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Real-Estate Pros Project Healthy Upcoming Year for N.Va. Market

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With a mixed year for real estate – sales down, price up – now in the rear-view mirror, many top real-estate professionals across the local area are predicting 2015 will be an improvement.

“Homes in certain areas inside the Beltway are likely going to appreciate at a higher rate than 4 percent, and the areas near the Silver Line have a flurry of investor activity, driving prices upward,” said Joan Stansfield of Keller Williams Realty, one of a large number of local real-estate pros who prognosticated the future for the Sun Gazette’s Winter Real Estate Guide, included with this week’s edition.

The mood was one of cautious optimism.

“Everything is working to be a very strong market for sellers, with gas prices down and so many other factors,” said Casey Margenau of Re/ Max Distinctive.

Dee Murphy of Long & Foster said the 2014 market was hobbled by a rough win-

ter of 2013-14, which “threw off the rhythm of the market for the whole year.”

“Things that usually happen in March didn’t happen until May,” she said.

Both in Fairfax County and across Northern Virginia as a whole, sales were down from 2013 to 2014, but average sales prices continued to rise. For the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ coverage area – Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County – the average sales price of $552,139 for 2014 was up 2.2 percent from $540,139. That’s a new record, although it represents the smallest rate of growth in five years. Modest growth may be the norm in 2015, too.

“I think resale prices incrementally will rise, maybe 2 to 3 percent, inside the Beltway for sure,” said Dean Yeonas of Yeonas & Shafran Real Estate. “Single-families inside the Beltway at the million-and-under price point is the hot spot. Condos along the Orange Line will do well, and anything under a million for townhouses will also do well.”

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Avoiding controversy – and certainly any acting Emmys – Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova’s annual “State of the County” speech paints an optimistic picture of a capable urban county facing a bright future.

Bulova (D) on Jan. 14 unveiled the annual video production, which highlighted county initiatives and minimized looming threats.

Speaking in front of a television-newsstyle backdrop, Bulova led off and closed the presentation, but several agency heads also interspersed comments throughout.

Bulova recapped regional transportation successes, including groundbreakings for new Virginia Railway Express stations in Spotsylvania and Potomac Shores, new transit options along Route 1, the Interstate 95 Express Lanes, the Silver Line and Fairfax County’s new Bicycle Master Plan.

The latter reference segued into a spiel from county bicycle coordinator Charlie Strunk, who discussed bicycle routes and trail projects.

Strunk’s segment became the video’s cheesiest and most endearing when Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill) “just happened” to bump into him at the Silver Line’s Wiehle-Reston East Station, home to the county’s first secure, indoor parking facility for bicycles.

Bulova detailed the county’s push for mixed-use development and handed matters off to Barbara Byron, director of the county’s Office of Community Revitalization.

Byron lauded the success of Merrifield’s Mosaic District, celebrated the completion of Springfield Town Center’s first phase and anticipated good things to come at McLean’s Elm Street project and the redevelopment of the Lake Anne area in Reston.

Such development strengthens the commercial tax base and removes some of the burden from residential taxpayers, Byron said.

But the county’s office-vacancy rate now stands at 18 percent and commercial property values have remained flat in recent years – unlike those of residential

properties, which have seen gains since the recession ended. Bulova acknowledged homeowners’ difficulties and said commercial tax revenues are growing thanks to major redevelopments in Tysons Corner, Merrifield and Springfield.

Some office-vacancy problems can be attributed to older, less energy-efficient commercial and industrial properties elsewhere in the county, which have a hard time competing for tenants when gleaming new facilities are available in the three above areas, she said.

The county’s economic prospects also took hits from federal budget sequestration and contracting cutbacks, the chairman said.

“Businesses are holding space vacant,” she said. “They’re uncertain of how to go forward and that affects us.”

The video also featured remarks from Park Authority director Kirk Kincannon, who touted recently completed improvements at the agency’s Spring Hill and Oak Marr recreation centers and another major project now being planned, the West County Trail.

“Neighborhood involvement is the key to creating the right park plan for our future,” Kincannon said.

Tisha Deeghan, executive director of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, described the array of social services available to local residents.

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Karen Garza outlined the school system’s achievements, including full-day Mondays for all elementary-school students and last summer’s opening of the new multi-story Bailey’s Upper Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences.

Garza did not stump for more school funding, but that issue will receive copious attention during budget negotiations this spring.

Bulova could not think of any challenges that distressed her, but said the county must strive to maintain its quality of life.

“We can’t stop pedaling to . . . continue to make sure that Fairfax County has the quality of services and programs that our community enjoys and appreciates and depends upon,” she said. “It becomes increasingly harder with reduced revenue streams from past years.”

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People Force Behind Great Falls Freedom Memorial Dies U.S. MARINE COL. PETER HILGARTNER, 1927-2015 BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Great Falls has lost a giant of a man whose determination left a striking monument in the village’s center.

Retired U.S. Marine Col. Peter Hilgartner was tough to miss at events held at Great Falls Freedom Memorial, a rugged stone tribute to those who protect the nation.

Often wearing clothing with Marine Corps insignia, Hilgartner attended ceremonies at the monument on Memorial Day, Veterans Day and the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the event that prompted him to push for the memorial’s construction.

While no longer his youthful height of 6 feet 6 inches tall, he still towered over most people and had a commanding presence.

Hilgartner died Jan. 8 at age 87 at Brightview Assisted Living in Great Falls.

The cause of death was congestive heart failure, his family said.

Peter Louis Hilgartner was born in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 16, 1927, and attended St. George’s School in Newport, R.I. While there he asked a friend’s sister, future First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier, to a dance, but he did not try to kiss her on the cab ride home.

“Besides, she might rebuff me, and with the taxi driver as witness, my humiliation would be complete,” he later wrote of the encounter.

After graduating from St. George’s School in 1945, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in October of that year.

He subsequently attended the U.S. Naval Academy in 1951, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marines and served as a forward artillery observer from March 1952 to March 1953. He was awarded the Bronze Star medal with a combat “V” for his war service.

His combat days were far from over, however. He commanded the 1st Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment in Vietnam. His

battalion, the most-decorated in the Marine Corps, fought in every major action that occurred in the 1st Marine Division’s sector between November 1966 and September 1967. The battalion was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations under his command.

Hilgartner’s Vietnam service earned him the Silver Star, Legion of Merit and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm and with Gold Star (an award received twice).

Following service as a staff officer in Saigon during his second duty tour in Vietnam, Hilgartner earned a master’s degree in management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He retired from active service in the Marines in May 1972, having achieved the rank of colonel.

Hilgartner subsequently began a second career as an stockbroker, first with Ferris & Co. and later becoming vice president of investments at Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. in 1981.

After retiring for a second time in 1998, Hilgartner wrote two books: an autobiography, co-authored with Sam Ginder and titled “Highpocket’s War Stories and Other Tall Tales,” and a cowboy story, “Buckshot and the Boy.” After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hilgartner led a group of 17 residents to create the Great Falls Freedom Memorial on the grounds of Great Falls Library. The monument, dedicated in November 2004, is centered around three massive rocks obtained from a nearby property owner. It also has flagpoles and six trees – one for each of the Great Falls residents killed in the attacks.

Encircling the monument is a low stone wall engraved with words such as honor, courage, faith, love and duty.

Hilgartner told the Sun Gazette in 2003 that the memorial would be strictly apolitical.

“I’ve seen a lot of people die,” he said.

