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Local Real Estate Sales Up Slightly as 2016 Kicks Off

CELEBRATING THE FOUNDING FATHERS ON STAGE

Year-over-year sales were up and average prices were down across the Fairfax County real-estate market in January, leaving total sales volume relatively flat compared to a year before.

Sales for the month totaled 743 countywide, an increase of 5.4 percent from 705 in January 2015, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing services.

The average sales price of $504,805 was down 4.2 percent, as the average single-family price dipped 4.1 percent to $672,743. The average price of attached homes – such as townhomes – were down 1.2 percent, while the con- Regional home sales do segment of the market perform modestly posted a 1.4-percent rise at start of the year 9 – Story, Page 10 to $280,564.

The median sales price of all homes that sold during the month was $444,000, up 1.1 percent from $439,000.

Of homes that went to closing in January, it took 75 days from listing to ratified sales contract, up slightly from 73 days a year ago. Homes garnered an average 95.8 percent of listing price, up a tick from 95.7 percent.

Conventional mortgages (415) and cash (100) represented the most typical ways of conducting sales.

There 35 million-dollar transactions across Fairfax reported during the month.

Add up the sales and prices, and the total sales volume of $375.1 million was up 1 percent from $371.4 million a year ago.

Inventory remained relatively robust, with the 2,394 active listings at the end of the month an increase of just under 9 percent from January 2015.

Where is the market headed? The snows of Jan. 22-23 and the week-long dig-out that followed may impact the market in the short term, but the number of pending sales in January was in positive territory, up 5.4 percent.

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John Adams (Brent Stone), Thomas Jefferson (Scott Gustaveson), Robert Livingston (James Maxted), Ben Franklin (Jeff Westlake) and Roger Sherman (Jerry Hoffman) discuss independence from Great Britain in McLean Community Players’ production of “1776,” now on stage at the Alden PHOTO BY TOBY REIDWAY/IRISH EYES PHOTOGRAPHY Theatre of the McLean Community Center. See review inside on Page 5.

Budget, Roads, Development Projects Top Foust’s Annual ‘State of McLean’ Remarks BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

From snowstorms and overly large class sizes to road projects, redevelopment plans and a controversial gun store, McLean continues to

the county’s upcoming budget deliberations.

Supervisors expect 2016 to be yet another tight budget year, and will have to meet a projected $65 Continued on Page 22

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Thomas Jefferson Junior Laura Chu Set to Take on Student-Rep Position in July BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Already busy with rigorous academic courses and copious outside activities, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) junior Laura Chu soon will speak on behalf of all Fairfax County Public Schools pupils as the School Board’s new student representative.

Chu was among three finalists during last year’s selection process and earned a lot by watching the eventual winner, James Madison High School senior Ben Press.

“Seeing how he interacted with each Student Advisory Council member taught me that when you’re trying to get your ideas across, it’s more important to listen to people than talk,” Chu said.

The countywide Student Advisory Council on Feb. 9 elected Chu to serve as the School Board’s 46th student representative. She will begin her one-year term July 1 and participate in the board’s policy discussions, but not cast any votes.

Chu plans to study the school system’s budget and capital-improvement program and hopes to expand student mental-health programs, create an online forum where students may give their views on homework and grading policies, and enhance leadership-development opportunities for pupils.

Chu was born in Los Alamos, N.M., and now lives north of Vienna near Great

Falls. Both her mother, Min Yan, and father, Fuming Chu, are physicists. The family also lived briefly in Pennsylvania, but has lived in Northern Virginia for most of Laura Chu’s life.

She attended Colvin Run Elementary and Kilmer Middle schools and has spent all of her high-school years at TJ. She’s still considering her college choices, but may attend the University of Pennsylvania, because her parents and sister went there.

“I’d like to attend the Wharton School there,” she said. “Business is one of my interests.”

Chu will spend the summer meeting with all School Board members and discussing their plans for the coming school year. She also will visit elementary, middle and high schools, as well as alternative- and special-education facilities.

Chu is president of TJ’s junior-class council, a lead facilitator for Kids Are Scientists Too and arbitrator of the school’s Model United Nations Secretariat. Engaging in Model UN competitions “teaches you about being an ethical leader, influencing people, reaching compromises, being diplomatic and thinking logically while trying to create solutions for different issues,” she said.

Chu also is a mentor with Operation Communication, works with Jill’s House and the Jefferson Society, and is principal flute soloist with the McLean Youth Orchestra. She also has served as a Hugh

Laura Chu, a Vienna-area resident who attends Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, has been tapped as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board.

O’Brian Youth Leadership Virginia ambassador and has participated in the 10th Congressional District Young Women’s Leadership Program, Four Star Leadership with Gen. Tommy Franks and Encourag-

ing Empowerment Through Education.

Her course load is impressive: Advanced Placement U.S. history, micro- and macroeconomics, psychology and calculus, plus honors physics, introductory organic chemistry, and a course in law and society.

Chu has a transgender friend at TJ and said she became inspired to serve as student representative after hearing School Board Ryan McElveen (At-Large) talk about the need to protect the rights of such students.

McElveen in turn has been impressed

by Chu during her effort last year to become student representative. She will the first Chinese-American student ever to assume that role since it was created in 1972, he said.

“She is a highly effective communicator with a particular passion for improving the equity of our grading policy, enhancing equality of access to rigorous academics and balancing student workload,” he said. “Laura will follow in the footsteps of several very strong student representatives, and I know she’ll rise to the task and be a very effective voice for FCPS students.”

Kerry Hamblin, her counselor at TJ, said Chu stands out even in a school filled with bright students.

“She is a natural leader, one who has an intoxicating blend of intelligence and charisma,” Hamblin said. “She has an ability to connect with both her peers and faculty

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Vienna Town Council Race Starts to Take Shape Challengers Emerge to Take on Colbert; Incumbent Majdi Unsure of a Run BRIAN TROMPETER

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Three challengers – a lawyer, pastor and transportation engineer – are preparing to take on at least one incumbent for the three available seats in the May 3 Vienna Town Council election.

One contender will be Vienna Planning Commission member Douglas Noble, who works for the Institute of Transportation Engineers in Washington, D.C. While chairing the Maple Avenue Vision Steering Committee in recent years, Noble sought consensus between competing interest groups. He hopes to continue those efforts on the Town Council.

“I think I’ve got a professional background that would lend itself to what [the Council is] engaged in,” he said. “There are a lot of development and economic pressures from Fairfax County. The town needs to look at creative ways where Vienna can maintain its place in Northern Virginia and not be overshadowed.”

Noble expressed concern about all the traffic merely passing through the town, and said the Council should try to get some of those motorists to stop and patronize local businesses.

He also hopes town officials will seek new revenue sources to reduce homeowners’ tax burden, provide more professionaldevelopment opportunities for town staff and obtain residents’ views about Vienna’s future.

“Staff can’t work in a vacuum,” he said.

“The community needs to be engaged.”

In his spare time, Noble enjoys gardening, learning about railroad and industrial history, and driving and working on his vintage car, a 1969 Datsun 1600.

Another challenger will be Roy Baldwin, a Vienna Board of Architectural Review (BAR) member and principal at Baldwin Law Firm LLC. A Vienna resident since 1980, Baldwin said he will run for Council out of concern about traffic congestion and future redevelopments in the town.

“There’s too much traffic and a lot of pressure to build along Maple Avenue,” he said. “There’s pressure to allow bigger homes and allow developers to subdivide lots to put on more homes than there should be. if we don’t have people on Council who know how to say no to overdevelopment, we’re going to wake up in 10 years and find out our little town is gone.”

Baldwin said the BAR got to review the first two Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zoning proposals on the basis of technical requirements only, not on their

Announced Vienna Town Council candidates include (from left) Douglas Noble, Linda Colbert, Craig Burns and Roy Baldwin. Colbert is an incumbent Town Council member; the others are challengers. Incumbent Council member Edythe Kelleher announced she would not seek an eighth two-year term, and incumbent Pasha Majdi has not decided whether to seek re-election. Vienna voters will have their say in May.

appropriateness. He especially is concerned about a proposal to build 49 row houses, plus retail space below, on about 2 acres now occupied by Marco Polo Restaurant and a few smaller buildings.

“There’s a lot of pent-up demand from commercial landowners all up and down Maple Avenue for this new ordinance to take effect,” he said. “I have no doubt that over the next two years, we may see half a dozen of these mega-proposals coming in.

I’m worried town staff may not be good enough to say no. I just don’t have the confidence the new breed knows how the longtime residents feel.”

Baldwin ran unsuccessfully for Democratic nomination for the 35th District House of Delegates seat in 2009. That race, and subsequent election, were won by Democrat Mark Keam, who has held the seat ever since.

The third challenger will be Pastor Craig Burns of Vienna Assembly of God Church.

“I want to provide some consistency in the leadership for the town from someone who’s lived here almost 29 years,” he said.

“I want to protect and preserve our singlefamily dwellings. I also want to make sure the light-industrial zone in Vienna [between Dominion Road and Mill Street, N.W., north of Church Street] is protected and that businesses there can continue to offer their services so residents can have their cars worked on, have repair work done and pick up building materials.”

Burns years ago was diagnosed with cancer, but has undergone treatment and taken up long-distance running, finishing about 15 50-kilometer races and four 50mile ultramarathons. He’s also written two books: “Constant Forward Motion: The Running of the Lymphoma Ultra Series” and “What Next?! One Powerful Question.”

Burns said he hopes to preserve for his grandchildren the same opportunities that

were available in Vienna when his children were growing up. He also vowed to pay attention to residents’ concerns about the town’s future.

“More and more citizens are feeling like they haven’t been listened to,” he said.

“They speak at a public hearing and even though the majority goes a certain way, the decision goes in a different direction than the citizens expressed.”

In addition, Burns hopes the town will build a skate park and add a locomotive to the antique caboose on display in front of the Freeman Store and Museum.

All the candidates are collecting the required 125 signatures from registered voters before the filing deadline in early March and plan to obtain more signatures than necessary, just to be safe.

The Town Council consists of six members, plus the mayor, all of whom serve at-large, staggered, two-year terms. Three seats are up for grabs each May, with mayoral elections held on even-numbered years.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco stated in January she would seek another term.

Vienna elections often are pretty sedate, often with no opposing candidates when all incumbents are seeking re-election. But matters tend to get more interesting when Council seats are open.

Seven-term incumbent Edythe Kelleher will step down this year, leaving at least one Council seat open. The seats of Council members Linda Colbert and Pasha Majdi, both of whom first were elected in 2014, also will be up for grabs.

Colbert announced in January she would seek a second term, but Majdi has not rendered his decision.

If the two incumbents and three challengers file, Vienna voters will have almost as many candidates to choose from as two years ago, when Majdi, Colbert and Kelleher prevailed over candidates Tara Voigt, Michael Cheselka and Dennis Rice. Voigt ran for Council again last year and won the

seat vacated by Emil Attanasi.

