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County Crime Rate Posts 4.4% Decline Murders Increased from 8 in ‘13 to 10 in ‘14 BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Crimes against persons, property and society all declined during 2014, according to statistics released recently by Fairfax County police.

In the “Crimes Against Persons” category – which includes assaults, homicides, kidnappings/abductions and sexual offenses forcible and non-forcible – there were 7,656 reported incidents last year, a decline of 349, or nearly 4.4 percent, from 2013. There were 686 such offenses per 100,000 people within the county, police said.

There were 10 murders last year, up from eight in 2013; 7,258 assaults (down 278, or 3.7 percent); 124 kidnappings/ abductions (down 11, or 8.2 percent); 258 forcible sex offenses (down 60, or 18.9 percent); and six non-forcible sex offenses (down two).

In the Crimes Against Property category, there were 25,933 incidents in 2014, a decline of 14 from the previous year. The total amounted to 2,323 such offenses per 100,000 residents.

There were 32 arsons in 2014, the same as in the previous year; two brib-

ery cases (down from three in 2013); 914 burglary/breaking-and-entering cases (down 157, or 14.7 percent); 506 counterfeiting/forgery cases (up 88, or 21 percent); 6,049 destruction/damage/ property vandalism cases (down 189, or 3 percent); 314 embezzlement cases (up 15, or 5 percent); 18 extortion/blackmail cases (up two from 2013); 3,748 fraud offenses (up 778, or 26.2 percent); 13,162 larceny/theft cases (down 515, or 3.8 percent); 732 motor-vehicle thefts (down 24, or 3.2 percent); 400 robberies (down 11, or 2.7 percent); and 56 stolen-property offenses (unchanged from 2013).

In the Crimes Against Society category, there were 5,156 offenses, down 607 (or 10.5 percent) from 2013. This amounted to 462 such offenses per 100,000 residents, county police said.

There were 4,449 drug and narcotic offenses in 2014, down 592 (or 11.7 percent) from 2013; 11 gambling offenses, down from 17 in the previous year; 108 pornography/obscene-material cases (down 31, or 22.3 percent); 166 prostitution cases (up 36, or 27.7 percent); and 422 weapons-law violations (down 14, or 3.2 percent).

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To sum up the Fairfax County real estate market’s performance in a single word: “Meh.” Higher average prices helped to offset fewer sales during the month, according to new figures, as the market begins its transition from the cool winter months to the stronger springtime market.

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Vienna Town Manager Mercury Payton has proposed a fiscal year 2016 budget that would maintain the town’s current real estate tax rate, raise Vienna employees’ pay and add no new programs.

The $33.25 million budget includes $23.2 million for general-fund expenditures (up 2.7 percent), $2.6 million for debt service (down 2.3 percent), $7 million for the town’s water-and-sewer fund (down 1.4 percent) and $382,000 for the stormwater fund (up 55.6 percent).

Payton’s budget, like the one recently proposed by Fairfax County Executive Edward Long, would hold the current real estate tax rate steady. Vienna residents for the past two years have paid 22.88 cents per $100 assessed valuation, in addition to the county’s tax levy of $1.09 per $100 value.

Each cent on Vienna’s tax rate generates slightly more than $400,000 worth of revenue.

Before the March 21 budget work session, town officials received some good news: Vienna has received $350,000 more than anticipated in bank-franchise fees, said Finance Director Karen Spence.

Payton said he will suggest the Town Council use $110,000 of that windfall to reduce the real estate tax rate by a quarter-penny, use $100,000 less of the town’s reserve funds and dedicate the remaining

$140,000 toward unmet needs.

Council member Edythe Kelleher said she hoped the town could reduce the real estate tax rate even further.

Town residents also pay the county’s stormwater tax, which officials have proposed raising by a quarter-penny to 2.5 cents per $100 assessed value. In recent years, Vienna’s Mercury Payton government has been able to recoup town residents’ contributions toward that fund and use the moneys for stormwater-management projects within the town.

If Council members maintain the same real estate tax rate, the average homeowner would pay $1,558, a nearly 5.5 percent increase over last year’s bills, because of higher property assessments.

Residential property values in the town rose nearly 6.5 percent this year, while nonresidential properties’ value rose about 0.8 percent. Values in both categories rose more than in Fairfax County.

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McLean Chamber Celebrates, Installs New Board Scenes from the 2015 Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce installation ceremony, held March 12 at the Gannett headquarters in Tysons (clockwise from right): Eddie Eitches, Del. Mark Keam and Sam Simon chat while enjoying local cuisine; Del. Marcus Simon and state Sen. Barbara Favola; Chris Figura and Elena Eliopoulos; Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones and Chamber president Marcia Twomey; and immediate past president John Brough receiving a crystal gavel from new chairman Marcus Simon.

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Fed up with annual premium increases that often topped 10 percent, the Vienna Town Council on March 16 unanimously agreed to cancel the agreement with the town’s health-care provider and switch to another firm.

Council members voted 7-0 to end the agreement with United Health Care, which initially had proposed an 11.5-percent rate hike for fiscal year 2016. The company lowered its expected increase to 9.9 percent, but that proved too little, too late.

The Council then voted unanimously to switch to The Local Choice, which they said would provide similar doctor networks and pharmacy programs, charge lower premiums, offer greater choices and include dental and vision coverage.

Town officials had until March 31 to execute a letter of cancellation with United Health Care. That company serves only about 800 municipal-government employees and thus has little leverage to negotiate lower costs, town officials said. By contrast, The Local Choice has about 50,000 members, said Human Resources Director Maggie Kain.

Over the last five years, United Health Care’s premiums went up nearly 8.2 percent annually; ones for The Local Choice rose almost 4.6 percent per year, town of-

ficials said. Nationally, during the same period, rates on average increased nearly 5.9 percent per year.

Town employees on average will pay $30 to $50 less per paycheck for health coverage under the new arrangements with The Local Choice, which take effect July 1, Kain said.

Vienna’s health-care plan provides coverage both to current employees and retirees. Council members lauded Kain for making the switch within her first six months of joining the town government.

Vienna Police Lt. Tom Taylor, who recently was promoted from sergeant to fill a vacancy in the department’s leadership, said town employees have been “very receptive” to the idea of switching to The Local Choice.

“It offers more benefits for less cost for everyone involved,” Taylor said.

Council Denies Sidewalk Waiver for Vienna Home: On the grounds that exceptions breed like jackrabbits, the Vienna Town Council on March 16 unanimously rejected a Vienna couple’s request for a sidewalk waiver in front of their home at 205 Charles St., S.E. Scott and Cheryl Holmes asked the Council for the waiver not to build the sidewalk in order to protect a 40-year-old Japanese maple tree and an azalea bush on the property. Money set aside for the walkway could be put toward a future town-

Scott and Cheryl Holmes pleaded unsuccessfully with the Vienna Town Council to avoid having to build a sidewalk in front of their 40year-old Japanese maple tree.

built sidewalk on Charles Street or used for higher-priority sidewalk projects elsewhere in Vienna, the couple suggested.

Failing that, the couple asked Council members for a two-year reprieve from building the sidewalk to allow the tree’s and bush’s roots to be trimmed back slowly and avoid shocks to their systems.

Town code calls for developers to build sidewalks across the frontage of properties if the sites are adjacent to ones with existing sidewalks.

The Holmeses have lived at the site for nearly 18 years and have constructing a new home there, which they hope to move into soon. The house will not be able to retain the old home’s foundation, because that is

cracked, Cheryl Holmes said.

The Holmeses disputed remarks by town officials that a retaining wall built around the maple tree effectively had “root pruned” the tree and would not be harmed by having a sidewalk built 15 feet away.

According to town officials, the sidewalk would be farther away from the tree than construction work associated with the house and driveway. The site’s developer, Bungalow Homes, was reminded of the sidewalk-building requirement when the company submitted plans for the Holmeses’ house in September 2013, officials said.

Town officials maintained that a sidewalk at the property would serve an “essential public purpose” by giving pedestrians safe package to nearby commercial areas.

Council member Howard Springsteen sympathized with the couple’s plight, but said town officials are committed to building more sidewalks.

“Once we grant a waiver like that, it’s a slippery slope,” he said.

Sean McCall, who serves on the Vienna Transportation Safety Commission’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, said town officials’ decision years ago to stop giving sidewalk waivers has led to construction of many new pathways.

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Opinion Our View: Political Silly Season to Be Upon Us It was Stealers Wheel that in a 1972 song gave us the immortal line, “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am – stuck in the middle with you.”

Well, Virginia, here we are: Political silly season is heating up across the commonwealth, where Democrats are heading to the left and Republicans to the right to sur-

vive primary and caucus races. The nutty platforms are coming out of the woodwork: Democrats will try to top each other by demanding farleft positions that have zero chance of enactment into law, while some Republicans will push the envelope with social and economic positions that not only strain credulity, but come with an “ick” factor attached.

It’s hard to discern which political party in Virginia is more dysfunctional at the moment. Republicans and Democrats alike seem rudderless and powerless to enforce party discipline. Some leaders can’t even get their paperwork in on time.

Get used to it: The rhetoric will continue at least until the nominees are in place.

All over the local area, young children have been, and will be, scrambling across lawns in search of treasure in those rites of spring known as Easter egg hunts.

Well, known as “Easter egg hunts” to most of us. But to some, who no doubt do so with the best of intentions, it has morphed into

“spring egg hunts.” Even worse?

Kids can now get visits with, and pictures with, the “spring bunny.”

