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Maple Avenue Development Plans Raise Concerns Along with Prospect of Growth BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The first two development projects submitted under Vienna’s new Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zoning ordinance already are running into traffic-design conundrums that plague the town’s principal business corridor.

Briefing the Vienna Town Council at a Jan. 11 work session, developer Doug D’Alexander outlined his proposal to build 26,000 square feet of commercial space and a 102-space parking structure, topped by 49 townhousecondominiums, at 245 Maple Ave., W. The 2.16-acre site now is occupied by Marco Polo Restaurant, Vienna Art Center and some lowrise commercial buildings.

The developer originally hoped to build 130 housing units atop a two-story parking structure, but this proved cost-prohibitive, said Deputy Planning and Zoning Director Hyojung Garland.

Even with the number of units reduced by nearly two-thirds, Council member Howard Springsteen still was taken aback by the project’s density.

“That’s a lot of homes in that tight space,” he said.

Commercial elements would be accessible via single entrances from Maple Avenue, W., and Church Street, N.W.; the townhouses would be reached separately through single access points on Pleasant and Church streets, N.W.

The red-brick townhouses topping the development would have designs reminiscent of ones in older Washington, D.C., neighborhoods. None would have back yards.

Twelve units fronting Maple Avenue would be 50 feet tall (three stories, plus commercial space underneath), while six units at the site’s northwest corner would be just 35 feet tall. The latter townhouses would be located at least 107 feet from the nearest neighboring residence, said D’Alexander, who estimated the project would take 18 to 24 months to build.

Early artist’s renditions show a brick wall in front of the townhouses along Maple Avenue, but the developer now plans to put metal railings there instead for a lighter touch.

The property’s southwest corner at Maple Avenue and Pleasant Street would have a twostory, conservatory-like glass structure that would serve as the development’s visual and social focal point. There would be indoor and outdoor seating there, plus a wide staircase leading to the retail level below.

A commercial loading zone would be accessible via Maple Avenue; most trucks entering the site would swing around and back up to the loading bay.

Traffic flow is a key concern. The site is located a short distance west from Maple Ave- Top, Representatives of Vienna Car Wash LLC have asked the Vienna Planning Commission to defer a nue’s heavily trafficked intersection at Lawyers public hearing on the company’s proposal to develop a Chick-fil-A restaurant and an enclosed Flagship and Courthouse roads.

Carwash at its site at 540 Maple Ave., W. Below, Vienna Town Council members on Jan. 11 liked some elements of Doug D’Alexander’s plan to build 49 townhouse-condominiums and retail space at 245 Maple

Continued on Page 19 Ave., W., but expressed reservations about the project’s density and attendant traffic problems.

2015 Proved to Be a Rebound Year for Northern Virginia Real Estate After a relatively weak 2014, the Northern Virginia real estate market last year proved resilient, with sales and average prices both rising.

A total of 20,309 properties went to closing last year in the region, based on a Sun

(Figures represent sales in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.)

The average sales price of $558,988 in 2015 was up 1.4 percent from $551,122 in 2014 to mark a new all-time high, although not if

inflation is taken into account (the $538,463 average price recorded in 2007 equates to $616,357 in today’s dollars).

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Remarks at McLean Community Center Put Emphasis on Expanding the Voter Rolls SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

In 1967, Peggy Wallace Kennedy’s allwhite high school in Alabama saw its first black student admitted under court order.

While she wanted to be welcoming to her newest classmate, she couldn’t bring herself to reach out her hand.

“It was an opportunity lost for me,” Kennedy recalled with something of a heavy heart.

And perhaps it was an opportunity lost for her state, as well, as she was not simply a high-school student, but the daughter of George Wallace, the most public face of racial segregation in the tumultuous 1960s.

Kennedy was the keynote speaker at the McLean Community Center’s 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, held Jan. 17 to the Alden Theatre.

In a 90-minute presentation, she touched on growing up in an environment of opposition to racial harmony, and her later conversion to the cause.

As a child, she did not have the will to speak up.

“I felt alone – I lived a life of quiet indifference,” Kennedy said. “Politics was our family business; it was always about the rush to power, the next race, the next victory.”

George Wallace first ran for governor in 1958 as a moderate on race issues – and lost.

Four years later, he toed the segregation-

ist line and won, and in his January 1963 inauguration address promised the people of Alabama “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever.”

Then a 12-year-old, Kennedy can look back on that time and feel “the shame of winning on the backs of the oppressed.”

“We must stand up and be counted,” she said at the Alden Theatre event. “We must plant the seeds of [King’s] teachings in the hearts of future generations. The battle is far from over, and there is still much to do.”

Wallace was joined on stage by her husband of four decades, H. Mark Kennedy, who served on the Alabama Supreme Court and today champions voting-rights efforts nationally.

“We didn’t end this struggle in the 1960s; there are still challenges out there,” he said.

“We must encourage ourselves to lead by example – the greatest act of patriotism is the act of voting.”

Mark Kennedy was critical of states, including Virginia and Alabama, that in his view are too restrictive in administering voting rules, and those that make it difficult for felons to have voting rights restored.

But he was equally critical of those who have access to the ballot box, yet fail to exercise that right. Those who refuse to vote, he said, “should hang their head in shame.”

Nearly 20 years after his death in 1998, George Wallace remains something of a po-

Peggy Wallace Kennedy was the speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in AMERICAN PROGRAM BUREAU McLean.

litical enigma. He served four non-consecutive terms as Alabama governor between 1963 and 1987, sought the presidency four times, was paralyzed and nearly felled in a 1972 assassination attempt and, by the end of his political career, was actively courting the votes of black Alabamians.

She rarely talked politics with her father until late in his life, Peggy Wallace Kennedy said. By then, “he had time to reflect – he had a lot of regrets,” she said. “If he was here today, he would be very pleased with what I’m doing.”

Wallace’s segregationist streak seemed to have been politically, rather than personally, motivated. One attendee at the Jan. 17 event told the Kennedys that he had run into George Wallace at the 1964 National Governors Convention. While some Southern governors avoided coming near Jackie

Robinson – who had broken the color barrier in baseball and was attending the event on behalf of his employer – Wallace shook his hand and was gracious to Robinson.

Peggy Wallace Kennedy was the daughter of not one, but two, Alabama governors.

When her father was barred from seeking re-election due to term limits in 1966, her mother Lurleen ran and won 63 percent of the vote. Stricken with cancer, she served just 15 months before dying at age 41 in May 1968, leaving behind her husband and four children.

Kennedy, who was 18 at the time, recalled her as “a gracious lady” who left a lasting impression on the state.

“People still come up to me today and say things to me about my mother,” she said. “It’s wonderful.”

Among those attending the speech was Adarsh Trehan of the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area. She said that while gerrymandered political districts make it difficult to effect change, there were ways the public could get involved.

“Talk to your legislator, write your legislator,” she said. “You don’t think it makes a difference? Go and make your voice be heard.”

It was a message approved of by Peggy Wallace Kennedy, who urged the audience to “stand firm in the belief that all our lives stand for something.”

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Fairfax Real Estate Market Ends the Year Softly

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A small rise in total sales was offset by lower average sales prices in December, leaving the Fairfax real estate market flat compared to the same period in 2014.

A total of 1,150 properties went to closing last month, up 20 (1.8 percent) from a year before, according to figures reported Jan. 13 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The average price of all properties sold declined 2 percent, to $539,383, due largely to a higher proportion of attached homes, such as townhouses, than the usually more pricey single-family homes in the sales mix.

In fact, two of three legs of the Fairfax market saw year-over-year price increases: • The average price of a single-family house rose 1.2 percent to $716,163.

• The average price of attached homes rose 2.6 percent, to $379,021.

• The average price of condominiums declined 1.4 percent, to $283,511.

The median sales price of all homes that sold was down 2.3 percent to $455,000.

Countywide, there were 76 transactions of $1 million or more during the month.

Add up the sales and prices, and the total volume of $620.3 million was off just slightly from the $622.5 million a year before.

Homes that went to closing in December spent an average of 67 days on the market, an improvement from 68 days a year before, and garnered 95.9 percent of listing price, up from 95.7 percent.

Of homes that sold during the month, conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting the deal in 640 Home sales across Northern Virginia were generally improved in 2015 from 2014, according to figures to be reported next week in the Sun Gazette’s cases.

Inventory at the end of 2015 remained Winter Real Estate Guide. Among homes on the market locally is this Craftsman-inspired modern home in Arlington, listed at $1,624,900 by Chrishigher than at the same point in 2014, with tine Rich of Long & Foster Real Estate.

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Where is the market headed? Data show The average sold price of all properties Frizzell, chairman of NVAR. Total sales volume for the month stood the number of pending sales in December that went to closing during the month was Figures represent most, but not all, at $2.06 billion, up 3.6 percent from a year up 17.7 percent from a year before, while $551,451, held back due to a smaller num- homes that went to closing during the year. before. the number of homes coming under con- ber of single-family homes changing hands All figures are preliminary and are subject Homes that went to closing in Decemtract during the month was down 4.7 per- during the month. Single-family homes to revision. ber spent an average of 59 days between cent – which suggests modestly strong clos- that sold garnered an average $743,890, Sales Up, Prices Down in D.C., Inner listing and ratified sales contract, an imings during the first few months of 2016. an increase of 1.5 percent, while the aver- Core: Year-over-year home sales rose in the provement from the 60 days needed a year Figures represent most, but not all, age price of attached homes was down 3.7 inner core of the D.C. region in December, before. Homes garnered 96.4 percent of homes that went to closing during the year. percent to $407,330 and condominiums de- and while offset somewhat by lower prices, listing price, up from 96.3 percent.

All figures are preliminary and are subject clined 9.1 percent to $325,787. could not keep the market from surpassing At the end of the month, there were to revision.

A total of 115 properties sold for $1 the $2 billion mark in monthly volume.

8,644 properties on the market, up 4.6 perHome Sales Up in N.Va. in December: million or more.

Sales totaled 4,198 for the month, up 6.6 cent from a year before.

Year-over-year home sales across NorthAdd up the sales and prices, and the percent from 3,937 a year before, according For 2015 as a whole, sales in the corern Virginia in December were up slightly total sales volume for the month was $895 to figures reported Jan. 13 by RealEstate ridor were 60,528, up 9.4 percent over the from 2014, while the average and median million, down 2.1 percent from $914 mil- Business Intelligence, an arm of the local relatively anemic year that came before, prices declined somewhat – resulting in a lion. multiple-listing service. and the median sales price grew 1.1 percent slight decline in total sales volume for the Homes that sold in December spent an (Data represent transactions in the to $410,000. month. average of 66 days on the market, up a tick District of Columbia; Arlington and FairFor the year, homes went to closing at Sales totaled 1,623 across the region, up from 65 days a year before, and garnered fax counties and the cities of Alexandria, 97.3 percent of original listing price, con1.7 percent from 1,596 in December 2014, 96 percent of listing price, up from 95.9 Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and tinuing a relatively steady trend in recent according to figures reported Jan. 13 by percent.

