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Mother Nature Socks It to Northern Virginia

Two Feet of Snow Pile Up in Many Areas During Hard-Hitting Weekend Blast BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The monster snowstorm that clobbered the Mid-Atlantic region this past weekend had plenty of forewarning, but that has not made the recovery any easier.

The first flakes from the storm began falling mid-afternoon on Friday, Jan. 22, and picked up intensity through Saturday night.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph obliterated people’s snow-shoveling efforts and caused drifts that made it hard to ascertain how much snow had fallen.

Gov. McAuliffe declared a state of emergency before the storm and ordered Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews from the Hampton Roads area to help plow snow-covered roads in northern parts of the commonwealth.

Fairfax County government closed on Friday at noon and the county’s school system took the entire day off. Students attended classes only on Wednesday last week, as they were off Jan. 18 for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Jan. 19 for a teacher workday and Jan. 21 following a 1-to-2-inch snowfall that wreaked disproportionate havoc because of untreated roads. School officials later canceled classes for Jan. 25 and 26.

Fairfax County governmental offices and courts also were closed Jan. 25. Officials suspended the requirement for collection companies operating within the county to pick up trash during the week of Jan. 25 through 30, but allowed those firms to collect refuse during that period if area roads were safe enough for travel.

Vienna officials took the unusual step of canceling the Town Council’s Jan. 25 meeting and transferring those agenda items to the Feb. 1 meeting.

The storm, which looked like a snow-

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capped mountain range when photographed by an orbiting astronaut, caused the cancellation of thousands of flights at Washington Dulles International and Reagan National airports. Both facilities, operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, resumed limited flight service on Monday morning.

The federal government shut at noon Jan. 22 in anticipation of the storm and was closed on Monday as well. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority waved a white flag early on, ceasing Metrobus service Friday

evening and Metrorail trains later that night, then not operating all weekend. Metrorail on Monday began operating some trains between underground stations on the Red, Orange and Green lines.

Motorists’ prospects began improving on Sunday, when comparatively warm temperatures and a cessation of snow allowed plowing crews and residential snow shovelers alike to make significant progress against the 2-footdeep blanket of snow. By Monday, most major roads were passable and Virginia Department of Transportation crews had begun clearing

additional travel lanes on Interstate 495.

As of midday on Monday, Vienna had about 50 public-works and parks-and-recreation employees working to clear snow from roads and sidewalks, said town spokesman Lynne DeWilde. Vienna did not have any major incidents or water-main breaks during the storm, she said.

Vienna employees by Sunday evening had cleared at least one travel lane on roughly half the town’s secondary roads and that remained their central focus on Monday, DeWilde said.

“It’s going to be a challenge,” she said.

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Robert Dorr of Oakton Has Been Prolific Writer for the Past 60 Years, and Isn’t Done BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The brain tumor that struck Oakton author Robert F. Dorr last fall did more than deliver a death sentence. It deprived him temporarily of his ability to type, his principal activity for decades.

“For me, the difference between life and death is being able to type on a computer keyboard,” he said. “If I can’t do that, what is there?”

Dorr, 76, underwent surgery for the glioblastoma multiforme and is undergoing daily chemotherapy and radiation treatments. He has regained enough control over his fingers to work, but his oncebooming voice is garbled. He’s not feeling any discomfort, but has only six to 12 months to live.

“Even though there is an end to this story, I’m not feeling it because I’m feeling like an observer,” he said. “It heightens my awareness of what matters. It gives me a better sense of what I ought to do with my time.”

Dorr, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former diplomat, has donated his archive of aviation photos – including 140,000 8by-10-inch prints – to museums, in order to spare his wife the hassle of dealing with collectors.

“I did not want the vultures to come for their prey,” he said, adding that the main recipient is the Glenn L. Martin Maryland

Aviation Museum.

A published writer since age 15, Dorr once sought to write enough books to fill a bookcase shelf. He ended up writing about 80 books, or three times that goal, plus 6,000 magazine articles and 2,000 to 3,000 newspaper columns.

The author wishes the U.S. armed forces would field citizen-soldiers instead of maintaining a professional military.

“In World War II, we had the citizensoldier who went in, did his job, came home and took off his uniform,” he said. “That person represented the wishes and desires of the country, of the population. We have gone from having a citizen-soldier to what we call now the ‘warrior ethos.’ I don’t like American military members to be called warriors. I want them to be members of a county that goes to war only reluctantly and only when it must. “ Dorr published his first novel, “Hitler’s Time Machine,” last year and carried some characters from that book into a detective story, “Crime Scene: Fairfax County,” which was came out Jan. 1.

The crime novel is set in Oakton in 1947 and centers around the shooting death of a local Congresswoman and intrigue surrounding a phantom highway project. It uses classic devices that long have drawn fans to that genre: terse sentences, a cornucopia of potential suspects, copious false leads, escalating tension and climactic revelations.

A brain tumor momentarily slowed, but did not stop, the output of Oakton author Robert PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER F. Dorr.

“I had written about half this book before I decided who murdered her,” he said.

Dorr not only is making the transition from non-fiction to fiction, but from traditional book publishing to self-publishing.

Unlike in decades past, the former realm no longer contains budgets for book promotion. Dorr assiduously markets his works and enjoys the far greater control that self-publishing affords, but he still pays for editing.

“You’ve got to have another set of eyes looking at it,” he said. “You may think that word is in that sentence, but it’s not there because you didn’t type it.”

Aviation has been the primary focus of Dorr’s writing career. He has been inside two of history’s most famous Boeing B-29 Superfortresses: the Enola Gay and Fifi.

As a child in Suitland, Md., Dorr used

to clamber around in the Enola Gay when it sat on the grounds of Andrews Air Force Base. The aircraft, used to drop the first of two atomic bombs on Japan in World War II, later was refurbished and now is displayed at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.

Dorr last year flew aboard Fifi, the world’s only flying B-29, after it was brought to the region for the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover.

He has ridden in all kinds of aircraft, including an F-15E Strike Eagle, Cobra helicopter gunship and B-52 and B-1B bombers.

“That was a fulfillment of a dream of a kid who couldn’t become a pilot because of a hearing impairment,” he said.

He has written not only about the technical abilities of aircraft, but their military and political uses as well. Dorr considers “Hell Hawks,” a book co-written with astronaut Tom Jones about P-47 Thunderbolt pilots in World War II, to be among his best.

“A Handful of Hell,” a compilation of some of his men’s magazine stories from the 1960s and ’70s, will be published soon.

Dorr now is organizing his family photos, writing a second novel (“Crime Scene: Suitland, Md.”) and penning online tributes to people who have influenced his life.

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Madison High Students Press for Expanded Solar Irving Middle School Could Be Ideal Place for Public-Private Partnership, They Say BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) could save money, reduce carbon emissions and offer prime educational opportunities by installing solar panels at some facilities, three James Madison High School students told the School Board Jan. 21.

The students pressed board members to authorize installation of solar panels to power the temperature-control system at Washington Irving Middle School in Springfield.

Solar-power systems “do nothing less than empower students to meet high academic standards, lead healthy, ethical lives and be responsible global citizens,” said Madison High student Sam Ressin.

The equipment could be obtained through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), in which a private company would own, install and maintain the gear and the school would buy energy at or below the current rate, said Casey Grage.

The agreement would let the school benefit from a 30-percent federal tax credit for solar energy, Grage said. Tax-exempt public schools usually would not qualify for the credit, but would if the energy is obtained through a privately owned business, she said.

The participating solar company would pass along those reduced energy costs to

the school, which at the end of the 20-year contract either could ink another PPA or purchase the depreciated equipment, Grage added.

