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Leaders of Adjacent Civic Associations Voice Concerns, Seek Deferral to Fall SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Leaders of civic associations ringing Virginia Hospital Center are engaged in an effort to beat the clock, attempting to win further design concessions to

the hospital’s development plan before it obtains expected County Board approval. “I believe a deal can be made [so] the communities can be happy,” said Alexandra Bocian, president of the John M. Langston Civic Association, who repre-

sents one of three neighborhoods surrounding the hospital. The hospital’s plan to extend its campus north, to property currently owned by the county government adjacent to North Edison Street, is expected to come before the Planning Commission

and then County Board in early July. Approval of the plan is a precursor to a long-anticipated land swap between the hospital and the county government, which would receive a large tract on Continued on Page 20

GENERALS FALL IN TOURNEY Washington-Lee High School’s Luel Moges controls a high pass against the host Oakton Cougars in a Northern Region 6D boys soccer tournament game May 24. Washington-Lee led 2-0 in the second half, then lost 3-2 in overtime to end its season. See full coverage in Sports and a slide show of photos at www.insidenova.com/news/arlington. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

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An Energy-Efficient School May Result in Cash for APS Arlington School officials are hoping to use a statewide energy pilot program to get back some cash from excess power generated at Discovery Elementary School. Legislation patroned by Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) in the 2018 session directs Dominion Energy to permit schools that generate more energy from on-site wind- or solar-powered sources to sell the power back to the utility. Currently, the excess power goes back to the electrical grid, but school systems are not reimbursed. “It’s a great opportunity,” said Cathy Lin, the Arlington school system’s energy manager, who estimates that – based on usage data compiled over the past year – Arlington could find itself with $9,000 in annual reimbursement if it is selected for the pilot program. Under the legislation, the funds could either be taken by a school system in cash, or applied to offset some of the cost of operating other facilities. Discovery Elementary opened at the start of the 2015-16 season as Virginia’s first “zero energy” school building as certified by the International Living Future Institute and New Buildings Institute. Designed by VMDO Architects, it currently is one of only four schools

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nationally (and the largest building of any type) to receive the certification. The design features helped to produce a surplus of 100,000 kWh of electricity in its first full year of operation, equivalent to the power consumed by 7.5 average Virginia homes. So far, the school’s efficiency is outperforming expectations, Lin said. She credited John Chadwick, the school system’s facilities director, for suggesting the idea that was formalized in Sullivan’s bill. The legislation was supported by the school system and by Dominion, and passed on votes of 99-0 in the House of Delegates and 40-0 in the state Senate. “We supported [the measure] and have been in contact with the Discovery School. In fact, we are going on a tour later this month to learn more about their goals so we can develop a program together,” said Katharine Bond, Dominion Energy’s senior public policy director for state and local affairs. The legislation, which was signed by Gov. Northam in March, gives the state Corporation Commission until Dec. 1 to set up the guidelines for administering the pilot program. It is slated to run for six years. – Scott McCaffrey

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County Government Preps Bond-Referendum Package SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington taxpayers would be asked to approve just under a quarter-billion dollars in new municipal debt in November bond referendums, under proposals being put forth by County Manager Mark Schwartz and Superintendent Patrick Murphy. Schwartz on May 22 proposed a bond package of $141 million spread across four referendums: • $75 million for transportation and Metro projects. • $29 million for parks and recreation. • $32 million for government facilities. • $5.2 million for Neighborhood Conservation. The package focuses on “core infrastructure,” Schwartz said in debuting his package. Among the projects that would be funded if the bond package wins voter approval: Construction of a replacement for Fire Station No. 8 on Lee Highway; improvements to Jennie Dean and Rosslyn Highlands parks; and final funding for the Nauck Town Square project. Other projects once considered for funding have been left out, including renovation of the courts building and redevelopment of the “Buck property” across North Quincy Street from the Arlington Education Center. Funding for parkland acquisition and Neighborhood Conservation projects would be scaled back, a proposal sure to raise hackles among advocates for those efforts. Earlier, Superintendent Patrick Murphy proposed a November bond referendum of nearly $104 million to pay for new projects aimed at keeping up with growing student enrollment. The County Board and School Board are set to adopt their own capital-spending packages in coming weeks. In July, County Board members will finalize a bond package and submit it to the Circuit Court for placement on the November ballot. Arlington voters have not turned down a local bond referendum in more than three decades; most pass with more than 65-percent support, some with as much as 80 percent. But Arlington officials must contend with a self-imposed cap on debt, designed to retain the government’s AAA bond ratings. Rising interest rates also may impact the total debt county officials will want to bring to the financial markets in coming years. County Manager Affirms Commitment to Debt-Level Ceiling: Oh, you can think about it. But doooooooooooon’t do it. That’s Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz’s advice to County

Board members, urging them to resist any temptation to disregard the government’s self-imposed, and for the most part sacrosanct, debt guidelines. The guidelines, long in place to help the county government retain AAA bond ratings, call for the cost of servicing municipal debt to remain less than 10 percent of the total overall countygovernment budget in any given year. “I would never recommend” going above 10 percent, Schwartz said during a fiscal briefing May 22. “I don’t want to go there.” But the Arlington government will be tiptoeing close to that ceiling under the $2.8 billion, 10-year capital-spending package proposed by the county manager on May 22. According to county data, the percentage of debt-service spending compared to the overall budget would be 9.9 percent in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, dip slightly to 9.8 percent in 2026 and rise again to 9.9 percent in 2027. Those figures are at best guesstimates, as nobody has a crystal ball to see what economic conditions or interest rates will be like years into the future. But keeping the debt ratio below 10 percent long has been a mantra of County

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Report Offers Ideas for Commemorating Heritage While Developing State-of-the-Art Fire Station #8 SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Supporters of an Arlington government working group focused on design of a new Fire Station #8, and commemorating the historic legacy of the station and those who worked there, have come away from the process feeling that much good has been accomplished. Now, they plan to wait to see if the local government puts their recommendations into practice. The 14-member panel has developed a 12-page report for County Manager Mark Schwartz, and will brief County Board members in mid-June. The group’s

recommendations are expected to be taken into account as the Arlington government preps to raze the existing fire station, located on Lee Highway in the Halls Hill/High View Park neighborhood, and replace it with a new, two-bay station on the same site. Several members of the panel said the most important way to honor the station’s past is to provide for its future. “Finally, our neighborhood fire station will become a state-of-the-art station – the men and women who work there deserve the best,” said Marguarite Gooden, who represented the John M. Langston Citizens Association on the working group and whose brother and father worked at

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Fire Station #8. Kitty Clark Stevenson, who served on the panel and whose father worked at Station #8, said building a world-class station would do right to those who had come before. “It’s what those firefighters would have expected,” said Stevenson, who noted that the station – which in the days of racial segregation was staffed entirely by African-American firefighters – often had to

make do with hand-me-downs from other stations. The working group was led by Noah Simon, a trained mediator, former School Board member and staffer in the office of U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th). It was Simon who, in 2016, chaired a task force that on a divided vote recommended retaining the station’s current location, rather than moving it as had been recommended by county staff. County Board members sided with the task force. While the earlier planning effort had been contentious, Simon said the recent working-group effort has seen smoother Continued on Page 20

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Senate Candidate Jackson Makes Pitch to County GOP SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

How does E.W. Jackson feel about President Trump? “He is a blessing to this entire country. He has not disappointed me. His policies and approach are the right ones – focus on the substance of what he’s trying to do,” Jackson said as he made his pitch for the U.S. Senate nomination May 23 in front of the Arlington County Republican Committee. Jackson – a lawyer and minister from Chesapeake – is facing off against Nick Freitas and Corey Stewart in the June 12 GOP primary. The winner is likely to have an uphill battle attempting to knock off U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in November. In his remarks, Jackson was upbeat about his party’s prospects, saying predictions of a rout of Republicans in November were overblown. “I just sense in my bones a shift in the atmosphere,” he said at the meeting, held at Summers restaurant in Courthouse. “We are surging. We are going to hold on to the House and we’re going to hold on to the U.S. Senate.”

Few in the political establishment expect Jackson to win the nomination, but he has outperformed expectations before. In 2013, he won the GOP nod for lieutenant governor, but lost to Democrat Ralph Northam in the general election. Like Stewart and Freitas before him, Jackson used the microphone to excoriate what he perceives as a drift in American values. “The U.S. Senate needs to be a platform for cultural renewal,” he said. “We have lost touch with who we are. Our country is so far gone culturally.” Jackson’s 45-minute presentation was light on specifics, although he did make a push for more choice in educational options, particularly for inner-city youth and others in impoverished areas. “This is a land of opportunity. We just have to open the doors,” he said. “We’ve got to create opportunity, and that begins with education.” Jackson mocked efforts in some localities to remove names deemed offensive to modern sensibilities from schools. “Oh, that’ll help a lot,” he said with a rhetorical flourish, saying proponents of the idea were merely offering a “shiny object” to the public in an effort to distract attention from more serious problems in public education. “Tim Kaine and the Democrats have absolutely no plan to deal with it,” he said.

E.W. Jackson makes a point during remarks to the Arlington County Republican Committee.

