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Jonathan Kinney, third from left, was honored Nov. 10 with the Arlington Community Foundation’s 2016 William T. Newman Spirit of Community Award, celebrating his lifetime of service to the local community. Shown with Kinney are foundation president Brad Coyle, executive director Wanda Pierce and Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr., who founded the Arlington Coummunity Foundation a PHOTO BY LLOYD WOLF quarter-century ago. See story on Page 14.

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Arlington School Board members will again ask the General Assembly for permission to start schools before Labor Day, but aren’t expecting the answer in 2017 to be any different from past years.

“It just never happens,” sighed School Board Vice Chairman Barbara Kanninen during a briefing as the board preps a package of legislative priorities for the 46day General Assembly session that starts in mid-January.

As a so-called “Dillon Rule” state, Virginia concentrates power at the state rather than local level, and cities and counties need to get permission from the legislature on a host of matters that, in other states, are handled locally.

Virginia long has required local governments to start school after Labor Day, ostensibly to keep a student workforce in place in the tourism industry through the summer months.

But the requirement has become as riddled with holes as Swiss cheese, since school districts can apply for waivers due to large numbers of days lost due to winter weather. Already, more than half the students in the commonwealth attend schools in districts that have the waiver; Fairfax and Prince William counties are now eligible to start school before Labor Day, as well.

Arlington, however, doesn’t qualify, and starts classes the day after Labor Day. Efforts to end what’s colloquially called

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Praises of Service Clubs Sung at Annual Luncheon SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

It’s one of the most low-key parts of Arlington’s social fabric, but the InterService Club Council of Arlington occupies a key niche.

“We serve as a clearinghouse – we couldn’t do as much if we didn’t unite,” said the organization’s president, Joe Lott, at the council’s 62nd annual luncheon, held Nov. 16 at Washington Golf & Country Club.

The organization’s roots go back further: It was founded in 1940 and today represents about 20 service organizations and community groups with familiar names: Lions, Optimist, Rotary, Kiwanis, as well as the likes of the Woman’s Club of Arlington and Arlington branch of the NAACP. “All of us have a tradition of service. We’re all concerned about the same thing,” said Lott, a member of the Rotary Club of Arlington who is wrapping up two years chairing the council.

Members of organizations under the

umbrella of the council perform about 100,000 hours of volunteer service and “touch and enhance the lives of our county,” County Board members noted in a resolution honoring the organization and saluting “the caring spirit” of those who participate.

The event’s keynote speaker, Arlington public-health director Dr. Reuben Varghese, said community organizations have a vital, if not always well-publicized, role to play in public health.

“You do have an impact; you can be an ambassador,” Varghese said. “We have good health [in the county], but there are pockets of disparity, even in Arlington.”

Varghese detailed an initiative called “Health in All Policies,” which aims to ensure that decision-makers are informed about the health consequences of publicpolicy decisions.

“We need to be intentional in what we do,” Varghese said, encouraging a “health lens” to the decision-making process for a host of policy arenas.

The annual Inter-Service Club Council meeting also marks the presentation of

the annual Man of the Year and Woman of the Year awards, which date back to near the founding of the organization.

Sandy Bushue of the Optimist Club of Arlington was honored as Woman of the Year. “She cheerfully takes on jobs big and small in the club and in the community,” the Optimists said in nominating Bushue, who was the first female president of the club and also served as district governor.

Bushue is active in membership recruitment and is the current leader of the Optimists’ annual tree lot, which since World War II has been a holiday outpost at the corner of Lee Highway and North Glebe Road.

George Allin Jr. of the Arlington Host Lions Club was honored as Man of the Year.

A retired U.S. Army colonel who participated in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, Allin is “quiet, gentle, friendly – serious and dedicated to any task that is put in front of him,” the Lions Club said in its nomination.

In retirement, Allin has been an active fixture volunteering with the USO, Vir-

George Allin Jr. of the Arlington Host Lions Club (seated) was named 2016 Man of the Year by the Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington. Sandy Bushue of the Optimist Club of Arlington was named Woman of the Year, but could not attend the event.

ginia Hospital Center and with the Lions’ eyeglass-recycling efforts. He has 45 years of nearly-perfect attendance at the club.

Arlington Government Wins Accolades for Commitment to Taking Environmental Steps The Arlington County government is one of seven localities across the commonwealth honored with the “Go Green” designation for 2016 by the Virginia Association of Counties.

The program is designed to encourage development of environmental policies and practical actions that cut emissions while saving taxpayer money.

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Arlington Republicans Celebrate with Victory Lap Over barbecued pork and chicken, macaroni-and-cheese and a celebratory cake, Arlington Republicans on Nov. 16 cheered their party’s national success in the recent election.

“This campaign connected with a whole new class of voters,” said Arlington GOP chairman Jim Presswood at a celebration that drew more than 100 –twice the turnout last year.

While Virginia ended up in the Democratic column (the only state in the Southeast to go for Hillary Clinton), party leaders said they were pleased with the work of local volunteers.

“We saw a great effort up here. All the effort goes into next year, the governor’s race,” said Andrew Loposser, a regional field director for the Republican Party of Virginia.

The gathering provided an opportunity for the GOP to hand out its annual awards. “These are the pillars of our com-

mittee,” Presswood said, in announcing the accolades: • Dustin Hodges garnered the Hilda Griffith Award for Outstanding Service, in recognition of his work on precinct operations, recruiting, signage and literature.

• Eric Brescia was honored with the Delyannis-Finta Distinguished Community Service award, for his efforts in crafting policy positions and connecting the public with conservative principles.

• Joe and Vanice Famme jointly received the Alice Sayre Commonwealth Club Award, honoring their work for the party. The couple were among the first in the Republican committee to back Donald Trump’s presidential bid.

While Arlington Republicans could celebrate the upset victory of Donald Trump, they still have work to do at the local level. 8th District congressional candidate Charles Hernick “worked as hard as he could and did just a great job engaging the community,” Presswood said, but still ended up with just 27 percent of the vote

Turnout for the Nov. 8 general election in Arlington was a record. But it also wasn’t.

Arlington election officials reported an unofficial turnout total of 121,807, which

represents the most number of county residents to cast ballots during any election.

But at the same time, the turnout rate – 82 percent – was below the 85 percent

SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington County Republican Committee chairman Jim Presswood (left) poses with award recipients Eric Brescia, Dustin Hodges, Vanice Famme and Joe Famme at the party’s Nov. 16 celebration and awards ceremony.

against incumbent Democrat Don Beyer.

Republicans did not field candidates for County Board or School Board.

The party’s focus in 2017 likely will center on statewide races for governor,

lieutenant governor and attorney general, all currently in Democratic hands.

The party is “looking forward to having a takeover” of the statewide posts, Presswood said.

recorded in 1992, according to county elections chief Linda Lindberg.

