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Planning Commission Turns Down Sunrise Plan Board of Supervisors Will Have Final Say on Proposal for McLean Senior Living BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Citing potential adverse neighborhood impacts and excessive existing institutional uses in the vicinity, the Fairfax County Planning Commission on March 29 voted 10-1 to recommend the Board

of Supervisors turn down Sunrise Development Inc.’s special-exception application to build an assisted-living facility in McLean.

Sunrise hopes to build a 73-room, 90bed facility on 3.7 acres at 1988 Kirby Road. The triangle-shaped property is located at the road’s intersection with West-

moreland Street and now is home to the Surge Community Church building.

The commission’s March 8 public hearing on the application drew 49 listed speakers and lasted five hours. Commissioner John Ulfelder (Dranesville District) deferred decision for three weeks, then moved to recommend against the

application.

“After carefully considering the staff report, all the materials submitted for the record and the extensive testimony at the public hearing, I have concluded that the proposed facility is simply incompatible Continued on Page 22

BRINGING HOME A STATE CROWN!

Members of the Longfellow Middle School Science Olympiad team are all smiles after bringing home the state championship, following competition held in late March at the University of Virginia. The team now moves on to the National Science Olympiad, to be held in May in Ohio. See details and a list of team members on Page 14.

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Whether facing natural disasters or attackers intent on wreaking havoc and destruction, those who prepare and act decisively have the best chance at surviving and recovering fully, experts said at a March 29 public-safety preparedness program in McLean.

“We’re teaching people how to take care of themselves,” said Rob Brown, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s chief regional coordinator for Northern Virginia.“Resilience is really what we need to work for. It’s neighbor helping neighbor.”

The event, held at American Legion Post 270, was organized by the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce, McLean and Great Falls citizens associations, and the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations.

FBI Special Agent J. Michael Talbot tackled perhaps the worst-case scenario: attackers who for personal or political reasons try to kill as many people as possible.

The Washington area is home to critical infrastructure and governmental agencies, making it a target for aggrieved and unstable people., Talbot said.

But insiders such as contractor employee Aaron Alexis, who shot and killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard in September 2013 before being killed by police, pose a different kind of menace, Talbot said. He urged employers to watch for workers who nurse personal grievances, suddenly acquire multiple weapons and take unusual interest in target practice.

Talbot dislikes the term “active shooter” and prefers “active killer” to describe those who seek to destroy without regard for their survival. He played surveillance videos from a Parisian cafe that was among locations Muslim terrorists attacked in November 2015. Some patrons hid and huddled together while others immediately fled – an understandable reac-

tion, albeit one that still leaves others to their fates, he said.

The audience gasped when a shadowy figure on the cafe’s patio leaned over for an extended period, then ran off. Two people then emerged from the spot directly beneath where he had been standing – and who certainly would have died had his rifle not jammed.

Self-reliance is critical, as 41 percent of such attacks are finished before law enforcement arrives, Talbot said. People have three options: Run, hide or fight. Negotiating with attackers is futile, as they’re bent on killing, he said.

People who decide to flee should peek around corners to make sure attackers aren’t nearby and should take stairs instead of elevators, which are confined spaces and might open their doors in an assailant’s vicinity, he said.

Talbot advised leaving all belongings behind, with the possible exception of cell phones, which should be silenced, not put on vibrate mode. “During these situations, things get eerily quiet,” Talbot said.

People hiding should comply with police commands and avoid moving suddenly or having anything in their hands, he said.

Talbot urged those who decide, or have no choice, to attack the assailants to do so with as much physical aggression as possible.

Natural disasters are not limited to tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and windstorms like the 2012 derecho that struck the area. The Washington region also was hit by an earthquake August 2011.

Maureen Scholz, vice president at McLean Insurance Agency, said she has seen an uptick in clients who need to buy flood insurance.

“You look at the map and say, ‘Wow, that’s never going to flood,’” she said.

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Gr. Falls Retiree Finds Adventure in Photography

Edwin Behrens’ Globe-Trotting Efforts Have Results in Enlightening Moments

This nighttime view of Sydney Harbor Bridge in Austalia is among photos by Great Falls resdent Edwin Behrens that will be on display through April at Katie’s Coffee House.

BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

A bull elephant in Botswana nearly ended Edwin Behrens’ ambitions for postretirement globetrotting.

Behrens and his wife, Wanda, had landed on a bulldozed airstrip in the southern African nation and been whisked into an open-air Land Rover for a safari in the bush. Ten minutes later, they surprised the elephant, which took umbrage at their presence. Realizing the beast was about to charge, the Behrens’ guide urged them to stay silent and still.

The elephant charged the vehicle twice, at one point bracketing Wanda Behrens’ head with his tusks, and let out a deafening, Tarzan-style trumpet, her husband said. After the massive pachyderm eventually lost interest, the couple and their guide “took a deep breath and drove away,” Edwin Behrens said.

“That was a great way to start off a retirement of travel,” he said.

Since then, the couple have visited many foreign destinations, including France, Vietnam, Thailand, Kampuchea (formerly Cambodia) and New Zealand.

Some of those trips have been personally significant. While touring Vietnam, Behrens respectfully visited a small cemetery for North Vietnamese soldiers, against whom his brother had fought in the war and admired for their tenacity.

In Normandy, France, Behrens’ wife stood near the spot where her father had been severely wounded while storming the beach in World War II. Behrens, who will turn 80 in April, will show several of his photos throughout April at Katie’s Coffee House, 760 Walker Road in Great Falls Village Centre. The show likely will be the last public display of his photos, said the photographer, whose works have been selected for several juried exhibitions in the past.

Behrens grew up in north-central Wisconsin and said he may have inherited his photographic sensibilities from his mother. He pulls out a circa-1943 black4

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and-white photo she took of him and his sister as they watch their father – a lanky, bare-armed man wearing a hat – working on the family’s dairy farm. The Kodak camera his mother used, a No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie, still is in pristine condition and occupies a prominent place on a shelf in Behrens’ home office.

Behrens studied chemical and nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, then worked as a chemical engineer with Procter & Gamble. The company sent him to Washington, D.C., in 1976 to do federal-policy work, and he kept having his tour extended.

“We liked the Washington area,” he said. “It was a fascinating area to raise a family in.”

Behrens retired in October 1999 after 38 years with the company and then began digitally scanning more than 10,000 slides he had accumulated since taking up photography in college.

In 2004, Behrens arranged a two-week family trip to visit a son who was working in Cape Town, South Africa. The photographer had hoped to visit his son there, then go off on a jaunt to photograph wildlife in Kenya. His guide (the Behrens always use them to get the most out of their travels) informed him the distance between those locales was equal to that separating Washington, D.C., and Hawaii, and convinced him instead to go to Botswana, where he and his wife had their terrifying encounter with the elephant.

Behrens over the years has switched from film cameras to digital ones, and now uses a Nikon D600 and pair of zoom lenses stretching from wide-angle all the way up to 300mm telephoto.

Behrens never pays people to take their pictures, but always asks permission. On several occasions, he has used his childhood farm experiences to connect with rural residents in foreign countries. One Thai woman, who considered having three cows a sign of prosperity, marveled that Behrens’ father had tended to 10 times that many.

Photographer Edwin Behrens of Great Falls tips his hat while riding an elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Behrens photographs not only scenic places and noteworthy buildings, but often gets up early to document people going about their daily lives.

“The camera is the incentive, the excuse for being there,” he said.

Joining Great Falls Studios, a local artists’ group, has proved a boon because it allows members to compare their level of attainment with some of the best practitioners, Behrens said.

The group each month displays members’ works in an online “virtual gallery,” which may be found at www.greatfallsstudios.com.

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likes his photos from Southeast Asia and the Normandy beaches that Allied troops stormed in June 1944.

“He has an eye for a great composition capturing beautiful light and color from broad landscapes to more intimate images,” she said.

Photographer Robin Kent said Behrens often takes an unconventional approach when photographing subjects. When taking photos of a pair of elephants climbing out of a river in Africa, for example, Behrens did not zoom in on the beast, but instead widened his shot to include gnarled, towering trees overhead, Kent said.

“I’ve always admired Ed’s ability to capture an image that most people would miss in the same situation,” Kent said.

Renovations are on Track at Tysons-Pimmit Library BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The $5.61 million renovation project at Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library is proceeding on schedule for a planned reopening this August, Fairfax County Public Library officials said.

