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McLean’s Future Is Seen to Be Bright

Supervisor: Transportation and Revitalization are Keys BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

building. The Planning Commission likely will review that application in April, said Commission member John Ulfelder, who represents Dranesville District.

The site currently has a 40-foot-tall office building with ground-floor retail, plus parking and trash containers in the rear.

Under the property’s current zoning, the site could be redeveloped with a maximum floor-area ratio (FAR) of 0.7.

The site’s FAR, which contrasts a prop-

McLean residents soon will enjoy better transportation options, improved streetscapes, a renovated community center and additional senior housing, but the community’s commercial core must be revitalized, Supervisor John Foust (DDranesville) told the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce Feb. 8 in his annual “State of McLean” address.

• Slew of Transportation Projects in Works: Foust was enthused about progress being made on new, wider Route 7 bridges over the Dulles Toll and Access roads, which will be completed this spring. Officials also have $234 million available to widen Route 7 6.5 miles between Tysons and Reston, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) soon will begin soliciting proposals for design-build project, which should be finished by 2025, Foust said.

Construction also is proceeding well for the Jones Branch Connector, a roadway with pedestrian/bicycle paths that will cross over the Beltway between Route 123 in McLean and Jones Branch Road in Tysons.

This year also should see completion

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McLean Girl Scout Troop 1692 hosted a group of Girl Scouts from across the region at a Pinewood Derby competition on Feb. 3 at the Langley Hill Friends Meeting House. Modeled on events long enjoyed by Cub Scouts, the event celebrated STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. Enjoy a slide show of photos from the event at www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax.

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Fairfax Planners Give Thumbs Up to Residential Building in McLean BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

A comprehensive-plan amendment supporting development of a 44-unit residential building in McLean’s Community Business Center (CBC) on Feb. 8 received unanimous support from the Fairfax County Planning Commission.

Benchmark Properties has submitted a concurrent application to rezone the 1.43acre site at 6707 Old Dominion Drive to permit a 100,000-square-foot residential

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Developer Proposes Fieldhouse in Honor of Coach BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Two children of Vienna builder John Sekas learned about athletics and life from late James Madison High School football coach Lenny Schultz, and Sekas now would like to build a fieldhouse at the school to honor the coach’s memory.

Sekas has proposed expanding the school’s existing 18-by58-foot vehicle bay to 40 by 58 feet and providing a large meeting space, two restrooms and an office for coaches. The existing garage bays would remain.

Initial drawings call for the coaches’ office to be 11 by 12 feet, the bathrooms to be 11 by 8 feet each and the team room to be 45 feet by 21 feet 4 inches.

“All the teams that use the fields – lacrosse, baseball, football and soccer, boys’ and girls’ – will be able to schedule access to that room,” Sekas said.

Project leaders hope construction on the fieldhouse will start this summer and be finished in time for the start of classes this fall. Madison students likely will decorate the cinder-block structure once it’s complete, Sekas

said.

One of Sekas’ sons, Connor, played for Schultz for four years and will graduate from Clemson University in May. An elder son, Colin Sekas, also had Schultz as a freshman football coach. The family’s development firm, Sekas Homes Ltd., also spearheaded efforts to build a new outdoor snack bar at the school, which opened in 2010.

Connor Sekas will serve as project manager for the fieldhouse initiative, which also will be joined by local building company L.F. Jennings.

John Sekas said he aims to have businesses and community donors raise $150,000 for the project. Fieldhouse backers have met Fairfax County Public Schools officials about the structure, which the school system would have to maintain in the future, and have received support from Madison High principal Gregory Hood.

Plans for the fieldhouse still are in the initial stages and must be reviewed by school officials to ensure the project will benefit the school as a whole, Hood said.

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Schultz always dreamed of,” he said. “It would be something all teams could use to hold meetings and watch [game] films.”

Schultz died June 24 last year after he was struck by a box truck on the inner loop of Interstate 495 near Springfield.

The coach and his nephew were securing a boat on a trailer in the

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Performer Brings Historical Figures to Life BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

What began as a lark at a Renaissance festival 38 years ago has become a challenging, joyous calling for actress Mary Ann Jung.

The Arnold, Md., resident has spent decades portraying famous women in history, from royalty to nurses. She will perform “Sally Ride – Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?” for the Great Falls Senior Center on Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.

Jung, who grew up in Landover Hills, Md., created the show two years ago for the National Archives. To learn more, visit www.historyaliveshows.com.

How did you get involved in this unusual line of work?

“At the University of Maryland, I got my degree in British history, planning on becoming a schoolteacher. In 1980, a friend of mine asked me to become part of his falconry show at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. I fell in love with performing in costume, in accent. I thought, what a great way to teach history. When [people] hear they’re going to meet Clara Barton or Sally Ride, they think they’re going to get some boring lecture. Well, that’s not me.”

How many shows do you do per year?

“Probably a couple hundred.”

Is it hard to keep all those characters straight?

“No. It takes me a year to research and write a script, to come up with costumes and props. Plus, many of them have very different accents. If I do Rosalie of Riversdale, which is a War of 1812 character, she was from Belgium and speaks French. I’m not going to mix her up with Julia Child or Amelia Earhart, who were American. So no, it’s not at all hard.”

Who’s your favorite character?

“Of my 10 characters, my strongest and my favorite show is Clara Barton. You cannot top a woman who literally dodged bullets in the worst shooting of the Civil War and risked her life to save the lives of

Maryland resident Mary Ann Jung (right, pictured performing as Sally Ride at the National Archives) will portray the late astronaut during on Feb. 20 at Great Falls Senior Center.

soldiers . . . That show, because it really is life-and-death and she was a shy woman risking herself, is the one I get the most emotional about. I honestly consider her not only one of America’s greatest heroes, but one of the world’s.”

Which character is hardest to play?

Julia Child. She is an icon – her voice, her mannerisms. She’s on television still [in reruns]. I look nothing like Julia. I’m 5 foot 6, not 6 foot 2. She has a wide face with a rosebud mouth; I have a narrow face with a very big mouth. The average person has no clue what Clara Barton looked like and many don’t know Amelia Earhart. But when you’re playing somebody who’s been on television for 30 years, it’s a very different thing. The fact is, I can’t cook and I’m allergic to wine.

Julia would be appalled! ” Have you ever portrayed anyone who’s still living?

“No. You would have to go through their people. I considered doing Jane Goodall for a STEM show a few years ago. I thought it would be a good fit. But she’s still very much alive, still touring and speaking.”

What was special about Sally Ride?

“She didn’t [join NASA] to become the first female anything. She was a scientist, first and foremost. She really didn’t like the attention. She was an extremely pri-

vate person. She was really embarrassed that they kept focusing on her and not the other members of her mission team. She knew she would be a role model, but she didn’t like the requests she got subjected to. This was the 1980s and they’re asking her if she’s going to wear a bra and if she’s going to cry if something goes wrong. She had to grin and bear it.”

How does the audience participation work?

“I always get audience members up at some point. They get a little bit of costume and some lines. The minute you put one of them in the show, you’ve really got them. You never know what the audience is going to give you.”

Do you use ringers if the crowd proves dull?

“No. I usually arrive 30 minutes before a show starts and look at the audience. I can see who’s outgoing and playful. I’m a good judge of people. You can tell if someone is being a little bit hesitant and really wants to [participate], versus ‘No, I absolutely don’t want to do this.’ I never have someone planted in advance.

When I do Julia Child, I pick a total stranger out the audience for my husband. I smooch him and he’s got to read some really saucy poems that her husband wrote to her. It’s hilarious because people know I don’t know this guy from Adam.”

