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Will Vihstadt’s Cash Advantage Matter? Demographics of November Electorate Favor Howze in Contentious County Board Race County Board member John Vihstadt maintained a considerable cashon-hand advantage over challenger Alan Howze heading toward Election Day, but will it be enough for Vihstadt to overcome the Democratic-leaning demographics of the electorate? Vihstadt had $89,058 in his campaign coffers as of Sept. 30 compared
to $22,800 for Howze, according to figures reported Oct. 16 by the State Board of Elections and Virginia Public Access Project. For the first nine months of the year, which included campaigns for both the April special election and the November general election, independent Vihstadt raised $198,235 and Democrat
Howze had taken in $157,589. Howze’s total includes a loan of $14,589 he has given his campaign. Vihstadt has the advantages of both cash and incumbency, but Howze will benefit from voters who turn out to cast ballots in federal races and then follow the Democratic sample ballot for local races.
Howze also benefits from the fundraising and get-out-the-vote prowess of the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s Joint Campaign, which supports all Democrats on the ballot. Vihstadt trounced Howze in the springtime special election called to Continued on Page 29
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It was a record turnout of 900 people who came together Oct. 18 to salute the 20th anniversary of the Arlington Free Clinic, raise $1.3 million toward its mission and celebrate the woman who has shepherded its work from its infancy. Nancy Sanger Pallesen, who has served as executive director of the clinic since its inception – and whose work serving the uninsured of Arlington goes back even before its founding – was lauded at the black-tie event, held at the National Building Museum. Pallesen announced earlier in the year she would be retiring in December. The search for a successor is moving forward. “Nancy has given such extraordinary service – we’re going to miss her very much,” said Kevin Sullivan, the clinic’s board chair. Pallesen has led “20 years of providing exceptional health-care services to Arlingtonians – an exceptional, exceptional leader,” Sullivan said.
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County Board candidates John Vihstadt and Alan Howze used an Oct. 15 forum at the Cherrydale Citizens Association to promise they would serve as protectors of Arlington’s parks and open space against competing interests. Their views on the matter certainly seemed definitive: • “I don’t think we should be using existing park space for schools or affordable housing,” said Democrat Howze. • “It ought to be a ‘hands-off’ policy – we need to preserve green space,” said independent incumbent Vihstadt. The comments put the two candidates squarely in the midst of a developing community debate over the best way to use limited space in the 26-square-mile county. Some activists want to consider use of county-government property for construction of new
affordable housing, while the school system is trying to find room to construct new facilities and expand others. At the same time, park advocates have pushed back – hard – against the idea of taking away green space for competing uses. It is not exactly a new debate; Arlington candidates in the fall of 1972 – two years before Howze was born – also were tackling the issue, with a task force saying the window of opportunity to acquire new parkland was closing. Forty-two years later, much the same argument is being made. The Nov. 4 County Board race will be a rematch of an April special election, which Vihstadt won easily. Demographics in the general election tend to favor Howze, but neither side appears particularly confident of victory going into the final weeks of the campaign. Several dozen residents of the Lee Highway corridor braved a night of wind-swept rain to attend
Alan Howze (left) and John Vihstadt are vying for County Board on Nov. 4.
the forum, held at the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department. Organizers resisted the temptation to turn on the “disco ball” hanging above the meeting room in order to liven up proceedings. The two candidates diverged slightly on the issue of asking developers to pay part of the cost of new schools. “We ask for all sorts of things”
from developers, Vihstadt said, from public art to placing utilities underground, “but we don’t ask anything for schools.” He called for a “full-blown analysis” on the impact of new residential projects on increasing student enrollment. It’s a mantra the School Board also is beginning to speak up about, but it is one that runs
up against the Economics 101 concept of a zero-sum gain: Developers and the bankers who finance them do not bring unlimited checkbooks to the table, and any funding offered to the county government for school construction would mean less for other community benefits. While Howze said the county government should be looking at “all available options” to address school crowding, he seemed less inclined to make developers pay the price. Student growth is “overwhelmingly coming from single-family neighborhoods,” Howze said. “A block that had two families on it a decade ago now has 10 families on it, 12 families.” Howze and Vihstadt couldn’t help themselves from returning, on several occasions, to the contentious issue of the Columbia Pike streetcar. No change in positions was detected: Howze still supports the streetcar, Vihstadt opposes it.
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County Board Majority OK’s Start-Up of Fairlington Farmers’ Market in 2015 County Board members on Oct. 18 approved Arlington’s ninth farmers’ market, to open next spring at the Fairlington Community Center. The market, to be operated by the non-
profit group Field to Table, will run Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April through November. Approximately 20 vendors are expected each week, selling items from within a 125-mile radius of Arlington
The community center, which began life in 1940 as Fairlington Elementary School, is located at 3308 South Stafford St. Other Arlington farmers’ markets include those located in Ballston, Claren-
don, Columbia Pike, Crystal City, Rosslyn, Courthouse, Westover and Arlington Mill. Field to Table operates the Westover farmers’ market. – A Staff Report
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Linden Resources Lauds Legislators for Efforts Retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) and former state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31st) were honored with Making a Difference Awards at a Sept. 23 event celebrating the 55th anniversary of Linden Resources. Moran was saluted for his work on behalf of military personnel and veterans during his more than two decades in Congress, and Whipple was honored for her decades of public service at the state and local levels. Harris-Teeter also was honored with a Making a Difference Award, for its commitment to hiring employees with disabilities, and Robert “Bobby” Silverstein was presented with the inaugural Advocacy Award for his behindthe-scenes efforts to develop the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Arlington Civitan Club, Kiwanis Club of Arlington and Northern Virginia Knights of the Round Table were saluted for their continued support of Linden Resources (previously SOC Enterprises) since the non-profit
At left, Linden Resources CEO Linda Chandler and board chairman Bob Cunningham honor award recipient Mary Margaret Whipple, while at right, Chandler and Cunningham are joined by emcee Barbara Harrison of WRC-TV to salute U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th). PHOTOS BY MICHAEL VENTURA
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Members of the latest crop of Leadership Arlington’s Young Professionals Program will spend the next four months focusing on civic and philanthropic awareness to promote a deeper level of community engagement, while also receiving leadership-skills training. The new class met for the first time during a day-long retreat held Sept. 6 at Marymount University. The 27 participants are part of the sixth session of the young-professionals program. “The program evolves each year based on feedback from previous classes,” said Liz Nohra, chief operating officer at Leadership Arlington. “We designed the program to help connect young professionals in the D.C. metropolitan area, and open the door to deeper engagement within the community.” “We want them to use their voices to become agents of change,” says Betsy Frantz, president and CEO of Leadership Arlington. Members of the new class include Aryany Cedeno, Arlington Food Assistance Center; Patricia Dingcong, LTBD; Meredith Dukes, Accenture; Jeanine Finch,
Members of Leadership Arlington’s Young Professionals program will spend upcoming months learning about the community through a host of guest speakers and outreach efforts.
Arlington County Government; Chris Fong, Vornado/Charles E. Smith; Meredith Goldberg, INTEC Group; Caitlin Jones, National Housing & Rehabilitation Association; Nicole Lewis, community activist; Nancy Liao, Virginia Hospital Center; Franny Mack, Arlington Partnership
for Affordable Housing; Krista Mather, Marymount University; Gregory Mihalek, Technomics; Amanda Needham, Tradition Homes; Jennie New, SRA International; Melissa O’Connor, Arlington Economic Development; Aileen Pangan, Encore Stage & Studio; Scott Pedowitz, commu-
nity activist; Corri Pfister, Marymount University; Taylor Pool, Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Latriece Prince-Wheeler, Department of Veterans Affairs; Matt Roberts, Bean, Kinney & Korman PC; Steffi Rochford, Arlington County Parks & Recreation; Jhannet Sejas, Arlington Com-
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Our View: The Choice for Arlington County Board
After the wild, at times exhilarating special election for County Board in the spring, it’s perhaps inevitable that the rematch between independent John Vihstadt and Democrat Alan Howze would be something of a letdown. Following 10 months of watching the almost constant campaigning and sniping, we find ourselves tired and, to some degree, dispirited. Vihstadt seems to be running for county transportation director or budget chief, while Howze – much to the chagrin of those backing him – seems most interested in education issues. There is a School Board for that. The good news for Arlington voters is that there is no bad option on the Nov. 4 ballot. Both Vihstadt, who won the special election to snatch Chris Zimmerman’s seat away from the Democrats in the spring, and Howze are serious, solid community leaders. But there are clear distinctions. Vihstadt won a victory of landslide proportions in the spring due largely to voter dissatisfaction with the performance of the County Board and local government, a view that had festered for years and finally erupted. Vihstadt promised to be an independent voice, asking tough questions and demanding fiscal responsibility. It’s too soon to render a verdict on how effective
his early efforts have been, but there is no question he has made an impact in his short time in office. Howze, who by nearly everyone’s admission ran an incoherent campaign in the spring, is far better this time around. He accurately has zeroed in on a number of serious issues impacting the county, from rising school enrollment to the tensions over open space. While Howze has the right questions, we have yet to hear many substantial answers on addressing big community concerns. Howze’s campaign has denuded a forest or two with a raft of position papers, but they always seem to boil down to: We need more community engagement to come to a consensus. In the real world, there’s a phrase for that – “paralysis by analysis.” Perhaps the last thing Arlington needs is more community engagement, if it leads nowhere. What the community needs is aggressive leadership to take control of issues before they spiral out of control. Had streetcar supporters seen leadership from the County Board, it would be up and running on Columbia Pike right now. Had the County Board done its due diligence on the Artisphere, the project would not have become a money pit for taxpayers. Had serious questions been
asked, perhaps the “million-dollar bus stop” that brought the county such derision and shame wouldn’t have happened. If there had been effective oversight, perhaps the planning process wouldn’t have veered so out of control that other communities began snatching away bigname development projects and tenants. If the County Board had been less tonedeaf about how its actions are perceived by others, perhaps Arlington would be held in better esteem in Richmond. In another year, Howze might well be our choice, as we think he does want to tackle significant issues. But the message his election would send to the Democratic oligarchy that has run Arlington – sometimes exceptionally well, but not always so – over past decades is that the public has gotten the anger out of its system, and it’s back to business as usual. That can’t be allowed to happen. “It’s not divisive to ask questions, and question authority,” Vihstadt said at a recent candidate forum. “If I lose, the status quo prevails.” He’s right, and while Alan Howze likely would be a fine County Board member – far better than he has been as a candidate – we think it’s the wrong time to turn back the clock. Vihstadt deserves a four-year term.
