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Widening, a Two-Lane Roundabout In the Works BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

viewed developer Doug D’Alexander’s new proposal March 14, but decided to continue the public hearing until its March

A two-lane roundabout, made possible by the realignment of Sunset Hills Road, eventually may be built at Hunter Mill and Crowell roads in the Vienna/Reston area. The Board of Supervisors on March 6 unanimously signed off on a proposed Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) comprehensive-plan amendment that calls for the realignment of Sunset Hills Road to the intersection of Hunter Mill and Crowell roads, construction of a roundabout there and widening Hunter Mill Road to four lanes between the Dulles Toll Road’s westbound ramps and Crowell Road. While the roundabout option would cost about $3 million more than the traffic signal, it would help preserve Hunter Mill Road’s character by slowing down traffic headed into more residential areas to the north, county staff said. Transportation planners have sought improvements in this vicinity since 1975. The Virginia Department of Transportation studied possible upgrades in 2000, and Fairfax County’s

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Great Falls photographer Robin Kent has traveled throughout North America to track and photograph monarch butterflies, which each year commute from Canada to central Mexico. He will discuss the migration of butterflies during a March 29 presentation at Great Falls Library. See coverage on Page 4. PHOTO BY ROBIN KENT

Developer Back with Revamped ‘Vienna Market’ Plan BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

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MCP’s ‘Harvey’ Is a Humorous Call for Kindness BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

McLean Community Players’ production of Mary Chase’s “Harvey” is a bit bizarre and convoluted at times, but carries an uplifting message. ON Directed by Eleanore the PuSTAGE litzerTapscott, Prize-winning (!) play is set somewhere in the 1940s in the western United States and opens in the sumptuous home of the Simmonses. The mother, Veta (Anne Hilleary) is trying to buck up shy daughter Myrtle (Caroline Peterson) at her social debut. Peterson shines as Myrtle, combining awkwardness with a lascivious curiosity. Hilleary is a great in her role, too, going into high dudgeon over things large and small and generally being a handful. She thinks ill of her brother Elwood, who drinks too much and claims to be followed around by a 6-foot-plus rabbit named Harvey. Kevin Dykstra is a bit daffy but affable as Elwood, a role played by the great Jimmy Stewart in a 1950 movie. Elwood is courteous, courtly and polite to a fault. He’s also an incorrigible flirt. Veta tries to have Elwood committed to an asylum, but briefly ends up there herself because of a mix-up. The sanitarium’s staff is worth a mention. Led by the sensible, sane and steady

Dr. Sanderson (Michael Himes), the crew also includes an easily flattered nurse (Amanda Spellman) and a take-no-guff orderly (Justin Trent). Their boss is the wise but stern Dr. Chumley (Bob Thompson), who soon inherits the conundrum of Elwood and Harvey. The medicine men present Veta with an option for “curing” Elwood, but she must decide whether to take that irrevocable step. Set designer Bill Glikbarg makes good use of the tiny stage at the Great Falls Grange. The set for the Simmonses’ drawing room especially is inviting, with tall bookshelves bracketing a fireplace. (The company usually performs at the McLean Community Center’s Alden Theatre, but that building is closed for a renovation-and-expansion project.) Sight gags abound, including a hat with two slits cut in the top (what could those be for?) and a painting of Elwood with the otherwise-unseen Harvey. The play lasts more than two hours, which always makes the intermission seem interminable. At least the scene changes are entertaining, with cast members dancing with each other throughout. “Harvey” requires considerable suspension of disbelief and much toleration for silliness, but it also conveys an alwayswelcome message about kindness and decency.

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Photographer to Discuss Migration of Butterflies BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Great Falls resident Robin Kent has photographed landscapes all over the world, from Iceland and Yosemite National Park to Antarctica, but also has sought an elusive, mobile quarry: monarch butterflies. Tens of millions of the iconic orangeblack-and-white butterflies shuttle back and forth between southern Canada and Mexico. He began photographing them in Great Falls and Lorton and checked out the monarch program at the Cape May Bird Observatory in New Jersey. In 2011, he went to central Mexico to see the monarchs’ winter destination. The journey to El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve proved arduous. After a four-hour bus ride from Mexico City, Kent and his group were driving in a pickup truck for 45 minutes on a one-lane mountainside road, then rode horses for an equal period and finally hiked for another 45 minutes. The mountain’s 10,000foot altitude left the butterfly enthusiasts short of breath. “You can’t train for that unless you do it at altitude,” he said. Photographing wildlife is far more difficult than it looks. One needs considerable patience to brave the elements, wait for the right light and position oneself to photograph wary animals. Unless using remote-controlled cameras that animals trigger up close, photographers often must shell out big money for long telephoto lenses. The monarchs’ migration posed special challenges. It proved tough to capture the scale of their armada. Kent sometimes did so by shooting video; on other occasions, he used a computer to stitch together several photos of a scene. The monarchs also tended to roost in clumps of thousands under shaded oyamel pine tree branches, making it harder to obtain attractive photos, he said. Kent played a video he shot of thousands of butterflies emerging along a mountainside road in Mexico. “It was like an orange snowstorm,” he said, adding that police restricted motorists to 10 mph to avoid harming the delicate creatures. Kent will show photos and videos and discuss his experiences during a presenta-

tion on March 29 at 7 p.m. at Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike. The event is sponsored by Great Falls Studios. Kent began photographing in earnest following his retirement from the Central Intelligence Agency, where he started out in political analysis and switched to information-technology support. A book by Sue Halpern, “Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly,” in 2000 sparked his interest in the monarchs’ migration. Kent in January 2018 returned to the same monarch sanctuary in Mexico. Mindful of the altitude in which he’d be working, the photographer limited himself to a pair of Nikon D850 digital single-lens-reflex cameras and a few lenses, including a versatile 28-300mm zoom. He intuited that fewer monarchs had made the journey this time around. He was right: The estimated total of 110 million butterflies was down from about 200 million in 2011. Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) live in many locations in both hemispheres. The migrating group Kent has been observing has been losing population, in part because of a decline in milkweed plants, its food source. The Environmental Defense Fund has been starting monarch habitats and trying to convince farmers to grow more milkweed, Kent said. In addition, the World Wildlife Fund and groups in Mexico have been trying to prevent illegal logging in that country’s monarch preserves, which deprives the butterflies of roosting places. Ideally, the migrating population needs to be at least 225 million to remain sustainable, Kent said. Kent marveled at how scientists over the decades had tagged monarchs to confirm their migration habits. The butterflies cover thousands of miles by wafting on air currents and often several generations are needed to complete the journey back and forth. How butterflies born mid-journey know where to go is a mystery, Kent said. Artist Laura Nichols of Great Falls Studios said Kent’s presentation will showcase the miracle of the butterflies’ annual migrations and the ecological fragility of the corridor along which they fly. Kent’s photography is “informed by his keen interest and knowledge of science, technology and conservation,” she said. Great Falls Studios president Linda

Above: Photographer Robin Kent in a photo by Brian Trompeter. Below: Kent documented these roosting monarch butterflies at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Mexico.

Jones said Kent’s photos have earned him a strong reputation. His efforts on behalf of monarch butterflies are significant because of the species’ declining numbers. “Only this week, I received an e-mail from another source stating that studies estimate the monarch’s population has

declined by 95 percent since the 1980s, and the butterfly faces a June 2019 deadline for an Endangered Species Act listing decision,” Jones said. “Millions of acres of native wildflowers need to be restored very quickly across America on the butterfly’s vast migration route.”

Vienna Police Officer Lauded for Efforts in Battling Gangs The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office at its eighth annual awards ceremony and banquet dinner on Feb. 2 gave Vienna Master Police Officer Michael Finelli a “Meritorious Action Award” for work he did while on temporary assignment with the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force. While working with the gang task force, Finelli’s investigation led to the arrest of multiple MS-13 gang members who were conspiring to abduct and mur4

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der someone. Finelli’s investigative efforts helped prevent the death of an innocent person, officials said. The award recognizes an individual, or team of people, who have demonstrated exemplary action in response to a specific situation, whether emergency or routine. Finelli also received from the U.S. House of Representatives a “Certificate of Congressional Recognition” signed by U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th). – Staff Report www.insidenova.com

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Our View: Not the Strongest of Performances As a public-relations exercise, last week’s press conference (see Page 12) by new Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill and veteran Deputy County Executive for Public Safety David Rohrer may well have accomplished what it set out to do: take the heat off the county government for what certainly appears to be a longstanding culture of dysfunction within the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department. One presumes county officials expect that the local media, having written and aired its stories, will now forget about the whole matter. Time will tell. No matter how this particular issue plays out, the

Hill-Rohrer show of last week was not a particularly shining moment. The duo – one a newbie, the other a firmly entrenched member of the bureaucratic leadership – offered little in the way of insight on how they will enforce a culture shift in the fire department. We’d describe the public performance as a little shaky, which begs the question: If you’re not going to use a press conference to get ahead of the controversy and detail specific steps to ensure improvements down the road, why hold one at all? Without more meat to this particular performance, it might have been better to just release the report without such public fanfare.

Our weekly “Local History” column serves as a welcome trip down memory lane, with a focus on what has changed – and what has not – in local governance. This week’s rendition (found on the crossword page) has an item that caught our eye from the Northern Virginia Sun edition of March 12, 1936. It apparently had been a rough winter with copious amounts of snow in the local area, resulting in plenty of school closings. How did Fairfax County school officials of 1936 plan

to address the situation? They directed that extra classes would be held on Saturdays in coming weeks in order to make up for the time that was lost. Just imagine what would happen to a superintendent of schools who proposed that in 2018. He or she would be hanged in effigy, because despite what many parents, educators and community leaders says about their ultimate goal for public education as being “all about the children,” the reality is it’s actually “all about the children until it inconveniences us.” Sad, but true.

