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Budget Season Is on the Horizon

A NEW ERA IN CONGRESS

School Board Members Sound Conciliatory Even as County Funding Proposal Is Revised SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

As budget season approaches, School Board members appear to be taking a largely conciliatory line on their relations with the County Board. Voting 5-0 to adopt a new set of “principles” to guide revenue sharing between the county government and school system, School Board members acknowledged that a new, tighter budget environment means not everyone will get everything they want over the coming year. “We’re in a new environment – the County Board needs to be cautious . . . [and] we have to meet them on that,” new School Board member Barbara Kanninen said at the Jan. 8 School Board meeting. Unlike previous revenuesharing agreements, the new

New School Board member Barbara Kanninen said parents and staff need to be cognizant of the economic realities facing the County Board.

one – which awaits County Board approval – does not specify the percentage of county tax revenue that will be funneled to schools. That worried a number Continued on Page 18

County Residents Can Expect to Dig Deeper to Pay Real Estate Taxes in the Coming Year

New U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), right, takes a ceremonial oath of office from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Between them is Megan Beyer. Don Beyer was elected in November to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, who retired after 24 years representing the 8th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. See more inside in “Political Potpourri.” OFFICE OF REP. BEYER

county, slightly less (5 percent) for condominiums. Under the tax rate of 99.6 cents per $100 assessed valuation, a home assessed at $600,000 generated a tax bill of $5,976 in 2014. If that home’s assessment rises 7 percent in 2015 and the tax rate remains Continued on Page 18

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Charles Rinker, a driving force in affordable-housing and other safety-net issues in Arlington for more than four decades, died Jan. 8 at the age of 74. “My heart is heavy. Arlington has lost a champion of enormous stature,” County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said as she received news of his death. “Charlie was consistently there for people: tenants, new immigrants, kids of color striving for success, those who needed homes,” Hynes said. “He walked the walk; he will be sorely missed.” Rinker had been in declining health in recent months, but was able to attend a December celebration recognizing the contributions of himself and his wife, Lora. Those contributions were honored earlier in 2014 by the General Assembly. The December event was put on by AHC Inc., founded in the 1970s as Arlington Housing Corp. by Rinker and a group of other civic-minded activists. Rinker “was a pioneer in the affordable-housing world,” said Walter Webdale, current president and CEO of AHC. “He leaves an enduring legacy of care and compassion for those who need an affordable and stable home to call their own.” Rinker’s activism included helping to found the Arlington New Directions Coalition, Arlington Home Ownership Made

Easier (A-HOME) and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). He was an active member of the Arlington Housing Commission for 20 years. In a 2007 interview with Nancy Hall that was part of the Arlington Committee on Jamestown’s efforts to chronicle local history, Rinker said it wasn’t until the contentious battle over redevelopment of Arna Valley in the 1990s that affordablehousing issues rose to the fore. The battle, in which many low-income tenants were forced out, was “kind of a watershed in terms of the county moving from not really too concerned about affordable housing, or the [County Board] not feeling they could do much about it, to a real commitment to projects after that,” Rinker said. In recent years, Rinker had become vocal with concerns that the commitment on the part of the county government may be wavering. “We are losing the battle,” Rinker said in 2011 when he was honored with the Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award by the Alliance for Housing Solutions. At that ceremony, Rinker pushed the county government to commit “massive amounts of money” to stem the loss of affordable units across Arlington. “Persistence and imagination are the hallmarks of social change,” he said then. It was the type of statement that made Rinker “our moral compass,” said Alliance

1940-2015 for Housing Solutions executive director Mary Rouleau. Not that Rinker was without a grounding in political and economic reality. “He’s all about bringing people together [to find] real-life, practical ways to deal with the problems the county faces,” former County Board member John Milliken said at the 2011 ceremony. Through the years, Rinker worked to retain housing stock at Buckingham Village, the Taylor Square Apartments, Lee Gardens and Arna Valley, among other locations. “We saved some units – and lost many

units – in these properties,” he said in 2011. “But without our advocacy, we would have lost even more.” Rinker made one bid for elected office, running with Mary Margaret Whipple in 1979 as the Arlingtonians for a Better County (ABC) County Board ticket against incumbent Republicans Walter Frankland Jr. and Dorothy Grotos. Positioning themselves as “the pair that care,” Rinker and Whipple came close but fell just short on Election Day. “We may have underestimated the strength of incumbency,” Rinker told the Northern Virginia Sun in the wake of the election. He did not again seek office, but Whipple eventually was elected to the County Board and then the state Senate. Of the 1979 race, she said at the time, Republicans “may have won the election, but I think we won the campaign.” Both Charlie Rinker and his future wife were born in 1940 – he in Winchester, she in Kingwood, W.Va. They met while attending the same Methodist church, and became high-school sweethearts. After receiving undergraduate degrees at separate colleges, the pair traveled to New Jersey to attend Drew Theological School, and in 1966 moved to the District of Columbia with other recent divinityschool grads.

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Politics

No Announcements for County Board Just Yet SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The January Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting came and went with no change in the number of c a n d i d at e s – zero – having formally announced County Board bids. Neither County Board Chairman Mary Hynes nor board member Walter Tejada has indicated plans for 2015; odds seem to favor Tejada running for reelection, with Hynes having a 50/50 possibility of doing so. Tejada has served on the County Board since 2003, Hynes since 2008. Hynes’ decision to defer a decision, in particular, seems to have frozen the field. Not that there weren’t prospective candidates circling the meeting room of Walter Reed Community Center at the Jan. 7 Democratic meeting: Peter Fallon, Christian Dorsey and Cord Thomas, who all previously have sought County Board seats, were there, as was Andrew Schneider, who ran last year for the Democratic nomination for 48th District House of Delegates. Apparently not in the running is Alan Howze, who was the Democratic County Board standard-bearer twice in 2014, losing each time to independent John Vihstadt. Several prospective candidates intimated they planned to announce their decisions in February, whether Hynes and Tejada declare that month or not. If more than two candidates emerge for the two County Board seats up for grabs in 2015, Democrats are likely to opt to choose them via a state-run primary in June. The Arlington County Re-