“These people weren’t thinking they were Republicans or Democrats or any of that gobbledygook. They were thinking about this country and what it stood for. They

Great Falls resident Peter Hilgartner, a retired U.S. Marine colonel who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, poses in 2004 while promoting his autobiography, “Highpocket’s War Stories and Other Tall Tales.” Hilgartner, who was a driving force behind the Great Falls Freedom Memorial, died Jan. 8 at the age of 87.

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were all heroes, all trying to do the right thing for their comrades or the people around them.”

Andy Wilson, the memorial committee’s current president, said the monument’s central rock reminds him of Hilgartner.

“It’s tall, it’s strong, it’s ramrod straight,” Wilson said of the monolith. “There was no uncertain drumming with Pete. He knew what he wanted and where he was headed and we all followed him. We hope we can follow that certainty of vision as we move forward.”

Hilgartner also was a hunter-education instructor, past president of the McLean Rotary Club, and founder and past president of the Northern Virginia Brittany Club.

He is survived by his wife, Sara Hilgartner; five children by his first wife, Frances Haynes Hilgartner – Linda Bassert, Diana Boyd, Dale Cirillo, David Hilgartner and Paul Hilgartner – as well as 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, stepson Greg Fernlund and four step-grandchildren.

A visitation will be held Jan. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 10550 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.

Funeral services for Hilgartner will be held at the church on Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m.

He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery; the date has yet to be scheduled.

Donations in his honor may be made to the Semper Fi Fund or Christ the King

People-Centered Book Opens Up Horizons for Historian BRIAN TROMPETER

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Carole Herrick is on everyone’s short list of prominent McLean historians, but even she can learn more by looking deeper.

This proved to be the case with her latest book, “Legendary Locals of McLean,” which features nearly 200 black-and-white photographs and mini-biographies of noteworthy people who have influenced the community for more than a century.

Herrick has written seven books, most of which are packed with detailed historical information. What made this project different was its focus on people, she said.

“This was a terribly interesting project for me,” she said. “I really enjoyed getting to know the people in the book. They’re like my new best friends.”

The tome’s primary message is that McLean is a community of volunteers, Herrick said. The author, who grew up in Southern California but has lived in

McLean for several decades, said she still is considered a “newbie” in these parts.

The book is divided into four chapters, each with its own pagelong introduction: “The Early Years: Before 1910,” “A Village Forms: 1910-1940,” “Building a Community: 1940-1960” and “Preserving a Community: 1960Forward.”

Herrick’s narrative begins before the Civil War, and the author said she deliberately concentrated on lesser-known people instead of the oft-publicized.

Her subjects range from military personnel, landowners, firefighters and business people to athletes, civic activists, educators, local politicians and national leaders.

Among those profiled: • Commodore Thomas A.P. Catesby Jones, a hero of the Battle of New Orleans in 1814 who later became a major landowner in McLean.

• James Jackson, a McLean resident who in 1861 became the Continued on Page 22

University President Shank Delivers December Commencement Address in United Arab Emirates Marymount University president Matthew Shank traveled to Dubai in December to deliver the commencement address to graduates at the American University in the Emirates, known as “AUE.” “I believe that each one of us has been blessed with one or more very, very special gifts or talents,” Shank told the graduates.

But whatever gifts and talents we have, he stressed, they are nothing if we don’t take opportunities.

“It is our obligation to use those gifts to better the lives of others, especially those who are less fortunate,” Shank said at the Dec. 19 ceremony. “At Marymount University . . . service to others is part of our vision. It is part of who we are and what we do.”

Speaking at the ceremony for the university’s fourth commencement was an opportunity that grew out of a partnership between Marymount and AUE, which offers an American curriculum, classes in English and a general-education undergraduate core. It’s one of the fastest-growing universities in the United Arab Emirates.

The ceremony was held at Dubai World Trade Center. The audience included High Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum and other dignitaries.

Shank, who now serves on the board of trustees at American University in the Emirates, met its president when Muthanna Abdul Razzaq and his family were

January 22, 2015

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Marymount University president Matthew Shank delivered a recent commencement address at American University in the Emirates.

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Future plans include sending Marymount students to study abroad in Dubai, and for AUE students to study at Marymount.

“We also hope that some of our faculty will have the opportunity to go over there and teach,” Shank said. “This just opens up another great opportunity for us. This partnership will give us more exposure there and help us become well-known in the country and region.”

Shank anticipates that he’ll travel to Dubai once a year as a board member.

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In the grand scheme of things, whether members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors earn $75,000 a year (their current pay) or $95,000 a year (as may be on the horizon) is of little impact to anyone but those serving in office. It’s not going to break any budget.

But we find it rather objectionable, whenever supervisors start talking about raising their own pay – which by law they can only do once every four years, and in reality haven’t done in the past eight years – we get a dose of sanctimoniousness. Supervisors who support higher pay tells us how hard they work and how difficult their jobs

are.

Please. We are not talking about heart surgeons or coal miners. We are talking about a policy-making body that supervises a handful of employees but leaves the heavy lifting of day-in-day-out efforts to the county executive and his thousands upon thousands of staff down the bureaucratic line.

Then there’s the argument, also brought up by School Board members as they, too, consider raising their pay this year, that higher salaries will bring out a more vibrant collection of prospective candidates for office, who may be put off by the current pay level.

First of all, we’ve never known an elected official who really wants to encourage others to seek his or her seat, and second, it’s not so much the pay that puts people off from running for office, it’s the fact that these bodies have morphed from what they should be (part-time policy-setters) to full-time-plus meddlers in the lives not only of Fairfax residents, but, through their work on regional bodies, in the lives of everyone across the D.C. region.

Raise your pay, don’t raise your pay – it matters not to us. But in justifying the final decision to county residents, don’t rely on silly explanations.

Will Everybody Be ‘Above Average’ in Vienna Government?

The Vienna Town Council will decide soon whether to establish a three-tiered compensation system, designed, the argument goes, to reward top-performers.

No problem with that, but we caution Vienna officials to consider what has happened where similar schemes have been tried.

Under the proposal, “merit

raises” would be given, on top of cost-of-living increases, to those who score at least a “3” on a 1-to-5 evaluation scale, and then the topperforming 10 percent would be eligible for bonuses on top of that.

(Only in government can you get three potential raises in a single year!)

We’ll be curious to see, if this

program is implemented, what percentage of the workforce is rated at “3” or higher. Based on past experience with other localities, we’re betting it’ll be in the range of 95 percent.

In the government ranks, everybody seems to come off as above average, at least when the prospect of higher pay is on the table.

There Are Many Ways of Giving Service

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Editor: As my son and I came through Reagan National Airport on a recent Sunday evening, we experienced something very profound.

Walking ahead of us in his Under Armour shorts and a T-shirt was a young man with two titanium legs, a titanium right arm which ended with a telescoping walking “stick,” and a left arm which was a mass of scars and skin grafts and ended with a thumb and two crooked fingers.

He had his backpack on and was moving slowly but with determination toward baggage claim. We slowed down and trailed him, as I quietly admonished my son to “be thankful every day for what you’ve got.”

At the baggage carousel, I continued to watch the guy out of the corner of my eye.

Except for all the titanium, he was no different than any other traveler jostling for position at the luggage belt and trying to catch a glimpse of his bags. I was positive we were looking at a gravely wounded warrior.

An airlines rep soon approached him with a wheelchair, and the look on his face made it clear that he was having none of it.

