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Fight Over I-66 Is Not Quite Done

SALUTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS

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Leadership Arlington recently lauded its second class of “40 Under 40,” saluting young professionals for their achievements both in the business and civic worlds. The event was held in partnership with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Arlington Community Foundation, Arlington Economic Development and the Sun Gazette. Sponsors included TMI 2.0 Inc. and Graham Holdings. For additional information, see Page 18; for more photos from the event, see the Web site at www.leadershiparlington.org. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

School Board Formalizes Its Offer of Historic Designation for Stratford Site SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington School Board members on Dec. 8 said they would back historic-status for the Stratford school site, if the parameters of such an agreement were fleshed out between the superintendent and county manager instead of

issue – this is Arlington, this is our community,” said School Board member James Lander. “It is our responsibility to educate our children on exactly what happened.” Bypassing the HALRB and going directly to the County Board, school officials hope, Continued on Page 21

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by the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB). At the same meeting, School Board members said they are committed to taking the lead on a broad-based effort to educate students and the broader county on the 1959 integration at Stratford. “This isn’t a schools issue, this isn’t a black

Last week’s vote by the Commonwealth Transportation Board approving the McAuliffe administration’s plans to enact tolling on Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway may be the final say on the matter. Or maybe not. Members of the General Assembly – including some Democrats – are moving forward with bills that would gut parts of the proposal, or at least require General Assembly approval before bringing tolling to the corridor and determining how the revenue is spent. Their efforts, however, face a major challenge: the veto pen of Gov. McAuliffe. McAuliffe “is our backstop,” County Board member Jay Fisette said on Jan. 12, three days after the Commonwealth Transportation Board voted unanimously in favor of the proposal during a meeting in Alexandria. (See full coverage of the vote, and the latest challenge to the proposal, inside on Page 13.) Fisette was among three County Board members who supported the I-66 proposal, albeit with reservations. But the majority, which also included Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada, could not get colleagues John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey to go along. That duo said there were too many moving parts to the administration’s proposal to fully embrace it at the time. – Scott McCaffrey

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Virginia Housing Development Authority Also Wins Kudos for Its Efforts Across State SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

It’s perhaps fitting that Walter Tejada’s last weeks as an Arlington County Board member include receiving an award for housing advocacy. It was during the battle over the redevelopment of the Arna Valley apartment complex on South Glebe Road in the late 1990s that Tejada first came to public attention. In 2003, he parlayed the community activism into a seat on the County Board, one he has held for 12 years. Tejada on Dec. 6 received the Alliance for Housing Solutions’ Ellen M. Bozman Housing Award, sharing the seventh annual award with the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA). “I make no apologies for having fought hard for affordable housing,” Tejada said at the ceremony, held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. “We’ve got the support of the vast majority of Arlingtonians.” Beyond his leadership role in the Save Arna Valley Coalition, Tejada was a member of a 1999 county-government housing task force and worked with the late Charles Rinker to establish Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO), which advocates for tenants. He also is a backer of the BUGATA tenant-empowerment group, which grew out of redevelopment in the Buckingham community.

Shown from left are Alliance for Housing Solutions’ president Mary Margaret Whipple; Susan Dewey of the Virginia Housing Development Authority; County Board Vice Chairman Walter Tejada; Alliance for Housing Solutions executive director Mary Rouleau; and Alliance for Housing Solutions board chair Gene Hubbard.

“A lot of people in this community know their voice is heard through Walter Tejada,” said County Board member Jay Fisette, who noted the award recipient’s “razor-sharp focus on housing affordability.” The Bozman award is named in honor of the late Ellen Bozman, who served a record 24 years (1974-97) on the County Board and was one of the founders of the

Alliance for Housing Solutions. The annual awards ceremony brings out an intergenerational cross-section of civic leaders. “I feel here I’m with family – every single person in this room,” Tejada said, praising the Alliance for Housing Solutions’ efforts to advocate for housing and provide information to the community. “You’ve become a major player,” he said.

The Virginia Housing Development Authority, an agency of the state government established in 1972, offers financing and support services both to home buyers and developers. Over the past 15 years, it has provided financing for about 4,000 units of affordable housing in Arlington. “Affordable housing simply does not happen without government-level leadership,” said Gene Hubbard, who chairs the Alliance for Housing Solutions’ board. “Good policy is not enough. It must be paired with providing the resources, mostly financial, to create the bricks.” In Northern Virginia, VHDA has tried to address the high cost of acquiring land and properties by developing new programs and initiatives. “Arlington has been such a strong partner,” said Susan Dewey, the organization’s executive director. “We’ve dealt with a lot of challenges up here, and come up with creative solutions.” At the awards ceremony, retiring Alliance for Housing Solutions board members Larry Padberg and Maureen Markham were honored for their tenures. A silent auction helped to raise funds for two nonprofits: Doorways for Women and Families and Bridges to Independence.

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Regional Leaders Put Out Call for More Cooperation Working Together on Transportation, Economic Development at Center Stage BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Three top Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia leaders agreed Dec. 8 that the jurisdictions should work together to increase Metrorail funding, build another Potomac River crossing and bolster the region’s export market. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Maryland State Senate President Thomas “Mike” Miller Jr. – all Democrats – found much common ground during the Capital Regional Business Forum at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. “Together, this is greatest region in the world,” Miller said, highlighting the area’s copious history and other attractions. “The region should be the jewel in the crown of the world.” All three panelists agreed the region needed more exports, economic diversification and less reliance on governmental spending. Maryland has created a secretary of commerce position and is training all state employees to be responsive to requests from businesses, Miller said. McAuliffe highlighted the many foreign-trade missions he has undertaken since becoming governor and said 95 percent of the world’s customers live outside the United States. An efficient transportation network is vital to preserving the region’s quality of life and sustaining its economic vitality, the panelists said. Miller and McAuliffe advocated for an additional Potomac River crossing, with McAuliffe saying the American Legion Bridge already is a major traffic chokepoint.

“If something happened to that bridge . . . are you kidding me?” he asked. Miller praised former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) for expending political capital in 2013 to secure passage of a major transportation-funding bill. McDonnell’s success paved the way for Maryland officials to pursue similar legislation, he said. The panelists concurred that Metrorail’s service, safety and reliability must be improved. “If that system fails and becomes less reliable and less safe, the impacts on this region and economy are almost incalculable,” Bowser said. The three leaders expressed hope that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s new general manager and CEO, Paul Wiedefeld – who was in the audience – would turn around the ailing transit agency’s fortunes. Wiedefeld “did wonders” while leading Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Miller said, adding, “Let him put forth a plan and execute it.” Affordable housing is another issue that could benefit from a regional solution, Bowser said. “None of us wants [this] to be a region where folks can’t raise a family on an ordinary salary and live,” she said. “In some of the inner parts of our region, that is becoming a reality.” The panelists largely stayed on the same page, but expressed a few parochial concerns. Miller sought to keep Marriott International Inc. from leaving Maryland, McAuliffe stumped to have high-occupancy-toll lanes extend from Virginia into Maryland and Bowser said new highways

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, Maryland Senate President Mike Miller and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe highlighted the need for regional cooperation Dec. 8 during the inaugural Capital Region Business Forum, held at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

in cramped-for-space Washington, D.C., are a non-starter. McAuliffe and Bowser also expressed disappointment that the U.S. Olympic Committee this year chose Boston over Washington, D.C., as the country’s bid city to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Boston later ended its bid, McAuliffe noted. George Washington University president Steven Knapp moderated the panel discussion, which was attended by many local elected officials and business leaders. “I think it was outstanding to get these leaders together to talk about the issues that are going to move our region forward,” said Jim Corcoran, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. “That’s what we have to do. We

have to have big thinking at the top.” Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) said he was impressed that top people from three neighboring jurisdictions showed such good personal relationships and collaboration. “It’s all about serving the people,” Keam said. “You didn’t hear much personality or politics. It was all about what are the substantive problems and how can we work together. And you also saw honest differences as well.” Ryan Conrad, the new CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, said he learned much from listening to the panelists. “I think it’s critical that we have regional cooperation to improve the economy and improve our transportation infrastructure,” he said.

Favola to Carry Bill on for APS on Passing Stopped School Buses SCOTT McCAFFREY

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State Sen. Barbara Favola has introduced legislation that will allow localities to move forward with plans to levy fines against those caught on camera passing stopped school buses. A number of Virginia school districts, including Arlington’s, earlier this year had cameras installed on the outside of some of their buses, with plans to have police issue citations to those caught improperly passing them. The efforts suffered a setback when Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) ruled that while the General Assembly had given school districts the power to install the cameras, and police the ability to issue citations, the legislature had not delegated authority to localities to mail out the citations. If they were to be valid, Herring opined, they had to be delivered

in person – a daunting task for any public-safety agency that led school districts to pull back. (Opinions by Virginia’s attorney general are merely advisory in nature, but Herring’s opinion likely would sway judges if recipients of the mailed citations took the matter to court.) Both the Arlington County Board and Arlington School Board have voiced support for changing the law to allow citations to be mailed. Favola (D-31st) sits on the Senate Transportation Committee, to which the bill has been assigned. Lilla Wise, the Arlington School Board’s legislative liaison in Richmond, on Dec. 8 told School Board members there has been some interest by Republican members of both houses of the legislature to support the change being sought by school districts. “There are other bills we will see about

this,” Wise predicted. New Senator Goes to Bat for ERA: The 1970s are back again at the General Assembly. Or maybe they never left, as the legislature in 2016 again will debate the merits of ratifying the federal constitutional amendment known as the Equal Rights Amendment. But it will not be state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) leading the charge in 2016 as he did earlier this year. A resolution to support passage of the ERA in 2016 was introduced by Sen.-elect Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon), who in November was elected to succeed retiring Sen. Linda “Toddy” Puller. Surovell is not a newcomer to the ERA debate; in the 2015 session, when he sat in the Democratic minority in the House of Delegates, he was the patron of a measure to secure passage of the constitutional amendment. To perhaps no one’s surprise, the bill

died without so much as subcommittee consideration. In the Senate, Surovell’s chances would appear to be better – Ebbin earlier this year secured passage of his resolution with a relatively large majority that included Republicans, who hold a narrow majority. But when Ebbin’s measure was transmitted to the House of Delegates, it shared the fate with Surovell’s measure, dying without ever getting a hearing. Whether Virginia’s ratification could have any substantive effect is debatable, as the deadline set by Congress for the ERA’s ratification expired years ago, when it stood three states shy of passage. Several states that had ratified it later rescinded their actions, further muddying the waters. Passage of the ERA was among the most contentious issues in the General Assembly from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Every time proponents thought they had the votes to pass it, they fell just short.

