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And That’s a Wrap: News of the Year Gone By

2017 Saw Political Changes, Redevelopment Projects, Transportation Advances in the Region BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

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

2017 saw the approval of several major redevelopment projects, strong Democratic gains in the House of Delegates following victories in the November elec-

tion, kickoffs of important transportation initiatives and the deaths of area residents both famous and unsung.

Here are some key occurrences: JANUARY: • The McLean Citizens Association’s board of directors on Jan. 4 unanimously passed two resolutions urging Fairfax County officials to make “meaningful structural changes” to pension plans for new and non-vested county employees by

FIRST IN A SERIES eliminating the pre-Social Security supplement and adopting a hybrid pension system like that of the Virginia Retirement System. MCA’s resolutions recommended those changes be implemented by July 1, 2018. Vested county employees (i.e., those on the job at least five years) would not be affected by the proposals.

• The Fairfax County Park Author-

ity rejected a proposal by Oakton-based tennis-instruction company Elite 10S to build a lighted enclosure over a pair of tennis courts at Nottoway Park in the Vienna area, officials said Jan. 5.

“We had a lot of public input concerning its impact on current [tennis] players,” said Park Authority spokesman Judy Pedersen. “We also have a historic building, Hunter House, near where they want to Continued on Page 4

TAKING HIS MESSAGE TO AFRICA

Pastor C. Craig Burns of Vienna Assembly of God Church (center, in tie) waves along with the leadership team of a church in Morogoro, Tanzania, during a recent visit. While in Africa, Burns engaged both in teaching and his own spiritual journey. Watch for coverage in an upcoming edition.

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A Local Author Promotes the Concept of Resilience BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Forget the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

Vienna author Jenifer Joy Madden has a Triple Crown of her own designed to make people’s lives more healthy and fulfilling.

Key jewels in that crown: fostering self-reliance, building genuine relationships and indulging one’s curiosity.

“I feel we have to be actively human these days and use our intuition, curiosity, compassion and sense of humor,” she said.

“We have to actively defend those things.”

Smartphones, the Internet, hundreds of cable channels, fast food and car-dependent suburban neighborhoods pervade American life, but all have major drawbacks that must be managed if one is to lead a balanced, active, happy life, in Madden’s view.

The author for years has kept a wary eye on those trends and seeks to counter their harmful effects through her life guidebook, “How to Be a Durable Human: Revive and Thrive in the Digital

Age Through the Power of SelfDesign.”

Her signature word, “durable,” implies becoming stronger and more resilient from life experiences.

The book is full of commonsense tips on how to live purposefully and skirt the pitfalls of technology and convenient, but highly sedentary, modern life.

Electronic gadgets enable faster and more frequent communication with people around the globe, but rob people of their attention spans and ability to hold meaningful conversations, Madden contends.

To facilitate the latter, the author makes Native American-style “talking sticks,” which entitle only the person holding them to speak during group discussions.

Electromagnetic radiation from cell phones, tablets and computers poses a cancer threat to users. Madden’s chapter on that subject, which should be mandatory reading, warns against using or wearing such devices close to one’s body.

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Being durable also means being mentally present, whether interacting with family members and co-workers or operating a vehicle.

Madden confesses to narrowly escaping serious injury after the folding bicycle she’d hurriedly assembled collapsed as she was riding on the W&OD Regional Trail.

The author writes that people in their 20s and older are fortunate to belong to Last Generation B.C. – before cell phones – and know how to entertain themselves and solve problems unassisted.

Children, increasingly tethered to electronic devices, parked in front of the television, driven by parents or bused to school and eating too many salty, fatty, sugary foods, are getting nowhere near enough physical activity, she said.

The Erie, Pa., native is big on bicycling and walking, and does not limit her advocacy to writing. Years ago, after having difficulty walking to Meadow-

Jenifer Joy Madden, author of “How to Be a Durable Human,” holds up a Native American-style “talking stick” that families can use to encourage spirited, considerate discussions. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

lark Botanical Gardens with one of her three children, Madden noted the lack of sidewalk connections and debris in the road where a young woman’s vehicle had been hit by a truck.

Madden approached Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (DHunter Mill) about building a trail network in the area so local residents could access the region’s parks and other amenities.

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“We need to be in nature,” said Madden, who serves as vice chairman of the Fairfax County Transportation Advisory Committee. “It’s an antidote to stress and helps us breathe more easily.”

Caron Martinez, a professor of management and the director of the Center for Business Communications at the Kogod School of Business at American University, said Madden has been ahead of the curve for years, raising warning flags about overexposure to technology.

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LOOKING BACK ON 2017: FIRST IN A SERIES

Transportation, Development, Politics Dominated Continued from Page 1 put this. We just don’t think that’s a good combination.”

• Former Spring Hill Elementary School principal Roger Vanderhye died Jan. 12 at age 60 of complications after heart surgery.

• Fairfax County supervisors on Jan. 24 authorized the Department of Code Compliance to impose and collect $10 for each sign placed illegally in highway areas.

• Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Transportation officials broke ground Jan. 26 on the half-mile-long Jones Branch Connector project, which will use four travel lanes on three bridges over Interstate 495 to link Dolley Madison Boulevard in McLean with Jones Branch Drive in Tysons.

• Kofi Annan, who in January took over as president of the Fairfax County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the organization would focus on criminaljustice and educational reforms, work to attract younger members and increase community outreach.

• McLean resident Hong Chen, 52, shot his wife, 48-year-old Shirley Zhou, and son, 16-year-old James Wenjie Chen, to death at the family’s home Jan. 27 before killing himself, Fairfax County police said.

FEBRUARY: • Fairfax County supervisors on Feb. 14 unanimously approved a rezoning that will allow Capital Automotive Real Estate Services (aka CARS LLC) to build Dominion Square West, a 1.7-million-squarefoot development om Spring Hill Road in Tysons. The developer will construct six buildings at the 7.63-acre site, including two up-to-400-foot-tall office buildings, 90,000 square feet of retail space and two multi-family residential towers with up to 1,150 units.

• Vienna Town Council members on Feb. 27 unanimously approved a $740,000 contract with Environmental Quality Resources of Millersville, Md., to restore a second section of Wolf Trap Creek from Follin Lane, S.E., to the town’s northeastern boundary near Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. A similar project on the creek, starting south of Follin Lane, S.E., was finished in October 2013.

• The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a zoning-ordinance amendment Feb. 28 that will allow by-right establishment of craftbeverage operations in certain industrial, commercial and planned zones.

• Fairfax County resident Peter Pontzer, a U.S. Postal Service judge in Arlington, on Feb. 28 received the Carnegie Medal for Civilian Heroism for helping save a boy from drowning in North Carolina in 2015.

