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BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
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. Inmates with the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office’s Community Labor Force since fiscal year 2014 have been collecting signs along major roadways under a March 2013 agreement between the Board of Supervisors and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The Community Labor Force picked up illegal signs from 60 roadways when the program began, and that street total had been increased to 99 by November last year. Inmates collect signs in eight-hour-long shifts Tuesdays through Thursdays. The Community Labor Force picks up about 30,000 signs per year, costing the Sheriff’s Office about $180,000 annually. Expenses include fuel, mileage, maintenance and replacement costs of two trucks, each of which is staffed by a deputy during the sign-collection shifts. The Department of Code Compliance in January 2016 began the Sign Removal Enforcement Program and last March, under the agreement with VDOT, began invoicing a $100-persign penalty. Between May and December last year, the Department of Code Compliance sent $58,900 worth of civil-penalty invoices Continued on Page 22
Finally, Some Good News on the Vienna Community Center Effort Ariana Capuano showed her enthusiasm at the annual McLean Chocolate Festival, sponsored by the Rotary Club of McLean and held Jan. 29 at the McLean Community Center. See more photos on Page 4, and find a slide show on the Web site at www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT
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Former Spring Hill Elementary Principal Vanderhye Dies Veteran Fairfax County Educator for Past Two Years Had Led Walt Whitman Middle School BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Former Spring Hill Elementary School principal Roger Vanderhye was a welltraveled, highly motivational educator who made a major difference in children’s lives, Fairfax County supervisors said Jan. 24. “Roger lived life to the fullest,” said Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), speaking during the remembrance segment that kicks off each meeting. “He started every day with a really, really positive outlook and boundless energy and he was a pleasure to be around. Just being around him got you excited for public education.” Vanderhye was a “consummate family man, truly amazing father and loving husband,” Foust said. “He savored life and loved the outdoors, travel and adventure, most recently visiting Scandinavia and hiking in Patagonia, Chile.” Vanderhye, who died Jan. 12 at age 60 of complications after heart surgery, had been principal at Walt Whitman Middle School in the Alexandria area since 2015. He was the husband of Belvedere Elementary School principal Cecilia Vanderhye and brother-in-law of former Del. Margi Vanderhye (D-34th). Roger Dirk Vanderhye was born Aug.
9, 1956, in Flossmoor, Il., near Chicago and graduated from Homewood Flossmoor High School in 1974. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1978 from the University of Idaho, which he had attended on a baseball scholarship, and received a master’s in educational leadership from the University of Virginia. Vanderhye began his education career as a middle-school science teacher in Charlottesville, then taught at the International School Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He subsequently took post-graduate courses and taught school in Fort Collins, Colo., and took his first job as an elementary-school principal in that state. Vanderhye in 1987 began working at the International School Nido de Águilas in Santiago, Chile, and met his future wife, the former Cecilia Montoya. Before becoming principal at Spring Hill Elementary in McLean in 2003, Vanderhye had been a principal for 18 years, serving at the International School of Brussels, the American Community School of Athens, Greece, and the Dhahran Academy in Saudi Arabia, as well as stints in Mesa, Ariz., and Cortez, Colo. Vanderhye told the Sun Gazette in 2003 that he would continue Spring Hill Elementary’s character-education program and implement block scheduling so
Roger Vanderhye served as principal for 12 years at Spring Hill Elementary School before taking the helm at Walt Whitman Middle School in 2015. He died Jan. 12 at age 60.
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Above left: Whitney Skochko’s enthusiasm for a chocolate-dipped marshmallow pop sends her mother, Katie, into giggles at the sixth annual McLean Chocolate Festival, sponsored by the Rotary Club of McLean and held Jan. 29 at the McLean Community Center. Above right: Siblings Minjun and Seoyon carefully coat marshmallows with melted chocolate.
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Vienna: Community Center Project Mostly Done by August BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
The Vienna Community Center’s renovation and expansion will be finished substantially by Aug. 11, town officials said Jan. 30. In addition to confirming that deadline, the Vienna Town Council also approved a payment of $113,226 to the project’s general contractor, Keller Bros. Inc., a contingency amount that has been budgeted for since July last year. The renovations include the addition of a new gymnasium and other amenities to the facility, which was built in 1966. The town will take possession of the building following that deadline. While the project mostly will be completed, there still will be a “punch list” of final details that must be seen to. The project has suffered from a series of delays and cost overruns, many of them linked to the discovery that underground water at the low-lying site had undermined 4
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the existing building’s foundation. Following discussions with the contractor and the town’s scheduling consultant, Vienna officials are taking a firm approach to meeting the new deadline, said Town Attorney Steven Briglia. “No staff member or individual person has the authority to do anything to affect the critical path [to project completion],” he said. “It would have to come back to the Town Council.” Vienna Council OKs Purchase of High-Definition-Video Encoder: The Vienna Town Council on Jan. 30 agreed unanimously to spend $4,500 for the purchase and installation of a Granicus Inc. encoding and archiving device that will record and store high-definition video of Town Council and Planning Commission meetings. “Will it make us look better?” Mayor Laurie DiRocco playfully asked Antoine “Tony” Mull, the town’s informationtechnology director. “We could all use that.”
The encoder purchase will be financed by Public, Education and Government (PEG) fees from communications providers, which must be used for the stated purposes. Town officials also will entail $2,100 per year ($175 per month) in increased service fees from Granicus. The total expenditure for such services will not exceed $28,860. The high-definition encoding will improve video images available on the Web. Town officials also wish to provide sharper pictures via Vienna’s cable-television network, but will have to work with providers Verizon and Cox, said town spokesman Lynne DeWilde. “It’s not going to happen immediately,” she said. Audio upgrades also are in the works. Town officials are setting the council chamber’s microphones at different sensitivity levels to pick up the words of softspoken people sitting at the dais, Mull said.
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Vienna Council OKs Additional Payment for Follin Lane Project and Buys Water Meters, Digitizing Services: The Vienna Town Council unanimously approved several municipal contracts Jan. 30, including: • A $24,713 contract with HD Supply to purchase residential water meters and related supplies. The town already is riding a city of Suffolk contract to the tune of $50,000 and $12,479 is left in that account. The additional amount will see the town through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, officials said. • A $9,892 additional contract payment to Jeffery Stack Inc. for expenses related to the now-completed Follin Lane restoration project. The payment covered additional tree plantings to supplement the street corridor and restoration of a private driveway. • A $39,358 contract with Meridian Enterprise Office Solutions for scanning and digitizing some of the town’s documents.
County, VDOT Break Ground on Jones Branch Connector BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
By late 2019, motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists will have a new way to travel between eastern McLean and western Tysons. Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officials broke ground Jan. 26 on the half-milelong 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. The project also will provide another access point to the I-495 Express Lanes. Officials wielding gold-plated shovels tossed mounds of dirt that had been arranged on a gravel bed. The ceremony took place under howling winds and in the shadow of Capital One’s massive new headquarters building, under construction nearby. Officials in December 2016 awarded the connector project’s construction contract to Archer Western Construction LLC. Project backers expect one traffic lane in each direction will be open by late 2018 and the rest of the connector completed by late 2019. When finished, the project will have two travel lanes and on-street bicycle lanes in each direction; a raised median that will be used by Tysons Circulator buses in the future; 8- and 12-foot-wide
lighted sidewalks; and landscaping and streetscaping. The connector likely will handle 32,000 vehicles per day by 2040, officials predicted. Fairfax County will pay $28 million of the project’s cost; the remaining $30 million will be financed by the state and federal governments. As with the recent I-495 Express Lanes initiative, installation of steel girders for the connector project will require periodic lane closures of Beltway and Express lanes. In addition, nighttime lane closures on Jones Branch Drive, Dolley Madison Boulevard and Scotts Crossing Drive also will be necessary, said officials, who added businesses will remain accessible during the project. Traffic delays likely will not occur for the first few months while the contractor arranges staging areas and does other preliminary work. When construction begins in earnest, most of it will occur at night, officials said. The Jones Branch Connector will help alleviate two major challenges facing Tysons: transportation and walkability, said Sol Glasner, acting president and executive director of the Tysons Partnership. “Time and time again, automobile gridlock and the absence of pedestrianand bicycle-friendly infrastructure are cited as nearly insurmountable impediments to the realization of our great city aspirations,” he said. The project will be a “major step in ad-
Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Transportation officials break ground Jan. 26 for the Jones Branch Connector, a half-mile-long roadway with three bridges that will connect PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER western McLean with eastern Tysons.
