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Proposal for Merrifield Maintenance Facility Not Without Controversy BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax Water needs to build a new maintenance facility to serve central Fairfax County, and is working on plans to build one on Lee Highway in Merrifield. But the proposal may have to overcome ob-

jections from people who would like to see that formerly all-industrial area further blossom as a magnet for mixed-use redevelopment. “There’s not a lot of choice here,” said Charles “Chuck” Murray, general manager of Fairfax Water. “Believe me, we tried to find something else. It’s a big problem for the county, the lack of industrially zoned land.”

When Fairfax Water in 2014 took ownership of the city of Falls Church’s water system, the deal did not include the city’s maintenance facility on Gordons Road. Fairfax Water has until 2024 to vacate that site, and now is drawing up plans for a new maintenance facility to Continued on Page 13

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Vienna Honors Late Volunteer Fire Chief Bill Ellis BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department officials have draped Fire Station 2’s façade with black bunting to mourn the death of George William “Bill” Ellis, who served with the department for nearly half a century and was its chief for two decades. Ellis, who died at Inova Fairfax Hospital Feb. 22 at age 81, always focused on education, safety and saving lives, said Joan Dempsey, president of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. “I think one of the best things that Billy taught me was that being a volunteer is a responsibility,” she said. “We have a responsibility to the community to save lives and property through education, training and new equipment. Whatever it took, he would be an advocate for it.” After a fatal fire about 25 years ago in a house without a working smoke detector, Ellis called all the department’s members and had them go doorto-door that weekend to give residents fire-safety reminders and check to make sure they had

smoke detectors. If not, volunteers provided detectors and installed them, Dempsey said. “He also approached the Auxiliary around the same time for a thermal imager for the career [firefighters’] engine,” she said. “The Auxiliary agreed and purchased it and Vienna’s was the first career engine to have a thermal imager. Today, all frontline engines have a thermal imager.” Ellis was born May 24, 1937, in Washington, D.C., one of Charles and Sophie Gladden Ellis’ 14 children. In 1956, he graduated from Mackin High School in Washington, D.C., and the following year began a career as a cable-splicing technician with C&P Telephone in Northern Virginia, retiring in 1992 after 35 years. “His office was hanging off the side of a telephone pole, installing and fixing telephone lines,” family members wrote in an obituary notice. “He often spent late nights working on job sites repairing damaged underground telephone-network distribution cables.” In 1960, Ellis enlisted with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves

Bill Ellis, who died Feb. 22 at age 81, was chief of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department for two decades.

and served six years before being honorably discharged at the rank of corporal. Ellis joined the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department at age 18 and began a lifelong career as a volunteer firefighter. He became the department’s chief in 1980 and held that rank until 2001, when he and his wife moved to Culpeper. Ellis had not been away from the fire service long when he

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joined the Salem Volunteer Fire Department in Culpeper County. He continued to serve with Salem for many more years as an apparatus driver and drew from a wealth of knowledge from his decades with the Vienna department. “He kept on running fire trucks until about a year ago, when he [became] too old,” said Council member Howard Springsteen, a former president

of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department. Late Vienna Mayor M. Jane Seeman held a “Bill Ellis Day” in Vienna after the former fire chief stepped down, he said. Ellis “represents the best of Vienna over the years,” Springsteen said. “It’s a passing of part of our history here.” Ellis also was an inveterate tinkerer who amassed many items to help him with tasks, his family said. “His collection of nuts, bolts, washers and various fasteners, tools and wire allowed him to create a device for almost every situation,” the obituary notice read. “If you were missing a small part, Bill had it or could make it. His basement in Vienna and later, his garage in Culpeper, were his domain. Only he knew where things were.” One of the machines Ellis enjoyed tinkering with was the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department’s antique 1946 Maxim fire engine, which he used to drive Santa Claus around on Vienna’s streets around Christmas, Dempsey said. Continued on Page 20

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Decision on the Way on Dominion’s Plan for Tysons BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Fairfax County Planning Commission will decide March 13 whether to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve Dominion Energy’s plans to upgrade its primary electrical substation in Tysons. The substation, built in 1964 and expanded in 1970, occupies 3.29 acres at 8440 Tyco Road near the Dulles Airport Access Road. Dominion is requesting a special-exception amendment to make the facility more efficient and less cluttered by installing gas-insulated technology, which takes up less space than standard air-insulated substation equipment. The gas-insulated equipment would replace older gear on the site’s western side and be enclosed in a building. Three 70-foot-tall “backbones” at the site would be replaced with two 75-foot-high ones, which would be placed on lower-level areas of the property to minimize the apparent height increase. Six distribution centers would be removed and existing distribution lines placed underground. “The overall look will be a little more organized and modern,” said Sheri Akin, a senior planner with McGuireWoods, who represented Dominion at the Planning Commission’s Feb. 27 public hearing. The site also would feature a 75-foot-

tall “static pole” to protect against lightning, she said. Dominion would screen the facility from the surrounding area using a 12foot-tall textured precast-concrete wall, which would replace a 7-foot-high chainlink fence topped by a foot of barbed wire. The utility also would provide landscaping including 75 new trees and 77 new shrubs. An 8-foot-wide sidewalk and street trees also would be installed along Tyco Road, and Dominion would dedicate 0.14 acres of street frontage there. The wall would have color variations along the side facing Tyco Road, but Tim Incheck, general manager for the nearby Dominion Energy is seeking approval from the Fairfax County government to upgrade its exTysons Dulles Plaza development, recom- isting substation at 8440 Tyco Road in Tysons. mended that the wall’s aesthetic upgrades used by residential and commercial cus- moved to defer the commission’s decision be installed on all four sides of the facil- tomers. on the Tyco Road facility until March 13 ity. In addition to upgrading the Tyco Road so some development conditions could Dominion is seeking the upgrades to facility, Dominion also plans to build a be reviewed and lingering questions anhelp meet future electrical demand in rap- new substation south of the Spring Hill swered, including ones about easements idly redeveloping Tysons, relieve the load Metro station in Tysons to further serve needed for the planned Greensboro Drive imposed on surrounding substations and that urban center. ramp to the Dulles Airport Access Road. avoid violating reliability standards imPlanning Commission member Phillip “This station is critical to the future of posed by the National American Electric Niedzielski-Eichner (Providence District) Tysons,” Niedzielski-Eichner said. Reliability Corp. In addition, the upgraded station will If you’re a fan of crossword puzzles, don’t be shy: serve as the end point for the future unTake a look at Page 31 and you’ll find this week’s derground-transmission line between Idylwood Road and Tysons. brand-new installment, with the solution close at Substations connect with high-volthand. It’s another special bonus for readers from age transmission lines and step down thatT:9.6” your good friends here at the Sun Gazette! electricity using transformers so it can be

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Our View: Don’t Give Up on Insurance Proposal Say you are having breathing problems, just broke an arm or have been feeling dizzy without any reason. Many of us would take the prudent step of heading to the nearest emergency room. In the midst of a medical emergency, few of us would be clear-thinking enough to start quizzing hospital personnel on the intricacies of medical insurance. We’d just want to be treated. But failing to get the 4-1-1 on the insurance situation can be a costly oversight, if medical professionals in the ER are not connected to the provider of the patient. That provider often will pass along the outof-network surcharges to the unsuspecting patient. Members of the General Assembly attempted to rectify the situation in the 2019 session, working on legislation that would have struck a balance, making health-insurers responsible for the out-of-network charges while limiting their financial responsibility to

the “fair-market value” of the services. It seemed a reasonable way to address the issue, and it appeared that, in principle, insurers, hospitals and doctors’ organizations were on board. But “in principle” is as far as the measure got, dying in the General Assembly over dickering about what constituted a fair-market value of services and quibbling over other financial matters. In one sense, it’s perhaps better to have no bill at all than a cobbled-together measure. So, if legislators and the various interest groups can keep the momentum going and find ways to compromise so legislation can pass in 2020, it means we’re on the right path. But if legislators, having failed in 2019, give up their efforts, that’s a loss for everyone, but most especially the patients who, at a moment of acute need, should not be required to figure out insurance intricacies on the fly.

