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Legislators Prep Their Proposals for Richmond

Democrats Have New Relevance in Corridors of Power, Thanks to November Election Results BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Buoyed by Democrats’ victories in the Nov. 7 election, some local General Assembly members already have submitted legislation on topics ranging from women’s health and marijuana penalties to

firearm safety and teacher licensing.

The General Assembly likely will entertain more pro-consumer bills during this session, predicted state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th).

Among his bills so far: • Senate Bill (SB) 9 would change from the current system, which allows electri-

cal utilities to charge above-market rates, and return to the old system, whereby the State Corporation Commission regulated the rates based on the companies’ costs.

Existing rules, authorized in 2015, allow those utilities to clear about $250 million annually in excess profits, Petersen said.

• SB 10 would prohibit political candi-

dates from soliciting or accepting contributions from public-service corporations (such as Washington Gas or Dominion) or those companies’ political-action committees.

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Bob Collum and Debbie German of “Classic Team Lost” take their 1965 Caterham 7 out on the first leg of the first-ever Washington-area America’s British Reliability Run, held recently. German is holding a poster from the charity event’s recipient, Our Military Kids. See coverage inside on Page 4.

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Leaders of 1st Stage Look to Future Opportunities

Theater Troupe Mulls Options for More Accessible Venue as Tysons Sees Redevelopment BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fresh off their successful, extended-run production of “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train,” leaders of 1st Stage are gearing up to celebrate the theater company’s first 10 years, make its venue more accessible and secure a new home as Tysons redevelops.

The leadership transition that occurred three years ago, when founder Mark Krikstan left and new artistic and managing director Alex Levy arrived, allowed company leaders to decide how best to chart the future.

Arts funding in Virginia and Fairfax County lags far behind that of Maryland and the District of Columbia, Levy said. A vibrant arts community would bolster area businesses and fulfill an unmet public need, he said.

“People want it in their community,” he said. “They don’t want to have to go out of their community to share in this kind of experience.”

1st Stage will celebrate its 10th anniversary events through-

out the year, but the biggest event will be a March 24 party and benefit before the opening of the musical “Fly by Night.”

Friends of the theater will hold dinner parties at their homes and the evening will culminate with a barely lighted “blackout bash” at 1st Stage.

“We’ve pulled together a history of the theater, talked with the founding artists and put together some old photos and productions,” said Emily Wall, the company’s general manager.

“We’re doing a lot of looking back to where we’ve come from and looking ahead to where we’re going.”

The company’s most recent show was local playwright Aaron Posner’s “My Name Is Asher Lev.” The company’s season also will feature the regional premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s play, “The Farnsworth Invention,” and Bob Bartlett’s “Swimming with Whales.” Levy will direct both shows.

1st Stage’s activities extend beyond its plays. The company’s “Community Conversations”

Alex Levy, artistic director of 1st Stage in Tysons, says the theater company wants to continue growing its operations while maintaining the intimacy that helped it succeed during its first decade.

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bring in experts to talk with the public on topics related to the current performances.

Next summer, the company will hold its second annual Logan Festival of Solo Performance from July 12 to 22.

The company also allows other groups to perform at its theater, including Bowen McCauley Dance, Leslie Hamilton doing cabaret and concerts by the Vir-

ginia Chamber Orchestra.

“It’s a thriving home for the arts here,” Levy said.

1st Stage is trying to make its venue more accessible for patrons and performers with disabilities and offer captioning and audiodescribed shows for audience members who have hearing and visual impairments, respectively.

Lack of space has become an issue as the company has grown

from one staffer at its inception to seven now, including some part-timers. 1st Stage nearly two years ago took over vacant commercial space next door and uses that for rehearsals and storage.

That acquisition has allowed the company to use its theater space for additional programming, Levy said.

1st Stage will remain at its current location at 1524 Spring Hill Road in the Spring Hill Business Center for at least three more years, but its leaders are having conversations with builders about possibly relocating when new Tysons redevelopment projects come to fruition, Levy said.

Development in Tysons continues at breakneck pace and some new projects will have performing-arts centers potentially of use to 1st Stage.

The future Capital One Center will feature a 1,500-seat auditorium and 225-seat “black box” performance space.

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Road Tour Celebrates Grace, Quirks of U.K. Classics BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

What better way to enjoy the winding country roads of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania than to ply them in vintage, distinctively styled British roadsters?

Thirty teams in antique vehicles cruised in style over about 700 miles of scenic roadways this past weekend as part of the first America’s British Reliability Run in the Washington, D.C., area.

“When you’re driving through this part of the country and you’re up on one of the major roads, you don’t see a lot,” said Al Hazard of Great Falls. “But when you’re down on these old country roads, you’re in a different place. The scenery you see – the countryside, the houses you go by, the little villages you go through – it’s different.”

The three-day event, which mimicked ones that have been held for decades in the United Kingdom, was not a race but a tour on public roads at posted speed limits.

“No one is trying to break the landspeed record,” said Great Falls resident Jeff Olson, who organized the event with Hazard after they won a similar reliability run in Philadelphia last year.

In addition to the one in Pennsylvania, such runs also were held in New England and Denver this year. All those events raised money for children’s charities.

The D.C.-area event, which ran from in October, collected more than $55,000 – the most of any American reliability run – to benefit Our Military Kids.

The McLean-based non-profit group disperses grants to children of deployed National Guard or military reserve personnel or those whose parents were wounded in a post-9/11 conflict, said spokesman Amy Shelton.

The average grant is $430 and none may exceed $500, Shelton said. The moneys help the children participate in sports, Scouting, the arts and tutoring, she said.

Organizers acknowledge the name “Reliability Run” is oxymoronic. British vehicles are not renowned for their dependability.

Shelton saw some of the event’s vehicles on opening day and noted drivers were excited because the day was overcast and less likely to cause the vehicles to overheat.

Participants began and ended each day at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Sterling. The

Al Hazard and Serge Khoury of “Team Right Hand Menace” pose with their trophies and 1968 Jaguar E-Type following an Oct. 15 brunch for the first-ever Washington-area America’s British Reliability Run. PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE HARRIS

Oct. 13 circuit took the motorists about 250 miles, heading north from Leesburg to Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, then back to Sterling.

Teams covered 350 miles on Saturday, Oct. 14, spending their day in mountainous West Virginia. The crews had light duty the following day, covering just 100 miles in the Shenandoah Valley before heading to an awards brunch in Middleburg.

All the run’s vehicles had to be made

by British manufacturers at least 25 years ago. Teams paid a $550 entry fee to cover meals and map books and each was encouraged to raise at least $1,000.

Towing support was available if teams encountered mechanical trouble. Riffing on the humiliating “Cone of Shame” protective collars worn by dogs in the hit animated movie “Up!”, organizers stood ready to offer such stricken participants less-than-glamorous alternative rides with which to finish their treks.

“There are two cars of shame: a 15year-old Miata and a 2006 Volvo S-60 sedan, which my daughter beat the crap out of from high school through grad school,” Olson said before the event. “The body looks like it’s been through a demo-

lition derby.”

Mitch Bierl and co-driver Walter Newcomer drove Olson’s blue 1974 Jaguar E-Type Roadster at the reliability run as part of “Team Ecurie Great Falls.” Olson resisted the temptation to drive in the event as well as manage it.

“As a firm believer in Murphy’s Law [which says that anything that can go wrong will], it’s better that I not be in the valley of no cell phone service in West Virginia when people need to call me,” Olson said.

