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Hospital’s Expansion Plan Heads to Vote County Board Set to Again Take Up $250 Million Proposal for New Facilities SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

An artist’s rendition of National Landing, where Amazon plans to locate a portion of its “HQ2” headquarters in Northern Virginia.

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For the better part of a year, Arlington leaders have promised that – win or lose the battle for Amazon – they would make public the incentive package they dangled in front of the corporate giant. And now, with it appearing the county government’s efforts to land the firm have resulted in a partial vic-

tory, time could be approaching for the government to show its hand. Amazon on Monday announced it would split its “HQ2” between the local area and the Queens borough of New York City. Locally, Amazon will concentrate at National Landing, a 150-acre parcel straddling Arlington and Alexandria. The decision could be seen as a Continued on Page 2

Arlington County Board members on Nov. 27 will try to wrap up the lengthy and contentious effort to approve a plan for expansion of Virginia Hospital Center while managing to meet approval of both hospital leaders and nearby residents. Consideration of the plan comes two months after board members in September deferred consideration of the plan that the hospital had put forward and had run into a buzzsaw of criticism from some in the communities that ring the North George Mason Drive campus. At the time, County Board members set a three-month deadline for the project to come back for consideration. It’s back after two. “In response to the Arlington County Board request, we held a series of open public meetings with the community, including reaching out to the adjacent civic associations,” said Adrian Stanton, the hospital’s chief marketing officer and its point-man on the expansion project. “As a result of the public discussions and input, we asked to present a revised plan at the Nov. 27 board meeting,” Stanton said. While the decision to defer action two months ago (which followed a similar County Board decision to push back consideration from June) was a loss for hospital officials – who are itching to get started – they did walk away with a number of wins at the September meeting. Continued on Page 2

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New Round of Neighborhood-Conservation Projects Set SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Improvements to Edison Park in the Arlington Forest neighborhood and street and streetlight COUNTY upgrades to North MonNOTES roe Street in the Cherrydale community are the two projects selected for funding in the latest round of the Arlington government’s Neighborhood Conservation program. The two projects total just under $3 million in overall cost, absorbing the available funding for the latest round of sup-

port. They were approved from among 33 projects submitted by neighborhoods that participate in the program. Projects are reviewed and scored by the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee, with its decisions ratified by the County Board. Decision-making usually occurs twice a year. The two projects will reduce the Neighborhood Conservation trust fund to just under $2.6 million, but voters on Nov. 6 approved additional funding to replenish the coffers. New Year’s Day Tradition Is Not Coming Back: It’s an Arlington tradition in place for decades until being discarded

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Amazon Continued from Page 1 bit of a letdown for both communities, which were hoping for the entire headquarters and the prospect of 50,000 mostly high-paying jobs that would come with it. But it also could perhaps prove a blessing, since the smaller corps of workers set to decamp on each jurisdiction could make it easier for regional leaders to handle infrastructure improvements that a larger influx of workers might require. Since last January, Arlington leaders have been telling residents that they couldn’t disclose details of negotiations due to agreements with Amazon (although that apparently didn’t stop some local officials from clumsily leaking to the press, which did not seem to amuse Amazon’s top executives). But at the same time, county leaders said details of any incentive package eventually would emerge. “There’s nothing in there that couldn’t ultimately be made public,” County Board Chairman Katie Cristol surmised during a community forum in January. Offering what critics term “corporate welfare” to a company led by what might be the richest person in the world has received flak from both the political left and right, in Arlington and elsewhere. And while county officials repeatedly have said they would be required to hold a hearing before approval of any incentive pack-

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County Board members suggested then that they were in accord with the broad outlines of the proposal (including portions that had riled neighbors) and agreed that the project would not have to again run the gauntlet of commission meetings and a public hearing. While postponing a final vote, the “asks” of the hospital by the County Board in September appeared relatively modest: • Improvements to connections to and through the site. • Enhancement of the façades of the planned parking garage. • Providing a pedestrian connection between 19th Street North and a proposed terrace overlooking the sunken garden on the first floor of the outpatient building. • Making improvements aimed at better accessibility on pathways throughout

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had been an Arlington tradition for both board members and civic leaders dating back generations. At the time of discarding the tradition, County Board members said it placed too much of a burden on county staff to open the government headquarters and participate during a holiday. But the decision cut into attendance at the annual event, where board members lay out their goals. age, perhaps only the terminally hopeful or naive would believe that, once the deal has been ironed out, community input would have much of an impact. Arlington has been in the running for HQ2 since January, when Amazon whittled its list of potential locations to 20 regions of the country. Locally, locations across the Washington area made the cut. Until recent years, Arlington officials generally declined to get into bidding wars with other local jurisdictions in order to win corporate relocations or to retain firms already located in the community. But when Arlington’s office-vacancy rate zoomed upward and the Silver Line made Tysons Corner a more robust competitor, county officials changed their strategy and embraced incentives. Arlington’s proposed direct financial incentive to Amazon, as sketched out Monday but not up for a vote for several months, includes a 15-year payout of $23 million, coming from expected new revenue generated through the county government’s tourism-occupancy tax. In addition to direct financial incentives, the county government also is propsing to use a portion of new incremental revenue generated by Amazon’s arrival within the existing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) area to make “strategic infrastructure investments” in and around the area Amazon will occupy. The estimated new TIF revenue is projected to be $28 million over a 10-year period, county officials said. the site. The $250 million hospital-expansion project aims to use land currently owned by the Arlington government adjacent to North Edison Street, just north of the existing hospital campus. In return, the hospital is expected to trade to the county government a large parcel it owns on South Carlin Springs Road. The land swap, which county officials covet, can’t move forward until the hospital’s development plan wins County Board approval. State regulators already have approved 44 additional beds that would be provided as part of the expansion; hospital officials anticipate they could need 100 more in the next five years. Virginia Hospital Center (originally Arlington Hospital) has occupied its current campus since opening in the 1940s. Obtaining the Edison Street property will allow for expansion of the otherwise landlocked facility, and would serve as the first step of a major, decades-long redevelopment of the campus.