Keep Up Efforts on Fixing Transportation Editor: Since the beginning of time, humans have needed to travel from one place to another. It helps us survive, in part by promoting knowledge. It also helps us to know each other better. And it helps to promote a more robust economy. Times change, and people change their habits to adjust to the times. But the principles described above are the same. When it comes to transportation: If we build it, we will use it! We may fill the greater capacity on opening day, or we may take years to learn a new pattern, but we will use most infrastructure that is built. As an engineer, I see how this happens. Sometimes – not around here! – I see roads built where the local officials see opportunities for growth and builders are

there to support the development, but that development doesn’t match the infrastructure built. In those cases, roads are built, but water and sewer services are never completely built out; sometimes not at all. I am glad to see relief is on its way in multiple forms on the crowded Route 7 corridor. And, again, as an engineer, I am aware of the challenges in building infrastructure in a built environment. Takings are usually not welcomed by those where eminent domain is exercised. Even establishing easements is time-consuming and somewhat costly. (This is what has made California’s rail projects so difficult.) Let’s look at the upstream traffic. Much of it is from Loudoun County. What is Loudoun doing to help on the

traffic flow that adds greatly to Route 7 problems in Fairfax County? It seems to me, with some exceptions, it is largely to make the corridor wider and remove obstacles and restrictions. Most VDOT and county money has gone to projects like the bridge and overpass at Belmont Ridge Road and Route 7. They have helped preserve safety on some bike-path improvements I know well near there. Hundreds of millions have been spent on improved intersections, wider lanes. Could more be done that is wise with tax dollars? Multiple forms of relieving traffic pressure are needed everywhere in or near the Capital Beltway. Keep at it! Kevin Chisholm Arlington

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It probably was a predictable result, but the House of Delegates has turned down a local legislator’s proposal to have Virginia join the “National Popular Vote Compact,” which would fundamentally alter the way presidents are selected. The House Committee on Privileges and Elections didn’t even give the measure, patroned by Del. Mark Levine (D45th), a vote. Instead, the proposal died at legislative “crossover” on Feb. 5. Under the National Popular Vote Compact, states would agree to allocate

their presidential-elector votes to the candidate who wins the highest number of popular votes nationally. Currently, 12 states plus the District of Columbia have signed on to the proposal. But those jurisdictions represent only 172 of the 270 electoral votes a candidate needs to win the presidency, and the entire effort hinges on getting enough states signed up to guarantee at least 270 electoral votes. When the U.S. Constitution was ratified and the electoral college was set up, the Founding Fathers left it up to

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the states to determine how they would allocate their electoral votes. In early elections, it often was state legislatures that decided, even if those decisions conflicted with the popular vote in a state. Sometimes, a state didn’t even hold elections for president. But over time, the method currently in use by 48 states, including Virginia – a winner-take-all system where the top vote-getter in a state gets all that state’s electoral votes – emerged as the preferred choice. – Scott McCaffrey

American Legion Post Wins Round in Zoning Controversy American Legion Post 270’s clubhouse has stood for 70 years in McLean. Post leaders have been in a tussle with county officials on zoning issues; the latest round went to the post, which was backed by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

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American Legion Post 270 in 1949 received permission to build a clubhouse after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sided with the organization over objections from neighbors and county planning officials. Seven decades later, fortune has favored the post again. The Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) on Feb. 27 unanimously overturned the county zoning administrator’s ruling that private events held by the post constituted a commercial indoor-recreation use not allowable in the R-3 residential zoning district without a specialexception permit. Begun in 1946 by World War 11 veterans, Post 270 initially met at the McLean firehouse and received its official American Legion charter in December 1949. The county’s BZA in February 1949 denied the post’s application to establish a clubhouse, which some nearby residents feared would produce too much noise from its commercial operations. The Board of Supervisors referred the matter to the Planning Commission for further study, and the commission sided with the BZA’s decision. But supervisors then reversed that ruling and let the post proceed without imposing any development conditions. The post since 1955 has occupied a 2,880-square-foot building constructed in 1955 on 1.5 acres at 1355 Balls Hill Road. The organization long relied on citrus sales as its primary fund-raising mechanism, but when that revenue source began drying up in 2016, leaders began renting out the facility more, said County Zoning Administrator Leslie Johnson. In 2016 alone, the 338-member post hosted 269 events catering to more than 11,400 non-post members, county officials said. These shindigs included 85 daytime events, 84 nighttime gatherings and 100 evening events in which the post charged unaffiliated groups a fee or security deposit, they said. In December 2016 and early 2017, the McLean District Police Station and Dranesville District supervisor’s office received noise complaints from the post’s neighbors. Johnson on April 24, 2018, determined that the scope and scale of the post’s events constituted an expansion of use beyond that of a private club. Johnson told the post it could solve the problem by obtaining a special-exception permit from county supervisors. Getting

a special-exception permit requires five to six months and payment of a $16,375 fee (plus lawyers’ fees), officials said. The post’s leadership neither obtained such a permit nor appealed her ruling, officials said. After receipt of further noise complaints, employees with the county’s Department of Code Compliance inspected the post during events on Aug. 11 and Sept. 15, 2018, and on Oct. 5 issued the post a violation notice concerning those events. The post then appealed the notice. Post leaders and county officials differed over whether those events had been hosted or attended by post members. County inspectors said they could not hear noise from the post’s events on neighbors’ properties and added that sounds emanated from the building only when its door was propped open. Several neighboring residents testified at the two-hour-long public hearing that thumping bass notes from music played inside the post’s building kept them awake late at night and made it difficult for them to enjoy their lives. Post Cmdr. Robert Molepske said he had worked hard since becoming the organization’s leader in 2017 to reduce noise at the site, including measuring sound in the building with an audiometer and banning the use of sub-woofers. The facility serves as a low-cost alternative for member veterans, he said. “Not everyone in McLean is superrich,” Molepske said. BZA member Max Beard said the county’s 1949 approval did not prevent the post from renting its facility and that the current problem stemmed from the zoning administrator’s subsequent determination. “We’re not talking about a restaurant facility or a hotel,” Beard said. “This has never changed ownership. It’s the same people. Very respectfully, I see this as trying to reel them in and bring them in under the existing codes.” Some BZA members doubted their decision would end the friction between the post and its neighbors. “Every swim and tennis club, every church has development conditions on them now,” said BZA Vice Chairman Paul Hammack Jr. “Nobody gets to run things 24 hours per day, seven days a week, if they want to.” BZA member James Hart advised post leaders to contact an attorney about the situation. “Whatever else happens, this sounds like it’s going to court, depending on what we do,” he said.

