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Fairfax Leaders Prep for ‘15 Legislative Session

Annual ‘Wish List’ Asks General Assembly to Provide Appropriate Funding to Local Governments BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

County supervisors on Dec. 2 were set to approve a 2015 legislative agenda calling for proper state funding for education, transportation, public safety and courts.

The 16-page agenda addressed numerous policy areas, including: Education: Supervisors and School Board members jointly are pressing for full restora-

tion of the state’s Cost of Competing Adjustment, which provides extra salary funding educators in parts of Virginia that have high living expenses.

County officials also want the General Assembly to finance fully the state’s Standards of Quality requirements and adjust state funding formulas to reflect the cost of educating special-education students (twice the expense of general-education students) and those who are learning English as a Second Language

(30 percent more expensive).

Transportation: Supervisors requested that any changes in fund allocations stemming from the landmark 2013 transportation bill be offset by revenue sources of at least equal value.

In accordance with a position adopted by surrounding jurisdictions, supervisors asked state officials to continue funding transit systems and avoid a “bond cliff” in 2018, when the depletion of 2007 bond funds may lead to

a 60-percent drop in state transit funding.

Supervisors also want state officials to continue supporting Metrorail’s Metro 2025 initiative, which would pay for eight-car trains to ease congestion and initiatives to allow buses to bypass traffic gridlock.

Public Safety: As they do every year, supervisors want the commonwealth to restore or at least maintain so-called “HB 599” funds, Continued on Page 26

VIBRANT COLORS IN NEW EXHIBITS FROM McLEAN PROJECT FOR ARTS “San Francisco Giant” is the title of a colorful, action-packed print by artist J.D. Deardourff that will be displayed through Dec. 20 at the McLean Project for the Arts.

“There’s a lot of dynamic energy, with things exploding and coming back together again,” said Nancy Sausser, exhibitions director of the arts center, in explaining Deardourff’s works.

McLean Project for the Arts opened a number of exhibitions recently, featuring vibrant colors, outsized sculptures and geometric works. In addition to Deardourff, works by Rachel Rotenberg and Ryan Carr Johnson also are on display.

See full coverage of the exhibitions inside on Page 4.

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Langley High School principal Matthew Ragone will become the new principal at South County High School in Lorton on Dec. 15, school officials said.

Ragone will succeed South County principal Jane Lipp, who in August was promoted to assistant superintendent for special services. Ragone said the change in scene will bring a new perspective and challenges that will help him grow as a leader and educator.

“It is never a good time to leave a job you love and a school community that treated you so well, but if anytime would be right, now is that time,” he said.

The principal said he will focus on academics at South County High and work to close the achievement gap between demographic groups there and at other schools in South County’s K-12 pyramid.

“I will work hard to provide the faculty resources, making sure they have the skills, the cultural competency and the materials to do what they already do well even better,” he said.

Ragone has served as Langley High’s principal since summer 2008, when he succeeded retiring principal William Clendaniel.

He previously spent several years as assistant principal at Chantilly High School.

Before that, he taught for 13 years at Chantilly, McLean and Falls Church high schools, as well as Lake Braddock Second-

ary School.

Ragone grew up on Long Island, N.Y., and moved to Fairfax County with his family when he was 12. He graduated from South Lakes High School in Reston in 1985 and earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Mary Washington College, a master’s in curriculum and instruction from George Mason University and an education-specialist degree from Virginia Tech.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Ragone is seeking a doctorate in education policy from GMU. The principal won the Chantilly High School Student Choice Award in 2003 and was a finalist for the Nancy Sprague Leadership Award in 2005.

Jane Strauss, the School Board’s Dranesville District representative, lauded Ragone’s Langley High service, saying he had maintained the school’s high academic standards and prepared the school well for its upcoming renovations.

“The school continues to provide a robust variety of academics and extracurricular activities,” Strauss said. “Mr. Ragone has ensured that that tradition at Langley remains strong.”

It is not unusual for principals to switch to different schools during the middle of an academic year, Strauss said.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity if a sitting principal moves over, because then you have an experienced administrator,” she said. “High schools are large operations that require a good deal of experience.”

When such a transfer occurs in the mid-

Matthew Ragone, who currently is principal of Langley High School, has been tapped to become principal at South County High School.

dle of the school year, school officials often appoint an acting principal until a permanent successor can be found, Strauss said.

She did not know when officials would begin advertising to find Ragone’s replacement.

Harris LaTeef, a Langley High senior who is serving as the School Board’s nonvoting student representative during the 2014-15 school year, said Ragone had been an excellent role model.

The principal phased out the school’s former “Color Day,” during which students in each grade wore different colors, and replaced it with “Unity Day,” in which

all students wore the same-color T-shirts during homecoming week. “Color Day” sometimes prompted divisiveness between the grade levels, as well as student misbehavior, but “Unity Day” encouraged all students to celebrate as one, LaTeef said.

“Langley is losing a great principal and a proud Saxon,” he said. “Our only solace is knowing that South County is gaining a great leader who will do great things for their school and their community.”

Under Ragone’s leadership, the school maintained its commitment to academic excellence while also encouraging balance between students’ academic and personal lives, said Colette Worm, president of Langley High’s Parent-Teacher-Student Association.

When Ragone first came to Langley, he instituted the concept of “a break is a break,” which promoted a hiatus from homework over holidays, Worm said.

Ragone also worked to maintain lower class sizes, widen curriculum choices, increase school spirit and expand community-service involvement, Worm said.

“Our community wishes him continued success at South County and thanks him for his years of dedication and leadership at Langley High School,” Worm said.

Ragone said he enjoyed Langley High’s special events, but would miss its people the most.

“I will miss the hundreds of little interactions in the hall, in classrooms and just being around this amazing bunch of people,” he said.

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MPA Displays Outsized Sculptures, Vibrant Prints BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

It’s a tribute to a sculptor’s skill when viewers circle her works and ask, “How did she ever do that?”

Rachel Rotenberg’s sculptures, now on display along with two other exhibits through Dec. 20 at McLean Project for the Arts, prompt such remarks.

The Baltimore resident assembles her works by cutting, gluing, clamping and doweling together blocks of cedar wood.

“Cedar is an excellent material for construction,” she said. “It is a wood of medium density, it is beautiful, reasonably priced, available in any decent lumberyard and a pleasure to work with.”

A time-lapse video shows Rotenberg assembling a sculpture, which vaguely resembles a cutaway shoe section. The work took her five months to complete.

She begins her sculptures with drawings and refers back to them as the artworks evolve.

“The themes relate to my life, generally describing a relationship I am experiencing at the time the piece is being constructed,” she said.

Rotenberg typically adds a subtle patina of oil paint as the finishing touch to her works.

Rotenberg’s sculptures are on display at MPA’s Emerson Gallery, a high-ceilinged open space that’s well-suited to them, said exhibitions director Nancy Sausser.

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tal way, but with a warm material,” Sausser said. “The combination is very strong, but has kind of a comforting feel to it.”

Unlike many sculptures, in which artists carve away at a block of stone or other material until reaching the composition they desire, Rotenberg’s works grow with each additional wood block and have the ability to change planes easily, Sausser said.

The sculptures appear both to be roughhewn and carefully controlled; there’s little doubt the artist achieved exactly what she intended.

“Together,” for example, resembles four oversized wooden tongs trying to corral an orb the size of a beachball. “Teille” looks like a sombrero or perhaps a wide-brimmed wizard’s hat and is edged by a rough, thick vine.

Rotenberg’s “Presence” appears to be a hanging coat, drapery or perhaps animal hide. It’s a thin, scraped-out layer of wood with protruding triangular “shoulders.”

The work’s lower section is carved so as to resemble billowing material.

Rotenberg has included metal, rope and vines sparingly in her works up until now, but said she hopes to use more of those materials in the future.

MPA also is displaying “Remember Me as I Was: Paintings by Ryan Carr Johnson” in the Atrium Gallery.

Carr Johnson’s works fall into three categories: his “Vector” series of abstract geometric sculptures made with painted wooden slats; mixed-media abstract paintings using copious gold leaf; and a collec-

“Truth Be Told,” a collection of colorful paintbrushes preserved in epoxy resin inside an antique frame, is among artist Ryan Carr Johnson’s works that will be displayed through Dec. 20 at McLean Project for the Arts.

tion of paint-drenched work clothes and framed tools used to create his artworks.

For the “Vector” series, the artist coated the wooden slats with 300 to 500 layers of paint, then sanded them in various places for a worn, mottled look.

“This allows the paint within my work to behave more like individualized building blocks, as each layer of paint unifies with each ‘substructure,’” he said.

Carr Johnson arranged his used paintbrushes, still drenched in bright colors, and preserved them in a layer of epoxy resin.

An antique frame adds the finishing touch on this unique composition.

The artist, who lives in Olney, Md., also displays the paint-splattered shoes, sweatpants and cotton T-shirt he wore while creContinued on Page 26

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Opinion Our View: Fairfax, Region Still Mired in Recession; Local Government Should Exercise Due Restraint

There was an interesting juxtaposition on the pages of another local newspaper this past week.

Blaring at the top of the front page was the news that the Fairfax County government expected to have a budget gap that it would need to close. There was, as is usually the case in this kind of article, a lot of hand-wringing of the “oh dear, oh dear, what shall we do?” variety.

Inside the same newspaper was a three-paragraph brief noting that a study by George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis reports per-capita income in Fairfax County declined 2 percent between 2012 and 2013, and that the regional income was at its lowest point since 2005.

