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OAKTON KEEPS ITS UNBEATEN STREAK ALIVE! Oakton High School’s Carson Khadka, left, is defended by West Springfield’s Pablo Abad during a non-conference boys soccer game May 6 in Vienna. Oakton won the match, 2-0, to remain unbeaten this season, with the postseason set to begin next week.

See full coverage of the game and other high-school soccer beginning on Page 30 inside.

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The McLean Community Center will close next April for a 17-month-long expansion-and-renovation project, so the facility’s leaders will spend the next 11 months seeking alternate venues for the center’s meetings, classes, programs and

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Fairfax County’s Facilities Management Division is assisting in the search for suitable space, as the center tries to continue its programs and those of the McLean Project for the Arts.

The project also will require the ac-

With Time for Renovation Fast Approaching, MCC Leaders Looking for Temporary Facilities 24 full-time staffers.

“We’re looking at church options, and the American Legion [Post 270] has offered some space,” said George Sachs, the center’s executive director. “Everybody’s as anxious as I am to know where we’re going to be. I can’t commit to anybody yet. The intention is certainly to continue with services. Whatever it takes, keep it

Vienna OKs Developer’s Downtown Proposition

A year and a half after approving creation of the town’s Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zone, the Vienna Town Council on May 9 unanimously approved the first project under the new ordinance.

Vienna Car Wash LLC will replace the current Flagship Carwash at 540 Maple Avenue, W., with a Chick-fil-A Restaurant on the lower level and an enclosed car wash on the upper level of a 42-foottall building.

“This is a wonderful first applicant,” said Council member Carey Sienicki.

“We’ve got our training wheels on. I’m very excited to have this project come into the town of Vienna.”

Following negotiations with the Vienna Planning Commission, the developer scrapped plans to allow motorists using the restaurant’s drive-through to turn left onto a service road in front of the building.

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Derrick Swaak, Peggy Fox, George Sachs, Teri Bennett, Christina Girardi, Del. Marcus Simon, state Sen. Barbara Favola and Bill DuBose participated in the New Dominion Women’s Club’s seventh annual fashion show on May 1 at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in Tysons.

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The New Dominion Women’s Club, held its seventh annual “Spring Fling Fashion Show, Luncheon and Raffle” on May 1 at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in Tysons to support local charities.

“It’s important to do good by supporting worthy causes,” said Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville). “It’s even better when you can do good and have fun at the same time. Today we are all doing good by supporting several worthy causes.”

The club donates moneys raised to local charities. This years recipients include McLean Project for the Arts, Safe Community Coalition, Share Inc. and the Falls Church/McLean Children’s Academy.

“These are truly very worthy causes and the funds raised will be put to good use making our McLean community an even better place to work, live and play,” Foust said.

Community leaders who served as models at the show included state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st), Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd), WUSA9 reporter and anchor Peggy Fox, McLean Community Center executive director George Sachs, McLean Project for the Arts’ educational programs director Christina Girardi, Share Inc. board member Teri Bennett, District Financial Advisors managing director Bill DuBose and Derrick Swaak, chief operating officer/partner at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

The club added male models for this year’s show and held it at Fleming’s, which provided more space, upscale decor and delicious food, said former club president Carol Brunner.

“Every year we change things just a

bit to keep the show fresh and interesting,” she said.

The fashion show is the club’s signature fund-raiser each year.

“We try to bring the community together to support our local charities,” said club president Alina LeMay. “We really appreciated the willingness of our models to help.”

The fashion show’s committee included Elizabeth Bertholon, Carol Brunner, Anne Deger, Kitty Gonzalez, Alina LeMay, Mary Ann Miller, Ignacia Moreno, Joan Murray, Jennifer Salopek and Desi Woltman. Club member Sherri Heile and Plants & Flowers of McLean donated flowers for the show.

The organization began in 1968 when eight women formed the Junior Women’s Club of McLean. The group restructured in 1975 and its members voted in 1991 to become a general club under the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs.

The group then renamed itself the New Dominion Women’s Club.

The club chose to focus its projects on arts, conservation, education, health and home life. It was approved as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2001 and has been honored by the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce as a top volunteer organization.

The McLean-based club promotes, encourages, supports and cultivates the civic, cultural, educational and environmental welfare of the community through volunteer service and financial contributions, all the while providing an opportunity for fellowship among women.

The club is accepting new members.

For more information, visit www.ndwc. org.

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Marymount Celebrates Student Fashion Sense BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Sydney-Lee Murphy models a berry-colored, deep V-neck gown with black-lace and waist trim, designed by Amani Farquhar, during Marymount University’s annual “Portfolio in Motion.”

Hunter Hayes models a cream gown with pink-and-purple veil, designed by Mint Lola, during Marymount University’s annual “Portfolio in Motion.”

Morgan McAlpin wears a dress by Shatha Abulohom while Victoria Walker models an outfit by Benedikte Hatlehol during Marymount University’s annual “Portfolio in Motion” fashion show on April 28.

Seth McDonald, Frank Cable and Michael Jachuku Howard model garments designed by Gabby Jackson during Marmount University’s 2016 “Portfolio in Motion” fashion show.

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Svelte models and precociously cute children plied the runway in colorful and stylish fashions April 28 at Marymount University’s annual “Portfolio in Motion” fashion show This year’s show featured everything from classy formalwear and rakish fashion statements to brightly colored outfits perfect for spring. The works were conjured up by 16 designers, five senior designers and two alumni designers.

Sixteen female models wore the fashions, as well as seven male models and three children.

The subtitle to this year’s show was “Checked In” and hewed to a hotel theme. The stage was decorated as the outside of an oldfashioned, perhaps Art Deco-era hotel, complete with sculptured plants in pots and stacks of luggage off to the side waiting to be hauled in by porters.

Each segment of the show was marked by the moving of a projected elevator’s floor arrow, which rotated clockwise across a semicircle.

Marymount University honored Reem Acra as its 2016 Designer of the Year. Acra, who started her fashion business in 1997, was discovered by a fashion designer while attending American University of Beirut.

Celebrities who have worn Acra’s clothing include Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Halle Berry, Beyoncé Knowles, Eva Longoria, Jane Fonda and Olivia Munn.

Marymount officials bestowed several awards at the ceremony.

Benedikte Hatlehol received the Portfolio in Motion Award and the Best of 2016 Award, Caitlin Halligan took home the NAMSB Foundation Arthur H. Taylor Award for Excellence in Menswear Design, Shatha Abulohom received the Trailblazer Award, first place, and Monique Casimiro took home second place with that award.

The Sister Gabriele Berg Awards went to Gabriella Jackson for fashion design and Delaney Manning for fashion merchandising.

MCP’s Latest Has Comic Flashes, But Then Wears Thin ly named Big Mac. The mastermind’s henchman is a Scot named Todd, who likes to play bagpipes before dispatching his victims.

The mayor (Bob Sams) pops in periodically, usually at moments where the other cast members are engaged in loud, but innocuous, wrestling on various beds.

The mayor’s wife (Marilyn Pifer) ducks her head into doors at the exact opposite times while searching for her wandering husband. She seems curiously ditzy for a political spouse.

Some of the performances are inspired.

Peoples is a riot as Billie, a wannabe cop of questionable competence. She carries a water pistol that looks just like a revolver and comes to the stakeout bearing not one but three huge boxes of doughnuts.

Peoples has great comedic timing and excels at physical comedy as well.

Brendan Chaney obviously is having a blast as Todd, a Scottish assassin with an incomprehensible burr and penchant for bagpipes and kilts.

The other players constantly cannot understand a word the hired killer is saying, but Peoples – in an underappreciated moment – somehow manages a lengthy, verbatim translation.

As Eric, Landsman has the less enjoyable role of straight man, but he has effective chemistry with Goode’s Karen and does a wildly inept impersonation of Todd.

BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

McLean Community Players’ latest show, Paul Slade Smith’s “Unnecessary Farce,” is simultaON STAGE neously hilarious and aggravating.

Directed by Jessie Roberts and produced by Carol Strachan, the play takes place in a hotel where a less-than-brilliant cop, Eric (Scott Landsman), and his assistant, gung-ho aspiring officer Billie (Lynley Peoples), are preparing to conduct a stakeout. Their target: the town’s mayor, who may have embezzled $16 million.

Based on the telephone conversation with an unseen police chief, Eric and Billie are skating on some pretty thin ice, careerwise. They’ve set up a surveillance camera in the opposite room and are monitoring and taping activities there.

The town’s accountant, Karen (Brianna Goode), is ensconced in the other room and preparing to coax the mayor into confessing the theft. Eric checks in on her and we learn he and Karen had an unconsummated fling the previous night.

Eric apparently is painfully shy and oversexed Karen, unbelievably, cannot get dates.

The mayor’s cowardly, nervous bodyguard, Agent Frank (Stephen Wheeler), arrives and provides vital information about a Scottish mob led by the delicious-

Nevertheless, the gun pointing is highly enjoyable during a rotating, four-person Mexican standoff in which the parties climb over furniture. There’s even some chivalry among the combatants!

As a big fan of “Airplane!” and the “Naked Gun” movies, I was sufficiently low-brow and primed to like “Unnecessary Farce.”

The James Bond/Austin Powers artwork on the playbill also whetted my appetite Lynley Peoples and Scott Landsman are among performers in for some old-fashioned riTOBY REIDWAY?IRISH EYES BY TOBY TOBY “Unccessary Farce.” diculous fun.

But some too many of Stephen Wheeler brings madcap forcethe gags were repetitive and overlong, fulness to his role as Agent Frank, who detracting from the play’s many comedic has lost his taste for criminal work.

Goode bares the most skin of any of highlights.

It’s always hard to know how much the actors, yet also supplies a wide range freedom, if any, theater companies have of emotions to her role.