publican Committee and Arlington Green Party also could field candidates. And Vihstadt could try to recruit a candidate to run a similar “fusion” campaign that elected him last year. Sheriff Makes Re-Election Bid Official: Sheriff Beth Arthur on Jan. 7 formalized her re-election bid, marking the start of what could be an uncontested journey to a new four-year term. “I love my job, I love serving this community,” Arthur said at the monthly meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee, where she announced her quest to retain the office she has held for 14 years. “We have some great opportunities and some great challenges that lie ahead,” said Arthur, who was the first female sheriff in Virginia when she was appointed to succeed Thomas Faust in 2000. Arthur was serving as Faust’s director of administration at the time, and went on to win a special election in 2000 and three succeeding general elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011. In remarks, Arthur pointed to the upcoming retirement of a significant part of her senior workforce as an area of concern. “I am blessed to have incredibly dedicated employees,” but noted the pending departure of “a lot of seniority, a lot of history – we’re going to be seeing a lot of change.” The sheriff’s office operates with a $39 million budget; the jail, on average, holds 450 inmates at any given time time. The sheriff’s office has three main responsibilities: oversight of the Arlington County Detention Facility, court security and serving court paperwork. In Arlington, most but not all law-enforcement efforts are delegated to the Arlington County Police Department. The office recently received national reaccreditation, and “we continue to run what I believe is

one of the best jails in the commonwealth and the nation,” Arthur said. She pointed to programs to equip inmates for their return to society as another successful initiative. Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th), who is backing Arthur’s re-election bid, called her a “Democrat’s Democrat.” “She’s earned our trust and respect,” Lopez said. Arthur, who is married and has two sons, was the second of Arlington’s five constitutional officers – all Democrats – to launch re-election bids. Commissioner of Revenue Ingrid Morroy kicked off her quest for a new term in December, while Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos followed Arthur to the dais at the January Democratic meeting. That leaves Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson and Treasurer Carla de la Pava to announce their expected re-election bids in coming months. All constitutional officers are elected for four-year terms except the clerk of the Circuit Court, who serves an eight-year term. Commonwealth’s Attorney Launches Bid for Second Term: Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos, who faced an intra-party challenge in her quest for the job four years ago, looks to have an unobstructed path to re-election in 2015. Stamos touted her “experience, effectiveness and fair-mindedness” in formally launching her re-election bid at the Jan. 7 Arlington County Democratic Committee. “This is a serious job for serious-minded people,” said Stamos, who spent most of her career in the prosecutor’s office before succeeding longtime Commonwealth’s Attorney Richard Trodden in 2011. She said she was “enormously proud” of her staff. The commonwealth’s attorney serves Arlington and the city

cited!” Sullivan w i l l enter the 2015 General Assembly session – his first since winning election in an August 2014 special election – near the bottom, but not at rock bottom, in seniority. Sullivan’s seniority ranking ticked up following Jan. 6 special

elections that saw Kathleen Murphy elected in the nearby 34th District and in Joseph Preston elected in the downstate 63rd District. Both are Democrats, leaving the current composition of the House of Delegates at 66 Republicans, 33 Democrats and one seat vacant. County Democrats Support ‘Nonpartisan Redistricting’: The

Sheriff Beth Arthur and Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos each formally announced bids for re-election at last week’s Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting.

of Falls Church. Four years ago, Stamos faced a challenge within the Democratic ranks from David Deane. She won 82 percent of the vote in the party primary, and was unopposed in the general election. This time out, Stamos has no announced opposition within the party, and county Republicans and Greens appear unlikely to field candidates. (Showing that prosecutors have senses of humor, her 2011 campaign leadership was comprised of what Stamos called her “mafia” – “middle-aged females in Arlington.” The campaign team has been reassembled for 2015.) Stamos touted her efforts to modernize the restitution process, use asset-forfeiture laws to battle drug dealers, provide services to victims of crimes and work to improve prosecutorial services at the state level as among her accomplishments of the last four years. Stamos has “lived up to the promises she made,” said Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th), who is backing her bid. Sullivan, an attorney, said the commonwealth’s attorney oversees “an office of hard-working, dedicated professionals.”

The death penalty was a key issue of the 2011 Stamos-Deane primary battle, with Stamos saying then she, like Trodden, would enforce state law and seek the death penalty when appropriate. During her first term, the office handed two capital-murder cases, which carried the prospect of the death penalty, but in each case defendants pleaded guilty and avoided the possibility. Stamos is married and has two sons. Prior to joining the commonwealth’s attorney office more than two decades ago, she served as a reporter for the Washington Times. The Jan. 7 kickoff event marked a final rapprochement between Stamos and the Arlington County Democratic Committee. She had voluntarily stepped away from the committee last year in order to support independent John Vihstadt, a family friend and political ally, over Democrat Alan Howze in two races for County Board. While Stamos and the Democratic Committee separated, there was little chance of a divorce – everyone expected the commonwealth’s attorney to be welcomed back into the fold in 2015, as she was.

