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Vienna, FCPS Can’t Come to Terms on Land Swap

Town Was Hoping to Acquire Property in an Effort to Expand Its Community Center BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Following months of ultimately fruitless negotiations, Vienna officials in May abandoned efforts to obtain a land swap with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), which

would have allowed the town to build a bigger gymnasium at the Vienna Community Center.

In a May 8 letter to Superintendent Karen Garza, Vienna Town Manager Mercury Payton said it was “unfortunate that a legitimate request from the community . . . has turned

into such a complicated situation.”

The letter continued, “The gymnasium is an integral part of the [community center’s] renovation project and all other aspects of the project are on schedule as planned. Accordingly, the town has no other option but to move forward with a smaller gymnasium

footprint.”

Town officials last summer sought to obtain at least 987 square feet – and perhaps up to 10,300 square feet – of FCPS-owned land on the edge of Caffi Fields, onto which Continued on Page 26

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Vienna resident John Francis Gionfriddo, who served as Vienna’s town attorney for 36 years, died of pneumonia May 25 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He was 87.

Gionfriddo was affable, funny and had a sharp legal mind, his former co-workers said.

“He was so knowledgeable about municipal affairs that it was a great loss when he retired,” said former Vienna Town Manager John Schoeberlein. “He was very accessible and thorough and had no peers with regard to his subject. I always felt I was getting the right answers on things. He saved the town on a lot of issues in court.”

Born in Altoona, Pa., on Jan. 7, 1928, Gionfriddo served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines in 1946 and 1947. He later worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, but in a 2002 interview with the Sun Gazette declined to give details about his assignments with that organization.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University in 1950, a law degree from Georgetown University in 1954 and a master’s of law from that institution three years later.

Gionfriddo worked for a District of Columbia law firm for several years, then formed a loose professional association with two other lawyers in D.C. He practiced law both in the District and Virginia, but moved to the latter because of the greater volume of business.

In the early 1960s, he chaired the Vien-

na Board of Zoning Appeals and served as an associate judge of the Municipal Court of Vienna. When Vienna Town Attorney Paul Heubsuch announced his intention to retire in 1966, Town Council member – and future mayor – Charles Robinson contacted Gionfriddo and expressed the Council’s interest in hiring him for the position.

Gionfriddo initially agreed to spend one day per week in town, dividing his time between working with town staff members and prosecuting criminal and traffic cases.

In later years, as his workload increased, he devoted more time to his town duties.

Town officials stayed out of trouble when they followed Gionfriddo’s advice and often encountered problems when they did not, said former Vienna spokesman Marie Kisner.

“He was always very understated, careful not to embarrass them on their sometimes wrong-headed actions,” she said.

Kisner recalled how in 1991 the American Civil Liberties Union sued the town of Vienna because of a nativity scene that had been displayed at the Vienna Community Center for about 25 years.

ACLU leaders gave town officials until close of business on Dec. 20 to remove the creche. Town leaders responded by added three Santa Clauses, Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and a Christmas tree to create an overall seasonal display.

The ploy did not work. A judge on Dec. 23 ordered the creche removed, saying that Santa, Frosty, Rudolph and the tree had “arrived late for the party, sent not by

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Herod but by the town attorney,” Kisner recalled.

In 1995, Vienna officials defeated plans by the U.S. Postal Service to remove a stand of trees and build a parking lot next to the Windover Heights Historic District.

According to Kisner, Gionfriddo reasoned that the Postal Service “is required to follow local land-use and building regulations, unless to do so would interfere with the federal function.”

Gionfriddo in 1983 became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an honor earned by only 1 percent of attorneys in each state. He also was listed in “Best Lawyers in America.”

In 1990, Gionfriddo closed his private

practice and kept the town of Vienna as his sole client. He stepped down as town attorney in 2002 and was succeeded by former Vienna Town Council member Steven Briglia, who still holds that position.

Briglia said he benefited greatly from Gionfriddo’s institutional knowledge, prodigious memory of case details and ability to explain concisely the legal ramifications of proposed actions.

“A good municipal lawyer keeps his client out of court,” Briglia noted.

Gionfriddo, a Vienna resident since 1960, worked behind the scenes to shape the town’s code. He helped obtain legal authority for the town’s Board of Architectural Review to regulate design aesthetics in certain zones and authored changes to the state’s blight-abatement ordinance, which allowed localities to raze dilapidated and abandoned structures or compel their owners to make necessary repairs.

“It really wasn’t a common-sense statute,” Briglia said of the state blight law.

“John came up with changes that became the model for how communities remove blight now.”

Gionfriddo belonged to Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Vienna. He also enjoyed quail and pheasant hunting and attending sporting events of his children and grandchildren.

His wife of 45 years, Alice, died in 2006.

Gionfriddo is survived by sons Joseph Gionfriddo of Herndon and Alan Gionfriddo of Sherman, Texas; a brother, Sebastian Gionfriddo, of Washington, D.C.; and six grandchildren.

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Diligence, kindness and willingness to help others are common traits held by winners of the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Education Awards.

Chamber leaders honored top teachers, students and staff members at McLean and Langley high schools at a May 14 breakfast ceremony.

The chamber lauded sophomore Noor Alwani as Langley High School’s Student of the Year. Those who nominated Alwani for the award cited her positive attitude, active interest in learning and initiative toward solving problems.

“She does more than book work,” her nominators said. “She is constantly drawing parallels against multiple disciplines and uses personal experience to help enhance her learning.”

Alwani is trying to obtain a grant to help incoming freshmen adjust to high school and she works with Langley High’s new club, Active Minds, which gives students coping skills to develop positive physical, mental and emotional health.

Alwani could not attend the ceremony, so her parents, Ahmed Alwani and Ilham Totonji, accepted the award on her behalf.

David Kuhn, who teaches political science and honors and Advanced Placement U.S. history, received Langley High’s Teacher of the Year Award.

“He brings a genuine love and enthusiasm for his subject matter, U.S. history,” said those who nominated him. “Therefore, his class is rigorous and he prepares diligently, expecting the same from his students.”

Kuhn has been a teacher for 17 years, including five in Pennsylvania and 12 at Fairfax County Public Schools and seven at Langley High. He was named Most Influential Teacher while working at Robinson Secondary School in 2008.

Debbie Myren, who works in a finance position at Langley High, was named the school’s Employee of the Year. She has worked at Langley for about six years and previously was an administrative assistant in the school system’s Human Resources Department.

Nominators described her as Langley High’s “most ethical employee” and said she constantly is willing to help others.

“She doesn’t just do the task for you, but she instructs you on the best methods and regulations to abide by,” they said.

The chamber also honored rising senior Henry Ahn as McLean High School’s Student of the Year. In addition to maintaining a rigorous academic schedule – with four Advanced Placement classes and courses in physics, marketing and Spanish – Ahn is diligent, focused, determined and kind, his nominators said.

Ahn is a member of the English and Math honor societies and the National

Ahmed Alwani and Ilham Totonji accept the Langley High School Student of the Year Award on behalf of their daughter, Noor Alwani, on May 14 from Del. Marcus Simon, board chairman of the Greater McLean Chamber of ComPHOTOS BY BRIAN TROMPETER merce.

Rising senior Henry Ahn (center) receives the McLean High School Student of the Year Award on May 14 from U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) and Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd), board chairman of the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce.

Honor Society and participates in DECA and the Interact Club.

“He is never without his tablet, as he uses it to refer to archived notes [and] formulas or to job down a random fact,” his nominators said.

Lidia Martin, who works in McLean High’s main office, Langley High School teacher David Kuhn (second from left) receives a received that school’s Teacher of the Year Award on May 14 from the Greater McLean Chamber Employee of Year of Commerce. Pictured with him are Dels. Kathleen Murphy and Marcus Award from the Simon, School Board member Jane Strauss and Supervisor John Foust. chamber.

Martin is a team player who consistently works for the school’s betterment, school officials said.

She respectfully assists students, parents and teachers and helps organize the school’s substitute teachers Mark Thompson (third from left) receives the McLean High School each morning.

“As one teacher Teacher of the Year Award on May 14 from the Greater McLean Champut it, ‘She has never ber of Commerce. Pictured with him are Del. Kathleen Murphy, U.S. met a stranger be- Rep. Barbara Comstock, Del. Marcus Simon, School Board member Jane Strauss and Supervisor John Foust. cause she is so warm Teacher of the Year Award. and friendly,’” the Thompson began his career in 1988 at nomination letter read. “Lidia sees the the Phillips Program, became an intellecgood in everyone and always is there to tual-disabilities special-education teacher share a humorous story with each person at McLean High in 2003 and four years she encounters.”

Mark Thompson, who works with stu- later became chairman of its Category B dents who have intellectual disabilities, re- program for students with intellectual disceived the chamber’s McLean High School abilities.

Lidia Martin, a front-office employee at McLean High School, was honored as the school’s Employee of the Year.

Debbie Myren, a finance employee at Langley High School, was honored as the school’s Employee of the Year.

Thompson focuses on meeting students’ needs and works with other teachers to incorporate those pupils in general-education classes. He also advocates for the students, helped create an art class for them, serves as a Special Olympics basketball coach and started a Best Buddies program.

