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Art, Lighting Pondered to Make Metro Less Monolithic BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Rising like concrete vertebrae along Routes 7 and 123, about 100 trestles for Metrorail’s Silver Line constitute a dominant feature of Tysons Corner’s skyline. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) thinks the tow-

ering gray pillars should be made less stark and more atAnother in an tractive to motorists ongoing series. and residents alike. While driving through Tysons, “I looked up at the beams and infrastructure and thought, ‘Rats, why didn’t we incorporate aesthetics into the design?” she said.

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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which runs Metrorail, considered using colored concrete to make the trestles appear less monolithic, but officials scrapped the idea because it would make maintenance more costly and problematic, Bulova said. Bulova on Jan. 29 convened an advisory group to examine ways of beautifying the trestles.

OAKTON REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN BOYS SOCCER ACTION

Oakton High School’s Daniel Medina Gonzales, No. 13, stiff-arms Brett Sellers of South County as the players battle for possession of the ball in a March 28 boys soccer game. Oakton won the contest, 5-1, to remain undefeated with a 3-0 record. For more on this story, see the Sports section.

“We had some suggestions for visuals that were pretty cool and would put some color and design into what otherwise is a blank slate,” she said. Besides Bulova, the Metro Trestle Beautification Task Force’s members include her chief of staff, Clayton Medford; Barbara Byron, director of the Office of Community Revitalization; Rohit Anand, a principal with the design firm KTGY Group Inc. in Tysons; Doug Carter of BCS Design Inc.; Michael Caplin, executive director of the Tysons Partnership; and representatives from WMATA, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and the Arts Council of Fairfax, she said. When the group reconvenes later this spring to review design concepts, it also will invite a representative from another key stakeholder: the Virginia Department of Transportation. The group will conduct a charrette, possibly in May, to examine design ideas, Byron said. “We’re very excited about it,” she said. “We’re just at the planning stages. We hope we can do something this spring to get ideas formulated.” Backers of the beautification efforts are trying to be open-minded, Byron said. “The aesthetic of Tysons is not colonial Virginia, so we’re thinking of something a little more 21st-century,” she said. “We’re trying not to predispose anything. We’re collecting a lot of images from around the world from kind of similar circumstances where people have done things, which hopefully will spur our imagination.” STC Associates on Jan. 29 presented the task force with a report highlighting similar infrastructure-beautification efforts around the globe. A central goal of the group is to “transform the aesthetically underdeveloped space into an experience of surprise, wonder and connection,” the report read. Some possible improvements involve painting the trestles, which would require

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Vienna Town Council member Edythe Kelleher has not faced challengers since 2006, but because of the impending departure of two Council colleagues, she will be the lone incumbent among six candidates seeking three seats in the May 6 election. “People have the sense that the incumbents are always safe, but that’s not the case,” Kelleher said. “Incumbents need votes just like everybody else. If [residents] want me, they have to vote for me.” Kelleher is mindful of the 2009 election, when incumbent Daniel Dellinger lost to challenger Howard Springsteen by two votes. “I think I’ve done a fair job,” she said. “People will always disagree on how the town does individual things, but overall we’ve done a good job.” Since first being elected to the Council in 2002, Kelleher has advocated for better delivery of information to residents, pressed for creation of the annual Vienna Green Expo and helped form the Friends of the Town Green, which finances concerts at the park. If re-elected, Kelleher said she would work to continue progress toward revitalization of the Maple Avenue commercial corridor, maintain good stewardship of the town’s finances and “keep the town relevant and in the 21st century,” especially with regard to communications. Kelleher’s 12-year tenure almost matches the total accumulated experience of

the three remaining incumbents. Council members Springsteen and Laurie DiRocco have served for five years each, while Vice Mayor Carey Sienicki has served for three years. Also on the ballot with Kelleher will be Tara Voigt, Linda Colbert, Pasha Majdi, Michael Cheselka and Dennis Rice. Two of Kelleher’s usual ballot mates, Council members Michael Polychrones and Laurie Cole, decided not to seek re-election this year. Voters may choose up to three candidates for the available Council seats, but may cast fewer votes if so desired. DiRocco, whose term ends June 30, 2015, is the only candidate running for mayor this year. Mayor M. Jane Seeman, who announced she would not seek reelection this May, lost her battle with lung cancer Feb. 23. The Town Council has until April 9 to appoint someone to fill the final weeks of her term. The Town Council consists of six members and the mayor, all of whom serve atlarge for two-year terms. Three Council seats are up for election each May, along with the mayor’s job in even-numbered years. Council members receive $5,000 per year, while the mayor earns $6,000 annually. Kelleher and her husband, Gary, run Kelsoft Inc., a database company. They have three college-age sons: Daniel, Mitchell and Brian. A former U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics economist, property manager and aide to Supervisor Penelope Gross (D-Mason),

Edythe Kelleher, who first was elected to the Vienna Town Council in 2002, will be the only incumbent among six candidates seeking three available Town Council seats in the May 6 election.

Kelleher recently went back to work fulltime as executive director with the Southeast Fairfax Development Corp. That organization aims to redevelop the Route 1 corridor, which like the Maple Avenue commercial area is lined with chopped-up, shallow lots and decades-old buildings, Kelleher said. “I’ve learned a lot about mixed-use development and vibrant streets,” Kelleher said. “I think that will be very relevant when it comes to Maple Avenue.”

Kelleher holds a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and a master’s in business administration from George Washington University. She formerly chaired the finance committee of the Virginia Municipal League and now serves on the group’s executive committee. “It’s very important,” she said of VML’s work. “What the General Assembly decides has a huge impact on localities.” Kelleher belongs to the Vienna Business Association, Vienna (Host) Lions Club and Unit 180 American Legion Auxiliary, and represents the Town Council on the Fairfax County Economic Advisory Commission. She previously served on the Hunter Mill Land-Use Advisory Committee and Vienna Community Enhancement Commission, was active in parent-teacher groups at her sons’ schools and was involved with the Virginia Girls State program. Council member Cole said Kelleher is a strong campaigner. “She worked very hard at re-election,” Cole said. “She knocks on doors, makes lots of contacts within the town and she has nearly always been the top vote-getter in the even-numbered Council [election] years.” Council member Springsteen said he and Kelleher have developed a solid working relationship. “She brings great institutional knowledge to the job,” he said. “She really cares about Vienna and has been an active member of the community for years.”

