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Redevelopment Meeting Draws a Crowd in McLean Property Owner Is Aiming to Jump-Start ‘Main Street’Effort BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
FIRST-TIME STATE CHAMPS! Madison High School’s Madeline LaPorte prepares for the start of a race Feb. 17 at George Mason University in the finals of the 6A state-championship swimming meet. LaPorte helped Madison win the girls’ team title for the first time in school history – the squad did so without winning a single race, but finishing high enough in many to bring home the state crown. See full coverage in Sports. PHOTO BY BILL KAMENJAR
The watercolor drawings were basic and design specifics few, but local residents on Feb. 16 were afforded the opportunity to examine preliminary plans by McLean Properties to build a “Main Street” mixed-use development in downtown McLean. “Our aspiration is to have a great shopping street with people living and working above,” said architect W. Kenneth Wiseman, a design principal at CannonDesign. “We want this development to reach out beyond its confines and be a catalyst for improvement of the community,” he added. Organizers estimated about 300 local residents packed the McLean Community Center’s main hall to listen to the developer’s W. Kenneth Wiseman of CannonDesign describes features of McLean Properplans. The project site is ties “Main Street” redevelopment projlocated inside the area ect Feb. 16 at the McLean Community PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER bounded by Ingleside Center. Avenue, Beverly Road, Old Dominion Drive and Chain Bridge Road. The development would include office space, 190,000 square feet of retail (including the existing Giant Food store) and about 425 dwelling units of varying sizes, depending on what the housing market supports. Most of the units likely would be rentals. “There’s great interest in bringing the next generation to McLean,” WiseContinued on Page 14
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Tysons Mixed-Use Development Wins OK of Supervisors BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
The hit parade of major mixed-use projects keeps marching along in Tysons. Fairfax County supervisors on Feb. 14 unanimously approved a rezoning and final development plan that will allow Capital Automotive Real Estate Services (aka CARS LLC) to build Dominion Square West, a 1.7-million-square-foot development along Spring Hill Road in the north end of Tysons. The elongated, 7.63-acre property stretches west from Leesburg Pike near the Spring Hill Station on Metro’s Silver Line. The site now is home to more than 70,000 square feet of auto showrooms, service centers and their associated parking lots. The developer will construct six buildings, including a pair of up-to-400-foottall office buildings, which would be located near the Metro station; 90,000 square feet of retail space; and two multi-family residential towers with up to 1,150 units, 20 percent of which will be affordable housing. The developer also will provide retail space along the frontage of most of the office and residential buildings. CARS LLC plans to build three parks at the site, including a “sky park” that will be constructed 40 feet above the ground between the two office buildings.
This artist’s conception shows a plaza of the future Dominion Square West mixed-use development in Tysons, which won approval by the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 14.
The developer will extend and improve the Metro station’s existing plaza and build a 7,000-square-foot civic space with public art, outdoor seating and landscaping. In addition, the development includes conditional approval for a half-size athletic field with synthetic turf, an athletic court and playground at the property’s eastern end. The athletic field will be 120-by-120 feet and have 15-foot overruns, lighting, bleachers, perimeter fencing and stormwater facilities.
The field will be of particular interest to officials from local civic, governmental and sports organizations, who are worried Tysons developers are backing off from a commitment made several years ago to build at least 20 athletic fields. Under the plan approved by supervisors, two more residential buildings could be constructed at that 2-acre portion of the site if the field isn’t built. If supervisors approve CARS LLC’s plans to redevelop almost 12 nearby acres as Dominion Square East, the developer might eschew building the half-size field at Dominion
Square West in favor of a full-size field at the other project. Dominion Square West will include Spring Way, a new north-south street running parallel to Spring Hill Road, and four new east-west streets: Dominion, Roseline and Meridian streets and Boone Boulevard. That last street will not be connected with another identically named road to the south in Tysons. “As in any Tysons case, the grid of streets is paramount,” said Elizabeth Baker, an attorney representing the developer. The development’s floor-area ratio, which compares its overall square footage with that of its site, will be a lofty 7.25. The Tysons comprehensive plan approved by supervisors in 2010 allows for unlimited FAR near the urban center’s four Metro stations. The applicant has agreed to build an off-site, regional electrical substation for Dominion Virginia Power. The station’s design will be urban in nature and fit better into the fabric of Tysons than would a typical substation, Baker said. Before moving for the project’s approval, Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill) noted the development was the first major one to be approved south of Route 7 in Tysons. “The applicant has worked really hard with the community,” she said.
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Economic-Development Chief: Tysons Defies Normal Rules of Economics as It Continues to See Solid Growth Uncertainty About the Future of Federal Government Could Pose Problem, Gordon Says BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Tysons’ rapid redevelopment would not be happening if traditional economic concepts applied, Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, told Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce members Feb. 15. “We have disposed of all the laws of supply and demand in Fairfax County, particularly in Tysons Corner,” he said at the chamber’s board installation at the Tower Club in Tysons. “We’re playing Whac-a-Mole in Tysons Corner. We fill an office building and another one pops up over here.” Given the urban center’s 17.5-percent office-vacancy rate, no one should be breaking ground on more buildings. But new structures are popping up all the time and being occupied much faster than local economic experts anticipated. Despite the excessive supply, prices also have not dropped the way they normally would. Tysons tenants are engaging in a “flight to quality,” moving from older buildings to brand-new ones with the latest amenities, he said. “The new space is more expensive, but it sits right on top of a Metro station,” Gordon said. Money available at minimal interest rates has fueled the building binge, with 800,000 square feet of existing space demolished to make way for new development, he said. But many older, obsolete office buildings will remain, as owners paid them off
decades ago and now can reap income from tenants. “There’s no impetus for them to do anything with that space,” he said. “We’re going to live with some of that.” The county has 17.5 million square feet of vacant office space, Gordon said. County Executive Edward Long Jr. on Feb. 14 pegged the total at more than 20 million square feet, but regardless of who’s right, times are changing. “We’re going to have to work hard just to stay in place,” Gordon said. “When I first got here, office users were taking an average of 265 square feet per employee. Today, it’s anywhere between 80 and 140. So you have to bring in twice as many jobs to fill the same space.” “Hoteling” – or the sharing of work stations between employees and sometimes companies – also drastically reduces the amount of office space needed, Gordon said. Technological improvements might encourage more people to work from home, but Gordon said the scenario resembled the introduction of DVDs, which pundits said would doom theaters. “Attendance at movie theaters went up, because you need that social interaction,” he said. “I think to do their jobs, people still need to interact and to problem-solve as a team.” Asked by a chamber member to predict the future of traffic congestion in Tysons, Gordon urged the public to accept Tysons as what it actually is – a city with 25,000 residents and 120,000 jobs – and modulate their commuting expectations accordingly.
Pedestrian accessibility continues to be a problem in Tysons. While planners have concentrated development in four nodes near the Metro stations, it’s rare for people to walk between those areas, Gordon said. Crossing Routes 7 and 123 is problematic and has been the subject of at least eight studies. Pedestrian bridges vaulting over those roads would be one solution, but such spans are expensive, he said. Besides walkability, Tysons will need cultural amenities if it’s truly to become a city, Gordon said. “This is a county of 1.2 million people with the second-highest median family income in the United States,” he said. “We should have an arts center.” Fairfax County continues to attract overseas companies. More than 420 have set up shop and employ 30,000 American citizens. The county also is home to many women- and minority-owned businesses,
Gordon said. Cyber-security firms also have gravitated to Fairfax County to protect governmental agencies and corporations. Capital One, for example, has a huge need to safeguard its information. The company is building a new headquarters on the edge of Tysons. When completed, the 34-story, 965,000-square-foot skyscraper will be the Washington region’s tallest structure except for the Washington Monument and have the most space except for the Pentagon, Gordon said. Translational and personalized medicine will be a “dramatically strong growth industry for us in the future,” said Gordon, citing the new Inova Center for Personalized Health on the former ExxonMobil campus in Merrifield. That facility likely will expand to office buildings in the area, he predicted. Uncertainty about the federal government’s direction under the Trump administration is causing the business community to throttle back on potential expansions, he said. “Whether you favor their politics or voted for them is irrelevant to me,” Gordon said. “The fact remains that businesses hate uncertainty. Businesses like to see a problem, understand the environment in which they’re going to resolve that problem and then identify a solution. You can’t do that if you don’t understand the environment in which you are working.”
rum. Payton suggested Council members and town staff could update the strategic plan, then obtain more resident input when the town reconsiders the plan in three or four years. But Council members said community representation would be critical to achieving a successful plan. “If we don’t create a consensus-based process, I think we’re missing some really valuable input,” said Council member Douglas Noble. Council member Carey Sienicki agreed and said town leaders should encourage a broad cross-section of residents and business people to participate, instead of just the usual narrow group that populates Vienna’s boards and commissions. Council member Howard Springsteen favored enhancing the current plan instead of starting from scratch, and asked that its expectations be commensurate with the town’s size. “Nothing sets me off more than comparing us to Fairfax or Prince William counties,” he said. “We’re a town of
16,000.” Some Council members wondered whether the town should spend money – it cost about $12,000 last time – to have a consultant assist in facilitating the discussions. Those who went through the earlier process were adamant the money was well-spent. Sienicki noted the facilitator gave participants homework in advance, which allowed the meeting to wrap up after only two hours – or one hour shorter than the Town Council’s four-item work session that evening. “I was amazed at how much we got done in a short period of time,” she said. “To me, [a facilitator] was a very invaluable thing to have.” DeWilde, who will spearhead the strategic-planning effort as it moves forward, agreed a facilitator would be a solid investment. “They can lead the conversation and keep us from getting lost in the weeds,” she said. “They understand the booby traps and how to do the engagement.”
