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Year-over-year home sales remained in positive territory while prices in the single-family and townhouse segments of the market flattened out in June, according to new figures, and inventory remains an issue as the market begins a gradual descent toward the autumn months.

A total of 1,963 properties across Fairfax County went to closing in June, up 6.1 percent from the 1,851 transactions a year before, according to figures reported July 11 by RealEstate Business Intelligence.

The median sales price for all properties that sold during the month was $583,620, down 0.6 percent. But the decline was due primarily to a larger number of attached homes in the overall mix, as all three segments of the market showed increases: • The average price of single-family homes rose 1 percent to $749,472.

• The average price of attached homes, such as townhouses and rowhouses, was up 0.8 percent to $391,706.

• The average price of condominiums rose 5.3 percent to $298,463.

Add up all the sales, and the total volume of $1.15 billion for the month was up 5.4 percent from a year before.

A total of 146 properties changed hands countywide for more than $1 million, including five above $2.5 million and one over $5 million.

Homes that went to closing during the month spent an average of 32 days between listing and ratified sales contract, a improvement from the 39 days required a year before, and garnered 98.2 percent of listing price, up from 97.6 percent.

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SunTrust Plan Moves Ahead BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

After being modified a bit to suit the preferences of local residents, SunTrust Bank’s proposal for a new facility in central Great Falls has passed muster with the Fairfax County Planning Commission.

Commissioners on July 20 unanimously recommended the Board of Supervisors approve a special exception to allow SunTrust to build a 3,060-square-foot bank with a drive-through ATM lane at 778 Walker Road.

The 32-foot-tall facility would not be a cookie-cutter design, but rather tailored to the site, applicant’s attorney Lynne Strobel told the Planning Commission at a June 29 public hearing.

The bank would be located on the edge of Great Falls’ central commercial area, noted Commissioner John Ulfelder (Dranesville District), who moved for the plans’ approval.

“It has significant prominence for the community and it needs to be done right,” he said.

Ulfelder in late June had requested deferral of Planning Commission action on the case for three weeks, so bank officials could continue working with the Great Falls Citizens Association on several issues of concern.

In a July 20 letter to the Planning Commission, association president Bill Canis said the group’s executive commit-

tee voted in favor of the project July 18.

That recommendation was contingent on approval of agreed-upon architectural plans, signage, bicycle racks, sidewalks, streetlight mitigation and adherence to the county’s dark-skies policies.

“SunTrust Bank has been a valued member of the Great Falls community for many years, and we look forward to continuing a cooperative relationship with them during construction, and in the years ahead, as they serve the residents of this community,” Canis wrote.

In development conditions dated July 19, SunTrust agreed to: • Dim window lighting on the bank’s northeast corner to half that of full operational levels within one hour after the facility closes.

• Not install signs in three of the five windows on that northeast corner of the building. Those three windows would be used to display works by local artists and/or objects of historical interest in the Great Falls area. The art could be updated or replaced with consultation from the Dranesville District supervisor.

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Simulated Encounters Show Perils of Police Work BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The proof was there in one disturbing police video after another.

Officers who let their guards down for a second and did FIRST not protect themselves from immiPERSON nent threats found themselves dying from gunshot wounds or lying in agony as suspects pounded their skulls into the pavement.

Conducting a simulated traffic stop at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy in Chantilly on July 20, I made a firm resolve: This was not going to happen to me.

Fairfax County police 2nd Lt. Dan Pang set up the scenario: I was to interact with a motorist whose vehicle had expired plates.

I gladly left the hot, cramped confines of the Ford Taurus police cruiser, which had been parked at an angle with wheels cranked all the way left so it would not slam forward into the motorist’s car if rear-ended by another vehicle.

I approached the four-door sedan cautiously with my hands poised above the thick leather utility belt, which was equipped with handcuffs, two pockets for ammunition magazines and a blue-plastic replica of a SIG Sauer P226 pistol. A fully outfitted police belt weighs 29 pounds; officers’ total equipment load is 37 pounds.

Participants wore ballistic vests, which left us drenched in sweat on a scorching morning with a heat index of 100. The vest only came down to my belly button, which allowed for convenient sitting, but afforded trivial protection. I’d have worn a full-body ballistic leotard, if one were available.

I eased up to the sedan and left a handprint on its trunk, which linked the vehicle to me if something dreadful happened and ensured the trunk lid was locked, in case someone hidden there was ready to spring out.

Vehicle crashes are the top killers of police officers, but the second most common cause is traffic stops gone wrong.

Approaching this vehicle, it was easy to see why.

I had a hard time peering through its closed, tinted windows. Polarized sunglasses cut the glare, but made it harder to detect objects and people’s movements within the vehicle. Complicating matters, there also were passengers in the rightfront and left-rear seats.

Rear passenger Ed Pouncey was making a lot of movements with his hands. I asked him to put his coffee cup on the floor and he complied after some grumbling.

(After the exercise, I jokingly extended my right two fingers toward my eyes and pointed them back at Pouncey, the universal sign for “I’m watching you.”)

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Above, Lisa Makson, a reporter with NewsMax, conducts a mock traffic stop with role player Fred Sandborn during a Media Police Academy on July 20 at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy. Below, WTOP reporter Kathy Stewart accepts traffic-stop advice from Fairfax County police 2nd Lt. Dan Pang at Media Police Academy.

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put down his cell phone. I introduced myself and informed the driver, role-played

by Fred Sanborn, that his vehicle had expired tags.

I ignored Sanborn’s protestations and the fact that front-seat passenger Gabe Goldberg was video-recording me with a smartphone. That’s legal in Virginia.

After taking Sanborn’s driver’s license, I walked slowly back to the cruiser, always keeping the sedan in sight. Back in the police car, I was filling out the citation when the driver opened his door and stepped out. I told him to get back in the vehicle, and he did.

(A real motor officer nearby issued a similar command in a voice likely audible a football field away.)

I gave Sanborn his ticket, wished him a good day and proceeded back to the cruiser. Pang pointed out I’d not detected a folding knife on the sedan’s center console. I should have done a more thorough

visual search while the driver was fumbling for his license, and asked an occupant to pick up the knife with two fingers and set it on the dashboard. This would allow me to verify the knife’s location when I returned.

When filling out the citation, I should have placed the ticket book on the cruiser’s steering wheel to allow easy viewing of the motorist’s vehicle. In addition, I should have taken another step back from the stopped vehicle to avoid being grabbed by the occupants, he said.

After further presentations and lunch with Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler, we headed downstairs for additional exercises at the facility’s “Practical Plaza.”

Carime Hernández of Univision and I went to a dispute at a pizzeria. I held the door open for Hernández, then realized I should put my bulkier frame at risk first.

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peeked inside to assess the situation. I failed to detect a life-sized cardboard cutout of a smiling man holding up a pizza, which spooked me later.

The arguing men were brothers played

by Sanborn and Pouncey.(Them again?

Hadn’t they already caused enough trouble?) Hernández and I separated the men and de-escalated the situation while keeping each other in view.

Sanborn told me his brother was a cheapskate who never paid his share. He also said his brother had kicked him on the leg, so I had him point to the wound, which looked like a mosquito bite, then mimed taking a photo of it. Hernández got Pouncey to admit he’d kicked his brother, so we arrested him.

