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County, Hospital Aim to Forge Agreement Over the Coming Year

HOOPS SEASON STARTS TO HEAT UP

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Washington-Lee High School’s Eleanor Doolittle, right, drives to the basket against Langley’s Rachel Dunnie during a recent Liberty Conference girls basketball game. Langley won, 50-32, in McLean. This week, W-L and other Arlington teams are playing in holiday tournaments. See the Sports section and Web site at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington for highlights and updates.

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A year after a preliminary agreement was signed, the Arlington County government and Virginia Hospital Center appear to be working methodically toward a land swap they expect to benefit both sides.

“In our minds, there is a timeline,” said Adrian Stanton, vice president and chief marketing officer for the hospital, which is eager to acquire an adjacent 5.5-acre, government-owned property for expansion purposes.

That adjoining property – dubbed the “Edison Street site” for its location on North Edison Street – previously was used by the government for public-health purposes, but staff and programs have been relocated. Hospital officials have offered either to pay for it or swap one or more parcels in an exchange with the county government.

In September 2015, County Board members signed a non-binding letter of intent with the hospital to move forward to a deal. Three months later, the two sides inked an option agreement that will allow the hospital to acquire the parcel at any time between 30 months and 48 months into the future – but no earlier and no later.

The swap could include cash, parcels currently owned by the hospital, or both.

County officials in 2015 said the appraised value of the Edison Street parcel is $12.56

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With its 75th-anniversary celebration now in the rear-view mirror, the Arlington branch of the NAACP is working to raise its visibility in the community and focus on issues of importance to its constituency.

“There are a lot of things we need to be doing that we’re not doing,” said Julius Spain Sr., the organization’s first vice president, during a Dec. 20 installation ceremony held at Walter Reed Community Center.

“We need to work on membership; we have a way to go. [And] really get out in Arlington, talk about what we’ve done,” Spain said. “We’ve been more reactive than proactive.”

At the event, Karen Nightengale was confirmed for a new term as president, a role she has filled the past two years.

Nightengale said her focus would be on ramping up the Arlington NAACP’s committee structure and making sure members have a voice about issues of concern.

“We’re trying to get better about informing everybody,” Nightengale said.

“We have something for everybody.”

(The organization has set up a hotline – 877-592-6452 – and is updating its Web site at www.arlingtonnaacp.com.)

The Arlington branch of the NAACP traces its roots to 1941, when most of community life in Virginia was segregated and Virginia was more a sleepy Southern town than the “urban village” of today.

Installing the new and returning officers was Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos, an NAACP member, who last

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performed the duty five years ago.

“It was an honor then and it’s an honor today,” Stamos said. “It’s a venerable and wonderful institution.”

In addition to Nightengale and Spain, other NAACP officers for 2017 include Kent Carter (second vice president), William White (treasurer) and Keshia Tensley (secretary). Carter and Tensley are new to their positions.

The election of Donald Trump and his resulting slew of Cabinet nominees had some in the room worried. Carter read an e-mail from the national NAACP leader voicing fears over Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions, while others voiced more general concerns.

“Things aren’t going to be like they used to be for the next four years – we’re going to feel a lot of punches,” said former Arlington NAACP president Elmer Lowe Sr. Nightengale said the Arlington chapter would monitor national issues and weigh in with elected officials as appropriate. That was a tack supported by Phillip Thompson, president of the Loudoun NAACP and regional chair of the state NAACP for much of Northern Virginia.

Local branches are “where all the work is done,” Thompson said of grass-roots advocacy.

Thompson said his goal was to “bring all our chapters together and make things happen.”

Brenda Cox, a longtime NAACP member, said the Arlington chapter needed to “make a concerted effort” to partner with the county’s religious community.

“The churches were instrumental to social justice,” she said. “We need to go back . . . to what our forefathers did.”

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Students Prep for ‘17 Model General Assembly Local Officials Provide Feedback for Contingent That Will Head to Richmond SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

It seems an eminently reasonable suggestion, if your take on life is generally from the progressive side of the political ledger: Automatically restore voting rights of Virginia felons the moment they leave prison.

But, as students who will be part of Arlington’s contingent to the Virginia Model General Assembly session in March found out, things are really never as simple as they seem.

“I have a problem with that,” weighed in Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos, who was on hand during a Dec. 9 forum where local students pitched prospective bills and garnered feedback from real-life community leaders.

Not just a problem, but several: Stamos said a blanket restoration would make no distinction between violent and nonviolent felons, and would give back rights to those who hadn’t paid mandated court costs or restitution to victims.

“I’m all for felons [eventually] getting voting rights back, but committing a felony is a big deal, and there should be consequences,” the county’s top prosecutor told students.

Over in another part of the Barbara Donnellan Auditorium at Central Library that morning, a second contingent was pitching proposed legislation to Police Chief Jay Farr.

Among their ideas: Mandating that all local governments accept 911 messages by text as well as phone.

Noting that Arlington already did that, but many other localities did not, Farr asked a few pointed questions: Who is go-

ing to administer the effort; what burden is going to be put on local governments?

And he brought up the two words – “unfunded mandate” – that drive Virginia localities batty.

All the back and forth had a purpose: To prepare students for questions they will get when they take their measures down to Richmond for consideration.

“It’s an opportunity to hear some great advice . . . so you can feel prepared,” said Wakefield High School senior Wisam Mustapha, who was elected at the 2016 Model General Assembly to serve as Speaker of the House of Delegates in 2017.

About 75 students from Wakefield, Washington-Lee, Yorktown and Bishop O’Connell high schools and the Arlington Tech program are part of Model General Assembly. Mustapha said Arlington was the lone community in the commonwealth where real-life elected officials take so much interest in working with the students.

“We truly are a very prepared group,” she said.

It’s a view echoed by Trev Dalton of YMCA Arlington, which oversees the local Model General Assembly group (YMCA also is the sponsor of the effort at the state level).

“They are intimidatingly smart,” he said of the local participants, who range from freshmen to seniors.

Among other bills proposed by the Arlington contingent: Eliminating the death penalty, giving localities full control of their school calendars, loosening restrictions on teen-driving curfews and requiring power companies to use more renewable energy.

