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Business Leaders Press for Transportation Tweaks

Coalition Says High-Priority Projects Should Not Be Put Off Due to Political Parochialism A coalition of Northern Virginia business organizations has signed a compact calling for a regional effort to solve transportation inertia, with “focused and leveraged” funding of large-scale projects.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition, a group of 20 business organizations, called on the state and regional transportation

agencies to invest in projects that will move the greatest number of people, reduce congestion, increase reliability, promote economic development and enhance regional security.

The signatories expressed dissatisfaction with the current mechanism for funding projects in Northern Virginia, which partially relies on returning to localities a share of

funding proportional to their contributions through taxation.

Such a method “impedes the region’s ability to address its most important regional transportation needs,” the group’s resolution notes.

Among the projects requiring priority attention, the group said: Interstate 66, Route

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“Political leaders and our local governments must rise to the challenge and join together to think and act as a region in order to ultimately improve and grow our economy,” said James Corcoran, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, one of the signatories to the policy statement.

Chambers of Commerce in Fairfax, Springfield, Tysons, Dulles, Reston, Loudoun County and Prince William County signed the resolution, as did the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Among other organizations agreeing to the principles laid out: Northern Virginia Technology Council, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, Washington Airports Task Force, Associated Builders and Contractors, Committee for Dulles, Apartment and Office Building Association, NAIOP Northern Virginia and the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association.

“We believe it is essential for this region . . . [to] establish regional transportation priorities based on investments likely to do the most to reduce congestion and improve travel times,” said David Birtwistle, chief executive officer of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, which also is a signatory to the resolution.

One holdout was the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. The organization’s board opted against participating in the compact.

“While the Chamber recognizes the importance of regional collaboration regarding transportation, becoming a signatory would have expressed the Chamber’s support for everything listed in the document and the board as a collective was not comfortable with that,” Arlington Chamber president Kate Roche told the Sun Gazette.

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Civil-Rights Veteran Regales Merrifield Group With Tales Featuring Courage and Peril

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Joan Mulholland of Arlington, who was active in the “Freedom Rider” civil-rights movement of the 1960s, discussed her experiences with members of the Greater Merrifield Business Association on Jan. 22.

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ies in the South. Protesters knew that doing so would place them in harm’s way, Mulholland said.

As historian Michael O’Brien notes in the documentary, “Everybody realized this was not just a walk in the park. This was the next stage of the revolution.”

The Freedom Riders suffered beatings and arrests in Alabama, Mississippi and other states; in Anniston, Ala., a mob firebombed one of their buses.

Mulholland counts the bombing deaths of four black girls in a Birmingham, Ala., church in September 1963 as the struggle’s most significant moment for her.

Another event seared into her memory is the June 1963 murder of NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers, who was shot dead in his driveway. Mulholland, who lives 3 miles from Arlington National Cemetery, occasionally visits Evers’ grave there and reflects on his sacrifice.

“It focuses my thoughts on what went before and what’s happening now,” she said.

The movement’s successes still resonate today, as evidenced by the election victories of President Obama, Mulholland said.

“It’s like throwing a stone into a pond and seeing where the ripples go,” she said.

Members of the Merrifield business group chatted eagerly with Mulholland after her presentation and posed for photos with her.

Greater Merrifield Business Association president Billy Thompson thanked Mulholland for her speech and her activism during that tumultuous era.

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Joan Mulholland was in the middle of the action when activists marched and did sit-ins – sometimes at the risk of arrest or beatings – to obtain civil rights for AfricanAmericans in the 1960s.

While those protests led to major civilrights legislation, and eventually to the election of high-ranking black politicians, such as former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and President Obama, the scourge of racism continues in America today, she said.

“We still have an underlying foundation that includes racism, conscious or unconscious,” Mulholland told members of the Greater Merrifield Business Association at a Jan. 22 luncheon. “We need to get out the pickaxes and dig out that foundation.”

One of Mulholland’s five sons, Loki, in 2013 produced a documentary about her civil-rights activism. “An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland” has won several awards, including “Best Documentary Feature” at the Oxford Film Festival.

The documentary’s publicity material shows black-and-white mugshots of Mulholland taken by Jackson, Miss., police in June 1961.

Mulholland drove to the Merrifield event in her white subcompact Toyota Yaris, the rear of which was plastered with political bumper stickers, including a salad-plate-sized peace symbol.

Mulholland has lived in Arlington for nearly 73 years. Her great-grandparents were slave owners and she grew up in a household with segregationist views. She later found it impossible to reconcile her parents’ views with the lessons being espoused in church, and vowed to join the civil-rights movement.

After graduating from Annandale High School, she dropped out of Duke University after one semester and enrolled at Tougaloo College, a black school in Mississippi. She reasoned that integration had to work both ways and took advantage of the fact that the college’s charter predated its city’s segregation laws.

Mulholland returned to the Washington area and attended a meeting of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee at Shaw University. Group members urged her to visit Howard University, ascertain what civil-rights activities were occurring there and “get them moving” if nothing was in the works, she said.

Already having been arrested twice, Mulholland learned about sit-ins planned at drugstores in Arlington. These proved anticlimactic, as employees at Drug Fair served protesters who sat at the store’s lunch counter.

Activists also protested segregation at Glen Echo amusement park in suburban Maryland. While blacks were made to sit in the back of buses, “there’s no back of a carousel,” she noted.

Civil-rights activists then decided to conduct “Freedom Rides” on a tour of cit-

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People Subtle Spheres, Spiky Sculptures Now on View In New Exhibitions at McLean Project for Arts

Laura Litten’s oil painting “Rabbit Not Enclosed” is among works by five artists on display through March 7 at McLean Project for the Arts. The gallery is located at the McLean Community Center.

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Annie Farrar’s distinctive black-painted, spire-like sculptures combine items she has found on the street, bought at hardware stores and secondhand shops, and received from her husband, co-workers and sincedeceased family members.

The artist combines various items based on their shapes, textures, symbolism and thematic congruity.

“Brooms and mops relate to labor, daily life, grime and domesticity,” said Farrar, a Baltimore resident. She also uses broken chairs because of their angular shapes and home allusions, flowers for their representation of life cycles and technology – often telephones – that is becoming obsolete.

She then arranges the objects for each sculpture on a pole about 8 feet long, paints the whole assemblage black and displays it leaning against a wall.

“Black is appealing for both formal and emotional reasons,” Farrar said. “It acts both as a way to strip color out as a non-essential element in a materials-based practice and also as a reference point for how we perceive the expanding universe of dark matter and energy.”

Farrar’s works and those of four other artists are on display through March 7 at McLean Project for the Arts, located upstairs in the McLean Community Center.

The exhibit in MPA’s Emerson Gallery, titled “Manifesting Phenomena: Drop, Hover, See-Through, Lean . . .,” shows works by Farrar, Joan Belmar and Barbara Liotta.

Chilean artist and U.S. permanent resident Belmar, whose first name is the Catalan equivalent of John, supplied several works with spheres of various sizes painted on translucent acrylic panels, which he then placed on top of multiple slices of white paper.

“I am playing with pieces that tie to-

gether memory and altered perceptions, depending on light and the viewer’s position,” said Belmar, who lives in Takoma Park, Md. A fine example is Belmar’s “Interlude No. 2,” a roughly 4-by-5-foot work bounded by a black frame. The artwork, which combines spherical elements with wavy brown and black vertical lines and a grid pattern of tiny black dots, is perhaps the most striking artwork of all on display.

Liotta, who is based out of Washington, D.C., contributed several hanging sculptures to the exhibit. The works dangle small piece of marble and granite from lift cords similar to those used on venetian blinds.

Single cords wrapped around individual rock pieces hang in a group from the ceiling, but underneath the stones, Liotta lets a spaghetti-like profusion of cords spread out on the floor.

“They hang so they can be suspended, so they can breathe,” she said of the stones.

“They vibrate lightly, like a string player vibrates the note rather than play it hard.”

Liotta’s next project will be a series of nine large public sculptures, which will be installed at Metro Memorial Park in Washington, D.C., to honor victims of the June 2009 Metrorail accident.

Now on display in MPA’s Atrium Gallery is a series of colorful, multi-plane wall sculptures, titled “Out for a Spin: MixedMedia Paintings by Jean Sausele-Knodt.”

The abstract works, which typically consist of painted wood panels and additional elements such as concrete and metal, have the barely contained energy of explodedview mechanical drawings.

Sausele-Knodt, a Falls Church resident, begins each sculpture with an overall concept and colors in mind, then lets the work grow in directions that seem natural.

“The resulting working process is quite animated as I skim various fragments across each other or interlace them to re-

Above: “Interlude No. 2” is a mixed-media work by Chilean-born artist Joan Belmar.

Below: Jean Sausele-Knodt created the mixed-media wall sculpture “Merged Landscapes.”

veal possibilities,” she said.

MPA’s Ramp Gallery, which because of its narrow confines usually displays twodimensional works, currently is home to “Contemporary Scrolls: Works by Laura Litten.”

Many of the D.C.-based artist’s works are triptych-style paintings done in watercolor and ink on paper; only one, “Rabbit

not Enclosed,” is executed in oil on canvas. Some have segments on either side showing a beach, ocean and sky, with the central panel devoted to another subject, such as whales or metal bolts.

A filmmaker for 25 years, Litten said the multi-panel paintings remind her of movie storyboards. Working in watercolor and ink can be challenging, she said.

“The great disadvantage is that I can’t go back,” Litten said. “When I start on a scroll, every mark stays, without possibility of erasure. It feels very risky, which is right for art making.”

She often includes unusual floating elements in her works, such as snails and rabbits.

“Humor is important to me, but I am never whimsical,” she emphasizes.

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The TysonsRegional Chamber of Commerce is ready to tackle 2015’s challenges with a newly ensconced board of directors.

U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) administered the new board members’ oath of office during a Jan. 23 ceremony at Blackfinn Ameripub in Merrifield.

Sharon Brown, the chamber’s executive manager, kicked off the proceedings by asking 2014 board members to stand up and be recognized. She then promptly retired them, but noted many members would return for service on this year’s board.

The chamber’s 2015 executive committee includes the following members (with their own companies in parentheses): Mark Rogoff, board chairman (Title One Settlement Group LLC); Lori Lopez, incoming board chairman (First Citizens Bank); William Daly Jr., general counsel (Rees Broome PC); David MacGillivray, vice president of finance (Human Capital Advisors); Tony Barnett, vice president of programs (Leros Technologies Corp.); Stacy Bradford (NRG eVgo); Scott Finburg, who will serve on the Real Estate Council (PS Business Parks); Angela Inzerillo, membership development (Impact Business Solutions); Kathy Jensen, who will serve with the CST Group; Kevin McCoy, past chairman (C2 Portfolio Inc.); Peg McDermott, vice president of marketing and technology (COGO Interactive); and Scott

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U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) leads installation ceremonies for the new board of the TysonsRegional Chamber of Commerce.

Ward, who will serve on the Emerging Leaders Council (Wells Fargo Advisors).

Other board members include: James Boland (Venable LLC); Jeff DiMeglio (John Marshall Bank); Carla Doyle, Women’s Leadership Council (Dale Carnegie); Matt Edgar, Ambassadors (Edward Jones); Steve Elena (Working Excellence); Matthew Evans (Access National Bank); Adam Ferguson (I Heart Media); Jerry Ferguson (Fairfax Public Access); Maureen Loftus,

Youth and Education (LearningRx); Sopa Keo (Cardinal Bank); Jeff Krashin (Merrill Lynch); Jan Ridgely, Community Impact Council (United Charitable Programs); Steve Ryan (Blackfinn Ameripub); Edward Rowan Jr. (Cox Business); Cory Scott (Tysons Corner Center); Kevin Taylor (GAM Graphics and Marketing); Peter Wynne (University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies); and Dean Xenos (Leros Technologies Corp.).