It’s clear that a large percentage of households in Fairfax County, and across the Washington area, continue

to feel the impact of a recession that sweet-talking economists proclaim is in the rear-view mirror. And yet, we have no doubt, property owners across the county will be expected to cough up more to the county government in the coming year.

2015 promises to be an interesting time, as all seats on the Board of Supervisors are up for election. Ordinarily, one might expect fiscal restraint in an election year, but the fact that turnout is so anemic in off-off-off-year elections may, perversely, lead to exactly the opposite.

After all, the only people paying much attention to local governance and budgeting these days are those who benefit from it through salaries or funding. (One curmudgeon, not us, derides them as the “gimme groups.”)

Just about everyone else tunes out local

government; oh, they may get angry if their tax bills go up at the same time they perceive government responsiveness at an all-time low, but it’s usually not enough to get them out in an election year when the only races on the November ballot will be county campaigns and legislative battles.

At the depths of the recession, the Fairfax County government did a pretty reasonable job in restraining its voracious fiscal appetite. But in recent years, familiar refrains for more spending have returned.

Make no mistake: While the rest of the nation may have tiptoed its way out of recession, the D.C. region is still mired in it. One hopes Fairfax government officials will keep that reality in the forefront, keep the whining about budget gaps to a minimum and produce a fiscally responsible budget.

Murphy Understands Needs of Northern Va. Editor: The Jan. 6 special election is an opportunity to elect an individual who understands that an educated workforce is key to Virginia’s economic future.

Kathleen Murphy, candidate for House of Delegates in the 34th District, supports measures to ensure our public schools remain competitive, beginning with all-day kindergarten for early-childhood programs that have been shown to lower subsequent spending in the juvenile and criminal justice

systems and on social welfare. She advocates restoring funding for commonwealth universities and community colleges where public support has declined recently, and she backs partnerships with local businesses to ensure that the education our children receive will lead to jobs.

With solid professional experience working with business, trade organizations and government, Murphy well understands what it takes to attract businesses and families to Virginia. This includes measures to

diversify private-sector jobs as more federal cuts impact the commonwealth.

Her commitment to education, job growth and a low corporate tax rate are the ingredients necessary to help Virginia sustain its position as a pre-eminent place to live and do business. Kathleen Murphy is a 21st-century leader and best choice for the 34th.

Sharon Canner Reston

Murphy to Move Region Forward on Transportation Editor: Kathleen Murphy, the Democrat running in the Jan. 6 special election to fill the open seat in the 34th House District, believes that creating mutually beneficial conditions is the best way to further the interests of Virginia families and businesses.

As an example, who benefits from consequential financial support for the commonwealth’s public K-12 schools, and universities and colleges? Obviously, families who send students to Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason University, University of Virginia, etc. – but also employers who eventually hire our graduates.

What do I mean by “consequential financial support?” In the case of the commonwealth’s public universities and colleges, it might start with reversing the downward spiral of General Fund alloca-

tions for the cost of education for Virginia students.

The Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 recommended that the General Assembly pay two-thirds of the “basic operations and instruction funding” from the General Fund. Over the past few years, the General Assembly has decreased the share from one-third to one-quarter.

This is the wrong direction. It also has an unfavorable effect on Virginia’s families and businesses.

The Library of Virginia says that Virginia’s first constitution in 1776 used the word “commonwealth” “most likely to emphasize that Virginia’s new government was based upon the sovereignty of the people united for the common good, or common weal.” I believe that Kathleen Murphy has the wisdom to legislate for the common good of Virginia’s families and businesses.

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Parisot Represents Next Generation of Political Leadership in the Region

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He also has a professional background as a small-business owner, which helps him understand how to bring jobs to and boost the economy in our area.

He has innovative ideas, and a genuine, unassuming demeanor in addition to being a receptive listener. He is a superbly qualified candidate for public office, and is an excellent choice for the 34th District. It behooves each of us to learn more about his unique campaign before the special election.

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Editor: Craig Parisot is a new kind of candidate running to succeed Barbara Comstock in the upcoming special election for the 34th Virginia House of Delegates District.

Not only is the Parisot campaign’s organization top-rate, but his fresh approach to policy is making this election truly exciting. For example, he wants to focus on STEAM education adding in the extra “A” dimension of arts. For too long, the arts have been left out in our schools, and it is refreshing to see a candidate want to put a focus on this in the General Assembly.

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Murphy Will Put a Unique Blend of Skills to Work in the General Assembly Editor: It’s well known that transportation problems are a fact of life in Northern Virginia, and traffic headaches are just the tip of the iceberg.

Aging roads and bridges are a critical issue nationwide, including in our commonwealth.

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Fairfax, Arlington Must Work Together Reinvigorating Baileys Crossroads Area

Arlington to push the Baileys revitalization forward, Bulova and Gross need to “dip their toes” into Arlington – at least to pay attention to the factions within the Arlington County Board, and to work towards a solution that can get at least three votes there.

It seems to me that a positive way forward could involve a big upgrade for the 16AD buses, with articulated coaches, higher frequency and pushing the western terminus out to George Mason University.

As well as benefiting Baileys commuters, this would be a big plus for families in Koreatown and the Columbia Pike areas of Arlington and Baileys enabling their kids to more conveniently go to Northern Virginia Community College and GMU. Go back to VDOT, which said no to two dedicated rail lanes on Columbia Pike, and ask them to consider whether a single, reversible dedicated bus lane down the middle of the Pike could carry inbound traffic in the morning and outbound in the evening, on the model of the reversible lanes on Interstate 395. Drop EZPass toll collectors onto the Pike, and charge an amount during commute hours which will make carpooling more attractive than it is today, and get money toward the heavy-up for the road.

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Editor: This letter responds to two recent Sun Gazette articles: “Columbia Pike streetcar Project, Baileys Crossroads Revitalization Could Be in Peril” and “Fairfax Officials Vow to Press on With Revitalization of Baileys/Skyline.”

In the first, you say of Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D): “While actively supportive of the streetcar project, Fairfax County officials will not dip their toes into Arlington to influence voters there, Bulova said. ‘Arlington is Arlington and Fairfax is Fairfax,’ she said.”

In the second, you showed the irritation felt by Supervisors Bulova and Penny Gross (D-Mason) after cancellation: “Prostreetcar Fairfax officials could barely contain their outrage that their colleagues one county over had pulled the rug out from under them. ‘Short-sighted’ was one of the milder responses..”

The Arlington process has been messy and wasteful, and it’s not over, though the trolley is clearly dead. The rug-pulling-out members of the Arlington County Board who cancelled the project were responding to a full-fledged voter revolt, which made it difficult to see any way they could even continue in office if they kept backing the trolley.

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VDOT also will be able to open roadway shoulders to motorists anytime traffic becomes congested. The agency currently allows motorists to drive on shoulder areas only during peak traffic hours.

The system is intended to manage congestion and produce more predictable travel times. The signs’ messages will be simple and frequently repeated, in order to allow motorists to comprehend them easily and without slowing down. VDOT will not raise speed limits on the highway, however, despite the improved traffic flow.

The improvements are designed to make the best use of the I-66 corridor, which is constrained in some places, McCord said.

“The goal with this is to try to let folks know what’s going on and keep traffic flowing more smoothly,” she said. “This system will allow us to use the shoulders more dynamically and use them during off-peak periods if there’s especially high congestion or an incident. The goal is to inform drivers of what to do much earlier.”

The ATM system is the first of its kind to be installed on the East Coast. It has been used in some other areas of the United States and in Europe.

VDOT will monitor the ATM system from the agency’s McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center, located on West Ox Road in Fairfax. Officials will evaluate the I-66 project using metrics and if it proves successful, perhaps use it on other highways in Virginia.

The ATM system eventually will stretch from Arlington to Haymarket in Prince William County. VDOT plans to install the equipment in five segments, each tailored to that local area.

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Late-night drivers will face half-hour delays over the next few months as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) installs congestion-monitoring equipment and electronic-messaging signs along a stretch of Interstate 66.

VDOT will install Active Traffic Management (ATM) equipment on 36 gantries along the highway between Interstate 495 and Route 29 in Centreville. The agency will halt all travel lanes for up to 30 minutes on selected nights to perform the work, which will occur – weather permitting – from Sundays through Thursdays between midnight and 2 a.m.

The agency has put one gantry in place so far, located on eastbound lanes at mile marker 53 near Route 28 in Centreville, but will hold off on further installations between Nov. 26 and 30 to account for the Thanksgiving holiday, said VDOT spokesman Jenni McCord. VDOT also will postpone such work over other major holidays.

“It’s going to be tricky because it’s right in the middle of winter,” she said. “There’s going to be a lot of weather stuff.”

VDOT will schedule gantry installations about one week in advance and notify the public via Twitter, the project’s Web page and message boards along I-66.

The project will cost an estimated $38.6 million and is being designed by TransCore, McCord said.

The system, which will become operational in 2015, will monitor traffic flow and road conditions and allow for faster responses to accidents. Officials will be able to post notices about upcoming delays, work zones, accidents and special events and switch to slower speed limits for traffic

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The Vienna Town Council has hired a commissioning company to oversee the installation and operation of environmentally friendly additions that will be made at the Vienna Community Center.

Council members on Nov. 17 unanimously approved a $28,560 contract with Loring Consulting Engineers, which town officials judged to be the best of 19 bidders.

The company will provide third-party oversight of construction documents and new mechanical systems at the center to ensure they meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards.

The firm will oversee planning, design and installation of improvements when the town expands and renovates the center starting next year and will review operations for one year subsequently to ensure the facility continues to meet the LEED standards, said Vienna Parks and Recreation Director Cathy Salgado.

“It provides a layer of insurance that we get a good HVAC [heating, ventilation and cooling] system,” Salgado added.

