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2016 Home Sales Higher, Prices Stable

GOING FOR THE PIN

Fairfax County Recorded 15,755 Transactions in ‘16

Members of the center’s Governing Board opened five bids Jan. 6 and Sorenson Gross Co. was the apparent lowest bidder, said Teresa Lepe, building-design branch chief with the Fairfax County

Sales were up and prices were stable across the Fairfax County real estate market, with total sales volume increasing 6.2 percent to nearly $8.6 billion for the year.

A total of 15,755 residential properties went to closing in 2016, up 6.1 percent from the 14,850 transactions recorded in 2015, according to figures reported by the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR).

All three segments of the Fairfax market – single-family, attached and condominium – posted sales increases for the year.

Across the region, 2016 provided “another strong showing,” said Ann Yanagihara, a Realtor in Alexandria and a member of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors board.

“We are fortunate to live in one of the most dynamic and exciting real-estate markets,’ Yanagihara said.

The average sales price of all properties that sold across Fairfax County last year was $544,416, up less than 0.1 percent from the $544,055 reported a year before. The median sales price also essentially was unchanged, rising from $474,855 to $475,000 The average length of time between listing and ratified contract had its ups and downs through the year, but ended at the same total (52 days) as 2015. The average sales price represented 97.2 percent of listing price, up from 97 percent in 2015.

Ryan Conrad, CEO of NVAR, said the

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McLean High School’s Calvin Zug, back, wrestles and defeats Madison’s Nick Rocks in the 132-pound weight class on Jan. 21 in a quad meet at Fairfax High School. McLean won the overall match, 45-31. See a wrestling roundup in the Sports section on Page 17.

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MCC Expansion Plan Heads to Supervisors BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 14 is slated to award a $5.1 million contract to Sorensen Gross Co. for the upcoming renovation and

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A pre-bid conference drew nine contractors from a list of 13 that had been pre-approved by the county for the project, said George Sachs, the community center’s executive director.

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Local College Educators Are Saluted by Va. Government Danny Menasce, a professor of computer science at George Mason University, has been named recipient of a 2017 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

“It is very gratifying,” said Menasce, one of 12 recipients for 2017 and the 20th educator from GMU to receive the award.

Menasce has been an educator at the university for 25 years. In 2009, he received the Outstanding Research Faculty Award from the Volgenau School of Engineering.

“What I try to do with my students is tell them they need to learn how to learn,” he said. “You need to keep learning after you graduate. That is what is going to allow you to be a successful professional.”

Also receiving an Outstanding Faculty Award was Margaret Leary, a professor of information technology at the Alexandria campus and head of the cybersecu-

rity program at Northern Virginia Community College.

Leary has more than 30 years of experience in information technology, including a dozen in cybersecurity, and has served as a policy adviser for government agencies.

“We are absolutely thrilled that the Commonwealth of Virginia has affirmed what we already knew – that Dr. Margaret Leary is among the best and the brightest faculty in Virginia,” said NVCC president Scott Ralls. “[The college] is a ground breaker in cybersecurity education, a critical area of study for students in this region, and our program is what it is because of the great work of Dr. Leary,” Ralls said.

Award recipients were selected from among 97 nominees from public and private institutions of higher education in the commonwealth.

Award winners receive $5,000 grants underwritten by the Dominion Founda-

LOCAL STUDENTS REACH EAGLE SCOUT

Six members of Boy Scout Troop 652 of McLean became Eagle Scouts during a Court of Honor ceremony held Jan. 8 at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, which sponsors the troop.

The new Eagle Scouts are Alexander Horenstein, Torin Lee Dunn, Alexander Jules Brunner and Jacob Walker Wadle, all seniors at McLean High School; William Powell “Liam” Clark, a senior at St. Andrews Episcopal School; and Gabor Francis Luis Turnage, a senior at McLean High School.

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Recipients will be honored during a luncheon to be held in Richmond in Feb-

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For full details of the honorees, see the Web site at www.schev.edu.

Nearly 4,000 Garner Degrees at Mason’s Winter Commencement Nearly 4,000 students earned degrees during winter commencement exercises at George Mason University, a group that commencement speaker Sheila Johnson called “a rainbow of color, a virtual ency-

clopedia of nationalities.”

Johnson, an entrepreneur and sports executive, advised students to work hard, have a spirit of resilience and courage and keep an open mind as they move through

the workforce.

“I meet a lot of talented young people,” she said. “The ones who impress me most aren’t the ones with the biggest ideas.

They’re the ones with the biggest desire.”

Speaking at the second of two commencement ceremonies that day, GEICO chairman Tony Nicely encouraged graduates to demand more of themselves than anyone else demands of them.

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Run for a Seat on the McLean Community Center Governing Board PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTIONS MCLEAN COMMUNIT Y CENTER GOVERNING BOARD SMALL DISTRICT 1A OF THE DRANESVILLE DISTRICT F A I R F A X C O U N T Y, V I R G I N I A This OFFICIAL NOTICE of elections to select members of the 2017-2018 Governing Board of the McLean Community Center (the Governing Board) is given to residents of Small District 1A of the Dranesville District, Fairfax County, Virginia (referred to as “Small District 1A”). The McLean Community Center (MCC) operates as a Special District Agency of the Fairfax County Government through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Governing Board. On February 8, 1984, the Board of Supervisors approved the Memorandum of Understanding, which authorizes the elections. The MCC is funded by residents of Small District 1A in Greater McLean for their use through a real estate tax surcharge, the result of a 1970 Small District 1A bond referendum.

Elections are held on McLean Day at Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Virginia. This year, McLean Day is on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Voting on McLean Day takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Candidate Qualifications: Each resident who lives within Small District 1A is eligible to run for a seat on the Governing Board within the appropriate category. If you need help determining whether you reside in Small District 1A, please contact the MCC at 703-744-9348, or by emailing elections@mcleancenter.org.

ADULTS: Candidates must be residents of Small District 1A and must be at least eightteen (18) years of age on or before May 20, 2017.

TEENS: Candidates must be 15, 16, or 17 years old on or before May 20, 2017, live within Small district 1A, and live in the boundary area for either Langley or McLean high schools. You do not have to attend either high school. You may attend another school, including one that is outside of Small District 1A, or you may be home schooled. You can only run for the seat representing the high school boundary area where you live.

Available Governing Board Seats and Terms: Three (3) adult Governing Board seats will be filled through the election. The candidates who receive the three (3) highest numbers of votes will serve three-year terms on the Governing Board.

Petition Packets containing a petition, instructions, and all pertinent paperwork may be obtained at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, Virginia, 22101. Candidates must pick up and return their own petitions.

DEADLINE: Each resident seeking election to the Governing Board shall file a completed petition with the MCC at the address shown below by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 17, 2016: McLean Community Center 1234 Ingleside Avenue McLean VA 22101

One (1) Governing Board youth seat for teens living within the Langley High School boundary area will be filled for a one-year term.

For more information about the elections, please call 703-744-9348, go to www.mcleancenter.org/about/candidates, or email the MCC at elections@mcleancenter.org.

One (1) Governing Board youth seat for teens living within the McLean High School boundary area will be filled for a one-year term.

Merrily Pierce, Chair Elections & Nominations Committee McLean Community Center Governing Board

Candidate Petitions Requirements: ADULTS: Must get the signatures of ten (10) residents of Small District 1A who are 18 years old or older on or before May 20, 2017.

NOTICE: Due to the renovation of the Ingleside Avenue facility, effective Monday, April 3, MCC will relocate to the McLean Square Shopping Center. The majority of MCC’s classes will be held at 6645 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, VA 22101. MCC’s administrative offices will be located at 6631 Old Dominion Dr. (on the first floor of the Century 21 New Millennium building).

TEENS: Must get the signatures of ten (10) residents of Small District 1A who are 15, 16, or 17 years old on or before May 20, 2017, and who live within the same high school boundary area as the candidate.

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Democrats Aiming to Put 2016 Behind Them

Candidates for Governor Press Local Activists to Stay Engaged During ‘17 SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Sticking to the progressive playbook that wins in Northern Virginia, the two Democratic candidates for governor used a Jan. 22 appearance to fire up the faithful to oppose Donald Trump and Republicans while also trying to pump up interest in the Nov. 7 statewide election.

“This is going to be a fight. We all need to join hands, we all need to work together. I’m happy to lead the fight, but we need everybody,” Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam said at the forum, sponsored by a coalition of Democratic organizations.

Northam did not mention the name of his opponent, former U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, whose entry into the governor’s race earlier in January turned what was expected to be a coronation into a potentially messy competition. Democratic voters will pick their gubernatorial nominee in a June primary, as will Republicans.

Perriello, who had been working in a political position at the State Department and thus found himself out of a job after Donald Trump’s victory, said Virginia Democrats have to “give the Obama coalition a reason to show up when the name Obama isn’t on the ballot.”

“Trump’s values are not Virginia’s values,” Perriello told the party faithful. “We

are the majority; we have the numbers on our side.”

Virginia and New Jersey are the only states that hold gubernatorial elections the year after a presidential election.

“It’s really going to be seen as a litmus test for how Trump is doing,” said Jill Caiazzo, an activist who helped organize the event.

Caiazzo said she didn’t think the entry of Perriello into the race – after Northam had soaked up support from most of the commonwealth’s Democratic leaders – would make it harder for the party to hold onto the seat currently occupied by Terry McAuliffe.

“We don’t have a bad choice” between Northam and Perriello, she said.

The political forum, held at a restaurant in Clarendon and attracting about 200, was a chance for Democrats to regroup from last November’s disappointing results.

Leah Greenberg, a former Capitol Hill staffer who is working to resist legislative efforts of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans, said Democrats need to take pages from the playbook of the Tea Party, which emerged out of the 2008 Obama victory to oppose Democratic initiatives.

“They were super-rooted in their community,” Greenberg said. “They weren’t

At the Jan. 22 event, Northam and Perriello each rattled off a series of positions, mostly boilerplate, on issues ranging from the e nv i r o n m e n t to healthcare to economic growth. There Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello talks to a crowd in seemed to be litArlington on Jan. 22. His opponent for the nomination, Lt. Gov. Ralph tle political disPHOTO BY KEVIN WOLF tance between Northam, spoke later in the afternoon. afraid to play defense; they threw themtheir views. sleves into that task.”

But Northam, a pediatric physician “Local pressure is critical – let [elected who hails from the Eastern Shore, sugofficials] know you are watching them like gested he could better connect with vota hawk,” Greenberg said. ers outside the I-95 and Hampton Roads The biggest challenge for Virginia corridors.

Democrats in the 2017 statewide election “I can speak their language,” he said could be voter disengagement. At the large of more rural, conservative parts of the Jan. 21 anti-Trump rally in Washington, commonwealth. “Doctors listen – that’s “I rarely met someone who knew there the way things get done. We’re going to was a governor’s race,” Perriello said. reach out.”

Indeed: Voter turnout traditionally Also on the Nov. 7 ballot will be races falls way off from the presidential year for lieutenant governor and attorney gento the gubernatorial year; lower turnout eral, and all 100 House of Delegates seats. tends to favor Republicans, although in In Arlington, a County Board seat and 2013 Democrats swept the three statewide School Board seat will go to the voters posts. later in the year.

Schools students for 50 years.

State. Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th) has put forth a resolution honoring Warren Barry, who died March 31, 2016. A former shop teacher and guidance counselor with Fairfax County Public Schools, Barry served in the House of Delegates and state Senate and as Fairfax County Clerk of Court.

State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) and two other senators have submitted a resolution to honor Trauma-Informed Community Networks for developing and implementing trauma-informed training so public-school teachers can help their students.

Resolutions introduced by Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) honor: • Green Hedges School in Vienna, which is celebrating its 75th-anniversary year.

• Oakton High School senior Kaitlyn Hyun, who was named Miss Teen of Virginia 2016.

• Karin’s Florist, a Vienna business that last fall celebrated its 60th anniversary.

• Vienna resident Gary Ambrose, who board chair of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board and recipient of the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards’ 2016 Gartlan Award.

• The Vienna Host Lions Club, which this year will celebrate its 75th anniversary.

• The Rotary Foundation, an arm of Rotary International that in 2017 will mark a century of helping people around the world. The group perhaps is best known for its polio-eradication efforts.

• Vienna-area resident Connie Henry, an obstetrician and gynecologist who died July 11, 2016.

• Eric John Franklin of Vienna, an intellectual-property lawyer who dies Oct. 27 last year.

• Kenneth Lawrence, who represented Providence District on the Fairfax County Planning Commission for nearly 13 years.

He died Dec. 17, 2016.

Resolutions submitted by Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) honor: • First Baptist Church Chesterbrook of McLean, Fairfax County’s oldest Af-

State Legislators Honor Achievements of Individuals, Groups BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Local General Assembly members have submitted resolutions in the 2017 session to highlight GENERAL the successes ASSEMBLY of community organizations and honor the lives of prominent residents, either living or deceased.

