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Local Report Is Mostly Positive on Homelessness Officials: Efforts on Housing Having the Intended Impact BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Homelessness in the Fairfax County-Falls Church area has decreased by 42 percent since 2008, with about 776 fewer people now homeless, county officials announced March 16.

“We’re on to something that really works,” said Tom Barnett, program manager at the Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness. “It’s very exciting.”

Officials released results from their annual “Point-inTime Count,” conducted Jan. 28, which found there were 1,059 homeless people living in the Fairfax-Falls Church area, including 482 single adults and 577 families with children.

By contrast, in 2008 there were a total of 1,835 homeless people in the local area, consisting of 744 single adults and 1,091 people in families with children.

This year’s homeless count was down 145 people from 2015’s total. There were 66 fewer single adults with serious mental illnesses or substance-abuse problems; 57 fewer chronically homeless single adults; seven fewer families whose members were homeless because of domestic violence; and 34 fewer families with children.

Not all the news was good, however. Officials in January found 139 single homeless adults over age 55, an uptick of 16 over 2015’s count.

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Vienna Gets a Surprise Visitor Chaz Farquhar works to get ahead of the competition at the annual Old-Fashioned Easter Egg Roll, held March 19 at the historic Freeman House and sponsored by the Vienna town government and Historic Vienna Inc. Rains held off long enough so the participants got a good shot at finding eggs hidden in the tall grass. After the hunt, children PHOTO BY DEB KOLT decorated hard-boiled eggs. See more photos on Page 8.

A black bear and her cub were spotted on March 20 near Vienna, probably out searching for food.

See coverage, plus tips for staying safe, on Page 9.

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Amadeus Orchestra Working to Chart Its Future

More Diverse Programs for All Ages Planned as Troupe Aims for Regional Impact BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

McLean-based Amadeus Concerts Inc. is charting a future that includes educating, entertaining and showcasing the talents of young people, while simultaneously developing programs that serve the area’s senior citizens.

Founded in 1981 by Timothy Rowe, the non-profit group performs seven concerts per year, varying between a large orchestra, smaller string orchestra, string quartet and opera recitals.

“It’s a concert company, not an orchestra,” said board member and past president Maury Brown. “We use a concertmaster from the U.S. Symphony. They’re all professional musicians.”

Brown joined Amadeus’ board of directors a decade ago, not long after Rowe’s suicide in 2005. The board hired a new artistic director, A. Scott Wood, who has served in that role ever since.

The organization has expanded its reach beyond McLean and Great Falls. It held a March 12

concert with the Fairfax Choral Society at Schlesinger Auditorium on Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria campus and will have a joint concert with Children’s Chorus of Washington and Children of the Gospel Choir on May 1 at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C. “We’re making more of a regional statement,” Wood said of the group’s latest outreach efforts.

The organization also will hold concerts in its base communities, including one on April 10 at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls, featuring the Calidore String Quartet. To give an idea of the quality of music to be presented, Brown said the quartet soon after will appear at Carnegie Hall.

Another popular Amadeus initiative is the group’s “Side-bySide” concert series, which pairs student musicians with professionals. The organization in May will hold a concert at Annandale High School featuring the school’s orchestra director, Angela Ammerman, who was

named the 2015-16 Virginia Orchestra Director of the Year by the American String Teachers Association.

Amadeus Concerts for the past seven years has held an Emerging Artists Program and given more than $20,000 to participating musicians and educational organizations. Many who have performed in the program have found success later, Brown said.

Like many music groups, Amadeus is trying to appeal to younger people.

“Most organizations have the same problem: how to grow the audience of classical music,” Brown said. “I think life has changed. People don’t think the same way anymore.”

Brown is keen on developing programs that serve the area’s aging residents, who may not be able to travel to traditional concert venues. These initiatives could include concerts in private residences and at homes for senior citizens. Three such facilities have expressed interest in this concept, he said.

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A. Scott Wood for 10 years has been artistic director of Amadeus Concerts Inc., which is trying to expand its reach in the region.

ous musicians to audiences,” Brown said, adding, “Alzheimer’s patients respond positively to music. It brings back part of their lives.”

To learn more about Amadeus Concerts and its upcoming

concerts, visit www.amadeusconcerts.com.

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Flame Room of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept 400 Center St South Directed by Tom Epps Vienna, VA 22180 The Vienna Theatre Company teams up with the VVFD Auxiliary to present, In Living Sound, an evening of food fun and theatre. The Vienna Community Center may be under construction but the show goes on! Come enjoy our spring production!

The Auxiliary serves up delicious food items and the VTC provides an evening of entertaining radio shows from the 1940’s: Adventures of the Thin Man: The Case of the Goofy Groom and The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan.

Tickets: Fridays $14 with hot food and drinks available for purchase beginning at 7:15pm. Saturdays $25 in advance; $30 at door with dinner, drinks and dessert included and served beginning at 7:15pm. Shows both nights at 8pm!

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Obituaries CHARLES W. COVEY

Charles W Covey died at Shenandoah Valley Westminster - Canterbury Retirement Community in Winchester, Virginia on March 6, 2016 at the age of 97. He is survived by his daughter, Catherine Maffett and her husband Wayne Maffett of Hedgesville, West Virginia, and Washington, DC, granddaughter Sharyl Covey of Ashburn, Virginia, grandson David Covey and his wife Kristine Covey of Alexandria, Virginia and brother, Gilbert, of Tampa, Florida.

He was predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Mary Ruth Covey and by his son, Charles C. Covey.

He lived in McLean, Virginia for 24 years.

Mr. Covey was recognized for his 55 years of accomplishment in business publication management, editing and technical writing in the field of industrial instrumentation and oceanography.

He was co-founder of Compass Publications, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, publishers of Sea Technology. Mr. Covey was associated with Compass for 37 years. Prior to that employment, he was editor of the Instrument Society of America Journal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for eight years.

Following his retirement in 1985 as senior staff program specialist at the National Ocean Service of NOAA, in Rockville, Maryland, he continued as a consultant from his home in Culpeper, Virginia.

His early career included development and management of instrument training programs for the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and instruction to Army and Navy pilots during World War II. Mr. Covey was a founding member of the Marine Technology Society, and held numerous positions with the National Instrument Society of America. He received the Jessie H. Neil Editorial Achievement Award and was listed in ”Who’s Who in America.”

He was graduated from Lincoln Memorial University of Harrogate, Tennessee, in chemistry and physics, and was inducted into the University’s Professional Hall of Fame in 1996. Mr. Covey was a native of Middlesboro, Kentucky.

A memorial service will be conducted at Shenandoah Valley Westminster Canterbury in Winchester, Virginia on April 9th at 2PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Charles W. and Mary Ruth Covey Scholarship Fund at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee 37752-1901.

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Would you give up a part of yourself for someone you loved?

That is one of the questions posed by “The Little ‘CAPPIES’ Mermaid,” one REVIEW of Disney’s most classic and beloved movies-turned-musicals. The actors of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology took on this classic production with aplomb, and thanks to the numerous talents of the students, their performance was very charming.

“The Little Mermaid” tells the tale of Ariel (Sophia Martinese), a teenage sea princess who longs to venture out of her world under the ocean and to join the world above. When she chances to rescue the charming Prince Eric (Arjun Guidroz) from a shipwreck, her resolve to leave the ocean kingdom only strengthens.

Ariel makes an ill-advised deal with the bitter sea witch Ursula (Abby Peterson) and has three days to make Eric fall in love with her – without the use of her voice.

Directed by Jennifer Lowery, TJ’s production started off strong before the actors even graced the stage, thanks to the talented orchestra. The instruments were all in sync, rarely hitting a wrong note, and the dynamic in the music left the audience captivated. Although the orchestra sometimes overpowered the voices of the actors, overall, they added to the enchanting atmosphere.

Sophia Martinese was a gorgeous leading lady who embodied both the innocence and determination of her character. Martinese also had a clear, pleasant voice and hit many electrifying notes. She worked very well with her counterpart Eric (Guidroz), allowing the two to appear to be in love.

Even with a persuasive protagonist, a show is only as good as its villain, and the menacing Ursula (Peterson) certainly delivered. Peterson was in character from the moment that she stepped onto the stage, and never broke from her menacing, arrogant demeanor. Peterson also had consistently strong vocals.

Another audience favorite was Timmy Chan as Sebastian, who gave one of the most energetic performances of the night, and proved his vocal chops after carrying two of the show’s biggest numbers.

Violet Felt, Olivia Johansson, Chrissy Blake, Brittany Csik, Louise Hicks, and Ellie O’Reilly are among those who performed in Thomas Jefferson’s production of “The Little Mermaid.”

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Nearly every performer was strong on his or her own merit, but the most captivating moments of TJ’s show came when the whole cast was working together. “Under the Sea,” the musical’s most iconic company number, was filled with energy and had the audience on the edge of their seats.

Although the production was occasionally marred by sound issues, the cast made up for it with their confidence and personality.

Another factor that contributed to the fun, enchanting atmosphere was the show’s set design. The set was colorful and exciting without being over-the-top, and understated without being sparse.

The costumes, designed by Masha Goykhberg, were also creatively designed and fun to look at. Goykhberg took a more humanized take on the animal costumes, with Sebastian in a fiery red suit and Flounder (Debi Das) in blue suspenders.

Overall, TJ’s “The Little Mermaid” was fun and enchanting. Thanks to the charismatic, confident performers, the audience was spellbound, and left the theater that night with unshakable smiles on their faces.

The Sun Gazette partners with the Critics and Awards Program (CAPPIES) to present student-written reviews of local high school theater productions.

For more on the initiative, see the Web site at www.cappies.com/nca/.

Retired Fairfax Officer Joins Vienna Force Vienna police on March 14 welcomed the department’s newest member, Officer John Sterling, who previously served for 27 years with the Fairfax County Police Department. Sterling spent his last five years with that department as a second lieutenant in the Homicide Division.

Sterling was born in Babylon, Long Island, N.Y., where he lived until age

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18, when he joined the U.S. Air Force.

In 1988, after four years’ service, he was honorably discharged.

In 1989, he began his law-enforcement career with the Fairfax County police. Sterling graduated from the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy’s 13th Session, along with Vienna Police Chief James Morris.

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Work Under Way to Restore Hunters Branch Stream BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Contractors have begun work to reduce erosion, slow water flow and install native plant species along a 2,000-foot stretch of Hunters Branch in southwest Vienna.

