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Real-Estate Market Back to Pre-Recession Level

Survey Says: Bump Up in Sales Prices Helps Region, But Lack of Construction Is a Worry Buoyed by record-setting sales prices, the Washington real estate market now sits in a position slightly improved from its pre-recession normalcy, according to new data. The region’s overall housing market in the second quarter stood 4 percent above its before-the-recession average performance, according to new figures compiled by the National Association of Home Builders in conjunction with First American, a mortgage lender.

That puts the Washington area in the middle of the pack among the nearly 340 metro regions of the country, slightly above the national average of 2 percent higher than pre-recession norms. The “Leading Markets Index” uses three components – employment, housing prices and building permits – to analyze each market. And like most regions of the country, the D.C. area’s homes market has benefited from strong post-recession price increases, but is being held back by a

lack of new construction. While sales prices are running 74 percent above the pre-recession norm in the region, and employment nearly on par with what it had been a decade ago, the Washington region is seeing less than half the new-construction activity as it had prior to the economic downturn. (The metro area’s overall ranking of 1.04 – 4 percent higher than before the Continued on Page 25

Both Northern Virginia and the rest of the commonwealth saw a solid second quarter of the year in home sales and prices. See coverage on Page 21.

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Ground Is Broken for New Fairfax Christian School BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax Christian School leaders broke ground Aug. 16 for a new Dulles campus that will allow the school to more than double the enrollment of its existing Vienna-area site. Ramping up to build the Dulles facility in Loudoun County has been a colossal undertaking, said Jo Thoburn, the school’s president and CEO. “You have no idea how much paperwork there is on a project this size,” she told the crowd. “I have signed my name so many times, it’s just a blur.” Construction crews paused briefly from their work to allow the ceremony’s speeches and traditional dirt tossing to take place in peace. Workers already have cleared the roughly 6.5-acre site, located at 22870 Pacific Blvd. in Sterling, leaving an expanse of red-clay soil. Designed by Architecture Inc. in Reston, the campus will consist of a two-story, 43,000-square-foot building and a host of athletic facilities, including a full-sized soccer/multi-purpose field and a full-sized gymnasium with bleachers. The site also will have practice facilities for golf, the school’s specialty sport, Thoburn said. The new facility will accommodate more than 400 students and have a performance hall large enough to hold them all. There also will be a large library, science

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The facility’s design will be “very traditional American,” he said. The facility will be built by Lansdowne Construction LLC and Phillips Construction. Urban Engineering also has been involved with the project. Builders hope to complete the steel framework and enclose the new facility before winter sets in, which will allow interior work to continue, Valesky said. This fall will mark the school’s 57th year, Thoburn said. Fairfax Christian School began in a Victorian farmhouse in the city of Fairfax in 1961, moved to a campus on Popes Head Road in 1964 and has been located at 1624 Hunter Mill Road since 1993. The school rents its current site and will relocate to the Dulles campus when it is finished. Families needing help with the new commute will have access to shuttle buses. School officials said they will maintain current tuition policies at the Dulles campus and keep providing scholarship programs and financial aid. “This new expansion of the school is so exciting for all of us,” Thoburn said. “There is an amazing future ahead for the Fairfax Christian School.” School leaders chose the new campus site for its location, which is 20 minutes from both Leesburg and Tysons, Thoburn said.

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School Board Candidates Make Final Push for Votes Four are Vying in Special Election for At-Large Seat Vacated Earlier This Year

Fairfax County voters will select a new School Board member during a special election to be held Tuesday, Aug. 29. Four candidates – Sandra Allen, Michael Owens, Chris Grisafe and Karen Keys-Gamarra – are vying to succeed School Board member Jeanette Hough (At-Large), who resigned in May to accompany her husband on an overseas work assignment. Here are the candidates’ responses to questions posed by the Sun Gazette, listed by the order in which they were received. Candidates were given 40 words, in total, for responses to the four questions, to be divided up as they saw fit. What three things most need to be improved within the school system? Allen: 1. Immediate changes must take place in school environment/culture. Improve customer service, how students and parents of low/minority are treated. Must create equality, same level of services regardless of income or ethnicity i.e. friendlier atmosphere. This change must take place to eliminate biases, which limits the ability of minority parents to advocate for student success. Bringing decision makers closer to families. Often wrong information is provided, issues are ignore creating a lag in timely and effectively correcting student’s record. Issues that can create truancy, mistrust in the school system. 2. Must have uniform positive discipline. No room for shaming a student or teacher. Maintaining professionalism and careful care of privacy. Young students take cues from adult reactions. Creating accountability can alleviate bullying mentality. 3. Dissemination of Information is necessary. Often low/minority parents don’t have access to technology. Even when they do, Web pages are complicated. Schools should find a way to help parents receive information in a timely manner. Interpersonal communication is important at all levels of education. It is said parent involvement is necessary for student success. If parents can’t participate then advocacy must be provided via PTAs i.e. Minority Achievement Representatives. Owens: 1. Increase teacher salaries to attract and retain highly qualified teachers. Current FCPS teacher salaries are not in line with our neighbors and do not reflect the contribution that our teachers make to the high quality of life in Fairfax County. 2. Fully fund proven programs, such as pre-K, that have long term positive impact on student outcomes. These programs should not have waiting lists; they should be available to all children in Fairfax County. 3. Establish a program to train students, faculty, administrators and staff to identify and confront discrimination and bullying in a non-violent but effective way. Our students need to feel safe in our 4

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Sandra D. Allen

Resides in: Vienna. Education: Bachelor of business administration, Marymount University. Occupation: Mother, advocate, volunteer.

Michael Owens

Resides in: Falls Church. Education: Johns Hopkins University, BA history; Towson University, BA English; University of Virginia, MA English; Marymount University, MEd secondary education. Occupation: Usability and user experience consultant.

schools. Grisafe: To protect excellence in our schools and restore public trust, we must ensure financial accountability and transparency; ensure fair class sizes, and collaborate with teachers to improve their salaries and total compensation. 1. The combination of conducting a management audit, independent program evaluations, and zero-based budgeting will position the board to make informed budget decisions and better prioritize resources to the classroom. 2. There are many K-6-grade classrooms that have in excess of 30 students, in violation of FCPS policy, which is not consistently enforced. Class size is also an issue for higher grades where FCPS does not have a regulated cap. 3. FCPS salaries are not competitive with surrounding areas, and it’s time we engage teachers to right-balance total compensation. Keys-Gamarra: Our teachers leave on a regular basis at an alarming rate. We’re losing our best and brightest teachers to neighboring school systems, and I’ll fight to make sure that our teachers feel welcome to stay here in Fairfax County. We have to decrease our class sizes – it’s so important that our students feel that they have access to a quality education and we need to ensure that they do. I’m a firm believer that we must celebrate diversity in our school system. We have to make sure that students from different socio-economic backgrounds have the same ability to achieve success. Where should the school system focus in the future? Allen: Through my quest in find solutions to Latino student dropout rate (900+), I learn that students at higher education are not meeting college requirements. They are taking remedial courses,

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Resides in: Penderbrook. Education: BA, Loyola Marymount University; MBA, Virginia Tech. Occupation: National security.

however students taking AP are better prepared for college. Minority students are at greater risk of dropping out. Suggestion would be to partner with local Universities focusing on improvements in education. Also, better train teachers to meet diverse demand. Owens: I believe that our teachers are our most precious resource. We have some of the best teachers in the world here – and because they are so talented they have other opportunities and are increasingly they are taking those opportunities. Grisafe: Instead of a cookie cutter approach to education, we should focus on allowing teachers to provide a growth model for individual student achievement, which will allow students to not only experience success in the classroom, but realize success for the rest of their lives. Keys-Gamarra: We should continue to make advanced learning available. Aside from just increasing salaries and benefits, what steps should be taken to boost teacher recruitment and retention? Allen: Teachers leave for various reasons i.e. Fairfax is a transient area and lack of professional growth opportunities. Need to give teachers flexibility to bring in innovation. Think outside the box helps teach diverse students. It takes a special teachers to bring out a student’s full potential. I met two young US History teachers. They created a “School Exchange,” “Cultural Exchange” Program, must start using models that work. This type of innovation must be foster and encourage in FCPS. “Exchange of ideas” Reward innovation. Owens: I propose a complete overhaul of the FCPS HR apparatus. There are major flaws in how we are hiring and managing our teachers as employees. Grisafe: Instead of deciding for teachers what will enrich their experience, I will