Unlike bills on legislative hot-potato subjects, state lawmakers traditionally pass such resolutions unanimously.

Resolutions submitted by State. Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) this year honor: • The Sterling Volunteer Fire Company, which last year celebrated a half-century of service in Loudoun County.

• The boys’ soccer team of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, which last year won the Virginia High School League Group 6A state championship.

• Arlington Outdoor Lab, an outdoor science facility in the Bull Run Mountains that has provided educational and recreational opportunities to Arlington Public 4

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rican-American church, which last year celebrated its 150th anniversary.

• Alan Schuman, who last year received the Volunteer Fairfax Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with Fairfax County Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Great Falls Youth Basketball League.

• McLean resident Thomas Michael Bello, a deacon with the Arlington Diocese of the Catholic Church who died March 29, 2016.

Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) has introduced a resolution honoring former Fairfax County Executive J. Hamilton Lambert, who in retirement has served as executive director of the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation and received the 2013 Community Leadership Award from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.

Murphy, along with Sens. Favola and Howell and Dels. Sullivan and Marcus Simon (D-53rd), also patroned a resolution honoring the McLean High School Band for receiving numerous accolades last year.

Solid Finances, Meals-Tax Revenues Higher in Vienna BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Halfway through fiscal year 2017, the town of Vienna is, as usual, financially well-situated, Finance Director Marion Serfass told Town Council members at a Jan. 23 work session.

The town’s debt-service and general funds ended 2016 with nearly $25.1 million in revenues, up 3.5 percent from 2015, she said.

Meals-tax revenues went up 7.7 percent, or $181,170, last year compared with 2015, which Serfass attributed to a healthier business climate and a boost in the number of restaurants.

The total value of assessable property for tax year 2016 rose 4.4 percent to nearly $4.6 billion. Serfass supplied a chart showing an average 2.1-percent annual gain in such values over the past decade, but yearly figures have varied widely, going up 5.8 percent in 2014 and down 7.8 percent in 2010.

Residential-property valuations rose 5 percent last year and accounted for 81.5 percent of the town’s real estate tax base.

Non-residential (i.e., commercial) values rose just 1.9 percent and made up 17.6 percent of such revenues.

Town officials during the current fiscal year collected 99.8 percent of taxes levied, the 22nd straight year in which that figure exceeded 99 percent.

Uncollected taxes as of December 2016 were $104,168, up 25.8 percent compared to the previous year-end total, but Serfass said one or two major commercial-account delinquencies can make a big difference in that total. The delinquentfund balance since then has been cut to $59,000, she added.

Revenues from Vienna Community Center program fees are down $173,000, as the facility has been shut down for renovations and its programs conducted at satellite locations. That figure has been offset somewhat by lower personnel and utility costs during construction, Serfass said. Town officials plan to issue debt (i.e., bonds) every other year to fund capital projects. The next big one will be a new police station, valued at $16 million.

Vienna leaders still are looking for options to build a municipal parking garage, which would be financed by increasing the town’s meals tax from 3 percent to 4 for 15 years. Vienna officials estimate the project would cost about $10.3 million.

Council member Howard Springsteen was hesitant about doing so, given voters’ denial of a county meals-tax proposal at the polls last November, but Town Manager Mercury Payton said Vienna residents willingly had borne a similar tax increase in the early 2000s to pay for another specific project, the Vienna Town Green.

The Town Council subsequently allowed the tax to revert back to 3 percent and likely would do so again with the ga-

rage initiative, Payton said. (A majority of Council members wanted to keep the tax where it was following the Town Green’s construction in order to pay for future capital projects, but because one member switched votes when the measure was to be adopted, the higher tax then failed because it lacked the super-majority needed for passage.)

Town officials are considering several sites for a garage and would need to choose one by July in order to start the ball rolling for a meals-tax increase this year, Payton said.

Unlike counties in Virginia, town and city governments may impose or alter meals taxes without putting the issue before voters.

Springsteen suggested the town might receive a greater benefit if it built multiple smaller garages at different locations, rather than a massive one at just one spot.

Fairfax County has billed the town $2.5 million for sewer infrastructure costs and Vienna officials will spread that cost out over 15 years, Serfass said. The town should expect similar bills of about $500,000 each year from the county to cover such expenses, she said.

“Now we’ll have regular amounts we can bill into our water-and-sewer [charges],” said Mayor Laurie DiRocco.

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Our View: Time to Get Serious Over at the Capitol

U.S. Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) and Don Beyer (D-8th) had their fun and got the political mother’s milk – press coverage – last week, joining with some other Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives in some self-righteousness by skipping the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Some constituents applauded, others rolled their eyes, and the world moved on.

Despite his faults and foibles, Trump is now president, and members of the local congressional delegation (Connolly, Beyer and, in the 10th District, Republican Barbara Comstock, herself no great fan of our 45th chief executive) are going to have to pull up their big-boy pants and deal with the reality.

The good news is that the delegation is comprised of professional politicians; they understand, or at least we hope they do, that the ultimate goal needs to be forming political alliances whenever, wherever and however possible.

That’s particularly true right now for Connolly and Beyer, as Democratic hopes to chip away at the Republi-

can majority in the House seem to have been dashed for the near term.

We hardly expect Connolly, Beyer and Comstock to agree with Trump 100 percent of the time. (Even Trump rarely agrees with himself more than 75 percent of the time.) But we do expect them to reach out and find areas of agreement with the incoming administration, then work hard to make progress in those areas.

It’s the same view we uttered in 2009 when Barack Obama was inaugurated, in 2001 when George W. Bush was sworn in and in 1993 when Bill Clinton took the oath of office. And we’ll proffer it again when the next president heads to the White House.

The interregnum between a presidential election and Inauguration Day is akin to July and August in Washington: silly season, where trivialities often take center stage and nonsense is blown out of proportion. But now the heavy lifting begins. No more games, no more fooling around.

It’s time for our elected leaders to get down to business, fighting it out on issues where there is disagreement but also working to find common ground.

Split the Metro System Into Multiple Parts Editor: Is it time to look at Metro with more pragmatic eyes and some basic common sense? Is the traditional approach of one single consolidated system really the best approach for the Washington metropolitan area?

Perhaps the Metro system should actually be three separate – Virginia, Maryland and D.C. – but linked systems, each with its own board of directors, funding, budget, planning, decision-making, safety oversight and maintenance.

The simple common sense underlying this suggestion is that the separate jurisdictions have different priorities and funding limitations, often severely conflicting ones, that would be easier to manage and resolve under a system of

separate but linked Metros.

The cross-border links and funding should be easier to manage than crossborder funding of a general consolidated budget with hidden subsidies and general-budget black holes.

First, the cost-benefits of cross-border traffic would determine a more rational funding stream, especially if an accurate and honest estimate of cost is created for the cross-border cost center.

This is particularly true given that most cross-border (i.e., commuter) traffic is just between two jurisdictions (Virginia-D.C. or Maryland-D.C., with very little traffic between Virginia-Maryland, even via D.C.).

In addition, each of the separate but linked systems could adopt the right

blend of the Metro’s multiple identities (transportation business, economic-development tool or political hobbyhorse) that fits their particular political reality.

Federal funding of the Metro could be more clearly tied to federal goals (such as savings on road construction and maintenance, attracting a skilled and competent federal workforce, reduced environmental impacts of excessive traffic, economic development and a larger tax base, etc.).

Sometimes thinking a bit outside the box helps to keep a more effective and efficient operation sustainable, especially when the box is as battered and crushed as the Metro’s box has become.

Steve Carey Arlington

Editor: Some on the left say the country is divided, but don’t acknowledge it is their hateful, discriminatory behavior that is dividing it.

Scenario one: a baker is asked to bake a cake for a same-gender wedding. They say that it goes against their religious beliefs. Does the couple go to another baker? NO. They shout discrimination and hate, and proceed to sue the baker and drive them out of business.

This is “HI” (hypocrisy and intolerance), the latter of which is defined as “the unwillingness to accept a view, belief or behavior that differs from one’s

own.” It is also hypocritical to pretend that their behavior toward the baker isn’t discriminatory and hateful. If it wasn’t, they would have just gone to another baker.

Scenario two: Donald Trump wins the election. Hillary Clinton concedes, the pundits get it wrong, some people riot, vandalize businesses, steal property, and drag people out of cars and beat them because they might have voted for Trump.

It’s another example of hypocrisy and intolerance. You are allowed to think and have an opinion only if it matches their thoughts and opinions. Otherwise,

you are belittled by hateful, discriminatory comments.

Democrats boycott the inauguration, celebrities saying they won’t go (failing to mention they weren’t invited). Barack Obama says Hillary didn’t campaign hard enough and he could have won a third term – while it was his policies she ran on!

Let’s put principles before personalities. “I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is a saying based on the Constitution and freedom of speech.

Martina Esther Sabo Arlington

It’s the Left That Is Engaging in Political Divisiveness

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Vienna Looking to Lower Its Costs for Retirement BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Vienna officials soon may adopt a Virginia Retirement System (VRS) pension-plan alternative to cut administrative charges and ensure town employees have more savings in retirement.

Ninety of the town’s 183 employees have 457 (b) Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), which take money out of their paychecks before taxes.

ICMA Retirement Corp. provides and administers the town’s 457 (b) plan.

Vienna employees have contributed $11 million of the roughly $50 billion in assets the company manages.

Town officials are looking for other options, however, because the 48 available mutual funds under ICMA have an average expense ratio of 1.37 percent.

An employee committee led by Vienna Police Pfc. Blake Tremont examined expense ratios from various plans and recommended the town begin using the Commonwealth of Virginia 457 ICMARC pool via the VRS. The plan, in which 50 political subdivisions and 29 school systems in Virginia participate, has 77,000 accounts and $2.6 billion in assets. The plan primarily is managed by the world’s largest investment firm, BlackRock, town officials said.

The VRS 457 plan charges an average

expense ratio of 0.13 percent per $100,000 invested, less than one-tenth that of Vienna’s current ICMA 457 (b) plan. The VRS plan’s expense ratio would rise to a still-affordable 0.16 percent if taking into account $30.50 annual per-participant deductions to pay for a third-party administrator and an $8.50-per-employee annual administrative fee charged by VRS, said Finance Director Marion Serfass.

Assuming a 7-percent return on each $100,000 invested, the lower fees would save employees $25,000 over 20 years or $37,000 over 30 years, town officials said.

The town would not need to go through a bidding process to change its 457 plan options because it would be staying with its current plan administrator. Vienna officials hope by Feb. 6 or later to enact a resolution and execute a purchase-plan adoption agreement and related plans.

The town then would hold information meetings for employees in February and begin enrolling them under the new arrangement in March. The current 457 plan could be converted for free to the Commonwealth VRS 457 plan, which would be implemented April 1 or later.

“We think we can meet this deadline,” Serfass said. “We think it would be a fairly seamless transition.”

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Council members voiced their support for the proposal.

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“It’s another win-win from HR,” agreed Council member Howard Springsteen.

The town also has several other retirement-fund options.

“The town encourages employees to invest long-term to have a greater nest egg when they retire,” Serfass said.

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Participating groups may earn points in these categories: Energy, Water, Waste Reduction, Purchasing and Transportation.

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Vienna this year will embark on a “Sustainability Challenge” that will encourage businesses and non-profit groups to take environmentally friendly actions.

The Vienna Town Council on Jan. 9 unanimously supported the initiative, which sprang from the Vienna Community Enhancement Commission.

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“This is pretty much on their honor,” she said. “We didn’t plan to be checking their assessments.”

Council member Douglas Noble thanked commission members for responding quickly to his comments about the initiative. He recommended the commission audit some of the results and convert the participation checklist into a document that may be filled out online.

Council member Pasha Majdi was happy with the program’s specifics.

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Vienna Town Council members disagreed Jan. 23 over whether to allow increased density in the town’s multi-family housing areas, with some contending it would spur developers to raze older housing complexes and replace them with costlier new ones, crowding lower-income residents out of the market.

“They’re going to maximize their profit and put in the most expensive units they can sell,” Council member Howard Springsteen said during a work session attended by several Vienna Planning Commission members. “They’re not going to be affordable. They’re going to jack up the prices.”

Council members at the meeting reviewed the Planning Commission’s slate of proposed changes to the RM-2 residential multi-family zoning ordinance. Code provisions for that zone initially were enacted in 1956 and have not changed substantively since 1969, said Planning and Zoning Director Patrick Mulhern.

The Planning Commission’s report suggested decreasing the minimum lot area per multi-family dwelling unit from the current 2,000 square feet to 1,400. If enacted and acted upon to the maximum extent by developers, the town’s multifamily housing stock could rise from the current 543 units to 790, Mulhern said.

The Planning Commission also suggested reducing setback requirements for multi-family properties, limiting their impervious-surface areas to a total of 75 percent and requiring contiguous open space for recreational uses.

Council members agreed affordable dwellings should be part of the town’s housing mix. They used the term in the colloquial sense of not being too expensive; governmental regulations specifically define affordable housing based on the units’ cost compared with an area’s median income.