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Vienna Council Wants Public Input as It Strategizes BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Vienna officials are pondering the best way to update the town’s strategic plan, but said residents will play a role in crafting it. Vienna implemented its first plan in 2013 and it technically expired in 2015. Such a road map “helps a community get where it wants to go and helps staff know what it should be working on,” said town spokesman Lynne DeWilde at the Vienna Town Council’s Feb. 13 work session. Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco said strategic planning helps town officials focus on what’s important. “Sometimes we get too bogged down in the present,” she said. “As leaders, we have to look to the future. Writing it down really makes a positive impact.” In the lead-up to current discussions, town officials examined plans from three communities: Virginia’s Chesterfield and Prince William counties and Suwanee, Ga., where DeWilde worked before com4
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ing to Vienna. Chesterfield officials did not seek public input when producing their plan, which fits on a single sheet of paper. “Wow! That’s efficient,” DeWilde said. Prince William leaders convened a 20member committee with four local residents to craft that county’s strategic plan, but doing so did not produce a consensus. DeWilde said someone familiar with that effort told her the process had been more politicized this year, with some members producing a minority report. Suwanee’s 11-month-long process involved “citizen engagement on steroids,” DeWilde said. City officials held a contest that encouraged people to write postcards from the future Suwanee they envisioned, she said. Suwanee officials base many of their budget decisions on that 10-year plan, DeWilde added. Town Manager Mercury Payton noted Vienna soon will conduct a “branding” initiative, as well as a transportation study and perhaps a “charrette” community fo-
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Our View: Everyone Looks Bad in Redistricting Sham
The General Assembly’s annual charade over so-called “nonpartisan” redistricting played out as expected in 2017: Members of both parties in the state Senate supported bills and constitutional amendments aimed at taking power to redraw congressional and legislative districts away from legislators, secure in the knowledge that the measures would be summarily dispatched to oblivion once sent over to the House of Delegates. The annual game offers Republicans in the state Senate the chance to proclaim their fidelity to the concept that voters should choose their elected officials, not the other way around, and gives Democrats the chance to rail against vote-suppression meanies in the Republican-dominated House of Delegates thwarting the will of the people by refusing to take redistricting proposals seriously. It’s all for show: Democrats, who controlled the legislature for nearly a century until very recent times, never showed an inclination during all that time to cede the massive power of redistricting to anyone, and one presumes that Senate Democrats in their heart of hearts don’t really want change – since, after all, they have a fair chance of recapturing control of the upper house in time for the next round of redistricting in 2021.
Nonpartisan redistricting is an issue that political dogooders (bless ’em) and some newspaper editorial pages tout as a cure for what ails Virginia’s political system. We’ve long been dubious; somebody has to draw the lines, and whoever that “somebody” turns out to be, there is no concrete evidence the result will be better than the current raw politics that is involved. Knowing such reform measures are going nowhere in the General Assembly, Democrats and their allies often try to get the courts to intervene, and have several cases pending. Virginia’s judges likely will interpose themselves in this only if it can be proved that districts are so egregiously gerrymandered as to defy the very minimal requirements that the state and federal constitutions impose. But those seeking redress in the courts might have a chance: Given their strength, Republicans in the House of Delegates in recent years have tended to overreach, and maybe it can be proved they did so when drawing delegate districts back in 2011. But be careful what you wish for: As was shown several decades ago when the courts got involved in district-making, Virginia might not be best served by judicial intervention.
Democrats Need to Focus on Issues, Not Nov. 8 Editor: I’m writing in response to the recent letter from Peter Ross on the “national popular vote” effort [“National Popular Vote’ Effort Is a Serious Initiative,” Letters Feb. 16]. Where to begin? Mr. Ross says that the purpose of the Electoral College was to avoid the election of unqualified presidents. In the first place, elections exist so that citizens choose leaders and change leaders. The Electoral College was created to prohibit direct election by the people, because the writers of the Constitution, looking back over the history of democracy, did not trust this method. The Electoral College also provides a role for the states in the national election.
Second, Mr. Ross asserts that President Trump is proven “completely” unqualified because newspaper editorials and a “large majority” of the American people “acknowledge” this to be so. The qualifications of a president can also be found in the Constitution, where age and birth/citizenship are noted. Those are the qualifications. Mr. Ross would like to employ his own criteria, but isn’t it self-evident that a candidate who just won an election is not judged unqualified by a large majority of citizens? Mr. Ross rounds out his argument with the logic that the Electoral College must be replaced because it has failed its purpose, as President Trump is unqualified.
We are each entitled to our opinions and our preferences. We are not entitled to substitute our political preferences for others’. Mr. Ross’s argument, which sounds objective, actually rests on his personal views. And does not bear up under scrutiny. It’s February; the election was in November. If Democrats want to win political leadership again, the should focus on presenting their ideas and plans to the American people, and, yes, criticizing the decisions of the current president and Congress. That will be difficult to do when the focus remains in the rear-view mirror. Paul Bolon Oakton
Democrats Were Right to Oppose EPA Nominee Editor: U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine recently spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Kaine discussed Pruitt’s unwillingness to accept the basic scientific consensus that human-generated CO2 emissions are a significant cause of climate change. Kaine also spoke about the impacts of climate change on Virginia, including rising sea levels in Hampton
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Herring Presses Forward on Several Fronts BRIAN TROMPETER
of the crime.” First responders ask such victims questions to determine if they are at further risk of victimization or harm, and if so, connect them with community resources so they can find safe locations and start rebuilding their lives, Herring said. Herring’s office also is tackling the backlog of rape-test kits that need to be analyzed in order to identify unknown criminals and link additional crimes to known perpetrators. “Sexual violence is most often a serial crime,” he said. “Rarely does a perpetrator commit an act of sexual violence only once.”
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Recently joining the legal case challenging the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) went to Washington Dulles International Airport the day after the ban took effect and found “complete chaos.” “It was both uplifting on the one hand and very frightening on the other,” Herring said. “[It was] uplifting because so many people had spontaneously come to express their support for diversity and for people from other countries, but it was also heartbreaking to see families being divided.” Speaking at the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual board installation Feb. 15 at the Tower Club in Tysons, Herring – who is seeking re-election in November and is waiting to see who his Republican opponent will be – said he never would forget being grabbed by an Iranian woman who told him, “Please help me. They have my 5-year-old son.” The woman and her child were reunited several hours later and a federal judge that evening issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of much of Trump’s travel ban. A federal appeals court recently ruled against reinstating the ban, at least for now. “I was pleased that the court saw the order just the same way I did, that it was unlawful, unconstitutional and un-American,” Herring said, adding that the ban harmed national security. “Virginia is a state that is open and welcoming to everybody.” Herring grew up in Loudoun County, served on its Board of Supervisors and served in the state Senate before being elected attorney general in 2013. Watching Loudoun County transform from a rural area into a bustling suburb “taught me diversity and inclusiveness is a real strength,” Herring said. “It also taught me that if you’re standing still, you’re really falling behind – and we need to be moving forward.” Herring said he and his staff of more than 400 employees, about half of whom are lawyers, tackle an astoundingly wide range of topics. Last year, his office obtained the largest environmental-damage settlement in Virginia history, as well as the largest Virginia-led multi-state consumer settlement and the state’s largest recovery from fraud against taxpayers, he said. Herring was concerned about the nationwide epidemic of heroin and prescription-drug overdoses, which this year probably will cost more than 1,000 Virginians their lives – a higher total than who die in automobile crashes, he said. “It is a really staggering problem,” Herring said. The attorney general decided from the beginning of his term to tackle the issue
and raise awareness about it. “People’s impressions about what a heroin addict might have been three or four years ago was that it was an innercity problem,” with people shooting up in vacant warehouses, he said. “If that stereotype was ever valid, it is definitely not true today. It is happening in every corner of the commonwealth – urban, suburban and rural areas – [and] it’s crossing every single demographic,” Herring said. “It doesn’t matter what your background is [or] how wealthy you are. It’s striking everyone and the truth is, it can happen to anyone.” Herring’s office has increased prosecutions of heroin and fentanyl dealers and traffickers, tackling more than 28 such cases. The epidemic is as much a publichealth issue as a law-enforcement one, he said. The attorney general has focused on prevention education as well, including screenings of the documentary “Heroin: The Hardest Hit.” His office also is seeking sanctions against physicians and pharmacists who illegally put prescription drugs out on the streets. “The medical community needs to look at prescribing for pain differently from what it has done in the past and recognize that these drugs, which some may have thought were non-addictive, are really addictive and very powerful,” he said. Medical providers should consider alternative treatments, examine patients’ family histories of alcohol and drug dependency, and ensure patients and their families can recognize signs of addiction and act quickly, he said. Herring also has focused on responses to domestic and sexual violence, especially on the state’s college campuses. “These are crimes that are as heinous as they are devastating,” he said. Virginia has come a long way on that front since three years ago, Herring said. Thanks to the cultural change at colleges, “every student knows that if they report an incident of sexual assault or sexual violence that they are not going to be treated with suspicion,” he said. “They are going to be treated with compassion and the respect that they deserve and [receive] a response that reflects the severity
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In McLean Speech, Foust Also Voices Concern About Fairfax County’s Budget Situation BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Fairfax County officials are making progress on transportation and economic-development challenges, but face another tight budget year, Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), said Feb. 9 during his annual “State of McLean” speech to the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce. Foust dealt with the bad news first. County Executive Edward Long Jr. was set to unveil his proposed fiscal year 2018 budget Feb. 14, but had already alerted supervisors the county will face a $90 million shortfall, which includes a $40 million school-transfer increase. Complicating matters further, Fairfax County Public Schools leaders are asking for $108 million more this year, Foust said. “We can’t have a deficit,” he said. “We have to have a balanced budget, so there’s going to be some pain.” The county underpays its teachers and has difficulty recruiting and retaining them, Foust said. County officials fought hard last year to pass a 4-percent meals tax, which would have raised nearly $100 million per year for county and school priorities – including raises for teachers – but voters defeated the initiative Nov. 8.
