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Fairfax Home Assessments Rise Modestly The average assessed value of singlefamily homes across Fairfax County increased 2.2 percent while the average assessed value of all residential property rose 2.4 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to new figures.

Three-quarters of all residential property countywide saw an increase over the year, based on figures reported Feb. 19.

The average assessed value of single-

family homes increased to $673,407, a jump of 2.17 percent, while the average assessed value of attached homes (townhouses and duplexes) was up 3.12 percent to $422,490 and the average assessed value of condominiums was up 2.98 percent to $272,914.

Counting all three segments of the market, the 354,695 taxable residential properties across Fairfax county had an average

assessment of $562,601, up 2.36 percent.

The figures are generally in line with the current state of the real-estate market in Northern Virginia, which saw modest year-over-year increases in sales prices from 2018 to 2019.

Increases were relatively even across the county’s nine magisterial districts, most in the 2-percent area. Average increases ranged from 1.54 percent in Dranesville to

3.04 percent in Braddock.

On the commercial side, the average assessment increased 2.71 percent from 2018 to 2019.

Assessments represent half of the equation in determining annual tax bills; the Board of Supervisors later in the spring will set the 2019 real-estate tax rate, which will provide the other part of the equation.

RELATED: County Executive Bryan Hill proposes budget with no increase in tax rate for 2019. See coverage inside on Page 9.

McLEAN DROPS OAKTON ON COURT McLean High School’s Matias Prock attempts to split Oakton defenders Carson Kabance, left, and Max Wilson in a 6D North Region Tournament first-round playoff game. Oakton coach David Brooks looks on.

McLean won the contest, but lost in the next round.

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Local Senators See Some Successes in 2019 Session With Passage of Measures on Development, Youth BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Despite slim Republican majorities in both houses of the General Assembly, three local Democratic state senators have scored several successes in this year’s session.

State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) has passed a bill, sought by local governments for the past three years, to make substantial changes to the 2016 bill pertaining to development proffers.

Under the bill, which passed in the Senate Jan. 21 on a 29-10 vote and in the House Feb. 11 on a 92-7 vote, applicants can submit “reasonable and appropriate” proffers and allow localities and applicants to discuss potential public-facilities impacts caused by new residential development.

Some other of Favola’s bills that have passed include ones to: • Direct local social-services departments to notify the appropriate community services board (CSB) as soon as it is known that a child in the foster-care system has a developmental disability, so the CSB can screen the child for placement on the Family and Individual Supports waiver waiting list unanimously passed the House Feb. 11 and the Senate Feb. 13.

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• Require the Board of Education, in its curriculum guidelines for family-life education, to include instruction on preventing human trafficking passed the Senate unanimously Jan. 22 and won passage in the House on an 88-6 vote Feb. 15.

• Allow participants in the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare program to continue receiving financial aid from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families for up to a year after termination, if they are enrolled in an accredited public institution of higher education or other licensed postsecondary school. This bill passed in the Senate Feb. 1 on a 38-1 vote and in the House Feb. 13 on an 8512 vote.

The General Assembly also has passed bills submitted by state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) to: • Require the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to meet upon the call of the chairman or when a majority of members request a meeting.

• Require the State Board of Social Services require any assisted-living facility equipped with an on-site emergency generator to describe in emergency plans the generator’s capacity and test it monthly.

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• Make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for anyone to orally threaten to kill or to do bodily injury against any health careprovider engaged in the performance of duties in a hospital, emergency room on the premises of any clinic or other facility rendering emergency medical care.

Lawmakers also passed bills filed by state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th) to: • Permit localities to authorize contracts to provide loans for initial acquisition and installation of stormwater-management improvements with owners of existing properties and those undertaking new construction. Current law allows such contracts only for clean-energy improvements. Petersen’s bill removes an exclusion for residential dwellings with fewer than five units and omits condominium projects from certain requirements pertaining to voluntary special-assessment liens that secure such loans.

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Vienna Officials to Record Additional Town Meetings The town of Vienna long has posted video recordings of Town Council and Planning Commission meetings, but those who wished to review less-formal work sessions of those bodies were out of luck.

That has changed recently, as the town has begun posting on the Web audio recordings of meetings and work sessions of those bodies within 48 hours, said town spokesman Lynne Coan.

Coan said she did not know if recordings would be made of all the town’s boards and commission meetings and work sessions, but said the policy applies to major bodies such as the Town Council, Planning Commission and Board of Architectural Review.

Council member Pasha Majdi said the new policy is the latest in a series of victories for transparency within the town government.

“Everybody’s really making major strides,” he said.

The Vienna Town Council on Feb. 25 unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with Vienna Little League to use Yeonas Park as a viewing area for the upcoming Fourth of July entertainment and fireworks show.

The town will have a contractor set off the fireworks from adjacent Southside Park, but officials need to use Yeonas Park, located at 1319 Ross Drive, S.W., as a viewing area.

The agreement stipulates that on July 4 (or the rain date of July 5) Yeonas Park will not be open to the public before 4 p.m., and its parking lot will be closed no earlier than midnight. The fireworks show will begin around 9:30 p.m. and end no

later than 10:30 p.m.

Spectators (with blankets only, no chairs) will be allowed to use Nance Field for fireworks viewing, but must stay off Crabtree and Rhodes fields. The town must provide at least eight portable toilets (two of them handicapped-accessible) near the Ross Drive entrance.

Under the agreement, the town must name Vienna Little League as an additional insured party for the event.

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Our View: Missed Opportunity for Safer Roads Nobody’s going to accuse us being over-enamored with the intrusion of government (at any level) in the daily lives of local residents. There needs to be a very good reason; common sense should be the determining factor. Such was the case on one issue in Richmond.

After years of inaction, the General Assembly moved forward this year on bills that would make it illegal for drivers to be fiddling with their phones as they careen down the highways and byways of the Old Dominion.

The measures passed with relatively large majorities in both the state Senate and House of Delegates.

And yet . . . they did not make it to the governor’s desk, due to wrangling between the two houses, each of which rejected the other’s proposals. Conference committees offered compromises, but members of the House of Delegates voted to kill off both proposals toward the end of the 46-day session.

Currently, state law only prohibits texting or reading e-mails on hand-held devices while behind the wheel, and even that is seldom enforced. The new legislation

would have extended that prohibition to any use of such devices while driving, including talking on the phone.

We’d be particularly naïve if we believed that the mere passage of a law would change everyone’s behavior; there are still large numbers of Virginians who don’t buckle up, despite laws that require it, as just one example. But having laws on the books will help, immediately in some cases and over time in others, to help turn the tide.

We’d be equally naïve if we believed that eliminating the use of hand-held devices would eliminate distracted driving altogether. But taking away one of the causes of distraction would seem to be a net plus not only for individual drivers, but for all those on the road and for society at large. And it might have an unintended bonus: Weaning, if in just a small way, us all from an unhealthy addiction to our mobile devices.

For these reasons, the failure of legislators to craft a compromise on measures that initially passed each house with strong majorities is a particular shame.

Legislative Resolutions Laud Achievement BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

It’s the feel-good part of every General Assembly session when lawmakers submit resolutions that pay tribute to local people and organizations that have made positive impacts on communities.

Local House of Delegates members followed that tradition again this year.

Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) filed resolutions to: • Designate May 10, 2019, as the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Virginia.

The project, which the resolution likened to the Internet in terms of transformative impacts, cut the cross-country travel time from six months to one week and the cost of such a journey from $1,000 to $150.

• Commend Ted Gong, national vice president for civic and public affairs of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, for being named a distinguished Frederick Douglass 200 awardee.

• Honor the Asian American Chamber of Commerce, based in Tysons, for its 10 years of enhancing Virginia’s economic vitality by supporting Asian Americanowned businesses.

• Commend Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation, the charitable arm of Northwest Federal Credit Union, which for 15 years has strengthened Northern Virginia communities by supporting scholarships and other youth-outreach

programs.

• Laud National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association ViennaOakton Chapter 1116, which for 50 years has represented the interests of federal workers and retirees by protecting their pay and benefits.

Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd) submitted resolutions to: • Commend Share Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for 50 years of providing emergency assistance to the less fortunate in McLean and Pimmit Hills.

• Commend Dennis Hall for his efforts as commissioner of the Northern Virginia Football Officials Association (NVFOA), a post from which he will be retiring after 17 years. A U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, Hall was an NVFOA coach for 47 years and an area coordinator for the Northern Virginia Special Olympics.

Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) filed resolutions to: • Laud Vinson Hall Retirement Community in McLean for its 50 years of providing a senior-living community that “fosters dignity, security, and friendship.”

• Commend CrisisLink, a 24-hour mental-health and suicide-prevention call center, for serving those in need of support for 50 years.

• Celebrate the life of pioneering Tae Kwon Do instructor Jhoon Goo Rhee, who died April 30, 2018. Rhee “helped countless students throughout the United

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States and the world develop self-discipline and enhance physical and mental fitness through martial arts.”