Montgomery and Prince George’s counties years.

RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm Inventory at the end of the month stood in Maryland.)

Where is the market headed in 2016? In of the local multiple-listing services. at 3,474 homes, up 7.4 percent from a year The average sales price of all homes the short term, things seem to be looking (Figures represent sales in Arlington before. that went to closing during the month was good, with both pending sales and homes and Fairfax counties and the cities of AlexWith higher interest rates on the way, $490,497, a decline of 2.8 percent from a coming under contract both up from a year andria, Fairfax and Falls Church.) some prospective buyers may be enticed to year before. Single-family homes posted a before.

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Local Leaders Urged to Focus on Helping Entrepreneurs Grow Jobs for a New Era BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Instead of embarking on a different track to build economic momentum, the Washington region should capitalize on its existing advantages as a well-connected, knowledge-based economy centered on the nation’s capital.

“Diversification is building on what you have, not building on what you want to have,” said Stephen Fuller of George Mason University’s (GMU) Center for Regional Analysis during a Jan. 14 economic forum at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.

“We are already the model of the economy for the future. We need to building on those strengths, not deny what we’re good at.”

The event, titled “Roadmap to Our Region’s Economic Future,” was hosted by GMU, Cardinal Bank, Washington Business Journal and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

A major element of the region’s future success will depend on how well it reduces its overreliance on the federal government, speakers said.

The region needs to foster an entrepreneurial ethos, as its bureaucratic culture is risk-averse and not very inventive, Fuller said.

“We haven’t built a workforce of senior managers who know how to start and run businesses,” he said.

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complicates matters and raises the cost of living and doing business, Fuller said. The Washington area needs a regional source of revenue, similar to the Port Authority in New York, he added.

“We’re too selfish to raise our own taxes,” he said. “We need the public, private and non-profit sectors to work together.”

John Backus, managing partner of the venture-capital firm NAV.VC, advocated for support of companies under five years old, which create about 2 million U.S. jobs per year.

The D.C. region generates few start-up companies. It has plenty of entrepreneurs, but not many seed and venture investors, he said.

Backus recommended regional leaders encourage entrepreneurship and investment via tax policies, build and promote the area’s business “ecosystem” and steal small but successful, rapidly growing firms from other regions.

Trenor Williams, managing partner of Clinovations, said the region should create better pathways for talented people.

“Search out and fund those entrepreneurs and leaders and offer the wisdom and guidance that you have,” he advised.

Media will play an immense role in the future, and the Washington area has an abundance of storytellers and opinionmakers, said Cary Hatch, CEO of MDB Communications. Success in the nation’s capital often depends on the amount and

Cardinal Bank president Kevin Reynolds introduces panelists John Backus, Cary Hatch, Trenor Williams and Todd Stottlemeyer at “Roadmap to Our Region’s Economic Future,” a Jan. 14 forum PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER held at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.

quality of information possessed, she said.

“He who is not informed and relevant is not necessary,” Hatch said.

Panelist Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of the Inova Center for Personalized Health, said the Washington region needs to create a culture that encourages people to start businesses, perhaps fail, then start another.

Stottlemyer also urged area primary and secondary schools to compare their success against top schools worldwide and strive to make the quality of education provided uniformly excellent.

“Where a child lives in our region

should not determine the quality of education they receive,” he said.

As a capstone for the event, Fuller interviewed Mark Ein, founder and CEO of Venturehouse Group LLC, who said the Washington area’s biggest challenge is overcoming its public image.

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Opinion Our View: Supervisors, Electoral Board Overreact

Excuse for not being entirely convinced that last week’s performance by the Fairfax County Electoral Board and the Board of Supervisors, over the question of closing schools on Virginia’s March 1 presidential primary, was an act of altruism. In fact, a reasonable argument can be made that it was a case of craven politicking.

The back story: The Electoral Board requested, apparently without consulting with the School Board or Superintendent Karen Garza, that the Board of Supervisors pass a resolution seeking the school system go beyond its plan of starting classes two hours late, and instead, shut down entirely for the day.

The reason? As it was laid out, there was concern that large crowds, particularly those in the Republican line irked at being forced to sign a loyalty pledge in order to cast their ballots, potentially could get out of hand and put students and teachers at risk.

(An interesting aside: County police, who presumably would know more about the potential for such incidents than those in elected office,

said they anticipated no problems at polling places, including schools, on March 1.)

If this was all done without conferring with the school leadership, and without taking heed of the professional opinion of the police department, why did the Electoral Board and Board of Supervisors do it?

We’ll give some of them a pass; perhaps they truly do have concerns. But perhaps politics is playing out, with both Democrats and what have come to be called establishment Republicans trying to sow the seeds of discord to potentially de-legitimize the GOP primary results, or perhaps just put an ugly taste in the mouth of county residents about two wings of the Republican party – the most conservative side and the Trump supporters – that these days are giving the flaccid leadership of Virginia’s Republican hierarchy a run for their money.

It’s perhaps no surprise that one of the chief protagonists in this episode was Electoral Board Secretary Kate Hanley, a former county supervisor

and as partisan a Democrat as you’re likely to find (we’re not being critical, just pointing it out).

Credit must go to Supervisor Kathy Smith (D-Sully) – herself a former School Board member – who said no to the motion to request closing schools, and to Garza, who came out with a statement saying she hadn’t been consulted and noted, in effect, that she wasn’t clear what all the fuss was about.

Maybe the School Board should have adopted a 2016-17 calendar that gave students the day off for the primary, since so many schools are used as polling places. But having opted not to do so when calendar-setting time came last year, they should push back against the passive-aggressive efforts of the Board of Supervisors and Electoral Board instead of acquiescing to it.

As for the Electoral Board and supervisors? They are being either overly melodramatic or intentionally trying to stir the pot.

Either way, they come off looking bad.

Fairfax County Notes COUNTY OFFICIALS WANT RESIDENTS TO HELP SCARE OFF COYOTES: Fairfax

County government officials have issued a warning to local residents, especially those with pets, about the influx of coyotes in the county in recent months.

Coyotes have been drawn to the region by the lure of food or den areas. Feeding or unintentionally providing food sources has led wildlife officials to voice concern that actions may result in coyotes becoming less wary of humans, “or cause them to display bold and aggressive behaviors,” county officials said.

Particularly at risk are domestic animals.

“The best ways to safeguard pets in areas where coyotes are active is to keep them indoors – do not leave them outside without supervision,” said Katherine Edwards, the county government’s wildlife-management specialist.

While walking dogs, the animals should be kept on short leashes (less than 6 feet).

County officials say residents should use hazing techniques – yelling, waving arms, using noisemakers, spraying with water and throwing non-food items – to scare coyotes away.

For more information, see the Web site at www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/problems/ coyotes.

ANNUAL ‘STUFF THE BUS’ INITIATIVE

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ment’s “Stuff the Bus” initiative to support food pantries across the community kicked off on Jan. 16 and run through Feb. 19.

A cooperative effort that includes nonprofit organizations, local supermarkets and MV Transportation, Stuff the Bus is designed to restock shelves of food-assistance programs that were depleted during the holiday season.

Each Saturday throughout the program, a Fastran bus parks outside a different location and collects food donations from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Details, including a list of locations, is available on the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/food/stuffthebus/.

DATES SET FOR SUPERINTENDENT’S ‘LISTENING TOUR’: Fairfax Superinten-

dent Karen Garza has announced the dates of her winter “listening tour,” taking place across the county in coming weeks.

Garza and other school officials will provide updates on budget and academic issues related to the schools, and take public comment.

Forums will take place Wednesday, Jan. 20 at Edison High School; Tuesday, Feb. 9 at James Madison High School; Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Annandale High School; Tuesday, Feb. 23 at South County High School; and Monday, Feb. 29 at Centreville High School. All will begin at 6:30 p.m.

For information, see the Web site at http://www.fcps.edu/news/listening.shtml.

STATE OFFICIALS TO HOST I-66 MEETINGS: The Virginia Department of Trans-

portation and Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation will hold a community forum on plans for Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway on Monday, Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.

The meeting will include a discussion of environmental studies currently in process, and state-government representatives will take public testimony.

The snow date is Thursday, Jan. 28 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Washington-Lee. Additional meetings will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26 in Ashburn and Wednesday, Jan. 27 in Fairfax. Both will run from 6 to 8 p.m.

For information, see the Web site at http://www.transform66.org/.

MEALS ON WHEELS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS: The Fairfax County Meals on

Wheels initiative is seeking drivers, coordinators and co-coordinators for routes across the county.

Meals are delivered middays on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.

For information, call Volunteer Solutions at (703) 324-5406 or see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults.

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strong interest in public-safety and transportation issues, Herrity said.

“She wasn’t afraid of controversy, whether it was raising money for schools or relocating beavers, and always had a good sense of humor,’ he said.

McConnell originally was from Jacksonville, Fla., and moved with her family to Fairfax County in 1961. She served on the Board of Supervisors for 24 years and in 1995 lost a special election to Katherine “Kate” Hanley (D) to succeed former Chairman Tom Davis (R), who had been elected to Congress the previous Novem-

ber.

McConnell played a key role in the creation of the county’s McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center, served as chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and as an appointee of former Gov. McDonnell on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board.

McConnell was CEO and owner of Accotink Academy, which she founded in 1964. The school was the region’s first to serve children with learning disabilities and it still is in operation.

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Virginia’s wine, cider and craft-brewing industries are riding high and would make great additions to a county trying to diversify its economy, Fairfax County leaders said Jan. 12.

The Board of Supervisors voted 91 that day to have planning-and-zoning staffers examine the possibility of loosening restrictions in industrial zones to make it easier for craft breweries and other food and beverage manufacturing companies to locate there.

Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) broached the topic in one of her board matters, following a request from Tim McLaughlin, co-owner of Caboose Brewery in Vienna.

McLaughlin’s company would like to package beer and wine at a facility on Dorr Avenue in Merrifield, located near its distributor. But the facility is in an I-4 industrial zone, which permits food and beverage manufacturing only by special permit, Bulova said. Such uses are by-right in I-5 and I-6 zones, she added.

“As this board knows, the craft-beverage industry in Virginia is booming,” Bulova said. “Sales of Virginia-produced wine and beer continue to grow and sales of Virginia-produced cider grew 200 percent since last year.”

