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Election Officials Aiming for Smooth Sailing

Voters Asked to Study Bonds, Amendments Prior to Arriving at the Polls SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington’s top election official is expecting a busy, but hopefully calm, Election Day as voters go to the polls Nov. 8.

The electorate, particularly those who usually vote only in presidential elections – known in the local elections trade as “cicada voters” – will find some changes from 2012, county elections chief Linda Lindberg said. And voters can help themselves and those around them by being aware of what’s being decided at the polls.

“There’s a lot on the ballot this year” beyond the marquee presidential race, she said. Voters also will mark ballots for U.S. House of Representatives, County Board, School Board, county bond referendums and state constitutional amendments.

It’s those last two that have election officials worried; Lindberg is pleading with the public to be aware of the referendums and amendments, so they don’t have to read through the ballot questions while casting votes.

Being informed “does save a lot of time on Election Day,” she said.

Arlington voters who have not voted absentee will turn up to the county’s 52 precincts to find no electronic voting, which had been the norm for years before being phased out in 2015. Instead, they will mark ballots by hand, then have them scanned into machines – two in most preContinued on Page 22

School Board Chair Asks for Civility on Boundaries SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

“Learn to play well with others”: They teach it in kindergarten, and the chairman of the Arlington School Board is asking county residents to take the same tack in

what could be a rocky series of boundary adjustments in coming years.

“Everyone’s got to hold hands and know we’re going to make it through,” Nancy Van Doren said at an Oct. 25 meeting of the Arlington Senior Democrats.

“Be flexible,” Van Doren asked. “We

are in a period of flux. I cannot promise . . . what it’s going to look like 10 years from now. We’re going to all need to hold on and get each other through it – and take every single child with us to success.”

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If past is prologue, Arlington Democrats will come out on top in next week’s local elections. Above, County Board Chairman Libby Garvey makes a point at last week’s luncheon of Arlington Senior Democrats. She is being challenged by independent Audrey Clement in the only County Board race on the ballot. Garvey is flanked by School Board Chairman Nancy Van Doren and Tannia Talento, who are unopposed in the School Board race. Arlington voters also will cast ballots for president, Congress, local bond referendums and state constitutional amendments.

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NAACP Banquet Focuses on Economic Empowerment SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The African-American community needs to focus more on economic self-empowerment in order to reap multiple benefits, the keynote speaker at the Arlington NAACP’s annual dinner told attendees.

“Your dollar goes a long way – longer than you may know. If you change the economic status of a community, you can change a lot of things,” said Joe Dillard Jr., president of the Norfolk branch of the NAACP and vice president of the organization’s state conference, in remarks at the 70th annual Arlington Freedom Fund Banquet, held Oct. 29 at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club.

Dillard, who has been active in economic-development issues both with the NAACP and in the Hampton Roads area, said African-Americans lag other groups in supporting businesses within their communities.

“I’m not saying diversity is wrong; it’s not,” he told a gathering of about 200 civic and community leaders. “[But] if we don’t recognize where home is, where’s outrue power? How can you really empower your community when your dollar doesn’t stay there?”

The Arlington NAACP was founded in 1940, and continues its work to “help balance the scales of injustice,” organization president Karen Nightengale said.

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“It’s important for us to have these moments,” Nightengale said of the annual gathering. “We have a great, great membership. Stay strong, stay connected.

We can do more together than we can ever do apart.”

On hand to show support were members of the Arlington County Board and School Board, as well as constitutional officers and state legislators. NAACP members are “dedicated, determined and will not rest until justice is done,” County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said.

Appropriately for a presidential-election year, the Arlington NAACP’s top honor – the Charles P. Monroe Civil Rights Award – was bestowed on Tyra Baker-Thompson, an Arlington native who serves on the staff of the Arlington office of elections and long has been active in community-revitalization efforts in the Nauck community, where her family operates Chinn-Baker Funeral Home.

Baker-Thompson is “a woman who works tirelessly in this county,” Nightengale said.

(The award is named in honor of the late County Board member Charles P. Monroe, who came from a long line of civic leaders in the community.)

Receiving the Willard W. Brittain Community Appreciation Award was Pauline Ellison, herself long active in the community in areas as diverse at the Inter-Service Club Council, The Links Inc.,

Above, Arlington NAACP president Karen Nightengale with Charles P. Monroe Civil Rights Award recipient Tyra Baker-Thompson. At right, Stacie Brown leads the assemblage in song.

NAACP, Urban League, United Negro College Fund and Arlington Civil Service Commission.

Saluted with the Henry L. Holmes Meritorious Service Award was the Zeta Chi Omega chapter of the Kappa Alpha Kappa sorority. Deborah Carpenter Brittain was honored with the President’s Award for Distinguished Service. William White Sr. and Jimmie Jukes were presented with honorary life memberships for their service to NAACP. The ceremony also featured presenta-

tion of Willard Woodson “Woody” Brittain Jr. Scholarships to Arlington students Gene Jones (attending the University of Virginia) and Helen Nowlin and Kofi Roberts (attending Hampton University).

“Education is one of the key factors the NAACP works very hard at every year,” Nightengale said.

The banquet committee was chaired

by Kent Carter. Receiving a special honor was Julius Spain Sr., the Arlington NAACP’s first vice president, who recently retired from the U.S. Marine Corps.

Spain plans to stay in Arlington during retirement, and “as long as I have a breath in my body, I’m going to continue” working in support of the NAACP, he said.

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Arlington Host Lions Club Celebrates 80 Years SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

As it prepares to turn a spry 80 years old, the Arlington Host Lions Club and its members gathered at Washington Golf & Country Club to toast the past and prepare for the future.

“It’s a great honor to be serving in a club that has provided 80 years of service – it’s family,” said Mike Stevens, the club’s treasurer, during the Oct. 8 gathering. The event served as a kickoff to activities saluting the anniversary of the club’s chartering on Dec. 6, 1936.

“You all aren’t an average club,” said Lion District Governor Jay Moughon, who attended the buffet-dinner gathering that included music by the Wakefield High School Jazz Ensemble. Moughon pointed to initiatives serving children, members of the military and veterans as among the highlights of the Arlington club’s efforts.

“You are performing just incredible work,” added County Board member Christian Dorsey, who brought along a county proclamation honoring the club.

“The Arlington Host Lions are there all the time . . . there helping people,” Dorsey said, “and doing it in a way that emphasizes substance.”

As part of the ceremony, three members – George Allin Jr., Fred Sheridan and George Hutchinson – were honored with the inaugural Titan Awards, saluting their long involvement with the service club and its efforts. Hutchinson, for one,

Members of the Arlington Host Lions Club celebrated the organization’s 80th anniversary at a dinner held at Washington Golf & Country Club.

has been a member for 59 years.

“If you ever want to be entertained, sit with these guys and listen to their stories of Arlington,” Stevens said.

Don Lundquist and Ann Swain were among those also receiving special honors as part of the anniversary celebration.

Club members traditionally meet for lunch, but president Elizabeth Schindler decided the anniversary was worthy of a special occasion.

“We haven’t had an evening fête like this for a long time,” she said. “This evening is all about joyful fellowship – an appreciation of each other.”

“One of the benefits of Lions is not only the fun you have with the people you

meet, but being inspired by the people,” Schindler said.

Lions Club International is set to celebrate its centennial next year, having been founded in Chicago in 1917.

In 1925, the organization took on its signature project – working to support those with vision impairment – after being challenged by Helen Keller to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.”

Around the globe, Lions Club International has 1.4 million members in more than 200 countries, making it the world’s largest service organization. The Arlington Host Lions Club is one of 46,000 worldwide.

The Arlington club manages the Northern Virginia Eyeglass Recycling Center, which has distributed more than a million pairs of eyeglasses around the world, and also supports organizations that include the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network and Arlington Food Assistance Center. Members also started the annual Custodian Appreciation Week program at local schools, send CARE packages to members of the Armed Forces and sponsor a student in Sri Lanka.

This year, the club has partnered with the Arlington Sister City Association to collect items for personal-care kits that are distributed to refugee children in Ukraine.

Opera Nova Gears Up for Presentation of Joplin Work SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

How to hook young people on classical music, including opera? Make it relevant to their lives.

That’s the thinking behind Opera Nova’s long-planned and now set-for2017 production of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha,” which will be produced for schoolchildren and aims to ultimately be presented far beyond the confines of Northern Virginia.

“It’s so timely, it’s so on point,” said Larry King, an Opera Nova board member, speaking at the organization’s annual fund-raising brunch, held Oct. 9 at Washington Golf & Country Club.

Putting together the production helps to fulfill Opera Nova’s mission as “an opera company dedicated to the total access of all people – making itself available to the masses,” King said at a gathering that also included performances of operatic works ranging from the 19th century to the modern day.

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Joplin’s roots in ragtime music – follows a group of freed slaves in 1880s Arkansas, as a young woman (the title character) urges the others to embrace education and cast away the superstitions of previous times.

Opera Nova’s original plan to present the production in 2016 was pushed back by circumstances, but moving to 2017 has the advantage that it will be performed both during the 150th anniversary of Joplin’s birth and the 100th of his death.

“The extent to which we can bring opera to children, we’re doing some good for the future,” said federal judge Loren Smith, who served on the board of WETA and has performed in opera himself.

Smith said opera was “being drowned out” by other elements in the culture, but that it and related forms of music need to be cherished.

“The arts . . . provide a civilizing influence, fulfill a mission that we have as human beings,” he said.

King said the opera group aims to focus its outreach on at-risk students.

“It’s so unfortunate there are people who are not exposed to the arts,” he said.

“Minority youth, especially low-income youth, are not being exposed.”

Some have speculated that opera may die out as all but an academic art form over the next generation, but Smith was

Above, Jose Sacin and Tony Torchia perform a selection from “The Pearl Fishers.” At right, Jocelyn Hunt presents a solo from “Porgy & Bess.”

upbeat about its long-term prospects.

“What is needed most is energetic people – people to grab the reins, people who make a difference,” he said.

Smith pointed to Miriam Miller, the longtime Opera Nova president and an indefatigable booster of the music form.

Her spirit is infectious, Smith said: “You don’t say ‘no’ to Mimi.”