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Vienna Officials Split Over Whether Developer Confabs Are Worthwhile BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Vienna Town Council members may choose not to meet with developers outside of public meetings, or converse with them only in the presence of town staff, but the Council cannot prohibit such gatherings, Town Attorney Steven Briglia said. Banning such meetings might violate the First Amendment and likely would run afoul of the Dillon Rule, under which Virginia localities may exercise only those powers granted them by the General Assembly, Briglia said at the Council’s March 4 joint work session with the town’s Planning Commission. “Not only could I not find any [legal] authority, but it would be prohibited under Virginia law,” he said. Public meetings in Virginia are defined as having three or more elected officials and the town cannot expand that defini-

tion, Briglia said. Council member Pasha Majdi on Jan. 29 took the unusual step of issuing a press release calling for a ban on private meetings with developers who would be submitting applications under the town’s Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zoning ordinance. “I’ve been very frustrated by developers hiring high-priced attorneys who then request off-the-record meeting with me, and then developers having the chutzpah to claim that I’m biased against their application because I refuse to meet with them off the record,” he said. Briglia had agreed with Council member Douglas Noble at a Feb. 11 work session that developers seek such confabs early in the process to gauge Council members’ initial response to proposals and avoid costly plan revisions. “Developers want the feedback,” Briglia said then. “If [a proposal] is dead on arrival, they want to know it earlier than

later.” No one can force Town Council members to have off-the-record meetings, Briglia said at the March 4 meeting. Conversely, Council members should not give developers the impression that one elected official is speaking for the entire body, he added. Council member Carey Sienicki said it was her duty to represent the entire community and that attempts to restrict interactions were not appropriate. “I don’t feel I have a need to limit that in any way,” she said. “It’s a fundamental right.” Planning Commission member Sarah Couchman said attempts to limit such meetings with potential MAC developers further would hinder what has been a contentious process. “This is another effort to make the MAC even more difficult,” she said. Council member Howard Springsteen said he would prefer to have any off-the-

record meetings with developers at Town Hall with staff members presents. Springsteen added that one developer pushing a non-MAC project a few years ago had threatened the Council with consequences in another commercial area if that initiative were not approved. “People do this all the time,” he said. “This guy is a pain.” Noble offered a different take on the matter. “This is how the big-boy game is played,” he said. “Say ‘no.’ That’s OK.” Council member Linda Colbert also urged colleagues to stand up to any such pressure. “It’s up to all of us to hold ourselves to a standard and not succumb to a threat,” she said. After nearly a half-hour of discussion on the topic, Council members agreed not to give town staff any directives on the matter.

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Local Delegates Score Win in ’19 General Assembly BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Many bills submitted by local House of Delegates members have fallen by the wayside since the General Assembly session began Jan. 9, but several of their proposals have advanced. Among bills by Del. Rip Sullivan (D48th) that passed in both houses were ones that: • Amend the assisted-conception statute using gender-neutral terminology. The bill allows an unmarried people to be an intended parent, which parallels the ability of an unmarried people to adopt under the adoption statutes. The bill also allows for use of an embryo owned by an intended parent under a surrogacy arrangement. • Provides that the statute of limitations for actions based on unsigned, written contracts is three years after the cause of the actions has accrued. • Provides that a determination by the State Corporation Commission that an energy-efficiency program is not in the public’s interest shall include with the commission’s final order the work product and analysis by commission staff in making that judgment. The General Assembly also passed bills by Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-34th) to: • Require owners of residential property to include in the residential-property

disclosure statements provided to potential purchasers a statement that the owner makes no representations regarding the existence or recordation of any maintenance agreements for any stormwater-detention facilities on the property, and that the potential purchaser should perform due diligence to determine the presence of any such facilities or agreements. • Allow counties operating under the urban-county-executive form of government (specifically, Fairfax County) to develop a program to issue permits or stickers to residents of designated areas that them to drive into or out of those areas during certain times of day where such turns would otherwise be restricted. The General Assembly also passed Murphy’s measures pertaining to healthinsurance-premium rate workers’-compensation claims). Lawmakers also passed bills by Del. Marcus Simon (D-53rd) to: • Require every person of school age to be deemed to reside in a school division, for the purpose of eligibility for free public elementary and secondary education in that division, if all or a portion of the building in which that person resides is taxable by the locality in which the school division is located. • Require that, in order to secure homestead-exemption benefits for real estate, householders shall declare in writing their intentions to claim such a benefit in the county or city in which such real

estate or any part thereof is located or, if the property is located outside Virginia, in the county or city where the householders reside. Among successful bills submitted by Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) were ones that: • Require the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to develop, and the Department of Education to distribute to each local school division, educational materials about the health and safety risks of using tobacco, nicotine vapor products and alternative nicotine products. • Prohibit insurers from refusing to issue or failing to renew motor-vehicle insurance policies solely because the applicant or policyholder is a foster-care provider or someone in foster care. • Direct the Department of Corrections director to review the department’s visitation policies concerning visitors’ wearing of tampons or menstrual cups at state correctional facilities ,and revise the policies as necessary to permit visitors to wear such products. • Require the Department of Motor Vehicles to, upon request, indicate on an applicant’s special-identification card that he or she is blind or vision-impaired. • Require the State Corporation Commission to convene and facilitate a Data Access Stakeholder group to help the commission draft regulations to protect personally identifiable information of

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Q&A: Head of Fairfax Water Looking Toward the Future BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax Water is one of Northern Virginia’s most important utilities, but it rarely draws public attention. “We are accused of being the invisible or silent service, but it is the one that is absolutely essential,” said Charles “Chuck” Murray, who has served as the utility’s general manager since 2006. “You can live without a lot of things, but you can’t live without water.” Chartered in 1957 by the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Fairfax Water is headquartered in Merrifield, has a $120 million annual budget and employs 439 people. The public non-profit utility handles about 165 million gallons of water per day (enough to fill up 250 Olympic-sized swimming pools) through 3,995 miles’ worth of water mains and 29,069 fire hydrants. The utility serves almost 2 million people in Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, as well as the cities of Falls Church and Fairfax. Fairfax Water also sells water to Herndon, Vienna and other localities. Murray outlined Fairfax Water’s mission in a Feb. 27 interview. Fairfax Water’s output used to be about 171 million gallons per day. Why is that figure less today? “People are using less water . . . We’ve had rapid growth in customers and almost no growth in demand. That’s given us more time in terms of future planning for additional source-water resources. We draw primarily from the Potomac, but also from the Occoquan. It also pushes out any infrastructure improvements to expand capacity. Up until recently, most investment in water infrastructure came as the result of growth. Now that the county is fully developed and some of this infrastructure is 50, 60, 70 years old, we’re shifting our focus to replacement.” Are you building any new water tanks? “We have one we just tore down at George Mason University and are about to construct a new one there and get it at the right elevation. We have some issues near the city of Falls Church, with tanks at Seven Corners and Wilson [Boulevard], so we’ve got our work cut out.” How has the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act affected operations? “The only direct impact that has on us is positive, inasmuch as we operate the Occoquan Reservoir and draw from the Potomac. The Chesapeake Bay initiatives help preserve our watersheds. We’re looking at sourcewater protection, so restriction of development in critical areas is a good thing for us.” How have security needs changed in recent years? “We were required by the new terrorism act of 2001 to do a complete vulnerability assessment of the system and implement security measures and upgrades, if necessary. That’s all been

Charles “Chuck” Murray has served as general manager of Fairfax Water since 2006.

done and we are revisiting that periodically to make further improvements. Cyber-security, of course, is a big concern and we have multiple measures in place on that. We have physical security at all of our facilities. One of the things we do to deal with the cyber threat is we operate our plants manually once a year, just to make sure we can continue to do so.” Fairfax Water tried to buy Vienna’s water system several years ago. Are you still interested? “That’s why we were created, to build an integrated water system for the county. We offered to buy Vienna’s system, but they were not interested. We’ve always been a wholesale provider to Vienna, but they bought most of their water from Falls Church and so when we took over [that city’s] system, we became [Vienna’s] wholesale provider.” How much county revenue do you get? “Zero. It’s all from rates, fees and charges.” What is happening at the Vulcan quarry in Lorton? “The idea was that they would mine that quarry to configure it into two reservoirs for us, one that we would get in 2035 [providing about 1.8 billion gallons in storage], and then the other would be available in 2085. They would flood the entire pit and then we would have 15 billion gallons in storage down there. It’s wonderful because it’s right next to the [Occoquan] reservoir, so it’s easier to fill from the dam. Plus, it’s right at the top of the estuary.” How do you treat water? “Conventional water treatment uses gravity. You settle out as much of the material as you can, enhancing that process with coagulation chemicals. That settled water, which is pretty clear to the eye, goes to ozone chambers, where there are stones that bubble ozone gas into the water – just like an aquarium, only on an enormous scale. That gives you intimate contact between ozone, a very powerful oxidant, and all the remaining constituents in this water, some of which are organic . . . It burns these compounds basically, oxidizes them and breaks them down. Then [the water] goes into filters made of sand and granular, activated carbon, which is also biologically active . . . From there, you disinfect it with chlorine and add fluoride and phosphate Continued on Page 13