What is your research process?

“I’m old-fashioned, a bibliophile. I go out and get books. When I originally started performing, we didn’t have the Internet and all that. For the Sally Ride show, I went down to the Air & Space Museum and took notes on the Shuttle. Eventually, I went to the Internet and watched some of her press conferences.”

Do you ever hear from people who knew your characters?

“I’ve never had any negatives, so if anybody didn’t like something I did, they were polite enough to not say. I’ve only had great response from people who did know [Ride] and worked with her. I’m constantly getting these warm, personal stories that aren’t necessarily going to be in any biography. In retirement homes, I’ve met in retirement homes about seven people who knew Amelia Earhart and shared their personal memories of her. I even met somebody who designed Clara Barton’s tombstone.”

Do you do ‘Method’ acting?

“No. I take quite a while to research and write a script. There’s certain information I have to get out and it has to fit the flow. The improv is a very small portion, but one of the things people like the best.”

Will you ever play men?

“No, I don’t think that’s appropriate.

A lot of men have been well-represented in history, and I don’t think they would appreciate a woman playing a man.

Sometimes people ask, ‘Why don’t you do Harriet Tubman?’ I don’t think the African-Americans would appreciate that, even doing it in a loving manner to pay tribute. Most people would say, ‘AfricanAmerican actresses already do not get enough jobs.’ I considered doing a Pocahontas or Sacagawea, because I love that, but again there are Native Americans to portray those people.”

What’s next for you?

“I’ve been performing for Girl Scout groups for years and they’ve been begging me to do their founder, Juliette Gordon Low. I’m working on that. She’s a really surprising lady, larger-than-life.”

Woman’s Club of McLean Celebrates 60 Years of Service The Woman’s Club of McLean marked its 60th anniversary on Feb. 6 by continuing its long tradition of community service.

The club presented donations of $2,000 to three McLean charities – Capital Caring hospice, Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center and SHARE Inc. – at its monthly meeting.

The club was organized on Feb. 4, 1958, with 39 charter members. It received its charter from the Virginia Federation of Woman’s Clubs on March 31, 1958, and on April 18 of that year it became part of the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs.

Since 1966, the club has donated well over $1 million to local charities and nonprofits, made possible not only by the club members but by other volunteers, participants and supporters. Current beneficiaries

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include Second Story (formerly Alternative House), Fisher House, the Wounded Warrior Program, McLean Project for the Arts and the McLean Volunteer Fire Department.

Scholarships and other education awards are also made by the club.

Funds are raised through the annual Holiday Homes Tour and a marketplace boutique, held in December each year.

For additional information on the club, see the Web site at www.www.mcleanwomansclub.org.

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Our View: We Await Ideas on Admissions at TJ One of Northern Virginia’s other local media outlets had a lengthy letter to the editor last week about admissions standards at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, from a number of graduates of that institution, complaining that the composition of the student body does not align with the demographics of the region.

The letter aimed to rebut the deluge of criticism directed at state Sen. Scott Surovell’s effort to use the power of the state government to force Thomas Jefferson to dismantle its existing merit-based admissions process.

Common sense prevailed and Surovell’s measure died quickly, and unlamented, in a Senate committee – but offered a warning signal for the future.

The payoff line from the letter in supporting Sur-

ovell’s position: “The disparity between Jefferson’s enrollment and the racial and socio-economic composition [of jurisdictions sending students to TJ] is unacceptable and easily remedied.”

“Unacceptable”? Some will agree, others disagree.

But “easily remedied”? That’s laughable.

As we have noted before on this page, the current admissions process is not perfect, but it’s the best we’ve seen or heard.

One wonders how, once these TJ grads become parents of budding high-schoolers (some already may be), they will handle the situation if their highperforming children are rejected by the Thomas Jefferson admissions office in order for some feel-good social engineering to take place.

Just askin’ a question . . . . . . .

The Juxtaposition Was Unintentional, But Hit the Mark Pretty Well

Right below it was an unrelated photo of a group of The front page of the Fairfax County Public Schools Web site last Wednesday had all the information on students, laughing uproariously.

Apparently the two were not meant to be connectthat day’s closing of schools, which was, school offied, but the pairing seemed to work out just right. cials purported, based on “icy conditions.”

Fairfax County Notes GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Fairfax County government

offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 19 in observance of George Washington Day.

STREAM-RESTORATION WORK TO TAKE PLACE IN McLEAN: Work to re-

store Dead Run within McLean Central Park and Dead Run Stream Valley Park between Old Dominion Road and Churchill Road is slated to begin.

The project – a collaboration between the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services and Meadville Land Service – involves restoration of approximately 3,000 linear feet of stream in Dead Run and three tributaries, as well as replacement of a pedestrian bridge.

The vegetated stream buffer also will be restored and enhanced with nativeplant species to promote natural reforestation, county officials said.

Construction is expected to run through April 2019.

During the project, there will be construction access off Martha Jane Street, Oak Ridge Avenue and Churchill Road.

Temporary closures of the existing trail network will occur, county officials said in a statement.

FAIRFAX ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH SPECIALISTS DISPATCHED TO VIRGIN ISLANDS: Environmental-health special-

ists from the Fairfax County government are among those being deployed to the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist with the longterm recovery efforts from hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The Fairfax contingent, part of a group from across Virginia, includes five health specialists, including one who is also a registered nurse. They will assist with identifying, monitoring, assessing and mitigating environmental-health hazards.

“I know they will provide to the residents and visitors of the U.S. Virgin Islands the same professionalism and highquality service to which the citizens of Fairfax have come to expect,” said Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu, the county government’s health director.

Virginia and the Virgin Islands are signatories to an all-hazards mutual-aid agreement to provide response and recovery resources and support to each other during emergencies.

COMMUNITY FORUM TO FOCUS ON TEEN RESILIENCE: The Fairfax-Falls

Church Community Services Board (CSB) and the NEXUS Committee will

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host a community conversation about strengthening teen resilience on Monday, March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Fairfax County Public Schools’ Virginia Hills Center in Alexandria.

The forum will feature keynote presenter Erin Berman, a clinical psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health, who will address childhood anxieties, how to help change anxious thinking, how computer technologies are transforming the understanding of anxiety, and treatment options now available for children/youth.

A panel of local experts will address related topics.

For information and registration, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ community-services-board/news/2018/ community-conversation.

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MCA Resolution Seeks County Action to Study Synthetic-Field Runoff BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Artificial turf has allowed athletic fields in Northern Virginia to expand playing and practice time dramatically to meet the increasing demand from area youth-sports groups.

But because some people have raised health and safety issues about a popular field surface made of crumb rubber, the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) board of directors on Feb. 7 unanimously approved a resolution calling on Fairfax County officials to take several steps to ensure such fields’ viability.

The resolution asks that whenever the county develops new athletic fields or replaces old synthetic-turf fields, officials should obtain and test samples of groundwater and water runoff from artificial-turf fields to ensure that infill materials (such as crumb rubber) and leachate from them do not enter local water bodies and storm sewers.

MCA’s resolution also calls on county officials to promptly create a task force that, with engagement from local residents, would evaluate the safety and health of synthetic-turf fields; analyze how such fields are financed and maintained; consider the durability of available synthetic and natural turfs; and analyze environmental issues associated with the fields, such as stormwater management.

McLean was home to the county’s first synthetic-turf field, which opened at Lewinsville Park in 2003, said Edward Monroe, who chairs MCA’s Environment, Parks and Recreation Committee.

