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Any Changes Would Take Effect at the Start of April BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Superintendent’s Budget Package Totals $2.9 Billion

Fairfax County Park Authority officials are considering minor adjustments in the annual fee package to be reviewed by the agency’s board in March.

The proposed changes would raise a total of just $241,000 more, or about one-third the amount approved during the past three annual adjustments, said spokesman Judy Pedersen.

“In our view, most of the conditions which drive increases have remained relatively constant,” she said. “To the best of my knowledge, there is nothing on the chopping block . . . We continue to aim big when it comes to collaboration and partnerships and are working hard to maximize those opportunities.”

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SHOULDER LANE DRAWS COMPLAINTS Midday traffic travels along northbound Interstate 495 in McLean, with the shoulder lane closed to vehicular traffic. Critics of the shoulder lane on northbound I-495 say the lane produces major traffic backups during rush hour; one elected official wants to see the shoulder lane closed for several months to see the impact on local traffic. See full coverPHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER age on Page 4.

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Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendent Scott Brabrand on Jan. 11 proposed a $2.9 billion fiscal 2019 operating budget that is 4.3 percent higher than last year’s budget and seeks a $96.9 million increase in the county’s transfer, most of which would be used to boost employee salaries.

There is an ongoing teacher shortage within the county and nationwide and school-system officials should offer sufficient compensation so those employees stay for the duration of their careers, Brabrand said at the School Board’s meeting at Luther Jackson Middle School in Merrifield.

“We want the best and brightest coming to Fairfax, where you’ll get the opportunity to have the sort of compensation that every teacher deserves for the work they do,” he said. “With this focus on our workforce, I believe we’ll be able to get the results that everybody in this community expects.”

Braband’s budget package calls for several funding increases, including $116.2 million to cover employee pay raises; $7 million to meet rising health-care and retirement costs; and $15.8 million to pay for higher student enrollment and demographic changes to the student body that Continued on Page 18

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Beyer Kicks Off Re-Election While Gunning for Comstock SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

It was just a formality – probably like the general election will be for him – but U.S. Rep. Don Beyer kicked off his bid for re-election during a speech to a group of local Democrats on Jan. 6.

“I’m going to run,” Beyer (D-8th) said to absolutely no one’s surprise, as his supporters were passing around petitions to obtain the requisite number of signatures for ballot access.

Beyer’s remarks came to a breakfast meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee.

Elected to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Moran in 2014, Beyer sits in one of the most Democratic-leaning congressional districts in the nation, and is unlikely to face any hurdles to a third term. Much of his focus will be on winning a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Democrats need 24 additional seats to win back the majority they lost in the 2010 elections. Beyer, who is treasurer of the Democratic Congressional Cam-

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In Virginia, Democrats plan to train their fire on U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th). She is “the No. 1 target – we’re going to put everyone behind it,” Beyer said of the effort to unseat Comstock, who succeeded U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf the same year Beyer followed Moran into office.

Comstock is a survivor: She handily won re-election in November 2016 despite her district going for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Two years before, she also was expected to have a difficult time in the swing district, but won comfortably.

Nearly a dozen Democratic candidates are vying for the chance to take on Comstock; the party will pick its nominee in a June primary. Comstock herself may face an intra-party challenge from conservative Shak Hill, but is likely to face no major hurdle to renomination.

Beyer is unlikely to face anything but token opposition as he gears up for a third two-year term. The region’s other member of Congress – U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) – also is expected to face little serious opposition as he heads toward re-election.

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Some Residents Fume Over I-495 Shoulder Lanes BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in 2015 opened a shoulder lane on the left side of northbound Interstate 495 to increase the highway’s capacity and relieve traffic backups near the Dulles Toll Road.

VDOT officials say the new lane accomplished those goals, but some McLean residents counter that the lane, which is open during peak travel periods, has done little to alleviate Beltway traffic congestion, has increased cut-through traffic on neighborhood streets and has clogged the intersection of Georgetown Pike and Balls Hill Road.

“I’m asking officials to request that the governor shut down [and] stop the usage of the [High-Occupancy Toll] shoulder lane in our Beltway area simply by keeping the red Xs red,” April Georgelas of McLean wrote in a Dec. 18 e-mail. “Return to the former plan, which staggered the merge areas and did not overburden and jam the American Legion Bridge area.”

Work on the shoulder lane, which runs 1.5 miles from the end of the northbound Express Lanes to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, began in 2014 and the lane opened to traffic in 2015, said VDOT spokesman Jennifer McCord.

The lane initially operated between 7 and 11 a.m. and from 2 to 7 p.m. on weekdays. In December 2016, VDOT started opening the lane at 6 a.m.

According to VDOT, the shoulderlane extension: • Improved concrete barriers on the I495 median.

• Installed video cameras and electronic signs to give travelers information and improve incident response.

• Rehabilitated pavement for a smoother ride.

• Has no barrier separating the shoul-

der and regular Beltway lanes, allowing travelers easy access.

• Reduced the need for merging and weaving by vehicles entering the Beltway from the Express Lanes.

“We’ve monitored and observed reduced congestion at the I-495/Dulles Toll Road interchange,” McCord said.

VDOT officials denied there had been insufficient community input before implementing the shoulder lane and cited a public-information meeting held in November 2013 at Cooper Middle School in McLean.

A preliminary noise analysis of the project was made available for public comment in 2014 and VDOT’s Web site featured a page (taken down after the shoulder lane’s completion) featuring the project’s documents, McCord said.

While laws mandate public hearings for federally aided road projects that involve significant amounts of right-ofway and substantially change the layout or functions of connecting roadways or of the facility being upgraded, the I-495 shoulder-lane project “was built within existing right-of-way and footprint, therefore a public hearing was not required,” she said.

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) said when the Express Lanes originally were being considered, McLean residents successfully fought against a proposal to extend the lanes closer to the American Legion Bridge. But former Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) pushed ahead with the initiative Foust would like to see the shoulder lane closed for three or four months so officials can check traffic impacts on local roads.

“Under no circumstance would closing that [lane] solve the problem, but it would lighten the level of congestion on Georgetown Pike and ramp leading to the Beltway,” he said.

