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Revision to Tysons Plan Is Well-Received Planning Commission Is Prepping for June 29 Vote BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

A FINAL SALUTE TO GRADUATES OF 2017!

Above, Oakton High School graduating seniors Sonia Aggarwall and Dustin Nguyen prepare for graduation exercises, while at left, George C. Marshall High School seniors Sasha Duckworth, Snyah Elahi-Mohassel, Chitanya Dhanireddy, Charles Dziedzic, Matthew Dols and (in front) Hanna Ebert gather prior to their graduation ceremony. See full coverage inside on Page 4 and online photos at www.insidenova.com/ news/fairfax.

Capital One Bank’s modified proposal for its Tysons headquarters site has generated plenty of buzz – most of it positive – among business leaders, community organizations and performing-arts groups.

Capital One has proposed to build a performing-arts center and a Wegmans grocery store at the nearly 24.6acre site, which is bounded by Interstate 495, Route 123 and Scotts Crossing Road.

“This is a tremendous, unparalleled opportunity that is not likely to come along again in the near future,” said Lisa Mariam of the Arts Council of Fairfax County during a June 21 public hearing of the county’s Planning Commission.

The commission voted to decide on June 29 whether to recommend that county supervisors approve Capital One’s proposal.

Capital One’s site now has a 14-story building, a twostory conference center, a nine-level parking garage and surface parking.

County supervisors in 2014 amended the original 2012 rezoning to increase of the height of a planned skyscraper to 470 feet. It is under construction now and will be the tallest building in Tysons.

New plans call for the site’s Block C to include a Wegmans and a 125,000-square-foot Capital One Center, which would provide space for cultural offerings and

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Vienna Mourns Death of Madison Football Coach DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The James Madison High School community is mourning the loss of its head football coach, Lenny Schultz, who was killed the afternoon of June 24 in a crash on the inner loop of the Capital Beltway near Springfield.

Schultz, 52, had been Madison’s head coach for six years, leading the Warhawks to their best season last fall during his tenure. Madison won the Liberty Conference championships, finished 112 and advanced to the semifinals of the 6A North Region Tournament.

The accident occurred when the black pickup truck Schultz was riding in with his nephew and brother pulled over in the median at the split of westbound I-495 and I-95/I-395 just north of Springfield. Schultz and his nephew, Albert Schultz, left the truck to reattach the boat the truck was pulling. A box truck drifted into the median area and

struck the boat and the men.

“This is a tough one to take,” said Madison baseball coach Mark Gjormand, who was the associate head football coach with Schultz for two seasons in 2011 and 2012. “The players loved Lenny and Lenny was a great and caring person with a huge heart. All of our hearts go out to his family. You can’t replace someone like that.”

Schultz graduated from Madison in 1983, where he was a football star as a two-way starter at fullback and linebacker. He also is a member of Madison’s Athletic Hall of Fame and was a wrestling standout at the school. He went on to play football in college at North Carolina State, where his team played in the Peach Bowl one season.

Schultz lettered four times in football and wrestling in high school and college.

He eventually returned to Madison as an assistant football coach, then became the head coach in 2011, saying at

the time it was his “dream job” of returning to his alma mater. His record as head coach at Madison was 41-25 with four playoff appearances.

Schultz was hired as head coach by then Madison director of student activities John Lingenfelter, now retired.

Lingenfelter also coached Schultz in football at Madison.

“I am devastated by this news,” Lingenfelter said. “Lenny was a true Warhawk and bled red and black. He would do anything for Madison High School and the Vienna community. He was one of the hardest-working football players to ever come out of Madison.”

Former Madison principal Mark Merrell also praised Schultz. He hired Schultz as a special-education teacher at Madison.

“He had such a passion for this school,” Merrell said. “He wanted to do right by the kids. He loved his players.

This is so tragic for us at Madison. He was so committed to the school.”

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N.Va. Technology Council, Community College Ink Partnership The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) has signed an agreement with Northern Virginia Community College to become the first “NVTC Academic Partner.”

The partnership is designed to better align training and workforce-develop-

ment needs within the Northern Virginia region, allowing businesses to remain economically competitive, and better prepare students to enter the 21st-century workforce.

“The region’s universities and community colleges have been active participants

and leaders in the NVTC community,” said NVTC president and CEO Bobbie Kilberg. “With this new partnership, Northern Virginia Community College is affirming its willingness to support the workforce needs of the region’s technology community.”

Northern Virginia Community College president Scott Ralls said his institution “is committed to creating a workforce pipeline that meets both the capacity and the competency requirements that are driving our regional economy.”

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Oakton High Graduates Asked to Be Passionate DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Oakton High School senior Lydia Lodge spoke to her fellow graduates about some of the lasting memories that made their four years together a special experience.

She remembered the excitement of attending rowdy Oakton athletic events; camaraderie in the cafeteria, study hall and library; and experiences that will last a lifetime.

Lodge served as the welcoming speaker at Oakton’s 49th commencement exercise, held June 15 at EagleBank Arena on the George Mason University campus.

“Congratulations, you did it!” Lodge told the 587 graduates, dressed in maroon caps and gowns for the ceremony.

Among those accepting diplomas was Ahmad Hasanian, who recalled that – as a freshman – he was told by three senior girls that he had four long years ahead.

“What they said stuck with me because I believed it at first, then four years went so fast,” he said, offering some advice for classmates.

“Don’t dwell on the past or worry about the future,” Hasanian said. “Always remember the importance of being grateful, set your goals high and go after them,

and only focus on what you can change.

And when you think about doing big things, you can because remember you came from Oakton High School.”

Former principal John Banbury, who left the school in April when he was promoted to an executive principal position in Region I of Fairfax County, returned to preside over his final Oakton graduation. He had been Oakton’s principal since 2004.

In introducing Banbury, senior Kaitlyn Hyun joked that Banbury was graduating with the 2017 class.

“I loved being the principal here,” he said.

Banbury announced that the school’s Faculty Award went to Ryan Davis.

He then congratulated the seniors and thanked the Oakton parents and community.

Then, when the diplomas were being presented, Banbury exchanged a handshake and a quick hug with his son, Pierce, who was among the graduates.

The guest speaker was broadcaster Steve Buckhantz, the television play-byplay voice of the Washington Wizards since 1997 and a native of the Northern Virginia.

“Like Rodney Dangerfield would say: ‘What a crowd we have here, what a

“You don’t have to be a straight-A student, but you have to work hard and stay after it,” he said.

“Be confident about what you do and be humble and respectful,” he said. “Find something you are passionate about, pursue it and be persistent.”

Keeping with tradition, the graduating class presented a gift Oakton High School seniors Kristin Putman and Daniela Ucci prepare for to the school, announced by graduation exercises on June 15 at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax.

PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI senior William Miller. crowd,’” he said. “Guess what! You are Four microwave ovens will be added to done with high school. It is over.” the cafeteria starting this fall, along with a As for going forward, Buckhantz told the grads to keep in mind three words: refrigerator for the Oakton pantry, it was announced. passion, pursuit and persistence.

Marshall Grads Urged to Embrace Equity and Justice BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

From the more than 80 languages spoken by its students to the stickers plastered on their vehicles and widely varying music that blares from those cars’ sound systems, George C. Marshall High School is an incredibly diverse place that prepares its graduates for the world, said seniorclass officer Claire Heiden.

The U.S. government’s implementation of the Marshall Plan after World War II underscored how diplomacy, empathy and kindness prevail, said Heiden, who spoke at the school’s June 20 commencement ceremony at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Marshall High students are “agents of change” who embrace the ideals equity and justice, she said.

“We are a ground-breaking class focused on idealism and activism,” she said, noting that class members had participated in political marches. “We didn’t always agree, but we are Statesmen and so we respected everyone’s opinion.”

Heiden quoted author George Saunders: “Success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it. Err in the direction of kindness.”

The 461-member class then received a heaping helping of practical advice from Tiffany Santana, a former Marshall High teacher who become an entrepreneur.

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and pursue it with abandon.

“The reason that many of us are not happy is that we’re too afraid of what others might think of us . . . we’re too worried about the critics and what they might say,” he said. “If we put ourselves out there and dare greatly, we will all be happier. A strange contradiction: Making ourselves vulnerable makes us stronger.”

(It was not Kane’s first time as a graduation speaker. Kane told the crowd he would not menJerry Nguyen, Tina Le, Devyn Lee, Mary McCants, Emma Peiffer and David Randazzo prepare to graduate from tion “that city in North George C. Marshall High School during June 20 ceremonies at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER Dakota,” a reference to Santana advised the graduates to save bronze statue of the school’s mascot, a his 2007 commencement their money for the future, follow and griffin. address in which he called Fargo “the fuel their passions, learn to love and value Litz and Jeffrey Kozak, library and ar- armpit of civilization.” A newspaper themselves, and use Marshall High’s col- chives director of the George C. Marshall there later editorialized against Kane and laborative spirit to make changes for the Foundation, presented graduating seniors published his work e-mail address and better. She also urged them to place a high Patrick Brinza and Madeline Choi with telephone number, urging readers to conpremium on personal relationships and the school’s Statesman Awards. tact him.) not burn bridges carelessly.

This year’s faculty speaker, teacher J. Newly minted graduate Bassam Safa“Keep your word, tell the truth and Timothy Kane, asked the graduates to di, who will study computer science at the follow through with your commitments,” stand up, turn around and thank family University of California, Berkeley, said she said. “Relationships are everything.” members and friends in attendance for Marshall High had taught him to perseSenior class officers Arman Analouei their help over the years. vere. “Even if things are not going your and Stefany Melgar presented principal Kane also urged the class members to way, they’ll get better,” he said. “Believe Jeffrey Litz with a gift from the class, a find something they are passionate about, in your abilities.” www.insidenova.com

Developer, Supervisor Express Sadness as McLean Project Dies BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The mid-June announcement that the long-awaited “Main Street McLean” redevelopment application had been withdrawn prompted lamentations both from the developer and local supervisor.

The developer, McLean Properties, on June 14 issued the following statement: “Thank you to everyone who attended the Main Street community meetings, visited our Web site, and shared your questions/comments; we appreciate your input. Unfortunately, we have decided to withdraw our zoning application.”

The statement continued, “We are grateful for the time and energy that the McLean Planning Committee, McLean Citizens Association, supervisor’s office and county staff put into this project.

While we are disappointed that Main Street will not move forward at this time, we remain excited about the future of our community.”

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) later issued a statement expressing regret at the application’s withdrawal.

McLean area residents for the past two decades consistently had expressed support for development of a mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly Main Street in downtown McLean, Foust said. For the past

several months, county staff, the McLean Planning Committee and many local residents worked with McLean Properties on an application that would have delivered that vision, he said.

“There was a lot of community support for the application and I was surprised and disappointed by McLean Properties’ decision to withdraw it,” Foust’s statement read.

Foust thanked McLean Planning Committee members for the time they spent working to revitalize downtown McLean, especially their efforts to review and improve McLean Properties’ application.

He also expressed gratitude to McLean Citizens Association members for their analysis of the application and thanked McLean-area residents who participated in community meetings held by McLean Properties.

“I am frustrated that the opportunity to implement the Main Street concept is once again delayed,” Foust’s statement read. “However, I realize that no project can move forward without the cooperation of the property owner.”

Despite this setback, we will continue to encourage and work with landowners to identify and deliver projects that contribute to the revitalization goals for the McLean Community Business Center,” Foust said.

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Our View: Getting Serious About Metro’s Future?

Opinions? Everyone’s got them, it seems. But when it comes to the future of the Metro system, the proliferation of proposals to reform (or “reform,” if you’re the doubting sort) the beleaguered transit system threatens to continue a four-decade-long, systematic problem: paralysis by analysis, with no one at the top who has the political brawn to make it happen.

A host of business, transit, governmental and do-gooder organizations of late have been promoting their own proposals, most having to do with finding ways to infuse more cash into the system and/or change its Byzantine governance structure.

Anyone with access to a microfilm reader – remember them? – and the archives of regional newspapers will quickly discern that funding and governance have been the two major problems since the transit network was conceived in the 1960s and operations began in the 1970s.

It was an era where political scientists and their ilk believed that regionalism would trump provincialism, and that elected politicians could be convinced to place the common good above their own self-interest.

(We shall now pause briefly for audience laughter to subside.)

The idea that two states, one city and the federal government will be able to come together and find a way – acceptable to all – to render additional funding is rather farfetched, so much so that several of the major policy papers rolled out in recent months simply punted on the issue.

Yet without an answer on funding, all the rest is just background noise; there is no way it can be anything but the first decision to be tackled.

The second leg of most of the recent proposals, reducing the size of the system’s governing body and trying to take the parochialism out of it by appointing transportation and management professionals rather than politicians and the acolytes of politicians, would seem to have merit.

But, to be contrarian, we’d say it’s equally possible it could be a net negative, particularly if those professionals had tin ears when it came to community sentiment and/or the inability to coherently walk the public through what is likely to be another decade or more of hard choices and tough times.

The biggest challenge facing any effort at change is there’s no one with the regional gravitas and the power to lead the charge. Metro general manager Paul Wiedefeld has convinced many (though not yet us) that he’s up to the task of leading the internal effort, but what is needed is someone far higher up the region’s chain of political command to push this through to success.

Robert Moses, New York City’s planning/transportation/parks czar for much of the mid-20th-century, was pilloried by social activists and historians. But he could get things done. Robert Spillane, the late former superintendent of Fairfax County schools, left few friends in the wake of his local tenure. But he kept the school system moving, no easy task during a period of rapid growth.

Like it or not, the effort to revitalize the Metro system is calling out for someone in the mode of Moses or Spillane.

Until one emerges and is given the tools to take on the effort, all the recent reports by think tanks, analysts and good-government groups will join others that have been gathering dust on shelves over the past 40 years.

Gun-Control Advocates Obscure Reality Editor: In the Sun Gazette’s June 22 edition, letter-writer Nancy Hopkins commented concerning the attack in Alexandria on members of the Republican congressional baseball team. In her letter, Ms. Hopkins advocated for “commonsense” gun measures.

Ms. Hopkins alluded to the shooter being from Illinois, but neglected to mention that Illinois is home to both some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country, and the city of Chicago, which has the dubious honor of having even more restrictive gun laws than the rest of the state but still manages to be at the top of most annual lists of more murders than any other city.