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• The Board of Supervisors on Feb. 28 named the first members of the county’s new Police Civilian Review Panel and spelled out their terms of service. Supervisors established the panel on Dec. 6, 2016, at the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Police Practices Review Commission, which the county formed after police shot and killed Kingstowne resident John Geer in 2013.

MARCH: • The McLean Citizens Association’s board of directors passed a resolution March 1 urging the Fairfax County School Board to establish a task force that would examine ways to make the school system’s retirement plans financially sustainable.

• Former city of Fairfax Mayor Richard Scott Silverthorne, who was arrested in August 2016 while arranging to trade methamphetamine for sex at a Tysons hotel, pleaded guilty in Fairfax County Circuit Court March 13 to one felony count of distributing methamphetamine.

A judge on June 9 sentenced him to three months in jail, time which Silverthorne already had served.

• The Vienna Board of Zoning Appeals on March 15 unanimously agreed to modify Green Hedges School’s conditional-use permit and allow the private school to hire five more employees and create a new educational garden.

• McLean resident Cecilia Glembocki, who since 1981 has been in charge of organizing the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, on March 22 regaled the McLean Newcomers and Neighbors Club with trivia, photos and memorabilia from the iconic event’s history.

• McLean Community Center leaders broke ground March 22 for a $5 million project that will add space and upgrade existing parts of the building. The project will improve 33,000 square feet of the building and add 7,700 square feet of new space, including meeting rooms, a multipurpose room, an improved lobby and enclosed courtyard.

APRIL: • Fairfax County supervisors on April 4 approved new rules that reduce the percentage of workforce-dwelling units required at for-sale high-rise-condominium developments in the Tysons Urban Center. Supervisors decreased from 20 to 14 percent the amount of workforce-housing units that must be provided on-site at such developments and cut from 20 to 16 percent that number of required units if they’re made available off-site elsewhere in Tysons.

• Reston resident Judith Azzara, who served as principal at Louise Archer Elementary School in Vienna for 24 years, died of cancer April 11. She was 72.

• Former Del. Jim Scott (D-53rd), who championed progressive causes during his 22-year career in the House of Delegates,

died April 13 at age 78 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

• Major crimes in Fairfax County went up by 2 percent in 2016 compared to the previous year, but some categories saw significant jumps, including a 46-percent increase in homicides, according to statistics released in April by county police.

• From the abolitionist movement to pressing for suffrage, equal-employment protections, affirmative action and fairness for female athletes, women have forced social change throughout U.S. history, political commentator Cokie Roberts told Madeira School students and alumnae April 28.

MAY: • Vienna Town Council incumbents Tara Bloch, Carey Sienicki and Howard Springsteen coasted unopposed to new two-year terms in the May 2 town election.

• Fairfax County supervisors on May 2 approved a $4.1 billion general-fund budget for fiscal year 2018 that held the realestate tax rate steady at $1.13 per $100 of assessed value, boosted the stormwater tax to 3 cents per $100 value and transferred $2.19 billion to Fairfax County Public Schools.

• Fairfax County Executive Edward Long Jr. announced May 2 that he would retire in September.

• The Board of Supervisors, following a six-hour public hearing, voted 6-4 May 2 to deny a special-exception request by Sunrise Development Inc. to build an assisted-living facility in McLean.

• Fairfax County officials and fitness buffs on May 12 formally dedicated the Beulah Road Walkway just north of Vienna. The project, completed in December 2016, provides a 4,000-foot-long path that lets non-motorists safely exercise and take in the sights.

JUNE: • Fairfax County Public Schools officials announced June 1 that they had chosen Scott Brabrand, superintendent of Lynchburg City Schools, as the finalist to succeed former Superintendent Karen Garza. Brabrand assumed his new job in July.

• Dale Stein in June became the 72nd president in McLean Citizens Association’s 103-year history. He succeeded Jeff Barnett, who served for two years in the post.

• McLean leaders announced June 12 that McLean Properties had withdrawn its “Main Street” application, which would have built a mixed-use development in the area bounded by Ingleside Avenue, Beverly Road, Old Dominion Drive and Chain Bridge Road. The developer gave no explanation for the decision.

• Vienna resident Ralph Titus, 53, stabbed his former wife, 47-year-old Sabrina Titus, on June 11 and then shot him-

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self to death minutes later, Vienna police said. Titus later died from her wounds.

• Citing data showing a nearly onesixth reduction in taxicab rides since 2013, due in part to ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft, Fairfax County supervisors on June 20 unanimously agreed not to approve any additional taxi certificates.

The news actually was even worse for the local taxi industry: Statistics showed the county could get by with 99 fewer cabs.

• The Board of Supervisors on June 20 unanimously endorsed the Fairfax County Department of Transportation’s design plans for Scotts Run Trail, a halfmile-long asphalt pathway that will be built between Colshire Meadow Drive and Magarity Road near Westgate Elementary School in Pimmit Hills.

• The Vienna community mourned the death of James Madison High School head football coach Lenny Schultz, who was killed June 24 in a crash on the inner loop of the Capital Beltway near Springfield. Schultz, 52, and his nephew were securing a boat on a trailer in the highway’s central median when the coach, a 1983 Madison High graduate, was struck by a box truck.

JULY: • The Vienna Town Council on July 10 unanimously approved code amendments to make it somewhat more difficult for protest petitions to derail future rezoning applications. Some Council members were unhappy after a protest petition against the Vienna Market mixed-use redevelopment proposal in June 2016 forced what turned out to be an unattainable super-majority requirement and scuttled the application.

• The Board of Supervisors on July 11 unanimously approved Capital One Bank’s revised plans to add a multi-use performing-arts center and Wegmans grocery store to its Tysons headquarters campus.

• Fairfax County supervisors on July 11 unanimously agreed to let Sekas Homes Ltd. build 22 single-family detached houses on nearly 27 acres just south of Arlington Boulevard and east of Barkley Drive in Merrifield.

• Two people died at a home in the 6700 block of Dean Drive in McLean July 14 after a murder-suicide, Fairfax County police said. According to police, 23-year-old Helen Lorena Hargan shot her mother, 63-year-old Pamela Denise Hansen Hargan, and then shot herself.

• Ann Bonitatibus took over in midJuly as the new principal at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, succeeding Evan Glazer.

• The Board of Supervisors on July 25 unanimously approved a proposal by International Place at Tysons LLC to build a mixed-use redevelopment project on 5.4 acres at Route 7 and Gallows Road in Tysons.

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Opinion

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Our View: Va. Democrats Choose Expediency Oh, the hypocrisy!

The public for years has been lectured by some in the political arena – most, though not entirely, Democrats – about the sanctity of the ballot box and the need to ensure that all votes are counted.