Council member Howard Springsteen could not resist asking Salgado if the town had taken similar steps with the HVAC system at Town Hall, which has proved problematic. “No, we didn’t,” Salgado said.

2 Major Vienna Intersections to Receive Signal Upgrades: Motorists negotiating Maple Avenue’s intersections with Center Street and Lawyers Road soon will benefit from enhanced traffic signals.

Vienna Town Council members approved a $580,000 contract with Ardent Co. LLC to reconstruct signals at the intersections.

The company will install four poles at each intersection, replacing two-pole layouts that placed signals too close to the traffic lanes’ stop bars and not in alignment with those lanes, Vienna officials said.

The intersections’ current mast arms now are approaching their maximum weight limits, they said. The projects will be funded entirely by a state grant.

Vienna Town Attorney Steven Briglia credited Public Works Director Dennis Johnson with obtaining permission from nearby property owners to make the signal improvements.

“There’s been a ton of work to get easements on the corners,” Briglia said. “It’s taken us a while to assemble.”

Fairfax Water Project to Bring HighTech Improvements to 3 Vienna Water Towers: Fairfax Water plans to install Supervisory Control and Date Acquisition (SCADA) devices at three water towers in Vienna, town officials said.

The Vienna Town Council on Nov. 17 unanimously endorsed the water utility’s plans, which will add the high-tech monitoring equipment to Vienna’s Frederick, Nutley and Wall Street water towers.

Fairfax Water also will install a dedicated monitoring-and-control computer at Vienna’s Northside Property Yard. The system will send after-hours alerts to the Vienna police dispatch center.

The town will spend $175,000 toward the projects, using money from its capitalimprovement program, and will pay about $150 per month in communications charges. Anticipating the SCADA installation, the Town Council in 2010 included $75,000 in capital-improvement moneys for related design work.

Town water towers now use 1960s-era operating systems that require on-site inspection of the tanks’ water levels, flow, pressure and pump performance. The equipment is antiquated, with parts and software neither manufactured nor available, town officials said. When problems occur, town officials usually learn about them from annoyed residents, they said.

The town’s tanks now use “altitude valves” that sometimes malfunction, said Vienna Public Works Director Dennis Johnson. One equipment failure drained the Wall Street tank by 17 feet, he said.

Unlike the antiquated equipment, the new SCADA gear will capture data to let officials analyze tank pressure, water supply and flow over time and devise methods of making the system more efficient.

Fairfax Water has installed SCADA equipment at hundreds of installations.

Placing similar equipment at Vienna’s water tanks will take advantage of economies of scale the water utility has obtained through standardized components and configurations, town officials said.

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Fairfax County Department of Transportation officials are preparing plans for the long-awaited Jones Branch Connector, which will vault over Interstate 495 to link Tysons Corner with McLean.

The project will provide another means by which motorists can access Tysons and will reduce congestion at the massive, multi-lane and multi-bridge intersection of I-495 and Route 123, Fairfax County officials said.

The connector road and its associated bridge will be located in Providence District and completed in 2018, said Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Providence).

“It’s really going to make a difference for commuters in Tysons,” she said. “It’s one of the great connections that are so important to have in Tysons.”

“We’ve got people who live on Route 123 and can see their office building on Jones Branch,” Smyth said, but added those commuters faced a circuitous and often congested route to reach their workplaces.

County officials will brief local residents about the project at a Dec. 10 public hearing at Spring Hill Elementary School, 8201 Lewinsville Road in McLean.

The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a formal presentation at 7:15 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the briefing will be held at the school at the same time on Dec. 16.

The $56 million project will be financed using local, state and federal moneys. It will widen Jones Branch Drive’s existing lanes and extend them over the Beltway, where they will terminate near the McLean Station of Metro’s Silver Line.

The connector road will follow the current alignment of Scotts Crossing Road on the south side of the Beltway and retain

Jones Branch Drive’s direct ramp access to the 495 Express Lanes, county officials said.

County officials long have sought the road and its crossing over I-495, and hoped it could be built as part of the recent Express Lanes project, but that did not pan out, Smyth said.

The new roadway will have two 11-footwide travel lanes going in each direction, which will be separated by a 24-foot-wide median (grass on the roadway sections, concrete on the bridge).

The connector road also will be multimodal, catering not only to vehicles but pedestrians and bicyclists as well, Smyth said.

The roadway sections’ outer edges will have 8-foot-wide sidewalks and 5-footwide bicycle lanes near the travel lanes. The sidewalks and bike lanes will be separated by 8-foot-wide sections filled with “landscaping amenities,” such as trees.

The bridge will not have landscaping sections, but will offer 12-foot-wide sidewalks and 5-foot-wide bike lanes in both directions.

Capital One eased the county’s path for building the Jones Branch Connector by contributing right of way for the road and allowing a greater share of the project to be built on the bank’s property, sparing the adjacent Gates of McLean neighborhood, Smyth said.

Capital One made the proffer as part of a recent redevelopment deal to build a new headquarters and several other buildings on land just east of I-495 and Route 123.

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), whose district is located next to where the connector road will be built, also was upbeat about the project’s impact.

“I think it’s going to make a significant difference in terms of moving traffic off Route 123 and getting it into Tysons sooner,” he said.

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Fewer Sales, Higher Prices in October’s Home-Sales Report Fewer sales but slightly higher average and median prices were the top stories of the October real estate market across Northern Virginia, which continued its transition from the busy spring/summer months to the mellower autumn/winter time frame.

A total of 1,466 properties went to closing across the region last month, down 5.9 percent from the 1,558 transactions in October 2013, according to figures reported Nov. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the multiple-listing service.

Data represent sales in Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.

Sales prices moved slightly upward, with the average sale price of all transactions working out to $535,845, an increase of 1.1 percent from $530,216 a year before.

The average price of single-family homes declined a fraction of a percent to $705,501, while the average price of detached homes, such as townhouses, was up 1.8 percent to $407,281, and the average price of condominiums was up 2.9 percent to $336,700.

There were 84 million-dollar-or-more sales across the region in October.

Total sales volume for the month stood at $785.5 million, a decline of 4.9 percent from the $826.1 million reported a year before.

Of homes that went to closing in October, the average time spent between listing and ratified sales contract was 53 days, an increase from the 35 days a year before, and the average sales price represented 96.4 percent of average listing price, down from 97.6 percent a year ago.

Conventional mortgages represented the method of financing transactions in 964 cases, followed by cash (213), VAbacked loans (163) and FHA-backed mortgages (108).

Inventory remained significantly higher than a year ago, with 5,125 properties on the market compared to 3,656. The number of listings coming onto the market in October was up 11.2 percent from a year before.

Where is the market headed? In the short term, signs point to continued sluggishness in year-over-year sales, with pending sales in October down about 9.2 percent from a year before.

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

Sales Volume Up in D.C. Core, Due Largely to Higher Prices: Year-over-year home sales may have been down, but the inner D.C. region saw the highest median sales price for October in nine years, according to new data.

That median of $400,000 was up 5.3 percent from the $380,000 reported in October 2013, and was running 11 percent higher than the five-year median price of $360,505.

Figures were reported Nov. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence (MRIS), an

arm of the local multiple-listing system.

The October figure represents “the highgest October [price] level since 2005 and the highest year-over-year increase in eight months,” noted analyst Corey Hart on the RealEstate Business Intelligence Web site.

The figures represent sales in the District of Columbia; Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland.

Average prices also were higher, up 5.8 percent to $488,439, but total sales across the inner core were down 2.8 percent to 3,784, and inventory remains nearly 30 percent above the same point in 2013.

October’s figures marked the 10th month in a row of year-over-year sales declines, but closed sales were higher than the totals reported in the Octobers of 2010, 2011 and 2012. Condo sales were a bright spot, posting a slight-year-over-year sales increase.

Interestingly, there were 3,387 sales of non-distressed sales last month, the same number as a year before. October 2013 saw a larger number of short sales, which buoyed the total sales figures even though they may have worked to restrain prices.

The average sales price of single-family homes in October 2014 was up 5.2 percent to $580,711, while attached homes saw an average price up 6.9 percent to $411,659 and condominiums saw average prices rise 11.3 percent to $365,774.

Homes that went to closing in October spent an average of 49 days between listing and ratified sales contract, up from the 41 days required a year before, and garnered 97 percent of listing price, down from 97.7 percent.

At the end of the month, there were 11,919 homes available for purchase across the region, up 28.8 percent from the 9,254 available a year before. It’s the 13th month in a row that year-over-year inventory totals have increased, according to MRIS. With pending sales in October were down by almost double-digits, the relatively high inventory levels may be hanging around for a while.

Total sales volume for the month was $1.848 billion, up 2.9 percent from $1.797 billion a year before.

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

Prices Higher Across Most N.Va. Jurisdictions in 2014 vs. 2013: Median sales prices for homes sold during the first 10 months of the year were up in most jurisdictions across the region, according to new figures.

Of major jurisdictions in the D.C. metro area, all areas saw higher year-over-year median prices for the January-through-October period with the exception of Mongtomery County, which was flat at $400,000, and the city of Alexandria, which was down 2.1 percent to $475,000.

Figures were reported Nov. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

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Continued from Page 12 median sales prices were up 12.8 percent to $220,000 in Prince George’s County; up 10.3 percent to $700,000 in the city of Falls Church; up 8.8 percent to $475,000 in the city of Fairfax; up 5.1 percent to $499,000 in the District of Columbia; up 1 percent to $530,000 in Arlington; and up 0.8 percent to $460,000 in Fairfax County.