Ms. Hopkins would like to close the “gun-show loophole,” also known as the right of private sale of personal property. As I am sure that Ms. Hopkins knows, but would prefer not to explain, nothing happens at a gun show that can’t happen anywhere else in the commonwealth – sales between private

individuals occur privately, and sales by gun dealers (Federal Firearms License holders, or FFLs) require a background check.

By the way, Illinois requires residents to have a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID) to purchase a firearm or possess a firearm, including through private sales, and also to purchase ammunition.

It appears that the Alexandria shooter purchased his firearms separately through FFLs, so he went through a background check to obtain an FOID, and twice again to purchase the two guns in his possession. Oh, and Illinois also has a waiting period to buy both handguns and long guns. Just how did any of that impede this shooter’s actions?

There is a very good reason that gun owners I know oppose background checks on private sales (so-called “universal background checks”). There is no way to police that system without registration of all guns. For those that

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favor such registration, I invite them to do some research to find me a jurisdiction, either in the U.S. or abroad, where such registration did not subsequently lead to at least some of those guns being confiscated or being outlawed in the jurisdiction. Just to get you started: Not in California; not in New York City; not in Massachusetts; not in Connecticut; not in Australia; not in Great Britain.

I have talked to many people who think universal background checks are a good idea, until they learn they can’t work without complete registration, and those laws frequently make it illegal to lend a hunting rifle to a friend or relative; give a family heirloom to a grandson; let someone at a shooting range try the gun you are shooting, or take that gun back from the person, without first conducting a background check.

All just good old “common-sense” gun laws, that rarely, if ever, prevent crime.

H. M. Padon Great Falls

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Cookie-cutter the town is not. Only 2.2 percent of storefront-retail companies were franchises (independent owned outlets of larger companies) and 1.3 percent were chains (outlets owned by one firm).

Survey respondents said their five biggest challenges were rental costs and other expenses (46.2 percent), general economic conditions (40.1 percent), changing market factors (37.7 percent), traffic (37.5 percent) and competition (35.8 percent).

The two least-challenging factors listed by respondents were security issues (59.3 percent) and availability of local staffing (41.2 percent).

Respondents were split exactly evenly (34.2 percent for each answer) on whether parking was a huge or minor challenge.

Answers often depended upon where the businesses were located, with ones in industrial and commercial areas complaining the most.

Instead of celebrating each other’s successes, some businesses are squabbling over parking, said Butler, calling the situation a “really sad development in the town.”

About 70 percent of respondents were satisfied with parking availability in the town and of the 30 percent holding a dissenting view, 66 percent were not located along Maple Avenue and 33 percent offered either services or commercial and industrial products.

(Ancillary comments in the businesschallenges category also were telling.

Some respondents objected to the permits required and regulations to be followed, while others complained the town seemed empty after 8 p.m. and that there were too many consignment stores on Church Street.)

Despite all the work that went into crafting the Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zoning ordinance, which the Town Council adopted in fall 2014, 121 of 298 respondents stated they were not familiar with the “MAC vision.” But all but 32 of the 287 respondents on another question stated they favored mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly redevelopment along Maple Avenue, which is what the MAC ordinance addresses.

Queried about what the Town/Business Liaison Committee and Vienna government could do to bolster local businesses, 32 respondents wanted more advertising, signage and business-promotion opportunities; 23 desired more information about town events and street closings; and 22 asked for more networking and collaboration with the town.

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New transportation companies continue to rise in popularity, so don’t look for more cabs to be plying area roads.

Citing data showing a nearly one-sixth reduction in taxicab rides since 2013, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on June 20 unanimously agreed not to approve any additional taxi certificates.

The news actually was even worse for the local taxi industry: Statistics showed the county could get by with 99 fewer cabs.

Fairfax County has allotted 654 taxi certificates to five companies. Officials since 1998 have used a weighted formula to determine if any new certificates are warranted.

Forty-five percent of the calculation is based on the average number of trips per taxi certificate; mass-transit and tourism indicators account for 30 percent; population counts for 20 percent; the number of households without a car is given 5 percent of the weight; and officials have the discretion to allot the remaining 10 percent based on “qualitative factors,” according to county documents.

The Board of Supervisors after May 1 on odd-numbered years determines the number of taxi certificates available for issuance. According to unadjusted 2017 figures, the weighted formula showed a decline of 15.2 percent between 2013 and 2016 According to a county analysis of that period, there has been a 37.6-percent drop in the average number of trips per taxi certificate, despite a 1.9-percent increase in the county’s population and a 10.2-percent jump in the number of households without vehicles.

County leaders have seen this change coming for years. A 2015 analysis showed a 3.5-percent drop in taxi demand for the 2013-14 period. Officials attributed the changes primarily to competition from Uber, Lyft and other “transportation network companies” that use Web sites and mobile-phone apps to connect passengers with drivers operating non-commercial vehicles.

According to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, as of Dec. 31 last year there were 15,796 registrations for such firms, or almost 25 times more than the number of authorized taxis.

The county’s Consumer Protection Commission on May 16 voted 9-0 to recommend the Board of Supervisors not authorize additional taxi certificates this year. County officials said they did not receive any responses to requests for public comment on the matter, and that neither the public nor taxi-industry representatives sought more taxi certificates.

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Schools & Military n Moses Chen, the son of Lubin Chen and Mei Li of McLean and a graduate of McLean High School, earned a bachelor of arts degree in computer science during recent commencement exercises at the University of Rochester.

The following local students were among those earning degrees during recent commencement exercises at James Madison University: – From Dunn Loring: Milos Lesevic earned a degree in biology.

– From Great Falls: Louis Gaertner earned a degree in political science, Peter Jackson earned a degree in intelligence analysis, Jacquelyn Jorgensen earned a degree in psychology, Anne Kemmerer earned a degree in international affairs, Woojung Kim earned a degree in interdisciplinary liberal studies, Margaret Quinn earned a degree in architectural design, Kathryn Van de Houten earned a degree in finance.

– From McLean: Myriam Assaadi earned a degree in media arts and design; Sade Bowers earned a degree in health sciences; Rachel Brown earned a degree in statistics; Sara Etemad-Moghadam earned a degree in international business, Christopher Fenwick earned a degree in justice studies, Emily Flessas earned a degree in computer information systems, Kevin Grady earned a degree in computer information systems, Reza Malik earned n

a degree in management, Jung Ho Park earned a degree in health sciences, Michael Russo earned a degree in communications studies, Matthew Smith earned a degree in finance, Matthew Smith earned a degree in intelligence analysis, Ryan Sullivan earned a degree in accounting, Claire Williamson earned a degree in health sciences.

– From Oakton: Andrea Raiello earned a degree in health sciences.

– From Vienna: Jade Belcher earned a degree in international affairs, Marissa Bricker earned a degree in psychology, Elizabeth Cho earned a degree in hospitality management, Daniel Chovil earned a degree in biology, Logan Claybrook earned a degree in accounting, Madeline Divita earned a degree in marketing and media arts and design, Adam Elsayed earned a degree in management, Ana Fitzpatrick earned a degree in integrated science and technology, Keeley Grimm earned a degree in health sciences, Stefani Guevara earned a degree in economics, Michael Jang earned a degree in modern foreign languages, Rachel Killmeyer earned a degree in media arts and design, James Krogmann earned a degree in economics, Jennifer Mandel earned a degree in computer information systems, Bradley Mann earned a degree in communications studies, Kushali Marwaha earned a degree in finance, Morgan Miller earned a degree in musical theater, Cameron

Pickett earned a degree in international affairs, Jessica Roberts earned a degree in engineering, Cameron Rouse earned a degree in kinesiology, Ivan Seigel earned a degree in public policy and administration, Daniel Slattery earned a degree in political science, Ramzi Sobhani earned a degree in marketing, and Elizabeth Zulauf earned a degree in biotechnology. n Melissa Thiringer of Vienna has been named to the provost’s list for the spring semester at Hofstra University. n Alexander Maleski of Vienna, Elizabeth Maness of McLean and Kaitlin Waldron of Vienna have been named to the president’s list for the spring semester at the University of Alabama.

John Poyner of Great Falls, Killeen Rivers of Great Falls, Michael Sirh of McLean, Maya Valcourt of McLean, Eryn Cooper of Oakton, Carolyn Bradley of Vienna, Charlotte Sheridan of Vienna, William Sheridan of Vienna, Lillie Thurman of Vienna and Carson Wishard of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Alabama. n Kaela Mahoney of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Siena College. n

ate of Oakton High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Wake Forest University. n Abdulla Alsinaidi of Vienna, Abdulmalik Al Mawali of Vienna, Anna Platt of Oakton, Campbell McKay of Great Falls, Cedric Whitney of McLean, Chaitanya Daksha of McLean, Duncan Edwards of Vienna, Julia Walker of Vienna, Karen McShane of Vienna, Luke Salzer of Great Falls, Madison Stoupa of Vienna, Olivia Townsend of Oakton, Paul Tudan of Vienna and Philip Snare of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Delaware. n Kaela Mahoney of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Siena College. n Carina Falcon of Vienna and Julia Kim of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Hofstra University. n Jake McSteen of Great Falls has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. n

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A total of 12,383 properties went to closing across the commonwealth in May, according to figures reported June 22 by Virginia Realtors, up 5.1 percent from a year before and the highest sales total in 11 months.

May’s year-over-year increase was slightly below the average of the first five months of the year, which saw transactions up 6.3 percent from 2016 figures, but represents “sustained market strengthening,” the real-estate trade group said.

“We are continuing to see high demand across Virginia’s housing market,” said Claire Forcier-Rowe, president of Virginia Realtors. With inventory loosening in May, “eager buyers drove sales up significantly with quick purchases,” she said.

The median sales price of all homes that went to closing during the month across the Old Dominion was $285,000, up nearly 3 percent from a year before – below the year-to-date average of 11.8 percent, but the highest figure since June 2016. (Figures count all three sectors of the homes market: single-family, attached and condominium.)

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The dearth of inventory in some parts of the commonwealth, and perhaps the fear that interest rates might spike in coming months, has led to some purchasers being less finicky than they have in the past. The average number of days between listing and ratified sales contract for homes that went to closing in May was 52, an improvement from the 62 days required for homes that closed in May 2016.

All the trends – more sales, higher prices, fewer average days on the market – are conforming to traditional cyclical Virginia norms, which see the market grow in strength from late winter to mid-summer, then slowly dissipate the energy and move into a slower period from August to January.

In May, the average national interest rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was 4.01 percent, down slightly from April and the lowest rate of the year, according to Freddie Mac. Going forward, mortgage-interest rates could be impacted by a hike in the Federal Reserve’s key rate announced June 14.

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Hurdles still remain, despite passage of the Fair Housing Act 49 years ago, presenters said.

“Equity in housing provides the foundation for aspirations to be achieved,” said Marvin Turner, Washington, D.C., field-office director with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). When access to housing is unfairly limited, it harms people’s ability to find quality jobs, schools and economic opportunity, he said.

“If you’re discriminated against, you remember that,” Turner said. “It has a destabilizing effect.”

The event, presented by the Fairfax County Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs in conjunction with the Equal Rights Center and Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR), was held at The Waterford in Fair Oaks.

The Equal Rights Center is “doubling down on its fair-housing marker,” said

deputy director Kate Scott.

The organization had sent 60 testers – half of them black, half white and all claiming to have criminal histories – into the field to see if they would be discriminated against when trying to rent housing. In 47 percent of the cases, white testers received more favorable treatment, she said.

“This is an area of huge concern,” she said.

Housing officials see all kinds of outlandish behavior. In one case in Miami, a landlord improperly required tenants to submit their children’s report cards, Scott said.

Brian McKenzie, the Equal Rights Center’s senior coordinator for fairhousing education, noted that federal law prohibits housing discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, familial and marital status, disability and skin color. Virginia also prohibits discrimination on the basis of “elderliness,” – 55 or older.

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Realtor Q&A: Are Good Sales Skills Transferable?

DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer Would real estate agents do well other types of sales? The Sun Gazette asked some local agents that question. Here are their answers: Billy Buck, Buck & Associates: “Good listening is the key for any kind of sales job. If you believe in and are convincing about your product, then it doesn’t matter if you are selling ice or yo-yos.”

Dawn Wilson, Keller Williams: “Being a good real estate salesperson takes some of the same skills that are required for other types of sales. Most importantly, you need to be a good listener and to understand your clients’ needs and what they want to achieve, and be able to help them get to the end result they want. Being good at communication, being positive, being professional, being responsive, being determined, being good at followthrough and not being easily discouraged are skills that good real estate salespeople have and are also transferable to other types of sales.”

Jane Price, Weichert: “Real-estate sales skills are transferable, particularly having in-depth product knowledge, identifying client goals and needs, building a client base, knowing marHBM SUN GAZETTE AD 1-5-2016f.pdf keting and maintaining professional1 standards.”

Karen Close, Century 21: “I’m not sure it’s really about selling. It’s more of a human touch and building relationships with people. It’s a knowledge of the whole process, sharing that knowledge and building trust are the most important things in any types of sales.”

Stacy Hennessey, McEnearney Associates: “If you’re passionate about your product, whether it be selling a home or fund-raising for a charity, you’ll be successful. People recognize honesty and passion.”

Renee Fisher, McEnearney Associates: “Being a successful real-estate professional, like being successful in any other sales profession, is about creating relationships. And the foundation of any relationship is trust.

Realtors can learn new skills that are required for other types of sales, but the ability to create a relationship is the common thread.”

Lori Shafran, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “The short answer is yes.

To be successful in sales you have to have a strong sense of empathy and have a sincere desire to serve others.

You have to be a very specific listener to what they need and deliver what they want. The customer-satisfaction side is huge.”

Craig Mastrangelo, Re/Max Al1/5/16 8:40“Regardless AM legiance: of the product (i.e. real estate, software, staffing,

etc.), a salesperson must first use their knowledge of their market/discipline to attract clients and then create an environment in which they sell themselves and create a professional relationship in which the client feels they are getting value for the sales services being provided. These inherent sales skills exist in many different types of sales. It is up to the salesperson to successfully implement them so they create a stream of steady business to be successful.”

John Mentis, Long and Foster: “I think good sales people are good sales people, if they can match up clients’ need with the products they need.”