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Spring Hill Students Celebrate with Visiting Japanese Pupils BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Spring Hill Elementary School students and faculty on March 27 gave visitors from their sister school in Japan a heaping helping of American hospitality, and were rewarded with gratitude and musical performances from the nine visiting Japanese students. The Friendship Ceremony, held in the school’s cafeteria, featured speeches, dancing, musical performances and a gift exchange with representatives from Yokohama Municipal Yabe Elementary School in Totsuka, Japan. Spring Hill and Yabe elementary schools have held several student exchanges ever since Sept. 28, 2010, when officials from both schools signed a memorandum of friendship. “By signing this agreement, our collective goal was to promote international understanding, to further the education of all of our students,” said Spring Hill principal Roger Vanderhye. “These types of cultural experiences are

invaluable to promoting an understanding and respect for each other, each other’s country and each other’s culture, with the ultimate understanding of working in a world where it’s peaceful,” he added. “These types of visits are critical to establishing lifelong friendships, and that in turn makes a positive impression on the lives of all of us.” The Yabe students and their American host students introduced themselves, each speaking both in English and Japanese. The Yabe students sang “It’s a Small World,” with verses in both languages, and played “Edelweiss” on recorders. Vanderhye gave visiting Yabe volunteers Hideo Yamada and Kiyoshi Abe a clock with two faces, one of which was set to the time in Japan and the other to U.S. Eastern Standard Time. Abe and Yamada in turn bestowed Vanderhye with a letter from Yabe’s principal, a picture of the visiting Japanese students, a fan and a scarf. After the Spring Hill Chamber Orchestra, directed by Ruth Donahue, played “The Square Dance,” fourth-grade teacher

Christine Fowler gave a slide-show presentation from the trip to Japan that she made last summer along with other volunteers and seven students. The images, set to Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” showed Spring Hill students visiting Yabe Elementary, interacting with their Japanese friends, taking the subway, watching unicyclists and going sightseeing. Fowler said she was amazed at how easy it was to travel in Japan, despite not knowing the language, and said classrooms at Yabe Elementary did not look much different from those at Spring Hill. The Spring Hill Harmony Ensemble, directed by Marilyn Harwood, followed up by singing the American spiritual song “Walk Dem Bones” and punctuated it with a wide variety of sound effects. The Spring Hill Select Band then played a Fourth of July favorite, the “1812 Overture.” Explaining that Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky incorporated

cannon fire into the overture, band director Dan Freeman distributed small paper bags to adults seated around the cafeteria’s edge, which the audience members then blew up and popped loudly on cue. Groups of students from the Spring Hill Select Groups then synchronized their steps for a couple of line dances under the supervision of Linda Shaheen. Principal Vanderhye pointed out local resident David Hunt in the crowd and thanked him for spearheading the sisterschool effort. Students from both schools visit each other’s country on an alternating-year basis. Three Spring Hill students are scheduled to go to Japan in 2015, school officials said. Vanderhye, who has visited Japan twice as a result of the friendship agreement, deemed the schools’ partnership “fantastic.” “We write all the time,” he said. “We send e-mails, [both] the children and the parents. We Skype all the time.”

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Opinion Our View: GOP Needs Unity to Retain Wolf’s Seat Of the three congressional districts across Northern Virginia, only the 10th appears to be in play this year. U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) seems a sure bet for re-election, and whichever Democrat comes out on top in the crowded 8th District primary field is guaranteed election in November. What’s interesting in the 10th District, where Democrats and Republicans would appear relatively evenly matched in terms of electability, is the way the two parties are going about the preliminaries before the big push toward Election Day begins. Democrats have coalesced around John Foust, a well-regarded and largely moderate Fairfax County supervisor. Others who expressed interest in vying for the Democratic nod got out of the way, one by one, leaving Foust without the necessity of fighting through a nomination battle. Republicans, on the other hand, indeed have a nomination fight on their hands. The winner from a half-dozen candidates – some serious, some not so much – will be chosen April 26 in a series of caucus meetings across the district.

Having a nomination battle can be a good thing for both a political party and the eventual nominee . . . if all goes well. If the party can come away unified, and if the candidate it selects is strong and acceptable to the constituency he or she seeks to represent, the end result of even a bruising and expensive nomination process can be a net positive. On the other hand, if the nomination process is controlled by a narrow swath of political activists with their own agendas playing out, and if the party faithful come away disillusioned rather than energized, it can be a death knell for the nominee’s chances in the general election. It’s too early to tell which way the Republican nomination process will turn out. It might unify the party activists, whose effort to turn out voters in November can be crucial, or it might turn them off. Although its boundaries have changed substantially through the years, the 10th District largely has been a Republican bastion for much of the period since it was established in the early 1950s. Over the past 60 years,

it has been represented by a Democrat for just one brief period, from the time Joseph Fisher unseated longtime Republican Joel Broyhill in the Watergate election of 1974 to six years later, when he was ousted by Frank Wolf in the Reagan landslide of 1980. Having thrown away their share of elections at both the state and national levels by choosing fringe candidates and fighting among themselves, one presumes Republicans in the 10th District would act in a way that gives them a chance to retain the seat. The next few weeks will tell the tale.

Kudos to Carter Former President Jimmy Carter was at a book-signing in McLean last week, and we were pleased to see he spent some quality time with the young people in the audience. Most of them probably had little idea who he was – Carter left office in 1981, don’t forget – but we suspect they did know he was someone important. For the former president to take the time with them during the event was nice to see.

Public-Safety Notes MAN PUSHES EMPLOYEE, ROBS McLEAN STORE: A man entered a store

in the 1400 block of Chain Bridge Road in McLean on March 21 at 5:50 p.m. and began talking with an employee, Fairfax County police said. The suspect then pushed the employee, grabbed cash and fled, police said. There were no injuries during the robbery, authorities said. The suspect was described as white, 20 to 23 years old and about 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall.

MAN NOTIFIES POLICE AFTER SELLER DOES NOT SEND PURCHASED FIREARM: A Vienna man living in the 300 block

of Owaissa Road, S.E., told town police on March 18 that although he had arranged to purchase a firearm on the Internet from a private seller and had sent payment for the firearm, it had not yet been delivered. The firearm has been re-listed as being for sale, however, and the man made several unsuccessful attempts to contact the seller, said police, who continue to investigate this case.

