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Meals-Tax Bills Measure Would Have Helped Fairfax to Bypass Local Voters SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Town’s Meals Tax Would Not Rise Under Proposals

Measures in Richmond that would have allowed the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to impose a meals tax in the county without voter approval have been dispatched to the political graveyard for 2018. The same measures would have allowed localities to up their meals-tax rates to 8 percent, double the current rate – a rate imposed on top of the 6-percent sales tax. The Senate Committee on Finance killed, on a not-particularly-close 9-4 vote, the two measures. They had been patroned by state Sens. Mamie Locke (DHampton) and Monte Mason (D-Williamsburg). Current state law requires most coun-

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TAKING IT TO THE BASKET Madison High School’s Aaron Darab drives to the basket against Battlefield’s Julian Washington during a game earlier this season. Madison began this week atop the Concorde District with a 3-1 record despite a loss to the Oakton Cougars on Jan. 19. See full PHOTO BY DEB KOLT coverage of the local high-school scene in Sports.

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It’s always better to have more options – especially when it comes to money. Several new possibilities for funding the town of Vienna’s capital-improvement plan (CIP) projects have cropped up since the town’s Budget Committee presented the 2018 CIP to the Town Council last September. That plan called for bumping up Vienna’s meals-and-lodging tax from 3 percent to 4 for seven years to pay for a municipal parking garage at the Patrick Henry Library site. But after that presentation and subsequent plan approval by the Council, town officials learned Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funds could be used to finance the parking garage. A developer also proposed building a municipal parking garage inside a commercial structure on Mill Street, N.E., which added to the menu of possibilities for town officials. In light of those new options, Town Manager Mercury Payton directed staff to produce several funding scenarios that did not require a meals-tax increase to finance the garage. That stipulation removed $7.5 million worth of funding from each option. Continued on Page 14

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Vienna Thespians Succeed with Four Short Works BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

A collection of one-act plays is like tapas: It satisfies the palate while not forcing total commitment to a particular dish. Vienna ON Theatre STAGE Company’s “Eclectic, Essential . . . Relationships” is a swiftly moving production with four sketches by local playwrights. Each one-act is humorous in its own way, and the show saves its best for last. The production kicks off with “Death Be Not Loud,” playwright Thierry Sagnier’s twist on the “Death Be Not Proud” of John Gunther’s memoir, itself named after a sonnet by John Donne. Directed by Stuart Fischer, this one-act centers around a husband (Jason Malm) who reads a newspaper obituary stating his wife (Jenlene Nowak) has died. The very-much-alive wife objects to that notion, but her husband replies, “Newspapers don’t lie,” prompting a barely muffled guffaw from someone in the audience.

The arrival of the couple’s friends (played by Stacey Ferris and Tim Caron) and a pair of emergency medical technicians (Angelena and Joseph LeBlanc) doesn’t shake the husband’s belief in his wife’s demise. This sketch was confusing at times and ended rather abruptly, but featured some good lines. Upon learning the wife had worked in customer service, one character responds, “They say you don’t have to be alive to do that.” Next up was “One Click Away,” written by Dean Fiala and directed by Sue Bevine, and featuring both comic fodder and sexual innuendo. Jenna (Julie Edwards) has been enduring poor dates and commiserates with her bachelorette friend Veronica (Hope Slonim). The two performers anchor the sketch well and deliver salacious remarks, including a pun that originally cropped up during the Clinton administration. Veronica convinces Jenna to begin ordering dates via the Internet. Why not? You can buy everything in the world there. Jenna initially nabs two los-

Sally Cusenza plays Amanda and Dino Coppa her hypochondriacal son Lawrence in Christopher Durang’s one-act play, “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.” PHOTO BY LOCK & CO.

ers, a lazy young man (played by Alex Lew) who snores jarringly on the couch and a befuddled old man (Dino Coppa) who always has his nose in a book. Jenna places a return stamp on the heads of those unsuccessful mates and ships them back just like retail packages. A friendly UPS driver (Tim Caron) keeps hauling off Jenna’s rejects and . . . well, we won’t give it away. Next is the platonic bromance “Capsmittment,” written by Jean Koppen and directed by Juli Tarabek Blacker. This one-act is the most sparingly cast of all and benefits from strong showings by its two actors.

Alex Lew and Tim Caron play a pair of diehard Washington Capitals hockey fans who talk sports and trash-talk each other while competing at a video game. Things get tense when Lew’s character springs for a pair of season tickets and Caron’s becomes spooked, likening the purchase to a much deeper commitment. Don’t cut out early before the final mini-play, Christopher Durang’s “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.” Directed by Haley Murphy, this one-act parody of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” centers around beleaguered matriarch Amanda

(Sally Cusenza) and her two oddball sons. Lawrence (Dino Coppa) is mentally slow, shy and lacking in self-confidence. His hobby is collecting glass swizzle sticks, each of which he has given an interesting or obvious nickname (one is “Blue”). His gay and tart-tongued brother Tom (Alex Lew) introduces Lawrence to a female co-worker from the warehouse where he works. Ginny (Sarah Cusenza) is extremely hard of hearing, courtesy of the warehouse’s machinery, so her voice is excruciatingly loud and she misconstrues everyone else’s remarks. “Eclectic, Essential . . . Relationships” offers solid performances and plenty of plot variety. If one play isn’t to your liking, wait a few minutes and a new one will come along. “Eclectic, Essential . . . Relationships” runs through Feb. 4 at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.viennatheatrecompany.org.

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Reward Offered to Find Llama-Sculpture Vandals BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax County police are asking the public to help them identify those who destroyed a concrete statue of three llamas at the Potomac School in McLean between dusk on Dec. 21 and 5 a.m. on Dec. 22 last year. Vandals broke off the heads of all three llamas, left two of the heads on the school grounds and stole the third, school officials said. The statue, donated by artist Una Rawnsley Hanbury, depicts three llamas standing in a circle. The artwork has been on the private school’s grounds since 1970, first as a climbing structure on a playground and then as a landscaping feature on the front of the campus following the school’s major renovations in the early 2000s, school leaders said. The statue “really is a beloved icon for our community – something that generations of Potomac students remember,” Marjorie Brennan, chair of the school’s Board of Trustees, said in a Jan. 16 statement. “On sunny days, it’s not unusual to see students sitting on the llamas, reading or chatting,” Brennan said. “And when Potomac alumni come back to visit the cam-

pus, they almost invariably stop to take a photo with the llamas – often perching their own young children up there for the picture. To see something that holds memories and meaning for so many people senselessly destroyed is heartbreaking.” Hanbury, who died in 1990 at age 85, was known for producing portrait busts and animal sculptures. She was the mother of a former Potomac School teacher and grandmother of four former students, said school spokesman Shelley Dutton. The artwork does not have a formal name – “We call it the Llama Statue” – and has been covered with a tarpaulin since it was vandalized on the last day of classes before winter break, Dutton said. School officials are examining options for restoring the statue, but will keep it concealed until repairs can be made. “It’s very distressing for our community,” she said. “Students don’t have to see it in its broken condition.” Potomac School officials place the highest priority on the safety and security of the campus community and already have security protocols in place, including surveillance cameras, Dutton said. County police are studying camera recordings related to the incident, she said. Police began investigating the incident shortly after it occurred and persuaded

Officials at Potomac School in McLean are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those who in December 2017 broke off the heads on this concrete sculpture of llamas by artist Una Rawnsley Hanbury. POTOMAC SCHOOL PHOTO

school officials to make details about the case public weeks later in hopes someone would come forward with breakthrough information, Dutton said. “We’re certainly very hopeful there will be developments in the case,” she said. The Potomac School is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the vandalism. The reward would be in addition to a possible reward

offered by Crime Solvers. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards of $100-$1,000 from Crime Solvers if their information leads to an arrest. Tips can be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by visiting http:// www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org. Police ask anyone who has information about this case to call Officer Block at (703) 556-7750.

LOOKING BACK ON 2017: LAST IN A SERIES

Transportation, Development, Politics Dominated BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

2017 will be remembered not only for the non-stop controversies swirling around the Trump administration, but also for occurrences – both good and bad – that affected local residents’ lives. 2017 saw the approval of several major redevelopment projects, strong Democratic gains in the House of Delegates following victories in the November election, kickoffs of important transportation initiatives and the deaths of area residents both famous and unsung. Here are some key occurrences from the last quarter of the year: NOVEMBER: • Virginia Democrats were rejoicing Nov. 7 as Ralph Northam was elected governor, Justin Fairfax won the race for lieutenant governor and incumbent Attorney General Mark Herring won a second term. While the balance of power remained the same in the state Senate, Democrats picked up a whopping 16 seats to achieve a 50-50 split with Republicans in the House of Delegates. (That ratio could change in the GOP’s favor if Republican Del. David Yancey, who represents the 94th District in Newport News, wins his recount challenge against the razor-thin victory of Democratic candidate Shelly Simonds.) Local Dels. Kathleen Murphy (D4

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34th), Mark Keam (D-35th), Rip Sullivan (D-48th) and Marcus Simon (D-53rd) all were re-elected to new terms. • Fairfax County voters on Nov. 7 overwhelmingly approved a bond referendum that will provide $315 million for capital-improvement projects at county schools. The new bonding authority will be added to the county’s existing $38.2 million to pay for $353.2 million worth of capital-improvement projects. • The Vienna Board of Zoning Appeals on Nov. 15 voted 7-0 to renew Bey Lounge’s conditional-use permit for live entertainment, but halved the permit’s requested duration and imposed additional restrictions to curb noise violations stemming from the business. • During a Nov. 16 ceremony at Great Falls Village Centre, leaders of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust and Chesapeake Bay String of Pearls Project honored owners of seven properties in Oakton, McLean and Great Falls who over the years had placed conservation easements on their lands, forever protecting them from development. • Bijan Ghaisar, 25, of McLean died after being shot Nov. 17 by U.S. Park Police on the George Washington Memorial Parkway following a hit-and-run accident in the Alexandria area. Law-enforcement officials have provided little information about the incident. Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler and the Board of Supervisors have asked the FBI, which is

investigating the case, to make public a county police officer’s in-car video recording of the shooting. • State and local officials who broke ground in Chantilly Nov. 20 for the Transform I-66 Outside the Beltway project said the initiative will relieve traffic congestion along that corridor, give commuters more options and cost taxpayers zilch. • Fairfax County supervisors on Nov. 21 unanimously appointed James City County administrator Bryan Hill to succeed retired County Executive Edward Long. Fairfax County Park Authority Director Kirk Kincannon had been serving as acting county executive. DECEMBER: • The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 5 authorized the sale in January 2018 of $251.8 million worth of general-obligation bonds for pubic improvements. Planned disbursements include $155 million to Fairfax County Public Schools, $27.8 million for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority capital improvements, $20 million to the Fairfax County Park Authority and $18 million for county transportation projects including road, pedestrian and bicycle/trail improvements. • A grand jury indicted Fairfax resident Kenan Ozcan, 32, for murder after an investigation found he hit and killed an elderly woman with his car April 14 while she was trying to cross Rugby Road

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in Fair Oaks. Ozcan allegedly turned his car around and ran over the victim, 75year-old Maria Amaya de Ascencio, a second time, county police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. • Motorists began howling at fees as high as $44 after tolling began Dec. 4 on Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway. • Vienna Town Council members at a Dec. 4 work session said they would be open to having the town hire an employee to handle economic-development tasks. • The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 5 unanimously approved a zoning amendment allowing vacant office buildings in Tysons, Merrifield, Dulles and other parts of Fairfax County that are zoned mixed-use or industrial to be rezoned and converted for other purposes, including housing. • The McLean Citizens Association’s board of directors passed a resolution Dec. 6 in support of holding an inaugural “McLean Hometown Heroes” event in 2018 to raise money for the McLean Community Foundation. • More than a dozen Vienna residents showed up at Vienna Town Hall Dec. 11 to express concern about Sagebrush Treatment Inc.’s proposed facility at 920 Circle Drive, S.E., which would offer temporary housing for up to eight women with substance-abuse disorders. Residents’ concerns included noise, traffic, frequent resident turnover and the for-profit nature of the company.