Arlington County Democratic Committee on Jan. 7 unanimously passed a resolution in support of so-called nonpartisan redistricting of General Assembly and congressional seats in Virginia. The current practice of allowing legislators to redraw districts is “unfair and outdated” and has rendered most political races uncompetitive, the resolution con-

tends. While “this resolution does not take any particular approach” to how nonpartisan redistricting would be implemented, “we do need to have a widespread conversation,” said Bob Platt, the committee’s resolutions chair. It is “a crucial issue,” party

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Like George Jefferson before him, Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) is movin’ on up. “I am no longer the junior member of the Northern Virginia delegation!” Sullivan proclaimed at the Jan. 7 Arlington County Democratic Committee. “I am ex-

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With his wife, Megan, holding a family Bible, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) was sworn into ofPOLITICAL fice by House John POTPOURRI Speaker Boehner Jan. 6. Beyer was elected in November to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, who retired after 24 years of serving the district in Congress. Beyer has been assigned an office at 431 Cannon House Office Building; his congressional Web site is www.beyer.house. gov and the office phone number is (202) 225-4376. Beyer also has named his senior staff. Ann O’Hanlon, who served as his campaign manager, will be chief of staff, Zach Cafritz legislative director, Thomas Scanlon communications director and Susie Warner district director. The district includes all of Arlington and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, and a portion of Fairfax County. Relations Between Garvey, Democratic Committee Warm Slightly: It could still be touch-and-go for a while, but there are signs that the relationship between County Board member Libby Garvey and the Arlington County Democratic Committee may be on the road to recovery. Garvey resigned from the committee last spring, at a time when its leaders were moving toward expelling her in a closed-door inquisition for her support of independent John Vihstadt over Democrat Alan Howze for County Board. (Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos took a more informal leave of absence from the committee over the same issue, but has since returned.) Garvey’s support for Vihstadt centered largely on his views on the Columbia Pike streetcar, which both also opposed. The streetcar project was killed late in 2014 when County Board members Jay Fisette and Mary Hynes switched sides, turning a 3-2 streetcar County Board majority into 4-1 opposition. Garvey had signaled in advance to Democratic Committee leaders that she would be attending the Jan. 7 meeting, where she stood in the back. In a sign that relations could be warming, she was introduced (as were other elected officials) by Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip Malinosky, and received applause generally on par with other elected officials in the room. As for what the future may hold, Garvey was low-key. “It was nice to be back at an ACDC meeting – I hope to again be an official ACDC member,” she told the Sun Gazette. Arlington Democratic Chair Calls for Unity, Outreach: The chairman of the Arlington County Democratic Committee started the second year of his first term urging unity and a focus on voter outreach. “We cannot take our base for granted – we cannot take any voter for granted,” Kip Malinosky said at the Jan. 7 Democratic Committee meeting, as the rank-and-file turned the page and moved on from a year they’d probably rather forget. Malinosky came into the job in Janu-

ary 2014 with Democrats not only holding all elected offices in Arlington, but with Democrats in every office representing Arlington residents: president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general, state Senate, House of Delegates, County Board, School Board and five constitutional offices. Little has changed in that line-up, but the party went through convulsions over the past year – it lost a County Board seat with the election (twice) of independent John Vihstadt, saw Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos and County Board member Libby Garvey depart the committee, and at the end of the year faced the prospect of looming, contentious battles over County Board seats. Malinosky, who acknowledged he has learned a lot during his year at the helm, pressed for unity. “From the bottom of the party to the top of the party . . . we’re all in this together,” he said. “We really want to do everything we can to bring everyone together.” Compared to 2014, Arlington Democrats could have an easier time of it in 2015. There are 15 local and legislative seats on the ballot in November, and it’s unlikely the party will face serious opposition in more than a handful of those races, if that many. Trying to Keep It All Straight: With 15 races on the ballot in Arlington this November, how to remember what’s coming up? We’d suggest to remember “5-4-3-21.” That’s five constitutional officers on the ballot, four members of the House of Delegates, three state senators, two County Board members and one School Board member. (But no partridge in a pear tree.) Bickford Reappointed to Electoral Board: Circuit Court Judges Dan Fiore II, Louise DiMatteo and Chief Judge William Newman Jr. on Jan. 9 reappointed Charlene Bickford to a Democratic seat on the Arlington Electoral Board for a three-year term starting March 1. The order came two days after the Arlington County Democratic Committee forwarded that names of Bickford, Carol Fontein and Mary Detweiler as its nominees for the seat. Breaking with tradition, the Democratic Committee publicly voted on the slate of nominees for the seat. In the past, chairs of the Democratic and Republican parties have forwarded their nominees to the judges without making them public. Bickford, who currently serves as chairman of the three-member Electoral Board, has served since 2003 and had a previous stint from 1987 to 1994. While she was likely to be reappointed, Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson said judges are able to select any of the nominees. In Fairfax County in 2013, the county judiciary declined to reappoint board member Hans von Spakovsky, even though he had been designated the preferred choice of the Fairfax County Republican Committee. Under state law, Electoral Board members serve staggered three-year terms. The political party that occupies the Governor’s Mansion (currently the Democrats) is awarded two seats, with the out-of-office

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Highs & Lows

THUMBS DOWN: To those of you, and let’s see a show of hands (you know who you are) who made a big stink last week when school systems across the region, including Arlington’s, opened on Jan. 6 rather than keep doors shuttered in the wake of a pending snowstorm. As things turned out, the storm was far worse than forecast, and the decision in retrospect was the wrong one. But school officials in Arlington, Falls Church, Fairfax and Loudoun were acting on the best information they had in the wee hours of the morning, when these decisions are arrived at. (For those of you who think it’s easy to change course after such a decision is made, think back to your history classes: If it was

easy to simply turn around once a transportation system was in motion, World War I never would have occurred. Once the trains started carrying troops back in 1914, there was no turning back.) We’ve got a feeling that local school leaders, who don’t want to race a repeat of the vitriol launched in their direction last week, will be closing schools for the rest of the winter if there’s even a hint of snow in the forecast. So don’t blame us if days have to be added to the end of the school year. THUMBS UP: To the Metro system and other local transit providers (such as ART bus service), which were unsung heroes of that super-sloppy Jan. 6 storm.