Interpretive Panels to Look at Local Impact of War SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

What better way to honor those who died in the nation’s wars than remembering their sacrifices and reflecting on the world they inhabited? That’s the concept behind a series of educational panels that will be erected in Clarendon Park, not far from Arlington’s official war memorial. “Let us teach our neighbors . . . breathe life into this too-often overlooked memorial,” said Allison Finkelstein, who chairs the county’s World War I Commemoration Task Force, at a Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremony that also commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of fighting in World War I. The first interpretive panel was unveiled at the event, with more on the horizon. Finkelstein said she hoped they would provide “a history lesson in the park – history from the bottom up.” “Arlington changed during each war,” she said. “These panels will bring [that change] to life.” The Nov. 11 ceremony included a minute of silence at 11 a.m., the time a century before that guns fell silent across European battlefields and ended “a conflict so bloody and horrific, some optimistically referred to it as ‘the war to end all wars,’” said Linden Dixon, a past commander both of American Legion Post 139 and

the American Legion Department of Virginia. Remembering the sacrifices of those who fought in all wars back to the Revolution is an opportunity to “renew our pledge of loyalty to our country and our flag,” Dixon said at the ceremony, which drew about 200 people. Though seen today through the lens of grainy black-and-white films and no longer having any living participants – the last American veteran died in 2011 – World War I remains something that impacts the lives of everyone on the planet, Finkelstein said. “This is not some ancient war,” she said. “We are still living in the shadow of the First World War. It is a conflict that continues to shape the world we live in.” The exact number of residents of Arlington (known until 1920 as Alexandria County) who served in the war is unknown but estimated at 200. It was a sizable contingent from a county whose population during the era was around 16,000. County residents known to have died in military service during the conflict – although not all in combat – included Arthur Morgan, Ralph Lowe, John Lyon, Henry Smallwood, Robert Bruce, Harry Stone, Irving Newman, Harry Vermillion, Edward Smith, Frank Dunkin and Oscar Housel of the Army and Archie Williams and Frederick Schutt of the Navy. Research is ongoing on several other poten-

The Clarendon War Memorial has stood on its current site since the 1930s.

tial cases that previously had been lost to history. Those from Arlington were among more than 116,000 Americans who died during the two years the nation was embroiled in World War I – a total higher than the deaths in the Korean and Vietnam wars, combined. The U.S. entered the war in 1917 after it had been raging for more than two years. Estimates are spotty, but it’s thought that about 65 million served in uniform among the combatants, with deaths from combat, accidents and disease pegged at just under 10 million.

The initial interpretive panel placed in Clarendon Park focuses on the war memorial itself. Future panels will look at those who served in wars of the past century, and how those conflicts changes lives on the home front. There will be no changes to the Clarendon War Memorial itself, as state law effectively prohibits alterations of monuments to military dead. Owned by American Legion Post 139, the monument originally was erected in the Courthouse area in the 1920s and was moved to its present location in the 1930s.

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New Capital One Headquarters Soars

470-Foot Tall Building in Tysons Will Accommodate 3,000 Workers BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Capital One’s new 470-foottall headquarters in Tysons is the tallest occupied building in the Washington, D.C., region, but its flexible work spaces, copious employee amenities and artistic touches make it more than just a glass tower. Bank officials on Nov. 2 showed media members the building’s innovative features from basement to peak. The new tower will house about 3,000 employees, twothirds of whom already have begun working in the building. Capital One will move the remainder into the skyscraper by year’s end and hold a grand opening ceremony in December, said Barry Mark, head of design and construction. The 31-story, mixed-use tower has a little less than 1 million square feet of space, including 675,000 square feet for the bank’s associates; 124,000 square feet for training, conferences and dining; and 25,000 square feet of restaurant space. Three restaurants will occupy the ground level: City Works, Taco Bamba Taqueria and Starbucks. Bonstra/Haresign Architects, HKS Inc. and CallisonRTKL Inc. designed the building, which was built by general contractor Davis/Gilford Construction. One of the project’s tower cranes was 586 feet tall, the highest ever erected across the Washington area. Construction crews removed 275,000 cubic yards of soil from the foundation hole, used 110,000 cubic yards of concrete and installed 2.5 million linear feet of cabling and 30,450 light fixtures. The building’s crown, accessible after a series of elevator transfers, is open to the sky and surrounds several stories’ worth of mechanical equipment. Visitors tread metal-grid walkways – the kind that make some dogs hug the deck and refuse to budge – to reach a glass panel with a sightseeing telescope mounted on a sturdy pedestal. Overhead and to the left is a ceremonial white I-beam emblazoned with Capital One’s logo and autographed by dozens of people. The catwalk around the top edge is several feet below a wide 4

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metal border dotted with metal posts where davit arms are inserted, so that window-washing crews may be lowered safely to their work zones. “It’s like the Golden Gate Bridge,” said Jon Griffith, senior manager for workplace solutions. “You never stop cleaning.” In addition to elevators, the building features “zipper” stairs between floors that encourage employee collaboration. A much larger, wood-bedecked “monument stair” allows those attending conferences to walk down one level to obtain food. An outdoor terrace area several floors up offers an enticing place to relax and the building’s eateries offer a wide array of fare, plus some cooking demonstrations. Flexibility was the byword for the headquarters’ work areas. Officials took guests to a typical office floor in the building, which had orange-themed and work stations that with the press of a button allowed employees to work either standing or sitting. Various kinds of collaborative spaces also are available throughout the building. “Folks can choose how they work and where they work throughout the day,” said Stefanie Spurlin, vice president for workplace solutions. Glassed-off, cubbyhole-style phone rooms offer comfortable-looking chairs for making calls and unobstructed views of the surrounding region. Elsewhere in the building, clusters of “phone booth” rooms offer places to make private calls or work in solitude. A FedEx store in the building gives employees mailing options and a tech-support center helps them troubleshoot equipment problems. Art is on view throughout the building. Some mobile-style sculptures in the right light cast a rainbow of colors into an open space, while a string sculpture captures a similar spectrum of shades. The building’s glass-curtain façade lets in plenty of natural light and a cafeteria skylight allows seating areas far inside the building to receive light from outdoors. The skyscraper likely will earn a Gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and

Above: Construction continues apace on Capital One’s 24-acre Tysons campus, where a performing-arts center, Wegmans grocery store and new office buildings will be constructed in coming years. Below, the crown of Capital One’s 470-foot-tall skyscraper headquarters in Tysons has options for creative lighting. Bank officials earlier this year illuminated the building’s tip in red to honor the Stanley Cup victory of the Washington Capitals. See a slide show of photos from a preview of the building on the Web site at www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax. PHOTOS BY BRIAN TROMPETER

Environmental Design (LEED) standards, surpassing the Silver standard sought by Fairfax County for new buildings in Tysons. Capital One also offers receptacles throughout the building for trash, recycling and composting. “It’s important to our associates to have that environmental awareness,” said Erin Mical, sewww.sungazette.news

nior director for workplace solutions. Employees at Capital One’s headquarters have no excuse for not being in shape, as the building offers a well-equipped fitness center and group-exercise room. A nearby regulation-size high-school gymnasium will host league play for basketball and volleyball and its rear wall

shows a photo of George Mason University’s men’s basketball team playing in the Final Four in 2006. Seeking to give guests arriving by bus a good impression, and avoid traffic congestion in front of the building, Capital One had a tall-ceilinged bus terminal built into the parking garage’s interior behind the front lobby. Development continues apace on Capital One’s 24-acre campus. The bank will break ground next February on another office tower, which will house about 3,200 associates when completed at the beginning of 2023. The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Jones Branch Connector, which will span the Beltway between Jones Branch Drive and Route 123 on the Capital One side, is well into construction and will offer one lane in each direction by early next year. Construction cranes fill the sky at Block C on the campus, which soon will have a Wegmans grocery store; a 1.2-acre public sky park with a beer garden, dog park, bocce courts and amphitheater; and the Capital One Center, which will host conferences and performing-arts events at a 1,600-seat main hall and a 300-seat black-box theater. The Capital One Center “is going to be a true gem for Tysons on the cultural-arts front,” Mark said.