Betsy Twigg, Washington Fine Properties: “Yes, because good selling involves relationships with people, gaining their confidence and trust and being very honest and forthcoming.

Then, they will trust you are selling a good product.”

Casey Margenau, Casey Margenau Fine Homes & Estates: “Yes, of course. Sales is sales, but when you are talking about real estate, that is a much longer process. Other things, like automobiles and shoes, is a much faster process. The skills you learn in sales help you to be able to cross-sell.

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Karen Briscoe, Huckaby Briscoe Group: “Like the Frank Sinatra song, ‘New York, New York.’ If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. I think it is the same in sales. If you can make it in real estate, those tend to stay in real estate, but you would be able to sell other products.”

Ann Wilson, Keller Williams: “You are kind of born to be a salesperson and it takes a certain personality. It would be fun to own a small boutique.

If you have a gift for gab, you can sell.”

Gloria Adams, TTR Sothebys International Realty: “Yes. It’s all about the basic concepts of customer service and personal relationships 101. You meet people, have patience and understanding with them, and find out what they want.”

Mark Middendorf, Long & Foster: “I definitely think sales is a people business that is transferable. It’s a matter of learning the product. Also, what it boils down to the most is people-skills and being efficient, organized, a good listener, knowing what you are doing, and knowing the next step before it gets there.”

Jack Shafran, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “Servicing people is a skill set that leads to success. If you are selling cars, tires or fish at a fish market, if you are servicing people right, they will come back to you.”

Casey Samson, Samson Properties: “Being a Realtor requires a diverse skill set, and it either clicks or it doesn’t. Realtors are basically hunters and problem-solvers. We hunt for listings, purchasers, homes and solutions.

We combine state-of-the-art tools on the Net with old-school, tried-andtested techniques. We take a huge responsibility when a seller trusts us with their home.”

Rob Ferguson, Re/Max Allegiance: “So much of what we do is relationship-building and fulfilling a need.

If you believe in the product you are selling that fills a need for someone, than you can sell it.”

Steve Wydler, Wydler Brothers Real Estate: “That’s an emphatic yes.

Being in real estate sales requires incredible discipline and motivation, and that would transfer to other sales skills, as well as other types of work.

If you don’t have ambition and selfmotivation, you will not achieve anything.”

Carol Ellickson, TTR Sotheby’s International: “Negotiating the large and little things in everyday life requires that we first communicate – and Continued on Page 38

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European-Style Luxury in Grand Locale

Sumptuous Estate Is Surrounded by Trees in Bucolic, Close-In Setting

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s it possible to enjoy the lifestyle of grand European élan while finding yourself close to the booming Tysons corridor? Can such a property combine the features of a close-in location with a sense of upscale serenity more often found in Hunt Country estates?

The answer to each of those questions is “yes” – and our featured property is ready and willing to fulfill desires and exceed expectations.

Set back from the hubbub yet just north of Leesburg Pike (and an easy two miles to all the emerging Tysons corridor has to offer), the property was built to exacting standards with classic grandeur at the start of the 21st century, helping to usher in a new era in upscale properties.

Attention to detail can be found around every corner of this home, best described as a manor house in the finest tradition. The exuberant curb appeal bids welcome to all who approach, while the classic fence offers a sense of security and serenity.

And in the rear yard? Enjoy the summer months luxuriating among surroundings that include a free-form pool, pergola, chef’s area, spa and some lovely, mature trees providing needed shade.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,950,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate.

First and foremost, the home was designed to provide a fitting backdrop for elegant soirées and functions throughout the year. An interior fountain set within a skylit winter garden is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.

Room sizes are large, traffic flow is lovely, floors throughout the main level are marble and, as we tour the three levels of exceptionality, you will come across six fireplaces (gas and woodburning). Decks and patios allow the party to run inside and out.

But the fact that the home was designed as an elegant showstopper does not mean it isn’t equally at home celebrating the comforts of daily living. The overall ambiance is one of warm-hearted delight, with spaces across all three levels that will become family favorites.

Our welcome in the elegant foyer, with its floating curved staircase, sets the tone for all that will follow, and as

Facts for buyers Address: 9400 Vernon Drive, Great Falls (22206).

Listed at: $1,950,000 by Lilian Jorgenson, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 790-1990.

Schools: Colvin Run Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

noted, the formal rooms – such as the living room and dining room – are ex-

pansive in their size without giving up a feeling of ambiance.

The kitchen is a stunner, which combines everything a serious chef would wish with an appeal that will delight everyone who comes to it.

The Great Room, a home library and bonus room are all part of the main-level package.

Luxuriate in your upper-level master retreat (one of five bedrooms in the home), while downstairs, there is a glorious club level with home theater.

All this, and you’ll have easy commuting times to everywhere in the region, which is yet another special bonus of this extraordinary home.

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

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

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Sales of Existing Homes May Reach Decade High The multi-year stretch of robust job gains along with improving household confidence are expected to guide existing-home sales to a decade high in 2017, but supply and affordability headwinds and modest economic growth are holding back sales and threatening to keep the nation’s low home-ownership rate subdued.

That’s according to speakers at a residential real estate forum at the recent 2017 Realtors Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, presented his 2017 midyear forecast

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pects activity to stay on track and finish around 5.64 million – the best since 2006 (6.47 million) and 3.5 percent above 2016. With several metro areas seeing hefty price growth, the national median existing-home price is expected to rise around 5 percent this year.

“The housing market has exceeded expectations ever since the election, despite depressed inventory and higher mortgage rates,” said Yun. “The combination of the stock market being at record highs, 16 million new jobs created since 2010, pent-up household formation and rising con-

and was joined onstage by Jonathan Spader, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, and Mark Calabria, chief economist and assistant to Vice President Mike Pence.

Spader’s presentation addressed past and projected movements in the home-ownership rate, and Calabria dove into why reversing weak productivity and the low labor force participation rate are necessary to boost the economy.

The first quarter was the best quarterly existing sales pace in exactly a decade (5.62 million), and Yun ex-

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sumer confidence are giving more households the assurance and ability to purchase a home.”

Although sales are currently running at a decade high, Yun believes the healthy labor market should be generating even more activity. However, listings in the lower- and mid-market price range are scant and selling fast, and home-buyers are discovering they can afford less of what’s on the market based on their income.

“We have been under the 50-year average of single-family housing starts for 10 years now,” said Yun. “Limited lots, labor shortages, tight construction lending and higher lumber costs are impeding the building industry’s ability to produce more single-family homes. There’s little doubt first-time buyer participation would improve and the home-ownership rate would rise if there was simply more inventory.”

Housing construction has been uneven so far this year, but Yun does anticipate starts to jump 8.4 percent to 1.27 million. However, this is still under the 1.5 million new homes needed to make up for the insufficient building in recent years.

New single-family home sales are likely to total 620,000 this year, up 8.4 percent from 2016.

Addressing the nation’s low homeownership rate, Spader said substantial uncertainty exists about its future direction.

Spader cited foreclosure-related housing exits from older adults and delayed buying from younger households as the primary causes in the downward trend since the downturn.

He said the good news is that while there was growth in homeowner households in 2016, an aging population, changes in family type and increasing diversity by race and ethnicity all pose as headwinds going forward. Spader’s 2025 projection puts the home-ownership rate in a range of 61 to 65 percent.

“Stagnant household incomes, rising rental costs, student loan debt and limited supply have all contributed to slower purchasing activity,” said Spader. “Young and minority households’ ability to reach the market will play a big role in how much the actual rate can rise in coming years.”

Calabria’s presentation focused on his thoughts of what can be done to jump-start economic growth. He attributed prolonged weak productivity and the low labor participation rate as the primary reasons why the current economic expansion is the slowest since World War II. “A strong labor market will drive a strong housing market, but you can’t have a strong housing market without a strong economic foundation,” said Calabria. “The recovery has been uneven, with roughly 70 counties making up roughly half of all job growth.”

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Washington Region Is More Affordable Than Some Rising wages and moderating home prices offset a rise in mortgage interest rates to give housing affordability a slight boost in the first quarter of 2017, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/ Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released today.

And there was some good news for Washington-area residents, too, where more homes were affordable to residents with typical incomes than was the case nationally.

“Builders are reporting confidence and solid traffic in many markets across the nation even as they continue to grapple with nagging headwinds,” said NAHB chairman Granger MacDonald, a home builder and developer from Kerrville, Texas. “Regulatory constraints, trade barriers on Canadian softwood lumber, and persistent shortages of lots and labor are slowing the pace of the housing recovery.”

“Ongoing job growth continues to fuel demand for housing, while wage growth is helping to offset the effects of rising mortgage rates and keep home prices affordable,” said NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz. “NAHB anticipates that housing will continue on a gradual, upward path throughout the year.”

In all, 60.3 percent of new and existing homes sold between the begin-

ning of January and end of March were affordable to families earning the U.S. median income of $68,000. This is up from the 59.9 percent of homes sold that were affordable to median-income earners in the fourth quarter.

The national median home price fell to $245,000 in the first quarter from $250,000 in the final quarter of 2016. Meanwhile, average mortgage rates rose nearly half a point from 3.84 percent in the fourth quarter to 4.33 percent in the first quarter.

For the second straight quarter, Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa., was rated the nation’s most affordable major housing market.

There, 92.7 percent of all new and existing homes sold in the first quarter were affordable to families earning the area’s median income of $54,600.

Meanwhile, Kokomo, Ind., was rated the nation’s most affordable smaller market, with 96.3 percent of homes sold in the first quarter being affordable to families earning the median income of $62,500.

Rounding out the top five affordable major housing markets in respective order were Elgin, Ill.; Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Hazleton, Pa.; Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, N.Y.; and Syracuse, N.Y. Smaller markets joining Kokomo at the top of the list included Glen Falls, N.Y.; East Stroudsburg, Pa.; Bingham-

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of the affordability chart were located in California. In descending order, they included Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale; Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine; San Diego-Carlsbad; and San JoseSunnyvale-Santa Clara (tied with San Diego).

All five least affordable small housing markets were also in California. At the very bottom of the affordability chart was Salinas, where 13.8 percent of all new and existing homes sold were affordable to families earning the area’s median income of $63,100.

In descending order, other small markets at the lowest end of the affordability scale included Santa CruzWatsonville; Napa; San Luis ObispoPaso Robles-Arroyo Grande; and San Rafael.

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ton, N.Y.; and Lansing-East Lansing, Mich.

The Washington region may not be known for low-cost real estate, but higher-than-average incomes help to offset the costs. In the quarterly report, 69.2 percent of homes were financially accessible to typical Washington residents, placing the D.C. region 41st nationally – its best ranking on the survey.

For the 18th consecutive quarter, San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif., was the nation’s least affordable major housing market. There, just 11.8 percent of homes sold in the first quarter were affordable to families earning the area’s median income of $108,400.

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(PRNewswire) – Nationally, U.S. homeowners spend $15,190 on average in extra or hidden costs associated with selling their home, according to a new analysis from Zillow and Thumbtack. Since most (63 percent) of today’s sellers have never sold a home before, some of these costs could come as a surprise.

To help with budgeting, Zillow and Thumbtack calculated several common, but often overlooked, seller expenses including sales taxes and agent commissions, as well as five optional home prep projects.

More than eight out of 10 home sellers make improvements before listing. While some sellers prefer to complete these projects themselves, those who outsource can expect to spend more than $2,650 nationally to cover staging, carpet cleaning, interior painting, lawn care and house cleaning – five of the most popular seller home prep projects. Labor costs vary significantly by region, so sellers in Los Angeles pay an average of $4,000 for the same projects, compared to sellers in Columbus, Ohio, who pay $1,500.

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like San Francisco pay $51,520 on the median home, the highest of the metros analyzed. Sellers in Indianapolis pay the least ($8,238) as home values are lower and the state has no transfer tax.

From title insurance to escrow fees, sellers are responsible for a variety of other smaller closing costs. Even though selling a home costs money, most (73 percent) sellers are still satisfied with the transaction.

“One of the biggest regrets sellers have is not starting the process early enough,” says Jeremy Wacksman, Zillow Group’s chief marketing officer.

“For those planning to sell this year, take your time to research all the costs you could be responsible for and how they may affect your profit, or even budget for your next home. Partner with a great agent who can help you understand the nuances in your market – from what taxes or closing costs you should expect, to which home renovation projects can help attract the right buyer.”

“Sellers need to consider these additional, often necessary costs when planning to put their home on the market,” says Lucas Puente, Thumbtack economist. “While it’s clear these costs vary widely, often times the easiest way to ensure a home is fully prepared to be sold is to hire local, skilled professionals to help.”

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6663 Madison McLean Drive, McLean 6663 Madison McLean Drive, McLean

6322 Linway Terrace, McLean 6322 Linway Terrace, McLean

$875,000 New price! Lovely well kept townhouse in move-in $875,000 condition. walkability to New price!Terrific Lovely location well keptand townhouse in move-in shopping, 3 bedrooms, condition. Three Terrificfinished locationlevels, and walkability to 3.5 baths, twoThree car spacious charming shopping, finishedgarage, levels, private 3 bedrooms, 3.5 back windows,garage, updated kitchen baths,yard, two new car spacious private charming (white), door.updated kitchen back yard,new newgarage windows, Small enclave of all brick (white), new garage door.townhomes. Motivated Sellers!

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$1,300,000 Private exclusive listing. Chic, contemporary and designed $1,300,000

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1101 Mill Ridge, McLean 1101 Mill Ridge, McLean

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12314 Delevan Dr, Herndon 12314 Delevan Dr, Herndon

$1,799,000 New Price! Beautiful property, fantastic location! $1,799,000

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Large, custom home in great condition.

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Beautiful property, fantastic Original location! owners say Sell!home So many amenities, second Large, custom in great condition.

Original kitchen in lower level, sunamenities, room, deck, large owners say Sell! So many second Master fantastic walkroom, out lower kitchen suite, in lower level, sun deck,level, large spacious rooms, circle drive, great office/library.