Opera Nova traces its roots to the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, which was born in the 1960s. In addition to its work exposing young people to opera, the group also aims to provide arts access to the area’s senior citizens.

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Legislative Proposal Could Lead to a Higher Meals Tax

They aren’t saying so explicitly, but Arlington County Board members may seek authorization from the General Assembly to increase the county’s meals tax from its current rate of 4 percent.

A request to grant counties the same taxing authority as cities – “to provide a level playing field among localities” – is included in the County Board’s draft 2017 legislative package, which was unveiled Oct. 28 and will be the subject of a public hearing in December.

The proposal is basically boilerplate, being included in the legislative package in one form or another every year. Members of the legislature have shown little inclination to act on it.

But the meals-tax question took on added significance this year, as Fairfax County is going through a contentious political battle over imposition of one. In the midst of the fight, the Virginia Association of Counties, or VACo, (of which the Arlington and Fairfax governments are a part) came out with its draft legislative plan, asking the General Assembly to give counties the power to increase the meals tax from its current statutory maximum of 4 percent to as much as 8 percent.

The VACo draft proposal also asked the legislature to rescind its requirement that counties hold a referendum to approve imposition of a meals tax. (Arling-

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Arlington’s 4-percent meals tax is levied on top of the 6-percent sales tax, making a $3 hamburger cost $3.30 and a $75 steak top out at $82.50. But those prices could go higher if Arlington was able to mimic cities. A sampling: Martinsville and Lynchburg currently impose meals taxes of 6.5 percent; Fredericksburg, 6 percent; Roanoke, 5.5 percent; and Charlottesville, 5 percent.

The Arlington County Chamber of Commerce is keeping an eye on the proposal. Arlington County Taxpayers Association president Tim Wise, always good for a quote, is still smarting from the twodecade-old decision by the General Assembly, giving Arlington officials a pass on holding a referendum.

Voters, Wise said, were “shafted when democracy bypassed Arlington County as the county’s political elite slipped a tax noose around the necks of Arlington taxpayers in the early 1990s.”

The public hearing on the legislative package will be held as part of the County Board’s December meeting. Board members are slated to meet with members of the Arlington General Assembly delegation on Nov. 29.

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Our View: Our Ballot Selections for Election Day

It has been a long and dispiriting campaign season, but all will be over next Tuesday. For that, we can all give thanks.

The Sun Gazette has no view on the presidential election, except to be disenchanted by the spectacle. But over the past month, the newspaper has weighed in on various races of local concern. To recap our choices: 8th District U.S. House of Representatives: The Sun Gazette supports incumbent Democrat Don Beyer against Republican Charles Hernick and independent Julio Gracia.

Arlington County Board: The Sun Gazette supports incumbent Democrat Libby Garvey over independent Audrey Clement.

Arlington School Board: The Sun Gazette supports the

Democratic-endorsed ticket of Nancy Van Doren and Tannia Talento, who are unopposed.

Arlington County Bond Referendums: The Sun Gazette supports, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, the four bond referendums on the Arlington ballot: $139 million for schools, $99 million for community infrastructure, $59 million for transportation and $19 million for recreation.

State Constitutional Amendments: The Sun Gazette supports both amendments to the Virginia constitution on the ballot. One provides tax exemption for the surviving spouses of public-safety employees killed in the line of duty, the other strengthens Virginia’s right-to-work law by enshrining it in the constitution.

In a lamentable example of “ready-fire-aim,” the Arlington County Board is considering eliminating a tradition that goes back generations.

Since the 1950s and perhaps even earlier, the County Board had held its organizational meeting on New Year’s Day. On those occasions when Jan. 1 falls on a Sunday – as it will in 2017 – the board traditionally has moved the meeting to the morning of Monday, Jan. 2, which, as it is a federal holiday in those years, allows interested residents to attend.

It’s a civic extravaganza, giving the incoming board chairman the chance to lay out his or her priorities for the coming year.

Yet in the draft 2017 meeting schedule unveiled late last week, board members propose holding the meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 6 p.m.

Veteran civic activists are not pleased. Nor are we. Traditions are important, and should not be trod upon with little reason.

At least one board member – Vice Chairman Jay Fisette – is on the right side of this issue. Others should join him.

Why Would the County Board Opt to Trample on Tradition?

School Board Is Not Listening to the Public Editor: The Arlington School Board and school employees seem nonplussed by the resistance to their plans to force hundreds of children in neighborhoods traditionally linked to Washington-Lee High School, which is overcrowded, to attend Wakefield or Yorktown.

It’s hard to “learn to play well with others,” as the School Board Chairman Nancy Van Doren suggested, when you’re not convinced of the fairness of the process.

The logistical challenges – busing students twice as far each day and com-

plicating after-school activities – are obvious, but do school officials not know that our high school is an integral part of our neighborhood’s identity? That every kid on the street finds comfort following the older kids through school?

That the short public-comment period smells bad?

At the two public meetings I’ve attended, the School Board threw APS staff to the lions. An emergency may not be the time to move toward a better system – such as having the three comprehensive high schools compete for students’ open enrollment – but it was

painful to see the staff limited to discussing only the most drastic solution of forcibly moving students.

The School Board, which failed to identify the emergency until too late and failed to promote broader discussion of options, should be held accountable.

But, alas, we have only two candidates to fill two vacancies on Election Day. If we don’t take the School Board more seriously, how can we expect it to take our needs more seriously?

Fulton Armstrong Arlington

Editor: It is in my personal opinion that the historic apartment buildings in the Westover neighborhood should not be demolished.

Those are arguably the only low-income-housing options in a neighbor-

hood plagued with costly homes. In order to take advantage of the good schools in Arlington, low-income families have to live there or move to a cheaper, less-safe neighborhood. Removing those people from the Westover area would be unwise.

As people of Arlington, which echoes Westover’s nature of genuineness, we should be standing against constructing new, less-affordable homes that hurt our community values.

Max Kappler Arlington

Westover Will Gain If Affordable Units Survive

‘Old’ Does Not Always Equal ‘Historic’ in Housing Editor: What is “historic” about apartments in Westover? Old, yes, but historic is stretching the truth by a lot.

The request (by those that do not own the properties) to place the apartments in a local historic district is just

a gimmick to take property value from the owners.

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New Year’s Tradition May For a more livable Arlington Be Nixed by County Board Vote SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Some Arlington County Board members appear ready to dump a decades-old tradition in order to give senior staff some extra time off over the holidays. But opposition appears to be building.

At issue: The Arlington board’s traditional organizational meeting the morning of New Year’s Day (or, as is the case in 2017 when the date falls on a Sunday, on Jan. 2). For nearly 60 years, maybe longer, the event has been one of those onlyin-Arlington civic-engagement events, sometimes drawing dozens, sometimes hundreds, to hear elected officials outline their priorities for the new year.

But not, apparently, this coming year, if a majority of County Board members approve a draft calendar for 2017 that puts the organizational meeting at a much more prosaic time: Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 6 p.m.

Very little actual business is transacted at each year’s organizational meeting, outside of electing a board chairman and vice chairman and setting rules for the coming year. But it is a gathering spot for civic activists; the county government traditionally hosts a small reception, then many of the Democrats in attendance decamp for a New Year’s Day political brunch hosted, through the years, by the likes of party leaders Joseph Fisher, Larry Roberts and Mary Hynes.

The move to move the date to Tuesday does not have universal support among County Board members, and has generated dissent among some in the civic-activism community. Whether their blowback will be enough to get the meeting moved back to its traditional spot on the calendar remains to be seen.

Among those voicing concern is Richard Barton – a former School Board member and veteran civic leader. He said

“many, many” disagree with the proposal.

“They feel strongly that the meeting should be on Monday, because more people will be able to attend and participate in it, if they wish,” Barton said in an email.

County Board Chairman Libby Garvey appears unmoved, so far. She tells the Sun Gazette that holding an organizational meeting during a holiday weekend is a strain on the county staff who must be in attendance.

“By moving the meeting one day to a regular work day, we are still able to start off our year with the community, but without forcing employees to give up their personal and family time on a holiday,” Garvey said.

But Vice Chairman Jay Fisette, who likely will rotate in as board chairman in 2017, doesn’t like the proposed change to historic norms one bit.

“I have come to value this tradition and think it serves Arlington well,” Fisette told the Sun Gazette. “The date should maximize the opportunity for the community to participate, and for the County Board to communicate our vision and our priorities for the coming year.”

Fisette said he is “very appreciative” of county-government staff, but notes that only a handful are required to be on hand for the organizational meetings.

Garvey said she considers any change to procedures in 2017 as a trial run. “We can try it this year and see what everyone thinks,” she said.

Garvey could be underestimating the institutional power of community activists irked by the proposal. If so, it will be the second time this year: The board chairman rolled out a major initiative – the so-called “blue-ribbon panel” to look at community priorities – only to have to yank it back unceremoniously after massive public hostility.

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Meeting accreditation standards “serves as a validation of our commitment to treating all individuals with dignity and respect,” said Sheriff Beth Arthur. “I am proud of the great work the staff perform day in and day out – accreditation means that the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office strives to be a leader in Virginia and to maintain procedures and operations that can be considered best practices.”

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The detention facility has been accredited by the American Correctional Association since 1995. A reaccreditation team scored the sheriff’s office at 100 percent for mandatory standards and 99.4 percent for non-mandatory standards in a review that was completed Oct. 26.

The detention facility, located on North Courthouse Road, is staffed by approximately 200 personnel overseeing an average daily inmate population of about 500.

The sheriff’s office also has earned accreditation from the Virginia Department of Corrections and the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

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Arlington Notes COMMITTEE OF 100 TO HOST ELECTION RETROSPECTIVE: The Arlington

Committee of 100 will host a retrospective on the Nov. 8 election at its monthly meeting, slated for Wednesday, Nov. 9 at Gerard Phelan Hall on Marymount University’s main campus, 2807 North Glebe Road.

A panel discussion will feature representatives from all of Arlington’s political parties, who will look at the results and how they may impact Arlington.

The program begins at 8 p.m. and is free. Dinner ($28 for Committee of 100 members, $30 for nonmembers) is available at 7:25 p.m.

To register and for more information, see the Web site at www.arlingtoncommitteeof100.org.