Bus and subway service continued uninterrupted, with WMATA officials making tweaks as needed. Nobody at the top of these agencies panicked; they simply carried on. It was, after all, not much snow by historic standards. THUMBS UP: To the news last week that the Washington region wasn’t selected as the U.S. nominee for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. With apologies to those in the region’s government and business sectors pushing this idea, we are happy that Boston won the honor, if that’s the right word, of being the U.S. nominee. For the typical resident of our region, getting the Olympics would have been a net negative, not positive.

School Board Is Just Following the Rules Editor: In its Jan. 1 Highs & Lows, the Sun Gazette gave a Thumbs Down to the Arlington School Board for its legislative position opposing efforts in the General Assembly to restrict the ability of students with temporary protective status from receiving instate tuition at public colleges and universities. The Sun Gazette, which describes these

students as having a “tangential, at best, relationship with Virginia,” fails to understand that under current law, both students known as DREAMers, who have lived in Virginia for a lengthy period of time, and students with temporary protective status are entitled to in-state tuition. Furthermore, these “temporary” students are granted that status by the U.S. government because conditions in their

home countries prevent them from returning safely, due to civil war or other extreme conditions. The School Board stands by its position that the General Assembly should not strip these students of the rights they currently have under Virginia law. James Lander

Editor: I write regarding the Senior Babe Ruth league’s obstruction of a new baseball program. After years of study, Little League created an intermediate division for children ages 11-13. It permits play on a field slightly larger than the standard children’s field but not as large as the high-school fields Senior Babe Ruth uses. Arlington has several fields available for intermediate-level play. Arlington Little League adopted the intermediate level. Senior Babe Ruth has objected. When I attempted to register my

13-year-old, I was unable to. The intermediate division has been limited to 11- and 12-year-olds. Senior Babe Ruth is preventing 13-year-olds from playing in any baseball program but theirs. This does not serve the interest of our children. Not all children 13-year-olds are ready to play baseball on an adult-sized field. Many kids play baseball recreationally for about 90 days a year. Unless a 13-year-old has hit his growth spurt, the Major League-sized field is too big. The all-star/travel players are ready for the big field at 13. But not every kid is an

all-star. Now that an established program is providing a better option, the Senior Babe Ruth league should not be permitted to monopolize the 13-year-old age group merely to maintain elevated registration numbers. I, and other parents, are in the best position to determine what size field is right for our children. The Department of Parks and Recreation must step in and remedy this situation immediately. Stephen Finn Arlington

Editor: In the past decade, human trafficking has emerged as one of the fastest-growing criminal activities in the world, including in Virginia. Many of us do not realize this is a growing problem in every U.S. state. Moreover, many people do not realize that labor traf-

ficking is as prevalent as sex trafficking. AAUW (American Association of University Women) of Virginia is collecting signatures urging our lawmakers in Richmond to support legislation improving assistance for survivors in the commonwealth. One bill has been pre-filed, Senate Bill 710, and other bills are being prepared.

This is an issue with bipartisan support, as previously adopted legislation has shown. AAUW of Virginia urges residents to contact their senators and delegates, asking them to support such bills in the General Assembly. Caroline Pickens McLean

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Arlington officials on Jan. 6 took the mea culpa route, saying they were sorry about decision-making that sent students to school and commuters onto snowclogged arteries and impassable side streets that morning. But those same officials said their decision-making likely was the best it could have been, based on the information they had at the time. “This morning was an eye-opener,” County Manager Barbara Donnellan on Jan. 6 acknowledged to delegates of the Arlington County Civic Federation. “A surprise in some ways. It was not easy.” Like jurisdictions across the Washington area, Arlington officials planned their snow-fighting efforts based on forecasts that suggested a band of relatively modest snowfall would hit at the morning rush. Mother Nature threw a curve ball; the storm arrived slightly earlier than expected and quickly overwhelmed pre-treatment efforts on roadways. The result was a commuter’s nightmare – even public-transit buses had trouble navigating many slick streets, and drivers in less sturdy vehicles found themselves in far worse shape. Superintendent Patrick Murphy, who also was speaking to the Civic Federation that night, worked to explain the decision (shared by a number of other Northern Virginia school districts) to hold classes as

scheduled. Murphy said that, based on information in the wee hours that morning, the storm did not appear to present a danger. “We have to make decisions as early as 4:30 a.m. – once that decision is made, we are kind of locked in,” he said. Decision-making on school closures is a no-win situation for school officials; Murphy recounted being blasted in the local media several years ago for shuttering schools due to predictions of up to a foot of snow approaching, only to see eight straight hours of rain fall on Northern Virginia. But Arlington school officials, like those in neighboring Fairfax, took the rare step of publicly saying they were sorry. “I want to apologize to folks,” Murphy said. A day later, the apology-palooza was continuing. “We got it wrong,” School Board Chairman James Lander told the Arlington County Democratic Committee. School officials in Arlington (and Fairfax) were thumped in the social-media world, but decided to keep students in class the full day rather than send them home early. That gave work crews a chance to tackle snowy roads. “The second half of the day was much better,” Murphy said. Lander said school officials often are in a no-win situation; when Murphy opted to start class two hours late on Jan. 7, “I got a handful of letters saying we got that wrong, too,” Lander said.

Superintendent to Participate in Roundtable Superintendent Patrick Murphy will participate in an upcoming roundtable discussion with the three other finalists for AASA National Superintendent of the Year. The forum on current trends in education will be held on Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. at the headquarters of the National School Boards Association in Alexandria. It will feature a question-and-answer session following the panel discussion. Murphy will be joined on the dais by MaryEllen Elia of Hillsborough County

Public Schools in Florida, Philip Lanoue of Clarke County School District in Georgia and Patrice Pujol of Ascension Parish Schools in Louisiana. One of the four will be crowned 2015 National Superintendent of the Year at AASA’s 150th-anniversary celebration, to be held as part of its National Conference on Education Feb. 26-28 in San Diego. The awards program is cosponsored by Aramark and VALIC. For information, see the Web site at www.aasa.org. – A Staff Report

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ment’s annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held on Sunday, Jan. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School. The event will feature performances by the Saint Augustine Gospel Choir and the Dance Institute of Washington, with a keynote address by Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr., an Arlington native. The emcee for the event will be Justine Love of WPGC-FM. The event also will feature a non-profit fair, a salute to the winners of Arlington Public Schools’ annual writing and visual-arts competition, and the collection of non-perishable food for the Arlington Food Assistance Center. The event is free, and the community is invited.