Often, the name change emanates from government officials or civic groups, fearful of being accused of religious bias by inserting the E-word into these types of events.

Could a little common sense please prevail? Holding an Easter egg hunt or having the Easter bunny drop by does not qualify as endorsement of any religion; it’s as non-sectarian as it gets these days.

Switching “Easter” to “spring” in such cases is silly wordsmithing that does nobody any good.

Memo to Government: Saying ‘Easter’ Won’t Hurt You

Letter-Writer Leaves Out Key Facts on Vote Editor: I am writing to agree with Anne Snyder, whose March 12 letter to the editor reminded voters that “being informed is an obligation.”

Unfortunately, Ms. Snyder is sadly uninformed about the vote that Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) cast a piece of legislation that expressed the support of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Israel.

Del. Murphy did cast her vote in favor of the bill, which passed unanimously on Feb. 26.

An earlier version of the resolution, which Del. Murphy did not support, included language that was in direct conflict with both Israeli and U.S. official policy statements. State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) offered an amendment to correct this flaw in the original bill, and when the

resolution was then reconsidered by the House of Delegates, it passed with 100 votes in favor, none opposed.

So, I do agree with Ms. Snyder on the importance of being informed, and hope that this more detailed explanation of Del. Murphy’s voting on HJ 659 will address her misgivings.

Sarah O’Neil Great Falls

Attack on Foust Appears to Run in Circles Editor: Joyce Toor’s letter in March 5 Sun Gazette uses an erroneous premise to launch a faulty diatribe against Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville).

Her platform is her assertion that Foust’s response to a reporter’s question – about the possible campaign of Jennifer Chronis – that “I’ve never heard of her and don’t know who she is” is a “dismissive remark.”

How does a reply that he does not know someone or about them leap to be “dismissive,” and how does that take another giant

leap to become a “condescending approach to his female opponents”?

Ms. Toor then reaches back to Foust’s question in last year’s congressional race of whether Barbara Comstock ever had a “real job” (what is relevance to Ms. Chronis?), which to many was a fair question – particularly to those whose careers were not exclusively in partisan politics.

Ms. Toor then argues Foust doesn’t “take hard-working, accomplished women seriously” (how would he know this about Ms. Chronis?).

Toor then actually acknowledges that

Foust may never have heard of Chronis, which takes her full circle to her original faulty premise that saying so is “dismissive.”

Recently, the Sun Gazette’s editorial page opined favorably on Foust’s performance as supervisor, saying any challenger for his seat would have a high bar to climb.

Intellectually dishonest diatribes against John Foust will not be helpful to Ms. Chronis in this regard.

Philip Tierney McLean

Editor: What has happened to John Foust?

In 2002, when he was a candidate for Dranesville District supervisor, he was asked about pay raises for supervisors. His reply was, there should be a sacrifice that comes with public service.

This month, he voted to increase super-

visors’ pay, a substantial increase at a time when the county government’s budget has a shortfall for necessary services.

Which is the real John Foust? The fiscally responsible candidate, or the tax-andspend supervisor?

Actions speak louder than words. Foust has shown he does not care about his con-

stituents who are working hard just to make ends meet.

Virginia Norton McLean

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While VDOT controls many of the region’s traffic signals from a facility in Fairfax, Vienna operates its own signals, said Vienna Public Works Director Dennis Johnson.

“It’s the best way to do it,” he said.

Park Street Home Becomes 25th on Vienna’s Historic-Property List: The Vienna Town Council on March 16 voted 7-0 in favor of placing a home at 417 Park St., S.E., on the Vienna Historic Property Register.

According to town officials, the home was built in 1925 and has had several subsequent additions. It formerly was known as the Rose Cottage and was owned by the King family.

The 2,896-square-foot, two-story house has a wooden exterior, metal roof, four bedrooms, two full baths, two half-baths and three fireplaces.

Historic Vienna Inc. on Feb. 11 recommended the home’s inclusion. The home’s former owners, Daniel and Margaret Dellinger, nominated the home to become the 25th included on the historic-property list.

The Dellingers are well-known in the Vienna community. Daniel Dellinger formerly served on the Town Council and last summer finished a one-year term as national commander of the American Legion.

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Vienna Town Council members on March 16 approved notices of intention to adopt a pedestrian master plan and an ordinance to require provision of sidewalks at single-lot developments.

The General Assembly last year authorized localities to adopt single-lot sidewalk ordinances, but required that they also have pedestrian plans in place.

Under the sidewalk ordinance, builders would be required to locate homes on parcels while keeping in mind the location of future sidewalks. The town would not be required later to obtain right-of-way for the walkways.

Vienna’s pedestrian master plan has one principal long-term goal: to build sidewalks on both sides of every street in town.

Undertaking that project all at once would be prohibitively expensive, so the plan set three tiers’ worth of priorities: • Priority 1: The plan calls for sidewalks on both sides of primary and minor arterial roads and within a quarter-mile of town parks, bus stops, the Freeman Store, Town Green, Vienna Community Center, Waters and Caffi athletic fields and government buildings in that vicinity. Other top-priority items for dual sidewalks are roads that handle more than 300 cars in any one hour or more than 2,000 per day, and streets in any new subdivision.

Priority 1 also calls for sidewalks on at least one side of every street of singlelot developments with adjacent sidewalks, within the walking boundaries of all elementary schools and within a quarter-mile of the Maple Avenue and Church Street commercial corridors.

• Priority 2: The next most important priorities would be building sidewalks on both sides of all remaining Priority 1 streets and closing gaps in sidewalks that otherwise are continuous.

• Priority 3: The third and final priority would be building sidewalks on both sides of all remaining streets in Vienna.

Julie Hays, who serves on the Vienna Transportation Safety Commission’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee, said she was excited about the direction the town was taking with the pedestrian plan, but added it was too sidewalk-focused.

The town needs a more over-arching plan that also considers crosswalks, pathway lighting, parking-lot safety and other factors, Hays said.

Sean McCall, vice chairman of the TSC’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, agreed that those were worthy goals.

“We know it is very broad-stroked,” he said of the plan. “It needs to be prioritized on a more narrow scale.”

The Council formally will adopt both measures April 13.

Council member Pasha Majdi was enthused about the pedestrian master plan.

“Without a doubt, we need to go back to the days when we felt safe having kids walk down both sides of the street,” he said.

Winter Storms Force Vienna to Buy Extra Road Salt: Northern Virginia was spared many storms during the first part of this winter, but a spate of wintry-mix and snow storms late in the season caused the town of Vienna to use more road de-icing

salt than anticipated.

The Vienna Town Council took a step to rectify that situation March 16 by authorizing the purchase of 300 tons’ worth of road salt from Cargill Inc. at a cost of $21,000.

The new salt will fill up the town’s tank in preparation for next winter, said Vienna officials, who added that the price of salt had increased a whopping 30 percent over the last fiscal year’s tally.

Vienna Council OKs Study for Traffic-Light Synchronization: The timing of Vienna’s traffic lights has not been studied since the late 1990s and with traffic signals about to be reconstructed at Nutley Street and Courthouse Road, as well as Maple Avenue’s intersections with Center Street and Lawyers Road, town officials think the time is ripe for another inspection.

The Vienna Town Council on March 16 unanimously agreed to pay Rinker Design and Associates $93,788 to perform the traffic-signal review and optimization study.

The Council last April authorized the collection of traffic data along the Nutley Street and Maple Avenue corridors in anticipation of last fall’s passage of the Maple Avenue Commercial zoning ordinance.

Eighty percent of the traffic-signal study’s cost will be reimbursed through the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.

The contractor will examine ways to optimize current traffic flow in town and identify intersections that will need improvements as Vienna and Tysons Corner

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2015 World Police & Fire Games Host Sports Draft Fairfax 2015 and the World Police & Fire Games (WPFG) hosted their official Sports Draft Party on Thursday, March 12th with nearly 500 guests in attendance including WPFG sponsors, dignitaries as well as community, public safety and sports enthusiasts.

The event which featured interactive activities related to this summer’s Games was capped off by the WPFG “Sports Draft” emceed by NBC4 morning show anchor Aaron Gilchrist. WPFG sponsors, choosing in a predetermined order based on their level of involvement with the Games, each selected a specific sport at which they will receive additional activation opportunities.

Special guests including Secretary Brian of public safety and homeland security, Virginia, Delegates, Kenneth Plum, Vivian Watts, Eileen Filler-Corn and Mark Sickles, former Redskins, Ken Harvey, Mark Moseley and Doc Walker, Washington Mystics Guard, Tierra Ruffin Pratt and D.C. United midfielder, Davy Arnaud, were among the audience as 28 sponsors selected their sports and received their WPFG Draft jersey from the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Sharon Bulova and Fairfax 2015 Board Chairman, Kevin Reynolds of Cardinal Bank.

In addition to other sponsorship rights, WPFG sponsors drafting sports will have additional welcome signage at their selected sport venue and the opportunity to activate on site. These and other corporate and community groups will provide volunteers to help support Games operations.