Supervisors do not have the stomach this year to impose an increase in the real estate tax rate, Foust suggested. “The budget continues to be a challenge,” he said. “We’re in a situation where costs keep going up, but we continue to grow, with more kids in our schools, and our revenues continue to remain pretty slack.” Real estate tax revenues account for about 65 percent of the county’s generalfund budget, and commercial properties – which require fewer services – are subsidizing the county, Foust said. But commercial real estate assessments have been relatively flat for the past several years, due largely to reduced spending on federal contracts, he said. Commercial tenants are taking up far less space than the 200 square feet per employee that was common in the past, Foust said. “You walk in and there are eight people sitting around a table and they’re right beside another eight people,” he said. “They’re ‘collaborating.’” The county has about 20 million square feet of vacant commercial office space, but not in Reston, Tysons and other areas near the Metro system, Foust said. County officials have formed a committee to study opportunities for adap-
Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) used remarks at the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 9 to outline some good news and bad news to business leaders. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER
tive reuse of commercial buildings, which would convert them to residential and other uses. Officials are trying to diversify the county’s economy and attract a 21st-century-style workforce, which tends to prefer transit-oriented communities, he said. Foust was pleased by Inova Heath System’s plans to build a Center for Personalized Health at the former ExxonMobil
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site in Merrifield, saying it would attract high-technology companies to the area. “Those are the kind of companies that grow from five people to 800,” he said. Regarding potential changes to Tysons’ implementation plan, Foust said buildings have pushed back on the county’s insistence that they build 20 athletic fields in Tysons. “Big developers have fought us, understandably, because it is a very significant expense to build an athletic field on valuable land in Tysons,” he said. “But we’ve held the line.” The main complication is a paucity of available land, Foust said, adding that county officials continue to try to bring the National Park Service’s Langley Fork property under the aegis of the Fairfax County Park Authority and build more athletic fields there. There is good news on the transportation front, however, as projects are being built all around Northern Virginia will help ease traffic congestion, said Foust, who outlined a long list of initiatives: • Near Falls Church and Arlington, the Virginia Department of Transportation is working to widen 4 miles of eastbound Interstate 66 between the Dulles ConnecContinued on Page 13
County’s Home Sales Up To Start Off the New Year
Year-over-year home sales across Fairfax County were up, and the average sales prices in all three segments of the market also showed improvement, as the local real-estate market got a jump-start on 2017. A total of 794 properties changed hands last month, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiplelisting service. That’s up 6.9 percent from the 743 transactions in January 2016. The average sales price for all properties that went to closing during the month was $545,772, up 8.1 percent – although the strength of the increase was due, in part, to a larger percentage of costlier single-family homes in the overall sales mix. The average sales price of a single-family home was up 8.6 percent to $730,390, with the average price of attached homes rising 2.4 percent to $363,923 and the average price of condominiums up 3.4 percent to $290,301. A total of 64 properties sold for more than $1 million during the month. Add up the sales and prices, and the total sales volume of $433.3 million was
up 15.5 percent from $375.1 million a year before. Homes that went to closing in January had spent an average of 70 days on the market, an improvement from 75 days a year before. Homes that sold garnered an average 96.7 percent of original listing price, up from 95.8 percent. Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 506 cases, followed by cash (96) and VAbacked loans (86). Inventory at the start of 2017 remained well below the same point a year before, with the 1,977 properties available for perusal representing a decline of more than 17 percent from a year before. Where is the market headed? Homes coming under contract during the month were in positive territory, which might make for a brisk turn from winter to spring for the local market, although the total number of pending sales for the month was down slightly from a year ago. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision. – A Staff Report
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Novelist Takes a Different Look at World War II McLean’s Hassan Used Youth with Disability as Central Character of Tome on the Blitz BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Dorothy Hassan learned of the struggles of people with mental disabilities during her years on the board of Langley Residential Support Services, and honored their intelligence and determination in her novel, “The Blitz Business.” “I was made very aware of the importance of allowing people with intellectual disabilities to develop their full potential so they can, in fact, live rich and happy lives instead of being shut off and shut away,” she said in a recent interview. The novel is set during the German blitzkrieg bombings of London in World War II and centers around Jamie, a plucky 15-year-old born with fetal alcohol syndrome caused by his mother’s imbibing. Hassan, who based the character on several young men she knew, chose that disability because it was mild enough that Jamie still could carry the story. After the teen’s no-good cousin kills his grandmother and sets fire to their home shortly before a German aerial bombardment, Jamie sets off on a series of wild adventures that take him to a farm, an institutional home and the cushy confines of an aristocrat’s mansion. Trouble always finds Jamie, who gets ensnared in a spy plot devised by Dutch Nazi supporters.
The boy’s heart always is in the right place and he takes everything literally. Jamie has a strong moral compass, but admits having unkind thoughts about bad people. Hassan, who writes under her maiden name as D. A. Spruzen, grew up in the London suburb of Middlesex, England. She was born during World War II and remembers how the physical and food insecurity deeply affected her family. “I have a memory of waking up in our air-raid shelter in the bottom of the garden and my mother bringing me in cups of tea from the house in her dressing gown,” she said. “There were always bomb scares. English people always close the curtains at night and I think that was as a result of the war.” The author was keen to write about World War II from the perspective of people not at the top of the chain of command. “I’ve always been interested in history, not so much the big battles and the comings and goings of czars and kings, but people’s everyday lives during a war and how it affects them,” she said. Hassan frequented a now-closed second-hand bookstore in McLean for volumes on World War II and obtained out-of-print tomes about the war through Amazon.com. Many occurrences in “The
McLean resident Dorothy Hassan is the author of “The Blitz Business,” which draws on her own youth during World War II in a novel about how Londoners coped during the war. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER
Blitz Business” were based on real incidents, and the German radio transmitters used by the book’s spies was based on photos from a book by a Daily Telegraph correspondent assigned to Scotland Yard. Hassan has lived in McLean since 1978. She and her husband previously lived in Reston and spent two years in Saudi Arabia. She has been a U.S. citizen since 1976 and still has her passport from the nation’s bicentennial year.
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mending the chamber that Connolly had placed in the Congressional Record. The chamber’s 2017 board includes an executive committee consisting of chairman Peg McDermott, immediate past chairman Lori Lopez, general counsel William Daly Jr., treasurer Shania Kapoor, vice president of finance David MacGillivray, past chairman Mark Rogoff and Kathy Jensen. Other Tysons chamber board members include vice president of membership Josh Brady, vice president of marketing Virginia Case, Community Impact Council chairman Gina Cocomello, 5K Committee chairman Matthew Evans, Real Estate and Business Council chairman Jonathan LaCroix, Youth and Education Council chairman Maureen Loftus, Women’s Leadership Council chairman Dalia Palchik, Jerry Ferguson, Kathleen Kelley, Sopa Keo, Jeff Krashin, Shirley Luu, Cory Scott, Pat Whalen and Peter Wynne. – Brian Trompeter
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Foust Continued from Page 8 tor Road and Fairfax Drive in Arlington. Arlington officials long opposed the widening, but were convinced to support this project because revenue from tolls that will be instituted will be used for multimodal traffic solutions, Foust said. Fairfax County officials fought hard to reverse that state’s initial plans for tolling on I-66 inside the Beltway, which would have charged drivers headed in both directions during peak hours, Foust said.
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Center will host a performance by the Unruly Theater Project on Friday, Feb. 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. The professional, teen improv troupe offers comedy for all ages. The performance is free. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.
will host “Jazz Sunday” on Feb. 26 at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. worship services. The community is invited. The church is located at 6715 Georgetown Pike in McLean. For information, call (703) 356-4902 or see the Web site at www.stjohnsmclean.org.
atre of the McLean Community Center will present The Hot Club of San Francisco in concert on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. The ensemble celebrates gypsy jazz music and vocals. Its production of “Meet Me in Paris” recreates the City of Light and Belle Epoque through music and vocals. Tickets are $20 for McLean residents, $35 for others. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www. mcleancenter.org.
McLean Art Society’s monthly meeting will feature Jackie Afram, an artist using oil mediums, on Friday, Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at the McLean Community Center.
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Doing so would have led many drivers doing a “reverse commute” in the opposite direction of the heavier traffic to clog local roadways instead, he said. • County and VDOT officials recently broke ground on the Jones Branch Connector, another span over I-495 that will connect eastern Tysons with western McLean. It will be completed by 2018. • County officials also are studying a “super street” concept along Route 123 between the Dulles Connector Road and Anderson Road, which would eliminate left-hand turns and speed up traffic. • In the same vicinity, county officials
hope to realign sections of Old Meadow Road at Route 123, to reduce the amount of separate signal times needed for drivers negotiating the intersection. • Route 7 bridges over the Dulles Access and Toll roads are being widened from four to six lanes and will feature amenities for pedestrians and bicyclists. The road also has been widened to six lanes between Georgetown Pike and Loudoun County and officials have allocated $235 million to finish widening Route 7 south from there to Tysons, Foust said. “Tysons will not function if [Route] 7 is continually congested,” he said. • The Board of Supervisors’ Tysons
Metro Station Access Study recommended at least 50 projects to encourage people to walk or bicycle to Metrorail stations in Tysons, Foust said. Thirty of those projects so far are under construction or have been designed and completed. Foust highlighted two examples: a proposed sidewalk along Route 123 between Great Falls Street and McLean Metrorail Station and a planned trail between Magarity Road and Colshire Drive. • The county has brought additional bus service to McLean to ferry people to and from the McLean Metro Station and such offerings will get better in the future, he said.