MCP regular Sams is afforded little to tweak and prune their scripts. Less to do as the mayor, but as his wife, Pifer slapstick and tighter dialog would have allowed MCP’s eager and capable players makes a surprising splash.

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Our View: WMATA Must Live Up to Plan

Unlike the panic-stricken, daylong shutdown of the entire rail system earlier this year, leadership of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is at least giving local residents some advance warning of major repair and rehabilitation work that is on the horizon.

Pricey new WMATA general manager Paul Wiedefeld last week rolled out a schedule that will see nearly every section of the region’s rail system impacted over the next months. (Calling the efforts “safety surges” may not have been the best choice of words; nobody wants to hear the word “surge” when electricity is involved.)

It’s not going to be pleasant, although the headline “Service Armageddon” that was atop one story by the pro-Russian, frequently-anti-

American news site RT seemed a little over the top.

With the plan now published, the question will be whether WMATA can meet it. The public has every right to expect that the disruptions will occur when they are supposed to, and portions of the system that are either closed or have singletracking will be back in regular operation when promised.

Another challenge facing the Metro system? Will riders, having made alternate arrangements during periods of disrupted service, come back?

The rail system already is facing declines in ridership, and it appears only leadership at the transit agency is unsure why that has happened.

For the rest of us, it’s obvious: The system has become unpredictable,

unreliable, unpleasant and at times dangerous. It’s no surprise people are fleeing to alternate ways of getting from Point A to Point B, or (in the case of telework) simply staying put.

Even in his efforts to apologize for the inconvenience that would be caused, WMATA board chairman (and D.C. City Council member) Jack Evans seem to be trying to shift the blame to the government entities, from the federal down to the local level, that fund the system.

Indeed, adequate funding for the system is imperative. But as we’ve said repeatedly on these pages, the Metro system deserves no infusion of cash until the region can have full confidence that it is on the right track in first facing up to its own endemic internal shortcomings.

Levy Federal Agencies to Support Metro Service Editor: We agree with WMATA board chairman Jack Evans’ opinion, “Metro needs dedicated funding and a greater federal contribution,” and have a solution for Metro and the area’s transportation woes.

Our proposal is to assess each of the 1,300 federal-government agencies a 1-

percent service charge and to empower the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority by legislating a dedicated tri-state congressional committee that overrides NIMBYism.

The service charge would raise the tens of billions of dollars required to implement the 50-year backlog of unfunded transportation projects.

We encourage local residents to call their members of Congress, demanding the federal government pay up. And call your state legislators, demanding they stop their toll-taxing and insufficient transportation solutions.

David and Laura Miller Vienna

Bennett, Not Comstock, Is in Line with 10th District

Editor: With Donald Trump claiming the Republican nomination for president, U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) now finds herself on the horns of a dilemma: Will she jump on the Trump bandwagon?

Although she has aimed sharply critical comments at Mr. Trump, Comstock has not said if she will support him once he becomes the nominee.

Before the Virginia presidential primary, Comstock endorsed Marco Rubio, who dropped out shortly afterwards.

Now Rubio has overcome his own aversion to Trump’s crudity and bullying,

finding it in his heart to endorse the rival who once called him “Little Marco.”

Will Comstock follow suit?

The outcome of the presidential election in November is important to the people Comstock represents in Congress. Because Trump’s campaign is built on bravado and divisiveness, it’s nearly impossible to know what a Trump presidency means to the region’s social and economic stability.

Meanwhile, Comstock’s record in Congress does not inspire confidence that she could work with any president to advance the interests of Northern Virginia.

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Comstock’s Democratic challenger, LuAnn Bennett, has a moderate agenda that is in sync with the values of Northern Virginia voters.

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MCA Voices Concern About Zoning Plan BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

McLean Citizens Association (MCA) board members on May 4 inveighed against a proposed Fairfax County zoning-ordinance amendment that would ramp up building density dramatically in some areas.

The proposed amendment would increase the maximum allowable floor-area ratio (FAR) to 5.0 in selective areas of Planned Development Commercial and Planned Residential Mixed-Use zones.

Sites not within selective Planned Development Commercial areas could have a maximum FAR of 2.5, up from 1.5, according to an MCA resolution that passed unanimously.

“Many in the county are concerned about this,” said Mark Zetts, who chairs MCA’s Planning and Zoning Committee.

“This a real deal-breaker.”

County supervisors would have the option of allowing an FAR of up to 5.0 in Transit Station Areas and a maximum of 4.0 in Commercial Revitalization Districts and Community Business Centers, if recommended by the county’s comprehensive plan.

Any density changes under the proposed amendment would require a rezoning or an amendment to a previous rezoning, county staff members said.

FAR compares a development’s overall square footage with that of the site

upon which it is built. A property that rises six stories and sits on one-half the overall parcel size would have an FAR of 3.0; a two-story building with the same footprint would have an FAR of 1.0.

Zetts worried that FAR levels as high as 6.0 might be allowed if county officials granted 20-percent bonus density for affordable dwelling units.

“Everybody’s going to want these higher FARs. It’s going to be tough,” Zetts said. “They’re making these changes because they want to put bigger buildings on smaller lots.”

The county now allows 5.0 FARs in Tysons within a quarter-mile of the urban area’s four Metrorail stations, MCA members said.

While such development density may be acceptable near Metrorail stations in various Planned Development Commercial and Planned Residential Mixed-Use zones, that level would apply to all 12 other selective areas in the county – six of which, including the McLean Community Business Center, are located more than 2 miles from Metro stations and not within reasonable walking distance, MCA members said.

Allowing such heavy development densities elsewhere in the county also would disadvantage landowners in Tysons, who pay a service-district tax to finance nonrail transit, road, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, they said.

The entire point of allowing extra-high

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“I know the county staff has drunk the Kool-Aid of urbanization, but not everyplace in Fairfax County needs to be urbanized,” said MCA board member Sally Horn. “There are places where people don’t want to live in high-density developments, and McLean is one of them.”

The Fairfax County Planning Commission has set a hearing on the plan for May 25, with the Board of Supervisors expected to take up the proposal on June 21.

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Republicans Aim for Unity, Pick Challenger to Beyer

Convention Speakers: GOP Cannot Win White House If It Remains Divided SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Of all the words spoken by all the people at the annual 8th District Republican Committee convention, the main takeaway boiled down to this: Without a unified GOP, the White House is going to stay in Democratic hands.

“It’s going to take everybody to row in the same direction,” said state Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Fredericksburg), one of the politicians already angling for statewide posts in 2017 who attended the May 7 convention, which drew nearly 450 delegates to Kenmore Middle School in Arlington.

Unifying the party behind presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may be a hard sell; the New York billionaire fared poorly across the district in the party’s March 1 primary.

Some speakers at the convention avoided even uttering Trump’s name. But others said the mop-topped mogul and TV personality was a far better alternative for the nation than presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

“We need to walk out of here united and committed,” said Sean Spicer, an activist who – if Republicans win Virginia’s popular vote in November – will cast the 8th District’s electoral vote for the party’s nominee.

With the Democratic presidentialnomination process not yet complete, Republicans at the convention had the chance to take shots not just at Clinton, but at Bernie Sanders, as well.

State Sen. Jill Vogel (R-Loudoun), who is seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2017, said the choice being offered by Democrats was “two old people, one who’s a crook, one who’s a communist – an honest communist, but [still] a communist.”

The prospect of Clinton’s nomina-

tion “is a great unifier – for us,” said former Gov. Jim Gilmore, who sought the Re p u b l i c a n presidential n o m i n at i o n but found little interest among voters nationwide.

Charles Hernick won the AcknowlRepublican nomination edging that to take on U.S. Rep. Don Republicans Beyer (D-8th) at the May have a narrow 7, 2016, 8th District path to the Republican Convention.

White House this year, Gilmore said it would be up to leading voices in the state GOP to forge common bonds and focus on electing the party’s nominee.

“Unity is imperative; the challenge of leadership is to draw people together,” he said.

The convention re-elected Mark Kelly of Arlington to a second two-year term as party chairman, and formally nominated Charles Hernick for the uphill task of unseating U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) in the heavily Democratic district.

Ed Gillespie, who seems likely to be the GOP candidate for governor in 2017, speaks at the 8th District Republican convention on May 7.

Hernick, an economist who defeated Mike Webb to win the nomination, acknowledged that “the odds are long” to upset Beyer. But he compared the freshman legislator to a Clydesdale running in the Kentucky Derby: “Regal, but beat-

able.”

“I have the energy, the ideas, the hustle we need to win,” Hernick said, promising a campaign focus on “limited government . . . done right.”

Webb, who appeared at the convention in Army fatigues, positioned himself as the conservative choice for the nomination. Hernick was merely a “Republican version of Don Beyer,” he said.

Delegates, however, went with Hernick, who garnered 78 percent of the vote, based on the weighted scoring used by the

committee, and won each jurisdiction.

But the day’s main focus was on the presidential race, plus the 2017 race for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

“We will restore conservatism to governance in Virginia,” said Ed Gillespie, who is likely to be the Republican nominee for governor next year.

Gillespie took shots at the man who currently holds that post – Democrat Terry McAuliffe – saying the governor’s recent blanket restoration of the voting rights of more than 200,000 ex-felons was a “clear violation of our [state] constitution” and “an affront to every reasonable Virginian.”

McAuliffe, Gillespie said, leads a party that has “the wrong values and priorities” for the commonwealth.

8th District Democrats hold their convention May 14 at Edison High School in Franconia, where they are likely to return fire against Trump and Republicans.

The 8th District includes all of Arlington County and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, as well as a portion of Fairfax County.

Beyer, who succeeded U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) last year, was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in his quest for re-election.