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Continued from Page 11 for corrosion control.” Why is using ozone better? “It’s more effective at removing a host of compounds and also [improves] taste and odor. You hear a lot about ‘immersion contaminants’ – pharmaceuticals and

personal-care products. It’s very effective in removing those.” What’s your biggest challenge? “Salt. As more and more impervious surface is laid down for roads and parking lots, more and more of this salt is going down. There’s been an exponential increase in the use of salt . . . All this salt on the road is going to end up in the water. It never goes away. And this is happening all over the world, not just here.”

Do you discourage the Virginia Department of Transportation from treating roads with brine? “We’re trying. We’re pushing back. There’s something called a Salt-Management Strategy being deployed by [the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality] in Northern Virginia and we’re participating in and encouraging that.” Any other salt sources? “There’s also at least one point source of sodium dis-

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serve central Fairfax County. (The utility also operates similar sites in Newington and Chantilly, the latter being replaced by a new facility on Willard Road.) Fairfax Water is required by Fairfax County to respond to water-main breaks within one hour, so the central facility’s location will be crucial. The utility’s options were limited, however, by the dearth of industrial land. “This is the best fit,” Murray said in an interview. Fairfax Water in 2017 bought a property at Lee Highway and Industrial Drive in Merrifield, which previously had served as a metal-recycling facility and most recently was used for processing yard and tree waste. While completing the maintenance facility’s design and getting development approvals, utility officials are leasing the property’s rear section to the Fairfax County School Board, which uses it for bus parking, and the site’s front section to a Penske truck-rental business. Fairfax Water’s planned facility will feature a warehouse, storage space, vehicle- and equipment-maintenance areas, offices, employee spaces, a fueling island and a 1.5-acre vegetated buffer area toward the property’s rear. “It’s a tight site, but we were able to fit everything on it,” Murray said. The county’s Planning Commission is scheduled to review the proposal at a May 8 public hearing, and utility officials hope the Board of Supervisors will take up the case in June or July. Fairfax Water has met with Merrifield

Fairfax Water hopes to build a new maintenance facility at Lee Highway and Industrial Drive in Merrifield.

business leaders about the project and received positive feedback, said spokesman Susan Miller. “They definitely see it as an improvement and probably part of the future coming to Merrifield,” she said. Among those in agreement with that sentiment was Billy Thompson, president of the Greater Merrifield Business Association. While Thompson a couple of

years ago opposed the maintenance facility on grounds that it conflicted with some residents’ future vision for Merrifield, he changed his mind after seeing the most recent plans. “I couldn’t be more impressed with the plans for the facility,” he said. “It appeared to me that the complex’s design has taken everything into account with making it green-friendly, neighbor-pleas-

charge that we’re dealing with right now, and that’s this Micron [computer-chip] manufacturing facility in Manassas. It’s been expanded and provides all sorts of great new jobs and is good for the region, but they use sodium hydroxide in their process and discharge sodium, which goes into a sewer and treatment plant and is not removed. It’s discharged into the reservoir.” ing and a totally modern concept.” His only further suggestion: Include a children’s playground. But Supervisor Linda Smyth (DProvidence) earlier expressed reservations about the facility’s location, Murray said. “She’s afraid we’re going to prevent consolidation of the property and future expansion of the Merrifield redevelopment,” he said. “We’ve had to address some of those concerns in the design, but the fact is, we need to be where we need to be.” A staff member in Smyth’s office said the supervisor had not had the opportunity to review Fairfax Water’s latest plans for the facility and could not comment yet. Fairfax Water must serve McLean and rapidly redeveloping Tysons and be able to fix water-main breaks quickly, Murray said. “We can’t have people sitting in traffic while water mains are spewing water,” he said. “But at the same time, we want to be a good neighbor and we will be a good neighbor.”

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Our perpetual quest in search of exceptionality across the local real-estate market this week brings us to the sought-after Georgetown Estates community of Great Falls, where an extraordinary opportunity awaits. Set on 2.2 acres and featuring more than 8,100 square feet of interior space, the home provides the backdrop for exuberant entertaining while also showcasing refined and warmhearted appeal for daily living. And as a bonus, its layout is pitchperfect for multi-generational living. Meanwhile, the exterior is as large a delight as the interior, with a deck, patio and fountain providing perfect opportunities for relaxation. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,749,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate. Located just south of Georgetown Pike for prime convenience, you are guaranteed serenity not only by the acreage, but by a gated entry that sets the tone for all that will follow. With so much to explore, we will

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showcase a few highlights to whet your appetite: • The classic, columned entryway opens to a glorious, soaring foyer with marble flooring and double staircase. • A huge sunroom on the main level features walls of Palladian windows.

• The kitchen is centrally located and has everything close at hand. • A main-level bedroom is a bonus touch, showcasing the versatility of the layout. • The luxurious master retreat (with two walk-in closets, one gloriously large) vies for out title of most outstanding spot on the upper level with a huge bonus family room that includes a fireplace and its own balcony overlooking your domains. • The lower level can be set up as an in-law suite, featuring its own kitchen, dining area and bedroom. This level also is home to a recreation room, office and numerous bonus spaces. Delightful on every level, this is a property not to be missed. Put it atop your to-do list today. Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients. For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2521.

Timing of Sale Impacts Final Price Can you time the sale of your home to maximize the purchase price? A new study suggests yes, but when to put homes on the market varies across the nation. In general, sellers looking to maximize profits should list their homes for sale in the first two weeks of May, according to a recent Zillow analysis finds that those homes sell for a $1,600 premium, and six days faster. In 19 of the 35 largest metros, the best month to sell for the biggest sales premium is May. That said, the best time to list a home varies by market, and could be impacted by local market dynamics or even weather patterns. The earliest is in Pittsburgh, where the magic window is the second half of March, while a handful of markets (including Houston and Miami) don’t hit the prime listing time until the first two weeks of July. For the D.C. region? The first two weeks of April are considered the sweet spot for getting a home to market, according to the study. Early signals for the 2019 housing market suggest that the balance is tilting toward buyers, as inventory is showing modest gains and appreciation is stabilizing or slowing in some of the previously hottest markets. Before putting their homes on the market, sellers spend about seven months on average thinking about their decision. During that time frame, most sellers complete at least one home-improvement project before listing their properties. Knowing the best listing window gives them time to prepare their home. “Sellers time their listings to optimize their sale in all sorts of ways,” said Skylar Olsen, Zillow director of economic research and outreach. “Working with an agent who can weigh the local market and your unique priorities is still our lasting advice.” The biggest premium for timing a listing is in Minneapolis, where homes listed in the first half of May sold for a 1.8 percent premium. That translates to an extra $4,900 on the sale. Sellers in Austin and Miami, on the other hand, saw the smallest sales premiums. In Las Vegas, when a home is listed has little impact on how quickly it sells. Homes listed during the ideal window in early July sold just half a day faster than at other times.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes MCC GOVERNING BOARD TO HOST HEARING ON PROGRAMMING: The

McLean Community Center Governing Board will host a hearing on future programming on Wednesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the center,1234 Ingleside Ave. The hearing is the first step in planning for the fiscal 2021 budget cycle, which runs from July 2020 to June 2021. Those who wish to speak at the hearing are asked to call (703) 744-9348 to have their names placed on the speakers’ list, but registration is not required. Comments also can be submitted by mail, fax (703-556-0547), e-mail (holly.novak@fairfaxcounty.gov) or in person up to seven days after the hearing.

