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Hospital Proposal Heads to County Board Planning Commission Members Recommend Deferral of a Decision on Expansion Plan The Arlington government’s top planning body is recommending the County Board again defer action on a proposal to expand Virginia Hospital Center.

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voted 10-0 on Sept. 11 to recommend County Board members take no action when they convene later this month, allowing time for the hospital and critics of the proposal to make further refinements.

The recommendation is not binding – County Board members still could vote to approve the project – but it is a setback for Virginia Hospital Center officials, who originally wanted the plan OK’d before summer and only re-

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luctantly agreed to delay it for County Board action in September.

The land-locked hospital – located on North George Mason Drive in Arlington Continued on Page 22

New Facility to Store Salt Still on Track Planning Commission Recommends Approval SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Rico Amero performs at the annual Nauck Civic & Community Pride Day, held Sept. 15 at Drew Model School. The event featured a varied lineup of music plus food and festivities, including scholarship presentations and a salute to the centenarians living in the Nauck community. There also was a tribute to Aretha Franklin. See a story on Page 8, and find a slide show of photos at www.insidenova.com/news/ arlington.

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They probably were left with no other option, and in the end, members of the Arlington Planning Commission voted to support the county government’s proposal to temporarily relocate a salt-storage facility within a government-owned parcel on Old Dominion Drive.

The vote effectively gives a post-dated approval to a project already under way for months, and one that has riled several North Arlington communities, a number of religious organizations and the leadership of Marymount University.

The Sept. 13 Planning Commission vote – 7-0, with one abstention – sends the matter on to the County Board for what is expected to be pro-forma approval in the Continued on Page 12

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N.Va. Senior Olympics Emphasizes Healthy Living Nearly 900 participants of the 2018 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics – some the minimum 50 years old, others nearly twice that – are proving that staying physically and mentally up to par is as much about having the right attitude as anything else.

“It’s worth doing and it’s fun. There is lots of camaraderie,” said 81-years-young Annmarie Pitman of Alexandria, who took home the gold medal in her age group in the 3-mile walk.

That Sept. 15 event served to kick off 12 days of competition to be held at participating venues across the region.

The 860 who registered will take part in 70 different events as part of the local competition, which dates its roots back 36 years.

“These games cannot be put on without the hard work and dedication of an extremely hard-working group,” said David Jerome, who heads the nonprofit committee overseeing the annual competition. “We need hundreds of volunteers.”

As has been tradition in past years, opening ceremonies

The 1,500-meter men’s running competition helped to kick off 12 days of the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics, held across the region.

(and track events) were held at Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington on the first day.

“We relish the opportunity to host,” said Arlington board chairman Katie Cristol. “The energy, the commitment and the enthusiasm of these competitors. It’s infectious.”

Cristol, a Millennial who

won’t herself be eligible to participate in the Senior Olympics for about 15 years, said the competition was part of a broader regional goal of “active living and living healthier and longer” for all residents of Northern Virginia.

It’s an attitude that competitor Pittman, who has participated in about four Senior

Olympics, long has embraced.

“I feel that I have to stay in shape to stay in life,” she said.

Was she a competitive person by nature, or just taking part for the heck of it? “A little of both,” Pittman chuckled.

The competition is sponsored by local governments in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax (city and county), Falls Church,

Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William. Events take place at 25 venues across participating jurisdictions.

Honored with the chance to carry the Olympic torch for 2018 was André Francis, vice chairman of the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics committee.

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Republicans Backing 2 of 4 Bond Referendums

Also: Both Arlington Democrats and GOP Support Each Constitutional Amendments on Ballot SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The Arlington County Republican Committee is recommending county voters vote “yes” on two county bonds but “no” on two others.

Members of the committee on Sept. 13 voted to support the $103 million bond for schools and $30.3 million bond for parks that will be on the ballot. But committee members voted to oppose the $74.6 million transportation bond and $36 million community-infrastructure bond.

The GOP’s executive committee had recommended opposition to the transportation bond but a “yes” vote for all others.

The committee rank-and-file reversed the recommendation on the community-infrastructure bond; attempts to switch the school and parks bond recommendations from “yes” to “no” were rejected at the meeting.

A week prior to the Republicans’ meeting, the Arlington County Democratic Committee voted to support all four bonds. Arlington voters have not turned down a bond referendum in nearly 40 years.

The party’s positions on the bonds will be part of the Arlington GOP’s voter guide distributed prior to and during Election Day. The party also has formally supported U.S. Senate candidate Corey Stewart and U.S. House of Representatives candidate Thomas Oh, but has not taken any formal action on the County Board and School Board races.

Jim Presswood chairs the Arlington County Republican Committee.

GOP, Democrats in Accord on Constitutional Amendments: They may not have a heck of a lot else in common, but the Arlington County Republican Committee and Arlington County Democratic Committee are simpatico when it comes to the two state constitutional amendments on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Both parties will be recommending voters approve the two amendments: • The first provides that the surviving spouse of a veteran who had a 100-percent service-connected disability will have more flexibility in receiving relief from real-estate taxes.

Currently, state law permits a surviving spouse to be exempt from local realestate tax only as long as he or she lives in the same residence as was occupied with the service member. The proposed change allows the exemption to be transferred to another property if the widow/widower opts to move.

The proposal was placed on the ballot

by the General Assembly after unanimous votes.

• The second amendment would allow, but not require, local governments across Virginia to provide a partial tax exemption on residential properties that are subject to recurrent flooding, provided the homeowner undertook improvements to abate or mitigate the situation.

The measure also won widespread bipartisan support in the General Assembly.

In Virginia, the power to place constitutional amendments on the ballot is reserved to the legislature. In order to place a matter on the ballot, it must receive majority support in each house once, then a legislative election must take place, then the same measure must be approved a second time.

Local Democrats Ramp Up Get-Outthe-Vote Efforts: The Arlington County Democratic Committee is firming up its get-out-the-vote efforts, adding four new precinct captains but still on the hunt for about eight more.

“Our biggest opponent is complacency,” said Carol Fontein, the party’s precinct-operations poobah. “We’ve got to get every single last Democratic vote out.”

On the local front, the party faces a rare uphill battle, with Democrat Matt de Ferranti attempting to unseat independent County Board member John Vihstadt.

The party’s School Board nominee, incumbent Barbara Kanninen, would appear to be safe from challenger Audrey Clement unless a wave of discontent over the School Board descends on polling places on Election Day. The local party also aims to ramp up the margin for U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine in Arlington, on the off chance that Repub-

lican challenger Corey Stewart offers a stronger-than-anticipated challenge.

“Virginia depends on Arlington to be the difference,” Fontein said. “That is our job.”

Absentee Voting Set to Start: In-person absentee voting for the Nov. 6 election begins in Arlington on Sept. 21.

The county elections office will provide absentee-voting opportunities weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the county-government headquarters, 2100 Clarendon Blvd. Extended hours will be offered closer to Election Day. For full details, including eligibility for voting absentee, see the Web site at https://vote.arlingtonva.us/.

Vihstadt Picks Up Backing of CivilRights Leader: John Vihstadt’s campaign for County Board has picked up the backing of a longtime civic and civil-rights leader.

Dr. Alfred Taylor Sr. said Vihstadt’s efforts in support of the Nauck community during his term in office led him to make the endorsement.

“John’s honest, pragmatic and hopeful insight into our community’s problems and needs, and his willingness to examine the issues and listen closely to our questions and concerns, sets him far apart,” Taylor said in a statement released by the Vihstadt campaign.

Taylor served a lengthy stint as president of the Nauck Civic Association and also was president of the Arlington branch of the NAACP. He is the author of “Bridge Builders of Nauck/Green Valley: Past and Present.”

Vihstadt, a one-term independent, is being challenged by Democrat Matt de Ferranti on Nov. 6. Vihstadt gained office in a 2014 special election, then won the ensuing general election.

August Proved Solid Month for Local Real-Estate Market After an anemic June and July, home sales across Arlington in August picked up, while average sales prices bumping up and surpassing $1 million in the singlefamily sector.

A total of 288 properties went to closing last month, according to data reported Sept. 11 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. That’s up 10.3 percent from the 261 transactions across Arlington in August 2017.

Average sales prices also increased by a double-digit margin, with the overall figure of $699,914 rising 10.1 percent from a year before.

Increases were posted in two of three legs of the market: • The average price for single-family homes rose 16.9 percent to $1,090,055.

• The average price for attached homes, such as townhouses and rowhouses, rose 4.9 percent to $479,399.

• The average price for condominiums declined 1 percent to $412,080.

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A total of 60 properties changed hands for more than $1 million, including two for more than $2.5 million.

Add it all up, and the sales volume for the month stood at $201.6 million, up 21.5 percent from the $165.9 million reported in August 2017.

Homes that went to closing in August spent an average of 40 days on the market between listing and sales contract, slower than in the previous few months but an improvement from the 45 days required a year before. Homes garnered 97.7 percent of original listing price, essentially unchanged.

Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 202 cases, followed by cash (54) and VAbacked loans (16).

Inventory, which has been chipped away at in recent months, declined 17 percent to 472 properties at the end of August. Homes coming under contract during the month had a significant boost,

but the number of pending sales in August remained below figures from a year before.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary and are subject to revision.

Arlington Bumps Past Falls Church in Average Per-Square-Foot Costs: They each saw year-over-year declines, but Arlington’s was smaller and, as a result, the county posted the largest average persquare-foot price for real estate across Northern Virginia in August.

At an average of $456 per square foot, Arlington was down 3.4 percent from $472 a year before, but Falls Church (which had seen a per-square-foot cost of $530 in August 2017) was down 18.3 percent to $433 and second place in the new ranking.