• Laud McLean Newcomers and Neighbors Club for its 50 years of engaging established citizens to welcome new residents to the community.

• Honor McLean High School yearbook adviser Meghan Percival for winning the Medal of Merit from the Journalism Education Association for her significant contributions to scholastic journalism.

• Commend McLean High School students Nolan Fitzsimmons and Helen Ganley for winning the Congressional Award Gold Medal, the highest award for young Americans presented by the U.S. Congress. To qualify for the award, Fitzsimmons and Ganley had to show achievements in voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness and expedition or exploration.

Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) submitted resolutions to: • Commend Rizwan Jaka, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center, for promoting strong interfaith ties and positive civic engagement throughout Northern Virginia.

• Honor former Del. Margaret “Margi” Vanderhye for her work as executive director of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, a position she left last June. VanContinued on Page 7

Vienna May Wait Until Fall for Its New MAC Guidelines BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Vienna officials are clarifying what residents and business owners want to see in the town’s Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zone, but Town Council members indicated Feb. 25 indicated it likely will be fall before they approve changes to the ordinance governing the town’s main business area.

Developers who voluntarily redevelop properties along Maple Avenue between the town’s western border and East Street under the MAC guidelines receive additional building density in exchange for amenities and architectural features sought by town officials.

The Council enacted the MAC ordinance in 2014, approved one project in 2016 and two in 2018, the latter of which drew so much opposition from residents that Council members suspended consideration of further MAC applications until June 17 this year so the ordinance could be made more palatable to the public.

(Two developers submitted applications before the moratorium took effect.)

Town officials began the MAC-reformation process last fall by taking the public’s pulse via a visual-preference survey. Residents rated a selection of photos of mixed-use buildings up to four stories tall from around the country and offered thoughts on how they wanted structures and amenities to look in the MAC zone.

Survey takers wanted buildings to be three or four stories tall, with varied heights to make them look as if they were constructed over time. They also desired landscaping, wide sidewalks, public amenities, gathering spaces and distinctive architectural flourishes, said Kelly O’Brien, the town’s principal planner.

When the town holds community workshops on the MAC March 29 and 30, planning staffers will add images of

Resolutions Continued from Page 6 derhye, who also has served as vice chair of the McLean Project for the Arts, has been a “‘relentless warrior’ in her efforts to ensure the preservation and expansion of funding for the arts.”

• Commend the Eagle Scouts Cycling Across America 2018 team for riding from Seattle to Great Falls to promote the Scout lifestyle and support fellow Scouts by raising money for camperships and other programs. The team consisted of six Eagle Scouts from Virginia, two from California, one from Pennsylvania and

other amenities, such as bicycle facilities, that respondents desired but did not see in the building-focused survey.

The town received 1,064 verified survey responses, 397 of which also included comments. Of respondents who identified themselves by gender, 57 percent were male and 38 percent female, she said.

Queried on the gist of the residents’ comments, Vienna Planning and Zoning Director Cindy Petkac said she would prefer to let those remarks stand for themselves. Town officials made clear in the survey that they could not prescribe any one kind of architectural style in the MAC zone, she added.

The Council acceded to Petkac’s request that a joint work session between the Council, Planning Commission and Board of Architectural Review be moved from March 6 to March 20 because the Planning Commission had been forced to cancel another recent meeting owing to inclement weather.

Reiterating concerns expressed at the Council’s Feb. 11 work session, some members said no decision on MAC changes should occur before a traffic study of the Maple Avenue Corridor is finished.

Public Works Director Michael Gallagher will give the Council the briefings on that study April 1, June 10 and Sept. 9, said Town Manager Mercury Payton.

Because of that pushed-back schedule, the Council in April will have to begin the process of extending the MAC moratorium deadline past June 17.

“My personal opinion is we’ll need more time,” Noble said.

Council member Pasha Majdi pondered whether three-story buildings, which are what Vienna allows now outside the MAC zone, would have been survey respondents’ top choice if it had been offered.

“To me, the elephant in the room is building height and density,” he said. one from Florida.

• Commend Marie Ridder of McLean for her work as a journalist, civic servant and preservationist. Ridder covered the plight of post-World War II Finland; was Condé Nast’s Washington, D.C., editor for Vogue, Mademoiselle and Glamour magazines; served as deputy to the national director of Project Head Start and liaison to Lady Bird Johnson from 1964 to 1968.

• Celebrate the life of McLean resident Frank Carlucci III, who died June 3, 2018. A native of Scranton, Pa., Carlucci served four U.S. presidents in a variety of roles, including deputy CIA director, head of the National Security Council and secretary of defense.

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Public-Safety Notes VIENNA RESIDENT AMONG VICTIMS OF FATAL VEHICLE CRASH: Fairfax County

police on Feb. 22 identified the men killed in a Feb. 16 single-vehicle crash in Herndon as Subid Singh, 28, of Annandale and Anjil Thapa, 29, of Vienna.

Officers responded on Feb. 16 at 4:26 a.m. to the crash, which occurred on southbound Route 28 near the McLearen Road exit.

Police preliminarily determined a newer model gray Honda CRV was being driven at an excessive speed and went off the roadway to the right, striking a utility pole.

Both men died at the scene.

Due to extensive fire damage, both of the victims remain unidentified for nearly a week, police said.

Detectives ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash or might have information about it to call (703) 280-0564.

VIENNA MAN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY AFTER ALTERCATION WITH FATHER: Vienna police officers

went to a residence on Locust Street, S.E., on Feb. 15 at 9:18 p.m. to investigate a reported domestic dispute between a resident and his adult son.

The dispute had escalated and the son allegedly shoved his father, causing minor injury.

The father refused medical treatment for his injury, police said.

Police arrested the son, a 47-year-old Vienna man, and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with domestic battery (second offense) and served him with an emergency protective order.

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544 Maple Ave., W., on Feb. 16 at 4:45 a.m. requested assistance from Vienna police regarding two men who were sleeping in the restaurant.

The officers spoke to both men and advised them they were being banned from

the restaurant and might be arrested if they returned.

The first man left the restaurant without incident, but the second man returned and disregarded the officers’ direction to leave, police said.

Police arrested the 39-year-old man, who had no fixed address. During the arrest, the man allegedly began to resist the officers, authorities said.

Police transported the man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities charged him with trespassing and obstruction of justice.

MEN BANNED FROM VIENNA CHURCH AFTER FIGHT: Vienna police officers on

Feb. 16 at 11:11 p.m. responded to a reported fight in progress at Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park St., N.E. Police located one of the men involved, who had a minor injury to his head.

Police found the other man involved was located inside the shelter at the church.

Both men gave inconsistent stories and did not wish to press charges, police said.

Both men were banned from the church and advised they might be arrested if they returned.

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cle’s transmission in drive, Vienna police said.

The driver then unintentionally stepped on the gas pedal, causing the vehicle to jump the curb and strike the building, causing extensive damage.

No injuries were reported, police said.

DISTRICT MAN ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY IN TYSONS: Fairfax County police

dispatched officers to the Macy’s store at Tysons Corner Center on Feb. 17 at 1:15 p.m. after receiving a report that a man was concealing merchandise.

The man left the store without paying for the merchandise and ran away on foot, police said.

Police arrested the suspect – Bernard Brown, 47, of Washington, D.C. – after a short foot pursuit. Authorities have charged him with robbery and resisting arrest.

ITEMS STOLEN IN TYSONS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: A tenant living in the

8300 block of Greensboro Drive in Tysons returned home on Feb. 15 at 9:40 a.m. to find the apartment in disarray.

Personal items had been taken from the location, Fairfax County police said.

Items are compiled by the Sun Gazette from reports issued by local public-safety agencies, including the Fairfax County Police Department and Town of Vienna Police Department, among others.

Fairfax Budget Plan Would Lead to Higher Tax Bills BRIAN TROMPETER

Hearings on Proposed Fiscal 2020 Budget to Be Held Across County

Staff Writer

Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill on Feb. 19 proposed a fiscal 2020 budget that would hold the county’s real-estate tax rate steady, increase employees’ pay and fully fund the school system’s request, but not include money for body-worn cameras for county police.

Under Hill’s budget, the county’s overall budget would be $8.86 billion and its general fund worth $4.4 billion, up nearly 3.7 percent from the previous year. Hill would keep the county’s tax rate at $1.15 per $100 assessed value, but the average homeowner’s bill would go up by about $149, because of average residential-assessment increases of almost 2.4 percent.

County employees would receive 1percent market-rate adjustments, and many would receive 2 percent more for longevity and performance. Uniformed public-safety personnel would receive a 1percent market-rate adjustment and longevity increases of 2.25 percent.

The budget calls for an increase of 109 positions in the county’s workforce.

Supervisor Penelope Gross (D-Mason) noted that 34 positions formerly funded by grants now would become county jobs, and said she found that figure unusually high. She asked county staff to explain those positions during upcoming budget talks.

