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es is unenforceable, but the commonwealth’s code should reflect that, Simon said.

“Sometimes symbolism is important,” he said. “In 1967 in Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled Virginia’s ban on interracial

Virginia’s biennial budget will be the key focus of the General Assembly’s fastapproaching 60-day session, but local state senators also will propose bills on topics ranging from law enforcement and human trafficking to school funding, free speech and firearms.

State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th) and Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Loudoun) are drafting a bill to require toll revenues from Interstate 66 inside the Beltway to be used to widen and improve that stretch of road.

“We need to make sure if we have tolls inside 66, we’re not going to have a toll road that’s an ATM for users, then spread the money all over the place,” Petersen said.

Another of Petersen’s bills would raise the felony threshold for property crimes from $200, which has been the standard since 1980, to at least $500, if not $1,000.

The current threshold is too low and the higher amounts merely would be tracking inflation during the intervening decades, he said.

Petersen also will introduce legislation to require a procedure and standard of proof in police civil-forfeiture cases. If police arrested someone and could not or did not wish to obtain a conviction, but still held the suspect’s property, they would have to prove the property was used in commis-

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Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd), who ran unopposed for a second term this past November, again will file a bill to repeal state-code statutes prohibiting same-sex marriages and civil unions. The U.S. Supreme Court already has ruled that Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriag-

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Fairfax County’s unemployment rate ticked down from October to November, part of an ongoing regional trend toward lower joblessness.

With 607,174 county residents in the civilian workforce and 19,445 looking for jobs, the unemployment rate of 3.1 percent in November was down from 3.3 percent in October, according to figures reported Dec. 30 by the Virginia Employment Commission.

Non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment was down throughout much of Northern Virginia, falling from 2.6 percent to 2.5 percent in Arlington; from 2.9 percent to 2.7 percent in Falls Church; from 3 percent to 2.9 percent in Alexandria; from 3.4 percent to 3.2 percent in Loudoun County; and from 3.8 percent to 3.6 percent in Prince William County.

Across Northern Virginia as a whole, the unemployment rate dropped from 3.4 percent in October to 3.2 percent in November, representing 1.52 million employed in the civilian workforce and 50,800 looking for jobs.

Statewide, unemployment fell from 4.1 percent to 4 percent while overall non-farm employment rose by 14,400, said Ann

Lang, senior economist for the Economic Information Services Division of the Virginia Employment Commission.

All that growth came in the private sector; public-sector employment (totaling 708,200) was flat.

“The largest job increase during November occurred in leisure and hospitality, which was up 4,400 jobs to 385,100,” Lang said.

Among Virginia’s 133 cities and counties, the lowest jobless rates were reported in Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, the city of Fairfax (2.9 percent) and Greene County (3 percent). The highest rates were reported in Buchanan County (10.2 percent), Dickenson County (9.7 percent), Petersburg (8.3 percent), Wise County (8.2 percent) and Martinsville (7.9 percent).

Northern Virginia’s unemployment rate was the lowest of Virginia’s metro areas, followed

by Charlottesville (3.3 percent) and Winchester (3.6 percent).

The highest rates were reported in Kingsport/Bristol (5.2 percent) and Hampton Roads (4.5 percent).

Nationally in November, Virginia was tied with Montana and Wisconsin in having the 14th best

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, NOVEMBER Data from Virginia Employment Commission, showing non-seasonally-adjusted civilian employment for November. “Previous” is rate for October.

Jurisdiction Alexandria Arlington Fairfax County Falls Church Loudoun Prince William Northern Va. Virginia United States

Employed 91,360 142,341 607,174 7,676 185,125 222,458 1,522,874 4,035,125 149,776,000

Unemployed 2,734 3,657 19,445 213 6,074 8,209 50,824 167,505 7,537,000

jobs picture. The lowest unemployment rates were turned in by North Dakota (2.4 percent), Nebraska (2.5 percent), South Dakota (2.7 percent), Minnesota (3 percent) and Utah (3.1 percent), with the highest rates found in New Mexico (6.5 percent), Alaska (6.4 percent), Nevada (6.2 percent), Louisiana (5.9 percent) and Mississippi, Illinois and Arizona (5.8 percent each).

For full data, see the Web site at www.virginialmi.com.

D.C. Region Sees Year-OverYear Decline in Joblessness: The Washington region’s declining year-over-year jobless rate in November was part of a broad-based national trend toward lower unemployment.

Pct. 2.9% 2.5% 3.1% 2.7% 3.2% 3.6% 3.2% 4.0% 4.8%

Previous 3.0% 2.6% 3.3% 2.9% 3.4% 3.8% 3.4% 4.1% 4.8%

The region’s non-seasonallyadjusted jobless rate of 4.1 percent was down from 4.6 percent in November 2014, according to figures reported Dec. 30 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It represented 3.3 million people in the civilian workforce and 136,200 looking for work.

The Washington region was among 322 of the nation’s 387 metro areas to see lower yearover-year unemployment for the month, a slightly lower number of improving localities than had been reported in October. Jobless rates increased in 54 areas and were unchanged in 11 in November.

Nationally, the lowest jobless rates among metro areas were re-

ported in Ames, Iowa, and Fargo, N.D., at 1.9 percent each. The highest rates were recorded in Yuma, Ariz. (20.4 percent) and El Centro, Calif. (20 percent).

Among the 51 metro areas with populations of 1 million or more, the lowest jobless rate was found in Minneapolis-St. Paul (2.7 percent), with the highest found in Las Vegas (6.3 percent).

Nationally, the non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in November was 4.8 percent, down from 5.5 percent a year before.

In Virginia, unemployment rates were down in all metro areas, standing at 3.3 percent in Charlottesville; 3.6 percent in Winchester; 3.9 percent each in Harrisonburg, Roanoke and Staunton/Waynesboro; 4 percent in Blacksburg; 4.2 percent in Richmond; 4.3 percent in Lynchburg; and 4.6 percent in Hampton Roads.

Statewide, the jobless rate of 4 percent was down from 4.6 percent a year before, representing 4.2 million in the civilian workforce and 167,500 looking for work.

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sion of a crime and release it after a set time period.

Petersen also may refile a bill limiting how long police may retain date gleaned from license-plate-reading equipment, but said a lawsuit is pending on the matter. The senator said this bill and others reflect his strong regard for civil liberties.

“The government shouldn’t be in business of collecting information on citizens without a warrant,” Petersen said. “We live in a society where you can’t put citizens under scrutiny without a reason. That’s a critical part of our American identity.”

Petersen also supports academic freedom. In light of protests elsewhere in the country that prevented controversial people from speaking at some colleges, Petersen may introduce a bill requiring publicly funded groups on college campuses to agree to abide by the 1st Amendment.

Petersen also is considering legislation to eliminate Virginia’s car tax completely and replace it with another source of revenue at the local level. The senator said he looks forward to positive session in Richmond.

“Republicans have a large majority in the House [of Delegates] and a narrow one in the Senate, but the Democrats hold the governor’s mansion,” he said. “That gives us an opportunity to be in play.”

Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) will introduce bills to increase education funding, enhance workforce development, aid foster youth and hold perpetrators of domestic violence and sexual assault accountable while supporting their victims.

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marriage was unconstitutional, but the statute remained on the books until the 1980s. Hopefully, this time around, we can be on the right side of history.”

Another of Simon’s bills would require private employers with 25 or more fulltime employees to provide paid sick-leave benefits to employees working at least 18 hours per week. Employers could offer workers the chance make up the time with extra shifts.

As a private business owner and chairman of the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce, Simon said he was aware of the challenges faced by companies.

“This is a basic workplace-safety measure,” he said. “ I’d like to know the person I’m standing next to doesn’t have a 103-degree fever that they’re masking with Tylenol and toughing it out so they can come to work.”

Simon also will introduce again a campaign-finance bill to ban office seekers from using campaign funds for personal purposes. This was the top recommendation of the governor’s Commission on Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government, he noted.

Simon also will propose legislation to prevent people who are on the federal terrorism watch list from obtaining con-

and better support systems for our foster youth and foster families,” said Favola, a former Arlington County Board member who first was elected to the state Senate in 2011. “I will also focus on biomass [energy] initiatives and mandating that hate crimes against [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] individuals are reported. My legislative agenda will make Virginia a safer, better educated, healthier and more equal place to live, work and play.”

Favola’s proposed bills would: • Increase funding to kindergartenthrough-12th-grade public-school systems that bear higher costs of serving special populations and have higher regional costs of living.

• Allow Northern Virginia jurisdictions easier access to Virginia Preschool Initiative programs.

• Institute a pilot program to provide regular, on-site mental-health services at public schools.

• Provide money for a statewide data system for public schools to better track and coordinate Individual Educational Plans.

• Give counties the authority to increase the tobacco tax up to an additional 30 cents, with the requirement that those extra revenues be spent on education.

• Allow Virginia to participate in the federal Fostering Futures program, which allows 18- to 21-year-old foster youths to receive services if they are engaged in education and job-training activities.

• Provide funding to support school-related expenses for foster youths attending Virginia’s community-college system and participating in the Great Expectations Program, which enables them to stay in college or graduate with a technical degree.

• Increase per-pupil allocations for instate students attending Virginia’s public colleges and universities.