‘Public-Land’ Naysayers Need to Re-Think Issue Editor: We are saddened by reports that an Arlington County Civic Federation committee is attempting to defeat a proposal to study potential public sites for affordable housing by trying to whip up public sentiment against outsiders moving into Arlington. The report of the revenues-and-expenditures committee is quite simply wrong in alleging that “there is general acknowledgment that a large percentage” of the 10,300 people signing the petitions by Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE) on using public land for public good are non-residents. Eighty percent or more of those who signed are county residents. The remainder work or worship in Arlington and include many who have been priced out of the communities they grew up in, or they are relatives or friends of residents who hope to continue to live here. We know many of them. They are our congregants, friends, neighbors, co-workers and the people who keep Arlington’s service economy vibrant. Their strong desire for more affordable housing is echoed in the findings of the county government’s Affordable Housing Study, which found in spring 2014 that Arlingtonians by huge majorities support policies designed to help those disadvan-
taged by a lack of affordable housing. The study also shows that, while the committee fears outsiders, in point of fact four in 10 current Arlingtonians may become just that within 5 years as they must move elsewhere because of serious adverse affordability conditions here. Well-to-do outsiders move into the county all the time and take advantage of roads, schools and other taxpayer-funded amenities. Is the committee suggesting that those people are welcome, while the lowerand moderate-income, often multi-ethnic, racially diverse residents who inhabit committed-affordable units are not? At what point does a debate that revolves around this question become downright ugly and unbecoming of a community that claims diversity as part of its vision? We hope that cooler heads will prevail as the Civic Federation debates the concept of public land for public good. The hysteria that is being generated detracts from a thoughtful, serious public discussion of the appropriate uses for county sites. There will be ample time for that. Likewise, the attempt to make this discussion a zero-sum game that pits affordable housing against schools against green space does a disservice to the general public, which has every right to expect that its elected and community leaders approach
these questions – not by instinctively erecting barriers, but with open minds, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. We as a community must find the best way to co-locate schools, community centers and affordable housing on public land, while preserving Arlington’s parks, so that Arlington’s bus drivers, childcare workers, school employees, medical assistants and others who are being pushed out can continue to be our neighbors and thrive. A can-do attitude on the part of our leaders in the past has contributed to the widely accepted view of Arlington as a welcoming community that values all its residents and is a desirable place to live. Shame on any who attempt to undermine that spirit in the county that we all love. Dr. James E. Victor Jr. Pastor, Mount Olive Baptist Church Church
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Editor: With their comments at the recent Cherrydale Citizens Association candidates’ debate, Alan Howze and John Vihstadt turned this voter into one who will not vote in the County Board election in November. Neither candidate evidences the leadership this county so desperately needs. Their decision on Oct. 15 to short-circuit public debate over uses of public land by declaring green space totally off the table was irresponsible. No elected official in this small jurisdiction with great needs can afford to draw such a line in the sand. To be clear, advocates of using public land for affordable housing, including the
10,300-plus people who signed petitions by Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE), never intended to eviscerate the county’s parks. The aim has always been to encourage the county government, which supposedly values inclusiveness, to use the creativity and resources at its disposal to co-locate various elements of the public good on public land, in the same way the county did successfully with Arlington Mill. The aim has always been to provide more opportunities for the school instructional assistants, bus drivers, hospital techs and others who are the backbone of Arlington’s economy to live where they work.
Both candidates seemed to understand that six months ago, when they stood in front of 200 Arlingtonians at St. John’s Baptist Church and pledged to work with VOICE on its affordable-housing goals, including use of public land for this public good. Yet, at the Cherrydale forum, they attempted to undermine both this work and the important community debate. They could have chosen to allow the debate to play out without ruling anything off the table at this early stage. They could have committed to being leaders in helping the community to work through this discussion. Instead, they chose to pander,
either to the voices they sense are the loudest at the moment, or to their most deeppocketed supporters. It’s a sad day for this county when the only leadership we see appears to revolve around whether or not to run a streetcar up and down Columbia Pike. Marjorie Green Arlington
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Current APS Planning Process Dangerous and Short-Sighted Editor: I want to register as strongly as possible my dismay with the School Board and its decision-making process. We are facing a serious capacity crisis. The county needs middle-school capacity – 1,300 seats – as soon as possible. It’s simply astonishing that instead of building a new, 1,300-seat middle school at the vacant Wilson school site, the School Board is considering leaving the Wilson site vacant, relocating H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program to Reed, building an under-capacity middle school at the Stratford site and making piecemeal additions to other existing middle schools. The Wilson site could be a model, a dazzling example of design for dynamic, urbanizing county like Arlington. It could be built quickly, relatively cheaply and with practically no disruption of existing programs. It would leave open the option of making additions to existing middle schools in the future. The alternative would be far more costly, take longer, disrupt existing school programs and neighborhoods, and leave the county ill-positioned to deal with further capacity problems. The alternative plan, introduced by School Board Chairman James Lander in June, would be fiscally irresponsible, because it adds cost; pedagogically irrespon-
sible, because it needlessly disrupts the educational experience of a varied community of children; and would amount to a reckless failure of leadership, because it defers serious solutions to the capacity problem to some future date. Further, it would involve tearing down the Reed site, a LEED-certified building completed in 2009, and purpose-built for young children. Elementary-school overcrowding will continue to be a serious problem in North Arlington, as the School Board’s own figures show very clearly. If the Children’s School is relocated from Reed, those classrooms could be used immediately for a K-2 program, which would house up to 150 students. If Reed must be further developed, it makes sense as an elementary school. I have always supported Arlington’s bond issues, but like many residents, I am increasingly concerned about overspending and poor planning. I voted for the bond that funded the reconstruction of the Reed site, less than five years ago. Am I now to watch that work be torn down? Again I am astonished that the School Board would choose the more difficult, costly and shortsighted alternative, when a clear resolution to the middleschool problem is at hand. Michael O’Malley Arlington
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could soon have its very own community FM radio station, courtesy Arlington Independent Media. The low-power station, operated under license from the Federal Communications Commission, will broadcast on 96.7 FM, and will cover a 3.5-mile radius emanating from the transmitter’s proposed location in the Courthouse area. The signal of the station, designed to operate at a maximum of 100 watts, “will cover nearly all of Arlington and a part of downtown Washington, including the White House and a portion of the National Mall,” AIM executive director Paul LeValley said. “But our focus will be on Arlington with the intent to provide hyper-local news, information and entertainment.” Although details remain to be finalized, the station’s goal will involve having community residents host their own radio programs, featuring talk, music, news and event coverage, officials said. “We’ve been impressed at the high degree of interest within the community,” LeValley said. “Radio programming remains very popular, and a lot of people seem to want to participate in creating it.” Federal regulators in June issued Arlington Independent Media a construction permit. Development of the station is expected to take more than a year, with a plan to go on the air by early 2016 after receiving final FCC approval. WORLD POLICE, FIRE GAMES TO USE KETTLER CAPITALS ICEPLEX: Kettler
Capitals Iceplex atop the Ballston Public Parking Garage has been selected to host ice-hockey competition as part of the 2015 World Police and Fire Games, which will take place throughout Northern Virginia. It is the lone Arlington venue among 53 locations that will host approximately 12,000 competitors in what is the secondlargest international sporting event in the world, behind only the Summer Olympic Games. Registration for athletes began Oct. 1 and has yielded the best results ever for such a short period, with more than 2,000 participants signing up in the first two weeks, said Bill Knight, president of Fairfax 2015, the group overseeing the games. The opening ceremony will occur June 26 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, and the closing ceremony will be held July 5 at Wolf Trap. Public admission to the events will be free, but tickets may be required for competitions with limited seating capacity. About 1,000 volunteers already have registered to assist with the games, but organizers say they will need a pool five times as large to ensure at least 3,500 volunteers are available to staff events. ‘TRAIL OF TERROR’ RETURNS TO DOUGLAS PARK: The “Halloween Trail
of Terror” returns to the Douglas Park community on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Participants will gather at Douglas Park, located at the corner of 16th Street South and South Quincy Street, for travels through the world of the undead, the doomed and other unfortunates. A spe-
cial children’s area will be available for the younger goblins in the community. Participants can bring canned goods and other non-perishable items for the Arlington Food Assistance Center, if desired. For information, see the Web site at www.facebook.com/dptrailofterror. OPENING SLATED FOR MARYMOUNT FACULTY EXHIBITION: An opening recep-
tion for Marymount University’s Fine Art and Design Faculty Exhibition will be held on Friday, Oct. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Barry Gallery, located on the university’s main campus. “What makes this show unique is that it will include work in such a variety of media,” said Judy Bass, a professor of fine arts and director of the gallery. “Several of the pieces will be a surprise – it’s a lot of fun. It’s going to be interesting and it’s always a good time.” The exhibition will run through Nov. 24, and will be on view Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. For information, see the Web site at www.marymount.edu/barrygallery. BIKE RIDE TO PARKS SLATED: The ranger
unit of the Arlington County government is hosting a free bike ride on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting at the ranger station at Bluemont Park. The ride will cover 6.8 miles of the Four Mile Run and W&OD Trails, with stops including Bon Air Memorial Rose Garden, Benjamin Banneker Park, Bluemont Junction Caboose and Sparrow Pond wetland in Glencarlyn. AAUW PROGRAM FOCUSES ON VOTING: Melissa Jackowski, grassroots-advo-
cacy manager of the American Association of University Women, will speak on AAUW’s “It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard” campaign and the upcoming midterm election on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. at Central Library. The event, sponsored by the Arlington branch of the AAUW, also will feature Arlington Registrar Linda Lindberg, who will discuss how Virginia’s new voter-identification laws will work. APPRAISAL PROGRAM SET FOR SENIORS: “What’s It Worth?” a free appraisal
event for seniors, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lee Community Center, 5722 Lee Highway. Sponsored by Dawn Wilson of Keller Williams Realty, the event will feature Freeman’s Appraisers offering opinions on fine art, antiques and jewelry. There is a limit of three items per person, and registration is required by calling (703) 217-4959 or e-mailing dawnwilson@ kw.com. SUPPORT GROUP FOR PROSTATE-CANCER SURVIVORS TO MEET: The Prostate
Cancer Support Group of Virginia Hospital Center will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at the hospital’s Cancer Resource Center, 1701 North George Mason Drive. For information, call (703) 558-5555. Your items are invited for inclusion!