Well, That’s Certainly Never Going to Happen Again, Is It?

Supervisors Need to Get Serious About Budget Editor: The Fairfax County government leadership again assumes that the default way to manage its budget is to increase the tax burden on residential homeowners. The pattern – which the Board of Supervisors repeatedly has supported – ignores practical, fundamental questions to end the cycle of uninterrupted tax-and-spend government. Why not invoke genuine zero-based budgeting to prioritize county programs? Is everything truly indispensable

to county residents at the proposed budgetary levels? Why not a long-delayed, serious review of county pension plans, which are more generous than adjacent jurisdictions and add 30 cents to every payroll dollar? Why not challenge the customary Fairfax County Public Schools link of its entire budget to teacher salaries? The teachers are the critical element in our schools and should be compensated well. But what about the rest of the FCPS budget? There is too much ad-

ministration and bureaucratic demands that overload teachers and detract from their instructional work. Can’t we reward our teachers while reducing the FCPS bureaucracy? Rather than again turning to the homeowner to finance the status quo, I hope the Board of Supervisors will launch a creative, innovative budgetary review and not just rubber stamp the county executive’s proposal. Dell Pendergrast McLean

Do Fairfax Leaders Want Us to Be Like California? Editor: Taxpayers and businesses are leaving the California in droves due both to the leftist policies of their politicians concerning immigration and taxation and to generalized moral decay. It seems that the Democrats who control Fairfax County want to emulate the example of California. Fairfax’s sheriff is now refusing to hold arrested illegal immigrants for ICE when requested. And now, the Democrat-dominated Board of Supervisors has decided to increase our property taxes once again, to fund employee pay raises and then throw even more money

at Fairfax Country Public Schools. Lets not forget that this is the same school system that decided to spend $1 million to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School (against the wishes of their own students), and the same school system that’s Family Life Education board members recently claimed that “the term biological sex has no meaning,” that sex is an arbitrary thing that is “assigned at birth” and has no biological basis. So Fairfax County school leaders wish to teach our children that biologic sex is fictional. The taxpayers of Fairfax County should consider theses things before re-

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flexively voting against that “evil sexist racist Trump” and “those evil Republicans” in our elections. Elections do have consequences, and voting for the same old Democrats in Fairfax County is quickly making the county a much more expensive and less desirable place to live, unless of course you like to pay high taxes so that you can walk around piles of human waste and hypodermic needles, as in California. If you want different outcomes, you need to vote differently. Donna Hurlock, MD Oakton

Fairfax Has Weak Start to Year in Home-Sales Volume A decline in total sales and relatively flat average prices resulted in February’s home-sale figures across Fairfax County ending up in decidedly negative territory. A total of 768 properties went to closing last month, down 9.2 percent from the 846 transactions in February 2017, according to figures reported March 12 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. The average sales price of all properties that changed hands during the month stood at $532,616, down 0.6 percent from a year before, with average prices in two of three segments of the market declining: • The average sales prices of singlefamily homes declined 5.2 percent to $702,146. • The average sales price of condominiums was down 1.9 percent to $282,181. • The average sales price of attached homes, such as townhouses, was up 1.7 percent to $373,360. A total of 38 properties went to closing at more than $1 million, including one sale for more than $5 million. Add up the sales and prices, and total sales volume for the month stood at $409 million, down 9.8 percent from $453 million a year before. Homes that sold in February spent an average of 62 days between listing and ratified sales contract, an improvement from the 68 days required a year before, and garnered 97.7 percent of original list-

ing price, up from 97.1 percent. Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 500 instances, followed by cash (96) and VAbacked loans (86). Inventory continues to be problematic as the winter season moves into spring, with the 1,653 properties on the market at the end of the month down 22.9 percent from a year before. Where is the market headed? Like much of Northern Virginia, the data are mixed: Homes coming under contract during the month were way up, but total pending sales still are lagging year-overyear figures. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision. D.C., Inner Core Sees Decrease in Sales Volume: Year-over-year real estate sales and prices were down slightly in D.C. and its inner suburbs in February, according to new data. A total of 3,043 properties went to closing across region last month, down 1.8 percent from 3,098 transactions in February 2017, according to data reported March 12 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. (Figures represent sales in the District of Columbia; Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and

Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland.) The average price of all homes that sold also was down, declining 1.9 percent to $503,013. The decline was concentrated in the single-family sector, where the $594,871 average sales price dipped 5.1 percent from a year before. The other two legs of the market saw improved sales prices, with attached homes up 1.6 percent to $432,586 and condominiums up 0.9 percent to $370,864. A total of 185 properties sold for more than $1 million. Add up the sales and prices, and the

total sales volume of $1.53 billion was down 3.6 percent from a year before. Homes that went to closing in February spent an average of 56 days on the market, down from 59 a year before, and garnered 97.7 percent of original listing price, up from 97.4 percent. Where is the market headed as it transitions from winter to spring? The message is mixed, with pending sales down in February but homes coming under contract up for the month. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

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At Forum, Nuns Look Back to Marymount’s Early Era Marymount University

When she was in first grade, Sister Mary Patricia Earl, now a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary order of nuns, came down with chicken pox. She was immediately isolated from her classmates at Marymount Junior School, then on the campus of Marymount College. “While we waited for my mother to come and pick me up, the sisters brought me to the main house, and Mother Mary Elizabeth, the president, babysat me until my mother could come,” she recalled. “That was one of the duties of the college president in those days!” During a discussion forum with Sister Jacqueline Murphy, a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) order that founded Marymount, Sister Patricia relayed that and other memories during Marymount University’s Annual Founders’ Day on Feb. 21 at a luncheon in Gerard Dining Hall. “The RSHM Lived Experience: A 50-Year Reflection” was accompanied by a slide show. Founded by the RSHM as

a two-year college for women in 1950, MU became co-educational in 1972 and gained university status in 1986. The order of nuns traces its history back to its founding in France Mother St. Jean; the learning institutions they created would evolve into a worldwide network of schools and colleges. Now director of Marymount’s administration and supervision master’s program in Catholicschool leadership, Sister Patricia once served as principal of Marymount Junior School, and was assistant superintendent of schools for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington for 13 years. At the Feb. 21 event, she recalled a cottage on campus that was occupied by an elderly gentleman who had been displaced from Latvia. He was hired as a gardener, given a place to live and now is buried among the RSHM in Fairfax Memorial Park. It was just one example in Marymount’s long tradition of serving displaced persons and refugees, said Sister Jackie, who herself was supposed to be in residence on campus for only two

Sister Mary Patricia Earl, IHM, and Sister Jacqueline Murphy, RSHM, spoke during Marymount University’s seventh annual Founders’ Day at a Feb. 21, 2018, luncheon in Gerard Phelan Dining Hall on the university campus.

years after serving as a teacher in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia). “It has turned out to be almost 51 years,” she said. “I couldn’t go back to Rhodesia, because the revolution took off.” Sister Jackie also taught at Marymount Junior School before earning a master’s degree in nursing from Catholic University (her first master’s was in classics and linguistics). She worked for 20 years at Washington Hospi-

tal Center, followed by hospicenursing assignments. Murphy noted that Marymount’s first two presidents – Sister Elizabeth Gallagher, RSHM, and Sister Berchmans Walsh, RSHM – had been her professors when she studied at Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y. At the event’s conclusion, Marymount president Matthew Shank thanked the speakers and acknowledged Sister Jacquelyn

Porter, RSHM, who serves as a professor of theology and religious studies. “We owe her a debt of gratitude for all that she’s done to stabilize, bolster and enhance our Catholic identity,” Shank said. Founders’ Week 2018 was held Feb. 19-23. Other events included a service project, a presentation on workplace diversity, and a digital display on images of the RSHM from Béziers, to Arlington.

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WXYZ-TV is a place even more wacky than your typical big-city TV newsroom. One of the co-anchors has been missing in action for days. ON The stormchasers are five steps beSTAGE always hind Mother Nature. The two sports guys constantly bet on the outcome of games while on the air. And the weathercaster – Sunny Raines – always seems to provide a wildly inaccurate forecast. (Well, that last one does seem like some local TV newsrooms. But we digress.) Into this dysfunctional mix is thrown a new reporter, a well-meaning hayseed from the Midwest who has a hard time keeping pace with the shenanigans occurring all around her – until a return to her hometown gives her the break of a lifetime. Such is the premise of “WXYZ: Spelling Out the News So You Don’t Have To,” the second half of a news twin-bill of productions by ArtStream, providing an outlet for performers from around the metropolitan area with intellectual disabilities to team with mentors in staging full-length, original one-act musical productions. The Northern Virginia contingent’s spring productions opened March 15 at the Nannie Lee Center in Alexandria.