VDOT officials said such a closure

Fairfax County police officers from the McLean District Station use this section of asphalt on northbound Georgetown Pike, provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation, to pull over motorists blocking the road’s intersection with Balls Hill Road. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

would have a “significant impact to I-495 traffic and could potentially increase cutthrough traffic on local streets.”

VDOT now is working with the Fairfax County Department of Transportation and the McLean community to address cut-through traffic getting to the Beltway from Georgetown Pike, McCord said. A public meeting on the subject on Sept. 18 last fall at Cooper Middle School drew about 150 people, she said.

VDOT since has set aside a stretch of asphalt along northbound Georgetown Pike between Balls Hill Road and the I495 Inner Loop on-ramp where Fairfax County police can ticket motorists for blocking the intersection of those first two local roads. The pull-over area is roughly four to five vehicle lengths long by two or three wide.

The police department’s McLean District Station in recent weeks has been assigning between one and five officers at that location, said Lt. Timothy Field, the station’s deputy commander.

Police last fall used an electronic variable-message sign for several weeks to

notify motorists of the impending “don’t block the box” enforcement effort, which began Dec. 11. As of early January, officers had issued about 200 summonses and warnings, Field said.

The most common infractions at that location have been blocking the intersection and failing to obey a highway sign.

The peak violation period typically is between 4 to 7 p.m. and both traffic volume and infractions appear to be higher from Wednesday through Friday, Field said.

The enforcement period likely will continue for several more weeks, depending on officer availability and weather conditions, he said.

“I spoke with our Traffic Enforcement unit and they advise they have not seen any outlandish behavior on behalf of motorists,” he said. “Perhaps the most unusual thing they have seen are passing motorists waving, rolling their windows down and saying ‘Thanks.’”

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LOOKING BACK ON 2017: THIRD IN A SERIES

Transportation, Development, Politics Dominated BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

2017 will be remembered not only for the non-stop controversies swirling around the Trump administration, but also for occurrences – both good and bad – that affected local residents’ lives.

2017 saw the approval of several major redevelopment projects, strong Democratic gains in the House of Delegates following victories in the November election, kickoffs of important transportation initiatives and the deaths of area residents both famous and unsung.

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nounced Oct. 16 that the group’s president and CEO, David Diaz, had stepped down after nearly seven months in the position.

Sol Glasner, a founding member and former board chairman of the partnership, that same day was appointed its acting president and CEO. • United Airlines bade farewell to its 747 flights at Washington Dulles International Airport Oct. 19 when a 747400, which had left from the airport that morning on a victory lap, touched down and rolled up to its gate under a watercannon salute.

• Leaders of Vienna’s Church of the Holy Comforter broke ground Oct. 22 for the multi-story, 7,740-square-foot addition.

• Longtime users of the Four Seasons Tennis Club of Merrifield tried unsuc-

cessfully Oct. 24 to convince the Board of Supervisors not to approve Sekas Homes Ltd.’s proposal to build “Four Seasons at Mosaic” at the nearly 5.6-acre site on Eskridge Road. The project will include 127 multi-family units in a 188,000-squarefoot, five-story, U-shaped building with underground parking, plus 40 single-family attached residential units on the site’s southern area.

• Fairfax County leaders on Oct. 26 dedicated the new 160-foot tall, 274,000square-foot Public Safety Headquarters at 12099 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax. The headquarters, which will replace the outdated Massey Building in Fairfax, will allow police and fire staff to collaborate better and offer swifter access to nearby county agencies.

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NOVEMBER: • Vienna leaders on Nov. 4 unveiled a bronze sculpture at the Vienna Community Center in honor of the late Mayor M. Jane Seeman and local volunteers. The artwork, titled “Taking Flight,” depicts a boy reading atop a stack of books and a girl behind him ready to soar.

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Our View: Let the Annual Budget Dance Begin By law, those working for Virginia’s local governments can’t engage in collective bargaining or strike, which makes the two local “teachers unions” – the Fairfax Education Association and Fairfax County Federation of Teachers – something akin to self-perpetuating anachronisms.

But that doesn’t stop the organizations from trying, when budget season starts each year in the Fairfax County government, to try elbow their way to the table.

The Fairfax Education Association, the bigger (and in some respects more responsible) of the two, is out with a four-page manifesto opining on what the Board of Supervisors and School Board should do as they work to divide up the billions being raked in from taxpayers each year.

More money is right near the top of that agenda, to absolutely no one’s surprise. “FCPS employees shall have the highest salaries in the region to maintain recruitment and retention competitive edge” is a phrase tucked away on the second page.

Well, that’s just not going to happen – the Board of Supervisors, which holds the purse strings and most years serves as a somewhat responsible backstop to the excessive requests of the School Board, will laugh that one out of the discussion early on.

But saddle up, nonetheless: the community is about to embark on the annual dance between the School Board, whose members are elected but have no taxing authority, and the Board of Supervisors, which has the responsibil-

ity for balancing many community needs while catching incoming flak from what one wag likes to call the “gimme groups” pressing their special-interest agendas.

Having watched this play out for years – nay, decades – we can report it almost always ends up the same. The school system will get some, and often most, of what it wants, but the School Board still will grumble all the way up to and past final budget adoption at the supposed parsimoniousness of those on the Board of Supervisors.

(The General Assembly never, ever should have allowed elected school boards in the first place, but once legalized, they should have been given taxing authority – let school board members take the heat about the ever spiraling local tax burden, rather than being allowed fob the criticism off to the supervisors. But we digress, as we often do . . .)

If the preceding paragraphs make it sound like we are anti-public education, think again. We highly value it.

There are some great educators in Fairfax County Public Schools, and they deserve support, encouragement and financial incentives in return for their outstanding work.

Unfortunately, so many of these fantastic professionals long ago became disenchanted by the ever-changing parade of priorities, policies and personnel at the top of the FCPS food chain. Money is not going to fix that, and whenever a faux teachers’ union has its hand out, you can rest assured it seldom has to do with improving the education experience and ultimate outcome for our children.

Tax-Plan Boosters Leave Out Some Key Facts

Editor: I had to laugh at the irony on your recent editorial pages, where one headline said “Local Residents Need to Get Out of Bubble” (“to see how liberal media distort and even censor the truth”), and then two other letters talked about all of the positive aspects of the tax law without acknowledging a single negative.