Capital One Tysons Campus Set for Major Growth BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Capital One’s Tysons headquarters site already is abuzz with activity, with the bank’s towering 470-foot world headquarters building entering final phases of construction and work begun on the Jones Branch Connector roadway that will cross over the Beltway. But what’s coming in the next few years will be even more noteworthy. Capital One’s plans call for construction of a multi-purpose center with a 1,500-seat venue for performing-arts events and conferences, plus a 250-seat “black-box” theater space and classrooms; a hotel; residential towers; another massive office building; a skypark; copious retail spaces; and an urban-style Wegmans grocery store. “It’s really developing a city from the ground up,” said Stephen Gavula, vice president of marketing for Capital One Services LLC, who briefed the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce during a Jan. 11 breakfast meeting in McLean. “To do that within another five

years is pretty remarkable.” Instead of developing the site on a speculative basis, Capital One is creating its own demand for goods and services, he said. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved Capital One’s initial redevelopment plans in 2012 and OK’d the bank’s performing-arts/conference center in July 2017. The bank’s campus, located just northeast of the Route 123/I-495 interchange, formerly was 29 acres, but was reduced to about 25 because of proffer dedications, Gavula said. About 2,000 employees work in Capital One’s current headquarters building. Another 3,000 workers, who currently occupy leased space around Tysons, by early next year will move into Capital One’s new 31-story headquarters skyscraper, located on Block B. The curved, gleaming glass building already has reached its full height and the bank has put a logo sign at its top. Retail outlets, including Starbucks and a beer garden, will anchor the building’s base. A surface-parking area just to the east eventually will be the site of a hotel, Gavula said.

Stephen Gavula, vice president of marketing for Capital One Services LLC, updated the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce about the firm’s redevelopment of its Tysons campus. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

Block C in the site’s center will be the focal point of much future development. The performing-arts/conference center there, which should open in June 2021, will be used by Capital One, Fairfax County, arts groups and corporations. Capital One initially planned to build a $12 million community center on the campus and let Fairfax County operate it for a nominal fee. But Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Providence) persuaded bank officials to seize the rare opportunity to build a performing-arts facility. In lieu of the community center investment, the bank will dedicate set amounts of time for county pro-

grams at the arts/conference center, Gavula said. The 83,000-square-foot Wegmans store, about one-third smaller than company’s typical suburban stores, also will be located in that block and is scheduled to open by August 2020. The store’s inclusion allowed Capital One to turn Block C’s orientation outward and make it more of a public attraction. Block C also will feature a three-level, 800-space parking lot topped by an 11,000-squarefoot Italian steakhouse and another 6,000-square-foot restaurant. These would be topped by another 800 parking spaces over six or seven levels with two

apartment buildings for Capital One employees and a 300-room hotel. Nestled in the center of those towers will be a 1.5-acre skypark, including a dog-washing station, located 100 feet in the air. Another office tower to be built on another block in the site’s center will accommodate 3,000 more employees, bringing the total on campus to about 8,000. Merrily Pierce, who serves on the McLean Citizens Association’s board of directors, asked Gavula about provision of athletic fields on Capital One’s campus. Fields in surrounding areas already are at peak capacity, she said. Capital One’s plans call for one athletic field to be built on the site’s western end near Route 123. At-grade fields are a tough sell on the campus, given the land’s high value, Gavula said. Lauren Kivlighan of Northern Virginia Real Estate Inc. in McLean was upbeat about Capital One’s plans. The site’s massive redevelopment is “architecturally exciting and full of great new possibilities for area residents,” she said.

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Run for a Seat on the McLean Community Center Governing Board PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTIONS MCLEAN COMMUNIT Y CENTER GOVERNING BOARD SMALL DISTRICT 1A OF THE DRANESVILLE DISTRICT F A I R F A X C O U N T Y, V I R G I N I A This OFFICIAL NOTICE of elections to select members of the 2018-2019 Governing Board of the McLean Community Center (the Governing Board) is given to residents of Small District 1A of the Dranesville District, Fairfax County, Virginia (referred to as “Small District 1A”). The McLean Community Center (MCC) operates as a Special District Agency of the Fairfax County Government through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Governing Board. On February 8, 1984, the Board of Supervisors approved the Memorandum of Understanding, which authorizes the elections. The MCC is funded by residents of Small District 1A in Greater McLean for their use through a real estate tax surcharge, the result of a 1970 Small District 1A bond referendum. Elections are held on McLean Day at Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Virginia. This year, McLean Day is on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Voting on McLean Day takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Candidate Qualifications: Each resident who lives within Small District 1A is eligible to run for a seat on the Governing Board within the appropriate category. If you need help determining whether you reside in Small District 1A, please contact the MCC at 703-79-0123, or by emailing elections@mcleancenter.org. ADULTS: Candidates must be residents of Small District 1A and must be at least eightteen (18) years of age on or before May 19, 2018.

TEENS: Candidates must be 15, 16, or 17 years old on or before May 19, 2018, live within Small district 1A, and live in the boundary area for either Langley or McLean high schools. You do not have to attend either high school. You may attend another school, including one that is outside of Small District 1A, or you may be home schooled. You can only run for the seat representing the high school boundary area where you live. Available Governing Board Seats and Terms: Three (3) adult Governing Board seats will be filled through the election. The candidates who receive the three (3) highest numbers of votes will serve three-year terms on the Governing Board. One (1) Governing Board youth seat for teens living within the Langley High School boundary area will be filled for a one-year term. One (1) Governing Board youth seat for teens living within the McLean High School boundary area will be filled for a one-year term. Candidate Petitions Requirements: ADULTS: Must get the signatures of ten (10) residents of Small District 1A who are 18 years old or older on or before May 19, 2018. TEENS: Must get the signatures of ten (10) residents of Small District 1A who are 15, 16, or 17 years old on or before May 19, 2018, and who live within the same high school boundary area as the candidate.

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Petition Packets containing a petition, instructions, and all pertinent paperwork may be obtained at the McLean Community Center Administrative Office, 6631 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22101. Candidates must pick up and return their own petitions. DEADLINE: Each resident seeking election to the Governing Board shall file a completed petition with the MCC at the address shown below by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 16, 2018: McLean Community Center Administrative Office 6631 Old Dominion Drive McLean VA 22101 For more information about the elections, please call 703-790-0123, go to www.mcleancenter.org/about/candidates, or email the MCC at elections@mcleancenter.org. Kat Kehoe, Chair Elections & Nominations Committee McLean Community Center Governing Board NOTICE: Due to the ongoing renovation of the Ingleside Avenue facility, MCC has temporarily relocated to the McLean Square Shopping Center. The majority of MCC’s classes will be held at 6645 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, VA 22101. MCC’s administrative offices are located at 6631 Old Dominion Dr. (on the first floor of the Century 21 New Millennium building).

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Our View: In Defense of (Gasp!) Partisanship It was rather predictable: Some in the local and state media have been wringing their hands since it became clear that Republicans in the General Assembly have decided not to play particularly nice with Democrats, from Gov. Northam on down. “Did Republicans learn anything from last fall’s elections?” the editorial page of one newspaper asked. Well, one thing we all have learned is that 51 is more than 49 and that 21 is more than 19. Those are the majorities Republicans hold in the House of Delegates and state Senate, respectively, and while they may be slim, they are majorities, nonetheless. (One tack being taken by the “bipartisanship brigade” is that Republicans must compromise, because Democrats won more total votes in House of Delegates’ races last November than they did. By that standard, Hillary Clinton should have a work-station in the Oval Office.) In Virginia, governors come and governors go, but the legislative branch is eternal, having been meeting in continuous session since way back in 1611. Wobbles among the electorate in choosing the governor rarely create more than a ripple in how the General Assembly conducts its business.

Let the Republicans in the legislature run the show the way they desire, as they have since they’ve held the majority – and just as Democrats did in the century’s worth of years when they controlled things in the Old Dominion. It’ll be up to the voters to decide if the party currently in the majority is taking the commonwealth in the right direction – and with all 40 state Senate and all 100 House of Delegates seats on the ballot in less than 22 months, it’s not going to be that long before voters can render a verdict. Until then, legislative Republicans can duke it out not with their Democratic colleagues, but with the Democratic governor. A legislature divided along partisan lines may not appeal to namby-pamby pundits, politicians and pontificators, but it may well give Virginians a stark choice next time around. There’s not a thing wrong with that. We are fully nonpartisan in our embrace of partisanship – whichever party has the power should use it, while voters should pay attention and act appropriately the next time the opportunity presents itself. If Democrats manage to wrest control of the legislative branch away from Republicans in 2019, it’ll be their time to rule the roost. To the victors go the spoils.