“Exciting things are happening,” said Paul Murray, the organization’s treasurer. His daughter, Chelsea Murray, appears in the night’s other production, “Must Love Music,” the story of a 1960s pop band stranded and almost forgotten on a desert isle. One of the unique features of ArtStream is that members of the cast and crew – from young adults to seniors – are involved in the creation of productions from the very start. “The passion of ArtStream’s actors, directors and designers is present from the rehearsal rooms to the stage,” noted board chairman Franklin Myers. In the case of “WXYZ,” “after a few weeks of deliberation, we narrowed it down to a show about a newsroom,” said director Elizabeth Cronin. “But it couldn’t be just any newsroom; we had to make this one special.” (One of the “WXYZ” cast members was away for the first weekend’s productions; Frank Stephens, who has had gueststarring spots in TV and movies, was in Geneva, Switzerland, addressing in the United Nations’ Human Rights Council on the issue of disabilities. Stephens, who also is an author and advocate, will return for the second week’s worth of productions.) For the mentors, who help direct the movements of performers on stage and ride to the rescue when an occasional line

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is forgotten or stumbled over, the program seems to be a labor of love. “ArtStream is the coolest thing I’ve ever been involved in,” said Jon Paul Frederick, a student at Centreville High School who has served as an on-stage mentor (this year as one of the hapless stormcatchers) for four seasons. He performs on stage with his uncle, Jonathan Frederick. Carolyn Ricks, who directed “Must Love Music,” noted the whimsical nature of her troupe’s production, which almost has a “Midsummer Night’s Dream” vibe to it, with guardian angels looking out for the best interests of the characters. The show “is a reminder that ‘good’ is more than skin deep, and that happilyever-after can be for everyone if you open

your heart,” Ricks wrote in production notes. Founded in 2005 and based in Maryland, ArtStream has continued to expand its footprint with productions and classes in Northern Virginia. New initiatives have opened recently in Reston and Oakton, Murray said. In recent years, Northern Virginia productions were presented at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington. This year, through a partnership with the Kelley Cares Foundation, shows moved slightly south, to Alexandria. The two-show productions continue March 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. and March 24 at 2:30 p.m. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.art-stream. org.

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Schools & Military Drew Smith of Vienna, a 2016 graduate of James Madison High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wheaton College. n

n Alexander Boyd, the son of David and Deborah Boyd of McLean and a graduate of Mercersberg Academy, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Rochester. n Anne Pacious of McLean has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Dallas.

– From George C. Marshall High Schools: Kendall Castellaw, Maya Casey, Christopher Walton. – From McLean High School: Philena Sun, Evan Bremser, Mason Davis. – From Oakton High School: Viraaj Dhawan, Daniel Gyenis, Eva Hayman, Devin Martin, Tyler Kimble, Jena Lahham, Shritha Mandava, Kyra Smith, Jane Gustafson, Disha Adapa, Zina Lahham, Erin Lee and Patrick McCabe.

n Fairfax County Public Schools students were recognized with 35 national medals in visual arts in the 2018 Scholasn A total of 303 students from 17 Fairtic Art and Writing Awards program. fax County Public Schools high schools More than 300,000 students particiwere recognized at the Virginia DECA pated in the program across the country. State Leadership Conference, held March Art submissions are entered in catego2-4 in Virginia Beach. ries including architecture and industrial Fairfax students placed first in 27 design, art portfolio, ceramics and glass, events, and 228 students earned the right comic art, design, digital art, drawing and to attend the DECA International Ca- illustration, editorial cartoon, fashion, reer Development Conference, to be held film and animation, jewelry, mixed meApril 21-24 in Atlanta. dia, painting, photography, printmaking, At the event Shritha Mandava of Oak- sculpture and video-game design. ton High School was elected executive From the Sun Gazette coverage area, vice president, and Mary Carter of James Hazar Elbayya of Oakton High School Madison High School was elected Region won a Gold Award in painting. 2 vice president. Taking home Silver Award accolades First place winners from schools in were Reyane Ashtar (two awards) and the Sun Gazette coverage area include: Zhiyan Xing of Langley High School; Es– From James Madison High School: ther Park of Oakton High School; TeoMary Carter, Anna Kelly, CeCe Xue, dora Hryshchyshyn and Mary Waclawski HBM AD flat b 12-4-2017.pdf 1 12/4/17 4:41 PM Kendall Casetllaw. of James Madison High School; Min-

Abinhav Eadhara, Ethan Li and Ethan Dehghan recently were honored for their oratorical skills at the 2018 Boy Scout Chain Bridge District oratorical competition. See item below.

kyong Song (with distinction) of McLean High School; and Claire Vroom of Cooper Middle School. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and established in 1923, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the U.S. National medalists will be celebrated at an awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. Select nationalaward-winning works will be included in an exhibition in New York and a traveling exhibition over the coming year. n Christine Zhao, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, has been selected as the top student-journalist in the state by the Virginia

Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers in the Journalism Education Association (JEA) Virginia Journalist of the Year contest. Students from all over the state were judged on a cumulative portfolio of their work in scholastic journalism, covering topics ranging from news -gathering and writing to entrepreneurship and design. Zhao earned a spot in JEA’s national competition and a $1,000 scholarship. Two Longfellow Middle School students garnered accolades in an essay contest based on the theme, “Can Society Function Without Respect?” sponsored by the Great Falls Optimist Club. Mackenzie Chen, an eighth-grader at Longfellow Middle, won first place; Faraz Mirza, a seventh-grader at the school, took home third place. Chen’s essay will represent the Great Falls Optimist Club at the district-level competition, where club winners from around the district compete for a $2,500 scholarship. n

n The 2018 Boy Scout Chain Bridge District Oratory Contest was held recently at Cherrydale United Methodist Church. This year’s topic was, “What Does Scouting Mean to Me?” Three Scouts were selected as winners: Abinhav Eadhara from Pack 1127, Ethan Dehghan from Troop 1130, and Ethan Li with Troop 1130. Each winner presented his speech during the District Dinner on March 3. For more information on joining local packs or troops, e-mail davemeyers@cox. net.

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Conservation Project Is Slated for Community Center BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Ecological improvements just keep coming to the Vienna Community Center’s grounds. Vienna Town Council members voted unanimously March 12 to support a memorandum of understanding with the Morton and Spapperi Family Foundation, which plans to install a water-conservation project behind the center in the low-lying area near the Vienna Youth Inc. building and the Piney Branch tributary. The foundation, created by Vienna residents Kent Morton and Julie SpapperiMorton, will install a native-plant buffer along both sides of the tributary between a triple set of drainage pipes and a steel bridge leading to the adjacent Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail. The buffer will reduce the velocity of rainwater runoff headed into the Piney Branch tributary and improve the quality of water leaving the site. The native plants and pollinators selected for project will provide visual interest throughout the year, said Spapperi-Morton, the foundation’s president. “Initially, there will be snow fencing around the area we’re developing,” she told the Council. “The plants won’t be eaten by deer.” Some of the project will be financed with funds from the Northern Virginia

Soil and Water Conservation District; the foundation will cover the rest. Under grant stipulations in the conservation district’s Conservation Assistance Program, the town will be required to maintain the native-plant buffer area for the first decade after its installation. The water-conservation area will take about 90 days to install and work likely will begin this spring. The foundation already has made its mark on the community, having installed a native-plant garden last October at the Vienna Community Center. Other elements of that initiative, which foundation leaders presented to the Vienna Town Council last August, include educational programs, informational signage and a bee apiary, which would be installed on the community center’s roof. Vienna to Hold Public Hearing on Transferring Vehicle-Fee Collection to Fairfax County: The Vienna Town Council on March 12 authorized an April 23 public hearing regarding the proposed transfer of responsibility for collecting vehicle-license registration fees from the town to Fairfax County. Because of occasional billing errors stemming from some residents’ confusion about whether they live within the town’s boundaries, Vienna officials are proposing to have the county government do the billing. The town of Herndon took similar

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Fairfax Officials Address Complaints of Dysfunction BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Fairfax County officials on March 13 released findings from an internal investigation regarding allegations of harassment, discrimination, bullying and retaliation within the county’s Fire and Rescue Department, but did not identify any sweeping policy changes in the offing. “I respect every single individual that works for Fairfax County, that lives in the United States of America, that lives on this universe,” said County Executive Bryan Hill during a media briefing at the county’s new Public Safety Headquarters in Fairfax. “We are trying to make a change going forward and if we keep looking at the past, that past shapes our future. The future is shaped now.” The department has been under scrutiny ever since the April 2016 suicide of firefighter Nicole Mittendorff, who claimed to have been bullied on the local Web forum “Fairfax Underground.” Fire and Rescue Chief Richard Bowers Jr. subsequently assigned Battalion Chief Kathleen Stanley to serve as the department’s Women’s Programs Officer. Stanley on Jan. 29 resigned from that role, saying it carried little authority and that sufficient progress had not been made regarding a “toxic” and “negative” work climate within the department. Bowers announced in mid-February that he would retire in April. County officials will conduct a nationwide search to hire a new Fire and Rescue Department chief and hope to announce the hiring of Bowers’ successor by July 10. Hill, who began his job in early January, on Feb. 22 ordered a review committee to investigate Stanley’s claims. Offi-

cials met with eight groups and listened to their comments and concerns. “It was candid, it was frank and we got a lot of things accomplished,” Hill said, adding, “Every allegation and complaint has been addressed.” County officials have received six complaint cases in the last 10 years. One has been settled, one is pending and the remaining four were removed from court, he said. “We take every allegation seriously,” said David Rohrer, deputy county executive for public safety. “If we can prove something, whether it’s on-duty or offduty, we’ll deal with it. But I have to have evidence, I have to have witnesses, I have to have documentation.” Rohrer issued a 14-page report March 9 that responded to Stanley’s allegations. Stanley cited an instance in which a female Fire and Rescue Department captain allegedly had been publicly harassed by a superior and been retaliated against when she asked for an apology. County officials disciplined that superior and two other employees who did not take appropriate action on the captain’s complaint. Two of those employees appealed to the Civil Service Commission, which ruled the disciplinary actions taken against them could not be upheld. Rohrer’s report also addressed several other incidents cited by Stanley. Some of the allegations were not substantiated, but others resulted in the discipline of some employees. Stanley’s resignation letter called the county’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual harassment, retaliation and a hostile work environment “a hollow term thrown about with false commitment.” But the battalion chief said behavior

David Rohrer, deputy county executive for public safety, and Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill outline their findings from an internal investigation of the county’s Fire and Rescue Department during a March 13 briefing at the Public Safety Headquarters in Fairfax. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

exhibited by some male employees was not representative of the agency overall. “Most of the men in this department are amazing people who have grown tired of being compared to the few outliers who create the toxic environment, and they too, want leadership to address the negative behaviors straight on,” Stanley wrote. A work group recommended that the Women’s Program Officer position be renamed “Uniformed Work Life Officer,” with the goal of having it serve as a “point of contact for all employees, not just women, to come to for guidance, training, resources and grievances. Some members of the Women’s Initiatives Committee, which advised county officials about the Fire and Rescue Department’s work atmosphere, said they were satisfied with the agency’s findings. “I think that it’s brought us closer to-

gether,” Fire and Rescue Technician Jennifer Hiner said of the discussions. “I think we’re stronger as a fire department.” “We definitely just need to move forward,” said Alisha Reakoff, another technician with the department. (Hiner and Reakoff were made available to the media by the county government.) The county may need to tweak the Fire and Rescue Department’s structure so Emergency Medical Services personnel do not feel under-appreciated, officials said. Rohrer said he wants employees to feel safe, nurtured, respected, fairly treated and properly rewarded for what they do. “We want to make sure that all who serve – whether they’re working on a fire ground or as paramedics, EMTs – that all have equitable opportunities, that all are respected for what they do,” he said.