POLICE INTERVENE AFTER WOMAN GETS CALL FROM FAKE FED: A woman

living in the 1000 block of Cottage Street, S.W., told Vienna police on March 21 at

12:30 p.m. that she had received a telephone call from an individual claiming to be an employee of the FBI. The caller stated the FBI was going to arrest the woman’s husband. However, when she questioned why, the caller would not provide an answer, police said. A Vienna police officer responded and contacted the caller at the number listed on the resident’s caller ID. The caller stated he was with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and the officer informed him to cease the calls. MAN CHARGED WITH DWI, CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF MINOR: A Vi-

enna police officer was on patrol in the 400 block of Creek Crossing Road, N.E., on March 21 at 11:26 p.m. when he observed a vehicle stopped in the roadway with the engine turned off. Concerned that the vehicle might have been disabled, the officer approached it. Upon interacting with the vehicle’s operator and passenger, the officer detected the signs of possible impairment. After the driver failed to complete several field-sobriety tests, police arrested the 18-year-old Tysons Corner man. The officer also determined that the driver had provided alcohol to his juvenile occupant.

Police counseled the juvenile about the effects and consequences of underage alcohol consumption and her parents came to Vienna Police Headquarters and took their daughter home. Police also transported the driver to Vienna Police Headquarters, where he was offered the opportunity to provide a sample of his breath for analysis. After the analysis, police transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where he was charged with driving while intoxicated and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Authorities held the man on $1,000 bond. VIENNA POLICE CITE TREE CUTTER FOR LACK OF PROPER PERMIT: A man

living in the 400 block of Westview Court, N.E., told Vienna police on March 24 at 5:38 p.m. that two men had been to his door to solicit for tree-cutting services. A Vienna police officer located the men and informed them they were not permitted to solicit in the town of Vienna without a proper permit. The men stated they were not aware they needed a solicitor’s permit, police said. The officer issued a summons to one of the men, a 40-year-old resident of Orange, Va., for soliciting without a license.

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comedy about a teacher who is too nice to control her classroom and after her disappearance is replaced by a tough-as-nails substitute, continues on Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6, at 3 p.m. each day at the Alden Theatre at the McLean Community Center. The show is appropriate for ages 6 and older, and features local actors that include Elizabeth Bucy and Camila Maric of Langley High School, Cole Stitt of Potomac School, Tigo Amaya of Haycock

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egg roll for children ages 12 and under and their parents will be held on the lawn of Vienna’s historic Freeman House, 131 Church Street N.E., on Saturday, April 12 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Participants can visit with the Easter Bunny, decorate eggs and enjoy a real egg roll. The event is free and no registration is required; those participating should bring their own baskets. For more information, call Historic Vienna Inc. at (703) 938-5187 or see the Web site at www.historicviennainc.org. CIVIL WAR PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT HISTORIC VIENNA MEETING: Historic

Vienna Inc. will hold its spring membership meeting on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Vienna Town Hall. At the meeting, local author Burris Carnahana will discuss “The Grey Ghost and the White Whale: Herman Melville Visits Vienna in the Civil War.” The community is invited. For information, call (703) 938-5187 or see the Web site at www.historicviennainc.org. SHEPHERD’S CENTER PREPS FOR SPRING LEARNING PROGRAM: The

Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna will hold an open house and registration for its Adventures in Learning Program on Thursday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Road. Participants can take one or multiple classes during the eight-week spring semester. The cost is $40. For information, call (703) 281-0538 or see the Web site at www.scov.org. LOCAL HOME-BUILDER WINS NATIONAL HONOR: Basheer & Edgemoore has

received a National Association of Home Builders Silver Award for national sales and marketing in the “Community of the Year” category. The firm won the honor for its Maymont community in Vienna, which features European-style estates of 5,000 to 8,000 square feet.

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The Board of Supervisors on March 25 unanimously approved a comprehensiveplan amendment that would clear the way for a major mixed-use development in the McLean Community Business Center. JBG Cos. has been engaging for months with local civic organizations about its proposed Elm Street development, which would build up to 240 residential units and some retail space on 4.4 acres at the corner of Elm Street and Fleetwood Road. “We’ve received and incorporated important feedback that has truly shaped and improved our project throughout this process,” said Bailey Hopple, Elm Street project manager for JBG Cos. The development would feature classical architecture, better pedestrian con-

nections and a stop for Fairfax Connector buses accessing Metrorail’s future McLean Station, she said. The project aims to reduce the amount of vehicle trips made by residents, she added. “Our overall goal is to create and deliver a project that is consistent with the vision for downtown McLean and that will enhance the energy and activity of the whole area,” Hopple said. The project tentatively is scheduled to be reviewed by the Fairfax County Planning Commission on May 7 and the Board of Supervisors on May 13. The site currently is home to an eight-story, 109,000-squarefoot office building and a three-story, 9,400-square-foot office building, both of which are surrounded by surface parking. Supervisors in January 2013 voted to allow mixed-use development on the larger of the site’s two parcels. The initial plan called

for office and ground-floor-retail uses with a floor-area (FAR) ratio of up to 0.5. (FAR is calculated by dividing the overall square footage of a site by the square footage of floor area that will be built.) The original plan also had mixed-use development option that would allow an FAR of up to 1.0 if the project featured a residential component, transitional and buffering elements to protect the surrounding community, and on-site recreational amenities. The new plan, for which the county’s Planning Commission on March 6 recommended approval, would allow one of the site’s parcels to have up to 400,000 square feet of office, multi-family and ground-floor-retail uses and an FAR of 1.94. The site will retain its existing office building, Hopple said. To gain that additional building density, the developer would have to consolidate

land at the site, provide inter-parcel access and a pedestrian/bicycle circulation system, conduct a traffic-impact analysis, construct underground or structured parking and include urban-design features, publictransit facilities and parks. The maximum building height would be 75 feet. Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) thanked the developer and county staff for their efforts on the plan amendment, which would allow the first major development in downtown McLean in years. Andrew Doepping, branch manager for Lafayette Federal Credit Union in McLean, expressed enthusiastic support for the amendment. “This development will create a sense of place that is important to attracting young residents such as myself,” said Doepping, who also chairs the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Committee.