Fairfax County Public Schools would receive a county transfer of $2.35 billion, up nearly $86.5 million (3.8 percent) from last year’s budget. School funding makes up 52.9 percent of the county’s generalfund budget and Hill said he was pleased the budget was the second consecutive one that fully funds the school system’s requests.

Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock) praised the recent budget collaboration between county and school officials.

“It was only a few years ago that we had open warfare between the School Board and county side, and that wasn’t constructive for the people of the county,” Cook said. “This is a much better way to run a county than what we were doing before.”

Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee) expressed dismay at the lack of funding for police body-worn cameras, saying it had been one of the board’s priorities for some time. Cook cautioned that early cost estimates for that program were four times more than what the county spends on Diversion First, which offers some arrestees alternatives to incarceration.

Hill’s budget calls for a public-safety spending increase of almost $7.7 million and the addition of 35 positions. The budget would set aside $3.45 million to finance 17 positions at the new South County police station; $999,000 and six more employees to the Diversion First program; $710,000 to the Opioid Task Force; $350,000 for a gang-prevention initiative; $890,000 for police relief sergeants; and $500,000 and two positions

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for Animal Services.

The budget also would spend $430,000 for three epidemiologist positions; nearly $1.4 million more for early childhood and school-readiness programs, including two employees; $670,000 for health support at schools, including two positions; and $450,000 for Healthy Minds Fairfax, including one position.

Metro would receive about $26.4 million more and the budget also would allot $4.48 million for the Virginia Railway Express and Fairfax Connector systems.

Several supervisors questioned the need for additional Metro funding, noting it was worth more than a penny on the county’s real-estate tax rate.

“We had a big funding deal in which [the Metro system] got hundreds of millions of dollars and we were going to cap our operating expenses at 3 percent,” said Supervisor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield). “I think we need to send a message that it’s not a blank check and if you want extended hours, you need to fund it.”

County officials found ways to eliminate $3.54 million worth of spending and six positions using operational efficiencies.

Officials propose to cut four positions realigning programs and moving them from leased space to county-owned facilities. The county also would cut two more positions and $180,000 in spending by combining functions of the Planning Commission and Clerk to the Board of Supervisors offices.

“We must become more efficient, more flexible and, yes, more nimble,” Hill said.

Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance president Arthur Purves said the budget gives county employees 3-percent raises, regardless of performance, even though there are 100 applicants for every open job. School spending also has been rising faster than enrollment, he added.

Purves also objected to the additional money for the Metro system, saying the average employee there makes $90,000 per year.

“To pay for all this, Fairfax County residential real-estate taxes have increased three times faster than household income since 2000,” he said. “That may explain why the average price of homes sold in 2018 increased by only 1.9 percent.”

Fairfax County residents will have plenty of chances to weigh in on County Executive Bryan Hill’s proposed budget in the next several weeks.

County officials will discuss the budget at the following public meetings: • South County: Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the library at Laurel Hill Elementary School, 8390 Laurel Crest Drive in Lorton.

• McLean (Dranesville District): Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean.

• Hunter Mill District: March 2 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the visitor center at Frying Pan Farm Park, 2739 West Ox Road in Herndon.

• Mason District: March 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the main community room of the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike in Annandale.

After supervisors advertise the 2020 tax rates on March 5 (they’ll have the option later HBM of reducing, increasing, SunGazette but Flatnot 11-20-2018.pdf those rates), the board will hold public

• Sully District: March 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the lecture hall at Chantilly High School, 4201 Stringfellow Road in Chantilly.

• Great Falls (Dranesville District): March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Great Falls Grange, 9818 Georgetown Pike.

• Braddock District: March 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Braddock Hall, 9002 Burke Lake Road in Burke.

• Springfield District: March 21 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the Springfield Governmental Center, 6140 Rolling Road.

• Providence District: March 26 at 7 p.m. in the first-floor multipurpose room at the Providence Community Center, 3001 Vaden Drive in the Vienna area.

• Lee District: April 2 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the Franconia Governmental Center, 6121 Franconia Road in the Alexandria area.

– A Staff Report hearings on the budget April 9 through 11. Supervisors are slated to adopt the budget 5:18 MayAM7 and it will take effect 1 new 11/14/18 July 1 at the start of the new fiscal year.

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Obituary McLean/Great Falls Notes LOCAL DAR CHAPTER HONORS EDUCATOR: During an assembly at Saint

Roberta “Bert” (Sankey) Barnes Short

June 29, 1934 – February 13, 2019 Bert Short passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at the age of 84, in Boulder, Colorado. She was a loving mother and friend to her two children Brent Wallace Barnes, (Elsa) and Cynthia Anne Boyd, (Kent Soukup). She adored her five grandchildren, Kimberly Catherine, Heather Elizabeth, Ryan Joseph, and Kent’s two children, Christine (Tom) Jensen and David (Bethany) Soukup.

She was blessed to share the early lives of her twin great granddaughters Clara and Sophie, and was most recently blessed with the birth of her third great granddaughter Marlowe.

She was supported in life by her two sisters, Virginia Boyer and Marian Grande. They had one brother whom they all cherished, Frank Paul Sankey, who preceded her in death.

Roberta was born to Dr. Robert and Frances Sankey and lived her young life near Pittsburgh, before leaving to graduate from Pennsylvania State University where she was a Kappa Alpha Theta. Bert raised her two children as a successful real estate broker in McLean, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband Laurence Anthony Short, with whom she shared a wonderful life that included world-wide travel, entertainment, golf and tennis. Bert loved to dance, play bridge, host parties, and surround herself with laughter, smiles and happiness. She was frugal to say the least, always had a ready smile, loved her “Bertinis”, and shared her laughter as the necessary medicine of life. She was the first to laugh at anything off color or at her own expense.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 26, at Saint Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colorado.

Donations honoring her life may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Luke School in McLean on Feb. 19, members of the McLean-based Freedom Hill chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) presented Kevin Cyron with an Outstanding Teacher of American History Award.

Cyron was selected based on his exceptional work and achievement as a teacher.

The chapter also endorsed him for state competition.

As part of the DAR’s emphasis on education, the Outstanding Teacher of American History contest honors notable full-time teachers who demonstrate excellence in readily sharing an insightful knowledge of American history, being committed to their students, fostering a spirit of patriotism and loyal support of our country, relating history to modern life and events, and requiring high academic standards from their students.

Cyron has been a social studies teacher at Saint Luke School since 2011, and also serves as the middle-school coordinator between the academic team, administration and parents.

“Mr. Cyron is a skillful and knowledgeable teacher who challenges his students to think critically about the world and the relevance of historical perspective,” DAR officials said. “He has a wealth of knowledge about American history and shares his enthusiasm on a daily basis with his students.”

During the assembly, school principal Louis Silvano introduced Chapter Regent Beth VanDoren Boswell, Chapter Historian Maureen Jenkins and Chapter Registrar Wendy Stark.

MCA HOSTS FORUM WITH SCHOOLS CHIEF: The McLean Citizens Associa-

tion will host a forum with Fairfax Superintendent Scott Brabrand on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the McLean Community Center.

Brabrand will discuss his priorities and challenges for the coming fiscal year. A question-and-answer session will follow.

For information, e-mail mca.educationyouth@gmail.com.

FIRST-TIME AUTHOR TO DISCUSS HER WORK: Sarah Saxton Strassberg will dis-

cuss her first novel – “The Queen Anne Society” – on Saturday, March 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Great Falls Public Library.

The book is geared toward ages 9 to 14 and focuses on friendship, adventure and Blackbeard’s lost treasure.

Strassberg is a Great Falls resident currently attending Vanderbilt University.

JAZZ CONCERT, PANCAKE BRUNCH SLATED BY CHURCH: The choirs of Le-

winsville Presbyterian Church will present Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday” and Bob Chilcott’s “Little Jazz Mass” at the 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, March 3.

The Danté Pope Jazz Quartet will participate.

Leaders of the Freedom Hill chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution present Saint Luke School teacher Kevin Cyron with the Outstanding Teacher of American History Award. Pictured left to right are Chapter Registrar Wendy Stark; Cyron; Chapter Regent Beth Boswell; and Chapter Historian Maureen Jenkins. See item at left.

p.m. at MPA@ChainBridge, 1446 Chain Bridge Road.

The event will provide an opportunity to speak with faculty, ask questions and enjoy the current exhibition. There also will be an art activity geared toward children.

For information, call (703) 790-1953 or see the Website at www.mpaart.org.

The leadership team at HBC Group of Keller Williams Realty includes Karen Briscoe, Jenny McClintock and Lizzy Conroy. See item below.

Following the service, a pancake brunch will celebrate the upcoming Shrove Tuesday, the feast day before the first day of Lent.

The church is located at 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean. The community is invited.

For information, see the Website at www.lewinsville.org.

REALTY GROUP ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS: Huckaby Briscoe Conroy (HBC)

Group of Keller Williams Realty has announced the promotion of Lizzy Conroy from vice president to partner, joining Karen Briscoe.