Rogoff said the chamber in 2015 would hold a series of CEO roundtables, in which corporate leaders help educate new business owners.

The organization’s Women’s Leadership Council would remain active, with programs such as its “Breakfast Near Tiffany’s” event, Rogoff said. In addition, the chamber will hold another jobs expo and a 5K race. “We’re doing a lot of exciting things this year,” Rogoff said.

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Opinion Our View: A Regional Approach to Transportation?

A group of heavy-hitter business organizations from across the region last week came out with a joint statement calling on more regional coordination, and less parochialism, in funding needed transportation projects.

Given both past history and the current political environment, it may be a request that falls on deaf ears among the powers-that-be across the region and commonwealth.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition, which includes representation from many local chambers of commerce and other business and development organizations, issued a policy state-

ment saying, in effect, that while changes to transportation funding enacted by the General Assembly in 2013 were positive steps, the entire mechanism needs to be refined.

The biggest concern from the group? Under the funding formula, much of the money brought in through new taxes goes right back out to the localities from whence it came, and those localities have the power, within limits, to determine how it is spent.

Such a process makes it less likely that the most important regional projects will have the money and momentum they need.

The sticking point? While local governments talk a good game

about regionalism, they are not necessarily willing to walk the walk in giving up a steady flow of cash coming into their coffers.

Political realities come into play, too: Elected officials in the inner suburbs want funding focused on mass transit, while those in the outer suburbs see improvements in highways and bridge crossings as the most pressing issue. Good luck finding consensus.

That said, the effort by the Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition is one that should lead to a conversation among “stakeholders” (how we hate that word!) on whether a fully regional approach would be a better way.

State Homes Market Has Solid Quarter, But Northern Virginia Proves a Laggard Year-over-year homes sales across Virginia in the fourth quarter of 2014 were up 2.3 percent from a year before, according to new figures, suggesting to analysts that a healthy market may continue through the winter months and into the spring.

A total of 22,968 residential properties went to closing in October, November and December, up from 22,458 during the same period in 2013, according to figures reported by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

The increase marks the fourth consecutive year-over-year increase in the fourth quarter.

The figures, including an especially robust December market, represent “a good indicator that sales may be relatively high through the remaining winter months,” said the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides analysis of the VAR data.

The improved quarterly sales “may be evidence that decreasing unemployment and low mortgage-interest rates may be influencing market activity,” the analysts said.

Year-over-year sales posted an increase in six of seven Virginia geographic areas, but a dissenting voice came in the massive Northern Virginia market, where fourth-quarter sales were down 2 percent to 9,545.

(VAR’s definition of “Northern Virginia” includes a much larger swath of territory than just the inner and outer suburbs of Washington. It encompasses the counties of Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fred-

erick, King George, Loudoun, Manassas, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Westmoreland and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester.)

In other corridors of the commonwealth, year-over-year sales increased 22.6 percent to 418 in Southside; 16.7 percent to 1,369 in the Central Valley; 14.5 percent to 355 in Southwest Virginia; 6.2 percent to 3,868 in Central Virginia; 2.6 percent to 5,382 in Hampton Roads; and 0.6 percent to 1,815 in Roanoke/Lynchburg/Blacksburg.

The median price of all homes that sold statewide during the three-month period was $255,000, up 2.5 percent from $235,000 a year before.

Median prices tend to decline from autumn through winter each before picking up the following spring, “but if interest rates remain low and unemployment continues to decrease, prises may remain fairly steady – we may even experience an increase in median price in the first quarter,” the Virginia Tech analysts said.

Northern Virginia, as usual, posted the largest median price, $370,000, which was up 2.2 percent from a year before.

Other increases were found in Roanoke/ Lynchburg/Blacksburg (up 5.6 percent to $159,400); Central Valley (up 4.5 percent to $203,707); Hampton Roads (up 4 percent to $206,925); and Southwest Virginia (up 0.9 percent to $111,000). Declines were reported in Southside Virginia (down 2.5 percent to $82,800) and the Central Valley

(down 4.2 percent to $207,900).

Sales volume for the quarter stood at $7.27 billion, up nearly 5 percent from a year before, and homes that sold during the quarter spent an average of 81 days between listing and ratified sales contract, essentially unchanged from a year before.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes that sold during the period. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

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“That” would be a new monument sign announcing “Come Back Soon. Tysons, America’s Next Great City.” The flip side of the tall, white sign bids visitors welcome to Tysons and adds the same tagline.

The Tysons Partnership had four such signs installed Jan. 16 and 19, with a break in between because of inclement weather.

In addition to the sign at Vienna’s eastern border, the partnership installed roadway-median markers on Route 123 near Anderson Road in McLean, Route 7 near the north end of Tysons and at International Drive near Spring Hill Road, said Michael Caplin, the organization’s president.

The partnership also installed seven landing-pavilion markers – two each for the Silver Line’s Spring Hill, Greensboro and Tysons stations and just one for the McLean Station, not on the Capital One side, he said.

Each of the Metro station signs has a map of that neighborhood map and a “You are here” star to help pedestrians find their way.

The project cost roughly $50,000 and was financed by the group’s members, Caplin said. The partnership first had to go through a permitting process, he said.

“It was a tight budget and we had to stretch it,” Caplin said. “Over time, these signs will probably evolve, along with the new buildings. There will be new technological capacity for materials and strengths.”

All the signs incorporate the partnership’s signature round logo, which honors Tysons’ heritage as a peach grove. The insignia has three overlapping triangular wedges of blue, yellow-green and red-or-

ange.

While the logo has been ubiquitous in Tysons for more than a year, some in the community are puzzled by its message.

“What is that?” one woman wondered at the Greater Merrifield Business Association’s Jan. 22 meeting.

In the next five weeks, the partnership also will place banners with the same logo and color scheme on 127 light poles on either side of Route 7.

“There are a few last-minute wrinkles to be ironed out,” Caplin said.

All the signs are transitional and will be replaced as they wear out. The partnership’s place-making efforts fortify Tysons’ sense of community and help visitors know exactly where they are and how to reach their destinations, he said.

“It will make the environment more enjoyable, distinctive and pleasant for everybody,” Caplin said. “The social-media buzz has been very positive. People all seem to enjoy them.”

The town of Vienna has a green “Welcome” sign located about 125 long strides down a grassy median from one of the new Tysons monoliths.

Vienna’s weathered wooden sign, situated between two low brick pillars, has peeling paint and looks somewhat dowdy compared with the tall, sprightly, colorful Tysons sign located just to the east outside the town line.

Further minimizing Vienna’s sign is a horizontal, reflective-blue metal sign on a tall, wooden post that provides a number for commuter information. This placard is located much closer to Vienna’s sign than the Tysons marker.

Vienna Town Council members Edythe Kelleher and Howard Springsteen said they had seen pictures of the Tysons sign near Vienna, but had not inspected it in person and therefore could not comment.

Springsteen added he was “concerned and planning to drive by it this week.”

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Christine Sullivan had high hopes for landscaping when she moved to a 2-acre property in Great Falls several years ago, but hungry deer gobbled up all her plantings except for ones with thorns or prickly flowers.

“I saw deer every day and saw their droppings on the lawn all over,” she said. “I threw my hands up and said, ‘Somebody’s got to help me!’”

Sullivan turned to the non-profit group Green Fire, which supports the use of archers to pare back the deer population.

Sullivan let archers associated with Green Fire hunt on her property last September and they harvested six does, which equates to about 18 deer if one assumes the killed animals would have birthed 12 fawns in the coming year. All harvested deer were donated to Hunters for the Hungry, a food charity.

Deer have ravaged the region’s forest understory, harming tree growth and allowing invasive plant species – which deer tend to detest – to flourish, said retired environmental scientist Jerry Peters, Green Fire’s founder and director.

Green Fire encourages systematic archery hunting on private properties throughout Great Falls. Harvests in isolated areas do not prevent deer from finding shelter elsewhere, Peters said.

The organization favors methods implemented successfully at Fairfax County parks. County officials have conducted deer-management efforts in county parks since 1998, a year after a Great Falls librarian was killed in a vehicle-deer collision.

Fairfax County police with rifles have hunted deer in some parks. Following unsuccessful archery hunts in 2002 and 2003, officials had better luck with a pilot archery-hunting program begun in 2009.

In fiscal year 2014, archers harvested 848 deer at 27 parks and failed to retrieve just 31 other deer that they shot, according to the county’s Web site.

Safety – for hunters and residents – is paramount. Hunters who have shown proficiency with their crossbows or compound bows anchor themselves securely in tree stands and shoot their arrows and bolts at deer on the ground, thus minimizing the chance the projectiles will travel farther and strike unintended objects.

Hunters shoot at deer no more than 30 yards away and retrieve all arrows or bolts fired, to prevent injury to others later. Using lighted nocks (i.e., the notched rear part of the arrow or bolt into which the bowstring is placed) makes the latter task easier.

Hunting advocates showed an eightminute-long, edited version of “Lords of Nature,” a program showing how Yellowstone National Park’s ecosystem benefited when wolves were reintroduced. The wolves culled the park’s overabundant elk

population, which allowed aspen and willow trees to grow and helped other animal species thrive.

But the only predator for deer in Fairfax County is cars, said Bill Canis, vice president of the Great Falls Citizens Association (GFCA), which has been raising public awareness of the issue.

“We need a different kind of predator: the hunter,” Canis said.

Hunting supporters cited results from a spring 2014 GFCA community survey, in which 95 percent of the 681 respondents had seen evidence that deer had nibbled plants on their properties and 73 percent had espied deer daily.

“When you have an overpopulation of deer, they’re obviously going to eat,” Great Falls resident and archer Matt Allison said.

“The forest can’t sustain that. It impacts the entire ecosystem.”

Forty-four percent of survey takers reported having vehicle accidents involving deer, but luckily only 3 percent of those cases were severe, Canis said.

In addition to denuding forests and menacing traffic, deer also harbor ticks that carry Lyme disease, hunting supporters said. One-third of survey takers said at least one family member had experienced the disease, which can cause chronic health problems if not treated early.

Hunting supporters were pleasantly surprised when 75 percent of survey takers favored – or said they would be open to – lethal methods to control the deer population. Fifty-nine percent of survey respondents favored using non-lethal methods, but that figure also includes residents who support hunting as well, Canis said.

Anti-hunting activists sometimes have protested such methods in years past, but their opposition is not as strong now, Peters said.

“The people who are opposed to hunting are getting quieter and quieter,” he said.

“They’ve seen the facts. They’re not as active and noisy as they used to be.”

Not all groups have ceased their opposition, however.

“Bow hunting is one of the most cruel attempts at wildlife control,” said Kristin Simon, cruelty casework manager for Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). “So many deer are wounded and never found and are left to die slowly from their injuries.”

Lethal methods do not control wildlife population effectively because when animals are killed or removed from the environment, the food supply spikes and this prompts accelerated breeding among remaining animals, she said.

PETA instead recommends controlling deer by trimming back vegetation along roadways, planting native species instead of ornamental plants and never feeding wildlife.

“Wildlife populations will manage themselves without humans’ cruel meddling,” Simon said.