Voter Turnout Set Record for Non-Presidential Year SCOTT McCAFFREY

Arlington voter turnout in the Nov. 6 election stood at 71 percent, a participation rate up 1 percentage point from the previous record in a non-presidential year set in 1994, and in raw numbers (107,406 voters) was up 26 percent from 2017, which had been the previous highest vote total in a non-presidential year. “We saw the largest turnout increases [from 2017] in precincts located along Columbia Pike and the Metro corridors,” Arlington elections chief Linda Lindberg said. Crystal Plaza precinct saw a 41-percent increase in vote totals compared to last year, with Campbell and Met Park precincts up 37 percent. Lindberg said her office experienced “a few minor problems with our aging electronic polling books,” but that infrastructure will be replaced with new equipment in 2019. With the 2018 election now in the record books, the likely next election for Arlington voters will come next June if there are party primaries for County Board, legislative seats or constitutional offices. And never rule out the possibility of a special election should a current officeholder depart his or her term early. Voter Support for Bonds Strong, But Not Uniform: Arlington voters approved all four local bond referendums placed before them on Nov. 6, but there were some variations in the level of support. The $103 million school bond led the pack with an approval rate of 82 percent, followed by the $74.6 million transportation bond (81 percent), $29.3 million parks bond (77 percent): and catch-all $37 million community-infrastructure bond (74 percent). All the results would be considered landslides – the school bond, with 85,483 votes in support, finished second only to Tim Kaine (87,162) in vote-getting across the county. But about 8,000 more Arlingtonians voted against the commu-

nity-infrastructure bond (about 27,000 “no” votes) than the school bond (about 18,900). Both the Arlington County Republican Committee and the Arlington Green Party opposed the community-infrastructure bond. Republicans also opposed the transportation bond, while Greens opposed the schools and parks bonds but supported the transportation bond. The Arlington County Democratic Committee supported all four bonds. Arlington traditionally sends bond referendums to voters in November of evennumbered years. A local bond referendum has not fallen to defeat in the county since 1979. Libertarian Slightly Outperforms in Arlington: The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate performed marginally better in Arlington than in the commonwealth as a whole, but still trailed well behind the two major-party candidates. In Arlington, Matt Waters received 2.6 percent of the vote, finishing third to incumbent U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who took home 81.6 percent of the county vote, and Republican Corey Stewart, who won 15.5 percent of the vote. Statewide, Waters received about 2 percent compared to 57 percent for Kaine – who heads back to a second six-year term in Washington – and 41 percent for Stewart. The best precinct for Waters in Arlington was Garfield Park, where he picked up 4.9 percent of the vote, followed by Clarendon (4.5 percent) and Monroe (4.3 percent). He earned between 3 percent and 4 percent of the vote in 18 of Arlington’s 54 precincts: Ballston, Hume, Wilson, Fairlington, Lyon Village, Virginia Highlands, Abingdon, Westover, Fillmore, Ashlawn, Virginia Square, Shirlington, Dawson Terrace, Buckingham, Central, AUSA, Crystal Plaza and Gunston. Libertarians have run statewide candidates in recent years, with limited success. Robert Sarvis won 2.4 percent of the vote in the 2014 U.S. Senate race won by Mark Warner and 6.5 percent of the vote in the 2013 governor’s race won by Terry McAuliffe, while Clifford Hyra won 1.1 percent in the 2017 governor’s race won by Ralph Northam.

The Arlington County government has offered the South Arlington Lions Club temporary use of outdoor space for its annual sale of Christmas trees and other holiday items. Under the plan, the Lions Club would be able to use space at the intersection of Columbia Pike and South Four Mile Run Drive from Nov. 17 to Dec. 24. The sale previously had been conducted on the FoodStar parking lot at the intersection of Columbia Pike and North George Mason Drive, but that parcel is in

the midst of redevelopment. In 2017, Lions Club representatives asked the county government for permission to use county land for its sale, but were turned down and instead ended up at American Legion Post 139 at Virginia Square, which resulted in logistical challenges, notably parking. County officials subsequently changed their minds and agreed to allow the use of the government parcel on Columbia Pike for 2018. A County Board vote is set for Saturday.

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Highs & Lows WITH THE ELECTION OUT OF THE WAY, the next big issue-du-jour in Arlington appears to be the burgeoning battle between those who believe the county’s recreation focus in coming years needs to be more sports fields, and those who think open space is the most critical need. The battle is being played out as County Board members gear up to consider what’s called the Plan for Our Places and Spaces (POPS) as part of an update to the 13-year-old Public Spaces Master Plan. So far, neither the field advocates or open-space boosters have covered themselves in glory; their efforts at times have been filled with overwrought hyperbole, questionable adherence to factual accuracy and so much verbiage that it has become, to

use the immortal words of radio legend Casey Kasem, “ponderous, man, [bleep]ing ponderous.” Arlington has some decisions to make as a community about how to use the decreasing stock of available space. But histrionics are not the way to go. Take a breath, both sides, and let’s consider the matter in a sober, sensible fashion. THUMBS DOWN: To the increasing number of newspapers thinking it’s not their place to be issuing political endorsements. A recent (non-scientific) survey by the Virginia Press Association found that nearly two-thirds of respondents said newspapers shouldn’t weigh in on political races. We can come up with four reasons

they might think that: laziness; not wanting to offend anyone; low institutional self-esteem (“why should our opinion matter more than anyone else’s?”); and/or not having enough personnel on the editorial-page staff to competently judge matters on the ballot. Of those four possibilities, the last one is reasonable. But the other three reasons listed above are simply the result of an industry that has been so shaken by more than a decade of calamities that it no longer trusts itself to promote a sense of community among those it serves. Paradoxically, eschewing such community involvement is more likely to accelerate, rather than arrest, the downward spiral that the industry is in.

PTAs Are Doing Their Part, Now It’s Time for County Board and School Board to Step Up Editor: Last year, budgets of Arlington elementary-school PTAs ranged from about $20,000 to $200,000 – or $42 to $304 per student. PTAs in North Arlington spent an average of $80,000 on teacher appreciation and support, compared to a $30,000 average in the south. Those same PTAs, respectively, spent an average of $82,000 and $9,000 on equipment and facility upgrades. There is perhaps no clearer illustration of the disparities and opportunity gaps that exist within Arlington Public Schools. Regardless of the causes, mitigating the effects of imbalances requires the joint efforts of PTAs, the school system and the county government. Three years ago, under the leadership of Chris Ditta, the County Council of PTAs (CCPTA) established the County PTA Collaboration Initiative (CPCI) – a grant program enabling PTAs with greater financial resources to assist PTAs in need. Since its inception, CPCI has dis-

tributed more than $28,000 through 21 grants funding a variety of needs – such as field trips, literacy programs and beautification efforts – that recipients otherwise would not have been able to support. This year, CCPTA is expanding its efforts to build stronger communities among schools and to reduce disparities by emphasizing appropriate uses of PTA funds and exploring opportunities for meaningful collaboration and partnerships between PTAs. But the School Board and County Boards play important roles, too. They need to work in a partnership of their own to ensure budgetary and capital necessities and efficiency; and also: • To understand and acknowledge the implications of their decisions on Arlington’s ability to provide and maintain an equitable, quality education for every student; and • To recognize the role their policies and decisions play in either furthering or ameliorating divisions within our community.