Final Arlington vote totals, per the Virginia Department of Elections: President: Clinton (D), 91,879; Trump

(R), 20,155; Johnson (L), 3,816; Stein (Gr.), 908; McMullin (Ind.), 2,586; writein, 2,586.

U.S. House of Representatives, 8th District: Beyer (D), 82,224; Hernick (R), 30,003; Gracia (Ind.), 4,507; write-in, 334.

County Board: Garvey (D), 75,542; Clement (Ind.), 28,781; write-in (2,139).

School Board (vote for up to two): Van Doren, 81,688; Talento, 69,562; write-in, 3,876. (School Board seats officially are non-partisan, but the Arlington County Democratic Committee endorsed Van Doren and Talento.)

With Bond Passage, Lubber Run Project Moves Forward: Approval by Arlington voters of the proposed community-infrastructure bond means work now moves forward on redevelopment of the Lubber Run Community Center.

The $47 million project will be mostly funded through bond proceeds, which will be used to replace the existing, two-story center that dates to the 1960s.

A design for the new facility won’t be complete until next year. County officials anticipate a building rising up to four stories, with parking being placed underground to use portions of the existing surface lot for green space.

The new center will include a gym, and will accommodate relocation of the senior-citizens program currently housed at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. Some Department of Parks and Recreation staff will be relocated to the new facility from other areas of the community, but office use will remain “subservient” to community use, county officials said.

Construction is slated to begin in 2018 and be wrapped up by 2020, according to county officials.

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Stambaugh Foundation’s Boosters Pledge to Continue Fight for Ideals of Namesake Community notables gathered Nov. 16 to celebrate the legacy of the late Del. Warren Stambaugh.

Former Clerk of the Circuit Court David Bell wears a baseball cap given to him by Stambaugh – a rabid Cincinnati Reds fan – shortly before his death in 1990.

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Among those who provided the backIts assets have been forwarded to the Arlington Community Foundation, but bone for establishment of the foundation members of the Warren G. Stambaugh were former Clerk of the Circuit Court Foundation say they will continue to David Bell, Susan Prokop, John Tuohy, advocate for the issues the foundation’s former Sheriff Jim Gondles and former Del. and former Circuit Court Judge Jim namesake held dear.

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Nature cal leaders to the Lyon Park Community Among those who already have beneCenter to commemorate the legacy of Stambaugh – who was serving in the Vir- fited from the scholarship program is Asa ginia House of Delegates at the time of Meyer, a Wakefield High School graduate his death in 1990 – and support efforts to who currently is a junior in the food-science and pre-med programs at Texas Tech build the social safety net.

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“Warren cared about everyone. Ev- determined to do something . . . for the eryone,” said O’Leary, a personal friend. world,” Tom said. “She’s never been shy “Warren cared about everyone in Virginia about accepting any kind of challenge.”

O’Leary said those who remember – everyone.”

“He was the most tremendous legisla- Stambaugh intend to support his legacy tor . . . a complete bafflement and mys- through fund-raising and activism. He tery” to those in Richmond when he ar- even dangled the possibility of a return rived in the 1970s, O’Leary noted with to the kiss-a-pig challenge held during the Arlington County Fair, with elected oflingering satisfaction.

After Stambaugh’s sudden death from ficials and other leaders raising funds to a heart ailment at age 46, friends estab- avoid having to pucker up with a porker.

O’Leary begged off any future particilished a foundation in his honor that, over a quarter of a century, distributed grants pation himself, since his wife, Linda, long totaling more than $200,000 to organiza- ago issued the dictate that “any lips that tions serving those with physical or intel- touch swine shall never touch mine.”

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To Sandy Bushue of the Optimist Club of Arlington and George Allin Jr. of the Arlington Host Lions Club, who were named Woman of the Year and Man of the Year by the Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington during a ceremony last week.

In addition, we salute the InterService Club Council (now in its 76th year), along with the service clubs it represents and the community members who are active in those clubs. Estimates are that the members contribute 100,000 hours of community service each year in Arlington, but their reach

Special elections can have some goes much deeper – they are a major part of the social fabric of the wacky results. When County Board member Al Eisenberg decommunity. camped his local post for an apONE OF THE GREAT ‘WHAT- pointment in the (Bill) Clinton IFS’ of Hillary Clinton’s victory- administration in 1999, the subthat-wasn’t is how her election sequent special election led to Rewould have shaken up the local publican Mike Lane’s election over Democrat Charles Monroe. Eight political scene.

It’s all but assured one or more months later, in a rematch, Monlocal elected officials would have roe turned the tables and defeated been tapped for posts in the Clin- Lane, whose brief tenure repreton administration, giving county sented the last non-Democrat on voters (who already have reason to the County Board until John Vihbe pooped) the prospect of special stadt’s dual wins in 2014.

Political junkies love the idea of elections in early 2017. But with Donald Trump’s victory, it is not special elections. But the prospect now looks far less likely for 2017. to be.

County Board Should Not Be Full-Time Position Editor: In employment regulations, there are two kinds of employees: “exempt” and “non-exempt.” (To oversimplify, nonexempt workers are found at lower and non-supervisory levels.)

As a former position classifier and supervisor, I know that more work is not necessarily higher-level work. Attending civic-association meetings and

other ceremonial functions and holding “listening tours,” while valuable, are not something that should warrant doubling of County Board compensation to more than $100,000 per member.

As County Board members know when they run for office, the jobs they hold are, by design, part-time. We have a county manager and staff members who are well-compensated to carry out

the implementation of government.

I suggest we continue the proven method of establishing blue-ribbon panels of highly qualified residents, who work for free and do an outstanding job (as the Fire Station #8 Task Force showed), in determining pros and cons of issues.

Pamela Stratton Arlington

Editor: As an 86-year-old veteran of both the Korean War and Vietnam War eras, I deeply resent witnessing burning of an American flag by an immature, unruly, pea-brained gaggle of American University students, which was shown on national television the day after the presidential election.

The fact that no other American Uni-

versity students or staff even attempted to halt such disrespectful action is even more upsetting.

What would I recommend as appropriate punishment for those involved?

Suspension? No. Waterboarding? No. Incarceration? No. Merely assign the student flag-burners and their supporters to community service – the placement of holiday

wreaths on every veteran’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery.

Perhaps then might these students understand and appreciate the clear message that the American flag represents: huge sacrifices paid by all veterans who have been protecting their coddled asses since 1776.

Donald Kreutzinger Arlington

Flag-Burning Protesters Have No Sense of Honor

Trump Critics Resort to Name-Calling in Wake of Defeat Editor: How dare Mary Moran [Letters, Nov. 17] insult the millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump, and claim they couldn’t have thought it through.

She’s so enlightened, yet she can’t even put forth a case for her side, except to predict the future will be dire and to sling insults.

Trump’s victory is a mandate for change, and she and many other whin-

ers need to get a reality check.

They are always spouting tolerance – unless of course you disagree with them.

Then it gets nasty, just like her letter.