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“Rumors” picked up an additional seven nominations beyond Outstanding Play: Outstanding Direction (Liz Mykietyn), Outstanding Featured Actor (Don Myers), Outstanding Cameo (Eric Jones), Outstanding Hair Design (Beth Harrison and Robbie Snow), Outstanding Set Construction (John Coscia), Outstanding Set Design (John Coscia) and Outstanding Set Painting (Craig Geoffrion).

A total of 21 theater companies received nominations. Little Theatre of Alexandria picked up the largest number, at 35.

Among theater troupes in Fairfax County, Reston Community Players picked up seven nominations for “Les Miserables,” “Xanadu” and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

The awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 at the Birchmere in Alexandria. Tickets are $17.50 and are available through the box office or Ticketmaster.

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The Providence Players picked up 19 nominations, include two for Outstanding Play, and will vie for statuettes in the 15th annual WATCH (Washington Area Theatre Community Honors) competition.

The competition is the community-theater equivalent of the Helen Hayes Awards for D.C. professional theater. Nominees were announced Jan. 18, and awards will be presented on March 8 at the Birchmere in Alexandria.

A total of 111 productions – 77 plays and 34 musicals – from 31 communitytheater troupes were adjudicated in 2014.

Awards will be presented in more than three dozen categories.

Providence Players’ “Of Mice and Men” and “Rumors” each garnered an Outstanding Play nomination and will compete against “A Few Good Men” (Colonial Players of Annapolis), “Other Desert Cities” (Silver Spring Stage) and “Proof” (Little Theatre of Alexandria).

Vying for Outstanding Musical are “The Most Happy Fella” (Arlington Players), “The Addams Family” (Kensington Arts Theatre), “Children of Eden” (2nd Star Productions), “Hello, Dolly” (2nd Star Productions) and “Monty Python’s Spamalot” (Little Theatre of Alexandria).

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Run for a Seat on the McLean Community Center Governing Board PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTIONS McLEAN COMMUNIT Y CENTER GOVERNING BOARD SMALL DISTRICT 1A OF THE DRANESVILLE DISTRICT F A I R F A X C O U N T Y, V I R G I N I A This OFFICIAL NOTICE of elections to select members of the 2015-2016 Governing Board of the McLean Community Center (MCC) is given to residents of Small District 1A of the Dranesville District, Fairfax County, Virginia (referred to as “Small District 1A”).

The McLean Community Center operates as a Special District Agency of the Fairfax County Government through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and MCC. On February 8, 1984, the Board of Supervisors approved the Memorandum of Understanding, which authorizes the elections. The MCC is funded by residents of Greater McLean for their use through a real estate tax surcharge, the result of a 1970 Small District 1A bond referendum.

Elections are held on McLean Day at Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Virginia. This year, McLean Day is on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Voting on McLean Day takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Three (3) Adult Governing Board Seats: Adult candidates must be residents of Small District 1A and must be at least eighteen (18) years of age on McLean Day. The candidates who receive the three (3) highest numbers of votes will serve three-year terms on the Governing Board.

Two (2) Youth Governing Board Seats: One (1) Governing Board youth seat for teens living within the McLean High School boundary area One (1) Governing Board youth seat for teens living within the Langley High School boundary area ADULTS: Must get the signatures of ten (10) residents of Small District 1A who are 18 years old or older.

TEENS: Must live within Small District 1A. However, you do not have to attend either McLean or Langley high schools. You may attend another school, including one that is outside of Small District 1A, or you may be home schooled. You can only run for the seat for the high school boundary area where you live. Teens must get the signatures of ten (10) residents of Small District 1A who are between 15 and 17 years old (on McLean Day), and who live within the same high school boundary area as the candidate.

Candidate Petitions: Petition Packets containing outlined instructions and all pertinent paperwork may be obtained at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, Virginia, 22101, beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 26, 2015.

DEADLINE: Each resident seeking election to the Governing Board shall file a completed petition with the MCC at the address shown below by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2015: McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean VA 22101 For more information about the election, please call 703-744-9348, or email the McLean Community Center at elections@mcleancenter.org.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes MCC TO OPEN SUMMER-CAMP REGISTRATION: Registration for the McLean

Community Center’s summer-camp programs begins on Monday, Feb. 2 for residents of McLean, and on Monday, Feb. 9 for others.

Parents can sign up their children for Camp McLean, the Alden Theatre’s Summer Stage, the McLean Project for the Arts’ art camps and the Old Firehouse Teen Center’s summer-camp programs, among others.

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

McLEAN ORCHESTRA TO LOOK AT LOVE: The McLean Orchestra, under the

direction of maestra Miriam Burns, will present “The Spark of Love” on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. at Oakcrest School, 850 Balls Hill Road in McLean.

Works by Korngold, Berlioz, Dvorak and Liszt will be performed. The concert will feature Siwoo Kim, winner of the 2011 Julliard Violin Competition.

A champagne-and-cake reception will follow the concert.

For tickets and information, call (703) 893-8646 or see the Web site at www. mclean-orchestra.org.

MCC TO HOST ANNUAL JEWELRY SHOWCASE: The McLean Community

Center will host its eighth annual McLean Jewelry Showcase on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $3. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www. mcleancenter.org.

SILENT-FILM SERIES TO LOOK AT FIRST WESTERNS: The Alden Theatre of the

McLean Community Center’s “Classics of the Silent Screen” series continues on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. with “The Movies’ First Western Stars: William S. Hart and ‘Bronco Billy.’”

Tickets are $8 for McLean residents, $12 for others.

For information, call (703) 790-0123 or

see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

TEEN CENTER TO HOST PARTY: The Old

Firehouse Teen Center will host a “decades party” on Friday, Feb. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m.

The cost is $5 for members of the teen center, $10 for others. The center, operated by the McLean Community Center, is located at 1440 Chain Bridge Road.

‘JAZZ MASTERS’ SERIES CONTINUES AT MCC: The Alden Theatre of the McLean

Community Center’s “Jazz Masters with John Eaton” series continues on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. with “Richard Rodgers: One Man and His Lyricists.”

Tickets are $5 for McLean residents, $10 for others. For information, call (703) 7900123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

PHILANTHROPIC EFFORT TO BENEFIT HAYCOCK PTA: The HBC Realty Group

funds for the Haycock Elementary School PTA on Tuesday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pulcinella Italian Host restaurant in McLean.

Those who go to dinner at the restaurant and bring a flyer (available at www.hbcrealtygroup.com) about the event will see approximately 70 percent of their food and drink bill donated to the PTA. “We are looking forward to putting the money raised from this event right back into the school, so that students will directly benefit from additional programming the school can offer,” said PTA president Karen Leiser.

Sponsors of the event include Karen Briscoe and Lizzy Conroy of HBC Realty Group; Betty Sparkman and Chris Lara of Reveal Remodel; Marcus Simon of EKKO Title; Kevin Dougherty of Pillar to Post; the McLean Chamber of Commerce; and Pulcinella Italian Host.

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community fellowship and preserved proud traditions and institutions that have helped the area maintain its small-town atmosphere through decades of growth,” notes the resolution, patroned by Del. Mark Keam with the support of state Sen. Chap Petersen, whose districts include Vienna.

The measure was approved by the House of Delegates on Jan. 23, and moved over to the state Senate.

and international levels, providing financial grants and community service each year. In Vienna, the club sponsors an annual award honoring individuals for outstanding citizenship and service.

Vienna/Oakton Notes TOWN’S ANNIVERSARY GETS LEGISLATIVE ACCOLADE: The Virginia General

Assembly is providing a “happy birthday” salute to the Town of Vienna on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.

The town dates its origins to 1890, when the village of about 300 residents was incorporated as part of an effort to improve both schools and transportation. The

town’s first mayor, Orrin Hine, was a passionate advocate for public education.

The resolution notes that the town grew rapidly in spurts, including after the 1903 establishment of a trolley line into Washington D.C., and during the post-war period.

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OPTIMIST CLUB OF VIENNA SALUTED ON ITS 60th BIRTHDAY: The 60th anni-

versary of the Optimist Club of Greater Vienna is being saluted in a resolution by the General Assembly.

Established in 1955, the local Optimist Club “works with youths to foster an active interest in civics, respect for the law and patriotism to enhance the overall well-being of the community,” notes the resolution, patroned by Del. Mark Keam with the support of state Sen. Chap Petersen, whose districts include Vienna.

The Optimist Club of Vienna was lauded for a host of activities, from the annual Family Fun Day to the Vienna Farmers’ Market to the annual sale of Christmas trees.

The General Assembly measure, which passed the House of Delegates on Jan. 23 and moved over to the Senate, lauds the club for “its proud tradition of dedicated service to the community.”

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SALUTES CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROTARY CLUB OF VIENNA: The House of Delegates on Jan.

23 approved and sent to the state Senate a resolution in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Vienna.

The club was chartered in 1965 and provides “numerous contributions to the Vienna community and communities around the world,” notes the resolution, patroned

by Del. Mark Keam with the support of state Sen. Chap Petersen, whose districts include Vienna.

The Rotary Club of Vienna works to support initiatives at the local, national

WORKSHOP LOOKS AT LANDSCAPING WITH NATIVE PLANTS: “Landsaping with

Native Plants” is the topic of a workshop sponsored by Merrifield Garden Center on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. at Merrifield Community Hall, 8104 Lee Highway.

Plant specialist Michael Fahey will discuss the role of home gardens in preserving habitat for native plants and wildlife as natural areas across the region become smaller and more fragmented.

The program is free, and the community is invited. For information, call (703) 5606222.

VIENNA THEATRE COMPANY CONTINUES ROMANTIC COMEDY: The Vienna

Theatre Company will present Ken Ludwig’s romantic comedy, “Be My Baby,” from Jan. 23 to Feb. 8 at the Vienna Community Center.

The production, directed by Suzanne Maloney, tells the story of an irascible Scotsman and an uptight Englishwoman who are brought together and must survive a trip to California.

Performances continue Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 1 and 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15, and are available in advance or at the door.

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

DONATIONS OF COATS BEING SOUGHT:

Caffe Amouri in Vienna is collecting donated coats for the Lamb Center, and is offering a free 16-ounce coffee to those who donate.

The initiative runs through Feb. 8. For information, see the Web site at www. caffeamouri.com.

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Public-Safety Notes fax County police are seeking two men who robbed the BB&T bank branch at 8416 Arlington Blvd. in Merrifield on Jan. 16.

The men entered the bank at around 3:17 p.m. One of the suspects brandished a firearm and demanded money from the tellers. The subjects fled on foot and entered a parking garage behind the bank, police said.

The subjects were described as wearing black masks to disguise their faces and dark-colored clothing, police said. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the robbers.

The FBI and Fairfax County police are investigating the robbery and ask that anyone with information about the case call the FBI at (202) 278-2000 or Fairfax County Crime Solvers at 1 (866) 411-TIPS/8477.

To see a listing of each bank robber wanted by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, visit https://bankrobbers.fbi.gov/.

VIENNA POLICE SEEK 2 ARMED SUSPECTS IN BANK ROBBERY: Vienna police

are looking for two armed men who robbed the Bank of America branch at 235 Maple Ave., W., on Jan. 20 at about 2:53 p.m.

Both suspects entered the bank and brandished weapons. One suspect demanded money from the bank tellers and both men fled on foot to a nearby vehicle that headed in the direction of Church Street.

Vienna police ask anyone with information about this robbery to contact Detective Steve Simon at (703) 255-7802 or e-mailing him at Steve.Simon@viennava.gov.