Nov. 12 & 13

‘VOLUNTEER ARLINGTON’ SETS OPEN HOUSE: Volunteer Arlington will host an

open house on Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Central Library auditorium.

The volunteer initiative recently was contracted by the Arlington government to the Leadership Center for Excellence.

The open house will provide the chance for residents to meet executive director Lisa Fikes, and to provide feedback on the future of the effort.

The community is invited; R.S.V.P.s are requested. For information, see the Web site at www.leadercenter.org.

CAREGIVER WORKSHOP SET: “Caregiving 101: Preparing to Care for Your Loved One,” a forum sponsored by AARP Virginia, will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at Central Library.

The workshop will provide information on steps caregivers should take in advance of providing services to family members.

The program is free, and the community is invited. For information and to register, see the Web site at http://arlingtonva. libcal.com.

‘EINSTEIN!’ COMES TO YORKTOWN:

The Yorktown High School theater department will host a free performance of “Einstein!” starring award-winning artist Jay Fry on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the school.

The production is based on the recent release of 15,000 documents about the life of Albert Einstein.

To R.S.V.P., call (703) 228-5414 or email carolcadby.yhs@gmail.com.

ARLINGTONES TO PRESENT CONCERT:

The Arlingtones will present “Arlington A-Capella Autumn VI Concert” on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lyon Park Community Center, 414 North Fillmore St. Snowday will provide a special guest performance.

The concert is free, and the community is invited.

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combining both traditional and modern atmospheres, will hold an open house on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.

The event will provide an overview of the religious organization, and a chance to meet Rabbi Gilah Lagner. Information on the Kol Ami Jewish Children’s Education Program will be available at 5 p.m.

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

CHURCH TO HOST SOUP, PIE BAZAAR:

Arlington Church of the Brethren will host a soup and pie bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 300 North Montague St. The event also will feature a fair-trade craft fair, yard sale, bake sale and the chance to support international-development programs.

For information, call (571) 243-5344 or see the Web site at www.arlingtoncob. org.

CHURCH TO HOST HOLIDAY BAZAAR:

St. Agnes Catholic Church will host a holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 1910 North Randolph St. The event will feature handmade items, including doll clothing and birdhouses; a used-book sale; bake sale; white-elephant sale; and money tree.

The community is invited. For information, call (703) 525-1166.

KIWANIS CLUB TO HOST ‘TASTE THE WINE’: The Kiwanis Club of Arlington

will host “Taste the Wine for Charity,” a special event featuring wines from Democracy Vineyards (operated by Arlingtonians Jim Turpin and Susan Prokop) on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Arlington Arts Center.

The event includes tastings of various vintages, plus cheese, charcuterie and hors d’oeuvres. Individuals will be able to purchase bottles from Democracy Vineyward for holiday entertaining and gifts.

The cost is $50 per person, with proceeds benefiting programs for children supported by the Kiwanis Club.

For information and to R.S.V.P., call (703) 217-2890 or e-mail gjcdo@yahoo. com.

‘NARFE’ TO MEET: Arlington Chapter 7 of NAFE (National Active and Retired Federal Employees) will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center, 4435 North Pershing Drive.

A social period begins at 12:30 p.m.

The community is invited.

HOSPITAL OFFERS CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS: Virginia Hospital Center’s

Cancer Support Center hosts a variety of programs and groups for cancer patients, survivors and their families. For information, call (703) 558-5555.

Arlington Notes II GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY: Most Arlington County gov-

ernment offices will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

AUTHOR PENS PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION WORK: Arlington author Kevin

Feingold has penned a satirical novel – “Grump’s America” – looking at the presidential election and the trials and tribulations of the Republican presidential candidate.

The full tome can be accessed on the humor blog of Feingold (a pen name for an Arlington resident) at www.yustyoking.com.

ARLINGTONIAN LAUDED FOR INTERPRETIVE WORK: Kylie Starck of Arling-

ton has been named recipient of the 2016 Outstanding New Interpreter Award by the National Association for Interpretation.

The award will be presented Nov. 11 during the NAI National Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Starck is the senior interpreter at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria. “Her creativity and excellence in interpretation expanded program visitation and eventually led to a diversification of interpretative-program offerings,” site manager Karen Sheffield said.

ARLINGTON OUTDOOR LAB TO HOST OPEN HOUSE: The Arlington Outdoor

Lab will hold its annual fall open house on Sunday, Nov. 6 from noon to 4 p.m. at the lab, located in Fauquier County.

The event will feature activities that include a cookout, hiking, fishing and visits to the animal lab, all part of the Outdoor Lab’s 50th-anniversary celebration.

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

BREAKFAST FUND-RAISER TO BENEFIT STAMBAUGH SCHOLARSHIP: A

fund-raising breakfast in support of the Warren G. Stambaugh Scholarship Fund will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Lyon Park Community House, 300 North Fillmore St. Proceeds raised through the event will support scholarships for students with disabilities. The fund is administered through the Arlington Community Foundation.

The suggested donation is $60 per person or $100 per couple. To R.S.V.P., e-mail stambaughscholarship@gmail.com.

FAMILY MIXER SLATED AT SYNAGOGUE: Congregation Etz Hayim will

host an interfaith family Havdalah Mixer on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the synagogue, 2920 Arlington Blvd.

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by Christ Church of Arlington and slated for Thanksgiving Day. Approximately 4,000 local residents are slated to take part, with proceeds benefiting organizations including Arlington Thrive, the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network and Arlington Food Assistance Center.

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

NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN TO HOLD LUNCHEON: The

Northern Virginia chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women will hold its 32nd annual luncheon forum on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City.

The theme will be “The Aftermath: Realistic Expectations for African-American Men, Women and Children,” featuring a panel discussion on the future.

There also will be music, a special guest and a bazaar.

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NEW ART EXHIBITION OPENS: Gallery Underground is hosting a new show – “Horses of a Different Color” – from Nov. 1-25 at the gallery, located in the Crystal City Shops at 2100 Crystal Drive.

The exhibition features the colorful imagery of artist Meg Mackenzie, an abstract painter whose work is based on a deep love of horses.

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Obituaries

Incoming School Board Member Aims To Serve as a Voice for Working Parents SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

LINDA (HARBOTTLE) DIAZ-PAZ

Linda Diaz-Paz, 51, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Alexandria, VA. Born Linda Harbottle in Poughkeepsie, NY to James and Madeline (Cauda) Harbottle on May 23, 1965. Linda grew up in Wappingers Falls and was a 1983 graduate of John Jay High School. She moved to Washington DC in 1983 to attend George Washington University, graduating in 1986.

She then moved to Alexandria, VA.On September 5, 1998, Linda married Orlando Diaz-Paz who survives at home. Linda was a loving wife, devoted mother, cherished daughter, proud sister, and loyal friend.

Similar to the sunflowers she admired, Linda stood tall in all aspects of life. Linda took on multiple roles with Webelos 2 cub scouts as a Co-Den Leader, Food Chair, Service Project Chair, Camping Chair, and more. She was also an active member of the PTA, as well as a dedicated soccer administrator. Additionally, Linda worked as a Budget Analyst for the Alexandria Public School System. Linda was known for her love of multiple crafts, which she shared with many. With her caring and generous personality, everyone who met Linda loved her. In addition to her husband, Orlando, she is survived by sons Orlando and wife Amie Diaz-Paz of Centreville, VA, Onecimo Diaz-Paz of Chantilly, VA, Ronaldo Diaz-Paz, Alexandria, VA, parents James and Madeline Harbottle, Longwood, FL, brother James Harbottle, Jr., Longwood, FL, and Aunts, Uncles, and many cousins.

Viewing will be Friday, November 4, 2016, from 6:30pm-Midnight at Harvest Assembly Baptist Church, 8008 Fordson Rd, Alexandria, VA 22306. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 12 Noon at Saint Rita Catholic Church, 3815 Russell Rd, Alexandria, VA, 22305. In honor of Linda the family prefers donations be made to Ronaldo’s college fund in lieu of flowers.

If interested in making a donation please contact Orlando Diaz-Paz Jr. by e-mail odiazpaz23@gmail.com

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Barring a major surprise, Arlington residents will be getting to know a new elected official after Nov. 8. And she aims to be a voice POLITICAL for parents POTPOURRI who haven’t previously had much interaction with the school system.

Tannia Talento is virtually assured election to one of two School Board seats on the ballot; she and current board chairman Nancy Van Doren are the only candidates seeking the posts. (“I think we’re going to do OK,” Van Doren deadpanned at a recent event, while encouraging residents to make sure they cast ballots for both. “There are two choices,” she said. “Vote for two, two, two.”)

Talento, 40, is the heir to the seat occupied for the last eight years by her mentor, School Board member Emma ViolandSánchez, who opted not to seek a third term. Van Doren and Talento topped the field in a four-way Democratic caucus in May. “I’m going to work hard, do my best,” Talento said at a recent community event.

“I come here from a very grass-roots place,” she said of her service on a variety of School Board advisory panels, rather than moving up through the Democratic political arena. “I am feeling like I am just coming into this part of my life.”

Talento has a number of priorities for the time she takes her seat in 2017: Improved student access to mental-health services, addressing the needs of a growing population (“we’re going to have a seat for every single student”) and facing up to a lack of progress in closing the socalled achievement gap between students of varying racial, ethnic and economic groups.

Talento pointed to lower test scores for Arlington students whose first language is not English as an area of significant concern. “They are not doing well; everyone else is,” she said.

Talento said she hoped to bring “the perspective of the working parent” to School Board deliberations. She also will be something of a rarity – a local School Board member without a college degree.

“I tried . . . I just couldn’t get it done,” Talento said of a combination of intervening economic and family issues that included working full time and raising a family.

“I wanted to be home for my kids,” she

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Talento will join a five-member body that has seen significant turnover in recent years, after a relatively stable period before. Three board members – Van Doren, Vice Chairman Barbara Kanninen and Reid Goldstein – each have between one and three years’ experience in office.

With the 2016 School Board election soon to be in the rear-view mirror, eyes are shifting to 2017. Two-term incumbent James Lander, whose term is up next year, has said he plans to seek re-election.