Stamos noted that many of the pro-

Caroline Greenhalgh, a senior at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, listens as Arlington Police Chief Jay Farr reacts to proposed legislation during a forum with Model General Assembly participants on Dec. 9, 2016.

posed bills were idealistic in nature, “as it should be,” but reminded students that, as in the real-world General Assembly, delegates and senators from outside urban corridors tend to skew conservative.

“It’s going to be a tough sell down there,” she noted.

Even bills that might seem to be perfect for a student-led legislature to support can run into rocky shoals. In the 2016 Model General Assembly session, a proposal from another jurisdiction’s delegation to cut the state drinking age from 21 to 18 garnered little support, in part because the sponsor hadn’t anticipated all the questions it would face in a committee hearing.

For Mustapha, who will have what is arguably the most powerful position in Richmond when she serves as Speaker of the House, the 2017 session will be a

solid capstone to her years in Arlington classrooms.

“I’ve had some of the best experiences of my high-school career at Model General Assembly,” she said.

Each year, approximately 450 students from across Virginia travel to Richmond for the three-day session, serving as elected officials, lobbyists and media.

Statewide, more than 50,000 Virginia students have participated since the program began in 1948, including some who have ended up in elected office themselves.

Arlington began taking part in Virginia’s Model General Assembly in 2009, when six students from the Arlington Career Center traveled to Richmond. The 2017 contingent is expected to be the largest ever from the county.

from the Federal Highway Administration that Virginia will not lose any federal funds as a result of the implementation of this act.

While she supports Ebbin’s measure on the driver’s-license issue, Stamos said she is not in favor of proposals to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Ebbin – who says he has never smoked marijuana but thinks the penalties for it are too severe – couldn’t get his decriminalization bill out of the Senate Courts of Justice Committee in 2016; it died on an 11-4 vote. He’s introduced a similar measure for 2017 and it has been sent to the same committee.

Also on Stamos’s radar for the 2017

legislative session: She wants to see the General Assembly raise the threshold for grand larcenies being classed as a felony from the current $200 to $500.

The lower rate, which has been in place for years, “is ridiculous,” Stamos said, and often leads prosecutors across the commonwealth to reduce charges so defendants won’t end up with a permanent felony conviction for a relatively minor theft.

Stamos, who was first elected commonwealth’s attorney in 2011, is a member of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference, a body whose membership includes prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, academics and legislators and looks at legislation impacting the criminal-justice system.

Prosecutor: One Facet of War on Drugs Likely too Severe SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

It would be hard to accuse Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos of being soft on crime. But she does think it’s time to reGENERAL vise one part ASSEMBLY of the comm o n we a l t h ’s package of war-on-drugs legislation.

Stamos (D) supports legislation introduced by state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) that would remove the requirement that those convicted of marijuana possession automatically lose their driving privileges for six months.

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35,000 times a year in Virginia, according to state data.

Stamos said Ebbin’s legislation wouldn’t apply to those convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence – “I’m all for DWI suspension,” she said – but contends licenses shouldn’t be suspended if marijuana possession is unconnected to vehicle operation.

Ebbin got his bill halfway through the legislature in 2016, with the state Senate approving it 31-9 but a House of Delegates committee killing it on a voice vote.

He’s introduced similar legislation for the 2017 session.

The measure would be contingent upon receipt by the Virginia Department of Transportation of “written assurance”

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Civic Federation Is Set to Vote on Decriminalizing Use of Cannabis SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation on Jan. 3 will take another crack at a proposal aimed at reducing penalties for marijuana possession in the Old Dominion.

A resolution calling for decriminalization of marijuana use in Virginia didn’t get out of the starting gate Dec. 6, as delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation sent the measure back for more work.

Federation president Stefanie Pryor acknowledged that “people have some concerns” about the resolution, which was backed by the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and had won the support of the federation’s legislative committee.

The two biggest sticking points: Contentions that statements in the resolution may not be backed up by facts, and that the measure spoke about medical use of marijuana but went on to call for a blanket abolition of criminal penalties for everyone caught using it.

“They’re trying to pull a fast one,” one federation delegate said as a three-member contingent from the legislative committee asy2Startmade system makesbut ultimately unsuccessa valiant, ost effortless, eliminating ful, attempt a strong pull of the to salvage the resolution.

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Not that a resolution from any organization is likely to sway the legislature.

Olivere predicted there was “not a chance in hell” members of the General Assembly would do much, if anything, to loosen Virginia’s restrictions on marijuana.

One facet of the proposed resolution that may find traction calls for an end to automatic loss of driver’s licenses for those found in possession of marijuana, even if the transgression did not occur in a vehicle.

Efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana – treating it “like a parking ticket,” as the proposed Civic Federation resolution suggests – have been ongoing in Virginia since at least the late 1960s. While penalties have been reduced, the legislature has shown no inclination for a blanket decriminalization.

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Highs & Lows made – Fairfax County is the latest to get one – that the measure has become more riddled with holes than Swiss cheese, rendering it silly. Just kill it and let all school districts, including Arlington’s, set their own schedules.

The holdup in past years has been the state Senate, although Gov. McAuliffe also seems to be against a change. Let’s hope they THUMBS UP: To what we hope see the light and take care of this will be successful efforts in the in the 2017 session.

General Assembly to eliminate the “Kings Dominion THUMBS DOWN: To U.S. Rep. Rule” that requires school Don Beyer (D-8th), who went a little rogue before the Elecsystems to wait until after Labor toral College formally electDay to open classes for the year ed Donald Trump as the nation’s unless they get a state waiver.

“But wait,” we hear eagle-eyed next president.

Beyer went to Twitter to sugreaders say, “hasn’t the Sun Gazette long supported the regulation? gest that the presidential electors should receive security briefings What’s changed?”

What’s changed is that there about reports that the Russian have been so many exceptions government may have tried to inTHUMBS UP: To the service of Emma Violand-Sánchez, who is wrapping up eight years on the School Board that followed a long career in the Arlington school system.

Violand-Sánchez has made many contributions through the years, and we wish her a happy break from the school scene.

fluence the election.

Our local member of Congress may not have been acting in concert with anyone in making this call, but there certainly were a lot of people in the days leading up to the Electoral College voting who appeared to be trying to de-legitimize the election results, without a shred of evidence that Trump – like him or not – wasn’t duly and fairly elected under the rules by which the election was held.