Vienna Council OKs Public-Works Contracts: Vienna Town Council members on Feb. 26 voted 7-0 to double from $75,000 to $150,000 a contact with HD Supply for provision of water meters. The town’s fiscal year 2018 contract rides one that the Suffolk County government has with the company. The Council at the meeting also unanimously approved the $31,644 purchase of a tandem-axle leaf-collection machine from Old Dominion Brush Co. The new equipment will replace the oldest of the town’s five leaf-collecting machines, which now is 20 years old. One advantage of the new equipment over the old device is its hose will extend from the back of the machine instead of the side, allowing for safer operations by crew members, said Vienna Public Works Director Michael Gallagher. Council members on Feb. 26 also agreed to spend $18,000 more with American Recycling during the remaining portion of fiscal 2018. The action boosts the company’s contract value to $37,500. Finally, before adjourning a meeting that had gone on past 11:30 p.m.,

the Council agreed to pay Urban Ltd. $17,000 more for designing drainage and roadway improvements at the intersection of Ninovan and Talahi roads, S.E. The design adjustments, prompted by residents’ feedback, will bring the company’s contract value to $61,675. Vienna Again Picks Up Budget Award: For the 24th consecutive year, the Vienna town government has received the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. The award recognizes the town’s 201718 budget. More than 1,600 communities nationwide who participate in the program. Each budget recognized by the award demonstrates excellence in a number of criteria, including as a model policy document, financial plan, operations guide and communications device.

Vienna Officials to Front Funds for Base of Town Sculpture BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The Vienna Town Council on Feb. 26 agreed to a Vienna Public Art Commission request to pay $3,847 to a contracting firm that installed the base for a sculpture outside the Vienna Community Center last summer. Town officials on Nov. 4 last year dedicated the bronze sculpture in honor of late Mayor M. Jane Seeman and community volunteers. The artwork, titled “Taking Flight,” depicts a boy and a girl playing atop a stack of books. The sculpture and base will be financed entirely with donations. The art commission paid artists Seth and Missy Vandable $39,000 for creating the sculpture and so far has given approximately $4,770 to ZM3 Group/Mark Stahl Homes to cover part of the base’s $8,616 cost. The Council on Feb. 26 unanimously agreed to pay the remaining balance to the base’s contractor. The art commission, which garnered $43,769 in donations for the project but only now has $400 in its town account, will raise funds 12

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to reimburse the town for the final base payment. Vienna officials said they will ask Fairfax County for a waiver of the sculpture’s building-permit fee, which would lower the project’s overall cost by $1,640. Water-Main Breaks Lead to Extra Spending in Vienna: A surge in watermain breaks and ongoing fire-hydrant replacements in Vienna have produced more construction and demolition debris that needs to be disposed of. The Vienna Town Council on Feb. 26 voted 7-0 to pay contractor Broad Run an additional $35,000 to perform such work during the remaining months of fiscal year 2018. The town already had a $122,000 contract with the company. Water-main breaks and street repairs also require plenty of crushed stone. Town Council members at the same meeting agreed to more than double the value of a contract with Chantilly Crushed Stone to provide gravel, sand and crushed stone for such repairs. The Council’s action will boost the town’s contract with the company during fiscal 2018 from $15,000 to $38,000.

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Fairfax County Notes PARK AUTHORITY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE INVASIVE PLANTS:

Spring has sprung, and the Fairfax County Park Authority is seeking volunteers to help eradicate invasive species and pave the way for the return of native plants. The award-winning Invasive Management Area (IMA) program was established in 2006, and the annual highlight of the program is the spring Take Back the Forest effort. This year, Take Back the Forest begins April 1 and runs through May. Volunteers who help during the designated period will receive a commemorative T-shirt. Since the IMA stewardship effort started in 2006, 18,250 volunteers have spent 61,266 hours battling non-native plants during nearly 3,000 workdays. Volunteers have removed more than 11,700 bags of invasive plants. Thousands of native species have been planted. There currently are more than 55 active IMA sites across the county. For information on volunteer opportunities, see the Web sit at https://www. fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/invasive-management-area. PARK AUTHORITY LOOKING FOR AWARD NOMINEES: The Fairfax Coun-

ty Park Authority is soliciting nominations for its 2018 Elly Doyle Park Service Award.

“Everyone is invited to submit nominations to honor the outstanding volunteers and numerous organizations that support park programming and initiatives in Fairfax County,” Park Authority officials said. The Elly Doyle Park Service Awards were established in 1988 in honor of Ellamae Doyle’s many years of service and accomplishments as a member and chairman of the Park Authority board. Awards are presented to those who have made outstanding service contributions during the past year. Groups and individuals are eligible. Nominations are due by June 15. For information and a nomination form, see the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/awards/ellydoyle. A reception and ceremony will be held in November. LIBRARIES TO HOST LIGHTBULB-REPLACEMENT PROGRAM: Local residents

will be able to swap their old lightbulbs for new, energy-efficient models at local libraries in April and May. At the giveaway events, everyone can receive one free LED bulb, and those who bring in up to four incandescent or compact fluorescent lightbulbs will see them traded out for new LED bulbs. “It’s a small change that makes a big impact for residents and the environ-

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Real Estate Featured Property of the Week

A Grand Architectural Showplace Gr. Falls Colonial Is Set on 2 Acres of Verdant Landscaping

While the springtime home-buying season in Northern Virginia has been under way for some time, this week’s arrival of actual springtime is sure to put the market into a higher gear. And what better way to focus on high-quality homes in our area than with this week’s featured property? A stunning colonial set on 2 acres in parklike environs (with custom wood gate) just off Leigh Mill Road in Great Falls, it’s a home that not only would make our Founding Fathers (and Mothers) feel right at home with its classic lines, but also features decidedly 21st-century accoutrements aimed to provide exceptional modern living. With about 6,800 square feet of living space spread over three levels, the home is light-filled and airy, perfect for entertaining in style or serving as a backdrop for the pleasures of daily living. The property currently is on the mar-

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ket, listed at $1,670,000 by Connie MacMurray of Weichert, Realtors. Elegance abounds from the moment we are welcomed into the home and ushered to the soaring foyer, with its showplace double staircase. Decorative features abound. Highlights include the Great Room, designed by Great Falls Construction and featuring a 12-foot coffered ceiling and Palladian window arches with seven sets of French doors leading to the balcony and garden. The renovated kitchen is a standout, while the formal living and dining rooms are complemented by a more informal family room and sumptuous library. The master retreat, located on the second level and featuring a fireplace, sitting area and marvelous bath, is the first of four bedrooms on this level. Downstairs, the walk-out lower level is highlighted by a versatile and expan-

sive recreation room with wet bar, and offers two additional bedrooms that round out a truly special property – one not to be missed. 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: 9212 White Chimney Lane, Great Falls (22066). Listed at: $1,670,000 by Connie MacMurray, Weichert, Realtors (703) 282-6393. Schools: Colvin Run Elemementary, Cooper Middle, Langley High School.

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McLean/Great Falls Notes ‘THE ASHBY’ HONORED WITH COMMUTER-SERVICES AWARD: The Fairfax

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and Triumph,” a concert featuring Sebastian Baverstam on cello and Julie Huang Tucker on organ, on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Episcopal, 115 E. Fairfax St. in Falls Church. The concert features works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens. Tickets are $40 for adults, $30 for seniors and $15 for youth. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.tysonsmcleanorchestra. org.

managing director of Eldementals LLC, will look at best practices for the elderly, including those with complex care needs. The community is invited; registration is not required. For information, call MaryJo Fox at (571) 236-9664.

