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Even a reduced-in-scale Long Bridge Park aquatics center will require taxpayer subsidies to support operations, according to the latest estimates. How much the public will need to kick in, however, remains up in the air.

Current staff projections call for an operating deficit of $540,000 to $1.05 million per year when the Crystal City facility opens, not counting the cost of servicing construction debt.

That’s a major drop from the $1.9 million to $3.8 million operating subsidy estimated two-and-a-half years ago, when the project was far more grandiose in scale. It was the ballooning projected cost of both construction and operation that led thenCounty Manager Barbara Donnellan to put the facility on hold in January 2014.

The revamped proposal by County Manager Mark Schwartz calls for a facility about 35 percent smaller in scale than the original, with the construction costs of $40 million to $44 million being covered with funds available from park bonds approved by voters in 2004 and 2012.

Under the downsized scenario, the estimated operating cost of the facility would total just under $4 million per year, based on 2019 dollars, with revenue estimated at $2.9 million to $3.4 million.

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Va. Tech Students ‘Re-Imagine’ Rosslyn Waterfront

A group of Virginia Tech students recently went to work generating ideas to make the Rosslyn waterfront more inviting.

The students – members of Virginia Tech’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center – were asked by Arlington officials to brainstorm improvements to the corridor, particularly along the Potomac River and focused on providing pedestrian access over to Rosslyn.

“Most cities and counties have recognized the value of their waterfronts as a gathering place, but the waterfront below Rosslyn has little pedestrian access and must overcome the barrier of busy highways and large numbers of drivers using the graceful George Washington Memorial Parkway as a commuter route who just whiz by with seemingly no interest in stopping to explore the area,” said Kris Krider, an urban-design planning supervisor for the county government’s Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development.

Krider and the county staff turned to Virginia Tech.

“We felt they were in a unique position to help us, because they could be both imaginative and unconstrained, unworried about ruffling any feathers among the many landowners and agencies in the area,” he said.

Paul Kelsch, associate professor in the landscape-architecture program at

the university, said he was sure that the graduate and undergraduate students in his spring design studio were up to this challenge.

“I really liked the idea that Arlington County’s urban-design team was looking to our students not strictly for a new park at the waterfront, but for really imaginative and transformative ideas,” he said.

Kelsch and instructor (and Ph.D. student) Jodi LaCoe developed three options the students could choose from as they began to imagine their designs: • “Bike, Bath and Beyond” – a connection to existing bike paths leading people to the site in addition to some form of bathing. This could include things like a structure for storing one’s bike, showering and heading to work; a new spa along the bike path; or swimming in a cleaner Potomac River or a public pool.

• “A Food-Boat Wharf” – a place where future food boats could moor along the river’s edge and sell to Rosslyn workers looking for a waterside lunch.

• “Urban Drive-In Theater” – entertainment for people coming by foot, bike or car to watch movies or other performances.

Among those making presentations, Virginia Tech student Ian Hunter submitted a proposal to transform the waterfront by creative a new causeway for the parkway that enclosed a lagoon and allowed for more intimate contact with the water.

Virginia Tech student Manting Wang envisions a performing-arts center and adjacent boutique hotel on the current site of the Key Bridge Marriott, part of a planning exercise between the university and Arlington government officials.

In Hunter’s plan, a small stream runs down a narrow ravine and then flows into the lagoon, where a protected beach would allow children to wade in the water and kayakers could launch boats to explore the river.

Graduate student Paige Courtney proposed relocating the parkway inland, cutting it into the slope with a large retaining wall so she could use the former roadbed for stormwater management and to create a natural swimming pool along the waterfront.

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State, Local Leaders Kick Off I-66 Upgrades

‘It Will Help Reduce Congestion That Has Bogged Down Every Single Traveler’ BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Baking in the scorching summer sun atop a parking deck overlooking Interstate 66 in Arlington, Gov. McAuliffe joined state and local officials Aug. 1 to kick off a project that will bring high-occupancy-toll lanes to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway.

“Today is a historic day,” McAuliffe said at the event. “It’s all about choices and how we move folks around the commonwealth. Talk was enough – it was time for action.”

Work on the project will start immediately and is expected to be finished by next summer. When finished, the project will move an additional 40,000 daily commuters, state officials believe, with “dynamic” high-occupancy-vehicle tolling that varies in price depending on traffic conditions.

For the first time, single-occupant vehicles will be able to use the road during peak hours – if they are willing to pay for the privilege.

“It will help reduce congestion that has bogged down every single traveler on 66,” McAuliffe said.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) in June awarded contracts worth about $60 million for gantries and a tolling system on I-66 inside the Beltway, said Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne. Fort Myer Construction will build the tolling system and TransCore will install the tolling equipment, he said.

Work crews will install eight overhead toll-collecting gantries and about 125 signs on I-66 and local roads approaching the highway.

The work will cause minor inconveniences, such as temporary lane and ramp closures on nearby roads, as well as lane closures on I-66 inside the Beltway, Layne said. Gantry installation will occur overnight to lessen traffic burdens, he said.

State officials will conduct extensive

outreach to keep nearby residents apprised about the project, Layne said.

“These improvements are about moving people,” he said. “It’s not just about moving traffic.”

Toll revenues from the I-66 project will pay for ride-sharing and improved commuter-bus service. The state also will provide $10 million – twice the originally proposed amount – to get multimodal improvements up and running before tolling starts, McAuliffe said.

The CTB approved those projects the previous week, based on recommendations of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, he added. Upgrades will include improved bus routes from Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties; better bus service in Falls Church and Arlington; new transit and carpool incentives; and bike-share programs.

One key element will be untangling the traffic bottleneck between the Dulles Connector Road and Ballston. State officials in 2018 plan to add a third eastbound lane in that four-mile stretch and the project should be finished by 2020, McAuliffe said. The project, which now is undergoing environmental evaluations, will be executed mostly within the existing right-of-way and will not adversely affect homes or businesses, he said.

McAuliffe has had two transportation goals since taking office: Pick the right projects and be good fiduciaries, Layne said. The governor is advancing transportation improvements with bipartisan support, he said.

“He made clear he did not want a whole lot of planning and bureaucratic answers,” Layne said. “He wanted action.”

“I do not have much patience,” McAuliffe admitted. “It is not a virtue that will be chiseled into my tombstone when I finally go down.

Following the speechifying, McAuliffe and Layne unveiled an electronic-messaging sign with blue lights spelling out

Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey (D) ham it up at a photo opportunity following the Aug. 1 start of a project that will bring high-occupancy toll lanes to Interstate 66 inside the Beltway. The event took place on a parking deck above I-66 near Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.

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“Transforming I-66 Begins Here!”

Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey (D) said she was heartened state officials had pledged to continue public outreach throughout the project.

“In the end, I hope it’s going to be even better for Arlington,” she said. “We’re going to be putting more traffic through, which means fewer people having to bail to find their way through Arlington. It will be easier for them just to go straight through on 66, those who want to, and it will be easier for people in Arlington to get around back and forth because they’re not tolling now on non-peak hours.”

Garvey said she would like to take advantage of air rights and have more decks like the one at Washington-Lee High School built over I-66. Buildings could occupy space above the highway near the East Falls Church Metro Station, but otherwise Garvey said she would like to see athletic fields built in those spaces.

Interstate 66 “is a gash through the heart of Arlington, so if we can start knitting our community back together with fields over 66, it would be great,” she said. “It would add land and make things much more pleasant for people, plus cutting down on the noise of the road.”

Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) said he was pleased with the I-66 tolling inside the Beltway, but he was less sanguine about plans to widen the highway outside Interstate 495, especially in the Vienna and Dunn Loring areas he represents.

“That, to me, is still a misguided project,” he said, noting that five or six homes would be lost under the Virginia Department of Transportation’s I-66 widening plan. “The alternative I had was to leave the first mile or so outside the Beltway alone as-is, let the cars merge and figure out where they want to go and then start the expansion after [Route] 123. I lost that battle.”

Beyer Planning to Open His Re-Election Bid After Labor Day U.S. Rep. Don Beyer plans to wait until the waning days of summer to formally launch his bid for a second term.