The library, located at 7584 Leesburg Pike, is slated to receive a Wi-Fi bar where customers can use their electronic devices, group-study rooms, new shelving, flexible-seating areas, a large children’s area, more meeting areas and a quiet-study room with 18 carrels. Staff areas at the 25,000-square-foot library will be reduced by nearly half.

Ritter Norton Architects designed the project. As with many other renovation projects undertaken by the county government, the revamped facility will incorporate environmentally friendly features that reduce energy and water consumption.

Among those features will be energyefficient mechanical systems, low-flow and sensor-activated plumbing fixtures, building materials containing recycled contents and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting with occupancy sensors and adjustable levels.

Officials hope the project will obtain Silver certification under the U.S. Green

Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

Tysons-Pimmit closed in January 2016 for the renovations. Since then, the library’s patrons have been able to check out materials at a small temporary facility set up at 7700 Leesburg Pike. The site carries an inventory of about 5,000 books, magazines and other materials.

The temporary library has limited seating, but still allows for customers to pick up held books and ones requested via inter-library loans. Seven workstations equipped with Internet and Microsoft Office software, plus a copier/printer machine, also are available.

In addition, library officials have extended hours at Dolley Madison Library, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave. in McLean, to match those of the county’s regional library branches during Tysons-Pimmit’s renovation.

Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library began in 1974 as a community library in the Peachtree of McLean apartment complex. Seeking to accommodate the county’s population growth spurt, county officials on Oct. 26, 1985, opened the current library with a collection of 80,000 books and other materials. Its holdings now stand at about 104,000 items.

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Our View: School-System Poobahs Stuck in a Bubble

Some years back, one of our news staff had the opportunity to be in attendance at a national gathering of publicschool superintendents. Let’s just say it was illuminating.

While just about everyone else in the nation acknowledges that the public-education system in some ways is a shambles (although there are valid arguments aplenty over the reasons why), this gathering of hundreds of school chiefs was high on self-congratulation and self-delusion.

In their world, apparently, all is going just fine.

We were reminded of that episode when listening, in recent weeks, to Montgomery County (Md.) Superintendent Jack Smith, who has not been a beacon of stability in the follow-through after two undocumented students at Rockville High School allegedly raped a 14-year-old in an off-the-beaten-path bathroom at the school.

Let’s leave aside for the moment the question of guilt or innocence; it is irrelevant to the broader question. And let’s put to the wayside the entire issue of illegal immigration; it is partially relevant but will only muddy the waters.

Two views enunciated by Superintendent Smith in the aftermath of this incident strike us as a little odd: J First, his defense of Montgomery County’s policy of integrating much older students into general-education classes. The two alleged rapists were 18 and 17, and

were spending time in classes with freshmen several years younger. This policy was news to a lot of people, worrisome to many, and strikes us as one that all educators should be wary of. But Smith radiated confidence that it is the best option, and did not seem open to opposing viewpoints.

J Second, Smith seemed a little shaky in his public outreach following the incident. To us, looking in on the matter from across the Potomac and not knowing (or caring to know) the ins and outs of public education in Maryland, he did not give off the appearance of someone the community could have confidence in. And his efforts to turn the tables, criticizing those voicing legitimate concerns about the situation, further strained his credibility.

In a sense, this all has little to do with Fairfax County Public Schools. But as our staffer’s experience with the national superintendents’ conference some years back showed, there does seem to be a degree of delusion among those who have risen to the top of the public-education profession.

With Fairfax County on the hunt for a new superintendent to succeed short-termer Karen Garza, perhaps the School Board might wish to put a little more emphasis on candidates who can think outside the bubble so many school-system chiefs appear to be stuck in.

Environmentalists Need to Fight Trump, GOP Editor: The year 2016 was the hottest ever recorded, and global-warming-fueled extreme weather events like droughts, floods, and wildfires are hitting close to home. It is likely 2017 will be that much worse.

President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are aiming to destroy the progress the Obama administration made in cutting globalwarming emissions, transitioning to renewable energy and protecting our air, water, public lands and wildlife. The

Trump administration and Republicans are united in this issue, and we need to strike back in unity as well.

Indeed, defending climate progress from the GOP is going to be an all-out war, a war in which we need to remain united through and through.

As long as we stay strong together in our support for climate action and strengthening environmental and health safeguards, we can oppose attempts to roll back the progress we’ve made so far reducing global-warming pollution, protecting the air we breathe, the water

we drink and the places and wildlife we know and love.

These are dark and scary times not only for environmentalists and conservationists, but for everyone who lives and breathes on this planet.

Amidst the darkness, we can be rays of light and hope shining to prevent President Trump’s plans from coming to fruition.

We need everyone to raise their voice and get involved today.

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Libraries Playing Key Role in Modern Education Editor: April is School Library Month, which is an appropriate time to learn about and reflect on the importance of school libraries in creating a bright future for our youth and our community as a whole.

The school library is no longer a place where students are shushed and only visit to check out books. School libraries are going through a transformation where student-centered learning through technology, collaboration, critical thinking and a multitude of resources is the norm.

Under the guidance of the American Association of School Librarians,

it is the role of the librarian to provide students with opportunities throughout their education to prepare them as 21stcentury learners. By providing students with the resources and skills needed to think critically and independently in and out of school, they will be empowered to achieve things in their lifetimes beyond what we can even imagine.

The ultimate goal of the library, particularly in recent years and moving forward, is to make it more than a quiet space for checking out books and to move towards a place where all students can grow and learn together.

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The souvenir tickets and staggered entry times were part of the George W. Bush White House Easter program, not initiated by the Barack Obama White

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The actual Obama White House refinements would, of course, be of interest, too.

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Repaving of Portions of Maple Avenue Wins OK

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Drivers motoring down Maple Avenue, especially in the center of Vienna, probably have noticed the road’s asphalt is looking pretty rough.

The Vienna Town Council took action April 3 to remedy the situation by issuing a $1,331,000 contract to Arthur Construction of the Dulles area to repave part of the town’s commercial road.

Town officials in March 2016 applied for $1.75 million in maintenance grants from the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Extension Paving Program.

The project will mill and repave asphalt on Maple Avenue from James Madison Drive on the town’s western edge to Beulah Road, N.E. In addition, the project will involve concrete repairs to allow for installation of traffic-signal stop-bar cameras to replace pavement-loop detectors, which use magnetic induction to determine when traffic signals should change.

Council member Douglas Noble went along in approving the contract, but noted he was not a fan of video-detection systems for traffic signals.

Council member Howard Springsteen thought it was interesting that the highest of the six bids received was double that of

the winning bidder.

Milling and paving for the project will be done at night, said Deputy Public Works Director David Donahue.

Council member Noble urged publicworks officials to avoid having the project conflict with a series of popular spring events, such as the annual ViVa! Vienna! festival.

Vienna to Begin Replacing Some Fire Hydrants: Employees with the Vienna Public Works Department’s Water Division have found about 25 fire hydrants around town that are not functioning as they should and must be replaced.

Water Works Supply, one of two vendors that responded to a town bid request, came in with the lower bid of $65,058.

The Vienna Town Council voted 7-0 April 3 to award the contract to the company, but buy no more than $20,000 worth of Mueller fire hydrants through the rest of fiscal year 2017, which ends June 30.

Town employees will replace the failing hydrants over the next two years in conjunction with other maintenance work, said Deputy Public Works Director David Donahue.

Council member Howard Springsteen pointed out another hydrant near James Madison High School that is leaking badly and needs to be replaced.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes FIELD SET FOR MCC GOVERNING BOARD RACE: Six candidates will vie for

three seats on the McLean Community Center Governing Board in balloting to take place in May. The contenders qualifying for the ballot are all non-incumbents: Cecilia Duran, Elizabeth John, Raj Mehra, Brittany Oates, Julie Waters and Alicia Plerhoples.

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Voting will take place on McLean Day, to be held on Saturday, May 20 at Lewinsville Park. Absentee voting will run from April 10 to May 17.

Top finishers will formally be appointed to their posts by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The Governing Board includes nine adult positions, elected in rotation over a three-year cycle.

In addition to the adult posts, there are two candidates (Alex Camus and Brian Kim) running for the one-year youth position from the Langley High School attendance area, and four (Caroline Brunner, Nolan Fitzsimmons, Nikhil Jivan and Emily Simons) running for the youth position from the McLean High School attendance area.

