher had approachedme about writing a sales book, butI had sort of resisted, and then Ihad an epiphany,” he said. “I’vetold a lot of people how to makedecisions over the years, but I’venever told them why decisions aremade.”

In the book Jolles operates un-der the principle that influence is

a good thing and manipulation isa bad thing, since the former ben-efits both parties, while the latteronly benefits the person trying tochange the other’s mind.

“The idea when it comes tochanging someone’s mind is forsomeone to take my idea, and I putit in your head and make you thinkit’s yours,” he said.

Jolles says he is greatly con-

cerned about the ethics in tryingto make other, so much so that hespends the first quarter of the bookdiscussing the various ethicalquestions that come with influenc-ing the decision making process.

“Basically, influencing someoneis merciful, it could be influenc-ing a driver who is too drunk todrive to hand over their keys, orspeaking to an elderly parent whocan barely walk about getting care,

that’s done for their benefit andfor yours,” he said. “When you’remanipulating someone, that’s onlyfor your benefit.”

Jolles’s research has shown thatalmost 80 percent of people saythey have a problem with some-thing in their lives, such as beingoverweight or funny car noises,but only 7 to 8 percent have aproblem that requires them to fixit, such as diabetes or a flat tire.

HIS GOAL IN THE BOOK is toteach people how to reach that 80percent and convince them to be-come more pro-active in makinga decision before there is an issue.

“People make decisions througha process, and I’m interested inhow to approach those decisionpoints, and where to dip in andintroduce an idea, how to create atrust,” he said. “But the most im-portant part is creating a sense ofurgency. Not threatening, or any-thing like that, but people tend tostay in a situation until it becomesunbearable, and that wastes time,so the idea is to make a decisionbefore it comes to that.”

The book contains more than 20“litmus tests,” as Jolles calls them,

to help people make the distinc-tion between influence and ma-nipulation.

For someone who has writtenfive books, Jolles estimates he haswritten “less than 10 hours” at hishouse. Instead, he likes to writeon planes while traveling, he esti-mates he’s traveled around 2.5million miles in the air through-out his career.

“An airplane is like a white noisemachine, it’s the perfect place forme to write. From the time theystart preparing to take off until Ihear the beep and the announce-ment that I can turn on my laptop,I’m like a racehorse in the stallwaiting for the horn, I’m ready togo,” he said. “The airplane andhotel are the times I can be anti-social and sit down and write, butwhen I’m home, that’s time for myfamily.”

“HOW TO CHANGE MINDS”is available online at Amazon.comin paperback, enhanced e-bookwith videos, and as an audio book.

More information on Jolles, in-cluding his others works and hisnewsletter, can be found atwww.jolles.com.

Local authorRob Jolles releasesfifth book.

Balancing Influence and Manipulation

Rob Jolles, Great Fallsresident and author, hasreleased his fifth book,“How to Change Minds:The Art of Influence With-out Manipulation.”

The latest book by GreatFalls resident Rob Jolles.

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The Great Falls Senior Center(GFSC) hosts its first-ever danceprogram in September when thesquare dance exhibition teamCapitol Squares of Washington,D.C. displays the footwork andchoreography that have madethem famous throughout thecountry.

In 2002, the Capitol Squareswere formed to promote squaredancing by appearing in paradesand exhibitions. Dancers, someveterans of more than 30 years,are from Maryland and Virginia.The team’s signatures are intri-cate patterns and movementssuch as octagons, hexagons andpentagons as well as traditionalfour couple squares. Its motto is:“Sharing friendship and funthrough dance.”

After a demonstration, guestswill be invited to take a turn onthe dance floor. Comfortableshoes are a must.

Capitol Squares have per-formed at major square danceevents in Washington, D.C., Vir-ginia, Massachusetts, Connecti-cut, North Carolina, Kentuckyand Michigan.

Butch Adams is scheduled tocall for the Capitol Squares at

the event. He also is the group’screative choreographer. Since1960, he has called throughout theUnited States, Canada, Europe andthe Western Pacific.

The Sept. 10 event will be at theColvin Run School House, 10201Colvin Run Road, Great Falls. Theprogram runs 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Lunch will be served; a modestcontribution is appreciated.

The event and food sponsor for

September is Brightview GreatFalls, an assisted living commu-nity scheduled to open earlysummer 2014 at 10200 ColvinRun Road.

Reservations are a must. To re-serve, e-mail Joyce Trickett [email protected] call 703-887-5772. Guestswho require transportation toattend, call Gene or MaddieMcCabe at 703-438-0810.

Great Falls Senior Center to Host Capitol Squares

Capitol Squares will perform at the Great Falls SeniorCenter event on Sept. 10 at the Colvin Run School House.

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Wellbeing

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Laura Wheeler Poms, ofFairfax, set out to earn adoctorate degree andmake a career change.

As a wife, mother and working pro-fessional, the goal, she said, oftenfelt lofty.

“Writing my dissertation at timesfelt overwhelming, especially if Ilooked at it as one huge project,”said Poms, who now holds a Ph.D.in industrial/organizational psy-chology and is an assistant profes-sor of global and community healthat George Mason University inFairfax. “I set goals like writing onepage or doing one analysis eachday and I was able to get it done. Ialso gave myself little rewardsalong the way.”

While Poms set and achieved anambitious goal, she and other psy-chologists say many people do not.Whether one desires to make a ca-reer change, set boundaries in anunhealthy relationship or loseweight, setting and achieving goalsis difficult for some.

“The biggest reason people falloff the bandwagon is that they pickgoals that are outside their behav-ioral repertoire, that are environ-mentally impossible or that theydon’t have the skills to accom-plish,” said Linda Berg-Cross,Ph.D., a therapist in private prac-tice and a professor of psychologyat Howard University in Washing-ton, as well as a Potomac, Md., resi-dent. “If you say, ‘I’m going to ex-ercise an hour a day,’ but you havea full-time job and children, youreally don’t have time to exercisefor an hour.”

Poms says that a person’s reasonsfor waiting to make a change couldaffect his or her success or failure.“If your goal is motivated by guilt,fear or regret, you’re less likely toachieve that goal,” she said. “If

someone tells you that you needto lose weight, unless that realiza-tion has come home to you, it isnot very useful. … If you don’t seethe need, you’re not going to bemotivated to accomplish it.”