“Having Lizzy Conroy as my business partner is a relationship made in heaven, as we met at Trinity Church in McLean,” Briscoe said. “Our real-estate group has excelled because of Lizzy’s knowledge of the marketplace and commitment to serving our community.”

In addition, Jenny McClintock has been promoted to vice president. She has been an agent at the firm for five years.

For information on the firm, see the Website at www.hbcgroupkw.com.

MPA TO PREVIEW UPCOMING PROGRAMMING: McLean Project for the Arts

will host an open house to preview its upcoming art classes for adults and children, as well as spotlight summer art camps, on Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. to 2

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TYSONS-PIMMIT LIBRARY TO HOST QUARTERLY BOOK SALE: Friends of

the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library will hold its quarterly book and media sale March 1-3 at the library.

Hours are Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Volunteers also are being recruited to staff the event.

For information, call (703) 790-4031 or e-mail tysonslibraryfriends@gmail.com.

ORGANIST FEATURED IN RECITAL SERIES: Lewinsville Presbyterian Church

will host a Holy Happy Hour recital on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6:15 p.m. at the church, 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.

The concert will feature Nicholas Quardokus, an organ scholar at St. Paul’s Parish in Washington, D.C., who has perormed throughout the eastern U.S. The concert will be followed by a reception. Admission is free; a free-will offering will be taken.

For information, call (703) 356-7200 or see the Website at www.lewinsville.org.

TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS OFFERED:

Free beginner tai chi is offered Saturdays from 7:55 to 9 a.m. at Langley Hall at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd.

Participants should wear comfortable, casual footwear and clothing.

For information, call Warren at (703) 759-9141 or see the Web site at www.freetaichi.org.

Your submissions are invited!

Vienna/Oakton Notes CALL FOR YOUTH CANDIDATES FILING DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES: Tuesday,

March 5 is the filing deadline for residents of the town of Vienna to run for Town Council in the May 7 municipal election.

Three Town Council seats will be on the ballot. Two incumbents plan to seek re-election, and a number of challengers have filed, as well.

In order to run, candidates must have been a town resident, a resident of Virginia for at least a year, and registered to vote in the town.

For information on the election, see the Website at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ elections.

HUDGINS TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS: Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (D-

Hunter Mill) will host a town-hall meeting on Fairfax County’s proposed fiscal 2020 budget on Saturday, March 2 at 9 a.m. at the Frying Pan Park Visitor Center.

County Executive Bryan Hill and other county staff will discuss their budget plans, and representatives from Fairfax County Public Schools will discuss the school system’s draft budget. A questionand-answer session will follow the presentations.

On Wednesday, March 6 from 4 to 6 p.m., Hudgins will host the “First Wednesday” session with residents at Patrick Henry Library. Individuals wishing to speak on topics of interest can schedule an appointment or walk in.

For information on each event, call the supervisor’s office at (703) 483-0283.

OPENING RECEPTION SET FOR NEW EXHIBITIONS: Historic Vienna Inc. will

host an opening reception for two new exhibits at the Freeman Store and Museum on Sunday, March 10.

“Vienna and the 1950s” will look at iconic moments from that decade and how they impacted Vienna, while “Women Creating a More Perfect Democracy” will look at the centennial of the League of Women Voters.

The opening reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Freeman Store, 131 Church St., N.E. The community is invited.

For information, see the Website at www.historicviennainc.org.

CHORAL SOCIETY PREPS FOR UPCOMING CONCERT: The Vienna Choral

Society will present the U.S. premiere of “Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo” at its next concert, to be held on Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Providence Presbyterian Church, 9019 Little River Turnpike.

The new work tells the story of a teenage Kurdish refugee who made the perilous journey from Syria to Germany in a wheelchair, as she was born with cerebral

palsy. The work was created by British composer Cecilia McDowall with text by poet Kevin Crossley-Holland.

The choral society will partner with local students, educators and musicians in the concert. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and students ages 15-18, with those 14 and under admitted free.

For information, see the Website at www.viennachoralsociety.org.

VIENNA COMMUNITY BAND TO HOST SPRING CONCERT: The Vienna Com-

munity Band will hold its spring concert on Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center.

The band currently is recruiting enthusiastic musicians in all sections, with an emphasis on clarinets, bassoons, oboes and tubas. Rehearsals are held Sundays at 6:15 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center.

For information, see the Website at www.viennacommunityband.org.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR CARE-GIVERS SLATED: The Shepherd’s Center of Oak-

ton-Vienna will host a free support group for care-givers of adult family members with dementia on Thursday, March 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Road in Oakton.

The support-group programs are held the first and third Thursdays of each month.

For information, contact facilitator Jack Tarr at jtarr5@verizon.net or see the Website at www.scov.org.

PANCAKE SUPPER SET FOR SHROVE TUESDAY: Oakton United Methodist

Church will host a community pancake supper in honor of Shrove Tuesday on Tuesday, March 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the church, 2951 Chain Bridge Road.

For information, call (703) 938-1234 or see the Website at www.oaktonumc.org.

‘CAPITOL STEPS’ TO PERFORM IN FUND-RAISER FOR CREW TEAM: The

Capitol Steps will perform in concert on Sunday, March 17 at James Madison High School in a fund-raising concert for the high school’s crew boosters.

For tickets and information, see the Website at www.warhawkcrew.org.

SHEPHERD’S CENTER TO HOST LUNCHEON PROGRAM: The Shepherd’s

Center of Oakton-Vienna will host its next Lunch-n-Life program on Monday, March 11 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Vienna.

Reservations and payment ($15) are due by March 4.

For additional information and to register, call (703) 281-0538 or e-mail office@ scov.org.

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Public Hearing on the McLean Community Center’s FY 2021 Programs Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

The governing board and staff of the McLean Community Center seek input from residents of Dranesville Small District 1A at a Public Hearing on Programs for FY 2021 (which runs July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.

This is an opportunity for residents to suggest class offerings, community events, theater programs, art exhibits, tours, youth events and teen activities that are meaningful to the community.

If you would like to speak at the hearing, call the Center to have your name placed on the speakers’ list. You may also submit comments in writing to holly.novak@fairfaxcounty.gov.

The Sun Gazette welcomes your submission of items for inclusion in the newspaper.

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We travel to McLean’s always-infashion Towlston Road for this week’s study in sumptuous exceptionality. On the horizon, we spy this glorious new custom Monogram Homes property, set on a two-plus-acre lot and featuring the grand features of an English manor estate – with a 21st-century interior floor plan that works well for both daily living and entertaining.

More than 8,900 square feet spread over three levels are ready to bid us welcome, with classical elegance coupled with top-quality features.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $3,589,000 by Casey Margenau of Casey Margenau Fine Homes & Estates.

We shall begin at the beginning, with a welcome on the covered portico area that ushers us into the expansive foyer.

To our immediate right is the formal living room, to our left the marvelous dining room.

The kitchen area occupies a strategic spot at the rear of the home, with topquality appliances, a large central island and wonderful eat-in-space that splits the kitchen from the engaging family room. Each of these rooms serves up beamed ceilings.

Off the main traffic flow is a glorious home library with volume coffered

ceiling and custom built-ins and paneling, which provides access to the loggia and deck area. A private office space is tucked away near the kitchen, as well.

The owner’s retreat highlights the second level and is the first of five bedrooms to be found in the home. It is a showstopper ensemble, with fireplace, glorious bath and dual walk-in closets.

Each of the additional bedrooms on this level is en-suite and substantive.

The lower level offers informal options at their finest, from the recreation room (with fireplace) and bedroom/den (and full bath) to a game room to mirrored exercise room to bonus spaces that can be configured as you see fit.

The verdant lot provides plenty of space for family time and additional entertaining.

You are set apart in bucolic splendor, but are conveniently located close to all the amenities of McLean and Tysons.

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 depart-

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Affordability Issues Impact New Homes Mounting housing-affordability concerns coupled with supply-side constraints will limit single-familyhome construction to modest gains in 2019, according to economists speaking at the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas.

NAHB projected 1.26 million total housing starts in 2018, and expects overall production to inch up 0.8 percent this year to 1.27 million units.

Single-family starts were expected to hit 876,000 units in 2018, and rise an additional 2 percent to 894,000 this year. That’s still well below the 1.1 to 1.2 million units that demographics would support.

“Ongoing job creation and solid household formations will keep demand firm, but builders will continue to grapple with supply-side headwinds that will dampen more vigorous growth in the single-family sector,” said NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz.

Specifically, builders are dealing with a chronic lack of construction workers; a shortage of buildable lots; onerous regulations; tariffs on lumber and other key building materials; and a slow growth in acquisition, development and construction-loan activity that is failing to keep pace with demand.

All of these factors, plus homeprice appreciation over the past year that has outpaced wage gains, are contributing to rising affordability woes in the housing sector.

One bright spot? Townhome construction – which can serve as a useful bridge for young buyers to transition to home-ownership – is expanding at a robust 24 percent annualized growth rate.

Delving beneath the national numbers, the South and West are the regions that will lead new-home growth in the year ahead, according to Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic.