Beyer (D-8th) will get his campaign team gassed up and ready to go at the Sept. 5 Arlington County Democratic Committee chili cookoff, then formally kick off his re-election bid on Saturday, Sept. 10 with a 90-minute event at Bon Air Park in Arlington.

(For information on the event, see the Web site at www.friendsofdonbeyer.com.)

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insiders believe Beyer, who won 63 percent of the vote against four challengers in 2014, could approach 70 percent of the vote with the expected large Democratic turnout on Nov. 8.

Beyer, 65, who succeeded the retiring Jim Moran, will face Republican Charles Hernick and independent Julio Gracia in November. An informal start to the campaign season will come Sept. 6, when the Arlington County Civic Federation holds its annual candidates’ forum.

If the Democratic ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine is victorious in November, there will be an opening for Kaine’s U.S. Senate seat, with an interim appointment to be made by Gov. McAuliffe. Beyer’s name is one of many that has been mentioned as a possible Kaine

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) shown when he was candidate Don Beyer, at the 2014 Arlington County Democratic Committee Labor Day chili cookoff.

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School Board OKs Concept Design for New Elementary Staff Writer

Despite opposition from some parents and community members, Arlington School Board SCHOOL members on July 20 the conBOARD approved cept design for a new NOTES elementary school to be built adjacent to Thomas Jefferson Middle School.

The 729-student, $57 million facility is slated to be open in time for the start of the 2019-20 school year, and aims to ease elementary-school overcrowding in the central portion of the county.

Under current plans, students from nearby Patrick Henry Elementary School will be relocated en masse to the new school, then Montessori students currently housed at Drew Model School will move to the Patrick Henry building, freeing up space for additional students at Drew.

The plan hasn’t been greeted with unanimous acclaim. Some parents are unhappy about moving Patrick Henry students from their current home, while others have been critical of developing what is in effect an urban-style, four-story elementary school.

“We are not Manhattan,” said Lisa Turcios, who lives near the Thomas Jefferson campus and has been critical of the massing of the new elementary, which will sit on what is now a parking lot adjacent to the middle school.

But School Board members were unswayed by opponents, voting to approve the concept plan. The next step in the process is consideration of a schematic design in October.

If all goes according to plan, a 21month construction period will begin in 2017.

The project also calls for a partiallyunderground parking garage to serve both the elementary and middle schools.

The County Board is expected to kick in nearly $9 million of the project’s costs, largely to pay a share of the parking garage.

School Board Members Mull Number of Parking Spaces for New Woodlawn: School Board members have left the door open a crack in deciding how many parking spaces will be included when the new H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program facility opens in Rosslyn in 2019.

Board members voted 4-1 – with a strong dissent by Emma Violand-Sánchez – to hold off on a final decision on parking until later in the year.

Waiting will “preserve our flexibility in deciding what is best for us,” said board member Reid Goldstein, who pressed for a delay in a final decision.

“All I want to do is have time to talk about this,” Goldstein said.

The bad news for Woodlawn students: It looks like any option will not include

parking for them. If they want to drive to school, they’ll have to find parking in the vicinity, not on school grounds.

Initially, county school officials were planning for 143 vehicle spaces for the Woodlawn facility – 93 in “structured parking” beneath the school’s athletic field and an additional 50 leased at nearby office buildings.

Then the Arlington government announced it had struck a deal with developer Penzance to provide parking for the school in a garage the developer will build as part of development on the site, eliminating the need for the school system to build structured parking and saving the school system $5 million.

The county government’s proposal, which came as the School Board was considering design of the new school, threw planning into a state of flux.

“We have been put in a very awkward position,” School Board Vice Chairman Barbara Kanninen said. “We are going through both of these votes [related to the school’s design and the agreement with the county government] with incomplete information. We don’t know what we need to know.”

A majority of board members said they were willing to hold off on formalizing the parking situation at the school. “I don’t see the down side,” Kanninen said.

But Violand-Sánchez appeared irate at the idea that some or all of the $5 million in potential savings could be eaten up by adding more parking.

“These are funds that are coming from the taxpayers – we need more funds for [other] projects that we have,” she said.

“We’re not in the business of parking.”

Noting that Goldstein’s proposals could lead to up to 193 parking spaces, board member James Lander said he wouldn’t go that high. And he seemed to agree with Violand-Sánchez on the need to target resources to serve the growing student body countywide.

“Instruction has been our focus, and should be our focus,” he said.

But Lander said he had no objection to giving the community time to discuss options. And he received assurances from school officials that a delay in deciding would not impact the timeline of the project.

But those same top staffers pressed School Board members to keep the project on track for a planned September 2019 opening.

“It’s a very big date, because so many things are riding on it,” said John Chadwick, the school system’s assistant superintendent for facilities.

The new facility for Woodlawn and the Stratford program needs to open at the start of the 2019-20 school year so the existing Woodlawn-Stratford complex near Lee Highway can be converted into a neighborhood middle school, relieving enrollment pressure on other middle schools across the county.

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To a game that will keep political insiders (and those who aspire to be) busy in coming months.

We’ll call it the “who will succeed Don Beyer, if he is appointed to the U.S. Senate, if Tim Kaine becomes vice president, if Hillary Clinton is elected president?” parlay. And as the lengthy name suggests, there are a lot of dominoes that have to fall in order to result in a special election to fill Beyer’s seat.

Our current guesstimate – plucked out of thin air, really – gives the Clinton/Kaine ticket a 57 percent chance of winning in November. We’d put the odds at 22 percent that Gov. McAuliffe would tap Beyer to succeed to Kaine’s seat, should that happen.

That means it’s probably unnecessary to be engaging in specula-

tion as to who might pop up to try and win Beyer’s seat in a special election that would be called next winter. It’s a less than a 50-50 chance such an election will take place, but if it does, those who want to run have to be ready if it happens; names already are being bandied about, preparations being made for the eventuality.

We’re looking forward to enjoying the early jockeying for position as it unfolds.

THUMBS UP: To the Virginia Supreme Court, not necessarily for its ruling against Gov. McAuliffe on voter-rightsrestoration, but rather for one specific part of the decision.

The justices ruled that, despite prognostications to the contrary from pundits and legal experts, members of the Republican lead-

ership of the General Assembly did have legal “standing” to sue on this issue.

Why is this important? Because currently in the commonwealth, we’ve got a governor who is marching to his own drummer and, more worrisome, an almost militantly political attorney general who can’t be counted on to defend state law or, we fear, offer nonpartisan opinions when they would run counter to his own views.

It’s therefore up to legislative leaders to demand accountability, but unless they are deemed to have standing to do so, one branch of government (the legislative) is effectively neutered in holding another (the executive) accountable.

Supreme Court justices are right to provide the legislature access to redress when they believe the executive is bypassing the law.

What’s Up at the Government’s Mulch Pile?

Editor: On Aug. 1 at 9:20 a.m., I passed the county government’s mulch pile on 26th Street North and saw two individuals loading a pickup truck with mulch. The truck had no county decal and had landscapers signs on the sides and back.

I was about to call the police when I noticed a county truck parked nearby.

I approached the occupant and got his attention away from his cell phone. I advised him about the lack of county decal

and the landscapers’ signs on the truck.

He said, “They’re OK, they’re good.”

I told him I was going to call the police. He said “OK, that’s your right.” A few minutes, later he spoke to the men and they left.

I always supposed that drivers of county vehicles parked at the mulch pile were there to deter poachers. Apparently, that is not the case.

This brings up a larger question I have had for some time: When sending

government employees out in a county vehicle (of which there seem to be an extraordinary abundance), does the county manager or anyone on his supervisory staff know what they are doing?

It isn’t unusual to see county trucks parked off street with the occupants apparently doing nothing, or sometimes even sleeping.

Don Walsh Arlington

At-Large County Board Election Not a Bad Thing Editor: At-large election of County Board members may not be perfect [“Here’s Another Vestige of Racism to Address,” Letters Aug. 21]. But, in reality, democracy in any form tends to have its advantages and disadvantages.

One of the greatest advantages of the at-large election of County Board mem-

bers is that the board has to represent everyone in the county. Given the relatively small size of Arlington, it would be counterproductive to deliberately create divisive forces through having each County Board member represent the parochial interests of one district.