McLEAN PROJECT FOR ARTS GEARS UP FOR SPRING GALA: McLean Project

for the Arts has announced plans for its annual spring benefit, to be held May 16 at the home of Mark and Sarah Kimsey overlooking the Potomac River. McLean residents Bela Aggarwal and Jacqueline Henry will chair the 2019 event, which raises funds to support MPA’s exhibitions, education programs and art outreach. Sponsorships currently are available; ticket sales open March 19. For information, see the Website at www.mpaart.org.

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tours providing access to areas of Colvin Run Mill in Great Falls normally inaccessible to visitors are in the works. The “Four Floor Tour Class” is a unique tour that involves climbing steep stairs to get peek at spots not seen on the regular mill tours. This extended tour, to be held on Saturdays throughout March, begins at 10:30 a.m. and may last up to two hours. It is designed for participants age 10 to adult. While the mill’s second and third floor areas are not ADA accessible, alternative arrangements will be made for those who cannot climb stairs but wish to participate. The cost is $10 per person. For information, call (703) 759-2771.

MCA TO HOST PUBLIC-SAFETY FORUM: The McLean Citizens Association’s

Public-Safety Information Program for March will focus on the Fairfax County Police Civilian Review Panel, Fairfax County Independent Police Auditor and Fairfax County Public Schools’ Restorative Justice Program and Alternative Accountability Program. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Governmental Center, 1437 Balls Hill Road in McLean. For information, see the Website at http://mcleancitizens.org.

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McLean Project for the Arts will host an exhibition of artwork by students in the Langley High School pyramid. Participating schools include Langley High School; Cooper Middle School; and Churchill Road, Colvin Run, Forestville, Great Falls and Spring Hill elementary schools. The exhibition will run March 7-19 at MPA@ChainBridge, 1446 Chain Bridge Road. Hours are Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. An opening reception is slated for Tuesday, March 12 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For information, see the Website at www.mpaart.org.

ALDEN THEATRE TO PRESENT ‘WINNIE-THE-POOH’: The Alden Theatre of

the McLean Community Center will present a production of “Winnie-the-Pooh” on Saturdays and Sundays, March 9-10 and 16-17, at 2 p.m. Local youth will star in the production. Tickets are $10 for McLean residents, $15 for others. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Website at www. mcleancenter.org. ALDEN THEATRE TO HOST PRIMER ON SHAKESPEARE: The Alden Theatre

of the McLean Community Center will host “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” on Wednesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. Experts from the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Potomac School will prepare audience members for upcoming American Shakespeare Center on Tour performances of “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Winter’s Tale,” coming to the Alden Theatre later in the month. The cost is $5 for McLean residents, $7 for others. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Website at www. mcleancenter.org. MCC TO HOST FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE: The McLean Community Cen-

ter will host its first-ever father-daughter dance on Friday, March 22 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Open to children and parents of all ages, the dance will provide a red-carpet opportunity for participants. Light refreshments will be served. The cost is $25 per person. For information, call (703) 790-0123 or see the Website at www.mcleancenter.org.

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Vienna/Oakton Notes VIENNA COUNCIL MAKES APPOINTMENTS: The Vienna Town Council re-

cently reappointed Robert Holland and Carey Williams to two-year terms on the Town-Business Liaison Committee. VIENNA SEEKING NOMINATIONS OF OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS: The Vi-

enna town government is seeking nominations of local residents to be honored at the upcoming Mayor’s Volunteer Reception. Nominations are due by April 1; a nomination form can be found at www. viennava.gov/volunteers. The awards reception will be held on April 23. To nominate a town business for the Carole Wolfand Award, presented by the Town-Business Liaison Committee, email Adam Kincaid at adam.kincaid@viennava.gov (with “Carole Wolfand nomination” in the subject line) by March 10.

ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION ON THE HORIZON: The Vienna Parks

and Recreation Department will hold its annual photography exhibit and contest March 16-17 at the Vienna Community Center. The competition is open to amateur photographers across the Washington area. Entries will be accepted on Thursday, March 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Friday, March 15 from noon to 3:45 p.m. For information, see the Website at

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ning author Colbert King will speak at the upcoming meeting of Historic Vienna Inc. on Tuesday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Vienna Town Hall. King’s talk is in connection with the new Historic Vienna Inc. exhibition “Vienna in the 1950s.” He also will speak on current topics. The community is invited; refreshments will be served.

CHURCH SETS INTERGENERATIONAL FITNESS PROGRAM: Church of the

Good Shepherd will present “Made to Move,” an intergenerational fitness class led by fitness expert and author Wendy LeBolt, on Sunday, March 17 at 9 a.m. at the church. LeBolt is the author of the newly released book “Made to Move: Knowing and Loving God Through Our Bodies,” which is dedicated to the late Mary Anne Noland, a longtime parish nurse at Good Shepherd. The church is located at 2351 Hunter Mill Road. For information, call (703) 281-3987 or see the Website at www.goodshepherdva. com. 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. PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE: Leigh Kitcher of Historic

Vienna Inc. will discuss the struggles of women to obtain the right to vote during a program on Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m. at Patrick Henry Library. The event is sponsored by the library and the Vienna branch of the American Association of University Women. The community is invited. ‘NARFE’ TO LOOK AT SOUTH AFRICA:

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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. 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. SCOUT TROOP TO HOST MULCH SALE:

Boy Scout Troop 1128 of Vienna will host its spring mulch sale on Saturday, March 16 at Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, 1301 Trap Road in Vienna. The cost is $3.40 per 2-cubic-foot bag if picked up; delivery is available at a slightly higher cost. Orders should be made in advance to ensure supply. For information, call Tammy McMenamin at (703) 402-7699 or see the Website at www.troop1128.org/ mulch. ‘CAPITOL STEPS’ TO PERFORM IN FUND-RAISER FOR CREW TEAM: The

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McLean/G. Falls Notes Continued from Page 17 Ulysses Grant.” The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center; the community is invited. For information, call Carole Herrick at (703) 356-8223. FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT PTA AT LOCAL ELEMENTARY: HBC Group of

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Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Vienna recently completed a toothbrush drive in conjunction with Smiles for Miles, with the donations being sent to Central America in support of overall health. The local effort was coordinated by seventh-grader Adrian Kladakis (left), and brought in 365 toothbrushes.

Keller Williams Realty will host a fundraiser to support Timber Lane Elementary School’s PTA on Tuesday, March 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pulcinella Italian Host Restaurant in McLean. Approximately 70 percent of proceeds from food and drink will support the school, if patrons bring a promotional flyer available at www.hbcgroupkw.com. Funds raised will be used to underwrite programming at the school. Sponsors of the event are Karen Briscoe and Lizzy Conroy of HBC Group; Marcus Simon of EKKO Title; Kevin Dougherty of Pillar to Post; Kathy and Justin Neal of SunTrust; Jim Harris of BOWA; the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce and Moe Gariani of Pulcinella Italian Host.