Other teams and their vehicles included “Classic Team Lost” in a 1965 Caterham 7; “Team Baldie and Blondie” in a 1969 Jaguar E-Type coupe, Series II; “Team Toaster Oven” in a 1967 Jaguar XKE 4.2 FHC; “Team Rock n Rolls” in a 1988 Rolls Royce Corniche; “Team Old Peculiar” in a 1973 Triumph TR6; “Team Grand Touring” in a Jaguar XK120 FHC; “Team Dragonfly” in a 1960 AC Greyhound; “Team Gassman Automotive” in a 1965 Triumph TR4; “Team MGC&E” in a 1969 MGC-GT; “Team Old Navy” in a 1970 Jaguar XKE FHC; “Team Wood Motorsports” in a 1964 Jaguar E-Type S1 3.8 FHC; “Team Shenandoah Valley British Car Club” in a 1969 MGC-GT; and

“Team All Who Wander Are Not Lost” in a 1985 Bentley Continental convertible.

Additional teams included “Team Speed Chimp!” in a 1956 Austin-Healey 100m; “Team 3Pete” in a 1991 Jaguar XJS coupe; “Team Viking Lander” in a 1961 Rover 100 Saloon; “Team Pointblank” in a 1967 Jaguar E-Type S1 2+2; “Team Mini Woodie” in a 1966 Austin Mini Countryman; “Team Qureshi” in a 1930 Rolls Royce Raj Tiger Bagger; “Team Jaguar on Assignment” in a 1990 Jaguar XJS; “Team Intrepid” in a 1958 Jaguar XK 150S Roadster; “Team Alvis-Brooklands” in a 1964 Alvis TE-21; “Team Short Circuit” in a 1995 Jaguar XJS; “Team Snow Tiger” in a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger; “Team Mid Atlantic” in a 1957 MGA 1500 Roadster; “Team Dominator” in a 1960 Austin-Healey 3000; and “Team Bad to the Bone” in a 1959 MGA; and “Team Cream of the Crap!” in a 1929 4.5-liter Bentley with Vanden Plas Tourer Coachwork.

“It’s a very special car,” Hazard said of the 88-year-old Bentley. “It’s all open and the gas tank hangs off the back of it. It looks like something out of ‘Indiana Jones.’ We just finished 200 miles this morning and it was keeping up with us pretty well.”

The sleek and chic Jaguar XKE, aka E-Type, was a popular vehicle in the reliability run and it did not take much prodding for Olson to explain why.

“They’re beautiful and tremendous from a performance perspective,” Olson said. “They were faster than most [commercially available] Ferraris in their day.

There’s more than enough power and the handling is great.”

Hazard also owns one of those Jaguars and he and co-driver Serge Khoury put the machine through its paces as part of “Team Right Hand Menace.”

Owning antique vehicles requires not only financial wherewithal, but the determination to keep the machines in good working order, Hazard said.

“You have to be somewhat flexible, because no matter how much money you put into these cars and no matter how well you restore them, they’re 50 years old or 40 years old,” he said. “[Feces] happens.”

Negotiating wet roads on Oct. 13 raised some anxiety, Hazard said. He loves well-paved, two-lane country roads and found it hard to drive aggressively when the roadway narrowed to one lane.

“You cringe when you hit the potholes,” he said.

Fairfax Officer Is Lauded in the Fight Against Drunk Driving Officer Devin White of the Fairfax County Police Department was among 14 public-safety officers across the region saluted Dec. 15 by the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) at the 20th-anniversary Law Enforcement Awards of Excellence for Impaired Driving Prevention.

The awards were presented at a

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ceremony held at Maggiano’s Little Italy in McLean.

The awardees “represent the front lines in the fight against drunk driving in Greater Washington,” said Kurt Gregory Erickson, WRAP’s president. “Their collective effort to annually arrest and remove nearly 15,000 drunk drivers from area roadways has undoubtedly saved lives.”

Founded in 1982, the non-profit Washington Regional Alcohol Program provides public education, health-education programs and advocacy, and sponsors the free ride service for would-be drunk drivers, SoberRide.

For information on the organization, see the Web site at www.wrap. org.

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Our View: If Only That Ballot Was Filled Out Correctly Much has been written in the last week or so about the importance of every single vote, given the wild recount in the downstate 94th District House of Delegates race, which appears (pending appeals that could go on a while) to have ended in a 11,608-to-11,608 tie.

Control of the lower house of the legislature could be at stake, so if this isn’t proof that every vote indeed does count, what more confirmation does one need?

But we also would point to a corollary matter: How important it is for those who vote to make their intent crystal clear.

It took a panel of three state judges more than an hour to attempt to discern the intent of a single voter, whose ballot was confusedly marked. Election officials had declared it unusable in the House of Delegates race, but the judges disagreed and awarded the vote to Republican David Yancey, creating a tie with Democrat Shelly Simonds. No doubt that decision will be among a number of matters to be litigated in this case.

The confusion would have been avoided had the unknown voter, on Election Day, simply asked election officials for a new

ballot in order to start over and mark it correctly. There would have been no problem in granting that request, and, one presumes, the replacement ballot would not have provided difficulties in discerning intent.

(We long have been fans of the push-button, electronicstyle voting machines, which are less susceptible to confused actions by voters, but Virginia state officials in their wisdom did away with them. Alas.)

Grab the popcorn: The battles over this single legislative seat won’t be decided once the requisite drawing to determine a winner has been made. There likely will be an additional recount, court challenges and, possibly, a battle-royale in the legislature itself, which convenes Jan. 10.

Whichever way it turns out, let’s just hope that the actions of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the state government in coming weeks occur with decorum and probity. There’s already enough distrust about the elections process, much of it overhyped but some of it genuine. There’s no need to add to it.

Replacing Confederate Names Makes Sense Editor: Regarding the movement underway to displace Confederate eponyms and statues, Bob Russell poses “raw American politics in action” as a problem rather than a virtue [“All Leaders, Not Just Confederates, Have Faults,” Letters Oct. 12] and Ed Wenzel draws a false moral equivalence between the causes of North and South in the Civil War [“Monument-Removal Demands Come from Smug Revisionists,” Letters Oct. 19].

If the Virginians of this age express, through democratic processes, their disapprobation of defenders and practitioners of slavery, responsible for the death and oppression of millions, why should

not their wishes be honored, and the Confederates replaced with heroes who merit veneration today?

George Washington, who opposed slavery, freed his slaves and tempered his abolitionist aspirations largely to nourish our nation to life, should not be lumped in with Confederates such as Robert E. Lee, who fought to destroy it so that slaveholders such as himself could save their system of white supremacy.

Contrary to Mr. Wenzel, there is evidence that Southern leaders erected many Confederate monuments more to stoke enthusiasm for segregation and Jim Crow than to celebrate the courage and valor of those who fought for

the right to hold enslaved Americans in subjugation for perpetuity. Lee himself declined to participate in a monumentraising at Gettysburg, thinking “it wiser . . . not to keep open the sores of war.”

Finally, the contention that Confederate monuments “are so cherished in the commonwealth” patently excludes the great majority of blacks, whose opinions apparently count no more to some today than they did in the postbellum South and are hardly unique to “northern transplants.”

I am aware of no widely felt reverence by the descendants of slaves towards the oppressors of their ancestors.

Bruce Ellis Fein Great Falls

Editor: I was dismayed to read letters to the editor on Dec. 14, praising U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock’s tax vote as “putting country first” and “for the common good.”

If this tax bill is so good for the country, why do the majority of Americans disapprove of it? Maybe it is because the tax bill that the representative voted for does little to serve the interests of working citizens in this country. It was designed to benefit the wealthy and corporations by lowering forever their tax rates with the hope that these reductions will result in benefits to the middle class in the form of increased wages and new job opportunities.