To make lasting changes, expertssay, one must be prepared for thework involved in making the shift.“Sometimes when people want tomake a change, they are not quiteready,” said Amy Van Arsdale,Ph.D., assistant professor of psy-chology at Marymount Universityin Arlington and a therapist in pri-vate practice who lives in Fairfax.“And sometimes people want tomake a change, but they aren’t surehow.

“Another reason that sometimesmakes it really hard for people tomake changes like setting bound-aries with someone they love, isbecause that person might feelhurt, so the person who is tryingto change backs down,” VanArsdale continued.

Whether your goal is getting outof a toxic relationship, making acareer change or maintaining anexercise plan, there are strategiesthat you can implement to main-tain your perseverance.

“If someone starts to give up,”said Van Arsdale, “I recommendthat they do a check-in and ask‘What is going on that makes mewant to quit?’”

Assessing how much control onehas over the situation is anotherkey tactic. “A person should lookat what they can change and whatcannot change,” said Van Arsdale.“When setting a boundary withanother person, for example, a per-son could say, ‘Maybe I can changehow often I call my mother, but Ican’t control how often she calls meso I need to change how I respond,because I can only control myself.”

Berg-Cross recommends small,gradual changes. “Make the teeni-est changes you can think of that

are part of your normal routine,”she said. “It is not making behav-ioral changes, it is fading from onebehavior to another on a long con-tinuum, little by little.”

Van Arsdale said that sometimesshe asks clients to think in reverse.For example, “If I didn’t lose weightand I didn’t get in shape, what isthe worse part?” she asks. “I amhaving problems with my motherand want to set better boundaries.[If] I don’t change set boundaries,I will feel powerless, and I want tofeel more powerful.”

Re-evaluate specific goals andtweak them if needed. “Sometimespeople set goals that are too high,”said Van Arsdale. “If you set yougoals to go to the gym five days aweek and that it isn’t happening,instead go three times a week.Hanging in there and tweakinggoals so that they work for you isbetter than giving up.”

Poms recommends a SMART(specific, measureable, achievable,realistic, time-based) model when

How to Set Realistic GoalsLocal experts say the key to successis setting achievable goals.

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setting and working to reach goals.“Set small, achievable goals andget excited when you meet yourgoals,” she said. “Accentuate thesmall things that you’ve done.”

Van Arsdale said, “Think howyour life will change if you makethe change, but be realistic. Say-ing I want to lose 10 pounds isvague. Saying ‘I really want to beable to walk a 5K race with myfriend’ is more doable.”

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Encaustic specialist Susanne K. Arnoldwill give a PowerPoint presentation atMcLean Project for the Arts on Friday,Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Arnold, whose work iscurrently on exhibit at MPA, will cover thehistory of encaustic and how it is beingused today. She will also talk about theevolution of her own work. Encaustic ispigmented beeswax used as a paintingmedium and requires special handling.

The talk is free and open to the public,but reservations are requested [email protected]. For more informationvisit www.mpaart.org.

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Three New Exhibitions Open at MPA

McLean Project for the Artswill open three new exhibi-tions with a reception andgallery talk from 7 to 9 p.m.

on Thursday, Sept. 12. The opening is freeand open to the public.

❖ Buried Voices: Retrospective of Worksby Susanne K. Arnold. An exhibition ofworks by Richmond-based and McLean-bred artist Susanne K. Arnold representingover 30 years of work. Arnold explores ar-cheology, mythology and personal historythrough the mediums of painting, drawingand sculpture and has a particular interestin three-dimensional encaustic techniques.

❖ Mostly Landscapes: McLean artist AlexTolstoy creates evocative, expressionisticlandscapes that evoke a dream-like world,both beautiful and stark.

❖ Connecting the Parts: Paintings byCarol Lukitsch. This well-respected mid-career artist will present a new series ofseven triptychs, each one focusing on a spe-cific energy center in the body. Exploringphysics and microbiology as well as Vedicteachings and Hindu mythology, thesepaintings represent the artist’s intuitive pathtowards energetic balance.

The exhibitions will run through Nov. 2.McLean Project for the Arts is a non-profit

visual arts center founded in 1962 to ex-hibit the work of emerging and establishedregional artists. In addition to its programof high quality, professionally-curated artexhibitions, MPA offers art classes for chil-dren and adults taught by professional artinstructors. MPA also presents the Art Reachprogram for area schools, gallery talks, andday trips to area museums and galleries.MPA is a partner with the Virginia Museumof Fine Arts.

McLean Project for the Arts is located at1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean.

For more information, visitwww.mpaart.org or cal 703-790-1953.

