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Cristol: Take the Time to Get It Right

C. Board Race Off + Running Vihstadt Launches Bid to Retain Seat He Won in 2014 SCOTT McCAFFREY

Career Center Parcel Is a ‘Huge Opportunity’ for County and Schools

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Saying he brings a combination of experience and independence to his job, Arlington County Board member John Vihstadt on Jan. 28 launched a bid to keep it.

“Board members should concentrate on local issues – we want to Related focus on local solutions to Treasurer la Pava local problems and get away de is backing from the toxic partisanship” Vihstadt.

– Page 4 of state and national politics, Vihstadt said at a re-election kickoff that drew nearly 200 people to the Lyon Village Community House.

Vihstadt in 2014 became the first nonDemocrat in 15 years to serve on the County Board when, running as an independent, he defeated Democrat Alan

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As the Arlington County government and school system move forward with plans to redevelop the Arlington Career Center site, they are being urged to think long-term and view the forest for the trees.

“We see this as a huge opportunity to create a crown jewel of Columbia Pike.

The only question is the amount of money that might be invested,” said Cecelia Cassidy, who heads the Columbia Pike Revitalization organization, during a Jan. 18 community roundtable with County Board Chairman Katie Cristol.

A well-crafted redevelopment of the Career Center parcel would “help the Pike rise up,” Cassidy said, noting the county government’s past efforts (and cash) spent on similar efforts elsewhere in the county.

While the entire parcel is now owned by the school system, the county government will retain a major role in the overall project. County Board members and their School Board colleagues recently empaneled another of Arlington’s ubiquitous working groups, whose members will study possibilities on the parcel, located a block north of Columbia Pike adjacent to North George Mason Drive.

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County Board Gives Protections to Number of Trees SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington County Board members on Jan. 27 approved requests to protect four trees on private COUNTY property from removal or NOTES damage.

The request for protection under the county government’s tree-preservation ordinance came from the homeowners, who are seeking to have the trees designated as “specimen” trees due to size and quality.

Trees proposed for protection include: • A willow oak at 2411 North Monroe St., with a height of 130 feet and a circumference of nearly 193 inches.

• A blackgum at 3225 North Albemarle St., with a height of 60 feet and a circumference of 74 inches.

• An American beech at 1600 North Jackson St., with a height of 60 feet and circumference of 106 inches.

• A Southern red oak at 5220 11th Road North, with a height of 120 feet and circumference of 192 inches, the largest of its kind in the county.

Under the ordinance, trees that win such designation cannot be removed or damaged unless the county government gives its approval.

Causing removal or injury to protected trees can result in a fine of up to $2,500 per violation.

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(The designation is different from Arlington’s notable-tree program, which offers public recognition to certain trees for their size, type or historic provenance, but does not require their preservation.)

County Board Members Loosen Restrictions on Consent-Agenda Pulls: Arlington County board members, who a year ago restricted the ability of the public to require a fuller discussion of certain items up for consideration at board meetings, have relented – a little.

Board members voted 5-0 on a procedural tweak to last year’s more substantial change to how consent-agenda items are handled.

Board members in January 2017 voted to restrict the right of the public to “pull” some of those consent-agenda items for fuller public discourse. For items where state law did not require a public hearing to be held, board members decided last year that only their own members could remove items from the consent agenda for a more robust conversation.

The move may have been known to board members informally as the “Jim Hurysz Rule,” after the vocal civic activist who made a habit of pulling items from the consent agenda. Though he was not mentioned by name, one county leader noted that Hurysz was responsible for 40 percent of the items pulled in the preceding year.

Items pulled from the consent agenda

Ta-da! Here is the official 2018 portrait of Arlington County Board members. From left: Erik Gutshall, Vice Chairman Christian Dorsey, Chairman Katie Cristol, John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey. Vihstadt is the lone new arrival for 2018, having succeeded board member Jay Fisette.

at Saturday board meetings were held over to Tuesday evenings, which required additional government staffers to stay late and deal with them, county officials said, while Hurysz contended the move was designed to shield the government from unpleasant questions.

Now, any member of the public will be able to pull any consent-agenda item if the county government has not posted background materials on the matter online within 72 hours of the board meeting.

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Politics

De La Pava Backs Vihstadt Bid for Co. Board

Democrats Garvey, Stamos Also Supporting Independent in 2018 Campaign SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington Treasurer Carla de la Pava has broken ranks with the Arlington County Democratic Committee to support independent John Vihstadt for County Board.

“I have never seen anyone who works as hard – he is tirelessly responsive to our citizens,” de la Pava said at Vihstadt’s re-election kickoff, held Jan. 28 at Lyon Village Community House. “I can’t tell you how proud I am to be here.”

De la Pava, who has served as treasurer since 2014, joins Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos and County Board member Libby Garvey, Democratic office-holders who supported Vihstadt during his successful runs for office in 2014 and are backing him again in 2018.

De la Pava said one of her reasons for endorsing Vihstadt is his ability to go to bat for Arlington, and local treasurers, at the General Assembly.

“He has expanded our influence down in Richmond. That is priceless for me,”

she said.

The treasurer said she would be stepping away from the Arlington County Democratic Committee for the year, but was not abandoning the party.

“I’m a lifelong Democrat,” she told the Sun Gazette. “I still support other Democrats.”

Four years ago, when Vihstadt first ran for office, Garvey was vilified by many Democratic activists for backing him. She was very nearly kicked off the Arlington County Democratic Committee before resigning (she was reinstated later and won the party’s nomination for re-election in 2016).

Constitutional officers, like treasurer and commonwealth’s attorney, have independent power bases and are less likely to be impacted by supporting a non-Democrat than a County Board or School Board member would be.

In 2014, Stamos was handled tactfully and allowed to step away from the Democratic Committee for a year without much of a fuss being made.

Democratic leaders knew the score: Had the prosecutor wanted to, she could have run for re-election in 2015 as an independent and likely would have manhandled any Democrat nominated to oppose her.

(Stamos was out of town during the

Carla de la Pava has served as Arlington treasurer since 2014.

Jan. 28 kickoff but will be supporting Vihstadt; one of her sons was handling barkeeping duties at the kickoff.)

De la Pava said she had spoken with many elected Democrats about her decision to back Vihstadt before making it public. “They were gracious in their responses,” she said.

Garvey’s decision to support, and donate campaign cash to, Vihstadt in 2014 was in part due to their similar views on the Columbia Pike streetcar project. After Vihstadt twice thrashed Democrat Alan Howze in twin elections that year, Democratic County Board members Jay Fisette and Mary Hynes switched sides on the streetcar issue, joining Garvey and Vihstadt to kill it off.

