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Amazon Arrival to Shake Up Real Estate? Experts: Impact Not Likely to Be Felt Immediately Across County, Region SCOTT McCAFFREY and DAVE FACINOLI

Thanksgiving Comes Early for Immigrants

An early Thanksgiving feast was served up with an international, multi-cultural flair at the sixth annual Refugees’ First Thanksgiving Dinner, sponsored by the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) and held the evening of Nov. 18 along Columbia Pike. The event’s goal is both introducing immigrants to the concept of Thanksgiving, and “bringing them together with the community at large,” said ECDC’s Nezia Kubwayo. “This is a great event to connect people – we can’t do it without the support of the community,” said Kubwayo, looking out over a crowd of more than 150. Traditional Thanksgiving fare – turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce plus pies that stretched as far as the eye could see – were coupled with traditional food of the homelands of some of the refugees, providing a United Nations of smells along the serving line. (Volunteer servers encouraged those in the line to try a little of everything. Some of the youngsters in the audience took the night to heart; their plates may have weighed as much as they did, as they didn’t say “no” to any server.) Sara Zullo, who heads the African Community Center D.C., said the participants in the evening’s events came from many lands, and told them they brought the same gifts to longtime local residents. “You enrich our lives and give us the chance to give back,” she told the refugees. Before the feast, participants were treated to the musical sounds of Semilla Cultural, which promotes Puerto Rican culture and the arts in the local area.

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The arrival of Amazon is likely to help boost parts of the local real estate market, which after a decade rebounding from the 2008-09 recession has hit a soft spot over the past year. The announcement that Amazon anticipates bringing in 25,000 workers over a decade-long period “provides great affirmation about our region’s value and strong fundamentals,” said Ryan Conrad, CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. But pump the brakes on the enthusiasm just a bit – any growth regionwide in home sales due to Amazon will be a plus, but not so large that it overshadows overall market dynamics. “My sense is that Amazon’s arrival will not have an immediate noticeable impact, but will over time be a contributor to increased values in close-in Northern Virginia,” said Carol Temple, a certified residential specialist with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. That’s in line with others in the industry. “Amazon will have a significant effect on out local real estate market – but not immediately,” said Dean Yeonas of Yeonas & Shafran Real Estate. “I do not forecast an immediate and sudden change in our environment.” How might the arrival of Amazon’s corps Young immigrants received help navigating the extensive array of treats at the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s sixth annual Refugees’ First Thanksgiving Dinner. See a slide show of photos from the event at www.insidenova.com/news/arlington.

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impact the local market? “There would be a 4-percent to 5-percent increase in the number of sales” above traditional norms over the coming decade if Amazon fulfills its stated goal of bringing 25,000 new jobs to the local area, according to a new analysis from McEnearney Associates. McEnearney’s analysts suggest the increase (counting Amazon employees and those working for firms that spring up to service the company) could be about 3,000 per year in a regional market – the District of Columbia and the Virginia and Maryland suburbs – that sees an average of just under 70,000 homes sold each year. The boost in sales, and a spike in prices, is likely to come to neighborhoods closest to the epicenter of the Amazon facilities: Arlington and Alexandria. Housing along Metro corridors also are expected to benefit, even if it is not in the immediate vicinity. “Buyers are willing to pay [a] higher price for pre-construction condos or townhomes in Metro-accessible areas,” said Tracy Comstock, principal broker of SilverLine Realty & Investments, who pointed to real estate along the Silver Line route running from East Falls Church through Tysons, Reston and, ultimately, eastern Loudoun County. But Coldwell Banker’s Temple said a little historical perspective might temper expectations just a bit when it comes to the short-term impact on existing homes. “When the Orange Line Metro stations opened in the mid-to-late 1970s, the prediction was that values for properties in close proximity would soar,” she said. “Not so. It took many years to see an appreciable increase in values. Despite the current headiness of Amazon’s arrival, appreciation is affected by supply and demand, the economy, the political climate and always unforeseen circumstances.” Yeonas, whose work spans Northern Virginia, said changes will impact the region over time. “Once the specific timing, number and rate of incoming people is known, I suspect we will see strength in the rental market first, and then in the for-sale market,” he said. “If the trend of the past several years of low inventory continues, I would expect to see prices increasing at an incrementally higher rate than previously.” Casey Samson, a Realtor based in Vienna, said portions of Fairfax County stand to be impacted positively by having Amazon close, but not right at their doorstep. “I think it is better for our area that the business is located in Crystal City, not in our back yard,” he said. “The major employment centers of D.C./Arlington/ Alexandria feed the bedroom communities – Falls Church, Vienna, Oakton and

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McLean. Any employment boom in those major employment centers is great for the bedroom communities.” After a solid sales year in 2017 – the highest in total sales and volume since 2005 – the Northern Virginia market has taken a bit of a breather, although in many cases prices continue to rise. The local market also appears to have reached a kind of equilibrium in recent weeks. “Both buyers and sellers compromised in October,” Comstock said. “Trying to get in front of the expected [interest-]rate increases, sellers were more willing to negotiate prices, recognizing that their own buying power would be less. The same held true for buyers: They were anxious to complete the transactions to ensure they would get the best possible rate and could maximize their buying power now.” The Amazon arrivals certainly could have some cash to spend; JBG Smith, one of the partners in the deal bringing the online giant to the local area, estimates that the average wage of the 25,000 could be north of $150,000, although like many aspects of the plan, that’s little more than a guesstimate at this point. While the Northern Virginia real estate market has been soft in recent months, it is coming off a strong 2017. A total of 22,555 properties went to closing last year, up 6.9 percent from the 21,097 transactions in 2016, according to preliminary data from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. That was the highest since the all-time local record of 29,235 sales reported in 2005 at the height of the pre-recession bubble. Total Northern Virginia sales volume for 2017 – $13.1 billion – was up from $11.7 billion in 2016 and also was the highest since the all-time record ($15.7 billion) was set in 2005. October proved another sluggish month, with the 1,585 sales reported across Northern Virginia, down 4 percent from a year before. Sales were down in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the city of Fairfax, up in the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church. While average sales prices were up modestly in the single-family and townhouse segments of the market (down in the condo segment), total year-over-year sales volume for October was down 3.1 percent to $903 million – and the number of pending sales reported during the month also was in negative territory. The need for additional housing is likely to put pressure on local governments to allow for more dense development in certain corridors. “There will be community opposition to this kind of development, because, understandably, there always is,” McEnearney’s analysis noted. Sales figures come from RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS.

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Value of Service Organizations Lauded at Luncheon SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Much has changed across Arlington since pre-World War II days, but the need for involved residents taking an active role in service organizations might never be more important. “All of you are ‘opinion leaders’ – you’re the people who are looked to for leadership,” Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson said at the 64th annual luncheon of the Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington, held Nov. 14 at Washington Golf & Country Club. The organization, founded in 1940, is a central clearinghouse for service clubs – Rotarians, Optimists, Zontas, Lions and the like – and whose members collectively contribute more than 100,000 volunteer hours in the community. The luncheon also served as a welcome to Karen Coltrane, who recently arrived as president and CEO of the Leadership Center for Excellence and provided remarks at the event. “Learning to lead is hard,” Coltrane said. “You can’t learn it from sitting in a class. Your most important learning . . . will often come out of the most difficult situations.” To be a good leader, “you must make yourself worth following,” said Coltrane. “You do this because it is right to make others’ lives better.”