Yet Virginia Democrats last week opted to throw that out the window, adding “every vote must count” to the likes of “it’s all about the children” and “give peace a chance” to the pile of phrases that sound good until they run counter to a politician’s immediate needs.

Shelly Simonds, the Democratic candidate in a razorthin House of Delegates race in Newport News that could determine control of the lower house, and her legal team don’t think one particular ballot should be counted.

That ballot in question – considered in the last stages of a recount – was awarded to Republican incumbent David Yancey, taking away at least for the moment Simonds’ onevote victory and resulting in an 11,608-to-11,608 tie that ultimately is going to be decided either in the courts or by the General Assembly itself.

(For the record, we’ve looked at images of the ballot in question, and it sure appears that the voter’s intent was to scratch out his mark for Simonds and replace it with one for Yancey, and as such the panel of judges made the right call. But nobody’s asked us.)

We don’t begrudge Simonds and Democrats from challenging the ruling of a three-judge panel that gave the disputed vote to Yancey, as it’s certainly her right to use every legal recourse at their disposal.

One has to believe that, were the situations reversed and Democrats needed to pick up a disputed vote in their favor to cut into a Republican lead, these same Democrats that are now trying to reject a ballot would be screaming to the heavens that every vote MUST be counted, every voter MUST be heard from, while accusing Republicans of everything from voter suppression to fascism.

For those of us who enjoy politics as sport and spectacle, the Democrats’ hypocritical behavior is just further proof that neither side in the political discourse has much claim to purity. They should just admit it.

MCA Needs to Put the Focus on Its Priorities

Editor: As past treasurer of the McLean Citizens Association (MCA), and 32 year resident of McLean, I read with interest your recent article regarding the MCA planned funding of an annual Hometown Heroes’ event. The story reminded me of how history repeats itself if we do not heed the lessons of the past.

During my tenure as MCA treasurer, I initiated an effort to end a pattern of spending the MCA had pursued for many years of funding an annual MCA awards dinner and a separate Christmas party for the board of directors of the MCA. These events in total represented a substantial percentage of the annual revenue generated from the dues collected from MCA members. As I recall, the attendance fee for the MCA awards dinner, held at a hotel in Tysons, exceed-

ed $85 a person. MCA members paid their own admission to the event, but all the invited guests attending, and their spouses, were paid for from the members’ dues. Many of these “invited guests” were politicians and Fairfax County officials. The annual Christmas party was paid from MCA members dues and was limited to the two dozen or so members of the board of the MCA. The concern was that we were asking residents to pay a $15 MCA annual membership and then squandering a good percentage of those funds on a Christmas party for the MCA board to congratulate ourselves and creating a perception of “buying” political influence by using MCA dues to fund the MCA awards dinner.

Funding these events was not good fiduciary management. The MCA board subsequently agreed that this represent-

ed inappropriate spending, and voted to cease and desist in funding both of these events.

The MCA awards dinner at that time was not a fund-raiser (it lost money).

The MCA had made a deliberate decision many years earlier to establish a separate organization, the McLean Citizens Foundation, to be the focus of community fund-raising so the MCA could retain its focus on community issues.

I would agree with the viewpoint the Sun Gazette published by Rob Jackson in the article in regard to funding a Hometown Heroes event: “It takes our [MCA] focus away from the mission . . . this is incredibly timeconsuming. We’ve got more important issues to work on.”

Bill Denk Great Falls

Editor: Letter-writer Len Levitt was correct to point out in the Dec. 21 Sun Gazette that U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock has not defended her constituents from the desperate and reckless drafting of the so-called tax-cut legislation.

This should be no surprise, since time and time again, Rep. Comstock chooses to vote with the GOP leadership in the House on critically important issues, such as her vote against equal pay for women, potentially affecting half of her

constituents.

We who live in Northern Virginia know that we have expensive homes and pay substantial taxes to provide worldclass schools for our children. It was disappointing to watch Rep. Comstock stand by and ignore the fact that, because of our prosperous community, many of us will be penalized with higher taxes.

Where was Grover Norquist, Comstock’s mentor, from whom she normally takes her lead?

As Levitt correctly notes, numerous members of Congress from prosperous districts around the country chose to oppose removal of the deduction for state and local taxes. Rep. Comstock again showed her true colors and voted with Donald Trump.

J. Jay Volkert Vienna

Comstock Showed True Colors in Vote on Tax Bill

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Dels. Keam, Sullivan Prep Bills for New Session BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Having won re-election without opposition, Dels. Mark Keam (D-35th) and Rip Sullivan (D-48th) are crafting legislation for the 2018 General Assembly session and both are encouraged by the parity – near or exact will be determined soon – that Democrats will enjoy in the House of Delegates.

“I’m an eternal optimist,” Keam said.

“We’re in a good, positive position for collaboration. Republicans will have to work with us. It’s a way for us to collaborate to solve problems in way that’s not partisan, but gets things done.”

Sullivan, who led Democratic efforts to pick up a slew of House of Delegates seats in the Nov. 7 election, also was upbeat about the prospects for success in the next session.

“I’m just ready to get back to work,” Sullivan said. “It’s going to be an interesting session, hopefully productive. The dynamics have dramatically changed.”

If Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds wins the draw in the tied 94th District race in Newport News and takes the seat away from incumbent David Yancey (R), the House of Delegates would be split 50-50 between Democrats and the GOP. “You would need a majority to pass a bill,” Sullivan said, noting that unlike in the state Senate, where the lieutenant governor can cast deciding votes, there is no

tie-breaker in the House of Delegates.

Keam, who first was elected in 2009, has drafted several bills, but has not filed them formally yet. As always, Keam will press for some legislation on behalf of the town of Vienna, which in 2018 will include bills that would: • Allow towns or counties to take advantage of online legal advertising, as opposed to running such ads in newspapers, provided they contacted every resident within the locality and asked for their permission to receive e-mails with those ads or waive that option.

• Require developers to replace the tree canopy at building sites within 10 years instead of the current 20.

“We’re trying to make it a statewide effort,” Keam said. “The idea is to keep as many old and maintained trees as possible.”

• Allow localities the opportunity to ride other jurisdictions’ contracts worth up to $500,000. The General Assembly in recent years curtailed localities’ ability to ride such contracts, which allowed them to take advantage of economies of scale.

• Allow smaller communities to pull together and obtain solar power, as opposed to getting it only from the larger carriers.

“It would provide more options for communities that can’t afford to build their own” solar facilities,” Keam said.

“The idea is to bring more balance in how we bring solar power to Virginia.”

Keam also will press for Metrorail reforms and sustainable funding for the transit service.

