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From left —Ariane, 8, andJavae, 4, ofHerndon are flyinghigh at the 36thAnnual HerndonFestival. The Carni-val area was ahuge hit with theyoung and theyoung-at-heart atthis year’s event.
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Herndon Gardens on DisplayHome & Lifestyle, Page 6
Herndon Flutist Wins BandDirectors’ CompetitionNews, Page 4
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Herndon Flutist Wins BandDirectors’ CompetitionNews, Page 4
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Lady Luck Shines on HerndonNews, Page 3
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By Andrea Worker
The Connection
Lady Luck – if not the sun– shone down on the36th annual HerndonFestival. Despite predic-
tions for disruptive rain showers,high winds, and even possible hail,the weather behaved and the fes-tivities went on without a hitch.
The Festival kicked off on theevening of Thursday, June 2. Billedas Northern Virginia’s “Largest Free Event,” with somesixty business expo vendors and sponsors, more thanforty downtown businesses on display, and twenty-five and more musical performances to be enjoyedon three different stages, the organizers weren’t ex-aggerating with their promotional description.
All of those vendors, food stops and musical inter-ludes were well spaced out all around Historic Down-town Herndon, bordered by Elden Street, CenterStreet, and Monroe Street and encompassingHerndon Town Hall, the historic Train Depot,Herndon Municipal Center and even taking over aportion of the Washington and Old Dominion Trail.“No, I didn’t know it was happening when I cycledhere from Lake Barcroft,” said cyclist David White-head, “but it’s great! A real welcome surprise.” Cy-clists and others who would normally traverse thissection of the Trail were directed to a detour aroundthe activity, or were invited to stop and enjoy. “There’sa ‘bike valet’ point which is brilliant,” said White-head, who did stop for a while for some refreshmentand to listen to the Liz Nordstrom Band. “Glad I did.This band is really good.”
All four days of the Festival also included a well-stocked carnival section, with a full-sized Ferriswheel, a thrilling “Octopus” ride and tea cup ridesand flying swings for the younger fair goers.
A special “Kids’ Alley – Children’s Hands-On Art”area, produced by Arts Herndon, was in operationboth Saturday and Sunday with plenty of activitieswell organized to keep lines to the barest minimum
and kids – and parents – happy.Street performers like the “Unicycle Lady,” the “Ava-
tar on Stilts,” the “Monkey Man,” and a “Fairy Prin-cess” roamed the crowds so that even just walkingthrough the booth-lined avenues guaranteed thatextra bit of entertainment.
When the children were finally tired (for a fewminutes) of whirling and twirling in the Carnival Areaand the adults had their (temporary) fill of shop-ping at the many stalls filled with hand-crafted jew-elry, woodworks, stained glass, clothing, toys, clocks,artwork, home goods, natural beauty and health careproducts (too many to name!), there were plenty offood offerings and seats thoughtfully placed near themusic venues to give everyone a delicious break.
“Actually,” said first-time festival-goer Keira Clarkeof Herndon, “all the wonderful smells have been kindof driving me crazy since we got here! It was hard towait for official lunch time.”
And there was every type of snack food, beverageor meal available. You could stroll along munchingon roasted nuts from the Original Cinnamon RoastedAlmonds, or juggle a giant funnel cake from PremiereHospitality or Jason’s Mini Donuts Café.
When you were ready for more, you could choosefrom BBQ, Asian, Mexican, turkey legs and sausage,pizza, corn dogs, Caribbean chicken, or even Greek,and wash it all down with a smoothie, a frozen drink,some root beer, or even a real beer with a souvenirbeer stein to boot.
The Herndon Festival had something for everyone!
Herndon Festival:Sights and Sounds
Festivities wenton without ahitch at HerndonFestival 2016.
Lady Luck Shines on Herndon
Happy faces on the Tea Cup ride for Stephanie and Nateof Herndon. The youngsters were particularly pleasedbecause unlike typical amusement park rides, “the linesweren’t long!”
Having fun – but ready toserve! From left — VeronicaMason, Quang Thanh,Anthony Cher, SeanRamsey, and the weekend’sCERT Incident CommanderChar Silberstein pullingphotobomb duty. The crewfrom Fairfax County Fireand Rescue stations fromall around the county wereon standby and ready tohandle anything.
Photos by Andrea Worker/
The Connection
The carnival offered rides for all ages.
Herndon Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic
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Food was everywhere at Herndon Festival grounds.
Photos by Will Palenscar/The Connection
A large Ferris wheel provided a spectacular view ofthe festival and the surrounding area.