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FREE CAB RIDES HOME OFFERED FOR HALLOWEEN: Operation SoberRide, an
initiative of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), will offer free taxi rides home for adults who have been imbibing during Halloween. Those over 21 who call (800) 200-TAXI from 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31 to 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 can receive a free (up to $30 fare) ride home from participating local taxi companies. “The scary fact is that 48 percent of all U.S. traffic deaths occurring during Halloween are caused by drunk drivers,” said Kurt Gregory Erickson, WRAP’s executive director. SoberRide operates during the December/January holiday season, as well as St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day and Halloween. Since 1993, WRAP has provided nearly 61,000 safe rides home. For information, see the Web site at www.wrap.org/soberride/. ‘DOGFEST’ CELEBRATION RAISES $45,000: Man’s best friend took center
stage at the inaugural Canine Companions for Independence DogFest Walk’n’Roll, held recently at Pentagon Row. The event raised $45,000 to support the mission of Canine Companions for Independence, the largest non-profit provider of trained assistance dogs across the country. The event also featured food, raffles, games, a costume contest and canine-agility course. It was sponsored by the organization’s Capital Volunteer Chapter. For information on the organization, see the Web site at www.cci.org. LEADERSHIP ARLINGTON GARNERS ETHICS AWARD: Leadership Arlington
on Oct. 8 was presented with the National Capital Business Ethics Award, for its commitment to the highest level of business practices and ethics at the board and staff levels. The award was presented by the National Capital chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. “There was a buzz from everyone we talked to [in Leadership Arlington] about their personal commitment to the mission and their core value of ethics, which they define as ‘setting a moral compass in thought and action,’” said Judge Susan Koch, who presented the award to Leadership Arlington CEO Betsy Frantz. KINDER HAUS OWNER PENS NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK: Arlington resident Sue
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High School Band Boosters are holding their annual fruit and nut sale through Nov. 13. Band students are selling Florida citrus and Whitley’s nuts to support the band program. Fruit is $20 for a half-case and $35 for a full case, and nuts are $10 a can. Fruit also can be purchased for donation to the Arlington Food Assistance Center. For those wishing to order items but not knowing a band student, e-mail Nara Hojvat-Gallin at narashg@gmail.com.
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The Club’s upcoming activities include a Holiday Bazaar on November 15th in our Club House at 700 South Buchanan St. and a springtime “Shredding for Scholars” --a paper shredding event in WCA’s parking lot to raise money for women in higher education. WCA service projects include: Box Tops for Education, The Opera Guild of Northern Virginia, Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC), Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (ASPAN), Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) and Operation Smile. Meetings are on the first Monday of every month at 10:45 am followed by lunch and a program/guest speaker. Guests and prospective members are welcome. For more information, see our website: http://womansclubarlington.org or email: womansclubarlington@gmail.com
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‘Discovery’ Proffered as Name of New Elementary “Discovery Elementary” is the proposed name of the new school that will share the campus of Williamsburg Middle School. The name was choSCHOOL sen by a steering comtasked with BOARD mittee making recommendaNOTES tions to the School Board. It will be presented formally to School Board members Oct. 23. The name is designed to honor astronaut and public servant John Glenn, who in 1998 became the oldest person to go into space when he flew aboard the Space Shutte Discovery. Decades earlier, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as part of the Mercury space program. At the time, Glenn and his family were living in Arlington on North Harrison Street, adjacent to what was then known as Williamsburg Junior High School. The task-force recommendation represents the work of representatives from the three schools (Jamestown, Nottingham and Taylor) that will see some students moved to the new elementary, as well as representatives from six affected civic associations. The recommendation is a blow to those who wanted the name of former County Board member Ellen Bozman attached to the school. Other names suggested included “Rock Spring,” “Harrison,” “Saegmuller” and “Reserve Hill.” Glenn, his wife Annie and their children, David and Carolyn, were residents of Arlington when in 1962 the Friendship 7
capsule – named by his children – launched Glenn into space. At 93, he is the last surviving member of the seven Mercury astronauts. There are a number of schools named in honor of Glenn across the nation, but county policy prohibits naming a school or other public facility after someone until they have been dead at least five years. Summer-School Math Progress Has APS Officials Concerned: Arlington school officials are promising to brainstorm new strategies for helping summerschool students make it through remedial math courses. While pass rates on Standards of Learning exams (SOLs) for summer-school students this year were relatively high for English, social studies and science, pass rates were just 48 percent for geometry and 49 percent for Algebra 1, according to a summer-school report presented to School Board members Oct. 9. The passing percentage was higher – 72 percent – for Algebra 2, but it was the Algebra 1 rate that particularly concerned school officials, who promise to take action. “We are committed to making sure that we increase that SOL pass rate,” said Kathleen Meagher, who joined the school system in July as director of secondary education. School officials are “really looking closely and digging more deeply into the data” to see where summer-school students taking the course on a remedial basis fell short, Meagher said.
School Board members voiced concern, with Vice Chairman Emma Violand-Sanchez saying that students who don’t succeed in Algebra 1 during the regular year, then also fall short in summer school, are at risk of being “turned off to math.” “They just give up after a while,” Violand-Sanchez said. Connie Skelton, the school system’s assistant superintendent for instruction, said the pass rates had to be improved. “If you’re not successful [in math classes], it does have pretty direct consequences,” she said, promising special attention to the issue. Among the ideas being floated to address the matter: Trying to recruit the most highly-qualified educators to participate in summer school. It may not be easy, as some teachers would rather have their summers off or earn more money elsewhere. “This is hard work . . . making sure that we have the right teachers in front of these students is really critical,” Meagher said. Online Summer History Course to Make Debut: Arlington school officials plan to roll out an online option for highschool students wishing to take Virginia/ U.S. history next summer. The online course, developed by Arlington Public Schools’ staff, will be in addition to the online economics/personal finance course offered to students this past summer. With the online options, students have six weeks to complete the course. In addition to distance learning, there also are lab
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options for students to work with others. Kathleen Meagher, the school system’s director of secondary education, told School Board members Oct. 9 that students in this summer’s economics/finance course found the most success when they had gotten an early start through an orientation program before the six-week clock started ticking. To help students in online courses in the summer of 2015, school officials are looking at providing that orientation the last week of school, when the regular school year has wound down. School officials also plan to ramp up training for teachers who are overseeing the online courses, Meagher said. Teaching online is “different than standing in front of a group of kids,” she said. Summer-School Program Sees Higher Enrollment: A total of 6,381 Arlington students participated in summer-school programs in 2014, up from 6,102 a year before, according to figures reported to the School Board on Oct. 9. Some students participated in enrichment programs or, at the high-school level, to get a jump on required elective subjects (known as “new work for credit”), but the majority were taking courses either to make up classes they didn’t pass, or to strengthen skills in areas where they may be weak. Kathleen Meagher, who as director of secondary education oversees the summerschool program, joined the school system from California in early July. She said she has found “the programs being offered are of high quality.” The summer-school program has a budget of $3.7 million. Arlington Mill Gets Full Accreditation: Arlington Mill High School has won full accreditation from the state government, bringing to 29 (of 31) Arlington schools fully accredited based on test scores and other factors from the 2013-14 school year. School officials several weeks ago released results of the annual accreditation. At the time, Arlington Mill – which goes through a specialized accreditation process – had not yet received its results. Only Drew Model School and Kenmore Middle School failed to meet full accreditation, based on figures reported Sept. 16 by the Virginia Department of Education. They were “accredited with warning.” Next Enrollment Projections Coming in Spring: Superintendent Patrick Murphy and School Board members will get their next set of projected enrollment figures in the spring, as they continue to grapple with the impacts of larger numbers of students in classrooms. Having the next projection update “really sets us up for how we prepare and finalize the budget for the coming school year,” Murphy told School Board members. The school system on Oct. 3 reported an official count of 24,529 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, an increase of 5.2 percent (1,213 students) from a year before and 1.8-percent higher than the number of students that had been projected. It was the highest year-over-year increase, in percentage terms, since 2001, and is part of a growing student enrollment that school officials project will top out at around 30,000.
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Arlington, Let’s Keep This Transit Bucket Spilling Over A STREETCAR THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY We’ve been very clear. Smart transit solutions lead to smart fiscal decisions, that in turn lead to supporting schools and affordable housing. And a modern streetcar system will do just that. This project is not just about transportation. It is about economic development and tax revenue that can be used to keep driving our schools and protect affordable housing.
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• $375-735 million in new tax revenues over the next 30 years, 3X more than enhanced bus service.
• The streetcar program will drive economic growth in Arlington that will fund our local school systems
• $3.2 - 4.4 billion in net economic growth over the next 30 years
• The streetcar will used funds dedicated to transportation projects. NO money will be taken from schools to fund the project.
• A streetcar will attract 6,600 new jobs to the corridor within 10 years of the start of construction
AFFORDABLE HOUSING • The streetcar will protect and INCREASE affordable housing in Arlington • With increased property tax revenue, money will be reserved for affordable housing, allowing for the preservation and rebuilding of over 6,000 units.