vancing the vision of Tysons,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D). The connector is the first of 17 Tysons transportation projects approved by the Board of Supervisors in June 2010 that is being constructed, Bulova said. It also will help improve circulation and relieve traffic backups along nearby roads, such as Route 123, she said. “Today’s celebration marks another milestone in our collaborative effort to improve the road network, to reduce con-
gestion and to provide more travel options to support the growth of Tysons,” Bulova said. Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville), who represents the McLean area around Tysons, said the Board of Supervisors long has sought to mitigate the impact of Tysons’ growth and traffic on surrounding communities. “I believe this project will significantly improve the lives of my constituents . . . Continued on Page 22
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Our View: Safeguard Homeowners on Foreclosure
Anyone who has bought a home knows the paperwork involved. Stacks of contracts, each with its own series of “sign heres” and “initial theres.” One of the clauses in one of the paragraphs in one of the sections of one of those forms is a passage that requires the bank that holds the mortgage to place a public notice in the local newspaper before it evicts you for falling behind on your payments. This is an important safeguard for homeowners. State Senate Majority Leader Thomas Norment (RJames City) is trying to take it away. Again. Sen. Norment has patroned legislation that would remove that requirement from the lenders and instead only require them to let homeowners know that they can check on foreclosure notices filed at the courthouse or posted online. He proposed similar legislation last year. Now it is up before the Senate again, and it needs to go down again. In full disclosure, the newspaper industry has a finan-
cial stake here. When these required notices of pending foreclosure appear in print, they are paid ads. We profit from them. But that has little to do with our opposition to Sen. Norment’s bill. Our opposition is about protecting homeowners as carefully and thoroughly as possible. There are plenty of American citizens who don’t own computers, or who aren’t online every day or who only wade – rather than surf – the Internet. It would be ludicrous to suggest to these people that it is their responsibility to find the online notices alerting them to a pending foreclosure on their property. In many cases, these people get their information from the newspaper. If critical information must be conveyed, with a reasonable likelihood of reaching them, that paid legal notice is as good a bet as any. It needs to remain in the contract, in the agreement between buyer, seller and lender. (This editorial adapted with permission from The Daily Press of Newport News.)
Green Hedges Is a Good Neighbor in Vienna Editor: I commend the Jan. 19 article about Green Hedges School. As reported, Green Hedges, where I serve as Head of School, periodically approaches the Vienna town government and neighbors to propose improvements to our program, faculty and campus. Such is the case now, as we propose a science garden on a newly acquired quarter-acre lot. The plans also entail planting trees, removing invasive species and otherwise beautifying the lot. We believe it’s important to be a good neighbor in addition to being an excellent school. What some may not appreciate about Green Hedges is our educational vision, captured in the words “small by design.” The Kilmer family founded Green
Hedges in 1942 and chose its Vienna location to realize a vision for educating children that we continue to believe in and abide by. Engaging students with nature is as much a part of our ethos now as it was in 1942. Small class sizes also remain our guiding principle in an experience that confers a lifetime of benefits on students and guarantees them a limitless capacity to learn and comport themselves as responsible citizens. Ours is not an urban school surrounded by pavement. Ours is not a big school. But ours is a school where big ideas take root under a leafy canopy, and children blossom into confident, articulate, accomplished young persons. Long-term improvements for the school were approved by Vienna in 2007, and we are confident that questions about those plans and others re-
garding our current requests related to the proposed science garden will be positively resolved for the town, neighbors and students. As Mayor Laurie DiRocco said just last September when she presented Green Hedges with a proclamation commemorating the school’s 75th anniversary, “Green Hedges School places a very high value on the scholastic excellence of its student body and on an understanding by the families and student body of Green Hedges that education contributes in major measure to the strength of our society and our economy.” Robert Gregg Vienna
Editor: I would like to thank you for your support of the proposed change to the monetary value for the criminal charge of grand larceny in Virginia [Editorial, Jan. 12]. The current amount is $200, which would be raised to $500 as proposed by state Sen. Chap Petersen. The lower amount was probably set some time ago, when $200 would be the value of many items of interest to a thief. The main reason for supporting the change is that there are too many people
in Virginia’s juvenile lockups and prisons. If we are to have any hope of emptying them, at least to some extent, to not only save tax dollars but lives, this is one important way to start. There are many programs that have been started in the commonwealth to help save juvenile and adult offenders both before and after they come into contact with the criminal justice system – Diversion First and OAR (Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources) among them. Additionally, the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area participates in opportunities to regis-
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Tysons Park Could Be Renamed In Salute of Community Leader BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
The late Fairfax County Planning Commission member Kenneth Lawrence for years fought hard for more recreational spaces in rapidly redeveloping Tysons. Lawrence, who died Dec. 17 last year at age 84 after nearly 13 years representing Providence District on the commission, soon may be honored with a Tysons park renamed after him, said Fairfax County Park Authority spokesman Judy Pedersen. “He was extremely influential in getting park facilities and playing fields in the Tysons development plan,” she said. Agency staff members are preparing an item for consideration by the Park Authority board’s Park Operations Committee that would rename Arbor Row Stream Valley Park after Lawrence, she said. The committee will examine the proposal in late February or early March and, if it favors the park’s renaming, will forward the matter to the park board in March, Pedersen said. If the park board approves renaming the park after Lawrence, Park Authority officials by summer likely will hold an event unveiling a new sign at the park, she said. Arbor Row Stream Valley Park and two adjacent athletic fields called Jones Branch Fields were built by Cityline
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Reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said of efforts – now two decades old and counting – to build a boathouse for rowing enthusiasts on the Arlington side of the Potomac River. “It is not a dead issue at all. It has made progress, slow but steady. We’ve worked on it hard,” Fisette said of the effort during the Jan. 19 “Meet the Chairman” event sponsored by the Leadership Center for Excellence. Interest in providing a boathouse has been stymied by funding issues and the fact that the land along the Potomac is under the control of the National Park Service. That agency’s interest in a proposal has ebbed and flowed through the years, and without enthusiastic backing, Arlington’s efforts would be for naught. “It’s not our land, it’s National Park Service land,” Fisette said. County Board members in 2014 agreed to spend $2.4 million for a parcel just south of Key Bridge in Rosslyn, saying at the time that a boathouse seemed a suitable option for the property but cautioning that stumbling blocks – including traffic and vehicular access – made it less than a slam-dunk sure thing. There also remains the need to win over community sentiment, and because the project has been dormant in the public’s mind, any kick-start of civic engagement may need to begin from scratch. But there already are thoughts and concerns. “We want the boathouse [area] to be pristine,” said Nora Palmatier, a veteran civic activist and member of the Arlington Urban Forestry Commission, voicing concern about visual clutter that would disrupt waterfront vistas and denude foli-
age. Fisette said a facility for non-motorized boats could be incorporated into the shoreline without adverse impact. “There are ways of doing it,” he said. The National Park Service also has been conducting its own analysis, after identifying four potential sites in a 2002 feasibility study. Currently, those wishing to use the Potomac for rowing or similar activities have several choices, including facilities in Georgetown, Alexandria and, farther south, Occoquan. The Arlington-Alexandria stretch of the waterway has a number of disadvantages – including excessive wind on the Potomac as well as noise from jets at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport – but that hasn’t stopped advocates from seeking a boathouse facility over the past two decades. Now, “we really see an opening,” although “that doesn’t mean we have the funding,” said Fisette, who rotated in for a one-year term as County Board chairman on Jan. 3. Construction of the George Washington Memorial Parkway beginning in the 1930s cut the majority of Arlington off from the Potomac shoreline. When the shore came under control of the National Park Service, federal legislation guaranteed Arlington’s access to the water for traditional (non-motorized) boating. Arlington’s school system has a long connection to rowing on the Potomac. The Washington-Lee High School boys’ crew team, founded in 1949, became a national powerhouse in the 1950s and ’60s and won the Henley Royal Regatta in the United Kingdom in 1964 and 1969. The squad helped launch other high school and college crew teams across the region; by the 1970s, there were girls’ squads as well as boys’.
