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Recommendation Backs Location That Originally Was Proposed by School Board SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Ten months after the Arlington County Board put on hold school-system plans to build a new elementary school adjacent to Thomas Jefferson Middle School, a school-system task force has concluded that the location is the right one.

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The result would be 400 more available elementary-school seats at Drew Model School, further helping to ease a student crunch at the elementary level that began in North Arlington and has been working its way south.

The report of the South Arlington Working Continued on Page 25

MORE School Board members still weighing costs of new H-B Woodlawn, and trying to find common ground on historic designation for Stratford. See Page 4.

Ceneca Espinoza helped power the Washington-Lee Generals to a lopsided 27-7 victory over archrival Yorktown Patriots Nov. 6. The Generals improved to PHOTO BY DEB KOLT 5-5, while the Patriots fell to 3-7. See a full report, plus coverage of Wakefield High School’s defeat of Lee, inside on Page 22.

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At the same time, the South Arlington Working Group – which delivered its report to School Board members Nov. 5 – proposed shifting students, en masse, from Patrick Henry Elementary School to the new school at the start of the 2019-20 school year, then moving to the Patrick Henry building the Montessori program currently housed at Drew Model School.

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A scant few weeks remain until the launch of a new, public-service radio station whose focus will fall squarely on Arlington.

“We’re working furiously . . . believe me, there are a lot of moving parts,” said Paul LeValley, executive director of Arlington Independent Media (AIM), which received final authorization earlier this year to go live with WERA-LP, to be found at 96.7 on the FM band.

Though just 100 watts (the “LP” stands for “Low Power”), the station – transmitted from atop 2300 Clarendon Blvd. – will have enough strength to reach almost all of Arlington, along with other parts of Northern Virginia, as well as areas in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

All told, about 760,000 people live within reach of the new station’s microphones.

That’s 760,000 “of the wealthiest, most educated people in the country – quite the potential audience,” LeValley said during a Nov. 1 community gathering that drew about 100 people. Many of them were eager to get their own programs on the air.

And program proposals are being sought.

“We want to see what you’ve got,” said Kim Phillip, who heads a 15-member committee that will review prospective programming and, potentially, give the green light for it to go on the air.

AIM was approached in 2012 by a group of local residents seeking a partner

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Map shows the range of WERA-LP, the new radio station being supported by Arlington Independent Media, with green areas showing best signal reception and yellow areas showing secondary reception. The location of the transmitter is marked in red.

to get the station on the air. FCC approval to construct the station came in June 2014.

AIM, which was established in 1982 and has about 600 members, agreed to front the construction costs. But LeValley told boosters that his organization, which until now has focused on a cable channel and Internet streaming, didn’t have the resources to subsidize operating deficits.

“Ultimately, the station must support itself, or this isn’t going to work for the long term,” he said, pegging the initial annual cost at about $100,000.

LeValley said AIM would need a combination of fundraising, underwriting and

sponsorships.

“It has been an expensive proposition; we’re looking to the community,” he said.

“Every dime, honestly, is going to help.”

Tasked with getting, and keeping, the station on the airwaves is Adam Barnett, who was hired in September.

As Barnett surveyed a packed studio at the Nov. 1 gathering, he said one hurdle – interest among potential programmers – had been surmounted.

“I had no idea this many people would show up,” Barnett said.

It’s to be the job of Barnett and the advisory panel to find the right mix of pro-

gramming throughout the day. The focus, he said, would be on Arlington.

“We want to have local news, highschool sports, the arts,” he said. “This could also be a valuable tool of social justice.”

“We’re hoping that there will be more proposals for programming than there will be hours in the day,” LeValley said. “If not at the beginning, then eventually. We’ll take proposals from now until there’s no more WERA; we hope that will never happen.”

Among those ready to take the plunge is Benn Kobb, a veteran of the radio industry dating from his teenage years.

“It’s a new adventure,” Kobb said. The question, he posed to those attending, was “what are we going to do with it?”

“A radio license is a precious thing,” Kobb said. “Goodness knows, radio can be better than it is. It can be fun, entertaining, informative.”

Those wishing to provide content, either live or taped, will need to be AIM members ($25 a year) and take several introductory courses to provide background both on the organization and the basics of radio production.

“It’s really easy to do this, the way we have this designed,” Jackie Steven, director of community programs at AIM, told prospective programmers. “We’re going to get you in there as quickly as possible.”

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Arlington Independent Media is planning a launch party on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the studio, 2701-C Wilson Blvd.

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School Officials Aim for Compromise on Stratford

Superintendent Proposes a Middle Ground with Historical-Affairs Panel SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington School Board members and the school system’s top leadership continue to reach for a compromise that will not force them to accept total historic-district status for the current home of the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program.

Officials on Nov. 5 outlined the desire to work with the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) to come up with a middle way – one that would provide extensive guidelines for redevelopment of the building on Vacation Lane, but not necessarily require oversight by the historic-affairs panel of every aspect of the building’s exterior forever more.

Superintendent Patrick Murphy laid out four options for dealing with the ongoing controversy, and effectively threw out two of them – either completely agreeing to historic-district status, or attempting to fight it.

Instead, Murphy offered a pair of options he suggested offered a middle path: • Placing the building under historic protection, but only after the planned $30 million renovation takes place, similar to what occurred following renovation of Swanson Middle School.

• Supporting historic designation under the condition that the school system and HALRB work together to flesh out a full set of binding design guidelines first.

HALRB members already have recommended that the County Board designate the Vacation Lane property as an historic

This conceptual design from Arlington Public Schools shows what the redeveloped and expanded “Stratford” site (which currently houses the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program) could look like.

district, citing both its 1950s architecture and the fact that it was the place, as Stratford Junior High School, where black Arlington students broke the color barrier of Virginia school segregation in 1959.

But school officials, who earlier this year successfully fended off an HALRB effort to have the Wilson School site in Rosslyn declared an historic district, worry that HALRB oversight would add hurdles both to complete the renovation and down the road.

“We need to be responsible in how we use our funding,” Murphy said, pleading with all sides to be “reasonable” as the process moves forward.

School Board member Abby Raphael echoed the theme of fiscal responsibility.

She pointed out that, not long ago, the school system spent six months trying to win approval for the replacement of six windows at Swanson Middle, the only building currently in use as an Arlington school that sits in a local historic district.

Comparing the complexities of a $30 million renovation compared to the relatively simple quest to replace windows, Raphael wondered “how much time will be involved, how much delay might there be, and how much might be added to the cost” if the Stratford site came under HALRB jurisdiction.

The discussion took place as plans for renovations and rebuilding at the Stratford site continue to move forward. A community advisory panel has submitted its pre-

ferred design, and the timetable remains in place to see the building open as a neighborhood middle school in 2019, with the Woodlawn and Stratford programs moving to a new home in Rosslyn.

One thing all School Board members appeared to agree on was the need to better inform local students about the 1959 integration at Stratford Junior High. The contributions of students who took part “needs to be visible for every student in Arlington,” School Board Chairman Emma Violand-Sanchez said.

Violand-Sanchez held out hope that all sides in the issue could find common ground on historic designation.

“I think we can reach a compromise,” she said. “I think we can do it.”

Cost of New H-B Woodlawn Causing Rift on School Board SCOTT McCAFFREY

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A final showdown among School Board members over the size and cost of the new home for the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program is approaching just over the horizon.

Board members sparred Nov. 5 over how much above the approved $80.2 million budget for the new school would be acceptable, given the host of construction projects waiting in the wings for funding.

“We have to find places where we can all tighten our belts,” said School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren, who – with colleague James Lander – has led the charge to keep costs in line with the budget.

It was Van Doren and Lander who hit the roof several months ago when school officials brought in a proposal totaling $100 million to house Woodlawn and the smaller Stratford Program on a parcel in western Rosslyn. Their reaction sent school planners and those in the community scurrying to find potential ways to cut costs.

Several options outlined by Superintendent Patrick Murphy on Nov. 5 would bring the cost down to between $85 million and $88 million, but not without trimming some instructional space.

School Board member Abby Raphael was among those who urged board members not to be penny wise and pound foolish in settling on a final design.

“We’re building this building for decades to come,” she said, and was critical of one option that would cut 21,000 square feet out of the school.

“It’s hard to imagine how we can do that and not really alter the program,” Raphael said.

But Van Doren pounced again, suggesting that adding a little bit here and a little bit there to every project – and many recent school-construction efforts have gone over budget – will leave the school system without funding to address what all sides agree is continued growth.

“We don’t have enough seats; we don’t have enough money,” Van Doren said, several times asking where funds would come

from to address a fast-developing shortage of space at Washington-Lee High School.

Raphael suggested that the school system could tap some of the $9.9 million currently sitting in reserve funds to help cover any overage for the Woodlawn project, which led Murphy to predict “that money will move fast” to keep up with construction needs countywide.

Murphy, who has sounded of late as fiscally hawkish as Van Doren and Lander, said the school system needed to “operate within our means.”

Arlington Public Schools has spent much of the past two decades extensively rebuilding its facilities after years of somewhat benign neglect, with most of the funding approved by voters in a series of referendums. But, after decades of constructing schools whose cost on per-student and persquare-foot bases has far exceeded school projects in most other jurisdictions in Virginia, the school system is running out of wiggle room as it begins to reach its debt ceiling.

School Board member Barbara Kan-

ninen, while not firmly committing to any option for Woodlawn, acknowledged that the school system needs to keep its eye on the bottom line.