The School Board specifically has a prime opportunity to effect greater balance and equality as it determines boundaries for eight elementary schools this December. A successful boundary decision will serve to create comparable learning environments at each school; ensure each school a robust community with sufficient means to provide opportunities on a comparable scale enjoyed at most Arlington schools; and help unify the greater community, rather than feed the divisiveness within it. CCPTA will continue to do its part to support educational equality and opportunity for every student regardless of background, ZIP code or school attended. More importantly, CCPTA will continue to partner with our elected officials and the community as we call upon them to do theirs. Maura McMahon, president Katherine Novello, vice president Don Weinstein, VP special projects Emily Vincent, VP communications Arlington County Council of PTAs

Let’s Hope Vihstadt Continues to Stay Involved Editor: I hope that John Vihstadt will continue to attend County Board meetings

and pummel board members with questions, now as a private citizen. This could pack even more wallop

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than it would if he were one of the chosen five. Alan Krause, Arlington

New Board Member to Focus on Economic Growth SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

He made economic development a cornerstone of his successful County Board bid, and now Matt de Ferranti says he plans to deliver on his promises. “That’s the issue and the funding priority I have identified consistently in this campaign, and that is what I will focus on initially,” said de Ferranti, who on Nov. 6 defeated one-term independent John Vihstadt and regained for Democrats a County Board seat the party had seen slip away during the Arlington voter rebellion of 2014. “My top priority will be to work on bringing down the office-vacancy rate so that we can afford to invest in our schools and Arlington’s future,” de Ferranti told the Sun Gazette. “The other priorities – housing affordability, renewable energy and child hunger – will also be areas I will work on, but the majority of my time preparing to serve will be thinking about how we can grow and attract businesses to help us grow and afford the investments we need for our future.” Kate Bates, president of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce (which does not weigh in on political races), said after the votes were tallied that any focus on economic development would be welcomed. “The importance of our commercial sector’s health is even more apparent in a time such as now, when the county faces increasingly challenging budgets,” she said. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with the Arlington County Board and staff to foster a strong economic environment.” De Ferranti, an attorney by day who serves on the county government’s Housing Commission, was helped by a robust turnout in Arlington, which helped him blunt Vihstadt’s power of incumbency. In the end, de Ferranti took home 53 percent of the vote. Although few candidates could outhustle Vihstadt on the campaign trail, de Ferranti did focus significant energy on walking neighborhoods and knocking on doors. Some of what he heard, or didn’t hear, from voters was unexpected. “Single-family development and pe-

destrian safety came up more than I anticipated, as did tree canopy,” de Ferranti said. “Transportation has been discussed less than I thought it would be at the beginning of the campaign,” perhaps “because the legislature has taken action to help address the issue.” De Ferranti’s victory represents redemption for the Arlington County Democratic Committee, which with his swearing-in will again see all 22 local political posts – five County Board, five School Board, five constitutional and seven legislative – in the party’s hands. Vihstadt bounded into office in a 2014 special election called when Chris Zimmerman resigned to take a job in the private sector. At the time, the all-Democratic County Board was under fire from many in the community both for extravagant capital spending and a perceived tin ear verging on arrogance in dealing with the public. Vihstadt handily defeated Democrat Alan Howze in the 2014 special election, then later that year went on to win a full four-year term. Shortly after that second victory, two County Board Democrats – Jay Fisette and Mary Hynes – bit the bullet and switched sides on the Columbia Pike streetcar project, effectively killing the $300 million proposal. Their move outraged transit advocates and those hoping to cash in on redevelopment of the Pike

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ment offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23, in observance of Thanksgiving.

DEADLINE LOOMS FOR DISPLAY OF DECAL: Nov. 16 is the deadline for own-

ers of vehicles garaged in Arlington to display the 2018-19 county vehicle decal. Decals, which signify payment of vehicle taxes, should be placed adjacent to the state-inspection sticker on the driver’s side of the windshield. Vehicles without the decal displayed will be subject to ticketing. It will be the last year for the county’s vehicle sticker, which dates back to 1967. Arlington County Board members earlier this year voted to eliminate the sticker (while keeping the fee associated with it) starting in 2019.

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completed an Arlington Arts Grant project entitled “Windows to the Past: Arlington, Then and Now.” The comparative historic photo montage, on exhibit at Westover Library through Jan. 5, is a photographic documentation of the demolition of older, less expensive homes and commercial buildings in Arlington over the last 40 years, and looks at the toll on individuals, the community and the environment that result. “The ‘greenest’ house is the one already built,” said Dickinson, voicing concern about the lack of respect for existing properties, including Lustron and Certigrade homes. All frames used to hold photos in the exhibit were preserved from the demolished homes depicted. YORKTOWN THEATER PROGRAM OFFERS SPECIAL TRIP TO ARENA STAGE:

Yorktown Theatre is offering discountedprice tickets for the Arena Stage production of “Anything Goes” on Dec. 21 at Arena Stage. Tickets are $59 for adults and $49 for students, and there will be a post-show discussion exclusively for the Yorktown group. The deadline to purchase tickets is Nov. 21, with proceeds benefiting Yorktown High School theater-arts programs. For information, see the Website at http:// yhstheatre.org/. LYON PARK TO HOST CRAFTS SHOW AND MORE: The 27th annual Not-Just-

a-Crafts-Fair, Bake Sale and Alaskan Malamute Adoption and Petting will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lyon Park Community Center, 414 North Fillmore St. The event will feature handmade crafts and baked goods, with lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free. For information, call (703) 524-8531 or see the Web site at www.lyonpark.org. CHORAL ENSEMBLE TO PERFORM AT CHURCH: The 18th Street Singers, a 50-

voice ensemble, will perform traditional and contemporary choral works in concert on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 6201 Washington Blvd. The concert is free, but a suggested $20 donation will be used to support Arlington Thrive. For information, call the church at (703) 532-5991.

NATURE CENTER BRINGS AN EARLY THANKSGIVING TO TURTLES: Long

Branch Nature Center will host a “Turtle Thanksgiving” on Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 3 to 6 with adult. Participants will chop up fresh fruits and vegetables to feed the center’s turtles, then whip up a special dessert for them. The program is free. For information, call (703) 228-6535.