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At the celebration, the Inter-Service Club Council presented its Man and Woman of the Year awards: • Man of the Year went to Tom Eversole, the volunteer executive director of the Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church, which works to enhance the lives of senior residents by providing the support they need to live independently while aging in place. “He exemplifies those unsung heroes who inspire us all and who go about their tasks without recognition while making a profound difference in so many lives,” the organization said. • Woman of the Year went to Ginger Geoffrey, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington who long has been active in a host of community activities, from the 4-H program of Virginia Cooperative Extension to Aspire After School to Bridges to Independence. She also serves as a mentor to students at Washington-Lee High School’s Key Club. “Ginger has shown a quiet dedication to Kiwanis and her community that reflects a lifelong passion for serving those in need,” the organization said. During the program, the Inter-Service Club Council presented a $1,000 check in support of Leadership Arlington’s youth program. The luncheon also marked the end of a two-year tenure of Edd Nolen as council president.

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Politics

Legislators Not Expecting Much Action on Trees

County Board Members Point to Need for Authority from Richmond to Offer Protections SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Don’t expect much in the way of additional powers for local governments to regulate tree removal to come out of the 2019 General GENERAL Assembly sesASSEMBLY sion.That seemed to be the consensus as a majority of the Arlington delegation on Nov. 13 met with the Arlington County Civic Federation. State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) said efforts to give more regulatory powers to localities run into opposition from those who consider property rights sacrosanct. “We have a very hard time moving forward with anything that’s really aggressive in terms of tree preservation on private property,” Favola said. If that proves to again be the case in the coming year, the circle will again be complete: Tree-preservation advocates blast the Arlington County Board for not doing enough; County Board members say their hands are tied by the legislature; and the legislature declines to loosen the handcuffs. For much of 2018, an increasingly vo-

cal group of tree-preservation activists has not been playing along with this script – advocates have attended multiple County Board meetings, loudly complaining that local elected officials are not flexing their muscles and both using the powers they already have been granted, and pushing the boundaries of the restrictions placed on them at the state level. Activists have been incensed by a number of tree-removal efforts on residential lots that were being prepped for redevelopment, and were not satisfied when county staff and board members shrugged their shoulders and said they couldn’t do anything about it. “You’re not listening to us,” Arlington Tree Action Group Barbara Wien told board members during one of the instances of verbal fisticuffs at board meetings. (County Board members do have negotiating power when a developer comes in seeking higher zoning than a parcel currently has, but the county government’s powers are very constricted when it comes to “by-right” development that does not seek zoning changes, as is the case in most residential projects.) At the Civic Federation meeting, Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) said activists should work to elect Democrats in next

Members of the Arlington County legislative delegation are (from left) state Sens. Janet Howell, Adam Ebbin and Barbara Favola and Dels. Alfonso Lopez, Patrick Hope, Rip Sullivan and Mark Levine.

year’s legislative elections, when all 40 state Senate and 100 House of Delegates seats will be on the ballot. “You give us a majority in the House and the Senate, you’re going to see some open-field running on a lot of these issues,” Lopez said. The 2019 General Assembly session is slated to start in mid-January and run through late February. Thousands of bills will be considered in the 46-day session. “There is a lot of legislation that we do

that is bipartisan,” said Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th), saying that about 90 percent of bills that pass the legislature do so with large majorities. “The other bills are the ones we fight about,” he said. The Civic Federation opted this year to hold a pre-session meeting with legislators, rather than its traditional postsession wrap-up. Also participating were state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) and Del. Mark Levine (D-45th).

School Board Again Seeking Control of Calendar SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

It’s probably going to happen eventually, and Arlington School Board members are hoping GENERAL that 2019 will the year that ASSEMBLY be Virginia localities will gain control of their school calendars. School Board members are slated to include the local-control proposal as part of their General Assembly legislativepriorities package, which will guide the school system’s lobbying efforts during the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January. Currently, the state government controls school calendars, although so many districts have received waivers that Arlington is in the minority of localities that must adhere to the state rules – the most irksome of which is a requirement that the school year can’t open until after Labor Day. Legislation to devolve calendar-setting to localities in Virginia has become an annual event much like Charlie Brown trying 4

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to kick the football: It gets a solid running start but then falls on its [back] at the very last minute. It’s usually in the state Senate where the measure is bottled up, including earlier this year when a Senate committee held it up by a single vote. State Sen. Amanda Chase (RMidlothian) already has introduced a bill for 2019 that would permit all school boards across the commonwealth to set their starting day as they see fit. Other legislators in both houses are likely to introduce similar measures, and there is at least one piece of legislation on the topic that was held over from the 2018 session. The requirement that schools start after Labor Day long has been called the “Kings Dominion Rule,” based on the years-ago lobbying prowess of the theme park and others in the tourism industry, who wanted to ensure they had youthful workers on hand for the last major weekend of summer. (Kings Dominion long since has given up interest in the matter, and does not have a formal opinion one way or another.) While Fairfax County has received a waiver, Arlington is among the districts that must adhere to the current state pol-

icy; when the 2018-19 school year started in Arlington the Tuesday after Labor Day, students in some other local districts already had been in class for more than a week. Starting the school year early doesn’t result in any additional instructional time for students, as school systems that have the waiver simply end classes earlier each June. But it does allow school districts a slightly longer lead-in time to prepare for Standards of Learning exams, or SOLs, that are administered in the spring. The School Board is in the process of finalizing its 2019 legislative package. Among other items included in the draft report: • Arlington school leaders are pressing for closer collaboration between local school districts and Virginia’s community colleges. • The school system wants in-state tuition for undocumented students, if they meet certain criteria. • The school system opposes the creation of tuition tax credits, tax deductions or vouchers for parents of students who do not enroll their children in public schools.

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Sullivan to Lead Campaign Efforts of Democrats in House of Delegates: Del. Rip Sullivan will again lead Democratic efforts to expand the party’s ranks in the House of Delegates. Sullivan (D-48th) has been tapped to serve as campaign chair for the House Democratic Caucus. He previously served in the post in 2017, a year Democrats picked up 15 seats in the lower house of the legislature and nearly took the majority. In an e-mail to supporters, Sullivan said the goal for the coming year was to regain the majority lost by Democrats in 2000 after a century in power. “It takes a lot of energy, passion and bravery to run in tough districts,” said Sullivan, an attorney who first was elected in 2014. Heading the campaign effort also is likely to provide Sullivan with a framework in which to launch a bid for higher office, should he desire. For now, however, the focus is on 2019. “I accepted the position again to finish the job, and I look forward to continuing my work to flip the House of Delegates next November,” Sullivan said.