Malinosky Saw Arlington Party Through Both a Tumultuous 2014 and Successful 2015 SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

He’s seen his party’s fortunes range from highs to lows in his two years in office, and Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip POLITICAL Malinosky says eager to keep POTPOURRI he’s going. Malinosky told the Sun Gazette he plans to seek re-election to a second two-year term when the party holds officer elections on Jan. 6. “I am thrilled with the progress we made in 2015, and look forward to a very exciting and challenging 2016-17,” Malinosky said. No other candidates have emerged to contest the race for chair. A teacher in Fairfax County’s public schools, Malinosky – “Kip” is short for “Christopher” – was serving as precinct-operations chair of the Democratic Committee when he was elected in 2014. As chair, Malinosky was immediately faced with holding the party together as it faced independent John Vihstadt’s bid for County Board. Vihstadt in 2014 twice defeated Democrat Alan Howze for the seat vacated by Chris Zimmerman, with some prominent Democrats defecting to support the independent’s bid. 2015 proved a better year for the party’s fortunes, with Democratic nominees or endorsees winning all 15 local and legislative

announced plans to seek the post. Democrats Prep for Reorganization: The Arlington County Democratic Committee will hold its once-eve r y - t wo years reorganization on Jan. 6 at the Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip Malinosky, who has led the p a r t y ’ s local party for the past two years, is shown with President Obama. Malinosky plans r e g u l a r to seek a new two-year term in January. meeting, to be held seats on the Arlington ballot. With the exception of Vihstadt, every current office-holder at 7:15 p.m. at the National Rural Elecin Arlington – from president on down – is trical Cooperative Association (NRECA) conference center in Ballston. a Democrat. At the meeting, Democrats will elect a Malinosky’s Republican counterpart, county GOP chairman Matt Wavro, an- host of party leaders, including chair, depnounced last month that he would not seek a uty chair, precinct-operations chair, finance chair, press/public-relations chair, outreach new term when his expires in February. Jim Presswood, currently the precinct-op- and visibility co-chair, communications dierations chief for Arlington Republicans, has rector, newsletter editor, volunteer coordi-

nator, secretary, treasurer, sergeant-at-arms and parliamentarian. Election of officers is not open to all Democrats; the voting ranks are limited to precinct representatives (who will be elected earlier at the meeting), elected officials, members of the Democratic State Central Committee who live in Arlington, two representatives of Arlington Young Democrats and ACDC president Kip Malinosky. Complete rules for the reorganization meeting, which were adopted on Dec. 2, are available on the Web site at www.arlingtondemocrats.org. Lyon Park Voters Get Regular Precinct Back in 2016: Voters in the Lyon Park precinct will be back in familiar territory beginning with the March 1, 2016, presidential primary. Arlington County Board members in January are expected to approve returning the precinct’s voting location back to the Lyon Park Community Center, which recently underwent renovation. During the construction, voters in the precinct cast ballots at Garfield Park Apartments, about five blocks away. The move back to Lyon Park Community Center is being supported by the Arlington Electoral Board. State law requires County Board members to make an ordinance change to move the precinct, which will require a public hearing set for Jan. 23.

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To the proposal from acting County Manager Mark Schwartz that the county government move forward with televising, and Internetstreaming, the meetings of a number of advisory panels, such as the Planning Commission and Transportation Commission. Currently, the only meetings that are available to the public from the comfort of their living rooms, offices or the like are those of the County Board, School Board and (appropriately enough) Information Technology Advisory Commission. We’re doubtful that viewership of meetings such as the Planning Commission will draw an enormous audience, but there are those out there who would benefit from

being able to tune in. And those serving on advisory panels might themselves benefit from the knowledge that people – including, perhaps, County Board members and the media – are tuning in. We like the idea. If small towns like Vienna can televise Planning Commission meetings, how come Arlington is lagging? WE HAVE NO DOG IN THE HUNT over whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for the Arlington County Democratic Committee to dump the names of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from its annual fund-raising dinner. Some will say the decision was political-correctness run amok; others will contend it is simply the party acknowledging its 21st-cen-

tury values. We take a pass at expressing an opinion either way. However, we do think the party should come up with the names of some impressive local political personages to replace Jefferson and Jackson, rather than give the event a blah, generic title or, alternately, something so purposely trendy that it’s open to immediate ridicule. Of those who happen to be deceased but are of recent enough vintage that they remain familiar to today’s Democrats, we’d suggest three names: Joseph Fisher, Mary Marshall and Ellen Bozman. And of course, there are others who should be considered. Democrats are set to come up with a title for the dinner early in the new year. It’ll be interesting to see what the final decision will be.

County Government’s Profligate Spending Must Be Slowed Down or Stopped As Soon as Possible Editor: Two items in the Dec. 3 front-page story on how the Arlington County Board allocates end-of-fiscal-year cash should be of special interest to county taxpayers. First, Sun Gazette points out that new Board members Christian Dorsey and Katie Cristol “have promised to take a hard look at spending.” Hopefully, they will. Such a look is a long-time coming. The second item of interest is current County Board member Libby Garvey’s observation that all spending should should go through the budget process. Those two items are enlightened in comparison to the views expressed by outgoing board members Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada, not to mention the view of Jay Fisette, who thinks it is rational to spend more than the budget. In a recent exercise in number-crunching, I prepared a spreadsheet of county spending from 2001-15 using data from the county government’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The table provides general governmental expenditures by function, and covers almost all county-government spending. The results of this exercise presents a picture of profligacy. Although inflation over those 15 years averaged less than 2.5 percent annually, annual total spending increased an average of 5.1 percent. (Even spending increases by the “highest-cost-per-student-in-the-region” Arlington Public Schools averaged “only”

4.9 percent.) The picture was even worse in several areas of county-government funding. For example, annual contributions to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority averaged 8.3 percent. Other functions that experienced higher than normal average increases included public works/environmental services (7.8%), public safety (5.6%) and debt service (5.8%). Although the increase in total expenditures averaged 5.1 percent, the change for three of those years was above 9 percent; one year was above 8 percent; and five were above 5 percent. Five were between 2.4 percent and 4.5 percent. Only in three of the years was the budget equal to, or below, the inflation rate. The County Board likes to spout the mantra of sustainability. Apparently that applies to the environment, but not to the budget. I would suggest the board’s habit of spending those “one-time” dollars is part of the problem, rather than a rational approach to budgeting. Finally, my number-crunching included controlling for inflation and population growth, the same exercise that has been performed by Virginia’s Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission (JLARC) since the early 1990s. In 2001, Arlington County expenditures were $3,131 per capita. Using the Department of Labor’s CPI Inflation Calculator, that amount would be almost $4,205 in 2015, which if multiplied by the

county’s 2015 population would mean that total expenditures in 2015 would be $911.2 million, rather than the actual fiscal 2015 total expenditures of $1.22 billion Hopefully Mr. Fisette will rethink his views about the current budget process, and realize that spending more than you budget is indeed irrational, and join the rational approach proposed by his fellow board members Libby Garvey and John Vihstadt. Tim Wise Arlington Wise is president of the Arlington County Taxpayers Association. Join the conversation by sending a letter to the editor on a topic of local interest; contact information is found at left on this page. We give priority to letters that are exclusive to the paper and are on topics that the community is talking about. Please be concise; longer commentary pieces are more likely to find themselves trimmed for space consideration in print. Find letters to the editor under Arlington Opinion at www.insidenova.com/ news/arlington – we have many more there than in print.