County Department of Transportation Commuter Services Program recently presented The Ashby at McLean with a “Commuter Friendly Community” honor at the Platinum Level. MCC GOVERNING BOARD SEEKS INThe apartment complex was recog- PUT ON PROGRAMMING: With compleCHURCH CHOIR TO HOST CONCERTS: nized for its numerous services in helping tion of renovations to the McLean ComThe choir of St. John’s Episcopal Church commuters connect with transportation munity Center approaching, the center’s will host a concert of the “Seven Last options. Words of Christ,” with organ accompaGoverning Board is seeking community The Ashby, located at 1350 Beverly input on additional programs and services niment, as part of Good Friday services Road in McLean, joins four other Fairfax to be offered in coming years. on March 30 at 3 p.m. at the church, 6715 County properties as a Platinum Honoree A public hearing on fiscal 2020 pro- McLEAN ART SOCIETY HOSTS WORK- Georgetown Pike in McLean. in the program. At 7:30 p.m., “Solemn Vespers” by gramming will be held on Wednesday, SHOP: Hanna Emrich, an established While The Ashby lists bike racks and March 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the center’s tem- artist and member of the McLean Art Mozart will be sung by the choir. public transportation as a community porary administrative office, 6631 Old Society, will be presenting a demonstraThe community is invited to both amenity, the property also earned its Com- Dominion Drive. tion of special collage techniques at the events. For information, call (703) 356munity Friendly designation by providing The hearing will look at possible pro- Friday, March 23 meeting of the society, 4902 or see the Web site at www.streal-time bus and weather information on gramming for the center, the Alden The- to be held from 10 a.m. to noon at Dolley johnmclean.org. a digital transit display. In addition, The atre and the Old Firehouse for the fiscal Madison Library. Ashby encourages alternative transporta- year beginning July 1, 2019. Emrich uses special solutions on mag- MCC PREPS FOR ‘SPRING FEST’ CELtion and promotes ride-matching and the Residents wishing to speak at the hear- azine pages to lift images and create mul- EBRATION: The McLean Community Guaranteed Ride Home program to its ing can call (703) 790-0123 to have their ticolored special effects that then can be Center will hold Spring Fest, a springyou intersted getting more receiving morein referrals, residents. in finding more buyers, names themed event for young children, on Satcollage. placed on thelistings, speakers’ list. Com- utilized “We often think of the places that we urday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at The community is invited. ments also will be accepted by mail; by fax aving an open house..... be sure to reserve your space in the Sun Gazette's Special TO A MAILBOX NEAR YOU commute to when getting to work, but at (703) 556-0574); or by e-mail at george. St. Luke’s School, Spring Real Estate Issue encouraging smarter commuting from an sachs@fairfaxcounty.gov. SENIOR CENTER TO FOCUS ON CARTickets are $5 per person; children unemployee’s home is the goal of our ComFor information, see the Web site at ING FOR THOSE WITH DEMENTIA: The der 3 will be admitted free. Advance regmuter Friendly Communities program,” www.mcleancenter.org. Great Falls Senior Center will host “How istration is required; walk-ins will not be said Walter Daniel, head of Fairfax to Best Support a Loved One with De- admitted. County’s Commuter Services Program. TYSONS McLEAN ORCHESTRA mentia” on Monday, March 26 at 2 p.m. For information, callreferrals, (703) 790-0123 Are PRESyou intersted in finding more buyers, getting more listings, receiving more “With more transportation infrastruc- ENTS SPRING CONCERT: Thehaving Tysonsan open at Great Falls Library. or see theSun WebGazette's site at www.mcleancenter. house..... be sure to reserve your space in the Special ture coming to the county like the Silver McLean Orchestra will present “Trials Life-care professional Karen Spring RealMcPhail, Estate Issueorg.

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RT Turf Pest Control

Moxie Plant Center

Merrifield Garden Center HEALTH & MEDICAL Chiropractor

Dr. Viet Le, ACN Wellness Dentist

DR Thomas Yoon, DDS Eye Doctor

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Reston Limo Wedding Planner

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George Ulmer, RH Nicholson Mortgage Broker

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Fairfax Concrete LLC

Title Company

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Jennifer Koonce, Adrenaline Dance Dance Studio

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Funeral Home

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Money & King Funeral Home Senior Living Facility

Great Falls Senior Living

Roofing Company Commercial Realtor

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Windows Plus, LLC

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Nicholas Weeks, Dependable One Handyman/Home Services

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Vienna/Oakton Notes DUNN LORING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WIN SALUTE: Before con-

cluding their 2018 session, members of the General Assembly paused to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. The measure was patroned by Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) and state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th). Department personnel “come from all walks of life and include students, accountants, nurses and executives,” the General Assembly noted. In the fiscal year ending June 2017, the department responded to more than 5,000 calls, a majority of them medical in nature. The department traces its origins to 1942, when a group of 16 residents led by Merle Clifford met to discuss the formation of a fire company. Clifford later served as the department’s first chief, and his service station, Clifford’s Garage, was used as a makeshift headquarters, the General Assembly noted. The department remained an auxiliary of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department until 1947, when it had grown enough to become independent. In 1968, the department moved into its current station, which was renovated and expanded in 1989. “Providing life-saving support 24 hours a day, the dedicated and well-trained members of the Dunn Loring Volunteer

Fire and Rescue Department are pillars of their local community who regularly put themselves in harm’s way in service to others,” notes the resolution, which passed both houses of the legislature.

ROADWAY, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS WILL RESULT IN DETOURS: The Vienna

town government on March 26 will begin work on a sidewalk-improvement and roadway-replacement project on Marshall Road, which will result in temporary detours for drivers and pedestrians. The $1.6 million project will replace an asphalt path with a concrete sidewalk, elevate the roadway, replace curb and gutter, and make additional safety enhancements, town officials said. Construction work will require use of a detour for drivers along Marshall Road between Rachel Lane and Trowbridge Place. The through-traffic road closure is necessary for safety reasons, and it may mean that the planned three-month project can be completed more quickly, town officials said. Drivers will use a marked detour utilizing Ware Street, Tapawingo Road, Kingsley Road, and Nutley Street. Local residents will maintain access to their driveways throughout the project, town officials said. The sidewalk between Trowbridge Place and Delilah Drive will be closed on

the south side. Pedestrians can cross at the crosswalk at Delilah Drive and Ware Street. A flagger will assist with crossings during school opening and closing hours. The project will be overseen by A&M Concrete Corp. of Sterling and funded by the town government and a Virginia Department of Transportation grant. The Vienna government will e-mail project updates to interested area residents. To sign up, send a request to emily. goodman@viennava.gov. CONSTRUCTION WORK SLATED FOR NOTTOWAY PARK: Construction work

will begin next month on Field #4 in Nottoway Park, located at 9537 Courthouse Road in Vienna. The Fairfax County Park Authority project will reorient and enlarge the existing rectangular field #4 and will create a 360-foot-by-210-foot multi-sports field in accordance with the park master plan as amended in 2013. The project also includes installation of a synthetic-turf surface on the field. Funding for this $1.7 million project was provided for in the voter-approved 2016 Fairfax County park bond. The contractor, FieldTurf, will mobilize and start site construction on April 30, weather permitting. Project completion is anticipated by Labor Day. Construction access to the site is from

the park entrance at Courthouse Road and the existing parking lot located adjacent to Field #4. Residents can expect parking restrictions to accommodate construction staging of equipment and materials, Park Authority officials said. The trail entrance from the parking lot also will be impacted by construction activities. NOTTOWAY PARK TO HOST EASTER EGG HUNT: Nottoway Park will host

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ness across the Washington metropolitan area showed a year-over-year drop in January, part of a broad-based national trend toward declining joblessness. With 3.39 million local residents in the civilian workforce and about 127,000 looking for work, the unemployment rate of 3.8 percent was down from the 4.1 percent reported in January 2017, according to figures reported March 16 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, unemployment rates were lower in January compared to a year earlier in 337 of 388 metropolitan areas, higher in 39 and unchanged in 12. The national, non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.5 percent, down from 5.1 percent a year earlier. In January, Ames, Iowa, and Honolulu had the lowest unemployment rates

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of the issue, nor does it offer any new or thoughtful recommendations for noise reduction,” U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) said in a March 16 statement. It was Beyer who drafted a 2016 amendment to the National Defense Reauthorization Act requiring the Army to provide a report to Congress by early

2017. The report “was delivered to Congress nearly an entire year past its deadline, and failed to study the effects of helicopter noise as directed by Congress,” Beyer said. The report suggests establishment of a local working group, led by the Depart-

among metro areas, at 1.8 percent and 2 percent, respectively. El Centro, Calif., reported the highest, at 17 percent. Of the 51 metro areas with populations of 1 million or more, Nashville (2.8 percent) reported the lowest jobless rate in January, while Buffalo (6.2 percent) had the highest. Among Virginia metro areas outside Washington, year-over-year declines in joblessness were reported across the board, with the lowest rates (3.4 percent) in Winchester and in Charlottesville and the highest (4.4 percent) in Lynchburg. Statewide, January’s jobless rate stood at 3.7 percent, down from 4.4 percent a year before, with 4.28 million in the workforce and about 157,000 looking for jobs. Full data can be found at www.bls. gov. N.VA. CHAMBER ADDS MEMBERS: The

of Columbia; Room Escape D.C. (entertainment), Fairfax; Tropical Smoothie (restaurant), Atlanta. VIENNA GOVERNMENT ISSUES BUSINESS LICENSES: The Vienna town

government recently issued the following licenses for local businesses: Butterfly Wonders (online sales), 1012 Aponi Road, S.E.; Pennino Public Affairs (consultant), 101 Niblick Drive, S.E.; and Vienna Endodontics (dentist), 307 Maple Ave., W.