Critics Rap County Board on Facets of Amazon Deal SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Activists who believe the fix is in and the Arlington government already has rolled over for Amazon used what limited opportunities they had at the Nov. 17 County Board meeting to demand more accountability and transparency from elected officials. “You care more about your own authority than you do about the input of the community,” local resident Daniel Gajewski told County Board members to murmurs of support from a large crowd in the board room. “I do not believe this is a good-faith effort,” said Gajewski, calling county officials’ attempts to avoid a full-throttled discussion of the deal at this stage of the game “a cowardly and desperate attempt to limit debate.” The confrontational stance taken Saturday by a coalition of left-leaning groups on the issue ended the five-day high Arlington officials had been on since Amazon announced it would relocate a portion of its “HQ2” facilities in Crystal City and Potomac Yard. The rest of the offices and personnel will be headed to the New York City borough of Queens. Arlington officials say they plan to hold a required public hearing, probably early next year, on the local economic-incentive package dangled to lure Amazon. That was not enough for those who think the county government should play hardball to wring concessions from the firm. Those who organized the gathering at the County Board meeting – Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America and Our Revolution Arlington – say they want the county government to embark on a full cost-benefit analysis of the Amazon deal. “This is a chance to give the community a voice,” said Tim Dempsey, a member of Our Revolution Arlington, which in recent months has pressed the county government to demand concessions on everything from housing to infrastructure from Amazon. (Ironically, the County Board member who has been most in favor of instituting cost-benefit analyses on major projects – John Vihstadt – was voted out of office Nov. 6 and will depart the job on Dec. 31, before a vote on the Amazon deal is taken.) Shortly after the Nov. 12 announcement of Arlington’s selection, county officials released what they say is the complete package offered to Amazon. But on Nov. 17, they acknowledged that non-disclosure agreements mean some information, particularly that transmitted to Arlington from Amazon, has not been released. Arlington’s mostly (except for Vihstadt) Democratic leadership, which seldom enjoys seeing itself called to the carpet by progressive groups, parried the

thrust in a largely united front, saying the county government in general, and they in particular, were only minor players in the overall deal. • “It was all being driven by the state [government],” said board member Erik Gutshall. • Most of this was done on the state level,” said board member Libby Garvey. • “If you have an issue with it, there is a venue to take that up – it’s not in this room,” said board vice chairman Christian Dorsey, intimating Richmond might be the better spot. Even County Attorney Stephen MacIsaac professed ignorance of full details of the incentive package offered by Gov. Northam. “The state has been very close to the vest on a lot of this,” he said. “We’re not in possession of the documents.” Arlington’s proposed direct financial incentive to Amazon, as sketched out the day of the announcement, includes a 15year 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 proposing 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. While critics are skeptical that the full story is being told, one County Board member predicted there were no bombshell revelations just waiting to be uncovered. “While there’s a tendency to believe where there is smoke there is fire, that’s just not the case here,” Gutshall said. “There isn’t some treasure trove of information” that would cast the deal in a different light, Gutshall said in a comment that, despite its earnestness, drew derisive laughter from the agitated audience. In order to ensure there would not be a long line of speakers about Amazon at the board meeting, County Board Chairman Katie Cristol enforced rules that allowed just one speaker per topic during public-comment periods. “That is out of fairness – fairness to your fellow citizens” who came to speak on other topics, she said. Cristol said there would be a number of ways for the public to have its say on the Amazon deal in coming months, focusing on the eventual public hearing as “an opportunity for as many people to comment as fully as they wish.” History suggests that may be too late: County Board members have never in the past turned down an economic-development deal following a public hearing.

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Opinion

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Our View: And Heeeeeere Comes Amazon It’s said that half a loaf is better than none, and in the case of Arlington and its new best buddy Amazon, our county walked away with a tad less than half – not only will the much-coveted “HQ2” be split between Northern Virginia and New York City, but Northern Virginia’s portion will be sliced up between Arlington and Alexandria. In the long run, not winning the whole enchilada might actually prove to be a good thing – assuming government potentates didn’t give away the entire economic-development store in order to land what amounts to a partial victory. The smaller, though still substantial, number of workers expected to come this way will be easier to absorb with current local infrastructure. In a carefully choreographed ballet last week, state and local officials attempted to assure constituents that, never

fear, the arrival of Amazon is mostly up-side in terms of its ramifications. But you can’t get around the fact that a major influx of new people is going to have an impact on housing, roads, schools and the like. It’s unlikely most of the newly arrived Amazonians (is that what we should be calling them? or perhaps “Amazon-Bees”?) will end up decamping to homes in Arlington, particularly if they are bringing families in tow, as there is just not enough real estate in the county to accommodate them. And as everyone who knows economic development can attest, it’s commercial real estate that is a money-maker for localities; residential real estate is a loss leader due in large part to the cost of the $20,000-a-pop-in-Arlington expense per student.

(Re)name County Middle School ‘Stratford’ Editor: On Nov. 26, the naming committee for Arlington’s new middle school will conclude its work and send a recommendation to the School Board. “Stratford Middle School” should be the name of the new middle school. Sixty years ago, Stratford Junior High School was the first public school in Virginia to desegregate. Four AfricanAmerican students enrolled at Stratford on Feb. 2, 1959. Eighty five police, in full riot gear, stood watch. The world also watched, on television and in print, as Virginia’s five-year “massive resistance” to school integration ended, peacefully.

The school site is both a National Historic Landmark and a Local Historic District. That the Stratford name comes from the birthplace of Robert E. Lee is an uncomfortable part of the history, but not the most important part. As community historian Dr. Alfred Taylor reminds us, “We have to understand where we are coming from so we can appreciate where we are going.” Last year, the Superintendent’s Special Committee on Historic Interpretation at the Former Stratford Junior High School unanimously recommended that the school name remain “Stratford.” Importantly, this group included African-American community leaders

with intimate knowledge of Arlington’s school-desegregation journey. The group also established priorities and opportunities for honoring the legacy of the many individuals who guided, and continue to guide, desegregation and defending civil rights. Names matter. History matters. At Stratford, the civil rights history matters most. (Re)name the school “Stratford.” Susan Cunningham Arlington

Editor: Barbara Kanninen decisively won reelection to the Arlington School Board, receiving 69 percent of the vote against Audrey Clement. Clement’s main message, amply funded by both donors to her campaign and third-party funders, was that the effort to rename Washington-Lee High School should be terminated. While Clement began her campaign merely bemoaning the process that the

School Board had utilized, her message soon morphed into one strongly advocating that the name should not be changed under any circumstances. This arose in all of her advertising, in her campaign appearances and through surrogates. Kanninen’s re-election shows that the Arlington electorate disagreed with Clement and her supporters. Their message did not resonate. As the proud parent of two Wash-

ington-Lee students from the classes of 2019 (the school’s last graduating class under that name) and 2017, I look forward to the completion of the deliberate process and the selection of a new name that all Arlingtonians can be proud of. Elections have consequences. Let’s move forward. Stephan Kline Arlington

Cunningham is co-chair of the Superintendent’s Special Committee on Historic Interpretation at the Former Stratford Junior High School.

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Editor: As a 1981 graduate of Washington-Lee High School, I do not want to lose the valuable name recognition and unique legacy of this wonderful school, which was a champion of minorities before other schools in the area came on board. I am very disappointed in the School

Board’s failure to follow its own policies and core values. They have willfully misled the public and rushed the process through without transparency. I recently attended a School Board meeting where I observed a common theme of how the community is frustrated with the lack of transparency and integrity board on many issues. The

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people are appalled by how the board members disregard their own procedures. A sense of fairness should be a top priority, as we trust elected officials to be good role models for our children and good stewards of our resources. Susan Cox Sterling