‘TRAVELING PLAYERS’ TO PRESENT FESTIVAL, DISCUSSION: The Traveling

Players Ensemble will present a theater festival on Sunday, March 17 at Madeira School, 8328 Georgetown Pike in McLean. The program begins with “Alice in Wonderland,” designed for ages 6-12, at 3 p.m., followed by “The Merchant of Venice,” designed for ages 10 and older, at 4:15 p.m. Following the second show, a discus-

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sion led by American University professor Barbara Wien will look at Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, in “The Merchant of Venice.” The troupe is comprised of students from across the Washington area. Tickets are $10. For information and tickets, call (703) 987-1712 or see the Website at www.travelingplayers.org. GREAT FALLS SENIOR CENTER TO LOOK AT D-DAY: Great Falls Senior Cen-

ter’s next event will feature a presentation on “What Our Boys Faced on D-Day” on Tuesday, March 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls. Historian James Lewis in 2013 traveled to northern France to create a number of slide-oriented presentations, including one focusing on the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. The program is free; lunch by Deli Italiano is $10 per person. For registration, call Polly Fitzgerald at (703) 759-4345 or e-mail pollyfitz1@verizon.net. For information, see the Website at www.gfseniors.org. The event is sponsored by the Great Falls Ecumenical Council.

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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. Volunteer Fire Department, 13428 Scotts Mill Road in Culpeper. Fire departments wishing to participate in a procession to the firehouse should contact Salem Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Bailey at mabkcb@aol.com or (540) 423-4228. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to his wife, Joan Ellis, via Union Bank and Trust’s Culpeper South Branch, to assist her with medical and funeral expenses. Donations also may be made by contacting Robert Ellis at RememberBillEllis@gmail.com.

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Schools & Military n Samantha Giuntini of Oakton, a graduate of Flint Hill School; Rachel Smith of Vienna, a graduate of Indian Hill High School; Jenna Walter of McLean, a graduate of Mercersburg Academy; Belle Banta of Vienna, a graduate of Fallbrook Union High School; Jared Lampal of McLean, a graduate of McLean High School; and Konrad McKalip of Vienna, a graduate of Potomac School have been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the fall semester at Colgate University. Claudia Greco of Vienna, a graduate of Georgetown Visitation Prep; Samantha Sporn, a graduate of Madeira School; Farrin Saba, a graduate of Madeira School; Elizabeth Isaacson, a graduate of Madeira School; and James Daus of Vienna, a graduate of New School Northern Virginia have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Colgate University. n Madelynn Pounder of Vienna, a graduate of George C. Marshall High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at St. Lawrence University. n Nadia Milman of Oakton has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Virginia. n

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n Irene Zhao of McLean and Ariana Blake of Great Falls have been named regional finalists and qualified to compete in the National History Bee competition, to be held in June in Chicago. They are among nine students from Nysmith School for the Gifted to be named regional finalists in the competition. n Several local schools will have teams participating in the national finals of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl, to be held in Washington from April 25-29. Local teams include those from Luther Jackson Middle School, Longfellow Middle School, Nysmith School and Pinnacle Academy. The upcoming competition is the 29th annual; it was started by the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy to stimulate interest in careers in science and math. n Students from 22 Fairfax County public schools have been named recipients of the 2019 Student Peace Awards

of Fairfax County, designed to recognize young people who work as peacemakers. Recipients will be recognized at a reception on March 10 at the Sherwood Community Center in Fairfax. Among students from the Sun Gazette coverage area: • Langley High School: Sumaiya Haque organized a team to conduct a Snapshot Project in Bangladesh, which provides cameras to 10-to-18-year-olds who have had traumatic experiences, allowing them to tell their stories through visual images while building self-confidence. • James Madison High School: Hannan Mumtaz founded the club Madison Minds Matter to help teens struggling with mental-health problems, providing an outlet for students to express themselves. The group has hosted talks by professionals, had discussions about coping strategies, and created advocacy videos for the school’s morning news program. • George C. Marshall High School: Luka Gabitsinashvili, with other officers of the Student Government Association, organized a student walkout after the Parkland shootings to raise concern for school safety and to honor the memory of the victims. He also has helped organize international nights to celebrate diversity and advocated for human rights with Amnesty International. • McLean High School: Neha Rana is the chief executive officer for the Speak

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More on the Web n High-school roundup. n Youth sports results.

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Warhawks Return to Throne Region Title 7th In Team History Staff Writer

Since last winning a region basketball champion in 1998, the Madison Warhawks had never been far from repeating – losing in the girls final four on occasion, then in the 2015 championship game.

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Top: The Madison Warhawks hoist the 6D North Region Tournament championship trophy. Above: Madison’s Carolina Brusch, left, drives to the basket, and Sarah Conforti, right, shoots inside. See a slideshow at: www.insidenova.com/sports/fairfax. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

There Were Early Indications for a Strong Season DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

At the time, an impressive 4-0 start to the seaBASKETBALL son against sound competition by the young Madison Warhawks girls basketball team worked as both foreshadowing and a bit of earlyseason fool’s gold. The Warhawks had the talent and potential to become quite good, so the undefeated start was certainly a sign of what came later when Madison won Concorde District and 6D North Region tournament high-school titles 24

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Athletic-Trophy Cases Detail a School’s Story

It’s a road down memory lane and a history lesson to take a few minutes sometimes and look what’s inside sports trophy cases at local high schools. In addition to hardware of all kinds, there is so much other information inside those racks and shelves.

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The night of Feb. 26, 2019 on their home court, the Warhawks (22-6) returned to the throne by winning the 6D North Region Tournament, defeating the South Lakes Seahawks, 65-55, in the high-school title contest. The region crown was the program’s seventh. Madison won its first six from 1990 to 1998. Madison was 3-0 in the 2019 tourney, has won 13 straight games (5-0 in the playoffs) and advanced to the Virginia High School League’s eight-team Class 6 state tournament. Madison’s season ended with a 61-54 first-round loss to T.C. Williams on March 1 at Westfield High School. With such a young team, which includes just two seniors, Madison coach Kirsten Stone admitted she didn’t think a region title was possible when the season began. “No way. We knew we had talent, but we were so young,” said Stone, who was chosen as the region’s Coach of the

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Three straight losses followed that strong start, then two more in Madison’s next seven games demonstrated that 4-0 beginning could have misleading. “We still had work to do after those games,” Madison coach Kirsten Stone said. The Warhawks got busy doing just that, began gelling as a team that included five freshmen, three who played a good amount. “It took us a while to learn and trust each other,” said Madison starting center Sarah Conforti, one of just two seniors on the team. Stone talked all season about how well Madison played together and how

much the players liked each other and enjoyed practice. Those all became strengths as the season and postseason progressed. Madison won the district regular-season with an 8-0 record, won the league tourney with a 2-0 mark, then went 3-0 to win the region tournament, extending its winning streak to 13 games. The Warhawks’ season ended March 1 with a first-round 61-54 loss to T.C. Williams in the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state tournament. With most of the players expected back next season, the Warhawks should be in a position to enjoy equal success if not better next winter.

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Most schools’ cases are located in lobbies or hallways near the gymnasiums. There are usually multiple cases because there is so much success to display there. Sometimes a single case might be in a school front lobby or hallway. Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School was opened in the 1920s, so there is too much material to display, despite the school’s multiple trophy venues. Some material has been stored away, but it’s all there somewhere. W.T. Woodson High in Fairfax has a long hallway full of sports trophy cases near the gymnasium. Oakton High has a similar setup. In an upstairs hallway overlooking the Wakefield High basketball court, there are a couple of basketball trophy cases with all kinds of past information. One could stand and read all of that great material instead of watching the game at hand, and be maybe more entertained. One thing is clear when reading on – the boys basketball team at Wakefield has always been very good, and the girls have come on strong of late. The athletic trophy cases at most of the local private schools are so overcrowded, some items get lost behind others, unfortunately making them difficult to see and read. One can spend a long time looking into those cases, reading about championship teams and standout individual performances in the various sports. Sometimes there is information about certain coaches who had a big impact on a school’s sports. Those shelves and cases present neat and certainly educational experiences. They all tell great and detailed sports stories about the schools.