Sullivan, who won a special election in 2014 to succeed former Del. Bob Brink (D) and was re-elected unopposed in 2015, already has filed several pieces of legislation for 2018, including: • House Bill (HB) 32, which would include in the hate-crimes definition acts against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identification. Such crimes would have to be reported to the Virginia State Police.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes McLEAN HIGH BAND WINS NATIONAL HONOR: The McLean High School band

program has received the prestigious 2017 Sudler Flag of Honor from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, an award that celebrates a band program’s history of performance excellence over an extended period of time under the same director.

The band program is under the leadership of director of bands Chris Weise and associated director of bands Deidra Denson. The award will be formally presented to the band program during a concert in May. The honor includes all aspects of the McLean band program, including marching band, color guard, jazz band, percussion and more. The application book submitted by the high school looked back at the band program over the past eight years.

The Sudler award, presented annually to one or two schools nationally, is the second in McLean High School history.

The band program received its first Sudler Flag of Honor in 2000 under the leadership of director of bands Jim Kirchenbauer.

For information on the award, see the Web site at www.sousafoundation.net.

LOCAL ARTIST PUTS OUT DEBUT LP:

McLean native Claudia B. Swope has just put out her first LP – “Yours” – featuring 10 original rhythm-and-blues and soul

songs with Swope on lead vocals backed by a five-piece band.

Swope wrote, arranged, and produced the entire album, supported by a number of local backers. The album-release concert was held recently in Boston.

Swope, a 2017 graduate of the Potomac School, studies at Berklee College of Music, majoring in production, performance and business. She works locally at McLean’s Bach2Rock school and teaches privately: she has also performed regularly in McLean at various community gatherings.

“Yours” is widely available for download on digital-music platforms. Physical CDs are available directly from the singer at claudiabswope@gmail.com.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LOOK AT CIVIL WAR TALES: The McLean Histori-

cal Society will meet Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Governmental Center, 1437 Balls Hill Road.

The program will feature noted historian Don Hakenson, who will discuss “Rare Civil War Stories in Fairfax County.”

The community is invited. For information, call Carole Herrick at (703) 356-

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TAX DISCUSSION IS FOCUS OF McLEAN NEWCOMERS’ MEETING: McLean New-

comers and Neighbors is accepting reservations through Jan. 12 for its monthly luncheon, to be held on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Kazan Restaurant in McLean.

CPA Deborah Kosciw will discuss “Getting Info Ready for Tax Time.”

The cost is $30 per person. For information, see the Web site at www.mcleannewcomers.org.

HISTORIAN FEATURED AT GREAT FALLS SENIOR CENTER: The Great

Falls Senior Center will feature historian James Lewis as the speaker of its next meeting, to be held on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.

Lewis will discuss his research on the Civil War’s impact on Fairfax County.

The program is free and includes lunch.

Registration is required.

For information, call (703) 938-6471 or see the Web site at www.gfseniors.org.

ALDEN THEATRE TO HOST CHILDREN’S PRODUCTIONS: The Alden Theatre of

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Tickets are $10 for McLean residents, $15 for others. For tickets and information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.aldentheatre.org.

FUND-RAISER WILL BENEFIT KENT GARDENS PTA: A fund-raiser for the

Kent Gardens Elementary School PTA will be held Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pulcinella Italian Host restaurant in McLean.

The event is sponsored by the Community Charity Champions initiative of HBC Group of Keller Williams Realty.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes VIENNA TOWN COUNCIL MAKES APPOINTMENTS: The Vienna Town Council

recently made the following appointments to local boards and commissions: Jeanne Specchio Bierkan and Rita Monner were appointed to the Vienna Public Art Commission.

Patty Hanley was appointed to the Board of Architectural Review. Rochele Kadish was appointed to the Community Enhancement Commission.

VIENNA GOVERNMENT ISSUES BUSINESS LICENSES: The Vienna govern-

ment recently issued licenses for the following new businesses: Charles Street Enterprises (online sales/services), 204 Charles St., S.E.; Magnolia of Vienna (restaurant), 431 Maple Ave., W.; Vienna Kitchen and Bath Design (kitchen design), 394 Maple Ave., E.; Yellow Door Day Spa (spa), 352 Maple Ave., W.; and Zienab Home Daycare (child care), 305 Jade Court, N.W.

VIENNA GOVERNMENT SALUTES MILESTONE BUSINESS ANNIVERSARIES:

The Vienna town government recently recognized the following businesses for milestone anniversaries: 55 Years: Sheets Wholesale.

45 Years: C&C Garage; County Transmissions; Daniel H. Framm; Tommy Beach; Vienna Woods Swim and Tennis Club.

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30 Years: A.J.’s Sport Show.

20 Years: CCR Quality Painters; Commonwealth Home Remodelers; Vienna Pediatrics.

15 Years: Air Treatment Co.; Andre Luis Biauth; Himalayan Therapy; Interword Corp.; Mitchell Eye Institute; and Unisoft Corp.

VIENNA AAUW TO LOOK AT FEMALE POLITICAL LEADERS: The Vienna area

branch of the American Association of University Women will present “Women at the Helm” on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Patrick Henry Library.

The meeting will feature Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco and Town Council members Linda Colbert and Carey Sienicki, who will share their experiences in town government.

The community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.viennava.aauw.net.

GARDEN CLUB TO MEET: The Five

Hills Garden Club will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. at Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park St., N.E. The guest speaker will be Scott Aker, head of horticulture and education at the National Arboretum, who will discuss the recently installation of a friendship garden there.

The community is invited.

HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS HOST BIKE COLLECTION: The James Madison High

School Students for Environmental Action Club is hosting a bicycle collection for Wheels to Africa on Saturday, Jan. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the high school.

For information, e-mail jmhsseaclub@ gmail.com.

VIENNA/OAKTON CHAPTER OF ‘NARFE’ TO MEET: The Vienna/Oakton chapter

of NARFE (National Active and Retired Federal Employees) will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center.

Speaker Lisa Mottesheard of Caption Call of Eastern Virginia will discuss her organization.

For information, call (703) 938-9757.

VIENNA COMMUNITY BAND RESUMES REHEARSALS: The Vienna Community

Band resumes rehearsals on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 6:15 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center.

The band is seeking enthusiastic musicians in all sections, with a special need for clarinets, bassons, oboes and tubas.

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

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VIENNA ARTS SOCIETY TO OPEN NEW EXHIBITION: The Vienna Arts Society

opens a new exhibition – “Jazz It Up” – on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Vienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The exhibition will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through March 3.

A reception will be held on Jan. 27. For information, call (703) 319-3971 or see the Web site at www.viennaartssociety.org.

OPEN HOUSE SLATED FOR SPRING EDUCATION PROGRAM: Shepherd’s

Center of Oakton-Vienna will host an open house for its spring Adventures in Learning program on Thursday, Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, located at 2709 Hunter Mill Road in Oakton.

