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Looking for Light at End of Region’s Economic Tunnel

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GMU’s Fuller: N.Va. Needs Both Tech and International Sectors to Prosper BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Third-grade students from Campbell Elementary School were on hand last week as Barbara Kanninen (right) was sworn in to the School Board. Students wrote to Kanninen after her election victory, congratulating her and inviting her to visit their class, which she did. Kanninen, in turn, invited them to her swearing-in ceremony. See more on the event inside on Page 2.

Superintendent Faces ‘Final Exam’ on National Stage Arlington students with a sense of irony will savor the moment: The county’s school superintendent being forced to sit down for what amounts to a final exam.

Patrick Murphy and the three other finalists for national superintendent of the year will take part in interviews and a panel discussion in Washington during the middle of January, part of the process to determine who will be named the top superintendent for 2015.

The forums will be open to the public.

Murphy, who in 2014 was named Vir-

The national Superintendent of the Year competition has taken place since 1988. The reigning superintendent of the year is Alberto Carvalho of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.

Should he win, Murphy will be the third Virginia superintendent to receive the national honor. Gene Carter of Norfolk Public Schools was named national superintendent of the year in 1988, and Robert Spillane of Fairfax County Public Schools took home the honor in 1995.

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ginia Superintendent of the Year, recently was named one of four finalists for the national crown. He is competing against MaryEllen Elia, superintendent of Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools; Philip Lanoue, superintendent of Clarke County (Ga.) School District; and Patrice Pujol, superintendent of Ascension Parish Schools in Louisiana.

The winner will be crowned during the annual meeting of AASA, the national superintendents’ organization, on Feb. 26.

Faced with reduced federal spending, Northern Virginia must harness its highly educated workforce and become a more attractive place for international and high-technology companies to do business, George Mason University economist Stephen Fuller said.

Speaking Dec. 16 at Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ headquarters in Merrifield, Fuller said the region needs to redeploy its existing economic base – something far easier to do with “brain workers” than with auto workers.

The Washington area is home to 180 foreign consulates and people who speak all the world’s languages, thus making it an ideal hub for international business, he said.

Fuller predicted the region’s economic success would be predicated on cyber-security, bio-informatics and other technology- and engineering-based businesses.

“We have the wherewithal,” he said. “We just

now have to reposition it into the approaching global-business base. I don’t know how you do that. It happens on its own. You can’t legislate it.”

Federal spending accounted for 40 percent of the local area’s gross domestic product in 2010.

That figure now stands at 35 percent and likely will drop to 25 percent by 2020, Fuller said.

“This is a structural shift,” he said. “We’ve been a company town for 210 years. Ours will [continue to] be a company town, but 15 percent smaller.”

Many companies that cut their teeth working for the Department of Defense now will solve business-related problems, Fuller said.

“These former federal contractors who lost their jobs or are doing work that doesn’t excite them are starting their own businesses,” he said.

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Incoming School Board member Barbara Kanninen straddled the line between the macro (dealing with the challenges of a growing student body) and the micro (making sure every young person in the classroom has an advocate for success) during her swearing-in ceremony.

“The bottom line is that every day is really about the students,” Kanninen said at the Dec. 22 event, held at the Arlington Education Center. “This is a community that loves kids; together, we can make Arlington Public Schools, and Arlington, the best that they can be.”

Kanninen was elected Nov. 4 to succeed Sally Baird, who opted not to seek a third term. She defeated Audrey Clement in the general election after winning a three-way Arlington County Democratic Committee endorsement process in May. Her term officially begins Jan. 1.

With her husband, Kevin Wolf, and their children Fred and Markus by her side, Kanninen was sworn in by Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson.

“She is smart, she is dynamic, she is energetic,” Ferguson said. “She’s been working so hard on the policy issues that are important to her.”

Kanninen joins a School Board that is in the midst of transition. Baird resigned her seat over the summer, as did Noah Simon, leaving the School Board for a time with just three members rather than five.

Nancy Van Doren won a special election to fill the Simon seat, and Kanninen’s arrival will get the body back to full strength.

But more evolution is on the way: School Board member Abby Raphael, whose term is up in 2015, has announced she does not plan to seek re-election.

Kanninen first sought office in 2013,

when she made a strong but unsuccessful run against incumbent James Lander in the Democratic caucus. In the 2014 caucus, she narrowly defeated Van Doren in a race that also featured Greg Greeley.

(In Virginia, School Board posts officially are not partisan positions, but political parties can “endorse” candidates rather than formally nominate them. All current School Board members won the Democratic nomination on the way to generalelection victories.)

At her swearing-in ceremony, Kanninen praised the caliber of Arlington school staff and leadership – “I feel like I’ve joined the all-star team,” she said – but also voiced concern that the school system needs to be more “open to two-way communication” and “give teachers a voice.”

The pressure that increasing student enrollment will put on the school system’s half-billion-dollar-and-rising annual budget may force scaling back of programs and could prompt a rift with the County Board, which provides most of the school system’s funding but faces its own financial challenges.

“We need to do some hard thinking and make some tough choices,” Kanninen told a group of about 100 who came to see her installed into office.

Among those on hand: A third-grade class from Campbell Elementary School, whose students wrote letters of congratulations after Kanninen’s victory and later invited her to come visit.

“It was a really wonderful experience for me,” the new School Board member said.

Kanninen has been active in the county school system for two decades. She has served as co-chair of the Early Childhood Advisory Committee and as a member of the Advisory Council on Instruction. She also has been a member of the County Board’s Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee.

The Arlington County government spends considerably more, on a per-capita basis, than its peer group across Northern Virginia, according to recent state figures, and while county leaders say there are reasons to explain the disparity, the head of the local taxpayers’ association isn’t buying the government’s defenses.

The Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts annually reports spending for counties, cities and towns of more than 3,500, and the latest figures rank Arlington behind only Falls Church in per-capita expenses among localities in the region.

At $4,623 per resident, the Arlington government spent 52.8 percent more in fiscal 2013 than the statewide county average of $3,025, according to the data, accessible at www.apa.virginia.gov.

Among other Northern Vir-

ginia counties, Fairfax spent $4,032 per resident in the most recent report, Loudoun $3,816 and Prince William $3,316. Among cities, Falls Church spent $5,536, Alexandria $4,162.

County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said the higher spending is reflective of a host of factors, including the heavy commercial sector that isn’t reflected in the per-capita figures.

“Due to our healthy mix of residential and commercial properties, Arlington’s daytime population (302,600) is larger than our residential population (220,565),” Fisette told the Sun Gazette. “A significant number of these nonresidents make use of Arlington’s roadways, facilities, services, public safety and parks and recreation.”

Fisette also noted that Arlington is one of only two Virginia

counties that maintains its local (secondary) roadways; in all other counties, the Virginia Department of Transportation is responsible for both primary and secondary roadways.

“This skews the comparison of spending on public works, as Arlington spends significantly more on maintenance of highways, streets, bridges and sidewalks than our peers,” Fisette said.

(Perhaps, but the average percapita spending in Virginia cities – which, like Arlington, are responsible for road maintenance, was $3,154 in fiscal 2013, just 4.3 percent higher than the average for counties and about 30 percent lower than Arlington’s spending.)

Tim Wise, president of the Arlington County Taxpayers Association, does not argue that the county government may have higher expenses in some areas, but

he says that’s not the entire reason for the increased spending.

“The per-capita cost of health and welfare in Arlington is 49 percent higher than in Fairfax County, while the per-capita cost of parks-and-recreation services is 88 percent higher in Arlington than in Loudoun County,” Wise said.

“What is needed, it seems, is for the County Board to direct the county manager to use the numbers [in the report] as a base for taking an in-depth look at each department,” Wise said.

Fisette countered that the ultimate arbiter of government spending is the public. “The study validates that the county spending is closely aligned with our core values – Arlington has a heart, and this spending reflects our values,” he said.

“Our community can afford

to help those who need it, to keep our infrastructure humming, to maintain outstanding recreational opportunities and to keep our community safe,” Fisette said.

Wise pressed for a regional analysis of spending of local governments, along the lines of the Washington Area Boards of Education, which each year produces an apples-to-apples comparison of expenditures in suburban school districts.

“If the Arlington Public Schools’ staff is willing to cooperate with other public-school districts in the region, Northern Virginia taxpayers should expect no less from their city and county governments,” he said. “A better question, perhaps, is why isn’t the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments already providing such a service?”

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‘Neighborhood College’ Graduates Latest Crop

Members of the fall 2014 class of the Arlington Neighborhood College initiative had their moment in the spotlight Dec. 17, as they were honored by County Board members for their commitment.

“We’re proud of our tradition of the Arlington Way of civic engagement,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette told the 25 members of the 15th graduating class of the program.

Since its inception in 2000, more than 315 local residents have participated in the

program, which teaches the ins and outs of county governance during an eight-week curriculum.

The 25 graduates “come from all walks of life and many different neighborhoods,” noted Fisette, including immigrants from countries as diverse as Ethiopia, Iraq, Pakistan, Brazil and Guatemala.

Interest in the Neighborhood College program has spurred its expansion.

“This is the first year we ever had two programs during the 12-month period,”

said Katie Henry, a county staffer who serves as liaison to the program.

Fisette said he is eager that the new graduates follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before.

“We hope that, once graduated, each will become ever more involved,” the chairman said, pointing to previous Neighborhood College participants who went on to serve on county advisory boards, on their local civic-association board and in other ways.

Participants in the fall 2014 program included Seraj Dosenbach, Daniel Rego, William Weesa, Estrella “Belén” Chávez, Christine Curatolo, María Luz Medina, Cathlena Heid, Steven “Bo” Pryor, Luis Perez, Qabas Alhelli, Raluca Reardon, Marvin Velasquez, Olga Martinez, Sophia Fekade, Christine Hopkins, Sonja Garcia, Maria Luisa de la Fuente del Cerro, Mohamed Sadiq, Faisal Abbasi, Cassie Bate, Daniel Crawford, Pamela Ford, Devin Joyce, Jeff Malakoff and Shaheena Malik.