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WPFG sponsors and their selections were as follows: 1. Inova – Outdoor Soccer 2. Keolis – Hockey 3. SAIC – Beach Volleyball 4. Northrop Grumman – Half Marathon 5. Scott Safety – Muster, Stair Climb and Ultimate Firefighter 6. ICMA-RC – Police Service Dogs and Police Street Motorcycle 7. Cardinal Bank – Tennis 8. Cordia Partners – Golf 9. Grant Thornton – Crossfit 10. General Dynamics – Lacrosse 11. Sage Communications and Glory Days Grill – Track and Field 12. Tysons Corner Center – Dodgeball 13. Serco – Softball 14. Force Multiplier Solutions – Pistol Action and Pistol Combat

15. Northern Virginia Media Services – Wrist Wrestling 16. Nobils – Baseball 17. Booz Allen Hamilton – Cycling 18. LMI – Dragon Boat 19. Globe – Rugby 20. Galls – Toughest Competitor Alive 21. Home Depot – Indoor Soccer 22. Dewberry – Swimming 23. Apple Federal Credit Union – Basketball 24. IMC and NBC4 – Table Tennis 25. ESPN 980 – Flag Football 26. City of Fairfax – Cycling Criterium 27. International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) – Tug of War

“ICMA-RC is extremely excited to be sponsoring the World Police & Fire Games, and the Draft Party reinforced how successful the Games this summer will be,” said Chris Matkze, SVP/Chief Sales Officer, ICMA-RC. “In addition, it was a great opportunity to meet some of the public safety athletes who will be competing.”

WPFG Sports Draft party guests were encouraged to visit with Fairfax County service dogs, take photos in Sheriff and Firefighter gear, watch the police department bomb squad robot in action, participate in various sports simulation games or take on a WPFG gold medalist in a game of darts.

“The World Police & Fire Games Sports Draft Party was an exceptional event for sponsors, public safety officials and invited guests alike,” said Bill Knight, President and CEO of Fairfax 2015. “The Draft served as a kick-off event for our sponsors and their opportunity to begin activation around the Games.

2015 WPFG hits 100 day out milestone!

On March 18 the Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games hit a milestone… 100 Days to go until the torch will be lit at the Opening Ceremony for the 2015 World Police & Fire Games.

Venues are set, ceremonies are planned, the community and volunteers are preparing to welcome the athletes and their friends and family. The only thing missing is you!

Want to be a volunteer? Over 4,000 are needed. Volunteers will take on roles in every aspect of the Games – media relations, protocol, field of play, registration and accreditation and so much more!

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Want to support the athlete experience? Take a moment and donate to the Games. Help us showcase the region to the world!

Or simply come out to watch the Games and cheer on our everyday hero athletes! All sport competitions are free of charge.

Please visit www.fairfax2015.com and check out all of the exciting opportunities! After all, there are less than 100 days left!

The Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games will take place from June 26 to July 5, 2015.

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Fairfax Workers See Modest Hike in Average Weekly Wage Rounding out the top 10 were Arlington County ($1,545); Suffolk County, Mass. ($1,515); King County, Wash. ($1,452); Fairfax County; and Fairfield County, Conn. ($1,400).

Arlington saw its year-over-year weekly wage rise 2.22 percent. Among other large Virginia jurisdictions, the third-quarter average wage stood at $1,345 in Alexandria (up 2.3 percent); $1,105 in Loudoun County (up 1.9 percent); $1,041 in Richmond (up 2.2 percent); $931 in Norfolk (up 3.3 percent); $922 in Henrico County (up 2.2 percent); $845 in Prince William County (up 0.8 percent); and $751 in Virginia Beach (up 2 percent).

When it comes to total employment within a county, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Arlington was unchanged at 167,500 in the third quarter. Employment figures represent those working in a community regardless of residence, and the federal figures incorporate most but not all workers.

Nationally, employment increased in 306 of the 339 largest U.S. counties, with an overall growth rate of 2 percent. The highest growth was found in Weld County, Colo., which saw an employment increase of 8.8 percent due to hiring in the naturalresources and mining sectors.

Nationally, the largest counties for employment in the third quarter were Los Angeles, Calif. (4.18 million) and New York, N.Y. (2.49 million).

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Year-over-year wage growth for those employed in Fairfax County was up only about half the national average in the most recent federal report, but was enough to keep Fairfax in the top 10 in terms of highest average pay.

The average weekly wage for those working in Fairfax – regardless of where they live – was $1,447 in the third quarter of 2014, according to figures reported March 19 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

That’s up 1.2 percent from a year before, somewhat anemic compared to the national increase, but was enough put Fairfax in ninth place among the nation’s 339 biggest counties in terms of average pay.

Of those 339 counties, Fairfax ranked 291st in average wage growth. Olmsted County, Minn., had the highest income appreciation, at 8.9 percent.

Fairfax County’s average wage for the third quarter of 2014 was 52 percent higher than the national average of $949, which itself was up 2.9 percent from a year before.

Nationally, 328 of the largest counties saw a year-over-year increase in average wages, with the remaining 11 seeing no change or a decline.

Santa Clara, Calif., had the highest average weekly wage among the 339 biggest counties, at $2,012. Also in the top five were San Mateo, Calif. ($1,824); New York County (Manhattan), N.Y., ($1,733); San Francisco ($1,685) and the District of Columbia ($1,631).

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With the calendar ticking down to the June 26 opening of the Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games, organizers continue their efforts to build community interest for a global event that is second only to the Summer Olympics in numbers of participating athletes.

“We encourage everyone to embrace these games and to engage with the heroes and games,” said Bill Knight, president of the organizing committee behind the competition. “It takes the whole community to make this happen.”

Organizers celebrated 100 days until the start of the competition, which will draw public-safety personnel from across the globe, with a March 18 update at Tysons Corner Center.

Already, 3,000 volunteers have signed up to assist, three-quarters of the total number that will be needed during the 10day competition.

So far, more than 5,500 athletes have registered from 58 different countries, with the total number of nations represented expected to hit 70 by the time opening ceremonies are held at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

“Momentum and excitement is building,” Knight said.

In the U.S., athletes from 44 different states are registered, with the goal to have all 50 represented. To date, Virginia has the most athletes registered.

The competition runs through July 5,

when closing ceremonies will be held at Wolf Trap. The span of the competition is expected to generate an economic impact of $60 million to $80 million for the region, and will provide a boost to area hotels during what traditionally is a slow time of year.

Most events in the competition are traditional sports like basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, swimming, flag football and rugby.

There will be nearly a dozen professionspecific events, ranging from a firefighter stair climb to a police K9 competition. The March 18 press conference included a live demonstration of Ultimate Firefighter, a multi-task competition that is one of many less-traditional sports taking place.

(While the World Police & Fire Games may be second in size to the Olympic Games, they come with a distinct advantage – admission to all competitive events is free.)

Most sports will include different age divisions for men and women. Athletes can enter more than one event, and there is no Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Jerome Williams and Fairfax Police 2nd Lt. Bruce age limit.

Blechl are among those providing leadership for the 2015 World Police & Fire Games.

PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI “We have 80-year-olds participating,” said Fairfax 2015 director of sports Tom finalized. Most will be in Fairfax County, GMU will host some of the bigger Shobe, who works for the Fairfax County including 13 at George Mason University events like swimming, baseball, basketball, Sheriff’s Office. “A lot of athletes come and others at Centreville, Oakton, South volleyball and martial arts. Softball will be back every two years to compete and see Lakes and Westfield high schools and Rob- played at Braddock and Wakefield parks in their friends they have made.” inson Secondary School. The Kettler Capi- Fairfax County.

The first World Police & Fire Games tals Iceplex in Arlington will host hockey The new Springfield Town Center will was held in 1985, with subsequent events events. host the ultimate firefighter event and Nataking place every two years. Canada will Golf will be held at Evergreen Golf Club tional Harbor in Prince George’s County play host in 2017, followed by China in in Prince William County, Lansdowne Re- will host the dragon-boat competition.

2019. sort in Loudoun County and Laurel Hill For more information, see the Web site All 53 competition venues have been Golf Club in Fairfax County. at www.fairfax2015.com.

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Public-Safety Notes County police responded to a critical-injury crash on eastbound Georgetown Pike near Old Dominion Drive at around 12:30 a.m. on March 19.

The driver of a 2007 Honda Civic and his four passengers all were injured after a deer reportedly stepped into the path of their vehicle. The driver swerved to avoid the deer and lost control of the car, police said.

The vehicle struck a fence, a tree and a utility pole and then came to rest on its side in the woods near the roadway. One person, who suffered the most serious injuries, still was in the vehicle as it burst into flames, police said. A passerby helped extricate the woman from the car, authorities said.

The 26-year-old driver, who is from Washington, D.C., and his 24-year-old front-seat passenger were treated and released from the hospital. Three of the back-seat passengers, all 19-year-old women from Washington, D.C., remain hospitalized.

Two of those women were in life-threatening condition after the accident and one was flown via the police department’s Fairfax One helicopter to Washington Burn Center. The other victims have broken bones and other injuries.

Detectives are investigating whether or not seat belts were in use at the time of the crash. Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives believe speed was a partial factor in the severity of the crash, but do not believe alcohol was a factor. No charges have been placed yet and the crash remains under investigation, police said.

FALLS CHURCH HOME BURGLARIZED:

A resident living in the 7300 block of Hughes Court in the Falls Church area told Fairfax County police on March 16 that someone had entered the residence and taken property.

HOMEOWNER IN FALLS CHURCH REPORTS BURGLARY: A resident living in

the 2600 block of Pioneer Lane in the Falls Church area told Fairfax County police March 16 that someone had entered the residence and taken property.

SUBSTANCE DUMPED ON WOMAN’S VEHICLE PROVES NOT TO BE SO HARMLESS: A local resident told Vienna police

she had parked her vehicle in a parking lot at 512 Maple Ave., W., on Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. so she could run an errand.