Springsteen said he did not see a pressing need to boost density in those housing areas. Council member Pasha Majdi said later that redeveloping properties in

the RM-2 zone would “gut” the town’s affordable-housing stock.

“We can’t let that happen,” he said.

“Virtually all of our affordable housing is zoned RM-2, primarily on Locust Street.

I’m totally against gutting our affordable housing in favor of high-density, highpriced homes that young families and seniors simply can’t afford.”

But other Council members said older multi-family housing units eventually would be revamped and town officials should try to guide the process.

“At some point, the sites will be redeveloped,” said Mayor Laurie DiRocco.

“What do we want to see there?”

Rents always will be lower in older buildings, said Planning Commission member David Miller. Property owners may renovate aging units to make them more desirable, but cannot raise ceilings or add bathrooms to make the units resemble modern ones on the market, he said.

Council member Carey Sienicki agreed, saying the town’s housing mix already fails to meet demand from some market segments.

“We’re looking at the future and how people want to live,” she said, citing the desire to have housing units located closer to shopping. By increasing multi-family options, “you’re giving more people opportunities to live in those places,” she said.

Urban Land Institute officials recently told Vienna leaders the town’s housing stock needed to be diversified better, specifically by increasing housing density along the Maple Avenue commercial corridor, Sienicki said.

Council member Tara Voigt worried that a lack of options could split the town’s housing market starkly.

“We could become a town with $300,000 condos and $1.5 million houses and nothing in between,” she said.

Further research, field trips and public input will be needed before the Town Council considers changes to multi-family zoning, Council members said.

“There is no rush to do this,” DiRocco said. “We can think this through.”

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Public-Safety Notes SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE CRUISER:

Someone fired shots fired at a Fairfax County police cruiser around midnight Jan. 22 near Georgetown Pike and Walker Road in Great Falls, police said.

One round hit the vehicle’s hood and another struck the rear quarter panel on the passenger side. Both bullets missed the officer police said.

The suspect’s vehicle was a white, fourdoor sedan, possibly a Toyota or Mazda and from the late 1990s or early 2000s.

Glass on the vehicle’s passenger-side window may be shattered and there was black molding on the doors.

The vehicle last was spotted going westbound on Georgetown Pike in Great Falls. Police ask anyone who has information about this case to call the department immediately at (703) 691-2131.

MAN ASSAULTED, ROBBED AT VIENNA-AREA GROCERY STORE: Fairfax

County police are looking for a man who reportedly assaulted another man and stole items from him Jan. 16 at 3:20 a.m. in the Vienna area.

The victim, a 49-year-old man, was sitting inside the Safeway store in the 3000 block of Nutley Street when the other man approached and asked for his cell phone. When the victim refused, the suspect punched him several times in the face, took the victim’s property and ran away, police said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Officers found a suspect a short distance away and identified him. The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending, police said.

FAIRFAX MAN CHARGED WITH HITAND-RUN AFTER WRECKS: A security

guard working in the in the 100 block of Park Street, S.E., on Jan. 14 at 7:20 a.m. witnessed a motorist accelerate out of a parking space and crash, causing damage to three parked cars, Vienna police said.

The motorist fled the scene, was involved in a subsequent crash and was arrested by Fairfax County police, authorities said.

Vienna police met with the arresting county officer at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities obtained three warrants charging the motorist, a 40-year-old Fairfax man, with hit-and-run. Police released the driver to the custody of the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.

possible intoxication. Police arrested the 18-year-old man, of no fixed address, on charges of defrauding a taxicab driver and being drunk in public.

Police transported the man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities set a $1,000 secure bond for him.

VIENNA RESTAURANT REPORTS RECEIVING PHONY BILL: An employee at

Social Burger, 350 Maple Ave., W., told Vienna police Jan. 17 at 2:38 p.m. about receiving payment with a $100 bill that was later determined to be counterfeit.

Vienna police continue to investigate this case.

EMPLOYEE CITED FOR NOISE VIOLATION AT VIENNA LOUNGE: A local resi-

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18-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CAB DRIVER: A cab driver

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McLean/Great Falls Notes NOMINATIONS SET TO OPEN FOR MCC GOVERNING BOARD: The nomination

period will open Jan. 23 for local residents wishing to serve on the McLean Community Center Governing Board.

Three adult and two youth positions on the 11-member body will be on the ballot this year, with voting to take place on McLean Day (May 20) at Lewinsville Park. Adult posts are three-year terms, while the youth positions (representing the boundaries of Langley and McLean highs school) are one-year positions.

Petition packets for prospective candidates will be available starting Jan. 23, and must be returned to the center (with the signatures of 10 members of the McLean tax district) by March 17. Absentee voting will begin April 10 and run through May 17.

The Governing Board sets policy for the McLean Community Center and Old Firehouse Teen Center, and advises the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on the tax rate that funds operations. Victors in the voting will be formally appointed to the positions by the Board of Supervisors.

For information on the process, see the Web site at www.mcleancenter.org.

MCA MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION: The

McLean Citizens Association will hold

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

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

The event is open to the public.

NOMINATION PERIOD OPEN FOR FOUNDATION GRANTS: Feb. 1 is the deadline

for the latest cycle of grant requests being accepted by the McLean Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the McLean Community Association.

Recent grants were awarded to the Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center and Phoenix House Mid-Atlantic.

For information and application forms, see the Web site at www.mcleancommunityfoundation.org.

McLEAN CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL MAKES RETURN APPEARANCE: The

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

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

Admission is $2 for those over age 6.

Proceeds will benefit local charitable organizations.

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FLAMENCO TAKES CENTER STAGE AT ALDEN THEATRE: The Alden Theatre of

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

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

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

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

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

WOMEN’S CLUB TO FOCUS ON ART:

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

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

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the

Pattie Hipscher, who paints in oils, will be the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the McLean Art Society, to be held on Friday, Jan. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon at the McLean Community Center.

Hipscher teaches at the Washington Art League and recently was honored by the Arlington Artists’ Alliance.

The community is invited.

RIVERBEND PARK HOSTS EVENING IN NATURE: Riverbend Park will host an

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She is a very strong woman, very smart and successful. I imagine that she would be very decisive in her home-buying decision (always a plus), and could afford an amazing luxury property.”

Craig Mastrangelo, Re/Max Allegiance: “I would like to work with Chip and Joanna Gaines, from ‘Fixer Upper.’ I appreciate their vision in the homes they work with and often times produce homes that tap into what today’s buyers are looking for in today’s market. I really like Joanna’s design aesthetic. So it is enjoyable to me to see how they get a house from bare bones to one that could be featured in many architectural magazines.”

Karon Ricker, McEnearney Associates, McLean: “My immediate attention directs me to Bradley Inman, Internet entrepreneur and founder of several online and offline companies, including the one that we as real estate experts refer to daily, Inman News. In my opinion, he is in the know of what is coming down the pipeline and has his finger on the pulse of our evolving industry and ever-changing business model. I would love to sell his homes and help him make a purchase.”

Mike Highman, Acquest Realty, Inc: “[Mad Magazine cover boy] Alfred E. Neuman. I believe we all just need a dose of humor and not be BS’ed with marketing-faced celebrities.”

Casey Samson, Samson Properties: “All my clients are celebrities to me. If you don’t think that, you should not be in the business. With that said, Mark Wahl-

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Celebrities: Who Would the Pros Seek Out? Continued from Page 3 berg is the coolest guy on the planet and my wife would not let me work with [actress] Marisa Tomei.”

Joan Stansfield, Keller Williams: “Hands down, I’d love to work with Bono.

My love of music and a deep respect for his ability to engage in both spheres of entertainment and politics. He is not only a singer, songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman and philanthropist, he is a crusader for the world’s poor and an inspiration to millions. And everyone I know who knows him personally says he’s extremely charming, polite and, most important to me, he’s a man of God.” Jennifer Harper Thornett, Washington Fine Properties: “We have been privileged to work with various clients who are in the public eye, whether it be sports figures or politicians, etc. Our philosophy and hope is that we make all of our clients feel like they are celebrities in our world.”

Lori Shafran, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “The appropriate answer is every client is a celebrity in their own way. Going back, I would have liked to sell a house to a Lucille Ball or Bob Hope, because they bring much brightness and laughter into a living room.”

Casey Margenau, Casey Margenau Fine Homes and Estates: “I would have liked to sell Ivanka Trump her $5 million

house, but I don’t work in D.C. I’m just like anybody else. If a celebrity wants to spend a ton of money, I would like to sell them a house.”

Jillian Keck, McEnearney Associates: “Ellen DeGeneres would be the best next buyer in our D.C. marketplace.

Our market could use some light-hearted laughter and a break from the constant strain of divided politics. It would be very entertaining while touring homes. And, hey, I would love to get on that invite list for a few hosted dinners at her place.”

Dean Yeonas, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “I’d like to sell to a hot-shot guitar player like Dr. John from New Orleans.”

Christy Hertel, McEnearney Associates: “Gayle King of CBS News. She is involved with everything and is so down to earth. She went to the University of Maryland and has an appreciation of D.C. and all it has to offer. I feel like I would be able to relate to her needs and find her the perfect place.”

Karen Briscoe, Huckaby Briscoe Group: “It would be fascinating and a great challenge to sell to Barbara Corcoran [of ‘Shark Tank’] because she knows so much about the real-estate industry. That would be a real neat thing to have her as a client.”

Jean Beatty, McEnearney Associates: “I would love to work with Michelle

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Real-estate investor and “Shark Tank” panelist Barbara Corcoran was picked by one local real-estate professional as someone worth working with.

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Dockery, who plays Lady Mary in ‘Downton Abbey.’ She would most likely appreciate quality craftsmanship, and I would love to ask her questions about the Abbey.”

Betsy Twigg, Washington Fine

Properties: “I would be so jazzed to sell a house to Janet Yellen [chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System) and talk finances and real estate with her.

She is so talented and brilliant, and doesn’t need the limelight.”

Ann Wilson, Keller Williams: “I would live to sell to Brad Pitt. There is a vibe about him. He is such a cool guy, he is smart and a great businessman. He has so much energy and he has so much talent, and so much going on.”

Adam Gallegos, Arbour Realty: “I would have a good time working with Kirk Cousins, because he may sign a big contract soon and might be in need of a house.”

Jack Shafran, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “We consider all purchasers of equal value and treat them all the same.

That is the right answer.”

Natalie Roy, Keller Williams: “I would love to take Julia Louis-Dreyfus on a bicycling house-hunt. Hopefully she bikes better than she dances! She stars in two of my all-time favorite shows, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Veep.’”

Carol Temple, Coldwell Banker: “Tom Selleck. The reason is he comes across as being very thoughtful and very decisive. He is not wishy washy and I anticipate he is very thorough and someone who would follow through and a person of high intensity.”

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Rocky Run Farm Celebrates History, Style Original Property Dates to 1800s; Updates Showcase 21st-Century Living

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ith the winter real estate market set to transition shortly to spring, the search is on for exceptional properties in picture-perfect locales. And we have done the work for you in tracking down this week’s featured property, which offers up historic provenance but a very forward-looking, modern persona.

Set among lush landscaping that will pop to life as warmer weather arrives, Rocky Run Farm’s history dates back to the late 19th century. But TLC and a wide array of upgrades from the current owners mean the property – set on 1.32 acres with a pool, and close to Tysons and McLean – is in turnkey condition and waiting to charm its new arrivals.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $2,650,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Exceptionality abounds; the curb appeal is enhanced by the mature plantings that shade the main house from both the summer sun and from the street outside. Privacy abounds.

A lovely front walk takes us to a welcome on the promenade porch, where we head into the foyer and begin our exploration of the property.

Designed both for family living and for entertaining in style, the home is a perfect combination of style and substance.

The large drawing room (living room) features a Hunt Country fireplace, front bow window and enough size (36x14) to host a spectacular gathering. The grand dining salon, with its own fireplace as well as china display shelves, can accommodate a large ensemble, as well.

The country kitchen is a delight for the senses, with everything close at hand. The gourmet in each of us will not be disappointed in the accoutrements, and the ambiance is marvelous.

The McLean Room is an sumptuous yet graciously informal gathering space, with another fireplace, pegged-wood floor and elegant bow alcove.

A lovely library with build-in cabinetry overlooks a side verandah, with space for a porch swing.

A main-level master retreat is a desirable element that showcases the versatility of the design. It also could be used as a home office, in-law suite of studio.

To the second level we go, where

an upper master retreat is a beacon of privacy, with all the features one would expect.

There also are four additional bedrooms here (three with fireplaces and one with a cape ceiling) plus a hideaway perfect for study or exercise.

The rear yard is highlighted by the large pool, while the poolhouse features a multi-purpose area, kitchenette and cabana-style bathroom.

All this serenity, and yet you are close to the corridors of power and all the features of urban-village living!

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: 8452 Holly Leaf Drive, McLean (22102).

Listed at: $2,650,000 by Lilian Jorgenson, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 790-1990.