Rep. Beyer is a serious guy, but this was an amateurish move.

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Changes to Towing Rules Benefit Public Editor: I write to applaud the Arlington County Board for taking positive actions to protect citizens when they passed amendments to the towing ordinance.

As chairman of the Trespass Tow Advisory Board, I have heard testimony from business and property owners as well as consumers. I have also reviewed documented tow-complaint data as well as complaints to the County Board.

In my view, official tow complaints in Arlington are severely underreported.

One reason may be that unlike a parking ticket, the contact information for the county office that handles towing complaints has not been provided on towing receipts. The recently adopted amendments will change this, and information for the consumer will be provided on receipts.

New consumer-oriented protections approved by the County Board include requirements for: (1) tow truck drivers to photograph the vehicle at all four corners, providing vehicle owners with important safeguards should their vehicle be damaged, and providing towers with protection against false damage claims;

(2) tow operators to properly secure all loads to meet all safety standards; and (3) signage/markings on the interior of parking lots or facilities to provide additional, clear information about the parking restrictions.

In addition to these amendments, further language was adopted that offers greater protections for vehicle owners that encounter overly aggressive towing – often called “predatory towing.”

Predatory towing occurs when spotters or tow truck drivers monitor sites and then swoop in immediately after a driver steps over a property line, and their car is gone within minutes. Your property is taken away and it costs $135$185 or more and countless hours to get it back.

I have always felt that the penalty is disproportionate to the crime.

The strongest consumer-protection measure, but perhaps the most controversial that the County Board adopted, was to require a real-time authorization for any tow from a non-residential property during business hours. The provision will require the retailer or business to sign-off (with the help of technology if desired) on each of the tows from

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their lot. Towers will no longer get to decide on their own who to tow. The City of Virginia Beach and Montgomery County both have similar policies that have worked.

The amendment provides that if a driver has wandered down the street and flaunted the parking restrictions, they will continue to be towed promptly.

However, for example, if a person parks at a Taco Bell, steps next door to the ATM to get some cash to pay for the meal, then goes into Taco Bell to eat, this tow can now be avoided.

While most of the new protections will become effective immediately, in response to the business community’s concerns – and their interest in working with the county government to find even better solutions to aggressive towing – the County Board delayed implementation of the real-time-authorization provision to July 1.

I look forward to working with all the stakeholders over the next six months to identify workable solutions that are good for business and protect consumers.

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Analysts looked at more than 777,000 fatal accident records from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the past 20 years to rank all U.S. counties with more than 10,000 residents.

After Arlington, the safest reported communities were Bethel Census Area, Alaska; Broomfield County, Colo.; Bronx County, N.Y.; and New York County (Manhattan), N.Y. Localities ranked most dangerous were La Paz County, Ariz.; Tunica County, Miss; Lowndes County, Ala.; Leon County, Texas; and Big Horn County, Mont.

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The good news for those on the roads: The rate of deadly accidents nationally has declined from 1.59 per 10,000 residents in 1995 to 1.09 in 2015.

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U.S. Navy Capt. Sean Bailey, right, recently was presented with a proclamation by the County Board, honoring his service as commanding officer of the USS Arlington. The proclamation was presented by retired U.S. Navy aviator Jim Pebley; in the center is U.S. Navy Pat Hannifin, who succeeded Bailey and is the fourth commanding officer of the ship that bears the community’s name. Commissioned in 2013, the USS Arlington is a landing platform dock, designed to speed U.S. Marines and their equipment to humanitarian missions and conflicts around the globe.

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“The release of this tool is exceptionally timely, as, this year, we marked the 80th anniversary of the devastating Potomac River flooding of 1936,” said James Lee, meteorologist-in-charge for Baltimore and Washington at the National Weather Service.

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School Officials Aim for Early Notification of Closings SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

With winter weather on the way (and here to stay, at least for a few months), Arlington school ofSCHOOL ficials say they will hard to give BOARD work parents plenty of NOTES heads-up time when decisions are made to adjust schedules.

“We try and make decisions as early as we can, preferably the night before,” Superintendent Patrick Murphy said at the Dec. 15 School Board meeting.

While that isn’t always possible, school officials do promise to decide on closing schools and make the announcement by 5 a.m., and will update the public through a variety of media, including an Englishand-Spanish hotline at (703) 228-4277.

Decisions on the early closing of school will be made by 11 a.m., Murphy told School Board members.

Recipients of Awards in Dr. King Competition Announced: Winners of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Visual-Arts Competition of the Arlington school system will be honored twice – at a Jan. 15 community celebration of the life of Dr. King, and at the

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More than 1,000 students entered the annual competition. The theme for this year’s contest was the King quote: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

First-place awards in various categories went to Mignote Tadesse, WashingtonLee High School; Jessica Sugura-Jimenez, Stratford Program; Aaron DeLeon, Drew Model School; Graham Williams, Arlington Science Focus School; Essi Wunderman, Washington-Lee High School; Amelia Sahm, Thomas Jefferson Middle School; Lucy Griffiths, Glebe Elementary School; and Akeemah Lee, Arlington Traditional School.

Second-place awards went to Bezawit Shimeles, Wakefield High School; Alexandra McDonald, Williamsburg Middle School; Enrique Lopez, Barrett Elementary School; Luc Penella, Nottingham Elementary School; Brittany Weaver, Wakefield High School; James Aldinger, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program; Ellie Grieco, Discovery Elementary School; and Yanis Mehenni, Arlington Science Focus School.

Third-place awards went to Riley Mullen, Washington-Lee High School; Nylah Panicker, Swanson Middle School; Sarah

Furches, Nottingham Elementary School; Sophie Reid, Key Immersion Elementary School; Abidai Benitze, Wakefield High School; Susan Cordova, Kenmore Middle School; Maryam Elgindy, Arlington Traditional School; and Elina Chainani, Arlington Traditional School.

The Arlington County government’s 47th annuall tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held on Sunday, Jan. 15 at Wakefield High School. A video highlighting the award recipients will be played at the event.

School Board Members Salute Departing Colleague: Arlington School Board members on Dec. 15 presented their departing colleague Emma Violand-Sanchez with a bonsai plant as she attended her last meeting after eight years on the board.