No similar trickle-down schemes

have resulted in higher wages or more jobs.

Do the authors of the letters know that the proposed decrease in taxes for the middle class will expire in a few years? In addition, many individuals in this county will immediately pay more in taxes due to the elimination of existing deductions.

The cost of the proposed tax legislation voted for by Rep. Comstock will increase the deficit by $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion in the next 10 years, which will cause Congress to immediately call for reducing programs that middle-class Americans count on to raise their families and live comfortably in retirement, not to mention the loss of health insurance for millions of citizens.

Since when is a reduction in quality of life considered a common good?

Comstock should put her county and nation ahead of party and politics and vote against the proposed tax legislation.

Paula Gori Oakton

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The Name Game: Which Are State’s Favorites?

GILLIAN BULLOCK

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After bringing a baby into the world, parents immediately face a daunting decision – giving their child a name. It’s an identity the child will have for the rest of his or her life.

As the mother of two sons, Brittny Gainey is familiar with the responsibilities of naming a child.

“People define themselves by their name. A name lets you know who you are and where you come from,” said Gainey, a licensed clinical social worker from the Tidewater area.

In 2013, she gave birth to a son and named him James. To Gainey, it was important for her first-born child to carry on a family name.

Gainey’s son shares a commonality not only with family members but with many other Virginians. Since 1910, more than 148,000 boys born in Virginia have been named James, making it the most common male name in the commonwealth during that time period.

Although the name James has fluctuated in popularity in recent decades, it was the third most common male name for babies born in the commonwealth in 2016.

The U.S. Social Security Administration annually tracks the most popular names of babies born nationwide as well as in individual states. The agency recently

released its data for last year’s births.

Over the past century, the diversity of baby names has grown exponentially, and the popularity of certain names has shifted.

The Social Security Administration includes in its data any name given to at least five babies in a single year. For boys born in Virginia in 1910, there were 183 such names, ranging from Aaron and Abner to Willis and Wilson.

But last year, 1,127 different male names were associated with five or more births; they vary from Abdul and Alberto to Zayden and Zymir.

In 1910, the five most common male names in Virginia were James, William, John, Robert and George. For boys born last year, the most popular names were William, Noah, James, Liam and Mason.

(John was No. 18, Robert was No. 44 and George was No. 101.)

The changes in girls’ names have been even more radical.

In 1910, the data showed, 287 female names were given to at least five babies in Virginia, ranging from Agnes and Alberta to Winifred and Zelma. Last year, the database included 1,384 girls’ names, from Aaliya and Addyson to Zariyah and Zuri.

The most common female names in 1910 were Mary, Virginia, Elizabeth, Ruth and Margaret. In contrast, the most popular names for girls born in Virginia in 2016 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Char-

lotte and Abigail.

Only Elizabeth remains among the top 10 female names (at No. 9). Mary has dropped to No. 70; Virginia, to No. 91; Ruth, to No. 115; and Margaret, to No. 69.

After having James four years ago, Gainey gave birth to another boy in 2016 and named him Jabari. Jabari means “brave one” in Swahili.

Gainey said parents should think carefully about all that encompasses naming a child.

“A name is something that people can never take from you, and you carry it with pride and joy,” she said.

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RETHINK YOUR RESOLUTIONS:

Expert Tips from the Nutritionists at Giant BY: MARISSA DONOVAN, MS, RD, LDN

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t’s great seeing people get excited about making health changes in the new year (or anytime!). However, many people go about New Year’s resolutions all wrong. First, having the mindset that you want to start eating better on January 1 can lead to a “last splurge” mentality in the weeks prior. This all-

or-nothing behavior is unrealistic and sets you up for failure. Pro tip: You can start making changes anytime, so don’t wait for New Year’s Day! Pick a time that makes sense for you. Another common mistake I see is setting unrealistic, overly restrictive goals. It’s hard to succeed when you try to do too much too fast.

Instead, set specific, manageable goals.

To help you kick off 2018 on the right foot, I tapped into the knowledge of the best dietitians I know — Giant’s in-store nutritionists — for realistic tips you can adopt this year.

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1. FIND YOUR MOTIVATION

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“Remember why it’s important for you to reach your goals as you work towards them by sharing your motivations with someone.” —Lindsay, Fredericksburg, VA

“Ease yourself into a healthier routine by testing out one new recipe each week.

Swap recipe ideas with family and friends to stay motivated.”

— Nina, Rockville, MD

2. MAKE IT FUN

“When it comes to fitness, find something you enjoy doing. You’re more likely to stick to it! Bored of the same routine?

Give a fitness class a try!”

— Roxana, Washington, D.C. 3. AMP UP YOUR HYDRATION

“Cover two resolutions in one! Add an extra 8 ounces of water to your day. More fluids help you stay hydrated; those extra walks to the bathroom increase your activity.” — Leslie, Lanham, MD

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“Achieving goals is more fun with friends! Plus, when you have someone with a similar objective, you have builtin accountability.”

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8. KEEP YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE

“Make a list of three reasons why you want to improve your health. Stick it on the refrigerator. It’s a good way to reinforce healthy habits.”

— Melanie, Ellicott City, MD 9. SHOP SMART

“Fill your shopping cart according to MyPlate recommendations. You can’t eat half a plate of fruit and veggies if you don’t buy half a cart of fruit and veggies!”

— Mandy, Timonium, MD 10. PLAN FOR THE UNEXPECTED

“Pack a tote full of nutritious snacks when on the go – nuts, seeds, fruit, veggies – so that you won’t reach for less healthy snack foods.”

— Min, Alexandria, VA Remember to keep your goals realistic. Pick one or two tips above that seem manageable for you (don’t attempt all 10 at once!). For help and support in meeting your health goals in 2018, schedule a consultation with an in-store nutritionist near you!

BIO: Marissa Donovan is the in-store nutritionist for Giant Food in McLean. Visit giantfood.com/nutrition to contact her or any of the other Giant in-store nutritionists.

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4 Steps to a Healther You this New Year

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ant to make resolutions you’ll keep this new year? Think simple, sustainable changes. Follow these four steps for a healthier you, inside and out.

STICK TO YOUR WORKOUT

After the holidays, the gym is filled with people who have resolved to incorporate exercise routines into their lives.

Come February, the novelty of the new year wears off, life gets in the way and, according to “U.S. News & World Report,” 80 percent of resolutions fail by the second week of the month.

Instead of jumping from no routine to a seven-days-a-week commitment, introduce workouts to your schedule in small doses. Dread cardio or weight machines? Find something that you’ll look forward to, like a cycling class, yoga or outdoor pursuits. Choosing activities

that you enjoy will increase your chances of sticking to your resolution.

EAT SMARTER

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most Americans are falling short of their fruit and vegetable intake goals, and most eat only half the recommended amount of fiber.

To increase your consumption of essential nutrients, create a grocery list packed with fruits, vegetables, protein and whole grains.

Plan meals for the week to ensure you stick to a whole-food menu. Keep ingredients on hand for meals you can make in a pinch, so you’re not tempted by fast food on a busy day. Try frozen salmon fillets, which you can cook without thawing, or eggs, low-fat cheese and veggies for a quick-baking frittata.

Freeze individual servings of chopped fruits and vegetables in resealable

minds and bodies, as insomnia, weight gain, anxiety and depression are all potential related risks. While it isn’t always avoidable, simple changes will help you manage tension.

Sometimes, stress can be solved with some “me time.” Treat yourself to a massage or manicure, soak in a hot bath, or unwind with a nature walk. Connecting with others can help, too. Plan a brunch with your best friend or a date night with your significant other.