Schools: Spring Hill Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

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Fairfax: December Closes Out the Year Home sales across Fairfax County in December closed out the year lower than the same point in 2015, while the average sales price of single-family homes rose, according to new figures.

A total of 1,087 properties changes hands last month, according to figures reported Jan. 11 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service. That’s down 5.5 percent from December 2015.

The average sales price of all properties that went to closing stood at $555,511, up 3 percent from a year before. The increase was due in part to a higher percentage of single-family homes in the mix, which offset declines in the two other sectors of the market: • The average price of a single-family home rose 1.7 percent to $728,356.

• The average price of an attached home, such as a townhouse or rowhouse, was down 1.4 percent to $373,861.

• The average price of a condominium was down 2.8 percent to $275,574.

The median sales price of all properties that went to closing for the month was $470,000, up 3.3 percent.

A total of 87 transactions were for more than $1 million.

Total sales volume for the month was $603.8 million, down 2.7 percent from a year before.

Of homes that sold in December, the average length of time between listing and ratified sales contract was 65 days, an improvement from the 67 days required a year before, while homes sold for an average of 96.6 percent of listing price, up from 95.9 percent.

Of homes that sold, conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 691 cases, followed by cash (124) and VA-backed mortgages (110).

Inventory is tighter than a year before, with the 2,090 properties available for prospective purchasers about 19 percent lower than at the end of 2015.

Where is the market headed? The message is a little mixed, with homes under contract up nearly 11 percent but pending sales down about 5 percent from a year ago.

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

N.Va. Homes Sales Dip, Prices Rise in December: Year-over-year home sales across Northern Virginia declined in December, but average and median sales prices were up, according to new data.

A total of 1,558 properties went to closing during the month, according to figures reported Jan. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service. That’s down 4 percent from the 1,623 sales recorded in December 2015, although the decline couldn’t prevent 2016’s total sales being up 3.8 percent from 2015’s.

Figures represent transactions in

4 Decades of Home Sales Across Northern Virginia YEAR

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

AVERAGE SALES PRICE

TOTAL SALES

For year

Change

For year

Change

$58,739 $62,373 $66,722 $71,639 $79,389 $90,744 $100,050 $103,631 $105,388 $108,049 $113,120 $121,922 $142,163 $162,850 $174,975 $174,616 $204,886 $202,534 $209,381 $210,557 $211,098 $214,102 $220,932 $229,151 $238,496 $252,374 $285,159 $319,293 $364,684 $441,253 $537,116 $537,741 $538,463 $461,039 $431,018 $469,018 $483,160 $504,338 $540,034 $551,220 $558,988 $556,368

N/A +6.2% +7.0% +7.4% +11.4% +11.7% +10.3% +3.6% +1.7% +2.5% +4.7% +7.8% +16.6% +14.6% +7.4% -0.2% +17.3% -1.1% +3.3% +0.6% +0.3% +1.4% +3.2% +3.7% +4.1% +5.8% +13.0% +12.0% +14.2% +21.8% +21.7% +0.1% +0.1% -14.4% -6.5% +8.9% +3.0% +4.4% +7.1% +2.1% +1.4% -0.5%

14,260 14,593 17,953 22,802 23,043 19,527 15,155 12,435 17,877 18,093 22,422 27,052 24,128 24,879 19,780 23,278 15,761 16,818 16,287 15,747 13,783 15,289 16,795 22,264 22,715 26,062 27,741 27,936 30,580 32,735 29,235 20,753 18,042 17,400 19,035 17,858 16,704 18,623 20,355 18,696 20,309 21,097

N/A +2.3% +23.0% +27.0% +1.0% -15.3% -22.4% -18.0% +43.7% +1.2% +23.9% +20.6% -11.8% +3.1% -20.5% +17.7% -32.3% +6.7% -3.2% -3.3% -12.2% +10.9% +9.8% +32.6% +2.0% +14.7% +6.4% +0.8% +9.4% +6.6% -10.7% -29.0% -13.1% -3.5% +9.3% -6.2% -6.5% +11.6% +9.3% -8.2% +8.6% +3.7%

VOLUME (Billions)

$0.84 $0.91 $1.1 $1.6 $1.8 $1.7 $1.5 $1.2 $1.8 $1.9 $2.4 $3.3 $3.4 $4.0 $3.4 $4.0 $3.2 $3.4 $3.4 $3.3 $2.9 $3.2 $3.7 $5.1 $5.8 $6.5 $7.9 $8.9 $11.1 $14.4 $15.7 $11.1 $9.7 $8.0 $8.2 $8.4 $8.1 $9.4 $11.0 $10.3 $11.4 $11.7

HISTORICAL/CULTURAL NOTES OF INTEREST

‘Saturday Night Live’ debuts Democrat Carter wins election R.I.P. Elvis Presley John Paul II becomes pope Incident at Three Mile Island GOP’s Reagan trounces Carter Egypt’s Sadat is assassinated It’s a boy for Charles, Diana Riggins is Super Bowl MVP ‘Cosby’ is nation’s top TV show Michael Jordan’s rookie year Shuttle ‘Challenger’ explodes Iran-Contra scandal tops the news Bush manhandles Dukakis Earthquake strikes Bay Area Americans With Disabilities Act First Gulf War starts ... and ends L.A. riots after Rodney King verdict Bill Clinton is inaugurated GOP takes control of Congress O.J. Simpson found not guilty Richard Nixon dies after stroke Tiger Woods wins the Masters Monica Lewinsky in the news Clinton acquitted by Senate Florida determines presidency Terror attacks strike on 9/11 New war in Iraq looms Joe Gibbs returns to Redskins Kerry falls to Bush in election Katrina swamps Gulf Coast Democrats win back Congress Oil prices through the roof Economy plunges; Obama wins Unemployment hits double digits GOP makes a comeback Economic malaise lingers ‘Derecho’ storm slams region Democrats win Va. statewide races U.S. Reps. Wolf, Moran retire Syrian civil war heats up Election stunner: Trump wins

Sales totals, average sales prices and volume come from data of RealEstate Business Intelligence and the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, as analyzed by the Sun Gazette, and may differ from other published figures. Totals are based on sales figures for Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria and Falls Church. Percentage changes and historical notes compiled by the Sun Gazette staff.

Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church. In the three major jurisdictions, sales were up 1 percent to 213 in Alexandria, unchanged at 224 in Arlington and down 5.5 percent to 1,087 in Fairfax County.

December’s average sales price of $570,789 was up 3.5 percent from a year before, due in part to a larger per-

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centage of single-family homes in the overall sales mix. The median price of $485,000 was up, but more modestly, rising 1.1 percent.

Median sales prices throughout the region were $678,750 in Falls Church, up 1.3 percent; $564,500 in Arlington, up 1 percent; $515,000 in Alexandria, up 3.2 percent; $481,000 in the city of Fairfax, up 1.3 percent; and $470,000

in Fairfax County, up 3.3 percent.

Homes that went to closing spent an average of 64 days on the market between listing and ratified sales contract, an improvement from the 66 days required in December 2015.

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Celebrities: Big-Name Homes on the Market Throughout the past year, homes associated with famous names from the past and present went on the market, from Beverly Hills to Miami to New York City.

A host of them have been highlighted by www.toptenrealestatedeals.com, which provides weekly updates on historic, celebrity and spectacular homes.

Among them: “Donald Trump’s First Mansion” Back in 1982 when he was still a Democrat, before he was a billionaire and a brand name and reality television star and on his first marriage to Ivana, Donald Trump was a rising star in the New York City real estate world and shopping for his first trophy mansion. Trump’s fabulous homes, that began with that first mansion in Connecticut, is a big part of the man’s story.

Trump’s collection of expensive, and even a few historic homes, rivals almost anyone else in the world. His main residence is a posh three-level penthouse at Trump Tower on New York’s Fifth Avenue where he has lived and supervised his vast business operations since 1983. Also in the Gotham area, in 1996 he purchased a 60room mansion in Bedford, N.Y., with three pools and a bowling alley. He later bought Albemarle with a 23,000-square-foot home, vineyard and winery on 2,000 acres in Virginia for $12.7 million, a fraction of the original asking price of $100 million. It is now a B&B known as Albemarle Estate at

Trump Winery with daily room rates ranging from about $400.

In 2008, Trump expanded his home stockpile to the West Coast when he purchased a six bedroom, 10,400-square-foot home on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

His #1 trophy home is still his Mar-A-Lago mansion and resort for the ultra wealthy in Palm Beach, Florida that he purchased in 1985 for $10 million. The 1920s mansion with 62,000 square feet and more than 100 rooms was originally built for Post Cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post.

Donald Trump was only 35 when he and Ivana purchased his starter mansion, a 5.8-acre home on a peninsula in Greenwich for $4 million. Always a family-oriented business, Ivana was also remodeling the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan which Trump purchased in the early 1980s and she was able to incorporate many of the same materials in the decoration of their new home creating a residence dripping in gold leaf, elegant chandeliers and crown moldings.

When they divorced in 1992, Ivana won the mansion in the property settlement.

She sold the home in 1998 for $15 million and the mansion’s new owners immediately began a renovation to tone it down a bit and also added tennis courts, indoor lap pool, sauna and a 4,000-square-foot addition with guest suites.

Originally built in 1939 for Robert Hillas, president of the Superheater Company in New York City, the 19,773-square-foot

Donald Trump was 35 years old when he and his then-wife, Ivana, purchased a “starter mansion” for $4 million.

The Connecticut estate recently was on the market for $45 million. (Toptenrealestatedeals.com)

Georgian Colonial main house and guest house have eight bedrooms, thirteen baths, a three-story rotunda foyer with double grand staircase, formal rooms and views of Long Island Sound. Also included is a home theater, putting green, multiple terraces and patios, tennis courts and three fully-equipped staff apartments.

Donald Trump’s former Connecticut mansion with major additions, six waterfront acres and a private boat dock was for sale at $45 million. It has recently been taken off the market; it’s unclear whether it’s been sold or simply on pause.

Prince loved the color purple and incorporated it into several of his homes. In 2004, great publicity ensued when he painted a Beverly Hills home he had rented from NBA Basketball star Carlos Boozer in purple stripes, installed a purple carpet with his monogram and changed the plumbing to send water to a hair salon. Boozer filed a lawsuit saying he had broken the terms of his lease, but later withdrew it when Prince paid to have the house returned to its former neutrals.

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Celebrity Homes for Sale Continued from Page 11 ducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, won an Academy Award for his film “Purple Rain” along with seven Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Prince has sold over 100 million records, making him one of the highest paid artists of all time.

Though connected with many celebrity women, he married his backup singer, Mayte Garcia, on Valentine’s Day 1996. In 1998, Prince bought a stunning villa in Spain as a gift to his wife. It was west of Marbella in the hills of El Paraiso with views of the sea, mountains, valley and golf course. They decorated it elaborately in pure Prince style. Mayte and Prince divorced in 1999 and sold the villa. The new owner redecorated to tone it down to more universally preferred elegance, and put it on the market in early 2016.

Sited on 1.45 subtropical walled and landscaped acres, the 7,535-square-foot villa has 2,583 square feet of terraces for outdoor living with tennis court, pool and three-car garage with additional parking for six. The landscape is softly lit at night affording ambiance for outdoor entertaining. Inside are six bedroom suites including two masters with the grand master encompassing two levels. Public rooms are opulent with good flow, a new fully-equipped kitchen has been reconstructed and the entire villa has been updated with the finest

materials. It is said that this home and its romantic location was the inspiration for many of Prince’s songs.

Evert Ebus of Engel & Volkers is the listing agent for the villa, previously priced at $5.99 million, now reduced to $5.2 million.

“Zsa Zsa’s Bel Air Mansion” Zsa Zsa Gabor was born in Budapest in 1917 during World War I, became an actress in Vienna at age 15 and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936. She eventually moved to the United States along with her two sisters (sister Eva starred in the longtime TV hit “Green Acres” and sister Magda married Zsa Zsa’s third husband George Sanders).

Her beauty was legendary, her personality bubbly and her accent forever famous.

Her nine husbands included Paris Hilton’s great uncle Conrad Hilton and Jack Ryan, the inventor of the Barbie Doll. Zsa Zsa was one of the last of the Hollywood Golden Age movie stars when she died on Dec. 18, 2016.

Zsa Zsa purchased her final home in 1973 in Bel Air, California for $250,000.

It spanned 9,000 square feet with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and large pool terrace with stunning views.

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From the elevator spanning all three levels to the glorious pool area out back, every amenity is in place. And the location? Conveniently set close to Seneca Road and Georgetown Pike, the property is in a world of bucolic splendor, backing to trees.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $3,499,000 by Casey Margenau of Casey Margenau Fine Homes and Estates.

The community features two-acre lots and brick or stone homes in the range of $2.5 million to $6 million, with slate roofs adding to the ensemble.

Picture-perfect curb appeal hints at what awaits when we tour the property, and it all begins in the sumptuous, vibrant foyer, with a creative curved staircase making marvelous use of space.