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1450 Emerson Avenue, Unit 417, McLean 1450 Emerson Avenue, Unit 417, McLean

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8350 Greensboro Drive, Unit 204/206, McLean 8350 Greensboro Drive, Unit 204/206, McLean

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1025 Douglass Drive, McLean 1025 Douglass Drive, McLean

$650,000 Beautiful renovation of this spacious condo. $650,000

1228 Perry William Drive, McLean 1228 Perry William Drive, McLean

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$2,600,000 Elegant, friendly beautiful home... Many classy $2,600,000

$778,500 BROUGHT THE BUYER $778,500

$5,500/Monthly Spacious and classic split level on lovely lot in $5,500/Monthly

$5000/Monthly Great house! Great Location! Minutes to $5000/Monthly

DC/Tysons/MD/GW Parkway! Minutes All brick,to Great house! Great Location! spacious rooms, easyParkway! to live in... freshly painted, DC/Tysons/MD/GW All brick, floors refinished, newto live in... freshly painted, spacious rooms, easy washer/dryer/microwave/storm floors refinished, new doors/community tennis courts Rent price washer/dryer/microwave/storm includes all lawn maintenance. doors/community tennis courts Rent price includes all lawn maintenance.

(1021/1023), kitchen (Cambria Excellent valuewood herefloors, in thisnew pristine, large Unit Counters), sparkling baths,new freshly painted, two (1021/1023), wood floors, kitchen (Cambria balconies, indoorbaths, car parking neartwo Counters), one sparkling freshlyspace painted, elevators, laundry/storage area... balconies, spacious one indoor car parking space near unique floor plan. Don't miss all thatarea...

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$4500/Monthly Charming and gracious Colonial on beautiful lot $4500/Monthly

in close-inand McLean.

EasyColonial access toonBeltway, Charming gracious beautifulGW lot Parkway.

3 level property in close-inLarge McLean.

Easywell-maintained access to Beltway, GW with wonderful Parkway.

Large 3screened level well-maintained property porch, deck, updated kitchen and baths. One car with wonderful screened garage, lovelyupdated grounds! porch, deck, kitchen and baths. One car garage, lovely grounds!

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8403 Brookewood Court, McLean 8403 Brookewood Court, McLean

Charming, well-kept, BROUGHT THE BUYER all-brick town home in community of Madisonwell-kept, of McLeanall-brick (63 towntown homes) in in a great Charming, home community location.

Property fronts of the of Madison of McLean (63onto townpark-like homes) setting in a great community.

Country French fireplace location. Property fronts ontokitchen, park-like settinginofmaster the and family room, party roomkitchen, in the lower levelinwith community.

Country French fireplace master nice bar, detached two-car Georgetown and family room, party roomgarage in theand lower level withStyle courtyard. nice bar, detached two-car garage and Georgetown Style courtyard.

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No through street, owner maintains Spacious and classic split level on lovely lot in lawn/mowing, etc., renovated in 2007, Kitchen, Evermay. No through street, owner maintains baths updated, etc., cheerful and bright Sun Kitchen, Room off lawn/mowing, renovated in 2007, Family Room, gorgeous NeutralSun fresh baths updated, cheerful yard. and bright Room off decor.

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1105 Dunaway Drive, McLean 1105 Dunaway Drive, McLean

$699,900 Excellent value here in this pristine, large Unit $699,900

$872,000 BROUGHT THE BUYER $872,000

Charming Colonial on idyllic lot, 4 bedrooms and BROUGHT THE BUYER 3.5 baths, Colonial updated on kitchen and and Charming idyllicwith lot, granite 4 bedrooms stainless, private deckwith overlooking 3.5 baths,large updated kitchen granite and community barn. stainless, large private deck overlooking community barn.

6307 Evermay Drive, McLean 6307 Evermay Drive, McLean

$1,290,000 Absolutely beautiful large condo in move-in $1,290,000

condition luxuriouslarge and condo convenient Palladium Absolutelyinbeautiful in move-in At McLean!in2410 sq ft on level. TwoPalladium car condition luxurious andone convenient parking in garage.

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8340 Greensboro Drive, Unit 1021/1023, McLean 8340 Greensboro Drive, Unit 1021/1023, McLean

bedrooms, 3.5 baths, lower level is Five walk out, Lovely Colonial in superb location. second kitchen, storage, upper has four bedrooms, 3.5 baths, lower levellevel is walk out, bedrooms (master has large walk in has four second kitchen, storage, upper level closet), hardwoods on both bedrooms (master has largemain walk and in upper levels, lot withonrock playupper set, closet),great hardwoods bothgarden, main and updates. levels, great lot with rock garden, play set, updates.

6653 Madison McLean Drive, McLean 6653 Madison McLean Drive, McLean

for functional easylisting. living,Chic, this contemporary all brick 3 leveland townhome Private exclusive designed is a superb location for everyone.

New hardwood forinfunctional easy living, this all brick 3 level townhome floors 3 levels, new for kitchen with new is in a on superb location everyone.

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$863,000 Lovely Colonial in superb location. Five $863,000

8340 Greensboro Drive, Unit 1021/1023, McLean 8340 Greensboro Drive, Unit 1021/1023, McLean

$3500/Monthly Excellent value here in this pristine, large Unit $3500/Monthly

(1021/1023), kitchen(Cambria Excellent valuewood herefloors, in thisnew pristine, large Unit Counters), sparkling baths,new freshly painted, two (1021/1023), wood floors, kitchen(Cambria balconies, indoorbaths, car parking neartwo Counters), one sparkling freshlyspace painted, elevators, laundry/storage area... balconies, spacious one indoor car parking space near unique floor plan. Don't miss all thatarea...

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updates... move-in condition.

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Fabulous pool, floor Master with newgrounds luxury bath. sizes, Main hardwood floors, spacious with Wine cellar floor with Master tastingwith room,new three car garage. pool, Main luxury bath.

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$1,250,000 Spacious Evermay two level Rambler. Great $1,250,000

location neighborhood.

Kitchen, SpaciousinEvermay two levelNewer Rambler.

Greatnew baths, decor, quality construction, easy locationneutral in neighborhood.

Newer Kitchen, new commute to DC/Tysons/Maryland/Metro, baths, neutral decor, quality construction,walk easyto The Potomac School. Five bedrooms, commute to DC/Tysons/Maryland/Metro, walk to bonus/study, laundryFive on main level, fantastic The Potomac School. bedrooms, recreation room with bar, gas fireplace, bonus/study, laundry on main level, fantastic walk out lower heater. recreation roomlevel, with gas bar,water gas fireplace, walk out lower level, gas water heater.

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Fetneh Schacht, CRB Broker/Vice President Licensed in VA, MD, DC

309 Maple Avenue West, Vienna VA 22180

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VIENNA • $1,345,000

Grand colonial with an open design & custom finishes in quiet, private setting next to parkland.

Westbriar-Kilmer-Marshall pyramid. Cul-de-sac has a trail to the Silver Line Metro.

CENTREVILLE • $1,689,000

Robyn Nobert

Dee Murphy

703-408-5524 Robyn@LNF.com

Ready for your next move? Call Robyn!

MCLEAN • $1,649,000

VIENNA • $799,900

Price improvement - don’t miss out!

Great location near Tysons & Metro.

Stunning NV townhome, 4BR/3.5BA w/ 2-car garage, gourmet kitchen w/ center island, hdwds, luxe master suite w/ huge closet. Fin LL w/ bath & new RR floor.

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Rarely available all brick TH in treed enclave.

Hdwd floors on main levels, walkout to patio, backs up to trees. Beautifully updated in 2010, attached garage with plenty of parking. McLean High School!

Brenda Davis 703-966-3210 Bdavis4114@gmail.com

HERNDON • $704,900

Lynne Jones 703-615-2880 lynne_jones@prodigy.net www.lynne-jones.com

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Stately 3-level colonial w/4BR/3.5BA & den/office, perfect for entertaining & everyday living. Ideal Vienna/Tysons location, convenient to dining & shopping.

Easy access to major commuter routes, minutes to 2 Silver Line Metro stations.

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Elegant TH in desirable gated neighborhood.

Spacious end unit w/ close to 6000 fin sq ft on 4 levels. Lg gourmet kitchen w/ FR. Huge master suite w/ sitting rm, FP, 2 walk-in closets. Upper level perfect as guest suite. Private patio.

VIENNA • $1,500,000

This beautifully appointed and maintained Craftsman home has it all! Study/computer room in upper hallway - spacious bright rooms LL has a media room, wet bar & walk out! Too many upgrades to mention!

Debbie Earman & Tana Keeffe Specializing in residential real estate for 40 years

703-585-2161 tana@lnf.com

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4BR/3.5BA home in family-oriented neighborhood on cul-de-sac. Schools are Crossfield, Carson and Oakton. Lg FR w/ FP, SS appliances, finished basement w/ walk out, office on main level. New roof & windows in 2015, newer HVAC system.

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Priced to sell! Magnificent all brick estate w/ close to 8300 fin sf on main & upper levels.

5BR/6FB/2HB; main & upper level Master Suites! Large playroom on upper level.

Extensive hardscaping.

703-967-8873

MCLEAN • $774,900

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Gorgeous home with view of 202-669-5115 mountains! 11,000 finished square feet. Close to everything. Backyard dee@deemurphy.com is resort-like with pool, spa, outdoor kitchen, bath house and sport court.

Allie Chamberlain 703-861-7229 Allie.Chamberlain@lnf.com

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Autumn Could Be a Solid Time for Potential Buyers (PRNewswire) – Patience pays off, for home buyers. The best time to buy a home is late summer, when there are the most options and frequent price cuts, according to new data As summer approaches, overall inventory of homes for sale is down 5.3 percent from a year ago, signaling another competitive home shopping season for buyers this year. Even in markets that have seen a recent uptick in the number of homes for sale, inventory is still well below the levels of five years ago.

A new Zillow analysis shows that there are more homes for sale at the end of summer than at any other time of year, giving buyers the greatest selection. In most major metros, August had more for-sale listings than any other month.

In Los Angeles, for example, there were about 8,000 more homes for sale in August than in April. In Seattle, the difference was about 5,000 listings.

At the same time, price cuts are more common as home sellers start to worry about not selling their homes.

Across the country, 15 percent of listings in August have had price reductions. In most large markets, buyers are most likely to find a home with a reduced price tag in either August or September.

The home-shopping process can be stressful for buyers. On average,

buyers spend more than four months shopping for a home, and put in at least two offers before buying, according to the 2016 Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends.

Buyers who have been unsuccessful so far may find better luck in the later months of the summer.

“In such a competitive housing market, it’s easy for buyers to get frustrated when they are putting in multiple offers without success,” said Zillow chief economist Dr. Svenja Gudell.

“Buyers who start their home search in the spring may still be looking months later – but for those who can wait it out, the end of summer will bring more favorable conditions. Homes that may have been overpriced earlier in the year are more likely to have a price reduction, and those listings passed over in earlier months may look better with a fresh perspective.”

Spring traditionally kicks off the home shopping season; most new listings hit the market during these months. April in particular had more new listings than any other month in 2016.

However, shopping in spring can be competitive, and these homes are more likely to sell for a premium.

Homes listed in late spring sell faster and for a $1,500 premium on average, according to Zillow’s Best Time to List analysis.

(PRNewswire) – A fresh coat of paint in the right color may help sell a home for more money: According to a Zillow analysis, homes with walls painted in shades of blue or light gray may sell for as much as a $5,400 premium.

Zillow’s 2017 Paint Color Analysis looked at more than 32,000 photos from sold homes around the country to see how certain paint colors impacted their sale price on average, when compared to similar homes with white walls.

Homes with blue bathrooms, often found in hues of powder blue or light periwinkle, sold for $5,440 more than expected, the highest sales premium of all colors analyzed. Walls painted in other cool, natural tones like pale gray or oatmeal were also present in topperforming listings.

A home’s exterior color may also have an impact on its sale price.

Homes painted in “greige,” a mix of light gray and beige, sold for $3,496 more than similar homes painted in a medium brown or with tan stucco. For a pop of color, homes with front doors painted in shades of dark navy blue to slate gray sold for $1,514 more.

Some colors may actually deter buyers. Homes with darker, more style-specific walls like terra-cotta dining rooms sold for $2,031 less than expected. However, a lack of color may have the biggest negative impact as homes with white bathrooms sold for an average of $4,035 below similar homes.

“Color can be a powerful tool for attracting buyers to a home, especially in listing photos and videos,” says Svenja Gudell, Zillow’s chief economist. “Painting walls in fresh, naturallooking colors, particularly in shades of blue and pale gray not only make a home feel larger, but also are neutral enough to help future buyers envision themselves living in the space.

Incorporating light blue in kitchens and bathrooms may pay off especially well as the color complements white countertops and cabinets, a growing trend in both rooms.”

Selecting the right paint color is one of many factors that may affect why a home sells faster or for more money.

Walls in cool neutrals like blue or gray have broad appeal and may be signals that the home is well cared for.

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OFFERED FOR SALE AT $3,875,000

• Custom designed and built by ARTISAN BUILDERS in 2013 • Sited on 2.6 acres at "The Lane in Great Falls", an exclusive enclave of six Artisan-built homes • Offering over 9,500 sq ft with six bedroom, six full and two half bathrooms • Entertainer's dream with spacious loggia transitioning to outdoor heated pool and dining terraces • Fieldstone and boral brick exterior with covered front porch; Extensive hardscape in natural stone and travertine • Beautifully appointed interior with white oak flooring, rustic beamed ceilings, rustic brick accents and custom cabinetry • Lobkovich-designed kitchen with top end appliances.

CONTACT LORI SHAFRAN, 703-967-0909 YEONAS & SHAFRAN REAL ESTATE www.LoriShafran.com

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8609 Brook Rd. McLean

Vacation living at it's best! From an indoor sauna, to a wine cellar to your own private tennis/sports court to a beautifully landscaped pool, there is no reason to leave home when you have it all!! Super convenient location within McLean and offering over 7000sq.ft! This amazing French Provincial home is a true Offered classic and offers the most amazing features throughout! at: $1,995,000.

THE COLONIES • MCLEAN

Renovated to Perfection!!!

This beautiful, Sun-Filled home has been fully renovated and is located in one of the most convenient buildings within The Colonies, Just steps to all the wonderful community amenities; Tennis Courts, Swimming Pool, Fitness Center, Clubhouse, Tot Lot and unique Par Course. The location can’t be beat and is offered fully furnished with high end designer furnishings.

Walk to the new MCLEAN METRO STATION. A true commuter’s dream location!