Figures were reported Sept. 11 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. Alexandria, which placed third in

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Northern Virginia at $374, was down $22 per square foot, or 5.6 percent, for the month. But most other local jurisdictions saw increases: Fairfax County rose 2.9 percent to $318; Loudoun County was up 5.1 percent to $227; Prince William County was up 6.4 percent to $216; and Stafford County was up 2.9 percent to $177.

The District of Columbia led all jurisdictions across the region; its per-squarefoot cost of $548 was up 6.4 percent from a year before.

In Maryland, Montgomery County saw an increase of 2.1 percent to $293, while Prince George’s County was up 3.8 percent to $190.

For the first eight months of the year, Arlington led Northern Virginia jurisdictions with a per-square-foot cost of $469, followed by Falls Church ($436), Alexandria ($388) and Fairfax County ($318).

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Endorsement: Tim Kaine for U.S. Senate When he first ran for U.S. Senate six years ago against George Allen to succeed to the seat of one-term-and-done incumbent Jim Webb, Tim Kaine provided voters both with rays of hope . . . and a few warning signs.

His service in Richmond city politics and stints as the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor and governor painted him as a pragmatic moderate, if shading slightly to the left, but one who could work across the aisle to get things done while doing so in a respectful manner.

Often forgotten in this litany of jobs held was Kaine’s leading the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011, a position that requires a more partisan zeal. While Kaine was far less rabidly aggressive than some who have held the post, the fact that he took it at all (at the behest of his pal, President Obama) showed he was willing, when the situation suited, to shed the bipartisan veneer he had carefully cultivated.

Kaine’s years in the Senate have, in many ways, been a disappointment for those of us who hoped he would remain the political leader we saw in state office. Instead, he has tacked to the left – albeit more in a zig-zag, avoid-thesubmarines approach than in a straight line. And his selec-

tion as Hillary Clinton’s running mate pushed him into the role of pugilistic political pit bull, a role he was singularly unsuited for, as shown in his dubious performance against Mike Pence in the lone vice-president debate of 2016.

Yes, Kaine has been less than perfect in our eyes. But he faces an opponent this time in Republican Corey Stewart, who should prove a cakewalk for Democrats – although that’s what people said about Donald Trump, too.

We’d be less displeased with Stewart’s incessant opportunism if he were better at hiding it. But over the years, he has glommed onto every political fad and fashion if he thought it would win him votes in whatever office he was seeking at the moment. Stewart’s lust for the limelight is legendary; to borrow an old phrase, the shortest distance between two points is between him and a microphone.

As for his professed commitment to fiscal responsibility? Prince William County has seen a ballooning budget and tax burden during Stewart’s tenure in office.

The incumbent receives a charitable “C” from us for his first term in the U.S. Senate. It may be less than impressive, but given the competition, this time out it is enough. We endorse TIM KAINE for re-election.

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These improvements provide for the allocation of additional beds for psychiatric and substance-abuse needs; the design of the behavioral-health spaces; the design and operational plan for emergency behavioral-health services; a new intensive outpatient behavioral-health program; and related details. Such improvements would be greatly beneficial to the community.

Although we would also like to see provision made for pediatric and adolescent cases, this has not yet worked out. However, we believe that the recommended commitments on behavioral

health to be made by Virginia Hospital Center as part of the site-plan draft agreement will provide a major and much needed community benefit by improving the care available in Arlington for people suffering mental health crises.

Anne Hermann Arlington Hermann chairs the Arlington Community Services Board, apppointed by the County Board to provide oversight of public services in Arlington for mental health, substance use disorders and developmental disabilities.

Time to Stick County Tax Decal in the History Books Editor: Three cheers for the County Board’s upcoming consideration of eliminating the county windshield sticker.

This sticker has become obsolete with the use of tag readers on county police vehicles, and has been an annoyance for those of us who have to peel these tenacious stickers from the base of steeply sloped windshields.

Also will be welcome is the elimination of the side-by-side visual distraction that two stickers – state inspection and county sticker – creates. Many other Virginia communities already have eliminated the superfluous and bothersome decal.

I encourage the interested citizenry to contact the board before its next meeting (Sept. 22) to encourage the elimina-

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This is especially useful to do because the treasurer’s office has in the past expressed that it wants to retain the decal, so those of us who would like to see the decal disappear must make our voices heard.

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Tax Decal a Goner After Expected C. Board Vote SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington County Board members on Sept. 22 are expected to choose technology over tradition, relegating the county’s vehicle decal COUNTY to the history books next NOTES year.

Since it was introduced in 1967, the decal (placed on windshields adjacent to the state-inspection sticker) has served as proof that the personal-property tax on the vehicle has been paid. But with more and more Virginia jurisdictions eliminating the decal, and with new enforcement techniques being used to catch tax-evaders, county staff believes the sticker has become an anachronism.

(The sticker may, but the $33 decal fee is expected to be retained on the books even after the decal is eliminated.)

The Sept. 22 vote will be preceded by a public hearing.

Interpretive Panels Slated for War Memorial: The Arlington County government is working to develop and install interpretive panels around the Clarendon War Memorial, steering a middle ground over the 1930s-era memorial’s segregation of names of the county’s war dead.

A $2,000 grant will be presented on behalf of the Arlington County World War I Commemorative Task Force to create five or six panels highlighting the military conflicts honored by the memorial, as well as the origins and history of the memorial itself.

When the memorial was dedicated in 1931, the 13 World War I dead from Arlington were listed. As was tradition in the era of racial segregation, the two AfricanAmerican war dead – Arthur Morgan and Ralph Lowe – were listed separately from the white war dead. (Those killed in subsequent conflicts, starting with World War II, have been listed without regard to race.)

The memorial rests on county-government land but is owned by American

Legion Post 139, which will review the content of the interpretive panels. The local post of Veterans of Foreign Wars also has been involved, along with the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board, Arlington Historical Society and Black Heritage Museum of Arlington.

One issue that remains in play: County historic-preservation staff say they have uncovered as many as five individuals from Arlington (then known as Alexandria County) who died in the war but were not included on the tablet affixed to the memorial. Any decision to add their names to the monument would be that of the American Legion, and would have to conform to state law that limits changes to war memorials.

The World War I Commemoration Task Force was empaneled by the County Board in early 2017, and is slated to wrap up its work around the time of the 100th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended fighting in the war.

County officials said it was possible some of the signage could be ready in time for a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary.

Library System Unveils Logo, Tagline: The Arlington county library system has unveiled an updated logo and a new tagline-cum-slogan.

The updated logo retains the familiar book graphic, as reading and information remain “central to the library’s mission,” officials said. The addition of a bold “X” emphasizes the position of the library as the public commons, an educational and cultural destination for tens of thousands of Arlington residents and library patrons.

“Contemporary public libraries are more than just books,” county library director Diane Kresh said. “They are meeting spaces, business incubators, places of refuge. They are inclusive and they enhance the quality of community life.

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Celebrating the lives and achievements of the community’s elders was a centerpiece of the 2018 Nauck Civic & Community Pride Day, which brought food, music and fellowship to Drew Model School on Sept. 15.

Four community residents who had reached, or were set to reach, the centennial mark – Elizabeth Cole, Novella Cummings, Mary Lockett and Thelma Russell – were honored by the Nauck Civic Association.

“I’ve lived here my whole life, and I cannot imagine being here 100-plus years,” an awed association president Portia Clark said at the gathering, praising the awardees for the “wealth of knowledge” they share in the community.

Lockett, now 101 and a resident of Nauck since 1939, acknowledged that she didn’t think she would live to see many advancements that have come, including the election of a black president.

The last surviving sibling in a family that included four brothers and four sisters, she credits her sharp mental state to a love of blueberries, while also acknowledging that “I love to make sweetpotato pie.”

Speaking of food, Cummings (who turned 100 on June 13) is a fan of Cracker Jack, Cheetos and ginger snaps. Born in Fairfax County, she has lived in what had been her grandmother’s Nauck home since 1967 and has been active in civic life.

Cummings credited a strong faith for persevering. “God brought me thus far, nobody else,” she said.

Lockett also said faith was an important component of living a serene century.

“It hasn’t been easy, but the Lord has brought me this far,” she said. “It’s great if you know the Lord; it means so much.”

The event also included a musical salute to the late Aretha Franklin.

100-year-old Novella Cummings is shown with Tsedale Demessie at the 2018 Nauck Civic & Community Pride Day, held Sept. 15.

Gwen Brown, who performed hits by the queen of soul, said everyone could learn something from one of her most famous hits.

“We’ve got to rise above . . . and try to respect one another,” Brown said.

Two students received accolades, with Juan Martinez Luna selected to receive the Jennie Davis Leadership Award and Ian Sheffey presented with the Robert Winkler Public Service Award. Each received scholarship funding from the Nauck Civic Association.

Once an exclusively African-American enclave in the days of segregation, the Nauck community of South Arlington has evolved through the years – a gentrification that has been greeted positively by some, with some trepidation by others.

Acknowledging there had been changes a-plenty, Cummings summed up her own Nauck experience in three words: “It’s my home.”

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NAACP Announces 2018 Honorees

The Arlington branch of the NAACP has announced recipients of its 2018 awards, to be presented at the organization’s 71st Freedom Fund banquet.

The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice will be presented with the Charles P. Monroe Civil Rights Award, while Bendetta Diesel will be honored with the Henry L. Holmes Meritorious Service Award.

In addition, the William W. Brittan Community Appreciation Award will be presented to the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, while the 2018 President’s Award will go to Pastor John Nicholas of St. John’s Baptist Church.

The banquet will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Sheraton Pentagon City.

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Stand With Us,” and the keynote speaker will be U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) Funds raised through the event will support student scholarships.

The deadline for purchasing tickets is Oct. 1; the cost is $80 for adults, $60 for students and $100 for VIP tickets. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonnaacp.com.

The Arlington branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1940, and continues its work to “help balance the scales of injustice,” organization president Karen Nightengale said.