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Detached ........ 0.67 ........ 22102 .............................. BELLMEADE8303 BERNANE FOREST CT ............ 6 ... 7 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $2,090,000 .... Detached ........ 0.83 ........ 22102 ........................ SUMMERWOOD1443 HARVEST CROSSING DR ........ 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,950,000 .... Detached ........ 0.17 ........ 22101 ............................. EVANS FARM1202 WINDROCK DR ...................... 6 ... 5 ... 2 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,850,000 .... Detached ........ 1.27 ........ 22102 ............................ THE COURTS6216 PARK RD ............................... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,755,000 .... Detached ........ 0.53 ........ 22101 ........................ FRANKLIN PARK8803 WINDY CREEK WAY ............... 5 ... 5 ... 2 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,750,000 .... Detached ........ 2.06 ........ 22102 ............................... CHEQUERS8301 ALVORD ST ........................... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,700,000 .... Detached ........ 2.00 ........ 22102 ............................... WOODSIDE1953 MASSACHUSETTS AVE ........... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,625,000 .... Detached ........ 0.27 ........ 22101 ........................ FRANKLIN PARK2013 ROCKINGHAM ST .................. 6 ... 5 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,575,000 .... Detached ........ 0.48 ........ 22101 ........................ FRANKLIN PARK6503 BYRNES DR ........................... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,557,503 .... Detached ........ 0.50 ........ 22101 ............................GRASS RIDGE1132 BUCHANAN ST ...................... 4 ... 4 ... 2 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,550,000 .... Detached ........ 0.34 ........ 22101 ..................... WALTER HEIGHTS1617 MADDUX LN.......................... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,545,000 .... Detached ........ 0.31 ........ 22101 .............. CHESTERBROOK FARM7216 DULANY DR .......................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,488,000 .... Detached ........ 1.00 ........ 22101 .................. ELMWOOD ESTATES2141 ROYAL LODGE DR .................. 4 ... 4 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,469,000 .... Detached ........ 0.14 ........ 22043 ................. STOCKWELL MANOR2124 HAYCOCK RD ........................ 6 ... 5 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,450,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 .............................. CHURCHILL6061 SUGARSTONE CT .................. 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,425,000 .... Detached ........ 0.39 ........ 22101 ............................... KIRBY RUN7902 OLD CEDAR CT ...................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,425,000 .... Detached ........ 0.60 ........ 22102 ................ CEDARS OF MC LEAN6922 PINE CREST AVE .................... 4 ... 5 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,402,000 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 22101 ......................... WEST MC LEAN6513 OVERBROOK ST .................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,395,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 .............................. CHURCHILL1704 ALBEMARLE ST N .................. 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,340,000 .... Detached ........ 0.37 ........ 22101 ....................... CHESTERBROOK6700 LUPINE LN ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,280,000 .... Detached ........ 0.99 ........ 22101 ....................... PARKVIEW HILLS6700 WEMBERLY WAY .................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,250,000 .... Detached ........ 2.18 ........ 22101 ...................... LANGLEY FOREST6686 AVIGNON BLVD ...................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,230,000 .... Detached ........ 0.16 ........ 22043 ........... LAMBIANCE OF MCLEAN919 SWINKS MILL RD ..................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,230,000 .... Detached ........ 0.76 ........ 22102 ................................... MCLEAN6601 WEATHEFORD CT .................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,226,000 .... Detached ........ 0.53 ........ 22101 ......................... LANGLEY OAKS1213 PERRY WILLIAM DR ............... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,210,000 .... Detached ........ 0.42 ........ 22101 ................................. EVERMAY6660 AVIGNON BLVD ...................... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,195,000 .... Detached ........ 0.13 ........ 22043 ........... LAMBIANCE OF MCLEAN1058 ROCKY RUN RD ..................... 4 ... 4 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,180,000 .... Detached ........ 2.04 ........ 22102 .............................. ROCKY RUN1111 CARPER ST ............................ 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,150,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22101 ..... BROYHILL LANGLEY ESTATES6500 HITT AVE .............................. 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,148,000 .... Detached ........ 0.20 ........ 22101 ....................................EL NIDO1546 HAMPTON HILL CIR ............... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,131,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 22101 ........... HAMPTONS OF MC LEAN2205 WESTMORELAND ST ............. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,120,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 .............................. CHURCHILL1225 POTOMAC SCHOOL RD .......... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,120,000 .... Detached ........ 0.51 ........ 22101 ................................. EVERMAY1703 CHESTERBROOK VALE CT ...... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,100,000 .... Detached ........ 0.31 ........ 22101 ............... CHESTERBROOK VALE732 RIDGE DR ............................... 5 ... 4 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,100,000 .... Detached ........ 0.46 ........ 22101 ......................... LANGLEY OAKS8220 CRESTWOOD HEIGHTS DR#916 . 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,100,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ...................... ONE PARK CREST1205 BALLS HILL RD ...................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,040,000 .... Detached ........ 0.70 ........ 22101 ................................. MACKALL1431 WOODACRE DR ..................... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,040,000 .... Detached ........ 0.34 ........ 22101 .......... CHESTERBROOK WOODS2131 ROYAL LODGE DR .................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,017,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.07 ........ 22043 ................. STOCKWELL MANOR6638 HAMPTON VIEW PL ............... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN ....... $1,015,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 22101 ........... HAMPTONS OF MC LEAN6876 FRASE DR ............................. 3 ... 2 ... 2 ... FALLS CHURCH .. $1,005,650 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 22043 ................. STOCKWELL MANOR8218 HUNTING HILL LN ................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $980,000 .... Detached ........ 0.46 ........ 22102 ................ GREENWAY HEIGHTS7276 EVANS MILL RD ..................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $965,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.10 ........ 22101 ..................... EVANS MILL POND6656 CORNER LN .......................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $955,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.07 ........ 22101 ........... HAMPTONS OF MC LEAN7493 CARRIAGE HILLS DR .............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $948,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 22102 ....................... HUNTING RIDGE2381 WHITESTONE HILL CT ........... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $935,000 .... Detached ........ 0.29 ........ 22043 ........................... WHITESTONE7719 BRIDLE PATH LN .................... 5 ... 2 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $935,000 .... Detached ........ 0.35 ........ 22102 ........................ MC LEAN HUNT6008 BALSAM DR .......................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $930,000 .... Detached ........ 0.34 ........ 22101 .......... CHESTERBROOK WOODS2013A LORRAINE AVE .................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $925,000 .... Detached ........ 0.66 ........ 22101 ........................ FRANKLIN PARK8118 DUNSINANE CT ..................... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $915,000 .... Detached ........ 0.35 ........ 22102 .....................MC LEAN HAMLET1324 ELSINORE AVE ....................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $900,000 .... Detached ........ 0.28 ........ 22102 .....................MC LEAN HAMLET1902 SAWYER PL ........................... 5 ... 4 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $885,000 .... Detached ........ 0.28 ........ 22101 ........................ KENT GARDENS1424 WAGGAMAN CIR ................... 5 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $872,000 .... Detached ........ 0.39 ........ 22101 ...................... SALONA VILLAGE7474 CARRIAGE HILLS DR .............. 3 ... 3 ... 2 ........ MCLEAN .......... $870,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 22102 ....................... HUNTING RIDGE6616 MADISON MCLEAN DR ........... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $867,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 22101 ............... MADISON OF MCLEAN1407 COLA DR ............................... 5 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $862,500 .... Detached ........ 0.46 ........ 22101 ....................... POTOMAC HILLS7628 BRITTANY PARC CT ................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $850,000 .... Detached ........ 0.12 ........ 22043 ....... BRITTANY PARC AT TYSONS1903 MIRACLE LN .......................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $843,000 .... Detached ........ 0.21 ........ 22043 ........... SOUTHAMPTON FOREST7005 CHURCHILL RD ..................... 5 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $835,000 .... Detached ........ 0.31 ........ 22101 ..... BROYHILL LANGLEY ESTATES1702 STRINE DR ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $835,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 22101 ......................... DANA HEIGHTS7002 TYNDALE ST .......................... 5 ... 2 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $830,000 .... Detached ........ 0.35 ........ 22101 .............................. ROSEMONT6725 PINE CREEK CT ...................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $810,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22101 ................... CROSSWOODS THE2109 GRAYSON PL ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $788,000 .... Detached ........ 0.32 ........ 22043 ....................... WESTHAMPTON2547 OGDEN ST ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $775,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 .............................. SHERMONT8220 CRESTWOOD HEIGHTS DR#10012 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $760,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ...................... ONE PARK CREST1918 LEONARD RD ........................ 4 ... 2 ... 2 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $755,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 ........................... PIMMIT HILLS1912 YOUNGBLOOD ST .................. 5 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $755,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 22101 ........................ KENT GARDENS1819 RUPERT ST ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $752,500 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22101 ................. MARLBORO ESTATES1800 OLD MEADOW RD #1712A ..... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $740,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ............... REGENCY AT MCLEAN6705 BEACON LN ........................... 5 ... 3 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $739,000 .... Detached ........ 0.23 ........ 22043 ............................ BEACON HILL6728 MELROSE DR ........................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $723,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 22101 KINGS MANOR TOWNE HOUSES1716 LINWOOD PL ......................... 4 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $720,000 .... Detached ........ 0.25 ........ 22101 .............. LEWINSVILLE HEIGHTS7112 SEA CLIFF RD ........................ 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $720,000 .... Detached ........ 0.31 ........ 22101 .... WEST LEWINSVILLE HEIGHTS1813 WESTMORELAND ST ............. 4 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $645,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22101 ...................... HILLSIDE MANOR7014 ALICENT PL ........................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $630,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 22101 ............................ STONELEIGH2134 EMILYS LN ............................. 3 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $615,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 ......................... SIGMONA PARK7727 MARTHAS LN ........................ 4 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $562,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 ................... WREN DALE ACRES2221 BEACON LN ........................... 3 ... 1 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $551,000 .... Detached ........ 0.23 ........ 22043 .............................. CHURCHILL6828 MONTIVIDEO SQUARE CT ...... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $546,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 22043 ............... MONTIVIDEO SQUARE2148 PIMMIT DR ........................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $545,000 .... Detached ........ 0.23 ........ 22043 ........................... PIMMIT HILLS8360 GREENSBORO DR #301 ......... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $520,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................................ ROTONDA1918 HILEMAN RD ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $511,000 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 22043 ........................... PIMMIT HILLS1734 OLNEY RD ............................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $510,000 .... Detached ........ 0.24 ........ 22043 ............................. OLNEY PARK7209 DEERFIELD CT ....................... 4 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $500,000 .... Detached ........ 0.29 ........ 22043 ................................ FALLS HILL1932 GRIFFITH RD ......................... 3 ... 1 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $461,000 .... Detached ........ 0.28 ........ 22043 ........................... PIMMIT HILLS1827 PIMMIT DR ........................... 3 ... 1 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $455,000 .... Detached ........ 0.26 ........ 22043 ........................... PIMMIT HILLS8370 GREENSBORO DR #121 ......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $427,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................................ ROTONDA7593 LEE LANDING DR ................... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $425,000 .... Detached ........ 0.85 ........ 22043 ................... LEE LANDING PARK1641 INTERNATIONAL DR #114 ...... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $420,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ........ LILLIAN COURT AT TYSONS1808 OLD MEADOW RD #1208 ....... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $415,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................. ENCORE OF MCLEAN7723 LISLE AVE .............................. 3 ... 1 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $396,000 .... Detached ........ 0.28 ........ 22043 ........................... PIMMIT HILLS2230 GEORGE C MARSHALL DR#729 .. 2 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $389,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22043 ................... RENAISSANCE 22308350 GREENSBORO DR #208 ......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $385,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................................ ROTONDA1521 SPRING GATE DR #10412 ....... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $385,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 22102 .................... GATES OF MCLEAN2230 GEORGE C MARSHALL DR#1218 2 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $380,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22043 ................... RENAISSANCE 22307011 FALLS REACH DR #408 ........... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $369,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22043 ........................... PAVILION THE1581 SPRING GATE DR #5303 ......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $357,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 22102 .................... GATES OF MCLEAN8340 GREENSBORO DR #520 ......... 2 ... 1 ... 1 ........ MCLEAN .......... $357,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................................ ROTONDA2230 GEORGE C MARSHALL DR #3211 .. 1 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $292,500 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22043 ................... RENAISSANCE 22301532 LINCOLN WAY #302 ............... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $257,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 22102 ............ FOUNTAINS AT MCLEAN1914 WILSON LN #201 .................. 2 ... 1 ... 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $250,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 22102 ....................... MC LEAN CHASE2311 PIMMIT DR #307 ................... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $220,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22043 ................. IDYLWOOD TOWERS