Bernadette Travers Arlington

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Historic Districts Are a Good Thing for Local Communities Editor: Stephen Carey [Letters, Nov. 3] wrote that he opposes historic designation of Westover Village since it is not historic at all, but rather this is a “gimmick” that will reduce property values and was dreamed up by “progressive activists and a nanny state.”

A few historical facts may clarify his nonsense: Most economic studies of properties contained in a historic district indicate that their values are higher than those of comparable properties not in historic districts. Economic studies show that historic preservation long-term raises the value of properties, and so Carey’s

assertion is bogus.

In 2006, the U.S. Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources determined on their own that Westover Village should be listed on the National and Virginia Registers of Historic Places, citing its important historic architecture and community planning and development of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. Westover Village has been a National and Virginia historic district for 10 years. Neither Arlington progressives nor “Arlington nannies” influenced these determinations.

History in Arlington is not limited to Robert E. Lee’s mansion, but also the lives and history of Americans who

came, lived in, and built Arlington in the 1930s-1950s in Westover and many other similar garden apartments. This was the era when most of current Arlington was built.

Earlier this year, about 200 Arlington residents petitioned the Arlington County government to designate Westover Village as a local historic district, joining other large garden-apartment districts already so designated such as Colonial Village and Buckingham. We did this because developers had demolished or will shortly demolish nearly 70 affordable rental garden apartments, along with 100-year-old trees and adja-

cent green space, to build million-dollar townhouses.

About two-thirds of Westover’s 2,200 residents live in rental units today. Local designation will make it much more difficult to demolish buildings in a historic district, and preserve 400 units at risk.

The Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at Swanson Middle School. We urge Arlington residents to attend and support local historic designation of Westover Village.

John Reeder Arlington

More Efforts Needed to Retain Affordable Housing in Westover Editor: The Sept. 22 edition of the Sun Gazette leads with headline “Can Westover Retain Its Affordable Housing?” The accompanying article describes the proposed plan of the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) to acquire and renovate about 70 market-rate affordable apartment units in the Westover national historic district now under threat of demolition.

While APAH’s modest proposal is a positive response to the threat to Westover’s historic and affordable apartment stock, a much greater commitment of resources will be required if the majority (roughly 400 units) of Westover’s threatened affordable housing is to be preserved.

Though the APAH proposal would save about 70 units, approval of this plan would not match the number of Westover units already demolished. In August, the owner of two more Westover apartment buildings applied to the county for a demolition permit, and another eight to ten apartments will be lost.

Last year, the County Board approved its long-term Affordable Housing Master Plan. As part of this Plan it was determined that priority should be given to the preservation of market-rate affordable units, such as those now under threat in Westover.

Among other things, the Master Plan sets the goal of replenishing Arlington’s affordable housing stock to the levels available in 2007.

The Plan also outlines a number of “tools” available to the county government to address the affordable-housing issue.

Nonetheless, a review of the Plan shows that none of the available “tools” would be effective in addressing the immediate threat to Westover’s affordable housing stock, save one: local historic designation.

For this reason, as well as to preserve the unique character of the community, several Westover residents, along with other Arlington residents, submitted a petition to the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB), requesting local historic designation for the national Westover historic district.

The HALRB procedures are lengthy and complex, and some of Westover’s affordable stock may be lost due to administrative delay, but since this is the only effective avenue available to address the imminent demolition threat to Westover’s affordable housing, this is the option that must be pursued.

Recently, the County Board decided to commit $50 million to upgrade the existing infrastructure of a commercial enterprise at Ballston Common Mall.

In that instance, the board decided that government intervention was entirely appropriate in what would ordinarily be a market-driven decision by private parties.

In the case of Westover’s affordable housing, rather than an appropriation, a simple loan guarantee may be sufficient to preserve the affordable housing so many of Westover’s residents depend on.

The Westover affordable-housing situation is a test of the County Board’s commitment to preserving Arlington’s affordable housing.

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Arlington Real Estate Has a Hot Month in October The Arlington real estate market rebounded from an anemic September with a strong year-over-year sales performance in October, with the average price of single-family homes rising to more than $900,000 for the month but prices in other sectors declining.

A total of 237 properties went to closing in October, up nearly 17 percent from the 203 transactions of a year before, according to figures reported Nov. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The average sales price of $599,768 was down 2.8 percent from a year before,

but the average price in the single-family segment was up 0.7 percent to $900,311.

The average price of attached homes, such as townhouses and rowhouses, declined 7.8 percent to $434,764, while the average price of condominiums declined 4.3 percent to $409,858.

A total of 27 properties changed hands for more than $1 million. Total sales volume of $142.1 million was up 13.5 percent from a year ago.

Of homes that sold in October, it took an average of 46 days to go from listing to ratified sales contract, an improvement from 48 days a year before. Properties gar-

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Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 156 cases, followed by cash (37) and VAbacked mortgages (21).

Inventory continues to be tighter than a year before, with the 578 properties available at the end of the month down from 681 a year ago – a 15-percent decline.

Where is the market headed in the short term? Pending sales and homes coming under contract both were up by double digits in October from a year before, pointing to solid sales figures as the market closes out the year.

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

Region’s Median Sales Price Ranks 14th Nationally: The median sales price of all homes across the Washington region in the third quarter of 2016 was enough to rank the area 14th nationally, but price appreciation continues to underperform the national average – which may not, on balance, be such a bad thing.

The median price of existing, singlefamily homes across the D.C. metro area from July through September stood at $393,500, up 1.7 percent from a year before, according to data reported by the National Association of Realtors.

Only 13 metro areas out of 178 nation-

ally posted higher median prices, led by San Jose, Calif., at an even $1 million for the quarter, the second straight reporting period it (or any metro area) had posted a seven-figure median price.

Also in the top five: San Francisco, $835,400; Honolulu, $745,300; AnaheimSanta Ana, Calif., $740,100; and San Diego, $589,300. Rounding out the top 10 were Los Angeles, Boulder (Colo.), Nassau County-Suffolk County (N.Y.), Boston and Seattle.

The five lowest-cost metro areas in the third quarter were Youngstown, Ohio, $90,300; Cumberland, Md., $94,400; Decatur, Ill., $99,400; Elmira, N.Y., $109,400; and Rockford, Ill., $111,900.

The Washington region’s 1.7-percent appreciation rate compared to a national year-over-year growth of 5.2 percent, as the median price of single-family homes across the U.S. rose to $240,900. But as millions learned to their chagrin in the mid-2000s, large rates of appreciation can have negative consequences.

“If mortgage rates start to rise heading into next year, prospective buyers could face weakening affordability conditions in their market unless supply dramatically improves,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors “That’s why it’s absolutely imperative that home builders ramp up the production of more single-family homes to meet demand and slow price growth.”

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Arlington Notes ‘SCAN’ HONORS ADVOCATE AT ANNUAL CELEBRATION: Stop Child Abuse

Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia recently honored Leana Katz with its 2016 Cleary Award for her service to the community.