Although they have not always voted

in lock-step, Garvey in 2017 supported Vihstadt’s bid to serve as County Board vice chairman, a quest he lost to Katie Cristol on a 3-2 vote. This year, Vihstadt did not seek a leadership post.

In remarks at the kickoff, Garvey said Vihstadt had earned her continuing support, praising his analytical mind and focus on constituent service. The two have known each other for more than 35 years, first working on school issues.

“John is absolutely who we need,” Garvey said.

Will there be other current or former Democratic office-holders to announce support for Vihstadt as the campaign season moves forward? A campaign official said it was a possibility.

So far, Matt de Ferranti is the only Democrat to formalize plans to seek his party’s nomination for County Board, although others could also enter the race.

If more than one Democrat meets filing requirements, the party will pick its nominee in a June primary.

Four years ago, Vihstadt had the backing of both the Arlington County Republican Committee and Arlington Green Party. Although there are no firm figures, it also is estimated that about 30 percent of traditional Democratic voters abandoned the party’s sample ballot and voted for him.

Tourism-Tax Bill Sought by County Clears State Senate SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The Arlington County government’s effort to remove restrictions on imposing a hotel-stay tax surcharge to fund tourism promotion rests with the Committee on Finance in the House of Delegates.

The state Senate voted 30-8 to remove a sunset clause requiring Arlington officials to come back every few years and have the tax reauthorized in Richmond.

When the authority last was reauthorized, in 2016, it had a two-year sunset provision that will cause taxing authority to lapse on July 1 if not renewed.

The Senate bill was patroned by state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd); after approval in the upper house, it was sent to the House Committee on Finance.

A similar bill, patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), currently sits there, as well.

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State Sen. Janet Howell and Dels. Alfonso Lopez and Mark Levine participated in a roundtable discussion with Arlington County Board members prior to the start of the 2018 General Assembly session.

top of the 5-percent lodging tax.

County officials had the power to levy the tax for two decades when the General Assembly, angered by the Arlington County Board over transportation dis-

putes, killed it. It took five years to get it back.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has long supported the tourism surtax as long as it had a sunset provision attached.

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This year, the business organization is backing the proposal to remove that provision.

Lopez Founds Latino Caucus in General Assembly: Latinos make up about 9 percent of the population of Virginia, and now they have their own caucus in the General Assembly.

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) at the start of the 2018 session announced formation of the Virginia Latino Caucus, which is open to all members of the legislature but targeted specifically at those with a Latino background or interests.

“It’s long past time that we have more representation in the General Assembly,” Lopez said in a statement announcing formation of the caucus.

Initial members include, in addition to Lopez, Dels. Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach), Elizabeth Guzman (D-Prince William) and Hala Hala Ayala (D-Prince William).

Guzman and Ayala are among the freshman class of the House of Delegates.

Bill on Elected School Board Passes Subcommittee Hurdle A measure that would legalize Arlington’s elected School Board has passed its first test in Richmond.

The measure, patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), would add language to portions of the Code of Virginia explicitly giving Arlington the power to elect School Board members – something local voters have been doing for a quarter-century.

The measure on Jan. 29 was approved 8-0 by a subcommittee and forwarded to the full House Committee on Education.

Hope’s bill deals specifically with

Arlington, which because of its unique government structure (called the countymanager plan) is treated differently in the Code of Virginia than most other counties.

Whether the measure is actually needed remains an open question. Hope and the Virginia Division of Legislative Services say it is, the Arlington school system isn’t so sure. But perhaps better safe than sorry; if the bill fails this year, it’s possible the validity of Arlington School Board elections could be challenged in court.

Design of ‘18 Decal Chosen

A pastel drawing of the Rosslyn skyline will serve as the centerpiece of the Arlington County treasurer’s 201819 vehicle decal.

The artwork, done by Bishop O’Connell High School junior Schuyler Workmaster, was selected in a community vote from among four finalists. Those finalists were chosen from among more than 100 student submissions in the annual competition.

Workmaster twice before was a finalist in the annual competition, which was conceived by then-Treasurer Frank O’Leary and continued by current Treasurer Carla de la Pava.

Workmaster and the other finalists

were honored at the Jan. 30 County Board meeting. The new decal will begin appearing on local vehicles over the summer, and eventually will be found on the roughly 160,000 windshields registered in Arlington.

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New County Decals Are Set to Make Move to the Driver’s Side After a half-century in the same spot, Arlington’s vehicle decals are making a move in 2018.

The decals will migrate from their traditional spot in the center of vehicle windshields to the driver’s side, where state inspection stickers also are relocating.

Virginia State Police required the inspection stickers to be placed on the driver’s side starting Jan. 1, bringing the commonwealth in line with most other states that have inspections or registration decals on windshields. The county tax decal is required by law to be placed adjacent to the inspection sticker, so it will move, too.

The relocations will help accommodate changes in automotive technology, State Police said, as new crash-avoidance technology needs the center of the windshield to be clear of obstructions.

The Arlington treasurer’s office will begin disseminating 2018-19 decals over the summer. Vehicles whose state inspections come due before then will be able to keep

their existing decals in the center even though the inspection stickers will be on the left. Vehicles whose state inspections come late in the year will see the reverse: decals will be placed on the left while the old inspection sticker stays in the middle.

By the end of the year, the cycle will be complete and the two will be back together.

While some local jurisdictions – notably Fairfax County – have done away with tax decals, the Arlington treasurer’s office says they remain an important and effective tool in determining whether personalproperty tax has been paid.

“The decal is an important compliance tool,” Treasurer Carla de la Pava said, noting that vehicle taxes and decal fees bring in $80 million a year in Arlington.

Originally (in the 1940s), the county government issued metal strips placed below the license plate to show proof of tax payment.

In 1967, the local government switched to decals.

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Opinion

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Highs & Lows IT DOESN’T TAKE ANY PARTICULAR INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS to discern why militaryhelicopter noise is increasing across parts of Northern Virginia.

It’s simple math: More flights = more clatter from the whirlybirds.

And over the past two decades, it seems like the number of military leaders (and who knows who else) have opted to fly above the traffic of Northern Virginia to get from Point A to Point B, rather than wrestle with congestion withwe mere mortals.

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) convened a community forum on the topic on Jan. 16, drawing the public from areas most affected (Arlington, McLean and Alexandria among them) and including representation from the Department of Defense.

But such forums are likely to

only nip around the corners of the main issue, which is whether the number of helicopter flights is justified by necessity, or simply a perk now expected by some at the higher echelons of military service.

We frequently joke that, as long as those helicopters belong to our military rather than some antagonistic power, we ought to be grateful. But that’s only true up to a point. It will be interesting to see whether Rep. Beyer is serious about this issue, or whether it’s simply window-dressing as he embarks on a re-election campaign.