Copyright 2013 RealEstate Business Intelligence. Source: MRIS as of August 15, 2013.

In July 2013, 111 homes sold between $3,875,000-$138,500 in the McLean and Falls Church area.

This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $3,875,000-$220,000 range.For the complete list, visit www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

Home Sales

SATURDAY/SEPT. 7McLean Community Flea Market. 9

a.m.-1 p.m., 1420 Beverly Road,McLean. Recycle old items andpurchase new ones. Free. Vendorspaces are accepted on a first-come,first-served basis for $45; registerusing the form on the inside backcover of the program guide or onlineat www.mcleancenter.org by Sept. 5.

Household Hazardous WasteDisposal. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. The Fairfax CountyHHW Program accepts and discardsor recycles hazardous materials fromFairfax County residents according toall legal regulations. http://

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/trash/disphhw.htm. Free.

Vienna American Association ofUniversity Women Open House.10:30-noon, Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. Aninformational open house withrefreshments and discountedmembership dues [email protected].

Vienna Woman’s Club OpenHouse. 1-4 p.m., at Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.The service and civic organizationsupporting the Vienna community formore than 58 years holds amembership drive at the library towelcome newcomers.www.viennawomansclub.org.

To have community events listed in the Connection, send [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is the Fridayprior to publication.

Bulletin Board

Jeffery Ericksen, MD, an expertin regenerative medicine, joinedthe Kaplan Center for IntegrativeMedicine team, June 6.

Before joining the Kaplan Cen-ter, Dr. Ericksen served at theHunter Holmes McGuire VA Hos-pital as an attending physician andas the director of the hospital’sInterventional Pain Clinic andPolytrauma Network Site. Dr.Ericksen also holds an associateprofessorship at the Virginia Com-monwealth University MedicalCollege Department of PhysicalMedicine and Rehabilitation. Hehas won numerous awards for ex-cellence in teaching and for con-tributions to the field of physicalmedicine and rehabilitation.