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Potomac School Senior Sets Program Scoring Record A Staff Report

Some of Sara Park’s final point totals were not only impressive, they were historical. The Potomac School senior guard finished her standout girls high-school basketball career as the all-time scoring BASKETBALL program’s leader with 1,890 points (575 this season). Her career 266 three-point field goals also were a team record. The old career scoring mark was 1,790 set last year by Courtlynne Caskin, now playing college lacrosse at the University of Virginia. This season, Park, a four-year starter, averaged 21.3 points per game, leading the Independent School League in scoring. She also made 81 three-point bas-

kets during the 2018-19 campaign. The 81 total was a single-season team mark. Park’s single-game totals this season included a career-high 37 points (including seven three-pointers) in a loss to Bullis. Last season, Park helped Potomac School win the Independent School League A Division regular-season and tournament championships. As a result, the Panthers moved into the higher AA Division for the 2018-19 campaign and struggled, finishing 10-17 and 0-2 in the postseason playoffs. Park scored 19 points, made three three-pointers and was 4 for 4 from the foul line in her final highschool game – a first-round state-tournament loss to Collegiate. Park will play college basketball at Harvard.

Sara Park became Potomac School’s all-time leading scorer in girls basketball this season. PHOTO FROM POTOMAC SCHOOL

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In a stretch of about 30 minutes on Feb. 27, the seasons ended for both the Flint Hill Huskies girls and boys basketball teams.

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Each high-school squad lost in quarterfinal playoff games of the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I state tournaments. The No. 5 seed Flint Hill girls (17-11) fell to the host and No. 4 seed Bishop O’Connell Knights, 49-37. The fourth-seeded Flint Hill boys (26-4) were edged at home, 85-83, by the No. 5 seed Episcopal Maroon, which had lost to Flint Hill, 85-81, early during the 2018-19 regular season. For the Flint Hill girls, Claire Miller scored nine in defeat, Lynley Birchard eight and Kelli Giuliani seven. Flint Hill defeated No. 12 seed Bishop Sullivan, 52-44, in the first round

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Year. “But give the players all the credit. They listen to everything, they work hard and play hard, do what we tell them, and they changed well with everything we did. This group is so coachable, and they all like each other.” One of the seniors is Carolina Brusch. She had six points and four rebounds against South Lakes. “Winning the region was definitely a goal,” Brusch said. “But we had not glued together early on, so things were kind of rough. Once we all got to know each other and our games, our confidence really started to grow and we started playing a lot better.” Fellow starting senior Sarah Conforti (seven points, four rebounds, two blocks against South Lakes) added to what Brusch said. “Once we got going and started really clicking, this team has stayed aggressive and we never back down,” she said. “When we have changed offenses

Madison’s Alayna Arnolie scores in the region PHOTO BY DEB KOLT championship game.

and defenses, we have adjusted.” In the region final, Madison hit its first three shots, led the entire way, and continued its balanced scoring, as eight different players scored, with three in double figures. Madison was ahead 18-8 at the end of the first quarter, 34-23 at halftime and 49-42 after three periods. Each time South Lakes (22-6) rallied, Madison answered with a big basket or steal or stop on defense. “We kept attacking,” Conforti said. Freshman guard Grace Arnolie was Madison’s leading scorer with 15 points

had two three-point plays. Flint Hill senior guard Jordan Hairston had 21 points, made four threepointers and had three steals. He got hot in the fourth period, scoring 13 in that stanza, including three long three-pointers, to ignite the rally. Christian Turner had 10 points for Flint Hill and Ronald Ayers had eight. The Huskies made nine three-pointers, including six in the fourth quarter, with Turner having two that period and Ayers the other. Episcopal’s Johnson scored his team’s first 16 points of the third quarter. He made his first six shots – four being three-pointers. Johnson was 7 of 10 from the floor in the second half and 5 of 6 from the line for 23 second-half points. Episcopal made 12 three-pointers. Darius Johnson (15 points) made three threes, Tymu Chenery (18 points) hit two threes and Jack Fitzpatrick (10 points) also made two triples.

Episcopal made 17 threes in its regular-season loss to Flint Hill, with the Huskies hitting eight. In the two games, the teams combined for 46 threes. n The Potomac School boys and girls teams played in the Division I Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I state tournaments, each losing in the first round. The No. 8 seed girls (10-17) fell to visiting No. 9 seed Collegiate, 49-45, as all-time leading Potomac School scorer Sara Park had 19 points and three threepointers in her final high-school game. Natalie Martin had 11 points, Evelina Swigart eight and Kayla Rolph seven for Potomac School. The Potomac School boys (16-13) lost to host and No. 7 seed Trinity Episcopal, 63-50. Justin Law made three three-pointers and scored 14 in defeat. Jamel Melvin added 10 and J.T. Tyson nine. No. 3 seed St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes won the boys state title.

to go with six rebounds and two steals. Junior guard Tedi Makrigiorgos scored 14 and sophomore guard Amalia Makrigiorgos had 10 points to go with seven assists, six rebounds and two steals. South Lakes drew within 60-53 with 2:06 left, then Arnolie converted a threepoint play with 1:05 left. Tedi Makrigiorgos followed with two free throws seconds later to ice the win. Madison, junior guard Caroline Trotter scored six, freshman guard Alayna Arnolie had five points and two steals and freshman forward Kiera Kohler had a basket with a rebound and a steal. Madison made 10 three-pointers. Tedi Makrigiorgos made three with Grace Arnolie, Amalia Makrigiorgos and Trotter hitting two each. South Lakes was led by a doubledouble from sophomore forward Brianna Scott with 29 points and 13 rebounds. She was 7 of 7 from the foul line and 9 of 11 from the floor, making her final eight field goals, including four threepointers. Junior guard Lelia Copeland had 12 points and six assists and junior guard Nina Boffman had nine points in the loss.

Stone explained that her team has so much balance on offense and defense, it wasn’t a surprise that no Madison player was chosen first-team all-region. Tedi Makrigiorgos and Grace Arnolie did make second team. See stories about Madison’s other two region-tourney victories and the state-tournament defeat to T.C. at www. insidenova.com/sports/fairfax. NOTES: In Madison’s three regiontournament games, the Warhawks took a 3-0 lead in each on three-point shots from the same left corner of the floor by the Makrigiorgos sisters. Amalia made the first two, then Tedi swished a three against South Lakes . . . For Trotter in the region final, the action was her first since suffering a concussion in a Feb. 5 regular-season game against Oakton. She had missed the previous four contests . . . There are four sets of sisters on the Madison team – the Makrigiorgos, the freshmen Arnolie twins, the freshmen Koshuta twins and coaching sisters Stone and Meredith Renard. Stone and Renard, then with last names of Roberts, played on previous region-championship Madison teams.

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Warhawks Win First Region Title Since 1998 Season

The Madison Warhawks won the girls 6D North Region Tournament basketball championship on their high school’s home court Feb. 26 with a win over South Lakes in the title game. From top right: Players and coaches cheer from the sideline. Madison’s Grace Arnolie starts a fast break. Madison’s Amalia Makrigiorgos shoots inside. Madison center Sarah Conforti takes an inside shot. Madison’s Tedi Makrigiorgos takes a jumper. Madison’s Carolina Brusch controls the basketball as she looks to score. The team celebrates on the court seconds after the final buzzer. Madison head coach Kirsten Stone cuts down the net. See a slideshow of championship-game action at www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax.