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take a proactive approach to visit classrooms and meet with teachers to hear first-hand from them how we can improve teacher moral, including by identifying and addressing useless training and excessive (i.e., duplicative or useless) data collection, and giving proven teachers autonomy and flexibility. With informed perspective, I look forward to working with my fellow board members to collaborate with teachers in determining what resources and support they require to meet the needs of educating students in Fairfax County. Keys-Gamarra: We have to increase overall morale for our educators. I fully support implementing an anonymous feedback tool which allows teachers to feel heard in the classroom, even if their administration does not have the same approach. I believe that we also need to give our educators proper planning time for their lessons along with other sustainability practices that will help increase loyalty to our schools. We should also consider streamlining procedures and paperwork that is not directly related to providing learning opportunities for our students. What other priorities and initiatives would you focus on, and which programs would you consider putting on the chopping block? Allen: Must rethink roles of SRO [school resource officers] at all schools. Negative impact i.e. school to jail pipeline, truancy. Schools should be learning institutions, center of excellence and critical thinking. SRO create extension of Juvenile Detention Centers. Children must be allowed to make mistakes without fear. Children need guidance not punishment. Owens: I have volunteered with many non-profit organizations and for the last 5 Continued on Page 18

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Our View: Add Cameras to School-Bus Arms Now

Is Fairfax County Public Schools dawdling on the installation of stop-arm cameras on local school buses? Inquiring minds, including members of the Board of Supervisors, want to know. Supervisors a few weeks ago unanimously passed a measure directing their staff to get some answers from counterparts in the school system – including specifics on when the equipment will be installed. (School officials could have saved themselves the public spanking had they been more responsive to requests for information from the Board of Supervisors. Jeff McKay, a Democrat representing the Lee District, said he’d tried to get the information, but was unsuccessful. School officials

told the Sun Gazette that they are working toward a pilot program with extended stop-arms this fall.) It was back in 2011 that the General Assembly allowed localities to install cameras on the arms of school buses, part of a proactive attempt to penalize those who endanger student lives. “Seven years is a long time” to wait for action, Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) said. Other local jurisdictions are ahead of the curve, meaning Fairfax County Public Schools can learn from their successes and failures in implementing a program for cameras. And there’s no time like the present; we join the Board of Supervisors in calling for the school system to give this a higher priority.

After decades of starting classes after Labor Day, Fairfax County schools instead will be opening next week. Fairfax will become the largest of a growing list of Virginia jurisdictions to have been exempted from what long has been known as the “Kings Dominion Rule” that restricts school systems from getting started before the last holiday weekend of summer is completed. With this hurdle out of the way, would it be too much to ask that the school system (at least until the new superintendent has his footing) take a serious look at how the

calendar can be reformed to accentuate learning? Reforms are necessary should FCPS desire to be seen as an education leader. The goal should be to keep students in class as close to year-round as possible, with occasional breaks here and there. The current calendar scheme followed by FCPS, and so many districts, is a remnant of the farm era (any FCPS students busy harvesting crops these days?) and only serves to force students to re-learn, and educators to re-teach, subject material lost over an overly long summer break.

Time to Further Reform FCPS School-Year Calendar

Tysons Project Doesn’t Live Up to Potential Editor: The recent public announcement for a proposed new high-rise development at Spring Hill Road called The View at Tysons shows how the hopes, dreams and vision for the new Tysons – for a walkable and pedestrian-oriented community – are going up in smoke. Or, rather, up to the Sky Park on the roof of one of the proposed buildings. The grand vision for the new Tysons from 2010 held the promise of an active, pedestrian-oriented urban streetscape with a focus on the urban grid and street-level life. Developments to date have done little to nothing in fulfilling this vision and this new proposal exhibits an inward, self-contained, skyward vision for its public spaces rather than the promised

outward street-level focus: • Instead of outdoor, sidewalk/ street-level retail, the proposal calls for an interior, “open-air retail hall.” • The proposal will offer “sweeping staircases up to an elevated promenade.” That is, a promenade severed from the life of the street. • Planned are “elevated public openair spaces,” instead of ground-level public open-air spaces. • A rooftop “Sky Park” with “bocce courts in the summer and ice rink in the winter, plus a large media screen.” That would be an incredible public amenity if it were, say . . . at ground level. • A “Skygarden, rooftop terrace located six stories above ground level and a public gallery with artworks and landscaping situated 310 feet high on

the roof.” Now that’s my kind of public amenity – landscaping 310 feet above the ground and on the roof! The architectural firm of Gensler is a pre-eminent design firm in our country. Given the proper program and mandate from the developer and the county powers-that-be, they could show the way for the realization of the original vision for the New Tysons. As currently proposed and promoted, it is yet another sealed-off, pseudopublic development that will become a glass-sheathed series of isolated ivory towers. That’s not vision, that’s business as usual in the development world. And we, the public, are the losers. Dennis Findley McLean

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Vienna Little League Proposes Two New Baseball Fields at Southside Park BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Field No. 2 at Southside Park in Vienna currently is rocky, hard to maintain and difficult to drain, which makes it hard to play on following rain. But under a proposal from Vienna Little League leaders, the unlighted softball field would be converted to a pair of lighted fields. Doing so would create more field capacity and allow the fields to be used longer in the day, town officials said. Vienna Little League, which now has about 1,200 participants, and its Challenger program for players with special needs both need more fields for playing and practicing, board member Aaron Georgelas told the Vienna Town Council at an Aug. 21 work session. “We don’t have enough fields for our teams to practice on once per week,” he said. Vienna Little League has seen a rise in participation, possibly attributable to parental concerns about their children being injured while playing other sports, Georgelas said. “Any of the contact sports, we seem to be getting a lot of those kids,” he said. Most of the diamond fields owned by the town of Vienna are used by softball and Babe Ruth baseball teams; only one, Cervenak Field at Glyndon Park, is used by the Little League. Other fields within Vienna and around the town are provided by the Fairfax County Park Authority

and Fairfax County Public Schools. Southside Park’s Field No. 2 now is used by a women’s softball league, the Golden Girls, which plays every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. between March and October (but not August). The organization also plays on Southside’s Field No. 1 on Saturdays. Vienna Youth Inc.’s Ankle Biter football program also uses Southside Field No. 2 from 3 p.m. to dusk on weekdays between mid-July and mid-October. Many youth-sports organizations operate in the town and all have expressed the need for more field space, Vienna Parks and Recreation Director Leslie Herman wrote in a Feb. 9 memorandum. This need has increased over the past decade as new sports such as rugby, lacrosse and flag football have gained in popularity, she wrote. The Southside fields could be used even more if covered with synthetic turf, but that would preclude the launching of Fourth of July fireworks at the site, Georgelas said. League officials will keep the artificial-turf option open for the future, he said. “Grass can always become turf someday,” he said. Council member Tara Bloch (formerly Voigt) asked Georgelas to ensure traffic would not increase substantially on Ware and Walker streets, S.W. “The speeds [of vehicles] coming downhill on Ware Street to Southside Park are kind of amazing,” she said.

Vienna Little League leaders and town officials in the coming months will craft a memorandum of understanding that assigns responsibilities for the proposed new fields. The league would cover the bulk of construction costs, Georgelas said. “We would pay for it and the town would do the work using its vendors,” he said. If the Town Council approved the agreement, the fields ideally would be constructed during the winter, Herman said.