Why Do Transportation Planners Get It Wrong? Editor: Today’s governments and much of society have turned into whiny, overprotected twerps. I wish that the governments would allocate more money for road repairs and none for all the nonsense such as speed bumps, bogus traffic circles, and salt – to mention just a few. The traffic circles are dangerous, as they veer vehicles off their course, potentially forcing them into parked vehicles. A body in motion tends to stay in motion and in the same direction, the

same course. Government officials seem to know or care nothing of physics or efficiency. This is evident in the installation location of the nitwit speed bumps, those at the bottoms of hills causing the motor vehicles to slow way below the speed limit, losing momentum, therefore having to use extra fuel to ascend the hill. I say “nitwit” speedbumps, as it is utterly foolish to try to correct one wrong with another wrong. Annoying and damaging speedbumps are not a practi-

cal solution for the wrong of speeding. Back to the bogus traffic circles. The hazardous, veering-off-course effect is certainly a problem for emergency vehicles en route. But does all this matter to the officials in their dream state of unreality? Transportation officials don’t mind, as they’re on the gravy-train financed by taxpayers. No matter to them are the bumps and circles. Richard Otto McLean

Editor: I am responding to letter-writers Robert Jackson [“Attack on Comstock Tax Vote Ignores Positives of Proposal,” Jan. 11] and Paul Bolon [“Federal Tax Plan Is a Net Plus,” Jan. 11]. Taxes are public capital. With taxes, schoolteachers are paid, law-enforcement has resources, roads are maintained and repaired. When taxes are cut and other sources of revenue are not available, public education is curtailed, law enforcement is hobbled and roads are not cleared of snow. While keeping the jiggle of coins in one’s pocket might sound attractive, the money will not stay there long if it must be used to buy books, a home-security

system and a snow shovel because decreased tax revenue has resulted in slashed budgets and decreased services. Oh, and, you will pay more individually than we would have paid collectively in taxes. The last Bush administration handed Barack Obama a terrible economy. President Obama’s administration handed off a revived and growing economy to the present Republican administration. Remember, the Republican leader of the current administration is most notable for bankruptcies. I am beyond skeptical that this tax bill will result in anything but another disaster. Good luck getting those corporations that got a huge tax cut to invest in

snow removal, educating your child or answering your 9-1-1 calls. Donna Woldin Great Falls

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Vienna Town Council Preps for Update of Strategic Plan BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

It’s been five years since the Vienna Town Council hammered out the town’s first strategic plan, and members now are embarking on a nine-month process to tweak that vision to meet changing conditions. Council members took their first steps toward a revised plan Jan. 16 during a facilitated workshop at the Vienna Community Center with consultant Craig Gerhart. The discussions, which wrapped up around 11 p.m., were productive, said Mayor Laurie DiRocco. “It’s good to verbalize visions and put them down in writing,” she said. “Are these still our priorities? Are they different and, if so, how? It was good to talk in that setting. It lets us think long-term.” In addition to the Council and Gerhart, the meeting was attended by Town Manager Mercury Payton, Town Clerk Melanie Clark, Town Attorney Steven Briglia and Communications and Marketing Director Lynne DeWilde. Gerhart, who was the county executive in Prince William County from 2000 to 2009, now is an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University and the University of Virginia’s Senior Executive Institute and runs his own consulting firm, Gerhart Enterprises Inc. Vienna will pay the company $14,220 for its strategicplanning help this year. Town officials during the planning process also will refer back to data collected last year in a community survey and the town’s recent branding initiative. After an initial briefing, Council members and town officials at the planning session broke into two groups and answered questions on what they anticipated the town would be like two decades hence, and what headlines likely would describe the town in the next several years. Participants then drafted a mission statement and listed forces that could drive the town toward those goals or impede progress. Some factors fit both categories, said Council member Carey Sienicki. “Traffic brings people into the town, but causes disturbances within it,” she said. “It’s the same with development in Tysons, Reston and Merrifield. They affect us and bring things to us.” Sienicki, DiRocco and Howard Springsteen were the only current Council members who participated in the last strategicplanning session several years ago. Unlike

that endeavor, which started from scratch, the Town Council now can work from an existing plan and take advantage of recently garnered data, Sienicki said. In addition to the long-standing goal of maintaining Vienna’s small-town feel, Council members at the planning workshop expressed an interest in making the town more accessible to pedestrians and bicyclists, supporting businesses, and bringing in technology and artisans to round out Vienna’s offerings, she said. Gerhart assigned participants to answer four questions for discussion at later gatherings, Sienicki said. Topics included what opportunities they foresaw in the town over next three to five years, what major challenges likely would crop up during that time period, what measures of success would the Council be evaluating and what accomplishments, projects and services would be most important to see progress on during the next three to five years, she said. Springsteen said he saw positive signs during the initial strategic-planning discussions. “Nothing too controversial came out,” he said. “I thought it was pretty productive.” Since the last planning effort, the town has achieved all but one of the current strategic plan’s 14 goals: providing a municipal parking garage in Vienna’s central commercial district, he said. The town should continue its efforts to maintain its water and sewer systems and streets, install a better traffic-management system on Maple Avenue and move forward on the renovation and expansion of Vienna Police Headquarters, Springsteen said. Council member Linda Colbert was keen on building at least one parking structure in town to help local businesses and encourage more people to leave their cars in a central location and walk to attractions. The Council also should share with the public its vision for Maple Avenue’s redevelopment and educate residents on the differences between by-right projects and those approved under the new Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zoning rules. The strategic-planning session allowed Town Council members to discern which goals they shared and discuss how to move forward, Colbert said. “As a Council, we have some clear ideas where we’d like to see Vienna headed,” she said. “We’re not finished, but it was a good start.”

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three-part series – “Do You Have Your Final Affairs in Order?” – at the church, 6817 Dean Drive in McLean. Programs in the series will run from 10 to 11 a.m., and will include “Hospice 101” (Jan. 27), “Funeral Arrangements” (Feb. 10) and “Financial Planning and Medical Directives” (Feb. 24). The series is free, and the community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.thehungerchurch.org.

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WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON STAGING HOMES FOR SALE: Lyons McGuire

Homes & Estates of Keller Williams Realty will host a free forum – “Be a Savvy Seller!” – on Sunday, Jan. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 774-A Walker Road in Great Falls. The event will feature a professional stager and organizer, and provide tips for getting the most money for your home. The event is free. To R.S.V.P., e-mail lyonsmcguire@lyonsmcguire.com. RIVERBEND PARK TO HOST WINTER NATURE HIKE: Riverbend Park will host

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Vienna/Oakton Notes FORUM TO FOCUS ON REALIGNMENT OF OLD COURTHOUSE ROAD:

A community meeting to discuss design updates on the Fairfax County Department of Transportation’s Old Courthouse Road realignment project will be held on Thursday, Feb. 1 at Wolftrap Elementary School. The event will feature information on the project in an open-house format, followed by a presentation at 7:30 p.m. and a question-and-answer session at 7:45 p.m. Public comment on the proposal will be taken through Feb. 16. For information on the project, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/ projects/old-courthouse-realignment. VIENNA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ADDS MEMBERS: The Vienna Business Asso-

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MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM WINS NATIONAL HONOR: The

James Madison High School Band, directed by Michael Hackbarth, has been

selected as a national winner in the National Band Association’s Blue Ribbon Award competition. The Madison band was one of four national recipients; it represents the Southern Division of the organization. Awards are based on a lengthy and comprehensive application process, including at least 35 minutes’ worth of recorded music from at least two different school years, representing multiple ensembles within the band program. The award, which was announced in December, will be presented to the band in the spring. For information on the Madison band program, see the Web site at www.jmhsband.org. LEGISLATORS HOSTED AT VIENNA TOWN HALL: The Vienna town govern-

ment will host its annual roundtable discussion with state Sen. Chap Petersen (D34th) and Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 9 a.m. at Town Hall. The community is invited.

NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR MUSICAL COMPETITION: Entries are

being accepted for the 56th annual James A. Bland musical competition, sponsored by the Vienna (Host) Lions Club. Vocalists and instrumentalists in elementary through high school can compete, with first-place winners moving on

to regional competition. The competition will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. at Vienna Assembly of God Church, 100 Ayr Hill Ave. in Vienna. The application deadline is Feb. 12. For information, call Susan Stiles at (703) 409-7083 or e-mail sandcs89@yahoo. com. ARTS SOCIETY HOSTS RECEPTION FOR EXHIBITION: The Vienna Arts Cen-

ter will host an opening reception for its new exhibition – “Jazz It Up!” – on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the center, 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view through March 3. Hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call (703) 319-3971 or see the Web site at www.viennaartssociety.org.

‘TASTE OF THE WORLD’ CASINO NIGHT SET TO RETURN: The Rotary Club of

Vienna is preparing for its third annual Taste of the World Casino Night, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Westwood Country Club. The event will feature a variety of gaming opportunities plus food from local restaurants. For tickets and information, see the

Web site at www.viennacasinonight.com. CAPITOL STEPS HOSTED BY MADISON CREW BOOSTERS: Tickets are on sale

for the Sunday, March 18 performance of the Capitol Steps, being sponsored by the James Madison High School Crew Boosters. The event will be held at 4 p.m. at the highest, with proceeds supporting the school’s co-ed crew program. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for students and seniors in advance, $40/$35 on the day of the show. For tickets and information, see the Web site at https://madisoncapitolsteps2018.brownpapertickets. com/. COMMUNITY FORUM TO FOCUS ON DIVISION IN POLITICS, RELIGION: A

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‘Saturday Night Live’ debuts Democrat Carter wins election R.I.P. Elvis Presley John Paul II becomes pope Incident at Three Mile Island GOP’s Reagan trounces Carter Egypt’s Sadat is assassinated It’s a boy for Charles, Diana Riggins is Super Bowl MVP ‘Cosby’ is nation’s top TV show Michael Jordan’s rookie year Shuttle ‘Challenger’ explodes Iran-Contra scandal tops the news Bush manhandles Dukakis Earthquake strikes Bay Area Americans With Disabilities Act First Gulf War starts ... and ends L.A. riots after Rodney King verdict Bill Clinton is inaugurated GOP takes control of Congress O.J. Simpson found not guilty Richard Nixon dies after stroke Tiger Woods wins the Masters Monica Lewinsky in the news Clinton acquitted by Senate Florida determines presidency Terror attacks strike on 9/11 New war in Iraq looms Joe Gibbs returns to Redskins Kerry falls to Bush in election Katrina swamps Gulf Coast Democrats win back Congress Oil prices through the roof Economy plunges; Obama wins Unemployment hits double digits GOP makes a comeback Economic malaise lingers ‘Derecho’ storm slams region Democrats win Va. statewide races U.S. Reps. Wolf, Moran retire Syrian civil war heats up Election stunner: Trump wins North Korea poses nuclear threat

Totals are based on sales figures for Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria and Falls Church. Sales totals, average sales prices and volume come from data of RealEstate Business Intelligence, Bright MLS and the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, as analyzed by the Sun Gazette, and may differ from other published figures. To be consistent, figures used are the preliminary ones reported each year, not the final totals reported later. Historical notes are compiled by the Sun Gazette staff.