By the way, not all decisions are racist in nature. Some just are recognition

of a more responsive form of government for the population as a whole rather than individual interests.

That is why it is so important to elect the kind of County Board members who seriously guard the rights of the minority in making countywide decisions.

Stephen Carey Arlington

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Garages Seen as Option to Help During Big Snowfalls SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington government officials continue to work through the intricacies of making their parking garages and lots available to the pubCOUNTY lic during winter NOTES snowstorms.

Getting cars off the arterial and side streets during major storms was seen as a priority following experiences in January, when the county government took – even by its own acknowledgement – too long to clear roadways in neighborhoods following a twoday storm that dropped 16 to 25 inches of snow on the county.

Following that episode, officials started considering allowing the public to use parking garages and lots to store their vehicles during storms.

So far, the effort to find owners of private facilities to partner with the county government has been challenging, County Manager Mark Schwartz told County Board members before they broke for a summer vacation.

But what about county-owned facilities, such as the garage underneath Central Library or big surface lots at facilities such as Lubber Run? “Stay tuned,” said County Board Chairman Libby Garvey, who told the Sun Gazette staff is working out the intricacies.

“Happily, we have a while before it snows,” Garvey said.

Use of the Ballston Public Parking Garage, which provides hundreds of spaces, is complicated by a number of factors and may not be usable for storage of vehicles during storms, county officials said, although they continue to study the issue.

Speaking to County Board members in July, Schwartz said he is considering imposition of one-side-of-the-street parking during snowstorms, in order to make it easier for plows to get into neighborhoods.

But, he said, the reality is there may simply not be enough available parking

elsewhere to do it.

Arlington Comes to New Agreement with Sister Cities Group: The Arlington County government and Arlington Sister City Association have ratified a new memorandum of understanding, affirming their past arrangement and giving the non-profit group incentives as it moves forward with fund-raising activities.

The agreement, approved by the County Board and the Sister City board of directors, will continue their past practice of providing the organization with a $40,000 annual grant to defray administrative expenses. The agreement also provides for up to $10,000 in incentive funding to match funds raised by Arlington Sister City Association through next June.

The Arlington Sister City Association was founded in the early 1990s and originally was provided staff support from the county government. In 2010, that was changed to an annual financial stipend.

The updated agreement gives the organization the ability to ask for more funding each year, although the final decision will rest with the County Board during its annual budget process.

The county government’s contribution represents a little more than 40 percent of the organization’s annual income, according to the most recently available tax returns, which showed total income for tax year 2013 of about $97,000.

The Sister City program was established during the Eisenhower administration in the 1950s to foster people-topeople exchanges between the U.S. and foreign nations. Today, more than 2,000 communities in more than 130 nations have partnerships with one or more Sister Cities.

Arlington’s Sister City relationships include Aachen, Germany; Coyoacán, Mexico; Reims, France; San Miguel, El Salvador; and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

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It is the first time Arlington has been named tops in the 150,000-to-250,000population group.

The Digital Counties Survey recognizes best technology practices in areas of open government, transparency, resident engagement, security and operations.

“We’re proud of this award and for the work that was done this year to help create a more streamlined, responsive and inclusive government using technology,” County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said in a statement. “Arlington will continue to innovate and explore new technology tools, with the goal of creating the best possible experience for residents and businesses.”

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dent Patrick Murphy has been named by Gov. McAuliffe to the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Innovation Committee, and Toni Marchese of Arlington, a preschool director and teacher at St. Ann School, has been named by the governor to the School Readiness Committee.

The SOL task force has been directed to think boldly in revising current SOL assessments in the K-12 system, while the School Readiness Committee aims to make recommendations to the General Assembly and Board of Education on issues related to early-childhood education.

Also named to the School Readiness Committee from the local area was former Del. Rob Krupicka (D-45th).

MARYMOUNT WEB SITE WINS HONOR:

Marymount University’s Web site – www. marymount.edu – has been honored for the second year in a row for its creativity, functionality, visual design and ease of use.

The annual Communicator Award of Distinction was given to sites that exceed industry standards in quality and achievement as judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

Marymount was only one of three winners worldwide of the Gold W3 Award.

The Marymount site was designed and programmed by FMB Advertising. The launch of the new site saw visits increase 45 percent over the previous year, the number of users rose by 36 percent and mobile visits increased by 91 percent.

ARLINGTON BOARD MAKES APPOINTMENTS: Arlington County Board

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Brian Berke and Judith Deane were reappointed to the Community Services Board. David Peete and Tom Prewitt were appointed to the Four Mile Run Valley Working Group. Carole Lieber was appointed to the Human Rights Commission. Gus Vega and Ronald Gordon were reappointed to the Industrial Development Authority.

Shannon Flanagan-Watson and Patricia Darnielle were reappointed to the Rosslyn Business Improvement District.

Michael Perkins was reappointed to the Transportation Commission. Matt Chiste, Mike Green, Ron Haddox and Dennis Jaffe were appointed as non-voting members of the Trespass Tow Advisory Board.

BOWEN McCAULEY TROUPE LOOKS TO MORE INTERNATIONAL TOURS:

After several years sticking close to home, an Arlington-based dance troupe is again looking to spread its wings internationally.

“China wants us back,” said Lucy Bowen McCauley, whose Ballston-based modern-dance company in 2013 participated in a nine-day tour of that nation.

Bowen McCauley Dance also has performed in Germany and Mexico, both in conjunction with the Arlington Sister City Association.

Last year, performers stuck to the local area as the troupe celebrated its 20th anniversary with a series of special performances. This year, its forays include a number of showcases across Virginia.

The Bowen McCauley troupe in November 2013 visited Beijing, after receiving an invitation to participate in the Guangdong Dance Festival, considered one of the most important international contemporary-dance events in Asia.

In addition to public performances, the troupe worked with the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou to offer a workshop for those with Parkinson Disease.

In remarks to the Kiwanis Club of Arlington on July 20, Bowen McCauley said she’d like to see the troupe return to China during its 2017-18 season. But, she acknowledged, the time to start planning is fast approaching.

“It usually takes about two years to line up an overseas tour,” she said.

HOSPITAL OFFERS CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS: Virginia Hospital Center hosts

a series of programs each month in support of those who are, or have a loved one, facing cancer.

Most programs take place at the hospital’s Cancer Resource Center, 1701 North George Mason Drive. All are free.

For information on the offerings, call (703) 558-6913.

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AFAC Finds Success Partnering on a ‘Plot Against Hunger’ Site A three-year-old collaboration between said of the government’s willingness to prothe Arlington County government and Ar- vide the space. lington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) apThe Plot Against Hunger program, and pears to be paying healthy dividends. other AFAC outreach efforts, not only bring County officials in 2013 permitted in food for clients, but also provide the AFAC to turn a vacant parbroader community inforcel on South Walter Reed mation on food and hunger Drive into a “Plot Against issues.

Hunger” garden, where veg“It’s great,” said Audrey etables and fruits are raised Morris, a longtime AFAC throughout spring, summer supporter who manages the and fall. non-profit’s organic garden Tomatoes, sweet potaat Central Library, speaktoes, peas, romaine lettuce, ing of the growth of the Plot radishes, beans, peppers Against Hunger initiative, and zucchini are grown which began in 2008.

– “all things we know cliMorris said the Central ents like,” said Puwen Lee, Library site is in a high-trafAFAC’s associate director fic area, which encourages of programs and manager the public to stop by. of the Plot Against Hunger “They ask specific garinitiative, during an open dening questions, all kinds house held July 15. (The of things,” she said. “Kids adjacent Fort Barnard Comare curious.”

Tomatoes ripen on the vine at munity Garden held an open the Arlington Food Assistance The Walter Reed site is not house the same day.) so much in public view, but it Center’s “Plot Against Hunger” The Walter Reed site, parcel on South Walter Reed supplies a steady stream of wedged in between the Drive. fresh food to AFAC clients. community garden to the During an open-house north and a dog park to the south, previously tour, Lee pointed out the homemade comhad a single-family home on it before being posting bins, which made their debut last acquired by the county government.