Colbert, whose late parents were Council member Rodger Seeman and Mayor M. Jane Seeman, touted the Council’s accomplishments during her tenure, including passage of the MAC zoning ordinance, creation of an arts commission and commencement of the Vienna Community Center expansion-and-renovation project.

“I really have enjoyed it,” she said of her time in office. “I certainly had an idea what I was getting into, having watched both my parents. I’ve enjoyed helping my neighbors and friends and residents who call me with their issues. That’s been very rewarding.”

If re-elected, Colbert said she would like to see the Council pursue options for a parking garage in central Vienna and improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists.

Colbert also runs a tutoring business for high-school math students, and teaches SAT preparatory classes.

Majdi said he would consult with his family before seeking a second term.

He admires Colbert and described the three challengers as “really well-qualified, excellent candidates.” Burns long has been a community leader, Baldwin has helped the town maintain a cohesive look through his BAR service and Noble’s traffic-engineering background could benefit the Council, he said.

“It’s going to be a fun ride,” Majdi said.

“I really like all the people who are running.”

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Mention the musical “1776” and some people will groan, associating it with bland, vanilla, patriotic fare favored by theater troupes seeking not to offend.

But thanks to some ON inspired performances fine production STAGE and values, McLean Community Players’ latest show is quite engaging, if a bit overlong.

The play, with a book by Peter Stone and music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, tells of the wrangling that beset the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776 as its members oversaw the Revolutionary War and eventually approved the Declaration of Independence.

The proceedings revolve around Massachusetts political heavyweight John Adams (Brent Stone), who rails at the legislators’ sluggish progress and holds unrealistically high expectations for the final document.

Stone does a great job, imbuing Adams with rhetorical forcefulness, irascibility and self-awareness as to how widely he is disliked. Fellow legislators reinforce this idea in the enjoyable opening number, “Sit Down, John.”

Adams’ foil is Pennsylvania statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin (Jeffery Westlake), who supplies humor, common sense and pointed words at just the right moments.

Adams convinces Thomas Jefferson

(Scott Gustaveson) to write the independence document and despairs as Jefferson dithers at his task and then makes politically expedient concessions so the declaration will pass unanimously.

Gustaveson plays Jefferson as humble, self-effacing and keen on eventually abolishing slavery. That last characteristic gets rebuked by Edward Rutledge (James Myers) of South Carolina, who notes Jefferson himself owns slaves.

Myers shines in the second act with “Molasses to Rum,” an impassioned, if a bit overwrought, defense of the institution of slavery.

Mytheos Holt makes the most of his role as Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, who never misses the chance to emphasize his last name on adverbs.

Bob McGrath is strong and even-handed as John Hancock, president of the congress, and of course he signs the declaration with a huge flourish.

This is a story about the Founding Fathers, so most of the performers are men.

Two exceptions are Abigail Adams (Marissa Chapman), who converses with, sings to and generally bucks up her beleaguered husband from afar, and Jefferson’s wife, Martha (Leslie Lewis), who contributes some quality singing and dancing as well as romantic interest.

Many other supporting performers also add value to the play. Shawn Cox, who wowed as Pontius Pilate in MCP’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” again contributes his sharp tongue and aristocratic bearing as

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Period outfits by costume designer Juliana Confrancesco give each legislator a distinctive look and production staffers who painted the huge background screen showing Philadelphia’s Independence Hall did a fine job.

Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, played by James Myers, sings about Musical director the North’s complicity in the slave trade in the McLean Community PlayJohn Edward Niles ers’ production of “1776. PHOTO BY TOBY REIDWAY/IRISH EYES PHOTOGRAPHY and the band provide Pennsylvania conservative John Dickincapable accompanison. He’s especially effective in the foot- ment throughout, especially the percusstomping dance number “Cool, Consider- sionists. ate Men,” which is well-choreographed by The production lasts about two and a Melissa Dunlap. half hours, not including intermission and Jonathan Cagle-Mulberg is appropri- it’s a tribute to the performers and direcately prominent or discreet as secretary of tor Annie Galvin that the audience did not congress Charles Thomson. His readings thin out much after the first act. The show of Gen. George Washington’s lamenta- reviewed took place on the play’s second tions from the battlefield are a hoot. week, so MCP had the chance to iron out As a bedraggled and harried courier, the kinks first.

Derek Marsh shines in “Momma, Look When done right, as MCP’s show defiSharp,” a vivid reminder amidst all the lev- nitely is, “1776” is entertaining and funny. ity about the horrors of war. Lighting di- The ending is a foregone conclusion, so sit rector Lynne Glikbarg adds to the mood back and enjoy the performances. with a gradually narrowing spotlight on “1776” runs through Feb. 21 at the Marsh.

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Opinion Our View: Commonwealth’s Dealmaker-in-Chief

It was several months ago, in this very space, that we advised Gov. McAuliffe and his Virginia Department of Transportation to pause, take a breath and spend time gathering more support for the controversial tolling plan on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway before trying to ram it down the throats of a wary populace.

Pish-posh, Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne Jr. retorted in a letter to the editor shortly thereafter.

The plan had been fully vetted and was ready to go, he said. Further consultation was unnecessary.

Facts on the ground proved otherwise.

Something happened in recent

weeks, as the governor’s office opted for conciliation over confrontation with members (Republicans and Democrats) of the General Assembly who had thrown a number of bills into the legislative hopper to delay or derail the VDOT plan.

The framework of the deal that emerged – which provides for widening a stretch of eastbound I-66 from the Dulles Access Road to Ballston – garnered mostly positive reviews from lawmakers and elected officials in Northern Virginia.

Arlington leaders, who despite their protestations seem to have an inflexible attitude toward any widening of any road, anywhere, were a little

miffed, and the professional and semipro transit boosters were peeved. But other than that, the deal seems to have won general accolades.

When you couple the I-66 compromise with the recent reconciliation between the executive and legislative branches over Virginia’s gun laws, one has to think McAuliffe, who is limited to one term in office, is eager to find deals on other contentious issues, rather than spending the next 22 months battling a Republican legislature that holds the upper hand.

It’s probably the wisest strategy, and one that comes second-nature to the governor, who is by temperament and history a deal-maker.

Let McLean Drivers Pay Tolls to Use Interstate 66 Editor: Marty Smith of McLean [Letters, Feb. 11] wrote that widening Interstate 66 in Arlington is preferable to putting tolls on I-66 on drivers during rush hour as the Virginia Department of Transportation has chosen, saying it is not right for VDOT to “force him out of his car.”

Smith does not acknowledge that VDOT would have to force adjacent landowners to sell their properties to widen I-66 under his plan. He also never says who is going to pay the hundreds of millions of dollar that such widening would cost.

There is no free lunch in public transportation – either gasoline taxes must be raised or tolls must be imposed. Which one, Mr. Smith?

Those of us who live in Arlington and would give up our scarce land adjacent to I-66, and put up with even more noise and pollution from even more cars on a wider I-66, have a different understand-

ing than a McLean resident who wants to continue to drive by himself for free during rush hour.

We in Arlington understand as an urban area that widening highways merely takes valuable land away from use for residences, businesses and parkland and puts it into a use that generates no tax value or community value for us.

There has never been a single example of a wider urban highway actually reducing congestion long-term during rush hour in the U.S.; widening a highway merely brings out more traffic and singledriver vehicles.

It seems reasonable that if a person chooses to drive in rush hour by themselves on a congested urban highway that they should pay for that privilege. Otherwise, they can join a carpool and ride for free, or ride a subsidized bus or the subsidized Metrorail.

We in Arlington contribute many millions of dollars annually to subsidize Me-

trorail, Metrobus and Arlington Transit (ART) buses. Metrorail recently added the Silver Line through McLean at a cost of more than $3 billion, a portion of which Arlington County paid. Thousands of McLean residents use Metrorail today.

Arlington County and McLean, the site of Tysons Corner with hundreds of commercial offices and apartment buildings, are urban cities today. Interstate highways for single-driver cars can never supply the transport needs of such urban areas, rather it is buses, subways, carpools and ride-sharing that should be the norm.

The option for a single-driver vehicle to pay for the privilege to use a public highway that otherwise could be serving HOV vehicles and buses and moving thousands of commuters efficiently seems reasonable to me.

John Reeder Arlington

Editor: I read with interest your recent article about the Town of Vienna’s delinquency rate [“Arlington Has Up-and-Coming Rival in Tax-Collection Rate”].

While I applaud my colleagues in Vienna for what is by any measure an excellent collection rate, it is not even close to Arlington’s. Unfortunately, there are two major problems with the comparison made between Vienna and Arlington.

First, like apples to oranges, the article compares Vienna’s collection rate for 2015 taxes with Arlington’s total delinquency rate.

A collection rate is for those taxes collected for the one year in question. A delinquency rate, on the other hand, is not

just 100 percent minus the collection rate; a delinquency rate includes all delinquent taxes for the entire statutory period.

Specifically, Arlington’s delinquency rate of 0.27 percent includes all unpaid personal property taxes for the past five years, plus all unpaid real estate taxes for the past 20.

Second, it is significant that Vienna does not have a personal-property tax, so their collection rate is for real estate alone. Personal property is a more difficult tax to collect than real estate, because cars can move, and frequently do.

Real estate, on the other, tends to remain in one place and is, therefore, much easier to collect.

If we compare just the real-estate col-

lection rates, we see that Vienna has a collection rate of 99.82 percent to Arlington’s 99.99 percent. Now, to put that in dollar terms, if Arlington had the same collection rate as Vienna, the unpaid real estate taxes for 2015 would have been a whopping $1.262 million instead of the actual $74,346 – a difference of $1.19 million!

It is always good to hear about one of our neighbors taking delinquency collection as seriously as we do in the Arlington Treasurer’s Office. However, let the record clearly state we still remain unrivaled.

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Vienna Is Good, But Arlington Is Better, in Collection Rate

Treasurer, Arlington County

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State lawmakers frequently must fight to pass bills, but it’s usually smooth sailing for their resolutions honoring notable organizations, schools and residents.

Local members of Northern Virginia’s General Assembly delegation have had a slew of such resolutions passed during this year’s session.

State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th) copatroned a resolution honoring George Burke, communications director for U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) who died Oct. 30, 2015.

State lawmakers also gave the thumbsup to resolutions by State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) honoring several Reston residents, including Joseph Ritchey of the real estate brokerage firm Prospective Inc. for his work on mixed-use developments;

Reston founder Robert E. Simon Jr., who died Sept. 21 last year at age 101; Reston Community Center director Leila Gordon; youth-sports coach and mentor Jim Elder; and Beloved Yoga, which under the leadership of owner Maryam Ovissi has provided stress relief and community outreach.

Local delegates also have had resolutions passed in honor of outstanding people and groups. Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd) was among legislators who patroned a resolution lauding Friends of the Falls Church Homeless Shelter for providing shelter and services to homeless single adults for 20 years.