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County Civic Federation will hold its annual banquet on Friday, April 17. “It’s one of our biggest events of the year,” said Civic Federation president Michael McMenamin. At the event, the federation’s membership will celebrate the organization’s 99th anniversary, hear from a guest speaker (to be announced) and salute the recipient of the Sun Gazette Cup, the highest award in local civic life, and other award recipients. Information about the event will be posted on the Civic Federation’s Web site at www.civfed.org. ‘APAH’ ADDS NEW BOARD MEMBERS:

The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) has elected five new board members to serve three-year terms. The new members – Yvonne Aiken, Nadia Conyers, Jay Harris, Paul Holland and Rev. Andrew Merrow – “broaden APAH’s representation in the community,” organization leaders said in a statement. Aiken is a resident of APAH’s Arlington Mill Residences. Conyers is an employment specialist with the Arlington County government and a fourth-generation Arlingtonian. Harris is senior director at CoreLogic. Holland is a senior analyst at Marstel-Day LLC. Merrow serves as rector at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. All are Arlington residents. Robert Rozen, principal with Washington Council Ernst & Young, has begun his second year as the chair of the APAH board. “I look forward to continuing our work at APAH by collaborating with our partners in local government and area nonprofits to pioneer cost-effective ways to increase the amount of committed-affordable housing in Arlington,” Rozen said. “This housing is vital to economic growth and the continued diversity of our community.” AAUW SPONSORS PROGRAM ON WOMEN IN POLITICS: A discussion looking at

why more women do not run for public office will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at Patrick Henry Elementary School. Sponsored by the Arlington branch of the American Association of University Women, the forum will feature Susan Welford of Running Start. The community is invited; parking is available in the lot between the school and the Arlington Career Center. For information, call Sara Anderson at (703) 532-3830. MARYMOUNT TO OPEN NEW ART EXHIBITION: Marymount University’s Barry

Art Gallery will hold an opening reception for its new exhibition – “Yes, It’s Colored Pencil!” – on Friday, Jan. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, located in the Reinsch Library on the university’s main campus, 2807 North Glebe Road. The exhibition features 30 works from a group of regional artists, curated by Trudi Van Dyke. “It will include a variety of subjects, from landscapes to figurative work,” said Judy Bass, the gallery director and a professor of fine arts at the university. “What I like about the medium is that, in addition to very detailed work, it can feature both very strong and bold colors, and very subtle colors. The variety is just remarkable.” The exhibition runs through March 8, and is open Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. For information, see the Web site at www.marymount.edu/barrygallery. LIBRARY HOSTS BLOOD DRIVE: Westover

Library will host a blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome; appointments can be made by calling (800) REDCROSS.

‘ARLINGTON THRIVE’ REACHES FUNDRAISING GOAL: A fundraising effort in

support of Arlington Thrive (formerly Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs) reached the $100,000 mark before the end of 2014, and as a result earned an additional $100,000 as part of a matching-fund effort. “Because of your support, Arlington Trive can provide emergency financial assistance to our neighbors in need in 2015,” the organization said in a statement. “The high cost of living in Arlington and general wage stagnation can put working households and those on fixed incomes on the brink of financial disaster at any time.” For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonthrive.org. SYNETIC SURPASSES FUNDING GOAL:

Synetic Theater recently surpassed its “Much Ado About Synetic” fundraising campaign by nearly 30 percent. The troupe raised $64,544 against a goal of $50,000, with the funds to be used to mount a production of “Much Ado About Nothing.” The program is slated to run Feb. 11 to March 15. For information, see the Web site at www.synetictheater.org. REAL ESTATE FIRM CONTRIBUTES FUNDS IN HONOR OF FAMILY MEMBER:

The Howard Brock Realty Co. of Arlington recently donated more than $10,000 to a variety of organizations that support children and families. The donations were made in honor of 3-year-old Talmadge Brock, who died in May 2013 in a drowning accident. To honor Talmadge, the firm pledged to donate a portion of the proceeds from each of its real-estate transactions in 2014 to charity. “Thanks to our amazing clients, we are able to make donations to six organizations that are important to us,” said Bret Brock, the firm’s managing broker. “Several organizations hold an extra-special place in our hearts.” Organizations receiving funding include Heifer International, MISS Foundation, Phoenix Bikes, Overlee Preschool, Cedar Creek Community Center and Cedar Creek Church. The Brock family in April will lead a second annual community-service day at Walker Chapel United Methodist Church in honor of Tal Brock. Last year, more than 100 volunteers helped the church get ready for Easter by cleaning, pruning, weeding, planting and mulching. Brock Realty has been a family-owned firm in Arlington since the 1940s. Bret and Deanne Brock live in the Yorktown neighborhood with their three surviving children.

application deadline for the spring session of Arlington Regional Master Naturalists, which will hold training sessions from Feb. 24 to June 9 Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at Long Branch Nature Center. The program also will feature several all-day field trips on Saturdays. The program prepares volunteers to provide education, citizen-science and out-

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Foundation will host “Grasses for the Masses” workshops on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. at Fairlington Community Center. The program provides information on restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia rivers by growing aquatic grasses. The cost is $40, including a full kit of grass. For information, see the Web site at www.cbf.org/grasses.