The lone African-American in the primary, Jackson has pressed a mantra of moving beyond race-based politics. “Most of our people are good, decent people,” he said. “Most of us want to get past this skin-color stuff so much.” But in the same breath, Jackson said that, if nominated, he would use a network of churches and minority-themed media to take away some of the advantage Democrats hold among the AfricanAmerican electorate, giving him a shot at unseating Kaine. Joe Haertel, a regular attendee at the monthly Arlington Republican meetings, said it was no surprise Jackson came to the meeting bursting with energy. Haertel said he was at the 2013 GOP convention that nominated Jackson for lieutenant governor, and witnessed him “whip up the crowd and wake up those Republicans.” Whether tapping into that fervor can

be translated into a primary victory will be known on June 12. Jackson’s previous effort to win a Republican Senate nomination, in 2012, brought him less than 5 percent of the vote in a race won by former U.S. Sen. George Allen. Allen lost the general election to Kaine. Arlington Republicans previously hosted Freitas and Stewart at meetings. “It’s great” to have had all three contenders, GOP chairman Jim Presswood said. While Republicans are selecting a U.S. Senate candidate in the June 12, Arlington Democrats the same day will be picking a County Board candidate among contenders Matt de Ferranti and Chanda Choun. Virginia does not register by political party, so county voters can vote in either primary, but not both. Beyer Picks Up Endorsement of Sierra Club: The local chapter of the Sierra Club on May 23 announced its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), who is seeking re-election. Beyer “is an unquestioned champion of the environment who has fully recognized that the harmful consequences of climate change are the existential crisis of our generation,” said Pat Soriano, political chair of the Sierra Club Mount Vernon Group. Beyer is seeking a third term in the heavily Democratic 8th District. He is being challenged by Republican Thomas Oh.

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Endorsement: Freitas Is GOP’s Only Viable Option

After a relatively promising tenure as Virginia governor, Tim Kaine (D) transitioned to a relatively uninspired stint in the U.S. Senate prior to his selection as Hillary Clinton’s 2016 ticketmate. So sure were most professional and amateur prognosticators – ourselves included – that Clinton was going to win the White House that, long before the votes were tallied, the guessing game had begun on which political figures would jump into the fray in an effort to fill out the remainder of the senator’s term. It was not to be. Clinton lost and Kaine returned to the U.S. Senate, a little bruised after a performance as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee that most would describe as lackluster. One might think that Kaine, who if you look at his recent record has careened further left than most Virginians would appreciate, might offer the GOP a tempting target in 2018. But whichever of the three Republican candidates

emerges from the June 12 primary to take him on, odds remain heavily in the incumbent’s favor. Three Republicans – E.W. Jackson, Corey Stewart and Nick Freitas – are on the ballot. Coming to an endorsement is a relatively easy affair, as neither Jackson nor Stewart impresses us as a viable candidate. Either one as Kaine’s opponent would likely only manage to further sink the self-immolating GOP’s fortunes in the Old Dominion. Freitas, a relative newcomer to the House of Delegates from Culpeper, is not Mount Rushmore material, but he is the last man standing. While robustly conservative, which will work against him in a state that is trending somewhat left, he has the ability to make a coherent case for his party and his own candidacy in a way that neither of his intraparty opponents can. Republicans hoping to at least have a shot at replacing Kaine should go with Nick Freitas. Any other choice would waste the opportunity to win the seat.

Visitor-Parking Pass Needs to Be Redesigned Editor: The Arlington County government’s new short-term visitor-parking pass has a different design from last year, presenting a grid allowing people to shade in the specific days the pass is intended to shield people or their guests from ticketing. However, has anyone pointed out that the pass no longer displays on the front that the pass is “valid for 3 consecutive days only.” Instead, it says: “Please

see reverse of card for additional information.” There, at the beginning of the second paragraph, you learn that the pass is valid for “three consecutive days only.” This important information is not highlighted in any way. Further obfuscating the duration of the pass, the front says: “Shade in circles indicating effective month and day(s).” Next year’s passes should be redesigned to once again display the duration of the pass on the front. For this

next year, ticketing officers should leave a warning on the windshield extending owners and operators an additional 24 hours to make some other provision for their vehicles. Burying important information about the three-day limit leaves one with the impression that this is a crass and cynical revenue grab by the county from visitors and the unsuspecting. Rob Bamberger Arlington

Preserving Trees Requires Common Ground Editor: I am most happy to see my friend Nora Palmatier recognized for her commitment to Arlington and trees [news article, May 3]. It got me thinking: It was not too many years ago that the enemy (among tree lovers) in Arlington was Dominion Energy. In that drama was a culture clash. Many residents loved their huge trees that provided shade and, perhaps more importantly, they had known for many years and had great love for. When storms with heavy winds hit the area, during both warm and cold months, those trees were seen and felt very differently Dominion. Utilities have a responsibility to maintain service and are under pressure

by communities to keep the service operating and running continuously. They use employees and contractors and even, during emergencies, utility crews from other areas under mutual assistance agreements. Tensions would rise when residents saw the trees on the streets that are around electric wires trimmed back, in their view severely and in some situations essentially killing the trees. The workers were typically doing what the electric utility asked of them. The stress they were feeling to keep the lights on during and after storms was, to a large extent, because of the aged tree canopy in Arlington. Those majestic (huge) and beautiful trees were, to the utility, a threat to the

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infrastructure. The interests of residents was pitted against the responsibility of the utilities to keep the power to homes, hospitals, schools and public-safety facilities operating. Residents of Arlington and other communities asked their elected representatives to intervene so that trimming trees was not done too excessively. Eventually, some policies were revised, and the electric utility today makes efforts to not kill trees while still protecting its infrastructure. And residents now are more aware that it is their responsibility to maintain trees on their properties. Kevin Chisholm Arlington

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Greens Get Partial Credit in Proffering Housing Solutions Editor: Your May 17 issue had a letter from John Reeder [“Democrats Need Tutorial on Housing Issues”] in which he suggests that local Democrats should adopt two Green Party positions as their own. I think he is wrong on one of them and half right on the other, and this letter is to respond. Mr. Reeder’s first suggestion is that Arlington should put in place historicpreservation designation on older market-rate rental units in Westover, for the purpose of maintaining that housing as affordable. The notion that the units to which he refers are “historic” is very hard to take seriously. There is no architectural significance; these units are not unique; no historic events are alleged to have occurred here; and many similar groupings exist nearby. Historic designation for these units would be a taking from their owners and not for the purpose enunciated in historic-preservation legislation. Mr. Reeder’s second suggestion is expansion of the county government’s current (rental) housing-grants program to include more seniors, disabled and families with children who are renters

earning less than $45,000 a year; lowering the age for seniors to get grants from 65 years to 50 years; and loosening excessive requirements. The Greens are quite right that Arlington can serve more needy people in any given year with rental-supplementation grants than it can with its current strategy of building little satrapies of owned housing administered by satellite charities, each with its own well-paid staff. County Board Chairman Katie Cristol, in fact, showed awareness of this problem when she said: “We can’t increase the General Fund contributions to Affordable Housing Investment fast enough to support every compelling affordable housing project, when projects a decade ago required $5 or $6 million in gap financing and current projects need $20 million.” I’m not at all inclined to see us declare 50-year-olds to be “seniors,” as 50 is generally a peak earning year and not time of decline. Before we make any such huge expansion in rent-assistance entitlements, we should have a much clearer idea than we see here of the level of need and of the expense we would be taking on. Dave Schutz Arlington

Senior Babe Ruth Competition Serves Important Role in County Editor: I write in response to the May 24 Teeing Off column about the baseball coach’s job at Washington-Lee High School. Arlington Senior Babe Ruth’s recreational league consist of players not on high-school rosters. The teams practice once or twice a week and play games against each other. High-school teams are set by tryout and practice daily. Most high-school teams in this area transition to travel programs in the summer. In Arlington, Senior Babe Ruth has a separate post-season league for highschool players. Players from that league generally represent Senior Babe Ruth in all-star play. At the 2017 district tournament, Senior Babe Ruth’s 15U team won three games by a combined 56-8 and four games in the state tournament by a

combined 43-9. The 14U team won a two-team district tournament – no other league entered a team. The Washington-Lee coach’s job is to field teams to compete against other high schools. The teams Arlington’s high schools compete with play travel baseball after the regular season to keep players on the field at a meaningful competitive level. If recreational players are good enough to play in the Senior Babe Ruth from March to May, it seems they should be good enough to represent Arlington in all-star play against other recreational players and leagues in the district. By contrast, Arlington’s high-school baseball players should be playing in an Arlington-based travel program against their peers. Stephen Finn Arlington

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Summer Could Bring Discussion on School Costs SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The Arlington County government likes to host what it terms “community conversations.” Here’s one that – if it occurs – could be a doozy. Members of the government’s audit committee are seeking to hold a summertime discussion of the high costs of Arlington school construction, hoping to piggyback on a report due out in coming weeks from the school system’s auditor. The audit committee has “made overtures” to school officials about holding a joint community forum – date and place still undetermined – to discuss the findings of the report, said County Board member John Vihstadt, who represents the County Board with fellow board member Erik Gutshall on the audit committee. The school system’s auditor, John Mickevice, has been studying costs of school construction, and comparing it to what officials say are school systems comparable in size and demographics. The news that Arlington school facili-

ties come with a hefty construction cost is no surprise; it has been that way for years. In an oft-cited example, based on figures from the Virginia Department of Education, the new Wakefield High School (completed in 2013) cost $40,681 per student, compared to $31,080 for a Loudoun County high school and $26,357 for a Clarke County high school built in the same time frame. Another example: Arlington spent $289 per square foot to construct Discovery Elementary School, allotting 143 square feet per student, while at the same time Prince William County was building an elementary school of 119 square feet per student at a cost of $151 per square foot. (One caveat: Energy-efficient design, which helped bump up the construction cost at the Arlington elementary, is paying dividends in lower energy costs.) Arlington taxpayers seem either supportive or at least neutral when it comes to high construction costs, as schoolbond referendums have passed with overwhelming majorities over the past three decades. But with county school enroll-

County Board member John Vihstadt is pressing for a summer conference to discuss school-construction costs in Arlington.

ment continuing to grow, and the county government needing to pinch pennies so it doesn’t rub up against a self-imposed debt ceiling designed to maintain its AAA bond ratings, something is going to have to give in coming years.

Superintendent Patrick Murphy in early May laid out a proposed 10-year capital-spending plan that calls for $430 million in successive bond-referendum requests over the decade. But his plan immediately was attacked in several quarters as being not enough. Among those angered were residents in the Columbia Pike corridor, who have complained that Murphy’s proposal for a new high school on the Arlington Career Center campus would not provide students attending it with parity in facilities compared to those attending Washington-Lee, Wakefield and Yorktown high schools. School Board members are set to ratify their own version of a capital-spending package in June. The following month, County Board members will formally request the placement of a number of bond referendums, including for schools, on the November ballot. The final decision on putting referendums on the ballot rests with the Circuit Court, but judges traditionally have approved the requests without changes.