VIENNA GOVERNMENT LAUDS BUSINESS ANNIVERSARIES: The Vienna

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Develop Continued from Page 1 28 meeting. D’Alexander would like to build 44 townhouse-style condominium units, 8,200 square feet of retail and a 2,700square-foot corner plaza on four parcels totaling 1.97 acres at 245 Maple Ave., W., and 101, 107 and 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The applicant would provide underground parking for the retail uses and surface parking for visitors of the condominiums. The buildings would have a maximum height of 51 feet, which is lower than the 54 feet allowed in the Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zone, and the proposed 24.6 percent of the property to be provided as open space is above the 15percent minimum. The development’s 84.2 percent impervious area would exceed the 80-percent maximum allowed, but the developer

Roadway Continued from Page 1 comprehensive plan guidance in 2007 included an option for a five-level roundabout located at Hunter Mill and Sunset Hills roads and the Dulles Toll Road’s westbound ramps.

could seek an exception using incentives under the MAC ordinance. MAC rules call for anything but multifamily residential uses along the first floor of the development’s side facing Maple Avenue. Town staff expressed concern because the applicant’s plans call for condominiums on part of that stretch, but said the developer could meet the requirement by integrating the corner plaza more with the retail. D’Alexander, a Gainesville resident, said he planned to do so, and would provide tables and chairs in that area. “It would be in line with a coffee shop or bakery, somewhere where people could go and sit and enjoy the space,” he said. The Town Council in June 2016 voted 5-2 in favor of the first Vienna Market proposal, which would have built 49 townhouse-style condominiums and 26,000 square feet of retail atop an underground parking garage at the site. But a last-minute protest petition filed by some surrounding property owners triggered a supermajority requirement

mandating at least six affirmative Council votes for passage, thus causing the application to fail. The Town Council subsequently tightened rules for filing protest positions and reduced the supermajority needed to approve such rezonings. The new plan’s differences from the original project stem from new MACzone setback, guest parking and impervious-surface requirements approved by the town in 2017, D’Alexander said. Under the new proposal, the site’s retail would be accessible only from Maple Avenue and there would be 33 below-grade spaces. The previous plan had an entrance and exit along Church Street, N.E., and 105 underground spaces, D’Alexander said. There also would be nine guest parking spaces and two commercial spaces in the new development, he said. “With the reduction in those items, I think that we were able to meet and exceed everyone’s expectations,” D’Alexander said, adding that the project will not seek

variances from the town. The site also will be more pedestrian-friendly, he said. Not everyone who spoke at the hearing shared his optimism. Vienna resident Nancy Logan, who moved to the town from Los Angeles a decade ago, doubted the site would be frequented heavily by pedestrians. “I don’t see anybody else walking to places in Vienna,” she said. “Cars are still going to be used.” The MAC ordinance, which the Vienna Town Council approved in fall 2014, allows greater building densities if builders agree to develop their properties under the town’s guidelines for architecture and amenities. So far, the Council has approved only one MAC project: a combination car wash and Chick-fil-A restaurant that will be built at 540 Maple Ave., W. The existing car wash at the site continued operations after the Council approved the rezoning in 2016, and only recently was fenced off for construction of the new building.

That roundabout, first proposed by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission in 2006, would have required realignment of Sunset Hills Road to the north and demolition of Reston Presbyterian Church, an option deemed undesirable, staff said. A Hunter Mill Road Study conducted in 2015 and 2016 sought an alternative that would relieve traffic congestion, accommodate more vehicles in the future, bolster access to the Dulles Toll Road and

address vehicle queuing on Hunter Mill and Sunset Hills roads. Officials held six public meetings and developed seven alternatives, plus a nobuild scenario. The county’s Planning Commission reviewed preferred option on Jan. 24 and subsequent community outreach indicated residents wanted Sunset Hills Road’s realignment to start east of the Edlin School and not feature connections to Hunting Crest Way, officials said. Not all neighbors liked the new plan amendment. Robert Architect, who lives on Hunting Crest Lane near the roundabout site, predicted the Sunset Hills Road realignment would not be built. None of the required new land is county-owned and therefore would be expensive to acquire, as would be needed changes to the roadway’s drainage system, Architect said. The proposed new road route also would compromise the Difficult Run/Chesapeake Bay watershed, he said. “Thus, after two-and-a-half years of studying alternatives, the FCDOT has chosen the most environmentally invasive, most expensive, most topographically difficult and most legally challenging route,” Architect said. Benise Ungar, vice president of the Hunting Creek Homeowners’ Association, said her property would be one of the most severely affected by the proposed plans. “The entire realignment route is predicated on the construction of a roundabout instead of the more typical and flexible intersection with a traffic light,” she said. County staff could not provide dimensions for the planned two-lane roundabout with four entrances and exits, but a roundabout being built at Hunter Mill Road and Mystic Meadow Way in Oakton will be 115 feet in diameter with a 50foot-diameter central circle, Ungar said. Assuming the addition of one more 12-foot-wide lane at the newly planned roundabout, its diameter would be about

139 feet, she said. “This proposed roundabout at Crowell will be massive and not compatible with the surrounding residential area,” Ungar said, adding that some affected property owners already have indicated they will not sell the county their land. Oakcrest School already has spent $1 million for a traffic signal at the intersection, which has relieved traffic congestion, she said. Oakcrest in 2010 offered to build a roundabout at Crowell and Hunter Mill roads, but four years later, citing the unwillingness of nearby property owners to sell needed right-of-way for the project, successfully appealed to county supervisors to install a traffic light there instead. Raj Jain, who as president of the Hunting Crest Homeowners’ Association noted he was the only one authorized to speak on its behalf, said residents had expressed concern about traffic, noise and safety with the road’s proposed realignment. County staff worked with neighbors to forge an acceptable solution, but a noiseimpact-and-mitigation review should be performed before the county finalizes its plans, he said. Jody Bennett, chairman of the Hunter Mill Defense League’s Land-Use Committee, said the road realignment confirms the area’s low-density residential use currently designated in the comprehensive plan. The review process addressed the road’s character and the breadth of traffic passing through the area, said Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill). Hudgins moved for the plan amendment’s approval, but noted it was not perfect. “We still have a little bit to go here,” she said.

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Madison Outscored In Opener

Teeing Off

A Local March Madness Is Early-Spring Weather Until this week it hadn’t been that wet or snowy of late, but it has sure been plenty cold and windy out.

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Warhawks Lose to Experienced Team DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

So often in past years, the Madison Warhawks and Lake Braddock Bruins met in either BASEBALL have a preseason scrimmage, a region playoff game or both. This spring, the perennial region high school baseball powers differed the timing of their meeting with a showdown to begin the 2018 regular season for each team. A more experienced Lake Braddock team won, 8-2, on a cold and sometimes snowy March 17 afternoon in Vienna, powered by two home runs, four doubles and five stolen bases. The Bruins had nine hits. “The game kind of went the way I expected it might,” Madison coach Mark Gjormand said. “We have a lot of new starters and we are still finding our continuity. They have their whole squad back from last year and they are very good and strong.” A year ago, then the more seniorladen and experienced Madison team ended the Bruins’ season with a 6-0 region-tournament playoff win over Lake

Top: With snow falling during portions of the game, Madison’s Patrick Casey is held at first base by Lake Braddock’s Jack Darcy during March 17 high school baseball action in Vienna. Left: Madison pitcher Jake Nielsen delivers a pitch as shortstop Kyle Novak sneaks in behind Lake Braddock runner Bobby Leitzel at second base. The game was the regular-season opener for both perennial Northern Region powers. Lake Braddock won the coldweather contest by an 8-2 score. PHOTOS BY DAVE FACINOLI

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Stingy Pitching Sparks 2-0 Start for McLean DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Behind two strong pitching performances and timely hitting, the McLean Highlanders are off to a 2-0 start.

BASEBALL ROUNDUP In two home high school baseball games, McLean defeated the Chantilly Chargers, 8-2, then March 16 blanked the Fairfax Rebels, 4-0. Against Chantilly, McLean had 10 hits, with Marshall Pratt having three hits and two RBI, Anthony Farmakides and Drew Steig each having two hits and an RBI, and Owen Ricketts and Ben 30

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Weinstein each had a hit and one RBI. Andrew Liao swiped two of McLean’s seven stolen bases. Right-hander Teddy Merritt started on the mound and allowed two hits with five strikeouts in three innings. Lefty Max Groppe threw two scoreless and hitless frames. Two others threw a scoreless inning each for McLean – James Beahn and John Putziger. The Highlanders allowed three hits and walked just three. “We have a lot of seniors, and this group has been awesome. They work hard and expect no luxuries and take nothing for granted,” McLean coach John Dowling said.

Merritt and Groppe are returning starters. “We have experience on the mound,” Dowling said. One returning player McLean won’t have for a while is injured infielder Jackson Kantor. He could miss a month or more. In the win over Fairfax, Groppe fanned five in three innings, Beahn worked three frames and Putziger one. They combined for just two walks and allowed. Farmakides, Ricketts and Tio Graybill each had a hit and an RBI.

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It seems to happen every year right around March 1, when the outdoor spring high school sports seasons begin. Teased this February with temperatures approaching 70 degrees for a couple of days, the thermometer has plummeted this early March – back to a freezing wintertime cold snap once the teams started playing. Some baseball and softball games and golf events have been postponed because of cold and frozen fields. Spots along the first-base and leftfield line on the McLean High baseball field are yet to completely thaw. Outdoor springtime team members understand and expect early-season cold. They hope for temperatures in the 50s, and maybe the 60s once in a while. Most recently, daytime highs have been in the 40s with wind – meaning nights are in the 30s or colder when games are being completed. Players in soccer and lacrosse are running around to stay warm. Baseball and softball are more standaround sports, so keeping heated is more of a challenge on cold nights. Spectators probably suffer more than any because they aren’t moving around. They take various measures to be warm, sometimes watching from inside a vehicle if a playing venue happens to have a sight line from a nearby parking lot. But after an hour or so of being outside and still in 30-degree weather and wind, fingers and toes start to numb no matter what type of gloves or socks are worn. Some will leave for a bit, retreating to a warm vehicle or building to take a reheating break, then returning. March cold and wind is nothing new. Some years are worse than others. Those participating in outdoor sports have to soldier through until the warmer winds prevail. A big worry is that sometimes the cold lasts well into April.