Arlington has a proven track-record of sound policy and smart, strategic investments that foster growth. The streetcar is the way forward to keeping Arlington on the right track now and in the future! According to a report by HR&A that evaluated the economic impact of transit systems, “streetcars and comparable systems in the United States have, with few exceptions, facilitated more transit-oriented development than enhanced bus transit.”1 “Transit investment is an important factor in facilitating the desired future of each submarket because it creates new connections and enhances existing connections, is new infrastructure that is attractive to development, and can be paired with place-making efforts and amenities to draw residents and businesses.”2
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Beyer Expecting to Be in Minority for Next Session SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer
He’s almost assuredly headed to the U.S. House of Representatives, but Don Beyer acknowledges he is likely to be in the minority party POLITICAL when he gets POTPOURRI there. “The House of Representatives will remain under Republican control,” the Democratic nominee in the 8th District predicted to the Sun Gazette as part of a series of answers to questions submitted to all candidates in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th). Beyer, who handily won a June primary to take the Democratic nomination, is all but assured election, based on the demo-
graphics of the district. How to deal with a Republican majority in the hyper-partisan world of Capitol Hill? “I know that I must be a bipartisan problem-solver,” Beyer said. “I have a proven record of working across party lines to bring people together, and I will continue this work in Congress.” Predicting a Republican majority in the House of Representatives is not quite going out on a limb, as it is the expected outcome, but Beyer did say he believes Democrats will hold control of the U.S. Senate. The full Q&As from the candidates will be published closer to Election Day. Election-Day Pollworkers Being Sought: The Arlington Office of Voter Registration is looking for those who wish to serve as pollworkers on Election Day, Nov. 4. County Registrar Linda Lindberg said
there currently is an uneven distribution of workers across Arlington, and she is hoping to find those who would be willing to work as any polling place as might be needed. Those serving as pollworkers receive $150 for the day. For additional information, see the Web site at vote.arlingtonva.us/elections, call (703) 228-3456 or e-mail pollworkers@arlingtonva.us. Howze Wins Backing of Teachers’ PAC: The political-action committee of the Arlington Education Association has endorsed Democrat Alan Howze for County Board. Howze “recognizes that investing in our schools is one of the best ways to make our community even stronger,” said Gerry Collins, president of the Arlington Education
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Creative Innovations Will Help the Kitchen (ARA) – Dreaming of a fantasy island? No, not the island with white sandy beaches, palm trees and sun . . . but your kitchen island. According to a recent survey, kitchen islands are increasing in popularity. “The kitchen island has become the icon of the modern kitchen – the 21st century equivalent of the old-fashioned hearth,” says architect Duo Dickinson for This Old House Magazine. “It’s easy to understand why; islands work.” Centrally located, islands are easily accessed and ideal for various kitchen tasks from food prep and cooking, to clean up and entertaining. They often are the focal point in the kitchen and typically blend in with the décor. According to Dickinson, an island, at a minimum, should be 4 feet long and a little more than 2 feet deep. As the attractiveness of kitchen islands continue to grow, so do the innovations. In fact, the number-one design feature on consumer wish lists is a central island cooktop. But cooktops aren’t the only island innovations. Following are the newest kitchen finds and options to consider when building or turning your fantasy island into a functional – and stylish – workspace. Create Levels: When deciding on the layout for your kitchen island, why not customize your fantasy and create levels? Multi-level islands are becoming increasingly popular since most homeowners not only want a work area, but also an informal place for entertaining guests. With the kitchen as one of the main gath-
ering areas in a home, your guests will be able to sit, chat or rest their beverage glasses on the high-top counter, while the lower tier of the island should feature an ample work area for you to whip up your decadent cuisine. Additionally, be sure to incorporate enough drawers and shelves below the work area to keep key ingredients, utensils and your favorite cookbooks right at your fingertips. If you love to entertain, also consider adding wine chilling drawers or a wine refrigerator to keep your beverages close at hand and maintain proper temperatures for your reds and whites. Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Turn up the heat and get cooking. Homeowners want a central island cooktop as part of their kitchen island, reports Kitchen & Bath Design News. Installing cooktops brings countertop burners within easy reach, while also creating room for amenities below, such as additional storage - or even warming drawers. Easy Clean Up: In addition to your cooking surface, you’ll want to install a sink and faucet in your kitchen island to make food prep and clean up quick and easy. Cutting up vegetables can even be stylish with the minimalist design of the new Level pulldown kitchen faucet from Moen. Its sleek and contemporary lines, accented in the most popular finishes, blend beautifully with modern kitchen decors. Plus, Level’s pulldown wand also makes performing everyday tasks – such as fill-
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ing large pots, pitchers and vases - in and around the sink and island easy. Topping It Off: Add character to your island countertop with a dramatic surface finish. While high-end materials, such as granite, metal, solid-surface and marble are still popular, new custom, hand-applied finishes with unique designs, such as full circles and waves, can add unique beauty to your island and set your countertop apart. And, be sure to finish off your counter with a thick butcher block. Not only will it be an easy spot for all your cutting needs, you’ll be sure to protect your beautiful countertop surface.
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Finishing Touches: With your fantasy island now becoming a reality, spruce up your space with some finishing touches. Installing long, vertical drawer and cabinet pulls add some flair to the kitchen, while also doubling as towel bars. Offer your guests comfortable and stylish seating around your island with new bar stools that fit comfortably under your high-top counter, such as the Kipling high table barstools from Crate & Barrel, accented with matching customtie cushions. Finally, shed some light on your new fantasy island with pendant lighting.
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Bickford Lauded for Service to County, Party SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer
Democrats and even some Republicans crowded into the home and yard of local activist Sharon Davis Oct. 5 to pay tribute to former Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Charlene Bickford for her contributions in political and civic life. Bickford, who also was celebrating a milestone birthday, “has had every important job with the party – and she works harder than anybody. Nobody works harder,” said attorney Betsey Wildhack, who has worked with Bickford on political issues, and communes with her at Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ. More than 150 community leaders attended the celebration to honor Bickford, who twice chaired the Democratic Committee and long has been a Democratic member of the Arlington Electoral Board, which she currently chairs. Bickford has been around the scene long enough to know that a political party hosting a “tribute” is one way to gin up attendance (and fundraising), but said she didn’t mind. “I actually was honored,” she said. “What the event was really
about was friendship. The people that were there were not just my longtime fellow volunteers, but my longtime, and more recent, friends and family. Just being honored by all those people from my Democratic community who have done so much for Arlington and Virginia over the years was really the best of it.” The soirée even brought out several Republicans to pay tribute to Bickford, including her longtime Electoral Board colleague, Allen Harrison Jr., a former member of the House of Delegates from the days when the GOP had a sporting chance in Arlington elections. “She deserves it,” said Harrison, the Electoral Board secretary, of the congratulatory celebration. “This is a very deserved gathering to celebrate her contributions to Arlington.” (“Who let the Republicans in?” piped up longtime Democratic activist and 1975 County Board candidate Richard Barton. “We’ve integrated the party,” shot back activist Madi Green.) Also on hand was Democratic Electoral Board member David Bell and former Electoral Board members Fred Berghoefer, Margo Horner and Scott McGeary, adding up to fully half the 12 members known to have served on
the Electoral Boad since 1959, based on the body’s minutes. Bickford joked that Harrison and McGeary might not want word spread around that they had been at a Democratic fundraiser. “I think their Republican credentials are safe,” she said. Harrison, who like Bickford was first appointed to the body in 1987, said that unlike some localities in Virginia, Arlington’s Electoral Board members leave party politics at the door and rarely have disagreements. He praised the “cooperation and civility” among members. In her day job, Bickford is a professor and historian at the George Washington University. Among those on hand were U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) and his likely successor, Don Beyer. Moran talked about Bickford’s professional life in his typical, effusive style. “I came away believing I’m the world’s top EarlyAmerican historian, which is very far from the truth,” Bickford said. Among her many roles in the Democratic Commitee, she served on the “Kitchen Crew” that provides the munchables for soirées like the one celebrating her achievements. Democratic chairman Kip Malinosky noted that Bick-
As head of the Arlington Electoral Board, Charlene Bickford is responsible for certifying the election of local officials. She is shown at the swearing-in ceremony in 2012 for then-School Board member Noah Simon.
ford also was the founder of the committee’s Roosevelt Society, whose members pledge to give at least $120 a year to support local Democratic initiatives. “She’s a splendid influence and a mentor to so many,” Malinosky said.
Asked if throwing her what amounted to a lifetime-achievement party meant Bickford might be easing back on her party activities, Malinosky got a pained expression. “Oh, no no no no no!” he declared.
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The two candidates seeking to succeed Sally Baird on the School Board say there are ways to contain costs as the school system, and county government, grapple with the impact of rising enrollment. But as has been the case in previous forums, it was Audrey Clement who was more aggressive in saying costs are out of line and need to be corraled. Fairfax County, she noted, educates its children for about $5,000 less than the $19,000 per student per year Arlington taxpayers fund. “Arlington’s administration is top-heavy; there’s room for
cost savings there. Maintenance costs are higher than elsewhere in Northern Virginia,” Clement said at an Oct. 15 debate sponsored by the Cherrydale Citizens Association. “Why does it cost Arlington $2 million to build a new classroom when it costs Alexandria $900,000?” Clement, who is waging an uphill battle against Democratic endorsee Barbara Kanninen, said raising the student-teacher ratio in high schools could help contain costs. Fairfax has a much higher ratio, and students there “do about as well” as those in Arlington, she said. Kanninen had her own ideas
about cost-savings – pointing to technology initiatives with unknown future price tags as one area of concern, along with high consultants’ fees paid by the school system – but she also pushed back against Clement’s focus on cost savings. “Every child is more than a test score, and more than a dollar-and-cents number,” Kanninen said at the debate. “I’m proud to live in a community that understands the value of kids.” Neither Kanninen nor Clement had any magic solution for where to build classroom space to accommodate a student body that soon will exceed 25,000 and could
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rise to 30,000 in coming years. Also at the debate, the combatants sparred over whether lowincome and immigrant students were receiving quality educations in Arlington. The School Board controls a half-billion-dollar annual budget, but interest in the race has been slight among the wider electorate. As in several previous forums, half the Cherrydale crowd cleared out when County Board candidates John Vihstadt and Alan Howze finished their debate, leaving civic-association president Maureen Ross pleading with the audience to hang around. Baird resigned in late August,
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four months before the end of her second term. She had announced in January she would not seek reelection. The winner of the KanninenClement race will not take office until Jan. 1, according to county election officials, although School Board members would have the option of appointing the winner to fill out the remaining weeks of Baird’s term if they chose. Also on the Nov. 4 ballot is Nancy Van Doren, the lone candidate seeking to fill the remaining three years of the term of School Board member Noah Simon, who resigned in August for family reasons.
