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2 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Madison Graduates Entreated to Embrace Change BRIAN TROMPETER wrest from life what they will.” Sta Writer Madison principal Greg Hood alluded to a series of old pop-music favorites in Everything happens for a reason, even his send-off for the students. the pandemic that upended James Madi- “We all have those songs where we feel son High School students’ lives over the like they were written just for us,” Hood past year, senior Elenora Fiel told fellow said. graduates at the school’s June 1 gradua- Hood saw a poster for the Beach Boys tion. at Jiffy Lube Live and thought “wouldn’t “Maybe the reason this all happened it be nice” if that band could welcome the was to bring us together as Warhawk Na- students. He then let his imagination run tion,” Fiel said before the 532-member freely, exhorting the seniors with song- Class of 2021 received its diplomas at lyric quotes from AC/DC, Maroon 5, Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow. Drake, KISS, Bruno Mars, Journey and Fiel ruminated on what “Warhawks” Aerosmith. were and de ned them as people who “There are a lot of great songs out cared, were kind, supported others, there by other people,” Hood said. “How- worked to better themselves and their ever, each of you has a unique and won- community, competes fearlessly and had derful song inside of you. I encourage you in nite ideas to share. James Madison High School senior Elenora Fiel gives the student address June 1 during gradu- to nd your voice, write your song and Switching to online learning over the ation ceremonies at Ji y Lube Live in Bristow. SCREEN CAPTURE/MEMORIES PHOTOGRAPHY beat to your own drum, because the world past year initially was exciting, but “we is waiting and listening to you.” quickly realized how much we missed the the little ones we make each day when we when it doesn’t feel right, elevate others School administrators presented Mad- after-school activities, crowded hallways wake up every morning.” without elevating your privilege, continue ison Citizenship Awards to student-gov- and Friday Night Lights,” Fiel said. “Ev- People often strive for things that con- to seek and [ ght] those injustices you ernment representatives Braden Holt and eryone says high school goes by quickly, stantly change, she said. have been so passionate about your whole Sydney Schumer. and now we understand why.” “Happiness today can turn into not life, be the person you needed someone to The pair are role models to their peers Ashley Anderson, a counselor at the enough tomorrow,” Anderson said. “So be for you.” and exemplary citizens, school leaders school and an alumna of its Class of do the things in life that you want to do. Anderson nished with quotes from said. 2004, quoted former First Lady Eleanor No second-guessing. Just do them.” poet Maya Angelou (“Be a rainbow in This year’s Faculty Award, and its Roosevelt: “Happiness is not a goal, it’s a Anderson urged the graduates always someone’s cloud”) and author Julia Baird: $1,000 scholarship, went to Louize Bingi. byproduct.” to gain everything they could from their “The most inspiring people are those who School leaders also paid tribute to 176 “I think she’s right,” Anderson said. “I experiences. are the least obsessed with their own hap- honor graduates who earned cumulative think it’s more about the decisions that we “Remember, you always have a choice,” piness, especially those who stride con - grade-point averages of 4.0 or higher dur- make in life – not just the big ones, but she said. “Say yes when you can, say no dently across the globe to create, evoke or ing their high-school years. DENTAL Insurance Get the dental care you deserve.
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sunga ette.ne s June 10, 2021 3 McLean Grads Set to Take New Skills Into the Future BRIAN TROMPETER will attend the University of process, troubleshooting and Sta Writer Richmond and Durkee will go to creative thinking,” she said. “In a Duke University. word, building the rover required The past year’s pandemic Keynote speaker DeMaurice perseverance.” imbued McLean High School Smith, executive director of the McLean High seniors did the seniors with traits that will last National Football League Play- same last year with virtual learn- a lifetime, student speaker Eliza ers Association, complimented ing, making the best of an uncer- Bell said during the May 21 the graduates for knowing not tain situation and never giving graduation ceremony. to take things too seriously. He up, Bell said. “None of us could have an- cited as proof a prank in which The pandemic also taught the ticipated a senior year quite like the class placed 7,000 forks on seniors to value their personal this,” she said. “In our minds, we the school’s football eld. relationships and care for one were prepared for the usual se- “It’s OK to live in the mo- another, she said. nior prom, college applications, ment,” he said. “It’s a wonderful “Prior to COVID, we took etc. But ‘normal’ just wasn’t journey, but don’t let anybody for granted that fact that our meant to be.” convince you that this journey families and friends would al- Students instead had to has only to do with success or ways be there,” said Bell, who adapt, adjust their expectations only has to do with failure.” encouraged classmates to look and modify their schedules, Bell Bucking societal trends, class outside of themselves more, set said. members have gone out of their McLean High School senior Eliza Bell addresses fellow members of the aside their phones periodically “Life will not always play out way to ensure others had been Class of 2021. SCREEN CAPTURE/MEMORIES PHOTOGRAPHY and look for chances to connect exactly as we expect, but that’s seen, heard and included, Smith with others. OK,” she said. “After this senior said. He encouraged graduates experiences under their belts. our good sweatpants on those “I challenge you to be more year, the Class of 2021 is ready to forgive their parents for their Besides gaining knowledge days.” kind to others, to give people the for whatever life throws at us.” mistakes, given their uncondi- in traditional academic subjects She likened class members to bene t of the doubt,” she said. The ceremony, held at Jiffy tional love for their children. such as history and science, se- the Mars rover “Perseverance,” “We never know the struggles Lube Live in Bristow, began “Know that the world needs nior gleaned unusual lessons which was built, launched and others face, what battles they are with faculty members enter- your kindness, your thoughtful- from “virtual” learning, she landed on the red planet dur- ghting or the hardships they ing to John Williams’ “Imperial ness, your love a lot more, some- said. ing the pandemic. Scientists and have experienced . . . Say a kind March” from the movie “The times, than it needs your indus- “We learned how to put to- engineers worked around the word, be quick with a compli- Empire Strikes Back.” try,” he said. gether snappy business-on-the- clock, while socially distancing ment, open the door and lend a Principal Ellen Reilly be- Student speaker Bell said top, party-on-the-bottom out ts and avoiding contact with the helping hand. Serve others more stowed Faculty Awards on grad- class members are leaving high for presentations when we actu- outside world at critical points, often, smile more frequently and uating seniors Sanjna Kaul and school smarter, with luck a bit ally had to turn on our cameras,” Bell said. set an example of goodness for Eliana Durkee. This fall, Kaul more mature and with many new Bell said. “We might even put “Every step required a new those who come after you.” Marshall Graduates are Urged to Find Their Passions BRIAN TROMPETER ual efforts we made a collective others and try to look at life from Sta Writer impact on our community,” Cho their perspective, Daniel said. said. “Take the time to practice un- George C. Marshall High Lisa Lubick-Daniel, who derstanding,” she said. School’s 530-member Class of teaches government and Interna- After a recorded video perfor- 2021 missed out on some big tional Baccalaureate geography mance of “You Will Be Found” events because of the past year’s at Marshall, pulled out a small by the school’s combined choirs, pandemic, but also learned to horn to toot in place of her usual principal Jeffrey Litz announced cherish smaller moments. salty language. that 26 seniors on May 27 had “I’m talking about the friend- “I’ve watched up close as received Faculty Awards for aca- ships you made in that weird you, the Class of 2021, have demics, citizenship, activities and elective class that you almost come into your political awak- service to the school community. didn’t take, but where you had ening and it has been a [honk- Paul Levengood, president of your most interesting, eye-open- honk!] time indeed,” she said. the George C. Marshall Foun- ing conversations with complete “Political divisions rocking our dation, presented Statesman strangers,” said class of cer Sari- country that we haven’t experi- Awards to Valerie Dirkse, who na Bell during the June 2 gradua- enced in more than 150 years, this fall will go to Calvin Univer- tion ceremony at Jiffy Lube Live existential environmental threats sity in Grand Rapids, Mich., and in Bristow. that we haven’t ever actually ex- Eugene Cho, who will be attend- “It’s those random, lovely, perienced, renewed racial-justice ing Duke University. intelligent, kind people that we protests that both give us hope Litz said he hoped the seniors met in the most mundane situa- and remind us how far we still would leave Marshall with many tions,” Bell added. have to travel.” positive memories. A cooking The seniors had to cope with Using words of inspiration buff in his rare snippets of free a year and a half of “virtual” from her favorite movie quotes, George C. Marshall High School seniors Eugene Cho and Sarina Bell ap- time, Litz offered parting words learning and being disconnected Daniel urged the graduates to plaud their fellow Class of 2021 SCREEN CAPTURE/MEMORIES PHOTOGRAPHY from Julia Child. from their peers, said class of - build a sense of community by “Find something you’re pas- cer Eugene Cho. reaching out to people with dif- 15 years ago she had been in an “They couldn’t relieve my sionate about and keep tremen- The class donated non-per- ferent ideas and life experiences. accident that paralyzed her and pain, they really couldn’t totally dously interested in it,” Child ishable food items to more than “Share your stories, your killed her son. She still vividly re- understand my pain, but they once said. “If you do this, you 100 area families and sewed doubts, your fears, your hopes,” calls the people who sat with her were with me in fellowship,” she will always nd time for the hundreds of COVID masks for she said. “Ask for help when you by her hospital bed afterward, said. “They were a community things that make you happy to front-line workers. need it, because you never know helped her eat, cut her hair and of support who helped me get to be alive, and you will feel like “Despite not being together what you’re going to get.” repeatedly drove her to physical where I am today, with you.” you have never worked a day in physically, through our individ- Daniel related how more than therapy. Graduates should listen to your life.”
