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When practice for the 2017 high school football season began back in August, the Flint Hill Huskies set a goal of finishing undefeated and winning a state championship.

On Nov. 18 on their home field, the top-seed Huskies did just that, defeating the third-seed Collegiate Cougars from Richmond, 33-21, in the state championship game of the Division I private-school state tournament.

Flint Hill rallied from a 7-0 first-quarter deficit and overcame a number of first-half mistakes to finish 11-0 and win its first state champion- Flint Hill defensive back Jamarian Hawkins, top, breaks up a pass intended for Collegiate’s K.J. Rodgers durship. See a full story in ing the Nov. 18 Division I private-school state championship football game in Oakton. Flint Hill won, 33-21, Sports.

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VDOT Starts Mobilizing in Effort to Stay Ahead of Mother Nature’s Wrath The Virginia Department of Transportation is prepping to deploy 4,500 pieces of equipment (some its own, but the vast majority of them contracted out) to handle winter weather across Northern Virginia in 2017-18.

The state agency will have 120,000 tons of salt, 250,000 gallons of brine and 25,000 tons of sand on hand to address snow and ice on 13,585 lane-miles across Northern Virginia, ranging from interstate highways to local subdivisions.

According to VDOT officials, the plan for winter 2017-18 is to have crews pretreat critical roads, then begin plowing after 2 inches of snow has fallen. Plowing is prioritized starting with interstates

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and high-volume roads, then subdivision main roads, then remaining streets and cul-de-sacs.

The goal is to have at least one passable lane in neighborhoods within 24 hours when up to 4 inches of snow has fallen and within 48 hours when 4 to 6 inches of snow has fallen. (More than 6 inches and all bets are off, as VDOT says its clearance goal is to have a passable lane in subdivisions sometime “more than 72 hours.”)

VDOT is responsible for handling snow-removal on streets in all Northern Virginia counties except Arlington (which shares responsibility depending on type of road).

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Vienna Is Aiming for New Crop of Eateries

Current Rules in Code Date Back to Early ‘70s BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Vienna already has a healthy assortment of restaurants, but even more could open under code amendments unanimously adopted Nov. 13 by the Vienna Town Council.

The new rules, which relax restrictions imposed 46 years ago, are necessary accommodations to the modern world, Town Council members said.

“We need to look at what the town was then and what the town is now,” said Council member Carey Sienicki. “Where we are now is a very different town . . . As people have changed over time, so does our code need to change.”

The code amendments, which still must be adopted formally, harken back to 1956, when the town allowed restaurants by-right in any commercial district.

Matters changed in 1971 when the Town Council, seeking to encourage establishment of high-quality restaurants, tightened up the code language and prohibited drive-in eateries.

The Council that year required that restaurants in freestanding buildings have at least 125 seats and 31 parking spaces.

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New Yard-Waste Contract Will Save Vienna a Bundle A new yard-waste-disposal contract approved by the Vienna Town Council Nov. 13 will cost the town about twothirds less than its current arrangement.

The Vienna Public Works Department currently transports yard waste collected in the town to Fairfax County’s Ox Road Transfer Station and pays $54 per ton for its disposal.

The cost under the new vendor, Freestate Farms LLC of Manassas, will be $34 per ton. The contract calls for the town to pay the company $34,000 during fiscal year 2018.

Town to Purchase Replacement Fire Hydrants: Vienna to Buy More Fire Hydrants as Replacement of Older Ones Picks Up: The Vienna Town Council on Nov. 13 unanimously approved a request by the town’s Public Works Department

to buy an additional $30,000 worth of Mueller fire hydrants from Water Works Supply.

The new contract will double the amount spent with the company during fiscal year 2018.

Town crews have been replacing old hydrants faster than they have in the past, said Deputy Public Works Director David Donahue.

Many of the old hydrants have been leaking and some are too old to obtain parts for, Donahue said.

New fire hydrants typically cost $2,500 to $3,000 apiece, according to officials with the town government.

Vienna Polling Place Returns to Community Center: Town to Return Its Polling Place to the Vienna Community Center: The Vienna Town Council on Nov. 13 agreed that it will move the town’s local polling station back to the Vienna Community Center.

Town elections for the past couple of Mays have been held at Vienna Presbyterian Church while the community center was undergoing renovations.

With those improvements nearly complete (a sore subject for some Council members, given the project’s delays), the Council on Dec. 11 will switch town-election voting back to that facility.

Several other sites within the town serve as polling places during county, state and federal elections.

Vienna Council OKs Vehicle, Radio Purchases: Vienna Town Council members on Oct. 31 unanimously agreed to buy $321,609 worth of new vehicles and radios. Purchases include: • Six police vehicles for $224,334.

• Six Motorola Solutions Inc. police radios for $33,051.

• A 4-by-4 compact sport-utility vehicle for the Public Works Department’s Water and Sewer Division for $21,048.

• A Ford F-150 pickup truck for the Water and Sewer Division for $20,690.

• A Ford F-150 pickup truck for the Parks and Recreation Department for $22,485.

Vienna to Mail Town Newsletters to Local Businesses: Acting on its Sept. 25 designation of $5,800 in carry-forward funds, the Vienna Town Council unanimously decided Oct. 30 to spend an extra $3,000 with Day & Night Printing to print about 900 more copies of the town’s monthly newsletter and prepare them for mailing to local businesses.

The cost for doing so is $300 per issue and the contact covers the remaining 10 months in fiscal year 2018, town officials said.

The extra mailings will begin with the November 2017 issue of the newsletter.

The extra $2,800 dedicated by the Council will be put toward postage charges, officials said.