County Jobless Rate Dips to 1.8% in September Arlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jobless rate dropped to its lowest in several years in September, as the county retained its ranking atop the jobs picture among Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 133 cities and counties. With 147,767 residents employed in the civilian workforce and 2,779 looking for jobs, the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate stood at 1.8 percent in September, according to figures reported Nov. 6 by the Virginia Employment Commission. That betters the rate of 2.1 percent reported in August, and is part of a general month-over downward trend in joblessness across the region. Unemployment in Falls Church dropped from 2.3 percent in August to 2 percent in September, was down from 2.3 to 2.1 percent in Alexandria, dipped from 2.5 percent to 2.3 percent in Fairfax and Loudoun counties and declined from 2.8 percent to 2.5 percent in Prince William County. Across Northern Virginia as a whole, jobless dipped from 2.6 percent to 2.3 percent, representing just under 1.6 million in the civilian workforce and 38,000 looking for jobs.

Statewide, the non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in September was 2.8 percent, dropping from 3.1 percent from a year before. Total non-farm employment across the commonwealth hit another all-time high, as employment increased in seven job sectors (most notably in leisure/hospitality) and declined in four. While privatesector employment was up, total jobs in the public sector declined slightly. Among the Old Dominionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cities and counties, the lowest jobless rates for the month were found in Arlington; Falls Church; Alexandria and Bath County (each 2.1 percent); and, tied at 2.2 percent, the cities of Fairfax and Charlottesville and the counties of Greene and Madison. The highest unemployment was recorded in Petersburg (5.5 percent); Buchanan County (5.2 percent); and Dickenson County and the cities of Danville and Emporia (4.8 percent each). Among the commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s metropolitan areas, joblessness was lowest in Northern Virginia, followed by Charlottesville and Winchester (2.4 percent each). The highest rates were found

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in Kingsport/Bristol (3.6 percent), then Hampton Roads and Lynchburg (3.1 percent each). Nationally, Virginia posted the 11th best jobs picture for the month, tied with Vermont. The lowest jobless rates were found in Idaho and Iowa (2.1 percent each) then Minnesota and North Dakota (2.2 percent each). The highest rates were found in Alaska (5.6 percent), Louisiana (5 percent) and Arizona (4.9 percent). For full details, see the Web site at www.virginialmi.com. D.C. Region Sees Lower Year-Over-Year Joblessness: The Washington regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate in September was

Pct. 2.1% 1.8% 2.3% 2.0% 2.3% 2.5% 2.3% 2.8% 3.6%

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lower than a year before, part of a broad-based decline in joblessness nationwide. With just under 3.4 million residents in the civilian workforce and 111,300 looking for jobs in September, the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate of 3.3 percent was down from 3.6 percent in September 2017, according to figures reported Nov. 6 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Washington region was among 308 metro areas across the nation where joblessness was down. Unemployment was higher in 58 areas and unchanged in 22. Nationally, the non-seasonal-

ly-adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in September, down from 4.1 percent a year before. Among all metro areas, the lowest jobless rate for the month was reported in Ames, Iowa, at 1.4 percent. The highest rates were found in El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., at 19.3 percent and 19.1 percent, respectively. Among the 51 metro areas with populations of more than one million, the lowest unemployment rate for the month was found in Minneapolis (2.2 percent) with the highest in New Orleans (4.8 percent) and Las Vegas (4.7 percent). Among Virginia metro areas outside the Washington area, jobless rates were down across the board, and ranged between 2.4 percent in Charlottevsille and 3.1 percent in Lynchburg and in Hampton Roads. For full data, see the Web site at www.bls.gov. The Sun Gazette is the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s source for news and information, the same role itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s played since its founding back in the 1930s!

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home and updated it perfectly. Now it’s your turn – go take a look! Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients. 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 (571) 333-6272.

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Americans With Newborns Headed to Cheaper Areas Americans who moved in the past year tended to move into less-expensive housing markets, a trend that is magnified when looking at women with a newborn baby, and can mean a difference of more than $100,000 in some markets. Across the country, women with a newborn who moved in the past year – whether or not they moved with a spouse, partner or other family members – moved to a housing market where homes cost $11,500 less than where they moved from, according to a new Zillow analysis of home value and Census data. Housing and child-care costs are two of the most expensive things to budget for, with child care adding thousands of dollars a year to a family’s expenses. And while mortgage payments nationally are still relatively affordable compared with historic norms, in some major markets mortgages are less affordable than they were historically, with others nearing that tipping point. It isn’t a surprise that families might look to save money on housing when they have a new child. Parents with a new baby also may move to be closer to family, find a bigger home, or settle in their preferred school district. “Having a baby dramatically changes your life and can radically change your idea of the ideal home,” said Skylar Olsen, Zillow’s director of economic research and outreach. “Maybe you need more space both indoors or out, maybe you need to save somewhere, anywhere, to make up for the additional cost of child care.” In 26 of the 35 largest U.S. metro areas, women with newborns who moved ended up in a cheaper housing market. While the same was true for similar households in 22 of the biggest metros, the post-move savings were greater for those with newborns ($11,500) than those without ($9,000). The biggest difference in housing costs between those moving with or without a newborn baby is in San Francisco. Women with newborns moved to places where home values are $129,000 lower than where they came from, while those who moved without a new child ended up in more expensive areas, with home values $150,700 higher.

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Police Beat ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION: n On Nov. 8 at 7:09 p.m., police were dispatched to the 800 block of Army Navy Drive for a report of a verbal dispute escalating into physical combat. According to police, the victim attempted to use her cell phone to summon help, but the suspect allegedly took it from her and began forcing her into his vehicle. Two witnesses came to the aid of the victim; the suspect released her and left the scene in the vehicle, police said. The suspect then returned, and a verbal dispute took place over the victim’s cell phone before the suspect fled again. Warrants were obtained for attempted abduction, assault-and-battery and preventing an emergency call. ROBBERY: n On Nov. 2 around 2 a.m., an individual was walking in the 800 block of South Dinwiddie Street when he was approached by an individual who attempted to engage him in conversation. According to police, the individual was then grabbed by his hood by a second suspect and assaulted, before having his personal belongings, police said. The victim required medical treatment. The suspects are described as black males, in their 20s, one 5’11” with a skinny build and the other 5’8” to 5’10” with a heavy-set build.

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Grebb is shown with his father, Mike; his brother, David; and his mother, Janet Meiburger. See item below. n Chi Hang Bryan Au of Arlington earned a degree in psychological sciences and Johanna Sims earned a degree in speech language pathology during recent commencement exercises at James Madison University.

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n Kevin Grebb, a 2004 graduate of Yorktown High School who later graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, recently was promoted to the rank of major in the U.S. Air Force. Grebb, a flight test engineer with the 59th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, flew a flighttest mission in an F-15 Eagle before his promotion ceremony. At the ceremony, he was accompanied by his wife Kimberly and their daughter Kenley, as well as by his parents and brother. In addition to service at Nellis Air Force Base, Grebb has served as Hanscomb Air Force Base in Massachusetts and at the National Reconnaissance Office in Northern Virginia.