“We have a lot of things on our plate,” she said. “We do not want to . . . take anything away from other projects we have to do.”

Board members seem several steps away from the next milestone in the process – approval of a concept plan, which would include an updated budget.

While battle lines appear to be hardening, “we’re all going to have to bend a little bit,” Lander said.

Officials aim to have the new H-B Woodlawn/Stratford facility open in time for the start of the 2019-20 school year.

The existing home to Woodlawn – the former Stratford Junior High School near Lee Highway – will then be turned back into a neighborhood middle school.

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lective knuckles rapped by board members for not providing other information to the public in a timely manner. Acting County Manager Mark Schwartz acknowledged there was room for improvement.

“We have some work to do on that,” he said. “We’ve dropped the ball on occasion.”

Members of the 2015 County Board have said the best time to address the issue is at the Jan. 1, 2016, organizational meeting of the new board. That’s when board members set meeting rules for the ensuing year.

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Arlington County Board members have slated a public hearing to take testimony on, and potentially COUNTY adopt a resolution reto, the McAuliffe NOTES lated administration’s plans to add tolling to Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway.

The Virginia Department of Transportation twice in recent months has briefed board members on the proposal. The board’s November meeting is the last before the VDOT package goes to the Commonwealth Transportation Board in December.

County officials say a vote may be taken at the Nov. 14 meeting, or could be delayed until a reconvened meeting set for Nov. 19.

A staff recommendation on the state proposal had not been made public by Nov. 9. For updates, see the Web site at http:// countyboard.arlingtonva.us. The hearing item is #36 on the Nov. 14 agenda.

Year-Round Collection of Yard Waste on Saturday’s Agenda: Acting County Manager Mark Schwartz has recommended that County Board members approve the start-up of year-round yard-waste collection in single-family neighborhoods.

Board members will hold a public hearing, and likely vote, on Nov. 14.

Earlier, staff had sketched out two routes for County Board members to take: • Implement the year-round yard-waste collection next April, which would cause no increase in rates until the start of the county’s fiscal year in July, when homeowners would see something like a $35-per-year hike for trash and recyclable collection.

• Retain the status quo, with only seasonal yard-waste collection, which would allow the county government to reduce annual charges per household by about $15, to $256.

The county government’s effort to add year-round yard-waste collection has been a work in progress for years, but always found itself delayed or stymied. Officials estimate going to year-round collection, rather than the current 16 weeks per year (parts of March, April, November, December, January) will save 9,000 tons of materials from going to landfills or being incinerated.

Next Board Likely to Make Decision on ‘72-Hour Rule’: When members convene on New Year’s Day, among the first orders of business for the 2016 County Board will be deciding whether to mandate that materials related to issues being discussed at board meetings be available to the public at least 72 hours in advance of those meetings.

The matter came to a head earlier this year, when a staff proposal to move forward with potentially selling off a portion of the Reevesland property went to Coun-

ty Board members with limited notice to the public. That instance led some to begin pressing for what they are calling a “72Hour Rule” – giving the public (and board members) at least three days to view all materials related to items under consideration at public meetings.

“It certainly seems reasonable,” County Board member Libby Garvey said at a recent meeting.

Colleague John Vihstadt tapped the brakes slightly in his support.

“We want to be careful of unintended consequences,” Vihstadt said, “but I believe we need to seriously look toward moving in that direction.”

The comments came during a meeting in October in which county staff saw its col-

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To what proved to be an unusually, and mercifully, disaster-free Election Night from the standpoint of getting results reported quickly and accurately.

The Arlington registrar’s office almost always can be counted on to have the results reported in an expeditious manner. But in recent years, the State Board of Elections’ reporting has proved to be a mess.

Not this year, however; from the perspective of the public wanting to know the results, everything seemed to be working well.

Nov. 3 also was the first general-election test of Arlington’s new voting equipment, required under state law. While we admit to being supporters of the touch-screen machines, we acknowledge the new system wasn’t any real problem to adjust to.

Next up for county election officials is the March 1 presidential primary. Barring a special election, that is – and in Arlington, you can never rule it out.

THUMBS DOWN: To those political parties that couldn’t come up with serious candidates in Arlington’s 2015 election.

The Republican Party’s lone nominee, George Forakis, ran a kamikaze mission against state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and was AWOL from most of the campaign, leaving us flummoxed as to how he actually managed to do reasonably well in the Fairfax and Loudoun precincts of the sprawling district.

(Michael McMenamin, while clearly having the backing of the Arlington GOP, officially ran as an independent, so we’re not counting

him here.)

Candidates of the Independent Green Party were woefully overmatched in taking on local incumbents. Two other third parties, the Greens and the Libertarians, stayed away completely in 2015.

It’s a no-win situation: Either the parties get criticized for putting up no candidates, or they get pummeled for nominating those with no business running for office.

Of course, there is a third way – do some serious candidate recruitment, get those candidates up to speed on issues and involved in the community, and when a dilettante shows up wanting to be a candidate yet lacking the necessary qualifications, send them back for more seasoning in the minor leagues until they’re ready to be called up to majors. That’s the route to take for long-term viability.

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Tolling on I-66 Will Benefit Few Across Northern Va. Editor: $17 a day for inside-the-Beltway tolls on Interstate 66 is a terrible idea.

Terrible for 5 reasons: • Cost to the user: With about 260 work days in a year, the potential cost amounts to $4,420. Many low-income people and small-business entrepreneurs, those least able to afford extra expenses, work six or seven days a week. Add up to $1,768 to that initial $4,420. That’s a lot of money for people who are living paycheck to paycheck or trying to grow their business.

• Increased congestion in the neighborhoods: All those people who can’t or won’t pay the toll will end up clogging the very neighborhood roads that I-66 was built to alleviate and that are already a cauldron of bumper-to-bumper cars, frustrated drivers and resultant fender-benders, often seasoned with liberal doses of road rage.

• Cost to implement the tolls: $60 million, not counting the usual cost overruns for everything bureaucratic. Why not invest that sum toward widening Route 7, for example?

• Real reason for the tolls: VDOT officials said at a public hearing on Oct. 5 that their plan does not include increasing road capacity but rather aims to induce (force?) drivers into public transportation, biking, etc. – alternatives that are neither universally available nor feasible for many people, for a variety of reasons.

• Who benefits from the tolls? Bike paths and nature trails, resources that do nothing to alleviate congestion.

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Despite Initial Concerns, Police Decide That There Is No Safety Hazard to Drivers or Public

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From the back, it sure appears new rear-window promotional decals proliferating on Red Top Cab taxis in Arlington would pose visual obstruction to the cabs’ drivers.

But after looking into the matter, county officials say they will allow the decals to remain on cabs.

“It would be easy for me to say ‘it’s dangerous’ and scrape it off, but it isn’t,” Arlington Police Detective Tom Rakowski, who serves as the county’s hack inspector, told County Board members at a recent meeting.

After receiving a complaint from the public, police put the decals to the test – taking cabs on rides in all types of weather.

“The consensus was . . . you can see around them and through them,” Rakowski said. “It’s not a safety hazard.”

The police department’s response was accepted by the County Board. “I think we should be satisfied by this report and move on,” said board chairman Mary Hynes.

(In an earlier meeting, before the police testing, Hynes had called the photos she saw “disturbing” and asked for an expedited review of whether they posed a safety hazard.)

But Lou Gatti, who brought the original complaint to the attention of county officials, was not mollified.

“There are no checks and balances in this industry, except for me,” said Gatti, a long-time driver (including for Red Top Cab) who in recent years has been critical of the industry’s practices.

Gatti’s complaint centered not only on the visual distraction of the rear-window decals, but on the fact that they represented advertising, which would require countygovernment approval.

“I can’t understand why no one seems to care about the facts and the laws, except me,” Gatti said. “The cab companies do what they want, [and] drivers fear for their jobs.”

Acting County Manager Mark Schwartz agreed that the back-window decals, which promote the use of mobile apps to hail cabs, do qualify as an ad. But the taxi ordinance does not specifically regulate advertising, County Attorney Stephen MacIsaac said.

“It’s a judgment call, to some extent,” he said.

Schwartz said safety was not compromised by having the decals on the back.

“We’re really sure about it,” he said.

(State law also comes into play: It allows obstructions in the back of any vehicle – for personal or commercial use – so long as the vehicle has two working side mirrors providing a rear view. “You can obstruct your entire rear window if you like,” Rakowski said.)

Charles King, a vice president of Red Top Cab, said the firm appreciates “the validation” that there is no safety hazard.

“We share the County Board’s commitment that safety be paramount, and we always put our riders’ well-being above all other considerations,” he said.

Red Top is the dominant player in the Arlington taxi market, where seven firms are authorized to operate. The taxi industry is feeling competition from firms like Uber and Lyft, and the mobile-app is one way Red Top is working to keep customers.

“We are excited about introducing new enhancements to our customers’ taxicab experience, and pleased to have the county’s support,” King said.

County Board Vice Chairman Walter Tejada said it was a good thing for cab companies, which face far more government regulation than entities like Uber, to have the chance to tout options that will allow them to compete on an even footing.

“You can sympathize with the cab industry,” he said.

But Gatti, noting that there are more than 2 million rides in taxis in Arlington each year, pressed his concern that a taxi commission is needed to provide more strenuous oversight of the industry.

“Until you get a commission, you’re never going to get the truth,” he said.