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He was polite, but he was moving under his own power or not at all. He eventually got his bags, borrowed a cart from a skycap, and headed for the curb.

We passed him as he approached a waiting car, and I took a chance, saying to him, “Soldier, thank you for our freedom.” He locked eyes with me and without the slightest hesitation replied, “It’s a pleasure.”

A pleasure! That’s the last thing I expected to hear from a volunteer soldier who obviously looked death in the face in the service of our country. A pleasure notwithstanding being maimed. A pleasure in the face of a lifetime of physical and emotional obstacles.

And what does this have to do with Scouting? Simply everything.

“On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout law, to help other people at all times . . .”

Service takes many forms. As in the case of that soldier, or health-care workers, or diplomats serving overseas, service can be dangerous and deadly.

However you decide to serve, however you decide to obey your aath as a Scout,

however you decide to be a good neighbor, a good friend, a good citizen, your decision must include a commitment on your part to give away something of yourself, some part of your time, money, energy, talent, effort, or experience.

I pray that you never are called to give what that young soldier at the airport gave.

But even if your “injury” is only that your service is not appreciated in the way you expect, you have to remember that the true reward is internal, in your own satisfaction that you gave a meaningful part of yourself in service to others, to make your community, your country, your world better by your having been in it.

If you can grasp this idea, then you’ll know what service is really about. You’ll know what Scouting is really about. You’ll know what life should be about. And whether you give a little or absolutely everything in service to others, like the soldier at the airport, then it will be a pleasure.

Kirk Shaffer Arlington Shaffer is Scoutmaster of Troop 641 in Arlington.

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through one full 200-second cycle, only to inch up a few car spaces and get stopped again without getting through the light.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who wouldn’t object to waiting longer than a finite 200 seconds if traffic is moving through the intersection and if all lanes get to empty – or at least get the first 20 cars through-– and if you wouldn’t have to immediately stop at the next light. This might at least keep some drivers from making dangerous maneuvers.

I have witnessed two different drivers along westbound Route 7 make immediate right turns at both Lewinsville Road and Georgetown Pike when the light changed to red just as we got to it. They then made immediate left u-turns and came right back out onto Route 7 by turning right from the green light side, probably thumbing their noses at us poor souls left sitting on the red light side. (I’ve undoubtedly just given a bad idea to equally bad drivers, but don’t think I haven’t thought about doing it myself. That’s the behavior traffic lights in Northern Virginia bring out in people.)

When my children attended Forestville Elementary School, I witnessed over and over eastbound Route 7 parents (including myself) bypassing the Utterback Store Road light to make a u-turn at the next non-light opening in the median.

I e-mailed VDOT and asked if the Utterback light could be a yield-on-green left turn. Visibility is wide open there, and the wait in that left turn lane was closer to 300 seconds (five minutes) and didn’t empty before the left turn arrow changed.

VDOT’s reply was that they can’t allow a left turn across two lanes of 55-mph traffic. So a u-turn into 55-mph traffic (where visibility is not as good) is better?

(I don’t take credit for this, but they have since added a left turn arrow in midcycle which helps tremendously.)

In a perfect world, we would all have 20 extra minutes in our day to get everywhere on time, but I’m far from perfect, and I don’t have 20 extra minutes to spare. Most of us work, live, eat and breathe in an instantaneous world. We are so accustomed to immediate gratification through e-mailing, texting, faxing, uploading, downloading, posting and blogging that sitting in a car, wasting precious gas and limping home one red light at a time every evening, seems absurd and archaic.

My husband teaches Lean Six Sigma, and one of its key principles promotes challenging and changing something if it doesn’t work. “Because we’ve always done it that way” is not an excuse.

I’m sure regulating traffic signals is indeed an intricate job, and I sympathize with VDOT and the local authorities on trying to get the right equation. Maybe it actually is rocket science to do so.

But they put a man on the moon 45 years ago. I just don’t understand why traffic lights can’t be used in 2015 to at least partially solve our traffic nightmare.

Gail Holt Great Falls

January 22, 2015

Editor: When I was a teenager, my family made a holiday trip to see my mother’s family who lived in a little town called Inverness in central Florida.

My uncle, the family story-teller, told us about the town’s new traffic light. I think it was only the second one in their small town, and a new technology had been installed underneath the pavement which would make the light change if a car stopped on it.

He told of driving up behind a little old lady who was sitting at the new light, but not quite close enough to the intersection.

He waited several minutes behind her and then finally decided to put his car in park and walk up and tap on her window. He explained to her that this new technology was under the pavement, and she needed to pull forward just a little bit to get the light to change.

I heard that story about 35 years ago.

In 2015, Nhan Vu with the Virginia Department of Transportation [“VDOT Engineer: Signal Timing Combines Science, Art,” Jan. 1] tells us that traffic lights in metropolitan D.C. are normally a finite 200 seconds long, and that all lanes to an intersection have that 200 seconds divided between them He tells us that we have that technology my uncle told me about 35 years ago. They are called “magnetic-induction loops” but are only put to use after 10 p.m. in 99 percent of our intersections.

He also says that “[g]ridlock is caused by capacity,” not traffic lights, and that “[t]raffic signals aim to stop traffic, not expedite it.”

Why? Why aren’t traffic lights, in 2015, used to expedite traffic? Why can’t magnetic induction loops be used before 10 p.m.?

And traffic lights don’t cause gridlock?

Perhaps this isn’t a true definition of gridlock, but I now understand the reason there’s congestion heading east on Route 7 in Tysons Corner just before Gallows Road at certain times of the day. The Gallows Road signal on the eastbound side has been robbed of a realistic amount of time to get more than a handful of cars through, because the other three sides (8-10 sides if you count turning lanes and double turning lanes) have used up a majority of that intersection’s 200 seconds.

The same situation happens on the eastbound side of Route 7 at Baron Cameron as well.

Gridlock, however, doesn’t bother me half as much as being in one of four turning lanes at a traffic light, all filled with waiting cars, looking at an empty intersection with no cars traveling through it.

This happens quite frequently all through Northern Virginia.

Gridlock also doesn’t bother me as much as when you finally get a green light and then drive about two-tenths of a mile to the next light, only for it to change to red and stop you again – and this happens even when you are in the front of the line of traffic. Or, when you’ve already waited

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complicated existing system for evaluations, first implemented in 1991, is outdated and potentially allows bias to influence personnel decisions.

“This needs to be as close to black-andwhite as we can get it,” Spence said. “Obviously, there’s the human element. You don’t want the perceived friendship to impact the evaluation.”

Council members during budget negotiations this spring will decide whether the town adopts the merit-pay program. Town staff members will provide detailed information as to what the plan would cost to implement. If approved, it would take effect July 1 at the start of fiscal year 2016.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco said she liked the flexibility of the proposed evaluation system, but urged prudence regarding the size of pay increases.

“You have to look at the economics of the situation around us,” she told the plan’s backers.

Leesburg officials adopted a similar regimen and “it was very clear to them who the top achievers were,” DiRocco added.

Council member Carey Sienicki asked if special consideration could be given to employees with particularly challenging jobs, such as police officers. Spence responded that the incentive plan aims to reward top town employees across the spectrum of job duties.

“We don’t have much hope of saving lives in Finance,” Spence said.

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A three-tiered compensation system would reward Vienna governmental employees more effectively and offer additional incentives for outstanding performers, town officials said Jan. 12.

Finance Director Karen Spence and Human Resources Director Maggie Kain outlined the proposal at the Vienna Town Council’s work session. The plan is designed to retain employees and motivate them to do their best, Kain said.