For the entire D.C. metro area, the median sales price of $406,000 for the first 10 months of 2014 was up 1.5 percent from a year before.

Among outlying jurisdictions, median prices were up 3.6 percent to $432,000 in Loudoun County, 2 percent to $315,266 in Prince William County, 1.3 percent to $314,000 in Anne Arundel County and 0.5 percent to $388,950 in Howard County. The median sales price of $268,000 in Frederick County was down 0.7 percent.

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

Washington-Area Home Prices Dip Slightly in Third Quarter: The median sales price of existing single-family homes in the Washington metropolitan area declined slightly from the third quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of 2014, while the national median sales price posted an increase, according to new figures.

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The Washington area was in the minority, as 73 percent of 172 metropolitan areas surveyed by the real estate trade association saw higher median sales prices.

Nationally, the median sales price for existing single-family homes in the quarter was $217,300, up 4.9 percent from the $207,100 recorded in the third quarter of 2013.

The median existing single-family home price in the Northeast was $261,700 in the third quarter, up 2.2 percent from a year ago. In the Midwest, the median existing single-family home price increased 5 percent to $172,700.

The median existing single-family home price in the South was $189,400 in the third quarter, 4.5 percent above a year earlier.

In the West, the median existing singlefamily home price jumped 4.9 percent to $302,300.

In the existing-condominium market, the national median sales price of $211,000 during the third quarter was up 2.7 percent, but the Washington area saw the median price decline 0.7 percent to $274,700.

Figures for the third quarter of 2014 are preliminary. Full data can be found on the Web site at www.realtor.org.

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The bill, proposed by state Sens. Chap Petersen (D-34th) and Richard Stuart (RStafford), would ban all tangible gifts worth more than $100 and require the Virginia Conflicts of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to review intangible gifts, such as event tickets or compensated travel.

The gift limits would apply not only to officials and employees of state-government agencies, including elected officials, but also to their immediate family members.

The bill also would ban gifts intended to induce official actions.

Those who knowingly violated the new rules would receive a $250 fine for their first offense and be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor for any subsequent offense within four years.

“There is a culture of gift giving in Richmond, and it is time to change that culture,” Stuart said in a statement publicizing the proposed bill. “These reforms will require legislators to reduce this practice and will restore confidence in Virginia government.”

Stuart said he is adopting a no-gifts policy, except for legislative awards, to show his fidelity to the bill’s principles.

Ethics-reform legislation passed during the most recent General Assembly session was “weak,” putting only minor limits on tangible gifts and none for intangible ones, Petersen said.

The senators’ bill is designed to deter people from improperly influencing legislators and its proscriptions unlikely would snare innocent lawmakers inadvertently, he said.

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The General Assembly already has created, but not funded, the council that would investigate intangible gifts exceeding $100.

Petersen estimated hiring an executive director and a couple of staff members for the council would cost roughly $300,000 to $400,000.

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McLean Chamber of Commerce Reindog Parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 a.m. at the Langley Shpping Center parking lot.

The event will feature a host of local pets dressed up in holiday finery. Peggy Fox of WUSA-TV (Channel 9) will serve as master of ceremonies.

The event also will feature gift bags, photos with Santa and special celebrity judges. The entry fee is two cans of dog food per participant; donations will be given to a local animal shelter.

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take place on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. along Old Chain Bridge Road from Fleetwood Road to Elm Street.

This year’s theme is a salute to World War II veterans; members of American Legion Post 270 will serve as grand marshals.

Peggy Fox of WUSA-TV (Channel 9) will again serve as master of ceremonies from the Langley Shopping Center. Preparade entertainment is slated to kick off events, hosted by Bill DuBose of Vintage Wealth.

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School Board member Jane Strauss, who represents Dranesville District, will discuss the school budget, which is the largest component of Fairfax County’s budget, as well as the renovations at Langley High School and Forestville Elementary School.

Strauss also will address questions about the replacement of Langley High School’s principal and plans for coverage in the interim.

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GFCA holds monthly community meetings for residents of Great Falls, open to GFCA members as well as non-members.

The group generally holds these meetings on the second Tuesday of each month.

CELEBRATION TO HIGHLIGHT RENOVATED CLEMYJONTRI PARK: The Fairfax

County Park Authority will celebrate renovations to Clemyjontri Park in McLean on Saturday, Dec. 6 from noon to 2 p.m.

More than $1 million was spent on the restoration of the park, which opened in 2006 and hosts approximately 200,000 visitors per year.

The celebration will include music, crafts, hot chocolate, a visit with farm animals from Frying Pan Farm Park and a brief ceremony, in addition to the annual Santa Paws photo event. Visitors are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots program.

The park is located at 6317 Georgetown Pike.

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John Kelly will be the featured guest at the Great Falls Speakers’ Series next gathering, to be held on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Great Falls Library.

A reception will precede the event at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and seats are on a first-come, first-served basis.

HOLIDAY CRAFTS SHOW ON THE HORIZON: The 32nd annual McLean Commu-

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An eclectic mix of handmade items will be available for purchase, representing the work of skilled crafters locally and nationally.

Hours are Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children up to age 13, and is good for all three days of the show.

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

FRIENDS OF LIBRARY TO HOST BOOK SALE: A book sale sponsored by Friends

of the Library will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, For information, call (703) 790-4031 or e-mail tysonslibraryfriends@gmail.com.

LANGLEY CHORAL STUDENTS TO PRESENT ‘RENAISSANCE FEASTE’: The

Langley High School Choral Department will present its annual Renaissance Feaste on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at Capital Church, 10233 Leesburg Pike.

The school’s award-winning choirs, including the Madrigals and Women’s Chamber Choir, will present the lively extravaganza fashioned after a 16th-century gathering of landed gentry.

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St. Francis Episcopal Church will hold Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church, 9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.

The morning will include a visit from St. Nick, holiday crafts, music, breakfast treats and hot chocolate. The St. Francis youth choir, Joyful Noyz, will sing Christmas carols.

The event is free; donations of new, unwrapped toys are requested, and will be given to children served by Transitional Housing Corp.

For information, call (703) 759-2082 or see the Web site at www.stfrancisgreatfalls. org.

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MEETING TO LOOK AT COMMUNITYCENTER EXPANSION: A meeting to de-

tail the proposed expansion of the Vienna Community Center will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the center.

Current project plans include the addition of a new lobby and entrance hall, relocation of the W&OD Trail, expanded parking and the addition of an 8,000square-foot gymnasium. The planned design also incorporates many elements that create a park-like environment, including rain gardens, a permeable concrete parking lot and nature-inspired color scheme.

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TOWN GOVERNMENT’S HOLIDAY RECEPTION APPROACHES: Vienna Mayor

Laurie DiRocco and the Town Council are inviting the public to celebrate the season at the annual Holiday Reception, to be held on Friday, Dec. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

Those attending can enjoy the sounds of the holiday season with the James Madison High School Madrigals from 4:30 to 5 p.m. and the Vienna Choral Society from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided by the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.

The event is free, and no registration is required.

‘TINY TOTS’ CONCERT ON THE HORIZON: The James Madison High School

Wind Symphony and Color Guard will present the 35th annual “Tiny Tots Holiday Concert” with three performances at the high school.

The concert will feature seasonal music designed for all ages, along with “some very special surprise guests.”

Performances are slated for Thursday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. at the school. The Thursday-evening performance is designed as “Wear your favorite holiday PJs” for younger attendees.

Reserved-seating requests were due by Nov. 24 on the Web site http://james-madison-band.ticketleap.com/tiny-tots, but walk-ins are welcomed for all shows and can be purchased ($8) in the lobby 30 minutes before the show. As this is a fundraiser, there will be no refunds, including for cancellation due to inclement weather.

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LIONS CLUB SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES: The Vienna Host Lions Club is

selling Christmas trees in the Walgreens parking lot in Vienna through the holiday season.

The sale features Fraser fir, Douglas fir and blue spruce trees, along with wreaths, roping, Virginia peanuts and coloring

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CHURCH TO HOST CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: Epiphany United Methodist

Church will hold its Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, 1014 Country Club Drive, N.E., in Vienna.

The event will features crafts, handmade wreaths, poinsettias, baked goods, centerpieces, jewelry, See’s candy and lunch.

For information, call (703) 938-3494 or see the Web site at www.epiphanyumc. com.

CHURCH HOSTS HOLIDAY KICKOFF:

Vale United Methodist Church kicks off its holiday celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. with “Breakfast at the Manger,” a light breakfast, crafts, stories and games with an Advent focus for families.

At 12:30 p.m., the church will host “Songs of the Season,” an outdoor concert featuring the Vale Church Choir, carol sing-alongs and a 30-minute rendition of “A Christmas Carol,” followed by the James Madison High School Madrigals.

The church, located at 11528 Vale Road in Oakton, also will host a sale of Christmas trees, with proceeds benefiting Stop Hunger Now. SANTA TO VISIT FREEMAN STORE:

Santa will visit the historic Freeman Store on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Saint Nick will be featured in his special chair next to Historic Vienna Inc.’s decorated Christmas tree (courtesy the Optimist Club and Ayr Hill Garden Club) to hear Christmas wishes. Family members are invited to bring cameras to capture the moment.

For information, call (703) 938-5187 or see the Web sit at www.historicviennainc. org.

CHURCH TO HOST HEALTH FAIR, HOLIDAY CELEBRATION: Antioch Christian

Church is teaming up with nursing students from Everest College for a health fair and caroling sing-along on Saturday, Dec. 13 at the church, 1860 Beulah Road in Vienna.

There will be 26 different health stations providing information for all ages, as well as demonstrations and screenings.

