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Johannah McWilliams of Adobe and J.E.B. Stuart High School student Rasha Alsalahi pose for a selfie with a Thunderbirds F-16 fighter jet on Sept. 15 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. They were among a group of participants, from students to middle-aged adults, who took part in a photo project by Images for Good. See coverage on Page 4. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

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Anxiety increased among some shortly after President Trump was elected last November, but so far the national and regional economies are faring well, even if not soaring as high as Trump promised.

That was the conclusion of Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president of research for the National Association of Realtors, who spoke Sept. 18 at the Northern Virginia AsINSIDE: sociation of Realtors’ annual Fairfax County economic summit. supervisors Consumer confidence, employment opportunities, the decide how to stock market and home sales spend surplus (except for July) have been up – Page 13 since the election, Yun said, Trump’s election also spurred a brief jump in mortgage-interest rates from 3.5 to 4.5 percent. Yun said this could be attributed to the new president’s desire to stimulate the economy or to fears of a budget-deficit increase. Rates since have dropped back to about 3.8 percent, Yun added.

Home construction continues to lag behind the 50year average need for units, as it has done for the past decade, and has been hampered somewhat by Trump’s decision to increase the tariff on Canadian lumber, Yun said.

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Most FCPS Schools Rated as Fully Accredited for 2017-18

Ninety-six percent – 187 out of 194 – public schools in Fairfax County earned full accreditation from the state government for the 2017-18 school year, according to new figures, an increase of 3 percent from year before.

Five schools received partial accreditation: Mount Eagle, Fort Belvoir and Annandale Terrace elementary schools and Glasgow and Whitman middle schools.

Two elementary schools – Mount Vernon Woods and Saratoga – are awaiting final review by the Virginia Department of Education.

The Virginia Department of Education reported accreditation results on Sept. 13.

New Fairfax Superintendent Scott Brabrand said that all schools deserve recognition for working toward improved outcomes.

“We plan to continue to strive for higher levels of excellence as we aim to have 100 percent of our schools fully accredited,” Brabrand said.

Statewide, 1,573 of the commonwealth’s 1,823 public schools are rated as full accredited for the coming year. The 86-percent accreditation rate is an improvement from 81 percent a year ago.

A total of 61 schools received partial accreditation, while 88 schools were denied accreditation. An additional 92 schools are awaiting further review for

their status, and seven new schools received conditional accreditation.

A total of 65 out of 123 school divisions had 100-percent accreditation.

Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Steven Staples saluted students, teachers and staff across Virginia “for their hard work and dedication to helping students meet the commonwealth’s high expectations for learning and achievement.”

For a school to earn full accreditation, students must achieve pass rates of at least 75 percent in English and at least 70 percent on assessments in mathematics, science and history. High schools must also meet graduation requirements.

In June, the Virginia Board of Education preliminarily approved revisions to the Standards of Accreditation that will place increased emphasis on closing achievement gaps between student groups – and continuous improvement in all schools – while providing “a more comprehensive view of school quality,” state school officials.

A final vote on the revised standards by the board is expected in November, state officials say.

Full data for schools and districts, both for the 2017-18 school year and previous years, can be found on the Web site at www.doe.virginia.gov.

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Youth Focus on Photography, Community Service

Air-Show Rehearsal Provides Fitting Backdrop for Students, Joined by the More Seasoned are less lethal.

Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco and Falls Church Vice Mayor Mary Beth Connelly took part in the project, as did several highly experienced photo mentors.

Team members who did not bring digital single-lensJames Madison High School students Jennifer Cruz-Zavala (left) and Yarely Arita (right) were reflex cameras joined by Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco Sept. 15 during an air-show rehearsal at Joint Base either made Andrews in Maryland.

PHOTOS BY BRIAN TROMPETER do with their smartphones BRIAN TROMPETER or borrowed Staff Writer bags full of Canon and They crammed into vans and buses, Nikon gear. walked miles over concrete tarmac under P h o t o a hot sun and endure a constant audio asmentor Jason sault of screaming jet engines.

Herman of It sure beat working or being in Washington, school.

D.C., said he Thirty people, from local high-school hoped to teach students to middle-aged adults, took part the students in a photography project by Images for The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (above left) are photographed by Langley High School junior Gaoyang Ganjin during the about depth of Good at an air-show rehearsal Sept. 15 at Sept. 15 event at Joint Base Andrews. The program was sponsored by the Vienna-based Images for Good. field and phoJoint Base Andrews in Maryland. tographing Tenzin Namgyel, 17, a senior at George crew.

Their objective was not only to take photos of flying machines, but to forge Mason High School in Falls Church, was “Long after the crowds have gone things from different angles.

Herman said he was fortunate to be new friendships and build community, the lead student photographer. home, they’re still turning wrenches,” he “I do mostly portraiture, but lately I’ve told the photo-team members. “You can mentoring an avid photographer, Gaoysaid Kevin Krisko, who heads the Viennaang Ganjin, a 16-year-old Langley High wanted to get into other stuff, like avia- eat off the planes, they’re so clean.” based non-profit group.

“Today’s goal is to set the world on tion photography, landscapes and travel,” The show offered plenty of other air- junior who began shooting three years fire with so much fun,” he said. “You have said Namgyel, who hopes to study film craft for the crowd to inspect. There were ago.

“My family and I travel a lot and it’s been hand-picked to participate in some- and photography at Virginia Common- several kinds of helicopters, small planes wealth University. thing bigger than you.” used by the Civil Air Patrol, KC-135 and always nice to capture everything that we Jayden Seay, a 13-year-old freshman at KC-10 refueling aircraft, an A-10 Wart- see,” he said.

Team members met at spots around the Tim Buckley, student-services director region. Krisko gathered his contingent in Gar-Field Senior High School in Wood- hog tank-killer and a C-5 Galaxy with at James Madison High School in Vienna, Falls Church and doled out red T-shirts to bridge, started taking photos two years its nose rotated upward so gawkers could attended the event with students Jennifer foster team spirit and allow group mem- ago. walk through the cavernous cargo plane Cruz-Zavala and Yarely Arita.

“I want to do more than just camera- and down its tail ramp. bers to find each other thousands of feet “It’s an absolutely unique experience,” phone photography,” he said. “I’m hoping away at the event.

Several gorgeous World War II-era Krisko dispensed key chains with I can find some interesting shots.” planes also were on display, including a Buckley said. “We’re really trying to push Student photographers swung their C-47 cargo plane that saw action on D- more community involvement and learnred nylon tabs reading “Remove Before Flight,” which resembled the tassels on telephoto lenses into action and learned Day, a B-17 named “Memphis Belle,” a ing through experiences and outside the various covers and pins that must be tak- how to track the U.S. Air Force Thun- B-29 nicknamed “Doc” and a B-25 with walls of Madison High.”

The Madison students’ photo mentor derbirds’ speedy F-16 Fighting Falcons the moniker “Panchito.” en off before aircraft can fly.

He told group members to photograph through swooping maneuvers as the pilots Krisko assigned all participants to was Johnny Bivera, who once served as “Remove Before Flight” tabs on planes at practiced for that weekend’s show. photograph a C-130 Hercules, the kind President Clinton’s videographer. After Old hands at these events knew enough of aircraft on which he had been a flight assessing the students’ technical capabilithe show and give the key chains to serties, Bivera then taught them how to tell vice personnel and others doing impor- to bring earplugs; the rest of the crowd navigator in the Air Force. covered their ears during close, roaring tant work.

“It’s only the coolest aircraft in the stories with photos.

“Having a reason to create the imagery Participants later received their own passes. world,” he said, noting he had been on Cmakes for a more motivated and producGroup leaders used their military con- 130s that had landed on ice in Antarctica key chains if they disclosed negative factive day,” he said. “It’s about delving into tors in their lives or communities that they nections to give team members something and grass in Africa. what you don’t know about.” special: a chance to walk up to one of the would work to remove.

The Hercules team members photoRetired U.S. Navy photojournalist Krisko divided the group into seven Thunderbirds’ planes, touch it and take graphed was an AC-130J gunship with Kurt Lengfield urged students to be pasteams, each of which represented different close-up photos of its deep exhaust port, 105mm and 30mm cannons protruding sionate about what they shoot. Subject Armed Services members who had died in long pitot tube on its nose and flag em- from its port side. the line of duty. Teams took shuttle vans blems from all the countries where the jet Airmen staffing the plane said AC-130 matter needn’t be exotic, he added.

“Start in your own back yard,” he to the base, then boarded buses to reach had performed. pilots always turn counterclockwise to Each Thunderbirds pilot is a “rock put steel on target and added that people advised. “There are pictures everywhere. the airfield.

It was the first air show for many of star” aviator, Krisko said, but would not flying standard C-130s also only do left- You’ve just got to find them.”

For more information, visit www.imthe youths and their enthusiasm was pal- be able to accomplish anything without hand turns in combat zones so as not to the team’s diligent, 120-member support divulge to enemy troops that their planes agesforgood.org. pable.

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Our View: Multiple Voting Tiers May Be Problematic

It’s not something that will be crossing the river into Virginia, but more municipalities in Maryland are working to expand voter rosters in local elections.

College Park is the latest to make the attempt; its city council, in a sharply divided vote, last week thought it had authorized the registration of non-citizens. State and federal law limits their participation to local elections only.