• Expand the dual-degree program that allows students to earn associate’s degrees while simultaneously pursuing a highschool diploma.

• Make targeted investments to increase technology start-ups and to grow the cyber-security sector.

• Prohibit people convicted of domestic-violence misdemeanors from possessing firearms for a set period of time following the conviction.

• Temporarily remove firearms from people who are the subjects of emergency protective orders.

• Prohibit people listed on the FBI’s Terror Watch and No Fly lists from buying firearms by including those FBI lists in the background check conducted at licensed firearm dealers.

• Ensure funding is available to process the backlog of untested Physical Evidence Recovery Kits from sexual-assault cases and require police to submit all such kits to

laboratories for analysis.

• Provide funding to train health-care professionals to identify human-trafficking victims.

• Allow localities to mail out citations to motorists caught on camera while passing stopped school buses with flashing lights on.

Favola predicted the 2016 session will “be very interesting.”

“The governor’s budget lays out a strong vision for Virginia and has money for education,” she said. “The presidential election will produce a lot of jockeying, but hopefully we’ll be able to get some real work done, too.”

State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) has filed bills that would: • Prohibit the listing of employer information on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry, which is maintained by the Virginia State Police.

• Prohibit someone who is subject to a protective order from possessing a firearm.

Current law only bans such people from buying or transporting firearms.

• Double from $10 to $20 the maximum amount a locality could charge a defendant convicted of criminal or traffic offenses in district or circuit courts to finance courtroom and courthouse security.

• Establish the Virginia Student Loan Refinancing Authority, which would offer loans to Virginia college students at lower rates than they previously obtained from private lenders.

• Add an eighth juvenile and domestic relations district court judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit, which covers Fairfax County and the city of Fairfax, and a fourth general district court judge in the 25th Judicial Circuit, which covers localities in westerncentral Virginia.

• Provide criteria for non-partisan redistricting of General Assembly districts.

cealed-weapon permits; create gun-free school zones under state law that could be enforced by local police; and have the Virginia Education Loan Authority refinance student loans at lower interest rates. That last bill would free up income that could be used to stimulate the economy, he said.

Del. Mark Keam (D-35th), who in November was re-elected to a fourth term, will introduce a “Stolen Valor” bill that would prohibit non-veterans from claiming military status to obtain discounts and other benefits.

Another of his bills, aimed at predatory towing practices, would clarify that counties and localities have control over parking in their jurisdictions.

As usual, Keam also will submit several bills at the behest of the town of Vienna.

One would make sidewalk projects eligible for Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funding. Another would allow Vienna to collect its share of commercialtenant tax revenues paid to Fairfax County by businesses within the town. County officials oppose this idea, Keam said.

The budget also will be a central topic of contention, with Gov. McAuliffe wanting more money for education and Republicans wanting to use state funds for pension reform and other initiatives, he said.

Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th), who first was elected to the House of Delegates in a 2014 special election and ran unopposed this past November for a full two-year term, will introduce several bills designed

to make voting easier.

Sullivan will reintroduce a bill, killed in committee during the last session, that would allow Virginia residents attending out-of-state colleges to use their college identification documents to vote in the commonwealth’s elections.

“It’s an unfair anomaly in system,” he said. “If we’re stuck with requiring photo identification, might as well make it as easy as possible. In-state college students can use their IDs to vote, but out-of-state students can’t. There are a lot of young people who do not have driver’s licenses.”

Another Sullivan bill would seek nonpartisan redistricting by setting forth specific criteria the General Assembly could and could not use for redrawing district boundary lines.

“I’m trying to squeeze politics out of the process,” Sullivan said. The bill “would go a long way toward addressing some of the strident partisanship that we see on too many issues. I have long believed that voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.”

Sullivan also will support other legislators’ bills to have district lines drawn by an independent, non-partisan commission instead of the General Assembly.

Some of Sullivan’s other bills would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of hate-crime categories; encourage utility companies to promote energy efficiency; and allow for automatic voter registration at Department of Motor Ve-

hicles offices.

The recovering economy should make the General Assembly’s budget discussions more pleasant in 2016, Sullivan said.

“We’ll be arguing on how to spend additional money, rather than what to cut,” he said.

Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) finally will get to enjoy a year free of campaigning after twice defeating Republican Craig Parisot in 2015.

Among her proposed bills in 2016 will be a requirement that Loudoun County formulate a plan to implement full-day kindergarten at its public schools. Loudoun is one of only three Virginia counties not to offer full-day kindergarten, which has been shown to benefit students, she said.

Another of Murphy’s bills would keep firearms out of the hands of violent domestic partners after the second conviction, as opposed to the third under current law.

“If there’s a gun available, the partner is vastly more likely to be killed,” she said.

“What we want to do is save lives. These guys shouldn’t have guns. There’s no reason to protect gun rights for someone who’s violating someone’s human rights.”

Murphy was optimistic the General Assembly would move forward on a host of issues in 2016, even though the legislature is controlled by Republicans and Virginia’s executive branch by Democrats.

“I think [Gov. McAuliffe] is veto-proof at this point, but we’re going to have to work together to accomplish things.”

Del. Mark Keam and state Sen. Chap Petersen, shown here earlier in 2015, are headed to RichFILE PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER mond.

KELSEY FRANKLIN Wootton High School

While the course of true love never did run smooth, Paul VI Catholic High School’s produc‘CAPPIES’ tion of “A MidNight’s REVIEW summer Dream” surely did.

The show was written by William Shakespeare and originally performed at the Globe Theater in London in the late 1500s. This comedy centers around four lovers from Athens: Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius, an amateur theater troupe performing at the Duke’s wedding, and their interactions with the mischievous fairy court. This cast put somewhat of a spin on the classic story with 1960s-style clothing and music.

Shakespeare’s use of language can be very confusing at times. However, many of the actors did a wonderful job of conveying the meaning behind the prose through facial expression and body language.

Hermia (Abigail Rozmajzl) in particular did well with this, knowing what her lines meant and expressing just that. There were many instances of hilarious physical comedy between Helena (Caleigh Davis) and her unrequited love, Demetrius (Drew Goldstein), from leg-grabbing to dragging one another across the stage.

The fairy king Oberon (Nathaniel Smith) and his servant Puck (Bobby Kelleher) had a charming, playful relationship that humanized the king and the mischie-

From left to right: Emma Hitchcock, Meghan Kelly, Tommy Kelleher and Maggie Norman.

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vous, energetic Puck.

In fact, there was not one Puck, but two! Bobby’s twin brother Tommy Kelleher made several appearances- jumping out of one trapdoor a second after Bobby jumped in another. This made for fast-paced, delightful scenes between the two.

Smith was equally energetic, even popping out for a seemingly impromptu dance at the top of the second act.

The play-with-in-a-play theater troupe the Mechanicals definitely was the comic relief of the show. Bottom (J.J. Cummings), the histrionic player who gets turned into a donkey by the sly Puck, combined both verbal and physical comedy. Snout (KateySue Ransom) played an adorable, awkward player who, despite not having many lines, captivated the audience throughout the Mechanicals’ disastrous production

of Pyramus and Thisbe, in which Snout played the Wall.

The fairies were a very energetic bunch, many using specific facial expressions to give themselves a distinct personality. Their costuming and makeup was particularly enchanting.

Head of hair and makeup, Abigail Rozmajzl, paid close attention to detail- giving every named fairy costuming and makeup specific to their names. For example, Cobweb (Kelly Farmar) had spider webbing along her face.

Lighting a stage comprised mainly of different levels can be quite challenging, but the stage was well lit overall. The sound quality was excellent besides a few minor errors.

There were many well-used sound effects throughout the show that worked well and the use of 1960s jams between scenes was a very nice touch.

There was one song, a lullaby for the Queen of the Fairies, Titania (Sonya Chinje), that was an original piece of work by Chinje herself. The song was very creative and fit in well with the serenity of that scene.

Every fairy knows that mortals be fools, but what a fool you’d be if you didn’t go see “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Paul VI Catholic High School.

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Opinion Our View: State GOP Leadership Needs to Wise Up

Having watched the leadership of both the Democratic Party of Virginia and Republican Party of Virginia in recent years, we can state with authority that it’s a tossup which statewide party apparatus comes across as more incompetent in working to achieve its goals.

But as 2015 moves into 2016, it’s the state GOP leadership that has moved ahead on the incomp-ometer, with its ill-advised demand (which may or may not end up being rescinded) requiring that those casting ballots in the GOP presidential primary on March 1 sign a pledge that “I am a Republican.”

Virginia is an open-primary state, without registration by party, but both Democrats and Republicans can require such pledges during

primaries. Yet doing so would appear politically unwise in any year, but particularly in 2016. Virginia’s Republican leadership already is riven with internal divisions, and the loyalty-pledge proposal has drawn the wrath of Donald Trump and his followers, along with the (somewhat less important in the grand scheme of things) editorial pages and commentariat of the media across the Old Virginia.

Forcing people to sign a pledge is likely to engender ill-will and will cause a mess at polling places on primary day. And while the GOP leadership at the state level will say it’s to ensure that only Republicans vote, a reasonable suspicion is that the party is trying to get its hands on contact information voters will

be asked to add to their pledge forms.