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Student’s Initiative Brings Bicycles to Needy in Africa

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An Arlington student and his mother recently delivered 500 bicycles, donated by families across the Washington region, to remote villages and schools in Tanzania.

The bikes, collected in Wheels to Africa drives at local schools, are now helping college students make their way to classes, aid workers deliver medical supplies and farmers reach markets faster.

“We’ve collected bikes for eight years, but we’ve never seen what happens when people actually get them,” said Winston Duncan, 20, who founded the nonprofit Wheels to Africa with his mother, Dixie Duncan. “It was so moving to see how a bike can transform someone’s life.”

Wheels to Africa held its ninth annual collection on Dec. 13 with the hope of returning to Tanzania to enrich additional lives and evaluate the bike programs that were established. For information on the initiative, see the Web site at www.wheels-to-africa.org/.

In past years, Wheels to Africa arranged for the shipping and delivery of the bikes, but often got little information about how they were received.

The trip to Tanzania was made

possible by a grant from Clinton Global University and Bard College, where Winston Duncan was a freshman last year.

Once in Dar el Salaam, he and his mother encountered some hurdles to delivering the bikes, as well as some inspiring moments.

Shipping delays stalled their efforts, and Winston and Dixie Duncan spent weeks volunteering at a Tanzanian school while they waited for the bikes to arrive.

Once the bikes were in port, administrative red tape kept them stuck on the docks for another few weeks.

The Duncans used the time to interview nonprofits and determine who could best deliver the bicycles to Tanzania’s more remote areas.

Finally, with the help of several local business leaders, the Duncans got possession of their bikes.

Tanzania’s president, Jakayla Kikwere, met with the duo and expressed his deep appreciation for their efforts to help the citizens of Tanzania.

“That meeting helped erase the memories of the bureaucratic mess,” said Dixie Duncan. “But the best part of the trip was see-

Winston Duncan and his mother, Dixie, are shown with some of the students who are benefiting from the “Wheels to Africa” initiative.

ing those bikes, bikes that had been gathering dust in someone’s garage and then sitting at the port, finally go to the people who needed them. Their deep appreciation and awesome smiles were overwhelming.”

The nonprofits receiving the bikes included: • Gloryland Prep School in Arusha, which seeks to give as many children as possible the opportunity of basic education.

From daycare to high school, Gloryland not only provides an academic curriculum, but also a food program offering three meals a day, a well-trained and professional staff, and an environment where students have access to health care, textbooks and supplies.

• House of Happiness Children’s Home in Arusha, which offers a safe, nurturing home environment and provides education,

nutritious food, medical needs, clothing, fun and a lot of love to 14 deserving children.

• Mobility Care, which provides people with disabilities transportation and other vital needs for survival. There are few and limited services provided by the government for those with disabilities.

• Safe Youth Development Scheme, which works on the development of youth by maintaining good health, education, infrastructures development and empowering young women, by working out on social-economic issues and poverty-alleviation strategies and risk management to cover different perils serving the youth society.

• The School of St. Jude, which enrolls poverty stricken youth at an early age and supports their education efforts to high school and beyond.

• Ujamaa Children’s Home, a caring home in Arusha for orphans and abandoned children of the community. Umoja is a youth development education and empowerment organization that provides a holistic program for vulnerable youth.

Obituaries Connie Chang and Tina Hsu pose with cardboard cutouts of characters played by Joanne Froggatt and Brendan Coyle during a preview for the fifth-season opening episode of “Downtown PHOTOS BY WILLIAM GETLEIN Abbey.”

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Susan Meyer and Sherrell Goggan model 1920s outfits during a preview for the fifth-season opening episode of “Downtown Abbey.”

the previous season).

Christine Feinthel had a particular focus: “That Barrows guy [Thomas Barrow, first footman, played by Robert James-Collier]. He doesn’t get his comeuppance. Every time it comes close, he accidently does something good and he gets by.”

Most of the attendees seemed to be longtime fans, but Lucinda Janke was a relative newcomer.

Her friends had told her for years that “Downton Abbey” was a must-see program, but she had been involved in writing a book about the Civil War (that of the United States, not Great Britain).

Last January, she was sick for a week at the same time that WETA ran a marathon showing the fourth season of “Downton Abbey,” which made her a fan.

How does she feel about the show now?

“I’m hooked,” she said.

Shortly after 7 p.m., the crowd gathered in the Thurgood Marshall Ballroom, filling it completely.

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It is with deeply saddened hearts we inform you of the passing of Gayle Lynn (Schofield) Messick. Gayle died suddenly on December 17th, 2014 due to complications from the flu and pneumonia at age 64. Gayle was born on November 13th, 1950 in Washington, D.C. to William & Sarah Schofield; grew up in La Plata, Maryland; raised her sons in Annandale, Virginia, and retired to Brevard, North Carolina and North Port, Florida. In recent years, Gayle was a great help to her widower son, Ed, and enjoyed spending lots of quality time with her granddaughter in Bristow, Virginia. She is survived by her mother, Sally; brothers, Tom, Gary & Rob (Scot to many); sons, Ed & Steve; granddaughter, Avery; best friend Bert; and loved by so many other family and friends.

Gayle was a wondrous person. When she would meet you for the first time, she’d start asking questions that had you opening up and telling your life story—and that happened with thousands of people, because she was never next to a person with whom she didn’t start a conversation.

There wasn’t anything that she couldn’t do when she put her mind to it. Whether it was coaching her son’s soccer teams to championships (not knowing a thing about the sport); contracting and building THE office supply warehouse for GSA in 45 days from a shell

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of a building (legally); teaching herself about the internet and then creating a powerful acquisition online university (only to have it procured by the Department of Defense because her website was better); working her way up the ladder at GSA from a grade 3 to the top end of a 14 with just a high school diploma; to publishing fiction novels (selling hundreds); all while raising her two sons as a single parent.

“Once upon a time, a young girl dreamed of a life as a writer. Life intervened. She married her love before he was shipped off to Vietnam. She worked as an office girl while waiting for his return. He did. They had two beautiful boys. They divorced. She returned to work where she spent 35 years climbing the ladder. She received awards, which have nothing to do with writing. She retired. She returned to her lifelong dream and began writing a “What if ” Pride and Prejudice story to teach herself the craft. Why? She loved Jane Austen and Jane Austen fans.”

Gayle was exceedingly generous—even when her own family didn’t have much. Years ago, she discovered that the single mother with twins who lived in the condo above hers wasn’t going to be able provide Christmas gifts for her young children, so Gayle used the majority of her Christmas bonus from work to “create a Christmas” for the twins and their mother. Gayle and her two boys wrapped the gifts, put them in the hallway outside the family’s door, knocked and ran away. Santa Clause didn’t forget.

Gayle wished to be cremated and a memorial will be held at Stonewall Manor Golf Club (15601 Turtle Point Drive Gainesville, Virginia 20155) on January 3rd, 2015 from 5-7 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking people to please donate to the Gayle Messick Memorial Fund or toward her granddaughter, Avery Messick’s, 529 college plan. Donations can be made to either cause through the funding link: www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/gr27/ gayle-messick-memorial-fund. Gayle lived an amazing, wondrous and determined life.

She achieved her goals, and touched countless people with her warmth, compassion and generosity. She will be missed.

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Local public television station WETA gave a huge thank-you to many of its “Downton Abbey” fans on Dec. 18, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington.

Close to 2,000 WETA members were treated to advance screenings, at 3 and 7 p.m., of the opening episode of Season 5 of the popular BBC import about the Crawley family, their servants, friends and antagonists in and around Downton Abbey, and throughout the British Isles.

Before the screening, attendees were greeted by life-sized cutouts of several major characters, accompanied by placards with quotes from the series (e.g., “What is a weekend?”).

Many people – some wearing costumes or period headgear – took the opportunity to pose with the cardboard cutouts. Perhaps the best outfit was the flapper ensemble worn by Sherrell Goggan, who came to the event in a silver, shimmering dress that dripped beads and spangles.

Another popular attraction was four large boxes, where attendees voted on the most likely suitor to win the hand in marriage of Lady Mary Crawley (played

by Michelle Dockery). The two favorites were Lord Gillingham (Tom Cullen) and Charles Blake (Julien Ovendon), but there was also steady voting for Tom Branson (Allen Leech) and even some for footman Joseph Moseley (Kevin Doyle) – a very dark horse, indeed.

The crowd was excited and extremely knowledgeable about the series. As they munched on desserts (including scones), they talked about the series, the characters and what they anticipated would happen in the upcoming season.

Tina Hsu, dressed in a white 1920’s hat, said she was looking forward to the new season and hoped to find out who Lady Mary winds up with.

Liz Pacileo, who donned a beige cloche, said, “I’m really interested in Anna (Joanne Froggatt). I don’t believe it’s over,” (referring to an important plot development in

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Highs & Lows

THUMBS UP: To the congressional careers of U.S. Reps. Jim Moran (D-8th) and Frank Wolf (R-10th), which have come to a close.

Wolf represented Arlington for the dozen years after his election in 1980, until the county was swapped into the 8th District.

Moran has been the local member of Congress ever since.

We’ve had our disagreements with each over the years, but both Moran and Wolf – with their own, very distinct personalities – have on balance proved to be able and effective members of Congress and advocates for local constituents.

Neither appears ready to actually retire; we suspect we’ll be hearing from each in coming years on

issues that are important to them. of time and can prove a direct And we wish them well in those connection to the commonwealth endeavors.

– to pay the lower in-state rates.

But the School Board appears THUMBS DOWN: To members to be going further, advocating of the Arlington School Board, for those who have been granted for going too far in their “temporary protected status” by embrace of immigrant stu- the Obama Administration to redents. ceive the same break.

