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FCPS Budget Proposal Aims To Boost Pay, Address Growth BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

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Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Interim Superintendent Steve Lockard on Jan. 12 proposed a $2.8 billion fiscal year 2018 budget that seeks a 5.7-percent transfer increase from the county government.

Lockard’s proposed budget, which he presented Jan. 12 to the School Board, is $130.4 million, or 4.9 percent, higher than the previous year’s spending package.

Most of the increase would be put toward compensation and benefits for the school system’s 28,000 employees.

Lockard’s budget includes $44 million for a 2.5-percent salary step increase for all eligible workers, plus $33.2 million to bring teachers’ salaries more toward the regional average and $41.2 million for expected hikes in health-insurance and Lockard retirement-system contribution costs.

Maintaining competitive teacher pay is essential, said Lockard, who singled out Kilmer Middle School social studies teacher Corey Thornblad as the kind of instructor the school system cannot afford to lose. Thornblad, the system’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, uses inventive scenarios to get her students excited about learning history, he said.

“Exceptional teachers are paramount to our success,” Lockard said.

Lockard, who took the helm of the school system last fall following the departure of Superintendent Karen Garza, also is asking for $10 million more to pay for costs associated with an expected 1,932 more students. The school system would hire

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Limited Set of Fee Changes Sought for County Parks

by BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax County Park Authority officials in coming weeks will vote on several fee changes to recoup their costs at RECenters, parks and lakefront facilities.

“The package is very limited,” said agency spokesman Judy Pedersen. “It’s probably comparable in size in scope to the packages over the past two years. It’s about half the size of the ones before the recession.”

Park Authority leaders for years have examined the agency’s fees annually and made minor tweaks, instead of shocking customers by implementing massive cost hikes after several years of holding charges steady.

Park leaders were scheduled to hold a public-information meeting about proposed fee adjustments on Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. in Room 106 of the Herrity Building, 12055 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax. The Park Authority Board of Directors will rule on the proposed fee changes March 8 and they would take effect April 1, Pedersen said.

Park officials would like to raise RECenter general-admission fees by $2 across the board and increase charges slightly for skating and hockey at Mount Vernon RECenter and indoor-swimming rates at other facilities, as those programs

have high utility costs.

RECenter passes would cost the same under the proposed fee schedule and officials may consider future discounts to spur public interest and boost membership.

RECenter attendance increased 1.9 percent in fiscal year 2016, but was inconsistently distributed; five sites saw more customers and four had fewer. Revenue at the centers rose 3.4 percent during that year and park officials hope installation of recreation-management software in coming years will allow customers who cannot afford long-term memberships to pay automated monthly membership fees instead.

The county’s lakefront parks, which drew more than 2 million visitors in fiscal year 2016, also will start charging customers a bit more.

Volleyball-court rental fees would increase from $15 per hour to $20 at Burke Lake, Lake Accotink, Lee District, Nottoway and Stratton Woods parks; hourly rentals along with shelter rentals would rise from $10 per hour to $15 at those facilities.

Park system leaders wish to tweak the picnic-area rental costs for the Canopy at McLean’s Clemyjontri Park between April and September, when the site’s carousel is available to the public. Instead of charging $125 for a full-day rental of the

Fees for admission to Fairfax County Park Authority recreation centers, like Oak Marr RECenter in Oakton, would rise slightly under a fee proposal being considered.

park’s Canopy area and $95 for a half-day, officials wish to start charging $80 for each twohour period so as to encourage more short-term rentals, such as for children’s birthday parties.

Park officials also would like to increase the system’s alcoholic-beverage permit fee for the first time since 2009, raising it from $150 to $200. But customers on balance will not feel the pinch, because since July 1 last year, customers wishing to provide alcohol at their events have not had to obtain at permit from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

As with the school system and other county agencies, the Park Authority is coping with increases in retirement-sys-

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During fiscal year 2016, the agency’s retirement contributions rose 6.9 percent to nearly $1.95 million and heath-care costs increased 5.2 percent to $1.96 million.

The Park Authority’s fiscal year 2016 adopted budget included nearly $633,000 more for pay increases, down $27,000 from the previous year. The agency’s indirect costs – i.e., money it reimburses the county for centralized services – held steady at $820,000.

Park Authority officials attributed $84,489 in lost revenues in fiscal year 2016 to scheduling changes within the county’s school system, which led to schools’ using RECenters later in the day. Park officials expect that impact to cause an additional $500,000 in revenue losses when county schools start classes before Labor Day during the 2017-2018 school year Good weather during fiscal year 2016 led to 4 percent more golfing days for the park system and a 3.2-percent revenue increase to nearly $269,000.

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Local Delegates Lay Out Their Goals for Session Democratic Legislators Drop In Bills Aimed at Guns, Voting, Campaign Finance BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Local House of Delegates members will focus during the 2017 General Assembly session on election processes, firearm safety, police procedures and education.

Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th), whose brother was shot to death by a robber, has introduced House Bill (HB) 2044, which would make it a Class 6 felony for those under permanent (maximum of two years) protective orders for subjecting someone to acts of violence, force or threats from possessing firearms while the order is in effect.

Murphy’s HB 2041 would make the Department of Social Services create and run a three-year pilot program under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to provide community-college scholarships to between 50 and 75 students living in poverty. The $2,000-per-year scholarships would pay for books and tuition.

Under Murphy’s HB 2042, doctors and other medical professionals would have to undertake continuing education for suicide assessment, treatment and management.

Murphy’s HB 2046 would require pharmacies dispensing opioids and other prescription drugs to provide written instructions on how to dispense of the unused medications.

“We don’t want them put into our water supply,” she said.

Murphy also has introduced education legislation, including HB 2173, which would allow no more than 24 students in science-laboratory classes in sixth through 12th grades.

Her HB 2174 would require all Virginia school boards to report publicly and annually the pupil/teacher ratios in middleand high-school academic courses during the current school year. School boards also would have to list each classroom in the local school division that exceeds the legally established, relevant class-size limits.

Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) has submitted education bills such as HB 2014, which would require the state Board of Education to biennially review the Virginia’s scholastic standards of quality.