Named in honor of SCAN founder Dave Cleary, the award saluted Katz’s work as a court-appointed special advocate and volunteer for the past decade.

“We are celebrating Leana’s compassion, as well as her deep understanding of the complex issues so many families face in our community today,” said SCAN executive director Sonia Quiñónez.

Katz has worked to advocate for 13 abused and neglected children across seven families, and is a founding member of the SCAN Council of Young Professionals. She and her husband, Marc, are founding sponsors of SCAN’s popular Croquet Day event each spring.

The award presentation was made in conjunction with SCAN’s 14th annual Toast to Hope fund-raiser, held Nov. 12 at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. The event drew 200 guests and raised more than $115,000 to support efforts to prevent child abuse in Northern Virginia.

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

‘GIVING CIRCLE OF HOPE’ REACHES $1 MILLION MARK: The Giving Circle

of Hope, a fund of the Community Foun-

dation for Northern Virginia, has reached the $1 million mark in moneys raised and granted to support critical needs across the region.

“This milestone proves the power of collective giving; we reached it with many individuals giving as little as one dollar a day or volunteering for one event a year,” said Linda Strup, a founding member of the Giving Circle.

Members of the organization on Nov. 17 met to award grants for the coming year and to celebrate the achievement.

Giving Circle founding member Diana Katz said reaching the $1 million point is akin to coming upon a landing on a steep staircase.

“We can take a breath, look back to see what we have done, and we can look upward to see how much more we can do,” Katz said.

WORKS BY LOCAL COMPOSER SALUTED: Composer Christopher Hoh of

Arlington has been honored by Project: Encore, which added his “Three Latin Prayers” to its catalog of new choral music, based on the endorsement by a panel of internationally recognized conductors.

Hoh’s work sets the texts “Angele Dei,” “Agimus Tibi Gratias” and “Dona Nobis Pacem” for six-part unaccompanied choir.

For information on the works, see the Web site at www.hohmademusic.com. For

Leana Katz, left, was honored with the 2016 Cleary Award by Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia. She is shown with organization founder Dave Cleary and executive director Sonia Quiñónez.

information on Project: Encore, see the Web site at www.projectencore.org.

INTERGENERATIONAL THEATER PROJECT TO TAKE THE STAGE: Educational

Theatre Company, Street Sense and students from H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program will present “Devising Hope,” an intergenerational staged reading on topics around family, loved, deferred dreams and the definition of “home” on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. at H-B Woodlawn.

A second performance will be presented Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany in the District of Columbia.

A donation of $5 is suggested. For information, see the Web site at www.educationaltheatrecompany.org.

HOST LIONS CLUB PREPS FOR CITRUS SALE: The Arlington Host Lions Club

hosts its annual holiday citrus sale from Dec. 1-4 in the parking lot of Wells Fargo Bank, located at the corner of Lee Highway and North Glebe Road.

Grapefruit, oranges, tangelos, tangerines, maple syrup and a variety of nuts

will be available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting non-profit organizations supported by the Lions Club.

For information on the sale or the club, see the Web site at http://e-clubhouse.org/ sites/arlingtonva/.

NATURE CENTER OFFERS WREATHMAKING WORKSHOP: Long Branch

Nature Center will host a holiday wreathmaking workshop on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The event also will feature music and refreshments.

For information, call (703) 228-4747.

NATURE CENTER TO HOST FAMILY HIKE: Gulf Branch Nature Center will

host a Fun Fall Family Hike on Sunday, Nov. 27 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Designed for families with children ages 5 and older, the event will feature views of the Potomac River and a search for signs of autumn, from bustling squirrels to the season’s last wildflowers.

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Arlington Notes II GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Arlington County govern-

ment offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, in observance of Thanksgiving.

INSTALLATION SET FOR NEW CATHOLIC BISHOP: The incoming Roman Cath-

olic bishop of Arlington will be installed during a ceremony slated for Dec. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington.

Michael Burbidge, currently bishop of Raleigh (N.C.), was chosen by Pope Francis in October to succeed Bishop Paul Loverde. He will become the fourth bishop since the Arlington diocese was carved out of the Diocese of Richmond in 1974.

The ceremony will feature Pope Francis’s apostolic nuncio to the U.S., Archbishop Christophe Pierre and Baltimore Archbishop William Lori. At the installation, a Mass will be said in honor of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, whose feast day is Dec. 6.

Admission to the ceremony will be by invitation only, but the ceremony will be live-streamed beginning at 3 p.m. at www. arlingtondiocese.org.

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LINDEN RESOURCES BEATS PROJECTIONS IN CROWDFUNDING EFFORT:

Arlington-based Linden Resources’ first foray into the world of online crowdfunding raised $22,500, more the double the projection.

The event was held in conjunction with National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October.

Funds raised will support programs that work to help adults with disabilities find employment and become involved in the community.

VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR FOODBAGGING INITIATIVE: Grace Communi-

ty Church is seeking volunteers to support its sixth annual packaging of non-perishable meals, with a goal of 150,000 meals in support of Hunger to Hope.

Up to 1,000 volunteers from the community are needed to staff one-hour sessions on Dec. 4 at 9:30 and 11 a.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

The event is being coordinated with Feed My Starving Children, an international non-profit that works to alleviate hunger and foster sustainable development around the world.

“This is something we all can agree on – it addresses a basic need in the world; it gives people hope that when we all come together, we can do something meaning-

ful,” said Derek Adye, executive pastor of the church and master of ceremonies for the program.

For information, see the Web site at http://trygrace.org.

ANNUAL ‘MIRACLE ON 23rd STREET’ CELEBRATION SET: Linden Resources

will host the annual “Miracle on 23rd Street” celebration on Friday, Dec. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the non-profit’s office, 750 23rd St. South.

The event will feature musical entertainment, a raffle, refreshments and a tree-lighting ceremony featuring Santa arriving via an Arlington Fire Station #5 firetruck.

The event is free, and the community is invited. For information, call (703) 5214441 or see the Web site at www.linden. org.

Linden Resources provides employment and workforce-development services to individuals with disabilities. It was founded in Arlington 57 years ago.

COMMUNITY CHORUS HOSTS HOLIDAY CONCERT: “Light Through the

Night: Music to Brighten the Dark Days of Winter” is the theme of the Arlington Community Chorus’s winter concert, to be held on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School.

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Admission is free; good-will donations are accepted. For information, see the Web site at www.ibischambermusic.org.

ADAPTED ‘CHRISTMAS CAROL’ COMES TO STAGE: Encore Stage & Studio will

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The production is appropriate for ages 4 and older.

Performances will take place Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 3 at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10. For information, call (703) 548-1154 or see the Web site at www.encorestage.org.

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Realtors Look to Top Issues of Coming Year Housing affordability, demographic shifts and e-commerce’s impact on retail spaces are among the top pressing issues Realtors should be knowledgeable about heading into 2017.