After a soft September, Washington and its immediate inner suburbs had a stronger month in real estate in October, with year-over-year sales up solidly and higher average prices in all sectors of the market, according to new data.

As a result, the sales volume for the month topped $2 billion, likely the last time that will happen until next spring.

A total of 4,320 properties went to closing in the corridor last month, according to figures reported Nov. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. That’s up 8.8 percent from a year before, and reverses the 3-percent year-over-year decline reported in September’s data. (Total sales actually were higher in October than

September, which is not unheard of but is somewhat atypical of historic norms.)

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

The average sales price of all properties

that sold was up 3.6 percent to $512,419, with single-family homes ($614,586), townhouses ($435,026) and condominiums ($367,055) all posting increases.

Add it all up, and the sales volume for October of $2.21 billion was up 12.7 percent from $1.9 billion a year before.

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

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professional services; as incidental uses in drugstores, motels and department stores; and in shopping centers (then defined as buildings of at least 10,000 square feet that had a minimum of five contiguous stores).

The Council in 2005 loosened that last rule to define shopping centers as having at least four contiguous stores or a multistore building with a gross floor area of at least 10,000 square feet.

At least 18 buildings on Maple Avenue and Church Street did not meet the 1971 rules for seating, parking or other criteria, but could under the revised rules, Vienna Planning and Zoning Director Patrick Mulhern.

The Town Council earlier this year asked the Vienna Planning Commission to consider changes to the 1971 code passages.

The Planning Commission recommended – and the Town Council on Nov. 13 concurred – that the code’s criteria for restaurant location and minimum seating be removed and restaurants be permitted by-right in the town’s C-1 and related commercial districts.

In order to clarify that carry-out eateries are allowed in commercial districts, the new rules omit the previous definition of such businesses.

But the town’s requirement of at least

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one parking space per four restaurant seats will remain unchanged, Mulhern said.

Smaller restaurants established before 1971 – such as the building at 147 Maple Ave., W., which now is home to Maple Ave Restaurant but previously served as a doughnut shop and an Anita’s restaurant – are grandfathered and not subject to the more restrictive rules the Town Council imposed 46 years ago. Such properties lose that exemption, however, if their restaurant uses are discontinued for two straight years, Mulhern said.

Some residents who attended the Town Council’s public hearing worried about a possible proliferation of carry-out restaurants, which could encourage a steady stream of vehicles to and from the establishments.

Restaurants are an important element of the town’s commercial base. Revenues from Vienna’s meals-and-lodging tax help finance capital-improvement projects for the community.

Council member Pasha Majdi said he had been “alarmed” to see multiple commercial vacancies along Maple Avenue and was not happy with the preponderance of banks and mattress stores in town.

Majdi expressed the desire to see more restaurants in Vienna and lauded town officials’ recent efforts to re-examine decades-old regulations.

“I’m grateful we’re taking a holistic, top-to-bottom review of the code,” he said.

‘Up the Down Staircase’ Showcases Students’Talents KRISTEN WAAGNER McLean High School

For the students of Calvin Coolidge High School, the works of Homer or Chaucer aren’t priorities. However, a new teacher arrives to start the term, bringing her hope, faith ‘CAPPIES’ and love of classiREVIEW cal literature with her.

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Based on Bel Kaufman’s bestselling 1964 book, the play begins as Sylvia Barrett, an idealist fresh out of graduate school, begins to teach at the inner-city Calvin Coolidge High School. The epistolary nature of the novel is translated to the stage through a combination of scenes, monologues and narration, resulting in a uniquely retrospective tone.

As schoolteacher Barrett, Alex Raposo showcased a wide range of emotional capabilities, starting out timid and shy and blossoming into the firm, adept educator who was able to change the lives of her English class.

Sylvia’s determination to teach was hampered by bumbling bureaucrat J.J. McHabe (Prabha Girish), who was simultaneously delightfully hilarious and

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Alex Raposo and Audrey Leins are among those performing in Madeira School’s production of PHOTO BY RYAN MAXWELL “Up the Down Staircase.”

antagonistic. Girish admirably embodied masculinity without creating a caricature of the strict authoritarian. Aiding Sylvia in her fight for the students were Morgan Taylor as Bea Schachter and Amani Hagmagid as Ellen, their respective comforting and motherly natures complemented by their precise portrayal of age.

The rest of Calvin Coolidge High was brought to life by the boisterous students of Miss Barrett’s class.

From valley-girl Linda Rosen (Caroline Potter) to rebellious bad-boy Joe Ferone (Katie King), the large ensemble showed a remarkable change in attitude during the second act. Particular standouts were Al-

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ice Blake (Melissa Handel), whose story pulled at heartstrings all around, and Jose Rodriguez (Olivia Lewis), whose character transformation was fun and uplifting to watch.

Each technical element imbued the show with a polished feel and reinforced the time period. A wholly effective classroom set transported the audience into an inner-city high school of the 1990s.

Staircases in the back provided characters with unique vantage points while cleverly referencing the play’s title.

Creative sound effects, like the police-car sirens and school bells, drew the audience into the world of the scenes.

Costumes and makeup were extremely period-accurate, and makeup defined characters’ faces without being overdone.

Effective use of technical elements and committed actors aided in making the touching story a success. In a world that stifles students’ love for learning, Miss Barrett and her students are a muchneeded source of light.

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Vienna Celebrates the Best of ‘17 Halloween Parade Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco on Nov. 13 at Town Hall presented awards to participants in the 71st annual Vienna Halloween Parade, held Oct. 25.

The Best in Show award went to Creativeworx and the Vienna Singing Princesses.