The spring session will run from Jan. 18 to March 15. For information and a course listing, see the Web site at www. scov.org.

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Fairfax County Notes SCHOOL SYSTEM OKs 2018-19 CALENDAR: The Fairfax County School

Board has adopted the 2018-19 school calendar, which starts classes for most county students on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, and ends the school year on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

The calendar provides a three-day break (Nov. 21-23, 2018) for Thanksgiving, and has slated winter break from Dec. 24, 2018, to Jan. 4, 2019. Spring break is slated for April 15-19, 2019.

School officials say the proposed calendar meets state requirements for a minimum of 180 days or 990 hours of classroom time for students. There is time built into the calendar to accommodate inclement-weather-related closings.

Full details can be found at www.fcps. edu.

THREE-PART WORKSHOP WILL SUPPORT ALZHEIMER’S CARE-GIVERS:

The Alzheimer’s Association will host a three-part series – “Living with Alzheimer’s: For Early-Stage Caregivers” – to provide individuals with tools and strategies needed to cope with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia in a family member.

Programs will take place on Saturdays, Jan. 13 and 27 and Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon at Ravensworth Baptist Church in Annandale.

For information and to register, call

(800) 272-3900. For general information on the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area chapter, see the Web site at www.alz.org/nca.

2018 ‘GRASSES FOR THE MASSES’ INITIATIVE TO KICK OFF: The Chesapeake

Bay Foundation’s annual “Grasses for the Masses” initiative provides an opportunity for local residents to help restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia’s rivers.

Participants will attend a workshop to receive a simple kit and instructions to grow native aquatic “celery” grasses in their homes, classrooms or businesses during the winter, and plant them at Mason Neck Park in the spring. The grasses filter nutrients and provide important habitat for fish and other aquatic creatures.

The fee to participate is $40, which covers part of the cost of the kit and includes a one-year membership to Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Workshops will be held on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7:15 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 27 at 9 a.m. at Fairlington Community Center, 3308 South Stafford St. in Arlington.

Other workshops are being held across the local area at various times.

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We open a new year with a showstopper that helps set the tone for the all exquisite properties to follow.

Our featured property, constructed by the acclaimed team at BOWA in 2005 and set on five acres in Great Falls, offers more than 14,000 square feet of chateau-inspired interior space, with meticulous attention paid to all details.

From the pea-gravel driveway complete with center roundabout, to the lushly landscaped coniferous furs that surround, you are enveloped by serenity and elegance. And what we spy from the exterior only hints at what awaits as we are welcomed inside and begin our exploration of the home.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $4,800,000 by Fouad Talout and Pascale Karam of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Eclecticism meets elegance as we step inside, where reclaimed gothic doors from an Argentine castle greet guests and welcome them into a lightfilled, two-story foyer, complete with a Tiffany stained-glass window and chandelier from an Anheuser-Busch warehouse. Vintage, salvaged oak floors run through the first floor.

The home is designed so it can both host an art collection, and serve as one by itself. Consider the gallery space adjacent to the foyer, where the handcarved paneling comes from a church

in Glasgow and a hidden door opens up to that powder room that repurposes a 16th-century baptismal font as a sink.

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A saltwater aquarium takes us to the large chef’s-caliber kitchen, perfect for passionate practitioners of the culinary arts.

The kitchen flows seamlessly into the informal Great Room, with an extraordinary Renaissance carved limestone walk-in fireplace from Burgundy, France, as the centerpiece. Hand-carved wood beams and a wood-clad, vaulted ceiling finish off the space.

Adjacent to the Great Room is the receiving room, which continues the display of worldly treasures. Opening through the antique Chinese doors, another smaller-scale fireplace can be found flanked by two stylish stainedglass windows. These rare pieces are reclaimed from King Street Methodist church in Manchester and depict David Livingston delivering the gospel to Africa and Handel’s “Messiah.”

A well-proportioned wine cellar is another celebrated space.

The luxury continues in the master suite, as well as three other mini-suites with en-suite baths. There is a gym with functional reclaimed quatrefoil door, craft room, billiard space and more.

The enclosed porch and multiple terraces overlook the abundant amenities of the rear yard, including a luxurious custom pool, spa and private lake dotted among the grand acreage.

Equal parts worldly and whimsical, the home is a testament to creativity and personality. A wonderful way to start the new year.

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Va. Home Sales and Prices See Year-Over-Year Improvement Virginia’s real-estate market remained on solid ground in November, according to new data, with higher sales and prices pushing total yearover-year sales volume up nearly 9 percent.

A total of 8,982 properties went to closing statewide in November, according to figures reported Dec. 21 by Virginia Realtors. That’s up 3.9 percent from November 2016 and up a whopping 34.7 percent from November 2014.

“November sales show there are still buyers in the market who are ready to make the deal if they can find the house they want,” said Jay Mitchell, incoming president of the statewide trade group, which has a membership of about 33,000.

The median sales price of all residential properties that went to market was up 2 percent to $270,000 in November.

“While the fourth quarter can typically slow, we are still seeing tight inventory and high demand from buyers for homes that present well and are priced right,” Mitchell said. “The tail end of 2017 is significantly outpacing the final weeks of 2016, and prices continue to tick upward.”

Adding up the sales and prices, the total sales volume for the month was $3.02 billion, up 8.7 percent from $2.78 billion a year before.

Some buyers are hopping into the market now in an effort to beat expected increases in mortgage-interest rates and uncertainty about the impacts of the federal tax-reform package recently adopted.

For the moment, interest rates are relatively stable, having hovered at less then 4 percent for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage since early spring. The average rate of 3.92 percent in November was up slightly from 3.9 percent in October, according to Freddie Mac. Homes that went to closing in November spent an average of 62 days between listing and ratified sales contract, an improvement from 71 days in November 2016, 79 days in November 2015 and 80 days in November 2014.

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Edison Wins Title With Strong Start DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Unlike the first time the teams met this season, the Marshall Statesmen were not able to generate a comeback victory.

GRILS HOOP ROUNDUP Thanks to a fast start, the perennial region power Edison Eagles defeated Marshall, 60-46, on Dec. 29 in the girls basketball championship game of the Farrish Subaru Rebel Round Ball Classic at Fairfax High School. Edison led 19-8 at the end of the first quarter and 34-18 at halftime, as Marshall shot poorly early in the contest and had six first-quarter turnovers.

In that earlier-season clash, Marshall also fell behind early but rallied to win, 70-66, in National District action.

“You can’t give a Diane Lewiscoached Edison team a lead like that twice and expect come back both times,” Marshall coach Mike Trivisonno said.

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Marshall’s Christina Trivisonno drives to the basket and is guarded tightly by Edison’s Carole Miller in a tournament-championship game at Fairfax High on Dec. 29.