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Local Authors to Discuss Their Writings at Great Falls Event n Catherine Mathews, whose memoirs, “My Family’s Journey,” revisit her life during the Great Depression, witnessing World War II from the home front, joining the Foreign Service and playing a role in America’s post-World War II expansion. n Former journalist and Great Falls Writer’s Group founder Kristin Clark Taylor, whose fourth book, “The Forever Box,” delves into family history, love and the enduring bonds of family and friendship. n Sharon Rainey, whose book, “Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life,” aims to

inspire readers to gain inner strength and happiness through hard-won lessons. n Mindy Mitchell and Edward Land, whose book, “Lube of Life: A Tribute to Sex, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness in the Boomer Age,” is their personal story of searching for love in mid-life. n Bill Stamper, whose fictional action thriller, “Reality Checks,” is about a crime witness whose circumstances make him appear as a perpetrator. n Patricia Britz, whose non-fiction book, “Animals Need Zzzz’s, Too,” teaches children the importance of sleep and shows

how many animals adapt their sleeping habits to their environment for survival. n Lesley Hackman, whose book, “Bearabesque and the Humility Slippers,” which she coauthored with Lin Story, is about a bear in Ukraine who follows her dream to become a famous ballerina. In addition to the literary discussions, harpist Melissa Tardiff Dvordak will perform throughout the evening. The event’s sponsors include Catering by Anna, SunDesign, Kate Holland, and Joe and Molly Reynolds. Great Falls Library is located at 9830 Georgetown Pike.

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More than a dozen local published authors will discuss how and why they journeyed into writing at “An Evening with the Authors” at Great Falls Library from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. The authors also will sell and sign their works at the event, which will be hosted by the Great Falls Writer’s Group. Participating authors and their works include: n Jennifer Abernethy, whose book, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Social Media Marketing,” uses non-technical language for novices to learn how to navigate social media and build business. n Clarence Ashley, whose non-fiction hardcover book, “CIA SpyMaster,” details Cold War history and espionage. n Brandon DeCaro, whose novel about mental-health issues, “Grown Men Don’t Cry,” is a story of sacrifice, friendship, mortality and the will to persevere. n Nancy Hannan, whose memoir, “A Way Out,” discusses an abusive relationship and offers information about how others can protect themselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Hannan’s second book, “A Mother Never Forgets,” chronicles the author’s search for the daughter she gave up for adoption at birth. n Dr. Michael Hattwick, whose book, “The ABBA Tradition,” is about the spiritual and mystical tradition that underlies Judaism and Christianity. n Susan Smith Blakely, whose books, “Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know About a Career in the Law” and “Best Friends at the Bar: The New Balance for Today’s Woman Lawyer,” cover such topics as low retention rates for women lawyers, defining success and worklife challenges. n Burrus Carnahan, one of whose books is “Act of Justice: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War.” n Charles Mauro, whose books include “A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia; The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe,” “The Civil War in Fairfax County,” “The Battle of Chantilly,” “Mosby’s Combat Operations in Fairfax County,” “Herndon: A History in Images” and “Herndon: “A Town and Its History.”

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The Vienna Parks and Recreation Department has announced the winners of its 2014 amateur photography competition, held March 15-16 at the Vienna Community Center. Katherine Swoboda earned the Best in Show Award and Michael Cassidy won the People’s Choice Award. First-place awards went to Swoboda (animals), Talib Aleem (architecture), Paige Counts (digital), Swoboda (nature), Aaron Holland (photojournalism), Tom Simpson (pictorial), Brian Willeli (portraiture) and Marth Roth (scenic). First-place student awards went to Joshua Lynum, Wolftrap Elementary School (animals), Jessica Miller, Centreville High

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With 2014 marking the 40th season of both Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg, there is a feeling of nostalgia in the air. Both theme parks are looking, in part, to their past as they aim to attract guests this year. But there also are a number of new attractions at those parks and the region’s third, Six Flags America. Busch Gardens opened for the season in mid-March, with the other two parks slated to open this month. Six Flags, located in suburban Maryland, will make the biggest splash in terms of big-ticket rides: Its ninth roller coaster, Ragin’ Cajun, is slated to open in May. For the last decade, the ride had been a fixture at Six Flags Great America in Illinois; it was disassembled at the end of the 2013 season and trucked to its sister park in Maryland. The fast-track (mouse-type) coaster offers erratic speeds of up to 30 mph, quick turns and unusual tilts as it takes riders

Alpengeist is a fixture at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, one of three theme parks within easy distance of the local area. Scott K. Brown/Busch Gardens over nearly 1,400 feet of track. Park offi- Gras area is receiving a facelift, with new The new Mardi Gras section is slated cials promise “a new, adrenaline-charged retail spaces, food offerings and game for introduction on April 12, although the ride experience.” areas. That section of the park also will park itself opens for the season on April 5. Keeping up with the New Orleans feature a new family-friendly flying ride, Also opening on April 5, Kings Domintheme, Six Flags America’s entire Mardi French Quarter Flyers. ion is going back to the future, bringing back the “Singing Mushrooms,” to be located in the re-themed Candy Apple Grove midway area in the center of the park. The four mushrooms, along with a frog, will offer renditions of barbershop songs. The Singing Mushrooms will be brought to life by a California animatronics firm, and park officials promise they will have “more character” and subtle additional functions compared to the originals. Also coming back to the park after an absence will be the park’s signature blue ice cream and oversized candy apples. The International Street fountain has been rehabilitated with new LED lighting, and the Blast Coaster and Anaconda roller coasters are receiving upgrades. Like Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens Williamsburg also opened in 1975, although in each case, the original ownership groups have since sold their stakes. As part of its anniversary celebration, Busch Gardens – which opened March *Any job over $3000. Good only when presented at time of 16 – is updating Land of the Dragons, a free inspection. Not to be combined with any other offer. kid-friendly area that will celebrate its 20th season in 2014. It is part of an effort to rejuvenate iconic locations in the park. As part of the initiative, the Globe TheOwned & Operated by Professional Engineers! atre is in the final stages of a renovation to accommodate a new show, London Rocks, which will debut later in the spring. Stella & Also coming later in the spring is a Jesse Waltz, P.E., Caribbean-inspired menu throughout the Owners park. Busch Gardens also plans to add two Irish setter puppies, Conner and Finn, to its Celtic Fyre show in 2014.

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Learn it. Plant it. Love it! That’s what kids do when they participate in Project Plant It!, a unique program designed by Dominion that makes learning about trees and the environment fun. Project Plant It! has received awards from the Arbor Day Foundation and Scenic Virginia for the innovative way it teaches kids about trees—through classroom activities and teaching materials, an interactive website and a free tree seedling for each participating student. We’re making our world a greener place to live. One tree at a time.