Keam’s HB 2113 would force employers to notify “without unreasonable delay” the state Department of Taxation after discovering security breaches of their payroll information.

His HB 2015 would have the state’s Department of Planning and Budget prepare fiscal-impact statements for all bills, 4

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except those pertaining to the budget and debt, that would affect total revenue available for appropriation or create state programs or initiatives needing appropriations.

Under Keam’s HB 2117, the state’s Department of Criminal Justice Services would have to develop a model policy for the use of body-worn cameras by police, including how to store and maintain data from the cameras. Localities then would have to establish and adopt written policies that conformed to the state model.

“It doesn’t make sense for jurisdictions to have different standards,” Keam said.

Keam’s HB 2118 would require the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a model policy pertaining to the independent review of all officer-involved shootings. The agency also would review community-policing programs and set officer training standards to ensure they are sensitive to people with mental illnesses, substance-abuse addictions and developmental disabilities.

Keam also submitted bills at Vienna officials’ request. HB 2120 would expand the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority’ (NVTA) board from 17 to 18 members and have its additional non-legislative member represent towns receiving moneys for urban highway systems.

Keam’s HB 2021 would allow NVTA revenues distributed to localities to be used to finance new sidewalk projects, as determined by the locality.

His HB 2123 would allow the town of Vienna to pass an ordinance requiring developers to replace tree canopies within 10 years, rather than the current 20.

Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) has submitted several election-related bills, including HJ 581, a constitutional amendment

requiring the General Assembly to draw election districts so they are contiguous and compact, use existing political boundaries and are nearly equal in population to other districts. State lawmakers would be banned from drawing districts to help or harm political parties, incumbent legislators, members of Congress and other people or groups.

Sullivan’s HB 1631 would allow noexcuse early absentee voting and his HB1603 would allow primary caregivers aiding home-bound ill or disabled people to vote absentee if unable to go to the polls in person on Election Day. Sullivan’s HB 1462 would allow valid student photo-identification cards from any higher education institution in any U.S. state or territory to be accepted as a form of voter identification. State law now permits only photo IDs from Virginia higher-education institutions to be used for voting purposes.

Sullivan’s HB 1464 would allow a wrongfully incarcerated person to make a written request to the executive secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia for disbursement of a $15,000 transitional-assistance grant from the Criminal Fund.

The bill would require payment within 30 days or as soon as practicable and omit the current provision that such grants be deducted from other wrongful-incarceration compensation.

Sullivan’s HB 1650 would require the state to pay former inmate Keith Allen Harward $1.45 million for having been incarcerated 30 years for a murder he did not commit.

His HB 1633 would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor, with a one- to three-year license suspension included, for motorists convicted of driving in a distracted

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manner and causing serious physical injury to pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders, skaters, people in wheelchairs or on foot-scooters, animals or animal-drawn vehicles.

Legislators often must be prepared for a long haul, he said.

“We do things pretty slowly in Virginia,” Sullivan said. “It typically takes two or three sessions to get a pretty good idea across the goal line.”

Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd) also is focusing on elections. His HB 1446 would require that excess moneys contributed to political candidates only be put toward future elections, defray expenses of elective office, be returned to contributors or donated to charitable groups, other candidates or political committees. It would ban the conversion of such contributions for personal use.

His HB 1482 would enter Virginia into an interstate compact under which it would award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that won the most popular votes in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. His HJ 540 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent convicted felons from being disqualified to vote.

Some of Simon’s bills pertain to firearms. HB 1684 would remove the reckless-conduct condition to convict people of leaving loaded, unsecured firearms in a way that endangers children under age 14. The penalty would rise from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1.

Simon’s HB 1685 would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for those who are not licensed firearm dealers to buy more than one handgun within a 30-day period. The legislation offers many exceptions, including law-enforcement officers, people with concealed-handgun permits and those who are trading in firearms, have had them lost or stolen, are buying handguns via private sale or purchasing antique weapons.

Simon also will try again this year to raise Virginia’s minimum wage. HB 2309 seeks to boost the wage from the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour to $11, starting July 1 this year, then raise it to $15 per hour starting July 1, 2019, unless the federal government establishes a higher wage.

Starting July 1, 2020, Virginia’s minimum wage would be adjusted annually to reflect the most recent yearly increase in the Consumer Price Index.

“We want people to be able to spend money,” Simon said. Raising the minimum wage elsewhere in the country “hasn’t affected unemployment,” he added.

Planners Delay Decision on Green Hedges Proposal

by BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Green Hedges School officials would like to add more employees and incorporate an adjacent property into their campus, which would be used for an educational garden and three parking spaces.

But they’re going to have to wait a little longer to get a recommendation from the Vienna Planning Commission and final approval from the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals.

Following public hearings on Dec. 14 last year and Jan. 11, the Planning Commission voted to continue the public hearing to Jan. 25 so as to obtain more information from school officials and town planning staff.

Green Hedges leaders about once per decade ask town officials to modify the institution’s conditional-use permit. They did so in 1997 and 2007 and on those occasions – and Jan. 11 as well – received push-back from neighbors concerned about the school’s expansion plans.

“This has never been about the garden,” said Elizabeth DiFrancisco, who lives on Knoll Street next to Green Hedges. “It’s about adding more people to the school, adding more parking spaces and it is about Green Hedges making promises to the neighbors and breaking them.”

Aldis Lusis, who lives nearby on Win-

dover Avenue, N.W., agreed.

“I just feel there is a constant trend of expansion,” he told the commission.

“Soon they’re going to be the only neighbor, one plot at a time.”

Founded in 1942 at the Arlington home of Kenton and Frances Kilmer, Green Hedges School in 1955 moved to 415 Windover Ave., N.W., in Vienna and now serves students in preschool through eighth grade.

The school currently has 163 students, but is authorized by the town to have up to 190. School leaders are not asking to boost the enrollment ceiling or extend Green Hedges’ hours of operation.

Green Hedges officials originally asked to increase the school’s current total of 37 full-time-equivalent employees to 45, but later reduced that request to just five more employees.