Arlington Home Sales Still See a Run of Sluggishness The arrival of Amazon may change things over the long haul, but for now, the Arlington real estate market seems to be moving through a dormant period, saleswise – with few signs of improvement on the near horizon. But while sales were down, the average sales price was up slightly and prices of single-family properties averaged more than $1 million during the month, according to new figures. A total of 220 properties went to closing in September, according to figures reported Nov. 12 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, based on data from Bright MLS. That’s down 13 percent from the 254 transactions from September 2017. Among all properties that sold, the average sales price of $659,278 was up 2.7 percent, but it was in the single-family sector that prices really took off – the average sales price of $1,017,809 was up 10.5 percent. The other two legs of the stool, however, saw declines: • The average sales price of attached homes, such as townhouses or rowhouses, declined 2.2 percent to $450,425. • The average sales price of condominiums declined 9.2 percent to $397,009. Add it all up and the total sales volume for the month stood at $145 million, down 11 percent from a year before. Inventory was down on a year-overyear basis in Arlington, with 505 properties on the market at the end of the month, compared to 554 a year before. Where is the county market headed? Pending sales, new pendings and homes coming under contract during September all were in a downward trajectory from a year before, which may mean a soft period until the advent of the spring buying season. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary and are subject to revision. D.C. Core Sees Fewer Sales, Higher Prices: The strongest October, price-wise, in at least a decade was offset by lower home sales in the Washington inner core, according to new figures, while for the first time in more than two years, prospective buyers have more properties to choose from than they did the preceding year. A total of 4,056 properties went to closing last month, down 6.1 percent from a year before, according to figures reported Nov. 12 by Data provided by

MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS (www. brightmlshomes.com). Figures include sales in the District of Columbia; Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia; and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland. Crunch all the numbers and the total sales volume for the D.C. core was $2.1 billion for the month, down 3.9 percent from a year before. Sales rose in Prince George’s County and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, but were down in the all other jurisdictions, often by double-digit totals. The decline helped push the year-to-date sales totals further into negative territory, with the 46,273 closed transactions down 2 percent from the same 10-month period in 2017. While sales were down, the median sales price across the region rose 3.2 percent to $426,475, with increases reported in most jurisdictions except Prince George’s and Arlington. For the first 10 months of the year, the median sales price of $440,000 was up 3.3 percent regionwide, with only Arlington showing a year-over-year dropoff. For October, the median sales price for a single-family home rose 3.9 percent to $528,000, while the median price for townhomes was up 3.7 percent to $425,000 and the median sales price for condominiums rose 0.3 percent to $308,000. Buoyed by its large percentage of single-family homes, Falls Church had the highest median sales price both for October ($805,500) and the year to date ($763,500). For the first time since May 2016, the number of properties on the market posted a year-over-year increase, with the 10,380 active listings at the end of the month up 2.7 percent from a year before. Inventory was higher in all three segments of the market – single-family, attached and condo – but was boosted largely by increases in Prince George’s County and the District of Columbia, while most Northern Virginia jurisdictions (except Falls Church) still had fewer homes on the market than they did a year before. Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary and are subject to revision. – Staff Reports

Transportation Body Hosts Open House The Commonwealth Transportation Board will hold a regional meeting and open house to update the public on Northern Virginia transportation efforts on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Northern Virginia office of the Virginia Department of Transportation, 4975 Alliance Drive in Fairfax. Participants will be able to review projects that have been submitted for scoring

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Renaming of Jefferson Davis Hwy Again Sought SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington officials could again head to Richmond with hat in hand early next year, hoping to win authority to rename Jefferson Davis Highway. But at least one legislator who supports the effort thinks waiting until 2020 may be the better move. The renaming proposal has made it into the County Board’s 2019 draft legislative package, which upon adoption will guide the county government’s lobbying efforts in Richmond. The county is asking to rename the roadway as “Richmond Highway,” as recently was done by the Alexandria City Council for the stretch of the north-south arterial that runs through its borders. (Why could Alexandria rename its stretch of the road but Arlington needs to ask permission from the General Assembly? That was the ruling of the state attorney general’s office, which decided that cities have more power than counties

on the matter of road names.) Whether the General Assembly, not particularly known for its admiration for Arlington’s local government, will go along with the request remains to be seen. The upcoming General Assembly session will run from Jan. 9 to Feb. 23, with Republicans holding narrow majorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates. The closest a renaming effort came to success in the 2018 legislative session was a bill patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st), which would have allowed localities to rename state roadways in their jurisdictions, so long as the roads had been in existence for at least five decades. The Senate Committee on Transportation voted a party-line 7-6 to kill the proposal, leaving naming (and renaming) of major roads largely in the hands of the General Assembly and Commonwealth Transportation Board. Favola, who served on the County Board before being elected in 2011 to the Senate, said it might be smarter politics to hold off on any push for renaming in the

upcoming session and see whether Democrats win control of the legislature next November. “The decision-makers in the General Assembly have not changed since 2018,” she told the Sun Gazette. “A better approach would be to wait until 2020. At that time, both bodies – House of Delegates and state Senate – will be returning after having stood for election. I expect the voters may choose to refresh those bodies in the 2019 elections.” Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. Route 1) received its name in the 1920s from the General Assembly, which had been lobbied by United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor the Confederate president. The draft Arlington legislative package for 2019 does not ask for power to rename another major route – Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) – which some activists have sought. County officials may have decided that while there isn’t necessarily a lot of love for Mississippi native Jefferson Davis in the Old Dominion, trying to take

on the General Assembly over the iconic Robert E. Lee would be unwise. But damage already may have been done, in a sense, as the Arlington School Board’s plan to rename Washington-Lee High School has garnered notice and furrowed brows across the commonwealth, according to those who interact frequently with downstate legislators. It gives legislators pre-disposed to reflexively be uncharitable to Arlington another cause for complaint. The County Board is slated to adopt its 2019 legislative-priorities package on Dec. 15, following a Dec. 7 gathering with the county’s legislative delegation. While having to defer to state officials on the names of most major roadways, Arlington does control the naming of most county secondary roads. In 2012, the County Board changed the name of a separate portion of Jefferson Davis Highway in Crystal City to “Long Bridge Drive.” That decision had less to do with controversy over Davis and more with the development of Long Bridge Park.

Residential-Parking-Permit Effort Moves Ahead SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

With an expected two-year analysis of the Arlington government’s residential-

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sometime next year, marking what could be the first major revision of regulations to the 45-year-old program in more than a decade. Public meetings are slated for Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. at Aurora Hills Community Center and Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Charles Drew Community Center. A previous meeting was held earlier in November. They are follow-ups to more informal meetings held at various locations around the county over the summer. (The community is asked to register at www.arlingtonva.us to attend any of the meetings.) County Board members in August 2017 imposed the moratorium on additions or changes at the request of County Manager Mark Schwartz. As a result, 16 requests from the community then in the pipeline were put in cold storage. In making the request last year, Schwartz said there was not enough staff time both to evaluate incoming requests while also working on the upcoming study. “There is an element of unfairness to it,” Schwartz acknowledged then. “You’ve got to draw the line somewhere.” On a 3-2 vote, board members agreed to the moratorium. Existing parking zones are not affected during the study period, but residents living in them are unable to petition for changes in the times of restricted parking. Other rules, including who gets parking passes and how much they cost, have remained in place. Parking restrictions in residential neighborhoods were first imposed in Aurora Highlands in 1973, a response to commuters using single-family neighborhoods as daytime parking lots. The program, which last had an exten-

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sive review in 2003-05, has expanded to 24 different zones across the county, mostly in areas where neighborhoods abut commercial or retail areas. During the August 2017 discussion, then-County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said the parking-permit program was a benefit to the community “when it works,” but said it also has led to inequities pitting neighborhoods against neighborhoods, single-family residents vs. those in multifamily buildings, and residents of one street against another. Some delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation have complained that because certain multi-family apartment and condominium compounds do not have adequate parking, vehicles there spill over into adjoining streets. (Bill Braswell, a federation delegate, had the most succinct demand of county officials in discussing the matter last year. “Fix it,” he said.) County transportation officials say their goal is to have between 60 and 85 percent of available on-street parking filled at any given time. Before the moratorium took effect, those petitioning the government for a parking district had to prove that at least 75 percent of spaces are taken up on average, and that more than 25 percent of them are occupied by vehicles from outside the neighborhood, in order to get a permit district approved. A total of 36 petitions for parking restrictions were received by the county government in the last fiscal year before the moratorium went into effect, up from 32 the preceding year. Most petitions are rejected, but addressing applications requires dozens of hours of staff time each, county officials said.

