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The Arlington County government is making major strides toward providing more user-friendly services to the business community, but still has a way to go, County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said at the annual “State of the County” event on June 21. “Not that the culture was bad . . . but we’ve

needed to move it into the 21st century,” Garvey said at the annual event, sponsored by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve made a start; we’re working to be more responsive.” Garvey’s remarks, made before about 160 business and civic leaders, came a week after she pushed back a challenge from Erik Gutshall in the Democratic County Board primary. Garvey won 55 percent of the vote, and now faces largely token opposition in the Nov. 8 general election.

Since 2001, the chairs of the Arlington board – a post that rotates annually among board members – have given annual remarks to the business community. In her first outing, Garvey was upbeat. “The state of the county is good. In fact, the state of the county is great,” she said. That said, “we’ve got a lot of work to do, and Continued on Page 18

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Arlington County Board members on June 21 formally placed the Stratford school site into its own historic district, with the goal that its historic provenance can be retained even as the facility serves students in an increasingly technological environment. Fifteen months after county officials were first petitioned to give the school building historic status – and after a number of unique twists and turns – the board’s vote was unanimous. The Stratford site, located on Vacation Lane just north of Lee Highway, was deemed eligible for inclusion among the county’s historic sites not just for its mid20th-century, International-style architecture, but also for being, in 1959, one of the first Virginia public schools integrated. “We’re not going to forget that history,” County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said just before the vote was taken. School Board members earlier had consented to historic status – something they had not done when a similar request was made for the Wilson School site in Rosslyn. But school officials extracted a key concession from county leaders: Decisions about future exterior changes to Stratford will be made by the County

Board, rather than the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB). School officials, who in 2015 successfully fended off HALRB efforts to have the Wilson facility declared historic, complained that the panel puts too many procedural hurdles in the way of renovations, and threatened another showdown. The compromise allowing the County Board final say may not have thrilled preservation advocates, but they accepted the verdict as the best outcome under the circumstances. “The path we took to reach this point is not one I would have predicted,” said HALRB chairman Joan Lawrence. “I’m glad we have been able to take the steps necessary to comfirm and protect the historic significance of Stratford.” On Feb. 2, 1959, what was then Stratford Junior High School became the first Arlington public school, and one of the first in the commonwealth, to be integrated when four black students arrived to start classes at the previously all-white school. Integration that day of the Arlington school, and others in the Hampton Roads area, marked the beginning of the end of Virginia’s years-long battle against courtordered integration, known to history as Continued on Page 18

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It won’t be the awards, or the scholarships, or the academic or athletic achievements of Washington-Lee High School’s Class of 2016 that will remain longest in the mind of principal Gregg Robertson. It will be the personal qualities of the students sure to stick with him. Rather than set up an adversarial relationship with the freshman class that arrived last September, “seniors were at the doors of the school at 8 a.m. welcoming the freshmen,” Robertson said, using it as an example of the senior’s caring ways. To the familiar strains of “Pomp and Circumstance,” Washington-Lee seniors marched into D.A.R. Constitution Hall the morning of June 23, ready to receive their diplomas and take the next step on the journey to the future. The 371-member class included 78 recipients of International Baccalaureate diplomas and 151 valedictorians. Among the latter was Adrian Matthews, who started her remarks jovially reminding the audience that no one should be too harsh in judging her speech because she is “only 18 years old and does not have a high-school diploma.” Matthews said she went through many drafts in an effort to capture the essence of her time at Washington-Lee. But she then went back further, remem-

bering friends she lost in first grade to a 2004 tsunami in Thailand. “They changed the way I live my life, maybe not then, but definitely today” Matthews told classmates, as she “started asking ‘how can I make my life count?’” Matthews also noted a sense of gratitude toward her peers, family and teachers. Washington-Lee teacher and coach Matt Przydzial peppered his remarks with quick humor aimed at the graduates. Przydzial was extremely excited to read his speech he had “written for eight years.” Following his remarks of pride he had in the students, especially in the boys soccer team for winning a state championship, he read out and explained five sentiments on some of the celebratory cards he received when he graduated in 2002. The first card told Przydzial to “dream big,” which he said he did as he wanted to be the best doctor in the state of Pennsylvania, noting that he obviously had a change in plans. In spite of having different life, lesser income and a worse car, Przydzial makes a point to say that is also “happier than he ever thought he would be.” The second card wrote that he was the “most handsome man in Pennsylvania.” He spoke of how he knew that was not true, no matter what his mother said, but he did not have to be in order

The last card promised him “the first million is the hardest,” which he said is true – if you even get to that amount, he said. Przydzial closed his speech talking of how character is always more important than money. “Be the reason someone smiles. Be the one who listens rather than hears. Be the one who Abigail England and Callie Randall were among graduating seniors to rehelps while ceive diplomas at Washington-Lee High School’s 2016 commencement cerothers turn PHOTO BY GIGI TROMPETER emony, held at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. away. You to do well in life. will not be The third graduation card said that [remembered] based on the people you he had “gotten through the easiest years knock down, but by those who you lift of his life,” but quickly disproved that up,” he said. with many example of how high school The ceremony for students at Arlingis indeed challenging. The fourth said ton’s oldest existing high school came to “the world is your oyster,” which Przyd- an end with the handing out of diplozial said applies but he “does not really mas to the class and singing Washingget the saying.” ton-Lee’s alma mater.