Workers began the project Feb. 8 and will finish it in about eight months, said Vienna Deputy Public Works Director Michael Gallagher.

The project’s main goal is to reduce sediment and pollutants such as phosphorous, which in turn will help the Chesapeake Bay and Accotink Creek watersheds, he said.

Like many urban streams, Hunter Branch’s banks have become eroded, with sediments being washed downstream and habitats of insects being destroyed, which had a ripple effect on the local ecology, he added.

The project resembles in concept a successful effort three years ago to improve a stretch of Wolftrap Creek in southeast Vienna. But the Hunters Branch project will feature smaller plunge pools, which slow down the water’s flow, and smaller riffles between the pools, where the water can flow and bubble more readily, Gallagher said.

The project’s weirs and riffles will slow down the stream water and “allow creepy crawlies to re-vegetate,” said Vienna Public Works Director Dennis Johnson.

The main section of the Hunters Branch project runs south from Courthouse Road, just east of the Vienna Dog Park, to Tapawingo Road, where it is joined by a 500-foot-long tributary coming in from the town’s western border.

As with the Wolftrap Creek project, workers will lessen the grade of the slopes leading to the creek. The stream’s bottom will be a reinforced bed made of all-natural material, including cobbles, Gallagher said.

“It won’t look as if it will be a manmade channel,” he said. “It will look naturally restored.”

The Vienna Town Council on Nov. 16 last year awarded a contract to Angler Environmental to perform the work. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will cover half the cost; the other 50 percent of the project will be paid for with a $100,000 contribution from the town of Vienna and the rest financed by Fairfax County.

Vienna residents pay the county’s stormwater tax of 2.5 cents per $100 assessed valuation; that tax is slated to increase by another quarter-cent in fiscal 2017. Vienna in recent years has won the authority to recoup some of those moneys collected from town residents and use them for stormwater-management projects within the town.

Workers have cut a path toward the stream to conduct their work, but they

The Vienna town government in February began work on an eight-month-long project to rePHOTO BY LYNNE DeWILDE store the stream bed along a stretch of Hunters Branch.

have installed mulch and wooden decking to lessen the impact on the roots of existing plants, Gallagher said.

Once the streambed has been shored up, workers will install native plant species near the creek’s banks, using seedlings and nursery-stock trees as well, he said.

There is a dirt path near the stream, which has been trod over the years by people living in the area, but no formal trail will be built as part of this project, Gallagher said.

Town officials coordinated their efforts with the surrounding community to preserve trees that block light from tennis

courts at nearby Nottoway Park, Gallagher said. The town also worked with neighbors to provide specific plant species near the stream’s intersection with Tapawingo Road, he said.

Vienna officials now have only one other stream-restoration project under design, an effort to improve an upstream portion of the previous Wolf Trap Creek project.

Another project, which would have improved Wolf Trap Creek near Creek Crossing Road, will not be executed now because potential grant funding did not come through, Gallagher said.

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Our View: Get the Metro System Back on Track

Whether safety actually necessitated the total shutdown of the Metrorail system for 29 hours March 16-17 has been, and will be, debated at length.

The broader question, however, is the overall health of the troubled agency that oversees regional rail and bus service. There are two relatively predictable, and at first glance incompatible, points of view: • The system has been a mismanaged mess for years, has lacked sufficient oversight, is resistant to change and, as a result, should not have a single extra dollar put into it until the endemic problems have been wrung from the system.

• Many of the troubles of the Metro system are the fault of a paucity of funding on infrastructure, which has let the once-proud transit network deteriorate. More funding – and lots of it – is what is needed.

Three paragraphs above, we described these two points of view as seemingly incompatible. But they’re not. In fact, they both are correct.

Voters and the politicians who hold the purse strings rarely put transportation infrastructure at the front of the line at budget time, and it shows. Roads, bridges, tunnels and mass transit all are aging, and the cost of addressing problems continues to rise.

At the same time, critics – and they are as disparate as U.S. Reps. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) and Gerald Connolly (D-11th) – are right to suggest that a large part of the problems specific to the Metro system is a culture that, nearly from the beginning, has never focused on accountability.

Staffing costs are bloated and those employees who are customer-focused (and we applaud them) often find

themselves swamped by a culture that does not reward their efforts.

It should come as no surprise that jurisdictions throughout the suburbs are working as fast as they can to cut costs by moving transit service to the local level (replacing Metrobus routes with Fairfax Connector, Arlington Transit of DASH, for instance). In nearly every case, doing so saves a bundle and provides for more local accountability.

The Metro system, with some new board members and a pricey new general manager in place, needs to make many more reforms before there should be serious thought to expanded capital investment. Thus, we agree with those who say more money is not the answer until reforms occur.

If starving the patient in the short term is the best medicine to return it to long-term health, so be it.

Will Comstock Support Donald Trump on Ticket?

Editor: U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R10th) endorsed Marco Rubio for president. Since Rubio is now out of the race, she owes constituents an update.

So far, Comstock has avoided answering questions about her willingness to support Donald Trump if he wins the Republican nomination for president.

However, if you look at Rep. Comstock’s views, you will see that she agrees with

Trump on most important issues.

Immigration? They agree on rejection of comprehensive immigration reform.

Supreme Court? They both call for refusing to consider President Obama’s highly qualified nominee, Merrick Garland.

Equal pay for women? Trump is against equal-pay legislation, and Comstock calls equal pay part of a “left-wing

agenda.”

Another indication that Trump and Comstock are peas in a pod?: Trump contributed thousands of dollars to Comstock’s campaign in 2014.

Comstock is running out of time to take a stand for or against Donald Trump. Which will it be?

J. Jay Volkert Vienna

Boost Global Efforts to Eliminate Extreme Poverty Editor: I recently joined 200 volunteers from all 50 states on Capitol Hill to advocate for global health funding on behalf of the ONE Campaign, a nonpartisan advocacy group that pushes for effective government programs to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease in the developing world, particularly in subSaharan Africa.

Members of Congress are crafting the federal budget for fiscal 2017 right now. When attempting to balance the budget, many look to foreign-assistance programs as an easy target to slash funding.

However, as Marco Rubio noted during the March 10 Republican debate, these cost-effective, life-saving initiatives fight diseases like HIV/AIDS, tackle hunger and help the world’s poor pull

themselves out of poverty, all for less than one percent of the federal budget.

Global-health initiatives go a long way in strengthening diplomatic ties, bolstering the global economy and providing people with opportunities that keep them from falling into desperate acts of violent extremism.

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has a special leadership role in setting priorities for America’s foreign policy priorities.

Kaine has long been a champion for global-development issues, ever since he took a year off of law school at Harvard to work at a Jesuit mission in Honduras.

But as a representative of the people of Virginia, he needs us to support these issues, too. This is why I am writing in support of programs like the Global

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Fund, Gavi – the vaccine alliance, and USAID nutrition initiatives.

Extreme poverty has been cut in half since 1990. We’ve come too far in the fight against extreme poverty to turn back now. Helping our neighbors in less fortunate circumstances isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s also the smart thing to do for the future of our nation and the world.

Morgan Moran Arlington The Sun Gazette welcomes your letters to the editor on topic of local interest. We print as many as space allows, and have additional letters online.

Letters should be on topics of local interest, and will be edited for space and clarity.

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This former Exxon service station at Walker Road and Georgetown Pike in Great Falls will be demolished in April to make way for a TD Bank branch.

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Three years after it ceased operations, a former Exxon service station at Walker Road and Georgetown Pike will be torn down in early April to make way for a TD Bank branch.

The station, located at 9901 Georgetown Pike, was the subject of a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality environmental-cleanup effort after the discovery that leaked fuel at the site may have contaminated groundwater.

Workers have pumped water out of the site and removed petroleum, said Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville). The process seems to have worked, at least on the bank’s side of Walker Road, he said.

While TD Bank has not yet taken possession of the property, bank officials have worked with the current landowner to demolish the existing building and canopy over the former fueling-pump areas and then clean up the site, Foust said.

“We’ve been trying to get them to do something with the site,” he said. “It looks ugly.”

Groundwater quality is a significant concern in Great Falls, where many residents draw water from privately owned wells instead of the county’s water system.

Exxon Corp. acquired the service station in 1973, renovated it in 1994, made a minor addition to the building in 2001 and sold the property to Fairfax Petroleum Realty LLC for nearly $1.5 million in February 2010.

The station ceased operations two years later and its fuel tanks were removed in September 2012. The site’s service-andrepair facilities for vehicles shut down in February 2013.

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by January next year and open the following month, Foust said.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 2014 granted a special-exception application by TD Bank to replace the former 1,781-square-foot service station with a 2,616-square-foot bank, which would feature a clock tower and two drive-through lanes.

An existing septic field at the 27,426square-foot site would remain and serve as landscaped open space, according to a county staff report. Stormwater facilities at the site would reduce the water’s phosphorous content by at least 20 percent – twice the regular standard.

The new bank building would be executed in the Arts-and-Crafts architectural style and have a red-brick and cast-stone façade topped by a standing-seam metal roof.

Development conditions limit the bank’s operating hours to between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. A maximum of nine bank employees will be permitted on the site at any one time.

The Great Falls Citizens Association supported the bank’s application on the condition that groundwater-remediation efforts also clean up a contamination plume that oozed under Walker Road southeast from the gas station to a nearby shopping center.

“We are hopeful that all parties can get firmly behind an effort to clean up the contamination plume and end this controversy in our community,” wrote Eric Knudsen, the association’s president, in a Dec. 13, 2013, letter to Jay Donahue, who at the time was Dranesville District’s representative on the county’s Planning Commission.

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‘Dunkin for Dollars’Project Raises Funding For Initiatives Related to Health and Peace A Dunkin for Dollars three-on-three charity basketball tournament, organized by Oakton and Vienna residents Nathan Reed, Spencer Schwartz and Zachary Levine, was held March 13.

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Mama Bear and Her Cub Drop By for Vienna Visit A black bear and cub were spotted by a resident in the 1500 block of Windstone Drive in the Vienna area on March 20 at around 7 p.m., Fairfax County police said.

This location is near the Difficult Run and Wolftrap stream-valley parks. The bears posed no problems or issues, but did stay on the property for about an hour, police said.