As obvious examples, they cited the increased standard deduction, without even mentioning the offsetting elimination of the personal exemption, and one cited the reduced 7.5-percent cutoff for medical deductions without mentioning that it is for only 2017-18.

Yes, this tax law will add $1,000 to $2,000 to many middle-class families’

disposable income for the next seven years.

But if they’re smart, they’ll put that money aside for their kids, who will be the ones who have to pay off the additional trillion dollars of debt.

Len Levitt McLean

Editor: In response to the Jan. 4 letter “Comstock Showed True Colors in Vote on Tax Bill” – yes, she did show her true colors, and it is about time that a politician actually votes for what is good for the country instead of following the local party line.

Limiting state and local tax deductions to $10,000 is reasonable, and may

finally force the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to take some responsibility to limit spending and force pension reform.

Continuing to raise local taxes will now become much more aware to the taxpayer, putting pressure on county leaders to stem increases in local taxes.

For the record, my taxes (state and property) exceed the limit of the new

tax bill. However, if it pressures our local officials to control their spending, it is worth the sacrifice I am making.

For much too long, Fairfax County has been drifting in the direction of California, New Jersey, New York and Maryland, and we should not be proud of that drift.

Dudley Losselyong Great Falls

Comstock Stood Up for the Country in Her Tax Vote

Think Beyond Self in Dissecting Political Issues Editor: I just have a comment on Jeanne Libit’s opinion [“Why Did Comstock Vote for GOP’s Tax Plan?” Letters Dec. 7] on the subject matter.

What stood out to me, after reading her opinion, was NOT about Rep.

Barbara Comstock, but it was about how she described the whole thing using “Me,” “Me” and “I,” “I” – “I do this,” “I do that” . . .

To use a quote from Ms. Libit’s letter: “I am bewildered!”

Ki Kwon, Great Falls

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Property Owners, Landscapers Lauded for Tree Preservation BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Developers in Fairfax County must replant their sites to replace lost tree canopy within a decade. But to Fairfax County Tree Commission chairman Robert Vickers, there’s an even better option: Don’t cut down all of those trees in the first place.

“Back in the day, it was easier not to take trees down” when developing properties, said Vickers, a Great Falls resident who represents Dranesville District on the commission. “Now the biggest concern is, ‘How big a house can we build?’”

Fairfax County Land Development Services, in cooperation with the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District and the Fairfax Tree Commission, will present its annual “Land Conservation and Tree Preservation Awards” on Jan. 29 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax.

The awards honor site superintendents contractors, developers, engineers and engineering firms for projects that excel in erosion- and sediment-control design and implementation and/or a show a strong commitment to tree planting and preservation.

Among this year’s winners: • Overture Fair Ridge, nominated by Rachel Jackson, an urban forester with

Fairfax County. The tree canopy provided at the site was 164 percent of the required amount. Property owners sited fence pillars based on field observations and installed them along an existing fence line to avoid more tree removals.

• 707 Utterback Store Road in Great Falls, which Vickers nominated. Only one tree was removed during this project and property owners minimized other land disturbance.

• 1024 Utterback Store Road, which also was nominated by Vickers. Only one tree was removed for this project and the fence installation and landscaping were sited to skirt existing trees.

• Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Phase 1 in Great Falls, which was nominated for a planting award by the site’s landscaping firm. Due to the site’s historic nature, planting spaces are limited to meet requirements that the property continue to retain the character of the former Lorton Reformatory (aka Lorton Correctional Complex).

The landscaping firm installed bioretention plantings and maximized available planting spaces where allowed by various historical requirements.

The groups bestowing the tree-preservation awards used to make nominees wait until their projects’ construction bonds had been released, but now allows some projects to be nominated before work is finished, Vickers said.

This property at 1024 Utterback Store Road in Great Falls is among several that will be honored Jan. 29 by Fairfax County Land Development Services for tree-preservation efforts.

Fairfax County increasingly is becoming built-out, and county officials now are fielding more than 900 applications annually for in-fill development, a significant uptick from decades past, Vickers said.

About half of those are located in

Dranesville District. Vickers describes the stretch of Utterback Store Road between Georgetown Pike and Route 7 as “ground zero” for in-fill projects in the county.

“We always joke that everyone wants to be the last person to move into Great Falls,” he said.

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An increase in average sales prices offConventional mortgages represented set by fewer year-over-year sales ended the method of transacting sales in 692 the Fairfax County real estate market’s cases, followed by cash (109) and VA2017 with a relatively flat December. backed loans.

A total of 1,024 properties went to At the end of the month, there were closing countywide during the month, 1,642 properties on the market countydown 5.8 percent from a year before, ac- wide, down a whopping 21.4 percent from cording to data reported Jan. 10 by Re- 2,090 a year before. alEstate Business Intelligence, based on Where is the market headed? As with data from Bright MLS. much of the rest of the region, the shortBut the decline in sales was offset by term prognosis looks soft, as homes comhigher prices, with the average sales price ing under contract and pending sales were of $583,935 up 5.1 percent and increases down from a year before. But the lack of posted in all three sectors of the market: available inventory may help hold prices • The average sales price of single-fam- higher until the stronger spring buying ily homes rose 5.6 percent to $768,833. season arrives.

• The average sales price of attached Figures represent most, but not all, homes, such as townhouses, was up 2.5 homes on the market. All figures are prepercent to $383,222. liminary, and are subject to revision.

• The average sales price of condominD.C., Inner Core Sees Increase in Sales iums was up 5.5 percent to $290,681.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes FILING FOR MCC GOVERNING BOARD SET TO OPEN: The filing period is set to

open for local residents interested in running for the McLean Community Center Governing Board.

Nominating petitions will be available starting Jan. 22, with completed petition packets due back by March 16.

For full information, call (703) 7900123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

MCC GOVERNING BOARD TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETING: The monthly meet-

ing of the McLean Community Center Governing Board will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the MCC administrative office, 6631 Old Dominion Road.

Residents wishing to speak during the citizen-comment portion of the meeting should call the center at (703) 790-0123 to be placed on the agenda.

McLEAN AAUW TO LOOK AT WOMEN IN ISLAM: The McLean branch of the

American Association of University Women will meet on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church’s parish hall, 7001 Georgetown Pike.