THUMBS UP: To County Board Chairman Katie Cristol, who recently promised (after a little prodding) that the county government would be transparent in what goodies – tax rebates, cash and the like – it

will offer Amazon, as competition heats up to win the bidding for that company’s secondary headquarters and the potential 50,000 employees it may bring.

If we heard her correctly, Cristol said that the county’s package of inducements could be released (eventually) whether Northern Virginia wins or loses the competition that is now pitting 20 U.S. and Canadian communities against one another.

That pronouncement probably caught the attention of the government’s economic-development staff, who seldom like to operate in the sunshine when it can be avoided. (That’s not necessarily a bad thing in certain limited instances, but in general, if it’s the taxpayers’ money involved, taxpayers have a right to know how it might be spent.)

Co. Board Must Look After Homeowners

Editor: Lower-than-expected real-estate assessments are, no doubt, a problem for the County Board’s spending agenda [article, Jan. 25], but the new assessments are a heavy burden for many taxpayers.

In my own neighborhood in Madison Manor, the county government boosted the assessments of the 22 houses on my block by a total of $1.73 million since last year.

That comes out to an average increase of over $78,000 per household.

The County Board does not seem to realize that its revenue base is under assault by Congress. Many of the homeowners the board relies on to fund county operations will be looking at a hefty tax increase next year, since we will no longer be able to deduct the full amount of our state and local taxes.

Meanwhile, the County Board recently voted 4-1 to approve construction

of the new $60 million aquatics center.

The actual cost to Arlington homeowners will be far higher, since the price tag does not include the annual taxpayer subsidy that could be $1.1 million or more needed to operate it.

Perhaps the problem is not lowerthan-expected assessments, but rather profligate spending by the County Board.

Dan Jourdan Arlington

Editor: The Jan. 25 Highs & Lows item on Del. Mark Levine’s bill allowing local governments to set the minimum wage for their own jurisdiction claims that it would be “awful public policy.”

Historically, Republicans (who con-

trol both houses in Richmond) have said that local government is closest to the people, and it is the local people who know best how they should be governed.

So local governments should be allowed to set local policies.

But as anyone who follows Virginia

politics knows, local initiatives are frequently overridden at the state level, often with little explanation of why.

At a minimum, it seems like the Levine proposal is worth debating.

Wayne Bert Arlington

Why Not Let Va. Localities Set Minimum-Wage Rules?

There Are Other Lees That Could Be Honored in W-L Name Editor: If we are considering renaming Washington-Lee High School, perhaps Arlington should honor a different Lee. My favorite is Richard Henry Lee, delegate to the Second Continental Congress, author of the “resolution of independency” leading to the Declara-

tion of Independence in 1776, signer of the Declaration, U.S. senator from Virginia, 12th president of the Articles of Confederation Congress – and gloriously depicted in the musical “1776” singing the “Lees of Virginia.”

Another alternative is Light Horse Harry Lee (Henry Lee III), Robert E.

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Lee’s father, renowned Revolutionary War cavalry officer, major general in the U.S. Army in the 1790s, U.S. representative, governor of Virginia and author of the phrase “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen” eulogizing George Washington.

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Arlington Notes KICKOFF SET FOR SPRING ‘PLOT AGAINST HUNGER’ EFFORT: A kickoff

event for the Arlington Food Assistance Center’s “Plot Against Hunger” spring growing season will be held on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 4000 Lorcom Lane.

The event will feature information about establishing a garden to support those in need of the community, as well as presentation on a host of gardeningthemed topics.

The event is free, but registration is requested by Feb. 7. For information, see the Web site at www.afac.org.

The Arlington Food Assistance Center serves more than 2,200 families each week, providing access to fresh and healthy supplemental groceries.

PHILHARMONIC TAKES REPERTOIRE TO NEW HEIGHTS: The Arlington Phil-

harmonic will present “Music with a View” on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Waterview, 1919 North Lynn St. The event will feature brass, string and woodwind ensembles performing before a spectacular view.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a cash bar and light hors d’ouevres. A postconcert conversation with Maestro Scott Wood and performers will round out the evening.

Tickets are $25. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonphilharmonic.org.

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE CELEBRATES ROMANTIC MUSIC: The National Cham-

ber Ensemble continues its 11th season on Saturday, Feb. 10 with “Romantic Violin for Two,” a repertoire of romantic works for Valentine’s Day. Violinists Leo Sushansky and James Stern are joined by pianist Kathryn Brake for a program of works by Mozart, Moszkowski, Paganini, Massenet and Kreisler, to be held at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.

Tickets are $36 for adults, $18 for students. For information, call (703) 6857590 or see the Web site at www.nationalchamberensemble.org.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS HOSTS REDISTRICTING FORUM: The Arlington

League of Women Voters is partnering with the advocacy group One Virginia 2021 for a community forum on nonpartisan redistricting of legislative districts on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Arlington Mill Community Center.

Admission is free, but registration is requested. For information, see the Web site at www.lwv-arlingtonva.org.

COLUMBIA PIKE LIBRARY OFFERS HOMEWORK HELP: Columbia Pike

branch library hosts free, drop-in homework-help sessions for students from kindergarten to 12th grade on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. throughout the school

year.

For information, call the library at (703) 228-5710.

GENEALOGY PROGRAM FEATURED AT CHURCH: The Faith, Food and Fellow-

ship program of Clarendon United Methodist Church will host local genealogist Eileen Bogdanoff speaking on “The art of Genealogy” on Thursday, Feb. 8.

Bogdanoff will discuss tips and techniques in tracing a family’s roots.

The event begins with a short worship service with music at noon, followed by lunch ($5) at 12:30 p.m. and the program at 1 p.m. The church is located at 606 North Irving St. For information, call (703) 527-8574 or see the Web site at www.clarendonumc. org.

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CHURCH TO HOLD ANNUAL BAKE, BOOK SALE: St. Ann Catholic Church

will hold its annual used-book and bake sale on Sunday, Feb. 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the parish hall, 5300 10th St. North.

The event will feature hundreds of books for all ages, as well as a Valentinethemed bake sale.

The community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.stann. org.

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versity will present a program featuring George Derek Musgrave – coauthor of “Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital” – on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Reinsch Auditorium on the university’s main campus.

Musgrove is an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

The program is sponsored by the university’s Department of History & Politics and the Arlington Historical Society, and is free and open to the public.

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Arlington Notes Arlington II Not 2017 SAW SLIGHTLY FEWER HOMEDEMOLITION REQUESTS: After peaking

at 204 in 2015, the number of demolition permits sought for single-family homes in Arlington declined in each of the two succeeding years, according to new data.

A total of 158 demolition permits were applied for in 2017, according to Preservation Arlington, an advocacy group. That’s down from the 172 permits sought in 2016, and is the lowest figure since 2012.