(In a twist, city officials weren’t aware that they needed a supermajority – at least six of nine votes – to pass the measure. It fell short, leaving egg on the faces of city leaders when they had to apologize for not understanding their own voting rules.)

Unfortunately for democracy as a whole, localities taking this route are not making the important distinction between non-citizens in their community who have followed the rules for entry (green-card holders and students holding educational visas) and those who are, depending on your place on the political spectrum, known as undocumented immigrants or illegal aliens. Under the College Park proposal, those from all groups would have been entitled to vote in local races.

It seems to us that an argument can be articulated for permitting those with permanent-resident status – not citizens, but still an integral part of the community – to participate by voting in local races.

We’re a little more dubious about those who are in the country to garner an education, but are unlikely to have deeper ties. And we’re particularly dubious about opening the ballot box to just about everyone.

Given our vantage point from across the Potomac, we can’t be sure if the action by elected officials in jurisdictions trying to expanding the franchise was an exercise in saccharine feel-good-ism, or was taken in an effort to fundamentally change the end result of future local elections.

Either way, those who are enacting these types of electoral revisions – or trying to do so – would be serving their communities better if they differentiated, rather than conflated, the various groups of non-citizens in their jurisdictions.

That was not the case in the College Park discussion, and those who arrived in the U.S. by following the rules have every right to be irked about it.

Dig Deeper Before Nixing Confederate Statues Editor: Your Sept. 14 editorial – “On Immigration, Quiet the Rhetoric, Craft a Solution” – was the best, and most accurate commentary I have read or heard from any media source since President Trump’s DACA decision.

The recent letter to the editor from Eric Lynum [“Move Confederate Statues to Museums”] asks the question “What would have happened if the South had

won the Civil War?” I suggest that we ask the question: What would have happened if African tribes never sold their captives to foreign traders? What would America look like today? What would Africa look like today?

The letter from Cindy Hargroves [“Removing Statues Is Not an Assault on History”] says “honor of a losing side has no place in our parks,” yet in the Civil War, brother fought against

brother for liberty and freedom. Which brother should get a statue? If a mother has two daughters and one chooses motherhood and the other chooses paid employment, which one gets the gold star?

Germany and Japan lost World War II, yet we honor them by buying their car models.

Gene Phillip Great Falls

Education Dept. Is Not to Be Trusted on Oversight Editor: While stories about hurricanes and the battles over Confederate statues have been dominating the news, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been busy rolling back protections for students enrolled in private for-profit colleges.

Recently, her department hired Julian Schmoke, a former dean at the diploma mill DeVry University, to head up the Student Aid Enforcement Unit, which was established by the Obama administration to more aggressively combat fraud and deceptive practices at unscrupulous colleges and universities.

Schmoke will be responsible for processing debt-relief claims filled by students who may have been defrauded by one of these fly-by-night, for-profit colleges.

This is an extreme case of the “fox guarding the hen house,” as nearly two thousand former students have filed

claims against DeVry, which has now gone out of business.

As with so many federal policies being rolled back under the Trump administration, state governments must now step up to protect their residents.

We are fortunate that Del. Kathleen Murphy has taken action to protect Virginians from post-secondary education fraud by sponsoring the “Education Transparency Law” that was signed by Gov. McAuliffe a few weeks ago.

The new law requires enrollment agreements to contain important disclosures, including whether the school is under probation in its accreditation or financial aid eligibility and whether credits earned at the school can be transferred to other institutions of higher education.

For many students, these disclosures will provide information they need in order to make a truly informed decision about taking out a tuition loan. Such

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protections will be especially valuable for non-traditional students, such as those in military service, veterans and their families.

With the federal government under President Trump backing away from the regulation of unscrupulous forprofit “educational” institutions such as DeVry (or Trump University, for that matter), we are fortunate to have a delegate like Kathleen Murphy championing the cause of students seeking to better themselves in Virginia.

Kenny Bledsoe Reston

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Board of Supervisors Gives Final Approval to SunTrust Drive-Through in Great Falls BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

SunTrust Bank’s proposal to build a bank with drive-through capacity in central Great Falls received unanimous support from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 12.

The bank will be located at 778 Walker Road in the southeast corner of the Village Centre development. The 38,466square-foot lot now serves as a surface parking area.

SunTrust will build a 3,060-squarefoot bank with a drive-through lane for ATM use only. The site will have 13 parking spaces and eight stacking spaces for the drive-through area.

SunTrust will preserve existing oak trees along Walker Road and provide shrubs and evergreen trees as additional landscaping.

Signage will not be allowed in three of the five windows in the bank’s northeastern corner.

Those window spaces will be used for exhibits of artworks and objects of local historical significance.

The proposal was supported not only by county staff members and the Planning Commission, but also by the Great

Falls Citizens Association, especially with regard to the building’s architectural details, said applicant’s attorney Robert Brant.

The public hearing drew only one speaker, John Roots, who supported SunTrust’s proposal, provided that the new bank did not impede traffic flow into Village Green Day School.

“Access is pretty important to the school,” he said.

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) moved for the application’s approval and added during the hearing that the new bank’s location up until the most recent weekend had been used for the Great Falls Farmers’ Market.

“It’s kind of disappointing in a way, but the applicant has really come through with a proposal I think that is very attractive, very appropriate for the setting,” he said. “I think we’ve got the farmers’ market lined up to go across the street to the Grange, so all’s well in the end.”

Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) supported the application, while noting local residents will have to go to another location to pick up farm-fresh fruits and vegetables.

“I’ll just say, you don’t want to mess with people’s farmers’ markets,” she said.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Hearing on the McLean Community Center’s FY 2019 Budget (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019)

McLean Community Center Governing Board Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.

Residents who wish to speak at the Public Hearing are asked to call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, to be placed on the speakers’ list. The draft budget proposal is available on the Center’s website. Copies will be available at the public hearing.

Written comments may be delivered to the Center’s temporary Administrative Offices (see address below) marked “Attention: Executive Director,” or sent by email to george.sachs@fairfaxcounty.gov. Written comments may be provided after the public hearing up through Monday, Oct. 23.

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FCPS Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists A total of 223 Fairfax County Public Schools students, from 17 schools, were among 16,000 students nationwide to have been named National Merit Semifinalists for 2017-18, and will compete for 7,500 scholarship awards worth $32 million.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology had 145 of the semifinalists.

Semifinalists were selected from the more than 1 million members of the Class of 2018 who took the PSAT/NMSQT qualifying exam over the past year.

Among students from the Sun Gazette coverage area who were named Merit Semifinalists:

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– From Langley High School: Matthew Angles, Jordan Bell, Jean Cho, Shayan Golshani, Karina Holbrook, Dong Kim, Torrey Snyder, Sophia Song, Chenming Wang, Justin Yoo and Ashley Zhang.

– From James Madison High School: Sudharsan Balasubramani, Claire Hogan, Allison Janowski, Revati Joshi, Samantha Lane, Benjamin Liu, Lauren McCormick and Shankar Radhakrishnan.

– From George C. Marshall High School: Oliver Church, Donald Daniel, Mikayla Huffman, Isaac Karachunsky, Grant Martin, Holly Waters and Shaun Yu. – From McLean High School: Hannah Alexander, Royce Kang, Bradley Kim,

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Prices Up, Sales Softer in August Real Estate Report

Home sales were down but prices were up as the Fairfax real estate market in August dealt with tightening inventory, particularly in the lower half of the market.

A total of 1,459 properties went to closing during the month, according to figures reported Sept. 12 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. That’s down 6.5 percent from the 1,561 transactions reported in August 2016.

The average sales price of all homes that sold during the month rose just under 3 percent to $568,769 from a year before, although that was due in part to a larger percentage of single-family homes in the overall mix.

Among the three segments of the market: • The average sales price of single-family homes was up 2.8 percent to $742,000.

• The average sales price of attached homes, such as townhouses or rowhouses, was up 0.8 percent to $381,452.

• The average sales price of condominiums was up 9.5 percent to $295,288.

A total of 111 properties changed hands for more than $1 million.

Add up the sales and prices, and total sales volume across Fairfax County for the month stood at $829.8 million, a decline of 3.8 percent from a year before.

Homes that went to closing in August spent an average of 42 days between listing and ratified sales contract, an improvement from 49 days a year before, and garnered 97.5 percent of original listing price, up from 97.2 percent.

Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 927 cases, followed by VA-backed loans (173) and cash (165).

At the end of the month, there were 3,106 properties on the market, down 9.5 percent from a year before.

Where is the market headed? While the number of homes coming under contract in August was up compared to a year before, the total number of pending sales was down, so it’s a mixed message being sent.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. August 2017 figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

Lack of Inventory for First-Timers Remains Issue in N.Va. Homes Market: With first-time, entry-level prospective purchasers finding their options limited, the Northern Virginia real estate market either took a breather or – depending on your perspective – lost some steam in August.

While average prices were up among all types of houses, year-over-year sales declined just over 4 percent to 2,018 in August, according to figures reported Sept. 12 by the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR).

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

“The missing ingredient in a full housing recovery, locally and nationally, is

housing inventory for first-time homebuyers, and our region feels the pinch,” said NVAR CEO Ryan Conrad.

The figures bear him out: With 4,217 homes on the market at the end of the month, overall inventory is down about 7.6 percent from a year before. And, outside of condominiums, there is virtually nothing on the market under $300,000 and constrained supply under $400,000.