The program will focus a panel discussion on “Leadership of Women in Islam” presented by the Muslim Women’s Coalition The community is invited. The snow

date is Jan. 27. For information, see the Web site at https://mclean-va.aauw.net/.

TEEN-IMPROV TROUPE TO PERFORM:

The Unruly Theatre, a professional teenimprov group, will perform on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. at MPA@ChainBridge, 1446 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

The event is sponsored by the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center. Admission is free.

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

QUOTE-ALONG SCREENING OF ‘ANCHORMAN’ SLATED: The Alden Theatre

of the McLean Community Center will host a quote-along presentation of the movie “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Old Firehouse, 1440 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

The event is suitable for ages 13 to adult; participants can re-create the scenes with the help of Alden Theatre staff, props and on-screen subtitles and cues.

Admission and popcorn are free. Prop bags are $5 each. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.

BROADWAY-INSPIRED DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED: The Alden Theatre

of the McLean Community Center will present a screening of “The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened,” the story of one of the famous flops in musical-comedy history, on Sunday, Jan. 28 at 2 p.m. at the Old Firehouse, 1440 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

The documentary tells the story of “Merrily We Roll Along,” the Stephen Sondheim/Hal Prince musical that opened to great fanfare but closed after just 16 performances on Broadway in 1981. It includes interviews with creators and cast, as well as rare footage from the rehearsal process.

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

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Homes & Estates of Keller Williams Realty will host a free forum – “Be a Savvy Seller!” – on Sunday, Jan. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 774-A Walker Road in Great Falls.

The event will feature a professional stager and organizer, and provide tips for getting the most money for your home.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR MUSICAL COMPETITION: Entries are

being accepted for the 56th annual James A. Bland musical competition, sponsored by the Vienna (Host) Lions Club.

Vocalists and instrumentalists in elementary through high school can compete, with first-place winners moving on to regional competition.

The competition will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. at Vienna Assembly of God Church, 100 Ayr Hill Ave. in Vienna.

The application deadline is Feb. 12.

For information, call Susan Stiles at (703)

409-7083 or e-mail sandcs89@yahoo. com.

VIENNA COMMUNITY BAND LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS: The Town

of Vienna Community Band continues to recruit enthusiastic musicians in all sections. Particularly in need are those with skills in clarinet, tuba, oboe and bassoon.

Rehearsals are held Sunday evenings at 6:15 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center. For information, see the Web site at www.viennacommunityband.org.

‘TASTE OF THE WORLD’ CASINO NIGHT

SET TO RETURN: The Rotary Club of

Vienna is preparing for its third annual Taste of the World Casino Night, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Westwood Country Club.

The event will feature a variety of gaming opportunities plus food from local restaurants.

For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.viennacasinonight.com.

COMMUNITY FORUM TO FOCUS ON DIVISION IN POLITICS, RELIGION: A

four-meeting program to discuss “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” by Jonathan Haidt will begin on Thursday, Jan. 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library.

Additional discussions will take place on Feb. 1, Feb. 7 and Feb. 15 at the same time and location. All events are free.

For information or to R.S.V.P., e-mail Bill Roos at billrfj09@gmail.com.

VIENNA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS FOUR SHOWS IN ONE PRODUCTION: The Vienna Theatre Company’s

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JOIN US! The inaugural Shape of the Region Conference, co-hosted by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, will discuss and explore two big issues facing our region’s future as illuminated by data from the Community Foundation’s Opportunity Index.

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new production of “Eclectic Essentials” will run from Jan. 19 to Feb. 3 at the Vienna Community Center.

The production features four plays that focus on relationships: “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls” by Christopher Durang (directed by Sue Bevins); “Death

Be Not Loud” by Thierry Sagnier (directed by Juli Blacker); “Capsmittment” by Jean Koppen (directed by Stuart Fischer); and “One Click Away” by Dean Fiala (directed by Haley Murphey).

Performances will be at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Jan. 19-20, 26-27 and Feb. 2-3, as well as at 2 p.m. on Sundays, Jan. 28 and Feb. 4.

Tickets are $14, and are available at the Vienna Community Center, online at www.viennava.gov and (if available) at the door.

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

TRUFFLE-GROWING IS FOCUS OF GARDEN-CLUB MEETING: The Ayr Hill Gar-

den Club will meet on Monday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna.

The guest speaker will be Pat Martin, a member of the American Truffle Growing Association, who will speak on trufflegrowing in Virginia.

The community is invited. For information, e-mail igennaro289@gmail.com.

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The family room, an airy and inviting space, features a coffered ceiling, fireplace and built-in console along with a wet bar.

A flex space rounds out the main level, perfect as a study, office or bedroom. It has views over the side and rear yards.

The master retreat occupies the entire back of the second level, with access to a large private balcony. There also is a sumptuous bath.

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Survey Says: Virginia #13 Among Those Moving in ‘17 Virginia ranked the nation’s No. 13 growth state in 2017, according to new figures from U-Haul International.

The moving company looked at the net gain of one-way U-Haul rentals entering vs. leaving a state. Migrationtrends data are compiled from more than 1.7 million one-way U-Haul rentals that occur annually.

The company has more than 21,000 locations in all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces to pull data from.

“While migrations trends do not correlate directly to population or economic growth, U-Haul growth data is an effective gauge of how well states and cities are attracting and maintaining residents, the Phoenix-based moving company.

Virginia has been on a yo-yo ride in recent years – in 2016, the state ranked No. 30 for growth, but in 2015, it was No. 2.

Last year, areas of the commonwealth that saw significant inbound moves included Richmond, Kilmarnock and Chantilly.

In 2017, Texas was the No. 1 growth state for the second year in a row, according to data, followed by Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee. North Carolina was seventh.

Some of Texas’s increase in overall U-Haul transactions can be attributed to the impact of the 2017 hurricane season. While the number of departures from Texas rose 3 percent and the number of arrivals was up only one percent, arriving trucks still accounted for 50.3 percent of all one-way U-Haul traffic in the Lone Star State, giving it the national crown for the second year in a row. (Texas was No. 39 in 2015.)