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A proposed two-house subdivision at 7072 Idylwood Road in McLean, which has drawn both praise and criticism from the local community, cleared a hurdle Jan. 18 when the Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended the Board of Supervisors approve the project. Commission member John Ulfelder (Dranesville District) moved in favor of H&M of Virginia LLC’s special-exception request for a lot-width reduction at the 1.27-acre site, which would allow construction of two houses with a shared driveway. The property now contains a circa-1936 home in poor condition. The applicant had agreed to implement extra tree-preservation measures, plant additional trees and landscaping, and limit the building envelopes on the resulting two lots for the construction of patios, decks and similar amenities, Ulfelder said. H&M of Virginia LLC would meet stormwater quantity and quality requirements without buying off-site nutrient credits, he said. In addition, the applicant was working with neighbors to vacate the remaining part of an unused outlet road on the site’s boundary, then grade and seed the area, including easement portions on neighboring properties, he said. If the outlet road isn’t vacated, it still would not be used for vehicular access, Ulfelder added. “Essentially, the current eyesore and nuisance will be removed,” he said. “The applicant has agreed that the two new homes on the property will be generally compatible with the surrounding community as to their architecture and building materials.” The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposal Nov. 30 last year, but delayed its decision so the McLean Citizens Association could weigh in on the matter. The MCA’s board of directors approved a resolution Jan. 4 opposing the project, saying it would set a bad precedent and encourage developers to cram too many houses onto lots. The site’s rear lot would have only a 40-foot frontage on Idylwood Road, a 60percent reduction from the usual 100-foot minimum for properties zoned R-2 residential, they said. MCA for the past nine years has pressed the county not to allow minimumlot-width waivers exceeding 25 percent, the association’s resolution read. “I think it’s dangerous to close our eyes to the rules,” board member Rob Jackson said at the meeting. The MCA board voted 21-10 for the resolution, with some members indicating that the surrounding community’s support for the project and numerous devel-
oper concessions made it worthwhile for the association to deviate from its usual opposition to pipestem lots. MCA board member Bruce Jones, who lives near the site, argued that the Lemon Road Civic Association favored the subdivision and the applicant would build a 152-foot-long sidewalk at the property, saving the county $300,000. The surrounding community earlier had opposed plans for a school or daycare center at the site and denying H&M of Virginia LLC’s proposal could leave the property open for a less desirable re-
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Bee, which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society, and advances to a written exam that will determine state competitors.
n Sarah Siegel of McLean and Caitlyn Dreux of McLean have been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Miami University.
n Two students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology have been named scholars in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search, formerly the Intel Science Talent Search. The students, and their projects, are Eric Liu, “Examining Antibiotic Modulation of the Gut Microbiome and Mycobiome in Cirrhotics with Hepatic Encephalopathy,” and Prathik Naidu, “DNALoopR: A Novel High-Performance Machine Learning Predictor to Identify Genome-Wide 3D DNA Interactions in Cancer.” The 300 scholars will receive awards of $2,000, as will their schools. A total of 40 finalists will be invited to Washington in March to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists and compete for awards, including the top award of $250,000.
n Ethan Claybrook of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list and the commandant’s list for the fall semester at Virginia Tech. n Thomas Lopez of Oakton, a graduate of Oakton High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wake Forest University. n Kaela Mahoney of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Siena College. n Brett Dschuhan of McLean, Mamie Henshaw of Vienna, Nicole Rupprecht of McLean and Rachel Wagner of Great Falls have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Coastal Carolina University.
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n Dylan Cass of Vienna, Chaitanya Daksha of McLean, Duncan Edwards of Vienna, Campbell McKay of Great Falls, Karen McShane of Vienna, Carly O’Beirne of Vienna, Andrew Pechstein of Great Falls, Anna Platt of Oakton, Philip Snare of Vienna, Madison Stoupa of Vienna, Olivia Townsend of Oakton, Paul Tudan of Vienna, Erik Tutterow of Vienna, Cedric Whitney of McLean and Vanessa Zemke of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Delaware.
Aaliyah Booker of McLean and Lindsey Abed of Oakton have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the Univerity of Hartford. n
n Paula Jaramillo, the daughter of Jaime Jaramillo-Vallejo of McLean and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, has been named to the dean’s list of Colby College. n Sophie Clark of Vienna has been selected as a cabinet member of Zoe’s Feet dance ministry at Wheaton College. Zoe’s Feet is designed for dancers who desire to experience dance as worship and to use their gifts to minister to others. It is administered by the Office of Christian Outreach at the college. n Chris Stewart has been named winner of the Langley School’s National Geographic Bee competition, and has now been crowned best at the school for three consecutive years. An eighth-grader, Stewart beat out nine Langley students during the local round of the 29th annual National Geographic
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n Swetha Prabakaran, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, was named to First Lady Michelle Obama’s Better Make Room student advisory board. Prabakaran is one of 17 students selected for the advisory board, whose goal is to encourage students to apply to and attend college. Prabakaran, founder and chief executive officer of Everybody Code Now!, a nonprofit group that empowers youth through computer-science education, works in the mobile and web-application development laboratory at Thomas Jefferson. n Longfellow Middle School’s Model United Nations club earned the Best Middle School award at a regional conference hosted by Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge. The 55 Longfellow delegates were challenged by issues such as preventing child marriage and trafficking, combating oceanic pollution and, in a special committee, alien invasion. In one committee, Peter Awabdeh and Jonghwa Kim earned a verbal commendation representing Turkey; Samir Chowdhury and James Hoadley earned a verbal commendation representing Saudi Arabia; Sabrina Kianni and Chelsea Park earned an Honorable Mention representing Mexico; Ella David and Michelle Cheng earned an Honorable Mention representing the Czech Republic; and Amre Proman and Ava Dettleff achieved the highest honor of Best Delegate for their representation of the United States. In another committee, Jack Overdeck earned verbal commendation representing Norway; Daniel Mena and Sherif El-Behiry earned an Honorable Mention representing Turkey; Daniel Kalish and
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On Jan. 12, eighth-grader Chris Stewart (center rear, with medal) was named The Langley School’s National Geographic Bee champion for the third consecutive year. Stewart competed against nine Langley students in grades 4-8.
Continued from Page 10 Joseph Gonsalves earned the Outstanding Delegate award representing Pakistan; and Kyla Duggal and Clara Bradley achieved the highest honor of Best Delegate for their representation of the United Kingdom. In the Teen Titans committee, Maria Dubasov earned verbal commendation as Robin; Alexander Matheson earned verbal commendation as Cyborg; and Chanyoo Lee earned the Honorable Mention as Kid Flash. Dr. Stacy Lopresti-Goodman, an associate professor of psychology at Marymount University, recently was honored by the Society for Neuroscience for her ethical approach to research. Lopresti-Goodman received the Hero in Cognitive and Sentience Science and Education Award from the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine and Green Neuroscience Laboratory at a national conference held in San Diego. Lopresti-Goodman’s work includes observational research of primate behavior in sanctuary settings. She also has conducted research on alternatives to the use of animals in psychology education. Lopresti-Goodman has been a Marymount faculty member since 2009. In addition to teaching undergraduate psychology classes, she serves as the university’s honors-program director and has led several student trips abroad to study primate sanctuaries in Kenya and Spain. n
n The McLean High School Band has been honored by the General Assembly for its successful year in 2016. The band program achieved high marks at the Ohio State Percussion Festival, Woodstrings Heritage Festival, Virginia State Assessment and Virginia Music Educators Association, USBands Herndon Regional, Oakton Classic, Westminster Regional Championship and more. The 2016 program was under the helm of band director Chris Weise and associate director of bands Deidra Denson. Legislation honoring the program’s achievements was patroned by Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th).
