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Vienna Water, Sewer Fees to Cut Average Bills Slightly BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Vienna Town Council on May 12 unanimously adopted a new water and sewer fees that will charge residential and commer-

cial properties in proportion to their respective amounts of usage – and likely save many customers a bit of money in the bargain. Between July 2013 and this February, town officials conducted a study aimed at stabilizing Vienna’s water and sewer funds by having

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reliable cash flow throughout the year. Vienna currently charges all water customers $4.75 per 1,000 gallons. The town also charges a sewer fee of $6.66 per 1,000 gallons for in-town and out-of-town (non-Fairfax County) customers and $6.55 for out-of-town Fairfax County sewer customers. The town also charges water and sewer customers other related fees, including a charge of $2.15 per 1,000 gallons for usage that exceeds average consumption. Under the new “block structure” plan, residential water customers on a quarterly basis will pay per-1,000-gallon fees of $4.66 for up to 16,000 gallons, $5.10 for using between 16,001 and 32,000 gallons and $6 for 32,001 gallons or more. Residential sewer customers each quarter will pay per-1,000-gallon charges of $5.75 for up to 16,000 gallons, $6.25 for between 16,001 and 32,000 gallons and $7.30 for 32,001 or more gallons. Residential customers also will pay a base fee of $15 per quarter. Commercial water customers will pay quarterly per-1,000-gallon fees of $4.66 for up to 90,000 gallons, $5.10 for between 90,001 and 180,000 gallons and $5.95 for 180,001 gallons or more. Commercial sewer customers each quarter will pay per-1,000-gallon charges of $5.75 for up to 90,000 gallons, $6.25 for between 90,001 and 180,000 gallons and $7.25 for 180,001 or more gallons. Commercial property owners will pay a base fee of $15.75 per quarter for meters up to five-eighths of an inch in diameter. All other per-quarter charges based on meter size will stay the same, town officials said. Unlike previous adjustments to the water and sewer rates, which usually took effect 10 days after the Council adopted them, the new fee schedule will start July 1 to align with the new fiscal year, said Town Attorney Steven Briglia. Average residential customers will see their bills drop slightly under the new billing regime, town officials said.

“This helps out people who don’t use a lot” of water and sewer services, said Council member Carey Sienicki. Council Adopts Fiscal 2015 Budget, Real Estate Tax Rate: With the necessary public hearings out of the way, the Vienna Town Council voted unanimously May 12 to adopt the town’s fiscal year 2015 budget, hold the real estate tax rate flat and maintain a series of local taxes. The nearly $32.4 million budget for fiscal 2015 includes about $22.6 million for general-fund expenditures, $2.7 million for debtservice costs, $6.8 million for water and sewer fund expenses and about $246,000 for stormwater costs. The town’s tax rate will remain at 22.88 cents per $100 assessed valuation, which Vienna residents pay on top of Fairfax County’s $1.09 per $100 rate. The town’s real estate tax will bring in about $9.76 million, officials estimated. Some local residents this spring pleaded in vain for the Town Council and Board of Supervisors to lower their real estate tax rates to offset higher residential housing assessments. Council members also voted to maintain the town’s bank net capital tax of 80 cents per $100 valuation, a residential-utility tax of 20 percent of the first $15 and a commercial-utility tax of 15 percent of the first $300. The new fiscal year begins July 1. Council to Appoint 2 Members – Including a Short-Timer: The Vienna Town Council in the next several weeks will have to appoint people to serve two unexpired terms, including one of short duration. The Council will appoint someone to fill the Council seat of Mayor Laurie DiRocco, who was sworn in April 8 to fill the remainder the late Mayor M. Jane Seeman’s term. DiRocco ran unopposed May 6 for a two-year term that begins July 1. Her unexpired Council term ends June 30, 2015. Continued on Page 21

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Area residents and visitors this Memorial Day weekend can partake of one of Vienna’s signature events: the annual ViVa! Vienna! festival. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Vienna, the event will be held this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, May 26. The festival will be held on Church Street, Dominion Road and Mill Street near the Freeman Store and Museum, Old Vienna Railroad Station, red caboose and Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail. Food always is a major draw to the festival and this year’s offerings will include pizza, barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers, Italian sausage, Thai cuisine, Lebanese food, Chilean meals, popcorn, kettle corn, funnel cakes, shaved-ice treats, cotton candy, candied apples and ice cream. Artisans, retail vendors, political parties and candidates, professional groups and community organizations will have booths at the event. In addition, stores along Church Street will remain open, the Freeman Store will sell memorabilia, new cars will be on display and the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders will have exhibits for visitors. Cole Amusement Co. will supply 24 carnival rides ranging from a carousel, Willie the Whale and Jolly Choo Choo rides for young children to more thrilling contraptions for older riders, including the Cliff Hanger, Funnel Force and Expo Wheel. Children’s rides cost three tickets apiece; rides catering to older participants cost three to five tickets each. Tickets cost $1

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apiece; sheets of 24 are available for $20 and sheets of 48 cost $40. A $35 wristband covers one-day ride costs for one person. ViVa! Vienna! will have plenty of entertainment for children and adults alike: Saturday, May 24: Main Stage: 10 a.m.: Jessica Yellowitz (singer/ songwriter). 11 a.m.: Silver City (bluegrass). Noon: Northwest Players (soul, funk and R&B music). 1 and 2 p.m.: Mudlark (blues & rock). 3 p.m.: Vienna Community Band. 4 p.m.: Trio Caliente (Latin, gypsy,

rumba and jazz music). 6 p.m.: Cathy Ponton King (“tough and tender blues”). 8 p.m.: Blind Man Leading (indie pop rock). Children’s Stage: 10 a.m.: Noland the Magician. 11 a.m.: Cricket (clown, juggler and balloons). Noon: Noland the Magician. 1 p.m.: Cricket. Sunday, May 25: Main Stage: 10 a.m.: Calico Cloggers. 11 a.m.: Marshall High School Jazz Band. Noon: 13th Story Band. 12:45 p.m.: Green Hedges School Maypole Dance. 1 p.m.: Cuppett Performing Arts Center. 2 p.m.: John Emil, slide-guitar. 3 p.m.: Four Star Combo (1950s rockabilly music). 4 p.m.: Janine Wilson Band (“love, heartache and mischief” music). 6 p.m.: School of Rock (classic rock). 8 p.m.: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (winners of the 2013 Best Bluegrass Band WAMMY Award). Children’s Stage: 10 a.m.: Banjo Man. 11 a.m.: Bee Bee Clown. Noon and 12:45 p.m.: Banjo Man. 1 p.m.: Bee Bee Clown. 2 p.m.: Enshin Karate 3 p.m.: The Tango Girl. Monday, May 26:

Main Stage: 10 a.m.: Vienna Jammers. 11 a.m.: Rocknoceros. Noon: Memorial Day ceremony. 1 p.m.: Born to Dance (Zumba, belly dance and hip-hop). 2 p.m.: Fives Band (rock, acoustic). 3 p.m.: Wrestle with Jimmy (Weezer tribute band). 4 p.m.: Fat Chance Band (“Vienna’s party band”). Children’s Stage: 10 a.m.: Cricket. 11 a.m. Rocknoceros. 1 p.m.: Cricket. 2 p.m.: Morning Star Tang Soo Do and karate demonstration. Parking will be at a premium in the festival’s vicinity. A shuttle-bus service between James Madison High School, the Vienna Metrorail station and the festival will run from 10 a.m. to 10:20 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 6:20 p.m. on Monday. Additional parking (but no shuttle service) will be available on top of and within the parking deck of the White Oak Tower building, 301 Maple Ave., W., and in the lot marked “commuter” behind the former Magruder’s grocery store between Courthouse Road and Cottage Street, S.W. The environmentally conscious will be able to dispose of their electronic waste Sunday and Monday at a collection center in Madison High School’s parking lot during the festival’s hours. For more information, including shuttle-bus schedule details, visit http://vivavienna.org.

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NVCC President Praises Graduates for Courage, Determination SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Even within a student body as diverse as that of Northern Virginia Community College, the route Frank Maia took to commencement day was far more circuitous than most. Born in Swaziland of Portuguese ancestry, Maia grew up in South Africa, settled in Portugal after high school, found no work there and then found himself in the United States, at times facing homelessness and hunger. When he first enrolled in NVCC, he couldn’t afford the cost. But on May 18, the 28-year-old Manassas resident earned an associate of science degree, summa cum laude, in business administration, and soon will head to Georgetown University with a $30,000-a-year scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to assist with his studies. “My path is no more special than yours,” Maia told fellow graduates during commencement exercises at George Mason University’s Patriot Center. “We all came here to be better versions of ourselves.” Many of the 6,000 students who earned degrees and certificates during the academic year were on hand. They all

fessor who, like many of the students earning degrees on May 18, was in the first generation of his family that had the opportunity to attend college. Noting that students at NVCC come from 170 different countries and speak 15 languages, Errico said they should feel welcomed in “a nation that has given us a second chance.” “The real strength of America is in its diversity,” Errico said, but remarked on a sense of complacency among many across the U.S. and in his classroom. Pointing to centuries-long struggles for civil rights that have yielded fruit, Errico noted that “some of my students take all of this for granted – then we are Students from Northern Virginia Community College’s Class of 2014 find familiar faces in the shocked back into reality.” crowd during commencement ceremonies May 18. PHOTO BY KEVIN MATTINGLY “It’s now your obligation to carry share the traits of “commitment, cour- significant challenges,” Templin said, as the struggle forward,” he told the Class age, persistence and determination,” said have many of the other students at what of 2014. Northern Virginia Community Robert Templin Jr., president of the col- is Virginia’s largest institution of higher College began life in 1965 in a warehouse lege. education. in Baileys Crossroads. Today, it has Templin said Maia is emblematic of What pushes students like Maia to 78,000 students spread across six camthat determination, while singling out succeed against unfavorable odds? He puses. NVCC board chairman Jerome the efforts of two other recipients of Jack pointed to his wife as well as his desire to Bennett told the fresh graduates that Kent Cooke Scholarships: Amin Syed of make a difference. commencement is “really the beginning Sterling, who aims to ultimately attend “I always wanted to take care of peo- of what’s next for you.” medical school, and Armian Hanelli of ple the way my mother took care of me,” Bennett pressed the new graduates to Arlington, who this fall begins engineer- he said. The main speaker at the college’s “share what you know [about the college] ing studies at Virginia Tech. 48th commencement ceremony was Dr. with those who don’t know . . . [it’s] an “Each has struggled to overcome Charles Errico, a longtime history pro- amazing place, it has a great story to tell.”

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Chelsea Blair would be leaving the stage at D.A.R. Constitution Hall with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, so it is perhaps no surprise that she posed some of her remarks to fellow Marymount University graduates in the form of a big-picture, somewhat rhetorical question. “Marymount has prepared us,” she said at the university’s 63rd annual undergraduate commencement exercises, held May 18. “The question is not ‘Are we ready for the real world?’ but ‘Is the real world ready for us?’” “It’s bittersweet,” Blair acknowledged while dissecting the end of this chapter of students’ lives. “Never will we forget this moment; never will we forget the friendships that we made.” Members of the Class of 2014 have been engaged in a “wonderful transformation” and “made Marymount a better place,” said Dr. Sherri Lind Hughes, the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. “You are poised to leave Marymount and make a difference,” she told students. Commencement speaker Kevin Plank, who over two decades has built the apparel and sportswear firm Under Armour from a $16,000-a-year operation to one

Plank said. “Entrepreneurship is a spirit and an attitude,” he said. “I believed that tomorrow would be better than today.” Among those walking off the dais with a degree in hand was Perla Braccio, who earned a bachelor of business administration degree with a marketing specialty. Though born in Florida, Braccio grew up in Nicaragua, and while she has dual citizenship, she’s planning to return to the Central American country to build her life there. “I’m happy to be going home, but I’m so sad to be leaving,” she said while waiting under sunny skies to be ushered into Constitution Hall for the morning ceremony. Commencement exercises for Marymount graduate students were held that afternoon. Braccio received a Senior Leadership New Marymount University graduates Mark Anthony Curtis, Katelyn Fischer, Perla Braccio and Nana Marfo, who earned undergraduate degrees in business and economics, pose for a group Award from the university, as did Nana Marfo, a native of Accra, Ghana, who shot before heading into commencement exercises on May 18 at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. earned a bachelor of business administhat is set to gross nearly $3 billion this Plank, who noted it took him seven tration degree. Plank cautioned students year, said students should be willing to years to make it through the University that in a fast-changing world, those who take chances and deal with life’s detours. of Maryland (thus making his honorary stand still will not reap rewards. “It takes hard work,” he said. “If you Quoting boxer Mike Tyson speak- doctorate from Marymount “the quicking of his opponents – “Everyone has a est degree I’ve ever received”), said his want excellence, you have to work harder plan [for success] until they get hit in the desire to become an entrepreneur was in- and hustle more than anyone else.” He ended his remarks with a request face” – Plank said students shouldn’t be stilled at an early age by his mother. so fearful of failure that they opt not to Selling lemonade, mowing grass and of the new graduates: If they see a kid on take chances. “It will happen to you,” he shoveling snow all gave him “that sense a corner selling lemonade, stop and buy said of defeats and disappointments. “Be of empowerment, that sense of pride” some, and thank the youngster for his or willing to face it and go on.” that came with being your own boss, her entrepreneurial spirit.