4 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Langley Grads Asked to Be Determined and Caring BRIAN TROMPETER “When you nd people who stick with Sta Writer you through thick and thin, treat them well and take care of them,” Greer said. Langley High School’s 531-member The pandemic underscored that life Class of 2021 survived “one of the most can change overnight and that people can abnormal and profoundly chaotic high- weather the storm with positivity, exibil- school experiences ever” and learned the ity, adaptability, creativity and humor, she value of dedication, balance and individ- said. ualism, said senior class of cer Devran “Tough times never last, but tough Johnson. people do,” Greer said. Langley High stressed that hard work Greer bestowed the Principal’s Award is inherently worthwhile and that students on senior Brooke Van Beuren and assis- are responsible for what they got out of tant principal James Sykes gave the Fac- life, Johnson said at the June 2 gradua- ulty Award to Lilly Fowler. tion ceremony, held at Jiffy Lube Live in Langley High’s director of student ser- Bristow. vices, Braden Peterson, credited the class “We have the strength to do the impos- with learning from life lessons to build a sible if we push ourselves to get there,” stronger personal foundation. she said. “Langley has taught us to set big “Your character, your integrity and goals, to think big and dream bigger. We Langley High School senior Devran Johnson o ers advice at the June 2 graduation ceremony, your compassion have been on full display have never been told to shy away from a held at Ji y Lube Live in Bristow SCREEN CAPTURE/MEMORIES PHOTOGRAPHY and we are so proud of you,” he said. challenge, but rather to embrace things Senior class of cer Fatima Mahdi said that scare us.” sight of who you are and who you can tion for the graduates. she was overwhelmed with a sense of Members of the class also learned to become.” The past year’s trend of social-distanc- gratitude that the class could celebrate its manage their time and balance the pres- She nished with a quote from Winnie ing was a reminder for students to keep accomplishments together. sure to excel with the need to stay con- the Pooh: “You are braver than you be- away from circumstances and people who “I know, for many of us, we believed nected with friends and classmates, she lieve, stronger than you seem and stronger potentially could deter them from reach- our fate would be similar to the Class of said Most of all, Langley High taught than you think.” ing their goals and potential. Frequent 2020,” Mahdi said, citing the lack of an students the power of individualism and Principal Kimberly Greer said the hand-washing drove home the need for in-person graduation last year because of the need to nd the passions that will set graduates had achieved beyond anyone’s them to prioritize their health with exer- public-health concerns. “But we have per- them apart. wildest dreams, especially considering the cise and proper nutrition. severed through a whole year of checking “Whatever you do, do it with dedica- pandemic. Alluding to Robert Fulghum’s Mask-wearing showcased the need to if your mike is off, the feeling of anxious- tion and determination,” Johnson said. best-selling book “All I Really Need to care for oneself and others, while work- ness as soon as breakout groups are men- “Give it everything you’ve got . . . Be un- Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” Greer ing in small groups showed the need for tioned and ending class with a generic wavering in your self-identity. Never lose said the pandemic served the same func- strong relationships, she said. ‘Thank you!’”
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6 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s O’Connell Grads Urged to Live Purposeful Lives DAVE FACINOLI “Yes, throw in the 17-year cicadas,” Sta Writer he noted wryly. “You can’t make this up.” The venue was different (blame CO- Despite, or perhaps because of, all VID) but other traditions remained in- that was thrown at them, the graduating tact for Bishop O’Connell High School’s seniors were well-prepared to take on 61st graduation ceremony. future challenges, Cittenberger said. Long held among the soaring pil- “Look out, world – here comes the lars of the National Shrine of the Im- Bishop O’Connell Class of 2021!” he maculate Conception in Washington, said. the Class of 2021 was honored instead Bishop O’Connell is one of four high in the school’s auditorium – a last-min- schools within the Roman Catholic ute switch from the football eld due to Diocese of Arlington. School leaders weather concerns. at all four were able to pivot and pro- But for members of the 298-strong vide in-person instruction throughout graduating class, the speci c location the 2020-21 school year for parents who was less important than the chance to wished it, even as most public schools come together and celebrate accom- stayed locked down and students locked plishments in a year that, truly, was like out throughout the rst half of the year no other. or longer. “Class of 2021, we have struggled, Michael Burbidge, the Roman Cath- we have overcome and we have perse- olic bishop of Arlington, said seniors vered,” said student speaker Khanh Le, helped all those below them rally to the who delivered the salutatory address to cause of education, despite the chal- classmates, faculty, parents and friends. lenges. Caitlin Massey, Shane Gardner and Priscilla Saldana prepare for commencement ceremonies “The seniors led the way for the rest “You’ve been a very successful part held at Bishop O’Connell High School on June 3. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI of the school in staying positive,” Le of the program at Bishop O’Connell, mas, a number of students were hon- Tyler Rooney and Alexandra Visek. said. “Today, we turn the page.” and we congratulate you,” he said. ored with awards in various subject ar- Sara Ghanbari received a General Head of School Bill Crittenberger, The achievements of the graduat- eas announced by principal Carl Patton. Excellence Award and gave the valedic- wrapping up his rst year in the job, ing class were lauded at the ceremony, Tess Brinkmann, Rachel Ivany, Monica tory address. touched on the unusual pandemic year which clocked in at slightly more than Balistrere, William Rimicci and Akaria “We did not want to, but we pushed the graduates faced with dignity and 90 minutes. More than half of the grad- Brown III earned multiple accolades. through the little inconveniences,” she resolve by wearing masks, experiencing uates received some type of academic The Principal’s Award for outstand- said. “There is no place for the ‘can’ts’ hybrid schedules and incalculable un- college scholarship. ing leadership went to Brown, Bridget in our futures. It’s important to live our knowns. Prior to the presentation of diplo- Agyekum, John Armor, Ryan Grif n, lives as the people we want to be.” WHAT’S UP? Find out what’s going down around town with a subscription to the Sun Gazette! • Local News, Events & Information; Local Jobs • Real Estate • Classifieds • Puzzles • Sports & So Much More Order a Sign up for Find it in print and online! our weekly Subscription & weekend The Sun Gazette 52 Weeks for $99 E-editions! Local News & So Much More Order Today! SUNGAZETTEtext to In Print & Online 22828 703.771.8800 | www.SunGazette.news Contact Sylvia 571.333.6277 [email protected]
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8 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Vienna Council OKs $6M Worth of New Contracts BRIAN TROMPETER Sta Writer
Residents might have missed it while watching the mercifully one-hour-long meeting on June 7, but the Vienna Town Council unanimously approved consent- agenda items with more than $6 million worth of spending using existing con- tracts. The Council approved $2,954,480 in spending under these municipal contracts during scal year 2022: • $125,000 with American Recycling Center for recycling. • $70,000 with Chantilly Crushed Stone for crushed stone, sand and gravel. • $30,480 with Cintas Corp. for uni- form rental. • $90,000 with Ferguson for pipe and ttings. • $150,000 for Mid-Atlantic Salt for de-icing salt. • $140,000 with Pinpoint Underground for utility markings. • $150,000 with HD Supply for water meters. • $265,000 with Quarles for bulk fuel. The Vienna Town Council on June 7 approved an up-to-$76,405 contract with Vertex Roo ng Contractors Inc. to replace the roof of the Bowman • $100,000 with S. Freedman & Sons House, located at 211 Center St., S. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER for janitorial supplies. Council members also approved a $1 Town of cials put out a request for tract if the price came in far above expec- • $350,000 with Kone for elevator million contract with E.E. Lyons Con- bids and received only one bite. This was tations, he said. maintenance and repair. Some of this struction for water-main and appurte- not suf cient reason not to move ahead Vertex also will perform repair work in contract’s price anticipates costs for the nance improvements within the town’s with the contract, said Town Attorney addition to the roo ng, Briglia said. planned modernization of Town Hall’s water-service area. Steven Briglia. “This is a specialized roof,” he said. “I elevator, said Vienna Public Works Direc- The Council also voted to spend an The town could have rebid the con- don’t think it’s a quick job.” tor Michael Gallagher. additional $89,974 with Shirley Contract- • $50,000 with Long Fence for fence ing for rehabilitation of sewer mains that installation and repairs. cross Route 7 at Dif cult Run. Offer ends • $200,000 with Savera for temporary Bowman Store to Get New Roof: Vi- Sept. 30 employment services. enna Town Council members on June 7 • $40,000 with Potomac Truck Center voted 7-0 to approve an up-to-$76,405 for truck repairs and parts. contract with Vertex Roo ng Contractors • $50,000 with R.E. Electric Co. for to replace the roof, gutter and downspouts traf c-signal installation. of the historic Bowman House. • $50,000 with Service Tire Truck Cen- The building, located at 211 Center ter for tires. St., S., was built in 1890 and originally • $50,000 with TAPCO for traf c and served as a school. The structure has one parking control. at-grade story, plus a basement and attic. • $45,000 with National Auto Fleet Town of cials waited to replace the Group for electric vehicles. roof until design work for the new Vienna • $999,000 for vehicle replacement. Police Headquarter, now being construct- This contract will be granted to the lowest ed next door, was complete. The Bowman bidder among three vendors. House’s new roof will complement the po- BUY ONE, GET ONE The Council also approved these one- lice station’s and use materials and color. Plus year contract extensions and $2,026,500 % worth of expenditures in scal 2022: • $650,000 with Arthur Construction NO Money Down off Interest for roadway maintenance. 40 NO WINDOWS AND Monthly Payments • $261,500 with Broad Run for disposal 1 NO PATIO DOORS for 1 year 1 MINIMUM PURCHASE OF of construction and demolition debris. 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328945_10_x_14.indd 1 6/2/21 11:41 AM 10 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Jobs Picture in Fairfax Continues to Improve After peaking at more than month-over-month reductions On the other end of the spec- 10 percent at the height of the in their higher-than-normal job- UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, APRIL trum were Petersburg (10.9 per- COVID crisis, Fairfax’s jobless less rates. Rates declined from From Virginia Employment Commission, showing non-seasonally-adjusted civilian em- cent), Emporia (8.3 percent), rate has now descended to nearly 3.4 percent to 2.5 percent in ployment for April 2021. “3/21” is rate for a month before; “4/20” is for a year before.$VSSFOU Hopewell (8 percent) and Mar- NPOUITàHVSFTBSFQSFMJNJOBSZ one-third that total, although Falls Church; from 4 percent to tinsville (7.7 percent). it still has room for improve- 3 percent in Arlington from 4.1 Jurisdiction Employed Unemployed Rate 3/21 4/20 Statewide, unemployment for ment to get back to pre-COVID percent to 3.1 percent in Loud- Alexandria 93,923 3,786 3.9% 4.8% 10.0% the month stood at 3.9 percent, norms. oun County; from 4.8 percent to Arlington 143,946 4,396 3.0% 4.0% 7.2% down from 5.1 percent a month With 590,868 county resi- 3.9 percent in Alexandria; and Fairfax County 590,868 21,517 3.5% 4.5% 10.2% before and well below the 11- dents employed in the civilian from 5.2 percent to 4.1 percent Falls Church 7,962 207 2.5% 3.4% 6.1% percent rate recorded in March workforce and 21,517 looking in Prince William. Loudoun 210,329 6,649 3.1% 4.1% 9.9% 2020. for jobs, the county’s jobless rate (A year before, as the COVID Prince William 229,185 9,687 4.1% 5.2% 11.4% Unemployment compensa- in April stood at 3.5 percent, ac- crisis took hold, those jobless Northern Va. 1,548,717 56,316 3.5% 4.6% 10.1% tion has been boosted for much cording to gures released last rates ranged from 6.1 percent Virginia 4,050,892 165,997 3.9% 5.1% 11.0% of the past year by federal sup- week by the Virginia Employ- in Alexandria to 11.4 percent United States 151,160,000 9,220,000 5.7% 6.2% plements that, in some cases, ment Commission. in Prince William. The numbers have made it more lucrative for That’s down a full percentage would have been worse, but em- a whole, the jobless rate of 3.5 ies reported jobless rates of less some workers to stay home than point from March’s gures, and a ployment levels in the federal percent (down from 4.6 percent than 3 percent, led by Madison to return to work. But Virginia reduction from the 10.2-percent government, a key component in March) represented 1.55 mil- County (2.3 percent) and Falls of cials at the end of May rein- unemployment rate reported in of the local economy, not only lion employed in the civilian Church. Reporting rates of 2.7 stated rules requiring state resi- April 2020, when the COVID stayed steady across Virginia workforce and 56,316 looking percent were Powhatan, Rappa- dents to be actively looking for crisis was in full swing. throughout the pandemic, but for jobs. hannock, Rockingham and King work in order to qualify for un- Across Northern Virginia in actually increased.) Across the commonwealth, George counties and the citys of employment compensation. April, localities reported healthy Across Northern Virginia as 17 of the 133 counties and cit- Poquoson. – A Staff Report Region Has Regained Many of the Jobs Lost to COVID Fueled by a private-sector rebound rates as the pandemic (hopefully) makes percent compared to 11 percent a year be- Hampton Roads. plus federal-government hiring, Northern its exit, but still has signi cant ground to fore, although it remained well above the Data: Virginia Keeps Whittling Away Virginia has regained 111,600 jobs since make up before returning to the strong rate of 2.8 percent in the pre-pandemic to COVID-Induced Job Losses, Depend- the initial burst of COVID last year. economy of the pre-COVID period. month of March 2020. ing on How to Add It Up: New data sug- That year-over-year improvement from A total of 3,325,898 metro-area resi- All of Virginia’s metropolitan corri- gest Virginia has recovered some of the April 2020 to April 2021 totals 8.2 percent dents were counted in the civilian work- dors posted lower year-over-year jobless jobs lost in the initial COVID pandemo- of the overall workforce, putting North- force in April, with 166,351 of them look- totals, ranging from 3.2 percent in a num- ern Virginia in the middle of the pack, ing for jobs, according to gures reported ber of areas up to a high of 4.4 percent in Continued on Page 14 rebound-wise, among varying regions of June 2 by the federal Bureau of Labor Virginia. Rebounds have ranged from 5 Statistics. percent in Lynchburg to 12.1 percent in The April 2021 unemployment rate Blacksburg/Christianburg. of 5 percent was down from 5.6 percent Total non-farm employment in North- a month before and was nearly half the AN ORGANIZED HOME ern Virginia stood at 1,465,700 in April, rate of 9.4 percent recorded in April 2020 according to new data from the Virginia as COVID panic gripped the region and IS A HAPPY HOME Employment Commission. While the year- a whopping 318,911 residents were tallied over-year rebound has been impressive, it as jobless. Add space to your kitchen and time to your busy schedule with seems to have slowed, with just 3,600 jobs It remains, however, stubbornly above ShelfGenie’s custom pull-out shelves installed in your existing cabinets. (0.2 percent) added to the Northern Vir- the rate of 3.2 percent recorded in March ginia employment ranks from March to 2020, the last month not impacted by CO- April. 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sunga ette.ne s June 10, 2021 11 Data: List Home on Thursday to Generate the Real Estate Fastest Sale Featured Property of the Week Homeowners in the Washington region who want their property to sell the quickest should list it on a Thurs- European-Infused Elegance Shines day, but those who want the most cash possible should list it on a Wednesday. And whatever you do, avoid listing Customizations, Upgrades Proliferate in a Visually Delightful Home your home on a Sunday. That’s all according to a new Zillow analysis, which shows that, nationally, Thursdays are probably the best day to put homes on the market. “Homes listed on a Thursday typi- cally go [pending-sale status] faster than any other day of the week, all else equal,” the analysts noted, speak- ing nationally. “Those that are put up for sale on a Sunday tend to sit on the market longest – eight days longer than Thursdays. Saturday and Monday are only marginally better; homes listed on ei- ther of those days typically take seven days longer to sell than homes listed on Our never-ending quest for the best Thursdays. in local real estate this week lands in a Real-world experience tends to con- sumptuous, verdant locale with a prop- rm the data, said Jeff Knipe, presi- erty that augments it well. dent of Knipe Realty in Portland, Ore., Set on just over a half-acre (and adja- who always recommends his clients list cent to 4 acres of common ground), the homes on a Wednesday or Thursday. home offers the elegance of a European “Home-shoppers I work with tend cottage and spans nearly 3,000 square to be most active on Thursday and feet of living space. Friday as they plan their weekend tour With about $400,000 in recent up- schedules,” he said. “With the market grades and customization, it’s a home as competitive as it is today, this timing run in terms of livability, and the loca- strategy gives sellers the best chance at tion can’t be beat – you have easy access inset cabinetry and Emperador marble seeing multiple offers on their home, from my experience.” to