Pfc. Tawny Wright complimented our performance and offered constructive criticism. At least two officers always investigate domestic calls, which are among the most dangerous police face. One should take the lead and the other should support him or her, she said.

Wright then accompanied me to a bar to investigate a report of a man with a weapon.

There was only one person there, a despondent, drunk man played by Michael Persico. He was waving a ball-peen sledgehammer and initially resisted my requests to put the tool down. Wright suggested I tell him the hammer made me nervous.

I asked the man about his troubles and he said his wife had left him. It was hard to keep a straight face as he kept piling on misfortunes. Wright and I offered him a ride home.

Persico, who also handled a small knife during our encounter, later told me I’d acted too timidly. He’d also been unnerved because I’d placed my hand on the holstered pistol too often.

Fair point, but I wasn’t going to end up in a coffin.

Intersection Upgrade Will Aid Wounded Veteran BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Motorists and pedestrians for years have faced a tough time negotiating the oddly angled intersection of Old Dominion Drive, Linway Terrace and Birch Road in south McLean.

But imagine how much harder it would be to do so as an Army veteran badly wounded by a sniper’s bullet a decade ago in Iraq.

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Patrick Horan suffered brain damage, hearing and vision loss and neurological problems after being shot in the head in Baghdad in July 2007.

Horan and his wife, Patricia, moved to their house in the 6400 block of Old Dominion Drive in McLean in 2012 and were dismayed by how hard it was to access buses at the road’s crossing with Linway Terrace and Birch Road.

The intersection’s former westbound bus stop was located on a mall patch of poorly mown land right near the rushing traffic. Patricia Horan called the bus stop the “Island of Death.”

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on July 9, 2013, authorized a series of intersection and pedestrian improvements at the crossing.

The $400,000 project, paid for with revenues from the county’s commercialand-industrial tax, should be completed

in August, apart from some traffic-signal work that must be performed by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Work crews from D&F Construction Inc. were busy at the site when the Sun Gazette visited the site on July 19.

Improvements include: • Upgraded pedestrian facilities that meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.

• A redefinition of the intersection’s turning radius by installing new curb and gutter.

• Improved crosswalk markings.

• Drainage improvements.

• Installation of 400 feet of 5-footwide concrete sidewalks and connecting them with existing sidewalks on the intersection’s north and south sides.

• A new bus pad on westbound Old Dominion Drive, located about 100 feet west of the intersection. The existing bus pad, located on eastbound Old Dominion Drive about 200 feet west of the intersection, will remain.

• Replacement of the span-wire traffic signal with lights located on a mast arm, which will be erected at the northwest corner of Old Dominion Drive and Linway Terrace.

• Provision of pedestrian signals at all the intersection’s crossings. Improvements will include crossing signs, stop/go signal heads and push-button activators.

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Retired U.S. Army Capt. Patrick Horan, who was wounded in Iraq, poses with his service dog, Wilson, near a McLean intersection that is being upgraded.

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tree branches sprouting up from Birch Road in the south and ending with a Yshaped terminus at Linway Terrace. Old Dominion Drive, a key thoroughfare also designated Route 309, runs east-west directly through this.

The Horans live along a service road that parallels the street. Their home five years ago received $100,000 worth of upgrades – including an elevator and handicapped-accessible bathroom with a telephone – courtesy of the Heroes at Home project, which is sponsored by Sears, and

the Rebuilding Together organization.

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Our View: Stewart Could Sink ’18 GOP Chances

Tim Kaine probably should buy some lottery tickets.

He’s certainly a lucky guy recently.

Kaine proved a bit of a disappointment as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee; all but the most rabid political partisans acknowledged he under-performed in his debate against Mike Pence, and his stump presence was less rottweiler and more and more caffeinated Boston terrier.

Given that, and given the fact that our junior senator seems to be liked, but not loved, by his constituency, you’d think Republicans would have a decent shot at upending him when the Senate election rolls around in 2018.

And then along came Corey Stewart.

Having lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination – albeit giving Ed Gillespie a scare as the results rolled in – Stewart now is taking aim at Kaine’s seat, launching an early, very public and very cringeworthy bid.

In so doing, Stewart, who seems to have all but abandoned his interest in leading Prince William County, not only has been verbally boorish, but gives every indication that he’s willing to sink lower as the perceived need arises.

Reality check: Kaine is vulnerable in 2018, but not from Stewart, whose tired has become something of a self-parody – a neo-Confederate by way of Minnesota who imbues all the opportunism of the late George Wallace yet has little of the political acumen needed to play on a stage bigger than local government.

Of course, 2017 precedes 2018, and Republicans are going to need all the help they can get this fall to assist their charisma-challenged gubernatorial nominee Gillespie in his effort to defeat Democrat Ralph Northam (who is no Barack Obama/Ronald Reagan/Bill Clinton in star-power quotient, himself). So far, Stewart has shown no inclination to close ranks; in fact, he’s sending out the vibe he’d be just as happy to see the GOP ticket swamped this November. Classy.

Aside from convincing President Trump to nominate Stewart to be ambassador to some inconsequential and very, very far away country, it looks like Virginia Republicans will have to live with the reality he’s going to be a factor in both the 2017 and 2018 races. Democrats in the Old Dominion are salivating at the prospect.

Fair Zoning-Protest Rules Are Essential Editor: At the July 10 Vienna Town Council meeting, members voted to amend zoning-protest rules that have been in place for over 50 years.

The desire to alter this policy was in response to the failed 2016 Vienna Market proposal at the location of the Marco Polo Restaurant. The proposal failed because members of the surrounding real estate successfully enacted the zoning protest by acquiring the signatures of 20 percent of adjacent landowners, requiring the Town Council to approve or reject the proposal based on a supermajority vote. The Town Council was unable to secure the 6:7 vote.

At the July 10 meeting, I expressed concern as to why the Town Council and the Zoning Committee were determined to alter a policy that had just demonstrated success. I understand that the outcome of the failed proposal was

not the desired outcome for some of the members of the community. But for the community members surrounding the Marco Polo real estate, it was. The zoning protest had successfully given these members of the community a voice.

Many community members at the July 10 meeting were relieved at the final approved amendment to require the signatures of 25 percent surrounding landowners versus the proposed 50 percent, and to alter the vote of the Town Council to 5:7. However, to some extent, I was disappointed.

First, on principle, the movement by the Town Council to amend the rules was wrong.

Second, if the zoning-protest rules were to be altered, they should have been done so based in solid research.

The Zoning Committee provided the Town Council with research that demonstrated that 19 out of 21 states that

have this protest rules do so at 20 percent, not at 25 percent. The approved 25 percent therefore is not situated in research However, the change to 5:7 is an appropriate move and is in line with the research on other rules.

And finally, although, the Zoning Committee mentioned the lack of protest rules by other municipalities as a way to caution that not every locality even offers the zoning-protest provision.

This fact was misrepresented, as during the adoption of zoning protest, many localities were too rural for the policy to make sense.

I argued that the application of zoning protests has historically demonstrated success in communities that are growing and experiencing pressure from many establishments. With the growth experienced in Vienna this makes the such protests even more essential.

Linda Mann, Vienna

Editor: The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority is asking for comments about their TransAction plan (http:// nvtatransaction.org/resources/).

The vision and goals are economic growth and quality of life. However, none of the 15 measures for deciding which project to fund are for health

safety, an essential part of quality of life.