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Flint Hill Wins Second Tournament of Season DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

What a difference a year makes.

Last winter, the Flint Hill Huskies and McLean Highlanders were struggling boys high school basketball teams, finishing with a combined 2-4 record in holiday tournaments with last and fifthplace finishes.

Much improved this year, the two played for the championship of the Farrish Subaru Rebel Round Ball Classic title Dec. 29, with Flint Hill (6-3) winning, 73-52, at Fairfax High School to finish 3-0 in the competition. McLean (4-6) went 2-1.

Flint Hill’s win left the Huskies just one victory short of last season’s total

of seven triumphs. McLean went winless last winter.

BOYS HOOP ROUNDUP “This tournament was great for us,” Flint Hill coach Rico Reed said. “We saw different types of basketball, which keeps us honest defensively and forced us to make adjustments. That makes us better.”

Flint Hill nipped Brooke Point, 62-60, in the first round on a last-second three-pointer by guard Isaiah Moore, then won big over the Madison Warhawks, 77-48, in a Dec. 28 semifinal.

Against McLean, a taller Flint Hill team never trailed, taking quick leads of 4-0 and 8-3. The Huskies led 24-11 at the end of the first quarter and were

comfortably ahead the rest of the game.

Flint Hill shot 61 percent from the floor and outrebounded McLean, 31-15.

The Huskies were led by junior center Qudus Wahab, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. He had 22 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and three assists.

The 6-foot-10 Nigerian played at Virginia Academy last season. His presence at Flint Hill has made the Huskies better.

“I want to keep getting better, pass the ball better, help make our team better and help us win,” Wahab said.

Also in the final for Flint Hill, forward Dowar Jioklow had 17 points and three assists, Moore scored 16, starter

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Coming this spring on a Saturday afternoon in April, for the first time since the 2010 season, the Bishop O’Connell Knights and Madison Warhawks will meet in softball. The contest is set for 3 p.m. April 14 at Madison in Vienna.

What a perfect time to resume the rivalry. The perennial-powers are coming off standout seasons, capped by winning 2017 state titles at the highest classifications – O’Connell on the Division I private-school level and Madison in 6A public-school play.

The Knights were 27-0 last spring and ranked in USA Today’s top five.

Madison was 27-1, winning its final 14 contests. Each team is expected to return top pitchers and numerous key players, although O’Connell was impacted a bit more by graduation.

For many years, the teams used to play each season on a Saturday night at Madison. The contests were hotly contested, usually low scoring, and the teams traded victories.

For softball fans, the showdowns were must-see events. Crowds were huge. The bleachers were packed, with many more leaning on fences along each foul line or standing atop hills beyond the outfield fences.

The contests meant nothing in conference standings, yet certainly impacted local rankings and those proud bragging rights. The losing team had to carry that bitter taste for a year.

The rivalry ended to the disappointment of many. The excuse given was because of scheduling reasons, with Madison no longer being able to fit the non-conference clash into its limited number of games. O’Connell never bought that explanation.

With a coaching change at Madison a few years back and extra vacancies on this year’s schedule, the rivalry has fortunately been resumed.

Fans are grateful and thrilled.

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High School Roundup McLEAN GIRLS WIN HOOP TOURNAMENT: After losing three straight games,

the McLean Highlanders responded with a victory streak of the same length, including two triumphs to win the LeeDavis Holiday Tournament near Richmond.

In those contests, the girls high school basketball team (4-5) defeated Caroline High, 51-34, in the first round, then Rappahannock County, 55-29, in the championship game.

McLean’s Kaela Moskowitz and Mariane Auza were chosen to the alltournament team.

In the final, Auza had 15 points, with Moskowitz also scoring 15 on five threepointers. Elizabeth Dufrane scored nine, Natalie Hedrick six and Kendall Jones five.

In first-round action, Auza scored 16, Dufrane 10, Jones eight, Moskowitz six and Hedrick five.

FLINT HILL FOOTBALL PLAYERS CHOSEN ALL-STATE: Five players from

Flint Hill School’s undefeated and statechampion football team during the fall were chosen first-team Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association

Girls Hoops Continued from Page 17 well, and our defense was not very good early.”

Marshall played better defense in the second half of the title game, but the deficit was too large to overcome.

“We had to gamble some on defense in the second half, and they got some easy baskets off that,” Trivisonno said.

“But it was a great tournament for us.

We played some good teams.”

Marshall was 2-1 in the competition.

In the championship game, Marshall guard Christina Trivisonno scored 16

Boys Hoops Continued from Page 17 Justin Taylor had six points and five rebounds, and backup point guard Justice Ellison had two points and three assists.

He entered the game after starting point guard Ethan Jones hurt his right arm midway through the first quarter and did not return.

“Justice played very well filling in,” Reed said.

Christian Turner had four points off the bench.

See a game story about Flint Hill’s win over Madison at www.sungazette. net/sports/fairfax.

McLean’s Matias Prock was chosen the tournament’s Outstanding Player.

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Division I all-state, and Huskies’ head coach Tom Verbanic was selected as the Division I Coach of the Year.

The high school team finished the campaign with an 11-0 record, as the Huskies also won a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference championship.

The first-team all-state Flint Hill players were led by junior running back Jordan Houston, the Division I Offensive Player of the Year. Houston rushed for 1,971 yards and 25 touchdowns and he caught 10 passes for 342 yards and four TDs. Also making first team on offense from Flint Hill was junior quarterback Miles Thompson. He passed for 1,792 yards and 24 touchdowns.

Flint Hill junior place-kicker Justin Duenkel was a first-teamer, and on defense senior defensive back Jamarian Hawkins and junior defensive back Trey Rucker were first-team selections.

Duenkel made 50 of 52 extra points, booted two field goals, with a long of 40 yards, and 58 of his kickoffs resulted in touchbacks.

Hawkins had six interceptions and 37 solo tackles and Rucker had three picks and 44 solo tackles.

Making second team from Flint Hill were senior wide receiver Mark Lewis on offense, and on defense, senior lineman Xavier Forney and sophomore linebacker Elijah Wasson.

Potomac School junior wide receiver Preston Bacon also was chosen first team on offense. He caught some 50 passes for some 800 yards in 2017.

OAKTON GIRLS GO 2-1: The Oakton

Cougars (8-4) finished 2-1 at their girls 12-team round-robin holiday basketball classic, defeating Broad Run, 59-41, in the first game, then Colgan, 48-46, in their third.

Mina Mori scored 32 points in the three games for Oakton and Emma Coleman 29 and made five three-pointers. Peyton Perine scored 14 against Colgan and Kate Vietmeyer 11. Vietmeyer scored 10, Perine nine and Grace Meshanko six against Broad Run. In a 39-35 loss to Hayfield, Meshanko scored seven.