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The developer whose Vienna Market rezoning proposal was defeated last June soon may be coming back to the town with revamped plans calling for slightly fewer residential units and considerably less retail. Developer Doug D’Alexander and architect Thomas Kyllo briefed the Vienna Town Council about the new plans during an Aug. 21 work session. The original Vienna Market proposal called for 49 townhouse-style condominiums built above retail space and a 105-space underground parking garage. The property is located in the northwest corner of Maple Avenue, W., and Pleasant Street, N.W. The Vienna Town Council on June 6, 2016, approved the rezoning with a 5-2 vote, but it was defeated because enough surrounding residents had signed a protest petition, which triggered a requirement for at least six affirmative votes. In the year following that defeat, town officials have tightened up the rules somewhat for

protest petitions. D’Alexander’s new proposal, which still is in its early stages and has not undergone planning review by the town, calls for 44 townhouse-style condominiums and two commercial units with a total of 8,200 square feet of retail space – roughly one-third less than in the original proposal. There would be a parking structure located beneath the retail, which then would be topped by several housing units. The rest of the condominiums would be built at ground level, not on top of parking. Plans call for between 38 and 41 atand below-grade parking spaces to support the retail. Residential parking would be located behind the condominiums and the developer also would provide nine guest parking spaces and 17 new streetparking spaces. While the project’s architectural style has not been finalized yet, D’Alexander said he hoped it would be similar to the first project’s townhouses with varied façades. Continued on Page 25

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Student’s Effort Aims to Protect Monarch Butterflies

The population of monarch butterflies has plummeted by approximately 90 percent in just the last two decades, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Climate change, loss of habitat in the U.S. and Mexico and pesticides all contribute, but of greatest impact is scarce food sources. Mark Drasbek of Great Falls is working toward Eagle Scout rank, and is fascinated by the monarch. He has developed a project – “Save the Monarch, Save Us” – to organize a crew to help the certified Monarch Butterfly Waystation at the Great Falls Library’s meadow, which recently was developed by the Great Falls Garden Club. The effort has provided a perfect location to bring the community and the monarch together. Teens, their adult leaders and experienced garden-club members have been working side by side digging in the dirt, shared information about monarchs and gardening. The project came at just the right time. The meadow had grown quickly and, as with all gardens, was due for some attention. Invasive plants, endeared as “monster grass” by the garden club, were beginning to crowd the pollinator varieties. Drasbek organized volunteers and brought tools to dig out the patch of 6foot-tall grass and clear the drainage culvert. In the blazing heat of July, Drasbek, nine other Scouts and additional volunteers planted more of the monarch cater-

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pillar’s only food/host plant, milkweed. Great Falls Garden Club member Candice Burt was on hand to educate the Scouts about the meadow. Local monarch expert and club member Barbara Smith delighted the Scouts and several other club members with an informative talk about the monarch butterfly’s world. “Mark and his team were the absolute best,” said Winifred Frost, president of the Great Falls Garden Club. “They were

so hard-working, conscientious and eager to learn about the meadow and the dynamics of a meadow and monarchs.” Drasbek plans to visit the meadow every few days to water and tend the newly planted milkweed plants and hundreds of milkweed seeds, and, as they bloom, watch for the monarchs to stop by on their 3,000-mile migration south in late summer and early fall. He also aims to bring awareness to the plight of the monarch with his Eagle

Scout project. “This should be a huge red flag to all of us,” Drasbek said. “How many billions of years did it take to create the monarch? Now, in a split second, the monarch is almost gone.” Hopefully, the Great Falls community will benefit as well from the centralized location of the waystation in the meadow by sighting a rare monarch, if only as they drive by on the well-traveled Georgetown Pike.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Hearing on the McLean Community Center’s FY 2019 Budget

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When Mike Fisher joined the staff of McLean’s Old Firehouse Teen Center 10 years ago, the facility was less than fully used. Fisher, the center’s general manager, has worked since then to correct that problem by expanding the site’s offerings to a wider range of age groups. The effort has proved successful enough – and more so now, given the McLean Community Center’s ongoing renovations – that Fisher’s business card drops “teen center” from the facility’s name. “We’re just wall-to-wall booked trying to provide as many opportunities as we can,” he said. The site offers programs for seniors and adults can participate in ping-pong and bridge or work at a 13-station computer lab. The facility’s fitness offerings range from Zumba to “Piloxing” – yes, a mash-up of Pilates and boxing. With the Alden Theatre closed because of construction at the community center, the Old Firehouse will host the theater’s fall show. It also will provide viewings of “quote-along” movies, including “Mean Girls” on Aug. 30 and “The Princess Bride” on Sept. 22. Unruly Theatre Project, an improvisational-comedy program, both rehearses and performs at the center. The teen center also hosts the Specially Adapted Resource Clubs (SPARC) on weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon. SPARC, which is based in Reston and has another branch at the Providence Community Center, provides activities for adults with special needs who have aged out of the county’s youth programs, said program manager Carmela Leith. “We love being here at the Firehouse,” she said. “The staff is very receptive and accommodating.” The teen center’s programs continue to evolve. Fisher is eager to begin offering dances for fifth- and sixth-graders in order to give them a taste of the site’s atmosphere and offerings. The dances used to be held years ago in the community center’s main hall, but the teen center, with its stage lighting and mirrored disco ball, far better lends itself to being transformed into an exciting venue, he said. George Sachs, who has been executive director of the McLean Community Center since 2009, said the teen center’s attendance was poor when he arrived, but shot to an all-time high following program enhancements and refurbishments to the facility and its furniture. The teen center also has established The Sun Gazette welcomes your submission of items for inclusion in the newspaper and online. We’re happy to spread the word across the community – and across the globe.

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Specially Adapted Resource Clubs (SPARC) aide Mabel Asante and volunteer Sudharsan Balasubramani help Cathy Strother (center) water planters outside the Old Firehouse Teen Center in McLean. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

partnerships with Georgetown Learning Center, Bach 2 Rock, McLean Youth Orchestra, Safe Community Coalition, Bands for Bikes and Wheels to Africa, Sachs said. The facility continues to serve teenagers, however, offering not just after-school programs but a wide range of summer camps, field trips and activities, Fisher said. “Anything under the sun to get the kids out, challenge them a little bit and have them grow,” he said. “Leave it better than you found it. That’s our goal with the kids.”

McLean Community Center Governing Board Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. Residents who wish to speak at the Public Hearing are asked to call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, to be placed on the speakers’ list. Copies of the draft budget proposal will be available during the public hearing. Written comments may be delivered to the Center’s temporary Administrative Offices (see address below) marked “Attention: Executive Director,” or sent by email to george.sachs@fairfaxcounty.gov. Written comments may be provided after the public hearing up through Monday, Oct. 23. The date of the Finance Committee Meeting of the Whole, a full board budget work session, is Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Center’s temporary Administrative Offices (see address below). The McLean Community Center Temporary Administrative Offices 6631 Old Dominion Dr., McLean VA 22101 703-790-0123/TTY: 711 | www.mcleancenter.org

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Eclipse Helps to Bring Out the Inner Scientist in All BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Aug. 21 solar eclipse brought out astronomers highly professional and decidedly amateur, and those who gathered at McLean High School’s observatory had their pick of ways to enjoy the spectacle. The school’s outdoor courtyard bustled with activity far in advance of the peak eclipse time in mid-afternoon. Astronomy teacher Dean Howarth was tickled by the high turnout. “It’s great. There’s been a swarm of people here for two hours,” he said. “The goal is to get people this interested in science all the time.” Scores of children and adults donned special protective eyewear to look safely at the eclipse and some put one of those dark lenses over their smartphones’ cameras to take pictures of the phenomenon. Gazing through the glasses was a bit eerie. It seemed as if the whole universe consisted of an orange crescent and impenetrable blackness. The courtyard’s prime viewing location was its refurbished observatory. Visitors entered the lower level of the structure and watched news coverage from around the country of the eclipse on a large, flatscreen television. The line for the observatory upstairs was long and the crowded conditions were stifling, but those who were waiting put

things in perspective. “I shouldn’t complain,” said math teacher Emily Jaffa. “Most schools don’t have an observatory.” After ascending a steep staircase, visitors got to view the eclipse through a 14inch-diameter reflector telescope that was covered with a deep crimson hydrogen-alpha filter. The view filled the field of vision and offered extraordinary detail of the sun. “We’ve seen every planet in the solar system with this scope, so it’s pretty capable,” Howarth said. The only thing missing was a camera mount for the viewing lens. Some tried to take photos through the lens with their smartphones and digital cameras, with mixed results. Such eclipses usually happen about twice in a given lifetime, and people often have to travel to see one, Howarth said. By good fortune, another eclipse in 2024 will cast a shadow from the country’s middle area up toward New England, he said. Howarth may travel to be within the “line of totality” for that eclipse. “It was easier to sacrifice knowing there was another one coming up,” he said. Eclipses usually happen twice a year, but most often in places where there are no people, such as over the Pacific Ocean, Howarth said. “The Earth is pretty big, and the shadow the moon casts is pretty small, under