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Schools & Military n Nicole Cheshire of Great Falls, a graduate of Langley High School, earned a master of science degree in broadcast journalism during recent commencement exercises at Columbia University. n Christian Gilbert of McLean earned a bachelor of applied science degree and Kelsey Lambert of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree during recent commencement exercises at Troy University.

Paige Galiani of Great Falls, Blake Prather-Johnson of Vienna and Stephen Yenouskas of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lehigh University. n

Salim Al-Maqbali of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Oregon State University. n

n Diego Vargas of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Curry College. n Tessa Smalley of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ohio Wesleyan University. n Seven students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology have been named scholars in the

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Wrestlers Medal in Tourneys

Teeing Off

Wrestling-Event Titles Are Now More Creative What great and catchy names.

What has evolved in high school wrestling over the last decade or so are the many creative official titles of various competitions.

Saxons Place 2nd at Panthers’ Meet

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At the first Jim Mon Memorial Tournament at Washington-Lee High School on Jan. 13, the Marshall Statesmen had sixth-place WRESTLING aperformance in a match that included varsity and junior varsity wrestlers.

Finishing second for Marshall were Hosin Shadabi at 126 pounds and Marco Starace at 113.

Fourth for Marshall were Ian McQueen at 170 and Javier Sorto at 285.

Fifth for Marshall was Ryan McCaleb at 182.

The Langley Saxons had two thirdplace finishers in Wyatt Harrell at 182 and Caleb Womack at 220.

For the McLean Highlanders, Eli Wilson was second at 132, Jake Smith four at 113 and Bryce Molnar fifth at 143.

Marshall began this week’s action with a 12-0 dual-match record, including a recent 64-12 win over Falls Church.

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Marshall High School’s Drake Coleman, front, and McLean’s Tyler Younge wrestle in a 120pound match on Jan. 13 at the Jim Mon Memorial Tournament.

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Warhawks Have a 2-0 Record in New District DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The ending turned out fine, but the beginning was a bit odd for the Madison in BASKETBALL Warhawks their inaugural game in Concorde District play.

Trailing 9-2 against the visiting Chantilly Chargers, with four of those points coming as a result of two different technical fouls, Madison rallied big-time to win going away, 60-44, in the Jan. 11 boys high school basketball game.

An 18-0 run put Madison in front 27-13, and the Warhawks (10-5, 2-0) were comfortably ahead the rest of the way.

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throws to take a 9-2 lead with 6:19 left in the first period when Madison coach Kevin Roller was whistled for a rare technical foul on him. Roller called a timeout right after the technical.

“He called us together, said that technical was on [him], then told us if we keep playing our defense and our game, we’ll be OK and we would win,” Madison senior center Johnny Hecht said.

Hecht had 11 points, six rebounds and two steals and was one of four Madison players to score in double figures. The others were John Finney with a team-high 17 points to go with eight rebounds; point guard Aaron Darab with 11 points and six assists; and Damon Koskovich had 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks off the bench.

Nick Hugie had eight points and made two three-pointers.

Madison shot 52 percent from the floor.

Finney gave Madison the lead for good at 15-13 on a three-pointer to end the first quarter.

Roller attributed the victory to strong half-court man-to-man defensive tempo good speed in the players’ rotation.

“We also had some guys come off the bench and play some of their best basketball,” Roller said. “Nick [Hugie] made two big threes. That was good to see, because Nick is a good three-point shooter, but has not been shooting well this season.”

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It used to be that names of longstanding wrestling tournaments or meets were pretty standard – like the Marshall Statesmen Invitational, W.T. Woodson Cavalier Classic, Park View Sterling Lions Tourney, Bishop Ireton Classic, Judges Invitational, Holiday Tournament at West Springfield and St. Stephen’s schools, and NOVA Classic, which might be the longest running and often kicks off the new season for many teams.

Not all of those events still exist. Some that have been started as replacements throughout the region have been dubbed with catchy titles.

To list a few, there is a Rumble in the Jungle, a Knightmare Invitational, a Battle at the Bridge, a Grapple at the Brook, a Ram Rumble, an Ultimate Challenge, a Brawl in the Hall, Holiday Hammer, Big Orange, War on the Shore and Mount Mat Madness.

Even names of a few dual and quad meets have jazzed up, like Beauty and the Beast involving Vienna’s Madison Warhawks at Lake Braddock Secondary School. There are the Appalacian Duals and the Wildcat Duals.

Yet there are still tournaments with basic names, and for good reason.

They should never change.

An event held Jan. 13 at Washington-Lee High School was the Jim Mon Memorial Tournament. For many years, the late Mon was the head coach for the Washington-Lee Generals, giving hours of his time. It is a fitting tribute that a competition should be named in his honor.

Another is the annual Joe Verciglio Memorial Tournament at Chantilly High. Verciglio once coached the Madison and Chantilly teams, then later became a longtime, and enthusiastic, announcer of many various post-season competitions.

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Langley Sweeps McLean in Neighborhood Showdowns DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The big neighborhood high school basketball rivalry games in McLean on Jan. 12 belonged to the host Langley Saxons.

In a packed and loud gymnasium, Langley swept the McLean Highlanders and BASKETBALL inboysgirlsLiberty District action between community foes. The Saxon girls won in a big rout, 61-35, then the Langley boys (7-6, 2-0) were victorious in the close nightcap, 60-53, as McLean fell to 5-8, 1-1.

The victory was the 10th straight over McLean for the Langley boys.

“These rivalry games are always close, and this one was a high-level, physical fun basketball game that our players had to go win and take the game,” Langley coach Scott Newman said. “The referees let them play. At one point, I told our coaches we need to get out of the way, because our players were

taking ownership of this game.”

The boys game was close throughout.

There were six first-quarter lead changes and a couple of more in the next two periods.. Langley took the lead for good at 36-34 with 4:10 left in the third quarter on a 10-foot jumper by Chase Beckett (21 points, seven rebounds).

In the fourth, McLean trailed 53-50, with 1:49 left, then a 6-0 Langley run made the difference.

“Historically, McLean-Langley games are always close,” Beckett said.

“We stayed focused on defense and executed on offense.”

Langley shot 48 percent from the floor and had just two second-half turnovers, and seven for the game. McLean shot 41 percent and had four turnovers in the final two quarters, with two costly ones coming in the final 1:20.