To our left is the large formal living room, ready to host a stylish soirée. It opens to an elegant, versatile space that would work well as a den, with sunlight streaming in from three levels.

The dining room also is wonderfully proportioned, easily accommodating a gathering of 10 or so.

The kitchen area is a true open standout, with plentiful prep space, topquality appliances and a large breakfast

area that leads to the sunroom overlooking the rear yard and pool (and offering walk-out access).

A very amply sized family room proffers a wall of windows over the rear yard, while the home office is tucked away and has a bay window to add to the ambiance.

The highlight of the upper level is the master retreat, featuring a large bedroom area with a wall of windows; a hall area that leads to a sitting area (with large windows); a double-sided fireplace; and a master bath that must

be seen to be fully appreciated. There also is plentiful walk-incloset space.

Four additional bedrooms are found on the upper level, accessed by either the main stairs or a back staircase. There also is a laundry center, as well as an overlook providing glorious vistas from above the foyer area.

More delights await on the walk-out lower level, where an extraordinarily large recreation room (with doublesided fireplace shared with the family room) is the centerpiece attraction. A true showstopper that is augmented by a wet bar.

A theater room is another adornment of the lower level, and there is a sitting area that looks out over the rear of the home.

Two additional bedrooms can be

found on the lower level, along with an additional laundry center.

The pool is sure to be a family-andfriends delight, with the outdoor-living area also featuring changing rooms, a fireplace, bathrooms and more.

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Vienna Vienna || 5/3/1 5/3/1 || $1,299,900 $1,299,900 Poppy Poppy Cole Cole // 703.304.1420 703.304.1420 601 601 Glyndon Glyndon Street Street SE SE MLS# MLS# FX9843963 FX9843963

Centreville Centreville || 4/4 4/4 || $580,000 $580,000 Michael Michael Huling Huling // 703.409.8296 703.409.8296 5252 5252 Glen Glen Meadow Meadow Road Road MLS# MLS# FX9822405 FX9822405

Centreville Centreville || 5/4/1 5/4/1 || $869,999 $869,999 Nasir Nasir Shah Shah // 571.314.5888 571.314.5888 13653 13653 Leland Leland Road Road MLS# MLS# FX9838780 FX9838780

Alexandria || 1/1 1/1 || $205,000 $205,000 Alexandria Nesha Khargie Khargie // 703.867.0259 703.867.0259 Nesha 5300 Holmes Holmes Run Run Parkway Parkway #710 #710 5300 MLS# AX9818152 AX9818152 MLS#

Fairfax Fairfax || 6/5/1 6/5/1 || $1,325,000 $1,325,000 Michael Michael DeCarlo DeCarlo // 703.772.7323 703.772.7323 12203 12203 Wild Wild Horse Horse Drive Drive MLS# MLS# FX9800076 FX9800076

Sterling Sterling | 5/3/1 | $620,000 Janine Janine Greenberg / 412.559.7602 47549 47549 Saulty Drive MLS# MLS# LO9827379

Herndon | 5/3/1 | $699,000 Rohit Arora / 703.994.6438 13220 Pleasant Glen Court MLS# FX9835551

Vienna | 5/5 | $1,275,000 Michael Huling / 703.409.8296 109 Wilmar Place, NW MLS# FX9598457

Vienna | 5/4/2 | $1,199,950 Aisha Barber / 571.215.8668 2082 Hunters Crest Way MLS# FX9827258

Leesburg | 5/3/1 | $625,000 Julie Seys Llewellyn / 703.955.6600 816 Bonnie Ridge Drive NE MLS# LO9839734

Gainesville | 4/3/1 | $395,450 Kathy Brown / 703.626/2044 8842 Screech Owl Court MLS# PW9826219

Fairfax || 3/4 3/4 || $585,000 $585,000 Fairfax Michael Huling Huling // 703.409.8296 703.409.8296 Michael 12213 Silver Silver Cypress Cypress Terrace Terrace 12213 MLS# FX9769325 FX9769325 MLS#

Back Row from Left to Right: Jack Paganelli, Ajit Kale, Mary Beth Schultz, Harry Yazbek (Broker), Annabelle Geckle, Emily Geckle, David McCarthy and Ratan Kumar Front Row from left to Right: Laura Yi holding the photo for Carter Lyons (not shown), Sanika Kale , Alan Geckle, Mia McCarthy and Annie Greene holding the photo for Tara Holmes (not shown)

Thank you to all of the Vienna community for your generous donations again this year to Toys 4 Tots.

Special “Thank You” to Republic Services (AAA) and JK Moving and Storage for supplying us the tools needed for all of the donations we received.

Northern Neck Neck || 4/4 4/4 || $1,495,000 $1,495,000 Northern Michael Huling Huling // 703.409.8296 703.409.8296 Michael 583 Wicomico Wicomico Drive Drive 583 MLS# NV9754855 NV9754855 MLS#

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Oakton | 5/4/1 | $1,215,000 2 Jones Sell Homes / 703.609.7071 11020 Carter Cooper Way MLS# FX9817630

Arlington || 1/1 1/1 || $569,000 $569,000 Arlington Laura Laura Yi Yi // 703.244.3444 703.244.3444 888 888 Quincy Quincy Street Street -- #2005 #2005 MLS# MLS# AR9731756 AR9731756

Celebrities: Superstar Real Estate on Market Continued from Page 13 would get up at 3 in the morning and drive out of Bel Air in his milk truck. It seems that Mr. Zurlo eventually rented the home to Howard Hughes for most of the 1960s.

According to Zsa Zsa, the house was also owned by Elvis Presley. House guests included John Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger and both George H.W. and George W. Bush.

But despite the all-star credibility, Zsa Zsa couldn’t seem to sell it. She put the home on the market in June, 2011, and it became an ongoing saga.

Zsa Zsa originally wanted $28 million for her home, but, in a bad real estate market, her agent convinced her to start out at $12.9 million. She had no takers, so she upped the price to $14.9 million in 2012.

With mounting money problems due to her poor health and a $10 million Bernie Madoff theft, the home was on the brink of foreclosure, only to be saved through a social media plea from ninth husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt.

The prince temporarily rescued the home for Zsa Zsa but he made selling the home much more difficult in the process by making demands that after selling the home, he and Zsa Zsa could continue to live in the home for three years plus a $325,000 a year stipend. Surprisingly, the property sold under those conditions, but

the sale fell through. Afterwards, broker Roger Perry helped arrange a deal between Gabor and a buyer in 2014 that delayed the closing so that she could continue to live in the home until her death.

Now, after her death, the developers are mulling two options. They will either resell the property with the construction permits in place, or tear it down and redevelop the property.

“Walt Disney’s Palm Springs Retreat” When Roy and Walt Disney co-founded the Walt Disney Co. in 1920, they had dreams of large success, but likely could not have fathomed becoming the world leader in fantasy, cartoon characters and family film. Neither would they have imagined continuing that leadership position in their artistic niche so long after their deaths.

Though Walt was the youngest brother, he died at the age of 65 in 1966. Roy was 73 at the time and postponed his retirement in order to open Disney World, which he later named Walt Disney World in honor of his brother. The new park transformed Orlando from a sleepy military and citrus town to America’s most popular family resort vacation destination with over 50 million visitors in 2016.

Only three years before his death, Walt Disney and his wife, Lillian, built a vacation home in Palm Springs as a getaway from Walt’s hectic work schedule and to enjoy their later years. The home stayed in

This home once owned by the late musical superstar Prince was among the properties that came on the market over the past year. (Toptenrealestatedeals.com)

the Disney family until 2015, and the new owners retained the charm and whimsy of the home created by the imaginative couple.

At 2,443 square feet, the four-bedroom, four-bath home has the clean lines of midcentury design, private in the front with cheerful red double entry doors and wide open to the outdoors in the back with views of the pool, raised spa, mountains and the Indian Canyons Golf Resort.

As with most of the modernist homes of Palm Springs, the focus was on the enjoyment of outdoor living, relaxing and entertaining.

Furnished in period furnishings with an

Art Deco flair, bold flushes of color against a neutral background is indicative of Walt’s colorful creations on film.

The listing price is $899,000, and the listing agents are Klint Watkins and Ryan Cummings of HK Lane, an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate.

“Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack Home” After almost 20 years of Las Vegas appearances, Frank Sinatra wanted a place where he and his friends could hang out for an occasional hiatus from their fans in a private location.

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Continued from Page 21 Sinatra referred to himself as an “18karat manic depressive” which was carefully hidden from the public. He was always torn between wanting a solitary place to escape but also somewhere to party with his friends and distract from the depression days.

In 1953, Sinatra had co-starred in the film “From Here to Eternity” cast as Private Angelo Maggio and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. In 1967, Sinatra built a home on five acres 4,300 feet above Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. He named it “Villa Maggio” after his character

in the film.

Now for sale, the home is the quiet, private retreat that Sinatra had always wanted.

At Villa Maggio, he created the best of both worlds, perfect for entertaining his Rat Pack buddies to soften the lows or keep it to himself when experiencing the highs. The arrangement worked so well that he resided at the rustic estate for 12 years – almost until his death.

The 10-acre compound of three buildings is perched on a craggy hilltop surrounded by boulders and exquisite views.

Built in rustic style with warm woods, local stone and seven stone fireplaces in the main house, it has two kitchens, dining and

living rooms, a den, five bedrooms and six bathrooms.

The attached guest quarters have two bedrooms, bath, living room with fireplace and a full kitchen. The detached guest house is two stories with a small kitchen, a bathroom, a stone fireplace and a deck overlooking the view.

A private helipad allows guests to fly in and out and there is parking for 25 cars.

Although much of the home has been updated such as the commercial-grade kitchen, some of Sinatra’s personal touches are still at the home, including a secret doorway, bathroom wallpaper and a Ronson foodmatic. The current owner’s family

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Markus Canter and Cristie St. James of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Scott Palermo and Jim Sanak of Harcourts Desert Homes are the listing agents. Currently on the market priced at $3.9 million.

“Elvis Presley’s Beverly Hills Home” The days of Elvis slouched on a wellworn overstuffed sofa with a plate stacked high with peanut butter and banana sandwiches on his lap are long over for the house that he and Priscilla bought for $400,000 when they were first married in 1967.

Back in the day, the gated French Regency house had the great bones that it has today, but 1960s Elvis style was a far cry from the slick, sophisticated home it is today. Along with the home of 5,400 square feet, the property has an attached guest house, large motor court and decadent pool terrace overlooking the city to ocean views.

The four-bedroom, five-bath residence is sited on 1.18 acres on a street popularly known as “Billionaires Row,” which is quite the celebrity magnet.

The newly renovated interior includes high ceilings, hardwood floors and floor-toceiling windows and glass doors that open to the terraces and view. Updates include new flooring, an added laundry room, upgraded electrical, stainless-steel kitchen appliances and resurfaced pool and spa.

Oozing both glamor and warmth, the home has a luxurious master suite, skylights and fireplaces including one pool side with fetching venues for entertaining throughout the property.

Mauricio Umansky of The Agency in Beverly Hills holds the listing for this newly updated contemporary estate formerly owned by The King of Rock n’ Roll. Priced at $30 million.

“Kirk Douglas’ Palm Springs Home” As Kirk Douglas celebrated his 100th birthday at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Dec. 9, he was joined by his wife, his son Michael and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Rickles, important film-executive friends and his cardiologist (who handed him a tall vodka). Since the doctor told him for Continued on Page 26

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Continued from Page 24 years that he couldn’t have a drink until he turned 100, it was a fitting thing to do.

To Kirk Douglas, age is still just a matter of numbers, but it’s still nice to have accumulated more memories than almost anyone else. His Palm Springs home likely held many of the happiest. The longtime vacation home of Kirk and Anne Douglas in the historic Old Las Palmas neighborhood, where they escaped Hollywood for over 40 years until they sold it in 1999, was for sale in 2016.

The 4,000-square-foot home, originally designed by Donald Wexler for the owner of the champion racehorse Seabiscuit, retains the purity of Wexler’s original design with its flagstone-and-pecky cypress foyer, walls of floor-to-ceiling glass and beamed ceilings. The open floor plan includes formal dining and sitting areas with casual fireside seating; the original mirrored wet bar reminding of old Hollywood, updated baths and an updated kitchen with the expected granite and stainless steel. The five bedrooms and eight baths include two master suites, Kirk’s suite and Anne’s suite designed each to their personal preferences, both opening to terraces overlooking the mature landscaped grounds. A large interior atrium opens the main rooms to outdoor living and the exterior gated perimeter wall encloses gardens, pool terrace and tennis court.

The Douglas home sold above the asking price of $3.45 million. The new owner will

be the next-door neighbor of Leonardo DiCaprio, who purchased Dinah Shore’s former home in 2014. Bennion Deville Homes in Palm Springs was the listing agent.