McLean High School students Nolan English, Cate Pearce, Devin English and Alex Pearce were among those who cheered outside the school’s observatory during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

20 miles,” he said. The line of totality for this eclipse ran from Salem, Ore., to Charleston, S.C. Back outside, McLean High’s faculty had arranged multiple ways to experience the eclipse. Some visitors peered into cereal boxes that had been turned into pinhole cameras by cutting out one section for viewing and covering another hole with tinfoil that had a pinprick to let in light. Solar projectors showed the crescent getting thinner and thinner as the big moment approached. These devices regularly had to be repositioned slightly owing to the Earth’s revolution. Elsewhere, pegboard suspended above the ground projected hundreds of tiny

white crescents in evenly spaced rows and columns. Pedestrians headed out to their cars afterward could see the same effect, albeit less orderly, from sunlight that had penetrated small gaps in the leaves of overhead trees. The eclipse only was blocked a few times by clouds. The weather’s timing was fortunate, as heavy rainstorms rolled through about half an hour after the eclipse’s peak. Observers young and old stared up at the sky and cheered when the eclipse peaked at 2:42 p.m. Andrew Diller, who teaches astronomy and oceanography at McLean High, said the eclipse was a rare opportunity to bring people together to witness an astronomic spectacle. “This is a cool thing that doesn’t come around very often,” said McLean High student Devin English. Classmate Cate Pearce, who took astronomy during her last school year, valued the phenomenon for scientific reasons. “The last total eclipse like this in 1918 was when they proved Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity,” Pearce said. n n n

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Fairfax County Notes SEVERAL FAIRFAX FIREHOUSES AMONG BUSIEST IN NATION: Firehouse

Magazine annually compiles a list of the nation’s busiest fire-and-rescue stations and various other units. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department placed in the Top 50 in several categories for 2016. According to the magazine: • Fairfax County Fire and Rescue was the 31st busiest fire-and-rescue department in the country, responding to 100,712 calls for assistance. • Fairfax County Fire Station 11 in Penn Daw was the 36th busiest fire-andrescue station in the country, responding to 11,256 calls for assistance. • Rescue Squad 426 on Edsall Road in Alexandria was the 41st busiest heavyrescue unit in the country, responding to 1,744 calls for assistance. • HazMat 440 in Fairfax Center was the 19th busiest hazardous-materials unit in the country, responding to 541 calls for assistance. • Emergency-medical-services officer 404 was the 39th busiest unit in the country, responding to 1,808 calls for emergency medical assistance. FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OFFER FREE EMERGENCY-RESPONSE TRAINING:

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a training program administered through the auspices of the Fairfax

County Fire and Rescue Department. The training prepares residents to help themselves, their families and neighbors in the event of a disaster in their community. Through CERT, residents can learn about disaster preparedness and receive training in basic disaster-response skills such as fire safety, light search-and-rescue and disaster medical operations. The next available CERT class will begin Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Academy. There will be two sessions each week on Mondays and Wednesdays through Sept. 27. The class is 28 hours long overall, plus the final practical exercise. The county offers CERT training free of charge and provides basic gear. To participate in CERT training at any level, participants must be at least 16 years old and either be Fairfax County residents or work in the county. To learn more about CERT, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/ cert/cert.htm. COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT’S ATHLETIC TRAINER RETIRES: Within

the Fairfax County Police Department, Nancy Burke is known as the lifesaver who brings officers back to work after injuries they have sustained on and off the job. Nationally and internationally, she’s known as the woman who designed the first law-enforcement athletic-training

program for a police department at the local level. In the first six months of 2017 alone, she received nearly 400 visits and provided 2,300 treatments to agency employees. Twelve years ago, Burke worked with a commander at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy to launch the athletic-training program, which she based on Division I sports. While several federal agencies have athletic trainers, Burke’s program was the first of its kind in the U.S. to make professional services available full-time and at no cost to officers serving at the local law-enforcement level. Burke previously worked as an athletic trainer for Fairfax County Public Schools, retiring in 2005 after 29 years. Officers working overtime assignments at local high-school ball games took note of her expertise and turned to her regularly for advice. She began to realize that resources available to high-school athletes were not as easily available, affordable and accessible to men and women whose jobs depend on their physical and mental well-being. “We have to protect our people,” she said of the officers. “We have to take care of them.”

The initial goal was to reduce medical costs by 10 percent and decrease the time an officer or employee was out of work after an injury. According to Burke, the department achieved and surpassed that goal, reducing medical costs for academy recruits by up to 90 percent. Officers have been returning to full-duty status in much less time than ever before, police said. “The more frequent the care, the better and faster the recovery,” Burke said. REALTORS PITCH IN WITH COMMUNITY-ACTION DAY: The Northern Virginia

Association of Realtors plans to build on the success of its first Community Action Day, held in the spring. As part of the priorities of NVAR board chairman Bob Adamson, real-estate firms were asked to find ways to give back to charities of their choice with time, sweat-equity, service and funding. “Realtors in at least nine brokerage members . . . found time to participate,” Adamson said, as participants “really showed their caring, generosity and selflessness to help neighbors of all ages, in all situations.” Among local efforts, the Vienna office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage held a clothing drive to benefit several non-profit groups, while a team from Keller Williams Capital Properties raised Continued on Page 18

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McLean/Great Falls Notes VIRGINIA INDIAN FESTIVAL IS ON THE HORIZON: The Virginia Indian Festival

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tion Melkite Greek-Catholic Church will hold its 24th annual Middle Eastern Food Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23, at the church, located at 8501 Lewinsville Road in McLean. The festival will feature authentic Middle Eastern food, pastries, music and dancing, as well as vendors, church tours and activities for both adults and children. Events will run Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Admission and parking are free, and the event will be held rain or shine. For information, call (703) 734-9566 or see the Web site at www.middleeasternfoodfestival.com.

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returns to Riverbend Park in Great Falls on Saturday, Sept. 9, with day-long events beginning at 10 a.m. The festival will feature performances by Virginia’s Native American tribes, along with hands-on activities. Tickets are $7 in advance, $8 at the gate. The park is located at 8700 Potomac Hills St. in Great Falls. For information, call (703) 759-9018 or see the Web site at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/riverbend-park/.

Vienna/Oakton Notes crest School officials will hold a neighborhood meeting on Thursday, Aug. 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. to discuss the school’s new Vienna-area campus on Crowell Road. The meeting will be held at the Hunter Mill District Supervisor’s Office, 1801 Cameron Glen Drive in Reston. Oakcrest is an independent school that follows in the Catholic tradition for students in grades 6 to 12. It is relocated from its previous campus, located on Balls Hill Road in McLean.

accepts donations of used books yearround at the Freeman Store and Museum, 131 Church St., N.E. Bags or boxes of books can be placed on the porch or brought in during regular store hours (Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. and during special events). Textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines, dictionaries and romance novels are not accepted. The store’s Used Book Cellar is open during regular hours, offering books,

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McLean Newcomers and Neighbors will hold a coffee for members and prospective members on Wednesday, Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Regency in McLean, 1800 Old Meadow Road. To R.S.V.P. for the event, e-mail mcleannewcomers@yahoo.com. For general information, see the Web site at www. mcleannewcomers.org. LIBRARY FRIENDS TO HOST BOOK SALE: Friends of the Tysons-Pimmit Re-

gional Library will hold its quarterly book sale Sept. 7-9 at 7700 and 7704 Leesburg Pike. (The library itself currently is undergoing renovation.)