In all races, write-in candidates are allowed. Full details of the election are available on the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

INTERFAITH PROGRAM LOOKS AT PASSOVER: An interfaith conversation

on “The Celebration of Passover” will be held on Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at Charles Wesley United Methodist Church, 6817 Dean Drive in McLean.

Rabbi Stephanie Bernstein of Temple Rodef Shalom will discuss the importance of Passover and the Seder meal.

The New Dominion Women’s Club hosted its 10th annual Spring Fling Fashion Show on March 26 at Bloomindale’s in Tysons Corner to raise funds for a number of local groups, including Friends of Pleasant Grove, McLean Project for the Arts, Safe Community Coalition and SHARE Inc. Above, models Monica Gibson, Lisa Lannin, Erika Keough, Laura Warren and Irene Tennant showcase colorful ensembles. Below, event co-chair Jennifer Salopek is shown with master of ceremonies Bill DuBose, state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and New Dominion Women’s Club PHOTOS BY MITCH JONES president Desi Woltman.

The community is invited. For information, call (703) 356-6336 or see the Web site at www.thehungerchurch.org.

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For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.mclean-symphony.org.

COMBINED CHOIRS TO PERFORM IN CONCERT: St. John’s Episcopal Church

in McLean will host a choral performance of “Dies Israe” from “Requiem”

by Charles Villiers Stanford on Good Friday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 6715 Georgetown Pike in McLean.

The event will feature the concerts of St. John’s and St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls, with organ and string quartet. It will be preceded by a brief Good Friday liturgy.

The community is invited; no tickets are required.

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themum Society will present “Secrets of Spring Pruning,” a community forum, on Sunday April 9 at 2:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Community Center, 223 Little Falls St. The speaker, Roger Zinn, is a horticulturist at Merrifield Garden Center.

The program is free, and the community is invited. For information, call Jim Dunne at (703) 560-8776.

Leadership Conference Salutes Notable Women BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

A U.S. Air Force general, a local news anchor and a host of high-achieving business women will be among presenters at the Women’s Center’s 31st annual Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 22.

“Connect, Inspire, Act” is the theme of this year’s conference, which will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner.

A new feature at the 2017 event will be a “World Cafe” discussion, in which leaders will talk about advancing women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.

“We want to create a dialogue that can continue throughout the year on how leaders can help each other, how we as women and men can reach out and help each other to expand their career potential and build a pipeline for the future,” said Shirley Clark, executive director of the Women’s Center.

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Those who will speak and receive awards at the conference include: • Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and a partner with velocityHUB. “She’s very accomplished and has done a lot for the community,” Clark said.

• NBC4 News anchor Doreen Gentzler, whom Clark lauded for bringing mentalhealth issues to the public’s attention.

• Janet Hill, a principal with Hill Family Advisors.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes RECONSTRUCTION WORK TO CAUSE DISRUPTION IN VIENNA: Work to re-

construct pavement along Mill Street in Vienna is slated to begin April 11 and run for about six weeks.

Access to businesses and parking areas will remain available at all times, but there will be temporary lane and road closures.

Those not traveling to locations on Mill Street are encouraged to use alternate routes.

“This is going to be a big project,” said Luis Blandon, the town government’s project engineer. “We know it will be somewhat disruptive to Mill Street businesses and their customers. We really appreciate their patients and cooperation.”

HISTORIC VIENNA TO HOST ANNUAL EASTER EGG ROLL: Historic Vienna

Inc. will host its annual Easter Egg Roll on Saturday, April 8 at 10 a.m. on the grounds of the Freeman Store and Museum.

The Easter Bunny is expected to make an appearance and pose for pictures, and participants can paint eggs, bounce on inflatables, mingle with the Vienna Singing Princesses and race one another in the egg roll.

The event will take approximately an hour, and will run rain or shine. There is no charge.

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

SPRING BOOK SALE SET FOR PATRICK HENRY LIBRARY: Friends of Patrick

Henry Library will hold its annual spring book sale on Saturday and Sunday, April 8-9, at the library, 101 Maple Ave., E., Vienna.

The event runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Books, movies, CDs and other items will be available for purchase.

Proceeds will support the library. For information, call (703) 281-3831 or e-mail sharonbohlman@msn.com.

The event will feature commentary by Pastor Pete James.

The community is invited.

LIBRARY PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON HISTORICAL RESOURCES: Patrick Henry

Library will host a presentation – “What’s In the Virginia Room?” – on Tuesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Presented by Elaine McRey, the program will look at the materials available at the Virginia Room, located at the City of Fairfax Regional Library.

The event is sponsored by Historic Vienna Inc.

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Shepherd’s Center of Oakton/Vienna will host an open house and registration for its spring Adventures in Learning program on Thursday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Road in Oakton.

The eight-week session will run April 20 to June 15 with courses offered Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The $40 registration fee entitles participants to take as many courses as they would like.

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Proceeds from the event will benefit So Others Might Eat and the church’s youth mission. It also will feature activities for children.

The entry fee for those showing a car or bike is either $20 or $15 plus five canned goods. Admission is free for spectators, but they are asked to bring canned goods for donation.

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CHURCH TO PRESENT ‘MESSIAH’ IN CONCERT: Vienna Presbyterian Church’s

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Schools & Military Daniel Santorum of Great Falls recently was inducted into The Citadel chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selected all-discipline collegiate honor society. n

Carlise Wishard of Vienna has been selected to present a research project – “Characterizing the Importance of Spiral Arms in Galaxy Evolution” – at the University of Alabama’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference. n

n The Highlander, McLean High School’s newsmagazine, was presented with a Gold Crown award at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association journalism convention, held recently at Columbia University.

The newsmagazine has now won the national honor two years in a row, and this year was the only student publication from Virginia to be garner it. Publications are judged on concept, coverage, writing, photography and design.

Three student publications from schools in the Sun Gazette coverage area – TJ Today of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (hybrid news publication), Columbian from George C. Marshall High School (yearbook) and The Clan from McLean High School (yearbook) – won Silver Crown awards.

n Eleven Fairfax County Public Schools

students earned grand prize awards at the 62nd annual Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held March 17-19 at Robinson Secondary School.

Students from the Sun Gazette coverage area who won individual grand prizes were Prathik Naidu of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, “DNALoopR: A Novel Tool to Identify 3D DNA Interactions in Cancer”; Siona Prasad of Thomas Jefferson in Earth and Environmental Sciences, “Estimating CO2/CH4 Emissions Using Low Cost Sensors and Drone Technology”; Alexandra Schmid and Rishabh Jain of George C. Marshall High School in Energy: Chemical, “The Future of Potable Water: Air Cathode Microbial Desalination Cells”; Nikhil Sardana and Mihir Patel of Thomas Jefferson in Systems Software, “Automating Identification of Terrorist Recruitment on Social Media” and Shannen Prindle of Oakton High School in Translational Medical Science, “Improving Photodynamic Therapy Through Hypoxia and Bioluminescence.”

Grand-prize alternates included Shruti Anant of Thomas Jefferson in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Kavya Kopparapu, Justin Zhang and Neeyanth Kopparapu of Thomas Jefferson in Translational Medical Science.

A team of students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology and Lake Braddock Secondary School prevailed over 71 other teams from 13 states at the Super-Regional Championship Tournament of the FIRST Tech Challenge, held in Scranton, Pa. The team previously had won the Virginia state crown. Team members now move on to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships, to be held on St. Louis in late April.

Team members include Sam Bove and Anonto Zaman of Thomas Jefferson and Roger Clanton, David Desrochers, Paul Han and Amanda Nguyen of Lake Braddock. n

n Zara Batalvi, a senior at Thomas Jef-

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Batalvia was honored for her writing portfolio.

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McLean Community Center 2017 Governing Board Elections

The Governing Board and staff of the McLean Community Center strongly encourage all qualified residents to vote for members of the McLean Community Center 2017-2018 Governing Board. Your vote sends a very important message of your support of the Center’s programs and services.

Requirements to Vote:

JULIE WATERS

1. You must be a resident of the McLean Community Center tax district (Dranesville Small District 1A); however, you need not be registered to vote in the general election.

2. You must be at least 18 years old to vote for an adult candidate. Adults may vote for up to three candidates. Teens turning 18 on or before McLean Day may only vote for adult candidates.