The school system only would pay for a solar-feasibility study and to have the energy contract evaluated, Grage said. Officials already are preparing paperwork for the study, which is due to be conducted in February, she said.

Grage, who interns with Amnesty International, became energized about the environment after watching Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” in fourth grade.

She subsequently started a petition asking then-President George W. Bush to take action on protect the environment.

A solar program would give students the chance to learn about topics ranging from science and math to government, and would signal the school system’s futuremindedness, said Ressin, who hopes to pursue environmental activism in college and beyond.

“Solar panels aren’t just some high-tech system installed on the roof of a school and forgotten about,” Ressin said. “[They would] serve as stewards of sustainability and cornerstones of green initiatives that benefit the FCPS community.”

About 500 schools in 43 states have installed solar panels on their facilities and all public schools in Hawaii will have solar equipment by year’s end, Grage said.

Public schools in Kent County, Md., bought solar energy using a PPA, and expect to save about $3 million over the next two decades, she said.

A petition asking FCPS to use solar power already has 574 signatures, Grage said.

The students did not advocate for such equipment at Madison High because the school does not have a summer program, said the trio’s sponsor, Susan Stillman, who also chairs the Vienna Community Enhancement Commission.

“Dominion looks at the highest-demand 15 minutes in the summer and levies a ‘demand fee,’” she said. “If, by putting solar on a building that is heavily utilized in the summer . . . and that demand fee can be reduced by generating electricity locally, solar is competitive.”

Virginia allows non-profit groups to operate PPA-financed solar initiatives on a pilot-program basis for up to a total of 50 megawatts of power statewide, with no one system generating more than 1 megawatt, Stillman said.

American society is highly reliant on fossil fuels, dangerous gases from which contribute to water pollution and climate change, said Madison High senior Joyce Cheng, who also spoke before the School Board.

“As individuals in this world, we have to be grateful for all the resources and benefits we obtain from nature,” said Cheng, who is involved in many environmental extracurricular activities at school and one day hopes to become a doctor. “We all have to live ethical lives for the future.”

School Board Chairman Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill) was impressed by the trio’s presentations.

“You guys did such a beautiful job,” she said after their remarks. “Your research, your advocacy and just coming out and sharing all of that with us tonight, I really can’t thank you enough.”

to four-year institutions, the commonwealth ranks ninth among 43 states with enough data available for comparisons to be made, according to a Jan. 19 report by the Community College Research Center at Teachers College of Columbia University.

In terms of those who earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of entering community college, Virginia ranks 12th.

Nationally and at the state level, there is work to be done, researchers say: While 80 percent of new community-college students report wanting to earn a bachelor’s degree, only about 14 percent of the 720,00 students examined in the student did so within six years. Even among those who transferred from a community college to a four-year institution, only 42 percent earned a bachelor’s degree, below the 60-percent average for students who started at four-year institutions.

“While Virginia has relatively strong bachelor’s-degree outcomes among community-college students compared to other states, more can be done,” said Davis Jenkins, a senior research associate on the study.

Jenkins pointed to the disparity be-

tween lower-income and higher-income students in garnering degrees as one particular area of concern.

Northern Virginia Community College, the largest educational institution in the commonwealth, has transfer agreements with a large number of colleges and universities.

But, as InsideNova noted in coverage last year, the rules for seamless transfers can be complicated and challenging for students.

The report, which was funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, found that students who transferred from community colleges performed better at public four-year institutions than at private ones, and those who transferred to very selective colleges did better than those who transferred to non-selective ones.

The report “makes it clear how important it is for two- and four-year institutions to work together,” said Douglas Shapiro, executive research director at the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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James Madison High School students Casey Grage, Joyce Cheng and Sam Ressin pressed the Fairfax County School Board on Jan. 21 to install solar panels at Washington Irving Middle School in Springfield.

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of Montessori-style education across the commonwealth have formed a new group aimed at promoting and expanding efforts.

The Virginia Montessori Association aims to build on existing efforts across the state. The effort was launched in December.

“Every person with an interest in the well-being of children is welcome to become a member and participate in VMA’s activities,” said Jean Peters, the first president of the organization.

More than 130 public and private schools across Virginia use Montessori methods, which include mixed-age classrooms and student choice on educational activities. But the method – developed by Italian educator Maria Montessori in the early part of the 20th century – remains an enigma to some, including those in the teaching profession.

“Too many Virginia educators and parents either don’t know about the Montessori method or are misinformed about it,” said Dan Willingham, a University of Virginia psychology professor

and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School” and “Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do.” While a majority of Virginia Montessori students are in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten, “Montessori is not just for Virginia’s preschoolers,” organizers of the coalition said.

“The Virginia Montessori Association is poised to support Montessorians in their common goal of helping children flourish in their work of self-construction,” said Dr. Angeline Lillard, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of “Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius.”

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

STUDY RANKS STATE HIGH, BUT NEEDING IMPROVEMENT, ON COMMUNITYCOLLEGE TRANSFERS: Virginia rates

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Opinion Our View: It’s Always Good to Have a Trial Run

If there was one positive that came out of last Wednesday’s fast-moving clipper system that dropped an inch of snow – and managed to paralyze traffic, largely due to untreated roads – it was that the public seemed to take admonitions about the much larger storm that arrived over the weekend to heart.

Oh, it was chaos in the first hours when the flakes started to fall Friday afternoon, as people finished up their

errands and commuters made a dash for their homes. But then everyone seemed to settle in, heeding the advice of local leaders.

That gave work crews some space to get the millions of tons of snow that fell on the region over the weekend moved to locations where it will have less impact on the highways and byways of Northern Virginia. (We expect the remnants of some of those snow

mountains to still be in place, if diminished, through April and even May.) This is being written Monday, so a full report card on the effort to come back from one of the biggest whoppers in Northern Virginia’s history of big snowstorms has yet to be written.

It will take days, a lot of hard work (and, we hope, some cooperation from Mother Nature) to fully rebound. But it’ll get done.

Last week’s e-mail inbox delivered several letters to the editor on the topic of school funding. A number of them are printed this week.

We do not for a second doubt the sincerity of those who are pushing for increased funding for Fairfax County Public Schools. But we’ve yet to see a reply that addresses the seminal point of our editorial on the subject from two weeks back.

There are only two ways for the Board of Supervisors to increase funding for the county’s school system.

They can raise taxes, or they can take the money from elsewhere in the budget. There’s no third option – oh, state and federal funding might rise (or fall) on a year-to-year basis, but the large bulk of the school system’s multi-billion-dollar budget comes from local tax coffers, largely through the real-

estate tax. It is at the local level where funding decisions have to be made.

Advocates for higher school spending need to spell it out: Should homeowners be asked to pay more, or should other services (public-safety, parks, human-services, libraries and the like) take the hit and see their budgets cut to shuffle funding to schools?

It’s a question all too often avoided by advocates for school spending.

Just Saying ‘Give the Schools More’ Is Not Enough

School-Funding Advocates Aim to Find Solutions Editor: Your editorial about “FCPS Showtime” mentions something on which we all can agree: weariness of the annual FCPS budget battle. As a PTA leader, I can assure you that parents are frustrated by the annual process and lack of harmony among county-government and Fairfax County Public Schools officials.

I disagree, however, with your characterization of those of us who support full funding for Superintendent Karen Garza’s fiscal 2017 budget proposal.

As an organizer of the rally you dismissed, I can tell you that hundreds of sincere parents, teachers and students

took time from their busy schedules to show up and be heard. We are tired of having our children caught in the middle of these annual battles, and encourage our elected officials to find a way to better invest in our schools.

Has the Board of Supervisors been committing sacrilege? Of course not: they have worked hard to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars.

