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Fairfax Inks Timetable on Adopting Regulations BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Langley School’s Robotics Team finished in first place at the FIRST Robotics Chesapeake District Southern Maryland Event, held March 16-18, marking the first time in the club’s 20-year history that the team has won an event. Pictured with mentor Robert Foley are team members Joey Massaro, Abby Piper, Zach Lesan, Nate Ludlow, Peter Swaak, Shayan Golshani, James Ellsworth and Otto Janke. See more coverage in the Schools & Military section on Page 23. PHOTO COURTESY LANGLEY SCHOOL

Fairfax Again Picks Up ‘Tree City USA’ Designation Fairfax County has earned the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA designation for the 35th consecutive year, and will celebrate the achievement during a ceremony set for Earth Day. Fairfax County is one of 56 communities across the commonwealth and 3,400 nationally to win the designation for 2018. As part of the Tree City application,

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urban foresters performed an i-Tree Eco survey across the county. Among the findings: • There are more than 44 million trees in Fairfax County, and the overall tree cover is 51.2 percent. • The most common species are the American beech, red maple and tulip tree. • Trees in the county remove 4,538 tons

of pollution each year and produce 232.9 thousand tons of oxygen per year. Retaining the designation as a Tree City USA will be celebrated during a brief ceremony slated for the county’s Earth Day event – Springfest Fairfax – on Saturday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sully Historic Site, 3650 Historic Sully Way in Chantilly.

It was inevitable: The freewheeling world of short-term rentals likely will be regulated soon by the Fairfax County government. The Board of Supervisors on March 20 authorized a series of public hearings on a proposed ordinance amendment for short-term rentals. County officials have proposed the ordinance amendment to regulate the rentals of dwellings for less then 30 days, which have become more popular thanks to online hosting platforms such as Airbnb, Vacation Rental by Owner, FlipKey and TripAdvisor. The county will hold a Planning Commission hearing on May 3 and a Board of Supervisors hearing on June 19. Because Virginia is a Dillon Rule state, the county needed authority from the General Assembly to address the matter. State lawmakers last year passed a bill allowing localities to regulate short-term rentals through their land-use and zoning authorities. Fairfax County officials have held four county-wide public meetings at community centers, conducted an onContinued on Page 14

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Valor Awards Celebrate Top Public-Safety Personnel BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Police, firefighters, medics and sheriff’s personnel went to extreme lengths last year to keep the public safe locally and in the hurricane-damaged Caribbean. The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce honored scores of first responders at its 40th annual Valor Awards on March 9 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. The event, presided over by master of ceremonies Chris Lawrence of NBC4, saw the awarding of a rare Gold Medal of Valor to Fairfax County’s urban search-and-rescue team, Virginia Task Force 1. In the effort to save lives and alleviate suffering in parts of the Caribbean ravaged by Hurricane Irma, Virginia Task Force 1 last September deployed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where members established a base of operations and conducted search-andrescue operations in the Virgin Islands. While the 80-plus-member team was conducting lifesaving and humanitarian aid missions in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Ma-

ria shaped up as a Category 5 storm poised to strike San Juan. Despite the oncoming hurricane, the team continued its searchand-rescue operations in the Virgin Islands, endured the assault of Hurricane Maria for 24 hours and then resumed rescue efforts. One team member was Vienna Volunteer Fire Chief John Morrison, a 15-year member of Virginia Task Force 1 who was taking part in his eighth disasterrelief trip. Chamber officials at the ceremony also gave Silver Medals of Valor to: • Fairfax County police pilot Garrett Wymer, Master Police Officer (MPO) Douglas Middlebrooks and Pfc. Ali Sepheri, who tried to rescue two Virginia State Police troopers whose helicopter crashed while they were monitoring civil unrest in Charlottesville. • Fairfax County police Officer Isa Martin, who confronted and helped secure a driver who had been trying to breach a police district station’s fences. • Fairfax County police 2nd Lt. Michael Gubesch, who stopped a criminal suspect’s vehicle by using the Precision Im-

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Exhibitions Look at WWI and Women’s Movement BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

It didn’t end all wars – not by a long shot – but World War I forever changed geopolitical relations, technology, warfare and language. Historic Vienna Inc. (HVI) is highlighting the war’s centennial in an exhibit that opened March 1 on the second floor of the Freeman Store and Museum. World War I began on July 28, 1914, with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo. Years of dreadful trench warfare ensued. A photo of a restored, serpentine trench covers the entrance wall of HVI’s exhibit. “They were very dangerous places to be,” Mike Berger, one of the exhibit’s curators, said of the trenches. “They were absolutely awful. They were full of water and completely unsanitary. The illness rate was tremendous.” The United States entered the war in August 1917, and U.S. participation lasted until the armistice of November 1918. Seventy-three Vienna residents participated in the war and two of those soldiers, George Bryant Dyer and Clarence Gunnell, died. American Legion Post 180 in Vienna now is named after them. Everyday items people now take for granted – such as tea bags and stainless steel – first appeared during the war. World War I also marked the first time U.S. families with members serving in a war displayed blue-star banners and covered those will gold stars if the loved ones died. Several HVI members contributed memorabilia to the exhibit. Board member Sylvia Taylor provided photos of her grandfather, Sylvanus Browne, and his wife. Browne joined the U.S. Army in 1908, served as a private in the all-black 9th Cavalry Regiment and was commissioned an officer in 1917, serving in France as a lieutenant working in supply, Berger said. Browne later became a Bap-

Above left: Leigh Kitcher, Anne Stuntz and Mike Berger of Historic Vienna Inc. pose near artifacts from the group’s World War I exhibit, one of two displays that opened March 1 at the Freeman Store and Museum. Above right: This cartoon, which takes a critical stance against the women’s suffrage movement, is among dozens in a new exhibit, “The Women’s Rights Movement Through Cartoons,” that opened March 1 at the Freeman Store and Museum in Vienna.

tist minister, he added. HVI treasurer Leigh Kitcher supplied photos, a box camera and stamped passport paper used in the war by her grandfather, William Saunders. He and other students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology “decided they couldn’t sit around and do nothing” and volunteered for the ambulance corps in the war, Kitcher said. There also is a kit with gleaming metal surgical instruments lent by a local resident. The equipment contains a chisel – never a good harbinger for patients – but is missing the saw the doctor likely would have used to amputate limbs. The exhibit features a replica of a .45caliber Colt pistol, a long brass artillery shell and posters highlighting some machine guns used in the war. Although rapid-fire weapons had been around since the Civil War, they saw extensive use in World War I and largely ended horse cavalry as a viable military force. Tanks and aircraft also saw widespread use in the war and depth charges were invented in 1916 to attack German

U-boats. One display case shows helmets worn by soldiers on both sides. The fanciest is a finely detailed German one with a spike on top, but these eventually gave way to plainer, more protective headgear. Two stand-alone items merit attention: a private’s uniform lent by Old Glory Firearms and a framed page of the long-defunct St. Louis Globe-Democrat heralding the war’s end. The yellowed broadsheet page, much larger than ones offered by today’s publications, is ragged but readable. Displays also feature model airplanes, medals awarded during the war, propaganda posters, popular songs and books. Hollywood was in its infancy then, but the exhibit also lists several movies about the war that were made later. The Freeman Store and Museum also is featuring another HVI exhibit on the first floor, “The Women’s Rights Movement Through Cartoons.” The display, which also includes more than 50 cartoons, advertisements and other images, shows that the struggle for

women’s rights began more than 160 years ago. Some of the drawings date back to 1852. Women fought not only for their own rights, but for temperance, citing men’s drunken behavior. They succeeded, but Prohibition proved disastrous and was repealed. Activists succeeded in pressing for the 19th Amendment, which in 1920 gave women the right to vote. The victory did not come without suffering: Authorities detained and mistreated an estimated 168 suffragettes at Lorton Reformatory in Northern Virginia in November 1917. The rights to organize, speak in public places and keep their children and money after divorces initially had not been granted to women, said Kitcher, who assembled the exhibit. “They had to be won, step by step,” she said. ••• The Freeman Store and Museum, located at 131 Church St., N.E., is open Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.