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n More than 200 Girl Scouts and their families on Oct. 28 participated in dedication ceremonies for Virginia’s first “Rosie the Riveter Memorial Garden” in Oakton, an effort to engage students in service

projects to support men and women of the Armed Forces. The project was organized by the non-profit organization iWitnesses>iRemember, which works to memorialize the approximately six million women who participated in the war effort on the domestic front during World War II. Among those on hand for the event was 99-year-old Elinor Otto, a real-life Rosie the Riveter who began working in an aircraft factory during the war and continued to work in the industry until just four years ago. “When Ms. Otto tells today’s teens about going to work in an aircraft factory in the middle of the war, we all better appreciate what the Rosies did and are inspired to do more ourselves,” said Madeleine LeBeau, founder and president of the non-profit organization. The memorial garden was planted on land contributed by the Girl Scouts Council of the Nation’s Capital at Camp Crowell in Oakton. For additional information, see the Web site at www.iwitnessediremember. jimdo.com. The Sun Gazette welcomes your submission of items for inclusion!

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South was burglarized. Items of value were taken. n Sometime between Nov. 3 at 9:30 p.m. and Nov. 4 at 6:30 a.m., an individual attempted to force entry to a business in the 5800 block of Washington Boulevard, but was unsuccessful. n Sometime between Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 8:30 a.m., someone attempted to gain entrance to a home in the 3500 block of South Wakefield Street, but was unsuccessful. n Sometime between Nov. 5 at 12:50 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 8 p.m., a home in the 200 block of North Wayne Street was burglarized. Cash was taken.

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“TURKEY TROT 5K” TO BENEFIT SAFETY-NET GROUPS The Arlington Turkey Trot 5K will support a host of local organizations providing social-safety-net services in the community. The event will be held on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22) beginning at 8 a.m. at Christ Church of Arlington (3020 North Pershing Drive). Proceeds raised from the event will support the Arlington Food Assistance Center, Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network, Arlington Thrive, Offender Aid and Restoration, and Bridges to Independence. Pre-registration is required by Monday, Nov. 11 at noon. For information and registration, see the Website at https://potomac. enmotive.com/events/register/2018-arlington-turkey-trot-5k.

The Arlington County government’s annual “Secret Santa” effort is seeking donations of gift cards from area grocery, drug and clothing stores to support more than 1,000 needy individuals in the community this winter season. Children in foster care, low-income seniors, those with disabilities and low-income families will benefit from the initiative. Donations can be designated for a specific beneficiary group or left undesignated for use where the need is the greatest. Gift cards should not exceed $25, but individuals can donate as many as they like (donations generally are tax-deductible).

McENEARNEY HOSTS WINTER-CLOTHING DRIVE McEnearney Associates is holding its fourth annual winterclothing drive through Jan. 4. Held in partnership with United Community Ministries, donations of new or gently used winter clothing can be dropped off at either the Arlington office (4720 Lee Highway) or McLean office (1320 Old Chain Bridge Road, Suite 320) weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, see the Web site at www.mcenearney.com.

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BLANKET, COAT DRIVE SUPPORTS SYRIAN REFUGEES A blanket and coat drive in support of Syrian refugees has been organized by NOVA Relief Center and will run through Dec. 8. New and gently used blankets and coats can be dropped off at a number of locations across the community, and will be dispatched to support refugees living in camps in Jordan. Support for the effort comes from Helping Hand for Development and Relief, Paxton Van Lines and Maersk Shipping. For full details, see the Web site at www.novareliefcenter.org.

WESLEY HOUSING HOST “HOLIDAY HELP” EFFORT Wesley Housing Development Corp’s “Holiday Help” initiative is seeking sponsorships from the community to provide special cheer through the holiday season. The initiative will help more than 540 residents, including 250 seniors, 100 teens and 45 residents with special needs, during the holiday season. For information, see the Website at www.wesleyhousing.org/ holiday-help.

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O’Connell Advances To Finals

Teeing Off

Girls Volleyball Continues In Popularity and Success From their inaugural beginnings about two decades ago, the majority of girls high-school volleyball teams in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas has improved to enjoy significant success – some more quickly than others.

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Bishop O’Connell’s Jahmal Banks returned after missing five games with an injury and was a big contributor in his team’s playoff victory over Paul VI Catholic. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

Yorktown’s Season Ends Against Top Seed DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The task was significantly tall for the eighth-seeded Yorktown Patriots, and the result was FOOTBALL lopsided expected in their first-round game of the 6D North Region high-school football playoffs. Yorktown lost convincingly, 49-6, to the host, top-seed undefeated and threetime defending champion Westfield Bulldogs (11-0). The win extended Westfield’s winning streak to 35 games and ended Yorktown’s season with a 6-5 record. Westfield entered the contest with shutouts in four of its previous six games and 16

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decisive victories against the two common opponents the Bulldogs and Patriots played – Lake Braddock and Chantilly. Yorktown was shut out by Lake Braddock, 36-0. The odds were further stacked against Yorktown because the game was played in wet weather, restricting the Patriots’ pass-oriented offense even more against a stingy defense. Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson knew what his team was up against. “We never got any passing game going and we couldn’t run against them,” Hanson said. “They started out completing short passes against us, and that was a surprise. Westfield is very organized and

good. The best team we’ve seen this season.” Westfield, which led 35-0 at halftime, had 466 total yards and 27 first downs. Yorktown had 140 total yards, seven first downs and threw two interceptions. In the third period, Jake Reilly scored on a one-yard run for Yorktown, but the Patriots trailed 49-6 at period’s end as the extra point failed. Wilson was 12 of 23 passing for 123 yards. Will Porter caught four passes for 25 yards and Jack McCool and Reilly had two catches each. Evan Rotker had one catch for 36 yards, which was the Patriots’ longest play. Yorktown had only 17 yards rushing.

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The bottom-seed Bishop O’Connell Knights are in an unlikely but favorable and welcomed position. Despite winning just two regular-season football games, the high-school team is 1-0 in the inFOOTBALL (3-8) augural four-team Washington Catholic Athletic Association Metro Division playoffs, and can win the season-ending championship with one more victory. In Nov. 8 semifinal action, O’Connell held on to upset the top-seed and host Paul VI Catholic Panthers, 35-33, in Fairfax, snapping the team’s eight-game winning streak. A week earlier, O’Connell had lost to Paul VI, 21-3, on the same field in the final regular-season contest for each team. “We felt good about our situation coming over here again and playing well. We had nothing to lose. Our players were confident,” O’Connell coach Colin Disch said. In the victory, O’Connell fell behind, 6-0, as Paul VI (8-3) scored on the game’s

The popular spectator sport caught on quickly in the public-school ranks, attracting players en masse. That led to an explosion of youth-league house and travel programs, which developed players’ talent, making the local highschool game much better in a rather short period of time. During their initial season, the Langley Saxons won the area’s first region championship and have continued as a perennial top-quality standard-bearer with multiple district, region and state crowns as proof. More recently, the private-school Flint Hill Huskies have become dominant, with nearly 10 state championships and metro city titles. Public-school Madison and private schools Bishop O’Connell and Madeira each have won state championships and other significant crowns. The McLean Highlanders and Oakton Cougars have enjoyed degrees of success on the public-school ranks, as have the Washington-Lee Generals and Yorktown Patriots of late. The Generals were a district champion and region semifinalist this fall. In their district, the Marshall Statesmen have finished on top various times. Two local women’s college teams consistently have enjoyed winning programs under longtime coaches who reside in Arlington. Beth Ann Wilson has won more than 450 matches during her tenure at Marymount University – with her 2018 Saints qualifying for the Division III NCAA tournament for the first time. Marcus Robinson’s Northern Virginia Community College squad is a perennial region contender and past champion. The state of girls and women’s volleyball is in great shape in the local area, and should continue that way.