Gov. McAuliffe’s administration is seeking to make Virginia a national leader in the craft-brewing industry, Bulova said. In the last two years, the commonwealth has seen the opening of the East Coast’s largest hops processor, she said.

Saying a goal of the county’s strategic plan is to diversify its economy, Bulova persuaded a majority on the board to direct the zoning administrator to research and prepare a zoning-ordinance amendment that would add food and beverage manufacturing, production and processing to by-right uses permitted in I-3 and I-4 zoning districts. Ancillary uses often found with craft-brewing operations, such as tasting rooms and on-site retail sales, would be subject to limitations, Bulova said.

Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock) said craft breweries are one kind of business a county economic commission is examining to make use of aging office buildings in the county. The group in the future likely will propose regulatory changes to make starting up such ventures easier, cheaper and quicker, he said.

“I think this is an example of the kind of effort we need to move the economy forward,” Cook said.

The only supervisor to vote against Bulova’s proposal was Linda Smyth (DProvidence), in whose district McLaughlin hopes to locate his facility. An I-5 property already exists on Dorr Avenue, but it’s not the one the business owner sought, Smyth said.

Besides potential complications involved in food manufacturing, the proposal also might run afoul of Merrifield’s future vision, she said.

“I’m not really sure that we’re into making by-right manufacturing widespread, or wider spread than it can be, because Merrifield is actually trying to go in a different,

not-so-industrial direction,” Smyth said.

“It’s a little more complicated than someone just opening up a craft brewery.”

Board of Supervisors OKs $1.7 Million Bikeshare Initiative: The Board of Supervisors on Jan 12. unanimously approved a nearly $1.7 million initiative to bring Bikeshare bicycle-rental stations to Reston and Tysons Corner this fall.

There will be 132 bicycles available at 15 stations in Reston between the WiehleReston East Metrorail Station and Reston Town Center. In Tysons, 80 bicycles will be available at 11 stations located east of Route 7, north of Route 123 and south of the Dulles Toll Road. Station sites in both localities have yet to be determined.

County officials had considered using another bicycle-renter vendor, but to avoid confusion about membership details, decided to go with the ubiquitous red bicycles of Bikeshare. Capital Bikeshare has more than 370 stations in Washington, D.C., Arlington County, Alexandria and Montgomery County, Md. The system’s premise is to offer stations moderate distances apart so users will pick up the rental bikes at one location and drop them off at their destination instead of driving.

Supervisors acted now because there is a five-month lead time involved in purchasing the bikes and related equipment.

The Tysons Partnership has expressed an interest in helping finance the initiative in Tysons. Supervisor Linda Smyth (DProvidence) recommended the board ask the group to verify in writing who would be contributing money for the project and where the Tysons stations would be located.

Board Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) said the rental-bicycle program would benefit two of the county’s rapidly urbanizing localities.

“I think having the kind of bike-sharing program that exists in Washington, D.C., Alexandria and Arlington is going to be successful in the Reston and Tysons areas.”

Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (DHunter Mill) also was enthusiastic.

“The Bikeshare initiative is a “really good transit and transportation piece,” she said. “I’m anxious to see it implemented soon.”

Supervisors Laud Service of Late Colleague Elaine McConnell: Fairfax County supervisors were effusive Jan. 12 in their praise for former Supervisor Elaine McConnell (R-Springfield), who died Jan. 10 at age 88.

“Elaine McConnell was a great lady, a great friend,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D). “She had a huge heart, [was] a generous person and she really made a difference in the community and the world. She was a wonderful person.”

Supervisor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield), who in 2007 won McConnell’s seat after she declined to seek re-election, said she “had the heart of a servant” and cited her many civic accomplishments.

McConnell was the “founder and mother” of Virginia Railway Express, helped the churches in her community and took a

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showed several potential newsletter redesigns to the Vienna Town Council at a Jan. 11 work session.

DeWilde had a graphic designer do mock-ups of a publication tentatively renamed Vienna Vibe. The latter word “has an energy and modernity about it,” she said.

“It’s kind of groovy,” said Council member Carey Sienicki, to the others’ merriment.

Some Council members hesitated to approve the name change just yet, but did not rule out Vibe as a contender. Others suggested Viva, alluding to the town’s annual ViVa! Vienna! celebration, but this was rejected because of possible confusion with that event and its similarity to Viva Tysons magazine.

One Council member suggested Vive, causing colleague Pasha Majdi to respond incredulously, “French?”

Several Council members favored retaining the newsletter’s history column, but suggested effort be made to find more interesting and relevant items. DeWilde said some information in the archived newsletters is inaccurate, but this drew a mild rebuke from Council member Howard Springsteen, who said previous town spokesman Marie Kisner, a former newspaper reporter who retired in 2010 after 33 years on the job, was known as a stickler for facts.

The current newsletter is printed on light yellow paper and consistently is 12 pages per month. It features only blackand-white photos and blue spot-color for graphics and design accents.

While its design is dated and its font choices all over the map, the newsletter’s distinctive appearance makes it quick to identify even on the messiest of desks.

DeWilde would like to begin incorporating color photos throughout the newsletter. This would necessitate using white paper stock, which is more readable and looks less aged than the current paper, she said. DeWilde also pressed for spot-color using “Vienna green” and for flexibility in page counts (in increments of four) to allow for variations in content.

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Dr. Lauranett Lee of the Virginia Historical Society (center) speaks with participants at a Jan. 10 forum that kicked off a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Hall’s Hill community.

SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

A celebration of the 150th anniversary of the historically African-American community of Hall’s Hill/High View Park on Jan. 10 became a clarion call urging young people to learn the story of their community’s past.

“They have an opportunity to preserve our history – and to make a place in this world for themselves and for future generations,” said Dr. Lauranett Lee, keynote speaker at “Revisiting the Hill: A Discussion on Inter-Generational Listening and African-American History,” which drew a packed sanctuary at Mount Salvation Baptist Church in Arlington.

“Who are we to sit back? We have not

come this far to become so complacent, so pathetic,” said Lee, curator of AfricanAmerican History at the Virginia Historical Society. “Our history is worth preserving. If we don’t preserve it, it won’t be preserved.”

A native Virginian who grew up during the immediate post-segregation era, Lee told the crowd she was turned off on history in elementary school, when she was the lone black student in the classroom and the teaching of the time promoted the idea that slaves were happy and contented in their lives.

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Public-Safety Notes COUNTY POLICE: FALLS CHURCH MURDER SUSPECT MAY HAVE FLED TO HONDURAS: A man suspected of killing his 28-

year-old girlfriend in the Falls Church area in 2014 may have left the country and gone to Central America, Fairfax County police said last week.

According to homicide detectives still actively investigating the case, the suspect in the murder case, Juan Matetu Figueroa, last was seen in North Carolina in July 2014. Police now have reason to believe Figueroa has fled the United States and may be in Honduras.

The case began on June 18, 2014, when officers responded to check on the welfare of a person in a home located in the 6900 block of Westmoreland Road in the Falls Church area.

No one answered the door and nothing appeared out of the ordinary at that time, police said.

Later in the day, officers returned to the home with a homeowner and entered the residence. Police then found the victim, Glenda Aviles, who had died of stab wounds, and obtained an arrest warrant for murder against her boyfriend, Figueroa.

Detectives asked the public to help them locate a vehicle that may have been related to this crime. A 2004 gold Mercedes, fourdoor sedan, Virginia tag WVF-8414, was unaccounted for and missing from the area. The precise model of the vehicle was unknown.

Detectives ask anyone who has information regarding Figueroa’s whereabouts

to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County police at (703) 691-2131.

MAINTENANCE ROOM OF FALLS CHURCH BUSINESS BURGLARIZED: An

employee of a business in the 7400 block of Lee Highway in the Falls Church area told Fairfax County police on Jan. 12 at 8:43 a.m. that someone had entered a maintenance room and taken tools.

VIENNA POLICE LECTURE BOYS HANGING OUT ON ROOF OF BUSINESS: An

employee at Advanced Auto Parts, 311 Maple Ave., E., told Vienna police on Jan. 10 at 4:43 p.m. that he could hear someone running and laughing on the building’s roof.

A Vienna police officer responded and located a juvenile on the roof. The boy stated he and a friend had climbed onto the roof and were just hanging out. The second boy fled from the roof prior to the officer’s arrival.

The officer transported the boy home and after counseling him on the dangers of being on the roof, released him to his father. The officer also identified and counseled the second boy, police said.

VIENNA POLICE ISSUE SUMMONS TO UNLICENSED SOLICITOR: Vienna police

dispatched an officer to the 100 block of Battle Street, S.W., on Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

after receiving a report of solicitors in the area. Upon arriving, the officer located two men who claimed to be working for “Power Home Remodeling.”

The men stated they were going to be doing work in the area and wanted to inform residents about the noise, as well as seek more business.

The officer informed the men of the need to possess a town of Vienna solicitor’s permit if they wished to continue to seek business in the town. While speaking with them, the officer learned one of the men had been informed on two prior occasions of the need to possess a proper permit.

Police issued the 24-year-old Temple Hills, Md., man a summons for soliciting without a license and released him after he signed the document.

MAN TELLS POLICE HE WAS ASSAULTED AND ROBBED AFTER ACCEPTING RIDE FROM TYSONS CORNER: A resi-

dent living in the 400 block of Johnson Street, S.W., told Vienna police on Jan. 11 at 9:30 p.m. that a man had shown up at his residence seeking medical assistance. The resident stated the man appeared to have been assaulted.

A Vienna police officer responded and spoke with the victim, who stated he had accepted a ride from three men in Tysons Corner. After he got into the car, the men robbed and assaulted him before dropping him off on Johnson Street, the victim told police.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel transported the victim to an area hospital. Vienna police turned over the case to Fairfax County police.

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TIFIED DOGS TO COUNTY’S ANIMAL SHELTER: A woman living in the 1200

block of Ross Drive, S.W., told Vienna police on Jan. 12 at 7:02 p.m. that two dogs, a black Labrador and a German shepherd, had shown up in front of her home uninvited.

A Vienna police officer responded and “discovered that neither dog was able to provide proof of residency,” police said.

Police transported the dogs to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter, where they will be held until someone can confirm their identity.

VIENNA MAN REPORTS RECEIVING THREATENING PHONE CALLS FROM ‘MIDDLE EASTERN MALE’: A man living

in the 700 block of Kingsley Road, S.W., told Vienna police on Jan. 13 at 10:24 a.m. that he had been receiving threatening telephone calls for several months. He stated the voice on the telephone sounded like a Middle Eastern male.

The resident decided to report the calls after they became more threatening, said police, who continue to investigate this case.