School Board members recentWhoa, whoa, whoa ... what do ly approved an addendum to their the School Board members not 2015 legislative package, opposing understand about the word “temefforts in the General Assembly porary”? These are young people that would restrict the ability of with a tangential, at best, relationundocumented immigrants in the ship with Virginia. commonwealth to get in-state-tuWe support extending in-stateition rates at public colleges and tuition rates to DREAMers; we do universities. not support doing so for the latWe long have been in favor of ter group. We find it strange that allowing certain students – the so- School Board members can’t, or called “DREAMers” – who have won’t, distinguish between the been in Virginia a lengthy period two very distinct situations.

County Board Using Our Money for Their Goals Editor: The County Board’s 5-0 decision to approve a multi-million-dollar package of loans and funding to keep Signature Theatre afloat evidences what great art patrons they are.

In fact, it mirrors what the National Gallery of Art wrote about an earlier generation: “Among the greatest patrons in 15th-century Florence were members of the powerful Medici family, who ruled as princes, though the city was in name, a re-

public.”

What’s different between then and now is that County Board members use our money, not their money.

Richard Moore Arlington

Healthy Debate Needed to Address Growth Issues Editor: Having worked for Arlington Public Schools for 36 years as a reading teacher and, after retirement, with the adult-education program, I have a bit of institutional memory where the school system is concerned.

I have been an Arlington resident and taxpayer since 1966, which gives me a vested interest in how the county makes its spending choices.

H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program is a school program, as its proponents proudly state. As such, it is portable and can be, and has been, transported among empty buildings over time. Initially, it was housed at Hoffman-Boston, thus the “H-B”, and later at Woodlawn, and finally came to rest at Stratford.

I do support the H-B Woodlawn Program. I like the concept, and the results, of the option for the bright and the bold to have opportunities to focus on individual studies and to soar in responsibility for learning in depth.

But the greater good of the community needs to be served with the building of a new facility at the Stratford site.

Stratford is an historic building since

it was the first integrated school in the commonwealth. The preservation of the entryway and maintaining the facade of brick which WAS/IS Stratford is an architectural option for keeping a piece of that past with the new. By virtue of its age, it no doubt needs a complete rebuilding, current HVAC and updated wiring for the demands of technology.

Wilson cannot fit the model of facade preservation, since it will need pilings and undergirding which were not at issue in a two story building, a century ago.

The site offers an opportunity to make history, like the phoenix. Wilson is one of the sites not sold in the past. It is surrounded by urban development, and can only go upward. There are some who say “we’ve never done that before.” A tower of learning is a courageous and perhaps necessary option.

In sum, there is precedent for maintaining a school’s brick facade. Barcroft Elementary (built in 1926) was rehabilitated in the early’90s and is an excellent example: the old brick facade with its circular window was maintained and duplicated in the new wing, and the neighborhood was pleased.

Maintaining the Stratford facade and updating an interior to reflect the changing needs of science and technology is a way to honor Arlington’s history and prepare its future learning opportunities for all of its students.

We are in a time of flux and change in the needs of Arlington’s schools and student population demands. I look forward to a healthy debate and a positive outcome for meeting the many and diverse needs of the burgeoning population. It is a good problem to have: It means we are a growing community and not a stagnant one.

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The annual event, held Dec. 13, grew out of an initiative that began nearly two decades ago in the kitchen of the Kuczkowski family in Arlington, and has grown through social-media outreach to bring in hundreds of supporters.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHES ANNUAL MAGAZINE: Continuing a tradi-

tion that dates back to 1957, the Arlington Historical Society has published its annual Arlington Historical Magazine.

Edited by Karl VanNewkirk, the 80page 2014 publication includes coverage of topics that include Arlington’s war dead of World War I; a discussion of properties owned by the Birch family; and a discussion of the work of architect Frederick Sheridan.

It also includes the work of the winner of the second annual Arlington History Essay Contest, sponsored by the society and Columbia Masonic Lodge #285 and open to high-school juniors.

The competition was won by Washington-Lee High School’s Noah Kennedy with his essay, “School Integration: Heroic or Quixotic?”

The magazine also includes an extensive year-in-review section, highlighting programs of the society, and salutes contributors of financial support and artifacts.

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MACEDONIA BAPTIST HOSTS REVIVAL AT WAKEFIELD: Macedonia Baptist

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Arlington Historical Society’s programming year will kick off on Thursday, Jan. 8 with Rob Farr’s lecture, “Hollywood on the Potomac.”

It will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Rowley Hall on the main campus of Marymount University.

Arlington has been a location for Hollywood-produced movies for almost a century. Film historian Farr will share and discuss his collection of scenes shot in Arlington, beginning with the disastrous Wright Brothers’ flight in Fort Myer in 1908 that resulted in a fatality.

From there the audience will be shown Arlington clips ranging from D.W. Griffith’s “America” (1924) to the “West Wing” assassination scene shot in Rosslyn’s

Freedom Plaza in 2000.

Farr teaches film history at George Mason University when he’s not working at his “day job” as executive producer for Arlington TV, Arlington County’s government’s cable channel.

The program is free and open to the public. For information and parking/transportation details, see the Web site at www. arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

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COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS MAKE APPOINTMENTS: County Board members on

Dec. 17 made the following appointments to local boards and commissions.

Judith Villanseor and Susan (Huaxiang) Xu were appointed to the Arlington Commission on Long-Term-Care Residences.

Anne Vor der Bruegge and Bill Browning were reappointed to the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families.

Larry Smith was appointed to the Ballston Business Improvement District board of directors. Stephanie Dix Clifford was reappointed to the Commission on the Status of Women. Frank Poli was appointed to the Economic Development Commission.

Michael Staples were reappointed to the Fire Trial Board.

Greg Holcomb was appointed and Robert Dudka, Charles Craig and Kevin Vincent were reappointed to the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board. Betsey Wildhack was appointed to the Industrial Development Authority. Eric Goodman was appointed to the Neighborhood Complete Streets Commission. Eric Rosner was appointed to the Park and Recreation Commission.

Rosemary Ciotti was reappointd to the Planning Commission. Jessica Killeen was appointed to the Tenant-Landlord Commission. Phil Klingelhofer was appointed and Scott Brinitzer was reappointed to the Urban Forestry Commission. Anna Machhar, James Schroll, Katherine Elmore and Andrew McIntyre were appointed to the Western Rosslyn Area Planning Study Working Group.

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT ENVISIONS GROWTH: The president of the

Arlington Historical Society used a yearend message to his membership to sketch out plans for growth in coming years.

Among the ideas: Moving into the realm of paid staff, and taking part in establishment of a countywide heritage center.

“A motivated, volunteer society can do a great deal, but the limits and opportunities missed are all too apparent,” society president John Richardson said in the organization’s December newsletter.

“We hope that at the end of the day we will see our all-volunteer organization engage a small, professional staff that can tell our stories even more effectively,” said Richardson, voicing a desire to work collaboratively with the local business community to obtain the needed resources.

That may be a goal for the long-term; for 2015, Richardson voiced the desire to “spread our wings more widely and introduce many more Arlingtonians to our shared local history.”

In his letter, Richardson also noted the Dec. 2 death of Sara Collins, a former society president and creator of what is now the county library system’s Center for Local History. He said the society plans to create a living memorial to Collins, its precise form to be determined.

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HISTORIC BALL-SELLERS HOUSE SEES INCREASE IN VISITORS: The Ball-Sellers

House, operated by the Arlington Historical Society, drew 429 visitors from 10 states during its 2014 season, an incEease of 26 percent from a year before.

The home, whose oldest part dates to the 1750s, provides visitors the opportunity to see what life was like during the colonial period not for the landed gentry, but for Virginia residents of more modest means.

The property was deeded to the historical society in 1975 by Marion Sellers, and is open from April to November each year.

In addition to Virginia, visitors to the home came from Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, New York and Utah.

During the 2014 season, 13 volunteer docents led tours and provided information about the house and the colonial period. They included Eric Casey, Sasha Kramer, Martha Orth, Linda Warden, Ken Cohn, Gerry Laporte, Mary Vihstadt, Karen Connair, Mary Niebuhr, Kevin Vincent, Tracy Hopkins, Marlene Oronao and Margaret Wagner.

The Ball-Sellers House is located at 5620 3rd St. South. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

FORUM TO LOOK AT AFFORDABLEHOUSING STUDY: The Arlington County

government will host an update on its affordable-housing study on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Arlington Mill Community Center.

The event will feature a panel discussion, question-and-answer period and public comment. There also will be a reception.

The three-year affordable-housing study is an effort to create “a shared community vision” for affordable housing in Arlington. For information, see the Web site at http://housing.arlingtonva.us/affordablehousing-study.

LEADERSHIP ARLINGTON TO HOST COUNTY BOARD CHAIR, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION: Leadership Arlington will

hold two community events in early 2015 focusing on local and state governance.

“Meet the Chair” will feature a discussion with County Board Chairman Mary Hynes on Thursday, Jan. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University.

The event is co-hosted by GMU. Admission is free, but registration is required. Donations to support Leadership Arlington’s Young Professionals’ Civic Engagement Day will be accepted at registration.

On Friday, April 17 at 7 a.m., Leadership Arlington will host its annual Legislative Breakfast, featuring members of the Arlington delegation to the General Assembly discussing the 2015 session.

Legislators also will discuss leadership techniques they use in Richmond.

The cost is $45 for Leadership Arlington members, $55 for others.

For information on either event, see the Web site at www.leadershiparlington.org.

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The board of directors of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 18 gave its blessing to the county government’s effort to restore a surtax on hotel rooms to fund tourism promotion.

The Chamber board OK’d support for the legislative effort as part of its 2015 legislative-priorities package, adopted in advance of the upcoming General Assembly session.