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Timber-and-Post Property Exudes Style

Expansive Interior Spaces Sit Amid a Large, Verdant Lot in Great Falls

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ur eternal quest for the best in local real estate takes us now to Great Falls, where something extra-special awaits our inspection – a true timber post-andbeam home, one exuding exceptionality inside and out, providing a unique twist for both daily living and entertaining in grand style.

Visually arresting at first sight, the exterior is complement by three levels (plus copious loft space) of creative design inside, adding up to a one-of-a-kind property that sets itself apart.

Meanwhile, in the rear, you can spend your summer enjoying the showstopper pool, spa and gazebo.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $2,000,000 by Casey Margenau of Casey Margenau Fine Homes & Estates.

Easily accessible to Tysons and the rest of the region, but set back in a sea of serenity amid nearly 4.5 acres of lush grounds, the home is a testament to marvelous creativity. From the covered front porch (with southern exposure) that bids us welcome to the property, to the functional touches such as newer HVAC units and radiant heat on all floors, the property has pleasant surprises around every turn.

The uniqueness of design is apparently from our entry into the welcoming foyer, the first stop on a journey that will feature more than 8,700 square feet of interior space.

In the center of all the action on the main level is the kitchen area, occupying a strategic position and showcasing top-quality appliances and a large center island. It is flanked by a breakfast room on one side and the dining room on the other.

The dining room is open to the living room, located at the rear of the home and offering access to the deck, as well as a fireplace.

A separate, bonus room (also with walk-out access) is located on the other side of the rear of the home, and between it and the kitchen is glass-walled sunroom. The entire package is bathed in natural sunlight and serves up a cheerful disposition.

Onward to the upper level we go, where the master retreat is a slice of serenity in a topsy-turvy world. In addition to the large bedroom area overlooking

Facts for buyers Address: 990 Millwood Lane, Great Falls (22066).

Listed at: $2,000,000 by Casey Margenau, Casey Margenau Fine Homes and Estates (703) 827-5777.

Schools: Colvin Run Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

the rear domains (and featuring a large, private balcony adjacent), it also is home to a sitting room, two large walk-in closets and a sumptuous bath.

Five additional bedrooms are found on the upper level, providing flexibility and versatility no matter what your particular needs. Laundry facilities are here, as well.

The second upper level is home to bonus loft space, adding an extra dimension to the home’s layout.

Were this the end of the tour, we’d have come away amply satisfied. But this is the week of the summer real estate guide, so you can imagine we have a trick or two up our sleeves. Voilà!

There’s more awaiting us on the lower level.

Here, you will spy a recreation room that is as large as many of the apartments we started out in, with a kitchenette area, stone fireplace and walk-out access.

An additional en-suite bedroom, several bonus rooms, a second laundry room and storage space are found on the lower level, too, further proclaiming the versatile nature of the design.

It’s been much to take in, so a recap is in order. The home features seven bedrooms, five full and two half baths.

And, shame on us, we have yet to mention the oversized four-car garage.

We turn our attention once again to the rear of the home, where the large poolside area is sure to be a hit with all ages. It simply makes the workday

go faster these hot summer months to know the opportunity awaits for an early-evening swim or time in the spa.

Creative in nearly every way, this is a home that marches to its own drummer and sets a standard of unique elegance and warmhearted living. Well worthy of consideration for those who want to break out of the mold and enjoy something extra-special.

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

For information on the home, contact the listing agent.

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

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Over $125 Million in Sales!

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The Choose Wisely Group was just recognized as one of the TOP REALTORS® in Washingtonian 2017!

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

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

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

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

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

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

In terms of overall population, Harris County remained the third-largest county with 4.6 million people, and Maricopa County remained the fourth-

largest county with 4.2 million people.

Los Angeles County (Calif.) and Cook County (Ill.) remained the largest and second-largest counties.

The statistics released by the Census Bureau provide population estimates and components of change for the nation’s 382 metropolitan statisti-

cal areas, 551 micropolitan statistical areas, and 3,142 counties, as well as Puerto Rico’s metropolitan statistical areas.

Growing consumer interest and demand for greener, more sustainable properties is driving a dialogue between Realtors and homebuyers and sellers.

Over half of Realtors find that consumers have interest in real estate sustainability issues and practices, according to a new National Association of Realtors report.

The report, stemming from NAR’s new Sustainability Program, surveyed Realtors about sustainability issues facing consumers in the real estate market and ways Realtors are setting their own goals to reduce energy usage.

“As consumers’ interest in sustainability grows, Realtors understand the necessity of promoting sustainability in their real estate practice, such as marketing energy efficiency in property listings to homebuyers,” said NAR president William Brown, a Realtor from Alamo, Calif., and founder of In-

vestment Properties. “The goal of the NAR Sustainability Program is to provide leadership and strategies on topics of sustainability to benefit members, consumers and communities.”

To meet growing consumer interest, more Multiple Listing Services are incorporating data entry fields to identify a property’s green features; 43 percent of respondents report their MLS has green data fields, and only 19 percent do not.

Realtors see great value in promoting energy efficiency in listings with seven out of 10 feeling strongly about the benefits in promoting those features to clients.

The survey asked respondents about renewable energy and its impact on the real estate market.

A majority of agents and brokers (80 percent) said that solar panels are available in their market; forty-two percent said solar panels increased the perceived property value.

Twenty-four percent of brokers said that tiny homes were available in their market, compared to 61 percent that reported tiny homes were not yet available.

When asked about involvement with clients and green properties, 27 percent of agents and brokers were involved with 1 to 5 properties that had green features in the last 12 months.

Seventy percent of members worked with no properties that had green features, leaving a great deal of room for future growth.

The home features that Realtors said clients consider as very or somewhat important include a home’s efficient use of lighting (50 percent), a smart/connected home (40 percent), green community features such as bike lanes and green spaces (37 percent), landscaping for water conservation (32 percent), and renewable energy systems such as solar and geothermal (23 percent).

When it comes to the sustainable neighborhood features for which clients are looking, 60 percent of Realtors listed parks and outdoor recreation, 37 percent listed access to local food and nine percent listed recycling.

The transportation and commuting features of a community that Realtors® listed as very or somewhat important to their clients included walkability (51 percent), public transportation (31 percent) and bike lanes/paths (39 percent).

NAR initiated the Sustainability Program as a platform for dialogue on sustainability for Realtors, brokers, allied trade associations, and consumers.

The program’s efforts focus on coordination and articulation of NAR’s existing sustainability resources, while also supporting a growing area of interest for consumers, helping members to assist home buyers and sellers.

On the Move Net Domestic Migration for U.S. Counties: 2015-2016

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South Is Home to Most Fast-Growing Localities Ten of the 15 fastest-growing large cities in the nation were located across the South in 2016, with four of the top five in Texas, according to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Conroe, Texas (near Houston), was the fastest-growing large city (population of 50,000 or more) between 2015 and 2016 at 7.8 percent, making its growth rate more than 11 times the nation’s growth rate of 0.7 percent.

Some of the other fastest-growing cities were Frisco, Texas (6.2 percent); McKinney, Texas (5.9 percent); Greenville, S.C. (5.8 percent); and Georgetown, Texas (5.5 percent).

“Overall, cities in the South continue to grow at a faster rate than any other U.S region,” said Amel Toukabri, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s population division. “Since the 2010 Census, the population in large southern cities grew by an average of 9.4 percent. In comparison, cities in the West grew 7.3 percent, while cities in the Northeast and Midwest had much lower growth rates at 1.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively.”

Four cities in the West – Bend, Ore.; Buckeye, Ariz.; Lehi, Utah; and Meridian, Idaho – were among the top 15 fastest growing. Only one city in the Midwest (Ankeny, Iowa) topped the list, while no cities in the Northeast

were among the nation’s fastest growing.

The statistics cover all local governmental units, including incorporated places (such as cities and towns), minor civil divisions (such as townships) and consolidated cities (government units for which the functions of an incorporated place and its parent county have merged).

While the overall list of the 15 largest U.S. cities did not change since 2015, Columbus (Ohio) surpassed Indianapolis, becoming the 14th largest city in the United States with a population of 860,090. Indianapolis has a population of 855,164.

New York remains America’s largest city by a wide margin. Its July 1, 2016, population of 8.5 million makes it more than twice as large as the next largest city, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles remains the secondlargest city, with a population of about 4 million. Despite a population loss of 8,638, Chicago remains the third-largest city, with a population of 2.7 million.

Phoenix, Ariz., had the largest numeric increase of any city, by adding 32,113 (about 88 people per day on average) between 2015 and 2016.

Of the 19,510 incorporated places in the United States, around 76 percent (14,801) had fewer than 5,000

people in 2015, whereas only 3.9 percent (752) of cities had a population of 50,000 or more. Since 2015, on average, these small towns have seen uneven growth across U.S. regions: • Northeast small towns declined

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Average Square Footage of New Homes Dips a Tad The average and median square footage of new homes constructed across the nation in 2016 declined slightly but remained among the highest ever, according to new federal figures.

The median square footage of new single-family homes completed during the year stood at 2,422, down from 2,467 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The average square footage of 2,640 was down from 2,687 a year before.

Each figure represented the thirdhighest square footage since record-keeping began in 1973. When the survey started, the average square footage stood at 1,660.

While there were occasional yearover-year declines, the trajectory toward more interior space moved generally upward, passing 2,000 square feet in 1990 and hitting 2,500 square feet in 2007.

The recession of the late 2000s caused average and median sizes to fall, but the return to larger homes began by 2010.

In 2016, the largest average square footage was reported in the Northeast, at 2,796, followed by the South (2,671), West (2,632) and Midwest (2,474).

The average lot size of new homes was 43,348 square feet, or just over an

acre, down slightly from a year before.

The median lot size of 9,076 square feet also was down slightly. The largest average and median lot sizes were found in the Northeast and Midwest, with the smallest in the West and South.

Figures come from the 2016 Characteristics of new housing, funded by the Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Also from the report: • Ten percent of new single-family homes completed nationally in 2016 had one or two bedrooms; 45 percent had three bedrooms; and 46 percent had three or more bedrooms. The figures were roughly on par with the previous year.

• Thirty-seven percent of new homes completed in 2016 had three or more baths; 60 percent had 2 or 2.5 baths; and 3 percent had 1 or 1.5

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• Ninety-three percent of new homes were completed with air-conditioning systems, unchanged from a year before. Until the mid-1970s, most new homes did not have central air, but the figure accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s.

• Just over half (52 percent) of new homes came without a fireplace, while 43 percent had one and 5 percent had two or more.

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International Buyers Can Have Impact at High End (PRNewswire) – International buyers of residential real estate in the U.S. don’t have a significant impact on the overall housing market, but they are more influential at the top end of the market, according to the 2017 Q2 Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey.

The quarterly survey, sponsored by Zillow and conducted by Pulsenomics LLC, asked more than 100 housing experts and economists about the impact of international buyers on the U.S. real estate market.

Overall, international buyers have a modest effect on inventory and home values, according to the panelists. At the high end of the market, though, the respondents said international buyers have a major impact on home values.

Since the housing crash, housing affordability has been a significant issue for many Americans. Rapidly in-

creasing rents had the dual effect of financially incentivizing home-ownership and making it harder to save for a down payment.

At the same time, lagging new construction and high negative equity rates have kept inventory low, pushing up home values and making it harder to find an affordable home.

Increased activity from international buyers of U.S. real estate has also fueled concerns about affordability.

Most of the panelists surveyed expect that international buying activity will decrease or stay at the same level in the coming year, signaling that outside influences aren’t likely to be the most significant driver of the U.S. housing market over the next year.

Expectations for overall home price growth are stronger now than they were a year ago. A year ago, panelists predicted that home prices would

rise 3.4 percent in 2017. Now, they expect to see a 4.8 percent increase.

Their forecasts for home price growth in 2018 are also more optimistic now compared to last year.

“International buyers are popular scapegoats for rising real estate prices and shrinking inventory, but domestic factors have had a bigger influence on the housing market, much more so than demand from overseas,” said Zillow chief economist Dr. Svenja Gudell. “Older Millennials are reaching prime home-buying age, increasing demand for housing, but we are still well behind historical norms when it comes to building new homes. The fact that economists and experts are revising their expectations upward for future home value growth is a sign that these trends will continue to exert upward pressure on prices.

Some cities with expensive hous-

ing markets – including Vancouver, Canada, Paris, and Sydney - have introduced policies in attempts to limit international home-buying activity, However, most panelists agreed these measures are unlikely to affect housing affordability, or may even be counterproductive. Only about 20 percent of respondents think these policies are an effective response to improve housing affordability.

“On the heels of last year’s nearly seven percent national home value appreciation rate, the prospect that prices will increase less than five percent overall this year might be dispiriting to some,” said Pulsenomics founder Terry Loebs. “Yet, 4.8 percent is not only well above the historical average annual gain, it’s the most optimistic projection for 2017 that we’ve seen from our expert panel over the past five years.”

New-Home Sales Take Slight Tumble in Latest Report Sales of newly built, single-family homes in April dropped for the first time in 2017, falling 11.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 569,000 units, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Sales numbers for the first three

months of the year were all upwardly revised, and the March sales pace was the highest since October 2007.

“Despite some slowness this month, total new home sales in 2017 are up more than 11 percent from this time last year and builders are optimistic about future market conditions,” said Granger MacDonald, chairman of the

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Kerrville, Texas. “We should see further gains in the months ahead as more prospective home buyers enter the market.”

The inventory of new home sales for sale was 268,000 in April, which is a 5.7-month supply at the current sales

pace. The median sales price of new houses sold was $309,200.

Regionally, new home sales decreased 4.0 percent in the South, 7.5 percent in the Northeast, 13.1 percent in the Midwest and 26.3 percent in the West, according to the monthly report of the trade group.

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The daylight lower level provides more amenities, including the large recreation room with fireplace, plus bonus spaces for a media room, play area and exercise room.

The home’s fourth bedroom can be found on this level, with a full bath, and there is plentiful storage space, as well.

Out-of-doors, the visual appeal of the plantings adds to the overall appeal, and as mentioned earlier, many opportunities will present themselves for outdoor entertaining.

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Updated Outdoor-Living Experiences Can Pay Off (Statepoint) – Ready to step up your outdoor living experience this season? You’re not alone. Nearly 70 percent of design and build firms report an increased demand for outdoor living space, according to the American Institute of Architects.