WELL-DRESSED MAN STEALS MONEY FROM TRUCK IN VIENNA: A man living in

the 300 block Center Street, N., told Vienna police on Jan. 14 that he had gone to his truck in the morning and discovered that a white male, who was in his 20s and wearing a dark blazer and dark colored pants, was shining a flashlight in the truck.

The resident said he startled the man, who fled the area on foot. The resident chased the man toward American Legion Post 180, where he lost sight of him. A small amount of money was taken.

Vienna/Oakton Notes VIENNA DOG-LICENSE DEADLINE APPROACHES: Dog-owners in the town of

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LEGISLATORS TO HOLD TOWN-HALL MEETING: State Sen. Chap Petersen and

Del. Mark Keam will discuss General Assembly matters during a town-hall meeting set for Saturday, Jan. 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Vienna Town Hall.

Issues to be discussed include transportation, water quality and community development, as well as items on the Vienna town government’s 2016 legislative agenda, including land-use authority and the statelocal fiscal relationship.

ROTARY CLUB PREPS FOR ‘CASINO NIGHT’: The Rotary Club of Vienna has

slated its annual Casino Night for Friday, Feb. 26 from 7 a.m. to midnight at the Westwood Country Club.

The theme for 2016 is “Taste of the World,” and the event will feature partici-

pation of 15 local restaurants.

The cost is $85 per person. For information, call (703) 981-4911 or see the Web site at www.viennacasinonight.com.

‘DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE’ SLATED:

The Vienna Woman’s Club is hosting a Daddy-Daughter Valentine Dance for girls ages 3 to sixth grade on Friday, Feb. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Marshall Road Elementary School.

Proceeds will fund donations to local elementary schools, as well as college scholarships.

Tickets are $25 per couple; for information, see the Web site at www.vwcdaddydaughterdance.eventbrite.com.

ROSE EXPERT SPEAKS TO GARDEN CLUB: Pam Powers, president of the Ar-

lington Rose Foundation, will discuss “Joys and Pitfalls of Growing Roses in the Washington Area” at the Jan. 25 meeting of the Ayr Hill Garden Club.

The meeting will be held at 12:45 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road. The community is invited.

For information, see the Web site at www.ayrhillgardenclub.shutterfly.com.

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103-Year-Old Clyde Byrd Had Served on Lothrop Estate Before Entering the Military BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Retired U.S. Marine Pvt. Clyde Byrd of Arlington, who lost an arm and was shot during a shipboard artillery explosion in 1937, was laid to rest at Quantico National Cemetery Jan. 8 in Triangle following his death Dec. 26 at age 103.

Police officers from the city of Falls Church and Fairfax and Prince William counties escorted Byrd’s funeral procession to the cemetery, said his daughter, Debra Robinson.

“We shut down [Interstates] 395 and 495,” she said. “I’d never seen anything like it in my life. It was pretty spectacular.”

Several members of the Band of Brothers Marine Corps Motorcycle Riding Club led the hearse. Once the procession reached the cemetery, police officers alongside the road saluted as the funeral party passed, Robinson said.

Byrd died at Virginia Hospital Center several hours after being admitted. He had bacterial pneumonia following a massive heart attack and then suffered septic shock, Robinson said. Her father still was cogent and flirted with the nurses shortly before dying, she said.

Byrd was born Sept. 25, 1912, in Stokesville, Va., and primarily was educated in the Washington, D.C., public-school system.

He later worked as a groundskeeper at the Lothrop estate in Arlington, and enlisted

in the Marines in 1936 to bolster his economic prospects.

He was participating in exercises aboard the battleship USS Wyoming off San Clemente Island, Calif., on Feb. 18, 1937, when a defective 5-inch shell exploded in the breech of one of the ship’s guns.

The blast killed six Marines and wounded 11. Byrd was hit in the abdomen and his left arm instantly was severed below the shoulder.

“I had no pain at all anywhere,” said Byrd in a 2012 interview with the Sun Gazette. “I looked and said, ‘Well, I’m minus an arm.’ I wasn’t going to worry about it. It wasn’t going to make the arm grow back.”

The Marines Corps, to which Byrd always showed gratitude for instilling strong values and discipline, gave Byrd an honorable discharge not long afterward. He remained active, starting as a guard with the Department of the Interior and retired 37 years later in 1973 as an inspector of police with the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Protective Force.

An avid fisherman, hunter and target shooter, Byrd loaded rifle ammunition in his basement and participated in many pistol-shooting matches over several decades.

His family arranged his military medals, photos and shooting-contest honors in a shadow box.

Byrd formerly used an artificial hand, but later swapped it for a stainless-steel hook, which he said was far more versa-

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“I never, ever felt I wouldn’t be able to do anything with an arm off,” he told the Sun Gazette. “I made up my mind I’d be able to accomplish the things I wanted to.”

Byrd, who was looked after for years by caretaker Leroy Brown, regularly exercised his legs and at least until 2012 was known to do sit-ups in the middle of the night, his feet hooked under a dresser.

He was an avid reader who enjoyed poring over newspapers, novels and autobiographies of famous people.

Byrd was predeceased by his wife, the former Ethel Betts; a sister, Nadine Leroux; and a brother, Charles Byrd. In addition to daughter Debra Robinson, the couple had sons Brant and James, the latter of whom is deceased. The family also included seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren (one of whom is deceased) and 12 great-greatgrandchildren.

Family members suggest donations be made to Wounded Warriors and Columbia Baptist Church’s Child Development Center.

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Many communities, seeking to save money and effort, offer residents only emailed electronic copies of their municipal newsletters. Vienna’s newsletter may be perused in portable data format (PDF) files on the town’s Web site, but many longtime residents clamor each time the budget ax threatens the printed edition of the monthly missive. According to a 2014 survey, 82 percent of Vienna residents wish to receive the newsletter via the U.S. Postal Service.

Including color photos would be more expensive under the current printing contract, which expires in June, but other vendors have said the cost differential between color and black-and-white pictures should be minimal or nil, DeWilde said.

Instead of laying out the newsletter inhouse each month, DeWilde suggested that task could be outsourced fairly cheaply to a graphic-design firm.

“The professional design takes the newsletter to another level,” DeWilde said,

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like then, and how it evolved over time.”

“Think about the ancestors who started out with nothing; it is because of their efforts that we are here today,” she said.

Among those feeling much the same way was Rev. Elias Wells Fitcheard Jr., whose church hosted the kickoff.

“Our history is very important,” Fitcheard said. “We need to honor our struggle, no matter our race. We have to plant a seed in our young people – seeds grow when they are tenderly loved and taken care of.”

The presentation served as a prelude to a year’s worth of events set to mark the sesquicentennial of the founding of the Hall’s Hill community in 1866. It is one of – if not the – oldest post-Civil War African-American communities in Northern Virginia.

In the intervening 150 years, “a lot of history happened here,” said Carmela Hamm, who springs from a lineage of civil-rights pioneers and made a featured

presentation at the Jan. 10 event.

Hall’s Hill and High View Park at one time were two distinct communities, but over time merged, with the two names used rather interchangeably now.

(The name “Hall’s Hill” came from a white slaveowner, Bazil Hall, who after the Civil War sold plots of land to newly freed blacks. It was not out of a desire to help the former slaves but to spite neighboring whites that he made the sale, according to lore.)

In the Jim Crow era of the mid-20thcentury, Hall’s Hill became known as the place where the neighboring all-white community erected an 8-foot fence to rigidly enforce segregation. A small portion of the original fence remains on 17th Street North.

Plans for the 150th-anniversary celebration include a neighborhood walking tour focusing on local history, as well as a look back at Langston Elementary School featuring a roundtable discussion, games from the past and even a sock hop.

For updates on sesquicentennial events, see the John M. Langston Citizens Association Web site at www.highviewpark.com.

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noting that the use of colors and typeface would be uniform. The design services would cost the town about $960 per issue, or 16 cents per resident, she said.

Council members insisted on retaining full listings of the town government’s actions and for the continued allowance of at least 250 words apiece for candidates’ statements before town elections.

Some on the Council were open to trimming the full list of department names and contacts in each newsletter. But when someone suggested the Information Technology Department’s information might be omitted, a tech person in back facetiously chimed in, “Thanks, guys! Good luck with that iPad!” Given the ongoing tweaking of the newsletter’s design and content, changes would not be implemented until at the March edition at the earliest. Majdi suggested holding off on the redesign until the town finalizes its rebranding efforts, but DeWilde said that process easily could take a year.

The revamped newsletter could incorporate a new town logo once it’s selected, she said.

CHURCH YOUTH IN HOLIDAY PAGEANT The St. Francis Creche Preschool, located at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls, held its annual Christmas pageant on Dec. 16. Participants played roles ranging from Mary and Joseph, to angels, to little drummers and bell-ringers as part of the pageant.

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Enjoy fun for the whole family.

The children’s game room features Ukulele Phil!

Fairfax County firefighters inspect the damage after a woman drove her BMW 535i over the sidewalk and through the plate-glass storefront window of Child’s Play Toys, 1382 Chain Bridge Road in McLean, on Jan. 12. The accident, which occurred at around 11:30 a.m., pushed a metal window frame about 4 feet into the store and strew broken glass on the PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER pavement, but injured no one.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes NOMINATION PERIOD APPROACHES FOR MCC GOVERNING BOARD: Petition

packets will be available Jan. 25 for prospective candidates for the McLean Community Center Governing Board.

Three adult and two youth seats will be on the ballot this year, with voting taking place on McLean Day (May 21). Adult positions are for three years; youth slots (for ages 15-17) are for one year, with winning candidates being formally appointed to the posts by the Board of Supervisors.

Members of the Governing Board oversee management of the center, the Alden Theatre and the Old Firehouse Teen Center, and set the surtax rate applied to property in the McLean area for operation of

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We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s policy for achieving equal housing opportunity throughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap.

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

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

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the facilities.

For information on the election process, call the center at (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.com.

McLEAN CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL ON HORIZON: The fifth annual McLean Choco-

late Festival, sponsored by the Rotary Club of McLean, will be held on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the McLean Community Center.

The event will feature tastings from area chocolatiers and family-themed events.

Proceeds will benefit Rotary’s philanthropic efforts.

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

SENIORS TO HEAR ABOUT HUMAN GENOME PROJECT: The Great Falls Senior

Center will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Great Falls United Methodist Church, 10100 Georgetown Pike.

The speaker will be Carla Easter, chief of the Education and Community Involvement Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Lunch is included. The program is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Great Falls.

The community is invited, but registration is requested by calling Polly Fitzgerald at (703) 759-4345 or e-mailing pollyfitz1@ verizon.net.

For information, see the Web site at

www.gfseniors.org.