For the 21 years up to 2011, the Arlington County government was able to levy a 0.25-percent surcharge on hotel stays, with the roughly $1 million per year being used to promote Arlington as a destination for business travelers and tourists.

The General Assembly refused to extend the taxing authority, in retribution for the County Board’s lawsuit against state and federal officials over high-occupancytoll (HOT) lanes on Interstates 95 and 395.

Subsequent efforts in the General Assembly to restore the taxing authority have fallen short.

To regain the authority, Arlington lead-

ers will have to convince two-thirds of the members of both the House of Delegates and state Senate to go along. State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) is expected to patron the legislation in the upper chamber; the patron in the House of Delegates is yet to be determined.

County officials say that if the taxing authority is resurrected, it will bring in about $1.4 million per year. Ever since the taxing authority expired, some local tax revenue has been used for tourism promotion, but not enough to fill the gap left by loss of the surtax.

Chamber Seeks Renewed Effort on Columbia Pike Transit: Though it remained steadfastly on neutral ground in the debate over the Columbia Pike streetcar project, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce wants local and state officials to find ways to improve transit in the corridor.

The Chamber’s annual legislative package reiterates previous calls for improved mass-transit options along Columbia Pike as well as in Crystal City/Potomac Yard

and down to Shirlington.

As part of its 2015 legislative package, the Chamber of Commerce also supports expansion of the Metro system, and urges Virginia lawmakers to be “judicious” if they decide to make amendments to the landmark 2013 transportation-funding law.

The business organization also calls for transportation improvements that will reduce the temptation of commuters to cut through county neighborhoods on their way to and from work.

While the Chamber of Commerce monitored the county government’s streetcar proposal, which was abandoned in a stunning turnabout a month ago, the organization never took a specific position in support or opposition to it.

Chamber Announces 2015 Leadership Team: Incoming Arlington Chamber of Commerce chair Kevin Shooshan on Dec. 12 announced his executive committee for 2015.

Todd Yeatts will serve as chair-elect,

Business Briefcase FAVOLA AIMS TO GIVE LOCALITIES OPTION TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE: With

‘AIRTRAN’ BRAND TAKES ITS FINAL BOW:The new year brings one less air car-

rier in the skies over the local area.

AirTran, which had served Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport since 2003 and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport since 2001, flew its last journeys on Dec. 28, four years after Southwest agreed to acquire the carrier.

AirTran employees and its Boeing 737 aircraft have been absorbed into Southwest; many of the carrier’s Boeing 717s are

(Ehab Elsawaf), Primepay (Eli Bohemond), Amsterdam Falafelshop (Chris Gobie), Yopp (Shana Lawlor) and Single Traveler Network (William Russell).

WINNERS NAMED IN BUSINESS GROUP’S GOLF TOURNEY: Segue Technologies was

finding a home with Delta.

The airline was established as Valujet in 1993, taking its current name in 1997.

At its peak, the carrier served more than 70 cities.

CHAMBER PREPS FOR ANNUAL GALA:

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has announced plans for its 91st annual Arlington Business Gala, to be held on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City.

The black-tie-preferred event will feature dinner, dancing to the Odyssey Band and an auction that includes Elite Island resort packages for Caribbean destinations.

Tickets are $200 per person, with registration requested by Jan. 23. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

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

The gala is sponsored by Liberty Center.

CHAMBER ADDS NEW MEMBERS: The

Arlington Chamber of Commerce has announced the following new members (principal contact points in parentheses): Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop (Jordan Schneider), Egryphix Coaching & Development (John Matthews), Robin Metalitz Consulting, Kevin Baum/Northwestern Mutual, Brooks Business Transfer (Hayden Brooks), New Hope Housing (Jan-Michael Sacharko), The Ride to Conquer Cancer

the first-place team at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s annual fall golf outing, held Oct. 28 at Fort Belvoir Golf Club.

EagleBank placed second in the competition.

The closest-to-the-pin competition was won by Joe Corish of Bean, Kinney & Korman. The longest-drive competition was won by Samantha Baker of the Ballston Business Improvement District and Mike Lange of Capital One Home Loans.

Carl Godwin of CroppMetcalfe Services won the putting contest.

GPS TECHNOLOGY TO HELP METROBUS RIDERS KEEP TRACK OF ARRIVALS: By next spring, riders of Metrobuses

across the region could have another trip tool at their disposal.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) officials have begun testing real-time bus-arrival displays at three locations across the region, with the goal of rolling the technology out to 150 transit stops by next spring.

The signs show bus riders how many minutes before their bus arrives, using global-positioning technology, and also have the capability to show emergency messages, detour information and travel tips.

“This project is a centerpiece of our ongoing effort to give bus customers the tools they need for an easy, convenient travel experience,” said James Hamre, director of Metrobus planning, scheduling and customer facilities. “Just by looking up, the new signs quickly and clearly answer the question, ‘Where’s my bus?’”

The initiative is being piloted at the Pentagon Transit Center, as well as at sites in the District of Columbia, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County. It is being funded by a federal grant.

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an increase in Virginia’s minimum wage likely a non-starter in the 2015 General Assembly session, one local legislator is taking a different tack – although the road to adoption could be a rocky one.

State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) is patroning legislation that would allow localities across the commonwealth to adopt their own minimum wages above the current $7.25-per-hour state and federal rate.

It is the type of incremental, evolutionary change that the patron believes might lead to picking up support across the aisle.

“I think my referendum approach has the potential of bringing some moderate Republicans to the table on the minimumwage issue,” Favola told the Sun Gazette.

Under the proposal, which will be considered by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, local elected bodies would be allowed to hold voter referendums on the proposal and, if the electorate approves, impose their own minimum wages for workers within their jurisdictions.

Favola’s proposal calls for minimum wages of not less than $8.25 per hour in the first year after a locality adopts such a measure, rising to a minimum of $9.25 and $10.50 per hour in the succeeding two years.

The national minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2009, and while state governments are free to impose higher rates, Virginia is among the states that do not.

Favola’s measure no doubt will face opposition from business groups; both the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce historically have been opposed to tinkering with minimum-wage laws.

“Increasing the minimum wage would increase the price of labor, place burdensome costs on employers (especially small employers) and cause businesses to pass higher costs on to consumers,” the Virginia Chamber said in its 2014 legislative-priorities package.

Favola acknowledged she, and other proponents of increasing the minimum wage in Virginia, are faced with an uphill battle.

“Given the dynamics of an election year, I am not optimistic that any minimum-wage bill will pass. Opposition from some in the business community will halt progress on the income-inequality issue even though studies show that more economic activity is generated when the minimum wage is increased.”

Because of the Dillon Rule, which guides state-local relations in Virginia, cities and counties across the commonwealth currently do not have the power to impose a minimum wage higher than the state rate.

Several localities, however, have imposed a “living-wage” requirement that applies to their government workforces and to certain contractors doing business with the local government.

Arlington established such a rule in 2003; Fairfax County did so in 2007. In each jurisdiction, covered employees must be paid a minimum of $13.13 per hour.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce, for one, has long opposed the living-wage requirement, and many in the business community believe local governments have overstepped their authority in imposing it.

But the rules have never been challenged in court.

Favola’s 31st District includes parts of Arlington and McLean; all of Great Falls; and a small part of Loudoun County.

with Lindsey Rheaume as treasurer, David Kinney as vice chair for economic development and government affairs, Joe Prentice as vice chair for member affairs and David Isaacson as vice chair for member development.

Donna Hamaker will serve as vice chair for special interests, and Tina Walker will serve as assistant treasurer.

Chamber president/CEO Kate Roche and past chairs Tim Hughes and David DeCamp also will serve on the executive committee.

Joining continuing members of the board of directors in 2015 will be Nyambo Anuluoha, Arlington Community Federal Credit Union; Michael Foster, MTFA Architecture; Angela Fox, Crystal City Business Improvement District; Todd Ihrig, H.D. Vest Investment Services; David Kinney, Kinco LC; Tina Leone, Ballston Business Improvement District; Dennis Gaffney, RTKL Associates; Pinkie Mayfield, Graham Holdings; and Tristan Wright, M&T Bank.

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Students Gear Up for ‘Model General Assembly’ SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Winter will be a thing of the past when nearly 60 students from Arlington’s public schools head to Richmond in April for the 2015 Model General Assembly.

But, like savvy legislators everywhere, the students already are laying the groundwork for their bills and honing strategies to get them passed.

The students – from Wakefield and Yorktown high schools, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program and the Arlington Career Center – descended on Central Library Dec. 12 to meet with actual lawmakers, picking up tips on how to find success in the halls of the General Assembly.

And they’ll need it: The 17 bills to be introduced by the Arlington delegation tend to mirror the county’s politics – abolishing the death penalty and taxing plastic bags, approving the DREAM Act, increasing the minimum wage and closing the so-called gun-show loophole, eliminating mandatory-minimum prison sentences, establishing “death-with-dignity” guidelines and broadening the scope of sex education in public schools.

On hand to mentor students were two members of the General Assembly – state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) – as well as Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos. In small groups, the elected officials worked with students to refine their language and craft strategies for success.

“Be very clear about what problem you’re trying to solve,” Favola advised.

And, she cautioned, be prepared for setbacks. “People don’t always share your

set of values,” she said. “Progress is usually incremental.”

When they converge on Richmond, the students will be the latest in a line of more than 50,000 young Virginians to have participated in the Model General Assembly since its inception in 1948. The event is an effort of the Virginia YMCA. While the roots of the program date back 65 years, Arlington’s participation began when a group of five Arlington Career Center students traveled to Richmond in 2009, said Byron Schwind, a social-studies teacher at the Career Center’s Academic Academy.