“Mr. Thompson’s belief in his students’ abilities and dedication to preparing them for life beyond school allows them to flourish in the general-education setting and beyond,” his nominators said.

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Opinion Our View: N.Va. Should Be World-Class in Wine A small, but potentially significant, step is being taken by the leaders of Northern Virginia Community College as they inaugurate a viniculture curriculum.

College officials envision a modest start to the program, with one or two dozen students who want to better understand the horticulture of grapegrowing and the science of wine-making. If industry leaders are on the right track, this modest start will lead to the development of an advanced training center to help elevate the quality of Virginia wines to elite status.

While this may seem like an obvi-

ous initiative to support one of the Northern Virginia’s fastest-growing industries, getting to this point has taken a concerted effort from visionary leaders. That cooperation among local governments, educators and vineyard owners must continue for the project to reach its full potential.

Growth of the program also will require additional investment of public resources, from both the state government and localities.

Over the years, those governments have focused, successfully, on building the regulatory framework to promote the expansion of that business sec-

tor. However, a commitment to build stronger industry infrastructure will be needed to push the products to greater heights.

For the state, expanding highereducation opportunities in the field is a good place to begin, and members of the General Assembly should be proponents of significantly expanding from NVCC’s starting point.

Could Northern Virginia someday be home to a world-class enological training center? Yes, if the roots being planted today by Northern Virginia Community College get the care and attention they deserve.

Town of Vienna officials have abandoned their effort to trade land with the Fairfax County school system, part of an plan to help provide more expansion room for the Vienna Community Center.

Reading this week’s article about the situation, it seems a shame that the two sides couldn’t come an agreement.

Vienna officials appear piqued that they didn’t get what they want, and that FCPS leaders look their sweet time in addressing the request. On the other hand, the school system did offer to sell the 10,300-square-foot parcel adjacent to the community center to the town for what seems like a reasonable price of about $185,000. That’s hardly

a wildly inflated amount, given the overall cost of the community-center expansion.

Sounds like both sides were being generally reasonable, but ultimately couldn’t find common ground. Unfortunately, town residents will bear the burden with an updated, but undersized, community center.

Singing the Land-Swap Blues in the Town of Vienna

Has Rep. Comstock Converted on Metro Funding?

Editor: Regarding the content of a recent letter to the editor [“Candidates Must Avoid Smoke, Mirrors in Discussing Va. Transportation Funding,” May 7], I was pleasantly surprised and want to congratulate U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) for reversing herself on May 8 at an appearance at the Wiehle Avenue station of Metro’s Silver Line.

At that time, she publicly pledged to

fight to restore the $150 million that Republicans [ cut from Metro funding.

After all, this is the same Barbara Comstock who, while a state legislator, voted consistently against transportation funding and even opposed the Silver Line.

I applaud her because I am a believer in the redemption of ignorance, especially for career politicians.

My hope is her pledge is not the same as when she served in the House of Del-

egates. As the May 7 letter-writer indicated, she would vote against transportation funding and when in her district, using “smoke-and-mirrors,” she would tell her constituents a different story about how she voted.

Let us give her the benefit of the doubt, but watch carefully what she does, not what she says.

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Dranesville District Race Will be a Competitive One Editor: In response to your May 21 editorial [“Our View: Outrages in Geer Case Still Piling Up”], where you suggest that “would be great if there were some competitive races for county supervisor in November . . . there do not appear to be a whole lot of strongly contested races across Fairfax this fall. That’s a shame.”

Really? You cannot be serious that there are no strong, competitive and viable races and candidates running for the Board of Supervisors. Dranesville has a dynamic Republican candidate running against incumbent Democrat John Foust.

Jennifer Chronis is as impressive in person as she is on paper. She is a retired Army lieutenant colonel. She is a nativeborn Virginian, educated in Fairfax County and an ROTC-scholarship graduate of the University of Virginia. She is also a

vice president at IBM. Take matters a step further: Chronis already raised an unprecedented $59,273 between Feb. 11 and March 31. Of the 181 total donations received, more than 60 percent were from individuals giving $100 or less. By comparison, her opponent, who has the advantage of incumbency, only managed to raise $30,265.

Chronis is prepared to make tough decisions, and she is accustomed to being asked to think creatively for long-term solutions to problems. She is not comfortable with the same old answers for the new and challenging problems of the present and the future. She is a 21st-century thinker who wants to find ways to better our transportation infrastructure and our schools without further burdening our homeowners, especially our seniors, with new and ever increasing taxes.

Jennifer is not only a serious candidate.

She is a great candidate – one we should examine with an open mind.

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More Local Students Receive National Merit Scholarships

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Seven additional Fairfax County Public Schools students have been named winners of Merit Scholarship awards by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

The students are part of a group of more than 2,200 National Merit finalists chosen to receive scholarships financed by higher education institutions.

Winners of the scholarships from the Sun Gazette coverage area, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are: – Zhong Cheng of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (Thomas Jefferson) (civil engineering), National Merit Case Western Reserve University Scholarship.

– Sean Foley of Thomas Jefferson (electrical engineering), National Merit Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Scholarship.

– Ashvarya Garg of Thomas Jefferson (computer science), National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship.

– Sairisheel Gabbireddy of Thomas Jefferson (neurosurgery), National Merit Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship.

– Grace Liu of Thomas Jefferson (medicine), National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship.

– Lily Wittle of Thomas Jefferson (mathematics), National Merit University of Miami Scholarship.

Each scholarship winner was evaluated on his or her academic record; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay describing activities, interests, and goals; SAT scores; and a recommendation and endorsement from a high-school official.

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McLean Rotary Club Honors 4 Students for Community Efforts High-school seniors Harris LaTeef of Langley High School, Katharine Jiang of Madeira School, Vicki Holcomb of Potomac School and Hye In “Lauren” Yeom of McLean High School on May 26 received Youth Service Awards from the Rotary Club of McLean.

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Hye In “Lauren” Yeom of McLean High School was given a Youth Service Award for teaching Sunday School and traveling to various countries on missions for her church, acting as an interpreter, working with her school’s Adopt A Mission Service Club and giving up her chance to play in the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra to tutor younger students.

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Rotary Club of McLean officials on May 26 honored four area high-school seniors for helping to improve the community.

During the Youth Service Awards ceremony, held at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in McLean, Rotarians honored Madeira School senior Katharine Jiang for selling discarded office supplies from her father’s business and starting CLIPUS, which last summer purchased 1,000 backpacks and filled them with school supplies.

Rotarians also lauded Harris LaTeef of Langley High School, who is finishing his term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board. LaTeef is active in Langley High’s Relay for Life efforts,

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Va. Home Sales See Relatively Strong First Quarter of the Year Though traditionally the slowest time of the year for Virginia real estate, the firstquarter real estate market put in a relatively strong performance.

Year-over-year sales were up 6.3 percent for the first three months of the year, according to new data, with median sales prices up in every nook and cranny of the commonwealth.

A total of 19,298 properties went to closing during the January-to-March timeframe, up from 18,153 a year before, according to figures reported by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

The increase occurred despite a slightly downtick in Northern Virginia, which saw sales drop 0.4 percent to 7,733 for the quarter. (“Northern Virginia,” in this context, represents a huge swath of territory, far larger than the usual inner and outer D.C. suburbs – it stretches west to the West Virginia line and south past Fredericksburg.)

Southside Virginia also saw a decline, with sales dipping 2.6 percent to 374.

All other corridors of the commonwealth saw increases, with sales rising 15.9 percent to 3,419 in Central Virginia; 11.4 percent to 4,851 in Hampton Roads; 7.9 percent to 1,627 in Roanoke/Lynchburg/ Blacksburg; 4.2 percent to 1,007 in the Central Valley; and 18.7 percent to 282 in Southwest Virginia.

The median sales price of all transactions during the quarter was $244,467, up 4 percent from a year before and up 13.7 percent from three years ago.

“Virginia’s home-sales prices should increase gradually over time, but have recovered from the recession,” noted the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides analysis of the

figures for VAR. “Therefore, any dramatic year-over-year increases in price could be a sign that inventory is relatively restricted.”

Northern Virginia led the way with a median sales price of $365,000 for the quarter, up 4.3 percent from a year before. In other areas, median prices stood at $202,000 in Hampton Roads (up 4.7 percent); $200,000 in the Central Valley (up 5.7 percent); $196,000 in Central Virginia (up 4.8 percent); $154,950 in Roanoke/ Lynchburg/Blacksburg (up 5.4 percent); $110,750 in Southwest Virginia (up 10.8 percent); and $78,000 in Southside Virginia (up 4 percent).

Sales volume statewide for the quarter stood at $5.81 billion, up 8.5 percent from a year ago.

For homes that sold during the first quarter, it took an average of 87 days to go from listing to ratified sales contract, down from 92 days a year before and the lowest average number in the first quarter since 2011.

The average 30-year mortgage rate of 3.72 percent in the first quarter, reported

by FreddieMac, was the lowest quarterly rate since a recorded 3.69 percent in the second quarter of 2013. Average rates declined in January and February, but ticked up in March.

“Rates should rise over the long term, but incremental changes are not likely to have a noticeable effect on sales,” the Virginia Tech analysts noted.