The community now has a total of 10 crumb-rubber fields: two at Lewinsville Park, three at Spring Hill RECenter, and one each at McLean and Langley high schools, the McLean Governmental Cen-

ter, Linway Terrace and Westgate Elementary School.

Synthetic-turf fields normally have useful lives of eight to 10 years and two such fields at Spring Hill RECenter have reached or exceeded that time limit, MCA’s resolution reads.

Fairfax County had 67 artificial-turf fields in 2013 and that number now stands at 90, Monroe said.

While the resolution passed unanimously, some MCA board members expressed their misgivings about such fields.

“The safety issue is really regrettable,” said David Pritchett. “Montgomery County [Md.] provides a safe turf. Fairfax County can’t afford it?”

Board member Paul Kohlenberger said synthetic-turf fields only had been used widely for the past couple of decades and their health and environmental consequences had yet to be determined.

“There’s no clear level where it’s absolutely safe,” he said.

Some board members, noting rising demand for athletic fields and MCA’s advocacy for new ones in McLean and Tysons, were opposed to advocating for grass fields.

“If we go back to grass fields, we’re basically saying to kids, ‘You can’t play soccer, football, lacrosse,’” said Rob Jackson, who co-chairs MCA’s Tysons Committee.

Board colleague Darren Ewing also was wary of turfing field with grass.

“Natural grass is destroyed pretty rapidly,” he said. “The budgets aren’t there to maintain [grass fields].”

MCA’s action builds on efforts by the Great Falls Citizens Association, which last year asked county officials to consider banning crumb-rubber fields. Some fields in Great Falls, including Field No. 7 at Nike Park, have been turfed with an alternative to crumb rubber, called TBE.

Data: BWI Airfares Lowest in Region If you’re a stickler about the dangers of comparing apples to oranges, read no further. But if not, note that two of the region’s three airports had domestic airfares lower than the national average during the most recent reporting period.

Both Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport ($308) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ($324) posted an average airfare of less than the national average of $336, according to new data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Washington Dulles International Airport was higher than the national average, at $410.

The caveat in dealing with the data: Figures represent all flights out of a given airport, making direct, apples-to-apples comparisons on price difficult to impos-

sible.

The national average airfare of $336 for the quarter represented both oneway tickets (which averaged $241 and represented 39 percent of the total) and round-trip tickets ($409). They include base fares, plus taxes and fees imposed at the time of sale, but do not include the myriad of optional add-on charges from airlines, from checked baggage to a window seat to priority boarding.

The average ticket price was down 3.8 percent from $349 in the third quarter of 2016. Since 1995, when federal recordkeeping began in earnest, airfares rose 14.9 percent compared to a 60.7-percent increase in overall consumer prices, although the increase in airfares may be artificially low because airlines during that period began instituting add-on charges.

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Fairfax Joblessness Declines at the End of the Year Fairfax County’s jobless rate declined from November to December, part of a regionwide trend, according to new state data.

With 613,164 county residents in the civilian workforce and 16,677 looking for jobs, Fairfax’s unemployment rate of 2.6 percent in December was down from 3 percent in November, according to figures reported Feb. 6 by the Virginia Employment Commission.

The month-over-month decline in Fairfax joblessness was repeated across much of Northern Virginia – while the number of local residents with jobs dropped slightly from a month before, the number seeking work also declined, leading to lower unemployment percentages.

For December, jobless rates stood at 2.2 percent (down from 2.4 percent) in Arlington, 2.3 percent (down from 2.8 percent) in Falls Church, 2.6 percent (down from 2.8 percent) in Alexandria, 2.7 percent (down from 3 percent) in Loudoun County and 3 percent (down from 3.3 percent) in Prince William County.

In Northern Virginia as a whole, the jobless rate of 2.7

percent in December was down from 3 percent, representing 1.56 million in the workforce and 44,000 seeking jobs.

Statewide, the non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4 percent was down from 3.6 percent in November.

Employment increased in seven of 11 major employment categories, including construction and government, was down in three and unchanged in one, said Ann Lang, senior economist with the Virginia Employment Commission’s Economic Information & Analytics Division.

Among Virginia’s cities and counties, the lowest jobless rates for December were turned in by Arlington and Falls Church, followed by a three-way tie at 2.5 percent in Charlottesville, Greene County and Madison County.

The highest unemployment rates for the month were found in Petersburg (7.3 percent), Dickenson and Buchanan counties and the city of Covington (6.6 percent each) and Northampton County (6.4 percent).

Among the commonwealth’s metropolitan areas, the lowest jobless rates were recorded in Northern Virginia, followed

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Winchester (2.8 percent) and Charlottesville (2.9 percent). The highest were found in Hampton Roads (3.9 percent) and Lynchburg (3.8 percent).

Nationally, Virginia tied with Alabama and Missouri for the 17th best jobs picture.

The lowest December unemployment rates were reported in Hawaii (1.7 percent), New Hampshire (2.3 percent) and Maine and Vermont (2.5 percent), with the highest in Alaska (7.3 percent), New Mexico (5.5 percent), West Virginia (5.3 percent) and Washington (4.9 percent).

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Year-Over-Year Joblessness Down in Region: Year-over-year unemployment in the Washington metropolitan area declined in December, according to new federal data, part of a continuing trend toward lower joblessness nationally.

With 3.36 million in the civilian workforce and 111,200 looking for jobs, the Washington region’s unemployment rate of 3.3 percent to end 2017 was down from 3.5 percent in December 2016, according to figures reported Feb. 6 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Washington region was

one of 314 metropolitan areas across the nation with lower year-over-year joblessness, according to federal officials, Unemployment rates were up in 61 areas and unchanged in 13.

Nationally, the non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 3.9 percent was down from 4.5 percent a year before.

Among all metro areas, the lowest jobless rates were reported in Ames, Iowa, at 1.5 percent, followed by Honolulu, at 1.7 percent. The highest rates were found in El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., at 17.9 percent and 15.7 percent, respectively.

Among Virginia metro areas outside the Washington area, year-over-year jobless rates declined throughout (to varying degrees), with December unemployment ranging from 2.9 percent in Charlottesville and 3 percent in Winchester and in Harrisonburg to 3.9 percent in Hampton Roads and 3.8 percent in Lynchburg.

Statewide, the jobless rate of 3.4 percent in December was down from 3.8 percent a year before, representing 4.26 million in the civilian workforce and 142,700 looking for jobs.

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Schools & Military n Greyson Smith of Vienna earned a master of public administration degree during recent commencement exercises at the University of Alabama. n Jack Brinkley, a 2015 graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Michigan State University. n Dominic Morabito of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lincoln Memorial University.

The following local students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University: – From Oakton: Samantha Bassett, Wiley Counts, Thomas Driver, Austin Gibbons, Devon Graziano, Aileen Kenny, Janet Kim, Hannah Leckner, Eric Lim, Benjamin Safferson, Lindsey Shields, Olivia Stevens, Kaitlyn Tummarello.

– From Vienna: Tala Alshaboot, Shannon Belcher, Theresa Berg, Morgan Billingsley, Madeline Blake, Emily Bolinger, Mikayla Brown, Kristina Brownell, Jennifer Burkey, Mariel Cardenas, Rachel Carlson, Alexander Cherney, Samuel Criscitello, Aleah Crystal, Clara Cunningham, Marissa Dudek, Allison Fogel, Colleen Fowkes, Jason Gastrock, Lillian Gates, Christine Gatto, Caleb Hoehner, Megan Hovis, Lauren Kim, Nathaniel Kipps, Lillian Komarow, Kathryn Krawn

czyk, Claire Krisko, Francis Kwartin, Shelby Lee, Alexandra Lepecha, Marisa Lewis, Flora Lindsay, Rachael Mah, Julia Mann, Cara Mazella, Megan Miskell, Justin Nguyen, Xuan Nguyen, Michael Niebergall, Madeline Nyce, Clark Osterheld, Brandon Perry, Garrett Peterson, William Rickard, Nathan Ritter, Matthew Sabin, Nina Samarelli, Maen Soufi, Jackson Stafford, Cameron Stopak, Amir Sultani, Brian Tesch, Meghan Torres and Hayleigh Walton.