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pectations Survey, an increase in their expectations for 2018. One year ago, experts predicted home prices would grow 3 percent in 2018. The quarterly survey, sponsored by Zillow and conducted by Pulsenomics LLC, asked more than 100 housing

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Gracious Southern Living, a Prime Locale Glorious Estate-Quality Home Is Found in Fashionable Preserve at Scotts Run

he era when prospective home-buyers waited until the springtime thaw to begin their quest for a new property is long gone. These days, in the local area, when the calendar turns from one year to the next, a large cadre of buyers and their agents start the hunt. It pays to stay ahead of the curve, and at the Sun Gazette, we’re working to bring you some of the most creative, exciting and delightful homes on the market. And with this featured property, we’ve hit on all counts. A delightful Southern belle set in the sought-after Reserve at Scotts Run community of McLean, the home exudes confidence from the outside, where it is bracketed by mature trees for maximum visual impact on a lot that totals nearly a full acre. Inside, about 4,200 square feet of interior space is spread out for our inspection, with a contemporary flair featuring light-filled areas and extra delights around every corner. Meanwhile, in the rear yard you have a lovely deck that will be ready for al-fresco dining when Mother Nature starts sending warming sunshine our direction. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,699,000 by Lilian Jorgenson of Long & Foster Real Estate. After a greeting on the charming porch, we are ushered inside to begin our exploration. The grand foyer proves this home is ready to entertain a crowd with flair as well as provide the comforts of daily living. To our right is the expansive living room and dining room combo, which runs the entire depth of the home and features a bay window overlooking the rear domains. The kitchen is a standout, with stateof-the-art accoutrements ready for the serious chefs among us, as well as a large island, a casual-dining area and access to the rear deck. The Great Room, with fireplace, occupies a strategic position, while set off the main traffic flow is a library with bay alcove, offering inspiration to every author. The grand master retreat is the showplace of the upper level, with a large bedroom area (with tray ceiling)

complemented by a lovely sitting area and augmented by a sumptuous bathroom and plentiful walk-in closet space. A second bedroom is en-suite, while two additional bedrooms share a large and inviting bath. There also is a convenient, upper-level laundry center. Now let us turn our attention to the “club level” lower part, which provides yet additional amenities. A large recreation room features a wet bar and recreation center, while there also is a lounge area and a flex space that works very well as the home’s fifth bedroom, a home office, an exercise space, an artist’s retreat . . . the list of options is pretty much limited only by your imagination.

The lower level also features a friends-and-family vestibule for entry into a lovely lower foyer, again showcasing the attention to detail that was lavished on this home when it was constructed. Outside, you benefit from the large lot, the aforementioned deck and wonderful plantings. Though close to everything, you are set apart in a world of classic, refined elegance. There really is no “down time” in the local real estate market, and with the spring buying juggernaut soon to be upon us, it’s time to get ahead of the wave and find something special to call your own. This home might be it! Articles are prepared by the Sun

Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients. For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2521.

Facts for buyers Address: 1297 Scotts Run Road, McLean (22102). Listed at: $1,699,000 by Lilian Jorgenson, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 407-0766. Schools: Churchill Road Elementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

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Q&A: Managing the Expectations of Sellers DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

If a seller insists on a specific listing price, whether too high or low, what steps can (or should?) Realtors take to convince a seller to bring it in line with the market? Also, have agents ever turned down a listing because they thought it was a waste of time? A number of local region’s top Realtors provided their views: Casey Margenau, Fine Homes and Estates: “You have to quickly make

up your mind if you want to work for a client who insists on pricing their home

too high. Pricing too high causes multiple problems, and that plays out over and over and over again.” Carol Temple, Coldwell Banker:

“The first thing is to make certain you want to get on that train. I have turned down listing on multiple occasions because you can tell right from the start it will not end well. Some listing presentations can be very brief, then you wish them good luck getting the price they want. With no exception, a home will sell for less than the market value if it is priced wrong to begin with. You try to stress that to the seller and keep nudging them to adjust to the right price,

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Casey Samson, Samson Properties: “I make every effort to educate the

seller on pricing and the fact they will get the best price in the first 30 days. If they are unrealistic, I do not take the listing. I have seen that movie and know how it ends. They will lose and lose big. We all have a limited supply of time, energy and money and we need to spend it on our sellers who are realistic. I look at ‘not taking the problem listing’ as protecting my good sellers. Unfortunately, every once in a while, I list a home I love but struggle to get the seller where we need to be. They rarely do. I always regret it and promise I won’t do it again.” Debbie McGuire, Keller Williams: “We try to understand the seller’s expectations, but if it is unrealistic, we may have to say no to a listing. It is the partnership between the seller and the agent that gets results. We usually recommend a price range. We may take the listing if the seller wants to try the higher end of the range, especially if we see strong sales trends, but with the understanding that the price will be adjusted if needed to sell into the current market. If there is not this understanding, then both parties will be disappointed.” Steve Wydler, Wydler Brothers Real Estate: “Sometimes it’s hard for

homeowners to disassociate themselves and be objective. It’s a lot about dialogue. We try to be highly analytical and rely on as much data as we can get our hands on, then compare and narrow the price range. Yes, we will absolutely turn down a listing if someone’s expectations are so unrealistic. We don’t want them to be set up for disappointment. Some sellers fall in love with the agent who gives them the highest price.” Karen Briscoe, Huckaby Briscoe Group, Keller Williams Realty: “We

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always look at the comps and market study and point out what is comparable. We can try a higher price the seller wants, but the market will tell us pretty quickly if that price was too high. Then we have to respond. It’s pretty rare that we turn down a listing if the seller is open to listening about the market.” Dean Yeonas, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “We present the data to

a seller and tell them why we think the property is worth X. If a seller is someone we have known and is reasonable, we can try it at a price the seller wants, but with the understanding that after a two-week period, we might need to make the proper market adjustments. You do your best to educate sellers, but if the relationship is not a fit, we will not take a listing.” Ann Wilson, Keller Williams: “I recommend to get an independent appraisal done, and it’s a 50-50 chance that they get that done. I also like to take sellers around to look at like homes so they can see the competition. That can put them back into reality. If the expectations are unrealistic, I will turn down a listing.”

Rob Ferguson, Re/Max Allegiance: “We like to show a seller what

might happen if the original listing is too high. If the price is at a fair-market value from the beginning, they will get more for their home than pricing it too high at the start. You don’t want to end up chasing the market down. Buyers are smart and do their research. If a seller continues to be unrealistic, then there is not a lot we can do.” Gloria Adams, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty: “You show them

comps. That seems to be helpful and they have different viewpoints after that. I will always take a listing, with the caveat that will we need to have a price reduction after so many days, weeks or months. You have to keep your sellers aware of the market adjustments.” Jack Shafran, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “We deliver them the mar-

ket information and comps. If they don’t agree, we respect that and will give them the benefit of the doubt, with the agreement that if there is no action, and there usually isn’t, there will be a conversation about reducing the price. If the chemistry does not exist from the start, sometimes you recommend another agent.” Dawn Wilson, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty: “The only thing I

can do is give my best professional advice. I discuss the marketing strategy. Ultimately, it is the seller’s decision. If it is overpriced, the seller will likely be chasing the market and the final sales price will probably be lower than if the home had been priced correctly at the beginning, or the seller may not receive any offers. If the seller insists on a list price that is unrealistic for the market, I discuss that it is important to respond quickly to the feedback we receive from the market and make the necessary corrections as soon as possible.”

Mark Middendorf, Long and Foster: “You explain to your clients there

are two values – a personal value and a market value. You can always negotiate with a seller and try their price for two weeks. Then if there is no action, we try my price. Buyers in this market are too savvy. They know if a property is priced too high.”

Lori Shafran, Yeonas and Shafran Real Estate: “It is a tightrope and a

dance, sometimes with sellers. It is a team approach and you [the agent] are invited to be the coach because of your skill level. You have to devise strategies where both can win. The agent is the expert and valued professional. You can try a few plays the seller’s way, then make adjustments if that becomes necessary.” Karen Close, Century 21: “I try not to turn down business but instead work toward an asking price that is supported by recent sales of like/kind homes, market atmosphere/condition and seller motivation.” Betsy Twigg, Washington Fine Properties: “I have a bit of a different

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Creative Design Set in High-Appeal Area

Custom Features Provide Exceptional Opportunity for Entertaining in Style

et on more than two acres in a pristine, verdant part of Great Falls, our featured property offers the opportunity to own an immaculate home in a private setting that features refinement throughout. With an exceptional visual appeal from the outside, the home is complemented by an exceptionally well-crafted interior design, perfect for entertaining but also offering the opportunity for sublime daily living. From the enchanting master retreat on the upper level to the gloriously state-of-the-art home theater in the walk-out lower level, the home proffers exceptional opportunities for everyone. The property currently is on the market, listed at $3,499,000 by Casey Margenau of Casey Margenau Fine Homes & Estates. A gated driveway provides a sense of security and elegance, and as we drive up to the home, we have the opportunity to enjoy the landscaped courtyard with a water fountain. It makes a fittingly successful first impression. Custom mahogany entrance doors usher us into the copious foyer, and from here we are free to enjoy a flight of fancy as we explore the domains. The formal living room is to our right, with a charming fireplace ready for use on these cold winter nights. The embassy-sized dining room is to our left, with a custom butler’s pantry nearby. The light-filled kitchen is generous in its proportions and effective in its layout, with top-of-the-line appliances and two islands. A breakfast room nearby provides lovely vistas. Living up to its name, the Great Room is perhaps the showstopper of the first floor, with a fireplace and built-ins. A home office, with lovely bay window overlooking the rear yard, rounds out the main level. Taking either of two staircases, we arrive at the upper level, where the master retreat is a study in sumptuousness, featuring a plentiful bedroom area, stun-

out lower level, which features a recreation room with custom bar as well as the aforementioned home theater with fabric-covered walls for perfect acoustics. There also is an additional bedroom and home office. A three-car garage will provide all you need for vehicles and storage, while the large rear yard features a playground. And never fear: a home generator ensures you never go without modern necessities, even on those rare occasions when the power goes out. Equal parts warmhearted and elegant, the home is a testament to creative design with a heart. Located in a sought-after enclave in Great Falls, it’s like living in Hunt Country but retaining a close-in connection to all the amenities of the local area. 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.