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People
North County Governmental CenterGrand Opening
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Catherine M. Hudgins invites you to aGrand Opening and Ribbon Cutting ceremony, on Saturday, June 18, 10a.m. – 2 p.m., at the North County Governmental Center, 1801 CameronGlen Drive, Reston.
The new facility is shared with the Reston District Police Station.Captain Ronald T. Manzo, on behalf of the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment, will be welcoming the community along with Supervisor Hudgins.
In addition to the ribbon cutting and the official unveiling of the newlycompleted public art sculpture, the community is invited to stop by for aday of family activities. You can tour the building and station, enjoy somesummer treats, and attend a storytime courtesy of the Reston RegionalLibrary. Also, meet members of the K-9 unit, watch the landing of thepolice helicopter, admire the motorcycle squad as they navigate thedemonstration course, and explore a fire truck inside and out. At thisfamily-friendly event, there will be interactive displays, and public safetyvehicles to explore.
To RSVP or for additional information, contact the Hunter Mill Districtoffice at 703-478-0283, or e-mail to [email protected].
Herndon MOMS Club to Host Meeting,Splash Fun
The MOMS Club of Herndon will host its monthly meeting on Thurs-day, June 16, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Reston Town Center Splash Pad(At the corner of Market and Explorer Streets, Reston). All Herndon,Virginia (zip codes 20170 and 20171) at-home mothers and their childrenare encouraged to join the meeting to learn more about what the MOMSClub has to offer and celebrate the beginning of summer with some funwater play.
For more information or to RSVP, contact: Stephanie Talberg, Member-ship VP at [email protected].
Correction: Meals TaxThe chart on the meals tax published in the May 17 and May 24
editions of the Connection should have said that Herndon imposes a 2.5percent meals tax and Vienna imposes a 3 percent meals tax rate.
Week in Herndon
It all started with an impromptuperformance at Walden Pond. Or,more accurately, it started whenHerndon High School seniorAimee Toner was still smallenough to require a C flute with acurved head joint.
On Saturday, May 20, Tonercapped off six years of participa-tion in the Fairfax County BandDirectors’ Association’s Solo Com-petition with a first place finish.She played “SonataAppassionata”—a flute solo shepracticed in at the site of Thoreau’scabin on a family trip in August.
“I chose ‘Sonata Appassionata’by Sigfrid Karg-Elert because itwas my primary college auditionpiece. It was also unaccompanied,and displays a broad range of dy-namics, moods, tempos and tech-nique,” Toner said.
She has competed in the com-petition five times before, in thesixth, seventh, eighth, tenth, andeleventh grades. In 2014, sheplaced third with another piece,Charles Griffes’ “Poem.”
“This competition has remindedme of the high level of other mu-sicians and has encouraged me towork harder. I’ve always preparedand aimed to perform my best for
Herndon Flutist Wins Band Directors’ Competition
each of my six performances.”Over sixty-five students partici-
pated in Saturday’s competition inthe elementary, middle and highschool divisions.
Herndon High School band di-rector Kathleen Jacoby said:“Fairfax County has one of themost incredible music programs
nationwide. The opportunities forour students rival many colleges.Because of this, we have an incred-ible wealth of virtuosity in ourmusic students. Aimee’s successspeaks volumes to her talent con-sidering the stiff competition shewas up against.”
—Sally Toner
Photo by Dale Eliason
Aimee Toner
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Out of over 1.5 million high school juniors acrossthe country who took the PSAT, the National MeritScholarship has been awarded to approximately3,000 high school students, each of whom receivesan annual award between $500 and $2,000 for upto four years of undergraduate study at the institu-tion financing the scholarship. The following are lo-cal students who received the National Merit Schol-arship.
❖ Jane JaeEun Choi, of Herndon, attends ThomasJefferson High School for Science and Technologyand plans to study neuroscience at NorthwesternUniversity.
❖ Nikki Kothari, of Herndon, attends ThomasJefferson High School for Science and Technologyand plans to study public policy at the University ofChicago.
❖ Jiazhen Liu, of Herndon, attends ThomasJefferson High School for Science and Technologyand will attend the University of Chicago.
❖ Jessica Faith Nielsen, of Herndon, attendsHerndon High School and plans to study publishingat Brigham Young University.
❖ Nikhil Prasad, of Oakton, attends Oakton HighSchool, in Vienna, and plans to study finance at In-diana University Bloomington.