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High School Roundup HECHT COMMITS TO CATHOLIC FOOTBALL: Madi-

son High School’s Johnny Hecht, a three-sport standout, has committed to play college football at Catholic University. The 6-foot-4 Hecht was recruited by Catholic as a wide receiver. Catholic plays a wide-open pass-oriented offense and was interested in Hecht because of his height, something the team was lacking at that position. “I love hearing that,” Hecht said about Catholic’s passing attack. “I live for that type of competition and I’m super pumped to have the opportunity to play four more years.” Hecht caught 20 passes for 367 yards and two touchdowns for Madison during the fall. He was the team’s punter and played defensive back occasionally. Hecht was a starting center on Madison’s region runner-up boys basketball team during the winter and is a pitcher this spring for Madison’s baseball team. Catholic is trying to recruit other local Northern Virginia players to join Hecht.

McLEAN SOFTBALL WINS BIG: The visiting McLean

Highlanders routed the Lake Braddock Bruins, 16-4, in girls softball action March 16. McLean trailed 1-0 early. Left-hander pitcher Julia Longo led McLean. On the mound, she struck out 14 in six innings. With the bat, Longo had three hits and three RBI. Rachel Remer had three hits for McLean, Gracen Govan had two hits and two RBI and Elena Socknat had two RBI. McLean had 10 hits.

ALL-STATE PLAYERS: Potomac School senior Courtlynne Caskin and Flint Hill junior Whitney Wiley were Division I second-team private-school all-state selec-

Madison Continued from Page 30 Braddock in Vienna. Lake Braddock had just one hit in that loss. In the new season on March 8, Lake Braddock built a 3-0 lead, then led 7-1 and added an eighth run on a solo homer by junior Lyle Miller-Green in the seventh. Senior catcher Matt Thomas belted a two-run homer in Lake Braddock’s four-run fifth. Senior second

Baseball Continued from Page 30 “We threw pretty well and didn’t hit much, but we made the hits count and took advantage on the bases,” Dowling said. n The Flint Hill Huskies went 2-2 on a spring-break trip to Vero Beach, Fla., to open their season. Flint Hill defeated Canterbury School, 10-0, lost to Vero Beach, 10-0, downed Choate Rosemary Hall School, 6-1, then ended by losing 70 to St. Louis University High School. Against Canterbury, Justin Taylor scored three runs and also had a tworun double, O’Kelly McWilliams had three hits and an RBI, Jackson Werth had a run-scoring double, Brendan Albrittain had two hits and two RBI, and

pletes the season without receiving a red or yellow card as a result of unsportsmanlike conduct. Glass hopes his challenge will reverse the trend. For more information, visit justaskbenglass.com or call (703) 988-6414.

The Potomac School 4x400 girls relay team finished 30th in a PHOTO FROM POTOMAC SCHOOL national high school meet.

tion in girls basketball. The players helped the teams earn berths in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association girls Division I state tournament. POTOMAC SCHOOL RELAY 30TH AT NATIONAL: The Potomac School girls 4x400 relay team saved its best for last at the the recent national meet. Hosted by New Balance in New York City’s Armory, the girls foursome placed third in its heat and 30th overall, with a new school record of 4:01.74. Daija Yisrael led off our charge, followed by Kelly Walton, Margot Labrecque and Catherine Hyman, who split a blistering 56.60. Hyman’s time was 16th out of 180 competing runners. SOCCER SPORTSMANSHIP CHALLENGE: Area referee and attorney Ben Glass has launched the BenGlassLaw Varsity Soccer Sportsmanship Challenge, including a number of boys and girls high school teams for the upcoming spring season. Madison and Oakton high schools are included. Glass will donate $500 to each team to use as it wants (up to $1,000 per school) if that squad com-

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baseman Ryan Baker had two doubles for Lake Braddock and junior leadoff hitter Bobby Leitzel had two hits. “We’d hoped to do well last season and most of those players are back. We hit and played well today,” Lake Braddock coach Jody Rutherford said. On the mound, Lake Braddock senior starter Rojo Prarie (three innings) and senior reliever Connor Glynn (four frames) combined to strike out 14. Madison had seven hits, including a solo homer by leadoff batter Sam Kobayashi, two hits from Carson Hoffman

and doubles from Kyle Novak and Nate Leas. Zach Perkins and David Favero had singles. “We weren’t happy about the 14 strikeouts, but I was pleased with some things I saw against a very good team,” Gjormand said. “We didn’t do some little things and make some plays that would have kept this game closer. We will get better.” Senior right-hander Jake Nielsen started and pitched four innings for Madison. He struck out five, allowed four hits and three earned runs and did

not walk a batter. “I thought Jake pitched his butt off,” Gjormand said. Madison is scheduled to play at West Springfield on March 20 and at Marshall on March 22, before playing in a spring-break tournament in Orlando. “We have a tough schedule early. That will make us better,” Gjormand said. NOTE: The regular-season meeting between Lake Braddock and Madison was the first between the teams in the 23 years Gjormand has been the Warhawks’ head coach.

Joey Thomas and Clark Agnew had run-scoring singles. Alex Walsh pitched the first three innings, giving up two hits. Kevin Kuykendall pitched the final two innings and gave up two hits. The Huskies were helped by two double plays. In the win over Choate Rosemary, McWilliams started and fanned nine in four innings to get the win. Kuykendall pitched two scoreless innings and Taylor one. With the bat, Agnew had a two-run double, Taylor had an RBI triple and Brendan Albrittain a run-scoring single. McWilliams had two hits. n The Potomac School Panthers (1-1) lost to Benedictine, 8-2 and blanked Bishop O’Connell, 2-0, in their first two games. Michael Hansan pitched five innings of two-hit ball and Matt Plaza threw two innings of relief, allowing one hit.

Potomac School’s Carter Bosch and Tristan Nelson (one RBI) each had two hits, and Hansan had one with an RBI. n The Oakton Cougars (2-0) opened their season with a 5-2 victory over South County, then had a 7-6 walk-off victory over the West Springfield Spartans on March 16. Seth Richards pitched four innings to get the win aganst South County, with Chris Neary (two RBI) and Eric Lingebach each having two hits. Against West Springfield, Trent Ballard had the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh as Oakton scored five runs that inning to win. Neary had three hits and Davis Kelley had two RBI. On the mount, Lingebach fanned four and Jared Kimbel three. Each team made four errors. n In the Langley Saxons’ 7-3 seasonopening victory over W.T. Woodson,

Michael Sevila started and worked four innings and Jack Hoeymans and Colter Carton each had two hits. Langley had 10 hits. Langley (1-1) lost to Freedom, 7-5, in its second game. Kenny Lippman fanned eight in four innings. With the bat, Tim Swiers had two hits and two RBI and John Eames had two RBI. n Alex Hakim had two hits in the Marshall Statesmen’s 10-2 openinggame loss to North Stafford. Marshall bounced back wih a 22-0 win over visiting Lee in its next game behind 19 hits. Lee had one hit. Joey Handley had three his and four RBI for Marshall and Aiden Soule had two hits, with Andrew Margiotta driving in two runs. Patrick Halligan went four innings on the mound with eight strikeouts. He added three hits and had six RBI.

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Watch out Division 1 opponents, here comes a big underdog story – at that will SWIMMING least be the Langley Club Wildthings’ approach this summer, when they join the mighty top group of teams in the Northern Virginia Swimming League. At the NVSL’s recent seeding meeting, 2017 Division 3 champion Langley Club of Live Oak Drive in McLean was elevated to Division 1, where newcomers usually have a hard time winning any of their five regular-season meets against perennial powers like Overlee, Chesterbrook and Tuckahoe – teams with bigger pools and larger memberships. “We will be like that ‘Hoosiers’ [basketball] movie – a team with a smaller membership and a smaller pool going against those much larger teams with bigger pools,” said 2017 Langley Club swim-team rep Doug Proxmire. Langley Club was last in Division 1 from 1967-69, winning a title in 1968. The Wildthings then gradually fell all the way to Division 12 in 2002 in the 17division league. Then the team’s gradual reclimb began, which included five different division titles, starting in 2004. Last summer Langley Club, which joined the NVSL in 1958, dominated

The Langley Club Wildthings will swim in Division 1 of the NVSL this coming summer season.

Division 3 opponents with a 5-0 record. Team representatives thought then about the possibility of being moved up to Division 1. “We made a case for being in Division 2. But it was kind of a perfect storm as far as us being put Division 1, because we were so successful last summer,” current Langley Club team rep Lance Schone said. “On the one hand, the swimmers and families can take pride in this, because our program has really grown at Langley in recent years. So we are going to cheer the hardest and loudest and make it fun.” Langley Club will host McLean and

two-time defending Division 1 champion Chesterbrook its two home meets. The Wildthings travel to multiple-time Division 1 champ Overlee, in addition to Tuckahoe and Highlands. “We get to go to Overlee and Tuckahoe,” Schone said. Newcomers to Division 1 have struggled to win a meet in recent seasons, then are moved down to a lower division the next summer. The Wildthings understand the challenge. “Those other Division 1 teams will come over here, see our smaller pool and probably wonder if it’s the warmup pool,” Schone joked.