When she returned to the vehicle, she observed someone had poured an unknown substance on the hood. She assumed the substance would wash away and did not immediately contact the police. However, the substance since has been found to be extremely corrosive and has caused damage to the vehicle, police said.

police dispatched an officer to a house in the 300 block of Branch Road, S.E., on March 15 after receiving a report about an ongoing dispute between the landlord and tenant.

Upon arrival at the residence, the officer was met by the tenant, who informed him

DRIVER FLEES AFTER VIENNA HIT-ANDRUN: Two motorists on March 19 at 8:59

p.m. were traveling northbound in the same lane on Nutley Street, S.W., and approaching the intersection with Maple Avenue when the first driver came to a stop, Vienna police said.

The second driver ran into the rear of the first vehicle, causing significant damage, but no injury.

The driver of the second vehicle then left the scene without stopping to provide any information, police said. The second vehicle was described as a dark-colored sport-utility vehicle and was driven by a white man about 40 to 45 years old, police said.

FAIR OAKS RESIDENT REPORTS HOME BURGLARY: A Fair Oaks resident living

in the 3900 block of Topsham Square told Fairfax County police on March 10 that someone had entered the residence and taken property.

FALLS CHURCH BUSINESS BURGLARIZED: An employee of a business in the

7800 block of Lee Highway in the Falls Church area told Fairfax County police on March 6 that someone had entered the business and taken property.

VIENNA-AREA RESIDENT’S HOME BURGLARIZED: A resident living in the 8000

block of Wolftrap Road in the Vienna area told Fairfax County police March 8 that someone had entered the residence and taken property.

VIENNA FAMILY’S IDENTITIES COMPROMISED IN HEALTH-CARE FRAUD: A

married couple who live in the 900 block of Carole Court, S.E., came to Vienna Police Headquarters recently to report a healthcare-related fraud.

As a result of the computer-hacking incident that occurred with Anthem/Blue Cross and Blue Shield between Dec. 1 last year and Jan. 29 this year, the couple’s identities, along with those of their juve-

nile children, had been compromised, police said.

VIENNA WOMAN REPORTS FRAUDULENTLY FILED TAX RETURNS: A woman

living in the 500 block of Blackstone Terrace, N.W., told Vienna police on March 5 at 1:48 p.m. that she had attempted to file her state and federal tax returns and was informed by officials that returns already had been filed under her Social Security number.

The resident stated she also had discovered an unusual transaction on one of her credit-card accounts. Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

VIENNA POLICE CITE 2 WORKERS FOR VIOLATING NOISE ORDINANCE: Vienna

police dispatched an officer to the 400 block of Dove Circle, S.W., on March 8 at 11 a.m. after receiving a report that construction was being performed on a home in violation of the town of Vienna’s noise ordinance. The law prohibits commercial construction from being performed on Sundays.

Upon arrival, the officer located two workers, who informed him their boss had instructed them to complete the work on the house.

The officer issued summonses to the Silver Spring, Md., men, ages 34 and 58, for violating the town’s noise ordinance. Police released both men after they signed their respective summonses.

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that the landlord’s son, who resides in the residence’s basement, had approached her in an aggressive and threatening manner.

The officer informed her of the process to obtain a warrant, but she did not wish to pursue charges at that time, police said.

The officer then spoke with the tenant in the basement, who stated that an argument between him and the upstairs tenant had continued into the parking lot, where she reportedly had struck him with her vehicle.

The officer informed the man of the warrant process and he also declined to pursue charges at that time, police said.

On March 17, the officer received information from the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office that a protective order and a assault warrant had been issued for the tenant living in the basement.

The officer returned to the residence, arrested the 32-year-old man and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities served the suspect with the protective order and assault warrant. Authorities then transported the suspect back to his residence in Vienna.

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Fewer total sales but higher average prices led to a wash in year-over-year sales volume for the Fairfax County real estate market in February.

For the month, a total of 764 residential properties went to closing, down 3.2 percent from the 789 in February 2014, according to figures reported March 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The average sales price of $514,898 reported for February was up 3 percent from $499,765 a year before, with mixed results among the three sectors of the market: • The average sales price of single-family homes declined 2.7 percent to $658,799.

• The average price of attached homes, such as townhouses, was up 4.6 percent to $368,719.

• The average price of condominiums was up 5.4 percent to $286,156.

The median sales price of all homes that sold during the month was $447,450, up 6.9 percent from a year before.

There were 47 million-dollar home sales across the county during the month.

Add it all up, and the total sales volume for February of $393.4 million was down 0.2 percent from $394.3 million a year before.

Homes that went to closing in February spent an average of 77 days on the market, down from 60, and garnered 96.4 percent of listing price, down from 96.9 percent.

Of properties that sold, conventional mortgages were the method of transaction in 475 cases, followed by cash (120) and

VA-backed mortgages (91).

Year-over-year inventory remains up, with 2,379 properties on the market at the end of February, an increase of 31 percent from a year ago.

Where is the Fairfax market headed?

Signs are generally positive as the winter market transitions into spring, with the number of pending sales reported in February up 4.4 percent from a year before.

Those pendings tend to translate into completed transactions within a month or two of posting.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

Flat February for Northern Virginia Market: Home sales across Northern Virginia were down ever so slightly in February from a year before, according to new figures, while average prices showed increases in two of three segments of the market.

Sales last month totaled 1,075, down from 1,079 in February 2014, according to figures reported March 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

Figures represent properties that went to closing in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.

Of homes that sold in February, the average sales price of $535,520 was up 4.3 percent from $513,611 a year before.

The average price of single-family homes was down 0.3 percent to $700,202, while the price of attached homes (such as

townhouses) was up 7.6 percent to $409,028 and the price of condominiums was up 4.9 percent to $337,183.

The median price of all homes that sold was $460,000, up 5.8 percent from $435,000.

Sales volume for the month was $575.7 million, up 3.9 percent from $554.2 million a year before.

Properties that changed hands in February spent an average of 76 days between listing and ratified sales contract, up from 58 days a year before, and garnered 96.5 percent of listing price, down from 97 percent.

Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 684 cases, followed by cash (169) and VA-backed mortgages (119).

Inventory continues to run higher, yearover-year, with the 3,328 properties on the market up by 25.4 percent from the 2,653 of February 2014.

Where is the region’s market headed?

Trends point upward, with both listings coming under contract in February and pending sales both up from a year before.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

D.C., Inner Suburbs See Generally Flat February: If consistency is a virtue, the February real estate market in the District of Columbia and the inner suburbs was a paragon of propriety.

Both overall sales and average sales prices were up, but ever so slightly, from a

year before, although forward-looking statistics suggest a strong springtime market may be in the offing.

Total sales across the corridor stood at 2,608 in February, up 0.7 percent from 2,590 a year before, according to figures reported by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

Figures represent transactions in the District of Columbia; Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax County and Falls Church in Virginia; and Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland.

Average sales prices were up, as well, rising 0.8 percent to $472,156. Single-family homes saw a decline of 1.7 percent to $557,788, but increases were posted in the attached-home and condominium markets.

Total sales volume for the month was $1.23 billion, up 1.5 percent from $1.21 billion a year before.

Homes that went to closing in February took an average of 67 days to find a willing buyer, up from 55 days a year before, and garnered 96.7 percent of listing price, down from 97.5 percent.

Inventory, which spent most of 2014 running well ahead of 2013 figures, is moderating, with the 8,175 properties on the market representing 16.6 percent more than a year before.

Homes going under contract and pending sales in February each were higher than a year before, suggesting relative strength as the market transitions to springtime.

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Fairfax County Notes TAP WATER MAY TASTE, SMELL A LITTLE DIFFERENT: If tap water across parts

of the local area smells and tastes a little hinky in coming weeks, there’s a reason.

The Washington Aqueduct – which supplies water to Arlington, parts of Fairfax County and the District of Columbia – is switching over to chlorine for its annual disinfection effort. For most of the year, the system uses chloramine.

The disinfection effort is slated to run from March 23 to May 4.

Use of a water filter, refrigerating water first or letting the cold-water tap run for about two minutes before using the water may be helpful to reducing the effects of chlorine.

FCPS ANNOUNCES 2015-16 BELL SCHEDULE: Fairfax County Public

Schools has announced bell times for the 2015-16 year, reflecting the School Board decision to start school slightly later for high-school students.

Under the new, standardized bell schedule, students in the county’s middle schools will start their school day at 7:30 a.m.

Those in secondary schools will begin their day at 8 a.m., with those attending high schools starting at 8:10 a.m.

At 40 of the county’s elementary schools, the start time for 2015-16 will be the same as the current year. At most remaining schools, start time will begin within 5 to 10 minutes of the current schedule, while in eight schools, there will be a more pronounced HBMshift.

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LIBRARY OFFERS ONLINE SURVEY AS PART OF DIRECTOR SEARCH: The Fair-

fax County library system is accepting public comment through March 31 on the attributes needed by the next library director.

Director Edwin “Sam” Clay III is retiring, and the next director will lead a system that includes 23 branches and more than 600 employees.

The library system’s board of trustees has posted an online survey on community priorities for the library system and its next director. The survey can be accessed at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/directorsearch.htm.

INITIATIVE AIMS TO SIGN UP MORE FOR HEALTH-CARE SERVICES: North-

ern Virginia Family Service is providing free enrollment assistance, and educational material, to those who qualify for the special-enrollment period under the federal government’s Affordable Care Act. The effort runs through April 30.

The initiative “is specifically for those individuals and families who have been penalized on their 2014 taxes for not having health insurance, and who do not have coverage for 2015,” said Mary Agee, president of Northern Virginia Family Services.