Giving an indication of the highpriced nature of the county’s real estate market, 15 percent of the single-family homes slated for demolition in 2017 had been purchased for more than $900,000, including 12 demolition permits issued for homes that had been purchased for more than $1 million, according to the preservation organization.

Most of those high-priced teardowns were found in the 22207 ZIP code, followed by 22201. “None . . . had extra lots or development potential beyond one single-family home,” the organization said, having culled land with extra development potential from its statistics.

Since 2009, a total of 1,322 demolition permits for single-family lots have been sought in Arlington. Unless a property sits in a designated local historic district, the local government has virtually no power in preventing redevelopment.

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Nardolilli becomes only the second Arlingtonian to lead the body since its founding six decades ago. James Mayer chaired it in 2008.

“I look forward to my new role,” Nardolilli told County Board members on Jan. 28, pointing out that the regional organization oversees 33 parks totaling more than 12,000 acres across six jurisdictions. The agency is designed to complement, rather than compete with, park efforts of its member jurisdictions.

The decision to tap Nardolilli as chair won praise from Arlington officials.

“We are very fortunate to have you in the chair position,” County Board Chairman Katie Cristol said. It is County Board members who appoint representatives to the authority’s board.

“Mark is a smart, hard worker and a diplomat – [he] wants everyone to experience nature and have recreational opportunities,” said Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson, who serves as Arlington’s other appointee to the 12-member board.

Among the items on Nardolilli’s to-do list for 2018 is shepherding through various review processes a planned redevelopment of portions of Upton Hill Regional Park, which straddles the Arlington-Fair-

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at 204 in 2015, the number of demolition Loudoun counties in establishing the repermits sought for single-family homes in gional park authority.

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N.Va. Home Sales Dip But Prices Increase in December Homes sales ended a strong 2017 across Northern Virginia on a mixed note, with year-over-year sales down but prices higher – and a lack of inventory still bedeviling prospective purchasers.

A total of 1,437 properties went to closing across the region last month, according to data reported Jan. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. That’s a decline of 7.8 percent from the 1,558 properties that sold in December 2016.

With the exception of the relatively small city of Fairfax, year-over-year sales were down in all other components of the regional index, dropping 5.8 percent to 1,024 in Fairfax County, 16.1 percent to 188 in Arlington County, 16.4 percent to 178 in Alexandria and 35.7 percent to nine in the city of Falls Church.

Rob Wittman of Redfin, a member of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) board of directors, said a lack of inventory (down almost 17 percent from a year before) helped to hold back sales but lead to increasing prices during the month.

“Properties of all types saw increases in sales price, signaling high demand in the absence of available inventory,” he said.

The average Northern Virginia sales price of $591,005 for the month was up

3.5 percent from a year before, and there were increases in all three sectors of the market, with average prices up 2.9 percent to $782,905 for single-family homes; up 3.7 percent to $435,599 for attached homes; and up 0.2 percent to $350,896 for condominiums.

Total sales volume for the month stood at $849.3 million, down 4.5 percent.

As the market pivoted to a new year, the chairman of the NVAR board said she believed the region would sustain its recent positive patterns.

“Our Realtor confidence level for a stable local market is strong, despite uncertainty about the tax situation,” said Lorraine Arora, who chairs the real-estate trade group and is managing broker of Weichert Realtors Fairfax Regional.

Ryan Conrad, CEO of the Realtors’ group, said he expects the lean inventory of late 2017 could ease in 2018, creating more opportunities for buyers, and that changes in tax laws might wouldn’t hold back those seeking moderately-priced homes.

“Credit-worthy entry-level buyers should not feel a tax pinch,” Conrad said, and pointed to the prospect of increasing apartment and home rents as one reason those buyers may want to hop into the market sooner rather than later.

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The calendar may not yet say spring, but the local real estate market certainly is pivoting from its more dormant time of the year to the busier buying season.

With inventory down, prospective purchasers have limited options and have to work fast to nab that special abode to call their own.

Fortunately, we’re on the prowl for some of the best in local real estate, and we’ve found something extra-special to kick off the month of February.

Located in the convenient and soughtafter community of Lee Heights – close to transportation, parks and shopping – our featured property is a spacious and bright, three-level colonial with lovely touches and updates throughout.

Accented by extensive new landscaping that enhances the flat lot, the home (inside and out) is perfect for daily living and entertaining in style, ready for you to call it your own.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $919,000 by Liz Lord of Keller Williams Realty.

With a warmhearted yet creative curb appeal, the home hints that it might have some surprises inside. And for those of us given the opportunity to explore the interior, there are special touches throughout.

The formal living and dining rooms are flexible, versatile and ready to provide a backdrop both for stylish soirées and for family time.

The kitchen is a true delight. Recently remodeled with all-new stainless appliances and featuring quartz countertops and marble subway tile, it’s a visual treat as well as standing ready to exceed expectations of the serious chefs among us.

Having three bedrooms in total, the highlight has to be the large master retreat, which also offers a walk-in closet

and an updated bath. The two additional bedrooms also proffer plenty of space and individual style.

The finished lower level provides additional amenities that start with a large recreation room and are augmented by a separate office/den.

The separate two-car garage is another treat, as it offers a fully finished workout/game room.

The neighborhood is friendly, with a wonderful sense of walkability.

It’s time to beat the spring rush of prospective purchasers. If you’re ready to get serious about finding a home that offers livability and location, this is one for the to-do list.

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Living Alone in Rentals Not Always an Option As rental affordability deteriorates, more U.S. adults may be choosing double up in order to cut costs, and nationally, nearly one in three adults live with a roommate or parent, the greatest share ever reported, according to a new Zillow analysis.

A doubled-up household is where two or more working-aged adults live together but aren’t married or in a relationship – this could mean two millennial roommates or an adult living with parents. The share of doubled-up households has been steadily rising since the late 1990s, when just 23 percent of adults lived together.

The rise in doubled-up households coincides with increasingly unaffordable rental prices nationwide. Americans making the national median income should expect to put about 30 percent of their monthly income toward a rental payment, but in some markets the share is even greater.

In Los Angeles, renters spend almost half of their monthly income on rent. In San Francisco, renters spend 42 percent of their income on rent each month.

“As rents have outpaced incomes, living alone is no longer an option for many working-aged adults,” said Zillow senior economist Aaron Terrazas.

“By sharing a home with roommates – or in some cases, with adult parents – working adults are able to afford to live in more desirable neighborhoods without shouldering the full cost alone.”

But this phenomenon is not limited to expensive cities, Terrazas said.

“The share of adults living with roommates has been on the rise in historically more affordable rental markets, as well,” he said.” Unless current dynamics shift and income growth exceeds rent growth for a sustained period of time, this trend is unlikely to change.”