(On the flip side, there were 169 transactions of more than $1 million, and about one in four homes currently on the market in the region is listed in the seven-figure range.)

The average sales price for all homes that went to closing in August across the region was $579,969, up 3.7 percent from a year before. Among various legs of the real-estate stool, average prices were up 3.4 percent to $773,551 in the single-family market; up 2 percent to $410,157 in the townhouse/rowhouse sector; and up 3.2 percent to $331,200 in the condominium segment.

Add up the sales and prices, and the total sales volume for the month of $1.17 billion was down a fraction of a percent from August 2016.

Historically, August tends to mark a turn in the real-estate market across the region, a segue from the more active sales period of spring and summer to the latesummer-to-late-winter market, which tends to be progressively more dormant as the weather begins to chill.

Ann Yanagihara, a Realtor with Century 21 Accent Homes, said there remains a backlog of prospective purchasers who could not find a match in the spring and early summer. While the potential buyers are still benefiting from low mortageinterest rates, they are held back by low inventory and what Yanagihara said remained a competitive market.

Yanagihara said the fall market – a transition between the highs of summer and the lows of winter – could see healthy activity due to the backlog of past potential purchasers, coupled with those new to the market who hope to be in their next home by the holidays or start of the new year.

She may be right, as both the number of homes under contract and those listed as pending sales in August were up from a year before.

Homes that sold in Northern Virginia in August spent an average of 42 days on the market, an improvement from the 48 days required a year before, and garnered and average of 97.8 percent of original listing price, up from 97.2 percent a year before.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. August 2017 figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

D.C., Inner Core Sees a Relatively Flat Month: A slight upward tick in average prices helped to offset relatively flat yearover-year sales in the inner D.C. core in

August, leading the real estate market to a very slight increase in total sales volume for the month, according to new data.

A total of 5,073 properties went to closing last month, down 0.3 percent from 5,089 a year before, according to RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS and reported Sept. 12.

Figures represent sales in the District of Columbia; Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland.

The average sales price was higher by 0.4 percent to $520,954, but that was due largely to a bigger mix of single-family homes in the overall sales total. The average price of single-family properties declined 0.4 percent to $630,009, while the average price of attached homes was up 0.7 percent to $419,484. The average price of condominiums was down 1.8 percent to $344,861.

Add up the sales and prices, and the total sales volume of $2.64 billion was up 0.1 percent from a year before.

Homes that went to closing in August spent an average of 40 days on the market, an improvement from the 45 days required a year before, and averaged 97.8 percent of original listing price, up from 97.5 percent.

At the end of the month, there were 9,855 properties on the market, a decline in inventory of about 4.4 percent.

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Fairfax Supervisors Allocate Leftover Budget Funds Fairfax County supervisors unanimously approved a budget-carryover package Sept. 12 that will use leftover funds for reserves, infrastructure, demolition of an aging public-safety headquarters building and other initiatives.

Supervisors allocated $35.81 million for county financial reserves and infrastructure needs, plus $15.4 million to cover demolition of the Massey Building in Fairfax, which has served for decades as the county’s public-safety center. Lawenforcement and fire personnel are scheduled to vacate that structure by the end of the year and move into a brand-new facility located next to the Herrity Building in Fairfax.

Supervisors on Sept. 12 also set aside $1.52 million for the Planning and Land Use System (PLUS) Project and finance 10 positions for the ongoing initiative to improve the county’s land-development process.

In addition, the Board of Supervisors put $500,000 in reserve for gang-preven-

tion efforts and $1.1 million for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board to pay for increased residential treatment and medical-detoxification beds in response to the ongoing opioidaddiction crisis. Board members also put $2.5 million more in reserve for anti-opioid efforts.

Some area residents spoke in favor of the opioid-combatting funds. Jenny Atwood-Lovett, whose brother died from a heroin overdose four years ago, said the opioid crisis is robbing the country of a generation of young people.

“This is not going anywhere anytime soon,” she said of the overdose epidemic.

“It’s not a matter of if we put the resources into it, but when.”

John Briggs, whose 21-year-old son died three years ago from an overdose of heroin laced with fentanyl, agreed with that assessment.

“We need to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves,” he said.

“They need our help collectively. They can’t just do it on their own.”

Some who suffer from opioid addiction do so because of physiological fac-

tors they cannot control, said Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D).

“This is not a moral flaw in people,” she said. “This is the way some people are wired.”

Supervisors also set aside $4.89 million for disbursement increases within the carryover budget and $760,000 for other expenses, including $371,000 for the Aug. 29 School Board special election and money for the Fairfax County Park Authority’s summer entertainment series.

The board approved a total of $1.04 million for funding needs and one-time requirements, but under an amendment proposed by Supervisor John Cook (RBraddock) took $50,000 that might have been put toward that amount to cover rising production costs for the Park Authority’s summer concert series.

Board members noted the concertseries funds were a recurring expense instead of a one-time expenditure, which is how county officials prefer to spend their carryover moneys.

“This is creep,” said Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), who voted

against Cook’s proposal. “I would hope that this would not become a habit.”

But a majority of supervisors said the concerts’ community-building benefits made this policy exception worthwhile.

Three members of an organization representing county employees asked supervisors to give those workers some of the carryover funds to make up for missed market-rate salary adjustments in recent years. They also urged board members not to reduce retirement benefits for county employees.

Supervisors acknowledged the speakers’ concerns about pension benefits, but said changes being mulled would apply only to new employees.

“Be wary of any propaganda put in front of you,” urged Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee). “There’s a lot of misinformation out there.”

Critics may allege that county officials spend taxpayers’ money willy-nilly, but the carryover total amounted to just 0.87 percent of the county’s budget, McKay added.

“There is little room for error in our budget process,” he said.

The Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department’s “Fill the Boot” campaign, conducted over the Labor weekend, raised more than $631,000 – the highest total ever achieved by any fire department

in the nation.

The effort raises funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and this year also will support disaster-relief efforts in the wake of hurricanes.

“I would like to thank the residents and guests of Fairfax County who, by opening their car window and generously donating, made this year’s Fill the Boot a tremendous success. We could not do this

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Estate-Caliber Living on a Grand Lot This Great Falls Property Is Highlighted by Lovely Pool Area

Set on a flat, verdant 1.6-acre lot that encompasses a pool and has space for further amenities, this week’s featured property is a testament to good taste in a location – the Estates at Longwood in Great Falls – that tucks you away in serenity while ensuring you are still close to all the features that make Northern Virginia special.

Three levels of exuberant, creative interior spaces are complemented by the exceptionality of the large deck and aforementioned pool. Inside and out, the ambiance is conducive to both family living and to entertaining in style. area, you have access to the rear deck.

The property currently is on the The large family room, with firemarket, listed at $2,399,000 by Laurie place, is another focalpoint, while the Mensing of Long & Foster Real Estate. main level also benefits from a glorious Set on a cul-de-sac, the home is close sunroom and a charming office. to, but a world apart from, Route 7.

Upstairs, the master retreat is a The curb appeal highlights the home’s standout, with plentiful closet space and exterior ambiance, hinting at what will a sumptuous bath. unfold as we explore three levels of exThree additional bedrooms are loceptionality. cated on this level, one en-suite and the The entryway opens to a lovely, soar- others sharing a bath. ing living room, with light streaming Downstairs, the highlights continue in on two sides. Adjacent is the formal with a large, walk-out recreation room dining room, with its curved wall of win- with wet bar, an impressive media room, dows. copious storage and two additional bedThe kitchen is both versatile and an rooms. aesthetic treat – simultaneously a “workThe rear yard, touched upon earlier, INSIDENOVA pocket-sized. horse” and a “showhorse.” Impressive, is designed to provide every amenity Now no matter where you are, indeed. From you the can adjacent breakfast desired for fun and enjoyment. get all your local news, INSIDENOVA pocket-sized. sports, and traffic.

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Facts for buyers Address: 1005 Shallow Creek Place, Great Falls (22066).

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Million-Dollar Locales on Rise Across Nation Almost one in 20 residential ZIP codes nationally meets Zillow’s definition of a “$1 Million Neighborhood,” meaning at least 10 percent of the homes there are worth seven figures, according to a new Zillow analysis.

That equates to 346 new $1 Million Neighborhoods in the U.S. since 2014, as the housing market continues its push toward fully recovering.

Zillow analyzed residential ZIP codes across the country, looking for places where at least 10 percent of homes in the area are worth $1 million or more, making it a $1 Million Neighborhood. About 4 percent of all ZIP codes analyzed had enough $1 million homes to qualify.

There are now a total of 1,280 $1 Million Neighborhoods in the U.S., up from 958 in 2014.

U.S. home values are at a record high as the housing market continues its recovery from the Great Recession.

As a result, an increasing number of ZIP codes are finding themselves on the $1 Million Neighborhood list. West Coast metropolitan areas, where home values have bounced back fastest, saw the greatest increase in the number of $1 Million Neighborhoods over the past three years.

Nearly 74 percent of all ZIP codes in the San Francisco metropolitan area meet the $1 Million Neighborhood benchmark. One in five San Francisco ZIP codes have been added to the $1 Million Neighborhoods list since 2007.

The San Francisco metropolitan area has gained 36 $1 Million Neighborhoods over the past three years, second to New York, which gained 53.

“As home values reach new peaks, $1 million homes are increasingly common, even in neighborhoods once considered middle-class,” said Zillow’s chief economist Dr. Svenja Gudell.