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Springtime is working hard to make its presence felt, and warm weather is not that far away. Imagine spending the summer months outside by the pool in this week’s featured property – a beautifully renovated and expanded colonial in sought-after Wolf Trap Woods. Extensive hardscaping has created an exquisite backyard oasis, highlighted by the pool and its waterfall. All the while, you are surrounded by a bucolic community with the convenience of Vienna, Tysons Corner, Great Falls and McLean, and with nature trails leading you to Wolf Trap for enchanting evenings of entertainment. The property currently is on the market, listed at $900,000 by Joan Stansfield of Keller Williams Realty. An impressive facade hints at the amenities awaiting us on our tour of the threelevel home. Room sizes are proportional, and the traffic flow is conducive to entertaining in style. The formal living room is a charmer, with the home’s first fireplace, and the expansive dining room can entertain a gathering with ease. The kitchen and its adjacent grand breakfast area (with access to the deck) is the heart of the home, and from there, we move to the showplace, soaring family room, with its marvelous atrium window overlooking the rear yard and another

fireplace. A home office, with access to the deck, rounds out the main level. A sumptuous master retreat is the highlight of the upper level, which has three additional large bedrooms. The lower level is home to a 500-square-foot recreation room, half bath and plentiful storage. Inside and out, this home represents classic design, updated for today’s living, in a standout community. Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients. For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703) 738-2520.

Facts for buyers Address: 9005 Streamview Lane, Vienna (22182) Listed at: $900,000 by Joan Stansfield, Keller Williams Realty (703) 9197761. Schools: Spring Hill Elementary, Longfellow Middle, McLean High School.

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Student-Loan Debt Is Having an Impact on 1st-Time Buyers High levels of student debt could be holding back prospective first-time home purchasers, according to the president of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). First-time buyers accounted for 28 percent of purchases in February, down from 30 percent in February 2013. Steve Brown, co-owner of Irongate, Inc., Realtors in Dayton, Ohio, said student debt appears to be playing a role in keeping that percentage down. “The biggest problems for first-time buyers are tight credit and limited inventory in the lower price ranges,” he said. “However, 20 percent of buyers under the age of 33, the prime group of first-time buyers, delayed their purchase because of outstanding debt. In our recent consumer survey, 56 percent of younger buyers who took longer to save for a down payment identified student debt as the biggest obstacle.” Home prices continued to show solid growth in most of the country due to limited inventory conditions, but rising prices and severe winter weather caused existing-home sales to slip in February, according new NAR figures. Total existing-home sales were down 7.1 percent in February from a year before, the lowest annualized rate since July 2012. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said conditions in February were largely unchanged from January. “We had ongoing unusual weather disruptions across much of the country last month, with the continuing frictions of constrained inventory, restrictive mortgage lending standards and housing affordability less favorable than a year ago,” he said. “Some transactions are simply being delayed, so there should be some improvement in the months ahead,” Yun said. “With an expected pickup in job creation, home sales should trend up modestly over the course of the year.” The median existing-home price for all housing types in February was $189,000, 9.1 percent above February 2013. Distressed homes – foreclosures and short sales – accounted for 16 percent of February sales, compared with 25 percent in February 2013. Total housing inventory at the end of February rose 6.4 percent to 2.00 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 5.2-month supply. Unsold inventory is up just over 5 percent from a year ago.

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The Oakton Cougars, last year’s Group AAA state tournament semifinalist, are off to a fast 3-0 start this season in boys high school soccer. All three wins have been by lopsided scores, and two by shutouts. Oakton’s most recent victory was a 5-1 over the visiting SOCCER win South County Stallions on March 28. Before the contest was four minutes old, Oakton sophomore forward Chris Villota put the Cougars on the board with a goal and a 1-0 lead. “It was my first game starting. I just got called up from junior varsity,” Villota said. “Armand Jeffris played me a good ball and I was able to put it into the back post. I tapped it in with my head.” South County, which tallied one shot on goal for the entire game, watched the Cougars control the remainder of the first half. With 23:33 left before halftime, Oakton scored via a direct-kick sequence. Senior forward Ben Cisse scored and later said: “Noah Pilato took a ball from 35 yards out and passed to me. I ran to the near post and was able to put a head on it and score.” Next, in a span of 85 seconds, Oak-

Top: Oakton High School’s Noah Pilato, left, and South County’s Brett Sellers run for the ball during the March 28 game at Oakton. Left: Oakton’s Jason Ferrufino breaks through against the South County defense to score the Cougars’ final goal in their 5-1 non-conference win. With the victory, Oakton remained undefeated with a 3-0 record entering this week.

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Both of Highlanders’ Wins Have Been on the DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

pitcher and the Highlanders had 16 hits, led by senior Grady Paine’s 3 for 4 effort with three RBI and two runs and sophomore Matt Collins’s 3 for 3 with a walk and two runs. Morse, who has committed to play at Shenandoah University where his brother Phillip Morse is a starting sophomore pitcher with a 2-1 record and 18 strikeouts in 19 innings, worked five innings and allowed three hits against Stone Bridge. He gave up one earned run, walked two and fanned five. “He pounded the zone all night and only came out after five because he got up to his predetermined pitch limit,”

McLean coach John Dowling said. With the bat for McLean, nine of the 10 players who came to the plate had at least one hit. Defensively, McLean did not make an error entering the final inning. “Overall, we are very pleased with how the kids have responded to the weather issues this spring,” Dowling said. “Yesterday was only the sixth time we’ve been on a field [two scrimmages, two games, two practices], but we played a very sound game.” McLean had games against the Marshall Statesmen and St. Albans Bulldogs rained out this past weekend.

They all relate to what most every outdoor high school sports team has faced so far this season, because of the snowy and wet weather, that just doesn’t seem to end. The most recent snow came last week. Two to four inches covered the fields on March 25. That was four days after the official start of spring. That was followed by wind, wet, cold and little melting on March 26, meaning nearly every local game was postponed or cancelled on both days. March 28 and 29 brought rain, so more games were shelved until another day. The same situation has been playing out since practice began for the spring seasons last month. Winter and wet won’t end. Most local soccer and lacrosse teams play and practice on artificial turf, where snow melts faster and field conditions aren’t nearly the same issue. But the wet has been especially disruptive for baseball and softball teams, which play on natural surfaces that continue to be soft mud holes. The Yorktown High School baseball team has yet to hold one practice on its infield. Asked when he thought that might happen, Yorktown coach Mike Ruck answered, “August.” As of late last week, the McLean High baseball team had been outside just six times. “We’ve had two scrimmages, two games and two practices outside, that’s it,” McLean coach John Dowling said. The Bishop O’Connell girls softball team has played two games, has postponed four and still hasn’t held any outdoor practices. “What you can’t do is get in much defensive work, like fly balls. That hurts you as a team,” O’Connell coach Tommy Orndorff said. Other baseball and softball coaches give similar comments, saying their teams can’t build momentum. They also worry there’s another two-to-fourinch snowfall ahead, say during the April 10 to 15 time frame. Could be. So don’t put the brooms and snow shovels away just yet.