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Madison topped Forest Park, 57-51, in the consolation game on the strength of a strong third quarter. The score was tied at 24 at halftime, then Madison led 36-26, after three periods.

All-tourney selection John Finney led the Warhawks in scoring with 12 points and senior forward Johnny Hecht also scored 12. Nick Hugie scored eight and made two three-pointers, Aaron Darab scored seven and T.J. Ulrich had six on two three-pointers. See more at www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

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Warhawks (7-5) finished third with a 2-1 record in the boys basketball competition at the Farrish Subaru Rebel Round

School graduate Danny Hosley has changed his mind and will now play college baseball.

The 2017 Liberty Conference and 6A Northern Region Player of the Year initially chose not to play college ball as he attended the University of Northern Colorado. After the fall semester, Hosley has decided to transfer to Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Va., where he will become a member of the baseball team. Hosley will catch and pitch for Patrick Henry.

points and had four rebounds; center Clara Ford had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to go with three blocks; Zoe Soule scored nine; Grace Grill five; and Val Dirkse had two points and seven rebounds.

Christina Trivisonno made the alltournament team and Ford was chosen as the Outstanding Player.

In Marshall’s 60-41 semifinal win over George Mason, Trivisonno scored 19 and made three three-pointers, Ford scored 16, Soule seven and Grill six.

Marshall defeated Robinson, 51-30, in its first game behind 15 points from Ford, 12 from Soule, nine from Trivisonno and six from Dirkse. n The Flint Hill Huskies (5-4) and

Potomac School Panthers (7-3) each finished third in different girls’ holiday tournaments with 2-1 records.

Flint Hill was third at the Farrish Subaru Rebel Round Ball Classic at Fairfax High School. Potomac School took third at the Joe Cascio Holiday Tournament at Falls Church High.

Flint Hill was led by all-tournament selection Whitney Wiley, who amassed 40 points in the three games. The Huskies downed Chantilly, 62-46, in their first game; lost to champion Edison, 60-52, in the semifinals; then topped George Mason, 47-29, in the consolation contest when Flint Hill held the Mustangs to just nine second-half points..

Claire Miller scored 44 points in the

tournament for Flint Hill and Kathleen Boyce 27. Cami Lamont had 14 against Edison, a game in which the Huskies were 8 of 18 from the foul line.

Potomac School was led by the scoring of Courtlynne Caskin and Sara Park. Caskin scored 31 points and made five three-pointers in a 75-53 win over Mount Vernon, and Park had 28 points and made four threes in that contest.

Tracey Mills scored eight.

In a 62-46 semifinal loss to West Potomac, Park and Caskin scored 12 each, Mills had 11 and Evelina Swigart eight.

In a 70-44 consolation-game victory over Potomac of Prince William County, Caskin scored 27, Park 23 and Swigart 11.

Lopez had 14, including four threepointers. McLean made nine threepointers.

McLean defeated Jefferson, 53-42, in the first round, then rallied in the second half past Forest Park, 67-64, in the semifinals. See information from those games at www.sungazette.net/sports/ fairfax.

“We are improved and the players are starting to believe,” McLean coach Mike O’Brien said. “Getting that first win was a big deal. Then when we got the second, I think that really gave the guys confidence. This tournament was good for us, getting two wins.”

McLean had won three games in a row before losing the championship game.

Moore, Senft (13 points in the final) and Madison’s John Finney made the all-tournament team.

Cougars (10-2) won the Mount Vernon High School holiday boys high school basketball tournament.

Oakton was 3-0 in this year’s competition, including a 52-24 rout of host Mount Vernon in the championship game, upping the team’s winning streak to six.

Against Mount Vernon, Jake Digby led Oakton with 12 points, Braeden Johnson scored 11, Jonah Schulz and Matthew Jaquette eight each.

Oakton defeated Dunbar, 67-57, in the first round, then nipped Christ Chapel Academy, 48-47, in the semifinals on a long game-winning shot by Digby.

Digby scored 17 in that game as did Johnson. Charlie Smith scored five and Tyler Fink four.

In the win over Dunbar, Johnson scored 27, Digby 18, Micah JohnsonParrotte six and Smith five.

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Marshall (8-2) defeated the previously undefeated South County Stallions (9-1), 71-59, in the Dec. 29 championship game of the basketball competition.

Daniel Deaver scored 24 points to lead the victory, Joseph Lampman scored 19 and made four three-pointers, Demetri Gamble scored 14 and Ryan Schlaffer had 11 with three threes.

Marshall routed Robinson, 46-28, in the first round, then edged host Westfield, 54-52, in overtime in the semifinals on a game-winning buzzer-beating layup

by Ryan Robinson, after an inbound leading pass from the opposite baseline from Lampman, who had 15 points in the win. Robinson scored seven and Deaver 11. Schlaffer also scored seven.

Marshall has won four games in a row. The Statesmen were scheduled to play Wakefield this week in a big game for first place in the National District.

For the second straight year, the Oakton

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• A proposed constitutional amendment providing criteria for the General Assembly’s redrawing of electoral districts. The amendment would require that districts be contiguous and compact; drawn using existing political boundaries (for example, not splitting towns into multiple districts); and as nearly equal to other districts in population as is practical. The objective is to “squeeze the politics out of how we redistrict every 10 years,” Sullivan said.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. January 8, 1937: n Fairfax police officers will be getting a pay raise of $120 this year. n Alcohol sales in Virginia’s state ABC stores were up this Christmas season over a year before. n Lt. Gov. Price is expected to face no major hurdles in his quest for the Democratic nomination for governor. n About 6,500 homes are expected to be built in Virginia this year. n At the movies: “The Great Ziegeld” is playing at the State Theatre.

January 8, 1943: n New gas-ration books are in the mail to vehicle owners in Northern Virginia.

January 5, 1961: n A petition is being circulated in an effort to end Fairfax County Public Schools’ ongoing segregation of athletic teams. n Sales at state-run liquor sales in Northern Virginia are declining, as many people head to D.C. for cheaper hooch.

January 5, 1971: n The soon-to-open session of the General Assembly is expected to strain relations between its Democratic majority and the Republican governor. n Chances appear “slim” that the legislature will permit localities to enact income taxes this session. n State educators are being told not to panic, or to preach, when they determine that a student has a drug problem. n At the movies: “Airport,” “Five Easy Pieces” and “Dirty Dingus Magee.”

January 5, 1981: n Draft registration is resuming, with all males born in 1962 required to provide information to Selective Service officials. n On TV tonight: “Little House of the Prairie,” “Flo,” “M*A*S*H,” “House Calls” and “That’s Incredible.” n Columnist-for-teens “Ask Beth” tackles a sensitive question asking why nipples get aroused.