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STUDENTS SELECT MASCOT AT BASIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL: BASIS Inde-
pendent School McLean recently used a student-designed election process to select its new mascot: the Bobcats. The school began its inaugural year last fall. The process to select a mascot was designed by a ninth-grader, Rohit Narayana, who set it up to help students understand the U.S. election, then underway. “This has been a rigorous election process,” said Narayana. After the selection, students learned that two other BASIS campuses already have the Bobcat as their school mascots. The McLean students are participating in an opinion poll to determine if they want to keep the name or hold a special election to consider alternatives. “No process is perfect, and our students are getting to learn that as well, as we re-evaluate our mascot options,” said Head of School Sean Aiken. For information on the school, see the Web site at http://mclean.basisindependent.com.
SCULPTURE FEATURED IN McLEAN EXHIBITION: McLean Project for the
Arts and the Washington Sculptors Group will open “Sculpture Now,” an exhibition of sculpture in many forms, on Feb. 2 at MPA@Chain Bridge, 1446 Chain Bridge Road in McLean. An opening reception is slated for Feb. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. “Many different mediums, methods and topics are explored,” said Nancy Sausser, exhibitions director for McLean Project for the arts and curator of the exhibition. Works will remain on view through March 4. For information, see the Web site at www.mpaart.org. McLEAN COMMUNITY PLAYERS TO PRESENT ‘COMPANY’: The McLean
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Music legend Chuck D was the speaker at the McLean Community Center’s annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., held Jan. 15 at the Alden Theatre. After the presentation, Mr. D (born Carlton Ridenhour) spent time with attendees. He is shown with Sarah Schallern.
of friends, the 1970 Broadway production won six Tony Awards. Due to mature themes, the production is suitable for ages 17 and older. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $23-$25. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.mcleanplayers.org. MCC TO HOST JEWELRY, ACCESSORIES SHOW: More than 30 carefully
selected designers and artisans will offer a wide variety of women’s fashion, fine/ artisan jewelry and fashion accessories at the McLean Community Center’s “Better Than Bling” Jewelry & Fashion Accessories Show on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults; free for active military (with a military ID) and children up to 12 years old. At the event, Julie Van Blarcom, a fashion stylist for a national woman’s retail chain, will be available for free, 15minute consultations. Patrons can sign up for a limited number of appointment times at the event. Continued on Page 13
McLean/Great Falls Notes Continued from Page 12 Also new at this year’s show will be Linda Cassell, the founder of Quantum Leap Coaching and Training. Patrons may sign up for a limited number of appointment times at the event. Lunch and dinner fare will be provided by Sweet Stuff of McLean. For information, see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org FUND-RAISER TO BENEFIT KENT GARDENS PTA: The HBC Charity Champi-
ons initiative of Keller Williams Realty will host a fund-raiser for the Kent Gardens Elementary School PTA on Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pulcinella Italian Host restaurant in McLean. Those who bring a special promotional flier to the event will see approximately 70 percent of their bill for food and drink donated to the PTA. (The flier can be found at www.hbcgroupkw.com.) “We are looking forward to putting the money raised from this event right back into the schools, so that students will directly benefit from additional programming that the school can offer,” said PTA president Jennifer Wormser. “I’m encouraging all of our families to come out and enjoy some great Italian food and time spent with family, friends and teachers in support of our school.” The event is sponsored by Karen Bris-
The McLean Woman’s Club recently celebrated its successful 2017 Holiday Homes Tour and MarketPlace, held in early December. First row: Club president Joan Morton, Barbara Hartsell, Linda Regan, Daisy Logan, Kay Burnell, Rosalie Donnelly, Peggy Puritano, Helen Bowers, Anne Kanter and Jackie Armstrong. Second row: Carol Danzeisen, Millie Thompson, Carol Scott and Laura Sheridan. Third row: Bea Somovigo, Grace Harkins, Dawn Schulz, Mary Flanagan, Cecilia Glembocki, Emma Lea Moorman, Sally Margolis, Jeanette Calland and Rebecca Horahan.
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local business, political, community and military leaders joined PenFed Credit Union Jan. 24 to inaugurate its new headquarters in Tysons. The $180 million facility at 7940 Jones Branch Drive will accommodate up to 500 employees and provides PenFed – the second largest federal credit union in the nation – with room to grow over the next 15 years. “PenFed is on a fast-growth trajectory. Having a world-class headquarters where people are inspired to come to work with other teammates who care about something bigger than themselves is what sets PenFed apart and makes us one of the best places to work,” said PenFed president and CEO James Schenck. PenFed manages $21.3 billion in assets and employs more than 800 people in the Washington metropolitan area. GRANT FUNDING TO HELP CONSERVATION EFFORTS: The Future Fund, a
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PenFed Credit Union chairman Ed Cody, board member Ron Spear, U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) and PenFed Credit Union president/CEO James Schenck participated in ceremonies marking the opening of the credit union’s new headquarters in Tysons.
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Public-Safety Notes 3 DEAD IN SUSPECTED MURDER-SUICIDE: A McLean man shot his wife and
son Jan. 27 before killing himself, Fairfax County police said. Police at 12:30 p.m. that day received a report that a body had been seen through a window of a house located in the 1300 block of Windy Hill Road in McLean. The call came from a family member, police said. When officers arrived, they found three people with trauma to their bodies. All were pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives determined the deaths were a domestic-related double murdersuicide. Authorities identified the decedents as Hong Chen, 52; his wife, Shirley Zhou, 48; and son, James Wenjie Chen, 16, all of McLean. Police think Hong Chen fatally shot Zhou and his son. Autopsies will determine the exact causes and manners of their deaths. SUSPECT IN SHOOTING OF POLICE CRUISER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED CAPITAL MURDER: A 21-year-old Hern-
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was incarcerated at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on unrelated charges from the town of Herndon Police Department, county police said. A Herndon detective contacted the county police department’s Major Crimes detectives and gave them information that ultimately led to charges against Landaverde. The shooting incident occurred around midnight Jan. 22 on Rossmore Court in Great Falls, county police said. One round hit the police cruiser’s hood and another struck the rear quarter panel on the passenger side. Both bullets missed the officer, police said. According to county police, Landaverde and two juveniles, ages 16 and 17, were in the suspect’s car just before the shooting of the police car. One of the juveniles bailed out of the car prior to the shooting. The location of the suspect’s car is still unknown, police said. The vehicle was a white, four-door sedan, possibly a Toyota or Mazda and from the late 1990s or early 2000s. Glass on the vehicle’s passengerside window may be shattered and there was black molding on the doors, police said. TEACHER ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY EXPOSING SELF TO JUVENILES:
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to the Sport & Health Club in the 8200 block of Greensboro Drive in Tysons Jan. 26 at 9:30 p.m. to investigate a report of a man exposing himself to two juveniles in the locker room. The victims, 16 and 17 years old, told employees that a man had watched them in the shower and followed them around the locker room while exposing himself. Officers located the suspect at the business and identified him as Thomas Lenihan, 38, of Falls Church. Lenihan currently is employed as a teacher at Yorktown High School in Arlington County. Police arrested Lenihan and took him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure. He was released on $5,000 bond. CALIFORNIA MEN ARRESTED ON CREDIT-CARD FRAUD: Fairfax County
police dispatched officers to a business in Tysons Galleria on Jan. 26 at 3:20 p.m. to investigate a report of suspicious activity. A store employee told police two men had made large purchases with multiple credit cards, some of which had been declined. Both suspects had left the store, but officers outside of the mall stopped them. An initial investigation found the suspects were in possession of more than 30 fraudulent credit cards and thousands
of dollars’ worth of merchandise, police said. Police arrested Xuwen Han, 31, and Benpeng Yuan, 20, both from California, and took them to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged them with eight counts of creditcard fraud and two counts of larceny by false pretense. ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER CHARGED WITH LARCENY, MARIJUANA POSSESSION:
An employee at Whole Foods Market, 143 Maple Ave., E., told Vienna police Jan. 19 at 3:08 p.m. that a shoplifting just had occurred. Vienna police located the female suspect in the 200 block of Maple Avenue, E. In addition to the stolen property, the woman was in possession of a measurable amount of marijuana, police said. Police arrested the 26-year-old woman, of no fixed address, and transported her to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged her with grand larceny and possession of marijuana. EMPLOYEE AT VIENNA BUSINESS FINDS CAR VANDALIZED: An employee
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lane on a bicycle that had no lights and covered reflective gear, police said. The bicyclist also was dressed in all-dark clothing. The motorist did not see the bicyclist and struck him, causing him to be ejected from the bicycle. Rescue personnel transported the bicyclist to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said in a statement.