Langley School Packs Food to Support Hurricane Victims As part of The Langley School’s culture of giving, commitment to service-learning and 75th-anniversary celebration, the school community came together for Langley’s first-ever Day of Giving on March 17 to pack 75,000 meals for the people of Puerto Rico impacted by Hurricane Maria. “We wanted to give our students an opportunity to take on a leadership role with these projects,” said dean of students Brent Locke. “They not only learned the importance of giving back, but also gained valuable skills as they wrote proposals, organized each drive and came up with advertising strategies to promote their project.” In partnership with the Outreach Program, a nonprofit that organizes food-packing events to support those in need at home and abroad, the Langley School mobilized more than 500 volunteers – including stu4

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dents, parents, teachers, alumni and friends – to pack meals in one-hour shifts. To cover the cost of each 25-cent meal, the school raised $18,750 from families and sponsors. Langley students in preschool through eighth grade contributed to this effort, as well, raising more than $6,400 in quarter collections to pay for more than 25,000 meals. “This is the first time we have organized a school-wide service project of this magnitude,” said head of school Dr. Elinor Scully. “The event was a wonderful opportunity for us to make an impact, while also bringing past and present members of our community together for a meaningful, shared experience.” The Langley School’s Day of Giving meal-packing was the culminating event of its inaugural Week of Giving, which ran March 12-16. www.insidenova.com

The entire Langley School community came out in an effort to help those who were impacted by Hurricane Maria last year. Students collected funds, and families participated in a food-bagging event earlier this month. See more photos at www.insidenova.com/news/ fairfax.

Legislature Salutes Local Individuals and Organizations For Contributions to Their Communities, Commonwealth BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Local General Assembly members this year passed dozens of resolutions in both houses honoring the accomplishments of area residents and groups. State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) got several resolutions passed honoring people and institutions in Reston, including Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation, SOS International LLC. One of Howell’s resolutions honored late Fairfax County resident Mary Ann Hovis for her work with several information-technology firms and efforts on behalf of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, 10th Congressional District Democratic Committee and Democratic State Central Committee, and Terry Redican, a volunteer youth-athletics coach and education professional. State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th) had a resolution passed honoring the nonprofit group FACETS, which for 30 years has endeavored to break cycles of poverty by providing meals, shelter and educational, life-skills and career-counseling programs. State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) passed resolutions honoring the service of Paula Otto, former executive director

Airports See Normal Levels of Passengers The inauguration of Donald Trump and ensuing protests helped bump up January 2017 passenger-count totals at the region’s airports, but figures a year later were back to more normal numbers. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport saw a 9-percent year-over-year passenger decline in January, while Washington Dulles International Airport posted a 0.1-percent drop, according to figures reported March 18 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Despite the larger decline, Reagan National held an edge in passenger totals for the month, at 1,617,988 to 1,574,475. The combined total of just under 3.2 million was down 4.8 percent from a year before, hurt in part due to more weather-related cancellations than in 2017. At Reagan National, dominant carrier American Airlines saw a 6.1-percent yearover-year drop in passenger activity, due to lower load factors and canceled flights. But American’s decline was smaller than that of Southwest (off 11.4 percent), United (12.3 percent) and JetBlue (12.6 percent), bumping its total share of passengers over the 50-percent mark for the month. At Washington Dulles, United Airlines – which carried nearly 63 percent of all passengers for the month on mainline and regional service – saw domestic passengers down 1.2 percent and international passengers off 4 percent.

of the Virginia Lottery; non-profit CNA, which for 75 years has provided operations research and analysis to the U.S. military and other public-sector entities; the Lymphatic Education and Research Network; and Adrian Lund, who retired in January as president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute. Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) also won support for resolutions honoring Lund and Hovis, as well as the Langley High School volleyball team for winning the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 6 state championship last November; McLean resident Frank Crandall, who died Feb. 13, for his environmental work with the McLean Citizens Association and other groups; and the late McLean resident Elyette Jean-Marie Ninette Brochot Conein, a native of Vietnam who later became an aquatic athlete and real-estate professional. The General Assembly also passed a raft of resolutions by Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd), including ones the Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center for its 50th anniversary. A resolution patroned by Simon also honored Laszlo Berkowits, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor and author who was the founding rabbi of Temple Rodef Sha-

lom in McLean. Legislators also approved Simon’s resolution celebrating the life of Donald Beyer Sr., father of U.S. Rep. Donald Beyer (D-8th), who served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War and later founded the family’s network of automobile dealerships. He died on Dec. 23, 2017. Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) passed the most honorary resolutions among the local delegation, including ones commending the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center for its 20 years of serving low-income Asian immigrants in the Washington area; non-profit group Ayuda, for its 45 years of serving low-income immigrants; the Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna in honor of its 20th anniversary last year; and the Vienna Area National Organization for Women, which is celebrating its first decade. Legislators also passed Keam’s resolutions honoring the James Madison High School softball team for winning the VHSL Group 6A state championship last June; the U19 Girls’ Vienna Youth Soccer Phoenix ’99, which won the Virginia Youth Soccer Association State Cup last November; the Madison High School Band, which last year won Programs of Excellence Blue Ribbon Award from the

National Band Association; Madison High’s girls’ swim and dive team, which won the VHSL Group 6A championship in February; and the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in South Korea, in which four Virginia athletes participated. Other groups and businesses honored by Keam for recent milestone anniversaries include Ray’s Auto Body of Vienna (55 years), County Transmissions Inc. (45 years), Billy Weber Tire (35 years), Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (40 years), Leadership Fairfax (30 years), Vienna Chiropractic Associates (35 years), Mountain Kim Martial Arts (45 years); Northern Virginia Regional Commission (75 years); and Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department (75 years). Keam also saw passage of resolutions honoring James Madison High School football coach Leonard “Lenny” Schultz, who was struck by a truck and killed on the Capital Beltway last June; Charles Hall, a former journalist who has been active in myriad local civic organizations; Frederick Hawk, who died last December after long working for ServiceSource, a non-profit that helps disabled people, their families and caregivers; and Vienna resident and early-childhood educator Charlene Vickery, who will turn 100 on May 22.

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Our View: Quite The Hobson’s Choice for Va. In a decades-ago roast of Ronald Reagan, hosted by Dean Martin and aired on NBC, viper-tongued comedian Don Rickles suggested that if Reagan – then the governor of California – expected to become president, he was going to have to learn how to “phony it up” better. That three-word phrase is likely to become symbolic of the upcoming U.S. Senate race in Virginia, as the major announced candidates appear skittish about running as their true selves: • We’ve got incumbent Democrat Tim Kaine, who in his years in Richmond local politics and then as lieutenant governor and governor was a relatively moderate guy, but who has lurched willy-nilly and morphed into a leftwing pit bull (or perhaps terrier) in recent years – and who seems focused on staying that course despite how poorly it served him as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 2016. • Then there’s Prince William Board of County Supervisors chairman Corey Stewart, the likely Republican nominee to take on Kaine, who is – and we say this not for the first time – perhaps the biggest opportunist in Vir-

ginia politics, and one who isn’t really all that adept at it. A guardian of the Old Confederacy who hails from Minnesota? Please. • Del. Nick Freitas, a downstate member of the House of Delegates who is seeking the Republican nomination, can’t make up his mind whether to try and upend Stewart by running as a voice of sanity or by trying to outflank him on right-wing lunacy. • E.W. Jackson, the GOP’s somewhat bizarre nominee for lieutenant governor in 2013, at least seems to believe some of the odd pronouncements he makes. That’s hardly a ringing endorsement. (There are a couple of other prospective Republicans in the mix, but they are not going anywhere.) Democrats have coalesced behind Kaine – who since his start in politics has found himself liked but not loved by his constituents – and given the Republican field, there’s almost no chance he’ll be upended in November. Yet his coronation is likely to be conducted not with a bang, but a whimper.