Awards in other categories were: Antique and Classic Vehicles: First place, Fairfax Virginia Harley Owners Group; second place, Northern Virginia Corvette Club; third place, Maggio’s Family Restaurant.

Youth Bands: First place, Vienna Jammers Percussion Ensemble.

Youth Performing Groups: First place, Vienna Dance Academy; second place, Cuppett Performing Arts Center; third place, Fundacion Socio Cultural Diablada Bolivian.

Floats With Music: First place, Vienna School of Rock; second place, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School; third place, Boy Scouts of America Troop 987 of Vienna.

Adult Performing Groups: First place, Gottaswing Dancers; second place, Bikes@Vienna; third place, Money & King Funeral Home.

Floats Without Music: First place, Flint Hill Elementary School; second place, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage; third place, Montessori School of Oakton.

Adult Bands: First place, Northern Virginia Firefighters Emerald Society Pipe Band.

Creativeworx and the Vienna Singing Princesses on Nov. 13 accepts the 2017 Vienna Halloween Parade’s Best in Show award from Mayor Laurie DiRocco at Town Hall.

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Government Agencies Aim for Social-Media Savviness

Students, faculty and parents at Waples Mill Elementary recently participated in a “Chalk4Peace” event at the school. The initiative began in Northern Virginia and is now global.

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Social media provide powerful and vital tools to disseminate information to the public. But if used poorly, either deliberately or by accident, the results can be embarrassing or catastrophic.

“We protect what we must and share what we can,” said Carolyn Reams, content manager, Web strategist and socialmedia lead for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Reams was among panelists from intelligence, space, military and law-enforcement agencies who spoke recently at Social Media Week independent (SMWi), an event was sponsored by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority and held at Capital One’s headquarters in Tysons.

Christopher Dorobek of GovLoop’s DorobekInsider moderated the panel discussion, titled “The New Rules of Citizen Engagement.”

Panelists concurred social media was important, but some agencies had an easier time than others in sharing their operations with the public.

NASA’s charter requires public outreach, said Aries Keck, who works for the space agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

“NASA is a great brand,” she said.

“There’s so much amazing content. We have a spacecraft circling the moon and sending back images constantly.”

The CIA also has a presence in the public’s imagination, thanks to movies and television, and Reams aims to build on that.

“I do try to insert ourselves into the public conversation,” she said, adding that the agency’s humorous posts are intentional.

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Reams’ job is to explain the agency’s mission and while she said she does not post incorrect information, there are times when the full truth may not be disclosed. Publishing anything related to the intelligence agency’s work entails jumping through numerous hoops.

“We have to go through approvals, make sure our facts are correct and go through the declassification process,” she said.

Fairfax County police also must guard some information carefully, so as not to harm ongoing investigations, said Julie Parker, who runs the department’s public-information office.

Social-media postings humanize law enforcement, Parker said. County police have 222,000 Twitter followers on Twitter, which is the agency’s primary means of disseminating news quickly.

“It’s our story and we should be telling it first,” she said.

Department officials also started an Instagram page and tracked the public’s preferences.

Law-enforcement officials must walk a fine line to keep the public engaged and informed without being flippant, she said. “Humor is harder than it looks,” Parker said. “You have to be careful with your tone.”

Fairfax County police carefully pick and choose when they respond to especially negative remarks, Parker said.

“I will try to respond pleasantly and professionally,” she said. “Sometimes the actual fact that you responded turns them around. Sometimes they just want to vent.”

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Our View: Let’s Have Respect, Dignity in Richmond The culture wars, which have raged for years during General Assembly sessions, no doubt will be ratcheted up a few notches with the arrival in January of Del.-elect Danica Roem (D-Prince William).

Roem defeated, rather handily, at that, Del. Bob Marshall in the Nov. 7 wipeout of Republicans in the lower house of the legislature, and will become the first openly transgender member of the body.

This is going to be one to watch, given what little ground there appears to be on the issue of transgenderism: • Democrats, at least those who toe the party line that continues to move leftward, see Roem as a champion of progressive values and tolerance.

• Others, including not just reactionary Republicans, either scratch their heads about the whole issue, or see it as a mental disorder that requires intervention, not applause.

The question is: How will the Republican leadership and rank-and-file interact with Roem? And vice versa?

Of course, some of that depends on who ends up in control of the House of Delegates, and while that may seem to have been settled in recent days, there could be some twists and turns yet to go before the session convenes.

We’d hope that, for the sake of the institution, there would

be comity rather than rancor in how Roem is treated.

Roem did, after all, win an election, and is deserving of respect for the office being held, even if some legislators may not be thrilled with the outcome.

Roem, who said throughout the recent campaign that transportation and other bread-and-butter issues would be the focus of 2018, pivoted a little – or a lot, depending on how you see things – after victory to announce support for an effort to expand medical coverage for transgender surgery and the like.

(We call this the “Herring Syndrome”: Say one thing to get elected, as our state attorney general did in 2013, then turn around and disassociate yourself with your past statements the minute after the votes are tallied. Roem is just the latest in a long line.)

Last November, when Democrats were moaning and complaining about the Trump victory, we opined to our Democratic friends: “Just stop your whining and get working on winning the next one.” We offer the same thoughts to our Republican friends still licking their wounds from Nov. 7.

In the meantime, it would be a refreshing change of pace if each side in the political divide could treat other with respect and dignity.

Fairfax County Notes GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Most Fairfax County govern-

ment offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, for Thanksgiving.

Some offices and parks will be open.

For full details and schedules, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ news/2017/thanksgiving-2017-schedule. htm.