Vehicle emissions directly affect health safety for both children and adults. The EPA thresholds for air quality safety need to be used as essential criteria before considering desirable growth measures. And land-use classification determines number of vehicles

added to the roads. This does not mean no growth. It is called health-safety-first growth.

Lately, I think about what I want to say to my grandchildren about my actions. Will the community be able to say it chose health safety over economic growth, or the opposite?

David Heagy, Vienna

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“Renters have awakened and entered the sales market in fear of losing out on the historically low [interest] rates and taking advantage of the home-mortgageinterest deductions,” said Nicholas Lagos, broker/owner of Century 21 Gawen Realty.

A total of 2,718 residential properties went to closing in June, according to figures reported July 13 by the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR).

That’s up 7.6 percent from 2,527 transactions a year ago.

(Figures represent sales in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.)

There has been improvement in consumer confidence at the national level, said NVAR chair Bob Adamson, and “local buyers and sellers share that confidence.”

But prospective purchasers are not going into the process blind. Adamson said they “have been careful about each listing’s location, price and condition.”

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“With a 1-percent increase in interest• rates, it can decrease a purchaser’s borrowing power by approximately 10 percent,” Lagos said.

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The Vienna Town Council on July 10 agreed to forward to the town’s Planning Commission a proposed zoning amendment that would reduce the amount of restaurant seating required in the C-1 commercial zone.

The commission will consider a proposal that would eliminate the 125-seat minimum for freestanding restaurants or those located in shopping centers.

Council OKs Purchase of 2 New AirConditioning Units for Public-Works Facility: Residential homeowners aren’t the only ones whose air-conditioning units fail during summer heat waves.

The Vienna Public Works Department’s Northside Property Yard had two units fail back in June and the Vienna Town Council on July 10 approved $38,636 to cover the cost of replacing that equipment, plus some extra maintenance fees.

The property yard’s rooftop air-conditioning units went out on the weekend of June 3, town officials said. Advanced Building Services had been maintaining one of the Trane units and advised town personnel just the week prior that the unit’s useful life was nearly up.

Public-works officials authorized the emergency purchase of a $22,562 replacement unit.

On June 21, a second air-conditioning unit failed at the property yard. Publicworks officials made an emergency purchase of a Carrier 16 SEER condensing united and Carrier 95+ gas furnace for $14,474. That equipment replaced the existing Trane five-ton condensing unit and Reznor gas-fired furnace.

The Town Council also approved $1,600 in additional spending to cover maintenance costs during June, increasing the price of the overall purchase order

to $20,173.

Council Approves Financing for Vehicle, Equipment Replacements in FY18: Vienna Town Council members on July 10 agreed to finance up to $730,000 worth of vehicle and equipment replacements during fiscal year 2018. Spending will include: • An estimated $234,931 for Vienna Police Department vehicles, including four sedans (two for $38,510 apiece, one for $38,511 and one for $38,512) and two sport-utility vehicles at $40,444 each.

• An estimated $236,747 in Vienna Public Works Department spending, including $22,151 for a sedan, $54,560 for a utility truck and $160,036 for a loader.

• An estimated $204,142 in spending for the Water and Sewer Division, including $20,430 and $20,557 for a pair of pickup trucks, $80,000 for a sewer rodder and $83,155 for a television van.

• An estimated $46,938 in Parks and Recreation Department spending, including $20,430 for a pickup truck and $26,508 for a passenger van.

The Council’s resolution, which had to be voted on before summer break to allow the first responsive bids to be considered at the body’s Aug. 21 meeting, stipulates that purchases be made using equal payments spread out over four years.

Town Council Grants 10-Year Rightof-Way License to Telecommunications Firm: Vienna Town Council members voted unanimously July 10 to grant a decade-long right-of-way license to telecommunications company Mobilitie LLC. The company will be allowed to install telecommunications antennas on existing light and utility poles within the town’s right-of-way.

Mobilitie still must obtain conditionuse permits from the Vienna Board of Zoning Appeals for such operations; the company already has received permits for three sites.

Foundation Taps New Board Chair Kevin DeSanto, co-founder and managing director of the investment-banking firm KippsDeSanto & Co., has been tapped to chair the board of directors at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia for the 2017-18 year.

DeSanto has served on the Community Foundation board of directors for seven years, serving as vice chair and on a number committees. He succeeds Paul Leslie, CEO of Dovel Technologies, who chaired the board for two years.

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Diaz, a 48-year-old former U.S. Army officer who previously led the Downtown Raleigh Alliance in North Carolina, spoke with the Sun Gazette July 21 about his goals.

How have your first four months on the job gone?

“It’s going great. The first couple of months were naturally hectic and busy.

I felt I was back in school doing a crash course, trying to figure things out. I was able to live just a few blocks from the office and it really helped me to do a deep dive, not only on the job but on Tysons and really try to understood the DNA of Tysons and the organization. After about the second or third month, I was able to make a presentation to the executive committee about my initial assessment of the organization.”

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What did your assessment conclude?

“My big message is, what we’ve done as an organization in the past five years won’t get us the same results in the next five years. It wasn’t necessarily to be critical, but it was to recognize what the organization had invested their time in during the first five years, versus what we needed to build on. We’ve got an all-star board of all the great companies in Tysons, from Capital One to Mitre to Freddie Mac to Lerner to Macerich. We’ve really got the right players in the room, so to speak, which is no small feat.

Secondly, for the past two years, we created these committees called councils that engaged hundreds of employees, mostly at these companies. And that really created a sense of value for our organization.

What we need to do in next five years is add depth to our lines of business.

What are your top priorities?

“We’ve identified five things that have to make a direct impact in Tysons as a place. One is place-making. Tysons has been around for a while, but the nature of mixed-use development anchored by stations is new. It doesn’t feel like it has a sense of place. We’ve got to give Tysons a modern-day soul.

Another thing is product marketing.

Tysons is our product. We’ve got to be the consumer-marketing agency for Tysons. For example, the Galleria is adding more than 10 restaurants in the next year.

There’s going to be a lot more dining options in Tysons, yet if you live in Herndon, you may not know about that.

Our third line of business is transportation. We have a contractual arrangement with the county to work with new developments to ensure they reduce the amount of single-occupancy [vehicle] trips and that the employees in these buildings are encouraged to use the Metro, to vanpool, to walk, to bike. We’re going to be partnering with six different companies to do that.

We need to market the assets we have.

The Silver line has gotten some criticism because of the [low] ridership. I’ve worked in other cities and if someone could trade my position for having four stations in a suburban center that not too long ago was considered an edge city, they would trade it in a heartbeat. Other cities aren’t even having discussions about rail, and we’re complaining that the ridership is low.

The last area has to do with events . . . We’re looking at codifying a template agreement with businesses to do more outdoor events and festivals to create a sense of activity year-round.”

What key projects coming up that you’re excited about?

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activity in the real estate community about not just doing a one-off building, but building mixed-use, walkable projects that create a sense of place. That’s really going to change the perceptions of Tysons. If you look at the success of the plaza Macerich did [at Tysons Corner Center], you can see the thirst for that kind of outdoor, walkable, informal environment anchored by a great shopping mall and a fantastic office building and a residential building.

I think we’re going to see more and more projects like that.

I’m also predicting the diversification of housing in Tysons will start soon.