But it’s a new year. There is sincere and growing momentum to call on county and state leaders to fix education funding for Fairfax County. Parents – and their children – are feeling the pain of years of cuts. Our children sit in crowded

classrooms. Good teachers are leaving to work in neighboring districts for more money.

The parents who organized #IamFCPS are trying to convert frustration and apathy into a shared solution. We seek collaborative leadership to solve the school-funding problem. This means the county and state working together.

We invite all interested Fairfax County residents to get involved at www.iamfpcs.org.

Jane Miscavage Vienna Miscavage is president of the Thoreau Middle School PTA.

A Well-Funded School System Benefits Everyone Editor: Having a drum line at a rally to support Superintendent Karen Garza’s proposed Fairfax County Public Schools budget is hardly “histrionics,” as you said in a recent editorial. Parents worked together with PTAs and concerned residents to drum up support for and to bring attention to what is not only a reasonable ask, but an imperative one.

This year is not the same. After nine consecutive years of cuts, to propose a “no-more-cuts budget” is wise and necessary in order to maintain the school system’s excellence, which is truly threatened at this point.

The diverse and robust programming

that sets FCPS apart is on the line.

Spending per pupil is $1,000 less than in 2008. Class sizes have been raised three times as part of the cutting. The best and brightest teachers, the backbone of this system, are leaving for more pay elsewhere. Competitive compensation is critical.

It is well known that the most effective learning takes place when children have access to their teacher and there are meaningful, in-depth learning experiences. Funding for more teachers to lower class sizes is crucial.

Enrollment and the costs of educating our youth, the future of our country, has outpaced the funding, year after year.

If the Board of Supervisors does not transfer enough funding for the budget proposal, cuts that hurt students and lower the overall quality of the school system will be have to be made.

Independent study has shown that Fairfax County Public Schools is the most efficient school system in the area.

And an excellent school system benefits the entire county: property values and safety are increased.

Let’s stop talking of cutting and start talking about investing in our children.

Rachel Stott Vienna Stott is president of the Kilmer Middle School PTA.

BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The aging, one-lane bridge on Walker Road in Great Falls is something of an anomaly in heavily developed Fairfax County, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) wants to do something about it.

Replacement is necessary because the bridge has been rated “substandard” (assessed at less than 5 on a scale of 10) and has been the site of at least 23 accidents since 1997, said Arif Rahman, the VDOT project manager assigned to the Walker Road Bridge initiative. The accidents included 12 off-road crashes, five side-swipes, three head-on collisions and three rearendings, he said.

Agency officials will discuss their plan to replace the bridge during a design public hearing Feb. 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Forestville Elementary School, 1085 Utterback Store Road in Great Falls.

The current bridge, which handles about 9,000 vehicles per day, was built in 1932. It is 19 feet wide by 22 feet long and has a

deck made of rolled-steel beams topped by timber and an asphalt overlay. Traffic alternates in both directions, regulated by yield signs.

The new bridge will be built on the same site, located about three-quarters of a mile north of Route 7. It will be 50 feet long by 40 feet wide, featuring two 11-foot-wide lanes with 4-foot-wide shoulders, and allow two-way traffic without the use of yield signs.

The bridge also have a raised, 6-footwide sidewalk on the bridge’s west side that will serve as a link in future Fairfax County trails. The sidewalk was an essential feature for gaining the Great Falls Citizens Association’s support for the project, Rahman said.

VDOT usually tries to eliminate singlelane spans from its inventory, but occasionally encounters resistance from neighbors who want to keep such vestiges of a more rural past, Rahman said. This project only has drawn opposition from a couple of people, he added.

Piney Run, which the bridge crosses, has flooded several times during that pe-

Fairfax Planning Commission Defers Action on Brooks Farm BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The proposal to build a 20-house cluster development at Brooks Farm in Great Falls generated instant pushback from local residents when it was introduced in Dec. 2014 and they have not warmed much to it since.

Many residents who testified at the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s Jan. 21 public hearing said the project would increase neighborhood traffic, damage a stream and nearby lake, and reduce the amount and quality of well water in the vicinity.

Donald “Phil” Whitworth of Citizens for the Heart of Great Falls was disinclined to accept the proposal on grounds the site might be developed with something worse.

“It’s like telling me I should take a punch in the face now to avoid a kick in the stomach later,” Whitworth said.

The commission closed the public hearing at 2 a.m. the next day after deferring decision until Feb. 4.

The applicant, Basheer/EdgemooreBrooks LLC is asking county officials to rezone the nearly 52-acre rural site from R-A to R-E to permit the new subdivision.

The developer’s attorney, Greg Riegle, said the latter zoning is what prevails on properties surrounding the site.

“What is before you tonight offers a design that is very thoughtful and draws very highly from the established context,” he said. “We’ve been highly, highly respectful of the environmental features of the property.”

The site, located north of Georgetown Pike between Springvale and Walker roads, now is accessible via a gravel lane from Springvale Road. If the county approves the development, the subdivision would be reached via an extension of Forest Lake Drive off of Walker Road.

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riod and damaged the span in 2006, 2008 and 2011, Rahman said.

“We’ll be putting concrete armoring on both sides of the approach roadway to reduce flood damage,” he said. “We’re also widening the opening, which will let the flood go [under] without damaging the bridge.”

Construction is slated for 2018. The bridge will be closed for about a month; motorists on Walker Road (Route 681) needing to traverse the area will have to use detour routes along Georgetown Pike, Springvale Road and Colvin Run Road, officials said.

The project’s $4.1 million cost includes $850,000 for engineering of roadway plans,

$500,000 for utility relocation and right-ofway acquisition, and $2.8 million for construction. VDOT will hire a contractor to perform the work.

The bridge replacement currently is not funded, but it could be effected earlier than scheduled if moneys become available, Rahman said.

VDOT officials will accept public comments about the project at the Feb. 3 meeting and in writing through March 1. Residents should mail their remarks to Terry Yates, P.E., VDOT, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, Va. 22030, or e-mail them to meeting_comments@vdot.virginia.gov, using “Route 681 Over Piney Run” in the subject line.

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Winter storms leave many stories in their wake. Among them from this past week’s blanketing of the region: Fairfax Firefighters Save Wayward St. Bernard: Fairfax County fire and rescue crews on Friday night rescued a St. Bernard who fell through the ice at Woodglen Lake in Fairfax Station.

Firefighters arrived to find the dog in the water about 30 feet from the shore. They quickly Kevin Cole celebrates (or maybe surrenders) after finally cleaning launched a rescue plan stairs, sidewalks and the driveway of his home following the storm, and brought the dog in a photo captured by the Sun Gazette’s Deb Kolt.

Stafford County Fire and Rescue was to shore, where he was dried off and rewarmed, according to a dispatched while Dispatcher Roy stayed on the phone with the father, Quinn said. news release from the fire department.

The father delivered his son at 1:46 p.m.

After about 30 minutes, the dog and owners were taken home, where the dog Mother, baby and father are all doing well.

A Rare Snow Day for Arlington’s Counwas further warmed.

“After rewarming the dog appears ty Board: Arlington government officials healthy and in no distress,” the release say they can’t remember that last time the County Board called off its monthly Satursaid.

The dog was outside with his family and day meeting due to inclement weather.

But the snows of Jan. 22-23 made the walked out on the ice while they were tubdecision almost inevitable; the Jan. 23 ing down a hill toward the lake.

At the time the temperature was 21 de- meeting, like nearly every other planned grees with a wind chill of 8 degrees and event regionwide over the weekend, was scratched. blowing snow, the release said.