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O’Connell Finishes a Close Second in State Tournament DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

They came close again, but the Bishop O’Connell Knights fell short of winning their first state championship in boys soccer. The second-seed Knights lost in the Division I private-school state-tournachampionship SOCCER ment game Nov. 9 at City Stadium in Richmond, falling to the No. 4 seed and defending champion Cape Henry Collegiate Dolphins, 2-1, of Virginia Beach. O’Connell (13-5-2) was 2-1 in the high-school state tourney, with two overtime victories, after receiving a first-round bye. Against Cape Henry, O’Connell trailed 2-0 at halftime, then scored its lone goal halfway through the second half. The Knights have played in the state tournament for seven straight seasons, losing in the quarterfinals the past two seasons. O’Connell last played in the state final in 2015 when it lost to Paul VI Catholic in penalty kicks.

For the second time in four seasons, the Bishop O’Connell Knights played in the championship game of the Division I boys state private-school soccer tourney. PHOTOS FROM BISHOP O’CONNELL

Chris Jennings has been O’Connell coach for all seven of those state berths. He said versatility and strong overall balanced team play and unity were big factors in this season’s success. “This is a team that, whatever we see, we can adapt and adjust, and we can throw more things at opponents,” Jennings said. “It’s a next-man-up mentality.” That was the case in O’Connell’s 2-1 overtime victory over No. 11 seed Trinity Episcopal in the semifinals at City Stadium. O’Connell fell behind 1-0 with 20 minutes to play. The Knights rallied by adding an extra attacker and took away a defender. Two goals were the re-

sult, the game-winner coming in the first overtime by sophomore Aidan Seymour. Sophomore Aidan Abril had earlier tied the game at 1 on a goal coming off a corner kick on a left-footed shot. “We gutted out that win,” Jennings said. O’Connell nipped seventh-seed Episcopal, 1-0, in the quarterfinals by winning 7-6 in penalty kicks. Goalie John Sullivan saved a penalty shot and Craig Eastland scored the winning PK. Sullivan also saved a penalty shot during regulation. The game was scoreless until penalty kicks. Abril, Sullivan, Dmitri Lyalikov,

Cristian Escalante, Victor Montero, Elias Landeros and Cole Jackson took the other penalty shots. Jackson doubles as the place-kicker for O’Connell’s football team, booting five extra points in the Knights’ Nov. 8 playoff victory over Paul VI Catholic. Escalante, Montero, Abril, Lyalikov and Seymour were among O’Connell’s top scorers. Prior to the state tournament, O’Connell was eliminated by Gonzaga, 1-0 in two overtimes, in the quarterfinals of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament. n The Bishop O’Connell girls soccer team (9-7-1) lost to the Potomac School Panthers, 4-1, in the semifinals of the second four-team Northern Virginia Independent Schools girls tournament. The event was started because there is no private-school girls state tournament in the fall. Flint Hill and Bishop Ireton were the other two teams, with Flint Hill winning that semifinal, 5-3. Flint Hill defeated Potomac School, 2-0 in the title game.

High-School Roundup O’CONNELL RUNS FINISH FIRST, SECOND AT STATE MEETS: On a gloomy af-

ternoon in the rain and mud, the Bishop O’Connell Knights had a bright team performance by finishing second in both the boys and girls Division I private-school state cross country meets at Fork Union. Each team was seeded fourth entering the high-school competition. “We had an exceptional great day,” O’Connell coach Cindy Walls said. “We thought if we ran our very best we could both finish second.” The boys were led by individual winner Max Greczyn, as the senior defended his title finishing in 16:48. “Max just put the hammer down at the end like he does,” Walls said. “He is so talented. It’s a joy to watch him run and to

O’Connell Continued from Page 16 opening possession. The Knights answered by scoring four straight touchdowns to lead 28-6 early in the third quarter, then were ahead 35-20 in the final period. Paul VI rallied with two touchdowns, the last with 2:29 to play, but did not convert a two-point conversion and fell short. “Paul VI was resilient. They kept fighting back and played hard,” Disch said. O’Connell gained 432 total yards and Paul VI had 347, but was hurt by losing three fumbles, two in Knights’ territory, and was stopped twice on fourth down in key situations. O’Connell’s offense got a boost from the return of standout wide receiver Jah-

coach him.” Freshman Ryan Lindley had a strong race for the boys, placing sixth in 17:23. Also for O’Connell, Nicholas Slovak was 28th (18:17), Joseph Frankino 29th (18:21), Will Becht 30th (18:21), Andres Penafiel 33rd (18:30) and Evan Sarchio 39th (18:39). The second-place finish by the O’Connell boys was the highest in Walls’ long tenure as coach. “They were just so excited with how well they did,” Walls said. “Our boys program has improved so much.” O’Connell’s top finisher in the girls race was freshman Katherine Slovak in fifth (20:31). Tess Brinkmann was ninth (20:55) and junior Alissa Keegan 17th (22:00). Also, Olivia Chiappetta placed mal Banks, who missed the previous five games with a leg injury. Banks was used in a variety of manners, including being a decoy, and he was productive. He caught six passes for 91 yards, had 17 yards rushing from a few plays at quarterback, and added 63 yards in kickoff returns. “It was huge having him back for his talent alone, and he gives our other players so much confidence,” Disch said. Of O’Connell’s total yards, 304 were rushing behind an offensive line of Jack Murphy, Gage Maddy, Calvin Cunningham, Connor McCallister, Ben Jeffrey and tight end/blocking back Luke Byrne. O’Connell’s Darius Brown led the attack, running for 197 yards, including touchdown carries of four, 19 and 30 yards. Kai Bowers ran for 58 yards and scored on a 24-yard run. The other Knights’ TD was a one-yard quarterback sneak by A.Z. Hernandez. He had 32

28th (22:32) and Maddie Ryan 32nd (22:54). O’Connell had 80 points and thirdplace Collegiate had 81. “The course was muddy with a lot of turns. It was wet and raining, and runners were falling all over. Our runners just kept going,” Walls said. “We changed our training a bit this season and it made a difference. Our runners really stepped it up.”