Local High School Students ReceiveNational Merit Scholarships
INCIDENTSAggravated Assault - May 26,
1200-blk Alabama Drive. While at theresidence of an acquaintance, the vic-tim was struck in the face with abottle causing lacerations, and wastransported to a hospital for medicaltreatment. The case is under investi-gation.
Burglary - May 27, 300-blkReneau Way - An occupied residencewas entered through an open rearwindow by two suspects, propertyvalued at approximately $10 wastaken.
Burglary - May 27, 300-blkReneau Way - The victim reported
ceived a minor laceration to his armand declined medical attention. A 35-year-old man was arrested forMalicious Wounding and AttemptedMalicious Wounding and transportedto the Fairfax County Adult DetentionCenter where he was held withoutbond.
ARRESTSMay 26, Assault, 19 FMay 26, False Pretense, 48 FMay 28, All Other Larceny, 30 MMay 28, Drive Without a License,
30 MMay 28, Drug/Narcotic Violation,
30 M
that on May 22 the residence was en-tered, while no one was home, throughan unlocked rear sliding glass door. Prop-erty valued at approximately $300 wastaken. The case is under investigation.
Burglary - May 27, 100-blk HerndonMill Circle. An unlocked vehicle, insidean open garage, was entered and prop-erty valued at approximately $250 wastaken. A 30-year-old man was arrestedfor burglary, and was held at FairfaxCounty Adult Detention Center withoutbond.
Aggravated Assault - May 29, 900-blk Branch Drive. The suspect wasthreatening the two victims with a knifewhen police intervened. One victim re-
Notable incidents from the Herndon Police DepartmentHerndon Crime Reports
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Herndon enjoys cultivating com-munity initiative. This year’s2016 Herndon Garden Tour onSaturday, June 18 from noon
to 4 p.m. is one budding example.The garden tour showcases five distinct
gardens the 2016 Garden Tour Committeeselected.
“Although all the plots echo the lives andhands of previous owners, the currenthomeowners seem to have a common bond,”according to the committee members MerciaHobson, Cathy Lanni and Tooran Shadman.“As stewards of their legacy lands, each hasremoved diseased trees and invasive plants,replacing them with native shrubs, trees,flowering forbs and vines, Winterberry,sweet bay magnolia, wild strawberry andwisteria flourish.”
Plein Air Painters Lorrie Herman and VickiVidal Blum will have their easels on displayat two of the five gardent on the tour; livemusic will be offered at another; and UnderThe Olive Tree purveyors will offer olive oiland vinegars at an additional garden.
Each of the gardeners will be available todiscuss the Mayors for Monarchs project,kicked off at Runnymede Park last Wednes-day, May 25. Mayor Lisa Merkel signed apledge for Herndon to take community, pri-vate and public efforts to help rejuvenatethe dwindling monarch population.
“So take your time today. Meander downgarden paths. See plein air painters. Listento ‘garden music.’ Learn about oils and vin-egars. Then, later today or tomorrow, puton your gardening gloves. Go out; dig,plant,” according to committee membersMercia Hobson, Cathy Lanni and TooranShadman.
The Herndon Garden Tour is produced bythe town’s Cultivating Community Initiative,a group of volunteers dedicated to neigh-borhood beautification and communityspirit.
The Gardens ofRobin Ward: A GoodSteward of the Land
Robin Ward has been on Mosby HollowDrive for 18 months. “I am fortunate to beable to have acquired such beautiful gardensand I hope I can be a good steward of theland for its former owners, Phil Goetkin andDiane D’Amico,” according to Ward.
She wrote about her garden for the Tour.“We found veggies were not our calling.
The next season we turned the plot into aflower garden to be seen from our upstairsbedroom window,” according to Ward.
“Phil and I ventured out to nurseries andpored over magazines. We took classes.
Many classes, and we learned. As you wan-der through the gardens, you will notice weused reclaimed materials or stone for thehardscape. They blend seamlessly among theplantings, allowing the flora to take centerstage,” according to Ward.
“Our hobby evolved into a labor of loveand a passion,” said Ward, who is willing toshare her successes as well as the failuresthat “ended up in the compost bin.”
“Gardens were never formally placed, butevolved into a living tapestry of colors.”
The Beebe FamilyGardens: All theThings Children Love
George and Sarah Beebe made their gar-den a family affair.
“We have fun watching the hummingbirds
drink the nectar in the coral-bells and thebutterflies and bees flit from the Echinaceaplants to the black-eyed susans. Our littlegarden is something that brings our familytogether. It gets even better year after year,”according to George and Sarah Beebe.