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Humble Postcard Takes Its Place in Presidential Fight

SCOUTING FOR FOOD The Arlington Food Assistance Center thanks the Troops and Packs from the National Capitol Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and their annual "Scouting for Food" food drive for AFAC. Scouts will be leaving grocery bags and flyers on the doorsteps of Arlington homes across the County on Saturday, November 5th. Fill the bag and leave it on your doorstep by 9am on Saturday, November 12th.

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Marj Signer and Jean Barton with some of the postcards that are being mailed to women across Arlington, encouraging them to vote for Hillary Clinton.

For information on both events, see the Web site at www.arlingtondemocrats. org.

Arlington Republicans, Hernick Boosters to Host Election Night Event: The Arlington County Republican Committee, Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans and Voters for Charles Hernick have slated an Election Night watch party for Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Texas Jacks, 2761 Washington Blvd.

The suggested donation of $15 will help cover the costs of barbecue and drinks, organizers said.

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Are you a woman, age 40 to 65? Single, or in a marriage where neither spouse is overly active politically?

A group of Arlington Democrats activists has you on their radar screen, and if you haven’t POLITICAL voted yet, you POTPOURRI may soon be getting encouragement to do so from the least high-tech political tool imaginable: the humble postcard.

An initiative aims to target 1,000 middle-age females, either new voters or “occasional” ones, said Marj Signer, a veteran Arlington Democratic activist who is leading the grass-roots effort.

The effort aims at squeezing out the last drops of prospective voters – focusing on those likely to be Democrats.

“We work until the bitter end, not one minute before,” Signer said at the Oct. 25 meeting of Arlington Senior Democrats, where she was working to distribute the postcards.

“I can give you 20 names, 20 cards,” Signer told the older party members, asking women in the audience to hand-address them and add a personal pitch that the voter come to the polls either through absentee balloting or on Election Day, and vote for Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.

(Arlington Democrats are pushing pre-Election Day voting. “I vote on the first day [of absentee balloting], then the bus can hit me,” said Cragg Hines, a party activist.)

Backers of the effort also scheduled a number of “postcard parties” – including at least one for families – before the initiative wraps up and the postcards are dropped in the mail.

The mailing list was coordinated by Democratic leader Carrie Johnson, whose command of the voter rolls is unmatched in local politics.

Funding was provided by the Democratic Women’s Caucus of the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Democrats Prep for Election Night, Day After: The Arlington County Democratic Committee has announced plans both for Election Night and the day after.

A results-viewing celebration is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 8 beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting into the wee hours (1 a.m.) of the next morning at Sehkraft Brewing, located at 925 North Garfield St. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, Democrats will hold their traditional win-or-lose postelection luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. at Nam Viet Restaurant, 1127 North Hudson St.

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Business Briefcase FORMER CEO OF CREDIT UNION WINS REGIONAL HONOR: Brenda Turner, the

former president and CEO of Arlington Virginia Federal Credit Union, has been presented with the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Metropolitan Area Credit Union Management Association.

Turner began her career in 1975 at Contelco Credit Union in Emporia, moving in 1993 to Arlington County Federal Credit Union, as the organization was then known. During her tenure in Arlington, assets of the credit union grew from $20 million to $220 million.

Turner served on several credit-unionrelated boards, including the Credit Union Auto Lending Network, UniTrust Financial Services and MACUMA. She was a strong supporter of Credit Union Miracle Day, which is the sponsor of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run and the Arlington Police/Fire/Sheriff 9/11 Memorial 5K. As an active member of the Arlington community, Turner served on the Arlington Chamber of Commerce board of directors and graduated from the 2004 Signature Program of Leadership Center for Excellence (formerly Leadership Arlington).

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JOHN MARSHALL BANK TOPS $1 BILLION IN ASSETS: John Marshall Bank’s

total assets surpassed $1 billion for the first time at the end of the third quarter of 2016, with net income up 16.4 percent compared to a year before, according to new figures.

Total assets at the bank were $1.02 billion as of Sept. 30, up 15 percent from the same period in 2015.

“The credit quality of our loan portfolio remains very strong, with non-performing assets falling to 0.03 percent of total assets as of Sept. 30, 2016, compared to 0.15 percent as of Sept. 30, 2015,” said John Maxwell, the bank’s chairman and chief executive officer.

The bank’s net income for the third quarter was $2.6 million.

Reston-based John Marshall Bank has operations in Arlington and Fairfax counties and other areas of Northern Virginia.

HOSPITAL RECEIVES ‘MOST WIRED’ DESIGNATION: Virginia Hospital Center

has been named one of the “Most Wired Hospitals” for 2016 by the American Hospital Association and Health and Hospitals Network.

The designation is based on progres-

sive and innovative use of technology that allows medical facilities to better serve the public.

“This award is a reflection of the determination of our health-information team to implement technologies that bring our patients and families better access to needed health information,” said hospital president James Cole.

Cole singled out Michael Mistrella, the hospital’s chief information officer, and his information-technology team as the key drivers behind the award.

FORMER CHAMBER CHIEF A CHAMP ON THE MINI-GOLF COURSE: Former

Arlington Chamber of Commerce president Rich Doud was part of a winning foursome at a miniature-golf tournament raising scholarship funds in his name.

Doud was part of a foursome that included his wife, Fran, as well as John Snedden of Rocklands Barbeque and Grilling Co. and Donna Hamaker of Buck & Associates taking first place in the 11th annual Scholars Cup, held in September at Upton Hill Regional Park.

All funds raised through the event will go to the Rich Doud Arlington Chamber Scholarship Fund, which is administered by the Arlington Community Foundation.

The lowest individual score of the tournament was turned in by Robert Martinson of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

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The event will include an overview of 2016 initiatives, plans for 2017 and the unveiling of the organization’s leadership team for the coming year.

Annual awards also will be presented at the celebration.

Registration is $60 per person, and sponsorship packages are available. For information, call (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber.org.

CHAMBER ADDS NEW MEMBERS: The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has announced the following new members (principal contact points in parentheses): JWA Inc. (Joe Wholey); MDB Strategies (Matthew Benka); Mr. Wash Car Wash (Nathan Harris); HIBU Inc. (Lavina Nangia); Mobile Posse (Julie Mosallem); Farmer’s Insurance (James Gibson); Set Kutner, Liberty Mutal Insurance; Brookdale Arlington (Joan Taylor).

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Charm, Grace in Custom Colonial Style and Spectacular Landscaping Helps Set a Welcoming Tone

Charm and elegance coexist in perfect harmony in this week’s featured property, a custom colonial with open spaces complementing a colonial motíf.

From the welcoming covered front porch to outdoor dining on the private brick patio, the home has been designed for the best in both daily living and entertaining in style. Amenities abound, from the custom crown moulding to the airy room sizes to a glorious, spainspired master bath.

All this, and the location provides you easy access to commuter routes, while you are within walking distance to Metro, restaurants, schools, parks and the exciting work in progress that is the reimagining of Ballston.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,249,000 by Ann Wilson of Keller Williams Realty.

A warm greeting in the open foyer sets the tone for all that will follow. The openness of the space allows natural sunlight to stream in.

The formal living room is surround-

ed by wall-to-wall windows and offers French doors and pine-oak flooring, while the gorgeous dining room proffers plenty of space for some holiday supping.

The kitchen is unrivaled in its stateof-the-art features, while the cozy family room offers a stone-hearth gas fireplace and custom media cabinet, with slidingglass-door access to a lovely deck.

Four bedrooms are found on the upper level, each tastefully modernized and added to, with the master retreat a study in attention to detail. Here, hisand-hers closets feature function and beauty, while the aforementioned master bath is a standout, with all the bells and whistles you may desire.

The lower level is home to bright, neutral paint colors, tall ceilings, fresh carpet and recessed lighting, with sideby-side recreation rooms a decided bonus. Also, the lower level is home to a large bedroom and bath, perfect for inlaws or an au pair.

The home also features a detached,

two-car garage, while the custom landscaping is supported by an in-ground sprinkler system. There’s even a children’s garden!

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For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703)738-2520.

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Address: 709 North Kensington Street, Arlington (22205).

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Florida, Vegas Stand at Top of New Ranking for Home Sales Among the 50 largest U.S. real-estate markets, the top five (in order) were Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach County, Tampa, Orlando and Las Vegas, each demonstrating a vigorous combination of consistently strong demand, home price appreciation, and economic and demographic growth.

That’s according to the online realestate marketplace Ten-X, which ranks the nation’s largest housing markets according to current and forecast housing fundamentals. Its fall report was issued Oct. 24.

The Washington, D.C., market ranked 25th on the list, with Northern Virginia coming in at 39th.

Though Florida markets continued to dominate the rankings for a second season, there was some movement within the top five. Fort Lauderdale overtook Palm Beach County as the hottest market, dropping Palm Beach down a notch, while Tampa remains unchanged in third place. Orlando fell from second place to fourth place while Las Vegas climbed to fifth, edging Seattle out of the top five for the first time in more than a year.

“Florida’s housing market continues to set the pace for the nation, with five of the top 10 metros on our report,” said Ten-X executive vice president Rick Sharga. “While all of the top five markets took substantial hits during the housing crash, especially Las Vegas, the continued road to recovery for these destination cities is looking even brighter.”

In spite of being hit hard by the housing crisis, Florida metros have seen their market fundamentals surge thanks to solid economic and demographic expansion, in turn stimulating robust price gains and increasing home sales. Las Vegas tells a similar story.

Rounding out the top 10 on the ranking are Phoenix, Seattle, Nashville, Dallas and Jacksonville. Among communities in the top 20: Denver, Portland, Atlanta, San Francisco, Oakland, Columbus, Raleigh, San Jose, Miami and Boston.

“This quarter’s report is a strong reminder of how uneven the housing recovery has been, with strong performance by cities in the South, Southeast, West and Pacific Northwest, and much weaker trends in the Northeast and Midwest,” Sharga said.

9-1-1 Scholarship Program ARLINGTON’S Seeking Influx of Donations REALTOR®

It has given away more than $300,000 to deserving college-bound students over the past 15 years, but the Arlington County Civic Federation’s 9-1-1 Scholarship program is in danger of evaporating unless it can bring in new revenue.

“We’re getting low; we need more donations,” said Jim Pebley, who leads the scholarship committee. “We’ve been slowly on a glidepath where we can’t continue.”