School Board Chairman Nancy Van Doren said the plan came with instructions for care, “the same way . . . you have cared for all of us.”

Violand-Sanchez opted not to seek a third term. Her seat will be filled on Jan. 1 by Tannia Talento, who was elected on Nov. 8. Van Doren was elected to her first full term that same day, having won a special election two years before to fill the seat of Noah Simon.

The Sun Gazette welcomes your news of interest from across the community. We print all we can, and we have more online, too. Feel free to send items to the editor; contact information can be found on Page 6.

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holic Beverage Control (ABC) stores will be open on New Year’s Day. The liquor stores will be open from noon to 6 p.m. – normal operating hours for a Sunday – after the General Assembly earlier in the year lifted the prohibition on opening the first day of the new year.

The commonwealth’s 364 ABC stores will be open their regular schedules on New Year’s Eve. For information, see the Web site at www.abc.virginia.gov.

ARLINGTON NOT CURRENTLY IN LOOP ON ‘GAY GAMES’ BID: If Arlington aims

to lend a hand in supporting the effort of District of Columbia officials to land the 2022 Gay Games, time’s running short.

A committee representing D.C. has made a bid for the once-every-four-years competition, which usually draws about 15,000 athletes to the host city.

While the D.C. city government is supporting the bid, Arlington officials say they have not been contacted by organizers to throw in their support.

Among cities that have expressed interest in hosting the 2022 competition are Dallas, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

Three finalists are expected to be named in March, with a final selection made by the end of the year.

The Gay Games began as the Gay Olympics in 1982 in San Francisco. The most recent quadrennial competition – in 2014 – was hosted in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Paris was selected to play host to the 2018 games.

Despite the name, the competition is open to all who wish to participate, regardless of sexual orientation.

Arlington was among the communities across the D.C. region that supported a local bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In 2015, Boston was selected as the U.S. nominee to compete for the Olympics, but that city’s organizing committee later backed out, with Los Angeles stepping in to serve as the U.S. candidate, competing against Paris and Budapest.

ARLINGTON CHAMBER PLANNING SECOND TRIP TO CUBA: The Arlington

Chamber of Commerce has announced plans for its second journey to Cuba, opting to partner with the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce on a tour that will run May 17-21.

The trip conforms to U.S. State Department regulations that journeys must meet standards beyond simply tourism.

As such, it is an opportunity for a peopleto-people exchange, Chamber officials said.

The cost is $3,495 for members of the business organizations, families and guests, and $3,695 for others, including airfare from Miami. The registration deadline is Feb. 1.

The Arlington Chamber offered its first trip to Cuba earlier in 2016. Among

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those who took part was Barbara Nicastro, a local attorney and former Chamber chairman.

“I’m not ‘pie-in-the-sky’ about the conditions in Cuba since 1959, and I don’t condone the impact of the Castro regime on Cubans and Americans,” Nicastro wrote on the organization’s Web site. “[But] the exposure to Cuban culture and people was eye-opening – I loved every moment of my Cuban experience, and I would go back in a heartbeat.”

A free orientation session is slated for Wednesday, Jan. 4 at the Chamber office.

For information, call (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber.org.

The Arlington Chamber in recent years also has hosted tours to China.

GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN:

The Business Women’s Giving Circle of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has approved grant funds totaling $45,000 to support education, leadership and entrepreneurship programs for girls in the local region.

Grants of between $5,000 and $15,000 were awarded to SHINE for Girls, Hillsboro Charter Academy, Kashmir World Foundation, STEAMd Inc. and Space of Her Own. Members of the giving circle reviewed 21 grant applications.

“We are confident we selected topnotch organizations,” said Mara Desmedt, co-chair of the grants committee.

“We couldn’t be more excited for our grantees.”

Since its inception, the Business Women’s Giving Circle has awarded $125,000 in funding to support programs for girls and young women across the region.

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of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors secured $37,000 in donations during the year, and has announced a $10,000 grant to the Louisiana Realtor Relief Foundation as well support for more than 20 organizations in the local area.

“This year presented many challenges to our neighbors in need, as well as those in Louisiana,” which was impacted by flooding in 2016, said Northern Virginia Association of Realtors chairman Virgil Frizzell. “We . . . are committed to giving back to our communities by volunteering and with donations.”

The NVAR Cares Committee was chaired in 2016 by Susan Mekenney, an associate broker with Re/Max Executives.

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From January’s blizzard to November’s election, it was a year of surprises across Northern Virginia.

And as we prepare to ring out one year and ring in the next, we have the opportunity to explore an exceptional, custom-built Craftsman in the alwaysin-fashion Lacey Woods community just two blocks west of Lacey Woods Park.

Set impressively on a nice lot, the home was designed as both a showplace for entertaining and a delight for daily living. Large rooms, meticulous detailing and eco-friendly touches all add up to a home that, like the change of the year, looks back to the past but is planted securely in the future.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,395,500 by Christine Rich of Long & Foster Real Estate.

The goal during design and construction appears to be have a laudable one: Accommodate every thoughtful feature one would expect in a property of this caliber, and then add in more that one might not think of until experiencing them. Mission accomplished!

Nine-foot ceilings on each level provide pitch-perfect ambiance, and the formal rooms work well with one another to form a cohesive whole. Serious chefs will love the kitchen area, while the family room features a gas fireplace to stay warm during our chilly winter nights.

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Facts for buyers Address: 1125 North Illinois Street, Arlington (22205).

Listed at: $1,395,500 by Christine Rich, Long & Foster Real Estate (703) 362-7764.

Schools: McKinley Elementary, Swanson Middle, Washington-Lee High School. the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2520.

Affordability Issues Will Come Into Play In New Year Existing-home sales are forecast to muster only a small gain in 2017 because of increasing mortgage rates and shrinking consumer confidence, according to new consumer survey findings and a 2017 housing forecast update from the National Association of Realtors.

In NAR’s fourth-quarter Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey, respondents were asked about expectations for 2017.

The survey found that a majority of households believes now is a good time to buy a home, but that confidence has retreated by a considerable amount amongst renters.

Fifty-seven percent of renters said now is a good time to buy, which is down from 60 percent in September and 68 percent a year ago. Seventyeight percent of homeowners (unchanged from September; 82 percent in December 2015) think now is a good time to make a home purchase.

Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, says declining affordability in many parts of the country is behind the weakening morale.

“Rents and home prices outpacing incomes and scant supply in the affordable price range has been a prominent headwind for many prospective buyers this year,” he said. “Making matters worse, the unwelcoming reality of higher mortgage rates since the election is likely further holding back confidence.”

Younger households, renters and those living in the costlier West region – where prices have soared in recent months – are the least optimistic about buying, Yun said.

Even with this year’s slow dip in buyer enthusiasm, existing-sales are still expected to close 2016 about 3.3 percent higher than 2015 and reach around 5.42 million, the best year since 2006 (6.47 million).

In 2017, sales are forecast to grow roughly 2 percent to around 5.52 million. The national median existing-home price is expected to rise to around 5 percent this year and 4 percent in 2017, according to the survey.

As has been the case all year, respondents in the West continue to be the most likely to think now is a good time to sell, while also being the least likely to think it’s a good time to buy.

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Arlington Posts a Robust November in Real Estate

Home sales across Arlington continued to rebound strongly in November, according to new data, although the average price for single-family homes posted a decline.

A total of 239 properties went to closing during the month, up 35 percent from the 177 transactions in November 2015, according to figures reported Dec. 12 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The solid sales data continue a yo-yo effect of recent months, with some reporting periods up and others down compared to a year before. After an anemic September, year-over-year sales were up 17 percent in October, then double that figure in November.

The big boost in November is “perhaps because of a sense of urgency,” said Virgil Frizzell, chairman of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR).

“The changing political landscape and likely increases in interest rates may have spurred this decisiveness,” Frizzell said.

“Also, strong employment and pent-up demand were factors.”

The average sales price for all homes that went to closing across Arlington in November was $642,384, up 1.3 percent from $634,186 a year before. But the average price was down just under 6 percent to $894,418 in the single-family sector,

while rising 8.4 percent to $492,843 in the attached segment of the market and 15.4 percent to $448,954 in the condo segment.

There were 36 transactions of $1 million or more for the month, and the total sales volume of $153.5 million was up just under 37 percent.

Homes going to closing last month garnered 97.3 percent of listing price, up from 96.5 percent a year before.

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deadline of May. Six other Virginia Hospital Centerowned parcels also have been offered as potential swaps.

A final agreement between the county government and the hospital would hinge on Virginia Hospital Center’s receiving approval of its development plan from the county government, as well as authorization from state health-care regulators. Schwartz told delegates to the Civic Federation that “I haven’t heard anyone talking about changing the density” of the North Edison Street site as part of an agreement.

Whatever sites end up being swapped for the Edison property, there will be no shortage of prospective uses and interest groups with ideas on how to use them.

Affordable housing, sports fields, passive parks . . . and, of course, schools.

“We don’t have enough land, either of us [schools or the county government],

to make those decisions alone,” School Board Chairman Nancy Van Doren said.

The school system closed and then sold off a number of buildings when the Baby Boom waned and student enrollment declined, not expecting to see another big burst in births. But they have occurred.

As for the current spate of school construction, new facilities are being structured vertically – such as the five-story future home of the H-B Woodlawn Program – and there will be burrowing into the ground for parking in order to free up surface area.

“We’re going up and down; we’re not going out,” Van Doren said.

But the school system will still need more space.

“There are a lot of spaces that are kind of in play,” School Board Vice Chairman Barbara Kanninen said of the effort to find classroom space for a growing student body. “We have so many moving

parts right now.”

Trying to juggle the competing interests are members of the County Board, who are not just constrained by funding, but by space.

“We’re 26 square miles,” said County Board Chairman Libby Garvey, which gives little wiggle room for expansive projects like a new high school. The county government recently purchased a site in the Springfield area of Fairfax County for use as a bus-repair facility, as no appropriate, available, affordable spaces could be found closer.

Civic associations representing the Waycroft-Woodlawn, Tara-Leeway and John M. Langston neighborhoods – which are closest to the hospital – have banded together to establish their own task force as the planning process for the Edison Street site ramps up.

Sharon Dorsey, president of the Waycroft-Woodlawn Civic Association, said in September she expects it to be operational for at least two years, maybe more.

Earlier this month, Dorsey said the effort was bearing fruit.

“We have been meeting with the hospital throughout the year, and are very pleased with the transparency, inclusion and proactive stance the hospital is taking with us,” she said.

The ultimate goal of the civic associations, Dorsey said, is “to ensure the expansion of the hospital is in keeping with the look and feel of the neighbors, and doesn’t adversely impact its neighbors while servicing the community.”

Founded in the early 1940s and seeing its last major expansion in 2004, Virginia Hospital Center has been hit with a 20percent rise in emergency-room visits and a 60-percent increase in baby deliveries over the past five years, officials said when announcing the land-swap proposal.

The hospital is certified by state health officials to operate at a 350-bed capacity, but “on any given day, we might see upwards of 400, 450 patients wanting beds,” Stanton told the Civic Federation in late 2015.

With or without the North Edison Street property, the hospital expects to go forward with redevelopment of parts of its existing campus, where some buildings are a half-century old.

But without the new land, the hospital would be constrained both horizontally (because its current campus is landlocked) and vertically (because it is near the limit of the density permitted under zoning rules).

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“We don’t know exactly where the numbers will end up,” County Manager Mark Schwartz said at a recent presentation to the Arlington County Civic Federation.

One key question: Will county leaders attempt to acquire the hospital’s large parcel on South Carlin Springs Road as part of a swap? Under the option agreement, county officials have to tell the hospital one way or another by springtime.

Mary Curtius, a spokesman for the county government, said Schwartz and staff are “on track” to bring County Board members a recommendation on the South Carlin Springs Road site by the

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Schools & Military n Victoria Omekam of Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology during recent commencement exercises at Coastal Carolina University. n Grace Burgess of Arlington, Arianna Hume of Arlington and Abigail Spires of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Belmont University.