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man said. “That would suggest smaller apartments.” The new eight-story buildings would be 100 to 130 feet tall. A key project feature would be a twoway “Main Street” running south between Staybridge Suites and the Palladium development. A cluster of low-rise commercial buildings would be razed to make way for the new project, but the Old Firehouse Teen Center, PNC Bank and the Giant store and its parking lot would remain. The developer is communicating with current tenants about options to keep their businesses in downtown McLean, said Vidal Sadaka, a principal at McLean Properties. The developer would have to obtain a comprehensive-plan amendment and site rezoning from Fairfax County, which both will require public hearings at the county’s Planning Commission and final approval from the Board of Supervisors, Sadaka said. If supervisors approve the project, the developer would need about a year to finalize designs, get bids and permits and do other preliminary work. Construction likely would take two more years to complete, Wiseman said. McLean Properties was prepared to redevelop the site in 2008, but pulled back
because of the economic downturn. Now the developer has consolidated the necessary parcels and is ready to try again, said Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville). “You can’t get a project built until the market is correct and the property owners are ready to move,” he said, adding it was unusual for a developer seek public input for a proposal still in its embryonic stage. The developer’s plans will have to be consistent with the comprehensive plan for downtown McLean, which county officials currently are reviewing, Foust said. Public improvements will be part of the deal, he said. “We will definitely be negotiating proffers,” he said. “If the density they’re asking for is the density the community is willing to support, then there will be a lot more proffers. The smaller the project, the
smaller the proffer package.” The project has four key goals, Sadaka said: to foster the sense of a connected place, serve McLean residents (especially with more restaurants), create a pleasant experience for pedestrians and motorists, and design a high-quality built environment. “In order for people to be excited about living and working here, they need to feel that the buildings are providing the things they’re looking for, such as natural light and efficient, flexible floor plans,” he said. The overall floor-area ratio (FAR) of the proposal is 2.0, equivalent to twice the entire surface area of the site. Main Street, the pedestrian plaza, residential space and retail parking would be built in the first phase. The developer would put retail on the project’s edges to
encourage more pedestrian traffic, and locate most of the office space along Old Dominion Drive, Wiseman said. A new parking structure would be accessed from Old Dominion Drive and Center Street, Wiseman said. There also would be street parking and parking under all of the new buildings. The project would exceed the county’s requirements for residential, office and retail parking, he said. A public area would feature seating areas, tables and space for community activities, although one attendee at the meeting was heard to grumble about too few public spaces and buildings massed too close to nearby streets.. One local man at the meeting said the proposal needed more public spaces and would result in massive buildings placed too close to nearby streets. Downtown McLean’s offerings have not changed much since she was a teenager, said Bari Levingston, who serves on the board of McLean Project for the Arts and attended the meeting. “Like it or not, McLean is going to evolve as Tysons continues to evolve and to expect that we would be frozen in time for another 20 or 30 years is just unrealistic,” she said. “I would love to see the community come together and support something that we like, rather than simply being against any kind of improvement whatsoever. I think this is one that everybody can support.” For more information, visit www. mainstreetmclean.com.
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Virginia’s historic governor’s mansion in Williamsburg is not simply a piece of living history, but an architectural standout as well. And this week’s featured property pays homage to that model of classical Georgian design in a four-story showplace in McLean’s exclusive Ballantrae Farm community. Iconic inside and out – and from front to back, and top to bottom – the custom estate is richly detailed with Old World amenities to go with features like the two-story, 30-foot-long Ballantrae Room, a space that features walls of towering windows and two grand chandeliers, make it the perfect spot for entertaining in the grand fashion. Outdoors, you’ll enjoy inspired and meticulously maintained gardens, brick walls, plazas, an outdoor pavilion and pool for ambiance and stylish living. The property currently is on the market, listed at $4,200,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate. “World-class” is a phrase we do not toss out lightly, but there’s no question that this home was conceived and executed to meet that high expectation. A welcome in the center hall is our introduction to the home. Classic lines abound, with the grand living room (with formal fireplace) to our left and the expansive and gracious dining room (with a Federal-style wall of windows) to
our right. The kitchen area is equal parts sumptuous and versatility, with top-quality appliances, two islands, a separate morning room (which overlooks the first of multiple terraces) and the convenience of a back staircase. We touched upon the Ballantrae Room earlier; it showcases access to the grand terrace for all-season living. An author’s-style library, with corner fireplace and grand paneling, leads to a screened-in porch and access to a quiet terrace area. The first upper level is home to the master retreat (with sitting room and verandah) and three additional bedrooms (one with its own verandah), plus an extraordinary balcony overlooking the main level. The second upper level is highlighted by a retreat/studio area – with showstopper cupola/skylight above – and features two additional bedrooms, which could be used as space for a home office or a multitude of other options. The lower club level shines with a large recreation room, lounge, bar, bonus room, cabana bath and access to the four-car garage. The rear of the home is visually stimulating, and with warmer weather not too far around the corner, daily life will be enhanced around the pool.
An architectural gem, this home serves as a beacon of style and serenity. Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients. For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2520.
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Credit Union Details Tips for Home Buyers With the spring market around the corner, Apple Federal Credit Union has released its 2017 list of “Top Tips for Home Buyers” to help prospective purchasers prepare for the experience. “We expect a robust spring market in the Northern Virginia region. Despite the headlines touting rising interest rates above 4 percent, they are still well below 2013 levels, and we fully expect home sales to be brisk. Being prepared will help home-buyers get a home they want at a price they can afford,” says Jeffery Long, vice president of lending for the credit union. To capitalize on these strong market conditions, Apple FCU, which has 22 branches throughout Northern Virginia, has compiled this list of consumer tips to help make the process easier and better for home-buyers in the D.C. region – especially first-timers. Save for a New Home. The money you save for your loan down payment should have two purposes. First, of course, is to secure your mortgage loan and lower your monthly payments. But, in addition, it’s a good idea to put some of that money aside for unexpected problems. Know What You Can Afford. What is your comfort level? Your lender will tell you what they think you can afford according to your pay stubs and debtto-loan ratio, but that often is not your total financial picture. Do you pay for day care, for instance? That can be substantial, so be sure to take things like that into consideration when you decide how much of a loan burden you want to carry. Be Pre-Approved Rather Than PreQualified. A pre-approved loan means that a lender has reviewed your mortgage application, credit, and other paperwork and has approved you for a loan of a specific amount. This helps guide your home search, since you know what loan amount you qualify for and allows your lender to pre-approve you in up to three days. Understand Your Credit Score. Check your credit score and balances on your credit cards to ensure your debt is 50 percent below the amount of your credit line. For example, if you have a line of $10,000 on your credit card, ensure that your debt is no more than $5,000 or your credit score goes down. The lower your credit score, the more difficult it will be to get a mortgage loan.
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ou are considering a summer camp, but how to choose? There’s a camp that is ideally suited for every child, providing a summer of growth and fun whether your child attends a day or overnight camp, a specialized or traditional camp. With a little help from the camp professionals at the American Camp Association, here’s some sound advice that helps parents sort through the choices and benefits that camp delivers. As spring approaches, parents and children can look forward to planning for the future—a future that includes the opportunities for exploration and discovery that arrives with summer camp. HOW TO DECIDE WHEN YOUR CHILD IS READY FOR CAMP
Children are ready for new experiences at different stages. Parents know their children best and these questions can help gauge whether this is the summer your child will start camp. What is your child’s age, and what is your perception of his or her readiness level? Children under 7 who have not had overnight experiences may do better with a day camp as their first camp experience. If you think your child might not be ready for an overnight camp experience, consider the day camp experience to prepare him or her for future overnight camp. How did your child become interested
in camp? Does your child talk about camp on a sustained basis? How much persuasion is necessary from you? Has your child had positive overnight experiences away from home? Visiting relatives or friends? Were these separations easy or difficult? What does your child expect to do at camp? Learning about the camp experience ahead of time allows you to create positive expectations. Are you able to share consistent and positive messages about camp? Your confidence in a positive experience will be contagious. A CAMP FOR EVERY CHILD— THE PERFECT FIT
Camp can last for just a few days or stretch to all summer long. It’s well worth the trouble to investigate the variety of choices offered by camps before your child packs a backpack. These questions help you consider the options. NEAR OR FAR?
Where do you want your child to go to camp? Locally or far away? While each camp experience has something unique to offer your child, this is an opportunity for families to assess what they value for their campers. BENEFITS OF CAMP NEARBY
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more than 10,000 individual members and nearly 3,000 member camps. ACA is committed to collaborating with those who believe in quality camp and outdoor experiences for children, youth, and adults. ACA provides advocacy and evidence-based education and professional development, and is the only national accrediting body for the organized camp experience. ACA accredits approximately 2,400 diverse camps nationally. ACA-Accredited® Camps meet up to 300 health and safety standards. Accreditation provides public evidence of a camp’s commitment to the health, safety, and overall well-being of both campers and staff. For more information, visit www.ACAcamps.org. For more information about child development and the camp experience, please visit our Web site, www.ACAcamps.org or call our tollfree number, 1-800-428-CAMP (2267). Originally printed in Camping Magazine, reprinted by permission of the American Camp Association © 2015 American Camping Association, Inc.
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ncore Stage & Studio offers drama camps for ages 4-15 in various locations in Arlington. At It’s Elementary, Teaching Artists will help students learn to work as an ensemble to perform short, original plays. During Scenes for Tweens, students will develop their performance skills through workshops in character study, movement, improvisa-
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Public-Safety Notes ARREST MADE IN 2016 RAPE OF FALLS CHURCH GIRL: A Fairfax County police
detective assigned to the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force and taking part in a local police operation in Prince William County on Feb. 13 recognized an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with the July 2016 rape of a 15-year-old Falls Church girl. Police confirmed the identity of Ronald Fabricio Herrera Contreras and took him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities served warrants charging Contreras with rape, abduction with the intent to defile, gang participation and assault and battery. The investigation began last August when the victim disclosed to a family case worker that Contreras had raped her back in July., police said. The case worker immediately called police. The victim, who speaks no English, said Contreras was a known gang member and a friend of another family member. He would visit the home occasionally and at some point, began to threaten the victim verbally, saying harm would come to her and her family if she didn’t stay in touch with him. Eventually, he came to her home every day to “check” on her and threatened to kill her if she called police, authorities said. On July 13, the victim got a phone call from Contreras, who ordered her to come outside and walk with him. Out of
fear, she went outside and they walked until they came upon a wooded area in a park in the 7300 block of Lee Highway. Contreras reportedly dragged her into the woods, raped her and then left here there, police said.