The event also will feature a bake sale, food collection for the Committee for Helping Others, a winter-coat collection, a medical-supplies collection for Brother’s Brother, and the opportunity to select a toy or outfit to purchase for the Adopted Family Project.

For information, see the Web site at www.antiocdoc.org.

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Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.26 million in October, up 2.5 percent from a year before Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, says the housing market this year has been a tale of two halves.

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“Furthermore, the job market has shown continued strength in the past six months. This bodes well for solid demand to close out the year and the likelihood of additional months of year-over-year sales increases.”

The median existing-home price for all housing types in October was $208,300, 5.5 percent above October 2013 – the 32nd consecutive month of year-over-year price gains.

Total housing inventory at the end of October fell 2.6 percent to 2.22 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 5.1-month supply at the current sales pace – the lowest since March. But unsold inventory remains 5.2 percent higher than a year ago, when there were 2.11 million existing homes available for sale.

“The growth in housing supply this year will likely prevent the drastic sales slowdown and coinciding spike in home prices we saw last winter due to low inventory,” Yun said. “However, more housing starts are needed to increase supply, meet current demand and keep price growth in check.”

All-cash sales were 27 percent of transactions in October, up from 24 percent in September but down from 31 percent in October of last year.

Individual investors, who account for many cash sales, purchased 15 percent of homes in October, up from 14 percent last month but below October 2013 (19 percent). The percent share of first-time buyers in October remained at 29 percent for the fourth consecutive month; first-time buyers have represented less than 30 percent of all buyers in 18 of the past 19 months.

Distressed homes – foreclosures and short sales – were in the single-digits for the third month this year.

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Fairfax County Notes FAIRFAX RESIDENTS IN MIDDLE OF PACK ON COMMUTER SATISFACTION:

Fairfax County residents are happier with their daily commute than those living in outlying communities, but less thrilled than their counterparts living closer to the central core, according to a newly released survey.

The “State of the Commute Survey” was conducted by the Mobility Lab, an initiative of the Arlington County government. The results, released in early November, represent data from a 2013 survey of residents across the region.

Satisfaction with commuting generally decreased the more distant from the central core respondents lived. It stood at 73 percent among residents of both the

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District of Columbia and Alexandria, 72 percent in Arlington, 68 percent in Prince George’s County, 64 percent in Montgomery County, 62 percent in Fairfax County, 59 percent in Loudoun County, 54 percent in Charles County and 52 percent in Prince William County.

(Fairfax County and the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church were combined for purposes of the survey.)

Asked about transportation in general, commuters across the region are less satisfied than with their own personal daily grind – only 49 percent regionally voice satisfaction with the overall state of the area’s transportation network.

The report found that the average oneway commute from home to work across the region was 16 miles and took 36 minutes.

About 6,400 local residents were surveyed, including at least 575 from each of the 11 jurisdictions that comprised the study. It was offered in both English and Spanish, and both landlines and cell phones were called.

Full data can be found on the Web site at http://mobilitylab.org.

sold in January as part of a broader sale of Fairfax County general-obligation debt.

The school bonds will be used for projects authorized by voters in 2007, 2009 and 2011 bond referendums.

SCHOOL BOARD OKs CONTRACT FOR LANGLEY RENOVATION: The Fairfax

County School Board on Nov. 17 awarded a contract worth $59.78 million for the planned major renovation of Langley High School.

The award went to Dustin Construction Inc., the low bidder among seven firms seeking the work.

The contract will support redesign of the entire school in phases over a 3.5-year time frame. The project calls for expansion of the cafeteria, replacement of the theater, improvements to the front entrance, renovations to the courtyard at the front of the school and the creation of “Langley Hall,” an open lobby area.

When complete, the school will have slightly more parking spaces than it currently does.

The renovation plan calls for approximately 30 temporary trailers to be used during the renovation of classrooms during the first phase of construction.

SCHOOL BOARD SEEKS BOND SALE:

The Fairfax County School Board on Nov. 17 formally requested that the Board of Supervisors sell $174.3 million in bonds to support school-construction projects approved by voters in a succession of referendums.

The school bonds are expected to be

DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR PROSPECTIVE WMATA CANDIDATES: The

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has set a deadline of Dec. 12 for candidates interested in becoming the next general manager and chief executive officer of the Metro system.

Lochlin Partners of McLean has been hired to conduct a national search for the transit agency’s next CEO, a post that will be vacated when Richard Sarles retires in early 2015.

The six-page job description – available at www.wmata.com – seeks candidates with at least 20 years’ experience who have “demonstrated impressive success in driving operational excellence in businesses with major capital infrastructures, largescale unionized workforces, and significant government regulation and oversight.”

Sarles, who has served since January 2011, is the ninth Metro general manager, not counting interim and acting appointees, in the transit agency’s 47-year history.

NATIONAL CONCERT BAND TO PERFORM: The National Concert Band, found-

ed by retired members of the D.C. Services Band, will present “A Little of This and a Little of That” on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road.

The centerpiece of the program is “Galilean Moons” by Cichy, a piece that explores outer space.

Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and military, with children admitted free with a paying adult.

For information, call (571) 317-1969 or see the Web site at www.nationalconcertband.org.

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Public-Safety Notes officials say they haven’t seen much of it yet, but are keeping an eye out for pillbased heroin that has become a problem in the Northeast.

“We have not seen this on a regular basis . . . [but] there is a concern it would become prevalent,” said Fairfax County Police Capt. Paul Cleveland in a recent online chat conducted by the county government.

While regular heroin users are undaunted by using needles to inject the drug, “the pill would make it very easy for newer users to be less apprehensive,” said Cleveland, who is part of the department’s Office of Organized Crime & Narcotics.

The “heroin pills” have become a major problem in southern New Jersey. Designed to resemble pills of the painkiller oxycodeone, they are made from crushed opiate pharmaceuticals and heroin, New Jersey police say.

The pills are blue or blue-green with brown speckles, according to the Philly. com Web site, and are stamped with an “M” on one side and “30” on the other.

If the pills arrive in significant amounts, it would be another front in a war against the growing use of heroin among age groups ranging from teens to 30s.

“We still see a gateway from other drugs – marijuana and alcohol – but [users] are progressing much faster than we saw in the past to opiates medications and then to heroin,” said Peggy Cook, director of resi

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Cleveland and Cook answered questions during the Nov. 24 chat, which is available in the discussion room of the Fairfax County government Web site, www.fairfaxcounty.gov.

The Community Services Board reports a 34-percent increase in local residents reporting use of opiates between 2009 and 2004, and when many of those individuals seek treatment, “their addiction is much more severe than we have seen in years past,” Cook said.

The number of heroin overdoses in Fairfax County has risen dramatically this year, with 66 reported so far. In addition, there have been 17 deaths related to heroin so far this year, police said. This compares with 41 overdoses and nine deaths for the same date in 2013.

a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to authorities, Robinson on Nov. 12 at 10:15 p.m. approached an occupied vehicle in the Vienna Metrorail Station parking lot, displayed a handgun, entered the vehicle and then forced the victim to drive into Maryland, stopping at several establishments in Prince George’s County to withdraw cash and make purchases.

The suspect released the victim shortly after 12:30 a.m. Nov. 13 at the New Carrollton Metrorail Station. The victim, an adult female, was not injured, police said.

Metro Transit Police detectives on Nov. 15 released surveillance photographs of a person of interest and on Nov. 20, Transit Police and Fairfax County police released a composite sketch of the suspect.

Subsequent investigation, including information from the public, led Transit Police detectives to Robinson. He is being held in Baltimore until he can be remanded to Virginia.

BALTIMORE MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH CARJACKING AT VIENNA METRO: Metro Transit Police on Nov.

27 announced they had arrested a 42-yearold Baltimore man in connection with an armed carjacking and abduction Nov. 12 at the Vienna Metrorail Station.

Metro Transit Police detectives and officers arrested Darian Robinson without incident shortly after midnight in Baltimore County, Md. Robinson will be remanded to Virginia to face charges of abduction, abduction for the purposes of extorting money, carjacking, use of a firearm in the commission of

WORKERS WITH ACETYLENE TORCHES SPARK FIRE AT AUTO CENTER: Fairfax

County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a commercial building fire Nov. 23 at around 10:25 a.m. at the Sears store located at 12000 Fair Oaks Mall.

Firefighters upon arrival encountered heavy smoke coming from the Sears Auto Center. Firefighters conducted an aggressive fire attack and quickly extinguished the fire, which occurred in a trash compactor.

Firefighters evacuated about 100 employees and customers at the Sears store.

Fire crews also conducted extensive salvage operations and smoke removal for about two hours. One person was treated at the scene for a non-life-threatening injury, authorities said.

The fire caused an estimated $5,000 damage and was caused accidental by workers using acetylene torches, officials said.

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Fairfax County police responded Nov. 24 to two reported home burglaries in the McLean area.

Residents in the 1700 block of Maxwell Court and the 1800 block of Baldwin Drive told police someone had entered their residences and taken property.

COUNTY POLICE READY TO COMBAT THEFT IN TYSONS OVER HOLIDAY SEASON: Fairfax County police say they are

ready for the massive influx of shoppers expected to descend upon the Tysons Corner area this holiday season, beginning Black Friday.

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Public-Safety Notes Continued from Page 23 Silver Line.

In 2013, the McLean District Station’s Christmas Anti-Theft Team (CATT) team arrested 72 people, charged 107 felonies and 108 misdemeanors, recovered $46,817 worth of stolen property and worked 90 cases over the 26-day holiday shopping season.

The Tysons Urban Team is working hard to keep residents and visitors safe, police said. So far, between January and November this year, officers have made 513 felony arrests and 374 misdemeanor arrests, and recovered $122,649 worth of property.