Nottoway Park, the Oakton Shopping countertops with Kohler undermount. Think of selling a home as if you’re Center and downtown Vienna, and com- • The exterior features multiple going shing, Knipe said: “The goal is muting is a breeze. spaces to relax and unwind, while the for the most possible sh to see your The property currently is on the mar- gardens and grounds include 24-zone ir- home as it enters the pond.” ket, listed at $1,350,000 by Casey Sam- rigation system, custom paver driveway Sellers may have caught on already son of The Casey Samson Team. and parking pad, custom stone columns – nationally, 21 percent of homes are There are many standout spaces in- and brand-new roof. The patio has a listed on a Thursday, more than any side and out, but to showcase the ver- water feature, custom wall seating, Aen other day of the week. satily and provide a sample, let’s focus garden with covered sitting area, ex- The savviest sellers are in Seattle in on three: tensive landscaping and multiple walk- and Portland, Ore., where more than a • The chef’s-caliber kitchen features Facts for buyers ways/entrances to the abode. third of homes are listed on a Thurs- Anne Sacks antique Loire Terra Cotta Address: 2764 Chain Bridge Road, In short, it is a property that exudes day, the highest shares in the country floors, a cathedral beamed ceiling with Vienna (22181). confidence in itself and is ready for you among large markets. skylights, dual islands (one with butch- Listed at: $1,350,000 by Casey Sam- to make it your own. Only 13 percent of homes are listed er-block counter and the other with ab- son, Casey Samson Team (703) 508- Don’t delay; put it on your “to-do list” on a weekend, which is less than any 2535. solute black granite), and custom back- today! individual weekday. Schools: Flint Hill Elementary, Tho- splash with bronze inserts. Articles are prepared by the Sun Ga- There are some aberrations. Homes reau Middle, James Madison High listed on the dreaded Sunday in Miami • The main-level owner’s suite fea- zette’s real estate advertising department School. still managed the quickest sales in the tures custom plantation shutters, two on behalf of clients. current market, while in San Franciso, custom window seats with storage, ceil- with waterworks satin nickel shower/ For information on the home, contact it was Friday. ing fan, skylight with plantation shutter, sink faucets and hardware, four Water- the listing agent. For information on hav- But for the vast majority of the na- recessed accent lighting and custom works sconces over separate sinks, Ann ing a house reviewed, contact the Sun tion’s largest metros, Thursday was the built-in cabinetry inside master closets. Sacks tumbled marbled floor and wall Gazette’s real estate advertising depart- key day, trailed by Wednesday. The spa-like master bath features tile with bronze accents, quality custom ment at (571)239-8014.
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Take the number of late May. pending sales in any given county or city, The data bear out his analysis: and divide by the number of homes com- • For single-family home building, the ing on the market the same month. market share for large “metro-core” coun- The higher the ratio, the hotter the ties declined from 18 percent in the rst market. quarter of 2020 to 16.9 percent in the rst “Tracking newly listed properties and quarter of 2021. the number of homes going under con- • Outlying counties (outer suburbs) of $1,949,900 tract is a good way for Realtors to gauge large and small metros expanded from JUST LISTED! Stunning Thomas French designed home in the highly sought the velocity of local markets and to help 17.2 percent to 17.9 percent. -after Stoneleigh/Minor Hill neighborhood of North Arlington located on a quiet cul de-sac boasting 5 bedrooms with 4.5 baths over three finished levels predict where the market might be head- Outer suburbs of small metros posted with beautiful mature landscaping, an open light-filled floor plan, and ing,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist the strongest growth rates for single-fam- wonderful outdoor living space to include a private relaxing deck and brick for the Virginia Realtors trade group. ily construction over the last four quarters paver patio with a fenced back yard. School pyramid of Discovery, Markets where the ratio of pend- (21.7 percent) while large metro core areas Williamsburg, and Yorktown and just down the street from Bishop O’Con- ing sales to new listings is above 100 are exhibited the slowest growth rate (9.7 per- nell and Rivendale! where homes are selling increasingly fast cent). and prices are rising signi cantly, Sturte- Buyers may also be going where they - - vant said. are welcomed and nd it easier to build, Using the most recent data (April Fowke said. 2021), there were 20 cities and counties “Given the regulatory burdens and statewide that had ratios of higher than lack of lots in higher-density, higher-cost 100 percent, meaning the market was at markets, builders are better able to meet some risk of running out of homes on the demand in suburban, exurban and rural market if trends continue. areas because of the lower cost to build,” Many of those localities could be found he said. in Southside Virginia, the area near North (Although, given recent upticks in ma- Upgrade Your Home with a Carolina and sitting between the Hamp- terial costs and a need for new workers in ton Roads area to the east and Southwest the industry, prices are moving higher all NEW METAL ROOF Virginia to the (naturally) west. over the country.) 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sunga ette.ne s June 10, 2021 13 Madison Library and the McLean Com- an amphitheater at the park in 2013, the Ryan said. “They seem not really inter- munity Center. current proposal is more urban and does ested in doing that. They’re looking at it MCA Most of the land within the park is not seem appropriate for the location, she in a vacuum. It’s hard to say what our re- Continued from Page 1 located in designated resource-protection said. course is here, if the county is not willing areas, and the public has shown greater The McLean Community Center al- to look at this holistically.” time to prepare for the Park Authority’s sensitivity about McLean’s natural areas, ready has the Alden Theatre, McLean MCA board member Paul Kohlen- May 24 “virtual” meeting, and some Ryan said. Central Park has a gazebo, and Capital berger said Park Authority of cials likely members thought agency of cials did not Since 2013, there also have been major One Hall in Tysons soon will begin offer- are pursuing an amphitheater at the site in give satisfactory answers, said Barbara initiatives at other local parks, including ing performances, Ryan said. order to meet required service levels. No Ryan, chairman of MCA’s Environment, Clemyjontri, Langley Fork and National The proposed amphitheater would be such public amphitheater exists in north- Parks and Recreation Committee. Park Service areas, and eventually the located in a quiet neighborhood and likely east Fairfax County, he said. Much has changed since the Park Au- Park Authority will develop part of the offer night events, Ryan said. This would McLean Community Center of cials thority approved McLean Central Park’s Salona site, Ryan said. create signi cant noise, parking and traf- in 2013 expressed reservations about the original master plan in 2013, Ryan said. MCA’s letter expressed concern about c issues, she said. proposed amphitheater, citing program- Major redevelopment in Tysons has led diluting existing green spaces at the park. The MCA board also is concerned that ming and maintenance concerns, he said. to increased traf c congestion in areas be- There has not been enough public input the Park Authority might raze a highly Raj Mehra, who serves on the com- tween McLean and Tysons, she said. regarding desired new features and some wooded area to install in a turn-around munity center’s Governing Board, said In addition, signi cant proposed com- – including the amphitheater, bocce courts to accommodate traf c for the amphithe- that body has concerns about the amphi- prehensive-plan changes for the McLean and game tables – lack documented de- ater, Ryan said. theater’s proposed location, but generally CBC – which county of cials now are mand, it says. The revised park master plan also does supports it now. The amphitheater likely considering, amidst copious negative McLean residents want the Park Au- not address the need for safe pedestrian would supplement the Alden Theatre feedback from the public – would result thority to improve the park’s tennis courts, access from across Old Dominion Drive, and not compete with Capital One Hall, in a far more urban downtown McLean, outdated playgrounds and skateboard she added. which will provide different kinds of pro- with considerable increases in population facilities. The proposed plan potentially “This is a planning issue that the Park gramming, he said. density, Ryan said. could reduce the number of tennis courts Authority really needs to work inter-divi- “Overall, we’re not opposed to the am- The 28-acre park is located at 1468 in favor of a dog park, Ryan said. sionally with [the county’s Department of phitheater,” Mehra said. “We just think it Dolley Madison Blvd., adjacent to Dolley While MCA conditionally supported Transportation] and the broader county,” needs to be thought through better.”