Peklo was a dance instructor at Adrenaline Dance Studio as well as at Stage Door in the 7200 block of New Market Court in Manassas.
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County police officers on Feb. 16 at 3:12 a.m. observed a man moving inside of a parked car in the 6200 block of Park Road in McLean. When officers approached the man, he fled from the car, but police took him into custody shortly thereafter. Police took the suspect, Shawn Rolfs, 48, of Richmond, to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with assault on a lawenforcement officer, larceny, vehicle trespassing, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest, possession of a Schedule I/II narcotic and three counts of possession of stolen property.
tectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Child Exploitation and Child Abuse sections recently obtained warrants for Chase Clark Peklo, 19, of Sterling, for carnal knowledge of child between 13 and 15 years of age and five counts of possession, reproduction, distribution, solicitation and facilitation of child pornography. Police arrested Peklo Feb. 16 and the warrants were served by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. On Feb. 6, the employer at Adrenaline Dance Studio in the 8400 block of Tyco Road in Tysons contacted police to report an alleged sexual offense that had occurred between a student and one of the company’s instructors. Preliminary investigation determined Peklo had been communicating inappropriately with a 13-year-old and two 14year-old teenage girls between December 2015 and November 2016, police said. He also allegedly had a sexual relationship with one of the girls while she was 14, police said.
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$100 bill. Vienna police continue to investigate this case. AFTER FIGHT WITH FATHER, VIENNA WOMAN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT: Vienna police officers on Feb.
10 at 12:45 a.m. responded to a domestic assault in progress on Jade Court, N.W. A man told police his daughter had come home from the hospital after being treated for intoxication earlier in the night and was talking loudly to a friend on the phone. When he confronted her about the noise, she allegedly assaulted him, injuring his face and chest, police said. Police arrested the 23-year-old woman and transported her to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged her with domestic assault. MAN BANNED FROM VIENNA CREDIT UNION AFTER TRYING TO SEE WIFE:
Security officials at Navy Federal Credit Union, 820 Follin Lane, S.E., asked Vienna police on Feb. 10 at 2:42 p.m. for assistance in banning a man from the business. The man had been attempting to see his wife, who works there, but she did not wish to speak to him, authorities said. Police advised the man he was not permitted at the building and he left without further incident. WOMAN ALLEGES SON ASSAULTED AT VIENNA SPA: A woman told Vienna po-
lice on Feb. 11 at 4:30 p.m. that her juvenile son had been receiving a facial treatment at Sugaring House Spas, 103 Beulah Road, N.E., Unit 201, when an employee allegedly assaulted him. Vienna police continue to investigate this case. ARGUMENT ENSUES AFTER CELL PHONE IS MISTAKENLY TRASHED: A
customer and employees had a verbal disagreement at Bey Lounge, 303 Mill St., N.E., on Feb. 12 at 1:45 a.m. when the customer found her cell phone, which she had left on a table, had been thrown in the trash, Vienna police said. The employees believed they accidentally had thrown out the phone as they were clearing the table. The customer was upset with the employees’ response to the incident, police said. MOBILE MEAT VENDORS CITED FOR LACK OF PERMITS: A Vienna police of-
ficer on Feb. 16 at 4:13 p.m. located two men selling meat from a van in the 600 block of Echols Street, S.E. Police previously had warned the men about the town solicitor’s ordinance and the requirement that they obtain a town license to sell their product. Police cited the vendors, a 42-year-old Fredericksburg man and 24-year-old Orange man, for soliciting without a town license and released them on their signatures.
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Vienna/Oakton Notes DEADLINE NEARS FOR PROSPECTIVE TOWN-COUNCIL CANDIDATES: March
7 at 5 p.m. is the deadline for candidates for the Vienna Town Council to qualify for the May 2 ballot. Paperwork must be filed with the Fairfax County Office of Elections. Three Town Council seats will be on the ballot in November. Candidates must be residents of the town, have lived in Virginia for at least one year and must be qualified to vote. Council members serve two-year terms. April 10 is the last day for qualified town residents to register to vote for the election. For information, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections. HUNTER MILL COMMUNITY SUMMIT ON HORIZON: The 2017 Hunter Mill
District Community Summit will be held on Saturday, March 4 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Frying Pan Park. Supervisor Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill) will host the summit, with presentations by Board Chairman Sharon Bulova (D), Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco, Fairfax County Executive Ed Long and representatives from Fairfax County Public Schools. The keynote speaker will be Sookyung Oh, D.C Area Director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium. Oh’s advocacy and coalitionbuilding work supports health reform,
early childhood education and welfare, immigration reform, and policies related to taxes, budget, pension system, health care and immigrant communities. Later on the agenda, the community will asked to Build-A-Budget, based on budget information and speaker presentation. During the exercise, residents will identify funding priorities and allocations to address need of Fairfax County by electronic “vote,” the results of which will be instantly shared. In addition, Department of Tax Administration staff will be available to provide one-on-one consultation to senior and disabled residents on tax-relief opportunities. For information or to R.S.V.P., call (703) 478-0283 or e-mail rsvphuntermill@ fairfaxcounty.gov. CHURCH TO ISSUE ANNUAL LENTEN DEVOTIONALS: The Church of the Good
Shepherd in Vienna is publishing its 18th annual “Devotions for Lent” booklet, available at the church’s Web site at www. goodshepherdva.com. In addition, Pastor Eric Song will be available on Ash Wednesday (March 1) from 6:30 to 8 a.m. in the parking lot of the church for the annual “Drive-Thru Ashes” event. The church is located at 2351 Hunter Mill Road.
CHURCH TO HOST CONTEMPLATIVEWORSHIP CEREMONY: Church of the
Holy Comforter will host a Taizé contemplative-worship ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. at the church, 543 Beulah Road, N.E., in Vienna. The service combines song and scripture with lush greenery, incense, candles, icons and silent meditation. The community is invited. For information, call (703) 938-6521 or see the Web site at www.holycomforter.com. FORMER PASTOR RETURNS FOR SERMON: Rev. Jay Hanke, who served as pas-
tor at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Vienna from 1989-98, will be the guest preacher at the church on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 10:15 a.m. The event is part of the church’s yearlong celebration of its 50th anniversary. The church is located at 2351 Hunter Mill Road. For information, see the Web site at www.goodshepherdva.com.
CHURCH TO HOST SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER: Oakton United
Methodist Church will host a free pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday (Feb. 28) from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church. The community is invited. For information, call (703) 938-1234 or see the Web site at www.oaktonumc.org. SUPPORT
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GARDEN CLUB TO DISCUSS GROWING ROSES IN LOCAL AREA: The Ayr Hill
Garden Club will present “The Joys and Pitfalls of Growing Roses in Washington” on Monday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Roard in Vienna. Featured speaker Pam Powers is a consulting rosarian and president of the Arlington Rose Foundation. She will draw on 25 years of experience as an awardwinning exhibitor. The community is invited. A reception will precede the event at 12:45 p.m.
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Schools & Military Joshua Fu, Ethan Zhou, Pravalika Putalapattu, and Austin Feng of BASIS Independent School McLean found success in regional Mathcounts competition. (Photo by Bernardine Connelly)
n Briannah Steele, the daughter of James and Esther Steele of McLean, earned a bachelor of music degree in music and business during recent commencement exercises at Grove City College. n Melissa Thiringer of Vienna has been named to the provost’s list for the fall semester at Hofstra University.
Madeline Wishard, the daughter of Kevin and Anna Wishard of Oakton and a 2016 graduate of Dominion Christian School; John Perry, the son of James and Deborah Perry of Vienna and a 2015 graduate of Trinity School at Meadow View; and Jordyn Pistilli, the daughter of Vincent and Judith Pistilli of Vienna and a 2016 graduate of James Madison High School have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grove City College. n
n Deborah Jensen of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at University of the Sciences.
Hailey Guinn of McLean and Peter Najera of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Marist College. n
n Autumn Brenner, a 2016 graduate of McLean High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the
College of William and Mary. n Jack Brinkley of McLean, a 2015 graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Michigan State University. n For the first time in more than 30 years, the 34th annual Northern Virginia Regional Mathcounts Competition awarded first place to a new math champion: BASIS Independent McLean. BASIS’s middle-school math team placed first among schools in the Northern Virginia chapter tournament, with Longfellow Middle School coming in second among 17 schools in competition that took place at George Mason University. “We’re so proud of our students; they made Mathcounts their competition, their project, their win,” said Sean Aiken,
head of school of BASIS Independent McLean. “Our school is designed to help kids take ownership of their own successes and failures, as each lends itself to great learning opportunities; we’re honored to have our students represent BASIS Independent McLean and very impressed that as a new school, they won by working together as a team,” said Aiken. The top team and top students from each chapter will compete at the Virginia State Mathcounts competition on March 18 in Richmond. n Hundreds of students and parents attended The Langley School’s second annual STEAM Fair on Feb. 4, celebrating the school’s interdisciplinary, inquirybased approach to learning and discovery through science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Attendees tested their problem-solving skills at eight hands-on STEAM challenge
stations, including building a cotton-ball catapult, designing a circuit that lit up an LED bulb, creating works of art inspired by the Fibonnacci sequence, designing an art robot that drew as it moved, and building a tower out of spaghetti that suspended a marshmallow above the ground. Students and parents also explored the night sky in the walk-in planetarium, browsed STEAM-themed reading materials in the book nook, tried their hand at building LEGO creations, and watched demonstrations of technology such as the school’s 3-D printer. In addition, Langley’s sixth- and seventh-graders presented their unique science projects The fair “provided a wonderful opportunity to showcase STEAM-based activities and encourage students of all ages to use problem-solving, design-thinking and collaboration skills to create and innovate,” said Mollie Morneau, a Langley faculty member and chair of the STEAM Fair. “Our students will need these skills in order to succeed in today’s world, so we continue to emphasize the value of STEAM throughout our curriculum,” she said. n The Griffin Bigfoot Patrol of Boy Scout Troop 1130 in McLean placed sixth and earned an “honorable mention” in the
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Students at the Langley School got an up-close look at technology and affiliated educational opportunities at the school’s Feb. 4 STEAM Fair.