Simon also patroned a resolution honoring Falls Church resident Richard Allan Jr., a veteran of the U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency who died Oct. 9 last year.

In addition, Simon was among legislators who patroned a resolution honoring

National Basketball Association great Moses Malone, a graduate of Petersburg High School who died Sept. 13, 2015.

Dels. Mark Keam (D-35th) and Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) co-patroned a resolution honoring Harry Miller III, corporate vice president and chief technology officer of Noblis Inc., who also served as vice chairman of an advisory board for the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University.

Murphy also patroned a resolution commending the Rotary Club of McLean for 50 years’ worth of community service.

Many local delegates also supported a resolution honoring the academic achievements of Fairfax County’s premier school,

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, which was named an Advanced Placement Honor Roll School Division winner for 2014.

In addition, delegates passed a resolution in honor of United States Colored Troops Descendants, which honors soldiers and sailors of color who served in the U.S. military, especially for the Union during the Civil War. The General Assembly also passed resolutions by State Sen. Barbara Favola (D31st) commending former Arlington Police Chief M. Douglas Scott, former Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan and retired Arlington County Department of Human Services director Susanne Eisner.

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Comstock Challenger Gets DCCC Support The expected Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) has picked up support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

The group has placed Luann Bennett in its “Red to Blue” initiative, aimed at supporting Democratic candidates who have the potential of unseating Republican incumbents in November.

Bennett is “a strong candidate, ready to serve and protect Virginians,” DCCC chairman Ben Ray Luján said in a statement.

“She is the right person to make Wash-

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In 2014, the DCCC started out as a strong supporter of Foust, but in October cancelled a major TV-ad purchase on his behalf as Comstock held onto a healthy lead in the polls.

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He didn’t need their votes, but several members of the local legislative delegation deserted Gov. McAuliffe (D) on the g o v e r n o r ’s RICHMOND c o m p ro m i s e with legislative 2016 leaders on recognition of out-of-state concealed-weapons permits.

State Sens. Janet Howell (D-32nd) and Barbara Favola (D-31st) were among 13 Democrats who voted against the Senate version of the compromise measure. Six Democrats, including state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th), and all 21 Republicans supported the measure, worked out between the McAuliffe administration and the Republican legislative leadership.

A similar measure in the House of Delegates passed 72-26, with Dels. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) and Rip Sullivan (D48th) opposing it and Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) supporting it.

The measures provide that a holder of a concealed-handgun permit issued by any state who is at least 21 years of age is authorized to carry a concealed handgun in Virginia, effectively overturning an interpretation of existing law made late last year by state Attorney General Mark Herring.

The governor agreed to the compromise measure in order to win concessions from legislators on other gun-control matters.

While support for the measures came largely from Republicans and downstate Democrats, Northern Virginia Democrats (in addition to Petersen and Keam) who voted for the measure included state Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Falls Church) and Del. Mark Sickles (D-Franconia).

Local Senators Back ERA: The three members of Sun Gazette coverage area’s state Senate delegation joined a very narrow majority voting to support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, although the measure is likely to be smothered in the House of Delegates.

The 21-19 vote was largely symbolic in nature; last year, something similar passed the state Senate (20-18) but never got a hearing in a House subcommittee. A similar fate likely awaits the measure this year.

A total of 35 states, three shy of the necessary 38, approved the constitutional amendment before the ratification period ended in the 1980s; supporters of ratification say the congressionally-imposed deadline for ratification is itself unconstitutional.

Several state legislatures have rescinded previous ratification of the amendment, which was sent to the states in 1972.

State Sens. Chap Petersen (D-35th), Barbara Favola (D-31st) and Janet Howell (D-32nd) voted to support the measure, patroned by state Sen. Scott Surovell (DMount Vernon).

Favola, Lopez Efforts on Ex-Incarcerees Fails: Efforts by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) to remove an impediment for the formerly incarcerated to receive social-service payments failed in a tie vote in a Senate committee.

For several years, Favola has patroned measures in the legislature to remove a prohibition on those convicted of non-violent but drug-related felonies from receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF. In the 2016 session, the measure failed on a 7-7 vote in the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services.

Similar legislation patroned by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) was reported out of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on a 15-7 vote, but was then referred to the House Committee on Appropriations, where a subcommittee by voice vote killed it.

Sullivan Bill on Out-of-State Voter IDs Dies: A proposal by Del. Rip Sullivan (D48th) to allow students attending out-ofstate colleges to use their student IDs when voting has been killed by a House of Delegates subcommittee.

Currently, photo-identification from instate colleges and universities (public and private) are acceptable to satisfy Virginia’s voter-ID requirements, but those from other states are not.

Sullivan’s bill was killed by voice vote Feb. 9 in a subcommittee of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Election-Runoff Measure Defeated: A proposal calling for runoff elections in statewide races, if no candidate achieves a majority vote on the first round, didn’t last long in Richmond.

The proposal, patroned by Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), would have provided for runoff elections among the top two finishers for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate if no candidate achieved a majority of votes cast.

But the bill was killed in a subcommittee of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Partisan Voter Registration Killed in Committee: A measure authorizing voter registration by political party in Virginia has died in the House of Delegates.

Virginia currently does not register voters by political party. The measure, by Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), would have allowed party registration, but was snuffed out on a 16-5 vote in the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Another election-related measure, requiring that political parties reimburse the state government for costs associated with primary elections, was killed in a subcommittee of the same committee. It had been patroned by Del. R. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan).

Ebbin Effort on Immigrant-Assistance Effort Fails: Legislation by state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) to create an Office of Immigrant Assistance fell short.

The measure would have established the office within the Virginia Department of Social Services, and would have assisted legal immigrants with help in employment, housing, social services and citizenship.

The measure passed the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on an 11-1 vote, but was then referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, where it languished before being passed over.

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The wintry mess that shut down much of the Washington region during the third week of January could have an impact on home sales in coming months, but the first month of the year proved a passable, if not robust start to 2016 home-buying in Northern Virginia.

“Reasonable momentum” is how Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) CEO Ryan Conrad described the state of the market, after sales figures reported Feb. 10 showed January 2016 outperformed January 2015 across the region.

Sales for January totaled 1,007, up a little less than one percentage point from the 999 properties that went to closing a year before, according to figures reported by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The totals include sales in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.

The average sales price of all homes that went to closing during the month was down 2.1 percent to $532,863, with modest declines reported in all three segments of the market: single-family attached and condominiums.

The median price of all homes that sold, however, was up 2.7 percent to $460,000.

Seventy-three of the 1,007 sales were for more than $1 million. Total sales volume for the month was $536.6 million, down 1.3 percent from $543.5 million.

The January market remained balanced, favoring neither buyers nor sellers, said NVAR chairman Virgil Frizzell.

“For the mid-range of homes, properly priced properties in good shape will sell relatively quickly,” Frizzell said. “More expensive homes, or homes that need work, may remain on the market longer.”

Low Northern Virginia unemployment, and the threat of looming increases in interest rates, may make the spring market a solid one, he said, as prospective purchasers hop into the fray.

For homes that sold in January, it took an average of 75 days to go from listing to ratified sales contract, up from 72 days in January 2015. Homes garnered 95.8 percent of listing price, essentially unchanged from a year ago.

Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 578 cases, followed by cash (133) and FHAbacked mortgages (101).

At the end of January, there were 3,259 properties on the market across Northern Virginia, up about 6 percent from the 3,074 a year before. Listings coming on the market during the month were down more than 10 percent from a year before.

The Jan. 22-23 storm and its aftermath could leave its mark on the springtime sales market.

“The historic snowstorm impacted the number of new listings, as well as new ‘under contracts’ and new pending listings,” said Suzanne Granoski, chair-elect of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

But, she noted, when people could finally dig out and move about, they took advantage of the opportunity.

“The cabin fever from not being able

to see things the week before brought out house-hunters in droves,” Granoski said.

“Jan. 31 open houses were well-attended, with agents noting some record numbers.”

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

D.C., Inner Suburbs See Higher Sales, Lower Prices: Total year-over-year home sales were up but average prices were down across the District of Columbia and the inner suburbs in January, according to new figures.

A total of 2,702 properties went to closing last month, up 5.8 percent from 2,554 a year, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

Figures represent sales in the District of Columbia; Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland.

The average sales price of $462,308 was down just under 3 percent, with declines reported in all three segments of the market: Single-family homes were down 3.2 percent to $550,228; attached homes were down 3.8 percent to $383,402; and condominiums were down 4.9 percent to $329,499.

Total sales volume for January was $1.25 billion, up 2.7 percent from a year before.

At the end of the month, there were 8,277 properties on the market, up 4.1 percent from a year before.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

Falls Church Had Priciest Sales Prices in January: The city of Falls Church led all localities in the Mid-Atlantic region in average home-sales price in January, with its eye-popping $928,000 up 21.6 percent from a year before.

Arlington ($638,821, up 2.8 percent from a year before) and the District of Columbia ($605,128, down 2.9 percent) came in the second and third slots, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

They were among six localities across the Mid-Atlantic where average home prices topped a half-million dollars during the month, a list that also included Rappahannock County ($591,790, up 2.7 percent), the city of Alexandria ($568,538, up 5.6 percent) and Fairfax County ($504,805, down 4.2 percent).

Among other local jurisdictions, Loudoun County posted an average price of $483,270, up 2.6 percent; Prince William County reported an average of $346,591, up 1.2 percent); and Stafford County saw an average sales price of $290,023, down 11.9 percent).

The priciest Maryland jurisdiction on the list was Montgomery County at $451,298, down 1.7 percent from a year before.

Across the entire Mid-Atlantic region, the average sales price of $345,533 was down 1.6 percent from a year before, according to RealEstate Business Intelligence figures.

Transportation Notes to the Feb. 10 news that the McAuliffe administration and leaders in the General Assembly have agreed to a framework proposal that would have a four-mile eastbound stretch of the highway from the Dulles Toll Road to Ballston widened sooner rather than later while retaining many of the other components the administration’s earlier plan that would bring toll lanes to the highway in 2017.

Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey (D) said her government was “disappointed with the news” that widening – using $140 million in statebudget funds – would occur sooner rather than later.

But Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) said the compromise would “advance this critical project” by avoiding a showdown in the General Assembly.

“We thank Gov. McAuliffe for keeping this project moving forward,” Bulova said in a statement put out shortly after word of the compromise plan emerged.

Republicans and some Democrats in Richmond were working to kill the tolling proposal outright.

Some of their measures already had been killed in committee, but others looked likely to find success – progress that forced McAuliffe to decide whether he should take a stance of confrontation or compromise.

He chose the latter.

VDOT RESCHEDULES I-66 HEARINGS:

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (center) and Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey (right) had different reactions to Gov. McAuliffe’s compromise on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway.

Among those generally pleased with, if somewhat equivocal about, the decision was state Sen. Barbara Favola (D31st), whose district runs from Arlington through northern Fairfax and into Loudoun County.