“It’s important for us to have these moments,” Nightengale said at the most recent banquet. “We can do more together than we can ever do apart.”

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Serenely elegant and featuring a warmhearted nature, this week’s featured property – a 4,400-plus-squarefoot home on a lovely lot in Cherrydale – is the perfect modern-farmhouse take on the urban-village style.

From the covered front porch to the amenities that await inside and all the way into the inviting deck that overlooks the expansive rear grounds, this BCN Homes standout represented an impressive addition to the local landscape when it made its debut.

Whether the occasion calls for entertaining in style or just a comfortable evening at home, the versatile layout proves adept at meeting every need and exceeding expectations.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,725,000 by Ruth Boyer O’Dea of Boyer O’Dea & Grant of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

Impressively classic on the outside, the home offers a modern-day flow on the main level, where all the pieces work in harmony.

The stately entry foyer opens to a formal study with floor-to-ceiling built-ins.

On the other side is the elegant formal dining room.

Additional main-level highlights include the airy and inviting kitchen (with separate eat-in banquette with tray ceiling overlooking the rear yard) and the adjacent large family room, with a gas fireplace flanked by built-ins. The deck also is a showplace, with walk-down access to the patio and rear yard.

The entire rear of the upper level is given over to a gracious and spacious master retreat, with a glorious master bath plus extensive walk-in-closet space.

Three additional bedrooms are found on this level, along with laundry facilities.

The lower level is home to a flexible array of spaces that include a recreation room, the home’s fifth bedroom and plentiful storage space.

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It all adds up to an opportunity not to be missed.

Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients.

For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (571) 333-6272.

Facts for buyers Address: 1805 North Monroe Street, Arlington (22207).

Listed at: $1,725,000 by Ruth Boyer O’Dea, Boyer O’Dea & Grant, of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

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Schools: Taylor Elementary, Swanson Middle, Washington-Lee HighSchool.

Builders Critical of Excessive Regulation Layers of excessive regulation translate into higher rents, reduced affordability for consumers and on average, account for almost one-third of a multifamily project’s development and building costs, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress at a recent hearing.

Testifying on behalf of NAHB before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Steve Lawson, chairman of the Virginia-based Lawson Cos., said that overregulation of the housing industry is felt at every phase of the building process.

“It results from local, state and federal mandates,” said Lawson. “It includes the cost of applying for zoning and subdivision approval, environmental mitigation, and permit, hookup, impact and other government fees paid by the builder. In many cases, these projects become financially infeasible and, therefore, are not built.”

The congressional hearing on regulatory burdens on multi-family housing development was spurred in large part due to a new study by NAHB and National Multi-family Housing Council called Multi-family Cost of Regulation that details how regulatory costs account for 32 percent of the cost of developing new multi-family properties.

The new research shows that well over 90 percent of multi-family developers typically incur hard costs of fees paid to local governments, both when applying for zoning approval, and again when local jurisdictions authorize the construction of buildings. State and federal governments are increasingly becoming involved in the process and layering on additional levels of fees and regulations, NAHB officials said.

“Multi-family builders and developers are seeing strong demand, but there are headwinds that have impacted further development,” said Lawson.

“Some developers have had difficulty getting projects off the ground due to regulatory burdens and neighborhood opposition.”

NAHB urged regulators to consider the cumulative effects of regulatory requirements to determine whether a new mandate is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public, or if it is simply a means to achieve a policy goal.

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Unlike most Planning Commission votes, which are merely advisory in nature, a rejection of the staff proposal could have stopped the project in its tracks. Under a provision of state law (called “Section 2232”), the Planning Commission was required to certify that the relocated salt dome would be in compliance with the county government’s Comprehensive Plan. Without that certification, the proposal would not have even moved on for County Board action.

Leaders of several nearby civic associations pressed the Planning Commission to reject the staff proposal.

“Never have so many planning rules been violated in one proposal as this,” said Michael Hogan, president of the Old Dominion Citizens Association. “There has been zero planning of this site . . . zero public discussion, none whatsoever.”

Bill Richardson, president of the nearby Donaldson Run Civic Association, acknowledged that Planning Commission members may have had no choice but to hold their noses and approve the proposal.

“You’ve been put in a box and there’s not much you can do about it,” he said, criticizing county-government staff for not making enough of an effort in considering alternate locations.

As part of its vote, the Planning Commission also agreed, as requested, to rezone part of the county-owned parcel on Old Dominion Drive between 25th Road North and 26th Street North to allow the temporary structure to be constructed.

Earlier this year, county staff determined that the current, 90-year-old saltstorage container was unsafe and could not be used during the upcoming winter season.

The first thought from county planners was to demolish the existing structure and build a new one on its existing footprint, but county staff determined they couldn’t accomplish it by the time snows start to fall toward the end of the year.

The Old Dominion Drive facility holds about 60 percent of the county government’s salt supply; the rest is held at the Trades Center in Shirlington.

News that the existing salt dome needed to be replaced immediately was sprung on the County Board by staff over the summer, drawing complaints from residents of a lack of transparency.

“This is really a predictable crisis . . . a shortfall in terms of planning,” said Jacqueline Wilson, an Old Dominion Citizens Association representative to the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee.

“I’m not convinced there are not other alternatives,” Wilson said. “There could be other options – we don’t know because nobody’s explored it.”

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Salt Continued from Page 12 One might wonder what the fuss is all about, since the new storage facility is being located within the same 7.5-acre tract of land as the dome it will replace. Critics say there is a larger issue in play.

“A loss of public trust may be the worst impact of this decision,” Wilson said. “It impacts people’s trust in government.”

County Board members in July voted 5-0 to move forward with the planned relocation, pending final approval this month. Responding to criticism of its initial layout for the new facility, county staff slightly altered the planned location of the canvas storage facility; there now will be 212 feet of buffer between the edge of the new facility and the midpoint of 26th Street North, compared to a previously planned 144-foot buffer.

The new location likely will enable several additional trees to be saved, although several already have come down.

The tree-retention discussion dominated a chunk of the three-hour meeting.

“It’s been such an important issue for the community,” said Planning Commission

Chairman Jane Siegel.

About a half-dozen trees remain at risk, with their ultimate retention possible but dependent on how construction efforts impact them.

“We have a good probability of survival, but we have no absolutes,” said George May, the county government’s bureau chief for design and construction.

“We have to be cautious that they don’t fall down on our structures.”

Stormwater-runoff issues also took center stage for a portion of the meeting, as did the visual impact of a facility that will stand 47 feet tall and cover more than 10,000 square feet of ground space – larger than most single-family lots in the county.

Officials estimate the structure will be in use for several years, giving the Arlington government time to go through a fullscale planning effort for the Old Dominion site.

Hogan was among those seeking more specificity on the duration of the storage facility’s residency. “We’d like some commitment on what ‘temporary’ means,” he said.

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ou don’t have to have spent a long amount of time in Arlington County to know that it’s a unique place.

Geographically compact (just 26

square miles) but one of the most populated jurisdictions in Virginia, Arlington through the years has managed to maintain a sense of balance among competing interests.

Leaders in the 1960s, sensing the opportunities that

canopy, one can see – if taking off from Reagan National

upright – at times even boring – but that wasn’t always

posting online, giving you a chance to perhaps learn

Airport heading north or looking out from a tall build-

the case. Just a little over a century ago, the Rosslyn

something new about the county. We invite you to go to

ing – that much of Arlington remains almost bucolic in

area was a den of vice: prostitution, gambling, horse

www.insidenova.com/news/arlington and search “Com-

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racing and the like ran rampant. But in 1903, a posse

munity Guide 2018” to find additional coverage.

Arlington also is unique in its iconoclastic, and

of outraged citizens led by the commonwealth’s attorney

sometimes hard to decipher, governance structure.

From the 1870s to the 1930s, the county was governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors, with

descended on the area, demolished the offending

interesting and quirky facts about the county that the

structures and paved the way for a good-governance era

Sun Gazette and its predecessors have been a part of for

that would come.

more than 80 years. •

each elected official representing a specific geographic area and, perhaps not surprisingly, being somewhat

lenges, from growth in student enrollment (whether

to be known as Metro, worked out a plan for develop-

parochial. The real power lay in the county courthouse,

during the Baby Boom or in the modern era) to racial

ment that congregated office and multi-family homes

where the local clerk (usually under the direction of

strife to the possibility, right after the 9/11 attacks, that

along the paths of the future rail lines (east-west for the

one of Virginia’s political “machines”) held sway over

National Airport might be shut down.

Orange Line, north-south for the Blue Line).

patronage.

Sun Gazette Newspapers

Through it all, there’s been the issue of transporta-

But in 1932, that form of government was supplant-

tion – whether it was the 1930s, the 1970s or

Ballston and Crystal City-Pentagon City corridors, where

ed by the five-member, at-large, staggered-terms-of-

today, the general view was that Arlington is

new development provided for the county’s economic

office County Board that continues today, which while not

too congested and something ought to be

health while also allowing Arlington to retain a large

without criticism through the years, has allowed elected

done about it.

swath of single-family neighborhoods.

officials to focus countywide on governance issues.

(While there is concern about a dwindling tree

– Scott McCaffrey

And the community hasn’t been without its chal-

were presented by the proposed rail system that came

The result was the emergence of the Rosslyn-

For now, though, enjoy a trip through some of the

Today the community might be seen as morally

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Arlington facts and figures that answer all your questions

W

ant the “4-1-1” on Arlington? Here

cials estimate that rate at more than a quarter of the

are some common (and maybe not-

population has a native language other than English.

so-common) questions and answers

What is the racial and ethnic composition of

about the community.