“Adam Levine’s New York Penthouse” Hottie frontman for Maroon 5 and longtime judge on “The Voice,” Adam Levine and his supermodel wife, Behati Prinsloo, seem to be making their own lifestyle changes since welcoming their first child into the world in September, Dusty Rose.

Prior to her birth, they put both their Beverly Hills mansion and their trendy New York SoHo loft up for sale.

Selling soon after it was listed for $5.4 million to shoe designer Nick Lucio, Adam’s spacious New York loft makes a great bachelor or couples pad, but he converted the second and third bedrooms into open space in 2014, long before the baby news broke, leaving just its one large master suite.

Located on a charming cobblestone street, the SoHo cast-iron building dates back to the early 1900s.

At 2,800 square feet, the one-bedroom unit still retains its six original columns and exposed brick walls with arches embedded within the brickwork. With 13-foot ceilings and huge windows overlooking Greene Street, the open floor plan makes it feel larger than its square footage indicates with a 60-foot living room that opens to a kitchen with black granite and stainless high-end appliances. The large master suite bath includes jacuzzi, separate shower and large walk-in closet/dressing area.

Not all celebrity-related homes are in the stratosphere, price-wise. This one-time Palm Springs retreat for Walt Disney currently is on the market, priced at less than $1 million. (Toptenrealestatedeals.com)

Adam hasn’t had as much luck with his Beverly Hills mansion, recently reducing the price from $17.5 million to $15.95 million.

The listing agents for the New York loft were Adam Mahfouda and Jules Borbely of Oxford Property Group.

“Pierre Cardin’s Bubble Palace” Vacation homes are fairly common among the wealthy and even the not so wealthy, but when designer Pierre Cardin looked for a vacation home, he naturally chose one of the best locations in the world and a one-of-a-kind mansion with unique style.

He chose a home on a Mediterranean cliff overlooking the sea made up of bubble

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Mid-century architect Antti Lovag designed Le Palais Bulles – the Bubble Palace – in Cannes, France, which was built between 1975 and 1989. Pierre Cardin purchased the home at auction in the early 1990s as a vacation home. He was drawn to the property, saying, “Round shapes have always inspired me,” and compared it to a woman’s body saying “. . . everything is absolutely sensual.”

Currently for sale, the connecting bubbles representing one room each, is spread over six levels on 1.75 acres on a cliff with 180-degree-views over the Mediterranean.

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For buyers, is the home office on its way out or still a big want? The Sun Gazette asked some local agents that question. Here are their answers: Dawn Wilson, Keller Williams: “I still have buyers who want a home office.

More and more of my clients are working from home or working from home part of the week, and like having a dedicated space for working if it is possible with their budget. I still have some clients who want built-in shelves for the office, but others do not think built-ins are very important.”

Vivian Lyons, Lyons McGuire Homes and Estates: “In the Great Falls market and in upper-end homes, a home office is still desirable.”

Jane Price, Weichert: “Home offices are still important, though they may not be called as such. Young busy families want a designated area for equipment, paperwork, etc., that functions well for keeping all aspects of their lives running smoothly, organizing and doing work remotely.”

Christy Hertel, McEnearney Associates: “Home offices are still a need, but maybe getting more kid-centric. A family computer and all electronics in one place.

It is kind of like a central control for the house, especially with smart-homes coming into play. So they need to be carefully planned with wiring for Internet, wi-fi and cable for computers, printers, TVs, phones, etc.”

Jillian Keck, McEnearney Associates: “Buyers are more efficient with their space now more than ever. When a buyer is looking for a home office, they are tending to also use it as a multi-purpose room.

Say, a spare bedroom for guests.”

Yolanda Mamone, McEnearney Associates: “The home office is very ‘in.’

I have so many requests for large condominiums and cooperatives that have two bedrooms plus a den, or three bedrooms, so that each member of the couple may have their own home office. These individuals I work with are 60 to 80 years old, who want space to continue to work and for a myriad of interests.”

Karon Ricker, McEnearney Associates, McLean: “Home offices are going out, in my opinion. Buyers don’t see the value in an office, but rather, they are all about bringing more people into one area of the home. People are also getting creative with spaces.”

Casey Samson, Samson Properties: “Offices are a must. More and more people work from home and home offices will always be attractive. If buyers do not need one, they need to consider resale value.”

Barbara Lewis, Washington Fine Properties: “Home offices are still desirable. Many more people are working at home or tele-commuting, and they need a designated place to keep their things.

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Craig Mastrangelo, Re/Max Allegiance: “The past decade has seen a real increase in the percentage of the workforce that is able to telecommute, thus placing an increased need on having separate/ dedicated work space in one’s home. This trend, especially in a highly trafficked area like Northern Virginia, shows no signs of abating.”

John Mentis, Long and Foster: “At prices of $1 million and higher, home offices are still desirable. At less than that, buyers are becoming more resolved to the fact that either the home office doesn’t exist or that it’s very small or that it’s makeshift.”

Jean Beatty, McEnearney Associates: “The home office is a huge want, and in many cases a need, as so many buyers plan to telecommute. Often, buyers will look for a house with more bedrooms than otherwise needed to enable them to transform one of them into a home office.”

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Continued from Page 29 home search. Their tablets, smart phones, and the cloud are their floating office to be used in the kitchen, family room or wherever. There is no need for home-office space to store file cabinets and huge desktops of long ago. The only space that is needed is for a multi-function-printer unit, and that can be stored in a wired family room wall cabinet.”

Diane Lewis, Washington Fine Properties: “More and more people work from home, so there is a need. A new trend is trading the living room for a formal library and still having a working office off the family room.”

Joan Stansfield, Keller Williams: “The majority of today’s buyers want or need a home office, or space to create one.

I see it in greater demand now than ever.

With so many people now working from home, it’s become a must-have.”

Mary Roberge, McEnearney Associates: “I am definitely seeing that the home office, if not two, are still a definite want for buyers. The room that I don’t think is desired as much is a media room.”

Natalie Roy, Keller Williams: “Home offices continue to be popular with a wide range of buyers. More people are telecommuting and looking for that extra space to set up a designated study or office.”

Jennifer Thornett, Washington Fine Properties: “The home office or library has always been a traditional need/want of buyers, and we don’t see that changing. However, what has changed is that buyers are able to demand more flexibility with regard to the location of their home office within the home or the style of the room.”

Betsy Twigg, Washington Fine Properties: “Having a home office is even more important than five years ago. With so many more people telecommuting now, a dedicated space for working from home is needed.”

Casey Margenau, Casey Margenau Fine Homes & Estates: “Today, it kind of has to be there and is expected, even in a little tiny condo. People have to have a work space in their house, because everybody has a computer.”

Dean Yeonas, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “A work space is very important for most people. We have sold houses where living rooms are converted into a home office. We see that a lot, because formal living rooms aren’t used as much now.

A home office is more important.”

Karen Briscoe, Huckaby Briscoe Group: “There has to be a designated space, even if they are built-in cabinets.

We are seeing a trend to have one big office space in homes, then another smaller space, typically near the kitchen as kind of

the hub and a multi-purpose space.”

Rob Ferguson, Re/Max Allegiance: “Going forward, the home office will continue to be of big importance because there are more people working from home, and that isn’t going to change.”

Ann Wilson, Keller Williams: “At least some type of small nook is important to have, even if it’s working on a diningroom table.”

Gloria Adams, TTR Sothebys International Realty: “Everyone likes to have a work space or library. That is kind of expected now.”

Mark Middendorf, Long and Foster: “Husbands and wives want an office, and to have a work space for their children, as well. We are seeing more little work rooms.”

Carol Temple, Coldwell Banker: “Dedicated office spaces are a big market now, and there is a big value to that. People want two or three bedrooms and an office.

And if not, they will build one or add doors to have one made. They want the ability to work in a separate space.”

Adam Gallegos, Arbour Realty: “We are seeing more and more telecommuting, so buyers need home offices more and more. Buyers are willing to convert space. They want a designated work space, even if it’s plopping the laptop on a living room coffee table.”

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Real Estate: “Many want that separate room off the kitchen area for kids to do homework, or look up recipes on computers while cooking. The room is for family use. Then, sometimes a whole separate space is still wanted.”

December Continued from Page 8 market representing a scant 1.8-month supply. A year before, there were 3,470 homes on the market, a 2.1-month supply.

Where is the market headed as it transitions into the depths of winter?

Both pending sales and new pending sales in December were down slightly from a year before, suggesting something of a dormant period before the spring market kicks in during February or March.

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

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Schools & Military n Hannah Dimmick of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree in exercise science during recent commencement exercises at the University of Kansas.

Levine of McLean studied in Chile and Christie McIntyre of Vienna studied in Germany, Luxembourg and Italy.

The following local students have been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University.

– From Dunn Loring: Milos Lesevic, Amanda Kousen.

– From Great Falls: Michael Hartinger, Jacquelyn Hulett, Alexandra Riddell.

– From McLean: Kate Gurian, Thomas Peck, James Aguilera.

– From Oakton: Robert Kurtzman, Benjamin Safferson, Austin Gibbons, Mira Gruber, Sherrill Callahan, Patrick Moore, Allison Smith.

– From Vienna: Amanda Crandall, Samuel Looker, Justine Orr, Sandra Richie, Jade Belcher, Morgan Billinglsey, Jennifer Burke, Flora Lindsay, Hayleigh Walton, Meghan Torres, Daniel Slattery, Allison Brandmark, Katherine Ellis and Cameron Stopak. n

n Julie Ghareeb of McLean earned a master of business administration degree, Alicia Giezen of Great Falls earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science and Anna Soldano of Vienna earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing, cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University.

Elora Kuhn of Vienna was among five students from the University of Dallas who over the summer assisted with the excavation of the ancient city of Gabii, located 11 miles east of Rome.

Gabii was one of the largest cities in the region of Latium during antiquity, with its origins dating to approximately the same time as the founding of Rome.

It has been the focus of an international team of Italians, Americans and Canadians for more than seven year. A field school on the site is run by the University of Michigan. n

Three local students attending Miami University spent the summer abroad on educational outings.

Tyler Davis of McLean studied in France and the United Kingdom, Gabriel n

n Daniel Bayer of Oakton, Jeffrey Carlson of Vienna, Sarah Carlson of Vienna and Sophie Clarke of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wheaton College.

Abigail Hassler of Great Falls has been named to the dean’s list for the fall n

semester at the University of Rhode Island. n Flannery Mehigan of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Vermont. n Caroline Anderson of Vienna and Tessa Smalley of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Christian Gilbert of McLean has been named to the chancellor’s list for the fall semester at Troy University. n

n Thomas Muck of Oakton has been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Champlain College. n Jaquelin Bishof of Great Falls, Brady Culman of Oakton, Justin Kuo of McLean, Aaron Lippman of Oakton, Shannon Murphy of Vienna, Adeline Park of McLean, Melissa Parks of McLean, Emma Roberts of Vienna, Jeanine Shea of Vienna, Christian Tailor of Vienna and John Zele of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Bucknell University. n Christopher Liakos of Oakton has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Radford University.

n Matthew Thompson, a 2015 graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Penn State. n Dallas-Blake Basha of Vienna, Paige Galiani of Great Falls, Soraya Todd of McLean and Stephen Yenouskas of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lehigh University. n Ariel Thompson, a 2015 graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Auburn University. n Maya Falicov of McLean, Caroline Jackson of McLean, Christie McIntyre of Vienna, Jennifer Kleinknecht of McLean and Kerry Bush of Great Falls have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Miami University. n Lucy Gardner of Dunn Loring, a student at Miami University, spent the fall semester in the Netherlands as part of a study-abroad group.

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Transportation Notes REGIONAL COALITION URGES FOCUS ON BIG-TICKET TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES: A coalition of business and

development organizations has affirmed its commitment to a regional strategy addressing gridlock.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition recently detailed an updated statement calling for a “strong, efficient regional transportation network” to ensure economic competitiveness, security and quality of life.

“We believe that unlocking Northern Virginia’s Transportation grid requires a strategic regional approach,” said the coalition, which includes signatories ranging from the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Northern Virginia Technology Council to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors and Washington Airports Task Force.

As it has in the past, the coalition calls for focusing regional transportation funds on large-scale transportation initiatives, including improvements to Metro; construction of a new Potomac River crossing west of the American Legion Bridge and a Bi-County Parkway connecting Prince William and Loudoun counties; widening Route 28; converting the Fairfax County Parkway to a limited-access highway; improvements to Interstates 66 and 395; and development of a regional express bus network.

Other signatories: the Apartment and

Office Building Association, Committee for Dulles, Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Heavy Construction Contractors Association, Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce, Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Associated Builders and Contractors, Dulles Area Transportation Association, Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, NAIOP Northern Virginia, Northern Virginia Building Industry Association and Prince William Chamber of Commerce.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce, which has not been a signatory in the past, also did not sign on this year.

DULLES, NATIONAL SEE INCREASED PASSENGER COUNTS: Washington

Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport each posted passenger-count increases in November, with the overall total advancing 3.7 percent from a year before.