As of this writing, those in control of the state Republican organization are sticking firm with enforcing a loyalty pledge. Their only other option is perhaps equally unpalatable from a public-relations perspective – backing down and being seen as both unwise in the initial action and impotent in the face of criticism. Hardly a place any political group wants to be.

As noted at the outset, it really is a toss-up whether the Republican Party of Virginia or the Democratic Party of Virginia is the more hapless operation these days. This round, however, goes to Republicans – no matter what the final outcome on the loyalty oath may be.

Fairfax County Notes FAIRFAX RANKS BELOW AVERAGE IN PROTECTION OF GAY RIGHTS: The Fair-

fax County government earned a so-so grade from the Human Rights Campaign, which recently ranked 408 localities across the nation on the effectiveness of laws and ordinances protecting the gay and lesbian community.

Fairfax scored 43 out of 100, below the average national score of 56 and median score of 59. Forty-seven communities received a perfect score.

Among the nine Virginia localities included in the ranking, Alexandria scored 88, followed by Arlington (87), Norfolk (57), Richmond (52), Virginia Beach (31), Newport News (23), Chesapeake (18) and Hampton (14).

Each of the localities in Virginia was held back from a higher score due to a lack of state protections in employment, housing and public accommodation. Under state law, localities do not have inherent powers, but are limited to acting in accordance with authority granted by the General Assembly.

The Human Rights Campaign and the Equality Federation inaugurated the Municipal Equality Index in 2012; since then, the number of communities earning perfect scores has more than quadrupled.

“The most notable trend in the [2015] annual report is the rapidly growing number of cities and towns across the nation stepping up to ensure that all people are treated equally, even in states where fullyinclusive LGBT laws and policies remain elusive,” officials with the advocacy group said upon release of the data Dec. 17.

“While this has been an historic year for equality, we are constantly reminded of just how far we still have to go,” said Human Rights Commission president Chad Griffin. “In too many communities, LGBT Americans continue to face barriers to equality, overt discrimination and even violence. We believe those challenges make full equality and strong legal protections all the more important.”

The organization researched hundreds of communities – cities mostly but also, in Virginia, some counties – including all 50 state capitals, the nation’s 200 most populous cities, the five largest cities in every state, the communities home to each state’s two largest public universities, and an equal mix of 75 of the nation’s large, mid-size and small municipalities with the highest proportion of same-sex couples.

The full report, including detailed scorecards for every city, as well as a searchable database, is available online at www.hrc. org/mei.

LIBRARY SYSTEM REPORTS TOP CHECK-OUTS OF 2015: Familiar favor-

ites and those that were new over the past year made the list of the most-checked-out books of 2015 in a new ranking released by the Fairfax County library system.

Iconic names such as John Grisham, J.K. Rowling and Dr. Seuss found a place on the list, along with authors of top-selling books of the past year.

Among the top check-outs in various categories: Adult Fiction: “Gray Mountain,” John Grisham; “The Girl on the Train,” Paula

Hawkins; “All the Light We Cannot See,” Anthony Doerr; “The Escape,” David Baldacci; “The Burning Room,” Michael Connelly.

Adult Non-Fiction: “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest For Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” Daniel James Brown; “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania,” Erik Larson; “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” Marie Kondo; “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” Atul Gawande; “Yes Please,” Amy Poehler.

Adult E-Books: “The Martian,” Andy Weir; “Eyes on You,” Kate White; “The Girl on the Train,” Paula Hawkins; “All the Light We Cannot See,” Anthony Doerr; “Go Set a Watchman,” Harper Lee. Teen Fiction: “The Fault in Our Stars,” John Green; “The Book Thief,” Markus Zusak; “Eleanor & Park,” Rainbow Rowell; “The Giver,” Lois Lowry; “We Were Liars,” E. Lockhart.

Teen Fiction Series: The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins; Divergent trilogy, Veronica Roth; Maze Runner series, James Dashner; Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling; Ranger’s Apprentice series, John Flanagan.

Children’s Books: “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish,” Dr. Seuss; “Green Eggs and Ham,” Dr. Seuss; “The Cat in the Hat,” Dr. Seuss; “The Maze of Bones,” Rick Riordan; “Hop on Pop,” by Dr. Seuss.

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Transportation Continued to be a Major Theme Across N.Va. Throughout the Year BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Like the first six months of 2015, last year’s second half was marked by new faces in key posts, joyous celebrations, the never-ending machinations of commerce and deaths of notable figures.

JULY: • Cathy Salgado, who since 2002 had directed the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department, stepped down July 3 to take the same post in the city of Fairfax. Salgado was Vienna’s last department head selected by former Town Manager John Schoeberlein.

• The Vienna Town Council on July 6 unanimously approved a licensing agreement with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (aka, NOVA Parks) to relocate the Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail in the vicinity of the Vienna Community Center. The trail relocation, begun this fall, was part of a project to expand and renovate the community center.

• Artists from the Vienna Arts Society helped patients at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital work through their grief and anger by painting puzzle pieces with highly personalized imagery. Hospital patients, as well as some staffers, produced 25 puzzle pieces for the “Heroes Healing Wall” project, which was on display throughout July at the Vienna Art Center.

• Robert “Bud” Spillane, who served as superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools from 1985 to 1997, died July 18 at age 80. Colleagues memorialized him as an education leader who made Virginia’s largest school system work during a time of evolution and growth.

• Vienna police in late July installed Panasonic Toughbook Arbitrator 360º video cameras in the department’s nine patrol cruisers. The cameras record images during traffic stops and other police-service calls.

Town officials this fall prepared for the first car-video cases to work through the judicial system.

• Vienna-area resident Eric John LaRocque, 33, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home. Fairfax County police investigated his death as a homicide.

destruction was a metaphor for the impermanence of all things, the monks said.

• Great Falls residents in August pressed the Fairfax County Park Authority to use 2016 bond moneys to purchase Marmota Farm, a nearly 22.8-acre parcel in central Great Falls, and keep it as open space instead of letting it be developed with houses.

• The town of Vienna in August was ranked 48th on Money Magazine’s 2015 list of the Top 50 Places to Live in the United States. The magazine previously ranking the town No. 3 in 2013, No. 4 in 2005 and No. 70 in 2007, when the list still included 100 communities.

• After three years’ planning and more than a few hitches, the Vienna Town Council on Aug. 24 awarded a $8.9 million contract to Keller Brothers Inc. for the expansion and renovation of the Vienna Community Center. Officials broke ground for the project Sept. 17.

SEPTEMBER: • Vienna-area resident Leslie Herman, former superintendent of events and facilities for the city of Fairfax’s Parks and Recreation Department, on Sept. 14 succeeded Cathy Salgado as Vienna’s new parks-andrecreation director.

• County residents’ usage of, and desire for, Fairfax County Park Authority facilities has reached an all-time high, according to a recent needs-assessment survey, but those heavily used parks, playing fields and trails have left customers less satisfied than in the past, officials said Sept. 10.

• The Washington region must wean itself from reliance on federal contracting and create educational and business environments that take full advantage of the swiftly changing technological landscape, panelists said Sept. 9 at the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ 2015 Economic Summit.

• Fairfax County has some of the nation’s highest median household incomes, but a considerable number of the county’s adults and children are living in reduced circumstances, panelists said at a “Hidden Fairfax” discussion convened Sept. 15 by the Medical Care for Children Partnership Foundation.

• Fairfax County officials and McLean Youth Soccer leaders on Sept. 19 dedicated a new playing field at the McLean Governmental Center. The field, which has lights and artificial turf, will serve more than 3,000 young athletes, officials said.

• State and local political and business leaders, speaking Sept. 22 at Northern Virginia Community College’s Annandale campus, agreed Northern Virginia’s economic future hinges on regional cooperation and a cutting-edge education system, but they cautioned further gridlock in Congress could hamper that hopeful scenario.

• Students and faculty members at St. Mark Catholic School in the Vienna area celebrated Sept. 29 after U.S. Department of Education officials named the institu-

tion a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School.

OCTOBER: • Anti-gun protesters and gun-rights supporters – some openly carrying firearms – attended the Oct. 7 McLean Citizens Association meeting to find out what the group could do about NOVA Firearms’ relocation of its store next to Franklin Sherman Elementary School. At MCA’s Nov. 4 meeting, held at gun-free McLean High School, a committee suggested the store’s owners use landscape screening to shield customers from view of the school and avoid misunderstandings that could

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• Rain on Oct. 4 led to postponement of McLean Project for the Arts’ annual MPAartfest at McLean Central Park, but many people attended the rescheduled event on Oct. 12. To build buzz for this year’s festival, MPA officials held a scavenger hunt in September that encouraged residents to check out artworks displayed at McLean businesses.

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AUGUST: • Residents in the Balmoral and Gunnell Farms communities north of Vienna on Aug. 1 dedicated a 365-foot-long raised boardwalk linking their neighborhoods with the Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail. The pathway, which many pedestrians and cyclists use to access the trail, often had become muddy in the past because of flooding from a nearby creek.

• The 2015 World Police & Fire Games, which ran from June 26 through July 5, brought in nearly $84 million worth of economic benefit to the Washington, D.C., region, event organizers told the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors July 28.