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number of unemployed in the Old Do- were 42,764 more unemployed Virginians ed as unemployed. minion in April at 165,997. in April 2021 than before the pandemic By that math, there are 219,904 fewer Jobs That’s down from 481,130 recorded in slammed in. Virginians in the overall workforce (with Continued from Page 11 April 2020, when the rst impact of CO- On the other hand, you could look at jobs or looking for jobs) than there were VID and resulting government lockdowns the situation through the prism of the in March 2020. nium, but still has somewhere between of the economy and daily life began to total number of those in the workforce, (Math can be tricky, can’t it? It sure 40,000 up to as many as 220,000 jobs to take hold. which stood at 4,216,889 in April 2021 can!) reclaim – depending on how you parse the But room for improvement remains: In but 4,436,793 in March 2020, suggesting The April 2021 statewide unemploy- gures – before returning to pre-COVID March 2020, the last pre-COVID report- that while Virginia has made strides in ment rate of 3.9 percent compared to 11 numbers. ing period, Virginia’s total joblessness reclaiming lost jobs, there also have been percent in April 2020, but remained well Figures released June 2 by the federal stood at 123,233 people. thousands who have dropped out of the above the rate of 2.8 percent reported in Bureau of Labor Statistics peg the total Doing the math, that means there workforce entirely and thus are not count- March 2020.
ban Development and the U.S. Census cent of new home sales were priced below estate prices and discretionary household Bureau. $300,000. In April 2021, only 27 percent income continue, the real-estate market Homes Year-over-year prices, however, are of new home sales were.” will come to a crossing just as it did in the Continued from Page 13 now up 20 percent, and affordabil- Regionally, on a year-to-date basis, early 2000s. Then, the market lurched for- ity issues “are clearly affecting new-home new-home sales rose in all four regions, up ward by loosening lending standards so and driving down the pace of new-home sales,” said Chuck Fowke, chairman of 50.7 percent in the Northeast, 45.7 per- just about anyone could purchase a home sales. Meanwhile, the threat of overall in- the National Association of Home Build- cent in the Midwest, 45.5 percent in the (something that, expects say, is not hap- ation, more government regulation and ers (NAHB) and a custom builder from South, and 3.6 percent in the West. How- pening right now). interest rates that have nowhere to go but Tampa. ever, these seemingly signi cant increases The result was a housing bubble that up are adding to a sense of angst. The median sales price of a new are due in part to lower sales volume dur- rst turned downward and then crashed, The new-homes market, which has home in April was $372,400, up from the ing the COVID crisis a year ago. nearly taking the U.S. economy with it. been booming much of the last year, saw $310,100 median sales price posted a year The higher prices come as many Amer- This time around, lending standards some contraction in new data, with sales earlier. icans are seeing their paychecks (whether could be maintained, but that would re- of new single-family homes down 5.9 “Higher costs have priced out buyers, rising or not) nibbled away at by higher sult in fewer people being able to afford percent (to an annualized rate of 863,000 particularly at the lower end of the mar- food costs, higher gas costs, higher energy ever-more-expensive homes, particularly units) in March, according to data from ket,” acknowledged NAHB chief econo- costs, higher taxes . . . the list goes on. if an in ation-fueled economy pushes in- the U.S. Department of Housing and Ur- mist Robert Dietz. “A year ago, 45 per- Should the imbalance between real- terest rates higher.
14 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Public-Safety Notes VIENNA MAN ARRESTED ON ASSAULT of copper wiring, conduit and electrical Vienna resident on May 30 at 10:37 p.m. lice said. CHARGE: Vienna police of cers respond- panels had been taken from the property. told town police that she thought she had ed on May 30 at 2 a.m. to a reported as- On May 25, the employee noticed that heard sounds from a motorcycle on the WOMAN BANNED FROM VIENNA sault on Hillcrest Drive, S.W. They locat- three stormwater grates for the parking baseball elds at Southside Park, 1317 STORE AFTER LOITERING: An em- ed one of the men involved in the incident lot had been stolen, police said. Ross Drive, S.W. ployee at Wawa, 465 Maple Ave., W., told a block away from the address, who was Responding of cers heard the same Vienna police on May 30 at 2:28 p.m. that suffering from facial injuries. VIENNA MAN RECEIVES EARPHONES, noise, then heard people in the park. a woman was loitering in the store and re- Rescue personnel responded to treat NOT THE FURNITURE HE BOUGHT ON- While searching the park, of cers found a fusing to leave. the man. LINE: A resident living in the 200 block riding lawn mower that recently had been The woman subsequently was banned A resident told police there had been of Walnut Lane, N.W., bought furniture run. They also found open doors to one from Wawa, and police advised her that a verbal dispute with her boyfriend at the online on May 8, but the company deliv- of the sheds. she may be charged if she returns to the house and she had asked him to leave. ered earphones instead of the furniture he Police returned the lawn mower to the store. Her son then allegedly assaulted her boy- ordered, Vienna police said. shed and secured the doors, but could not friend, police said. Attempts to contact the company have locate anyone in the area. VIENNA HOMEOWNER REPORTS JEW- Police arrested the son, a 20-year-old been unsuccessful, police said. ELRY THEFT: A resident living in the 300 Vienna resident, and transported him to VIENNA POLICE MEDIATE DISPUTE block of Mashie Drive, S.E., told Vienna the Fairfax County Adult Detention Cen- MAN CITED FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAG- AT POST OFFICE: A U.S. Postal Service police that, on June 1 between 7 a.m. and ter, where authorities charged him with ING VEHICLE: A girl told Vienna police employee at the Vienna Post Of ce, 200 4 p.m., someone had stolen jewelry from assault. on May 23 at 11:16 a.m. that as she was Lawyers Road, N.W., told Vienna police the residence. driving her mother’s vehicle westbound on June 2 at 1:36 p.m. that a customer in VIENNA WOMAN’S LICENSE PLATE on Maple Avenue, W., she stopped at the the post of ce had become agitated after VIENNA POLICE EUTHANIZE AILING TAKEN, REPLACED WITH STOLEN red traf c light at Nutley Street and, with- being advised he needed an appointment RACCOON: A resident living in the 900 ONE: A woman living in the 200 block out provocation, an unknown man kicked for the service he was requesting and was block of Lullaby Lane, S.E., reported on of Locust Street, S.E., told Vienna police her vehicle as he was walking past, caus- refusing to leave. May 30 at 7:46 p.m. that a sick raccoon on May 28 that the front license plate had ing a dent in the passenger side door. Of cers explained the process to the was behind the shed in her back yard, Vi- been stolen from her vehicle and replaced The man continued walking eastbound man and advised him that postal staff enna police said. with a license plate that previously had on Maple Avenue. wanted him banned from the premises. A responding of cer found the animal been reported stolen from the same area. Of cers located the man in the area was in grave condition and euthanized it, Police noti ed the owner of the recov- and issued a summons to the 44-year-old BREAK-IN REPORTED AT FALLS police said. ered license plate. man of no xed address, charging him CHURCH RESTAURANT: Someone forced Vienna police have taken similar ac- with destruction of property. Police re- entry into Pistone’s Italian Inn, 6320 Ar- tion with several sick raccoons in recent BUILDING MATERIALS STOLEN FROM leased the man on his signature. lington Blvd., in the Falls Church area weeks. VIENNA SITE: An employee with Vienna on June 2 at 11:30 p.m., Fairfax County One LLC, 377 Maple Ave., W., told Vi- VIENNA POLICE RESPOND AFTER RID- police said. Items compiled from reports issued by enna police on May 6 that a large amount ING MOWER TAKEN FOR JOYRIDE: A No property reportedly was taken, po- public-safety agencies.