Arlington County Board members recently appointed the following local students to the Teen Network Board for terms ending at the conclusion of the 2016-17 school year: Norah Robertson (co-chair) Simer Choudhary (co-chair), Mattie Diara, Sophie Bracy, Sylvain Chassagneusx, Natalie Arandia, Ethan Chase, Riitisha Choudhary, Angelika Goodman, Josh DeGosztonyi, Galilee Ambellu, Gelila Kassa, Julia Churbuck, Grace Allen, Nicholas Cavitt, Christopher Wagner, Joselyn Miranda, Sabrina Kundu, Jordi Kassa, Ethan Gerlach, Nino LovoOchoa and Natalie Warnke. n

Michael Burbidge, the Roman Catholic bishop of Arlington, honored members of the diocese for their volunteer service at an awards dinner held Dec. 13. n

At the ceremony, Marymount University’s Sr. Patricia Helene Earl, IHM, received the Ex Corde Campus Ministry Award for her exemplary service, and student Sarah Hall received a Volunteer of the Year award.

Sister Patricia is the director of Marymount’s Catholic School Leadership Program. Prior to coming to Marymount, she taught in elementary and secondary Catholic schools, served as principal of Marymount Junior School, and was assistant superintendent of schools for the Arlington Diocese for 13 years.

Hall, a senior education major from Mechanicsville, serves on Marymount’s Campus Ministry team. She has been on three alternative spring break trips, volunteering in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. She also volunteers at Missionaries of Charity and Susan’s Place, where she makes meals for the homeless.

It’s that time of year again – time for students who achieved the dean’s list at colleges and universities across the local area to receive notification.

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W-L Boys Soccer Was the Year’s Top Story A Staff Report

The sports year for 2016 was overflowing with competitive events and filled with numerous athletic achievements, championships and near-championships by teams and individuals specific to the Sun Gazette’s coverage area in Arlington.

YEAR IN REVIEW There were multiple state and region champions and various conference winners in high school, as well as other significant titles won in youth sports. Bishop O’Connell High School sports teams had a particularly accomplished year.

Following is a list of what our paper’s sports staff ranked as the top 20 highlights from 2016, which were reported in our paper.

The Washington-Lee High School boys soccer team won a region crown, followed by its first state tournament championship in school history.

5. O’CONNELL VOLLEYBALL

After coming close to winning both titles in 2014, the Washington-Lee High School boys soccer team broke through during the spring of 2016 to win 6A North Region and 6A Virginia High School League state championships in boys soccer, compiling an overall record of 18-1-2. The state title was the Generals’ first in the sport.

The Bishop O’Connell High School girls volleyball team (35-4) had its best season in years, winning a Division I private-school state championship, knocking off the top-seed and defending champion Flint Hill Huskies in the title match. Senior Maxine Friedman was selected as the state’s Player of the Year. The Knights also finished second in their conference tournament.

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1. WASHINGTON-LEE BOYS SOCCER

Washington-Lee High School junior shot putter and discus thrower Benedict Draghi won indoor and outdoor state and region championships in both events, as well as conference crowns, breaking his personal records in each event along the way. His personal best throw in the shot was 64-1/4. Draghi will compete in college at Auburn.

3. BISHOP O’CONNELL SOFTBALL

The Bishop O’Connell High School girls softball team (23-5) had another highly successful spring season, winning its 21st state championship. Prior to that, the Knights won their conference tournament crown with a two-day, 19inning victory over St. Mary’s Ryken in the title game in Maryland. The game was suspended the first day because of darkness on the unlighted field.

4. O’CONNELL CROSS COUNTRY

The Bishop O’Connell High School girls cross country team won its 10th straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship. Two weeks later, O’Connell won the Division I state private-school crown.

The Arlington Storm 12-under Babe Ruth Baseball team won a state championship and advanced to region play.

7. WAKEFIELD BOYS BASKETBALL

The Wakefield High School boys basketball team (25-3) had another championship campaign by winning a conference title, then finished second in the 5A North Region Tournament, followed by advancing to the final four of the Virginia High School League’s 5A state tourney.

8. YORKTOWN SOCCER

The Yorktown High School boys and girls soccer teams won the Liberty Conference Tournaments, the boys as the fourth seed and the girls as the second.

The boys then finished second in the 6A North Region tourney, followed by advancing to the final four in the state competition.

9. YORKTOWN GYMNASTICS

The Yorktown High School girls gymnastic team won conference and region championships to advance to the state tournament.

10. COACH MAKES HALL OF FAME

Longtime Wakefield High School head girls basketball coach Marcia Richardson was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland for her days as a standout player and top scorer.

15. O’CONNELL GIRLS BASKETBALL

The No. 3 seed Bishop O’Connell High School girls basketball team (20-9) lost in the Division I state-tournament championship game to top seed and defending champion Paul VI, 61-57.

16. WASHINGTON GOLF SWIMMERS 11. ARLINGTON YOUTH FOOTBALL

The Arlington Youth Football 90pound Central Division team won a Fairfax County Youth Football League championship.

12. ULTIMATE FRISBEE

Ultimate Frisbee teams from Arlington won championships in various competitions and at different age levels during the year. During the fall, Ultimate Frisbee became an official high school sport in Arlington, as the four publicschool county programs had a onemonth round-robin competition during October.

13. WASHINGTON GOLF DIVERS

The divers from the Washington Golf and Country Club team continued their long championship streak by winning a 19th straight title in the Country Club Swimming and Diving Association during the summer.

14. YORKTOWN GOLFERS

During the fall, the Yorktown High School golf team won the Arlington County championship for the 30th straight year, with a one-stroke victory over Washington-Lee. That was Yorktown’s closest winning margin in the three-team competition. Wakefield finished 10-strokes back.

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The Washington Golf and Country Club swimmers won a third straight Country Club summer championship.

17. OVERLEE DIVERS

The Overlee dive team finished first with a 5-0 record in Division 2 of the summer’s Northern Virginia Swimming League diving competition.

18. O’CONNELL SWIMMER

Bishop O’Connell High School swimmer Madelyn Donohoe won a state championship in the 500 freestyle.

19. YORKTOWN SWIMMING

The Yorktown High School swim and dive team won the Liberty Conference title, then Yorktown’s Suzanne Dolan won the 50 freestyle at the region meet and was third in the 100 breast.

20. ARLINGTON SAGE SOFTBALL

The 12-under Arlington Sage girls softball team won three tournaments, including the state, finished ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 9 nationally.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

n Washington-Lee High School quarterback Ricardo Mestre passed for 2,815 yards and 28 touchdowns. n The Wakefield High girls field hockey team had its first winning season.