Colter Carton had 15 points for Langley; Will Brzezinski had eight points off the bench; Joey Hoeymans had seven points, five rebounds (three offensive) and three steals; Eli Thrasher

had five assists; and Ian Muir had six points and five assists.

“Jack did a lot of little things that were big plays for us,” Newman said.

McLean was led by Matias Prock with 25 points, including six threepointers.

“He can really shoot and was tough tonight,” Beckett said of Prock.

McLean’s Sean Senft had 11 points and five boards; Evan Stout had nine points and four rebounds; and Brian Aka had six assists and two steals.

In its previous game, McLean defeated the host Herndon Hornets, 81-62, for a big victory by winning at Herndon for the first time since 1991. Stout scored 30 points. Prock had 16, Senft 14, Aka nine and Andrew Lopez eight. McLean made seven three-pointers and was 22 of 24 from the foul line.

Langley defeated Yorktown, 71-61, in its previous game. Hoeymans scored 15, Beckett 14 and Carton and Thrasher 14 each.

In the Jan. 12 McLean-Langley girls

game, the score was tight with the lead see-sawing until Langley (9-3, 2-0) ended the first half on an 8-0 run to take a 25-17 halftime lead, which the Saxons expanded in the second half.

Senior point guard Jordyn Callaghan led Langley with 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Emily Shively scored 12, Rana Azad had nine points and three steals, Lauren Maloney had six points, Marya Mufti had four points and two blocks, and Carly Britt scored five.

Langley shot 60 percent from the floor, including 74 percent in the second half.

In contrast, McLean (4-8, 0-2) shot 26 percent for the game and was led by Kaela Moskowitz with 13 points and nine rebounds and Elizabeth Dufrane with nine points. Natalie Hedrick had seven rebounds.

In previous Liberty games, Langley defeated Yorktown, 48-38, and McLean was nipped by Herndon, 56-55.

Langley and McLean teams play two district games this week.

Wu each won two races for Madison and Darby Galbraith and Genevieve Gemond won one each. Sam Duncan and Madison Grosz won the diving.

SWIM AND DIVE: The Madison Warhawks swept the Oakton Cougars in a girls and boys swim and dive meet Jan.

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The Madison girls won 187-128 and the boys won 173-142.

Double winners for Madison were Madeline LaPorte, Anna Keating, Elizabeth Kuhlkin and Jack Galbraith. Single winners wee Darby Galbraith, Rachel Holp, Will Noel, Patrick Kuhlkin and Ian Cobb.

Swimming well for Oakton in the meet were Grace Beeman, Lindsey Kotarski, Ava Jones, Maddie Flickinger, Alexandra Martschenko, Charlotte Cai, Lindsey Katsaros, Nick Highman, Anthony Arcomona, Kyle McCleskey, Diego Galvez, Daniel Gyenis, Liam Tolbert, Kazunori Yoshizaki Oakton divers Joe Perreault and Liam Klopfenstein were second and third in the boys meet.

In Jan. 13 meets against Patriot, the Madison boys won 166-146 and the Madison girls lost by a point, 156.5155.5 Kuhlkin, Jack Galbraith and Kyle

Felix Tapia, Grant McManis, Nicolas Zuniga, Brennan Palmer, Kayla O`Brien, Asir Numan, Caleb Taliaferro, Matthew Pamas and Mathew Soto. n At the Panther Invitational on Jan. 13 at Paul VI Catholic high, the Langley Saxons finished second in the team

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Second for Langley were Alex Woltman at 113, Tyler Chung at 120, Jackson Sayers at 126 and Parsa Yazdani-Arazi at 220. Third was Arshan Goudarizi at 132 and Cooper Keating at 195 and

Devin Housman was fourth at 170.

Also at the meet, the Potomac School Panthers finished sixth, led by champion Sam Lu at 192 and runner up Ely Lettow at 138. Third was Tim Fahlgren at 152. Fourth was Eli Gee at 113 and Eli DeLaville at 126.

on our radar for a while,” Hecht said.

“We were looking forward to this. Every game is going to be tough in the Concorde.”

Madison improved to 2-0 in the Concorde with a 58-51 road victory over Westfield on Jan. 12, rallying from a 3022 halftime deficit.

“Westfield is physical and got us out of our rhythm in the second quarter,”

Roller said. “In the second half, we clawed our way back and did a better job handling their physicality.”

Madison made some key foul shots in the closing moments to close out the victory.

Finney led Madison with 15 points.

Darab and Hugie had 10 each, Aaron Thompson had nine off the bench and Hecht scored eight.

“That was Aaron’s best game for us,” Roller said.

NOTE: Madison began the game against Chantilly trailing 2-0 because the Warhawks were called for a technical foul over a scorebook issue. The Chargers made both free throws, then were awarded the ball to start the game.

“I take responsibility for that,” Roller said.

High School Roundup GIRLS BASKETBALL: In the Flint Hill Huskies’ 63-58 win over Holy Child, Whitney Wiley scored 23 points and made three three-pointers, Cami Lamont scored 16, Kathleen Boyce 10 and Claire Miller eight.

Flint Hill (10-4, 3-1) outscored Holy Child, 27-15, in the fourth quarter in the AA Division Independent School League game.

In another AA game Jan. 12 on the road, Flint Hill defeated Bullis, 52-43, with another strong fourth-quarter performance. Flint Hill outscored Bullis, 18-7, in the final period.

Lamont and Jordan Madison each scored 13 points, Miller had nine and Wiley seven.

In a non-division game on Jan. 13, Flint Hill routed visiting Holton-Arms, 62-32. The victory was Flint Hill's sixth in a row. n The Madison Warhawks (10-6, 2-0) won their first two games in Concorde District play last week, defeating Chan-

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tilly, 39-29, then Westfield, 44-41, in an early battle for first place.

Katy Sharon scored 20 points and made four three-pointers against Westfield and Diana Miskell scored nine.

Against Chantilly, Miskell led the way with nine points.

BOYS BASKETBALL: The Flint Hill Huskies (9-4) rallied from a five-point deficit entering the fourth quarter on Jan. 14 to defeat the visiting Bishop Ireton Cardinals, 63-48, in a non-league contest.