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The local real estate community and civic leaders turned out in force Nov. 5, part of an effort to raise $100,000 in support of Doorways for Women and Families and the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN).

The Arlington office of Keller Williams Real Estate sponsored its eighth annual “Bridging the Gap” fundraiser, bringing a crowd of 400 to the Clarendon Ballroom.

“We believe in giving where we live,” said Kathy Fong, a Keller Williams agent who co-chaired the event with her colleague Matt Shepard.

“We all feel, ‘I’m lucky – let me see if I can do something to give someone a hand up,’” Fong said as the evening began.

“We’re the vehicle. We want to help the groups that need it.”

Those attending enjoyed a buffet, live music and both live and silent auctions while helping two agencies serving as a safety net in the community.

“Every single dollar raised tonight is going to have an impact,” said Caroline Jones, executive director of Doorways, which provides shelter services and a 24/7 hotline for those facing crisis.

Jones said her organization has experienced a 53-percent increase in calls for help

over the past year.

“We didn’t see that coming,” she said.

Given the high cost of living in the local community, “it’s not very easy to rebound from a crisis,” Jones said, pointing out that something as relatively benign as a case of the flu could spiral into dire straits.

It’s an assessment Fong agreed with.

“Many people are two paychecks from being out on the street,” she acknowledged.

A-SPAN will use its share of the funds raised to provide housing support and medical care, part of the mission “moving people from homelessness into a home,” said Kathleen Sibert, the organization’s president.

Shepard, who co-chaired the event with Fong, said giving back is a core tenet of Keller Williams. “It’s not just our office, but the entire company,” he said.

The first few “Bridging the Gap” events were smaller affairs, but the event has grown in scope.

“Every year, we set the bar higher,” said Marybeth Fraser of Keller Williams Arlington, who long has been active in promoting the celebration.

Also serving on the gala committee were Christine Hopkins, Ben Jones, Kristina Kada, Cindy May, Mitch Curtis, Carol Delgado, Katie Loughney, Natalie Roy and Kay Houghton.

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Black is co-founder of the Ready for Hillary political-action committee. In her professional life, she serves as Research Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University and is project director and editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers.

Several years ago, Black led a trip by Arlington Democrats up the Hudson River to Hyde Park, the home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

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GREENBRIER LEARNING CENTER TAKES A NEW NAME: Just weeks after moving to

a new home, Greenbrier Learning Center now has a new name.

The organization announced it would change its name to “Aspire! Afterschool Learning” during a recent annual celebration, held at Army Navy Country Club.

Founded more than two decades ago, the organization in September relocated from Greenbrier Baptist Church to Arlington Mill Community Center.

“With our recent move to Arlington Mill, we begin a new era for our organization,” said executive director Courtney Reeve. “We look forward to another 20 years of helping students and families in South Arlington achieve their dreams.”

For information, see the Web site at www.aspireafterschool.org.

CREEDON TO RECEIVE ‘PEACEMAKER’ HONOR: Father Gerry Creedon will be

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honored with the Peacemaker of the Year Award by Pax Christi Metro D.C.-Baltimore during a dinner event slated for Nov. 14 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington.

Creedon has served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington for nearly 50 years, including extensive service at St. Charles Borromeo. He currently serves as pastor at Holy Family Church in Dale City.

Creedon also served in management roles with Arlington Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services and the Campaign for Human Development, and founded the Arlington Peace and Justice Commission.

For information on the award, see the Web site at www.paxchristimetrodc.org.

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Board and Arlington Public Library will host a teen volunteer fair for students in sixth to 12th grades on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Library.

Students will have the opportunity to speak with representatives from an array of community organizations.

For information, call (703) 228-5946 or e-mail tnb.ice@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TO FOCUS ON TEEN STRESS: The Arlington

Partnership for Children, Youth and Families will host a community conversation on teen stress on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Walter Reed Community Center.

For information, call (703) 228-1667 or see the Web site at www.apcyf.org.

‘NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN’ TO HOST BRUNCH, FORUM:

The Northern Virginia chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women will hold its annual forum and brunch on Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City.

The bazaar opens at 10 a.m., with the brunch running from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Featured panelists in a forum will include Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake; Grace Church pastor Dr.

Derek Grier; Deputy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent Adams; and former D.C. teacher of the year Kimberly Worthy.

Musical entertainment will be provided by gospel artist Stephen Hurd, and the program will be emceed by Tisha Lewis of WTTG-TV (Channel 5).

Tickets are $75. For information, email Shayna Jamison at ncbwnv@gmail. com.

‘AGLA’ TO HOST ANNUAL POTLUCK:

The Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance will hold its annual potluck on Sunday, Nov. 15 at a member’s home.

The guest speaker will be Brenda “Sue” Fulton, a 1980 West Point graduate and a founding board member of Knights Out, an organization of LGBT West Point graduates, and OutServe, an association of actively-serving LGBT military members.

In 2011, President Obama appointed Fulton to the West Point board of visitors, making her the first openly gay person to serve on it, and she and partner Penny Gnesin were the first same-sex couple to marry at the Cadet Chapel at West Point.

For information, see the Web site at www.agla.org.

CHURCH TO HOST HARVEST FESTIVAL:

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will host its annual harvest festival on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 1132 North Ivanhoe St. The event will feature a barbecue, baked goods, jewelry and children’s activities. Items will be collected for the Arlington Food Assistance Center.

CHURCH TO HOST LABYRINTH WALK, MEDITATIVE DANCE: Unitarian Univer-

salist Church of Arlington will host a holiday community labyrinth walk and dance on Sunday, Nov. 15 at the church, 4444 Arlington Blvd.

Walks will occur from 3 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m., with the meditative dance taking place at 4 p.m.

For information, call (703) 892-2565 or e-mail saraellen123@cs.com.

CHAMBER-MUSIC CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS READIED: IBIS

Chamber Music Society will host its annual free concert for children on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ, 5010 Little Falls Road.

The 45-minute program is designed for youth of all ages, and will give attendees the chance to get a close look at musicians and their instruments.

On Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. at Rock Spring, IBIS will present “Music for Flute, Viola and Harp,” featuring works

by Takemitsu, John Cage, Debussy and Christopher Guardino. Guest artists will include Daniel Foster of the National Symphony and Adria Sternstein Foster and Susan Robinson of the Kennedy Center Orchestra.

Free-will offerings to benefit the Rock Spring concert series will be accepted.

For information, see the Web site at www. ibischambermusic.org.

Arlington Notes II Council, Boy Scouts of America, continues its 28th annual “Scouting for Food” initiative by collecting bags from homes across the area on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Scouts will come through neighborhoods beginning about 9 a.m. to collect bags that had been delivered to homes the week before.

The goal is to collect one million pounds of non-perishable food items, which will be used to support 37.5 million meals to nearly 500,000 residents in need across the area.

Recipients of the donations will include the Arlington Food Assistance Center, SHARE of McLean and other food banks.

Among items most in need are peanut butter, canned tuna and chicken, soups and stews, 100-percent fruit juices, grains, cereals and hygiene products.

For information, see the Web site at www.ncabsa.org.

HOSPITAL FORUM TO FOCUS ON JOINT REPLACEMENT: Virginia Hospital Cen-

ter will host a community forum to discuss joint replacement on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. at the Hazel Conference Center at the hospital, 1701 North George Mason Drive.

A panel of physicians, nurses and physical therapists will discuss various aspects of hip and knee replacement, including new advances in pain management.

The program is free. To register, see the Web site at www.virginiahospitalcenter.com/events.

COMMUNITY CHORUS TO PRESENT FALL CONCERT: The Arlington Commu-

nity Chorus will present its fall concert on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at Kenmore Middle School.

Selections will feature popular songs from Gershwin to the Beatles in a familyfriendly environment.

The concert is free; a meet-the-artists reception will be held after its conclusion.

The Arlington Community Chorus is an initiative of the Arlington Public Schools’ Community Learning Program.

For information on joining, see the Web site at www.apsva.us/adulted.

SYNAGOGUE TO HOST ARTIST EXPO, BAKE SALE: Congregation Etz Hayim

FUNDRAISER TO FOCUS ON EFFORTS OF POST-PARTUM SUPPORT GROUP: A

“Sip & Shop” fundraiser for Postpartum Support Virginia will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Company Flowers & Gifts, 2107 North Pollard St. The event will feature holiday shop-

ping and light refreshments to support the Arlington-based non-profit organization helping mothers overcome post-partum depression.

For information, see the Web site at www.postpartumva.org.

‘ARLINGTON THRIVE’ TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS: Arlington Thrive – former-

ly Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs – will mark its 40th anniversary with a celebration to be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Army Navy Country Club.

The event will feature entertainment by members of the award-winning Metropolitan Chorus.

For information on tickets and sponsorships, see the Web site at www.arlingtonthrive.org.

OPERA TROUPE TO PRESENT ‘BARBER OF SEVILLE’: Opera Nova will present

a community production of “The Barber of Seville” on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road.

The public production comes after a week of shows for Arlington students.

Tickets to the public performance are $8 for adults, $4 for students and children.

For information, call (703) 536-7557 or see the Web site at www.operanova.org.

KIWANIS CLUB TO HOST WINE-TASTING: The Kiwanis Club of Arlington will

host a charity wine-tasting on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd.

The event will feature wines from Democracy Vineyards, owned by Arlington residents Susan Prokop and Jim Turpin, as well as hors d’oeuvres, cheese and charcuterie.