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

service event that I’ve seen in 15 years of ministry,” said Rev. Derek Adye of the church. For information, see the Web site at www.trygrace.org.

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cofounder of America Online, has been announced as the keynote speaker at the Leadership Center for Excellence’s fourth annual leadership summit, to be held next February. Case “is an American business and technology legend,” said Karen Coltrane, president and CEO of the Leadership Center. “Along with his work to inspire innovation and inclusion, he promises to give summit attendees a remarkable perspective on leadership.” The event will be held on Feb. 8 at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church. It is held in conjunction with Leadership Greater Washington, Leadership Loudoun and Leadership Prince William. For information and registration, see the Web site at www.leadercenter.org/ summit.

CHURCH TO HOST MEAL-PACKING INITIATIVE: Grace Community Church’s an-

nual “Hunger to Hope” initiative aims to pack 200,000 meals on Sunday, Dec. 2 at Kenmore Middle School. Working in three two-hour shifts, participants (ages 5 to adult) can help pack food to support Feed My Starving Children. “This experience delivers. You can feel it. It’s arguably the best family-friend

liance will host a free Winter Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. along the Lee Highway corridor of Arlington. The event will feature more than 10,000 holiday lights, with events at the Lee Arts Center, Lee-Harrison Shops and Langston-Brown Community Center. There also will be a holiday market at the historic Cherrydale Fire Station. For details, see the Web site at www. leehighwayalliance.com. CHURCH TO HOST ANNUAL ‘MESSIAH’ SING-ALONG: Clarendon United Meth-

odist Church will host its 47th annual “Messiah” sing-along on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 606 North Irving St. A pre-concert event begins at 7 p.m., and a reception will follow. There is no charge, but a donation of $20 is suggested. Musical scores will be available. For information, see the Web site at www.clarendonumc.org. T:13”

ficers will be out at several locations in the community in coming days as part of the department’s fourth annual “Fill the Cruiser” holiday toy drive. Local residents are asked to donate new, unwrapped toys for children up to age 17. Donations will be distributed to recipients throughout the month of December. Officers and a police cruiser will be available on the following days: • Friday, Nov. 23 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, 1100 South Hayes St., in the food court next to the Christmas tree. • Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 830 23rd St. South. • Thursday, Nov. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center, 2425 North Harrison St. Those wishing to donate toys also can drop off donations at police headquarters, 1425 North Courthouse Road, through Dec. 14. In addition, the Ballston and Rosslyn business-improvement districts have deployed collection boxes at numerous local businesses and commercial and residential properties as part of “Operation Stocking Stuffer,” an extension of the Fill the Cruiser events.

CHURCH TO HOST LIVING NATIVITY:

Cherrydale United Methodist Church will host its 33rd annual Living Nativity on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church, 3701 Lorcom Lane. The event will feature Biblical characters and live animals outside, with refreshments and caroling inside. The community is invited. CHURCH TO HOST CHRISTMAS-TREE SALE: Clarendon United Methodist

Church’s annual sale of Christmas trees will begin on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the church, 606 North Irving St. Proceeds from the sale will support Arlington Thrive, Rise Against Hunger and Wings of Caring. For a full schedule of sales dates and times, see the Web site at www.clarendonumc.org.

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

will host a fall family fun hike on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Designed for families with children ages 5 and older, the event will include a hike with a view of the Potomac River while looking for signs of the fall season. The cost is $5. For information, call (703) 228-3403. The Sun Gazette welcomes your submission of items for inclusion in the newspaper. Send items to the editor via regular mail, email or online and we’ll do our best to get it in!

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Holiday Show Combines Pirates, Santa Claus MATT REVILLE Staff Writer

What do you get when you cross “yo-ho-ho” with “ho-hoho”? A band of pirates who find themselves ON setting for the STAGE sail North Pole and a visit with Santa. That’s the premise behind “Jingle Arrgh the Way,” a holiday-themed production for the younger crowd by Encore Stage and Studio. It’s a show that, if a little thin on plot development, does provide an entertaining romp for its target audience. Like many young people, our protagonist – Jeremy – enjoys a healthy imagination, and when his parents leave for an afternoon out, he gets a return visit from a band of mostly merry pirates, ready to take him on another adventure. They’re a diverse crew: Sharktooth, the crankiest of the bunch but one with an affinity for Broadway musicals; Pierre, the French chef perpetually irked by those who mispronounce his cuisine (“kwitch” for “quiche” as

just one example); Swill, who has an encyclopedic knowledge and isn’t afraid to whip it out; Max, who has what he thinks is a live parrot on his shoulder but really doesn’t; and leading them all, Braid Beard the captain, a tad officious but with a good heart. The band of pirates has stumbled upon a secret message and, with the help of Jeremy, are soon headed to the chilly north, learning about the area along the way. (“Pirates don’t know who Santa is,” said Braid Beard, who tends to preface many remarks with “Pirates don’t ...”) After first encountering a polar bear and dealing with the resulting mayhem, the ship’s crew meets up with Ol’ Saint Nick himself, with the jolly man ready to dispense presents and provide some wisdom on the real meaning of the holiday. Casting was solid, with Lillian Try as Jeremy, Brian Tatum as jolly Santa and Christopher Federico, Bridget Schaller, Vivien Williams, Kate Oliver and Elizabeth Burkholder as various main-character pirates. Director Sarah Markovits keeps the pace moving through

Christopher Federico as Braid Beard explains his plans to other pirates in Encore Stage & Studio’s production of “Jingle Arrgh the Way,” which runs through Dec. 9 at Gunston Arts Center. PHOTO BY AILEEN CHRISTMAS

two acts totaling an hour and 45 minutes. If there was a down side, it was the plot, which was more soup than stew – it needed more meat. Instead, there were a few musical numbers, of mixed caliber, to extend the running time. Encore is always solid on the technical side, with sets (Kristen Jepperson), costumes (Debra Leonard), choreography (Mara Stewart) and lighting (Gary

Hauptman) all effective. Sound, which can provide challenges in this theater, generally was fine once a few first-weekend microphone hiccups were worked out. The show is designed for ages 4 and older, which sounds about right. Get tickets close to the stage so the younger audience members can be wowed by the visual appeal. And remember: If a holiday story focused on pirates seems

a little odd, just remember – the show is being presented in Arrrrrgh-lington, after all. “Jingle Arrgh the Way” takes the Thanksgiving weekend off, then returns for performances Nov. 30 through Dec. 9 at Gunston Arts Center, 2700 South Lang St. in Arlington. For tickets and information, see the Website at www.encorestage. org.