Green Hedges offers many enrichment programs that sometimes fall under the budget axe at public schools and has added more offerings at customers’ request, said Head of School Robert Gregg III. “Since 2007, the public’s demand for even more specialization has intensified,” he said. “To prepare children for today’s and tomorrow’s worlds, we’ve added robotics, programming basics, logic and additional tech support.”

School officials bought an adjacent property at 202 Lewis St., N.W., former-

Green Hedges School, led by Head of School Robert Gregg III, hopes to add an adjacent property to the school’s campus in Vienna to construct a learning garden.

ly the site of a now-razed single-family home, and would like to add the site to the campus. They hope to build a garden there to help students learn more about nature and food production, said Lynne Strobel, an attorney representing Green Hedges.

“The school believes, and I concur, that it is important for children today to understand, learn and appreciate how vegetables are grown and how flowers are grown, too.”

School leaders would like to reconfigure a driveway on the property to create three parking spaces that would be used by maintenance and custodial staff and not by teachers or visitors.

The parking spaces would result in fewer vehicle trips per day than would be generated by a single-family home and the

new parking arrangement would permit safer access to Lewis Street, they said.

School officials and neighbors debated whether the new parking spaces were needed. Both agreed the school’s existing parking lot gets packed to capacity during drop-off times and during all-school events.

Creation of the garden will not trigger tougher stormwater-management regulations implemented since adoption of Green Hedges’ conditional-use permit, town officials said.

That will change, however, if the school proceeds with site-plan improvements approved in 2007, including construction of a two-story, 8,964-square-foot underground gymnasium, they said.

Some neighbors questioned why permit modifications approved a decade ago had not expired. Deputy Planning and Zoning Director Hyojung Garland said Green Hedges met the 18-month construction-initiation deadline by implementing the improvements’ first phase, curb-and-gutter improvements.

The Planning Commission approved member David Miller’s motion to continue the public hearing two weeks hence.

“It seems to me that the concerns of the neighbors can be better met by the applicant,” he said. “Green Hedges needs to acknowledge they have moved the bar several times.”

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Our View: Go Ahead . . . Give ’em Taxing Authority

The first, and probably correct, response to the proposal by a state lawmaker to extend taxing authority to Virginia’s School Boards is to treat it as something of an inside joke.

Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg) is no newbie to the halls of power, but the proposed constitutional amendment he introduced comes with the phrase “By Request,” which serves as a tip-off to one and all that the patron is sponsoring the legislation at the behest of someone else (often a local constituent or elected body) but isn’t really committed to the substance of what is being proposed.

These bills invariably get killed, but the legislator can at least say “I did what I could.”

In the dark hearts that are found in editorial writers everywhere, though, we rather hope that lightning strikes and, somehow, this measure makes it out of the General Assembly, past the governor’s pen and into law. It certainly would call the bluff of some of the commonwealth’s School Boards, which are raising to an art form complaints about insufficient funding without acknowledging that other local responsibilities (from transportation to public safety)

also need to be paid for.

As Fairfax leaders found out in last November’s overwhelming rejection of the proposed county meals tax – with 70 percent of the funds designated for schools – the public’s patience can run out on mouthy elected officials who won’t even consider modest cost-saving measures to rein in the growth of school spending.

(We hardly think Fairfax’s school spending is egregiously beyond the pale, but there are always ways to economize, yet Fairfax School Board members on principle seem to be unwilling to make steps in that direction.)

Allowing – or requiring – Virginia’s school systems to send a separate bill to taxpayers every year might instill a little more responsibility in the budget process. And while Cole’s proposal is unlikely to come to pass, we can imagine members of city councils and boards of supervisors would privately salivate at the possibility of dumping that responsibility right into the laps of School Board members. So let us dream about the possibility . . . at least until the proposal is killed off in coming weeks.

Over-Use of Road Chemicals Hurting All of Us

Editor: Transportation officials across Arlington and Fairfax again put down salt and pre-treatment chemicals that weren’t needed, as there was no snow or ice on Jan. 14. (And the forecast only predicted a slight amount, anyway.)

I’m tired of this nonsense – the damage to, and having to wash, my vehicle

including the underneath to rid it from the destructive salt and chemicals every time a bit of snow is predicted possible.

I wonder, is the pre-treatment toxic to respiration? It enters the motor vehicle through the HVAC system as you drive.

I paid over $800 to have an evaporator replaced on one vehicle from corrosion damage caused by the winter road treat-

ment.

When will this insanity end? How about road repair instead of the winter treatment?

And when will our governments start using road treatment made from beets?

This product melts ice down to -32º C. Richard Stuart Otto McLean

Rep. Comstock Is Looking at the Overall Picture Editor: It seems to me that recent letter-writers are more concerned with the self-interest of government employees (who have enormous benefits and privileges way beyond those of employees in the

private sector) than of the nation at large [“Comstock Failing to Protect Federal Workforce,” “Comstock Not Serving Interests of Her Constituents,” Letters Jan. 12].

U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock has a

larger vision than that of only the federal government. Maybe government employees should start looking at the larger picture instead of their tiny little sinecures.

Lorna Gladstone, McLean

Trump Pick for Labor Dept. Not Good for Workers Editor: Donald Trump has nominated fastfood CEO Andrew Puzder to lead the Labor Department. This is a bad choice.

This pick betrays the spirit of the Trump campaign and threatens to leave working people more vulnerable to abusive employers.

Puzder opposes raising the minimum wage and says workers don’t need overtime and should instead be happy with a “sense of accomplishment.”

Puzder has used his position and authority as a fast-food CEO to enrich himself at the expense of working

people by skirting labor law. One investigation found that more than half of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants reviewed weren’t paying workers what they were owed.

He refused to pay his managers the overtime they earned and said he’d like to replace human workers with machines, because machines “never take a vacation – there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age-, sex- or race-discrimination case.”

People who work at his restaurants make poverty wages while he made more money last year in one day than one of his full-time minimum-wage workers

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makes in a year.

All of these reasons make Puzder unfit to run the agency tasked with protecting people at work.