Congress Needs to Act on Alzheimer’s Funding Editor: About 140,000 Virginians over the age of 65 live with Alzheimer’s disease. Latinos are at one-and-a-half times greater risk of Alzheimer’s than older whites. My grandfather – my “abuelito” in Spanish – was an outgoing, social and active man and a caring grandfather. One day, he was wandering nearby on surrounding streets, unable to find his way home after one of his daily walks. Luckily, a neighbor recognized him and knew where we lived. She brought him

back to our house. My parents could not afford the increasing care he needed as a person living with Alzheimer’s. My family decided he would return to Peru, where my aunts served as his caregivers. I remember Abuelito sometimes picked me up from school. Every once in a while, we walked to McDonald’s to get his favorite Big Mac meal, and he would buy me a Happy Meal, too. We used to go trick-or-treating together every Halloween. He gladly held my plastic pumpkin filled with candy.

Due to Alzheimer’s, I was unable to spend more quality time with my grandfather. He could not attend my highschool graduation. I could not turn to him and ask for his advice when I wanted to. Please join me in calling on Congress to support an additional $425 million for Alzheimer’s research funding at the National Institutes of Health, with the goal of achieving breakthroughs in prevention and treatment. Jacqueline Calderon Falls Church

Editor: While I know that one of your favorite targets is the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, your comments in your Opinion in the March 1-7 edition about the new county executive, Bryan Hill, were over the top.

Near the end you say “It’s too early to rap the new county executive,” which is the right thing to say. Yet at the beginning, you say that members of the Board of Supervisors had “reach[ed] way down” to find someone to run the county government.

At best, “reaching way down” is unnecessarily derogatory, and at worst it was a statement that could easily be interpreted as a slur. I believe that an apology to Bryan Hill is in order. Peter Hazeloop McLean

Editor: It is time to name and shame some Virginia delegates: Jennifer Boysko, Danica Roem, Betsy Carr, Mark Levine, Marcus Simon and Matthew James. These are people who pretend to be advocates for women’s rights and equality for women, but in reality would gladly throw them (and girls) under the bus. All these delegates were connected to a bill that aimed to amend the Code of

Virginia, relating to birth certificates. By either being patrons of this bill and/or voting in support of it in subcommittee, these delegates are basically saying that to be a woman, legally, one needn’t have a female physiology. One would just need an affidavit from a health-care provider that says the person has “undergone clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition.”

Such a bill would open the doors of girls’ and women’s spaces (locker rooms and public showers), abuse shelters, prisons, representative positions and athletics to biological males who still have their male reproductive system intact. Thank goodness for the level-headed Republican delegates who killed the bill in a subcommittee vote. Natassia Grover Ashburn

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Vienna Planning Body Backs Wall Waiver at Condo Project BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Vienna Planning Commission on a 5-4 vote March 14 recommended the Vienna Town Council waive the building of most of a 6-foot-tall masonry wall along the border of a 17-unit, multi-family development now under construction and allow the planting of more trees. Sekas Homes Ltd. is building Cadence on Center, a group of townhouse-style condominiums on slightly more than one acre at 135 Center St., S., just south of Vienna Town Hall. The developer originally had been required to build a 200-foot-long masonry wall along the project’s western border to buffer adjacent single-family homes, but some neighbors advocated for additional trees instead. Sekas Homes Ltd. has proposed building only a 45-foot-long section of wall on the property’s southwestern side to shield neighbors from vehicles’ headlights in the development’s drive aisle, while planting four more, and taller, trees in the buffer area. Instead of planting 23 trees that would be 6 or 7 feet tall, the builder would install 27 that would be 8 to 10 feet high. In addition, three planned “Autumn Brilliance” serviceberry plants would have caliper sizes of 2 to 2.5 inches, an inch larger than ones previously proposed, according to

the town’s staff report. The developer already has constructed a fence on a neighbor’s property where a previous one had been torn down, said John Sekas, the company’s owner. The new fence will be maintained by the property’s owner, he said. “It would have been a lot easier to build a wall, I can tell you that,” Sekas said. Ian Markley, who lives nearby at 113 Locust St., S.W., said he favored the installation of two rows of trees instead of a wall. But Fairfax resident Nader Mirhakkak, who has planted about 50 trees in the yard of his mother’s home at nearby 112 Hickory Circle, S.W., worried about the impact of more trees at the development. “We’re not going to see the sun anymore if the trees [go] up,” he said. “We’ll hardly have any sun anymore because of the townhomes’ being so close.” Commission member Sarah Couchman, a landscape architect, tried to assuage Mirhakkak’s fears. Plantings at the condominium development likely would not adversely affect their property, she said, adding that the family’s own profusion of trees is quite intense for such a small location. Sekas Homes’ evergreen trees “will yield a better benefit to you as a neighbor than a disadvantage as far as screening, privacy and noise abatement,” she told him.

Traffic-Safety Concerns Result in Opposition to Subdivision Proposal BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

A proposed three-lot subdivision at Nutley Street and Kingsley Road, S.W., technically meets requirements, but the driveway location of one of those parcels might endanger residents, motorists and town employees providing services, a majority of Vienna Planning Commission members said March 14. Commissioners voted 7-2 to recommend the Vienna Town Council not approve the proposed Kingsley Myers Subdivision, which would be carved out from properties at 713 Kingsley Road, S.W., and 911 Myers Circle, S.W. The applicants, Sharyn Covington and Thomas and Laura Moroz, want to subdivide two lots at the those addresses to create a new parcel, which would have an address of 910 Nutley St., S.W. Single-family homes would be built on all three lots and replace a pair of existing one-story, brick homes. According to the purchase contract, no structure would be built on the newly created lot until the next-door neighbor at 909 Myers Circle, S.W., moved out or five years elapsed, whichever came first, said Vienna Deputy Planning and Zoning Director Hyojung Garland. Commissioners urged that the new lot at 910 Nutley St., S.W., which has a drive-

way fronting onto that busy four-lane road, have sufficient space for motorists to turn around on the site and drive forward to exit onto Nutley Street. Garland responded that a “T-turn” option had been planned on the property. The Kingsley-Nutley intersection is heavily trafficked, as motorists funneling in from Cottage, Park and other streets to the east turn left from Kingsley Street onto southbound Nutley Street, S.W., to reach Interstate 66 and the Vienna Metro station. Northbound Nutley Street traffic there either is accelerating from a nearby light at Marshall Road, S.W., or maintaining momentum after coming off the I-66 bridge and exit ramp. “This is a unique area, because you can’t put a pipe-stem driveway in,” said Commission member Mary McCullough. “There are not a lot of driveways on Nutley Street. They are all up the hill, past Tapawingo [Road, S.W.] and come where a traffic light is. So it’s very common that traffic stops on Nutley Street.” The applicants have asked the town for a boundary-line adjustment to meet minimum middle-lot-width requirements and ensure one of the proposed lots would contain 10,248 square feet, just above the minimum 10,000. The other two lots would be 10,108 and 11,811 square feet.

This Vienna town government photo shows a fence that separates the Sekas parcel from neighboring single-family homes.