3. You must be 15 through 17 years old by McLean Day to vote for youth candidates. Youth voters have two votes, and may vote for one candidate in the McLean High School boundary area, and one candidate in the Langley High School boundary area. Youth voters may not vote for more than one candidate in the same boundary area.

4. You must bring identification and proof of residency, such as a driver’s license. If you do not have identification, you may sign a sworn statement.

Absentee Voting: Want to vote, but can’t make it to the McLean Day festival on May 20? Vote by absentee ballot April 10 – May 17! Call the Center at 703-744-9348 or send a request by email to “elections@mcleancenter.org” to have a ballot package sent to your home. You may also stop by one of three MCC’s sites: Administrative Office at 6631 Old Dominion Dr., Program Office at 6645 Old Dominion Dr. (both in McLean Square Shopping Center), or at the Old Firehouse Teen Center, 1440 Chain Bridge Rd. Completed absentee voting affidavits and ballots must be returned to one of the sites by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, to be counted.

Write-in candidates are allowed and must have at least 10 votes from 10 residents of the Center’s tax district in order to have their votes counted. For youth write-in candidates, the 10 votes must come from teens who live within the same high school boundary area as the candidate.

As a board member, I’ll work hard to continue growing our community. I am an attorney and served in the active Army for 12 years. When I left active service, my husband and I were thrilled to find McLean and make it our long-term home. In the Army, I gained experience in leadership, criminal and administrative law and working with a team. I now stay home with our two children during the day, and serve in the Army Reserve. I would love to give back by representing the citizens of McLean in making MCC an even better resource for everyone.

Email: julie.waters8@gmail.com; Website: www.julieformclean.org

Meet the Candidates Youth Candidates—Two Positions Open Langley High School Boundary Area ALEX CAMUS I am running for the Board because I care about this community. I have spent the last seven years in McLean, and I am convinced of our area’s responsibility to reach out to and provide for our residents. I serve on a leadership team at my church, and try to lead by example when I run for track or play in the band at Langley. My hope as a candidate for the MCC Governing Board is that I can improve upon the opportunities brought forth to McLean residents in any way possible.

Email: alexecamus@gmail.com

BRIAN KIM

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Hello, my name is Brian and I am a student at Langley High School. I am running for a position on the Governing Board to become an active member of my community. I have had previous experiences as a campaign organizer at the Fairfax County Democratic Committee and as an intern and advisor for the medical board at Sejong Geriatric Hospital. At Langley, I am a member of the Debate Team and Varsity Golf Team. Overall, I am not only interested in working with professionals and other students but also eager to participate in the administration of McLean.

Email: seoung315@gmail.com

Vote between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the McLean Day 2017 festival on Saturday, May 20, at Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Rd.

Meet the Candidates Adult Candidates—Three Positions Open CECILIA DURAN One of the truly remarkable things about getting together with my old friends, no matter what directions our lives have taken us, is that we can agree that we loved growing up in McLean. There may have been hardships and challenges—growing up is like that—but McLean, and all its resources, made it culturally rich, invigorating and nurturing. The McLean Community Center, through its classes, events and sponsored programs, draws those attributes together and offers them to all of us.

Aren’t we lucky?

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ELIZABETH JOHN I am a mother of three children under the age of five, who moved to McLean years ago so my family could be part of this incredible community and school system. I know firsthand the value MCC has brought to this community, and I’d like to play a central role in its advancement by strengthening and varying its programs for children and adults, and helping deliver the upcoming renovation.

I’d love to use my experiences—as McLean resident, mother, engineer, buyer and management consultant—to pay it forward for all of us.

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RAJ MEHRA I am running for a seat on the McLean Community Center board because I care deeply about the community. My family has been residents of McLean since 2003 and my wife and daughters grew up in McLean. We are supporters of the McLean Project for the Arts, I have served for the last five years on the board of the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce and when my children were younger, I was a coach for McLean Youth Soccer and McLean basketball. The charm of McLean is what I treasure most, and I want to help preserve this.

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BRITTANY R. OATES I am excited by the prospect of giving back to our beautiful community and serving on MCC’s Board of Directors. I hope to both maintain and improve the Center’s diverse activities, events and programs. As the very heart of our neighborhood, the Center inspires all of our families. For our three children, it’s made McLean a marvelous place to grow up, explore and spread their wings. I want to continue to support its tradition of excellence and ensure that the MCC remains a beacon of our community that serves all of our residents. I respectfully ask for your vote!

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ALICIA PLERHOPLES I am an educator, nonprofit lawyer, wife and mother. My family regularly visits the McLean Community Center, where my daughters take dance classes and we attend performances at The Alden. I would like to contribute my legal expertise to the Governing Board. I am law professor at Georgetown Law, where I teach an experiential course. My students and I represent small businesses and nonprofits (including arts and community nonprofits) on legal issues, such as contracts, financing, leasing, employment law, licensing and permitting. If elected, I will use my expertise to steward the successful completion of the Community Center renovation.

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CAROLINE BRUNNER I’m a junior attending McLean High School and am proud to live in this community. I’m a student leader in marching and symphonic band, a track and field runner and a Girl Scout completing my Gold Award. I’d like to serve on the board to provide a youth perspective on the policies the board sets, keeping McLean and Langley kids’ best interests in mind. I’ve used the community center for classes, acted in plays at The Alden and attended events at MCC. Vote for me and I will help to make it a better place for McLean kids and teens!

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NOLAN FITZSIMMONS My desire to serve on the MCC Board comes from wanting to help our community as much as possible. My community involvement includes volunteering for three years to help run Chess Clubs at Colvin Run Elementary School and Kent Garden ES; volunteering for Chesterbrook Assisted Living Home; and starting/ running the McLean HS Chess Club. I earned the Presidential Gold Medal for Volunteering and am pursing The Congressional Award. I’m a MHS Cross Country member and have a black belt in Taekwondo. Using the skills/experience I gained at starting the MHS Chess Club, I hope to start new MCC programs.

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NIKHIL JIVAN I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve on the Governing Board for McLean. I was born in Virginia and have lived in McLean since 2004.

I currently go to Mclean High School and I’ve attended Franklin Sherman Elementary, Haycock Elementary and Longfellow Middle School. I read that the McLean Community Center sets policies, approves budgets and provides general oversight for Center programs and facilities. I am truly interested in learning how all that is done and developing my leadership skills. I assure you that I will prove a sincere, honest and reliable team member if selected.

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EMILY SIMONS I have had the pleasure of growing up in this wonderfully supportive and friendly community, and have been a beneficiary of the shows, events and exhibitions that the McLean Community Center has so generously provided. Now, I feel that it is my time to give back. As a musician, I know firsthand the positive effects that the arts have on our community. I want to make sure that throughout the Ingleside renovation, the McLean Community Center institution will continue to educate, entertain and inspire us. It would be an honor to provide a youth perspective on the Board.

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Featuring amenities galore, including an elevator, the property is a testament to elegance and thoughtful design, aimed at delivering easy living and the chance to entertain at world-class standards.

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There also is an in-law suite featuring a bedroom with full bath, kitchen, living area and laundry facilities, plus a home office. It showcases the versatility of the design, providing a number of options for enhanced family living.

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Maricopa County, Ariz., has supplanted Harris County, Texas, as the county with the nation’s highest annual population growth, according to new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Harris County was the largest numeric gainer for eight years in a row, but Maricopa County gained 81,360 people between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016 – or about 222 people per day – while Harris County fell to second with a gain of 56,587 people, or about 155 people per day on average.

Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, primarily grew through the addition of 43,189 residents from net domestic migration, a measure of how many people move to or from an area versus other parts of the United States.

The county also added 25,428 people from natural increase (more births than deaths) and 10,188 people from net international migration.

“In the early 2000s, Maricopa County was in the top one or two counties by numeric growth. From 2009-2011, Maricopa County saw much lower net migration than in the years before or after, which caused the county to drop out of the top population-gaining counties,” said Peter Borsella, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s population division.

Harris County, home to Houston, saw changes in net domestic migration, going from a net gain of more than 17,000 to a net loss of more than 16,000. Despite this, Harris County had the second largest gain in population due to high natural increase (46,412) and net international migration (27,922).

In terms of overall population, Harris County remained the thirdlargest county with 4.6 million people, and Maricopa County remained the fourth-largest county with 4.2 million people. Los Angeles County (Calif.) and Cook County (Ill.) remained the largest and second-largest counties, respectively.