“Metros with good affordability, good job growth and good weather have had the highest growth in newhome sales over the last year,” said Nothaft.

New-home sales are rising fastest in the South. Leading the way are Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix and Austin, Texas, which all averaged more than 1,000 new-home sales per month between November 2017 and October 2018, according to NAHB data.

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Schools & Military n Lindsey Brinkley of McLean, a 2018 graduate of Langley High School, has been named to the president’s honor roll and dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Florida.

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– From Oakton: Emmalynn Todd, Rachel Schwall, Victoria Barbessi.

– From Vienna: Abby Kreutzer, Patrick Geraghty, Michael Wohl and Samuel Wohl. n Bobi Mobutu of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at LIM College.

Morgan Clark of McLean and Julia Knepper of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Azusa Pacific University. n

n Maddy Little of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Kansas. n Mary Forburger of McLean, Emily Kamienski of Oakton and Alan Kohler of Vienna earned faculty honors and Bryce Huber of McLean, Stephen Kalinsky of Great Falls and Brian Kalish of McLean have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. n William Valentine of McLean, a student at Gettysburg College, spent the fall semester studying in Germany.

He was one of more than 200 Gettysburg students who studied in 25 different countries during the semester. n Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology sophomore Shan Lateef is one of four high-school students in the U.S. to receive the American Academy of Neurology’s Neuroscience Research prize.

Lateef’s research on traumatic brain injury was published as “Can Therapeutic Hypothermia Diminish the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila melanogaster?”

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nifer James, will travel to Philadelphia where he will present his research at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting.

Lateef has been studying Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit fly, since middle school, where he first recognized how the insect might be used to contribute to science. When he came to Thomas Jefferson, he applied for the Jefferson Underclassmen Multidisciplinary Projects Laboratory (JUMP Lab), where he was able to pursue a research project of his own under the mentorship and supervision of James. n Research conducted by Advanced Placement Spanish students at Oakcrest School has been accepted for the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).

Four of Oakcrest’s AP Spanish students will attend the 2019 conference, to be held in July in San Diego.

“To the best of my knowledge, the four high-school students from Oakcrest will be the first secondary students to co-present with their instructor at our conference in the AATSP’s history,” Dr. Sheri Long, executive director of AATSP, said. “We are delighted.”

Participating students are Julianna Syska, Natalia Gomez-Quintero, Sofia Summitt and Helen Molteni.

“This will not only be an amazing opportunity for them to grow as individuals in their professional careers, but it also opens a door to high schools everywhere to promote high-level academic research and to submit proposals to present at these distinguished conferences,” said Dr. Celia Zamora, Oakcrest’s master teacher of foreign languages.

The students’ research delves into a subfield of linguistics called heritage language pedagogy and acquisition. They found that at Oakcrest (as is the case in many private schools in Virginia), heritage speakers of Spanish are sometimes automatically enrolled in Latin classes due to their Spanish heritage and assumed proficiency. However, the students sometimes find this to be a difficult choice, since their Spanish knowledge possesses gaps that would have been aided by being enrolled in Spanish courses. n A team of students from Nysmith School finished second out of 29 schools in the 36th annual Northern Virginia Regional MATHCOUNTS competition, earning a berth in the state meet, to be held March 16 in Richmond.

The team included eight-graders Jeffrey Chen (Oakton), Matthew Li (McLean) and Abhi Angirekula (Ashburn) and seventh-grader Zani Xu (Fairfax).

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‘Robin Hood’ Starts Out Slowly, But Picks Up the Pace MATT REVILLE Staff Writer

It was eight seasons ago that a number of local theater troupes had to ON decamp from STAGE Thomas Jefferson Theatre for months, after that venue had been temporarily knocked out of commission by the summerof-2011 earthquake.

While logistically problematic, the temblor proved a piece of artistic good luck for Encore Stage and Studio, which relocated to the more intimate Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre for a number of productions.

Among them was “Robin Hood,” and my review from late 2011 (thank you, search function in our computer system) noted that the production was aided immensely by the smaller size of the auditorium – being in closer proximity to the stage aided the audience’s experience and having the room packed with a crowd seemed to energize the cast.

That rapidly paced production clocked in at a brisk 70 minutes, about 20 minutes less than typical Encore shows.

Fast-forward to 2019, when Encore is borrowing Gunston Arts Center while construction of a new elementary school next to Thomas Jefferson continues.

“Robin Hood” is back for what, producers say, is the fifth rotation during the troupe’s history.

Gunston may not have the intimacy of the now-shuttered Rosslyn Spectrum, but it is less wide open than cavernous Thomas Jefferson auditorium. And while there is nothing wrong with the 2019 rendition, the script does drag a bit, particularly in the first act.

The story is familiar to all: The good King Richard is off to the Crusades and the evil Prince John is sending his henchmen (and women) to beat the bushes in search of additional tax revenue. Into the woods go Robin Hood and his coterie, who make it their mission to take from the rich to give to the poor, even as they are being pursued by the bumbling sheriff of Nottingham.

Casting was fine, with solid performances from Xander Tilock as the title character and Hannah Torma as his prime antagonist, the mean Lady Merle.

Xander Tilock is the title character and Quinn Sumerlin is Maid Marian in Encore Stage & Studio’s production of CINDY KANE PHOTOGRAPHY “Robin Hood.”

Also strong were Conor Farah as Friar Tuck, Oliver Meek as Little John, Erik Fagerstrom as the sheriff and Quinn Sumerlin as Maid Marian, who has a backstory with Robin that emerges as the show moves on.

(Also fun were Maggie Donnelly and Isa Paley as the sheriff’s slightly pretentious wife and ditzy daughter, respectively.)

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The Reasons Behind America’s Manufacturing Comeback B

road-based job growth has led to a manufacturing comeback, suggesting it is becoming cost-effective to manufacture in America again.

Just three years ago, the Labor Department estimated that manufacturing would lose jobs at a rate of 0.6 percent per year between 2016 and 2026, largely due to automation and trade penetration. But instead of falling, manufacturing employment is rising — and doing so across a broad range of subsectors.

U.S. manufacturing employment defied predictions in 2018, growing by 2.3 percent — faster than average job growth overall of 1.8 percent. And that job growth was unusually broad-based, taking place across many manufacturing subsectors, rather than being concentrated in just a few. The 12-month manufacturing Diffusion Index, a measure of the breadth of job growth, rose from 42.1 percent at the end of 2016 to 80.9 percent at the end of 2018.

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TECH TRENDS LEADING THE WAY IN MANUFACTURING

Among the many factors driving the expansion are technological advances that are making it cost-effective to manufacture in America again. One is 3D printing, which is making it possible to design parts that are lighter and more efficient, and to produce them several times more quickly and cheaply than ever before.

A second technological trend is the increased adoption of robots, sensors, and computerized production systems which increase the need for more highly-educated workers with skills in computer programming and data analysis. As a result, the benefits of outsourcing manufacturing work to China and other countries with cheaper labor are declining and the benefits of locating in the United States are rising.

A third technological innovation is the fracking revolution and the increase in domestic production of natural gas and shale oil. Low gas and oil prices reduce

U.S. production costs and attract manufacturers. Experts say fracking has helped stimulate the manufacturing renaissance.

A fourth trend is the rise of manufacturing platforms — a response to the increased demand from consumers for variety and customization. Many manufacturers are finding it easier to be flexible and responsive to customers by using local, small-batch manufacturing techniques and simplified supply chains, rather than mass-manufacturing abroad.

THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING JOBS IS HERE

Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics highlight additional trends that have transformed manufacturing over the past two decades. For example, more than 100,000 jobs have emerged for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers – largely the result of increasing emphasis on safety and quality.

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ated international agreements, U.S. government regulations and even voluntary organizations, such as those committed to producing organic products and eliminating BPA. Median annual earnings of inspectors and testers are $37,340, about the same as the median wage for all occupations.

The number of jobs for computer control programmers and operators has also grown rapidly, as manufacturing has become more automated. Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers develop programs to control the processing of metal or plastic parts by automatic machine tools. Their median annual wage is $52,550, well above the national median wage for all occupations of $37,690.

ZipRecruiter data on job openings and job searches point to the new and emerging occupations in the field and show that, in many ways, the future of work is already here. There are growing numbers of openings in even the most novel, cutting-edge manufacturing fields. At any one time in 2018, for example, there were about 45,000 job openings for people with computer-assisted design skills, more than 35,000 openings at robotics companies, 25,000 openings at manufacturing platforms and 4,000 openings at 3D printing companies.

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lthough employment in the warehouse and storage subsector has continued to outpace growth in nearly every other industry, you can’t just ask Alexa for a warehouse job and expect one to arrive on your doorstep. In fact, warehouse jobs were the most competitive among job seekers on ZipRecruiter in all of 2018.

It’s with good reason that these jobs have been sought after for so long. A relatively low barrier to entry, coupled with an average hourly wage of $14, and the near ubiquity of fulfillment centers across the U.S. have made warehouse jobs the go-to for blue-collar workers for decades.