• Ten Tibetan Buddhist monks, based in exile out of Drepung Loseling Monastery in India, painstakingly constructed and then destroyed a multicolored mandala sand painting in early August at Unity of Fairfax Church in Oakton. The painting’s

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INOVA, GMU ANNOUNCE HEALTH-CARE PARTNERSHIP: A new strategic partner-

ship will bring together Inova Health System and George Mason University to share research in an effort to benefit patients and the broader community.

“By combining resources, Inova and Mason will place Virginia at the forefront of the fight against cancer, heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses,” Gov. McAuliffe said in announcing the new arrangement.

GMU and Inova will establish a Scientific Connector Facility and the Inova-Mason Proteomics Center, to be housed on the campus of the Inova Center for Personalized Health.

“This partnership establishes Northern Virginia as an epicenter for personalized medicine, attracting the best researchers and experts from around the country,” said J. Knox Singleton, Inova’s CEO. Inova will have a physical presence on Mason’s Science and Technology Campus so its physicians and researchers can use the university’s research capabilities and labs.

The two partners also plan to establish a Personalized Medicine Public Policy and Ethics Institute, along with an endowed chair, as well as a fellowship program to recruit internationally recognized researchers and clinical investigators to both institutions.

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rade by one day to Oct. 29. Thousands of revelers showed up at the rescheduled parade, which benefited from lovely weather.

• Vienna Little League officials presented Vienna Town Council members Oct. 26 with a proposal to add – at the group’s own cost – synthetic-turf fields, modern lighting fixtures, playground and picnic areas, a scenic lawn, a two-story snack bar/press box and other amenities at the parks.

• George Burke, longtime communications director for U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th), died Oct. 31 at age 64.

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NOVEMBER: • Lynne DeWilde, who for the past 15 years has served as spokesman for the city of Suwanee, Ga., took over Nov. 2 as Vienna’s communications and marketing manager.

• Most incumbents held their ground in the Nov. 3 elections, but vacancies and a few upsets led to the election of several new local officials. All Board of Supervisors members who sought re-election won, but new Supervisors Kathy Smith (D-Sully) and Daniel Storck (D-Mount Vernon) will take office Jan. 1 following the retirements of longtime Supervisors Michael Frey (R-

In a photograph distributed by the governor’s office, Gov. McAuliffe details the new partnership between George Mason University and the Inova Health System, which the two sides agreed to in December.

search of consequence that improves lives, drives economic growth and helps solve the most complex problems of our time,” GMU president Ángel Cabrera said. “The partnership with Inova does just that, and its impact will be felt for decades.”

ENCORE CHORALE PROGRAM TO OPEN WINTER/SPRING SEASON: Northern Vir-

ginia’s Encore Chorale program for singers age 55 and older will open its rehearsals the week of Jan. 11 across the region.

Chorales can be found in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax County and Loudoun County. Singers rehearse for about 90 minutes each week in preparation for public performances in May. For general and cost information, call (301) 261-5747 or see the Web site at www. encorecreativity.org.

‘ADVENTURE COURSE’ PROPOSED FOR FAIRFAX PARK: The first “high-ropes” ad-

venture course could soon be coming to a Fairfax County park.

The Fairfax County Park Authority re-

Sully) and Gerald Hyland (D-Mount Vernon).

In the Sun Gazette’s readership area, state Sens. Janet Howell (D-32nd) and Chap Petersen (D-34th) ran unopposed and Barbara Favola (D-31st) beat Republican challenger George Forakis. Dels. Marcus Simon (D-53rd) and Mark Keam (D35th) ran unopposed, while Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) bested Republican Craig Parisot for the second time in 2015, this time by a mere 191 votes.

Local School Board members Jane Strauss (Dranesville), Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill) and at-large members Ilryong Moon and Ryan McElveen fended off challengers, but newcomers Dalia Palchik and Jeannette Hough beat School Board members Patty Reed (Providence) and Ted Velkoff (At-Large).

• Former Fairfax County police detective and retired U.S. Marine James Riddel, who campaigned tirelessly on behalf of Democratic political candidates, died Nov. 6 at age 80.

• Vienna Town Council members unenthusiastically agreed Nov. 16 to pay the Fairfax County School Board $50,785 for an easement near the Vienna Community Center that was necessary for the center’s ongoing expansion-and-renovation project. Council members expressed irritation at the lack of cooperation from the school system, citing the land-swap failure this

cently put out a request for proposals for a contractor to design, build and operate high-ropes (or slacklining) courses at parks and other county sites.

The first would be built at South Run Park, off Fairfax County Parkway in the Springfield area. If it’s successful, more courses could open.

In county documents, park authority officials said they want to expand their offerings to include more outdoor activities and recreation.

“As the management of lakefront parks and nearby RECenters has evolved there is high interest in outdoor recreation/education/adventure types of activities for all ages,” park authority officials wrote in the request for proposal, which has a deadline of late January.

Plans call for the contractor to recoup costs of construction and operating the facility from admission fees to the course.

The ropes course would be the first to open in a Fairfax County park. Adventure Links, an outdoor-recreation company, currently operates an outdoor education

center including ropes courses at Hemlock Overlook Park in Clifton, a park operated

by NOVA Parks, previously known as the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

A 2011 effort by the Fairfax County Park Authority to install a zipline course at Riverbend Park in Great Falls ran into community opposition and was scrapped.

summer.

• The Board of Supervisors, citing Fairfax County’s ongoing urbanization, on Nov. 17 approved numerous changes to the county’s noise ordinance, which will take effect Feb. 17, 2016.

• County supervisors on Nov. 17 also unanimously agreed to press the Virginia Department of Transportation to ban through-truck traffic on the entire length of Lewinsville Road between Leesburg Pike and Dolley Madison Boulevard.

• Fairfax County Park Authority officials in November agreed to cancel the 2016 World War II bivouac at Sully Historic Site in Chantilly and re-evaluate the event’s future after a veteran complained that this past July’s event featured re-enactors portraying a notoriously vicious group of Nazis.

has been planned for several years.

• Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Maryland State Senate President Thomas “Mike” Miller Jr. agreed Dec. 8 during the Capital Regional Business Forum in Tysons Corner that the jurisdictions should work together to increase Metrorail funding, build another Potomac River crossing and bolster the region’s export market.

• The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) on Dec. 9 approved the McAuliffe administration’s proposal to allow single-occupant vehicles to use Interstate 66 inside the Beltway during rush hour, as long as those motorists are willing to pay for the privilege. The plan has been opposed by many Northern Virginia officials and may face headwinds during the 2016 General Assembly session.

• Vienna Town Council member Edythe Kelleher announced Dec. 14 she would not seek an eighth term in the May 2016 election. Kelleher first was elected to the Council in 2002 and her tenure is at least twice that of the other incumbents.

• Vienna Town Council members, seeking to avoid even the appearance of impropriety unanimously agreed Dec. 14 to require land-use applicants to execute affidavits indicating the properties’ owners, lessees, trustees, contract purchasers, attorneys, beneficiaries, real estate brokers and other interested agents.

DECEMBER: • After Montgomery County, Md., officials faced public outcry following test results that showed high radon levels at some schools, Fairfax County Public Schools officials said Dec. 2 that none of the county’s schools has had radon detected above federal limits.

• The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 8 unanimously acquired land rights on five surrounding parcels to make way for a roundabout at Hunter Mill Road and Mystic Meadow Way in Oakton. The project

HISTORIC SULLY TO HOST A BIRTHDAY BASH: The Fairfax County Park Authority

will celebrate the 253rd birthday of Richard Bland Lee, Northern Virginia’s first member of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Sully Historic Site, the one-time home of Lee and his family.

The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m., and will feature tours of the house, a discussion of the Lee’s important role during the early years of the nation, and birthday cake.

The cost is $7 for adults, $6 for students, $5 for seniors and children. It will be canceled in the event of inclement weather.

Sully Historic Site is located at 3650 Historic Sully Way in Chantilly.

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State Sen. Barbara Favola will seek to allow Arlington and Fairfax counties to double their RICHMOND local cigarette taxes, with the 2016 proceeds going to support education funding.

Favola (D-31st) has introduced legislation that, if approved, would allow the two localities to raise their local taxes on cigarettes to twice the amount imposed under state law, which is 30 cents per pack. Currently, the two localities have the power to charge an amount equal to the state tax.

Arlington and Fairfax are the only counties in the commonwealth allowed to levy a local tax on cigarettes, but a measure patroned by Del. Jeffrey Campbell (RMarion) would extend the taxing authority to all counties.

Favola’s bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance; Campbell’s bill was awaiting referral to a committee.

Both bills could face a tough slog in the Republican-dominated, tax-averse and at times tobacco-friendly General Assembly.

Virginia’s close connection to tobacco dates back 403 years, when colonists began harvesting a version milder than that used

by Native Americans, according to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Virginia’s tobacco soon became the standard across most of Europe.

The 30-cent Virginia tax on packs of cigarettes is lowest among the 50 states

and District of Columbia, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and even counting the extra surcharge from Arlington and Fairfax, local smokers only pay the 46th highest state rate in the nation.

New York levies the highest state tax on cigarettes, at $4.35 per pack, according to the advocacy group, and the highest combined state-local tax rate is $6.16 in Chicago.

The federal government levies an excise tax of $1.01 per pack, unchanged since 2009.