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Dominion Christian School Celebrates Two Decades BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The first impression visitors have upon entering Dominion Christian School’s Upper School campus in Reston is one of serenity and seriousness.

Bookcases sprinkled around the common area have movable ladders to access top-shelf volumes. Students in classrooms engage teachers and each other on topics ranging from history to stem-cell research.

In one classroom on April 4, humanities teacher Toni Bowman glanced at notes written in swooping cursive and coaxed students seated around the room in front of her to expound on the role of rum in colonial America.

The pupils, dressed in the school’s blue-and-green uniforms, took turns outlining the distilled spirit’s economic, political, military and health effects. Some described how sailors added lime to rum, which cured scurvy and made the British navy more effective. Others noted how the locally produced drink lessened colonists’ dependence on British libations.

“Our overarching objective is for students to become thinkers, leaders and collaborators and to think critically,” said Head of School Matthew Mitchell. “It is a very rigorous form of education. We place a feast before students and they can take what they may.”

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An interdenominational private school, Dominion began in 1996 with a lower school, then added a middle school in 2001 and an upper school in 2009. Officials planned an April 9 fete to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the school’s founding.

Mitchell takes obvious pride in the school’s academic rigor. The school’s humanities courses are taught chronologically, so students learn about happening in history, literature and other fields during the same time periods, Mitchell said.

Classroom lectures are minimized, so texts become the primary instructional tools, and teachers draw out students’ thoughts with questions via the Socratic method.

Pupils take two years of Latin and four of Spanish, in part to help them read historical works in the original.

“Students read a lot of primary-source documents and lots of books,” Mitchell said. “They’re grappling with the original opinions and intents, versus textbooks, where someone else has done the heavy lifting.”

Pupils evaluate disparate ideas via the Harkness method, which was developed at prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy, and must take a fine-arts class each year.

“There’s a strong emphasis upon truth, goodness and beauty in classical education,” he said.

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Dominion charges about $13,500 per year for Upper School students and $11,000 for ones in Lower School, but also offers need-based tuition assistance.

Dominion’s enrollment has grown every year and its schools are nearing capacity.

The Upper School’s maximum enrollment is 126 and the Lower School’s is 135.

Lower School principal Janis Pierce will retire this summer after 14 years with the school.

Administrators are considering adding a second section to both schools and perhaps having a larger middle- and upperschool facility within the next five years.

Eventually, they hope to consolidate the Upper and Lower schools on one campus.

School leaders currently are trying to provide more hands-on science opportunities for Lower School students and are switching to the Singapore method of math teaching, which helps students better understand what’s behind the numbers and symbols, he said. Officials also want to beef up the school’s fine-arts, extracurricular and athletic offerings.

Dominion has a low attrition rate and is experiencing much enrollment demand, but officials are taking a measured approach to growth, he said.

Applicants must take the Independent School Entrance Exam, provide grades (if available), list references and undergo a family interview.

The school does not focus on Virginia’s Standards of Learning exams, but its students on average score 1,975 on the SAT exam, or roughly 350 points higher than Fairfax County’s average, he said.

“Our standards are set here and not at the state level by legislators,” Mitchell said.

Sophomore Stephen Edsall, 16, of Vienna has attended Dominion ever since kindergarten.

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Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division on May 6 obtained arrest warrants for a 59-year-old Springfield man for malicious wounding and felony destruction of property after police said he intentionally crashed his vehicle into a McLean restaurant several times on May 4.

County police were called to Silver Diner, 8101 Fletcher St. in McLean at around 12:38 p.m. to investigate a report of vehicle crash with injury.

Officers arrived and found that a sportutility vehicle had struck the building and was on fire. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department personnel extinguished the fire.

Four people reportedly were injured, including the driver of the vehicle, Samuel Ovie Abutoh. Rescue personnel transported three of the injured to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries; the fourth refused to be transported and was treated at the scene.

During the initial investigation, police determined that Abutoh intentionally had driven his vehicle into the building multiple times. When doing so, he struck a 74year-old man from McLean, who was entering the business. Abutoh subsequently was observed pouring liquid on his body and lighting himself on fire while inside the vehicle, police said.

Along with numerous bystanders, onduty 2nd Lt. Jennifer Lescallett, chief flight officer of the police department’s Helicopter Division, and an off-duty county police officer, Brent Moreau, happened to be in the area and quickly responded to the incident. Lescallett rendered emergency first aid to the injured parties, police said.

Officer Moreau was at a nearby location and alerted by a bystander that a possible “active shooter” incident was occurring at the diner. Moreau responded, saw the burning vehicle and determined that it was not an active-shooter situation. Moreau assisted bystanders in moving Abutoh further away from the burning vehicle.

Abutoh remains under the care of a local hospital. Warrants will be served upon his release in coordination with our detectives on the United States Marshal’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.

VIENNA MAN ARRESTED FOR INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH 14-YEAROLD: Fairfax County police detectives on

April 27 arrested a 43-year-old Vienna man on multiple charges after he allegedly had an inappropriate encounter with a student at a school.

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Authorities have charged David Andrew Jones with three counts of aggravated sexual battery, animate object sexual penetration, forcible sodomy and taking indecent liberties with a child by person in a custodial or supervisory relationship.

The suspect’s initial connection began as a family friend to the victim, police said. At some point, Jones acted in the capacity as a tutor/mentor in the premise as of a “life-coach.” Jones works as an employee for a federal-government agency and is not known to work for any school or teach as a private tutor, authorities said.

MAN CHARGED WITH PHOTOGRAPHING UP WOMAN’S SKIRT IN TYSONS:

Fairfax County police on May 1 arrested a 31-year-old Alexandria man who allegedly photographed up a woman’s skirt at a beauty-supply store in Tysons Corner Center two weeks earlier.

An officer based at the McLean District Station began an investigation after police were called to Sephora, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, at around 4 p.m. on April 17.

A woman reported that a man had held a camera underneath her skirt. The suspect was confronted by the woman’s husband and interviewed by the officer, but denied taking photographs of the woman.

After further investigation by the responding officer, including obtainment of a witness account, authorities obtained a warrant against Jimy Cruz Vargas, 31, of Alexandria for unlawful creation of an image of another.

Police arrested Cruz Vargas on May 1 and transported him to the Mount Vernon District Police Station, where authorities served him with the warrant.

MEN SOUGHT IN ARMED ROBBERY OF TYSONS GAS STATION: Fairfax County

police are searching for two armed men who reportedly robbed a gas station in the 8500 block of Leesburg Pike in Tysons on May 1.

The two suspects entered the business at around 9:06 p.m., displayed handguns to an employee, took cash and other property, and then fled. Both men were described as black and were wearing dark clothing and had their faces covered. One suspect was about 5 feet 6 inches tall, the other about 5 feet 10 inches.

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The victim was walking to his vehicle in an apartment complex at around 6:07 p.m. when he observed the suspect taking money from his car, police said.

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Officers, Deputies Lauded in Drunk-Driving Battle BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Police officers, state troopers and sheriff’s deputies are the last people drivers want to see in their rear-view mirrors after imbibing too much, but those interdictions often save the lives of others – and sometimes even the drivers themselves – local leaders said May 6.

Fifty Northern Virginia law-enforcement officers who excelled last year at arresting drunk drivers received recognition at the 25th annual Awards for Excellence in Community Service and Public Safety, held at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly.

The event was presented by the Fairfax County Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP) and the Virginia Program of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

ASAP director Elwood Jones began the program by asking for a moment of silence in honor of officers from the Prince William County Police Department and Virginia State Police who recently were killed in the line of duty.

Christopher Konschak, program manager with Virginia MADD, related several anecdotes of people killed by drunk drivers and said publicizing such incidents leads to behavioral changes.

“You prevent a lot of tragic situations from happening,” he told the assembled

law-enforcement officers.

While drunk-driving deaths declined in 2015, much work remains to be done, he added.

“Until we get down to zero, we haven’t finished,” Konschak said.

This year’s winners, listed by agency, were: Alexandria Police Department: Officer Anthony LaRusso.

Arlington County Police Department: Officer Brett Kooharian.

Fairfax County Police Department: Annette Dodson (position not listed), Pfcs. James Burleson and Hyun Chang, Officers Harrison Gamble and Sameer Khan, and Auxiliary Police Officers Donald Brodie, William Ridgeway and Richard Zhu. City of Fairfax Police Department: Bryan Nelson.

Falls Church Police Department: Officer Kevin Hedden and Pfc. Dmitri Issaev.

George Mason University Police: Sgt. Michael Lighthiser and Master Police Officer Edward Gannon.

Herndon Police Department: Pfcs.

Eliezer Calo and Charles Findley.

Leesburg Police Department: Officer Bradley Schultz.

Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office: Deputies Ruben Cardenas and Glenn Keough.

Manassas Park Police Department: Officer Christopher Koglin.

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Officers Brad Reedy and Ara Post of the Vienna Police Department pose with Deputy Police Chief Daniel Janickey after receiving plaques at the 25th Annual Awards for Excellence in Community Service and Public Safety, held May 6 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly. Reedy arrested 15 impaired drivers last year and Post nabbed 13.

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from an anonymous note left at the table of Kansas City police officers who were dining at a restaurant.

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) spoke in favor of ignition-interlock systems for drunk-driving offenders and praised law-enforcement personnel for combining judgment and sensitivity in their work, all the while being firm with lawbreakers.

WRC-TV anchor Aaron Gilchrist, the event’s master of ceremonies, said officers often begin their shifts wondering how many lives they Officer Brett Kooharian (right) of the Arlington County will save.

Police Department accepts an award from Capt. Darrin “A boring day for you is a Cassedy at the 25th Annual Awards for Excellence in Com- great day,” he said. munity Service and Public Safety. Kooharian last year arWTOP traffic reporter Bob rested 35 impaired drivers.