Editor: Drive Interstate 66 inside the Beltway during rush-hour just one time and you’ll quickly discover congestion is terrible. Drive it every day for years, there is no question something has to be done. I-66 is ranked among the most traffic-clogged roads in the country. Given this obvious reality, I find it utterly baffling that a recent opinion piece in the Sun Gazette would ask what problem the state is trying to solve with I-66. The answer is simple: reduce congestion that has plagued the roadway for decades by moving more people. VDOT analysis shows the project will eliminate 30,000 person hours a day. The Sun Gazette also asks how the McAuliffe administration’s plan will solve the problem and why the rush. Here are the facts: • I-66 inside the Beltway is the only interstate in the country that is restricted to HOV users during rush hours. With a few exceptions, solo drivers are violating the law if they are using these lanes during peak travel times.  The violation rate is high, and gridlock is the norm. • Extensive studies performed over the past 15 years by both Republican and Democratic administrations show we can provide a faster and more reliable trip during peak travel times by better managing traffic flow through a combination of dynamic tolling and multi-modal improvements. This moves more people

with fewer vehicles, providing a minimum reliable speed of 45 miles per hour during rush hours. More studies will not identify new information. • If you carpool today, you will continue to ride the lanes for free when dynamic tolling is scheduled to begin in 2017 during morning and evening rushhours.  Solo drivers can ride the lanes in exchange for paying a variable toll based on the distance they travel. •The lanes will remain free to all traffic during off-peak periods.  There will be no tolling in the reverse commute. • All of the revenues raised from the tolls will finance transportation improvements in the corridor, directly benefiting travelers who use I-66 inside the Beltway.  Should traffic not flow better in five years, we will widen the road. • Public engagement remains critical. This fall, we held four public information meetings along the I-66 corridor. Since last January, we have exchanged information at more than 80 meetings with key stakeholders.  Doing nothing is not an option.  Nothing has been done for years, allowing matters to get worse. Action is needed now to bring congestion relief on I-66.  I am confident this plan meets the transportation and political realities of this corridor. Aubrey Layne Jr. Secretary, Va. Department of Transportation

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Use Surplus Funds to Preserve School Editor: Last spring, the Arlington School Board voted against the wishes of the Arlington/Ft. Myer Heights residents and Arlington Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board for restoration of the historic Wilson School on Wilson Boulevard, in part because of cost concerns.  For those not familiar with the Wilson School in Rosslyn, it doesn’t look like much today, but it holds a remarkable place in Arlington history. In 1919, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner, President Wilson, suffered a paralyzing stroke while promoting the post-World War I League of Nations. Over the next two years of his presidency, Wilson – accompanied by his wife, Edith – were driven by the Wilson School

on a daily basis for visits with the students and teachers. From 1919 to 1921, Edith Wilson managed the office of the president and is known as the “first woman president.” Given the Arlington government’s budget surplus of more than $20 million, there is an opportunity here to re-visit the idea of restoring the beautiful old Wilson School and incorporate it into the design for the proposed H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program building.  The history of Arlington should be preserved for future generations of students. The estimated cost of $4 million for renovation would be an excellent way to spend a small part of the excess money.  Joseph DeBor Arlington

Local Educator Was Credit to the County dozens of parents and staff showed up on a Saturday and installed the set-up for the school. Ralph treated every child as if he/she was his own. He loved his job, and if there was a party to celebrate a staff member’s retirement, even after he retired, he was always available. If room allowed, we could fill up the entire Sun Gazette with loving memories of Ralph’s kindnesses to the community. We were blessed to have been a part of his life. Janet Walsh Arlington

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Arlington Real Estate Market Sees So-So November Softness in the condominium sector, and fewer sales (albeit with higher prices) in the single-family market helped lead to a relatively blah real-estate month in November across Arlington. A total of 177 properties went to closing last month, down 2.8 percent from the 182 transactions a year before, while the average sales price of $634,186 was down 0.4 percent from $636,664, according to figures reported Dec. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service. While the number of single-family homes that sold during the month was soft – 64 compared to 71 a year before – the average sales price of those properties rose 10.2 percent to $951,436. The average price of both attached homes ($454,504, off 7.5 percent) and condominiums ($388,916, down 11.9 percent) helped to drag the overall market down. Do the math, and the total sales volume countywide in November was $112.3 million, down 3.1 percent from $115.9 million a year before. There were 21 million-dollar-or-more transactions during the month. Homes that went to closing in November spent an average of 56 days between listing and ratified sales contract, unchanged from a year before, and garnered 96.5 percent of listing price, down from 96.7 percent. Of homes that sold, conventional mortgages (121) were the most frequent method of transacting sales, followed by cash (33) and VA-backed mortgages (15).

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Business Organization Sees Advances in Advocacy, Membership SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce made strides in the membership-engagement and public-policy arenas over the past year, the business organization’s outgoing chair said at the Chamber’s annual meeting. “It is all about making sure we are working for the mission of the Chamber – working for your businesses – every day,” Kevin Shooshan said at the luncheon, held Dec. 11 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. “We certainly have our challenges ahead of us as a county and a Chamber,” Shooshan acknowledged, pointing to issues that include a high office-vacancy rate and a more competitive, and at times combative, economic-development arena across the region. But Shooshan, whose family is actively involved in development countywide, also pointed to Chamber successes, as well: Creation of a young-entrepreneurs academy, revision of the organization’s strategic plan, efforts to update its online and socialmedia presence, and increasing activism on public-policy issues for its 700 member organizations. The event, which drew more than 200 business and civic leaders, served as a valedictory for Shooshan and a kickoff for Todd Yeatts of Boeing, who will serve as Arlington Chamber of Commerce chair in 2016. Yeatts, who has served on the Chamber board since 2009, said 2015 proved “a banner year” for the organization, and opted to keep most of the existing board of directors’ leadership intact for 2016. “Kevin Shooshan put together a great team,” Yeatts said of the executive committee, praising “their talents, their energy and their enthusiasm.” Yeatts selected Tina Walker of BAE Systems to serve as chair-elect in 2016, putting her in rotation to chair the organization a year later. Walker has served as assistant treasurer in 2015. The keynote speaker at the Dec. 11 meeting was Aneesh Chopra, a former top technology executive for both the state and federal governments who cofounded the firm Hunch Analytics. Tieless and caffeinated, as many hightech speakers seem to be, Chopra said Arlington needed to stand tall as a center of

innovation. “This is the decade of problem-solving,” he said. “We can find ways to work together . . . to tackle the big issues.” While Chopra looked to the future for inspiration, Yeatts took a glance back for his. The goal of the organization in 2016 would be the same as when it was founded more than 90 years ago, Yeatts said: to “ensure that the business community has

a voice.” At the meeting, Shooshan paid tribute to departing County Board members Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes. He pointed to Tejada’s work on affordable housing and Hynes’ efforts on transportation and civic engagement. “We’ll be sad to see you go,” Shooshan said. “It’s important not to forget about the base [local] leaders have set for us.”

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ly, who has served as deputy director of programs at the Arlington-based nonprofit Bridges to Independence, has been named executive director to succeed Michael O’Rourke, who has retired. The organization, founded in 1985, was known as the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless until earlier this year, when the new name debuted. Kelly, who has served with the organization since 2006, “embodies the passion, commitment and innovative spirit needed to move the organization forward,” said Lars Florio, the organization’s board chairman. Bridges to Independence provides services to homeless women and families. “I am committed to building upon new and existing partnerships and bringing dynamic programming that will help our families thrive,” Kelly said in a statement. For information, see the Web site at www.bridges2.org. ‘AGLA’ BESTOWS ANNUAL EQUALITY AWARDS: The Arlington Gay and Lesbian

Alliance (AGLA) is honoring the Arlington School Board and Roland Watkins with its 2015 Equality Awards. School Board members will receive the honor for their decision earlier this year to add gender identity to Arlington Public Schools’ non-discrimination code for students and employees. The award will be presented formally at the Dec. 17 School Board meeting. Watkins was honored for his service on the county government’s Human Rights Commission and other bodies, as well as his active service with AGLA. The award to Watkins was presented at the organization’s annual holiday party, held Dec. 8 at Freddie’s Beach Bar & Restaurant in Crystal City. Since 2002, AGLA has presented two Equality Awards each year, one for an individual and the other for an organization. For information on the awards program, see the Web site at www.agla.org. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT FUNDING: The Arlington Com-

munity Foundation’s latest round of Arlington Education Fund and Homelessness-Prevention Fund grants totaled more than $97,000 to community organizations, bringing to $980,000 the total amount of grants and scholarships distributed through the foundation in 2015. “The grants awarded this year reflect the work of stellar nonprofits and educators in Arlington the Arlington area, and the commitment Timothy L. Drake of the Arlington Community Foundation BC-HIS Call Toll Free: 855.203.1181 to support their work in the community,” said foundation executive director Wanda Pierce. Grant proposals were reviewed by community volunteers, who made recommendations to the foundation’s board of direc* Studies conducted at University of Northern Colorado (2014) and Oldenburg Horzentrum (2013) showed that Speech Reception * StudiesThresholds conducted(SRT) at University of Northern Colorado (2014) up andtoOldenburg Horzentrum (2013) that Speechloss Reception Thresholds (SRT) in in cocktail-party situations improved 2.9dB for wearers with mild toshowed moderate hearing using the latest cocktail-party situations improved up to 2.9dBDirectionality, for wearers with mild to moderate loss using theThis latest BestSound™ BestSound™ Technology with Narrow compared to people hearing with normal hearing. corresponds to Technology over 25% with Narrowtors. Directionality, compared to people with normal hearing. This corresponds to over 25% improvement in speech understanding. improvement in speech understanding. “Looking Toward Tomorrow” Homewww.hearusa.com Joan V.R. Hamill, Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser #25MG00070100 © 2015 HearUSA, All Rights Reserved. lessness-Prevention Grants in amounts 151201 HearUSA November Ad_Arlington Sun Gazette_4.75x14_to run 12-10_02.indd 1

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ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 were awarded to the Arlington Food Assistance Center, Arlington Landlord Partnership, Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network, Arlington Thrive, Borromeo Housing, Bridges to Independence, CARE Inc., Doorways for Women and Families, La Cocina Va., Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Offender Aid and Restoration, Residential Youth Services Inc. and Shirlington Employment and Education Center. Arlington Education Fund Grants ranging from $724 to $1,500 were presented to AHC Inc., Barrett Elementary School, Borromeo Housing, BU-GATA Burckingham Youth Brigade, Greenbrier Learning Center (Aspire Afterschool) and Washington-Lee High School. For information on Arlington Community Foundation grants programs, call (703) 243-4785 or see the Web site at www. arlcf.org. ‘FUTURE FUND’ BESTOWS GRANTS:

The Future Fund, a giving circle of young professionals affiliated with the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, has awarded $15,000 grants targeted at summer-enrichment programs for students. Arlington-based AHC Inc. and Fairfax-based Shelter House Inc. will share $30,000 in funding, having been selected from among 18 applicants. “Each year, our members select very compelling critical needs to support with our grants, and this year’s winning organizations play a critical role in the lives of underserved students in Northern Virginia,” said Sylvia Parsons of Northrop Grumman, who co-chairs the grants committee. The funding will support AHC’s sixweek summer camp for 124 low-income students, and will support expansion of Shelter House’s programming for 70 school-age children living in homeless shelter. The recent grant is the fifth of the Future Fund, bringing its total grant funding to $223,000. For information, see the Web site at www.cfnova.org. WINTER COAT DRIVE FINDS SUCCESS:

The Nauck Community Services Center’s sixth annual winter-coat drive collected more than 500 coats – along with hats, scarves and gloves – that recently have been distributed. Donors “were able to bring a little warmth to those families in need in the Arlington community,” the organization said in a statement. Among sponsors and partners of the effort: Presto Valet, Arlington Food Assistance Center, Arlington Teen Network Board, Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department, Design Cuisine, Drew Model School, Fit to Be Tan, Funshine Preschool, House of Steep, Macedonia Baptist Church, Northside Veterinary Clinic, Offender Aid & Restoration, Office of the Public Defender, Playworks Speech Therapy, St. John’s Baptist Church, Starbucks at Arlington Ridge, Sun & Moon Yoga Studio and Vulcan Materials. “We look forward to continuing to be able to serve those members of the community who may been in need of assistance, and your support and donations make it all possible,” the organization said.

Arlington Notes II offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas. FREE CLINIC TAPS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR 2016: Dr. Jennifer Gamboa, CEO

of Body Dynamics Center for Sustainable Health, has been named chair of the Arlington Free Clinic for 2016. Camboa is a doctor of physical therapy and a boardcertified orthopedic clinical specialist, and first became involved with the clinic as a volunteer physical therapist in 2008. She joined the board of directors in 2012. Also serving in leadership positions for 2016 will be James Meenan, Virginia Hospital Center, vice chair; Meredith Anderson, a graduate student at Harvard University, secretary; and Kurt Hyde, Library of Congress, treasurer. New members of the board of directors for 2016 include Barbara Korman, Douglas Root, Kathleen Buto, Edgar ArandaYanoc and Diane Naughton. The Arlington Free Clinic provides medical care to low-income, uninsured Arlington residents. For information on its services, see the Web site at www.arlingtonfreeclinic.org. CELEBRATION WILL MARK SERVICE OF HYNES, TEJADA: A community celebra-

tion to mark the service of retiring Arlington County Board members Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Salsa Room, 2619 Columbia Pike. The event is free; donations will be accepted to defray costs. The formal program will begin at 6:30 p.m. For information, call the County Board office at (703) 228-3130. ‘VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA’ RAISES RECORD AMOUNT AT BREAKFAST:

PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS TO LOOK AT HOLIDAY SEASON: “Science and the

Christmas Star” is the theme for December programming at the David M. Brown Planetarium, with programs slated for the weekend of Dec. 18-20. Programs will include “An Astronomer Looks to the Christmas Star” and “Season

of Light.” The planetarium is located on North Quincy Street, adjacent to the Arlington Education Center. For information and a schedule of events, see the Web site at www.friendsoftheplanetarium.org. GULF BRANCH NATURE CENTER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS PREPPED:

Never say boosters of Gulf Branch Nature Center aren’t planning ahead. Supporters have announced plans for a 50th-anniversary celebration at the center on June 12, 2016. “We’re giving you six months’ headsup,” Duke Banks, an indefatigable friend of the nature center, told County Board members in mid-December. “Put it on your calendars.” The nature center, located on Military Road, made its debut in 1966. As part of the 50th-anniversary celebration, Friends of the Gulf Branch Nature Center will team up with the county library system on a symposium and other efforts in mid2016. The home that became the centerpiece of the center may have a connection with Hollywood – Pola Negri, a huge film star during the latter part of the silent era, is reported to have lived in the home after her movie career was over. Historical research has turned up conflicting reports of the veracity of the claim.

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fessionals philanthropic initiative of the Arlington Community Foundation, is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations for its next round of funding. Grants totaling $5,000 will be distributed to support projects that aid the physical, mental and/or emotional health of Arlingtonians. The deadline for applications is Jan. 8. For information and an application, see the Web site at www.arlcf.org. ‘NARFE’ CASTS NET FOR NEW MEMBERS: The National Active and Retired

Federal Employees (NARFE), which represents the interests of nearly 5 million current and future federal retirees, is recruiting for its 52 chapters in Virginia. For information on membership, e-mail maxscruggs.narfe@yahoo.com. For more information, see the Web site at www.vanarfe.org. CANCER CENTER OFFERS FREE CLASSES: The Cancer Center at Virginia Hospi-

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Arlington-based Volunteers of America Chesapeake raised a record $160,000 at its recent “Harvest for Hope” breakfast, with funds being used to support housing for veterans, children and families throughout Northern Virginia. The event, now in its sixth year, brought business and community leaders together at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. “These funds will go such a long way to help our most vulnerable neighbors in need, through supportive and transitional housing and other support services,” said James Wynn, the organization’s assistant vice president for development. Major donors and sponsors included the Garvin Group, Virginia Health Center, Capital One, Morgan Stanley, Scheer Partners and Nova Salud.

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Arlington Jobless Rate Remains Lowest in Virginia Arlington’s jobless rate ticked down two-tenths of a percent from September to October, maintaining its place as lowest among the 133 cities and counties of the commonwealth. With 141,759 people in the civilian workforce and 3,845 looking for work, Arlington’s unemployment rate of 2.6 percent was down from 2.8 percent a year before, according to figures reported Dec. 7 by the Virginia Employment Commission. Northern Virginia jurisdictions showed relatively slight movements up and down from September to October, with the jobless rate in Falls Church falling from 3 percent to 2.9 percent and Alexandria’s rate dropping from 3.2 percent to 3 percent. Fairfax County (3.3 percent) and Prince William County (3.8 percent) saw no change, while Loudoun County’s jobless rate bobbed up from 3.3 percent to 3.4 percent. Across Northern Virginia in October, the unemployment rate of 3.4 percent was unchanged from September, representing 1.52 million people in the workforce and 53,700 looking for jobs, according to the new data. Statewide, the preliminary unemployment rate of 4.1 percent was unchanged from a year

before, with both the number of unemployed and the number of people in the labor force declining from September. For the month, “private-sector employment increased by 12,600 jobs, while public-sector payrolls decreased by 700,” said Ann Lang, senior economist for the Economic Information Services Division of the Virginia Employment Commission. Month-over-month, statewide employment increased in three major industry divisions, decreased in seven and remained unchanged in one (mining), Lang said. Among Virginia’s cities and counties, the lowest jobless rates for October were reported in Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, Highland County (3 percent) and the city of Fairfax (3.2 percent). The highest rates were recorded in Buchanan County (10 percent), Dickenson County (9.2 percent), Petersburg (8.2 percent), Wise County (8.1 percent) and Martinsville (also 8.1 percent). Among metropolitan areas across the commonwealth, the Northern Virginia region had the lowest jobless rate, followed by Charlottesville (3.6 percent) and Winchester (3.7 percent). The highest rate was found in King-

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sport/Bristol (5.3 percent). Nationally, Virginia’s non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 4.1 percent in October ranked 17th best, nestled between Wyoming at 3.9 percent and Indiana at 4.2 percent. The lowest unemployment rates were found in North Dakota (2 percent), South Dakota (2.5 percent), Nebraska (2.6 percent) and Minnesota and New Hampshire (3 percent each), with the highest found in New Mexico (6.6 percent), Louisiana (6.4 percent), Nevada (6.2 percent) and Arizona and Alaska (6.1 percent apiece). For full data at the state level, see the Web site at www.virginialmi.com. D.C. Region Sees Year-OverYear Decline in Joblessness: The

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rates among metro areas were reported in Bismarck, N.D., and Fargo, N.D., at 1.8 percent each. The highest rates were recorded in Yuma, Ariz. (23.2 percent) and El Centro, Calif. (21.8 percent). Among the 51 metro areas with populations of 1 million or more, the lowest jobless rate was found in Minneapolis-St. Paul (2.9 percent), with the highest found in Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. (6.4 percent). Nationally, the non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in October was 4.8 percent, down from 5.5 percent a year before. In Virginia, unemployment rates were down in all metro areas, standing at 3.6 percent in Charlottesville; 3.7 percent in Winchester; 4.1 percent each in Harrisonburg, Roanoke and Staunton/Waynesboro; 4.3 percent in Blacksburg; 4.4 percent in Richmond; 4.5 percent in Lynchburg; and 4.7 percent in Hampton Roads. Statewide, the jobless rate of 4.1 percent was down from 4.7 percent a year before, representing 4.2 million in the civilian workforce and 173,500 looking for work. For full data at the national level, see the Web site at www.bls. gov.