Arlington Mill Grads Lauded for Their Perseverance SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Many of the 64 members of the Class of 2016 at Arlington Mill High School took decidedly non-traditional routes in arriving at commencement day. They were immigrants, or older than most students. Some took classes at night so they could work during the day. Others battled a variety of challenges so they could stay in school. The efforts paid off June 24, as the students – clad in deep-blue caps and gowns – marched into the WashingtonLee High School auditorium as highschoolers, and departed as graduates. “All my memories are just remarkable,” said Alejandra Fernandez, who spoke for day students at the ceremony. “The United States is a country of opportunities; the Class of 2016 chose to grab this opportunity.” “It hasn’t been easy,” said Wilbin Espinoza, who took classes in the evening. “There were times when I thought of quitting and leaving it all behind. Today is a wonderful day – all our work paid off.” “Work hard for your dreams,” Espi-

Arlington Mill High School Class of 2016 member Wilbin Espinoza speaks during commencement exercises June 24 at WashingtonLee High School.

noza told those assembled. “Everything is possible if you work hard for it.” The new graduates are departing a

school that has had something of a nomadic existence over the past decade, with classes held on the western end of Columbia Pike, then in Ballston and now at the Arlington Career Center. In September, the school moves again (albeit only next door) and its name changes to Arlington Community High School. Despite all the transitions, the goal of faculty, staff and the entire school system has remained steadfast, School Board Chairman Emma Violand-Sánchez told the new grads. “We believe in you, we respect you, and we congratulate you,” she told graduates, calling education “a path that will lead you to better opportunity.” “I’m very emotional about this,” said Violand-Sánchez, a native of Bolivia and former director of the county school system’s ESOL/HILT program for non-native-English speakers. “We immigrants contribute to this country,” Violand-Sánchez said. “U se your talents to be of service to others. I am very proud of you.” Each of the students overcame what at times were incredible obstacles, said principal Barbara Thompson. But the

school’s nickname isn’t the “Mavericks” for nothing, she said. “You are determined, you are focused, you are persistent, you are resilient,” Thompson told the graduating seniors. “Those qualities are going to take you far.” For Fernandez, one of the seminal periods in her high-school career was participation in the Key Club. “We learned leadership and, most important, we helped each other,” she said of the experience. During the proceedings, Corine Ndomena was honored as having the highest grade-point average in the class, while Carlos Martinez joined Espinoza in being named the students who had high academic achievement and contributed to school life while overcoming challenges. After an informal reception, the Class of 2016 dispersed to face a waiting world. It was, as it usually is, an emotionally conflicted moment. “Most of us students have been anxious for this big day to come,” Fernandez said. “We have to continue our journey. Every one of us will take different steps.”

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County Board to Seek Driver’s Licenses for the Undocumented SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Despite concerns raised by one of its members that his colleagues were grandstanding, a majority on the Arlington County Board on June 21 urged state officials to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. The 4-0 vote, with one abstention, marks the second time in a decade the Arlington board has formally waded into the contentious national debate on immigration. Board members directed County Manager Mark Schwartz to include a proposal on the driver’s-license issue in his draft 2017 General Assembly legislative package. “It’s appropriate and the right thing to do,” said board member Christian Dorsey, who sponsored the measure at the behest of the New Virginia Majority and other advocacy groups. But board member John Vihstadt, who abstained, said board members should wait until the fall, when proposals for the next General Assembly session are normally discussed. “The better place to consider such a proposal is within the normal legislative process,” Vihstadt said. The vote came after remarks by a num-

ber of speakers in favor of the measure – “we don’t want to live in the shadows,” said one – but was not opened up to general comment from the public and was not widely publicized in advance. Regardless of when the measure was taken up, or the vote total, the chances of Virginia’s legislature permitting the issuance of driver’s licenses to those without legal-resident status would seem unlikely to the extreme. Efforts by Gov. McAuliffe or Attorney General Mark Herring to do an end-around the General Assembly could further inflame tensions already high over the governor’s blanket restoration of voting rights to a large number of ex-felons. Conservatives in the General Assembly likely will point to the vote as simply another case of Arlington being Arlington. Even some members of Arlington’s all-Democratic legislative delegation say getting involved in issues that are the prerogative of the state government do not help their efforts in Richmond. But Arlington County board members – at least the four who voted to support the resolution – say the time has come to take a stand. Giving licenses to all drivers “makes us safer” and “it makes economic sense,” said

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To all those who graduated from local high schools over the past month. Arlington’s public schools held graduation ceremonies last week, with private schools already having done theirs earlier. Congratulations to all; it was a brisk journey for some, a more challenging one for others, but every graduate deserves applause for getting to the goal line. THUMBS UP: To County Board member John Vihstadt, who got it right while his colleagues got it wrong last week on the matter of driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. A County Board foursome of

Jay Fisette, Libby Garvey, Christian Dorsey and Katie Cristol sprung a resolution on an unsuspecting populace, calling on the county manager to include in his 2017 General Assembly priorities list a request that the legislature provide the undocumented with driver’s licenses. We have no objection if the proposal is included in the county’s 2017 legislative package, though let’s not shy away from reality: The measure is headed nowhere in the General Assembly next year. Regardless of how things play out in Richmond, and regardless of whether it makes sense for undocumented aliens to have licenses or not (there are valid arguments

on both sides), this is an issue that frankly should have been taken up at the appropriate time, late in the year when the County Board discusses its legislative package. Vihstadt correctly noted that his colleagues were jumping the gun (and, we’d add, to no apparent purpose except perhaps to placate a constituent group that brought some pressure to bear). Singling out this one legislative issue only serves to give downstate lawmakers more reasons to be uncooperative on issues the county government really could use some help with. Sometimes, though, board members just can’t exercise prudent self-restraint.