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Yorktown Goes 2-1 in Herndon; Wakefield Wins Big DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The Yorktown Patriots have enjoyed strong showings in holiday tournaments in recent seasons, and nothing changed this winter.

HOOP ROUNDUP Yorktown (7-3, 1-1) finished 2-1 in the boys Herndon High School Invitational, winning its final two basketball games.

The Patriots lost to the host Herndon Hornets, 62-47, in the first round, then defeated Brooke Point, 63-46, and GarField, 64-50.

“We’re 7-3 right now and we are still closing out games, so we’re happy and we’ll take it,” Yorktown coach Joe Reed said. “Now we have to keep level heads and correct some things.”

Yorktown was led in the tournament by the scoring of Connor Van Kirk, who scored 60 points in the three games. He had 20 against Gar-Field. Also, Davis Patterson had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Nate Kaniut added 10 points.

The Patriots led by 14 at halftime.

Gar-Field rallied within five in the fourth quarter, then Yorktown pulled away.

In the win over Brooke Point, Van Kirk had 19 points, Davis Patterson scored nine, Matt Coulom and Gavin Andersen eight each and Ryan Van Kirk seven.

Yorktown made six three-pointers, two by Connor Van Kirk.

Against Herndon, Connor Van Kirk had 21, including four three-pointers. Davis Patterson added nine points and Mike

Yorktown High School boys head basketball coach Joe Reed talks to his team during a timeout PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI in a game earlier this season. Yorktown is off to a strong 7-3 start.

Maurer scored seven, making two threepointers.

Yorktown was missing five players against Herndon for various reasons, including starter Kaniut, who was sick and also missed the win over Brooke Point.

Yorktown resumes its season on Tuesday, Jan. 3 with a home game at 7:30 p.m. in a showdown with the Washington-Lee Generals in an all-Arlington Liberty Conference game. Washington-Lee is playing in the Wakefield holiday tournament this

week.

The Generals swept two close games from W-L last season by a total of eight points.

“We are 1-1 in the Liberty Conference, and that’s all that really matters,” Reed said. n The Wakefield Warriors entered their holiday tournament with a 6-2 mark, including a 94-58 blowout over Tuscarora on Dec. 19.

Senior guard Halil Parks had 25

points, including five three-pointers, Alan Treakle scored 19, Amari Cooper had 16 points and eight rebounds and Eric Isler had 14 points and six boards.

Including that win, Wakefield averaged 89 points in three straight games entering its tournament, which includes eight teams. Wakefield is the defending champion.

Wakefield’s Tournament is Dec. 2729. Opening-round games Dec. 27 are Stonewall Jackson vs. Glenelg at 1 p.m., Chantilly against Theodore Roosevelt at 2:45, Washington-Lee vs. South County at 4:30, and host and defending champion Wakefield taking on Central Bucks West from Pennsylvania at 6:15.

Game times are the same on Dec. 28 and 29, with the championship game set for 6:15 p.m. Dec. 29.

If Wakefield and W-L win their openers, the Arlington rivals will meet in a Dec. 28 semifinal at 6:15 p.m. n In boys action, the Bishop O’Connell Knights (6-2) edged visiting Virginia Academy, 50-48, on Dec. 21 as Nate Watson led the way with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Xavier Johnson had six points and six boards, D’Marco Baucum had five points and eight rebounds. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights in girls action lost at home to the undefeated Langley Saxons, 48-47, Dec. 21. Brie Perpignan scored 17 and Shawn Mills eight in defeat.

O’Connell (2-6) rallied in the fourth quarter by outscoring Langley, 20-11, in the period.

Sports Briefs ARLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION: Arlington Little League’s

spring baseball registration has begun for players ages 4-12, plus a Challenger program. Fees are $85 through Feb. 1 and $100 after Feb. 1. Register at arlingtonlittleleauge.org or contact info@ arlingtonlittleleague.org.

Practices start in mid-March, games start in early April.

ARLINGTON BABE RUTH REGISTRATION: Arlington Babe Ruth registration

is open for girls and boys ages 4 to 12 and at all skill levels. Players can step up to 50/70 foot fields by age 11. There are opportunities for players to participate

in extended summer play, travel ball and all-star teams. Scholarships and financial aid are available. For information and to register. visit www.arlingtonbaberuth.com. Practice begins in March and games in April.

BASEBALL FUN AND SKILLS CLINIC:

Arlington Babe Ruth offers a skills and games clinic with a winter theme for players ages 4 to 6 on Monday, Jan. 16 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Gunston Middle School. The cost is $25 and includes a T-shirt and prizes. Register at www.arlingtonbaberuth.com.

GAME OFFICIALS NEEDED: Northern

Virginia Baseball Umpires is in need of officials for baseball, softball and volleyball. Officials are needed in all communities across the metro area for youth recreational leagues, men’s leagues, high schools and college. Visit www.umpires. org or call (703) 978-3601.

ARLINGTON RUNNING ROUNDUP: The Virginia Hospital Center of Arlington announced that Arlington Pediatric Center received a $100,000 contribution from the proceeds of the Jennifer BushLawson Foundation Memorial 5K & Family Fun Day to support primary care for newborns.

J. Cooney, 40, won the race on the

hilly north Arlington course at Arlington Knights of Columbus in 18:21, followed by Matthew Cypher, 39, second in 18:51; and Michael Finn, 17, third in 19:35. Among women, Emily Schneider, 28, won in 20:00, ahead of Julie Monticello, 43, second in 20:41; and Antonia Stalling, 26, third in 22:03.

by Jay Jacob Wind ARLINGTON SENIOR GOLF: The Arlington Senior Golf Club’s 2016 traveling league is recruiting new players.

For more information, contact Terry Townshead at artistic_dimensions@ msn.com or call Jennifer Collins at (703) 228-4745.

Marymount Advances to Semifinals of Two Tourneys By compiling a 25-9 record during the fall campaign, the Marymount Uniwomen’s VOLLEYBALL versity volleyball team recorded its fifth straight winning season, of which four have been with 20 or more victories.

The Saints’ 25 wins tied a program mark for the third highest in a single season.

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seven matches in a row and 11 of 12.