Republican Joins Ranks on SchoolBus Issue: Efforts by Virginia’s local governments to fine those who illegally pass stopped school buses are getting some help from the Republican side of the aisle.

Del. Dave LaRock (R-Hamilton) has introduced legislation that would allow localities to mail summonses to those caught on camera passing school buses.

Localities, including Arlington, currently have the power to issue a summons, but state Attorney General Mark Herring issued an advisory ruling that state law only allows those citations to be handed over by law enforcement in person, not sent by mail.

A number of Northern Virginia localities are pressing for General Assembly authorization to mail the citations.

Similar legislation has been proposed by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church). But having a Republican patron may help the measure in the GOP-dominated House of Delegates.

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Legislators to Hold Commemorative Convening in Williamsburg: Members of the General Assembly will converge on Williamsburg Jan. 30-31 for the 26th joint commemorative session in the reconstructed Virginia Capitol.

The event is an effort of the House and Senate clerks’ offices and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and will come a little over two weeks after the opening of the legislature’s 60-day session in Richmond.

W. Taylor Reveley III, president of the College of William and Mary, will serve as featured speaker at the commemorative session, slated for Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.

The event celebrates the Virginia legislature’s claim to being the oldest, continuously elected, English-speaking, representative lawmaking institution in the Western Hemisphere, and will serve as something of a kickoff to the pending 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown in 1619.

The Virginia legislature moved to Williamsburg in 1699, after fire for the third time destroyed their meeting place in Jamestown. Work on the Capitol (the first building in the New World to use that name) was completed in 1705.

The original building burned in 1747, and the reconstructed complex was occupied in 1753. In 1779, the state government decamped to Richmond, and the building was later used as a court and a school. Part of the Capitol building was demolished in the 1790s, the other part burned in the 1830s; the reconstructed building was dedicated in 1934.

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McLean Community Center will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. at the center.

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gramming. n Allan Phillips, a senior at Oakton High School, was one of 21 students from the Washington area recently honored by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation.

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The team earned the honor by earning second place in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional International Collegiate Programming Contest, beating 183 squads from other universities and colleges in the region. That tournament’s winning team came from the University of Virginia.

The Virginia Tech team consists of Peter Steele, a 2014 McLean High School graduate, as well as Dustin Pho and Chris Wu, who graduated from Lee High School in Springfield in 2011 and 2012, respectively. n John Visaggio, a student at James Madison High School, traveled to Peru over the summer with Visions Service Adventures, an international community-service program for teens.

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The performance was taped for airing on PBS stations during the holiday season.

were among those named as finalists for Gold and Silver Crown Awards by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Local nominees include The Clan of McLean High School (Meghan Percival, adviser) and Techniques of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (Erinn Harris, adviser). They were among yearbooks from six Fairfax County middle and high schools to be named finalists.

Award recipients will be honored during a ceremony slated for March 18 at Columbia University. n Students in the DECA program at George C. Marshall High School recently squared off against their counterparts at Lake Braddock Secondary School in the inaugural Morgan Moses Pride and Passion sports-marketing competition, held at Marshall.

The competition is named for an offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins.

Judges and organizers of the competition included teacher Stephanie Harmony; Tyhler Raye of Discovery Communications Education; and Grant Paulson of 106.7 FM radio.

Paul Moses of Richmond supports the new foundation his nephew is aiming to start, and Mike Smith, a Fairfax County Public Schools Marketing Advisory Board member and head of MSBD, a consulting firm in Reston, also is assisting in the foundation launch. n A total of 68 George C. Marshall High School students recently visited Shrevewood Elementary School to teach students about various business topics, including those related to finance and economics.

The students, members of Marshall’s FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) chapter, partnered with Junior Achievement (JA) to plan, prepare and carry out the event.

Students prepared for the two weeks leading up to the event with lesson plans and activities provided by JA.

More than 4,000 students earned degrees during winter commencement exercises at George Mason University, held in December at EagleBank Arena on the university’s Fairfax campus.

According to GMU officials, a total of 2,412 students received bachelor’s degrees, with 1,420 earning master’s degrees, 178 Keep public Keep public garnering doctorates and 10 receiving law notices within notices within degrees. reach by keeping One-third of those earning bachelor’s reach by keeping degrees were the first in their families to them in print earn a degree, university officials said. them inofprint in the pages your Bachelor’s-degree recipients representdependable local newspaper. in the pages of your ed 36 countries and 22 states, university said. Students receiving graduate dependable local newspaper.officials degrees came from 40 countries and 30 Provide your name and locality. states.

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n Students at Forestville Elementary School recently held a Family Science Night, part of an initiative developed by Great Falls-based nonprofit iSchool for the Future.

The “Creative STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Math]” programming is the brainchild of Great Falls resident Nuria Gabitova and Falls Church resident Anuradha Gupta.

Twelve stations around the school focused on the impact of the school’s renovation, looking at changes to its sewer system and the expansion of its library.

To understand why the school is switching from a septic tank to a sewer system, participants learned about soil texture around the school and how it affects percolation. To look at the library’s storage and expansion plans, students took random samples of books, weighed them and maintained running averages to estimate the weight of the library collection.

“It was so exciting to see the students of all grade levels engaged in solving realworld problems,” school librarian Margaret Bylund. “The students had great fun

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Our lone request of Santa during the holiday season gone by was to bring us a host of intriguing, creative homes to preview in the new year. And Jolly St. Nick outdid himself the very first week of 2016, sending us a gorgeous, renovated GP Homes property in a location that puts you close to both the Dunn Loring and Vienna Metro stations.

We often tout the “three L’s” of real estate – location, location, location – but this property also has the “three R’s”, having been re-designed, re-constructed and re-mastered with top-of-the-line accoutrements and amenities. The result is a three-level showplace designed to be equally at home hosting a gathering and providing the comforts of daily living.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,645,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate.

From museum-quality lighting to stateof-the-art technology, the home is a testament to forward-looking, 21st-century design. Yet it retains a charm throughout

The Web site www.toptenrealestatedeals.com has put together its list of the top real-estate stories of 2015: 1. “Home Prices Near 2006 Peak”: The median home price of existing homes in August 2015 was $230,200 – near the peak price of $230,900 in July 2006.

2. “Home Ownership On Decline”: Home ownership has been on the decline since it reached its peak at 69 percent in 2005. Millennials are not buying homes in the numbers that their baby boomer parents purchased due to several reasons including affordability and preference to rent.

3. “The Homes of 2016’s Presidential Candidates”: Donald Trump owns a penthouse at Trump Tower in New York City and several mansions in Florida, New York and Virginia.

Hillary Clinton owns expensive homes in Chappaqua, N.Y., and Washington D.C. The rest of the presidential candidates own more modest homes.

4. “Worst Home-Buying Years”: According to the National Association of Realtors, people who purchased their home between 2005 and 2007 are still struggling with an average of only $3,000 equity in their homes. Compare to people who bought within the past year with an average of $31,000 equity or $138,000 for owners over 20 years.

5. “America’s Top 100 Cities To Live”: The Midwest might be losing people, but it is the best place to live in the country according to the “Top 100 Best Places To Live” from the Web site www.liveability.com. Based on the Web site’s analysis of a number of factors including housing, education and health care, the best place to live is Rochester, Minn., followed by Bellevue, Wash., and Madison, Wisc.

6. “Home Prices Much Cheaper Than 2006”: With home prices 12 percent cheaper and average wages up 34 percent and interest rates down over 40 percent, the cost of a home is 48 percent less than in 2006. The most affordable area in the country is Hamilton County in Florida, followed by St. Louis.

7. “America’s Top 10 Expensive Homes”: According to the real-estate Web site Movoto, the 10 most expensive homes for sale in the U.S. are all in California and Florida except for one listing in Dallas. The list is made up of five California homes, including Michael Jackson’s former Neverland Ranch for sale at $100 million, and four Florida homes. The No. 1 home is Le Palais Royal, listed at $159 million in Hillsboro, Fla., currently under construction.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes VIENNA AAUW PUTS FOCUS ON WOMEN IN THE ARTS: The Vienna branch of the

American Association of University Women will present “Spotlight on Women Artists” on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. at the Vienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The event will feature Erin Garland of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, who will discuss the museum’s collection, with a particular focus on artists from the local region.

The community is invited; light refreshments will be served.

For information, e-mail viennaaauw@ yahoo.com.

HISTORIAN TO DISCUSS JAPAN’S DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS: The Vienna

town government’s “Mayor @ Your Service” program on Jan. 12 will feature historian Jim Lewis discussing “Downfall: The Empire’s Last Stand.”

The presentation, to be held at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, will look at preparations made by the Japanese government to deal with an expected Allied invasion in 1945.

“This was going to be far larger than DDay, and far worse,” said Lewis.

While the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped hasten the Japanese surrender, “that’s just part of the story,” Lewis said.

“There’s more to the story than people know, and everyone finds the material enthralling,” he said.

The community is invited.

ARTS SOCIETY TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING: The Vienna Arts Society will hold its

monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at the Vienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The guest speaker will be watercolorist Jack Harding, who will demonstrate his technique of creating distressed rice paper for instant texture in his paintings.