Where Is the Urgency on Preserving Housing? Editor: When it comes to the housing crisis in the county, recent press accounts suggest Arlington officials harbor little sense of urgency and scant appreciation for the link between affordable housing and economic development. Of the nearly 1,900 housing units approved for construction so far in 2016, the vast majority are market rate (averaging $1,977 a month). Only 22 of the newly approved rental units will be set aside for low- to middle-income households, and only four units will be available for purchase by those with incomes at 80 percent of the area’s median income (about $84,500 for a family of four). Reporting on the County Board’s June 18 meeting, the Sun Gazette cap-

tured a disheartening discussion of options to preserve privately owned affordable housing in Westover. Buying units within the redeveloped Westover neighborhood may be the only viable option, assuming the County Board is truly committed to preserving affordably priced housing. An emergency affordable-housing bank, with dedicated revenues – including an increase in demolition-permit fees for single-family homes and setting aside 25 percent of the increased value of the residential-real-property tax base resulting from the demolition and replacement of existing single-family homes throughout the county – could have a real and immediate impact. In her State of the County address June 21, County Board Chairman Lib-

by Garvey stressed the need to bring down the office vacancy rate, noting that “Each 1 percent in our vacancy rate is $3.4 million in annual tax revenue.” Total real-property revenues no doubt are depressed by vacant office buildings, but the accelerating evaporation of Arlington’s affordable housing does nothing to encourage new business formation and business relocations to Arlington. What business wants to locate in a jurisdiction where its employees cannot find affordable housing? Mrs. Garvey says Arlington’s expanded business-development team is “hustling,” but that sense of urgency does not seem to extend to preservation of the county’s affordable housing. Tom Brannan Arlington

Some Local Seniors Don’t Have Ability to Pay Tax Editor: Your June 23 Highs & Lows section commented on exemptions from realestate taxes for seniors that “someone with hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more) of equity in a home has the means to pay taxes like the rest of us.” Please explain how the equity give me the cash to pay the tax? My real-estate tax is one-sixth of my annual income

without the discount. If I have to pay all of it, I couldn’t afford to stay. I do have equity in my house. I no longer need the extra bedroom, but how do I get the equity out of that bedroom to pay my tax? I can sell the house and have plenty of money to pay the tax. But then I would owe no tax. One problem: Where would I live? Leave Arlington, where my

neighbors, friends, family and church are located? If the neighbors and county government want us out, kill the tax break for those of us who for decades paid the taxes and bonds that has made Arlington what it is today, and have homogeneous neighborhoods. Donald Garcia Arlington

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County GOP Rebuffs a Proposal to Dump Trump SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Rank-and-file Arlington Republicans on June 22 decisively, and noisily, shot down a proposal calling for an open presidentialnominating convention rather than a first-ballot coronation of Donald Trump. Supporters of the surprise resolution could muster only 10 votes in favor during the monthly meeting of the county GOP committee, to 27 against. “Like any family, we’re going to have our disagreements,” Arlington County Republican Committee chairman Jim Presswood said after the vote, acknowledging that the discussion proved to be “extremely volatile stuff.” Supporters of the resolution, which called on delegates to the upcoming national convention in Cleveland to be freed to vote their consciences, said the Republican brand would suffer with Trump at the top of the ticket in November. “We elected good delegates. We should encourage them to use their judgment,” said former party chairman Matt Wavro, who supported the motion. But others – both Trump supporters and those who decidedly are not among his fans – countered that bypassing estab-

Community Foundation Salutes Youth

The Arlington Community Foundation has bestowed scholarships totaling $473,500 on 78 local high-school seniors slated to attend institutions of higher education, in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. An additional 105 scholarships previously presented to students were renewed for the coming school year. “These are deserving students with an impressive list of accomplishments in both their schools and their communities,” said Linda Henderson, who headed the scholarship committee. “We are proud to help such a diverse group of young scholars achieve their dreams.” Four scholarships were awarded for the first time this year: the Ann and Morton Friedman Scholarship, the Bill White Tennis Scholarship, the Dorothy E. Rogers Memorial Scholarship and the Mary Marshall Scholarship. Students receiving first-time scholarships in 2016 included: From Arlington Mill High School: José Alvarenga, Giovana Reyna, Sandra Quiche, Rosa Santiz. From H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program: Marie Johnson, Esau Martinez, Continued on Page 8

lished party procedures would do more harm than good. “We have rules,” said Presswood, who supported Marco Rubio and later Ted Cruz during the primary season. “Honor the voters. We need to get behind our nominee and support him.” Any momentum the dump-Trump contingent at the meeting might have had evaporated before the debate even began. Morton Blackwell, a Virginia member of the Republican National Committee and its rules committee (and a Cruz supporter), suggested disarray would result if anti-Trump forces managed to take control of the convention and press their choice (he predicted John Kasich) on the party. “I’m not going to be party to changing the rules at this point – it is just wrong,” he said. “It would be a horrible disaster.” How big a disaster? Blackwell pointed to 1912, when followers of Theodore Roosevelt, having failed to take the Republican nomination away from President William Howard Taft, bolted the GOP and paved the way for the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson. “If there were a big fight [at the 2016 convention] . . . it could split the Republican Party, and I don’t mean a little split,” Blackwell said. The debate at times got heated and proved almost too disorganized to manage. “Do we have a parliamentarian?”