The Tysons Urban Team was established in 2013 and is composed of nine officers, a lieutenant and a sergeant. The officers supplement the McLean District Station and patrol Tysons Corner shopping areas and the Metro. Learn more about the function of the Tysons Urban Team and its personnel at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=GN7tFABYBZs. TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE FROM DISCUSSION ON HEROIN’S DANGERS: Paul

Cleveland of the Fairfax County Police Department’s Office of Organized Crime and Narcotics and Peggy Cook, director of Residential Treatment Services for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, discussed the dangers and prevalence of heroin and opiate use and addiction facing the local community during an

online chat Nov. 24.

To learn more about the issue and the resources available, view the online chat’s transcript at www.fairfaxcounty. gov/askfairfax/archive/ArchiveDiscussion. aspx?roomid=99.

MERRIFIELD BUSINESS BURGLARIZED: An employee of a business in the

2800 block of Dorr Avenue in Merrifield told Fairfax County police on Nov. 21 that someone had entered the business and taken property.

an later decided to go to an area hospital for rabies treatment as a precaution, police said.

The animal-control officer is following up on this case to try to identify the dog, which was described a medium-sized, brown cocker spaniel mix.

VIENNA RESIDENT FENDS OFF CABLESCAM CALLER: A resident living in the

ployee at Princess Jewelers, 529 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police that a customer had paid for a jewelry purchase Nov. 4 using a check, which later was returned for having insufficient funds in the account.

The employee had tried to collect payment for the jewelry, but the customer had not yet resolved the matter, said police, who continue to investigate this case.

1200 block of Cottage Street, S.W., told Vienna police on Nov. 17 at 4:24 p.m. about receiving multiple calls from someone who claimed that Verizon and Cox were going to merge into one company and that she now owed them a large sum of money.

The caller knew some of the resident’s information, although the resident had not provided any personnel data. A Vienna police officer attempted to call the company from the number listed on the caller I.D., but the call could not be connected. Police advised the resident to block the telephone number in order to avoid further calls from that source.

POLICE LOOK FOR DOG THAT BIT WOMAN OUTSIDE RESTAURANT: A lo-

SON ARRESTED AFTER BORROWING MOTHER’S CAR SANS PERMISSION: A

VIENNA POLICE: CUSTOMER PAID FOR JEWELRY USING BAD CHECK: An em-

cal resident advised a Vienna police animal-control officer on Nov. 14 at noon that she had been bitten by a medium-sized dog that was tied to a pole in a parking lot of Chipotle restaurant, located in the 200 block of Maple Avenue, E. The woman stated the dog’s owner did not know she had been bitten and she did not get the owner’s information. The wom-

woman living in the 200 block of Cedar Lane, S.E., told Vienna police on Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. that she and her adult son had traveled to West Virginia. Her son then took her vehicle, prompting her to report the vehicle as stolen to police in West Virginia, Vienna police said.

The son brought the vehicle back to Vienna, giving it to his mother at the Cedar

Lane Shopping Center. Without his mother’s permission, the son continued taking the vehicle. At the time the incidents were reported to police, the son was now at his mother’s residence and threatening to leave in the vehicle again, police said.

Vienna police arrested the son, a 28year-old Vienna man, for unauthorized use of a vehicle. Police transported the suspect to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where he was released on an unsecured bond.

Vienna police also advised West Virginia authorities about the stolen vehicle’s recovery.

VIENNA POLICE INVESTIGATE REPORTED ASSAULT AT HOTEL: Vienna police

dispatched officers to Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel, 430 Maple Ave., W., on Nov. 22 at 10:11 p.m. after receiving a report that an assault had just occurred.

A woman told police she had been assaulted by a man whom she had met through an online dating Web site. Other people at the hotel and a hotel employee heard the woman’s screams for help and came to assist her, police said.

POLICE TAKE INJURED HAWK TO ANIMAL CLINIC FOR TREATMENT: An em-

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McLean Business Community Celebrates at ‘Suits and Sneakers’

A celebration of civic pride was on display at the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Suits & Sneakers” gathering, held recently. The event featured not only the chance for camaraderie among those in the business and civic arena in McLean, but also the chance to present some awards, such as (above right) to Vance Zavela, who received the Mark C. Lowham PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT Community Engagement Excellence Award. He is shown with Patricia Stevens, his supervisor at the Fairfax County Office of Public Private Partnerships.

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The Best October in Years for Va. Real Estate Market, But Prices Don’t Follow the Same Trajectory Upward Home sales across the commonwealth in October were the highest for that month since 2007, but median sales prices saw a year-over-year dip and some prospective buyers seem still wary of entering the market, according to new figures.

A total of 8,520 residential properties went to closing across Virginia in October, up 7.2 percent from 7,065 a year before, according to preliminary data

reported by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

While prices were up, the median sales price declined 2 percent from $250,000 to $245,000, although it was up 4.3 percent from October 2012.

Homes that went to closing in October spent an average of 82 days on the market between listing and ratified sales contract, up from 74 days a year ago.

“A decrease in the median

price and an increase in the number of days on the market indicate decreased demand,” notes the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides analysis of data for VAR. Total sales volume for the month was $2.58 billion statewide, based on preliminary data, up 5.1 percent from a year ago. With the real estate market going into the cooler months of the year – liter-

ally and figuratively – it’s unlikely monthly sales volume will rise higher than October’s figure until early spring.

“We should still expect sales to decrease substantially through January, based on typical seasonal trends,” before rebounding, the Virginia Tech analysts suggested.

The analysts said that relatively high unemployment was competing against historically low mortgage-interest rates for

the attention of prospective buyers, who couldn’t be sure whether to be encouraged or discouraged from entering the market.

“Based on historic trends, we can expect prices to remain fairly stable through the end of 2014 and begin to decrease in January” before picking up, analysts said.

Full data can be found on the Web site at www.varealtor.com/ homesales.

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Accolades REP. WOLF HONORED FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS: U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf

(R-10th) has been honored with the 2014 “Daniel of the Year” award by WORLD News Group.

The award, named in honor of the main character in the Book of Daniel in the Bible, is presented each year to a person who exhibits bravery in defense of God’s authority by helping those who are being persecuted, the organization said.

“We feel Rep. Wolf exemplifies the core tenants of Daniel,” said Marvin Olasky, editor-in-chief of WORLD Magazine. “Congressman Wolf joins a great list of people who have battled for a better world.”

The award pays tribute to Wolf’s advocacy for human rights and travels to Ethiopia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, the Democratic

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Republic of Congo and Rwanda, among other nations. He also has called attention to human-rights abuses and persecution in China, Romania, Bosnia, East Timor, Chechnya and other areas.

Wolf first was elected to Congress in 1980.

FOUNDER OF ‘WOMEN GIVING BACK’ RECEIVES ACCOLADE: HomeAid North-

ern Virginia’s Women Giving Back initiative has received $25,000 from the PANDORA Hearts of Today program in honor of Terri Stagi, founder and president of the Women Giving Back effort.

Stagi was one of eight finalists selected from more than 700 nominees in the program that honors “everyday women who do extraordinary things to make a lasting

difference in the lives of women and children.”

Since 2007, the Women Giving Back program has donated more than 300,000 items of clothing to 23,000 women and children in crisis. The program supplements HomeAid Northern Virginia’s work by providing women with the clothing they need to enter the workforce and support their children.

HomeAid Northern Virginia was started in 2001 by members of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, and has completed 92 construction projects valued at more than $12 million to support more than 60,000 homeless individuals.

SHEPHERD’S CENTER PICKS UP NATIONAL AWARD: Shepherd’s Center of

Oakton-Vienna has been honored with the 2014 Program of the Year Award by the National Volunter Caregiving Network.

The local program “is an outstanding example of how volunteers are making a difference in the lives of those who need just a little help to remain independent and valued part of the community,” said Rhonda Anderson, executive director of the National Volunteer Caregiving Network.

Each year, more than 200 volunteers at the Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna serve as drivers, callers and visitors; health and wellness educators; grant writers; administrative personnel and fundraisers, running a number of programs and outings for seniors.

For information, see the Web site at www.scov.org.

School in McLean from kindergarten through eighth grade, then graduated from the Taft School in Connecticut in 2004. His mother, Elisabeth Griffith, previously was headmistress at The Madeira School.

Deardourff’s colorful screen prints evoke comic-book imagery. The artist watched Francis Ford Coppola’s classic Vietnam War film “Apocalypse Now” numerous times while creating this series of works.

“I started by digging through old comic books, cutting up pages and collaging them together,” he said. “I’m making intuitive aesthetic decisions, watching things emerge and then responding to those things.”

Each color on the prints was screened separately, and Deardourff’s works show the artist has mastered his medium, Sausser said.

“There’s a lot of dynamic energy, with things exploding and coming back togeth-

er again,” she said.

McLean Project for the Arts is located upstairs at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave. Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed Sundays and also will not be open Nov. 27 and 28. For more information, call (703) 790-1953 or visit www.mpaart.org.

Bridge Road.

The concert is free and open to the public, and will feature a wide variety of traditional and modern seasonal songs sung by the 35-member chorale and soloists.

For information, call (703) 556-0197 or see the Web site at www.mcleanwc.org.

double choir and soloists, accompanied by a chamber orchestra.

After each worship service, there will be a reception and chance to meet the composer.

The church is located at 1125 Savile Lane in McLean. For information, see the Web site at www.ipcmclean.org.

$10 for others. For information, see the Web site a www.mcleancenter.org.