Several commission members were reluctant not to require construction of the full wall. “I see no compelling reason to grant a waiver,” said Commissioner Sharon Baum. But some of their colleagues favored

the decrease in impervious-surface area that a waiver would produce, and said they wished to avoid creating a “no man’s land” between a wall and the existing fencing, where miscreants might get up to no good. Commission members split as closely as possible on the vote. Chairman Michael Gelb, Vice Chairman Stephen Kenney and members Couchman, Andrew Meren and Mary McCullough voted in favor of the fence waiver, while members Baum, Laurie Cole, David Miller and Walter Basnight Jr. cast nay votes. Final decision on the matter will rest with the Town Council.

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Fairfax Jobless Rate Ended Year at Less Than 3 Percent Despite Reporting a Bump Upward in December Data Despite a bump upward, Fairfax County retained a relatively low jobless rate in January, according to new state data. With 614,943 county residents employed in the civilian workforce and 18,330 looking for jobs, the countyâ€™s unemployment rate stood at 2.9 percent, up from 2.6 percent in December, according to figures reported March 19 by the Virginia Employment Commission. Fairfaxâ€™s slight increase in joblessness was part of a trend across the region. During January, rates rose from 2.2 percent to 2.4 percent in Arlington; from 2.3 percent to 2.6 percent in Falls Church; from 2.6 percent to 2.8 percent in Alexandria; from 2.7 percent to 2.9 percent in Loudoun County; and from 3 percent to 3.3 percent in Prince William County. Across Northern Virginia as a whole, the jobless rate of 3 percent in January was up from 2.7 percent in December, representing 1.58 million in the civilian workforce and 49,000 looking

for jobs. For the month, non-farm employment statewide stood at a record high of 3.96 million, with a slight decline in public-sector employment offset by an increase in private-sector jobs, said Ann Lang, a senior economist with the Virginia Employment Commission. Among Virginia localities, the lowest jobless rates were reported in Arlington, Falls Church and, tied at 2.8 percent, the cities of Alexandria and Fairfax. The highest rates were found in Northumberland County (8 percent), Northampton and Lancaster counties (7.8 percent) and Dickenson County (7.4 percent). Among Virginiaâ€™s metro corridors, Northern Virginia reported the lowest joblessness, followed by Winchester (3.2 percent) and Charlottesville (also 3.2 percent). At the high end of the spectrum were Lynchburg (4.4 percent) and Kingsport/Bristol (4 percent). Virginiaâ€™s non-seasonally-

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, JANUARY From Virginia Employment Commission, showing non-seasonally-adjusted civilian employment for January. â€œPreviousâ€? is December. 5IF NPTU SFDFOU NPOUI T Ă HVSFT BSF QSF MJNJOBSZ

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adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4 percent was lower than the national average of 3.9 percent, and low enough to place the commonwealthâ€™s jobs picture 13th best in the nation, nestled between Iowa and Tennessee. For information, see the Web site at www.virginialmi.com. Regional Joblessness Shows Year-Over-Year Decline: Joblessness across the Washington metropolitan area showed a year-over-year drop in January, part of a broad-based national trend toward declining joblessness.

Pct. 2.8% 2.4% 2.9% 2.6% 2.9% 3.3% 3.0% 3.7% 4.5%

Previous 2.6% 2.2% 2.6% 2.3% 2.7% 3.0% 2.7% 3.4% 3.9%

With 3.39 million local residents in the civilian workforce and about 127,000 looking for work, the unemployment rate of 3.8 percent was down from the 4.1 percent reported in January 2017, according to figures reported March 16 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, unemployment rates were lower in January compared to a year earlier in 337 of 388 metropolitan areas, higher in 39 and unchanged in 12. The national, non-seasonallyadjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.5 percent, down

from 5.1 percent a year earlier. In January, Ames, Iowa, and Honolulu had the lowest unemployment rates among metro areas, at 1.8 percent and 2 percent, respectively. El Centro, Calif., reported the highest, at 17 percent. Of the 51 metro areas with populations of 1 million or more, Nashville (2.8 percent) reported the lowest jobless rate in January, while Buffalo (6.2 percent) had the highest. Among Virginia metro areas outside Washington, year-overyear declines in joblessness were reported across the board, with the lowest rates (3.4 percent) in Winchester and in Charlottesville and the highest (4.4 percent) in Lynchburg. Statewide, Januaryâ€™s jobless rate stood at 3.7 percent, down from 4.4 percent a year before, with 4.28 million in the workforce and about 157,000 looking for jobs. Full data can be found at www.bls.gov. â€“ A Staff Report

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Mother Nature tossed some snowballs our way last week just to remind the local region who’s in charge. Even so, spring is decidely on its way, and the local homes market is blooming with exceptional properties. This week’s featured home is a case in point. A stylish allbrick colonial on a private lot yet close to shops and restaurants, no expense was spared when construction took place in 2002. The result is a home that works equally well as a backdrop for entertaining and as a comfortable spot for daily living. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,549,000 by Mark Middendorf of Long & Foster Realtors. Gleaming hardwoods, tall ceilings, coffered and tray ceilings and top-quality accoutrements follow us throughout our tour, which begins with a greeting in the soaring foyer. Each of the spaces on the main level is exceptional, from the formal living room and dining room to the astounding kitchen area, with plentiful prep space, center island and an oversized breakfast room.

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A sun-drenched morning room and grand family room with gas fireplace and full bar also are part of the package, and there is access to the oversized, private rear deck. The home’s five bedrooms each feature en-suite baths, and the 800-squarefoot master retreat is study in architectural elegance, with breakfast bar, garden marble bath, an office, sitting room (with fireplace) and dual walk-in closets. Three additional bedrooms are found on the upper level, each with a winning disposition and marvelous personality. The lower level is home to extra bonuses, including a huge media room (with fireplace) and full bar, making it

perfect for entertaining. With a separate entrance, the home’s fifth bedroom is ready to serve as a teen, au-pair or in-law suite. The location gives you easy access to all the pleasures of McLean and Arlington, rounding out a truly exceptional package. Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of

clients. For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2521.

Facts for buyers Address: 1521 Longfellow Street, McLean (22101). Listed at: $1,549,000 by Mark Middendorf, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 928-3915. Schools: Franklin Sherman Elementary, Longfellow Middle, McLean High School.

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Millennials See Headwinds to Becoming Home-Buyers Home purchases by Millennials ticked up over the past year, but inventory constraints and higher housing costs kept their overall activity subdued and prevented some from leaving the more affordable confines of their Gen X and Baby Boomer parents’ homes. This is according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2018 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences of recent home buyers and sellers. The survey additionally found that Millennial buyers prioritize living close to friends and family over a home’s location and proximity to schools, and an overwhelming majority used a real estate agent to buy or sell a home. Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by Millennials over the past year (36 percent vs. 34 percent in 2017), which kept them as the most active generation of buyers for the fifth consecutive year. Gen X buyers ranked second (26 percent; 28 percent in 2017), followed by younger (18 percent) and older Baby Boomers (14 percent) and the Silent Generation, those born between 1925 and 1945 (6 percent; 8 percent in 2017). According to Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, this year’s survey findings reveal both what it takes to be a successful Millennial buyer in today’s housing market, as well as why, even though sales to Millennials reached an all-time survey high, stubbornly low inventory conditions pushed home prices out of reach for many. As a result, the overall share of Millennial buyers remains at an underperforming level. The typical Millennial buyer in the survey had a higher household income ($88,200) than a year ago ($82,000) and purchased the same-sized home (1,800-square-feet) at a more expensive price ($220,000; $205,000 in 2017). Millennials also had higher studentdebt balances than in last year’s survey, and slightly more of them said saving for a down payment was the most difficult task in buying a home. “Prices keep rising for the limited number of listings on the market they can afford, which is creating stark competition, speedy price growth and the need to save more in order to buy,” Yun noted.