The statistics released by the Census Bureau provide population estimates and components of change for the nation’s 382 metropolitan statistical areas, 551 micropolitan statistical areas, and 3,142 counties, as well as Puerto Rico’s metropolitan statistical areas.

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Fairfax County Notes SURVEY RANKS FAIRFAX SECOND IN STATEWIDE HEALTHINESS: Fairfax

County placed second among Virginia’s 133 cities and counties in a new review of healthy living.

Fairfax ranked behind only Loudoun County in the updated scorecard, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The rankings are an effort “to mobilize local communities, national partners and leaders across multiple sectors to improve health and increase health equity,” according to a release from the foundation and its study partner, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

Arlington County ranked third, Albemarle County fourth and the city of Poquoson fifth in the updated survey.

Among nearby jurisdictions, the city of Falls Church was sixth, Alexandria ninth and Prince William County 11th.

Researchers looked at quality of life, including self-reported claims of poor health on state-based surveys and reports of low birthweight to a national registry.

The rankings also use data on premature deaths – the rate of deaths prior to age 75.

Study authors raised concerns about an increasing number of premature deaths, particularly drug-related deaths of individuals aged 15-44 and deaths tied to car wrecks and gun-related deaths of those aged 15-24.

Complete data can be found at www. countyhealthrankings.org.

FAIRFAX INITIATIVE HONORED FOR JUVENILE-JUSTICE EFFORT: The Cen-

ter for Juvenile Justice and Reform at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy awarded a Fairfax County team the 2016 Capstone of the Year Award for their efforts and success in redesigning and enhancing a youth-diversion and restorative-justice program.

The team reduced the use of formal processing and incarceration, improved public safety, avoided wasteful spending and limited the collateral consequences of youth who found themselves in the criminal justice system.

Since the program’s inception, 449 youth participants moved forward with the diversion process.

Results of the Capstone Project showed an overall increase in successful completion of the diversion program from 84 percent in 2015 to 95 percent in 2016.

Recidivism also appeared to have been reduced, with only 17 percent of youth offenders receiving new charges within six months of completing diversion.

The Fairfax County team consisted of law enforcement officers, probation staff, prosecutors, school officials, judges, policy makers and other youth-focused leaders. Representatives of the following county agencies participated in the 2014

Juvenile Diversion Certificate Program Capstone Project: Fairfax County Police Department, Court Services Unit, Fairfax County Public Schools, Northern Virginia Mediation Services and Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT DRAWS A CROWD: More

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WORKSHOPS SET FOR CAREGIVERS:

LEADERSHIP FAIRFAX SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR FALL PROGRAMS:

Leadership Fairfax is seeking applicants for its fall programs.

Since 1998, the initiative has graduated more than 1,500 community leaders through its Signature Program, Emerging Leaders Institute and Lifetime Leaders Program.

For information on the various programs, call (703) 752-7553 or see the Web site at www.leadershipfairfax.org.

AFFORDABLE-HOUSING FORUM SLATED: The League of Women Voters of

the National Capital Area will present “A Place to Call Home,” looking at challenges of affordable housing in the region and how they are being addressed, on Saturday, April 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association conference center, 4301 Wilson Blvd.

The forum will feature economic-development panelists.

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The Fairfax County government will host a series of forums for family care-givers of older adults through the month of April at locations across the county.

For information and to register, call (703) 324-5205 or see the Web site at www. fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults.

HANDWRITING WORKSHOP TARGETS YOUNGSTERS: The Fairfax County li-

brary system will host a workshop in April for youth ages 8-12 to learn techniques to improve their cursive handwriting.

“In addition to improving coordination, learning to write in cursive improves brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory in young children,” library officials said.

“Educators and employers are finding that cursive writing is a key component of academic and professional success.”

(The press release was a accompanied by the Declaration of Independent signature of John Hancock and the notation that “good cursive handwriting can make history!”)

The program will be led by calligrapher and “cursive guru” Phillip Ciske, who will explore how handwriting has changed over the years, and provide instruction to participants.

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The event is slated for Saturday, April 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North St. in Fairfax. There is no charge; the program is supported by the Fairfax Library Foundation.

For information and to register, call (703) 293-6227, ext. 6, or see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library.

URBAN LEAGUE TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP: The Northern

Virginia Urban League will hold its 27th annual Community Service and Scholarship Awards Gala on Friday, April 28 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, with a theme of “Celebrating Champions in Our Community.”

Former Washington Redskin Darrell Green will be honored as Champion of the Community, and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-3rd) will be presented with the Congressional Leadership Award. Mele Melton of Culturfied Foundation will receive the Emerging Leader Under 40 Award.

Also being honored are the father-andsons trio of Leo Brooks Sr., Leo Brooks Jr. and Vincent Brooks, who will receive the Leadership & Military Service Award for their service in the U.S. Army.

The black-tie-optional event begins with a VIP reception at 5:30 p.m., with the dinner and awards program following

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For tickets and sponsorship opportunities, call (703) 836-2858 or see the Web site at www.nvul.org.

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE TO HOST ANNUAL FUND-RAISER: The Assistance

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The keynote speaker will be WJLATV investigative reporter and anchor Kimblerly Suiters.

Proceeds from the event will be used to support the Operation School Bell and Operation Hugs assistance programs supporting children across Northern Virginia.

For information on tickets and sponsorships, see the Web site at www.northernvirginia.assistanceleague.org.

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with the proposed site and does not satisfy all the applicable standards,” Ulfelder said.

He added, “In my view, this area of Westmoreland Street already has a plethora of institutional and public uses, often wedged between existing residential areas.”

Ulfelder gave a lengthy list of such uses nearby and said they already contribute cumulatively to the overall intensity and impact of institutional development in the area.

Sunrise’s impact would be “orders of magnitude greater” than that of the 4,100-square-foot church on the site, he said at the hearing.

Ulfelder also noted an unusual characteristic of the proposal: Its floor-area ratio (FAR), which compares the application’s overall floor area with that of its site, is listed as only 0.13 under county zoning code because two of the 60,000square-foot facility’s three levels would be

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While large companies have the resources to weather such emergencies, small businesses often do not, McLellan said.

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considered cellar space and thus are not included in the calculation.

“The FAR of 0.13 does not reflect the full intensity of the proposed use,” Ulfelder said.

Sunrise officials had pledged to screen the facility with many new trees and extra screening, but Ulfelder concurred with an opponent of the project that these measures signaled the building’s incompatibility.

Commission chairman Peter Murphy (Springfield District) abstained from the vote. Commission member Ellen Hurley (Braddock District), who cast the only vote against Ulfelder’s motion, said the Sunrise facility would be able to mitigate its traffic impacts by controlling employees’ shift changes.

“A healthy neighborhood is more than single-family dwelling units,” she said. “It also includes parks, schools, fields, religious facilities, child care and additional housing options, such as townhouses and, yes, assisted-living facilities.”

Several Commission members cited the need for assisted-living facilities, but still opposed Sunrise’s proposal.

“I hope that the search for an ap-

propriate site will continue and that this applicant would not give up on Fairfax County or this area,” said Commission member James Hart (At-Large). “I would welcome this kind of use on a site, maybe where the geometry wasn’t so constrained and the building fit better into the community.”

Sunrise officials met many times with local residents and the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) over the past few years to try to secure support for the project. But many neighboring residents still opposed the application and the MCA board of directors passed two resolutions against it.

Opponents cited county code, which requires medical-care facilities to be located on at least 5 acres. Sunrise officials, who hope to build the facility on the 3.7-acre site, countered that the Board of Supervisors previously had granted all 10 similar exceptions sought by other applicants.

Stuart Mendelsohn, an attorney representing Sunrise, said company officials were disappointed with the Planning Commission’s recommended and hoped to achieve a different result from the Board of Supervisors, which he estimated

would take up the case in mid-May. “We still believe this is something that’s needed at this location and that it’s a good location,” he said. “We believe we meet the zoning ordinance and the [comprehensive] plan. If we can’t build senior housing in this location, I’m not sure where in the county we can.

Sunrise went out of its way to accommodate neighbors’ concerns, Mendelsohn said.

“We’ve done everything we’ve heard about from the citizens,” he said. “We’ve sunk it, reduced the view, screened it, reduced the L’Ambiance [neighborhood entrance] conflict. At this point, I can’t think of anything else to do.”

Edward Burnett, chief financial officer for Sunrise Senior Living, echoed Mendelsohn’s disappointment.