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The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) on Dec. 9 approved the McAuliffe administration’s proposal to allow single-occupant vehicles to use Interstate 66 inside the Beltway during rush hour, so long as they’re willing to pay for the privilege. State Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, who chairs the board, called the unanimous vote a victory for both commuters who use I-66 and those who travel on surrounding roadways. “The data is showing that all people will benefit, all people’s lives will be enhanced,” Layne said at the CTB meeting, held in Alexandria. But critics kept up their drumbeat that unless I-66 eastbound is widened – sooner rather than later – the latest proposal is merely a stopgap that avoids the bigger questions. “The issue isn’t tolling or transit, but how soon widening can be achieved,” said Bob Chase of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance. “This proposal kicks the well-documented need for widening down the road.” Under the proposal OK’d by the state transportation panel, driving on I-66 eastbound during the morning rush and westbound during the evening rush will still be free, so long as there are two or more pas-

sengers in the vehicle (a number that eventually will rise to three). Those with one occupant, currently banned during rush hour, will be able to use the road in return for paying tolls whose amounts remain uncertain. Some of the funds raised through the tolling will go to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, which will parcel them out for improvements along the corridor. The proposal has drawn pushback from advocates and lawmakers in the outer suburbs, who say their residents shouldn’t be forced to pay to use the road. But Layne countered that using excess capacity on I66 will both raise funds and take drivers off surrounding arteries. Saying that he understood the frustration of the plan’s opponents, and has taken some of their concerns into account, Layne said the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Virginia Department of Transportation do not have magic wands to solve all problems. “Our role is to deal with the resources we have, and continue moving forward,” he said. “Our charge is to use [resources] as efficiently and as wisely as we can.” Under the proposal, consideration of widening I-66’s eastbound side from the Dulles Toll Road to Ballston will not be considered until the 2020s, and only will go forward if certain thresholds are met. Stewart Schwartz of the Coalition for

Smarter Growth said those promoting widening as a panacea are stuck in a 1950s mindset. “We should do our transportationmanagement smart,” Schwartz said. He noted that even if that portion of I-66 is widened, “there is no place for the cars to go” because Potomac River bridges and roadways in the District of Columbia can’t be widened to accommodate the increased traffic flow. State officials say that once the project is up and running in 2017 – the last year of McAuliffe’s term – they will monitor what transpires and make adjustments as needed. That’s a good idea, said Joung Lee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. He told CTB members that, based on past experience across the country, they should anticipate teething pains. “You’re not going to find that sweet spot right away,” Lee said. “It will take some tweaks and some experimentation.” Legislators Press to Widen I-66 First: A pair of Democratic Northern Virginia legislators say they will work to force state officials to use revenue from tolling on Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway to widen and improve that stretch of roadway. The proposal by state Sens. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) and Jennifer Wexton (D-Loudoun) takes aim at the McAuliffe administration’s proposal to have localities,

through the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, decide on which projects should be funded by toll revenue. The proposal pushes off any discussion of widening for at least five years. The delay does not sit well with Petersen and Wexton. “It’s common sense that the tolls paid by drivers should go to road-congestion improvements first,” Wexton said in a statement. “Commuters need congestion relief now, so they can spend time with their families and not stuck in traffic.” Supporters of the McAuliffe administration’s plan say widening is not needed now, and the funds should go to more pressing congestion-improvement needs across the region. But Petersen, a Democrat with a decided independent streak, called that contention “absurd.” “What happens inside the Beltway should stay inside the Beltway,” said Petersen. “If commuters pay a toll on I-66 inside the Beltway, then it should be used to improve that stretch of highway, not somewhere else.” Petersen and Wexton said their bill is in the drafting stage, but will be ready in time for the Jan. 13 opening of the General Assembly. Another legislator – Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Fairfax/Loudoun) – has introduced legislation that would prohibit tolling on I-66 inside the Beltway unless it was approved by the General Assembly.

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Arlington County Board members on Dec. 12 took a number of actions paving the way for demolition of Arlington Presbyterian Church on Columbia Pike and its replacement with afCOUNTY fordable housing. The vote allows the NOTES Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) to purchase the parcel and construct “Gilliam Place,” which will feature 173 rental units pledged to remain available to low- and moderate-income residents for the next 60 years. The six-story project also will include ground-floor retail, which may be used by the Arlington Presbyterian congregation, as well as three levels of underground parking. Members of the church voted in Janu-

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Page Crafford Scott died on November 19, 2015 surrounded by her family at the Swinging Bridge Farm near Abingdon, Virginia. Born Annie Page Crafford in Lee Hall, Virginia on April 15, 1919, she graduated from William and Mary in 1939 and was married to Raymond Carson Scott for 67 years. Page was active at Westwood Country Club, Bellevue Forest Garden Club, the USDA Extension Wives Club, and Planned Parenthood. In retirement, Page and Ray travelled widely in their Airstream trailers, grew Christmas trees on the farm, and were both active in the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association.

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She is survived by her two sons, James, married to Sue Scott, of North Andover, Massachusetts, and Jack, married to Ruth Scott, of Scottdale Pennsylvania, her six grandchildren (Peter Eash-Scott, Rebecca Cullinan, Deborah Scott, Laurie Scott, Cornelia Scott, and Jeffrey Scott), eight great-grandchildren and her brother Joseph Crafford of Williamsburg, VA.. A memorial service will be held Sunday, January 10 at 12:30 P.M. at the Church of the Covenant, 2666 Military Rd, Arlington, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, friends are invited to send contributions to the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association Scholarship in Forestry and Horticulture, 383 Coal Hollow Rd, Christiansburg, VA 24073

ary to sell the property to APAH. The proposal had the backing of a wide range of religious leaders from across Arlington, who see it as a way to advance their mission of serving the community. As part of the deal, the Arlington County government will provide just over $18 million in loans to APAH through the Affordable Housing Investment Fund and another fund designed to spur affordablehousing development in the Columbia Pike corridor. The arrival of more than 170 units of affordable housing where none existed before will give the county government a leg up in its goal of retaining at least 6,200 affordable-housing units in the Columbia Pike corridor through partnerships with, and incentives for, both for-profit and nonprofit developers. The Dec. 12 vote did not come without controversy. John Reeder, a civic activist often at odds with county housing policy, wrote in a Sun Gazette letter that the county government’s investment would benefit a small number of people, while the same $18 million could go a long way to provide housing grants for many more low-income residents across the county. Reeder attacked what he called the “charade of the Arlington affordablehousing program that builds expensive apartments for the middle class and neglects low-income renters.”  But others say the county government’s targeted investment in the church project is a good thing. The vote “helps Arlington County move

forward on realizing the goals of the Affordable Housing Master Plan and keeping Arlington a diverse and inclusive community,” said Nina Janopaul, CEO of APAH. “It also marks just the second time [after First Baptist Church of Clarendon] Arlington has benefited from a church choosing to sell its land for this purpose, a genuine act of generosity,” noted Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE), a coalition of church and social-action groups. County Board members also voted to change the zoning of the site and approve a use permit for construction. With the project moving forward, the existing day-care center on the Arlington Presbyterian site will move to Macedonia Baptist Church. The name “Gilliam Place” was chosen to honor Ronda Gilliam (1906-70), the first African-American member of the Arlington Presbyterian congregation. The decision to raze the early-20thcentury church building to make way for housing was decried by some preservation advocates, but the county government’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board in 2014 voted against granting the building historic status, which would have protected it from the wrecking ball. County Board Members to Fast-Track Decision on Site of School: Arlington County Board members are fast-tracking consideration of the School Board’s request to put Arlington’s next elementary school on the Thomas Jefferson Middle School campus. The County Board has slated con-

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ton Economic Development and the Sun Gazette. Sponsors included TMI 2.0 Inc. and Graham Holdings. Photos from the event and a complete list of recipients are available at www.leadershiparlington.org. N.VA. REALTORS’ GROUP INSTALLS NEW LEADER: Virgil Frizzell, a Realtor

with Long & Foster Real Estate in Reston, was installed on Dec. 3 as chairman of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR). “I am proud of our profession – Realtors remain at the center of the real-estate activities that help our clients buy and sell homes and commercial facilities and build wealth,” Frizzell said at the induction ceremony. Frizzell earned a bachelor’s degree in real estate from San Jose University, and went on to earn a master’s degree and Ph.D. in geology from Stanford University, as well as a master of business administration degree from George Mason University. The induction was the first for new NVAR CEO Ryan Conrad, who joined the organization in October. “We now have a new chairman, a new board of directors, a new strategic plan, a new normal in our local market,” Conrad said. Frizzell succeeds Mary Bayat of Bayat Realty in Alexandria, who becomes immediate past chairman. Suzanne Granoski of Re/Max Executives in Alexandria will serve as chairman-elect, with Bob Adamson of

McEnearney Associates in Arlington as secretary/treasurer. At the installation, Scott MacDonald of Re/Max Gateway in Chantilly and Zinta Rodgers-Rickert of Re/Max Allegiance in Fairfax were named to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Hall of Fame, and Trish Szego of Century 21 Redwood Realty in Ashburn received an honorary life membership. Michele Watson of the Virginia Housing Development Authority in Richmond was named 2015 Affiliate of the Year. The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors is a trade organization of approximately 12,000 members. CHAMBERS JOIN UP TO PROMOTE RESTAURANTS IN ’16: The Arlington Cham-

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The Arlington Chamber of Commerce will hold the 92nd annual Arlington Business Gala on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner. Early-bird ticket pricing of $195 per person is available through Dec. 18, with regular pricing available after that date. Sponsorship packages are available. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber.org. CHAMBER ADDS NEW MEMBERS: The

Arlington Chamber of Commerce has announced the following new members (principal contact points in parentheses): Ultimate Staffing Services (Jennifer Ford); Aspire! Afterschool Learning (Courtney Reeve); Open Blooms (Lina Kasulis); Full Motion Life and Sport (Taylor Taylor); H&P Consulting (Patrick Purtell); Small Business Insurance Solutions (Bill Schmidt); Metroparalegal Services (Tafadzwa Sanganza); Wreaths Across America (Karen Worcester); Freedom Development (Colin Hart); Jos. A. Bank (Nathaniel Rogers); and Allied Telecom (Kathy Moore).