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Opinion Our View: Impeachment? It’s a Tad Premature It was only a matter of time, and last week, Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) demanded an inquiry that could lead to impeachment proceedings against Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring. Marshall, who likes publicity almost as much as he likes his far-right agenda, was a little slow on this. We were expecting it even earlier. Kidding aside, Marshall may have some sliver of legal ground to stand on, based on the attorney general’s behavior on the question of same-sex marriage and his unwillingness to defend the state constitution until the federal courts render a final decision. Regardless of one’s stance on the issue, having Virginia elected officials opting out of defending the constitution should anger both sides, since if a liberal Democrat can do it on this issue, the door is open for a conservative Republican to do it on a host of other matters. Marshall seems on far shakier ground when objecting to Herring’s legal opining on in-state tuition for

undocumented immigrants; while we don’t like the fact that Herring is using that issue to further his bid for governor, he’s entitled to circulate legal opinions on the matter. One has to figure that getting involved in an impeachment tussle is a political loser for state Republicans. It’s not going anywhere, unless Herring does something super crazy (do not rule it out), and despite whatever merits there may or may not be to considering impeachment, those who support tossing out the attorney general not long after he got into office will be seen as little more than partisan sore losers.

A New Frontier

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority last week trumpeted the news that Frontier Airlines would be starting “focus-city” service from Washington Dulles International Airport over the summer. Travelers will get nonstop flights from Dulles to a host of cities, mostly along the East Coast but some as far

away as Las Vegas. The number of flights will hardly threaten the airport’s dominant carrier, United Airlines, but was a shot of good news for Dulles. Passenger counts there have been anemic in recent months; this will provide an economic boost to the airport down the road, and provides a psychological boost now. As more airlines move operations from Dulles to Reagan National (and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport), and as United faces its own challenges that have resulted in downscaling its Dulles operations, the airports authority is in a bind. It doesn’t want to alienate its chief tenant, but at the same time has to work to attract new service. Those with long memories will recall that Dulles was a white elephant for a long time; it was said you could roll a bowling ball from one end of the main terminal to the other without fear of hitting a traveler along the way. We don’t want to see those days return, so support Frontier and other airlines that choose to offer service.

Meals Levy Would Keep Tax Dollars in Fairfax Editor: I might even agree with David Karmol’s May 8 letter [“Voters Will Remember Tax Hike Imposed on Them”] and the Sun Gazette’s editorial of the week before against the proposed Fairfax County meals tax if I hadn’t been alerted to the fact that I was already paying a meals tax a good bit of the time I was buying prepared food.

I never used to pay attention to jurisdictional boundaries when choosing a restaurant, deli or carry-out, until it was pointed out to me that practically every other jurisdiction in the area has a meals tax. We Fairfax County residents are paying this tax, but not for our schools and roads. When our neighbors use these services in Fairfax they are not helping our budget as

we are helping theirs. The Sun Gazette has an obligation to inform its readers of this situation. Perhaps you could publish a map showing the surrounding jurisdictions that have such a tax, then we could review our stand for or against the Fairfax County meals tax. Julie Kerlin McLean

Editor: Regarding Anne Snyder’s recent letter [“Foust Won’t Be a Go-To Guy for His Constituents,” May 15]: Wrong, wrong, wrong. The letter writer relies on hearsay to malign John Foust, one of the best mem-

bers of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The writer had not even contacted his office. Well I have. In the last four years, on two occasions, I have called the supervisor’s office. Not only was his staff helpful, but I

was surprised that Foust himself called me back – something I had not expected. If this letter is any indication of what the Comstock people are running on, it is laughable. Fariborz Fatemi McLean

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Don’t Base Your Views of Foust on Hearsay Evidence Editor: Unlike letter-writer Anne Snyder [“Foust Won’t Be a Go-To Guy for His Constituents,” May 15], who apparently never contacted Supervisor John Foust for help with an issue of concern, I have personal knowledge of how helpful Foust can be. A newly built mansion was sold in my neighborhood in 2010, and a whopping increase in the assessments of everyone else’s 40-year-old homes resulted. John Foust

was immediately responsive in personally meeting with us and the tax assessors. Much more reasonable reassessments were made.

I know he will be just as responsive as a member of Congress. William Pratt McLean

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Vienna Town Council members on May 12 agreed that integrated communication between different software systems would allow for streamlined municipal operations. But members were less than keen on the mid-six-figure price tag proposed to obtain such improved efficiencies and the lack of competitive bidding involved. Council members voted unanimously, but a bit reluctantly, to award an upto-$651,626 contact to Tyler Technologies Inc. to install Munis software that will allow the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Finance Department to communicate with other departments in the town. Council member Howard Springsteen was floored by the softwareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost and inquired about its necessity. Finance Director Karen Spence said planning for such an integration began under her predecessor, Phil Grant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do have the money,â&#x20AC;? Spence said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been saved for this purpose. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important for us to move forward in that manner.â&#x20AC;? The townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial operations are powered by Turchetta software, originally installed in 1989, and Sungard Pentamation, which the town government began using in 1993 and upgraded in 2010. While some of the programs still function adequately, the town is â&#x20AC;&#x153;living on borrowed timeâ&#x20AC;? with software used by the Water and Sewer Department, said Deputy

Finance Director Marion Serfass, who also is serving as acting director of Viennaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Administrative Services Department. Council member Laurie Cole was unhappy with the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence of traditional request-for-proposal contracting methods, in which multiple bids are solicited. Spence responded that Tyler Technologiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; software â&#x20AC;&#x153;was already on our radarâ&#x20AC;? and that town officials also had inspected offerings from Microsoft and found them wanting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We engaged with at least two other companies,â&#x20AC;? Spence added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were smaller. Tyler has a much larger portion of the market.â&#x20AC;? The town government could go the standard request-for-proposal route for the software, but there would be no guarantee that the current prices would hold, she said. Council members lessened some of the financial blow by cutting back some of the contactâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contingency allowances, which otherwise would have pushed the price above $678,000. The software integration will take about 18 months to complete, town officials said. Maintenance costs for the system will be waived for the first year, then cost about $44,300 annually thereafter, Spence said. The town now spends about $58,000 per year maintaining its two current software systems, she said. Mayor Laurie DiRocco suggested department head should provide documentation of research and evaluations for similar contracts in the future.