“I support the governor’s efforts to improve I-66 and provide relief to Northern Virginia commuters,” Favola said. “However, we need to ensure that the localities directly affected by widening I-66 are part of this conversation.

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) was more in the unhappy contingent, saying that the decision changes the longstanding understanding that I-66 would not be widened inside the Beltway.

“My initial reaction is one of concern,” Beyer said. “But I continue to learn details of the proposal and to listen to constituents on all sides of the issue.”

Environmental and transit groups largely were unhappy with developments.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has rescheduled public hearings on the design of Interstate 66 improvements inside the Beltway, which had been postponed due to snow in January.

Hearings will be held on Monday, March 7 at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington; Tuesday, March 8 at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Loudoun County; and Wednesday, March 9 at the VDOT Northern Virginia District office in Fairfax. All hearings run from 6 to 8 p.m., with brief presentations about the proposal at 6:30 p.m.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP FUND GONDOLA STUDY: Despite some doubts

about the viability of the proposal, Arlington County Board members have agreed to allocate $35,000 in taxpayer dollars to join a study on the possibility of a overhead-gondola system between Rosslyn and Georgetown.

Arlington’s contribution will represent 14 percent of the $250,000 study, which is being conducted in partnership with the District of Columbia government, several business-improvement districts and Georgetown University, among others.

County Manager Mark Schwartz had recommended a $40,000 funding level, but the County Board cut it down to $35,000 to be on par with what the District of Columbia government plans to

spend.

The Arlington business community will be asked to chip in the additional $5,000.

With no Metrorail station in Georgetown – and none likely for decades – getting from Rosslyn to Georgetown usually entails a drive, or walk, over Key Bridge, or a bus trip.

Arlington staff say a gondola system potentially could reduce auto use and the congestion and pollution that comes with it.

The Arlington County government’s Transportation Commission, which took up the matter in early January, voted 63-2 to support the expenditure of funds during a discussion that was not part of the announced meeting agenda.

“We recommend funding the study to determine whether it could move a substantial number of people in a cost-effective manner and whether it could reasonably be expected to attract ridership,” commission chairman Christopher Slatt told County Board members.

Those who opposed the proposal on the commission believed it “does not solve a real transportation need,” and many commissions expressed the view that “even contributing to a study will provide substantive fodder for transit nay-sayers,” Slatt said.

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Figures represent retail purchases made in the county in November.

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permits issued in Fairfax County during the fourth quarter of 2015 totaled 219, a 2.2-percent decline from the 224 permits issued during the same period in 2014.

Figures were reported by the Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget.

For the full year, there were 943 single-family permits issued in 2015, down 2.2 percent from the 964 issued in 2014, county officials said.

VIENNA ISSUES BUSINESS LICENSES:

The Vienna town government recently issued business licenses for the following firms: Bleu Spruce (online sales), 417 Park St., N.E.; Elegant Aesthetics (aesthetician), 352 Maple Ave., W.; J.J. Massage LLC (massage therapy), 111 Berry St., S.E.; Long & Foster Realtors (property management), 374 Maple Ave., E.; Nonnie Importers (imports), 361 Maple Ave., W.; N.Y. Bagel & Deli (restaurant), 431 Maple Ave., W.; South Block (coffee shop), 227 Maple Ave., E.; and Tysons Eyebrows (eyebrow threading), 167 Maple Ave., E. TOWN GOVERNMENT NOTES ANNIVERSARIES: The Vienna town government

recently noted the following anniversaries of town businesses:

40 Years: Vienna/Fair Oaks Hearing and Speech Center.

25 Years: Robert P. Sileo, M.D. 20 Years: David Miller & Associates.

10 Years: Gamestop; Lofty Boutique Salon & Style; Lovely Nails.

VIENNA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS: The Vienna

Business Association recently added the following new members: R. Walter Engineering LLC; Physio; D.C. College Counseling; and the Baldwin Law Firm.

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

BAKER TILLY LLP ELECTED TO TYSONS PARTNERSHIP: Baker Tilly LLP, a full-

service accounting and advisory firm, has been elected to the Tysons Partnership board of directors, where it will be represented by Barbara Schaefer McDuffie.

McDuffie is managing director of business development for the organization.

N.VA. CHAMBER SEEKS CORPORATECITIZENSHIP NOMINATIONS: The

Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Awards, to be presented on April 1.

Businesses can self-nominate, or can be nominated by a business partner.

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amp has been an American tradition for more than 150 years. Some things at camp — forming friendships, having fun, practicing new skills, and summer learning gains — will never change. But what are the camp trends today?

WHAT TYPES OF CAMPS ARE MOST POPULAR?

Traditional camps are still very popular — maybe more popular today than even a decade ago, as young people are very concerned about the environment, global awareness, mentorship, and getting along with one another. The camp community embraces those values.

There has also been a rise in the popularity of specialty camps, day camps, and family camps, as camps constantly adapt to meet changing needs of families. Many young people like to use the camp experience to sharpen a special skill or develop new ones. Even traditional camps are offering year-round camp experiences, as well as any number of specialty programs. This exciting diversification is an example of how the camp community is meeting the needs of today's families.

WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE POPULAR?

The most popular activities at camps today are swimming, arts/crafts, challenge/ ropes course, archery, and aquatic activities. In addition, ACA research shows 52 percent of day camps and 50percent of resident camps of fe re d on e or more academic / science and technology programs.

More than four in five ACAaccredited residential camps offer at least one environmental education program for campers.

Whatever the activity, camp gets kids moving! While at camp, campers are typically active three to five hours per day. This exceeds the recommended daily amount of physical activity from the CDC (one hour per day).

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Builders Still Mostly Confident in 55+ Housing

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We travel to the always-in-fashion Woodlea Mill community of McLean for this week’s featured property, which offers stylish sophistication totaling more than 8,600 square feet of interior space, set on a large lot amid bucolic surroundings.

Exceptional room sizes couple with updates galore in the turnkey-condition property, one that is perfectly proportioned both for daily living and for entertaining in grand fashion.

Bonuses in the all-brick, French-country-inspired home include a 1,500-bottle wine cellar and lovely pool in the verdant rear yard.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $3,520,000 by Gloria Adams of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

Excellent curb appeal sets the tone for all that will follow, and as we are welcomed into the main level to begin our exploration, note how ample room sizes work well together, with strong traffic flow and creative accoutrements throughout.

There are many highlights, but we’ll touch upon a few.

The formal living and dining rooms

are lovely, while the family room features a soaring ceiling with stone wall and gas fireplace, making for a perfect ambiance.

The light-filled kitchen is designed for the gourmet in each of us, with quartz countertops, stainless-steel appliances, a center island and walk-out access to the deck and pool.

A master retreat located on the main level includes a state-of-the-art renovated bath, with heated floor (including the shower).

On the lower level, the showplace recreation room offers another brick wall and fireplace. The aforementioned wine cellar features a tasting room, with the flooring made from wine-barrel wood!

Amenities continue throughout this 6bedroom, 6.5-bath home. It’s well worth personal exploration.

Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients.

For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703) 738-2520.

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Address: 8403 Brookewood Court, McLean (22102).

Listed at: $3,520,000 by Gloria Adams, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty (703) 356-6645.

Schools: Spring Hill Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

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Builder confidence in the singlefamily 55+ housing market remains strong in the fourth quarter of 2015 with a reading of 61, up one point from the previous quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI).

This is the seventh consecutive quarter with a reading above 50.

“Builders and developers for the 55+ housing sector continue to report increased optimism in the market,” said Jim Chapman, chairman of NAHB’s 55+ Housing Industry Council and president of Jim Chapman Homes LLC in Atlanta. “We are seeing steady consumer demand for homes and communities that are designed to address the specific needs of the mature homebuyer.”

There are separate 55+ HMIs for two segments of the 55+ housing market: single-family homes and multifamily condominiums. Each 55+ HMI measures builder sentiment based on a survey that asks if current sales, prospective buyer traffic and anticipated six-month sales for that market are good, fair or poor (high, average or low for traffic).

An index number above 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.

One of the three index components of the 55+ single-family HMI posted an increase from the previous quarter: traffic of prospective buyers increased six points to 52. Present sales held steady at 65 while expected sales for the next six months decreased four points to 63.

The 55+ multifamily condo HMI dropped eight points to 42, falling back to a range typical of the past year and a half.

All three components decreased as well: present sales fell 10 points to 44, expected sales for the next six months fell 10 points to 46 and traffic of prospective buyers edged down three points to 37.

Three of the four indices tracking production and demand of 55+ multifamily rentals posted gains in the fourth quarter.

Present production and expected future production both rose one point to 56 and 61, respectively, and future demand increased three points to 71, while current demand for existing units fell four points to 66.

“This quarter’s 55+ HMI is in line with our forecast for the overall housing market, which shows a gradual, steady recovery,” said NAHB chief economist David Crowe.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes MCA MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO FOCUS ON COUNTY BUDGET: The McLean Citi-

zens Association (MCA) will hold a membership meeting regarding the proposed fiscal year 2017 Fairfax County and public-schools budgets on Wednesday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center. The meeting will be open to the public and co-sponsored by Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) and School Board member Jane Strauss (Dranesville District).

Those two elected officials, along with Joe Mondoro, the county’s chief financial officer, and Kristen Michael, the school system’s assistant superintendent for financial services, will explain the budget proposals and answer residents’ questions.

MCA has begun drafting testimony in response to the proposed budgets. The group encourages all McLean residents to recommend specific initiatives.

According to MCA president Jeff Barnett, the group generally will testify on: • Budget priorities and allocation of funds.

• Revenue improvements (for example, a meals-tax referendum).

• Cost savings (e.g., enforcement of occupancy codes).

• Additional funding (e.g., to improve teachers’ pay, reduce class sizes and hire more police for Tysons Corner).

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of directors. Any MCA member wishing to serve on the board should contact Jim Robertson, Nominating Committee chairman, at info@mcleancitizens.org. The entire membership will elect the new board at MCA’s May membership meeting.

MCA will hold its next board meeting March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center. The association currently is reviewing zoning proposals that seek to: • Build a Sunrise Assisted Living facility at Kirby Road and Westmoreland Street.

• Expand Mount Daniel Elementary School in Falls Church.

• Rezone Tysons Westpark (Cityline Arbor Row, Block D) from a hotel to condominiums.

• Build workforce condominiums in Tysons Corner.

McLEAN & GREAT FALLS CELEBRATE VIRGINIA GROUPS MERGE WITH McLEAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: McLean

& Great Falls Celebrate Virginia, a statewide community organization organized by the late Del. Vincent Callahan (R-34th) in 2003 to promote local history in association with the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown colony’s founding in 1607, in January merged with the McLean Historical Society. Celebrate Virginia gave its remaining money to that group and the Great Falls Historical Society.

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Paul Kohlenberger, president of the McLean Historical Society, accepts a check from Carole Herrick, chairman of McLean & Great Falls Celebrate Virginia, which in January merged with the Historical Society. See item, below.

plishments during its 12-year existence.