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ROBBERY: n On Jan. 2 at 7:14 p.m., a group of five juveniles entered a 7-Eleven in the 400 block of 23rd Street South and attempted to steal Slurpees. When the cashier confronted them, one of the suspects brandished a knife before fleeing on foot. The suspects are described as black males between 11 and 13 years old. PEEPING: n On Jan. 4 at 9:51 p.m., a woman noticed an individual outside her bedroom window in the 1800 block of North Quinn Street. The suspect fled the scene when the victim approached the window. Police did not provide identifying information except that the suspect was wearing a red jacket. BURGLARY: n Sometime between Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. and Jan. 2 at 6:30 a.m., a construction site in the 2600 block of Shirlington Road was burglarized. Spools of copper wire, power tools and light were taken. n Sometime between Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. and Jan. 4 at midnight, a residence in the 1400 block of 28th Street South was burglarized. Electronics were taken. n On Jan. 2 between noon and 1 p.m., a residence in the 1200 block of South Eads Street was burglarized. Electronic items were taken. n Sometime between Jan. 2 at 11 p.m. and Jan. 3 at 4:57 a.m., a gas station in the 5200 block of Columbia Pike was burglarized. Cigarettes were taken and property was damaged. A brick was thrown through a glass door to gain entry. n Sometime between Jan. 4 at 7 a.m. and Jan. 5 at 5 a.m., a residence in the 5000 block of 11th Street South was burglarized. Electronics and cash were taken. n On Jan. 7 between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., a residence in the 2600 block of 2nd Road North was burglarized. Items including jewelry and electronics were taken.

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ATTEMPTED BREAKING AND ENTERING: n Sometime between Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. and Jan. 6 at noon, someone attempted to pry open a door to a storage room at a retail store in the 2700 block of Clarendon Boulevard. They were not successful.

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Business Briefcase ernment’s efforts to rewrite rules for retail development across the community may be running into brushback from the Arlington County Civic Federation. The federation’s planning and zoning committee on Jan. 6 offered a resolution seeking an end to the effort. The resolution, slated to go to the full membership in early February, says the 74page draft retail plan was developed without full community input and likely would provide the government with insufficient flexibility, and neighborhoods with insufficient safeguards, to achieve whatever goals county officials are seeking. “What problem are we trying to solve here? We do not know the answer,” said Martha Moore, who introduced the resolution. The planning and zoning committee has in recent years been aggressive in pushing back against the county government on a number of initiatives, and it rarely minces words. In the two-page resolution, it calls the draft retail plan a “systemically flawed” proposal that relies on a one-size-fits-all approach to promoting retail shops, restaurants and nightlife, rather than focus on specific needs of individual communities. The staff plan is slated to go before the County Board on Feb. 21. FORUM TO CONTINUE FOCUS ON REINVIGORATION OF LEE HIGHWAY: County

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provide input on proposals to reinvigorate the economic health of the Lee Highway corridor. A community forum, the fifth in a series in the current round of planning, is set for Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. at Tuckahoe Elementary School. The forum will build on previous meetings, which began in October. “The more people [who come], the better,” said Sandra Chesrown, who is helping to lead the community-based planning effort. “We’re really trying to be very inclusive and listen.” The Lee Highway Alliance – representing civic federations in the corridor – is working with the county government on developing a plan that ultimately could lead to a community task force and specific proposals. Civic associations involved include Waverly Hills, Arlington East Falls Church, John M. Langston, Glebewood, Yorktown, Tara Leeway, Leeway Overlee, Old Dominion, Donaldson Run, Cherrydale, Waycroft Woodlawn, Maywood, Rock Spring, North Highlands and Lyon Village. The planning effort is being aided by county staff. County Board members have agreed to fund a planning “charrette” led by consultants, to further refine what the community seeks for the Lee Highway corridor in the coming 20 to 30 years. (For information, see the Web site at www.leehighwayalliance.com.) Lee Highway – named for the Confederate general and local plantation owner

Robert E. Lee – spans the entire length of North Arlington, from East Falls Church to Rosslyn. Planners have carved the corridor into four distinct areas for study. COUNTY MANAGER: EFFORTS UNDER WAY ON REDUCING OFFICE-VACANCY RATE: County Manager Barbara Donnel-

lan acknowledges Arlington’s office-vacancy rate is unhealthily large, but at a recent discussion hosted by the Arlington County Civic Federation, seemed upbeat that it could be wrangled to a lower level. “I have high hopes with what we can do with the business community,” Donnellan said. “We have the ability to bounce back. A lot of good things are starting to mesh.” Depending on whose numbers you use, the vacancy rate in most of Arlington’s commercial corridors is running between 20 and 30 percent – the highest in memory. Arlington is facing increasing competition from other jurisdictions, including Fairfax County and the District of Columbia, which are catching up to the county on transit-based development. Meanwhile, the federal government is both scaling back and demanding lower lease rates, sending some agencies (including the National Science Foundation) out of Arlington. Donnellan recently announced the hiring of a new economic-development director, and the county government has been forging closer ties with organizations like the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in an effort to address the needs of a new generation of entrepreneurs.

“We have to think about different ways to do business,” Donnellan acknowledged. The county’s efforts may get a boost from the school system; Superintendent Patrick Murphy is giving hints that Arlington Public Schools might be interested in leasing or buying vacant office space. If so, Arlington would be following the lead of Fairfax County, which last year inaugurated a school for upper-level elementary-schoolers in a former office building in Baileys Crossroads. In her remarks to the Civic Federation, Donnellan said merely looking at vacancy statistics could be misleading. She pointed to Rosslyn, where the office-vacancy rate has been skewed by a very large, and still mostly empty, office building constructed on speculation. Get spaces like those leased up, Donnellan said, and the vacancy rate will quickly come down.