Unfortunately, many of those vying for these positions today may not be aware of the tectonic shift in skills required to be a successful candidate. Advances in automation and drone technology have clearly changed the character of warehouse work: according to ZipRecruiter data, it now has more to do with systems management that it does moving boxes.

A BLURRED LINE BETWEEN MANUAL LABOR AND MANAGEMENT

Judging ZipRecruiter’s analysis of thousands of warehouse jobs posted to the site in January of 2018 and 2019, the humans haven’t been totally replaced in warehouses quite yet. Overall, jobs in warehousing and storage posted on ZipRecruiter increased by 85 percent in 2018 compared to the year prior.

Management level positions increased nearly twice as much, however. Over the same period jobs in warehousing and storage with the word “manager” in the title grew 164 percent — a trend that is evident from the shifting skills requirements observed in ZipRecruiter job postings.

The site compared thousands of job openings posted to ZipRecruiter in January 2018 to January of this year to see how the skills required by employers

have changed. The two skills that saw the greatest decline happened to be two of the most fundamental skills traditionally associated with warehouse work: packaging (down 81 percent) and stocking (down 48 percent).

The skills that are on the rise sound more like they’re for an entry-level business services role, albeit one that requires “heavy lifting.” Relationship management and math skills were the top two fastestgrowing skills requirements that employers in the warehousing industry mentioned in job postings this January.

In addition to heavy lifting, there are still some usual suspects in the list of top skills—loading and unloading increased 95 percent year over year, for instance.

But even this skill could have greater currency in the age of automation.

In a study on the job creation potential of autonomous trucks performed by Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group last year, the authors identified the need for the human touch at distinct moments of an otherwise automated logistics process: “The biggest technical hurdles for self-driving trucks are driving on tight and crowded city streets, backing into complex loading docks and navigating through busy facilities. At each of the local haul pick ups and drop offs, there will need to be loading and unloading. These maneuvers require skills that will be hard for self-driving trucks to match for a long time.”

But technology still has a ways to go before we can define the relationship between man and machine. Until then, it’s clear that existing technology has called for more employees with management skills to keep these systems running at an optimal level. This includes not only technical acumen but also the administrative and interpersonal skills one would expect any good manager to have.

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When it Comes to Customer Service Jobs, a Nifty Title Can Really Pay Off C

ustomer service job titles are changing, and the one you end up with in your next customer service role could significantly affect how much you get paid, even if the skill requirements are the same.

Most job titles have at least one alias: software developer and software engineer; outside sales representative and B2B sales representative; talent development specialist and recruiter, to name a few.

But regardless of the title du jour, each role and their analog tend to pay about the same, according to the ZipRecruiter Compensation Estimate.

But unlike software developers and HR reps, which tend to have two or three synonymous job titles, customer service representatives are referred to in more than 30 different ways in jobs posted to ZipRecruiter, not including titles that denote senior or management positions. What’s more, even though the core skill requirements for customer service jobs remain consistent across different titles, research

shows as much as a 35 percent difference in pay.

THE FASTEST GROWING TITLES PAY A PREMIUM

Novel job titles pop-up on ZipRecruiter all the time. But the sales ninjas and data jedis of the world are usually one-offs, used here and there but rarely gaining mainstream adoption. A few alternative customer service titles, however, are clearly catching on.

Although customer service representative still accounts for the largest share of customer service job titles on ZipRecruiter — about 42 percent — the growth in postings using this title pales in comparison to a few of the loftier sounding titles in 2018. The fastest growing customer service job title for 2018 was customer experience associate, increasing 346 percent year over year. Customer engagement representative job postings increased 214 percent, and customer service advisors jumped 138 percent, all three of which significantly outpaced the 89 percent

growth in CSR jobs.

To be sure, ZipRecruiter analyzed the job titles of more than 5 million customer service openings posted at the site in 2018 to see what, if any differences existed between the roles. While some of the jobs prioritized a few skills over others, they found that the top 10 skills for each of the job titles were nearly identical.

Although the different titles come with the same responsibilities, the pay varies widely. Data showed that the fastest growing customer service job titles pay an average of $2 to $5 more per hour than roles advertised using traditional customer service titles. Someone hired as a customer service professional stands to earn an average of $10,000 per year less than their similarly qualified counterpart working as a customer experience associate. Assuming a 35-year career with a 5 percent annual pay increase, the customer service professional could lose more than $800,000 in lifetime earnings.

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The Post-Shutdown Hangover for Workers and Businesses T

he government shutdown that ended on Jan. 25 was the longest on record. Coming in at 35 days, it was a full two weeks longer than the 19951996 shutdown under President Clinton.

Largely because of its length, its effects on American workers and businesses were deeper and more wide-ranging than those of past shutdowns, with the hangover still lingering weeks later.

Financial hardship for furloughed federal workers and contractors The main effect of the shutdown was financial difficulty for many of the 800,000 federal workers who went without paychecks, and for many of the government contractors whose contracts were suspended. A ZipRecruiter survey of close to 2,000 federal and contract workers conducted during the fourth week of the shutdown found that 89 percent were experiencing “significant financial hardship” due to the shutdown.

Although furloughed workers were promised back pay and many were offered zero-interest or low-interest furlough

relief loans, many appear not to have accessed those resources. Perhaps they thought they would not need to, based on past experience with furloughs that only lasted a few days. Each day that the expected resolution failed to materialize, however, workers found themselves drawing down savings, running up credit card debt, cutting back on consumption and missing bills. Due to interest payments, late fees and effects on credit scores, it could take months for workers to get their finances back in order.

REDUCED EMPLOYEE MORALE AND RETENTION

For many workers, financial hardship led to lower morale and reduced retention intentions. In ZipRecruiter’s survey of affected workers, 67 percent of federal workers and contractors said that the shutdown had made them consider leaving government employment to seek a job in the private sector. In past shutdowns, there was no distinguishable effect of furloughs on retention. In fact, there may

planned hires in January — with effects both on their operations and on the financial wellbeing of job seekers who saw their start dates delayed.

OTHER BUSINESS DISRUPTIONS

even have been positive effects for some workers, who enjoyed getting a paid vacation. But the length of this shutdown and pay interruption likely altered the calculus for many workers.

Even before the shutdown, quit rates for government workers were near alltime highs. A tight labor market with record-high numbers of job openings is encouraging many workers to seek outside opportunities. The combination of the unusually long shutdown and unusually enticing private sector job market may have significant downstream effects on the government’s ability to retain talent.

DELAYS TO PRIVATE-SECTOR HIRING

In addition to surveying affected workers, ZipRecruiter also conducted a survey of 200 employers to explore how the shutdown was affecting them. The most common response businesses gave was that the shutdown was holding up hiring due to the suspension of E-Verify and delays to federal background checks. As a result, many companies could not complete

There were myriad other effects on businesses as well, as the survey discovered. Federal contracts were suspended, halting work on a range of programs and projects. The approval of Department of Housing and Urban Development loans and Small Business Administration loans was delayed. Demand for goods and services fell at businesses that serve large numbers of federal workers.

Too few air cargo security staff and Environmental Protection Agency inspectors were on hand to scan shipments and approve export licenses, so some shippers and freight-handlers experienced delays in inspections and paperwork approvals for exports and imports. Shortages of Transportation Security Administration staff caused long security lines at airports, and shortages of air traffic controllers prevented some planes from taking off.

There also are the effects on public opinion and on future recruiting efforts, which may be harder to quantify. Without the promise of a steady paycheck and advancement opportunities, federal workers and job seekers considering federal employment may look elsewhere.

—Julia Pollak/Ziprecruiter

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Marshall Advances To Final 4

Teeing Off

Swim/Dive Programs Consistently the Best The word “dynasty” probably doesn’t quite yet work as the best definition. But terms and phrases like “perennial championship contender,” and “powerhouse” certainly can be used to explain the success some local high-school swimming and diving teams have enjoyed in recent seasons.

McLean Boys Fall In Quarterfinal Tilt

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A Staff Report

The Marshall Statesmen (21-6) began the week with an eight-game winning streak, including a 2-0 record in the boys 6D North Region Tournament to reach the semifinals of that highschool basketball competition.

BOYS BASKETBALL Marshall was scheduled to play the host Patriot Pioneers in that semifinal.

See the Website at www.insidenova. com/sports/fairfax for updates.

Patriot defeated Marshall by six points in December of this season.

In those first two region contests, Marshall downed Osbourn Park, 74-42, then Westfield, 64-45, in a Feb. 22 quarterfinal. In the win over Osbourn Park, Daniel Deaver had 25 points, Jack Taylor scored 22, Ryan Schlaffer 15 and Ilias Hwang eight.

In the win over Westfield, Deaver scored 23, Schlafer 17, Taylor nine and Hwang eight. n The McLean Highlanders (17-9) were 1-1 in the 6D North Region Tournament, being eliminated on Feb. 22 by the host Patriot Pioneers, 65-56.