FAIRFAX BALLET TO PRESENT ‘NUTCRACKER’: The Fairfax Ballet Company

will leap into the holiday season with its annual, full-length production of “The Nutcracker” on Nov. 25-26 at W.T. Woodson High School.

The production will feature members of the company as well as guest artists from the Richmond Ballet.

Performances will be Saturday, Nov. 25 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.fairfaxballet.com.

GIFT-CARD INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT CHILDREN VICTIMS OF CRIME, ABUSE:

The Fairfax County government’s Victim Services Section is soliciting donations of gift cards to provide a holiday boost to young victims of crime and witnesses to domestic and sexual violence.

“Many of these children will not get to celebrate the holidays this year due to the financial burden that comes with being

a victim of crime,” officials said. “Your generous donation of gift cards will help those families most impacted by crime bring a smile to the faces of their children who have had a tough road.”

The initiative is now in its fourth year.

Gift cards to supermarkets, clothing stores, “big box” retailers and local restaurants will be accepted through Dec. 15, and will allow parents and guardians to be active participants in purchasing gifts and practical items for each child.

For more information on the initiative, call Saly Fayez at (703) 246-2465 or e-mail saly.fayez@fairfaxcounty.gov.

SPONSORS SOUGHT FOR FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGHOUT FAIRFAX: The

Fairfax non-profit Britepaths (formerly Our Daily Bread) is seeking volunteers to sponsor families in need throughout the county during the holiday season.

Sponsors are matched with an individual or family with demonstrated need.

Ways to connect include gifts for children or providing a December holiday meal.

Cash donations and gift cards in support of the initiative also are welcome.

For information, call (703) 273-8829 or see the Web site at http://britepaths.org.

WEICHERT TO SUPPORT TOYS FOR TOTS AGAIN IN 2017: The Weichert

family of companies will hold its 39th annual Weichert Toy Drive in support of the

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Toys for Tots initiative.

Local residents can drop off new, unwrapped toys at the company’s sales offices through Dec. 15. The toys will be delivered throughout the holidays in conjunction with local charities that assist financially and physically disadvantaged children.

“At Weichert, we feel it’s important to give back to the communities in which we live and work,” said company founder Jim Weichert. “Each year during our toy drive, it’s heartwarming to see all of the donated gifts, knowing they will help to brighten the holidays for so many people.”

Last year, more than 13,500 new toys were distributed to charitable and service organizations for families and children in need.

VOLUNTEERS WORK ON IMPROVING APARTMENT LIVING FOR SENIORS:

More than 20 skilled volunteers of Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church descended on Fellowship House at Hunters Woods in Reston on Nov. 11 to make critical repairs to the high-rise apartment building, which provides housing for low-income seniors in Fairfax County.

Volunteers installed upgrades to bathrooms to aid in reducing the risk of falls among residents.

– Compiled from staff reports

Thanksgiving Brings a Million Departures from Local Airports About a million travelers will depart from the region’s three commercial airports during the week of Thanksgiving, according to new estimates.

That includes a projected 386,796 departing Baltimore-Washington International Airport; 321,346 leaving on a jet plane from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; and 300,393 taking a big ol’ jet airliner out of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The three airports rank 22nd, 23rd and 25th, respectively, in projected passenger departures during the week across the nation.

Estimates were reported by Hopper and InsureMyTrip, who say Thanksgiving-time airfares are averaging about 12 percent more this year than last.

Nationally, three airports are expected to break 1 million passenger departures for the week: Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International (1.38 million), Los Angeles International (1.13 million) and ChicagoO’Hare (1.02 million).

Rounding out the top ten: Dallas-Fort Worth International; John F. Kennedy International; Denver International; San Francisco International; McCarran International (Las Vegas); CharlotteDouglas International; and Phoenix Sky Harbor International.

Hurricanes Impact Local Passenger

Traffic: Northern Virginia’s two major airports saw year-over-year declines in passenger service in September, in part due to travel disruptions caused by hurricanes and other weather conditions during the month.

About 3.8 million passengers traveled through Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports during the month, according to figures reported Nov. 13 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

That’s down 2.6 percent from the passenger count reported in September 2016.

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• The 1,901,348 passengers traveling through Dulles represented a decline of 0.3 percent, with dominant carrier United seeing a small decrease in domestic service but a more substantial decline (7.1 percent) in international service due to lower load factors.

At the region’s third major airport – Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport – September’s passenger total of 2,040,605 was down 0.4 percent.

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The existing town-code rule, last amended in 1987, requires at least three concurring BZA votes to do so. That provision was written when Vienna’s BZA only had five members, but the board has had seven since late 1991.

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The BZA, which meets the third Wednesday of each month except for August, interprets the zoning code, grants variances, approves conditional-use permits and decides on appeals of the zoning administrator’s decisions.

The Council at an upcoming work session will discuss whether to request that the Circuit Court appoint up to three alternate members to the BZA, said Vienna Planning and Zoning Director Patrick Mulhern.

Alternates, who would be required to have the same qualifications as regular members and receive identical compensation, could be called in by the BZA’s chairman if a member gave 24 hours’ notice that he or she either would be absent from a meeting or would have to abstain voting on any of applications to be discussed.

Vienna Government to Buy New Email Software: It’s been a decade since the last upgrade, so Vienna officials soon will purchase $29,335 worth of software licenses to update the town’s e-mail servers.

The Vienna Town Council on Oct. 30 unanimously agreed to ride the state’s contract with SHI International Corp.

The new software will give the town’s email system the latest capabilities for email, collaboration, scheduling and messaging services, officials said.