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Arlington Notes II Tom Eversole, the volunteer executive director of the Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church, recently was saluted by the organization’s board of directors for having been named Man of the Year for 2018 by the Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington. COUNTY BOARD MEMBER APPOINTED TO LEADERSHIP POST: Arlington

County Board member Erik Gutshall has been elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Virginia Association of Counties. Gutshall will serve as one of seven board members from Region 8, which includes most of Northern Virginia. The new president of the organization is Timothy Reeves Sr. of Wythe County, with the president-elect Stephen Bowen of Nottoway County. NEW BANNERS GOING UP ALONG COLUMBIA PIKE: The Columbia Pike Revi-

talization Organization is set to embark on installation of place-making banners along Columbia Pike, an effort designed to visually unify the four-mile stretch of the roadway from the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel west to the Arlington Mill Community Center. Future banners will be installed between South Dinwiddie and South Jefferson streets. The initiative has been funded by grants from Arlington County, the Washington Forrest Foundation and the Virginia Main Street Affiliate Program. OPTIMISTS PREP ANNUAL SALE OF CHRISTMAS TREES: The Arlington Op-

timist Club returns to its familiar spot – North Glebe Road and Lee Highway – for its annual sale of Christmas trees. More than 1,000 trees will be sold by the Optimists, who have used the corner lot for the past 73 years. Sales begin Nov. 23 and will close on Dec. 21 or when trees are sold out, whichever comes first. Proceeds will benefit Optimist efforts locally and internationally. Sales hours are Mondays through Thursdays from 2 to 8 p.m., Fridays from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information, see the Web site at www.optimistclubofarlingtonva.org. LIBRARY EXHIBITION FOCUSES ON SOVIET GENOCIDE: Shirlington Library

is hosting an exhibition focusing on the 85th anniversary of Holodomor, the forced starvation of a believed 7 million residents of Ukraine by the Soviet government in 1932-33. The exhibition, which runs through the end of November, looks at the efforts of Soviet leaders, including Joseph Stalin, to collectivize Ukraine’s farmers and confiscate grain and other foodstuffs to feed

other parts of the Soviet Union and penalize Ukrainians for their opposition to Soviet rule. By some estimates, nearly 25 percent of Ukraine’s population died during the period. The exhibition includes information from the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness.

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‘MEET THE SPEAKER’ SERIES IS BACK:

Encore Learning’s “Meet the Speaker” series continues on Monday, Dec. 3 with Chip Beck discussing his career of more than 45 years working on international affairs. Beck is a retired U.S. Navy commander who has served as a consultant to the CIA and State Department, and also served as a U.S. Army combat artist and editorial cartoonist. The event will be held at 3 p.m. at Central Library, and is held in conjunction with the county library system. The community is invited. For information, call (703) 228-2144.

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Sumptuous 22207 Home Is Set on Large and Verdant Lot

Even though fall has arrived, it’s not too early to think about spring. And should you make the wise choice to call this week’s featured property your own, you’ll be rewarded with bountiful and visually appealing scenery of 2019. A delightful, three-level home in immaculate condition, the property is surrounded by a large (13,500-square-foot) lot featuring tall trees and mature plantings. The result is a home that is a testament to elegance, offering the perfect backdrop to daily living and entertaining in style. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,429,000 by Chris Fries of McEnearney Associates. An elegant and forceful curb appeal provides a fitting introduction for all that will follow as we explore the 4,200plus square feet of interior space. But before moving indoors, let’s circle the property and explore some of the real delights of the design. In the rear yard, the expansive slate patio and stacked-stone walls provide to the perfect backdrop for all manner of gatherings. And the four-zone irrigation systems means you’ll be able to keep the grounds pristine while also helping the environment. And now, indoors! Highlights are many, and the home is streaked with natural sunlight that allows the impressive room sizes to shine in all their glory. The formal living and dining rooms are delights, while the updated, openconcept kitchen likely will be the true central hub of the home – and it offers new stainless appliances and new granite counters to add to the ambiance. A custom-built screened-in porch, with skylight, is another treat that is both visually appealing and eminently practical. Overall, there are four bedrooms, none more stately than the master retreat. Many more delights await, so do not delay – go take a look today!

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Affordability Still Low in Latest Quarter A modest increase in interest rates and home prices kept housing affordability at a 10-year low in the third quarter of 2018, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). In all, 56.4 percent of new and existing homes sold between the beginning of July and end of September were affordable to families earning the U.S. median income of $71,900. This is down from the 57.1 percent of homes sold in the second quarter that were affordable to median-income earners and the lowest reading since mid-2008. The national median home price edged up from $265,000 in the second quarter of 2018 to $268,000 in the third quarter. This is the highest quarterly median price in the history of the HOI series. At the same time, average mortgage rates rose to an average of 4.72 percent from 4.67 percent in the second quarter. “Continuing home price appreciation and rising interest rates coupled with persistent labor shortages are contributing to housing affordability concerns,” said NAHB Chairman Randy Noel, a custom home builder from LaPlace, La. “Builders are increasingly focusing on managing home construction costs so that they do not outpace wage gains.” For the second straight quarter, Syracuse, N.Y., remained as the nation’s most affordable major housing market. There, 88.2 percent of all new and existing homes sold in the third quarter were affordable to families earning the area’s median income of $74,100. Meanwhile, Kokomo, Ind., was rated the nation’s most affordable smaller market, with 93.2 percent of homes sold in the third quarter being affordable to families earning the median income of $64,100. San Francisco, for the fourth straight quarter, was the nation’s least affordable major market. There, just 6.4 percent of the homes sold in the third quarter of 2018 were affordable to families earning the area’s median income of $116,400. Other major metros at the bottom of the affordability chart were located in California. In descending order, they included Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale; Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara; and San Diego-Carlsbad.

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High-School Hoops Bring Annoying Adult Behavior The 2018-19 high-school basketball seasons begin in a few days, shortly after Thanksgiving.

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Teams Combined For Only 12 Wins

The overall combined record of Arlington’s four high-school varsity football teams for the 2018 season wasn’t very good at 12-31, worse than the 2017 campaign when the foursome was 15-24.

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Wakefield High School’s Isaiah Mefford carries the ball during a late-season National District contest against the Lee Lancers during the 2018 regular season. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

O’Connell Loses Big in Metro Division Final A Staff Report

The rematch against St. Mary’s Ryken didn’t go any better than the initial showdown for the Bishop O’Connell Knights. Fourth-seed O’Connell (3-9) was blown out by No. 2 seed Ryken, 43-6, 18 at Catholic FOOTBALL Nov. University in the championship high-school football game of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAÇ) Metro Division playoffs. Ryken led 14-0 after the first quarter, 36-0 at halftime and 43-0 after three periods. In a regular-season game a few weeks earlier, Ryken led O’Connell 35-0 at halftime in a 42-6 victory. 16

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O’Connell was hoping to avenge that defeat in the championship game, much like it did in the semifinals when the Knights defeated top seed Paul VI, after losing to that team in the regular season. Ryken didn’t allow that to occur, scoring two rushing touchdowns in the first quarter, then adding three TDs and a safety in the second period. O’Connell coach Colin Disch acknowledged Ryken’s talent, but said the 35-33 semifinal road win over Paul VI gave his squad confidence entering the title game of the first-year playoff event. The Knights received another boost in that win with the return of previously-injured starting two-day junior players Jah-

mal Banks and Jalen Haggler. They had missed multiple games. Including the two playoff games, O’Connell finished 2-4 against WCAC opponents this season, with wins over Bishop Ireton and Paul VI, a close loss to Carroll and the two lopsided setbacks against Ryken, which blanked third-seed Carroll, 48-0, in the other Metro Division playoff semifinal. With a roster that included some two dozen underclassmen this season, Disch believes the playing time and experience they received will help for next season. NOTE: For football, the WCAC includes two five-team divisions, with the Capital Division the other.