Black bears and cubs typically emerge from their winter dens between midMarch and early May in Virginia. Bears typically avoid humans, but may wander into residential areas in their search for food. Most often, bears will keep moving through an area once they fail in their attempts to find food.

Mother bears are protective over their cubs. If encountered, bears and their cubs should not be approached. When sensing danger, a female bear typically will send her cubs up a tree and leave the area. In such cases, the female almost always will return to gather up the cubs when no people or pets are around, usually after dark.

If a bear huffs or woofs, clacks its teeth, growls or slaps the ground, it is warning people that they are too close. The Fairfax County Wildlife Management Specialist and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries suggest residents take the following precautions to minimize encounters with black bears: • Keep a respectful distance. In most cases, bears will move on quickly.

• If a bear is up a tree on or near your property, give it space. Do not approach, and bring your pets inside to provide the bear a clear path to leave your property.

• If you see a very small cub, do not try to remove it from the area or “save it.”

The best way to encourage the bear not to return is to remove food sources.

• Do not store household trash, or anything that smells like food, in vehicles or on porches or decks. * Keep your full or empty trash containers secured in a garage, shed or basement.

• Put your trash out the morning of the pickup, not the night before.

• Take down your bird feeder for three to four weeks after a bear visits.

Unless the animals are sick or injured, or pose a threat to public safety, animalcontrol officers do not try to remove bears from a neighborhood. Black bears have a natural fear of humans, and in most cases, would rather flee than encounter people.

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The General Assembly this year allotted more money for Fairfax County Public Schools, but also passed a bill that may reduce the amount of proffers developers contribute for county services, including schools, Fairfax County supervisors said March 15.

The biennium budget passed by state lawmakers partially will restore $5.6 million in “cost-of-competing” moneys for Fairfax County’s kindergarten-through12th grade staff members in fiscal year 2017, and will provide $5.8 million more in fiscal 2018, said Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee), who chairs the board’s legislative committee.

Cost-of-competing funds help offset those employees’ higher living costs in this region, he said.

“In Northern Virginia, the restoration of these funds is a tremendous accomplishment both for the governor and our General Assembly delegation, and they deserve special thanks for helping make this happen,” McKay said.

There also will be additional state moneys for compensation adjustments that will benefit the county’s educationalsupport staff, he added.

State officials will distribute $194 mil-

lion in lottery proceeds over the biennium to school districts throughout Virginia, including a projected $21 million for Fairfax County, McKay said.

“Board members, $21 million is nearly a penny on our tax rate,” he said. “It is not insignificant.”

The long-term effort by Virginia localities to increase state funding for K-12 education resembles the ultimately successful campaign to boost transportation funding, McKay said.

This year’s increase in state funding is “proof that our advocacy on this issue matters,” he said. “It’s a significant increase in a tough budget year for Fairfax County.”

State lawmakers did, however, pass bills that diminished some of the county’s land-use authority, McKay said.

One bill, which pertained to proffers provided by developers, has been signed into law by Gov. McAuliffe. The bill contained numerous exceptions that will help Fairfax County, but supervisors and county staff will need time to comprehend and adjust to all the changes and financial impacts occasioned by the new law, McKay said.

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bers and guests gathered at McLean Baptist Church in late February for the church’s annual Winter Banquet and Silent Auction, with the dual purpose of promoting fellowship and raising funds for missions.

The theme of this year’s banquet was Mardi Gras. Participants arrived to find the church’s fellowship hall transformed from a basketball court into a section of the French Quarter. Attendees added to the spirit of the evening by wearing colorful hats, masks and bead necklaces.

A meal of traditional Cajun cuisine was prepared by church volunteers and enthusiastically served by the church’s Youth Group.

A silent auction at the event raised more than $2,300, with the funds being used to support SHARE Inc. and the church’s Feeding the Homeless ministry.

The Dixie Power Trio played a mix of New Orleans style music throughout the evening. A line dance to “When the Saints Go Marching In” brought the evening to a close.

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Three three-year adult positions and two one-year youth positions are open this year, with voting to take place during McLean Day on Saturday, May 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lewinsville Park.

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Top: Shirley Bass wowed the crowd with her blue feathers at the McLean Baptist Church Winter Banquet, which had a Mardi Gras theme. Above: Rev. Megan Clapp and James August handed out beads to arriving guests at the celebration.

forum on programs and services during a public meeting on Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m.

The hearing is one step in planning for the center’s fiscal 2018 budget, which begins in July 2017.

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Public-Safety Notes CRIME SOLVERS SEEKS INFORMATION ON POLICE-CRUISER VANDALISM:

Fairfax County Crime Solvers is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying suspects involved in a destruction-of-property incident. Sometime overnight between March 5 and 6, someone spray-painted a marked Fairfax County police vehicle that was parked in the 1800 block of Westmoreland Street in McLean.

Police ask anyone who has information about this case to contact Crime Solvers at (866) 411-TIPS or through www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org. A $100 to $1,000 cash reward will be paid for information that leads to an arrest.

DWI PATROLS RESULT IN MULTIPLE CHARGES: Officers from the Fairfax

County Police Department’s Traffic Division conducted countywide, grant-funded patrols to enforce drunk-driving laws from March 11 at 8 p.m. until March 12 at 4 a.m.

The initiative resulted in three arrests for driving while intoxicated (DWI), one for driving on a suspended license, two for reckless driving and three for driving without a license. Authorities charged one person with marijuana possession and issued a total 26 traffic summonses.

Traffic Division officers also conducted DWI-directed patrols from March 12 at 8 p.m. until March 13 at 5 a.m. Police made three DWI arrests and issued 39

traffic summonses. Authorities charged one person with felony hit-and-run, three for driving on suspended licenses and two for drug-related offenses.

The report was made several days after the incident. That section of town, known as Vienna Technology Park, is home to Navy Federal Credit Union and the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center.

DELIVERY DRIVER ROBBED IN McLEAN:

Fairfax County police are looking for a man who robbed a delivery driver on March 12 at 7:49 p.m. in the 1600 block of Anderson Road in McLean.

The victim, who was returning from a delivery, parked his car and was returning to the business when he was approached by a black man wearing all-black clothing. The suspect displayed a handgun and demanded money, police said.

The victim handed over an undisclosed amount of cash and was not injured during the robbery. The suspect fled on foot, police said.

VIENNA-AREA RESIDENT REPORTS HOME BURGLARY: A resident living in

the 2000 block of Pieris Court in the Vienna area told Fairfax County police on March 14 at 6:42 p.m. that someone had entered the residence and taken property.

SECURITY OFFICERS REPORT MAN TAKING PHOTOS IN PARK: Security of-

ficers working in the 800 block of Follin Lane, S.E., told Vienna police on March 8 between 9:30 a.m. and 3:35 p.m. that two suspicious men in the area had been taking photographs of a building.

ARREST MADE IN VIENNA HIT-ANDRUN: Vienna police arrested a 22-year-

old Annandale man on March 8 at 4:19 p.m. following a hit-and-run accident at Church and Mill streets, N.E. A motorist told police he had been driving northbound on Mill Street when he stopped at the stop sign for Church Street. As he proceeded into the intersection, he was struck by another vehicle that was traveling westbound on Church Street and whose driver had failed to obey the stop sign.

The motorists in the striking vehicle immediately left the area without checking on the other driver or providing his information. The driver of the struck vehicle and witnesses to the accident provided officers with a description of the striking vehicle and its driver, as well as the vehicle’s tag number.

After further investigation, Vienna police arrested the striking vehicle’s driver for felony hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license.

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The officer located the man, who admitted to shooting at the squirrels because they were causing damage to his house. The officer explained that Vienna code prohibits the discharging of BB gun in the town.

The man was unaware he was breaking any law and agreed to comply with the ordinance, police said.

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The woman said she had been notified by mail that she had won a prize in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

The letter provided her with a telephone number to contact to collect her winnings.

After calling the number, the woman was instructed to send a large sum of money for insurance on her winnings, said Vienna police, who continue to investigate this case.

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300 block of Tapawingo Road, S.E., told Vienna police on March 14 at 3 p.m. that he had been having a continuous dispute with a female neighbor.

The man told police that when visitors come to his home, they legally park their vehicles on Tapawingo Road. The neighbor has become upset with the visitors, yelling at them, taking photographs of their vehicles and banging on the resident’s door until the vehicles are moved.

Officers previously have explained to the neighbor that the visitors legally have a right to park on the public roadway, but the incidents have continued, police said.

The incident occurred at about 2:25 p.m. as a motorist was traveling northbound on Nutley Street through its intersection with Marshall Road. The driver noticed a manhole cover ajar in the middle of the intersection, but could not stop in time to avoid striking it, police said.

The vehicle was towed from the scene and the Vienna Public Works Department responded immediately to repair the manhole cover, police said.

STOLEN LICENSE PLATES LEAD TO ARREST: A Fairfax County police offi-

101 Cedar Lane, S.W., told Vienna police on March 17 at 10:04 a.m. about being assaulted by another student. Petitions for assault are pending in this case, police said.

cer on patrol in the 12000 block of Lee Jackson Memorial Highway on March 11 at 7:47 p.m. discovered there were stolen license plates on a vehicle in traffic.

The officer conducted a traffic stop and determined the vehicle also had been stolen. Police arrested the vehicle’s driver, Gregory Clifford Fields, 46, of Springfield. Authorities have charged him with felony possession of stolen property, misdemeanor possession of stolen property, possession of forged/altered license plates and driving on a suspended license.

VEHICLE DAMAGED AFTER STRIKING PROTRUDING MANHOLE COVER: Town

FALLS CHURCH FIRE CAUSED BY SMOKING MATERIALS: Fairfax County

CEDAR LANE STUDENT REPORTS ASSAULT: A student at Cedar Lane School,

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Eight occupants were home at the time of the fire and escaped unharmed, officials said. Seven adults and one juvenile have been displaced and the Red Cross is assisting. No injuries were reported during the fire.

Officials estimate the blaze caused $113,750 damage. Fire investigators determined the cause of the fire was improperly discarded smoking materials.

FAIRFAX POLICE TO HONOR VICTIMS OF CRIME: The Fairfax County Police

Department’s Victim Services Section will launch National Crime Victims’ Rights Week on April 10 with the 4th Annual 5K Walk and Candlelight Vigil.

This free event will be held at Fairfax Corner Center off Monument Drive in Fairfax. The department invites crime victims, survivors, family members, friends and the community to come out to raise awareness for victims’ rights in Northern Virginia and show their support for all victims of crime.