“Safety is our first concern,” said County Stafford Dispatcher Helps Family Throw Blizzard Delivery: A Stafford Board Chairman Libby Garvey, who made County dispatcher guided a family in the the call to postpone the meeting. “We are delivery of a baby during Saturday after- asking everyone to stay off the roads this weekend – it would be irresponsible to ask noon’s blizzard.

The dispatcher walked the father staff, applicants and the public to come out through the birth when the midwife was un- to a board meeting.”

The five Arlington County Board memable to reach the family’s southern-county residence, Stafford County Sheriff’s Office bers will squeeze all their work into the scheduled recessed meeting of Jan. 26.

1st Sgt. Eric Quinn said.

Postponing the meeting had been exThe Stafford County Emergency Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call pected as predictions of massive snow and high winds came in. that an expectant mother was in labor.

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Public-Safety Notes looking for a female suspect who reportedly stole cash and a cell phone at gunpoint from a 15-year-old boy on Jan. 15 in the 2800 block of Graham Road in the Falls Church area.

The victim was walking home at around 4:30 p.m. when he was approached by a woman who produced a handgun and demanded money and property, police said.

The victim handed over his cell phone, wallet and an undisclosed amount of cash.

He was not injured during the robbery.

The suspect was described as a lightskinned black woman, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with an average build, dark hair and “buck teeth,” police said. She was wearing allblack clothing.

SUSPECT SOUGHT IN ROBBERY OF MAN, 72, IN FALLS CHURCH AREA: A

72-year-old man was walking from a grocery store to his car in the 6300 block of Arlington Boulevard in the Falls Church area on Jan. 15 at 9:30 p.m. when he was approached by another man who displayed a handgun and demanded money, Fairfax County police said.

The victim handed over an undisclosed amount of cash and was not injured during the robbery.

The suspect was described as Middle Eastern, 25 to 30 years old and wearing a gray, hooded jacket.

MAN CALLS POLICE AFTER SUSPICIOUS MOTORIST APPROACHES HIS DAUGHTER: A man living at Desale and

James streets, S.W., told Vienna police on Jan. 12 at 4:15 p.m. that his daughter had been dropped off at a bus stop and was approached by a “Mexican male” who had dark hair and was between 20 and 40 years old.

She stated the man drove up to her in a black sedan and motioned for her to get in. When the girl refused, he left the area, police said.

The incident happened two days prior before the resident reported it to police.

School officials have been made aware of this incident, police said.

VIENNA TRAFFIC STOP YIELDS CHARGES FOR 2 DRIVERS: Authorities have

VIENNA POLICE ARREST MAN, 39, FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, PROPERTY DESTRUCTION: A resident living in the

100 block of Patrick Street, S.E., informed Vienna police on Jan. 15 at 8:18 p.m. that he had seen a man staggering through the parking lot and stopping at several vehicles to look inside.

The resident stated the suspect walked to his vehicle and after looking inside, he kicked it several times and broke the passenger-side mirror. The suspect left the area before police arrived.

A Vienna police officer responded to the area a short time later and located the suspect. The resident, who reported the initial incident, identified him as the one who damaged his vehicle.

Police transported the 39-year-old man, of no fixed address, to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with being drunk in public and destroying property. Authorities held the man on $500 bond.

TOOLS STOLEN FROM VIENNA HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: An employee

of a business told Vienna police that sometime between Jan. 16 and 18, someone had entered a home under construction the 100 block of Casmar Street, S.E., and took several construction tools.

VIENNA HOMEOWNERS RETURN TO FIND DOOR DAMAGED, ITEMS STREWN ABOUT AND STOLEN: The residents of a

The employee stated the man is a regular customer and provided his information to the officer, who went to the man’s address.

After speaking with him, the officer issued the 44-year-old Vienna man a summons for petit larceny.

DENIED A TRANSACTION, PHARMACY CUSTOMER ABSCONDS WITH GOODS:

An employee at Rite Aid, 215 Maple Avenue, W., told Vienna police on Jan. 15 at 5:08 p.m. that a man had entered the store and after taking items from the shelf, he attempted to return them for cash using an altered store receipt.

When the individual was denied the exchange, he absconded with the items, police said.

The suspect was described as a black male, clean-shaven, 35 to 40 years old, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and wearing a black North Face jacket.

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tor of a mo-ped was injured on Jan. 14 at 9:11 p.m. while taking a “test drive” in the 200 block of Cedar Lane, S.E., Vienna police said.

The accident occurred while the victim was holding a carry-out bag in one hand and a juice bottle in the other, police said.

The operator lost control of the mo-ped and fell to the ground, striking his face on the pavement, police said.

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The employee then discovered the cleaning wipes and ear-wax remover were missing, police said.

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A resident living in the 7300 block of Poplar Court in the Falls Church area told Fairfax County police on Jan. 15 at 1:27 p.m. that someone had entered the residence and taken property.

BATHROOM HEATER CAUSES FALLS CHURCH HOUSE FIRE: Fairfax County

Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a single-family house fire at 6205 Cheryl Drive in the Falls Church area on Jan. 21 at around 8:15 p.m.

Firefighters upon arrival encountered smoke showing from the attic of the home.

Crews quickly extinguished the fire in the attic and confirmed everyone was out of the home.

Officials estimate the fire caused $80,000 damage. According to fire investigators, the fire was accidental and was caused by a ceiling heater located in the master bath.

The dwelling was occupied by two adults and two children at the time of the fire. The owner discovered the fire and all four occupants evacuated from the home.

One firefighter was transported from the scene for evaluation, officials said.

There were three working smoke detectors within the dwelling, but they did not activate because the fire was located in the attic space, officials said. The Red Cross offered the occupants support, but they declined it.

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charged two men on multiple counts following a Vienna police traffic stop on Jan. 14.

A Vienna police officer at 11:05 p.m. stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of Courthouse Road, S.W. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer detected the odor of marijuana emanating from it.

After interacting with the driver, the officer located a measurable amount of marijuana, police said.

The officer issued summonses to the driver, a 22-year-old Bristow man, for marijuana possession, speeding and driving on a suspended license. Police released the man after he signed the summonses.

Because he had a suspended driver’s li-

cense, the driver was not permitted to drive from the scene. Therefore, he telephoned a friend to request a ride home. The friend arrived and after his interaction with the officer, police located a concealed handgun in the vehicle. The driver did not possess a permit to carry the weapon, police said.

Police transported the 24-year-old Stone Ridge man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with carrying a concealed weapon and held him on $1,000 bond.

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Schools & Military n Jennifer Kleinknecht of McLean has been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Miami University. n Madeline Frix of Great Falls, Kayla Speros of Great Falls, Caroline Jackson of McLean, Chase Lewis of McLean and Christie McIntyre of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Miami University.

Aaliyah Booker of McLean and Lindsey Abed of Oakton have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Hartford. n

n Campbell McKay of Great Falls; Isabelle Lavin, Allison Pivik and Cedric Whitney of McLean; Anna Platt and Olivia Townsend of Oakton; and Alyson Beden, Dana Beden, Dylan Cass, Karen McShane, Allison Moddy, Patrick Nicholson, Madison O’Beirne, Nathan Ryan, Philip Snare, Paul Tudan, Eric Tutterow and Thomas Zolper of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Delaware. n Sarah Disselkamp, the daughter of Hank and Linda Disselkamp of Vienna and a graduate of James Madison High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the Ohio State University. n Maryann Fix of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall term at Chatham University School of Arts.