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OUTDOOR LAB TAPPED AS ‘VIRGINIA TREASURE’: The Arlington Outdoor Lab

has been designated a “Virginia Treasure”

by Gov. McAuliffe, part of a series of designations statewide designed to recognize outstanding conservation, cultural-heritage and recreation projects in the commonwealth.

The announcement was made last week at the annual retreat of the board of directors of the Arlington Outdoor Education Association, owners of the environmental education facility in Fauquier County.

“We are delighted that the Outdoor Lab has received this important recognition as a Virginia Treasure,” association president Mike Nardolilli said at the announcement. “The fact that this designation comes just as we have kicked off a year-long celebration of our 50th anniversary is the icing on the cake.”

The outdoor lab was established in 1967 to provide Arlington schoolchildren access to a rural landscape. Each year, about 9,000 local students learn about the environment during outings there.

A kickoff to the year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary, held June 4, netted $100,000, almost double the goal.

Funds will be used to support capital improvements at the Outdoor Lab. For information, see the Web site at http://outdoorlab.org/about.

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business organizations from across the region will present the “Northern Virginia Regional Elected Leaders Summit” on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at the Chamber offices in Tysons.

Top elected officials from Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the city of Alexandria have been invited to participate. Bruce Potter of Northern Virginia Media Services/InsideNova will serve as facilitator.

“We look forward to hearing from the elected leaders of the largest jurisdictions in Northern Virginia on how they are working to grow our regional economy,” said Jim Corcoran, president of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, one of the groups sponsoring the program.

The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Prince William Chamber of Commerce and Northern Virginia Regional Commission also are serving as sponsors, as is the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.

Tickets are $35 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $50 for others.

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

GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT EARLY HEAD START SERVICES: Northern

Virginia Family Service has received a $200,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg

Foundation to provide services supporting Early Head Start across the region.

The organization will partner with the Virginia Literacy Council, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia to provide professional-development and mentoring opportunities for teachers of infants and toddlers.

“By participating in this program, teachers will be better equipped to make objective observations of children’s development, learning and skills,” said Malinda Langford, senior vice president of programs for the organization.

Teachers “will then be able to develop individualized learning plans for children in their care,” Langford said.

Northern Virginia Family Service offers Early Head Start programs across the region, including in Arlington. For information, see the Web site at www.nvfs.org.

CHAMBER TO HOST MINI-GOLF TOURNAMENT: The Arlington Chamber of

Commerce will hold its 11th annual Scholars Cup miniature-golf tournament on Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at Upton Hill Regional Park.

Designed for all ages, the tournament is the year’s largest fund-raiser for the Chamber’s student-scholarship program.

Registration runs through Sept. 7, and sponsorship opportunities are available.

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Proper has been involved professionally with labor unions for decades.

The program is cosponsored by the Arlington library system. For information, call Encore Learning at (703) 228-2144.

CAMPFIRE PROGRAM PUTS FOCUS ON BATS: Long Branch Nature Center hosts

a “Bats Campfire” for families on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m.

The event will feature engaging activities, including a visit from the guests of honor: bats.

The cost is $5 per person; children must be accompanied by a registered adult. For information, call (703) 228-6535.

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Four years ago, Verburg placed seventh in the 400 finals at the U.S. Trials and missed making the 4x400 relay by one spot, failing to qualify for the London Games.

“I was so close. That hurt in 2012,” Verburg said. “I’m faster, stronger and more mature now, and I can handle the pressure of big races. My goal after 2012 was to make the next Olympic team.”

Leading up to this year’s U.S. trials, Verburg won the 400 finals at the 2015 USATF Championships. He set a personal best with a time of 44.41 in the semifinals, then defeated Merritt in the finals by three hundredths of a second for the gold medal.

Verburg has represented Team USA on several occasions. He has been a member of two gold-medal winning 4x400 relays – at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

At George Mason, Verburg was a seven-time All-American in indoor track and four-time All-American in outdoor. In 2012 and 2013, he finished

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“It was too long and too hard. I hated it,” Verburg said about the race.

His reaction was the same on his second attempt. “Still hated it,” he said.

Verburg was more comfortable and successful running the shorter 100-and 200-meter races than the 400, which is considered the most difficult of the sprints.

With urging from his father and coach, Verburg – a 2013 George Mason University graduate and current resident of Gainesville, Fla. – stuck with the race, eventually becoming accepting of the distance and quite good. Later that spring, Verburg was a district and region champion and runner-up in the state in the 400 for E.C. Glass, then accepted a partial scholarship to GMU to run that

race, where he continued to excel.

Later this month, the 5-foot-7, 156-pound Verburg, 25, will run the most significant 400-meter races of his life during the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the U.S. men’s track and field team. He also will be a member of the U.S. men’s 4x400-meter relay.

“I wasn’t so sure, but they both thought I could become pretty good at the 400,” Verburg said about his dad and coach. “I guess they were right. Making the Olympic team became my goal my junior year [at GMU]. How many people get to say they made the Olympic team?”

Verburg’s goal at the Games is to medal in both races. His personal best time in the 400 is 44.41. The world mark is 43.19.

He made the Olympic team by finishing third in the finals at the U.S. Trials in Oregon in 44.82. LaShawn Merritt’s winning time was 43.97.

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BALLSTON COMMON REDEVELOPMENT TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD: The Arlington County Board

has approved a mechanism that will allow redevelopment of Ballston Common Mall to move forward.

Board members on July 19 established the county’s first “community development authority,” which will permit the developer to partner with Forest City Enterprises, owner of the mall, in a redevelopment package.

The vote was 5-0, and will allow the county government, through the development authority, to issue bonds to support the public side of the public-private partnership. The community development authority’s board of directors will consist solely of County Board members.

The action furthers the plan agreed to last November between the County Board and Forest City, which aims to redevelop the aging Ballston Common into the mixed-use “Ballston Quarter.”

“This is an exciting step forward,” Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said of the latest procedural move.

County officials have pledged $55 million toward the project, saying they expect to more than recoup the funding through increased tax revenue over time.

The bonds to be issued to support the

project are not backed by the full faith and credit of the county government, as are general-obligation bonds, and therefore are not expected to impact the county government’s debt rating. They will not count toward the self-imposed debt limit of the county government.

ARLINGTON CHAMBER SIGNS ON BOARD AQUATICS-CENTER PROPOSAL: The Arlington Chamber of Com-

merce is on board with the county government’s plan for a downsized Long Bridge Park aquatics center.

“In addition to the great benefits that the proposed facility will offer to residents . . . the facility will offer a competitive advantage in the commercial market, as well,” Arlington Chamber president Kate Bates said in a July 13 letter to County Board members.

“One of Arlington’s main assets is the employee talent pool we have residing in our county,” Bates wrote. “The proposed facility will help attract and retain this talent, as well as the businesses looking to employ them.”

Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz in April resurrected planning for the Long Bridge Park aquatics center, located in the northern end of Crystal City, offering a proposal that cuts the size of the facility more than 35 percent and makes inroads into high construction and operating costs that sunk an earlier incar-

nation of the plan.

Schwartz’s proposal, detailed to County Board members, calls for a 73,000square-foot complex – down from 116,000 square feet – that would cost $40 million to $44 million to build (not including design, project-management and contingency fees).

Schwartz’s proposal also projects lower taxpayer subsidies to operate the facility. It was those high subsidies, along with higher-than-expected construction bids, that led then-County Manager Barbara Donnellan to put the proposal on hold in January 2014.

The Chamber letter says the county government should be open to the possibility of public or private partners emerging to fund a portion of the overall cost, which would allow the county either to expand the scope of the project or lower the net cost to taxpayers.

REAGAN NATIONAL SEES HIGHER PASSENGER COUNT; DULLES POSTS A DECLINE: Ronald Reagan Washing-

ton National Airport maintained its lead over Washington Dulles International Airport in total passenger traffic in May, although the gap between the two Northern Virginia air facilities narrowed from earlier in the year.

A total of 2,146,482 passengers traveled through Reagan National in May, according to figures reported July 18 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. The total at Dulles was 1,958,788.