The 2016 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week will take place from April 10 to 16. This annual observance, first designated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, seeks to increase general public awareness

of, and knowledge about, the wide range of rights and services available to people who have been victimized by crime. This year’s theme – “Serving Victims, Building Trust, Restoring Hope” – underscores the importance of early intervention and victim services in establishing trust with victims, which in turn begins to restore their hope for healing and recovery.

Participants are encouraged to arrive at 4:30 p.m. to check in and browse the vendor tables at the event’s resource fair.

During that time, attendees will also have the opportunity to listen to a performance

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Numerous special guests will attend the event, including master of ceremonies David Culver of NBC4 News; Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Raymond Morrogh; speaker Bill Eastham, a crime victim and survivor; and Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler Jr. Groups set to participate in the event’s resource fair include A Way Forward, Artemis House, Domestic Violence Action Center, City of Alexandria Victim Witness Program, City of Alexandria Domestic Violence Program, Arlington County Victim Witness Program, PRS CrisisLink, Dating Abuse Stops Here (DASH), The Women’s Center, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Safe Spot Child Advocacy Center.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes HISTORIC VIENNA INC. PREPS FOR BOOK SALE: Historic Vienna Inc. will

host its annual used-book sale April 1-3 at American Legion Post 180, 330 Center St., N. Thousands of books will be available for purchase, with proceeds going to support the operation of Historic Vienna Inc. and the Freeman Store and Museum.

The sale opens Friday, April 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. with a reception exclusively for Historic Vienna Inc. members. Memberships will be available at the door.

The public portion of the sale will run April 2 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and April 3 from noon to 5 p.m.

VIENNA THEATRE COMPANY TO OPEN NEW SHOW: The Vienna Theatre Com-

pany will present “In Living Sound” on Fridays and Saturdays, April 1-2 and 8-9, in the Flame Room of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, 400 Center St., S. (The location is a change from the usual Vienna Community Center, which is undergoing renovation.)

The production features snippets from popular 1940s radio shows such as “Adventures of the Thin Man: The Case of the Goofy Groom” and “The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan.”

Tickets for Friday performances are $14, with food and drinks available for purchase. Tickets for Saturday shows are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and

include dinner, drinks and dessert. Food service begins at 7:15 p.m. each night, with the shows starting at 8 p.m.

For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.viennatheatercompany. org.

AUDITIONS OPEN FOR ‘VIENNA IDOL’ COMPETITION: The annual “Vienna

Idol” competition to support the Khristin Kyllo Memorial Fund and SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) research is slated for June, with auditions taking place weekly at Caffe Amouri and Whole Foods in Vienna.

The competition will culminate in a public performance at the Vienna Town Green, when those attending from the community will have a chance to vote on its favorite act.

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

WHOLE FOODS TO SUPPORT VIENNA NON-PROFITS: Whole Foods in Vien-

na will donate 5 percent of net sales on March 30 to support the Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna and the Committee for Helping Others.

The Vienna store is located at 143 Maple Ave., E. Several times a year, the supermarket chain hosts community-giving days to support non-profit organizations in various communities.

REGISTRATION SET FOR ESL, CITIZENSHIP CLASSES: St. Mark Catholic

Church will hold registration for its ESL and citizenship classes on April 5 and 7 from 7 to 8 p.m. each evening at the church’s Christian Formation Center, 9972 Vale Road in Vienna.

Classes begin April 12 and run through June 9, being held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 9:30 p.m.

The cost is $25 for English classes, $10 for conversation, writing, citizenship and workshop classes, with an extra charge for textbooks where applicable. Payment must be in cash.

For information, call (703) 281-9100 or see the Web site at www.stmark.org.

CHURCH TO HOST EASTER EGG HUNT:

Epiphany United Methodist Church will host an Easter egg hunt for ages 2 to 12 on Saturday, March 26 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church, 1014 Country Club Drive, N.E., in Vienna.

There will be more than 1,000 eggs available, and the event will include a visit from the Easter bunny. It will be held rain or shine.

The community is invited. For information, call (703) 938-3494 or see the Web site at www.epiphanyumc.com.

CHURCH TO HOST BUTTERFLY RELEASE, EASTER EGG HUNT: Oakton

United Methodist Church will hold a but-

terfly release immediately following the 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services on Easter Sunday, March 27.

It has been the church’s tradition to raise caterpillars and release painted lady butterflies each year, signifying new life through Christ.

Following the 11 a.m. release, there will be an Easter egg hunt for children up through fifth grade.

The community is invited. The church is located at 2591 Chain Bridge Road.

For information, call (703) 938-1234.

DATE SET FOR VOLUNTEER-RECOGNITION CEREMONY: Vienna officials’

annual ceremony to honor some of the town’s most noteworthy volunteers will be held Tuesday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs Flame Room of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, 400 Center St., S. GARDEN CLUB LOOKS AT BIRDS: The

Ayr Hill Garden Club will meet on Monday, March 28 at 12:45 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna, with a program focusing on “Birds and Gardening.”

Guest speaker Carolyn Dangelmaier will offer a slide presentation on how yards and neighborhoods can be enhanced through a bird-friendly environment.

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Our quest for the best in springtime real estate this week brings us to the sought-after Chain Bridge Woods community, where a charming, updated home of nearly 4,000 square feet – set on nearly a third-of-an-acre of pristine land – awaits our inspection.

Gleaming hardwoods, exposed-brick accents, multiple fireplaces and an enchanting patio and pergola are among the showplace features, and the location puts you close to the Potomac River, Fort Marcy Park, streams and trails – and just one stoplight to D.C. via Chain Bridge.

The property currently is on the market, listed at 1,289,000 by Ruth Boyer O’Dea and Sheri Grant of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

Natural sunlight comes through the open and spacious formal rooms of the main level, which are designed to put the focus on entertaining in style as well

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The living and dining rooms connect to the eat-in kitchen and the family room, with French doors leading out to gathering spaces in the rear yard.

A main-level master retreat with bay window is an added bonus, while the second level features a second master suite and three additional bedrooms.

The baths are sleek and contemporary.

There are multiple features on the lower level, including a large, versatile recreation room and a separate room with fireplace, bar area and full bath that would work well for guests or an au pair.

The exterior is a world of serenity, rounding out an exceptional package set amid bucolic splendor.

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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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A growing share of home-buyers are Millennials, and more of them are purchasing single-family homes outside of urban areas, according to the 2016 National Association of Realtors Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences of recent home buyers and sellers.

The survey additionally found that although student-loan debt is more prevalent among Millennial buyers, they aren’t the generation with the largest student debt balances.

The share of Millennials buying in an urban or central city area decreased to 17 percent (21 percent a year ago) in this year’s survey, and fewer of them (10 percent) purchased a multi-family home compared to a year ago (15 percent).

Overall, the majority of buyers in all generations continue to purchase a single-family home in a suburban area – and the younger the buyer, the older the home they purchased.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, says while Millennials may choose to live in an urban area as renters, the survey reveals that most aren’t staying once they’re ready to buy.

“The median age of a Millennial home-buyer is 30 years old, which typically is the time in life where one settles down to marry and raise a family,” Yun said. “Even if an urban setting is where they’d like to buy their first home, the need for more space at an affordable price is for the most part pushing their search further out.”

“Furthermore, limited inventory in Millennials’ price range, minimal entry-level condo construction and affordability pressures make buying in the city extremely difficult for most young households,” Yun said.

For the third straight year, the largest group of recent buyers were Millennials, those born between 1982 and 2000, who composed 35 percent of all buyers (32 percent in 2014), more than the combined amount of younger and older Baby Boomers (31 percent).

Generation X, which represents the group between the youngest Baby Boomers and oldest Millennials, were 26 percent of buyers, and the Silent Generation, those born before the Baby Boom, made up 9 percent.

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n Local students attending James Madison University participated in a number of “alternative spring break” trips this spring, focusing on social issues.

Sarah Voigt of Vienna traveled to Oklahoma to volunteer with the Cherokee National. Rebecca Rosen of Vienna volunteered with LifeSpan in North Carolina. Nicholas Daly of Vienna traveled to Texas to volunteer with LUPE. Colleen Calpin of Vienna volunteered with New England Center for Homeless Veterans in Massachusetts. Marlene Messina of Oakton traveled to Louisiana to volunteer with Project Lazarus.

Nearly 250 James Madison students participated in 25 spring-break trips both domestically and internationally during the week of March 5-12. n Maddie O’Beirne of Vienna was among 250 students at the University of Delaware who participated in a fund-raising dance against childhood cancer.

Students participating in the 10th annual, 12-hour marathon raised $1.7 million for the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation through UDance, the fifth largest college dance marathon in the nation.

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n Fairfax County Public Schools students earned 15 national medals in the 2016 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program.

Razan Elbaba, a senior at Oakton High School, won the highest honor in the nation, receiving one of only eight Gold Medal art-portfolio awards, garnering a $10,000 scholarship in the process.

Other award recipients from the Sun Gazette coverage area include Kiel Posner of McLean High School, American Visions Medal for ceramics and glass; Angela He of Oakton High School, Gold Medal for digital art; Min Choe of McLean High School, Gold Medal for mixed media.

Also, Nicole Orsolini of Langley High School, Silver Medal for design; Tiffany Lun of Oakton High School, Silver Medal for drawing and illustration; Brendan Camp of Longfellow Middle School, Silver Medal for film and animation; Angela He of Oakton High School, Silver Medal for film and animation; and Doi Kim of James Madison High School, Silver Medal for mixed media.

National medalists will be celebrated at an awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. Select national award winning work will be included in an exhibition in New York and a traveling exhibition over the coming year.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States.

Established in 1923, the awards have recognized students who have become some of our nation’s most celebrated artists, including Richard Avedon, Robert Indiana, Phillip Pearlstein and Andy Warhol.

More than 300,000 students participate in the program across the country. n Fairfax County Public Schools students earned top honors at the 61st annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held March 11-13 at Robinson Secondary School.

Students from the Sun Gazette coverage area winning individual grand prizes were: • Claire Dozier of McLean High School in Animal Sciences, “The Effects of Neotame and Aspartame on Heart Rate of Daphnia magna.”

• Christina Oh of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Biochemistry, “Investigating Interfacial Crosslinking to Combat Hard Foulants.”