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G.F. Novelist Examines Looking for Love Late in Life BRIAN TROMPETER

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reat Falls author Nancy Hannan knows the pain of losing a spouse and seeking a new partner in life. Her first novel, “In the Light of Winter,” is about a woman navigating those challenges and learning more about her true desires. Hannan already knew plenty about such experiences from 25 years of listening to patients as a nurse in an obstetrics/ gynecology office. “I began to see a pattern of people feeling so lonesome,” she said. “There’s nothing left for them after they lose their partner of 20 or 30 years.” Her novel’s protagonist, Kate, is deeply religious and becomes involved with several men through online-dating sites and social groups. Most of her paramours seem pretty decent, but Hannan cautions widowed people re-entering the dating market not to be too agreeable and accommodating. “There needs to be a challenge in the

relationship,” she said. After some false starts, Kate finally becomes involved with Jack, a widowed Georgetown University professor she met on a group trip to Italy. Jack still is strongly attached to his late wife, and this proves a sticking point. Regularly reminiscing about deceased spouses can complicate relationships, Hannan said. “A divorced person is much easier to deal with,” she said. “A widow is more difficult. Sometimes it’s hard for them to let go.” Both of Hannan’s ex-husbands are deceased. She drew upon experiences from those marriages, but used composite characters and disguised real events. “Some of my male friends said, ‘This book is really for men, because it shows us what women think,’” she said. “When I was writing it, one of them said, ‘To this day, I cannot stand my ex-wife. If she walked in, I could kill her. But do you know how hard it was to take that wedding band off?’” It usually takes at least one year for a widowed person to accept the spouse’s death and begin to seek new companion-

ship, the author said. The year following the death is filled with mercifully distracting business that must be attended to, but in the second year, people realize they’re really alone, she said. If widowed people become involved, it might benefit them to keep their separate homes or sell those and buy a new one together, she said. “A woman doesn’t want to live in another woman’s house,” said Hannan, who has six children and seven grandchildren. “When you live with the memories of the past in front of you every day, it’s very hard to let go of that life. You have to have a place that belongs to the two of you.” It’s tempting not to marry late in life, but having a legal spouse can be vital when visiting one’s partner in the hospital and claiming his or her remains after death. “When you’re married, it’s a different relationship from the one you have with your grown children,” she said. “Do they notice this little mole on your back? Do they see you’re short of breath when you’re cutting the grass? Do they see these little symptoms? They don’t. I just think

we’re meant to have a partner.” The author grew up in Greenbelt, Md., graduated from high school in the District of Columbia and underwent nursing training at Georgetown University. She moved to McLean in 1960 and has lived in Great Falls for 20 years. Hannan’s previous books have been memoirs. “A Mother Never Forgets” told of her search for the daughter she gave up for adoption at birth; “A Way Out” advised people on how to extricate themselves from abusive relationships. The author also has tried her hand at poetry and someday may write about the metaphysical world. “We don’t know where things come from, but know they come from beyond ourselves,” she said. McLean author Bill Lewers said he had not read “In the Light of Winter” yet, but had listened to Hannan read one of its chapters at the Great Falls Writers Group. “I could tell it was very heartfelt,” he said. “I’m sure it appeals to a segment of our population that greatly underrepresented in our literature. Her book really feels a need.”

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or “very satisfied” with their life, versus 61 percent of people age 18-39 and 60 percent of those age 40-59. “The findings of this new survey are further confirmation of something a lot of people, especially older people, know instinctively and that is that our upper ages can be great,” said AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins. “However, I think the survey also presents a fairly stark reminder that we’re all faced by a lot of negative associations around aging – some of it’s ‘in the culture’ and some of it may be self-generated, but it’s all damaging and, as this survey shows, it’s often wrong.” “There’s no question that getting older presents some new challenges. No one’s denying that. But, as we see it, a major takeaway from this new survey is that pervasive negative beliefs about aging are not in synch with what people actually experience,” said Jenkins, whose book “Disrupt Aging” examines how aging is represented in society. Despite the generally positive findings of the survey (as compared to the negative expectations younger people

We’re all faced by a lot of negative associations around aging – some of it’s ‘in the culture’ and some of it may be self-generated, but it’s all damaging and, as this survey shows, it’s often wrong. — AARP CEO JO ANN JENKINS have about aging), the new survey reveals that it’s not all blue skies in later life – especially as a consumer. A sizable majority of survey re-

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Class Shows It’s Never too Late to Learn to Ride a Bike SCOTT MCCAFFREY

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bicycles for everyone (although some required adjustments so every bike fit every height). First things first, Potter told the par-

ticipants. Don’t feel like you’re alone. “You are far from the only people who want to learn to ride a bike,” she said, noting that the

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Dunbar, director of the county government’s active-transportation programs, including BikeArlington, WalkArlington and Capital Bikeshare. “We’d like to [provide training] more frequently. If there’s demand, we’d be happy to do it more often.” Among those on hand for the class was Julia Brobeck, who found herself on a waiting list until a last-minute cancellation opened up a spot. Having biked years before, she fell out of practice and wanted to use a bicycle to get out and about and visit local parks while garnering exercise. “It was always in my heart,” she said. “I’ve missed out on a lot. I love nature.” Also on hand was Mary Spatz, who had bicycled in the past but wanted to get back on two wheels after she’d had dual knee replacements.

“I was totally out of shape,” Spatz said as the program unfolded. “This is really helping.” Participants started on bicycles that had had their pedals removed, so they could focus on learning to stabilize themselves. “Riding a bike is mostly about balance,” Potter said. What about training wheels? “That’s a really inefficient way to learn,” she said. “Training wheels cheat you of the ability to learn to balance.” Without pedals, the body’s weight is compressed onto the seat, giving buttocks and thighs a workout. Participants got 10-minute breaks from time to time, both to rest their muscles and to absorb what had been learned so far. As they mastered individual skills, attendees had their bikes fitted with one pedal (to learn how to push off) and then two. It wasn’t smooth sailing for everyone; a few participants seemed to recognize they weren’t going to find success, and departed early. But others stuck it out and seemed pleased by the experience. “I was so fortunate” to get into the class, Brobeck said. See a slide show of photos from the event at www.insidenova.com/news/ arlington.

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For seniors, the right foods help brain health dults age 40-plus who say they eat healthy foods most of the time are twice as likely to rate their brain health and mental sharpness as “excellent” or “very good” compared to adults who rarely eat a healthy diet (77 percent vs. 39 percent), according to a new AARP consumer survey on brain health and nutrition. Yet only about one-third (35 percent) of adults surveyed reported eating nutritious and well-balanced meals “most of the time” (5-7 days). “Maintaining a healthy diet is vital for good brain health and it is unfortunate that not enough people are aware of the risks associated with poor nutrition,” said Sarah Lock, AARP’s senior vice president for policy and executive director of the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH). “The results from this survey, along with the latest GCBH report on “Brain Food,” show how certain dietary changes can provide a good foundation for improving brain health.” Key findings from AARP’s 2017 Brain Health and Nutrition Survey: • Significantly more adults who ate the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables reported better brain health than those that did not. Most adults, however, are not getting the daily recommended servings in all five food groups. Moreover, onethird did not consume the recommended amount in any food group. • Nearly nine in 10 adults said they are likely to eat healthier if they knew it would lower the risks of cognitive decline (87%), heart disease (88%), and diabetes (88%). • More than 60 percent of adults age 40 and older said that they

would eat more fish, less red meat, and lower their dairy fat intake if they knew it was good for their brain health. • Adults ages 40-54 were significantly more likely to cite barriers to healthy eating compared to adults ages 65 and older. “The most common reasons people gave for not eating healthier included that it was too difficult, too expensive, they weren’t a ‘healthy’foods type’ of person, or their family wouldn’t like the taste,” said Lock. “Half of adults said they would be more likely to change their diet if their doctor told them to do it but only 37 percent said their doctor has spoken to them about their diet.” Long-term healthy eating habits promote good brain health, according to new consensus recommendations released separately today by the GCBH. The new report finds that a plant-based diet rich in fruits and vegetables is associated with better brain health, and eating fish and other seafood seems to benefit cognitive function. However, excessive alcohol, high levels of saturated fats, and high salt intake are all harmful to brain health. A heart-healthy diet is also a brain-healthy diet because high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes – all common conditions influenced by diet – harm both cardiovascular and cognitive health. And contrary to recent reports, GCBH recommends a healthy portion of skepticism for people who are drinking coffee, tea, and red wine expecting a brain health benefit until more evidence is developed. The 2017 AARP Brain Health and Nutrition Survey can be found at www.aarp. org/2017FoodandtheBrain.