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ning bath with custom Robern medicine cabinets, copious closet space, and a balcony that overlooks your rear domains. Three additional en-suite bedrooms

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Celebrities: Homes of the Famous (Living or Not) Continued from Page 3 Situated on a private gated half acre, the 2,624-square-foot house, built in 1929, retains all the beautiful architectural details that made it feel like home to Monroe. Details include four bedrooms, three baths, cathedral ceilings with wood beams, a fireplace with Mexican-tile surround in the living room, casement windows, arched doorways, Saltillo tile floors, a citrus orchard and her famous kidney-shaped swimming pool. Outside is a tree-shaded, brick patio overlooking the pool and the original guest house. The home sold in 2017 for $7.25 million – $350,000 above the asking price. Jane Fonda’s Beverly Hills Contemporary From acclaimed Hollywood and Broadway actress and war protester to selling over 17 million exercise videos, Jane Fonda shows no signs of slowing down. She has owned and lived in many beautiful homes over the years from her New Mexico ranch, where she lived in jeans and cowboy boots, to her sleek and sophisticated home in Beverly Hills Trousdale Estates, which she put on the market in 2017. The 7,100-square-foot home’s glass walls, glass elevator and multiple covered and open terraces create indoor/ outdoor living spaces to enjoy sweeping canyon and ocean views. Though very sophisticated in design, the home is warm and inviting, with multiple spaces for entertaining. In addition to the outdoor viewing pavilion with fire pit, there is yet another special place: the meditation garden. The stunning contemporary home in Beverly Hills overlooking a canyon and Pacific Ocean originally was listed at $12.995 million then reduced to $9.995 million. Listing agents are Jade Mills and Valerie Fitzgerald of Coldwell Banker Previews International in Beverly Hills. Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny’s Home Johnny Carson, the king of latenight television, was a standout among entertainers, to which his 30year longevity on the “Tonight” show is testament. He sent Americans to bed each night with a smile on their face, and was instrumental in boosting the careers of many entertainers we still enjoy today, including Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Roseanne Barr, David Letterman and Jay Leno. After he moved his show from New York to Burbank in 1972, Carson loved to play golf, and for a number of years owned a home in Bel Air. In the mid1980s he bought a four-acre, cliff-top home above the celebrity-studded Point Dume community in Malibu overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where

Jane Fonda put her Trousdale Estates (Beverly Hills) contemporary on the market in 2017. Originally listed at just under $10 million, it’s since been reduced to just under $10 million. (Courtesy Coldwell Banker Previews International)

The only home Marilyn Monroe ever owned. She paid $75,000 in 1962 (and got some furnishings as part of the deal). It sold in 2017 for $7.25 million – above asking price. (Photo courtesy Lisa Optican/Mercer Vine)

he lived with fourth wife, Alexis, until his death in 2005. The house, designed by architect Ed Niles, is a study in wood beams, glass and indoor landscaping that blurs the line between indoors and out. On the grounds are championship tennis courts with a pavilion that has two bedrooms, kitchen, gym and locker room, a waterfall and koi pond, and another separate guest house. After Carson‘s death in 2005, his wife Alexis continued to live there for two more years before selling to film producer Sidney Kimmel and his wife, Caroline. The Kimmels restored it to its original plan and in 2017 put it on the market for $81.5 million. Chris Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker Malibu West, is the listing agent. The Honeymoon Home of Elvis and Priscilla Elvis Presley met Priscilla Beaulieu in Bad Nauheim, Germany, in 1959 during his service in the military; she was the daughter of an U.S. Army officer

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and his wife. Their budding relationship turned into a marriage proposal just before Christmas in 1966, and the couple was married at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas in May 1967. Presley obtained this Los Angeles property as their honeymoon house on a one-year lease for $21,000, and their child, Lisa Marie, was born exactly nine months later. The home was designed by modernist architect William Krisel and featured in a 1962 Look magazine article as “The House of Tomorrow.” Futuristic even for today, the midcentury-modern round house is on the market with walls of glass overlooking a secluded pool terrace and views of the Santa Rosa Mountains and the Coachella Valley. The 5,000-square-foot house has five bedrooms and five baths and comes with 1.16 acres of land with private garden, tennis court and orchard in addition to the swimming pool. Put on the market at $5.9 million in 2017, the listing agent is Mary Kay Nibley of Rodeo Realty, Beverly Hills.

Celine Dion’s Florida Water Park After going on the market almost four years before, the Florida waterpark home built by Celine Dion and her late husband, Rene Angelil, sold in 2017. Celine and Rene purchased the five-acre lot in Jupiter, Fla., in 2008 for $7 million and in 2010 began building the house, which includes 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and golf simulator within its 20,000 square feet. The Bahamian-inspired mansion is open and airy with multiple glass walls for viewing the property and includes a tennis court and guest house. The lavish pool system requires 500,000 gallons of water and includes two swimming pools, two water slides, a lazy river, water cannons and a tree house. Gaining much notoriety over its massive water-park feature and more than 400 feet of Atlantic Ocean beachfront, the property was introduced to the market at $72 million in 2013 and went through several price cuts before selling in 2017 for $28 million.

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Q&A: Managing the Expectations of Sellers Continued from Page 10

perspective. A lot of the time it’s about a seller’s motivation. Do they really want to sell? They might want to price it too high on purpose because they really want to keep the home?” Mike Highman, Acquest Realty:

“First, we must remember as Realtors we have a fiduciary duty to our clients to meet their concerns and needs. I try to understand why the seller has that stratosphere number, then after a thorough and in-depth comprehensive market analysis that shows the property’s market value, we review a pricing strategy. One such plan is a step-down offering price schedule. After a mutually agreed upon time frame, we analyze the traffic interest and then move on to the next appropriate price offer if need be. Turning down a listing means you are not comfortable with going outside the envelope.” David Howell, McEnearney Associates: “Sometimes, we and the seller

ly – the client’s time. If there isn’t a mutual, trusting relationship up front, then there are likely to be problems ahead.”

were a waste of time, but because sellers refused to take my advice on pricing and marketing strategies.”

list price that the agent feels is unrealistic, the agent has a few options: negotiate in pre-determined price reductions; insist on a retainer fee to cover marketing costs if the listing ultimately fails to sell; or decline the listing. I love the quote, ‘No one has the ability to waste my time except for me.’ Turning down a listing should be an agent’s last resort, but it is a powerful thing to be in charge of our time.”

tell them: ‘I would prefer to disappoint you now [during a listing presentation] than let you down three to six months down the road if/when price becomes the main buyer objection. If the price they desire is closer to market absorption, I may agree to their higher price, but request that timelines be built into our listing agreement to ensure price reductions, at specific periods.” Dee Murphy, Long & Foster: “Luckily, the majority of sellers in this market are sophisticated enough to be reasonable. To prepare for an aggressive seller, it is critical to provide relevant data on recent sales, with pictures and stats. If the seller insists, I would negotiate a time period to test their price (two weeks), and if the feedback is that it is priced too high and we have no offers, we agree to adjust the price immediately. I have respectfully passed on a listing when the seller is insistent on an absolutely unreasonable asking price. It does not reflect well on an agent to have their for sale signs sitting in people’s yards for months on end.” William F.X. Moody, Washington Fine Properties: “We prepare a pricing chart showing the high, low, median and average for the seller. Often sellers want

Anslie Stokes Milligan, McEnearney Associates: “If the seller insists on a

Glenn Lewis, McEnearney Associates: “When a seller lists an unrealistic

price, I’d simply hit them head on by saying the comparable data didn’t support their desired price and wish them luck with the sale. All the marketing in the world won’t sell an overpriced listing. I have definitely turned down overpriced listings. They can be costly and a waste of time for all.”

agree to a pre-agreed price reduction Timur Loynap, McWilliams Balwritten into the listing agreement if the lard: “It all depends on my relationship property hasn’t gone under contract by a with the seller. If it’s long-standing, I defined time on the market. Or, we agree might bite the bullet and take on a listthat the seller can try their price, and if it ing that is overpriced. I would make it doesn’t work, we’ll sit down for a serious clear to my seller that the list price has conversation about changing the price. no basis in reality by providing a comYes, we have walked away from possible parative market analysis that puts the listings because we bthink it would be list price HBM AD flat 12-4-2017.pdf 1 a12/4/17 4:41into PM perspective. I have turned waste of our time and – more important- down listings not because I feel they

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Craig Mastrangelo, Re/Max Allegiance: “I may not take the listing and

to choose a higher price, but having this written documentation is important as when an offer comes in, it is effective to show the seller what the pricing experts recommended from the beginning of the sales process. I have occasionally turned listings down when the seller didn’t take the time to focus on the educational process of the pricing and market conditions.” Natalie Roy, Keller Williams:

“When a seller is focused on an extremely high listing price, I suggest an appraisal. The benefit is the seller gets an impartial professional opinion on the value of their property. If the seller decides not to get an appraisal, or gets one and is still wedded to an unrealistic sales price, I decline the listing. To a seller who has unrealistic ideas of a listing price for their home, if you’re the highest bidder on the home you get to keep it.” Tania Hosmer, Keller Williams: “If a seller wants to list their home for a sales price that is too high, I provide them with the most relevant sales information comparable to their home and discuss how it affects price in their neighborhood. I also explain current trends occurring in the local real estate market and then outline the best pricing strategy. Sometimes, it turns out to be an ‘I told you so’ situation based on the realities of the market and reactions of potential buyers and other agents. Personally, I hope never to turn down a listing. No listing is a waste of time. Some take more time and patience.” Billy Buck, Buck & Associates: “It’s a seller’s choice to list a price how they want. We will not fight with them. We try to give them guidance and decide on a price that is appropriate and close to the market. There are some cases when sellers are not in a rush to sell their property. I don’t like the strategies of ‘testing the market’ with a home, so I have respectfully declined some listings.” Eli Tucker, Eli Residential Group: “Sales strategy is about probabilities. The probability of selling well above market value is very low and the probability of having to sell below market value after you’ve been on the market for too long is high. I provide my clients with a risk assessment, make a recommendation, and allow them to choose the strategy that works best for them.” Joan Stansfield, Keller Williams: “I provide and explain the data that does not lie. Or, I’ve agreed to list at their desired price so long as they understand the importance of adjusting the price and agree to periodically adjust. Yes, I have turned down a listing when I sensed the sellers were not going to listen to me and trust my judgment. One of my favorite lines I often share is: ‘In life, you want to be the first born, the second wife and the third Realtor.’ I’m often the second or third Realtor who finally is able to get the home sold.” Dianne Van Volkenburg, Long & Continued on Page 26