Bureau, Arlington in 2010 was 64 percent white, 15.1

answer session comes past “Report to the Citizens,”

percent Latino, 9.6 percent Asian, 8.2 percent black

a publication that had been jointly produced by the

and 3 percent multi-racial or other. The percentage

Arlington treasurer’s office and commissioner of

of the population that was white and Asian increased

revenue’s office. Additional information comes from

from 2000 to 2010, while the percentage that was

the Arlington Department of Community Planning,

black, Latino or multi-racial declined. Arlington’s

Housing and Development.

Latino population, in percentage terms, is the third

square miles.

What’s the tallest point in Arlington? The peak of the county rises to 461 feet.

What is Arlington’s population? According to the 2010 federal census, the population was 207,627, up from 189,453 a decade before, and as of January

highest (after Prince William County and Loudoun County) in the Washington metropolitan area.

down from 2.15 people in 2000. About 41 percent of were two people, 12 percent were three people and 15

is 12th most densely populated jurisdiction in the

percent held four or more people. There were 98,050

nation.

households in the county in the 2010 federal census, Jan. 1, 2012.

How many people are employed in Arlington? ­As of January 2018, Arlington had an estimated 224,200

and 75,000 multi-family units, for a total of about

at-place employees. Professional and technical ser-

114,000 housing units.

vices is the largest industry in Arlington, accounting

and condominiums – rose from $616,200 in 2017 to $640,900 in 2018.

How much does it cost to rent and apartment/ home in Arlington? Based on 2017 figures, the average rent was $1,994 per month, ranging from $1,521 for an efficiency to $2,804 for a three-bedroom unit.

What percentage of Arlington residents speak a language other than English at home? County offi-

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households in 2010 included one person, 32 percent

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What is the average household size in 2010 federal census, was 2.09 people in Arlington,

What is the assessed home value in Arlington?

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family income is $110,388.

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Arlington? The average household, based on the

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estimate that the population could grow to 287,000

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How densely populated is Arlington? With more

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the county population? According to the U.S. Census

Much of the information in this question-and-

How big is Arlington? The total land area is 25.8

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for 23.4 percent of jobs. ­ Arlington’s top private employers are Accenture, Deloitte, Virginia Hospital Center, and Booz Allen Hamilton. The unemployment rate in the summer of 2018 hovered around 2 percent.

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government operate? According to county officials,

than 50,000 residents of Fairfax County work in

Arlington has eight libraries, about 180 parks (plus

Arlington, as do more than 16,000 residents of Prince

three regional parks), 10 fire stations, eight libraries,

George’s County, more than 14,000 residents of the

13 community centers, three nature centers, five

District of Columbia, more than 13,000 residents

senior centers, about 120 athletic fields, about 160

of Alexandria, more than 13,000 residents of Prince

tennis and basketball courts, and 94 miles of bicycle

William County and more than 9,000 residents of

and jogging paths.

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Where do Arlington residents commute

there in Arlington? Arlington has 62 registered civic

to? According to the same survey, nearly 50,000

and citizen associations, dozens of commissions, and

Arlington residents commute to work in the District of

more than 178 community service organizations.

Columbia. Additionally, more than 24,000 Arlington

ton? The county government tallies more than 650

work in Alexandria, more than 4,300 work in Mont-

restaurants.

George’s County.

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Seattle and Atlanta have in common? All have less

middle schools, and 11 high schools and programs.

private office space than does Arlington, according to

Additionally, there are a number of private schools.

county officials.

of development, with the potential for development

In 2016, 73.7 percent of adults age 25 and older had

of 11.4 million more square feet of office space, 2

a bachelor’s degree or higher and 39.1 percent had a

million square feet of additional retail space, 24,500

graduate or professional degree.

form of government was adopted in the early 1930s,

tion entries and exits for an average weekday.

General Assembly renamed “Alexandria County” as “Arlington County” in 1920 for two reasons: First, to

8 inches). It takes 140 seconds to ride from top to bottom.

How many people use Arlington Transit (ART)?

The ART system saw 3.4 million passenger trips in 2017, an increase of 9 percent, on 17 bus routes.

(by marriage) was called Arlington House.

What is the oldest building in Arlington? The

How many people travel through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport? The airport saw a

Ball-Sellers House, owned by the Arlington Historical

record high passenger count of nearly 24 million in

Society, dates to the 1760s. There are 40 local historic

2017, although the count for 2018 might be slightly

districts in the county.

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lower.

What institutions of higher learning can be found in Arlington? The largest colleges, universities and graduate programs are Marymount University,

Virginia shoreline, meaning the District of Columbia has jurisdiction over the Potomac River.

What role did Arlington play in the Civil War?

George Mason University, Art Institute of Washington,

When Virginia approved secession, federal troops

DeVry University, Argosy University, George Washing-

marched over a Potomac River bridge and occupied

ton University, Westwood College, Everest College, Troy

what is now Arlington County for the duration of the

University and Graham Webb International Academy

1861-65 conflict, cutting down many of the trees for

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fuel and to prevent Confederate scouts from finding

What is the average educational attainment

hiding places. The federal government also estab-

of Arlington residents? Arlington has the highest

lished a number of forts to protect approaches to the

percentage of residents with a bachelor’s degree or

nation’s capital; one of them, Fort Whipple, eventually

higher in the Washington, D.C. area. Among adults

became Fort Myer.

25 and older, more than two-thirds of residents have

Who was responsible for deciding that both the

bachelor’s degrees and more than one-third have

Pentagon and National Airport would be located

graduate or professional degrees.

in Arlington? President Franklin Roosevelt picked

How can I get involved in county government?

The County Board appoints members to approximately 50 standing advisory groups; a full listing and ap-

the sites for both facilities. Each opened in the early 1940s.

Which presidents are buried at Arlington

plications for appointment can be found on the county

National Cemetery? William Howard Taft and John F.

government’s Web site at www.arlingtonva.us.

Kennedy.

Was Arlington always a true-blue Democratic

Why was Feb. 2, 1959, an important date not

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Why did Arlington celebrate its centennial in

What was the biggest tax battle in Arlington

1947, then turn around and celebrate its bicenten-

history? Arguably it was the battle between Robert E.

nial in 2001? Those two events commemorated two

Lee’s families and heirs and federal officials, who for

bastion? Heck no. Until about 30 years ago, there was

only in local history, but in state and national his-

different things, as the centennial in 1847 marked

years after the Civil War battled over the legality of

relative parity between Republicans and Democrats

tory, as well? On that date, four African-American

the 100th anniversary of the return of present-day

the seizure of the Arlington House estate, allegedly for

in county politics. Fun fact: Richard Nixon won the

students began attending previously all-white Strat-

Arlington from the boundaries of the District of

the family’s failure to pay taxes after it fled during the

county’s vote each of the three times (1960, 1968

ford Junior High School under state order. Arlington

Columbia to Virginia (“retrocession”) while the

onset of the Civil War. The U.S. Supreme Court later

and 1972) he sought the presidency. Ronald Reagan

was the first Virginia locality (along with Norfolk) to

bicentennial commemorated the 200th anniversary

ruled in favor of the Lee family, which was awarded

(1980) was the last Republican to win Arlington’s

begin the process of integrating its schools following

of the incorporation of modern-day Arlington into the

$175,000 (a princely sum in the late 19th century) as

presidential vote.

years of “massive resistance” against the Brown v.

District of Columbia, where it stayed for almost 50

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Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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ucked away in the archives of the Center for Local History at Arlington’s Central Library can be found a folder benignly titled “Metro, 1974.”

Inside can be found news clipping after news clipping of perhaps the roughest year of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s efforts to get its subway service in operation.

Things were not going well. There was labor strife.

The federal government was balking at providing operating funds. Local governments were dubious about the rising cost estimates. There was talk of scaling back the 98.5-mile line by killing miles of track and 52 stations.

It was, as one article noted, as if the “worst fears” of Northern Virginia transportation planners were playing out in front of their eyes. And it was all covered in the Northern Virginia Sun. Both the idea for what would become the Metro system, and the Sun’s coverage of it, long pre-dated the mid-1970s. It was Congress that conceived the idea through the National Capital Planning Act of 1952, although the measure didn’t gain much real traction until, two years later, the general assemblies of Virginia and Maryland signed on to the idea of a joint commission to study the matter.

In 1959, President Eisenhower was handed a study that suggested a rail system for the nation’s

capital would cost about $500 million and could be completed in 1980. A year later, Eisenhower signed legislation to start the planning.

In 1962, President Kennedy was handed the first concrete proposal, designed to establish a rail system that totaled 65 stations across 83 miles in Washington and its expanded suburbs. Three years later, Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon Johnson, signed a bill that provided for a smaller, 25-mile system that was slated to cost about $450 million and would provide for later expansion if warranted.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority was created in 1966 as part of a compact between Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia (which was still governed through a board of commissioners appointed by the federal government).

The Sun covered all the ins and outs of the debate, and was watching the polls on Nov. 5, 1968.

While much of the nation was transfixed on the close presidential race, it was less of a cliff-hanger when it came to residents of the Washington area showing their support for funding the Metro system. Bond referendums in a variety of localities in Virginia and Maryland were approved by an average “yes” vote of more than 71 percent.

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While a sexy subway system was taking center stage, regional officials also had to figure out what to do about the aging, financially troubled, privately run local bus service. In 1973, WMATA purchased a number of bus systems and soon would inaugurate the Metrobus system. While local leaders initially be-

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Black Jack was force for serenity during sad times in U.S. history

Black Jack, a fixture at the funerals of three presidents, was buried near Arlington National Cemetery following his death in 1976. He is one of only two horses ever according a funeral with full honors by the U.S. military. (U.S. Army photo)

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n Summerall Field on the grounds of Fort Myer, surrounded by a hedge shaped to represent a horseshoe, lie the remains of an animal whose bearing helped the nation during one of the darkest periods in its history.