Richard Santorum of Great Falls has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at The Citadel. n

n Julia Hines of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Hope College. n Mamie Henshaw of Vienna, Haley McKee of Great Falls and Rachel Wagner of Great Falls have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Coastal Carolina University. n Cadet George Maddox, the son of Dr. and Mrs. John Maddox of McLean,

Above left, Dillon Weier, William Pittman and Erik Eskeland of Boy Scout Troop 987 recently attained Eagle Scout rank during a Court of Honor ceremony held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Above right, Cameron Farmer, Austin Allison, James Crowley and Tate Wilhelm from Boy Scout Troop 152 attained Eagle Scout rank during a Court of Honor held at Vienna Presbyterian Church.

was among the approximately 130 members of the Virginia Military Institute’s Band Company to travel to California and participate in the 127th annual Tournament of Roses Parade. n Longfellow Middle School’s Science Olympiad team made school history recently by winning the Kenston Invitational Tournament, defeating the defending national champion.

This is the first time Longfellow has placed first in Ohio, a state known for Science Olympiad excellence, posting 71and 53-point margins of victory.

Team members are Reevu Adakroy, Ryker Bendewald, Reed Burgess, Tammy Ding, Kevin Fan, Julia Feldhaus, Sherry Guo, Brian Hu, Julia Kao-Sowa, Vishal Kanigicherla, Sophia Kianni, Michael Kruppa, Megan Li, Joshua Lian, Cathy Liang, Sarah Luthra, Havish Malladi, Kari Naga, George Ogilvie-Russell, Sahana Ramesh, Tayae Rogers, Neil Shah, Austin Shih, Rupa Siva, Brandon Torng, James Veccia, Daniel Wen, Kathy Wu, Miranda Xiong and Vicky Yang. Susan Boomer sponsors and coaches the team, along with parent Beth Chung. n Austin Allison of Oakton, James Crowley of Oakton, Cameron Farmer of Oakton and Tate Wilhelm of Vienna received their Eagle Scout designation at a Troop 152 Court of Honor held

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Chamber of Commerce has announced the addition of Michael Forehand as vice president of government relations and counsel.

Forehand brings extensive experience and relationships across a wide range of industries and expertise in the field of government relations, Chamber officials said in a statement announcing the appointment.

“We have seen Mike’s expertise at work when he served as vice chair of our policy committee and as a member of the NOVABIZPAC board of trustees. I look forward to working with him to amplify our existing efforts and build upon our past successes.,” said Northern Virginia Chamber president & CEO Jim Corco-

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Forehand previously served as director of advocacy and community outreach for Inova Health System. A Northern Virginia native, he is a graduate of Fairfax County Public Schools, earned a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University and a law degree from the Washington College of Law at American University.

Recently, Forehand was selected as a member of the 2016 Political Leaders Program of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia.

Until early January, the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce was known as the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. It is the largest such business organization locally.

Jan. 16 at Vienna Presbyterian Church.

All the youth have been members of Troop 152 since the fifth grade.

Allison is a junior at Oakton High School, and for his Eagle Project constructed a wooden baseball dugout at Southside Park. Outside of scouting, he is the Scouting Lead for the Oakton High School Robotics team.

Crowley is a junior at Oakton High School, and for his Eagle Project constructed a range-officer observation platform at the Fairfax-Arlington chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America.

Outside of scouting, he is a captain of Oakton High School cross country and track teams.

Farmer is a junior at Oakton High School, and for his Eagle Project did landscaping and helped raise awareness for the Alternative House in Vienna.

Outside of scouting, he is a coxswain on the Oakton High crew team.

Wilhelm is a home-schooled junior, and for his Eagle Project installed a cobblestone border around the pool deck at the Vienna Aquatic Club. Outside of scouting, He is a member and coach for the Vienna Aquatic Club Gators swim team. n Three members of Boy Scout Troop 987, sponsored by Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Vienna, received Eagle rank during a Court of Honor ceremony held

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A total of 21 Virginia tourism businesses were honored in various categories. T hey are among approximately 1,700 tourism operations in the commonwealth that have self-certified their environmental commitments through the Green Travel Star program.

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Those attaining the rank include Dillon Weier, a 2015 graduate of George C. Marshall High School who currently attends George Mason University; William Pittman, a 2015 Marshall graduate who also attends GMU; and Erik Eskeland, a senior at Marshall who plans to enroll at George Mason in the fall.

Weier’s Eagle Scout project involved creation of large plywood cut-outs for the parish festival at St. Philip Catholic Church. Pittman and Eskeland completed projects at their former elementary school (Stenwood), including eight benches for an outdoor classroom and a Little Library with two benches. n Cunningham Park Elementary School was one of six Fairfax County Public Schools to have been awarded Apple IMPACT Grants in the most recent round of funding sponsored by Apple Federal Credit Union.

The $5,000 funding will be used to develop an innovation lab for engineering design. Patricia Fawcett is the project lead.

Kerry Hunt of Colvin Run Elementary School was one of 13 teachers from across the county school system to win a grant, with the funding to support a monument project at the school.

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Student-Poetry Contest Slated The Virginia Commission for the Arts will host a regional Poetry Out Loud competition on Friday, Jan. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. in the Shirlington area of Arlington.

Participating students in grades 9-12 will recite two selected classical and/or contemporary pieces, with the top two finishers competing statewide on March 18 at Richmond.

Virginia’s state champion will move on to compete in the National Poetry Out Loud competition, to be held May 2-4 in Washington.

The regional competition is free and open to the public.

McLean/Great Falls Notes ers will present the Tony Award-winning classic “1776” with a new perspective, with productions running Feb. 5-21 at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

The show looks at the environment of the Founding Fathers as they debate acceptance of the Declaration of Independence, focusing on their their foibles as well as their achievements.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www. mcleanplayers.org.

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

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

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

Proceeds will benefit Rotary’s philanthropic efforts.

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

FREE SCREENING FOR ORAL CANCER SET: The Virginia Dental Association will

bring a portable dental chair to the Spring Hill RECenter in McLean on Friday, Jan. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., to provide screen-

ings for oral cancer.

The two-minute, non-invasive screening is open to the public, and is designed to spot a disease that afflicts 42,000 people each year.

“Every Virginian needs to be screened for oral cancer, so why not take the message right to the people?” said Dr. Richard Taliaferro, president of the Virginia Dental Association.

NEW HISTORY FORUM TO SPOTLIGHT VETERANS: A Veterans American History

Forum will debut on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at the McLean Governmental Center, 1437 Balls Hill Road.

The program is designed for adults and children ages 8 and older. Veterans presenting programs will be available to sign autographs and pose for pictures with youngsters.

Subsequent programs will be held the first Tuesday of each month except over the summer. `

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

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

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

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

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

For information, see the Web site at www.gfseniors.org.

MUSICAL DUO TAKES STAGE AT CHURCH: Lewinsville Presbyterian Church

will host a recital of the Arsenal Duo on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

Dr. Edward Alan Moore, who served as the church’s director of music from 2004 to 2011, teams up with pianist Nathan Carterette to present a concert of sol organ and solo piano repertoire, as well as pieces which combine the two instruments.

The duo have been performing together since 2013, featuring works of composers ranging from Liszt to Gershwin.

The performance is free, and a reception will follow. For information, contact the church at (703) 356-7200.

CHURCH CONCERT TO BENEFIT MUSIC FUND: A concert to benefit the music fund

of St. John’s Episcopal Church will be held on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m.

The performance will include, among other pieces, excerpts from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” presented by Eun Ah Roh, Alison Mundy and Brandon Homayouni.

Trumpeters Dr. Charles Seipp and Christian Hinkle will perform “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” while Teri Lazar and Osman Kivrak will perform a duet on violin

and viola.

The performance is free; contributions to the music fund will be accepted.

The church is located at 6715 Georgetown Pike in McLean. For information, call (703) 356-4902 or see the Web site at www.stjohnsmclean.org.