Metros with the greatest share of adults doubling up also have some of the most expensive rents. In Los Angeles, almost 50 percent of adults live with a roommate or adult parent, the highest share of all markets analyzed.

Los Angeles is the third most expensive rental market in the nation, with the median rent at $2,720 per month.

The Riverside, Calif., and Miami metros also have a high percentage of doubled-up households.

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Transportation Notes AIRPORTS ENDING THE YEAR WITH SOLID NUMBERS: Barring any jarring

surprises when December’s passenger counts are reported in coming weeks, both of Northern Virginia’s commercial airports are poised to see 2017’s traveler totals surpass those of 2016. And in the case of one of the two airports, another record year in passenger travel appears likely.

Both Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport saw year-over-year increases in passenger totals in November, according to data reported Jan. 16 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, while year-to-date totals also were higher.

A total of 2.002 million passengers traveled through the terminals at Reagan National in November, up 1.5 percent from the year before, while 1.793 million used Dulles, up 2.1 percent.

Combined, the two airports saw November’s passenger travel up 1.8 percent from 2016.

At each airport, the dominant carriers – American at Reagan National, United at Dulles – posted year-over-year increases. Reagan National also saw increases from Alaska and Southwest, while Frontier, Southwest and Delta reported higher passenger totals at Dulles on the domestic front.

Internationally, Dulles benefited from

significant increases in passenger counts: up 75 percent year-over-year from Aer Lingus, 64 percent from Air Canada, 46 percent from Ethiopian, 25 percent from KLM and 20 percent from Qatar, among others. The airport also saw new service from Air India that began in July 2017.

(Data from the region’s third major commercial airport – Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall – were not yet available.)

For the month, American and its regional affiliates carried 49 percent of the traffic at Reagan National, up from 47.7 percent a year before. Rounding out the top five airlines in terms of passengers were Southwest, Delta, United and JetBlue.

At Dulles, United retained its dominant position with 63.9 percent of passenger traffic, down from 65.1 percent a year before. No other airline carried more than 5 percent of the airport’s total during the month.

For the 11-month period ending in November, the 22.1 million passengers using Reagan National represented a 1.7percent increase from 2016, and put the airport on track for another record year.

At Dulles, the 21 million passengers represented an increase of 4.2 percent, as the airport continues to rebound after losing traffic in recent years both to National and BWI. Full data can be found on the Web site

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mercial airports serving the Washington metropolitan area combined to give the region the fifth highest count of domestic passengers nationally in the third quarter of 2017, according to new federal data.

A total of 3.39 million passengers originated at the three airports – Washington Dulles International, Reagan National and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall – during the July-toSeptember period, according to figures reported Jan. 16 by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

With 5.87 million domestic originating passengers during the period, the greater New York City area ranked first in the survey, followed by Los Angeles (5.3 million), San Francisco (4.11 million) and Chicago (3.74 million).

(Data include passenger totals from six airports serving New York City, five in Los Angeles, three in San Francisco and two in Chicago).

Rounding out the top metro areas in terms of originating passengers were Boston (three airports); Dallas-Fort Worth (two airports); Denver, Atlanta and Seattle (one airport each); Houston (two airports); and Orlando, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Philadelphia (one airport each).

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A journey that will cost a third of a billion dollars begins . . . with a giant mound of dirt?

That will be the case at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where a $360 million project to build a new concourse accommodating regional jets will start with an seven-month period (March to September) giving massive amounts of dirt time to settle before being paved over to enable construction of the new facility.

The reason? Most of the original airport, which dates to 1941, was built on land reclaimed from the Potomac River, and bringing in the extra dirt (called a “surcharge”) will ensure the land will be able to handle the weight of the new construction.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is building the new facility, which will connect to Terminals B/C at a point where old hangars and the authority headquarters once stood, to service smaller planes from regional carriers.

Currently, passengers are bused to those flights from a single, cramped gate at the airport.

Final design for the project has been completed, and several preliminaries (including demolition of existing pavement) are slated for completion in February.

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Schools & Military n Josh McDermott of Arlington, a graduate of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, recently won a National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award for his work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He is one of 19 individuals presented with awards in recognition of their scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological and medical sciences. Recipients will be honored in a ceremony on April 29 during the National Academy of Sciences’ 155th annual meeting.

McDermott is being recognized for ground-breaking research into how humans hear and interpret sound. The award comes with a $75,000 prize to support his research.

Noah Kennedy, Shannon Brady, Kacy Tucker, Laur Binczweski, Caitlyn Van Kirk and Claire Bullard of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Delaware. n

n Olivia Viola, Bradley Trumpfheller, Sara Strunk and Joseph Green of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Emerson College. n Ariel Barbosa and Skylar List of

Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Eastern Mennonite

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Sally Gustafson, the daughter of David and Sharon Gustafson of Arlington and a 2017 graduate of Washington-Lee High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grove City College. n

n Caroline McCune of Arlington and Margaret Hirschberg of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Vermont. n The following local students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the College of William and Mary: Kylin Adams Warnke, Elena Amparo, Gavin Andersen, Margaret Atkinson, Brayden Beckius, Alessandra Bournigal, Sara Brown, Gabrielle Canning, Benjamin Celestino, Rachael Cooper, Samantha Cooper, Daniel deButts, Stephen Dierkes. Gillian Doby, Lindabeth Doby, Jacob Dokken, Stephanie Dolan, Kelley Doyle, Louisa Doyle Joanna Easby, Ivan Echevarria, Grace Elman, Kathryn Eng, Nathan Fajfar, Alexandra Farje, John Fennerty, William Gage, Emily Golden, Catherine Green, Rita Hagos, Benjamin Halkowski, Bailey Hall, Catherine Hamilton, Julian Hayes, Aidan Hennessey-Niland, Amy Hilla, Caroline Jones, Scott Kilmer,

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Decades-long W-L Meet Now Has a Fitting Name Closing in on a half century of existence, the annual wintertime girls gymnastics invitational at Washington-Lee High School is a staple on the prep-sports scene.

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Led by all-around champion Katya Olsen with a 37.65 score, the Yorktown won GYMNASTICS Patriots the annual Barbara Reinwald Invitational at Washington-Lee High School on Jan. 20.

Olsen won the vault (9.675) and uneven bars (9.2), was second on the floor exercise (9.45) and fourth on the balance beam (9.325) in the 11-team girls gymnastics meet.

Yorktown’s Julia Hays was third in the all-around (37.10). She won the beam (9.425) and floor (9.6), was third on the bars (8.925) and fourth on the vault (9.15).

Yorktown’s team score was 109.275.

Woodgrove was second at 103.325.