“This is an important issue for Fairfax County seniors being allowed to remain in the neighborhoods they love,” he said in a statement to the Sun Gazette. “Our efforts continue to be firmly focused on offering a beautiful home for McLean families, in order to meet the area’s need for high-quality assisted-living and memory-care services.”

or close within 18 months, he said. Having a business-continuity plan in place more than doubles the odds of a company’s survival.

Business owners should think far beyond day-to-day problems that usually occupy their time, the experts said. Commercial operations can be hurt by events, natural or human-produced, outside their walls and failure to plan for such contingencies can be disastrous.

For example, “if someone messes with our banking system, it will bring us to our knees like any other kind of attack,” Brown said.

Panelist John Jewell of Jewell Technical Consulting Inc. recommended businesses back up their computer data and keep it off-site.

Grelia Steele, community-outreach coordinator for the Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management, cautioned against reliance on technology in disasters, as communications equipment may be disabled, but also recommended communicating via social media, if possible.

Under a partnership between Facebook and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, people can check in as “safe” during disasters.

County officials recommend residents keep at least three days’ worth of supplies on hand to cope with unexpected events.

Some must-haves in that supply package: food, water, a radio, flashlight and batteries, medications and supplies to keep pets fed and healthy.

Some at the event also touted Community Emergency Response Training, which teaches people how to protect their communities.

“When the proverbial you-know-what hits the fan, you’re going to have to rely on your community,” said Darren Ewing of Pimmit Hills.

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• Deborah Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.

• Krista Woods, an inventor with GloveStix.

Conference attendees also will have the opportunity to attend two of six concurrent sessions on topics of special interest to them. This year’s session speakers and their presentations will be: • Cyndy Porter, whose “Success Through Style: The Art and Science Behind Your Personal Image” will teach attendees who to make a solid first impression, create a personal brand, communicate who they are, look their best

and boost their self-confidence.

• Dr. Elizabeth Mahler and Mark Deaton, whose presentation “A Perfect Storm: The 21st-Century Longevity Dividend Meets the Encore Career” will show older adults how to meaningfully engage in the world after the traditional retirement age and harness their energy to work for the greater good.

• Leslie Mulligan, whose presentation titled “Building Confidence for Women at the Negotiation Table” will help conference attendees identify and embrace their personal negotiation strengths and overcome challenges.

• Henry Lescault will discuss how to overcome public-speaking anxieties and

“Present with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz!”

• Donna Pearring, whose presentation “Be at Your Best: Utilize the LifeGPS” will teach people how to be in top form at work and home and in the community, • Michelle Coletti and Marcie Cheney, who will present “How Did We Get Here?

An Interactive panel Discussion on Leadership Values, Mentoring and Choice.”

The speakers will tell how they achieved success and how participants can leverage their strengths and the advice of mentors to achieve professional objectives.

Tickets to the conference cost $195.

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Newton-John will be joined by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky, performing songs from their newly recorded album “LIV ON,” which seeks to empower individuals facing a time of challenge.

The performers also will discuss their own healing from grief.

Capital Caring is one of the nation’s oldest and largest non-profit providers of hospice and palliative care.

For tickets and information about the event, see the Web site at www.capitalcaring.org.

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NEWTON-JOHN TO HEADLINE ‘CAPITAL CARING’ BENEFIT CONCERT: As

going on to represent Virginia in the national Ms. Senior America competition, to be held in Atlantic City.

At the orientation, former contestants will discuss the pageant process works and how participants can best showcase their skills.

For information, call (703) 549-7012

part of its year-long 40th-anniversary celebration, Capital Caring will host a special benefit acoustic concert featuring Olivia Newton-John and other performers on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the District of Columbia.

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Langley, Madison Unbeaten

Teeing Off

Arlington Babe Ruth Sets Proper Behavior Example Good sportsmanship always should be a most important aspect regarding local youth and high school athletics, with positive behavior constantly promoted and discussed.

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Teams Have Been Dominant So Far DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

The Langley Saxons and Madison Warhawks keep cruising along with many lopsided victories in girls high school lacrosse action.

LACROSSE ROUNDUP The Liberty Conference rivals have combined for a 17-1 record – Langley is 9-0 and Madison 8-1. The teams are scheduled to meet April 25 in what likely will be a showdown for first place.

Langley routed Washington-Lee, 18-2, for its most recent win. In the victory over Washington-Lee, Langley took an 8-0 lead, then was ahead 10-1 at halftime.

There were 10 players who scored goals for Langley. London Simondes, Caroline Bean and Marina Smith had three each; Emma Crooks and AnnaMarie Hofgard each netted two; and Jane She, Sareena Dhillon, Courtney Kuligowski, Lillian Byrne and Avarie Rembert all had one. Assists went to Abigail Kontzias, Crooks and Smith.

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Langley High School’s Anna-Marie Hofgard heads toward the goal during last week’s Liberty Conference game and victory over the Washington-Lee Generals.

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Panthers Blank Huskies, Continue Fast Start DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The pitcher’s mound at the Flint Hill School baseball field is favorite for Bosch. The BASEBALL Carter Potomac School senior likes the taller height of that bump and the sharp angle toward home plate.

The right-hander used that extra leverage March 29 to throw a four-hit, 10strikeout complete-game shutout in his team’s 4-0 victory over the host Huskies (1-2) in a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference high school game.

“I pitched here once before on jayvee and I liked the mound a lot then,” Bosch said. “Today I was staying through the

pitches on the backside, I had good command and let the defense do the work behind me.”

Bosch threw 83 pitches, walked one and retired the game’s first eight batters, four on strikeouts, before Justin Duenkel doubled down the right-field line. No Flint Hill player advanced past second base.

Potomac School, which is enjoying one of its best starts at 7-1, played errorless ball in a game between neighborhood rival teams that are expected to battle for the conference championship and challenge for state-tournament berths. The Panthers are the two-time defending MAC tournament champs and Flint Hill won the past few regular-

season conference crowns. Both teams earned state berths in 2016.

“Flint Hill is our big rival, so it’s a big deal to come over here and beat them,” Bosch said.

Potomac School coach Eric Crozier agreed.

“This is always a game that means something no matter when it is played.

So it was good to see our guys meet that challenge,” he said. “We were focused, the effort was there, we had timely hits, we got a good outing from Carter, we were aggressive with the bats and we got ahead.”

The Panthers had five hits and took

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For the past five years, Arlington Babe Ruth baseball for players age 4 to 12 has adapted such a program that prioritizes the emphasis on a positive culture and model responses regarding treatment of umpires.

What has resulted? More umpires now want to work the league’s games because of fewer incidents of poor behavior from coaches and parents.

Back in 2012, Arlington Babe Ruth was struggling to find umpires. There were only seven, far too few to cover even the older-age games, and three of them said they would not return.

Once the positive-behavior program was implemented, which the league embraced, and has been continuously reinforced, the number of umpires significantly increased. This season there are 70, with a waiting list.

Jim Greenwood is the league’s chief umpire. He explained it’s easier to keep and recruit umpires, especially teenage umps, when they know they won’t be yelled at and criticized. The league’s umpires are trained how act in handling and defusing disputes.

The league keeps track of umpire complaints about coach and parent behavior, which had swelled to 44 in 2012, but fell to 11 last season.

Arlington Babe Ruth’s positive-behavior example is catching on, with other leagues reaching out to ask how the program operates. More high school leagues should follow suit to keep parents in line.

It’s the role of coaches, within reason, to at times question an umpire or official if the situation warrants. It’s never the role of a parent to do the same. Yet, they yap away with their annoying, and often uneducated, remarks to umpires and game officials.

They should follow the example being taught by Arlington Babe Ruth.

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walked one. The Knights scored in the top of the eighth when Leah Hammes doubled and scored on a close play at the plate on Patty Maye Ohanian’s single to left field.

“I was just zeroing in on home,” Hammes said. “It was a close play, the throw kind of skipped and rolled.”

Said Orndorff: “No one was scoring, so you have to take a chance there.”

O’Connell had five hits off McLean’s Julia Longo, who fanned six and did not walk a batter. Ohanian had two hits, and Kayla Turner (double) and Elizabeth Hoeymans had the others.

“Our pitcher kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win,” Tawil said.

“She has five pitches and they were all working. We had one good opportunity to score, but we couldn’t get the squeeze down.”