January 5, 1991: n Superintendent Robert Spillane is seeking a $903.7 million school budget, up 3.2 percent from the current spending plan. n Virginia’s jobless rate has risen to 4.5 percent, still below the national average.

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THE 1990s

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1. Had, with “thou” 6. Leaves in a bag 9. “____ ____ good example” 13. Chilled 14. Hole punching tool 15. John du Pont, e.g.

16. *“Private Parts” and “Miss America” author 17. Hawaiian garland 18. Faster!

19. *Highest grossing movie 21. *Popular 1990s communication device 23. Digital location marker 24. Sty cry 25. Homer’s exclamation 28. Ticket leftover 30. Perform onychectomy 35. International Civil Aviation Organization 37. Please get back to me 39. Andean pack animal 40. Aldous Huxley’s drug of choice 41. Willow twig 43. Cain’s unfortunate brother 44. Like Desmond Morris’ ape 46. Of low density 47. Cosa Nostra and such 48. Entertained 50. Yanks 52. U Rah ____!

53. “Put that in your ____ and smoke it!”

55. *Swedish pop group, ____ of Base 57. *Human ____ Project 60. *Grunge fabric

64. Panthers 65. “Uh-uh” 67. Indian cuisine yogurt staple 68. High society 69. Genesis vessel 70. Audience’s approval 71. 1970s hairdo 72. *Pamela Anderson’s husband

73. Rosetta Stone, e.g.

DOWN

1. *Conan debuted as one on NBC in 1993 2. Against 3. Weight watcher’s plan 4. Garbage disposal fodder 5. *Anna Kournikova’s domain

Public-Safety Notes JUVENILES CHARGED WITH POSTCHRISTMAS McLEAN LARCENY: Fair-

fax County police responded to the PINK store in the 1900 block of Chain Bridge Road on Dec. 26 at 6:15 p.m., after the store reported three juveniles were hiding merchandise.

Officers arrested the three individuals, determining that the merchandise was valued at more than $2,000, police said.

Petitions are pending against the juveniles.

PRE-CHRISTMAS VEHICLE TAMPERING REPORTED: On Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.,

a woman parked her vehicle in the Tiny Tots parking lot in the 200 block of Courthouse Road, S.W., in Vienna.

When she returned to the vehicle at about 6:15 p.m., she found that a front window had been smashed and shopping bags and her purse that had been left in the vehicle were taken.

According to Vienna police, one of the victim’s credit cards already had been used to make two purchases.

PURSE LEFT IN CAR ATTRACTS THIEF:

Vienna police said that on Dec. 20 between 3:30 and 4 p.m., a car parked at Glyndon Park was broken into. Entry was

gained by smashing a window, and the victim’s purse was taken.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT REPORTED AT VIENNA HOTEL: Vienna police reported

that, on Dec. 21 at 7:49 a.m., an employee of the Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel reported one of the guest was acting disorderly.

According to police, a responding officer noticed signs of impairment while interacting with the individual, who then agreed to be transported to the Fairfax County detox center for assistance.

DRIVER ALLEGEDLY STARTS CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS EARLY, AND ILLEGALLY: On Dec. 24 at 9:28 p.m., a

Vienna police officer conducted a traffic stop in the 400 block of Maple Avenue, W. According to police, the officer then noticed the odor of marijuana and located “a measurable amount” in the vehicle.

The suspect – a 27-year-old Vienna man – was arrested, charged with possession of marijuana and released on a summons.

DRIVER FACES CHARGES OF RECKLESS DRIVING, ALCOHOL POSSESSION: On Dec. 22 at 3:29 p.m., a Vienna

police officer observed a driver commit a

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6. Barber’s supply 7. *Dolly 8. Cover story 9. a.k.a. porgy 10. Dublin land 11. Millimeter of mercury 12. Take your pick 15. Israeli monetary unit 20. Preface 22. *Emma Thompson in “Howard’s ____” 24. Eliminate 25. *Royal car crash victim 26. ____’s razor 27. 3-line poem 29. *This socialist state is no more, acr.

31. Chowder ingredient 32. *Robert Reich, Secretary of ____ 33. Single-cell animal 34. *Brandon or Brenda of “Beverly Hills, 90210” 36. Lyric poems 38. Paddington’s home country 42. Like something fit for a king 45. Remove from the throne 49. Not bright 51. Frightens 54. Prison-related 56. Perform in a play 57. *1991 war site 58. Arabian chieftain 59. *Operation Joint Endeavour mastermind organization 60. Type of fish net 61. Cairo’s waterway 62. Et alibi, abbr.

63. *“Late Night” becomes “____ Show” 64. One in a pod 66. Second person of be

series of traffic offenses in the 200 block of Windover Avenue, N.W., and initiated a traffic stop, police said.

According to police, the driver – a 19year-old Vienna man – was in possession of alcohol underage. The suspect was charged with reckless driving and illegal possession of alcohol, and was released on a summons.

DOOR LEFT OPEN AT DEPOT: According to Vienna police, a resident reported on Dec. 27 at 9:28 a.m. that the door to the train station at 231 Dominion Road, N.W., was unlocked and the building was unoccupied.

Police searched the building and determined that nothing appeared to be disturbed.

DRIVERS HAVE DIFFERING VIEWS OF COLLISION CULPABILITY: On Dec. 18

at 4:03 p.m., two vehicles stopped at the four-way stop at the intersection of Ayr Hill Avenue and Dominion Road, N.E., in Vienna.

Both drivers told police that they had stopped before proceeding into the intersection, but the cars collided, causing damage to each.

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2338 S Pierce Street

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Arlington Ridge | $875,000 | For Sale

McLean | $997,000 | Under Contract

Vienna | $599,000 | Under Contract

Happy New Year!

Thank you to all our clients, partners, and friends for your continued support!

Great Falls | $3,400,000 | Sold

Vienna | $1,325,000 | Sold

McLean | $1,185,000 | Sold

Sterling | $620,000 | Sold

McLean | $2,573,800 | Sold

McLean | $1,320,000 | Sold

McLean | $1,170,000 | Sold

Alexandria | $470,000 | Sold

McLean | $2,300,000 | Sold

McLean | $1,300,000 | Sold

Vienna | $1,050,000 | Sold

Arlington | $394,000 | Sold

McLean | $1,750,000 | Sold

Vienna | $1,255,000 | Sold

Great Falls | $1,025,000 | Sold

McLean | $349,000 | Sold

Vienna | $1,475,000 | Sold

Vienna | $1,230,000 | Sold

Arlington | $960,000 | Sold

Sterling | $340,000 | Sold

Vienna | $1,430,000 | Sold

McLean | $1,195,000 | Sold

McLean | $765,000 | Sold

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