“We want to keep them oiled and ready to rock and roll,” she said.

Under the plan, basic compensation increases would stem from two sources: a cost-of-living adjustment bestowed on all town employees and merit raises for workers who score at least a 3 on a 1-through-5 evaluation scale.

The top-performing 10 percent of employees in each department also would receive one-time “role model” bonuses from a separate fund. Those amounts have yet to be determined, but town officials in early deliberations thought bonuses in the $1,500-to-$2,000 range might be appropriate, Spence said.

“You’re always going to have the folks who are high-achievers,” she said. “We’re looking for consistency. I think it’s something people will strive for.”

The top bonuses would be awarded to a maximum of 20 of the town’s 178 employees. Department directors would not be eligible for these payments, Kain said.

A 13-member team, with representatives from each town department, crafted the plan. The program calls for employees to be evaluated on an escalating series of criteria.

Lower-level employees would be judged on six factors, mid-level employees and managers would be graded upon those criteria plus five additional elements and high-level supervisors would be evaluated upon all of the foregoing plus five more standards.

All factors initially would be given equal weight in evaluations, but Town Manager Mercury Payton said that may change as the plan evolves.

“We want this to be dynamic,” he said.

Department leaders would evaluate employees yearly, but also provide feedback at mid-year so workers could make course corrections, if necessary.

Vienna officials last year implemented recommendations of a consulting firm’s compensation study, which grouped all town jobs into grade and pay ranges. As a result, 75 employees (or 42 percent of the town’s workforce) received higher pay.

The proposed pay system aims to have employees’ salaries keep pace with inflation, industry norms and their level of job experience, officials said.

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Citing heavy workloads and the need to make their jobs sufficiently lucrative to potential challengers, Fairfax County supervisors voted 8-2 on Jan. 13 to hold a Jan. 27 public hearing on whether to raise board members’ salaries for the first time in eight years.

If the Board of Supervisors approves the increases, members would make $95,000 each – up from $75,000 per year now – and the chairman would receive $100,000. The raises would take effect Jan. 1, 2016.

Supervisors Catherine Hudgins (DHunter Mill) and Michael Frey (R-Sully) said supervisors’ pay must be high enough to entice people to run for office.

“When we make it more and more difficult for people to run, it’s an anti-competitive position,” Frey said. “We are a $6.5 billion corporation with 1.1 million citizens to represent and the salary ought to represent that responsibility.”

Virginia law prohibits supervisors from raising their own pay and requires members to vote on salary increases only during the same year as one of their quadrennial elections. Any approved increases would take effect the following year, when the new board takes office.

Supporters said if the board did not approve salary increases on or before April 15, the issue could not be broached again until 2019, with those raises taking effect in January 2020.

The board last approved salary increases in 2007, which in January 2008 raised supervisors’ pay from $59,000 to $75,000 per year.

Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) brought up the matter last year and supervisors directed County Executive Edward Long to compile information on the process.

According to Long’s data, Fairfax County supervisors are compensated at “significantly lower” rates than counterparts in neighboring jurisdictions, Bulova said.

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But playing with data is like playing with fire; it can leave unintended scorch marks. And by some ways of calculating it, Fairfax supervisors would be comparatively overpaid at the higher salary: • Under the proposed $95,000 salary, the nine Fairfax district supervisors, who each oversee the needs of about 125,700 constituents, would earn about 76 cents per year per constituent.

• Each of the 51 members of the New York City Council represent an average of 164,800 constituents. At an annual salary of $112,500, that works out to 68 cents per year per constituent.

• The five members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have constituencies averaging 2.02 million people apiece. They earn much more – $184,610 per year – but it works out to a scant 9 cents per constituent per year.

Bulova noted supervisors not only must preside over lengthy meetings on some Tuesdays, but also chair committees, attend meetings of governmental and transportation boards and frequently participate at gatherings within their communities.

Bulova kicked off the discussion Jan. 13 with a board matter suggesting supervisors raise their salaries from $75,000 each to $90,000 per member, with the chairman receiving $5,000 more.

Supervisor Gerald Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) moved that supervisors advertise salary increases that were $5,000 higher.

Bulova and Supervisors Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield) and Linda Smyth (D-Providence) voted against Hyland’s substitute motion, which passed 7-3 and became the main motion. Bulova then cast her vote in favor of the hearing advertising the higher salaries, but Smyth and Herrity continued their opposition.

Herrity, who did not oppose paying the chairman more – “if only for the gas money she expends driving from one end of the county to the other” – said the time was not right for supervisors to consider raises.

“Our residents don’t have the luxury of raising their salaries in this time,” Herrity said.

Smyth reiterated her opposition to the pay increases, noting that “these are different times than 2007.”

Supervisor Penelope Gross (D-Mason) said she voted against raising board members’ pay in 1999, but not in 2007. Gross was ambivalent about this year’s proposal, but said she favored holding a public hearing on the matter.

Several supervisors noted the extraordinary time commitment required of board members. Hyland said categorizing supervisors’ jobs as part-time is “abject sophistry.”

“People are surprised at what the compensation is, because they see us everywhere,” said Supervisor Jeff McKay (DLee). “Each of us represents more people than we’ve ever represented before. The demands on us are 365, seven days a week.”

Business Briefcase rate across Fairfax County during the first half of 2014 stood at 15.2 percent, up from 14.4 percent during the same period a year before, according to figures reported by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.

The increase “is primarily the result of new product being added to the market, as well as the softer demand for space due to a local economy still recovering from the federal budget sequester,” said officials of the Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget.

“In addition, developers are positioning some older buildings for redevelopment by holding them off the market,” county analysts said.

The mid-year office-vacancy rate was the highest since 1991, when it stood at 16.9 percent.

The overall vacancy rate, including sublet-space vacancies, was 16.5 percent during the first half of 2014, down slightly 16.7 percent at the close of 2013.

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CEMBER: Sales-tax receipts distributed by

the state government to the Fairfax County government in December totaled $15 million, a decrease of 2.9 percent from a year before, according to figures reported by the Virginia Department of Taxation and Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget.

The funds are based on retail purchases made in the county in October.

REAGAN NATIONAL TOPS IN ON-TIME DEPARTURES: Ronald Reagan Washing-

ton National Airport was the place to be, among the region’s three airports, in 2014 if you wanted the best chance of taking off on time.

The airport’s on-time-departure ranking of 81.36 percent for the first 11 months of 2014 was far above that of Washington Dulles International Airport (73.89 percent) and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (70.51 percent).

Figures were reported by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and reflect flights that depart within 15 minutes of schedule.

Of the nation’s 29 busiest airports, Reagan National ranked sixth best for the 11-month period, behind Salt Lake City (87.10 percent); Portland, Ore. (85.05 percent); Seattle (84.74 percent); Minneapolis/ St. Paul (82.41 percent); and Miami (81.66 percent).

The Washington region’s two other airports were both in the bottom five, with Dulles at 25th and BWI at 27th. Chicago’s two airports – Midway and O’Hare – were at the bottom of the ranking, at 64.97 percent and 66.66 percent, respectively.

Also near the bottom: Newark Liberty (71.42 percent) and Denver (73.03 percent).

For the same 11-month period in 2013, Reagan National ranked fifth, with an ontime performance of 83.20 percent. Dulles ranked 22nd (77.28 percent) and BWI ranked 24th (75.16 percent).