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Inventory Up, Home Market Still in Neutral Until recent weeks, the most familiar lament of those in the Northern Virginia real estate market was a lack of inventory. But those days, for now at least, are over: In Fairfax County, the number of homes available for prospective purchasers in April was up 44 percent from the same point last year, as market conditions remained stuck in neutral. Across Fairfax County, a total of 1,218 residential properties changed hands last month, according to figures reported May 12 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service. The average sales price, remained in positive territory, up 2.7 percent to $536,934 for the month. (It would have been even higher, but there were fewer single-familyhome sales in the overall mix compared to a year before.) Average sales prices were up in each of the three legs of the market: r The average sales price for single-family homes was up 4.1 percent to $704,232. r The average sales price for attached homes, such as townhouses, was up 3 percent to $370,184. r The average sales price for condominiums was up 0.3 percent to $278,634. The median sales price of all homes that sold during April as $465,000, up 3.9 percent. The median is the point at which half of homes sell for more, half for less. Add up the sales and average prices, and the total sales volume of $654 million for the month was off 6 percent from $696 million a year before. Of homes that sold in April, the average time spent between listing and ratified sales contract was 38 days, up from 33 days for homes that went to closing a year before, and the average sales price represented 98.2 percent of original listing price, down from 98.7 percent. Conventional mortgages were the method of transacting sales in 784 cases, followed by cash (175), VA-backed loans (147) and FHA-backed mortgages (1495). At the end of the month, there were 2,667 active listings on the market, up from 1,852 a year before. The number of new listings coming on the market during the month was up, but by less than 1 percent, from a year before. Where is the market headed? Anemia appears likely to continue, as contingencies, pending sales and new pending sales in April were all down from a year before. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

Free Outdoor Events Come to McLean’s Civic Place Green The Palladium Civic Place Green in McLean is scheduled to hold Tai Chi and Stretch with Maria Spearman on May 24 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. as well as Four Star Combo, rock and honky tonk from 5 p.m. tp 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

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Set on an attractive lot in the heart of McLean – Broyhill McLean Estates – this week’s featured property is a new showplace that pays homage to the past with handcrafted elegance, large rooms for entertaining and a special sense of ambiance and élan. Featuring a classic colonial exterior that opens into modern interior spaces, the elevator property offers three levels of exceptionality totaling more than 7,500 square feet of interior space with creative design throughout. The property currently is on the market, listed at $2,299,999 by André Amini of Weichert, Realtors. A vibrant curb appeal is our introduction to the home, and as we are ushered inside to begin our exploration, note how everything is amply proportioned yet retains an intimacy. The open design is perfect for those who want to customize the home to meet their own needs. Our first interior impression is of the unique main level, which features an area that is open not to the level above it, but to the grand foyer on the lower level. It’s a creative change of pace. The formal living and dining rooms are well-designed to meet the needs of life’s multi-tasking; each is perfect for daily living and for entertaining in style. Large windows allow the beauty of sunlight to stream in, and the living room has the first of the home’s multiple fireplaces. The kitchen area is a showstopper, with exceptional space, top-quality appliances and a breakfast room that frames vistas over the rear yard. The extraordinary family room, with its contemporary trim and two-sided fireplace, is a standout, while there also is a main-level bedroom with full bath. The master retreat runs the entire rear length of the second level, a simply

Dampened in part by severe weather patterns and other factors, the national housing market was sub-par during the first quarter, but an uptrend is expected with healthy underlying demand over the balance of the year and through 2015, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum as part of the National Association of Realtors’ Party Convention & Trade Expo. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said the U.S. population has been growing steadily, but job creation has not. “When you look at the jobs-topopulation ratio, the current period is weaker than it was from the late 1990s through 2007,” he said. “This explains why Main Street America does not fully feel the recovery.” Although existing-home sales rose more than 9 percent to nearly 5.1 million in 2013, sales activity retrenched during the past six months. Even with gradual improvement moving forward, they are projected to decline about 3 percent for the year to just over 4.9 million, but should trend up to more than 5.2 million in 2015, officials said. Because of tight inventories and rising sales last year, the median existinghome price rose 11.5 percent to just over $197,000. Home-price growth is likely to moderate from more new home construction, with the median price increasing about 6 percent in 2014 to $209,000 and reaching nearly $219,000 next year as market conditions begin to balance. An upside of rising prices is a recovery in home equity. “Based on our forecast for this year, the median home-equity gain over three years is expected to be $40,000,” Yun noted. Although the pattern is uneven month-to-month, mortgage interest rates are forecast to gradually rise, with the 30-year fixed rate averaging 4.7 percent this year and 5.5 percent in 2015. “Inevitably, rising mortgage interest rates will hurt housing affordability,” Yun said. Housing starts have stayed below 1 million a year for the past six years, but need to reach the long-term average of 1.5 million to balance the market. “Because of the prolonged slowdown in construction, we now need 1.7 million housing starts per year to catch up,” Yun said. While improving, housing construction is seen at nearly 1.1 million this year and approximately 1.4 million in 2015.

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AAUW TO HOLD ANNUAL USED-BOOK COLLECTION: The McLean branch of

the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold a series of collections of materials leading up to its 45thanniversary Used Book Sale, to be held in September. Collections will be held on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 31, June 21, July 19 and Aug. 9 at SunTrust Bank, 515 Maple Ave., E., in Vienna. Highly desirable contributions include musical CDs as well as DVDs of television series and movies; recent editions of histories, biographies, military histories, works on health, general literature and economics. Travel books published since 2009 are welcomed, as are art books, mystery stories and books for children. The annual sale will be held Sept. 19-21 at the McLean Community Center. CLASSIC FAIRY TALES COME TO LIFE AT ALDEN THEATRE: The “McLean Kids

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of the McLean Community Center wraps up for the 2013-14 season with a production of “The Magic of Hans Christian Andersen” on Saturday, June 7 at 2 p.m. Puppeteers will present classic fairy tales for children ages 4 and older. Tickets are $10 for McLean residents, $15 for others, and are available at the Alden Theatre box office. For information or to purchase tickets online, see the Web site at www.aldentheatre.org. YOUNG ORGANIST TO PERFORM IN CONCERT: The Music in McLean Noon

Organ Series will feature John Paul Nothaft, a rising junior at Jacobs School of Music, performing works by Bach on Wednesday, May 21 at noon at Saint Luke Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike. Works by Eben and the Franck Chorale in A-minor No. 3 also will be performed in the free concert. For information, call (703) 356-0670 or see the Web site at www. musicinmclean.org.