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The officer went to the suspect’s residence in the 300 block of Charles Street, S.E., located and arrested the wanted man, a 46-year-old Vienna resident.

Police transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with violating a protective order and held him without bond.

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VIENNA POLICE ARREST MAN WANTED FOR VIOLATING PROTECTIVE ORDER:

A Vienna police officer on Jan. 22 at 7:13 p.m. received information from the Fairfax County Police Department that a man who was wanted by their department for violating a protective order was residing in the

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POLICE CALLED AFTER TROUBLE BREWS BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AT VIENNA SALON: Vienna police dispatched

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VIENNA MAN TOLD OF OUTSTANDING BALANCE ON CREDIT CARD HE’S NEVER OWNED: A resident living in the

800 block of Sharaam Court, S.E., told Vienna police he had received a telephone call from a credit-card company informing him that several charges had been made to his GameStop Credit Card between Oct. 29, 2014, and Jan. 13 this year and that he owed an outstanding balance.

The resident informed the banking in-

ing a report of a 911 hang-up call. Upon arriving, the officer spoke with a customer who stated she had been in an argument with another customer, which culminated when he threw a cup of coffee at her.

The female customer stated she did not wish to pursue charges, police said.

COUNTY FIRE CHIEF SELECTS DEPUTY:

Fairfax County Fire Chief Richard Bowers has promoted Battalion Chief Jason Jenkins to deputy fire chief. Jenkins was assigned as the executive officer to the fire chief on Jan. 24. Since November 2011, Jenkins had served as uniformed aide to the fire chief.

Jenkins began his career as a recruit firefighter in February 1997, and initially was

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assigned to Fire and Rescue Station 22 in Springfield.

In his new role, Jenkins will manage the daily activities of the fire chief’s office and represent the chief at internal and external high-profile venues. He will manage strategic departmental initiatives that have countywide impact, such as the Insurance Services Office and Commission on Fire Accreditation.

Jenkins will oversee and direct the activities of the Public Affairs and Life-Safety Education Division and the department’s community-outreach events. He also will oversee various personnel on long-term assignments with federal agencies and manage the department’s Awards Committee and Honor Guard.

Jenkins has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in fire-service administration and in May will graduate with a master’s in organizational leadership from Johns Hopkins University. He will enroll in the Harvard Executive Fellowship Program in June.

He is a graduate of Leadership Fairfax and has been awarded the chief fire officer designation. Jenkins is a board member of the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, representing Division 7, and chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Fire Chiefs’ Emergency Medical Services subcommittee.

He is a member of the Fairfax County Professional Fire and Rescue Officer’s Association and Fairfax County Professional Firefighters & Paramedics, Local 2068.

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torists were traveling eastbound in the 200 block Maple Avenue, E., in the same lane of travel on Jan. 16 at 2:15 p.m. when the driver of the second vehicle rear ended the first vehicle, Vienna police said.

The second vehicle’s driver left the scene without exchanging information, police said. Witnesses at the scene gave the responding officer information about the second vehicle’s license plate.

The officer located the second vehicle’s driver a short time later and issued the driver a summons for hit-and-run.

COUNTY POLICE ARREST FALLS CHURCH MAN AFTER MERRIFIELD BUSINESS BURGLARY: An employee of

a business in the 2700 block of Merrilee Drive in the Merrifield area told Fairfax County police on Jan. 18 that someone had entered the business and taken property.

County police officers arrested Falls Church resident Brent A. Newman, 26, on the charges of burglary and grand larceny.

stitution that he never has had a GameStop Credit Card, said Vienna police, who continue to investigate this case.

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For Sullivan and Son, Campaign Deepened Bonds DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Never underestimate the power of the younger generation in winning an election. Latest example: Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) and his son Joey.

Joey was a star baseball player and two-sport senior athlete at McLean High School, a standout swimmer during the summer season for Chesterbrook pool, and the youngest of Rip and Beth Sullivan’s four children.

At McLean, the right-handed pitcher/shortstop and ace of the staff helped the Highlanders enjoy one of their finest seasons.

The team finished second in the region and qualified for the state tournament for the first time.

While that was occurring, his father – an attorney – was successfully running for the 48th District House of Delegates seat left open by the retirement of Del. Bob Brink.

In an recent interview, Rip Sullivan said that while he’ll never know for sure, he figures it was considerable how much Joey Sullivan’s help and notoriety as a young athlete in McLean helped and had an impact on his winning campaign.

“When I would be campaigning door-to-door and introducing myself, I can’t tell you how many times people would say, ‘Oh, you’re Joey’s dad,’” Rip Sullivan said. “Even when Joey was at Tech, he helped from afar and helped root me on with a thought of the day. Joey will make a better politician than me one day.”

Joey Sullivan used Facebook, Twitter and other avenues of social media to promote his father’s campaign. He also encouraged his fellow McLean High seniors, who were of age, and their parents to vote for his father.

It has proved to be a winning strategy in the past. In Arlington politics, both Carla de la Pava and Theo Stamos were aided by the networks of their high-school-and-college-age children in bids for treasurer and commonwealth’s attorney, respectively. Other political leaders have done the same.

The two understand how the other ticks. So through various messages, during Joey Sullivan’s seasons and Rip’s campaign, they would encourage one another.

On the nights Joey pitched for McLean, his father would leave some kind of positive mes-

sage for his son, whether a text or a morning note left in the family kitchen. Joey would embrace the messages.

“He knows what I need and how your brain works,” Joey said. “I liked his pre-game stuff.

It kept me down to earth. As I get older, I get more appreciative of what my parents did and do for me.”

Rip Sullivan, who currently is in Richmond as the General Assembly works through a 46-day session, said he doesn’t know the finite intricacies of baseball, but he does very much understand his son’s emotions.

“You can’t hide on a pitcher’s mound. I would remind him of simple things, like to breathe, throw strikes and stay focused,” Rip Sullivan said.

Joey Sullivan still receives messages from his dad in college at Virginia Tech, as the freshman faces the challenges and uncertainties of being a Division I college baseball player.

In contrast, Joey Sullivan would message his dad as he campaigned and prepared for debates, and continues to message as his father learns the challenges of being a new delegate.

‘I would text him about staying calm, do your thing and kick butt,” Joey Sullivan said.

Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) and his son Joey found common bonds during SulPHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI livan’s run for House of Delegates last year.

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Ken Ludwig’s warm, funny “Be My Baby” walks a fine line between humor and salaciousness and lets ON common sense STAGE and reason – which have gone into hiding lately – rule the day, for once.

Vienna Theatre Company’s production assigns proper weight to its characters’ importance and gains a big boost from a pair of ensemble players.

Set in 1963, the action begins with typical jitters as Gloria (Casey Bauer) and Christy (Danny Issa) prepare to wed in Scotland. Gloria’s aunt, Maud (Allison Shelby), clashes over the ceremony’s details with Christy’s cheapskate uncle, John (John Barclay Burns).

Those who are offended by cultural stereotypes – specifically, ones that imply Scottish people are irascible skinflints – will be crestfallen to learn that this is a gleeful running joke throughout the show.

The two-act play, directed by Suzanne Maloney and produced

by Laura Fargotstein, could have become mired in the wedding and

bickering-relatives themes, but it escapes conventionality when Gloria has a stillbirth leaves her unable to conceive again.

Gloria learns that her pregnant, soon-to-be-divorced bridesmaid plans to give up her new child for adoption and she prevails upon Christy to seek custody of the tyke.

Maud and John arrange to pick up the baby in San Francisco and it’s here that the play comes into its own. Maud never has flown before and relieves her anxiety with a powerful, scotchbased cocktail, a Rob Roy. John and Maud become more fond of each other as they endure delays and other difficulties in securing the baby girl. Maud benefits from John’s level-headedness, while he takes a few pointers from her regarding gift giving and the need to have more than two diapers on hand for the baby.

While they’re growing closer, Gloria and Christy are chafing under the realities, responsibilities and, frankly, boredom that are part and parcel of the marriage deal.

Issa and Bauer get to have less fun than their older counterparts and well portray the angst suffered by young couples who are learning to work out their differ-

Allison Shelby, Casey Bauer, Danny Issa and John Barclay Burns star in Vienna Theatre Company’s production of “Be My Baby” by Ken Ludwig.

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ences peaceably.

Gloria has less success in coping and her quandary leads to the play’s satisfying resolution, which we won’t spoil here.

Eric Storck and Meg Hoover fill in a considerable number of blanks in supporting roles ranging from preacher to nurse.

Storck plays a wide assortment of parts and makes the most

of them. He’s cheeky as a Scottish preacher, stern as a family judge, avuncular as a doctor and flamboyant as a roller-skating waiter.

Hoover especially is funny as a nurse who gets offended when John utters a phrase that means one thing in the United Kingdom and something quite lewd in America.

Cast members do pretty well

maintaining their British and Scottish accents throughout.

Burns’ never slips (except when he’s imitating John Wayne’s drawl), but that’s understandable: It’s his native accent.

The set, designed by director Maloney, is spare and functional, as it must be to accommodate the frequent changes of venue.

In one segment, blue curtains in first class separate Maud and John from their airplane’s coach passengers (“Oh, my God, it’s like Calcutta!” she exclaims upon looking back at steerage).

Another nice touch is the three baby prams hanging overhead – a constant reminder of what’s really important.

Costume designer Susan Devine provides chic clothes for Gloria, demure dresses for Maud and tweeds and kilts for John.

The play succeeds not by elaborate production values, but by its witty script and performances that capture the audience’s attention and sympathy. It’s clean, uplifting fun.

“Be My Baby” runs through Feb. 8 at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $14. For more information, call (703) 255-6360.

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Va. Leaders: State Must Continue Its Innovation certifications and apprenticeship training for its future workforce, Staff Writer Jones said, and make the work To illustrate how Virginia environment more attractive by must reduce its dependence on boosting incentives to compete government-related jobs to re- and keeping the cost of living main economically competitive, low.

In addition, state leaders Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones gave a should provide more “incubators” to encourage entrepreneursports allusion.

“Our big risk is similar to that ship and target growing and highof the Denver Broncos,” Jones paying economic sectors, such told TysonsRegional Chamber of as cyber-security, health sciences Commerce members at a Jan. 23 and tourism, Jones said.

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“If Peyton Manning has a good by shifts in federal employment day, Denver can’t be beat. If Pey- and contracting, Virginia continton Manning has a bad day, they ues to be a “blessed state,” Jones can’t beat Langley High School.” said.

The commonwealth has the The Department of Defense is Virginia’s biggest employer, and highest amount nationally (10 13 of the commonwealth’s top 20 percent) of employees working in job providers are governmental technology-related jobs, possesses agencies or public-sector contrac- a prominent world gateway in Washington Dulles International tors, Jones said.

Last year, Virginia was ranked Airport and has the East Coast’s 48th nationally for economic deepest port.

The latter, located in Norfolk, growth, ahead only of Maryland and the District of Columbia, will be the only one on that coast which ranked 49th and 50th, re- capable of serving as first and last ports of call for new megaships spectively.

State officials are seeking to plying the deepened and expandboost private-sector economic ed Panama Canal, he said.

Jones, a former newspaper growth by investing in infrastructure, including not just roads and publisher and Rhodes scholar, bridges but broadband service as peppered his remarks with insights and humorous asides,9:22 espe-AM well, the secretary said.

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“We need more than one Peyton Manning,” he said of the challenge to create more privatesector jobs. “If we don’t solve it with the urgency of that fire alarm, we’ll be speaking about that ‘Virginia economic miracle’ in the past tense.”