Also in the meet, Washington-Lee Blue was fourth, Wakefield was fifth and Washington-Lee Gray seventh.

For Wakefield, Gabby Spranger was fifth in the all-around (34.325). She was fourth on the floor (8.925) and sixth on the beam (8.8).

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Washington-Lee High School gymnast Maddie McCarthy performs on the vault during the rePHOTO BY DEB KOLT cent Barbara Reinwald Invitaional meet at Washington-Lee.

Generals, Patriots Split Neighbood Twinbill DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

The second big all-county showdown of the basketball season between the WashingBASKETBALL host ton-Lee Generals and Yorktown Patriots produced a split.

Yorktown won the opening girls game of the high school doubleheader, 54-45, in overtime at W-L. In the boys nightcap, the host Generals (13-4) prevailed, 59-53, to remain in second place in the Liberty District at 5-1 and extend their winning streak to six. Yorktown fell to 5-1, 2-4 and had its two-game vic-

tory string snapped.

Washington-Lee won both games when the teams met Jan. 12.

In the Jan. 26 boys game, Washington-Lee led 10-8 at the end of the first quarter and was ahead by 10 at halftime. With W-L up 47-32 in the second half, Yorktown went on a 21-9 run to get within 56-53 with 19 seconds left. The Generals scored the final four points.

Chris Ozgo had 14 points for Washington-Lee, Matt Deily scored 15, Anthony Reyes, Colin MacCullough (10 rebounds) had 10 each and Alex Simmons eight.

For Yorktown, Matt Coulam scored 18, Ryan Van Kirk (eight rebounds) had

12, Aidan Stroup eight, Zach McCoskrie six, Liam Anderson five and Davis Patterson four.

“Yorktown is always a rivalry game.

It’s a good situation any time we can beat Yorktown twice in two weeks,” Washington-Lee coach Bobby Dobson said. “Our guys were resilient.”

Said Simmons: “I came out and tried to create shots for both me and my teammates. We got a little complacent in the fourth quarter.”

MacCullough said W-L survived Yorktown’s run with a positive approach.

“We knew that if we played our game,

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It may just be the longest running high school invitational of any sport in Northern Virginia and across the state. Teams from all over, and some of the best, both local and out-of-thearea, have participated in the event and look forward to the competition.

There were 11 high school squads in this year’s Jan. 20 invite, won by the Yorktown Patriots with W-L Blue second. There would have been more teams and gymnasts if not for the flu.

The Marshall Statesmen participated this year, and Langley and McLean have in the past.

The invitational began in the late 1960s, ended for a while around 1975, then resumed 1982. Until a few years ago, it was named the WashingtonLee Invitational. That changed to the Barbara Reinwald Invitational to honor the memory of the late W-L coach and huge supporter of gymnastics.

For years, Reinwald was on the front lines and was given a lot of credit for making sure girls gymnastics remained a strong varsity sport locally and throughout Virginia. She worked at W-L for 32 years, serving as a coaching mentor for current Washington-Lee girls head coach Joe D’Emidio, who took over in 1976.

D’Emidio played a big part in changing the meet’s name.

In 1992, Reinwald was inducted into the Virginia High School League’s Hall of Fame.

“She did so much for the sport, for Washington-Lee, and for me as a mentor. We thought naming the invitational for her was the right thing to do,” D’Emidio said. “It made sense. If not for Barbara, girls gymnastics may not be around.”

The W-L meet often serves as a postseason preview. Those events begin this week, in part because of Reinwald.

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Yorktown Girls Win Liberty, Boys Second by Half Point A Staff Report

While the Yorktown Patriots dominated and won Liberty District girls and SWIM & DIVE swimming diving championships, the Yorktown boys came so close to winning as well, finishing second by a half point in the high school meet.

The Yorktown girls won with a 494 total, more than one hundred ahead of second-place McLean (365). The Yorktown boys had 429.5 and winner Langley 430.

The championship swim races were held Jan. 27 at Washington-Lee High School.

Yorktown teams combined to break 11 team records and three district marks.

Leading the Yorktown girls was double winner Torri Huske in the 100 freestyle in 50.6 seconds and the 100 breaststroke (1:03.65). Both were All-American consideration times.

Yorktown’s Kayle Park won the 200 individual medley (2:04.79) and was second in the breast. Mary Kate Reicherter was second in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 free. Second were Emily Larsen in the 50 free and Peyton Nassetta in the 100 butterfly. Third was Natalie English in the 50 free and Charlotte Thompson in

The Yorktown girls hold the Liberty District championship banner.

the 500 free. Emily Brooks was fourth in the 50 free.

In girls relays, Yorktown’s 200 medley won in 1:45.20, the 200 free was second and the 400 free third. The medley relay consisted of Reicherter, Park, Huske and Larsen. Sophie Yoder and Cate Barrett had sixth-place finishes.

In girls diving for Yorktown, Hannah Karlin was second, Anika Creedon fourth

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and Lane Stoker eighth.

Leading Yorktown’s boys was the winning medley (1:35.95) and 200 free (1:27.5) relays and a third from the 400 free relay.

Individually, Jonathan Day was second in the 200 and 500 freestyles, Sam Ellison was third in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free, Thomas Outlaw took third in the fly, Zach Rosenthal placed fourth in the breast, Nicholas Pasternak was fourth

in the back, Ryan Soh had two fifths in races, Max Nagle had a fourth and a seventh and Andrew Meighan had a fifth and seventh.

In the medley relay, Soh, Rosenthal, Outlaw and Ellison set a district record.

In the 200 free relay, Pasternak, Outlaw, Meighan and Ellison also set a mark.

In boys diving for Yorktown, James Weise was fourth.

The Washington-Lee boys were third with 350 points and led by double winner Jack Mowery in the 500 free (4:41.52) and 200 free (1:40.08). Kai Green won the 50 free (21.56) and was third in the breast, Jaya Kambhampaty won the back (51.40) and was second in the fly, Adi Kambhampaty was third in the IM, Lachlan Flatin was second in the 100 free and sixth in the breast and Noah Swisher had two sixths.

Also, W-L won the 400 free relay in 3:10.26. The four were Mowery, Green, Flatin and Jaya Kambhampaty. The Washington-Lee medley relay of Green, Swisher, Flatin and Jaya Kambhampaty was second.

The Washington-Lee girls were fourth, led by Isabella Lee with a fourth in the fly and fifth in the 500 free and Charlie Couture’s fourth in the breas

Wakefield Swept by Marshall in Key District Showdowns DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The Wakefield Warriors’ six-game winning streak was snapped with a 69-62 loss to BASKETBALL road the Marshall Statesmen on Jan. 26 in a showdown for first place in the National District.