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CHURCH SEEKS DONATIONS FOR ANNUAL YARD SALE: Vale United Method-

ist Church will hold its annual Giant Yard Sale on Saturday, June 7 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 11528 Vale Road in Oakton. The event will feature a large selection of clothing, electronics, books, sporting goods, toys, home furnishings and boutique items. Breakfast and lunch will be available. Tax-deductible yard-sale donations can be dropped off at the church from June 2 to June 6 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Items can be picked up by calling (703) 620-2594.

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offices, courts, community centers, teen centers, seniors centers, public schools and school offices will be closed on Monday, May 26 in honor of the Memorial Day holiday. County libraries will be closed on Sunday and Monday, May 25-26. Park Authority RECenters will open on their regular schedules and close at 6 p.m. except for George Washington RECenter, which will be closed. County-run nature centers will be open from noon to 5 p.m.; historic sites from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Frying Pan Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For complete details, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov. FORUM TO ASSIST IN PARK PLANNING FOR TYSONS: A community forum spon-

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Carrier Plans About 70 Flights Per Week Once It Starts Operations Over Summer The announcement that Frontier Airlines plans to start “focus-city” service to Washington Dulles International Airport may allow officials of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to breathe a little easier. The airline on May 13 announced that it plans to begin serving the airport in August and September with 68 weekly flights using 168-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The new arrival is not likely to impact the dominant position of United Airlines, which controls about two-thirds of the passenger total at the airport. But it will serve as a shot in the arm for Dulles, which has seen United scale back service and other carriers decamp to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and BaltimoreWashington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The airline’s arrival represents “a signifi-

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Home values across the Washington region, which never fell as far as many areas across the country, also are not bouncing back at the same level, according to new figures. The median sales price of single-family homes sold across the D.C. region in the first quarter of 2014 was $358,900, up 2.9 percent from a year before, according to figures reported May 12 by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). That’s far below the national rate of year-over-year appreciation, which stood at 8.6 percent for the first quarter, according to preliminary figures. The median sales price of $191,600 for the first quarter represents the point at which half of homes sell for more, half for less. The median was up from $176,400 in the first quarter of 2013. The median existing single-family home price increased in 74 percent of measured markets, with 125 out of 170 metropolitan areas showing gains. Forty-five areas recorded lower median prices. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said the price trend is reaching a good point: continuing to rise, but not so fast as before. The 8.6 percent year-over-year growth was down from a rate of 10.1 percent in the final quarter of 2013. “The cooling rate of price growth is needed to preserve favorable housing affordability conditions in the future, but we still need more new-home construction to

fully alleviate the inventory shortages in much of the country,” he said. Limited inventory is creating “unsustainable and unhealthy price growth” in some large markets, notably on the West Coast, Yun said. The national median existing singlefamily home price was $191,600 in the first quarter, up 8.6 percent from $176,400 in the first quarter of 2013. In the fourth quarter the median price rose 10.1 percent from a year earlier. The median existing single-family home price in the Northeast was $239,300 in the first quarter, up 2.2 percent from a year ago. In the Midwest, it increased 6.7 percent to $144,000. The median existing single-family home price in the South was $168,900 in the first quarter, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. In the West, it jumped 14 percent to $282,100. The five most expensive housing markets in the first quarter were the San Jose, Calif., metro area, where the median existing single-family price was $808,000; San Francisco, $679,800; Honolulu, $672,300; Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif., $669,800; and San Diego, where the median price was $483,000. The five lowest-cost metro areas were Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio, with a median single-family home price of $64,600 in the first quarter; Decatur, Ill., $69,600; Toledo, Ohio, $72,100; Rockford,

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Ill., $73,100; and Cumberland, Md., at $81,400. Yun notes many smaller areas had some of the biggest changes in median price from a year ago. “Prices in smaller areas tend to be a bit more volatile, with changes in the share of distressed sales affecting comparisons,” he said. “In such cases, looking at the annual prices for those areas help to put it into perspective.” At the end of the first quarter there were 1.99 million existing homes available for sale, 3.1 percent above the first quarter of 2013, when 1.93 million homes were on the market. The average supply during the quarter was 5 months; it was 4.6 months in the first quarter of 2013. A supply of 6 to 7 months represents a rough balance between buyers and sellers. NAR President Steve Brown, co-owner of Irongate, Inc., Realtors in Dayton, Ohio, said there’s been some erosion in housing affordability. “Both home prices and mortgage-interest rates are higher than a year ago, but the good news is that median income is enough to purchase a home in most areas,” he said. The national median family income was $64,500 in the first quarter. However, to purchase a home at the national median price, a buyer making a 5 percent down payment would need an income of $44,200. With a 10 percent down payment

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Fairfax County Notes Continued from Page 18 Nominees should demonstrate accomplishments to eliminate illegal discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age or disability in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, private education and credit. For more information or to obtain a nomination form, contact the Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs at (703) 324-2953 or e-mail at wyvetta.hill@fairfaxcounty.gov. ‘HISPANICS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE’ RAMPS UP CROWDFUNDING EFFORT:

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Bad Home-Plate Umpiring Is So Frustrating to Watch Inconsistent and tight strike zones. Is their anything worse in the games of baseball and softball? Nothing drives pitchers, catchers, coaches and fans nuttier.