Year over year, the May figures were up 2.6 percent at Reagan National and down 1.2 percent at Dulles. Combined, the two airports reported passenger traffic of 4.1 million, up 0.7 percent from May 2015.

At Reagan National in May, American Airlines and JetBlue saw declines from a year before due to lower passenger loads, while Southwest and Delta posted increases. The swings pushed American down to a 49.1-percent market share at the airport, down from 50.6 percent a year before, and moved Southwest to 15.3 percent from 13.7 percent.

Delta was third, with its passenger total standing at 14 percent, up from 13.2 percent.

At Dulles, United Airlines saw a 2.1-percent increase in domestic passenger counts but a 9-percent decline in international travel. It remained by far the largest carrier at the airport, with its 62.2-percent market share in May up from 61.8 percent a year before. No other carrier had a share of more than 5 percent.

At Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, May’s passenger total of 2,281,208 was up 6.7 percent from a year before.

Southwest is the dominant airline at BWI, accounting for just under 70 percent of passenger traffic. The airport is operated by the Maryland state government.

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Transportation Notes AIRFARES ARE DOWN AT LOCAL AIRPORTS (BUT FEES ARE MORE PREVALENT): When factoring inflation into the

mix, travelers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are spending less for plane tickets than five, 10, 15 and 20 years ago, while those using Washington Dulles International Airport are doing almost as well.

That’s the good news for travelers.

The bad news? The comparisons don’t take into account the proliferation of fees imposed by some airlines for everything from assigned seating to luggage to meals.

First-quarter airfare data were released July 27 by the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, showing that – both nationally and in the local region – average prices for plane tickets are relatively low compared to historical norms.

At Reagan National, the average airfare paid by travelers during the first quarter was $343.57. Using inflation-adjusted dollars, that compares to $403.04 for the same quarter in 2011, $406.78 for 2006, $502.20 for 2001 and $518.56 for 1996.

At Dulles, the average $458.22 paid by passengers in the first quarter compared to $495.06 five years before, $443.61 10 years ago, $691.71 15 years ago and $580.62 20 years ago.

(The figures are not apples-to-apples comparisons, since they look at all domestic travel at the airport during the given period, rather than a comparison between specific route pairings.)

At nearby Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, the average price of $326.54 for the first quarter of 2016 compares to $324.11 (inflation-adjusted) in 2011, $316.93 in 2006, $382.99 in 2001 and $438.55 in 1996.

Nationally, the average airfare for domestic travel during the Januarythrough-March time frame was $361.20, the lowest, when accounting for inflation, of any quarter dating to 1996 with the exception of five quarters in 200910 at the depths of the economic recession.

In the first quarter of 1996, the average airfare was $283.97 nationally, which equates to $434.31 in today’s dollars.

The figures represent the cost of round-trip tickets (unless passengers only purchased one-way trips) plus all taxes and fees levied by airports and governments. They do not include airline-imposed fees.

Twenty years ago, when such fees were less prevalent, U.S. airlines collected 87 percent of their total passenger revenue from the ticket sales. That had declined to 74 percent in the first quarter of 2016, as airlines reaped billions on ancillary charges.

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CONSTRUCTION NEARS ONE-THIRD MARK FOR SECOND PHASE OF SILVER LINE: Construction on the second phase

of Metro’s Silver Line is nearly onethird complete, according to Fairfax County officials, with more than 2 million hours of construction work having taken place since May. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is in charge of the 11.4-mile, $2.7 billion transit project, reports that work in the next six to eight weeks will include the following: • Reston Town Center Station: Concrete foundation and concrete barrier wall construction.

• Herndon Station: Pre-cast building ongoing.

• Innovation Center Station: Ongoing steel work and assembly of pedestrian bridges begins.

• Dulles Airport Station: Column construction continues; pre-cast erection will begin.

In addition, lane shifts, paving and striping will continue on the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Airport Access Highway; drivers are asked to be cautious.

Airports Authority officials in 2013 signed a construction contract with a consortium to build the second phase of the Silver Line, which will take it west from Reston to Ashburn, including a stop close to Washington Dulles International Airport.

The Silver Line’s first phase, which runs 11.7 miles connecting East Falls Church to Reston, opened in July 2014.

A projected completion date for the second phase has not been announced.

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ROBBERY: n On July 22 at 1:04 p.m., a woman was approached in the 1400 block of South Joyce Street from behind by two men, who struck her in the face and stole her cell phone.

The suspects are described as black males, in their 20s. n On July 27 at 7 p.m., a suspect known to the victim snatched money from a woman’s hands in the 1200 block South Hayes Street, then fled the scene on foot.

The suspect is described as a black male, 5’10”, with an average build.

PEEPING TOM: n On July 26 at 11:50 p.m., a woman was in her bedroom in the 1200 block South Taylor Street when she witnessed a man crouching and attempting to look into her window. The suspect ran off when he made eye contact with the victim.

The suspect is described as an Hispanic male, in his 20s, 5’1” to 5’3”.

BOMB THREAT: n On July 22 at 4:33 p.m., police responded to a report of a bomb threat in the 1300 block of Wilson Blvd. No bomb was found.

DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE: n July 26 at 3:39 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop in the 4000 block of 11th

Street North. During the stop, the driver exited the vehicle and fled on foot, police said, while the passenger stayed on the scene.

The driver was apprehended a short while later, police said.

The suspect – 36-year-old Steven Maurice Robinson of Woodbridge – was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended operator’s license (third offense), eluding, improper registration and failure to ID. He was held without bond.

In addition, 29-year-old Susann Brewer of Woodbridge was arrested and charged with identity theft and possession of drug paraphernalia, and was held on a secured bond.

POSSESSION OF A CONCEALED WEAPON: n On July 20 at 11:30 p.m., police responded to the 2200 block of North Somerset Street for a report of suspicious males looking into vehicles.

Arriving officers heard the discharge of a firearm and located two suspects, police said.

The first suspect – 32-year-old Nico Wilson of Fort Washington – was arrested and charged with possession of a concealed weapon and discharge of a firearm.

The second suspect – 18-year-old Carlos Parker of Temple Hills – was arrested and charged with destruction of property and possession of a concealed weapon.

GRAND LARCENY: n On July 17 at 2:37 p.m., officers responded to the 4200 block of South Four Mile Run Drive for a report of a larceny in progress, police said.

Three juveniles were taken into custody for allegedly stealing bikes from a bike rack, charged with grand larceny, and were released to their parents. n On July 19 between 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., a vehicle was entered in the 2100 block of Clarendon Boulevard. Several items were taken.

BURGLARY: n On July 17 at 1:30 p.m., residents of a home in the 2100 block of North Brandywine Street returned home from vacation to find an individual known to them, and a second person in their residence.

After the pair had left the residence, the homeowners discovered several items missing, police said.

The first suspect – 34-year-old Margarite Denison of Alexandria – was arrested and charged with burglary, breaking-and-entering and grand larceny. The second suspect – 30-year-old Matthew Pair of Waldorf – was arrested and charged with burglary, two counts of grand larceny and possession of amphetamines. n On July 17 at 3 p.m., a home in the 3400 block of North Kensington Street was burglarized. Several items of value

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The suspects are described as white males, in their 30s. n On July 18 between 2:02 and 2:32 a.m., a home in the 3200 block of 10th Street North was burglarized, and several items of value were taken.

The suspects are described as two black males and a black female. n On July 18 at 11:40 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 5500 block of Columbia Pike for a report of an individual attempting to open several apartment doors, police said.

Upon investigation, police discovered that the suspect had entered an unoccupied apartment, police said.

The suspect – 25-year-old Souleymane Pow of no fixed address – was arrested and charged with attempted burglary, possession of burglarious tools, unlawful entry, possession of stolen property and possession of marijuana. n Sometime between July 18 at 11 p.m. and July 19 at 1:15 p.m., a home in the 3300 block of South Wakefield Street was burglarized. Several items appeared out of place, but nothing was reported stolen. n A home in the 1300 block of Army Navy Drive was burglarized on July 31.

Several items were missing. n Sometime between July 22 at 5:30 p.m. and July 23 at 8:30 a.m., a building in the 3200 block of 10th Street North was burglarized.