The scholarship fund was set up in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks and is designed to support the children of Arlington’s public-safety personnel.

About 75 students have received financial support of $1,000 per year, renewable for four years.

“It represents giving back to the community’s first-responders,” said Wanda Pierce, executive director of the Arlington Community Foundation, which administers the scholarship fund.

Keeping the scholarship fund viable “really requires the community coming together,” Pierce said.

The fund took in $12,000 in donations last year, but until the Oct. 4 Civic Federation meeting had not received any support in 2016. Several delegates stepped up with donations, and Pebley pressed for member organizations to take a role in funding.

“You have to understand what the

scholarship fund means to the rank-andfile” of public-safety agencies, he said.

Tax-deductible contributions can be made through the Arlington Community Foundation at www.arlcf.org. Pierce said that as long as “9-1-1” or “Civic Federation” are noted when the donation is made, the dollars will get to the right fund.

“We’ll accept any amount,” she said.

Civic Federation president Stefanie Pryor attended the 2016 scholarship presentation, which included 16 recipients, earlier this year.

“It was definitely an eye-opener,” she said. “I know those kids are grateful, as are their parents.”

Forum Slated on Renovation, Ugrade to Gunston Field No. 1 The Arlington Department of Parks and Recreation will host a community meeting to discuss upgrades to the Gunston Field No. 1 on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at Gunston Community Center.

The project will include demolition of the existing field, construction of a softball field, lighting, fencing, irrigation, landscaping and site furnishing. Construction is slated to begin in mid to late 2017 and be completed in mid-2018.

For information, see the Web site at https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/ gunston-diamond-field-replacement/.

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Transportation Notes ARLINGTON BOARD OKs TRANSIT STOPS ON COLUMBIA PIKE: Arlington

County Board members on Oct. 25 voted to move forward on 23 planned transit stations along the Columbia Pike corridor, aiming to provide enhanced services at a lower cost.

Don’t expect them in place immediately: Construction is expected to begin in 2018 and be phased in through 2021.

County Board members opted for a design concept recommended by county staff totaling about $11.5 million and using a hybrid design officials hope will reduce project costs by about 15 percent and eliminate the time needed for installation.

The adopted design, which would have a footprint of about 300 square feet, also will allow the public to access buses without having to step up, and allow them to pay for trips at the stop rather than on the bus. Real-time arrival information also will be available at each of the stops, part of the Arlington government’s effort to upgrade the Columbia Pike bus-riding experience.

About half the cost will be funded by federal grants, county officials believe. The shelters should have a lifespan of about 50 years, serving what even now is the busiest bus corridor in the commonwealth.

Back when Arlington officials were planning for a streetcar line to run the length of the Columbia Pike corridor, a

prototype transit station was opened at the intersection of Columbia Pike and South Walter Reed Drive.

A joint project of the county government and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the prototype was seized upon by opponents of the streetcar as an example of an overpriced and underperforming design. Libby Garvey, then the leading streetcar opponent and now County Board chairman, derided it for not providing shelter against the elements, and the high-tech features at the stop were prone to problems.

Public outcry over “million-dollar bus stops” – although the price tag was not that high – helped to put another knife into the streetcar project, which was killed in 2014 when County Board members Mary Hynes and Jay Fisette switched sides to oppose its construction.

The transit-stop controversy was among the issues that also helped lead to the election of independent John Vihstadt to the County Board in 2014.

SECOND PHASE OF SILVER LINE NOW ONE-THIRD COMPLETE: Construction

of the second phase of Metro’s Silver Line has nearly reached the one-third mark in its efforts to connect the existing transit line from Reston west into Loudoun County.

The project is being overseen by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au-

thority, which said “construction is speeding up all along the Dulles corridor.”

“Trackwalls are being built, bridges over environmental areas and roads are under construction, and gradings and excavations are underway,” airport officials said.

At Washington Dulles International Airport, guideways to support tracks are in place, while pouring decks for the trackbeds is almost half complete.

Construction also is underway at four of what ultimately will be six stations in the second phase: Reston Town Center, Herndon, Innovation Center and Dulles Airport.

Construction is expected to be finished in 2019, and after the project is turned over to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the first riders are expected to be on board in 2020.

For information and updates, see the Web site at www.dullesmetro.com.

GONDOLA BRIEFING IS IN THE WORKS:

A forum to discuss the feasibility of a gondola-based transit system between Rosslyn and Georgetown will be held on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. at Georgetown Theater, 1351 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., in the District of Columbia.

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lieb and Rosslyn Business Improvement District president Mary-Claire Burick. A question-and-answer session will follow.

For information and to R.S.V.P., see the Web site at www.georgetownrosslyngondola.com.

ARLINGTON TRANSIT INITIATIVE WINS ACCOLADES: The Arlington County

Commuter Services arm of the Arlington County government has been honored by the Association for Commuter Transportation as having the best transportation-demand management (TDM) efforts among U.S. large municipalities.

The award recognizes efforts by the Arlington government to “reduce singleoccupancy vehicle travel and encourage the use of transit, bike, walk, telework and carpool,” said Dennis Leach, the government’s transportation director.

“On a typical weekday, research shows Arlington County Commuter Services’ efforts have eliminated 43,000 trips from our roads and reduced 320 tons of greenhouse gases from our air,” Leach said.

Commuter Services was established in 1989. Among its outreach efforts: WalkArlington, BikeArlington, Arlington Transportation Partners, Arlington’s CarFree Diet, The Commuter Store, CommuterDirect.com and Mobility Lab. News on transportation and transit issues runs frequently in the Sun Gazette.

Police Beat ROBBERY: n On Oct. 21 at 4:05 p.m., officers responded to the 4100 block of Pershing Drive for a report of a robbery. Police determined that a man approached another man, forced him to the ground, took his wallet and fled the scene.

The suspect is described as a black male, 6’4”, 240 pounds. n On Oct. 21 at 10:10 p.m., officers responded to the 1300 block of South Stafford Street for a report of two robberies committed by the same group of individuals.

In each incident, victims were approached by a group of seven to nine male suspects who asked for change, then snatched the money and fled the scene.

The suspects are described as black males, 15 to 17 years old. n On Oct. 22 at 8:10 p.m., officers responded to the 2300 block of Crystal Drive for a report of an armed robbery.

Upon investigation, police determined that two men in one vehicle pulled up to a second vehicle, exited their vehicle and one suspect brandished a firearm and demanded the vehicle.

The suspects did not obtain the vehicle, but did take items belonging to the victim before fleeing. The suspects are described as black males, in their 40s.

ASSAULT-AND-BATTERY: n On Oct. 21 at 8:20 p.m., police broke up a “large-scale fight” at WashingtonLee High School, which police said was unrelated to any activities at the school.

A police officer deployed pepper-type spray to disperse the crowd.

Police arrested Amanda James, 33, of Arlington, who was charged with assault-and-battery. Petitions were pending against a juvenile in connection with the incident. n On Oct. 22 at 1:13 p.m., officers responded to the 3100 block of Wilson Boulevard to check on a man found laying on a bench covered with a sleeping bag.

Police said when the suspect made no response, an officer removed the sleeping bag to ensure he was still alive. Police said the individual became “very aggressive and uncooperative,” and pushed an officer to the ground.

Additional units were called, and the suspect – 49-year-old Darryl Lerenzo Aughtry of no fixed address – was arrested, charged with assault-and-battery on police, obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct, and was held without bond. n On Oct. 23 at 1:40 a.m., a fight broke out inside a restaurant in the 3100 block of Wilson Boulevard, and according to police, multiple officers approached a subject who was wrestling a bouncer in an attempt to remove him.

In the process, the suspect bit two bouncers, police said, and after being handcuffed, the suspect wrapped his legs around a support pole and refused to let go, then kicked two officers in their faces.

The suspect – 25-year-old Dylan Mon-

roe Mack of an unknown address – was arrested and charged with malicious wounding, assault on police, assault-andbattery, disorderly conduct and drunk-inpublic.

SEXUAL BATTERY: n On Oct. 26 at 3:15 p.m., a man allegedly approached a woman in the 2700 block of South Fern Street and pushed his genitals against her buttocks.

The suspect – 50-year-old Saul Diaz Hernandez of Arlington – was arrested, charged with sexual battery and was held on an unsecured bond.

EXPOSURE: n On Oct. 26 at 7:38 p.m., officers responded to the 1900 block of 15th Street for a report of a man that had exposed his genitals to a woman.

The suspect is described as a white male, in his late 20s, 5’7”, 155 pounds.

RECOVERED STOLEN AUTO: n On Oct. 24 at 2:32 a.m., officers conducted a routine traffic stop in the 3700 block of Fairfax Drive when they determined the vehicle had been stolen, police said.

The suspect – Maureen Elizabeth Burke, 22, of Xenia, Ohio – was arrested, charged with grand larceny auto and driving while intoxicated, and was held without bond.

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A total of 32,949 residential properties went to closing in July, August and September, according to figures reported Oct. 21 by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR). That’s up 4.3 percent from the 31,590 transactions reported in the third quarter of 2015.

The data “illustrates opportunity for both buyers and sellers,” said VAR president Bill White.

“Demand is still high from buyers who weren’t satisfied with limited summer inventory, and prices are buoyed by their motivation,” White said. “For buyers, more options are coming onto the market while they can still take advantage of historically low interest rates.”

Year-over-year sales were up for the quarter in all but the easternmost portion of the commonwealth, where they dipped 3.5 percent to 580. Elsewhere, it was all increases: Up 3.5 percent to 12,373 in Northern Virginia, 5.1 percent to 7,337 in Hampton Roads, 6.5 percent to 7,105 in central Virginia, 1.7 percent to 2,648 in west-central Virginia, 4.2 percent to 1,736 in the Shenandoah Valley, 2 percent to 655 in Southside Virginia, 8.6 percent to

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As to prices, the median sales price of $270,000 in the quarter, while down slightly from the middle of the year, was 1.9 percent higher than the $265,000 recorded a year before. Relatively limited inventory, the accessibility of low-cost financing and buyer motivation helped to keep prices up during the quarter.

With a median sales price of $400,000, Northern Virginia led all geographic regions, but showed no increase from a year before.