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council (the “Town Council”) of the Town of Vienna, Virginia (the “Town”) will consider at a Public Hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Renewal of Franchise Agreement/Ordinance with Washington Gas At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the matter. A copy of the proposed is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, CMC Town Clerk

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council (the “Town Council”) of the Town of Vienna, Virginia (the “Town”) will consider at a Public Hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Transfer of Vehicle License Fee Billing and Collection to Fairfax County. Beginning with Fiscal Year 2018-19. At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the matter. A copy of the proposed is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, CMC Town Clerk

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 15.2-107 of the Code of Virginia (1950) AS AMENDED AND THE Code of the Town of Vienna that a public hearing will be held on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, Vienna, Virginia, for the purpose of receiving input on water and sewer rates by the Town of Vienna. It is the intent of the Town Council, pursuant to authority granted under Section 6.1(a) of the Town of Vienna Charter and Section 15.2-2109 et seq, of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, to adopt an ordinance on May 7, 2018 continuing the following charges for water and sewer service furnished by the Town of Vienna: Residential Water Consumption Charge

Block Structure (Quarterly Basis) 0 – 9,000 gallons $5.10 per 1000 gallons 9,001 – 18,000 gal $5.55 per 1000 gallons 18,001 plus gallons $6.40 per 1000 gallons Sewer Consumption Charge 0 – 9,000 gallons $6.65 per 1000 gallons 9,001 – 18,000 gal $7.20 per 1000 gallons 18,001 plus gallons $8.35 per 1000 gallons Residential Base Fee: $17.45/quarter Commercial Water Consumption Charge Sewer Consumption Charge Commercial Base Fee: up to 5/8” meter 1” meter 1.5” meter 2” meter 3” meter 4” meter

Block Structure (Quarterly Basis) 0 – 120,000 gallons $5.10 per 1000 gallons 120,001 – 360,000 gal $5.55 per 1000 gallons 360,001 plus gallons $6.40 per 1000 gallons 0 – 120,000 gallons $6.65 per 1000 gallons 90,001 – 180,000 gal $7.20 per 1000 gallons 180,001 plus gallons $8.35 per 1000 gallons $ 25.05/quarter $ 62.63/quarter $125.25/quarter $200.40/quarter $400.80/quarter $626.25/quarter

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vienna Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018 beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Town Hall, 127 Center Street, South, on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018-19 for the Town of Vienna, Virginia. At said Public Hearing any and all interested parties will be given an opportunity to express their views. Copies of the proposed budget will be available for viewing in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular working hours or on the Town Website. BUDGET IN BRIEF FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 GENERAL FUND REVENUES Property Taxes (FY 18-19: $0.2250 per $100 of assessed valuation) Other Local Taxes Permits Fees and Licenses Fines and Forfeitures Use of Money and Property Parks and Recreation Fees Special Service Fees Miscellaneous Revenues Categorical Aid Federal Revenue Interfund Transfers Use of Prior Year Reserves Equipment Replacement TOTAL REVENUES

PROPOSED FY 2017-18 $11,396,490 6,730,000 314,000 417,000 182,000 923,000 35,000 109,800 3,213,560 85,000 358,140 550,000 1,040,000 $25,353,990

EXPENDITURES Legislative Administration Finance Department Police Department Fire and Rescue Public Works Department Tax Relief Programs Parks and Recreation Department Planning and Zoning Transfers and Reserves TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 441,780 3,005,210 1,668,940 6,583,100 62,450 7,434,770 219,040 3,567,650 1,033,150 1,337,900 $25,353,990

WATER AND SEWER FUND REVENUES Use of Money Water and Sewer Service Charges Miscellaneous Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 15,000 8,336,190 250,000 $ 8,601,190

EXPENDITURES Water Services Meter Maintenance and Reading Billing/Customer Service Sewer Services Transfers Equipment Replacement TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 3,021,170 528,190 218,050 2,995,090 1,834,430 4,260 $ 8,601,190

DEBT SERVICE FUND REVENUES Other Local Taxes Use of Money Interfund Transfers Federal Revenues TOTAL REVENUES

$ 2,700,000 20,000 $ 1,470,290 33,000 $ 4,223,290

EXPENDITURES Debt Service TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 4,223,290 $ 4,223,290

STORMWATER FUND REVENUES Stormwater Revenue TOTAL REVENUES

$ 364,000 $ 364,000

EXPENDITURES Personnel Expense Program Costs Transfers TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 183,570 277,600 (97,170) $ 364,000

TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS BY ORDER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL Melanie J. Clark, Town Clerk

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ACROSS 1. Necklace lock 6. Put together 9. “To ____ and to hold” 13. Hindu sage 14. Hula dancer’s ornament 15. *Morning show 16. Front wheels alignment 17. St. crossroad 18. Excessively fat 19. *Pablo Escobar’s story 21. *”Game of ____” 23. Once around 24. Russian autocrat 25. “Four score and seven years ____” 28. Respiratory rattling 30. Sage’s forte 35. Uh-uh 37. Iranian money 39. Deep skin layer 40. “Just ____ ____” 41. Affirmatives 43. Shark’s provision 44. Kidney-related 46. *Use QVC 47. Certain Scandinavian 48. Pupil protector 50. Dealing with a problem 52. Acronym on Pinterest 53. City sound 55. Not a friend 57. *”The Mindy ____” or “____ Runway” 61. *Handmaid of Gilead 64. Painting support 65. Greedy one

67. *”You’re ____!” 69. Small streams 70. Between E and NE 71. Food safety threat 72. *”American ____” 73. Poor man’s caviar 74. Relieves DOWN 1. Tube in old TV

2. ____ share 3. On a cruise, e.g. 4. Bake, as in eggs 5. Crab’s grabber 6. “Sad to say...” 7. *Aziz Ansari in “Master of None” 8. South Beach and such 9. Great Depression drifter 10. Port in Yemen

Public-Safety Notes McLEAN MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN GREAT FALLS INCIDENT: A

21-year-old Herndon man died March 16 after an acquaintance allegedly shot him inside a business in Great Falls, Fairfax County police said. Police dispatched officers to Vapology101 in the 10100 block of Colvin Run Road at 7:40 p.m. after receiving a report about the shooting. The victim, Bao Hung Van,of Herndon, was found and pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect was still at the business when officers arrived, and was taken into custody without incident. Authorities have charged Manvinder Aulakh, 22, of McLean with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Authorities held him without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER CRASH SPARKS FIRE IN DUNN LORING: The

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crash had occurred in front of the house, taking down power lines and a utility pole. Crews initially encountered fluids burning on the roadway as well as a fire under the deck of the two-story, singlefamily house, officials said. Firefighters rapidly extinguished both blazes. Upon further investigation, firefighters determined there were several small fires in the walls on all levels of the home. They also quickly extinguished those fires. Four occupants were home at the time of the fire. A neighbor saw fire under the deck of the home and called 911. The occupants were alerted to the fire and evacuated the home before fire crews arrived. The driver of the involved vehicle, identified as 22-year-old Sean Moynihan, was not injured and was taken into custody by Fairfax County police. Authorities have charged him with driving under the influence. Fire investigators determined the fire began when an arc started at the electric meter after the device’s power feed was pulled toward it by the car crash. The incident caused about $10,000 worth of damage, officials said. VIENNA HOUSE FIRE DISPLACES 5 OC-

11. Flower holder 12. Windows to the soul? 15. Full of tribulations 20. Estrogen producer 22. *“Hee ____,” (started in 1960s) 24. “English Afternoon” stop 25. *Johnson of “Blackish” 26. Soft and sticky 27. Speak one’s mind 29. *“Big Little ____” 31. Narcissist’s love 32. Apple alternative 33. Yemeni neighbor 34. *a.k.a. Manuel Alberto Javier Alejandro Delgado 36. Et alibi 38. *J.B. Smoove in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” 42. Attractiveness in appearance 45. Type of false news, pl. 49. Holiday mo. 51. English treat 54. Former anesthetic 56. *“Saving Hope” actress Durance 57. *She played Roz on “Frasier” 58. Surprise at a speakeasy 59. Nobel Peace Prize capital 60. Congeal 61. Type of molding 62. Aphrodite’s son 63. Expunge 66. Lennon’s partner 68. Bad-mouth

CUPANTS: The Fairfax County Fire and

Rescue Department on March 9 at 3:30 p.m. dispatched units to a reported house fire in the 500 block of Highland Street, N.W., in Vienna. Units arriving at the two-story, singlefamily home found smoke showing from the second floor. Firefighters quickly located and extinguished a fire in a secondfloor bedroom. There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries. Two adults and one child were home at the time of the fire. The fire was discovered by one of the occupants when he smelled smoke and saw flames in one of the bedrooms. Smoke alarms in the home sounded shortly after the fire was discovered. The homeowner attempted to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher, then evacuated with the other occupants and called 911. Fire investigators determined that the blaze started in a bedroom on the second floor. Five occupants were displaced as a result of the fire and they accepted assistance offered by the Red Cross. Officials estimate the fire caused about $93,750 worth of damage.

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Local history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. March 25, 1949: n The state milk commission will hold a hearing on a proposal to authorize lower prices in Northern Virginia. March 28, 1964: n The Board of Supervisors held its annual “pothole day” public hearing, giving the public a chance to gripe about problems on the roads. n The 36th annual McLean Community Sunrise Service will be held on Easter Sunday at 6:30 a.m. at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church. March 27, 1969: n The House of Delegates has approved plans to call a statewide referendum in 1970 to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, if the state Senate goes along. March 25, 1971: n Virginia Republicans want the General Assembly to ratify the federal constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18. n The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce has joined the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in calling for no more delay in construction of I-66 inside the Beltway. n The rock group the Kinks will play two concerts at George C. Marshall High School this weekend. Funds raised at the event will support the school’s madrigals and students’ planned trip to Europe. n At the movies: “Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came,” “Ryan’s Daughter,” “Where’s Poppa?” “Airport” and “There’s a Girl in My Soup.” March 27, 1979: n Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia have agreed to coordinate their energy-conservation plans. n The Board of Supervisors is mulling raising supervisors’ pay 47 percent, to $22,000 per year. March 26, 1986: n The U.S. Senate has voted to end a filibuster preventing the federal government from turning over National and Dulles airports to a regional operating authority. n The plan to redraw Board of Supervisors districts was nixed by the county attorney.

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