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Union Wharf, an apartment community in Baltimore, was named Multifamily Community of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as part of the association’s Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards. The winning community, which also won Best Rental Apartment Community (Non-Garden, Five Stories or Less), was selected by judges from the winners of the developer awards. “Union Wharf exemplifies what today’s renter is looking for in apartment living through its exceptional architecture, unique interior design and distinctive community features,” said W. Dean Henry, CEO of Legacy Partners Residential in Foster City, Calif., and chairman of NAHB’s Multifamily Leadership Board. “Congratulations to Union Wharf on this well-deserved award.” The award, sponsored by ZIP Systems, is a top honor in NAHB’s prestigious Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards program, which annually recognizes the one community among all winners in the community-developer categories that not only demonstrates excellence in innovative design and construction, but also displays the sort of attention to detail that exemplifies a superior development. Located in Fell’s Point, a historic waterfront neighborhood east of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Union Wharf is a community designed to blur the lines between inside and outside, with features such as completely transparent sliding glass walls in the club room that open to the harbor and pool and a dual-sided glass, interior/exterior fireplace. The 12,000 square-foot clubhouse includes a fitness center, screening room and a bar area with a billiards room and eLounge. The apartment units have large windows and open, airy floor plans, with many of the units overlooking the water and city of Baltimore. Many green features have been incorporated as well, including Energy Star appliances and water-saving fixtures, low-E windows and walls constructed of highly energy-efficient materials and the use of low-VOC paint, carpeting and adhesives, among others. A panel of development and design experts selected winners in 25 categories. To see the virtual ceremony, complete with pictures, commentary, sponsors and the full list of winners, see nahb.org/multifamilypillarsawards.
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Qualifying for veterans’ aid and assistance will be discussed on Monday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403. TRAVELERS TAKE IN A GHOST TOUR:
Arlington County 55+ Travel hosts a trip to participate in the Alexandria Ghost Tour on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The cost is $20. For information, call (703) 2284748. FOOD FACTORIES ON THE AGENDA FOR TRAVELERS: Arlington County 55+
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es “Women of Arlington” on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2286300. CROSS-STITCHERS TO GATHER: The
cross-stitch circle at Lee Senior Center meets on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information, call (703) 2280555. ADVANCED LINE-DANCERS COME TOGETHER: Advanced line-dancing is of-
fered on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 1:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555. HALLOWEEN PARTIES IN THE OFFING:
Halloween parties will be held on Friday, Oct. 31 at Langston-Brown Senior Center (10 a.m., $3); Walter Reed Senior Center (10:30 a.m., free) and Culpepper Garden Senior Center (1 p.m., free). Participants can come in costume. For information, call the individual senior center. COMEDY CLUBBERS TO GATHER: The
Comedy Club at Aurora Hills Senior Center will meet on Friday, Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss classic radio and TV shows. For information, call (703) 228-5722. BELLY-DANCE PROGRAM AVAILABLE:
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n Theo Mendez of Arlington was one of seven Potomac School students named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. In all, 28 Potomac School students were recognized for outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. n Jessica Neupane, the daughter of
Ram and Goma Neupane of Arlington, has been elected secretary of the RandolphMacon Academy chapter of the National Social Studies Honor Society. n Arlington Public Schools will partner with Signature Theatre’s Signature in the Schools Program to perform Janet Langhart Cohen’s one-act play “Anne & Emmett” in November. The play, which features two Arlington students and two professional actors, depicts an imaginary meeting between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, conversing about the horrific experiences that befell them as teenagers. The work looks at the tragedy of racial and ethnic hostilities that claimed the lives of two martyrs who became symbols of suffering, injustice and movements to overcome them. “I wrote my play . . . for the classroom so young people can study how destructive prejudice and bigotry can be,” the playwright said. “To have ‘Anne & Emmett’ performed for the Arlington Public Schools and the Arlington community is my dream come true.” As part of the APS Cultural Competence Initiative, the one-act play will be performed for the school system’s administrative staff on Nov. 5. On Nov. 5-7, there will be daytime performances for high-school students. On the evening of Nov. 7, there will be a private performance, followed by a reception and question-and-answer period. The project will culminate with a public performance on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. at Wakefield High School. Tickets are available online at www.apsva.us/artseducation. Plans for the 2015-16 school year include staff producing a 45-60 minute classroom version of the play and accompanying lessons, and having “Anne & Emmett”
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become a permanent part of the seventhgrade social-studies curriculum. “Our overall goal is to create tolerance and acceptance in our society, and what better place to start than in our schools with our students, teachers and administrators,” said Pam Farrell, the school system’s arts supervisor. Arlington Public Schools will hold its annual College and Career Night on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School. Parents and students will have the opportunity to speak with representatives from more than 120 institutions of higher education, and can listen to panel discussions on the college-application process, finding the right job and options at the Arlington Career Center. School counselors will be present to provide families additional assistance if needed. To view a list of the colleges, universities and trade schools confirmed to attend, see the Web site at www.apsva.us/Page/2812. For additional information, contact Dawn Smith at (703) 228-2581. n
n Families with students in Arlington middle schools can attend Arlington Public School’s annual High School Information Night, to be held on Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School. Families of students entering high school in the fall of 2015 will hear about what to expect in high school, program options and resources available to families. After the opening session, parents and students will have an opportunity to meet high school principals and program administrators to help them navigate the many resources available. Simultaneous Spanish-language translation will be provided for the general session in the auditorium. For information on educational and career options for rising high-school students, see the Web site at www.apsva.us/ academicplanning. For information about the Oct. 27 event, call the school system at (703) 228-6005. n Ever wonder what a Montessori child does at school? Have a child that will turn three by Sept. 30 and are you interested in the Arlington Public Schools Montessori program? The annual APS Montessori Information Night will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Drew Model School. Families will have the opportunity to meet Montessori teachers, learn about the philosophy and ask questions. There will be two teacher-led panel discussions for parents to select from: Primary Montessori and Elementary Montessori. Volunteers from the Arlington Montessori Action Committee (AMAC) will be on hand to answer questions from a parent’s perspective. In addition, families can tour classrooms. Childcare for school-age children will be available. To R.S.V.P. for the event, see the Web site at http://bit.ly/1yyj4sP. For more information, call the Office of Early Childhood at (703) 228-8632.
Pssst, buddy: Want to buy a house in Arlington? Have we got a selection to show you. Inventory of homes on the market continues to be well up from a year before in nearly every corner of the community, according to new sales data. In only one ZIP code across the county – 22213, in the western part of Arlington – were there fewer homes available for purchase than a year before. In most other county corridors, inventory was substantially higher than a year ago. Sales data for specific ZIP codes is provided by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service. Because of the relatively small number of transactions within any given ZIP code during a month, year-over-year swings in sales and average and median prices tend to be larger than for the county as a whole. 22201: Sales for September totaled 40, up from 28 a year before. The average sales price of
$634,119 was down from $708,331 a year before, while the median sales price of $467,500 was down from $698,500. Homes that sold during the month spent an average of 40 days between listing and ratified sales contract, up from 28 days for homes that went to closing in September 2013, and garnered 98.3 percent of listing price, up from 97.5 percent. At the end of the month, there were 89 properties on the market, up from 57 a year before. 22202: Sales totaled 11, down from 21. The average sales price of $589,780 was up from $540,432, while the median sales price of $535,000 was up from $482,500. Homes spent an average of 80 days on the market, up from 29, and garnered 95.8 percent of listing price, down from 98.1 percent. There were 67 properties on the market, up from 38. 22203: Sales totaled 23, down from 27. The average sales price of $442,739 was up from $421,059, while the median sales price of $380,000 was down from
$383,000. Homes spent an average of 38 days on the market, down from 40, and garnered 97.2 percent of listing price, down from 97.3 percent. There were 60 properties on the market, up from 45. 22204: Sales totaled 47, up from 34. The average sales price of $451,517 was up from $410,526, while the median sales price of $440,000 was up from $398,950. Homes spent an average of 45 days on the market, up from 22, and garnered 97 percent of listing price, down from 97.7 percent. There were 127 properties on the market, up from 67. 22205: Sales totaled 20, up from 18. The average sales price of $712,875 was up from $679,908, while the median sales price of $675,000 was up from $658,225. Homes spent an average of 23 days on the market, down from 36, and garnered 99.2 percent of listing price, up from 96 percent. There were 37 properties on the market, up from 32. 22206: Sales totaled 30, up
from 27. The average sales price of $422,123 was up from $377,830, while the median sales price of $408,250 was up from $390,000. Homes spent an average of 30 days on the market, up from 19, and garnered 98.9 percent of listing price, down from 99.7 percent. There were 60 properties on the market, up from 42. 22207: Sales totaled 31, up from 28. The average sales price of $995,661 was up from $937,143, while the median sales price of $850,000 was up from $802,000. Homes spent an average of 59 days on the market, up from 54, and garnered 96.5 percent of listing price, down from 98 percent. There were 135 properties on the market, up from 97. 22209: Sales totaled 16, unchanged. The average sales price of $742,358 was down from $1,049,231, while the median sales price of $735,000 was down from $994,000. Homes spent an average of 68 days on the market, down from 80, and garnered 95.2 percent of listing price, down
from 96 percent. There were 77 properties on the market, up from 58. 22213: Sales totaled six, unchanged. The average sales price of $537,163 was down from $920,167, while the median sales price of $537,500 was down from $726,500. Homes spent an average of 53 days on the market, up from 52, and garnered 97.5 percent of listing price, down from 97.6 percent. There were 10 properties on the market, down from 17. Figures represent most, but not all, properties on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.
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Church to Host Special All-Saints’ Day Initiative Arlington Presbyterian Church, 3507 Columbia Pike, is hosts a large chalkboard cross where local residents from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 can write the names of people they miss and influenced their lives, as part of an All Saints’ commemoration. For information, call (703) 920-5660.
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provided $30.7 million in community benefits in 2013, representing about 8 percent of its net revenue of $390 million, according to new figures from the hospital’s foundation. About half that total – $14 million – was in the form of uncompensated direct patient care, foundation officials said. Other significant forms of community support included funding for the Arlington Pediatric Center, which provides health care to low-income, uninsured children living in Arlington, as well as providing services to patients of the Arlington Free Clinic. Other data from 2013, as reported by the Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: • The hospital had 22,978 admissions, 16,044 surgeries, 64,743 emergency-room visits and 331,002 outpatient visits during the year. • There were 5,685 births recorded at the hospital. • The hospital had 951 nurses, 1,080 physicians and 2,750 total employees. • Volunteers provided nearly 50,000 service hours during the year. For information on the foundation, see the Web site at www.virginiahospitalcenter. com. LATEST PASSENGER COUNTS DOWN AT AIRPORTS: Passenger counts at Northern
Virginia’s two main airports were down in August from a year before, as an increase in international travelers couldn’t offset de-
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ton’s hotel-occupancy rate for the first twothirds of the year was higher than during the same period in 2013, according to new figures, but the average nightly rate paid by travelers dropped slightly. The overall occupancy rate of Arlington’s hotels and motels was 77.8 percent from January through August, according to figures from Smith Travel Research reported by Arlington Economic Development. That’s up from 76.1 percent for the first eight months of 2013. For the first eight months, the average daily room rate in Arlington was $150.53,
Police Beat ARMED ROBBERY: n On Oct. 10 at 8:12 p.m., a man brandished a firearm and attempted to rob a pharmacist of prescription medications in the 1300 block of South Joyce Street. The pharmacist shielded himself behind the protective glass, and the suspect fled on foot. The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male, in his 20s, 5’8”, 160 pounds.