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After two games this season and a couple of more rainouts, the McLean Highlanders have proved to be a very good road team. McLean (2-0) won its second straight away contest by BASEBALL defeating the Stone Bridge Bulldogs, 13-3, in six innings in the cold last week in Ashburn. The Highlanders topped West Potomac, 6-3, in their first high school game. Against Stone Bridge, senior Colin Morse was the starting and winning

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High School Roundup SUBURBAN CLASSIC GIRLS ALL-STAR BASKETBALL: There was a lot going on

at the 10th Suburban Classic girls all-star high school basketball game on March 23 at Oakton High School. There were 12 participants in the three-point shooting contest, which was won by Amy Berglund of West Springfield High. The East defeated the West, 78-64, in the game that feature all seniors. The East featured balanced scoring, with four players in double figures, led by East Most Valuable player Cami Prock from McLean High with 12 points and a number of assists. Wakefield’s Michelle Noel scored eight. The West was led by team Most Valuable Player Jenna Green of Centreville High. She tallied 13 points and registered a number of assists. Caitlin Jensen of South Lakes led all scorers with 22 points. Madison’s Katie Kerrigan had six points for the West. The West was coached by Madison head coach Kirsten Stone. “We had excellent talent on hand for the game, including two conference Players of the Year and many conference first-team honorees and other secondteam honorees,” said Fred Priester, the event organizer and head coach of the Oakton High girls. “The quality of play was very high and very entertaining. As always, I am impressed by the wonderful way that our players share the ball, even in an all-star game and with the almost instantaneous camaraderie that they develop even with former rival opponents who become their teammates for this special game.” After the game, the Northern Virginia Women’s Basketball Coaches Association awarded four $500 scholarships. The recipients were Berglund, Bailey Dufrene of Osbourn, Kayla Hix of Stonewall Jackson and Chanel Shannon of Mount Vernon. To date, the association has awarded more than $15,000 in scholarships over the years.

MARSHALL BASEBALL: The Marshall Statesmen enjoyed another fine pitch-

Madison’s Katie Kerrigan played in the Suburban Classic all-star game. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

ing outing from junior right-hander Will Brooke, but despite leading 5-3 going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the host Robinson Rams pulled out a 6-5 walk-off victory last night. The Statesmen jumped on the board in the top of the first on a double by junior catcher Mitch Blackstone, who was driven in by a double by junior designated hitter Shane Robinson. After surrendering a run in the bottom of the first, Marshall came back in the second to plate four more runs off Rams’ starter Shane Hopkins. Second baseman Justin Han and centerfielder John Bennett had singles, and right fielder Riley Cummins walked. Blackstone hit an extremely high pop fly about five feet in front of the plate, and the Rams catcher and pitcher collided, enabling two runs to score. Marshall senior first basemen Patrick Evans followed with a two-run double, and Hopkins was replaced with senior right-hander Chris Lohr. Lohr, a College of William and Mary commit, and his wicked curveball shut out Marshall the rest of the way. Brooke pitched 51/3 innings, giving up three runs, two of which scored with two outs in the fourth inning on a high pop fly that was lost in the lights, landing about five feet from second base and enabling

the two runners to score. Junior Mark LeDuc shut out a threat in the sixth inning with the help of an inning-ending caught stealing. Cummins started the seventh with a leadoff walk, and after a strikeout, an error, another walk and a hit, Robinson had tied the score with runners on the corners. The Rams scored the winning run on an errant attempted pick-off throw at third base. The Statesmen outhit the Rams, 9-6, including five doubles. Junior third baseman Matt Borowski smoked a double in the fifth inning, and Blackstone had another one in the sixth. The loss dropped Marshall to 1-2 and lifted Robinson to 3-0. Marshall lost its previous game to Paul VI Catholic, 10-1. OAKTON GIRLS SOCCER: The Oakton Cougars have a 2-1-1 record, including a 3-0 win over South County on March 28. Oakton also has defeated Lee, 5-0, and tied Madison, 0-0. Oakton lost to McLean, 2-1. Alex Marquis has four goals and three assists for Oakton. Kelly Malloy, Sam Weaver, Anya Heijst and Claire Weisskopf all have two goals and Julia Gerow has two assists. MADISON SOFTBALL WINS BIG: The Madison Warhawks softball team opened its season on the road March 21 with a 14-2 victory over the Stone Bridge Bulldogs. Madison combined for 18 hits and had at least one hit in every spot in the line up. Sophomore Julia Hoy paced the Warhawks, going 4 for 5 with four RBI, Sophomore pitcher Katie Vannicola fanned 12, allowed one hit and walked one. She did not allow an earned run. Also for Madison, Elizabeth Fallas was 3 for 5 with four RBI, Blake Brackett was 3 for 5, Kat Olsen was 2 for 5 with three RBI, Ally Fogel was 2 for 3 and Vannicola, Jackie Yahner, Mary Bolinger and Leah Hammes each had a hit. GIRLS LACROSSE: The defending region

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ton scored two more to increase its lead to 4-0. Netting both was Jeffris, a junior forward who already has eight goals through three games. “Ben and Armand are always going to get their goals,” Oakton coach Todd Spitalny said. Added Jeffris: “On the fourth goal, Pilato was pressing well. He won the ball and played a perfect ball to me and I was able to finish.” Oakton was comfortably ahead, 4-0, at halftime. “I told the kids at half, ‘Don’t drop your heads.’ Keep really playing,” Spitalny said. South County cut the lead to 4-1 on a goal by Tristan Munoz by getting the ball over Oakton goalie Kenneth Hippe. Six minutes later, freshman Jason Ferrufino netted the final goal for the Cougars. “We can always do better with our [offensive] connection,” Jeffris said. Oakton won its first two games by shutouts, 4-0 over

Oakton’s Armand Jeffris, No. 20, managed to evade South County’s Christian Canales, who stumbled, then the goalie William Powers to score his second goal. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

the Lee Lancers, and 5-0 over the Madison Warhawks. Jeffris netted three goals in each game and Cisse scored one in each. The other goal was scored by Brian Mcdaid. Pilato had an assist in each game. Ferrufino, Tyler Morgan, Alex Morgan, Omar Abderhamm and Millan Khadka had single assists in those wins.

and state champion Madison Warkhawks improved to 2-0 with a 16-2 win over the South Lakes Seahawks. Katie Sciandra and Alex Condon each had four goals and two assists for Madison, Katie Kerrigan had two goals and two assists and Shannon Condon and Ellie Bentley each had two goals. Also, Kierra Sweeney had a goal and one assist and Sam Babbitt had two assists. n The Langley Saxons improved to 2-0 with a 19-8 win over McLean and a 9-8 victory over Centreville. MADISON BOYS TENNIS: The Madison Warkhawks boys tennis team defeated Stone Bridge and Fairfax by 9-0 scores, and lost to Jefferson, 8-1, and South Lakes, 6-3, in their first three matches. Alex Dondershine won three singles matches for Madison and Mark Fertal, Ravi Suresh and Luke Sablik all won two. Dylan Miks, Thomas Roades, Chris Liu, Chang Zhou, Neil Feeney and Connor Smith all won one. POTOMAC SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: The

Potomac School boys tennis team finished with a 2-3 record on a trip to the National High School Tennis All-American Invitational, in Newport Beach, Calif. Playing well for Potomac School were Steven Hu, Austin Childs, Alex Gerson, Joe Nardini, James Betts and Julian Lopez.