Black Jack – a coal-black American quarter horse named after Gen. John Pershing – served as the riderless horse during the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

With the traditional boots reversed in his stirrups to represent a fallen leader (a tradition dating back to Roman times), Black Jack walked 10 paces behind the caisson during Kennedy’s funeral, just as he would the following year for the burial of President Hoover and a decade later at the interment of President Johnson.

He also served in full-honors funerals for Gen. Douglas MacArthur and more than 1,000 other members of the U.S. military.

Foaled in 1947, Black Jack was brought to the cavalry section at Fort Myer in 1952. His Army serial number was 2V56.

In an Army News Service report in 2006 marking the 30th anniversary of his death, those who knew Black

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from the Highway Trust Fund to pay for operating costs of rail lines.

Opening day for the Metrorail system was March 27, 1976, when more than 50,000 curious residents rode (for free) the initial 4.2-mile, five-station first phase. Revenue service began two days later, with the system running (weekdays only) from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

It was not all smooth sailing. There continued to be fighting over costs, with voters and government leaders not happy. By 1980, there were fears of strikes, local governments were considering establishing their own bus routes, and there were growing fears about fires and accidents throughout

Jack described him as calm but spirited, with a dynamic personality. Late in his life, when a birthday party (with cake) was thrown in his honor each year, there were those who swore the aging horse knew exactly where the cameras were, and turned directly to them.

In the 2006 article, the Old Guard soldier who walked alongside Black Jack at Kennedy’s funeral said the horse was clearly agitated that day. For the first time in 70 funerals together, Black Jack stepped on the foot of Arthur Carlson.

“I was actively afraid that the horse would get away from me,” Carlston told reporter Matt McFarland. “He was showing his objection to what happened. Animals sense things.”

Black Jack soldiered on through the tumultuous 1960s and into the 1970s, as age slowly caught up with him. But in his prime, “he was very, very well-built, probably the best-built horse that we ever had,” said Pete Cote, who served as the caisson’s farrier for more than three decades.

Black Jack was retired from active service in June 1973 and died on Feb. 6, 1976. His remains were cremated, then interred on Summerall Field in a ceremony attended by 400 – a larger crowd than for most of the funerals he had served in his career.

Burials are rare for horses; having a full-militaryhonors funeral was unique to Black Jack. One other horse – Comanche, who survived the Battle of Little Big Horn and lived another 15 years – received military honors, but his body was preserved and displayed at the University of Kansas.

Even years after his death, those who worked with Black Jack spoke appreciately of his demeanor and service to the nation.

“Sometimes the words ‘legend’ and ‘hero’ are used too frequently, but I have to call him a legend,” Pete Duda, one of his handlers, told the Army News Service in 2006. “I miss him – he was probably my best friend as an animal, if there is such a thing.”

The burial site is located within walking distance of the Old Guard’s Equine Quarters at Fort Myer, where the current generation of ceremonial horses is housed.

The burial site and the caisson facilities are open to the public; for information, see the Web site at http://www. oldguard.mdw.army.mil/specialty-platoons/caisson. •

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the system.

But you can’t stop progress. The Metro system became a seven-day-a-week transit service in 1979, the same year that the Orange Line extended through Arlington as far west as Ballston. In 1980, President Carter signed legislation providing the funds necessary to finish the entire rail system, and in 1986, the Orange Line extended all the way west to Vienna.

The story has never stopped: Just as the Northern Virginia Sun of the 1960s and 1970s spilled plentiful amounts of ink on the planning for the Metro system, more recent Sun Gazettes have covered the positives and negatives of extending the rail line out to Dulles, which is being done in two phases – the first (as far west as Reston) has been completed, the second still a work in progress.

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The History of the Gazettes

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efore there was the Sun Gazette, there was the Sun and there was the Gazette.

How did those two separate newspaper groups come together as one? The

Boulevard, where he served as editor and publisher

stand up to the unions. He did, and while it led to a

until 1951. That year, he sold the paper to Charles

strike (one that, technically speaking, never ended),

Carlin Jr., who merged the paper with the Arlington

the paper continued to publish.

Daily, a 6-days-a-week paper that had been pub-

Not that there weren’t competitors in the localnews marketplace. Always had been.

The Alexandria Monitor pre-dated the Sun, being

Obermayer commuted between New Jersey in

published in the days when Arlington was known as

story is told in interviews conducted several years ago

lished since the early 1940s. The resulting daily paper

Virginia. In 1971, he moved permanently to a home on

Alexandria County. Other papers that rose and fell

Herman Obermayer (now deceased) and David Reyn-

was called the Northern Virginia Sun, and its focus

the Arlington/Fairfax line, where he and his wife Betty

during the middle part of the 20th century included

olds, who owned the papers that would ultimately

expanded throughout the growing western suburbs of

Nan raised their children.

the Arlington Courier (merged with the Sun in 1939),

come together under the name Sun Gazette.

Washington, D.C.

But first, a little history is in order, starting with the Sun, for it has the longer history.

THE SUN The first edition of what was then known simply

The Sun continued to be produced at what had

the Northern Virginia Free Press (1940s), the Arlington

In 1957, the paper was sold to a concern headed

once been a Safeway store on Wilson Boulevard until

Times-Dispatch (1960s) and the Arlington News

by Philip Stern, George Ball and Clayton Fritchey, but

Obermayer moved operations to 1227 North Ivy St. in

(1970s).

labor troubles – including a 1959 printers’ strike –

Arlington.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the Sun

plagued their years of ownership.

In 1963, the trio opted to sell out. A number

combined in-depth local coverage – running as much

THE GAZETTE The story of the Gazette has a later start. It was

as The Sun rolled off the press on Dec. 12, 1935. It

of larger newspaper companies took a look at the

as 10,000 words of local copy a day – with features

founded in 1979 by David Reynolds, a Great Falls

was based in East Falls Church, which was then a

Sun, but opted (largely due to the labor issues) from

that ranged from extensive coverage of Little League

resident and former Washington Post designer and

part of the town (now city) of Falls Church, and the

buying it.

games to reviews of sermons by local ministers. There

graphic artist. In a recent interview with the Sun

were wire-service reports of national and interna-

Gazette, Reynolds said he had saved a few dollars

tional news, as well.

and believed there was a need for a paper in his

first few issues spent plentiful amounts of ink on the

Into the story comes Herman Obermayer, who pub-

proposal by some in that community to be annexed

lished a newspaper in New Jersey and was angling to

into Arlington County.

expand his horizons.

The paper was printed weekly, and in the year

Obermayer’s paper took on the American Nazi

“I was looking to buy a paper in the South, and

Party (itself located in Arlington) and he expanded

community.

“Great Falls didn’t have a community paper, and

following its birth was purchased by Howard Bloomer

I looked at some in Mississippi,” Obermayer said in

his printing operations by picking up accounts of

it was far enough out from Washington, D.C., that we

Jr., who would own it for nearly a generation. (Many

a recent interview with the Sun Gazette. “But that

everything from foreign-language papers to college

would not be a competitor with anybody,” Reynolds

years later, Boomer’s son would locate and donate his

was a little too far south. I decided the Sun was close

papers. At one point, the company was mailing six

said.

father’s archive editions from the 1930s into the early

enough to the South.”

million to eight million pieces of mail per year, even

1950s, which had been thought lost to history, to the Arlington library system.)

Bloomer moved the paper to new offices on Wilson

Benefiting from the growth of Fairfax County and

In an oral history conducted in 1987 for the

as most Sun papers were delivered by carriers. (Some

its real estate market, the weekly Gazette papers

Arlington library system, Obermayer noted that the

of the best carriers found themselves on yearly trips

(not to be confused with an unrelated group of the

previous ownership group didn’t have the desire to

to places like Florida, to thank them for their efforts.)

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Maryland) expanded in the 1970s to include coverage of McLean, Oakton, Vienna, Falls Church, Reston and even Loudoun County.

Not long after the founding of the original Gazette, a newspaper called the Connection was established in Reston by journalists Tom Grubisich and Paul Clancy. The ownership of the Connection sought to buy out Reynolds, who initially rebuffed the idea of selling.

But by 1989, with competition creeping throughout his coverage areas, Reynolds –being sole owner – held a “board meeting with himself in the shower” and decided the time was right to sell.

“I didn’t have the kind of deep pockets and resources they had to go into a newspaper war,” said Reynolds, who now owns the monthly Elan magazine, which he started in 1999 and is produced in the same Great Falls office where the Gazettes once were put out.

THE MERGER Of the two newspaper companies that were merged into a single entity, it was the Northern Virginia Sun that was sold first. In 1988, Obermayer sold the paper because, he said, “the economic risk had been exhausted.”

“I tried hard when I owned the paper, and sure, I miss some of it,” said Obermayer in an interview several years before his death. He would go on to help emerging democracies in the former Soviet sphere to establish a free press, and currently writes books.

A year later, Reynolds sold his papers to the same

group that had purchased the Sun. They would continue to be published as separate entities under a number of ownership groups from outside the local area.

Eventually, with the market for dailies dwindling and facing competition from The Washington Post and the Journal Newspapers, the Sun became a twiceweekly paper, then a weekly. All papers would eventually take the name Sun Gazette in homage to their shared, if separate, genesis.

Around the turn of the 21st century, the company was purchased by the family that owned the Journal Newspapers, and shared offices in Alexandria. The Journals later were sold off to become the Washington Examiner, which folded as a daily paper earlier in 2013.

The Sun Gazettes, which were the dominant community news sources in Arlington, Great Falls, McLean, Oakton and Vienna, tried producing other editions, including ones for Annandale, the city of

Fairfax and the city of Alexandria. There was even a short-lived Spanish-language edition, but in the end, the ownership opted to focus on where the papers were dominant. The Arlington edition’s front page dates it founding to the Sun in 1935, while the Great Falls/McLean/Vienna/Oakton edition dates its origin to 1979, when the first Gazette rolled off the presses.