Regional MATHCOUNTS competition, held Feb. 3 at George Mason University.

More than 400 students in sixth through eighth grades at 50 elementary and middle schools competed in the event, which is sponsored by chapters of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.

The BASIS team included Pravalika Putalapattu, Samuel Wang, Ethan Zhou and Eleanor Kim. It was coached by Tyler Sullivan.

A Cooper Middle School team comprised of Isabella Zhu, Danniel Cao, Kevin Shan and Bradley Cao and coached by Lisa Walsh finished second. A Longfellow Middle School team comprised of Alan Vladimiroff, Lillian Sun, Yeefay Li and William Jang and coached by Mary Jo Clark finished third.

In individual competition, the top five finishers in the Northern Virginia Chapter Area were Putalapattu, Vladimiroff, Wang, Sehyun Choi and Zhou.

Top team and individual finishers will advance to compete at the state MATHCOUNTS competition, to be held in Richmond in March. For information, HRR216K9VKA see the Web site at www.mathcounts.org.

n Medhaa Banaji of Vienna, a senior at George C. Marshall High School, was named a finalist in the 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards competition for Virginia.

Banaji was saluted for coordinating a series of nutrition workshops in the community, and establishing a club at the school to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Nysmith seventh-graders Ben Joel of McLean and Aaron Joy of Herndon finished second in the competition, which focused on a resolution for Spain to grant independence to Catalonia.

The Nysmith teams are coached by Maria-Theresa Dragg. n Seventeen students from Fairfax County Public Schools were selected to perform as part of the 2018 Fairfax County All-Stars Youth Orchestra in a concert held Feb. 3 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts. They performed excerpts from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

The Youth Orchestra is a program of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. Student-musicians were selected through a competitive audition process; they receive personalized mentoring and coaching from orchestra musicians leading up to the collaborative concert.

From the Sun Gazette coverage area, participating students included Benjamin Ascoli, Vincent Carter, Liam Johansson, Michael Lee, Daniel Shen, Katherine Yang and Alan Zhen of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology; Soni Bae and Yilun Zhou of Oakton High School; Colin Hill of George C. Marshall High School; and Stephanie Manning of McLean High School. n Students from eight Fairfax County public schools have received an invitation to the 2018 State Science Olympiad Tournament, based on their results in the Charlottesville Regional Science Olympiad tournament.

In regional competition, in Division B, the Kilmer Middle School Blue team finished in first place overall, capturing top honors in six categories. Finishing near the top from the Sun Gazette coverage area: second place was taken by the Cooper Middle School Omega team, followed by the Kilmer Middle Green team in third, the Cooper Middle Alpha team in fourth, the Louise Archer Elementary Sunshine team in sixth and the Colvin Run Elementary Blue team in seventh.

In Division C, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology’s White team finished in first place overall, capturing top honors in four categories. From the Sun Gazette coverage area: Thomas Jefferson’s Blue team finished third, its Red team finished fourth, the Oakton High School Burgundy team finished sixth and the Oakton Gold team finished eighth.

Science Olympiad is a national program that emphasizes teamwork and a commitment to excellence. Students are challenged in a variety of categories, including anatomy and physiology, astronomy, chemistry, coding, ecology, hovercraft, optics, remote sensing, thermodynamics, the solar system and meteorology.

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McLean/G. Falls Notes MCA FORUM TO FEATURE SUPERINTENDENT: The McLean Citizens Asso-

ciation will host Fairfax County Superintendent Scott Brabrand at a program slated for Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at Franklin Sherman Elementary School.

Brabrand will provide remarks on his priorities and on the challenges facing the school system, and will take audience questions.

The community is invited.

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION SLATED AT LIBRARY: Great Falls Library will host

an arts reception on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the library, 9830 Georgetown Pike.

Participating artists include watercolorist Linda Jones and pottery artist Laura Nichols and her students. They will discuss their work – on display at the library – at 7:30 p.m.

The community is invited. For information, call Linda Jones of Great Falls Studios at (703) 442-9251.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LOOK AT HISTORY OF PIMMIT HILLS: The McLean

PET-PORTRAITIST TO SHOWCASE WORK IN PRESENTATION: Pet-portrait

artist Glen Kessler will be the featured demonstrator at the monthly meeting of the McLean Art Society, to be held Friday, Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at Dolley Madison Library.

Kessler’s artwork is collected internationally; among his awards is the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant for outstanding figure-work.

The community is invited.

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‘ASTRONOMY NIGHT’ SLATED FOR RIVERBEND PARK: Riverbend Park will

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host an “Astronomy Night” gathering on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the park, located at 8700 Potomac Hills Street in Great Falls.

Participants will explore various astronomy topics while ending the event by roasting marshmallows around a campfire.

The cost is $10. For information, call (703) 759-9018.

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COLVIN RUN MILL TO SPOTLIGHT MAPLE SYRUP: Colvin Run Mill will host a

Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Firehouse, 1440 Chain Bridge Road.

Speaker Pat Donahue of George Mason University will discuss the evolution of Pimmit Hills.

The community is invited. For information, call Carole Herrick at (703) 3568223.

maple-syrup boildown on Sunday, Feb. 25 from noon to 2 p.m. at the mill, 10017 Colvin Run Road in Great Falls.

Participants can learn how maple trees are tapped, then watch as sap is boiled down and enjoy maple syrup over cornbread made from meal milled on site.

The cost is $5. For information, call (703) 759-2771.

VIENNA GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: The Vienna

The 1 p.m. program will feature Pam Powers, a consulting rosarian and president of the Arlington Rose Foundation, discussing “How to Choose and Prune Roses.”

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town government will be closed on Monday, Feb. 19 in observance of George Washington Day.

HISTORIC VIENNA INC. TO HOST ‘VICTORY GARDEN’: Historic Vienna Inc.

plans to create a Great War Victory Garden on the grounds of the Freeman Store and Museum, to serve as complement to its upcoming exhibit on how World War I impacted the local area.

Gardening is slated to start in the spring; volunteers interested in supporting the effort can call (703) 938-5187 and leave contact information.

WOMEN’S CENTER TO COHOST LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION: The Women’s

Center will cohost “Leading from the Inside Out,” a two-part series providing tips and techniques on leadership.

Programs will be held on Feb. 22 and March 8. The cost is $25 per session or $40 for both. For information, see the Web site at https://thewomenscenter.org/.

GARDEN CLUB TO FOCUS ON ROSES:

The Ayr Hill Garden Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 26 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna.

AMERICAN LEGION POST TO HOST BREAKFAST BUFFET: American Legion

Post 180 will host its monthly breakfast buffet on Sunday, Feb. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon at the post, 330 Center St., N. The cost of $9 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under includes omelets, scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes, bacon and more.

For information, call (703) 938-6580.

COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE IN THE WORKS: The Rotary Club of Vienna and

Vienna Business Association will host a community blood drive on Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center.

For information, call George Creed at (703) 216-5535 or e-mail gcreed@earthlink.net. To set up an appointment, see the Web site at www.inova.org/donateblood.