CHURCH CHOIR TO PRESENT ORIGINAL CANTATA: The Immanuel Choir of

Immanuel Presbyterian Church will present an original cantata, “The Angels of Christmas,” on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the 9 and 11 a.m. worship services.

The six-movement cantata is the brainchild of Brian Wilhour, the church’s director of music. The original composition will come to life with the vocal instruments of a

The commonwealth also should provide adequate funding for Virginia’s courts and compensate localities properly for the state’s share of local jail operations.

Weapons: Supervisors support legislation that would allow localities to prohibit possession of dangerous weapons in facili-

‘BREAKFAST FOR DINNER’ AND IMPROV SET FOR TEEN CENTER: The Old Fire-

house Teen Center of the McLean Community Center will present “Breakfast for Dinner with the Unruly Theatre Improv Group” on Friday, Dec. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the teen center, 1440 Chain Bridge Road.

The cost is $5 for teen-center members, ties or on properties owned or leased by the locality. People with concealed-carry permits for their handguns would be exempted.

Supervisors also would like to see a bill allowing localities to ban possession of pneumatic guns (e.g., BB guns) on school

‘ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS’ HEAD TO ECUADOR: The “Armchair Travelers” series

at the McLean Community Center continues on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. with a presentation on Ecuador.

Sandy and Gail Cohen will detail the featured destination through words and video, set to appropriate music.

The program is free, but registration is required. For information, call (703) 7900123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

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For the Oakton Cougars, the 2014-15 girls high school basketball season was scheduled to BASKETBALL begin the way it ended last winter – with a game against the Madison Warhawks in an all-Vienna showdown.

The teams, again regarded as two of the best in the region, were slated to begin their campaigns with a Dec. 2 opening-game tipoff at Madison. Last season, Madison and Oakton split two games in the popular Vienna meetings, with the Warhawks winning the second in a 6A North Region tourney quarterfinal.

That ended Oakton’s season with a 233 record. Madison lost its next game in the region semifinals and finished 19-9.

Both teams return key starters from last season, including Madison senior high-scoring forward Kelly Koshuta, an all-state player last winter. Junior guard/ forward Aidan McWeeney and senior guard Jana Tremba are other returning starters for Madison.

For Oakton, senior guard/forward Karlie Cronin has a knee injury and will be sidelined, but the Cougars have other key returning starters like senior Lindsey Abed from last season’s Concorde Con- Madison High School’s Aidan McWeeney will be a returning starter for the Warhawks, who began ference Tournament championship team. their 2014-15 season earlier this week with a game against Oakton.

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Warhawks Should Be a Top Contender Again in 2015 DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

players next fall, which should make them region and state contenders once again.

Returning for Madison will be its two biggest hitters and leaders in kills, Jayne Carter and Natale Zanellato. Also back will be top setter and assist leader Kendall Hall, who was also the team’s most feared server in 2014.

Other key returners are hitters Emily Calhoun and Kelsey Smith and libero Avery Torres, another top server.

Plus, Madison’s junior varsity team finished with an 11-3 record this past season and the freshman team won six matches.

So the Warhawks will be in good shape for another strong season in 2015.

After the state final, the Madison

players talked about being proud of how they played all season and making history with such a strong showing.

NOTES: The Warhawks were the second straight Liberty Conference team to play in a 6A state final. Langley from the Liberty won the 6A state crown last fall . . . Of Madison’s 34 matches this season, the Warhawks won 29 by shutouts.

Opponents only won two or more games against Madison both in the state final, when First Colonial won 3-2, and in the Warhawks’ opening match of the season, a 3-2 win over Chantilly. Madison lost only one set at home this fall. That was in a 3-1 victory over Langley on Oct. 16.

The Warhawks lost the second set of that match, then won the final 32 sets they played on their home court this season.

That happen for two different teams this fall in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas: Arlington’s Wakefield Warriors in football and Vienna’s Madison Warhawks in girls volleyball.

Wakefield had a winning season for the first time since 1983, earned its first playoff berth since the 1986 campaign and the Warriors won their first postseason game in school history.

All of that created quite a buzz at the school. Student cheering sections were the biggest in years for home games and social media was lit up with chatter about the Warriors.

The student sections weren’t quite as large for Wakefield’s two playoff games. That probably was a combination of the cold weather and lofty playoff-game ticket prices.

Still, Wakefield had a winning sports team to follow and cheer for during the fall, which had not occurred their very often in recent years.

The Madison students, school and community had a blast following a volleyball team that won conference and region tournaments, compiled a 33-1 record and wound up second in the state tournament, losing in a close fifth set of the championship match.

Vocal and large student sections often filled a section of the bleachers for Madison’s eight home playoff matches.

The participants came dressed in a different color-coded getups, then would explode onto the court after a victory.

An announcer/D.J. was hired to enhance the atmosphere.

With their strong and dominating play, more than the usual administrators and school support staff began hanging around to watch. Custodial staff sometimes would peaked inside the gymnasium doorways to get a peak of the action and scoreboard.

Community members who had never attended a volleyball match began happening by to witness the mania.

Madison’s volleyball matches became the place to be, just like Wakefield football became a popular sports-talk topic in Arlington.

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With a 3-2 loss in the championship match in Richmond and having seven match points in the final game, the MadiWarVOLLEYBALL son hawks got about as close as possible to winning a state title in girls high school volleyball this fall.

Prior to the Virginia High School League’s 6A state tournament, Madison did win Liberty Conference and 6A North Region tourney crowns and finished with a 33-1 record to record what was its finest season.

The good news for Madison is the Warhawks will return a number of key

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Senior Helped Oakton Runners to Much in Her 4 Years DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

A standout high school cross country career ended for Allie Klimkiewicz, as far as Virginia races are concerned, Nov. after CROSS COUNTRY 15 another strong performance. There were many during her four years with the Oakton Cougars.

On that day, the senior helped Oakton win its second straight Virginia High School League girls 6A state championship. Klimkiewicz led her team by finishing third in the race at Great Meadow in 18:02.

This fall, prior to the state meet, Klimkiewicz was also Oakton’s highest finisher when the Cougars won region (second individually) and conference (third) titles.

She also was her team’s highest finisher in 2013, when Klimkiewicz helped Oakton win the same three postseason crowns. In 2012 and 2011 as a sophomore and freshman, Klimkiewicz was the individual champion in helping the Cougars win conference crowns and place high in the region and state meets.

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Oakton’s Allie Klimkiewicz helped the cross country team win numerous championships during her four seasons. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

she won three conference titles and was second in the region twice along with a third and a fourth-place finish. Her best finish in the state was a third.

Also, Klimkiewicz helped her team win eight post-season championships (four conference titles, two region and two state crowns) and have other topfour finishes in the region and state.

As Klimkiewicz went, so went Oakton,

which ran as a team in the Nike Southeast Region Championships on Nov. 29 and placed fourth with 176 points.

“Allie came to Oakton with a lot of ability in cross country and she didn’t disappoint,” Oakton coach Alisa Byers said.

What’s interesting is Klimkiewicz had never run cross country prior to high school. She was pretty much a youth soccer player. Her mother thought she should try out for field hockey in the fall of her freshman year at Oakton.

Klimkiewicz had performed well on running fitness tests in middle school and liked the experience, so she was “stubborn” about field hockey and chose cross country instead. She thought the sport would get her in shape for soccer. Then she was an instant hit as a harrier by winning a conference title that fall.

“Cross country changed my whole high school experience, but I didn’t realize how hard it was,” Klimkiewicz said.

“I really love the sport. I probably had some natural talent and I’ve never been afraid of competition. Our coach did a good job of developing young runners carefully and encouraging us. She doesn’t push freshmen.”

Klimkiewicz said winning another state title was the best way to finish her local cross country career.

Oakton won with 44 points. Lake Braddock was second with 58 and Madison third with 83.

“I’m so proud of the team,” the coach said. “We were peaking at the right time and we did a good job of staying in front of Madison and Lake Braddock uniforms.”

Byers said the runners got motivated to defend their state title during an initial preseason Oakton team camp.

“Some of the young girls at the camp wanted to be part of something great and that got us thinking about winning the state again,” Byers said. “We had some girls really come on strong. The girls ran their hearts out at states.”

Among those younger runners were sophomores Casey Kendall and Leya Salis, who finished fourth and 11th, respectively. Freshman Kira Buttrey was 15th and junior Jill Bracaglia 16th.

Also, sophomore Thi Nguyen finished 41st. Senior Kara Kendall placed 66th in the state meet.

“Jill passed about seven runners in the final 300 meters,” Byers said.

Sports Briefs NATIONALS WIN FALL BASEBALL TITLE: The 11-under

Great Falls Nationals finished the fall season with a fivegame winning streak and won the Silver Division of the Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League Fall Tournament.

In the tournament, the Nationals had victories over the South County Outlaws, 20-5, the Shenandoah Sluggers, 15-9, Manassas Bulldogs, 7-4, and Alexandria Aces, 6-3, before defeating the Stafford Bulldogs, 11-7, in the championship game.

The Nationals were Luke Buroker, Brian Cerretani, Michael Cuomo, Jackson Emery, Grant Exley, Michael Gasparis, Steven Jungers, Owen Mead, Riley Mead, Chris Seitz, Jack Thomas and Austin Zeiller. Coaches were Fran Exley, Bobby Zeiller and Paul Cuomo.

McLEAN LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION: McLean

players must also attend one of the walk-in registration sessions scheduled in January at McLean Little League Park. Walk-in registration dates and times are Saturday, Jan. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 15 from 5 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, Jan. 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The season starts April 6. For more information, visit www.mcleanll.com.

McLEAN CREW FUND-RAISER: The McLean High

The Great Falls Nationals won a fall baseball tourney title.