That came in the second inning, when McLean had runners on second and third with one out, then Sandercock fanned two straight batters.

McLean had just two hits and four baserunners. Heather Geisler and Longo had the hits. Sandercock retired 12 in a row at one point, striking out nine

during the stretch. She then retired the final seven batters she faced.

“When her ball is alive like it was today and when she locates like that, she is awfully tough,” Orndorff said.

For the season, Sandercock is 9-0 with seven shutouts, has 104 strikeouts in 50 innings and a 0.14 earned run average, as O’Connell has outscored its nine opponents 106-3. But the victory over McLean had special meaning.

“The game could have gone either way, but we really wanted to win this a lot after last year,” Hammes said.

Tawil said he is satisfied with how his team has been progressing, with a number of new starters this spring. McLean has outscored its five opponents, 37-7.

“We are already ahead of where I thought we would be at this point, and we are getting better,” Tawil said.

NOTES: The annual rivalry between McLean and O’Connell began in 2009, with the Knights now owning a 6-3 advantage. Every game has been played at McLean. The Highlanders and undefeated Madison, 5-0 and ranked third in The Post, are scheduled to meet April 4.

Max Hammock.

In boys and girls soccer, the teams have combined for an 11-0 record, with the boys 6-0 and the girls 5-0. Both defeated Oakton, 1-0, in March 31 games.

Maddie Cybulski, Julia Leas, Rachel Jackson, Abby Fusca, Faith Lee, Jeanne Ernest and Merril Leak are among the top scorers for the Madison girls, with Emily Calhoun the goalie.

In girls softball, Madison is 5-0, including a 12-0 win over the Oakton Cougars on April 1. The Warhawks have outscored their opponents, 49-1, with four shutouts.

In baseball, Madison is 6-1 with a five-game winning streak. For more on those Madison teams visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

and a semifinal berth in the state.

Corish helped the Madison boys win Liberty and region tournaments, and advance as far as the first round of the state tournament.

Langley High School junior point guard Jordyn Callaghan was chosen to the Virginia High School League’s 6A all-state first team in girls basketball, and Madison High guard Johnny Corish made second-team all-state in 6A boys hoops.

Callaghan led Langley to Liberty Conference and 6A North Region tournament championships this past season,

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“Our offensive game plan was to work it around and look for our cutters – to run our motion offense,” Morris said. “Right now, in terms of the season, we are doing everything pretty well. We want to continue to work our offense and we want to play as a complete team for 50 minutes.

Our keeper [senior Megan O’Hara] has been real consistent. She keeps our defense in check.”

In key wins for Langley, the Saxons downed Westfield, 18-8, and Centreville, 16-9.

For Madison, recent wins were over South Lakes, 17-5, and Fairfax, 19-2.

Madison’s other wins were over Washington-Lee, 16-3, Bishop O’Connell, 13-2, Annandale, 19-5, Osbourn Park, 17-0, Chantilly, 16-3, and Patriot, 19-6.

Madison lost to Oakton on April 1 In the wins over Chantilly and Patriot, Zoe Dyer led the Warhawks’ charge with a total of nine goals. Carly Rogers added five; Annabel Bentley and Bailey Brummer had four each; Anya Saponja, Logan Hanton, Caroline Turner and

Olivia Choutka each had three each; and Diana Lowther and Ashley Go had one apiece. Those goal scorers all had assists, along with Caroline Kurtz, Grace Knicely and Elia Kim. Madison goalie Ellie Socher totaled eight saves. Morgan Muse had multiple interceptions on defense, and Lowther and Rogers dominated the draws with 13 and seven controls, respectively. n In boys lacrosse, the Langley Saxons are 4-2 and the Madison Warhawks 3-1. The Oakton boys are 3-1.

single of his own in the sixth for a 4-0 lead.

“He [Bosch] did a good job in the strike zone, and we lost track of our approach a little in what we like to do at the plate, and we had the 10 strikeouts,” Flint Hill coach Tom Verbanic said.

“We didn’t put the ball in play enough and put pressure on their defense. If you don’t score, you can’t win.”

Verbanic thought his three pitchers did well. Lee Morrison started

and worked 41/3 innings, allowing one earned run and had three strikeouts.

O’Kelly McWilliams pitched 12/3 and Teddy Reddington worked a perfect seventh with three strikeouts.

Tucker Mitchell doubled for Flint Hill. Morrison and McWilliams had the other hits.

In its next game, Potomac School defeated Episcopal, 5-2, as Albrittain pitched a complete game and struck out 10. Tristan Nelson and Albrittain each

drove in two runs. The Panthers lost to St. Albans, 2-0, April 1. Prior to playing Flint Hill, Potomac School blanked St. Anne’s-Belfield, 4-0.

NOTE: One situation that did not develop in the Flint Hill vs. Potomac School game was a brother vs. brother showdown, because Daniel Albrittain did not pitch and his younger brother, Brendan, was sick and did not play for Flint Hill. The teams meet again in a few weeks.

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In keeping with a recent sequence, this year it was the Bishop O’Connell Knights’ turn to win – defeating the HighSOFTBALL McLean landers, 1-0 in extra innings, in the annual Saturday afternoon contest between the perennial Northern Virginia girls high school softball powers and past state champions.

The squads, McLean a public school and O’Connell a private, have traded victories for five straight seasons now, with McLean winning last year’s clash, also by a 1-0 score.

“You always expect a close game when we play, and this year was nothing different,” McLean coach Maurice Tawil said. “I think these games help make both teams better every year.

That’s why we like to play O’Connell. I know it helps us, win or lose.”

Knights’ coach Tommy Orndorff agreed. “We alternate wins, and this year it was our turn,” he said. “You won’t see a better game between two of the best teams in the state.”

Zoe Dobson hits for McLean against Bishop O’Connell on April 1. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

O’Connell, ranked ninth nationally in USA Today and second in The Washington Post, improved to 9-0 with seven shutouts. McLean, ranked seventh by The Post, fell to 4-1 with three shutouts.

O’Connell was led by junior righthander Kathryn Sandercock, who struck out 16, pitched a two-hitter and

High School Roundup MANY MADISON TEAMS UNDEFEATED:

So far early in the spring season, there are a number of Madison High School sports teams with undefeated records.

In boys tennis, the Warhawks are 6-0 with a recent 8-1 victory over the Langley Saxons. Other key wins were over South Lakes and Yorktown. Madison lost to Langley twice by 5-4 scores last season.

Among the players winning singles matches for Madison have been Luke Sablik, Ravi Suresh, Clark Bowden, Mason Leak, Aryan Ossareh and Ben Liu. They also play doubles along with

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“We knew that we had to move the ball quickly,” Simondes said. “The ball moves quicker when it is moving through the air than when on the ground. We had good teamwork. This was the best teamwork that I have ever been a part of. ” Langley coach Bucky Morris said his team is doing what it needs to do so far.

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LEGALS////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-18

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ARLINGTON

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vienna Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 17, 2017 beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18 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 2017-18 GENERAL FUND

PROPOSED REVENUES FY 2017-18 Property Taxes $10,840,000 (FY 17-18: $0.2250 per $100 of assessed valuation) Other Local Taxes 6,661,000 Permits Fees and Licenses 242,200 Fines and Forfeitures 409,000 Use of Money and Property 152,000 Parks and Recreation Fees 735,000 Special Service Fees 35,000 Miscellaneous Revenues 109,800 Categorical Aid 3,278,410 Federal Revenue 85,000 Interfund Transfers 323,900 Use of Prior Year Reserves 636,000 Equipment Replacement 700,000 TOTAL REVENUES $24,207,310 EXPENDITURES Legislative $ 423,500 Administration 2,756,520 Finance Department 1,644,720 Police Department 6,456,530 Fire and Rescue 60,910 Public Works Department 7,360,310 Tax Relief Programs 234,700 Parks and Recreation Department 3,184,440 Planning and Zoning 885,850 Transfers and Reserves 1,200,100 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $24,207,310 WATER AND SEWER FUND REVENUES Use of Money $ 6,000 Water and Sewer Service Charges 7,880,000 Miscellaneous Revenues 237,760 TOTAL REVENUES $ 8,123,760 EXPENDITURES Water Services $ 2,920,640 Meter Maintenance and Reading 550,470 Billing/Customer Service 233,080 Sewer Services 3,148,470 Transfers 1,267,680 Equipment Replacement 3,420 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 8,123,760 DEBT SERVICE FUND REVENUES Other Local Taxes Use of Money Interfund Transfers Federal Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 2,600,000 12,000 975,560 36,000 $ 3,623,560

EXPENDITURES Administrative Costs Debt Service TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 300 3,623,260 $ 3,623,560

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

$ 313,170 69,660 $ 382,830 $ 112,730 325,000 -54,900 $ 382,830 $36,337,460

COUNTY OF ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, a Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Compainant, v.