Feeling overwhelmed with work and family life? Build out a to-do list or calendar to feel more in control of your busy schedule, then cross items off the list when completed.

PRACTICE POSITIVITY

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A sunny outlook can affect your wellbeing. Keep a gratitude journal by writing down something good that happens each day. On bad days, you’ll be forced to focus on the positive aspects of your life.

One of the best ways to improve your happiness is by giving others a boost.

Volunteer with a charitable organization or donate to a favorite cause. Practice doing something kind daily.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes TOWN GOVERNMENT CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: The Vienna town government

will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1, in observance of New Year’s Day. Public-safety service will not be impacted by the closings.

VIENNA TOWN GOVERNMENT OFFERS MULCH: The Vienna town government is

offering residents the opportunity to order free mulch, with deliveries beginning in January.

The town’s public-works department turned out nearly 500 loads of mulch from collected leaves, and will be providing them to residents on a first-come, first-

served basis.

Town residents can call the order line at (703) 255-6388 or go online to www. viennava.gov/ordermulch.

VIENNA ASSEMBLY OF GOD HAS NEW LEAD PASTOR: Rev. Brenda Burns will

be installed as lead pastor of Vienna Assembly of God during a ceremony held Jan. 7 and overseen by Rev. Ken Burtram, superintendent of the Potomac Ministry Network.

Rev. Burns is not unfamiliar to the congregation, as she has been serving alongside her husband, Rev. Craig Burns, for more than 30 years in the church. She has

held positions in children’s ministry and women’s ministry while concurrently leading in the position of worship pastor.

“My first job is to be a good shepherd to the people who are here,” Rev. Burns said.

“Making sure that everyone that is a part of this congregation is being encouraged towards transformation – that we’re all being discipled and moving forward to-

gether in whatever God has for us – will be my first priority.”

CONCERT TO FEATURE CHRISTMAS MUSIC: The Morehead Family will pres-

ent a concert of Christmas music on Thursday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna.

The concert will include classical and contemporary works, along with a Christmas carol sing-along.

The concert is free; donations will support Hypothermia Prevention Week and the ministry of the Christian retreat center Caroline Furnace.

McLean/Great Falls Notes PARK AUTHORITY APPROVES MATCHING-GRANT FUNDING: The Fairfax

The Park Board also approved a $20,000 grant for the Great Falls Soccer County Park Authority Board has ap- Club to install fencing behind the goals proved a number of new sports-related for Field #7 at Nike Park. The fencing Let’swill change theballs date to the Aug. Mastenbrook Volunteer Matching Fund help contain within field4of– 6th. play and prevent them from going into the Grant Program requests.

Board members approved a grant of adjacent road. $20,000 for the Great Falls Lacrosse Association, with funding used to install a ALDEN THEATRE LAUNCHES NEW SEpractice wall adjacent to Field #4 at Great RIES: The Alden Theatre of the McLean Falls Nike Park. The area will include pre- Community in early 2018 will launch a fabricated concrete t-walls, black vinyl- new series designed to provide the public SALEinsiders coated chain link fencing around the area, accept to local theater-industry and crushed stone for the surfacing. and top productions.

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Aug. since weoffare on August DREN’S-THEATRE PRODUCTIONS: The The5series kicks Feb.closed 10 at a performance of “Light Years” at Signature Alden Theatre of the McLean CommuTheatre in Arlington. Future installments nity Center will host two children’s-theinclude productions at Woolly Mammoth ater performances by the Barter Players Theatre, Weinberg Center, Ford’s Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 6 at Churchill Road Elementary School. and the Washington National Opera.

The Abingdon-based troupe will perSome of the trips include meals or receptions, as well as discussions with those form “Aesop’s Fables” at 11 a.m. and “The Call of the Wild” at 3 p.m. involved in the productions.

Tickets are $10 for McLean residents, For information on the series, call $15 for others.

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The Alden Theater and the McLean Community Center currently are undergoing renovation, with plans for reopening in late 2018.

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

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

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

Approximately 70 percent of the proceeds from the sale of food and drink will support the PTA, if participants bring in a promotional flyer available at www.hbcgroupkw.com.

Funds raised through the event will help support programming at the school.

“I’m encouraging all of our families to come out and enjoy some great Italian food and time spent with family, friends and teachers in support of our school,” a PTA official said.

Sponsors of the event include Karen Briscoe and Lizzy Conroy of HBC Group of Keller Williams Realty; Marcus Simon of EKKO Title; Kevin Dougherty of Pillar to Post; Kathy and Justin Neal of the Neal Team/SunTrust Mortgage; Jim Harris of BOWA; the McLean Chamber of Commerce; and Moe Jebali of Pulcinella Italian Host.

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Potential of Interest-Rate Hikes Spurring Home Sales Long expected but not yet delivered, the looming prospect of higher mortgageinterest rates may have spurred enough buyers into the local a real estate market in November to push sales figures to unexpected heights.

“The residential market in Northern Virginia during November provided some impressive sales statistics, counter to historical trends where the month is generally one of the quietest for selling,” said Tracy Comstock of SilverLine Realty & Investment, who pointed to the likelihood of higher interest rates in the near future as one of the leading causes of the burst of sales.

Sales across Northern Virginia for the month totaled 1,617, up just under 5 percent from the 1,542 transactions of a year before, according to data reported Dec. 10

by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. Among jurisdictions covered in the data, only the relatively small city of Fairfax showed a decline in year-over-year sales. Increases were posted in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church.

Median sales prices were up in each of the five jurisdictions, and for the region as a whole advanced 6.4 percent to $499,900.

The average sales price rose 7.7 per-

cent to $580,733, in part due to a larger number of single-family homes in the overall mix. But all three segments of the market showed increases, with the average price for single-family properties up 10.3 percent to $787,691; attached homes, like townhouses and rowhouses, rising 3 percent to $419,943; and condominiums showing an average increase of 2.6 percent to $343,952.

“This time of year, clients prefer the lack of perceived competition,” said Peter Nguyen of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, who handles buyers. “I’m showing properties at different price points, although listings are not abundant.”

Indeed: The total number of properties available on the market in November was down 11 percent from a year before, and some sellers are holding off to the start of the spring buying season early next year.

“We remain confident that our region will sustain 2017’s trends of slightly increasing home sales,” said Ryan Conrad, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. “With all the budget challenges and tax proposals on Capitol Hill, residents continue to have confidence to become homeowners.”

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

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One Last Look Back at the 2017 Holiday Season Across the Local Area!

Above: Laura and Rachel Balle of Vienna toast marshmallows over an open fire on Nov. 27 at the annual Church Street Holiday Stroll in Vienna. At right: Mayor Laurie DiRocco welcomes Santa Claus to the festivities at the Church Street Holiday Stroll.

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Real Estate Featured Property of the Week

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Grand Great Falls Property (with Pool) Offers Proximity to Reston

A year’s worth of superb local properties is rounded out with this week’s featured home, an exceptional, Victorian-infused standout set on a lovely lot near the Seneca end of Georgetown Pike in Great Falls, providing a bucolic setting yet offering proximity to Reston, Tysons and eastern Loudoun County.

Accented with romantic turrets and hips, cleverly contrasted with striking gables of glass, the exterior is visually appealing, while indoors, three levels of exceptionality showcase modern, almost urban, design while retaining warmhearted charm that will welcome all at the holidays and throughout the year.

All this, and the expansive rear yard features a glorious, resort-inspired pool area.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,425,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate.

The front porch provides a fitting welcome, while the dramatic foyer with its unique “Charleston-style” staircase is reminiscent of estates of the classic era.