Presswood asked, plaintively, at one point. For Wavro, the debate – testy though it may have been – was a healthy one to have at the local level. “Power flows from the bottom up,” he said. But to Joe Haertel, a familiar presence at the monthly GOP meetings, it seemed those with vested interests are working to negate the votes of rank-and-file activists. Their votes can’t be ignored, he said. “They don’t want the establishment, they want the Donald – with all his sins and all his faults,” Haertel said. Blackwell, whose activism in conservative Republican politics goes back more

than a half-century, said there have been a number of Republican presidential nominees who were not his preferred option. But, he said, he supported them all, and would support the presumptive 2016 nominee. “Fair is fair,” Blackwell said. “Trump got more Republican Party votes, by far, than anyone. We just have to grin and bear it.” Long before Donald and Hillary, there was FDR and Alf Landon, and the Sun was around the cover them – and all the subsequent political elections that affected Arlington.

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An initiative between the Arlington League of Women Voters, Arlington Public Schools and Inspire Virginia recently was saluted with the Strengthening Democracy Award at the national convention of the League of Women Voters. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS HONORED FOR OUTREACH EFFORT: The

Arlington League of Women Voters recently received the Strengthening Democracy Award at the League of Women Voters of the U.S.’s national convention, held in the District of Columbia. The innovative partnership between the League of Women Voters, Arlington Public Schools and Inspire Virginia reached out to local students of voting age, encouraging them to register to vote and then cast ballots in Virginia’s presidential primaries in March. Through the initiative, more than 300 Arlington students were registered to vote. The effort was organized by League of Women Voters president Kristin Goss, assisted by Kathy Matusiak and Don Gurney; Alex Chandler of Inspire Virginia; and Cathy Hix, Arlington Public Schools’ social-studies supervisor.

FORUM TO FOCUS ON GONDOLA PLAN: A community forum to discuss the

feasibility of a proposed gondola between Rosslyn and Georgetown will be held on Thursday, July 7 at 6 p.m. at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, 1611 North Kent St. The event will feature a presentation by ZGF Architects, the firm selected to conduct a feasibility study, at 6:30 p.m. Free parking is available after 6 p.m. in the building garage, accessible via Arlington Ridge Road. To register, see the Web site at www. georgetownrosslyngondola.com.

CHURCH EFFORT WILL PROVIDE CLOTHING: St. John’s Baptist Church has

launched a new initiative to provide free clothes to those in need across the community. Participants will be able to look through a selection of clothing on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the church, 1833 Columbia Pike. COUNTY BOARD MAKES APPOINTMENTS: The Arlington County Board

has named the following members of local boards and commissions. Detective Kyle O’Keefe has been named to the Advisory Board on Trespass Vehicle Towing. Janet Kopenhaver has been designating acting chairman of the Commission for the Arts. Azadeh Meshkaty and Catherine Smolka have been

named to the Commission on the Status of Women, and Caroline Gary Romano has been designated as chairman. Kendon Krause and Maryclare Whitehead have been reappointed to the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee, and Whitehead has been designated chairman. Frank Haltiwanger has been reappointed to the Community Services Board, and Anne Marie Hermann has been designated chairman. Jerry Norris has been designated chairman of the Crystal City Citizens Review Council. Sally Duran, Pamela Gillen and Robert Bushkoff have been reappointed to the Economic Development Commission. Adanna Woodson has been appointed to the Environment and Energy Conservation Commission. Kevin Christensen has been appointed and Elisa Ortiz has been reappointed Neighborhood Complete Streets Committee, and Kevin Sweeney has been designated chairman. Meg Rapelye has been appointed and Erik Van de Poll, Rene Madigan and Jennifer Endo have been reappointed to the Out of School Time Advisory Council, and Madigan has been designated chairman. Nereide Ellis, Nathan Gould and Jesse Boeding have been appointed and Bill Ross has been reappointed to the Park and Recreation Commission. Heather Cocozza has been designated chairman of the Sports Commission. Chris Slatt has been designated chairman of the Transportation Commission. ‘AFAC’ SEEKS DONATIONS OF FRESH PRODUCE: The Arlington Food Assis-

tance Center’s Plot Against Hunger program is once again asking local gardeners and farmers to donate fresh produce to the AFAC food pantry. Each week, more than 2,200 client families visit AFAC to pick up supplemental groceries. Fresh fruits and vegetables are in high demand. Produce donations can be delivered to three sites: AFAC, 2708 South Nelson St., weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the Arlington Farmers Market at Courthouse, Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon; and Rock Spring United Church of Christ, 5010 Little Falls Road, Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information on donating produce, see https://afac.org/plot-againsthunger/donate-fresh-produce/.

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READING OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SLATED AT BALL-SELLERS HOUSE: The Arlington Historical Society

will host a reading of the Declaration of Independence from the Ball-Sellers House on Monday, July 4 at 2 p.m. The property, located at 5620 3rd St. South, is one of the few remaining from the colonial period in Northern Virginia; it dates from the 1740s. The museum located in the house will be open for free tours from 1 to 4 p.m. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. REGISTRATION TO OPEN FOR SENIOR OLYMPICS: Registration for the 34th an-

nual Northern Virginia Senior Olympics opens July 5 in preparation for the regional competition, to be held Sept. 10-21. More than 50 activities will take place at about 20 venues across the local area. New for 2016 are spelling bee, orienteering, rummikub, Sudoku and 100-yard breaststroke. Those who will be 50 and older by Dec. 31 and who live in participating jurisdictions are eligible to compete. A blanket fee of $12 covers participation in all competitions, although there are additional facility fees for ten-pin bowling, golf and orienteering. Application forms are available at local senior centers, senior residences and community centers, and on the Web site at www.nvso.us. Registration can be completed online or by mail. ARLINGTONIAN NAMED TO GMU BOARD OF VISITORS: Bob Witeck