O.B. SALVETIERRA, ET AL., Respondent(s),

Case No. CL17-61

ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of the Complainant, County of Arlington, Virginia, for delinquent real esate taxes against certain real property located in the County of Arlington, Virginia, described as follows: RPC No. 05057085 All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land with any improvements thereon, lying and being in teh County of Arlington, VIrginia, and being described as “Void Land Adj. Maywood, Alfred Tinner Estate, Oak Grove, 7,166 Square Feet”.

And being the same real property conveyed to Arlington Designer Homes, Inc. via escheat deed dated December 16, 1994 and recorded among the records of the Arlington County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 2710 at page 1400. And further being teh same real property conveyed to O.B. Salvetierra from Arlington Designer Homes, Inc. via Deed of Gift dated January 17, 2013 and recorded in the aforementioned Clerk’s Office in DeedBook 4646 at Page 487.

This description is made subject to all easement, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described.

IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that the due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last know addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows: O.B. Salvetierra, whose last address is unknown; and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondent named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before May 1, 2017 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Arlington, Virginia and do what may be necessary to protect their interested in this cause.

I Ask For This: John A. Kife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805) Jeffrey A. Scharf, Esq. (VSB No. 30591) Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB No. 27409) Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No. 86372) Phillip E. Lecky, Esq. (VSB No. 89342) Taxing Authority Consuliting Services, PC P.O. Box 31800 Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800 Phone: (804) 545-2500 Facsimile: (804) 545-2378 TACS No.: 366097

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LEGALS////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 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, April 24, 2017, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Continuation of the April 3, 2017 Public Hearing on amendments to the Zoning Code Chapter 18, relating to Parking.

At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the changes.

A copy of the full text of the proposed changes 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.

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 15.2-107 of the Code of Virginia (1950) AS AMENDED AND THE Code of the Town of Vienna that a public hearing will be held on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, Vienna, Virginia, for the purpose of receiving input on nochange water and sewer rates by the Town of Vienna.

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 on May 8, 2017 continuing the following charges for water and sewer service furnished by the Town of Vienna: Residential Water Consumption Charge Sewer Consumption Charge Residential Base Fee: $15/quarter Commercial Water Consumption Charge Sewer 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 0 – 16,000 gallons $6.09 per 1000 gallons 16,001 – 32,000 gal $6.59 per 1000 gallons 32,001 plus gallons $7.64 per 1000 gallons 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 0 – 90,000 gallons $6.09 per 1000 gallons 90,001 – 180,000 gal $6.59 per 1000 gallons 180,001 plus gallons $7.64 per 1000 gallons

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. April 7, 1939: n Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Brown plans to seek re-election to a second term. n The editor notes that Fairfax residents just seem to be more seriously interested in local politics than their Arlington counterparts are. n A lawsuit challenging the validity of Virginia’s poll tax has been filed. n A dairy cow from Fairfax will be on display for six months at the New York World’s Fair.

April 9, 1958: n Vienna Town Council member Noah Dove will oppose Mayor Trout in the upcoming election. n Retailers are beginning to rebel, but the Virginia Milk Commission is holding fast to its authority to regulate milk prices. n The construction and expansion of post offices in the local area is good news for the construction industry.

April 9, 1964: n The Board of Supervisors has postponed a vote on sending a $10 million bond package to the public. The funds would be used to expand Fairfax Hospital and to create community health centers. n Tom Wolfe has announced his plan to run for mayor of Vienna. n April showers have delayed highway projects around Tysons Corner. n The McLean High School boys tennis team is a young one, with no seniors on the squad. n On TV tonight: “Hazel,” “My Three Sons,” “Perry Mason,” “Dr. Kildare.”

April 10, 1978: n Opponents of Interstate 66 inside the Beltway marched to the White House to let President Carter know of their concerns. n The Virginia Education Association is complaining that state-mandated competency tests for graduating high school seniors are too rigid. n The executive director of the Virginia Crime Commission says he has no objection to a waiting period for the purchase of handguns. n Gov. Dalton has eliminated the practice of giving out photos of himself, suitable for framing.

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19. *It lights up the sky 21. *S’more cooker 23. Turkish title of respect 24. Sensational promotion 25. *Take a first aid one on a camping trip 28. Lover of Aeneas 30. *____ and field 34. Singular of #26 Down 36. Lagerlof’s “The Wonderful Adventures of ___” 38. Where there’s trouble?

40. Ripped 41. Labored breaths 43. 43,560 square feet 44. *Done to get in a race 46. Stash in the hold 47. Multicolored horse 48. Type of car 50. Greek Hs 52. *Picnic invader 53. Make like a cat 55. Nuke 57. *High ride 61. *Requires luring 65. Roundish 66. Variable, abbr.

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water 8. Brindled kitty 9. Tennis great Steffi 10. First name in jeans 11. Maple, to a botanist 12. Doctor’s order 15. Genus in plural 20. What Pinocchio was doing?

22. Make a choice 24. Gun sleeve 25. *On a string 26. Paintings in an Orthodox church 27. Layered cake 29. “Days” in Havana 31. At a great distance 32. Served hot in winter 33. God’s revelation to Muhammad 35. Financial aid criterion 37. Dick and Jane’s pet 39. *Camping abode 42. Mbabane native 45. *Shoot this?

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Public-Safety Notes REPORT SUGGESTS SHOTS FIRED:

Fairfax County police officers responded March 28 at 8:55 p.m. after authorities received a report about the sound of several gunshots near Graham Road and Oakland Avenue in the Falls Church area.

Officers did not locate any suspicious people or cars, but found shell casings in the area. No one was injured and no property appeared to be damaged, police said.

INCIDENT LEADS TO DWI, ASSAULT CHARGES: A Fairfax County police of-

ficer on March 24 at 8:16 p.m. stopped a car near Lee Highway and Meadow View Road in the Falls Church area following a traffic violation. According to police, the driver apparently was intoxicated and as officers attempted to take him into custody, he reportedly resisted and attempted to punch one officer multiple times.

Officers gained control of the suspect, Edward McCue, 53, of Annandale, and took him to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. One officer also was treated for minor injuries, police said.

Authorities later charged McCue with assaulting a law-enforcement officer, driving while intoxicated, possessing marijuana, having an open container of

alcohol and having defective vehicular equipment.

VEHICLE DAMAGED AT VIENNA GROCERY STORE: A man told Vienna police

that he had left his vehicle legally parked in the parking lot of Whole Foods Market, 143 Maple Ave., E., while he shopped at the store March 16 between 4:30 and 5 p.m. When he returned to the vehicle, he found it had been vandalized, police said.

VIENNA MAN AVOIDS BEING TAKEN IN PHONE SCAM: A man living in the 100

block of Casmar St., S.E., on March 30 between noon and 2 p.m. received several telephone calls from an unknown person that he believed were part of a scam.

The caller offered to pay the resident grant money if he would buy iTunes cards for the caller. Instead of purchasing the cards, the resident notified Vienna police about the attempted scam.

VIENNA POLICE CRUISER STRIKES DEER: A Vienna police officer was driv-

ing northbound in the 1100 block of Park Street, S.E., just before Kingsley Road on March 25 at 6:27 p.m. when a deer ran into the roadway.

The officer was unable to avoid striking the deer and the impact caused minor

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DISASTER-RESPONSE TRAINING OFFERED: Community Emergency Re-

sponse Team (CERT) is a training program administered by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department that prepares residents to help themselves, their families and neighbors in case of a disaster in their community.

Through CERT, residents can learn about disaster preparedness and receive training in basic disaster-response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and medical operations in disasters.

The next available CERT class will begin April 24 at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Academy. There are two sessions each week on Mondays and Wednesdays that run until May 17. The class is 28 hours long overall, plus the final practical exercise.

CERT training is free of charge and the county will provide basic gear. To participate in CERT training at any level, residents must be at least 16 years old and either be a Fairfax County resident or work in the county.

For more information, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/cert/cert. htm.

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