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Providing their timely insights on residential and commercial real estate were two speakers with leadership roles from the Counselors of Real Estate: Scott Muldavin, 2017 chair, and Peter Burley, chair of the group’s external affairs committee.

For the past five years, the committee has identified and released a top 10 list of the issues and developments that will define the real estate industry in the upcoming year.

Muldavin and Burley launched into the interactive discussion by talking about the current global and domestic opportunities and threats. Geopolitical and economic uncertainty, volatility in the energy markets and weaker trade volume could slow U.S. growth and lead to fewer job gains in the year ahead.

These set of dominoes – if prominent and prolonged – could have the potential to eventually trickle down and impact residential housing.

“The good news is that even with U.S. economic expansion at around 2 percent, the U.S. is still outperforming other major countries around the world,” said Muldavin.

Burley pointed out that demographic shifts are also poised to transform the real estate industry now that Millennials have taken over Baby Boomers as the largest generation.

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Kinney Is Lauded with ‘Spirit of Community’ Award SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

He’s been described as “Arlington’s most indispensable citizen,” and while the low-key Jonathan Kinney might chafe at such a moniker, there is a ring of truth to the statement.

“Often the smartest man in the room . . . [and] along with his big brain, he has a great big heart,” said longtime friend and fellow attorney Ralph Johnson, who was tapped to introduce Kinney as recipient of the 2016 William T. Newman Jr. Spirit of Community Award.

The annual honor is bestowed by the Arlington Community Foundation. Kinney was saluted Nov. 10 at a luncheon attended by a record crowd approaching 400 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel.

In a rollicking introduction, Johnson reminded the crowd that the award recipient was not without his flaws.

There was his golf game; even standing behind Kinney on a golf course could be dangerous, Johnson suggested. And who else of his stature would drive a 17-yearold car with a perpetually blinking “check engine” light, he mused.

“A very humble man,” Johnson said.

And, the introducer added, “there is no small idea that Jon can’t complicate,” adding that he (Johnson) never intervenes, because Kinney seems to be having so much

fun working his way out of any situation.

A lifelong resident of Arlington, Kinney handles land-use, zoning and estateplanning cases at Bean, Kinney & Korman. His accomplished professional career has been complemented by active, though often quiet, support on a host of community issues, from affordable housing to seniors.

“Jon is a person who learned, from his parents I believe, that as you progress through the community, you want to bring the community with you,” said former Clerk of the Circuit Court David Bell, who has known Kinney for decades.

“He’s like the Magic 8 Ball: He knows everything in Arlington,” added Eric Dobson, a civic activist and former Arlington Planning Commission member.

With a love of local and national history, Kinney used his acceptance speech to remind the audience of past times in U.S. history when the nation was polarized. He pointed to the long hostility that existed between rivals John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, which was resolved late in the lives of each with a renewed friendship and historic correspondence back and

forth.

More recently and closer to home, Kinney pointed out that Arlington youth of his generation had attended segregated schools. (Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr., for whom the Spirit of Community Award is named, also is an Arlington native, and also experienced the rigid, state-mandated segregation of the pre-integration era, but from the African-American side of the divide.)

Kinney urged that Americans of all persuasions use communication and dialogue to bridge political and social differences, and was upbeat, if philosophical, about the pace of change.

“America has often failed the ideals it professes,” Kinney said. “Progress is slow, but it does occur. We all share most of the same goals.”

The first Spirit of Community Award was presented in 1993 to Joan Cooper.

Recipients over the years have included Elizabeth Campbell, Walter Tejada, Judy Connally, Jennie Davis, Jean Berg, Eric Schaeffer, Preston Caruthers, Rich Doud, Karen Darner, Meg Tuccillo and the duo of John Andelin and Ginger Geoffrey.

As for receiving the award, Kinney was appreciative, but downplayed his worthiness.

“I accept it knowing there are many more people in Arlington” whose work serves as an inspiration, he said.

Also honored at the luncheon was

the Arlington Outdoor Education Association, the non-profit community group that for the past 50 years has operated the Arlington Outdoor Lab, a 225-acre tract in Fauquier County that provides educational experiences for students in Arlington’s public schools.

The facility was created in 1967 by the county school system’s then-supervisor of science, Phoebe Knipling, and “her mighty band” of volunteers, said Darner.

“Their dream has come true,” Darner said, noting that the educational facility had “quite an impact on the community 50 years ago, and every year since.”

Michael Nardolilli, who serves as president of the association, said experiences in environmental education provide an ongoing cycle of positive growth for students. “There is a scientific basis: Outdoor education, and the Outdoor Lab in particular, make a difference in the outcome of children’s lives,” he said.

The Arlington Community Foundation was established in 1991 by a group of local leaders, including William Newman Jr., who now serves as chief judge of the Circuit Court. In the ensuing quarter-century, the organization has awarded more than $14 million in grants and scholarships, and has worked to promote philanthropy throughout the community.

The 2016 awards luncheon was chaired by foundation trustees Karen Darner and Susan Anderson.

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11-Year-Old Effort Draws 1,160 in ’16 DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

There might be no ceiling for the number of players who participate in the ever-expanding Arlington NFL Flag Football program.

Initially, when Bart Gray and his wife, Barbie, started the program 11 ago FLAG FOOTBALL years through the Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation and the guidance of John Blevins, they scrambled to round up enough players, 83, to field teams for the inaugural season when games were played at Bluemont Park.

With the 2016 season just completed, the Grays were still in charge of a league that swelled to its largest numbers – 1,160 players and 103 teams spanning eight age groups, playing games at four different venues running from mid-September to just before Thanksgiving. The age groups are for divisions 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14.

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Arlington NFL Flag Football players Joey Cordaro of the Bills is being chased by Bryce Griffith of the Saints during a recent championship playoff game at Washington-Lee High School. For PHOTO BY DEB KOLT more photos, see a slideshow at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington.

Generals’ Senior Passes for Nearly 3,000 Yards WASHINGTON-LEE QB’S FINAL STATS:

Washington-Lee High School senior quarterback Ricardo Mestre finished the season with 2,815 passing yards and he threw 28 touchdown passes to go with 20 interceptions.

His 2,815 yards were in the top five in the D.C. area. Mestre was 186 for 352.

He threw a touchdown pass in all but one football game for the 5-6 Generals, who were 0-1 in the playoffs. He threw seven TD passes in a win over McLean and five against Wakefield in a victory.

STATE CROSS COUNTRY: Washington-

Lee High School sophomore Jonny Jackson finished 26th in 16:26 at the boys 6A state cross country championships Nov. 12 at Great Meadow in The Plains. The winning time was 15:22.

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In the girls 6A race, Yorktown sophomore Catherine Whitehouse placed 36th in 19:38. The winning time was 17:08.