DVDs, CDs, vintage prints and posters. Proceeds benefit Historic Vienna events and exhibits. For information, call (703) 938-5187. CUPPETT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TO HOST OPEN HOUSE: Cuppett

Performing Arts Center will hold an open house on Tuesday, Aug. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the center, which is celebrating its 56th year in Vienna. The organization offers beginner through pre-professional dance classes in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, hip-hop,

A large selection of books and media for all ages and interests will be available. Hours are Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For additional information, call (703) 338-3307 or e-mail tysonslibraryfriends@ gmail.com. OUTDOOR TAI CHI PRACTICE OFFERED: Free tai chi practice will be held

Saturdays through Oct. 28 from 7:55 to 9 a.m. at McLean Central Park’s outdoor basketball court. Practice will take place rain or shine. For information, call Warren at (703) 7599141.

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Church will host a “blessing of the backpacks” at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services on Sunday, Aug. 27. For additional information, call (703) 938-1234 or see the Web site at www.oaktonumc.org.

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Our quest for all that is best in the local real estate scene this week brings us to the Linganore community of McLean, where a sumptuous, all-brick colonial (with both Georgian and Federal overtones) awaits our inspection. Set on a verdant lot of nearly an acre, the home is like a spot in the countryside – and yet it is convenient to everything, from transit to parks to employment. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,599,900 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate. A sumptuous foyer with extraordinary staircase sets the tone of enchantment for all that will follow as we explore all three levels of the home. To our left off the foyer is the expansive living room, with the first of the home’s fireplaces, while to the right is a large dining room, with a bay window. The redesigned kitchen is ready to meet every desire, with amenities close to hand and an adjacent morning-dining room overlooking the rear yard. Perhaps the standout among standouts of the main level is the large family room, with a glorious fireplace flanked by doors that lead out to the lovely deck, providing vistas of the creative, mature plantings. Tucked away off the main traffic flow at the front of the home is a library with

built-ins and a wet bar. Upstairs, the master retreat deserves all the superlatives it garners, with a large bedding area (with elegant tray ceiling), showstopper bath and dual walk-in closets. A second master suite is located on the other side of the second level, with two additional bedrooms also found here. The lower level is home to a huge recreation room (with yet another fireplace), ready to be outfitted to your specifications. There also is a bonus room here, perfect for a home office or an au pair suite. Nice touches are found throughout, from the Palladian windows to the renovated baths to the refinished hardwood flooring. Freshly painted and featuring new hardware, the home can aptly be

described as in turnkey condition. Designed to be equally at home providing the comforts of family living or showcasing élan and style at a party, the home is a testament to refined taste. Enjoy a countryside feel while being just a hop, skip and jump from all major commuter routes. 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) 738-2521.

Facts for buyers Address: 7300 Linganore Court, McLean (22102). Listed at: $1,599,900 by Lilian Jorgenson, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 407-0766. Schools: Churchill Road Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

Foreign Investment in U.S. Properties Sees Big Bump Fueled by a substantial increase in sales-dollar volume from Canadian buyers, foreign investment in U.S. residential real estate has skyrocketed to a new high, as transactions grew in each of the top five countries where buyers originated. This is according to an annual survey of residential purchases from international buyers released today by the National Association of Realtors, which also revealed that nearly half of all foreign sales were in three states: Florida, California and Texas. NAR’s 2017 “Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate” found that between April 2016 and March 2017, foreign buyers and recent immigrants purchased $153 billion of residential property, a 49-percent jump from 2016 ($102.6 billion) and surpassing 2015 ($103.9 billion) as the new survey high. Overall, 284,455 U.S. properties were bought by foreign buyers (up 32 percent from 2016), and purchases accounted for 10 percent of the dollar volume of existing-home sales (8 percent in 2016). “The political and economic uncertainty both here and abroad did not deter foreigners from exponentially ramping up their purchases of U.S. property over the past year,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. “While the strengthening of the U.S. dollar in relation to other currencies and steadfast home-price growth made buying a home more expensive in many areas, foreigners increasingly acted on their beliefs that the U.S. is a safe and secure place to live, work and invest.” Although China maintained its top position in dollar volume for the fourth straight year, the significant rise in foreign investment in the survey came from a massive hike in activity from Canadian buyers. After dipping in the 2016 survey to $8.9 billion in sales ($11.2 billion in 2015), transactions from Canadians this year totaled $19 billion – a new high for Canada. Yun attributes this notable rise in activity to Canadians opting to buy property in U.S. markets that are expensive but still more affordable than in their native land. While much of the U.S. continues to see fast price growth, home price gains in many cities in Canada have been steeper, especially in Vancouver and Toronto.

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Fairfax Business Briefcase FAIRFAX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HOSTS BRAZILIANS:

Twenty Brazilian government officials, businessmen and investors recently were hosted by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. “This kind of delegation is very important to us. We’re very grateful that you’re here and very anxious to do business,”

said Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the authority, at the event. The Brazilian contingent came from the state of São Paulo. Among them were the mayors of Guarulhos (population 1.3 million) and Mogi das Cruzes (425,000). “We are here today to understand how important technology and innovation is to the growth of Fairfax County,” said

Gustavo Hemic Costa, mayor of Guarulhos. “To start a relationship with Fairfax County and the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority will definitely help us in the future.” During the session in Tysons, the Brazilian delegation heard from Juhi Naithani and Curtis Hoffman of the economic-development authority, discussing the ben-

efits of locating operations in the county. Matthew Catagallo, manager of business investment for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, presented an overview of economic-assistance programs available to businesses through the state government. “We want you to know that we’re open for business,” Catagallo said.

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standing of general government processes, as well as technical financial-reporting issues. The application deadline is Sept. 8. For information, see the Web site at www. fcps.edu.

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There were 102 swim teams in 17 divisions this summer in the Northern Virginia Swimming League, and those outdoor pools are located all over, some much easier to find than others.

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With three new local head coaches and one area team in a different conference this fall, the 2017 high school football season is set to open Friday, Aug. 25 in non-league play.

FOOTBALL PREVIEW In a 7 p.m. clash between neighborhood rivals, the Marshall Statesmen host the Madison Warhawks at 7 p.m. Madison is in a new conference – Concorde – this fall and has a new head coach in Justin Counts. He takes over for the late Lenny Schultz, who was killed in a traffic accident this past June. Schultz led Madison to its finest season in a number of years last fall, when the No. 2-seed Warhawks reached the semifinals of the 6A North Region tournament, going 2-1 in the playoffs. The Warhawks return a number of key starters on both sides of the ball from that team that finished 11-2. Continued on Page 24

Oakton High School linebacker Justin Mink , left, tackles running back Evan Schmader during a recent practice. Oakton opens the season Friday, Aug. 25. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

Langley Opens with Four Wins and a Second DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Watch out again for the defending state champion Langley Saxons this fall. The talented and deep high school golf team already has won four of the five it has particiGOLF tournaments pated in this season, with a runner-up finish by one shot in the other. “We haven’t been dominating, but we have been playing very well and winning,” Langley coach Al Berg said. “We have a very fine and deep team. Talent wise this is as good a Langley team as I’ve coached.” Langley won an 18-hole tournaments hosted by Chantilly, Herndon and Yorktown high schools, then the 36-hole Independence Invitational in Midlothian with

a total of 296-289–585. Senior John Schindler shot 73-72–145 to lead Langley in Midlothian. Senior Eli Thrasher shot 75-71–146, senior Matthew Feinstein 74-73–147, freshman Kelly Chinn 74-73–147 and senior Chris Dillard 89-84–173. Feinstein had a hole-in-one at the Independence tourney, the first in his life. Sophomore Nikita Guenko shot a 68 for Langley at the Herndon tourney when the Saxons had a 377 total and a Langley B team shot 378. Chinn shot 68 and Thrasher 70 at the Yorktown tourney, when Langley had a 291 total. At Chantilly’s tournament, Langley had a 304 total, led by a 73 from Thrasher and a 74 by Chinn. Langley shot 292 to finish second

to Chantilly (291) at the South County event. Thrasher shot 70 and was third. Brian Feinstein shot 72 and Matthew Feinstein 73. Other top players for Langley are Thomas Dillard, Kenny Lippman, Sam Zmuda, Owen Lippman, Trevor Paul, Noah Kim and Cole Walmsley. n The Oakton Cougars also are having a strong season. Oakton won McLean High School’s George Pavlis Tournament with a 299 total at Hidden Creek in Reston. Sophomore Bradford Chandler shot 72 and junior team captain Thomas Bae 74 to lead Oakton. Junior Ben Choe had a 76, junior Eddie Kim 77 and junior James Lucky 81.