“The U.S. median home value is just over $200,000, but in San Francisco, Los Angeles and other expensive cities, homes are worth much more.”

Not all markets are seeing an increase in the share of $1 Million Neighborhoods. In St. Louis and Cincinnati, where the median home value is nearly $50,000 below the national median, no new $1 Million Neighborhoods were added over the past 10 years.

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Great Falls Studios holds regular exhibits at several local venues and operates an artists’ atelier at 756 Walker Road. The group often participates in local events and will hold its annual Studios Tour on Oct. 20 through 22.

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The McLean Project for the Arts, based temporarily at 1446 Chain Bridge Road while the McLean Community Center is closed for renovations, offers art instruction and regularly hosts exhibits by accomplished artists.

The Vienna Arts Society operates the Vienna Art Center at 115 Pleasant St.,

usiness Organizations: Whether you’re an entrepreneur, small-business owner or a member of a Fortune 500 corporation, the local area has plenty of business groups that participate in community life and advocate for commercial interests.

The behemoth of them is the Tysonsbased Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, which represents about 700 organizations with 500,000 employees and often hosts debates for the state’s most important political races.

The Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce caters to companies in that growing urban center and holds events and programs designed to build business relationships and educate members.

The Vienna Business Association focuses mainly on the Vienna area and often sponsors town events.

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A Leah Peterson, 16, of Tysons (foreground) and Ani Kalousdian, 16, of Vienna practice drawing copies of a human foot during a summer class in the McLean Project for the Arts’ Emerson Gallery.

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B Members of the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 board of directors pose following a Feb. 15 installation ceremony at the Tower Club in Tysons.

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The Greater Merrifield Business association supports commercial enterprises in that suburban area, which has seen considerable commercial and residential growth in recent years.

The Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce is a staple of the McLean community and holds regular breakfast meetings featuring prominent local officials and other speakers.

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offee Shops: The American Revolution was plotted by budding patriots getting suitably energized and caffeinated in coffeehouses.

The Sun Gazette’s readership area is peppered with places to enjoy a cup of joe, read newspapers (yes!), work on one’s laptop computer and socialize with neighbors.

Starting with the obvious, Starbucks has locations in the McLean, Vienna, Great Falls, Oakton and Tysons areas.

Some of these are located within a short distance of one another, so be sure to confirm the exact address when arranging to meet someone!

But smaller chains and individual coffee shops also draw plenty of traffic and

have their own style.

Peet’s Coffee & Tea in Vienna has a modern yet cozy feel with plenty of seating.

Katie’s Coffee Shop, located inside The Old Brogue restaurant in Great Falls, offers a homey atmosphere and frequently exhibits works by local artists and photographers.

Greenberry’s Coffee Co. in McLean is a popular meeting place for all walks of life and has a sizable outdoor seating area for those who wish to sip their java al fresco or merely avoid the crowds inside.

Caffè Amouri in Vienna is a magnet for young people and bicyclists using the nearby Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail.

Starnut Cafe in McLean has a somewhat more formal vibe, a wide food selection and a less raucous atmosphere than some coffee shops.

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Wasabi, located in the lower level of Tysons Corner Center, is a unique expe-

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rience. A conveyor belt carrying scores of Japanese dishes weaves throughout the seating area and tempts diners to grab an entree or dessert.

Chima Brazilian Steakhouse in Tysons has a huge, attractively stocked salad bar, but its main draw is an abundance of meat. Servers move from table to table carve off portions of steak, pork and chicken for customers.

Caboose Brewery in Vienna nominally is located at 520 Mill St., N.E., but many of its clientele arrive by foot or bicycle

from the adjacent Washington & Old Dominion Trail. The brewery offers tasty beer and hearty pub food.

Barrel & Bushel, located at the newly created plaza area at Tysons Corner Center, offers creative American cuisine and a wide selection of beers and bourbon.

L’Auberge Chez François in Great Falls offers authentic French cuisine in a cozy farmhouse setting.

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xotic Cars: Visitors from the nation’s heartland, where sensible sedans and tough trucks are the norm, might gasp upon seeing all the gorgeous. super-expensive machines plying Northern Virginia’s roads.

Tysons is home to many exotic car dealerships, including ones selling luxury brands such as Acura, Audi, BMW, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus and MercedesBenz and Tesla and exotic names such as Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, McLaren and Porsche.

Other dealerships in Northern Virginia also sell Maserati, Lamborghini and Ferrari roadsters.

For the less-well-heeled, there’s no harm or shame in gawking. Car buffs can sate their desires for free at “Cars and Coffee,” held every Saturday (weather permitting) from 6 to 9 a.m. at Katie’s Coffee House, 760 Walker Road in Great Falls.

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formal burial in 1852 and is one of the oldest community cemeteries in Fairfax County.

The 5-acre cemetery sits on a former Confederate fort and is the final resting place of many local residents, including former Vienna Mayors Charles Robinson and M. Jane Seeman and the latter’s husband, Vienna Town Council member Rodger Seeman.

Down to fewer than 225 in-ground burial spaces left, cemetery leaders broke ground Aug. 19 for a columbarium that will accommodate 300 urns.

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11, 2001, terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, horrified the nation and kicked off (still extant) U.S. military action in Afghanistan, a group of local residents led by the late retired U.S. Marine Corps. Col. Peter Hilgartner determined a monument needed to be built to honor the attacks’ six Great Falls victims.

The group built the Great Falls Freedom Memorial on the front lawn of Great Falls Library, located at 9830 Georgetown Pike. Dedicated in November 2004, the memorial consists of a circle of stone pavers with flagpoles on the edge and three distinctive-looking pieces of local stone in the center.

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The site is a frequent locus for events in Great Falls and hosts many ceremonies, including ones for Memorial Day, Veterans Day and, of course, commemorations of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Little about the parade has changed in decades. Police motorcycle crews roar around on their Harley-Davidsons with blue lights flashing, marching bands display their precision and fill the air with music, Scouts show pride in their troops and community, antique cars ferry the grand marshal and other dignitaries, politicians reach out to potential voters just days before the November election and sports-team mascots sometimes make special appearances.

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H Dressed as Prince Charming and Cinderella, Jonathan Bascope and Samantha Crippen ride with Abigail Ham in Karin’s Florist’s spectacularly decorated coach at the 2016 Vienna Halloween Parade.

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nova Health System: If local residents have medical emergencies or a need treatment for all manner of ailments, they’ll likely be treated at one of five hospitals run by Inova Health System. The organization, which employs about 16,000 people and serves more than 2 million people annually, also operates the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Inova Translational Medicine Institute, Inova Neuroscience Institute and Inova Children’s Hospital.

The Inova Center for Personalized Health, located on the former ExxonMobil campus across Gallows Road from Inova Fairfax Hospital, fills a vital business and employment vacuum following the oil company’s decampment to Houston. The facility symbolizes the hopes many business and political leaders have for the region’s future.

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obs: Northern Virginia’s highways aren’t jammed with vehicles morning and night because people enjoy sitting around in traffic. The people surrounding you likely are headed off to work in a region that typically has an unemployment rate far below the national average.

According to figures reported Aug. 30 by the Virginia Employment Commission, Fairfax County’s unemployment rate in July was 3.1 percent, with 629,211 county residents employed and 20,263 looking for work. The national unemployment rate for that month was 4.6 percent.

The region benefits from its proximity

to the federal government in Washington, D.C., which employs thousands of local residents. The Central Intelligence Agency is based in McLean and the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center is located in Vienna.

Despite major cutbacks following the last economic recession, Northern Virginia still receives billions of dollars in federal contracting each year. In fiscal year 2016, companies in the county received $23.9 billion worth of federal contracts, which amounted to 5 percent of the national total and 47 percent of Virginia’s share.

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, which is headquartered in Tysons, strives to entice businesses from around the country and world to set up shop in the county. Eight Fortune 500 companies are based in the county.

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Hickory Hill, located along the short section of Chain Bridge Road between Dolley Madison Boulevard and Georgetown Pike, for a time served as home John F. and Robert F. Kennedy and their families. The latter was at Hickory Hill in November 1963 when he learned President Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas.

Merrywood, a circa-1919 Georgianstyle mansion located on a high bluff overlooking the Potomac River, was the childhood home of President Kennedy’s wife, the former Jacqueline Bouvier, as well as the late author and social critic Gore Vidal.

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tion) “And Then There Were None,” by Agatha Christie; (non-fiction) “How to Cook Everything,” by Mark Bittman.

Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in the Falls Church area: (Fiction) “The Late Show,” by Michael Connelly; (nonfiction) “The Mindfulness Revolution,” by Barry Boyce.

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“Hillbilly Elegy,” by J.D. Vance; “The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,”

by Marie Kondo; “Hidden Figures,” by Margot Lee Shetterly; “The Undoing Project,” by Michael Lewis; and “The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel James Brown.

The top fiction favorites in 2016 were “The Whistler,” by John Grisham; “Night School,” by Lee Child; “Commonwealth,”

by Ann Patchett; “The Wrong Side of Goodbye,” by Michael Connelly; and “No Man’s Land,” by David Baldacci.

These were the most popular books

checked out between July 15 and Aug. 15 this year at five local branches: Dolley Madison Library in McLean: (Fiction) “The Whistler,” by John Grisham; (non-fiction) “Robots: A New Age of Bionics, Drones & Artificial Intelligence,”

by Daniel Wilson.