Vienna Information-Technology Director Tony Mull said he plans to purchase 300 licenses, 180 to 190 of which will be used by Vienna employees and the rest by other accounts affiliated with the town.

Council Gives Developer a 12-Month Extension: Dissatisfied with the pace of construction at the new Andrew Minor subdivision at 130 Pleasant St., N.W., the Vienna Town Council voted 5-2 Nov. 13 to grant the developer only a 12-month performance-bond extension, rather than a requested one for 18 months, so that the developer may finish required public improvements for the project.

Council members also considered periods of nine or six months for the extension, but thought the latter especially was not sufficient time, given how construction projects typically slow to a crawl during colder winter months.

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Stubbornly low inventory conditions in a large swath of the country are behind the below-average share of first-time buyers in recent years, but there is gaining evidence that an increase in homebuilding is around the corner.

That is according to NAR’s Jessica Lautz, managing director of survey research and communications at the National Association of Realtors, and Robert Dietz, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), at session held recently at the 2017 Realtors Conference & Expo in Chicago.

Lautz, highlighting findings from NAR’s 2017 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, said supply constraints at the lower end of the market are a big part of the reason why first-time buyers made up only 34 percent of sales over the past year and have lagged the historical average of 39 percent for several years.

With low inventory pushing prices upward, successful buyers have needed higher household incomes and in the past year made smaller down payments. Additionally, the time a home was on the market before fell to a new survey low this year of three weeks.

“The month’s supply of homes continues to be way under a balanced market of six months, home prices have risen year-over-year for 67 straight months and multiple offers on listings for sale are a common occurrence,” said Lautz. “Without enough listings on the market, affordability is decreasing and buyers are increasingly saying finding the right home is their top struggle.”

Much of Dietz’s presentation covered why the home-building industry is struggling to construct more homes.

He said that building lags overall demand for a variety of reasons, including an aging workforce that is causing a shortage of construction workers, plus low lot availability, steadily rising costs of building materials and land, and the difficulties builders are having in obtaining construction loans.

Despite these continuous challenges hampering the building industry, Dietz did offer some signs of hope for improvements in coming years. He pointed to the post-election surge in builder confidence and the pace of single-family housing starts slowly trending towards normalized levels.

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tives are investigating four burglaries of occupied homes recently. The crimes appear to be connected.

Around 2 a.m. on Nov. 15, police dispatched officers to two homes in the Fair Oaks District, which were within walking distance of one another, after residents were awakened by noises in the middle of the night.

On Nov. 16, officers from the Reston District received two additional calls reporting similar instances.

The first Nov. 15 incident was in the 3700 block of Valley Oaks Drive in Fairfax, where the homeowner heard footsteps and went to investigate. He found a man standing in his kitchen. The homeowner confronted him and the suspect then quickly left with the victim’s wallet, police said.

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In both cases, further investigation revealed a garage-door opener had been stolen from each victim’s unlocked car.

No injuries were reported, police said.

The Nov. 16 cases in the Reston District also were close to one another – one in the 12100 block of Abington Hall Place around 2 a.m., and the other in the 12000 block of Edgemere Circle shortly before 3 a.m.

In the first incident, a woman heard sounds from the kitchen area of her home and went to investigate. She saw a man standing in the kitchen. He ran off when confronted, taking the victim’s purse and wallet, police said.

In the second incident, a resident was awakened by his pets and saw a man standing in the home attempting to steal items. When confronted, the suspect dropped most of the items and left with the victim’s wallet. The wallet was later found by someone in the neighborhood and turned in to police.

An investigation determined garageopeners also were missing from these victims’ unlocked cars. No injuries were reported in either case.

In the three cases where the suspect was seen inside a home, he was described as a black man in his late teens to early 20s, around 6 feet tall, slender and possibly weighing between 175 and 200 pounds.

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The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his early 20s, dressed in all-dark clothing.

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For information, call (703) 536-7557 or see the website at www.operanova.org.

WASHINGTON-LEE HIGH SCHOOL TO HOST HOLIDAY BAZAAR More than 70 local artisans will be on hand at the Washington-Lee High School Holiday Bazaar, to be held on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the high school, 1301 North Stafford St. in Arlington.

Student organizations will sell baked goods and holiday items, and school musical groups will present entertainment.

CHURCH TO HOST PUPPY NATIVITY The Church of the Good Shepherd in Vienna will host its annual Live Puppy Nativity on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church.

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CHURCH TO HOST LIVING NATIVITY Cherrydale United Methodist Church will host its 33rd annual Living Nativity on Sunday, Dec. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church, 3701 Lorcom Lane in Arlington.

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Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. at the church, 124 Park St., N.E., in Vienna.

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CHURCH TO HOST HOLIDAY CONCERT FEATURING SING-ALONG, REFRESHMENTS St. John’s Episcopal Church in McLean will feature a holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. at the church, 6715 Georgetown Pike.

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NATIONAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE HOSTS HOLIDAY CONCERT The National Chamber Ensemble will present soprano Rebecca Littig at its “Holiday Cheer” concert, to be held on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Unitar-

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Flint Hill Wins First State Title

Teeing Off

Fall Season a Boon for State Accomplishments What a success story.

When it comes to championships and significant achievements earned by local high school teams and athletes in state-tournament competitions this fall – for public- and private schools – there was plenty to report.

Team Completes A Perfect Season

Dave Facinoli

DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Multiple firsts were achieved by the Flint Hill Huskies this season, with the most notable iniFOOTBALL tial accomplishment being a state championship the high school football team won Nov. 18.