To our left is the large formal living room, which opens to the library (with fireplace and elegant built-ins beyond).

To our right is the showplace kitchen, running the entire depth of the home, with extra-special accoutrements that include a large breakfast bar and casual-

dining area with access to the pool-view deck.

The formal dining room is located in a wing of the home, separated from the Great Falls Room (family room) by a double-sided fireplace.

To the second level we go, where one wing is given over to the extraordinary master retreat. (This space even has its own step-down access to the rear yard!)

The master suite offers a large bedroom area with impressive cathedral ceiling; a sumptuous bathroom; and plentiful closet space.

Three additional bedrooms, a loft-studio area (with skylight); and a creative playroom all are part of the upstairs package.

The lower level is home to a marvelous recreation room; a bonus room that would work well as a den or home office; the home’s fifth full bath; and storage/utility spaces.

Creative in every way, the home is ready to welcome 2018. Beat the rush and go take a look today.

Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients.

For information on the home, contact the listing agent.

For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703) 738-2521.

Facts for buyers

Address: 901 Falls Bridge Lane, Great Falls (22066).

Listed at: $1,425,000 by Lilian Jorgenson, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 790-1990.

Schools: Forestville Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

U.S. Builders Largely Upbeat as 2018 Looms on the Horizon Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes increased five points to a level of 74 in December on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

This was the highest report since July 1999, according to the housing trade organization.

“Housing market conditions are improving partially because of new policies aimed at providing regulatory relief to the business community,” said NAHB chairman Granger MacDonald, a home builder and developer from Kerrville, Texas.

“With low unemployment rates, favorable demographics and a tight supply of existing home inventory, we can expect continued upward movement of the single-family construction sector next year,” added NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz.

Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as good, fair or poor, while asking builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as high/very high, average or low/very low.

Scores for each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.

All three HMI components registered gains in December. “Demand for housing is on the rise,” Dietz said in a statement.

In the most recent report, the component measuring buyer traffic jumped eight points to 58, the index gauging current sales conditions rose four points to 81 and the index charting sales expectations in the next six months increased three points to 79.

Looking at the three-month moving averages for regional HMI scores, the Midwest climbed six points to 69, the South rose three points to 72, the West increased two points to 79 and Northeast inched up a single point to 54.

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Public-Safety Notes TRUCK’S PAINT DAMAGED BY STICKER LEFT AFTER PARKING DISPUTE: A

man living in the 200 block of Commons Drive, N.W., told Vienna police his wife recently had been engaged in a dispute with a Madison High School student who was parking in violation of “No Parking” signs in the community.

On Dec. 19, the resident found that someone had secured an obscene bumper sticker to his vehicle. The vehicle’s paint became damaged when he attempted to remove the sticker, police said.

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We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s policy for achieving equal housing opportunity throughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap.

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate that violates the fair housing law.

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NECTION WITH THEFTS AT FAIR OAKS MALL: Officers from the Fairfax County

said.

The residents at the two shipment addresses advised they had ordered the items, but did not receive the initial shipment. The company since has replaced their orders.

At the request of the parties involved, the toys were donated to a church as a part of a holiday drive helping local families in need.

Police Department’s Christmas AntiTheft Team (CATT) were notified Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. by employees at the Apple Store in Fair Oaks Mall that three men who were thought to be trespassing may have been involved in a separate grand-larceny case on Dec. 18 at the Tysons Apple Store in Tysons Corner Center.

Employees thought the men also were concealing stolen merchandise, police said.

The suspects left the store in different directions. CATT officers identified and arrested three Maryland men: Chima Nnaka, Raleigh Sykes and Bizana Zo Ongola Belinga.

Charges include grand larceny, possession stolen property, trespassing, possession with intent to sell, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana and an out-ofjurisdiction warrant, police said.

VIENNA POLICE ARREST MAN ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS: A Vienna police

officer on Dec. 15 at 11:29 a.m. observed a man drinking alcohol in public in the 100 block of Pleasant Street, N.W. After identifying the man, the officer found he was wanted in Fairfax County on outstanding warrants.

Police arrested the 56-year-old Vienna man and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with felony domestic assault, violation of a protective order and violation of probation.

CHILDREN’S TOYS FOUND BEHIND WALL IN VIENNA TO BE DONATED TO CHURCH: A local resident on Dec. 15

COUNTY POLICE TO EXPAND PROGRAM FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS:

at 4:03 p.m. found two opened Amazon boxes containing children’s toys behind a retaining wall in the 400 block of Lawyers Road, N.W., Vienna police said.

Tracking numbers on the packages showed they never had been delivered, indicating they may have been taken from a delivery truck or mailing facility, police

Fairfax County police announced Dec. 19 that the department would add Reston District Station to the pilot program for body-worn cameras, which is scheduled to launch in March 2018.

Fairfax County supervisors in November voted unanimously to implement

the program at the police department’s Mount Vernon and Mason district stations. Officials selected those locations because of the diversity of the communities, their varying types of service calls and the number of incidents in which officers had used force.

Once the implementation team began to examine how the equipment would be distributed, officials determined there would be enough cameras available to expand the program. Initially, the 230 cameras were going to be issued to every patrol officer working at the Mount Vernon and Mason stations.

However, the department also is working with a research team at American University that will gather and study data over the course of the pilot program. As with all research and case studies, department officials thought it was important to have a control group in each station to allow for a more accurate compilation of data.

As a result of the program change, only half the patrol officers in each of the stations will be issued a body-worn camera.

This left a number of cameras available.

The Reston area was chosen because it differs from the two police districts already included in the program, officials said.

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Flint Hill Football Was the Year’s Top Story A Staff Report

The sports year for 2017 was overflowing with competitive events and filled with numerous athletic achievements, championships and near-championships by teams and individuals specific to the Sun Gazette’s various coverage areas.

YEAR IN REVIEW There were multiple state and region champions and various conference winners in high school, as well as other significant titles won in youth sports.

The following is a list of what our paper’s sports staff ranked as the top 25 highlights from 2017, as reported in our paper.

1. FLINT HILL FOOTBALL

The Flint Hill Huskies finished the high school season 11-0, winning a conference championship and the private school’s first state title. The Division I team dominated its opponents in all 11 of its contests.

2. FLINT HILL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

The Flint Hill Huskies amassed a perfect undefeated season by finishing 35-0 and winning city, conference and state high school championships. The Division I state title was the program’s eighth.

The Flint Hill Huskies gather after finishing their high school football season undefeated and as state champions.

7. LANGLEY GOLFERS

The Langley Saxons dominated the high school season by winning district, region and state championships and setting various tournament-scoring records, with many scores in the 60s.

Langley players Eli Thrasher and Kelly Chinn won individual region and state titles, respectively.

4. LANGLEY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

The Langley Saxons won district, region and state high school championships, ended the season with a 27-3 record and won its final 15 matches following a two-match losing streak that came in late January.

5. LANGLEY BOYS SOCCER

The Langley Saxons finished 19-1-2 and won region and state high school soccer championships behind the play of standout Jacob Labovitz, a Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year.

6. MADISON SWIM AND DIVE TEAM

The Madison High School girls swimming and diving team won region and state championships to cap its most successful season in program history.

14. LANGLEY, MADISON BASKETBALL

The Langley High School girls (25-5) and Madison High boys (23-7) won district and region championships in basketball and advanced to statetournament play. The region titles were the first for each team.

8. McLEAN GYMNASTS

The McLean High School girls gymnastics team won district, region and state championships.

15. OAKTON GIRLS BASKETBALL

The McLean Hotspur 00 Green boys soccer team won a state cup title.