Flint Hill junior center Qudus Wahab led the team with 25 points, 13 rebounds, four blocked shots and two assists.

The win was the Huskies third in a row, all by close scores. Flint Hill defeated Highlands, 52-50, and Landon, 71-70, in its previous games.

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The salary boosts would include $43.9 million for step increases averaging 2.3 percent for all eligible employees, $53.1 million to enhance teachers’ salary scales and $17.9 million for salary-scale adjustments for non-teachers.

School officials expect enrollment to rise to 189,724 students, up 702 from the current fiscal year. In addition, officials predict there will be 4,148 more students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches (an 8.2-percent increase). That figure is affected in part by the state’s parAUTOS WANTED GOT AN OLDER CAR, VAN OR SUV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1-855558-3509

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Brabrand is proposing $500,000 more to boost preschool-class sizes by one student, which aims to take 100 students off the waiting list.

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Fairfax County’s cost per pupil would reach $15,318 under the proposed budget, an increase of $551, and place it in the middle range among area school jurisdictions. Arlington County leads the pack at $19,340 per student, while Prince William County is last at $11,222.

Even if the proposed budget were adopted, “we will still be like Goldilocks’ porridge: not the most expensive, not the least expensive,” Brabrand said.

Arthur Purves, president of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance, took issue with the comparison of various districts’ school budgets.

“There is collusion among school districts in that they all justify raises by comparing themselves to neighboring districts,” Purves said. “The result is real-estate taxes that increase faster than household income, erosion of the tax base due to taxpayer flight, and an inability to attract good jobs to the county.”

Fairfax County’s budget transfer to the school system (proposed to increase 4.9 percent) would finance 71.8 percent of the budget, followed by the state at 16.1 percent and federal aid at 1.5 percent. Salestax revenues would cover about 7 percent of the expenses, the city of Fairfax 1.6 percent and the school system’s beginning

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Continued from Page 1 ity’s $70.7 million fiscal year 2018 budget is financed with fees. Park Authority leaders examine fees annually to bring them in line with the prevailing market and cover costs. By doing minor tweaks each year instead of less frequently, the agency avoids sudden price swings, park officials said.

Scheduling changes by Fairfax County Public Schools has led to use of the county’s RECenters later in the day, which reduced pass-holder and general-admission use of those facilities and affected scheduling of the Park Authority’s aquatic programs. The school system’s decision last year to begin classes before Labor Day for the first time likely will cost Park Authority about $320,000 in program time and customer availability, officials said.

Among the fee proposals: • Rounds played at Park Authority golf courses dipped 2 percent in fiscal 2017.

Agency officials would like to stimulate demand at the Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton by placing Friday greens fees back on the weekday cost schedule rather than the weekend one and eliminating the course’s Corporate Golf Membership program and its related fees.

Fees at some golf courses would increase. The cost of renting large buckets of golf balls would increase from $11 to $12 at the Burke Lake and Oak Marr driving ranges. Park officials also would like to establish power-cart rental fees of

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balance the remaining 0.8 percent.

“Here’s the reality: Inflation-adjusted, we are still [receiving] less dollars from the state [in] per-pupil, direct-aid funding than we were in 2009,” Brabrand said.

The School Board will hold public hearings on the budget Jan. 29 through 31 and is slated to adopt the advertised budget Feb. 8.

School Board members will hold a joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors Feb. 27 and after supervisors adopt the county’s fiscal 2019 budget May 1, the School Board will hold further public hearings May 15 and 16 and adopt the school system’s approved budget May 24.

Fiscal 2019 begins July 1.

School Board Chairman Jane Strauss (Dranesville District) thanked Brabrand for his “excellent and spirited presentation” and agreed that the proposed budget centered not around cuts but investments.

In a Jan. 12 statement, Fairfax Education Association president Kevin Hickerson said the group supports the concepts behind Brabrand’s proposed budget, but added the school system needed to do more than just increase teachers’ pay.

“We must not forget that educator retention is about more than just salaries,” Hickerson said. “We cannot afford to forget about overall conditions of teaching, learning and working, which impact our students and FCPS employees on a daily basis.” $10 per nine holes and $5 more for a second nine at Oak Marr.

The Park Authority is hoping a new Trackman Golf Simulator at Pinecrest Golf Course in Annandale, which will begin operations this summer, will prove popular. The simulator would cost $50 for the first hour and $30 per hour subsequently.

• Attendance was down 0.74 percent at RECenters during that fiscal year, with five facilities seeing lower attendance and four reporting more. RECenter revenue was up 1.74 percent, thanks to increased rental receipts at six sites and admission payments up at eight. Trends show RECenter admission prices are right at the market’s tolerance, said park officials, who are not proposing to increase the fees this year.

• The agency’s lakefront parks continue to be popular, attracting more than 2 million visits in fiscal 2017. Park Authority officials would like to begin charging for-profit or commercial groups of 12 or more $5 per county resident and $10 per non-resident at Burke Lake, Lake Accotink and Lake Fairfax. The fees would match those charged at Clemyjontri Park in McLean and Our Special Harbor Sprayground at Lee District Park.

• Rental rates for sand volleyball courts at Burke Lake, Lake Accotink, Lee District, Nottoway and Stratton Woods parks would increase by $5 to $25 per hour or $20 per hour if also renting a picnic shelter.

• Park Authority staff recommends requiring three-night-minimum stays at campsites during holiday weekends.

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Local history

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun.

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January 19, 1945: n Sun circulation manager Frank Clarke recently completed his 27th mission as a radio operator in a Flying Fortress, bombing targets in Germany. n The Sun’s editor says he prefers that future crossings of the Potomac be bridges, not tunnels. “Tunnels are such gloomy places,” he said, asking, “What would Paris be without bridges over the Seine?”

1. Tucks away 6. Coca-Cola’s first calorie-free drink 9. Draw ____ 13. Turkish bigwig 14. Harry Potter’s Hedwig 15. Anatomical sac 16. Bet everything 17. Chinese dynasty 18. *Grammy winners Billy or Frank 19. *2018 Grammy Awards host 21. *2018 Grammys location 23. Boy 24. State of irritation 25. Auto unit 28. Toy building block 30. Between knees, ankles 35. Paella pot 37. *Artist with six 2018 Grammy Award nominations 39. *Judd who won 5 Grammys as part of duo and one alone 40. Long, long time 41. “Encore!”