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McLean, Madison Go South

Teeing Off

Two Must-See Games On Saturdays in April With all the snow around last week from a mid-March storm, it is hard to think ahead a few weeks when a big girls high school softball game is scheduled to be played in Vienna.

Teams Compete in Spring Break Action

Dave Facinoli

A Staff Report

The defending state-champion Madison High School girls softball team, which returns all nine starters from last season’s 28-1 team, opened its season with a 10-0 victory over the Langley Saxons.

SOFTBALL, BASEBALL Alex Echazardeta went four innings with six strikeouts to get the win for Madison in the five-inning game. Nicole Giery had two hits and two RBI for Madison and Emily Klingaman drove in two runs. Echazarreta added a hit, and Olivia Myers had three RBI. Madison had eight hits and Langley two. Nicole Adkins, Cat Arase, Kristen Williams and Wiktoria Kowalska are other key players for Madison, which won its final 14 games a year ago. Madison is scheduled to play five games at a spring-break tournament in Myrtle Beach from March 26-30. The McLean Highlanders (2-0) also are scheduled to play five games at a spring-break tournament in Myrtle Continued on Page 17

Madison High School senior right-hander Alex Echazarreta returns as one of the Warhawks’ top pitchers for the 2018 girls softball season, which has already begun. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

Seniors, Juniors Are Sun Gazette’s Top Standouts DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

With so many talented players and qualified coaches to pick from, it’s aldifficult BASKETBALL ways choosing the all-Sun Gazette boys and girls high school basketball teams. The choices for the 2017-18 teams include seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen, who have been chosen to first and second teams and honorable mentions. See a graph of the all-Sun Gazette teams in this sports section. Chosen as the boys Player of the Year is Flint Hill junior center Qudus 16

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Wahab. Marshall High School junior center Daniel Deaver is the boys Most Valuable Player. Each helped his team win district or conference championships of some kind. Marshall High School junior forward Ryan Schlaffer is the boys Rookie of the Year. The 2017-18 boys Coach of the Year is Flint Hill’s Rico Reed. His Huskies enjoyed a big improvement from the previous season, finishing 22-8, winning the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season crown and going 1-1 in the Division I private-school state tournament. In 2016-17, Flint Hill won only seven games.

Boys head coaches David Brooks of Oakton, Mike O’Brien of McLean, Dale Hale of Marshall, Kevin Roller of Madison and Levi Franklin of Potomac School also received consideration for the honor for leading teams to strong seasons. The girls Player of the Year is Marshall High School senior center Clara Ford. Langley High School senior point guard Jordyn Callaghan is the Most Valuable Player. Each helped their team win significant championships and nearly more. Langley won a district title and finished

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On Saturday, April 14 at 3 p.m. at Madison High School, the teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 by The Washington Post last week, in addition to being defending state champions, will play in a big Northern Virginia showdown. The Madison Warhawks will host the Bishop O’Connell Knights that afternoon. Hopefully the snow will be long gone and the weather will be bright and dry that day. Madison began this week with just a 1-0 record and ranked No. 1 by the Post. The Warhawks are the defending Virginia High School League Class 6 state champion – finishing 28-1 a year ago, winning their final 14 games. O’Connell was 7-0 and ranked No. 2 by the Post. O’Connell is a multitime defending Division I privateschool state champion in Virginia. The Knights were 27-0 last spring. There is a good chance both teams will be undefeated at the time of that April 14 clash and still ranked No. 1 and 2. It also will be a rare meeting between two standing defending state champions in the highest classifications of public and private schools. The meeting has the chance to be a classic. With each team ranked so high and expected to make big challenges to defend those state crowns, it is the perfect time to resume a rivalry, which unfortunately ended a few years ago. Going forward, the game should continue to be played each spring. In another big softball contest a week later – Saturday, April 21 at 2 p.m. – the McLean Highlanders host O’Connell. The teams meet every year and the games are tightly contested with victories being traded. McLean won a state crown a few years back and is very good this season. Both will be can’t-miss girls Saturday softball games.

Find daily updates on the Web at www.insidenova.com. Stay in touch through Twitter (@sungazettespts) and www.facebook.com/sungazettenews.

Sun Gazette High School Hoop Teams Boys

Girls

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Devon Flowers Braeden Johnson John Finney Daniel Deaver Qudus Wahab

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Flint Hill Langley Micah Johnson-Parrotte Oakton Joseph Lampman Marshall Oakton Jake Digby

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Honorable Mention: From Langley: Colter Carton, Eli Thrasher, Iain Honorable Mention: From Langley: Hallie Jepsen, Carly Britt. From Muir. From Madison: Aaron Darab, Johnny Hecht, Nick Hugie. From Marshall: Ryan Robinson, Ryan Schlaffer, Demetri Gamble. From McLean: Matias Prock, Sean Senft, Evan Stout, Brian Aka, Andrew Lopez. From Oakton: Matt Jaquette, Garrett Johnson. From Flint Hill: Justin Taylor, Dowar Jioklow, Ethan Jones, Justice Ellison. From Potomac School: Preston Bacon, Mike Grimes, Justin Law, Nate Martin.

Madison: Diana Miskell, Sarah Conforti. From Marshall: Christina Trivisonno, Zoe Soule, Valerie Dirkse. From McLean: Mariane Auza, Kaela Moskowitz. From Oakton: Mina Mori, Kate Vietmyer, Emma Coleman, Hannah Kaloi. From Oakcrest: Colleen Beatty. From Madeira: Cayla Williams, Annie Newton. From Flint Hill: Cami Lamont, Madison Jordan, Kathleen Boyce. From Potomac School: Tracey Mills.

Player of the Year: Qudus Wahab (Flint Hill)

Player of the Year: Clara Ford (Marshall)

Most Valuable Player: Daniel Deaver (Marshall)

Most Valuable Player: Jordyn Callaghan (Langley)

Coach of the Year: Rico Reed (Flint Hill)

Coach of the Year: Mike Trivisonno (Marshall)

Rookie of the Year: Ryan Schlaffer (Marshall)

The Sun Gazette’s 2017-18 all-Sun Gazette boys and girls teams were chosen from players on the high school teams of Langley, Madison, Marshall, McLean, Oakton, Oakcrest, Potomac School, Flint Hill and Madeira.