When they moved into their Herndonhome on Van Buren Street, “there were someazaleas in the front of the house and a beau-tiful little deciduous magnolia, but nothingelse.” They called a third of the backyard“thick thorny brambles.”
Trips to the quarry, the garden center, andadditions of hardscape, new crepe myrtlesand lots of plants helped them “reclaim thatland and turn it into a space for the chil-dren to play,” they wrote. “The plantingsin the back reflect all the things that ourchildren love to see and learn about,” in-cluding a butterfly garden, rose garden,veggie and herb garden, pumpkin patch andfairy garden.
Stephan Briggs andDeborah Gudelsky:‘With Glass ofGood Wine’
When Stephan Briggs and DeborahGudelsky bought their home on Grant Streetin 2006, the “garden” consisted of maturetrees and a raspberry patch.
“We first began our gardening by cuttingout flowerbeds around the house and privethedge border,” they wrote. They filled spaceswith perennials and native plants.
After they enlarged the basement in 2009,they used dirt excavated under the housefor “the bedding for the organic vegetablegarden.”
“We are very proud of the self-design ofour gardens with an abundance of flora formany to enjoy,” they wrote.
“The beauty of the gardening processmakes us feel more alive. It provides a won-derful sense of accomplishment. Gives usgreat exercise, and it relaxing to admire atthe end of the day… with a glass of goodwine.”
Mercia Hobson, of the Garden Tour com-mittee, formatted their words into a poemin this year’s Garden Tour brochure, that alsoserves as a ticket to the tour.
Al and MerciaHobson:One with theHuge Magnolia
The Mayors for Monarch pledgeenvisions such gardens that MerciaHobson said is unified by Ameri-can boxwoods.
“Butterflies abound in the gar-dens and attract monarch butter-flies. It’s a rather unexpected mix,Al’s formal traditional shrubs andmy cottage farm-style floral. Yet itall seems to work,” says MerciaHobson.
Their land, easily identified saysHobson, was part of the 100-year-old Bready dairy farmlands, twoblocks away from Herndon’s His-toric District. “People say it’s theone with the huge magnolia tree,”according to Hobson.
She wrote:“The multi-trunked southern gi-
ant is native to Virginia. It towers40-feet tall. Each spring, it pro-duces a glorious display of eight-inch wide creamy-white flowers,set against shiny dark green leaves
Garden Tour approaches: Saturday, June 18, noon to 4 p.m.
Herndon Garden Tour
Where and WhenTickets are $15; children 12 and
under are free. Tickets may bepurchased at the Herndon CommunityCenter, 814 Ferndale Ave. andHerndon Florist, 716 Lynn St.
The self-directed tour showcases fivedistinct gardens in Herndon. Ticketswill have the addresses of the fivestops on the tour.
Photos courtesy of Cultivating Community Initiative
Tickets for Herndon’s 2016 Garden Tour on Saturday, June 18 areavailable at the Herndon Community Center, 814 Ferndale Ave.,and Herndon Florist, 716 Lynn St.
with rusty undercoats. The flow-ers, very fragrant, open singly inabundance like fine white china.”
Fred and JodyKrazeise:Reclaiming theSpace
Fred and Jody Krazeise didn’tknow if they were going to be ableto grow anything on their land onVine Street because a chemicalcalled juglone from all parts of the60 black walnut trees.
“We originally tried to savesome of the trees, but they werediseased and we decided to havethem removed about seven yearsago,” they wrote. “So we groundout each of the tree stumps andthe soil remained fallow for thenext year with the hope that na-ture would help us cleanse thesoil. Thankfully, it did and our vi-sion for reclaiming the space be-gan to emerge.”
They grow two varieties of to-mato, eggplant and squash plantsand three varieties of sweet bellpepper and cucumber plants. “Newthis year will be asparagus andpotato,” they wrote.
The Herndon couple landscapedtheir front yard “to require mini-mal maintenance,” with a domi-nant white oak in the center, twoGalaxy Magnolias near the drive-way and a “dragon lady” holly treenext to their front steps.
“Our house, which we built on avacant lot in 2002, is a replica of aturn-of-the-century farmhouse.Since the lot itself is only 55-feet-wide, we modified plans from aNew Orleans-style shotgun house.People are amazed to see how farback onto the lot the house seemsto go.”