When updating your outdoor living areas, focus on additions that stylishly and seamlessly blend your spaces together.

Consider elements that accent your home décor, enhance comfort, create beauty and offer low-maintenance upkeep so you can kick back, relax and enjoy the space.

Here are two ideas for achieving these goals.

Fireplace: Fire features are the most popular outdoor design element, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects. This is understandable; outdoor fireplaces offer privacy, warmth and create a distinct focal point around which to gather when spending time outdoors. Outdoor fireplaces also offer a great return on investment: 90 percent of real estate agents say an outdoor fireplace increases a home’s value, according to a Houzz.com study.

One major consideration to keep in mind is the type of entertaining you want to do. Those who want the convenience of a gas fireplace may wish I

to consider clean, modern lines. Others may be looking for something a bit more nostalgic – like the scent and crackle of smoldering pine to bring back great memories and set the tone for outdoor gatherings.

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Kitchen: Add ease and charm to dining al fresco by creating an outdoor kitchen.

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2016 Home Purchases: Millennials Post Decline, Gen X Rises An improving economy, multiple years of strong job growth and the notable increase in home values in most markets fueled a greater share of purchases from Generation X households over the past year.

This is according to the National Association of Realtors 2017 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences of recent buyers and sellers.

The survey additionally found that a growing number of Millennials and younger Boomer buyers have children living at home; student debt is common among Gen X and boomer households; more Millennials are buying outside the city; and younger generations are more likely to use a real estate agent.

Much of the spotlight in recent years has focused on the several challenges Millennials are enduring on their journey to homeownership. According to Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, lost in this discussion are the numerous Generation X households who bought their first home, started a family and entered the middle part of their careers only to be rattled by job losses, falling home values and overall economic uncertainty during and after the Great Recession.

This year’s survey reveals that debt and little or no equity in their home slowed many Gen X households from

buying sooner. Recent Gen X buyers delayed buying longer than Millennials because of debt, were the most likely generation to have previously sold a distressed property and were the generation most likely to want to sell earlier but couldn’t because their home was worth less than their mortgage. Furthermore, Gen X buyers indicated they had the most student loan debt ($30,000).

“Gen X sellers’ median tenure in their previous home was 10 years, which puts many of them selling a property they bought right around the time home values were on the precipice of declining,” said Yun. “Fortunately, the much stronger job market and 41 percent cumulative rise in home prices since 2011 have helped a growing number build enough equity to finally sell and trade up to a larger home. More Gen X sellers are expected this year and are definitely needed to ease the inventory shortages in much of the country.”

The uptick in purchases from Gen X buyers this year (28 percent) was the highest since 2014 and up from 26 percent in 2016. Millennials were the largest group of recent buyers for the fourth consecutive year (34 percent), but their overall share was down slightly from a year ago (35 percent). Baby Boomers were 30 percent of buyers, and the Silent Generation

made up 8 percent.

Younger Boomers increasingly consider adult children when buying: This year’s survey also brought to light how the soaring cost of rent in many areas is likely influencing the decision of middle-aged parents to buy a home with their young adult children in mind.

Younger Boomers were the most likely to purchase a multi-generational home (20 percent; 16 percent in 2016), and the top reason for doing so was that children over 18 years old either moved back home or never left (30 percent; 27 percent in 2016).

“The job market is very healthy for young adults with a college education, but repaying student debt and dealing with ever-increasing rents on an entry-level salary are forcing many to either shack-up with several roommates or move back home,” said Yun. “This growing trend of delayed household formation is one of the main contributors to the nation’s low homeownership rate.”

Student debt is not just a Millennial problem: Debt, particularly from student loans, appears to be a portion of the household budget of buyers in every generation.

While Millennials were the most likely to have student debt (46 percent), their typical balance ($25,000) was lower than Gen X buyers ($30,000).

A combined 16 percent of younger and older boomer buyers also had student debt, with a median balance of over $10,000 for each group.

Among the share of buyers who said saving for a down payment was the most difficult task, Millennials were most likely to cite student loans as the debt that delayed saving (55 percent), followed by Gen X (29 percent) and younger boomers (9 percent).

“Repaying student debt also appears to be slowing some current homeowners who went to graduate school and now can no longer afford to sell and trade up because of their loans,” added Yun. More Millennials moving to the suburbs . . . with their kids: Similar to previous years, roughly two-thirds of Millennial buyers are married. One aspect of their household that has changed is the number of children in them.

In this year’s survey, 49 percent of Millennial buyers had at least one child, which is up from 45 percent last year and 43 percent two years ago.

With more kids in tow, the need for more space at an affordable price is increasingly pushing Millennial buyers outside the city. Only 15 percent of Millennial buyers bought in an urban area, which is down from 17 percent last year and 21 percent two years ago.

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Home Flipping Remains a Pastime for Some in U.S. Home flips in 2016 accounted for 5.7 percent of all single-family home and condos sales during the year, up from 5.5 percent in 2015 to a threeyear high but still well below the peak in 2005, when 338,207 single family homes and condos were flipped representing 8.2 percent of all sales.

ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest fused property database, has released its 2016 Year-End U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that 193,009 single family homes and condos were flipped – sold in an arms-length transfer for the second time within a 12-month period.

Homes flipped in 2016 sold for a median price of $189,900, a gross flipping profit of $62,624 above the median purchase price of $127,276 and representing a gross flipping return on investment (ROI) of 49.2 percent.

Both the gross flipping dollar amount and ROI were the highest going back

to 2000.

“Home flipping was hot in 2016, fueled by low inventory of homes in sellable or rentable condition along with a flood of capital, both foreign and domestic, searching for the returns and stability available with U.S. real estate,” said Daren Blomquist, senior vice president at ATTOM Data Solutions.

“The combination of more home flips and a greater share of financing for flip purchases resulted in a 18 percent jump in the estimated dollar volume of financing for home flip purchases, up to $12.2 billion for the flips completed in 2016 – a nine-year high.”

The report also shows that 126,256 entities — including both individuals and institutions — flipped homes in 2016, up less than 1 percent from 2015 to the highest number since 2007, when 143,266 entities flipped properties.

Meanwhile, the share of flipped homes that were purchased by the

flipper with financing increased to an eight-year high of 31.5 percent in 2016 while the median age of homes flipped increased to 37 years, a new high going back to 2000, and the median square footage of homes flipped decreased to 1422 — a new record low going back to 2000.

“Investors in search of flipping returns are increasingly willing to move to secondary and tertiary housing markets and neighborhoods with older, smaller properties that are available at a deeper discount,” Blomquist said. “Given that many of these markets are more affordable, we are also seeing a higher share of the flipped homes sold to FHA buyers, with that share reaching a four-year high of 19.6 percent in 2016.”

Among 117 metropolitan statistical areas with at least 250 home flips in 2016, there were 11 with an average gross flipping profit of $100,000 or more in 2016.

“Our strong wage growth is still supporting rising home prices,” said Matthew Gardner, chief economist at Windermere Real Estate, covering the Seattle market. “I believe flipping serves as a negative for any housing market because it further erodes housing affordability, but if there’s a demand for it in the market, it’s a trend we will continue to see.”

In the Los Angeles metro area, which accounted for six of the 39 zip codes with a home flipping rate of at least 20 percent in 2016, the best opportunity for flipping is in lower-priced neighborhoods with properties that need significant repairs, according to Brett Chotkevys, co-founder of Helpful Home Solution, which flips properties in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California.

“We do pretty much a full gut on the houses we buy. Most of those we buy are pretty nasty. They’re falling down,” said Chotkevys.

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Continued from Page 4 continue to sharpen our communication skills that are so important as the first step in any negotiation. Yet, we must always be mindful that the first rule of negotiation is to work on and protect our relationships with others.

These skills are transferable to other sales fields.”

Carol Temple, Coldwell Banker: “The ability to anticipate and work defensively for your client is a trait that top-performing Realtors should possess. A second important skill is a heightened ability to manage an overload of details. A third is the ability to defuse emotionally charged situa-

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tions. All of these should serve a salesperson well, regardless of what they are selling. The secret sauce, though, is passion about what you are doing.

Truth is that I would not be terribly passionate about selling printer toner.

It would show and I would get fired.”

Diane Lewis, Washington Fine Properties: “A background in real-estate sales is a great background for any sales position. It prepares you for long hours, a need for good time-management, attention to details and, most importantly, care and compassion to your clients.”

Joan Stansfield, Keller Williams: “Stripped down, sales skills are the same no matter the industry. Consistent service and communications based on relationship skills has been critical to my success. These people and service skills would transition well to positions like orchestrating and serving people and events where there are big emotions and lots of varying people with -different person-

alities and goals.”

Natalie Roy, Keller Williams: “Selling real estate is a great way to build and improve sales skills in any field.

These skills include being customerfocused, tracking the latest trends, adapting to a fast-paced environment, staying updated on the latest technologies and sales techniques and, of course, the ever important multi-tasking. Even in the 21st century with the wide range of technology available, the most effective sales technique is person-to-person interaction.”

Barbara Lewis, Washington Fine Properties: “Actually, everyone is in sales. Doctors sell themselves to patients and want them to return, lawyers sell themselves to attract clients, stores have employees greet customers so they will want to do business in the store, we are all in sales. Real estate is unique in that agents are independent contractors and therefore have a lot of flexibility in running their own businesses. Long hours, compassion

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Valerie Grange, McWilliams Ballard condo resales division: “Both an art and a science, success in any form of sales simply requires the perfect balance of people skills and the practical application of meeting a client’s top needs, goals and desires. Especially in real estate, if you can help someone with the most important purchase in their lives, you can most definitely assist them with any other endeavor.”

Timur Loynap, McWilliams Ballard condo resales division: “I absolutely believe that the skill set that one obtains as a real estate agent is transferable. The bedrock of a successful real estate career is the ability to build relationships and in the process earn the trust, confidence and loyalty of clients/customers. Successful sales people must be able to articulate and present themselves and their product thoughtfully, competently and compellingly.”

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Five cities crossed the 50,000 population mark between 2015 and 2016.

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Schools & Military Continued from Page 12 Carlson of Vienna, Sophie Clarke of Vienna and Sean Dunlop of Oakton have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Wheaton College. n Emily Kamienski of

Oakton received faculty honors for the spring semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

spring semester at Mount St. Mary’s University. n Paula Jaramillo, the daughter of Jaime Jamarillo-Vallejo of McLean and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Colby College.

John Suringa, an eighth grader at Longfellow Middle School, has been selected as one of nine elementary- and middle-school winners from across Virginia in the 2016-17 Color the Concepts contest, sponsored by the Virginia Council on Economic Education.

Participating students designed artwork for posters showcasing economic concepts that are included in the Virginia n

n Brian

Kalish of McLean and Haley Stumvoll of Oakton have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sarah Byrne of McLean, Melissa Green of Vienna, Shannon Michael of McLean and Alaina Owen of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the n

Standards of Learning.

As a winner, Suringa will receive a $100 Invest529 College Savings Account from Virginia529. n Vikram Bala of Great Falls, an eighth-grade student at Nysmith School, was part of a team with seventh-grader Anand Advani of Herndon that received first-place honors at the American Computer Science League’s recent competition, held in Los Angeles.

The team recorded the highest individual score in computer theory. n McKenzie Hiek of Great Falls has advanced to compete in the National Speech and Debate Association’s Middle School Public Form National Tournament, being held later this month in Birmingham.

The debate topic is “The U.S. federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China.” * Justin Ward of Vienna and Neal Gupta of Vienna were part of a Nysmith School team that recently reached the finals of the National History Bowl championship. * James Fishman, a third-grader at BASIS Independent McLean, received second place in the 2017 WETA-TV Kids Writer’s Contest.

He was honored for his illustrated story, “Cats and Kittens.”

Your submissions are invited!

Public-Safety Notes WOMAN DIES IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN GREAT FALLS: A 73-year-old

Great Falls woman died June 20 after her car ran off the road and struck a utility pole in the 500 block of River Bend Road near Mine Run Road in Great Falls, Fairfax County police said.

Officers responded to the single-vehicle crash at 3 p.m. and located the motorist’s red, two-door, 2000 Honda Civic. The driver, Mai-Huong Nguyen, was the only occupant of the Honda. Rescue personnel took her to Reston Hospital Center, where she later died.

Detectives from the Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating the accident.

It appears that the Honda was traveling south on River Bend Road when it ran off the road to the left and struck a utility pole.

The Honda then rolled onto the passenger side and came to rest, police said.

Detectives are looking into the possibility that Nguyen might have suffered a medical emergency, causing her to lose control of the Honda.

proached the woman, who was walking her dog near the intersection. The suspect asked for directions and then exposed himself to the victim, police said.

The man fled before officers arrived.

The suspect’s vehicle was described as a navy-blue sedan, police said.

PICKUP TRUCK STOLEN DURING BUSINESS BURGLARIES IN TYSONS: Some-

one burglarized two businesses in the

8500 block of Leesburg Pike in Tysons on June 20 at 5:30 a.m., Fairfax County police said. A 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 was reported stolen, police said.

BAT FOUND IN VIENNA HOUSE; RABIES TREATMENT SUGGESTED: A man

living in the 300 block of Center Street, N., told Vienna police on June 9 at noon that he had found a bat in his son’s bedroom. The man had trapped the bat and

released it outside.

The man did not believe his family or pets had been exposed to the bat. However, police advised that his son should undergo preventative rabies treatment and his cat should have a rabies booster and be quarantined for 45 days.

Items are compiled from reports issued by local public-safety agencies in Fairfax County and the Town of Vienna.

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The suspect entered the bank shortly after 2 p.m., approached a teller and demanded money. He got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Nobody was hurt during the robbery, police said.

The suspect was described as black, in his 40s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 180 pounds.

MOTORIST EXPOSES HIMSELF TO WOMAN, DOG IN McLEAN: Fairfax

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corporate training.

Capital One’s plans “absolutely fulfill the extraordinary vision” of the county’s comprehensive plan for Tysons, said Antonio Calabrese, an attorney for the applicant.

“I think there’s one opportunity to get the type of performing-arts center to complement the corporate center,” he said. “Maybe it’s once in a couple of decades. I think it’s once in a lifetime. It’s a $120 million building.”