Continued from Page 24 13th annual Chain Bridge District Klondike Derby, which took place Feb. 4. Held since 1949, Klondike Derby events allow Scouts to test their craft skills and leadership abilities while racing through a series of several stations in an outdoor environment. A record 175 Boys Scouts made up the 24 teams that participated in the annual event. Troop 1130 is sponsored by Charles Wesley United Methodist Church. For
information, contact Scoutmaster David Meyers at davemeyers@cox.next. n The Medical Education Campus of Northern Virginia Community College recently hosted the 2017 “Give Kids a Smile” event, which provides free dental services to at-risk preschoolers in collaboration with the Northern Virginia Dental Society. Among those aiding in the effort were 120 dentists, hygienists and dental assistants, plus 29 second-year dental-hygiene students and 12 dental-assisting students
Members of Boy Scout Troop 1130 in McLean participated in the 13th annual Chain Bridge District Klondike Derby, held Feb. 4.
from NVCC. Gov. McAuliffe attended the event to lend his support. The effort “truly helps to set the foundation for young children to have a healthy lifelong dental experience,” said Dr. Ashkan Ghaffari, chairman of the initiative. “One of our main goals is to help instill a positive mindset and motivate each child to learn the proper way to maintain healthy teeth,” Dr. Ghaffari said. Parent Shaneva Bishop of Arlington said she was surprised to see her 5-yearold daughter eager to see a dentist.
“Normally when my daughter has a doctor’s appointment, she is nervous and cries, but I was completely shocked at how happy she was to attend the event,” Bishop said. “I am definitely pleased to see my daughter with a smile on her face.” In addition to receiving free dental care, children left with goodie bags that will help them maintain a healthy smile. Nationally, about 450,000 children across the county benefit from more than 1,500 Give Kids a Smile events, supported by the efforts of 40,000 volunteers led by the American Dental Association.
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Transportation Notes DULLES SEES BEST ON-TIME PERFORMANCE IN 2016: Travelers using the
region’s three main airports in 2016 were most likely to find their flight leaving on time at Washington Dulles International, which saw a major bump up in national rankings. With 83.6 percent of its flights leaving on time during the year, Dulles ranked sixth best among the nation’s 29 largest airports, according to figures reported by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A year before, Dulles ranked 17th out of 29, with 78.6 percent of its flights departing on time (defined as leaving within 15 minutes of scheduled departure). Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport saw its on-time performance improve slightly – from 82.2 percent in 2015 to 82.6 percent in 2016 – but fell from seventh to 12th in the overall ranking. Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport saw a major improvement – from 74.7 percent to 80.6 percent – and moved up from 25th to 16th. Among the largest airports, Salt Lake City and Portland (Ore.) retained their 1-2 ranking in 2016, with flights leaving on time 87.5 percent and 86.1 percent, respectively. Flipping places from 2015 were the airports in Seattle, rising from fourth to third, and Minneapolis, dropping from third to fourth. Detroit’s Wayne County
International Airport ranked fifth in both 2015 and 2016. At the bottom of the 2016 ranking was Newark’s Liberty International, where 75.6 percent of flights departed on time. Also in the bottom five: Los Angeles International, Chicago O’Hare, New York La Guardia and Miami International. (In 2015, the worst performers were the two Chicago airports, O’Hare and Midway, followed by Newark and La Guardia.) In terms of on-time arrivals, the airports in Salt Lake City, Atlanta and Detroit topped the list, with Dulles sixth, BWI 11th and Reagan National 21st. Lowest on the ranking were La Guardia and San Francisco. (Full data can be found on the Web site at www.rita.dot.gov.) Air travelers saw general improvement in a number of performance categories last year, according to figures reported by federal officials on Feb. 14: • For 2016, air carriers reported an ontime-arrival rate of 81.4 percent, up from 79.9 percent in 2015. Best performance was turned in by Hawaiian Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines; the worst by Frontier Airlines, Virgin America and Skywest Airlines. • Carriers reported canceling 1.17 percent of scheduled domestic flights during 2016, down from 1.5 percent in 2015 and the lowest rate in 22 years.
• The rate of passengers “bumped” from oversold flights was 0.62 per 10,000, an improvement from 0.73 per 10,000 a year before and the lowest rate since 1995. • Carriers posted a mishandled-baggage rate of 2.7 per 1,000 passengers in 2016, down from 3.13 in 2015 and the lowest since data began being compiled in 1987. DMV POSTING WAIT TIMES ONLINE:
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has unveiled a new online tool aimed at giving customers updated information on wait times at local service centers. The information – available at www. dmvnow.com – shows how many customers currently are waiting at each office, along with the longest wait times currently experienced by any customer. The information is broken down by type of transaction, and is available for each of the DMV’s 75 service centers. “We want customers to be able to make an informed decision on the best time and the best location,” DMV Commissioner Richard Holcomb said. “Our previous system for estimating wait times averaged all service types together, which sometimes didn’t fully meet our customers’ expectations. Our new system is much more detailed.” The online system also explains to the driving public which transactions they may be able to complete online. These include most vehicle-registration renewals, address changes, license-plate orders, plus
driver’s-license renewals when a new photo and vision screening aren’t required. Holcomb said online options should be considered, but the agency is ready to help those who need to come into its offices. “We work hard to serve folks as quickly as possible, because we know our customers’ time is valuable,” he said. “However, sometimes, in our busiest offices, wait times are higher than we’d like due to limited resources.” POLL: LOCAL RESIDENTS PLEASED WITH PROGRESS OF TRANSPORTATION UPGRADES: Results of a new poll
suggest two in three Northern Virginia residents believe the region is on the right track when it comes to transportation improvements, a major increase from a similar survey conducted about 18 months ago. Sixty-eight percent of respondents said the region is doing a “good job” with the quality and maintenance of transportation infrastructure, up from 43 percent in October 2015, according to data released by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. The poll was commissioned by the authority and conducted by Heart + Mind Strategies of Reston. Martin Nohe, who chairs the regional authority, said Northern Virginia residents “seem to be responding to the seismic changes coming to our transportation network.” – Staff Reports
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More on the Web n State swim and dive action. n Basketball playoff results.
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Langley, Madison Win Titles
Teeing Off
Comments Toward Refs Loud, Rude, Unchanged
Such rude behavior, and how silly they all sound and look.
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Warhawks Upset Top-Seed Hawks DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
There was a repeat champion and an upset winner in this season’s girls and boys Liberty Conference basketball tournaments. The top-seed Langley Saxons (20-4) won the girls high school crown Feb. 17 South Lakes BASKETBALL atHigh School by defeating the No. 6 seed Madison Warhawks, 39-27, in the championship game to finish 3-0 in the tourney and capture the title for the second year in a row. Later that night at the same venue, the No. 3 seed Madison Warhawks (196) won the boys prize by knocking off the top seed Hayfield Hawks (20-5) by a 66-61 score in the final, leading start to finish, and also was 3-0 in the competition. Led by tournament Most Valuable Player Johnny Corish, Madison was a scalding shooting team throughout the contest (61 percent), made seven threeContinued on Page 29
Top: The Madison High School boys basketball team gathers with the boys LIberty Conference Tournament championship trophy and banner after winning the title as the No. 3 seed Feb. 16 at South Lakes High School. Above: The top-seed Langley High girls squad does the same after defending their crown earlier the same night at South Lakes. PHOTOS BY DAVE FACINOLI
Highlanders Cap Season with a State Crown DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
The McLean Highlanders capped their perfect postseason by earning a crown GYMNASTICS triple of high school sports with a victory in the girls 6A state gymnastics meet, winning with a 146.575 total score Feb. 17 at Patriot High School. McLean won 6A North Region and Liberty Conference meets prior to the state in the previous two weeks. The state crown was the Highlanders’ second in three years. The Highlanders were led by juniors Samantha Simon and Carolyn BrownKaiser. They had McLean’s highest scores on the four events during the 28
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team competition. McLean scored a 37.475 on the floor exercise, a 36.55 on the balance beam, a 36.375 on the vault and a 35.175 on the uneven bars. During the team competition, Simon had the best score on the balance beam (9.85), floor (9.7) and bars (9.525). She scored 9.35 on the vault. Brown-Kaiser scored 9.55 on the vault, 9.425 on the floor and beam and 8.625 on the bars. Other gymnasts scoring in the state team events for McLean in various routines were Tara Stewart, Anna Brower, Frances Osugi. Sara Vavonese and Hanna Farson. On the floor, Vavonese had a 9.225, Stewart at 9.25 and Osugi a 9.0. On the floor, Osugi had a 9.225, Brower a 9.25
and Stewart a 9.2. In the individual competition held the next day at the same place, Simon was second in the all-around with a 37.975 total score. She tied for first on the floor at 9.6, was third on the beam (9.575) and was fifth on the bars (9.275). She scored a 9.525 on the vault and tied for 10th. Brown-Kaiser scored a 9.275 on the floor and an 8.975 on the bars for two of her best scores. Brower recorded a 9.2 on the vault. Vavonese had a 9.1 on the floor and Stewart scored an 8.925. NOTE: McLean finished second in the state in 2014, the Highlanders won the championship in 2015, did not qualify for state last winter, then won again this year.