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Oakton High School’s Micah Johnson-Parotte shoots between McLean’s Matias Prock, left, and PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Brian Aka. See a slideshow at: www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

Statesmen, Warhawks Reach Region Semis A Staff Report

With a couple of convincing quarterfinal victories Feb. 22, the defending champion Marshall Statesmen (21-5) and Madison Warhawks (20-5) advanced to the semifinals of the girls 6D North Region Tournament.

Marshall routed host Osbourn Park, 51-35, and Madison downed Stonewall Jackson, 68-49, in those high-school basketball victories. See the Website at www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax for tournament updates, including semifinal results. Madison was scheduled to play Chantilly and Marshall faced South Lakes in those semis.

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Marshall improved to 2-0 in the tournament, including a 67-41, first-round win over Herndon.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Concorde District Tournament champion Madison received a firstround bye, then hosted Stonewall and improved its winning streak to 11 with the victory.

The outcome was never in doubt as the Warhawks built a quick 8-2 lead, was ahead 23-7 after the first quarter and 36-21 at halftime.

The Warhawks were led by a careerhigh 32 points from freshman guard Grace Arnolie. She made two three-

pointers and had seven rebounds and two steals.

Amalia Makrigiorgos added 11 points and four rebounds; Sarah Conforti had a double-double with 10 points and as many rebounds to go with six blocked shots and three assists; Carolina Brusch scored nine and had four rebounds; Alayna Arnolie had four points, four rebounds and three steals; Kiera Kohler had 10 rebounds; and Tedi Makrigiorgos four rebounds and two assists to go with two points. n The Liberty District Tournament champion McLean Highlanders had

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Those teams, girls and boys, are the Madison Warhawks, Oakton Cougars and Langley Saxons in Fairfax County, and Washington-Lee Generals and Yorktown Patriots (especially the girls squad) in Arlington.

This winter, the Madison girls and Oakton boys earned triple crowns – winning district, region and state championships. The Madison boys and Oakton girls finished high as well in all three, along with the Langley teams. The Yorktown girls won a district title, took second in the region and third in the state.

The Yorktown boys placed high in all three, as did the W-L teams.

Such results have been par for the course for a number of years for all of those teams – either winning or near the top of those competitions. Madison’s girls have won three straight state titles.

One thing all of those high schools have in common? They are located in strong swim-and-dive communities.

There are outstanding club programs in those areas many swimmers and divers have joined, along with some of the top summertime programs, which annually win or contend for championships in the different leagues.

Those high-school programs also have established and knowledgeable head coaches, who know the yearround ropes of the sports very well.

There is Parker Ramsdell at Oakton, Andrew Foos at Madison, Torey Ortmayer at Yorktown and W-L’s Kristina Dorville.

Those programs continuously turn out outstanding individual performers each winter, with no end in sight to that success.

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Pole Vaulter Wins State; Others Finish in the Top Eight A Staff Report

Langley High School junior pole vaulter Hannah Richardson continued dominaTRACK & FIELD her tion of the girls event by winning the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state championship in Hampton. Her winning jump was 11 feet.

The VHSL state title was the second for Richardson, who won the outdoor state crown this past June. Overall, Richardson has won a combined eight dis-

Hannah Richardson

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trict, region and state championships in her career at Langley. She won indoor district and region crowns earlier this winter.

Her personal-best highest jump

in any of those meets is 11-feet, 6-inches. She burst on the scene as a freshman, placing high in meets.

At this year’s Class 6 state indoor meet, Richardson was the only local champion.

Finishing second in an event was Marshall High’s Natalie Bardach in the girls 1,600-meters and the Marshall boys 4x800 relay.

Third were Madison’s Kevin Murphy in the boys 3,200, McLean JaneAnne Tvedt in the girls high jump and Marshall’s Sebastian Malawe in the boys

1,000.

Fourth in events were Madison’s Megan Keady in the girls 1,600, Langley’s Caroline Keys in the girls pole vault, Oakton’s Ryan Cherry in the boys pole vault, and McLean’s Xavier Jemison in the boys 1,000 and 1,600 and the Marshall boys 4x400 relay.

Fifth was Marshall’s Sophie Tedesco in the 1,600, sixth was Marshall’s Delaney Stuart in the girls shot put, seventh was Marshall’s Grace Bir in the girls 500 and eighth was Madison’s Alaina Ceynowa in the girls shot.

cent girls basketball game, Potomac School senior guard Sara Park set a new career school- scoring mark, breaking the old record of 1,790, set by Courtlynne Caskin, just last season.

Park also scored a single-game career high 37 points against Bullis.

pagne was eighth in the fly.

In the boys state meet, Potomac school’s Diego Cruzado was fifth in the 100 free and sixth in the 50 free. Flint Hill’s Marcus Brown was eight in the 50 free.

High-School Roundup FLINT HILL DIVER WINS STATE: With a meet-record and personal-best score of 557.4, Flint Hill School junior Oliver Mills won the boys Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state diving championship.

His teammates Spencer Bloom was third (456.05) and Flint Hill’s Ryan Griggs 10th.

Mills defended his title from a year ago.

“I was real focused and I was hitting my dives,” Mills said.

In Flint Hill’s previous meet at the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference meet, Bloom won and Mills, who had a minor medical procedure that morning, was second.

“I was not at my best for that meet, and that fueled me for states,” said Mills, who dives year round for the Dominion Diving Club and is a summer dive coach for Vienna Woods, a Northern Virginia Swimming League team.

The Flint Hill dive program is just two years old, started by Mills and his mother, Jill, the year before when the family moved to the area from Colorado. Jill Mills is Flint Hill’s head diving coach.

“We had only a couple of divers last year and we have 10 this season,” Jill Mills said. “It wasn’t the plan for me to be the head coach, but that’s how it

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McLean downed host Oakton, 77-66, in its opening game, playing one of its best contests of the season. Oakton finished 14-10.

The region-tourney victory was McLean’s first since 2012, when the Highlanders lost in the semifinals.

Girls Continued from Page 24 their season end with a 62-59 doubleovertime loss to the visiting Chantilly Chargers in a 6D North Region Tourna-

STATE SWIM AND DIVE: The Madeira

FLINT HILL BOYS BASKETBALL: The

top seed Flint Hill School boys basketball team (26-3) won the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament with a 2-0 record, defeating Sidwell Friends, 63-47, in the Feb. 24 final. See a story at www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

PARK SETS SCORING MARK: In a re-

Snails finished fifth and the Potomac School Panthers sixth in the girls Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state swimming and diving championships.

Leading Madeira was double winning Sofie Davis in the 100 breaststroke (meet record 1:03.14) and 200 individual medley (2:04.11).

Hannah Arndt was third in the 100 butterfly and ninth in the IM for Madeira, Meaghan Doyle was fourth in the 50 free and seventh in the 100 free, Molly Watts was fifth in the IM and seventh in the 500 free, and the 400 free relay was third.

Leading the Potomac School was Annie Tuttle with a second in the breast, Katie Gould with a sixth in the IM and 100 free, Caroline Otteni with a fourth in the fly and the medley relay was second. Tuttle, Gould, Otteni and Megan Sharkey swam on that relay.

For the Flint Hill girls, Shelby Berger was sixth in diving and Natalie Cham-

FIELD HOCKEY COACH: Madison High School has an opening for a head girls varsity field hockey coach. Contact John Kenny at JAKenny@fcps.edu.

Oakton and McLean met in the first game of the 2018-19 regular season for both teams, with Oakton winning big, 68-46.

In the Feb. 19 rematch, McLean led 16-5 at the end of the first quarter behind hot shooting and a stingy zone defense, was ahead 37-19 at halftime and by as many as 23 points in the third quarter.

Oakton rallied to within eight in the fourth quarter, but got no closer.

McLean was led by Matias Prock with 28 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Evan Bremser had 11 points off the bench for McLean, Tucker Leggett scored 10, Evan Stout had nine with five rebounds, Drew Martine had seven, and Brian Aka and Nate Legg each had five points and five rebounds.

Prock made 7 of 8 field-goal attempts and was 12 of 18 from the foul line.

For Oakton, Micah Johnson-Parrotte had 34 points, after hitting just

one of his first 10 shots from the floor.

He scored 29 points in the second half, leading the comeback attempt. He made seven three-pointers.

Max Wilson scored 15 and had seven rebounds for Oakton, and Ethan Kaloi had six points and five rebounds.

Garrett Johnson, one of Oakton’s top scorers, had just two points and was disqualified early in the third period for getting a double technical foul for pushing an opposing player.

ment quarterfinal game. McLean (18-7) received a first-round bye.

Against Chantilly, Elizabeth Defrane scored 25 points in defeat with three three-pointers, and Mia Fitzgerald made four threes and scored 17. Natalie Hedrick scored eight.

McLean rallied and outscored Chan-

tilly, 16-7, in the fourth period to send the game into overtime. n The Oakton Cougars (19-7) finished 1-1 in the 6D North Region Tournament, defeating Battlefield, 48-36, at home, then losing on the road Feb. 22 to South Lakes, 47-42.