Following its participation in a major 2007 event, “Celebrate Virginia Today,” the group voted to continue raising public awareness of the historic nature of McLean and subsequently produced three events: “The McLean Centennial Celebration,” “McLean Remembers the Civil War” and “An Afternoon with the Madisons.”

As part of the McLean Centennial Celebration in 2010, the organization commissioned local artist Erik Hottenstein to develop a logo for McLean. A rail car of the Great Falls & Old Dominion Railroad was selected for the design because a rail stop along this route gave McLean its name.

With funding from Friends of the McLean Community Center and the McLean Historical Society, Celebrate Virginia presented the McLean Community Center with 64 framed photographs of early McLean that members had researched and captioned. The photos are on permanent display and are the largest such collection in Fairfax County.

The James Madison Trial through the grounds of Chesterbrook Elementary School was refurbished by Matt Hinton of Boy Scout Troop 128 as an Eagle Scout project. This trail is thought to be part of the route President James Madison took the night he fled into the Virginia countryside as the British burned Washington, D.C., in 1814. The organization later assisted Chesterbrook Elementary School’s sixth-grade Class of 2014 with its graduation gift of a marker commemorating Madison’s route through the school’s grounds.

Other projects included a collection of oral histories that resulted in two books:

McLEAN STUDENT WINS ARTS FELLOWSHIP: Rachel McGovern of McLean

has been awarded a $2,000 fellowship as part of a recent grant program for artists statewide by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

With the 2016 awards, the fellowship grants have totaled nearly $5.5 million to 1,275 recipients since the program’s inception in 1940.

The fellowship program “is committed to nurturing artists throughout the commonwealth,” said Alex Nyerges, director of the museum.

NEW PROGRAMS AIMED AT HOMEBOUND SENIORS: The Shepherd’s Center

of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church has started two programs for senior adults who find it difficult to leave their homes.

The Friendly Visitor Program matches volunteers to seniors who would like a visit periodically, while the Friendly Caller Program allows volunteers to call seniors to let them know they haven’t been forgotten.

Volunteers interested in participating in either, or both, programs can call (703) 506-2199 or e-mail info@scmafc.org.

PORTRAIT ARTIST FEATURED AT McLEAN GATHERING: The McLean Art

Society will meet on Friday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. at the McLean Community Center.

The featured speaker will be Gavin Glakas, a well-known portrait artist, who will bring his own model and do an oilpainting demonstration.

CHURCH FORUMS LOOK AT EVANGELICAL EFFORTS: Christ the King Lutheran

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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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“100 Recollections of McLean & Great Falls, Va.” and “Additional Recollections of McLean & Great Falls, Va.” This was followed by an original play, “Capt. John Smith: HiStory”; the identification and marking with bronze plaques of 46 historic properties and trees; a walking-trail map of the Langley Fork Historic District; and sponsorship of trips, lectures and tours of historic properties.

In addition, three Fairfax County historical roadside markers were installed for Salona, the Laughlin Building and the Chesterbrook community. A historical table-top marker was placed at Lewinsville Park that details “The Battle of Lewinsville.”

The group awarded its first annual Henry C. Mackall Award in 2014, with Roger Mudd as its first recipient.

Church will host a series of forums, with meals, to discuss how the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is assisting those in need.

Programs will be held on Thursdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at the church, 10550 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls. Specific focuses will be Bolivia (Feb. 18), Cambodia (Feb. 26), Colombia (March 3), Costa Rica (March 10) and Egypt (March 17).

For information, call (703) 759-6068 or see the Web site at www.gflutheran.org.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes DEADLINE LOOMS FOR VIENNA VOLUNTEERISM AWARD: March 1 is the deadline

for nominees for the Vienna Town/Business Liaison Committee’s Carole Wolfand Award, which recognizes outstanding citizen-volunteers and businesses in the town.

Information and nomination forms can be found at Town Hall or on the Web site at www.viennava.gov. Community volunteers will be celebrated and recognized at the annual Mayor’s Volunteer Reception on April 12.

The award is named in honor of Carole Wolfand, who served on the Vienna Town/ Business Liaison Committee and embodies community spirit.

COMMUNITY FORUM TO LOOK AT VETERANS’ INITIATIVE: Historic Vienna Inc.

is hosting an information and training session related to the Library of Congress’s Veterans History Project on Wednesday,

Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 180, 330 Center St., N. The effort is designed to preserve and make accessible personal wartime accounts of American veterans.

The community is invited.

REGISTRATION OPENS FOR PTA’s 5K:

Registration has opened for the Vienna Elementary School PTA’s 12th annual Vienna 5K race and one-mile “run for fun,” to be held on Sunday, April 24.

Last year, more than 700 people participated in the event.

Registration is $25 for adults, $15 for children 14 and under, with family rates available. Sponsorship packages are available.

For information and registration, see the Web site at www.vienna5krun.org.

HUNTER MILL COMMUNITY SUMMIT ON

Schools & Military n Jake McSteen of Great Falls has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. n Grant Wishard, the son of Keven and Anna Wishard of Oakton, and Karen Greennagel, the daughter of Stephan and Barbara Greenagle of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grove City College.

Kent State University. n Phoebe Natale of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Notre Dame. n Nicole Lee of McLean has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Delaware.

Caroline Dilorenzo of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Mary Baldwin College. n

Caroline Cassidy, the daughter of Kevin and Mary Cassidy of Oakton and a graduate of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the College of William and Mary. n

n Melissa Parks of McLean, a graduate of Langley High School; Kolbe McKee of McLean, a graduate of Langley High School; Adeline Park of McLean, a graduate of Langley High School; Nathan Marcotte of McLean, a graduate of Potomac School; and Katherine Doyle of Oakton, a graduate of Flint Hill School have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bucknell University. n Marisa Allen of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lynchburg College, where she was invited to join Phi Eta Sigma, the national honor society for freshmen. n Sarah Erickson of Vienna and Michael Mangan of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ohio University’s Athens campus.

Charles Aubin of Vienna, Nathan L’Etoile of Vienna and Jon Rymer of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Saint Joseph’s University.

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n Peter Najera of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Marist College. n Aaron Walker of Oakton and Cassady Morris of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at

n A team from Longfellow Middle School finished first in the Northern Virginia chapter competition of regional MATHCOUNTS, held Feb. 6 at George Mason University, and will advance to the state competition.

The team of Alex Chung, Joshua Fu, Ben Kang and Austin Shi were coached by Mary Jo Clark.

Haycock Elementary School finished second in the chapter. Also coached by Clark, team members were Joaquim Das, William Jian, Owen Rollins and Lillian Sun. A team from Kilmer Middle School, coached by Kimberly Kardelis, finished third in the Fairfax chapter competition.

Team members were David Chen, Justin Han, William Xu and Benjamin Yam. In individual competition, Longfellow students Ben Kang, Nicole Sim, Alex Chung and Larry Shi finished first, second, third and fourth, respectively, in the Northern Virginia chapter.

More than 400 students in sixth through eighth grades in 48 elementary and middle schools across the region competed in three chapters at the event. Top individual and team performers from each chapter moved on to state competition, set for March in Richmond.

For information, see the Web site at www.mathcounts.org. n Fairfax County Public Schools students garnered a total of 504 awards in the Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition, sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

HORIZON: The 2016 Hunter Mill Commu-

nity Summit will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, 120 Center St., S. The event will be hosted and moderated by Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), and will feature presentations by Fairfax County government, Fairfax County Public Schools and Town of Vienna officials. Information about Fairfax County government departments and services will be available.

For information, call (703) 478-0283 or e-mail huntermill@fairfaxcounty.gov.

FORUM LOOKS AT WOMEN IN MILITARY:

Efforts to expand the role of women in the U.S. Armed Forces will be discussed during the Thursday, Feb. 18 meeting of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 227.

The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Neighbor’s Restaurant, located in the Ce-

Winning artwork will be displayed at the Ernst Community Cultural Center on the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia College from Feb. 12 to March 3, with an awards ceremony slated for Feb. 24.

From nearly 3,000 entries from Fairfax County students, 124 Gold Keys, 126 Silver Keys, and 254 Honorable Mentions were awarded for outstanding drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, digital art, design, architecture, jewelry, fashion, film/animation, mixedmedia artworks and portfolios.

Winners came from every Fairfax County public high school, 17 middle schools and Mountain View Alternative High School. A complete list of winners is available at www.fcps.edu/cco/pr/regionalscholasticartawards216.pdf.

Award recipients in various categories from schools in the Sun Gazette coverage area included: – Luther Jackson Middle School: Ava Liberace, Rachel Teixeira and Michelle Long.

– From Kilmer Middle School: Gabby Heller.

– From Langley High School: Christina Amano Dolan, Meghan Bailey, Molly Cooper, Tara Jalali, Ryun Young Kim, Samantha Masino, Nicole Orsolini, Catherine Park, Nina Qiu, Alexis Apostolou, Shana Cave, McKenna Day, Yunzhu Pan, Saad Qazi, Laith Al-Saif, Ada Chen, Sara Chen, Tiffany Kim, Francesca Shapiro and Kristian Stanford.

– From Longfellow Middle School: Brendan Camp, Elizabeth Ghyka and Nicole Sim. – From James Madison High School: Doi Kim, Sarah Klein, Annika Burstein, Danielle Cuppett, Angie Ebersole, Lauren Perez, Matthew Riegelman, Jordan Gamarra, Page Murray, Olivia O’Connell, Molly O’Donnell, Nicola Roux and Anna Semizhonova.

– From George C. Marshall HighSchool: Sara Boyle, Aliya Hochstadt, Smanatha Van Heest, Adriana Amrein, Daniel Lomis, Jana Barazia and Nicole Huffman.

– From McLean High School: Kiel Posner, Min Choe, Ha Eun Choi, Christian Flocos, Anna Marie Garland, Julia St.

dar Lane Shopping Center in Vienna.

The guest speaker will be retired U.S. Army Col. Ellen Haring, a West Point graduate who spent 28 years on active duty and in the reserves.

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

FLORAL DESIGNER FEATURED AT GARDEN CLUB: Floral designer and gardener

Bob McClendon will discuss “Designing for Flower Shows” at the Monday, Feb. 22 meeting of the Ayr Hill Garden Club, to be held at 1 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna.

The community is invited, and refreshments will be served.

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

John, Mikaela Wilbur, Yu Bin Lee, Anna Liu, Alanna Milstein, Young In Seo, Olivia Bravo, Jonghyun Cho, Deborah Daniel, Delaney Gallagher, Avery Kang and Tanner Thiesen.

– From Oakton High School: Angela He, Razan Elbaba, Sai He, Haeryun Lee, Rachel Lee, Tiffan Lun, Viktoriya Panova, Eunice Lee, Dongha Park, Niamh Carlos, Helen Lim, Allegra Martschenko, Kyle Moran, Esther Park, Sabrian Richardson and Madeline Richey.