Marbourg said officers rarely ever encounter people who Prince William County Police Department: Officers Simon Chu, Christopher are happy to see them, and have the unenLaFarree, Jeremy Schenck and Brett Til- viable task of protecting the public from itself. lett.

Marbourg lamented a local automoPurcellville Police Department: Ofbile dealer’s television advertisements deficer Kristopher Fraley and Cpl. Clark picting drivers and passengers dancing in McDaniel. vehicles instead of paying attention to the U.S. Park Police: Sgts. Jonathan Daniels and Adam Zielinski and Officers road.

This especially is important for young Pentti Gillespie, Christopher Gogarty, Greg Harper, David Lamond, Lisa Marie drivers, he said, adding that those who make poor decisions sometimes in quick Weisbaum and Charles Whiteman.

Vienna Police Department: Officers succession receive a driver’s license and high-school diploma, then a toe tag and Ara Post and Brad Reedy.

Virginia State Police, Division 7: death certificate.

Del. Jackson Miller (R-50th), who Troopers Nicholas Casey, Diego Espinosa, Lorenzo Goode, Kevin Fleenor, Adam served as a police officer for 18 years, Hassan, Andre Jones, Tomasz Karbows- highlighted the dangers of law-enforceki, Zachary Koon, Wesley Paul, Michael ment work and said the environment in which officers operate is more hostile toWalton and John Yacek.

Warrenton Police Department: Sgt. day than during the Rodney King riots in Arthur Leeper and Officer Matthew Mc- Los Angeles in 1992.

“Keep your heads up,” he told the auGuirk. dience.

“The majority of Virginians and U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) could not attend the event, but entered Americans love you and support what the winners’ names into the Congressio- you do.” nal Record, event officials said.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes NORTH EAST VIENNA CITIZENS ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING:

The North East Vienna Citizens Association will hold its annual general membership meeting on Tuesday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the Vienna Art Center, 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The event will feature election of officers and a discussion of the planned Vienna Market mixed-used redevelopment.

The community is invited.

‘TEENS ON THE GREEN’ TO FEATURE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES: Club Phoe-

nix Teen Center will sponsor “Teens on the Green,” performances featuring Vienna youth, on Saturday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vienna Town Green.

The performance schedule features Bach to Rock (11 a.m.); School of Rock (noon); Adrenaline Dance (1 p.m.); the James Madison High School Band (1:45 p.m.); and Pat Sommers Rock (2:45 p.m.).

Admission is free. For information, call (703) 255-6360 or see the Web site at www.viennava.gov.

VIENNA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE: In celebration

of National Public Works Week, the Vienna town government will hold an open house at its Northside Property Yard on Thursday, May 19 from 2 to 6 p.m.

Town residents – both children and adults – are invited to tour the property yard, view the heavy machinery and other equipment, and chat with employees who provide essential services. Police and fire equipment also will be on site.

Light refreshments will be served, and there will be hardhats and other items for children.

The community is invited; for information, call the Department of Public Works at (703) 255-6380.

VIENNA ‘SUMMER ON THE GREEN’ SERIES SET FOR BLAST-OFF: The Vi-

enna town government’s “Summer on the Green” concert series, featuring 17 performances, kicks off for 2016 on Friday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m. with the soulful blues sounds of Sara Bennett Swanner at the Vienna Town Green.

Running through mid-August, the concert series features a mix of rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, jazz, swing and beach music.

A complete schedule and additional information can be found on the Web site at www.viennva.gov.

PHOTO SOCIETY HOSTS COMPETITION: The Vienna Photographic Society

will meet on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Oakton Elementary School, with a competition of member-submitted works.

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

CHORAL SOCIETY TO TEAM UP WITH

STUDENTS FOR CONCERT: The Vienna Choral Society, in collaboration with the Mustang Chorus of Mosby Woods Elementary School, will present “Carmina Burana” on Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Vienna Baptist Church, 541 Marshall Road, S.W. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and students, with youth 14 and younger free when accompanied by a paying adult.

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

WELLNESS FAIR TARGETS SENIORS:

The Vienna Parks and Recreation Department will cohost a community health and wellness fair for mature adults on Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Green Acres Senior Center, 4401 Sideburn Road in Fairfax.

The event is presented in collaboration with the City of Fairfax Parks and Recreation Department.

VIETNAM VETERANS TO PRESENT STUDENT AWARDS: Chapter 227, Viet-

nam Veterans of America, will honor winners of the 16th annual Vince Kaspar Awards for Excellence in the Arts at the organization’s monthly meeting, to be held on Thursday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Neighbor’s restaurant in the Cedar Lane Shopping Center in Vienna.

The program recognizes the art and poetry talent of local high-school students.

The community is invited. For information, call Len Ignatowski at (703) 2550353 or see the Web site at www.vva227. org.

AMERICAN LEGION TO HOST BUFFET:

American Legion Post 180 Auxiliary will host a buffet breakfast on Sunday, May 15 from 8 a.m. to noon at the post, 330 Center St., N., in Vienna.

The menus includes omelets, scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes, bacon and more. The cost is $9 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under.

For information, call (703) 938-6580.

OAKTON THESPIANS TO PRESENT ‘PHANTOM’: Oakton High School’s per-

forming-arts department will present “The Phantom of the Opera” May 12-14 at 7 p.m. each night at the high school.

Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

CHURCH TO HOST SPAGHETTI DINNER: Oakton United Methodist Church

will host a community spaghetti dinner on Saturday, May 14 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the church, 2951 Chain Bridge Road.

The event includes spaghetti, salad, beverage and dessert. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children age 3 to 12, $30 for a family. Proceeds benefit local and international mission activities of the church.

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With the cost of basic necessities such as food on the rise, it’s no wonder why more and more seniors are using HECM reverse mortgages to turn their home equity into extra cash for retirement.

However, there are still millions of homeowners who could benefit from this FHA-insured loan but may simply not be aware of this “retirement secret.”

Some people think that reverse mortgages simply sound “too good to be true.” You get cash out of your home, no monthly payments, and you still own your home.

NO MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS?* EXTRA CASH? It’s true, no monthly In 1988, President mortgage payments Reagan signed the FHA Reverse Mortare required with a gage bill into law.

reverse mortgage; the homeowners only have to pay for maintenance, property taxes, homeowner’s insurance and, if required, their HOA fees.

In fact, reverse mortgages took hold when president Ronald Reagan signed the FHA mortgage bill into law over 25 years ago to help senior citizens remain in their homes.

They’re simply an effective way for folks 62 and older to get the cash they need to enjoy their retirement.

Although today’s HECM reverse mortgages have been greatly improved to provide greater protection for homeowners, there are still a lot of misconceptions. For example, many people mistakenly believe the home must be paid off in full in order to qualify for a reverse mortgage, which is not the case. One key benefit of a reverse mortgage is that it automatically pays off your existing mortgage, which frees up cash flow, a huge blessing for those on a fixed income.

“I have been able to repair my home’s foundation that I had been putting off for several years, renish the hardwood oors, paint the interior and will have the exterior painted within a few days.

My house is starting to look like my home again and it feels good.”

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Unfortunately, many homeowners who could benefit from a reverse mortgage don’t even bother to get more information due to rumors they’ve heard. That’s a shame because reverse mortgages are helping many seniors live a better life.

A recent survey by American Advisors Group (AAG), the nation’s number one HECM reverse mortgage lender, found that 96% of their clients were satisfied with their reverse mortgages.

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A HECM Reverse Mortgage increases the principal mortgage loan amount and decreases home equity (it is a negative amortization loan). American Advisors Group (AAG) works with other lenders and nancial institutions that offer reverse mortgages. To process your request for a reverse mortgage, AAG may forward your contact information to such lenders for your consideration of reverse mortgage programs that they offer.

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Schools & Military n Zachary Buffkin, a 2011 graduate of Langley High School, earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration during recent commencement exercises at Shepherd University, where he was a dean’s-list student. n Yubing Mao, the son of Li Mao and Yinghua Chi of Vienna, earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry during recent commencement exercises at Hope College. n Richard Santorum of Great Falls, a student The Citadel, has been chosen for inclusion in the 2016 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” n Spencer Perkins, a senior in The Potomac School’s Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) program, earned third place in the chemistry category at the 54th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, held in Dayton, Ohio, April 27-30.

In recognition of his award, Perkins – who plans to attend Duke University – received a $4,000 scholarship from the Department of Defense.

For more than two years, Perkins has been conducting an independent, collegelevel research project in conjunction with Potomac faculty and outside experts. His work focuses on the development of a new coating for nanowires used in photoelectrochemical fuel cells (solar cells that produce electrical energy and generate clean water in the process of electrolysis).

Perkins progressed to the national competition after winning first place at the regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, held at Georgetown University in March.

Two other Potomac School seniors, Madeline Dubelier and Matt Spencer, also presented their research projects at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, after being awarded third and fourth place, respectively, at the regional finals.

Potomac School science teacher and SERC program adviser Dr. Isabelle Cohen noted, “I am proud of the hard work and professionalism these students have displayed in connection with their research.

The honors and accolades that they have received this year are well deserved.” n Matt Wohlleben of Oakton High School was named the Northern Virginia regional winner in the 2016 Virginia Bankers Association Educational Foundation’s Bank Day Scholarship Program.

After spending a day shadowing at one of the 36 banks participating across the commonwealth, students were asked to write an essay about the experience. Regional winners received scholarships of $2,500.

Wohlleben did his job-shadow with

United Bank. n The Longfellow Middle School Model United Nations club participated in the WashMUN, a conference hosted by Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.

Topics touched on in the conference ranged from developing a global response to epidemics to resolving the ivory-smuggling problem in Africa.