Michael Pan Vienna

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Taxing Authority for School Boards Is Sought in Richmond, But May Face a Big Uphill Climb SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Taxing authority for School Boards?

One Virginia legislator has introduced a measure to start the process rolling, although the measure likely faces a very steep uphill battle in Richmond.

Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg) is patroning a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the current prohibition on elected School Boards levying taxes in Virginia’s 133 cities and counties.

The measure would not require school districts to assume taxing powers, but would allow the General Assembly to permit any elected School Board to impose taxes on real estate.

Even if Cole were gung-ho for the measure – and more on that later – it would face a decidedly uphill battle. The proposed amendment would first have to win passage in the conservative-dominated General Assembly this year, then be passed again in a subsequent year, then be voted on in a statewide referendum.

That Cole’s heart may not be fully engaged in the effort is summed up in two words (“By Request”) that are attached to the bill, Richmond-speak for measures that sometimes have been introduced largely to placate a constituent group.

As part of the deal brokered in the

General Assembly 25 years ago to allow elected school boards, the bodies were not permitted independent taxing authority, instead relying on the government body for most of their funding.

Most of the Fairfax school budget is funded by the Board of Supervisors; the School Board and Board of Supervisors have sparred in recent years over appropriate levels of funding.

In 2009, Virginia Commonwealth University commissioned a study looking at how school systems were funded nationally, and surveyed Virginia officials about the prospect of making school systems financially self-supporting. The result: While a slight majority of School Board members who responded supported the concept of taxing authority, nearly twothirds of members of boards of supervisors and city councils who responded opposed it.

The Virginia School Boards Association’s legislative package for the 2017 General Assembly session supports a legislative study to explore “fiscal autonomy” for elected school boards, which also has the support of the Fairfax County School Board.

The proposal for a study by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, or JLARC, would itself require authorization by the General Assembly.

Virginia is in a decided minority, as nearly 40 states give some form of taxing authority to School Boards, whether elected or appointed bodies.

Connolly Reintroduces Measure to Televise Supreme Court Proceedings: A new year rings in with a renewed effort by U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly to bring cameras to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Connolly (D-11th) and U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) have reintroduced legislation that would permit televising the proceedings that occur before the body.

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Dinner is available at 6:30 p.m., and there also will be a meet-and-greet.

For information, see the Web site at www.vva227.org.

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Guest speaker Dean Norton, past president of the Southern Garden History Society, will discuss the beauty and use of Mount Vernon’s gardens and landscape, as well as its preservation through the years.

Refreshments will precede the presentation at 12:45 p.m. The church is located at 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna.

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SHEPHERD’S CENTER TO SPONSOR VALENTINE’S DANCE: The Shepherd’s

Center of Oakton-Vienna and the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department will host a Valentine’s Dance for senior adults (55 and older) on Friday, Feb. 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 8601 Wolftrap Road in Vienna.

The cost of $10 includes dancing to the sounds of the Tallwood Trio as well as soup, sandwiches, cookies and beverages.

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by Jan. 25. For information and to register, call (703) 281-0538.

FIRE AUXILIARY PREPS FOR SPRING CRAFT SHOW: The Vienna Volunteer

Fire Department Auxiliary is accepting applications to participate in its Spring Bazaar and Craft Show, slated for Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The show, which features crafts and home-based businesses, will be held in the Flame Room at the fire department, 400 Center St., S. For information, or to reserve a space, call Carol at (703) 309-3468 or e-mail dancers1023@aol.com.

FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HOST SCRAPBOOKING WEEKEND: The Vienna Vol-

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24-year-old Maryland woman with felony hit-and-run after she reportedly struck a tow-truck company employee at the Dominion Towing, 2810 Juniper St. in Merrifield on Jan. 11 at 1:35 a.m., Fairfax County police said.

According to police, the suspect walked onto the property, got into a car and started to drive away. As she was about to exit the lot, the employee, a 37-year-old man, tried to stop her. The suspect struck him and continued driving away, police said.

Other towing company employees called police just after 2:10 a.m. when they noticed the victim was missing.

They found him nearby and reported he seemed very disoriented and stunned. Police called for an ambulance and rescue personnel took him to a hospital.

Police identified the suspect as Amber J. Harding of Laurel, Md., and detectives obtained a felony warrant charging her with failing to stop after a crash resulting in injury or death. Police arrested the suspect and took her to jail. The victim remains in serious condition at the hospital, police said.

VIENNA WOMAN DIES AFTER SINGLECAR ACCIDENT: Fairfax County police

dispatched officers on Jan. 10 just after 3 p.m. to the scene of a crash in the 1500 block of Trap Road in the Vienna area.

Officers found a 2007 Toyota Camry with one occupant, 61-year-old Arsalos Cekci of Vienna, who was not breathing. Rescue personnel from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department arrived and initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Rescue personnel took Cekci to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.

Detectives are investigating the accident. It appears that Cekci was driving the Camry north on Trap Road, just south of the Dulles Toll Road, when she drifted off the road, drove through a grassy median and struck a tree. The Camry continued over the southbound lanes of Trap Road, through a parking lot and into a wooded area where it struck a second tree and came to rest, police said.

Speed and alcohol are not believed to factors in the accident. Detectives are working with hospital personnel to determine if a medical emergency might have led to the crash.

MEN CHARGED WITH CREDIT-CARD FRAUD AFTER INCIDENT IN TYSONS:

An employee of a business in Tysons Corner Center notified officers with the Fairfax County Police Department’s Tysons Urban Team on Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. that a credit-card fraud case was afoot.

Officers stopped three men who were leaving the store and found they were in possession of fraudulent credit cards, along with marijuana, police said.

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Police officers seized 87 fraudulent credit cards and took all three suspects to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Authorities charged Deandre Perry, 21, of Richmond with two counts of credit-card forgery, three counts of credit-card larceny and possession of marijuana.

Taquarrius Jones, 20, of Richmond, was charged by authorities with four counts of credit-card larceny, one count of credit-card forgery, identification theft and possession of marijuana.

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Public-Safety Notes Continued from Page 9 and Fairfax County police departments arrested a Vienna man Jan. 11 in connection with a burglary and attempted burglary at residences within the town.