Stewart and Bree Meyer. Dakota Klapper made honorable mention. Washington-Lee finished second in the Liberty District tourament this fall. ICE HOCKEY: The Yorktown High School

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varsity ice hockey club team defeated Patriot, 10-1. Leading Yorktown were Corey Wells with two goals and three assists, Scott Samples with a goal and three assists, Jeremy Marino with four goals, Simon Kluger with two goals and one assist, Phillip Ruta with three assists, Adam Packard with a goal and one assist, and Connor Ransom with two assists. Rhett Styles, Joseph Ramos, Ricky McGolerick and Dean Jones had one assist each.Goalie Sam Levy stopped all but one shot.

yards rushing and was efficient in the air, completing 10 of 11 passes for 128 yards with no interceptions. Jalen Haggler, another O’Connell wide receiver back from an injury, caught two passes for 10 yards. Cole Jackson kicked five extra points; O’Connell turned the ball over once. “When we got that 28-6 lead, I thought we were OK,” Disch said. “Later I figured we probably needed to score 35.” Murphy also starts on the defensive line, where he had a sack and other tackles for a loss and no gain. Rodney Jackson also made a number of tackles for O’Connell along with Patrick Schauf and Byrne. All four were in on stopping that two-point conversion a yard short of the end zone, along with Hunter Pena. “We were just all diving in that to stop that run,” Murphy said. “This was such a big win against our biggest rival. With

Jahmal back, we were able to spread them out with our offense and open big holes for our runners, and we got off to a fast start.” Jamiir Prince, Bryce Jackson and Will Stoney had fumble recoveries for O’Connell. Byrne and Joe Cobb had important recoveries of onside kicks late in the game. The Metro Division championship game is Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. at Catholic University. No. 2 seed St. Mary’s Ryken hosts No. 3 seed Carroll in the other semifinal at 7 p.m. Nov. 9. O’Connell lost to both during the regular season. NOTE: The playoff game was O’Connell’s first since 2003 and the postseason victory was the team’s first since the 2002 campaign. The Knights last played in a WCAC football championship contest in 2000, losing to DeMatha after defeating Paul VI in the first round.

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Sports Briefs FENCER MAKES JUNIOR OLYMPICS:

Washington-Lee High School sophomore Raynor Baker-Rosenberg will compete in the fencing Junior Olympics in Denver, in February. Baker-Rosenberg is a twotime Junior Olympian and will compete in women’s foil for ages 17- and 19-andunder. Baker-Rosenberg qualified by winning bronze in a region qualifying tournament in Richmond in October. She is a nationally-rated fencer in foil and has been fencing since second grade, inspired by her godfather Nat, who fenced at The Cercle National Des Armees in Paris.

Baker-Rosenberg competes about twice per month in local and national events, and hopes to fence in college. She was recognized by USA Fencing at the end of last season for her grade-pointaverage of higher than 4.0 as part of its all-academic first-team honors. She coached by Greg Kaidanov of NOVA Fencing Club in Falls Church.

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ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Comprehensive Agreement #01FY18 for Solar Photovoltaic Rooftop System Installation and Sale of Generated Electricity at Multiple School Building or Administrative Building Sites in Arlington County, Virginia. A draft of the Comprehensive Agreement between Arlington Public Schools and Sun Tribe Solar of Charlottesville, Virginia, is available for public inspection between 8:30 A.M. on November 16, 2018 through 4:00 P.M. on November 26, 2018. Please contact David Webb at 703-228-6127 or david.webb@apsva.us on how to obtain a copy or to arrange a personal inspection. 11/15/18

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government senior centers will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23, in observance of Thanksgiving. SENIORS-ONLY TIME ON ICE AVAILABLE: Seniors-only time on the ice

at MedStar Capitals Iceplex atop the Ballston Public Parking Garage will be offered on Monday, Nov. 19 from 8:10 to 9:20 a.m. Seniors also can enjoy exclusive skating on Wednesday, Nov. 21 from 8:30 to 9 a.m. The cost is $1 for parking. For information, call (703) 228-4771. MUSIC-APPRECIATORS TO MEET: The

classical-music-appreciation group at Langston-Brown Senior Center will discuss and listen to the ballets of Igor Stravinsky on Monday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-6300. CURRENT-EVENTS ROUNDTABLE SLATED: An informal current-events

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The Just Playin’ country musicians will perform on Monday, Nov. 19 from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555. POSTAL-SERVICE UPDATES OFFERED:

Updates on services provided by the U.S. Postal Service will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955. RUBBER-STAMPERS SET TO GATHER:

The rubber-stamping club at Lee Senior Center will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. For information, call (703) 228-0555. TRAVELERS TO TOUR FRONT ROYAL:

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8. Wet nurses 9. Capital of Ukraine 10. Capri, e.g. 11. Hollow baglike structures 12. Vegas bandit 15. Gibraltar or Bering 20. Synagogue read 22. Willie Nelson’s “Farm ____” 24. Like fans 25. *Like Friday after Thanksgiving 26. Chinese fruit 27. “____-and-true” 29. *____-eating 31. “The ____” talk show 32. Astros’ homeland 33. Wombs 34. *Parade organizer 36. Port in Yemen 38. Created a rug? 42. Handrail post 45. “Snow ____,” band 49. Between Sigma and Epsilon 51. Tittering laugh sound 54. Savory taste sensation 56. Asian wild ass 57. From chicken pox 58. He was terrible 59. Elders’ teachings 60. Neon effect 61. Exercise groups 62. Adhesive 63. Not his 66. *The oldest balloon animal 68. Hitherto

and lunch at Main Street Mill on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The cost is $8 for transportation. For information, call (703) 228-4748. COMEDY CLUBBERS TO GATHER: The Comedy Club at Aurora Hills Senior Center will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 11:30 a.m. to enjoy audio and video recordings. For information, call (703) 228-5722. WALKERS HEAD TO TAKOMA PARK:

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Travel hosts a trip for Thanksgiving lunch at Dutch’s Daughter in Frederick on Thursday, Nov. 22. The cost is $70. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

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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. November 12, 1948: n School Board members have escalated their feud with Superintendent Fletcher Kemp, stripping him of most of his powers. n The Civic Federation is seeking a reduction in the county’s water rate. n Former Sheriff Howard Fields took a tumble while watching construction from a bridge, and is recuperating from head injuries. n The Sun’s editorial page says President Truman can claim no mandate from the recent election – “no, indeed!” the paper says – but still congratulated him on his surprise victory. November 10, 1960: n Election wrap-up: The Sun’s editorial page says Virginia could be on the verge of becoming a two-party state, and proclaims U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, as “politically invincible.” n Nearly complete results show that John Kennedy won 49.99 percent of the national vote for president. n Top Virginia Democrats are “making up” after some – including U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd – refused to support John Kennedy’s presidential bid. n Arlington Public Schools employees increased their contributions to the United Givers Fund by 15 percent this year. n Partially tongue-in-cheek, some experts say that continuing population growth means the world will run out of room in 2026. November 14-15, 1969: n Nearly 200 Catholic and Episcopal priests were arrested after attempting to conduct a Mass on the concourse at the Pentagon. n Some students at George Mason College burned their draft cards during an anti-war protest. n Cherrydale residents are winning supporters in their bid to create a nature park. November 13, 1972: n Mrs. Harry Fallows of East Falls Church continued her tradition of participating in every presidential election since women were allowed to vote back in 1920. She cast her ballot at Overlee Knolls.

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