Two more sales followed: One to American Community Newspapers, a national chain of community papers that went bankrupt in the early days of the current economic recession but continued publishing,

and later to its current owner, veteran newspaper executive Richard Connor.

Like most newspapers, the Sun Gazettes have entered the digital age – something the industry has found both a blessing and a curse. News stories can now be viewed instantaneously around the globe, but the public’s move from print to online has impacted advertising sales.

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Arlington Notes KIWANIS CLUB COMPLETES FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EFFORT:

While the effort has resulted in a 40percent drop in neonatal tetanus in the Third World, it still kills one child every 15 minutes in developing areas.

Funds raised by the Arlington Kiwanis Club have supported life-saving protection to more than 29,000 mothers and their children. The South Arlington Kiwanis Club also participated in the international effort. (For information, see the Web site at www.theeliminateproject. org.)

Since the Eliminate Project’s inception, neonatal tetanus has been eradicated in Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, East Timor and Tanzania. It remains a public-health threat in Afghanistan, Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen.

A local service club has fulfilled its commitment as part of a $110 million effort to eradicate a disease that long has imperiled mothers and children in developing parts of the world.

The Kiwanis Club of Arlington reported Sept. 12 that it had made the final disbursements of funds it had pledged in support of the Eliminate Project, a joint effort of Kiwanis International and UNICEF in the fight against maternal and neonatal tetanus.

The club in 2014 pledged $750 per member to the initiative, paying out the funds over a four-year period. The local effort began with a $9,200 contribution and $43,600 in pledged funds.

Funding came from the club’s reserves and annual service projects, including an annual pancake breakfast held at Clarendon United Methodist Church.

Having fulfilled its obligation, club members received special pins from Kiwanis International, denoting their support.

“Wear it proudly and tell people what COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO HONOR we contributed to the world,” said Julie ELLEN, JIM DYKE: Ellen and Jim Dyke Wright, treasurer of the club. will be recognized for their history of pasThe initiative to eradicate neonatal sionate community leadership as recipitetanus began in 2010. UNICEF says a ents of the 2018 Community Leadership series of inoculations costing $1.80 per Award by the Community Foundation for person can give mothers and their unborn Northern Virginia.

4 Page SunGazette Flat.pdf 1 9/18/18 “We 12:26could AM children lifetime protection. not be more pleased to hon-

or Ellen and Jim Dyke,” said Eileen Ellsworth, president and CEO of the foundation. “Through public service and active participation with many organizations across our region, Ellen and Jim give of their time, resources and energy to make this community a better place.”

The award will be presented at the foundation’s annual “Raise the Region Gala” on Friday, Oct. 5 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. The event will be co-hosted by Todd Stottlemyer and Bobbie and Bill Kilberg.

The black-tie event, expected to attract 700 community and business leaders, will celebrate and honor the 40th anniversary of the Community Foundation.

For tickets and sponsorship information, see the Web site at www.cfnova.org.

KNITTING GROUP HOSTED BY CANCER CENTER: The Cancer Resource Center at

Virginia Hospital Center hosts a “Knitting with Friends” drop-in group the first and third Wednesdays of each month, with the next program taking place on Oct. 2 at 3:30 p.m. at the hospital.

The effort is sponsored by Project Knitwell; participants should bring their own supplies. All levels of expertise are welcome.

For information, call (703) 558-5555.

FRENCH ART CELEBRATED AT LIBRARY PROGRAM: Encore Learning’s

H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program students Chloe Fugle and Karina de Leed were among those participating in a Sept.

12 Arlington Committee of 100 forum on school-safety issues. They are shown with Del. Paul Krizek (D-Mount Vernon), who served on the panel, and Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th).

“Meet the Author” series continues on Monday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. at Central Library, with Roshna Kapadia presenting a lecture on French art from the Baroque to the Impressionists.

The event is sponsored jointly with the county library system. For information, call (703) 228-2144.

ARLINGTON THRIVE TO HOST FAMILY-FRIENDLY FUND-RAISER: Arlington

Thrive will present “BBQ, Boots & Bingo” on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 5115 Little Falls Road.

The cost is $20 for adults, $10 for children or $50 for families. For information, call (703) 558-0035 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonthrive.org.

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Arlington Notes II ‘RESPECT FOR LAW’ AWARDS PRESENTED: The Arlington Optimist Club

held its annual “Respect for Law” awards ceremony on Sept. 5 at Washington Golf & Country Club.

The awards program was established in 1981 and chaired for three decades by James Almand, a legislator and later Circuit Court judge. The current chair of the awards program is Shandra Niswander.

Deputy Daniel Hilsdorf was nominated by Sheriff Beth Arthur for his work earlier this year to de-escalate an extremely volatile situation in Clarendon Central Park.

Hilsdorf “demonstrated the qualities expected from public-safety employees, displaying empathy, restraint and a high level of professionalism,” the Optimist Club said in making the award.

Cpl. Kevin Treakle was nominated

by Police Chief Jay Farr. He has been a member of the department for 21 years, having served as a field-training officer for school-resource officers.

“He is passionate about working with youth of all ages, from kindergarten through high school, and was instrumental in developing a summer camp for atrisk youth,” Optimist officials said.

Honoree Rick Strobach, deputy director of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Services Unit was nominated by Earl Conklin, drector of court services.

Arlington Optimist Club “Respect for Law” event chair Shandra Niswander and Arlington Police Chief Jay Farr are shown with award recipients Police Cpl. Kevin Treakle, Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Hilsdorf and Rick Strobach, deputy director of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Services Unit. See item at left.

Judge George Varoutsos, who presented the award, noted how “countless youth have benefited from Strobach’s leadership in developing and managing communitybased programs for court-involved youth, most recently with the addition of the Young Achievers after-school program for boys, and the Safe Havens supervisedvisitation program, due to open soon.”

The awards program coincided with “Respect for Law Week” in Arlington, proclaimed by County Board Chairman Katie Cristol.

URBAN-AGRICULTURE SYMPOSIUM ON THE HORIZON: The fourth annual

Urban Agriculture Symposium is slated for Friday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

The keynote speaker will be Jewel Bronaugh, Virginia’s commissioner of agriculture, who will discuss the Northam administration’s vision for the future of agriculture in the Old Dominion.

The event also will feature breakout sessions on a variety of topics, as well as exhibitors.

The event is sponsored by Virginia Cooperative Extension, Arlington Department of Parks and Recreation and Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture. For information and to register, see the Web site at https://tinyurl.com/aauas2018.

ARLINGTON PLAYERS OPENS SEASON WITH ‘HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME’:

The Arlington Players will kick off its 2018-19 season with a production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” running Oct. 5-20 at Thomas Jefferson Community Center, 125 South Old Glebe Road.

The musical showcases the Oscarnominated score of the film and adds two additional songs.

For this production, Quasimodo – who is deaf in the original Victor Hugo novel – will be played by deaf actor Alex Bryce, with actor Alden Michels joining him in the role as Quasimodo’s “voice” in songs.

“The show examines the role of those with disabilities or differences in our society,” said director Richard Farella. “This partnership enables a deaf actor to play a deaf character while maintaining the art form of using music for storytelling.”

Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. The Oct. 13 performance will be American Sign Language-interpreted.

For tickets and additional information, see the Web site at www.thearlingtonplayers.org.

CANCER RESOURCE CENTER OFFERS PROGRAMS: Virginia Hospital Center’s

Cancer Resource Center hosts a series of monthly programs and support groups for cancer patients, their families and caregivers.

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Arlington Notes III PARTNERS OPEN NEW FOOD-DISTRIBUTION SITE: The Arlington Food As-

LIVING-HISTORY EVENT TO FOCUS ON FOOD OF THE MID-1700s: The Arling-

sistance Center (AFAC) has joined with ton Historical Society will present “Colothe Arlington Partnership for Affordable nial Harvest,” a living-history event, on Housing (APAH) to open a new food- Ssaturday, Sept. 29 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. distribution site at The Springs, an apart- at the Ball-Sellers House, 5630 3rd St. ment complex in the Ballston area.

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The site will distribute food on WednesThe event will feature re-enactors days from 3:30 to 5 p.m., and will serve detailing how local families in the mideligible residents from the apartment as 1700s would have harvested, cooked and well as neighboring APAH communities. prepared food for the upcoming winter.

The will be AFAC’s 19th distribu- There will be the opportunity to taste the tion site and its third in partnership with types of foods and beverages that would APAH. have been commonplace in the era.

For information, see the Web site at For information, see the Web site at 2509 N www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

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COMMUNITY FORUM TO FOCUS ON GERRYMANDERING: The Arlington

League of Women Voters will present “Ending Partisan Gerrymandering in Virginia” on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at Walter Reed Community Center.

The program will focus on efforts by the advocacy group One Virginia 2021.

The event is free, but registration is required. For information, see the Web site at https://www.lwv-arlingtonva.org.

‘FRIENDS OF URBAN AGRICULTURE’ HOSTS MEET-AND-GREET: Arlington

Friends of Urban Agriculture will offer a chance for the public to meet with its FALL 2017 board of directors in a happy-hour setARTISTS TO OPEN WORKPLACES TO LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TO LOOK ting on Thursday, Sept. 27 from 6:30 to PUBLIC: More than 50 Arlington artists AT RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS: 8:30 p.m. at Trade Roots, 5852 Washingwill open their workspaces to the public The Arlington League of Women Voters’ ton Blvd.

R for the first Arlington Visual Art Studio “Sips & Civility” series will continue For information and to R.S.V.P., see Ewith ND RACT U “Restoration of Voting Rights and ReTour the weekend of Sept. 29-30. the Web site at www.arlingtonurbanag.

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Participants in the free program will embark on a leisurely ride over mostly level, paved pathways, stopping at points of natural and environmental interest along the way.

Youth age 12 and older can participate, but must be accompanied by an adult.