Angeli Mittal received a Best Delegate award at the competition, while Longfellow students receiving awards or verbal accolades at the conference included Maya Pandeu, Aditya Khera, Samanvita Kolachana, Jessica Opsahl-Ong, Jack Lannin, Nico Martinelli, Max Ellis, Daniel Kalish, Rohan Mani, Tyler Jarrett, Karen Song, Noor Scavotto, Da Hyun Kang, Jake Shue and Ryan Shue.

Vikram Bala of Great Falls was part of a team from Nysmith School that placed first in its group at the D.C. Urban Debate League Tournament, while Bhavee Sanghera of Great Falls and Justin Ward of Vienna were a team that finished fourth overall in the varsity division.

Both teams move on to the National Speech & Debate Association’s MiddleSchool National Finals, to be held in June in Salt Lake City.

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LEGALS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-17

TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016/17 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Virginia and the Town of Vienna, Virginia, that at the Regular Council Meeting of May 23, 2016, it is the intent of the Town Council to adopt the following: Proposed real estate property tax rate for Fiscal Year 2016/17 of $0.2250 cents per $100 of assessed valuation which represents an effective tax rate decrease of 3.5%.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vienna Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 4, 2016 beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016-17 for the Town of Vienna, Virginia.

At said Public Hearing any and all interested parties will be given an opportunity to express their views. Copies of the proposed budget will be available for viewing in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular working hours or on the Town Website.

BUDGET IN BRIEF FISCAL YEAR 2016-17

The Public Hearing will be open to the public and the Town Council will permit all persons desiring to be heard an opportunity to present oral and/or written testimony.

GENERAL FUND

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark Town Clerk

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5/12 & 5/19/16 TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council (the “Town Council”) of the Town of Vienna, Virginia (the “Town”) will consider at a Public Hearing on Monday, May 23, 2016, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Amending Planning and Zoning Development Review Fees At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the ordinance.

A copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, CMC Town Clerk 5/12 & 5/19/16

TOWN OF VIENNA, VA. NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Virginia and the Town of Vienna, Virginia, that at the Regular Council Meeting of May 23, 2016, it is the intent of the Town Council, pursuant to authority granted under Section 6.1(a) of the Town of Vienna Charter and Section 15.2-2109 et seq, of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, to adopt an ordinance instituting the following charges for water and sewer service furnished by the Town of Vienna: Residential Water Consumption Charge

Block Structure (Quarterly Basis) 0 – 16,000 gallons $4.98 per 1000 gallons 16,001 – 32,000 gal $5.42 per 1000 gallons 32,001 plus gallons $6..27 per 1000 gallons

Sewer Consumption Charge

0 – 16,000 gallons 16,001 – 32,000 gal 32,001 plus gallons

Residential Base Fee: $15/quarter

$6.09 per 1000 gallons $6.59 per 1000 gallons $7.64 per 1000 gallons

Commercial Water Consumption Charge

Block Structure (Quarterly Basis) 0 – 90,000 gallons $4.98 per 1000 gallons 90,001 – 180,000 gal $5.42 per 1000 gallons 180,001 plus gallons $6.27 per 1000 gallons

Sewer Consumption Charge

0 – 90,000 gallons 90,001 – 180,000 gal 180,001 plus gallons

$6.09 per 1000 gallons $6.59 per 1000 gallons $7.64 per 1000 gallons

Commercial Base Fee: up to 5/8” meter $15.75/quarter All other quarterly charges based upon meter size to remain the same.

Copies of the proposed ordinance are available in the Town Clerk’s Office during normal working hours.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, Town Clerk 5/12 & 5/19/16

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Property Taxes (FY 16-17: $0.2250 per $100 of assessed valuation) Other Local Taxes Permits Fees and Licenses Fines and Forfeitures Use of Money and Property Parks and Recreation Fees Special Service Fees Miscellaneous Revenues Categorical Aid Federal Revenue Interfund Transfers Use of Prior Year Reserves TOTAL REVENUES

PROPOSED FY 2016-17 $10,427,500 6,451,000 206,200 462,500 136,000 595,000 30,000 156,000 3,203,210 113,500 243,410 550,000 $22,574,320

EXPENDITURES Legislative Administration Finance Department Police Department Fire and Rescue Public Works Department Tax Relief Programs Parks and Recreation Department Planning and Zoning Transfers and Reserves TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 420,050 2,752,300 1,545,880 6,291,550 59,710 6,718,470 242,600 3,024,960 821,830 696,970 $22,574,320

WATER AND SEWER FUND REVENUES Use of Money Water and Sewer Service Charges Miscellaneous Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 4,000 7,108,170 125,000 $ 7,237,170

EXPENDITURES Water Services Meter Maintenance and Reading Billing/Customer Service Sewer Services Transfers Equipment Replacement TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 2,704,530 494,680 209,580 2,511,230 1,313,930 3,220 $ 7,237,170

DEBT SERVICE FUND REVENUES Other Local Taxes Use of Money Interfund Transfers Use of Prior Year Reserve Federal Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 2,550,000 6,000 1,014,520 0 35,010 $ 3,605,530

EXPENDITURES Administrative Costs Debt Service TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 300 3,605,230 $ 3,605,530

STORMWATER FUND REVENUES Stormwater Revenue Use of Prior Year Reserves TOTAL REVENUES EXPENDITURES Personnel Expense Program Costs Transfers TOTAL EXPENDITURES TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark Town Clerk

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98,830 325,000 -53,080 $ 370,750 $33,787,770

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The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority captured this photo of the inaugural LAN Peru flight from Lima, which landed May 2 at Washington Dulles International Airport.

NEW FLIGHTS TO PERU, CANADA DEBUT AT DULLES: The May 2 arrival of a

LAN Peru aircraft at Washington Dulles International Airport added another non-stop international destination to the airport’s roster.

The airline has debuted three-flightsa-week service between Washington and Lima, using wide-body Boeing 767 service. A fourth weekly flight is expected to be added over the summer.

To support the new service, the Virginia state government provided a $50,000 grant that will support an advertising campaign in Peru. State officials estimate the new service will add more than 300 jobs and $43 million in annual passenger and airline expenditures to the local region.

Also on May 2, Air Canada began new service, operating three flights daily between Dulles and Toronto Pearson Airport.

“The addition of LAN Peru and Air Canada to the international route offerings at Washington Dulles provides great travel options for our passengers,” Dulles manager Christopher Browne said. “These new routes from the National Capital region better connect Washington, D.C., to Lima and to Toronto through the international gateway at Dulles.”

Washington Dulles offers international flights to 120 destinations in 51 countries, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

October, with 14.4 million international enplanements. Rounding out the top five were Miami International (10.5 million), Los Angeles International (9.8 million), Newark-Liberty (5.8 million) and Chicago-O’Hare (5.8 million). Also ranking above Dulles were Atlanta HartsfieldJackson, San Francisco International, Houston Intercontinental and DallasFort Worth airports.

International flights service about onethird of all passengers traveling to and from Dulles. During calendar-year 2015, a total of 7.2 million passengers from international locations started or ended their journeys at the airport, the 12th consecutive year growth.

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A total of 3.58 million international passengers enplaned at Washington Dulles during the 12 months ending Oct. 31, 2015, according to new data.

That compares to 476,000 international passengers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport during the same time period. (International travel is negligible at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, consisting largely of flights to Canada.)

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We travel to the sumptuous and verdant River Oaks neighborhood of McLean for this week’s featured property, where a classic home is majestically After a welcome in the enchanting set amid nearly a full acre, with mature foyer, with curved staircase, we turn trees towering in the background and left and find the formal living room that extensive landscaping buoyed by a love- spans the entire depth of the home and ly flagstone patio and rear deck. contains the first fireplace.

Versatile traffic flow and attention to The dining room is large and sports detail make this charmer perfect both a bay window overlooking the rear dofor daily living and entertaining in style. mains.

The property currently is on the The kitchen area is well-laid-out, has market, listed at $1,585,000 by Laurie top-quality appliances and access to the Mensing of Long & Foster Real Estate. deck that steps down to the expansive The home is dominant on its lot, giv- patio area. ing it a showplace curb appeal and hintHeaded upstairs, the highlight is the ing at all the amenities that await our creative master retreat, featuring a ceilinspection. Updates to the mid-1960s ing fan, plentiful closet space and full property are many, from the refinished bath. Three additional bedrooms, each hardwoods to the grand kitchen. with ceiling fans, can be found here, as Approximately 3,300 square feet of well.

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er level, along with another bedroom.

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

For information on the home, contact the listing agent.

For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2520.

Facts for buyers Address: 7024 Arbor Lane, McLean (22101).

Listed at: $1,585,000 by Laurie Mensing, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 965-8133.

Schools: Churchill Road Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

U.S. Housing Markets Are Edging Ahead Markets in 119 of the approximately 340 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity in the first quarter of 2016, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI).

This represents a year-over-year net gain of 45 markets.

The index’s nationwide score ticked up to 0.95, meaning that based on current permit, price and employment data, the national average is running at 95 percent of normal economic and housing activity.

Meanwhile, 86 percent of markets have shown an improvement yearover-year, based on a look at the new figures.

“Housing markets continue to recover gradually, edged along by a firming economy, solid job creation and low mortgage-interest rates,” said NAHB chairman Ed Brady, a home builder and developer from Bloomington, Ill. “We expect the housing sector to improve at a slow, but steady pace throughout the year.”

“Among the LMI components, house prices continue to make the most widespread gains, with 324 markets having returned to or exceeded their last normal levels. Meanwhile, 66 metros have reached or exceeded normal employment activity,” said NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz. “Singlefamily permits have inched up to 49 percent of normal activity, but remain the lagging part of the index.”