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author of “The Village and the Pike,” will discuss life in South Arlington in the 1940s and ’50s on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955. EMERGENCY-PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP SET: An emergency-preparedness

workshop will be presented on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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will be discussed on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For additional information, call (703) 228-4403. BALLROOM DANCE ON THE HORIZON:

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Existing-home sales are forecast to rise about 7 percent in 2015 behind a strengthening economy, solid job gains and a healthy increase in home prices, according to National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun in a newly-released video on his 2015 housing market expectations. In the NAR-published video, Yun discusses his expectations for the U.S. economy and housing market in 2015 and points to the expanding economy, continued growth in the labor market and home prices rising at a moderate but healthy clip as his reasons for an expected increase (from 2014) in new and existing-home sales. “Home prices have risen for the past three years cumulatively about 25 percent, which boosts confidence in the market and traditionally gives current homeowners the ability to use their equity buildup as a down payment towards their next home purchase,” Yun said. “First-time buyers are expected to slowly return as the economy improves and new mortgage products are made available in the marketplace with low down payments and private mortgage insurance,” Yun noted. Despite his forecast increase in sales, Yun cites the anticipated rise in interest rates, lenders being slow to ease underwriting standards back to normalized levels, and homeowners unwilling to move because they are comfortable with their current low interest rate, as potential speed bumps that could slow the increased pace of sales this year. With one month of 2014 data remaining to be reported, Yun expects total existing-homes sales to finish the year around 4.94 million (down 3 percent from 2013), but then rise to 5.3 million in 2015. The national median existing-home price for 2014 will be close to $208,000, up 5.6 percent from 2013, and is expected to moderate to a pace between 4 and 5 percent in 2015. Yun said sales activity was choppy throughout the country in November and housing inventory began its seasonal decline. “Fewer people bought homes [in November] despite interest rates being at their lowest levels of the year,” he said. “The stock market swings in October may have impacted some consumers’ psyches and therefore led to fewer November closings. Furthermore, rising home values are causing more investors to retreat from the market.”

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Doritos Commercial May Get McLean Man $1 Million DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

A fun family outing has become an opportunity for a McLean family to win a million dollars. Jason Johnson is one of 10 finalists in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl commercial competition. Johnson’s 30-second video commercial, “Trouble in the Back Seat,” was one of more than 4,000 submissions entered in November. All 10 finalists will attend the Super Bowl.Among them, a grand-prize winner will be selected in a public vote, with a first-prize winner selected by Doritos. Both will see their commercials aired during the Super Bowl XLIX broadcast, and the top vote-getter among the public will receive the $1 million prize and the option of working for a year at Universal Pictures in Los Angeles. The public can vote until Jan. 28 at www.doritos.com. Johnson, 39, said the commercial was shot in his neighborhood, with portions near his front yard. “We were just having some fun and were very much surprised and totally shocked when the commercial kept moving along and made the finals,” said Johnson, a 1993 graduate of McLean High School, where he was a three-sport standout and two-time state wrestling champion at 171 pounds. The commercial features a cast of four, including Johnson, two of his young chil-

Jason Johnson (who portrays the police officer at rear) entered this commercial into the Doritos challenge, and if he finds success, will be the recipient of $1 million. The McLean resident is one of 10 finalists vying for the prize.

dren and McLean resident Michael Bell, who is shown driving a car while eating Doritos. Johnson plays a police officer. His two kids are riding with Bell in the backseat. When Bell is pulled over, the children show the police officer (Johnson) a handwritten note saying that the driver is not their dad, asking for help.

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The video ends when Johnson arrests the driver as the two kids stand nearby, one eating from a bag of Doritos and the other talking on a cell phone. Johnson works in graphic design and is creative director for a political-consulting firm. He said the commercial was lowbudget – about $100 – using a friend’s camera and buying the bags of Doritos

at a local supermarket. Johnson did the majority of the filming, with another of his children helping in the final shots. The video is the fourth Johnson has entered in the Doritos competition, and the first to make the finals. “If the video gets lucky and wins, maybe that will open some doors that weren’t opened for me before,” Johnson said.

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is sent to voters. With the next redistricting set for 2021, there is some time for supporters to garner support. “Redistricting is way up on the radar,” said Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th), but whether moderate and conservative members of the General Assembly have any interest in supporting it remains an open question. State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) said she is optimistic, noting that “the business community is engaged” in the issue.

Continued from Page 4 chairman Kip Malinosky said. In order to change the current redistricting procedure, the state constitution would need to be changed, requiring General Assembly approval (twice) before the measure

Rinker Continued from Page 3 “Civil rights was a big issue, economic justice was a big issue, the Vietnam War was becoming a big issue,” Charles Rinker said the 2007 oral history. Charles Rinker began to work with Marion Barry in an organization called People Against Slum Housing. Finding real estate prices too expensive in the District of Columbia, the couple in 1969 purchased a home (for $26,500) in Ashton Heights. They arrived in Arlington with their young

son, Matthew; two more children, Natalie and Jeremy, were born not long after. Asked in the 2007 oral-history interview why he opted to stay in Arlington, Rinker said: “It’s a nice place to live, it’s a nice community, the services are good.” “Some people say our taxes are too high, but quite frankly, if the money is spent in the right way, I’m willing to pay higher taxes for us to do social- and economic-justice things,” he said. In addition to his wife, Lora, the founding executive director of the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (ASPAN), as well as their three children and their spouses, Rinker is survived by six grandchildren.

Garden Club Looks at Horticulture Therapy The Rock Spring Garden Club will host a presentation by certified horticulture therapist Sheila Gallagher on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road. Gallagher works for Melwood, and

will discuss her work with those with disabilities. The program is free; an optional lunch is $5. For information on the program or on the organization, see the Web site at www.rockspringgardenclub. com.