43. Computer operating system 44. Fat cat in the Orient 46. Comrade in arms 47. “By ____ of” or “by means of” 48. Judges the worth of 50. Bakery unit 52. “To His ___ Mistress” 53. Skilled in deception 55. Tall tale

January 24, 1962: n Oops: A cable that was cut accidentally left 12,000 county residents without phone service yesterday. n Lynchburg’s daily paper has refused to integrate the National Spelling Bee preliminary round that it sponsors. n American Airlines and Eastern Air Lines have announced plans for a merger. If approved, it would create the free world’s largest air carrier. n The McLean boys basketball team has started its season at 5-3, but Madison’s team is winless in seven outings.

January 22-23, 1969: n School Board members have agreed in principle to a $95 million budget for next year. n Board of Supervisors Chairman Frederick Babson says he is supporting William Battle in the three-way Democratic gubernatorial fight. n C&P Telephone denies that it is earning more than allowed by state regulators. n Some gas-station owners and attendants in the local area are arming themselves with guns, due to an increase in the number of robberies. n Northern Virginia Community College has started a drama department.

January 21, 1975: n The General Assembly is expected this week to re-establish the death penalty in Virginia.

January 21, 1983: n Local school districts are set to lose big chunks of state aid under a proposal by the Robb administration. n The McLean Community Center Governing Board will hold a meeting on Jan. 31 to consider expansion plans. n On TV tonight: “Benson”; “Remington Steele”; and “Dukes of Hazzard.”

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57. *Childish Gambino’s nominated record 61. Gemstone 64. Playing on the radio 65. Executive’s degree 67. Egyptian falcon-headed deity 69. Located 70. Word of possibility 71. Court order, e.g.

72. Month before Nisan 73. Wood-shaping tool 74. Stinky DOWN

1. Resting place 2. Locker room supply 3. Capital on a fjord 4. Move like a propeller 5. Warm weather footwear

6. Type of settlement 7. Bowl over 8. Russian pancake 9. Actress Liu 10. Milk’s favorite cookie?

11. Russia’s 1917 abdicator 12. Did like the Titanic 15. a.k.a. dogfish 20. Allergic reaction to bee sting 22. Young newt 24. Virtuously 25. *Lin-Manuel Miranda nominated for song from this movie 26. Humble requests 27. Clumps 29. *“Million Reasons” Lady 31. Data transmission rate 32. Not Doric nor Corinthian 33. Type of acid 34. *2018 Grammys is number ____ 36. Dwarf buffalo 38. Cylindrical building 42. Spiral-horned antelope 45. Same as a proverb 49. Confession topic 51. *Spoken Word posthumous nominee at 2018 Grammys 54. Accepted as truth 56. Horace’s poem 57. Parks or Luxemburg 58. “Adventures of the Wishing-Chair” author 59. Cyberattack target 60. Hofbrauhaus offering 61. *Artist with most 2018 Grammy nominations 62. Between Ohio, Ontario 63. Crowd of undistinguished people 66. *’88 M. Jackson album 68. Chester White’s home

Public-Safety Notes OAKTON HOUSE FIRE DISPLACES 6, INJURES RESPONDERS: Units from the

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the City of Fairfax Fire Department responded Jan. 8 at 9:14 a.m. to a reported house fire in the 3300 block of Jermantown Road in Oakton.

Units arrived on scene and found smoke showing from the front of a twostory, single-family home. Crews located a fire in the basement area of the home and quickly brought the blaze under control.

The home was occupied by one adult and two juveniles at the time of the fire.

A first-floor smoke alarm activated and alerted the occupants to the fire, officials said. The occupants evacuated the home and told a neighbor to call 911.

Fire investigators determined the blaze started in the basement area of the home and was accidental in nature. The fire was caused by electrical arcing within an outlet in a closet. The fire caused about $18,750 worth of damage.

Six occupants were displaced as a result of the fire and they have accepted assistance offered by the Red Cross. Two firefighters and one police officer suffered minor injuries during the fire and emergency personnel transported them to an area hospital for a checkup.

ARMED ROBBER STEALS MEDICATION FROM VIENNA PHARMACY: A man en-

tered Tysons Pharmacy, 110 Pleasant St., N.W., on Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m., displayed a weapon and stole medications, Vienna police said.

No one was injured during the incident, said police, who are continuing to investigate this case.

MASKED MEN STEAL CASH, MEDICATIONS FROM SAFEWAY IN McLEAN:

Two masked men entered the pharmacy at Safeway, 1688 Anderson Road in McLean, on Jan. 11 at 2:40 p.m. and stole a large quantity of medications and cash, Fairfax County police said.

Both suspects were described as black and about 20 years old. One was about 6 feet 1 inch tall and had a thin build; the other was about 5 feet 7 inches tall and had a medium build.

PERSON ASSAULTED BY GROUP OF MEN AT VIENNA HOTEL: A local resi-

dent called Vienna police Jan. 5 to report that between 11:15 and 11:22 p.m. he had witnessed a person being assaulted by a group of men at the Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel, 430 Maple Ave, W. Vienna police came to the area and in-

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PROPERTY STOLEN IN McLEAN HOME BURGLARY: Someone entered a residence

in the 7900 block of Crownpointe Ridge Court in McLean between Dec. 13, 2017, and Jan. 1 and stole property, Fairfax County police said.

POLICE: PERSON TRIED TO HAWK STOLEN BASEBALL CARDS AT VIENNA STORE: On Dec. 28, 2017, at 3:26 p.m., a

person at AJ’S Sports 225 Maple Ave., W., attempted to sell baseball cards that allegedly were stolen from another card store, Vienna police said.

INTRUDER STEALS SODAS, CASH FROM VIENNA TEEN CENTER: An em-

ployee at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E., told Vienna police that sometime between Jan. 5 at 10:30 p.m. and Jan. 8 at 10:30 a.m. someone had entered the Club Phoenix Teen Center through an unsecured door and stolen several cans of soda and money from a cash box.

– Items compiled from reports issued by local public-safety agencies.

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