Median sales prices in all other areas were up, rising 4 percent to $234,000 in central Virginia, 1 percent to $229,950 in Hampton Roads, 2.9 percent to $210,000 in eastern Virginia, 3.7 percent to $197,000 in the Shenandoah Valley, 2.5 percent to $169,000 in west-central Virginia, 8.4 percent to $124,800 in southwest Virginia and 8.2 percent to $105,000 in Southside Virginia.

Total sales volume for the quarter stood at $10.82 billion, up nearly 6 percent from a year before.

Of homes that sold during the quarter, it took an average of 61 days from listing to ratified sales contract, an improvement from the 68 days required a year before and lower than the mid-summer period, “suggesting that motivated buyers are acting rapidly to take advantage of replenished inventory and current low interest rates,” VAR officials said.

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Even the relatively modest job of rejiggering high school boundaries to reassign several hundred students from the Washington-Lee High School attendance area to either Yorktown or Wakefield high schools has proved a challenge. Superintendent Patrick Murphy hasn’t forwarded School Board members a final proposal yet.

When he does – it is expected this week – the public will have a month to make its case to School Board members, who are expected to approve a final boundary adjustment by early December. The new boundaries will go into effect at the start of the 2017-18 school year, but will not affect students already in high school, only those moving up.

But that is just the start: School officials in coming years will have to adjust elementary-school boundaries to accommodate a new school in South Arlington, and also will take a crack at middle-school boundaries. And within five years, they’re likely to return to a more wide-reaching adjustment of high-school boundaries, if a new school ends up being constructed.

County Board Chairman Libby Garvey, whose roots were on the School Board, seconded Van Doren’s call for comity.

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Arlington Education Center Could Be Prime Site for New High School: In just three words, Arlington School Board Chairman Nancy Van Doren may have signaled where the county’s fourth comprehensive high school will be built.

“In all likelihood,” the new school will go where the Arlington Education Center now stands on North Quincy Street, adjacent to the Washington-Lee High School campus, the board chairman said.

Van Doren made the remark to the Arlington Senior Democrats’ organization, but gave herself an out: Any final decision, she said, was “still in the works.”

“We don’t want to constrain the conversation at this point,” Van Doren told the Sun Gazette. “Some members of the community have suggested a ninthgrade academy for Washington-Lee or an extension of the International Baccalaureate program, or a world-languages center. These and other ideas are swirling around.”

However they do it, School Board members need to find a way to accommodate a projected 1,000 to 1,300 more high-school students down the road. Possibilities under consideration, in addition to putting them all at one new facility, are spreading the students into multiple smaller programs countywide. In addition, school officials are in the process of squeezing about 300 more students N ARLINGTON/WOODBURY HEIGHTS $319,000

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Polling places will have 12 “marking stations” available, but voters won’t have to wait for one to become available. “If somebody wants to take a ballot and mark it on the wall . . . that’s their choice,” Lindberg said.

Virginia voters also will have to make sure they turn up to vote with photo-identification available, another change from past years. Those without state-approved IDs can cast absentee ballots, but then will have to provide identification to election officials in the days following the voting.

As to concerns about the potential of hacking into election systems, Lindberg seemed confident there will be no problems. “In Virginia, our data is very secure,” she said. “There are many levels of firewalls; we constantly back up our material. I’m very comfortable there’s not going to be any kind of hacking.”

As for entities attempting to “rig” local or national elections, the elections chief also expresses skepticism, although she acknowledges small-scale malfeasance can occur.

“Is there voter fraud? Yes, there’s voter fraud. It’s on a very teeny, tiny scale, though. It would be virtually impossible for [widespread vote tampering] to happen.”

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This year, a state-government computer slowdown in the hours leading up to the registration deadline left some voters out, and resulted in a federal judge intervening to extend the deadline.

To supplement the state reporting, Arlington election officials plan to post results on the county government’s Web site – www.arlingtonva.us – which could be a faster way for the public to access information. The office also is expected to use Twitter to provide precinct results.

The all-time record for votes in a presidential contest in Arlington came in 2012, when 117,608 county voters cast ballots for one of the five presidential candidates or wrote in a name. In 2008, there were 110,153 votes cast for president.

County Democrats are hoping for a margin of victory of 50,000 votes for Hillary Clinton in Arlington, which would be a record-breaker: Barack Obama won 49,028 more Arlington votes than John McCain in 2008 and 46,795 more votes than Mitt Romney in 2012.

After the votes are certified, county election officials will have a little down time. Until then, Lindberg is “the most busy person in Arlington County,” said Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th).

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Co. Board Makes Appointments

Arlington County Board members recently made the following appointments: Rolf Blank was reappointed to the Citizens Advisory Commission on Housing. Patrick Murphy was appointed to the Civil Service Commission. Carl Brooks, Lynwood Sinnamon, Sophie Shen and Martha Villanigro Santiago were appointed to the Commission on Aging. Jennifer Bible and Zachary Butler were appointed to the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee, and Tim Denning was designated chairman.

Janet O’Keefe and Cherie Takemoto were appointed to the Community Servic-

Schools Continued from Page 21 into both Wakefield and Yorktown high schools by making interior modifications, something already completed at Washington-Lee High School.

It’s all a far cry from the days when Richard Barton, who heads the Arlington Senior Democrats, served on the School Board in the 1970s.

“It was a totally different situation. We were closing schools,” Barton said of the era when the Baby Boom was over and a drought of students occurred.

Now, the school system is approaching 27,000 students and expected to hit 30,000 – a new record – around 2021. So

es Board. Stephen Holl and Kerry Early were reappointed to the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission. Alex Cumana was appointed and Mark Morze was reappointed to the Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission. Linda Kelleher was reappointed to the Community Services Board. Paterick Bogenberger was reappointed to the Fiscal Affairs Advisory Board. Charles Matta was reappointed to the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board. Patricia Trapanese was appointed to the Sports Commission. Richard Price was reappointed to the Transportation Commission. far, the growth largely has been at the elementary-school level, but time will bring those students to middle schools and then high schools.

With the demographic time bomb continuing to tick, school leaders don’t have much time to come up with a decision.

“There will be a plan in place by next fall,” Van Doren said.

If the Arlington Education Center site is selected for a high school, School Board members will need to determine whether to tear down the 1960s-era structure and replace it, or renovate the building for student use.

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Some Playoff Surprises and Those Heartbreaks

The fall high school playoffs have begun for some local sports and teams.

A lot has already occurred and, as usual, there have been some surprises, disappointments and heartbreak.

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The Wakefield Warriors (2-7, 2-3) were the big winners Oct. 28 among Arlington’s high school football teams with a 57-6 rout of the visiting and winless Jefferson Colonials in Capitol Conference action.

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Wakefield led, 50-6, at halftime, then played a lot of subs in the second half.

Wakefield rushed for 336 yards, with Fred Bowles running for 136 yards and three touchdowns and Rodney Lee for 113 and two scores. Jalon Jones ran for 51 yards and James Clark for 34, in addition to catching a 28-yard scoring pass from Colton Poythress (2 of 7 passing for 52 yards). Poythress had a short touchdown run and 25 yards rushing.

Xavier Taylor had a 47-yard interception return for a TD and Nick Stiller booted a 29-yard field goal and multiple extra points.

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O’Connell’s Nick Rice gains yards in the Knights’ comeback victory over Trinity Episcopal. For a PHOTO BY DEB KOLT slideshow on the game visit www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington.

Yorktown Nips Langley for Fourth Victory MATT DELANEY For the Sun Gazette

A little trickery and some late-game heroics helped the Yorktown Patriots off the visitFOOTBALL stave ing Liberty Conference rival Langley Saxons in a wild 21-20 victory Oct. 28.

Yorktown improved to 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the conference. Langley fell to 1-8, 1-5 in high school football play.

On a night when Yorktown’s conventional offense mustered only 91 total yards and gave up two interceptions, trick plays, centered around wide receiver Davis Patterson, came up big.

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ran the same double-reverse on its first possession of the fourth quarter. That time, Patterson assumed a throwing stance and heaved the ball to running back D.J. Isaac, resulting in a 70-yard catch and run for another Patriots’ TD. Crafty play-calling kept the game competitive and forced Langley to rely on an unfamiliar player to seal the deal: kicker Matt Brightman.

Following Isaac’s touchdown, Yorktown led 21-14 with 10:42 remaining.

The Saxons responded with an eightminute scoring drive, but failed on agoahead two-point conversion. Brightman kept his team alive with a line-drive onside kick that thudded off a Yorktown player’s chest and was recovered by the Saxons at midfield.

Langley’s offense gave Brightman a

shot for the win on a 39-yard field goal attempt. Yorktown’s John Piper partially blocked the kick and sent the Patriots’ bench into a frenzy.

“We’ve got some resilience,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said. “They kept punching us in the mouth with their offense and we bent, but didn’t break, on defense.”

Langley’s offense dominated the time of possession. Its defense and special teams forced three turnovers and recovered an onside kick.

“I thought it was in the cards for us to win one way or the other,” Langley coach John Howerton said. “We haven’t found the right formula for us. Unfortunately, things just don’t go our way this year.”

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With the football, volleyball and cross country postseasons just getting started, or still to come, much more of the same is certainly yet to occur.

As for heartache, how about the last-second loss of the third-seeded and upset-minded Langley Saxons to the top-seed Fairfax Rebels in the championship game of the girls Liberty Conference field hockey tournament? The winning goal came with 17 seconds to play.

Also in field hockey, the Oakton Cougars ended regular-season play on a four-match win streak, then were disappointed by going 0-2 in the playoffs, including an overtime loss.

The Wakefield Warriors were a surprise in the sport, finishing third in the Capitol Conference Tournament to earn a first-time berth to play in a region tourney.

Another field-hockey surprise were 14 goals scored by Fairfax in a firstround region tourney match. Teams usually tally one or two goals per game. Amassing 14 in one contests is a season’s worth for some squads. n In girls golf, scores soared to record highs at the Girls State Open because of windy and chilly conditions during the two-day event in Fairfax.

There were just six rounds in the 70s and 58 of 90 or higher. The lowest rounds were 77. Yorktown sophomore Lacey McCormack had a solid first round by shooting 87.

Disappointing scores were carded by seniors Caroline DeLoach of Oakton and Siena Ferrick of Madison.