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A Delight in Country Club Manors Expanded Property Features Open Feel, a Lovely Deck and Yard

Our quest for the best in local real estate this week brings us to the alwaysin-fashion community of Country Club Manors, where a classic colonial has been expanded with a two-story addition.

The result is a standout with an open interior and an extraordinary deck and yard, which combine to make for sumptuous living and marvelous entertaining opportunities.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,099,000 by Jinny Wilkes, Christopher Wilkes and Linda Rogers of The Wilkes Team, Washington Fine place, occupies much of the rear of the main level and features a high ceiling, Properties.

After a greeting on the porch, we are fireplace and, on the side, a wall of builtushered inside to the open foyer to begin ins.

A bonus room, which works well as our tour. It’s a marvelous mix of classic a bedroom, also can be found on this and modern, all with a special élan that level. combines a warm-hearted appeal.

Upstairs, you’ll find the master reTo our left off the entry is the large living room, featuring the first of two treat along the full width of the rear of fireplaces we’ll spy on our tour. To our the home, with large walk-in closet and right is the dining room, featuring a sumptuous bath, plus two additional vaulted ceiling and access not only the bedrooms – all with ceiling fans.

Downstairs, there is a large recreto the centrally located kitchen, but also ation room, workshop and copious storto the large side deck area. age space under the deck above.

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Facts for buyers Address: 4945 34th Street North, Arlington (22207).

Listed at: $1,099,000 by Jinny Wilkes (703) 887-1907, Christopher Wilkes (703) 282-0634 and Linda Rogers (703) 627-6776, Washington Fine Properties.

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

Debt Loads, Unaffordability Hinder 1st-Time Purchasers Despite lackluster economic growth and stark home-price appreciation in several parts of the country in recent months, roughly three-quarters of surveyed households still believe now is a good time to buy a home, but there’s a considerable gap in morale between homeowners and renters, according to the latest installment of the National Association of Realtors.

The survey also found that roughly half of young adults with student debt are uncomfortable about taking on a mortgage.

Respondents were asked about their confidence in the U.S. economy and various questions about their housing expectations, including questions on if carrying student debt is tempering their ability and appetite to take on mortgage debt.

Through the first half of the year, NAR’s survey found that the share of homeowners and renters who believe now is a good time to buy a home is mostly holding steady, with 80 percent of homeowners (82 percent in March) and 62 percent of renters (unchanged from last quarter) saying it’s a good time to buy. However, the share of renters who think so is down from 68 percent in December 2015, and those under 35 were the least confident that now is a good time to buy.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says the survey brings to focus the ongoing disparity in buyer confidence between current homeowners and renters.

“Existing-home prices surpassed their all-time peak this spring and have climbed on average over 5 percent nationally through the first five months of the year and even faster in areas with severe supply shortages,” he said.

“Most homeowners appear to realize that if they’re ready to sell, they’ll likely find a buyer rather quickly and be able to use the sizeable equity they’ve accumulated in recent years towards their next home purchase.”

Meanwhile, renters interested in buying continue to face minimal choices, strong competition and home prices growing faster than their incomes,” Yun said.

The survey also revealed that carrying student debt is causing many to be uneasy about taking on additional debt.

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The marker, which is going through the process of approval by the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board, will honor the last remaining coal trestle and rail track in Arlington that is associated with the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad.

Constructed in 1926 and close to what was then the railroad’s East Falls Church station, the trestle was designed to quickly unload coal that was used by many property owners in the vicinity.

A locomotive pushed the coal car off the main line and atop the trestle, where the bottom opened, allowing the coal to fall into a sorting area for distribution.

Located near the southwest corner of Lee Highway and Fairfax Drive, the trestle was designated a local historic district in 2014.

Rosslyn Continued from Page 3 The submissions are now on display at the county government’s headquarters, and can be found on the Web site at https:// projects.arlingtonva.us/planning/urbandesign/student-work/vt-waterfront/.

Will the students’ proposals have lasting impact as the Rosslyn corridor aims to

The historic designation also honors the legacy of Joseph Cornelius Elliott (1849-1924), who started the local coal business, and Benjamin Franklin Elliott (1882-1940), who had the trestle built.

The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad and its predecessors ran 72 miles from Arlington west to Bluemont, and during its heyday operated both passenger and freight service. The railroad declined in the 1950s and went out of business in 1968, with the right-of-way eventually being developed into the W&OD Regional Trail.

Soccer Advocate Honored by County Board: Arlington County Board members on July 19 honored George Towner for a half-century of leadership and advocacy on behalf of youth soccer.

Towner continues providing “an exemplary career of civic life,” County Board member Christian Dorsey said in introducing the resolution.

Towner’s efforts in support of youth soccer date to the 1960s, when the sport

Board Vice Chairman Jay Fisette told Towner. “You have had an enormous impact. Almost everything you have had the vision to pursue has come to pass.”

Towner said the soccer community had benefited from the support of county leaders. He pointed to a commitment first toward field lighting and George Towner (center) is shown with County Board members Libby now for artificial turf, Garvey, Christian Dorsey and (in rear) John Vihstadt as he was honwhich “has just added ored for contributions to youth soccer in the community. so much to what we’re able to do.” was virtually unknown in the local region.

Towner, an attorney who lives at GoodToday, the Arlington Soccer Association, which was founded in 1970, provides soc- win House in Baileys Crossroads, used cer programs for more than 9,000 youth the award to promote the newly formed Arlington Sports Foundation, which will players in Arlington each year.

“There is no question: You are a fix- work to build support for public-private ture in the soccer world,” said County partnerships.

re-energize itself, particularly considering the many competing demands for Arlington capital-spending dollars?

The concepts “are all worth considering more closely as Arlington works toward a solution for envisioning the Rosslyn waterfront as a regional recreational destination,” Krider said.

In a sense, Rosslyn has been searching for a new identity since a fateful day in May 1904 when Crandall Mackey, the community’s young new commonwealth’s

attorney, led a posse that proceeded to physically demolish facilities that were used to service vices ranging from gambling and prostitution to horse racing that had gravitated to the western shore of the Potomac.

At the time, “Rosslyn and the adjacent Jackson City had more than 38 saloons, 14 bordellos and an untold number of gambling dens and everything was always open: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” according to the Arlington

Historical Society.

In the subsequent century, the Rosslyn area has included everything from warehouses – if no more whorehouses – to office towers, but at the same time lost a sense of soul and spirit that may have been more evident in the pre-Mackeyposse days.

County leaders and the Rosslyn Business Improvement District, among others, are working to plan for a mixed-use future for the community.

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Aquatics Continued from Page 1 have another one,” County Board Vice Chairman Jay Fisette said at a July 19 board meeting.

The primary budget hawk on the project continues to be board member John Vihstadt, pressing county officials to squeeze any subsidy to the bare minimum.

“We want to be able to hold costs down,” he said. “Hopefully, we can do even more.”

County officials plan to begin community discussions on the design of the facility in September, after they determine whether they will be able to find partners and sponsors. In early July, County Manager Mark Schwartz (who last year succeeded Donnellan) said discussions with potential partners were under way, but those talks remained in flux.

County officials are beginning to sketch

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Continued from Page 9 year (partially through the efforts of Boy Scout Troop 104). The aerated bins give off a pungent odor when the temperature outside is high, but that only means Mother Nature is doing her job turning discards into

out rough estimates of who might use the facility. They guesstimate that 90 percent of those purchasing pool memberships would come from Arlington, and 70 percent of those buying day passes would be Arlington residents. Establishing a cost structure for users won’t come until the facility is approaching completion.

“There’s a lot of community engagement to go,” County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said.

While private-sector businesses and homeowners factor the cost of servicing debt into their annual budgeting, the county government’s reported operating costs for facilities are exclusive of debt costs.

Borrowing $40 million for 20 years at an interest rate of 3 percent translates to an annual cost of $2.6 million to cover principal and interest, according to commonly available mortgage calculators, although the county government usually tries to retire debt early, leading to higher early-in-the-loan repayment costs but lower overall costs for borrowing.