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From their very first game against a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent this season, the Flint Hill Huskies 20-0 to set BASEBALL won the stage for what would become a dominating and perfect campaign against league competition. The top-seed Huskies (21-8) capped that effort with a convincing 11-1 six-inning, slaughter-rule home victory of the St. James Saints last week in the championship game of the MAC tournament. Flint Hill was 14-0 against MAC teams in 2014, including a 2-0 tournament mark, and outscored those opponents, 151-23 with five shutouts. The MAC tourney title was the team’s first since 2011 and sixth overall. “This was one of our goals, going 14-0 in the MAC,” Flint Hill coach Tom Verbanic said. “We knew we had the potential to be in this position. But it takes a lot to be here and do this.” In the MAC final, side arming senior right-hander Reid Frazier, who will play at Penn State, made his first high-school start and was the winning pitcher in three innings of work. Frazier is normally Flint Hill’s closer and top relief pitcher. He made an impression as a starter. “Nothing really changed. I went through the same routine and every-

Top: Flint Hill’s Reid Frazier delivers a pitch as shortstop Chris Farrell and St. James runner Ryan Brown watch from the background. Above: The Flint Hill players display the No. 1 sign after they won the MAC Tournament championship last week. PHOTOS BY DAVE FACINOLI

thing,” Frazier said. Frazier gave up a single to the game’s leadoff hitter, then did not allow another ball hit out of the infield. Despite a tight and inconsistent strike zone, he struck out five, all swinging, walked one, and got four batters to ground out, three to third baseman Jack Swart.

“We didn’t win this tournament last year, so it’s a big deal, and we also wanted to go 14-0 in the MAC,” Frazier said. Left-hander Khalil Lee worked two innings in relief and Chris Farrell worked one. The three pitchers combined for nine strikeouts. Continued on Page 23

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With a strong finish, the host McLean Highlanders (10-2) downed the Madison Warhawks, 11-6, in a first-round game of Liberty ConLACROSSE the ference 6 boys high school lacrosse tournament last week. The game was tied at 3 early in the third quarter. Then, two consecutive goals by Justin Gibbons gave the Highlanders the lead for good and their ninth straight win. “Coming in, we really wanted to play as a team,” McLean coach Nick Worek

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said. Following a 2-2 halftime score and a goal by each team to open the third, Gibbons’ unassisted first tally made it 4-3 McLean. The junior’s second consecutive tally made it 5-3 off an assist from Miles Collins. “Our guys were a little nervous to open the game,” Worek said. “We needed the guys to calm down a little bit and we needed to finish.” When the third quarter ended, McLean was in control 7-3. The Highlanders also scored the first goal of the fourth quarter, before two consecutive goals by Madison’s Brett Simeck made it 8-5. Madison got no closer.

McLean was paced by Alexander Morris with five goals, Gibbons and Mike Beiro with two each, and Patrick Dolan and Owen Pilewski with one each. A handful of Highlanders tallied assists, with Pilewski leading the way with two. Madison was paced by Simeck and Robbie McLallen with two goals each. Christopher McLallen and Palmer Lloyd each scored one. Chris Albright and Robbie McLallen recorded assists for the Warhawks. “Our kids really played together, especially in the second half,” Worek said. “Alex [Morris] really had a tremendous Continued on Page 23

Unfortunately, those zones exist and they can significantly change strategies and approaches to games. When that happens, adjustments have to be made. By trial and error, pitchers and catchers have to determine just where a particular umpire’s strike zone is, then adapted according, if that’s possible. The only problem? When the zone is inconsistent, it’s always changing, so adjustments don’t work. On one pitch the outside corner is called a strike, then on the next it’s not. Sometimes a low pitch is a strike, then it’s not . . . and so on and so on. That was the case during the championship game of a recent high school baseball tournament in Northern Virginia. The home-plate umpire’s zone was so tight and inconsistent, any adjustments didn’t matter. The game became very frustrating to watch, and it was a challenge for the coaches to keep their tongues. “I almost got myself thrown out, I was so frustrated for my pitchers,” one coach said. “The zone was tight and all over the place. Nothing worse.” Umpires are human so there will always be some variations of strike zones. But overall, the area between the knees and shoulders needs to become better defined and consistent across the board in both baseball and softball. If that means better training for umpires and regular evaluations of their strike zones, then that needs to happen. In doing so, if it’s determined that an umpire’s strike zone is unsatisfactory, then he or she should not be allowed to work home plate, relegating them to field work only. Some umpires admit they aren’t very good, or comfortable, calling balls and strikes. They would rather work the field. Crews usually work that out among themselves. In contrast, a number of home-plate umps are top notch and have consistent and fair strike zones. They are always welcomed and much appreciated for their quality work.

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the season wasn’t very promising as the Potomac School Panthers lost their first five games. The end, though, was much better and more satisfying. The girls lacrosse team won its final three contests, all in the Independent School League A Division Tournament. The Panthers nipped the Madeira Snails, 12-11, in the title game thanks to Sheila Rietano’s game-winning goal with 13 seconds to play. Rietano, a sophomore who will play at Boston College and led Potomac School with 93 draw controls, had three goals and two assists in the final. Clare Kehoe, the quarterback of the attack, added four goals and one assist. Scoring two goals each were Lyla Jones, Kelsey Brown and Gracie Meisel. Goalie Susan Sidamon-Eristoff made 11 saves. For the season, Potomac School amassed a 12-8 overall record and won six of its final seven games. Madeira finished 10-6. The Panthers defeated Maret, 17-5, in an ISL first-round game, then downed Sidwell Friends, 15-6, in the semifinals. Rietano, Kehoe, Meisel, Jones, Anna Laws, Kelsey Bowen, Caroline Stoddard, Natalie Peele and Megan Graves were among Potomac School’s leading scorers. Potomac School coach Claire Bordley said the turning point to her team’s season came when it traveled to Florida for a spring-break tournament, where it won three scrimmages. “We came away from the trip much closer as a team,” Bordley said. “Our young players became more comfortable and steadily improved.” Madeira also had a rough start to the season, losing two of its first three games. In the ISL tourney, the Snails defeated St. Andrews, 18-8, in the first round and National Cathedral, 11-9, in the semifinals. Madison White, Jaquelin Bishop, Brie Perkins and Becca Bishof were among Madeira’s top scorers. Ingrid Boyum was the goalie.