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Custom Property Features Tradition Coupled with Innovation

Set adjacent to the verdant Great Falls Grange and within walking distance of the Great Falls Village Centre, this week’s featured property is a showstopper designed to exude elegance inside and out, providing an exceptional backdrop for both gracious daily living and entertaining in a grand manner.

Set on a 2.5-acre lot, the new, estatecaliber property benefits from exquisite attention to detail at every turn. Visually appealing in the daytime, the home is a true stunner after sunset, a beacon of excellence for all who arrive for a visit – or as its new owner.

The property, with a pool being installed for the 2018 summer season, currently is on the market, listed at $7,175,000 by Chris Fraley and Scott Shawkey of Keller Williams Realty.

From the moment we step inside the large and welcoming foyer with its creative curved staircase, delights and amenities are all around us.

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A den/library is located off the main traffic flow for peaceful serenity, and there are several bonus spaces, as well.

The master retreat is the highlight of the upper level, which includes five bedrooms in all, while the lower level plays host to copious amounts of informal-entertaining space, including the 47x64 recreation room with wet bar and fireplace.

Stunning in all respects, the home is a visual delight and set in a picture-perfect location. Incomparable, indeed!

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Facts for buyers Address: 634 Innsbruck Avenue, Great Falls (22066).

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Housing Activity Stays on Gradual Upward Slope Overall housing and economic activity in metro markets across the nation remained on a gradual, upward trend in the fourth quarter of 2017 even as permit activity remained a stubbornly lagging indicator, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI).

Markets in 195 of the 337 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity in the fourth quarter of 2017. This represents a year-over-year net gain of 25 markets.

Meanwhile, 82 percent of markets have shown an improvement year over year.

Two of the three individual components of the LMI registered healthy readings. Employment is at 98 percent of historically “normal” activity and home price levels are well above historic norms, at 158 percent. However, single-family permits are running at only 56 percent of normal activity.

“While the home price appreciation and employment components of the LMI are at healthy levels and continue to expand, we are concerned with the sluggish permit activity,” said National Association of Home Builders’ chief economist Robert Dietz. “The weak permit numbers indicate that builders may be hesitant to start projects as they contend with supply-side hurdles, such as rising material prices and labor shortages.”

In an encouraging sign, employment levels are at or above normal activity in 128 markets – a 8.5 percent rise over last quarter. Permit levels, on the other hand, are at or above normalcy in only 62 markets and dropped 7.5 percent from the third quarter of 2017.

Baton Rouge, La., continues to top the list of major metros on the LMI, with a score of 1.71 — or 71 percent better than its historical normal market level. Other major metros leading the group include Austin, Texas; Honolulu; Oxnard, Calif.; and Provo, Utah. Rounding out the top 10 are San Jose.; Nashville; Spokane, Wash; Los Angeles; and Salt Lake City.

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Vienna Assisted-Living Proposal Gets Mixed Reviews

Vienna Town Council members had mixed impressions Feb. 12 after an assisted-living company presented them with a concept for a facility with 80 to 90 units at Maple Avenue, E., and Center Street, N. Representatives from Kensington Senior Development outlined their proposal for a four-story building on three-quarters of an acre at 100 to 110 Maple Ave., E. The building would feature one level of underground parking, topped by a publicly accessible, ground-floor commercial area with a salon, spa, and physicaltherapy and fitness center. The structure’s second through fourth floors would house the assisted-living units.

“This is the kind of space that can anchor the center of town,” said David Faeder of Kensington.

The facility would not be for independent living, so residents likely would not being making trips to and from the location in their own vehicles, Faeder said.

About 40 percent of the site’s residents would be capable of leaving the building on their own, added Amy Feather, executive director at the Kensington Falls Church.

The company’s proposed Vienna facility would be able to care for seniors experiencing cognitive problems, who could have their own separate areas within the

building, Faeder said.

A conceptual rendering of the facility shows its main roof line right at the 54foot height limit allowed under the Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zone. A few of the roof features would rise even higher to 62 feet 1 inch, also allowed under the ordinance.

Council member Howard Springsteen said the company had not yet purchased the property. “This is a trial balloon,” he said. “They’re trying to find out what the Council’s reaction is.”

Springsteen also doubted the facility would be appropriate at that site, given the amount of traffic congestion in the town’s

geographical and commercial center, and said likely monthly rental costs of $8,000 to $10,000 would outstrip what most local senior citizens could afford.

Others on the Council questioned the mix of commercial businesses that might occupy the building’s first floor.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco said town officials were “not necessarily” looking for a salon in that commercial space. Kensington representatives said their facility in Falls Church allotted some of its groundfloor commercial area to an arts organization and some of the Vienna site could be dedicated for such a purpose.

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Great Falls Street and the McLean Metro to have a place where they can gather as a Coming Along: Foust thanked McLean • Hope Springs Eternal for Langley Fork Station. community.”

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Circular dual stairways, vaulted ceilings “It should have been doneLuxurious a long timebrickRevitalization are not dead,andGeorge for keeping the facility’s the National Park Service bywith year’splenty end of ro ago, but there’s federal money involved, however. The Signet condominium proj- ongoing renovation project on-time and would authorize a land swap with Fairfax and when that happens, the Open process Sunday just ect2-4 nearpm Elm Street and Fleetwood Road on-budget.

County to allow for construction of more bogs down until they get all of their ap- is well into construction and the Fairfax Foust also expressed happiness at the athletic fields at Langley Fork Park in provals,” Foust said.

Pat Estryn County Planning Commission on Feb. progress being made on The Fallstead at eastern McLean. The proposal has been Dangerous McLean intersections soon 8 approved a plan amendment support- Lewinsville Center project on Great Falls in the works for many years. pestryn@cbmove.com will see upgrades, including ones at Spring ing a proposal by Benchmark Properties Street, which will build 82 senior-living “There’s been major movement in paHill and Lewinsville roads 703-980-5975 and at Balls to build a 90-foot residential building at units and day-care centers for children perwork and the things that we need to Hill Road and Old Dominion Drive. The 6707 Old Dominion Drive. and adults at the former Lewinsville Se- do,” he said. “This is real.” latter crossing will have a further compliFoust expressed bewilderment at the cation due to the building of a 10-house, surge of opposition to the latter project, by-right subdivision on the nearby Mehr which he said had been viewed positively 3604 Jermantown Rd, Fairfax, VA 22030 • $1,350,000 Put this info under Coldwell Banker Logo Farm property. until recently.

“That one is just a challenge,” Foust The county will hire a consultant to 703-524-2100 said. “Something big is going to have to help review the McLean Community Operated a subsidiary ofcomprehensive NRT LLC plan. happen there to fix that and somethingby Business Center’s big will require impacting residents and “We know what we have is not workthings like that.” ing,” he said. “If you read our plan, you The McLean Streetscape Project, would think, ‘I like this. The vision is which earlier placed utilities underground good.’ But it’s not working. The landin central McLean, soon will proceed to owners are not implementing what we’ve its next phase of installing new brick side- done. There’s not enough incentive built walks. into that plan to stop collecting rent in a The supervisor expressed hope that rundown old building and knock it down Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s recent and build something nice.” proposal to add toll lanes on Interstate Foust disagreed with the view of 495 between the American Legion and one audience member that downtown Woodrow Wilson bridges. Virginia would McLean was seeing a substantial upswing respond by extending its Express Lanes in development. from their current terminus at Old Dominion Drive to the American Legion Bridge.