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Arlington Squads Have Rough Week DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The past week was a tough one for the four high-school football teams in Arlington, with each losing by a significant margin.

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Following is a roundup about the losses suffered by the Wakefield Warriors, Washington-Lee Generals and Bishop O’Connell Knights. n The Wakefield Warriors (1-2) were defeated at home by Eastern High School of Washington, D.C., 37-20, on Sept. 13.

The contest started well for Wakefield when Lukai Hatcher returned the game’s opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead (as the conversion failed.)

By the end of the first quarter, Eastern was in front, 19-6. Wakefield trailed 19-14 at halftime as Camryn Johnson scored on a 10-yard run, then ran for a two-point conversion.

Wakefield’s final touchdown came in the third quarter when quarterback Cason Poythress had a 10-yard run.

Bishop O’Connell’s Kai Bowers takes the handoff from Aidan McGowan. Bowers was O’Connell’s PHOTO BY DEB KOLT leading rusher during a Sept. 15 home loss to Collegiate of Richmond.

Patriots Struggle Again to Stop Running Game DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

There is one common denominator in the Yorktown Patriots’ two losses this The highFOOTBALL season: school football team has been unable to stop its opponents’ running games while not moving the ball on the ground enough itself.

That was the case Sept. 13 when Yorktown (1-2) lost to the host and undefeated W.T. Woodson Cavaliers (4-0) in Fairfax, 42-20. Woodson gained 325 yards on the ground and ran for three touchdowns.

Overall, Woodson amassed 422 total yards.

Yorktown gave up 288 yards rushing in an opening-game loss to Wilson.

“They kept running up in there and we weren’t able to stop it,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said about the loss to Woodson. “When we had the ball, we probably didn’t run it enough early and we didn’t hit on some passes we needed to.”

Woodson led just 14-13 at halftime, then scored four unanswered touchdowns in the second half to build a 42-13 advantage.

In addition to running well, Woodson threw with production – connecting on second-half scoring passes of 47 and 21 yards.

“We hung in there, but they are very good,” Hanson said. “Heck, they’re 4-0 now.”

Yorktown gained 344 total yards. The Patriots’ alternating quarterback pair of Grant Wilson and Will Porter combined for 207 yards in the air. Wilson was 9 of 15 for 107 yards and Porter 4 of 11 for 100 and threw a touchdown covering 80 yards to Max Patterson, who had nine catches for 188 yards.

Yorktown’s Pius Atubire ran for 58 yards, Ta’jaun Perry-Elem for 43 and Jakore Harmon for 29. Atubire and Harmon had touchdown runs of 15 and 12 yards,

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There is nothing else quite like it, because everything is right there, presenting reporters with the things they might need. There is constant noise and chatter.

They can see, hear, observe, touch, smell, feel and ask questions if needed in the correct manner. On the sideline, a writer becomes part of the game, while staying out of the way.

There is so much to observe.

By paying close attention, it’s possible to know the upcoming plays on offense and defense, and casually listen when coaches gather players for a group meeting with specific units.

Some local sidelines are quieter and calmer than others regarding the coaching staffs. The McLean High School team comes to mind, and Flint Hill is less vocal than many.

In contrast, Washington-Lee coaches are among the most boisterous locally, along with Madison and Potomac School. Madison seems to have more assistant coaches on its sideline than any team.

No coaching staff is quiet if it doesn’t agree with a penalty on its team (that happens often) – raising their voices asking “Mr. Referee” for an explanation regarding the flag.

As for swearing, things have changed in the past decade or so, because bad words are far less frequent, especially from coaches.

Working from the sidelines does present dangers. Getting hit by players running or falling out of bounds is the most fearful concern. It’s best to have a consistent strategy of immediately backing up when a play begins heading in that direction.

Be careful not to get a foot or leg caught in those down markers. That can be an embarrassing experience, while leaving a mark.

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High-School Roundup POSTSEASON GOLF: The Wakefield Warriors finished the regular season with a 7-1 overall record and a 5-1 mark in the National District.

Next for Wakefield is the district tournament on Sept. 20 and 21 at Greendale Golf Course.

In its final two matches, Wakefield nipped Jefferson, 171-172, and lost to Marshall, 161-174. Both were district matches.

Against Jefferson, Anna Kumashiro, Esteban Knorr and Peter Jacobsen led the way as low scorers for Wakefield, which is expected to contend for the district-tourney title. n The Liberty District golf tournament was been postponed until Sept.

24 and 25 at Herndon Centennial Golf Course because of weather issues expected earlier this week. The tournament orignially was scheduled for Sept.

17 at 18 at Herndon.

Washington-Lee and Yorktown will play in that tournament. Yorktown finished second a year ago and is expected to be a contender again. The Langley

Saxons are heavy favorites to repeat as champions.

VOLLEYBALL: The Bishop O’Connell Knights (3-1) blanked McNamara, 3-0, and lost to Good Counsel, 3-2, in Washington Catholic Athletic Conference action last week.

Against McNamara, Alexandra Millora-Brown had nine kills and four blocks for O’Connell, Skye Ferris had eight kills and 10 digs, Paige Hall had four kills and a block, Anna Drahozal had four kills, Ajia James had three kills and a block and Kelley Moriarty had 21 assists.

In the loss to Good Counsel, Ferris had 28 kills and five digs, Moriarty had 53 assists and 15 digs, Drahozal had 15 kills, Brown had five kills and three blocks, James had four kills and two blocks, and Grace Motta had four kills and 15 digs. n The Washington-Lee Generals (8-0) defeated George Mason, T.C. Williams and Mount Vernon by 3-0 scores in recent matches.

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n The Yorktown Patriots (5-2) downed Edison and Potomac Falls by 3-1 scores in recent matches, and blanked Oakton and Madison by 3-0 finals.

GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY: The Washington-Lee Generals (5-2) upped their winning streak to five with 4-0 wins over Yorktown and McLean in recent Liberty District action.

Yorktown was 4-4 when this week began after a 5-0 loss to W.T. Woodson last week. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights (1-2) nipped St. James, 5-4, for their first win of the season. n The Wakefield Warriors are 2-5-1 with recent 1-0 and 3-0 losses to Edison and Marshall, respectively, in recent National District matches.

CROSS COUNTRY: The Sept. 15 boys and girls Oatlands Invitational in Leesburg was canceled because weather was expected to be bad with rain and wind from Hurricane Florence.

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Yorktown’s way on offense occurred in each half, and cost the team points.

Late in the second quarter, Yorktown didn’t convert on a fourth-and-goal from the Woodson 5-yard line.

“We went for it and it didn’t work out,” Hanson said.

A 26-yard third-quarter Wilson-to-

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middle of the 2016 football season, all four Arlington varsity high-school teams lost in the same week when they were defeated in Sept. 13 and 15 games.

All lost by significant margins, which also in that week of 2016.

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Johnson had a big game running the ball with 151 yards on 30 carries. Poythress had 16 yards rushing and completed 7 of 18 passes for 89 yards. He was intercepted twice.

Kelani Jackson had two catches for 20 yards for Wakefield, which hosts the 4-0 Mount Vernon Majors on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. n The Washington-Lee Generals (0-3) were routed on the road by the 4-0 Mount Vernon Majors, 54-10, Sept. 13.

Washington-Lee was never in its game, falling behind 22-0 and later trailing 47-7 against a Mount Vernon team that averages 51 points per game.

“They are a very fast team, and we have trouble with speed,” WashingtonLee coach Josh Shapiro said. “We didn’t get anything going on offense.”

The Generals’ points came on a 22yard screen pass from Ryan Dodds to Daquio Moore and an 18-yard field goal

by Pedro Palacios, who added the team’s extra point.

“Pedro had a good game kicking and punting,” Shapiro said.

Washington-Lee hosts the Madison Warhawks (3-1) that same night and time. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights fell to 0-3, losing at home, 38-7, the morn-

ing of Sept. 15 to the visiting Collegiate Cougars (2-0) of Richmond in non-conference action.

The game was rescheduled from the afternoon of Sept. 14 because of weather concerns.

O’Connell started well; after receiving the game’s opening kickoff, running back Kai Bowers ran for 21 yards on the Knights’ first play. The four-play drive ended with an interception, then Collegiate scored on all four of its first-half possessions to lead 24-0 at halftime. The Cougars added touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters.

O’Connell’s lone score came with 41 seconds left in the game on an 11-yard pass from Aidan McGowan to Kayvon Samadani. Cole Jackson added the extra point.

Bowers rushed for 58 yards and Rodney Jackson for 38 for O’Connell. McGowan was 9 of 16 passing for 77 yards.

Jahmal Banks had six catches for 55 yards and Jalen Haggler caught two for 11. O’Connell had 189 total yards.

Collegiate had 364 total yards – 199 passing and 165 rushing and the team did not punt.

On defense for O’Connell, Cormac Flanagan had a sack, Jack Murphy a tackle for a loss and Kim Thompson broke up a pass. The Knights recovered one fumble, coming in the second half.

O’Connell hosts the Blue Ridge Barons (1-2) on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. in another non-conference game.

Patterson touchdown pass was nullified by a procedure penalty, with Yorktown eventually turning the ball over on downs on the possession. At the time, Woodson was ahead 21-13.

“Obviously it would have been big to have that touchdown there,” Hanson said.

On defense for Yorktown, Will Cantwell had a tackle for a loss.

Yorktown is on the road again on Friday, Sept. 21, playing the Lake Braddock Bruins (1-2) at 7 p.m. in Burke in on-distrct play.

“They will be big up front too,” Hanson said.

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Bishop O’Connell’s quarterback Aidan McGowan threw for 77 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown in the Knights’ loss to Collegiate on Sept. 15 in Arlington.

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were scheduled to participate in the meet, which will not be made up this season. The next big meet for county teams is the Sept. 29 DCXC Invitational at Kenilworth Park in Washington.