– From Thoreau Middle School: Kirman Allison, Celeste Brinkuis and Ashley Ham. – From Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology: Rachel Eom, MinJoo Kang, Jonathan Burkle, Brenna Courtney, Michelle Cao, Annam Khan, Alvin Shi, Hayun Chong, Jiaxuan Qin and Jessica Wang. n Students at 22 Fairfax County Public Schools won regional awards in the 2016 Scholastic Writing Awards Competition.

Fairfax students won 26 regional Gold Key awards, 51 Silver Key awards and 66 honorable-mention awards.

Gold Key winners from schools in the Sun Gazette coverage area included Mei Baek of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology for flash fiction; Akash Bansal of Thomas Jefferson for personal essay-memoir; Zara Batalvi of Thomas Jefferson, four Gold Key awards for poetry; Emma Choi of George C. Marshall High School, two Gold Keys for poetry and two Gold Keys for short story; Olivia Dabich of Marshall for writing portfolio; Ross Dempsey of Thomas Jefferson for journalism; Aline Dolinh of Oakton High School for writing portfolio and poetry; Joyce Hong of Thomas Jefferson for science fiction-fantasy; Christopher Morris of Thomas Jefferson for journalism; Marriya Schwarz of Oakton for critical essay and dramatic script; and Matthew Sun of Thomas Jefferson for personal essay-memoir.

(A complete list of award recipients from Fairfax’s public schools can be found at http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/ newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2914.)

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Public-Safety Notes OAKTON TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN ARRESTS ON DRUG, WEAPONS CHARGES: A Fairfax County officer working the

midnight shift on Feb. 7 at 3:07 a.m. observed a vehicle with a defective taillight while stopped at the traffic light at Route 123 and Jermantown Road in Oakton.

Upon stopping the vehicle for the traffic violation, the officer detected the odor of burning marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Police held the occupants on an investigative detention and subsequently searched the vehicle. Located within the interior of the vehicle was a concealed, loaded .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol, police said.

A serial-number inquiry of the handgun revealed it was reported stolen from a case in the Sully District on Dec. 28, 2015.

Authorities have charged the vehicle’s driver, an adult from Dunkirk, Md., with driving on a suspended license. The frontseat passenger, an adult from Centreville, was charged with possession of a stolen firearm, a concealed-weapon violation and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Detectives from the Sully District Station’s Criminal Investigations Section are following up on the stolen firearm and de-

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million budgetary shortfall. That figure is based in part on a $55 million (or 3 percent) transfer increase to Fairfax County Public Schools and school officials and supporters already are pressing for a $127 million (or 6.7 percent) transfer boost.

“The schools need more money,” Foust said. “There’s no question. Their teachers are falling out of competitive range in terms of salaries. Class sizes, in McLean and Great Falls in particular, are larger than they should be.”

County Executive Edward Long will present his proposed fiscal year 2017 budget Feb. 16. Long would guard the assessment figures for commercial and residential properties until then, but Foust said early indications show slight increases in both categories.

Supervisors between January and March also will conduct a “lines of business” review of county operations, he said.

Asked by an audience member whether the school system also would review its operations to look for potential savings, Foust said a budget task force convened last year

by Superintendent Karen Garza identified $50 million to $75 million worth of potential cuts, many of them unpalatable (e.g., eliminating some sports programs).

When Garza outlined her proposed fiscal year 2017 budget in January, however, not a dollar of those cuts had been made, Foust said.

termining if one or more of the vehicle’s occupants may have had a role in the original December theft.

authorities served him with the warrant and released him on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

VIENNA WOMAN REPORTS FRAUDULENT ATTEMPT TO OPEN CREDIT-CARD ACCOUNT: A resident living in the 500

VIENNA RESIDENT VOICES CONCERN ABOUT CANDY ENTICEMENT: A resident

block of Macarthur Avenue, N.E., told Vienna police that between Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 her personal identification had been compromised through a data breach with Anthem Insurance.

The woman stated since that time, someone twice has attempted to open a Capital One credit card in her name, the victim told police. Both attempts were unsuccessful.

Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

living in the 300 block of Locust Street, S.E., told Vienna police on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. that his dog alerted him to someone at the front door.

He went to investigate and found a packet of Gummy Bears attached to an advertisement for Liberty Tax Services.

The man felt this was suspicious as it could be tempting to children, police said.

PLE BURGLARIES: Fairfax County police

last week responded to reports from three local residents who said someone entered their homes and stole property.

The burglaries occurred Feb. 11 in the 2700 block of Oakton Park Court in the Vienna area, Feb. 10 at 2:33 a.m. in the 9400 block of Lee Highway in Oakton and Feb. 9 at 7:05 p.m. in the 1500 block of Lincoln Way in Tysons Corner.

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Local resident can apply now to the Citizens Fire & Rescue Academy. Officials will accept applications through March 7, or until the class of 25 is filled. The academy will begin March 24 and meet for nine consecutive Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. at various locations in and outside the department.

To sign up for the free program, applicants must be at least 18 years of age and apply online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/ cfa.

class every year. She has a magnetism to her and radiates positivity and enthusiasm.

She’s also a go-getter; a catalyst who makes things happen.”

Kurt Waters, who teaches World History to sophomores at TJ, said Chu is among the finest students with whom he ever has

worked in his 37-year career. Chu always is highly prepared for class, participates actively and often helps pupils who have fallen behind in their studies, he said.

In addition to tackling a heavy slate of challenging courses and taking part in myriad extracurricular activities, Chu also

exudes a winning attitude, he wrote.

“She is one of the most positive persons on the planet! She ALWAYS has a smile on her face, a kind word to say, and a helping hand to lend,” Waters’ letter read. “Laura demonstrates excellence in character every day of the week.”

Foust also touched on several other topics: • Two recent snowstorms showed both good and lamentable aspects of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s snowremoval efforts. A minor dusting on Jan. 20 stranded some motorists for hours as they tried to get home on untreated roads.

That situation was similar to the aftermath of a 2011 snowstorm, after which officials spent a year hashing out ways to prevent that from happening again, Foust said.

“We’ve got to go back and look at what went wrong,” he said of the Jan. 20 debacle.

“We can’t have this. People can’t be stuck in their cars for five or six hours [while] trying to get home from work when you’ve got an inch of snow.”

The state transportation department, which has responsibility for nearly all public roads in Fairfax County, performed better following the major snowstorm on Jan. 22 and 23.

“VDOT did an absolutely amazing job – until they stopped,” Foust said.

Many intersections still were clogged with snow for days, making it difficult for motorists to see oncoming vehicles when entering roads, Foust said.

In addition, his office was inundated not only with calls from residents whose streets had not yet been plowed, but also with messages from people complaining their streets had been plowed several times while neighboring roads had not been touched, he said.

• Work continues on the Route 7 widening project. A $34 million project to widen

the road between the Loudoun County line and Reston Avenue recently was completed and officials this year will break ground on a similarly expensive initiative to replace Route 7’s bridges over the Dulles Toll Road in Tysons, Foust said.

• Foust pressed for improvements to the American Legion Bridge, such as widening it or building another span parallel to it.

“It is killing us on a regional basis, and anyone who wants to use the Beltway is being impacted by it, in the evenings especially,” Foust said. “In McLean, our neighborhoods are being impacted.”

Virginia leaders hope to work with their Maryland counterparts to extend high-occupancy-toll (HOT) lanes along the Beltway between McLean and Interstate 270 in Maryland.

• Regarding the future implementation of tolls on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway and the attendant widening of that section of highway, Foust said state legislators and Gov. McAuliffe recently had reached an “amazing compromise” that would reduce traffic congestion on a 4-mile stretch of I-66 between the Dulles Access Road and Ballston.

• Dranesville District continues to receive sidewalk improvements, including a recent project that reduced the intersection size at Westmoreland Street and Old Chesterbrook Road, lessening the amount of roadway pedestrians must cross, he said.

• Officials continue to encourage redevelopment in downtown McLean, but must accept some of the forces involved are out of their control, he said.

“The challenge is not the commitment

of the community or the elected officials, but the timing for the landowners,” Foust said. “It has to make sense to them financially. So it’s moving forward at a pace that’s not what many of us would like to see.”

JBG Cos. soon will break ground on its Elm Street project in central McLean. Located at Elm Street and Fleetwood Road, the redevelopment will include 120 upscale condominiums instead of the previously proposed 270 apartment units, Foust said.

“I think that will help stimulate more redevelopment in downtown McLean,” he added.

• Improvements soon will be coming to Lewinsville Senior Center. The existing facility, housed in a 1960s-era former elementary school, will be razed and replaced by two buildings. One will have a senior center and three day-care facilities, two for children and one for senior citizens; the other will provide 82 independent-living units for low-income seniors.

“It’s going to be a really attractive project,” Foust said.

• Foust still was not happy about last year’s relocation of NOVA Firearms next to Franklin Sherman Elementary School.

Virginia localities are not allowed to prohibit gun stores in retail areas where they are permitted, he said.

“We think that’s wrong,” Foust said. “As the county, we feel we should have the right to create a gun-store-free school zone.”

County officials now are trying to enforce some “very serious zoning violations” at the parcel, which also includes an auto shop, but the actions are not directed at having the gun store removed, he said.

VIENNA MAN ARRESTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANT: A Vienna police officer on

Feb. 4 at 8:50 a.m. received information that a local resident was wanted on a warrant from the King George County Sheriff’s Office. After arriving at a residence in the 400 block of Berry Street, S.E., the officer located the suspect, a 29-year-old man who lives on a different street in Vienna.

Police transported the man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where

AREA RESIDENT REPORTS VIENNA SEXUAL ASSAULT: A local resident went

to Vienna Police Headquarters on Feb. 8 at 11 p.m. and told police she had been walking behind the Cedar Lane Shopping Center in the 200 block of Cedar Lane, S.E., when a man approached her from behind, pushed her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.

After the assault, the man left the area, the victim said. Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

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There has to be a better way.

In the girls Independent School League (ISL), many of the high school sports are split into two divisions.

There is the AA Division for what are considered top-caliber teams, and the A for teams supposed to be at a lower tier, but that often isn’t the case.

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Individually, the Madison Warhawks and McLean Highlanders each had three champions at the 6A North ReWrestling WRESTLING gion Tournament, with McLean finishing higher in the team standings – fourth with 134 points and earning the Sportsmanship Award.

Madison High was sixth with 120.5 at Fairfax High School on Feb. 13. Battlefield won with 194 points.

McLean’s champions were brothers Brendan Grammes at 138 pounds and Conor Grammes at 160, and Calvin Legg at 170, all with 4-0 records.

Also for McLean, Mack McCune (182) and Cochise Wanzer (195) were third.

Madison’s champions were Tyler Megonigal (152), Ryan Partridge (220) and Drew Smith (285). Robert Kurtzke (126) was third and Taylor Christensen (138) took fourth.