Co. Board OKs New Tenant-Relocation Guidelines SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

County Board members on May 22 approved revisions to the guidelines that developers either can COUNTY or must follow – deNOTES pending on the specific circumstance – if they are renovating residential properties and displacing tenants in the process. The revisions cede power to the county manager and staff to take actions that previously had been the domain of the County Board, and will provide many tenants with more notice and, in some cases, higher relocation payments if they find themselves displaced. The tenant-relocation guidelines, in place in one form or another since 1979, are mandatory for property owners whose renovation or razing of rental properties requires County Board approval, and are “strongly encouraged” but not required for by-right development. Under the revisions adopted unanimously on May 22, the guidelines now call for 120-day notice for all tenants to vacate. Previously that was the case for renters with leases, but those with monthto-month tenancy were not required to receive more than a 30-day notice. The revised guidelines call for property owners to follow the federal Uniform Relocation Act formula for payments to those displaced. Depending on the size of a unit, payments currently range from $700 to $1,500, about in line with the previous county guidelines. In rare cases where the former county guidelines are higher, the tenant will receive the larger amount. The revisions won the support of the 8

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county government’s Tenant-Landlord Commission. “This version of the guidelines is clearer and accurately defines the expectations of the county and the commission,” said Kendon Krause, who chairs the commission. County Board Honors Frantz for 20 Years of Service: County Board members on May 22 paid homage to Betsy Frantz, singling out her work rebuilding volunteer-recruitment-and-promotion efforts in Arlington. Frantz earlier this year departed after two decades as head of the Leadership Center for Excellence. In 2016, that organization took over what previously had been a government-run volunteer office. “The caliber of the organization” helped “create both more [volunteers] numerically and more effective ways for the community to give back,” County Board Chairman Katie Cristol said at a brief recognition ceremony. For several years before the 2016 handover, the county government had either by omission or commission allowed its volunteer office to atrophy, moving staff to other duties. The Leadership Center for Excellence, which won the contract in a competitive-bidding situation, hired Lisa Fikes in mid-2016 to run Volunteer Arlington. Frantz in April began work leading the Virginia Hospital Center Foundation. She told County Board members “it’s been an honor” helping to chart the growth of the leadership organization, which began life as Leadership Arlington, an initiative of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. And Frantz said though she has a new position, she’d always be available. “I’ll only be right up the road,” she said.

Betsy Frantz, right, recently was honored by the County Board. She is shown with board chair Katie Cristol. PHOTO BY KURT LARRICK

County Board OKs New Farmers’ Market: Arlington County Board members have approved a use permit in support of a farmers’ market to be held Saturdays at Barrett Elementary School. Board members OK’d the proposal on May 22. The applicant – Field to Table Inc. – already runs a number of farmers’ markets in the region. The new one would operate Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon from April to November. Up to 20 vendors would be accommodated. “Most of the patrons are anticipated to come from the surrounding community, and will either walk or bike to the market,” staff said in a memo to board members. “There is sufficient parking onsite and adequate on-street parking surrounding the site.” The County Board will receive a status report in May 2019. County Board Members Make Appointments: County Board members re-

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cently made the following appointments to local boards and commissions: Matt de Ferranti was reappointed to the Citizens Advisory Commission on Housing. Elizabeth Priaulx was appointed to the Disability Commission. Robert Dvorak was appointed to the Environment and Energy Conservation Commission. Andrew Wenchel was reappointed to the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board. Giles Crimi was reappointed to the Neighborhood Complete Streets Committee. Ljudmila Mladenovic was appointed to the aquatics subcommittee of the Sports Commission. Carl Bedell, Tiffany Young and Terri Baumann were appointed to the Arts Commission. Bob Braddock was appointed to the Building Code Board of Appeals. Tom Moriarity was reappointed to the Clarendon Alliance board of directors. Harrison Wadsworth was appointed to the Crystal City Citizen Review Council. John Seymour was reappointed to the Environment and Energy Conservation Commission. Latoya Asia and Marilyn Calix were appointed to the Human Rights Commission. Michael Grace was reappointed to the Park and Recreation Commission. Justin Wilt was reappointed to the Sports Commission. Kendon Krause was reappointed to the TenantLandlord Commission. Which local media outlet Krause has beenwas s Commission. Kendon giving you the full scoop on Arlingreappoin ton events since way back in the days when FDR and Eleanor were in the White House? That’s right: It’s the Sun Gazette. We’ve got you covered with all the news that’s fit to print (er, that fits).

County Board OKs Modifications to Add School Seats SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Despite concerns raised about parking and effective communication with the surrounding neighborhoods, Arlington County Board members on May 22 unanimously approved a request from the local school system allowing internal modifications to squeeze 300 additional student seats out of the interior of Yorktown High School. “This is a good-news story,” said County Board Chairman Katie Cristol, since it will provide additional student capacity without resorting to more trail-

ers or require expanding the footprint of the school building. Arlington Public Schools officials plan to have the interior modifications completed in time for the start of school in September. Previous projects have added similar space to Washington-Lee and Wakefield high schools during summer-vacation periods. The increase will bring the school to a maximum capacity of 2,179 students. At the public hearing, concerns were raised about the potential need for additional parking to accommodate more students and teachers. County Board members plan to take up that matter af-

ter a public hearing in June, but needed to approve the site plan for additional seats in May so the school system could obtain building permits in coming weeks. Given other options, including plopping down more relocatable classrooms or constructing new facilities, adding space within schools is an idea that has won County Board backing. “There’s one clear winner . . . and this is it,” County Board Vice Chairman Christian Dorsey said of options available to school officials. “The alternatives are far scarier.” “I know it’s a stress on the neighbor-

hood. That’s just where we are,” board member Libby Garvey added. “Necessity is the mother of invention.” County Board members also on May 22 approved a request from the school system to allow for 200 more seats at the Arlington Career Center, to allow for expansion of the Arlington Tech program. As with Yorktown, the vote was unanimous. Currently, the total capacity of the Arlington Career Center is 600, although the total number of students in the building at any given day could be larger due to both daytime and evening classes being offered.

“Stable,” Strawn clarified, meant keeping annual cost increases to less than 5 percent. Goals of the renovation effort include replacement of antiquated equipment, reducing the facility’s energy footprint, limiting odors and addressing safety concerns. “This is such a significant project,” County Manager Mark Schwartz said. County officials in 2015 adopted a master plan to guide the effort. Action by County Board members to move the project forward is slated for the summer. (The Arlington government earlier

upgraded the liquid-processing portion of the control plant, making it its No. 1 priority; dealing with solids was relegated to No. 2.) The proposal before the County Board aims to provide a road map into the future, but that journey could face detours if federal or state laws mandate changes that are not currently anticipated. While developing the renovation plan, county officials attempted to see if they could find regional partners for the project, but came away empty-handed for now. “There are no regional options

. . . available to us now,” Strawn said. “However, we are going to keep that door open.” One bonus for taxpayers: County officials anticipate that gas generated through the treatment process in future years could generate about $600,000 annually, and could help fuel Arlington Transit (ART) buses. Those who wish to get an up-closeand-personal look at the treatment plant can schedule a free two-hour tour, offered on weekdays. For information, see the Web site at https://water.arlingtonva.us/sewer/wastewater-treatment/ scheduling-tour/.

Next Phase of Water-Treatment-Plant Upgrades Set SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington officials say they should be able to undertake a long-term, $100million-plus upgrade to solid-waste-processing facilities at the Water Pollution Control Plant without a major impact on the wallets of property owners. “We will be looking at keeping the [sewer] rates stable,” said operating engineer Mary Strawn, who briefed County Board members on May 22 on an upgrade plan to bring the South Glebe Road facility into better shape over the next decade.

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N.Va. Home Sales Solid; Inventory Remains Issue Solid growth in year-over-year home sales coupled with more modest increases in prices is helping push the Northern Virginia real-estate through a strong spring season. “It is actually the best April in the last decade for the total number of sales – this sales activity reflects a sound buying climate,” said Lorraine Arora, a regional managing broker with Weichert and chairman of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. Across Northern Virginia, home sales in April totaled 2,079, up 4.2 percent from a year before, according to figures reported May 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. (Figures represent sales activity in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the

cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.) Prices also rose regionally, with the average sales price of all properties that found a buyer in April up just under 2 percent to $586,058. The increase was relatively evenly spread among the various components of the market: • The average price of detached singlefamily homes was $779,274, up 2.9 percent. • The average price of attached homes, such as townhouses and rowhouses, was $425,357, up 0.9 percent. • The average price of condominiums was $341,232, up 2.25 percent. A total of 173 homes went to closing for more than $1 million, including six

properties at more than $2.5 million and one at more than $5 million. Add up the sales and prices, and total volume for the month stood at $1.22 billion, up 6.2 percent from a year before. “With interest rates still low, my buyers are motivated,” said Peter Nguyen, a Realtor with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty. “Their frustration is low inventory of homes. In hot areas like Merrifield, Arlington, Reston and Tysons, my buyers are experiencing multiple-offer situations.” Overall, inventory was down 17 percent in April from a year before, with just under 3,400 homes on the market. “Clearly, our challenge remains in entry-level housing,” said Ryan Conrad, CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. “In April, just 14 percent

of homes were under $400,000.” Conrad said the local market in coming months would have to contend with the potential of rising interest rates and the impact of new federal tax law. As the situation sorts itself out, there could be an impact on prices, he said. Across Northern Virginia, it took a relatively brisk 29 days for homes that went to closing in April to make the trip between listing and ratified sales contract. That’s an improvement from 36 days a year before. Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 1,410 cases, followed by cash (238) and VAbacked loans (237). All data are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

Soirée Raises Funds for Breast Health

The 19th annual Sharon McGowan Breast Health Fund benefit and silent auction recently was held at Mercedes-Benz of Arlington, raising funds to support mammograms and other breast-health efforts targeted toward women at risk. The fund was established in the 1990s by the Arlington County Medical Society Foundation and the McGowan family to honor the memory of Sharon McGowan, who courageously fought breast cancer while raising seven children. Photos are by Dr. Andrea Giacometti.