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this fine in the future – and also guard against catastrophic accidents and surprise events that can really set families back financially,” Agee said.

For information about the initiative, call (571) 748-2580 or see the Web site at www. getcoveredamerica.org/connector.

PROVIDENCE PLAYERS GARNERS ‘WATCH’ AWARDS: Having been nomi-

nated for 19, the Providence Players picked up four statuettes in the 2015 Washington Area Community Theatre Honors (WATCH) awards program.

Liz Mykietyn was honored for Outstanding Direction of a Play for her work with “Rumors.”

The troupe received three awards for its production of “Of Mice and Men”: Kyle Keene was named Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play; Lisa Church and John Coscia were honored for Outstanding Set Direction in a Play; and Chip Gertzog was honored for Outstanding Light Direction in a Play.

Awards were presented March 8 at the Birchmere in Alexandria. All told, 111 productions (34 musicals, 77 plays) from 34 community-theater companies were adjudicated in 2014.

Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” was honored as Outstanding Musical, while Silver Spring Stage’s production of “Other Desert Cities” was lauded as Outstanding Play.

Little Theatre of Alexandria, which had

been nominated for 35 awards – the most of any troupe – picked up eight honors on the evening, also the highest.

SHERIFF FEATURED IN PANEL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT: Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey

Kincaid will be part of a panel discussion on women pioneers in criminal justice and their experiences in “breaking the brass ceiling.”

The event will be held on March 29 at 2 p.m. at the Workforce Arts Center in Lorton.

Elected in 2013, Kincaid became the first woman to lead the sheriff’s office in its 272-year history. Joining the department in 1987, she rose through the ranks while serving in both line and supervisory positions.

Also on the panel will be former U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers; former acting Fairfax County Chief of Police Susanne Devlin; and Edythe Joppy, a retired lieutenant with the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office. The panel will be moderated by Theresa Lantz, retired commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections.

FAIRFAX GARDEN CLUB PREPS FOR ANNUAL TOUR: The Garden Club of Fairfax

will host its 82nd annual Garden Tour on Tuesday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., focusing on homes and gardens in the Clifton and Fairfax Station area.

The event is part of Historic Garden Week in Virginia, an initiative of 47 garden clubs that will open 200 private homes and gardens and 50 historic landmarks to the community from April 18-25.

Funds raised through the effort have been used since 1929 to restore and preserve historic public gardens. The 2015 Fairfax effort will support efforts to install new exhibits at Mason Neck State Park in Lorton.

For information and to purchase tickets, see the Web sites at www.gardencluboffairfax.blogspot.com and www.vagardenweek. org.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO COMMEMORATE END OF CIVIL WAR AT ARLINGTON HOUSE: The National Park

Service is gearing up for a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War with two special programs at Arlington House (the Robert E. Lee Memorial).

On Saturday, April 4 from 6 to 9 p.m., the plantation home will play host to a program of period music, dancing and special walking tours of the graves of Union officers who were present at the surrender of Lee to Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox.

The program is free, but reservations are required.

On Thursday, April 9 from 1 to 4 p.m.

– the date and time of the surrender in 1865 – there will be a discussion led by a park ranger, as well as a performance by the Federal City Brass Band.

For reservations to the programs or for more information, e-mail arlingtonhouseevents@nps.gov. For additional information, see the Web site at www.nps. gov/gwmp.

Schools & Military n Cecilia Vollbrecht of

Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall term at Centre College. n Nicholas Grisius of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Emory University.

Courtney Cuppernull, the daughter of Gary and Carolyn Cuppernull of Great Falls and a 2014 graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Virginia. n

n The following local students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Colgate University: Nicholas Angus of McLean, a graduate of McLean High School; Courtney Ruggeri of McLean, a graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel School; Katherine Brittin of McLean, a graduate of the Holton-Arms School; John Metelski of Great Falls, a graduate of Landon School; Alexa Corso of Oakton, a graduate of Oakton High School; Katherine Hardock of McLean, a graduate of McLean High School; and Allison Pool, a graduate of Georgetown Day School. n Bo Gilbertson, the son of Larry and Susanne Gilbertson of McLean, has been selected to receive a Madison Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year at Hampden-Sydney College.

Five scholarships were presented to students for the coming academic year, providing grants of $20,000 for tuition, per year, over two years.

Recipients were selected based on academic achievement and having a positive impact on the campus community. n Fairfax County Public Schools students earned 19 awards in the 2015 National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program, sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

Gold Key award-winning entries from the local area were judged at the national level against winning artwork from across the country where they earned Gold Medals, Silver Medals, American Visions Medals and Best in Grade Awards. National medalists will be celebrated at an award ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June.

Senior Max Johnson of Falls Church High School earned the highest honor in the competition, the Portfolio Gold Medal award, which comes with a $10,000 scholarship, for his art portfolio.

Students from the Sun Gazette coverage area winning top awards include Angela He of Oakton High School, American Visions Medal for Digital Art, “Bright Eyes”; Molly Cooper of Langley High School, Gold Medal for Digital Art, “Panda Utopia”; Nishaad Lorengo of Oakton High School, Gold Medal for Drawing and Illustration, “Rain #6”; Yeoeun Cho of George C. Marshall High School, Silver Medal for Painting, “Pencil”; Shinae Choi of McLean High School, Silver Medal for

Art Portfolio, “I Am My Experiences”; and Collin Ginsburg of James Madison High School, Silver Medal in Photography, “The Androgyneity of Business.”

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the U.S. Established in 1923, the awards have recognized students who have become some of the nation’s most celebrated artists, including Richard Avedon, Robert Indiana, Phillip Pearlstein and Andy Warhol.

More than 300,000 students participate in the program each year.

Thomas Jefferson won the top prize and Justin Paul of Colvin Run Elementary School won the individual title. n A team from Longfellow Middle School won regional competition and is headed to compete in the national finals of the National Science Bowl.

The national competition will be held in April in Washington, bringing together students who compete in a fast-paced, question-and-answer format where they solve technical programs and answer questions on a range of science disciplines, including biology, chemistry, Earth science, space science, physics and math.

The top 16 high-school teams and top eight middle-school teams will win $1,000 prizes for their schools’ science departments. The top teams will win prizes to be announced later; the winning high-school team in 2014 received a nine-day, all-expenses-paid science trip to Alaska.

The competition is sponsored by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Education. For information, see the Web site at www.science.energy.gov.

A team from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology won the K-12 championship at the Virginia Scholastic Chess Championships, held in Charlottesville.

Team members are Benjamin Lyons, Brian Li, Jeevan Karamsetty, Isuru Attanagoda, Perry Feng, Akhil Goel, Grant Li, Saroja Erabelli, Joseph Chen, Aaryan Balu, Jonathan Cao, Aditya Ponukumati, Arun Kannan, Meredith Lee, Sadhana Suri, Evan Lin, Sarah Slate, Kalyan Madanapalli, Gavin Moore, Aneesh Kotn The FIRST Robotics Competition nana, Christina Scheible, Akhil Ramaswamy and Puneeth Uttla.

Greater D.C. Regional will be held on Among other schools in the Sun Ga- Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, at the zette coverage area, Evan Ling of Haycock George Mason University Patriot Center.

Elementary School captured the individual Hundreds of high-school students from title in the K-8 competition, while a team the local region will participate, with winfrom Haycock took second place and a ners qualifying for the World Robotics team from Kilmer Middle School finished Championship.

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ThePMevent is free and open to the public, In a “blitz competition,” the team from with hands-on activities for younger stun

dents, including the opportunity to earn a “robot drivers’ license.”

The best viewing opportunities each day will be from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For information, see the Web site at www.dc-first.org.

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n Jeffrey Cochran of Great Falls earned a bachelor of arts degree during recent commencement exercises at Emory University.

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n U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) has announced plans for the 10th District Military Academy Day, to be held on Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Loudoun County Public Schools administration building, 21000 Education Court in Ashburn.

The event is free and open to all students, parents and guidance staff interested in learning more from representatives of the nation’s service academies. Each of the academies will make presentations from 10:30 a.m. to noon, with student networking lasting until 1 p.m.

In addition, representatives from the Virginia Army National Guard, Marine Corpos ROTC Program, Virginia Military Institute, the Citadel, Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, American Legion and Randolph-Macon Academy are expected.

For information, call Mary Ann Cannon at (703) 404-6903 or e-mail maryann. cannon.mail.house.gov.

The Sun Gazette welcomes your submission of items for inclusion in the “Schools & Military” column – we love to publish positive news about local students and members of the Armed Forces.

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Classy and a little sassy, this is the type of property that heralds the arrival of spring. It’s a keeper!

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For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703) 738-2520.

Facts for buyers Address: 913 Georgetown Ridge Court, McLean (22102).

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Housing Costs Put the Squeeze on Renters The gap between rental costs and household income is widening to unsustainable levels in many parts of the country, and the situation could worsen unless new home construction meaningfully rises, according to new research by the National Association of Realtors.

NAR reviewed data on income growth, housing costs and changes in the share of renter and owner-occupied households over the past five years in metropolitan statistical areas across the U.S. The findings reveal that renters are being squeezed in many metro areas throughout the country due to the disproportionate growth in rental costs to incomes. New York, Seattle and San Jose, Calif. are among the cities where combined rent growth is far exceeding wages.

Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, says the disparity between rent and income growth has widened to unhealthy levels and is making it harder for renters to become homeowners.