President’s Weekend Open House Sunday Feb 18 2-4 Foust expressed hope this might reduce EHO PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Beltway traffic congestion in McLean We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s Luxurious brick home with 6 plus bedrooms policy for achieving equal housing opportunity near that bridge, which has caused backthroughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and and 5 plus bathrooms. Circular dual stairways, ups on Georgetown Pike and boosted support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of cut-through traffic on nearby residential vaulted ceilings with plenty of room for offices, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, streets. familial status or handicap. gourmet kitchen. Close to metro, shops All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s While Maryland’s timeline for the fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise and restaurants. project calls for a highly optimistic 2025 “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderlicompletion date, “we are on the right ness, familial status or handicap or intention to make track,” Foust said. any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertis• McLean Redevelopment Requires Deing for real estate that violates the fair housing law. veloper Incentives: Foust expressed aggraPat Estryn Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal vation at a developer’s sudden withdrawal pestryn@cbmove.com opportunity basis. For more information or to file 703-524-2100 last year of the “Main Street” redevelopa housing complaint call the Virginia Fair Housing Operated by a subsidiary 703-980-5975 Office at (804) 367-9753. Email: fairhousing@dpor. ment proposal, which would have transof NRT LLC virginia.gov. Web site: www.fairhousing.vipnet.org formed a multi-acre parcel north of the www.insidenova.com

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Area Becomes Hotbed For Local Swim Teams

The results are the proof.

The Sun Gazette’s coverage areas are hotbeds for wintertime high school and summertime team and individual swimming talent.

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Title Is Team’s 3rd In Last Four Years DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

As the postseason competition toughens, the McLean Highlanders keep improving their scores en route to winning championships.

The latest title came Feb. 8 at Washington-Lee High School when the girls gymnastics GYMNASTICS team won the Northern Region 6D crown with a season-best team total of 146.725. That was nearly three points higher than a week earlier when McLean won the Liberty District title.

“They all focused on one routine at a time and did a lot better than last week,” said McLean coach Courtney Molle, whose team won its second straight region crown and third in four years. “We knew it would be another close nail-biting meet, so every tenth of a point mattered. We knew we needed to score more than last week.”

The Concorde District-champion Madison Warhawks were second at 145.25.

McLean was led by senior Sam Simon. She was second in the all-around

Top: The McLean Highlanders gather behind the Northern Region 6D championship banner.

Above right: McLean’s Sam Simon finished second in the all-around competition. Above left: The Madison Warhawks hold their second-place team trophy.

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with a 38.375 total, just behind champion Katya Olsen of Yorktown at 38.5.

Simon won the floor exercise (9.8) and balance beam (9.825), was third on

the vault (9.525) and placed fifth on the uneven bars (9.225).

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Cougars Extend Season; Panthers Earn Title A Staff Report

By playing one of their best games of the season and at the most important

GIRLS BASKETBALL time, the Oakton Cougars extended their campaign with a first-round playin game victory Feb. 9 in the girls Concorde District basketball tournament.

Bottom seed Oakton (12-11) snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating the host and No. 4 seed Chantilly Chargers, 46-28, in the high school clash.

With the victory, Oakton will face the top-seed Westfield Bulldogs in a semifinal and also secured a berth to play in the Northern Region D tournament.

Chantilly had defeated Oakton in two close regular-season games. In the tournament matchup, Oakton took control with a 13-0 run over parts of the first and second periods to move in front 18-6, and was comfortably ahead the rest of the way.

By playing stingy defense and controlling both ends of the boards, the Cougars led 23-8 at halftime and 34-16 after three periods.

Chantilly was just 4 of 20 shooting from the floor in the first half and struggled to get good shots. Oakton outrebounded the Chargers, 22-11, in the first half, including seven offensive rebounds.

On offense, Oakton dominated in-

side. Kate Vietmeyer, one forward, led Oakton with 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Forwards Peyton Perine and Hannah Kaloi had productive games: Perine had eight points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals: Kaloi had five points, 13 rebounds and three assists.

Oakton guards Mina Mori (five rebounds two steals), Emma Coleman (six rebounds), and Grace Meshanko had six, five and five points, respectively.

Oakton outrebounded Chantilly, 41-28.

Oakton lost to Westfield in two regular-season games, 57-46 and 41-38.

NOTE: Oakton has won its first

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That has been the case for quite a few years, and there is no reason that is likely to change.

Local boys and girls public high school swimmers from Madison, Langley, Oakton, McLean and Yorktown regularly help their squads win or finish high in district, region and state championships, with many individual winning multiple numbers post-season races. The Washington Lee High School teams boost top swimmers, as well.

In high school, diving scores are counted toward swimming totals, with local divers taking up the majority of spots on victory podiums in recent seasons. That makes the area also a hotspot for diving.

Area private high school teams Bishop O’Connell, Flint Hill, Madeira and Potomac School also consistently enjoy swimming success.

During the summer’s highly-popular Northern Virginia Swimming League season, Chesterbrook pool from McLean and Overlee of Arlington have dominated Division 1 for decades. Other Arlington, McLean and Vienna pools are right behind in Division 1 or other top divisions.

Riverbend Country Club of Great Falls and Washington Golf and Country Club of Arlington have become perennial top-division powerhouses in another summer swim league. Vienna’s Westwood Country Club and Arlington’s Knights of Columbus also do quite well each summer.

A majority of the summer’s swim and dive participants make up all of those wintertime high school teams.

So there is an endless feeder program to the schools – meaning local prep squads never fall off much in success, constantly reloading with talent.

Again, the results are the proof.

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Madison Senior Wins a Region Crown at 195 Pounds DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

With a 4-0 record, Madison High School’s Andrew Barrett won the 195pound 6A NorthWRESTLING ern Region D wrestling championship on Feb. 10.

Barrett won his first three matches by first-period pins in 1:32, 1:39 and 1:37.

In the final, Barrett edged Albert Mensah of South Lakes, 3-2, in four overtimes.

Barrett won with an escape with nine seconds left in the last overtime.

“I knew that he was big and strong but he really wasn’t in the greatest

shape,” Barrett said. “I tired him out and I escaped in the last few seconds.”

A number of local wrestlers finished second.

They were M c L e a n ’s Madison’s Andrew Barrett Calvin Zug holds the region 195 brack- at 132, losPHOTO FROM MADISON ing 5-2 in the et. final and going 2-1; Madison’s Josh Morgan at 182,

getting pinned in the final and going 3-1 with two pins; Marshall’s Luke Munna at 145, losing 6-2 in the final and going 3-1 with a pin and two major decisions; and Oakton’s Cal Kopstein at 152 losing 7-1 in the final and going 2-1 with a pin and technical fall.

Said Munna of his title match: “I was happy to make it to finals,” he said. “I’m pretty happy with everything. I wrestled about as well as I could have.”

Added Zug about his championship match: “I was trying to keep it close, so I could possibly pull it out. I am upset with the result.”

Kopstein said he could have wrestled better in his title match.

“I wasn’t doing things that I was supposed to do, such as moving my feet,” he said.

Madison’s Alex Covell was third at 160 as was Marshall’s Esau Alvarez at 113.

Four were Marshall’s Mark Barakat (126), Sean Zechman (182) and Miguel Abradu-Otoo (220). Marshall was sixth in the team standings.

Many of the top four wrestlers in each weight class head on to the Virginia High School League’s 6A state meet in Virginia Beach.

The two-day multi-team state tournament will be held at Oscar Smith High School.

tersen, whose districts include the Vienna high school, the legislature noted its “admiration for the team’s hard work and determination” in compiling a 28-1 season record, including a 14-game winning streak to close out the season and secure the state championship.

The Warhawks won the state crown by defeating the Osbourn Park Yellow Jackets, 3-1, in the state final as junior Emily Kingman notched a two-run walk-off homer in the seventh inning.