• Jay Gupta of Thomas Jefferson in Cellular and Molecular Biology, “The Role of Sirt1 During Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Proliferation.”

• Stephanie Mui of Oakton High School in Mathematics, “Embedding a Flat Torus in Three Dimensional Euclidean Space.”

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Politics

Local Congressional Races Beginning to Get Active

Democrats Connolly, Bennett Kick Off Bids; Republicans Angle to Defeat Beyer SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

With more than 1,000 people packing the Kena Shriners’ Temple for his 22nd annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration, U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) formally kicked off his bid for re-election March 17.

“Public service imbues everything I do, and serving the 11th District of Virginia is a privilege I’m grateful for every day,” Connolly said at the kickoff.

“Together, we’ve made investments in education [and] transportation, and protected Northern Virginia’s economy,” Connolly said in a statement released by his campaign. “We’ve fought hard for health care reform, affordable housing, environmental protections, Wall Street reform and equality for all. But there is still important work to be done.”

Connolly was serving as chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors when he was first elected to Congress in 2008, defeating Republican Keith Fimian. After narrowly winning re-election against Fimian in 2010, he secured easy victories in 2012 and 2014.

The district includes a large swath of Fairfax County, along with a portion of Prince William County. As currently configured, the 11th trends Democratic; President Obama garnered nearly 63 percent of the vote in 2012.

Connolly’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration qualifies as the largest annual Democratic gathering in Northern Virginia.

Among those on hand for the 2016 event were U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) and state Attorney General Mark Herring (D), as well as local and legislative elected officials from Fairfax and Prince William counties.

Bennett Formally Launches Bid for Congress: More than 150 friends, family and supporters were on hand March 16 as Democrat LuAnn Bennett kicked off her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th).

“The 10th district deserves a congresswoman who reflects its values,” Bennett said at the event, held in Sterling. “When things go wrong, we have a choice: We can give in or we can fight. I’ve spent the last 21 years fighting for my family. Now, I want to help fight for you, your family and all families here in the 10th District.”

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U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) used his annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration to formally PHOTO BY KENNY WRIGHT open his bid for re-election.

Democrats have coalesced around Bennett’s bid against Comstock, who in 2014 easily defeated Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) to win the seat of Republican Frank Wolf, who had served in Congress since 1981.

Among the elected officials on hand for the kickoff was state Attorney General Mark Herring (D).

Bennett, who heads a real-estate firm, said her experience in the private sector will aid her work in Congress.

“As a business owner for the last 35 years, I’ve gone to work every day and faced challenges,” she said in remarks at the kickoff. “I routinely work with people I don’t necessarily agree with and, in some cases, may not even like. But I do it because my company, my customers and my employees depend on solving those problems and moving forward.”

The 10th District includes portions of Fairfax and Prince William counties; all of Loudoun, Frederick and Clarke counties; and the cities of Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester. In the district, Mitt Romney scored a slight victory over Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race.

At her kickoff, Bennett made the case for increased government investment in infrastructure, employment and education.

“Our government is not making the hard decisions to move our country forward,” she said. “They’re not finishing the work to fully heal our economy. There are still too many families that are struggling to make ends meet.”

Comstock, who served in the House of Delegates prior to her election to Congress, did not face an intra-party challenge

Mike Webb (left) and Charles Hernick are vying for the Republican nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th).

for the Republican nomination this year.

Republicans Aim to Offer Alternatives to Beyer: The putative front-runner for the Republican nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) is not hiding frustration at his intra-party challenger, as the two candidates gear up for the GOP’s district convention in May. “We need to be focused on the issues that matter,” Charles Hernick said during March 16 remarks in front of the Arlington County Republican Committee.

Hernick, who seems to have the backing of many in the 8th District Republican leadership ranks, took the stage after his opponent, Mike Webb, delivered a somewhat stream-of-consciousness stump speech calling on the party faithful to rally to him rather than Hernick.

“Some people just like to complain,” Webb said, saying that for Republicans to have a chance in the district, “we’re going to have to stand on our tippy-toes and get a little bigger.”

Republicans will decide which of the two will move on to the general election during a May 7 district convention.

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Flanked by state Attorney General Mark Herring (D) and Del. Mark Sickles (D-Franconia), LuAnn Bennett formally launched her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th).

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about 35 percent of the vote in the 8th District’s congressional races, and Democrats are united behind Beyer, who won an easy victory in 2014 to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Moran.

Hernick, an energy consultant, has laid out a platform focused on small business and economic freedom. He said it was his campaign, not Webb’s, that could broaden the tent to draw support away from Democrats.

“We’re getting more people involved in the race,” Hernick said. “We’ve got to bring that can-do attitude to Washington.”

Webb, a U.S. Army veteran, called on Republicans to “reach for the sky” and take a chance on his bid for office.

For information on the convention, to be held at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, see the Web site at http:// vagop8cd.org/2016-8th-district-convention/.

Contenders for GOP Convention Delegates Make Their Pitch: During most presidential-election years, the choice of delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions would be a game of inside baseball of interest to the very few.

But 2016 is not most years, as the Republican National Convention is potentially headed to a contested battle for the first time since 1976.

“Who knows what we will face when we get to Cleveland?” said Douglas Faulkner, one of 19 candidates seeking three delegate slots from the 8th District at the national convention, to be held July 18-21 in the swing state of Ohio.

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As Expected, Fairfax Jobless Rate Ticks Up in January While ticking up from the holiday period, Fairfax County’s unemployment rate started 2016 near the lowest among Virginia’s 133 cities and counties.

With 599,980 county residents in the civilian workforce and 20,974 looking for jobs, the January unemployment rate of 3.4 percent was up from 3 percent in December, according to figures reported March 18 by the Virginia Employment Commission.

Jobless rates were higher throughout Northern Virginia, rising from 2.4 percent to 2.7 percent in Arlington; from 2.6 percent to 2.9 percent in Falls Church; from 2.7 percent to 3.2 percent in Alexandria; from 3.1 percent to 3.4 percent in Loudoun County; and from 3.5 percent to 3.9 percent in Prince William County.

Across the Northern Virginia region as a whole, the jobless rate of 3.5 percent in January was up from 3.2 percent a year before, and represented 1.52 million in the civilian workforce and 55,400 looking for jobs.

Statewide, the non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 4.4 percent was up from 3.9 percent – part of the tradi-

tional rhythm of the statewide job market as it transitions from the holidays to winter.

“Non-farm employment decreased by a slight 600 jobs in January . . . following job increases totaling 88,900 in the previous nine months,” said Ann Lang, senior economist with the Economic Information Services Division of the Virginia Employment Commission.

Construction and manufacturing were among the sectors of the Virginia economy seeing less employment in January, while trade/transportation, hospitality and government saw upticks.

Among Virginia’s cities and counties, the lowest jobless rates for the month were found in Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, the city of Fairfax (3.2 percent) and a tie between Fairfax and Loudoun counties.

The highest unemployment was reported in Buchanan County (11.9 percent), Dickenson County (11.5 percent), Wise County (9.5 percent), Lancaster County (9.1 percent) and Page County (8.5 percent).

Among metropolitan areas in the commonwealth, the D.C. region had the lowest jobless rate, followed by Charlottesville and

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, JANUARY Data from Virginia Employment Commission, showing non-seasonally-adjusted civilian employment for January. “Previous” is rate for December.

Jurisdiction Alexandria Arlington Fairfax County Falls Church Loudoun Prince William Northern Va. Virginia United States

Employed 90,856 141,242 599,980 7,589 189,127 222,624 1,516,950 4,024,872 149,037,000

Unemployed 2,975 3,967 20,974 223 6,616 9,012 55,414 184,515 8,309,000

Winchester (3.9 percent each).

Kingsport-Bristol and Hampton Roads shared the highest rate at 5 percent.

Nationally, Virginia had the 10th best employment picture – tied with Texas and Kansas – in January. Colorado, Hawaii, New Hampshire and South Dakota shared the lowest unemployment rate, 3.2 percent, followed

by Nebraska at 3.4 percent. The highest jobless rates were found in West Virginia (7.4 percent), Alaska (7.3 percent), Illinois (7.1 percent), Mississippi (7 percent) and Washington state (6.5 percent).

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Metro Area Sees Lower Year-

Pct. 3.2% 2.7% 3.4% 2.9% 3.4% 3.9% 3.5% 4.4% 5.3%

Previous 2.7% 2.4% 3.0% 2.6% 3.1% 3.5% 3.2% 3.9% 4.8%

Over-Year Joblessness: The Washington region was among 333 of the nation’s 387 metropolitan areas that saw lower year-over-year joblessness to start the year, according to new figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The region’s unemployment rate of 4.2 percent for the first month of 2016, though higher than in December, was below the 5-percent rate reported in January 2015, according to figures released March 18.

A total of 3.29 million people were in the Washington workforce in January 2015. The 137,800 reported as looking for work was down about 25,000 from a year before.

Nationwide, only 43 of the 387 metro areas had higher yearover-year unemployment, while rates were unchanged in 11. The national, non-seasonally-adjusted, jobless rate of 5.3 percent in January was down from 6.1 percent a year before.

Among all the nation’s metro areas, the lowest unemployment rates for the month were found in Ames, Iowa, and Boulder, Colo., at 2.5 percent each. El Centro, Calif., had the highest rate, at 19.2 percent.

Among the 51 metro areas with populations of a million or more, Denver had the lowest unemployment rate (3 percent) while Chicago had the highest (6.7 percent).

Among Virginia metro areas outside the D.C., region, yearover-year joblessness was down across the board in January 2016, standing at 3.9 percent in Charlottesville; 4.1 percent in Winchester; 4.3 percent in Harrisonburg, Staunton-Waynesboro and Roanoke; 4.4 percent in Richmond; 4.7 percent in Blacksburg-Christianburg; 4.9 percent in Lynchburg; and 5.1 percent in Hampton Roads.

The state unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in January.

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Schools & Military Continued from Page 18 School in Plant Sciences, “The Effect of Induced Hypoxia Upon the Phototoxicity of Plants.”

Among those winning team grand prizes were Nirmaan Shanker and Aneesh Susaria of Thomas Jefferson in Environmental Engineering, “Detecting Heavy Metals Using Au Nanoparticles and Amino Acid Solutions.” n A total of 324 students from 21 Fairfax County Public Schools high schools and the Fair Oaks Classroom on the Mall were recognized at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference, held March 4-6 in Virginia Beach.