Top-seed and host Flint Hill defeated the defending champion and third seed Collegiate Cougars (8-3) from Richmond, 33-21, in the Division I state private-school tournament championship game in Oakton to finish undefeated for the first time at 11-0.

The Huskies are the first privateschool football team from Northern Virginia to win a Division I state title.

They came close in 2008, losing in the state final to Collegiate.

“Our goal this season was to go undefeated, and it’s amazing to win this,” said Flint Hill senior Matt McClements, who punts and plays other positions for the Huskies. “We never doubted ourselves. I have been at Flint Hill since kindergarten, and I always kind of Continued on Page 17

Top: The Flint Hill Huskies gather with the state-championship trophy. Above left: Flint Hill quarterback Miles Thompson runs free. Above right: Jordan Houston breaks free on a long run.

For a slideshow on the state final, visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

Madison’s Season Ends in Region Semifinal DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

For a second straight season on their home field, the South Lakes Seahawks dominated a different playoff opponent from Vienna in region football tournament action.

PLAYOFF FOOTBALL This year it was the Madison Warhawks (8-4) falling victim to the Seahawks, losing 35-0 on Nov. 17 in a Northern Region D semifinal tourney high school contest. Last year, South Lakes routed Oakton, 55-14, in firstround action.

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exactly what they were going to do, they did it very well and we didn’t stop them.”

South Lakes improved to 11-1 with its seventh-straight win and faces the undefeated Westfield Bulldogs (12-0) in the region final. Madison also lost in a region semifinal action last season.

For Madison, which was 1-1 in the playoffs this fall, the loss ended an emotional season that began with summer practice just days after head coach Lenny Schultz was killed in a traffic accident. Counts, a member of Schultz’s staff, was named the interim head coach to replace Schultz “With all the things these players have been through this season, I couldn’t be prouder of them,” Counts said. “They

played hard and fought all season. We had a great group of seniors who led us. We wish we could have scored and played better tonight.”

Behind the running and catching of Spencer Alston and Albert Mensah and the passing of quarterback Devin Miles, South Lakes took control early by leading 14-0 at the end of one quarter, then 21-0 at halftime and 35-0 after three periods.

South Lakes outgained Madison in total yards, 384-130. Miles was efficient, completing 13 of 19 passes for 210 yard and two touchdowns. Alston caught seven passes for 147 yards and ran for 45. Mensah rushed for 86 yards. The Se-

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At Flint Hill School alone, the girls volleyball and football teams won Division I private-school championships – with each team being undefeated – cross country runner John Moxley was seventh in the Division I boys state meet and the boys and girls soccer teams and girls tennis team earned state berths.

Also for private-schools, Potomac School’s boys soccer team reached the state semifinals, the girls soccer squad reached the finals of an inaugural four-team Northern Virginia state tourney, the girls tennis team was a semifinalist, and the girls cross country team was seventh in the state, led individually by Nicole Manning (17th) and Margot Labrec (18th).

For public schools, Langley High had a highly successful fall campaign.

The golf team dominated the Class 6 state tournament, winning in a rout, with 14-year-old freshman Kelly Chinn earning the individual title, shooting 70-66–136.

The Langley girls volleyball team, a regular state qualifier, won the Class 6 state championship.

The Madison High girls field hockey team got to the state quarterfinals.

In the girls Class 6 cross country championships, the Oakton Cougars were second and Madison fourth.

Marshall senior Ashley Holt finished third individually.

In the Class 6 boys meet, Marshall’s Ben Smith was ninth.

At the state Class 6 golf competition, Marshall freshman David Stanford was ninth.

Hopefully teams and athletes in the upcoming winter and spring campaigns will have similar types of success stories.

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Big Comeback Gives Langley a Second State Title DAVE FACINOLI

Saxons did just that, going 4-0 in tourneys, including winning district, region and state post-season competitions.

In the state final, Cox put together some strong runs to win the first two sets. In the final three, Langley adjusted by eliminating errors, blocking strongly at the net, passing better, getting off to fast starts, finishing its kills, forcing more Cox errors and neutralizing the attack of the Falcons’ big hitter, Gracie Johnson.

“It took us a while to get our game going and start passing better,” Shifflett said.

In the deciding fifth set, Langley dominated by winning the first three points, Cox won the fourth, then Langley took the next 12 with Jackson Friedman serving.

“I knew we weren’t done after those first two sets because it was still all business for us,” Shifflett said.

In addition to the strong play of Shklyar, Langley sisters Allison and Olivia Franke each had multiple kills and blocks to help lead the victory. Friedman added multiple kills as well.

Olivia Franke had six kills and Allison Franke four in the third set when

Langley began its comeback. Leading 15-14, the Saxons ran off four straight points to create some distance and get a significant lead for the first time in the match.

In the fourth set, Langley built a 10-3 lead and never trailed.

“Elena, Allison and Olivia are three of the most competitive players I have ever coached. They wanted to win, so I knew they would not quit,” Shifflett said. “We got the ball to Olivia in that third set and she finished.”

Langley’s Jess Maebius, Christy Qian, Alex Driscoll, Julia Mays and Hannah Curtis also were contributors in the victory.

Langley was 3-0 in the state tournament, defeating W.T. Woodson, 3-0, in the first round, then Patriot, 3-1, in the semifinals. Both matches were at Langley. Visit www.insidenova.com/sports/ fairfax for stories about those wins.

“This group has worked so hard all season,” Shifflett said.

NOTE: Langley played in one other five-set state championship match, losing that contest to the Madison Warhawks in 2015 . . . In the history of high-school girls volleyball in Northern Virginia, Langley is the most accomplished team, playing in the state tournament eight times and winning five region championships and numerous district tourney crowns.

yards) and 39 by junior running back Jordan Houston (158 yards rushing) and a Justin Duenkel extra point.