The Oakton High School girls basketball team finished second in the Class 6 state championship, took second and third in conference and region tournaments, respectively, and compiled a 26-5 record.

10. HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAMS

16. MARSHALL GIRLS LACROSSE

3. MADISON GIRLS SOFTBALL

The Madison Warhawks won district, region and state high school championships, finished with a 28-1 overall record and won its final 14 games, nine were by shutouts.

dan Grammes won a state wrestling championship at 152 pounds.

9. McLEAN HOTSPUR GREEN

The Marshall and Oakton High girls teams and the McLean High boys each won district, region and state championships and compiled undefeated records.

11. VHSL STATE SWIM CHAMPS

McLean High School’s Sinead Eksteen won two races in the Class 6 Virginia High School League’s girls state swimming championships, as did Oakton High’s Tom Hallock in the boys competition.

The Marshall High School girls lacrosse team (13-2) won conference-and region-tournament titles, then finished second in the Class 5 state tourney.

17. OAKTON BASEBALL

The Oakton High School baseball team got hot in the playoffs and won conference and region championships and qualified for the state tournament.

The team finished the season with a record of 19-8 and compiled a 6-1 playoff mark.

12. JASMINE HELLMER

Flint Hill School swimmer Jasmine Hellmer won high school state privateschool titles in the 200 individual medley and the 200 freestyle races.

13. BRENDAN GRAMMES

McLean High School wrestler Bren-

18. HOOP VICTORY MILESTONES

Former Madison High School girls basketball coach Pat Deegan, now the head coach at Fairfax High, won his 700th career game and current Potomac School boys coach Levi Franklin earned victory number 400.

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19. PAUL SHIFFMAN

Longtime McLean Little League coach and administrator Paul Shiffman celebrated his 50th year of involvement with the league. Shiffman continues to coach a Majors-level team. He served one term as president.

20. LANGLEY, OAKTON LACROSSE

The Langley High School girls lacrosse team and the Oakton High boys squad won region-tournament titles.

21. CHESTERBROOK SWIM TEAM

The summertime Chesterbrook team won the Northern Virginia Swimming League’s Division 1 championship with a 5-0 record.

22. STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPS

Two McLean Little League’s girls allstar softball teams won state championships.

23. VIENNA LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS

The Vienna Little League 8-10 baseball all-stars won district and state championships.

24. RIVERBEND SWIM TEAM

The Riverbend Country Club swimming team (5-0) won an eighth straight summertime division title in the Dominion Country Club League.

25. HEATHER HOLT

Marshall High School junior Heather Holt won numerous cross country and track and field district, region and state championships and ran in a national cross country meet this fall.

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Oakton Hires Football Coach from Prince William County DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

For Ryan Smith, the job was way too good to pass up. So when the offer made, he acFOOTBALL was cepted to become the new head football coach at Oakton High School.

“When a job like this comes along at one of the top schools and athletics programs in the Fairfax County school system, it’s hard to pass up,” Smith said.

“Oakton has great facilities. Athletics there are important in the community, and that is understood. There is so much consistency there with athletics.”

Smith, 33, also was offered the head football job at Potomac High School in Prince William County, where he was an assistant coach this past season. The special-education teacher said he chose

Ryan Smith was hired as the new head football coach at Oakton High School.

Oakton instead of Potomac because of the opportunity. He will continue to teach in Prince William County for the remainder of the school year.

Time will tell if Smith will join the

teaching faculty at Oakton. He hopes that will happen.

Oakton has won multiple region titles in program history and one state championship.

“I am just so excited to get this started,” Smith said. “There has been a lot of success at Oakton in football and our staff wants to continue that.”

Smith, who lives in Woodbridge, will meet with the Oakton players Jan. 3 and with their parents Jan. 10, then will begin off-season programs.

The new coach is still assembling a staff, but already has five assistants on board.

Prior to coaching at Potomac this past season, Smith was the head coach for four seasons at Brentsville District High in Nokesville, where he built up a struggling program, leading the Tigers to a 19-26 record and playoff berths in

2015 and 2016.

Smith is a graduate of Gar-Field High School in Prince William County, where he played football, baseball and basketball. He attended Bridgewater College, where he graduated in 2006, playing multiple sports until a knee injury ended his playing career.

At Oakton, Smith replaces Jason Rowley. He was the Cougars’ head coach for seven seasons. His teams earned multiple playoff berths and won a region championship in 2012 to reach the state playoffs.

Rowley and Smith have already met and exchanged information about the program.

“Jason did a great job here and he has been great helping me out,” said Smith, who attended an Oakton boys varsity basketball game Dec. 18 and met some of the athletes.

Madison Tops Two Strong Opponents in Consecutive Games DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The Madison Warhawks have served notice.

With key victories over top opponents in consecutive games, the boys school BASKETBALL high b a s ke t b a l l team again has established itself as a significant region champion contender.

In those non-district contests, Madison, the defending Northern Region Class 6 champion, defeated the South Lakes Seahawks, 57-48, on Dec. 15, then knocked off the high-school and prolific three-point shooting and host Lake Braddock Bruins, 84-80, in overtime on Dec. 18.

For South Lakes (4-1), the loss was its first and was the second for Lake

Braddock (4-2), which entered the game averaging 93.4 points per outing.

“Those were two nice wins,” Madison coach Kevin Roller said. “We thought if we could hold Lake Braddock in the 70s, and we did in regulation, that would be a good job of not letting them get way out there, controlling the game and going crazy.”

The game was tied at 74 at the end of regulation. Madison scored the first seven points in overtime to clinch the victory and improve to 5-4 with its third straight win.

“We told our players this would be cool playing a team that plays this way,” Roller said. “I’ve never coached against a team that plays like that.”

Lake Braddock’s fast-paced offense consists of shooting quickly, including dozens of three-pointers. The Bruins,

though, shot poorly from that distance against Madison as well as having a bad night on the foul line.

Madison won despite 24 turnovers, but the Warhawks shot 52 percent from the floor, and led off-and-on in the game, including 69-60 in the fourth quarter with 3:31 to play.

“We had way too many turnovers and we didn’t make good decisions at times,” Roller said.

Five players scored in double figures for Madison. Point guard Aaron Darab had 16 points and seven assists. Forward A.J. Amolie scored 19 points and had eight rebounds and two steals off the bench. Guard/forward John Finney had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds to go with three steals.

Guard Nick Hugie had 11 points and four rebounds and guard/forward Aar-

on Thompson had 10 points and eight boards off the bench.

In addition, center Johnny Hecht had an active game with three points, nine rebounds and four blocks.

Madison’s bench amassed 36 points and 28 rebounds.

Quentin James led Lake Braddock with 28 points, including a layup with two seconds to play to tie the game at 74.

In the win over South Lakes, Finney scored 16 points, Hecht 13 and Darab and Hugie eight each.

“We played our best half-court defense of the season in that win,” Roller said.

Madison is playing this week in the Rebel Roundball tournament at Fairfax High School. The Warhawks had three games scheduled in the tourney.

With Four New Starters, Perennial Power Cougars Adjusting DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

After losing a recent close game to the Langley Saxons by making some costly fourth-quarter mistakes, the Oakton ougars BASKETBALL Cresponded by doing the opposite in the final minutes to win two other close contests on consecutive nights.

On Dec. 18, Oakton (6-3) nipped the host West Potomac Wolverines, 40-39, on a game-winning walkoff threepointer by Emma Coleman in girls high school basketball action.

Then at home the next night, the Cougars pulled away from the Yorktown Patriots with steady play in the final minutes to win, 40-29.

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coach Fred Priester.