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Behind a stingy defense that allowed only six postseason goals, the No. 7 Langley ICE HOCKEY seed Saxons (9-3-2) made history by winning the Northern Virginia Scholastic Ice Hockey League championship with a 4-0 playoff record. The Langley club high-school team defeated sixth-seed Briar Woods, 4-2, in the March 1 championship game in Ashburn. In the first round, Langley routed No. 10 seed Oakton, 6-1, knocked off No. 2 seed Stone Bridge, 3-1, in the quarterfinals then edged top-seed Chantilly, 3-2, in the semifinals. Max Campbell was in goal for Langley. He made 30 saves against Briar

Woods. Langley was unbeaten with a 6-0-2 record in its final eight matches. Langley lost to Chantilly, 4-0, during the regular season, when the Saxons finished 5-3-2. Top scorers for Langley were Christian Tschampel, Zach Cash, Daniel Veretenov, Casey Schoff, Charlie Tourbaf, Michael Kuligowski, Adam Klumpp, Max Moser, Max Veretenov, Alston Zhang, Callie Cahill, Paul Dibble and Tommy McDermott. Various players scored in the four playoff games. Other top players for first-year Langley coach Patrick Keough were Dylan Tschmpel, Jiwoon Jang, Stan Kolodin, Matvey Shakula, Eian Keough, Griff Nguyeen, Jacob Rose, Tony Parisi, Dylan Tolley, Eric Bellino and Sianny Keough.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. March 7, 1941: n Fairfax and Arlington will share a new state Senate seat under the redistricting plan currently under consideration. n Only about 10 percent of Virginia’s draftees are rated 1-A (immediately available for military service). March 6, 1959: n Fairfax supervisors will hold a May 12 public hearing on gun-control legislation. March 7, 1969: n A contract has been signed to build a tunnel under the Potomac River for the Metro line to Rosslyn. The cost is $550,000, and construction is expected to take 15 months. n Committees in the General Assembly are mulling legislation to abandon the “Dillon Rule” and replace it with more autonomy for local governments. March 6, 1973: n Virginia Republicans are rallying around former (Democratic) Gov. Mills Godwin as their nominee for governor this year. n Demolition and rescue crews continue work in Skyline, where 14 men are believed dead in a construction accident. n Twenty Fairfax police officers will be able to take their cruisers home at night as part of a pilot program. n Fairfax school officials are considering plans to locate new schools in high-rise apartment buildings and office towers. n Oakton High School is seen as a possible baseball power, but may lack pitching. n On TV tonight: “Maude,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “Marcus Welby” and Merv Griffin. March 6, 1979: n Budget woes may threaten to derail planned Metro service on Sundays in Fairfax County. n The Board of Supervisors has agreed to new campaign guidelines that require disclosure of all contributions over $15 and limits on individual contributions of $500. n Virginia’s January unemployment rate of 6 percent is the lowest for the first month of the year since 1973.

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ACROSS 1. Trunk extension 5. Dojo pad 8. *Villanova ____ at end of each half in ’18 championship 11. Away from port 12. Windmill blade 13. Key material 15. Hefty competitor 16. European sea eagle 17. Walnut ____, MN 18. *____ Sunday 20. Smelling tainted, as in meat 21. Soft and sticky 22. Giant bird of “One Thousand and One Nights” 23. *____-elimination 26. Making sounds like Babe 30. Beatle wife 31. Not absorb, nor repel 34. Twelfth month of Jewish year 35. Batman to Bruce Wayne 37. Elizabeth Gilbert’s “____ Pray Love” 38. Cubic meter 39. Ghost of Christmas ____ 40. P in POI 42. Make work 43. Puffed up 45. ____ and effects 47. Mont Blanc, e.g. 48. Oddball’s attempt? 50. Tropical tuber

52. *Penultimate NCAA round 56. Like cornflakes leftovers 57. Slavic version of John 58. Tangerine plus grapefruit 59. Chased up an elm 60. Blow off steam 61. Tear violently

62. Da in Russia 63. Before of yore 64. Pasturelands

DOWN 1. Falls behind 2. Archipelago unit 3. Square one? 4. Good-for-nothing

Public-Safety Notes Continued from Page 28 Units arrived to find smoke showing from the two-story, single-family home and quickly extinguished a fire on the first floor. There were no civilian or firefighter injuries reported. Three occupants were home at the time of the fire. A sounding smoke alarm prompted one of the occupants to investigate the cause. The occupant discovered fire and smoke around the fireplace. All occupants evacuated from the house and called 911. Fire investigators determined the blaze was accidental and began when radiant heat from the operating firebox ignited wood framing between the original brick chimney face and stone-veneer façade. Three occupants were displaced because of the fire; they declined assistance offered by the Red Cross. The fire caused about $93,750 worth of damage, officials said. PEDESTRIAN SUFFERS MINOR INJURY AFTER BEING STRUCK IN PARKING LOT: A motorist was driving through the

parking lot at Whole Foods Market, 143 Maple Ave., E., on Feb. 26 at 6:27 p.m. when her vehicle struck a pedestrian, Vienna police said.

5. Nobel Prize winner Curie 6. Bug 7. High school student 8. Rumpelstiltskin’s weaver 9. Green-eyed monster 10. Tie ___ 12. Ruled against, as President can 13. Prod 14. *Fill-in-the-blanks 19. Pepsi and Coke 22. Part of human cage 23. Daytime entertainment, pl. 24. Spouse’s parent 25. Neil Diamond’s “Beautiful ____” 26. Tiny leftovers 27. Intestinal obstruction 28. N in RN 29. Mirths 32. *1 or 68, e.g. 33. Crew tool 36. *Automatic vs. ____ 38. Creepy one 40. *Coach’s locker room talk 41. Similar to sextant 44. Andrew ____ Webber 46. *Hang a banner, e.g. 48. Abraham Lincoln bill, slangily 49. Lacking sense 50. Ruptured 51. Ice, dark, and middle 52. *Twelve’s opponent 53. Type of molding 54. Forearm bone 55. Purges 56. Slovenly abode

Rescue personnel transported the pedestrian to an area hospital for treatment of a minor injury, police said.

charged him with being drunk in public.

MAN, JUVENILE ARRESTED IN CONNECTON WITH THEFTS AT TSYSONS:

Aldeerah Restaurant, 262 Cedar Lane, S.E., told Vienna police on Feb. 25 at 2:33 p.m. that he had paid for his food and tip with his credit card. He later found that a restaurant employee had submitted the transaction on the credit card for several hundred dollars more than what the customer authorized, police said. The customer returned to the restaurant and the manager refunded the full amount of the charge back to the credit card. The customer was upset that the refund was not immediate and might take a few days for the bank to process, police said.

Fairfax County police dispatched officers to the Apple Store in Tysons Corner Center on Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. after receiving a report that two people were stealing items. Store employees stopped one of the suspects, a man, and police arrested a juvenile after a short foot pursuit. Authorities charged Aideen Bryar, 18, of Chevy Chase, Md., with petty larceny and released him on a summons. Authorities also released the juvenile to the person’s parents and will file charges for petty larceny, police said. VIENNA MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING DOMESTIC DISPUTE: Vienna police of-

ficers responded Feb. 21 at 8:20 p.m. to a reported domestic dispute between a resident and her husband on Park Terrace Court, S.E. The husband had left the home and officers located him outside. The officers detected signs of impairment and arrested the man. Police transported the 27-year-old Vienna man to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where authorities

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RESTAURANT CUSTOMER STEAMED AT DELAY IN REFUND: A customer at

MOTORIST’S VEHICLE STRUCK BY PAINTBALL IN VIENNA: A woman told

Vienna police on Feb. 25 at 4:45 p.m. that as she was driving on Ware Street and turning onto Marshall Road, S.W., her vehicle was struck with a paintball on the driver’s-side door. She did not observe anyone in the area, police said. – Staff Reports March 7, 2019 31

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