Great Falls Library: (Fiction) “Interpreter of Maladies,” by Jhumpa Lahiri; (non-fiction) “My iPhone,” by Brad Miser.

Oakton Library: (Fiction) “The Whistler,” by John Grisham; (non-fiction) “The Happiness Advantage,” by Shawn Anchor.

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adison — James and Dolley, That is: Look around the area and some famous names keep popping up everywhere.

James Madison, a Founding Father who served as president from 1809 to 1817, advocated for the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights and has a high school in Vienna and a university in Harrisonburg named in his honor. The section of Route 123 that runs through McLean is named after his wife, Dolley, as is McLean’s library.

Madison and his wife, Dolley, escaped to McLean in August 1814 after the British burned the White House. The Madisons crossed the Potomac River and stayed briefly at Salona, a historic home in McLean that’s now home to the DuVal family.

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Alden – this performing arts venue at the MCC offers year-round professional and community acts. Named for Robert Ames Alden, MCC visionary.

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Claude Moore Colonial Farm – the nation’s only privately-operated National Park; interprets the life of a revolution-era farming family Dolley Madison Boulevard – formerly known as the ‘McLean By-Pass’ - honors Dolley Madison’s flight through the area following the British burning of Washington in 1814 El Nido – the railroad community that developed at the present-day intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Birch Road Firehouse – the Old Firehouse is now an award-winning teen and community center but housed the McLean Volunteer Fire Department -Fairfax County’s first - for many decades.

From this site, MVFD put into service the County’s first: ambulance, paid fireman; aerial platform; minority firefighter; female firefighter.

Hickory Hill – the former home of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, then John F. Kennedy, then Robert F. Kennedy. Recently restored and expanded.

Ingleside – the original name (1906-1909) for the McLean stop on the Great Falls & Old Dominion Railroad, then the name for a stop further west near McLean Central Park Jackson House – the family home and reputed burialplace of James W. Jackson, the first civilian casualty of the Civil War Kirby Road, named for a local mid-19th century family that saw one son fight for the Union and the other for the Confederacy Langley, Lewinsville, Lincolnville – among the historic communities absorbed by the Greater McLean community.

Matildaville – the settlement that developed at the Patowmack Canal in the early 19th century. Remains of the village may be seen at Great Falls Park.

Northern Virginia Odrick’s Corner – an African American community that developed following the purchase of 30 acres there in 1872 by Alfred Odrick, a former slave and carpenter.

Pleasant Grove Church – an 1896 church building that served as a focal point for the local African-American community; currently maintained by the Friends of Pleasant Grove Questions about the area? Visit the McLean Visitor Center, the only such center for any community in Fairfax County Roosevelt – the 32nd President of the United States would often be driven out on Sundays to visit the Great Falls of the Potomac Salona –historic estate owned by Henry ‘Light Horse Harry’ Lee until 1812, who sold it to Reverend William Maffitt. Possible refuge of First Lady Dolley Madison as she fled Washington in 1814. The Smoot family owned it from 1853 until 1951 when it was purchased and restored by the DuVal family. Both families remain active in the community.

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Stewart Udall, then Secretary of the Interior, made major contributions to the preservation of the Potomac Palisades in McLean when plans for high-rise development arose Villa Nuova – this Second Empire mansion, later renamed Maplewood, was the center of the extensive Ulfelder dairy operation. Documented prior to its 1970 razing.

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Events are held at night because evening play is thought to attract more spectators, especially adults who work, generating more revenue. High-school football on Friday nights is the biggest attraction, as is boys’ and girls’ high-school basketball on those same evenings.

During the spring, there was a time not many years ago when girls’ public high-school softball fields were not lit, so games began about 4 p.m. in order to finish before darkness. Those public-school fields are all lighted now. Thus, softball games start at the same time as evening high-school baseball, lacrosse and soccer contests.

High-school tennis courts are the only outside venues that aren’t yet lighted, so matches begin in the afternoon.

More and more youth-league fields and complexes have lights, as well as most Little League baseball and softball venues.

Night games of all levels are so prevalent now, some athletes reach high school and beyond and rarely play a daytime event.

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been more successful over the past dozen or more years than the Oakton Cougars, with Fred Priester being the squad’s head coach that entire time.

Oakton has won 22 or more games for 14 consecutive seasons, has won 17 Concorde District tournament championships since the 1994-95 season, has won seven regional tourney crowns, one state championship, and finished second in the state two other times, including this past season. Overall, Oakton has played in the state tournament nine times under Priester, who has 694 career wins and has been Oakton’s coach since 1994-95.

Since Priester took over as Oakton’s head coach, the Cougars have won 554 games, an average of 24 wins per season.

Countless Oakton players have gone on to play in college, with Jasmine Thomas playing in the professional WNBA.

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One of this fall’s signal callers is senior Carter Bosch of the Potomac School Panthers. Bosch is probably better known as a highly successful and hard-throwing right-handed pitcher for the school’s

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Andrew Margiotta is the Marshall Statesmen’s super-quick junior quarterback, playing the position for the first time this fall and proving hard to tackle.

Other first-year starters are Madison senior John Cothran and Flint Hill junior Miles Thompson. Senior Paul Campo is Oakton’s veteran starter.

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Tysons Corner Center, one of the largest shopping mall’s in the country, has served customers for nearly 50 years. Its offerings include anchor stores such as Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Macy’s and Lord & Taylor, plus a two-story L.L. Bean outlet, an Apple store, a movie theater and many restaurants.

Across Route 123, Tysons Galleria is a high-end shopping center with offerings such as Saks Fifth Avenue, high-end boutiques such as Gucci and Burberry, and well-known restaurants.

to increase vastly the number of people living, working and shopping in the urban zone.

Capital One Bank’s new headquarters building, which is far along in construction just northeast of Route 123 and the Capital Beltway, will be Tysons’ tallest building at 470 feet.

But that title may not last long if supervisors approve The View at Tysons, a massive mixed-use project that would be built just north of the Spring Hill Metrorail station. One of the buildings proposed by developers is an “iconic tower” that would soar 615 feet into the sky – 60 feet higher than the region’s reigning tallest structure, the Washington Monument.

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through Oakton. Its only remnant is a trolley station that now serves as a private residence.

Vienna holds the distinction of being the first place in history where a train was used in combat. A contingent of 668 Union troops and 29 officers with the 1st Ohio Regiment were being transported by train on June 17, 1861, when some troops were dispatched to guard railroad bridges and crossings.

The roughly 300 soldiers still on the train were ambushed by about 575 Confederate soldiers from the 1st South Carolina Volunteers near what is now the Washington & Old Dominion Trail and Park Street, S.E. Six or seven people (the number is in dispute) were killed in the battle before the Union troops withdrew.

All those rail and trolley lines are gone now, but the Metrorail system still demonstrates how important rail is to communities. The system’s Orange Line ends just outside Vienna’s southern border, after having stopped in Dunn Loring, where the station now is surrounded by brand-new mixed-use development.

Metrorail’s Silver Line makes four stops in Tysons before terminating in Reston. A second phase of construction soon will extend that line all the way into Loudoun County, with a stop at Washington Dulles International Airport.

The Silver Line’s presence in Tysons has kicked off an incredible building boom, as those developing properties

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Great Falls recently inaugurated rolltoproof facility with positions for several telescopes. The site, which also has a sundial garden, benefits from dark skies that Great Falls residents jealously guard.

Students at McLean High School, and occasionally members of the public, can take advantage of the school’s recently renovated courtyard observatory, featuring a 14-inch-diameter reflector telescope. The instrument, one of several telescopes at the school, has been used to check out every planet in the solar system and offered spectacular views of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse.

tary School, a fire station, Faith Baptist trees shade the fans behind the homeChurch and homes, Waters Field is home plate backstop. to Vienna Youth Football during the fall, Vienna Babe Ruth and American Legion baseball in the summer and some springtime high-school baseball games.

At 10 a.m. the morning of every July 4, American Legion District 17 holdsLet’s its change the date to Aug. 4 – Aug. 5 since we are closed on Augu baseball all-star game at Waters. Then, 6th. later in the month, the District 17 tournament takes place at Waters as well.

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The restaurant, located at 120 Maple Ave., E., has a decidedly no-frills interior, with formica-covered tables and walls covered with photos and memorabilia including athletic trophies.

Hip restaurants and bars are popping up everywhere for well-heeled urbanites, but the Vienna Inn hews to the town’s working-class, family friendly history.

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Ultimate Frisbee is becoming more popular and more organized. Fairfax Ultimate fosters the sport by providing opportunities to learn, play and teach the game in Fairfax County.

Pickleball is basically tennis played with a Wiffle ball on a smaller court and with a smaller racket. It has become very popular in Northern Virginia, mainly for middle- to senior-age players. The second-annual Mid-Atlantic Open Pickleball Tournament, a doubles competition, will be held Sept. 30 through Oct. 1 at Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington. Last year’s initial tournament consisted of nearly 300 players.

Capital Water Polo, which began in 2011 with only 18 male participants, now offers the sport for boys and girls ages 6 to 18 and has hundreds of players.

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local areas for games and events.

Great Falls, McLean and Vienna all have separate and large Little League programs and their own multi-field complexes, with Great Falls and McLean offering both baseball and girls softball. The town of Vienna has Vienna Youth Softball.