We’ve got several key high-rise apartment buildings and they’re doing well, but we’re also seeing lower-rise apartment buildings like the Highgate project, which is leasing really quickly. And I think we’ll start hearing about townhomes being built. I think there’s a huge market for townhomes and condominiums as well. It will attract people of different ages and broaden the appeal of Tysons.”

What lessons from your days in Raleigh, N.C., are you applying in Tysons?

“I’d love for us to work on a new brand for Tysons. We won an international award in Raleigh for comprehensive rebranding.

I think one of our first interventions on that will be a ‘state of Tysons’ report that reflects a bold color scheme of the boldness of Tysons.”

What’s the key that truly will turn Tysons into a vibrant community?

“I’m not a believer at all in a single-bullet, one-thing tipping point idea. I think it will be a combination of things that happen in the built environment, a combination of interventions from a group like ours and government together. When you look at the performing-arts center and the Capital One campus and you combine that with the Boro project and what’s happening at the Galleria, those things will come about in the next three years. I think if you’re going to pick a time when it feels like there’s going to be a tipping point where Tysons will feel different, it’s really that 2020-to-2021 time frame.”

Are enough public facilities being provided in Tysons?

“I see that as a broader issue, the broader challenge of projects and plans that were completed years ago not necessarily matching up with way the market is actually changing. In the military, they’ve The Sun Gazette welcomes your submission of items for inclusion in the newspaper and online. We’re happy to spread the word across McLean, Great Falls, Vienna, Oakton, Tysons and – through the Internet – the entire globe!

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got this great ethic whereby the moment you complete a plan and go out there and execute it, the plan changes.

You don’t stick to the plan because you feel strongly about it, or else you die. I wish I could instill that ethic a more David Diaz, who became little with all of my president and CEO of the Tysons Partnership in members and March, heads an organi- citizens and zation that is working to government ofhelp guide the redevelop- ficials. ment of the corridor into a We should vibrant mix of residential, still keep our commercial, retail and receye on the big reational facilities. picture. We’ve really codified the way we’ve handled proffers in a very rigid way. It provides predictability for the developer, but if everything we had called for 30-story apartment buildings and all of the sudden millennials started getting older and we actually needed townhomes, we should allow for the flexibility to change individual plans. That is a fundamental governance challenge for all of us. We should provide for some flexibility or else we’re going to spend more time debating than doing.”

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Vienna/Oakton Notes VIENNA OFFICIALS SET DATE FOR COMMUNITY-CENTER CELEBRATION:

Vienna town government officials have announced plans for a reopening celebration for the Vienna Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 1 to 5 p.m.

“We’re as eager as everyone else to get the center reopened and to bring the town’s recreation offerings back home,” said Vienna parks director Leslie Herman.

Classes and community events are expected to return to the center starting the week of Sept. 18, although the official schedule depends on completion of the $13 million project.

The expanded, 43,000-square-foot facility has been updated to add more space and better amenities. Features include an additional gymnasium with regulation-sized basketball court, a new lobby, expanded restroom facilities and updated lighting and HVAC systems.

TOWN CELEBRATION TO GET WET AND WILD: The Vienna town government will

host its second annual water-park-themed extravaganza on Saturday, July 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Town Green.

An array of slides, sprinklers, water guns, moon bounces, fountains and other water games will provide fun for youth.

There also will be snowcones and a dance party.

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present the classic rock musical “Hair” with performances Aug, 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Vienna Baptist Church, 541 Marshall Road, S.W. Tickets are on sale at the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department office, 262M Cedar Lane, and also at the door.

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The group is designed for caregivers of adult family members.

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p.m. Tickets are $25-$25.

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

Community Players’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” continues through July 30 at Vinson Hall, 1735 Kirby Road in McLean.

The show is appropriate for ages 13 and older.

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Transportation Notes AIRPORTS AUTHORITY STARTS PUBLIC-OUTREACH EFFORT: With the most

significant redevelopment at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 20 years set to kick off in coming months, airport officials are beginning to ramp up public-information efforts.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has established a “construction advisories” online page – www. flyreagan.com/dca/construction-advisories – to keep the public informed as the three-year, $1 billion project starts up. Local residents also can sign up for e-mail alerts as work progresses.

“We will work hard to keep everyone informed of significant events that could affect their journey,” said Margaret McKeough, the authority’s chief operating officer.

The most noticeable immediate impact of the project will be construction activity adjacent to the lower-level arrivals roadway in front of Terminals B/C, slated to start later this year.

Once that construction starts, “we advise passengers to consider using Metro or one of our parking facilities to avoid the congestion,” said Paul Malandrino, the airport manager.

“Customers coming to the airport by car will need extra time to navigate the roadway system, especially on afternoons and light at night when traffic is the busiest,” Malandrino said.

The three-year expansion project will focus on construction of a new terminal for regional aircraft on the north end of the airport’s footprint. Currently, passengers to many of these flights must take a bus from Gate 35X in Terminal C to get to their planes.

Construction work also includes the pending demolition of the airports authority’s office building; staff already have been relocated to office space nearby in

continues on July 30 at 5 p.m. at McLean Central Park.

The concert series finishes for the summer with Big Bang Boom, designed for families with young children, on Sunday, Aug. 6 at 5 p.m.

The concert series is sponsored by the McLean Community Center. Parking is available at Dolley Madison Library, located adjacent to McLean Central Park.

according to new figures.

A total of 2,008,211 passengers used Dulles during the month, an increase of 2.5 percent from May 2016, according to figures reported by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on July 18.

The rise at Dulles was due largely to a 6.8-percent increase in domestic service

by United Airlines, the airport’s dominant carrier. Frontier Airlines, which has a smaller presence, showed a 13.6-percent increase in passenger traffic.

On the international front, United’s passenger total was down slightly, but Air PASSENGER COUNT UP AT DULLES, China, Icelandair, Lufthansa, British AirDOWN AT NATIONAL: Washington Dull- ways, Saudi, Qatar and Emirates airlines es International Airport saw a year-over- all saw increases. year boost in passenger traffic in May, At Reagan National, the passenger while Ronald Reagan Washington Na- total of 2,145,337 was down 0.2 percent HBM SUN GAZETTE AD Flattened 7-11-2017.pdf 1 7/11/17 1:02 PM tional Airport reported a slight decline, from a year before, due largely to reduced Crystal City. Two aging hangars also will be razed to make way for the new 14-gate concourse, which is slated to be open in 2021. The project also includes relocated and expanded security checkpoints, expected to be ready in 2020.

(Full details on the project can be found at www.flyreagan.com/projectjourney.)

The construction project will be the largest at the airport since Terminals B/ C were opened in 1997, and is designed to help ease the impact of record-setting passenger totals in recent years.

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

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capacity from United, Southwest, JetBlue and Sun Country. American Airlines – which represents half the passenger traffic at the airport – posted at 1.6-percent increase in passenger totals, while Delta also saw higher totals.

For the first five months of the year, passenger traffic at Washington Dulles was up 5.7 percent from a year before, totaling 8.6 percent, with Reagan National posting a 3-percent increase to 9.8 million Combined, the passenger total of 18.3 million for the first five months of the year was up 4.2 percent from a year before.

Full figures can be found at www. mwaa.com.

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All told, more than 7,500 square feet of interior space are augmented by the sumptuous grounds, which total nearly 22,000 square feet.