The center, which would include a 1,500-seat main performance hall, two classrooms and a 225-seat “black box” multipurpose hall, would be built in lieu of a previously approved 30,000-squarefoot community center that would have been used by Fairfax County for recreational purposes.

The public community center would have been leased to the county for $10 per year for 50 years, plus two possible 15year extensions. The Capital One Center would be a private facility and the bank would enter into an agreement with the county regarding shared use. That agreement would last for a maximum of 35 years.

While the originally approved community center would not have restricted public access and management, the Capital One Center would be available for public use at a nominal charge during select times.

The 80,000-square-foot Wegmans store, which would have an urban design only two-thirds the size of the company’s usual outlets, would be located on the ground level of a building on Block C’s eastern side and have 10 levels of structured parking above it. The grocery store would employ 350 to 400 people and likely would open in 2020, said Wegmans Food Markets representative Daniel Aken.

A “Common Green” would be located on top of the parking structure and feature a public park and private amenities for the block’s three residential struc-

Taxis

Continued from Page 10 Supervisors dispatched the item quickly at the meeting, with no questions or commentary before they voted.

“And that’s about the shortest taxicab discussion we’ve ever had – while we still

Survey

Continued from Page 8

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Capital One Bank is proposing to build a Capital One Center with a 1,500-seat performing-arts auditorium, two classrooms and “black box” theater space at the company’s headquarters site just north of the McLean Metro station.

tures.

Capital One’s proposed modifications would increase development at the site from just shy of 5 million square feet to 5.2 million square feet, with the floor-area ratio rising from 3.9 to 4.1.

Under the plan, the site would have nearly 3.2 million square feet of office space, 253,000 square feet of retail space and 665,000 square feet of hotel space.

The number of residential units would stay steady at 1,230, but the amount of space dedicated for such use would decrease from 1.25 million square feet to 982,000 square feet. The new plans for Block C would relocate some of its residential uses to Block D, requiring a building there to be increased from 174 feet tall to 340 feet, or 33 stories.

Capital One’s original rezoning called for 4.47 acres of at-grade park space, but the new proposal would have 0.2 fewer acres for such uses. Park space on two blocks would decrease and parks on Blocks C and E would be elevated.

The site would generate the need for the equivalent of 0.91 athletic fields.

Capital One would satisfy 0.5 of the field requirement with an off-site arrangement

and the remaining 0.41 share with a pair of 60-by-90-foot fields atop a parking garage in Block E and a temporary, 120-by180-foot natural-turf field on Block D. While the overall amount of park space at the site would be reduced, the amount of urban parkland that would be provided “contains sufficient amenities and is of a quality to offset for the deficiency in area,” county staff said.

Representatives of county arts groups lauded the performing-arts center proposal, saying patrons of such facilities often spend far more money than just the ticket price.

Such arts components would “help develop a sense of community in a place that’s now notable for its stark and sterile landscape,” said Caroline Warren, former executive director of the BalletNova Center for Dance.

Warren pressed county officials to make the arts center available to the public for more days per year and lower its $1,950-per-day fees, which she said would be prohibitive for community arts groups.

Sally Horn of the McLean Citizens Association pressed for more public ac-

cess to the performing-arts center, more park space and for the athletic fields to be available during the same hours as county-owned fields.

When the site’s permanent athletic field is built, it should accommodate adults as well as children, as the former likely would be the predominant users in Tysons, Horn said.

Capital One’s project would ensure long-term commercial-tax revenues that would relieve pressure on residential realestate taxes, said Kevin McNulty of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

“With the slowdown in federal contracting dollars, now more than ever, it is critical that we continue to attract investment from companies like Capital One,” he said, adding the long-sought-after performing-arts facility would be built at no cost to taxpayers.

Paul Kohlenberger, president of the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce, also signaled that group’s support.

“We are proud that Capital One has decided to reinvest and extend its roots in Fairfax County and in the McLean area,” he said.

have them,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) said afterward.

Charles King of Murphy Bros. Inc., which runs Falls Church Yellow Cab, concurred with the supervisors’ decision, saying the county’s recent cab-usage findings were “indisputable.”

But local taxi companies are not waving the surrender flag just yet and intend to “be there in the long haul,” King said.

The companies are investing in their businesses, especially in technology, and continue to serve market segments that rely on taxis for essential transportation, such as seniors, low-income residents, people with disabilities and air travelers, he said.

Taxi companies have several advantages going for them, King said. They pay taxes that support local communities, provide wheelchair-accessible services and

employ drivers who have been vetted with fingerprint background checks, he said.

“You know who you’re entrusting your safety to,” King said. “Our drivers know the community and aren’t dependent on smartphone apps that tell them how to get from Point A to Point B.” The Sun Gazette e-mailed requests for comment to the public-relations staff at Uber and Lyft, but they did not respond.

trial zoning and parking, and provision of wireless Internet service.

Survey respondents asked that the town’s government lower the tax burden, impose fewer regulations and provide more support and education for businesses.

The survey takers also requested that local officials mail the town’s monthly newsletter to all non-residential compa-

nies in Vienna, produce a map showing local businesses and hold events (e.g., restaurant week) to highlight sectors of the local economy.

The Town/Business Liaison Committee hopes that, with help from a sponsor, it will within the next year produce a “walkable” digital map showing local stores, Butler said.

About 79 percent of respondents knew

about the Vienna Business Association and 20 percent already were members.

Council member Carey Sienicki thanked the committee for its ongoing efforts.

“The businesses really need a voice and you are giving them a voice,” she said.

View the business survey’s results at https://www.viennava.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3565.

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Flint Hill’s Biggest Fan Remembered Fondly

No matter what the sport, there will be a big void at Flint Hill School athletic events this fall.

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Sharks, Dolphins Among Winners A Staff Report

Highlighted by a victory from the defending Division 1 champion ChesTiger SWIMMING terbrook Sharks with a 270-150 road win over the McLean Marlins, the 2017 Northern Virginia Swimming League summer season began June 24 with a full slate of meets in the 102-team league.

For Chesterbrook in the victory, double winners were Colin Francis, Luke Bernasek, Andrew Bernstein, Thomas Outlaw, Keira Gutierrez and Jillian Johnson.

Team records were set by Maria Alvarado in the 11-12 girls freestyle (28.98) and Eli Leonard in the 11-12 girls breaststroke (36.65).

For McLean, double winners were Charles Lannin, Maya Sharma, Victoria Valko and Dora Wu. Single winners were Caroline Watts, Thomas Duncan, Grant Watts, J.J. Horsfield, Ulaina Ahn, Timothy Wu and Michelle Owens. Valko Continued on Page 16

Top: Aidan Mcinerney swims the boys 11-12 breaststroke for Kent Gardens during a June 24 meet. Above: Elle Campbell of Kent Gardens heads to the wall in the girls 8-under freestyle. For a slideshow from the meet, visit www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

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Langley Senior Chosen Gatorade’s Best in Va. A Staff Report

Gatorade has chosen Langley High School senior Jacob Labovitz as its 2016-17 Gatorade Virginia Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

Labovitz scored 46 goals and had than a dozen SOCCER more assists this spring and led Langley to region and state championships.

The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.

Labovitz is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award to be announced later this month.

Langley’s Jacob Labovitz was chosen GatoPHOTO BY DEB KOLT rade’s finest in Virginia.

Labovitz spent his junior year and the first semester of his senior year play-

ing and training in Europe.

He has volunteered locally at an animal shelter, and he has spent time in North Carolina organizing, collecting and supplying donations to various dog rescue shelters.

Labovitz has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer at Farleigh Dickinson University this fall.

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states and awards one National Player of the Year.

Gatorade state Players of the Year receive a $1,000 grant to donate and will have the opportunity for an additional $10,000 by writing a brief essay explaining why their selected organization deserves additional support.

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Longtime Flint Hill supporter Ed Gill, a kind person well-known and well-liked by many, will no longer be on hand. Gill, 70, died June 17 during the recovery stage after an operation on his carotid artery.

For years, the Oakton resident was a familiar face at various Flint Hill events, whether sitting in a chair watching baseball, the stands at basketball games, or pacing the sidelines or end zones of a football contest.

“We just lost our No. 1 Flint Hill fan,” school athletic director Tom Herman said.

Flint Hill girls basketball coach Jody Patrick agreed.

“Ed was such a supporter and we will truly miss him,” she said. “The only group of people he loved more than Flint Hill was his family. After our games, he would often say a couple of words to me, and they were always so knowledgeable and insightful.

I loved talking sports with Ed.” Both of Gill’s sons attended and played sports at Flint Hill.

Gill began his involvement with Flint Hill years ago when Win Palmer became the school’s athletic director and boys head basketball coach.

Palmer now holds both positions at Sewickley Academy near Pittsburgh.

“Winning or losing was not important to Ed,” Palmer said. “What mattered most to him was if things were done the right way. It’s behind-thescene guys like Ed who make amateur athletics successful. He’s a special guy who will be missed by many.”

Gill was not just a Flint Hill fan.

He regularly attended baseball games at nearby Madison High, and once announced Madison games for head coach and friend Mark Gjormand.

“Ed was a great high-school sports fan and supporter, and we always liked having him here,” Gjormand said. “It’s very sad to lose him.”

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Madison Manager Will Continue Those Duties in College DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Players aren’t the only members of Madison High School baseball squads who have joined college teams over the years.

Team managers have done so as well, with Samantha Gjormand the latest.

Gjormand will attend James Madison University to study in the fall, in addition to being a manager for the Dukes’ baseball team. Madison alum Max Kidd is currently a manager for the Dukes.

At Madison High, Gjormand was manager of the baseball team for two years and a football manager for four.

“She kept me organized and ran

Samantha Gjormand was a baseball and football manager at Madison High School.

the baseball operations for me,” said Madison head baseball coach Mark Gjormand, who is Samantha’s father.

Among her many duties, Samantha

Gjormand substituted as the public-address announcer at home baseball games.

She also would take part in some throwing and catching drills in warmups.

“I started attending Madison baseball games just days after I was born, so baseball has always been my favorite sport,” Samantha Gjormand said. “For football, I was looking for something to do in the fall, and meet people, and that kept me busy.”

Madison head football coach Lenny Schultz said Gjormand was one of the best managers he has had.

“We trusted her with so much,” he said. “We gave Samantha the keys to the office and truck, and we always got them back and knew where they were.

She kept us organized and made sure we stuck to our schedules.”

Gjormand will be a sport and recreation management major at James Madison University.

Mark Gjormand explained that back in the late 1990s the very first member of any of his Madison baseball teams who committed to join a college team was female manager Inga Schweitzer. She managed at the College of William and Mary, where Marlin Ikenberry was then an assistant coach. He is now the head coach at James Madison University.

“Ike reminded me of that. It’s pretty cool how this has worked out. Managers don’t get a lot of credit, but they do so much for us,” Mark Gjormand said.

ALL-STATE 6A BASEBALL CHOICES:

crosse players from the Potomac School will play the sport in the New England Small College Athlete Conference, a Division III league, next spring.

Alex Kitt and Jacob Lazris will play men’s lacrosse for Williams College, Harrison Osborne will play men’s lacrosse for Amherst College, and Lyla Jones will play women’s lacrosse for Colby College.

High School Roundup HOLT WINS TWO RACES AT STATE:

Marshall High School’s Heather Holt won the 800 and 1,600 meter races at the recent Virginia High School League’s girls Group 5A state track and field championships. She won the 800 in 2:13.98 and the 1,600 in 4:59.73.

In addition, Holt ran on Marshall’s third-place 4x800 relay along with Jenna Robbins, Ava Bir and Natalie Bardach.

Marshall’s Sophie Tedesco was sixth in the 3,200 and Robbins was seventh in the 1,600.

At the girls 5A North Region meet, Marshall placed eighth. Holt won the 1,600 (4:56.36), Bir won the 800 (2:14.94), Tedesco was third in the 1,600, Michelle

Swimming Continued from Page 15 broke team records in the girls 11-12 backstroke (32.2) and butterfly (30.7). n The Highlands Whomping Turtles lost to visiting Overlee, 229-191, in Division 1. For Highlands, double winners were David Bruning, Ben Charles, Allison Martin, Maggie O’Shaughnessy, Charlie Scogna, Courtney Watts, Jackson Wright and Wiktor Wyszogrodzki.

Single winners were Hanna Boughanem, Diego Cruzado, Anno Kong, Merrell Palmer and Cecelia Russell. Martin broke her girls 13-14 freestyle team mark (27.72). n The host Tuckahoe Tigers routed Wakefield Chapel, 273-147. No other information was submitted from that meet. n In Division 2, the host Hunter Mill Sharks held off Ravensworth Farm, 219-200.

Double winners for Hunter Mill were Adira Asner, Evan Chen, Benham Cobb, Skylar DeLacy, Sydney DeLacy and Regan Hau. Single winners were Hannah Carmen, Ian Cobb, Alexandra Dicks, Kate Frothingham, James Frucht, Hunter Guthrie, Lars Lagenbach, Emma Riggle and George Smith.

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Dirkse was sixth in the 300, the 4x400 relay was fifth and the 4x100 seventh.

GROUP 6A STATE TRACK AND FIELD:

Langley High School’s Kelsie Hao finished second in the pole vault at 11-6 and her teammate Jessica Keys was sixth at the recent Virginia High School League’s girls Group 6A state track and field championships.

McLean’s Caroline Howley was fourth in the girls 3,200 and her teammate JaneAnne Tvedt was fourth in the girls high jump. In the boys 6A meet, Madison’s Kevin Murphy was sixth in the 3,200 and teammate John Rogers was sixth in the 800. Madison’s 4x800 relay was seventh. let Green Feet lost to Little Rocky Run, 231.5-188.5).

Hamlet’s dual winners were Chase Bradshaw, Jenna Cai, Katie Mack, Emme McMichael and Mackenzie Ross.

Single winners were Alexander Andrews, Ryan Bradshaw, Johnny Bradshaw, David DiMeglio, Ryan Flickinger, Grace Gent, Terence Keffer, Celeste Pace, Charlie Palma and Bennett Steele.

Johnny Bradshaw set a team record in the boys 13-14 boys backstroke (29.64). n In Division 3, the Langley Wildthings downed the host Lakevale Estates Dolphins, 285-134.