“We are really, really trying to be patient,” Priester said. “The players have bought in to what we want to do and are preparing to execute as a team. If we run our stuff and get half-decent shots, we can score. Our defense has been exceptional, and I appreciate how they have been gritting this out.”

The lead seesawed between Oakton and Yorktown, with the Cougars moving ahead for good at 27-26 to end the third quarter on a layup from Peyton Perine on a pass from Hannah Kaloi.

Yorktown pulled within 30-29 on a steal and layup by Maggie Shipley (13 points, seven rebounds) with 4:25 to play, but the Patriots did not score again.

Perine, a senior forward, had 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists to lead Oakton. Kaloi, a freshman forward, had eight points, five rebounds and two assists off the bench.

Coleman opened the fourth quarter

Oakton’s Peyton Perine had a big game against Yorktown.

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by making a three-pointer to up the lead to 30-26, finishing with seven points and four rebounds. Senior guard/forward Mina Mora, the one returning starter, also had seven points and four rebounds,

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and junior forward Kate Vietmeyer had four points and six boards.

Liz Shean scored seven for Yorktown, and Megan Hemstreet had six points and six rebounds.

In Oakton’s win over West Potomac, Mori led the scoring with 16 points.

Coleman scored eight and Perine, Vietmeyer and point guard Grace Meshanko had four each.

This week, Oakton is hosting its Cougar Holiday Classic, which is a round-robin tournament that includes 12 teams. Play began Dec. 28 and continues through Dec. 30.

Oakton plays the last game each night at 7:45 p.m.

Oakton plays Broad Run on Dec. 28, faces Hayfield on Dec. 29 and wraps up the competition with a game against Colgan on Dec. 30.

Other teams from Fairfax County in the tourney are the Jefferson Colonials, Lake Braddock Bruins and South Lakes Seahawks.

High School Roundup MADISON NIPS OAKTON IN ICE HOCKEY: The Madison High School club ice

hockey team nipped Oakton, 4-3, in a recent match.

Matt Hetherington scored two goals for Madison and Luke Pohlman and Nick Willey had the others. Jeff Hunter had two assists in the onee and T.J. Ezzard added one.

Madison goalie Ben D’Haiti turned away 32 shots in the victory as Oakton outshot the winning Warhawks by a 35-16 margin in the win. The teams resume their seasons after the holidays.

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Langley High School wrestler Cooper Keating finished second at the heavyweight 195-pound division at the recent Cavalier Classic at W.T. Woodson High School.

Langley’s Matt Flenniken was third at 145 and Jackson Sayers was fourth at 126.

Legislators Continued from Page 1 cause they don’t want to be regulated,” Petersen said.

• SB 11 would increase from three to five the members of the State Corporation Commission. One of the new members would be selected during the General Assembly’s 2019 session, the other in the 2021 session. The new representatives would be focused on consumer rights.

• SB 12 would extend from one year to three the prohibition that prevents state officers and employees from lobbying their former agencies and prohibit them from lobbying the General Assembly during this period. State lawmakers who end their General Assembly service would not be allowed to lobby the state legislature for three years, up from the current oneyear ban.

• SB 16 would prohibit credit-reporting agencies from making consumers pay fees to place security freezes on their credit reports. Except for identity-theft victims, consumers now must pay fees of up to $10 to security-freeze their credit reports.

Citing recent data breaches at some of those credit agencies, Petersen said the companies should “not be charging people based on something they failed to protect them from.”

Petersen again will submit a bill that would raise the felony threshold from

1st Stage Continued from Page 3 from a performing-arts venue slated to be included in another project, The View at Tysons. That development, which also would contain a 615-foot-tall skyscraper, has yet to begin wending its way through Fairfax County’s development process.

A team in the sport as a freshman and sophomore. Additionally, she was named to the All-League A basketball team and All-League AA lacrosse team as both a sophomore and junior.

Three Potomac School senior athletes recently signed college letters of intent.

Carter Bosch has committed to play Division I baseball for Georgetown University. Bosch has played on Potomac’s varsity baseball team since he was a sophomore. Last season, Bosch received

all-conference honors. At Georgetown, the pitcher/infielder hopes to study chemistry, neuroscience, or business.

Devon Flowers has committed to play Division I basketball for Loyola University Maryland. Flowers has played on Potomac’s varsity basketball team for the past two years and is a captain this season. Last season he received allconference honors.

Courtlynne Caskin has committed to play Division I lacrosse for the University of Virginia. A four-year varsity athlete in three sports, Caskin has earned many accolades during her time playing lacrosse, soccer, and basketball at Potomac School. This fall, she captained the soccer team and broke the team’s scoring record. As a junior, Caskin captained the basketball and lacrosse teams.

Caskin was named to the Independent School League in AA soccer as a junior and senior and to the All-League

$200 to $1,000 and another piece of legislation that would charge a 5-cent tax on plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores.

Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) said she would submit bills to give counties the same taxing authority as cities; require paid family leave for employees in organizations with 50 or more workers; provide children with care that takes into account trauma they have suffered; and remove the state statute requiring women’s health centers that perform five or more abortions per month to meet some physical standards of hospitals.

Here are some of Favola’s bills: • SB 40 would raise from 0.5 to 1 ounce the threshold amount of marijuana subject to statutes for distribution or possession with the intent to distribute. The bill also would reduce criminal penalties for those distributing or possessing with intent to distribute larger amounts of marijuana.

• SB 42 would require banks that receive loan applications from existing customers to call those people and verify the application is legitimate.

• SB 45 would add “disability” to the list of victim-selection characteristics that would qualify some offenses as hate crimes.

• SB 63 would allow localities to pass ordinances prohibiting possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition or components thereof during protests, parades or other demonstrations. Law-

enforcement, armed security guards, military personnel and those with valid concealed-handgun permits would be exempt.

• SB 113 would ban the manufacture, import, sale or offer to sell, possess, transfer or transport mechanical devices, such as bump stocks, that increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic weapons.

Favola said she again would submit a bill requiring that lost or stolen firearms be reported to authorities within 24 hours.

Another of her bills would change the academic-licensure process for teachers from five years to four.

“This will reduce the opportunity cost of selecting teaching as a profession and accelerate the pipeline for teachers,” Favola said. “Additionally, I will be asking for funding to support teacher-mentor programs and principal-leadership training.”

Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd) has submitted two bills that would prohibit political candidates from using campaign funds for personal purposes. One of the bills, House Bill (HB) 5, is essentially the same as one submitted the previous year by state Sen. Jill Vogel (R-27th). Simon’s bill would be more general in scope.

“This will give the public confidence that elected officials are using campaign funds properly, that it’s not some kind of slush fund,” he said.

Among Simon’s other bills: • HB 75 would repeal prohibitions on

same-sex marriages and civil unions. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling already has made those strictures invalid.

• HB 76 would campaign advertisements placed or promoted on online platforms to the same disclosure requirements mandated for print, broadcast and radio ads.

• HB 100 would discontinue Virginia’s practice of buying lethal-injection drugs from companies in secret.

“To the extent we are going have a death penalty, we ought to at least be transparent about where we’re getting the drugs and what’s in them, how much we’re paying for them and who’s getting money for those things,” he said.

Simon also will submit bills designed to reduce gun violence, including one that would require licensed firearms dealers to report to the Virginia State Police if customers bought more than two rifles at a time. He also will press to raise the minimum wage and allow for paid family leave.

Simon, who has relished his role as a party firebrand, said he will propose bills that stand a greater chance of passing.

“It was certainly fun to be the ‘bombthrower,’ the troublemaker,” he said.