“In the past five years, a typical rent rose 15 percent while the income of renters grew by only 11 percent,” he said. “The gap has worsened in many areas as rents continue to climb and the accelerated pace of hiring has yet to give workers a meaningful bump in pay.”

NAR’s research analyzed changes in the share of renters and homeowners, mortgage payments, median home prices, median household income for renters and the rental costs in 70 metro areas.

The top markets where renters have seen the highest increase in rents since 2009 are New York (50.7 percent), Seattle (32.38 percent), San Jose, Calif., (25.6 percent), Denver (24.14 percent) and St. Louis (22.26 percent).

Looking ahead, Yun says a way to relieve housing costs is to increase the supply of new home construction – particularly to entry-level buyers.

Builders have been hesitant since the recession to add supply because of rising construction costs, limited access to credit from local lenders and concerns about the re-emergence of younger buyers.

“Many of the metro areas that have experienced the highest rent increases are popular to Millennials because of their employment opportunities,” adds Yun. “With a stronger economy and labor market, it’s critical to increase housing starts for entry-level buyers or else many will face affordability issues if their incomes aren’t compensating for the gains in home prices.”

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McLean/Great Falls Notes OPTIMIST CLUB HOSTS ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL: The Great Falls Optimist Club

will hold its annual spring festival with a series of events on March 26 and March 29.

On Thursday, March 26, there will be a community egg-stuffing party for families from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Great Falls Grange. Candy will be stuffed into 8,000 plastic egg shells.

The spring festival itself will be held on Sunday, March 29 from noon to 4 p.m. It is held in conjunction with Adeler Jewelers.

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series, sponsored by Music Friends of the Fairfax County Public Library, will continue on Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m. at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

The concert is free, and no tickets are required.

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Gorrell will be the featured artist at the monthly meeting of the McLean Art Society, to be held on Friday, March 27 at 10 a.m. at the McLean Community Center.

Gorrell, who won first prize in the Treasury of Art Show in Vienna, will demonstrate abstract-art techniques on Yugo paper.

The community is invited.

MCC TO HOST ‘SPRINGFEST’: Prepa-

rations are underway for the McLean Community Center’s SpringFest, to be held on Saturday, April 4 from 10 a.m. to noon.

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The event, designed for young children, includes self-guided arts-and-crafts projects, an egg hunt, entertainment, photos with the Easter Bunny and a performance by magician The Amazing Kevin.

The cost is $5 per person, with infants up to 36 months admitted free. Advance registration is required.

For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter. org.

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lecting books through April 10 for its 2015 Used Book Sale.

Books can be brought into the Freeman Store at 131 Church Street, N.E., during store hours or left on the front porch at any time.

(Encyclopedias, textbooks, magazines and condensed books are not required, organizers say.)

The book sale will be held at the Vienna Community Center on Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, with a membersonly preview sale on April 17.

For information or to volunteer to assist with sorting books, call (703) 9385187 or see the Web site at www.historicviennainc.org.

REGISTRATION TO BE HELD FOR ESL, CITIZENSHIP CLASSES: Registration for

adult classes in English language, writing, conversation and citizenship is scheduled for April 7 and 9 from 7 to 8 p.m. each day at the St. Mark Catholic Church Christian Formation Center, 9972 Vale Road.

The cost is $25 plus textbook cost for the ESL and citizenship classes, $10 for other classes. The courses begin April 14 and run through June 11.

For information on the program, in English or Spanish, call (703) 626-3585; for information in Korean, call (703) 5050123, and for information in Chinese, call (703) 879-7296. Information also is available by e-mailing st.mark.esl@gmail.com or on the Web site at www.stmarkesl.org.

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There is a $5 cover charge. For information, see the Web site at www.legion180.net.

VEINNA ART CENTER TO HOST ACOUSTIC MUSICIANS: The Vienna Art Center

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Business Briefcase YEAR-OVER-YEAR UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN IN REGION: Year-over-year un-

employment in the Washington region declined in January, part of an overall trend across the nation.

With 3.26 million people in the civilian workforce and 159,600 looking for work, the D.C. region’s jobless rate of 4.9 percent in January was down from 5.3 percent a year before, according to figures reported March 20 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Washington region was one of 339 metropolitan areas across the nation to report lower year-over-year joblessness.

Rates were higher in 38 metro areas and unchanged in 10.

Midland, Texas, had the lowest unemployment rate in January at 2.6 percent, followed by Lincoln, Neb., at 2.8 percent and Ames, Iowa, at 2.9 percent. The highest rates were found in El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., at 21.3 percent and 19.8 percent, respectively.

Among metro areas with more than a million people, the lowest unemployment rate was reported in Salt Lake City at 3.6 percent, followed by Austin and Oklahoma City at 3.7 percent each. The highest jobless rate was found in Memphis at 7.9 percent.

The national, non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate of 6.1 percent was down from 7 percent in January 2014.

Among Virginia metro areas outside the District of Columbia vicinity, jobless rates were down from a year before and stood at 4.2 percent in Charlottesville; 4.8 percent

in Winchester; 4.8 percent in Harrisonburg; 4.8 percent in Staunton; 4.9 percent in Roanoke; 5.2 percent in Richmond; 5.4 percent in Lynchburg; and 5.5 percent in Virginia Beach. The statewide unemployment rate of 5 percent was down from 5.6 percent a year before.

Full data can be found on the Web site at www.bls.gov.

GOVERNOR LAUDS EXPANSION OF NAVY FEDERAL: Gov. McAuliffe an-

nounced March 19 that Navy Federal Credit Union will add 600 employees at its Vienna headquarters and invest $114.6 million to expand that campus.

The investment will include a new fourstory, 234,391-square-foot office building at 1041 Electric Ave., S.E., and a six-level, 1,062-space parking deck on the 10.8-acre site. An elevated walkway will connect the new building with the rest of the headquarters campus at 820 Follin Lane, S.E. The Vienna Town Council unanimously approved those improvements Feb. 23.

“Fairfax County has been proud to be the home of Navy Federal for more than three decades, and this significant expansion of the credit union’s headquarters operation is a great testament to the confidence its leadership has in the county and the town of Vienna as a business location and hub for their employees,” said Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.

“Navy Federal is an outstanding cor-

porate citizen, especially for its work with military families, and we are delighted it is taking advantage of the business assets and quality of life that the county and the town offer,” Gordon said.

Navy Federal is the world’s largest credit union, with more than 5 million members.

It has more than $63 billion in assets, 260 branches and more than 12,000 employees worldwide. The credit union serves all Department of Defense and Coast Guard active-duty, civilian and contractor personnel and their families, officials said.

“We’ve seen tremendous member growth over the last few years,” said Cutler Dawson, Navy Federal’s CEO and president. “It’s critical in maintaining our high standards for exceptional member service that we continue to expand our presence in Fairfax County and Virginia. This state has a great wealth of talent, and Vienna is a community we are proud to be a part of.”

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority worked with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to secure the project for Virginia. Gov. McAuliffe approved a $1 million grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund to assist the county with the project. Additional funding and services to support Navy Federal’s employee-training activities will be provided through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program.

management and development firm LCOR, has been elected to the Tysons Partnership board of directors.

LCOR is developing The Commons, the largest residential project in Tysons to date. Totaling 2.6 million square feet, the project is designed to include nearly 2,600 apartments in seven high-rise apartment buildings near the McLean/Tysons East Metro station. Twenty percent of the units will be made available to those of modest financial means.

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY LOOKS TO PARTNER WITH DEVELOPERS AT DULLES: The Metropolitan Washington Air-

ports Authority has unveiled a new process to help guide the potential development of land around Washington Dulles International Airport.

Airport officials now will be able to accept and study unsolicited proposals to develop part or all of a 426-acre tract between the airport’s western boundary and Route 606. The site, currently mostly undeveloped, was purchased by the airports authority several years ago.

Developing the land could help the airports authority offset a downturn in passenger counts at Dulles.

“We think this land has great potential, and we’re looking to the development community for ideas as we work to enhance non-airline revenue in an effort to make Dulles more cost-competitive for airlines,”

DEVELOPMENT OFFICIAL ADDED TO BOARD OF TYSONS PARTNERSHIP: Wil-

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Continued from Page 3 once the credit union razes those structures and completes its massive new expansion project.

“Because our [commercial-tax] base is so small, one building can have a large impact,” she said.

Payton has proposed spending up to $510,000 of the extra anticipated tax revenues on a 1.6-percent cost-of-living adjustment for all town employees, plus a 2percent merit increase for about 95 percent of the workers and one-time bonuses for up to 20 top-performing employees. Those employees would come from the top 10 percent in each department.

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Continued from Page 10 ingful benefits and for which you could make a really solid case,” Connally said.

“This usually required research to get your facts straight, and working with Legislative Services to draft an understandable bill that did what you wanted it to do.”

To find success, legislators cannot slow down the pace at any time during the brisk General Assembly sessions, Connally said.

“It was helpful to have one or two nonpartisan interest groups behind the bill (like the Lung Association) and willing to do at least some of the lobbying for you,” she said. “On the committee level, it was

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great to have passionate speakers who testified in support of your bill with an engaging, moving story of its need and value.”

For Favola, like most legislators of both parties, each General Assembly session brings more misses than hits. Favola saw some of her bills, such as one allowing localities to set their own minimum wages and another expanding the definition of a hate crime, die in the state Senate. Others passed that body, only to be snuffed out in the House of Delegates, like a bill that would have allowed seniors to go to the front of the line at certain periods on Election Day. Favola continues to push for a measure allowing those convicted of drug offenses to receive public assistance, a measure that has yet to find traction in the legislature.

tional revenues, would include a full-time revenue auditor and a part-time cashier.