sunga ette.ne s June 10, 2021 15 More on the Web High-school roundup. Youth-sports results. For more sports, visit: Sports www.insidenova.com/sports/Fairfax Teeing Off A District There Are Multiple Manners To Learn Those Final Details There are so many different ways Title for now to rather quickly learn the nal score and other information about a high-school sporting event. Marshall Dave Facinoli The best way, of course, is the old- Statesman Clinch fashioned manner of attending an event and noting the result and gather- With Shutout Win ing the details yourself, as a nal score is displayed on a scoreboard. If that is DAVE FACINOLI not possible in these times, below is a Sta Writer list of other score-learning methods. A score can often be found on a With a 10-0 victory over the host school’s athletic Twitter, Facebook, Falls Church Jaguars on June 4, the Instagram pages or overall Website. Marshall Statesmen clinched a share of Some schools are much better at post- the National District baseball champi- ing immediate results than others, and onship. they are thanked greatly for their swift action. For those who don’t update BASEBALL ROUNDUP those sites in a prompt manner, get Marshall and the Wake eld War- with the program, please. riors are co-winners with 10-2 overall For high-school baseball and soft- and league records. Each high-school ball games, the GameChanger Website team also advances to the upcoming 6D follows many contests live, with all of North Region Tournament, Marshall as the basic details available. Obtaining the No. 2 seed from the district. more involved stats requires a slight The Statesmen needed to defeat Falls subscription fee. Church to share the crown because they As a result of the pandemic, many had lost to the Edison Eagles, 7-6, a few high-school games are now streamed days earlier. Needing that victory, Mar- live on the Internet for everyone to shall started ace pitcher Kyle Robinson, watch and see the outcomes. Again, and the right-hander responded. He a slight subscription fee sometimes hurled a ve-inning, 71-pitch, complete- might be necessary depending on the game, ve-hitter with 12 strikeouts and mode of the broadcast. no walks. Whatever newspapers that still ex- With the bat, Robinson homered, ist often post scores on their various doubled and had two RBI. Jack Emory sites. Again, some update more rap- Marshall High School’s Kyle Robinson makes a catch at rst base as he helped the Statesmen Continued on Page 17 win a couple of games and clince a share of a district title last week. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI idly than others. There also are any number of other high-school sports Websites that post nal scores and even information and Oakton Boys Win District Track and Field Title photos, some faster than others. A Sta Report try team win district, region and state The 4x800 relay won in 8:18.26 and Scores also can quickly be learned championships in recent weeks. the 4x100 and 4x400 relays each nished via e-mails or texts. Or, someone can By winning six events and plac- Also for Oakton in the distance third. call from their cell phone and relay ing second in a half dozen others, the events, Ethan Hug was third in the 800, For the Madison High School boys the info, kind of like old times. Maybe TRACK & FIELD Oakton Cou- Iyasu Yemane was fth in the 800, Nel- team, Nicholas Cloud was a double even get a rare call come from an old gars won the son Jenkins sixth in the 3,200 and Derek winner in the discus (146.02) and shot landline phone, of the few that still boys Concorde District outdoor track Lewis seventh in the 800. put (53-113/4) and Jake Reiman won the might exist. and eld championship with 137 team Leading Oakton in the eld events pole vault at 12-6. So these days, it’s helpfully much points. Chantilly was second with 128. was a victory by Edward Gayton in the In the girls meet, Madison’s Sierra easier and faster to learn those nal Zach Morse was the lone double win- high jump (5-feet, 6-inches) and two sec- Shields won the 100 hurdles (16.15) and scores, and a few details, if not attend- ner for the high-school team, nishing ond-place nishes in the high and long was second in the 300 hurdles. ing a speci c event. rst in the 800 (1:56.8) and 1,600-meter jumps by Ethan Gregory, who also was Oakton’s Abba Kodiaga won the 300 (4:16.62) races. He also ran on relays. fourth in the 200. hurdles (47.6) and was second in the 100 Oakton’s Arnav Tikhe won the 3,200 In addition, Martin Llames was sec- hurdles. (9:15.34) and was runner-up in the 800 ond in the shot put and Gabe Longoria The Liberty and National district for the Cougars. second in the discus, with Chan Young track and eld championships were also Find daily updates on the Web at Those two runners, along with Gar- Jung third. held in recent days with Langley, Mar- www.insidenova.com. Stay in touch rett Woodhouse (second in the 3,200), Magnus Hotung-Davidsen was fth shall and McLean competing. Check a through Twitter (@sungazettespts) and helped the Oakton boys cross coun- in the 300 hurdles. future edition of the paper for results. www.facebook.com/sungazettenews.
16 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Sixth-Grade Golfer Records Her Initial Hole-in-One DAVE FACINOLI hybrid 4-iron into a hole-in-one at the club since records about ve years, more seriously of late Sta Writer the green. have been kept. and has been taking regular lessons. The ball landed “After I hit my tee shot, I thought, She plays once or twice per week, Even professional players over the short of the hole ‘that one is not going into the water,’ ” and currently competes in the PGA years have struggled with about mid-green Raptis said. “The ball was going straight Junior League. She has played in sev- GOLF the dif cult 17th hole on and rolled into the for the hole, and I couldn’t take my eyes eral matches this year against other area the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm golf cup. The ace was off it. When the ball disappeared right teams. course in Bethesda. the rst at the hole by the hole, I exclaimed, ‘Oh, gosh, I Raptis is in the McLean High School But not 11-year-old Delaney Raptis. since October and a think it went in.’ I ran over to the green pyramid of Fairfax County Schools. On the afternoon of Saturday, May rst for Raptis since and looked down in the hole, and there The 17th hole at the TPC Potomac 22, the sixth-grader at Haycock Elemen- she began playing it was, my pink golf ball. My heart course often is ranked as one of the tary School made a hole-in-one on that the game. leaped up high in my chest and my vi- most dif cult, because of the water haz- par-3 setup that requires a shot over wa- Delaney Raptis card- Raptis is the sion blurred as tears came to my eyes. I ard, when various professional tourna- ter. Raptis was playing from the wom- ed her rst hole-in- youngest female could not believe it.” ments were played on the course over en’s tees from about 121 yards and hit one on May 22. golfer to have made Raptis has been playing golf for the years. High-School Roundup MARSHALL SOFTBALL WINS BIG: Be- pitcher. earned the rst Jim Houston communi- gey during their two stroke-play rounds hind a 20-hit attack, including four With the win over Falls Church, ty service $1,000 scholarship sponsored of play. home runs, the visiting Marshall States- Marshall (11-0-1) won the district title. by the Vienna Optimist Club. men routed the Edison Eagles, 16-4, in a Schoeberlein, who will attend the GROUNDBREAKING AT OAKCREST: On National District girls high-school soft- ALL-STATE BASEBALL PLAYERS: Flint University of Florida, and other Madi- Friday, June 4, faculty, staff, students ball game. Hill School baseball player Trevor Bar- son players wrote individual essays that and families gathered for the all-girls Leah Macaluso belted two homers bessi was chosen rst-team all-state at were judged, with the winner earning Oakcrest School’s of cial ground-break- and had six RBI and three hits. Ruby the Division I private-school level for the scholarship. ing ceremony for the private school’s Stewart and Carmen Musalam (four his performance this spring. construction of a new athletic center. hits) also homered. His play helped the team nish 8-3 GOLFERS WIN MEDALIST HONORS: The center will be fully integrated Alexi Martinez had three hits for and earn a state-tournament berth in Langley High School senior Kelly with the current campus, providing ath- Marshall, and Sela Scheinman, Grace the shortened season. Chinn and David Ford of Peachtree letic facilities additional classrooms for Chamberlain and Emily Manifor had Making second team from Flint Hill Corners, Ga., won the 36-hole stroke a growing enrollment. two each. Jasmin Martinez had a hit were Jackson Emory and J.T. Land- play portion of the recent U.S. Amateur The new center will include automat- and four RBI. wehr. Four-Ball Championships. ic retractable seating for 260 spectators, Emily Howell threw a complete game Potomac School’s Andrew Ruggeri The pair, each age 18, carded a tour- space for more than 600 in non-athletic with two strikeouts to get the win. was chosen second team Division I all- nament-record 62 in the rst round, events, oating hardwood oors to re- In another game, Marshall routed state. He helped the Panthers nish 10-4 then a 65 in the second on the par-71 duce possible athletic injuries, automat- Falls Church, 13-3, as Scheinman had and go 1-1 in the state tournament. Chambers Bay course. ic retractable baskets, home and visitors three hits and ve RBI. She homered Next, in the match play portion of locker rooms, ve additional classrooms and doubled. Tallulah Grivet also had SCHOEBERLEIN EARNS SCHOLAR- the tournament, the two nished with a and a weight-training and tness room. three hits and Musalam and Manifor SHIP: Madison High School senior base- 2-1 record, losing in the quarter nals. The center is scheduled to be com- had two each. Howell was the winning ball player Tyler Schoeberlein recently Chinn and Ford did not make a bo- pleted in the fall of 2022.