Authorities have charged Jacob Michael Rhodes with several felony and misdemeanor crimes, including burglary, attempted burglary, destruction of property, petty larceny and possession of burglarious tools. Authorities are holding him without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

The arrest comes as the result of a cooperative investigation conducted by detectives of the Vienna Police Depart-

ment and ones from the county police department’s McLean and Reston district stations.

Police think Rhodes was responsible for a burglary last August on Moorefield Creek Road, S.W., and an attempted burglary took place last December on Upham Place, N.W. Vienna police ask anyone who has information regarding these burglaries to contact Master Police Officer Juan Vazquez at juan.vazquez@viennava.gov or (703) 255-7845.

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The officers found all windows and doors to the home were secure. They searched the area around the home and found nothing else suspicious or out of place.

A Vienna police officer returned to the same address at 8:45 p.m. that day to recheck the area and found that, since the earlier alarm, someone had forced entry into the rear of the home. Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

MAN, BANNED EARLIER FROM RESTAURANT, ARRESTED: An employee at

McDonald’s, 544 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police on Jan. 9 at 8:02 p.m. that a man sleeping in the restaurant previously had been banned from the property.

A Vienna police officer located the man and detected signs of possible intoxication. Police arrested the 40-year-old man, who had no fixed address, on charges of trespassing and being drunk in public.

VIENNA POLICE CITE MAN FOR PERFORMING AUTO-BODY REPAIRS WITHOUT LICENSE: A Vienna police officer

on Jan. 11 at 2:08 p.m. observed a man soliciting for auto-body work in a parking lot in the 300 block of Maple Avenue, E. Police issued the 23-year-old Bronx,

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FLORIDA MAN TURNS SELF IN ON OUTSTANDING FAIRFAX WARRANT: A

23-year-old Daytona Beach, Fla., man came to the Vienna Police Headquarters on Jan. 11 at 6:14 p.m. to turn himself in on an outstanding Fairfax County warrant.

Police transported the man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with failure to appear in court on a charge of grand larceny.

FAIRFAX SETS NEXT ‘CERT’ COURSE:

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a free training program that prepares residents to help themselves, their families and neighbors in the event of a disaster in their community.

In Fairfax County, CERT training is administered by the county’s Fire and Rescue Department, which will hold its next course at the Fire and Rescue Academy on Mondays and Wednesdays, March 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 and 29.

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McLean Citizens Association will hold its mid-winter membership meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center.

At the meeting, the Fairfax County government’s transportation director, Tom Biesiadny, will discuss transportation and traffic issues with a focus on McLean, and will answer questions.

The event is open to the public.

MPA OPENS NEW EXHIBITION: The

McLean Project for the Arts opened three new exhibitions on Jan. 12 at its galleries, located at the McLean Community Center.

Exhibitions feature new sculpture by Mary Walker and by Alonzo Davis, and works by jeweler/printmaker Alice Kresse.

They will run through March 4.

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

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER RETURNS TO ALDEN THEATRE: Ameri-

can Shakespeare Center’s “Hungry Hearts Tour” returns to the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center with a trio of performances Jan. 21-22.

Audience members will share directly in the action onstage, with features including asides to the crowd and live contemporary music.

Productions include “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” (Saturday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m.); “Romeo and Juliet” (Saturday, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m.); and “Our Town” (Sunday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m.). Pre-show music begins 30 minutes before each performance.

Tickets for each show are $25 for McLean residents, $35 for others. A three-show package, which also includes the “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” primer set for Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m., are $60 for McLean residents, $88 for others.

For tickets and information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.aldentheatre.org.

ent “Flamenco 101,” a question-and-answer session with educator Estela Vélez de Paredes, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m.

The program precedes that evening’s performance of “Poema de Andalucia”

by Flamenco Viva Carlota Santana at the Alden Theatre. The troupe features flamenco dancers from Spain and the U.S. The cost for the pre-concert program is $3 for McLean residents, $5 for others.

The cost for the concert is $20 for McLean residents, $35 for others.

For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter. org.

McLEAN CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL MAKES RETURN APPEARANCE: The

CHURCH PROGRAM TO LOOK AT ISLAMOPHOBIA: Dr. Todd Green will

McLean Rotary Club will host its sixth annual Chocolate Festival on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the McLean Community Center.

In addition to taste treats, the event will include a children’s game room, live music and a demonstration of colonial chocolate-making.

Admission is $2 for those over age 6.

Proceeds will benefit local charitable organizations.

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

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present “Islamophobia,” the 2017 Salzman Lecture at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m.

The discussion will look at how religious congregations can learn about and engage the issue of interfaith intolerance.

Green serves on the religion faculty of Luther College, and currently is a fellow in the Office of Policy and Global Issues of the U.S. Department of State. He is the author of “The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West.”

The community is invited. A gathering with refreshments will precede the event at 6 p.m.

The lecture series was established in 1998 to honor the memory of Howard

Salzman, a Lewinsville Presbyterian Church elder.

The church is located at 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

AAUW TO LOOK AT CAUSES OF PANDEMICS: The McLean branch of the

American Association of University will host a presentation on the causes of pandemics and how the public can be protected on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. at the McLean Community Center.

The speaker will be Dr. Sarah Lister, a public-health specialist and epidemiologist. The community is invited.

A previously-scheduled program, focusing on Virginia’s Indian tribes, has been rescheduled to Feb. 18.

WOMEN’S CLUB TO FOCUS ON ART:

The New Dominion Women’s Club will host an “Arts Night Out” on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at McLean Project for the Arts, located at the McLean Community Center.

Nancy Sausser, exhibitions director of the arts center, will provide an overview of exhibitions. A reception also will be held.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and proceeds will support local charities. For information, see the Web site at www.ndwc.org.

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“While positive developments on the demand side will support solid growth in the single-family housing sector in 2017, builders in many markets continue to face supply-side constraints led by the three ‘Ls’ – lots, labor and lending,” said NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz.

He added that 64 percent of builders nationwide report low or very-low lot supplies; the rate of unfilled jobs in the construction sector is now higher than the building boom; and that acquisition, development and construction loans for builders – while on the rise – needs to grow faster to meet demand.