In postseason action, Marymount advanced to the semifinals of the Capitol Athletic Conference and ECAC tournaments.

The Saints were led by senior Cailyn Thomas. She was a first-team all-conference selection, a first-team AVCA all-north region choice, was chosen honorable mention All-America by the American Volleyball Association and

made the ECAC all-tournament team.

For the season, Thomas had 331 kills, 124 sets, 108 blocks, 39 digs and two aces.

Marymount senior Emileigh Rettig made second-team all-CAC. She had 349 kills and 428 digs. Also making second-team all-CAC was junior Margaret McAlpin. She had 315 kills.

Also for Marymount, junior Christine Tieman had 687 assists and 225

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digs; sophomore Caroline Hanson had 653 assists, 337 digs and 224 kills; senior Mallory Mitchell had 280 digs and 151 kills; sophomore Ashton Walker had 171 kills; and freshman Theresa Buscemi had 475 digs.

Longtime Marymount head coach Beth Ann Wilson won her 500th career game during the 2016 season for the Saints, ending the campaign with 513 career wins.

College Roundup J.J. LaPOINTE: Bishop O’Connell High School graduate J.J. LaPointe, a senior at Christopher Newport University, helped the Division III college men’s cross country team to a strong and championship postseason performance.

The Captains won the Capital Athletic Conference and Southeast Regional team titles and placed 11th in the NCAA national championships.

LaPointe was fourth in the CAC (26:30) and regional (25:30) races, and was 53rd (25:08) at nationals in Louisville.

For his fourth-place finishes, LaPointe earned all-conference and allregion honors.

At O’Connell, LaPointe was the boys Arlington County meet champion in both 2011 and 2012, and was a top finisher in conference and state meets those years as well.

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School graduate and Vassar College sophomore guard Alex Seff helped propel the men’s basketball team to a 3-0 start.

In the Brewers’ 71-65 opening-game victory over New Paltz, Seff poured in 34 points and yanked 12 rebounds, moving into the No. 2 spot in program history for most points scored in a single game.

In Vassar’s 88-72 win over Keuka College in the first round of a tip-off tournament, Seff had a game-high 20 points with four three-pointers. Then, in a 69-65 tournament victory over Lehman College, Seff added 10 points and four assists.

Through those three games, Seff led the Brewers with a 21.3 points-per-game total and 16 rebounds.

For his effort, Seff was chosen as the Liberty League Men’s Basketball Performer of the Week.

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

December 30, 1942: n Basil DeLashmutt has been tapped to serve as County Board chairman for the coming year. n The editorial page voices concern that Arlington officials aren’t doing enough to address the threat of juvenile delinquency in the county. n The Sun’s editor tells readers to “forget right now any hopes you may have that the war will end in 1943,” and notes that the new year needs to be “the greatest year in our history.”

December 31, 1957: n The Toys for Tots effort brought in nearly 10,000 toys for Arlington youths this season. n Northern Virginia road deaths for the year total 37, up 50 percent from a year before. n Some activists are still promoting the idea of incorporating Northern Virginia into one big city. n With 14 college bowl games on the schedule tomorrow, West Virginia University holds onto its top ranking.

December 30, 1961: n Ernest Wilt will take over as County Board chairman in 1962, while Thomas Richards will be vice chairman. n Local officials are still trying to figure out how to deal with increasing traffic using Clarendon Circle. n Traffic across the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge so far has been well below the span’s 12,000-vehicles-per-day capacity. n Northern Virginia Methodists plan to significantly increase the number of Sunday school programs.

January 3, 1972: n New County Board Chairman Joseph Wholey has called for restrained spending in the new year, and will seek more local autonomy from the General Assembly. n Gov. Holton is preparing to submit what will be the first Republican budget of the century.

January 3, 1983: n Virginia is weathering the recession better than most.

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

nior centers will be closed on Monday, Jan. 2 in observance of New Year’s.

NEW YEAR BRINGS A NEW GARDENING GROUP: A new gardening group is

forming at Walter Reed Senior Center.

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LINE-DANCING CLASSES AVAILABLE:

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GUITAR GROUP WELCOMES NEWCOMERS: Walter Reed Senior Center hosts a

gathering of guitar players interested in learning new skills and songs on Friday, Dec. 30 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

FREE LEGAL COUNSELING OFFERED:

Walter Reed Senior Center will offer free legal counseling for eligible seniors on Tuesday, Jan. 3. One-on-one sessions also will be available at Langston-Brown Senior Center on Thursday, Jan. 5. For

information and registration, call Legal Services of Northern Virginia at (703) 778-6800.

TRIP TO NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY SLATED: Arlington County 55+

Travel will host a trip to the National Portrait Gallery to explore the jazzlegends exhibition on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The cost is $8. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

of volunteer storytellers, will hold its monthly meeting on Friday, Jan. 6 at 9:30 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2286300.

DISCUSSION TO CENTER ON GREAT PLAYS: A discussion of great plays with

theater educator Michael Heinlein will be held on Friday, Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. at Gunston Community Center. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

WALKERS HEAD TO CRYSTAL CITY:

The Arlington Walking Club for Seniors will amble in the Crystal City area on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $4 for transportation from Lubber Run Community Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

WALKERS HEAD ACROSS THE RIVER TO GEORGETOWN: The Lee Walkers of

ARABIC-LANGUAGE CLASS TARGETS BEGINNERS: An Arabic-language class

BALLROOM DANCERS TO HIT THE FLOOR: Lee Senior Center hosts a ball-

for beginners will be held on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 11:15 a.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. No previous experience is necessary. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

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room dance on Friday, Jan. 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. The event features authentic ballroom music. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

The Sun Gazette publishes news of interest to Arlington’s active seniors in each week’s edition!

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To list...or not to list...in the winter?

“by this time next year, expect the 30-year fixed rate likely to be in the 4.50% to 5.00% range.”

Listing your home at the start of a new year may work to your advantage.

Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist, National Association of REALTORS (NAR)

There may be fewer people looking to buy in the winter...but those looking are serious, often needing to move. They are less likely to make a lowball offer and they’ll want to close quickly.

Some homes are also taken off the market at this time of year...giving more attention to those which are available for sale.

Rising interest rates have a direct affect on how much house you can afford.

To find out your buying power, call us today!

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You might be surprised at the value of your home.

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