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Every so often it’s fun to listen and observe what some of the mostly adult high school basketball spectators scream and yell in anger to referees during games, sometimes standing, gesturing and becoming red-faced. What makes them such experts, and have any ever refereed a basketball game? Would these same screamers speak to anyone else like that away from the gym? Hopefully and probably not. Student fans aren’t nearly as rude or angered in their referee reactions – they tend to be much more clever and creative and often quite funny. For some reason, the comments are louder and much more harsh at girls games – mostly from dads trying to impress with their knowledge, but a few of the moms can get quite vocal as well. Following are some vocabulary samples of those adults’ favorite referee-bashing words and phrases. They haven’t changed much over the years, with one of the most popular being: “That’s horrible.” Sometimes they do say please: n Lousy call or come on. n That’s brutal. n Open your eyes. n That’s garbage or that’s terrible. n Why don’t you just keep giving them the game. n Call it both ways, please. n What! n You can’t see it from there. n That’s not your call. n Three blind mice. The list could go on. Referees’ counter-reactions are mostly stoic and unresponsive. Occasionally, one will have a spectator silenced or removed, or might have fun by putting a hand to their ear indicating they can’t hear, kind of like what President Reagan often did. If only those rude adults realized how silly they sound and look.
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Young Warhawks Capture Initial State Championship McLean Junior Sets Two Meet Records, While Oakton Senior Earns One DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
No race winners? No matter. That successful formula was parlayed into SWIM & DIVE astraightsecond significant girls swimming and diving championship for the Madison Warhawks. Despite not winning a single event, the team won the Virginia High School League’s 6A state championship, wrapping up the title at the Feb. 17 swimming finals at George Mason University. The Warhawks had 230 points, with Robinson a distant second with 164. Two weeks earlier, the Madison girls also didn’t win an event en route to capturing the 6A North Region crown. Each title was the first for the Madison girls. “That’s how we do things,” Madison coach Andrew Foos said in regarding to Madison having no event winners at state. “The girls were very determined and confident, and I was a nervous wreck. The meet went pretty much as we planned.” At the state meet, Madison was led by the second place 400 freestyle and medley relays and a third by the 200 free. Junior Madeline LaPorte was second for Madison in the 200 free and third in the 100 butterfly, freshman Anna Keating was second in the 100 breaststroke
The Madison High School girls swim and dive team won their first state championship and gather after the Feb. 16 swimming finals at George Mason University. PHOTOS BY BILL KAMENJAR
McLean High’s Sinead Eksteen was a double winner and double record setter.
and third in the individual medley, junior Rachael Holp was fourth in the IM and 11th in the 100 backstroke, freshman Elizabeth Kuhlkin took sixth in the 50 and 100 free, and freshman Anna Sullivan was 13th in the 500 free. LaPorte, Kuhlkin, Holp, Keating, Anna Miller and Julia Downing made up the three relays. In girls diving, Madison’s Madison Grosz was sixth. For other local girls, McLean High School junior Sinead Eksteen was a star of the girls meet with meet-record-setting victories in the 100 (49.85) and 200 (1:46.53) freestyle races. Langley High’s Isabella Rongione won the 500 free (4:46.19) and was third in another race, Joanne Fu won the fly (54.93) and had a fifth, and Michelle
we have hard-working kids.” Oakton High’s Tom Hallock was a double winner in the 50 free (20.28) and the 100 free in meet-record time of 44.24, and he anchored Oakton’s winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Oakton’s Daniel Gyenis was third in the 200 and 500 free races. The Oakton boys finishedthird. The Langley boys were fourth in the state meet and were led by Casey Storch’s victory in the IM (1:48.8) and fourth in the breast and Devin Truong’s sixth in the IM. For the McLean boys, Dorje Wu was second in the breast and fourth in the IM. He helped the McLean boys finishes sixth in the state.
Owens had a second in the 500 free and another fifth. The Oakton girls were fourth and the Langley girls fifth. The Madison boys finished second despite, like the girls team, not winning an event. Jack Galbraith led the way with a third in the back, Patrick Kuhlkin had a sixth and Abraham Zimmerman two sixths. In diving Greg Duncan was third and his brother Sam seventh to score points for their team. “The boys finishing second was just as satisfying of a story as the girls winning, because at the start of the season, if a vote had been taken among coaches, our boys probably would have had zero votes for finishing in the top five at states. We don’t have any big stars, but
McLean’s Wrestling Brothers Add Another Virginia Crown DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
For the third year in a row, a Grammes brother from McLean High School is a 6A state wrestling champion. This year, Brendan Grammes won the title at 152 pounds on Feb. 18 with a 2-0 victory in the championship match of the Virginia High School League Tournament in Virginia Beach. He also
Basketball Continued from Page 28 pointers, jumped to a quick 7-0 lead and led throughout. Corish had a game-high 27 points (9 of 12 from the floor) and made three three-pointers to go with five assists. Riley Jorgenson made two threes and Daniel Gerke and Nick Conforti each scored eight points, mainly on various drives and layups. “We came out hot and we made big plays in a big game,” Corish said. “We really wanted this one. We knew we had to come out with a lot of energy.” Gerke said the team was energized by a large and active student section.
was a state crown last season at 138, along with his older and now graduated brother, Conor, WRESTLING who won his first Virginia crown in 2015. In this year’s state tourney, Grammes was 3-0 including a first-round pin and a 6-3 semifinal win. In the final against Ronald Miller of Battlefield, Grammes made a first-period takedown hold up for a 2-0 victory
and his second state crown. Grammes finished the season with a 53-2 overall record, and he had the most career victories in school history with a record of 186-16. McLean senior Gavin Legg (24-3) finished second in the state at 170, when he lost by injury default in the third period when trailing 8-4 against Barry Carpenter of Ocean Lakes. Legg also finished second in the state the past two
seasons. This winter, he was 2-1 in the state, with an 11-1 first-round victory and a 7-2 semifinal round. Legg never led in the championship match, but the match was close throughout, tied at 2 and 4. Langley High’s Niko Woltman finished fourth at 182 pounds and Oakton High’s Cal Kopstein placed sixth at 152.
“That was our best crowd of the season, so it’s easy to be fueled off of that,” Gerke said. “We got off to a great start with different guys knocking down shots. We spread the ball around and were unselfish.” Hayfield pulled within 35-31 at halftime, then Madison began the second half with a 4-0 start. The Warhawks answered any time Hayfield drew close. “They played so hard and shot great,” Madison coach Kevin Roller said of his team. “Our players like shooting in this gym for some reason, and our defense created a lot of offense.” Johnny Hecht had five points for Madison, Roller credited Sam Kidd for playing strong defense, John Finney had three assists, and Nick Hugie and Aaron Darab made three-pointers.
Gerke and Jorgenson made the alltournament team. In the girls final, Langley led 7-6 after the first quarter, then built a cushion by outscoring Madison 7-0 in the second period and 15-11 in the third, thanks to strong inside scoring to lead 29-17 entering the final quarter. Tournament MVP Jordyn Callaghan led Langley with 12 points and three assists and all-tourney selection Elizabeth Bucy had eight points and 11 rebounds. Also, Ellie Buckley added eight points and four boards, Rachel Dunie had four points and two assists, Olivia Augustini had two points and played strong matchup defense, and Emily Shively and Sarah Van Houten scored off the bench. Langley had just three turnovers in
the second half and held Madison to 26 percent shooting from the floor for the game. Ashley Sullender led Madison with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Sarah Conforti had five rebounds, four steals, four points and two blocks. “The point of emphasis was to play strong defense and get stops, and get inside the lane on offense,” Langley coach Amanda Baker said. “Winning this a second time was hard, but we had a focus all season, plus we have a balanced attack and we are versatile.” Said Callaghan: “We were ready for this game and we knew we needed to control the tempo and played strong defense on their shooters.” See more stories on this Web site about Langley and the Madison team’s other tournament games and wins.
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Longtime Langley High Football Coach Steps Down DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
Saying the time is right, John Howerton has stepped down as Langley High head footFOOTBALL School’s ball coach, a position he has held for 14 years. His replacement has not been hired. Howerton will remain at Langley for another year in his teaching position, then retire from Fairfax County Public Schools. “It’s been a great time here, but I’m ready to go,” Howerton said about coaching. “There have been good people to
work with at Langley. I liked the situation and that’s why I stayed as long.” Howerton was the head coach for three seasons at West Potomac High, winning a region title in 2000, before taking the job at Langley. He has a combined 91 career victories at those two schools with multiple playoff appearances. Including being an assistant coach, the former Shepherd University player has been coaching highschool football for 32 years. During his tenure at Langley, so far Howerton has sent 23 linemen to play, at least initially, at the Division I college level. One was his son, Jack. He played Division I ball at Stetson University for
three seasons, then his final year this past fall at Division III Bridgewater, where he was a second-team Old Dominion Athletic Conference selection and led the team’s offensive linemen in knockdowns. Howerton’s younger son, Tyler, will be a 2017 Langley graduate and has received multiple offers to play college football as a lineman, but has not yet made his final decision as to which school. “To coach and work with your sons and see them improve as football players and people is a highlight,” Howerton said. Longtime Yorktown High School football coach Bruce Hanson praised Hower-
ton. The teams played one another often in recent seasons. “No one has been as good of a line coach in the area for the last 30 years,” Hanson said. “Langley always played a brutal schedule, and his lines were well drilled and that always showed. Langley developed linemen very well on John.” Howerton, along with Hanson, was one of the longest-tenured head football coaches in Northern Virginia. Howerton said he hasn’t ruled out coaching again, maybe as an assistant as a line coach, offensive coordinator, or a head coach, if the situation and timing were right and came about.
eraging close to 20 points per game and she has made more than 45 three-pointers.
stated. “They both have been strong leaders on and off the field at Flint Hill.” n Tommy Hansan, a senior at the Potomac School, has committed to play Division I soccer for Cornell University. Hansan played for Potomac’s varsity team during his freshman and sophomore seasons before deciding to focus his efforts on playing for Bethesda Academy, a local club team. As a freshman and sophomore, Hansan received all-conference honors. As a sophomore, he was named to the all-state second team. Cornell coach John Smith and his coaching staff played a significant role in Hansan’s decision to attend the university. Smith was new to Cornell last season and “is one of the most respected coaches in Division I,” Hansan said. “Coach Smith has a great vision for the team. He doesn’t just want to win the Ivy championship, he wants to win the national championship. It’s an ambitious and exciting goal.” Hansan plans to major in economics.