“The industry needs to recruit more workers and get more land in the pipeline, but it will take time,” Dietz said.

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NAHB is projecting 1.16 million total housing starts in 2016, up 4.9 percent from the previous year’s total of 1.11 million units.

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Virginia minimum wage, retention of the Dillon Rule limiting the power of localities, and expansion of Medicaid in the commonwealth are part of the legislative goals of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce during the 2017 General Assembly.

The region’s largest business group on Jan. 12 detailed its legislative package for the 46-day session, which runs through late February.

“The Northern Virginia Chamber and its member companies are committed to working with legislators to ensure the region and the commonwealth remain one of the best places to start or grow a business,” said Kathryn Falk of Cox Communications, who chairs the Chamber’s policy committee.

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Cabrera has served on the boards of directors of several public companies, foundations and educational institutions.

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All-Sun Gazette Selections Are Always Fun Challenges The process is fun, but makes for tough and difficult decisions for sure.

That’s the case when our paper compiles its annual high school football and girls and boys basketball allSun Gazette teams.

Langley, McLean Get Big Victories

Dave Facinoli

DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

While the Langley Saxons were taking care of their business with a Jan. 13 the girls BASKETBALL victory, high school basketball team received a huge favor from their biggest rival.

As a result, Langley (10-3, 5-1) is again tied for first place in the Liberty Conference.

At about the same time host Langley was rallying to defeat the Madison Warhawks, 43-33, the McLean Highlanders (6-8, 3-3) were upsetting the host Fairfax Rebels, 42-26, a few miles away. Three nights earlier, Fairfax (10-3, 5-1) nipped Langley, 34-30, in a showdown for first place. Now, the two are tied again for the Liberty lead.

In McLean’s win, Hannah Smith had 14 points and Elizabeth Dufrane, Vanessa Barlow and Mariane Auza seven each. The Highlanders led 23-12 at halftime, made 11 of 13 foul shots, and won their second straight game.

In Langley’s win over Madison, as usual, Langley maintained its patience Continued on Page 17

McLean High School’s Kaela Moskowitz goes to the basket while guarded by Kaitlyn Shand of PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Fairfax during a Jan. 13 Liberty Conference basketball game.

Marshall Girls Continue Their Strong Season DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

With a lopsided 53-24 road victory over the Stuart Raiders on Jan. 13, the Marshall Statesmen continued their strong play this BASKETBALL season, improving to 9-4 overall and 3-2 in the Capitol Conference in girls high school basketball action.

Marshall led 21-11 at halftime and was comfortably ahead the rest of the game, leading 48-18 entering the final quarter.

“I thought at half that we were playing hard,” Marshall coach Mike Trivi16

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sonno said. “Our two most recent games, we played pretty poorly. Tonight was a good defensive effort and we shared the ball on offense.”

For Marshall, Clara Ford had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Leah Walters had eight points and four steals, Kylie Hardin had seven points, Rachel McFaul six, Rachael South five points and nine rebounds, Grace Grill had four points and three assists, and Rachel Piche had four points and six boards.

Marshall’s nine wins are four more than all of last season.

“This year, the girls have worked hard, and we’ve been competitive,” Trivisonno said. “We’ve gone from a

losing team to a winning team. The next big step is to go from a winning team to a championship team. We try to keep it a team effort.”

In its previous games, the coach said Marshall did not play as well in a win over Falls Church and a loss to Wakefield.

“We had a couple of rough games,” Ford said. “We want to play as hard as we can. We want to keep our mentality and stay positive. We’re better than last year.”

Marshall began the week in third place in the conference, with Edison in first at 6-0 and Wakefield in second with a 4-1 mark.

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The football teams recently were selected, with the basketball squads to follow sometime in March.

In making the selections, the Sun Gazette is as thorough as possible in compiling the necessary post-season information. Input and advice is obtained by speaking with head coaches and getting their opinions; comparing, and getting influence from any of the all-conference, region and state teams; looking over whatever statistics might be available; and sometimes speaking with a few of the actual players.

Once all of that is complete, there is plenty of information on hand to make educated decisions and start assembling those Sun Gazette teams.

Usually, that post-season gathering process unveils more valuable information about teams and players than is learned when doing preseason preview stories.

With the information in hand, players are put on first or second teams, or included as honorable mentions. If decisions are close, sometimes seniors will be favored and placed higher than those in lower grades.

A tough call is how to deal with standout players who become injured and miss the majority of the season.

Otherwise, they certainly would have been chosen to the Sun Gazette teams.

But should they still be included? If they play, say, 50 percent of the season, they are selected in some way.

Any significant disciplinary suspensions also are taken into account.

Our paper takes full responsibility for the selections and any oversights that unfortunately might occur. The decisions are our opinions.

In the end, the hope is our teams are representative of the best players during the fall and winter campaigns.

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McLean Resident’s Ride Sets a Guinness World Record DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

McLean resident Lynn Salvo recently learned she set a Guinness World Record for being the oldest female to cross the U.S. on a bicycle.

Salvo made her journey from Aug. 26 to Oct. 23, 2016, beginning by standing in the surf of the Pacific Ocean with her bike in Oceanside, Calif., north of San Diego and finishing 3,163 miles later in Bethany Beach, Del., by standing in the Atlantic Ocean and raising her bike over her head with family and friends gathered nearby. She was age 67 and 32 days on Oct. 23.

Salvo rode through 13 states, taking a path that was pretty much through the center of the country.

During the ride, Salvo wrote a blog that can be found at lifeislikeabike. wordpress.com. It includes other links that detail her trip, along with videos, multiple photos and a ride-by-the-numbers list that gives details of her trip.

“It’s kind of bizarre, because I am a pretty ordinary person who just found a niche where a record could be set that I knew I could do, and that I would enjoy doing,” Salvo said. “However, it was very satisfying to complete the journey so happily and safely.”

When Salvo researched the Guinness record, no one knew what the record was. Technically, the previous record was age 51, but Salvo said she knows women older than that who have ridden across the U.S. “They didn’t take the time to register

Lynn Salvo receives her Guinness plaque.