On-time departures can be affected by a host of issues, from late-arriving aircraft to slow turnaround of flights to lengthy waits for take-off.

VIENNA SEEKS GREEN-BUSINESS NOMINEES: The Vienna town government is

seeking nominations for the annual Green Business Award program, saluting businesses and non-profit organizations in the town that are changing the way they purchase, develop, produce and provide products and services so that it has a positive effect on the environment, town officials said.

Nominations will be accepted through April 3 by e-mailing pio@viennava.gov, with “Green Business” in the subject line.

Nominations should include the business name, contact information and why they should be considered for a Green Business Award.

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VIENNA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS: The Vienna

Business Association has announced the following new members: Phigl Inc. (consulting), RewardMeVIP (text marketing) and Fix My Phone Vienna (cell-phone repair).

For information on the organization, see the Web site at www.viennabusiness. org.

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Fairfax County Notes GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION LAUDS JEAN PACKARD: The General As-

sembly is slated to honor the contributions of Jean Packard, the first woman to chair the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and a longtime champion of environmental causes.

A memorial resolution patroned by Del. Chap Petersen (D-34th) was agreed to by the Senate on Jan. 15.

Patrons on the House of Delegates side are Dels.

David Bulova (D-37th) and Marcus Simon (D53rd).

Packard, who died Oct. 21, chaired the Board of Supervisors from 1972 to 1975 and was a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority board for 24 years. She “will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by numerous family members, friends and colleagues,” the memorial resolution notes, calling Packard “a proud public servant in Fairfax County and an inspirational community leader.”

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The online tool, which is unique to the county school system, matches potential partners with schools or an FCPS office or program.

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Schools & Military n Caitlin O’Brien of Oakton has been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Matthew Ferretti of Oakton has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wheaton College. n

n Alexander (A.J.) Holtberg of Great Falls, a graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at George Mason University. n Abigail Hassler of Great Falls and Christopher Zimmerman of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Rhode Island. n Ryan Natal and Matt Buckley of Great Falls ahve been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the College of William and Mary.

Emily Clark of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bryant University. n

n Caroline Anderson of Vienna and Thomas Minkler of Oakton have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ohio Wesleyan University. n Karen Greennagel, the daughter of Stephan and Barbara Greennagel of Vienna and a 2012 graduate of Trinity Christian School, and Briannah Steele, the daugh-

ter of James and Esther Steele of McLean, been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grove City College. n Britton Anderson, the son of Steven and Dayna Anderson of Great Falls; Kathryn DeWeese, the daughter of Eugene and Randi DeWeese of Vienna; Audrey Dotson, the daughter of William and Judith Dotson of Vienna; Katherine Doyle, the daughter of George and Laura Doyle of Vienna; Rafael Enriquez-Hesles, the son of Rafael Enriquez and Elisa Hesles of McLean; Nathan Marcotte, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Marcotte of Great Falls; Kolbe McKee, the son of Christopher and Caran McKee of McLean; Melissa Parks, the dughter of William and Barbara Parks of McLean; and Emma Roberts, the daughter of Thomas and Betsy Roberts of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bucknell University.

It’s been a banner year for Ashley Rodriguez and Josh Tarplin, seniors in the Potomac School’s Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) program. Over the past few months, Rodriguez and Tarplin’s two-year independent research projects have earned them awards and scholarships from some of the most prestigious competitions in the country.

On Jan. 9, Rodriguez’s research on hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive cancer in dogs, placed first in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) regional n

Potomac School students Ashley Rodriguez and Josh Tarplin.

finals, held at Georgetown University. She received a $2,000 scholarship and will advance to the JSHS national competition in April.

Rodriguez’s work was also recognized in the Siemens high school science, math and technology competition, where she was named a regional finalist and a na-

tional semifinalist. She was one of just 97 regional finalists nationwide, and one of only five Virginia students selected based on their individual research projects.

In November, Rodriguez traveled to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to present her findings at the Siemens national semifinals. Although she was not selected as a national finalist, her research impressed many, garnering praise from MIT’s dean of admissions and the CEO of Siemens.

“Everyone was in awe of Ashley’s accomplishments,” said her advisor, Dr. Isabelle Cohen. “She truly represented the best of Potomac.”

Tarplin also competed in the JSHS regional finals on Jan. 9, and was awarded fourth place for his work on the effect of hyaluronic acid on human mesenchymal progenitor cells’ differentiation, a method to improve cartilage regeneration in patients with traumatically obtained extremity wounds. He will present a poster on his research at nationals.

Earlier this month, Tarplin was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, a prestigious pre-college science and math competition. He was one of only 300 semifinalists selected from a pool of more than 1,800 entrants nationwide. He received a $1,000 award from Intel, with an additional $1,000 presented to the Potomac School.

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More than 75 percent of Americans are sleep deprived, according to the National Sleep Foundation. In fact, many have incurred a “sleep debt,” says Dr. Michael J. Breus, a clinical psychologist and diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine. “Many people deprive themselves of sleep during the work week, losing an hour or more a night, and try to make up for it on the weekends,” says Dr. Breus. “But while you may be able to replace some of that lost sleep each weekend, you can still be sleep deprived, and your ‘sleep debt’ will just keep growing.”

One quarter of the world’s population is subject to a one hour time change twice per year. One study by Ludwig-Maximilian University in Germany shows that it is easier for people to adjust to the time change when we gain an hour rather than when we lose an hour. The majority of people, however, do not use that extra hour in the fall for sleep, and this occurs during a season when schedules get even busier for many Americans.

“Unlike our ancestors, who let the sun delineate between the hours of rest and work, we let the demands of everyday life choose when we can sleep, eat and work,” Dr. Breus says. “And all of this has an effect on our bodies - we are more stressed, sleep less, and pack away more fat and calories.

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A focus on early prevention - including regular tests for certain cancers and heart disease, a healthy diet and exercise - is an important start to staying healthy well into the golden years.

Most baby boomers will count on Medicare to support them in their efforts to stay healthy. In fact, Medicare has long been a source of comfort for those 65 and older who otherwise wouldn’t have health coverage. But as more people older than 65 seek care, they may find it increasingly difficult to get in to see a doctor, or they may find that their choice of doctors is limited because of planned Medicare payment cuts to physicians.

Prevention “As we age, we have an increasing role to play in our health care to ensure our golden years are healthy ones,” says Dr. J. James Rohack, president of the American Medical Association. “Have regular discussions with your physician about any health problems or concerns you may have and make sure you are up-to-date on preventive exams.”

At age 50, it’s important to start annual exams for colorectal cancer, and men should have a prostate exam. For those boomers who weigh less than 154 pounds, screenings for osteoporosis should start at age 60. It’s also important to start annual exams with a physician before you reach age 65 to: * Monitor and discuss blood pressure, cholesterol, needed vaccines and tests to monitor or prevent disease. * Identify activities and goals to address healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco use cessation, moderating alcohol use and attention to stress and mood. * Discuss screenings needed to prevent and/or monitor degenerative or chronic disorders in vision, hearing, bone density, cancer and obesity.

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A recent AMA/AARP poll shows that nearly 90 percent of people 50 and older are concerned that the current Medicare physician payment formula threatens their access to care. Without permanent repeal of the broken Medicare payment system as part of health reform, physicians face steep payment cuts which might force them to limit the number of new Medicare patients they can treat.