Forerunner of Today’s Sun Gazette Published Its First Edition 80 Years Ago This Month

With the Sun Gazette set celebrating a milestone anniversary this month, the Arlington County library system is continuing its ongoing efforts to make the earliest issues of the newspaper available online. The effort has not been without its hiccups, but is moving forward, said Judith Knudsen, director of the Arlington Center for Local History. “Thanks to the Friends of the Arlington Public Library, the Center was able to digitize all microfilmed issues between 1935 to 1978, and staff are currently in the process of cataloging and uploading all digitized issues to the library’s Community Archives Web site,” Knudsen said. Currently, issues up to 1950 can be viewed and searched online, and are available for download as PDF files. “More issues are being added every week, and the library hopes to complete the process very soon,” Knudsen said. The Northern Virginia Sun, which is the predecessor to the Sun Gazette, made

its debut 80 years ago this month – Dec. 12, 1935. The most contentious issue covered in its early editions was whether the community of East Falls Church should remain part of the town (later city) of Falls Church, or should be subsumed into Arlington. Arlington won out. The paper started life as a weekly, but after a number of ownership changes and mergers evolved into a daily published from the 1940s to the 1990s. The paper made a name for itself in the 1950s with its coverage of Virginia’s school-integration battles, and in the 1960s, owner/editor Herman Obermayer took on the American Nazi Party, which was then based in Arlington. The paper also served as a repository for everything from Little League results to sermons of local ministers to the impact of national and world events on the community. The library’s collection of Northern Virginia Sun copies is comprehensive if not totally complete. It was augmented through the years by donations made by the family of early publisher Howard

Bloomer and by the Sun Gazette’s parent company, Northern Virginia Media Services. Because the microfilm collection has no index, researchers had to know the rough date of a news item in order to find coverage. With digitization, the process is as simple as typing in a few words and hitting the return button, library officials said. The Sun was just one of a number of papers that rose and fell in the local area

throughout the 20th century. The list includes the Arlington Courier (which merged with the Sun in 1939), the Northern Virginia Free Press (1940s), Arlington Times-Dispatch (1960s) and Arlington News (1970s). Papers that pre-dated the Sun included the Alexandria Monitor, which was published in the early part of the 20th century when Arlington was known as Alexandria County. The county library system already offers digital online issues of the Alexandria Gazette dating back to 1808, a time when what are now Arlington County and the city of Alexandria were joined together as one locality. To access the digitized editions: Go to http://library.arlingtonva.us/center-forlocal-history/digital-initiatives/, click on the “Search or Browse” section; click on “Browse” banner at the top of the page; then scroll down to the bottom of the page to access the Sun archives.

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Fairfax Scraps WWII Re-Enactment After Complaint Over Nazis BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Forrest, whose troops in April 1864 massacred surrendering black Union soldiers at Fort Pillow in Henning, Tenn. Forrest later became the Ku Klux Klan’s first Grand Wizard, he noted. “The park person running [the World

War II event] should inquire a little more about the groups being re-enacted,” said Currie, adding that the SS unit’s portrayal was “like having the Ku Klux Klan re-enact a lynching. I just can’t see Nazis in our parks.”

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Fairfax County Park Authority officials have canceled next year’s World War II bivouac at Sully Historic Site in Chantilly and will re-evaluate the event’s future, after a veteran complained that this summer’s event featured re-enactors portraying a notoriously vicious group of Nazis. Retired U.S. Army Col. James Currie of Alexandria became incensed after seeing a Washington Post photo taken at the site’s World War II Weekend, held July 11 and 12, which had actors dressed as members of combat unit 1 SS Leibstandarte A.H. Those last letters stand for Adolf Hitler, for whom that unit was formed in 1933 to serve as his personal bodyguard, said Currie, a military historian. Soldiers with the SS (or Schutzstaffel, which is German for “protection squadron”) rounded up Jews in Berlin and sent them to death camps; killed nearly 100 American prisoners in Malmedy, Belgium, in 1944; and murdered about 5,000 Russian prisoners of war, he said. “These were not ordinary German soldiers, members of the Wehrmacht who might not have been dedicated Nazis,” Currie told the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors during a Dec. 8 public-comment period. “These were the worst of the worst – and a Fairfax County park glorified them.” Currie’s late father was a World War II combat veteran who was shot down in a B17 Flying Fortress in February 1944 while on a bombing run over the Ploesti oil fields in Romania. “I am speaking for him and every other World War II veteran, for everyone who is offended by Nazis and all they stood for, and for everyone who does not want the Holocaust and Nazi atrocities to ever be forgotten,” he told the supervisors. Park Authority spokesman Judy Pedersen said agency officials in November “de-

cided to take a look-see” and agreed not to schedule the World War II program next year at Sully Historic Site. Officials may hold the event there again, but not before at least 2017, she said. “This postponement allows us to properly assess this program and its presentation” Pedersen wrote in an e-mail to the Sun Gazette. “It was never our intention to offend anyone and we regret having done so. Dr. Currie notes his displeasure with the persona depicted by the re-enactor as well as the coverage by The Washington Post. We will remain sensitive to the issues that were raised and committed to re-examining our approach to this sensitive topic.” Currie sent letters to editors of various local newspapers shortly after the event and contacted Sully Historic Site’s manager, Carol McDonnell, to express his concern. In a July 23 letter to Currie, McDonnell apologized for the distress Currie suffered, but said many veterans – including a few from World War II – attend the event each year and later express their gratitude. “They never fail to thank us for keeping alive this period in U.S. history, and for educating our visitors about who our enemies were and why their defeat was such an overwhelming achievement,” she wrote. The Park Authority has held the World War II Weekend for 10 years. This year’s event featured re-enactors representing both Allied and Axis forces, who held a “tactical skirmish” each afternoon. Offerings also included presentations about Victory gardens and displays of authentic uniforms, weapons, equipment and vehicles from that era. Currie said he did not get much response from the Board of Supervisors after his remarks and added he hoped county officials would scrutinize future re-enactments more closely to “preclude another such unfortunate episode.” Currie likened the controversy to holding a Civil War re-enactment that glorified Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford

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(ART) on Dec. 13 will replace Metrobus on the 3A route connecting East Falls Church with Rosslyn. The new service – ART 55 – will offer more frequent midday and weekend service and will cost less to operate than Metrobus service, Arlington County officials said. “Connecting this route to ART service also gives us the flexibility to adjust and improve service in the future to meet the needs of our community,” said Dennis Leach, the Arlington County government’s transportation chief. ART 55 will make the same stops as the 3A route did. It will run every 12 minutes during rush hour, the same as the current service, but more frequently than existing service at other times of the day. Weekday service will run through 1:44 a.m., compared to 12:57 a.m. on the 3A. For a timetable, see the Web site at arlingtontransit.com. McAULIFFE ADMINISTRATION AIMS TO SUPPORT DULLES WITH SUBSIDY:

The McAuliffe administration plans to include $50 million funding in its fiscal 2017-18 state budget proposal to prop up Washington Dulles International Airport, which has seen declining domesticpassenger numbers in recent years. The funding, if approved by the General Assembly, would provide a subsidy to lower the cost of airlines operating at Dulles. “Lower costs lead to better choices and increase the airport’s ability to offer

the best travel options,” Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne said on Dec. 8. The decline in domestic passengers at Dulles has been offset by an increase at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is likely to post another record year in 2015. While both airports are operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, officials there and in local governments are concerned that the imbalance in growth rates between them is problematic for the Northern Virginia economy. Gov. McAuliffe is slated to unveil his budget proposal on Dec. 17. The General Assembly goes into session in mid-January for what is expected to be a 60-day term. ON-ROAD TESTING NOW AVAILABLE FOR EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS: You no

“Owners of well-maintained, cleanrunning vehicles will receive notification of a passing emissions inspection via mail, or motorists can go online to www. rapidpass.org and enter their license plate number to check if their vehicle has been processed,” the release said. Inspection fees can be paid online or through the mail. ETEST has deployed 15 RAPIDPASS on-road emissions systems, which will be moved around 150 mobile inspection sites in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. Weekly site locations are posted at www.rapidpass.org/VaPublic/Home/Locations. The on-road test costs the same ($28) as testing at a service station.

longer need to go to a gas station for that biennial emissions test. On-road vehicle emissions inspection sites have been deployed across Northern Virginia as part of a new program authorized by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. The program, called RAPIDPASS Virginia, lets drivers meet their emissions inspection requirement during daily driving routines. “Motorists simply drive through conveniently located on-road testing equipment positioned throughout Northern Virginia to have their vehicle emissions measured,” according to a news release from ETEST Corp., which manages the testing centers.

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Burrus has joined the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) in the newly-created position of chief of rail transportation. In this role, Burrus will provide executive leadership and strategic management in the development and execution of all DRPT freight and passenger rail transportation initiatives. Burrus is a native of Richmond, and returns to his hometown after working for CSX Transportation for more than 25 years. During his tenure at CSX, Burrus held a number of senior management positions, serving most recently as assistant vice president of network operations locomotive management.

Police Beat MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Nov. 29 at 6:10 p.m., a man brandished a kitchen knife at one of his neighbors in the 2500 block of 20th Road North, police said. The suspect – Robert Savidge – was arrested, charged with attempted malicious wounding and was held without bond. n On Nov. 30 at 7:35 a.m., a man assaulted a woman in the 1300 block of Lee Highway by stabbing her with a butter knife, police said. The suspect – Gary Lynn Champagne, 51, of no fixed address – was arrested and charged with malicious wounding. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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ARMED ROBBERY: n On Nov. 24 at 10:30 p.m., a 35-yearold man was approached from behind in the 200 block of 20th Street South and assaulted by a man who allegedly brandished a firearm. There is no suspect description.