According to Dr. Kaplan, “Dr.Ericksen is a nationally recognizedexpert in regenerative therapiessuch as dextrose prolotherapy,platelet-rich-plasma (PRP)therapy and stem-cell injections totreat degenerative joint pain. Mostimportantly, having cared for mili-tary veterans for many years, healso understands the value of de-livering comprehensive, coordi-nated medical care to patients liv-ing with chronic illness and pain.”

In addition to his clinical work,

Dr. Ericksen has presented his ownresearch at national and interna-tional medical conferences. Hehas studied the biomechanics ofolder women’s sacroiliac joints andauthored or co-authored nine bio-medical research papers on plate-let rich plasma and other regen-erative therapies. His articles havebeen published in scholarly jour-nals such as the InternationalJournal of Biomaterials, the Jour-nal of Spinal Cord Medicine andthe Archives of Physical Medicineand Rehabilitation.

Kaplan Center office is located at6829 Elm St. in McLean. To learnmore about The Kaplan Center forIntegrative Medicine, visit theirwebsite at www.kaplanclinic.com.

Jeffery Ericksen, MD,regenerative medicinespecialist.

Dr. Ericksen Joins Kaplan Center

News

Bruce L. Green, regional vicepresident of Weichert, Realtors,announced the McLean/DolleyMadison office was recognized foroutstanding performance in July.The office led the entire companyfor dollar volume, as well as theregion, which comprises officesthroughout Fairfax, Loudoun,Fauquier and Delaware counties,for resale dollar volume.

Green also announced that SalesAssociate Sari Zuhar Dajani of theMcLean/Old Dominion office wasindividually recognized for his ex-ceptional industry success during

Weichert, Realtors RecognizesMcLean Office, Sales Associate

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the month of July. Top producer,Dajani led the entire company fornew home sales, as well as the re-gion.


WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY/SEPT. 4-OCT. 4Artists Atelier Exhibit: Carol

Howard and Lisa Tureson.Reception Saturday, Sept. 28, noon-4p.m., at The Artists Atelier, 1144Walker road, Suite G, Great Falls.Meet the artists at the reception andview Tureson and Howard’s workhighlighting contrast as seen in bothartists’ style.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 7AAUW Open House. 10:30 a.m.-noon,

Oakton Public Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. TheVienna branch of the AmericanAssociation of University Women(AAUW) will host an open house forprospective members; lightrefreshments provided. 703-321-7499.

Ballroom Dance. 8-9 p.m. waltzlesson, 9-11:30 p.m. dance, at ColvinRun Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin RunRoad, Great Falls. Hall-N-Notesprovides live music, featuring dancetunes from the 1930s to today, andBill and TJ lead an optional lessonpreceding a night of dancing (attire isballroom casual). 703-759-2685 orwww.colvinrun.org.

TUESDAY/SEPT. 10Great Falls Writer’s Group. 1:15-

2:30 p.m., at the Great Falls PublicLibrary in the large conference room,9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.The first meeting of the Great FallsWriter’s Group (GFWG) joins fordiscussion on the details of how toget published. Local writers andauthors within the community areinvited to take part in the twice-a-month meetings. 703-757-8560.

Mark Anthony. 8 p.m., at Filene

Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.Grammy-winning Latin superstarMark Anthony appears at Wolf Trapfor the first time . $45-$125. http://www.wolftrap.org/Filene_Center.aspx.

WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 11ZZ Top. 8 p.m., at Filene Center, 1551

Trap Road, Vienna. The Texas bandbrings its unique blues-rock soundand rock anthems such as “LaGrange” and “Gimmie All YourLovin’” to Wolf Trap. $30-$45. 1-877-965-3872 or http://www.wolftrap.org.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 12Heather Maloney. 8 p.m., at Jammin’

Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. Thesincere singer-songwriter plays withNaked Blue and Dean Fields. $12.

jamminjava.com.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 14Vienna Train Show. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Vienna Firehouse, 400 Center St. S,Vienna. Children and adults areinvited to view and purchase avariety of train-related merchandiseand service. $5; free for childrenunder 12, scouts in uniform, andmilitary with proper identification.

SUNDAY/SEPT. 15Breakfast Buffet. 8 a.m. to noon, at

American Legion Post 180, 330Center St., N., Vienna. Enjoy a fullbreakfast while you meet yourneighbors; on the menu are: omelets,scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes,bacon and all the fixings. Adults $8,children $3. 703-938-1379.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 20Encaustic Art Talk. 7-9 p.m., at the

Emerson Gallery at McLean Projectfor the Arts, McLean CommunityCenter, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.Susanne K. Arnold gives an art talkon her three dimensional encaustictechniques. http://www.mpaart.org/exhibitionsfutr.php.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 21Encaustic Art Workshop. 10 a.m.-4

p.m., in the Susan B. DuVal studio atMPA, McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. ArtistSusanne K. Arnold works with artistsinterested in the medium ofencaustic, or hot wax and pigment,also using charcoal, tools and brushesto create works on panels; bringadditional paper, tools, pastels,collage material, if desired, and asmock. $60 per person (max of 10)[email protected].

Painting Demonstration: RobertThoren. 1-4 p.m., at Color WheelGallery 65, 1374 Chain Bridge Road,McLean. Robert Thoren presents apainting demonstration and talkabout painting and the “En Plein Air”artistic process. He will bedemonstrating the painting processfrom initial drawing, to blocking in,to refinement and completion. 703-356-6345, X165

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/SEPT. 21-29Around Town: A Plein Air Event.

Various times, around Vienna; enterat Vienna Art Center, 115 PleasantSt. N.W., Vienna. The Vienna ArtsSociety calls artists to enter a pleinair painting competition to win up to$700 in awards. For entry details,artists may either drop by the Vienna

Art Cente, call 703-319-3971 orcheck the websitewww.ViennaArtsSociety.org. Thepaintings inspired by Vienna will bejudged, with awards presented at areception at the art center on Oct. 5,3-5 p.m.

SUNDAY/SEPT. 22America’s Adopt a Soldier 5K/10K

Fun Walk/Run. 10 a.m., at LakeFairfax Park, 400 Lake Fairfax Drive,Reston. Wear red, white or blue andrun or walk varied terrain in supportof America’s Adopt A Soldier projectsand programs; donate coats forhomeless veterans or other items (seeat http://run-walk.eventbrite.com/)for care package assembly during andafter the event. Preregistration only.$40. http://run-walk.eventbrite.com/.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 26Great Falls Writer’s Group. 11:15

a.m.-1 p.m. at the Great Falls PublicLibrary in the large conference room,9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.The Great Falls Writer’s Group(GFWG) joins for discussion on thedetails of how to get published. Localwriters and authors within thecommunity are invited to take part inthe twice-a-month meetings. 703-757-8560.