An employee at RED Vacuums, 171 Maple Ave., E., told Vienna police Jan. 26 at 6:05 p.m. that a former employee had come into the store, assaulted him and made threatening statements. The former employee was advised he would be arrested for trespassing if he returned to the property, police said. Police advised the employee of the warrant process should he wish to pursue charges against the man.
tegrative Health, 410 Pine St., S.E., Suite 320, told Vienna police that sometime between Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. someone forced entry into the office. Nothing was immediately noticed to be missing or disturbed other than damage to the office’s locks, said police, who continue to investigate this case.
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VIENNA LOUNGE CITED FOR NOISE VIOLATION: A local resident told Vienna
treated for injuries after being struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of Maple Avenue on Jan. 23 at 9:32 p.m., said Vienna police. The incident occurred while the motorist was traveling westbound on Maple Avenue in the right late and experiencing poor visibility because of rain. The bicyclist was traveling in the same
Vienna Public Art will host a fund-raiser to support the planned project honoring the late Mayor M. Jane Seeman on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave., E. The event will feature multiple bands, participation by local restaurants, a cash bar and silent auction. Tickets are $100 general admission, $150 VIP. Donations to support the fundraising effort are welcome. For information on tickets, see the Web site at www.jamminjava.com. For information on donations or other questions, e-mail james@cudney.org.
TICKETS ON SALE FOR EGG HUNT, FISHING RODEO: Tickets are now on
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Library will present “How to Survive Anything” with best-selling author and survival expert Tim MacWelch on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. at the library, 101 Maple Ave., E., in Vienna. MacWelch is the founder of Advanced Survival Training in Fauquier County. For information, call (703) 938-0405. WATERCOLORIST TO SPEAK AT MEETING OF ART SOCIETY: The Vienna Arts
Society will present “Adjust the Heat,” a program featuring acclaimed watercolorist Catherine Hillis, on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 10;30 a.m. at the society, 115 Pleasant St., N.W. Hillis will discuss the importance of observation in art and the need to develop warm and cool colors in painting. The event is free and open to the public. For information, call (703) 319-3971 or see the Web site at www.viennaartssociety.org. TICKETS ON SALE FOR ROTARY’S ‘CASINO NIGHT’: Tickets are on sale for the
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February always provides a wealth living room with a focal-point fireplace. of surprises on the weather front, but The dining room, behind it, can enwhen it comes to local real estate, one tertain a crowd, and opens both to the thing is for sure: Savvy buyers will be glorious kitchen area and to the large out in force to beat the crowds (and pro- deck, where you can survey your dospective interest-rate hikes) in an effort mains. to find top-quality homes. Ah, the kitchen! Visually appealing This week’s featured property cer- and designed with the serious chef in tainly should be at the top of the list. mind, it also features a large breakfast Set on a bucolic lot in the Canterwood area that opens to the magnificent sun neighborhood of Great Falls, it offers room with its vaulted ceiling and access more than 5,600 square feet of excep- both to the deck and the patio. tional interior space spread over three An informal family room and a lovely, levels, with elegance complemented by tucked-away study round out the first a forward-thinking persona. level. From the classic curb appeal to the Upstairs, the master retreat spans glorious deck and patio out back, the one wing of this level, with separate sithome is ready to exceed expectations. ting room, large bath and marvelous The property currently is on the walk-in closet. market, listed at $1,180,000 by Laurie An additional bedroom suite with sitINSIDENOVA Mensing of Long &pocket-sized. Foster Real Estate. ting room is found at the other end, with A welcome inNow thenofoyer begins three additional bedrooms in between. matter where our you are, exploration, andyou to our the local largenews, A large recreation room, with walkcan right get allisyour INSIDENOVA pocket-sized. sports, and traffic.
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Optimism on Housing Seems to Depend on Political Views A new survey reveals a dramatic shift in housing sentiments since the election in addition to new predictions for mortgage rates, home prices, and home inventory, as well as the top real estate markets to watch in 2017. The conclusions were part of the 2017 Housing Outlook Report, released in December by Trulia. The surprising outcome of the 2016 presidential election injected both optimism and pessimism into consumers’ expectations about the housing market in the coming year. Following the election, Republicans seemed to feel a surge of renewed positivity toward the housing market in 2017, saying it will be a better year to buy a home than in 2016, after the election, experiencing a 26 percentage point swing toward optimism compared to before the election. Democrats turned bearish, swinging from a position of optimism before the election to pessimism after; Democrats optimism around buying a home in 2017 fell 23 percentage points. “Republicans are feeling a renewed sense of confidence about all things housing in 2017, while Democrats are feeling down,” said Ralph McLaughlin, chief economist at Trulia. “If these contrasts lead to noticeable changes in housing-market activity, we think they’ll help close the geographic divide in home price appreciation.” For the first time since 2011, fewer Americans viewed home-ownership as a part of their American Dream, dropping to 72 percent this year from 75 percent last year. Millennials, aged 1834, saw the biggest drop, to 72 percent from 80 percent over that same time period. However, 83 percent of these young Americans still plan on buying a home, but most (72 percent) won’t do so until at least the end of 2018. Additionally, as mortgage rates have risen since the election, renters who wish to buy generally are not concerned about rates stifling their ability to buy a home (18 percent). Instead, saving for a down payment (59 percent), having poor credit (38 percent) and rising home prices (35 percent) appear to be bigger challenges for home buyers. – PR Newswire
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nage throughout the Metro system be updated to connect Rosslyn and Georgetown in the public’s mind? That was one suggestion coming out of the Leadership Center for Excellence’s “Meet the Chair” event, where Arlington County Board Chairman Jay Fisette fielded questions from the public. Among them: Why not make it “Rosslyn-Georgetown” on Metro signage? Fisette was wary. He voiced concern that those who step off the subway in Rosslyn expecting to be across the Potomac in Georgetown might be a little irked. Business leaders in Rosslyn in recent years have been forging closer ties with their counterparts in Georgetown. Groups on both sides of the river are promoting the idea of a Potomac-spanning gondola system to connect the two communities. With an average of 14,800 boardings per day, the Rosslyn Metro station was ranked the 11th busiest in the rail system (and second busiest in Virginia after the Pentagon) in 2015. The only stations with higher boardings were in the downtown D.C. area. While Fisette was a bit skittish on changing the name of the Rosslyn station, he proposed removing “City” from the Crystal City Metro station, leaving it just
“Crystal.” The name “Crystal City” makes people think they are in a separate jurisdiction from Arlington, Fisette said at the Leadership Center for Excellence forum. TWO VIRGINIA REPS ADDED TO BOARD OF AIRPORTS AUTHORITY: Robert Laz-
aro and David Speck have joined the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as appointees of Gov. McAuliffe. Lazaro is acting executive director and director of regional energy and sustainability policy for the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, and has served as mayor of Purcellville. Speck recently retired as managing director of investments with the SpeckCaudron Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, and served on several advisory bodies in Alexandria and across Northern Virginia. He previously served on the authority’s board of directors from 2003-10. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority oversees operations at Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and the Dulles Toll Road, along with construction of the Silver Line. Of its 17 members, seven are appointees of Virginia’s governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.