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Arlington Notes

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Yasmin Serrato-Munoz of Accenture, Kate Floyd of Arlington Commons and Banjo Obayomi of Metronome were among those on hand as the Leadership Center for Excellence celebrated the accomplishments of its three leadership programs during a May 16 ceremony at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. See coverage below.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY HONORS CONTRIBUTIONS: Brian Normile of BCN

was honored with the Arlington Historical Society’s Cornelia B. Rose Award and Tracy Hopkins received the Volunteer of the Year Award at the society’s annual awards banquet, held May 9 at Washington Golf & Country Club. BCN was the contractor that worked to save and renovate three iconic buildings in Clarendon, which today house Liberty Tavern, Lyon Hall and Northside Social. At the event, guest speakers included NFL veteran Eric Sievers, a Washington-Lee High School alumnus, and National Capital Bank president Randy Anderson, a Yorktown High School graduate. The event also provided a chance to highlight the society’s refreshed Web site – www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org – which includes new features, including videos. “We needed an exciting and functional Web site so viewers can spend time enjoying Arlington history in stories and pictures, and maybe donate to [the society] while at the site,” said society president Johnathan Thomas. The society also unveiled a newly created poster depicting celebrities of Arlington past and present, and awarded Thomas Jefferson Middle School student Anuj Khemka a $1,000 scholarship for the winning entry in the 2018 essay contest, sponsored jointly by the historical society and Columbia Lodge. Lead sponsors for the dinner were

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lence saluted the achievements of those who recently took part in its leadershiptraining programs with a ceremony held May 16 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. Members of the Leadership Arlington Class of 2018 and the Young Professionals Classes of Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 were honored at the ceremony. The keynote speaker at the event was Matthew Shank, president of Marymount University, who spoke on the attributes of gratitude, fairness, integrity and ethics. “These are all qualities that make up ‘servant leadership’ – all things people in this room practice,” he said. For information on the Leadership Center for Excellence, see the Web site at www.leadercenter.org.

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be honored for their service to the community during a celebratory garden party hosted by Culpepper Garden on June 2. “As long-time active contributors to their community, the Bucks will be honored at the event for their many years of tireless civic and business leadership,” officials with the non-profit senior-living center said in announcing the award. The spring soirée also will serve as a celebration of the top-to-bottom renovation of Culpepper Garden’s original building, which opened in 1975. Funds raised at the event “will directly help very-low-income people over age 62 to remain in their apartments and thus age in place with services and programs that help increase their wellness,” said Linda Kelleher, executive director of Culpepper Garden. “The donations we gratefully receive have meant that no assisted-living residents who were unable to afford their growing need for care have ever had to leave us,” she said. For more information, see the Web site at www.culpeppergarden.org.

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This week’s featured property offers a showcase opportunity to own a custom Craftsman bungalow in a soughtafter location. Featuring a charming curb appeal that is augmented by lavish interior spaces and an exceptional, fenced rear yard, the home is right-sized for today’s living, and the professional landscaping provides the perfect backdrop both for daily living and entertaining in style. Spanning three airy and cheerful levels, traffic flow is solid, while the convenience of the central location is a decided selling point. Special amenities abound, from the two patios, fountain and privacy fencing, plus a detached garage with electricity and abundant storage space. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,069,000 by Anne Martone and Susan Lunde Minnick of McEnearney Associates. Magnificent trees and perennials help to frame the home as we approach, where a welcome awaits on the covered front porch as we are ushered inside to begin our tour. The first level plays host to wideplank oak flooring, custom trim, wainscoting with birch-veneer panels on the stairway and built-ins of solid Brazilian pine, all accentuating the TLC that went into design and construction. From the entryway, we have views the entire depth of the home, with the welcoming living room immediately to our left and the dining room beyond on the right, accessed by elegant French doors and featuring a tray ceiling. (A main-level bedroom can be found at the front of the main level, showcasing the flexibility of the design.) The kitchen space is a standout, with top-quality appliances, long breakfast bar and separate eat-in area, plus a wet bar and access to the rear patio. Centerpiece of the upper level is the sumptuous master retreat, with lovely bath (including a steam shower), plentiful storage and marvelous vistas.

A second bedroom, playroom and gallery area are found on the second level, as well. The lower level provides bonus space (currently used as a cozy den), a well-lit laundry area and plentiful storage. A charmer, this home is ready for you to make it your own! Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients.

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Low Inventory Remains Issue, But Help May Be on the Way A stronger economy, wage growth and an improving job market are expected to march home sales and prices higher in 2018, but low supply and weakening affordability will tamper the rate of increases, according to speakers at a residential real estate forum during the 2018 Realtors’ legislative meetings and trade expo. Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, presented his 2018 midyear forecast and said despite headwinds a moderate and multiyear increase in home sales is likely ahead. After accelerating 3.8 percent in 2016, existing-home sales rose only 1.1 percent to 5.5 million in 2017 and are forecast to finish 2018 at a pace of around 5.6 million (up 1.8 percent). He projects 5.7 million sales for 2019. “Overall fundamentals remain solid, driven by a growing economy and steady job creation, which will sustain home sales in 2018 slightly above last year’s pace,” said Yun. “The worsening housing shortage means home prices are primed to rise further this year too, hindering affordability conditions for homebuyers in markets across the country.” Yun said the widespread shortage of homes for sale is the major factor limiting sales from being higher. While home sales have risen modestly since the start of the year, Yun said without more supply to fully satisfy demand and alleviate the upward pressure on prices, contract activity is likely to remain flat and will more or less continue sideways through the end of the year. Yun was joined onstage by Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com, who agreed there is an acute shortage, especially of affordable inventory. According to Realtor.com data, there are 250,000 fewer starter homes, those priced under $200,000, now than two years ago, in May 2015. Millennials, Baby Boomers and investors may all be going after the same affordable inventory of homes, Hale said. “There is reason for optimism ahead though. We are starting to see new listings grow in recent months; the inventory shortage isn’t over, it took us years to get into an inventory rut, so it’s going to take us years to get out of it, but we do see signs of a turnaround,” she said.

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Arlington Notes II SUMMER CONCERT SERIES SET TO KICK OFF: Clarendon United Methodist

Church continues a 36-year tradition with its “Washington Summer Sings” program, starting June 5 with Thomas Colohan conducting Mozart’s “Requiem.” Additional performances in the series include Tuesday, June 12 with Richard Giarusso conducting Brahms’s “Requiem”; Tuesday, June 19 with David Lang conducting Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass”; and Tuesday, June 26 with Thomas Beveridge conducting Faure’s “Requiem” and “Cantique de Jean Racine.” All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held at the church, 606 North Irving St. For information, see the Web site at www. clarendonumc.org. PHOTOS OF YORKTOWN THESPIANS ON DISPLAY: Photographs of Yorktown

High School theater students’ one-person shows taken by Jim Coates will be on display at Cassatt’s Kiwi Café and Gallery, 4536 Lee Highway, through June 3. Patrons who frequent the restaurant during the show will have a portion of their check donated to the theater program if they mention it to their server. ARLINGTON CONCERT BAND TO HOST PERFORMANCE: The Arlington Con-

cert Band will hold its spring concert on Thursday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School.

Made up of amateur and professional musicians from various backgrounds, the band will highlight a variety of pieces, from upbeat tunes the “The Bare Necessities” from “The Jungle Book” to the dreamy “Canterbury Chorale.” Admission is free. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonconcertband.org. STUDENT-MUSICIANS TO FOCUS ON RUSSIAN COMPOSERS: Russian com-

posers will be featured in a free concert by Crescendo, the student-musician group of the Arlington Philharmonic, on Sunday, June 3 at 4 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School. Selections from Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Glazunov will be featured. For information, call (703) 910-5161 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonphilharmonic.org. ENCORE STAGE, STUDIO TO PRESENT ‘PINOCCHIO’: Encore Stage & Studio will

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Schools & Military n Adrien Davis of Arlington earned a master of business administration degree during recent commencement exercises at Marist College. n Henry Duncan of Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, in history and Victoria Wolford of Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree in biology during recent commencement exercises at McDaniel College. n Reilly Burlingame of Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, in elementary education and Olivia Layman of Arlington earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University. n Brigid Ueland of

Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics and history during recent commencement exercises at Benedictine College. n Logan Bernstein of Arlington and Ha Nguyen of Arlington earned degrees during recent commencement exercises at Gettysburg College.