Emma Coleman made three three-

pointers and scored 11 against South Lakes, Grace Meshanko also scored 11, Kate Vietmeyer 10 and Hannah Kaloi eight. South Lakes outscored Oakton, 18-10, in the fourth period.

Against Battlefield, Kaloi scored 15 points in thte win, Vietmeyer 13 and Meshanko 10.

Flint Hill’s Oliver Mills holds his state championship gold medal.

PHOTO FROM FLINT HILL

worked out.”

STATE TRACK CHAMPION: Potomac

School’s Catherine Hyman won two sprint races at the girls Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state meet in Richmond.

She won the 300-meter dash in 41.15 seconds and the 500 in 1:15.33. Hyman’s times were school and state records.

Hyman also anchored the girls fifthplace 4x400 relay.

In the boys state meet, Potomac School’s 4x400 relay of Matthew Gelin, Austin Rucker, Miles Turman and Caleb Wooten was second (3:32.96).

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MADISON ICE HOCKEY: The Madison

High School club ice hockey team finished the regular season with a 7-3 record and earned a playoff berth. Madison was first in the Adams Division and third overall in the league.

In its last game, Madison lost to South Lakes, 2-1, with team captain Luke Pohlman filling in for ailing goalie Ben D’Haiti. Pohlman made 26 saves.

Madison took 50 shots.

Forward Max Marr’s unassisted shot was the only one finding the back of the net.

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McLean, Oakton Meet in Region Playoff Action

The McLean Highlanders and Oakton Cougars met in a recent 6D North Region Tournament boys basketball playoff game.

Visiting McLean won, 77-66, the high-school contest at Oakton. From top right: McLean’s Matias Prock, who scored 28 points, shoots a free throw. McLean’s Drew Martine and Oakton’s Max Wilson lean on each other waiting for a rebound.

Oakton’s Micah Johnson-Parotte shoots between McLean’s Tucker Leggett, left, and Brian Aka. Leggett shoots over Oakton’s Ethan Kaloi. McLean head coach Mike O’Brien huddles with his team. The McLean players and coaches react during McLean’s fast start. See a slideshow of game action at: www. insidenova.com/sports/fairfax.

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Top-Seed Huskies Win MAC Tournament Championship DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

What had already been an accomplished season for the Flint Hill Huskies got even better Feb. 24.

That’s when the top-seeded boys highschool basketball team (26-3) won the BASKETBALL Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament by defeating the No. 3 seed Sidwell Friends Quakers, 63-47, in the championship game at Georgetown Day. Flint Hill was 2-0 in the tourney, routing St. Andrews, 81-60, in the semifinals at Georgetown Day after earning a firstround bye.

“It wasn’t easy,” Flint Hill coach Rico Reed said. “Both teams presented challenges for us in different ways. We came out with great intensity against St. Andrews. Against Sidwell, the game was intense the whole way.”

The tournament championship was the third for the Huskies this season in as many competitions – first winning their own tipoff tourney, then going 3-0 to win the prize at Wakefield High’s holiday tourney in late December. Flint Hill has a 7-0 tourney record this season so far.

The MAC tourney crown is Flint Hill’s first since 2010, when the Huskies also defeated Sidwell Friends in the final. Flint

The Flint Hill Huskies gather with the MAC tourney championship banner. PHOTO FROM FLINT HILL

Hill lost in the final last season.

“It’s nice to get the [MAC] tourney title again,” Reed said. “We’d been close a few times, but hadn’t won it in a while.”

Flint Hill finished 12-2 against MAC opponents this season, going 10-2 during the regular season, with one of the losses to Sidwell.

In the 2019 MAC final against Sidwell, Flint Hill led 22-11 after the first quarter, then 37-27 at halftime, and was ahead the rest of the way.

Senior guard Jordan Hairston scored 21 points, had six assists and six rebounds

to lead Flint Hill. Senior center Qudus Wahab had 13 points and six rebounds; guard Ethan Jones scored 12 and had four assists; forward Dowar Jioklow had four points and four rebounds; and guard Justice Ellison had four points, seven assists and five rebounds.

“Ethan Jones was the difference for us against Sidwell with his defensive intensity and attacking on offense, and Jordan lit it up,” Reed said.

In the St. Andrews wins, Wahab had a double-double with 30 points and 12 rebounds. Hairston had 12 points and five

assists; Jioklow had 10 points and five rebounds; Noel Brown scored seven; Jones had six points, five rebounds and four assists; Christian Turner scored five; and Ellison had four points and four assists.

Reed praised Jones, a four-year starter, who played on Flint Hill teams with losing records his first two seasons.

“It means so much to him because he’s a reference to it all,” Reed said.

Next for Flint Hill is the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I state tournament. The Huskies are the No. 4 seed, earned a first-round bye, and were scheduled to host a quarterfinal contest Feb. 27 against either No. 5 seed Episcopal or Norfolk Academy.

Flint Hill won its only state championship in 1995, going 4-0 in the tournament to finish the season with a 27-1 record.

The No. 2 seeded Potomac School Panthers (16-12) finished 1-1 in the MAC tourney, defeating Georgetown Day, 59-47, in the first round, then losing to Sidwell Friends, 54-38, in the semifinals.

Justin Law had 15 points, Preston Bacon 13 and Jamel Melvin 12 against Georgetown Day. Against Sidwell, Melvin had 15, Bacon 12 and Law seven.

Potomac School also earned a Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I state-tournament berth, with a first-round road game Feb. 26 in Richmond against Trinity Episcopal.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. February 26, 1958: n The Fairfax County Federation of PTAs is critical of a proposal to put all first-graders on half-day sessions. n Sen. Byrd has rescinded his plan to retire, and says he will run for a fifth term. n The House of Delegates has voted 75-5 to allow teachers to spank students.

Fairfax currently permits spanking, while several neighboring jurisdictions across Northern Virginia do not.

February 22, 1963: n Superintendent Earl Funderburk told a panel of the American Association of School Administrators he believes no one should be allowed to teach U.S. teenagers unless “he or she believes in a Supreme Being or Creator.” n A new regional teletype system is linking police departments across Northern Virginia.

February 22, 1968: n The State Board of Pharmacy has declared LSD to be a hallucenogenic and dangerous drug, making possession in Virginia a felony.

February 26, 1973: n Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, has introduced legislation to provide federal funds connecting the future Metro system to Dulles Airport. n George Mason University officials over the weekend broke ground for a new library and a classroom building. n Vienna Town Council member Neil Walp said he plans to seek re-election. n About 30 percent of Virginia taxpayers already have filed their federal income tax returns.

February 22, 1988: n A state Senate panel has endorsed continuing the policy requiring local school systems to open after Labor Day. n Major crime across Virginia was up 4.7 percent in 1987 from a year before, according to state officials.

February 26, 1993: n A new state law bans collective bargaining by state government employees. n State officials say the new law against carjacking has teeth, as it imposes a 15year sentence on those convicted.

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County Department of Transportation and Virginia Department of Transportation will host a series of community meetings in coming weeks to discuss paving and restriping projects for 2019.

All meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m., with a formal presentation beginning at 6:45 p.m. Local residents can provide feedback at the meetings or through onlinecomment forms.

In the Sun Gazette coverage area, meetings will be held on the following dates: • Dranesville District: Monday, March 4 at Westgate Elementary School.

• Providence District: Wednesday, March 13 at Providence Community Center.

• Hunter Mill District: Thursday, April 4 at Vienna Elementary School.

For information, see the Website at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/2019-paving-and-restriping.

BOWEN McCAULEY DANCE, FAIRFAX SYMPHONY TO COLLABORATE: Bowen

McCauley Dance will hold its first-ever collaboration with the Fairfax Symphony

Orchestra during a concert on Saturday, March 9 at 8 p.m. at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts.

The dance company will premiere three new works by artistic director Lucy Bowen McCauley, and the concert also will feature Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto featuring Ismail Lumanovski.

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ENTREPRENEURISM PROGRAM FOCUSES ON WOMEN: The Washington

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Women represent 60 percent of SCORE’s client base, and the number of women-owned businesses is growing at a rate five times the national average, according to organizations. Women-owned businesses currently make up nearly 40 percent of the 28 million small businesses across the nation.

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sion #1 of Arlington, Ancient Order of Hibernians, will hold its annual Gaelic Mass in honor of St. Patrick on Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More, 3901 North Cathedral Lane in Arlington.

Mass will be celebrated by Rev. M. Valentine Keveny of County Mayo, Ireland.

The event will include a performance of Sean O’Riada’s “Mass” in its original Gaelic, with organ and harp accompaniment.

For information, call Jim Carmody at (703) 560-2676.

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Women’s Auxiliary will hold its 39th annual fashion show and luncheon on Friday, April 12 at the Waterford in Fair Oaks.

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Your convenience is our top priority. We provide the best experience you have ever received in real estate.

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February 28, 2019

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