“Being down 7-0 didn’t faze us,” Lewis said. “We were going to play out the game.”

In the third quarter, Houston scored on a two-yard run and Trey Rucker on a 75-yard pass from Thompson, and Duenkel converted twice. Houston capped Flint Hill’s scoring with a 44yard fourth-quarter TD run.

“We got off to a bad start. But what I loved was our mental toughness and our demeanor was still OK,” said Flint Hill coach Tom Verbanic, who has now led private- and public-school football teams in Virginia to state crowns at the largest classifications, with undefeated records each season. “The guys were saying ‘let’s go back out and play.’”

Verbanic’s public-school Westfield Bulldogs teams won Virginia High School League Group AAA state titles in 2003 and 2007.

“I’m ecstatic for our players,” Verbanic said. “To take 29 players and do what they did is special. We have talent,

but the one thing this team bought in on is that being a team is the most important thing. Everyone contributes. We don’t pick MVPs or anything like that.”

Also in the state final for Flint Hill, Justice Ellison had four catches for 74 yards and Jamarian Hawkins and Lewis each had one catch. Thompson ran for 46 yards and Lewis for 13.

Flint Hill had 378 total yards and survived three turnovers and not recovering one onside kick. Collegiate had 301 total yards.

“We knew we had to take away their running game, and he [Houston] made us miss too many times,” Collegiate coach Mark Palyo said. “Flint Hill has all of that team speed and we had trouble with that. Is No. 23 [Houston] going to graduate early?”

Houston rushed for nearly 2,000 yards this season.

On defense for Flint Hill in the state final, Rucker had an interception and broke up passes, as did Lewis and Hawkins; Xavier Formey batted down a pass; and Christian Turner, Jaylin Hertz and Elijah Wasson had sacks.

Other firsts for Flint Hill this season was defeating perennial state privateschool powers and past state champions Collegiate and Benedictine, with regular-season wins, and the Huskies are the first team to win a total of eight MidAtlantic Athletic Conference championships.

“I think this [state] title has been building,” Verbanic said. “We have built on what other teams started here. We have not been a bad team the last few years.”

Now the Huskies are first-time state champions.

NOTES: Verbanic has 223 career victories . . . Ask which was harder, winning a private-school state title or public-school crown, Verbanic said: “I haven’t had one yet that is easy.” . . .

Although there were many firsts for the Flint Hill football team this season, the state championship and undefeated season at the school was the second such accomplishment by a team this fall. The Flint Hill girls volleyball team won a Division I state crown a week earlier to finish 35-0.

game 14-0 and at the South Lakes 15yard line. That ended a long 18-play drive with no points.

“That was a turning point,” Counts said. “If we had scored a touchdown there, we could have built on that.”

Madison lost a fumble on its next possession that South Lakes eventually converted into a touchdown to add to

the lead at 21-0.

“We had the mistakes that hurt us,” Counts said.

Brandon Walker ran for 73 yards for Madison, quarterback Patrick Berry completed 13 passes for 50 yards, with John Finney catching five passes for 39 yards, Pepe Conforti three for 15 and Thomas MacCall two for four.

Johnny Hecht and Andrew Deniken each had one catch.

NOTE: The interim tag was removed from Counts’ title as head coach just days before the semifinal game against South Lakes. He will return in 2018. “I didn’t really think much about that,” Counts said. “We will continue to do things here the way Lenny did.”

Staff Writer

Facing a tough opponent and a big deficit, the Langley Saxons didn’t quit.

Instead, the girls volleyball team down, VOLLEYBALL buckled raised the level of its play and rallied to win a second state championship on Nov. 16 in Richmond.

After losing the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-23, Langley (27-3) surged back strongly to win the next three by 25-21, 25-18 and 15-1 scores to defeat the Cox Falcons, 3-2, in the championship match of the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state tournament.

The state final was played at the Siegel Center. The championship closed Langley’s season with a 15-match winning streak. Langley won its first state title in 2013 and has finished second twice, in 2015 and 2007.

“Our players buy into this program.

That’s one of the reasons we continue to be successful,” said Susan Shifflett, who has been Langley’s only head coach since starting the program in 1999 and has 387 career victories.

Langley senior and Northern Region D Player of the Year Elena Shklyar, who will play college ball at Michigan, said the team’s goal this season was to win every tournament it entered. The

Flint Hill Continued from Page 16 imagined and hoped something like this could happen.”

Mark Lewis is a two-way senior starter for the Huskies.

“This team was always on the same track on every play this season and we kept our confidence up every game,” Lewis said.

Added McClements: “We stuck to it and kept doing what we knew we could do.”

Flint Hill maintained its confidence in the state final despite being in uncomfortable territory by falling behind 7-0 and making multiple uncharacteristic mistakes early in the game. The Huskies had trailed only one other time this season, which was in a regular-season victory over Collegiate.

By halftime of the state final, the Huskies led 13-7 on touchdown runs of 22 yards by junior quarterback Miles Thompson (7 of 11 passing for 161

Madison Continued from Page 16 hawks did not turn the ball over.

Madison had two costly turnovers, the first was an interception in the end zone with the Warhawks trailing in the

The Langley High School players react on the court after the clinching point in their statePHOTO BY DEB KOLT championship match in Richmond against Cox last week.

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HOLIDAY ART MARKET IN THE OFFING:

The Giving Gathering will host a holiday art market on Sunday, Nov. 26 from 2 to 9 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave., E., in Vienna.