AIRPORTS AUTHORITY NAMES INTERIM MANAGER AT DULLES: Brian
Leuck has been named interim vice president and airport manager of Washington Dulles International Airport. Leuck succeeds Chris Browne, who is retiring effective Feb. 3 to become deputy director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. A national search will be conducted to find a permanent successor to Browne. Leuck, a registered professional engineer who has worked at the airports authority since 1988, most recently has been in charge of all infrastructure and construction on the airport’s 12,000 acres. “I am confident in his ability to manage the large, highly talented team at Dulles and to keep the airport, the Dulles Access Highway and the Dulles Toll Road operating smoothly for the benefit of our passengers while the search process is completed,” said Margaret McKeough, chief operating officer at the airports authority.
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McLean High School graduate Lisa Murphy continues to have a standout women’s basketball career for the Division III Carnegie Mellon University team. Murphy, a senior forward, recently scored a single-game career-high 44 points in a contest to become the first women’s basketball player in University Athletic Association history to score 2,000 career points and grab 1,000
rebounds. Carnegie Mellon defeated Emory, 93-73, in that Jan. 22 contest as the Tartans improved to 15-1. Murphy also became the 18th player in women’s NCAA Division III history to reach 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. With her second block of the game, she became the eighth player to record 200 blocks on top of the scoring and rebounding mark.
Murphy’s career day also included her 10th consecutive double-double, as she finished with 15 rebounds after making 15 of 16 shots from the field and 14 of 16 from the line. Through 16 games this season, Murphy was averaging 25.9 points per contest along with 13.1 rebounds. She has blocked 43 shots this season and has 18 assists. – A Staff Report
said. The project also will provide needed and safe bicycle and pedestrian connections across I-495 and allow area residents better access to ride-sharing programs in Tysons, Foust said. In addition, it will support the county’s plan for economic success, which calls for dense mixed-use
communities with multiple transportation options in urban areas, he said. Fairfax County officials “did an excellent job” of designing the project, reaching out to local communities and preparing the connector’s right-of-way, said VDOT District Engineer Helen Cuervo. Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Provi-
dence) said the connector will play a vital role in bringing the Tysons area together. “When I look at Tysons, I see big roads that are like rivers,” Smyth said. “This is one of those bridges that we’ve really needed. The Beltway really divides Tysons. It’s huge. And in how many places do we actually get across? Not many.”
so, officials said. The $10-per-sign fee approved by supervisors will offset collection costs and generate about $9,000 in revenue annually. Questioned by Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) on why that figure should not be $300,000, given 30,000 violations, Department of Code Compliance director Jack Weyant said the agency in most
cases takes photos and issues warnings. “We are not billing every sign,” Weyant said. “We’re just enforcing on those who continually are not in compliance.” Supervisors expressed support for the sign-collection program. “We’ve had tremendous voluntary compliance, but we have some serial violators out there who frankly aren’t going to
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What’s the final score, please? With the Internet and social media and all, results of high school athletic events are found and updated in so many places these days, and that’s a very good thing. Occasionally, some are still phoned in to newspapers – the old-fashioned way.
Freshman Sets Two Conference Marks
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By winning all three relays in meet-record time, in addition to four individual races, and two of those with new marks, Madison SWIM & DIVE the Warhawks won the girls Liberty Conference Swimming and Diving Championship on Jan. 28 at Washington-Lee High School. Madison had 382 points, with the Langley Saxons second with 345 and the McLean Highlanders fourth with 263.5. In the boys meet, the Langley Saxons won with 355 points. Madison was third and McLean fourth. Leading the Madison girls individually was double winner and dual meet record-setter Anna Keating. The speedy freshman won the 200 individual medley in 2:03.51 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.16. She also swam on the winning 200 medley relay (1:46.09) as well as the 200 free relay (1:38.27). Continued on Page 25
Top: Madison High School’s Anna Keating swims and wins the girls 100 breaststroke at the conference meet. Above: Langley’s Duncan Proxmire swims the 500 freestyle. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT
Madison Rallies to Defeat First-Place Fairfax DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
This time against a Liberty Conference first-place team, the Madison Warclosed the BASKETBALL hawks deal with a victory, defeating the host Fairfax Rebels, 36-29, Jan. 27 in girls high school basketball action. Madison (10-7, 6-4) rallied thanks to a 15-0 second-half run over an eightminute stretch, after trailing 21-15 prior to that surge. Fairfax (13-4, 8-2) entered the game tied for first in the Liberty. In previous recent contests against Liberty-leading teams this season and late during the 2015-16 campaign, Madison came up short. The Jan. 27 win could be a big confidence boost for 24
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the Warhawks, according to head coach Kirsten Stone. She said the victory probably was Madison’s biggest this season. “We finally made some big baskets when we needed,” Stone said. “We have been right there and so close with all of the conference teams this season, a lot of close games.” Madison led 8-6 after the first quarter, then trailed 16-11 at halftime. In the third, Fairfax started strong to build a 21-15 lead with 4:16 to play. Madison responded and began its comeback with a 6-0 run to end the third quarter, followed by a 9-0 surge to begin the fourth, and led 30-21 with 3:56 to play. During that run, Megan Miskell scored all of her nine points and Sarah Conforti had six of her team-high 11. Conforti also had seven rebounds and
three blocked shots in the game. Katy Sharon added seven points for Madison; Diana Miskell had three points, six rebounds and multiple assists; Ashley Sullender had four points and three rebounds; and Morgan Simpson had a basket and two steals. Madison was 8 of 18 shooting from the floor in the second half and had just two turnovers, while Fairfax was 4 of 15 shooting in the final two periods. Madison was 10 of 18 from the foul line for the game, Fairfax 2 of 4. “Fairfax didn’t shoot very well, but they are very good,” Stone said. “They all play their roles so well.” Earlier last week, Madison defeated Yorktown, 39-22, in conference play. Madison trailed, 20-6. Sharon had 11 points and Simpson seven.
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All of that is great, helpful and much appreciated. There is one big problem, though, which is a very bad thing. Too often the final score is not given on those sites, just which team was victorious or lost. Example: High school athletic Twitter and Facebook sites are becoming more popular for listing score updates throughout a game or event, some even inning-by-inning or quarter-by-quarter. Again that’s great. Where those sites too often fall short is by not properly closing the deal and giving the final score. Instead, sites will have a concluding post that reads something like: “A tough hard-fought loss, but well played – so proud.” Or, “Great victory – nice job ladies or gentlemen.” The final score is nowhere to be found. That’s so frustrating, plus a huge tease. It happens all the time. Sometimes the posts will be more general, giving a summary of, say, victories by multiple teams on the same date, or congratulating one for a win, but no scores listed. Another recent tweet read: “Great performances continue,” but no score or sport was listed. For wintertime basketball Twitter results, sometimes one score is posted, but not for a specific team. What’s taught in any Journalism 101 course is the most important news about any sporting event is the final score or result. So that news should always be given at the very beginning, not buried in the text somewhere, and certainly not given at all. So Facebook, Twitter and other social-media handlers, take note and always please give the final scores.