A total of 1.74 million passengers passed through the Dulles terminals during the month, up 5.6 percent from November 2015, while 1.97 million came and went at Reagan National, up 2 percent, according to figures reported Jan. 17 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

The solid boost at Dulles came from a reinvigorated United Airlines, the airport’s dominant carrier, which boosted capacity to 45 destinations and saw an increase of 8.2 percent in domestic-passenger totals (albeit offset slightly by a decline in international-passenger activity).

Southwest Airlines saw a year-overyear increase of 10.1 percent at Dulles for the month, due largely to new service to Atlanta and Orlando.

International carriers also saw boosts, with Emirates, Icelandair, COPA and Lufthansa as seeing major spikes due to increased capacity. LAN, Air Canada and Royal Air Maroc inaugurated service at Dulles during the middle of 2016, adding to the totals.

At Reagan National, dominant carrier American Airlines saw a slight increase in passenger activities, while United and Delta and (to a lesser extent) Southwest also saw increases.

At the region’s third major airport – Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall – the passenger total of 2.14 million for December was up 5.6 percent from a year before. Nationally, enplanements rose 3.5 percent, according to the trade group Airlines for America.

Both Dulles and Reagan National are on course to see yearly improvement from 2015 to 2016 when figures are released in February. For the first 11 months of the year, Reagan National saw 21.7 million

passengers, an increase from 2015’s record total, while Washington Dulles had 20.2 million, up 1.2 percent.

For full data, see the Web site at www. mwaa.com.

AIR INDIA BRINGING SERVICE TO DULLES: It has been in the works for

more than a year, and Air India has now confirmed plans to serve Washington Dulles International Airport beginning over the summer.

The decision was reported by the Times of India newspaper.

The carrier will provide three-timesa-week service between Dulles and the Indian capital of Delhi using Boeing 777 aircraft.

The flight will add to Air India’s U.S. presence, which includes nonstop service from India to New York-Kennedy, Newark-Liberty, Chicago O’Hare and San Francisco International airports.

ALASKA AIRLINES ADDS SEASONAL SERVICE TO BWI: Alaska Airlines over

the summer will augment its service to the West Coast from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The carrier will offer one-flight-a-day service from June 6 to Aug. 26 between BWI and Portland, Ore., using Boeing 737 aircraft.

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McLean Continued from Page 1 Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.

The bid includes options for a new entranceway and some light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixtures, Sachs said.

The contractor’s bid came in under the county’s estimate, so officials were able to boost the project’s contingency allowance, which will cover unanticipated expenses, Sachs said. The project is fully funded, he added.

McLean Community Center leaders learned from Vienna officials’ experience with the town’s renovation and expansion of its community center. Vienna leaders initially allotted only a 3-percent contingency amount for that $10.4 million project, and costs since have risen by about 20 percent.

The McLean Community Center project, which officials hope will begin in April, will add a 1,008-square-foot meeting room next to the existing large meeting area and build a 2,983-square-foot structure, with multipurpose room, kitchenette, restrooms and storage space, just

Homes Continued from Page 1 glass looked mostly full going forward.

He pointed to industry experts’ predictions of increasing home prices and relatively low mortgage-interest rates.

“With home values rising and the promise of solid economic growth, we have a possible multiplier effect for our region’s economy,” Conrad said.

Despite a slight year-over-year decline in average sales prices, the Northern Vir-

Vienna Continued from Page 8 surfaces. Anti-icing methods allow town crews to clean up roads more quickly, cut down on labor time and decrease wear and tear on snow-removal equipment, Vienna officials said.

“It gives us a head start,” said Vienna Public Works Director Michael Gallagher, noting that the town focuses such efforts first on primary roads.

One catch: The brine will wash off streets if rain precedes snow or ice storms, he said.

south of the center’s Susan B. DuVal Art Studio.

The project also will enclose and roof the center’s courtyard area and feature a 1,255-square-foot sculpture garden in the middle, which would be exposed to the sky. This section also will have a 661square-foot boardroom and a 703-squarefoot lounge.

Community center leaders will move programs and offices to the McLean Square Shopping Center before the facility shuts down for the start of construction. Operations at the Old Firehouse Teen Center will not be affected.

The McLean Project for the Arts, located upstairs at the community center, already is occupying a satellite location at the Giant Shopping Center and will move operations there during the renovations.

A photo exhibit that has been on display at the alternative site since early December was scheduled to close Jan. 21.

The community center’s renovations, designed by The Lukmire Partnership, will take about 18 months to complete. Likely contractor Sorensen Gross Co. recently finished renovations at Pohick Regional Library on-time and under-budget.

“We’re feeling pretty confident,” Sachs said. “The Board of Supervisors will do a blessing and away we will go.”

Graphic shows layout of the main level of the McLean Community Center under the renovation and expansion proposal that is now in the hands of the Board of Supervisors.

ginia real estate market in 2016 posted its best year since 2005 in both total sales and overall sales volume.

A total of 21,097 residential properties went to closing during the year, up 3.8 percent from the 20,335 transactions recorded in 2015, according to preliminary figures reported Jan. 10 by NVAR. Figures represent sales in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.

The average sales price of $556,368 was down 0.1 percent from 2015’s record total of $556,995, but still represented the second-highest ever.

Sales in 2016 were the highest since the

bubble that preceded the 2008 recession; sales totals peaked from 1998 to 2005, with the region’s annual sales topping out at 32,735 in 2004, according to historical tabulations compiled by the Sun Gazette.

Total sales volume of $11.7 billion for 2016 was up from $11.4 billion the year before and the third highest ever behind $15.7 billion in 2005 and $14.4 billion in 2004.

The year-over-year improvement from 2015 to 2016 in sales came despite a soft December 2016 sales report, with sales down 4 percent from a year before. Average sales prices rose about 3.5 percent in December, helping to boost sales volume.

The 2016 report marks the fifth consecutive year that the average sales price of all properties – single-family, attached and condominium – exceeded a half-million dollars, a rate also reached in 200506-07 before declining to an average of about $430,000 in 2009, then rebounding.

NVAR leaders are expecting an early start to the spring buying season, and note that prospective buyers often insist on turnkey conditions, so are suggesting sellers get their homes positioned to take advantage of the peak market in coming months.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market.

Town crews now use a “homemade” spreading device to distribute brine, Gallagher said. The town will order the new machine right away, but it is not guaranteed the equipment will arrive and be assembled in time for snowy or icy weather this winter, he said.

3 Vienna Town Council Incumbents Plan to Seek Re-Election in May: Vienna Town Council members Tara Voigt, Carey Sienicki and Howard Springsteen have signaled they will seek new terms in the May 2 town election.

Voigt, who joined the Council in 2015, and Sienicki, an incumbent since 2011, announced their re-election bids at the Council’s Jan. 9 meeting. Springsteen, a Council member since 2009, told the Sun

Gazette he would announce his candidacy formally in coming weeks.

The Vienna Town Council consists of six members plus the mayor, all of whom serve at-large. Three Council seats are up for grabs the first Tuesday of each May and the mayoral election is held concurrently during even-numbered years.

The posts are not highly remunerative, given the long night meetings, background reading, public appearances and extra duties involved, such as representing the town on various state and local organizations. Council members earn $5,000 per year and the mayor takes home $7,500.

People wishing to run for Town Council must submit candidate forms and 125 signatures from registered Vienna voters

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No one, including incumbents, has filed formally so far, said Office of Elections director and General Registrar Cameron Sasnett.

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There are so many very good annual neighborhood high school basketball rivalries, boys and girls, each winter season in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas, and four such contests were played in recent days.

Wrestlers Busy in Matches, Tourneys

Dave Facinoli

A Staff Report

Over the winter break, the Potomac School wrestling team had a number of top finishers at the recent Battle at the Bridge Tournament at Woodbridge High School. Out of the possible 14 weight classes, Potomac finished 14th.

Taylor Hosmer placed fifth at 182 pounds, Will Ayres was sixth at 152 and Sam Lu seventh at 170.

WRESTLING ROUNDUP Next, the team competed in the St. John’s Classic Tournament. Ayres finished 4-0. Hosmer and Tim Fahlgren were 3-1. n In a Jan. 21 match at Fairfax High School, the McLean Highlanders defeated the Washington-Lee Generals, 51-19. Winning matches for McLean were Alex Wassell at 106 pounds, Zach Chung (120), Calvin Zug (132), Eathan Newman (145), Brandan Grammes (160), Gavin Legg (170), Alex Hornestin (195), Geoffrey Goldenhorn (220) and Charlie Salt (heavyweight).

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Madison High School heavyweight Brad Porter, right, wrestles Yorktown’s Clay Chadwick durPHOTO BY DEB KOLT ing a multi-team match Jan. 21 at Fairfax High School.

Neighborhood Rivals Split Twinbill in Oakton DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

An annual and popular high school basketball doubleheader produced a decision BASKETBALL split Jan. 21 when host Flint Hill Huskies and Potomac School Panthers met in boys and girls action.

In the opener, the Flint Hill girls (10-7) got off to a hot-shooting start to win, 64-48, defeating the Panthers (12-4) for the 14th straight time dating back to the 2001-02 season.

In the boys night cap, first-place Potomac School (11-5, 4-0) rallied from a two-point halftime deficit to win, 58-47, over Flint Hill (4-12, 1-4) in the MidAtlantic Athletic Conference contest,

snapping its three-game losing streak to the Huskies.

The Potomac School boys were 26 of 30 from the foul line and used a 9-2 run, without any turnovers, to start the third quarter; then an 11-2 run to open the fourth to outlast Flint Hill. The Panthers also cut way down on turnovers in the second half – just four compared to 13 in the first half.

“We didn’t start well. Then we talked at halftime, settled down in the second half, we ran our stuff and attack offensively and got some stops on defense,” Potomac School coach Levi Franklin said. “Flint Hill played us very tough, as they always do.”

Potomac School was led by Nate Martin with a single-game season-high 19 points to go with seven rebounds. Af-

ter missing his first two foul shots of the game, Martin hit his last 12 in a row.

“My first two shots were kind of flat and I wasn’t using my legs enough,” Martin said. “I started putting more arch on the ball after that, and using my legs.”

Devon Flowers also had 19 points and added eight rebounds and two blocks for the Panthers; Preston Bacon had 10 points and seven rebounds; and Zach Harris had six points, eight rebounds and three steals.

“In the first half we didn’t execute,” Martin said. “It was more of a want for us in the second half, and we had more energy.”

Flint Hill, which led 13-8 at the end

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Those showdowns were privateschool boys and girls games between the Flint Hill Huskies and Potomac School Panthers, and Arlington’s Bishop O’Connell Knights taking on the Paul VI Catholic squads from out in Fairfax. The crowds were loud and large, with the student sections – more so for the boys games – energized, extremely active and boisterous.

Those rivalries are among the best in Northern Virginia, but don’t always receive as much publicity as some of the bigger public-school clashes.

Public-school tilts between Sun Gazette teams Langley and McLean, Marshall and Madison and Langley and Madison for years have been among the most notable.

Unfortunately, with recent and future realignment of some conferences, some of those rivalries will be lost, or the teams won’t meet nearly as often, which is unfortunate.

In Arlington, anytime the Washington-Lee Generals and Yorktown Patriots play, the games are often scheduled as girls and boys varsity doubleheaders and draw full houses no matter the night. Another such twinbill is on tap for Friday, Jan. 27 at W-L. Get there early, or park way off campus.

Unfortunately, Arlington was without one of its other big county rivalries this season, because the Wakefield Warriors and Washington-Lee didn’t meet in either girls or boys action, which the teams had done for many straight years. Hopefully the rivalry resumes in the future, and Yorktown and Wakefield also continue to meet at least once a season.

All of those neighborhood clashes are important for the community, and generate interest and excitement.

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Madison, Langley Boys Fall Short vs. First-Place Teams MATT DELANEY For the Sun Gazette

The Madison Warhawks came up short in their second meeting against ConBASKETBALL Liberty ference rival and the host Hayfield Hawks, losing 59-50 on Jan. 19 in boys high school basketball action.

Madison is 11-5 overall and tied in the standing with the Langley Saxons at 5-3. Hayfield and the South Lakes Seahawks are tied for first at 7-1.

Madison nipped Hayfield, 48-47, in a December meeting on a last-second shot. On Jan. 19, Hayfield saved its best for the final quarter, outscoring the Warhawks, 18-7, in the period.

“We had a bunch of great looks.

Johnny Hecht had a drive that didn’t go down. Johnny Corish had two 15-foot jump shots that went in and out,” Madison coach Kevin Roller said. “We missed the shots, the ability to call timeouts to

set a defense and, give them credit, in the final two minutes they made free throws.”

Hayfield was 7 of 10 from the line in the fourth quarter.

Madison started the fourth with a narrow 43-41 lead, but soon trailed after a 7-0 Hayfield run. Corish’s jumper ended Madison’s nearly four-minute scoring drought, and was followed by senior forward Riley Jorgenson’s driving basket on the next possession. Two free throws from Corish pulled the Warhawks within one at 50-49. Hayfield, though, kept pace on the offensive end.