Wayne Kubicki, a fiscal watchdog who helped lead opposition to the higher-cost aquatics center, seems pleased that the project is being scaled back, but still worries that it could be a budget-buster.

“The county’s track record at projecting revenue/operating costs on its facilities has not been very good,” Kubicki said.

“These new numbers – which hopefully are better – still show operating deficits of $500,000 to $1 million per year. Debt service is on top of that. So we’d be approaching a $5 million-per-year hit on the county operating budget, for a facility in a difficult-to-get-to location, that how many residents will be using?”

Arlington voters by a 76-percent majority in 2004 approved a park bond that, they were told at the time, would cover the entire cost of the Long Bridge Park project. But in 2012, county officials had to come back and seek additional funding through another park bond, at a time when public discontent over what critics derided as gold-plated “vanity” projects in Arlington was beginning to gather steam.

Voters in 2012 gave the proposal the green light, but the margin (63 percent support) was almost 20 percentage points lower than several other bond packages on the ballot.

But despite being put on hold, the aquatics center appears to be a survivor – albeit the lone one in a trio that also included the Columbia Pike streetcar and Artisphere, both of which were scuttled by the County Board due to community unrest.

“just incredible soil,” Lee said.

“It’s beautiful stuff,” she said, pointing out the worms that called the mulch home and further increased its usefulness. “Such rich stuff.”

By the time of the mid-summer open house, tomato plants were beginning to show growth, with the fruits – tomatoes are technically fruits, not vegetables – beginning to turn from green to ruby red.

The tomato plants are the result of another partnership, this one with Episcopal High School. For the last four years, the school’s greenhouse has provided them.

The Walter Reed site has no direct connection to water lines, so volunteers who run it have been forced to improvise. Rain barrels collect and strain water, which is then parceled out to the raised beds via a timer.

The Plot Against Hunger program has

grown significantly in scale and scope since its debut eight years ago. There now are numerous schools, religious organizations and community-based groups that grow food for AFAC. In return, the organization co-sponsors a series of talks at Central Library and teaches classes to youth at apartment complexes where AFAC distributes food.

For information on the effort, see the Web site at www.afac.org.

The Sun Gazette is the community’s source for news and information across Arlington. majority in 2004 approved a park The paper and its predecessors bond that have been covering the community since 1935; no other news outlet has the institutional knowledge or commitment to professionalism as your hometown news source.

If you want to know what’s happening in Arlington, you’ll find it in the Sun Gazette.

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New Prep Pitching Limits Will Create Much Chatter The pitch-count paranoia continues, and likely will increase considerably, now that all high schools in the U.S. have been mandated to keep track of how many throws home their pitchers toss.

Team Sets Many Records at Meet The Washington Golf and Country Club Lightning prevailed over strong competition last SWIMMING week to win its third straight Country Club Swimming and Diving Association championship.

At the meet, held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, the Lightning – also undefeated in dual meets this summer – amassed many personal, team and pool records.

Jillian Johnson set a record in the 18and-under individual medley. Charlotte Thomson set a new mark in the girls 14under breaststroke. Lucas Zidlicky did so in the boys 10-under freestyle, as did Sabine Barbee (girls 8-under backstroke), Ollie Bernasek (boys 14-under back), Ryan Baker (boys 18-under back) and Caroline Otteni (Girls 14-under butterfly).

Several Washington Golf relays broke Congressional pool records and other marks in the competition.

They were the girls 14-under medley of Johnson, Sydney-Cate Thornett, Kate Loper and Pearson Shay; the girls 18-under medley of Otteni, Sophie Yoder, Cate Barrett and Caroline Klauder; the boys 18-under medley of Baker, Zidlicky, An-

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Washington Golf’s David Dimeglio swims the butterfly during last week’s Country Club Swimming and Diving Association championship meet in Maryland. PHOTO FROM WASHINGTON GOLF

gus Ricks and Rajan Bhargava; and the girls 18-under free of Klauder, Otteni, Emme Yoder, Avery Nassetta and Petie Nassetta.

Double individual race winners for Washington Golf in the meet were Baker and Avery Nassetta. Single winners for the team were Barbee, Bernasek, Thornett, Ricks, Loper, Otteni, Emme Yoder, Sean Curran, Caitlin O’Connor, Conner McCarthy and Sophie Yoder.

Washington Golf was 4-0 during the dual-meet season, with convincing victories in each.

The Lightning opened the season by defeating Congressional, 367-119. They then downed Army Navy, 345-141, Kenwood, 318-168, and Edgemoor, 385-95, for an average of 353.8 points per meet.

Washington Golf had one meet that was cancelled and not rescheduled against Montgomery.

Donaldson Run Sets Records in Final Meet GIGI RICHARDSON For the Sun Gazette

In the Donaldson Run Thunderbolts’ final dual meet of the Northern VirSwimming SWIMMING ginia League season, the winless hosts challenged Hunt Valley in a 264-156 loss in Division 2.

The Thunderbolts (0-5) were dressed in zombie outfits. Although zombies are slow, the team was not against second place Hunt Valley (4-1).

One of the team’s fastest swimmers was T.J. Hutchison. He lowered the Donaldson Run 11-12 boys backstroke record to 33.93. The boys mixed-age freestyle relay of Hutchison, Charlie Greenwood, Sean Conley and An24

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drew Walker set a new pool record of 1:55:41.

Double winners for Donaldson Run in the meet were Emily Brooks and Greenwood. Single winners were Hutchison, Diya Redburn, Drew Harker, Michael Corso, Ella Rigoli and Emma Hutchison.

The team won four relays.

The team’s lone senior, Sarah Brooks, was honored at meet’s end for completeing her for Donaldson Run swimming career.

Her younger sister is Emily Brooks.

“This swim meet has been a little rough because I have a shoulder injury, but I still swam for that win,” said Emily Brooks, who swam on a winning relay.

“As a team, we just try to get out there

and race, even though we have lost every meet. Even though we did not win, we still beat a lot of records. It is sad to see my sister go.”

Olivia Cox finished third in the 15-18 breaststroke and improved her time to a personal best.

“I dropped time and got third, so that was good.” Cox said. “This has kind of been a rough season, but we are getting better. We have a lot of good individual swimmers.”

Donaldson Run scored 80 points at the recent NVSL’s All-Star Relay Carnival competition, as two boys 11-12 relays – consisting of Drew Harker, Charlie Taylor, T.J. Hutchison and JackTsuchitani – placed fifth in the freestyle and medley events.

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The ruling came down in recent weeks from the National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations. Before the start of the 2017 season, high schools in all states must have specific pitch-count guidelines.

The number has not yet been determined in Virginia. The best guess is high school pitchers won’t be allowed to throw more than some 100 to 120 pitches per game, or so many within a given week or certain number of days.

There are many opinions whether pitch counts are necessary or not, and whether they do any real good if implemented. Seems like young pitchers are having more arm problems than ever even playing in the organizations, like Little League, that have had pitch limits for a number of years.

One thing is certain with the new mandate – high-school pitch counts will become the most popular numbers during any game, even more than the score. Scoreboards might be updated to include such counts.

Here’s what already happens at some Little Leagues. Pitch counts are announced at the end of each half inning. Some Web sites list a player’s total pitch counts for the week.

Heck, it’s easier to find the pitch counts than some scores.

During games, the chatter in the stands is more about how many pitchers a player has thrown than the score or flow of the contest. If a pitcher has an inning when his count gets high, like in the 30s or 40s, that definitely becomes the top conversation.

Those in attendance can leave a game knowing the pitch totals but not the final score.

Now the same could now happen in high school. The pitch-count paranoia could reach epidemic proportions.

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Overlee Falls Short in Quest for Division 1 Title

On July 23 the visiting Overlee Flying Fish of Arlington lost to the Chesterbrook Tigersharks of McLean, 241-179, in a showdown for the Division 1 championship of the Northern Virginia Swimming League. From clockwise top left: Overlee’s Kayle Park swims the breaststroke, Billy Weber reaches high as he races in the boys 9-10 backstroke, Suzanne Dolan and Robert Ridgeway swim under water, Claire McNamara sees her reflection in the girls 13-14 butterfly, Dolan and Chesterbrook’s Veronica Wolff hug after a race, Ridgeway is encouraged at the start of his backstroke race, Ryan Baker tried to quiet the Chesterbrook swimmers after he won the backstroke, and Jonathan Day swims the boys 15-18 breast.