The cost of $50 includes tastings plus one full glass of wine. For information and tickets, call (703) 534-0747 or e-mail jacquelinestonebrown@comcast.net.

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The event, designed for interfaith families (with one Jewish spouse), will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres, meaningful conversation, and light competition in a few card games. Babysitting will be provided For additional information and to R.S.V.P., e-mail www.signupgenius.com/ go/10c0b4cafaf2aa2fc1-jewish.

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A milestone anniversary dangles the temptation of looking backward – it’s only natural – but as Bowen McCauley Dance reaches the 20-year mark, the troupe and its founder are keeping their focus on the future.

How might things look 20 years down the road, in 2035?

“Part of our mission is to be internationally recognized – to have mentored some artistic directors, to see the infrastructure and company thrive,” founder Lucy Bowen McCauley said during a recent interview at her troupe’s North Quincy Street headquarters.

Having survived the economic downturn, which did permanent damage to artistic organizations that didn’t have the resources to survive, Bowen McCauley Dance (or BMD for short) recently welcomed a new executive director – Jeffrey Stern, who arrived in September – and has a host of performances planned across the region during its 20-year anniversary.

Also on the agenda: Continuation of community and school outreach programs, all part of a program that works within a budget of about $500,000 a year.

“We want dance to be for everybody,” Bowen McCauley said. “We try to be inclusive.”

The troupe specializes in “contemporary dance,” and perhaps a definition is the first order of business.

“What we do is ballet-based dance with a modern technique,” Bowen McCauley said. “We train like athletes to be able to do all the things that we do.”

As for the audience experience? “I hope to both educate and entertain – I think of ‘entertain’ as a good word,” Bowen McCauley said. “You’re allowed to see what you see. It’s OK; it’s art.”

Like Signature Theatre and several other local performing-arts groups, Bowen McCauley Dance benefited in its formative years from participation in the Arlington County government’s “Arts Incubator” initiative. The program provided in-kind assistance, as well as the opportunity to perform in county-owned venues; in the case of Bowen McCauley Dance, that included Gunston Arts Center and the Lubber Run Amphitheatre.

“I’m really grateful to Arlington,” said Bowen McCauley, who came to the local region after 10 years in New York City and noticed Arlington because her sister lived in the community.

After a decade in New York, “I was ready for a change,” Bowen McCauley said, although she expected the sojourn to the D.C. region to last perhaps a year.

Lucy Bowen McCauley performs with Alison Crosby in “Beethoven Bits.”

What kept her in the area? “Great jobs – great teaching jobs and great dancing jobs,” she said.

(Despite the wear-and-tear that any dancer faces, along with the impact of a broken knee and heart surgery, even now Bowen McCauley hasn’t quite given up the stage.)

Initially a dancer only, she was mentored by the likes of Mary Day, artistic director at Washington Ballet. Day, who died at age 96 in 2006, was a longtime advocate for generations of dance professionals.

While she continued dancing as well as teaching, Bowen McCauley began choreographing pieces for the first time after her arrival in the local area.

“It became a new passion,” she said.

“The pressure was high, but I deal well with stress.”

As for her inspiration as leader of an eponymous dance troupe, Bowen McCauley points to Mark Morris and the Brooklyn-based Mark Morris Dance Group, which each year presents an average of 90 shows in 35 cities. The Morris organization is known for its commitment to live music as part of the dance experience, and its outreach to a wide range of audiences.

“I call us a kind of a mini-Mark Morris,” Bowen McCauley said. “A lot of our values are the same.”

BMD has taken its dancers to China for a series of performances and classes, and has an ongoing effort working with those with Parkinson’s Disease.

While Bowen McCauley heads the artistic side of the organization, Stern is settling in to handle the administrative side.

And he’s doing so in an ever-evolving landscape.

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said.

The entire situation, Stern suggests, “is up for grabs.”

That can pose a challenge for troupes like BMD, which in recent years has considered the possibility of finding a permanent venue to call its own.

Such a move could offer a degree of stability, rather than forcing the troupe to take dates available at performing-arts spaces across the region – or face the loss of venues, such as the Artisphere. But carries with it a degree of risk.

“I worry for the future of fixed-seat performing arts,” Stern said.

One need only look to Signature Theatre, which went through significant expansion, won solid reviews . . . yet nearly collapsed financially before the Arlington County government mounted a rescue operation.

“I can see the pros and cons” of dedicated space, Bowen McCauley said, suggesting that partnering up with another arts troupe to share a facility might work.

(Although, as Stern pointed out, arts organizations are a lot like children: “First they crawl, then they walk, then they don’t play well with others.”)

Stern said the troupe’s balance sheet is strong. “We couldn’t be more perfectly positioned,” he said. “The company is really ready to explore its own potential.”

Even as its own future remains a work in progress, BMD aims to lead others along the path to success. Bowen McCauley is a board member of DanceUSA, and leads its artistic-directors’ council.

“We are embracing a leadership role in dance – taking a hold of the leadership role,” Bowen McCauley said. “We don’t have all the answers, but what we’re doing is pretty damn good.”

MATT REVILLE Staff Writer

Perhaps the first question one might have when hearing that a local chilON STAGE dren’s-theater troupe planned to stage a production of the classic fairy tale “Hansel & Gretel” is this: How will a relatively uncomplicated, brief plot be turned into a 90-minute production?

The answer, in the case of an adaptation by Vera Morris being used by Encore Stage & Studio, is to incorporate music and dance (in various genres) at specific points throughout the show.

Does it work? Depends on your point of view: Such routines can be seen as interruptive padding, or as helpful and creative interludes.

Most of the target audience – youngsters age 6 and up – seemed to be in the latter category. They went away chipper following the two-act production that is back in the rotation at Encore six seasons after it last was produced.

But your ol’ reviewer has concerns about the degree of extraneous material, and it turns out I agree with myself – here’s what I wrote the last time this version was produced by Encore, in Janu-

ary 2010: “The only down side comes from the script itself, which seems to be padded with unnecessary side trips in order to reach the 90-minute mark, and then rushes through the climactic moment in which justice is delivered.” That judgment remains applicable in the new production.

But back to the plot. In fairy tales, some things never change.

In this one, Hansel is still greedy when it comes to food, trolls are still zealously guarding their bridge, and nobody is taking the neighborhood gypsies seriously when they warn of the evil Gingerbread Witch who lives deep in the forest.

It is a warning that should be heeded, for the witch and her hobgoblins lie in wait for all youngsters who cross their path.

One moment, they’re playing in the woods or picking berries, and the next – poof! – they’ve become dessert delicacies. (“What’s the sense of being a witch if you can’t be unpleasant?” the Gingerbread Witch – Jessica Layton – asks at one point. “I can’t please everyone; no sense in trying.”)

Henry Hubbard and Lynn Loftus did fine jobs as the title characters, but their roles weren’t as meaty as some of the others.

Layton was good, if not par-

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The Gingerbread Witch (Jessica Layton) welcomes the children to her gingerbread home in Encore Stage & Studio’s production of “Hansel & Gretel.”

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ticularly menacing, as the wicked witch, while her hobgoblins Frick, Frack, Flake and Bob (yes, there’s humor in the show) were capably portrayed by Grace Gent, Holly Durham, Lia Vaens and Annie Wood.

The family of bridge trolls (Nicholas Booen, Kelly McArdle and Miranda Tonsetic) played their quirky roles to the hilt, with Tonsetic, especially, becoming a fan favorite.

Fighting off the evil, though apparently destined for diabetes, witch as she tried to snatch Hansel and Gretel was the Sandman (Samuel Kopylev), while search-

ing the woods for the children were their parents (Alex Cundith and Izabella Porter).

There are others to spotlight – including a trio of Echoes and the gypsies no one will believe – and all did fine work.

Technical aspects of the production were strong, from the direction (Susan Alison Keady) to the costumes (Debra Leonard) to sets (Kristen Jepperson). Choreography by Kelsey Meiklejohn also was effective.

The best way to judge the quality of a children’s-theater production is to observe the youngsters on their way out the door. By that

measure, this production certainly seemed to hit all the right chords.

“Hansel & Gretel” continues on Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road in Arlington. The Nov. 14 matinee will include sign-language interpretation, assisted-listening devices and Braille and large-print programs.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students, seniors and military.

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Voters Give Dorsey, Cristol Big Margins in Nearly Every Precinct Across Arlington SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The victories of Democratic County Board candidates Christian Dorsey and Katie Cristol were broad-based, according to precinct results reported by county and state election officials.

The two Democrats finished 1-2 in all but a single county precinct. Those with a knowledge of the political scene will not be surprised that the outlier was Madison, a bastion of Republicanism in an otherwise true-blue community.

But even in Madison, Republicanbacked independent Michael McMenamin – who had the backing of county Republicans – only scored a second-place finish.

He received 29.2 percent of the vote to 28.4 percent for Cristol, with Christian Dorsey leading the pack with 32.3 percent of the vote there.

In all 51 other precincts, plus absentee voting, Dorsey and Cristol finished in the top two positions, although the actual results varied by precinct.

Turnout Equates to 27 Percent: A slow start and a more substantial finish helped propel Arlington to a 27-percent turnout on Election Day, according to figures from county officials.

Arlington’s total pool of active voters is about 135,000, according to state officials.

A total of 36,896 votes were cast.