Flint Hill Continued from Page 22 With the bat, Flint Hill had 12 hits, three by first baseman Josh Crummer (RBI double) and two each by Swart, Frazier and Christian Tailor (triple). Farrell had a two-run single. Lee and Bruce Briglia (double) had the other hits. Briglia and Jason Police, who threw out a runner at home from right field, had sac-

Continued from Page 22 game. Justin [Gibbons] is one of the best shooters in the region. When he had his opportunities tonight, he made them.” Morris, Gibbons and Jack Benson are

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though the Marshall Statesmen’s senior night spilled over to another day and another field because of lightning-shortened games on May 13, the Statesmen clinched the Conference 13 regular season baseball title May 14 by defeating the Jefferson Colonials, 11-1, in five innings. Marshall (11-6, 7-0) completed an undefeated conference schedule and finished the regular season on a nine-game winning streak. Marshall will be the top seed in the conference tournament Senior right-hander Patrick Evans pitched the first 21/3 innings, had two run-scoring line-drive singles, and gave up one run, one hit and had one strikeout to get the win against Jefferson. In addition all of the Statesmen seniors had hits. Alec Dolton had a single and scored three runs, Brian Lenert had a single and two runs, Conor Boyle had an RBI double, Riley Cummins had an RBI double and two runs, Ben Nyce singled, and Sammy Criscitello singled. Junior catcher and Conference Player of the Year Mitch Blackstone (.521 batting average) drove in two runs with a lined single and a walk, and left-hander Ben Kerns completed the game, throwing 22/3 innings while striking out three, walking one, and getting his first varsity hit – an RBI single in the fifth inning.

Langley Saxons completed regular season play with a 14-0 overall record and as the Liberty Conference champion. The team’s closest match was a 6-3 win over McLean. Next it’s on to the regional team competition for Langley.

finished their season with a 15-6 record and advanced as far as the semifinals of the Division I Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state tournament, where they lost to top seed St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes. The Huskies downed St. Anne’sBelfield, 14-12, in the first round. Flint Hill goalies Julia Schwartz and Kate Hogan each played a half. Lizzy Schwien had four goals and two assists, Catie Chess had three goals and two assists, and Becky Harrington had three goals. In the Independent School League AA Division Tournament, Flint Hill finished 1-1. It defeated Holton-Arms, 14-8, then lost to Georgetown Visitation, 17-4. Schwien, Chess, Harrington, Kate Zecca, Annie Montagne, Annie Hajost, Kiley Kettle, Katherine Doyle, Madi Farrish, Marissa Magnani, Hayden Garrett, Madison Crowe, and Isabel Rice were among Flint Hill’s top scorers.

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regular season play in girls tennis with a 12-2 overall record and a 7-0 mark in the Liberty Conference to win the team championship. Next it’s on to the regional team competition for young Langley, which has a roster that includes just two seniors and one junior. “The girls have worked very hard this season and definitely earned their championship,” Langley coach Joshua Henry said. The singles line-up consisted of senior captains Avani Hegde and Mara DeTrani, sophomores Kelly Xie, Ananya Hegde and Maddy Nguyen, along with freshmen Simone Stoyen and Olivia Uzer. Making first team all-conference in singles were Stoyen at No. 1, Xie at two, Hegde at three and Uzer at five. DeTrani received an honorable mention. Henry was chosen as the Coach of the Year. The McLean Highlanders finished second in the conference and also advance to the region.

gy pitching performances led the Langley Saxons and McLean Highlanders to key playoff victories, while the Oakton Cougars capped their regular season with a win in baseball action last week. Langley senior left-handed pitcher Jack McSteen (7-0) struck out 15 and allowed just two hits in his team’s 7-1 victory over the visiting Hayfield Hawks in a quarterfinal game of the Liberty Conference 6 tournament. The complete game was McSteen’s seventh this season. He walked one, the run was unearned, and he threw 94 pitches to lower his earned run average below 0.5. The No. 7 seed McLean team (12-9) upset the No. 2 seed South Lakes Seahawks, 5-0, as senior right-hander Joey Sullivan pitched a three-hit shutout and fanned seven. Grady Paine went 3 for 4 with a double and a homer and drove in all five runs for McLean, which on its third game in a row. Oakton (12-7) downed Herndon Hornets, 8-2, in its final regular-season game. For more on those games, visit www.insidenova.com and see Fairfax sports.

rifice bunts. The Huskies scored a run in each of the first two innings. They broke the game open with four in the third. Flint Hill was aided by four St. James errors and seven walks. In Flint Hill’s 5-4 MAC semifinal win over Maret, Tailor worked four innings and was the winning pitcher. He struck out seven and had three hits and two RBI with the bat. Farrell had a hit and Frazier and Police drove in runs. “Winning the MAC is always a prior-

ity,” Flint Hill senior ace pitcher Tommy Doyle said. “It’s a big part of what we do. Now we would like to go farther in the state.” Flint Hill also competed in last week’s Virginia Independent School Division I state tournament as the No. 6 seed. The Huskies were 1-1 in that tourney, blanking No. 3 seed St. Christopher’s, 10-0, in the first round behind Doyle’s 14-strikeout shutout. The University of Virginiabound right-hander pitched well despite having a blister and big bruise on his

right foot. Then in the semifinals, Flint Hill lost to No. 7 seed St. Anne’s-Belfield, 6-0, in Colonial Heights at Shepherd Stadium to end its season. Flint Hill has never won the state championship or advanced past the semifinals. NOTE: Flint Hill’s 21 wins tied the school record for the most victories in single season. This was the seventh season the Huskies have won 20 or more games.

McLean’s leading scorers. On defense, Worek credited Jordan Cole for doing a good job along with Christopher McDonald and James Howard and goalie Michael Dolan, who made nine saves. “Our A midfielders [Pilewski, Dolan and Kyle Paul] played well,” Worek said. “Paul did a very good job on faceoffs.”

Said Cole: “We wanted to stay in front of our men and play inside-out. We wanted to slide hard and not let our men get to goal. In the second half, we realized just how important of a game this was.” Madison coach Alex Gorman praised McLean. “They are a good team,” he said. “We had a pretty strong game plan,

but unfortunately we didn’t come out on top. At halftime, I told the guys to possess the ball and not to force anything. Our guys really battled.” Madison goalie Jake Collie made 10 saves. McLean outshot Madison, 34-26. Madison faceoff man Palmer Lloyd won 10 faceoffs and McLean’s Kyle Paul also won 10.