The Virginia Association of Realtors represents about 30,000 real-estate professionals in the commonwealth. Full data can be found on the Web site at www.varealtor.com/homesales.

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But Aren’t at the Top of the List Pop-quiz time. What do the following metro areas have in common: Boston, New York City, Naples (Fla.), Los Angeles, Boulder (Colo.), San Diego, Anaheim (Calif.), Honolulu, San Francisco and San Jose (Calif.)?

Those are the only places in the country that make the D.C. region’s home prices look reasonable, according to one new survey.

The Washington area ranked 13th nationally in the median price of single-family homes for the first quarter of 2015, according to the National Association of Realtors.

(For you sticklers for details wondering why the D.C. metro area is ranked 13th but there are only 10 communities above it on the list – portions of the New York City region are counted three different times, in various ways, above Washington on the ranking.)

The D.C. region’s median single-familyhome price of $367,800 was up 2.3 percent from a year before, an appreciation rate of only about one-third the national average.

Based on preliminary figures, the national median sales price for single-family homes in the first quarter was $205,200, up 7.4 percent from a year before. Median prices stood at $245,000 (up 2.4 percent) in

the Northeast, $156,600 (up 8.9 percent) in the Midwest, $182,300 (up 8.2 percent) in the South and $295,000 (up 5.8 percent) in the West.

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., metropolitan area had the priciest real estate in the nation in the quarter, with single-family homes selling for a median price of exactly $900,000 (up 11.4 percent from a year before). San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif., placed second, at $748,300 (up 10.1 percent).

Rounding out the top five were Honolulu, $699,300; Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif., $685,700; and San Diego, $510,300.

The five lowest-cost metro areas in the first quarter were Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio, where the median single-family home price was $64,300; Cumberland, Md., $71,600; Rockford, Ill., $78,600; Decatur, Ill., $82,200; and Toledo, Ohio, $83,800.

The median single-family-home price increased in 85 percent of measured markets, with 148 out of 174 metropolitan areas showing gains based on closings in the first quarter compared with the first quarter of 2014.

Twenty-five areas (14 percent) recorded lower median prices from a year earlier; one was unchanged.

Supervisors to OK $461 Million In Referendums for Fall Ballot Staff Writer

Members of the Board of Supervisors on June 2 were set to approve two Nov. 3 bond referendums worth a total of $461 million.

The proposals included a $310 million referendum for Fairfax County Public Schools projects and another $151 million referendum in support of the county’s public-safety agencies.

Supervisors also were set to adopt a pair of resolutions asking the Fairfax County Circuit Court to order Nov. 3 special elections regarding the issuance of such bonds.

County voters in years past have passed bond referendums for capital-improvement projects by comfortable margins.

If county voters pass the school-bond package, school officials plan to spend almost $7.7 million to construct a new elementary school in the northwest part of the county and relocate three modular buildings; nearly $13.4 million to expand capacity at South Lakes High School; almost $133.8 for renovations at Cherry Run Waynewood, Stratford Landing, Newington Forest, Hollin Meadows and White Oaks elementary schools and renovation planning at Annandale Terrace, Clearview and Silverbrook elementaries; slightly more than $7.2 million for renovation planning at Hughes and Cooper middle schools; and $188 million for renovations at West Springfield and Herndon high schools.

Those projects total $350 million, plus

$2.5 million in costs related to the bond sale. Because the school system has $42.5 million available in unspent proceeds from previous bond issues, this year’s schoolbond total will be $310 million.

If voters approve the public-safety bond referendum, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department would receive $51 million to renovate or replace the aging Merrifield, Penn Daw, Reston, Woodlawn and Edsall fire stations.

All of those stations are between 36 and 48 years old and need replacement of major building elements, such as their electrical or heating-ventilation-and-cooling systems.

The stations also would receive expanded equipment bays and enhanced locker facilities and bunkrooms for their male and female personnel.

The Fairfax County Police Department would receive $100 million, some of which would pay for a new police station co-located with an animal shelter in the south part of the county, as well as the renovation or replacement of the Franconia District Station.

Police also plan to use some of the bond moneys to build, renovate and expand its heliport facility, Operations Support Bureau, Motorcycle Squad facility and Emergency Vehicle Operations and K9 Center.

While those school and public-safety projects currently are the items on which officials currently recommend the county spend the future bond moneys, the wording on the Nov. 3 ballot will be more general to allow for flexibility, officials said.

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Team members won the Eagle Trophy, finishing in the top 10 for the third time in school history while competing in 26 different events.

National event medalists included: First place: Hana Yu in Science Bowl.

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Plainclothes officers assigned to the Tysons Urban Team observed suspects shoplifting from stores in the mall at around 2 p.m., allegedly taking items and placing them in bags and leaving the stores, police said.

When approached by officers, both suspects resisted arrest, authorities said. The suspects reportedly kicked, bit and spit at officers, injuring five of them. Police eventually subdued and arrested the suspects and transported them to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Neither suspect was injured during the incident.

Police recovered more than $12,000 in merchandise, mostly consisting of makeup and high-end lingerie, at the scene.

Authorities charged Bianca Keyani Jackson, 23, and Kenya Crawley, 24, with assaulting a law-enforcement officer, grand larceny and larceny with intent to sell.

The Tysons Urban Team was established in 2013 and comprises nine officers, a second lieutenant and a sergeant. The officers supplement the McLean District Station and patrol Tysons Corner shopping areas and Metrorail stations in the vicinity.

ALARM AWAKENS McLEAN RESIDENTS, WHO FIND HOME BURGLARIZED: People

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The suspect then exited the vehicle and fled. Officers located and arrested the suspect, Edgar A. Zelaya Ayala, whom authorities have charged with vehicular trespass.

COUNTY POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN DUNN LORING: A pedestrian was walking near Cot-

tage Street and Bucknell Drive in Dunn Loring on May 22 at around 3:45 p.m. and was approached from behind by a man, Fairfax County police said.

The suspect attempted to take the victim’s purse, but the victim resisted, police said. The suspect then fled in a vehicle. Officers located and arrested the suspect, Wilian A. Cruz Garcia, 20, of Falls Church, whom authorities have charged with attempted robbery. The victim did not require medical attention, police said.

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the residence and taken property.

2 DOGS RESCUED, 2 CATS KILLED IN McLEAN HOUSE FIRE: Fairfax County

Fire and Rescue Department units responded on May 27 at 8:10 a.m. to a singlefamily house fire at 1823 Baldwin Drive in McLean.

Firefighters upon arrival encountered smoke coming from the split-level home and conducted an aggressive fire attack, bringing the fire under control in about 10 minutes. Firefighters also rescued two dogs from the blaze, but two cats died, officials said.

The fire displaced two occupants, who are receiving Red Cross support. Smoke alarms were present in the home, but did not activate, officials said.

Officials estimate the fire caused $93,750 damage. According to fire investigators, the blaze was accidental and caused by ignition of combustible materials near a stove.

WOMAN FINDS PARKING COMMENTARY SCRATCHED ONTO RENTAL VEHICLE:

A woman living in the 600 block of Ware Street, S.W., told Vienna police she had rented a vehicle from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on May 22 and driven it to her home.

She stated she returned to the parked vehicle and found someone had scratched “Learn to Park” on the vehicle’s rear. The woman told police she was unsure if the vandalism occurred at her home or before she rented the vehicle.

POLICE CALLED AFTER ViVa! VIENNA! VENDOR’S TABLE GETS LODGED IN VEHICLE: A ViVa! Vienna! vendor told Vien-

na police on May 24 at 9 a.m. that a female motorist had struck his display table in the 100 block of Maple Avenue, E., and then left without exchanging information, leaving the vendor’s table lodged in the front of her vehicle.

Vienna police officers located the driver of the vehicle and after speaking with her and the vendor, the vendor did not wish to pursue the case, police said.

VIENNA POLICE ARREST FALLS CHURCH MAN ON OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANTS: While investigating an incident

concerning three suspicious men behind the 7-Eleven store at 427 Maple Avenue, E., on May 25 at 8:14 p.m., Vienna police became aware that Virginia State Police had obtained two felony warrants for one of the suspects, a 24-year-old Falls Church man.

Police transported the man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where he was charged with failure to register as a sex offender and providing false information as a sex offender. Authorities held the suspect without bond.

During the same incident, police arrested a 19-year-old man of no fixed address on the charge of marijuana possession. Police also took that suspect to the Adult Detention Center, where authorities formally charged him and held him on $500 bond.

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Continued from Page 10 ee at Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave., E., told Vienna police on May 26 at 9:45 a.m. that a man had been coming into the library for the last several months and essentially settling in for the day.

The employee stated the man had been disruptive to people by bumping into them and muttering offensively. The employee prepared a notice to ban the man from all Fairfax County libraries and requested Vienna police serve the notice on him.

A Vienna police officer located the man, served him with the notice and informed him he was no longer permitted in any Fairfax County library, police said.

TENANT REPORTEDLY POKES MAN, SITS ON HIS LAP DURING RENTAL DISPUTE: Vienna police dispatched an officer

to BB&T Bank, 260 Cedar Lane, S.E., on May 27 at 11:38 a.m. after receiving a report that a disorderly woman in the bank’s parking lot was striking a man sitting in a car.