The town also would spend $150,000 in Public, Education and Government (PEG) funds, contributed by communications companies holding franchises in Vienna, on projects related to broadcasting meetings on the town’s public-access television channels.

Town officials expect to spend $175,000 less on health-care costs because of the

Council’s recent decision to switch insurance providers.

The Council was scheduled to hold budget work sessions March 21 and 23, followed by an April 13 public hearing on the operating budget and April 27 hearings on the proposed real estate tax rate and water and sewer rates.

Council members will adopt the fiscal 2016 budget May 11 and it will take effect July 1.

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Payton has proposed holding the town’s water and sewer rates steady, which means property owners on average would pay average annual bills of $742 for those services, based on a consumption rate of 16,000 gallons per quarter.

The Board of Supervisors has advertised a maximum real estate tax rate of $1.09, which with stormwater tax included makes for a total rate of $1.115 per $100 assessed value.

The Vienna Town Council soon will advertise its proposed real estate tax rate.

As with the supervisors, Council members may set a tax rate lower, but not higher, than the advertised one.

Under the proposed budget, the town would add the equivalent of 1.5 employees, bringing the total to 180. These workers, whose jobs would be financed from addi-

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in the American Legion Auxiliary and is a board member of Historic Vienna Inc. The house’s new owner, Cory Scott, is an assistant vice president at Macerich and oversees the company’s 93-acre mixeduse development at Tysons Corner Center. Scott bought the Dellinger’s home on March 3 for $850,000, according to Fairfax County tax records.

Council member Howard Springsteen expressed enthusiasm about the house’s new designation.

“It’s a wonderful house,” he said. “It reflects Vienna’s past.”

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Langley Records 2 Shutouts

Teeing Off

With the Weather Better, Teams Will Start to Shine Finally. Spring has sprung.

The sun is shining more, the temperatures are way up, the snow has melted, and athletic fields have thawed and are continuing to dry.

Arlington Teams Topped by Saxons

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DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

In a defensive struggle typical of soccer, the visiting Langley Saxons scored minutes into the SOCCER six contest en route to a 1-0 victory over the Yorktown Patriots on March 18 in Liberty Conference boys high school action.

Langley improved to 2-0, with both wins against Arlington schools. The Saxons blanked the Wakefield Warriors, 3-0, in the squad’s season opener.

For Yorktown, the loss came in its season opener.

“Overall, our defenders [captain Will Vernew, captain Jeremy Frenzel, Sam Dokken, Daniel DeButts and goalie Hayden Kickbush] played well,” Yorktown coach Peter Truitt said. “They held the back line. They didn’t allow too many runs. In the first half, we didn’t get the aerial challenges, and we didn’t get the 50-50 balls.”

The sequence on Langley’s goal began with a corner kick from Max McKee that was headed in by Saxons’ striker Jacob Labovitz.

“I was kind of lingering at the back post,” Labovitz said. “I saw the ball come and I got on my guy and headed it in.”

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Langley High School’s Grant Hughes jumps high to head the ball as Yorktown’s Keith Witherell is out- leaped. Langley won the game 1-0 by scoring early in the contest.

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Since boys lacrosse became a high school club sport in the early 1990s, then a varsity proLACROSSE gram a few years later, one particular monkey remained affixed to the backs of the McLean Highlanders.

But no more. That monkey was detached on St. Patrick’s Day when McLean finally defeated its biggest rival for the first time in the history of both programs. The Highlanders downed the visiting Langley Saxons, 9-4, to end years of frustration against their neighborhood

rival. Until now, McLean had lost at least once each year to the Saxons, who have won multiple region and state championships.

The Highlanders had come close the last two times they played Langley, losing by a goal each time.

“We have 13 of 14 seniors and the players have worked real hard for this,” McLean coach Nick Worek said. “We finally got over that hump. They had a real focus, made the plays and won situations in different moments. That’s what you need to do to win games like this. That’s what Langley has done for years.”

McLean was led by senior Alex Morris, who had four goals; senior Justin

Gibbons with two goals and one assist; junior Jack Benson with two goals; and senior Kyle Paul with a goal. Senior goalie Michael Dolan made 10 saves, senior Jordan Cole played strong defense and senior Owen Pilewski contributed in a number of important manners, like controlling key ground balls.

Morris will play lacrosse at Ohio State, Gibbons at Michigan and Cole will attend Army.

“Owen was the unsung hero,” Worek said. “He never comes off the field. He knows what to do and where to be, and he helps keep things consistent.”

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After many delays and postponements in recent days because of too much snow on those fields, high school sports teams are getting outdoors to hold real regular practices and actually partake in authentic action.

There were baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse games played last week, tennis matches occurred, and crew practices were held on wet bodies of water, not dry docks.

Certainly there will be other weather setbacks this spring, like temperatures too cold to play and maybe another minor snowfall, as is often the case in March and early April. As for high school athletes, an annual rite of spring is the traditional delays and postponements of the season.

Soon, probably by late next month, all of those threats of cold-weather delays will end. The seasons will be off and running, with the conclusions coming by late May or early June.

Once play is fully underway, area teams with the potential to have strong seasons include some traditional spring-time powers with a few others.

In baseball, the Madison Warhawks, Marshall Statesmen and Flint Hill Huskies have the experience and talent to make strong bids for conference, region and state championships at different classifications.

Girls softball teams to keep an eye on are Madison, the Langley Saxons, McLean Highlanders and Marshall.

In girls lacrosse, watch Flint Hill, Madison, Marshall and the Oakton Cougars. Langley and Madison are always strong in boys lacrosse, and Flint Hill and the Potomac School Panthers should be solid on the private-school level this spring.

Marshall, McLean and Langley should be significant challengers in girls and boys soccer.

As for boys and girls tennis, perennial area powers are always the Langley girls and boys.

With the weather better, those teams get the chance to show their strengths.

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A Staff Report

The Langley Saxons and Madison Warhawks opened their girls lacrosse with vicLACROSSE seasons tories over their neighborhood rivals last week in high school action.

Langley defeated the McLean Highlanders, 19-11. Ten different players scored for Langley.

“This was a positive start to an important season for Langley,” coach Rebecca Watkins said. “We have many offensive weapons, but more importantly, the girls played like a team. This is a long season, and we hope to be built for a long run.”

Senior Nicole Lee scored three goals to lead the way, while Halle Duenkel tallied four goals. Scoring two goals each were Julia Byrne, Rebecca Bair, Anna Hofgard and Maddie Frix. Adding a goal each were Aubrey Zarella, Morgan Kuligowski, Caroline Wilson and Bethany Basco.

Mackenzie Regen and Marina Smith anchored the defense. Goalies Megan

The Langley Saxons celebrate a goal against PHOTO BY NEAL KRYSINSKI McLean in the win.

Madison goalie Sigourney Heerink anchored a PHOTO FROM MADISON win against Marshall.

O’Hara and Brittony Trumboll recorded four saves each.

Langley lost to Centreville, 15-12, in its second game and McLean bounced

back with an 18-3 victory over Falls Church.

Against Centreville, Duenkel had five goals, Hofgard two goals and two assists,

Kuligowski and Byrne had two goals each and Zarella one.

Elise Koehl had six goals and nine assists for McLean against Falls Church.

Alessandra Pelliccia had two goals and two assists, and Cassidy Slavik had two goals. Koehl had three goals against Langley, Pelliccia and Slavik two each.

Madison opened with a 15-5 win over the Marshall Statesmen.

Leading the scoring for Madison was Kierra Sweeney with four goals. Appearing in her first high school game, freshman Zoe Dyer scored three.

Also contributing were Katie Sciandra with three goals, Anya Saponja with two and Andie Battin and Alison Krisko with one each. Madison goalie Sigourney Heerink made 17 saves.

Freshman goalie Ellie Socher also saw time. Madison dominated in the field with Battin and Shannon Condon winning many ground balls. All 21 players saw time on the field and contributed to the win. Marshall saw strong play from seniors Sophie Lex with three goals and Mary Hagopian with one.

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High School Roundup GREAT FALLS ROWER TO YALE: Great

Falls resident Peter Zablocki, a senior at Jefferson High School and member of the boys varsity eight shell, will row in college at Yale.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Zablocki has been rowing for a little more than just two years and is a team captain for Jefferson. He attended the U.S. Junior National Team High Performance Camp during the summer of 2013.

ALL-STATE BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYERS: Flint Hill School boys basket-

ball player Sam Worman and Potomac School’s Grant Robinson were Division I second-team all-state Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association selections.

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Lacrosse Continued from Page 24 Worek said his brother, Nate, an assistant coach, had a good defensive game plan.

Nick Worek said the team’s focus this season is “one more” for all aspects, and he doesn’t want the win over Langley to be the team’s sole accomplishment.

McLean has no boys lacrosse banners hanging in its gym.

“We want to focus on one more game,

Continued from Page 24 In the second half, no team came close to scoring, but Yorktown was credited with three shots and two corners. Langley had five shots and two corners.

In the final few minutes, Yorktown’s DeButts unloaded two shots. One was

football players David Allely (linebacker) and Nick Delgado (kicker/punter) recently signed college letters of intent to play football at Division I James Madison University.

Allely was a first-team all-Concorde Conference player in 2014 and was an honorable mention 6A North Region selection. He also played running back on occasion for Oakton.