Fairfax students received first-place awards in 28 events, and 218 students earned the right to attend the DECA International Career Development Conference, to be held April 23-26 in Nashville.

At the event, Claire Heiden of George C. Marshall High School was elected incoming president of the organization.

First-place winners from the Sun Gazette coverage area included: • Kristen Fritzeen of George C. Marshall High School, Apparel and Accesso-

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Bulova (D) that county staff members should produce a report outlining the proffer bill’s impact and any procedural changes the county may have to make to comply with the law.

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About 75 percent of the single homeless people were male, according to data in the report.

Thirty-seven of the single homeless people, or 8 percent of that category, were veterans and only 2 percent of the family members were. Those figures have dropped in recent years because of concerted veterans-outreach efforts across the region, Barnett said.

Fairfax and Falls Church officials in 2015 agreed to work with the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, an initiative kicked off the previous year

by First Lady Michelle Obama.

“That effort will continue this year and we hope that by the summertime we’ll effectively be able to end veterans’ homelessness,” Barnett said.

The demographic picture of the local area’s homeless population varied considerably, depending on whether those people were single or part of families.

Just one homeless person under 18 years old was tallied in the single category, but 432 children in that age bracket were

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n Eight members of the Thoreau Middle School Science Olympiad team came home with medals from the Fairfax Regional Tournament.

Team members competed in 21 events with partners, and have been preparing since September for competition.

Earning a first-place medal in Food Science were Tiana Lee and Sylva Murti-

n Marymount University graduate student Gabrielle Mariotti is one of seven finalists in the 2016 Bienenstock Interior Design Competition for her work on a day spa specializing in treatment for multiple-sclerosis patients.

“It’s very exciting and satisfying,” said Mariotti, a McLean native. “I am halfway through my design studies, so this has definitely given me some validation that I’m on the right path and that I can be a highly achieving designer if I keep pushing myself in school and eventually in the workplace.”

Mariotti earned her bachelor’s degree in business management from George Mason University.

She chose Marymount’s interior-design graduate program because she wanted to combine her creative and artistic side with the skills she learned from studying business.

“There’s a bottom-line fiscal impact to the county that may not be as insignificant as people think,” McKay said.

The General Assembly considered 3,286 bills and resolutions during this year’s session, which adjourned March 11. Fairfax County legal and operational staff reviewed 1,920 of the bills and the Board of Supervisors took formal positions on 220 pieces of legislation.

One bill, House Bill 883, removed the requirement that telecommunications providers appear before public hearings at planning commissions in cases where communications towers are permitted byright, said McKay, who lamented the loss of yet another element of county officials’ land-use authority.

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) said the board still would be able to

determine where such by-right uses were allowed.

Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Providence) warned that while by-right telecommunications towers in industrial zones may not appear to have negative impacts on residential areas, some parts of the county – including Merrifield in her district – have industrial zones directly abutting residential ones.

counted among the families, or 60 percent of that category.

Single homeless people were four times less likely than their family counterparts to have suffered from domestic violence and almost half as likely to have limited English proficiency, but four times as many were veterans and nearly six times as many had mental illnesses or substance-abuse problems.

Whites accounted for 49 percent of the single homeless people and 29 percent of the family members, but blacks constituted 43 and 58 percent, respectively, of those categories.

“African-Americans are disproportionately represented among the homeless population, as a result of years of discrimination around housing and employment,” Barnett said. “What we have to do is bring new housing and employment opportunities to people who have been historically disconnected from access to those things.”

Officials in the Fairfax County-Falls Church area, including the city of Fairfax and towns located within the county, conducted their Point-in-Time Count simultaneously with other Washington, D.C., area jurisdictions.

The count’s methodology adheres to

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines and includes people who are “literally homeless,” i.e., living in shelters, time-limited transitional housing or unsheltered on the street.

By using a uniform counting methodology nationwide, government officials can obtain accurate, consistent data, Barnett said.

These procedures ensure that people who move to warmer climates in winter still get counted, he said.

Many of the field personnel doing the counting came from local non-profit groups assisting the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, Barnett said. The agency was created in 2009 when county officials adopted a 10-year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.

The deadline for that goal is Dec. 31, 2018. While it’s unlikely the local area could eliminate homelessness entirely, as some people always will experience crises, having an efficient and effective system in place will allow them to return to stability quickly, Barnett said.

“More system-wide coordination, as well as increased housing options, will ensure continued progress toward the goal of making homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring in our community,” he

said.

Local officials hope to continue their successes in reducing the number of homeless families and especially will concentrate on bringing down the population of single homeless people, Barnett said.

“Many have been homeless for an extended period of time and have serious disabilities,” he said. “That’s a population that really has found no other option for stability. The need to create the right type of supportive housing opportunities is essential.”

Margi Preston, executive director of FACETS, a local organization that helps people who are suffering from the effects of poverty and homelessness, said she was encouraged by the results of the latest homeless count.

“It really shows the engagement of the community and the strong county support,” she said. “The decrease [in the number of homeless] was attributable to a focus on prevention and services within the county.”

“We want the experience to be as short as possible for people coming into shelters,” Preston said. “You want strong prevention services and rapidly exit people from the shelters. Safe, sustainable housing has to be an integral part of that.”

n The Cooper Middle School Odyssey of the Mind team Royal Flush won first place in the Odyssey of the Mind regional tournament, held recently at Oakton High School.

The victory by team members Sophia Framountie, Jackson Frankel, Daniel Silvestri, Matthew Zheng and Mustafa Syed earned them a spot in the state competition to be held in Newport News on April 16, where they will compete against seven other teams for a chance to advance to the World Odyssey of the Mind competition in May.

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nova; garnering second place in Write It Do It were Savannah Neuner and Megan Sierzega; fourth-place finishers in Green Generation were William Beahn and Victoria Lu; and finishing fifth in the Air Trajectory event were George Carson and Keshav Chandran.

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Rockin’ Chairs Bring Back Tunes from the ‘50s and ‘60s SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

If your taste in music runs to the classics – and by “classics” we mean Elvis, the Beatles, Rick Nelson, the Platters, Bobby Darin, Roy Orbison and girl groups like the Shirelles – head to Lee Senior Center at 10 a.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.

Grab a seat and enjoy an open rehearsal of The Rockin’ Chairs, the in-house band that focuses on the 1950s and ’60s – with some surprises thrown in.

“We do a lot of rehearsing; every once in a while, something works and it sounds OK,” chuckled Chuck Vasaly, a retired attorney and organizer of the group, which brings together musicians who share a common love for the era they specialize in.

Having been performing for about a year, The Rockin’ Chairs are a relative newcomer to the senior center, which hosts other musical groups featuring sea-

Above left: Joann Hutchinson (vocals and keyboard) and Kim Kline (vocals and guitar) are among members of the Rockin’ Chairs, a group that performs at Lee Senior Center. Above right: Bob Fishburne provides percussion.

soned citizens, focusing on everything from country to blues.

But it’s the pop tunes of the early rockand-roll era that drew folks on the morning of March 9.

“This is our music,” said Myrna Manolis, a staffer at the senior center who considers herself a big fan of The Rockin’ Chairs.

“They’re not getting paid – just with our admiration,” Manolis said.

The morning’s warm-up song was “In the Still of the Night,” a song that reached a modest No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1956 but later became a staple of the doo-wop genre.

Later on in the bill came bigger hits like “Dream Baby” by Orbison, which hit

No. 4 on the Billboard pop chart in 1962 and has been covered extensively since.

Every once in a while, “we sneak songs in that go back a little further,” said Vasaly, pointing to “That Lucky Old Sun,” a 1949 hit for Frankie Layne that later was covered by, among others, a pair of legendary performers: Ray Charles and Johnny Cash.

represented Virginia on the Republican National Committee.

Blackwell – who was the youngest delegate pledged to Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Republican convention at San Francisco’s Cow Palace – is critical of existing rules, enacted in 2012, that don’t permit delegate votes to be counted for any presidential candidate who hasn’t won a majority of delegates from at least eight states. (That rule was put in place by backers of Mitt Romney in order to keep Rand Paul’s name from being placed in nomination four summers ago.)

That rule, which Blackwell tried but failed to get changed at an RNC meeting in January, has “a very important effect that people do not realize,” he said.

So far, only Trump has met the threshold, with Cruz likely to do so before the nomination season is over.

Blackwell doesn’t like the rule, but said at this point it would be wrong to change it.

“It would be widely, and correctly, viewed as a way to change the result” of the will of voters in primaries and caucuses, he said.

Trump may have the most delegates nationally, but he was not getting any love from those vying to be delegates from the 8th District.

The New York developer “does not support conservative values,” said Charlie Keller, who first supported Rubio and is now behind Kasich. He called the Florida senator and Ohio governor “commonsense conservative candidates who have a vision for the future.”

“I’m going to support a conservative candidate who can win,” Keller said.

Tom Bolvin, who previously served in the House of Delegates representing Fairfax County, is a Cruz-booster.

“Ted is the only true conservative who can win in November,” he said.

Bill Cleveland, a former vice mayor of Alexandria whose motto in this campaign is “Send Cleveland to Cleveland,” took a broader view of which candidates he could support. “Anyone but Donald Trump,” he said.

Cleveland told the GOP rank-and-file he wasn’t losing sleep over the potentially negative consequences of a drawn-out nomination fight. “We’re going to win” in November, he predicted.

Also vying to be delegates to the convention are Susan Allen, Sam Amber, Erin Anderson, Grace Chung Becker, Jack Blakely, Barbara Bowie-Whitman, Scott Cameron, Gerry Chandler, Ford Chinworth, Michael Maibach, Dan Rinzel, Daniel Runde, John Scally, Tommy Val-

entine and Angie Youngen. In addition to the three delegates, the 8th District also will send three alternates to the national convention.

Contested conventions used to be the norm in politics. The 1920 Democratic convention, held in San Francisco, needed 44 ballots to nominate James Cox for president and Franklin Roosevelt for vice president, but the party outdid itself four years later at Madison Square Garden in New York, requiring a record 103 ballots to nominate John Davis and Charles Bryan. Cox was defeated by Republican Warren G. Harding and Davis by Republican Calvin Coolidge in the 1920 and 1924 general elections.