The responding officer located the man, who said the woman rented a property from him and he was in the process of evicting her when she became upset. He stated the woman poked him in the neck with her finger and then sat on his lap, police said.

The woman left the area before police arrived. An officer located the woman at the residence owned by the man. She refused to cooperate with the officer and denied the incident had occurred. Police informed the complainant about the warrant process should he wish to pursue charges.

VANDALS CRACK WINDSHIELD, DUMP MEXICAN FOOD ON HOTEL GUEST’S VEHICLE: A guest at the Vienna Wolf Trap

Hotel, 430 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police that sometime between May 27 at 10 p.m. and May 28 at 8 a.m. someone had vandalized his vehicle while it was parked in the hotel’s parking lot. The victim stated Mexican food had been dumped on the vehicle’s roof and its windshield had been cracked.

VIENNA MAN, 29, ARRESTED FOR FELONY HIT-AND-RUN: Two motorists were

RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE MAY NEED RABIES VACCINE AFTER BEING BITTEN

BY STRAY CAT: An employee at Rose Ka-

bob Restaurant, 126 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police on May 13 at 3:30 p.m. that he had been bitten on both hands while attempting to remove a stray cat from the restaurant.

The employee had never seen the cat before and was unable to provide a description, police said. Police informed the employee he may need to receive the rabies vaccine as a precaution.

THIEVES STEAL LAWN MOWER AT VACANT HOME, BUT CANNOT MANAGE TO REMOVE STOVE: The owner of a vacant

property in the 500 block of Lewis Street, N.W., told Vienna police that sometime between May 16 at 12:01 a.m. and May 17 at 11:59 p.m. someone had forced entry into the residence and unsuccessfully attempted to remove the kitchen stove.

A lawn mower had been taken from a shed at the rear of the house, the man said.

Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

LAWN ORNAMENT THROWN THROUGH WINDOW OF OCCUPIED VIENNA HOME:

A resident living in the 400 block of Yeonas Street, S.W., told Vienna police on May 16 at 11:01 a.m. that he and his wife were sitting in their kitchen when they heard the sound of glass breaking.

The resident went to investigate and discovered a lawn ornament had been thrown through the glass of the side door. Neither the resident nor his wife saw who might have thrown the ornament, police said.

A responding officer spoke with several neighbors who were unable to provide any further information, police said.

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tor bus operator driving near Maple Avenue and Pleasant Street, S.W., told Vienna police on May 16 at 5:53 p.m. that a man on the bus was causing a public disturbance by cursing and making threats.

The driver told the responding Vienna police officer that he wanted the man removed from the bus. The disruptive rider informed the officer he was upset with the bus service and wanted to file a complaint.

Police informed the rider about the driver’s request and complied without further incident, authorities said.

2 VIENNA DOGS KILL GROUNDHOG, WHICH WILL BE TESTED FOR RABIES:

A woman living in the 1300 block of Ross Drive, S.W., told Vienna police on May 21 at 7:30 a.m. that her two dogs had been involved in an altercation with a groundhog.

The groundhog was deceased when a Vienna animal-control officer arrived.

The officer informed the resident that the groundhog would be taken to the Fairfax County Animal Control Center to be tested for rabies. The officer also told the woman about the quarantine process for her dogs in the event the groundhog tested positive.

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traveling northbound on Nutley Street, S.W., in the same travel lane on May 23 at 3:47 p.m. when the driver of the first vehicle stopped for the red traffic signal at Tapawingo Road, S.W., and was rear-ended by the second vehicle, Vienna police said.

The second vehicle’s driver fled the scene of the crash, but the struck vehicle’s driver obtained the other car’s license-plate information and gave it to the responding police officer.

The officer went to the residence of the owner of the vehicle that had fled the crash scene. Upon speaking with the resident, the officer determined the man had been that vehicle’s driver.

Police arrested the 29-year-old Vienna man on the charge of felony hit-and-run and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities held him on $2,000 bond.

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Fairfax Business Briefcase VIENNA ABC STORE TO HIGHLIGHT VIRGINIA-MADE PRODUCTS: Virginia

Tourism Corp. is partnering with Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, using the 46-year-old “Virginia is for Lovers” logo to promote the assortment of alcoholic products made in the commonwealth.

Five Virginia ABC stores were selected to participate in the promotion, including the outlet at 436 Maple Ave., E., in Vienna.

Participating stores will be supplied with “Virginia is for Lovers” trucker hats that will be handed out with every purchase of a 750mL-or-larger size product made in Virginia. The purchase of any Virginia-made product only available in a size smaller than 750mL also will receive a hat.

These giveaways apply to Virginia wine and spirits only.

Employees of these stores will be wearing co-branded polo shirts for the duration of the promotion. The black polo shirts have the Virginia ABC logo on the front, the Virginia is for Lovers logo on the sleeve.

“Teaming with Virginia ABC is a great way to showcase the great products Virginia has to offer,” said Virginia Tourism president and CEO Rita McClenny. “Virginia ABC stores carry a wide selection of Virginia wines and spirits that are perfect for any occasion.”

Other participating ABC stores are in Richmond, Virginia Beach, Warrenton and Williamsburg.

While five stores will be the focus of the promotion, “Virginia ABC is proud to stock the shelves of its 351 stores with Virginia-made products,” said Virginia ABC chairman Jeffrey Painter.

“We look forward to continued partnerships that support local businesses and draw people to discover Virginia’s flourishing spirits and wine industries,” Painter said.

For more information on the effort, see the Web sites at www.virginia.org and www.abc.virginia.gov.

LAW FIRM JOINS BOARD OF TYSONS PARTNERSHIP: Tysons Partnership has

announced that the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice has been elected to serve on the partnership’s board of directors.

The firm will be represented by Dan Mackesey.

Womble Carlyle is a full-service, business-law firm with 550 lawyers throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and in Silicon Valley. The Tysons office of Womble Carlyle specializes in representation of middlemarket government contractors and technology companies. Mackesey is a veteran commercial real estate attorney and managing partner of the firm’s Tysons office.

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McLEAN CHAMBER ADDS NEW MEMBERS: The Greater McLean Chamber of

Commerce has welcomed the following new members: Deborah Kowal, Long & Foster Realtors; The Actual Dance; Homestretch; Family PASS; SHARE Inc.; Eddie V’s Prime Seafood; Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group; Kim Gibson, Keller Williams Realty; The Wise Organizer; August Architecture LLC; the Protocol School of Washington; Auto Details Concierge; and Lapis.

VIENNA GOVERNMENT ISSUES NEW BUSINESS LICENSES: The Vienna town

government has issued licenses to the following new businesses in town: Carolyn Ubben Architect (architect); Dogan & John Hair Salon (beauty salon); Michelle’s Boutique (beauty salon); Larsa (computer service); Pleasant Dental (dentist); Liz Brinson, CST (massage therapy); Sallie Twentyman, MWS, LCSW (psychotherapist); and Clarity (restaurant).

VIENNA NOTES BUSINESS ANNIVERSARIES: The Vienna town government

recently noted the following business anniversaries in the town: 40 Years: Buswell & Bennett Commercial Cleaning.

30 Years: CJS Associates.

25 Years: Coolwinds.

15 Years: ABCO Data Systems.

10 Years: Clear View Homes, Diana S. Gibb, Sodexo Management, the Dandelion Patch, Vienna Barber.

FOUST TO HIGHLIGHT McLEAN CHAMBER BREAKFAST: Supervisor John Foust

(D-Dranesville) will be the speaker at the next “Good Morning McLean” forum sponsored by the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce.

Foust will discuss the county government’s strategic plan for economic success.

The event will be held on Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 a.m. at J. Gilbert’s, 6930 Old Dominion Drive. The cost in advance is $20 for Chamber members, $25 for others; at the door, the cost is $5 more.

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

McLEAN CHAMBER PREPS FOR GOLF OUTING: The Greater McLean Chamber

of Commerce has set the date for its annual Golf Classic, to be held on Monday, July 20 at River Creek Club in Leesburg.

The event will feature an afternoon of food, fun and friendly competition, sponsored by Giant Food.

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

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Schools & Military Adam Toohey of Great Falls earned a master of arts degree in administrative leadership during recent commencement exercises at the University of Oklahoma Norman. n

n Thomas Pell of Vienna earned a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Providence College. n Cadet Joseph Monfort-Eaton III, the son of Joseph Monfort II and Deborah Eaton of Oakton, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English during recent commencement exercises at Virginia Military Institute. n The following local students earned degrees during recent commencement exercises at Bucknell University: Audrey Dotson, the daughter of William and Judith Dotson of Vienna and a graduate of Flint Hill School, earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics and political science, cum laude.

Claire Doyle, the daughter of George and Laura Doyle of Vienna and a graduate of Flint Hill School, earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree in accounting and financial management.

Rafael Enriquez-Hesles, the son of Rafael Enriquez and Elisa Hesles of McLean and a graduate of McLean High School, earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering, cum laude, and a bachelor of management for engineers degree. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon engineering honor societies.