SUNDAY/SEPT. 28Flea Market. 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at

American Legion Post 180, 330Center St., N., Vienna. Proceedsbenefit Project Enduring Pride andchildren’s charities; to rent a tablecontact Richard [email protected].

SUNDAY/SEPT. 29Ralph Covert’s “Ralph’s World.”

11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. TheGrammy nominee performs songsfrom his eight Disney albums in twofamily-friendly performances. $15.703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com.

“An Amazing American ImmigrantStory.” 7:30 p.m., Neighbor’sRestaurant, 262D Cedar Lane, CedarLane Shopping Center, Vienna.Alexey Ivanchukow survived theRussian Revolution and Hitler’sGermany as a child and then servedin the U.S. army and the U.S. StateDepartment. Free. For moreinformation, call Len Ignatowski at703-255-0353 or visit the web pageat www.vva227.org.

ONGOINGStraight Ahead Jazz. 8 p.m., at the

Maplewood Grill, 132 Branch Road,Vienna. Every Monday drummer KarlAnthony hosts a night of straightahead jazz featuring guest musiciansand open to sit-in musicians.www.maplewoodgrill.com.

“Point of View” PhotographyExhibition. Through Sept. 1; 10a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays; 4p.m. Vienna Arts Center, 115Pleasant St., N.W., Vienna. TheVienna Art Society’s annual judgedphotography exhibition showcasesover 30 regional photographers. Free.703-319-3971 orwww.ViennaArtsSociety.org.

“Share the Pie.” Through Sept. 15.Paisano’s Pizza, 8603 WestwoodCenter Drive, No. 130 B, TysonsCorner; 312 Maple Ave. W, Vienna.Mention “Boys and Girls Club” whenordering so that Paisano’s will donate10 percent of the order to supportthe Club. www.pizzapaisanos.com.

Personalized ebook/e-ReaderInstruction. Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. Learn about your e-readerand downloading eBooks; eventcontinues through March 31st.

Entertainment Send announcements to [email protected]. Deadline is Friday for the following week’s paper. Photos/artwork encour-aged. For additional listings, visit www.connectionnewspapers.com

For parents looking for an alternative to computer gamesfor their children: toy trains are real objects that childrencan learn to put together and operate. See what they’reall about at the Vienna Train Show at the ViennaFirehouse Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith community. Send [email protected] is Friday.

Antioch Christian Church cel-ebrates Grandparents day at the 9:30and 11 a.m. worship services on Sun-day, Sept. 8. antiochdoc.org.

The Antioch Christian Church Chan-cel choir will meet to rehearseThursdays at 7 p.m., 1860 Beulah Road,Vienna, and sings classical, spiritual andgospel music each week on Sundays at11 a.m. Those who love to sing are in-vited; contact John Holley, choirdirector, 703-255-2761.

St. Timothy Episcopal Church,432 Van Buren St., Herndon, hosts aWelcome Home Sunday service on Sept.8; join at 8, 9:30 or 11 a.m. for the ser-vice (Sunday school classes are 9:30a.m. and 11 a.m.). A BBQ picnic followsat 12:15 p.m. featuring a moon bounce.703-437-3790.

St. John’s Episcopal Church,6715 Georgetown Pike, McLean, invitesall to a Homecoming Celebration Sun-day, Sept. 8, with the annualHomecoming picnic following a 10 a.m.service. Register for church school,browse the ministries fair on the frontlawn and catch up with communitymembers. 703-356-4902 orwww.stjohnsmclean.org.

Passages at Vienna Presbyte-rian Church, on the corner of MapleAvenue and Park Street, offers a 15-week Divorce Care series Tuesdays, 7-9p.m., beginning Sept. 24 for those goingthrough the pain of separation or di-vorce. $20 (covers materials,

scholarships available). 703-938-9050,[email protected] orwww.viennapres.org.

The Jewish Social ServicesAgency (JSSA) offers a wide variety ofsupport groups for those with emo-tional, social, and physical challenges.www.jssa.org/growth-learning.

HAVEN of Northern Virginia of-fers a variety of free bereavementsupport groups, meeting on a weeklybasis. 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org.

McLean Bible Church FitnessClass at Body & Soul Fitness. Gain bal-ance, energy and strength at 9:45 a.m.Mondays and Fridays. Free childcare forregistered [email protected].

St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church,1830 Kirby Road in McLean, holds athird Sunday service every month at10:15 a.m. which allows children to playactive roles in the music and as greetersand ushers. Traditional services are ev-ery Sunday at 8:15 and 10:15 a.m.

Vienna Christian HealingRooms are open, every Saturday, 1-5p.m., at 8200 Bell Lane. A team of Chris-tians is available to anyone requestingprayer. Free and open to the public.703-698-9779 orwww.viennachristianhealingrooms.com.

Chesterbrook United MethodistChurch is at 1711 Kirby Road, McLean.Worship service is at 11 a.m. Sundayschool is at 9:30 a.m. for adults andchildren. 703-356-7100 orwww.ChesterbrookUMC.org.

Centering Prayer Group meetsFridays, 9:30 a.m. at Andrew ChapelUnited Methodist Church, 1301 TrapRoad, Vienna. The hour includes a briefreading related to Centering Prayer, fol-lowed by a 20-minute prayer period.E-mail Martha Thomas [email protected] or call thechurch at 703-759-3509.

The Jewish Federation ofGreater Washington and the Jew-ish Outreach Institute offer theMothers/Parents Circle, an umbrella offree educational events and resources.Jewish rituals, ethics and the creation ofa Jewish home, regular meetings andgroup Shabbats and holidays. Partici-pants include Sha’are Shalom,Congregation Beth Emeth, TempleRodef Shalom and the Jewish Commu-nity Center of Northern Virginia.ShalomDC.org.

St. Francis Episcopal Church,9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls,offers musical, educational, outreachand fellowship ministries in addition toworship services, including a 7:45 a.m.worship service without music; 9 a.m.worship service, children’s chapel andchildren’s choirs; 10 a.m. Sunday schooland adult forum; and 11 a.m. worshipservice with adult choir. 703-759-2082.

Unitarian Universalist Congre-gation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter MillRoad, Oakton, offers the Religious Ex-ploration (RE) program for all children,from pre-K toddlers through high schoolseniors, emphasizing exploration of allreligious traditions while developing apersonal spiritual path. The RE programoffers classes on Saturday afternoonsand Sunday mornings. 703-281-4230.