SHAKESPEARE TROUPE DESCENDS ON ALDEN THEATRE: American Shakespeare

Center on Tour will present a number of programs Jan. 22-23 at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

The troupe will present “Julius Caesar” on Friday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m.; “The Importance of Being Earnest” on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m.; and “Henry V” on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets for each production are $20 for McLean residents, $35 for others.

On Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m., the Alden’s Insider Knowledge Series will present “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” in preparation for the performances. Tickets are $3 for McLean residents, $6 for others.

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

CHAMBER CHORUS TO PRESENT CONCERT: The Polyhymnia A-Capella Cham-

ber Chorus will perform on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 1125 Savile Lane in McLean.

The 2016 season includes 20th-century choral works, English folk songs, chansons from Renaissance France and the love poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt.

Performances are free, but donations are appreciated. For information, see the Web site at www.polyhymniasings.org.

BOTANICAL DRAWINGS FEATURED AT ART SOCIETY: The McLean Art Society’s

monthly meeting on Friday, Jan. 22 will feature Beverly Ress, a graphic artist who creates botanical illustrations.

Ress’s works have been exhibited in a number of galleries, including the Phillips Collection. She will demonstrate her technique at the meeting.

The gathering takes place from 10 a.m. to noon at the McLean Community Center. The community is invited.

SEMINAR SET: A home-selling seminar – “Are You an Overwhelmed Owner? Become a Savvy Seller!”

– will be presented on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Keller Williams Realty, 774-A Walker Road in Great Falls.

The forum is sponsored by Lyons McGuire Homes and Estates.

For information and to R.S.V.P., e-mail gina@lyonsmcguire.com.

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PROGRAM FOCUSES ON USHERING AT ALDEN: The Alden Theatre of the McLean

Community Center will host a workshop for prospective ushers on Monday, Jan. 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the center.

For information, call (703) 790-0123.

TAI CHI OFFERED TO BEGINNERS: Free

tai chi beginners’ practice is held on Saturdays from 8 to 9 a.m. in the gymnasium of St. Luke’s Catholic School, 7005 Georgetown Pike in McLean.

For additional information, call (703) 759-9141 or see the Web site at www.freetaichi.org.

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– as it is long but only one room deep throughout; the original was designed that way to capture breezes in the days long before air conditioning (never fear, this home has a modern HVAC system).

To our left off the entry foyer is the large drawing/living room, with the home’s first sumptuous fireplace, and to our right, also with fireplace, is the expansive dining room.

The kitchen is updated with a creative layout that puts everything close at hand and allows for a morning area.

The family room, which walks out to the patio, features French doors; a beamed ceiling; and yet another delightful fireplace.

On the second level, the master retreat occupies about half the available space, with built-in-shelving and drawers; a sumptuous bath; and even its own foyer. There are vistas over the front and rear of the home.

Two additional bedrooms are found here, one with a fireplace.

The lower floor features a large recreation room, with fireplace, plus storage area and garage/workplace.

Each room of the property has its own special accoutrements and personality, and the exterior is an all-season delight.

Thanks to some forward-thinking preservationists in the 1970s, an historic home found new life in this glorious recreation and re-purposing. A wonderful way to start the new year.

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“Unique” is a word we work hard not to over-use on this page, but when it fits, we are not hesitant in trumpeting the fact.

And this week’s featured property truly is unique. Constructed in 1977 on Colvin Run Road, this accurate re-creation of a 1782 waterfront home in Salisbury, Md., sprang from the creativity of local residents Carolee and Robert Robinson, whose enthusiasm for antique houses was unbounded.

When they heard of a man who had salvaged significant architectural elements from the Salisbury home as it was being torn down, they arranged a meeting and purchased a host of materials, from the front door and transom windows to the walnut staircase and original mantels – even some of the bricks – to use in this showstopper of a home.

The current homeowner, who is an interior designer, showed great respect for this historic character when she remodeled and updated different parts of the house. As a result, this is a home that stays true to its historic provenance while also being ready to meet the needs of 21st-century living.

The property, set on just shy of a full acre, currently is on the market, listed at $949,000 by Karen Washburn and Barbara Rohde of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Surrounded by exceptional natural beauty, including a pond, the home’s layout is unique – there’s that word again

Following the housing market’s best year in nearly a decade, existing-home sales are forecasted to expand in 2016 at a more moderate pace, as pent-up buyer demand combats affordability pressures and meager economic growth.

That’s the conclusion of Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, who recently released an updated forecast of his housing-market expectations.

Yun discusses his expectations for the U.S. economy and housing market in 2016 and points to pent-up demand, sustained job growth and improving inventory conditions as his reasons for an expected gain (from 2015) in new and existing-home sales.

Despite his forecast increase in sales, Yun cites rising mortgage rates, home prices still outpacing wages and shaky global economic conditions as headwinds that will likely hold back a stronger pace of sales.

“This year the housing market may only squeak out 1 to 3 percent growth in sales because of slower economic expansion and rising mortgage rates,” Yun says in a video where he detailed his prognostications. “Furthermore, the continued rise in home prices will occur due to the fact that we will again encounter housing shortages in many markets because of the cumulative effect of home-builders under-producing for multiple years. Once the spring buying season begins, we’ll begin to feel that again.”

With one month of data remaining to be released for 2015, Yun expects total existing-homes sales to finish the year up 6.5 percent from 2014 at a pace of around 5.26 million – the highest since 2006, but roughly 25 percent below the prior peak set in 2005 (7.08 million).

The national median existing-home price for all of 2015 will be close to $221,200, up around 6 percent from 2014.

In 2016, existing sales are expected to grow between 1 and 2 percent (5.30 to 5.40 million) and prices between 5 and 6 percent.

The new report is an update of predictions first given by Yun in November at the National Association of Realtors’ annual conference.

The National Association of Realtors is the nation’s largest trade association, representing 1.1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

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Schools & Military n Isabel Yun of Vienna earned a degree in industrial design, magna cum laude; Forrest Schmidt earned a degree in public policy and administration, cum laude; and Garrett Giles of Vienna earned a degree in kinesiology, cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at James Madison University.

Also earning degrees were Matthew Scalone of McLean, accounting; Ziyun Ban of McLean, accounting; Miriam Kabore of Oakton, biology; Aloke Prabhu of McLean, economics; Eliza Browning of Vienna, economics; David Alison of Great Falls, economics; and Kathryn Hinnekamp of Vienna, graphic design.

Yerin Han of McLean, health sciences; Eric Walisko of Vienna, integrated science and technology; John Minor of Vienna, integrated science and technology; Leah

Utley of Oakton, international affairs; and Carol Modesto of McLean, international affairs.

Jessica Luci of Vienna, marketing; Roxanne Wilson of Vienna, media arts and design; Hannah Gardner of Vienna, nursing; John Denneny of McLean, psychology; and Sabine Koyomji, studio art. n Katie Barnes of McLean earned a master of arts degree in communication; James O’Connor III of Oakton earned a bachelor of science degree in biosystems engineering; Shayan Zolghadr of Vienna earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting; and Austin Chute of Vienna earned a bachelor of science degree in construction science and management during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University.

n The following local students have been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University: Joshua Hulett of Great Falls; Kate Gurian of McLean, Elizabeth Zulauf of Vienna, Olivia Planas of McLean, Sophie Lex of Vienna, Katherine Croote of Oakton, Tess Layer of Vienna, Samuel Looker of Vienna, Collin Church of Vienna, Robert Kurtzman of Oakton, Nicholas Stopak of Vienna, Christopher Gates of Vienna, Isabel Yun of Vienna, Sandra Richie of Vienna, Alice Tsai of McLean, Weston Simonides of Great Falss, Kristen Ahearn of McLean, Elizabeth Dolan of McLean, Andrea Raiello of Oakton, Claire Williamson of McLean, Louis Gaertner of Great Falls, Allison Brandmark of Vienna, Garrett Simkins of McLean, Andrew Cooney of Vienna and Cameron Stopak of Vienna. n Anna Scully of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Louisiana State University. n Megan Fitzgerald, the daughter of Timothy Fitzgerald and Whitney Mueller Fitzgerald of McLean and a graduate of Madeira School, and Shea Patrick, the daughter of Richard and Jody Patrick of Vienna and a graduate of Flint Hill School, have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Hamilton College. n Clayton Barber of Great Falls, Hannah Hodges of Vienna, Sarah Plombon of Oakton, Soraya Todd of McLean and Stephen Yenouskas of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lehigh University.

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– From Great Falls: John Jorgenson, Robert Wong, Michael Hartinger, Stavros Kontzias, Kathryn Van de Houten, Alexandrea Riddell, Peter Jackson, Leila Ghaemi, Matthew McConnell, Jonhathan O’Connor, Jackson Frix, Jacquelyn Jorgensen, Beverley Howard.

– From McLean: Samuel Mayman, Kara Hannibal, Justin Nguyen, Brian Ochoa, Yasmin Shahkarami, Nicole Slade, Lindsay Wright, Victoria Emmons, Chritian Caruso, Nicholas Regan, Brian Reilly, Maryam Ekbatani, Rhys Howard, John Sullivan, Gregory Parseghian, James AguKeep public Keep public ilera, Evan Collier, Austin Miller, Mark notices within Myriam Asaadi, Marielena notices within Hannibal, Planas, Emily Williams, Margaret Farnreach by keeping reach by keeping sworth, Ji Hae Lim, Jeffrey Small, Andrew them in print Oliva, David Rosenblum. them inofprint in the pages your – From Oakton: Zachary Lee, Sydney dependable local newspaper.

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Jacob Ryan, Andrew Ryan, John Hudson and Nadim Najjar of Boy Scout Troop 1130 in McLean recently became Eagle Scouts during a Court of Honor ceremony at Wesley United Methodist Church. See item, belo.

Mann, Rebecca Rosen, John Nguyen, Baburjan Saydahmat, Tiffany Wu, Caleb Hoehner, Henry Brandmark, Nathaniel Kipps, Khoi Viet Nguyen, Sophie Barrowman, Chloe Seagrave, Theresa Berg, Mikayla Brown, Elizabeth Cho, Shaan Bhatnagar, Carmen Pizzano, Shelby Lee, Jason Mann, Cameron Pickett, Shannon Sullivan, Ladan Nikbakhshian, Megan Hovis, Melissa Kormanec, Samuel Criscitello, Rachel Killmeyer, Flora Lindsay, Annamarie Nyirady, Lauren Jewell, Cara Mazella, William Esswein, Grace Gibson, Rachel Youssef, Alexa Quinn, Emily King, Victoria Tilson, Lilliam Komarow, James Lex, Thomas Peck, McKenzie Williams. n Four Boy Scouts from Troop 1130, sponsored by Wesley United Methodist Church in McLean, were awarded the Eagle Scout rank during a Court of Honor ceremony held Jan. 5.