Rookie of the Year:

Christina Trivisonno (Marshall)

High School Roundup ALL-STATE PLAYERS: Potomac School senior center Devon Flowers and Flint Hill School junior center Qudus Wahab were chosen as a Division I first-team private-school all-state selection in boys basketball. Flint Hill senior guard Isaiah Moore made second-team all-state, chosen by the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association. THREE-POINT

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Spring Break Continued from Page 16 Beach the same dates. McLean returns 12 players and seven starters from last year’s team. Top returning players for McLean are

Basketball Continued from Page 16 second in the state, losing in overtime

ter Carton won the three-point shooting competition at the recent NOVA Challenge all-star basketball event. Carton’s three-point round of scores were 18, 19 and 17.

crosse youth night is Friday, May 4 for the junior varsity and varsity games that begin 6 and 7:30 p.m. McLean and Great Falls youth players wearing their youth jerseys are will be admitted free

MADISON HALL OF FAME: Madison

High School athletic hall of fame nominations for the 20th class of athletes are due April 6. Nomination information can be found at www.warhawksports.

org under the hall of fame tab. Any alumnus or friend of Madison can submit a name for nomination. Admission is open to all athletes seven years after graduation. The hall of fame celebration is scheduled for Nov. 2 and 3. The group will be introduced at halftime of the Friday, Nov. 2 home football game against Centreville. The dinner and formal induction ceremony will take place at Westwood Country Club on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m.

pitcher Julia Longo along with Amanda Moore, Bailey Johnson, Emilie Sanchez, Rachel Remer, Riley Simon, Heather Geisler, Kate Haas, Kiley Mabus, Gracen Govan and Gabbi Norton. McLean and Madison are expected to be among the top contenders to win Liberty and Concorde district championships this spring, then compete for

Northern Region 6D and state titles. Both McLean and Madison had games postponed last week becasue of snow. The Langley Saxons (1-2) also are in Myrtle Beach playing games this week. Langley’s win was a 16-1 rout of the Oakton Cougars. In high school baseball this week,

the Langley Saxons are in Wilmington, N.C., playing three in the Ashley High School Spring Break tournament, and the Madison Warhawks are in Orlando, Fla., playing in the Florida Collegiate Tournament. A number of other teams, like Marshall, McLean and Oakton, are playing in area spring-break tournaments.

in the state final. Marshall won district and region crowns. Marshall freshman Christina Trivisonno is the girls Rookie of the Year. Her father, Marshall’s Mike Trivisonno, is the girls Coach of the Year. He

led the Statesmen to a 26-4 record and their first region championship since the 1976 season. Langley coach Amanda Baker, Oakton’s Fred Priester and Potomac School’s Mike Hutton led their teams to

championship seasons in 2017-18, and those coaches received consideration for the honor. Flint Hill coach Jody Patrick won her 300th career game and led the Huskies to a 20-8 record and state tournament berth.

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are warning residents about the serious health risks, including injury and infection, associated with dental procedures performed by unlicensed providers. Officials with the county government’s health department recently identified a person with a life-threatening bloodborne infection who received dental care by an unlicensed provider in the basement of a house in West Falls Church. Although the investigation is ongoing and it is not certain that the individual’s

infection was the result of the unlicensed dental procedure, the situation raised red flags, county officials said. “In an unsanitary basement with unsterile tools, even the best-trained dentist can cause more harm than good,” said Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, director of epidemiology and population health for the county government. “People who undergo these unlicensed procedures are risking their health and safety.” County health officials are recommending anyone who received dental care in this manner see a health-care provider to be tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C

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Continued from Page 7 The proposed development would meet the minimum tree-canopy coverage of 20 percent and have a 5-foot-wide sidewalk on Kingsley Road, S.W., and Nutley Street, S.W., town officials said. All three lots would connect with the town’s water and sewer systems, but the applicants’ stormwater-management plan calls for a pervious-paver driveway on one lot and 10 planter boxes, which would be distributed to all three sites. Commission member Laurie Cole was concerned because the site would not tie in with the town’s stormwater system,

Authority board of directors has approved two new Mastenbrook Volunteer Matching Fund Grants. Park Authority Board members approved a $20,000 grant to the Joey Piz-

zano Memorial Fund. This grant and a $35,462 gift donated to the Fairfax County Park Foundation will provide new features and repairs at Our Special Harbor Sprayground at Lee District Park in Franconia. An additional $20,000 grant was approved for the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation. Those funds will be used to make improvements to diamond Fields #1 and #2 at Fred Crabtree Park in Herndon. Since 1999, there have been more than 150 Mastenbrook Grant projects, with awards of approximately $1.3 million.

which she said could be problematic given the amount of flooding in that section of town. Town planning staff responded that the amount of water runoff from the site would be less than existing conditions produce. Cole also noted the unusual concave lot lines that the subdivision would produce and said the development might foreclose on better options that could be obtained if more properties were consolidated. “What’s unique and great about Vienna is the strange-sized lots we have,” said Commissioner Mary McCullough. “That lot at the corner [of Nutley and Kingsley] is a beautiful-sized lot that could be developed into a beautiful home and back yard, and could actually improve the view

and aesthetics of Nutley Street as you’re driving up into town.” Commissioner Sharon Baum, a former member of the Vienna Transportation Safety Commission, said the town must ensure that land that comes to the market is safe. “I think we’re doing a disservice to the public by allowing that kind of lot to be established,” Baum said of the parcel fronting onto Nutley. In the end, the Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly against the application, with only Commissioners Stephen Kenney and Sarah Couchman casting votes in favor. The Vienna Town Council is scheduled to review the subdivision proposal April 9.

and HIV, which are all spread through blood exposure. “These are serious infections that may not have outwards symptoms for many years, so even those who feel well now should be tested as a precaution,” Dr. Schwartz said. GRANT FUNDING AWARDED TO SUPPORT PARKS: The Fairfax County Park

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council (the “Town Council”) of the Town of Vienna, Virginia (the “Town”) will consider at a Public Hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Transfer of Vehicle License Fee Billing and Collection to Fairfax County. Beginning with Fiscal Year 2018-19. At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the matter. A copy of the proposed is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, CMC Town Clerk

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vienna Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018 beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018-19 for the Town of Vienna, Virginia. At said Public Hearing any and all interested parties will be given an opportunity to express their views. Copies of the proposed budget will be available for viewing in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular working hours or on the Town Website. BUDGET IN BRIEF FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 GENERAL FUND REVENUES Property Taxes (FY 18-19: $0.2250 per $100 of assessed valuation) Other Local Taxes Permits Fees and Licenses Fines and Forfeitures Use of Money and Property Parks and Recreation Fees Special Service Fees Miscellaneous Revenues Categorical Aid Federal Revenue Interfund Transfers Use of Prior Year Reserves Equipment Replacement TOTAL REVENUES EXPENDITURES Legislative Administration Finance Department Police Department Fire and Rescue Public Works Department Tax Relief Programs Parks and Recreation Department Planning and Zoning Transfers and Reserves TOTAL EXPENDITURES

PROPOSED FY 2017-18 $11,396,490 6,730,000 314,000 417,000 182,000 923,000 35,000 109,800 3,213,560 85,000 358,140 550,000 1,040,000 $25,353,990 $ 441,780 3,005,210 1,668,940 6,583,100 62,450 7,434,770 219,040 3,567,650 1,033,150 1,337,900 $25,353,990

WATER AND SEWER FUND REVENUES Use of Money Water and Sewer Service Charges Miscellaneous Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 15,000 8,336,190 250,000 $ 8,601,190

EXPENDITURES Water Services Meter Maintenance and Reading Billing/Customer Service Sewer Services Transfers Equipment Replacement TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 3,021,170 528,190 218,050 2,995,090 1,834,430 4,260 $ 8,601,190

DEBT SERVICE FUND REVENUES Other Local Taxes Use of Money Interfund Transfers Federal Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 2,700,000 20,000 $ 1,470,290 33,000 $ 4,223,290

EXPENDITURES Debt Service TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 4,223,290 $ 4,223,290

STORMWATER FUND REVENUES Stormwater Revenue TOTAL REVENUES

$ 364,000 $ 364,000

EXPENDITURES Personnel Expense Program Costs Transfers TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 183,570 277,600 (97,170) $ 364,000

TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, Town Clerk

$38,542,470

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council (the “Town Council”) of the Town of Vienna, Virginia (the “Town”) will consider at a Public Hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Renewal of Franchise Agreement/Ordinance with Washington Gas At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the matter. A copy of the proposed is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, CMC Town Clerk