“There’s something to be said for that, but it’s actually a lot more fun to have the opportunity to be able to solve people’s problems and improve the quality of life here.”

NEXT WEEK: Coverage of proposals by other local legislators.

“It is important to us that we hang on to the aesthetic of 1st Stage, which has always been about intimate theater,” Levy said. “But we are growing and are looking for something in the 15,000- to 20,000square-foot range.”

The company would like to have a theater with about 150 seats and ceilings at least 20 feet tall to accommodate lighting and other equipment. Ideally, the new space would allow for more flexible seat-

ing arrangements than 1st Stage currently has.

The space could be underground, which would be sound-proof and allow property owners to rent some of their most difficult-to-lease space, Levy said.

“One of the things that’s exciting about 1st Stage is that you can see the same actors that you’d see at Arena Stage or the Kennedy Center or Studio Theatre, but you’re this close to them,” he said.

“We don’t want to lose that aesthetic. As we grow, we want to keep that relationship between performer and audience the same.”

Wall echoed those sentiments.

“I feel like we’re in a position to introduce broader sections of our communities to the magic and power of an intimate theater setting [and challenge] the idea that really big spaces make better theater,” she said.

Madison High School club hockey player Jeff Hunter moves the puck in a recent game.

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School seniors Maddie Heilbrun, Isabella Gati and Jacey Albaugh signed letters of intent to play at the collegiate level next year.

Heilbrun will swim at Harvard University, Gati will swim for the University of Kentucky and Albaugh will ride for the Texas Christian University Equestrian team.

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January 2, 1936: n F.W. Richardson, known to all as “Uncle Tude,” is retiring after 55 years as Fairfax County Clerk. His father held the post for 50 years before that, marking a continuous 105-year period of family service dating back to 1830. n U.S. Rep. Howard Smith wants Congress to decide, once and for all, on the boundary between Virginia and the District of Columbia.

1. Hose woes 6. Bag to Coco Chanel 9. Dart 13. Dam 14. *Public-health research org.

15. Pageant prize 16. Not slouching 17. Gershwin brother 18. Slide to open 19. *Exertion session 21. *Lack of this can lead to sickness and weakness 23. Partaker’s pronoun 24. E-mailed 25. Employment 28. Homemade swing seat 30. Wacko one 35. Second-hand 37. First rate 39. Crossbeam 40. International Civil Aviation Org. 41. *Blood pump 43. Military no-show 44. Editor’s insertion mark 46. Affect emotionally 47. Raise the roof 48. Lands 50. “Put a lid ____ ____!”

52. ____ and don’ts 53. Regular attendee 55. *Do it to fruits and veggies 57. *Important healthy lifestyle unit 61. Nonsensical 65. Courtroom excuse

December 30, 1942: n The Sun’s editor tells readers to “forget right now any hopes you may have that the war will end in 1943,” and notes that the new year needs to be “the greatest year in our history.”

December 31, 1957: n The Toys for Tots effort brought in nearly 16,000 toys for Fairfax youths this season. n Northern Virginia road deaths for the year total 37, up 50 percent from a year before. n Some activists are still promoting the idea of incorporating Northern Virginia into one big city. n Pope Pius XII has hailed strides in commercial aviation, in a meeting with newsmen. n With 14 college bowl games on the schedule tomorrow, West Virginia University holds onto its top ranking.

December 30, 1961: n Fairfax County was the most smogcongested locality in the region in November, a report says. n Traffic across the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge so far has been well below the span’s 12,000-vehicles-per-day capacity. n Northern Virginia Methodists plan to significantly increase the number of Sunday school programs.

January 3, 1972: n Five new members join the Board of Supervisors this week. One of the body’s most pressing concerns: How to deal with sewage-system limitations that could delay projected growth in the northwestern part of the county. n Gov. Holton is preparing to submit what will be the first Republican budget of the century. But Democrats still hold large majorities in the legislature.

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66. Unit of absorbed radiation 68. Words to live by 69. Java cotton tree 70. Hot temper 71. Spot for waterline marks, pl.

72. Gaelic 73. Typographer’s measurement units

74. Speck in the ocean DOWN

1. A whole bunch 2. Agrippina’s slayer 3. Affirm with confidence 4. GEICO’s mascot 5. Take the first steps 6. Hissy fit 7. *Fresh need

8. Irritate by rubbing 9. Certain Scandinavian 10. Take it easy 11. Pupil’s place 12. Memorial Day solo 15. “You should be ashamed!”

20. Heep of “David Copperfield” 22. Night spot 24. Washington post 25. *Jay Kordich’s favorite drink 26. Extinct Italic language 27. Soul patch or chin curtain 29. Fish eggs, pl.

31. Carhop’s load 32. Chewed 33. Convex molding 34. *Kettle____ 36. “Nobody ____ It Better” 38. Ireland, romantically 42. “____-and-true” 45. Mongolian monetary unit 49. Hawaiian dish 51. *Meditative Chinese exercise 54. Ghostlike 56. Tori, sing.

57. Have it and eat it too 58. Banned apple spray 59. “Loose ____ sink ships” 60. Piercing woodwind 61. 15th of March 62. “Go ____ it on the Mountain” 63. *Get moving and don’t remain this 64. C in COGS 67. *Biceps location

Fairfax County Notes FAIRFAX COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Fairfax

County government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day.

FCPS RELEASES DRAFT CAPITALSPENDING PACKAGE: Construction

of three new elementary schools and one new high school are part of Fairfax County Public Schools’ draft fiscal 201923 capital-improvement program (CIP), which totals $814 million.

Slightly more than half that funding already is available, approved by voters in several bond referendums. Most of the remainder will be sought from the public in future referendums.

Among the funded projects are a new elementary school in the northwest part of the county and two modular-addition relocations, as well as planning for a Fairfax-Oakton-area elementary school and additions to West Potomac, Stuart and James Madison high schools. Unfunded projects include a new elementary school near Metro’s Silver Line, a high school in the western part of the county, and five new or repurposed schools.

Funds for renovations at 20 elementary schools are included, as well as four

middle schools and seven high schools.

Funding for capital improvement projects is currently limited by a $155 million yearly cap on school-bond sales, imposed by the Board of Supervisors in order to maintain the county government’s AAA bond ratings. Addition funds for capital improvements come directly from the Board of Supervisors in annual appropriations to the school system.

The School Board will hold a public hearing on the draft CIP on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church.

The School Board has scheduled a work session on Jan. 22, and is slated to vote on the plan on Jan. 25.

POLICE WARN OF PEOPLE SEEKING PET MEDICATIONS FOR PERSONAL USE: Fairfax County police officers and

detectives combating illegal opioid use and overdoses around the county also are facing another battle: misuse of animalmedication prescriptions, officials said Dec. 21.

These two topics may sound completely unrelated to one another, but in fact, some drug users are turning to veterinarians to get their hands on opioids and benzodiazepines, drugs that impact the

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In 2016, Detective Richard Henry from the Franconia District Station worked the department’s first case involving someone who was obtaining prescription medications for his pet and consuming the drugs himself.

This practice, which has been termed “vet shopping,” is being used around the country by people who abuse or misuse prescription pills. The detective since has worked a second case involving a similar scenario.

Clues someone may be a veterinarian shopper include: • New patients bringing in seriously injured animals.

• Describing symptoms that seem inconsistent with the exam.

• Describing symptoms requiring specific medications.

• Requesting medications by name.

• Requesting early refills of medication.

• Requesting refills while missing appointments.

If you or someone you know needs help to overcome drug dependence, call the Community Services Board at Merrifield Center at (703) 573-5679 to find treatment and recovery services.

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