Among those going down for the threeday session this coming April is Tremaine Scott, a senior at Yorktown, who was elected at the 2014 Model General Assembly conference to serve as Speaker of the House of Delegates. Del. Hope, who like all good politicians is not averse to cozying up to the leadership, took to referring to Scott as “Mr. Speaker” during the Dec. 12 event.

Even before the training session began, Scott – who has ambitions of attending law school and practicing criminal law – was huddled with Stamos, discussing career options. Politics could be in his future.

Scott said he got involved with Model General Assembly in part to build his public-speaking skills. “I tend to get shy talking to people,” he said. (And, he noted, some teachers suggest “I had a personality of wanting to argue a lot.”)

During breakout sessions, Stamos’s group ran through a series of public-safety bills. In the real world of Virginia’s General Assembly, measures to abolish the death penalty or eliminate mandatory sentences

Salome Gongadze and Elana Margosis, students at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, discuss proposed Model General Assembly legislation with state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st).

are non-starters, she noted, but pointed to a proposal from the students to update Virginia’s laws on spycams as one that might gain traction.

Hope’s group took on one of the more unusual bills under discussion: Prohibiting public schools from using artificial turf on their sports fields.

Hope, currently the county’s most senior delegate, cautioned the students to expect pushback from interest groups.

“Corporations who build [artificial turf] will have a lot of opposition,” he predicted.

(Only some of the hundreds of Virginia students who will participate in the Model General Assembly program will be senators and delegates. Others will portray lobbyists, staffers – even journalists.)

Over in Favola’s corner in the library’s main meeting room, students were debating the merits of family-leave options for women who had given birth. Rather than call for a government program using tax dollars, they opted for a pilot initiative allowing employees to self-fund their time off

with modest contributions over the course of several years.

“We know it will be a challenge” to get anything more comprehensive through, said Salome Gongadze, a junior at H-B Woodlawn. “It will be a beginning.”

Favola tossed out a serious of pertinent questions for thought, but Gongadze said students remained committed to the bill’s basics. “It’s definitely going to Richmond,” she said.

Favola, who spent a dozen years on the County Board before winning election to the state Senate – and who has served on the board of the Arlington YMCA – came away impressed with the efforts of students.

She called them “an extraordinary group.”

“Each one was thoughtful and articulate,” Favola said. And the bills they plan to introduced were “more practical than I would have expected.”

As the students continue their preparations, Virginia’s actual General Assembly members will be in Richmond for a session slated to run from Jan. 14 to Feb. 28.

County Democrats Hope to Regroup for the New Year SCOTT McCAFFREY

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Looking to put their own annus horribilis behind them, Arlington Democrats will ring in the new year with a reception at the home of new POLITICAL County Board POTPOURRI Chairman Mary Hynes.

The event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 1 from noon to 2 p.m. at the home of Hynes and her husband, Patrick, in Clarendon.

The annual reception follows the County Board’s Jan. 1 organizational meeting, which begins at 11 a.m., and is a longtime tradition hosted by a number of Arlington Democratic leaders through the decades.

(For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtondemocrats.org.)

The reception kicks off a busy year for the Arlington County Democratic Committee, which will need to defend two County Board seats, one School Board seat, five constitutional offices and seven

General Assembly seats in the November general election.

The committee will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. at Walter Reed Community Center; the event is likely to feature campaign kickoffs not only of many of the incumbents, but also, potentially, some challengers, and may give an indication of whether Hynes and fellow County Board member Walter Tejada plan to seek re-election.

The party also will need to regroup after losing two County Board races in 2014, as well as dealing with intra-party discord on a number of matters throughout the year.

O’Leary Wins Accolades from USS Arlington Personnel: Former Arlington Treasurer Frank O’Leary recently was honored by the officers and crew of the USS Arlington, for his support of the Navy ship and the welfare of those who sail on her.

“We salute your service, congratulate you on your retirement and offer you a most well-deserved ‘Bravo Zulu’!” notes the resolution.

(“Bravo Zulu” is the U.S. Navy flag signal for “Well Done.”)

T h e honor was presented to O’Leary

by U.S. N a v y Cmdr. Greg Baker, commanding officer of the USS Arlington, which was commissioned in 2013. It wishes O’Leary – a former U.S. Army officer – “fair winds and following seas.”

O’Leary served as vice chair for finance of events of the local USS Arlington Commissioning Committee, helping to raise nearly a half-million dollars that was used to create a tribute room on the ship to honor the first-responders to the Pentagon,

many of them from Arlington, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack.

The Navy ship, a landing platform dock designed to support the movement of up to 800 Marines and their equipment to world hot-spots, is the third Navy ship to bear the county’s name, succeeding a World War IIera transport and a Vietnam-era communications ship.

As part of his recent trip to Arlington, Cmdr. Baker visited the county government’s Emergency Communications Center and treasurer’s office, and met with County Board members Jay Fisette, Mary Hynes and Libby Garvey.

The board members “received a briefing from Cmdr. Baker on the status of the USS Arlington and the exercises it has been engaged in, including a multi-national exercise with six European navies,” O’Leary told the Sun Gazette. “It was most interesting.”

On behalf of his colleagues, Fisette presented Baker with a commendation and a number of books for the ship’s library.

Students May Oppose Ebbin Marijuana Bill Staff Writer

State Sen. Adam Ebbin’s proposal to decriminalize use of marijuana in the commonwealth – already probably dead-on-arrival in the General Assembly – has picked up the opposiGENERAL tion of a student ASSEMBLY group.

A new video by members of the high school Youth Council of the Unified Prevention Coalition (UPC) of Fairfax County aims to make the case that marijuana is harmful and should not be legalized in Virginia.

The “Marijuana Harmless? Think Again” video premiered recently at UPC’s general meeting, as well as a special Northern Virginia Marijuana Prevention Task Force Legislators’ Breakfast, hosted by UPC in conjunction with coalitions from Arlington, Alexandria and Prince William County. The video is now online at UPC’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LgauCmaALUA. UPC Youth Council coordinator Sandra Bocharnikov guided the students’ production of the video, which features Youth Council members as well as parent, police, medical professionals and coalition leaders.

The video takes aim at efforts by some legislators, including Ebbin (D-30th) and Del. Kaye Kory (D-Fairfax), to take away criminal penalties for marijuana use by adults, replacing it with a civil fine.

Similar debates have occurred since a

panel appointed by Gov. Linwood Holton in the late 1960s first proposed legalizing or decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. The measure has never gained traction in the legislature, and without the support of Republicans in the House of Delegates, is likely going nowhere in 2015.

Bocharnikov said efforts to loosen restrictions on marijuana use were misguided.

“Our students really wanted to take a stand on this important issue, because they see daily the impact and harm that the use of marijuana is having on their peers,” she said. “They recognize that the human brain is still developing during the teenage years, and numerous scientific studies have proven that marijuana use impedes adolescent brain growth.”

The link to the video, along with a letter

by Kristen Talmen on behalf of the UPC Youth Council executive team, was sent to members of the General Assembly.

“We ask you to vote against any legislation looking to change Virginia’s current stance on both medical and recreational marijuana,” wrote Talmen. “We are deeply concerned about the safety and health of our friends, siblings and classmates, because we believe changing these laws will allow greater access to marijuana by the youth, even if use is permitted only for those individuals above the age of 21.”

UPC president Lisa Adler, who chairs the Northern Virginia Marijuana Prevention Task Force, said the students’ video was well-received at the legislators’ breakfast.

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“We encourage our community and others throughout the state to watch our students’ video, get educated about this issue, and write their legislators to make sure no changes are made in Virginia’s current law on marijuana,” Adler said.

Hope Aims to Provide Tax Break to Health Clinics: Del. Patrick Hope thinks 2015 is the right time for success in his effort to help clinics providing health care to low-income Virginians across the commonwealth.

Hope (D-47th) has introduced a constitutional amendment for the upcoming session that would exempt from property tax nonprofit medical clinics serving the indigent.

“Passing this provision would allow free clinics across the commonwealth to see thousands more uninsured,” Hope told the Sun Gazette. “It’s not going to solve the problem of the uninsured, but it is a step in the right direction.”

Hope patroned a similar measure during the 2013 session, but ultimately withdrew it.

“I didn’t think it was ready, so I pulled it,” he said. “At the time, we were seriously considering Medicaid expansion, and I didn’t think it was as necessary as it is today.”

“What has changed is that we are at a stalemate for Medicaid expansion,” Hope said. “Republicans would rather see an extension of existing services, rather than an expansion of government, to treat the uninsured. This amendment to the Virginia constitution would do just that.”

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Schools & Military Brendan Huff of Arlington earned a master of science degree in international relations and Andrew Odland of Arlington earned a bachelor of science degree during recent commencement exercises at Troy University.

Schum-Brady has been active in the society since 2000, having served on the board of directors and executive committee.

The Arlington County Medical Society in 2014 celebrated its centennial, having been founded in 2014.

n Joy Henry of Arlington earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing during recent commencement exercise at Union University.

n The Arlington Career Center will hold an open house on Saturday, Jan. 10 from 9 to 11 a.m.

The event will offer the opportunity for students and parents to visit classrooms and speak with teachers in the fields of health/medical, human/public services, engineering and digital media/IT. For information and a complete list of classes, see the Web site at www.apsva.us/ careercenter.

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n Arianna Hume and Abigail Spires of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Belmont University.

Ann Bellinger of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Tufts University. n

n Evan Pederson, a junior at Washington-Lee High School who is enrolled in the aviation-technology course of J.C. Perry at the Arlington Career Center, has been selected to participate in the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technolog Scholars program over the summer.

Held at NASA Langley Research Center, the program is an interactive science, technology, engineering and math experience.

Ishmael Huarachi and Leonardo Guardado won the recently art competition held as part of the 2014 Latino Youth Leadership Conference, held at the Arlington campus of George Mason University. n

n Dr. Marie-Schum-Brady, who teaches the Introduction to Medical Health course at the Arlington Career Center, recently received the Welburn Award for outstanding service from the Arlington County Medical Society.

n The Arlington Sister City Association will hold an informational meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Central Library for students and parents interested in the annual exchange program to Aachen, Germany.