To honor dad on Father’s Day,send us your favorite snapshots ofyou with your dad and TheConnection will publish them inour Father’s Day issue. Be sure toinclude some information aboutwhat’s going on in the photo, plusyour name and phone numberand town of residence. To e-mailphotos, send to:
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Sports
By Josh Belanger
The Connection
The third time the Madison andSouth Lakes softball teams facedthis season it was for a trip tothe 6A North region champion-
ship game and a berth in the state tourna-ment. The two previous games showed littleoffense and dominant pitching perfor-mances. On May 31, the bats would comealive.
The teams combined for five home runs,including four by Madison, and theWarhawks defeated South Lakes 6-2 in theregion semifinals in Vienna. The victoryearned Madison a trip to the region finaland a state tournament berth.
Two days later, the Warhawks lost toOsbourn Park 2-0 in the region champion-ship game. Madison (23-4) will face 6ASouth region champion Grassfield in thestate semifinals at 3 p.m. on Friday, June10 at Robinson Secondary School.
On May 31, senior Katie Vannicola startedin the circle for the Warhawks and theSeahawks countered with sophomore AlyRayle. For the first three innings, the pitch-ing was as expected. Both pitchers seemedto be locked in as neither one surrendereda hit until the third inning.
“Any time you face someone three timesit’s hard,” said Madison head coach Jim
Adkins. “I thought our hitters did a muchbetter job and had a better approach in thisgame than the previous two games.”
Madison’s patience would pay off as theoffense broke it open in the third. SeniorBlake Brackett started the inning with a basehit and later scored on a throwing error.Vannicola then hit a two-run home run andsophomore Kristin Giery would follow thatwith a long ball of her own.
“We made some adjustments and you see
some balls hit hard and when you get a fewfortunate home runs, it’s usually helpful foryour offense,” said Adkins. “I thought thegirls had a good approach at the plate.”
Two batters later, senior Julia Hoy hit thethird home run of the inning for theWarhawks, giving them a five-run lead.
Adkins said that the confidence is high,but credits the success to an adjustment inthe practice plan.
“We spent the last week getting back to
the basics, focusing on seeing the ball hitthe bat, keeping your head behind the swingand making adjustments at the plate,” saidAdkins.
South Lakes head coach Carlos Soto triedto slow the inning down and get his teamto relax after the error, feeling that a rallywas coming. Unfortunately for theSeahawks, the mistakes were just too muchto overcome.
“When you have a team with really goodbats, you can’t make mistakes in the strikezone,” said Soto. “I called timeout becauseyou have to try and refocus and I hope thatdidn’t hurt [Rayle], but she battled back onthings like that all season and again whenyou [face] a good hitting team you can’tmake mistakes.”
South Lakes would not go quietly. After aleadoff single in the fourth by junior JazmynStokes, junior Danielle Barr connected ona two-run shot to left, cutting the lead tothree.
However, that’s all Vannicola would al-low a young South Lakes group to score.The Seahawks finished the season 17-8, butonly graduate four seniors and have a se-nior infield returning next season.
“I feel really confident about this teamand confident we will be back next year anddo a lot great things,” said Soto.
Giery added insurance in the sixth forMadison with her second long ball of thegame and her eighth home run of the sea-son.
“[Madison] hit the ball well today, youcan’t say anything bad about them, theyplayed really well,” said Soto. “Giery hasbeen doing well for them all season and shestepped up for them today.”
Seahawks finishone win shy ofstate tournament.
South Lakes Softball Falls in Region Semifinals
Golden Kumi-Darfour, Skander Ballardand John LeBerre closed out their highschool track and field careers with all-state honors at the 6A state champion-ship meet June 3-4 at Todd Stadium inNewport News.
Kumi-Darfour finished fourth in the800 meters with a season-best time of2:12.93. She anchored the SLHS 4x800
team of freshman Sophie Halkett andsophomores Olivia Beckner and Sarah Wolfethat finished seventh (9:28.68). Beckneralso placed in an individual event, finish-ing third in the 1,600 meters with a per-sonal best time of 4:58.24.
Ballard ran a 48.37 for third in the 400meters and teamed with LeBerre, juniorAshton Reinhold and senior Nikolai Waithe
Photo by Josh Belanger
Katie Vannicola and the Madison softball team earned a state tourna-ment berth.
South Lakes Track Athletes Earn All-State Honorsfor sixth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:24.49).
LeBerre also teamed with sophomore AlexLoukili and juniors Peter Sepulveda andJack Watkins for seventh in the 4x800 meterrelay (8:08.49) and finished fifth in the 800meters with a 1:55.11, a personal best.