Also saluted in the resolution were players Alex Echazarreta, Nicole Giery and Cat Arase and head coach Jim Adkins.

Albrittain, Johna Ezzard and T.J. Ezzard had one each.

High School Roundup GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: The Marshall Statesmen

(19-2, 11-1) are the top seed in this week’s National District boys basketball tournament, and receives a first-round bye.

Marshall enters the tournament with a 15-game winning streak, including a 72-40 victory over Stuart on Feb. 9.

In girls basketball, Marshall (19-3, 11-1) is the No. 2 seed in the tournament and had a first-round game Feb. 13 against Lee. Marshall routed Stuart, 46-24, Feb. 9 to end its regular season with a six-game winning streak. n The Langley Saxons (14-6, 7-3) are the No. 3 seed in the Liberty District girls tournament and played a first-round game Feb. 13 against bottom-seed Washington-Lee. Langley lost to South Lakes, 60-48, Feb. 9 to end its regular season.

In boys Liberty District play, Langley (9-13, 4-6) upset top seed South Lakes, 33-32, Feb. 9 to end its regular season and earn the fourth seed in the tournament. Langley hosted a first-round game Feb. 9 against Herndon. n In the Concorde District, the Madison girls (13-9, 5-3) and boys (14-8, 5-3) hosted first-round tournament games on

Gymnastics Continued from Page 17 “I am very proud of how our team performed,” Simon said. “We knew we needed to have our best scores and we gave everything we had and we came through. Everybody didn’t fall and we hit on our routines. We’re so happy to win this again.”

Also for McLean, Anna Brower was fifth on the vault (9.35), 10th on the bars (8.75) and 11th on the beam (8.65); Sara

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Feb. 9. Both teams are the No. 2 seeds.

For stories on Madison’s final regular-season games, both wins over the Oakton Cougars, visit www.insidenova. com/sports/fairfax.

Oakton (16-5, 5-3) is the top seed in the Concorde boys tourney and hosted Chantilly on Feb. 9. The Oakton girls (12-11, 1-7) were the bottom seed, won a first-round play-in game over host Chantilly, 46-28, Feb. 9 and played topseed Westfield on Feb. 13. Visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax for a story about Oakton’s win over Chantilly. n In private-school boys action Feb. 10, the Flint Hill Huskies (18-5, 7-3) nipped the host Potomac School Panthers (16-7, 6-4) by an 81-78 overtime score in a showdown for first place in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax for a story about that game.

MADISON SOFTBALL HONORED: The Virginia General Assembly has added its congratulations to the James Madison High School softball team, which won the 2017 Virginia High School League Group 6A state championship.

In a resolution patroned by Del. Mark Keam and state Sen. Chap Pe-

Madison High School club ice hockey team defeated McLean, 4-2. Scoring goals for Madison were Keegan Sweeney, Will Albrittain, Jay Stephens and Jason Calem. Assists went to Stephens with two, Zach Helfant and Luke Pohlman. In another game, Madison blanked Dominion/Potomac Falls, 10-0, in a recent match. Jason Calem scored three goals and added two assists, and goalie Ben D’Haiti earned his first shutout.

Other goals were scored by Stephens and Miller Williams with two each, and

MADISON SOFTBALL HONORED: The Virginia General Assembly has added its congratulations to the James Madison High School softball team, which won the 2017 Virginia High School League Group 6A state championship.

In a resolution patroned by Del. Mark Keam and state Sen. Chap Petersen, whose districts include the Vienna high school, the legislature noted its “admiration for the team’s hard work and determination” in compiling a 28-1 season record, including a 14-game winning streak to close out the season and secure the state championship.

The Warhawks won the state crown by defeating the Osbourn Park Yellow Jackets, 3-1, in the state final as junior Emily Kingman notched a two-run walk-off homer in the seventh inning.

Also saluted in the resolution were players Alex Echazarreta, Nicole Giery and Cat Arase and head coach Jim Adkins.

Madison begins its 2018 season at home on Tuesday, March 20 against the Langley Saxons at 6:30 p.m. in non-district action.

Vavonese was third on the floor (9.55); Jennie Korb was sixth on the floor (9.4) and tied for eighth on the beam (9.15); and Frances Osugi was among others who scored points.

McLean won the region despite not having standout Carolyn Brown-Kaiser, who missed the entire season with an injury. She was eighth in the region allaround last year.

Next for McLean is the Virginia High School League’s 6A state meet, in which the Highlanders are the defending champions. McLean also won the 2015 state title.

Madison was led by third-place allaround finisher Kelly Jackson (37.850) at the region. Jackson was second on the vault (9.6) and bars (9.425), third on the beam (9.45) and seventh on the floor (9.375).

Madison’s Eliza Loftus was sixth in the all-around (36.35) with an eighth on the floor (9.3); Chloe Breedlove tied for eighth in the all-around (35.15) with a tie for fourth on the floor (9.45); Christie Noble was seventh on the beam (9.2); and Carina Yano, Megan Nu, Cammie Kolat and Casey Wilkinson were among others who scored.

A week earlier, Madiosn won the district with a 142.575 score, so the Warhaws also bettered their team scored at the region meet. Jackson won three events and the all-around (37.575). She won the vault (9.55), bars (9.525) and beam (9.0).

The National District-champion Marshall Statesmen finished fourth in the region (138.375) with Teresa Cappuano-Rizzo seventh in the all-around (35.4) and Hailey Gaugler tied for eighth (35.15). Gaugler was fourth on the beam (9.35) and Cappuano-Rizzo fifth (9.325).

23 straight years in a row now. n The Potomac School Panthers (16-7, 11-0) won the girls Independent School League’s A Division championship last week with a 63-47 win over St. Andrew’s. As a result, the Panthers

move up to the higher AA Division next season, but first will be the top seed in this season’s A Division tournament.

In the win over St. Andrew’s, the Panthers’ fifth victory in a row, Courtlynne Caskin had 22 points, six rebounds and

three assists; Sara Park had 27 points; and Sally McAuliffe had six points and four rebounds.

In a preceding game, Potomac School downed Sandy Spring, 48-27. Caskin scored 17 and Park 10.

MADISON ICE HOCKEY UPDATE: The

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erty’s developed square footage with that of the parcel, now stands at 0.47. Benchmark Properties’ amendment would allow mixed-use redevelopment, including an up-to-90-foot-tall multi-family residential structure, with an FAR of up to 2.

The amendment would require the site to offer integrated parking with minimal visual impact, usable on-site open space and adequate ingress, egress and internal traffic circulation.

Planning Commissioners reviewed the proposed amendment Feb. 1, but deferred decision until Feb. 8 so the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) could offer its recommendations.

MCA’s board of directors on Feb. 7 voted 18-11 in favor of a resolution supporting Benchmark’s amendment.

The resolution supported limiting the residential building’s height to 90 feet and allowing no part of it to rise higher than the adjacent Palladium development.

MCA’s resolution also calls for the site to provide adequate parking for that building and the existing office/retail structure, and have a transportation-demand-management plan.

MCA’s Planning and Zoning Committee earlier passed a draft of the resolution on a 15-3 vote (with two abstentions), but some committee members subsequently produced a minority report outlining

their objections.

About a dozen residents, one carrying a yellow protest sign, came to the meeting and filled nearly every available chair in the conference room at the McLean Governmental Center.

MCA rules, however, allowed only the association’s board members to speak at the proceedings.

MCA Planning and Zoning Committee chairman Ron Bleeker said the resolution concerned the planning process, not whether to approve the proposed Benchmark building.