two runs in the top of the sixth to gain McLean took a 2-0 lead in the top of the momentum. Madison answered with the third inning on a two-run double by Baseball ve runs on three hits in the bottom of Grif n Stieg. McLean then threatened Continued from Page 16 the frame, with Jaden Kritsky having in the seventh with two runners on, but an RBI single and Triantos a two-run a groundout ended the game. and Grady Dillon each had a hit and double. Yorktown scored a run in the bottom two RBI for Marshall. The Statesmen Kritsky and John Klein each had two of the third, then two more in the last of had six hits. hits for Madison, and Bannon Brazell the fourth. Against Edison, Alex Tanaka had walked with the bases loaded. Stieg started on the mound and went three hits and Robinson, Luke Alexan- “We knew we had to respond in the four innings with nine strikeouts and al- der, and Aiden Han two each. Marshall bottom of the sixth like that,” Tuft said. lowed four hits. McLean freshman right- had 12 hits in defeat, but was hurt by “It was a tough game. We had beaten hander Aidan Carey threw two perfect nine walks, two hit batters and three them twice already this season, so we innings in relief with four strikeouts. wild pitches. knew to play them a third time would Wyatt Johnson, A.J. Poole and Rob- The top-seed and host Madison be hard. We didn’t make any errors on bie Coates had McLean’s other hits. Warhawks (10-2) defeated the West eld defense, and I thought that was big key The Langley Saxons (4-9) nipped Bulldogs, 9-4, June 5 in the semi nals for us and very important.” the Washington-Liberty Generals, 5-4, of the Concorde District Tournament Madison had defeated West eld, in a Liberty District Tournament game semi nals. 7-1, just days earlier in its nal regular- that was played for 6D North Region James Triantos led Madison on the season game. Knowing that, Madison tourney seeding purposes. mound and with the bat. The senior coach Mark Gjormand was concerned Bobby Fleming had two hits and two right-hander was the starting and win- about playing the Bulldogs again so RBI for Langley and Michael Hoey- ning pitcher, going six innings with soon. Madison’s James Triantos was the winner mans and Luke Buroker each had a hit seven strikeouts. With the bat, Triantos “Beating them a third time was against West eld. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI and one RBI. Hoeymans had the game- homered for the ninth time this season, hard,” he said. “Colin was huge in the Chantilly rallying to win the most recent winning walk-off hit in the bottom of doubled and drove in four runs. game, Jaden had a big hit and James just contest, 5-4. the ninth inning. Madison senior catcher Colin Tuft competes so hard like that all the time.” The defending champion and third Langley had previously scored two also homered and had two hits, and was Madison was scheduled to host the seed McLean Highlanders (7-6) were runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie busy behind the plate blocking pitches. Chantilly Chargers in the champion- nipped by the host and second-seed Yor- the score and 4, sending the contest into The Warhawks jumped in front, 4-1, ship game earlier this week. The teams ktown Patriots, 3-2, in a semi nal game extra innings where the Saxons won to then West eld cut the lead to 4-3 with split two regular-season mettings, with of the Liberty District Tournament. move on.
sunga ette.ne s June 10, 2021 17 Former Langley Coach Hired for College Job in Florida DAVE FACINOLI whole life. Now, runners. well. Sta Writer it’s time for the Mangan coached at Langley, where Mangan’s high-school coaching ten- Mangan fam- his wife Rebecca is a graduate, for 12 ure also included positions at private- For 34 years, Mike Mangan has been ily to move on,” years, including the nal four as the pro- school St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes in Al- a highly successful high-school coach- said Mangan, a gram’s head coach. He then moved on exandria. ing xture in Northern Virginia in cross graduate of W.T. to Lake Braddock Secondary School, Among his many successful high- country and indoor and outdoor track Woodson High where he coached the last 20 years. school runners were Lake Braddock and eld. School in Fair- Mangan also was an of cial starter graduates Kate Murphy and Katy Kunc. Now, the former Langley High head fax. “Coach- of area cross country meets, and he be- Murphy ran in a previous U.S. Olympic coach is taking his talents south. ing in college is gan the popular nighttime Lake Brad- women’s trials in track and eld. Kunc Mangan recently was named the new something I’ve dock cross country relays. will do so this summer in the women’s men’s and women’s head cross country Mike Mangan wanted to try, At Lake Braddock, his cross coun- steeplechase. coach at Webber International Univer- to see if my skills can work at that level. try teams, boys and girls, combined to “We’ve been hitting the repeat but- sity in central Florida near Orlando. Webber is a unique school. There’s a win 11 state championships and many ton for many years, so this will be new Webber is a small NAIA private school lot of work to do and that’s ne. I’m a region and district crowns. He also was for our family,” Mangan said. “I love with an enrollment between 700 and 800 grinder and I’m excited.” involved in Braddock’s track and eld the reaction of young runners having students. Mangan’s job of cially begins Aug. programs as an assistant or head coach, success, and we want that to start hap- “I’ve lived in Fairfax County my 1, but he’s already started recruiting where those teams won many titles, as pening a lot at Webber.” Local Players on Various NCAA Region-Tourney Teams A Sta Report is a freshman pitcher. He had thrown Rochester as a freshman. He was cred- Entering the region, Neaves was two innings with one strikeout. ited with one RBI. batting .386, had 68 RBI, 16 doubles, There are a number of players from Bishop O’Connell High graduates Oakton High grad Matt Ford is on 10 home runs, seven triples, 68 hits, 35 the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas who Will DiGiulian and James DiGiulian the roster for region-quali er Washing- stolen bases, walked 37 times and had are members of Di- are seniors for Marymount. Will DiGi- ton & Jefferson College as a freshman scored 60 runs. BASEBALL vision III college ulian had played in six games and was catcher. Madison graduate Josh Gjormand baseball teams that played in NCAA batting .273. James DiGiulian was hit- The Lynchburg University team in- is an in elder/pitcher on the team. He regional tournaments in recent days. ting .393 with a homer, six doubles and cludes four area players, including soph- had ve RBI in 24 games and has three Four players are from Arlington’s 15 RBI. omore catcher/out elder Avery Neaves, strikeouts in 11/3 innings of work on the Marymount University Saints, which Langley High School graduate Ken- a former standout summer player for mound. quali ed by winning the recent Atlantic ny Lippman is a member of the Denison the Vienna Post 180 American Legion O’Connell graduate Riley O’Donovan East Conference Tournament with a 3-0 University team that was in the region team. He was chosen the squad’s Most is a freshman catcher/ rst baseman for record. tourney. The junior right-handed pitch- Valuable Player one summer, helping Lynchburg, playing in 17 games with Madison High School graduate Clint er had a 1-1 record in 132/3 innings with Vienna win district-and state-tourna- four RBI and a double. Wheeler is a junior relief pitcher for 21 strikeouts. He had started six games, ment titles. Freshman out elder and Madison Marymount. He had three saves and a including a 10-strikeout performance Neaves had a productive season for High graduate Jack Halloran also is a 0.59 earned run average in 15 1/3 innings against DePauw in six innings of work. Lynchburg. He enters region play lead- member of the Lynchburg team. of work entering the region. Yorktown High School graduate ing Lynchburg in almost every offense Those region champions advance to McLean High grad Alex Pawlowski Alec Ellison plays for the University of category. the College World Series. Sports Briefs SENIOR SOFTBALL STANDINGS: Below Silver 0-7-1. for LLS. Top male and female runners their communities. are standings through recent action for will receive a prize courtesy of Potomac Applications must be submitted teams in the Northern Virginia Senior ALTERNATIVE BASEBALL: The Alter- River Running. through the online process, found at Softball League for the 2021 spring sea- native Baseball Organization for play- Register or nd more information at www.vasportshof.com. son. ers with autism and other disabilities is https://relentlessforacure.racewire.com. Games are played at various venues looking for a volunteer coach/manager, FOOTBALL OFFICIALS NEEDED: throughout Northern Virginia. volunteers and players to help start a SOCCER CAMPS: The Northern Virgin- The Fairfax County Football Of - For more information about the new program in Arlington and Fairfax ia Soccer Club is offering indoor winter ciating Association needs more of - league, visit www.nvss.org or call Dave counties this coming spring and sum- camps. For information, email NVSC. cials to cover all of its various youth, at (703) 524-5576. mer. [email protected]. high-school and adult games, when- Updated for the week ending May The organization is for players in ever they might be played. Candidates 21, 2021. their teens to adults. SOFTBALL UMPIRES NEEDED: The must be at least 16 years old and have National Conference: Fairfax Red Games are played on regulation Northern Virginia Softball Umpires As- reliable transportation. Training is 3-0-1, Spring eld Maroon, 2-1-1, Oak baseball elds and follow Major League sociation is seeking individuals interested provided. Contact the FCFOA at fc- Hill Light Blue 2-2, Gainesville Silver rules, with wooden bats. The organiza- in becoming certi ed umpires for high- [email protected]. 2-2, Reston Green 1-2-1, Fairfax Royal tion provides equipment and resources. school and recreational fastpitch softball Blue 0-3-1. For information, contact alterna- in the local area. Complete training is pro- American Conference: Fairfax Light [email protected] or call Taylor vided. The pay is $67 to $90 per game. GAME OFFICIALS NEEDED: Northern Blue 6-1-1, Vienna Royal Blue 6-2, Duncan at (770) 313-1762. For more information, email uic@nv- Virginia Baseball Umpires is in need of Spring eld Navy Blue 5-3, Spring eld sua.org or visit www.nvsua.org. Complete of cials for baseball, softball and vol- Silver 5-3, Vienna Orange 4-2-2, Alex- ‘VIRTUAL’ 5K RACE: The Relentless training provided. Schedule are exible. leyball. andria Maroon 4-4, Alexandria Dark for a Cure Virtual 5K, which includes Of cials are needed in all commu- Green 3-5, Arlington Gold 2-5-1, Alex- Olympic marathoner and ve-time na- STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT nities across the metropolitan area andria Black 2-6, Oakton Green 1-7. tional champion Blake Russell, is being AWARDS: The Virginia Sports Hall of for youth recreational leagues, men’s Continental Conference: Fairfax held to support the Leukemia & Lym- Fame is accepting applications for its leagues, high schools and colleges. Ex- Light Blue 7-1, Fairfax Navy Blue 5-2- phoma Society (LLS). annual Student-Athlete Achievement perience is not required. Classroom and 1, Great Falls Red 5-3, Reston Maroon Proceeds support Madison High Awards. The hall’s foundation is look- on-the-job training is provided. Visit 5-3, Lake Ridge Green 3-4-1, Vienna School’s Team Grampa, which is part ing for rising high-school juniors and www.umpires.org or call John Porter at Gold 2-4-1, Oakton Orange 2-5, Reston of the students’ fund-raising campaign seniors, who excel in the classroom and (703) 978-3601 for more information.