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Predictions: Where Is the Market Headed in ’18? Where is the national real-estate market headed in 2018? Trulia chief economist Ralph McLaughlin has a number of predictions for the housing market in 2018. “Home-ownership will continue its comeback story in 2018 as Gen Xers who were hard-hit during the Great Recession become homeowners again, and as more Millennials buy homes for the first time,” McLaughlin said. “But homebuyers won’t be without challenges, as they’ll still face low inventory, slow wage growth and expensive starter homes.” Among McLaughlin’s views, along with data from a Harris poll conducted in the fall for Trulia, are the following hot topics: Tax Plans May Help Cool Expensive Coastal Markets: As Washington has approved a tax overhaul that shifts some burdens for homeowners, the luxury market and housing markets in expensive, high-tax states in the Pacific West and Northeast might see cooling. This could include slowing home-price growth, new construction and existing home sales. Home-Ownership Rate Will Continue to Climb: 2017 saw the first significant increase in the home-ownership rate in over 10 years. Meanwhile, the number of owner-occupied households grew faster than renter

households for three consecutive quarters – a first in 12 years as the number of renter households fell for two consecutive quarters. As Gen Xers transition back from renting to owning and more Millennials become homeowners, the homeownership rate will continue to increase as it has trended in 2017, albeit slowly. Markets to Watch: Trulia identified 10 housing markets to watch in 2018 among the 100 biggest markets, based on five key metrics: strong job growth over the past year, low vacancy rates, high starter-home affordability, more inbound than outbound home searches on Trulia and a large share of people under age 35 in the population. Those markets: Grand Rapids, Mich.; Nashville; Raleigh, N.C.; El Paso, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Madison, Wis.; and Cincinnati. Some Will Wait to Buy: One in four Americans (25 percent) believe buying a home in 2018 will be better than in 2017 – the same as those who say it will be worse. One possible reason for the split sentiment: 40 percent of American renters who desire to buy a home say rising home prices is their biggest obstacle to home-ownership – the high-

est level reported since 2013. Perhaps as a result, only 10 percent of Americans plan to buy a home as their primary residence in the next 12 months while 41 percent plan to wait at least two years. Rising Optimism for Home Selling Unlikely to Ease Tight Inventory Immediately: Nearly one in three Americans (31 percent) think 2018 will be a better year for selling a home than 2017, versus 14 percent who think it will be worse – a 17-percentage-point differential, the highest since 2014. This spells good news for the current inventory crunch, but relief may not come for a few years, as only 6 percent of homeowners plan to sell their home in 2018. Most Millennials Aspire to be Homeowners, But Saving Money Remains Key Obstacle: Today, 73 percent of Americans aged 18-34 say home-ownership is part of their personal American Dream; however, this majority is below 2015’s level of 80 percent expressing this same sentiment. Yet for many Millennials, their home-buying plans aren’t happening soon: 65 percent who plan to buy a home one day said they don’t plan to do so until at least 2020. Why are they waiting? Perhaps lack of funds – saving for a down payment

is one of the greatest obstacles to home-ownership (66 percent), along with rising home prices (47 percent) and qualifying for a mortgage (37 percent) for Millennial renters who want to buy a home. Natural Disasters Causing Homeowners, Home-Buyers to Rethink Where They Live: After 2017’s array of floods, hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters, 39 percent of Americans say they are more concerned about the potential threat of such disasters affecting their homes, with a higher proportion of those in the hurricane- and flood-ravaged South expressing concerns (43 percent). Only 5 percent of Americans are less concerned about this potential threat. More tellingly, a majority of Americans said the potential for the aforementioned natural disasters – floods (72 percent), hurricanes (61 percent) and wildfires (58 percent) – would influence their home searches if they were looking to purchase a home. ••• This survey was conducted online within the United States between Nov. 9-13 among 2,188 adults by Harris Poll on behalf of Trulia. The online survey is not based on a probability sample, and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

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Survey Says: Idaho Was Fastest Growing in 2017 Idaho was the nation’s fastest-growing state over the last year, according to new Census Bureau data, with its population increasing 2.2 percent to 1.7 million from July 1, 2016, to July 1, 2017. Following Idaho for the largest percentage increases in population were Nevada (2 percent), Utah (1.9 percent), Washington (1.7 percent) and Florida along with Arizona (1.6 percent). “Domestic migration drove change in the two fastest-growing states, Idaho and Nevada, while an excess of births over deaths played a major part in the growth of the third fastest-growing state, Utah,” said Luke Rogers, chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Branch. With an estimated population of 8.47 million, Virginia’s yearover-year population growth was 0.7 percent. The U.S. population grew by an estimated 2.3 million between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, representing a 0.72-percent increase to 325.7 million. The population of voting-age residents (adults age 18 and over) grew to 252.1 million (77.4 percent of the 2017 total population), an increase of 0.93 percent from 2016

California remained the most populous state in the nation in Idaho is Nation’s Fastest-Growing State July 2016, with an estimate of Population Change From July 1, 2016, to July 1, 2017 39,536,653 residents. Texas was second (28,304,596), followed Percent population change Percent change by region by Florida (20,984,400). RoundAK Northeast 0.2 Greater than 2.0 ing out the top 10 were New 0.5 to 2.0 Midwest 0.3 York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, 0.0 to 0.4 South 1.0 George, North Carolina and Population loss 1.0 West Michigan. Texas had the largest growth in raw numbers, with its population growing an estimated 399,734 in the year ending July 1, 2016. Florida added 327,811, while California brought in 240,177. Eight states lost population between 2016 and 2017, with Illinois having the largest numeric decline, losing 33,703 people (a relatively small percentage change compared to its population of 12.8 million). Wyoming had the largest percentage decline (1 percent). Three states HI that had been losing population in the previous year, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Vermont, Source: Vintage 2017 Population Estimates saw slight increases. www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest States in the South and West continued to lead in population growth. In 2017, 38 percent of and 2017, making it the first drop (249.5 million). the nation’s population lived in Net international migration de- since 2012-13, but still added just over the South and 23.8 percent lived in creased 1.8 percent between 2016 1.1 million people. the West. WA

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2018: Convergence of Factors Will Impact Market Those hoping for relief from the ongoing inventory crisis won’t find it in 2018, although home-appreciation rates are expected to ease slightly in the new year, according to a compendium of predictions from Zillow. “We’re on the other side of the housing recovery, and the real-estate market looks quite different than it did 15 or even five years ago,” said Zillow chief economist Svenja Gudell. “We have a huge generation entering the market. They really want to be homeowners, and they’re faced with an inventory crisis that leaves them with few options.” Zillow’s 2018 housing predictions include: • Inventory shortages will continue to impact the housing market: The lack of homes for sale will remain a top concern in 2018, playing a signif-

icant role in rising home prices. Inventory has been falling since 2011, and there are 12 percent fewer homes for sale than there were a year ago. This will be particularly difficult for firsttime home-buyers who don’t have the capital from a previous home sale to help with the down payment, especially in hot markets. • Homeowners will choose to remodel instead of sell: Homeowners, wary of becoming buyers in such a limited market, will choose to remodel their homes instead of moving, worsening the inventory crisis. “In most markets around the country, housing has become a game of musical chairs, and nobody wants to be the last one without a seat,” Gudell said. “Homeowners who are looking for a change will turn to remodeling and redecorating instead of selling

their home and facing the challenges of being a buyer in a sellers’ market. • Baby Boomers and Millennials will drive home design: Livable design features that appeal to both Millennials and Baby Boomers will be a focus in new construction. Homes will be designed to make living simple and comfortable – for example, with wide hallways that can accommodate both strollers and wheelchairs. • More entry-level homes: Builders will respond to the demand created by more first-time buyers entering the market and increase new construction of entry-level homes. Builders won’t ignore this hungry market, and we’ll start to see a rise in new construction at the more affordable end, instead of all the luxury buildings we’ve seen lately,” Gudell

said. “However, builders are also facing high costs, so instead of adding density in cities where zoning laws and land costs often preclude affordable building, we’ll see the suburbs grow and expand outward.” • Suburban sprawl will return: The suburbs will expand as the cost of land and construction reaches a tipping point in urban areas. Urban living is popular among those looking for close access to job centers and cultural amenities, but building costs and regulations will lead to increased development in the suburbs. • Home price growth will slow: Home prices will grow 4.1 percent, according to more than 100 housing experts and economists surveyed in the latest ZillowHome Price Expectations Survey. Home values are currently growing at 6.9 percent annually.

Walkability: Desire Varies Among the Generations It is no longer just Millennials propelling interest in walkable communities. According to a new report from the National Association of Realtors, members of the Greatest (or “Silent”) Generation, those born before 1944, also prefer smaller homes in neighborhoods with easy walks to shops and restaurants. The 2017 National Community and Transportation Preference Survey, which polled adults from across the U.S. about what they are looking for in a community, found that 62 percent of Millennials and 55 percent of the Silent Generation prefer walkable communities and short commutes, even if it means living in an apartment or townhouse. Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers still show a strong preference toward suburban living, with 55 percent of both groups saying that they have no problem with a longer commute and driving to amenities if it means living in a single-family, detached home.

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“Realtors understand that when people buy a home, they are not just looking at the house, they are looking at the neighborhood and the community,” said NAR president Elizabeth Mendenhall, a sixth-generation Realtor from Columbia, Mo., and CEO of RE/MAX Boone Realty. “While the idea of the ‘perfect neighborhood’ is different for every homeowner, more Americans are expressing a desire to live in communities with access to public transit, shorter commutes and greater walkability,” Mendenhall said. According to the survey, the majority of Americans, 53 percent, would prefer to live in communities containing houses with small yards but within easy walking distance of the community’s amenities, as opposed to living in communities with houses that have large yards but they have to drive to all amenities. This up from 48 percent in 2015. However, responders with schoolage kids in the home, regardless of their generation, show a greater preference for conventional suburban communities. Sixty percent of all responders with

kids in school said they prefer larger homes and yards that require driving, and that number jumps to 63 percent for Millennials with kids in school. The survey also found that a majority of Americans, 88 percent, are very or somewhat satisfied with the quality of life in their communities, and 51 percent of those people believe that the walkability of their neighborhood contributes to that quality of life. The report found that women, particularly young women, prioritize walkability and public transit more than older or younger men. Fifty-four percent of young women said that sidewalks and places to take walks is a very important factor in deciding where to live, and 39 percent said the same about having public transit nearby. However, when it comes to a short commute to work, youth was a greater indicator of preference than gender; 49 percent of young women and 48 percent of young men said being within a short commute to work was a very important factor in deciding where to live. While 60 percent of adults surveyed live in detached, single-family homes,

21 percent of those respondents said they would rather live in an attached home and have greater walkability. Sixty percent of those surveyed also said that they would be willing to pay a little or a lot more to live within walking distance of parks, shops and restaurants. When selecting a new home, respondents indicated that they would like choices when it comes to their community’s transportation options. Eighty-six percent of survey participants said that sidewalks are a positive factor when purchasing a home, and 80 percent place importance on being within easy walking distance of places. When it comes to respondents’ thoughts on transportation priorities for the government, 73 percent indicated that maintaining and repairing roads and bridges should be a high priority, with expanding roads to help alleviate or reduce congestion as the next highest priority, at 54 percent. The survey of 3,000 adult Americans living in the 50 largest metropolitan areas was conducted by American Strategies and Meyers Research in September 2017.

Q&A: Managing Expectations of Sellers Continued from Page 20 Foster: “I find it uncommon to encounter a seller who is unrealistic regarding pricing. However, every so often there is one who thinks the market in Great Falls has recovered. When this happens, I educate them on the current conditions and I let them make the final decision. I

have never turned down a listing. I have, though, told a very few owners that I could not list their home at their desired price. In those situations they have listed with other Realtors, and eventually came back to work with me at a valid asking price.” Donna Moseley, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty: “We try to get an up

front agreement to reduce pricing within a predetermined time frame to a predetermined price. It is rare, but we do turn down some listings, not many. We do everything we can to get the property the best and highest price, staging, Internet presence, showings.”