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNUP The two Arlington runners qualified for the state meet with strong finishes at the 6A North Region Championships at Burke Lake Park.

ICE HOCKEY: The Yorktown High

School club ice hockey team defeated Westfield, 5-4. Matt Neuman, Victor Kelley, Ricky McGolerick and Jeremy Marino scored goals for Yorktown. Kelley had two.

Assists went to Kelley, McGolerick, Ryan Styles and Bobby Wells. Yorktown’s goalies were Noah Whittington and Sam Levy.

WASHINGTON-LEE SHOT-PUTTER AUBURN BOUND: Washington-Lee High

School senior shot put and discus thrower Benedict Draghi has committed to Division I Auburn to continue throwing in college.

Draghi was a state, region and conference champion this past spring.

WASHINGTON-LEE HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS: The Washington-Lee

High School Athletic Hall of Fame is accepting nominations. Nominees can be for an athlete, coach, administrator or contributor.

Nominations can be made by anyone.

Selections and inductions are limited to six individuals per year.For a nomination form, call the W-L athletic department at (703) 228-6207.

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A few examples follow from what occurred in the Sun Gazette’s sports coverage areas. n There was a brief delay to the start of McLean High School’s opening football game because some of the field lights weren’t working. The game was played anyhow despite one full bank of lights being out. n In a road game against Madison, the Washington-Lee football team did not run the ball in the first half, throwing all passes. n As seems to happen every year, some of the runners got lost during the Arlington County cross country meets on the Bluemont Park course. n Some of the biggest bottleneck parking lots to exit after football games are at Marshall (on both sides of the school) and Flint Hill. Madison and Langley aren’t easy exits either. n The student announcer for Marshall’s football games and the regular pros at Bishop O’Connell, Flint Hill, Madison, McLean, Oakton, Wakefield and Yorktown are always helpful, very informative and not too wordy. n It became so hot and steamy at the annual Monroe Parker cross country meet in September that some of the afternoon races were canceled. n Sideline language from coaches and players at football games has been, for the most part, profanity clean in recent years. That was not the case on the Benedictine bench during the first half of a state playoff game at Flint Hill. A very loud 20-second profanity-laced outburst from an assistant coach was heard by many. n With the gym ceiling so low at Oakton, volleyballs regularly pinball off the rafters during matches. n There were 101 points scored in a football game, not basketball, between host Potomac School (33) and winning team St. James (68).

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Wakefield Coach Inducted into Md. Hoops Hall of Fame DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

So humbling, “so extremely humbling” were the emotions that overcame RichardBASKETBALL Marcia son when she recently was inducted into University of Maryland’s Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

“I never expected that,” said Richardson, who has been the girls head basketball coach at Wakefield High School for many years. “When I received the call telling me I was chosen, I was speechless and overwhelmed. I kept asking: ‘Me? Are you sure?’ I’m blessed they thought enough of me.”

The reason the selection committee was so sure was because of Richardson’s standout production when she played for Maryland and head coach Chris Weller from 1981-84. She helped Maryland win three Atlantic Coast Conference championships and reach the women’s final four in 1982. Richardson, 54, remains the program’s fourth all-time leading scorer.

The induction ceremony was at the Riggs Alumni Center at Maryland, with Weller in attendance. Several of Wakefield girls basketball players were on hand, along with Wakefield head boys

Flag Football Continued from Page 16 This year the league launched its first all-girls division, with 126 players.

After that first year Bart Gray said the word began spreading, mainly through word of mouth, the numbers increased, then grew the next year. They have grown every year. There were 1,050 players last fall.

“I don’t know how we got 83 players that first year,” Gray said.

“We got a lot of help from [county employees] Debbie DeFranco and Everett Yore. Now, we don’t know what the ceiling is for numbers. We got to 800 and thought that was it. Is there even any ceiling?”

Teams play seven regular-season games that consist of 40-minute contests, then are matched up by virtue of strength for a playoff tournament.

Gray, who coaches two teams in the league and has his sons, Hunter and Foster, refereeing games, used to play intramural flag football in college at Auburn. He and Barbie initially began a league in Georgia, then wanted to start a league in Arlington after moving to this area because they believed there would be an interest.

“I thought this would be something good for the kids to do where they could have fun,” Gray said. “It’s a great environment for them.”

There were eight all-star flag teams from the league that participated in the recent Washington Redskins NFL Flag

Marcia Richardson, in the red jacket, and some of her Wakefield High School players gather around an action photo of Richardson when she played at the University of Maryland. The Wakefield players were on hand for a recent ceremony to see Richardson inducted into the PHOTO FROM VITA WHITE Maryland’s Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

standout at Northern Nash High School in Rocky Mount. Former Maryland men’s basketball coach Lefty Driesell was at the school recruiting a player from the boys team when he saw Richardson play.

Driesell told Weller she should recruit Richardson, who eventually earned a scholarship to play for Maryland. Once on Maryland’s team, she received some ribbing from family and community members about not staying close to home instead, and playing for one of the big North Carolina college teams.

“I’d get booed and called a traitor some when Maryland played games in North Carolina,” Richardson said.

In recent weeks, Richardson has received proclamations of congratulations from the mayor’s office in her home town of Nashville, N.C.; from the town of Cheverly, Md. where she currently lives; a governor’s citation from the State of Maryland; a key to the town of Cheverly; and a letter of recognition from the Arlington County School Board.

The Wakefield High girls basketball team’s 2016-17 regular-season schedule includes a road game at Richardson’s alma mater, Northern Nash. “That should be a lot of fun, and hopefully, we can give them a good game,” Richardson said.

basketball coach Tony Bentley and the school’s director of student activities, Noel Deskins.

“It was a great night and experience,” Richardson said. “To be a member of that Hall of Fame with so many other great Maryland players, again, I was humbled by it all. We had some great seasons there.”

In her acceptance speech, Richardson thanked Weller, among others, and her large family of 14 siblings and two

sisters. Weller has attended Wakefield’s games and practices in the past, talking to the players. She and Richardson remain close, speaking several times a month.

“I had 12 brothers and they taught me how to play basketball,” Richardson said. “I’d get knocked around by them pretty good sometimes. But they let me play.”

Richardson grew up in North Carolina, where she became a girls basketball

Regional competition at a complex in Leesburg. Arlington’s 14-under girls squad won the title for the third year in a row.

The team dominated with victories over opponents from New York, Pennsylvania, and D.C., winning those games by a combined score of 96-6.

Next, the Arlington team travels to Orlando for the national championships at Disney Wide World of Sports in January.

The 14-under Arlington players are Azzi Fudd, Olivia Baptise, Isabel Zamer, Jada Brown, Sophia Bailey, Kira Dann, Lucy Colaccino, Shea Messman, Kendall McGowan and Malina Goodwin. Mike Rivera and Bart Gray are the coaches.

Gray said the team is very good and has a good chance to win the national championships, something it did not do the past two seasons.