Those jurisdictions all offer youth basketball and soccer and the popularity of lacrosse has exploded in the last 15 years.

Now volleyball has become popular, especially for girls.

There are so many different youth leagues and sports now that finding outdoor field space has become a big problem, along with the availability of indoor time and space for basketball, swimming, ice hockey, wrestling and volleyball. There is increased participation and a limited number of fields and indoor venues.

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The top game-officials organization for football in the area is the Northern Virginia Football Officials Association. For basketball, it’s the Cardinal Basketball Officials Association, for girls’ softball the Northern Virginia Softball Umpires Association and for baseball the Northern Virginia Baseball Umpires Association.

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Town officials originally had expected to have the 50-year-old center back in operation for classes on Sept. 18, but due to contractor delays had to push them back to early October.

While professing herself disappointed in the delay, town parks director Leslie Herman said town residents should view it in a bigger context.

“This is just one final hiccup and in the big scheme of things . . . it’s not the end of the world,” she said. “We know that the completed community center is going to wow the community and will serve once again as a vibrant, efficient, fun community-gathering place.”

The $13 million renovation project is

the most extensive since the center was constructed in 1966, and has added nearly 15,000 square feet of space.

Previous expansions have included an auditorium in 1988 and space for Club Phoenix Teen Center in 1999.

OAKTON LIBRARY TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS WITH COMMUNITY EVENT: The

Oakton Library will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with an all-day celebration on Saturday, Sept. 23.

The 17,000-square-foot, $9.2 million facility, located at he corner of Hunter Mill Road and Lynnhaven Place, opened in September 2007. At its opening, the facility held a collection of about 75,000 books and other materials.

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‘CROP WALK’ GOES VIRTUAL THIS YEAR: The annual Vienna “CROP Walk”

– to benefit Church World Service efforts to alleviate hunger locally and internationally – this year will be a “virtual” event.

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live, but “due to scheduling and changes in local leadership, it was decided to organize an online walk this year,” event officials said. They have set Oct. 15 as the date for hunger awareness in Vienna.

At the local level, funds will support the Committee for Helping Others, which provides a food pantry as well as clothing, furniture and emergency assistance to residents of Vienna, Oakton, Dunn Loring and Merrified.

Participants can register and receive more information at www.crophunger-

CREDIT UNION’S 5K TURNS 25 YEARS OLD: Navy Federal Credit Union’s 25th

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annual 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 beginning at 9 a.m. in Vienna.

Proceeds raised from the event will benefit the Committee for Hellping Others.

For information, call (703) 206-4362 or see the Web site at www.navyfederal. org/5k.

MEMBERS OF GARDEN CLUB TO GATHER: The Ayr Hill Garden Club

will host its first program of the autumn season on Monday, Sept. 25 at Salsbury Spring, a park located at the corner of Windover Avenue and Lawyers Road.

The event will begin with refreshments at 12:45 p.m. followed by the program at 1 p.m. The community is invited.

In case of rain, the meeting will be held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road.

ANTIOCH CHURCH TO HOST COMMUNITY GATHERING: Antioch Christian

Church will host its “Big Saturday” community event on Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to noon at the church, located at 1860 Beulah Road.

The event will feature games, crafts, fellowship and refreshments. The commu-

for the Vienna Police Department’s Cops & Kids Fun Run, to be held on Sunday, Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Vienna Elementary School.

Other events will include a moon bounce, face-painting, live music and demonstrations of police cars, motorcycles and equipment.

The event is free, but registration is required in order to receive a T-shirt and medal. For information, see the Web site at www.viennava.gov/funrun.

OPTIMIST CLUB TO HOST FAMILY FUN DAY TO SUPPORT ANTI-CANCER EFFORT: The Optimist Club of Greater

Vienna will host “Family Fun Day for Growing Hope” on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vienna Town Green.

Events will include refreshments, a live band, dunk tank (featuring Del. Mark Keam), live auction and more. Proceeds will benefit Growing Hope, a non-profit organization that supports local children facing a diagnosis of cancer, and Johns Hopkins Childhood Cancer Research Center.

Admission is free. For information, see the Web site at www.optimistclubofgreatervienna.org.

VIETNAM VETS TO EXPLORE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE: The monthly

meeting of Vietnam Veterans of America will look at the issue of unexploded bombs in Laos.

The speaker, Channapha Khamvongsa, is executive director of Legacies of War, and will discuss her group’s advocacy efforts.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Neighbor’s restaurant, located in the Cedar Lane Shopping Center in Vienna. Dinner is available prior to the meeting.

The community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.vva227. org.

WOMAN’S CLUB SEEKING VENDORS FOR BAZAAR: The Vienna Woman’s

Club is seeking vendors to participate in the club’s 55th annual holiday bazaar, to be held on Saturday, Nov. 11.

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Two Teams Play Better Over Final Five Contests For any sports team, getting off to fast starts to begin a season is important. Finishing strong, though, is maybe even better.

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Defeats Madison For a Big Victory A Staff Report

With victories over the defending 6A state champion and 2016 6A North winner, VOLLEYBALL Region plus another win over one of their biggest rivals, the Langley Saxons are off to a strong start to the 2017 girls high school volleyball season.

Through Sept. 14 action, Langley had an 8-1 overall record. Three of those wins were over defending state champion Kellam, 2-0; defending region champ Oakton, 3-0: and the Madison Warhawks, 3-1, in a big local rivalry game.

Another big win was over perennial state power First Colonial, 2-1. That came at a showcase tournament in Virginia Beach that Langley won with a 5-0 record.

The Saxons’ lone loss was to visiting Stone Bridge, 5-0. Stone Bridge is another annual state power, but in the lower 5A classifications.

Langley returns a number of key Continued on Page 27

Langley High School’s Elena Shklyar reaches to make a dig in the Saxons’ home match against the Madison Warhawks last week. Langley won by a 3-1 score.

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Miscues Costly for McLean; Marshall Now 2-1 DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

With each football team having winless records, a victory was assured by one of the opponents in Franconia on Sept. 15 when the McLean Highlanders visited the Edison Eagles.

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Behind a potent first-half offense, Edison (1-2) was victorious, 19-7, in the non-district high school game. McLean fell to 0-3.

Edison led 19-7 at halftime. Quarterback Peyton Jones threw two touchdown passes and Charles Blake ran for another. Those two led the Edison offense, with Blake having 153 yards in 26

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receptions on six catches and 64 yards rushing. Jones passed for nearly 300 yards.

“Edison made some plays on offense and had some big stops on defense,” McLean coach John Scholla said.

McLean’s touchdown came in the first quarter on an 85-yard kickoff return by Luca Karony and Chris Schram kicked the extra points. Karony had 122 yards in kick returns.

On offense, McLean did not score despite being in Edison territory multiple times, only to have drives stopped by two interceptions, costly penalties, and McLean missed a 31-yard field goal.

“It came down to too many missed opportunities,” Scholla said. “It was situational stuff where we didn’t execute. I

was happy with how our defense played in the second half.

McLean was missing injured twoway starter Carter Govan.

McLean quarterback Omar Varela was 8 of 13 passing for 67 yards and had the two interceptions. Adam Taylor had 52 yards rushing for the Highlanders and Varela had 20. Logan Johnson and Joe Lokke each had two catches.

The Highlanders had 140 total yards and seven first downs. Edison had 379 total yards and one turnover.

On defense for McLean, Ammar Abdelghany had a sack and recovered a fumble, Adam Waters had a sack, Schram broke up a pass and Taylor, Mateus

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Two high school football teams in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas have done just that for a number of seasons now, often securing playoff berths as a result.

In Arlington, the Washington-Lee Generals have been notorious for playing well over the final five games since Josh Shapiro took over as head coach in 2007. In Oakton, the Flint Hill Huskies have done the same for even a longer period of time.

During Shapiro’s tenure, the Generals have a 10-year regular-season record of 29-21 over their final five contests. Four times W-L has gone 4-1 in its last five and has gone 3-2 in four other seasons, earning playoff berths in six of those campaigns.

Each of the last two seasons, the Generals completed the regular season 4-1 in their last five to qualify for the postseason after 0-2 and 1-4 starts.

“Sometimes it takes us a while to get things figured out and everyone in the right place,” Shapiro said. “Then we start playing better and winning more games.”

The Generals are hoping the same occurs this fall, because they lost their first two games.

During that same 10-year stretch from 2007 to 2016, Flint Hill’s record over its final five games is 38-12, with two 5-0 finishes and five 4-1 endings.

The Huskies also have earned six playoff berths during that period.

The 2014 season was the lone campaign Flint Hill did not have a winning record in its final five (2-3).

The Huskies’ strong finishes have come under two different head coaches – Tom Verbanic and previous coach Michael Wright.

Like Washington-Lee, the Huskies build momentum and play better as the season progresses. Those final five games have been the proof.

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This Time, Panthers Make 28 Points Work for a Victory DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

After losing its first two games by allowing 28 points in each football conthe Potomac FOOTBALL test, School Panthers then scored 28 points themselves in game three to earn a victory.

Potomac School (1-2) won the high school contest, 28-21, over visiting Mercersburg on Sept. 16, after trailing 14-0 at halftime. The win came thanks to a

21-point fourth quarter.

The winning touchdown came with 22 seconds to play on a three-yard run

by Tony Del Rosso, who scored minutes earlier on an eight-yard run to help tie the game at 21 after a Nash Lougee extra point.