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down from $152.63 a year before, according to the data. In August, a month where business travel is light, the average room rate was $126.45. CHAMBER ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS: The Arlington Chamber of Com-
merce has announced the following new members (principal contact points in parentheses): Gordon & Alpert Strategic Research Partners (Glenn Alpert); Meaningful Evidence LLC (Bernadette Wright); Searle Business Solutions (Christine Searle); Sterling Martin Associates (David Martin); Bluemont Communications (Joseph Klem); Rebecca Mayshaw Copywriting & Editing (Rebecca Mayshaw); Arlington Arts Center (Stefanie Fedor); the TMI Initiative (David Isaacson); First Financial Holding Corp. (Claire Walters); A-Town Bar and Grill (Scott Parker); Hearthzone Pizza Bistro (Dawn Cook); and Uber D.C. (Zuhairah Washington). CHAMBER OFFERS COMMUNITY MAPS:
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce is offering free bulk copies of its updated 2015 county street map to individuals and businesses that are members of the organization. Produced in collaboration with Target Marketing, the maps also feature information about the Chamber of Commerce and its business members. To request copies of the map in bulk, call Lisa Shapiro at (703) 525-2400, ext. 203, or e-mail communications@arlingtonchamber.org with the number required and the date and time they will be picked up. Maps are available at the Chamber office, 4600 Fairfax Drive, Suite 804, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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O’Connell Fourth in State Poll
Teeing Off
Would High School Football Get Benefit From Week Off? How about a bye? Scheduling allows for every high school football team in Northern Virginia to have a week off, or bye week, included among their 10-game regular season slates if it so wishes.
Squad Rebounds After a Slow Start
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The Bishop O’Connell Knights continue to make noise on a couple of levels in girls high school volleyball action. The Knights (19-6) are ranked No. 4 in the state in the Virginia Independent Athletic VOLLEYBALL School A s s o c i at i o n’s Division I state poll, and have avenged a couple of early-season losses in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. In addition, O’Connell finished second to host and No. 1-ranked Flint Hill in the recent Flint Hill Invitational. “We are having a good season so far,” O’Connell coach Mehdi El Alaoui said. “Honestly, I was worried about this season, after losing four starting seniors. However, after we gained transfer sophomore setter Maxine Friedman from Langley and sophomore libero Katie Boehm from T.C Williams, everything changed.” In the Flint Hill Invitational, the Knights compiled a 4-1 record, including wins over the teams ranked No. 1 and 2 in the Division II state independent poll. In recent conference matches, the Knights defeated Holy Cross and Good Counsel, teams they lost to earlier this season. The O’Connell coach believes those wins make his team a challenger
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Yorktown Makes More Plays in Win Over Wakefield ALLEN KHA For the Sun Gazette
Yorktown senior danced around the left side of his pocket and eventually flung a ball across his body to an open receiver in the red zone. Scoring on the very next play, that sequence was typical of the Patriots’ night – they were the more opportunistic and dynamic team. The contest was Wakefield’s best opportunity to break the Patriots’ stranglehold on the matchup. The Warriors (5-2) were spirited after clinching their first non-losing season since 1987 with their Oct. 10 win over Falls Church, while Yorktown (4-3) entered the game with a modest 3-3 record. Wakefield signaled its intent early, marching downfield 80 yards on the
game’s opening drive to take an early 70 lead on Kareem Hall’s touchdown run. Midway through the second, the Warriors again went 80 yards and scored another touchdown, trimming Yorktown’s lead to 24-14, on Leon Young’s run. Young had a team-high 86 yards rushing. “That [opening] drive was very impressive,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said. “We weren’t taking Wakefield lightly, our kids weren’t overconfident at all. They had that opening drive, and then they went 80 yards again. At that point, I was like, they brought it back down to 10 [points], we have a game.” Continued on Page 28
In order to have that vacant seven days, all teams would have to start their seasons before Labor Day. A number of local squads did this year, including the Madison Warhawks, Oakton Cougars and Bishop O’Connell Knights. As a result, all three of those teams had bye weeks this fall. The natural bye week could come in early October, about four games into the season, around the weekend when Yom Kippur is observed. That’s when many public school teams in specific counties play their games on Thursday nights instead of Friday. That way, playing Thursday-night games, which presents various issues, could be eliminated. Or, weeks off could be staggered over a two-week stretch around that early-October time frame, leaving no one weekend without high school football action. Is there a significant reason for teams to have a bye week? Maybe not, but it couldn’t hurt. With the physical nature of the sport, a few idle days could serve as a good refresher. Players who are banged up or injured would have time to heal a bit more, instead of jumping back into action despite not being 100 percent. A week off also should mean practices could be lighter for at least a few days. Or, maybe not even held a couple of times, allowing the players to get ahead with their studies. Coaching staffs could get ahead on game planning for upcoming opponents, or getting their non-coaching responsibilities in order. For teams playing well, a worry regarding a bye week is the time off could break momentum. The opposite might help those struggling teams. Coaches are split about having a break. Some are superstitious and prefer to keep going no matter the situation, with no interruption in routine. Others are more open to free time. A bye for all might be worth a try.
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With a few minutes left in the third quarter and facing third-and-12 near YorkFOOTBALL midfield, town Patriots’ quarterback Joe McBride was under a heavy rush from the Wakefield Warriors’ right edge. The host Warriors were struggling, down by 23 points in their eventual 44-21 loss on Oct. 17 in high school football action. Wakefield, though, was still clinging at the possibility that a comeback was possible Three Wakefield pass rushers got within arm’s length of McBride, but the
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Coming off a shutout road victory over the Herndon Hornets, the host EdiEagles were FOOTBALL son not to be taken lightly by the Washington-Lee Generals. Washington-Lee (5-2, 4-1) demonstrated its concern by responding to defeat Edison, 21-14, in a National District high school football game Oct. 17. The win was the Generals’ third in a row, while Edison fell to 2-5, 1-3. “It was important that we found a way to put together a fourth-quarter drive and win this game,” Washington-Lee coach Josh Shapiro said. “We kept our composure.” Washington-Lee led 14-3 at halftime on a pair of second-quarter touchdown passes from Ronnie Fecso to Quinn Parks, and appeared in control of the game. The Generals’ defense held Edison in check.
FOOTBALL ON THE WEB Among local high school football games being played this weekend that will be covered on the Web site at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington: n Yorktown at Chantilly n Washington-Lee at Centreville n Stuart at Wakefield The Eagles had just 64 total yards and only two first downs in the first half. In the third period, Edison got some help as it tied the game at 14 as a result of a pair of botched kick returns by W-L, one resulting in a turnover and the other that gave up good field position. “We had some trouble with the returns, that’s for sure,” Shapiro said. Washington-Lee’s winning drive began with 9:09 to play at its 46 yard line. It was capped nine plays later on a three-
yard run by senior running back Daquay Harris. Henry Casey added his third extra point and the Generals led, 21-14, with 5:05 to play. The drive included a fourth-downand-five conversion when Harris took a screen pass and scampered 23 yards to the Edison 7-yard line. “We knew we could count on that play all the way, and it would be there because their ends were rushing and we knew Daquay could get around them,” said Fecso, who was 15 of 22 passing for 194 yards. “He always makes the big play.” Edison punted on its ensuing possession, then W-L ran out the clock. For the game, Washington-Lee had 335 total yards. Harris rushed for 78 and Ceneca Espinoza for 82. Parks caught six passes for 64, Will Kelsch caught six for 77, Casey two for 19 and Harris two for 32. Parks’ scoring passes covered 13 and 25 yards. Washington-Lee’s offensive line con-
sisted of Jeffrey Kruger, Ganzorig Batbold, Jack Appel, Justin Robinson and Juwan Hernandez. The W-L defense held Edison to only 109 total yards and four first downs, and held the Eagles to a pair of field goals after the team twice had first downs in the red zone. “Our defense made a lot of stops,” Shapiro said. Parks had an interception for Washington-Lee, Keani Solorzano had two sacks, Kruger had one and was in on other tackles for losses, as was Bryan Maldonado. Espinoza and Tyler Lutz also had tackles for losses. Nicko Patron, Matt Ellis and Hernandez were also active in making tackles. Gene Jones and Lutz had pass breakups, and Lutz had a quarterback hurry. “We proved we can play through these tough situations and we can count on each other,” Fecso said.
Early Mistakes Prove Costly for O’Connell in Loss to Gonzaga DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette
The Bishop O’Connell Knights got off to a rough start and lost their third game FOOTBALL straight Oct. 17, falling to the Gonzaga Eagles, 49-21, in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) high school football game. In the first five minutes, a botched O’Connell punt attempt and an offensive turnover by the Knights (5-3, 1-3) gave the Eagles (6-1, 2-1) good field positions, where they put 14 quick points. The game was played at Coolidge High School in Washington. Gonzaga increased its lead to 28-0.
Football Continued from Page 27 But Yorktown capitalized on Wakefield’s mistakes in between the host’s touchdowns to grab an early hold of the game that it never relinquished. After senior running back Jack Storrs (31 yards rushing) scored on a two-yard run to give the visitors a 10-7 lead a few minutes into the second quarter, he intercepted Wakefield quarterback Riley Wilson’s pass attempt on the first play of the Warriors’ ensuing drive, and returned the ball 26 yards for a touchdown. The Warriors compounded their problems on their next offensive possession.