Wakefield (14-5) is now in second place at 7-2 behind Marshall (16-2, 8-1).

Marshall led early, 9-2, was ahead 28-26 at halftime in the boys high school basketball game, only to have Wakefield tie the score at 28 early in the third period. Marshall responded with a 10-0 run on five layups coming off set plays and two steals, led by center Daniel Deaver (19 points, five rebounds, five assists),

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and the Statesmen led the rest of the way. Deaver had a basket and three assists during that run.

“Give Marshall credit. We had Deaver out of the game in foul trouble in the first half, but we didn’t take enough advantage of that,” Wakefield coach Tony Bentley said. “We had too many turnovers in the first half.”

A’Mari Cooper led Wakefield with 20 points and 11 rebounds; Chris Warner had 10 points, four assists and three steals; Ben Horsford scored nine; and Robbie Starkey and Gabe Tham eight each.

Earlier in the week, Wakefield routed Stuart, 76-42, in district action. Horsford scored 14, Cooper had 13 points and eight rebounds and Tem Ugtakhbayar had 12 rebounds.

n In the Wakefield Warriors’ 50-46 road win over the Stuart Raiders in girls National District basketball action, Taylor Thompson made four three-pointers and scored a career-high 19 points. Jami Tham had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Wakefield, Hannah Foley scored 11, Jayela Lopez blocked eight shots and Jayde Spinner had three steals.

On Jan. 26, Wakefield (10-7 5-4) lost to the visiting Marshall Statesmen, 3534. Wakefield had the ball last but did not get off a shot. Lopez made a technical foul shot to cut the lead to 35-34, then Wakefield had possession.

Foley had 13 points, Thompson nine and Tham seven for Wakefield, which trailed 21-14 at halftime.

On Jan. 27, Wakefield rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat

was 12th in the all-around (31.8) and Anne Felipe was 15th (31.025).

For Washington-Lee Gray, Sofia Koppy had a 30.875 all-around score and Bella Golden 30.075.

Yorktown’s Marisa Daugherty was fourth on the bars (8.85).

Washington-Lee’s other top gymnasts are senior Rachel Bradley and junior Bel-

la Golden.

Barbara Reinwald was W-L’s former head gymnastics coach and is given a lot of credit for keeping sport going in Northern Virginia, accodring to current Washington-Lee coach Joe D’Emidio.

“If not for Barbara, girls gymnastics may not be around anymore,” said D’Emidio, who has been W-L’s coach

since 1979.

Washington-Lee’s tournament was named after Reinwald two years ago.

Washington-Lee hosts the Liberty District championships on Feb. 1. Yorktown, McLean and Washington-Lee are the favorites.

The top teams and individuals advance to the region meet.

at 44. Yorktwn’s Liz Shean scored nine points in the fourth period, and Maggie Shipley five.

In overtime, Shean’s foul shots gave Yorktown a 46-44 lead that kept expanding.

Shean led Yorktown with 25 points.

Shipley scored 10, Cristina Bournigal seven and Thora Gibbs six.

For Washington-Lee, Sydney Rood

and Enas Nigatu scored 12 each, Eleanor Doolittle and Lucy Robinson had six each and Ava Singh four.

Yorktown was a combined 17 of 22 from the foul line in the fourth quarter and overtime.

“We kept our composure. Our mental toughness helped dig us out of the hole,” Yorktown coach Devaughn Drayton said. “We made our free throws down

the stretch, and our defensive intensity and our rebounding was good, especially late. A light-switch sort of came on in the fourth.”

Said Shean: “We played together tonight,” Shean said. “This is a very big win, but we’re not done yet.”

Yorktown lost its previous game in overtime to Herndon, which is in first place in the district.

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visiting Coppin Academy, 48-43. Tham had 22 points and 15 rebounds; Thompson scored 12; Foley 10; and Lopez had eight rebounds, blocked three shots and hit two key foul shots.

BASKETBALL: The Bishop O’Connell Knights (15-5, 6-3) defeated Bishop Ireton, 66-47, as Xavier Johnson scored 24 points and had six assists, Charlie Weber had 17 points and seven rebounds, Matt Becht scored 16 and Jahmal Banks had six points and nine boards.

O’Connell then lost to visiting Paul VI Catholic, 59-54. Becht scored 18, Ayan Teel 11, Johnson 10, and Banks had eight points and seven rebounds.

O’Connell has more conference games this week.

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Howze twice – first in an early-spring special election called to fill the seat of Chris Zimmerman, who resigned, and then in November to win a full four-year term.

Vihstadt was able to channel and then ride a wave of voter discontent over highticket local spending and a view of many that the all-Democratic County Board had grown arrogant and out of touch.

Estimates suggest that up to one-third of traditionally Democratic voters joined independents, Republicans and Greens to give him the dual victories.

“I’m a moderate, middle-of-the-road guy [who] wanted to bring people together,” said Vihstadt, who had decades of civic activism leading up to his political run.

Vihstadt’s re-election bid has picked up support of three Democratic elected officials, with County Board member Libby Garvey and Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos, who supported him in 2014, being joined by Treasurer Carla de la Pava.

During four years in office, Vihstadt has “been showing the county who he is – he’s somebody you can trust,” said Garvey, who spoke at the kickoff.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-11th), who grew up in Arlington, also was on hand to lend support.

“People respect people who are solutions-oriented. Running communities has nothing to do with the partisan divides at the national level,” said Davis, who served as both a district supervisor and board chairman in Fairfax County before being elected to Congress.

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back to elected officials in August.

In addition to the Career Center building, the site also includes Patrick Henry Elementary School, Arlington Community High School, Columbia Pike Library and – perhaps most enticing to planners – a large surface-parking area.

In response to Cassidy, Cristol said she agrees with the assessment of doing the development right, rather than rushing it.

“I am very excited about the Career Center [possibilities],” Cristol said. “We have this resource; what do we want it to look like in 25 years?”

Cristol said there would be a chance to “sketch out that plan over time” rather than hurtle into decision-making.

“I’m really optimistic about the opportunity,” she said.

School Board members already have committed to adding between 700 and 800 high-school seats to the parcel by 2022.

How radical the eventual redevelopment of the site is could depend on whether there are funds available; similar efforts to redevelop the county government’s landholdings in the Courthouse area (which

Davis noted that he supported candidates based on their skills and positions rather than party label, pointing to his backing of Arlington Democrat James Almand when Almand served in the House of Delegates.

Vihstadt, said Davis, “is bringing the county together.”

It was the resignation of veteran Democratic County Board member Zimmerman in early 2014 that set the stage for Vihstadt’s election in a special election held that spring. After Howze’s disappointing showing in the special election, there was not enough time for other Democrats to mount campaigns for the general election, leading to another Vihstadt-Howze showdown and another Vihstadt romp.