Those achieving the rank of Eagle included Jacob Ryan, a 2015 graduate of McLean High School currently attending Northern Virginia Community College; Andrew Ryan, a 2015 graduate of McLean High School currently attending George Mason University; John Hudson, a junior at McLean High School; and Nadim Najjar, a senior at McLean High School.

Those interested in information on Troop 1130 can e-mail Scoutmaster Jim Ahlgrimm at info@troop1130.com. n Students in the criminal-justice program at Marshall Academy recently joined their counterparts from Robinson Secondary School in volunteering with the recent United Airlines fantasy flight for terminally-ill children who live in the Washington metropolitan area.

The students helped transform several gates at Washington Dulles International Airport into the North Pole for a celebration party for the children.

The celebration started with a short 30minute flight that arrives at the festive location, and includes games, food, musical performances, face painting, mascots of the Washington Nationals, Capitals and Wizards, as well a visit with Santa who brings presents.

Students who volunteered their time and services on the project included Sydney Alloy, Alexis Bennett, Nermeen Benslaouia, Scott Fisher, Caroline Hammond, Ana Luta, Cindy Ngo, Kayla Noll, Carly Rettie and Grant Zolldan.

The Sun Gazette loves to spread good news about the achievements of local students and members of the Armed Forces from the local area.

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I-66 REFERENDUMS ON THE HORIZON?

Legislation awaiting disposition in the General Assembly would, if passed, lead to a series of referendums throughout Northern Virginia localities on the question of Interstate 66 tolling.

Del. Bob Marshall (R-Loudoun/ Prince William) has proposed a measure requiring referendums to be held in each locality in Planning District 8, which covers most of the region.

The referendums would be split into two separate questions: Should there be tolls imposed on I-66 inside the Beltway, and should tolls be imposed outside the Beltway?

If Marshall’s measure is passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, the referendums would be held in conjunction with the Nov. 8 general election.

Under Marshall’s measure, results of the referendums would be advisory rather than binding on the state government.

The referendum proposal is one of a number of pieces of legislation introduced for the 2016 session in reaction to the McAuliffe administration’s plans for the interstate highway, which include the imposition of tolling inside the Beltway for single-occupant vehicles during peak hours, beginning in 2017.

RESIDENTS THANK SUPERVISOR FOR INTERSECTION SAFETY UPGRADES:

isting “Intersection Ahead” signs near the site and new “Headlights on for Safety” signs along Old Dominion Drive to help car visibility during the daytime.

Foust pushed VDOT and county staff to re-grade the intersection’s corners to eliminate berms blocking drivers’ views.

He also secured project funding from the county’s Commercial and Industrial Tax. “This is one of the most important road safety projects we have completed during my time in office,” Foust said. “I want to thank the neighbors who provided easements for the project and the entire community for their patience.”

EMIRATES BRINGING SUPERJUMBO TO DULLES-DUBAI SERVICE: Emirates

will upgrade its daily service from Washington Dulles International Airport to Dubai from Boeing 777 to the nearly500-passenger Airbus A380 aircraft beginning Feb. 1.

The move was made in response to a decision by United Airlines to abandon its Dulles-to-Dubai route, Emirates officials said.

“The additional seats offered by our A380 will therefore restore capacity on the route, and ensure that American consumers and international travelers wishing to visit D.C. for business or leisure will continue to be served,” said Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates, in a press statement.

Clark called Dulles-to-Dubai service “our most successful and profitable routes, with high demand across all cabin classes.”

Timing for the daily flights will remain unchanged. Flight EK231 will continue to depart Dubai at 2:20 a.m., arriving in Washington at 8:15 a.m. The return flight, EK232, will depart Dulles at 10:15 a.m. and arrive in Dubai at 10:15 a.m. the next day.

Dulles will be one of about three dozen worldwide destinations the Middle East carrier serves using the A380, the largest passenger jet currently in service. In the U.S., the carrier flies the superjumbo to New York-Kennedy, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and San Francisco.

The airline operates a number of versions of the A380; its A380-800 aircraft offers 14 first-class suites and seats 76 in business class and 401 in economy.

Passengers connecting in Dubai will transit through the airline’s $3.3 billion A380 concourse, which opened in 2013 and features 20 gates and 13 remote stands capable of handling the large jet.

Emirates is owned by the government of Dubai, and since its founding in 1985 has grown to be the largest carrier in

the Middle East and one of the largest worldwide.

INFLATION-ADJUSTED AIRFARES LOWER IN LOCAL REGION: Average domestic

airfares at the local region’s two airports in 2015 ran well below nearly any other year of the past two decades, when adjusted for inflation, according to new federal figures.

The average combined airfare at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport was $373.21 in the second quarter of last year, according to figures recently reported by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

That’s the third-lowest inflation-adjusted average cost in the second quarter since 1995.

Only 2009 ($348.33) and 2007 ($368.95) saw lower second-quarter domestic airfares at the two airports.

At Reagan National, the average airfare of $371.01 in the second quarter of 2015 was the lowest in the quarter over the past 20 years. At Dulles, the average of $453.64 for the second quarter of 2015 was lowest except for a few years in the mid-2000s, when the now-defunct Independence Air was competing against the airport’s dominant carrier, United.

In the second quarter of 1995, when the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began compiling data, average airfares were $499.96 at Reagan National $633.56 at Dulles, when adjusted for inflation.

Nationally, the average domestic plane ticket cost $385.11 in the second quarter of 2015, down 18.6 percent from the highest average fare of $472.88 in the second quarter of 1999 and down 17.1 percent from the second quarter of 1995.

The lowest second-quarter, inflationadjusted average ticket price over the 20year span came in 2009, at $333.93.

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Several McLean area residents thanked Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) Jan. 11 for initiating and accelerating safety upgrades at Bellview Road and Old Dominion Drive in McLean.

The intersection had been the site of numerous car accidents, including one fatality. The project re-graded the intersection’s corners and cut back vegetation and trees blocking the view of drivers.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) completed the tree removal on public land in 2014 and the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) completed vegetation and tree clearing and re-grading on private property in 2015.

“As a result of Supervisor Foust’s determination and persistence to solve this problem, we in our neighborhood are delighted to see a dramatic decline in accidents since the project was finished, and in fact have not seen any accidents thus far,” said Robert Makheja, who lives in the neighborhood.

Residents in 2012 told Foust their concerns about the site’s accident history. In March that year, Foust asked FCDOT to conduct an evaluation of Bellview Road and Old Dominion Drive, and recommend what could be done to eliminate the frequent accidents.

FCDOT’s study, presented to residents in July 2012, found there was limited sight distance for drivers on both Bellview Road and Old Dominion Drive, caused by high embankments on the intersection corners and the presence of overgrown vegetation and utility poles. The speed of drivers on Old Dominion Drive also was a factor.

After the study, FCDOT and VDOT implemented several improvements, including trimming vegetation, improving signage and installing a “No Passing” zone near the intersection. VDOT also installed flashing beacons to draw attention to ex-

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“The challenge will be peak-hour traffic,” said Planning Commission member Doug Noble. “Even a relatively small number [of vehicles] can tip the level of service at the intersection.”

Just west of Pleasant Street is a crosswalk with a pedestrian-activated traffic signal. Complicating matters further, Church Street, N.W., on the property’s northern edge is eastbound-only from a barrier just east of the site.

Traffic headed north on Pleasant Street immediately enters Vienna’s Windover Heights Historic District, an old-time neighborhood with narrow streets and residents not keen on more cut-through traffic.

No Planning Commission hearing has been set, as the developer is determining the time needed for the requisite site plan,

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tics caused by rancor and partisanship, Ein said.

The Washington area needs to attract

closer to the street and having outdoor seating, Garland said.

“Residential would require additional height,” said Sarah Hall, the applicant’s attorney. “For a lot of reasons, residential wouldn’t work here and wouldn’t be appropriate for this particular site.”

The restaurant would be a popular draw for James Madison High School students, but the intersection just west of the building already is precarious for pedestrians and only would become more so as youths flocked toward Chick-fil-A, Council members worried.

In response to traffic concerns, the developer on Jan. 12 asked for a deferral of all public hearings on the proposal, and requested that Vienna officials facilitate a meeting with the Virginia Department of Transportation regarding possible pedestrian-crossing improvements at Maple Avenue and James Madison Drive, N.W. The 245 and 540 Maple Ave., W., developments have something else in common: Save for a few plantings, both sites would

be covered almost entirely with impervious surfaces. Vienna’s residential neighborhoods typically allow no more than 25 percent lot coverage, but MAC zone properties can have coverage of 80 percent – and up to 10 percent more if developers follow certain incentives.

Vienna officials spent years crafting the MAC ordinance, which the Town Council approved in 2014. The concept is basic – offer developers increased density in exchange for architectural touches and other features sought by the town – but its execution may prove problematical, because the Maple Avenue strip is narrow and often immediately abuts residential areas.

The 106-acre corridor contains a large number of non-conforming lots, many of them cigarette-shaped parcels not conducive to major redevelopment unless consolidated with other lots.

Former Council member Emil Attanasi predicted site constrictions would prevent about 30 percent of properties within the zone from being redeveloped.

major companies to anchor the economy and spawn other businesses, he said. Ein credited Gov. McAuliffe for his all-out efforts to attract firms to Virginia, but said the governor perhaps should do his poaching farther afield.

“I might tell Terry to take fewer companies from Washington and more from the

rest of the country,” he said.

Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, said afterward that regionalism works well on environmental, publicsafety, transportation and workforce issues that cross jurisdictional borders.

But marketing the region collectively

“has been tried numerous times and has not been successful for a variety of reasons,” Gordon said. Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. “are very different and have very different needs, as do the 24 individual jurisdictions with economic-development programs around the Greater Washington area,” he said.

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plus proffers and a transportation study requested by the town.

Traffic also was a central concern when the Council listened to a proposal by representatives of Vienna Car Wash LLC to build a Chick-fil-A restaurant and an enclosed Flagship Carwash on 1.19 acres at 540 Maple Ave., W. A carwash now occupies the site.

The restaurant would have a separate traffic lane for drive-through orders. The site also would have a 5,000-square-foot “green” roof and a front service road with brick-like paving, plus 77 parking spaces instead of the required 30.

Council members said many aspects of the proposed design – notably enclosing the noisy carwash – would improve the site, but questioned allowing outgoing traffic to go left in front of the building in order to eventually turn west on Maple Avenue.

The proposal lacks a residential element, but meets all MAC zone design requirements and improves the pedestrian experience by using compact development

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A Langley Sweep at Madison

Teeing Off

VHSL Should Roll Back Any Realignment Plans Wrong again.