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Of the four, only the Yorktown Patriots had a winning record in 2018 at 6-5, finishing second in the Liberty District and reaching the 6D North Region tournament as the No. 8 seed, and losing in the first round. The Bishop O’Connell Knights (3-9) won the next most games during 2018 with the three triumphs. The Wakefield Warriors were 2-8 and the WashingtonLee Generals 1-9. Other than Yorktown, the teams were most disappointed with the records, hoping for closer to .500 seasons and challenging for playoff berths. WashingtonLee and O’Connell did lose a number of close games each. Going forward, the coaches are optimistic more victories and better records will result because of the experience many underclassmen received in 2018.

With that in mind, here’s a suggestion to adult fans and parents of players who plan to attend prep basketball games this coming season. Cool it on getting loud, throwing hands into the air and vocally criticizing referees during games. Those reactions are annoying, look foolish, can be embarrassing to players (and other offspring), aren’t necessary, and change absolutely nothing. For whatever reasons, adults have a need to take on the officials. Not just in high school, but in all sports – yet such behavior is much more noticeable in the close-quarters, indoor confines of a basketball court. The request likely will have little effect of being followed. Other than contests filled with endless free throws, the worst part of high-school basketball is how adults take on the game officials. Often they don’t know enough to act on their own – instead waiting for a coach’s reaction, then responding. Students are rarely a problem in that regard. They are much more concerned about participating in the active student section they’re among and how that group can outdo, outdress in bizarre manners, outfunny and outcheer the opposing section. Watching those student sections often is more entertaining than the action on the court. Coaches respond to referees’ decisions. That’s part of the sport. Parents don’t have to join in. In some cases, coaches have learned to curtail reactions so not to encourage such fans. The best remedy and policing of the situation can come from the players themselves – telling the adults and insisting, during previous conversations, that their parents button it up. Cheer positively or not at all, and don’t be embarrassing fools. Adults, listen to those teenagers.

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Arlington Flag Team Wins a Regional Championship The Arlington age 13-14 girls team won the recent NFL Flag Football Regional championship in convincing fashion in Conshohocken, Pa. The 10-player Arlington team was 4-0 in the tournawith four shutouts. FLAG FOOTBALL ment Arlington was 3-0 in pool play, winning by scores of 28-0, 19-0 and 31-0, then was victorious, 20-0, in the title game. By winning the region championship, the Arlington team qualified to compete for a national championship in January during the NFL Pro Bowl weekend festivities in Orlando. Arlington head coach Mike Rivera was impressed with the offense that was led by quarterback Zoraida Icabalceta. She threw 10 touchdown passes in the four games, and on defense returned an interception for a score.

Arlington’s NFL Flag age 13-14 region championship team.

Ellie Simmons scored four touchdowns for Arlington, Alyssa Kenealy scored three, and Hannah Boone, Toni

McCrae and Sophia Bailey all added TDs. “The offense produced, but the defense was simply dominant,” said defensive coach and former Arlington NFL Flag commissioner Bart Gray. “These girls showed up on every play, all day long. Tierra Russell, Emily Stafford, Sophia Bailey, Imari Poindexter, Juliana Lomas, Toni McCrae, Zoraida Icabalceta and Ellie Simmons played great defense.” Rivera said the team now will look ahead to Orlando. “The girls are deserving of this regional championship,” Rivera said. “But our real goal is to win the national championship. We are building on a strong core of returning players, but have been fortunate to be able to add many talented players. We feel good where we are, but have a lot of work to do to achieve our ultimate goal.”

High-School Roundup O’CONNELL VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN STATE SEMIFINALS: The fourth-seed

Bishop O’Connell Knights (19-7) were defeated by the Flint Hill Huskies, 3-0, in the semifinals of the Division I privateschool girls state volleyball tournament after defeating the fifth-seeded Episcopal Maroon, 3-1, in a first-round match. O’Connell won the 2016 state highschool championship match, defeating Flint Hill in the title match. “We remember what happened two years ago, so we never take O’Connell for granted,” Flint Hill coach Carrol DeNure said. In the win over Episcopal, Anna Drahozal had 14 kills and 15 digs, Sasha Millora-Bown had 13 kills, Kelley Moriarty had 31 assists, Grace Motta had nine kills and Ajia James had six kills. Against Flint Hill, Drahozal and Millora-Bown each had seven kills, Mary Valenti had four, James three and Motta two. Moriarty had three aces. Chosen first team all-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference for O’Connell was Moriarty. Skye Ferris made second team. Honorable-mention selections were James and Millora-Brown. O’Connell lost to champion Paul VI Catholic in the semifinals of the WCAC tournament, after downing St. Mary’s

Ryken, 3-1, in the quarterfinals. Against St. Mary’s Ryken, Ferris had 19 kills and eight digs, Drahozal had nine kills, Moriarty had 29 assists, James had three kills and three blocks and Motta had nine digs. W-L CROSS COUNTRY THIRD IN CLASS 6 STATE MEET: The Washington-Lee

Generals capped a highly-successful girls cross country season with a third-place finish at the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state championship meet. Washington-Lee tallied 121 points on the 5,000-meter Great Meadow course. West Springfield won with 54 and Colonial Forge was second with 104. Leading Washington-Lee individually was sixth-place finisher Eva Smith-Perry. The senior ran 19:04. Second for W-L was senior Eva Arnade in 15th in 19:33. Next was senior Caroline Emanuel in 33rd (20:00). Freshman Emily Cunningham was 57th (20:51), senior Elizabeth Holemans 59th (20:52), junior Jennifer Gerson 86th (22:04) and junior Anna Harpel 89th (22:17). Individually, Yorktown High sophomore Piper Dean placed fourth in 18:59. The winning time was 18:49. Prior to the state championships, the Washington-Lee girls won region and

district team championships, won the Arlington County team title and was first at the DCXC meet. In addition, the Generals were second at season-opening Monroe Parker Invitational. n In the Class 6 boys state meet, 6D Region champion Albert Velikonja of Yorktown placed 24th (16:54). W-L VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN REGION SEMIFINALS: The best season in pro-

gram history ended for the WashingtonLee High School girls volleyball team Nov. 5 with a 3-2 home loss to the Westfield Bulldogs in the semifinals of the 6D North Region girls high-school volleyball tournament. Washington-Lee won the first game, lost the next two, then won the fourth game to send the match into a deciding fifth set, won by Westfield, 15-13. The loss ended W-L’s 10-match winning streak. The Generals were 1-1 in the region tourney, receiving a first-round bye then downing visiting Battlefield, 3-0, in the semifinals, 28-26, 25-16, 25-21. A victory over Westfield would have earned W-L a berth in the state tournament for the first time. “They girls really had a great season,”

W-L assistant coach Kyle Petty said. Washington-Lee (23-4) entered the region having won the Liberty District tournament for the first time, downing defending champion Langley in the title match. YORKTOWN FOOTBALL: When the Yorktown Patriots were defeated by the host Westfield Bulldogs on Nov. 9 in a firstround game of the 6D North Region playoffs, the victory was a milestone for Westfield. The win was No. 200 in the football program’s history. Westfield has won five state region and state championships since opening in 2000. As for a Yorktown milestone, Patriots’ longtime head coach Bruce Hanson finished the 2018 campaign with 258 career wins, the most of any coach in the 6D Region. LOGAN EHRLICH: Washington-Lee High School senior Logan Ehrlich was selected as one of the 2018 recipients of the Hyman M. and Phillip D. Perlo High School Athlete Award by the Bender Jewish Community in Maryland. The award honors outstanding highschool senior Jewish scholar-athletes who attend school in the Washington area.