Alexander Wagner, the son of Frederick and Carol Wagner of Vienna and a graduate of Potomac School, earned a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish and economics. n Christina Popps of McLean earned a bachelor of business administration degree, summa cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at the College of William & Mary. n Peter Ugone of McLean earned a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice during recent commencement exercises at Greensboro College. n Joseph Corso of Oakton, a graduate of Flint Hill School, earned a bachelor of arts degree in government and business, and Paxton Rountree-Jablin of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree, cum laude, in geology during recent commencement exercises at St. Lawrence University.

been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Lehigh University.

n The following local students earned degrees during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University: – From Great Falls: Nicole Burkart earned a bachelor of arts degree in English; Caitlin Cox earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing; Danielle Lubin earned a bachelor of science degree in secondary education; Kelly Anne Tremaine earned a bachelor of science degree in graphic communications, summa cum laude.

– From McLean: Kelsey Ann Clausman earned a bachelor of science degree in health science; Alexander Quoc Huynh earned a bachelor of science degree in language and international health; Alicia Werner earned a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences.

– From Vienna: Emily Jensen earned a bachelor of arts degree in special education, summa cum laude; Collin Sekas earned a bachelor of science degree in construction science and management.

n Gabrielle Greco, the daughter of Drs. Stephen and Judith Greco of Vienna, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the College of William and Mary. n Louis Gaertner of Great Falls has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at James Madison University.

He also is a member of Sigma Alpha Pi, the National Society of Leadership and Success, at the university. n Alison Luckett of

McLean, a junior at

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, has been elected to a oneyear post as an at-large member of the Girl Scout Council board of directors. She will begin her term Oct. 1.

Luckett currently is at the Ambassador level of Girl Scouting, having earned the Bronze, Silver, Silver Trefoil and Gold awards.

The Sun Gazette welcomes your news of the achievements of local students and members of the Armed Forces. We are happy to spread the word across the community.

Items can be sent to the editor by regular mail, fax or e-mail; contact information is on Page 6.

n John Burt of McLean earned a bachelor of arts degree in history during recent commencement exercises at the University of Vermont. n Nathan Marcotte of Great Falls has been inducted into the Bucknell University chapter of the Alpha Lambda Delta firstyear honor society.

Grace Henry of McLean, a graduate of McLean High School, has been named to the president’s list for the spring semester at the University of Mary Washington.

Henry also earned Virginia certification as an emergency-medical technician. n

n The following local students have been named to the president’s list for the spring semester at James Madison University: – From Great Falls: Melissa Caracciolo, John Jorgensen, Dylan Phillips, Anne Sherman.

– From McLean: Harold Burke, Jam Chookaew, Benjamin Epstein, Jennifer Gaver, Yasmin Shahkarami, Kolina Sheng, Garrett Simkins, Lindsay Wright.

– From Oakton: Alexander Doye, Robert Kurtzman, Allen Luethke, Leah Utley.

– From Vienna: Catherine Belous, James Brady, Danielle Cammiso, Jessica Cammiso, Christopher Gates, Brianne Hayden, Kathryn Kavanagh, Flora Lindsay, Mary McWeeney, Rebecca Rosen, Cameron Stopak, Katelyn Thomas, Sarah Voigt, Isabel Yun. n Samantha Sterling and Max Sterling, both of McLean, have been named to the dean’s list for the winter quarter at Northwestern University. n Lydia Fernandes of

McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Vermont. n Dallas-Blake Basha of Vienna, Julia Choudhury of Vienna, Cristina DeScisciolo of Vienna, Brenna Healy of Vienna, Haley Robinson of McLean, Soraya Todd of McLean, Stephen Yenouskas of Vienna and Samantha Zukergood of Vienna have

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Lucy Green of McLean earned a bachelor of arts degree in environmental studies/visual arts; Ryan Kulesza of Great Falls earned a bachelor of arts degree in computer science; Kaley Nelson of Vienna earned a bachelor of arts degree in government and legal studies; and Kathleen Smith of Oakton earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics, magna cum laude and n

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n Alexa Burke of McLean, a 2008 graduate of Langley High School, earned a master’s degree in education, applied behavioral analysis, during recent commencement exercises at Columbia University Teachers College.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes GREAT FALLS CITIZENS ASSOCIATION TO ELECT OFFICERS, PASS BUDGET:

The Great Falls Citizens Association ill hold its monthly town-hall meeting on Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike.

The June agenda includes the annual election of officers and new board members.

Officers standing for election are Eric Knudsen (president), Bill Canis (vice president), Bud Thompson (treasurer) and Dawn MacPhee (secretary). Board members standing for election for twoyear terms are Ruth Carver (re-nomination), Wayne Foley (re-nomination), Torsten Kracht (re-nomination), Gary Pan (new), Edward Phillips (HOA re-nomination) and Donald “Phil” Whitworth (new).

In addition, the organization’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be presented for discussion and a membership vote. Three bylaws revisions approved by the executive board in February also will be presented to the membership for approval. “These are largely technical and procedural corrections to certain membership procedures reflecting best practice and technology improvements,” the

organization said.

For additional information, see the Web site at www.gfca.org.

McLEAN CITIZENS ASSOCIATION FORUM TO FOCUS ON ROUTE 7: The

McLean Citizens Association will host a public meeting on transit plans for Route 7 from Tysons to Alexandria on Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center.

The briefing will discuss plans by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission on high-capacity proposals to improve traffic flow in the important corridor.

McLEAN SYMPHONY TO CLOSE OUT SEASON: The McLean Sympony will

present its season finalé – “Transitions!”

– on Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

Under the baton of Maestro Dingwall Fleary, the program will include works by John Williams and Charlie Parker, and combinations of jazz instrumentalists with song stylist Jason Paul Curtis.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for youth. Children 12 and un-

der are admitted free.

For information, call (703) 991-7197 or see the Web site at http://mclean-sympony.org.

McLEAN WOMAN’S CLUB CHORALE TO PRESENT SPRING CONCERT: The

McLean Woman’s Club Chorale will present its spring concert – “Memories” – on Saturday, June 6 at 2 p.m. at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

The 35-member chorale will be joined by soloists in singing romantic and traditional favorites. Funds raised during the event will support the Falls ChurchMcLean Children’s Center.

The concert is free, and the community is invited. For information, call (703) 5560197 or see the Web site at www.mcleanwc. org.

PARTY SET FOR RISING SEVENTH-GRADERS: The Old Firehouse Teen Center will

host a party for rising seventh-graders on Friday, June 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the center, 1440 Chain Bridge Road.

The cost is $5 for members, $10 for others. For information, call (703) 4488336 or see the Web site at www.mclean-

center.org.

PALLADIAN PLACE CONCERT SERIES CONTINUES: The Palladian Place Civic

Green concert series will present the Jon Shain Duo playing blues on Saturday, June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., and Bach to Rock students performing on Sunday, June 7 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Concerts are held at the corner of Laughlin and Lowell avenues in McLean.

There is no admission charge.

Tai chi and stretching exercises will be offered on Saturdays, June 6 and 13, from 8 to 9 a.m.

For additional information, call (703) 288-9505.

BOOK SALE SET AT TYSONS-PIMMIT LIBRARY: Friends of the Tysons-Pimmit

Regional Library will host a book sale on Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, June 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the library, 7584 Leesburg Pike.

The event will feature a large selection of books, magazines and media for adults and children.

For information, call (703) 790-4031 or e-mail tysonslibraryfriends@gmail. com.

Vienna/Oakton Notes ‘CONCERTS ON THE GREEN’ SUMMER SERIES KICKS OFF: The Vienna town

government’s the Green”1 HBM SUN“Summer GAZETTE AD on 2-20-1015f.pdf concert series kicks off on Wednesday,

June 3 with a performance by The Great Zucchini.

Upcoming concerts include The Splin2/19/15 1:34 AM ters (June 8), Captain All-Star (June 10)

and Annapolis Bluegrass (June 12).

Performances are held at 6:30 p.m. on the Vienna Town Green, 144 Maple Ave., E., and are free. Those attending are

asked to bring chairs and blankets. No alcoholic beverages are permitted, and it is requested that pets be left at home.

A complete schedule is available on the town government’s Web site at www. viennava.gov.

CHURCH TO HOST AUCTION, DINNER:

Wesley United Methodist Church will host an auction and light dinner on Saturday, June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church, 711 Spring St., S.E., in Vienna.

Proceeds will support the church’s youth ministry.

For information, see the Web site at www.wesleyviennaauction.com.

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All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate that violates the fair housing law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. For more information or to file a housing complaint call the Virginia Fair Housing Office at (804) 367-9753. Email: fairhousing@dpor.virginia.gov.

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There will be a time when Realtors can legally fly an unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, around property listings to capture images for marketing purposes, but that time has not yet arrived, at least not completely.

That’s according to Federal Aviation Administration officials who told Realtors during the “When, Where and How can I Use My Drone “session at the recent Realtors’ Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

According to Jim Williams, manager of FAA’s UAS Integration Office, the agency’s administrator Michael Huerta is committed to quickly finalizing the federal rules for the commercial use of UAS in national airspace, which is currently prohibited.

Until that time, Realtors can apply for a “Section 333 waiver,” which provides a limited-use permit to the applicant and comes with many safety restrictions on use of the machine.