Senior Anas Fain was seventh in the 300meter hurdles with a personal best time of39.70.
South Lakes’ Golden Kumi-Darfour placed fourth inthe 800 at the 6A state meet.
South Lakes’ Skander Ballard finished third in the400 at states.
South Lakes’ John LeBerrefinished fifth in the 800 atstates.
Photos contributed
Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman
703-752-4031 or [email protected]
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Public Hearing NoticeFairfax County Secondary Six Year Plan
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and The Board ofSupervisors of Fairfax County, in accordance with Section 33.2.331 of theCode of Virginia, will conduct a joint public hearing in the Board Auditorium,Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway,Fairfax, VA 22035 at 4:30 p.m. on June 21, 2016.
The purpose of this public hearing is to receive public comment on theSecondary Six Year Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2017 through 2022.Copies of the proposed plan may be reviewed at the VDOT’s NorthernVirginia District Office at 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030.
VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programsand activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Actof 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for personswith disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact VDOT’s Civil Rights at703-259-1775 or TTY/TDD 711.
Persons wishing to speak at this public hearing should contact the Officeof the Clerk to the County Board of Supervisors at 703-324-3151.
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ONGOINGTruths in False Positives. June 11-
26. ArtSpace Herndon, 750 CenterSt., Herndon. Sherwood Gainer’sPattern Recognition: Truths in FalsePositives offers vibrant and oftenchaotic abstractions, and exploreshow visual cues from a canvas caninform a dialog unique to eachobserver. artspaceherndon.com. 703-956-9560.
Herndon Friday Night Live. 6:30p.m. Through Aug. 26. 777 Lynn St.,Herndon. Features the most popularlocal and regional acts from up anddown the east coast. Free. For moreinformation or for the performanceschedule, go to herndonrocks.com.
Take a Break Concert Series.Thursdays. 7 p.m. June 4-Sept. 1.Lake Anne Plaza, Reston. Bands andentertainers at the plaza.lakeanneplaza.com.
Summer Entertainment Series.June 1-Aug. 31. Fairfax CountyParks. A summer-long calendar ofshows, concerts and moviesappropriate for you and your family.These concerts held in local parks arethe perfect place to bring a picnicdinner, blankets and lawn chairs toenjoy the best local and regionalentertainers. Free. To find out what’splaying at your nearby park, go tohttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/.
Integral Tai Chi. 12:30-2 p.m.Mondays and Wednesdays throughMarch 30. Herndon Senior Center,873 Grace St., Herndon. Integral TaiChi is a combination of traditionalChinese Tai Chi and Qi Kong. Themovements come from both forms ofpractice, in addition to yogamovements in the warm up section.Students need to bring their ownyoga mat, a towel and water. Free-$5. 703-464-6200.
THURSDAY/JUNE 9Paint the Story. 7-9 p.m. ArtSpace
Herndon, 750 Center St., Herndon.Melanie Stanley will usherparticipants into the indigenousMexican culture as depicted in thebook “Bless Me, Ultima” by RudolfoAnaya. Register atartspaceherndon.com. 703-956-9560.
FRIDAY/JUNE 10Senior Tea. 1-2 p.m. ArtSpace
Herndon, 750 Center St., Herndon.Seniors are invited to visit the galleryto view the current exhibit and enjoya cup of tea. Free.artspaceherndon.com.
Chicano Movement of the 1970s.1-3 p.m. ArtSpace Herndon, 750Center St., Herndon. NorthernVirginians who participated in the1970’s movements for equality,particularly the Chicano movement,discuss their experience in light ofthe novel “Bless Me, Ultima” byRudolfo Anayo. Recommended foradults. artspaceherndon.com. 703-956-9560.
SATURDAY/JUNE 11Dead Men’s Hollow. 7:30 p.m. Holy
Cross Lutheran Church, 1090 SterlingRoad, Herndon. Free/$15.Magnificent three part female vocalharmony is the centerpiece of thisfine group and male voices roundthings out appropriately. 703-435-8377.
Women’s Distance Festival 5K. 8a.m. Reston YMCA, 12196 SunsetHills Road, Reston. Proceeds supportwomen’s running and fitnessprograms and events in the Reston/
Herndon area. Fees: $30 (June 1),$35, $40 (race day). Register atrestonrunners.org.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY/JUNE 11-12Lake Anne Chalk on the Water
Festival. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Lake AnnePlaza, 1609 Washington Plaza,Reston. Chalk on the Water is a two-day street-painting festival whereparticipants will create amazingstreet art. Festival goers can purchasea “plot” of brick space on the plazaand paint to their hearts delightwhatever flows from theirimagination. Spots are limited forthis event. Participants have a chanceto win cash prizes for variouscategories, awarded by notablecommunity judges. Register atwww.chalkonthewater.com.