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

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

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

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Latino Leader Aims to Stay Involved in N.Va. Affairs SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Walter Tejada may have moved out of public office when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, but he doesn’t plan on staying out of the public discourse.

“I intend to continue to be involved.

Arlington is my home; I’m not going anywhere,” Tejada said during a Jan. 14 speech to the Kiwanis Club of Arlington, two weeks after he closed the books on a nearly 13-year County Board career.

While he plans on ramping up his consulting business to plug the financial hole left in departing the $51,000-a-year, parttime elected position, Tejada said he expects to be a community voice on issues that he long has championed.

“I want to make progress,” he said, pointing to issues ranging from housing to immigrants’ rights.

“We need to push ourselves,” Tejada said, reiterating the concern he expressed throughout much of 2015 that Arlington and the nation had moved into a “timid and stagnant era.”

“I, for one, categorically reject that,” he said. “We’ve got to be thinking toward the future.”

Tejada and fellow board member Mary Hynes each opted to eschew a re-election bid in 2015, the first time in 40 years that there were two County Board seats on the general-election ballot without at least one incumbent seeking a new term.

Tejada and Hynes were succeeded by fellow Democrats Christian Dorsey and

Katie Cristol.

If 2015 marked the end of his career in elected office – and who knows what the future might bring? – Tejada went out undefeated. He won seven of seven elections in his political career.

The first came in 2003 following the unexpected death of County Board Chairman Charles Monroe.

Tejada, buoyed by the political operation of board member Chris Zimmerman, defeated Dorsey and former board member Al Eisenberg to garner the Democratic nomination for the special election called to replace Monroe, then won the special election and, later that year, garnered a full four-year term. He won re-election in 2007 and 2011, running with Hynes.

“What an honor, and tremendous privilege it was,” Tejada said of serving on the board. “I’m very grateful.”

Tejada said one of his goals, and he hoped a goal of his successors, is to “make sure that we maintain the small-town feel you get in so many of our neighborhoods.”

“It was one of my top priorities,” he said.

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About 41 percent of the site would be retained as open space. The developer would preserve about 12.6 acres of the site’s trees and protect about 7 acres under a conservation easement.

Some of the open-space areas would be developed with stormwater-management facilities. Bio-retention facilities, such as rain gardens, would treat some of the site’s water runoff, county officials said.

Lot sizes would range from 52,200 to 80,300 square feet, with the average being 59,600 square feet. A typical house in the subdivision would be two stories tall and have 4,500 square feet worth of space, Riegle said.

Access to the development would be via an extension of Forest Lake Drive of Walker Road. Existing pond, stream and forested areas will be preserved and restored in some areas.

Homes would be set back between 40 and 120 feet from Forest Lake Drive. A public-trail network on both sides of the street extension would lead into open areas, provide access to the pond and extend westward to Springvale Road.

Author Continued from Page 3 Those remembrances also might compiled into a book, he said.

“There are people out there who are selfless and trying to do the right thing, trying to make a difference without aggrandizing themselves,” he said. “I admire that. I admire people who are busy.”

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Tejada is a native of El Salvador, coming to the U.S. as a 13-year-old. After living in New York and New Jersey, he and his future wife, Robin Liten Tejada, settled in Dominion Hills in 1992.

Tejada remains something of a political rock star in the Latino community. At the Kiwanis meeting, local activist Derick Malis said it was that star power that helped boost support for the Nueva Día program, an initiative to provide services for Latino men with substance-abuse issues.

But Tejada’s political career was not without its detractors, some of them inside Arlington but others from more conservative areas of the region who disagreed with his political bent.

On several occasions, it appeared Tejada might take a run at higher office – both the General Assembly and U.S. House of Representatives appeared in play – but he opted to stick with the County Board, in part because of Arlington’s values.

“We just want to make a difference in people’s lives . . . to help those who might not be as fortunate as we are,” he said. “We have a great future. Arlington is a great place to live in.”

The proposed lots would be served by wells and septic systems and the applicant has proposed the use of individual, alternate off-site sewer systems, county officials said.

Unlike elsewhere in rapidly urbanizing Fairfax County, many Great Falls residents long have opposed the introduction of sewer service, fearing it would lead to higher-density development and the loss of the village’s rural character.

The proposed subdivision poses risks for neighboring property owners and the surrounding community, but no apparent offsetting benefits, Whitworth said.

The Great Falls Citizens Association by a wide margin passed a resolution opposing the development and about 1,400 local residents have signed a petition in opposition, he added.

But some residents who testified, such as Elyse and Robert Turkeltaub, supported the rezoning.

“It’s a reasonable and responsible development plan,” Robert Turkeltaub said.

Planning Commission member John Ulfelder (Dranesville District) moved to postpone the commission’s decision for two weeks. The Board of Supervisors will have the final say.

“I think we have something we can work with in the deferral period,” he said. “We haven’t had a rezoning in Great Falls for a number of years and therefore it is kind of foreign animal.” return from his nearly 1,200 Facebook friends, many of whom have commiserated on his plight.

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Team Starts Fast to Top Yorktown

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A winning streak continued for one team and ended for the other last week when the Langley Saxons faced the host Yorktown Patriots in a Liberty Conference boys basketball game.

Langley (11-4) rallied from an early deficit to win, 67-51, and remain undefeated and in first place with a 7-0 record.

The victory was the Saxons’ fifth in a row.

Yorktown slipped below .500 at 7-8 and fell to into fifth place in the conference at 3-4 as the Patriots three-game winning string came to an end.

The Patriots built a quick 6-2 lead, but trailed 15-10 at the end of the first quarter and were behind the rest of the way. Langley led by 20 at halftime, 39-19, then Yorktown rallied to within 49-38 after three periods, but couldn’t get much closer.

“In the second quarter our guys got confidence and started making plays,” said Langley coach Scott Newman, a Yorktown graduate. “We got out in transition. We made unselfish plays. We’re a very balanced team. It is sort of “pick your poison” for the opponent.”

Yorktown’s Nate Kaniut said the game got away from the Patriots in the second quarter. Langley had a 15-0 run in Continued on Page 17

Langley High School’s Nate Shafer drives to the basket with Yorktown’s Matt Paredes defending during last week’s Liberty Conference boys contest in Arlington.

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McLean DSA Hired as Fairfax High’s Football Coach DAVE FACINOLI

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Come this fall, Jim Patrick will be back on the sideline as a head football coach, this time at Fairfax High School.

Patrick, 33, has been the director of activities FOOTBALL student at McLean High since the 2011-12 year, and served as the school’s head football coach from 2008 through 2011.

Even when he moved into administration at McLean and stepped down from his coaching position, Patrick continued to have the itch to return to coaching

some day. He thought the Fairfax position was the perfect place to return.

“I miss working directly with kids and having a direct impact on their lives,” Patrick said. “I know what a good community Fairfax is and there is a lot of potential there. It is a move I want to make.

I feel like I walked away from coaching too soon.”

Fairfax finished 1-9 this past season, losing to McLean in one of those games.

For McLean, the victory was its only one of the season.

Patrick, 33, will be a full-time social studies teacher at Fairfax.

First, he will finish the remainder

of the school year in his position at McLean, with June 30 being his last day at the school.

“I’ll be making the transition between both places until then,” Patrick said. “I really enjoyed my years at the McLean and I liked the community.”

At McLean, Patrick’s teams had winning seasons and earned region playoff berths in his final three campaigns, after an 0-10 season his first year.

Fairfax opens the 2016 season on Friday, Sept. 2 on the road against the Herndon Hornets in a non-conference clash at 7 p.m. Fairfax plays at McLean on Oct. 28.