The event will feature sales by local artisans, with proceeds benefiting the Miracle Foundation.

Artisans are selected by Sonia Connen, the bar manager of Jammin’ Java, for their uniqueness and flair. The event also will feature food and music, along with a raffle.

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Hill Garden Club will meet on Monday, Nov. 27 at 1 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2589 Chain Bridge Road in Vienna.

The program will feature “Table-Top Arrangements with Twigs,” presented by Margaretta Danshaw, an artist, art teacher and garden-club member.

The community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.facebook. com/ayrhillgardenclub.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. November 22, 1939: n Key Bridge is back to being open in each direction, following two months of construction.

November 24, 1960: n The Fairfax County PTA is considering taking a position on whether to continue segregating sports teams in Virginia. n McLean High School has inducted a new crop of National Honor Society members. n The Nixon and Kennedy campaigns are still sparring over Illinois’ 27 electoral votes, with accusations of fraud being thrown around on both sides. n The Weather Bureau is predicting a mild winter, but not without some uncertainty. n An estimated 3 billion Christmas cards will be mailed in the U.S. this season.

November 24, 1966: n The cost of living rose in October by the largest percentage in nearly a decade. n Virginia’s highway death toll this year stands at 968, up slightly from last year. n Local postmasters warning residents to get their Christmas cards and presents in the mail soon. n The average salary for Virginia public-school principals is $8,899 at the elementary-school level and $10,209 at the high-school level.

November 24-25, 1975: n Fairfax Democrats are selling pieces of the carpet from the now-infamous Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate for $7.50 as a fund-raiser. n At the movies: “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

November 24, 1984: n The Board of Supervisors is seeking more highway funding as part of the 1985 General Assembly session, and also wants to see the state drinking age raised from 18 to 21. n Despite avian flu that has cut into turkey production, costs for frozen turkeys are about this same this Thanksgiving season as last year.

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9. Composer Johann 13. Blood of the gods, Greek mythology 14. Mesozoic one 15. Joanna Gaines’ concern 16. Landowner 17. Rainbow, e.g.

18. ____ vs. pathos 19. *Intercontinental musical benefit in 1985 21. *Brat Pack director 23. Type of English course, for short 24. Not all 25. *John Mahoney to Ione Skye in “Say Anything...”

28. Former Speaker of the House 30. *“Purple Rain” performer 35. Amount of measurement 37. a.k.a. Red Planet 39. *Ed Koch, e.g.

40. *“Lifestyles of the ____ and Famous” 41. Winter driving hazard 43. Stag party guest 44. “To death” in France 46. Latticework wood strip 47. U.S.S.R. plus countries of the Warsaw Pact, e.g.

48. As opposed to nurture 50. *“Star Trek II: The Wrath of ____” 52. *Rocker Adam 53. Bald eagle’s nest 55. Form of Anna 57. *“Out of ____,” movie

60. *Chernobyl disaster location 64. Diego Rivera creation, e.g.

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n Margaret Bosch of Great Falls earned a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology and health, with university honors; Michael Eberhardt of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree in business; and Sara Lincoln of McLean earned a bachelor of arts degree during recent commencement exercises at Miami University.

Benjamin Blessed of Oakton was among members of the University of Dallas men’s lacrosse team who recently volunteered at the 26th annual Trash Bash, sponsored by Keep Irving Beautiful.

Thirteen members of the team worked to pick up trash and recyclable materials at T.W. Richardson Grove Park. n

Twenty-five seniors at the Potomac School have earned special recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

These students were among the top performers from the more than 1.6 million students who took the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last October.

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– National Hispanic Recognition Program Recipients: Farris Sepúlveda, T.J. Sharkey and Jasmine Terrones.

n Vocal musicians from 14 Fairfax County public schools have been named to the Virginia Honors Choir for 2017.

A total of 34 students were selected for the choir, with five named as alternates.

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9. Short for Elizabeth 10. Dull pain 11. Avian messenger’s sounds 12. Store posting, for short 15. Get rid of bugs?

20. Agenda entries 22. Behind the plate 24. Like amateur’s paint job?

25. *Duran ____ 26. Carl Jung’s inner self 27. Monocot’s alternative 29. *It fell in Europe 31. Shakespeare’s metrical unit 32. African antelope 33. Part of gastro-intestinal system 34. Raise a barn, e.g.

36. “Through” in text message 38. Comedian Rogan 42. Give gratitude 45. “Happy ____” by Dale Evans 49. Common Market initials 51. Like a Norwegian fjord 54. Chinese silk plant 56. Innocent 57. Radiant light 58. Short for brotherhood 59. *What Blondie does in “Rapture” 60. Second word in fairytale?

61. Brainchild 62. Fate of Norse mythology 63. Newts in terrestrial stage 64. *Music videos channel 66. “____ to Joy”

Local students selected for the Honors Choir include: – From Langley High School: Sophia Song, Caroline Galbreath, Audry Monserrate, Cori Trosch, Sean Lewis and Bryan Bedell.

– From James Madison High School: Grace Kurcina and Emma Mehigan.

– From George C. Marshall High School: Holly Waters, Tulsi Mehta, Sloane Kelly and Adi Wineland.

– From Oakton High School: Grace Mead. n TJ Today, the online-news publication at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, is one of three Fairfax County Public Schools student publications to have been awarded the Col. Charles E. Savedge Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholastic Journalism by the Virginia High School League (VHSL).

The yearbooks of Chantilly and South Lakes high schools also were honored with the award.

The Savedge Award recognizes schools that have received five Trophy Class rankings from VHSL in a seven-year period.

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