Appetizing inside and out, this custom home offers both warm-hearted appeal and upscale luxury, making it the perfect in-town retreat with all the features of country living.

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Survey Says: Finding the Best Locales to Buy a Home McKinney, Texas, ranks atop the list of best places for first-time homebuyers, according to a new analysis.

But it is Fayetteville, N.C., that has the most affordable housing among cities, when compared to household income – in fact, it’s nearly 13 times cheaper for residents to live there than in pricey Santa Barbara, Calif.

The data come from Wallethub, which has used 23 key metrics to determine the best and worst places for firsttime buyers among 300 communities.

Two other Texas locales – Frisco and Allen – follow McKinney at the top of the list, followed by Cary, N.C., and Norman, Okla.

Santa Barbara – which, truth be told, is gorgeous – ranks at the very bottom of the list, due in large part to affordability issues. Three additional California towns (Berkeley, Oakland and Santa Monica) join Miami Beach toward the bottom.

Most of the communities that topped the list were mid-size in scale.

Tops in the large-city category was Raleigh, N.C., followed by Lexington, Ky. The District of Columbia ranks 56th of 62 large cities.

(The full survey is available at https://wallethub.com/edu/best-andworst-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers/5564/.)

How do you know you are ready to buy your first home? “The best way to avoid the pitfalls of home ownership is to be an educated buyer,” said Lou Tisler, director of the Housing Counseling Network at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

He encourages prospective purchases to get involved in “fully immersing yourself in what it means to be a homeowner.”

“Free or low-cost home-buyer education is available throughout the U.S.,” Tisler said.

Alessandro Rebucci, an assistant professor of economics, finance and real estate at the Johns Hopkins University, said jumping into home-ownership isn’t for everyone. But for those who have the financial and professional stability to understand the risks, it could be well worth it.

“If owning is cheaper than renting and the differential can be locked in for a few years, don’t miss out on the opportunity to start building some equity and wealth,” Rebucci said.

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Schools & Military n The following local students earned degrees during recent commencement exercises at Rochester Institute of Technology: Daniel Mooney of McLean earned a master of science degree in information and science and technologies. Zaki Sulaiman of McLean earned a master of business administration degree.

Alexander Cook of Oakton earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering. Adam Heilbrunn of Great Falls earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in film and animation. Nicole Lantonio of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering technology. Joseph Olmsted of Vienna earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in medical illustration. Zachary Olmsted of Vienna earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in industrial design. n Charles Aubin of Vienna and Rosemary Moran of Great Falls have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Saint Joseph’s University. n James Cunniff of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Loyola University Maryland. n A number of local students have been named as additional recipients of collegesponsored National Merit Scholarships.

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recipients (with intended field of study in parentheses) include Kanishk Singh of Langley High School (diplomatic service), National Merit Carleton College Scholarship; Carlyn Kranking of McLean High School (journalism), National Merit Northwestern University Scholarship; Abhishek Mishra of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (computer science), National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship; Aditi Sundararaman of Thomas Jefferson (computer science), National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship; Christine Wang of Thomas Jefferson (aerospace engineering), National Merit Purdue University Scholarship; and Diana Zavela of Thomas Jefferson (engineering), National Merit Case Western Reserve University Scholarship.

College-sponsored Merit Scholarships provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. Nationwide, approximately 7,500 students won Merit Scholarship awards in 2017.

Lucy Zheng, a graduating senior at McLean High School, earned the Booz Allen Hamilton Vision Scholarship from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. n

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Schools & Military Continued from Page 17 The foundation recently awarded scholarships totaling just over $300,000 to 89 local students to continue their education. n Twin sisters Sheila Iyer and Sneha Iyer of Great Falls were part of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology team that won first place in the American Computer Science League (ACSL) 2016-17 “All Star” contest, held in May at Newbury Park High School in California.

More than 200 teams from the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia participated.

Sheila Iyer won a special prize of a Kindle Fire and plaque for high score in the short answer section.

Adept with technology and computerscience skills, the twins also were declared finalists of the Conrad Innovation Challenge 2017 (named after astronaut Pete Conrad) held in April 2017 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where they presented their prototype app for educating youth with learning disabilities in front of a panel of venture capitalists and technologists.

For information, see the Web site at www.conradchallenge.org. n Edwin Ikhinmwin, the son of

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and Kayte Ikhinmwin of Oakton, was awarded the President’s Award for Academic Achievement at Randolph-Macon Academy.

Annalee Opsahl, the daughter of Carl and Nancy Opsahl of Oakton, earned the American Citizenship Award for the 2016-17 school year at RandolphMacon Academy. n

n Hanlin Zhang, the 10-year-old daughter of Jing and Catherine Zhang of Vienna, earned best-in-show honors in Cooperative Living magazine’s 2017 youth art contest.

A rising fifth-grader at Flint Hill Elementary School, Hanlin used colored pencils to create a Dalmatian puppy curled up on a red-and-white checkered blanket.

“I was very happy when I found out I won,” she said, noting that she had worked on the drawing for three weeks.

The Zhang family does not own a dog, “but this has been Hanlin’s wish for years,” her mother said.

Images of award-winning artwork can be found on the Web site at www.co-opliving.com.

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Public-Safety Notes COUNTY POLICE SEEK SUSPECTS IN VIENNA-AREA ARMED ROBBERY: Fair-

fax County police are searching for two men who robbed a male victim at gunpoint July 20 at 6:50 a.m. in the 2500 block of Glengyle Drive in the Vienna area.

The suspects approached the victim and demanded property from him. When the victim refused, one of the suspects produced a handgun. The victim gave the suspects his property, then the suspects left on foot, police said.

Both suspects were described as black.

One was 17 to 18 years old, with a thin build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

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The second suspect was described as about 19 or 20 years old, also with a thin build, wearing a green-and-black hooded sweatshirt.

JUVENILES ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED BURGLARY, ASSAULT: A man

living in the 2900 block of Pine Spring Road in the Falls Church area came home July 19 at 5:56 p.m. and could not open his front door. He looked through the mail slot and saw several men he did not know inside his home, Fairfax County police said.

When the intruders realized the victim was there, they fled out the back door. The victim caught one of the suspects, which prompted the rest of the men to come back and assault the victim in order to get him to release their friend, police said.

Officers arrived and took three of the suspects into custody. Police took the suspects, all of whom were juveniles, to the Juvenile Detention Center. Authorities will charge them with burglary and assault by mob.

The investigation continues and additional arrests and charges are possible, police said.

McLEAN HOME BURGLARIZED: Some-

one forced entry into a home in the 6800 block of Old Chesterbrook Road in McLean between July 13 and 15 and took property, Fairfax County police said.

ITEMS DAMAGED, DESTROYED IN TYSONS BURGLARY: Staff of a building

in the 7900 block of Westpark Drive in Tysons went to the location on July 14 at 1:20 after a fire alarm sounded. They found multiple items had been damaged and destroyed, Fairfax County police said.

MAN REPORTEDLY SLEEPING IN CONCRETE PIPE AT PARK: A local resident

told Vienna police on July 16 at 9:43 p.m. that a man was sleeping in a concrete pipe at Glyndon Park. Police advised the man he was not permitted to be in town parks after dark and that he may be charged with trespassing if he returns to the park at night.