Sports Briefs FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPS: The Arling-

ton Panthers NFL Flag Football sixthgrade boys division team won the recent 2018 league championship, after first winning the title a year ago as a fifth-grade squad. The Panthers (9-1) defeated the Saints, 21-7, in the title game, the same squad they downed in last year’s final. The Panthers were 6-1 during the regular season, then 3-0 in the playoffs. The players were Jake Adamec, Grant Buckley, Ben Chapius, Alex Guy, Matthew Hilscher, Daniel Hirsch, Ben Hughes, Simon Oliver, Brennan Pilot, Nick Senkus and Keyon Tiggle. Kevin Hughes was the head coach: assistants were Glenn Adamec and Keefe Tiggle.

BASEBALL WINNERS: The Arlington Travel Baseball 11-under Blue team won back-to-back tournaments, putting an exclamation point on a successful fall. In the Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League end-of-season event, the team went 5-0, including a 5-3 win over the Mount Vernon Patriots in the title game. Earlier in the tournament, Hank Thomson hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to secure a 2-1 victory against the Arlington Storm. Led by dominant pitching from Thomson, Cooper Colucia and Kailen Hackmann, the team again was undefeated over three games at the Fall Finale in Stafford. In the championship game, the Blue

blanked the Virginia Stars, 9-0. Second baseman Nicolas Rohrbach was named MVP of the tournament. Noah Haught, Jack Woda, Henry Gerber, Simon Groves, Anthony Rucker, Blake Rucker, Noah Hitzig and Matt Hickey were other players. Rich Mandleur was the manager, and Peter Groves and David Rohrbach were assistant coaches. SENTINELS FINISH SECOND: The Ar-

lington Sentinels finished 4-1 and second in the Ripken Baseball Veteran’s Day Tournament in Aberdeen, Md. The players were Teddy Angel, Tommy Antonipillai, Zachary Black, Cort Bringham, Alex Frymoyer, Chris Holmes, Miles

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Arlington Babe Ruth sponsored its fourth Turkey GO-BALL mini-camp at the Gunston Bubble on the Veterans Day school holiday. Participants ages 4 to 6 learned important skills including fielding ground balls, hitting from a tee and sliding into bases. The mini-camp ended with a game. Leading the skills instruction was head coach and league president J.P. Cooney and assistant coaches, all of whom were former Babe Ruth players. The coaches were joined by current travel players. November 22, 2018 17

PoliceBeat ROBBERY: n On Nov. 12 at 2:58 a.m., police were dispatched to the 1300 block of Crystal Drive for a report of a man who was in his home when he heard a knock at the door and, upon opening the door, was sprayed with an unknown substance and assaulted, causing him to lose consciousness. The suspect stole cash and items of value and fled the scene. The victim was transported to the hospital with what police described as serious injuries. * On Nov. 13 at 9:15 p.m., two men entered a business in the 1200 block of South Hayes Street and began selecting

large quantities of merchandise. When confronted by an employee, one suspect took the employee’s cell phone and assaulted him before the suspects fled the scene with the merchandise and phone. The suspects are described as black males, 20 to 30 years old, 5’9”, with average builds. One was described as bald. GRAND LARCENY: n On Nov. 11 at 11:50 p.m., individuals in the 3000 block of South Randolph Street heard noise and screams outside and saw a male suspect inside their vehicle.

A passerby made contact with the suspect and told him to exit the vehicle, which he did before fleeing into a nearby building, police said. The suspect – 21-year-old Jherson Cuadra of Alexandria – was arrested and charged with attempted grand larceny, motor-vehicle theft and tampering with a vehicle. INDECENT EXPOSURE: n On Nov. 10 at 2:40 p.m., several individuals were walking on the W&OD Regional Trail near the 6200 block of 12th Road North when they observed a man

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Xmas (War is ____)” 16. And elsewhere

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SENIOR CENTERS CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING: Arlington County

government senior centers will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23, in observance of Thanksgiving. TRAVELERS HEAD TO ‘CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS’: Arlington County 55+

3. Post-meal sandwich 4. Spring action, past tense 5. Like yesterday’s meal 6. Coffee burn, e.g.

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discussion of osteoporosis, including the benefits of early detection and treatment options, will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 10 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

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research will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 11:30 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2280555.

PROGRAM ENCOURAGES SENIORS TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TUNES:

A “Name That Tune”-style competition featuring songs from the 1960s-70s will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955. CLASS IN UKULELE-STRUMMING OF-

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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 29, 1944: n Next Tuesday is the deadline for payment of county taxes. So far, about 36 percent of tax bills have been paid, the treasurer says. n The county health officer estimates that about 10,000 gallons of milk are consumed each day in Arlington. n County Democrats are leading a petition drive to have the Circuit Court redistrict Arlington voting precincts. n Gov. Darden wants to use state funds to shore up the teacher retirement system. November 25, 1959: n The Netherlands Carillon could be completed and chiming away by Christmas, a gift to the U.S. from the Dutch people. n Washington-Lee and Wakefield French students have to raise about $300 per person for airfare, hotel and tours for a planned spring trip to Paris. n The 25th annual Old Oaken Bucket football game between Washington-Lee and George Washington high schools is set for tomorrow. n Virginia’s attorney general and his wife are leading a state delegation on a 13-day “goodwill cruise” through the Caribbean and to Bermuda. November 26, 1968: n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill (R-10th) says 1968 brought “crime, discontent, disorder, confusion, continuous street incidents, school disruption and chaos” to the District of Columbia this year, and is urging President-elect Nixon to sack D.C. Mayor Walter Washington. n The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority’s plans for its newest park, Potomac Overlook, call for leaving much of the 65 acres in a natural state. n On TV tonight: “Hazel,” “Julia,” “Mod Squad,” “The Doris Day Show,” “The Red Skelton Show” and “60 Minutes.” November 25, 1977: n State liquor authorities have banned the sale of Billy Beer in Virginia, saying celebrities like Billy Carter aren’t allowed to endorse the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Old Dominion.

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Substantially expanded and meticulously updated & remodeled 4BR, 3.5 bath Madison Manor Colonial nestled on a fantastic lot backing to W & OD bike trail. Enjoy 2,550 finished sqft. of space, a reconfigured open concept island kitchen, gleaming hardwoods, fireplace, main level powder room, large deck and screened area overlooking the backyard, a vaulted master with dressing room & luxe bath and a fully finished lower level with rec rom, 4th bedroom, storage area and full bath. This one is spectacular...totally turnkey & Metro convenient too!

Gorgeous 1 acre lot is located in the heart of McLean. Lot is zoned R-1(residential 1 DU/AC). Amazing setting tucked down a private drive with impressive entry gate just off enchanting Westerly Lane. Close to Silver Line Metro, Tyson’s & downtown McLean. Current house on property is being sold totally “as-is” and is a tear down or complete renovation. Don’t miss this opportunity!

DAVE LLOYD & ASSOCIATES ❑ 703-593-3204 ❑ WWW.DAVELLOYD.NET ❑ DLREALTYGROUP@GMAIL.COM

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Looking for a new career with unlimited earning potential and the chance to be your own boss? Already thought about real estate and want to know how to begin? Come learn how to get licensed and what Weichert Arlington can do to help jump start your career!

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