High School Roundup MARSHALL GYMNASTS SECOND: The host Marshall Statesmen won the girls Capitol Conference gymnastic championships with a 133.65 team score. Leading Marshall was Kiran Sullivan, who finished third in the all-around with a 35.475 score, Jenny Soto at 33.375 and Lindsey Price in sixth at 32.6. Also for Marshall, Jemalyn Dacanay had 30.625 and Grace Cusack 30.5. Sullivan won the floor exercise (9.25), was second on the balance beam (8.875) and uneven bars (8.675) and third on the vault (8.675). Soto was third in the floor (8.775). CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD: The Langley Saxons were second in the recent girls Liberty Conference Track and Field Championships. Samantha Brascia led Langley by winning the long jump (16-101/4) and triple jump (35-01/4). Kelsie Hao won the pole vault (10-9), Kayla Deehan was first in the shot put (39-33/4) and the girls 4x200 relay won in 1:51.47. For the McLean High girls, JaneAnne Tvedt won the high jump (5-feet). In the boys meet, Madison High’s Sean Grimm won the 1,600 (4:32.77) and 3,200-meter runs (9:47.77) and his teammate Patrick Murphy was second in both races. McLean’s Jack Hecker won the high jump (6 feet). Langley’s Cameron Edginton won the 55 hurdles (8.19), Daniel White was first in the long jump (20-81/2), and the 4x200 relay won (1:34.81). n At the Concorde Conference girls meet, Oakton’s Jordan Fitzgerald won the 55 dash and was second in the 300, and Mandy Odom won the 3,200 (12:00.7). n At the Capitol Conference girls meet, Marshall High School’s Michelle Dirkse won the 55 hurdles (9.13), Delaney Stuart won the shot put (29.7) and Inga Schlier was second in the 55 hurdles and high jump. The girls 4x800 relay won in 9:28.78. MARSHALL SWIM & DIVE TEAMS SECOND: The Marshall Statesmen swim and
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Flint Hill School’s Gage Herdman, left, and Matt Stottlemyer sign letters of intent to play college football with head coach Tom VerbanPHOTO FROM FLINT HILL ic looking on.
Conference championships at Wakefield High School. Jefferson won both, the boys with 526 points and the girls with 497. The Marshall boys had 422 points and the girls 397. The Marshall boys had three winners – Aaron Tingley in the 100 backstroke (55.35 seconds), John Hurley in the 50 freestyle (22.5) and diver Matthew Warren with a 301.25 point total. Hurley was third in the 100 free. Also for the Marshall boys, Jeffrey Vahiny was second in the fly and third in the IM, Michael Falzone second in the breast and fourth in the IM, Michael Hahn fifth in the IM, Spencer Brayman fifth in the 200 free and sixth in the 500 free, and diver Liam Colwell was fourth. The medley relay was second, the 200 free third and the 400 free fourth. For the Marshall girls, Emily Swanekamp was second in the back and fifth in the 100 free, Nicole Schmidt was third in the 200 free, Jana Barazia fourth in the 50 free, the 200 free relay was third and the 400 free relay fourth. POTOMAC SCHOOL JUNIOR SCORES 1,000TH POINT: With a recent 26-point
performance, Potomac School junior guard Courtlynne Caskin surpassed the 1,000-career point mark at the McLean private school in the Panthers’ 66-51 girls basketball victory over St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes. Caskin entered this week’s action av-
School senior lineman Pierce Banbury recently signed his national letter of intent to play college football at the Naval Academy. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound Banbury was a four-year starter for Oakton and a two-way lineman this past season when he missed a few games with a leg injury. Banbury has been an all-conference player for Oakton. He also is a member of Oakton’s wrestling team, where he recently finished second in the Concorde Conference Tournament in the heavyweight division, with a one-point loss in the final. Banbury had a first-round by then won by pin in the semifinals. n Langley High School football player Lachlan Pitts signed a national letter of intent on Feb. 1 to play the sport at the College of William and Mary. Pitts was a two-way starter for Langley at linebacker on defense and as a tight end on offense during the 2016 season. n Five Langley High School soccer players signed national letters of intent Feb. 1 to play the sport in college. They were Shayan Harandi (Longwood University), Grant Hughes (George Mason University), Daniel Hulett (Christopher Newport Univeresity), Sam Golan (College of William and Mary) and Logan Cushing (Lycoming College). n Flint Hill School senior football players Gage Herdman and Matt Stottlemyer have signed national letters of intent to continue their football careers playing at the College of William and Mary. Herdman and Stottlemyer were allstate and all-conference private-school performers for Flint Hill this past season, and led their team to a Division I state semifinal playoff berth. “Both Matt and Gage will bring strong values of hard work and commitment to the William and Mary program,” Flint Hill coach Tom Verbanic
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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. February 26, 1958: n The Fairfax County Federation of PTAs is critical of a proposal to put all first-graders on half-day sessions. n Sen. Byrd has rescinded his plan to retire, and says he will run for a fifth term. n The House of Delegates has voted 75-5 to allow teachers to spank students. Fairfax currently permits spanking, while several neighboring jurisdictions do not. n First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and 29 of her best friends have descended on Arizona for a spa week. February 22, 1963: n Superintendent Earl Funderburk told a panel of the American Association of School Administrators he believes no one should be allowed to teach U.S. teenagers unless “he or she believes in a Supreme Being or Creator.” n A new regional teletype system is linking police departments across Northern Virginia. February 22, 1968: n The State Board of Pharmacy has declared LSD to be a hallucenogenic and dangerous drug, making possession in Virginia a felony. February 26, 1973: n Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, has introduced legislation to provide federal funds connecting the future Metro system to Dulles Airport. n George Mason University officials over the weekend broke ground for a new library and a classroom building. n Vienna Town Council member Neil Walp said he plans to seek re-election. n About 30 percent of Virginia taxpayers already have filed their federal income tax returns. n In boys basketball action, Marshall nipped Herndon, 55-54. On the distaff side, Langley’s girls sit atop the Great Falls District with a 12-2 record. Madison is 11-3, McLean is 8-6 and Marshall is 59. February 22, 1988: n A state Senate panel has endorsed continuing the policy requiring local school systems to open after Labor Day. n Major crime across Virginia was up 4.7 percent in 1987 from a year before.
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4. Capital increases 5. Provoke 6. Ethiopian currency 7. *Will Smith’s 2002 nominated role 8. Lake scum 9. Japanese wrestling 10. Capital on the Dnieper 11. High school breakout 12. “Ideas worth spreading”
Fairfax Notes AVERAGE HOME ASSESSMENTS RISE SLIGHTLY: An average Fairfax County
single-family home saw its assessment rise 1.1 percent to $639,468 this year, according to figures reported by the county government, while townhouses and duplexes saw average assessments rise 1.4 percent to $398,166 and condominiums posted an average decline of 0.3 percent to $260,617. The Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration began mailing out updated assessments to more than 350,000 property owners in mid-February. Including all residential property, the average assessment was up 0.7 percent to $533,168. Those figures seem in line with trends in the local real-estate market; according to data from RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service, sales were up but prices were flat through much of 2016 in Fairfax County and the rest of Northern Virginia. About 45 percent of residential property countywide saw an increase in assessed value, with the remainder either showing no change or declining. How the assessment will impact homeowners’ 2017 tax bills won’t be known until the Board of Supervisors adopts a tax rate later in
the spring. The 2016 base tax rate was $1.1585 per $100 assessed valuation, although residents in some areas pay more. Of 17 different geographic areas of the county, average assessments were up in 13 and down in four. The biggest decline came in the most pricey geographic area – Great Falls – where the average assessment dropped 2.8 percent to $1,032,006. In other areas covered by the Sun Gazette, assessments were $906,659 in McLean (down 0.5 percent); $704,264 in Vienna (up 0.3 percent); and $687,932 in Oakton (down 0.6 percent). Real-estate taxes are due in equal installments on July 28 and Dec. 5, although many are paid via escrow accounts established by mortgage companies. CATHOLIC DIOCESE SALUTES WORLD MARRIAGE DAY: The Roman Catholic
Diocese of Arlington on Feb. 12 celebrated “World Marriage Day” at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington. More than 65 couples participated in the program, which included a special Mass, blessing of rings and homily by Father Thomas Ferguson, vicar general of the diocese. The Diocese of Arlington is home
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online talk 15. *Portman’s role 20. MCAT and LSAT 22. Research location 24. Infantryman’s knife 25. *Animated nominee 26. Perpendicular to the keel 27. She turned to stone, Greek mythology 29. *“____ ____ Land” 31. Lyric poems 32. Flower part 33. Candidate’s concern? 34. *Ben’s younger brother and best actor nominee 36. Nose-in-the-air type 38. Tiny piece of anything 42. Site of 2010 cholera outbreak 45. ____ fir 49. To witness 51. Sadness about past 54. Like foolish or romantic movie 56. Gourd musical instrument 57. Genealogical plant 58. *Academy Award winning composer Zimmer 59. What exhaust pipes do 60. Worry 61. *Oscar nominee and 2017 Golden Globe winner 62. Comfort 63. Iditarod ride 64. Banned insecticide 66. 1/100 of a hectare
to more than 600,000 Catholics spread across 21 counties and cities in Northern and central Virginia. VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR STATEWIDE ‘BIRD ATLAS’: The Virginia De-
partment of Game and Inland Fisheries and Virginia Tech are seeking volunteers to support development of the second “Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas,” a five-year effort to determine where breeding birds can be found in the Old Dominion. “We’re definitely due for a new one,” said Ashley Peele, a research associate with Virginia Tech’s Conservation Management Institute, who noted that the previous atlas of this type was compiled in the 1980s. Peele and her team use a system dividing Virginia into 4,400 atlas blocks, each about 9 square miles. So far, about 450 volunteers have participated in the information-gathering effort, with a total of 210 bird species identified so far – more than the 191 identified in the first atlas. For information on volunteering, see the Web site at www.vabba2.org. – Items are compiled from staff report February 23, 2017 35
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