VIENNA MAN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT: Vienna police dispatched

officers to a residence on Park Street, S.E., on July 17 at 8:49 p.m. after receiving a report of a fight between husband and wife.

The wife told police her husband became upset with her and began assaulting her.

The woman did not require any medical attention, police said.

Police arrested the 66-year-old husband and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with domestic assault and issued an emergency protective

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COUNTY POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING: Fairfax

County Police Chief Edwin Roessler Jr. on July 18 placed Officer Pshko Siteki on administrative leave after a February crash involving another driver at Leesburg Pike and Patrick Henry Drive in the Falls Church area.

Authorities served Siteki, who has been a county police officer for two years, a summons for misdemeanor reckless driving.

Siteki was responding to a disorderly-conduct call on Feb. 18 at 10:30 a.m. when he collided with a minivan turning left from Leesburg Pike onto Patrick Henry Drive. The officer did not have his emergency equipment on and was going 68 mph prior to the crash, police said.

The posted speed limit for that section of roadway is 40 mph.

Rescue personnel transported both Siteki and the 53-year-old man driving the minivan to a hospital for treatment. The minivan driver suffered extensive injuries and still is recovering. The cruiser was equipped with an in-car video system, however that video cannot be retrieved due to damage from the crash, police said.

Siteki is now on paid administrative leave until his Sept. 13 court date, Fairfax police said.

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A Repeat Champ in Division 1

Teeing Off

The Bounces of the Ball At Legion Baseball Tilts

So many different things occurred.

Following is a list of some unusual week-long occurrences on and around Vienna’s great Waters Field during seven American Legion District 17 baseball tourney games last week.

The Tiger Sharks Record 5-0 Season

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DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Weak they were not.

A slogan on the T-shirts worn by the host Overlee Flying Fish suggested their opponent might be SWIMMING inferior competition July 22 in a Division 1 showdown for first place in the Northern Virginia Swimming League.

That was not the case. The visiting Chesterbrook Tiger Sharks (5-0) won the meet, 232-188, to earn their second straight Division 1 crown and extend their two-year winning streak to 10. Overlee (41) finished second for the second straight summer.

The teams have traded the Division 1 prize many times, with the losing team often finishing in second place alone in the division. Overall, Overlee, the 2015 champion, has won 29 Division 1 titles in pool history and Chesterbrook 10, and five others in lower divisions.

“Shark Weak” was the black-letter slogan on Overlee orange T-Shirts, but the

Top: The Chesterbrook coaches and swimmers cheer poolside against Overlee on July 22. Left: Chesterbrook’s Sam Gollub starts the boys 15-18 breaststroke race during the meet.

Above: Chesterbrook’s Eli Leonard swims the breast in the girls age 11-12 medley relay. See a slideshow of the meet at www.insidenova.

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Langley Goes Wild by Winning Division 3 Title A Staff Report

With five convincing victories, the Langley Wildthings finished as champions of Division 3 in the Northern Virginia Swimming League with a 5-0 record this summer.

SWIMMING ROUNDUP Langley capped its campaign July 22 with a 249-171 home victory over second-place Mount Vernon Park.

The division title was Langley’s third in six years and 11th overall in team history. A year ago, the Wildthings finished third in Division 3 with a 3-2 record.

This summer, Langley’s average margin of victory was 116.2 points.

Against Mount Vernon, leading

Langley were double winners Joaquin Meza, Duncan Proxmire, Elisabeth Miller, Tessa Jones and Campbell Collins. Single winners were Cole Deringer, Luca Sanchez, Colin Walter, Nithin Bagal, Evan Poulos, Benjamin Scott, Jake Smith, Luke Watson, Katie Alms, Anna Deringer, Meredith Cadin, Kira Thornton, Liliana Schone and Connelly Roberge.

Sanchez, Proxmire, Jones, Alms, David Bulford, Joaquin Meza, Cole Deringer, Jones, Marina Watson, Naomi Bagal, Kate Walter, Liliana Schone, Megan Craven, Izzy Schone, Liliana Schone, Audrey Wallach, Megan Craven, Nithin Bagal, Sebastian Scott and Niko Woltman were among record-setting relays.

At the July 19 NVSL All-Star Relay Carnival, Langley finished eighth and winning one race, the boys 8-under freestyle in 1:09.92. n The Hunter Mill Sharks (1-4) lost to Little Rocky Run, 249-171, in NVSL Division 2 action July 22. Double winners were Ian Cobb, Alexandra Dicks, Hunter Guthrie and Giovanna Moriarty. Single winners for the Sharks were Adira Asner, Hannah Carmen, Evan Chen, Skylar DeLacy, Sydney DeLacy, Kate Frothingham, Regan Hau, Hunter Jenks, Lars Lagenbach, Eric Mouritzen and Elyse Rosade. n The Highlands Whomping Turtles (2-3) defeated Wakefield Chapel by a

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n With no drawn-out player introductions, many of the games began a welcomed two or three minutes early. n The scoreboard was operational for most games, although the ballsand-strikes reliability was an issue. n On the field, most of the games were competitive, with a couple of one-run outcomes, and there was more hitting than good pitching. n Stranded base runners was a popular statistic. Falls Church Post 130 left an unheard-of 20 runners in a loss, including the bases loaded four times and at least one runner in the five other frames. Falls Church stranded 14 in another game and 42 in its three outings. McLean 270 left 12 in a loss and Springfield 176 had two castaway counts of 10 and 11. n The ball was hit in the air a bunch in one contest, when there was a combined 21 fly ball or line-drive outs to the outfield, in addition to three deep pop outs to the shortstop. n In a nine-inning pitching performance, Arlington 139 lefty Alec Glasser fanned 11 and had a perfect game through three frames. n Off the field, the concessions stand, serving Vienna Inn chilli dogs, was open for all but one game. n Also off the field, foul balls at the urban locale landed and ricochetted everywhere, settling inside a trash can, on front lawns of an adjacent church, fire and police station and neighbors’ lawns, or on tops of moving and parked vehicles. One Vienna firefighter walked over to return a couple of balls that had rolled under a fire truck parked in the station’s driveway. One parent became so tired of retrieving multiple foul balls in a short period, he stopped, saying: “You can spend the whole game doing that.”

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Vienna 8-10 All-Stars Add a State Tournament Crown DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Once the winning started, the habit became confor the Vienna American BASEBALL tagious Little League age 8-10 baseball all-stars, who have district and state championships to show for their efforts.

Vienna American won the state-tournament title last week in Bridgewater with a 6-0 record, going 3-0 in pool play, then winning three playoff games, including a 7-0 blanking of Fairfax National in the championship game.

“Honestly, I did not know if we had a good enough team to get this far, but they have exceeded expectations,” Vienna American manager Chris Leggett said.

“This team has obviously gotten better and better each step of the way. When they needed to play their best, they did.”

Leggett described the all-stars as a team with good defense, strong and deep pitching and an opportunis-

The Vienna American age 8-10 Little League All-Stars gather behind the state championship banner.

tic offense with limited power hitting. Vienna American has just three homers so far.

“They just get the key runs and hits, and everybody hits, one through 13, and we get contributions from everybody. They can all square the ball,” Leggett said.

Vienna American won some close games, nipping

Great Falls, 7-6, in the district semifinals, then Arlington National, 11-7, in the district final to finish 6-1 in the competition. Vienna American lost to Arlington Nationals, 7-5, in pool play.