THE WERMAN CUP: On Saturday, April

5 at 1 p.m. near Charlottesville, the Covenant School baseball team will host the Falls Church Jaguars in what is being called “A Battle for the Werman Cup.” In the third-base coaching box when Covenant is batting will be assistant coach, former University of Virginia baseball standout and Oakton High School graduate Keith Werman. In the same box when Falls Church is hitting will be Werman’s father and current Jaguars head coach Frank Werman. Both are first-year coaches with those teams. Frank Werman has also been the manager of the American Legion Vienna Post 180 team during the summer for a number of years.

“In the back on defense, Trey Lodge and Jimmy Jameson have been very good for us this season,” Spitalny said. “Everyone played [against South County] that was here and was not injured. We’ve only had five outdoor practices this season because of the weather. We haven’t really practiced very many set pieces. We are trying to mix the forward and midfielder play better. We have to do a better job with the spacing.” Raphael Ortiz and Hippe have been Oakton’s goalies so far, splitting time in net. Oakton finished 18-1-2 last season, with its only loss in the state semifinals to Cosby. This season, Oakton has had games against Yorktown and McLean postponed because of weather issues. Both have been rescheduled for dates later in the season. The Cougars will play at Yorktown this Friday night, April 4. That will be Oakton’s third game this week. The Cougars had two Concorde District contests scheduled this week against the Robinson Rams and Herndon Hornets. The Cougars have also had a number of players miss action so far because of various injuries. Most are expected to return sometime this spring.

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n Local students earned top honors at the 59th annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held March 14-16 at Robinson Secondary School. Students from the Sun Gazette coverage area winning grand-prize awards included Supraja Chittari of George C. Marshall High School in biochemistry, “Effect of Turmeric on Memory Curves of Planaria”; Parth Chopra of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in computer science, “A Novel Agent-Based Model for the Spread of TB”; Jason Cui

of Langley High School in engineering: materials and bioengineering, “Optimized Droplet-Based Microfluidics Screening”; Conor Maddry of Langley High School in engineering: electrical and mechanical, “Pneumatic Electromyographic Exoskeleton”; and Archis Bhandarkar of Thomas Jefferson in mathematical sciences, “On the Unique Roles of Neurocomputational States.” Grand-prize alternates from the Sun Gazette coverage area, all of whom were first-place winners, included Manotri Chaubal, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, cellular and molecular biology; Samuel Rohrer, Thomas Jefferson, engineering: electrical and mechanical; and Rosa Somers, Paul VI Catholic High School, environmental analysis. Grand-prize nominees from the Sun Gazette coverage area, all of whom were first-place winners, included Sahitya Allam and Anthony Carrington, Thomas Jefferson, animal sciences; Annika Kim, Thomas Jefferson, biochemistry; Andrea Li, Thomas Jefferson, cellular and molecular biology; James Wang, Thomas Jefferson, chemistry; Kirstin Putman, Oakton High School, engineering: materials and bioengineering; Satvika Kumar, Thomas Jefferson, engineering: materials and bioengineering; Richard Oh, Thomas Jefferson, engineering: materials and bioengineering; Rachel Zoll, Thomas Jefferson, engineering: materials and bioengineering; Aaron Aguhob, George C. Marshall, engineering: electrical and mechanical; Babak Senfi, Marshall, energy and transportation; Sara Scherping, Langley, environmental analysis; Tiffany Kathir, Simran Rohatgi and Isabelle Walton, Thomas Jefferson, environmental analysis; Yul Yi Cho, Caitlin Kim and Krista Opsahl-Ong, Thomas Jefferson, environmental management; Ramya Radhakrishnan, Thomas Jefferson,

medicine and health sciences; Sindhura Kolachana, Thomas Jefferson, medicine and health sciences; Tina Ju, Thomas Jefferson, microbiology; Shayna Hume and Emma Puranen, Thomas Jefferson, physics and astronomy; and Abigail McShane, Marshall, plant sciences. First-place winners included Gauri Sharma, George C. Marshall High School; Daniel Choi, Evan Laughlin, Joyce Cheng, Amber Liu, Terri Hahn and Katrina White, James Madison High School; Ben Wagner, Calvin Krist, Michael Lee, Amy Luttges, Stephanie Mui and Malvika Venkataraman, Oakton High School; Devika Shankardass and Emma Haldane, McLean High School; Eryney Marrogi, Patrick Smith, Jonathan Grow, Brendan Lohmar, Emaad Paracha, Ethan Zell, Neel Gupta, Tyler Minushkin, Ali Burk, Meredith Hargroves, Fiona Muir and Andrew Ton, Langley High School; and Sienna Lotenberg, Virginia Wordsworth, Richard Oh, Jonathan Lee, Matthew Park and Daniel Suzuki, Thomas Jefferson High High School for Science & Technology.

kofiev Piano Concerto No. 3. Lin will perform with the Capital City Symphony at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C., during the symphony’s next season.

n Longfellow Middle School’s Mathcounts Team successfully defended its title as Virginia’s Mathcounts Champion during competition that took place recently in Richmond. The team of Franklyn Wang, William Sun, Scott Becker and Aaditya Singh make up the team, which is coached by Mary Jo Clark. Wang was the top individual finisher and earned top honors in the Countdown Round. Finishing second in the individual standings was Sun; Becker finished in sixth place.

n Wolftrap Elementary School’s Division II Odyssey of the Mind team placed first for the second year in a row at the Northern Virginia Odyssey of the Mind Region 9 Tournament, held recently at Oakton High School. This was the first year that the sixth grade team participated in Division II, where they competed against sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade teams from across the region. Team members are Kiran Gowda, Wendy McHone, Ruhi Mehta, Valerie Nayak, Michael Shi, Katarina Stefanik and Lauren Van Stone; coaches are Rachelle Stefanik and Tracy McHone. The team advances to the state tournament in Rocky Mount, on April 26.