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Sports Briefs OVERLEE DIVERS UNDEFEATED: The

undefeated Overlee divers (5-0) won Division 2 of the Northern Virginia Swimming League.

In its most recent meets, Overlee defeated Crosspointe, 42-26, then LeeGraham, 49-19, to conclude the season.

For Overlee against Crosspointe, Abbey Shumsky took first place in freshman girls and Logan Gundlach was second in the freshman boys.

In junior girls, Sophia Bailey, Michayla Eisenberg and Olivia Grabman swept the category. Junior boy Matthew Kress and intermediate girl Laine Stoker finished first, as did senior girl Hannah Karlin and senior boy Jacob Kreider. Also in senior boys, Jonathan Teitelbaum was third. n Arlington’s Dominion Hills (4-1) finished second in Division 5 diving of the NVSL. Dominion Hills defeated Greenbriar, 47-25, in its final meet. Fairfax won Division 5 with a 5-0 record, nipping Dominion Hills, 37-35, when the teams met. n In Division 1, Arlington Forest was 0-5 and Donaldson Run was 0-5 in Division 3. Check back later for details.

Local tennis players Anthony Guerrera and Isabel Tate were members of a state-championship team earlier this summer.

(32.03); Moreno in the free (25.45); and Rosenthal in the breast (32.09) and IM (1:03.40).

There were 23 swimmers who qualified for the All-Star meet: Zachary Black, Alexandra Browne, Natalie Cecil, Andrew Deabler, Ashley Deabler, Elizabeth Dufrane, Dominic Gil, Heidi Hilsmier, James Hilsmier, Ben Hughes, Lucy Khlopin, Io Kovach, Emma Mabry, James Markowicz, Janie Markowicz, Mac Marsh, C.J. Moneymaker, Reid Moneymaker, Lucas Moreno, Matias Moreno, Zach Rosenthal, Lucy Shoreman and Caitlin Sughrue.

ARLINGTON FOREST SWIM TEAM HAS BIG MEET: The Arlington Forest Tigers

had a big day at the Northern Virginia Swimming League’s Division 7 individual championships, with nine first-place finishers and four new team records. Eli Martin set team records in the 10-andunder boys 50-meter freestyle and the 100 individual medley. Natalie Martin broke a 19-year-old team record in the 13-14 butterfly and Bryn Edwards broke her own team record in the 15-18 breaststroke.

The Tigers had three double-winners.

Alex Hans won the 8-under freestyle and backstroke. Eli Martin won the free and IM. Edwards was first in the breast and IM. Other first-place finishers were Natalie Martin in the fly, Leo Goco in the 1112 free and David Gallion in the 15-18 breast. Second were Zoe Edwards, Luke Risacher and Bryce Luncher. Third were Goco, Maggie Yingling, Max Cassatt, Clare Fitzpatrick and Natalie Martin.

Hans, Yingling, both Martins and

LOCALS HELP TENNIS TEAM WIN STATE TITLE: The McLean Racquet &

Overlee diver Laine Stoker has helped the team to an undefeated start through four meets.

Edwards all qualified for the NVSL AllStar meet.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SWIMMERS SET RECORDS: In Colonial Swimming

League post-season action, the Arlington Knights of Columbus Holy Mackerels had a strong showing at the White Division championships.

Five Holy Mackerel swimmers teamed for seven first-place finishes.

Alexandra Browne won the 11-12 girls breaststroke; Janie Markowicz the 8under girls freestyle and butterfly; Mac Marsh the 11-12 boys free and breast; Matias Moreno the 15-18 boys free; and Zach Rosenthal in the boys 15-18 individual medley.

Eight team records also were broken.

Browne in breast (40.53); Lucy Khlopin in 15-18 girls breast (37.50); Marsh in the free (27.84), breast (35.32), and fly

Health Club Honey Badgers team won the recent Virginia State Junior Team Tennis Championships in the 14-andunder Intermediate Division at the University of Mary Washington.

One of the players was Anthony Guerrera, a rising eighth-grader at Williamsburg Middle School. He went undefeated, playing nine matches, five singles and four mixed doubles. His doubles partner was Katherine Davis of Potomac School.

Isabel Tate, a rising sophomore at Yorktown High School, played and won two significant singles matches.

Other players included James Fishman, Eric Kadel, Dana Edson and Isabel Zhang. The team was coached by Eben Donkor and Casey McClure.

High School Roundup WAKEFIELD COACH TO BE INDUCTED:

Wakefield High School girls basketball coach Marcia Richardson will be inducted into the University of Maryland’s Sports Hall of Fame this coming October.

Richardson, a physical-education teacher at Wakefield, was a standout women’s basketball player at Maryland from 1981 to 1984. She was chosen AllAmerican as well as all-Atlantic Coast Conference for her efforts during her time with the Terps, and she remains 26

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one of the program’s all-time scoring leaders.

Richardson scored 1,630 career points.

This past season as Wakefield’s coach, Richardson and the Warriors enjoyed one of their best seasons in years, finishing 17-8. Wakefield was second in to Edison in the Capitol Conference Tournament, then advanced to the 5A North Region Tournament where the team compiled a 1-1 record with a close second- round loss to Atlee.

FOOTBALL OPENERS SET: The dates are set for the 2016 high school football openers for Arlington’s three publicschool varsity teams.

The Washington-Lee Generals start first on Friday, Aug. 26 on the road against the Mount Vernon Majors at 7 p.m. in a non-conference game.

The Yorktown Patriots play next on Thursday, Sept. 1 with a 7 p.m. home opener against Wilson of D.C. The Wakefield Warriors begin their campaign on Friday, Sept. 2 with a road

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Because of a shortage of referees, each varsity team might have to play a Thursday night game in 2016.

WAKEFIELD HIGH NEEDS COACHES:

Wakefield High School is accepting applications for a varsity volleyball and assistant field hockey coach. For information about the position, contact Noel Deskins at (703) 228-6733 or e-mail noel.deskins@apsva.us.

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August 4, 1943: n Maj. Charles Fenwick plans to continue his bid for House of Delegates, even though Army regulations may prevent him from taking his seat. n The Billy Mitchell Post of the American Legion has joined the call for Arlington officials to build a municipal swimming pool. n Miss Mary Wills, the first female bus driver for Arnold Bus Lines, said “I love it” when asked how she liked the job.

August 4, 1952: n The Soviet Union narrowly edged out the U.S. in final points standings at the Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

August 6, 1965: n County Board Chairman Joseph Wholey has sent a letter to the FAA, complaining about planes deviating from approved corridors, leading to noise in neighborhoods. n The U.S. Senate is expected this week to take up the $431 million mass-transit bill that will help fund creation of the Metro subway system. n The Virginia Department of Agriculture is backing proposals to convert to the metric system. n The Planning Commission is seeking a study of the crisis in low-cost housing. n A recent crackdown on crime in the District of Columbia may be leading criminals into Northern Virginia.

August 4-5, 1977: n The first Arlington County Fair is set to start in a few weeks. n Security concerns are being raised now that the police department is not staffing its front desk overnight. n Some Barrett Elementary School students will be transferred to nearby schools to alleviate overcrowding. n The price of all school lunches in Arlington will rise 5 cents this fall.

August 4, 1987: n A series of unrelated pipe breaks led to water-service interruptions across South Arlington. n The Virginia Department of Corrections is aiming to start growing the food it needs within prison grounds.

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CHESS PLAYERS OF ALL ABILITIES SOUGHT: The Madison Chess Club is

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WALKERS TREK IN D.C.: The Lee Walkers of Lee Senior Center will travel to the Kingman/Heritage Islands in the District of Columbia on Friday, Aug. 12 at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $3 for transportation. For information, call (703) 2280555.

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Great Market; Great Support For more information contact

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

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Weichert® Arlington

4701 Old Dominion Drive • 703-527-3300 32

August 4, 2016

Tara Neumann

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