In the state tournament, Vienna American edged Fort Hunt, 8-7, in 10 innings in a first-round playoff contest, and King William, 10-5, in the semifinals.

Top pitchers for Vienna American were Zach Hansen and Niko Papathanasiou along with Mark DePaul, Ethan Tiede and Kyle Tyrrell.

Hansen, Papathanasiou, Tyrrell, Giacomo Jreige, Sean Wilson and Tyler Christensen were among top hitters. Christensen doubled twice in the state final.

Chase Dorsey, Aidan Kim, Logan Hansen, Tyler Melvin and Oliver Smith also contributed.

Vienna American caps its summer by playing in a regional Tournament of Champions competition in Greenville, N.C. NOTE: For Leggett, the state title was his fourth in as many summers as Vienna American all-stars manager at three different age levels.

Swimming

ebke and J.J. Horsfield. Single winners were Charles Lannin, Niall Doran, Joseph Duncan, Olivia Tennant, Ulaina Ahn, Dora Wu, Elizabeth McCulla and Michelle Owens. McLean set seven team records. Wu set two of those team marks.

No results were submitted by Tuckahoe. n The Oakton Otters (4-1) finished second in Division 5 of the NVSL, defeating Fair Oaks, 245-154, July 22 in their final meet.

Double winners for Oakton were Grace Whittington, Leena Knepper, Burke Carroll, Lindsey Kotarski, James Piccolo, Drew Weber and James Hayden. Single winners were Andrew Garver, Beau Souders, Taryn Knepper, William Hayden, Charlie Warren, Avery

Miller, Gabriella Mancusi, Catherine Lim, Matthew Hall, Charlotte Lim, Annabel Lee, Emerson Wilson, Ava Eklund and Molly Estes. n The Hamlet Green Feet (3-1-1) finished third in Division 2 of the NVSL, defeating Hunt Valley, 251-169, in their final meet July 22.

Double winners for Hamlet were Charlie Palma, Emerson McMichael, Emma Flickinger, Johnny Bradshaw, Katie Mack, Morgan Kass and Trent McMichael. Single winners were Ben Palma, Bennett Steele, Celeste Pace, Erin Kass, Grace Gent, Hayley Varacallii, Jason Mack, Jenna Cai, Matthew Mack, Ryan Bradshaw, Ryan Flickinger and Sophie Montie. n Vienna Woods (2-3) defeated Poplar Tree, 245.5-174.5, July 22 in NVSL

Division 4 action. Double winners for Vienna Woods were Sophia Brown, Ben Denman-Grimm, Natalie Lauer and Kai Molter. Single winners were Lilly Allred, Emme Bath, Alec Biles, Reilly Blanton, Eddie Burrows, Emily Daly, Andrew Denman-Grimm, Finn McIntyre, Anna Miller, Carly Schweers, Abigail Steiling and Miles Stux. n In other Northern Virginia Swimming League action July 22 involving some local teams, the Vienna Aquatic Club Gators (3-2) defeated Dunn Loring (1-4) by a 268-152 score in to finish tied for second in Division 3; the Cardinal Hill Cardinals (3-2) of Vienna tied for third in Division 5 and lost 269-151 to High Point; the Kent Gardens Dolphins of McLean lost to Mantua, 235185, in Division 7 to finish third at 3-2; and the Shouse Village Sharks of Vienna (4-1) took second in Division 13 with a 230-190 victory over Springboard.

No other information about those meets was submitted by those teams. n In the Dominion Country Club League, Riverbend won the Blue Division championship with a 4-0 record and had a 5-0 overall mark. Riverbend defeated Fairfax, 326-176, in its final meet July 22.

Westwood of Vienna finished 2-2 in the Blue Division and had a 3-2 overall record, losing to Trump National in its final meet, 277-239. No other information from those meets was submitted.

Crosta said her team did what it needed to do, and won at Overlee for the first time since 2005.

“It is a big deal and hard to win over here, so knew we had to to keep the momentum up,” DeCrosta said. “Anytime these two teams swim, it’s all about every single race and doing the best you can in each race and in the key areas. We did what we needed to do.”

Double individual winners in the race for Chesterbrook were Jack Perlis, Luke Bernasek and Keira Gutierrez, who set a team record in the 9-10 girls backstroke (36.38). Sam Gollob (15-18 breast, 29.84) and Eli Leonard (11-12 breast, 35.60) set team records for Chesterbrook in winning

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Other single winners were Thomas Outlaw, Andrew Bernstein, Ryan Soh, Stirling Hamilton, Tyler Lentine, Arav Bhargave, Chiara Mizzo, Caroline Burgeson, Sabrina Kersten, McKenzie Cory, Kiera Johnson, Patricia Leonard, Maria Perotti, Tara Holmes, Maria Alvarado and Jillian Johnson.

For Overlee, double winners were Alexis Lee and William Weber. Single winners were Grace Callahan, Alice Bruce, Mary Kate Reicherter, Moira Kinsella, Aida Young, Kayle Park, George Cocker, Ryan York, Samuel Ellison, Sullivan Porter and Matteo Roman.

At the all-star relay carnival earlier

last week, the Overlee team of Reicherter, Park, Eleanor Ridgeway and Michaela Morrison set a league record of 1:59.68 in the girls 15-18 medley relay, breaking their own mark 1:59.78. The relay was the first to break the two-minute mark.

Prior to the July 22 dual meet this summer, Overlee won the Division 1 relays and the NVSL’s All Star Relay Carnival, with Chesterbrook second in both.

“We were disappointed not to win today, but we had a good season winning the divisional relays and the all-star relays,” Day said. “So it was a good year.”

This coming Saturday, July 29 is the NVSL divisional meets, followed by the individual all-star meet Aug. 5.

Continued from Page 23 246.5-173.5 score, in NVSL Division 1 action July 22. Double winners for Highlands were Ben Charles, Diego Cruzado, Charlie Erlanger, Curan Palmer, Cecelia Russell, Charlie Scogna, Courtney Watts and Jackson Wright. Single winners were Allison Martin, Annie O’Shaughnessy, Maggie O’Shaughnessy, Yuto Matsuki, Landon Moore, Jennifer Nigel, Merrell Palmer, Cecelia Russell, Skye Sundhauf and Wiktor Wyszogrodzki.

The 13-14 girls medley relay broke the team record with a time of 102.40. n The Great Falls Rapids (3-2) finished third in Division 10 of the NVSL, losing to Mansion House, 211-209, July 22. Double winners for Great Falls were Shaun Fallon, Paige Hall, Kendall Heebink, Corinne Jaggard, Megan Jungers, Sophie Smith and Leo Song. Single winners were Bradley Armour, Isaac Brockman, Elliott Dell’Atti, Francesca Dell’Atti, Joseph Fallon, Adam Manley, Patrick Manley and Sasha Minsky. n The McLean Marlins (1-4) lost to the Tuckahoe Tigers (3-2) July 22 in an NVSL Division 1 meet. Tuckahoe finished third in the division.

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Division 1 Continued from Page 23 Tiger Sharks proved otherwise. Trailing by just three points after the opening freestyle races, Overlee was ahead by six after the backstroke, then built wide margins after the breaststroke and butterfly events, then won seven of the 12 relays.