They were considered among favorites, but did not place in the top 20. n A surprise in boys golf was the Flint Hill Huskies winning a conference title in what was supposed to be a transition season.

We’ll see what’s to come.

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O’Connell Girls Win a 10th Straight Conference Crown DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

A full decade of championships.

What began in 2007, when the team was still establishing its presence, continued Oct. CROSS COUNTRY 29 when the now perennial Bishop O’Connell Knights won their 10-straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls cross country title.

O’Connell finished first on an altered Lake Fairfax Park course with 56 points in the high school meet, led by a second place from senior Isabell Baltimore, who won last year’s title and was second in 2013 and ’14. This year she ran the course in 21:09. Good Counsel was a distant second with 88.

“I’m glad our team won,” Baltimore

said. “Winning 10 in a row shows who we are as a team when it comes to racing. If one runner falters, the others fill in and pick up that spot. We run as a team.”

Individually, Baltimore was disappointed that she didn’t do better. She became confused on the course, thought she might be lost for a bit, and hesitated at times.

The course was changed this year because of construction at the park, and many runners were unfamiliar with the changes, especially in the lengthy sections in the woods.

“The course was so different, and I became confused in the woods and was really worried I would get lost, or might be lost,” Baltimore said.

O’Connell’s Maddie Fleener did take a wrong turn, corrected herself after

about 400 meters and ended by placing ninth in 22:55, further back than where she was projected to finish.

Finishing in a pack at 14th, 15th and 16th for O’Connell were Allison Boboltz (23:19), Maeve Marsh (23:34) and Maggie Flood (23:45). Alina Carranza (36th, 25:48) and Ryley Howard (39th, 26:50) ran with nagging injuries, which kept them from finishing higher, according to O’Connell coach Cindy Walls.

“It’s a huge accomplishment and an incredible streak to win 10 in a row,” said Walls, who has been O’Connell’s coach during the decade-long championship streak. “We are all proud of the program. It was much harder today than we thought, but that O’Connell pack at 14, 15 and 16 did what they needed to do.

They passed a lot of girls at the end. The course was confusing and they hesitated

and were tentative some, but Isabell and Maddie were out front like we thought they would be.”

In the boys varsity race, O’Connell was third with 111 points and led by Luke Brinkmann in 16th (19:05) and Alex Dudley in 19th (19:23). Michael Hails was 21st, Will Becht 23rd and Mike Isacco 32nd.

NOTE: At least one of the four Nihill sisters, starting with Alex in 2007, have been members of the O’Connell girls team during its 10 straight WCAC championships. The last is senior Erin Nihill this season. She finished third (24:25) Oct. 29 in the girls varsity B race of the WCAC championships to help the O’Connell girls team win with a perfect score of 15. O’Connell’s Grace Pullman won (23:31) and teammate Ginny Brough was second (23:31).

Yorktown’s Catherine Whitehouse was sixth (18:28) and Lilian Harp 19th (19:19).

Washington-Lee’s top finisher was Eva Smith-Perry in 16th (19:05).

Some of those runners advance to this week’s region meets that also will be run at Burke Lake Park.

High School Roundup GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: The Yorktown Pa-

triots finished the regular season with a 22-4 record and a 5-2 mark in the Liberty Conference.

As a result, Yorktown is the No. 3 seed in this week’s Liberty Conference Tournament.

The Patriots won their final three regular-season matches by 3-0 scores over Washington-Lee, McLean and Fairfax. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights finished the regular season with a 31-2 overall record, a perfect 18-0 mark in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and a 15-match winning streak.

O’Connell will be the top seed in the WCAC tournament. The Knights are ranked No. 2 in the Division I state private-school poll behind Flint Hill, which

Yorktown Continued from Page 24 Patterson influenced all three of Yorktown’s touchdowns. With under a minute remaining in the first half, he intercepted Danny Hosley’s pass and

Football Continued from Page 24

fumbles for Wakefield. n The Washington-Lee Generals (4-5, 3-3) had a slant to their all-passing offensive approach in the first half, and it worked well for a while in a 34-17 road loss to the Madison Warhawks Oct. 28 in Liberty Conference action.

Generals’ quarterback Ricardo Mestre threw numerous slant patterns to Nick Miller and Quinn Parks, with big success. Washington-Lee had no firsthalf running plays.

Mestre was 16 of 24 passing for 175 yards and a touchdown in the first half, but threw three costly interceptions, one

defeated O’Connell a few weeks ago.

CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY: In the Oct. 26 Capitol Conference boys race at Burke Lake Park, the Wakefield Warriors were fifth and led by an 11th individually

by Louis Delcore in 16:31. Bryce Austin was 14th (16:39).

In the girls race, Wakefield’s Sara Fuentes was 24th in 21:37. n In the Liberty Conference boys race Oct. 26 at Burke Lake Park, WashingtonLee’s Jonny Jackson was fourth in 15:59 to lead his team to third overall. James Gusmer was 13th for W-L in 16:23 and Marco Viola 19th in 16:36. The Yorktown boys were sixth.

In the girls Liberty race, Yorktown was fourth and W-L sixth.

GIRLS STATE OPEN GOLF: With windy and chilly conditions for both rounds of the two-day, 36-hole Girls State Open golf tournament, the scores were high, as many of the players struggled on the International Country Club course in Fairfax Oct. 24-25.

Westfield High School freshman Danielle Suh was the winner with a 78-79–157 total, the highest winning score (by seven strokes) in the 15-year history of the

event.

“The conditions were tough out there, plus it’s a tough course,” Yorktown coach Chris Williams said. “The wind made it tougher.”

Yorktown’s Lacey McCormack shot 87-97–184.

McCormack shot an 86 at the Northern Zone qualifying round at Twin Lakes Golf Course in Clifton to earn a state berth.

Yorktown senior Bridget Hart, who played in the state tournament last year, was recovering from mononucleosis. and did not play in the qualifying or state tournaments. The school was unsuccessful in its attempt to petition the region and VHSL to allow her to play in the state.

returned it 45 yards to the Langley 25yard line.

The next play, Patriots’ quarterback Tanner Wall passed to Drew Maddox, who caught the ball with Langley’s cornerback Nick Leto on the goal line. Simultaneous receptions go to the receiver, so Yorktown was spotted a yard out from the end zone, where Wall scored on

the next play.

Langley fumbled on two back-toback plays in the first quarter, changing the tempo of the game. The first came on its opening possession when running back Nick Vasiliadis lost the ball right before breaking the plane of the end zone, granting Yorktown a touchback.

Patterson scored on his first reverse on

the following play. Trailing 7-0, Hosley fumbled on a designed run that gave Yorktown the ball back deep in Langley territory.

NOTE: Wall completed 4 of 15 passes for 60 yards. He rushed five times for eight yards. Marc Geinzer managed just 23 yards. Maddox caught three passes for 52 yards.

in the red zone and another in the end zone when the Generals were driving for the go-ahead score. The game was tied at 7 at the time.

After the second interception, Madison drove 80 yards for the go-ahead touchdown to take a 14-7 lead, which held up at halftime. Mestre threw a nineyard touchdown pass to Larry Carpenter with 6:10 left in the second quarter to tie the game at 7 after Chris Palacios’ extra point.

Miller had seven catches in the first half, Parks four and Carpenter three.

Madison led 27-10 after three periods. Palacios kicked a third-quarter field goal for W-L and Mestre threw another touchdown pass in the final period.

Mestre finished 24 for 44 passing for 335 yards and threw five interceptions.

For the season, he has passed for 2,451 yards and 24 touchdowns. n By scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns 71 seconds apart, the host Bishop O’Connell Knights (4-5) rallied from a 14-0 deficit to defeat Trinity Episcopal, 23-14, Oct. 29 in a non-conference high school football game. The win was O’Connell’s second in a row.

The Knights also rallied in their previous victory.

Trailing Trinity Episcopal 14-10 entering the final period, Nick Rice scored on a short touchdown run with 10:13 to go following a long pass from Vince Pizzano to Jahmal Banks. The extra point was wide right, but the Knights had a 16-14 lead.

Josh Putman recovered a Trinity fumble shortly thereafter, then a couple

of plays after that, Rice scored again, Ethan Torres booted the extra point and O’Connell was ahead 23-14 with 9:02 left.

After Trinity built a 14-0 lead, O’Connell cut the score to 14-3 on a 39yard field goal by Torres. The advantage was cut further to 14-10 after Amari Johnson recovered a fumble, then, after a 19-yard run by Rice and Pizzano’s 17yard pass to Banks, Stacey Watts scored a TD on a short run and Torres converted.

Pizzano completed multiple passes to Banks.

Late in the game, Nate Smith had a key sack for O’Connell. Putman, Watts, John Murphy and Zach Toth were among those making key tackles for O’Connell.

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Arlington Plays Host to Large Pickleball Tournament DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

For years, the sport of pickleball has been gaining in popularity across the U.S. Recently, the sport, a combination of tennis and badminton, made a successful debut in Arlington. The two-day Mid-Atlantic Open Tournament was held at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center, consisting of nearly 300 participants, who competed in adult age groups in doubles competition on 17 courts.

Arlington resident Helen White, a co-director of the tournament, said the event was the largest skill- and age-based pickleball competition in the D.C. area and Mid-Atlantic region. Players from 19 states, including Hawaii, competed, ranging in age from 20 to 80-plus. White said the number of players was limited to 285, but more wanted to enter. Initially tournament officials were hoping to attract 150.

White, who played in the event, said putting on the tournament with co-director Tania Yates was done from scratch.

“Pickleball is for all. It spans all ages,” White said. “We want to promote and grow the sport. Stay tuned for more. We

Helen White, right, and her husband, Andy Leighton, were a doubles team in the tournament.

are not going away. We hope to do it again next year.”

Pickleball is known as a sport primarily played by adults 30 and older. Shorthandled rackets are used to hit a hard plastic ball over a low net like in tennis.

The size of the court is much smaller than tennis, more like badminton.

Games are played to 11, 15 or 21 points, depending on the type of competition. There is a small professional circuit.

“You can learn pickleball pretty quick-

ly. It’s kind of a drop-in sport,” said White, who continue to stay active by playing tennis and basketball but says pickleball has become her main sport.