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 15.2-107 of the Code of Virginia (1950) AS AMENDED AND THE Code of the Town of Vienna that a public hearing will be held on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, Vienna, Virginia, for the purpose of receiving input on water and sewer rates by the Town of Vienna. It is the intent of the Town Council, pursuant to authority granted under Section 6.1(a) of the Town of Vienna Charter and Section 15.2-2109 et seq, of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, to adopt an ordinance on May 7, 2018 continuing the following charges for water and sewer service furnished by the Town of Vienna: Residential Water Consumption Charge

Block Structure (Quarterly Basis) 0 – 9,000 gallons $5.10 per 1000 gallons 9,001 – 18,000 gal $5.55 per 1000 gallons 18,001 plus gallons $6.40 per 1000 gallons Sewer Consumption Charge 0 – 9,000 gallons $6.65 per 1000 gallons 9,001 – 18,000 gal $7.20 per 1000 gallons 18,001 plus gallons $8.35 per 1000 gallons Residential Base Fee: $17.45/quarter Commercial Water Consumption Charge Sewer Consumption Charge Commercial Base Fee: up to 5/8” meter 1” meter 1.5” meter 2” meter 3” meter 4” meter

Block Structure (Quarterly Basis) 0 – 120,000 gallons $5.10 per 1000 gallons 120,001 – 360,000 gal $5.55 per 1000 gallons 360,001 plus gallons $6.40 per 1000 gallons 0 – 120,000 gallons $6.65 per 1000 gallons 90,001 – 180,000 gal $7.20 per 1000 gallons 180,001 plus gallons $8.35 per 1000 gallons $ 25.05/quarter $ 62.63/quarter $125.25/quarter $200.40/quarter $400.80/quarter $626.25/quarter

Copies of the proposed ordinance are available in the Town Clerk’s Office during normal working hours. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. April 1, 1949: n A total of 150 tons of fish has been released by hatcheries into Virginia’s streams. n Penney’s has girls cotton dresses on sale for $1 each. April 3, 1961: n The Vienna Town Council is set to decide whether to approve construction of a dozen 10-story apartment buildings in the Westbriar area. n The unemployment picture in Northern Virginia has “brightened considerably” in the past three weeks. n Judy Garland will perform at Constitution Hall on Saturday night. April 3-5, 1969: n Three Great Falls volunteer firefighters are being treated as a precautionary measure after a patient they were transporting was found to have a highly contagious form of meningitis. n Del. Clive DuVal II has announced plans to see a third term in the House of Delegates. n A civil-rights group marched through Vienna to mark the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. n “Persistent” inflation threatens to derail Virginia’s economic growth, a think tank says. April 4, 1979: n The president of the Fairfax Education Association says the School Board plans to cut between 25 and 30 teaching positions due to budget shortfalls. n The dropout rate among Virginia children spiked to 5.6 percent last school year. April 3, 1987: n A Republican delegate from Chesterfield County wants the state government to get out of the liquor business, but concedes his chances of winning passage of such a bill are “slim.” n The State Police are planning to start using Harley-Davidson motorcycles. n In softball action, O’Connell pounded Holy Names School, 29-0, while Yorktown blanked Madison, 4-0. n In baseball action, McLean defeated Stuart, 11-2, while Langley topped Chantilly, 2-1.

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ACROSS 1. “____ Fever,” movie and novel 6. “Is” in the past 9. Name of the Blue Ox 13. Rome’s Colosseum, e.g. 14. Fla. neighbor 15. Jig, in France 16. Volcanic rock, pl. 17. Basketball hoop 18. Opposite of adore 19. *Before - Rodham; After - ____ 21. *Before - ____; After - Mumbai 23. Make mistakes 24. Prickle on a wire 25. Art degrees 28. Abominable humanoid 30. “American Horror Story: Hotel” hotel 35. Tangerine and grapefruit hybrid 37. Sailor’s call 39. Tarzan’s swing 40. Search without warning 41. Audition tapes 43. Shorter than maxi 44. King of ancient Crete 46. Time distortion 47. Bit of slander 48. Bobbysock 50. Row of vagrants 52. “All the Light We Cannot ____,” novel 53. Auctioneer’s quantities 55. El ____ 57. *Before - ____; After

- living room 60. Like misanthrope’s remark 64. Pluck 65. Flying saucer acronym 67. Nary a soul 68. Sicker 69. Waikiki garland 70. Written corrections 71. Playwright Coward 72. Japanese capital

73. Fit out again DOWN 1. Locker room supply 2. Caspian feeder 3. Denim innovator 4. Foolish 5. *Before - flour, water, shortening; After - ____ 6. Announce Red Alert 7. *Before - Clay; After - ____

8. Brazilian dance 9. Kind of lettuce 10. Turkish honorific 11. Channel marker 12. Always, in verse 15. Run around 20. Artemis’ companion 22. Middle-earth creature 24. Organic matter used as fuel 25. *Before - ____; After - Myanmar 26. “Encore!” 27. Move furtively 29. Muscle or strength 31. #17 Across, pl. 32. Quarter side, pl. 33. Empower 34. *Before - ____; After - Democratic Republic of Congo 36. *Before - William Michael Albert Broad; After - Billy ____ 38. *Before - New Amsterdam; After - New ____ 42. Like certain foods 45. Amazon, e.g. 49. #me____ 51. *Before - supper; After - ____ 54. “Yours ____” 56. D in LED 57. Prince William’s sport 58. Car shaft 59. Cambodian currency 60. Mint product 61. Salon creation 62. Hostile to 63. Just in case 64. M in rpm 66. ATM extra

Schools & Military n Caroline McCleary of McLean and Emma Young of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Kansas. n Ines Vera of

McLean and Joseph Piescik of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Dallas. n Julia Gorka of McLean, Meghan Marsh of Vienna and Bora Zaloshnja of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Trinity College. n Caroline McCleary of McLean and Emma Young of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Kansas.

Thomas Peck of McLean, Kate Gurian of McLean, Mira Gruber of Oakton, Rachel Moss of Vienna and Justin Nguyen of Vienna have been inducted into the James Madison University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest honor society for all academic disciplines. n

Usran Awa of McLean, a sopho-

more at Randolph-Macon Academy, was selected for the 2018 District XIV Chorus Concert, which was held at Millbrook High School in February. Awa, the sun of Pius Awa and Ranya Kargbo, sang as a bass.

test a robot to participate in a competition that changes each year. Following the design/build phase, teams enter competitions to compete for scores that earn them a place at district-level competition.

n The Langley School’s Robotics Team finished in first place at the FIRST Robotics Chesapeake District Southern Maryland Event, held March 16-18, marking the first time in the club’s 20-year history that the team has won an event. Additionally, team members were awarded the Creativity Award for the innovative design of their robot. By winning the event, the team has qualified for and will attend the District Championship March 28-31 at the Xfinity Center at the University of Maryland. The 60-person team is lead by captains Nate Ludlow, Zach Lesan, Chris Larounis, Peter Swaak, Rania Saeed, Meso Kim, James Ellsworth and Shayan Golshani, and is mentored by physics teachers Robert Foley and Nickolas Swanson. In FIRST Robotics competition, teams of students have six weeks to conceptualize, design, build, program, modify and

n The annual Bishop O’Connell High School “Superdance,” held March 10 at the school, raised more than $155,000 in support of cystic-fibrosis research. More than 95 percent of the student body participated in the 12-hour dance marathon, which since its inception in 1975 has raised more than $4.3 million – making it the largest school-based fundraiser of its kind. The effort traces its roots to 1975, when Bishop O’Connell sophomore Brenda O’Donnell died from cystic fibrosis. Students created the event to honor her memory and raise funds to battle the disease, which involves a build-up of mucus in the lungs that can lead to lung damage and respiratory failure.

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