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Police Beat SEXUAL BATTERY: n On May 11 at 3:20 a.m., an individual allegedly touched a victim inappropriately in the 500 block of North Quincy Street. The suspect – 61-year-old Horace Holland of no fixed address – was arrested and charged with sexual battery. Holland also was being sought by officials in Henrico County, according to Arlington officials. ASSAULT BY MOB: n On May 20 at 12:59 a.m., police were dispatched to Virginia Hospital Center for a report of an assault. Police determined that, earlier in the evening, the victim had exited his home in the 6100 block of Wilson Boulevard and was approached by seven men who assaulted him. The suspect’s injuries were not lifethreatening, but did require treatment, police said.

for the spring semester at Eastern Mennonite University. The following Arlington students have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Bucknell University: Julia Leisenring, Jacob Mendelowitz, Dylan Mendelowisz, Haley Mullen, Joe Scott, Maddy Wales and Olivia Zavrel. n

n Jesse Chung of Arlington received the Academic Award in Environmental Studies and Kinaya Hassane of Arlington received the Art History Junior-Year Prize during the annual Honors Day at Bowdoin College. n Grace Hamilton of Arlington, a student at Miami University, spent the winter semester participating in a study-abroad program in China and South Korea. n Heather Ribolla of Arlington and Grace Burgess of Arlington are among about 700 Belmont University students who will be participating in faculty-led Maymester and Summer Study Abroad experiences. n Seventeen Washington-Lee High School seniors have been selected to receive $1,500 scholarships from the Washington-Lee High School Education Foundation, to assist them with college expenses in the fall. Only once in the past 20 years have this many students been selected as recipients

ROBBERY: n On May 11 at 4:30 a.m., police were dispatched to the 900 block of South Dinwiddie Street for a report of an armed robbery. A man told police that he was approached by four suspects who threatened him and demanded his possessions. One suspect brandished a knife, the victim told police. The suspects stole the victim’s possessions and assaulted him before fleeing on foot. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspects are described as Hispanic males, approximately 18 years old. BURGLARY: n On May 11 at approximately 10 p.m., an individual was seen leaving an apartment in the 300 block of North Piedmont Street through the front door. Nothing

in a single year, foundation officials said. The students and the colleges they will attend are: Natalie Arandia, George Mason University; Sachi Cooper, University of California Los Angeles; Fatoumata Diallo, New York University; Mattie Diarra, College of William and Mary; Katerina Forrest, George Mason University; Mirna Galdamez, Marymount University; Tengis Gantulga, Virginia Tech; Paola Gonzalez Cifuentes, George Mason University; Jack Horton, Duke University. Also, Jayaprakash Kambhampaty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Usman Khan, Northern Virginia Community College; Leakena Khy, Marymount Manhattan College; Gabriel Matteson, University of Mary Washington; Juneyoung Ro, Emory University; Melisa Suarez Zapata, Northern Virginia Community College; Essi Wunderman, Middlebury College; and Haben Yohannes, Virginia Commonwealth University. Scholarship criteria include academics, essay, activities, educational goals and financial need. The scholarships are funded by donations from alumni, parents, staff and community. For information, see the Web site at www.wlhsfoundation.org. n The Arlington School Board recently honored the following local residents as Honored Citizens, based on their longstanding involvement in the county school system. Recipients will be honored during a re-

was reported missing. The suspect is described as a lightskinned male, 5’11” to 6 feet tall, 150 pounds, with short black hair. He was wearing gray sweatpants but no shirt and no shoes. n On May 13 at 8:06 p.m., police were dispatched to the 2900 block of South Glebe Road when a resident reported a suspicious subject attempting to gain entry to a residence. The suspect fled prior to police arrival. Approximately a half-hour later, police were dispatched to a second unit in the same building. Upon arrival, they determined that a woman was in her home when she heard a knock on the door. When she cracked the door open to see who was there, an individual came inside and began to examine possessions in the home, engage the victim in conversation and solicit money.

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ception and ceremony on May 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Syphax Education Center, 2110 Washington Blvd. Award recipients and the schools/programs they have supported include the Argueta family (Jose, Georgina and Luz Argueta), Kenmore Middle School and Washington-Lee High School; Cynthia Cocuesta-Cuttier, Claremont Elementary School, Gunston Middle School, Washington-Lee High School; Claudia CuellerAlarcon, Campbell Elementary School, Kenmore Middle School; Skye Donovan, Key Elementary School, Gunston Middle School; Lisa Dropkin, Key Elementary School, Wakefield High School; and Mahender Dudani, Oakridge Elementary School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Wakefield High School. Also, Rev. Dr. Leonard Hamlin, Drew Model School and countywide; Tina Kuklenski-Miller, Taylor Elementary School, Advisory Council on Instruction, Budget Advisory Council; Caroline Levy, Stratford Program, Yorktown High School, Arlington Special Education PTA; Ruth Rivera, Key Elementary School, Kenmore Middle School, Washington-Lee High School; and Susan Scott, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Advisory Council on Instruction and Parent Resource Center. For more information on the initiative, see the Web site at www.apsva.us/ honoredcitizens.

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ond Chance Breakfast” of Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) attracted nearly 600 community leaders, saluting the organization’s efforts to break what often becomes a revolving door of reincarceration. “If it were not for OAR, I would probably be either incarcerated again or would have gone back to an unhealthy relationship,” said Gwen, a 57-year-old registered nurse who because of various circumstances had been incarcerated five times in recent years. Her story was related to the gathering by Tiana Melvina Woods, who noted that after Gwen was released from jail a year ago, her social worker in the Department of Human Services encouraged her to seek help from OAR. “At first, I was reluctant, because I did not think anyone could help me,” Gwen said, but she received assistance in finding a job at Home Depot, getting an apartment and furnishing it, obtaining a cell phone – and even receiving a Christmas tree. “I am really happy that I found OAR and really proud that I put in the work to get where I am today,” Gwen (as related by Woods) said. “I am finally beginning to feel promise and hope for the future, and this is truly a gift.” The keynote speaker at the April 24 ceremony in Crystal City was Harold Clarke, director of the Virginia Department of Corrections. State Sens. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and Adam Ebbin (D30th) served as a honorary co-chairs. Offender Aid and Restoration was founded in 1974. Over the past year, it served 2,232 people in Arlington, Alexandria and Falls Church, about one-third of them re-entering society after incarceration and the remainder performing courtordered community service. “It’s a really important community event,” OAR head Elizabeth Jones Valderrama said of the annual breakfast. “It allows our organization to have visibility in the communities we work with. I’m hoping that it changes people’s perspectives.” There currently are about 2.2 million people incarcerated in the American penal system. Reincarceration rates are high, but can be reduced substantially by providing intensive services to those leaving jail or prison, OAR officials said.

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orate local involvement in World War I is slated for next month, with funds raised going to support interpretive panels to be placed at the county’s war memorial in Clarendon. The county government’s World War I Commemoration Task Force has announced plans for “Arlington Remembers the Great War,” slated for June 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Navy League building in Courthouse. The event is part of an effort to raise

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$10,000 to install the interpretive panels, with matching-grant funds coming from the national “100 Cities, 100 Memorials” effort of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission. County officials praised the efforts of the local commission’s efforts. “It’s amazing to me how resourceful and interdisciplinary you have been,” said County Board member John Vihstadt. To raise funds, the task force will be selling commemorative coins with an image of a “doughboy” soldier on the obverse and Arlington National Cemetery on the reverse. Commission members also are planning a major event for Nov. 11, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of what was in its time called the Great War. County residents Alfred Morgan, Ralph Lowe, John Lyon, Henry Smallwood, Robert Bruce, Harry Stone, Irving Newman, Harry Vermillion, Edward Smith, Frank Dunkin and Oscar Housel of the Army and Archie Williams and Frederick Schutt of the Navy were killed in the conflict. Arlington – then known as Alexandria County – was a community of just 16,000 people during World War I, but had tripled in population in the preceding decade as the federal government began to grow. For information on the task force, see the Web site at https://commissions.arlingtonva.us/wwi/. DEVELOPER, PHILANTHROPIST TO BE HONORED BY ‘APAH’: The Arling-

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Hospital Continued from Page 1 South Carlin Springs Road in exchange for giving up the North Edison Street site. Leaders in the neighborhoods are pressing for deferral of County Board action until September. “I don’t view that as a long period – the county does have the ability to wait,” said Tracy Greiner, who chairs the Virginia Hospital Center Expansion Neighborhood Task Force, comprising the Langston, Tara-Leeway Heights and Waycroft-Woodlawn civic associations. Traffic mitigation, building setback, the siting of a large parking garage and the overall mass of the development are among issues still raising hackles among neighbors. While neighbors are pressing for a delay, hospital officials – who have seen their goal of getting to the County Board in May pushed back first one month and then two – say they are ready to go. “For us, the push is to try and keep it on track,” said Adrian Stanton, the hospital’s chief marketing officer and point-person on the expansion plan. A delay until September “just pushes everything back considerably,” Stanton said, and with the cost of building materials on the rise, could add unnecessarily to costs, he said. “It’s starting to escalate at a very rapid pace,” Stanton said of construction costs. While the project already has been

County Continued from Page 3 Board members, who likely would hold off on spending (or raise taxes) to ensure it is not exceeded. Schwartz’s briefing came several days after the nation’s three largest bond-rat-

Station #8 Continued from Page 4 sailing. “I loved every minute of it. We were all rowing in the same direction from Day One,” he said. “The group was so collegial; they gave their time, talent and energy in such a positive way.” Simon, in turn, won praise from those on the panel. “This is one of the most rewarding things I’ve been participating in in Arlington,” Stevenson said, calling the process “encouraging, enlightening and greatly appreciated.” The group came up with recommendations to mark the heritage of the station and those who served it. Among the proposals: 20

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looked at by a site-plan review committee set up to advise the Planning Commission, critics say the hospital hasn’t come far enough during that process in meeting community concerns. “People feel they got snookered,” said Jon Judah, president of the TaraLeeway Heights Civic Association. “It’s being rushed through to get to ‘yes,’” said Sharon Dorsey, president of the Waycroft-Woodlawn Civic Association. “The process is broken.” Under a draft timetable, the Planning Commission would hear the case in the days leading up to the July 4th holiday, with County Board members tackling the matter July 14 or 17. Even if the Planning Commission was to defer action on the matter, the County Board could still consider and act on it in July. Bocian called it “rude and obnoxious” to schedule hearings and action on the plan when many residents will be out of town on vacation. “They’re doing it during sleepy-time,” she said of the county’s scheduling. (County Board Chairman Katie Cristol said at the May 19 board meeting that the plan to hold hearings and vote in July was tentative. County officials plan to set two community meetings on the project in early June, but no dates have been formalized.) During meetings of the site-plan review committee, hospital officials agreed to put more of the garage parking underground; reduce the number of new parking spaces from 2,087 to 1,850; increase building setbacks slightly; taper building heights; and modify building materials to break up the length

and height of building facades. Some changes were also made to how traffic flow would be handled. Leaders of the neighborhood associations said their concerns about the current design plan and timetable for approval shouldn’t be misconstrued as NIMBYism. “We’re pro-expansion,” Bocian said. “We supported the hospital from the get-go.” Can critics convince three of the five County Board members to agree to a delay? That may be an uphill battle. “I’m being realistic,” said Greiner. A fallback position could be asking the hospital to meet some of the requests for changes, while throwing in the towel on others if they prove to be non-starters. From the hospital’s perspective, the plan submitted for review may not be cast in stone, but its cement is pretty firmed up.