Chamber members also received updates from U.S. Reps.

Gerald Connolly (D-11th) and Barbara Comstock (R-10th), who touted the region’s economic-development efforts.

Connolly said two projects upon which he’d worked – Merrifield’s new Mosaic District and Tysons Corner’s redevelopment – have begun bearing economic fruit. The Dulles Corridor, aided

by Metrorail’s new Silver Line, accounts for 25 percent of the region’s gross domestic product and will provide 40 percent of its GDP at full build-out, he said.

The Democrat, who formerly served as Providence District supervisor and later chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, especially was happy that a 1960s-era movie theater in Merrifield had been replaced with a thriving mixed-use development.

That theater, although its company’s most heavily attended, had “more surface parking than

Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones spoke to a recent PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER regional gathering in Merrifield.

God intended man to have,” Connolly said.

Comstock, who defeated Democrat John Foust last November to succeed 34-year veteran U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th), said Northern Virginia’s congressional delegation would continue its tradition of working together.

Comstock said she would work to bring back businesses

and jobs that have left the region, sometimes for overseas locations, and help Dulles Airport recover from its current slump.

Low-tax, right-to-work Virginia continues to be attractive as place to do business, she said.

“Everything we have in Northern Virginia can teach the whole country and the world how to get things right,” Comstock said.

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Fairfax County Notes Karen Garza will continue her 2014-15 “listening tour” with two upcoming events.

Students, parents, staff and employee members are invited to the session, which will include a presentation and questionand-answer session.

Forums will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Falls Church High School and Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Chantilly High School. Registration is requested at https://www.surveymonkey.com/listeningtour2014-15.

Garza previously participated in events at Whitman Middle School, Robinson Secondary School and Hunters Woods Elementary School.

VDOT SESSIONS TO LOOK AT I-66 IMPROVEMENTS: The Virginia Department

of Transportation will host upcoming information meetings to provide information on current plans to upgrade Interstate 66 between Route 15 in Haymarket and the Capital Beltway.

At the events, formal presentations will be held at 7 p.m., and the public can view displays related to the improvements between 6 and 8:30 p.m.

Upcoming meetings include Monday, Jan. 26 at Oakton High School; Tuesday, Jan. 27 at Bull Run Elementary School, Centreville; Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Battlefield High School, Haymarket; and Thursday, Jan. 29 at the VDOT Northern Virginia District Office, 4975 Alliance Drive in Fairfax.

For information, and snow dates, see the Web site at http://transform66.org.

COMMENT SOUGHT ON CHANGES TO LOCAL BUS ROUTES: Changes are be-

ing proposed to some Fairfax Connector, Tysons Circulator and RIBS (Reston Internal Bus System) routes to improve performance and enhance connectivity.

Routes affected by the proposed changes are Fairfax Connector 422, 423, 424, 493, 494, 495, 551, 928 and 937 and RIBS 1, RIBS 2, RIBS 3, RIBS 4 and RIBS 5.

The proposed changes are in response to evolving travel patterns in the wake of last summer’s opening of Metro’s Silver Line.

If enacted, the changes will take place in the spring.

Public hearings on the proposed changes will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lake Anne Community Center in Reston and Thursday, Jan. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Freedom Hill Elementary School in Vienna. Formal presentations will take place at 7 p.m. each night.

Public comment will be accepted through Feb. 6. To comment, or for information, call (703) 339-7200 or see the Web site at www.fairfaxconnector.com.

Local fishermen are gathering their tackle and preparing for the trout fishing season at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston.

The 20-acre lake will be stocked with thousands of pounds of safe-to-eat rainbow trout multiple times between Feb. 14 and May 3.

A Virginia fishing license is required

PATRIOT CENTER AMONG TOP-ATTENDED ARENAS INTERNATIONALLY:

George Mason University’s Patriot Center ranked 56th in the world in 2014 ticket sales, according to a new survey by Pollstar magazine.

The magazine ranked the top 200 venues by attendance figures, a list that was topped by London’s O2 Arena. Madison Square Garden in New York City ranked fourth, and the Verizon Center in Washington ranked 28th.

“I don’t see other buildings affiliated with [college] campuses ahead of us, certainly not in the U.S.,” Patriot Center general manager Barry Geisler said in a story

by Buzz McClain posted on the university’s news feed.

The 10,000-seat arena is managed by Monumental Sports and Entertainment.

Geisler told McClain that the Patriot Center is able to compete with larger venues because it offers strong events, concerts and family-oriented programs.

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ENCORE LEARNING PREPS ITS SPRING PREVIEW: Encore Learning will host its

spring course preview on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University, 3351 North Fairfax Drive.

At the event, instructors will present brief overviews of their academic courses, and there will be information on Encore Learning’s clubs, special events and volunteer possibilities. There also will be light refreshments.

Since 2002, the nonprofit Encore Learning has offered a variety of college-level, nonprofit courses and other activities to those 50 and over in the local area.

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ORIENTATION OFFERED FOR PROSPECTIVE PAGEANT CONTENDERS: Feb. 6

is the registration deadline for a Feb. 25 orientation session for those planning to participate in the 2015 Ms. Virginia Senior America Pageant.

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The 2015 pageant will be held in Staunton on May 21. The competition is open to Virginia women over age 60.

For information on the pageant and the orientation session, call Annmarie Pittman at (703) 549-7012 or e-mail msvirginiasenioramerica@gmail.com.

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TROUT-FISHING SEASON SET TO START AT LAKE FAIRFAX PARK: A sign of spring:

along with either a one-day or a seasonal trout fishing pass available at the site. There are one-pole and six-fish limits. The lake is accessible for shoreline fishermen.

A variety of passes are now available for purchase at the park. Daily passes are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7.50 for children. Spring passes are $60/$45/$30, and annual passes are $70/$52.50/$35.

Lake Fairfax Park is located at 1400 Lake Fairfax Drive in Reston. For information, call (703) 471-5415 or see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lakefairfax/.

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Business Briefcase PASSENGER COUNT UP AT NATIONAL, DOWN AT DULLES IN NOVEMBER: Pas-

senger traffic at Northern Virginia’s two main airports was up a collective 2.1 percent in November compared to a year before, but the growth was concentrated at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Reagan National saw 1.69 million passengers come and go during the month, up 5.9 percent from the 1.6 million in November 2013, according to figures reported by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

For the first 11 months of 2014, the airport’s passenger total of 19.1 million was up 1.4 percent, putting it on track to surpass its all-time yearly record, set in 2013.

It was a different story at Washington Dulles International Airport, where

November’s passenger total of 1.62 million was down 1.6 percent from a year before. The 19.8 million passengers traveling through the airport during the first 11 months of the year was down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2013.

In November, Dulles saw declines both in the domestic and international sectors, down 1.7 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively.

At Reagan National, the combined American Airlines/US Airways remains the dominant carrier, but its market share in November dipped to just under 50 percent, compared to nearly 60 percent a year before.

Federal regulators required the two airlines to give up some take-off and landing slots at the airport as a condition of approving the merger. As a result, Southwest,

Delta and JetBlue have seen significant increases in passengers counts at National.

At Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which is owned and operated by the Maryland state government, November’s passenger total of 1.76 million was up 1.1 percent from a year before.

FAIRFAX CHAMBER GETS A BIRTHDAY SALUTE: Saying it has helped Fairfax

County emerge as “one of the permier global locations to start or grow a business,” the General Assembly is lauding the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 90th anniversary.

The business organization was founded in May 1925 by a group of business and professional leaders and, in 2015, is “poised to lead the Northern Virginia business community toward a bright future,” notes the joint resolution, patroned by Del. Tim Hugo (R-Fairfax) and cosponsored by 22 other members of the legislature.

The resolution was approved by the House of Delegates on Jan. 23 and moved over to the state Senate.

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BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP MILESTONE:

Having picked up a number of new participants joining up, the Vienna Business Association is closing in on the 200-member mark.

The organization noted the following new members: Vienna Oaks Chiropractic Center, Mark Sweeney (New York Life), Vienna Tax and Accounting, Nisha Patel M.D., Savvy Rest Natural Bedroom, Studio 76, Olive Oil & Friends, Sew Judi Sew and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.

The additions bring the membership roster to 196, officials said.

McLEAN CHAMBER ADDS NEW MEMBERS: The Greater McLean Chamber

has welcomed the following new members (principal contact points in parentheses): Home Contents Videos (Errol Unikel), Laser Elite Centre (Suzanne Donithan), M&T Bank Mortgage (George Matthews), Double Helix Learning (Valerie Lingeman), McLean Family Dentistry (Uppasna Chand), Friends of Pleasant Grove Church (Judith Mueller), Hearing Associates of Northern Virginia (Melissa Yunes), Re/Max Allegiance (Dave Hagigh), NCOs4CEOs (Michael Roscoe) and Seniors on the Move (Kathy McCormick).

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The speaker will be Gregory Vaughn of Northern Virginia Community College’s Rapid Response Program.

The cost is $20 for Chamber members, $30 for others in advance, $25/$35 at the door. For information, see the Web site at www.mcleanchamber.org.

LOCAL STUDENTS TAKING PART IN JOB-SHADOWING EFFORT: As part of

a partnership between Fairfax County

Public Schools and the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce, students from Madison High School, Marshall Academy, George C. Marshall High School and Oakton High School are participating in a jobshadow program.

During January and February, students will job shadow professionals in 32 businesses in various career fields, including business management and operations, finance, medicine, culinary, information technology, aerospace science and engineering, county school officials said.

Students also are taking part in an orientation, facilitated by LearningRX, to learn workplace etiquette, business communications and tips on dressing for success.

STATE OFFICIALS LAUD ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PARKS: Virginia’s network of

state parks saw a new attendance record set in 2014, according to officials, which translated to a record economic impact to the commonwealth.

The parks received just under 9 million visitors during the year, up 1.4 percent from the record-breaking 2013 total.

“The message is clear – Virginians look to our state parks for affordable, enjoyable family fun and recreation,” Gov. McAuliffe said in a statement.

For state officials, a record number of attendees also helps the bottom line. State officials say park-based tourism had a direct-and-indirect economic impact of $208 million in 2014, up from $206 million in 2013.

“Tourism is a major stimulus in Virginia, and our state parks provide jobs and help spur spending in rural areas of the state,” McAuliffe said. “With lower gas prices, a growing economy and the state campaign to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War in Virginia, we could see another record-setting year in 2015.”

Virginia has 36 state parks, which are managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. For information, see the Web site at www.virginiastateparks.gov.

RATE OF UNIONIZATION FALLS IN COMMONWEALTH, NATION: The percentage

of Virginia workers who are members of trade unions declined from 2013 to 2014 and remains less than half the national rate, according to new federal figures.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 22 that 4.9 percent of Virginia’s 3.67 million workers were union members last year, down from 5 percent a year before.

Nationally, the rate of unionization declined from 11.1 percent in 2014, down from 11.3 percent in 2013, according to new data.

Nationally, New York had the highest union-membership rate (24.6 percent) while North Carolina had the lowest (1.9 percent).

Public-sector workers had a unionmembership rate of 35.7 percent, compared to 6.6 percent for private-sector workers.

Virginia’s low overall rate is due in part to the ban on public-sector collective bargaining in the commonwealth.

Figures are based on a monthly sample of about 60,000 households. For information and full data, see the Web site at www. bls.gov.

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Two thirds of Americans say they like their neighbors, even though only 53 percent actually know their neighbors’ names, according to a recent survey by the Trulia online real estate site.