That may not be a world-beater – and in fact could be just one-third of the turnout in next year’s presidential race – but it is might not be considered terrible, given that

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2015 was an off-off-year election without statewide or national races on the local ballot.

Arlington election officials voters appeared to be getting used to new voting machines – although not without some hiccups.

County election chief Linda Lindberg said her office has received a few concerns from voters who believed others could see their ballots.

“Some of it is the newness and pollworkers trying to be helpful,” Lindberg told the Sun Gazette. “We expect to work these out as both poll-workers and voters get used to the system.”

The new equipment was mandated by the General Assembly, and replaced the

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popular touch-screen voting that had been in place for years. The new system provides a paper trail in case of equipment malfunction or other issues.

Barring a special election – and in Arlington those can never be ruled out – the next time county voters will go to the polls will be the March 1 presidential primary.

Favola Uses Arlington Majority for Breathing Room: State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) rolled up a big margin of victory in the Arlington precincts of her sprawling district, giving her breathing room against a challenge from Republican George Forakis.

Favola won 74.4 percent of the vote in the Arlington precincts, including heavy victories in Arlington Mill (84.6 percent), Ashton Heights (81 percent) and Glen Carlyn (79.7 percent).

But she scored only 52 percent of the vote in the Fairfax (McLean and Great Falls) precincts of the district and just 51 percent of the vote in the northeast corner of Loudoun County, according to election officials.

Forakis, a first-time candidate who spent little time at traditional events such as campaign forums, won a number of individual precincts in Fairfax and Loudoun, including taking nearly 61 percent of the vote in the Forestville precinct. But Favola, who spent 14 years on the Arlington County Board before being elected to the Senate in 2011, scored victories in every Arlington precinct.

Both Favola and Forakis live in Arlington.

Four years ago, Favola also was able to run up the Arlington vote, offsetting victories in Fairfax and Loudoun by Republican Caren Merrick.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has expressed its “general support” for the McAuliffe POLITICAL administration’s POTPOURRI plan for changes to Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway, including backing a proposal that funds collected in tolls be distributed by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.

“Reducing congestion and further supporting mass-transit options is vital to the Arlington business community and the region,” the business group said in an Oct. 25 letter to Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne.

The business organization said it appreciated that state officials want to first determine if there are ways to ease congestion on the highway without resorting to widen-

ing. But, it said, the Chamber would support an additional lane between the Dulles Connector Road and Ballston if one is deemed necessary to keep traffic moving.

The general support was not without qualifiers: The Chamber voiced its concern that travelers might opt against using Washington Dulles International Airport if they are forced to pay a toll to get to and from it.

The positive letter might serve to buck up VDOT officials and the McAuliffe administration, who found themselves pummeled – by Republicans and Democrats – over portions of the I-66 proposal during the lead-up to the Nov. 3 legislative elections.

Civic Federation Distances Itself from Parisanship: The leadership of the Arlington County Civic Federation is working to make clear the organization does not back political candidates.

During the recent County Board cam-

paign, independent contender Michael McMenamin touted his two-year service as president of the organization. On campaign materials, McMenamin used a quote from the citation honoring him at this year’s presentation of the Sun Gazette Cup for civic activism.

In its November newsletter, the Civic Federation and its president, Stefanie Pryor, said the quote should not be interpreted as the organization’s support for McMenamin.

The Civic Federation “does not and will not endorse candidates for election,” Pryor wrote.

The Sun Gazette Cup, which in previous incarnations was known as the Washington Star Cup and Journal Cup, has been presented for civic activism since the 1930s.

The Sun Gazette sponsors the award, but has no input in the choice of honorees.

McMenamin finished third in the County Board race.

Featured Property of the Week

Classic Style Amid a Verdant Locale An Updated 1950s Split-Level Sits on Lot of 10,000 Square Feet

comfortable surroundings, and the kitchen, which underwent a full remodel just a decade ago, is ready to assist gourmets achieve their aspirations.

A bonus alert: The main level also is home to the delightful screened-in porch, with magnificent views of mature trees in every direction.

The master retreat is the highlight of the second level, providing plentiful space to stretch out and enjoy. There also is a second bedroom here, or if you’d prefer, the space provides enough versatility to serve any of a number of uses.

Two additional bedrooms can be found on the walk-out lower level, along with the added bonus of a recreation room. There also is a one-car garage, and plentiful storage, to be found here.

Have we failed to mention any additional delights? Among the highlights you’ll find in the home are two fireplaces (wood-burning in the living room, gas in the recreation room), updated baths,

a new stove as well as new washer/dryer, and walk-up attic space (we promised you four levels!) that works well for storage and might be amenable to service in other capacities. There also is the appeal of the Jamestown/Williamsburg/Yorktown school pyramid.

This home is of the vintage of a special time in Arlington’s, and the nation’s, history. It has stood the test of time while evolving along the way, and has watched over a neighborhood filled with joy and good cheer.

Well worthy of consideration.

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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 (703) 738-2520.

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Address: 4536 40th Street North, Arlington (22207).

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Schools: Jamestown Elementary, Williamsburg Middle, Yorktown High School.

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Not to coin a phrase, but when it comes to real estate, it’s all about location, location, location.

Consider the case of the number “10,000.” In Texas, a ranch of 10,000 acres is pretty spiffy. But in the choicest neighborhoods of Arlington, a lot of 10,000 square feet – nearly a full quarter acre, with exceptional treescape out back – is even more treasured.

Such is the case with this week’s featured property, a charming, four-level split-level originating in the mid-1950s that has been maintained in immaculate condition and graciously updated throughout the years.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $850,000 by Kevin Love of Re/Max Allegiance.

From the all-brick exterior to the marvelous location (west of Glebe Road and south of Chesterbrook Road), the property exudes all the ambiance of Arlington’s post-war growth spurt, in which the owners of 1940s properties were trading up to something more substantial as their means allowed.

If the 1950s are sometimes accused of being boring, the architecture of this home broke the mold, with aesthetically pleasing hip rooflines. And that’s just the curb appeal; the real delights await those of us welcomed inside to tour the home.

The main level is a visual delight, with the ample living room beckoning family and friends. The dining room provides

The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) posted a reading of 57 in the third quarter of 2015, two points below the previous quarter, but the 10th straight quarter it has been above the key break-even point of 50.

The overall RMI averages ratings of current remodeling activity with indicators of future remodeling activity.

An RMI above 50 indicates that more remodelers report market activity is higher (compared to the prior quarter) than report it is lower.

The RMI was 64 in the Northeast, 58 in the Midwest, 56 in the South and 61 in the West.

“The sustained confidence of remodelers shows that the remodeling market is gradually strengthening in what has been a longer than anticipated recovery,” said NAHB Remodelers Chair Robert Criner, a remodeler from Newport News. “Smaller jobs remain more popular, but, overall, remodelers feel positive about the future of the industry.”

At 58, the RMI’s future market conditions index was unchanged from the previous quarter. Among its four components, backlog of jobs rose to 60 from 58, while calls for bids and appointments for proposals – at 57 and 58, respectively – each dropped three points from the previous quarter’s readings. The amount of work committed for the next three months held steady from the previous quarter at 55.

The current market conditions index declined three points to 56 this quarter. Among its components, major additions and alterations, the slowestrecovering component, fell to 52 from 57 in the previous quarter. The smaller remodeling projects and home maintenance and repair components of the RMI decreased four and two points to 57 and 58, respectively.

“An RMI above 50 indicates that remodelers still feel positive about the market on balance, and it is an indication of the housing recovery that this quarter’s RMI reading is the 10th straight quarter in positive territory,” said NAHB chief economist David Crowe.

“The increased backlog of remodeling jobs highlights the continuing labor shortages that hinder production, especially of large additions and alterations, and make it difficult to complete projects in a timely manner,” Crowe said in a statement.

For more information about remodeling and current conditions, see the Web site at www.nahb.org/remodel.

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The “Envision Route 7” effort, being led by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, has zeroed in on three options: increasing existing bus service in the corridor; moving to a bus-rapid-transit system; and developing light rail. Dropped from contention earlier was consideration of a streetcar system and an extension of the Metro (heavy-rail) network.

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Officials hope to have a final report, with a preferred option, ready in mid-2016.

At the Nov. 4 community meeting in Alexandria, and others planned across the region, officials are presenting new cost estimates – both capital and operating – for upgrading transit in the 14-mile corridor.

Capital costs to get a system up and running could vary between $200 million nearly $1 billion, according to current estimates, depending on the route and type of system developed. Annual operating costs are estimated at $17 million for bus-rapidtransit and $31 million for light rail.

Officials say improvements are needed to accommodate a projected 36-percent rise in population and 34-percent increase in growth across the corridor by 2040. The goal would be to connect transit hubs in Tysons with those in Alexandria, incorporating 20 or so stops along the way in Falls Church, Seven Corners, Skyline and Baileys Crossroads.

Both the bus-rapid-transit and light-rail options could cut travel time 50 percent along the route of the corridor, planners estimate.

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Board members will decide in December whether to raise taxi rates countywide.

A staff proposal headed to board review on Dec. 12 would increase the initial charge from $2.75 to $3; increase the permile charge from $2.10 to $2.16 (prorated in one-sixth-mile increments); and increase the waiting charge from $22.50 per hour to $23.14.

Under the proposal, the cost for a fivemile trip would rise 4.2 percent to $13.44, with the cost of a 25-mile trip increasing 3.2 percent to $54.90. Most taxi journeys that originate in Arlington are between 5 and 10 miles, which would result in increases of 54 cents to 84 cents per trip.