A few years ago, the Virginia High School League (VHSL) made a big mistake when it significantly realigned the commonwealth’s long-standing public-school sports leagues and the various playoff setups.

Boys Now Alone Atop Conference

Dave Facinoli

DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

A doubleheader sweep by the visiting Langley Saxons in Liberty Conference school BASKETBALL high basketball action last night in Vienna left the boys and girls teams in first and second place alone, respectively, in league play.

The Langley boys (10-4, 6-0) defeated the Madison Warhawks (11-2, 5-1) by a 62-57 score in showdown for first. The Langley girls (12-2), 5-1) topped Madison (8-6, 3-3) in a low-scoring, poor-shooting game, 38-27.

In the boys contest, the loss ended Madison’s 11-game winning streak.

Langley built a 33-20 halftime lead, then survived multiple second-half Madison rallies as the Warhawks significantly upped the full-court defensive pressure in the final two quarters.

A steal by Tavon Tarpley (22 points, six rebounds) with 20 seconds to play, followed by his separate single free throws in the final seconds iced the victory for the Saxons, winners of four in a row.

“Madison made a halftime adjustment and we knew they would come at us. But our guys made a lot of big plays at really key times,” Langley coach Scott Newman Continued on Page 21

Madison High’s John Finney and Langley’s Tavon Tarpley wait for a rebound along with Langley’s Chas Battaglia during the Jan. 15 Liberty Conference contest.

PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

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Despite another typical strong start to the season, Wakefield Warriors coach Tony Bentley warned his undefeated boys team BASKETBALL basketball that a Jan. 12 game against the Marshall Statesmen would pose a greater challenge than any of its previous contests.

Bentley’s words rang true, describing the first matchup between the Capitol Conference high school rivals. Wakefield (14-0, 5-0) rallied past visiting Marshall, 42-41, needing a buzzer-beating threepointer from junior Halil Parks to secure the victory. Marshall (11-3, 4-1) fell into second place.

“This game was always going to be one of our biggest challenges,” Bentley said. “We knew Marshall would be a tall task, but when someone punches us back, we’ve still got to learn ways to respond.

We just barely did.”

Marshall came out firing. Playing without 6-foot-10 center Jack Foley (knee injury), the Statesmen leaned on inside-out play from forwards Tyler White (10 points) and Jordan James to guards Chase Barrand and Jelani Murray on offense and a 2-3 zone that challenged a typically-aggressive Wakefield to shoot from the perimeter.

Marshall’s tactics paid off early. The Statesmen jump to leads of 12-2 and 198. Barrand (14 points, four three-pointers) and Murray (nine points, two threes)

combined to hit three of their first six three-point attempts in the first quarter, while a shocked Warriors team made only eight percent of their shots (1 for 13).

Wakefield responded in the second and third quarters by upping its fullcourt press, forcing 16 turnovers that led to 15 points through the end of the third quarter.

After trading the lead a handful of times in the third quarter, Marshall rebuilt its cushion in the fourth quarter to 41-36 midway through the fourth quarter through timely three-point shots from Barrand.

Wakefield would ultimately not be denied.

Continued on Page 21

Ever since, the VHSL has been scrambling to fmake tweaks and fix the blunder that is still very much busted.

In coming days, the organization will release its newest supposed plan that will begin with the 2017-18 sports school year.

It won’t matter. The latest realignment will still have significant flaws, and always will until natural neighborhood rivals again are placed in the same districts or conferences. That way, annual competitions between those schools, sometimes multiple times a season, will always occur between those communities of interest, where students from the schools play in the same youth leagues and eat at the same McDonalds and Chipotle restaurants.

Until the old alignment was reshuffled after the 2012-13 school year, the three Arlington teams – Wakefield, Washington-Lee and Yorktown – were all in the same district, generating huge interest everytime those teams met in various sports.

Now, Wakefield is separated from W-L and Yorktown.

Same in Fairfax County, where natural neighborhood rivals Madison and Marshall have been split since 2012-13.

For those who have never attended a Madison-vs.-Marshall boys high school basketball game, those contests are must-see events and are always big sellouts and money-makers. Unfortunately, those teams now meet just once a season, compared to two or three times under the old configuration.

The VHSL’s latest 2017-18 setup still has Madison and Marshall in different districts, and Wakefield separated from W-L and Yorktown. Not good.

Here’s a suggestion. Instead of trying yet another unpopular setup that ultimately will need other tweaks and fixes, the VHSL should roll back the entire alignment to the way things were in 2012-13. Then, leave things alone and let natural rivals play.

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of the 50th Super Bowl anniversary, Marshall High School was provided three golden footballs by the NFL to represent the school’s three alumni who have played in and been members of Super Bowl championship teams.

Defensive lineman Mike McCrary (Marshall Class of 1988) played for the champion Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV; defensive back Keith Lyle (Class of 1990) played for the champion St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, and defensive back and special-teams standout Nick Sorensen (Class of 1995) played for the runner-up St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. For Marshall, Lyle and Sorensen played quarterback and defensive back, and McCrary was a two-way linemen.

Sorensen has been a special-teams assistant coach for the Seattle Seahawks for three seasons, and has coached in the past two Super Bowls.

McCrary does radio commentary for Ravens games.

Lyle coaches youth football and has written a book about coaching youth football with professional fundamentals.

As a member of the Super Bowl High School Honor Roll, Marshall will receive an NFL Character Education Curriculum, and is eligible to apply for a grant from the NFL Foundation to help support the school’s football program.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Flint Hill Huskies (9-5,

1-1) shot poorly and had their five-game winning streak snapped with a 50-34 road loss to the Episcopal Maroon on Jan. 14 in Independent School League A Division action.

The Huskies shot just 24 percent from the floor and 50 percent from the foul line.

The contest pitted the No. 7 and No. 10-ranked Division I private-school teams in the state. Flint Hill was ranked seventh.

Lindsey Wiley had 10 points and seven rebounds for Flint Hill, Claire Miller had seven points and six boards, and Tori Herman had seven points.

Marshall Continued from Page 20 After trimming the deficit to 41-39 on a pair of made free throws from Deng Nhial and a basket from Jordan Adams, the teams exchanged five timeouts on a hectic – if not odd – sequence that led to the eventual game-winning basket.

Langley Continued from Page 20

MARSHALL FOOTBALL PLAYERS CHOSEN ALL-STATE:

Marshall High School football players Tyler White (offensive line) and Josh Hurlbert (linebacker) were secondteam 5A all-state selections on offense and defense.

Both players are seniors, and helped Marshall earn a 5A North Region playoff berth in 2015.

MADISON HALL OF FAME: The following athletes are

Madison High School’s 2015 Hall of Fame inductees: Anne Nielson (Class of 1993), John Johnson (1993), Chris Seeger (1993) and Sean Fletcher (2009). The 1993 state-champion girls basketball team also will be inducted.

The inductees will be introduced at halftime of the Jan. 22 girls varsity basketball game at Madison. The dinner and formal induction ceremony is Saturday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. at Westwood Country Club.

MARSHALL GYMNASTICS: The Marshall Statesmen re-

main undefeated in Capitol Conference girls gymnastics action.

In a recent meet, junior Kiran Sullivan placed third on the uneven bars, second on the balance beam and third on the floor exercise to finish second in the allaround.

SWIM & DIVE ROUNDUP: In boys action the Oakton

Cougars lost to Patriot, 169.5-139.5, and the Oakton girls defeated Patriot, 164-145.

Leading the Oakton girls was double winner Megan Byrnes and single winners Elise Bourdelais, Caroline McCleskey and diver Julia Powell.

WRESTLING: The Potomac School had a second-place

finish in the Randolph-Macon Tournament. Individually, Taylor Hosmer (152 pounds), Harrison Morris (170) and Ted Tierney (145) won their weight classes. Tyler Crowley (145), Justin Kuo (138) and Benny Pickle (195) were second.

Other notable performances were thirds by Farris Sepúlveda (132) and Will Ayres (145) and a fourth by Sam Lu (185). n The Madison Warhawks finished 3-0 at its quad meet Jan. 16, winning matches by scores of 72-6, 53-18 and 60-22. n At the Grapple at the Brook, McLean High School’s Brendan Grammes won at 138 pounds, his brother Conor Grammes won at 160, Mack McCune won at 182 pounds, as did Cochise Wanzer at 195. Gavin Legg was second at 170. McLean was second in the event.

Up by two with 28 seconds left in the game, Murray committed a 10-second violation before shooting the first of his two free throw attempts. The violation was called as he was walking up to another referee noting irregularities with the game ball.

The teams then proceeded to exchange five timeouts before Wakefield executed its final play, a dribble-drive from Nhial (15 points), which resulted in an open

three-point shot for Parks.

Parks (six points) struggled from the field (making 2 of 7 attempts), but made his only three-pointer when Wakefield needed it most.

“It was a tough night for me,” Parks said. “But I was still confident in my shot and I knew my team had confidence in me to make the shot.”

Marshall coach Dan Hale lamented the loss, but still found his team’s perfor-

mance encouraging.

“We played really well, but they ultimately were just a little better than we were, executed a little better than we did,” Hale said. “We have to work on our execution, and then we’ll come out better from this game.”

In its next game, Marshall defeated Stuart, 51-26, in conference play. White scored 15 and Barrand and David Shaltanis seven each.

Hughes (seven points, four assists) each made two three-pointers, and Chas Battaglia scored five.

Carton made his threes in the third and fourth quarters, each time to quiet Madison rallies.

“Those were two big shots and the kind of plays I’m talking about,” Newman said.

Madison coach Kevin Roller said the difference was Langley was able to do what it wanted to do a bit longer than Madison was able to effectively play its style.

“We made a defensive adjustment at halftime and got the pressure we wanted, and that worked better for us,” Roller said.

Senior guard Taiga Walker led Madison with 24 points. Luke Lilienthal scored seven and Brett Wellde (two threes) and Johnny Corish (six rebounds) had six points each.

Langley made eight threes and Madi-

son seven. Langley won the battle of the boards, 35-20.

In Jan. 12 conference games, Madison defeated South Lakes, 69-63, behind 16 points each from Corish and Walker; and Langley downed Fairfax, 56-40, as Tarpley had 15 points, Carton 12 and Shafer and Goettman nine each.

NOTE: Madison’s Daniel Ungerleider leads the Warhawks with 36 three-pointers this season, but was 0 for 5 beyond the arch against Langley and had four points. “We worked in practice on not letting him get open looks on threes,” Shafer said.

In the low-scoring Jan. 15 girls game, Madison’s only lead was 1-0, as the Warhawks were 0 for 10 from the floor in the first quarter and wound up shooting just 24 percent for the game.