While Democrats had some of the longest convention battles, Republicans had the most recent: Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan battled for delegates throughout the spring of 1976, with the outcome still in doubt when the party convened that summer in Kansas City.

In the end, though, the GOP required a single ballot to nominate President Ford, who scored 1,187 delegates to 1,070 for Reagan. Ford went on to close a huge gap against Democrat Jimmy Carter, only to fall just short in the general election. Four years later, Reagan wwent on to crush Carter and serve two terms.

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Tickets are $20 for McLean residents, $35 for others, with two-performance packages priced at $33/$59. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.aldentheatre.org.

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At the March 16 Arlington County Republican Committee meeting, prospective delegates received two minutes to make their pitch. The three delegates will be selected at the 8th District Republican Convention, to be held May 7 at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington.

No matter their personal preferences, those elected as delegates will be required to cast their votes on the first ballot based on results of the March 1 Virginia Republican primary. Donald Trump won statewide, although he trailed Marco Rubio and John Kasich in the 8th District.

Should either Trump or Ted Cruz score the needed 1,237 delegates when the first roll-call vote arrives in Cleveland, the process ends and a nominee is crowned. If not, delegates will be able to vote as they see fit – so long as they adhere to election laws imposed by their home states.

The convention rules themselves could be a moving target all the way up to, and during, the convention.

“It’s very complicated – there has been change after change imposed,” said Morton Blackwell, who since 1988 has

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MCC ‘SPRING FEST’ ON THE HORIZON:

The McLean Community Center’s Spring Fest will be held on Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at the center.

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ican Shakespeare Center that were canceled due to inclement weather in January have been rescheduled by the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

“Julius Caesar” will be performed on Tuesday, March 29, with “The Importance of Being Earnest” on Wednesday,

CHURCH CHOIR TO PRESENT ORATORIO: St. John’s Episcopal Church will

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Do Early-Season Results Have Lasting Meanings?

The spring season is still very young, but there already have been some significant, if not surprising, scores and results of local high school sporting events that could make the rest of the 2016 campaign quite interesting.

Saxons Nipped in Second Overtime

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DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

With a pair of notable one-goal victories, including a 9-8 March 17 overwin over the LACROSSE time visiting Langley Saxons, the Yorktown Patriots could be the biggest story of the 2016 boys high school lacrosse season campaign.

Yorktown (2-1) opened with a 10-9 victory over the 2015 state runner-up Chantilly Chargers on March 15, followed by the win over Langley, a state final-four team last spring. Chantilly and Langley (2-1) each have won region and state championships in recent seasons.

“There are eight, nine, 10 teams that could win the region,” Yorktown coach Greg Beer said. “It is going to be a fun year. We want to be a contender.”

Against Langley, the score was tied at 8 after regulation and the first overtime. Yorktown won less than a minute into the second OT. Yorktown midfielder Connor Boyle scooped up the ball and made an outContinued on Page 26

Langley High School’s Parker Kaplan takes the ball toward the Yorktown goal during a Liberty PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Conference game in Arlington last week. Langley lost in overtime.

Defending State Champs Have Two 10-0 Wins DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The defending region and 6A state champion Madison Warhawks, ranked among the top 20 in some national polls, BASEBALL preseason opened their 2016 high school baseball campaign with a couple of 10-0 road victories on consecutive nights March 16 and 17.

On March 16, the Warhawks blanked the Hayfield Hawks in five innings.

The next night in Arlington, Madison downed the Yorktown Patriots in seven frames.

Madison returns seven starting posi-

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“We are cautiously optimistic,” Madison coach Mark Gjormand said. “The 2015 season is over, and it was a great story. We’ll see how we do this year. We have a lot of talent, but we have to replace a couple of key players who graduated.”

Gjormand didn’t believe his team played well, other than the pitching, against Yorktown.

“We weren’t very good,” Gjormand said. “We made some silly mistakes that was early-season stuff that we can’t do.

Give Yorktown credit for playing hard.

Their players were excited and their

pitchers did a good job slowing us down with a lot of off-speed stuff. We will probably see that all season.”

Madison had eight hits, including two by Kyle Novak. He had a two-run single, and Pete Nielsen a two-run double. Jimmy Goldsmith had a three-run triple to deep center and Carlo Alfano had a ground-ball RBI. Kyle Hayes had an infield hit and sacrifice bunt and Peter Freck, Joey Goldsmith and Matt Favero each had a hit.

The Warhawks took advantage of nine Yorktown walks, a hit batter and four errors.

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In boys lacrosse, the Yorktown Patriots nipped the Langley Saxons, 9-8, in overtime last week. The win was notable because it proved that Yorktown’s emergence as a serious region and state champion contender in recent seasons continues. Langley has won multiple conference, region and state titles in recent years.

The victory was one of Yorktown’s biggest in school history.

In baseball, the Wakefield Warriors routed opening-day opponent Field School, 21-1, as the team keeps improving under second-year coach Mike Ruck. Wakefield was defeated

by Field last spring.

Also in baseball, the Yorktown Patriots won their opener by downing Fairfax, 10-2, in Liberty Conference action. Yorktown was 0-7 in the Liberty in 2015. Like Wakefield, the Patriots have already shown improvement, also under a second-year coach.

In girls lacrosse, the WashingtonLee Generals began with a 12-11 triumph over the Marshall Statesmen.

The Generals lost to Marshall, 19-9, a year ago. Washington-Lee has been improving in girls lacrosse the last couple of seasons, and appears to be continuing that trend.

In girls soccer, Yorktown blanked Lake Braddock, 1-0, on March 14.

The Patriots are 4-1-1 against once perennial state power Lake Braddock the past few seasons, proving that Yorktown itself continues as a perennial state contender.

Also in girls soccer, the Madison Warhawks defeated the Oakton Cougars, 1-0, to end a five-season winless streak (four losses and a tie) against its Vienna rival.

Will those results lead to more success for those team? Time will tell.

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Langley Finds a Starting Pitcher in Tough-Luck Defeat DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The Langley Saxons already knew they had a strong No. 1 starting pitcher in senior right-hander Jake Trautwein. night of March BASEBALL The 18, the high school baseball team discovered it also has a potentially good No. 2 in Josh McQuaig.

The junior righty was the tough-luck loser in Langley’s 3-1 loss to the visiting Washington-Lee Generals on March 18. McQuaig worked six strong innings, allowing just two hits, striking out six, giving up an earned run and walking one.

He had a perfect game for 22/3 in-

nings, then later retired eight in a row before leaving in the seventh after hitting two batters.

“Their guy was good, we didn’t get much off of him,” Washington-Lee coach Doug Grove said.

Langley coach Kevin Healy liked what he saw from McQuaig, who threw only a few varsity innings last season.

“He located well and was confident out there,” Healy said.

Langley might have won and McQuaig earned the victory had the Saxons not been hurt by a couple of errors and a misplayed ball in the outfield that led to Washington-Lee’s three runs.

The Generals also played good defense, committing no errors.

“We didn’t make a couple of plays,

but overall after two games, we’ve played good defense and pitched very well,” Healy said. “We hit the ball hard a few times, and they made some nice good plays.”

Langley had seven hits, with catcher Danny Hosley having two, John Eames doubling and pinch hitter Robert Fredrick having an RBI single in the sixth to tie the game at 1. Grayson George, Jake Trautwein and McQuaig had the other hits.

In Langley’s opening game March 16, Trautwein threw a complete-game, two-hitter to lead the Saxons to a 20 road win over the host South Lakes Seahawks. Trautwein struck out six and walked four.

“He was in a zone all night,” Healy

said. “He got stronger in the sixth and seventh innings.”

Langley did not make an error and Hosley threw out two runners stealing.

The Saxons scored runs in the sixth and seventh. Iain Muir squeezed home Patrick Byrne with Langley’s first run, then McQuaig doubled in the second run.

Langley returns key players this season like Trautwein, Hosley and Timmy Conforti, who had a hit against South Lakes.

McQuaig, Eames and Jake Osburn will be other key pitchers.

“We will have to play good defense this season,” said Healy, who noted that his team might play more small-ball than usual.

forward Nate Shafer was chosen to the Virginia High School League’s 6A boys all-state first team.

Oakton High senior Alex Marquis and Langley High senior Paige Galiani made the girls 6A all-state first team, along with Noe’ll Taylor from Fairfax.

Oakton’s Delaney Connolly and Malita Montgomery of Fairfax made secondteam 6A all-state.

OGNIZED: The Fairfax County Board

High School Roundup MARSHALL 3-0 IN BASEBALL; McLEAN 2-2: The Marshall Statesmen are 3-0,

opening with an 11-1, five-inning win against the visiting Wakefield Warriors on March 18, then winning two games March 19 in the Hylton Tournament, 14-3 over Manassas Park and 8-3 over Centreville.

Against Manassas Park, Nate Scheiman was 2 for 3 with an RBI and a double; Justin Han doubled and tripled; Steven Johel had two hits and an RBI; Jack Jones doubled and tripled and drove in four; and Jamie Handley went 51/3 innings to get the win, with six strikeouts and one earned run allowed.

In the win over Centreville, Nick Cintron went five innings, fanned seven and gave up two earned runs to get the win.

Han was 2 for 3 with a double, Jones had a hit and two RBI, Scheiman had an RBI double, and Steven Baker had a hit.

Against Wakefield, Johel threw four innings, allowing no earned runs and

Lacrosse Continued from Page 25 let pass to C.J. Stowell, who took a lefthanded shot and scored the game winner.

“There was a loose ground ball,” Boyle said. “I ran through three people.

I looked up, saw C.J. and got him the ball. He went downfield and finished.”

Said Stowell, who scored two goals: “Their goalie [Patrick Dunn] was playing a great game. I decided to go high with the shot and I stuck it.”

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fanned six to get the win.

Robbie Guenther was 3 for 3 with two doubles, a triple and two RBI; Han was 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI: and Ben Kerns was 2 for 3 with three RBI. n The McLean Highlanders (2-2) lost to Fauquier, 14-4, and defeated Edison, 8-6, March 19 in the Let’s Play 2 spring break tournament.

McLean pitchers walked 13 against Fauquier. Against Edison, senior Matt Collins had a big game. He doubled and homered and drove in four runs and got the save on the mound.

For a story about McLean’s openinggame win, visit www.insidenova.com/ sports/fairfax. n The Flint Hill Huskies won their first four games by outscoring those opponents 37-2. For more, visit www. insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

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player Josh Hurlburt was chosen as the Capitol Conference 13 Player of the Year by the Northern Virginia Football Hall of Fame.