Doing so is considerably time-consuming and takes tons of work and planning for those involved on the selection and planning committees. The results are worth the effort, because a school Hall of Fame is a proud thing.

Most schools designate a lobby or wall, often near the gymnasium, where plaques of the inductees are on display with their photos, biographies and a list of their many accomplishments.

Inductees often are introduced at a school sporting event, usually at halftime of a football game or before a varsity boys or girls basketball contest.

Washington-Lee High in Arlington, one of the commonwealth’s oldest schools and one that certainly has a rich sports history, recently inducted its second class. The school has some catching up to do as far as inductions, which it plans on a yearly basis. The 2015 Class of nine was recognized in the school gym on Jan. 15 between the girls and boys basketball games.

A few years earlier, Marshall and McLean high schools in Fairfax County began athletic Hall of Fames, and have regular inductions. McLean shows off new members during halftime of a fall football game.

Madison High in Vienna began its Hall of Fame in 1996 with nine inductees. The school has annual induction classes, with a Saturday-night dinner ceremony at Westwood Country Club.

Yorktown High has a school-wide Hall of Fame and inspiration into which athletes can be inducted. So far, Olympic swimming gold medalist Tom Dolan is the only Yorktown athlete inducted specifically for athletics.

Langley High does not yet have an athletic Hall of Fame, but may start one at some point. The school’s head baseball coach, Kevin Healy, has started a separate Hall of Fame for that sport.

Private schools Flint Hill and Potomac School don’t have Halls of Fame, with Flint Hill showing interest.

The more Halls the merrier, with more worthy athletes recognized.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Madison Warhawks (10-6,

5-3) defeated McLean, 49-44, and Hayfield, 56-30, in consecutive Liberty Conference high school games last week to remain in third place.

Against McLean, Ashley Sullender and Aidan McWeeney scored 15 points each and Megan Miskell nine.

For McLean, Jess Monroe made five three-pointers and scored 16.

For Madison against Hayfield, Alexis Hermes scored 14, Morgan Simpson 13 and McWeeney 12. n The Oakton Cougars remained undefeated with records of 16-0, 4-0 with a 46-30 win over the Chantilly Chargers in Concorde Conference action.

Alex Marquis scored 17 points and made four threepointers for Oakton. Delaney Connolly scored 16 points and Maddie Royle nine. n The Flint Hill Huskies (11-5, 3-1) rallied from a 47-41 deficit after three quarters to nip St. Andrews by a 62-61 score, in an Independent School League A Division game. Lindsey Wiley scored 18 for Flint Hill, Tori Herman added 15 and made three three-pointers, Claire Miller scored seven and Whitney Wiley six.

In the win, with 1:30 remaining in the game and the score tied at 60, Flint Hill junior forward Cecily Wolfe made a contested 17-footer from just above the free throw line to give the Huskies a 62-60 lead. After a stop at both ends, St. Andrew’s then worked the ball inside where a player was fouled with 3.4 seconds remaining.

Following a time out, she made the first, missed the second, and Flint Hill chased down the rebound to secure the victory.

In another game, Flint Hill routed Madeira, 71-9, as Cami Lamont and Miller scored 11, Whitney Wiley 10 and Lindsey Wiley nine. n The Langley Saxons (13-2, 6-1) defeated the Yorktown Patriots, 51-39, to remain in second place in the Liberty Conference. n In Marshall’s 32-26 loss to the Lee Lancers, junior point guard Kristen Tillman played well and Rachel McFaul and Liz Geiger rebounded and played strong defense, according to the head coach.

BOYS BASKETBALL: The Marshall Statesmen (12-3,

5-1) continued their strong play with blowout wins over Stuart, 51-26, and Lee, 78-37, in recent Capitol Conference boys action to remain in second place.

In the win over Lee, senior guard Chase Barrand had a career-high 28 points for Marshall, and he made eight

Potomac School’s William Duryea, back, wrestles during recent tournament action, winning at the 106-pound weight class.

Langley Wyatt Conrow, No. 24, and Hannah Hanuschak, No. 42 in background, skate in a recent match.

three-pointers. Augustin de Walque scored 13, Tyler White had eight and Jelani Murray seven.

In the win over Stuart, White scored 15.

Barrand had 23 points and made five three-pointers in a previous game against Falls Church. n The Madison Warhawks have relied on three-pointers all season and made a single-game campaign high 13 in a 73-42 Jan. 19 win over the McLean Highlanders.

Daniel Ungerleider led Madison by making six three-pointers to account for his 18 points. Nick Conforti made three triples and scored 11, Luke Lilienthal hit two and scored 10, and Riley Jorgenson and Luke Andress made one each. n The Potomac School’s Grant Robinson continued to post big scoring numbers in recent games with a 29-point performance, including three three-pointers, in his boys team’s 86-80 overtime victory over John Paul the Great.

The Panthers made eight three-pointers. Preston Bacon made one and scored 25 points and Drew Davis made two and scored 15, as the team improved to 8-7 with the non-conference wins. n The Flint Hill Huskies (4-12) got 15 points and six assists from Ben Stern and 14 points and 10 rebounds from Jordan Taylor in a 50-48 victory over Christ Chapel. Gage Herdman added 10 points.

Flint Hill lost its next game to Sidwell Friends, 78-44.

LANGLEY ICE HOCKEY TEAM WINS: The Langley Sax-

ons ice hockey team defeated Briar Woods, 8-2, recently at Skatequest in Reston.

Langley Continued from Page 16

MADISON TO CHANGE LEAGUES: The Virginia High

School League’s new districts starting with the 201718 school year will have a different home for one local team.

The Madison Warhawks will switch groups and will be in the district with Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton and Westfield. For years, Madison was grouped with McLean and Langley. Those two schools will remain in the same district, which will include Herndon, South Lakes, Washington-Lee and Yorktown.

WRESTLING ROUNDUP: Potomac School wrestlers Wil-

liam Duryea at 106 pounds, Will Ayres (145) and Justin Kuo (138 ) went undefeated at the Capital Duals Tournament held at St. John’s College High School.

POTOMAC SCHOOL SQUASH: Thanks to the return

of Noelle Giuliano and Justine Thoma, the Potomac School girls squash team was at full strength for the first time all season and easily topped St. Andrew’s, 8-1, in a recent match.

The boys squash team (6-2) also defeated St. Andrew’s. 6-3, with strong play from Alex Snape, Aadil Husain and Julian Lopez-Uricoechea.

In another match, Potomac School defeated Woodberry Forest, 7-2, to claim third place at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Tournament team championships.

In the quarterfinals, Potomac School defeated St. Anne’s Belfield, 7-2, thanks to crucial singles victories by senior captain Matt Spencer and freshman Joshua Keller.

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second in the Liberty standings with a 6-1 record. South Lakes and Fairfax are tied for third with 4-3 marks.

Yorktown was next at 3-4, Hayfield and WashingtonLee were each 2-5 and McLean was 0-7.

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that period behind some hot three-point shooting.

“Our defense was killing us,” Kaniut said. “In the third, we realized what we had to do to come back.”

Kaniut led Yorktown in scoring with 14 points, including two three-pointers. Conor Shears had 11 points, three steals and two blocks. Matt Paredes scored 10 for the Patriots.

“We need to stay focused. We need to close out shooters,” Paredes said.

Junior guard Tavon Tarpley led Langley with 26 points, with 17 coming in the second half. Senior center Nate Shafer had 10 points, eight rebounds and six blocks.

Grant Hughes had 10 points and two three-pointers, Chas Battaglia had eight points and two three and Colter Carton had five points.

“We attacked the basket, we fed the ball into the paint to our big guys,” Tarpley said. “In the third quarter we sort of had a lapse.”