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that might have flummoxed the combined efforts of the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and the Bobbsey Twins, but over the past year, more light has been cast on “Pocketful of Preposterous Poems.” That groovy title was born of a groovy era – the mid-1960s – and was the very first production of what today is known as Encore Stage & Studio. Problem is, up until about a year ago, nobody knew much of anything about that first production, which was presented July 29-31, 1966, at Lubber Run Amphitheatre in Arlington. A poster from the production survived, but it shed little light on the details of the show that represented the debut performance of what was then known as the Children’s Theatre. And then? “I tracked down the playbill!” said Sara Duke, Encore’s executive director. That helped uncover the details of the show, as well as give names of the young cast. (Keith Bolton, Robin Grier, Paul Taylor, Christine Marfut and the rest, if you’re out there, Encore would like to hear from you.) True to its name, the “Pocketful” delivered adaptations of some unique poetry by big names, centered on a trio of works by Lewis Carroll: “Jabberwocky,” “The Old Man on the Gate” and “The Hunting of the Snark.” There also was poetry by Edward Lear (“The Dong with the Luminous Nose” and “The Jumblies”) as well as works by Ogden Nash and Gelett Burgess. Duke also has managed to track down a picture of the complex set design. “It was super wacky,” she said. “How did they do it at Lubber Run?” “Pocketful” kicked off an inaugural 1966-67 season that also included “The Great Cross Country Race” and “The Shoemaker and the Elves,” both presented at what was then Stratford Junior High School and is now the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program. They were the first of just under 200 productions that have been staged over the intervening half-century by the troupe, which now presents most of its shows at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre. NATURE CENTER TO HOST A FAMILY HIKE: Gulf Branch Nature Center will

host a family hike for adults and children ages 5 and older on Friday, July 1 at 7:30 p.m. Participants will learn what animals can be found in local parks at night, and also will learn about stars in summer. The cost is $5. For information, call (703) 228-3403. SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNT SET: Long

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Schools & Military n Michael Hunter of Arlington earned a master of science degree in systems engineering during recent commencement exercises at Missouri University of Science and Technology. n Michael Rogers of

Arlington earned a master of business administration degree during recent commencement exercises at Western New England University. Kimberly Garcia of Arlington earned a bachelor of science degree in public health, cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Kent State University. n

n Sandra McCartin of Arlington earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting during recent commencement exercises at Marquette University. n Ellen Carey of Arlington earned a bachelor’s degree in political science during recent commencement exercises at Wake Forest University. n Erin Fox of Arlington earned a bachelor of fine arts degree during recent commencement exercises at the University of Dayton.

The following Arlington students were among those earning degrees during recent commencement exercises at James n

Madison University: Monica McAndrews earned a degree in accounting; Jesmine Roberts-Torres earned a degree in biology; Emily Janson earned a degree in biology; Bazargur Sukhbaatar earned a degree in economics; Abin Dahal earned a degree in economics; Anna Johnson earned a degree in education; Eleanor Ellison earned a degree in education; Sergio Yabeta Salamanca earned a degree in engineering; Edward Powell earned a degree in engineering; Joan Mandelson earned a degree in health science; Marzan Mitu earned a degree in health science; Julia Golojuch earned a degree in health sciences; Lauren Dresser earned a degree in health sciences. Elise Strongin earned a degree in interdisciplinary liberal studies. Abigail Fram earned a degree in international affairs. Amanda Engebritson earned a degree in kinesiology. Andrew Rockelli earned a degree in marketing. Andrew Dudka earned a degree in media arts and design. Samuel Fenstermacher earned a degree in modern foreign languages. Jenna Behringer earned a degree in political science. Leila Spolter earned a degree in theatre and dance. Hayley O’Brien earned a degree in clinical mental-health counseling. n Reilly Burlingame, Layna Deneen and John Walten of Arlington have been named to the president’s list for the spring semester at Clemson University.

n Katharine Delaney and Alexandra Puletti of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Georgia Institute of Technology. n Carol Burka of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Hofstra University. n Olivia Layman and Jacob Vernau of

Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Clemson University. n Pauline Cusmano of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at McDaniel College.

Katherine Lanman, who recently completed seventh grade at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, has been awarded the International Baccalaureate Student Excellence Award from the IB Mid-Atlantic Association. Lanman was selected from among applicants in sixth through 10th grades in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Selection was based on academic achievement, service to the community and recommendations from educators. n

n Ka-Lan Olson, a student at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, was among 59 students worldwide selected to

participate at the Kennedy Center’s 23rd annual National Symphony Orchestra National Trustees Music Institute. During the four-week program, participants will perform 10 free concerts at the Kennedy Center. Olson performs plays the harp. n Genevieve Clarkson, a 2005 graduate of Yorktown High School, has been appointed lecturer in tuba/euphonium at Northern Arizona University’s School of Music. In addition, Clarkson will direct the university’s Tuba Euphonium Ensemble, and will perform the with faculty brass quintet, the Elden Brass. Clarkson earned a bachelor of music degree from James Madison University and a master of music degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, and is a doctoral candidate in tuba performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

The Sun Gazette loves to print news of the achievements of students and members of the Armed Forces, and we need your help. Feel free to send items for use in the paper. This time of year, there’s always a backlog, but we get everything in as soon as we can. Contact information can be found on Page 6 each week.

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Sports

More on the Web n Summer swimming roundup. n Youth sports briefs.