“More than 80 percent of all metros saw their Leading Markets Index increase or hold steady over the quarter, an important sign that the housing market is heading in the right direction,” said Kurt Pfotenhauer, vice chairman of First American Title Insurance Company, which co-sponsors the LMI report.

Baton Rouge, La., continues to top the list of major metros on the LMI, with a score of 1.54 – or 54 percent better than its last normal market level.

Other major metros leading the list include Austin, Texas; Honolulu; Houston; and San Jose, Calif. Rounding out the top 10 are Oklahoma City; Los Angeles; Nashville, Tenn.; Charleston, S.C.; and Salt Lake City.

Looking at smaller metros, both Midland and Odessa, Texas, have LMI scores of 2.0 or better.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes McLEAN 7-ELEVEN SELLS MILLIONDOLLAR POWERBALL TICKET: The

jackpot-winning May 7 Powerball ticket wasn’t sold in Virginia – but the commonwealth did have plenty of winners, including a $1 million ticket sold in McLean.

That ticket was bought at the 7-Eleven at 6720 Old Dominion Drive in McLean.

It matched the first five numbers and missed only the Powerball number, according to the Virginia Lottery.

It was among a total of 76,512 winning tickets bought in Virginia.

The jackpot ticket was sold in New Jersey and is worth about $429.6 million, according to the lottery.

ANNUAL ‘McLEAN DAY’ FESTIVITIES DRAW NEAR: The annual McLean Day

celebration, sponsored by the McLean Community Center, will be held on Saturday, May 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road.

Activities include live entertainment, food, games, large and small carnival rides and voting for the McLean Community Center Governing Board.

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

The Sun Gazette will have a special section on the upcoming celebration in the May 19 edition.

OPERA NOVA TO HOST FUND-RAISER:

Opera Nova will present a fund-raising “Night at the Opera” on Thursday, May 26 at 8 p.m. at Carderock Falls Manor in McLean.

The event is designed to raise funds for the upcoming production of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha” and to support outreach programs that bring opera to young audiences.

Tickets are $85. For information, call (703) 536-7557 or e-mail mcdm1@verizon.net.

OPTIMIST CLUB TO HOST LAST BARN DANCE: The Great Falls Optimist Club is

holding its last barn dance at White Pine Farms on June 4.

The event will feature a barbecue dinner, live music by Western Electric, cash bar and auction. Dress is casual (high heels discouraged).

The farm is located at 964 Walker Road in Great Falls. The cost is $50 per person.

For information and reservations, email Linda Thompson at 1real.lady1@ mail.com.

ART SOCIETY TO FOCUS ON MINIATURES: The McLean Art Society will

hold its monthly meeting on Friday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at the McLean Community Center.

Nancy Still, an artist specializing in and teaching the painting of miniatures,

will be the featured presenter.

The community is invited.

McLEAN AAUW HOSTS BOOK COLLECTION: The McLean branch of the Ameri-

can Association of University Women will hold a used-book collection on Saturday, May 21 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the SunTrust Bank branch at 515 Maple Ave., E., in Vienna.

Good-condition books, CDs, DVDs, software, children’s books, records and recent textbooks will be accepted. Proceeds from the AAUW’s fall book sale benefit scholarships for women.

For information, call (703) 527-4206 or e-mail aauwbookfair@gmail.com.

TRIO FEATURED AT ALDEN THEATRE:

The “Onstage @ the Alden” concert series continues on Sunday, May 22 at 3 p.m. with a performance by the Boston-based Trio Cleonice at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

The concert is free; no tickets are required. For information, call (703) 7900123 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

GARDEN CLUB PREPS FOR ANNUAL SALE: The Great Falls Garden Club will

hold its annual plant and yard sale on Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike.

Held rain or shine, the sale features healthy, hardy plants donated by club members, along with the chance to meet with club experts and receiving gardening advice.

The yard sale will feature an eclectic selection of new and gently used materials.

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

CHILDREN’S SHOW COMES TO ALDEN THEATRE: The “Onstage @ the Alden”

concert series continues with ArtPower performing “Chicken Dance” on Saturday, May 14 at 2 p.m. at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.

Designed for ages 4 and older, the performance tells the story of Marge and Lola, two barnyard chickens on a mission to win a talent contest and the first prize: tickets to see the legendary Elvis Poultry in concert.

The cost is $10 for McLean residents, $15 for others. For tickets and information, call (703) 790-9223 or see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

TAI CHI OFFERED TO BEGINNERS: Free

tai chi beginners’ practice is held on Saturdays from 8 to 9 a.m. on the outdoor basketball court located behind Dolley Madison Library at McLean Central Park.

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Vienna Continued from Page 1 to be a service road now will have a pedestrian plaza and outdoor restaurant seating.

Indoor diners and car-wash patrons will enter and exit from the same area of the building’s west side.

The new MAC ordinance is aimed at mixed-use development, but does not require applications to offer residential elements, said Vienna Planning and Zoning Director Patrick Mulhern. The new project will offer numerous advantages over the site’s current use, including stormwater-management improvements, he said.

“They’re doubling the retail space – and presumably tax revenues, as a result,” Mulhern said.

Nearly everyone who spoke at the meeting said the new restaurant and car wash would be an improvement over the current facilities at the site. Installing the car wash’s vacuums and collecting trash inside the new building will reduce noise complaints and installing 8-foot-tall fences and masonry walls will deter pedestrian from cutting through the site to reach Maple Avenue, neighbors said.

The nearly 1.2-acre site also will have a 5,000-square-foot vegetative “green” roof.

The public will not be able to access the roof level, town officials said.

One town resident, Ed Henry, did not care for the new building’s appearance, calling it “aesthetically unpleasant” and likening it to structures in Myrtle Beach, S.C. In accordance with urban-style devel-

McLean Continued from Page 1 quisition of temporary meeting spaces to accommodate groups that usually meet at the community center, including the McLean Citizens Association and the center’s Governing Board.

Fairfax County has plenty of vacant commercial space on the market, such as in Tysons Corner, but those spaces tend to be expensive and have parking and zoning-compatibility issues, Sachs said.

Some programs, such as cooking and fencing, might have to be dropped temporarily if suitable venues cannot be found, Sachs said.

Center officials will make use of “every square inch” of available space at the Old

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This artist’s rendering shows a new building at 540 Maple Ave., W., which will feature a Chick-fil-A restaurant and a Flagship Carwash. Town officials persuaded the developer to build a pedestrian plaza in front of the building, and require existing drive-through traffic to turn right onto eastbound Maple Avenue.

opments, the town agreed to let the applicant build 9-by-18-foot parking spaces, versus the 9-by-20-foot ones usually required.

The new development also will have the advantage of uniting the site in one zone, said the applicant’s attorney, Sarah Hall, of Blankingship & Keith PC. Parts of the property now are covered under the C-1 and C-2 commercial zones, plus a sliver in the RS-16 residential zone, town officials said.

As an added bonus, the applicant will put the site’s utilities underground, Hall said.

The application’s only major sticking point involved a pedestrian-activated HAWK (High-Intensity Activated crossWalK) beacon, which the applicant will pay to have installed on Maple Avenue, W., at James Madison Drive. Town of-

ficials had expressed concern about protecting pedestrians traversing the intersection, especially students at nearby James Madison High School.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officials adamantly opposed a standard traffic signal at the intersection, saying it was unwarranted, and because of pedestrian-safety concerns did not favor allowing motorists to turn left onto eastbound Maple Avenue at the HAWK light.

Some Council members and residents worried this would cause additional motorists to use Windover Avenue to reach eastbound Maple Avenue.

The applicant estimated 28 more cars per hour would use Windover Avenue during the peak morning hour. While some at the meeting worried this would translate into 500 more vehicles per day, Council

member Tara Voigt predicted the true figure would be about half that total.

Mayor Laurie DiRocco and Council member Edythe Kelleher said in all their years of ferrying children to and from Madison High, they never turned left onto Maple Avenue from James Madison Drive.

Vienna resident Tim Chapman, who lives on Windover Avenue, said the street’s traffic situation already is perilous.

“The street is a disaster with the cars we have on it now,” he said.

Town officials agreed the MAC ordinance will need some further tweaking.

Vienna resident Paul Ehrman wondered why minimum building setbacks for MAC buildings located next to townhouses were half those afforded to single-family homes. “There’s a fundamental inequality,” he said.

Firehouse Teen Center, but will continue to offer that facility’s already extensive programming lineup, he said.

The community center’s Alden Theatre accounts for plenty of the facility’s attendance and revenue. Officials hope to find another venue where McLean Community Players productions and numerous other shows and presentations can be held.

“The theater is a real difficult venue to replace,” Sachs said. “It’s not something we can go out and find. We’re thinking of doing more programming with schools and senior centers, and using McLean Central Park as much as we can. It won’t be as nice as the Alden Theatre, but we’ll get through [the renovations].”

McLean Community Players “intends on continuing to perform quality theatrical works while the Alden Theatre and McLean Community Center are under

renovation,” said Jerry Gideon, the group’s president. “MCP is still considering possible locations to meet its needs ,and will set its schedule based on the availability of alternative space.”

McLean Project for the Arts officials are reaching far and wide to find temporary space during the renovations, said Susan Corrigan, the organization’s executive director.

“We’re trying to explore all options,” she said. “We’re doing this in concert with the McLean Community Center. We all want to move together and be together.”

Neither MPA’s three upstairs galleries nor its Susan B. DuVal Art Studio downstairs will change during the renovations.

But the project will add a staircase in the lobby that will take community center patrons up to MPA’s galleries and the Alden Theatre’s balcony level, Corrigan said.

Vienna officials currently are undergo-

ing a similar exercise, as the town’s community center has been closed since last fall for its own renovation-and-expansion project.