Added Shafer: “Our goal is to keep winning and win the conference.”

Langley had a Jan. 22 conference game against South Lakes postponed last week and has two league contests scheduled this week, weather permitting.

When this week began, the Madison Warhawks were

Chris Weiss had four goals and one assist for Langley. Jason Guidi had two goals and one assist. Wyatt Conrow had a goal and two assists. Hannah Hanuschak had a goal. Michael Pieruccini, Christian Tschampel and goalie J.T. Gorman had assists.

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Marshall Senior Makes Eight Three-Pointers in Victory DAVE FACINOLI

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Chase Barrand had a couple of single-game career bests in the scoring defor BASKETBALL partment the Marshall Statesmen during a Jan. 19 boys basketball game.

The senior guard scored a one-game high school best 28 points, which included eight three-pointers, another best.

Barrand’s total helped Marshall (12-3, 5-1) rout the visiting Lee Lancers, 78-37, in Capitol Conference action.

For the game, Barrand was 8 of 11 from behind the arch. He made his first three-point attempt on a baseline jump-

“Once I made my first shot I knew I had my range and I was dialed in,” Barrand said. “I kept letting it fly.”

Barrand made six threes in the first half.

“I found my space and was in a zone early in the game,” Barrand said.

He’s been hot from beyond the threepoint arch in recent action.

For the season, Barrand has made 34 three-pointers. His previous single-game best was six earlier this season during a holiday tournament. He’s also made five and four in games.

Madison High senior Daniel Ungerleider also has been a prolific three-point shooter this season. He has 42 threes this

season, twice making six in single games, including in the Warhawks’ win on Jan. 19.

What’s interesting is the players combined for only three (Barrand had two) when Marshall and Madison played in December in a big neighborhood rivalry game. Madison rallied to win that contest.

The two shooters are good friends and played on the same AAU teams for many years.

“We were both defended pretty well in that game,” Barrand said.

The Statesmen are slated to return to action this week, weather permitting, with two conference contests on the schedule.

Marshall’s Chase Barrand made eight threepointers in his team’s victory over Lee.

College Roundup CARLYN BALDWIN: Flint Hill School

graduate Carlyn Baldwin was a junior midfielder on the women’s soccer team at the University of Tennessee during the fall.

Baldwin played in 16 games and started 15. She scored one goal, a game-winner, and took 10 shots.

COYER SISTERS: Oakton High School

graduates and senior sisters Caroline Coyer and Katherine Coyer are starters and big contributors for the women’s basketball team at Villanova.

Caroline Coyer leads the team in scoring (14.6 points per game), leads in assists with 91, three-point baskets with 35 and steals with 31, and is second in rebounding (5.3 per game). She has started 18 games.

Katherine Coyer has played in 18 games and started 17. She averages 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, has 35 rebounds and has made 14 three-pointers.

The sisters led Oakton to a Group AAA state championship and to region and conference crowns.

CULLEN HAMILTON: Potomac School

graduate Cullen Hamilton is a starting senior guard for the men’s basketball team at Holy Cross.

Hamilton averages 8.9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He has made 17 three-pointers and has 30 assists and 12 steals.

MEGAN LeDUC: Through 15 games, all

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LeDuc has 53 assists, has made 22 three-pointers, has 17 steals and has blocked two shots.

AUSTIN VASILIADIS: In six games of action, Langley High School graduate Austin Vasiliadis, a senior guard, averaged 14.3 points and had 34 assists for the Division III Johns Hopkins University men’s basketball team.

Vasiliadis had made nine three-pointers, had 18 steals and averaged 2.5 rebounds a game.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. January 31, 1941: n Health officials say local cases of flu are tapering off. n U.S. Rep. Colgate Darden will resign on March 1 to begin his campaign for governor. n Sanitary Grocery Stores will change its name to that of the firm’s parent company, Safeway.

January 27, 1959: n Gov. Almond is “racing the clock” to try to maintain segregation in Virginia’s public schools, as Alexandria, Arlington, Norfolk and Charlottesville are now under court order to integrate.

January 31, 1967: n The county school system is set to open kindergarten classes in schools later this year. About 7,000 students are set to participate. n County supervisors have ratified their previous decision to carve Fairfax into eight magisterial districts. n A Sun editorial says the state government needs to turn to bonding in order to fund needed highway improvements. n On the basketball court, Madison is 6-5, Marshall is 3-8, McLean is 2-9 and Langley is 0-10. n On TV tonight: “Peyton Place,” “The Fugitive,” “Petticoat Junction” and “Red Skelton.”

January 29, 1972: n Fairfax government officials plan to study the prevalence of kickbacks in the local real estate industry. n The General Assembly is considering permitting no-fault auto insurance in Virginia. n State Attorney General Andrew Miller says Virginia has fallen behind the curve in the fight against crime. n In basketball action, Madison nipped Marshall, 53-49, while McLean fell to Herndon, 75-59.

8. Rid of impurities

SUPER BOWL

9. Like most U.S. campuses

© StatePoint Media

10. A siren’s song, e.g.

11. Seed cover

ACROSS

12. Banana skin 15. Beefeater 20. Elf perch

1. October stones 6. “The ____ bone’s connected to the back bone”

22. Acorn producer

9. Show appreciation

24. Mollusks with two shells

13. Set to zero 14. Down Under bird

hinged together 25. Scrawny one 26. Remember this battle

15. James Blunt’s “____ Beautiful” 16. Actor Owen

27. “Taras Bulba” author 29. Wang or Bradley

17. Credit card rate 18. Bone-chilling

31. *Walter Payton does it in “The

19. To begin with 21. *NFL Commissioner

Super Bowl Shuffle” 32. Tissue growth 33. Yemeni neighbor

23. Doh, re, mi, fa, ____, la, ti, doh

34. *Given name of man the trophy is named after

24. Beacon light 25. Actors’ group

36. Cheap trinket

28. First name in jeans 30. Russian grandmaster

38. Not in favor 42. Fast food option 45. Dog stand staple

35. Heidi’s shoe 37. Bulgarian money

49. Jodie Foster’s ‘08 movie

39. Actress Watts 40. Indian music

“____’s Island” 51. *Game day

41. 100 centimes 43. *Teams have an offensive and

54. Mythological princess of Colchis 56. Fixed look

defensive one for the game 44. Frenchman’s love

57. Not a word?

46. Charlie “Bird” Parker’s sax 47. Pop group “’N ____” 48. *Like Super Bowl 50 50. Virginia Institute of Marine Science 52. Epitome of easiness 53. Margarita fruit 55. Throw one under it?

57. *Expensive big-game purchase 61. *Three-time Super Bowl MVP

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58. One of #65 Across 59. Bit attachment 65. Some are bright

DOWN

60. Links to a posted photo

66. Chain letters 68. Defier 69. Mr. Ed’s remark

1. Black and white “killer”

61. First one on a ship 62. Pavarotti’s song

70. Young newt

4. *Played this year at ____

71. Do like phoenix 72. Sunbathes 73. High or low card 74. “The Second Coming” poet

Stadium 5. End of “cholesterol” 6. Asia’s “____ of the Moment” 7. Rascal

2. Fox coat, e.g.

3. “Clueless” catch phrase

63. Hitler’s Eagle’s ____ 64. Aphrodite’s lover 67. *Represented last year by Seahawks

W O N

January 26, 1982: n U.S. Rep. Paul Trible is the likely Republican nominee to succeed U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr., I-Va., while Democrats do not have a clear front-runner in their nomination process.. n A Northern Virginia Sun editorial has blasted as “spineless” a proposal in Richmond to replace Columbus Day, Lee-Jackson-King Day and other potentially controversial holidays with a generic “Notables Day.”

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