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Continued from Page 27 in the conference, where Paul VI, ranked No. 2 in the state Division I poll, leads the standings. Among O’Connell’s leaders in kills are seniors Sarah Cahill, Maureen Readdy and Grace Drahozal; juniors Olivia Giaquinto and Hannah Demeester; and sophomores Sarah Lawler and Fried-
But on O’Connell’s final second-quarter possession, the Knights marched 75 yards on eight plays and scored when senior Michael Galvan connected with junior Landan Ward on an eight-yard hookup. “Those early turnovers hurt, so we needed a score right there,” Ward said. After falling behind 42-7, Galvan hooked up with junior Brandon Magee on a 31-yard scoring reception to narrow the deficit to 42-14. “It was a go route to Brandon,” Galvan said. “I gave it a play-fake and saw him and threw the ball and he hauled it in for the score.” Seconds later, the Eagles took a 49-14 lead as the third quarter came to a con-
clusion. The lone score in the fourth belonged to the Knights, as senior Anthony Howard scored on a seven-yard run. Blocking on the play were Sean Brown, Brian Adkins, Jay Jay McCargo, Michael Perales and Tylar Thompson. Said Galvan: “We kind of gave them the game – honestly – with the botched punt and me putting the ball on the ground to start the game. It just wasn’t our day, even though I felt like we matched up with them talent-wise. They definitely made some plays out there.” O’Connell coach Del Smith agreed the turnovers were hard to overcome. “We lost the turnover battle and we made some mental mistakes,” Smith said.
“Our backs are now up against the wall. After this bye week coming up, we have to win both the Good Counsel and the McNamara games if we are to make the playoffs.” O’Connell probably needs to have three wins to make the WCAC playoffs, but two might get in depending on what happens in the remaining regular-season games. Good Counsel, the Knights’ next opponent on Oct. 31, leads the conference with a 4-0 record and is 7-1 overall. McNamara stands 1-5, 0-2. The Knights face McNamara on the road Nov. 1 in their final regular-season game. DeMatha is 31 in the WCAC and Gonzaga is 2-1. St. John’s has a 1-2 mark.
After going three-and-out, Wakefield had a punt blocked by Yorktown senior Austin Kasmer, who recovered the ball in the end zone to extend the Patriots’ lead to 24-7. “It’s hard to win games when you spot a team 14, 21 points, like we did,” Wakefield coach Wayne Hogwood said. “Looking at the scoreboard, if we don’t give up those points, it looks like a closer game and we’re in it. That’s something we’ll take away.” Yorktown added three more unanswered touchdowns – one in the final seconds of the second quarter to give the Patriots a 31-14 halftime lead, and two in the third quarter to extend the lead to 44-14. McBride threw scoring passes to Ben Calvert and Charlie Tiene, and
Storrs added a two-yard scoring run. Wilson found wide receiver Marqua Walton on a 21-yard fade early in the fourth quarter for the game’s final scoring play. Hanson was impressed by Wakefield’s play. He reserved particular praise for Hogwood, who was an assistant coach with Yorktown prior to accepting the Warriors’ head-coach position. “What a job he’s done,” Hanson said. “Wayne’s been terrific at Wakefield, it’s the coaching job of the region. They’re a real good football team. We got a good win. We made plays tonight and had some key moments, like the interception and blocked punt within a few minutes in the second quarter. The offense moved the ball well, too.”
Said McBride: “This victory means a lot because it gets us one step closer to the Arlington championship. We won a rivalry game. Now it’s extending our play so we can close out the season 7-3 and get into the playoffs.” McBride was 15 of 23 passing for 188 yards and two TDs, and ran for 23 yards. Yorktown’s Calvert had five catches for 109 yards, Tiene four for 49 and Parker Dean three for 23. Tayvon Brown ran for 53 yards and Storrs for 43. For Wakefield, Hall had 39 yards rushing, Bemnet Seyoun had 38 and Wilson 27. Wilson was 11 of 23 passing for 219 yards. Isaiah Archer had four catches for 82 yards and Chris Robertston two for 24. Yorktown’s Mehran Roshanaei kicked a 36-yard field goal and multiple extra points.
man. Cahill, Readdy, Friedman and sophomore Lucie Drahozal lead in blocks. Senior Mckinlee Houghland, Boehm and Friedman lead in digs. “Maxine is one of the best setters in the area,” El Alaoui said. “She truly knows how to distribute the ball. Also, Katie is one of the best liberos. She has a good reading of the ball, and she is everywhere on the court.” O’Connell began the season by losing three of its first four matches. Following
a team meeting, the Knights responded with six wins in a row. “Those wins helped the players believe in themselves,” spEl Alaoui said. “This attitude starts from our practice. We try to bring our practice to the game.” n The Yorktown Patriots are having a solid season, according to head coach Sheena Eldred. “I am very delighted by the current season and the thought of the future seasons with the program,” Eldred said. “We graduated five starting seniors last year,
so this year was a fresh start.” Senior Michelle Laker is the Patriots’ setter, but is sidelined with an injury. Senior middle hitter Gianna Baratto is a team leader in kills and blocks. Other having good seasons are freshman outside hitter Cat Vaccaro, freshman outside player Melanie Hanclich and sophomore outside hitter Isabel Zavada. “I joke with the girls that on any given day, anyone on our bench can start, because the talent is so evenly dispersed,” Eldred said.
College-Sports Roundup
DREW POWELL: Through six football
games this fall, Wakefield High School graduate Drew Powell had passed for 1,336 yards and 19 touchdowns, and had run for 515 yards and five TDs for the Division II Livingstone College Blue Bears team in Salisbury, N.C. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound junior quar-
terback had completed 97 of 176 passes for 19 TDs through those six games, leading the team to a 4-2 record. In one game, he passed for 329 yards and four touchdowns. M.J. STEWART: Yorktown High School
graduate M.J. Stewart is a freshman defensive back for the University of North Carolina football team. Through five games, Stewart had 16 total tackles, including nine solo. He had one interception, had broken up two other passes and had a half tackle for a loss. KAMRIN MOORE: Bishop O’Connell
High School graduate Kamrin Moore had played in six games as a starting freshman defensive back for the Boston College football team. Moore had made eight total tackles, including four unassisted. TIM REYNOLDS: After five games, York-
town High School graduate Tim Reynolds had passed for 670 yards and run
for 493 as the starting quarterback for the Division III Ferrum College football team. The 6-foot senior was 41 of 99 passing for three touchdowns. He had run for six scores, and he had one catch for 20 yards. CRUTCHFIELD: Bishop O’Connell High School graduate Claire Crutchfield is a sophomore on the women’s volleyball team at Villanova. In 35 games played this fall, Crutchfield had 69 kills to go with five blocks and eight digs. She had eight kills in a recent match against Creighton. CLAIRE
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School graduate Fred Williams is a sophomore running back for the RandolphMacon College football team. Williams had six carries for 30 yards. Washington-Lee High grad Seth Whitmore is a sophomore wide receiver on that team.
BROWNE: Yorktown High School graduate Austin Browne is a junior fullback for the Division III Christopher Newport University football team. Through six games, he had two catches for 29 yards. Browne attended Division II Shepherd University out of high school, then transferred to Christopher Newport. AUSTIN
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TAYLOR: Washington-Lee High School graduate Anthony Taylor recently became the all-time leading career rusher in the history of the Division II Ashland University football program in Ohio. Entering this past weekend’s game, Taylor had run for 3,967 career yards, breaking the old mark of 3,943 set by Keith Weaver. He broke the mark by rushing for 108 yards in Ashland’s win over Saginaw Valley State. Through six games this season, the senior captain and running back had run for 690 yards and nine touchdowns, and he had six catches for 57 yards and a TD. ANTHONY
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APPEL: Washington-Lee High School graduate Sam Appel is a freshman quarterback on the Division III Kenyon College football team in Ohio. In limited action so far, Appel is 2 of 5 passing for 18 yards. SAM
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Narwhal WaterPolo Club has mounted a fast start to their 2014-2015 campaign. In September, the 15-under and 18under Narwhals competed in the Battle of the Beltways Tournament. The 15s rebounded from a loss to Navy Aquatics to tie Gilman. The Narwhals were led in scoring by Ryan Fry and Zach Rosenthal. The 18s finished with a 1-2 record. Scoring was led by Shahan Jayasinghe, Sean Pine and Karl Miller. Also in September, the 15s finished 21 in another competition. Rosenthal and David Gallion scored key goals in the team’s final win. In action for the 18, scoring were Jayasingh, Gallion and Miller.
Free Clinic Continued from Page 1 architectural landmarks. About that goal? “We crushed it,” said Tim Naughton, who with his wife, Diane, chaired the special-gifts committee. Naughton reported that $1.26 million had been brought in as the night started, with additional funds being raised during
Election find a successor to Chris Zimmerman, who resigned. Turnout for the special election was light (about 22,000) and dominated by those for whom local governance is important and dissatisfaction with it seemed to be rampant. Turnout for the Nov. 4 election could be almost four times as large, and will feature
Ruth will be conducting baseball tryouts for its 2015 travel program for players ages 9-12 starting Oct. 25. The dates and locations for each follow: For 9-year-olds, Oct. 25, 5 to 7 p.m., Barcroft 2; for 10s, Oct. 25, 7 to 9 p.m., Barcroft 2; for 11s, Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Greenbrier 2; for 12s and Cooperstown team, Nov. 8, 9, 11:30 a.m., Utah and Nov. 9, 2 to 5 p.m., Utah. For more information, visit www.arlingtonbaberuth.com.
https://www.youthleaguesusa.com/arlington/registration.html. Or call (703) 228-1818 or email mcahill@arlingtonva. us. ARLINGTON TRAVEL BASKETBALL REGISTRATION: Arlington Travel Basketball
ARLINGTON TRAVEL BASEBALL TRYOUTS: Arlington County 9-under
through 12-under baseball players can try out for Arlington travel teams on Saturday Oct. 25. Players should register in advance at www.arlingtontravelbaseball.org.
needed for Arlington’s youth basketball program. Those interested in coaching for grades 3 through 12 can register at
registration is open for boys and girls in grades 5 through 8. Third-and fourthgraders can try out for fifth-grade teams. Players must live in Arlington. To register, visit www.arlingtontravelbasketball. org. Arlington Travel Basketball also is accepting applications for volunteer assistant coaches to work with experienced head coaches. For more information, visit www.arlingtontravelbasketball.org.
live and silent auctions throughout the evening. “Raising a million takes a lot of effort and help, and we had plenty of it,” Naughton said. Grand benefactors of the night were AvalonBay Communities, the JBG Cos., the Naughton family and Virginia Hospital Center. The event was chaired by Allison and Matthew Shay and Kathy and David Townshend. Among those on hand were Chuck and Kristian Todd, who serve as community advisers to the clinic.