The proposal was backed unanimously by the Arlington Transportation Commission during an Oct. 29 meeting. If adopted, the changes would go into effect Jan. 1, and would be the first increase in the per-mile charge since 2012.

“Despite a drop in gasoline prices, the overall cost of operating a cab has increased by about 3 percent” in the intervening period, staff said in a memo to board members. An increase in the cost of insurance has largely offset savings on fuel.

The District of Columbia currently allows taxi operators a “drop” (origination) fee of $3.25 and a per-mile charge of $2.16.

Alexandria and Fairfax County also have per-mile charges of $2.16, with drop fees of $3.36 and $3.50, respectively.

The Arlington proposal for the first time would allow taxi companies to charge a cleaning fee of $25 “to compensate drivers from passengers that dirty or foul a cab such that its interior must be immediately cleaned and sanitized.”

BEYER WANTS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FLIGHT-PATH REVIEW: U.S.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) has introduced legislation he says would give localities more of a say in the Federal Aviation Administration’s flight path decision-making process.

“Our communities deserve greater input in the FAA’s processes to minimize airplane noise,” Beyer said in a statement, urging the FAA “to be more inclusive in considering the impact of its flight paths.”

The measure is sponsored with U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and has picked up a number of cosponsors – all of them currently Democrats, which may limit its likelihood of passage.

The Beyer-Gallego proposal would require community involvement in the planning of flight paths and airport operations.

The bill would compel the FAA to take aircraft noise into account when adding flight paths over, or adjacent to, residential areas.

It would also create “community ombudsmen” positions to monitor the impact of these flight paths and serve as liaisons between the FAA and local communities.

The bill’s original cosponsors include U.S. Reps. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Steve Israel (DN.Y.), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), Katherine Clark (DMass.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), Gregory Meeks (DN.Y.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), and Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), along with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT: n On Nov. 1 at 3:40 a.m., a man inappropriately touched a 13-year-old boy while he was sleeping in the 800 block of North Randolph Street, police said.

The suspect – 31-year-old Ahmad ElKhatib of Annandale – was arrested, charged with aggravated sexual assault and was held without bond.

ROBBERY BY FORCE: n On Nov. 4 at 11:20 p.m., a man allegedly snatched the purse of a 39-year-old woman in the 1400 block of South Joyce Street.

The suspect later was arrested while attempting to break into multiple vehicles, police said.

The suspect – 18-year-old Luis Alberto Gallo of Alexandria – was arrested and charged with robbery by force.

INDECENT EXPOSURE: n On Nov. 5 at 2:48 a.m., a man was seen running naked through the parking lot of a hotel in the 2400 block of South Glebe Road.

The suspect appeared to be under the influence of narcotics, police said.

The suspect – 24-year-old Kyle Andrew Anderson of Dumfries – was arrested and charged with indecent exposure.

SIGNIFICANT INJURY: n On Nov. 3 at 11:04 p.m., an individual was fleeing from a traffic stop in the 2300 block of South Shirlington Road, police

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The individual was transported to George Washington University Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

BURGLARY: n Sometime between Oct. 18 and Oct. 31, several pairs of Nike shoes were stolen from a store in the 1100 block of South Hayes Street.

The suspect is described as an Hispanic male with a ponytail. n On Oct. 30 between noon and 3:30 p.m., a home in the 1200 block of South Eads Street was burglarized. Several watches were taken. n Sometime between Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. and Nov. 1 at 7 a.m., a health club in the 1200 block of South Clark Street was burglarized. A cash register was taken. n On Nov. 2 between 9:27 a.m. and 10:37 a.m., a home in the 4100 block of 6th Street South was burglarized. Cash was taken.

The suspect is described as a white male, in his 30s, 5’6”, 190 pounds.

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LARCENY FROM AUTO: n In the overnight hours of Nov. 1-2, several vehicles in the vicinity of the 4900 block of 29th Street North were entered.

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Schools & Military n Christopher Estes of Arlington earned a certificate in radiation oncology and Hesham Soliman of Arlington earned a certificate in neurological surgery during recent commencement exercises at the University of Kansas. n Breana Brown of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the summer semester at Georgia Southern University. n The Arlington branch of the NAACP recently presented scholarships to local students, based on academic achievement and community involvement.

“Give us good grades, great community service,” Arlington NAACP president Nightengale asked of the students. “We’re extremely proud.”

Lyric Hatcher (Old Dominion University) and Kelly Hart (University of Notre Dame) received Arlington NAACP Scholarships.

Nia Copeland (George Mason University), Leah Evans (Johns Hopkins University), Marcus Dennis (Harvard University), Kiana Carter (Virginia State University), Jadah Clarke (James Madison University), Karl Greene (New York University), Harrison Smith (Berklee College of Music) and Miranda Carpenter (the College of William and Mary) received the Willard Woodson “Woody” Brittain Jr. Scholarships.

The scholarship were presented at the NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund Banquet.

“This is really where we get to live our values,” event master of ceremonies Nev-

ille Welch said of the scholarship presentation. n Four Arlington Public Schools students have been accepted into the All-Virginia Jazz Ensemble.

Jaquan Andrews (trombone), Jacob Dormuth (bass) and Zach Hanna (baritone saxophone) of Yorktown High School and Alex DeLazzari (tenor saxophone) of Washington-Lee High School are among those who will take part in a concert at the Virginia Music Educators Association Conference, to be held on Nov. 21 in Norfolk.

They are among about 40 students statewide selected to participate. n Five Arlington Public Schools students have been accepted into the Northern Virginia All-Regional Orchestra.

Washington-Lee High School student Sabrina Shuster (violin) and Yorktown High School students Jacob Dormuth (bass), Megan Grieco (bassoon), Hannah James (piccolo) and Caeley Niess (trumpet) are among students who will perform Nov. 14 at W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax.

Top players of each of the four regional orchestras statewide will be eligible to audition for the All Virginia Band and Orchestra later in the year. n Yorktown High School world-languages teacher Margaret Johnson received a Fulbright grant to study the German education system at Johannes Gutenberg

University in Mainz, Germany.

Johnson studied many aspects of their system, including Germany’s vocational schools and their connection with workforce preparation, teacher training, bilingual education, German as a foreign language and integration issues affecting immigrants.

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Admission to the show is free, but donations to benefit the children’s-theater program are welcomed.

n Jamestown Elementary School has been recognized by the Apple Corp. as an “Apple Distinguished School” for 2015-17.

The school received the two-year honor for being an exemplary learning environment for innovation, leadership and educational excellence, school officials said.

Jamestown, which twice before won the honor, is one of 100 schools nationally to receive the accolade for 2015-17.

The Digital Reflections team of Rick Reinsch, Stephen Hurt, Scott Miller and Eric Brown took first place in the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s annual Scholar’s Cup mini-golf tournament, which raised more than $3,000 in support of the Rich Doud Scholarship Fund.

Finishing in second place was the H.D. Vest Investment Services team of Todd Ihrig, Savannah Jones, Jane Ihrig and Madison Ihrig.

C. Lee Cawley of Simplify You turned in the best individual score of the more than 120 participating mini-golfers.

n Students at McKinley Elementary School will present the student-written musical “One Thousand and One Nights” on Nov. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. at the school.

The production stars nearly 40 students, most of whom helped to co-write the musical book and lyrics.

The show was built during an intensive, 10-week residency with Educational Theatre Company, with students in second through fifth grades participating. Students developed the scripts and lyrics, worked out choreography, designed sets, built costumes and created props with the help of family members and friends.

The Educational Theatre Co.’s residency at the elementary school began in 1998 and continues through the efforts of Shel-

n Marymount University has been named a “military-friendly school” for the sixth straight year by G.I. Jobs Magazine.

The 2016 list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools serving students who are members of the U.S. military, veterans and their families.

Additionally, Marymount again has been named a Top School in Military Advanced Education’s “2016 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities.”

The guide measures best practices in military and veteran education based on Marymount’s military culture, financial aid, on-campus support, online-support services and flexibility when it comes to transferring college credits and dealing with redeployments.

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On the first play of the all-Arlington rivalry between the Washington-Lee Generals and host Yorktown Patriots on Nov. junior wide FOOTBALL 6,receiver Quinn Parks returned the opening kickoff 95 yards to give W-L an immediate lead en route to a 27-7 victory.

Yorktown responded by marching down the field in the Liberty Conference high school football game, all the way to the opposing 6-yard line. There, the drive ended when a pass by senior quarterback Stephen Glagola was intercepted by senior Ceneca Espinoza.

It was that sort of night for the Patriots, who struggled to capitalize on their rare scoring opportunities. Twice, Yorktown (3-7, 2-5) failed to score when twice inside the Generals’ 10-yard line.

“It’s a special win because beating Yorktown hasn’t happened often, and because we get to play another game,” Washington-Lee coach Josh Shapiro said.

The Generals (5-5, 4-3) won four of their last five games after a 1-4 start, and have defeated Yorktown twice in the last three seasons. Yorktown dominated for Continued on Page 24

Top: Washington-Lee’s Quinn Parks returns the game’s opening kickoff in the Generals’ victory over the host Yorktown Patriots Nov. 6 in an all-Arlington showdown. Above: Players celebrate by dumping the water bucket on Washington-Lee head coach Josh Shapiro.