n Longfellow Middle School eighthgrade student Eric Lin recently won the Ylda Novik Memorial Concerto Competition, senior division, playing the entire Pro-

n The Longfellow Middle School debate team of Noah Daniel, Teddy Daniel and Ayush Pamecha earned an invitation to represent the D.C. Urban Debate League (DCUDL) at the National Championship Tournament of the Middle School Public Debate Program on April 26 in Claremont, Calif. Pamecha and the Daniel brothers have not lost a round during any of the four debate tournaments during the 2013-14 school year, even when they were asked to lead teams of students new to debate. At the recent qualifying tournament, they outdebated competitors in all four rounds and were awarded the top team (out of 69) at the DCUDL’s February tournament. Coaches of the team are Matt McElroy and Bruce Wilson.

and it’s stunning. It’s turned out to be a landmark for the city.” While aesthetic debates sometimes devolve into bickering, the group’s interactions so far have been enthusiastic, Bulova said. “It hasn’t occurred to us to disagree on anything,” she said.

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This rendering shows one of the many possibilities Fairfax County officials are considering to make Metrorail trestles in Tysons Corner more attractive.

in a circular “peach” shape to pay tribute to Tysons’ origins as a peach grove, said Caplin, who arranged for STC Associates to attend the task force’s inaugural meeting. Whichever design is chosen, it must be acceptable to viewers and not overly distracting for drivers who will be cruising past the trestles. Pedestrians also would have to be dissuaded from making ill-advised road crossings to get a better look at the designs. When she served as Braddock District

supervisor, Bulova oversaw similar aesthetic improvements at the Roberts Parkway Bridge in Burke and a Virginia Railway Express parking garage. Fairfax County’s sister city of SongpaGu, South Korea, a district of Seoul, at night transforms a bridge into a spectacular sight, said Bulova, who visited the city in 2009. “They pull up with picnic blankets and watch as the sun goes down and light comes out of the bridge like a waterfall,” she said. “It has music associated with it

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upkeep. Colorful murals adorn masstransit trestles in Saint-Roch, Quebec City, while other unnamed localities installed a trompe l’oeil painting of a koi pond and a beach scene crafted by graffiti artist Banksey. Another locale draped large banners in alternating colors to brighten its masstransit infrastructure, while in Spain and Miami, officials projected colored lights on railway and freeway trestles, respectively. While those illuminations would be visible only under low-light conditions, they would not incur the expense and maintenance obligations of painted surfaces. Other designs could be more artistic and whimsical. The report showed one slide in which trestles were painted with a Pac-Man video game display and with a giant portrait of actor Rainn Wilson, who played a perpetually peeved employee on the television show “The Office.” The trestles also could be lighted or painted with the Tysons Partnership’s signature colors of yellow, green, blue, orange and red. The group has arranged the colors

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n Aline Dolinh of Oakton High School received the American Voices Medal, the equivalent of the best of show award, in the 2014 National Scholastic Writing Awards Competition. Dolinh was honored for her poetry entry, “Accent Marks, Exorcism, Model Minority, Second-generation.” Three additional Fairfax County Public Schools students received national medals for their work. National winners include: • Melissa Halbrook of W.T. Woodson High School, Gold Medal for humor, “Kim Jung-Un’s New Clothes.” • Emma Hastings of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Gold Medal for short story, “Sight Without Vision, Vision Without Sight” and Gold Medal for writing portfolio, “I Sing Of.” • Sara Warrington of Thomas Jefferson, Silver Medal for Journalism, “Overcoming Intolerance.” The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, an initiative of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, will honor the winners at a special ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Friday, June 6. The Scholastic Writing Awards competition is administered locally by Writopia Lab.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. April 1, 1949: n A total of 150 tons of fish have been released by hatcheries into Virginia’s streams. n Penney’s has girls cotton dresses on sale for $1 each. April 3, 1961: n The Vienna Town Council is set to decide whether to approve construction of a dozen 10-story apartment buildings in the Westbriar area. n The unemployment picture in Northern Virginia has “brightened considerably” in the past three weeks. n Judy Garland will perform at Constitution Hall on Saturday night. April 3-5, 1969: n Del. Clive DuVal II has announced plans to seek a third term in the House of Delegates. n A civil rights group marched through Vienna to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. n “Persistent” inflation threatens to derail Virginia’s economic growth, a think tank says. n The world’s first transplant of a totally artificial heart has been performed in Houston. n O’Connell high school baseball coach Al Burch notched his 100th victory as his team beat McNamara, 3-1.

The Sun Gazette dips into the archives each week for interesting news from the past.

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ACROSS 1. Repairs the outfield 5. Draw in a picture? 9. Guffaw components 12. Conversant with 13. Put on the payroll 14. Poop deck’s place 15. Daydreamers 17. Bit of hope 18. Good standing, for short 19. ___ nous 21. Dish for Oliver Twist 24. After the deadline 26. Capital of Honshu 27. Comparative word 29. Stopping point 33. Bananas, nuts, or crackers 34. Nostril dividers 36. Over the top 37. Atmospheric blight 39. Horse halter? 40. Globe to Shakespeare 41. Fan club’s focus 43. Yawns 45. Black, on a piano 48. It’s catching 49. Work on hides 50. Hopefuls 56. Yip or yelp 57. Agreement 58. Enjoy a hot tub 59. Mojo 60. Overindulge 61. Avant-garde

3. “Gunsmoke” nickname 4. Drum kit part 5. Cutter or clipper 6. “___ the season ...” 7. Public hanging? 8. Back-to-zero button 9. Male with antlers 10. On the horizon, perhaps 11. Eye problem 16. Peppers 20. Green, in a way

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April 4, 1979: n The president of the Fairfax Education Association says the School Board plans to cut between 25 and 30 teaching positions due to budget shortfalls. n The dropout rate among Virginia children spiked to 5.6 percent last school year. April 3, 1987: n A Republican delegate from Chesterfield County wants the state government to get out of the liquor business, but concedes his chances of winning passage of such a bill are “slim.” n The State Police are planning to start using Harley-Davidson motorcycles. n In softball action, O’Connell pounded Holy Names School, 29-0, while Yorktown blanked Madison, 4-0. n In baseball action, McLean defeated Stuart, 11-2, while Langley topped Chantilly, 2-1.

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