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Flying Fish Start Fast In Opener

Teeing Off

Those Quiet Parking Lots Will Soon Be Busy Again Such an empty feeling. It’s the case every year at this time when school ends for the summer break and the outdoor athletic venues at area high schools become an eerie quiet during the afternoon.

D. Hills Among Other Winners

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A Staff Report

In the opening weekend of the Northern Virginia Swimming League on June 25, Arlington’s four teams went 2-2 in meets, SWIMMING morning with the Overlee Flying Fish and Dominion Hills Warriors winning and the Donaldson Run Thunderbolts and Arlington Forest Tigers losing matches. Two-time defending Division I champion Overlee defeated the visiting Tuckahoe Tigers, 243-177. Double winners for Overlee were Kate Bailey, Ryan Baker, Suzanne Dolan and Paul Kinsella. Bailey broke the Overlee team record in the age 11-12 girls 50-meter butterfly with a time of 31.89. Dolan lowered her record in the 15-18 girls 50 freestyle (27.09). Single winners were Emme Yoder, Billy Weber, Ryan York, Shelby Ebert, Elysha York, Alexis Lee, Robert Ridgeway, Mary Kate Reicherter, Anna Sullivan, Evan Ingraham, Lauren Neuman, Sophia Grabman, Kayle Park, Emmy Continued on Page 17

Top: Donaldson Run’s Drew Harker swims the boys 11-12 breaststroke June 25. Above: Julia Sherinian for Donaldson Run swims the freestyle of a girls medley relay. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

W-L Honored Again, Players Make All-State DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The Washington-Lee High School boys soccer team continued to be recognized in recent days S0CCER for winning the 6A Virginia High School League state tournament title. The Generals won their first state crown June 11 with a 3-1 victory over First Colonial at Robinson Secondary School in the final. Washington-Lee finished with an 18-1-2 record. On June 21, the team was recognized at the Arlington County Board meeting and having its picture taken with board members. 16

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“We are so proud of the success all these student-athletes have had while representing all of us in Arlington and at Washington-Lee,” said Carol Callaway, the W-L director of student activities. On June 22, the VHSL released is 6A all-state teams. Washington-Lee seniors Maycol Nunez and Lucas Mendes made first team, and Generals’ head coach Jimmy Carasquillo was the 6A Coach of the Year. Mendes was the 6A Player of the Year. Making second team all-state from W-L were Noah Goodkind and Benhur Gebretnsaie. Yorktown High School’s Mehran

Roshanaei and Daniel DeButts made second team all-state in boys soccer. Prior to winning the state title, W-L won the 6A North Region Tournament for the first time in program history. n In girls soccer, Washington-Lee High School junior midfielder Colleen Norton was a Virginia High School League 6A second-team all-state selection for her play during the spring season. Norton was one of her team leaders with multiple goals and assists. She helped the team finish 11-3-1 and earn a 6A North Region Tournament berth. In the Liberty Conference Tournament, Washington-Lee lost to Yorktown in the semifinals.

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For proof, drive through most high school parking lots about 4 p.m. any weekday right now. The place will be so empty and still of activity and barren of anything that moves. There will be so few cars they can be counted on two hands, maybe three. Yellow school buses have been relocated to those big storage lots. The fields will be empty, because there are no more high school practices or games. The tracks and tennis courts are still, as well. Maybe a local resident will be walking or running the track, but often not. Just days earlier, any such high school venue at 4 p.m. was a bustling mix of humans and vehicles because of the active spring-time sports schedule. Fields were busy with practices for all outdoor spring sports. Various games were either underway or about to begin. Parking lots were a pay-attention, look-both-ways locale, with comings and goings from so many. All is quiet now. Through July, there are, and will continue to be, some evening activity on the high school baseball and softball fields, with teams from various leagues using the diamonds. Same with football-stadium fields. They remain active nearly year-round now with some type of adult-league contests or youth camps. The stillness around the high schools won’t last long. For many public schools in Virginia, classes don’t begin until Tuesday, Sept. 6. Practices for the fall sports, though, commence days earlier, right at the beginning of August. That’s when those high school parking lots will be bustling once again at 4 p.m. It won’t be long.

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Sports Briefs ARLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS WIN DISTRICT TITLE:The Arlington Little League American

League All-Stars, ages 11 and 12, won the recent intermediate 50/70 District 4 Tournament for the second straight year, and will advance to the state Little League tourney starting July 8. After dropping their opening tournament game to Arlington National, 7-4, Arlington American came back later the same day to defeat McLean, 14-6, knocked off Arlington National, 9-4, in a rematch the next day; then swept Alexandria in two games, 16-10 and 12-9. The games were marked by clutch pitching performances, strong defense, and five different players hitting home runs during the tournament. The All-Stars were Charlie Adams, Sean Iredell, Mac Marsh, Jack McAvoy, Sam Merkel, Jack Nickerson, Alexander Reed, Simon Romano, A.J. Russell, Ian Smith, Drew Tsakounis, Henry Vitan, Davis Wiley and Alexander Zur. The team’s manager is Adam Balutis. Assistant coaches are Rich Erler and Mike Goldsmith. The 50/70 refers to the diamond size. The mound is 50 feet from home plate and the base paths are 70, compared to 46 feet for the mound and 60 feet for the base paths in traditional Little League play. ARLINGTON ARSENAL WIN BASEBALL TOURNEY:

The Arlington Travel Baseball 9-under Arsenal Blue won the Silver Division of the Memorial Day Walk the Plank Tournament. Arlington was led by strong pitching from Dereje Reichert and timely hitting in the elimination rounds. Arlington defeated five teams to earn a spot in the championship game. In the title contest, Arlington topped the Renegades Athletic Club, 8-2. After manufacturing runs to take the early lead, Arlington broke the game open in the sixth inning, scoring four runs off a single by Miles Humphreys, a steal of home and a double by Teddy Angel. Other players who contributed were Jack Keane, Connor Cole, Owen Kent, Mason Wolverton, Chris Holmes and Wyatt Smith.