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The Woman’s Club of McLean held its an-nual “Christmas in August” Kickoff Teaon Thursday, Aug. 22, to preview its 47thannual Holiday Homes Tour in early De-

cember. This year’s tour will have the theme of “fourcenturies in McLean,” with each of the four tourhomes representing a different century.

At the tea, club members welcomed DranesvilleDistrict Supervisor John W. Foust. Mr. Foust and hiswife, Dr. Marilyn Jerome, are longtime supportersof the Woman’s Club and offered their house for theHoliday Homes Tour in 2009. Other guests at thetea were Del. Barbara J. Comstock (R-34), honoraryHomes Tour host Rear Admiral Kathleen L. Martin(Ret.), executive director of the Navy Marine CostGuard Residence Foundation, including the WoundedWarrior Transitional Housing project at Vinson Hall;and the owners of two of the four homes on thisyear’s tour. The tea was held at the McLean house ofSusan Cooper Jordano, membership co-chairman ofthe Woman’s Club, and her husband Tony Jordano.

December’s tour will feature four houses, each ofwhich represents a different century in McLean: astone house reputedly built in 1754, a former publicmeeting house built in 1842, a colonial built in 1952and later expanded and a uniquely modern homebuilt in 2010. Each house will be decorated for theholidays and will highlight family life in McLean. Inaddition, Trinity United Methodist Church, at 1205Dolley Madison Blvd., will host a MarketPlace, of-fering gifts and holiday items, a lunch and snackconcession, and an auction that will sell chances ona variety of merchandise and services.

Woman’s Club members have been working onpreparations since February, when they began solic-iting advertisements for the tour brochure. Additionalefforts over the summer included selection of thehomes, brochure preparation, publicity arrangementsand plans for decoration.

All proceeds will be donated to local charities andnonprofit organizations, such as Share, Inc., Alter-native House, the McLean Project for the Arts (TheChildren’s Outreach), Claude Moore Colonial Farm,the McLean Volunteer Fire Department, Fisher Houseand the McLean Symphony, as well as used for schol-arships and education.

The tour will take place on Thursday, Dec. 5, from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets will be available in earlyOctober at local businesses, including Mesmeralda’sGifts of McLean, Karin’s Florist of Vienna and GreatDogs of Great Falls or may be obtained at one of thehomes on the tour.

—Laura Sheridan

Planning for HolidayHomes Tour underway.

McLean Woman’s ClubHolds Annual Kickoff Tea

From left: Woman’s Club Homes Tour Co-Chairman Rosemarie Lazo, Woman’s ClubMembership Co-Chairman Susan CooperJordano and Virginia State Delegate Bar-bara J. Comstock (R).

From left: Mildred “Millie”Thompson, Woman’s Clubpresident; Supervisor JohnFoust (D-Dranesville),Honorary Tour Host Admi-ral Kathleen L. Martin, Mrs.Albert Rosecan and Dr.Karen Kierce, owners ofhomes on the 2013 HolidayHomes Tour; Woman’s ClubHomes Tour Co-ChairmenRosemarie Lazo and JaneStudabaker.

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Young children ages 3-8can experience the funand excitement of the

changing of the seasons as theyparticipate in a variety of activi-ties at the McLean CommunityCenter’s Harvest Happenings.The event will be held from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,Sept. 28, at the center, locatedat 1234 Ingleside Ave. Generaladmission is $5 at the door; ad-mission is free for children upto 36 months old.

Kidsinger Jim, a children’sentertainer who sings and playsguitar while his farm animalfriends roam and interact withthe audience, will perform atthe event. Jim has been singinghis all-original “POSITIVE-lyFun” songs exclusively for chil-dren and families for 20 years.A former preschool through el-ementary school music teacher,he has performed more than3,500 concerts to date.

Activities include amusementand carnival games and artsand crafts projects. Participantscan purchase and decoratesmall pumpkins. A variety ofchild- and adult-friendly food

choices will be available forpurchase as well.

For more information, call703-790-0123, TTY: 711, orvisit the center’s website: http://www.mcleancenter.org/kids/events.

Children can welcome the changeof season at McLean CommunityCenter’s Harvest Happenings.

Celebrating theChange of Season

Children ages 3-8 canexperience the fun andexcitement of the chang-ing of the seasons as theyparticipate in a variety ofactivities at the McLeanCommunity Center’sHarvest Happenings.

Kidsinger Jim and Friends will bring all-original“POSITIVE-ly Fun” songs to the McLean CommunityCenter on Sept. 28.

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When the Langleyfield hockey teamstarted practices at

the beginning of August, coachJennifer Robb, returning for her13th season, felt good aboutwhat she was seeing on thepractice field. Langley has ninereturning varsity players, in-cluding seven seniors, and anumber of strong new offensivetalents that played for the jun-ior varsity team last year.

Little did she realize that Lan-gley would start the season sostrong, winning their firstleague game and then takingthe Herndon Invitational FieldHockey Tournament champion-

ship trophy this past Labor Dayweekend. And Langley did it inimpressive fashion, outscoringtheir first four regular season op-ponents by a margin of 15-0, andthen beating powerhouse Madisonin a tight 3-1 contest to win thetournament. This was the firsttime that Langley has won theHerndon Invitational since it be-gan in 1996; its best showing wasa runner-up finish in 1999.

“I am so proud of the way thegirls played throughout the entiretournament,” Robb said. “Theyplayed as a team with great pass-ing and a level of aggressivenessthat allowed them to control thefield of play. Not only did they play

Langley field hockey wins Herndon Invitational.

What a Difference a Year Makes

great defense but they finishedstrong and scored a lot of goals.What a great way to begin the sea-son!”

In addition to winning the tour-nament, seniors Erin Klein andLizzie Rollman and sophomoreHalle Duenkel were named to theall-tournament team for their out-standing play.

Langley is anchored by an expe-rienced defensive corps, led bysenior captains Amanda Lund andJulia Pierce, as well as seniorKlein. Their goalie, BrittonyTrumbull, had a great tournament,stopping all but one shot. Theirstarting offense includes all return-ing players in addition to Duenkel,

Morgan Kuligowski and Kayleavon Seggern, all sophomores whomade an immediate contributionin the tournament by scoring 11of the 15 goals, led by Duenkel’sseven. The other four goals in thetournament were scored byRollman (3 goals, 4 assists) and

Maggie Farnsworth. The otherreturning offensive starters in-clude juniors Delaney Burkartand Nichole Hottle, and seniorRollman.