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Vienna police over a recent three-day period dispatched officers to investigate a trio of incidents at the Vienna Dog Park, 700 Courthouse Road, S.W. A local resident called police to report that while she was at the dog park on Jan. 13 between 1:15 and 1:50 p.m. someone had smashed a window on her vehicle and taken her purse. On Jan. 14 at 2:45 p.m., a resident reported having a heated argument with a man over a dog fight that had just taken place at the park. The man allegedly threatened to harm the other dog and the owner, then left after making the verbal threats, police said. In the third incident, a resident reported that on Jan. 15 between 3:10 p.m. and 3:27 p.m. someone had smashed a window of her vehicle while she was at the dog park, Vienna police said.

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Flint Hill Earns a Key Close Victory DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

When it counted most late in the game, Isaiah Moore and Justin Taylor perfor med BASKETBALL their best and helped rally the host Flint Hill Huskies to a key victory. The senior guards combined to score 17 points and make big shots in the fourth quarter as Flint Hill (10-5, 1-3) defeated the Potomac School Panthers, 62-58, Jan. 20 in a boys high school neighborhood rivalry basketball clash between Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference teams. Moore scored 11 in the period and Taylor six. For the game, Moore had 16 points and Taylor 10. Neither scored in the first period. “Justin Taylor and Isaiah Moore made some big plays and shots for us down the stretch,” Flint Hill coach Rico Reed said. “In the first half, we didn’t run an offense. We wanted to, but what they did on defense against us worked. I Continued on Page 13

Flint Hill junior center Qudus Wahab led the Huskies with 20 points and eight rebounds in the team’s victory over the Potomac School in Jan. 20 basketball action. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

Oakton Sweeps Madison in Concorde Games DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The home rims were found much more forgiving by the visiting Oakton than BASKETBALL Cougars the host Madison Warhawks in Jan. 19 Concorde District boys high school basketball action. Oakton (13-4, 2-2) shot well and made eight three-pointers at the site of its Vienna rival, winning 55-43, to snap Madison’s five-game winning streak. The first-place Warhawks (11-6, 3-1) shot poorly (35 percent from the floor) against the Cougars’ zone defense in losing to Oakton for the third straight time and fifth in six meetings. The teams meet again Feb. 6. 12

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The Cougars were led by the allaround play of senior forward Jack Digby. He scored a game-high 22 points, including five-three-pointers, grabbed 14 rebounds, had three assists, a block and a steal. Anytime Madison rallied to draw close, it was Digby making a big shot or yanking a key rebound to extend Oakton’s lead. “He was awesome,” Madison coach Kevin Roller said of Digby. “He made a lot of big shots and Oakton hit some threes.” Digby made three three-pointers in the third period, then had a key threepoint play in the fourth to up Oakton’s lead to 48-41. Oakton led throughout, 16-10 after the first quarter, 32-21 at halftime and

45-36 after three. “We dug ourselves a hole and missed shots,” Roller said. “We got good looks, they just didn’t go in. When you don’t shoot well, then all of those little things become a bigger deal.” Point guard Micah Johnson-Parrotte had 12 points and three assists for Oakton, forward Matthew Jaquette had seven points and nine rebounds, Garrett Johnson made two three-pointers, Braeden Johnson scored four, and Charlie Smith three. Oakton outrebounded Madison, 34-21. “We shot well and Jake made some big shots,” Oakton coach David Brooks said. “I thought Micah Johnson-Par-

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Local boys and girls varsity high school basketball doubleheaders have been held for years, and with much success and positive feedback. They are no-brainers and make total sense. Such twinbills are often saved for big neighborhood rivalry games and played on Friday nights, often with a girls game beginning around 5:45 p.m., followed by the boys at 7:30 or so. Sometimes, the order is switched. Some are held midweek as well and are big money-makers. On Friday night, Jan. 12, host Washington-Lee and Yorktown played two in an all-Arlington showdown, and host Langley and McLean did the same in an all-McLean clash. The crowds were huge, especially the energetic and noisy student sections. Those four schools have held doubleheaders for years, with two more on tap later this season. Tuesday night, Jan. 16, Edison High hosted Wakefield in girls and boys contests. The gym wasn’t overflowing like on Fridays, but it was still full enough. In contrast, the Edison gym did spill over on Friday, Jan. 19 when the Eagles hosted Marshall in girls and boys action, matchups with first place on the line. Fans of a particular school appreciate those events, because they can see two teams at one place. Otherwise, they have to make a choice, missing one of the games. Maybe such doubleheaders should be held all the time, with the boys and girl alternating starting times? There is nothing more frustrating and annoying for fans of particular schools when neighborhood rivalry games are held at opposite sites, and at the same time, like the Jan. 19 Madison-vs.-Oakton contests. The boys played at Madison and the girls at Oakton, both 7:30 p.m. tipoffs. That all-Vienna clash should be a doubleheader like the others.

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Marshall Splits with Edison, Teams Tied for First Place DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

The Marshall Statesmen remained tied for first place in the National Disin girls BASKETBALL trict and boys basketball after the high school teams split an away doubleheader with the Edison Eagles on Jan. 19. The Marshall boys (13-2, 5-1) defeated Edison, 42-37, and are tied for first in the loss column with the Wakefield Warriors (13-4, 6-1). The Marshall girls (13-3, 5-1) lost,

63-31, and are tied with Edison (6-1) for first. The Marshall boys rallied from a 20-18 halftime deficit and led 31-30 after three quarters en route to the win. A three-pointer by Joseph Lampman in the fourth quarter gave Marshall the lead for good at 36-34. A basket by Ryan Robinson closed the game’s score. “After the first quarter, we settled down and marked them and we extended up more on defense,” Marshall coach Dan Hale said. “We had a bunch of guys contribute.” Robinson led Marshall with 17 points

and grabbed five rebounds. Daniel Deaver scored 10 and had nine boards, Lampman had six points and gathered five rebounds, and Ryan Schlauffer scored six. “In the first quarter, we got sped up by their defense and we turned the ball over,” Deaver said. “In the second, we refocused. We’ve been practicing taking care of the basketball. We executed down the stretch and we were patient down the stretch.” The victory upped Marshall’s winning streak to nine games, including a win over Wakefield. Its last loss was to

Edison, 69-66. In the girls game, Edison led 27-13 at halftime and 39-19 after three periods. Clara Ford had nine points, Zoe Soule six and Valerie Dirkse four for Marshall. The teams split two earlier meetings this season. “They were better than us tonight. They really bothered us defensively and we turned the ball over too much,” Marshall coach Mike Trivisonno said. Added Ford: “We weren’t ready for all the noise and the loudness over here.”

sen from Langley. This past season, Shklyar helped Langley finish 27-3 and win district, region and state championships. Shklyar recorded 544 assists, 305 kills, 156 digs, 70 service aces and 38 blocks while posting a kill percentage of .469. In addition, she contributed 36 assists and 14 kills in Langley’s 3-2 win over Cox in the state final. Shklyar concluded her high school career with 2,299 assists and 879 kills. In college, Shklyar will play volleyball at Michigan State University. Langley’s Alex Andrejev was Gatorade’s 2013-14 Virginia Player of the Year. Flint Hill’s Ally Ford won the honor for 2014-15. Madeira’s Breanna Atkinson won in 2011-12 and Flint Hill’s Tori Janowski in 2010-11. As a Gatorade Player of the Year, Shklyar will be able to select a national or local youth sports organization to receive a $1,000 grant as part of the Gato-

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won the diving. n The Oakton Cougars swept the Chantilly Chargers in boys and girls swim and dive action. The girls won 169-145 and the boys, 190-125. Leading Oakton with two wins was Daniel Gyenis. Others having strong meets were Sam Walters, Carl Blakney, Anthony Grimm, Matthew Sargent, Anthony Arcomona, Zach Wolsborn, Albert Xu, Maddie Flickinger, Lindsey Kotarski, Brynn Curtis, Charlotte Cai, Sarah DeLoach and Stephanie Suh. Lily Chireix won the girls diving.

and take anything the defense was giving me,” Moore said. After a disputed Potomac School turnover, the Huskies took the lead 56-54 with 1:17 left on a layup by Justice Ellison (six points). Potomac School’s Preston Bacon (15 points, five rebounds) made two foul shots to tie the score at 56. The Huskies went up for good at 58-56 with 38 seconds left on a thunderous dunk from center Qudus Wahab (20 points, eight rebounds) off an assist from Moore. “That was a huge play on his assist,” Reed said. Moore closed out the win by making four foul shots in the final seconds, as

Flint Hill outscored the Panthers, 11-4, over the final 2:30. “I wasn’t nervous on those free throws. I had confidence,” Moore said. Moore was 6 of 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter and 2 of 2 from the floor. He shot poorly from the floor through the first three periods, hitting just one of 11 shots. Taylor scored all 10 of his points on five field goals in the second half, hitting five of his last seven shots. Christian Turner had four points and four rebounds off the bench for Flint Hill, Sean Herlihy had four rebounds off the bench and two assists and starting forward Dowar Jioklow had four points and three rebounds.

Reed credited Turner and Herlihy with strong play during a key secondhalf stretch with Wahab on the bench in foul trouble. “This was a special win for us,” Reed said. “We had lost three close conference games we felt we could have won. So we needed to prove we can win games like this.” Potomac School was led by Devon Flowers with 17 points, six rebounds and three blocks. Justin Law had eight points and three rebonds, Mike Grimes scored seven and had two steals and Nate Martin had six points and five boards. Both teams play more conference games this week.

Forward Damon Koskovich had 10 points off the bench to lead Madison in scoring. Starting center Johnny Hecht had eight points and nine rebounds, John Finney had eight points, Nick Hugie made two threes, and point guard Aaron Darab had five points and five assists. In its previous game, Madison edged the visiting Centreville Wildcats, 49-47, in overtime on Finney’s two foul shots

in the closing seconds. Darab had 12 points, Finney and Aaron Thompson eight each and Hugie seven. Oakton lost to Centreville, 66-56, in its previous game. n In girls action last week, the Oakton Cougars (11-9, 1-3) snapped a threegame losing streak with two 20-point wins, over South Lakes, 60-40, then Madison, 61-41. Oakton defeated Madison in Con-

corde District action Jan. 19 in an allVienna rivalry game. Oakton trailed 25-21 at halftime, then outscored Madison 24-0 in the third quarter. Peyton Perine led Oakton with 29 points, Emma Coleman scored 12 and Kate Vietmeyer 11. Madison dropped to 10-8, 2-2. In Oakton’s win over South Lakes in non-district play, Perine scored 15, Mina Mori 14, Coleman 10, Vietmeyer eight and Amanda Good six.