“We’re pretty committed to it. We hope we’re not talking about any more changes,” Stanton said, pointing to 100 revisions already made. That said, “I understand we won’t make everybody happy,” he said. Virginia Hospital Center was born as Arlington Hospital in the early 1940s, and has occupied the same site for more than 75 years as neighborhoods have grown up around it. Most of the current buildings on the campus date from the 1970s to the 2000s. The estimated value of the county government’s Edison Street property is approximately $12.6 million, while the estimated value of the South Carlin Springs Road parcel is about $10 million. Under terms of the land-swap agreement, the county government would be able to take the difference in value either in cash, or could negotiate for another hospital-owned parcel to be included.

ing houses – Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s – affirmed their AAA ratings on Arlington’s general-obligation debt. While the rating agencies were “just a little bit concerned” about debt levels and the county’s reserve funds, Schwartz said agencies were in general pleased with fiscal management of Arlington’s $1.25 billion annual budget and its long-

range initiatives. Schwartz, who has been county manager since 2015, said having the debt-service sword of Damocles hanging above the heads of Arlington officials enforces a degree of fiscal discipline. “Having limitations, having a box, making us make decisions, is very, very important,” he said. Regardless of what other spending

local residents and elected officials want, “the first thing we always have to pay is our debt service,” Schwartz said. County Board members are slated to adopt their own version of a capitalspending plan over the summer. While these plans have a 10-year outlook, in reality they largely serve as two-year planning tools as they are updated every other year.

• Interactive displays telling the century-long history of firefighting in the Hall’s Hill vicinity, which could include videos of those who served there. • An outdoor “walk of honor” saluting volunteers, paid firefighters and EMS technicians who have served and are serving at Station #8. • The use of materials to be salvaged from the existing fire station and surrounding homes to symbolize the connection between past, present and future.. Task-force members also suggest that, if feasible, local designers and artists who are knowledgeable with the station’s history be hired to help tell the story. Some or all of the recommendations are expected to be incorporated into the design of the new facility. Funds for design were approved by voters in a 2016 bond referendum; funds for construction are expected to be placed on a referendum

set for November. It was 100 years ago – in 1918 – when volunteers in segregated African-American neighborhoods straddling Lee Highway obtained a 60-gallon chemical tank to battle fires in their community, where other fire brigades seldom ventured. The African-American Halls Hill Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1925, and in 1951 the neighborhood got its first paid firefighters – a group that at first was all-black, since county fire stations were not integrated until 1963. Through all that history, the station served as a beacon to the neighborhoods around it, Gooden said. “It was the civic hub of our community,” she said. In the Jim Crow era, “the black men of this community were the complete opposite of how they were portrayed – the men [of the station] were pillars, were

leaders of their families and community,” Gooden said. With just a handful of the original professional firefighters of Station #8 still alive, it’s important to capture the history now, Stevenson said. “If we lose it, it’ll be gone. There will be no way to get it back,” she said. Stevenson was among those who pressed – hard – during the 2016 taskforce proceedings to keep the station in its historic location. She, and others in the community, plan to follow the design and construction process to its conclusion. “We want to be involved in every phase,” she said. “We cannot be left behind.” ••• For information on the planning process., see the Web site at https://projects. arlingtonva.us/projects/fire-station-no-8history-legacy-working-group/.

An artist’s drawing shows one side of the proposed Virginia Hospital Center expansion plan. The proposal currently is slated to come before the Planning Commission and County Board in July; some leaders of surrounding neighborhoods have raised concerns about timing.

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Region Setups Bring Dislike and Confusion

It’s a big huge mess, this latest realignment and dividing of the once great Northern Region in local high school sports, with this spring’s region playoff season providing the proof.

One More Victory Puts Each in States

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With quarterfinal victories May 24, the Yorktown High School girls and boys soccer teams have reached the semifinals of Northern Region 6D tournaments.

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A victory in those games this week will clinch a berth in the following week’s Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state tournaments. In region second-round contests, the Yorktown boys (13-4-4) won 3-2 in overtime over host Battlefield, with the Yorktown girls (17-1-1) nipping visiting Battlefield, 2-1, for its ninth straight win. The boys were scheduled to play the host Oakton Cougars in a region semifinal game May 30. The region final is June 1. The Yorktown girls, the defending state champion, were scheduled to host Chantilly in a semifinal game May 30. Against Battlefield for the Yorktown boys, Liam Emson scored two goals, Sam Franklin had one and assists went to Matt Steel, Henry Marshall and Lincoln Kickbush In first-round region action, the YorkWashington-Lee High School’s Tucker Kelsch attempts to head a corner kick into the goal against the host Oakton Cougars in region-tournament quarterfinal action. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

W-L Senior Wins Boys Region Shot Put Crown A Staff Report

Arlington’s two highest finishers in the Northern Region 6D outdoor track and field championships were a pair of seniors. Washington-Lee High School’s Jabari Bennett won the boys shot put with a throw of 63-feet, 33/4 inches, and Yorktown senior Bowen Shuttleworth was a close second in boys 800-meter run. His school-recod time was 156.56, with the winning time 1:56.38. Also in the boys meet, Yorktown’s Gavin Middleton was sixth in the 1,600 and W-L’s Jonny Jackson seventh in the 800. 22

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The hope is that the latest setup is all one horrible dream. Upon awakening, the ways of the old public-school region in these parts of Northern Virginia will be restored. That’s wishful thinking. The old one-for-all Northern Region consisted of Group AAA classification high school teams from Fairfax and Arlington counties and T.C. Williams of Alexandria. Over the past few years, constant fiddling and trying to fix something that wasn’t broken in the first place has resulted in a division of four different regions, where schools have been separated into various enrollment classifications. That has created widespread confusion come region playoff time. Schools from all parts of expansive Prince William and Loudoun counties have been added into the new regions, further muddling the situation. Many participants and fans have no idea what’s going on as far as advance and daily region schedules and those sites of tournaments or events. Most events are played at home higher seeds now, eliminating those past neutral locales for semifinal and championship contest, and worse, one-site tournament jamborees. With the changes, winning a region championship, and even qualifying for region tournaments, is much easier. Is it really a region championship now, or more like a half or a quarter of a region title, if a team or individual happens to win such a crown? All-region teams are chosen by coaches making selections about athletes they have never seen perform. “This new region thing is all crazy and wrong. Who agreed to this setup?” a frustrated head coach said. Many feel the same, hoping the old Northern Region returns one day.

The highest finishes from Arlington in the girls meet were a fourth in the discus from TRACK & FIELD Yorktown’s Sophia Park and a fourth in the 3,200 by Washington-Lee’s Evan Smith-Perry. Also from W-L, Yasmeen Tinsley was fifth in the 300 hurdles, Ella Wyman was sixth in the triple jump, Guilia Mesa eighth in the long jump, Kristen Alleyne eighth in the 300 hurdles and 10th in the long jump. The 4x100 relay was fourth and the 4x400 fifth. Yorktown’s Sophia Gray was sixth in the 100 hurdles and Melody Linville was sixth in the 400. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights had

strong showings in two big recent high school meets. The boys team was third and the girls fourth at the State Catholic meet. For the boys, Max Greczyn won the 1,600-meters in 4:33.67 and was second in the 3,200 (10:37.83); Devin Wright won the triple jump (41-feet, 10-inches) and was fourth in the 200, Jimmy Tran was third in the discus and fourth in the shot put, and the 4x100 relay was second. For the O’Connell girls, Lauren Collins won the shot (31-9) and was second in the discus (84-7); Serena Davis won

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O’Connell Adds to Its Long List of State Championships DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

There were ups and downs, bumps and bruises, and four losses along the way. In end, the season SOFTBALL the finished like it had 22 previous times for the Bishop O’Connell Knights girls high school softball team – with a state championship. Top-seed O’Connell (25-4) won the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I state tournament, capped by a 4-2 victory over No. 6 seed Paul VI Catholic on May 23 in the title game at the Knights’ home Tuckahoe Park complex. The state crown was O’Connell’s seventh in a row and 23rd overall. “This is how we always want to end. It always feels so good,” said O’Connell senior and pitching ace Kathryn Sandercock, who was a member of four statechampionship teams. “We came out hitting right away and scored early to set the stage. That’s what we always want.” Sandercock struck out 16, allowed three hits and two earned runs, and walked one in the state final to get the win. That ended her season with a 19-3 record and

Soccer Continued from Page 22 town boys nipped Centreville, 3-2. Liam Emson scored two goals and Sam Franklin one. Jorge Dickens had two assists and Bryce Wilkom made five saves. Earlier, in the boys Liberty District tournament championship game, Yorktown lost to host and top-seed South Lakes, 4-1. Yorktown defeated McLean, 4-3, in the semifinals on goals by Wills Boggess, Emson and Lincoln Kickbush, who added one assist. Adam Luncher also had an assist. Making first-team all region from Yorktown were Kickbush and Luncher, with Boggess chosen to the second team. Pius Atubire, Garrett Lusk and Matt Steel were chosen honorable mention. The Liberty District tourney champion Yorktown girls had received a first-round region-tournament bye. In the win over Battlefield, Lauren Flynn scored both goals and Maddie Winer had an assist. The game was scoreless at halftime. Yorktown goalie Katie Belt had six saves. Flynn and Yorktown’s Lacy McCor-