Conor Grammes had a first-period pin in his championship match. His other wins were two first-period pins and a major decision.

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Top: Madison High School’s Tyler Megonigal won the region title at 152 pounds. Above: McLean HIgh’s Conor Grammes, top, was the region champion at 160.

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The Langley Saxons in Liberty boys and the undefeated Oakton Cougars in girls BASKETBALL Concorde are the regularseason champions and top seeds when conference tournament action begins.

With one game to play, Langley (16-5, 12-1) clinched the No. 1 seed Feb. 11 with a 43-39 victory over the visiting Madison Warhawks (17-4, 11-3), who will be the No. 2 seed.

Tavon Tarpley scored 12 points and Grant Hughes 11 with three three-pointers for Langley. Colter Carton added seven points and senior center Nate Shafer

six.

For Madison, Johnny Corish scored 13 and Brett Wellde nine, with three threes.

Langley trailed 27-17 earlier in the third quarter, then went on a 13-0 run to take a 30-27 lead. The game remained close until the end, with a couple of key loose-ball possessions and rebounds going Langley’s way in the closing moments to swing the game in the Saxons favor.

“We started slow and Tavon got in foul trouble and missed the whole second quarter,” Langley coach Scott Newman said. “Tavon came back and was key in that 13-0 run.”

Newman credited Hughes for playing strong defense and Shafer for impacting

the game in many ways.

“I’m happy for the players,” Newman said. “It has kind of been a three-year climb to get back here to the top of the conference.”

Madison finished its regular season Feb. 12 with a 52-41 comeback victory over the visiting McLean Highlanders (3-19, 2-12). The Warhawks trailed 21-13 at halftime, then took the lead for good with a 22-3 run in the third quarter when Madison tightened its press.

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At the end of each regular season, one team moves up and one moves down. The team that wins the A Division advances to the AA for the next year. The last-place AA team falls into the A. Only two teams move each season, which probably isn’t enough, yet that has been the case for years.

That lack of movement leads to regular inequities, with a good example being girls basketball this season. Based on game results, there are at least four A Division teams arguably better than some of the teams at the bottom of the AA standings.

The Flint Hill Huskies of the A Division have defeated three teams this season in the AA. The same situations have occurred over the years during the fall and spring seasons in field hockey, lacrosse, softball, soccer, tennis and volleyball.

An idea to prevent those inequities and make the divisions more balanced would be to seed the sports prior to each season. Coaches and team representatives from each sport could hold seeding meetings to determine which teams belong in the different divisions.

Seedings could be based on the number of returning starters and players, the previous season’s victories and defeats, and the talent level expected from new players.

That information could be hashed about to determine the division makeups for the upcoming seasons.

The Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) does that prior to each summer season, holding February meetings to determine the makeup of its 17 swim divisions that begin competition in June. Same for the NVSL’s diving league. There are multiple swim and dive teams that move each year.

Going forward, ISL’s brain trust might be wise to implement some type of similar seeding system to make for more balanced competition.

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The host McLean Highlanders cruised to a 52-39 victory over the Madison Warhawks on BASKETBALL Feb. 12 in Liberty Conference girls high school basketball action, ending their regular season with a big win.

Led by senior guard Jess Monroe’s 20point performance – including six threepointers – McLean (11-11, 6-8) began to pull away from Madison over the second and third quarters. “[This game] is a great end to my high school [regular season] career, for a last

game on this home court,” Monroe said.

“After I made my first shot, I knew I was bound to make more. We’ve been playing a lot more together recently, just having fun.”

The win was the second straight for McLean. For Madison (14-8, 9-5), the loss came the night after the Warhawks knocked off the Langley Saxons, who will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming conference tournament.

Madison took an early lead against McLean, which went on a 7-0 run in the middle of the first quarter to take a lead it would never relinquish. The Highlanders methodically stretched a 20-15 firstquarter lead into a 30-21 advantage by

halftime.

Madison began to up the tempo in the second half to trim McLean’s lead to six points at various points in the third quarter, but was matched by the Highlanders’ timely shooting.

The Warhawks pushed their fullcourt press harder in the fourth quarter in a last-gasp attempt to come back, but failed to capitalize on the turnovers they generated as McLean wound the clock down.

“It’s great to get a win on senior night,” McLean coach Jen Sobota said.

“We preach family here, so we were motivated to win for our seniors. We have a tendency to get caught up early, so it was

a matter of settling down. Once Jessica [Monroe] hit her first three, we knew she was going to hit a few more. So it was a matter of settling into the game and limiting our mistakes.”

Junior Hannah Smith added 13 points for McLean, Karynne Baker scored nine and Mariane eight (with two threes).

For Madison, senior guard Aidan McWeeney led the scoring with 15 points, making three three-pointers. Madison made nine threes, with Morgan Simpson (six points) having two.

The night before, McWeeney made six three-pointers in Madison’s victory over Langley. Madison made 11 threes in that win.

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High School Roundup SHELTON WINS TWO MORE DIVE MEETS: Marshall

High School senior diver Bryce Shelton won boys Capitol Conference and 5A North Region meets in consecutive weeks, and has only the 5A state competition remaining in his prep career.

Shelton, who will dive at the University of Virginia, set new scoring records in the conference and region meets. His point total at the conference meet was 523.8, and was higher than his region score.

“I was a little better in the conference meet than in the region,” Shelton said.

So far during his career, Shelton has won four conference championships, three region crowns and two state championships, with a runner-up in the state his freshman year.

“It’s kind of sad and happy,” Shelton said about the end of his high school diving career. “I’m excited about diving in college.”

Shelton has been a diver since early in his life and competes in the sport year round, so he said he expected to do well in high school.

Four McLean High School football players signed letters of inMcLEAN HIGH SCHOOL tent to play in college last week.

FLINT HILL FALLS IN BOYS BASKETBALL: Host Flint

Hill lost to league rival Maret, 67-49, last week, falling behind 8-0, missing its first seven combined shots in the first quarter and playing from a significant deficit the rest of the game.

Jordan Taylor had 14 points and Ben Stern scored 10 and had four rebounds and three assists for Flint Hill.

Gage Herdman had four points and eight rebounds, and Justin Taylor had six points, four assists and three steals.

LANGLEY ICE HOCKEY TEAM WINS: The Langley High

School ice hockey club team celebrated seniors night with a 7-4 win over Lake Braddock.

Langley’s two seniors, Jason Guidi and Wyatt Conrow, played big roles in the win. Conrow began the scoring with a goal just over a minute into the contest. Guidi then scored the first of his four goals less than two minutes later.

The two seniors also accounted for three assists, for a total of eight points.

In the third period, junior Kevin Wang added two goals. Freshman Max Campbell was strong in goal,

Continued from Page 24 and played well at the start.”

Taiga Walker had 15 points and five steals for Madison, Daniel Ungerleider had 11 points (three three-pointers) and Riley Jorgenson (five points, six rebounds) and Luke Andress (two steals) made big contributions from Madison’s

keeping the game out of reach for Lake Braddock.

McLEAN HOCKEY TEAM FINISHES 7-0: The McLean

High School club ice hockey team completed its regular season with a 10-0 record.

The Highlanders topped the Chantilly Chargers, 7-0, to finish the perfect season. Sophomore forward Phip Waugh led the scoring with three goals and an assist.

Senior forwards Thomas Meloy and Jordan Blum and sophomore forwards Ben Mitzelfeld and Colton Heuple also scored for the Highlanders.

Heuple had three assists to go with his third-period goal. Josh Callsen recorded the shutout in net, stopping all 19 Charger shots he faced.

McLEAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS COMMIT TO COLLEGE TEAMS: Four players from McLean High School’s 2015

football team signed national letters of intent Feb. 3 during a ceremony at the school.

bench, which scored 20 points.

Patrick Dolan (three threes) had 10 points and five rebounds for McLean and Matias Prock had nine points and four steals.

The Oakton finished the regular season 22-0, 10-0 with a 63-30 rout over the Robinson Rams on Feb. 11, then a 65-45 victory over Westfield the next night.

Against Robinson, Delaney Connolly scored 21 points, Alex Marquis scored 15 points and made four three-pointers,

OAKTON SOCCER PLAYERS SIGN COLLEGE LETTERS:

Five Oakton High School soccer players signed national letters of intent earlier this month.

They celebrated with family, friends and coaches at a reception on Feb. 9.

Carson Jeffris will play men’s soccer at James Madison University. Female players Alana Moore will play at the University of Connecticut, Tess Sapone at the University of Florida, Sam Weaver at the University of South Carolina Upstate and Susanna Weisskopf at Longwood University.

FLINT HILL QUARTERBACK TO ATTEND UCLA: Justin

Saleh, the starting quarterback for the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference champion Flint Hill Huskies football team during the fall, will attend UCLA in a walk-on situation.

Saleh threw for more than 1,100 yards and for 13 touchdowns this past season when he helped Flint Hill earn a state playoff berth.

Maddie Royle netted 15 and Kailyn Fee six. Against Westfield, Marquis scored 17 and made four three-pointers, Royle had 16 and Connolly 15.

The win over Robinson gave Oakton coach Fred Priester 650 career wins.

The undefeated regular season was Oakton’s 11th in Priester’s 22 seasons as the team’s head coach. Oakton also was 10-0 last season in the regular season.

The Langley Saxons (17-4, 9-3) will be the No. 2 seed in the girls Liberty Confer-

ence and the Madison Warhawks (14-8, 9-5) will be the third seed.

Madison defeated host Langley, 5836, Feb. 11 behind seven three-pointers and 22 points from Aidan McWeeney.

Madison made 11 three-pointers.

Morgan Simpson had 10 points and two threes. Diana Miskell and Megan Miskell each made one three-pointer.

Paige Galiani scored 12 for Langley, including three three-pointers. Langley has one game still to play.

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Marshall High senior Bryce Shelton won the recent boys Capitol Conference and 5A North Region diving championships.

Harrison Govan will play at Middlebury College.

Govan was a captain, outside linebacker and running back for McLean.

Tom Shue will play at Bridgewater College. Shue was a captain, middle linebacker and running back.

David Kagan will play at Hamilton College. He was a captain, running back and outside linebacker.

Brandon Hill will play at Hillsdale College. He played offensive and defensive tackle for the Highlanders.

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Winning Week Puts Flint Hill in First Place in A Division DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

In a girls basketball showdown for first place, the host Flint Hill Huskies maintained BASKETBALL their poise and thus soared to the top of the Independent School League’s A Division standings.

Led by contributions from nine different players on Feb. 9, including 17 points from its bench, Flint Hill defeated the Episcopal Maroon, 54-43, in high school action.

The result gave the Huskies (17-5, 10-1) sole possession of first place. Episcopal (13-7) slipped into second at 9-2.

The teams were tied for seventh entering the Feb. 9 game in last week’s Division I state rankings.

“Our composure and depth were important,” Flint Hill coach Jody Patrick

Wrestling Continued from Page 24 wanted to go out blazing.”