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ROBBERY: n On Dec. 9 between 3 and 7 a.m., a home in the 2500 block of Clarendon Boulevard was burglarized. A laptop computer and two cameras were taken. n On Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m., a 49-year-old man was punched several times and robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash during an altercation in the 3200 block of 24th

ASSAULT-AND-BATTERY: n On Nov. 26 at 2:15 a.m., a fight between two groups in the 3100 block of Washington Boulevard resulted in one male victim being knocked unconscious, police said. Two suspects – James Donald Duffy III and Andrew Daniel Prescott – were arrested, charged with assault-and-battery and were released on their own recognizance. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. ROBBERY: n On Nov. 28 at 10:34 p.m., a man described by police as intoxicated entered a 7Eleven in the 4900 block of Columbia Pike and stole a bottle of wine. The suspect is described as a black male, in his 30s, 5’9” to 6 feet tall, weighing 170 to 190 pounds. n On Dec. 1 at 3:20 p.m., two men robbed an 11-year-old boy of his cell phone in the 4000 block of 9th Street North. Both suspects are described as black males, in their teens, 5’4” or 5’5”, 120 pounds. n On Dec. 1 at 6 p.m., a 20-year-old man allegedly was struck in the back of the head with a gun and robbed in the 900 block of South George Mason Drive. The victim was transported to a local

BURGLARY: n Sometime between Nov. 24 at 11:45 p.m. and Nov. 27 at 4 p.m., a home in the 2900 block of 16th Road South was burglarized. Several items were taken. n On Nov. 29 at 12:03 p.m., a man threw a rock at a bank branch in the 2600 block of Clarendon Boulevard in an attempt to steal money, police said. The suspect – 27-year-old Uchenna Eze of no fixed address – was arrested, charged with attempted burglary and was held without bond. n Sometime between Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. and Dec. 7 at 8:30 a.m., a building in the 2200 block of Wilson Boulevard was burglarized. A laptop computer was taken and a file cabinet was damaged. n On Dec. 7 at 3:45 a.m., a woman awoke to find a man in her kitchen in the 2400 block of North Potomac Street. The suspect fled out the back door after taking an undisclosed amount of cash. A short time later, officers located a suspect matching the description, and found items belonging to the victim on him, police said. The suspect – 25-year-old Michael Edward Thomas of no fixed address – was arrested, charged with burglary, petty larceny, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana, and was held without bond.

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will allow them to move forward without delay in renovating the Stratford facility – currently home to H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program – into a community middle school in time for the start of the 2019-20 school year. School officials have said repeatedly in recent months that they support giving the school campus historic recognition, but are concerned that giving the historic-affairs panel a large role in the process could leave the project behind schedule and over budget. “The School Board’s only hesitation [on historic status] . . . was the competing priorities we have with the HALRB,” Lander said. Working directly with the County Board and top county staff provides a way to achieve all the school system’s and community’s goals, including recognition of school’s historic provenance, said School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren. “We went into this discussion saying ‘we will solve this’ and ‘we will find a way forward’ – it’s going to happen,” Van Doren said. “We’re doing the right thing.” On Feb. 2, 1959, four black middleschool students broke the color barrier in Northern Virginia when they began attending Stratford Junior High School under court order. The event, coupled with similar integration efforts the same day in

the Hampton Roads area, represented the beginning of the end of the Virginia state government’s “massive resistance” to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling declaring racially segregated schools unconstitutional. The fact that the events of 1959 remain unknown to many current residents and students angered some, including those in the Arlington branch of the NAACP. Arlington school officials say they will move forward on several fronts: • Providing $250,000 toward interpretation of the events at the renovated school. • Working with civil-rights leaders in a more robust annual celebration of the Feb. 2 anniversary. • Developing materials to be used at elementary, middle and high schools discussing the history and impact of integration at the local level. The goal? That “the whole community can really be aware and honor what happened,” said School Board member Abby Raphael. While the negotiations between the School Board and County Board appear to be an end-around that dilutes the authority of the HALRB, school officials praised the body for its cooperative spirit as the situation has evolved. The Stratford site already has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.

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O’Connell Wins Two, Stands 4-2

Teeing Off

O’Connell Leaving WCAC In Football Makes Sense

Finally, the right move, but it took way too long.

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Knights Start Fast Against Cardinals A Staff Report

The Bishop O’Connell Knights won two Washington Catholic Athletic Conference boys basketball games on the road last week, outscoring McNamara, 82-73, Dec. 8, then downing the host Bishop Ireton Cardinals, 51-35, on Dec. 13.

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP With the wins, the high school team improved to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the WCAC. The defensive performance against Ireton was O’Connell’s best so far this season. Knights’ coach Joe Wootten said improving its defense will be a key for his young team. Against Ireton, Nate Watson led the Knights with 14 points and 18 rebounds. Randall Gaskins had nine points, DeMarco Baucum had seven points and eight rebounds, and Ako Adams added seven points and as many boards. O’Connell led 22-10 at halftime and was comfortably ahead the rest of the game. In the win over McNamara, the Knights trailed at halftime, 38-32. They pulled away in the fourth quarter by scoring 32 points in the period. Continued on Page 25

Bishop O’Connell High School’s D’Marco Baucum takes a short jump shots while being defended by Bishop Ireton’s Chandler Hill, left, during the Dec. 13 contest. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

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The Washington-Lee Generals are on a roll. After losing their first two games, the boys high school basketball team (3-2) has won three in a row, including vicBASKETBALL 61-43 tory against the visiting Jefferson Colonials on Dec. 11. “We’re playing well right now. We’re sharing the ball and making shots,” Washington-Lee coach Bobby Dodson said. “Our spacing was good tonight, and that led to good, open shots. A very positive sign.” Senior forward Michael Stearman led the Generals with 12 points and seven re-

dive action.

bounds. Junior point guard Chris Ozgo added 11 points, while senior forward Sean Killalea had four assists. The Generals controlled the game from the onset, setting the tempo on both ends of the floor with their fullcourt press and uptempo offense. Washington-Lee’s pressure forced 29 turnovers, producing 28 points. Jefferson (1-3) tried to counter with its own press, but couldn’t match the Generals’ athletic advantage. That edge also helped W-L on the offensive glass, where 16 offensive rebounds led to 18 second-chance points. Neither team shot particularly well from the field, each shooting 40 percent. Washington-Lee used its pressure to go on an 8-0 run in the second quarter and pad its 24-14 halftime lead, which it never

relinquished. “As well as we played, we still have to do better rebounding, and we even need to shoot better. I want us to keep working so we can shoot 50 percent [consistently],” Dodson said. “But we are playing for each other, and that’s important. We can continue to build from this.” Washington-Lee’s winning streak began with an 80-48 victory over Falls Church, followed by a 58-46 triumph over Lee. Killalea scored 19, Stearman 10, Andrew Jensen nine and Ozgo and Gene Jones eight each against Falls Church. The Generals made six three-pointers. In the victory over Lee, Ozgo scored 10, Jones nine, and Jensen and Killalea eight each. The team made five threepointers.

The Bishop O’Connell High School football program has withdrawn from the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. Beginning in the fall of 2016, the Knights will start playing an independent schedule in the sport. That change should have occurred years ago, which was the wish of previous O’Connell coaches. But the school’s decision makers held strong, despite the team’s mounting losses and annual losing records against WCAC opponents. Part of the thinking was that WCAC football was a strong recruiting draw for students. In fact, just the opposite might have been the case. O’Connell has not won in the WCAC for years. The team was 0-7 in the league this past season, was outscored and outmanned badly and was not competitive in some games. The Knights have not had a winning conference record since 2000. O’Connell hasn’t defeated perennial WCAC powers DeMatha and Good Counsel since 1981 and 1994, respectively, and has not qualified for the league playoffs since 2003. So the move makes big sense. Now, O’Connell will be eligible, without the scheduling conflicts of the past, to compete in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I state football tournament. Almost immediately, the Knights should be good enough to make a strong challenge to win a state crown. Bishop Ireton withdrew from the WCAC in football years ago. Ireton played in the Division I state championship game this fall and in 2014. With the exception of this past season, for years, O’Connell has regularly defeated Ireton. Being free of the WCAC allows O’Connell and Paul VI Catholic, another former WCAC football member, to resume its highly-popular yearly rivalry. Maybe O’Connell can start new Northern Virginia rivalries with Flint Hill and the Potomac School. Yes, leaving the WCAC in football gives O’Connell a lot of options, which all are good. Overall, the move is a very positive thing. It just took too long.

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With two straight victories, the Yorktown Patriots BASKETBALL (2-3) have reversed their early-season trend of losing close games. Yorktown won its second game in a row on Dec. 11 by downing the visiting Westfield Bulldogs, 61-55, in boys high school basketball action. The night before, Yorktown won on the road, 42-37, over the Mount Vernon Majors. The Patriots lost their first three

games by a combined 13 points, including a one-point loss to Jefferson that “really set a fire under our guys,” first-year Yorktown coach Joe Reed said. “It was probably the best thing that ever happened. Against Westfield, we had to limit our turnovers. All the guys on the team pulled their weight.” Yorktown was ahead of Westfield, 12-9, after the first quarter and 28-24 at halftime. The lead increased slightly to 46-39 after three quarters. In the fourth, Westfield closed to within two points twice, the final time at 57-55.