“Without health-reform action by Congress, the 21 percent payment cut planned for this January puts many physicians in the difficult position of not being able to treat new Medicare patients and still keep their practice doors open,” says Rohack. “For years, Congress has taken short-term action to stop the cuts and preserve seniors’ access to care, but they can no longer put a Band-Aid on the problem. It’s time for permanent action to preserve the stability and security of Medicare and ensure seniors can keep their choice of physician.”

As the health system reform debate continues, and final legislation approaches, a permanent fix for the broken Medicare physician payment formula must be included to preserve access to care for the millions of baby boomers headed toward Medicare enrollment age. Replacing the physician payment formula with a system that better reflects the costs and practice of 21st century medical care will help improve quality and reduce costs by allowing physicians to increase care coordination, reduce costly hospital admissions and adopt health information technology.

“I encourage all baby boomers to take preventive action now to prepare for a long, healthy life, and to ensure that their physician will still be there for them when they begin relying on Medicare,” says Rohack.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes VIENNA THEATRE COMPANY TO OPEN ROMANTIC COMEDY: The Vienna The-

atre 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 are Jan. 23, 24, 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.

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.

OAKTON SPEAKERS’ SERIES KICKS OFF WITH FOCUS ON KENYA: Friends of the

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The community is invited. For information, call (703) 242-4020.

The event will kick off Friends of the Library’s 2015 speakers’ series. Future speakers will include those discussing ways to limit sports injuries, life in post-war Berlin and the needs of the women transitioning to the workforce.

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Oakton Library will present “Into Africa,” a discussion of the Kisima Orphanage and Academy in Kenya, on Monday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at Oakton Library.

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dispatched an officer to the 800 block of Ware Street, S.W., on Jan. 13 at 4:31 p.m. after receiving a report of a man in desperate need of medical attention.

Upon arriving on the scene, the officer was met by a woman who was performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the man.

The officer took over performing CPR and after several compressions, the man began to breathe, although he remained unconscious.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel arrived and transported the man to an area hospital for treatment. The officer

Public-Safety Notes the 400 block of Mill Street, N.E., on Jan. 9 at 8:58 a.m. when another customer alerted the man that his vehicle was on fire.

A Vienna police officer responded and was met by members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, who were in the process of extinguishing the fire.

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Vendors will be selling a wide variety of chocolates, and a presentation by American Heritage will detail how chocolate was made in colonial times.

There also will be live performances by Ukulele Phil and the Hula Kids throughout the day, as well as a children’s game room with chocolate-theme activities, staffed by Interact Club students from McLean and Langley high schools.

The cost is $2; children under 6 are admitted free. For information, see the Web site at www.mcleanchcolatefestival.org.

McLEAN YOUTH ATHLETICS LOOKING FOR BOARD MEMBERS: McLean Youth

Athletics is seeking candidates for board members to serve in 2015.

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The Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church recently elected officers for the coming year.

Austine Eversole will serve as chairman, Rob Stotz as vice chairman, Tom Eversole

as treasurer and Mimi Coogin as secretary.

The Shepherd’s Center serves seniors in the local area, providing “friendly visitors” as well as transportation services.

The organization also recently put out a call for additional volunteers, as its workload of requested support continues to increase.

“The need is very great and we need all the assistance we can get,” organizers said.

Volunteers do not need to make longterm commitments, and can serve as their schedule permits.

For information, call (703) 506-2199 or see the Web site at www.scmafc.org.

‘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.”

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The Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center has put tickets on sale for a solo concert featuring Broadway legend Chita Rivera, who has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and has received seven additional nominations.

“A girl only turns 80 once in her life, thank God, and I want everyone there as proof,” Rivera said of embarking on the one-woman show.

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A couple of teams that are ranked in different polls handed the Potomac School Panthers home losses on Jan. 16 and 17 in McLean.

The setbacks came against the Maret Frogs, 59-38, Jan. 16, then to the Anne’sBASKETBALL St. Belfield Saints, 78-63, the next afternoon in boys high school basketball action.

Maret is ranked ninth by The Washington Post. St. Anne’s-Belfield is ranked No. 5 in the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association’s Division II state poll.

The Panthers fell to 6-8.

Against St. Anne’s-Belfield (9-5) from Charlottesville, the Saints led 44-43 after three periods, then began pulling away with a 9-2 run to start the fourth quarter.

Prior to that, the Panthers stayed close, and led a couple of occasions, by playing stingy defense and forcing turnovers.

Belfield turned the ball over 17 times, but only twice in the fourth period.

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The Potomac School’s Phil Newsome drives to the basket during a Jan. 17 game against St. Anne’sBelfield’s Javin Montgomery-Delaurier of Charlottesville.

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After a disappointing start, the week ended as a success story for the Madison Wa r h aw k s , BASKETBALL who won their final two games, both on the road, to snap a four-game losing streak.

Those victories came on consecutive nights against the Jefferson Colonials, 58-49, on Jan. 15, then against the McLean Highlanders, 59-46 in overtime, 24 hours later in boys high school basketball action. Madison improved to 5-8 and McLean fell to 3-11.

The week began for Madison with a 46-38 loss to the Langley Saxons, also on the road.

“It was a crazy week,” Madison coach

Kevin Roller said. “Now we have to keep it going and keep improving.”

Against McLean, the game included seven ties and six lead changes. Madison took the lead for good at 47-44 in overtime on a three-pointer from straight on

by Daniel Ungerleider (game-high 18 points, four three-pointers) with 2:12 to play.

The Warhawks’ final 12 points came on 12 straight free throws, the first two made by Taiga Walker (12 points, five rebounds) and the last two by Luke Andress.

Madison played almost the entire second half without leading scorer Sekai Walker, who was sidelined with leg cramps. Walker scored 12 of Madison’s 24 first-half points. He fell injured early in the third quarter before taking any

shots.

“It was different players for us in the second half,” Roller said. “One of our guys can’t play, so we had to find someone else. It was a snap shot of different players doing things, like Brandon Miskell take three charges or Nick Lowe boxing out.”

Miskell had seven points for Madison and Kyle Karp made two three-pointers.

McLean played the entire game without top scorer Jack Ferguson, who was sick. Logan Legg had 11 points and seven rebounds for McLean before fouling out in overtime. Nicholas Wright and Patrick Dolan had eight points each, Evan Rapson ive points and seven rebounds, and Robert Martine four points and five rebounds.

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For years now, certain areas of the bleachers are designated as student sections, one for each team. So that’s where the majority of the students gather, decked out in their prearranged, well-organized and often very creative theme-of-the-game attires, as they stand and cheer for entire contests.

At its Jan. 9 home outing, the theme was “tropical night” for the Bishop O’Connell High students. They packed their section, sporting all kinds of colorful Hawaiian garbs including leis, grass skirts and sailors’ hats. Pajamas, “Village People” night and construction getups are other popular themes, along with whiteouts and blackouts.

Adult spectators don’t sit anywhere near such gatherings. Even if they wanted to, they wouldn’t be allowed.

The parents of players often sit together in various arrangements behind the benches. Sometimes the dads amass as a group, as do the moms, but not as much as during the outdoor baseball and softball seasons. Moms and dads are more opt to sit side-by-side during basketball contests.

A pack of dads, with one trying to impress another with their supposed thorough knowledge of the action, can be an annoying game-long commentary of second-guessing and berating of referees. A pack of dads is a section to avoid for sure. Better to assemble with the plaid-pajama-panted students.

The casual spectators, with no real rooting interests, often gather on the top rows of the bleachers, as far away from everybody as possible. Or, they might stand in a corner near an exit.