The main outstanding issues are the building’s height and the project’s parking and traffic impacts, he said.

Worried about the effect of isolated, “spot” rezonings, MCA board member David Wuehrmann said he saw no harm in not acting on the plan amendment until officials had reviewed the business district’s comprehensive plan.

Board member Linda Walsh spoke on behalf of those who supported the minority report, which criticized the project’s height, impact on schools and potentially harmful zoning precedent.

Opponents want to avoid massive redevelopment of the kind in Tysons or Merrifield’s Mosaic District, Walsh said.

“Do we want our community to look like Tysons Corner?” she asked. “I think we vehemently don’t.”

But becoming more like Mosaic would not be a bad thing, posited board member Peggy Flaxman.

“Something’s got to change,” she said.

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“McLean is dying. We need to do something before it happens.”

For board member Bruce Jones, the proposed amendment encourages development similar that in downtown Falls Church.

McLean now functions much better than that locality and would suffer if it redeveloped in similar ways, he said.

“It would become less convenient, more congested and function less well,” Jones said.

Board member Anne Gruner worried that construction of the proposed building might drive away nearby medical businesses. The development would strain local infrastructure and set a risky precedent for development, she said.

In his remarks before the Planning

Commission’s vote, Ulfelder said county officials thoroughly will review opponents’ objections to Benchmark’s plans during the rezoning process.

The developer’s plans are consistent with central McLean’s comprehensive plan, which is designed to be flexible, said Ulfelder, whose motion altered the proposed amendment to reduce the maximum height of any new residential building at the site by 10 feet.

McLean’s comprehensive plan “should not be seen as a set of small, inflexible sub-areas that dictate what can and cannot be developed in each of them,” Ulfelder said.

“Rather, each of the sub-areas are part of a larger living, breathing, communityserving area,” he said.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. February 14, 1941: n Gov. Price has appointed a 30-member Northern Virginia Defense Council.

Board of Supervisors Chairman G. Wallace Carper is a member. n Cowboy actor Ray “Crash” Corrigan will appear in person today at the Ashton Theatre.

February 11, 1960: n A bill to abolish the death penalty in Virginia has been introduced by a number of Fairfax and Arlington legislators. n The state highway department continues to tinker with the proposed route of Interstate 66 inside the Beltway.

February 12, 1968: n A California Marine stationed in Woodbridge has defected to, of all places, Iceland. n Ford’s Theatre is set for a gala reopening a century after it was closed following the assassination of President Lincoln. n The Bishop O’Connell boys basketball team won the Virginia Catholic League championship.

February 13, 1970: n Gov. Holton said he is open to changing the lyrics to the state song, after state Sen. Douglas Wilder said he found them offensive.

February 13, 1973: n Democrat Henry Howell is already challenging Republican Mills Godwin to a series of gubernatorial debates, even though neither candidate has officially been nominated. n The House of Delegates has approved allowing charitable organizations to run bingo games.

February 13, 1980: n Residents of Northern Virginia may be owed refunds from the District of Columbia government, now that the city’s “commuter tax” has been ruled illegal. n The state Senate killed the proposed Equal Rights Amendment on a 20-19 vote (with 21 votes needed for passage); it marks the eighth consecutive year the measure has died in the legislature. n Fairfax students plan to mobilize in protest of a plan to raise the state’s drinking age for beer from 18 to 20 or 21.

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57. *Lincoln follower 61. First book of Old Testament 65. Bye to Emmanuel Macron 66. It doesn’t mix with water 68. French wine region 69. Battery units 70. Spy org.

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5. ____gnomy or ____logy 6. Jet black 7. Have a bawl 8. Southern chicken stew 9. CISC alternative 10. Hodgepodge 11. Cain’s brother 12. Between dawn and noon 15. Candy in Paris 20. Spaniard without “h” 22. The Jackson 5’s “____ Be There” 24. Cole Porter’s “Begin the ____” 25. *He commanded the Union army 26. Enjoy yumminess 27. Raspberry drupelets 29. *____ of office 31. Stumblebums 32. Caffeine-containing nut tree, pl.

33. *Candidate’s concern 34. *First US president to resign 36. She played a TV genie 38. Cocoyam 42. Chill-inducing 45. Group of foot bones 49. One from Laos 51. *Inspiration for Liberia’s capital 54. Beginning of a joke 56. India’s first P.M. 57. Cup of Joe 58. Detected by olfactory 59. Sword handle 60. Brooklyn players 61. Happy 62. Fly like an eagle 63. A fan of 64. Gets the picture 67. Roman three

Public-Safety Notes MAN ARRESTED ON STOLEN-VEHICLE CHARGE; JUVENILE ALSO MAY FACE CHARGES: Fairfax County police on

Feb. 9 at 1:59 a.m. dispatched officers to the 12000 block of Green Ledge Court in Fair Oaks to investigate a report concerning two people inside a possibly stolen vehicle.

Officers found two teenagers sitting inside a vehicle parked in someone else’s reserved parking space. One of the teens was found to be a juvenile and faces pending charges. Authorities have charged the vehicle’s other occupant, Remy Hamm, 19, of Suitland, Md., with auto theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

FALLS CHURCH MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING OFFICER: Fairfax County police on Feb. 7 at

9:30 p.m. sent officers to the 2800 block of Lee Oaks Place in the Falls Church area to investigate a report about an intoxicated and disorderly man.

Police called medics to the scene to assess the man’s condition. While they were assisting the man, identified as Adam Wilkinson, 26, of Falls Church, he allegedly stood up and pushed a police officer back with both arms, police said.

Wilkinson reportedly continued to try

and push the officer back and attempted to hit the officer while the officer was taking him into custody. Authorities took Wilkinson to an area hospital. He later was released and placed under arrest for assaulting a law-enforcement officer.

Police transported the 61-year-old Fairfax man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Authorities served him with an arrest warrant for trespassing.

ITEMS STOLEN IN TYSONS BUSINESS BURGLARY: An unknown person entered

Hawaii, man who was wanted on two outstanding warrants turning himself in at Vienna Police Headquarters on Feb. 6 at 12:41 p.m., Vienna police said.

Town police arrested the man and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities served him with the arrest warrants and remanded him to the custody of Fairfax County sheriff’s deputies.

a business in the 8100 block of Leesburg Pike in Tysons between Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. and Feb. 5 at 9:30 a.m. and took businessrelated items, Fairfax County police said.

VIENNA WOMAN REPORTS JEWELRY MISSING: A resident living in the 200

block of Park Terrace Court, S.E., told Vienna police recently that sometime between Aug. 1 and Oct. 10 last year some of her jewelry had gone missing.

FAIRFAX MAN ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT LIBRARY: An employee at

Patrick Henry Library on Feb. 3 at 4:45 p.m. requested assistance from Vienna police regarding a man who had been banned from all Fairfax County libraries.

Officers reminded the man that he officially had been trespassed from the library. After the man became agitated and refused to leave the property, officers arrested him, police said.

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WANTED HAWAII MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN IN VIENNA: A 30-year-old Wailuku,

DRIVER CITED FOR EARLY-MORNING HIT-AND-RUN: A motorist was traveling

south on Cottage Street, S.W., on Feb. 6 at 1:40 a.m. when his vehicle struck another vehicle that was parked legally on the roadway in front of 1003 Cottage St., S.W., Vienna police said.

The striking vehicle’s driver fled the scene, but police located him and he admitted to the accident, police said. According to police, the driver stated he had been looking at his phone when the accident occurred, then he panicked and fled.

Police cited the driver for hit-and-run.

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