Salvo begins her ride in the Pacific Ocean.

Salvo ends her ride in the Atlantic Ocean.

their rides with Guinness,” she said. “So there was an opening for me.”

As Salvo found, detailing her journey for Guinness to recognize was considerably time-consuming, including daily logs, videos, bicycle computer records, and collection of witnesses.

“It was very involved, but I like that kind of stuff,” she said.

Susie Schmitt was the driver of Salvo’s support vehicle for six weeks of the two-month trip, and was very much involved in the “massive” amount of planning. Fill-in drivers for a couple of weeks were Sandra and Mike West.

The team stayed in motels, with

friends and family, and others who put them up for free.

Salvo averaged 60 miles per day, and said she was lucky with the favorable weather conditions, keeping her on or ahead of schedule.

Temperatures ranged from 43 to 120 degrees. It rained only three of the 59 days she rode, and she had only one flat tire on her 12-year-old bike, which is a Trek Madone brand.

“We faced and overcame challenges,” Salvo said. “I believe we can do so much more for so much longer than we think we can.”

In the fall of 2015, Salvo warmed up

for the world-record ride when she took a more southern route and rode across the country with Ride To Awareness – starting near San Diego and ending in St. Augustine, Fla., once again by dipping her bike and feet into the Atlantic Ocean.

Salvo enjoyed that eight-state adventure so much, she quickly made the decision to attempt the Guinness world record in 2016, and taking a different route.

Nothing is certain of yet, but Salvo said she is considering future bicycling journeys and goals, like maybe riding across Canada.

on offense and didn’t change its approach despite trailing 18-9 at the end of the first quarter, as Megan Miskell led the hot-shooting Warhawks (7-6, 3-3) in that opening period. She scored 10 points on 4 of 6 shooting, as Madison was 7 of 10 from the floor in the opening eight minutes.

After that, Madison’s shooting cooled drastically and Miskell did not

score again. The Warhawks made just four field goals the rest of the game, finishing by shooting 11 of 38 from the floor.

“We got a great start the way we were shooting in the first quarter, but then we made only three field goals in the second half,” Madison coach Kirsten Stone said. “We didn’t get anything after the first quarter.”

By halftime, Langley rallied within 22-19, was ahead 28-26 after three, then took the lead for good at 31-28 with 5:05 left in the fourth on a three-pointer from the left baseline by Emily Shively (four

points, three assists).

“Madison came out knocking shots down, but we stayed with what we do and got a little tighter on their shooters after the first quarter,” Langley coach Amanda Baker said.

Elizabeth Bucy led Langley with a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing as many rebounds. Point guard Jordan Callaghan had 15 points and four steals, Olivia Augustine had six points and three steals, Ellie Buckley added six points and three rebounds, Sarah Van Houten had four rebounds and Rachel Dunie two points and three

assists. Langley shot 47 percent from the floor.

For Madison, Kathryn Sharon had nine points, Diana Miskell had five points and six boards, and Ashley Sullender had six points and three rebounds.

On Jan. 10, McLean defeated Yorktown, 42-33 behind 11 points from Barlow, eight from Kaela Moskowitz, seven from Auza and six from Defrane.

Madison defeated South Lakes, 49-41, on the same night.

Madison, McLean and Langley are all in action this week.

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Final registration and payment must be completed by attending one of the walk-in registration dates: Thursday, Jan. 12 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., or Saturday, Jan. 21 from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at McLean Little League Park on Westmoreland Street.

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Continued from Page 1 about 136 new full-time employees to handle the enrollment increase, which would bring the student population to about 188,000.

The interim superintendent is asking county supervisors to provide 72.2 percent of the school system’s proposed budget, necessitating a 5.7-percent transfer increase over last year’s total.

The budget would modify the Educational Employees’ Supplementary Retirement System of Fairfax County to set a minimum retirement age of 55 for newly

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hired personnel and non-vested employees. The final average salary for those employees would be calculated on a fiveyear basis instead of the current three and cost-of-living adjustments would equal 100 percent of the Consumer Price Index, but no higher than 4 percent.

School officials pinned their hopes last year on a proposed 4-percent county meals tax, which would have netted the school system nearly $70 million more annually, but voters defeated that referendum by a wide margin Nov. 8.

“We can’t count on additional funds from the meals tax to fix our teacher pay scale,” said School Board member Dalia Palchik (Providence District). “We are in a tight situation. These are our needs and this is just the beginning of the conversation.”

Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance president Arthur Purves criticized the proposed budget, saying it “includes $134 million for 3.5-percent-plus raises, Cadillac health plans, pensions with retirement at [age] 55, and only a $10 million increase for higher enrollment and special needs.”

Without a hike in the existing tax rate, county-government revenues would increase by $23 million this year, Purves said. The county has been increasing real estate taxes much faster than household income for the past 17 years, which is “unsustainable,” he said.

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Reducing class overcrowding is a major priority for the School Board, Strauss said.

“Parents continue to be concerned about class sizes,” she said. “We’ve not been able to roll back class-size increases in middle and high schools that were put in during the recession. We’ve not had the money to do that.”

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School Board member Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill District) seemed satisfied with Lockard’s budget proposal.

“Basically, what he’s done is to propose no cuts, add money for population growth, put money in for a continued salary-scale enhancement investment for our teachers and money for a raise for other employees, plus a few other items to keep the school system innovative,” she said. “We’ll see what the revenue picture looks like, but I think it’s the right ‘ask’ to make.”

School officials and county supervisors will press the General Assembly this year to reverse the accelerated timeline for full Virginia Retirement System funding for county schools and bump the deadline back on year to fiscal year 2019, said School Board vice chairman Jane Strauss (Dranesville District).

Lockard plans to reconvene the school system’s Budget Task Force, which two years ago identified cuts worth up to $50 million and $75 million. School officials in the end chose none of them and drew fire from critics.

“We raised class size, cut a lot of positions and held back a lot of pay increases,” Strauss said in defending those decisions.