Residents living in suburban areas are more inclined to like their neighbors and know their names than people who live in more urban areas; homeowners, too, are much more likely than renters to like their neighbors (74 percent vs. 58 percent) and know their names (61 percent vs. 39 percent).

Looking across regions, Midwesterners are the most likely to know their neighbors’ names: 60 percent do, compared with 51 percent in the Northeast and the South, and 49 percent in the West.

Some neighbors, even the friendly ones, can be judgmental, passive-aggressive, or nosy. One fifth of Americans say they judge their neighbors on the appearance or condition of their home and property, with suburbanites a bit more likely to judge their neighbors than urban dwellers.

31 percent would actively ignore a neighbor if they were in a disagreement with them, and 30 percent would complain to their landlord, homeowners’ association, the police or a local authority, the survey found.

“Two thirds of Americans generally like their neighbors, but that doesn’t mean unconditional love. There are strings attached,” said Jed Kolko, Trulia’s chief economist. “That nice family next door might be judging you – or going behind your back.”

Curiosity strikes more than a quarter of residents: when a neighbor’s home goes up for sale, 27 percent of adults say they check out the home on an online real estate site, and 11 percent attend the open house.

Even though most Americans say they like their neighbors, even more are picky about them, with 75 percent preferring that their neighbors have particular characteristics.

Speaking the same language fell second on the list of important neighbor traits among Americans (33 percent), above having the same race/ethnicity (10 percent), age (nine percent), family structure (16 percent), and political views (four percent).

But the most important neighbor attribute was home ownership: 35 percent of respondents said it was important that their neighbors are homeowners, and this percentage increased among Americans who are homeowners themselves (51 percent).

For further information and data, see the Web site at http://info.trulia. com.

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Schools & Military n Matthew Julyan of Great Falls earned a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy, Joseph Kiffe of Great Falls earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and Catherine Flessas of McLean earned a bachelor of arts degree in English during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University.

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– From Vienna: James Brady, Andrew Cooney, Christopher Gates, Garrett Giles, Brianne Hayden, Emily King, Anna Koch, Tess Layer, Kathryn Lyle, Caroline MacDonnell, Alexander Ostapovicz, Cameron Stopak and Hayleigh Walton.

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named to the president’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University: – From Great Falls: Donya Mossadeghi.

– From McLean: Kathryn Bailey, Timothy Buser, Daniela Canedo, Jam Choo-

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– From Oakton: Sherrill Callahan, Emily Corridon, Katherine Croote, Alexander Doyle, Kenneth Hippe, Christiana Katsoulos, Aileen Kenny, Robert Kurtzman, Zachary Lee, Allen Luethke, Patrick Moore, Catherine Reed, Evan Schell, Nora Udler, Anson Yan. – From Vienna: Shaan Bhatnagar, Theresa Berg, Morgan Billingsley, Allison Brandmark, Mikayla Brown, Danielle Cammiso, Jessica Cammiso, Kevin Chen, Elizabeth Cho, Collin Church, Catherine Daus, Jennifer Davis, Katherine Dooley, Dirk Edison, William Esswein, Kimia Favagehi, Hailey Fleming, Grace Gibson, Keeley Grimm, Stefanie Guevara, Joy Hu, Flora Lindsay, Samuel Looker, Jennifer Mandel, Jason Mann, Mary McWeeney, Carson Monroe, Rachel Moss, Ladan Nikbakhshian, Cameron Pickett, Alexa Quinn, Soheil Rahbar, Sandra Richie, Rebecca Rosen, Smruthi Rudraraju, Andrew Russiello, Forrest Schmidt, Robert Shields, Mary Smilack, Nicholas Stopak, Emma Talkington, Katelyn Thomas, Natasha Yaqub and Rachel Youssef. n Shea Patrick, the daughter of Richard and Jody Patrick of Vienna and a student at Hamilton College, has been elected to participate in the Levitt Leadership Institute.

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n A total of 227 members of the James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes participates in the New Year’s Day Parade in Rome.

The band members also visited Tuscany, Siena and Florence, where James Madison has a study-abroad program.

Band members “take seriously our responsibility to represent JMU both nationally and internationally,” said Marching Royal Dukes director Scott Rikkers.

“Performances and trips such as this one allow our students, staff, alumni and band families the opportunity to experience different cultures and share our music with different audiences,” Rikkers said.

Local students participating in the trip included Olivia Bonnette, Great Falls

(trumpet); Melissa Caracciolo, Great Falls (guard); Anthony Giuseppe, Vienna (trombone); Scott Jones, Vienna (percussion); and Benjamin Ostapovicz, Vienna (alto sax). n Members of the McLean High School Theatre Company recently picked up a combined 21 national, state and local recognitions.

Nearly all of winning honors will appear in the upcoming regional premiere of “Big Fish,” running Feb. 16 and 19-22.

The YoungArts Foundation recognized Alex Stone as one of 15 national finalists in its Spoken and Musical Theater category.

Each year, there are approximately 11,000 applications from young artists ages 15 to 18. Approximately 170 national finalists are selected in the disciplines of cinematic arts, dance, design arts, jazz, music, photography, theater, visual arts, voice and writing.

As a national finalist, Stone attended YoungArts Week in Miami in early January, performed at Miami’s New World Center, and will be considered for nomination as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

At the Virginia Thespians annual conference, five McLean students received “Accomplished” ratings and are eligible to appear at a showcase at the International Thespian Conference in Lincoln, Neb., in June.

Students receiving top honors in monologues include Sam Brumbaugh, Ray Clardy, Thomas Kelty and Zoe Le Menestrel. Matt Lucero garnered the top rating in the Solo Musical category.

Locally, the theater troupe and its members received 15 recognitions from DCMetrotheaterarts.com.

For information on the awards and tickets to the upcoming production, see the Web site at www.mcleandrama.com. n High school students interested in furthering their interests in fine arts are being invited to compete in the 2015 James C. Macdonald Arts Scholarship Competition, sponsored by the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 13.

The competition is open to students in ninth through 12th grades who reside or attend school in McLean. Scholarship prizes will be awarded in the categories of dance, instrumental music, vocal music, theater and visual arts, with the finalists performing on Wednesday, March 25 at 8 p.m. at the Alden Theatre.

Application forms are available at the front desk of the McLean Community Center and on the Web site at www.aldentheatre.org. There is a cost of $15 per application submitted. n Researchers say an initiative by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has led to increased achievement in the math abilities of young students.

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In their continued effort to provide a premier experience for participating athletes, Fairfax 2015 has re-launched their donation outreach program for the 2015 World Police & Fire Games.

The new program, which will be prominently promoted on the Games website (Fairfax2015.com) and in event advertising, will feature varying levels of commitment with corresponding “gift” or “Games experience” options.

“One of our key objectives since the Games were awarded to Fairfax County was to provide our athletes with a truly memorable Games experience,” said Fairfax 2015 president and CEO Bill Knight.

“We want to provide these everyday hero athletes with the best possible experience while visiting our region and we need the public’s help to make this happen.”

Donation dollars will go directly to enhancing the experience of visiting first responder athletes by helping to fund transportation needs, venue enhancements, athlete’s village programming and other athlete experience efforts.

To donate or to learn more about the 2015 World Police & Fire Games visit Fairfax2015.com. Fairfax 2015 is a 501c(3) non-profit and all donations are tax deductible less gift costs.

Fairfax Athletics to Serve as Sports Coordinators for World Police & Fire Games Volleyball, Dodgeball and Flag Football Competitions When you already service more than 18,000 athletes across 1,100 competitive sports teams, it would seem only natural that your organization should be selected to aid in producing one of the largest multi-sport athletic events ever slated to take place in the Washington metropolitan area.

That was precisely the thinking of organizers from the 2015 World Police & Fire Games when they selected Fairfax Athletics (FXA), Northern Virginia’s largest adult sports league management organization to serve as sport coordinators for the indoor & beach volleyball, dodgeball and flag football competitions taking place as part of this summer’s Games.

“A company like FXA is the ideal partner to serve as the management team for three of the competitions that will take place next summer here in Northern Virginia,” said Fairfax 2015 COO D.J. Mackovets, “They clearly understand each sport. They already have strong connections with local venues and officials and they embrace what’s truly important to the athletes. What’s more, several of their existing teams across multiple sports already come from the ranks of police and fire, so that familiarity will help a great deal.”

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According to Purcell, registration in all four sports has been brisk but, as he says, “we still have room for more teams.”

Flag Football will take place from June 26 through 29 at Oakton High school and Dodgeball will be contested from July 1 through 3 at Lerner Town Square at Tysons II Galleria while Indoor Volleyball takes place from July 1 through 4 at George Mason University. Teams in all three sports must register both as individuals and as a team. For registration and information, please visit fairfax2015. com/registration. For more information on FXA and their line-up of sports activities, please visit PlayFXA.com.

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Once destined for dinner plates in South Korea, 23 dogs get a new beginning AMANDA STEWART

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orn on a dog meat farm in South Korea, Kimchi, Leila and Thel -- three Shiba Inu puppies -- will soon be available for adoption in Manassas.

The puppies were among a group of 23 dogs rescued by Humane Society International and sent to the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria last week. After being checked by veterinarians there, the dogs were transferred to several Northern Virginia animal shelters, including the Manassas animal adoption center.

The dogs arrived at the Manassas animal shelter on Jan. 9 and will be available for adoption sometime after Jan. 20, after they’ve gone through a 10-day isolation period at the shelter. “Not suprisingly, these pups have quite a case of jet lag, and well, culture shock,� Manassas police said in a post on their Facebook page, asking potential adopters and well-wishers to wait until late January to contact the animal shelter about the dogs.

Humane Society International rescued the dogs, mostly Korean Jindos and a few other breeds, from a farm in Seoul, South Korea, the group said in a news release.

The farmer agreed to surrender the dogs and to stop raising dogs for meat. “HSI worked with the farmer to remove the dogs and close the doors of his facility for good,� the release said. “We also secured an agreement with him to stop raising dogs for food and move permanently to growing crops

as a more humane way to make a living.�

The dogs arrived at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria on Jan. 5 and 6. There they were evaluated by vets and shelter staff members. Some of the dogs are available for adoption at the Alexandria shelter and others are being transferred to be adopted at regional partner shelters in Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudon County, Manassas and Washington.

HSI has an ongoing campaign Dogs rescued from a meat farm in South Korea arrived in Northern Virginia this month to in Asia to rescue dogs from meat begin their new lives as pets.

SUBMITTED farms and to help dog meat farmers transition to other kinds of farming, their Facebook page. “He is such a sweet, loving boy.� the group said.

Sgt. Christine Perry, with the Manassas animal adopThis is the first group of dogs HSI has been able to tion center, said she and other animal shelter officials bring to the United States through their campaign. were contacted by Alexandria Animal Welfare League At the farm in Seoul, the dogs lived in crowded cages, Director Megan Webb, who asked if they had room to HSI officials said. Now that they are in Alexandria, shel- help some of the Korean dogs. ter staff members are working with the dog to help them “We are fortunate that we have been able to adopt adjust to living as pets. The dogs are being fed, checked out most of our dogs over December and have plenty out by veterinarians and groomed and many will be sent of space to accommodate these dogs,� Perr said. “These to the other shelters. dogs in no way will be preventing us from taking in One of the dogs, a Lhasa apso named Billy, was translocal dogs.� ferred to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington late Perry said the Manassas shelter’s reasons for wanting last week, Alexandria shelter officials said. to help these dogs was simple. “It is difficult to imagine that he was being raised to “Our mission as a shelter and animal control is to help ultimately be food,� shelter officials said in a post on animals,� she said.