For Langley, double winners were Grayson Crittenberger, Tessa Jones, Campbell Collins, Kate Walter, John David Bulford, Luca Sanchez, Colin Walter and Luke Watson. Single winners were Kate Walsh, Connelly Roberge, Katie Alms, Izzy Schone, Audrey Wallach, Evan Poulos, Beckett Collins, Brady Quinn, Roberto Wick and Duncan Proxmire. Luca Sanchez set a team record of 21.87 in the girls 8-under breaststroke. The girls 13-14 medley relay of Walter, Liliana Schone, Audrey Wallach and Izzy Schone also set a team record.

Also in Division 3, the Vienna Aquatic Club Gators defeated Dowden Terrace, 224-196, and the Dunn Loring Dolphins fell to host Mount Vernon Park, 259-160. No other information

Five baseball players from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas were chosen firstteam Virginia High School League Group 6A all-state.

From Oakton, senior pitcher Owen Lamon and senior catcher Ryan Davis made first team. From Madison, junior pitcher Jake Nielsen and senior third baseman Joey Goldsmith were first-team along with Langley senior shortstop Danny Hosley. Making second team were Madison senior outfielder Jack Kidd and Langley junior outfielder John Eames.

POTOMAC SCHOOL LACROSSE PLAYERS COLLEGE BOUND: Four varsity la-

LISTER MAKES ALL-STATE: Marshall High School senior midfielder Margaret Lister was a Virginia High School League second-team Group 5A all-state selection in girls soccer. She helped the team make the playoffs this past spring.

was submitted from those meets. n Vienna Woods opened the season with a 221-199 win over Virginia Run in Division 4. For Vienna Woods, double winners were Lilly Allred, Sophia Brown, Ben Denman-Grimm and Abby Siddon. Single winners were Tess Brinkmann, Maddie Corry, Emily Daly, Andrew Denman-Grimm, Joshua Huang, Natalie Lauer, Finn McIntyre, Anna Miller, Cru Molter, and Miles Stux. n The Cardinal Hills Cardinals of Division 5 topped Cottontail, 278-142.

Double winners for the Cards were Jacob Blindenbach, Claire Casto, E.G. Cate and Maggie Shi. Also in Division 5, the Oakton Otters lost to High Point, 227-193. No other information was submitted. n In Division 7, the host Kent Gardens Dolphins downed Dominion Hills, 225.195. Double winners for Kent Gardens were John Paul Gonsalves, Flavia Carcani, Ava Zhang, David Sheng, Mason Weinstock and Fiona Carcani.

Single winners were James Davis, Claire Baptiste, Gabriel Hanson, Jane McDonald, Ashok Radcliff, Nora Venetianer, Aidan Mcinerney, Sammy Braccia, Sophie Hinton, Alexandra Lombardi and Louis Tucker.

Gonsalves set a team record in the boys 11-12 backstroke (30.84) and Aidan Mcinerney in the boys 11-12 breaststroke (34.62). The mixed medley relay

broke a 43- year-old record (1.00.05). n In Division 10, the Great Falls Rapids downed South Run, 232-188. Double winners for Great Falls were Isaac Bockman, Shaun Fallon, Paige Hall, Megan Jungers, Steven Jungers, Adam Manley, Sophie Smith and Leo Song.

Single winners were Julia Bullock, Lincoln Deames, Elliot Dell’Atti, Francesca Dell’Atti, Josephine Fitzmaurice, Jason Guidi, Kendall Heebink, Corrine Jaggard, Patrick Manley, Tristan Kaz and Caroline Martell. Hall set a new Rapids team record in the girls 13-14 freestyle previously held by Kate Ziegler. n In Division 13, the Shouse Village Sharks won over host Hayfield Farm, 283-137. No other information was submitted from that meet. n In the Dominion Country Club League, the Riverbend Stingrays defeated Trump National, 264-252, in a meet that came down to the last four races.

Four Riverbend records were broken. Alyssa Webb set a mark in the girls 9-10 butterfly, Will Koeppen in the boys 15-18 backstroke and Ryan Windus in the boys 15-18 fly record. The 9-10 girls broke the medley-relay record.

Multiple race winners for Riverbend were Webb, Windus, Micaela Grassi, Sophia Ambrose, Anna Castellano and Aiden Bond. Single winners were Koeppen, Matthew Chung and Claire Doody.

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Top: A sign with the name Paul Shiffman hangs above the backstop on Field No. 2 at the McLean Little League complex on Westmoreland Street. That field recently was named after Shiffman, who has been involved in the league for 50 years, and he continues to coach. Above: Shiffman throws out the first pitch at the ceremony. PHOTOS BY DAVE FACINOLI FIELD NAMED FOR SHIFFMAN: The cel-

ebration of Paul Shiffman’s 50 years of involvement with McLean Little League continued recently at the Westmoreland Street multi-field complex.

Prior to a championship baseball game, Field No. 2 in the middle of the four-field complex was named after the 80-year-old manager, who also has contributed to the league in various other manners. He still manages a team, and is currently managing the McLean American 10-11 all-stars.

Shiffman said a few words before the game, then threw out the first pitch on Field No. 2. At some point, a permanent sign with his name will be attached at the complex. Right now, a temporary sign hangs high on the home plate backstop with the name: “Paul Shiffman.”

“I want to thank the board for doing this,” Shiffman said. “There are a lot of great memories here for me.”

Shiffman also was named the league’s Coach of the Year for 2017.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes McLEAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION SET: McLean’s annual Inde-

pendence Day Celebration, produced by the McLean Community Center, will be held on Tuesday, July 4 at Churchill Road Elementary School.

Admission is free. Smoking, pets, fireworks, glass containers, weapons, sparklers, vaping and alcohol are prohibited on school grounds.

Grounds open at 6:30 p.m., with the fireworks show beginning at sunset, approximately 9:15 p.m.

In addition to the large fireworks display, provided by East Coast Pyrotechnics, the event will feature musical entertainment and a variety of food trucks.

Parking will not be available at Churchill Road Elementary or Cooper

Middle schools. Patrons are encouraged to take a free shuttle bus from two satellite parking sites, St. John’s Episcopal Church (6715 Georgetown Pike) and McLean Baptist Church (1367 Chain Bridge Road) beginning at 6:25 p.m. Handicap-accessible buses will be available at both sites.

Due to the renovation of the McLean Community Center, no parking will be available there.

In case of inclement weather, the fireworks show will be presented at 8 p.m. on the rain date, Wednesday, July 5.

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ditions, including music, food, hot dogs, pies, snacks and the fireworks’ colorful climax. Fat Chance will perform rock favorites beginning at 7:15 p.m.

In addition to treats available from the Vienna Little League snack bar, those who register can get their taste of America in the form of two eating contests: Children ages 5-10 can sign up on-site to participate in a pie-eating contest, while adults can give their chomping skills a try in Vienna’s second annual hot-dog-eating

contest.

(Pre-registration for the hot-dog competition is required and can be done at the Vienna Inn or via the Web site at www. viennava.gov.)

Fireworks launch from Southside Park at approximately 9:30 p.m. Attendees can bring chairs and blankets to enjoy the show from Yeonas Park. The rain date for fireworks is July 5.

Vienna/Oakton Notes GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Vienna town-government of-

fices will be closed on Tuesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

VIENNA PREPS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION: The Vienna town

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Park” series kicks off on Sunday, July 2 with a performance by Oceans Quartet, and will continue on Sunday evenings through Aug. 6.

All concerts will be presented at 5 p.m. at McLean Central Park, 1468 Dolles Madison Blvd. Parking is available at the adjacent Dolley Madison Library.

Additional performances in the series include Trio Caliente (July 9), Da Capo (July 16), Slim Harrison & the Barnstormers with the Rockcandy Cloggers (July 23), Kara and Matty D (July 30) and Big Bang Boom (Aug. 6).

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For information, call Warren at (703) 7599141.

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RETURNS FOR SUMMER: The Vienna town government’s Wednesday afternoon Stories and Sprinklers series, sponsored

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Each Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., children of all ages (and their parents) are invited to gather on the Town Green behind the Freeman Store for a picture-book story read by a volunteer.

For more information, call Historic Vienna Inc. at (703) 938-2873.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Code of Virginia and the Code of the Town of Vienna, it is the intent of the Town Council, at the Regular Council meeting of July 10, 2017, to adopt the following:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 15.2-107 of the Code of Virginia (1950) AS AMENDED AND THE Code of the Town of Vienna that a public hearing will be held on Monday, July 10, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, Vienna, Virginia, for the purpose of receiving input on the following:

Amendments to the Town of Vienna Code, Chapter 6, Finance and taxation, Article 8, Procurement, to change the minimum for competitive sealed bids.

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

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Mobilitie, LLC’s request for a ten-year license to use the public right-of-way for the installation of telecommunication antennas on existing utility and light poles.

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

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Virginia and the Town of Vienna, Virginia, that at the Regular Council Meeting of July 10, 2017, it is the intent of the Town Council to adopt the following: Ordinance to amend the Code of the Town of Vienna, Chapter 9, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article 1, In General, Section 9-3, pursuant to § 46.2-1313 of the Code of Virginia , adoption by reference of State Code sections provisions and requirements of the laws of the State relative to the operation of vehicles contained in Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, and of Article 2 (§ 18.2-266 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 and in effect on July 1, 2017.

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.

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

TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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 July 10, 2017, Town Council, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia will conduct a Public Hearing on the following: Planning Commission recommended changes to the protest vote provision in the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 18, Article 24 - Rezoning and Amendments, Section 18-248 - Protest against proposed change.

Copies of the said Ordinance changes may be viewed in the office of the Town Clerk Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. June 24, 1955: n State officials say there will be no integration of Virginia’s public schools during the 1955-56 school year.

June 23, 1961: n W.T. Woodson is retiring this week as superintendent of schools in Fairfax County, a post he has held since 1925.

Woodson has individually signed the diploma of every graduate for the past 36 years. n The School Board is seeking a $5.6 million bond referendum to pay for new schools. n The opening of Virginia’s visitor center commemorating the centennial of the Civil War has been postponed again. n The Northern Virginia Swimming League is set to open its new season with six more teams, including McLean and Kent Gardens. n Must have been a slow news day: The Sun put out a banner headline noting that “Kennedy Kept in Bed by Virus.”

June 22-23, 1969: n A Fairfax police private caught smoking marijuana got a quick ultimatum from superiors: resign, or be fired. n Gov. Godwin will crown the new Miss Virginia at a pageant in Roanoke this weekend. A total of 32 women are participating. n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill (R-10th) called for a tough law-and-order stance during a commencement speech at the Northern Virginia Police Academy. n Warren Burger has been sworn in as chief justice of the United States.

June 22, 1974: n Rates for electric power across Virginia are headed up on July 1. n The Board of Supervisors will set aside dollars to fund locally-based bus routes in the county. n U.S. Rep. Stan Parris (D-8th) has reported his net worth at $1.6 million. n At the movies: “Billy Jack,” “The Great Gatsby” and “The Lords of Flatbush.”

June 22, 1984: n John Flannery’s energy helped him easily defeat Harris Miller for the Democratic nomination to face U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th), a Sun analysis suggests.

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Fairfax County Notes

COUNTY OFFICES TO BE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Most Fairfax County govern-

ment offices will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. For details, see the Web site at www. fairfaxcounty.gov.

MEDIAN AGE TICKS UP IN FAIRFAX:

Aging in place is picking up pace across Fairfax County, as the median age of Fairfax residents continues to creep up, according to new figures.

The median age of 38 years in Fairfax last year was up from 37.8 years a year before and from 37.3 in 2010, according to figures recently reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.

“The Baby Boom generation is largely responsible for this trend,” said Peter Borsella, a demographer with the Census Bureau. “Baby Boomers began turning 65 in 2011 and will continue to do so for many years to come.”

Most Northern Virginia jurisdictions saw an increase in the median age from 2015-16, with the exceptions of Fauquier County and the cities of Falls Church and Fairfax. Across the region, the median age in 2016 ranged from 34.2 years in the city of Manassas to 42 years in Fauquier County.

Median is the point at which half the

population is older, half younger, and is distinct from average age.

FARES RISE ON FAIRFAX CONNECTOR: Riders on the Fairfax Connector

bus service will be paying more, now that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has OK’d increases that will align the bus system’s fare structure with fare hikes approved for the Metro system.

The regular base fare for Fairfax Connector trips will rise from $1.75 to $2, whether paying by cash or SmarTrip card.

The base fare for seniors and those with disabilities will rise from 85 cents to $1.

Transfers from the Metrorail system to Fairfax Connector will rise from $1.25 to $1.50 if paying via SmarTrip and from $1.75 to $2 if paying in cash; the transfer fare for seniors and disabilities with rise from the current 35 cents to 50 cents (SmarTrip) and $1 (cash).

There are additional fees for some express routes.

Changes are in effect as of June 25. For information, see the Web site at www.fairfaxconnector.com.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS LESS OF CONCERN AFTER RAIN: State officials have

removed Northern Virginia from areas of the commonwealth where there is concern about pending drought conditions.

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26. ____ ____ or a spy 27. *____ candle 29. *“____, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” 31. ____ Mall, London 32. Like a Harvard building?

33. Name-chooser 34. *Old ____ 36. Seal with a kiss and do this 38. Plural of serum 42. Happen again 45. Patient’s bed 49. Interesting person, acronym 51. Queen of these 54. Happen 56. Junk yard stuff 57. Wild feline 58. Ballistic missile acronym 59. Dungeness, e.g.

60. Flipside of pros 61. Flying toy 62. Reagan’s reference to Russian “empire” 63. As opposed to own 64. Hula girl’s flower 66. Metal-bearing rock

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on June 21 lifted the “drought watch” advisory for the region, which includes Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.

Above-normal precipitation in recent months has helped ease concerns about the potential for drought in the region, state officials said.

Virginia categorizes water-availability conditions in four categories: “normal,” “watch,” “warning” and “emergency.”

Most of the commonwealth currently is in “normal” status, although the Northern Piedmont region continues under a drought-watch advisory based on concerns that less-than-normal rainfall during summer months could cause problems later in the year.

Virginia is divided into 13 droughtevaluation areas. For information, see the Web site at www.deq.virginia.gov.

REGISTRATION FOR SENIOR OLYMPICS SET TO OPEN: Registration for the

2017 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics is set to begin July 10, with competition taking in September.

For complete details, see the Web site at www.nvso.us.

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