The community is invited. For information, call (703) 319-3971 or see the Web site at www.viennaartssociety.org.

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR MUSIC COMPETITION: Applications are being ac-

cepted for the 53rd annual James A. Bland Contest, sponsored by the Vienna Host Lions Club for school-age vocalists and instrumentalists.

The annual competition will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. at the Vienna Assembly of God Church, 100 Ayr Hill Ave. Competitors will present a song or piece of no more than 8 minutes, and will be judged by local experts in their field.

Cash prizes will be awarded to first- and second-place winners in each category, with champions in each category moving up to regional competition.

The deadline for applications is Feb. 15.

For information, call Susan Stiles at (703) 938-1142 or e-mail sandcs89@yahoo.com.

SHEPHERD’S CENTER HOSTS REGISTRATION, OPEN HOUSE: The Shepherd’s

Center of Oakton-Vienna will host an open house and registration for its winter/spring “Adventures in Learning” series on Thursday, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Road in Oakton.

Classes on a wide array of topics will be held on Thursdays from Jan. 21 to March 17. The registration fee of $40 allows participants to take as many courses as they would like.

For information, call (703) 281-0538 or see the Web site at www.scov.org.

WORLD WAR II PRISONER OF WAR TO SPEAK TO VIETNAM VETERANS GROUP:

Chapter 227 of Vietnam Veterans of America will host veterans and the public at its Jan. 21 chapter meeting at Neighbor’s Restaurant, 262D Cedar Lane in Vienna’s Cedar Lane Shopping Center.

The meeting, which will start at 7:30 p.m., will feature remarks from World War II veteran Jerry Wolf, who became a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft near Danzig after his Army aircraft was shot down over Germany.

For more information, call Len Ignatowski at (703) 255-0353 or see the Web site at www.vva227.org.

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Home Depot, Mom’s Organic Market, Markon Solutions and Dominion assisted in the event.

n Marshall Academy students enrolled in cybersecurity coursework toured the Defense Cyber Crime Center in Linthicum Heights, Md. DC3 provides digital and multimedia (D/MM) forensics, cyber investigative training, technical-solutions development and

cyberanalytics for the U.S. Department of Defense. Academy students learned about the latest 3-D X-ray technology and its application in digital forensics.

A Department of Defense expert explained how today’s automobiles, armed with Internet-connected technology, have

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Public-Safety Notes thorities have charged a 34-year-old Falls Church man in connection with the Dec. 25 murder of a 23-year-old Annandale man.

According to Fairfax County police detectives, the incident began when victim and suspect were at a party in the 7700 block of Camp Alger Avenue in the Falls Church area. Shortly after 4 a.m., a fight started between them and the victim fled the home on foot. The suspect gave chase, caught up to the victim in the 7600 block of Trail Run Road, then assaulted him again and fled, police said.

The victim, Edgar Armando Serrano, was declared dead at the scene and his injuries appeared to have been caused by a sharp instrument, police said. The exact cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Detectives from the police department’s Homicide and Crime Scene sections worked quickly to identify possible suspects and at around 4 p.m. that day located Santos Narcisco Osorio at his home and took him into custody.

Police transported Osorio to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with homicide.

POLICE SEEK ARMED MAN WHO ROBBED TOW-TRUCK DRIVER: Fairfax

County police are looking for an armed man who robbed a tow-truck driver in the

Vienna area Dec. 29.

The driver, a 26-year-old man, parked the tow truck in front of 7-Eleven store in the 2900 block of Cedar Lane at around 1:25 a.m. and went inside. He returned to his truck and shortly thereafter was approached by a man who displayed a handgun and demanded money, police said.

The victim handed over an undisclosed amount of cash and was not injured. The suspect fled on foot. A police K-9 unit responded and tracked the suspect’s path east, toward the 8600 block of Lee Highway.

The suspect was described as black, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, wearing allblack clothing and a black mask covering his face.

POLICE ARREST MAN, 56, WHO ALLEGEDLY BROKE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE TO STEAL COAT: The Fairfax County Police

Department’s Christmas Anti-Theft Team was called to the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Tysons Corner Center on Dec. 23 at 4:10 p.m. after a suspect had been taken into custody by a loss-prevention officer.

According to police, the suspect, Byron Drake, 56, of Washington, D.C., had been in the store, put on a coat, allegedly destroyed the garment’s anti-theft detection device and then left the store without paying.

During the search incident to the arrest, authorities found tools on Drake’s person that might have been used to facilitate the theft. Authorities have charged Drake with

petit larceny and possession of burglarious tools.

POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF MAN IN VIENNA HOME: A resident living in the

200 block of Ross Drive, S.W., told Vienna police on Dec. 23 at 3:42 p.m. that she had returned home to find her boyfriend injured on the floor.

A Vienna police officer and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department personnel responded and determined the boyfriend was deceased. Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

VIENNA ‘BURGLAR’ TURNS OUT TO BE CONFUSED ELDERLY MAN: A woman

living in the 300 block of Old Courthouse Road, N.E., told Vienna police on Dec. 25 at 3:30 a.m. that her elderly husband had wandered off and not been seen in several hours.

Officers checked several places the man was known to frequent and issued a lookout to other local police jurisdictions.

At 8:52 a.m. that day, a resident in the 500 block of Wolftrap Road, S.E., reported a burglary in progress after finding the elderly man inside his home. The elderly man advised officers he became lost and confused while walking and had entered the home to wait for his wife to find him.

COUNTY POLICE OFFER TIPS TO COMBAT SCAM ARTISTS: Fraud offenses ac-

counted for 14 percent of property crimes in Fairfax County in 2014, county police

said. Financial scams can be committed over the telephone, through e-mail and in person, police said.

County police have responded to reports of scams involving phone callers who claim they are from the Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft, a computer company or a power company. The callers threaten to arrest residents, fix their computers for a fee when the machines really are not broken, or shut down utilities if residents don’t pay up.

One common type of fraud involves suspects known as “woodchucks.” These criminals go door to door looking for residents to manipulate or con out of money for very little, or no, services rendered.

They particularly target the elderly and neighborhoods that seem affluent and heavily lined with trees, police said.

Police encourage residents to be aware of these types of crimes and protect themselves from becoming victims. Authorities offer these safety tips: • Ask to see a solicitor’s license if someone is at the door selling a service. Vendors are required by law to present it.

• If an unknown person is at the door and offering an unrequested service, residents should not answer the door.

• If the phone rings and the person on the other end asks for personal information and/or money, do not give out any information.

Need more tips to be safe? Visit http:// www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/crime/protect-yourself.htm.

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A Local Sports Wish List As the New Year Begins The presents of Christmas and resolutions of New Year’s have come and gone, but 2016 is still young enough to hope some other wishes are granted.

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Hits Clutch Shots In Consolation Tilt DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

In an otherwise difficult shooting night, the Flint Hill Huskies hit some key shots when it counted most to win the consolation game and finish third Dec. 30 at the girls Farrish Subaru Rebel Round Ball Classic at Fairfax High School.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Flint Hill (5-4) rallied to defeat the South County Stallions, 35-30, in that high school basketball game. The Huskies were 2-1 in the competition.

“We really love a three-game tournament with tough competition like this, because it prepares us both physically and mentally,” Flint Hill coach Jody Patrick said.

Against South County, Flint Hill trailed for much of the game. The Huskies were behind 23-22 to start the fourth quarter. In that period, Flint Hill took the lead for good at 24-23 on a driving layup

by Lindsey Wiley (10 points, five assists, three steals).

Tori Herman (eight points, six rebounds) then made a three-pointer from the left baseline to extend the lead to 28-23.

Over the final 1:52, Flint Hill made

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Madison Boys Shoot Well, Win Title in Maryland DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

For Madison against Walkersville, Taiga Walker scored 17, Daniel Ungerleider 13 points and made three threepointers, and Luke Lilienthal scored 10 and made two threes. Madison made nine three-pointers and 14 players contributed to the scoring.

In the championship game against Wootton, Madison was ahead 41-20 at halftime. Ungerleider scored his 18 points on six three-pointers. Johnny Corish scored 19 (three threes) and Walker 15. Brett Wellde made one three-pointer.

Madison made 10 threes, of which eight game in the first half.

With eight wins this season, Madison coach Kevin Roller earned his 100th career victory earlier this winter. He has 107 career wins.

The 8-1 start is Madison’s best in years. n After rallying to win their first game, the Langley Saxons were unable to do the same in the next two and finished fourth with a 1-2 record in the boys Glory Days Grill Tournament of Champions at Lake Braddock Secondary School.

Langley (6-4) lost to Mills Godwin from Richmond, 60-47, in the Dec. 29 consolation contest of the high school basketball competition. The Saxons’ last lead was 20-19 in the second period.

Godwin led at halftime, 27-24, then was ahead 42-30 after three periods.

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Below is a local sports wish list for things that would be nice to have occur in the new year, or soon thereafter. n The Virginia High School League admits a mistake and reverts back to the previous and much simpler statewide district and region alignments.