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327892_10_x_14.indd 1 6/4/21 11:46 AM 22 June 10, 2021 sunga ette.ne s Local history A NIGHT AT 7. Montblanc and such THE THEATER 8. *Musical with record number of Tony nomina- Items taken from the archives of the © StatePoint Media Northern Virginia Sun. tions 9. Like most fairytale ACROSS June 8, 1945: stepmothers 1. *Treble or bass ___ Among Northern Virginians reported 10. Madrid’s Club de F˙tbol 5. Pharaoh’s cobra as having been liberated from, or escaped 11. Pose a question 8. *Zeus’ sister and wife, from, German POW camps is 25-year-old 13. Chef’s prescription Army Capt. Joel Broyhill, who would go and character in Broadway 14. Toyota sports car model on to represent Northern Virginia in Con- musical “Xanadu” 19. Shylock’s practice gress from 1953-74. 12. Hair-dwelling parasites 22. Coffee pot 13. Quinceaera or bat 23. *Bob ____, choreogra- June 10, 1958: mitzvah, e.g. The school year is ending with 764 pher with most Tony awards 14. Puts money in the bank school districts in the South at least par- 24. *“Break a leg” or “have 15. Pearl Harbor locale tially integrated, but with 2,125 of them two left feet,” e.g. 16. Flair still fully segregated. 25. Reduce pressure (2 17. Inuit boat U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill will be re- words) nominated for a new term at tomorrow’s 18. *Record-holding musical 26. Eye up and down 10th District Republican Convention. for most awards received 27. Mediterranean Little League all-stars from Arling- by a single production, with appetizer ton and Fairfax will battle it out for brag- The 28. Type of potato masher ging rights at a game at Grif th Stadium. 20. *Broadway hit “Jagged 29. Ox connectors Little ___” June 10, 1965: 32. *Tiresias in “Oedipus 21. *Comment to the The 10th District GOP chairman Rex,” e.g. audience predicts a Republican victory in the No- 33. Feverish 22. Web address vember gubernatorial race. 36. *NYC district 23. ____’er ____, at the A Sun editorial blasts the proposal 38. Washington, e.g. to raise the price of a rst-class stamp to pump 40. Sun’s descent 6 cents. 26. Private chapel 41. Onion-like herb The Northern Virginia Swimming 30. Keats’ poem 47. *Theater, e.g. bastard 44. Seize by force League is set to open its 10th season. 31. Quit 48. Cordial disposition 62. Without purpose 46. Obsolete office position 34. Medley June 11-12, 1975: 50. Surrender 63. Past tense of “is” 48. Spurious wing 35. ______or do Fairfax voters again have defeated 52. *Non-musical with 64. Short-term employee 49. *Comedy and tragedy, nothing three proposed school-bond referendums. record number of Tony on a Tony medallion 37. Right-angle building Virginia Electric & Power Co. doesn’t nominations DOWN 50. Attired extension want to hand over, at no cost, the right- 56. Shredded cabbage 1. Hoof sound 51. *James ____ Jones, 38. Razor nick of-way of the old W&OD Railroad line dishes 2. Yarn spinner multiple Tony winner to the Northern Virginia Regional Park 39. Like lemon 57. *Melpomene, e.g. 3. Canyon sound 52. Old World duck Authority. 40. Make a choice 58. Just a little 4. Like medieval European 53. Like Silver’s owner On TV: “Little House on the Prai- 42. 1960s teen idol, Bobby 59. Gold unit society 54. H or O in H2O, e.g. rie,” “That’s My Mama,” “Tony Orlando ____ 60. Lodge fellows 5. Was sick 55. Make a raucous noise and Dawn” and “Cannon.” 43. Give authority 61. “Game of Thrones” 6. Fixed look 56. Mogul equipment 45. Bias crime perpetrators June 10, 1985: Virginia Democrats have formally nominated their statewide ticket of Ger- ald Baliles, Douglas Wilder and Mary Sue Terry. Fairfax County Notes Virginia Education Secretary John COUNTY PARKS CONTINUE TO RE- • On June 14, the Park Authority’s sev- against COVID-19 at park facilities, Casteen III is resigning to become presi- SUME NORMAL(ISH) OPERATIONS: en nature and interpretive centers will re- county of cials said. “Visitors who are not dent of the University of Connecticut. Facilities throughout the Fairfax County open their doors after being closed for 15 vaccinated are asked to continue wearing Topping-off ceremonies are being park system are returning to (nearly) nor- months. Visitors can stop in to see exhibits a mask for everyone’s safety,” they said. planned for the 23-story, 455-room Shera- mal operations after more than a year of and talk with experts on the county’s rich ton Hotel in Tysons Corner. The facility is closures and restrictions owing to the CO- natural and cultural resources at Hidden FLAG-RETIREMENT CEREMONY TO BE expected to open next March. VID-19 pandemic. Oaks Nature Center and Hidden Pond HELD AT FREEDOM MEMORIAL: The James Popino has been elected presi- “As we ramp up and reopen, some Nature Center and at the visitor centers Children of the American Revolution, dent of the Fairfax Chamber of Com- sites may operate on limited schedules or at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, Frying Pan supported by the Sons of the American merce. require preregistration for activities, so we Farm Park, Green Spring Gardens, Hunt- Revolution (Fairfax Resolves Chapter), strongly urge park visitors to call sites in ley Meadows Park and Riverbend Park. will hold a ag-retirement ceremony on advance or check our Website to ensure • Lake Fairfax will once again host Flag Day, June 14, at 6 p.m. at the Great CROSSWORD SOLUTION access and availability,” Park Authority an Independence Day reworks display, Falls Freedom Memorial. of cials said in providing a June 3 update to be held a day early (Saturday, July 3). The memorial is located next to Great on operations. Preregistration and capacity limits will be Falls Library at 9830 Georgetown Pike. Among the highlights: in place. Details will be posted as they be- Organizers welcome the public to at- • The Water Mine Family Swimmin’ come available on the Lake Fairfax Park tend the ceremony. Those who wish to Hole at Lake Fairfax Park, Our Special Website, park of cials said. dispose of well-worn ags can bring them Harbor sprayground at the Lee District • The county’s nine RECenters and to the ceremony in person or drop them Family Recreation Area, and the Martin seven golf course facilities continue to off at the library. Luther King Jr. Pool in Alexandria have welcome visitors and are offering a host In either case, those who let the chapter reopened, with some new COVID-19 of programs throughout the summer, of- members know they have done so and will safety protocols in place. Limited sched- cials said. receive a with a ag-retirement certi cate. ules and reduced capacity are currently in Masks will no longer be required for place at these locations. those who have been fully vaccinated – From Staff Reports
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