The exchange tentatively is slated for June 20 to July 8. Students will be paired with an Aachen family.

Teachers and community members also are invited to attend the information session. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonsistercity.com.

Swanson Middle School will host a community celebration in honor of its 75th anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. at the school.

The event will feature performances, speakers detailing the school through the years, a light reception and archives.

For information on the effort, see the Web site at http://apsva.us/swanson. n

n Three exhibitions highlighting the 65th anniversary of Marymount University will

be displayed during 2015 at the Arlington Historical Museum (Hume School) of the Arlington Historical Society.

The first, slated to open in late January, will look at the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, the order of Catholic nuns that founded Marymount as a women’s junior college in 1950. It was designed

by Marymount students Emma Enkhsaikham, Dalia Faris, Amy Lawton and Apasrin Suvanasai.

Related exhibitions, to open later in the year, will focus on U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Dr. Presley Rixey, whose Arlington estate is now the main campus at Marymount, and the history of the “Blue Goose,” the university’s building in Ballston that is slated to be razed this year to make way for new development.

The Arlington Historical Museum is located at 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, and is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

cycle, we successfully met our objective – to empower women to innovate, lead and succeed,” said Faith Boettger, founding member of the giving circle and co-chair of the grants committee.

“Our grantees’ programs will create opportunities for young women to build confidence, meet successful mentors and learn valuable and marketable skills to prepare them for STEM and business fields,” Boettger said.

Peggy Agouris, dean of George Mason’s School of Science, said her university was appreciative of the financial support and the goals behind it.

“As a woman of science, I am very pleased about this investment in Project FOCUS, which will yield a very high return,” Agouris said.

Annual membership in the Business Women’s Giving Circle is $1,100, and includes a vote in the annual competitivegrant cycle. For information, see the Web site at www.cfnova.org/bwgc.

n The Business Women’s Giving Circle of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has selected three organizations to share $40,000 in grant funding in support of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and entrepreneurship programs for girls in Northern Virginia.

The initiative will provide $20,000 to George Mason University’s FOCUS (Females of Color Underrepresented in STEM) program, to fund a week-long summer-camp program for 100 middleschool girls.

It also will provide $10,000 to support Marymount University’s “ENLIST” partnership with Fort Belvoir Elementary School, and $10,000 toward a girls’ entrepreneurship camp hosted by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

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n The Comcast Foundation has announced the award of $110,000 in grants to six nonprofit organizations across the commonwealth, including funding for a program by Edu-Futuro’s Emerging Leaders Program, which supports college preparation and leadership development for Latino students in Arlington, Fairfax County and Falls Church.

In addition, Comcast provided grant funding to the Northern Virginia Urban League for its Math & Technology Academy.

The grant funding is among more than $18 million nationally awarded in 2014 by the Comcast Foundation. For information, see the Web site at www.comcast.com/community.

LARCENY FROM VEHICLE: n Between Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. and Dec. 19 at 7 a.m., passenger-side windows were broken on numerous vehicles in the 1300 block of Wilson Boulevard. Loose change was taken.

where he was interviewed by detectives.

Moore was charged with two counts of grand larceny, four counts of petty larceny, credit-card theft, credit-card fraud and identity theft. Additional charges are pending.

Moore was denied bond and was held in the Arlington County Detention Facility.

Police are encouraging residents who believe that they have had packages stolen to file a report either by calling the Emergency Communications Center’s non-emergency line at (703) 558-2222 or file a report online at http://police.arlingtonva.us.

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ROBBERY: n On Dec. 21 at 3:15 a.m., a man told police that two male suspects attempted to rob him at knifepoint in the 200 block of North Piedmont Street.

When the victim showed the suspect he had nothing to take, the suspects left on foot.

Police were able to find one of the suspects nearby; he was identified by the victim. The second suspect fled, but was identified by the victim through a photo.

The first suspect, 49-year-old Lamont Jackson of Arlington, was arrested and charged with armed robbery. A warrant was issued for the second suspect, 29-yearold Anthony Robinson of Arlington, who turned himself in on Dec. 22.

Both suspects were denied bond and were held at the Arlington County Detention Facility.

BATTERY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT: n On Dec. 23 at 5:52 p.m., officers responded to the 1800 block of North Nash Street for a report of a dispute over a cab fare.

According to police, one of the individuals was intoxicated and was taken into custody, kicking two police officers as she

was being loaded into a patrol vehicle.

The officers suffered minor injuries; the suspect was held without bond.

UNLAWFUL ENTRY: n On Dec. 22 at 8:15 a.m., three individuals were found trespassing in a home currently under construction in the 3100 block of North Glebe Road.

The homeowner, who is residing in the basement until construction is complete, confronted the individuals, requesting they leave.

Police found the suspects nearby. They said they did not know the property was occupied, and were only looking at the progress of construction.

The homeowner did not wish to prosecute, police said.

BURGLARY: n On Dec. 21 at around 4:20 a.m., a vehicle parked in a garage in the 2600 block of North Powhatan Street was entered. A cell phone and wallet were taken. n On Dec. 23 between 8:20 and 11:25 p.m., an apartment in the 1900 block of Columbia Pike was burglarized. Entry was gained by cutting a window screen. Foreign currency was taken.

ARREST MADE IN MULTIPLE PACKAGE THEFTS: n The Arlington County Police Department’s burglary/larceny unit has charged a suspect with multiple theft offenses, following his arrest in Ballston.

Police believe the suspect is responsible for at least 40 thefts of packages over the last several months.

On Dec. 22 at approximately 2:45 p.m., undercover officers assigned to the department’s tactical unit were conducting directed-patrols, in response to multiple package thefts in the 1100 block of North Vermont Street when they observed a suspect acting suspiciously.

Officers then observed the suspect opening packages he took from doorsteps and removing the contents, police said.

Keith Moore, a 22-year-old resident of District Heights, Md., and the District of Columbia, was apprehended without incident and transported to the police station,

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NEW LAW IMPACTS MOST SEASONED DRIVERS: n Changes to state law that took effect Jan. 1 will impact the state’s most senior drivers.

Starting with the new year, drivers age 75 and older will be required to visit a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles customer-service center every five years to renew their driver’s licenses in person.

At each renewal, they will undergo a vision screening. Until the new law took effect, drivers ages 80 and older were required to renew their licenses in person and take the screening, but only every eight years.

Virginia Home Sales Softer $245,000 reported a year before.

Nationally, median prices rose at a far higher rate in November, the Virginia Tech researchers said that was because Virginia largely already had rebounded from recession troughs.

“While many areas of the country are still waiting for housing prices to recover, Virginia’s prices have recovered and stabilized,” analysts said.

Adding up the sales and prices, and the total volume for the Virginia market in November stood at $2.02 billion, down 3.5 percent from a year ago.

Homes that sold in November spent an average of 81 days between listing and ratified sales contract, up from 77 days a year before but below the average 87 days required two years ago. With fewer buyers in the hunt during the late-autumn and winter months, homes tend to linger on the market longer than those in spring and summer.

The average 30-year mortgage-interest rate nationally in November was 4 percent, according to FreddieMac, down from 4.04 percent a month before and below the 4.26 percent a year before.

“Low rates, and the threat of higher rates in the spring, may spark an increase in sales in early 2015,” the analysts suggest.

Figures include most, but not all, sales during the period.

All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

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

will be held at Culpepper Garden Senior Center on Monday, Jan. 5 at 10 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

INSTRUCTION IN SALSA, BALLROOM DANCE OFFERED: Classes in ballroom

and salsa dance will be offered on Monday, Jan. 5 at 6:45 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. No experience or partners are required. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

ORCHESTRA HOSTS OPEN REHEARSAL:

An open rehearsal of the Tom Cunningham Orchestra will be offered on Monday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

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LINE-DANCING INSTRUCTION OFFERED: A line-dancing class will be of-

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RUBBER-STAMPING WORKSHOP SLATED: Lee Senior Center hosts a rubber-

stamping workshop on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. For information, call (703) 2280955.

TIPS ON DECLUTTERING AVAILABLE:

Step-by-step tips on decluttering and downsizing will be offered by Virginia Cooperative Extension on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

TRIVIA COMPETITION LOOKS AT UPCOMING HOLIDAYS: A trivia program

focused on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Presidents Day will be presented on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 2:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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Softer statewide home sales but slightly improved median prices were the hallmarks of the Virginia real estate market in November, according to new figures from the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

And the combination of improving economic conditions and still-low interest rates may help keep the winter downturn at a minimum this season.

“Although we cannot expect sales to increase before February, decreasing unemployment and mortgage-interest rates may usher in an early spring for the real-estate market,” noted analysts from the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which dissects each monthly VAR sales report.

A total of 6,482 properties went to closing in November statewide, down 6.7 percent from the 6,949 transactions a year before, according to the new data. The year-over-year decline is the ninth in the 11 months reported so far in 2014.

Total sales across Virginia were the lowest since February, part of the expected annual fluctuations.

“Sales decreased 22 percent from October to November 2014,” Virginia Tech analysts noted. “Sales will likely continue to decline substantially in December and January, but typically increase in February.”

The median sales price of all residential properties sold in November – an even $250,000 – was up 2 percent from the

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Wakefield Basketball Was Year’s Top Story A Staff Report

The sports year for 2014 was overflowing with competitive events and filled with numerous athletic achievements by teams and individuals specific to the Sun Gazette’s coverage area in Arlington.

YEAR IN REVIEW There were state and region champions and various district and conference winners in high school, as well as other significant champs in youth sports. Following is a list of what our paper’s sports staff ranked as the top 20 highlights from 2014, which were reported in our paper.