The current system has many flaws and many critics. n Clock adjustments are made to shorten the now near three-hour length of high school football games, which used to last two hours. n The sport of wrestling is reinstated into high school gym classes throughout Virginia in public schools. n A three-team, round-robin girls high school tipoff or holiday basketball tournament is held among the Fairfax County public-school squads that are coached by Pat Deegan, Billy Gibson and Fred Preister, who each have more than 600 career victories. n Coaches of all high school sports encourage athletes to play multiple sports, not concentrate on only one. n Baseball players and coaches on all levels be required to wear the oldfashioned high socks. n All games of the North Region girls high school field hockey tournaments during the fall season be held at the same venue, as was once the case.

Playoff games unfortunaely are now spread all over. n The Bishop O’Connell High girls softball team gets to play on a significantly upgraded home facility, compared to the inadequate and embarrassing one the Knights have used for many years. O’Connell won its 20th state championships this past spring, yet plays on an old field that needs a lot of upgrade. n Coaches and team administrators of amateur sports on all levels be much more proactive reporting noteworthy news and event results to local news outlets like the Sun Gazette. Yes, that also includes losing scores and details, which are worthwhile as well.

We’ll see how many of these wishes come true in 2016.

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The Madison Warhawks (8-1) extended their winning streak to eight with a lopsided 86-46 win over Walkersville, a 75-45 BASKETBALL then rout of Wootton, to win the Patriot Roundball Classic boys basketball holiday tournament at Wootton High School in Maryland.

The Warhawks shot well in both games and played the quick style they prefer. Madison shot 60 percent against Wootten.

“We pressured the ball very effectively, played the tempo we wanted, and we shot it well,” Madison coach Kevin Roller said.

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The Jefferson Colonials recorded a worst-to-first story on Dec. 30 by winthe BASKETBALL ning sixth annual Joe Cascio Classic girls basketball tournament at Falls Church High School.

Jefferson (5-5) won the crown with a 3-0 record, defeating Dominion, 40-39, in the championship game. The Colonials have not won any type of girls tournament in at least two decades, and the 5-5 start is the Colonials’ best in more than 10 years.

A year ago, Jefferson was last at 0-3 in the competition when the Colonials finished the season winless.

This season’s team includes a number of players from the McLean and Vienna areas.

One of those players is Vienna resident and freshman forward Mallory Brodnik. She made the game-winning free

Wilson is leading the team in points and assists per game. She had eight points against Dominion.

Junior guard/forward Sarah Dickson (Arlington resident) was chosen to the all-tournament team. In the three games, she averaged eight points, eight rebounds,

four steals and three blocks.

This is Dickson’s first year of high school basketball. She missed her first two seasons with knee injuries.

Junior guard Dana Scheetz (Alexandria resident) has also been a key player, averaging more than eight points and five rebounds per game. Junior guard Rachel Martinka (Vienna resident) is the team’s top defensive player, and is second on the team in assists and rebounds.

In its other two tournament wins, Jefferson defeated Falls Church, 34-26, and W.T. Woodson, 42-24. A few days prior to the tournament, Jefferson lost to Falls Church, 45-33.

Wilson scored 13 against W.T. Woodson, Brodnik scored 11 and Scheetz nine. Wilson had 13 in the win over Falls Church.

Of Jefferson’s five losses this season for coach Liz Reed’s team, two were by four points or fewer and a couple of others were close as well.

Jefferson players and coaches gather with the Joe Cascio championship banner and trophy.

throw with two seconds left and scored 11 points in the final against Dominion.

Brodnik averaged nine points and 11 rebounds per game in the three games.

Freshman point guard Savannah Wilson (McLean resident) was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

High School Roundup WRESTLING ROUNDUP: The McLean

pins and two major decisions. Conor Grammes was 5-0 with four pins. McCune was 5-0 with three pins, winning his semifinal match in overtime.

Second for McLean was Cavin Legg at 170 with a 4-1 record and four pins.

Cochise Wanzer was sixth at 195, Ethan Guenther (220) and Calvin Zug (120) were seventh, and Alex Wassell (106) took eighth.

The Langley Saxons were 14th with

80.5 points. For Langley, Nick Zoski was third at 106. Fourth were Tommy Raneses (113), Tanner Doverspike (145) and Nico Woltman (160).

For the Marshall Statesmen, John Charette was third at 220 and Michael McLarty took seventh at 113. n The Madison Warhawks finished fourth with 166.5 points at the recent Spartan Slam.

Madison’s individual champions were

Luke Kustra at 160 pounds and Drew Smith at 285. Kustra was 7-0 with five pins. Smith was 7-0 with six pins.

Second for Madison were Alex Covel at 120 and Taylor Christensen (five pins) at 138. Fourth were Josh Morgan (170) and Ryan Partridge (220). Leo Samsuhadi was seventh at 106 and Wyatt West eighth at 132.

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bench, Claire Miller had a team-high eight rebounds, and Cecily Wolfe had three points and three rebounds.

Flint Hill topped Chantilly, 41-37, in the first round, then lost to eventual champion and host and undefeated Fairfax (10-0), 60-38, in the semifinals.

“We played three really tough teams,” Patrick said.

Against Chantilly, Lindsey Wiley had 15 points, Paige Rucks scored eight, Kristen Reilly seven and Miller six.

In the loss to Fairfax, Herman had 10 points, Lindsey Wiley seven and Madison Jordan six. Flint Hill led 9-4 in the first quarter.

“Their quickness on defense got to us,” Patrick said.

NOTE: Earlier this season, Patrick won her 250th career game. She has 253 wins. n The Oakton Cougars (11-0) finished 3-0 at their Cougar Holiday Classic.

Oakton routed Hayfield, 70-49, in the first round behind 21 points from Mad-

die Royal, 17 from Delaney Connolly, 10 from Alex Marquis and nine from Kailyn Fee, who made three three-pointers.

Oakton took control by outscoring Hayfield, 21-7, in the second quarter.

In the second round, Oakton downed South Lakes, 73-52. Connolly scored 24, Royle 19 and Marquis 17.

Oakton led 30-23 at halftime, then pulled away in the fourth quarter.

In its third game, Oakton blew out Patriot, 75-35. Royle scored 20, Marquis 12, and Connolly, Kate Vietmeyer and Christin Butters eight each. Fee made two three-pointers.

Connolly, Marquis and Royle continue to be Oakton’s top three scorers.

“We’ve been playing well and getting consistent scoring from those three,” Oakton coach Fred Priester said. “The teams we’ve faced [in the tournament] are all pretty good.”

Oakton’s defense has allows just 36.2 points per game. n The Langley Saxons (9-1) lost their

first game of the season when they fell to Lake Taylor, 45-38, in first-round action of the girls Boo Williams Holiday Classic in Norfolk.

Paige Galiani had 18 points and Liz Shamloo 10 for Langley.

In its next game, Langley defeated Henrico, 58-36. Galiani scored 28 and Jordyn Gallaghan nine.

Langley wrapped up the competition with a 41-37 victory over West Springfield. Galiani had 21 points, Olivia Augustini scored seven and Shamloo five.

The Saxons trailed, 20-17, at halftime.

West Springfield was missing its starting center. n The Madison Warhawks (6-4) finished 2-1 at the girls Bulldog Bash at Westfield High School.

Madison lost to Battlefield, 60-48, in the first round. The Warhawks then won their next two, defeating Centreville, 45-33, and Yorktown, 51-39.

The girls teams resume their regularsecond schedules this week.

six-game winning streak snapped with a 66-59 loss to eventual champion John Champe in the semifinals.

In that loss, Shafer had 19 points, Tarpley had 14 and Chas Battaglia made four three-pointers and scored 13. n The Marshall Statesmen (8-2) finished second in the boys Holiday Basketball Classic in Charlottesville, losing to Albermarle, 54-45, in the championship game.

In the first round Marshall downed Western Albemarle, 50-45, then topped

Broad Run, 44-39, in the semifinals.

For more details on the games, visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax. n The Flint Hill Huskies (2-7) won their first two games of the season, defeating Kingsman Academy, 83-70, and Curley, 67-66, in boys action.

Against Kingsman Academy, Jordan Taylor had 18 points, Ben Stern 16, Justin Taylor 10, Isaiah Moore nine and David Akinyem six for Flint Hill, which made seven three-pointers.

In the win over Curley, Stern scored

21 and made three three-pointers, Jordan Taylor had 12 and Ethan Jones nine.

The Huskies rallied from a 37-33 halftime deficit. n The Potomac School Panthers (5-4) downed Marist, 66-51, Jan. 2 in boys action behind 22 points from Grant Robinson, 17 from Preston Bacon and nine from Drew Davis. Bacon made two threepointers.

Potomac School outscored Marist, 46-23, in the second half and made 23 of 28 free throws.

Highlanders finished second with 173.5 points and had three individual champions at the recent Battle of the Bridge Tournament at Woodbridge High School.

McLean’s champions were Brendan Grammes at 138 pounds, his brother Conor Grammes at 160, and Mack McCune at 182.

Brendan Grammes was 5-0 with three

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The Huskies won despite shooting a chilly 19 percent from the floor, but South County wasn’t much better at 24 percent, and the Stallions turned the ball over 21 times.

“Our defense made it tough on them, and we hit some big shots in the fourth,” Patrick said. “We really worked and moved the ball on Tori’s three. That was a big shot.”

Patrick said her team had 25 deflections in the game, five more than its pergame goal. Flint Hill was 14 of 25 from the foul line.