Panelist Doug Trudeau of Tierra Antigua Realty in Tuscon, Ariz., the first Realtor to apply for and receive a Section 333 exemption from the FAA to create marketing videos for property listings, discussed the waiver application process and offered advice to other Realtors who are interested in pursuing a waiver.

After contacting an attorney with the FAA, Trudeau said he did several weeks of research on his own and chose to complete the application without hiring a private attorney.

The guidelines are fairly clear, Trudeau said, but he could have saved himself some headaches if he had logged his previous UAS flying times and made sure his quadcopter was built in the U.S., because the FAA will not register a UAS that is registered by any foreign government.

From start to finish, the process took Trudeau 170 days, but he said it should go a lot faster for new applicants.

“The FAA, in all reality, has made it easier today for you than it was for me a year ago,” he told the Realtors.

Some of the earlier waivers restrict operators from flying a UAS within five miles of any airport, while other waivers limit it to two miles. Williams said that safety is the agency’s biggest concern, and because UAS are so easy to purchase and fly, it’s a growing problem.

“A lot of folks out there don’t understand the risk they are getting into when they operate near an airport. It’s potentially very dangerous,” said Williams, who also encouraged Realtors to call the FAA and report any UAS activity near airports.

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coverage area have received honors at all three levels of the 2015 Virginia Index of Performance Awards program.

Longfellow Middle School was one of just six schools in the commonwealth to receive the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence, the highest ranking in the awards program. (Another Fairfax school, Rocky Run Middle School, also received the honor.)

Chesterbrook Elementary, Churchill Road Elementary, Colvin Run Elementary, Cooper Middle, Flint Hill Elementary, Forestville Elementary, Great Falls Elementary, Haycock Elementary, James Madison High, Kent Gardens Elementary, Langley High, McLean High, Navy Elementary, Oakton Elementary, Oakton High, Spring Hill Elementary and Wolftrap Elementary schools and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology received the second-tier award, the Board of Education Excellence. A total of 109 schools statewide were honored with that award.

Franklin Sherman Elementary, Kilmer Middle, Stenwood Elementary, Thoreau Middle and Vienna Elementary schools were among 137 honored statewide with the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award.

Award-winning schools “are laboratories for innovation that are preparing young Virginians to compete and succeed in a new Virginia economy,” Gov. McAuliffe said in announcing the award-wining

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“Schools don’t succeed unless students are successful, and each of these awards highlights a school where young Virginians are being well-prepared for the challenges ahead,” said Steven Staples, Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction.

OPEN HOUSE TO TACKLE FUTURE OF TYSONS: The Fairfax County government

will host a “Transforming Tysons” open house on Monday, June 8 at 7 p.m. at Freedom Hill Elementary School, 1945 Lord Fairfax Road.

Participants can learn about proposed development activity; transportation and transit improvements; potential Comprehensive Plan changes; and park and public-safety plans.

No formal presentations will be made; participants can move among display tables and discuss matters of interest with county staff and developers.

POLLUTION-CONTROL PLANT AGAIN WINS HONORS: For 17 years in a row, the

Fairfax County government’s Noman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Control Plant has garnered 100-percent compliance with its regulatory permit, and again has received the Platinum Peak Performance Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.

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Fairfax County Notes Continued from Page 18 in Providence, R.I. FIRE DEPARTMENT GARNERS FEMA GRANT: The Fairfax County Fire and

Rescue Department will received just over $504,000 in new grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters funding source.

Funding will go to support a multi-story burn container, allowing fire personnel to practice coordinated tactics in a realworld environment. Additional funds will support fitness training.

The grant “will help ensure that our fire and emergency personnel remain at the top of their skill and fitness level and can continue to provide Fairfax County residents with the best possible service,” U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) said in a statement.

VISITS BY BEARS NOT SEEN AS CAUSE FOR CONCERN: Remain calm and carry

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on, Fairfax officials advise in the wake of several recent bear sightings in the local area.

Fairfax police on May 27 received two reports of bears: A black bear was reported feeding at a birdfeeder around 6 a.m. in a resident’s yard in the 7800 block of Langley Ridge Road, and another bear was spotted around 9:30 a.m. a few miles away in the 6600 block of Potomac River Road, heading into Scott’s Run Nature Preserve.

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Oakton area on April 18.

According to county officials, it is not unusual to see black bears at this time of year, and residents should not panic or feel alarmed.

Black bears have a natural fear of humans, and in most cases, would rather flee than encounter people, “but in their search for food it is not uncommon to see one,” county officials said in a statement. “Most often, bears will keep moving through an area once they fail in their attempts to find food.”

Unless the animal is sick or injured, or poses a threat to public safety, animal-control officers do not take actions to attempt to remove bears from a neighborhood.

Among tips to keep bears at bay: • The best way to encourage the bear not to return is to remove the food source.

• Do not store household trash, or anything that smells like food, in vehicles, on porches or decks.

• Keep full or empty trash containers secured in a garage, shed or basement.

• Put your trash out the morning of the pickup, not the night before.

• Take down birdfeeders for several weeks after a bear visits.

• Consider installing electric fencing.

AS SNAKE SEASON RAMPS UP, COMMON-SENSE CAUTION IS REQUESTED:

Fairfax County is home to an array of snake species, most of which are non-venomous and pose no threat to people, but Fairfax County officials are urging resi-

dents to get educated to know what to do – and what not to do – when they come across them.

“Some commonly found species of non-venomous snakes include the Eastern ratsnake, the Northern ring-necked snake, the Northern black racer and the Eastern garter snake,” county police said on May 29. “These snakes are beneficial and hunt insects, birds and rodents.”

The Northern Copperhead is the only venomous snake species commonly found in Fairfax County.

“Copperheads may be found basking in the sun on trails, and in rocky areas and in stream valleys,” officials said. “They are most active between April and October.”

Copperheads can be identified by their triangular head shape, vertical pupil and an hourglass scale pattern that runs the length of their body. They may be copper-colored or a light brown and tan color.

Most bites occur when snakes are handled or accidently touched by someone walking or climbing, officials said. “Following a few simple tips when outdoors can help you lessen your chances of a snake bite,” they said.

Among tips: • If you see a snake, stop and keep a safe distance. Give the snake room to move away on its own.

• Do not try to handle any snake. Any snake will bite if provoked.

• When walking or hiking, stay on trails, sidewalks and cleared pathways.

• Wear boots or closed shoes and long

pants when working outdoors or walking in wooded areas.

• Wear leather gloves when handling brush and debris.

• Use a flashlight if walking at night in areas where snakes might be present.

• Keep dogs on leashes and pet cats indoors to reduce chances of them encountering a snake.

If you find a sick or injured snake, contact the police non-emergency line at (703) 691-2131 to be connected with Animal Control.

ENDEPENDENCE CENTER TO HOST AWARDS PROGRAM: The ENDependence

Center of Northern Virginia will honor state Sen. Linda “Toddy” Puller (D-Mount Vernon) with its lifetime-achievement award during the organization’s annual awards reception, to be held on Thursday, June 11 at the Clarendon Ballroom.

Puller will be saluted for her advocacy on disability and veterans’ issues, and for her own personal efforts to overcome a stroke in 1997.

The event also will feature a salute to the 30th anniversary of the Virginians with Disabilities Act, 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the 50th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and will feature speakers, music, refreshments and a silent auction.

For information and tickets, see the Web site at www.ecnv.org.

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Sports

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The Liberty Title Goes To McLean

Teeing Off

A Plan for Fans to Watch All 4 Tourney Title Games What about a four-game, day-long, same-venue baseball jamboree at the George Mason University field, where four different high school conference tournament championship games would be played?

Girls Soccer Team Takes Final in OT

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DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

Something had to give in a showdown between unbeaten girls high school soccer teams.

It took a while, but the McLean Highlanders were the team that remained a loss by deSOCCER without feating the host Yorktown Patriots in penalty kicks to win the Liberty Conference Tournament championship game last week.

After regulation and overtimes, the Highlanders (15-1-2) won 3-2 in the first round of penalty kicks.

The loss was the first for Yorktown and snapped the Patriots’ six-game winning streak. The Highlanders were 3-0 in the tournament and did not allow a goal in regulation and overtime.

“I’m so proud of all of these girls,” McLean coach Rob Bouchard said.

“Both teams played phenomenal games.

It is sad that it came down to PKs. Our girls fought hard from start to finish.”

The winning goalie was McLean’s Lydia Erickson, who has 11 shutouts this season.

Scoring on penalty kicks for McLean were Clare Beahn, with the game win-

Above: McLean’s Kimberly Zhou and Yorktown’s Keily Westhoff collide as they vie for possession of the ball during the girls Liberty Conference Tournament championship game that was won by McLean in penalty kicks.

Left: The McLean players celebrate after winning in penalty kicks, converting on three of the kicks compared to Yorktown’s two goals in the extra round. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

Continued on Page 25

Madison Wins in Region; McLean, Oakton Lose DAVE FACINOLI

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The Madison Warhawks remained patient and rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to win their first-round game of the 6A Region high BASEBALL North school baseball tournament with a 9-1 home victory over the T.C. Williams Titans on May 29.

In other first-round games involving local teams, the Oakton Cougars lost at home to the Battlefield Bobcats, 8-1, and the McLean Highlanders were defeated on the road by the South County Stallions, 9-1.