On that winning drive, quarterback Carter Bosch ran for a first down to keep the march alive on a third-and-10 situation.

Wide receiver Preston Bacon scored Potomac School’s first touchdown of

the final period on a 19-yard pass from Bosch.

In the third period, Bosch threw a 45-yard TD pass to Lougee, who made four extra points.

“The kids didn’t quit and fought the whole game,” Potomac School coach Blake Henry said. “It was most enjoyable to get this win after two close losses.

Now we want to keep it rolling.”

Potomac School fell by 28-14 and 2826 scores in its first two games.

“Carter had a nice second half

[against Mercersburg] and Bacon had some big catches and runs,” Henry said.

“Some things went our way.”

Among them, Lougee recovered his own squib kickoff after the Panthers cut the lead to 21-14. Potomac School then quickly marched down the field and tied the game at 21.

“It wasn’t even an intentional onside kick, it just worked out that way,” Henry said.

The Panthers play at St. Albans at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23.

Emma Lee battled back from a 9-5 deficit to win 10-8 in a tiebreaker. n After losing their opening game, the Potomac School girls soccer team rattled off four straight wins – defeating Bishop Ireton 6-0, with Charlotte White collecting a hat trick. Next, the girls downed Georgetown Day, 5-2. JunYoung Hong scored her first goal of the season, and Courtlynne Caskin tallied two goals.

Victory No. 3 came when the Panthers nipped Bullis, 2-1, in overtime.

Tracey Mills and White scored the goals.

Finally, Potomac School blanked Episcopal, 4-0. Mills and Grace Sherman each scored two goals and Caskin had an assist.

one assist, Tye Williams had two goals and Avi Lamba had one assist.

The teams meet again later in the season.

High School Roundup VOLLEYBALL:

McLean High School senior outside hitter Maddie McArthur earned her 1,000th career kill in action earlier this season.

She helped Maddie McArthur got a ball for having 1,000 kills.

McLean defeat PHOTO FROM McLEAN the Madison Warhawks in a girls match last week.

McArthur has been a four-year varsity standout for McLean. n The Flint Hill Huskies improved to 8-0 last week with road victories over Robinson, 3-0, and Georgetown Visitation, 3-0, and a 3-0 home win over Chantilly.

FIELD HOCKEY: The Langley Saxons are 9-0 so far. Top scorers entering Sept.

14 action were senior captain Carly Britt with 13 goals and two assists, followed by sophomore Courtney Kuligowski with

Football Continued from Page 26 O’Bryan, Brien Celec, Ian Defey and Tem Bullock were in on multiple tackles. n For the second straight game, the Marshall Statesmen (2-1) put together a strong second half to earn a victory, winning 30-14 over the visiting Herndon Hornets on Sept. 15. The game was scoress at the end of the first quarter, but Marshall led 10-0 at halftime.

For Marshall, quarterback Andrew Margiotta led the way. He ran for 180 yards on 21 carries and scored touchdowns on runs of 39 and 12 yards. Margiotta threw a touchdown pass of 23

Volleyball Continued from Page 26 players from last year’s 27-3 team that finished second in the 6A North Region and lost in the state semifinals.

The Saxons’ top returners are senior

five goals, sophomore midfielder Maddie McGaughey with four goals and five assists, and sophomore Mikayla Schoff with four goals and one assist.

“Our team is a solid balance of experience varsity players in new positions and new varsity players,” first-year Langley coach Katie Robinson said.

“Our backfield is grounded by our seniors, Alyssa Glusica, Izzy Hartman, Steph Long and goalie/captain Caroline Britt.”

Langley’s most recent win was 3-0 over Herndon on Sept. 14. The shutout was Langley’s sixth.

GOLF: The defending Mid-Atlantic Ath-

BOYS SOCCER: The Flint Hill boys won and tied its first two games. The Huskies tied Collegiate, 2-2, then outscored Potomac School, 5-4, in a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference clash.

In the win over Potomac School, Alex Shahmirzadi had two goals and

letic Conference tournament champion Flint Hill Huskies are off to a 4-0 start.

Flint Hill has defeated conference rivals Maret, Potomac School and Sidwell Friends in close matches. Ethan Dolin shot 39 to lead Flint Hill and Jack Hoel added a 40.

Potomac School was 1-4 when the week began, with its win by two strokes over Yorktown. n The Madison Warhawks began this week with an 8-1 record. In recent matches, Madison lost to Chantilly, 152-159, in a Concorde District match at Chantilly National Country Club, and defeated Patriot, 149-165, and Battlefield, 149-153, in non-district action.

Madison, Chantilly and Oakton are expected to be the top teams in this week’s district tournament at Twin Lakes in Clifton.

yards to Aidan Platter Also for Marshall, Ethan Chang booted a 31-yard field goal and two extra points, and Brandon Gonzales had a three-yard touchdown run to go with 88 yards rushing.

Marshall rallied from behind to defeat McLean in its previous game. n The Madison Warhawks (3-1) lost for the first time this season, falling to the host Stone Bridge Bulldogs, 35-10, Sept. 15. Madison had defeated Stone Bridge the past two seasons.

In this year’s game, Madison led 30 on a 30-yard field goal from David Louden. Madison’s other score came in the second half on a one-yard touchdown run by Patrick Berry and Louden converted.

Casey Koshuta led Madison with

79 yards rushing and Brandon Walker ran for 23. Berry was 9 of 24 passing for 192 yards, with John Finney having six catches for 128 yards and Johnny Hecht three for 70. Finney had three kickoff returns for 101 yards.

Madison was without starting quarterback John Cothran, who could be out for the season with a knee injury. n The Langley Saxons (0-4) lost to the visiting Potomac Falls Panthers, 37-21, in non-district action Sept. 15. n The host Flint Hill Huskies (2-0) fell behind 7-0 against the Blue Ridge Barons (2-1) Sept. 16, then exploded for a 56-20 victory behind the running of junior tailback Jordan Houston.

He ran for 196 yards on just eight carries, all in the first half, and he scored on runs of 88, 14 and nine yards.

Mark Lewis scored on a 41-yard pass from Miles Thompson (2 of 2 passing for 49 yards) and a 13-yard run. Justice Ellison had a six-yard touchdown run and a 26-yard interception return for a TD, Justin Duenkel kicked six extra points and Matt McClements two.

Also, Thompson (25 yards rushing) had a six-yard scoring run. Duenkel had five touchbacks on kickoffs.

Ellison had a 52-yard kickoff return and Jamarian Hawkins a 33-yard punt return and 33-yard interception return.

Also on defense for Flint Hill, Connor Keegan had two tackles for losses, deflected a pass and had a sack, Xavier Formey had a sack, Trey Rucker had two tackles for losses and Ellison broke up a pass. Elijah Wasson blocked a punt for Flint Hill.

setter Elena Shklyar, senior hitter Allison Franke, sophomore blocker Olivia Franke, junior Jessica Maebius, senior setter Julia Mays, senior hitter Grace Roemer, senior Christy Qian, junior hitter Jackson Friedman and senior Hannah Curtis.

Langley defeated Edison, 3-0, Sept.

14 in its most recent match.

Langley has two upcoming big matches against Yorktown in Liberty District showdowns, faces always strong Robinson and Briar Woods teams Sept.

23 at Robinson, and faces Chantilly.

NOTE: Longtime Langley head coach Susan Shifflett, who has coached the Saxons for 19 seasons, won her 370th career match when her team de-

feated Madison. n Madison began the season by winning the Northern Virginia Volleyball Association tournament with a 4-0 record, defeating Yorktown, 2-0, in the championship match.

Madison has lost to Langley, Stone Bridge, McLean and Yorktown in other matches.

POTOMAC SCHOOL SPORTS: The Po-

tomac School girls varsity tennis team defeated Holton-Arms for the first time in years, winning 4-3. Freshman Pearl Nguyen won at No. 2 singles, freshman Alina Roustamov won at No. 4, and sophomores Katherine Davis and Anna Lerner won at No. 1 doubles. Tied 3-3, the outcome of the match was dependent on the the No.3 doubles team, where sophomore Jodie Kuo and senior

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McLean/Great Falls Notes PUBLIC HEARING SET ON MCC BUDGET: The McLean Community Center

Governing Board will host a public hearing on the center’s fiscal 2019 budget on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the center’s temporary administrative offices, 6631 Old Dominion Drive.

Comments should be related to programming for the fiscal year that starts next July.

Those wishing to speak should call (703) 790-0123 to be placed on the speakers’ list.

Community Center’s annual Harvest Happenings fall festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Luke’s School, 7005 Georgetown Pike.

Children ages 3 to 8 will enjoy entertainment, hands-on activities, farm animals and age-appropriate field games.

Food will be available from Gourmet Delight.

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

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2 DEAD, ONE INJURED AFTER SINGLEVEHICLE CRASH IN GREAT FALLS: A

dead at the scene. Rescue personnel transported another passenger, a 15-year-old girl who had been riding in the back seat, to a local hospital for treatment of lifethreatening injuries.

Detectives from the Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating the accident. It appears that the Infiniti was traveling west on Beach Mill Road when it left the roadway in a northbound direction. It then crossed back over the road toward the south and struck a tree, said police, who continue to investigate the case.

Public-Safety Notes man and woman were killed and a girls was seriously injured Sept. 16 after their car ran off the road and hit a tree in Great Falls, Fairfax County police said.