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Hoop Teams Tallying in 30-and-40 Somethings Something seems to be going on because a number of final scores have been significantly lower this winter compared to most recent past seasons involving many local boys high school basketball teams.

Girls Record Now 13-1 After Victory

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The first quarter of the Langley Saxons home game against their neighborhood rival McLean BASKETBALL Highlanders on Jan. 23 was a struggle for both teams in Langley’s eventual 52-42 victory.

Both boys high school basketball teams missed shot after shot and committed turnover after turnover.

The Saxons (7-7) eventually found some offensive spark, using fast-break opportunities off turnovers and aptly converted perimeter shots to build a comfortable lead and go on to win.

McLean’s shooting struggles (23 percent from the floor) continued throughout as the Highlanders fell to 3-13.

The game was the nightcap of a doubleheader, as the Langley girls won the opener, 44-26, over McLean (4-12) to improve to 13-1 and up its winning streak to 10.

Jordyn Callaghan scored 13, Paige Galiani 10 and Lauren Meyer six to lead Langley. Monique Ford and Hannah Smith had six for McLean.

The defense continues to be impressive, as the unit has allowed no more than 39 points in its last seven games.

For the Langley boys, they have won

Top: Langley High School’s Nate Shafer blocks a shot by McLean’s Logan Legg during a Jan. 23 game at Langley, which was won by the host Saxons in a neighborhood showdown in front of a standing-room-only crowd. Left: Langley’s Sami El-Rafey shoots with McLean’s Zachary Glissman defending. Above: McLean’s Jack Ferguson defends as Daniel White drives.

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Flint Hill Outscored in Losses Against MAC Rivals A Staff Report

the floor and 8 of 10 from the foul line.

Robinson made three three-pointers.

Flint Hill fell to 8-11 and 1-4 in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference.

The Huskies’ only lead was 4-2. St. James led 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, 30-23 at halftime and 48-37 after three. Robinson closed the game by scoring 15 points in the final period.

Flint Hill shot poorly from the floor (28 percent) while the Saints got higherpercentage shots and were a scalding 64 percent – thanks mainly to Robinson.

The Huskies were led by seniors Sam Worman and Tyler Femi. Worman had 16 points and five rebounds. Femi scored 15 and had seven rebounds and five steals.

Jordan Taylor scored nine and had six rebounds off the bench and Aron Petros had five rebounds and two blocks, but did not score.

Two nights earlier, Flint Hill lost at MAC rival Maret, 65-54, as Femi scored 26 in defeat.

Prior to that loss, Flint Hill broke a three-game losing streak by winning its two games at the MLK Coaches for Cancer competition. The Huskies defeated Ceasar Rodney, 79-39, in its first game, then Evangel Christian, 68-62, in its second.

Flint Hill is scheduled to host MAC and neighborhood rival Potomac School on Jan. 31.

High school football scores this past fall had higher combined totals than some recent basketball finals.

Final basketball scores in the 50s are pretty normal for local high school boys teams. Yet, so far this season, there have been a number of finals in the 40s and 30s, from a variety of teams.

On the night of Jan. 20, the Langley Saxons defeated the Jefferson Colonials, 34-32. During the fall, Langley’s football team scored more than 34 points in five of its 11 games.

(Maybe game balls have been deflated a bit. It’s considerably harder to accurately shoot a flat basketball.)

Even the highly regarded and fastbreaking 15-1 Wakefield Warriors have a low score among their results, winning a recent game 48-41.

So why the scoring drought?

Is this one of those seasons when players aren’t as offensively talented as past seasons? Declines in such talent cycles occur every so often. That could be a reason.

More likely is that many of the local teams involved in the low scoring are playing more deliberate half-court offenses this winter. On the other end of the floor, these teams are using tight and stingy zone defenses in an attempt to hide a lack of height and prevent opponents from fast-breaking and finding an offensive rhythm.

Maybe defenses are better than offenses right now.

Whatever, the combination of the two work to lower the scoring.

Many of the low scores are being posted by teams from the Liberty Conference, where the Langley Saxons play.

So far, there has been considerable parity among the league’s eight teams. In any given game, one is capable of defeating the other.

Langley coach Scott Newman agreed many of the Liberty teams are using more deliberate styles to best help them win.

Such for lower-than-usual scoring.

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Right from the start, the Flint Hill Huskies discovered it was going to be a challenge trying to guard the quick Justin Robinson.

In the St. James Saints’ 75-51 road victory Jan. 22 BASKETBALL in boys high school basketball action, Robinson sped to the basket to make a layup and give his team a quick 2-0 lead over host Flint Hill.

That was an example of so much more to come, as Robinson scored from all over and never slowed down. He finished with 35 points on 12 of 14 shooting from

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Warhawks Keep Adding to Successful Season on Mats A Staff Report

As the season draws closer to the postseason, the Madison Warhawks continue to have a strong wrestling campaign.

Under head coach Shawn Hutchison, Madison won the recent Raider Clasat Stuart WRESTLING sic High School, and over the holidays captured the St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Tournament in Alexandria.

Also, the Warhawks traveled to the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., to compete in the 64-team Holy Angels Tournament. The Warhawks led the field after the first day, despite missing wrestlers at three weight classes because of illness and injury, and finished fifth.

Madison junior Tyler (T.K.) Megonigal was named Outstanding Wrestler at Holy Angels, as well as at the St. Stephen’s and Raider Classic events.

A junior who wrestled in the Vienna Youth Inc. program, Megonigal competes at 132 pounds. He has become one of the most noted high school wrestlers

sic at 195.

Sophomore Brad Porter at 220 and junior Drew Smith at 285 also won championships at the Raider Classic.

At that event, Madison was trailing Osbourn, needing two wins with three matches left to claim the championship.

Barrett started the momentum by pinning his opponent in the first period.

Then Porter at 220 and Smith at 285 did the same to seal the title.

Smith also won the Central Virginia Classic, was the champion at St. Stephen’s and placed second at the NOVA Classic.

The Madison Warhawks gather after the wrestling team won the recent Raider Classic at Stuart When Smith won the championship High School. Some displayed their championship bracket sheets.

PHOTO FROM MADISON at St. Stephen’s, that clinched the title for in the United States by virtue of his sec- are enjoying strong seasons. the Madison wrestlers, who stormed the ond-place finish at the Beast of The East Sophomore Wyatt West at 120 won mat in celebration. competition at the University of Dela- the St. Stephen’s Tournament. Senior Madison captains Ethan Claybrook ware. That event is considered by many captain Matt Baum (160) won the Raider and Taylor Christensen have been inas one of the toughest high school tour- Classic. He is hoping to attend the Air jured and have missed action so far this naments in the U.S. Force Academy. Senior captain Ryan season.

Megonigal, who wrestled at a private Barrett won both the Raider and St. SteNOTE: During the off season, the school near Baltimore the last two sea- phen’s tournaments at 170. Junior Ryan Madison program created a USA Wressons, has lost just one match this winter. Partridge, also a football and lacrosse tling mat club called the Antaeus Mat A number of other Madison wrestlers player at Madison, won the Raider Clas- Club.

Flint Hill’s Second Is Best Showing; Madeira Finishes Third DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

With a second-place team total of 198 points, the Flint Hill Huskies posted highest SWIM & DIVE their finish in school history on Jan. 23 in the Independent School League girls swim and dive high school championships.

Host Holton-Arms won the title with a 225 total and the Madeira Snails were third with 194.

“One of the reasons we have done so well this season is that we have great leadership from our captains,” Flint Hill coach Amanda Ballingall said. “I feel like all the girls – no matter their speed – contribute to the team. Our relays have just continuously broken school records all season. I know the girls will keep chipping away at those records until February.”

Flint Hill had two individual champions in junior captain Lauren Freeman in the 100 breaststroke (school record 1:08.19) and freshman Jasmine Hellmer

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six of their past eight games.

“Neither team could shoot into an ocean in the first quarter, but I was proud of our defensive performance,” Langley coach Scott Newman said about the win over McLean. “Even when we were struggling offensively, the players hustled. If we can keep that intensity, we can continue improving.”

In the first half, McLean attacked Langley’s zone by passing around the perimeter and opening up shots at the high post. The Highlanders produced a high volume of shots and open looks with few results.

“Our 2-3 zone defense was effective,”

winning 200 (1:39.73) and 400 (3:38.19) free relays.

Farrin Saba was second in the 50 free, third in the 100 free and swam on both winning relays. Maddie Heilbrun was second in the 200 free and third in the 500 free and swam on the winning relays.

Giovi Moriarty placed fifth in two races and swam on the 200 free relay and Stephanie Royer was ninth in the 500 free and swam on the 400 free relay.

In diving, Madeira’s Carly Yosaitis The Flint Hill swim and dive team gathers in the water at the Holton-Arms pool after finishing finished fifth and Jackie Beauliea and second in the girls Independent School League meet on Jan. 23.

PHOTO FROM FLINT HILL Ramsey Aldrich tied for 11th.

For the Potomac School, which tied in the 100 back (meet record 59.08). Free- contributor in the meet along with Mary man was second in the 200 individual Horner, Ramsey Johnson, Maddie Sheif- for eighth at the meet, Sydney Grube was second in the 100 breaststroke and Hanmedley and Hellmer was third in the 100 er, Katie Grisius and Michelle Cole. butterfly.

Earlier in the season, Sisi Baker oblit- nah Gould was fourth in the 200 IM and Also for Flint Hill, freshman Sisi erated the school record in the 500 free by seventh in the 500 free. Elly Zhang and Clare Kehoe had top-10 finishes.

Baker was fourth in the 200 and 500 free- more than seven seconds.

The three teams now move on to the styles, and the Huskies were second in “I think last night showed them they the 200 medley and 400 free relays and are a force to be reckoned with and peo- Metro Championships, then those that fourth in the 200 free relay. ple are noticing Flint Hill as one of the qualify will participate in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Mimi Baker, Elli Hausamann, Bridget top swim programs,” Ballingall said.

Kennedy and senior captain Logan CunMadeira was led by junior Kylie Jor- state meet.

Flint Hill and Madeira will be among ningham all had top-10 individual fin- dan. She won the 200 IM (2:06.7), was ishes. Junior captain Cailin Mazan was a second in the fly and anchored Madeira’s the favorites at the state meet.

Newman said. “We were guarding the perimeter well, and until the last few minutes, we forced them to take low-percentage shots.”

McLean made only one of 14 shot attempts in the first quarter, and finished the first half 2 of 20.

Langley didn’t fare much better shooting in the first quarter, making only 1 of 7 attempts. The Saxons, nonetheless, found a way to channel their aggressiveness into points starting late in the first quarter.

Sophomore guard Aaron Kim made the last three points of the first quarter on free throws, sparking an 8-0 run spanning the final minute of the first quarter and first few minutes of the second quarter.

Langley found its groove in the third quarter, when junior guard Daniel Salamone and senior guard Alex Callaghan

found their shooting strokes. The pair scored all of their respective points.

“It’s a rivalry game, so the win’s very satisfying. It just took time for us to find offense,” Salamone said. “It’s been a theme this season, trying to put together a complete performance. We’ve been upand-down, and we need to continue to improve by trying to put together a full game. Maintaining our defense we had today helps.”

Callaghan led Langley with 12 points and Salamone scored 11. Daniel White added six.