Then the annual Arlington County meet at Bluemont Park is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 10 beginning at 5 p.m. The Yorktown boys and Bishop O’Connell girls are the defending champions. Both are expected to contend again for the titles.

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College Roundup TEDDY HERBERT: Teddy Herbert enjoyed a productive and championship summer season of baseball playing for the Deltaville Deltas of a Richmond-area wooden-bat league.

On the mound, the right-hander was the Deltas’ top pitcher. The WashingtonLee High School graduate and baseball standout made 10 appearances and threw 392/3 innings, with five starts. Herbert had a team-best 6-1 record with two saves. His 0.91 earned run average and six victories led the league. Herbert struck out 60 batters, also a league best. He allowed just four earned runs.

With the bat for the Deltas, Herbert had a hit in eight at-bats, walked four times and scored three runs.

Herbert helped the team win the NABA Richmond League tournament championship with a 4-1 record, after los-

ing its first playoff game.

This past spring season, while pitching for Christopher Newport University, Herbert made three appearances, totaling 22/3 innings and posted a 0.00 ERA. In his first game with the Deltas, Herbert hurled a six-out, two- inning save. On Father’s Day, he struck out nine in five innings to get a win.

In the playoffs, Herbert fanned 10 in seven innings to get the victory, then the Deltas won the title in their next game.

Herbert was selected as a first-team all-star pitcher.

WATER POLO: David Gallion is a fresh-

man member of the men’s water polo team at Gannon University in Erie, Pa. Through six matches, the Arlington resident had scored four goals, had three assists and had taken 11 shots for

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the 6-0 Golden Knights. He scored three goals in a victory during the Laker Invitational tournament.

Gallion also will swim for the Gannon men’s team this winter. He swam for Arlington Forest of the Northern Virginia Swimming League this summer.

Washington-Lee High School graduate Karl Miller also played in the Laker Invitational, competing for La Salle University. The sophomore has seven goals and three assists, and has taken 30 shots to go with 10 steals and two blocks.

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ing ceremonies at the venue. The Senior Olympics continue through the rest of the month. To read about the participants who won and placed in those openingday events who are from Arlington, as reported by Jay Jacob Wind, visit the Web site at: www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington.

Sports Briefs POTOMAC VALLEY TRACK CLUB NEWS: The Potomac Valley Track Club

invites students in grades 1 through 8 to join its Young Flyers youth track and field training program, which meets every Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 7 to Dec. 9 at Thomas Jefferson Community Center. Experienced coaches teach students

to run faster and farther, to race walk, to throw the shot put and turbo-javelin and to practice on relay teams.

The 10-week program is $90 per student ($80 for PVTC member families).

Students receive high-performance Tshirts midway through the program.

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SENIOR OLYMPICS: The 2018 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics hosted more than 200 athletes, ages 50 to 100, for its track meet at Thomas Jefferson Community Center on Sept. 15 following open-

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ACROSS 1. Rodeo garb 6. Prefix for prior 9. a.k.a. leaf cabbage 13. Conversation starter 14. “____ the land of the free ...”

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KICKBALL GROUP IS IN FORMATION:

Arlington Mill Senior Center is considering forming a drop-in kickball group that would meet and compete on Mondays. For information, call Nick Englund at (703) 228-7369.

FANS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC TO GATHER: Classical-music enthusiasts will

meet on Friday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. at Madison Community Center. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

TRAVELERS HEAD OUT TO RIDE THE RAILROAD: Arlington County 55+

Travel hosts a trip to ride the Strasburg Railroad in Ronks, Pa., on Monday, Sept. 25. The cost of $67 includes lunch.

For information, call (703) 228-4748.

GARDENING AFICIONADOS TO MEET:

The Garden Group at Walter Reed Senior Center will meet on Monday, Sept.

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DISCUSSION LOOKS AT INNOVATIONS IN JOB-SEARCH PROCESS: A discus-

sion of job-search Web sites and apps will be held on Monday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. at Aurora Hill Senior Center. For

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step 2. Flavor-giving plant 3. “Fantastic Four” star 4. Land chunks 5. Somewhat 6. Fleshy fruit 7. *Johnny’s other nickname 8. Clear the chalkboard 9. Chicken ____

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HEALTHY-EATING TIPS TO DEFEAT DIABETES DISCUSSED: Practical, deli-

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Balance and coordination issues will be discussed on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center.

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TRAVELERS TO CRUISE CHESAPEAKE BAY: Arlington County 55+ Travel hosts

a trip to St. Michael’s Island for a Chesapeake Bay cruise on Wednesday, Sept.

26. The cost is $77. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON ARLINGTON SISTER CITIES: A discussion

of Arlington’s five Sister Cities will be presented on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

BARBERSHOP GROUP TO PRESENT

10. Initial stake 11. Displeasure on one’s face 12. Grammy of sports 15. Melville’s “Pequod,” e.g.

20. “Is Your Mama a ____?”

22. Dr. Frankenstein’s workplace 24. Bottom of a dress 25. *Divided, it cannot stand 26. Sugar in Paris 27. PDF reader 29. *“____ Mountain,” Charles Frazier’s novel 31. Like SNL 32. Nose of a missile 33. Olfactory organs 34. *General and post-Civil War president 36. Children’s author ____ Blyton 38. “Will be” in Doris Day song 42. Busybody, in Yiddish 45. Start a hole 49. Indian restaurant staple 51. Colorful Mexican wrap 54. Animal catcher 56. Lady’s pocketbooks 57. Nordic native 58. Pelvic parts 59. Steelers’s Chuck 60. *___ Torpedo, used by Confederacy against steam engines 61. Lounge, like in the sun 62. Words from Wordsworth 63. French Riviera city 66. *Commander of the Confederate States Army 68. Base of the decimal system

CONCERT: A presentation by the Harmony Heritage Singers will be presented on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO PLANTATION IN MARYLAND: Arlington County 55+

Travel hosts a trip to Sotterly Plantation in Hollywood, Md., on Thursday, Sept.

27. The cost of $32 includes lunch. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL: Arlington County 55+ Travel

hosts a trip to the Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival in Kearneysville, W.Va., on Friday, Sept. 28. The cost is $14. For information, call (703) 2284748.

HIKERS TO TRAVEL FROM FORT TO FORT: A two-mile hike from Fort Ethan

Allen to Fort Marcy is slated for Friday, Sept. 28 at 9:30 a.m., beginning at Madison Community Center. For information, call (703) 228-5310.

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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.

September 17, 1937: n The owner of a home valued at $10,000 would pay $175 in taxes in the District of Columbia and $163.10 in taxes in Montgomery County, but only $108 in taxes in Arlington County, the county’s commissioner of revenue told members of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce.

September 16, 1940: n Treasurer John Locke Greene wants the County Board to ban outhouses across Arlington.

September 11, 1956: n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, wants the federal government to build Arlington a community center, which could also be used as an armory. n State Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. is among the patrons of an amendment to a General Assembly bill that would withhold state funding from any locality that integrates its schools.

September 13, 1963: n A 29-year-old grandson of former Vice President Alben Barkley is shaking up local politics; the new appointee to the Arlington County Democratic Committee plans to “actively” oppose any political efforts by Del. Harrison Mann, D-Arlington. n Republican legislators from Northern Virginia are seeking a statewide vote on repeal of the poll tax. Meanwhile, a Sun editorial says “the poll tax must go.” n The Sun’s TV columnist says that due to the success of busty Donna Douglas on “Beverly Hillbillies,” television producers will be looking for more “stacked and single” characters for their shows.

September 13, 1969: n Democratic gubernatorial candidate William Battle says he doesn’t think President Nixon’s “prestige” will help Linwood Holton in the race for governor. n In first-week football action: A last-second field goal lifted Fairfax over Washington-Lee, 10-7; Wakefield pummeled Oakton, 28-6; and O’Connell was manhandled by Stuart, 46-0. n At the movies this week: “Valley of the Dolls”; “Dr. Zhivago”; and “True Grit.”

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For your free copy, contact:   Denyse “Nia” Bagley, sales manager   703.525.0812 nbagley@weichertrealtors.net Weichert® Arlington’s Official Home Stager 

703-660-8727

marketreadystagingsolutions.com

NEW Downsizing Seminar A FREE service of Weichert® Arlington

HOW TO BUY YOUR FIRST HOME IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET LIKE OURS!

Special First-time Homebuyer Seminar Saturday, September 29 @ 10 a.m.

Wednesday, September 26 @ 5:30 p.m.

4701 Old Dominion Dr (FREE parking behind office)

Weichert Arlington 4701 Old Dominion Drive

Corner Lee Hwy & Old Dominion Free parking behind building

What’s your plan... or do you need help making one? Special discussion about aging in place (and what needs to be in place to do so), will and trusts, reverse mortgages, things to consider when/if you decide to move, organizing belongings which hold memories, benefits of decluttering and staging, learning the value of your home, and more! Light refreshments served.

Come find out: • your actual credit score and how it is really determined • how much you can afford...OR steps to take NOW so you can be approved for a mortgage in the future • the lending process • the latest down payment options and gift/loan programs • steps to get to settlement and be handed your keys

RSVP to Denyse “Nia” Bagley, sales manager 703-525-0812 nbagley@weichertrealtors.net

RSVP by 9/28 to Denyse “Nia” Bagley 703.525.0812 nbagley@weichertrealtors.net

Get your Real Estate license now!

We offer daytime and evening classes at a variety of locations.

Enroll today!

Industry-leading training, both in class and online

Great Market; Great Support For more information contact

Denyse “Nia” Bagley 703-525-0812 nbagley@weichertrealtors.net

Equal Opportunity Employer. We will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, a disability or familial status.

Weichert® Arlington

4701 Old Dominion Drive • 703-527-3300 28

September 20, 2018

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