The season ends for Oakton and McLean. Madison (19-5) advances to the quarterfinals to host the Herndon Hor-

action.

nets on June 1 at 7 p.m.

“The first one is always the one you have to get, and we just expect every game to be a battle in the region,” Madison coach Mark Gjormand said.

Madison trailed 1-0 after three innings against T.C. right-hander Andrew Tovsky. At that point, Gjormand sensed his players were getting a little tight. During a team huddle to start the fourth, he told the players they were not “having fun.”

The Warhawks responded with four runs on three hits in the fourth, added another in the fifth and three more in the sixth. T.C. aided Madison’s scoring by making a combined three errors in those innings and tossing a couple of wild pitches.

Bryan Harthun hit a solo homer for Madison, added an RBI single and stole two bases. The Warhawks had eight hits, many timely, and amassed eight steals.

“I hit a fastball, middle in and reacted the right way,” Harthun said of his first homer this season. “It took us a little bit to figure out the right approach against him [Tovsky].”

Matt Favero had a two-run single for Madison, Jordan Ebersole had two doubles, Kyle Novak had an RBI single, Jimmy Goldsmith singled, as did Pete Nielsen, who also had an RBI. Madison right fielder Owen Socher had a sacrifice fly and bunt and threw out a runner at home in the first inning who Continued on Page 25

Joey Kamide of Novabaseballmagazine.com has talked up the idea.

His plan would switch from the current setup, when the four games were played the same night at different sites.

With the title tilts played at one neutral place, everyone who wanted to watch all four games – and there are many who want to do just that – could do so.

Games could be played at 10 a.m., then every three hours at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.

The George Mason field is usually vacant that time of year, and parking wouldn’t be an issue. The university, though, obviously would have to embrace the concept and probably offer a discounted bargain, if any charge.

Would the GMU site plan be a good idea? Some think so, and agree it would be worth trying for a season or two, then reevaluate.

The challenge would be convincing high school administrators and some of the baseball coaches to move forward and break for the current system.

If GMU wouldn’t agree, the plan could be the same with the games held at one of the top high school fields in the area, like Westfield, Lake Braddock, Robinson or Madison.

If the one-day conference-final baseball experiment worked, the same could result for other spring sports, like girls softball, soccer and lacrosse.

There has been an unfortunate change the last couple of years to switch away from the popular same-day champion-jamboree concept, instead simultaneously holding championship playoff games of springtime publicschool high school sports at different venues. That’s kind of the easy way out, without any imagination or out-of-thebox vision.

Again, that cheats those wanting to see all of the games, or more than one.

Why not start with Kamide’s baseball experiment and see what happens?

The guess is those involved in other springtime sports quickly would want to follow suit.

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For the Sun Gazette

In a 6A North Region Tournament quarterfinal between the host Oakton Cougars and McLean Highlanders, a interrupted by SOCCER contest a one-hour lightning delay, a junior varsity call-up made the difference in the boys high school soccer game.

Freshman midfielder Bryan Smith scored both of his team’s goals in Oakton’s 2-0 victory.

Oakton (13-4) was scheduled to play the Langley Saxons (13-1-1 and winners of six straight) in the semifinals June 3. Langley topped Herndon, 3-1, in its quarterfinals.

“Three of my [attacking] starters were on the bench during the game. I needed to find players who’d play the way we need to play, and Bryan could do that,” Oakton coach Todd Spitalny said. “We didn’t play well. We didn’t do a good job keeping possession of the ball, playing

our game. But we won because our back four and goalie were great.”

The Cougars opened the game as the aggressors, pushing numbers forward as they pursued an early goal. McLean’s defense offered Oakton little space on the ball, however, frustrating the Cougars.

Oakton finally broke through in the 23rd minute, scoring on a counter after a rare foray from the Highlanders into their attacking third.

Oakton senior winger Jimmy Filerman brought the ball down the touchline and threaded a pass to Smith near the top of the penalty box. Smith dribbled the ball in between the two McLean center backs and deftly slotted a shot under the reach of the visitor’s rushing goalkeeper to give Oakton a 1-0 lead.

The Cougars continued pressing forward in the first half searching for a second goal, but could never find the extra pass or space needed to extend their lead.

Around the 35th minute, the game was delayed for just over an hour because lightning was sighted. Spitalny acknowl-

edged that the delay affected his team.

“It’s hard to turn your body on multiple times, on and then off, on again, then after halftime on again,” Spitalny said. “The focus wasn’t there in the second half, and that’s also when McLean started pushing forward and when we weren’t playing our game.”

Nevertheless, aside from a few setpiece opportunities, McLean never challenged Oakton’s defense. Smith sealed the result in the 73rd minute, scoring on another deft finish from the right side of the box.

After the ball pinballed between various players as a result of poor clearances and wandering headers, Smith gathered the ball at the top of the box and slotted the ball home.

“It gives me confidence that I can play out there, get more than a few minutes here and there,” Smith said. “I trust my teammates, so I just got in open spaces.

Our team didn’t have the best game, but we got the result.”

Oakton, which lost to McLean in the

regular season, defeated Osbourn Park, 2-0, in first-round region action.

In Langley’s region win over Herndon, Cameron Basco scored two goals, Jacob Labovitz had a goal and one assist and Daniel Levetown and Onur Marsan each had an assist. Langley blanked defending champion T.C. Williams, 4-0, in the first round with four different players scoring goals and Levetown having two assists.

See information about Langley’s Liberty Conference Tournament boys soccer championship at www.insidenova.com/ sports/fairfax. n The Madison Warhawks (10-6-1) were 2-0 in the region tourney when the week began, defeating Lake Braddock, 3-2, then Osbourn, 4-0, on two goals from Adam Gardner and one each from Stephen LaRow and John Dyson. Andres Ayala, Gardner and Dyson had assists in the win.

Joey Irwin scored twice and Brook Atsedu once against Lake Braddock.

Max Dudenhoeffer and Ryan Dyson had assists.

for Oakton and Karlie Cronin netted three. Oakton rallied from an early 7-4 deficit.

In the quarterfinals, Oakton defeated the Madison Warhawks, 14-6. Lydia Montanino scored four goals, Cronin three and Rachel Pionke two. Gillian Townsend made seven saves in goal.

In the first round, Oakton routed Patriot, 21-9. Palmucci had five goals and Cronin and Pionke four each.

North Region Tournament competition.

For stories on Marshall’s various conference championships, visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

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High School Roundup MADISON, MARSHALL SOFTBALL WIN CONFERENCE TOURNEYS: The Madi-

son and Marshall high school girls softball teams won conference tournament championships with 3-0 records.

Madison won the Liberty and Marshall won the Capitol.

For information about those championships, visit www.insidenova.com/ sports/fairfax.

After winning the conference, Madison (21-3) blanked the West Springfield Spartans, 10-0, in a home first-round game of the 6A North Region girls softball tournament on May 29. Katie Vannicola struck out 19 and homered for Madison. Alex Echazarretta also homered and Cat Arase was 3-3. Madison has won six games in a row.

In other first-round 6A North Region

McLean Continued from Page 24 ner, Haley Mennes and Mia Barringer.

For Yorktown, Bella Krider and Gillian Schiffer scored.

“My mindset was to look where I’m not shooting it,” Beahn said. “I wanted to get my body over the ball so it would go in. Mentally, the walk down there to take the kick was a lonely one. I was thinking

Madison Continued from Page 24

OAKTON GIRLS LACROSSE IN REGION FINAL: The Oakton Cougars won their

first three games of the 6A North Region girls lacrosse tournament to advance to this week’s championship game against Robinson. Oakton lost to Robinson previously this season.

Oakton (10-5) nipped Centreville, 17-16, in overtime in the semifinals, after losing to Centreville in two previous games this season. Stephanie Palmucci scored the tying goal with a second left in regulation, then netted the game-winner in overtime.

Kelsey McWilliams scored four goals

STREAK ENDS FOR LANGLEY BOYS LACROSSE: The Langley Saxons’ post-sea-

Marshall High School teams won Capitol Conference Tournament championships.

The boys and girls soccer and lacrosse teams won titles along with the baseball and softball teams. All advance to 5A

son winning streak in boys lacrosse ended with a 12-6 loss to the visiting Robinson Rams on May 30 in a 6A North Region Tournament semifinal game.

Langley had won five straight playoff games, including a 3-0 record in the Liberty Conference Tournament. Then in the first two rounds of the region, Langley defeated West Springfield, 6-5, then Westfield, 10-7. Against Robinson, the game was tied at 5 in the second half. For more info on Langley, visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

I’ve got to make this. I had to focus.”

Said Erickson: “It was a pretty even game for the first 80 minutes. I felt more threatened in the second 40 minutes than I did in the first 40. They had two corners in the second 40 and zero in the first 40.”

In penalty kicks, Erickson made a hand save and a foot save.

“Once we scored first in PKs and went ahead 1-0, we knew it would be hard for them to come back from a 1-0 deficit,” Erickson said.

Yorktown coach Mariano Alonso

thought the game was even.

“We both have different styles,” Alonso said. “We maintained possession with a lot of passing. They push up the ball with speed. In PKs, it is kind of a lottery. There’s not that much strategy. They nicely executed theirs. Before that, I felt that we were the dominant team. We kept possession. We just couldn’t finish.”