The most awkward fans can be alumni, especially if alone. They don’t congregate with the current students.

That would be uncool and unwelcoming. So they tend to wander around, then maybe grab a seat in an odd spot, like the first row, at the last second.

What’s maybe the most interesting thing is the fact that regular high school basketball spectators understand all of this and know their place.

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High School Roundup Saxons and Oakton Cougars upped their winning streaks with a couple of victories each in girls basketball conference games last week.

Langley (11-1) defeated the Madison Warhawks, 36-33, and South Lakes Seahawks, 53-39, by playing stingy defense in Liberty Conference action. Langley has won eight games in a row.

Oakton ( 14-1) defeated Robinson, 6830, and Centreville, 50-34, in Concorde Conference action to up its victory string to 13 straight.

In Langley’s win over Madison, the Saxons won behind nine points (all threepointers) from Paige Galiani and eight each from Lizzy Shamloo and Jordyn Callaghan. Kelly Koshuta led Madison with 14.

Against South Lakes for Langley, Galiani scored 17, Ariana Aulisi 13, Lauren Meyer eight and Shamloo seven.

Langley outscored South Lakes, 19-11, in the final period.

For Oakton against Robinson, the Cougars got 15 points, all in three-pointers, from Alex Marquis. Delaney Connolly scored 12 and Lindsey Abed 11 for Oakton, which made nine three-pointers.

Against Centreville, Abed made five

threes and scored 22, Connolly and Marquis scored nine each. Oakton jumped on Centreville and led 12-3 after one period.

Madison (10-4) defeated McLean, 6440, in its other game last week. Koshuta scored 24, Alexis Hermes nine and Jana Tremba seven. Tremba made two threepointers. n The Flint Hill Huskies (9-5 and ranked No. 6 in the state) routed the Madeira Snails, 69-13, in girls basketball action behind 10 three-pointers. Marissa Magnani made three and scored 13 points, and Tori Herman (12 points), Katie Corrigan (nine points) and Kristen Reilly each made two three-pointers.

Taryn Corey scored 10 points in the win.

In another game, Flint Hill downed St. Andrews, 48-27. Corey scored 18, Magnani 11 and Lauren Foley nine.

MARSHALL BOYS TOP FAIRFAX: The

Marshall Statesmen (7-6) surprised the host Fairfax Rebels with a 53-50 win Jan. 16 in boys basketball action.

The win snapped Marshall’s threegame losing streak.

Marshall got 13 points from Mark LeDuc and Jelani Murray in the win, plus 11 from Chase Barrand.

The Statesmen started fast, taking a

17-9 lead at the end of one period, and they were in front, 28-15, at halftime.

and Kiran Sullivan (third on the floor).

MADISON SWIM & DIVE WINS TWO: The

was a busy week of squash for the Potomac School squash team.

The boys team played the Westminster School from Atlanta and won, 6-1. Julian Lopez-Uricoechea and Michael Lovegrove both fought back to win after being down two games. Aadil Husain and Ryan Lovallo won their matches convincingly as did Theo Mendez and James Matthews.Potomac School also defeated St. Christopher’s, 9-1.

In New Jersey against Lawrenceville and the Pingry School, Potomac School lost both. The top performer was Madeline Brennan, who won her two matches.

Madison Warhawks swept Stone Bridge in swim and dive action. The boys won 214.5-94.5 and the girls 222-87.

Double winners for Madison were Madeline LaPorte, Rachael Holp and Sidney Owens. Single winners were Alex Ruleman, Grayson Campbell, Abraham Zimmerman, Ian Russiello, Jack Galbraith, Ryan Lucas, Mallory Dyson, Elana Colbert and Julia Downing.

GIRLS GYMNASTICS: The Washington-

Lee Generals won a recent five-team meet with a 137.825 team score at Marshall High School.

McLean was second at 134.675. Host Marshall was fourth at 127.7.

In the all-around, Marshall’s Morgan Stahl was second (36.425) and McLean’s Nathalie Thomas was fourth (35.325).

Stahl won the vault (9.625), balance beam (8.925) and floor exercise (9.525) and was fifth on the bars (8.35). Thomas was third on the floor (9.175).

In another meet, top performers for Marshall were Lindsey Price (fourth on the beam), Giorgia Iannetti and Alessandra Iannetti (tied for fourth on the floor)

POTOMAC SCHOOL SQUASH: Last week

January 22, 2015

LANGLEY, OAKTON GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS KEEP WINNING: The Langley

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ALL-STATE FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER:

Madison High School senior Kierra Sweeney was chosen second-team allstate on the highest 6A level by the Virginia High School League’s coaches.

Chosen first-team all-state at the 5A level were Marshall High’s senior Lauren Kaup and junior Ariana Wheeler-Lafuente.

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College Roundup LISA MURPHY: McLean High School

graduate Lisa Murphy is having a strong season for the Division III women’s basketball team at Carnegie Mellon University.

Through 11 games, the 6-foot-1 sophomore center is averaging 21 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per contest. She plays 30.7 minutes per game.

Earlier in the season, Murphy was chosen as the University Athletic Association’s women’s basketball Player of the

Panthers

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Madison Continued from Page 20 Each team shot 37 percent from the

BREANNA ATKINSON: Madeira School

graduate Breanna Atkinson started 21 matches during the fall for the women’s volleyball team at Duke University.

The junior hitter had 151 kills, 96 digs, 40 blocks and 11 aces.

In 2011, Atkinson led Madeira to a state championship, being named the Division I state tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

JANET HU: Oakton High School gradu-

ate Janet Hu has won races and is making significant contributions as a freshman for the women’s swim and dive team at Stanford.

Hu has Stanford’s fastest times in the 100 butterfly (52.07) and 200 fly (155.31) and third best in the 200 individual medley (1:59.47), 200 back (1:58.91) and 50 free (22.08).

Hu’s older brother, Phillip Hu, is a sophomore swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania.

20-6 after one period and 28-12 at half.

The margin of victories in the two losses ended a string of five games involving the Panthers when the outcome was determined by seven or fewer points.

Potomac School lost to St. James, 4039, and Trinity Episcopal, 62-60, in overtime in its previous two contests. Prior to those setbacks, the Panthers won close games by defeating Flint Hill, 64-57, and Langley, 42-38.

“The guys are playing hard and they haven’t quit,” Franklin said. “We compete in every game and don’t lose heart.

The biggest thing is they know in the locker room after close games they lost that we could have won. It’s just a matter of being more consistent in some areas now and learning form those close losses.

We have to keep grinding.”

Potomac School has three games on its schedule this week.

The Potomac School’s Zach Harris brings the ball down the court against Kareem Johnson of St. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Anne’s-Belfield during the Jan. 17 contest in McLean.

floor and turned the ball over multiple times – 20 for McLean and 16 for Madison.

In Madison’s win over Jefferson, Sekai Walker scored 20 points and Karp 15 points, on five three-pointers.

“It is encouraging that we had another good defensive game to follow our Langley game,” Roller said. “We made some critical shots at key points and Sekai Walker was excellent at the end of both halves, giving us a cushion going into the

half and making critical free throws and rebounding down the stretch.”

For Langley (5-7) in its win over Madison, Blake Mintz scored 11 and Aaron Kim and Nate Shafer 10 each. Langley lost to South Lakes, 53-47, on Jan. 16.

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the floor in the fourth. Overall, they shot 29 percent. Belfield shot 51 percent.