Combined with junior forward Nate Shafer’s rim protection (14 rebounds, eight points, five blocks), McLean’s attempts to be more aggressive after the first quarter were often moot. Langley extended its lead to as many as 16 points halfway through the fourth quarter.

“Shafer was great tonight,” Newman said. “He was great on defense protecting the rim and rebounding, and just forcing McLean to take contested shots. Those stops and rebounds also helped kick off our transition game. We found a group that was clicking on both ends of the floor and stuck with them.”

McLean coach Mike O’Brien found solace in the fact that his McLean team actually outscored Langley 23-21 in the fourth quarter.

“I was happy with the looks we created, but we simply didn’t make any shots,” he said. “And add the fact that we struggled with free throws. Make a few more of those and this might have been a tighter game.”

Logan Legg led McLean with 13 points. Patrick Dolan scored eight and Evan Rapson and Nick Wright six each.

High School Roundup Oakton Cougars (16-1) won for the 15th straight time with a 69-50 win over the Herndon Hornets on Jan. 23. Delaney Connolly had 20 points and Lindsey Abed and Alex Marquis 13 each. Maddie Royle scored nine and Karlie Cronin, back from a knee injury, had eight.

Oakton broke the game open by outscoring Herndon, 21-4, in the second quarter. n The Madison Warhawks (11-5) got 25 points from Alexis Hermes and eight from Morgan Simpson in a 60-36 home win over the Hayfield Hawks on Jan. 23. n The Flint Hill Huskies (10-6) routed host Sandy Spring, 57-25, Jan. 23 as Lauren Foley, Tori Herman and Kate Hogan all scored nine points and Katie Corrigan eight. Flint Hill outscored the hosts, 172, in the first period.

n The Marshall Statesmen (5-10) defeated the Stuart Raiders, 40-29, Jan. 23 as Olivia Barrand scored 12 points and Kirsten Tillman 11.

15-7 in dual meets with two victories last week.

MADISON SWEEPS SWIM & DIVE MEET:

9, 3-3) won back-to-back Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference games by defeating Georgetown Day, 39-33, and St. Andrews, 53-42.

Drew Davis had 14 points, Grant Robinson 14, Matt Lazris 12 and Phil Newsome seven against St. Andrews.

The Panthers then lost to St. Albans, 61-53, on Jan. 24 as they were outscored, 20-11, in the final period. Robinson scored 23, Davis 13 and Lazris nine.

The Madison Warhawks swept the McLean Highlanders in boys and girls swim and dive meets. Double winners for Madison were Madeline LaPorte and Ian Russiello. Single winners were Abraham Zimmerman, Alex Ruleman and Grayson Campbell (diving).

WRESTLING ROUNDUP: The Marshall

Statesmen improved to 14-0 in dual meets this season with wins over Mount Vernon, 69-9, and Wakefield, 66-9, in recent matches. Marshall also has won three tournaments. n The Langley Saxons improved to

POTOMAC SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: The Potomac School Panthers (8-

POTOMAC SCHOOL TENNIS PLAYER TO TRINITY: Potomac School senior Chris-

topher Caskin has committed to play men’s tennis at Trinity College in Hart-

ford, Conn.

Since his freshman year in high school, Caskin has recorded big wins for Potomac in singles and doubles. Last season, he clinched the Panthers’ sixthstraight Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference title with his comeback win during the No. 1 doubles match with partner Alex Gerson.

Later, he helped the team win its second Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I state championship.

“It’s a terrific program, led by coaching great Paul Assaiante,” Caskin said.

“Trinity combines great academics with a strong athletic program. I’m really excited about this opportunity.”

Assaiante, who is in his 19th season as head coach, led the Bantams to a No. 22 national ranking this fall.

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Sports Briefs PEE WEE CAPITALS WIN TOURNAMENT: The Pee-Wee A Kettler Capitals

Academy travel ice hockey team won all four of its games and the championship at the Liberty Cup Hockey Tournament in Philadelphia.

The team consists of 5th and 6th graders from neighboring communities.

Playing on defense were Ethan Baxley, John Fortney, Sam Sheldon and Henry Vitan. On offense were Maksim Watton, Atticus Beane, T.J. Kouba, Dante Rohlck, Jackson Dove, Ethan Davidson, John Lis and Lance Filippone. The goalies were Luka Sokolovsky and Jack Dunham. Travis Reirden is a team member but did not attend the tournament.

The coaches are Jack Blumenthal, Steve Kresse and Nathan Vitan.

TRAVEL BASEBALL COACHES NEEDED:

The Hitmen travel baseball program is looking for experienced coaches. All expenses are paid and stipends are provided. Visit www.hitmen-baseball.com or contact Russell Pahl at ripahl@Yahoo. com.

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process. Vienna-area ballplayers ages 13 to 19 can register for the spring 2015 season. To do so, visit GVBR.org and click on the red register now button.

Register before Feb. 1 for the earlybird discount.

McLEAN YOUTH LACROSSE REGISTRATION: McLean Youth Lacrosse Registra-

tion is open for the spring 2015 season for boys and girls ages 5 to14 around the McLean area.

For more information, visit www.mylax.net to register or get more details.

VIENNA LITTLE LEAGUE OPENS DRIVE FOR SPONSORS: Vienna Little League

has opened its 2015 sponsorship drive, seeking local businesses and organizations who wish to sponsor teams in the spring.

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

McLEAN YOUTH SOCCER REGISTRATION: Spring registration has begun for

McLean Youth Soccer. The program includes recreation for players in kindergarten through seniors in high school and other programs.

Visit www.mcleansoccer.org to reg-

ister. For more information, e-mail admin@mcleansoccer.org or call (703) 5068068.

McLEAN LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION: McLean Little League’s on-line

registration for the spring season is open.

Parents or guardians of prospective players must also attend one of the walk-in registration sessions scheduled in January at McLean Little League Park.

The season is scheduled to start on April 6. For more information, visit www. mcleanll.com.

BASEBALL CAMP: Catholic University

and head baseball coach Ross Natoli are holding winter baseball camps at the college through Feb. 15 for players ages 7 to 18. For more information, contact Natoli at natoli@cua.edu or (202) 319-6092 or visit: www.rossnatolibaseballcamps.com.

SAGE TRYOUTS: The Sage girls fastpitch

travel softball teams, which draw players from the local communities, is conducting tryouts for their 2014-15 seasons.

Information about tryouts is available at www.arlingtonsage.com/home.html.

ARLINGTON SENIOR GOLF: The Ar-

lington Senior Golf Club’s 2015 traveling league is recruiting new players. For information, contact Terry Townshead at artistic_dimensions@msn.com or call Jennifer Collins at (703) 228-4745.

UMPIRE TRAINING: The Northern Virginia Softball Umpire Association has started its fall training for softball umpires. The association officiates fastpitch softball in local area public and private high school leagues and at all levels of recreational softball throughout Northern Virginia. For more information and to register please contact Bob Angeli at: president@nvsua.org.

SOFTBALL

GAME OFFICIALS NEEDED: Northern

Virginia Baseball Umpires is in need of officials for baseball, softball and volleyball.

Officials are needed in all communities across the metropolitan area for youth recreational leagues, men’s leagues, high schools and colleges.

Experience is helpful but not required.

Formal classroom and on the job training will be provided.

Visit www.umpires.org or call John Porter at (703) 978-3601 for more information.

College Roundup PAIGE HUMPHREY: Madeira School

KATHERINE VAN WINKLE: Marshall

High School graduate Katherine Van Winkle is a junior diver for the women’s swim and dive team at the University of Southern California.

Van Winkle is among the Trojans’ top five divers in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform.

ALEX ANDERSON: Madison High School

graduate Alex Anderson, a senior swimmer on the University of Mary Washington men’s team, recently was named the Capital Athletic Conference men’s swimming Athlete of the Week for the third time this season.

Anderson was chosen for winning a pair of individual races and contributing to two winning relays in the Eagles’ meet against Salisbury.

He won the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke.

Anderson holds the NCAA Division III record in the 400 individual medley.

He is a three-time NCAA champion (twice in the 400 IM, once in the 200 fly).

HALE ROSS: Potomac School graduate

Hale Ross, a freshman men’s cross country runner at Yale during the fall, finished 93rd in the 8K Ivy League Championships. His time was 27:06.

Ross was a state cross country champion at Potomac School.

nior and big contrubutor on the men’s swim and dive team at the University of Virginia this winter.

Putnam has the fourth fastest time for Virginia this season in the 100 backstroke, 200 back and the 200 individual medley.

JOHN STONEY: Oakton High School

WILLIAM AND MARY SWIMMERS: Lang-

graduate John Stoney, a freshman men’s cross country runner at the University of North Carolina, was red-shirted during the fall.

Stoney was a state champion at Oakton.

PUTNAM: McLean High School graduate Charles Putnam is seCHARLES

ley High School graduate Ryan Natal and Marshall High grad Andrew Nyce are senior swimmers on the men’s team at the College of William and Mary this winter.

Nyce has won four races, finished second in six others and third three times.

Natal has finished second four times and third three times.

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graduate Paige Humphrey played in a number of matches this fall for the women’s volleyball team at the College of William and Mary.

The freshman middlehitter had 104 kills and she recorded 80 blocks.

At Madeira, Humphrey helped the Snails win a state championship in 2011.

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A NEIGHBORHOOD HOOP SHOWDOWN The host Langley Saxons and McLean Highlanders met Friday, Jan. 23 in a boys high school basketball game between neighborhood rivals. Langley won, 52-42, for its fourth victory in five games. Far left: Langley’s Daniel Salamone breaks free to score on a fast-break layup with McLean’s Kaleb Stander trailing the play. Left: McLean’s Nicholas Wright looks for a way around or over Langley’s Sami El-Rafey and John Rau, as he is caught with the ball under the basket. Above: The large Langley student section came dressed in all-white and gets loud during a time-out.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. January 29, 1943: n Local residents are being urged to salvage tin cans for the war effort. n Acme has oranges on sale for 22 cents a dozen and large Florida grapefruit available for 5 cents apiece.

January 27, 1959: n Gov. Almond is “racing the clock” to try to maintain segregation in Virginia’s public schools, as Alexandria, Arlington, Norfolk and Charlottesville are now under court order to integrate. n The city of Tokyo is getting its first parking meters.

January 31, 1967: n Plans have been proposed to carve the county into eight magisterial districts. n Fairfax school officials are considering spending $3.5 million to provide kindergarten to 7,000 students next fall. n In boys basketball action, Madison is 6-5, Marshall is 3-8, McLean was 2-9 and Langley is 0-10.

January 29, 1971: n Gov. Holton is reacting with “dismay” over a proposal by District of Columbia officials to tax the earnings of Northern Virginians who work in D.C. n County Executive-designate George Kelly Jr. painted a “depressing” fiscal picture, saying staff raises and inflation will eat up all the county government’s savings. n McLean’s wrestlers continued their winning ways with a victory over Yorktown. n At the movies: “Rio Lobo,” “Hello, Dolly” and “Alaskan Safari.”

January 26, 1982: n U.S. Rep. Paul Trible is the likely Republican nominee to succeed U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr., I-Va., while Democrats do not have a clear front-runner. n A Sun editorial has blasted as “spineless” a proposal in Richmond to replace Columbus Day, Lee-Jackson-King Day and other potentially controversial holidays with a generic “Notables Day.” n U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10th, is unlikely to face a challenge within the party this year. n Supervisor Martha Pennino, DCentreville, was elected by her colleagues as vice chairman for the seventh year. n The Vienna Town Council again has rejected a proposal to construct an office building behind the Marco Polo restaurant.

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