Most of the pickleball courts are at indoor recreation centers across Northern Virginia. There is a limited number of outdoor courts.

White said the idea for such a tournament in Arlington came about in 2014. It took a while to plan.

“We had to work out some scheduling

problems, but everything worked out for this year,” she said.

At the tournament, Arlington’s goldmedal winners were Riley MacDonald and Corwin Umbach in men’s doubles; Cindy Waddell, Nabil Bourdouane and Patricia Ballard in mixed doubles; and Martha Cahill in women’s doubles.

“The tournament was a spectacular success on multiple levels,” said Rob Cahill, whose wife, Marta, won a gold medal. “It was something to see. All of those courts and all of those players.”

For information about Mid-Atlantic pickleball, visit www.maopt.org or contact White at maoptinfo@gmail.com. For overall information about pickleball, visit www.usapa.org.

NOTES: The following link is to a pickleball video taken during the first day of the Arlington tournament: https://youtu.be/gKpD2uH-K9E . . . At the tournament, 250 pounds of canned food for the Arlington Food Assistance Center and more than 75 pairs of used shoes for the MORE Foundation were collected. Also, through purchases of handmade baskets and donations, enough money was collected to pay the educational expenses for two young girls to attend school in Uganda.

Sports Briefs ARLINGTON SAGE WIN SOFTBALL TOURNEY: The

Arlington Sage 16-under girls softball team went 5-0 to win the first Hannah E. Graham Memorial Tournament in the Mount Vernon area.

The Sage outscored their opponents, 46-11.

The team had every player register a hit, with standout performances by Miranda Manka, Katie Fried, Sydney Rood, Sydney Russell and Ava Willis, each collecting six or more hits.

Rood drove in 10 runs while Willis had nine RBI and Maddy Bates six.

Strong pitching from Fried and Zoe Apsel helped hold opponents to minimal runs. Amy Kohan had a strong performance behind the plate.

Olivia Greenwood, Kiera Collins, Sydney Russell and Alison Jones all had good catches in the outfield.

Graham was a softball player at West Potomac High School. The University of Virginia student was the victim of a homicide in 2014. Proceeds from the tournament will be forwarded to two charities designated by Graham’s parents – Habitat for Humanity and the Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group.

W-L HIGH GRADUATE AND GOLFER HONORED: The

late Edgar Coffman, a longtime McLean resident and a Washington-Lee High School graduate, was honored at an Oct. 11 dedication ceremony at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md., for his financial contributions to the school’s Golf Teaching Center. His family attended the event.

Coffman was a McDaniel alumnus, earning a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1953.

An avid golfer, he bequeathed more than $100,000 to the center, which is open year-round for the college’s men’s and women’s golf teams to use.

Coffman’s wife, Joan, continues to live in McLean and also is a McDaniel alum. Edgar Coffman was a member of the Washington Golf and Country Club in Arlington.

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The 16-under Arlington Sage won a softball tournament title.

Joan Coffman, second from left, cuts the ribbon with golf team members during a dedication ceremony at McDaniel College.

PHOTO FROM McDANILE COLLEGE

ARLINGTON RUNNING ROUNDUP: Baseball’s October Classic is the World Series, and Arlington’s is the Marine Corps Marathon.

This year’s edition – the 41st annual – featured a new course with twice as much distance in Arlington than in recent years, because of road construction in Rock Creek Park; a modified start open till 8:55 a.m. to allow starters to use Metro despite its 7 a.m. first trains; and some runners up front both familiar and new.

The 2014 winner Samuel Kosgei, 32, of Junction, Kan., returned this year to win in 2:23:53. Just 36 seconds back in 2:24:29 was Desta Beriso Morkama, 31.

Finishing third in 2:25:03 was last year’s second-place finisher, Oscar Ceron Santos, 33, an officer in the Mexican Navy.

For results and on story on how Arlington runners finished, see Jay Jacob Wind’s Arlington running roundup at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington.

contest official or other sports-related person can get an official nomination form at www.arlsportshof.org or by writing Executive Director, Arlington Sports Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 101321, Arlington, Va. 22210.

ARLINGTON SPORTS HALL OF FAME: The Arlington

Ruth Baseball is offering mini camps for players ages 4 to 6 during school holidays in November. The camps are Tuesday, Nov. 8 and/or Friday, Nov. 11 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Gunston Middle School. There will be Tshirts and prizes. The cost is $25 per player per session.

Visit www.arlingtonbaberuth.com.

Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1958, is accepting nominations for induction in 2017. Candidates may be living or deceased. The deadline to enter a nomination is Dec. 1.

Those interested in nominating an athlete, coach, www.insidenova.com

ARLINGTON SENIOR BABE RUTH: Arlington Senior

Babe Ruth will host an informational meeting on Nov. 17 at Yorktown High School in Patriot Hall at 7 p.m. for parents of current 12-year-olds who play Arlington Little League, Arlington Babe Ruth and Arlington Travel Baseball. The meeting will be about what’s next for players of those age groups as they move up to the 90-foot diamond. Regular season house league as well as comprehensive all-star and travel opportunities will be discussed.

Arlington Senior Babe Ruth is a one-stop shop for all Arlington baseball players age 13 and above. Visit www.arlingtonseniorbaberuth.com.

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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.

7. *Presidential term limit

ELECTIONS

8. Yiddish busybody

© StatePoint Media

9. She is ACROSS

10. Warm-hearted

1. Wisdom tooth, e.g.

11. What’s the big one?

6. Slovenly abode

12. Like moist grass in the

9. ____ row

morning

13. “Leave me ____!”

15. King Minos, e.g.

14. Lamb’s momma

20. Heidi’s shoes

15. Chew out

22. Consume

16. Stirs up

24. Prejudice

17. *Reagan, to friends

25. Pesto ingredient

18. Extend subscription

26. Russian cuisine staple

19. *Electoral entity

27. Small intestine/large

21. *Election day

intestine connection

23. Right-angle building

29. RC or Pepsi

extension

31. Went by horse

24. Cat-headed Egyptian

32. 100,000 BTU

goddess

33. Mr. Simpson, to Marge

25. British broadcaster

34. *Important kind of state

28. Plural of locus

36. “____ to My Lou”

30. Farmer’s turf, pl.

38. Bassoon cousin

November 7, 1962: n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, trounced Democrat Augustus Johnson. n Arlingtonians for a Better County candidate Leo Urbanske defeated Allen Harrison and Harvey Lampshire to return to the County Board. n A dispute between supporters of Leo Urbanske and Joel Broyhill led to a “brief brawl” at the polling place at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School. n A total of five black candidates have been elected to Congress, the highest total since 1874.

35. Pale or bitter beverages

42. Asparagus unit

37. 1960s boots

45. *List of candidates

39. “No way, ____ ____!”

49. Unidentified John

40. Under the weather

51. What coquette does

41. #6 Across dwellers

54. Polish currency

43. Actress Moore

56. *This account of John

44. Arctic people

Podesta was hacked

46. On the surface

57. Curriculum of science,

November 5, 1969: n Linwood Holton has been elected Virginia’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction. n Republicans swept to victory in Arlington’s House of Delegates races. n Republican Kenneth Haggerty easily won re-election to the County Board. n County voters approved all eight bond referendums on the ballot.

November 7, 1941: n The Sun’s editor notes that Northern Virginia just went through “possibly the quietest general election” in its history.

Arlington’s election returns were in by 8 p.m., compared to two years ago, when the vote totals weren’t announced until 4 a.m. the next morning. n Basil DeLashmutt has been re-elected to the County Board. n Ground will be broken Sunday on Resurrection Lutheran Church. n Annual Virginia highway fatalities are expected to top 1,000 for the first time this year.

November 8, 1978: n Republican John Warner is holding onto a narrow lead over Democrat Andrew Miller in the race for U.S. Senate. n U.S. Rep. Joseph Fisher, D-10th, defeated Republican Frank Wolf. n Conservative Republicans have wrested control of the County Board from liberal Democrats. Republican Stephen Detwiler’s victory gives the GOP a 3-2 advantage. n Democrat Geraldine Whiting won the commissioner of revenue’s race.

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technology, engineering, math

47. ____ Brockovich 48. Clear and bright

65. Conical tent

74. Downhill riders

58. Claudius’ successor

50. Snorkeling site

66. Miner’s bounty

DOWN

59. “Moonlight Sonata,” e.g.

52. *____ Whitman

68. Hindu queen

1. Designer Jacobs

60. *Dems opponents

53. How snug bug in a rug

69. Do like Vesuvius

2. Hodgepodge

61. Colonial times’ laborer

feels?

70. Additionally

3. Take it easy

62. Casino chip

55. Singular of #35 Across

71. Nashville player

4. Anoint

63. Part of ROM

57. Diver’s breathing device

72. Rolling stone gathers none

5. Bring to consignment store

64. Yearnings

61. *Election within a party

73. Japanese currency

6. Dried up

67. Wade’s opponent

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

senior centers will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

TRAVELERS ARE OFF TO ANNAPOLIS:

Arlington County 55+ Travel hosts a trip to Annapolis on Sunday, Nov. 6.

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CURRENT-EVENTS ROUNDTABLERS TO MEET: A current-events discussion

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ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL OPEN TO PUBLIC: An open rehearsal of the Tom

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GATHERING LOOKS AT DEMENTIA ISSUES: The latest research on Alzheim-

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PREPARATION OF FALL VEGGIES TOP-

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ROUNDTABLERS FOCUS ON HISTORY:

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GETTING A LEG UP ON FUNERALS IS DISCUSSED: Advance planning for fu-

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GRANTS FOR LOW-VISION RESIDENTS DETAILED: Information regarding

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GARDENING IN A SMALL SPACE DISCUSSED: Gardening in small places

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TRAVELERS TREK TO PHILLIPS COLLECTION: Arlington County 55+ Travel

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FORUM FOCUSES ON TOTALITARIAN REGIME: Living under totalitarian rule

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      Georgously Renovated Home!       2225 N Trenton St, Arlington       $949,900 AR9644048      Lisa Koch 703-801-7156 

 

    Rare 3-4 BR/BA lux penthouse!         2931 Deer Hollow Way 405/406          Fairfax $699,900 FX9744179       Linda Polk 703-577-2876 

             

Wednesday, November 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 S. Dinwiddie Street

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