“We want to get 20 deflections each game and get to the foul line 20 times,” Patrick said.

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Langley shot just 37 percent from the floor, and 18 percent from beyond the three-point circle.

Langley defeated Woodbridge, 63-61, in overtime in its first game, then had its

A Staff Report n McLean

High School graduate Josh Sborz had a combined 2.42 earned run average in 221/3 innings pitched with 25 and BASEBALL strikeouts nine walks to go with two saves in Minor League baseball this past summer. He started three games.

The right-hander played for multiple teams in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Sborz had a 1.50 ERA for his final team with 12 Ks in 12 innings and

only three walks.

Prior to joining the Dodgers this summer, Sborz was a top reliever and closer for the NCAA Division I champion University of Virginia baseball team.

He was the 74th player chosen in the 2015 Major League baseball draft.

Following the College World Series, Sborz was listed in the Faces in the Crowd section of Sports Illustrated Magazine for his World Series accomplishments.

He pitched 13 scoreless innings in four World Series appearances and went 3-0 with a save.

Sborz was named the Most Outstanding Player of the series. n Oakton High School graduate Luke Willis played in 47 games for two Rookie League teams in the Kansas City Royals organization.

The outfielder’s combined batting average was .274. Willis had 48 hits, 16 RBI and four doubles. He stole 11 bases.

He went 3 for 4 with two runs and a stolen base in his last game of the Minor League season.

Willis played Division I college ball at George Mason University last spring.

n Former McLean Little Leaguer and Bishop O’Connell High School graduate Michael Katz batted a combined .236 with 48 RBI and eight home runs for two Minor League A League teams this summer in the New York Mets organization.

The first baseman also had 15 doubles.

Katz is a second-year player, who played Division I college ball at William and Mary.

Spring training for those players begin later this winter. After that it will be determined which teams they will be assigned.

St. Register online prior to Jan. 23 to ensure placement on a team and to avoid late fees.

Northern Virginia. For more information and to register please contact Bob Angeli at: president@nvsua.org.

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Sports Briefs BASEBALL CAMPS: Catholic Univer-

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Final registration and payment must be completed by attending one of the walk-in registration dates: Saturday, Jan. 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m.; or Saturday, Jan. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at McLean Little League Park, 1836 Westmoreland

Golf Club’s 2016 traveling league is recruiting new players. For information, contact Terry Townshead at artistic_dimensions@msn.com or call Jennifer Collins at (703) 228-4745.

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

January 8, 1937: n Fairfax police officers will be getting a pay raise of $120 this year. n Lt. Gov. Price is expected to face no major hurdles in his quest for the Democratic nomination for governor. n About 6,500 homes are expected to be built in Virginia this year. n At the movies: “The Great Ziegeld” is playing at the State Theatre.

January 6, 1939: n A state study panel will look at jail reform.

January 8, 1969: n A New York conglomerate has announced plans to purchase the local Yeonas development corporation. n The dollar volume of losses due to fire in Fairfax County was up 24 percent in 1968 over the past year. n Braniff International has announced plans for the first jet service from Dulles Airport to South America. n Flu outbreaks have been reported in 38 counties and six cities across Virginia. n In boys basketball, Madison was dropped by Fairfax, 77-72, while Oakton was nipped by Falls Church, 70-69.

January 7, 1970: n Potential snow and hazardous driving conditions have caused Fairfax officials to cancel this week’s basketball games.

January 7, 1979: n Virginians are digging out of a whopper of a snowstorm that dumped up to 17 inches across the commonwealth. n The Fairfax County Fire Training Center has graduated its first female recruit.

January 8, 1991: n Democratic Attorney General Mary Sue Terry appears to have the fast track for her party’s nomination for governor the next time around. n The General Assembly will grapple with a $2 billion budget shortfall. n War clouds in the Mideast have pushed crude oil futures to nearly $28 a barrel. n A 75-year-old Frederick County man has claimed a record Virginia Lotto prize of $22.2 million.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

EVERYTHING GOTHIC © StatePoint Media ACROSS 1. Raise a barn, e.g.

6. Cribbage piece 9. Tear violently 13. Specialty 14. Luau welcome 15. Japanese-American 16. Junk yard stuff 17. Make mistakes 18. *Gothic novel “The Asylum” by ____ Mitchell 19. Archimedes’ exclamation 21. *“Just Like Heaven” creator 23. Bathroom label 24. Swank 25. Sis’ sibling 28. Cap and gown accessory 30. Put down 35. Plural of lira 37. Whoopi Goldberg’s opinion, e.g.

39. Artillery burst 40. Between ports 41. Type of poetic stanza 43. “Hurry up and ____” 44. Burns to charcoal 46. State of Israel 47. *SS Gothic, ocean liner owned by White ___ Line 48. Ransom precursor 50. Made in Vegas 52. Compass point between E and NE 53. Deadly sin?

55. Debt acknowledgement 57. *Stoker novel 61. *Goth, literally

64. Finger or toe 65. Boiling blood 67. Goodbye to amiga 69. Popular gemstone 70. Teresa of Calcutta, e.g.

71. Ma Bell, e.g.

72. Ready and eager 73. Dynamite

74. Illegal firing DOWN 1. Lt.’s inferior, in the Navy 2. *The Vampire Chronicles author 3. Beige 4. It carries good luck?

5. Conical dwellings

6. Type of bargain 7. Poetic “always” 8. Fat Albert’s problem 9. Reduced Instruction Set Computer 10. Biblical twin 11. Getting warm 12. Needed for craps 15. Brother’s daughters 20. Between 10 and Queen 22. Concealed oneself 24. Breed of sheep 25. *Prominent Goth color 26. Hindu sage 27. Mountain nymph 29. Seven of these are considered deadly 31. Traps, as in mouths 32. Fill with optimism 33. Like Bird flu 34. *____ Dame 36. Garner wages 38. *“American Gothic” painter 42. Mumbai country 45. “Yes, Sir!” gesture 49. Afghan monetary unit 51. Beethoven’s “Moonlight ____” 54. *First Gothic church, Basilica of ____ Denis 56. Dairy gland 57. Famous military landing 58. Capital of Latvia 59. Lab culture 60. Give a quote 61. Heater outlet 62. Pains 63. “Insane” in Spain 66. Seek a seat 68. George W., to George Herbert Walker Bush

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Business/Transportation THIRD LANE OPENS ON PORTION OF ROUTE 7: Crews have opened a newly

built third lane in each direction on Route 7 from Rolling Holly Drive to Reston Avenue, Virginia Department of Transportation officials said on Dec. 30.

The $34 million project to widen the mile-and-a-half stretch of Route 7 also includes shared-use paths, lengthened turn lanes, a new signal at Redberry Court and intersection improvements at Georgetown Pike and Seneca Road. All work is scheduled to be complete in early January.

Drivers can expect intermittent daytime lane closures as crews work on the project’s final details, VDOT officials said.

LEGISLATOR AIMS TO GIVE LOUDOUN ADDITIONAL VOTE ON TRANSIT BODY:

NEW SPECIALTY PLATES MAKE DEBUT:

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has added new specialty license plates honoring Newport News Shipbuilding and seeking a cure to childhood cancer.

The new plates join more than 200 specialty plates offered by the state government. More than one million vehicles – almost 20 percent of those registered in the commonwealth – sport specialty tags rather than Virginia’s standard license plate.

Specialty plates are available for an additional annual fee above regular registration . Topics for the plates require approval of the General Assembly and governor, and proposals for most new plates require a minimum of 450 prepaid applications before they will be considered.

On the horizon is a new specialty plate recognizing recipients of the Legion of Merit Medal, state officials said.

For a complete list of available plates, see the Web site at www.dmvnow.com.

ANNUAL ‘VALOR AWARDS’ PREPPED:

The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce has announced plans for the 38th annual Valor Awards ceremony, to be held Wednesday, March 30 at 11:30 a.m. at the Westfields Marriott.

The program will honor the efforts of members of the Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department and Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, along with other local public-safety agencies.

The event is sponsored by Verizon.

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

HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE NAMED TO NATIONAL RANKING: James Cole, president

and chief executive officer of Virginia Hospital Center, has been named one of “130 Nonprofit Hospital and Health System CEOs to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review.

The list has been produced annually since 2012, and includes some of the largest and most prominent non-profit healthcare organizations in the country.

Cole has led Virginia Hospital Center for more than two decades, overseeing growth that has included a rating as one of “America’s 100 Top Hospitals” by Truven Health Analytics for three consecutive years.

Cole also is chairman of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association board.

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Loudoun County would pick up a second voting member on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, under legislation to be considered in the 2016 General Assembly session.

Del. J. Randall Minchew (R-Leesburg) is patroning a bill that would add a second member from Loudoun County to the panel, increasing its local-government membership from 13 to 14.

Currently, membership includes five representatives from Fairfax County, three from Arlington, two from Alexandria and one each from Loudoun County and the cities of Falls Church and Fairfax, all of them coming from the ranks of local elected officials. Appointees from the state Senate, House of Delegates and Com-

monwealth Transportation Board also sit on the panel.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, which largely serves as a regional coordinating body, will take on added importance with the planned establishment of tolling on Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway beginning in 2017.

The commission will be responsible for determining what transportation projects will receive a portion of the funding from tolls.

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