High School Roundup LANGLEY WRESTLERS WIN: The Langley Saxons defeated the McLean Highlanders, 48-27, in a neighborhood match last week. Winning individual matches for Langley were Alex Woltman at 113 pounds, Tyler Chung (120), Connor Romanowski (138), Matt Flenniken (145), Alexander Ton (152), Devin Housman (170), Cooper Keating (195), Calab Womack (220) and Parsa Yazdani-Arazi (285). Winning for McLean were Ethan Scurlock (106), Zachary Chung (126), Calvin Zug (132), Jinkwon Song (160) and Logan Johnson (182). GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ga-

torade recently announced that Langley High School senior Elena Shklyar is the company’s 2017-18 Gatorade Virginia Volleyball Girls Player of the Year. Shklyar is the second Gatorade Virginia Volleyball Player of the Year to be cho-

Huskies Continued from Page 12 thought we were more poised on offense in the second half.” The game was close throughout with 10 ties and 11 lead changes. Flint Hill led 16-13 at the end of the first quarter and 30-28 at half, then the game was tied at 40 at the end of three. With Potomac School (11-5, 2-2) leading 54-51 with 2:13 left in the game, Moore made a three-pointer from the left wing with 2:01 left to tie the game at 54. “I was trying to be aggressive there

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Continued from Page 12 rotte controlled the tempo and made good choices when to attack or not, and we were poised and handled their pressure defense well. There are no nights off or easy wins in this district. You are exhausted as a coach after every game.”

SWIM AND DIVE: The Potomac School Panthers won 14 events in a recent meet. Individual winners were Diego Cruzado, Megan Sharkey and Katie Gould with two wins each and Caroline Otteni, Connor Smith, Katie Gould, Megan Sharkey, T.J. Sharkey and Annie Tuttle with one each. Potomac School won four of the six relays. n The Madison Warhawks swept the Westfield Bulldogs in boys and girls action Jan. 19, the girls winning 203-11 and the boys 225-87. Double winners for Madison were Cole Dyson, Madeline LaPorte and Kyle Wu. Single winners were Will Noel, Alexandra Dicks, Jack Galbraith, Elizabeth Kuhlkin, Michael Hynes, Rachel Holp, Brayden Philpott and Anna Keating. Sam Duncan and Madison Grosz

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: For the Potomac

School Panthers in a recent girls basketball game against Collegiate, Sara Park scored her 1,000th career point. Earlier this season, Potomac School’s Courtlynne Caskin set a new girlsprogram record for career points with 1,326. She was presented with a game ball for her achievement.

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Finance Director Marion Serfass presented the Council with these new options at a Jan. 22 work session: • Scenario 1 would lengthen the maturity period of the town’s 2020 bond issuance from the usual 15 years to 20, finance the garage on the library site entirely with $5.6 million in NVTA funds, shift some hoped-for projects to later years and finance a Mill Street parking garage halfway with NVTA funds. • Scenario 2 would be largely the same as the above plan, but switch all town bond issuances to 20-year periods, switch library parking project from 2020 to 2028 and pay for that initiative entirely with town bond funding instead of NVTA moneys. • Scenario 3 would be identical to Scenario 1, except that all town bond issuances would change over to the 20-year model. Queried by Council members on the fiscal impact of longer-length bond issuances, Serfass said 20-year bonds are the industry standard. “We’ve been doing 15 to be conservative,” she said. The town’s goal is to have a debt-service fund balance of $4 million, based on bond issuances every other year, which would be enough to pay for two or three years’ worth of debt payments, Serfass said. CIP projections issued by the town last year, which included the meals-tax increase, started with a fund balance of $6.3 million in 2017 and an end balance of $5.1 million in 2034, with only one year with a fund balance dipping below

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The Virginia Association of Counties supported efforts both to remove the referendum requirement and increase the maximum tax rate. Locke’s bill was tagged “by request,” often used as shorthand on state legislation to indicate the lawmaker introduced it at the behest of an organization or constituent but wasn’t necessarily enthusiastic about it. At least one bill on a similar, though not identical, theme awaits disposition in the House of Delegates. Enactment of a meals tax is opposed by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, which is against any singleindustry tax that is not supported by the industry in question. Opposition by the business organization helped scuttle the proposal in 2016, when it lost by about 10 points at the ballot box.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. January 30, 1942: n Virginia officials appear willing to join in the establishment of “daylight savings time,” set to go into effect Feb. 9. n Gov. Darden wants to lower speed limits on Virginia highways to 45 mph for the duration of the war. n The redistricting committee in Richmond is finding little common ground. n As part of wartime rationing, local restaurants are taking sugar off tables. n Another Nor’easter has come and gone. January 27, 1959: n A Sun editorial says state leaders are “putting haste ahead of reason” in their efforts to forestall school integration. n Jazz is making a run against rockand-roll in the affections of local high schoolers. January 27-28, 1964: n The former clerk-treasurer of Vienna was arrested and charged with misappropriating town funds. Her deputy already has pleaded guilty to similar charges. n Virginia’s GOP chairman says he sees no solid support in the Old Dominion for Barry Goldwater as the party’s presidential nominee. n The Vienna Town Council plans to study race relations. n The federal government has decided to stop providing free cigarettes to patients at government-run hospitals. January 27, 1975: n For the first time since World War II, traffic on Virginia highways was down in 1974 from a year before. n In Great Falls District basketball action, Marshall is 8-2, McLean is 4-6, Langley is 3-6 and Oakton is 3-8. n On TV tonight: “The Rookies,” “Gunsmoke,” “Maude” and “Rhoda.” n Fashion designers say the trend this year is toward shorter hemlines. January 27, 1983: n The FAA will spend $1.3 million on a study of facilities and safety at National Airport. n The state Senate has killed a measure calling for an independent state ethics commission. n In basketball action, O’Connell topped Fauquier, 74-48.

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ACROSS 1. Got ready for a close up 6. Cookbook abbr. 10. *Super Bowl number ____ 13. Flow-controlling device 14. Like pulling teeth 15. *Tight one? 16. Do like ivy 17. Half human, half cobra in Hinduism 18. Ring like a bell 19. Flying north in fall, e.g. 21. High school breakout 22. Distress signal 23. Choice word 25. One who increases bid 29. One of “12 Angry Men” 31. Kick out 32. Extinct flightless birds 34. Tony on a cereal box 38. Of short duration 40. *Extra point 41. Blood vessel 42. Drawing support 43. Life saver 45. ____ ____ ____, precisely 46. Minimal in magnitude 48. Mortar and ____ 50. “____, ____!” said Piglet 53. Winter blues, acr. 54. Getting warm 55. *Only undefeated NFL team 60. Marchers in a kids’ song

61. Albany-Buffalo canal 62. Royal topper 65. *“The ____ Bowl” in 1967 66. Actress Campbell 67. Happen 68. Communist color 69. Three-____ sloth 70. Button on electrical outlet

DOWN 1. Pipe material 2. Crew propeller 3. Multitude 4. Never without “n” 5. Remove from a throne 6. Grabbing tool 7. Fine, in Scotland

8. It’s a long story 9. *One of 11 on field 10. River-dwelling phlebotomist 11. Absurd 12. Lazybones 18. *Team with most Super Bowl appearances 20. “Cheers” regular 24. Itty-bitty bit 25. Sonia Sotomayor’s garb 26. Heavenly glow 27. a.k.a. The Islamic State 28. *Team with most Super Bowl wins 29. *Justin’s “Wardrobe Malfunction” partner 30. Drug abuser 33. Sounds of amazement 35. Little cave 36. Et alibi 37. Birth ____ or mortality ____ 39. Pestilence pest 44. Moonfish 47. Impassioned 49. Author’s co-worker 50. Broadcast in progress 51. From this time 52. Old hat 53. r in d = rt 56. Sandwich cookie 57. *Like Super Bowl broadcast 58. Cote d’Azur locale 59. Pouches 63. Poe’s Morgue 64. *Former Ravens owner or HOFer Donovan

Schools & Military n Justin Speros of Great Falls earned a bachelor of science degree in parks, recreation and tourism management, and Analea Von Seggern of McLean earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting, summa cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University. n Reese Collins of Oakton and Madeleine Kee of Great Falls have been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Coastal Carolina University.

Mamie Henshaw of Vienna, Michael Kerr of Vienna and Nicole Papathanassiou of Vienna have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Coastal Carolina University.

and a 2015 graduate of Trinity School at Meadow View; Katharine Perry, the daughter of James and Deborah Perry of Vienna and a 2014 graduate of Dominion Christian School; Haley Monts, the son of Carey Monts of Vienna and a 2014 graduate of George C. Marshall High School; and Jordyn Pistilli, the daughter of Vincent and Judith Pistilli and a 2016 graduate of James Madison High School.

nology, will travel to Orlando in March to compete as a national finalist in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Piano Competition. Lin, who has been studying piano for 12 years, already has won the Southern Division of the MTNA competition, and has won many international and national competitions. He also is a regional finalists for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.

n Thomas House of Vienna has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at East Stroudsburg University.

n Longfellow Middle School’s Model United Nations club earned the Outstanding School Award at the 13th annual Gar-Field High School Model UN conference, held recently in Woodbridge. Delegates sought resolution to issues such as the world-wide poaching crisis and the South China Sea conflict, along with one committee – set in the future – focused on the potential of life in space. Longfellow students who won individual awards included Chanyoo Lee, Erika Li, Valerie Li, Kacy Lee, Odessa Zhang, Nyla Marcott, Anna Raymond, Eve Ginsberg, Cathy Zhang, Jin Shin, Kyra Li, Julia Tan, Cynthia Ma, Justin Dong, Jeanie Qi, Blaire Zhao, James Hoadley, Yusuf Gunter-Rahman Simal Mann, Kevin Fan and Elliott Lee.

n The following local students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grove City College: Gracie Slye, the daughter of Rev. John and Krista Slye of Dunn Loring and a 2017 graduate of Trinity School at Meadow View; Justin Wichterman, the son of William and Dana Wichterman of Oakton and a 2017 graduate of Trinity Christian School; John Perry, the son of James and Deborah Perry of Vienna

The following local students were part of the Marching Royal Dukes of James Madison University, which participated in the Jan. 13 inaugural parade for Gov. Ralph Northam: Emily Williams of McLean (trombone section), Shelby Lee of Vienna (clarinet section), Benjamin Ostapovicz of Vienna (saxophone/alto section), Michael Niebergall of Vienna (tuba section), Nadir Naimi of Vienna (trumpet section) and Oda Reinert of Vienna (color guard section. n

n Eric Lin, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Tech-

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