“They were strong in the breaststroke and butterfly events,” Overlee swimmer Jonathan Day said. “We needed to get our thirds to second and our seconds to first more than we did.”

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Justin Counts has been named as Madison High School’s head football taking FOOTBALL coach, over those duties for Lenny Schultz, who was killed in a traffic accident on the Capital Beltway on June 24.

Counts, 42, was an assistant coach under Schultz for a number of seasons, and, for many years, the 1992 Marshall High School graduate has been the top assistant for the two-time state champion Madison baseball team. He has been involved with Madison sports for 17 years.

“Nobody wants to become a head coach this way,” Counts said. “It is im-

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Counts is highly respected throughout Northern Virginia for his knowledge of both sports and for his calming influence and voice of reason.

“Justin will do a great job and he is the right person for this job,” Madison director of student activities Meghan Foley said. “We all were on the same page and thought that continuing in this direction that Lenny set is the best thing.”

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Vienna 180 Second in District DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Top-seed Vienna Post 180 finished second in the American Legion District 17 baseball tournament last week, losto the hotBASEBALL ing hitting and thirdseed Springfield Post 176 in the final two games of the championship round at Waters Field. Post 180 finish the summer with a 19-6 overall record.

Vienna was the five-time defending champion, but was not able to cool the Springfield (17-11) bats. Springfield won the games, 11-5, with 12 hits July 21, and 13-8 behind 19 hits the night before.

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He has no memory of being shot and has not experienced a seizure in the last five years.

“I got shot through the temporal lobe,” he said. “The brain is an incredible thing.”

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) said he learned of Patrick Horan’s plight while the veteran’s home was being renovated, and that county officials subsequently made pedestrian and bus-stop improvements at that intersection a funding priority.

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Horan receives treatment at the Stroke Comeback Center in Vienna, gets occupational therapy at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington and does cognitive drills at LearningRx. He also participates in the Wounded Warrior Project’s Independence Program, which takes severely brain-injured veterans into the community.

Horan, who left the Army in April 2012, has ridden a trike in “Army TenMiler” races and plans to get in shape for this year’s race. Ninety runners participated on “Pat’s Team” last year and the family has framed copies of colorful T-shirts given to team members over the past decade.

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Patricia Horan said she hopes the new roadway improvements near their house will allow her husband to become more independent in a safe manner.

“The intersection the way it was before was treacherous,” she said.

This Google map shows the confluence of Old Dominion Drive, Linway Terrace and Birch Road in south McLean, where Fairfax County has been making intersection and pedestrian improvements.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. July 30, 1936: n A Sun editorial notes its opposition to Virginia’s poll tax, but says organized labor is making a mistake in challenging the tax in court. n A fire sparked by lightning has seriously damaged the Leesburg Pike home of radio’s Arthur Godfrey. n Storms dampened the first day of the McLean Day carnival, cancelling the annual regional horseshoes competition. n In Old Dominion Baseball League action, Vienna is 10-2 and McLean is 112.

July 28, 1959: n Contractors have stopped work on Fairfax Hospital, saying construction plans they have been given are inadequate.

July 29, 1964: n The county school system will open the year in September with about 90,000 students, up 9,000 from a year before, who will attend classes in 16 high schools, 12 intermediate schools and 90 elementary schools. n A typical Virginia household last year had $6,631 left over after paying taxes, compared to a national average of $7,310. n Jacqueline Kennedy plans to spend her 35th birthday without fanfare or a party. n The Senators are in last place in the American League, 25 games behind the Yankees. n On TV tonight: “McHale’s Navy,” “Combat,” “Richard Boone” and “The Fugitive.”

July 28, 1972: n While local governments are eager to purchase the area’s private bus lines and turn them over to the Metro system, they haven’t found a way to pay for the acquisitions. n A proposed $22.9 million school bond for the November ballot would include planning funds for a new high school in the Reston or Dranesville areas.

July 28, 1979: n Opponents of Interstate 66 through Arlington have labeled a federal judge “arrogant” and “bizarre” for dismissing their lawsuit against it.

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57. *Sean Penn in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” 61. *Oliver Stone’s Oscar

winner 65. Fire in one’s soul 66. “____, humbug!”

68. Canine skin infection 69. Famous person 70. Freudian topic 71. Beyond suburb 72. Hightailed it 73. Computer network acronym 74. Destruction of cells, pl.

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10. Copycat 11. Kids’ building block 12. “Ocean Spray” ____Apple juice 15. Celestial body with a tail, pl.

20. Absurd 22. Card with one pip 24. *Robert Redford’s “The ____” 25. *Montoya’s first name 26. Honeydew, e.g.

27. Founding Father Thomas 29. *Returned in 1983 31. Not gentlemen 32. Second-largest Great Lake 33. Accustom 34. *Main character in “First Blood” 36. #28 Across’ daughter 38. Heroin, slang 42. Artificial sweetener brand 45. Not absorb, nor repel 49. Have a cold, e.g.

51. Canine’s coat 54. Denigrating statement 56. Muscle control problem 57. Puch-shaped structures in animals or plants.

58. *Like “Dead Poets Society” school, e.g.

59. Opposite of busy 60. College girl 61. Sound unit 62. Cross to bear 63. Mythological hominid 64. Snouts or beaks 67. ____ Khan

Fairfax County Notes SALES-TAX RECEIPTS UP IN COUNTY:

Sales-tax receipts distributed to the Fairfax County government from the state government totaled $14.4 million in June, up 1.6 percent from a year before, according to figures reported by the Virginia Department of Taxation and the Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget.

The tax receipts represent retail sales made in the county in April.

PARK AUTHORITY ADDS TO ACREAGE:

Every acre counts, and the Fairfax County Park Authority has added another one to its land holdings.

The Park Authority recently acquired the acre to fill a gap in Bren Mar Park and augment the existing 26.3-acre site along Edsall Road.

Parkland surrounds the newly acquired property, and the acquisition will eliminate the need to consider what was previously a private residence in future park development, park officials said.

“This new land acquisition will continue to support Bren Mar Park in providing active and passive recreation for the residents of Mason District,” they said.

Bren Mar Park contains a playground, parking area, a small picnic shelter, several natural surface trails and a youthbaseball diamond.

Currently, the Park Authority owns or cares for more than 23,000 acres, or approximately 46 percent of the open space in Fairfax County. About 73 percent of holdings remain in their natural state.

BUSINESS GROUPS TO HOST JURISDICTIONS’ LEADERS: A coalition of

local chambers of commerce have announced plans for the 2017 Northern Virginia Regional Elected Leaders Summit, to be held on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University.

The board chairs of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the mayor of Alexandria will discuss issues related to the regional business climate, and how localities are partnering with the business community on economic development.

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

FAIRFAX LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEMBERS TO SERVE ON STATE BODY:

Adarsh Trehan and Maggi Luca of the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area were elected to the board of directors of the League of Women Voters of Virginia during the organization’s 38th biennial convention, held in Leesburg.

More than 100 delegates from across the commonwealth attends the event, under the theme “Honoring Our Legacy with Action.” At the meeting, members voted to support a resolution offered by the Richmond affiliate to endorse the ratification of the federal Equal Rights Amendment.

Sue Lewis of the League of Women Voters of the Charlottesville Area has been elected to serve as president of the statewide organization for the next two years. She succeeds Lois Page and Dianne Blais, members of the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area, who had served as co-presidents.

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