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Wakefield Finishes 6-0 to Win Capitol Crown

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The Wakefield Warriors (8-2, 6-0) ended the regular-season Nov. 6 by defeating the visiting Lee Lancers (3-7, 3-7) by a score to exFOOTBALL 50-18 tend their winning streak to eight and finish as the Capitol Conference champions in high school football.

Wakefield was in front 28-0 after the first quarter and cruised to victory the rest of the way for its eighth win in a row.

The conference championship is Wakefield’s first official league title in school history, and its eight wins are the most in a season since 1964.

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on two touchdown runs by Leon Young and four touchdown passes by Colton Poythress. Two of those scoring strikes went to Chris Robertson, covering a combined 71 yards. The others went to Fred Bowles (two catches, 46 yards) and Isiah Archer.

Poythress also ran for a touchdown and was 5 of 7 passing for 138 yards.

Young rushed for 277 yards on 18 carries, giving him 1,881 yards rushing this season.

Bowles had 96 yards rushing and James Clark had 24, part of a Wakefield offense totaling 571 yards.

On defense, Anthony Tham recovered two fumbles against Lee. Next for Wakefield is the 5A North Region playoffs. Wakefield will have a

first-round home game on Friday, Nov. 13 against Potomac Falls (7-3). That will be a rematch of last year’s first-round game that Wakefield won.

“We are very similar teams in a lot of ways,” Wakefield coach Wayne Hogwood said. “We are better than last year, but they are better too.”

The playoff appearance is the second straight for the Warriors, who were 1-1 in the postseason last fall.

NOTES: The last time Wakefield had consecutive winning seasons was in 1982 and 1983. Wakefield also had a winning campaign last fall . . . Poythress’ four touchdown passes in a game were the most for Wakefield since Joe Lowe in 1986 . . . Wakefield was 0-6 all-time against Lee entering the Nov. 6 game.

Good luck.

Shoes for high school cross country runners and track and field athletes have changed in recent years. They are no longer the once predominantly black or white choice. Today, very rarely are any black or white. In fact, finding such a pair is an even bigger challenge.

Shoe color schemes, for boys and girls, are much more wide-ranging now with a lot of bright pastels. They are yellow, blue, green and red, maybe even purple and orange. In addition, there are the many multi-color designs.

Watch any high school cross country meet and the shoes will have more colors than a rainbow.

These athletes just don’t grab any pair of shoes, slip them on and run.

They spend significant time searching in stores, on the Internet, maybe catalogs, comparing among themselves for their particular color or style.

Shoes aren’t consistent for a particular team. If a squad has 12 runners, there likely will be a dozen different color schemes or brands. That means, most shoes don’t come even close to matching a team’s school uniform colors, instead often clashing quite terribly.

(Purple doesn’t go with black, right?

How about brown and green?) Yet, these days, in high school cross country and track and field those color-clashes work as a perfect match.

After looking at the athletes’ shoes for a while, check the laces. Colors are sometimes even brighter and more wildly multi-tinted than the shoes, with neither matching the other.

Next, peek at any socks that might be worn. Those colors range from black, mainly sported by boys, to all kinds, with the once popular white now virtually nonexistent.

For female runners and athletes, their multi-colored-attires aren’t limited to only feet. Girls often wear hair ribbons of various colors, sometimes matching their shoes, laces and socks.

There’s certainly more to see at cross county and track meets these days than just the athletes’ performances.

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for the Washington-Lee Generals and Yorktown Patriots with first-round losses in the Liberty Conference girls volleyball tournament.

Yorktown, the No. 6 seed, lost to defending champion and No. 3 seed Madison, 3-0, to finish the season with a 7-10 record. Washington-Lee, the No. 7 seed, fell to second-seed McLean, 3-0, and finished 9-11.

In the Capitol Conference Tournament, the Wakefield Warriors lost in the first round to Falls Church, 3-1, to have its season end with a 4-13 record. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights finished 1-1 in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Tournament, defeating Bishop Ireton, 3-1, then losing to Good Counsel, 3-0.

Next for O’Connell is the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I state playoffs.

O’CONNELL SOCCER: In boys and girls

soccer, the Bishop O’Connell Knights were eliminated in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Tournament.

The boys (7-4-5) went 0-1 and the girls (7-6-2) 1-1 with a first-round win over Holy Cross and a 1-0 semifinal loss to Good Counsel, ending its season.

Next for the boys is the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I state playoffs, where O’Connell is the top seed. O’Connell earned a first-

Yorktown’s Catherine Whitehouse will run in the 6A state meet.

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O’Connell’s Nick Shaw led his team in rushing against McNamara.

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round bye and had a quarterfinal game scored for Nov. 9.

man Catherine Whitehouse was 29th (19:00) and qualified for states.

Washington-Lee senior Jordan Grimaldi finished 26th in 18:49 in the girls race and qualified for states.

In the boys meet, W-L freshman Jonny Jackson was 33rd (16:22). Yorktown senior Ryan Lesmez was 41st (16:31). n In the 5A North Region girls meet, Wakefield High School’s Lydia Dunbar finished 18th in 20:58.

REGION CROSS COUNTRY: The Wash-

ington-Lee High School girls and boys cross country teams finished eighth (245 points) and 11th (253), respectively, at the 6A North Region meets last week.

The Yorktown girls were ninth with 271 on the Burke Lake Park course.

For the Yorktown girls, senior Julia Carroll placed 21st in 18:39 and qualified for the 6A state meet. Yorktown fresh-

O’CONNELL FOOTBALL: The Bishop

O’Connell Knights played their final football game of the 2015 season on Nov. 7, losing to the visiting McNamara Mustangs, 49-23, in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference contest.

The loss was the seventh in a row for O’Connell, which finished with a 1-9 overall record and an 0-7 league mark.

McNamara finished 6-4, 4-3.

The Knights had finished 5-5 the past three seasons.

O’Connell led early in the game, then fell behind in the second half. The Knights have struggled on defense all season, allowing four WCAC opponents to score 48 points or more and two more to score in the 30s.

Quarterback Kadin Kightlinger was 8 of 14 passing for 165 yards for O’Connell, and he ran for 18. Running back Nick Shaw led the team in rushing with 70 yards.

Brandon Magee had four catches for 122 yards and Drew Bonner three for 38.

On defense, Stacey Watts made 13 tackles to lead the team, Christian Holloman made 12, Landan Word 11 and Will Williams 10.

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: The season ended

WAKEFIELD HIGH COACHING VACANCIES: Wakefield High School has coach-

ing openings for varsity girls lacrosse, varsity girls soccer and junior varsity baseball.

Contact Noel Deskins at (703) 2286733 or e-mail noel.deskins@apsva.us.

Sports Briefs ARLINGTON SPORTS HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS:

The Arlington Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1958, is accepting nominations for induction in 2016. Candidates may be living or deceased. The deadline to enter a nomination is Dec. 1.

People interested in nominating an athlete, coach, contest official or other sports-related person can obtain an official nomination form at www.arlsportshof.org or by writing: Executive Director, Arlington Sports Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 101321, Arlington, Va. 22210.

WEIGHTLIFTER WINS TITLE: Arlington resident Roy

Douglas Murcia is in the center of his Barca Blue teammates.

Apseloff broke his own world record in the dead lift at the 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation world-championship competition Oct. 31 in Virginia Beach.

Lifting in the 55-59-year-old 198-pound class, Apseloff, 58, dead lifted 541.2 pounds, smashing his own world record of 512.6 pounds. At last year’s world championship meet, Apseloff dead lifted 500.25 pounds for a world record, eclipsing the quarter-ton barrier in competition for the first time.

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The awards honor high school students who demonstrate dedication on the field to their sport and off the field to their school work and community.

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player Douglas Murcia received an $800 needs-based scholarship from VCO Orthodontics.

Dr. Crissy Markova met with Murcia, his parents and his travel soccer team, Barca Blue, after a recent practice.

“Being able to meet with Douglas, his family and his team was very special,” Markova said. “Commitment is a key attribute for anyone focused on achieving a goal, and Douglas is an excellent example of someone committed to achieving his goal and supporting his team.”

Markova awarded two scholarships this year, to reward players who are an example of commitment in the Arlington soccer community. As part of the application process, players must say how their commitment to playing travel soccer now will benefit them later in life.

learn about sportsmanship, nutrition, physiology, health, teamwork, training plans and cooperation.

In 2016, the club holds three Sunday morning indoor track meets at the community center, Jan. 10, Jan. 24 and Feb. 7. Fees for the 11 sessions are $90 for club member families, $100 for non-members, and $50 each for groups of five or more.

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College Roundup WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Washing-

ton-Lee High School graduate Rebecca Palacios scored a game-winning goal for the women’s soccer team at Middlebury College in a recent Division III contest.

For the season, the sophomore midfielder has played in 11 games, with one goal. She has taken five shots.

Yorktown High graduate Emma Shumway, a sophomore, also plays for Middlebury. Through 16 games, Shumway had two goals and one assist. She had taken 11 shots.

after McBride suffered a season-ending knee injury for Yorktown against Mount Vernon.

In four games this fall, McBride is 30 of 44 for 311 yards and two TDs. McBride is majoring in history and education at Randolph-Macon. He was a three-year varsity athlete in both basketball and football while at Yorktown.

JACK BECKMAN: Washington-Lee High

School graduate Jack Beckman, the school’s Athlete of the Year for the Class

of 2012, has been a four-year starter on the Virginia Tech men’s club basketball team. He is also defensive center-mid on the Virginia Tech men’s club soccer team.