Langley shot 31 percent and was led

by Paige Galiani with 15 points and five rebounds; Ariani Aulisi with six points, six rebounds and two blocks; Jordan Gal-

laghan with eight points; Lizzy Shamloo had five rebounds, three points and two assists; and Stephanie Sipple had four points and five rebounds.

Galiani made her final 11 foul shots after missing her first attempt of the game.

The Saxons led 16-11 at halftime, 2421 after three quarters, then put together an 8-0 run early in the fourth to extend the lead to 32-23 after Madison had pulled within 24-23.

For Madison, Aidan McWeeney had eight points and Ashley Sullender had five points and nine rebounds.

On Jan. 12, Madison defeated South Lakes, 70-48, as McWeeney scored 24, Alexis Hermes scored 15 and Morgan Simpson 14. Langley lost to first-place Fairfax on that same day. See a game story at www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

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said. “The guys were not afraid to make big plays. That’s the difference with this team this season. Our kids make plays.

This all feels great right now. But we just have to keep it going.”

In addition to Tarpley, Langley was led by senior center Nate Shafer. He had nine points, 13 rebounds, three blocks and three assists.

“We knew there was a lot at stake, then we came out and punched them in the mouth in the first half,” Shafer said.

“We had to stay mentally tough down the stretch and we held our composure, because we knew Madison would come back.”

Also for Langley, Jay Goettman made three three-pointers and had nine points, Colter Carton (eight points) and Grant

The NFL presented Marshall High with three golden footballs for their Super Bowl representatives.

PHOTO FROM MARSHALL

Second and third for Oakton were McKenna Witlin, Julia Byrnes, Nika Sauger and Evelyn Pickett. n At the Stone Ridge Invitational, the Potomac School boys team finished second. Individually, Conor Smith won the backstroke, while senior captain Kevin O’Leary turned in a personal-best and state-qualifying time of 24.20 in the 50 freestyle.

The Potomac School girls team placed fifth, while individually, senior Sydney Grube was first in the breaststroke. n The McLean Highlanders defeated the Madison Warhawks in girls and boys swim and dive action.

Event winners for Madison were Calle Biles and Abraham Zimmerman.

Double winners for McLean were Christopher Murphy, Dorje Wu, Peter Byman, Claire Wolff, Veronica Wolff and Sinead Eksteen.

Other wins and big contributions came from Elena Summers, Carter Flint, Sam Gollob, Alexander Kong, Andrew Yang, Emma Chamberlayne, Olivia Gore, Julia LeMunyon, Julia Green and Elizabeth McCulla.

McLean divers Bobby Trono, Sina Naeemi, Alex Glassman, Delaney Gallagher, Alaanh Bhanji and Victoria Lawrence led the way.

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Huskies, Panthers Go 1-1, Boys Teams to Meet on Jan. 23 A Staff Report

Grant Robinson amassed 59 points in consecutive games for the Potomac PanBASKETBALL School thers (7-7, 2-2) on Jan. 15 and 16 as the boys high school basketball team split those contests, defeating Georgetown Day, 60-53, then los-

ing to St. James, 74-6.

Both were Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference games.

Robinson scored 32 against Georgetown Day and 27 against St. James. Drew Davis had 20 against St. James and Preston Bacon 10. Bacon had 10 points in the victory. n The Flint Hill Huskies (3-11, 1-2)

defeated Georgetown Day, 64-56, in boys high school Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference basketball action on Jan. 15. The next day, Flint Hill lost to Concord, 4839, in a non-conference clash.

In the win, Jordan Taylor scored 23 points for Flint Hill, Gage Herdman 12 and Nick Wright 11. Taylor scored 12 against Concord and Wright 10.

This Saturday, Jan. 23 at Flint Hill at 7 p.m., the Huskies and Panthers meet in the first of two annual neighborhood showdowns this season.

That game is preceded at 5:15 p.m. at Flint Hill by a girls varsity game between the same schools in an Independent School League A Division showdown.

Potomac School is 2-0 in the division.

NOOR VARJABEDIAN: McLean High

Cisse scored four goals, including two game-winners, and took 11 shots.

College Roundup NARAGHI: Madison High School graduate Shaydah Naraghi was a senior forward for the women’s soccer team at Christopher Newport University during the fall.

Naraghi played in 19 games, scoring two goals and having two assists. She took 18 shots and had one game-winning goal.

SHAYDAH

MATT DANILACK: Potomac School grad-

uate Matt Danilack was a sophomore midfielder for the men’s soccer team at

Dartmouth University during the fall.

Danilack played in 19 games and started 17 contests. He scored three goals, had one assist and took 17 shots. Two of his goals were game-winners.

DAVID ALLELY: Oakton High School

graduate David Allely was a freshman linebacker for the James Madison University football team this past fall.

The 6-foot-1, 225-pound Allely played in seven games, making four total tackles.

School graduate Noor Varjabedian played in 19 games this past fall for the women’s field hockey team at the University of Mary Washington.

The sophomore forward scored four goals and took seven shots on goal during the fall season.

BEN CISSE: Oakton High School gradu-

ate Ben Cisse was a sophomore forward for the men’s soccer team at the University of Mary Washington during the fall.

JACK HOWERTON: Langley High School

graduate Jack Howerton was a starting offensive lineman for the Division I Stetson University football team in Florida this past fall.

The 6-foot, 315-pound Howerton was a starting center. He has also played other positions along the line in his career at Stetson. Howerton was an all-district player at Langley.

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6. Sagittarius, e.g.

7. Time period 8. Dancer’s beat 9. Union foe

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11. Gauche or Droite, in Paris

6. Part of tennis match

12. Something previously

9. Hindu dress

mentioned 15. Arctic-wear

14. Anger management issue

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

20. Garlic mayo

15. Strong and sharp

22. French street

16. Relating to Eastern Catholic

24. Snafus

churches

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17. Group of whales

26. Bridal veil fabric

18. Innocent

27. ____ ____ a play

19. *____ line between

29. *Famous space acronym

atmosphere and outer space

31. Punjabi believer

21. *Houston’s infamous ____

32. “Kick the bucket,” e.g.

23. “Mele Kalikimaka” wreath

33. Organ swelling

24. *Galilean moons, the ____

34. *Mars exploration vehicle

largest moons of Jupiter

36. *Only one was in John

25. Fertility clinic stock

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28. Something inadmissible, to

38. *Brent Spiner in “Star Trek”

a baby

42. Coffee shop order

30. Less taxing

45. USDA designation

35. Fabled fliers

49. Hot springs resort

37. Praise

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.

51. Country singer Tanya

39. Buddy

54. Open a beer bottle

40. Angler’s hope

56. Cunning

41. Muhammad’s teaching

57. Piggy’s title

43. Capital on the Dnieper

58. On a cruise

44. Hipbone-related

59. Cats and dogs?

46. Aries or Taurus, e.g.

60. *Beverage associated with

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74. User’s treatment

48. One in ten, pl.

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53. “Moonlight Sonata,” e.g.

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3. “Heat of the Moment” band

55. Embrace

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Fairfax County Notes VOLUNTEER FAIRFAX SEEKS NOMINATIONS: Volunteer Fairfax is seeking nomi-

nations for its 24th annual Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards, to be held on April 7.

Nominations are open through Feb. 4.

Full details are available on the Web site at www.volunteerfairfax.org.

LOCALITIES RECEIVE GRANTS FOR SECURITY AND EMERGENCY-PREPAREDNESS: The Virginia Department of Emer-

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10. Seed cover

1. Visual representation

13. Japanese-American

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gency Management (VDEM) has awarded about $6.5 million in federal funds for 100 projects to enhance emergency preparedness and security throughout the commonwealth, officials announced Jan. 13.

Fairfax County will receive $9,100 for training and/or equipment for its Citizen Corps program; $63,000 for advanced technical training for its hazardous-materials response team; $200,000 for its incidents-management team; $150,000 from the statewide strategic reserve for the county’s radio cache; and $75,000 for equipment for its technical-rescue team.

Other disbursements in Northern Virginia included: $35,121 to the city of Alexandria for its hazardous-materials team; $36,100 to help Arlington conduct community outreach for its Citizens Corps program; $7,500 to the city of Fairfax for equipment at its emergency-operations center and $12,000 for community emergency-preparedness training; $18,500 to the city of Manassas for its Citizen Corps program; $20,000 to the city of Manassas

Park for radio equipment; and $339,000 to Virginia State Police in Northern Virginia to pay for two Fusion Center analysts.

VDEM administered the funds to support local governments’ ability to sustain a wide array of emergency-preparedness and security operations, equipment replacement, training, planning and exercise programs.

“Thanks to our partners at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Virginia has received funds that will make our citizens safer and better-prepared for emergencies,” said Jeff Stern, VDEM’s state coordinator.

Old Dominion University assisted with scoring the graded proposals, based on a benefit-cost ratio, as requested by the public safety stakeholders, officials said. $5.5 million was available to allocate to localities from this year’s State Homeland Security Program. Additionally, nearly $1 million has been reprogrammed from the National Capital Region Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant for 12 projects involving Northern Virginia localities.

Virginia is a partner in the UASI grant program with Maryland and the District of Columbia.

VDEM received 155 grant requests totaling approximately $17 million.

TICKETS ON SALE FOR ANNUAL THEATER AWARDS: Nominations were an-

nounced Jan. 17 for the 16th annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) Awards, saluting the work of

community theaters across the region.

Awards will be presented during a ceremony slated for March 6 at the Birchmere in Alexandria. More than 30 local theater companies participate in the WATCH program.

Tickets for the awards ceremony are $17.50, and are available at the Birchmere ticket office or through TicketMaster. The lobby opens at 5 p.m., doors open and food service begins at 6 p.m. and the ceremony is at 7 p.m.

For tickets and information, including a list of nominees, see the Web site at www. washingtontheater.org.

HOSPICE OPENS UPSCALE SECONDHAND SHOP: Capital Caring (formerly

Capital Hospice) has opened Twice as Nice, described as an upscale furniture and home décor second-hand shop, in Tysons Corner.

Run by the non-profit group and staffed by volunteers, the shop has wall art, antiques, modern furniture and more for sale at reasonable prices.

Proceeds will help provide Capital Caring’s services to patients with advanced illness, regardless of their ability to pay.

The store is located at 8344 Leesburg Pike and currently is open from noon until 3 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Thursdays.

For information on the store, volunteering or donating items, call (703) 5382035.

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.

January 21, 1986: n Ceremonies were held across Northern Virginia marking the first federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. n Legislators continue to quibble over whether to hold a statewide referendum on starting a lottery.

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