1. WAKEFIELD BOYS BASKETBALL

The Wakefield Warriors High School boys basketball team won conference and region tournament championships, upsetting Potomac in an electrifying region final before a packed house in Wakefield’s new gym. The Warriors’ season ended with a loss in the state tournament semifinals.

2. O’CONNELL GIRLS SOFTBALL

The many years of excellence on the state level continued for the Bishop O’Connell High School girls softball team. The squad won its 19th Virginia Independent School Athletic Association’s Division I state tournament championship. After a slow start, the Knights finished with a 20-5 overall record.

3. WASHINGTON-LEE GYMNASTICS

The Washington-Lee High School girls gymnastics team won its third straight region championship, then advanced to the 6A state meet where the Generals placed third.

The Wakefield High School boys basketball team gathers for a team photo after winning the 5A North Region Tournament championship by upsetting eventual state champion Potomac in its own standing-room-only gymnasium on a Saturday night last February.

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finished with a 2-3 record.

7. OVERLEE SWIMMING

The Overlee Flying Fish summertime swim team finished with a 5-0 record and recaptured the Northern Virginia Swimming League’s Division 1 championship by nipping McLean’s runner-up Chesterbrook Tiger Sharks in the final meet of the season.

8. WASHINGTON GOLF DIVING

4. WASHINGTON-LEE BOYS SOCCER

The Washington-Lee High School boys soccer team had its best season by winning a conference-tournament championship, then finishing second in the region and state tournaments. The Generals finished with a 19-2-3 overall record.

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After years of losing seasons, the Wakefield High School football team broke through and compiled its first winning campaign (8-4) since 1983 and earned a region playoff berth for the first time since 1986. The Warriors won a playoff game for the first time in school history and finished 1-1 in the postseason.

The Washington Golf and Country Club Lightning diving team kept its streak alive by winning a 17th straight Country Club League championship under head coach Amy Kress.

9. WASHINGTON-LEE WRESTLER

Washington-Lee High School wrestler Narankhuu Ganbaatar finished second in the Virginia High School League’s 6A state meet at 126 pounds. He finished 2-1 at the state meet.

12. SARAH ANGEL

Washington-Lee High School senior Sarah Angel won an indoor region championship in the girls 1,600 meters, anchored W-L’s second-place 4x800 relay in the same region meet, then, during the outdoor track and field season, placed second in the state in the 1,600.

The Arlington Eagles Red 14-under boys youth soccer team won a region championship to qualify for the national tournament, where the squad fell in the semifinal round.

11. O’CONNELL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

The Bishop O’Connell High School girls cross country team won its eighth straight Washington Catholic Athletic

then fell in the region semifinals.

16. MARYMOUNT VOLLEYBALL

The Marymount University women’s volleyball team set a single-season record for most victories with 28 and placed second in the ECAC Tournament.

17. DONALDSON RUN SWIM

The summer’s Donaldson Run swim team compiled its first 5-0 season since 2002 in winning the Northern Virginia Swimming League’s Division 3 title.

18. BISHOP O’CONNELL BASEBALL

13. O’CONNELL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

The Bishop O’Connell High School boys cross country team had its best finish in years in the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association’s Division I state meet by finishing second. Individually, O’Connell senior Josh Speier finished second in the state meet.

14. KELLY HART

10. ARLINGTON EAGLES RED

6. ARLINGTON BABE RUTH ALL-STARS

The Arlington Senior Babe Ruth 15-under All-Stars won district and state baseball tournaments, then advanced to the Southeast Regionals where the team

Conference championship, then placed second in the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association’s Division I state meet. O’Connell sophomore Isabell Baltimore finished third in the state meet.

Yorktown High School junior Kelly Hart won an indoor region championship in the girls 1,000-meter race.

15. YORKTOWN BOYS LACROSSE

The Yorktown High School boys lacrosse team finished 15-5. The highlight of the team’s season was a big quarterfinal upset over South County in the region tournament. South County was a favorite to win the region title. Yorktown

The Bishop O’Connell Knights enjoyed their best high school season in years by finishing with a 16-14 record, placed second in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Tournament, qualified for the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association’s Division I state tourney, and defeated its biggest rival – Paul VI Catholic – twice in the same season for the first time in many years.

19. W-L BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

The Washington-Lee High School boys cross country team qualified for the state meet for the first time since 1980.

20. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Arlington’s four high school football teams combined for a 26-18 record – the best in years – and none had a losing mark. That hasn’t happened in decades.

Offense

Defense

First Team

Position

Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Tight End Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Running Back Running Back Running Back Quarterback Place Kicker Kick Returner

Position

Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Tight End Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Running Back Running Back Running Back Quarterback Place Kicker Kick Returner

Player

Jay Jay McCargo Jeff Kruger Quinn Cox Ryan Jones Sean Brown Drew Bonner George Hawkins Zain Khokar Leon Young Daquay Harris Jack Stoors Michael Galvan Mehran Roshanaei Myles Hudzick

School

Bishop O’Connell Washington-Lee Yorktown Wakefield Bishop O’Connell Bishop O’Connell Bishop O’Connell Wakefield Wakefield Washington-Lee Yorktown Bishop O’Connell Yorktown Bishop O’Connell

Offense

Player

Second Team School

Brian Adkins Wyatt Branch Miles Kirby Ganzorig Batbold Noah Gaby Justin Moore Parker Denny Brandon Magee Anton Woody Kareem Hall Nick Shaw Ronnie Fecso Ben Kline Parker Dean

Bishop O’Connell Yorktown Wakefield Washington-Lee Yorktown Wakefield Yorktown Bishop O’Connell Bishop O’Connell Wakefield Bishop O’Connell Washington-Lee Wakefield Yorktown

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Size

6-4, 290 6-2, 255 6-0, 225 6-5, 275 6-4, 245 6-2, 230 6-0, 190 6-1, 175 5-8, 180 5-10, 185 5-8, 180 6-1, 210 5-9, 170 5-9, 150

Yr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr.

Yr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr.

Position

Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Punter

Position

Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Punter

Player

First Team

Jeff Kruger Maurice Gaskins Tylar Thompson Quinn Cox Anthony Tham Landan Word Kevin Greenwell Matt Ellis Jack Storrs Myles Hudzick Tayvon Brown Austin Kasmer Anthony Howard Mehran Roshanaei

School

Washington-Lee Wakefield Bishop O’Connell Yorktown Wakefield Bishop O’Connell Wakefield Washington-Lee Yorktown Bishop O’Connell Yorktown Yorktown Bishop O’Connell Yorktown

Defense

Player

Second Team

Trevon Shorts Noah Gaby Keani Solorzano Sean Coleman Matt Paredes Jerome Brooks Tyler Lutz Chris Robertson Kendall Byrd Terrell Dance Parker Denny Leon Young Antoine Juste Ben Kline

School

Bishop O’Connell Yorktown Washington-Lee Yorktown Yorktown Bishop O’Connell Washington-Lee Wakefield Bishop O’Connell Bishop O’Connell Yorktown Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield

Player of the Year: Michael Galvan (O’Connell)

Player of the Year: Quinn Cox (Yorktown)

Coach of the Year: Wayne Hogwood (Wakefield)

Honorable Mention:

Honorable Mention:

From O’Connell: Anthony Howard (sr. RB), Landon Word (jr. TE). From Wakefield: Riley Wilson (sr. QB), Marqua Walton (sr. WR), Julius Johnson (jr. OL), From Yorktown: Joe McBride (sr. QB), Charlie Tiene (sr.

WR/QB); Chris Saulnier (sr. TE). From Washington-Lee: Will Kelsch (sr. WR), Henry Casey (jr. WR), Bled Aliu (sr. WR), Gene Jones (sr. WR), Jose Perdomo (sr.

OL), Mick Appel (jr. OL), Justin Robinson (jr. OL).

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Yr.

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5-10, 205 6-1, 210 6-1, 240 6-3, 260 6-0, 190 6-3, 245 6-1, 220 5-10, 185 5-11, 190 5-11, 180 5-7, 155 5-11, 150 5-10, 205 5-9, 155

6-1, 220 6-4, 245 5-11, 210 6-0, 190 6-1, 180 5-10, 200 5-8, 165 5-11, 210 6-0, 205 5-10, 190 6-0, 190 5-9, 170 5-8, 160 5-9, 170

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Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So.

From Wakefield: Mike Crawford (sr. LB), Kevin Brooks (so. DB), Kareem Hall (jr. DB/LB). From Yorktown: Chris Saulnier (sr. DL), Zane Killgo (jr. DB), Cameron Logan (sr. LB). From Washington-Lee: Daquay Harris (sr.

DB); Ceneca Espinoza (jr. DB), Juwan Hernandez (sr. DL), Bryan Maldonado (sr.

DL).

The 2014 players were chosen from the four high school teams in Arlington: Bishop O’Connell, Wakefield, Washington-Lee and Yorktown.

O’Connell, Yorktown Players, Wakefield Coach Are Finest A Staff Report

O’Connell’s Michael Galvan is the Sun Gazette’s Offensive Player of the Year. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

Yorktown’s Quinn Cox is the Sun Gazette’s Defensive Player of the Year.

PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

Wakefield’s Wayne Hogwood is the Sun Gazette’s Coach of the Year. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

Wakefield was the biggest high school football story in Arlington this past fall, and Hogwood gets much of the credit for leading the way and bringing excitement to the program and confidence to the players.

O’Connell senior quarterback Mi-

chael Galvan is the Sun Gazette’s 2014 Offensive Player of the Year.

Galvan helped O’Connell to a 5-5 record this past season. He passed for 1,817 yards, threw 23 touchdown passes, and rushed for 423 yards and four TDs. Galvan passed for more than 100 yards

in every game.

Yorktown senior linebacker Quinn Cox is the Sun Gazette’s 2014 Defensive Player of the Year. Cox led Yorktown in tackles with more than 80, including 24 tackles for loss. Cox had 17.5 sacks and recovered some fumbles.