Langley’s next game isagainst Oakton on Monday,Sept. 9.

The Langley field hockey team celebrates with thetrophy after winning the Herndon Invitational.

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The Connection

Erika Eckrod showed the McLeanfield hockey team can scorequickly.

Christin Geisler showed theHighlanders can score often.

Together, the senior forwards helped setthe tone for what head coach Summer Vannihopes could be a state-tournament-calibersquad.

Eckrod scored 20 seconds into McLean’sseason opener against Yorktown and Geislertied a school record with five goals as theHighlanders secured a 7-1 mercy-rule victoryover the Patriots on Aug. 28 in Arlington.

Geisler scored three goals in the first halfas McLean built a 5-1 halftime lead. Sheconverted a stroke early in the second halfand ended the game via mercy rule withher fifth goal at the 5:03 mark. The gameends if a team is ahead by six goals at themidway point of the second half.

Geisler’s five goals tied a school recordset last season by Sofia Andreoli.

“The ball was in the offensive half thewhole game,” Geisler said, “and that justopened up tons of opportunities for me toscore [and] for Erika to score.”

Eckrod came out aggressive, swiping theball from Yorktown and scoring the game’sfirst goal just 20 seconds into the contest.She added a second goal in the first half.

“Our last [scrimmage], I was havingtrouble recovering and my first goal was tobe better at attacking the ball,” Eckrod said.“I just saw the opening to the ball and tookit right away.”

McLean led 3-0 when Yorktown’s MelissaLand scored with 19:28 remaining in thefirst half, cutting the Highlanders’ lead totwo. Geisler answered with her third goalwith 12:18 left in the half, and Eckrodscored nearly six minutes later.

“As two forwards, their expectations areobviously to score, but they’re also captains,as well, so their leadership skills are reallyimportant,” Vanni said. “Both girls offer

speed, as well as strength and athleticismto [make] plays that not a lot of my ath-letes can do naturally. They’re impressive.They’ve worked hard over the last coupleseasons and now it’s their time in the spot-light.”

McLean traveled to face Centreville onTuesday, after The Connection’s deadline.The Highlanders will play three games inVirginia Beach this weekend before hosting

McLean’s Geisler Ties School Goal-scoring RecordSenior scores five goalsin win over Yorktown.

Fairfax at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10.“We’ve got a serious group, which I don’t

always have,” Vanni said. “They can begoofy, but they’ve got a really good mental-ity to win a lot this year, so that’s the plan.

“… I’m not going to jinx us, but the sky isthe limit with this team. We’re going downto Virginia Beach [this] weekend to playthree games, and I hope to be down therein November for the state tournament.”

McLean senior Christin Geisler tied a school recordwith five goals against Yorktown on Aug. 28.

McLean senior Erika Eckrod scored two goals againstYorktown, including the game’s first goal just 20seconds into the contest.

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Not that I thought I was going todie during this most recently-written-about hospital stay; still, the experi-ence was unsettling and reminded meof how fragile and maybe even pre-carious my situation might be. Asmuch as I try to ignore certain stageIV, terminal-type facts/prognosis, afour-day stay in S.I.C.U. sort of bringsthe reality into sharper focus, despitemy best – and continuing – efforts todelude myself otherwise.

As I sit here at home, comfortablyand relatively normally (I know, “nor-mally” is a relative term), I am betwixtand between emotionally. I can’tdecide if this hospital stay has givenme direction or misdirection. Do Inow have a truer, more honest senseof my own insecurity (mortality) orhave I just created a false sense ofsecurity in its place – having survivedthe ordeal so unexpectedly well?

I realize I’m not bullet-proof; but ifthere ever were a hollow point-typemetaphorical bullet, stage IV non-small cell lung cancer would likely beit; it’s a killer, usually. However, I can’thelp but feel empowered somehow,more confident even, in my body’sability to withstand the rigors anincurable disease can impose. I’msure there’s a toll to be paid, but sofar, I’m living proof that statistics arenot exactly about everybody, if youknow what I mean. I know that wish-ing and hoping don’t necessarily makeit so, but after yet another experiencewhere I far exceeded my doctor’srather modest expectations, I can’thelp but feel more positive about myprospects (there’s my delusionalnaïveté rearing its illogical head).

In February, 2009, I was “prog-nosed” to live “13 months to twoyears” according to my oncologist.Yet, here I still am, four-and-a-halfyears later, released from the hospital,better than when I went in. Anythingis possible: I think I’ve proven that.And I don’t intend to stop now.

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munity Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. This is an opportunity to meetGFS artists, view some of their originalwork, enjoy hands-on activities and learnthe stories of their studios. A 10th Anniver-sary book is scheduled to be released thatday—a community occasion to celebratecreativity.

On Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct.20 join GFS on a self-guided driving adven-ture to art studios tucked along the scenicroads of Great Falls, at the 10th AnnualGreat Falls Studios Art Tour: 60 memberartists—painters, potters, sculptors, jewelrymakers, photographers, digital artists, aweaver, a printmaker, a wood carver, twoquilters, a layered-paper artist, and othertalented folk—will be opening the doors totheir individual studios, the three groupateliers in town, and several shared venuescreated just for the event.

Artists will be demonstrating their craftsand techniques, engaging in inspiring con-versation and some will offer visitors achance to touch, dabble or scribble. All art-ists will be selling art “Made in Great Falls.”

Sun Design Remodeling Specialists, Inc.is a sponsor of the event. See the craftsman-ship of this award-winning home remodeler,at the house tour running concurrent withthe art tour.

Throughout the weekend, the Great FallsCommunity Library will serve as “StudioTour Headquarters.” Tour information willbe available and a photography exhibit inthe large conference room will feature theportraits of 16 GFS members and their stu-dios featured in the 10th Anniversary bookcreated to commemorate a decade of art inthe village. Dean Souleles, co-editor/pho-tographer of the book, will be on hand toanswer questions.

Additional information, member artistbios and images of their work can be foundat www.Great FallsStudios.com.

Great Falls Studios manages several ex-hibit venues in the community. The publicis invited to Katie’s at The Old Brogue IrishPub/760 Walker Road, Great Falls; SenecaHill Animal Hospital, Resort & Spa/11415Georgetown Pike, Great Falls; and a newspace featuring the work of local elemen-tary school students at Starbucks at GreatFalls Center/9862 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls.

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