In 2018, Vihstadt will have the power of incumbency behind him, but may be hurt by the docile mood of the local electorate, which seemed mollified after County Board members killed off a number of big-ticket items, including the Columbia Pike streetcar and the Artisphere, and scaled back others, like high-tech bus stops and the Long Bridge Park aquatics center.

Democrats are just ramping up efforts to win the seat back; to date, Matt de Ferranti is the lone candidate to formally announce plans to seek the party’s nomination. If others seek the Democratic nod, the party will select its nominee in June via a primary.

Prior to Vihstadt, the last non-Democrat to serve on the County Board was Mike Lane, a Republican who won a special election in early 1999 but lost the seat in the general election later that year. Often, Republicans do not field candidates, leaving Democrats either unopposed or facing token opposition.

The twin Vihstadt-Howze races of also has a large surface-parking lot) have foundered for a lack of available cash and no consensus on what should go there.

Cassidy, who previously headed the Rosslyn Business Improvement District (an area of the county that has seen recent major investments by the local government), said it was a plus to have Cristol, who lives in South Arlington, at the helm as the Career Center planning process begins.

“It’s good to see a Columbia Pike neighbor,” Cassidy said.

That familiarity is likely to continue in 2019, when current County Board vice chairman Christian Dorsey (who also lives in the area) is expected to ascend to the chairmanship.

Unmentioned at the Jan. 18 forum, but still hanging, however tenuously, in the air is the question of a Columbia Pike streetcar project. While the initial plan for a five-mile, $300 million link between Pentagon City and Skyline was killed off by the County Board in 2014, it never has been formally buried, and conceivably could be brought back to life.

For now, however, Arlington officials are focusing on upgrading existing bus service in the corridor, with new branding efforts and high-tech stops.

Left: County Board member John Vihstadt speaks with supporters after his campaign-kickoff event held Jan. 28 in Lyon Village.

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TRAVELERS HEAD TO CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL: Arlington County 55+ Trav-

el hosts a trip to the Chocolate Lovers Festival in Fairfax on Sunday, Feb. 4.

The cost is $8. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

OPTIONS FOR SENIOR LIVING EXPLORED:

Considering aging in place versus making a move will be discussed on Monday, Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2280955.

CURRENT-EVENTS ROUNDTABLERS TO MEET: The current-events round-

table at Walter Reed Senior Center will meet on Monday, Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

HEART-HEALTHY SNACKS PROFFERED: A celebration of American

Heart Month, including heart-healthy snacks and smoothies, will be offered on Monday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

FOLK MUSIC TAKES CENTER STAGE:

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days 71. Impulse transmitter 72. Indian restaurant staple 73. D.C. bigwig 74. Like a rookie DOWN

1. *Olympic participant’s hangout 2. Been in bed

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TIPS ON FOOD PREPARATIONOFFERED: A workshop focused on the

skills needed to downsize recipes, repurpose leftovers and minimize food waste will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

GATHERING LOOKS AT PREVENTION OF FALLS: A forum on tips to prevent

falls will be presented on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2286300.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO CIVIL-RIGHTS EXHIBITION: Arlington County 55+

Travel hosts a trip to the Newseum to view the “1967: Civil Rights at 50” exhibit on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The cost is $27. For information, call (703) 2284748.

3. *8-time American speed skating medalist 4. Regular visitors 5. Long-billed shore bird 6. Well-ventilated 7. Flapper’s neckwear 8. Spots for links 9. Arial, e.g.

10. Ill-mannered 11. Malaria symptom 12. Subsequently 15. *“Agony of ____” 20. Like anchor aweigh 22. Not well 24. Ezra Pound’s poetry movement 25. *Which Korea is 2018 Winter host?

26. Come to terms 27. Closet wood 29. Frosts a cake 31. Fence prickle 32. Kindle content 33. Powerball, e.g.

34. *2014 Winter host city 36. France’s currency 38. Shrek 42. Busybody, in Yiddish 45. House cover 49. Opposite of pro 51. *Olympic no-no 54. Shrek and Fiona 56. Crane or heron 57. Jainism follower 58. Arm part 59. Isinglass 60. Lowly laborer 61. Rhymes with #60 Down 62. Plural of lira 63. Change of address 66. Lyric poem 68. X

Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: Arlington County 55+

Travel hosts a trip to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to view the Terracotta Army exhibition on Thursday, Feb. 8.

The cost is $52. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

OVERVIEW OF SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM OFFERED: An overview of Snapchat

and Instagram will be presented on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

AFICIONADOS OF LOCAL HISTORY TO MEET: A local-history discussion group

will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 12:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

CLUTTER-CONTROL TIPS OFFERED: MAKING COMFORT FOODS HEALTHY IS SUBJECT OF WORKSHOP: Making

nutritious versions of favorite comfort foods will be the topic of discussion on

Steps to help control clutter will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

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Arlington history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. Find out more on local history at the Web site www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

February 4, 1944: n President Roosevelt has nominated Charles Simpson to be Arlington’s new postmaster. n The 321 traffic accidents recorded in Arlington last year were down from a year before. n State legislators are wrangling over whether to impose a sales tax. n The Virginia GOP will hold its annual convention on April 15 in Roanoke.

February 3, 1960: n Nearly 40 members of the House of Delegates are backing a new plan to undermine court-ordered integration of schools across Virginia.

February 4, 1966: n The House of Delegates has passed legislation to expand George Mason College into a four-year institution. n Officials in the city of Taby, Sweden, have suggested starting a Sister City relationship with Arlington. n State legislators have voted to table a bill allowing localities to permit liquor sales by the drink.

February 4, 1975: n Democrat Joseph Fisher spent $143,000 in his successful bid to oust U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th. Broyhill spent $234,000 in the 1974 race, according to new campaign data. n ABC stores in Virginia are set to raise prices on 44 items and cut them on another 17. n Rising food prices are affecting even the National Zoo, where the cost of feeding a lion has risen to $1,250 a year.

February 4-5, 1986: n Construction of the Courthouse Plaza complex means county government employees will lose access to about 250 parking spaces. n The House of Delegates is debating whether to make use of seat belts mandatory. n A House of Delegates committee has rejected a proposal to cap interest rates charged by credit-card issuers.

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To list...or not to list...in the winter?

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Although, by season, spring is traditionally the best time to list your home (with a better chance of selling at more than the list price), it barely edges out winter. With reduced inventory, why wait? % Sold Above List Price

Spring Winter Summer Fall

Shelia Fisher 703-582-5979 sheliafisher@verizon.net

18.7% 17.5% 15.1% 14.7%

Source: Don’t Let Sellers Discount the Winter Months, REALTORMag. 11/29/19

You might be surprised at the value of your home.

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