Arlington’s 14-under boys team was selected by the Washington Redskins to play in the nationals as well.

The players are Ethan Coll, John Griffen, Thor Koomey, Zach McAndrews, Eric Pacheco, Joe Redmond, Seth Novak, Joseph Capretta and Benjamin Cassatt. Laura Novak and Chris Koomey are the coaches.

NOTE: On Nov. 27 in Baltimore, 20 players from the Arlington NFL Flag program will participate in a girls halftime scrimmage during the Baltimore Ravens game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Arlington was chosen by the Ravens to participate as part of their youth football outreach program called RISE.

Top: Saints coach Roger Bhojwani watches the action as his quarterback, Jonathan Bhojwani, throws a pass to open receiver Jaray Witherell in a recent playoff game. Above: Bills coach Nick Cordaro presents a runner-up trophy to Ben Rosini as teammates watch.

PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

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Police Beat SHERIFF’S OFFICE SETTLES WITH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: n The Arlington County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $250,000 and make procedural changes in connection with a civil-rights case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The cash will go to a deaf man who was incarcerated for 40 days at the Arlington County Detention Facility. The Justice Department contended the sheriff’s office violated various provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the treatment of inmates.

“People who are deaf or hard of hearing must be able to communicate clearly with law-enforcement officials,” the Justice Department said in announcing the settlement on Nov. 18.

The $250,000 will go to the incarceree, Justice Department officials said, and the

sheriff’s office has agreed to appoint an Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator and to provide telecommunication devices for incarcerees who are deaf or hard of hearing.

BURGLARY: n Sometime between Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 8:45 a.m., a business in the 5000 block of Columbia Pike was burglarized. Cash was taken.

The suspect is described as a male, in his 20s, 5’5” to 5’8” tall, 130 to 150 pounds. n Sometime between Nov. 11 at 9:20 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 10:20 a.m., a business in the 3500 block of Columbia Pike was burglarized. Cash was taken. n On Nov. 14 between 9 and 10 p.m., a business in the 1600 block of Crystal Square was burglarized. Cash was taken.

Schools & Military n The Arlington Career Center was the winner for another year in the Virginia School Boards Association’s fifth annual student-video challenge. It’s the fourth time in a row students from the program have won the competition.

The Career Center team of Sarah Strunk and Daniela Londono is enrolled in Thomas O’Dary’s Television & Multimedia Production II class.

Competitors were asked to create a 30second video around the theme of workforce readiness. A total of 86 entries were received, with the winners announced

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the “Kings Dominion Rule” (even though the theme park’s owners have no position on it) have gone nowhere in Richmond.

At a Nov. 15 briefing, School Board members heard from their legislative liaison that the General Assembly might in fact stiffen, rather than loosen, current rules on local districts.

Lilla Wise, who has represented the

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at the annual conference of the Virginia School Boards Association.

The winning video can be seen at https://vimeo.com/185312376.

The Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington recently presented a $1,000 grant to the youth program of the Leadership Center for Excellence.

The annual funding will be used by students who participate in the two-week summer program to support a non-profit organization from among the two dozen that students visit as part of the program. n

School Board as a lobbyist in Richmond for 30 years, said the decision by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) to require schools in his state to start after Labor Day may embolden Virginia legislators to give fewer exemptions to Virginia localities than exist now.

“I was hoping that . . . maybe we might see a change” toward local control of the school calendar, Wise told School Board members. But Hogan’s action could blunt any momentum local school districts in Virginia might have in convincing legislators to ease up.

But hope springs eternal. “Still dreaming,” Kanninen said in voicing hope that the calendar might be restored to local control.

School Board Still Bedeviled by PayRaise Possibility: At least one Arlington School Board members thinks her colleagues should press the General Assembly for a pay raise.

At the board’s Nov. 15 meeting, School Board Vice Chairman Barbara Kanninen raised the question of procedural steps involved in upping board pay. She noted that County Board Chairman Libby Garvey recently had broached the same subject for her body.

School Board members currently earn $20,040 per year, with the chairman earning $22,080. Effective Jan. 1, salaries will go to $25,000 for board members, $27,000

n Arlington police are looking for a suspect believed to have been responsible for a series of residential burglaries the morning of Nov. 16.

Reports of burglaries came from the 1400 block of 28th Street South; the 2800 block of South Glebe Road; and the 2800 block of South Meade Street.

Entry was gained through unlocked windows.

The suspect is described as a black male, 6 feet tall, 200 to 215 pounds.

RECOVERED STOLEN AUTO: n On Nov. 15 at 12:09 a.m., an officer was conducting a traffic stop in the 2300 block of South Clark Street, determining that the vehicle was stolen, police said.

The suspect – 30-year-old Don Pierre Green of the District of Columbia – was arrested, charged with grand larceny auto

and driving without a license.

POLICE AIM TO ‘FILL THE CRUISER’ FOR HOLIDAYS: n The Arlington County Police Department is seeking donations of new, unwrapped toys for children ages 1 to 17 as part of its “Fill the Cruiser” campaign, with toys to be distributed in December.

Donations can be dropped off at police headquarters (1425 North Courthouse Road) through Dec. 16.

Donation drives will be held at the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center, 2425 North Harrison St., on Nov. 29; at Pentagon Row, 1201 South Joyce St., on Nov. 29; at Shirlington Village, 2700 South Quincy St, on Nov. 29; and at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 830 23rd St. South, on Dec. 7. All events will take place from 6 to 8 p.m.

Arlington Public Schools students

are invited to participate in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Visual-Arts competition, with award recipients to be announced in January and featured in the Sun Gazette.

The 2017 competition will focus on the King quotation: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

Students in Arlington public schools from kindergarten through high schools can participate. The contest often results in 1,000 or more entries.

The deadline is Dec. 9.

for the chairman.

That $25,000 figure for board members is the maximum allowed for Arlington’s School Board under the Code of Virginia, so raising the salaries would require an act of the legislature – a longshot, at best.

(The same code section allows the chairman and vice chairman of the Arlington School Board to be paid more, and does not set a cap on their salaries.

The two leadership positions traditionally rotate among members) The issue of upping School Board salaries significantly has been brought up before, and despite what appears to be reasonably clear Code of Virginia language, “we have conflicting information” on what action would be needed to obtain authority for higher pay, School Board Chairman Nancy Van Doren said.

Perhaps sensing that the School Board didn’t need the brushback that came to Garvey when she broached the subject of a County Board pay raise, Van Doren cut off discussion and moved the meeting on to other topics.

School Officials Make Pitch for ‘Arlington Tech’ Applications: Arlington school officials are on the hunt for 100 current eighth-graders interested in joining the second incoming class at the Arlington Tech program.

The school system in early November opened the online-application process

for the project-based-learning program, which is based at (but distinct from) the Arlington Career Center.

The 100 students selected for the incoming freshman class next spring will join about 40 who are part of the inaugural class, in a program school officials aim to ultimately grow to 800 students.