Vienna Parks and Recreation Department officials found other locations, such as churches and the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department’s Flame Room, for the center’s programs. Town officials also relocated the center’s staff members to rented space at the Cedar Lane Shopping Center.

McLean Community Center leaders hope to put their project out to bid in December and award the contract next January or February. They will work with the contractor to offer programs at the center for as long as possible before having to vacate the building, possibly as late as April, Sachs said.

With luck, the project will be finished by the fall of 2018, he said.

Illiad” and “The Aeneid.”

Junior Micah Cook, 17, of Tysons attended Dominion from kindergarten through eighth grade, then went to public school for ninth and 10th grades before returning to the private school.

Cook had sought public-school experiences, such as prom and homecoming, but distractions in that new environment led him to focus less on academics, he said.

“I loved the small, classical culture” of Dominion, said Cook, who particularly likes his environmental-science class.

“My grades went back up as soon as I got back.”

Chloe Konson, a 15-year-old freshman from Oakton, has gone to Dominion since third grade. The school has small classes and solid student-teacher relationships, she said.

“There’s a great feeling of community because everybody knows each other really well,” Konson said. “I know that I’m ahead of some of my friends who are in public schools with things like writing, reading and time management. [The teachers] also help us focus on our future and what we can do to help ourselves later.”

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Va. Real Estate Market Sees Improvement in 1st Quarter Modest upticks in both sales and median sales prices propelled the Virginia real estate market to total volume of $6.3 billion in the first quarter of 2016, up 2.1 percent from the same period a year ago.

Sales for the January-to-March period across the commonwealth totaled 20,771, according to figures reported by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

That’s up 2.2 percent from the 20,323 transactions reported during the same period in 2015.

First-quarter sales traditionally are the lowest of the year, but the year-over-year increase “indicates that the market continued to grow,” noted the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides data analysis for VAR. Sales increases for the quarter were reported in nearly every geographic corridor in Virginia with the exception of Southside and Southwest Virginia, which saw small declines.

In the Northern Virginia area, sales were up 10.6 percent to 8,550. (In VAR’s accounting, “Northern Virginia” includes both the inner and outer D.C. suburbs as well as a swath running down to Fredericksburg and west to the West Virginia line.)

The median sales price of all homes that sold statewide during the first quarter was $249,000, up 1.9 percent from a year

before and up in five of seven geographic areas, including Northern Virginia. The median price across Virginia tends to run about $30,000 higher than the national median price most months.

“The first quarter of 2016 illustrates continued growth in the residential-realestate market,” said VAR president Bill White. “As the housing market improves, so does the impact on Virginia’s economy.

Growing home sales boost revenue for the state and spending in our communities.”

Virginia Tech analysts said the dropoff in median price from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016 had been unusually small compared to historic norms, and the increase in median price from February to March was relatively high, which “may indicate that for-sale inventory is becoming limited.”

Of homes that went to closing in the first quarter, it took an average of 83 days between listing and ratified sales contract, down from 89 days a year before.

Nationally, the average 30-year, fixedrate mortgage carried an interest rate of 3.74 percent in the first quarter, according to data from FreddieMac, the lowest quarterly rate in a year and down from 3.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Low rates “may have triggered increased sales of more modestly-priced homes in the first quarter,” analysts noted.

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Sports

More on the Web n Soccer and baseball action. n Youth sports roundup.

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Cougars Remain Unbeaten

Teeing Off

Some Playoff Rematches Would Be Fan Favorables Playoffs for high school sports have either begun or are coming soon.

There are a number of repeat matchups involving local teams that certainly would be fan favorables.

Boys Soccer Team Has Five Shutouts

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ALLEN KHA For the Sun Gazette

An unbeaten season continued for the Oakton Cougars on May 6 when the high school socSOCCER boys cer team blanked the visiting West Springfield Spartans, 2-0.

The win was the ninth in a row for Oakton (11-0-1) and the shutout was its fifth this spring, with one regular-season game remaining.

Led by senior right back Tyler Morgan, the Cougars played on the attack early in the match. Morgan often brought the ball up along the right flank before playing through balls to his attacking players running the channels or crossing the ball into the box.

Oakton generated three clear-cut chances in the first 10 minutes, breaking through the visitor’s defense with a killer through ball, but failing to convert one-on-one against West Springfield’s goalie.

Oakton’s pressure eventually paid off in the 15th minute. Morgan, from the right edge of the penalty box, found sophomore attacking midfielder BryContinued on Page 31

After outrunning his defenders, Oakton High School’s KIdus Lemma fires a shot at the West Springfield goal during last week’s non-conference game in the rain.

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Boys Liberty Tennis Matches Have Been So Close DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Flip a coin, because that was probably the best way to determine a winner among the top five or TENNIS six boys high school tennis teams in the Liberty District this spring.

Play in regular-season matches was so tight and balanced, those teams had seven matches that were decided by 5-4 scores. The Madison Warhawks were involved in five of those results.

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this season.

“It’s unheard of. You don’t know which teams will win, because those 54 matches break down different each time,” Adams said.

The standings are so close, two playoff matches between four teams are needed this week to determine which three advance to the 6A North Region Tournament.

The Langley Saxons (13-1) and McLean Highlanders (13-1) meet in one match to determine first and second, while the Madison Warhawks and South Lakes Seahawks will have a showdown to decide third and fourth.

Madison, 9-5 in the conference, has

not qualified for the region for eight straight years, missing by one position each time.

“We’ve been so close, but so far. One of our captains said ‘Eight years is long enough,’” Adams said. “We have been pleasantly surprised and strongly encouraged by our success this season.”

In its most recent match, Madison was nipped by McLean, 5-4, of course.

In the singles matches, McLean’s winners were Ben Keyser at No. 1 and Jing Waid, Andrew Lacaden and Victor Gran at No. 2, 5 and 6, respectively. For Madison, Connor Smith won at No. 3 and Clark Bowden at No. 4. Madison won two of the three doubles matches.

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n Rematches: There could be as many as three, in boys soccer playoffs between the Washington-Lee Generals and defending 6A region and state champ Langley Saxons. WashingtonLee was a state finalist in 2014.

The unbeaten teams played to a 1-1 regular-season tie earlier this spring. n In girls softball, hopefully the Madison Warhawks and McLean Highlanders meet multiple times, with possibly a date in the state final. n Same in girls lacrosse, with tilts between Madison and Langley being at the top of any list, and any game with the Oakton Cougars facing Concorde Conference rivals Centreville, Chantilly, Robinson or Westfield. n In baseball, maybe WashingtonLee and the defending 6A state champ Madison Warhawks could happen upon one another once or twice more.

Would W-L be able to duplicate its big April 26 upset of Madison?

Also, a Marshall Statesmen vs.

Stone Bridge Bulldogs postseason showdown would be on the go-to list, and the same if Langley takes on McLean again. n In boys tennis, a rematch between many of the Liberty Conference opponents would be suspenseful. A number of regular-season meetings have been decided by 5-4 scores. n Here’s one more. The girls softball teams can’t play because privateand public-school teams don’t meet in Virginia playoffs. Yet, maybe the Bishop O’Connell Knights and McLean, both perennial powers and past state champions, can meet again somewhere in an unofficial sandlot pickup game after both seasons are complete. That would be better than nothing. During the regular season, McLean nipped O’Connell, 1-0, when the quality play was as good as it gets in that sport.

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Marshall Clinches First Place; McLean Earns No. 2 Seed DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

With a 5-3 road win over the Edison Eagles in Capitol Conference baseball April 29, the BASEBALL action Marshall Statesmen (14-1, 10-0) won for the 11th straight time and clinched the league’s regularseason title.

Marshall’s Nick Cintron (4-0) started and was the winning pitcher in five innings of work with four strikeouts in the high school contest. He allowed two hits. Jamie Handley threw the final two innings of relief with two strikeouts.

Leading Marshall with the bat was Casey Lauer. He went 3 for 4 with two RBI. Nathaniel Scheinman was 2 for 4 with two RBI and Robert Guenther had a hit and an RBI. Marshall did not play last week because of the rain, having three games postponed.

n By playing one of their cleanest baseball games of the season, no errors and two walks, the host McLean Highlanders defeated the Fairfax Rebels, 4-1, and one of area’s top pitchers on May 5 to clinch the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Liberty Conference Tournament.

The defending champion Madison Warhawks (15-3, 11-1) are the top seed.

Madison did not play last week because of rain.

The Highlanders (13-6, 9-4) scored two runs in the third inning of the high school game to take a 3-1 lead and added another in the fourth.

Junior right-hander Jack Slade started and pitched 51/3 innings to get the win with a strikeout and two walks.

Senior righty Conor Grammes worked the last 12/3 to earn the save. He did not allow a hit or run, did not walk a batter, fanned two and threw just 20 pitches.

“When we hit a little bit, run and play good defense, that’s when we do

well and that’s our game. That’s what we have to do,” McLean coach John Dowling said.

Right-hander Sam Ryan started and pitched six innings to take the loss. He walked five, hit a batter, allowed three earned runs and struck out six.

“We didn’t chase a lot of stuff out of the zone,” Dowling said. “Our plan was to get guys on base and move them.

For us, Slade settled down nicely after a rough start and Conor has been great when he comes in. He throws hard in the zone and has a breaking ball that works.

Jack has been pitching better and longer in games as the season goes on.”

Jon Clines had an RBI triple for McLean, Matt Collins had two hits and an RBI, Grammes had a hit and drove in a run, and Thomas Buckman had a hit. McLean had five hits.

The win came one night after McLean lost 3-0 to visiting South Lakes in a conference game.

n In other Liberty Conference action on May 7, the Langley Saxons nipped the Yorktown Patriots, 4-3, at Barcroft Park in Arlington.