“The Board of Supervisors then gave us more revenue so we didn’t have to make

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. January 19, 1945: n Sun circulation manager Frank Clarke recently completed his 27th mission as a radio operator in a Flying Fortress, bombing targets in Germany. n The Sun’s editor says he prefers that future crossings of the Potomac be bridges, not tunnels. “Tunnels are such gloomy places,” he said, asking, “What would Paris be without bridges over the Seine?”

January 24, 1962: n Oops: A cable that was cut accidentally left 12,000 county residents without phone service yesterday. n The McLean boys basketball team has started its season at 5-3, but Madison’s team is winless in seven outings.

January 22-23, 1969: n School Board members have agreed in principle to a $95 million budget for next year. n Board of Supervisors Chairman Frederick Babson says he is supporting William Battle in the three-way Democratic gubernatorial fight. n C&P Telephone denies that it is earning more than allowed by state regulators. n Some gas station owners and attendants in the local area are arming themselves with guns, due to an increase in the number of robberies. n Northern Virginia Community College has started a drama department.

January 21, 1975: n Last night’s mixture of snow and ice caused the Vienna Town Council meeting to be postponed. n The General Assembly is expected this week to re-establish the death penalty in Virginia. n Two top aides to defeated U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, have accepted posts with George H. Rucker Realty.

January 21, 1983: n Local school districts are set to lose big chunks of state aid under a proposal by the Robb administration. n The McLean Community Center Governing Board will hold a meeting on Jan. 31 to consider expansion plans. n On TV tonight: “Benson”; “Remington Steele”; “Dukes of Hazzard”; and “Knight Rider.”

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Transportation Notes D.C. REGION SEES SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES IN PEDESTRIAN-SAFETY RANKING: The Washington region ranks

35th best among the nation’s 104 largest metro areas for pedestrian safety, according to a new survey.

That ranking comes from “Dangerous

by Design 2016,” issued Jan. 10 by Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition, which uses data to rate jurisdictions using a “Danger Index” – the lower the number, the better for walkers.

D.C. scored 43.5 on the index, better than the average score of 53.8 for the 104 largest localities. The scores represent a composite of pedestrian deaths and the share of local commuters who walk to work.

Scoring best were Colorado Springs, Colo., at 13.5 and Portland, Maine, at 14.8. Worst in the ranking were Cape Coral, Fla., at 283.1 and Palm Bay, Fla., at 235.2. (The seven worst metro areas for pedestrians were all in Florida.)

The new report shows “only incremental progress” in reducing pedestrian danger, said Stewart Schwartz, who heads the Coalition for Smarter Growth.

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more progress,” Schwartz said. “We know that better street design, slower speeds and better reporting and enforcement make a huge impact on how safe it is to walk in a given place.”

The data suggest that fatality rates are disproportionately high for AfricanAmericans in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and that older adults also face greater risks.

“We have a long way to go,” Schwartz said.

Partners in the report included AARP, the National Society of Landscape Architects and NelsonWygaard Consulting Associates, among others.

For information on the report, see the Web site at www.smartgrowthamerica. org/dangerous-by-design.

COMMENT SOUGHT CHANGES TO FAIRFAX CONNECTOR ROUTES: The

Fairfax County government is accepting public comment on proposed changes to Fairfax Connector routes.

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INAUGURATION CROWDS LIKELY TO IMPACT LOCAL AIRPORTS: Crowds ex-

pected to be on hand for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald Trump as president are leading the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to urge passengers and others to plan ahead.

Those using Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International airports “should be prepared for additional crowds and congestion from Thursday, Jan. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 22,” airport officials said.

While the airports authority is not anticipating “unusual operational issues” during the period, “an influx of passengers may produce longer-than-usual wait times at airline ticket counters and security checkpoints, and congestion on airport roads,” officials said.

Airport police will be on hand to monitor curbsides and roads to ensure traffic is moving in passenger drop-off areas, and “drivers are encouraged to avoid airport roads if they do not have business at the airport” during the period, officials said.

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Just Listed on Cul-De-Sac in North Arlington for a Wonderful Holiday 1473 Waggaman Circle | McLean, VA 6704 Lupine Lane | McLean, VA Chelsea Rd, McLean 4204 21st St N, Arlington 6505 Chesterfield Ave, McLean 1042 Brook Valley McLean $2,525,000 $3,699,000 and Ln, a very Happy 6906 New Year!

Exquisite NEW Langley Property!

New 6-Bdrm Luxury Home, Beautiful Finishes!

Picturesque 3.32-Acre Lot!

$1,949,000

$1,895,000

$1,699,000

$1,375,000

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New Build, Sought After Chesterbook Area!

3-Car Garage, Premium Lot!

7209 Davis Ct, McLean SOON! COMING

$1,750,000

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Gorgeous 5-Bdrm, 1-mile to Tysons!

French Country Manor-Style Home, 5-Car Garage!

5-Bedroom Beauty with 8,000 sq. ft.

Keswick Luxury Home to be Built on 1.2 Acre Building Lot 1725 Fairview Ave, McLean 8410 Tysons Trace Ct, Vienna NEW 8747 PRICE! Brook Rd, McLean

6335 Linway Terrace | McLean, VA

$1,529,000

$1,375,000

NEW PRICE! $1,149,000

$3,700,000 5555 Victory Loop | Manassas, VA $729,900

8101 Georgetown Pike | McLean, VA

$2,318,490

Celeste Katz Amy McNeill

Carolina Salazar

Amy McNeill

Glenn Feagans

Debra Talley

Bridgette Doverspike

Crystal Sheehan

SpecializingCeleste In: Katz

Glenn Feagans

Ria Dougherty Carolyn Howard

January 19, 2017

Ria Dougherty

Crystal Sheehan

Professional Home Sales & Marketing Specializing Relocations | New Construction SalesIn:| Buyer Representation Professional Home &Sales & Marketing | Relocations | Residential Commercial Investment Serving Residential & Commercial Investment Strategy | Virginia, Maryland 6820 Elm Street | McLean, VA 22101 | 703-636-7300 & Washington, DC Each K rated New Construction Sales | Land Development Serving 6820 Elm Street | McLean, VA 22101 | 703-636-7300

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