Hurlburt was recognized at the Hall of Fame’s recent banquet.

The 5-11 Hurlburt was a running back and linebacker for Marshall during the 2015 season, helping the Statesmen finished 6-5 and earn a playoff berth.

of Supervisors recently recognized the Madison High School girls volleyball team and head coach Carrie Hall for winning the 2015 Virginia High School League 6A state championship.

Madison defeated the Langley Saxons in the state final, 3-2, at the Siegel Center in Richmond and finished the season with a 23-6 record.

The Warhawks also won the Liberty Conference Tournament and finished second in the 6A North Region Tournament to Langley.

Madison was second in the state in 2014 with a 33-1 record.

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Madison Warhawks opened the 2016 girls soccer season with a 1-0 victory over the Oakton Cougars. Rachel Jackson scored the goal for Madison and goalie Randi Palacios earned the shutout. Madison tied the Marshall Statesmen, 1-1, in its next game.

Yorktown led 5-4 at halftime and 7-6 after three periods.

In the fourth, Yorktown took an 8-6 lead on a goal by Pearson Savarino (three goals). Langley’s J.M. Duley (four goals) scored twice to tie the score at 8.

“We were down by a little, but we have the ability to score,” Duley said. “I thought that I could kick-start the offense by scoring. We’re a good team. We made mistakes in the beginning and the end of tonight’s game, but we will learn from it.”

“We wanted to spread the ball around,” Beer said.

Goalie Mason Pollack made 16 saves

for the Patriots.

“Our defense [Conor Shears, Sutton Coyle and John Aldinger] made it easy for me, especially in OT,” Pollack said.

First-year Langley head coach Bo Ingalsbe did not want to comment, having assistant Brian Laskowski to speak instead.

“We played pretty good overall,” Brian Laskowski said. “We ran our offense pretty well. It was a difficult matchup with Yorktown. It was tough to give up the final goal in transition - but we will learn from it.”

Laskowski credited midfielders Chase Berlin, Michael Levetown, David

Selton, Michael Esposito, Jack Bonham and Payton Rembert for playing well.”

Also scoring goals for Langley were Levetown, Esposito, Danny Orme, and Parker Kaplan with one each.

Dunn made 12 saves in goal for the Saxons.

“This season is not a sprint, it’s a marathon,” Stowell said. “We have to keep improving with each practice.”

Yorktown won the battle of faceoffs 12-9.

Langley defeated Westfield, 12-9, in its first game earlier last week then defeated Battlefield, 14-9, after losing to Yorktown on March 19.

Nielsen pitched two innings of two-hit scoreless relief with two Ks. Madison turned two infield double plays, with Nielsen at shortstop in the middle of both.

“I thought Noz was really good and sharp,” Gjormand said.

Against Hayfield, left-hander Favero

pitched four innings of shutout ball, allowed two infield hits, struck out eight and did not walk a batter, throwing 60 pitches. Wiley Counts had a big RBI hit to break the game open.

Madison will be in Florida over spring break playing games from March 21 through 25 at the Sarasota Classic.

The event includes some of the topranked high school teams in the country.

“We will have to play better against the competition we’ll face down there,” Gjormand said.

NOTE: Including last season, Madison has won 12 straight games.

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College Signings POTOMAC SCHOOL’S TYNER TO VERMONT: Jasper Tyner, a senior at the Po-

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Tyner is a two-time all-Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference selection as a starting midfielder for the Panthers. During his junior season, Tyner helped the boys lacrosse team win the regular season and tournament MAC titles,s and qualify for the state-tournament. In his sophomore season, he led the Panthers to a MAC regular season co-championship.

“Vermont is an excellent school with an up-and-coming lacrosse program,” Tyner says. “I can’t wait to contribute to the team and play alongside some very

POTOMAC SCHOOL’S CORREIA TO PLAY COLLEGE SQUASH: Potomac

Potomac School’s Jasper Tyner will play Division I men’s college lacrosse at Vermont.

Potomac School’s Katy Correia will play Division III squash at Amherst College.

talented athletes.”

Tyner helped the Potomac School

team open its 2016 season with a victory over Bishop Ireton.

School’s Katy Correia, a senior, has committed to play Division III women’s squash for Amherst College in Massachusetts.

“Getting to play the sport that I love at the school I love is a dream come true,” Correia said.

During her senior season this winter, Correia helped lead Potomac’s girls squash team to a 6-3 record and a second-place finish at the U.S. High School Squash Championships for Division III. As a junior, she helped the Panthers capture their third consecutive Mid-Atlantic Squash Tournament championship.

College Roundup CULLEN HAMILTON: Potomac School

graduate Cullen Hamilton started 35 games for the Division I men’s basketball team at Holy Cross this season.

The senior guard averaged 8.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per contest. He had 59 assists, 23 steals and made 28 threepointers. He scored 827 career points.

ERIN CUMMINGS: Potomac School

graduate Erin Cummings was a senior

starting goalie for the women’s college soccer team at Colgate during the fall.

Cummings started 18 games. She had six shutouts and made 78 saves. For her career, Cummings started 26 games.

TAREK ARAFAT: McLean High gradu-

ate Tarek Arafat recently had his first essay published in the Telegraph in London about college athletes. Arafat also became the collegiate representative of

James Madison University for The New York Times.

ALEX LONG: Flint Hill School graduate

JAMES WILLIAMS: McLean resident

James Williams was recognized for his efforts in the classroom by the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Williams plays for Miami University.

The league recognizes student-athletes carrying at least a 3.0 grade-point average.

Alex Long played in 30 games with 13 starts for the Division I women’s basketball team at Davidson University this past season.

The senior guard averaged 22.1 minutes per game and 3.1 points a contest.

Long had 61 assists and 19 steals, made 17 three-pointers, blocked six shots and Long averaged 2.5 rebounds per contests.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. March 28, 1941: n Virginia State Police officials say they will arrest drivers who allow passengers to ride on the runningboards of vehicles. n A&P has smoked hams on sale for 25 cents per pound, along with two loaves of bread for 15 cents. n The University of Virginia’s summer-school program will offer 281 courses this year.

March 24, 1959: n The Board of Supervisors will be joined by state highway officials in holding an all-day public hearing tomorrow on the state of roads in the county. n The Vienna Town Council has created a parks and recreation department.

March 23, 1965: n Vienna’s town manager is asking county officials for more stringent enforcement of leash laws. n County officials say cases of scarlet fever have dropped significantly in recent years. n More than 44,000 Northern Virginia residents have signed a petition calling for the enactment of fair-housing legislation. n The Washington Redskins will play a group of media-all stars in basketball at Washington-Lee High School, to raise funds for the Boys Clubs of Greater Washington. n Jack Benny will appear with the National Symphony Orchestra on April 8 at Constitution Hall. n On TV tonight: Joey Bishop, Red Skelton, “McHale’s Navy,” “Peyton Place” and “The Fugitive.”

March 25, 1971: n State GOP leaders plan to introduce legislation this month in Richmond to ratify the federal constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18. n The Kinks will perform two concerts at George C. Marshall High School this weekend. n The local high school track and field season opens with the Haringer Relays.

March 24, 1989: n Board of Supervisors Chairman Audrey Moore says $10 billion is needed to bring Northern Virginia’s transportation network up to par, but only a quarter of that funding is likely to be available.

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Fairfax County Notes PARK AUTHORITY ACCEPTS NOMINATIONS FOR VOLUNTEER AWARD: The

Fairfax County Park Authority is accepting nominations for the 2016 Elly Doyle Park Service Awards, which are presented annually to those who provide outstanding volunteer service to county parks.

The awards program was created in 1988. Individuals and organizations are eligible for nomination.

The deadline is June 17. For information, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ellydoyleawards.htm.

‘VOLUNTEER FAIRFAX’ HOSTS AWARDS BREAKFAST: Volunteer Fairfax will hold

its 24th annual Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards Breakfast on Friday, April 8 at the Waterford of Springfield.

Tickets are $50, with a deadline of April 4.

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

FEDERATION OF CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATIONS HOSTS BANQUET: The Fairfax

County Federation of Citizens’ Associations will hold its 66th annual awards banquet on Sunday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Tysons Corner.

The event will honor Olga Hernandez as Fairfax County Citizen of the Year.

Doug Sanderson, Jim Hart, Phil Rosenthal and Shirley Ginwright will receive certificates of merit, and Sally Sibley will

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receive a special gratitude award.

For information, see the Web site at www.fairfaxfederation.org/.

INCLUSIVE THEATRE STAGING NEW PRODUCTIONS: ArtStream Inclusive

Theatre will take the stage at Gunston Arts Center from March 31-April 9 with a pair of shows featuring adult actors with intellectual disabilities.

“Crimes of Fashion” features superheroes banding together to fight fashion designers plotting world domination. “Idle Playthings” features toys that come to life and work together to save a family-owned toy store.

Both shows will be presented at each performance, to be held Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. They are presented in partnership with Educational Theatre Company.

Assisted by theater professionals and volunteer mentors, the actors create their own characters and develop scenes as the shows come to life.

Tickets are $12.50 in advance, $15 at the door. For information and tickets, see the Web site at www.art-stream.org.

SERIES LOOKS AT PEACEFUL END TO MIDDLE-EAST CONFLICT: “Voices from

the Holy Land,” a five-part film series looking at issues surrounding the IsraelPalestinian conflict, will be presented on Sundays throughout April and early May

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at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.

The series is supported by a coalition of 20 religious and other organizations desiring to promote a non-violent solution to the issues raised in the films.

The series begins with “The Dream: Martin Luther King in Palestine” on April 3, and continues with other screenings on April 10, 17 and 24 and May 1 at 2:30 p.m.

Admission is free, and the community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.uucava.org.

FORUM SET ON PARKLAND NEEDS ASSESSMENT: The Fairfax County Park

Authority will host an open house on Thursday, April 14 to discuss results of “Parks Count,” a new needs-assessment survey.

The Park Authority has been working with the consultant team led by PROS Consulting to collect information, analyze trends and draft recommendations.

“Thousands of county residents shared their opinions about our awardwinning park system,” officials said in a statement.

The community gathering will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Herrity Building, located at 12055 Government Center Parkway. It will include a brief presentation at 7 p.m. that will be repeated at 8 p.m.

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