Little League’s online registration for the spring season opens on Dec. 15. Parents or guardians of prospective

School crew club will hold a “Crew for Coats” drive on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Books-A-Million in McLean. The drive will provide coats for families in need and take place during the crew club’s annual ergathon fund-raiser. Bring gently-used coats of all sizes to drop off at the time listed above. Also, coats can be dropped off on Saturday, Dec. 13 at McLean High School’s annual bazaar at the school.

College Roundup BRADEN ANDERSON: Langley High School graduate

Ehrsam played in nine games for Salisbury University football team this fall. The junior wide receiver had four catches for 62 yards and one touchdown. His longest reception was for 35 yards.

Ehrsam played basketball and football when he attended Madison.

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Braden Anderson led the Division III Johns Hopkins University football team to an undefeated 10-0 regular season this fall, then a first-round Division III playoff victory over Rowan by throwing three touchdown passes and for 286 yards.

Through 11 games, the 6-foot-3 senior completed 193 of 286 passes for 2,404 yards and 23 touchdowns. He ran for 405 yards and nine scores.

Anderson was chosen as a conference Offensive Player of the Week twice during the season.

He was also chosen as the all-Centennial Conference’s honorable mention selection at quarterback.

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vacki played in 10 games as a freshman defensive lineman/linebacker for the Georgetown University football team this fall.

Novacki made 15 tackles and had 1.5 sacks. Novacki intercepted one pass that he returned 48 yards and he deflected a pass.

MATT DANILACK HONORED: Potomac School graduate

Matt Danilack, a freshman men’s soccer player at Dartmouth, was named the Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Week after he scored two goals aiding the Big Green’s six-game unbeaten streak, with wins over Vermont and Princeton.

For the season, Danilack has three goals and one assist and has taken 13 shots, with one game-winning goal.

VIENNA GOLFER LEADS TEAM: Vienna resident AlexBraden Anderson led Johns Hopkins to a 10-0 regular season.

His brother, Hugh, a senior, has two goals and four assists and has taken 16 shots.

MAX EHRSAM: Madison High School graduate Max

ander El Kordi-Hubbard tied for first-place at the recent Stevenson Fall Invitational by shooting a 72 during the college golf tournament.

He helped lead the Stevenson University Mustangs to the team championship. The event was held at the Piney Branch Golf Club in Upperco, Md. One other player also shot a 72 that day, but not from Stevenson.

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were chosen to various all-conference teams as a result of their performances this fall.

Making first team all-Liberty Conference offense were Tyler West (Langley running back and Offensive Player of the Year), Brian Pitts (Langley tight end), Tyler Howerton (Langley offensive line), Nate Williams (Madison wide receiver) and Ryan Partridge (Madison center).

Making first team all-Liberty defense were Brian Pitts (Langley end), John Yilmaz (Madison line), Joe Koshuta (Madison linebacker), Warren Ochs (Madison defensive back) and Matt Baciagalupa (Madison punter).

Second team all-Liberty offense were Ben Clumer (Langley line), Matt Baum (Madison line), Jason Gastrock (Madison quarterback), Matt Baciagalupa (Madison place-kicker), Nate Williams (Madison kick retuner), Owen Pilewski (McLean tight end), Cole Jordan (McLean wide receiver) and Logan Legg (McLean place kicker).

Second team all-Liberty defense were Chris Rossberg (Langley linebacker), Scott Rosener (Langley defensive back), Jimmy Maclin (Madison end), Chandler Monahan (Madison line), Sam Kidd (Madison defensive back), Jordan Ebersole (Madison kick returner), Ryan Barrett (Madison linebacker), Nelson Sera (McLean linebacker) and Jordan Cole (McLean defensive back).

Making all-Concorde Conference from Oakton were Nick Delgago (first team place-kicker and punter), Patrick Davis (first team defensive line), Peter Laing (first team defensive line), David Allely (first team linebacker), Derrick Beale (first team defensive back), Jarrett Bacon (second team wide receiver), Collins Banks (second team linebacker and utility player).

Making all-Capitol Conference second team offense

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BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: With a 1-1 tie against host

McLean High School’s Justin Gibbons, left, and Kelly Oler sign national letters of intent to participate in college athletics.

were Marshall running back Josh Hurlburt and Marshall lineman Zach Coates. Hurlburt made second team as a linebacker.

CROSS COUNTRY REGION ROUNDUP: As a team, the

Oakton Cougars finished fourth with 176 points at the Nike Southeast Regional meet Nov. 29 in Cary, N.C. For Oakton, Casey Kendall was 15th in 18:07 on the 5K course. Leya Salis was 24th (18:16), Allie Klimkiewicz 35th (18:30), Kira Buttrey 80th (19:01) and Jill Bracaglia 97th (19:19).

The Madison Warhawks had four individuals run in the girls seeded Foot Locker South Regional meet in Charlotte, N.C. Amanda Swaak was Madison’s top finisher in 28th in 17:59. Morgan Wittrock was 36th (18:08), Laura Sullivan 93rd (18:48) and Marissa Marsh 141st (19:38).

From Marshall High School, Heather Holt was 47th (18:14) in the girls seeded race.

In the boys seeded Foot Locker meet, Marshall’s Alex Haight was 180th in 16:35.

St Andrews, the Potomac School Panthers won the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season boys high school soccer title. The championship was the fifth MAC title in school history and the first one since 1998 for the boys team. The lone goal was scored by Tommy Hansan, as he converted his seventh penalty kick.

The Panthers then closed the regular season with a scoreless tie against the Flint Hill Huskies. Prior to playing St. Andrews, Potomac School blanked Georgetown Day School, 3-0. Will Socas started the scoring in the first half with an assist from Hansan, followed by two goals in the second half from Stephen Yeonas and Ben Keller. Jamal Thompson and Matt Nagell had assists.

Hansan, Keller, Socas and Herbert Padilla are among the team’s leading goal scorers. Hansan, Nagell, Thompson and Socas led in assists. Henry Dunkelberger was Potomac School’s top goalie.

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TWO McLEAN PLAYERS COMMIT: McLean High School

athlete Justin Gibbons will play lacrosse at the University of Michigan and Kelly Oler will be on the track and field team at James Madison University.

The athletes signed national letters of intent during a ceremony at the school Nov. 20.

MARSHALL BASEBALL PLAYERS COMMIT: The count

is now up to five Marshall High School baseball players who have made commitments to keep playing the sport in college beyond their senior seasons this coming spring.

Catcher Mitch Blackstone will play at Division I Cornell and pitcher Will Brooke will play at Division I Coastal Carolina. Also, third baseman Matt Borowski will play at St. Bonaventure, pitcher Matt Rosenburg will play at Penn State-Harrisburg, and pitcher Mark Le Duc will play at Ursinus College.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. December 4, 1942: n The Arlington-Fairfax chapter of the Izaak Walton League is sponsoring a feather drive for the war effort. n A new state law requires nurseries for children to obtain licenses in order to operate.

December 3, 1944: n With more and more draftees being ruled unqualified for service as the war drags on, Virginia’s draft boards are planning to call 15 percent more men than usual this month in order to meet the quota.

December 2, 1961: n The state attorney general says Prince Edward County is within its rights to close its public schools rather than integrate them, because the Virginia constitution does not require public education. n More than half of the Washingtonbased staff of the Central Intelligence Agency has moved into the new headquarters in Langley. n The Fairfax Education Association is considering whether it should integrate by taking in black members. n Fairfax County lawyers ribbed elected officials and judges during the annual Bar Association “Libel Night.” n President Kennedy will join more than 102,000 spectators this weekend at the Army-Navy Game in Philadelphia.

December 4, 1968: n Some state legislators representing Fairfax County want the new Virginia constitution to include a ban on the death penalty. n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, spent $115,000 on his re-election bid. n Eleven-year-old Monte Richardson of Vienna has won the regional Punt, Pass and Kick competition, held at D.C. Stadium.

December 5, 1975: n The Metro system is “on the verge of default” due to cash-flow problems, and the general manager has announced he plans to step down in January. n Fairfax School Board members have heard withering criticism of the proposal to establish a sex-ed curriculum. n The School Board appears to be evenly split on the need for a school bond referendum in the fall. n On TV tonight: “Chico and the Man,” “The Rockford Files,” “Sanford and Son” and “Wall $treet Week.”

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30. Lao Tzu follower 35. Desert-like 37. *Virginians make this not war?

39. “_____ not, want not” 40. Capri, e.g.

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43. Linseed 44. Writer’s opus 46. Aquarium dweller 47. Actress ____ Gilbert 48. Tooth covering 50. They denote a belief or principle 52. “___ Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel 53. Email button 55. Ghostly sound 57. *Purchased from Russia 60. *It means mountain in Spanish 64. Schroeder’s musical instrument 65. Modern form of “ye”

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$1,734,899 11521 Potomac Road Lorton, VA 22079

$4,968,000

$2,495,000 6609 Brawner Street McLean, VA 22101

$1,299,000 7629 Burford Drive McLean, VA 22102

$1,138,000 7283 Highland Estates Place Falls Church, VA 22043

$939,900 11403 Wild Bramble Way Reston, VA 20194

N TO NO MLS

$1,165,000 10610 Beach Mill Road Great Falls, VA 22066

$2,499,000 811 Leigh Mill Road Great Falls, VA 22066

www.insidenova.com

Casey Margenau Fine Homes & Estates, Inc.

Sun Gazette

Jane Webb 703.582.8381

Robert L. Fitton, II 703.577.1747

Lee Brady 703.801.0025

Ashley White 703.431.1705

www.margenau.com 703.827.5777