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What’s interesting is, many pools are tucked away at the end of streets or on the back of col de sacs. In all, eight of the pools are located with addresses on courts, like Hamlet, Oakton and Old Keene Mill. Two more each are located on “places” and “ways” and another on a “circle.” Many others are hidden on whatever streets they call home, sometimes at the ends of those roads or down or up a hill some place, often secluded by dense tree lines. Kent Gardens in McLean is atop a hill overlooking the McLean Little League complex, but is concealed by trees and not visible from Westmoreland Street. In contrast, Holmes Run Acres on Gallows Road in Falls Church is situated well out of sight, way down a hill in basically a forest. Arlington’s Donaldson Run on Marcey Road is difficult to find, as is Cottontail in Springfield. Of course, others – like Dunn Loring, Overlee, Chesterbrook, Sideburn Run, Hunt Valley and Lee Graham – are right there on main thoroughfares, easy to see. Overlee in Arlington is kind of a statue-like venue the way it is welllighted and located, tucked into a hillside as passersby get a glimpse from Lee Highway. McLean’s Tuckahoe is on a main road – Great Falls Street – but motorists and pedestrians have to look hard to see the pool, which is set back 100 yards or more off the road. Ravensworth Farm is one of the most visible, off Braddock Road in Springfield, hidden by nothing. Centreville’s Sully Station, the site of this summer’s heavily-attended individual all-star meet, is pretty much out of site behind one of the league’s biggest clubhouses.

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Hoel, who won the Westwood crowns on consecutive Sundays. He is thought to be the first golfer to win both Westwood club championships in the same summer. As the No. 8 seed, Hoel was 3-0 in the match-play portion of the men’s tournament, competing against older players. He defeated former Madison High School standout Steve Moseley in the finals. In addition, Hoel was a member of Westwood’s junior interclub team that won its division this summer, and was

third in the championship tourney. This fall, Hoel will captain a Flint Hill team he hopes can repeat its MAC title on Oct. 18 at Bretton Woods Golf Course in Maryland. “Maret will be very good, but we are hoping to win that again,” Hoel said. “We have some good players.” Seniors Nick Stern and Jay Chang and sophomore Ethan Dolin will be other top players for Flint Hill, which opens its season Aug. 31 against Maret and Potomac School at International Country Club in Fairfax.

In freshman boys, Dunn Loring’s Camden Petree was second and Dylan Paci of Vienna Woods was third. Third in junior girls was Hamlet’s Victoria Wang and Oakton’s Katie Vaughan was fourth. In senior girls, Eleanor Smith of Great Falls was fifth. Also from Oakton, Katie Vaughan was fourth in junior girls and Spencer Dearman was sixth in intermediate boys. n There were 16 local diving champions from pools in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas on July 30 at the Northern

Virginia Swimming League’s divisional meets. First in Division 1 were Marleigh daSilva (Vienna Woods, freshman girls, 83.45); Dylan Paci (Vienna Woods, freshman boys, 78.35); Spencer Bloom (Dunn Loring, intermediate boys, 174.85) ;and Rielly Blanton (Vienna Woods, intermediate girls, 138.0). Winning in Division 3 were Sarah Beach (Chesterbrook, freshman girls, 68.75); Spencer Dearman (Oakton, intermediate boys, 153.45); Sarah Gurley (Oakton, intermediate girls, 155.65); and Alexandra Halla (Chesterbrook,

senior girls, 189.15). First in Division 4 were Matteo Vasiliadis (Great Falls, junior boys, 122.1); Claire Vroom (Great Falls, intermediate girls, 154.05); and Eleanor Smith (Great Falls, senior girls, 179.0). First in Division 5 were Melinda Hauda (Hamlet, junior girls, 98.0) and Sarah Wood (Kent Gardens, intermediate girls, 147.55). Winning in Division 6 were Hannah Woodrick (Highlands, freshman girls, 74.20); Porter Parish (Highlands, junior boys, 108.8); and Erin Wills (Highlands, junior girls, 106.0).

The game is between teams that combined for one victory in 2016, with Fairfax finishing 0-10. McLean defeated Fairfax for its one victory. The Langley Saxons also have a new head coach in Brian Lamb. The longtime Langley assistant takes over a team that finished 2-8 last fall, losing two games by one point each. Langley opens at home at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 against the South County Stallions, a perennial playoff team. The Stallions finished 8-4 last fall. In private-school action, the Potomac School Panthers begin their season at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 at home against Middletown. Potomac School finished 4-5 a year ago and 1-3 in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Flint Hill Huskies (7-3 in 2016) of the MAC don’t begin their season until Friday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. on the road in Fairfax against the Paul VI Panthers. Potoamc School schedule: Friday, Sept. 1 vs. Middletown, 4; Friday, Sept. 8 vs.

Mercersburg Academy, noon; Saturday, Sept. 23 at St. Albans, 1:30; Saturday, Oct. 7 at St. James, 2; Saturday, Oct. 14 vs. Maret, 2; Friday, Oct. 20 at Paul VI, 7; Saturday, Oct. 28 at Flint Hill, 2:30; Friday, Nov. 3 vs. Sidwell Friends, 3:45. Langley schedule: Friday, Aug. 25 vs. South County, 7 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 1 at Mount Vernon, 7; Friday, Sept. 8 at W.T. Woodson, 7; Friday, Sept. 15 vs. Potomac Falls, 7; Friday, Sept. 22 vs. Oakton, 7; Friday, Oct. 6 at South Lakes, 7; Friday, Oct. 13 vs. Yorktown, 7; Friday, Oct. 20, vs. Washington-Lee, 7; Friday, Oct. 27 at Herndon, 7; Friday, Nov. 3 at McLean. 7. McLean schedule: Friday, Aug. 25 at Fairfax, 7 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 1 vs. Marshall, 7; Friday, Sept. 15 at Edison, 7; Friday, Sept. 22 at Stuart, 7; Thursday, Sept. 28 vs. West Springfield; Friday, Oct. 6 vs. Yorktown, 7; Saturday, Oct. 14 at Herndon, 1; Friday, Oct. 20, at South Lakes, 7; Friday, Oct. 27 vs. Washington-Lee, 7; Friday, Nov. 3 vs. Langley, 7. Marshall schedule: Friday, Aug. 25

vs. Madison, 7 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 1 at McLean, 7; Friday, Sept. 15 vs. Herndon, 7; Friday, Sept. 22 at Falls Church, 7; Thursday, Sept. 28 vs. Stuart, 7; Friday, Oct. 6 at Annandale, 7; Friday, Oct. 13 vs. George Mason, 7; Friday, Oct. 20, at Lee, 7; Friday, Oct. 27 vs. Edison, 7; Friday, Nov. 3 at Wakefield, 7. Madison schedule: Friday, Aug. 25 at Marshall, 7 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 1 vs. Fairfax, 7; Friday, Sept. 8 at West Potomac, 7; Friday, Sept. 15 vs. Stone Bridge, 7; Friday, Sept. 22 vs. Washington-Lee, 7; Friday, Oct. 6 at Westfield, 7; Friday, Oct. 13 vs. Chantilly 7; Friday, Oct. 27 at Oakton, 7; Friday, Nov. 3 at Centreville, 7. Oakton schedule: Friday, Aug. 25 vs. Battlefield, 7 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 1 at West Springfield, 7; Friday, Sept. 8 vs. South Lakes, 7; Friday, Sept. 22 at Langley; Thursday, Sept. 28 at Lake Braddock, 7; Friday, Oct. 6 vs. Centreville, 7; Friday, Oct. 13 vs. Westfield 7; Friday, Oct. 27 vs. Madison, 7; Friday, Nov. 3 vs. Hayfield, 7.