“We had opportunities, we just didn’t shoot well enough,” Potomac School coach Levi Franklin said.

The Panthers were led by senior guard Grant Robinson with 32 points and three steals, and senior backcourt mate Phil Newsome with 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals. Drew Davis scored eight for Potomac School with five boards, and Brendan Dwyer had four points and six rebounds.

Robinson made four three-pointers and had 27 points after three periods.

In the loss to Maret (13-3), Robinson scored 18 and Newsome 10. Maret led

Week. In four games she averaged 24.2 points and 13.2 rebounds an outing, with a high of 29 points.

She is tied as the eighth leading scorer in the country in Division III women’s basketball.

A year ago, Murphy averaged 18.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game when she was chosen as the UAA’s Rookie of the Year, and has received the same award in the Great Lakes Region by D3Hoops. com.

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first civilian casualty of the Civil War after being shot to death for killing a Union colonel who took down a Confederate flag in Alexandria.

• Former Washington Post publisher John McLean, after whom the community was named.

• Eppa Kirby, a “no-gun” sheriff who helped establish the Fairfax County Police Department.

• Lucy Madeira Wing, who found-

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students as finalists; they will compete for more than $1 million in additional awards. n Liana Keesing, a student at Longfellow Middle School, and Tyler Keam, a student at Thoreau Middle School, have been named Senate pages for the 2015 General Assembly session, and Jacinta Das, a student at Longfellow Middle School, has

ed Madeira School, which relocated to McLean.

• Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who represented the United States at the Nuremberg trials in Germany. * Mary Stalcup Markward, a doubleagent who infiltrated the Communist Party and implicated about 250 members before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

• Martina Hall, who received an artificial heart valve in 1952 and henceforward was known locally as the “Tick Tock Woman” because her heartbeat could be heard from 6 feet away.

• Dr. Richard Mulvaney, who admin-

istered the first Salk polio vaccines at the Franklin Sherman School in 1954.

• Bill Elvin, a decorated World War II combat veteran, who for three decades ran the McLean Providence Journal weekly newspaper.

• Officer Karen Bassford of the McLean District Station, who was killed in a traffic accident in Merrifield in 1977, becoming the first Fairfax County police officer to die in the line of duty.

• Eric Hall Dorsey, a McLean High School athlete who went on to win two Super Bowl rings.

Herrick cast a wide net for photos and, like most projects of this sort, had hit-or-

miss luck with the responses.

Most of her subjects are deceased, but a bunch are still alive and the author acknowledges that not every noteworthy resident could be featured in the book.

Herrick’s next project will be about Hickory Hill, the estate in McLean where Robert Kennedy learned of his brother’s assassination in Dallas.

mediately.

Recently, a woman who owns a business in the Springfield area received a phone call advising that her electric bill was overdue and demanded that she “go to a CVS or a 7-Eleven” to purchase a Green Dot card in the amount of $499.98, which allegedly

was the amount of the bill.

The intended victim recently had paid her power bill. She checked with her bank, contacted Dominion Power and verified the payment. When she called the suspect back, he became mad and yelled at her.

Fortunately, this victim wasn’t fooled, hurt

or financially victimized, police said.

County police urge residents to make others aware of this scam. Suspects can be convincing and often people fall for this scam because they are afraid of being cold and without power, police said.

been named a Senate messenger.

The chief duty of pages and messengers is to assist members of the state Senate during floor sessions and committee meetings. They also assist in various legislative offices and offer guidance at information desks.

While in Richmond, all pages and messengers are responsible for maintaining their schoolwork and assignments. A mandatory two-hour study hall takes place Monday through Thursday evenings.

Senate pages and messengers must be 13 or 14 years old at the time of appointment,

and continue a tradition that dates back to at least 1848, when the first mention of pages appears in the Senate Journal.

Kodaly’s “Dances of Galanta,” Whitacre’s “October,” Galante’s “Beyond the Horizon,” Saint-Saen’s “Danse Bacchanale” and Shaffer’s “Costa del Sol.”

Students from Langley, McLean and Oakton high schools joined others from Herndon and Westfield highs to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Jan. 18 as part of the Flutopia Wind Ensemble.

The group, a full wind ensemble comprised of high-school wind, brass and percussion players, performs several concerts and workshops each year.

Their Carnegie Hall program featured

Published by Arcadia Publishing, “Legendary Locals of McLean” costs $21.99 and is available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and – Herrick is hoping – from McLean Hardware.

n

Students, faculty and staff at Northern Virginia Community College gathered at the Alexandria and Manassas campuses on Jan. 19 to pack 20,000 dehydrated meals in partnership with Stop Hunger Now. The events were part of the college’s sixth annual participation in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, according to college officials. n

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. Find out more on local history at the Web site www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

January 19, 1944: n An argument is raging over whether, in the future, to build bridges over or tunnels under the Potomac River.

January 20, 1958: n A Sun editorial calls for more state highway funds to be spent in the urbanizing areas of the commonwealth, including Northern Virginia. n State Republicans say they plan to run candidates in all 10 congressional districts this November. n Work has started on a 14-store addition to the Salona Village Shopping Center in McLean. n The Vienna Woman’s Club enters its third year in a push to expand membership. n A mix of rain and snow is in the forecast for tonight.

January 20, 1970: n Vienna officials are moving ahead with their plan to have utility wires placed underground around the town. n Gov. Holton has issued an executive order banning discrimination in hiring and promotion within state government, based on race or ethnicity. n Vice President Agnew is back from a 21-day tour of the Far East, saying the U.S. is liked and respected there. n On TV tonight: The NBA all-stars compete in Philadelphia.

January 20, 1972: n State legislators are set to consider “right turn on red” this session. n Metro has awarded a $23.1 million contract for the Pentagon City rail station.

January 20, 1977: n Virginia Democrats whooped it up at a local celebration of the pending inauguration of Jimmy Carter. n Several supervisors say they feel the need to rein in board chairman Jack Herrity, who they say is bullying staff into working on his projects. n The appointment of Lt. Col. George Lovelace to the Vienna Town Council may be a violation of Army rules. The appointment is on hold.

January 21, 1986: n Ceremonies were held across Northern Virginia marking the first federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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36. Texting button 38. Result of too much pressure 40. Pharrell Williams’ 2014 album 41. Last European colony in China 43. Muslim honorific 44. Tax evader’s fear 46. *Something to play for 47. Track ____ 48. Confusion 50. Feudal laborer 52. Like humor or martini 53. Charades action 55. 401(k) alternative 57. *Super Bowl host state 61. Fracas 65. Precedes birth 66. Former measure of U.S. economy

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9. Dropped or fell 10. Source of artist’s inspiration 11. ____-friendly 12. Understands 15. Alfresco meal 20. Unhealthy vapors 22. *Teams rely on this kicker sense 24. To the point 25. Lady of “Applause” 26. Poppy product 27. Opera composer Giuseppe _____ 29. *Cleats, helmet, pads 31. Pack like sardines 32. Was violently angry 33. Shade of yellow 35. *49 37. Copenhagen native 39. *Super Bowl halftime performer 42. Finno-_____ language 45. Malignant or benign ones 49. Bowling target 51. Drab and unattractive people 54. Molten rock 56. Before, in the olden days 57. Sir Mix-_-___ 58. Rapid series of short loud sounds 59. Footnote acronym 60. Menageries 61. A quarrel 62. *Not a Super Bowl party without it?

63. Bulgarian money 64. Place of forbidden fruit 67. *Where to watch

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