Even Superintendent Patrick Murphy is making a pitch to prospects, saying the program works equally well for those who want a college degree and those interested in more specialized training.

Students in the program “can already begin to earn credits [through dual-enrollment classes with Northern Virginia Community College] . . . or if they don’t want to go to college right away out of high school, they can begin to earn a certificate and move right into a career,” Murphy said Nov. 15.

Arlington Tech students can participate in athletics and extracurricular activities at their “base” high school (Wakefield, Washington-Lee or Yorktown), although county school officials hope to ultimately establish teams and clubs at the tech program.

The application deadline is Jan. 31. If more than 100 students apply, the school system is planning a lottery to pick those offered admission. Those selected will have until March to decide whether to commit or to pass on the opportunity.

“It’s their opportunity to learn about service and put their best foot forward to champion for non-profits,” said Christina Falck of the Leadership Center for Excellence.

Joe Lott, president of the Inter-Service Club Council, observed the summer 2016 youth program and was pleased with what he saw. “What an inspiration to see all those [high school] juniors and seniors who are headed off on that path of civic engagement,” Lott said. n

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TOWN OF VIENNA, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town Council (the “Town Council”) of the Town of Vienna, Virginia (the “Town”) will consider at a Public Hearing on Monday, December 5, 2016, beginning at 8:00 p.m., in the Council Room, Town Hall, 127 Center Street South, Vienna, Virginia, to consider the following: Ordinance amendments to the Maple Avenue Commercial Zone (MAC) At said public hearing, any and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to speak in favor of or in opposition to the ordinance.

A copy of the proposed is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and may be viewed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via the website at www.viennava.gov.

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Arlington history

TOURISTS’ EUROPE

Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. Find out more on local history at the Web site www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

© StatePoint Media

4. *Tour de France, e.g.

5. Warm weather shoe 6. “Wheel of Fortune” choice 7. *____ De Triomphe

ACROSS

8. a.k.a. nutria

1. French abbots

9. *Salz____ or St. Peters____

6. Bag to Coco Chanel

10. Biblical twin

November 21, 1958: n After being threatened with expulsion from the Virginia Education Association, the Arlington Education Association has scrapped consideration of integrating its ranks with black teachers. n The County Board is working on ways to solve the parking crunch in Clarendon. n A total of 149 Arlington motorists have been cited for failing to display the new state inspection decals. n Washington-Lee students were recruited to test out a new polygraph machine by purposely lying on certain questions.

9. Pulpit predecessor

11. ____ en scene

13. Butterfly, pre-

12. Expert

metamorphosis

15. Unkind person

14. Plays for pay

20. Nebraska’s largest city

15. It died February 3, 1959

22. Truck brand

16. Wrinkles easily

24. Railyard worker

17. Slippery when cold

25. Symphony member

18. Undo

26. *Home to Notre Dame

19. *Home to Piccadilly Circus

27. Port city business

21. *Home to Charles Bridge

29. Sacred Hindu writings

and Kafka’s grave

31. Requests

23. Scot’s woolen cap

32. Be at the helm

24. Chinese monetary unit

33. Languishing

25. Choose

35. Show the guns?

28. Psychedelic lamp

37. *Home to Trevi Fountain

30. Unhealthy vapors

39. *Home to Leaning Tower

November 20-21, 1968: n The “Old Oaken Bucket” football game between Washington-Lee and George Washington high schools will be held on Thanksgiving Day for the last time this year. Future contests will be held earlier in the season, so as not to conflict with the playoffs. n The School Board is being asked to upgrade special-education programs in the county. n A new census shows that 92 percent of students attending Arlington’s public schools are white.

34. Be sick

42. Not a soul

36. *Mister from Munich

45. In fact

38. Bar, legally

49. *Sporty tourists do it in the

40. Like word of mouth

Alps

41. Software extension

51. *Like a Norwegian fjord

43. Confederate soldier’s hat

54. Private

44. Comforter stuffing

56. Unfriendly glance

November 20, 1978: n The County Board has OK’d “selective hiring,” an effort to shed 10 percent of the county government’s workforce by next June. n The state Supreme Court is set to rule on the constitutionality of Virginia’s revised death-penalty statute. n Lt. Gov. Robb says Virginia’s public colleges and universities should spend less time constructing new buildings and more time focusing on the quality of education provided to students. n An Arlington truck dealership is offering a free shotgun with every pickup purchased.

November 21, 1988: n The 5,300 parking spaces at National Airport and 11,800 spaces at Dulles Airport are expected to fill up quickly during the Thanksgiving holiday. n The Sun has moved its offices to North Ivy Street.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

46. Magazine contents

57. Prima donna

47. Perceives with an eye

60. *Home to Tiergarten

71. Madam, to a cowboy

58. Iris holder

48. Masculine and feminine

63. Yankee’s relationship to

72. Yankee’s foe

59. Yeasty foam

50. Same as eon

Red Sox

73. *Eventual tourist feeling?

60. Spill the beans

52. Swedish shag rug

64. Goose egg

53. Related

66. Pneumonic lung rattling, pl.

DOWN

62. ____-do-well

55. Pester

68. Each and all

1. 100%

63. “Losing My Religion” band

57. *Where to see The Book

69. E in BCE

2. Get-out-of-jail money

65. Boiling blood

of Kells

70. Bay window

3. *Home to Freedom Square

67. Like a fox

61. Pelvic parts

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nior centers will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25, in observance of Thanksgiving.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO HOLIDAYTHEMED MATINEE: Arlington County

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WALKERS TAKE THEIR WEEKLY AMBLE: The Arlington Walking Club trav-

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TRAVELERS CHRISTMAS

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Minimizing identity theft is the focus of a forum on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IDENTIFIED: Transportation options for

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ROUNDTABLERS LOOK AT GREAT ISSUES IN HISTORY: Great historical

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For information, call (703) 228-0955.

FREE LEGAL COUNSELING AVAILABLE:

Free one-on-one legal counseling will be offered by Legal Services of Northern Virginia on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. Call (703) 778-6800 for an appointment.

TOUR OF ARLINGTON MILL SENIOR CENTER SLATED: A tour of the Ar-

lington Mill Senior Center with the new center director will be offered on Friday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

TRAVELERS ENJOY ARMY BAND CONCERT: Arlington County 55+ Travel

hosts a trip to DAR Constitution Hall for a Christmas concert by the U.S. Army Band on Saturday, Dec. 3. The cost is $6. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

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We Give Thanks and wish you a happy, safe and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday.

Help us collect coats and food for our needy!

Seasons Staging Special for November and December!

Sign a new staging lease this or next month, just pay for one month,

Weichert Arlington and 11 other local real estate companies are working together to collect much-needed coats, winter wear and  blankets for A-Span AND food for AFAC. Drop off at our  office (corner Lee Hwy and Old Dominion Drive) by 12/15  or call and we’ll pick up. Thank you! 

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