COLOMBIAN SOFTBALL TEAM VISITS ARLINGTON: In May, the Arlington Girls Softball Association and the Arlington Sage 14-under travel team hosted a softball skills clinic at Greenbrier Park for a group of visiting teenage softball players from Colombia.

Swimming Continued from Page 16 Hart, Brady Almand and Ellie Ridgeway. Overlee was ahead 208-152 entering the relays and won seven of the 12 events. The victory was the 11th in a row for Overlee. Dominion Hills defeated visiting Mansion House, 228-192, in Division 7. Double winners for the Warriors were Will Allen, K.J. Morris-Larkin and Alex Munoz. Single winners were Georgia Beatty, Henry Gerber, Emily Larsen, Mia Landeck, Anna LeNard, Nate LeNard, Bridget Morris-Larkin, Mari Klaire Morris-Larkin, Claire Sears, Clara Smith and Will Torg. The Warriors’ most improved swimmer of the meet was Carrie Torg, who

The Arlington Arsenal Blue won a Memorial Day tourney.

The Arlington Little League All-Stars hold the District 4 championship banner after the team won the tournament title.

The Arlington Sage gather for a photo with a girls softball team that was visiting from Colombia for a recent clinic.

The under-12 Arlington Lions girls soccer team won a recent Father’s Day Tournament with an unbeaten 3-0-1 record.

This event was held in support of a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and George Mason University, as part of a diplomatic effort to use sports to help those from outside the U.S. better understand our country. The visiting group consisted of 14 players, a coach and two interpreters. In between sessions, the group shared a meal of American BBQ. By the end of the evening, the girls were laughing, cheering each other on. As the South America group gathered to board the bus back to their hotel, the players were sharing Facebook pages and the coaches talking about organizing a softball tournament in Colombia. After several days of sightseeing tours around the D.C. area, the Colombian team flew to Oklahoma City to watch the NCAA Women College Softball World Series. LIONS SOCCER TEAM WINS SOCCER TOURNEY: The

NW Arlington Lions under-12 girls recreational soccer team were champions with an unbeaten 3-0-1 re-

dropped 8.4 seconds in girls 8-under fly and 2.6 seconds in the breaststroke. Donaldson Run lost to the host Hamlet Green Feet of McLean, 271.5-148.5, in a Division II splashdown. Donaldson Run’s lone double winner was Audrey Engel. Single winners were Scarlett Bennett, Charlie Greenwood, Rachel Conley, T.J. Hutchison, Claire Sawyer, Anna Trainum and Andrew Walker. In another Division 7 meet, Arlington Forest was topped by host Mosby Woods, 219-201. The Tigers were led by double winners Maggie Yingling, Eli Martin and Bryn Edwards. Single winners were Ronan Wilson, Leo Goco, David Gallion, Gabby Valencia, Alex Hans, Madeline Watkins, Bryce Luncher, Natalie Martin and Kevin Brewer. The 13-14 girls medley relay of Emmy Gallion, Rylee Neumann, Natalie Martin and Abigail Taylor smashed

cord at the recent Fairfax Police Youth Club Father’s Day All-Star Tournament. In the final, the Lions tied the SYC North all-stars, 1-1, but won the title based on tie-breaker rules. Lucy Lobaugh scored the tying goal. The Lions players in the tournament were Lobaugh, Amelia Anderson, Isabel Anderson, Ellie Billings, Lauren Bouchoux, Zoe Foose, Natalie Hartman, Olivia Grabman, Katie Kennedy, Anabelle Kluge, Claire Kniseley, Samantha Lincoln, Anne McElhaney, Camellia Mohamed, Addie Robbins and Helena Vogel. Mark Lincoln and Doug McElhaney were the coaches. This was the second consecutive tournament win for the Lions, who won the Arlington Recreational Tournament in November. FIELD HOCKEY CAMPS: Academy International will

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the pool record by 1.48 seconds. n In the Country Club Swimming & Diving Association, the Washington Golf and Country Club Lightning routed Congressional, 367-119, in its opening meet behind Ryan Baker’s record-breaking performance. Baker set a team record of 23.76 in the 18-under freestyle. He leaves soon for the Olympic trials in Omaha, where he will be competing in the 100 back. Triple winners at the meet for Washington Golf were Olivia McManus, Jack Carman, Jillian Johnson, William Lepre, Ollie Bernasek and Baker. Double winners were Richard Gentry and Luke Bernasek. Single winners were Emme Yoder, Lucas Zidlicky, Izzy Bernasek, Pamela Grace von Seelen, Nicholas Zochowski, Elice Lebedev, Conner McCarthy, Sydney Cate Thornett, Cate Barrett and Kate Loper. Washington Golf won every relay race.