Police dispatched officers to the 10500 block of Beach Mill Road near Spring Vale Road at 7 p.m. after receiving a report about the single-vehicle crash. Once on scene, the officer located a white 2018 Infiniti Q50.

The driver, Benjamin Wenger, 26, of Annandale, and a passenger, Abigail Ryan, 23, of Great Falls, were pronounced

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Arts will host its annual MPAartfest on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at McLean Central Park.

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Officers responded to the single-vehicle accident at 6:15 a.m. and located a 2014 Kia Optima at the scene. Rescue personnel transported the car’s driver, Shirley Lee Corum, to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The Kia was traveling east on Leesburg Pike when it crossed over the median into the westbound lanes and hit a guardrail, police said. It appears Corum suffered a

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Units arrived on scene to find fire showing from the first and second floors of a two-story, split-foyer-style home.

Firefighters determined that the homeowners were not home at the time of the fire, officials said.

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Economy Continued from Page 1 home ownership, but that rate is at a halfcentury low, spurred by changing consumer preferences and student debt that has tripled in the last decade, he said.

The nation has about 6.9 million fewer homeowners than ordinarily would be expected, and about 16 percent of people between the ages of 25 and 34 still live with their parents.

“I don’t think anyone would say this is the American Dream,” Yun said.

The economic summit, held at the Fairfview Park Marriott in the Falls Church area, also featured views from local economic and transportation experts.

The Washington region has added 83,000 net new jobs in the past year, but many of those have not been connected with the federal workforce, said Terry Clower, director of George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis.

Part of that was due to President Trump’s freezing of federal hiring, which amounted to more of a “cool-down” given the high number of exceptions made, he said.

The region’s economy continues to chug along well, but challenges are on the horizon, Clower said. Pressure to “drain the swamp” – clear out entrenched governmental interests – could change the area’s employment dynamics, he said.

Local leaders should focus on the

Panelists Martin Nohe, Gerald Gordon, Terry Clower and Lawrence Yun talk about regional economic and transportation issues Sept. 18 during the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ annual economic summit, held at the Fairview Park Marriott.

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region’s high cost of living and doing business, and understand the workforce’s changing nature, he said.

Regional governments are issuing about 10,000 building permits annually, but housing needs are significantly greater. Suburbs draw young people once they decide to settle down and form families, he said. “Living upstairs from the bar is not as much fun when you have a 4-yearold in tow,” Clower said.

Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (EDA), made a push for increased recruitment of companies to the region. Businesses tend to pay more in taxes than they absorb in public services, unlike residential taxpayers, he noted.

About 18 million square feet of Fairfax County’s 120 million square feet of office space is vacant and the EDA is trying to remedy the situation. That task has become more difficult because companies

decades ago needed about 265 square feet of space per employee, but now often need only 80 to 100 square feet, he said.

Normal economic laws of supply and demand apparently do not apply to Tysons office space. Rental rates there are staying high because companies are moving in a “flight to quality” from older office space to newly constructed buildings with modern amenities, Gordon said.

As a result, about 800,000 square feet of obsolete office space has been demolished and will be replaced with better offerings, he added.

Fairfax County’s demographics are shifting significantly, the EDA president said. While the county was only 4 percent non-white in 1960, it now has 48-percent minority population base and soon will become a majority-minority jurisdiction.

“Residents come here because they want their children to grow up in a diverse community,” Gordon said.

Martin Nohe, a Prince William Board of County Supervisors member who also serves as president of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, discussed transportation challenges.

While the NVTA can allot $300 million per year worth of tax revenues toward vital transportation projects, officials have identified 358 projects costing $44.1 billion that need to be completed by 2040, he said.

Transportation projects used to be green-lighted based on who held the most political power, but nowadays such initiatives are approved following cost/benefit analyses, he said.

Some commuters now are taking a broader view as to which initiatives should move forward, Nohe added.

“People are starting to understand that their particular commuting route may not be the highest transportation priority in the region,” he said.

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China 65. Belonging to you and me 67. Tennis great Chris ____ 68. Like anchor aweigh 69. Springsteen’s “Born in the ____” 70. Join companies 71. *Deathstroke is an enemy of the “___ Titans” 72. ____ Aviv

73. Human necessity DOWN 1. Hat-tipper’s word 2. Paella pot 3. Heidi’s “Magic Wooden Shoe” 4. Temporary tattoo ink 5. Angel, in Rome 6. Editor’s oversight

7. Debtor’s letter 8. Uncooked seafood 9. Like Jekyll and Hyde’s personality 10. *Superman enemy, Morgan ____ 11. Like Andersen’s duckling 12. Perceive 15. “Game of Thrones” vest 20. Sea near Australia 22. It marches?

24. One always busy and moving 25. *“Batman” foe 26. Idealized image 27. Rupert ____ from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 29. *Wonder Woman’s nemesis 31. *Thor’s brother 32. Dump truck quantities 33. End of a poem 34. Camelot to King Arthur 36. Reason to cram 38. Delhi dress 42. Early computer language 45. *What villains of the Suicide Squad did 49. “The Murders in the ___ Morgue” 51. Native Am. sacred objects 54. Rainbow swimmer 56. Fictitious prose 57. Love-____ relationship 58. 43,560 square feet 59. Street in Anytown, USA 60. Like word of mouth 61. Fils’ father 62. Strong desire 63. Flight segment 64. Yoga accessory 66. Wear and tear

Fairfax County Notes FAIRFAX NARROWS GAP ON TOURIST SPENDING: Fairfax County again played

the bridesmaid to neighboring Arlington’s bride when it came to domestic-tourism spending in 2016, according to new data.

But the gap between the two jurisdictions narrowed from a year before.

Fairfax County benefited from $3.03 billion in spending among domestic tourists last year, an increase of 3.4 percent from 2015, according to figures reported by the state government.

Fairfax remained one step behind Arlington, which saw tourism spending of $3.11 billion for the year. But Fairfax’s rate of growth was significantly higher than that of Arlington, which showed a 2-percent growth rate.

Loudoun County posted an increase of 2.9 percent to $1.69 billion to retain third place among Virginia’s 133 cities and counties. Rounding out the top five were Virginia Beach, up 6.2 percent to $1.49 billion, and Henrico County, up 3.2 percent to $880 million.

Those five jurisdictions accounted for 43 percent of domestic-tourism spending in the commonwealth during the year, the same percentage as a year before.

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“Virginia’s tourism industry is a critical component of the new Virginia economy, providing jobs for our citizens and funneling millions of dollars back into our community,” Gov. McAuliffe said in a statement accompanying the data.

According to the report, domestic tourism generated $57.1 million in local tax receipts for Fairfax County in 2016 (up 5.5 percent from a year before) and supported 30,800 jobs.

30. About 480 students are expected to be offered admission, with others placed in the “wait pool” for possible offers of admission later.

Thomas Jefferson is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools; students in participating school districts are eligible to apply.

Full information on the application process is available through middle-school guidance offices in participating jurisdictions.

DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR STUDENTS SEEKING TO ATTEND MAGNET SCHOOL: Northern Virginia eighth-grad-

CONSERVATION TRUST PREPS PHOTO CONTEST: The Northern Virginia Con-

ers have until Sept. 29 to get their applications in for consideration as a member of the Class of 2022 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology.

Those who properly submit all materials will be able to move forward in the admissions process, including the opportunity to participate in required testing in November.

Results of those tests will help winnow the applicant pool to finalists, who then will be judged on additional information, including grade-point averages, teacher recommendations and an essay.

Final decisions will be announced April

servation Trust has opened its “Nearby Nature Photo Contest” to submissions.

Photos can include shots of nature, people and wildlife. Each photographer can submit up to four photos.

The contest is open to all non-professional photographers, with prizes for adults in two categories – “the land and water around us” and “urban nature” – plus a separate youth category.

The entry deadline is Oct. 15. For entry details and previous winners, see the Web site at www.nvct.org.

Items of interest from across Fairfax County run each week.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. September 28, 1945: n Go figure: Spring is six months off, but cherry trees have started to bloom across the local area.

September 24, 1957: n Health officials expect vaccines for the feared Asiatic flu to be available in 45 to 60 days. n Fairfax PTAs now have 22,164 members in 60 active units, the largest representation in Virginia. n Flights operated by National Airlines have been disrupted due to striking workers at National Airport and other airports along the East Coast. n At the movies: “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”

September 24, 1962: n The Interior Department has withdrawn its opposition to construction of the proposed Three Sisters Bridge across the Potomac. n The Virginia ABC Board has revamped rules under which alcohol can be given as a gift. n Nearly 30 people were killed on Virginia roads over the weekend, “one of the bloodiest on record.” n Coming off a 7-3 record year, the Madison varsity football squad is looking toward a rebuilding year.

September 24, 1970: n Controversial Deputy County Executive George Kelley has been selected as new county executive by the Board of Supervisors, and S. John Davis has been selected as superintendent of schools by the School Board. n Warmer temperatures have forced utility companies to reduce voltage on electricity delivered to customers. n On TV tonight: Kenny Rogers, Joe Namath, Shirley Jones, Peter Falk and Paul Lynde all appear on “The Dean Martin Show.”

September 24, 1975: n State budget cuts will impact school funding up through the college level, state officials say. n Gov. Godwin says the state government is in worse financial shape than at any other time in his 25 years of public life.

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