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Jack Hoel has been on target with his golf clubs in recent months, adding two more significant titles in August. The 18-year-old recently won both junior club and men’s GOLF the club championships at Westwood Country Club in Vienna. Last fall, as a high school junior at the Flint Hill School in Oakton, Hoel was the individual champion of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament

Jack Hoel holds the Westwood Country Club’s men’s championship trophy.

with a 76, helping the Huskies win the team title as well. “I’ve had a pretty good summer,” said

Diving Roundup Sarah Beach of Chesterbrook and Marleigh daSilva of Vienna Woods tied for first place in the freshman girls division with a score of 75.20 at this summer’s individual all-star diving competition in the Northern Virginia Swimming League at Oakton pool. The other local winners from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas were Oakton’s Sarah Gurley in the intermediate girls with a 167.6 total and Dunn Loring’s Spencer Bloom in intermediate boys (157.95). Claire Vroom of Great Falls was fifth in intermediate girls.

Football Continued from Page 23 Madison switched conferences in the off-season after playing in the Liberty Conference for many years and winning the championship last season. Marshall finished 5-5 last fall. The Oakton Cougars finished 4-7 last fall and were the only other local public-school team from the Sun Gazette’s coverage area to make the playoffs, falling to region finalist South Lakes in the opening round. Oakton opens at home at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 against the Battlefield Bobcats, a perennial playoff team. “We should do OK,” Oakton coach Jason Rowley said. “Staying healthy and depth is always a factor.” The McLean Highlanders have a new head coach in John Scholla and open the season Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. at Fairfax.

Golf Continued from Page 23 Oakton shot 337 at the Chantilly tourney with Chandler shooting 76, Choe 83 and Matt Chung 88. At the South County event, Oakton shot 316 to finish fifth. Chandler shot 76 and Choe 77. n The McLean Highlanders were third at their eighthannual George Pavlis Tournament with a 311 total. For McLean, senior Hunter Jewett was the second low-medalist with an even-par 71. Senior Tommy Schilder shot 76 and sophomore Jonathan Zou 78. McLean was fourth with a 313 total at the South 24

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County event. Jewett shot 74, Zou 75, Duncan Green 81 and Schilder 83. At Chantilly’s event, McLean shot 342, with Zou having an 80 and Schilder an 82. n The Madison Warhawks finished sixth at the Independence tourney with a 307-301–608. Reeve Felner shot 73-75–148, Drew Clark 81-75–156, Aaron Liu 75-76–151, Matt Howat 78-83–161 and Fletcher Davis 86-77–163. At the South County event, Drew Miller shot 84 for Madison. The Madison A team shot 312 at Chantilly’s event with Felner having a 73, Lui 74 and Howatt 80. Clark shot 78 for the Madison B team. Madison’s Aidan Myles shot 83 and Drew Miller shot 84 for Madison at Yorktown’s Patriot Invitational. www.insidenova.com

The Oakton Cougars gather after winning McLean’s tourney.

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School Continued from Page 3 “We’ve been out of space for a very long time,” Thoburn said. “We hope to have the nicest private-school campus in Northern Virginia,.” Loudoun County Board of Supervisors member Suzanne Volpe said the county was delighted to welcome the school to its new location “This school has an incredible history,” she said. “Some of the students who have graduated from this institution have gone on to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities, not only in this country but across the world. This is truly going to be a feather in our cap.” Buddy Rizer, executive director of Loudoun County’s Department of Economic Development, congratulated the

Developer Continued from Page 7 The new proposal lacks the glass-enclosed conservancy originally slated to be built at Maple Avenue, W., and Pleasant Street, N.W., but plans now call for a small park at the site. The developer also would like to build a 4,000-square foot pedestrian plaza along Maple Avenue The site’s loading area off of Maple Avenue, W., would be screened off by a wall, and the retail component would be small enough that large trucks would not have to back into the property from the town’s main commercial thoroughfare – as would have been the case with last year’s proposal. The smaller retail space also would be designed to encourage occupancy by local businesses, D’Alexander said. In exchange for a 10-percent increase in the amount of impervious surface area

For full data, see the Web site at www. nahb.org. D.C., Inner Core See High Sales, Prices: Home sales and average sales prices in the District of Columbia and its inner suburbs showed year-over-year improvement in July, with increases adding up to a 6.8-percent jump in total sales volume, according to new data. A total of 5,157 properties went to closing during the month, according to RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS, up 2.2 percent from 5,045 a year before. (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 for all homes that went to closing in July stood at $543,749, up 4.4 percent from a year before. The average price in the single-family segment was up 6.4 percent to $667,869, while attached-home sector rose 3.3 perschool’s leaders on navigating the yearslong land-use process to arrive at the ground-breaking. “From here, we’ll make sure it’s pretty easy for you to get going,” he said. “This is a great investment in Loudoun County. We’re so excited for this.” State Sen. Jill Vogel (R-Winchester), who is running for lieutenant governor this year, said she was proud to see the school thrive and prosper. “It takes more than just being able to count trees, read blueprints, find the genius banker and work with the right real-estate people,” she said. “It takes passion and a vision and faith and sticking with it. I can think of no people I’ve ever encountered who have more of that the Thoburns do. Jo has been so supportive of so many of us that I would have walked across hot coals with bloody stumps to be here this morning and be supportive of this project.” at the site, the developer would provide recycling stations for each residential building and a bicycle-sharing facility. Vienna Planning and Zoning Director Patrick Mulhern, who termed the smaller retail element “disappointing,” said the proposal annually would generate between $80,000 and $90,000 in residential-tax revenues, $10,000 to $15,000 in commercial-tax receipts, $10,000 in business-license revenues and $60,000 more in meals-tax collections. Those figures would add between $100,000 and $115,000 annually to the town’s general fund and $60,000 to the debt-service fund. Vienna’s real-estate-tax revenues would go up by about 1 percent and meals-tax receipts by 2 percent, officials said. The developer now will review comments by Vienna officials and the Town Council and “hopefully move forward aggressively with an application for a [Maple Avenue Commercial zone] rezoning, Mulhern said.

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On September 25, 2017, or as soon thereafter as may be effected, actions will be commenced under the authority of Virginia Code §58.1-3965, et seq., to begin proceedings to sell the following parcel of real estate for the payment of Arlington County delinquent real estate taxes:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Virginia and the Town of Vienna, Virginia, that at the Regular Council Meeting of August 21, 2017, the Town Council, pursuant to authority granted under Section 6.1(a) of the Town of Vienna Charter and Section 15.2-2109 et seq, of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, adopted the following: Planning Commission-recommended changes to the protest vote provision in the Zoning Ordinance, Article 24 - Rezoning and Amendments, Section 18-248 - Protest against proposed change. Copies of the said Ordinance may be viewed in the Office of the Town Clerk, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or online at www.viennava.gov. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, Town Clerk

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Fred J. Monroe Estate, et al. RPC No. 32001659 TACS No. 452698 2900A 16th Road S Unit 2900 A Arlington Court Condo Property subject to delinquent real estate taxes may be redeemed by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest, costs, and fees. Payments should be made payable to Arlington County and mailed to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC at Post Office Box 31800, Henrico, Virginia, 23294-1800. Interested bidders and inquiries regarding the above-listed property should be directed to TACS by telephone to (804) 545-2500, by email to questions@taxva. com, or by mail to: Jeffrey A. Scharf, Esq. Re: Arlington County Delinquent RE Taxes Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC Post Office Box 31800 Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800 8/24/17

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to action of the Vienna Town Council at its regular meeting of August 21, 2017 and in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, the following list of Real Estate Taxes are unpaid on the books of the Town Treasurer, revised as of August 21, 2017, and are deemed delinquent. It should be noted that in the interim period some taxes may have been paid. If any taxes appearing on the following list have been paid, please contact the Finance Department, Town of Vienna, at (703) 255-6325. THE TAX AMOUNT DOES NOT REFLECT PENALTY AND INTEREST. TOWN OF VIENNA LIST OF DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAXES NAME & ADDRESS PROPERTY MAP NUMBER