SUNDAY/JUNE 12Dance Off and Stories from
Mexico. 2-4 p.m. ArtSpace Herndon,750 Center St., Herndon. With guestAcoatzin Torres. Free. Seatinglimited. Register atartspaceherndon.com.
“Chesapeake Crimes: StormWarning.” 2 p.m. Reston RegionalLibrary, 11925 Bowman TowneDrive, Reston. Join mystery authorDonna Andrews and several of herfellow Sisters in Crime for a paneldiscussion featuring the newest bookin their award winning ChesapeakeCrimes series. Adults. 703-689-2700.
Oakton Church of the BrethrenCommunity Concert Series. 4p.m. Oakton Church of the Brethren,10025 Courthouse Road, Vienna.
Lucas Finet will present hissenior piano recital.oaktonbrethren.org. 703-281-4411.
TUESDAY/JUNE 14Cosy Sheridan. 7:15 p.m. Amphora’s
Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St.,Herndon. Love songs for adults andpractical philosophy. Sponsored bythe Folk Club of Reston-Herndon.restonherndonfolkclub.com. 703-435-2402.
THURSDAY/JUNE 16Dance Night with Radio King
Orchestra. 7-9 p.m. Lake AnnePlaza, Reston. Big Band swing anddance demonstration andinstructions. Free. http://www.restoncommunitycenter.com/take-a-break.
Junior Farmer Family Fun. 4-5 p.m.Kidwell Barn, Frying Pan Farm Park,2709 West Ox Road, Herndon. Leanrabout all of the barnyard animals andlearn how to care, handle and havefun with them. Two years to adult.Minimum of one adult per family. $5per person. Register atfairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fyingpanpark.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY/JUNE 17-18Taste of Reston. Reston Town Center
Pavilion and Market Street. GreaterReston Chamber of Commercepresents Northern Virginia’s largestoutdoor food festival featuringsamplings from the region’s eateries,live music, beer and wine gardens,and much more. Free. Tasting ticketspurchased on site or in advance atrestontaste.com. restonchamber.org.703-707-9045.
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Church of the Holy Comforter offers amonthly Healing Eucharist with the Laying on ofHands and Anointing for Healing. The service oc-curs on the first Sunday of each month at 5 p.m.in St. Mary’s Chapel. The Healing Ministry is beingled by the Rev. Valerie Hayes and Ms. AlexandraMacCracken and includes a team of lay healers whohave gone through intentional training and forma-tion. For more information, contact the Rev.Valerie Hayes at [email protected]. Thechurch is located at 543 Beulah Road NE, Vienna.
The LDS Church at 1515 Poplar Grove Drivein Reston will hold a discussion led by scripturalscholars on “The Book of Mormon: Another Testa-ment of Jesus.” The class is from May 31 to Dec.20. Free. Contact: 703-582-3169 [email protected].
Trinity Presbyterian Church , 651Dranesville Road, Herndon, has Sunday worshipservices at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nursery andchildcare are provided and youth and adult Sun-day school classes are held prior, from 9:40-10:45a.m. 703-437-5500 or www.trinityherndon.org.
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By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum
State Delegate (D-36)
In 1956 the then appointedFairfax County School Boardappropriated fifty dollars permonth to be paid as a
supplement to a school adminis-trator to start an adult educationprogram. Since the schools werestill racially segregated, a programfor white adults was started atAnnandale High School, and a pro-gram for black adults was started at LutherJackson School. The favorite offerings at bothlocations were classes in sewing including theBishop Method of Clothing Construction, aswell as typing and shorthand. The inexpensive,evening classes proved popular, and the pro-gram grew rapidly. Basic education classes forthose adults who could not read and write wereadded as were night school classes to completehigh school and to prepare for the G.E.D.
Recently I had the pleasure of attending a60th anniversary celebration of the programat the Plum Center for Lifelong Learning onEdsall Road in the eastern part of the county. Iwas honored several years ago when the School
Board chose to name its first full-time adult education center for mywork in adult and community edu-cation that spanned half the yearsof its existence. Starting as a part-time room coordinator in the eve-nings when I was a half-time in-tern teacher from the University ofVirginia, I was able, for reasons toocomplex, to explain here to be-
come an administrator of the program in threeyears. As many discover in pursuing a career,my good fortune of working in a program thatI loved so much was more a case of being atthe right place at the right time than any de-liberate planning.