Free throws by Conor Shears and Connor Van Kirk pushed the lead to 5955, then Matthew Spicer added two more foul shots for the final points. Van Kirk had 14 points, Shears 11, Austin Carroll eight and Nathaniel Kaniut seven. “We didn’t want to launch any unselfish shots,” Van Kirk said. “We still need to limit our turnovers and we still need to play together.” Said Shears: “We built our lead in the first half, then we traded baskets. It worked out.” Carroll, Shears, Matt Paredes and

Daniel DeButts all had five rebounds each for Yorktown. “Matt Paredes had only one point, but he did all of the little things – tipping the ball, getting rebounds,” Reed said. “Austin Carroll stepped up off the bench with points and rebounds.” Against Mount Vernon, Yorktown led 25-13 at halftime and 31-21 after three quarters. Van Kirk had 13 points and two three-pointers. Shears scored 10 and DeButts seven. Yorktown begins Liberty Conference play with two games this week, including a home contest Friday, Dec. 18.

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Patriots Bounce Back with Wins on Consecutive Nights

High School Roundup SWIMMING AND DIVING ROUNDUP:

The Washington-Lee Generals opened their season last week against the Langley Saxons, with the girls losing 195-120. Evie Gieseman was a double winner for W-L, finishing first in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Bryn Edwards won the 100 breaststroke. In the next meet, the W-L girls lost to Madison, 187-128, and the boys were defeated, 204-108. Gieseman won the 50 free. Izzy Mowery won the 100 fly and Edwards won the 100 breaststroke. For the boys, double winners were Khambampaty and Kai Green. The W-L boys medley relay of Noah Swisher, Lachlan Flatin, Khambampaty and Green won in a time that qualified the relay for the 6A state championship. Fairfax defeated the W-L girls, 186-129. Freshman Caroline Emanuel was a double winner for the Generals in the 200 IM and the 100 breast. Mowery won the 100 fly and Annabeth Stokely won the diving. The Langley boys won 22 of 24 events to beat the W-L boys. The sole winner for the Generals was Jaya Khambampaty. He won the 100 backstroke and the 100 butterfly. The Washington-Lee’s boys broke into the win column in their third meet, defeating Fairfax, 186-129. Eric Weiner (100 and 200 free) and Flatin (50 and 500 free) were double winners. Andriy Nix won the 100 fly and Luke Anzaldi won the 100 backstroke. n The Yorktown Patriots boys swim

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won vault (9.4) and balance beam (9.6) and finished third on uneven bars (8.9). Mitrovich finished second on vault (9.3), bars (8.975) and floor (8.9). Junior Olivia Zavrel was second on beam (9.225) and sophomore Marisa Daugherty was third on vault (9.1). Yorktown is considered one of the top teams in the Liberty Conference and 6A North Region this season. ICE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: The Washing-

WASHINGTON-LEE WRESTLERS WIN IN STERLING: Washington-Lee High School

wrestlers Nikolai Valov at 170-pounds and T.R. Sheehy at 152 won their weight classes at the recent Sterling Classic at Park View High School. Also for W-L, J.J. Pokorny was second at 126, Gage Backstrom was second at 182 and Garrison Sakes took third at 106. WAKEFIELD WRESTLERS WIN TWO: The

Wakefield Warriors won both of their dual meets in the opening week and were led by Dennis Jimenez and Armando Polio. Wakefield defeated South Lakes, 3835, and T.C. Williams, 42-30.

Yorktown’s Juliette Mitrovich performs on the uneven bars during a meet last week.

The Yorktown High School girls gymnastics team won its first home meet Dec. 10 with a 139.25 score, defeating five other schools, including Washington-

Lee and McLean. McLean, the 2015 6A state champion, was second with 131.15. Washington-Lee was sixth. Yorktown freshman Julia Hays won the all-around (36.725) and junior Juliette Mitrovich was third (35.8). Hays

Anne’s-Belfield on Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. n In boys basketball, the undefeated Wakefield Warriors (5-0) defeated Eastern, 83-66, Dec. 8 as Jonathan Adams had 29 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots. Eric Martin and Deng Nhial each scored 13, and Alan Treakle 12. In its other game on Dec. 11, Wakefield downed visiting Anacostia, 68-58. Treakle scored 19; Adams had 18 and six rebounds; Nhial had 13 points and six steals; and Amari Cooper had seven points and six rebounds. This week, Wakefield hosts Lee on Dec. 18 at 7:15 p.m. in its Capitol Conference opener, then plays at Woodbridge on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 5:45 p.m. in a non-conference game. n In girls basketball action last week, the Yorktown Patriots (2-3) won their first two games of the season by defeat-

ing the Jefferson Colonials, 58-27, then the host Westfield Bulldogs, 49-40. Alison Criswell scored 14, Alexis George 10, and Liz Shean and Sydney Davis nine each against Jefferson. The team made a season-high seven threepointers. Against Westfield, Davis had 14, Shean 12, Criswell 11 and Shaila Washington 7. Yorktown led 17-6 at the end of the first quarter. n Also in girls basketball, the Washington-Lee Generals (3-1) downed Lee, 65-43, behind 19 points from Engas Nigatu, 10 from Kierra Nelson, seven from Amelia Ack and five from Ashley James. The Generals then lost to Jefferson, 3734. n The Wakefield Warriors (3-2) lost to Madison and Hayfield last week and defeated Madeira, 47-15, in girls action.

YORKTOWN GYMNASTICS TEAM WINS:

ton-Lee Generals (4-0-1) and Hayfield Hawks skated to a 3-3 tie. Will Schmidt’s slap shot from the point gave the Generals an early lead before Hayfield tied the game in the second period. Goals by Ben Stanley and Ned Huffman gave W-L a two-goal cushion going into the third period. Hayfield battled back to tie. In another match, Washington-Lee scored three goals in the final two periods to win, 8-2. Spencer Brown’s move from defense to forward helped spark the offense as he and his line mate Logan Ehrlich each netted two goals. Stanley and Huffman also added two goals apiece and Jack Stanley had three assists. Matthew McKnight made 16 saves in goal. YORKTOWN NEEDS VARSITY BOYS SOCCER COACH: Yorktown High School

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Against McNamara, Watson scored 10, Adams 18, Gaskins 13 and Matt Lewis 12. This week, the Knights play in the Bishop Gorman Tournament in Las Vegas, having as many as four games. n The Bishop O’Connell girls (4-1, 1-1) outscored the Life Center Academy, 46-42, and Miller School, 49-41, in nonconference action last week. The victories gave the Knights a three-game winning streak. Against Life Center, Brie Perpignan scored 19 points and Jasmine Taylor 12. The O’Connell girls play at Holy Cross on Friday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m., then host St.

and dive team defeated the McLean Highlanders, 170-143, and the girls lost to McLean, 160-156, on Dec. 11. Nick Pasternak was Yorktown’s lone double winner. Single winners were Cate Barrett, Emma Hutchinson, Petie Nassetta, Ryan Soh and divers Abby Diddawick and Jacob Kreider. The next night Yorktown lost to Langley in boys and girls action. Yorktown’s Elizabeth Lundy was a double winner in the 500 and 200 freestyle races. Individual winners were Barrett and Soh. Didawick and Kreider won the diving.

O’Connell’s Ako Adams drives toward the basket against Ireton. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

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December 17, 2015

Sports Briefs FIVE ARLINGTON STUDENTS TO TRY OUT FOR NATIONAL ULTIMATE TEAMS: On Dec. 1, USA Ultimate,

the national governing body for Ultimate Frisbee, announced that five Arlington former and current high school students are among those selected to try out for the 2016 under-20 national teams. Those teams will represent the U.S. at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Wroclaw, Poland, next summer. The girls selected are Maddy Boyle (senior, H-B Woodlawn), Rachel Hess (junior, Washington-Lee) and Caroline Tornquist (sophomore, H-B Woodlawn). The two boys are Joe Freund (a 2015 Yorktown High graduate now attending Virginia Tech) and Ted Sither (senior at H-B Woodlawn). More than 400 athletes from the U.S. submitted applications for consideration for the Under 20 National Teams. Of those, 101 males and 101 females were selected to attend one of two tryout camps. The Arlington players will all attend the East Coast camp to be held Jan. 23-24 in Orlando. “This is a strong group of players, and we are confident that they will represent Arlington well,” said Dave Soles, athletic director for the Youth Ultimate League of Arlington. Added Sither: “This is a very exciting opportunity for all of us to play and compete with the best

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. Find out more on local history at the Web site www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. December 17, 1937: n The General Assembly is set to take up the issue of highway speed limits. Currently, motorists can be cited by police for reckless driving, but they cannot be cited for speeding on highways. December 17, 1964: n As the state government continues weighing the need for a sales tax, some local governments – in places such as Bristol, Norfolk and Petersburg – already are enacting their own. n Local residents are making the case to state officials of the need to purchase more land for parks. n The Junior High Youth Fellowship of Trinity Presbyterian Church is looking for someone to portray Santa. n In boys basketball, Wakefield and Washington-Lee have opened the season at 2-0, while Yorktown is 0-2. December 15, 1966: n Republican County Board member Harold Casto is urging several members of the School Board to resign, so the GOP County Board majority can appoint replacements. December 18, 1970: n School officials have found themselves criticized for planning to upgrade four schools – Jackson, Page, Swanson and Washington-Lee – that are adjacent to the proposed route of Interstate 66. n State Democratic Party leaders say they will not try to “purge” party members who openly supported U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr.’s re-election bid. Byrd ran as an independent. n Washington-Lee High School officials have admitted to violating basketball scrimmage rules; a hearing has been set for January. n The Sun editorial page notes the appearance of two-person “Luv” seats in local movie theaters. December 15, 1971: n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, says he is keeping an “open mind” about running for the U.S. Senate next year. December 16, 1976: n A Sun editorial has praised the selection of Joseph Gwaltney for District Court judge, and said it was “encouraging” that David Bell was appointed to succeed Gwaltney as Clerk of the Circuit Court.

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55+ News SENIOR CENTERS CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Arlington County government

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