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n In the Colonial Swimming League, the Arlington Knights of Columbus Holy Mackerels lost to the Chinquapin Wahoos, 235-209. For the Holy Mackerels, Alexandra Browne, Nicolas Reeves and Zach Rosenthal were double winners. Single winners were Kelly Brown, Connor Cherouny, Ashley Deabler, Heidi Hilsmier, James Hilsmier, Mac Marsh, Reid Moneymaker and Caitlin Sughrue. Marsh, 11, broke individual 37-yearold team records in the 11-12 boys freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly. He also helped the 11-12 boys 100 individual medley set a team record. Reeves broke his team records in the 15-18 boys backstroke and butterfly. Hilsmier broke a team record in the 9-10 boys back, and Rosenthal set a mark in 15-18 boys breaststroke. Lucy Khlopin broke a team record set back in 1979 in the 1518 girls breast, and Io Kovach broke a 34-year-old record in the girls IM.

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Garvey Continued from Page 1 we know it,” Garvey said. “I’m confident where we are going.” On the plus side of the ledger, Garvey pointed to a low crime rate, good schools and a focus on the social safety net. Ongoing challenges include a commercial-vacancy rate that is “higher than we would like . . . far too high.” The effort to fill those empty offices has caused the Arlington government to abandon its decades-old, largely handsoff, view of economic development in favor of more aggressive outreach. “We are hustling, which is something new for Arlington,” Garvey said. The effort appears to be bearing fruit, as Arlington in recent months has won a number of economic-development victories. Most recently, state and county officials on June 16 announced that the county had been selected by the professionalservices firm Grant Thornton LLP as the

Historic Continued from Page 3 “massive resistance.” On hand for the June 21 vote, as he was for the May 5 School Board action, was Michael Jones, who along with Ron Deskins, Gloria Thompson and Lance

location for consolidation of its D.C.-area offices. The project will retain nearly 1,000 jobs and create about 350 more. “We’ll be combining our area offices to create a more efficient footprint, but also the ‘workplace of the future,’” said Jamie Fowler, managing partner for the region at Grant Thornton, which rebuffed overtures from the District of Columbia aimed at landing the consolidated offices. The economic-development victories are coming with a cost attached, however, as the Arlington government is now opening its checkbook and provide incentives for the right deals. Often, the funding is in tandem with that provided by the state government. Garvey said Arlington endeavors to play nice with surrounding jurisdictions, rather than attempting to encroach on their economic developments. She is trying to popularize a new word – “coop-etition” – to describe the effort, and pointed to outreach efforts targeting Chinese businesses as a case where individual jurisdictions from across the region could partner effectively. “We really emphasize, a lot, the coop-

eration,” Garvey said. “Working together to promote the region, not just individually.” Garvey fielded questions that included concerns the government was focusing on large businesses, but not doing enough to recruit and retain small businesses. She acknowledged that there are still far too many hoops for small-business owners to go through in trying to get their businesses up and running. Garvey pointed to the efforts of former state legislator Rob Krupicka in opening a doughnut store in the Columbia Pike corridor. Krupicka was publicly critical of roadblocks put in the way of small-business owners by the Arlington government. While it was “a little hard to sit there as a board member to hear that,” Garvey acknowledged that much of the criticism had merit. “We’re working very hard” to address concerns in the small-business community, she said. Arlington Chamber president Kate Bates praised Garvey’s tenure an elected official, which began on the School Board and since 2012 has been on the County

Newman integrated the middle school 57 years before. Garvey paid tribute to the four, but also pointed to “the bravery of the parents and what they went through.” “It was hard,” she said. Joan McDermott, a veteran civic activist, said she hoped the school’s unique architectural style also would be protected in the future.

so stringent they would preclude effective use of the space in the future. The building “is not just a timepiece or a museum,” said Vihstadt, who was reassured by school officials the past, present and future all could mix well under the laid-out process. Supporters of the designation of the Stratford school site as a Then “let’s move forlocal historic district gather the day of the vote. ward,” he said prior to the vote. “Arlington’s 20th-century history is The Stratford campus in 2004 was important, and it needs to be preserved,” listed on the National Register of Hisshe said. Having historic-design guidelines in toric Places, and also is on the Virginia place allows the school system to begin Landmarks Register. But only inclusion the process of returning the Stratford in a county historic district provides prosite – which currently houses the H-B tections from future redevelopment. Among those on hand at the County Woodlawn Secondary Program – back into its original purpose as a neighbor- Board vote was Frank Wilson, one of Arhood middle school. Assuming voter ap- lington’s first African-American School proval of bond funding this fall, Wood- Board members who served more than six lawn students are slated to move to a new terms in office. Wilson came to Arlington in 1962, school building in Rosslyn in 2019, when the Stratford site will be repurposed as a when the residual effect of massive resistance was still in play. Historic designamiddle school. Before supporting the historic desig- tion of the school brings that full circle, nation, County Board member John Vi- he said. “I am just so happy,” Wilson said at hstadt sought assurances from school officials that the design guidelines were not the hearing.

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mally inserted themselves in the immigration debate was in 2007, when board members adopted a resolution welcoming immigrants and criticizing those who put stumbling blocks in their way of assimilating. Only one current board member – Jay Fisette – was in office at the time. More recently, County Board members last year (on a 3-0 vote, with two abstentions) approved a resolution asking the Washington Redskins to change their name. Vihstadt and Libby Garvey abstained, saying the matter was not the business of the Arlington government.

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July 1, 1987: n The newly established Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has announced plans for $700 million in upgrades to National and Dulles airports.

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July 5 for the 2016 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics, which will run Sept. 10-21 at venues across the region. For information and to register online, see the Web site at www.nvso.us.

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TRAVELERS HEAD FOR ENGLISH TEA:

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BALLROOM DANCERS CAN TAKE THE STAGE: Arlington Mill Senior Center

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