Delgado was a first-team Group 6A all-state punter, made first team all-conference as a punter and a kicker and first team all-region as a punter.

Delgado was 10 of 11 on field goals during the 2014 season, making a singlegame state record six in Oakton’s season opener against W.T. Woodson.

Delgado was 13 of 13 on extra points.

He punted 55 times for a 41.6 average,

with 24 punts settling inside the 20 yard line.

MADISON SENIOR IS REBOUNDING LEADER: In three seasons of play, Madi-

son High School senior forward Kelly Koshuta finished her basketball career as the second all-time leading scorer for the girls program with 1,768 points, and as the all-time leading rebounder with 958.

Katie Smrcka-Duffy is Madison’s alltime leading scorer with 2,463 points.

Mary Beth Brown is the second rebounding leader with 872.

Koshuta played three seasons for Madison. She missed her entire sophomore campaign with a knee injury and did not play six games this winter because of injuries.

Madison senior guard/forward Jana Tremba finished her career with 130

three-pointers, second on the all-time list after Smrcka-Duffy.

During their careers, the seniors helped Madison compile an 83-30 overall record and win three district/conference tournament championships.

MADISON IMPROVES TO 2-0 IN BOYS TENNIS: The host Madison Warhawks

(2-0) defeated Marshall, 8-1.

Logan Tran at No. 1 was Marshall’s lone winner in singles. For Madison, singles winners were Alex Dondershine at No. 2, Luke Sablik (No. 3), Dylan Miks (No. 4), Chris Liu (No. 5) and Mark Fertal No. 6.

Madison swept the doubles competition.

The tennis season continues this week for Madison and other teams with a couple of matches each.

one more practice and one more pass,” the head coach said. “We have embraced that. Our seniors have had a lot of confidence and we want that to continue.”

McLean finished 10-4 last season when those losses were by a total of five goals, including a season-ending, doubleovertime loss in the region tournament.

Veteran Langley coach Earl Brewer, who has won more than 300 games, giving him the most wins by any high school boys lacrosse coach in the state, credited McLean.

“We’re young and we had a few breakdowns,” Brewer said. “McLean is a senior

group and they played very well.”

The game included a fight among a handful of players with just seconds left.

Two players from Langley and one from McLean received two-game suspensions as a result.

“I was upset with our players and I let them know that, because that is not what we do at Langley,” Brewer said.

Langley (1-1) bounced back on March 21 and defeated the visiting Yorktown Patriots, 12-4, to even its record.

For Langley, senior attack Weston Simonides led the way, scoring two of his five goals in the first quarter. The Saxons

outshot Yorktown, 12-2, in the first quarter, a key factor as the hosts built an early 4-0 lead.

Langley’s starting attacking trio of Simonides, junior Jon-Michael Duley (two goals, two assists) and senior Gunnar Okeson (four assists) led the surge.

Nine of the Langley’s 12 goals were assisted, which pleased Brewer.

“We passed and moved the ball really well, got a lot of assisted goals, compared to just one assist in our loss at McLean,” Brewer said.

McLean and Langley both have games scheduled this week.

saved by Langley goalie Cole Stinger, and the other one went wide.

Yorktown’s midfielders are Noah Chase, Jona Farfan and Jack McCreary.

Its forwards are tri-captain Keith Witherell, Mehran Roshanari and Justin Gonzalez.

Langley had defeated Wakefield two days earlier prior to facing Yorktown.

“Tonight, [against Yorktown] I was hoping that our legs would stay fresh,

and we needed to keep the ball,” Langley coach Bo Amato said. “We came out of the gate fired up. We lost to them last year, 1-0. Yorktown played well in the second half this year. I would say we had the better first half and they had the better second half.”

Said Labovitz: “Our expectation is to get better with each game and to peak down the stretch when we need it most.”

In addition to Stinger, Langley’s de-

fense is led by Richard Lindholm, Cameron Basco, Taylor Hosley and Sam Golan. The midfielders are Daniel Levetown, Max Furman and Shayan Harandi and the forwards Labovitz, McKee and Grant Hughes.

In the win over Wakefield, Labovitz scored two goals and Golan one. Stinger earned the first of his two shutouts.

Langley returns to action with games this week.

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Business Briefcase Continued from Page 22 said Jerome Davis, executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the airports authority, which operates Dulles as well as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Having a procedure in place “allows us to respond quickly and effectively to opportunities presented by the market,” Davis said. “It’s handled much faster than a traditional procurement.”

While the authority mulls its options, it also is developing a plan for how the parcel can be best developed.

The plan “will serve as a framework for long-term development to help us make the wisest possible decisions about this important asset,” Davis said.

SUPERVISORS OK REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR LAKE ANNE: Members of the

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors have approved a plan designed to breathe new life into the nearly 50-year-old Lake Anne Plaza area of Reston.

Lake Anne Development Partners’ mixed-use redevelopment calls for 1.17 million square feet in new housing, retail and office space. It spans a 24-acre site south of Baron Cameron Avenue near Washington Plaza.

The plan calls for 1,037 residential units and 136,173 square feet of office and retail space.

The site includes the 16-acre, countyowned property where the Crescent Apart-

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ments are located, as well as land southwest of North Shore Drive. The land closest to the plaza is currently home to a surface parking lot, Millennium Bank branch, the Association of School Building Officials headquarters, a convenience store and open space owned by the Reston Association.

As part of the agreement, the developer will construct 20 percent of the new housing units as affordable compared to the county’s required 12 percent. This is in addition to replacing the existing affordable units in the Crescent Apartments that will be torn down.

The project also will include new buildings that range from three to 18 stories tall.

The project may include a ground-floor grocery store in the 18-story tower at the intersection of Village Road and Baron Cameron Avenue.

The plan also incorporates pedestrian paths, 7.5 acres of open space, a 32,000square-foot terraced plaza, an amphitheater, bicycle lanes on North Shore Drive and an electric-vehicle-recharging station.

The project will be built in three phases, starting as early as December 2015, county officials said.

LEGISLATION TO AID SMALL BUSINESS MAKE FORWARD PROGRESS IN RICHMOND: The patrons of legislation aimed at

helping small businesses get their share of state-government business saw progress, if not total victory, in the 2015 General Assembly session.

Legislation shepherded by state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) and Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), which for the previous two sessions had died in committee, won passage – with caveats – in this year’s session.

The measure would align the definition of “small business” in Virginia with that of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Current Virginia law has a much broader interpretation of the term, which allows larger firms to compete for government projects.

Under current rules, 95 percent of firms in Virginia qualify as small businesses, often shutting out truly small companies from competition.

“I am glad that we have been able to find common ground and take a positive step forward,” Lopez said.

The measure, however, was adopted with two caveats: It requires the Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade to convene a working group and recommend findings to the governor, and requires that the bill be re-enacted by the legislature in 2016 before going into effect.

After the state Senate rejected Lopez’s bill and the House of Delegates rejected Petersen’s bill, the measure went to a conference committee. The final version was approved on votes of 37-0 in the Senate and 95-0 in the House and was sent to the governor.

FORMER SUN GAZETTE CEO PURCHASES NEWSPAPER GROUP: Former Sun

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Phillips Media Group LLC, led by Phillips, has acquired the Arkansas and Missouri newspapers of Community Publishers Inc., as well as the firm’s Missouri and Oklahoma commercial-printing operations.

The Phillips family and their companies have been involved in the newspaper industry since the 1970s, having owned publications from Maryland to Hawaii.

“We are very excited to be returning to the newspaper markets in Arkansas and Missouri, where our family has a long history of running hometown newspapers that mean so much to their communities,” Phillips said in a statement.

The Phillips family purchased the Sun Gazettes in the early 2000s and owned them until their sale to American Community Newspapers. The papers subsequently were sold to a private firm that owns Northern Virginia Media Services.

The Phillips family also owned the Journal Newspapers, which were sold and later became the Washington Examiner newspaper.

YOUR SUBMISSIONS ARE INVITED: The

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. March 25, 1938: n The Sun’s editor asks what the biggest news story of all time was, and then answers his own question: “The weather.” n At the movies: “A Yank at Oxford,” “Swing Your Lady” and “Big Broadcast of 1938.”

March 25, 1959: n Due to “tinderbox” conditions, county officials have banned outdoor fires. n State health officials have seen a huge spike in flu cases over the last week, centered largely in the Richmond area. n Fairfax students head off on spring break starting Friday. n The new Seven Corners Shopping Center is seeing lots of foot traffic. n McLean High School is planning its upcoming book fair.

March 26, 1969: n The House of Delegates has approved and sent to the state Senate a plan to let Virginia voters decide whether to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. n The Fairfax PTA is studying the idea of expanding foreign-language instruction in the classroom. n Virginia State Police are adding vascar speed-detection devices and phasing out radar. The units cost about $1,000 each. n The effort on Capitol Hill to abolish the Electoral College seems to have faded. n At the movies: “Bullitt,” “The Graduate,” “Valley of the Dolls” and “Hotel.”

March 26-27, 1979: n Members of the Board of Supervisors are mulling increasing their pay by 47 percent. n Officials at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center are seeking funding to expand the arts program for inmates. n Virginia’s Alcohol Beverage Control board has opened a satellite sales facility in Tysons Corner. n Langley and Madison won golf matches this week. n Local residents enjoyed a hot-air balloon festival over the weekend.

March 27, 1989: n County school and police officials have announced plans to launch a “war on drugs” that will include locker searches, metal detectors, drug-sniffing dogs and breathalyzers in schools.

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