Prior to the game, Roller said his team needed to focus on upping the tempo, beating Hayfield’s press and zeroing in on defensive rebounds. Madison accomplished the first two criteria well enough, but the Hawks’ control of the boards made life difficult for the Warhawks.

“We’ve got to do a whole lot better job making sure we get contact away

from the basket so it doesn’t become a vertical, rebounding game – that the rebound is in front of us.” Roller said.

“We’ve done a phenomenal job all year of boxing out – like against Marshall and their seven-footer – until tonight.

So we’ll have to do a much better job at that.”

Madison and Hayfield were in a tight game throughout. A Corish three ended the first quarter with the Warhawks down slightly at 12-10. The Hawks built their lead to 17-10. A Jorgenson layup followed by his three-pointer, then another three from John Finney knotted the game up at 19. From there, Hayfield led at halftime, 26-24.

Both offenses got going in the third as Finney, Jorgenson and Corish had success scoring in the paint, while Hayfield was equally as productive down low and with mid-range jumpers. Corish’s putback to end the third quarter gave Madison its final lead, pre-empting Hayfield’s strong fourth quarter.

NOTES: Corish led all scorers with 19 points, consisting of five field goals, a three-pointer and going 6 of 7 from the free throw line. Jorgenson had 11 points, and Finney and senior forward Nick Conforti each had six. Conforti is back in the lineup after missing significant time with a shoulder injury. n Also on Jan. 19, the visiting Langley Saxons (8-8, 5-3) lost to the South Lakes Seahawks, 45-43, in a seesaw Liberty Conference boys game. Langley had possession with two seconds to play, but did not get off a shot, as a midcourt inbound pass was deflected away, snapping the team’s four-game winning streak.

“Our kids played well and I now think we can beat South Lakes,” Langley coach Scott Newman said. “We needed to make a few more shots at the end.”

Sami El-Rafey had 15 points, Colter Carton 11 and Chas Battaglia 10.

All Liberty teams are in action with two games this week.

Local Football Players Chosen All-State, One on First Team DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Three Madison High School football players were chosen to the Virginia High League’s FOOTBALL School 6A all-state teams, including senior defensive back Sam Kidd, a first-team defensive selection.

Kidd intercepted 12 pass this season, when Madison advanced as far as the semifinals of the 6A North Region

Wrestling Continued from Page 17 n The Marshall Statesmen had an 8-4 record in dual matches with recent wins over Jefferson, 62-12, and Stuart, 49-30, a loss to Edison, 43-26, and seventh and 10-place tournament finishes.

Basketball Continued from Page 17 of the first quarter and 26-24 at halftime, was led by Isaiah Moore with 12 points, Justice Ellison with 10 and Gage Herdman with eight points and six rebounds.

“In the second half we weren’t patient enough and we squandered opportunities to score by missing high-percentage shots,” Flint Hill coach Rico Reed said.

“We were too inefficient on offense to create the runs we needed. We left a lot of points out there.”

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Tournament. He made 102 tackles, including 52 solo, with eight tackles for losses. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Kidd broke up 20 passes, recovered one fumble and caused four more. For his career, Kidd had 27 interceptions. He helped Madison win 20 games during his junior and senior seasons.

This past season, Kidd was chosen as the Liberty Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was in the running for region and state Player of the

Year honors.

“All Sam did was make plays,” Madison coach Lenny Schultz said. “Something will work out for him for college football.”

Making the second-team all-state defensive squad from Madison were senior defensive end Brad Porter and junior linebacker Nate Leas.

The 6-1, 230 Porter made 72 tackles (45 solo), had 11 sacks, 14 tackles for losses, batted down four passes, recov-

ered three fumbles and had one interception. Schultz said Porter, too, likely will play in college some place.

Leas made 113 tackles (44 solo), had 22 tackles for losses, caused four fumbles and recovered four, and intercepted four passes. Leas missed one game with an injury, and had 20 tackles against Stone Bridge.

Oakton High School junior center Michael Krajewski (6-0, 240) was chosen second-team all-state offense.

In the Jan. 14 Raider Classic at Stuart High School, Marshall was second with 138 points and had two secondplace finishers. They were Esau Alvarez at 113 and Luke Munna (132).

Third were Marco Villarreal (138), Sean Zechman (170), Martin Lopez (182) and Nikola Kalapasev (heavyweight).

Marshall will be one of the favorites

to win the upcoming Capitol Conference championships, which are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 4 at Stuart High School. n The Langley Saxons (9-3-1 in dual matches) went 4-1 with four lopsided victories at the Best of the Nest duals in Maryland over high school teams from that state.

Next, Langley was 4-0 at a tourna-

ment in Baltimore, then defeated the McLean Highlanders, 51-24, in a neighborhood showdown on Jan. 18 in a Liberty Conference match to improve to 4-1-1 in the league. The conference loss was to Madison and the tie with Hayfield.

The conference tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 4 at McLean High School.

quarter, as the trifectas accounted for 18 points. Flint Hill led, 22-8, at period’s end. Cami Lamont (team-high 20 points to go with six rebounds) made two of those threes and had two threepoint plays.

The Huskies led 34-21 at halftime. In the third, the Panthers rallied to within 39-35 on back-to-back long three-pointers by Courtlynne Caskin. Flint Hill quickly responded with a 5-0 run to start pulling away, ending a five-game winning streak for Potomac School.

“We responded perfectly and we stayed composed when they cut it to four by making our layups and our foul shots,” Flint Hill coach Jody Patrick said.

Tori Herman made three three-pointers and scored 17 points for Flint Hill; Whitney Wiley had 10 points and five steals; Jordan Madison had eight points

and 13 rebounds; Kristen Reilly had five points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals; and Claire Miller added nine rebounds and two points.

“That was as good of a start to a game as we’ve had in a long time, at both ends,” Patrick said. “We locked them down early and that set the tone for us, and created a lot of situations.

We had a flow going with hitting threes and attacking, and Claire and Jordan gave us a strong inside game by getting rebounds and finishing.”

For Potomac School, which shot 31 percent from the floor and was outrebounded 40-24, Caskin scored 17 (three three-pointers); and Sara Park, Tracey Mills and Nicole DebayoDoherty 10 each. Camila Rodlauer had six rebounds and four steals.

Earlier in the week Potomac School defeated Episcopal, 47-35, by outscor-

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NOTES: The head coaches in the boys game – Franklin and Reed – have combined for more than 700 wins.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. January 31, 1941: n Health officials say local cases of flu are tapering off. n U.S. Rep. Colgate Darden will resign on March 1 to begin his campaign for governor. n Sanitary Grocery Stores will change their name to that of the firm’s parent company, Safeway.

January 27, 1959: n Gov. Almond is “racing the clock” to try to maintain segregation in Virginia’s public schools, as Alexandria, Arlington, Norfolk and Charlottesville are now under court order to integrate.

January 31, 1967: n The county school system is set to open kindergarten classes in schools later this year. About 7,000 students are set to participate. n County supervisors have ratified their previous decision to carve Fairfax into eight magisterial districts. n A Sun editorial says the state government needs to turn to bonding in order to fund needed highway improvements. n On the basketball court, Madison is 6-5, Marshall is 3-8, McLean is 2-9 and Langley is 0-10. n On TV tonight: “Peyton Place,” “The Fugitive,” “Petticoat Junction” and “Red Skelton.”

January 29, 1972: n Fairfax government officials plan to study the prevalence of kickbacks in the local real estate industry. n The General Assembly is considering permitting no-fault auto insurance in Virginia. n In basketball action, Madison nipped Marshall, 53-49, while McLean fell to Herndon, 75-59.

January 26, 1982: n U.S. Rep. Paul Trible is the likely Republican nominee to succeed U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr., I-Va., while Democrats do not have a clear front-runner. n A Sun editorial has blasted as “spineless” a proposal in Richmond to replace Columbus Day, Lee-Jackson-King Day and other potentially controversial holidays with a generic “Notables Day.”

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ACROSS 1. Chewing noise 6. Unit of work or energy 9. Alternative to knit stitch 13. Flu symptom 14. “We will, we will rock ___” 15. The color of some old photos 16. Créme de la ____ 17. Pilot’s estimate 18. Often-missed humor 19. *Team that’s never been in Super Bowl 21. *Team with most appearances but no wins 23. Articulate 24. *Washington’s Super Bowl MVP, ____ Rypien 25. Protestant denom.

28. Uncontrollable anger 30. Lung pouch 35. a.k.a. The Islamic State 37. Tibetan monk 39. “Semper Fidelis” to U.S. Marines, e.g.

40. *Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl MVP, ____ Swann 41. Jerry Maguire, e.g.

43. “For” in Spanish 44. Reduce pressure 46. Those not in favor 47. Larger-than-life 48. Seabiscuit’s house 50. Big top 52. “Fat chance!”

53. “The Sun ____ Rises” 55. Horse poker 57. *Companies pay big for it on Super Bowl night

61. *One of 4 teams with no appearances 64. Sad face 65. Girls’ night out, in text 67. Shipping box 69. R2-D2, e.g.

70. Container for ashes 71. Remove location from IMap 72. Singles

73. Bird-to-be 74. Boris Godunov and Nicholas Romanov DOWN 1. Chlorofluorocarbon 2. *____ Adderley, appeared in 4 of first 6 Super Bowls 3. Last word on walkie-talkie 4. Advisories or reminders

Fairfax Notes FAIRFAX WATER INKS DEAL FOR USE OF QUARRY: It’s an agreement that will

take 70 years to fully bear fruit, but Fairfax County officials say an agreement to use a Lorton rock quarry for future water storage will allow the local region to continue growing into the future.

Inking a deal that had been in the works for 15 years, Fairfax Water and Vulcan Materials Co. have agreed to a phased-in conversion of the firm’s quarry facility into a water reservoir that ultimately will be able to hold 17 billion gallons of water.

“This is a great example of a publicprivate partnership that will bring benefits to the community and future generations,” said Vulcan’s William Duke.

Under the proposal, the northern part of the quarry will be transferred to Fairfax Water by 2035, with the remainder transferred when quarry operations cease entirely, expected to occur around 2085.

The reservoir that is created will be used as a backup facility to provide water during periods of severe drought.

Fairfax Water is one of three primary suppliers of drinking water across the Washington region; collectively, they produce an average of 370 million gallons per

day, which can rise to as much as 600 million gallons during peak periods.

Philip Allin, chairman of Fairfax Water, says the extra storage capacity will help meet the needs of a service area that is expected to grow by more than 650,000 residents and nearly 550,000 employees between now and 2040.

COUNTY’S ORIGINAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ON DISPLAY: As part of

Fairfax County’s 275th-anniversary celebration, the county’s original weights and measures – a gift from Mother England and on loan from Alexandria-Washington Masonic Lodge No. 22 – will be on display through the year at the Fairfax County Government Center.

The weights and measures date to 1744 and were used to stop cheating in the sale and purchase of corn, grain, salt and wines.

For information on events surrounding the county’s 275th anniversary, see the Web site at www.fxva.com/275.

‘VOLUNTEER FAIRFAX’ AUGMENTS BOARD RANKS: Volunteer Fairfax has

named three local residents to its board of directors.

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5. Antebellum 6. Windows to the soul?

7. Decompose 8. Exotic jelly flavor 9. ____wig or ____winkle 10. Second word in a fairy tale?

11. *“The ____ is the thing” 12. Big name in chips 15. Former Himalayan kingdom 20. African antelope 22. Part of investment portfolio, acr.

24. Reminder of past 25. *Suffered 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses 26. Heretofore 27. Santa Maria’s companion 29. *She’s a Lady 31. Tug-of-War prop 32. Locker room infection?

33. Courtyards 34. *Vince Lombardi, e.g.

36. Give the cold shoulder 38. Casino chip 42. Hint of color 45. Lamentation 49. Freddy Krueger’s street 51. Popular political promise 54. Smooth transition 56. Mends a sock 57. 1970s hairdo 58. European “curtain” 59. Justice’s garb 60. Deuces 61. Chinatown gang 62. Wine country 63. Recipe command 66. *____ Stadium in Houston 68. Lt.’s subordinate

Lawyer and public-affairs representative Cherylyn Hartley LeBron, attorney David Mason and financial-planning executive Claire Meade have joined the board of the organization, which supports the work of nearly 23,000 volunteers in Fairfax County.

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

COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD DEBUTS TWITTER ACCOUNT: The Fair-

fax-Falls Church Community Services Board has launched a Twitter feed at @ fairfaxcsb.

The agency provides support for local residents with mental illness, substanceabuse issues and developmental disabilities. It earlier established a presence on Facebook and YouTube.

COMMENT SOUGHT CHANGES TO FAIRFAX CONNECTOR ROUTES: The

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

Comment being accepted through Jan. 27. Feedback on the changes can be made by phone at (703) 339-7200 or by e-mail at fairfaxconnector@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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