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A senior quarterback from Bishop O’Connell High School and a senior linebacker from Yorktown High School have chosen as FOOTBALL been the Arlington Sun Gazette’s best offensive and defensive football players, based on their efforts during the 2014 fall campaign.

The Wakefield Warriors’ second-year head coach Wayne Hogwood is the Sun Gazette’s Coach of the Year. Hogwood led the Warriors to their first winning season (8-4) since 1983 and its first region playoff berth since 1986.

Then, Wakefield finished 1-1 in the postseason, recording its first playoff victory in school history, defeating Potomac Falls, 25-18, in the first round of the 5A North Region Tournament.

Hogwood’s team got off to a strong start by winning its first four games of the regular season. Wakefield’s four losses were against other teams that earned playoff berths.

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Officials in Nearby Fairfax Tackle the Issue of Hoarding BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

What would prompt people to amass so many newspapers, foodstuffs, pets, clothing, trash and other items that their houses become unsanitary and structurally unsafe?

Hoarding is a secretive and surprisingly common phenomenon, Fairfax County officials told the Vienna Town Council at a Dec. 8 work session.

Susan Epstein and Rachael Perrott, who co-chair the county’s Hoarding Task Force, informed Council members that on average there are about 350 hoarders per 100,000 residents – or roughly 4,000 in Fairfax County alone.

Whether from paranoia or embarrassment, hoarders often leave few outward signs of the claustrophobic chaos reigning in their abodes, the task force members said. One potential giveaway is when piles of material are pressed up against window treatments, which hoarders have closed to hide the mess behind them.

“Claustrophobic” might be how outsiders would describe the conditions, but some hoarders mimic cockroaches in that they actually feel more secure in cramped, closed-in conditions, officials said. Hoarding sometimes is confined to just one room, instead of the whole house, they said.

Hoarders do not fit a specific profile and are found across the whole spectrum of income, education and social-class categories.

“It’s more a state of mind,” Perrott said.

People who hoard often are socially isolated, embarrassed and overwhelmed by their plight, or estranged from family members. They sometimes have untreated mental or physical illnesses, have suffered

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CEO of WETA, welcomed everyone, relating that U.S. Rep. Michael Turner and retired Adm. Joseph Sestak were both in the audience.

She also announced that a 12-hour marathon of Season 4 of “Downton Abbey” would be shown Dec. 21, and that there would be a Season 6. Both of these statements were met with applause.

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excellent Internet service, Fuller noted.

Fuller chronicled the economic tepidity that has plagued the region since the “Great Recession” ended in mid-2009.

In a reverse of the situation that preceded the burst economic bubble, the national economy now is outperforming the Washington region’s, Fuller said. That dynamic likely will shift in the next few years, as area residents finally make purchases they had been delaying.

2014 has not lived up to economists’

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the death of a life partner, harbor an extreme love of animals or have family members who also are hoarders.

Some people become hoarders after inheriting an unmanageable amount of goods and mementoes from a relative, Epstein said.

Perrott and Epstein projected images of hoarders’ homes, some of which had bags and plastic containers overflowing into their garages and yards.

Council member Edythe Kelleher, a former property manager and aide to Supervisor Penelope Gross (D-Mason), recognized one of the sites immediately.

“We called them the ‘Denim Twins,’” she said of the women who owned the property, who always dressed from head to toe in denim. Those residents did not give any outward indications of being hoarders, Kelleher said.

Hoarding can deprive a house of functionality by blocking kitchen sinks and other essential features, the task force members said.

Fire risk increases when combustible materials are strewn everywhere and piled near furnaces, officials said. Heavy stacks of goods can overstress joists and beams, while blocked vents may prevent air from circulating properly, leading to moisture damage and mold, they said.

Perrott told of an 82-year-old hoarder who had to slide down a pile of accumulated goods in order to reach her mattress.

Some hoarders amass astounding collections of pets, leading to unsanitary conditions. Those animals frequently must be removed because they are in ill heath, Epstein said.

The county’s interest in hoarders increased in early 1999, when a couple and their four children were living in such cluttered conditions that their possessions

blocked emergency egress from the home.

Those people survived their crisis, but in a later instance, a fire killed four homeless people living under similar circumstances at an abandoned house.

The task force since 2010 has drawn upon personnel from the county’s health, public-safety, code-compliance, publicworks and legal departments. The group does not yet include mental-health or solid-waste experts.

Vienna and Herndon provide law and zoning enforcement for cases within those towns.

County officials have worked hoarding cases in Vienna, but have none there now, Perrott said.

Officials send letters to homeowners in suspected hoarding cases in an effort to obtain mitigation.

The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 2 repealed the county’s spot-blight-abatement resolution, which constrained county officials more than current state law.

Adopted in 1996, the resolution allowed the county to intervene only if blighted properties had been vacant and/or boarded up for at least one year, were the subject of complaints, were dilapidated and no longer were being maintained sufficiently for occupancy. By repealing those constraints, the county will be able to take action on dilapidated homes that are occupied, supervisors said.

Rockefeller also related that she had lived in the Marriott Wardman Park when her father, the late U.S. Sen. Charles Percy, first came to Washington.

And now the show.

No follower of “Downton Abbey” will be surprised to find plot threads of last season are continued, such as a focus on Lady Mary’s suitors and Thomas’ machinations, or that Countess Violet (Maggie Smith) has many one-liners.

Having an audience heightened the viewing experience.

Richard Schneider, WETA’s vice presi-

dent and chief operating officer, said it was always wonderful to get a group of fans together to view the show on a big screen. He couldn’t have been more right.

The audience laughed much more, cheered, gasped and even applauded at one crucial line.

At the end, there was a long round of applause that Rockefeller finally had to end in order to thank everyone and give away two gift baskets – one containing U.K. WETA treats and one with “Downton Abbey” mementos.

The winner of the voting for Lady

Mary’s top suitor wasn’t tallied by event’s end, but an informal poll was held by four rounds of applause, one for each candidate.

Sorry, Lord Gillingham, Charles Blake won in a landslide.

Schneider pronounced the night “terrific,” and the crowd went away happy with memories, free gifts and anticipation of the rest of the show’s new season.

The fifth season of “Downton Abbey” premieres Sunday, Jan. 4, on WETA 26.

For those who missed the recent marathon presentation of Season 4, it will be repeated Sunday, Jan. 4, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

predictions, but momentum is building to make 2015 a little better, he said.

“It was a really serious case of the flu we had,” he said. “You don’t just jump out of bed and start running marathons.”

Regional manufacturing recovered the value it lost during the recession, but the same cannot be said for that sector’s jobs, Fuller said.

The local economy is humming along well and based more on savings and paidfor items, meaning that financial figures are less likely to be distorted, he said.

Workers are becoming more “mature” and seeking full-time jobs with benefits, Fuller said, However, he added, wage growth during the recovery has been ane-

mic.

Lower oil prices have brought some savings to consumers, but the unexpected windfall is temporary and unlikely to change driver behavior or prompt more retail spending, Fuller said.

The current 1.7-percent inflation rate actually is a bit less than ideal, as it does not result in price pressures, he noted.

“A bit of inflation in the economy gives merchants a little wiggle room to offer higher wages, covered by a price increase,” he said.

Employers have squeezed about as much productivity as possible from employees, so increased output in the future likely will come from having more workers,

Fuller stated. The lack of wage growth also is leading many people to seek employment where they are, rather than in a new location.

“The jobs we are creating in this country don’t pay enough to move to,” he said.

Fuller’s presentation was his 46th of the year – a seemingly high figure, but far less than half the 101 speeches he delivered in 2010. The economist, who lives in an Arlington condominium and has a vacation home in Maine, said he hopes to retire in 2015. He will be 75 – far past the age when he initially thought he would retire.

“Work is good,” he said. “It’s certainly easier to pay the bills when you’re working.”

Northern Virginia Media Services, the parent company of the Sun Gazettes, held its second annual High-Heeled Holiday Party in December at Bungalow Lakehouse in Sterling. More than 120 attendees enjoyed networking, showing off their shoes and shopping, with more than a dozen vendors represented. The event raised funds for the Salvation Army and Loudoun Interfaith Relief.

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

January 2, 1936: n The County Board has reappointed Roy Braden as county manager. n Congress is considering establishment of a power plant to harness the Potomac River flow at Great Falls. n U.S. Rep. Howard Smith wants Congress to decide, once and for all, on the boundary between Virginia and the District of Columbia. n The new ABC liquor store in Clarendon opened Dec. 20, and is doing big business. n Local state senators say they will oppose plans for a statewide sales tax. n Virginia’s unemployment rate of 4.9 percent is well below the national average of 7.1 percent.

January 2, 1965: n New County Board Chairman Joseph Fisher said getting the proposed regional subway system moving forward is a key priority for the new year. n A wave of church construction has hit Northern Virginia. n The new Roman Catholic Mass in English was the top religious story of 1964, according to a poll of the Religious Newswriters Association. n The Kennedy clan is spending a quiet New Year’s holiday in Aspen.

January 2, 1967: n Arlington’s postmaster blames teens for a rash of mailbox vandalism incidents.

January 2, 1973: n New County Board Chairman Everard Munsey says Arlington could require a redevelopment authority to deal with upcoming construction efforts. Also serving on the County Board for 1973: Joseph Fisher, Joseph Wholey, Kenneth Haggerty and John Purdy.

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January 2, 1982: n Gov. Robb has appointed Joseph Fisher as his Secretary of Human Resources. n Democrats are working to find a candidate to take on U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10th. n Dr. William Dolan has been elected president of Arlington Hospital’s medical staff. n O’Connell’s girls basketball team fell to Marshall, 61-37, in a tournament. n The first U.S. “test-tube baby” has been born.

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