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Public-Safety Notes VIENNA MAN GETS 80 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HIDING BODY OF OVERDOSE VICTIM: A federal judge in Alexan-

dria on May 16 sentenced Kyle Alifom, 20, of Vienna to 80 months in prison for tampering with evidence by hiding the body of Emylee Lonczak, a 16-year-old McLean girl who died last August after a heroin overdose. In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Alifom admitted that he and three other individuals, including McLean High School student Lonczak, traveled from Virginia into Washington, D.C., to purchase heroin. All four people used the heroin, and Lonczak became unconscious, the document read. The group traveled back to Virginia, and one of the other people dropped off the defendant and Lonczak, who remained unconscious, at the defendantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence in Vienna. Alifom and another person put Lonczak in a basement bedroom. On the following morning of Aug. 22, 2013, Alifom discovered Lonczak had died. Alifom then dragged Lonczakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body into a wooded area behind a neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house and covered the body with an abandoned window screen that he found nearby, officials said. Fairfax County police located Lonczakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body approximately one day later. An autopsy and toxicology report confirmed that Lonczak had a fatal level of heroin in her system, authorities said. U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton sentenced Alifom.

AUTHORITIES EVACUATE TYSONS CINEMA AFTER LOUD POPPING NOISES:

Fairfax County police and fire personnel responded to the Tysons Corner Center AMC Theaters in Tysons shortly after midnight on May 18 after receiving a report of suspicious â&#x20AC;&#x153;popping noises.â&#x20AC;? Officials and theater employees quickly determined that the noises were not gunfire, but resulted from a detonation of two soda-bottle â&#x20AC;&#x153;chemicalâ&#x20AC;? devices. No one was injured during the incident. Reports indicated that there were two devices near the entrances of two of the movie complexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 16 theaters. Authorities evacuated all 16 theaters and the nearby food court so officials could ensure there were no additional devices in the area. The Fire Marshalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office is seeking witnesses and information from anyone who may be able to help identify a suspect in this case. Authorities ask anyone with information to call Fairfax County police at (703) 691-2131 or contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers. org or text â&#x20AC;&#x153;TIP187â&#x20AC;? plus your message to CRIMES/274637. All tips will be forwarded to Fire Marshalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office investigators. FALLS CHURCH MAN, 44, ARRESTED AFTER STANDOFF WITH POLICE: Fair-

fax County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office personnel were in the 3200 block of Kenney Drive in the Falls Church area to serve an eviction notice at around 9:57 a.m. on May 14 when

deputies heard or saw something suspicious, which caused them to request assistance from Fairfax County police. Once police officers arrived, authorities secured the area around the house and began negotiations with the suspect inside. At around 9:20 p.m., the man set fire to something inside the residence, police said. In an effort to gain compliance, police deployed tear gas and the man subsequently surrendered. Authorities took a 44-year-old man into custody under a mental-detention order and may press charges, pending further investigation. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department was deployed to extinguish the fire. Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office and Fire and Rescue Department personnel assisted police throughout the incident. McLEAN RESIDENT REPORTS HOME BURGLARY: A resident living in the 1300

block of Woodside Drive in the McLean area told Fairfax County police on May 9 that someone had entered the residence and taken property. EMPLOYEE REPORTS THEFT FROM BUILDING: An employee working in the

7700 block of Leesburg Pike in the Falls Church area told Fairfax County police on May 11 that someone had entered the building and taken property.

POLICE SEEK MAN WHO ENTERED UNOCCUPIED HOME: A resident living in the

9600 block of Blake Lane in Oakton told Fairfax County police on May 11 at 9:48 p.m. that an unknown man was inside an unoccupied home. The man left when he saw someone else in the home. Nothing was taken during the incident, police said. The suspect was described as Hispanic, 35 to 40 years old and about 5 feet 6 inches tall, police said. DRUNK-DRIVING PATROLS NET 6 ARRESTS: Officers from the Fairfax County

Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Operational Support Bureau conducted two directed patrols in recent weeks to look for drunk drivers. During a patrol conducted May 9, authorities charged four drivers with driving while intoxicated (DWI) and issued 29 summonses. In a patrol executed May 10, authorities charged two drivers with DWI and issued 16 summonses. VIENNA POLICE INVESTIGATE CHECKFRAUD CASE: An employer at Wardrobe

Rescue, 509 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police reported that after giving a paycheck to an employee on May 2, the employee reported she had lost the check. The employer contacted her bank and placed a stop payment on the check. She later was contacted by an employee of E-Z Stop-and-Go Food Mart, who informed her that someone had cashed the original check. Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

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May 23, 1986: Q It appears that South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Strom Thurmond has the upper hand over Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Warner to take over the Senate Armed Services Committee upon the retirement of Barry Goldwater, who currently holds the chairmanship.

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May 22, 1975: Q The Kannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department store chain is going out of business. Q Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball team defeated Lee, 3-2, in the opening round of the Northern Region tournament. Marshall beat Robinson, 8-1. Q Don Beyer Volvo has a 1974 Mustang, with 16,000 miles, on the lot for $2,750. Q On TV tonight: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Waltons,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Streets of San Francisco,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The F.B.I.â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bob Crane Show.â&#x20AC;?

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42. Visibly frightened 44. Banded stone 45. Colony member 46. What comes to mind 47. Weather report stats 48. Safe end of a sword 51. Time before 52. Boxcars half 53. Modicum 54. Lyrical preposition 55. Bear necessity

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3. Collectible, maybe 4. Sci-fi frighteners 5. Commandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission 6. Still-life subject 7. 1773 jetsam 8. Explorer La ___ 9. Popular NYC takeout 10. Within view 11. High points of Europe 16. Spider cousins 20. Balaamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mount

May 23-24, 1967: Q Vienna Mayor James Martinelli says he will oppose the Fairfax County Water Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to take over a private water supplier. Q The Fairfax County Electoral Board has scheduled information sessions to acquaint the public with new voting machines. Q The Vienna Teen Council is asking the Board of Supervisors to spend $63,000 to open three teen centers next year. Q Students at James Madison High School are taking the lead in addressing racial tensions at the school. Q The Ella Mae Bell, a 30-passenger replica of a Mississippi sternwheeler, has made its debut at Lake Fairfax Park. Q A state study group wants Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cigarette tax, imposed as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;temporaryâ&#x20AC;? measure in 1960, rescinded by 1970.

May 21, 1960: Q The editorial page asks: Does the recent rejection of nine bond referendums by Arlington voters suggest bad news on the horizon for Fairfax Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed $26 million school bond? Q A National Labor Relations Board examiner has ruled partially in favor of each side in the 14-month strike of the International Typographical Union against the Northern Virginia Sun.

May 23, 1944: Q All Virginia men between the ages of 18 and 45 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;4-Fâ&#x20AC;? draft status soon could be called to duty for work in essential industries.

Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun.

Local history

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