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Potomac School Basketball Coach Wins 400th Game DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
When he first became a head boys high school basketball coach, Levi just BASKETBALL Franklin wanted to get that first win, then the second, then the next, and so on and so on. Recently, the Potomac School boys coach saw that number of victories soar to 400 career triumphs when the host Panthers defeated St. James, 69-65, on Jan. 14. Next, Franklin hopes to win No. 402 and onward from there, maybe toward 500 and 600. He won his 401st game when Potomac School defeated Flint Hill on Jan. 21. Franklin, 50, has been Potomac School’s head coach since 2009, where he has a 118-85 record. He led the Panthers to the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference
Potomac School coach Levi Franklin has 400 career victories. PHOTO FROM POTOMAC SCHOOL
tournament title in 2012. His other high school victories came at Crossland High
in Temple Hills, Md., beginning in 1992, and after that for seven seasons at Paul VI Catholic in Fairfax, starting in 2001. “All the credit goes to the players, because they bought into our systems, worked hard and kept grinding,” Franklin said. “I have heard from a lot of them after winning the 400th, and a lot of them are adults now. All we have ever tried to do is get the next win, and it’s no different right now – we’re trying to get 401.” This season Potomac School is 11-7 overall and 4-1 in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference standings. The Panthers won MAC games on consecutive days against St. Andrew and St. James, then defeated Flint Hill on Jan. 21. “Those were tough games and big wins,” Franklin said. “We actually played better in the second game against St. James. The guys didn’t blink and kept
going at them and fought and fought. We have been playing pretty solid. The captains and senior keep grinding.” Franklin coaches all three seasons at Potomac School. He is an assistant football coach during the fall campaign and an assistant boys lacrosse coach in the spring. “Coaching all three seasons is normal for me,” he said. “It is something I like to do.” Prior to taking the Potomac School job, Franklin, who lives in Seat Pleasant, Md., was an assistant basketball coach for two seasons at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. In college, Franklin was a three-year letter winner and two-year starter in basketball at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 1986-90. His wife, Paulette, is an NCAA women’s college basketball referee.
McLean Gymnasts Are Contenders in Liberty Conference A Staff Report
The McLean Highlanders are having a strong season in girls gymnastics as the postseason approaches. So far, McLean has won four high school meets this winter, led by juniors Samantha Simon and Carolyn BrownKaiser, who have won all-around com-
petitions. In McLean’s past two meets, both victories, the team has amassed a lofty 144 team total. GYMNASTICS M c L e a n ’ s most recent win came with defending Liberty Conference and 6A North Region champion Yorktown in the multiple-team field. Yorktown was second
in the meet. Brown-Kaiser won the allaround and Simon was second. “Each meet we try to tweak our routines little by little, trying to get every 10th of a point possible,” McLean coach Courtney Lesson said. Some of McLean’s individual eventhigh scores have included 9.7 and a 9.65 on the vault by Simon and Brown-
Kaiser, and 9.7s on the floor exercise by each. Other top McLean gymnasts are senior Hanna Farson, juniors Anna Brower and Lola Amaya, sophomore Sara Vavonese, and freshman Tara Stewart and Frances Osugi. The Liberty Conference meet is Feb. 3 at Washington-Lee.
Oakton Boys Win Concorde Crown, While Girls Finish Second A Staff Report
Behind a double-win performance by senior Tommy Hallock, the Oakton won SWIM & DIVE Cougars the boys Concorde Conference Swimming and Diving Championship with 497 points on Jan. 28 at Cub Run RECenter. Hallock won the 50 freestyle in 20.64
and the 100 free in 44.68 in the high school meet. He anchored Oakton’s winning 200 free relay in 1:26.62 and the second-place 400 free relay. Oakton’s Daniel Gyenis was second in the 200 individual medley and 500 free. Also, Drew Weber was third in the 100 backstroke and fourth in the 100 butterfly, Drew Amaral was fourth in the back, Michael Lee was fourth in
the 100 breaststroke, and Bradley Torrington was fifth in the 200 free. In diving, Oakton scored 42 points, led by a third by Joseph Perreault, a sixth by Liam Klopfenstein and a seventh by Will Stevens. In the Concorde girls championships, Oakton was second, led by the winning 400 free relay (3:32.77). McKenna Witlin was second in the
Swim & Dive Continued from Page 24 The 400 free relay won in a record 3:30.01. Rachel Holp anchored that relay. Individually, Holp had two seconds in the IM and 100 backstroke. Madison’s Madeline LaPorte won the 100 butterfly in 56.12 and was second in the 200 free. “I could’ve been better off the walls,” Laporte said about the butterfly. “It was not my all-time fastest, but it was a pretty strong race.” Another winner was Elizabeth Kuhlkin in the 100 free (51.87). She placed second in the 50 free. Julie Downing was fourth in the 100 breaststroke and diver Madison Grosz was third. For the Langley girls, Joanne Fu was second in the fly and third in the IM, Isabella Rongione was second in the 500 free, Michelle Owens third in the 500, the 200 free relay was second and the 400 free relay fourth. Fu, Rongione and Owens swam on both relays. Leading the McLean girls was double winner Sinead Eksteen in the 200 free (1:46.99) and 500 free (4:44.89), and the 400 free relay was second, which included Eksteen. Her time in the 200 free was a meet record.
McLean High School’s Dora Wu swims the breaststroke leg of PHOTO BY DEB KOLT the girls 200 medley relay race.
“I felt good when I went out, but I went out too fast. The last 100 was tough,” Eksteen said about the 500. “In the 200 paced myself. I kept a good pace and I didn’t go out too fast.” The Langley boys were led by double winner Casey Storch. He won the 100 free (46.61) and 200 free www.insidenova.com
200 and 500 frees, Caroline McCleskey was second in the fly and fourth in the back, Leaya Ma was second in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 free, Brynn Curtis was second in the IM and fifth in the breast, Nika Sauger was third in the 200 free and sixth in the 100 free, Sarah DeLoach was fifth in the IM, and Stephanie Jones was third in the diving competition.
(1:40.84), each in meet-record time, and swam on the winning 200 free relay (1:29.38). “It was my best high school time,” Storch said of the 200 free. “I tried to get out fast and I tried to get in and out of the walls fast.” Storch’s time in the 200 was a personal best. “My turns were good. I worked the walls,” he said. Langley’s Devin Truong was third in the IM and fly, Duncan Proxmire was third in the 500 free and Dylan Reed was third in diving. The 400 free relay was third and included Storch, Truong and Proxmire. The Madison boys got a first from diver Greg Duncan (594.1 total score), a first by the 400 free relay in record time of 3:09.78, a second by Jack Galbraith in the back, a fourth from diver Sam Duncan. Galbraith swan on the 400 relay. For the McLean boys, Dorje Wu was a double winner in the IM (1:53.47) and breast (56.77), Carter Flint was second in the breast, and the medley relay won in 1:36.56. That relay included anchor Flint. “I pulled away with the back and I solidified the lead with the breast,” Wu said about the IM. “In the breaststroke race, I wanted to maintain strong strokes throughout the race.” The Liberty swimmers who qualified will compete in the 6A North Region girls and boys meet Feb. 4. February 2, 2017 25
Marshall Hands Edison First-Ever Conference Defeat DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer
The Marshall Statesmen did something no other girls basketball team had ever done on Jan. 27 – they defeated the Edison Eagles. With the 51-48 win, Marshall (12-5, 6-2) became the first league opponent to down Edison BASKETBALL (9-4, 8-1) in the four-season history of the Capitol Conference. Edison entered the high school contest with a 51-0 career conference record in the four-year-old league. Junior forward Clara Ford led Marshall with 24 points, senior forward Kylie Hardin scored 11 and made the
game-winning basket with nine seconds to play, and Statesmen head coach Mike Trivisonno said guards Kristen Tillman and Grace Grill ran the offense well. Edison and Wakefield (8-1) are tied for first in the conference. Marshall is second at 6-2, and plays both teams this coming week. “For us, it was a tremendous win,” Trivisonno said. “We have been winning games this season, but this is a signature win. It was a true team victory.” Marshall lost by a close score, 53-51, to Edison earlier this season. In the Jan. 27 rematch, Marshall led throughout until Edison took a 48-47 lead with 15 seconds to play. The Statesmen regained the lead at 49-48 with nine
seconds left on Hardin’s 18-footer off a pass from Rachel McFaul. “We ran our secondary break there, Rachel made a great decision with her pass and Kylie hit the shot,” Trivisonno said. Ford pressured Edison’s next shot, Hardin got the rebound off a miss, was fouled and hit two free throws for the winning total. Marshall has more than doubled its victory total of last season, when the Statesmen won just five games. Plus, Marshall has established itself as a legitimate conference-tournament contender. Its other conference loss was to Wakefield, 63-45. “Everybody has been working hard,
and it’s nice to see it pay off with a big win,” Trivisonno said. “It was almost a mirror image of our first game with Edison this season, but we won this time.” n In boys action Jan. 27, the Marshall Statesmen (13-5, 7-1) routed the visiting Edison Eagles, 64-40, in Capitol Conference action to remain in second place behind the undefeated Wakefield Warriors (9-0). The win was Marshall’s fifth in a row. Jack Foley had 17 points, Ryan Robinson 13 and Robbie Guenther 10 for Marshall. Three other players scored six each. Robinson made three three-pointers. Marshall plays first-place Wakefield this week.