McLean’s captains are Audrey Freeman, Madeline Dalzell and Caroline Meier. Bouchard credited them with strong play.

McLean defeated Hayfield, 6-0, in the first round, then Washington-Lee, 3-0, in the semifinals.

After winning the Liberty tourney, McLean advanced to the 6A North Region Tournament and finished 1-1, defeating West Springfield, 2-0, then losing to Battlefield, 1-0.

The loss snapped McLean’s 12-game winning streak.

Beahn had an assist and Mennes and Gabrielle Wiley against West Springfield.

Gjormand praised the season-long standout defense of Socher and Hayes.

“Kyle has great hands and Owen knows what he’s doing in the outfield,” the coach said. “We held them to run one in the first. Owen’s throw was a big momentum change.”

Madison senior lefty Brian Eckert (9-1) pitched six innings, striking out nine and allowing no earned runs. He walked one and gave up just two hits.

Eckert has all four of Madison’s playoff wins this season, and is yet to allow an earned run in 20 postseason innings.

Favero pitched a perfect seventh for

Madison with three strikeouts on 11 pitches.

Madison turned two double plays. For more on Madison, including its Liberty Conference Tournament championship, visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax. n In Oakton’s 8-1 home loss against Battlefield, the Cougars (17-7) had just two hits off junior left-hander Jake Agnos, who struck out 21 in a game just a few days prior.

Agnos fanned 13 Oakton batters, including eight of the nine starters, in six innings of work. He walked four and threw 116 pitches.

Ryan Davis and Joe Rizzo, RBI single, had Oakton’s hits. Connor Jones started and took the loss in three innings of work. Battlefield had eight hits.

The game included a 75-minute lightning delay. n McLean (14-8) lost on the road to the South County Stallions, 9-1. The Highlanders fell behnd 1-0 after the first inning and never led.

Junior left-hander Jon Clines started for McLean and pitched three innings.

For more on McLean and Oakton baseball, visit www.insidenova.com/ sports/fairfax.

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was trying to score on a fly ball. It was his sixth assist this season.

“I saw him tag up,” Socher said of the runner at third. “It’s a dream for an outfielder in that situation to have the ball hit right at you like that and you can throw on the run. With Kyle [Hayes] back catching, all you have to do is remotely put the ball in the right spot and he’ll find a way to make the tag.”

action, the McLean Highlanders blanked the West Potomac Wolverines, 8-0. Bella Norton homered for McLean and Julia Longo struck out 13.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes Continued from Page 16 on Saturday, June 13 at 4 p.m. in Vienna.

The event will feature a tour of five private gardens in the community. The cost is $20, with proceeds benefiting the

Swap Continued from Page 1 the originally proposed gym would have encroached.

In exchange, Vienna leaders offered to give the school system an 11,500-squarefoot section of Locust Street, S.E., rightof-way located south of Vienna Elementary School – provided the town retained access easements for stormwater management and other municipal duties.

While that initial offer was received without objection, school officials later decided they wanted a 33,765-square-foot section of the town’s Locust Street rightof-way between Center and Park streets, with no municipal easements granted.

The school system offered to trade that parcel for an equal-sized section of FCPSowned land at Caffi Fields or sell the 10,300-square-foot parcel town officials originally sought for $185,812.

“FCPS has a fiduciary responsibility to protect its assets,” Garza said. “We have limited space around our growing schools, so we take very seriously any contemplation of relinquishing our property.”

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United Methodist Church will hold its

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Clothing, jewelry, electronics, books, sporting goods, toys, home furnishings and boutique items will be part of the

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But Vienna officials viewed the school system’s final offers as “untenable and inconsistent with representations at previous meetings,” Payton’s letter read.

The town government uses the Locust Street right-of-way for parking access at nearby Waters and Caffi athletic fields and in recent years has built a community garden there, complete with water lines, he wrote.

In addition, the right-of-way serves as a connecter trail to Vienna Elementary, which is part of Vienna’s Safe Routes to School program, Payton wrote.

Some Vienna officials also viewed the Locust Street right-of-way as a bulwark against a possible expansion of Vienna Elementary. One Town Council member likened that strip of land to the town’s “Berlin Wall.”

School Board member Patricia Hynes (Hunter Mill District) said FCPS officials have no control over local land-use policies, and must conserve county schools’ land to accommodate future expansion.

“The school system is faced with increasing capital needs throughout the county and flat annual capital funding,” she said. “In that environment, we are trying to plan for where new students will go to school.”

The land-swap negotiations occurred between the school staff and town officials; School Board members never voted on the matter, said schools spokesman John Torre.

Vienna officials originally hoped to add a full-sized gymnasium, with a two-lane running track and storage rooms, on the center’s north side.

As the land swap began to go sour this spring, town leaders examined and then rejected options to turn the gym on its axis or shift it more toward the Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail to skirt the school system’s property.

In the end, Vienna officials agreed to spend an additional $29,802 to have Lukmire Partnership design a gym circled by only one 4-foot-wide running lane and endowed with a trapezoid-shaped space with three storage rooms.

The gym now will have less interior space between the playing court and the walls and its handicapped-accessible seating will be relocated, said Vienna Parks and Recreation Director Cathy Salgado.

Town officials will put the community center’s expansion-and-renovation project out for bids in the next couple of weeks.

Once the bids have been received by late July, Vienna officials will award the con-

tract in August and work will commence in September, she said.

Hynes said she was “disappointed that the town’s original plans for the community center expansion will not be fully realized,” but added, “I’m sure the new space will be a great improvement over the existing facility.”

Mayor Laurie DiRocco expressed disappointment at the time lost because of school officials’ unwillingness to approve a smaller land swap.

“I wish they would have said this to us nine months ago,” she said. “It would have saved us a lot of heartache, time and energy.”

Vienna and school officials said they wished to continue their otherwise strong working relationship.

“We are committed to being good partners with town leadership,” Garza said.

“We were not able to find a solution that was beneficial to both parties in this particular instance, but we remain open for continued conversation.”

Hynes concurred, saying the School Board and town have a long history of cooperation. “Our activities and land use are inextricably entwined, so we will continue to work together for the sake of the schools and the community,” she said.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. May 29, 1941: n A looming bus strike threatens to disrupt the commutes of thousands of Northern Virginians. n June 1 is the deadline for semi-annual state vehicle inspections.

June 1-2, 1962: n Supervisors have OK’d the location of the big shopping center planned for Tysons Corner. n Adelard Brault has been appointed to fill the Providence District vacancy on the Board of Supervisors. n The Fairfax Chamber of Commerce says more clarity is needed on Virginia’s “blue law” regulations about Sunday sales. n On TV tonight: Jack Benny, “Candid Camera,” “What’s My Line” and “Bonanza.”

June 2, 1963: n A federal court has overturned Virginia’s policy of segregated theaters and public halls.

May 31, 1969: n Vice President Agnew served as speaker at the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. n County school officials ordered students to attend school on Memorial Day to make up a snow day, but about half of the youths stayed home. n The 95-year-old Vienna Presbyterian Church is set for a facelift. n A state agency’s secret report urging mandatory sex-ed has been leaked. n At the movies: “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Support Your Local Sheriff,” “Bullitt” and “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”

June 1, 1979: n So far, it’s been a low-key race between Supervisor Martha Pennino (DCentreville) and her Republican opponent, Ed Jacobs. n Virginia’s electric chair, unused since 1962, has been cleaned and varnished and is ready for its first execution since the reinstatement of the death penalty.

June 2-3, 1983: n Former Arlington County Board member John Purdy will run as the Democratic opponent to Tom Davis in the Providence District race for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. n U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) wants a study to determine the feasibility of another inbound lane on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge.

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64. To bake an egg in its shell

65. It’s sometimes high or low 67. Sound of pinched nose 68. One who ____ around 69. Hammurabi’s code, e.g.

70. “It’s the latest ____” 71. Edible root of taro plant 72. Wife’s title 73. Wives of one man

DOWN 1. Choir member 2. German industrial valley 3. Larger-than-life 4. A position well suited to person occupying it 5. Turkish capital 6. For boys and girls 7. As opposed to St. or Blvd.

8. Crafter’s wood 9. Ancient Briton 10. Give some this and they take a mile 11. Malaria symptom 12. Hemingway’s “___ Whom the Bell Tolls” 15. A man who is senior member of group, pl.

20. Kind of police gun 22. Computer-generated imagery, acr.

24. Engaged couple’s contracts 25. The Nile is famous for these 26. Turning point 27. Manila hemp 29. “Oh, my!”

31. U.S. law-enforcement agents 32. Used to treat Parkinson’s disease 33. Amorously checked out 34. *Pesky farm intruders 36. Like Oscar in “The Odd Couple” 38. Very light brown 42. Conversation starter 45. Communion tables 49. *Corn piece 51. Protruding belly 54. Sacred song 56. “The Nutcracker” protagonist 57. Food fish 58. *A quadruped’s ____quarters 59. Consequently 60. Seats for a flock 61. One of the Romanovs 62. Level to the ground 63. Original matter 64. Female 66. Hot Wheel

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