The club soccer team finished second to Florida State in the NIRSA Regional Soccer Championship with a 5-1 record over three days. Beckman was selected to the all-defensive first team. Tech received an invitation to compete in the 22nd Annual NIRSA National Soccer Championships in Phoenix later this month.

Washington-Lee High School defensive back Tyler Lutz makes a flying tackle to stop Yorktown’s PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Zane Killgo, No. 3, during the all-Arlington showdown Nov. 6.

Washington-Lee’s Tyler Lutz, No. 22, breaks up a pass intended for Yorktown’s Thomas Richardson PHOTO BY DEB KOLT as players along the Yorktown sideline watch the action.

Yorktown High School quarterback Stephen Glagola gets heavy pass rush from Washington-Lee’s PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Keani Solorzano, as the lineman tips the pass during the game.

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graduate Joe McBride is a freshman quarterback for Division III RandolphMacon College football team in Ashland.

In his second start, McBride threw a 50-yard pass to spark a scoring drive in a victory over Shenandoah. McBride was 13 of 16 for 174 yards and two touchdowns in the contest. The 50-yard pass was nominated as a Play of the Week by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

The play occurred a year to the day

Washington-Lee’s Ceneca Espinoza runs behind the blocking of linemen Mick Appel, No. 72, and PHOTO BY DEB KOLT Heath McCoy, No. 69, during the Nov. 6 game against Yorktown.

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decades prior to recent seasons.

Next for W-L is the 6A North Region playoffs, its third postseason berth in a row. The Generals are the No. 14 seed and face the No. 3 seed and host Westfield Bulldogs (9-1) on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.

Washington-Lee opened its 2015 season with a 30-10 loss to Westfield.

“It’s a proud moment for our school, and getting back to the playoffs again is what our kids deserve,” Shapiro said.

“Now, we’ll watch film and prepare the best we can.”

Yorktown, which lost its final four games, will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2005.

Against Yorktown, the Generals led

7-0 at halftime, built a 20-0 lead by the end of the third quarter, and were firmly in control as Yorktown struggled to move the ball.

Washington-Lee’s second touchdown came on a 40-yard slant pass from Andrew Malone (8 of 16 for 94 yards) to Parks (four catches, 64 yards).

“The defense was outstanding tonight, and Andrew made a great pass on that slant route for the touchdown,” Shapiro said. “It was just a matter of playing our game and controlling what we could, cutting down on turnovers.”

A few series later, Yorktown thought it had caught a break when W-L sophomore Larry Carpenter fumbled, giving the Patriots prime field position and an opportunity to get back into the game.

On the very next play, Espinoza returned an interception 70 yards for a TD and a 20-0 Generals’ lead.

“I just jumped the route, because, as a team, we knew where the balls were going to be thrown,” Espinoza said.

The teams traded touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with Zane Killgo scoring on a one-yard run for Yorktown and Espinoza on a 15-yard run for W-L. Espinoza, who led Washington-Lee in rushing with 143 yards, credited the win and second-half surge to his team’s persistence.

“On offense, in the first half, guys were missing their blocks,” he said. “In the second half, we just stayed on our blocks and got to the next level. That gave us the time to find opportunities to score and win. It’s a special feeling [to beat Yorktown], and we have another game to play.”

Shapiro praised receiver Henry Casey (three catches) for his blocking and overall play in the win.

At a crossroads to the season in October with that 1-4 record, Washington-Lee responded by making moves, promoting Malone from the junior varsity to varsity quarterback, and moving Espinoza from quarterback back to his natural position at running back.

The Generals then won four of their last five regular-season games, capped by the victory over Yorktown.

The lone loss was a 21-13 setback to the conference champion Madison Warhawks (9-1, 7-0) For Yorktown, Glagola completed just 9 of 33 passes against WashingtonLee. Thomas Richardson had 50 yards rushing for the Patriots.

NOTE: There is no Arlington football champion this season for the first time since 1976 because the three public-school teams had 1-1 records against each county rivals.

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The McLean Citizens Association’s (MCA) committee studying NOVA Firearms’ recent relocation next to Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean issued its initial report Nov. 4 to the disappointment of activists on both sides of the issue.

The store “does not violate any laws that we’re aware of,” but its owners are seeking another site that is at least as well-situated, said committee member Robert Jackson.

In the short term, the committee will talk to the store’s owners about using landscape screening to shield its customers from view of the school and avoid misunderstandings

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Group has been more than four months in the making. Its conclusions buttress the long-held desire of the School Board to locate a new elementary school next to Thomas Jefferson Middle, on land currently used for surface parking.

The report did not meet with unanimous support from working-group members; several filed what amounted to a dissenting plank, criticizing some of the processes and conclusions.

In the majority report, elected officials were urged to move expeditiously.

that could result in a lock-down reaction, he said.

“No specific solution has been identified so far,” Jackson said. “Whatever the options, the MCA board of directors will work to make them happen.”

About 80 people attended the meeting, with pro-gun-rights advocates outnumbering those wearing stickers favoring firearmfree school zones. Both sides were underwhelmed by the report.

“It was very brief. I was expecting something a little more,” said Falls Church resident Ron Campbell, who was part of a contingent from the Virginia Citizens Defense League. “I thought the turnout was very good, but there was not a lot of information about what’s going on.”

But Campbell said the committee’s work struck him as impartial.

“It seems like whatever they have going on, they’re trying to work it out fairly,” he said.

Linda McConnaughay of McLean, who was among those seeking to have the store moved, said she was “disappointed” by the committee’s findings so far.

“I don’t feel there was very much substance in the report,” she said. “Screening won’t resolve the issue. I just think they should relocate [the store]. It seems as simple as that.”

MCA president Jeff Barnett convened the meeting at McLean High School, where the public may not carry firearms. Several people carried sidearms and a rifle to the

board’s Oct. 7 meeting at the McLean Community Center.

“We just needed a chill pill,” said Barnett, adding that the venue change was within the group’s rules. “Last time was way too wild to our liking. This way allowed us to step back a little bit so nobody makes any mistakes, nobody gets their nose out of joint.”

The store’s owners, who had been discouraged from occupying a new location in Arlington County, said they had moved the shop to 1389 Chain Bridge Road because it offered more space for firearms-education classes. The store does not have a shooting range, but sells a variety of weapons, which employee secure with zip ties before purchasers take them out of the store.

“Building this new school has already been delayed . . . further delay is untenable given school-population projections,” the 31-page report notes.

But the final decision rests with the County Board, which in January voted 4-1 to put the proposal on hold pending more investigation of alternatives. The vote came after residents near the school, joined by open-space activists, voiced concerns about adding a 725-seat elementary school to the Thomas Jefferson campus.

School Board members could vote to ratify the recommendation of the task force in coming weeks, sending the matter to the County Board for consideration in December.

The task force, chaired by Greg Greeley,

worked its way through numerous other options. It looked most seriously at putting new schools adjacent to Thomas Jefferson, adjacent to Drew Model School and on the campus currently housing Gunston Middle School and Oakridge Elementary School.

All three options were found to have pluses and minuses.

Task force members rebuffed a late-inthe-process proposal by the owners of the Dominion Arms apartment complex – located across 2nd Street South from Thomas Jefferson Middle School – to provide land for a new elementary school on its parcel in exchange for government approval to build out the remaining portion of the parcel at higher density.

Noting that a school could be placed

on the Dominion Arms parcel, “a large majority” of the working group indicated a preference for the Thomas Jefferson site, given the time frame involved.

Other potential sites that didn’t make the preliminary cut included Wakefield High School, Jennie Dean Park, the Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center and Walter Reed Community Center.

While it was outside the formal scope of its mandate, the task force also urged School Board members to start the ball rolling next year on planning for a second new elementary school, most likely in the Pentagon City area, in an effort to keep up with the potential of spiraling enrollment.

Such a school likely would be needed by about 2024.

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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.

November 12, 1856: n A new locomotive traveled along rail lines from Alexandria to the Long Bridge and back during trials.

November 12, 1936: n The Civic Federation is seeking to have the County Board appoint a planning commission. n Arlington Democrats will hold a victory party Saturday night at Lyon Park Community House. n The Sun’s editor thinks “an ounce of prevention” would pay dividends on area roadways. n Rev. Edward Johnson has been appointed the first full-time pastor at St. Agnes Catholic Church. n The Arlington County Library Association is suggesting creation of a central library to augment existing branches.

November 12, 1956: n The liberal and conservative factions of the County Board are sparring over which side should get the chairmanship next year. n Students at Washington-Lee High School are soliciting support to expand War Memorial Stadium from 6,000 seats to 10,000. Students at Wakefield High School also are seeking an expanded stadium. n Washington-Lee ran its unbeaten streak to nine with a 20-0 blanking of Wakefield on the gridiron. n There are now 1.38 million more women in the U.S. than men, a disparity that has more than doubled in the past six years. n Plans have been announced for the burial of Unknown Soldiers from World War II and Korea at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day 1958.

November 11, 1972: n The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 7-2 to halt, for the foreseeable future, construction on Interstate 66. n Yorktown defeated WashingtonLee, 17-7, in the final game of the season for both football teams. n On TV tonight: “Kung Fu,” “Streets of San Francisco” and “Bob Newhart.”

November 8, 1980: n Ronald Reagan won 26 of 39 precincts in Arlington n County officials are discussing establishment of a public parking garage next to the Parkington Shopping Center.

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