Track & Field Continued from Page 22 the triple jump (33-7); Shaileen Woods was second in the 300 hurdles, Ryley Howard took third in the 3,200 and Tess Brinkman fourth in the 800. At the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships, Brinkman was a double winner in the girls meet –

The Bishop O’Connell Knights gather with the state-championship trophy after winning the Division I tournament title game at Tuckahoe on May 23. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

ers filled roles and stepped up and helped carry us through those adversities,” Orndorff said. Some of those players were sophomores Bates, Alvarado-Rojas and Skye Ferris and freshman Madison Gayle. Meanwhile, senior starters Jones and Elizabeth Hoeymans were big producers all season. Hoeymans walked and scored a run in the state final. Also in the state tourney, O’Connell blanked St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (16-0 in three innings) and Potomac School (10-0 in six in the semifinals) in its other games, both slaughter-rule finishes. All three games were at O’Connell. Sandercock, the state’s Player of the Year, pitched nine perfect innings with a combined 16 strikeouts in those games. For more on those state contests, visit: www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington. NOTES: Sandercock, Alvarado-Rojas, Hoeymans and Jorae were chosen first-team all state and Sacadura made second team . . . O’Connell has won 21 straight state-tournament games . . . Ferris’ mother, Lena, played for Orndorff’s first team at O’Connell back in 1986 . . . Orndorff has 780 career high-school victories, all at O’Connell.

her career with a 66-8 mark, with 799 strikeouts and a 0.68 earned run average. She was 26-0 with a 0.09 ERA and 330 strikeouts in 151 innings as a junior. “I thought she threw today as well as she has all year,” O’Connell coach Tommy Orndorff said. “I expected a tough game, because Paul VI has been playing well lately.” O’Connell, which was 3-0 in the state tourney and won its final 10 games of the season, had six hits in the state final. Madelynn Bates had two, including a three-run double in the first inning, then tripled and later scored in the sixth on Lyndsay Flippin’s sacrifice fly.

“Madelynn really came up big twice with the bat,” Orndorff said. Sandercock doubled in the win, and Caitlin Jorae, Kiaris Alvarado-Rojas and Julia Jones had singles. Orndorff said that the 2018 season was a struggle at times, with top-producing returning starters Sandercock, Jorae and starting catcher Meadow Sacadura slowed and sidelined by injuries off and on and never 100 percent. There was a stretch when the Knights lost three of four games. They didn’t lose at all in 2017, finishing 27-0. “The injuries were a big factor, but we played around that. Other younger play-

mack were chosen first-team all-region, with Winer and Macy Monticello making second team. From Washington-Lee, Ava Singh made second team and McKenna Cormwell honorable mention. The Washington-Lee girls (8-8-3) were defeated by Marshall, 1-0, in a first-round region tournament game. n In other Northern Region 6D tournament boys action, the WashingtonLee Generals (8-10-2) finished 1-1 with two overtime games. Washington-Lee nipped visiting Patriot, 2-1, in the first round, then lost to the host Oakton Cougars, 3-2, in the quarterfinals on May 24. Washington-Lee led Oakton, 1-0, at halftime then 2-0 early in the second half. Tucker Kelsch with a penalty kick and Sam Goodkind in overtime scored the goals against Patriot. Against Oakton, Luel Moges and Goodkind scored. “The region tournament setup was the same for us as when we won the title in 2016, facing Patriot and Oakton in the first two rounds, but we couldn’t close out the Oakton game this time,” said Washington-Lee coach Jimmy Carrasquillo, who has a 210-92-18 career coaching record.

Washington-Lee High School’s Joe Core, right, is defended by Oakton’s Theodore Ku-DiPietro during May 24 Northern Region tournament quarterfinal action. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

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onships. Edsion won with 119-1/2 points. Leading Wakefield was triple winner Xavier Taylor. He won the 100-meter dash in 10.93 seconds, the 200 (22.45) and the 400 (48.87). Taylor was second in the long jump. Luis Delcore had a strong meet for the Wakefield boys, winning the 300 hurdles in 41.3 and taking second in the 110 hurdles. Delcore was fifth in the long and triple jumps. Wakefield’s Amanel Haileselassie was

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Magic (and Season) Ends for Yorktown in Region Tourney DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Those magic moments that sparked the Yorktown Patriots’ victory in the Liberty BASEBALL District-tournament championship game were missing in the high school baseball team’s opening game of the next competition. With that absence, Yorktown’s season ended May 25 with a 10-5 home loss to the Centreville Wildcats in a Northern Region D tournament-quarterfinal con-

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Yorktown had seven. “We needed a few more big hits,” Skaggs said. Centreville took the lead for good at 4-3 in the fifth inning, then scored five more on four hits, one a two-out, two-run double to left field, in the sixth on a routine fly ball that was lost in the lights and early-evening sky and not caught. “That won the game for us,” Centreville coach Scott Rowland said about that hit. “It wasn’t an easy game. Yorktown grinded it out and stayed in it. Who is their third baseman? He [John Merlene] made

some big plays and saved some runs. Yorktown scored runs on Carson Wood’s first-inning RBI ground out, Will Porter’s two-run homer in the second to tie the game at 3, and Andrew Simmons’ two-run single in the seventh. Tanner Wall doubled for Yorktown, Porter and Brendan Materese had two hits each and Merlene one. Michael Lowen was the starting pitcher, going five innings. “We had a lot of contributors this season and we did a lot of good things,” Skaggs said.

High School Roundup The Yorktown Patriots (15-10) finished 1-1 in the girls Northern Region 6D softball tournament. Yorktown downed Osbourn Park, 3-1, in the first round, then lost to the defending champion, host and undefeated Madison Warhawks, 11-1, in the May 25 quarterfinals in Vienna. In the win over Osbourn Park, Elena Horn and Camryn Marino each had two hits and Miranda Manka doubled. Yorktown had nine hits, with Liberty District Player of the Year Kate Cressey having one hit. Zoe Aspel pitched five innings with five strikeouts to get the win. Against Madison (23-0), Cressey hit a solo homer and Peyton Kluger had two hits. Aspel pitched six innings and had a strikeout, as Madison had 13 hits, scoring three runs in the first inning four and four in the second. Yorktown had five hits. Cressey and Manka were chosen second-team all-region for Yorktown. Washington-Lee’s Hallie Kowalski also was chosen to the second team.

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Bishop O’Connell Knights (11-10) finished with a 1-1 record in the boys Division I state tournament. O’Connell defeated Flint Hill, 12-8, in the first round, then lost to St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes, 15-10, in the quarterfinals. Earlier, the Knights went 1-1 in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament, with a 7-3 first-round win over DeMatha.

YORKTOWN CREW: The Yorktown High School boys second varsity crew placed third in the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships. YORKTOWN ICE HOCKEY: The York-

town ice hockey spring club team tied Langley, 2-2, on goals from Jeremy Marino and Dean Jones with assists from Phillip Ruta, Rhett Styles and Ethan Davidson. Sam Levy and Noah Whittington split the goalie duties. In another match, Yorktown lost to McLean, 3-2. Marino and Corey Wells scored goals. Ruta had an assist and Levy was the goalie.

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Bishop O’Connell High School senior Kathryn Sandercock was chosen as the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference’s 2018 Player of the Year in girls softball. Through the league-tournament, which O’Connell won with 3-0, Sandercock had a 16-3 pitching record with a 1.21 earned run average and 201 strikeouts in 116 innings. With the bat, she was hitting .554 with 39 RBI and 41 hits, including seven home runs and eight doubles. Sandercock was chosen first-team all-WCAC along with O’Connell teammates Elizabeth Hoeymans, Meadow Sacadura and Caitlin Jorae. Making second team were O’Connell’s Lyndsay Flippin, Julia Jones, Kiaris AlvaradoRojas and Madelynn Bates. Honorable-mention O’Connell players were Skye Ferris, Madison Gayle and Sophia Rzonca. MATT BECHT: O’Connell senior shoot-

ing guard Matt Becht, another 2017-18 all-Sun Gazette first-teamer, will play at Division I Mount St. Mary’s University. Becht was one of the most productive three-point shooters in O’Connell history.

O’CONNELL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE:

Bishop O’Connell High School’s 10-game 2018 football schedule has been released for the upcoming fall season, with five home and five away games for the privateschool squad. Unlike the last two seasons, when the Knights played an all-independent schedule, O’Connell will participate in the five-team Division II of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, with games against Paul VI, Bishop Ireton, Carroll and St. Mary’s Ryken. The rest of O’Connell’s games will be non-conference contests. In non-conference play, O’Connell faces Trinity Episcopal, Pallotti, Collegiate, Blue Ridge, St. Christopher and Fork Union. The Knights open at home, Saturday, Aug. 25 at 5 p.m. against Trinity Episcopal, and close Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at Paul VI Catholic.

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The Better Sports Club of Arlington will host its annual awards banquet on Wednesday, June 6 at the Columbus Club of Arlington at 5115 Little Falls Road. For the 62nd year in a row, the banquet will honor Arlington County’s student-athletes who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in athletics, academics, character and community service. The event also honors Arlington’s Coach of the Year and Sportsperson of the Year. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Washington Post sportswriter, Jerry Brewer, will be the guest speaker. For information about the banquet, visit www.bettersportsclub. com. MARYMOUNT YOUTH BASEBALL CAMP: The Marymount University

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The camp will include stretching, throwing, skill work, batting practice, live game action, chalk talk and more. TRAVEL BASEBALL TRYOUTS: Arlington’s travel baseball program for Little League and Babe Ruth players will hold 8-under and 9-under tryouts on June 3 at 2 p.m. at Utah Park in Shirlington. Register at www.arlingtontravelbaseball.org or email atbarsenal@gmail.com. ARLINGTON TRAVEL BASEBALL ACADEMY: Arlington Travel Base-

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The American Legion District 17 summertime baseball season is scheduled to for Arlington BASEBALL begin Post 139 on Thursday, May 31 with a game at Wakefield High School against perennial power Vienna Post 180 at 7 p.m. “Vienna is always good. We will have a good strong number of experienced players,” Arlington manager Bob Romano said. Arlington draws players from Wakefield, Washington-Lee and Yorktown high schools. Post 139 will have a number

of key returning players, plus newcomers like Yorktown seniors Carson Wood, Michael Lowen and John Merlene. Washington-Lee High School graduate Will Stengle is expected to return. Arlington’s second game is scheduled for Saturday, June 2 at 7 p.m. at Mount Vernon High School against Alexandria Post 24, followed by a third game Sunday, June 3 in the afternoon at Wakefield against Falls Church Post 130. Each in the seven-team league is scheduled to play some 24 games, then the district tournament begins July 21. The annual District 17 all-star game is July 4 at 10 a.m. at Waters Field in Vienna.