As Fairfax County and its school system grew,the adult education program that becameknown as the adult and community educationprogram grew not only in enrollment but inthe variety of its offerings. With the growth inthe number of persons speaking English as asecond language came classes in English forthose speakers of other languages. Increasededucational requirements in a soaring economy
resulted in more enrollment in evening adulthigh school and in vocational education pro-grams.
While the adult and community educationprogram afforded tax-paying citizens an op-portunity to utilize the facilities their tax dol-lars had built, the program at the same timeprovided support for the school system’s K-12program. Students who were unsuccessful inthe regular high schools were often allowedto transfer to the adult high school programas an alternative where they were often moresuccessful. Parents could take classes in childdevelopment and parenting in order to helptheir own children. Adult and Community Edu-cation (ACE) provided administrative supportfor after-school enrichment classes in the el-ementary schools.
A catalogue of ACE classes and programs ismailed three times a year to Fairfax Countyresidents and is available online at http://www.fcps.edu/is/ace/documents/catalogs/2016/Summer2016.pdf. As its literature prom-ises, “the possibilities are endless.” Endless forcareer and employment training, learning anew language, personal and academic enrich-ment. After all, as we have become aware—learning is lifelong.
Lifelong Learning: Endless PossibilitiesCommentary
To the Editor:John Knight’s letter (“Seniors
Unfairly Tapped for School Bud-get”) in the last week’s Connectionmade a case for a school tax “re-bate” to senior property owners.His stated argument is that sinceelderly residents don’t have chil-dren in the school system, theyshould get a financial break.
Since having no children in thesystem is the criterion, can we as-sume Mr. Knight would supportcutting a rebate check for singleswithout children? Who knowswhether they will ever use the sys-tem in these uncertain times? Howabout for families that send theirchildren to private schools, don’tthey deserve a little break, too?And why, when you get right downto it, should businesses - that ob-viously don’t put little ones intoclassrooms - not be entitled to asmidgen of property tax forgive-ness?
Why pay for something youdon’t use? Pay for play! Thisthoughtful argument has potentialapplication to a broad range ofother areas of public policy, too. IfI have health insurance, shouldn’tI get a rebate for that share of mytaxes that goes to pay for publichealth services? Shouldn’t I get amodest re-deposit to my account
to compensate me for the cost ofmaintaining the county parks Idon’t use. I have never had a houseburn down - not even once - andyet I’m expected to pay my full partof the taxes that fund FairfaxCounty Fire? How is that fair?
And just you wait until Mr.Knight starts in on figuring outwhich parts of the Commonwealthand Federal budgets don’t applyhim. We’ll all be rolling in rebates!
But, of course, the world doesn’twork the way Mr. Knight suggestsit should. The same seniors whosereal estate values have climbedover the years because of the qual-ity of life - and the caliber of thepublic institutions - in FairfaxCounty, have a continuing obliga-tion to pay to sustain that quality.The Fairfax County school systemexisted for their children becauseprevious generations funded it.Having received the benefits, try-ing to duck the responsibility tokeep the lights on for future gen-erations is downright churlish.
Of course, getting that rebate ispossible for those that really wantto cash out. All it involves is sell-ing and moving. Away.
Kyle OlsonAlexandria
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To the Editor:Regarding John Knight’s letter
(“Seniors Unfairly Tapped forSchool Budget”) in the last week’sConnection: While the sentimentis nice and I would join anyone incomplaining about the burden oftaxes being put on all thehomeowners; in my opinion busi-nesses and developers get awaywith tax breaks. Our supervisorsand planning commissions areover developing Tysons; creatingtraffic and other problems, andthen they complain about the lowoccupancy rate. The fix to thoseproblems is raising homeownertaxes. I don’t think giving seniorsa break due to the fact they nolonger have kids in school is fairor wise. Those schools prepared
our kids and now have the task ofpreparing our and another genera-tion of childrens’ kids. Many of thepeople in our neighborhood whoare young don’t have kids.Shouldn’t they also be given dis-pensation. I would prefer we passthe meals tax and stop giving otherbreaks to businesses and develop-ers. That would be a much bettermeans of supplemental funding ofour schools and help to keep ourhomeowners’ taxes from escalat-ing. Well-educated children areresources to seniors, couples andsingles without children and cur-rent parents alike.
Michael KnudsenMcLean
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