Langley scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning of the Liberty Conference contest to go in front, 4-1.

Senior right-hander Jake Trautwein started and went six innings to get the win. He allowed five hits and one earned run and struck out five. Patrick Bryne earned the save.

Langley had nine hits. Timmy Conforti had three hits and an RBI, Tyler Swiers had a two-run hit, Iain Muir had two hits and Josh McQuaig and Danny Hosley had hits.

The win was Langley’s third in four games with one regular-season contest left to play.

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High School Roundup MARSHALL HIGH SIGNING CEREMONY: Marshall High School held a large

signing ceremony for student/athletes recently.

At the event, 16 Marshall athletes signed college letters of intent in various sports.

Those signing were Steven Johel (baseball, Coastal Carolina University), Nick Cintron (baseball, Cornell University), Nate Scheinman (baseball, Skidmore College), Ben Kerns (baseball, Ursinus College), Justin Han (baseball, Middlebury College), Josh Hurlburt (football, University of Richmond), Tyler White (football, James Madison University), Khrystan Camillo (football, Fairleigh Dickinson University) and Giovanna Borgiotti (volleyball, Florida Gulf Coast University).

Also, Bryce Shelton (diving, Univer-

MADISON FALLS TO LANGLEY IN GIRLS LACROSSE: Madison High Schol’s Car-

sity of Virginia), Sarah Smith (lacrosse, Asbury University), Madison Larsen (softball, George Mason University), Addie Clark (field hockey, Davidson College), Victoria Novak (field hockey, University of Mary Washington), Jack Gieseler (track and field, Bridgewater College), Justin McFaul (track and field, Longwood University).

LIBERTY SOFTBALL ACTION: In Liberty Conference girls softball action last week little changed because few games were played because of the constant rain.

The Madison Warhawks (16-2) remain in first place followed by the McLean Highlanders (16-3).

McLean managed to play one conference game last week, defeating Fairsfax, 4-1,

ly Rogers had three goals in a 14-10 loss to the Langley Saxons. Also, Zoe Dyer and Ashley Go scored two each and Caroline Turner one. Goalie Ellie Socher had four saves.

In another game, Madison routed Hayfield, 20-4, behind five goals from Annabelle Bentley and Shannon Condon scored four times. Andie Battin, Go and Rogers scored two each.

McLEAN HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP: The McLean High School girls

Madison pitcher Katie Vannicola and the Warhawks stand 16-2.

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Soccer Continued from Page 30 an Silver cutting in from the left on a through ball. Silver easily slotted the ball under the onrushing goalie to give Oakton an early 1-0 lead.

The Cougars continued applying the pressure in the first half, generating a handful of chances that they didn’t convert. In fact, the pressure was so relentless that West Springfield did not register its first shot until the 35th minute off a corner kick.

West Springfield grew into the game in the second half, dominating possession in its attacking half.

Oakton continued generating chances on the counter-attack off spells of West Springfield possession, but the Spartans failed to convert until the 72nd minute when Silver cleaned up a poor

Oakton HIgh School soccer players Grayson Timoner and Bryan Silver congratulate one anothPHOTO BY DEB KOLT er after the Cougars scored their second goal against West Springfield.

clearance after Morgan crossed a ball into the box.

Oakton coach Todd Spitalny was quick to emphasize that the game eve-

ning was all about his seniors.

“We didn’t play our best game. We didn’t play well, but that doesn’t matter much. Tonight was all about our se-

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niors,” Spitalny said. “In the first half, we should have been up 5-0 had we finished our chances. We did a decent job creating chances, but didn’t finish well.

That is something to improve on. As a young team continuing to mature, we’ll move on from the game.”

Oakton attempted to complete an unbeaten regular season when the team traveled to South County on May 10.

The Cougars will be the top seed in the upcoming Concorde Conference Tournament. Oakton had a 5-0 conference record. n In girls soccer, the Oakton Cougars began this week also having a strong season with an 11-1 overall record, seven shutouts and a 5-0 mark in the Concorde Conference.

Oakton lost its first game to the Madison Warhawks, 1-0, and has won 11 in a row, including a 3-1 victory over West Springfield in non-conference action on May 6.

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Fairfax Stars Basketball Program Celebrating Its 20th Year DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

This year the Fairfax Stars AAU girls and boys basketball program is celebrating its 20th year.

Many local high school and youth players from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas have played for the Stars over the years.

The program was started in 1996 when Aggie McCormick-Dix, the current head BASKETBALL coach of the Bishop O’Connell High School girls team, started the Stars with the help of her brother, Bob McCormick, and husband, Bob Dix. Over two decades, numerous Stars teams from various age levels have won

tournaments from the local to national levels, with many former Stars players form Northern Virginia and the metropolitan areas moving on to play in college at all levels, and the pros.

This past summer a couple of Oakton High School players help a Stars girls team win a national tournament.

Recently, the Stars organization posted a video on YouTube about the

program’s 20 years.

The program’s Web site is fairfaxstars@aol.com.

Here is the link to the video: https:// m.youtube.com/watch?v=MqceIseVRv E&feature=em-share_video_user.

NOTE: The Stars hold their annual banquet on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. May 14, 1943: n The region’s bus drivers are trying to squeeze as many riders as possible onto each bus to reduce waiting times during rush hour. n Gov. Darden wants to consider a quicker collection of state income taxes than the current, but says he does not support payroll deductions for state taxes. n Gov. Darden wants to create institutions for habitual drunkards, who now usually wind up in jail. n Even though Spain hasn’t joined the Axis Powers, its dictator, Francisco Franco, has raised the ire of the Sun’s editor. He says, “Franco is as dumb as he is brutal.” n The editor says local residents are becoming very garden-conscious, now that rationing has fully taken effect.

May 14, 1959: n Seven Northern Virginia groceries stores either have been found guilty of, or stand accused of, short-weighing meat.

May 13, 1963: n A state delegate wants to know why, if the legislature keeps adding funds to hire state troopers, fewer are now patrolling Virginia’s highways. n The Fairfax County Planning Commission is set to discuss a proposed big apartment complex, spread out on 15 acres adjacent to James Madison High School. n County police will host guided tours of their headquarters as part of National Police Week. n Vienna Town Council candidate James Martinelli has announced a sevenpoint plan for improvements in town operations. n The Senators have opened their season 13-18, and are six games out of first place.

May 13, 1969: n More than 1,000 county residents turned out for a Board of Supervisors hearing on an ordinance to regulate ownership of firearms. Most speakers were opposed to the idea. n In baseball action, Langley defeated Marshall, 13-8, while Oakton nipped McLean, 12-10. n At the movies: “Support Your Local Sheriff” and “Doctor Zhivago.”

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Fairfax County Notes FAIRFAX FINISHES 10th STATEWIDE IN NEW RANKING: Fairfax County ranks

10th among Virginia jurisdictions in a new ranking of biggest “bang for the buck” when it comes to property taxes.

The new ranking by SmartAsset looks at communities’ property-tax rates, educational quality and crime rates to come up with an “overall value index.”

Fairfax finished with a 98.69 index ranking, placing it at the bottom of the top 10. Page County (99.78) led the ranking, followed by Arlington County (99.51).

Rounding out the top five are Loudoun County (99.36), Hanover County (99.33) and Charlotte County (99.29). Prince William County ranked ninth (98.76).

SmartAsset is a New York-based financial technology company. The full ranking can be found at www.smartasset.com.

SOBERRIDE EFFORT SEES PARTICIPATION BOOST ON CINCO DE MAYO: A

total of 225 local residents availed themselves of a free cab ride home on Cinco de Mayo (May 5) through the regional SoberRide effort.

“This level of ridership translates into SoberRide removing a would-be drunk driver from greater Washington’s roadways nearly every three minutes,” said Kurt Gregory Erickson, president of the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol

Program, the organization conducting the region’s SoberRide effort.

SoberRide began offering free rides home on Cinco de Mayo in 2015, running from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. the following morning. Participation in 2016 was up 37 percent.

Since 1993, WRAP’s SoberRide program has provided 65,116 free cab rides home to would-be drunk drivers in the Washington area during holiday periods.

Participating taxicab companies include Alexandria Yellow Cab; Barwood; Fairfax Yellow Cab; Loudoun Yellow Cab; Northern Virginia Checker Cab; Red Top Cab; Silver Cab of Prince George’s County; Yellow Cab of D.C.; and Yellow Cab of Prince William County.

For information on the initiative, see the Web site at www.soberride.com.

STUDENT-BUILT HOME GOES ON MARKET FOR $935,000: For 45 years,

students in the Fairfax County Public Schools’ residential-construction program have been building houses as part of the partnership between the school system and the Foundation for Applied Technical Education.

The 23rd house in the series, which has been under construction in Springfield for the past 17 months, currently is on the market, listed at $935,000.

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in that it incorporates elements of Universal Design, which make the home livable through all stages of life, county school officials said.

The house at 7002 Springville Court is the seventh to be completed on a 13.5-acre parcel of land located at the intersection of Spring Village Drive and the Springfield Parkway in Springfield, where a total of 18 homes eventually will be completed by students.

Students are learning the latest building techniques and practices through a curriculum developed by the National Association of Home Builders. More than 90 students from eight high schools worked on the house, along with 40 students in the electrical construction and engineering program at Edison Academy.

As future builders, contractors, electricians, plumbers, masons, architects and construction managers, the students receive on-site classroom instruction developed from industry-wide standards, school officials said.

The design emphasizes openness, comfort and large amounts of natural light.

Outdoor living space is also incorporated by providing a covered porch off the kitchen.

The property is listed for sale by Michelle Gordon and Karen Olmstead of Long & Foster Real Estate, can be seen by visiting www.planomatic.com/70510.

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