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bers who have played at the college. Both will be members of Madison’s team this spring. Practice for the 2017 team is scheduled to begin on Monday, Feb. 20. The season begins in March.
High School Roundup PALMER WINS 600TH GAME: Former Flint Hill School coach Win Palmer won his 600th career game as a head boys high school basketball coach on Jan. 24. Palmer, the current coach at Sewickley Academy in Western, Pa., won No. 600 when his team won 68-39 over Neshannock. Palmer has been the coach and athletic director at Sewickley since 2001. Prior to that, he was the head boys
basketball coach at Flint Hill School in Oakton. Before that, he coached at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes in Alexandria, starting in 1982. His victories have come at three different schools. Palmer’s career record was 600-271 after that Jan. 24 win. Palmer’s teams have won various championships at three schools. He’s age 58 and plans to keep coaching for quite a while. So 700 or 800 wins are certainly possible.
players Peter Freck and Jack Nielsen have made commitments to play the sport in college. Freck, an outfielder and right-handed pitcher, will play at Emory College in Atlanta. Nielsen, a junior right-handed pitcher, will play at Brigham Young University, where his older brother, Peter, is attending. His father, Mike, also played at BYU, and he has other family mem-
IKHINMWIN HONORED: Oakton resident Edwin Ikhinmwin, a senior at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, received the boys varsity soccer Coaches Award.
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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. February 3, 1962: n As he waits for NASA to iron out some kinks in his planned orbital mission, John Glenn is back in Northern Virginia with his family. The Sun notes that Glenn earns $1,149 a month in pay (including hazardous-duty pay) as a lieutenant colonel in the Army. n U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater was the keynote speaker at the National Young Republican Convention, held locally. n A flu outbreak has sidelined students at many local schools, with some Fairfax schools reporting absentee rates of up to 26 percent. n High school debaters are competing this week at McLean High School. n On the basketball court, McLean’s boys were toppled by Mount Vernon, 5955. February 2, 1970: n Gov. Holton wants legislators to approve a $9-per-resident rebate of the state sales tax on food. n State Attorney General Andrew Miller wants to make first-offense marijuana possession a misdemeanor. It currently is a felony. n George Mason College is adding to its existing faculty roster of 131. n At the movies: “The Lion in Winter,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and the X-rated “Fanny Hill.” February 2, 1979: n A House of Delegates subcommittee has rejected the Equal Rights Amendment on a 12-8 vote. n On the basketball court, McLean’s boys defeated Madison, 68-63, while Marshall held off Langley, 58-43. On the girls side, McLean whalloped Madison, 54-28. n On TV tonight: “Welcome Back, Kotter,” “CHiPs” and a Valentine’s Day special starring Liberace. February 1, 1986: n The Board of Supervisors has agreed to spend $5 million to purchase 231 new school buses. n County supervisors have established a task force to address teen pregnancy. n The House of Delegates is considering “no pass, no play” legislation for state high school athletics.
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ACROSS 1. Bars on guitars 6. Olden-day aerosol can propellant 9. Invitation request 13. Chinese fruit 14. “Say what?” 15. Kind of space 16. *8-time Grammy winner and “Climax” (2012) performer 17. Victorian time, e.g. 18. Mickey Mouse’s pet 19. *2017 Grammy host 21. *Beyoncé’s nominated rap song 23. Listening device 24. British comedy’s Mr. ____ 25. Baryshnikov’s step 28. Red gemstone 30. Good guy 35. Amy Winehouse’s voice, e.g. 37. Same as pleaded 39. Chinese silk plant 40. Film ____ 41. Rode in a tube 43. Insolence 44. Dished out 46. Observer 47. Seed cover 48. Like flotsam 50. Red-encased cheese 52. Chinese “way” 53. *Prince’s 1986 Grammy winner 55. Spanish sea 57. *Justin Bieber’s Grammy nominated album 61. *Bwst Rap Song nominee (2017)
64. Apathetic 65. Ante up 67. Reflective thinker 69. Ringworm 70. Rub the wrong way 71. Open-mouthed 72. Perching place 73. *1995 Grammy nominee, ____ of Base 74. ____ and rights
DOWN 1. Work stopper? 2. Reduced Instruction Set Computer 3. Amazon’s smart speaker 4. Not here 5. India VIP 6. ____ Zhen, played by Bruce Lee and Jet Li 7. Hudson’s Bay Company’s
Fairfax County Notes COUNTY’S ‘AAA’ BOND RATINGS AFFIRMED: The Fairfax County govern-
ment’s AAA ratings for its general-obligation municipal debt have been affirmed by the nation’s three major rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investor Service. The evaluations were made in the run-up to a sale of nearly $260 million in county-government bonds, which were purchased by Morgan Stanley at a rate of 2.87 percent on Jan. 24. About 60 percent of the bond funding will support school projects, with the remainder split among transportation, parks, public safety, libraries and flood control. The projects were approved by voters in a series of referendums between 2007 and 2016.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE FORMALLY INSTALLED: Susan Stoney on Jan. 26 was
presented with her official commission as a General District Court judge in Fairfax County. Stoney last year was elected by the General Assembly to a judgeship in the 19th Judicial District, and began her tenure Nov. 1. Stoney previously served as deputy di-
original ware 8. Irritate by rubbing 9. *4-time Grammy nominated Ja ____ 10. Part of house frame 11. U.S. President’s special power 12. “Pretty in Pink” formal 15. “Once upon a time...,” e.g. 20. Do like a volcano 22. Popular pickup 24. Sayonaras 25. *Desiigner’s nominated hit 26. Cool & distant 27. Motionless 29. *“____ Aint Your Color” 31. Hindu serpent deity 32. Like TV with browsing capabilities 33. Locomotive hair 34. *Adele’s multi-nominated hit 36. Dunking treat 38. Ownership document 42. Golden Globes’ category 45. One of Fanning sisters 49. “____ the season ...” 51. Hairy vertebrate 54. Photo tint 56. Moulin ____, Paris 57. Bread pocket 58. Inch, e.g. 59. Late Attorney General Janet 60. A secondary school 61. Type of fish net 62. Sky defender 63. Autumn mo. 66. Parabola, e.g. 68. Hi-____
rector of Legal Services of Northern Virginia, She also had served as a substitute judge and previously chaired the board of directors of Fairfax Area Community Emergency and Transitional Services (FACET). Stoney is a graduate of the College of William and Mary Law School.
Service Awards, sponsored by Volunteer Fairfax. Anyone is eligible to make a nomination, with the award recipients to be honored during an April 21 breakfast. For information, see the Web site at www.volunteerfairfax.org/non-profits/ service-awards.php.
PARK AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBER IS REAPPOINTED: Tim Hackman has been
TRAINING PROGRAM SLATED FOR LONG-TERM-CARE ADVOCATES: A
appointed by the Board of Supervisors to a four-year term on the Fairfax County Park Authority, representing the Dranesville District. Hackman joined the board last June, appointed by Supervisor John Foust to fill a vacancy. His new term runs through 2020. A Great Falls resident, Hackman is a retired IBM executive and has served as president of Friends of Riverbend Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority has 12 members, with one representing each magisterial district and three appointed at-large.
three-day training program for those wishing to participate in the Northern Virginia Long-Term-Care Volunteer Ombudsman Program will be held March 20, 22 and 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Those certified as volunteers serve as advocates for residents of nursing and assisted-living facilities, help to resolve conflicts and improve the quality of life of residents. “Our volunteers say they get so much more than they give from this high-impact volunteer opportunity,” Fairfax County officials said. For information, call (703) 324-5861.
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