Chuck Todd, who serves as moderator of “Meet the Press” and is a visible presence across NBC political programming, said his perspective on life changed when he and Kristian had children. “They don’t say they’re from Washington – they say they’re from Arlington,” he said. “Arlington is my home. You want to get involved locally. This is what public service is really about.” Sullivan, Todd and other speakers acknowledged the juxtaposition of a glitzy black-tie affair against the needs of Arling-
ton residents at risk of going without basic services such as health care. But they said such events were cornerstones of an organization that relies largely on individual, corporate and foundation donations and the support of volunteers, as it does not accept federal or local funding and receives only limited state funding in support of its operating budget. “Without the support of our donors and our volunteers, the Arlington Free Clinic could not provide services,” Sullivan said.
significant numbers of voters who have little interest in local politics. Some of those voters will opt not to cast ballots in the County Board or School Board races; there usually is a dropoff of between 10 and 15 percent in votes between congressional races and local races in Arlington. But even with the dropoff, there could be around 72,000 Arlington voters casting ballots for the County Board race. NonDemocrats traditionally struggle to get more than 25,000 votes in local races, which would leave Vihstadt in need of picking up
11,000 voters to garner a majority. One insider with ties to the Democratic establishment praised Vihstadt’s fundraising prowess and dominance on the stump, but suggested he would have needed to raise $500,000 to offset Democrats’ institutional advantage in general elections. That same insider said the story could be different next year, the so-called “constitutional year” of the four-year election cycle (because the county’s constitutional offices on a ballot that features no big-ticket elections). Turnout in constitutional years is light
– often just 30,000 to 35,000 voters – and attracts an electorate for whom local issues are important. So if Vihstadt falls to Howze, he could turn around and make a comeback in 2015. Democrats already have started eyeing next year, as well. The County Board seats of Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada will be up for grabs, and there already are rumblings that, if they run for re-election, challengers from within the Democratic ranks could emerge.
ARLINGTON YOUTH BASKETBALL INFORMATION: Volunteer coaches are
SOCCER CLINICS: Arlington County is
offering a soccer clinic for adults for total novices who would like to learn to play, and newer players who want to improve their soccer skills. The clinics teach basic skills in dribbling, passing, shooting and defense. Clinics are Sunday evenings from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. at Yorktown High School. The cost is $110 for Arlington residents and $130 for non-residents.
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The following individuals and corporations owe Arlington County for delinquent taxes as of 10-09-2014. If your name appears on this list or for more information, contact the Arlington County Treasurer’s Office at 703-228-4000. View the full list of tax delinquents at www.arlingtonva.us/treas. Carla de la Pava, Treasurer by authority of the Code of Virginia § 58.1-3924 Real Estate Tax Delinquents
Business License Tax Delinquents Business Name Amount Due Greater than $100,000 BALLSTON VERMONT LLC BALLSTON QUINCY LLC G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS INC MITSUBISHI NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS INC Amount Due Greater than $50,000 DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP DTI ASSOCIATES INC TELVENT FARRADYNE INC DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP REVEAL MEDSPA LLC Amount Due Greater than $20,000 PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISING INC TCR MID ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTION IN AUTO LIBERTY OF ARLINGTON DAVID’S II CAR WASH CLEAR SETTLES ASSOCIATES INC BEBO TRATTORIA Amount Due Greater than $10,000 GIB LEONARD’S RENTAL CAR CLEARANCE CENTER INC HUDSON TRANSPORTATION SERVICE ROSH CONSTRUCTION INC TORRES TRUCKING INC TANDOORI NIGHTS KENNY’S DESI LIVING INNOVATIONS SUNRISE CONTRACTING LLC
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Customer Name CRAIG HAMILTON JOHN LANGE ANNA MAYEWSKY DOUGLAS CHAPMAN YITBAREK AREFE-AINE TR MILLENNIUM DOROTHEA WELLS FRANK & CRISTINA BELL LORENCE KESSLER ANTHONY HENDERSON EVERETT YOUNT JOHN T GOODE THOMAS KADIDA WEI HSIAO JAMAAL CAREY TAE KIM L’NIKKAE EDWARDS CARRIE ALLEN SUSAN HILE MARCELLUS HOFFMAN JOHN TIESO KAHLIL RAHMANI
Personal Property Tax Delinquents
Business Tangible Delinquents Business Name MACSEN GROUP INC % VALERIE T. MAGGIE’S PREMIUM CREAMERY PENTAGON CITY LLC REZA & ALI INC BACHRACH ACQUISITION LLC REVEAL MEDSPA LLC POTOMAC COFFEE LLC STACY MITCHELL FARRAGUT MEDIA GROUP ACCENT LEASING INC MELECIO VILLALPANDO ENJERA ERITREAN RESTAURANT LLC PREFERRED VENDING & COFFEE INC HENNINGER MEDIA SERVICES INC MOUTIER INC BLUE HORSESHOE INC IP CAFE CORP RK AND AG INC DRWW LLC PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISING INC COMPUTER SLEUTHS INC
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Total Balance $ 37,743.80 $ 27,779.23 $ 27,382.77 $ 14,550.04 $ 12,225.19 $ 9,040.57 $ 8,406.00 $ 8,127.32 $ 5,926.51 $ 5,830.87 $ 5,484.07 $ 4,417.82 $ 4,352.14 $ 3,809.35 $ 3,728.13 $ 3,635.39 $ 3,323.80 $ 2,524.73 $ 2,347.64 $ 1,881.75 $ 1,337.64 $ 1,330.91
Amount Due $17,898.04 $16,840.99 $15,811.90 $14,960.89 $12,176.95 $11,050.67 $ 9,685.71 $ 9,458.68 $ 9,000.99 $ 7,224.14 $ 7,103.38 $ 7,045.45 $ 6,925.35 $ 6,784.86 $ 6,607.76 $ 6,428.59 $ 6,228.20 $ 5,750.51 $ 5,624.55 $ 5,417.52
Customer Name CTI/DC INC TRI STATE GUNITE OF VIRGINIA LP MOHAMED ALMAZROUEI MANSOUR MANSOUR ERDENEBAATAR NASANBUYAN MOHAMMED HAMAD FAISAL T AL-THANI ISHMAEL B FORD BEY SR ULTIMATE COLLISION CENTER SALEH ALGHANER JANATEC LLC POLO ENTERPRISES INC SHADOW LP ABBAS ALIYEV JUAN AFUGU CRYSTAL JOHNSON ELITE FUNDING GROUP LLC ORKHON NAMKHAI JAMAL ALGALAA KAAN ERDEM SULTAN ALAMOUDI
Amount Due $199,382.78 $ 46,106.46 $ 29,764.09 $ 29,036.02 $ 22,475.26 $ 22,005.54 $ 18,291.17 $ 16,145.12 $ 15,843.17 $ 15,379.36 $ 15,260.21 $ 15,123.48 $ 15,009.41 $ 14,590.41 $ 13,920.12 $ 13,906.49 $ 13,061.08 $ 11,829.08 $ 10,105.77 $ 9,766.35
Meals Tax Delinquents Business Name Amount Due Greater than $100,000 BEBO TRATTORIA Amount Due Greater than $50,000 ELEVENTH STREET HAMBURGER HAMLET MURKY COFFEE ARLINGTON CATERING CO LLC Amount Due Greater than $20,000 RESTAURANT VERO BORU BALLSTON INC SAIGONIQUE RESTAURANT Amount Due Greater than $10,000 BISTRO BISTRO QUIZNOS SUBS 1615 RESTAURANT CORP MEMPHIS BAR-B-Q COMPANY INC THE CAFE PARISIEN YOGIBERRY SHIRLINGTON LLC VILLAGE BISTRO / MELE BISTRO MEI’S ASIAN BISTRO CAFE CUCU
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Amount Due Greater than $1,000 MEMPHIS BARBEQUE ARMAND’S PIZZA BONSAI RESTAURANT TANDOORI NIGHTS RKJ FOOD LLC LA CABANA EL RANCHERO RESTAURANT ALL AMERICAN FOOD SERVICE INC BASKIN-ROBBINS KRAVEN’S FOOD WORKS CESAR’S DINER CHAMPION BILLIARDS PRIMO CAPPUCCINO ENJERA RESTAURANT FABULOUSLY FRESH SPICE OF LIFE CAFE BOCCATO SNOZA SHAKEN YEN 3 LLC BELLA AUTO GROUP LLC COSTA VERDE RESTAURANT THAI TERRACE RESTAURANT & BAR AROMA INDIAN CUISINE YOGIBERRY
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Bookkeeper/Part-time Are you honest, hardworking and loyal? Busy Falls Church accounting and bookkeeping firm is looking for the right person to join our team. If you are good with numbers and love to balance your checkbook, we’ll train you! You’ll have flexibility to create a schedule that works for you. We expect you to work 25-30 hours a week, 5 days a week, in our office during regular business hours. Work 9-2, 10-3 or 12–5; it’s up to you. The ideal candidate will have significant computer experience, excellent communication and customer service skills and two years experience in a finance or mathmatical field. Excel, QuickBooks or payroll experience a plus. Excellent opportunity for a Mom looking to go back to work or a retired professional. No students or contractors, please. EOE. If you’re interested, please call: 703-852-7244
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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. For information on local history, see the Web site at www. arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. October 22, 1936: n Dairies across Northern Virginia, which have been selling milk for 10 or 11 cents a pint, have been ordered by the state government to increase that price to 13 cents. n A Republican pep rally attracted 800 to the Washington-Lee auditorium. n Prices for Virginia’s tobacco harvest are higher this year than last fall. n Washington-Lee and Handley played to a 0-0 tie in the rain. October 22, 1956: n Arlington police say they will follow state law, and plan to arrest anyone who attempts to integrate seating areas in any upcoming candidate forums. n It’s been 10 years since Alexandria’s George Washington High School varsity football squad has lost to a Virginia High School League opponent, but the Wakefield gridders managed to do it over the weekend. October 22, 1964: n The Sun has strongly endorsed Lyndon Johnson for president. n Gov. Harrison has bowed to a court order and will call a special session of the legislature to deal with redistricting. n Arlingtonian James Bregman has won a bronze medal in judo in the Olympic Games. n Besides the Olympics, TV tonight includes “My Three Sons,” “Bewitched,” “Peyton Place” and “Donna Reed.” October 20-21, 1972: n Virginia has 400,000 more voters this year than during the 1968 presidential election. n The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will begin operating the region’s four private bus lines by the end of the year. n Arlington needs to embark on a “crash program” of parkland acquisition if it hopes to beat developers to remaining parcels, a task force says. n The General Assembly is considering whether to create a state panel to rate motion pictures.
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