2016

2015

Revised 08/22/17 2014

2013

2012

2011-197

TOTAL

Blossom, John W Heirs Of 1001 Mountfort Ct SW 048209 0014

1,530.09

Edwards, Rajendra Bernard 335 Park St NE 038205 000

1,106.17

1,060.61

Frye, James A Heirs Of 48 Orchard St NW 038324 0002

1,069.22

293.95

1,363.17

Mandes, Constance E TR Mandes, Angela N Trustees 1011 Aponi Rd SE 039325 0018

1,542.76

1,452.67

5,032.07

Orth, Lawrence B Heirs Of Olympian Cir SW 048203F 0035

1,196.84

32.96

1,229.80

Slough, Stephanie E 1008 Moore Pl SW 048113 0150

595.82

TOTALS

7,040.90

1,530.09

1,032.76

969.24

995.28

5,570.16

110,734.22

595.85

2,840.19

2,427.85

1,610.79

955.28

5,57.16

20,485.17 8/24/17

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. August 29, 1941: n President Roosevelt and his generals are still arguing about exactly where to place the War Department headquarters, but Arlington appears to be the chosen locale. n Despite concerns over the availability of gasoline for the Labor Day weekend, demand in the local area has dropped and supplies should be plentiful. August 28, 1958: n One local official says Gov. Almond will “respect local views” when it comes to integration of schools. n Troopers of the State Police have been issued military-style helmets and riot gear. n A record 45 million youngsters – 25 percent of the nation’s population – will be headed back to school in September. n Hurricane Daisy is expected to bring rain, and lots of it, to Northern Virginia over the next 24 hours. August 29, 1966: n The state sales tax – 3 percent in most jurisdictions – will go into effect this week. n Taxi drivers serving Dulles and National airports have come to terms with management after a 24-hour strike. n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, has rejected a call for debates by his Democratic opponent, Clive DuVal. n The death toll on Virginia’s highways and byways this year is 703, up 41 from the same time a year ago. August 28, 1978: n Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Warner has tapped former congressman Joel Broyhill as his campaign manager. n Langley’s varsity football team hopes to improve on last year’s 5-5 record by relying more on airpower. August 29, 1986: n Trials will soon start for 60 store clerks arrested during prom season for selling alcohol to an undercover, underage police cadet. n Marshall’s football coaches are hoping for a “less predictable” offense by switching to the wing-T formation. n On TV tonight: “Cheers,” “Family Ties” and “Trapper John, M.D.”

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

1. Glass piece 6. *It can be measured via carbon decay 9. Sandwich alternative 13. Free-for-all 14. Madame Tussauds’ medium 15. State of dishonor 16. Kidney, e.g. 17. Cleopatra’s killer 18. Arthur Hailey bestseller 19. *Force pulling two objects together 21. *One on Mendeleev’s table 23. Organ of balance 24. Criticism 25. British mom 28. Tibetan priest 30. Gluten-free dieter’s disease 35. Relating to #23 Across 37. Deficiency 39. Goes with onions? 40. “In ____ veritas” 41. Daisylike bloom 43. Apple leftover 44. Choose Trump, e.g. 46. Feed storage 47. Actor Kristofferson 48. Gibraltar or Bering 50. Moonfish 52. Hitherto 53. Jockey’s leash 55. Give a nickname to 57. *“A Brief History of Time” author

61. “One of Us” singer Joan 65. *Most of Earth’s hydrosphere 66. Fall behind 68. American Akita, e.g. 69. Circular gasket 70. Nocturnal flyer 71. Verb derived from “laser”

72. Chipper 73. Smallest whole number 74. “_____! Read all about it!” DOWN

1. Urban haze 2. Drosselmeyer’s title 3. *Pond organism 4. Ransack or plunder

Public-Safety Notes POLICE INVESTIGATING ADULT DETENTION CENTER: Fairfax County sher-

iff’s deputies were alerted Aug. 18 at 7:29 p.m. to a medical emergency within a general holding block in the Adult Detention Center. A deputy found an unresponsive 46-year-old male inmate. Sheriff’s deputies and medical staff immediately started life-saving measures and called for rescue personnel. Rescue workers transported the inmate to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where medical personnel pronounced him dead at 8:17 p.m. Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office policy dictates that an in-custody death must be investigated by the Fairfax County Police Department. Police have begun an investigation and authorities will release the inmate’s identity pending appropriate notifications. POLICE SEEK MEN WHO STOLE MERCHANDISE FROM MERRIFIELD STORE:

Three men entered the Target store at 2905 District Ave. in Merrifield on Aug. 15 at 10 p.m. and asked a sales clerk to open a display case, Fairfax County police said. Once the case was open, the suspects began to remove items from the case, threatened the clerk and left with the merchandise, police said. The suspects were described as black and between 25 and 30 years old. The first

suspect was described as being about 6 feet tall and between 170 to 180 pounds, and last was seen wearing a red shirt and dark pants. The second suspect was said to be between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing about 170 to 180 pounds, and last was observed wearing a dark shirt or jacket and dark pants. The final suspect was described as between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighing about 160 to 175 pounds, and last was seen in a gray shirt and shorts. ITEMS TAKEN DURING COMMERCIAL BURGLARY IN McLEAN: Someone broke

into multiple rooms within a commercial office building in the 6800 block of Old Dominion Drive in McLean on Aug. 10 between 6:30 and 11 p.m., Fairfax County police said.

MAN IN VIENNA BITTEN AFTER REACHING OVER FENCE TO LET DOG SNIFF HIM: A local resident told Vienna police

on Aug. 12 at 3 p.m. that a dog living in the 1000 block of Lynn Street, S.W., had bitten his hand when he reached over a fence to allow the animal to smell him.

ITEMS REPORTED STOLEN AT VIENNA PIZZERIA: An employee at Ledo’s Pizza,

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5. Coping mechanism 6. “And ____ we go!” 7. *Low density state of matter 8. Kick out of school 9. “For ____ the Bell Tolls” 10. *60 miles/hour, e.g. 11. So be it 12. Trapper’s bounty 15. Israeli money 20. “____-____-la” refrain 22. Lake in Provence 24. Dissenting clique 25. *Galilei: “And yet it ____” 26. At less then 90 degrees 27. Forty-niner, e.g. 29. *m in F = ma 31. Way to seal an envelope 32. Poacher’s ware 33. Bird of prey nest 34. *Highest point in a wave 36. Source of cocaine 38. Kind of seaweed 42. Two diverged, one not taken and other taken 45. Causing one to need rest 49. X 51. *He had a telescope named after him 54. Inuit shelter 56. *a.k.a. sodium borate 57. LeBron’s goal 58. 43,560 square feet 59. Dam-like structure 60. Immanuel ____, German philosopher 61. Eye up and down 62. None of this for the weary 63. ____-do-well 64. Cocoyam 67. Grass bristle

141 Park St., S.E., told Vienna police that between Aug. 15 at 10:30 p.m. and Aug. 16 at 7 a.m. someone had stolen some property from the business. NATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF COLOMBIA VISIT FAIRFAX FIRE DEPARTMENT:

On Aug. 16-17, a delegation from the National Firefighters of Colombia visited the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and Virginia Task Force 1 on Aug. 16 and 17 in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. The National Firefighters of Colombia gave Fairfax County Fire Chief Richard Bowers Jr. a gift of Colombian coffee in gratitude for hosting the event. AFTER OVERCORRECTING ON TURN, VEHICLE FLIPS OVER IN VIENNA: A

motorist was traveling northbound on Nutley Street, S.W,, in Vienna on Aug. 8 at 7:24 p.m. when he made a right turn onto the 700 block of Kingsley Road, S.W., Vienna police said. As the motorist made the turn while traveling at a low speed, he encountered a vehicle in the westbound lane of Kingsley Road and overcorrected his turn, causing his vehicle to strike the curb, ride up the guide wire of a utility pole and overturn. August 24, 2017 31

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