College Roundup POLLACK BROTHERS: Senior attack

Nico Pollack and sophomore goalie Mason Pollack, who played high school lacrosse for the Yorktown Patriots, are brothers who were members of the Division III Tufts University men’s team in Boston. Nico Pollack played in seven games with four goals, one assist and took 16 shots. Mason Pollack started 16 games in goal, making 208 saves and compiling a 14-2 record.

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Yorktown High School graduate Conor Shears was a sophomore defenseman for the men’s lacrosse team at Bucknell University during the spring. He played in seven games and gathered five ground balls.

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ACROSS 1. *Key farm-to-table attribute 6. Goldfish or koi 10. Excessively abundant 14. Obelus, pl. 15. Black and white treat 16. Revise for publication 17. Swamp plant 18. “Saved by the ____” 19. Guilty, e.g. 20. Looking at 22. Silage storage 24. Building add-on 25. James ____ Jones 27. Baloney 29. *____ varieties 33. Greek letter N, pl. 34. Caterer’s coffee pots 35. *Key component of manure 37. Lady’s wrap 41. Fleur-de-____ 42. Accustom 44. River in Spain 45. Sailing vessel with two masts 48. Evoke emotion 49. 2016 animated musical 50. Female sib 52. *____ breeds 54. *Lettuce units 57. ____ well ____ someone 58. Small one in a large machine 59. Per person 61. Peace of mind 65. Os in XOXO 67. Takes to court

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55+ News

TRAVELERS HEAD OFF FOR A CRUISE:

Arlington County 55+ Travel hosts a trip to Smith Island, Md., for a cruise on Sunday, June 3. The cost is $91. For information, call (703) 228-4748. CURRENT-EVENTS AFICIONADOS TO GATHER: Walter Reed Senior Center’s

current-events roundtable will meet on Monday, June 4 at 10 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

SING-ALONG FOCUSES ON FOLK MUSIC: A folk music sing-along will be

held on Monday, June 4 at 1:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555. FLORAL DESIGNS ARE CENTERPIECE OF GATHERING: Members of the Rock

Spring Garden Club will discuss and demonstrate simple floral designs on Tuesday, June 5 at 11 a.m. at LangstonBrown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300. 4-1-1 ON MEDICARE SLATED: An up-

date on Medicare will be presented on Tuesday, June 5 at 1 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 22830

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DOWN 1. Leave in the dust 2. Do as directed 3. Relinquish 4. Capital of Algeria 5. Relating to spleen 6. *Corn holder 7. Bellicose deity 8. Archeologist’s find 9. *“The Omnivore’s

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call (703) 228-4403.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO OATLANDS FOR TEA: Arlington County 55+ Travel

ONE-ON-ONE LEGAL COUNSELING OFFERED: Legal Services of Northern Vir-

HISTORY OF HIGH VIEW PARK, HALL’S HILL TO BE DISCUSSED: The history of

TRAVELERS HEAD TO HAYMARKET:

MEDICAL FORUM ZEROES IN ON CLINICAL TRIALS: A discussion focused on

WALKERS TREK TO POTOMAC OVERLOOK: The Lee Walkers of Lee Senior

hosts a trip to Oatlands in Leesburg for tea and a mansion tour on Wednesday, June 6. The cost is $53. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

the Hall’s Hill neighborhood and High View Park will be discussed on Wednesday, June 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2280555.

participating in clinical trials will be held on Wednesday, June 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

ginia will host free counseling sessions for eligible seniors on Thursday, June 7 at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information and an appointment, call (703) 778-6800.

Arlington County 55+ Travel hosts a trip to and tour of True Farms in Haymarket on Friday, June 8. The cost is $8. For additional information, call (703) 228-4748.

Center will head to Potomac Overlook Regional Park for their weekly program on Friday, June 8 at 10 a.m. The cost is $3. For information, call (703) 2280555.

WALKERS SET TO AMBLE IN VIENNA:

The Arlington Walking Club will travel to Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna on Wednesday, June 6 at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $4 for transportation from Madison Community Center. For information,

FANS OF BALLROOM TO HIT THE DANCE FLOOR: Arlington Mill Senior

Center hosts a ballroom dance on Friday, June 8 at 1 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

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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. June 1, 1945: n Nineteen Arlington men have been liberated from German prisoner-of-war camps. n Six names have been floated for the current vacancy on the School Board. n Giant Food has cucumbers on sale for 10 cents a pound. Veal cutlets are on sale for 47 cents (plus 11 ration coupons) per pound. n Penney’s has sport shirts on sale for $1.59, and men’s bright rayon swim trunks available for $2.59. May 30, 1962: n Local dairy workers are threatening to strike when their contract runs out in early June. n Four Virginia Air National Guard units called to active duty during last year’s Berlin crisis soon will be back from Germany. May 30, 1972: n Selected Arlington households will be asked to take part in a telephone crime survey. n A Circuit Court judge estimates that 50 percent of students at the University of Virginia are using illegal drugs, and says the university administration is turning a blind eye to the situation. n CBS’s Eric Sevareid will be Northern Virginia Community College’s commencement speaker at the Filene Center. n Washington-Lee’s baseball team will square off against George Wythe High School in the state semifinals. May 31, 1983: n Republican Bonnie Newlon kicked off her bid for the 48th House of Delegates seat with proposals to raise the drinking age to 21 and to impose tighter sentences for criminals who use guns. n Gov. Robb says proposals to raise academic requirements among publicschool students will not lead to an “elitist” education system. n The State Board of Education has approved a new textbook for middleschool Virginia history courses, the first to be authorized since the previous standard text was removed in 1973, after criticism that it suggested slaves had been happy, satisfied workers.

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Buying Arlington N.

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Arlington N. An Exceptional Buy! $1,095,000

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JUST LISTED This stunning custom built brick and stone home is nestled on a lovely 10,000 sqft. double lot in “Metro convenient “Ashton Heights”. Enjoy 5,500 sqft. of finished space, 5 BR’S, 4.5 baths, a fabulous 2 story reception foyer, gracious formal rooms,an amazing peninsula kitchen open to breakfast room and family room with 2 story stone FP, a main level bedroom suite plus 4 upper level bedrooms including a spectacular owners retreat with FP, sitting area, luxe bath & room size walk-in with built-ins, plus a fully finished lower level complete with rec room, gaming area, pub style bar, office /gym, bath and abundant storage space. All sited on a beautifully landscaped lot with patio, front porch and car garage. 105 N. Oakland Street

Falls Church

Substantially expanded rambler nestled on a lovely 13,777 sqft. cul-de-sac lot in Broyhill Hills. Enjoy 3,474 base square feet, an inviting front porch entry, an open & airy mid century modern floor plan offering 3 BR’S plus guest room, hardwood floors, replacement windows throughout, a nicely remodeled kitchen opening to vaulted family/breakfast addition, a sun room opening to patio, owner’s BR with ensuite & huge walk-in, a walk-up attic and a fully finished basement complete with rec room, guest room, 3rd full bath, hobby/bonus room and 2 car garage. All sited on a gorgeous lot with extensive stone hard-scapes, patio and relaxing deck. Convenient locale just minutes from town via Chain Bridge or GW Parkway.. 3107 N Taylor Street

Arlington N. Along the Orange Line... $425,000

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Arlington N. Private Hilltop Oasis $1,198,000

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COMING SOON This gorgeous stone Cape Stone is nestled on a spectacular 10,200 square foot garden lot in Lee Blvd Heights. Enjoy 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, an eat-in kitchen, separate dining room, spacious living room with stone fireplace and adjoining den/ office, a main level bedroom with ensuite, 3 upper level bedrooms, 2 remodeled baths, and a large lower level with high ceilings offering lots of future development possibilities. Conveniently located inside the beltway on the Arlington/Falls Church border. 6127 Brook Drive

Totally turnkey Colonial nestled on a nicely landscaped lot in popular the Milburn Terrace neighborhood. Enjoy a remodeled kitchen with granite counter tops, separate dining room, classic hardwood floors, replacement windows throughout, tastefully remodeled baths, and a finished basement with rec room, office area, full bath and laundry center. The exterior features a wrap around front porch, lovely brick walk-ways, back porch, two sheds and a huge backyard deck just perfect for the upcoming BBQ Season. 2723 N. Edison Street

Super chic 4th floor unit in the Metro convenient “Astoria” condominiums. Enjoy the open concept floor plan offering 910 square feet of space, 1.5 baths, an updated kitchen with stainless appliances and granite counters, hardwood floors, fresh paint throughout, owner bedroom with dual closets,an in unit washer & dryer, a wonderful covered balcony over looking the common areas and garage parking too! The Astoria community offers extra storage, tennis, club rooms and swimming pool. 2100 Lee Hwy #436

This beautifully remodeled and expanded home is strategically sited on 11,490 square feet lot offering commanding tree top views over Lee Heights. Enjoy 3,292 base square feet, a covered front porch, inviting entry foyer, expansive granite/stainless kitchen with breakfast room, sweeping living and dining rooms with French doors opening to level yard & patio with stone FP, owner’s retreat with luxe bath and terrace, plus a fully finished LL complete with rec room, BR, bath and den. Gorgeous setting includes an adorable detached studio suite over the garage. 2507 N Vernon Street

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