Brendan Grammes won 3-0 in his title match. His other wins were two pins and a 6-1 decision.

“I defended well and scrambled,” Brendan Grammes said of the final.

“Going in, I knew that I had to beat him on my feet. I had to be aggressive and get him out of position.”

said. “Anyone who came off the bench was locked in. We had no dropoff.”

Episcopal led 12-9 at the end of the first quarter. Flint Hill started getting into a rhythm on offense when it outscored the Maroon 12-6 in the second period and was ahead 21-18 at halftime. Episcopal tied the game at 23 early in the third quarter. Then Flint Hill took the lead for good at 25-23 on a Tori Herman (teamhigh 16 points) layup off an inboundpass from Lindsey Wiley (14 points, three assists). It was one of a handful of inbound plays Flint Hill scored on during the game, including three in the third quarter.

The Huskies led 38-29 at period’s end and upped their lead to as many as 14 in the fourth.

Cami Lamont had nine points and two assists off Flint Hill’s bench and Madison Jordan had six points and five

rebounds. Also off the bench, Whitney Wiley had two points and two assists and Cecily Wolfe blocked a shot.

Starter Claire Miller had four points, four rebounds and three blocks; starter Kristen Reilly had three points, seven rebounds and two assists; and starter Paige Rucks did not score but had a team-high 11 rebounds.

Flint Hill outrebounded Episcopal, 40-28, and was 9 of 10 from the foul line, all in the fourth quarter.

Flint Hill’s previous game was a big win over neighborhood rival Potomac School four days earlier in front of a much larger and louder crowd. Patrick wondered if her players would be able to maintain that same focus against Episcopal on a weeknight when the crowd was considerably smaller.

“They did a good job of carrying that focus into this game,” Patrick said.

For Episcopal in the loss, Lexi Weger (seven blocks) and Kailyn Shepherd each had 18 points.

On Feb. 11, Flint Hill defeated A Division rival St. Andrews on the road, 68-37.

Herman scored 18 and made two threes, Lindsey Wiley scored 13, Whitney Wiley nine and Madison eight.

On Feb. 13, the Huskies routed host Maret, 63-31, to cap a winning week.

Herman scored 17, Lamont 11, Whitney Wiley 10, Jordan eight and Lindsey Wiley seven.

NOTES: If Flint Hill wins the A Division regular-season title, the Huskies will move up to the AA Division next season, where the competition is regarded at a higher level. Flint Hill played in the AA Division for years, until having one bad season and falling to the A Division . . .

Flint Hill and Episcopal are young, with only four seniors combined.

Legg won 5-2 in the final.

“My strategy was to wrestle smart and to stay out of upper-body tie-ups,” said Legg, who also had two pins and a major decision.

Megonigal was 4-0, winning 10-4 in the final. He also had two pins and an 11-3 win.

“I knew that I had to build a lead in the first,” Megonigal said. “I rack up points and my opponents fold. My goal was to make a statement at regionals.”

Megonigal was a two-time state high school champion in Maryland, and now

will attempt to win a Virginia state crown this coming weekend at the 6A state meet.

Partridge was also 4-0, winning a close 5-4 match in the final, after trailing 3-1.

“I was down 3-1 when we got back to our feet,” Partridge said. “I tried to create more space so I could shoot my ‘outside single.’ It got to 3-3. I took him down with an outside single that made it 5-3. I knew that he was tough on top, so I had to get out as fast as I could.”

Partridge’s other wins were a pin and 15-8 and 10-7 victories.

Smith was 3-0 in the tourney and won 1-0 in the final. He received a first-round bye, then pinned his next two opponents.

For Oakton, Eric Merten was fourth at 182 and Cal Kopstein fifth at 138.

Langley’s Nick Zoski was fifth at 106. n In the 5A North Region Tournament, the Marshall Statesmen were eighth with 86 points.

Marshall’s highest finisher was John Charette at 220 pounds. Charette was 31 with two regular decisions and a pin.

He lost 7-0 in the final. Marshall’s Rocco Munna was fourth at 160.

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© StatePoint Media ACROSS 1. Bit of parsley 6. Jodie Foster’s “___’s Island” 9. Hat-tipper’s word 13. Baby grand, e.g.

14. ____ ____ mode 15. Baggins of the Shire 16. DNA and RNA 17. Any high mountain 18. Daisylike bloom 19. *Hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” 21. *First Republican President 23. Lungful 24. Darn a sock, e.g.

25. Bldg unit 28. *John Adams to John Quincy Adams 30. Soldier’s knapsack 35. Inside scoop 37. 16 of these in Tennessee Ernie Ford song 39. Masonic doorkeeper 40. Smoothie berry 41. *George to George W. 43. Hindu serpent deity 44. Most are now wireless 46. Glacier’s deposit 47. Smiley face 48. Chole____ 50. Windshield option 52. “C’____ la vie!”

53. Number of judges on Supreme Court 55. Leave speechless 57. “On guard” to a fencer 61. *Under him, the White House debuted its Web site

65. “Will comply” in radio communication 66. One of five W’s 68. Smooth 69. Fill with high spirits 70. Tan maker 71. October 31 option 72. Scarlet and crimson 73. Indeed

74. Hollers DOWN 1. Unwanted correspondence 2. Type of type 3. Policemen’s surprise 4. Calcutta’s home 5. Blake Lively’s “____ Girl” 6. Indian flatbread

7. “____ at ease” 8. Breakfast syrup 9. Catchall abbr.

10. ____phobia, fear of heights 11. Cain’s unfortunate brother 12. Between dawn and noon 15. Movie “Smokey and the ____” 20. Talk like Demosthenes 22. Cartridge contents 24. Official command 25. *First to live in Executive Mansion 26. Lace loop 27. *Clinton signed North American Free ____ Agreement 29. *First “Dark Horse” presidential candidate 31. Sound of a small bell 32. Emanation from a loudspeaker 33. Knight’s breastplate 34. *First to run against a woman 36. Wedding cake layer 38. 18-wheeler 42. Of the kidneys 45. *Liberia’s capital named after him 49. Jar cover 51. “American Horror Story” disgraced clown 54. Full of news 56. Accustom 57. Water carrier 58. World’s longest river 59. Alternative to Saran 60. Parts of play 61. Flipside of pros 62. Asian weight unit 63. *Like President’s office 64. Brooklyn players 67. Tint 67. ____-Wan

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come back and visit for the day, George Washington might find himself confused – in Northern Virginia, the holiday honoring the birth of the father of our country has four different names.

T h e r e ’s “Presidents Day” – or “Presidents’ Day” or “President’s Day” if you prefer – and while that may be the name most often used by the public (and car dealers) for the holiday that falls this year on Feb. 15, it’s not the official name at either the federal or state levels: • The federal government designates the third Monday in February as “Washington’s Birthday,” with the name enshrined in Section 5, Section 6103(a) of the U.S. Code.

• The state government deems the third Monday in February to be “George Washington Day,” sanctified in Section 2.2-3300 of the Code of Virginia.

The government in Fairfax County, which was home to Washington for large parts of his life, refers to the day as “George Washington’s Day,” adding an apostrophe and an “s” to the name used by the state government.

The name may vary, but federal, state and county workers all get the day off.

Until 1971, the federal government cel-

ebrated Feb. 12 as a federal holiday honoring the birth of Abraham Lincoln and Feb. 22 as a holiday commemorating the birth of Washington. That year, the two were merged into a single holiday, to be celebrated on the third Monday of February.

Washington actually was born, based on the calendar of the day, on Feb. 11, 1731. But in 1752, the British government dropped the Julian calendar and switched to the Gregorian, one that had been in use by most Roman Catholic European countries and their colonies since the 1580s.

The move involved taking away 11 days and switching the start of the new year from late March to the first of January. As a result, under the new calendar, the date of Washington’s birth was Feb. 22, 1732.

Feb. 22 was the date Washington celebrated as his birthday in succeeding years until his death in 1799.

SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER PRELABOR DAY OPENING: Fairfax County

School Board members will consider the possibility of opening the 2017-18 school year before Labor Day, but will make no change to the adopted schedule for the 2016-17 school year.

State law requires many school districts to start the school year after Labor Day, but provides waivers to school districts that tend to see large numbers of days lost to inclement weather through the course of the year.

Fairfax County Public Schools now

qualifies for the waiver because, during five of the past 10 years, the district has averaged 8.4 days missed due to weather conditions and other events. The waiver option will be available at least through the 2019-20 school year.

“The School Board will discuss the issue at a future work session and, prior to taking a vote, will gather feedback from parents, teachers, and community members,” school officials said in a statement.

The 2016-17 calendar – with a planned opening date of Tuesday, Sept. 6 – will not change.

PARK AUTHORITY NAMES 2016 LEADERSHIP TEAM: William Bouie (Hunter

Mill) has been re-elected chairman of the Fairfax County Park Authority Board for 2016. It will be his eighth one-year term as chair.

Providence District representative Ken Quincy was elected once again to serve as vice chairman. Springfield District representative Michael Thompson, Jr. returns as board secretary, and at-large member Mary Cortina will serve as treasurer.

Bouie joined the Park Authority in 2005. He currently serves as president/ CEO of Sky Communications, and has been active with numerous groups, including Little League Baseball of Northern Virginia, Public Links Inc., the Reston Community Center, Initiative for Public Art Reston, Reston Hospital Center and the Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts.

Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. February 17, 1939: n Northern Virginia’s first branch of the Division of Motor Vehicles has opened. n County Treasurer Lewis Cooper is seeking re-election. n The Merrifield Improvement Association is protesting what it calls a “drastic” increase in the county tax rate. n A&P has eggs on sale, two dozen for 39 cents.

February 16, 1959: n Excavation has begun on the $46 million CIA headquarters in Langley, with occupancy expected by the summer of 1961.

February 18, 1963: n Virginia Tech researchers say the life expectancy of Virginians has grown from 50 years in 1900 to 71 years now, due largely to fewer deaths of infants, children and pregnant women. n The U.S. now has enough falloutshelter space to accommodate 103 million people. n Apparently concerned about the potential for snoopy neighbors, the CIA is seeking to acquire acreage adjacent to is headquarters in Langley.

February 18, 1970: n The House of Delegates has OK’d sending the proposed new Virginia constitution to voters in a referendum. n State legislators are debating whether to liberalize Virginia’s abortion law. n Oakton High School’s production of “Guys and Dolls” will feature a cast of 95, largest in school history. n In basketball action, Madison defeated Langley, 78-60, while Oakton nipped Herndon, 67-64. n At the movies: “True Grit,” “Midnight Cowboy” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

February 20, 1979: n A near-record snowfall totaling two feet, the largest since 1922, has essentially paralyzed the Washington area. n The House of Delegates has given final approval to a bill establishing a law school at George Mason University.

February 17-18, 1987: n The state Senate has approved legislation mandating seat-belt use for front-seat passengers.

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