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n Arlington Public Schools has announced plans to destroy special-education records of former students who graduated, completed their program, transferred or withdrew during the 2008-09 school year. Any former student (18 years or older) can review and/or receive a copy of relevant records by contacting the school system’s Department of Student Services & Special Education by Feb. 13. Under federal law, parents and guardians lose the right to review and obtain records when the student reaches 18 years of age or begins attending a post-secondary program, unless parental rights are retained for a student who has been determined to be legally incompetent or incapacitated. Requests for records should be mailed to Arlington Public Schools, Department of Student Services & Special Education, Attn.: Records Clerk, 1426 North Quincy St., Arlington, Va. 22207. Those requesting to review or obtain records must include the former student’s name, birth date, date of graduation or last attendance, the name of the last Arlington school they were enrolled in, and a copy of a government-issued identification. For information, call Xenia Castaneda at (703) 228-6062.

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Two Arlington schools ranked in the top five nationally in money earned in the most recent “Together in Education” fundraising program, sponsored by Harris Teeter. Randolph Elementary School finished second with $5,336 earned and HoffmanBoston Elementary School finished fourth with $3,220 earned in the first payout of the 2014-15 school year. Schools receive funding based on spendn

ing by Harris Teeter customers who link to the school through their loyalty cards. A total of nearly $271,000 was donated to schools based on customer purchases from Aug. 1 to Nov. 30. The choral program at Grimsley Senior High School in Greensboro, N.C., received the most funding, $6,797.

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n Michael Grieg, the son of Cristina Grieg of Arlington and Christopher Grieg of Reston, has been named to the president’s list, and Jessica Neupane, the daughter of Ram and Goma Neupane of Arlington, has been named to the dean’s list for the first quarter at Randolph-Macon Academy. Michael Ferguson, the son of Matthew and Melissa Ferguson of Arlington, has been named to the principal’s list for the first quarter at Randolph-Macon Academy.

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n Arlington Public Schools officials will spotlight winners of the 2015 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Visual Arts Contest with a video to be presented at the county government’s 46th annual Tribute to Dr. King, to be held on Sunday, Jan. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School. A total of 24 awards – eight each first place, second place and third place – were presented in the annual contest, which drew more than 1,200 submissions from students. First-place winners included Joseph McLaughlin, Arlington Traditional School; Hannah Bell, Jamestown Elementary School; Evan London, Thomas Jefferson Middle School; Lindsay Smith, Yorktown High School, Paige Haydasz, Patrick Henry Elementary School, Hannah Portner, Nottingham Elementary School; Mignote Tadesse, Kenmore Middle School; and Bridget Escobar, Washington-Lee High School. Second-place recipients included Rori Ibrahim, Drew Model School; Christina Keene, Oakridge Elementary School; Josephine Walyus, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program; Gavin Andersen, Yorktown High School; Hayden McCarthy, McKinley Elementary School; Cecilia Fosso-Mawe, Long Branch Elementary School; Ida Heid, Thomas Jefferson Middle School; and Arielle Hogan, Washington-Lee High School. Third-place recipients included Ochirdari Otgonbaatar, Drew Model School; Sophia Baird, Taylor Elementary School; Clare McElhaney, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program; Sehar Bibi, Arlington Mill High School; Erin Furches, Nottingham Elementary School; Luiza Nedelescu, Tuckahoe Elementary School; Paige Lewis, Kenmore Middle School; and Maya Gaber, Wakefield High School. School Board members will recognize the award-winning students at their Jan. 22 meeting.

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Superintendent Unveils Proposed Boundary Tweaks SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Superintendent Patrick Murphy on Jan. 8 unveiled his latest proposal to tweak elementary-school boundaries in North Arlington. Both Murphy’s preferred alternative and a secondary option would see a relatively small number of students shuffled among elementary schools in order to reduce overcrowding. His preferred alternative would see students shifted to Jamestown, Nottingham and the new Discovery elementary schools and fewer students at Glebe,

Tax Bills Continued from Page 1 the same, the tax bill will grow to $6,394. Speaking to the Arlington County Civic Federation, Donnellan said county officials are “very mindful” of the impact of higher taxes on many residents. “I will not recommend a tax-rate increase,” Donnellan said, acknowledging that the County Board has the power to impose one. County officials expect to release 2015 assessments on Jan. 16, but that date could change, said county spokesman Mary Curtius. Donnellan will detail her fiscal 2016

Ashlawn and McKinley elementaries. A public hearing on the proposal is slated for Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arlington Education Center, with a School Board decision tentatively slated for Jan. 22. “We do have good time to dig into the details,” School Board member Abby Raphael said. School Board member Barbara Kanninen said board members would take into account a number of factors in parsing the recommendations. “We all know what it means to move kids and how hard it is, especially on parents,” she said.

But with the school system’s growing enrollment showing no sign of slowing, frequent boundary rejiggering is likely to continue. “It’s looks very likely we’re going to be doing this again,” Kanninen said. And Then There Were Five: For the first time since July 2014, the School Board has its full complement of five members. Barbara Kanninen, who was elected in November to succeed Sally Baird, attended her first meeting as a member on Jan. 8. “I’m thrilled to be joining this board,” Kanninen said. “I can’t wait to get to work.”

The departures of Noah Simon in July and Baird in August left the board down to three members. Board members appointed Nancy Van Doren, who then was unopposed in a special election to fill the remainder of Simon’s term. She brought the board to four members. “We’re five now,” School Board Chairman James Lander said on Jan. 8, although at least twice in the meeting he said votes had been 4-0 when they actually were 5-0. “Let me adjust,” Lander pleaded. “I’ve gone from three to five.” Kanninen’s new term runs a full four years.

budget proposal on Feb. 21, with County Board adoption later in the spring. The real estate tax rate adopted by the board will be retroactive to January, with tax bills payable in equal installments in June and October. A property’s assessment and the tax rate work in tandem to determine the annual tax bill. Over the past 45 years, Arlington’s real estate tax rate has varied from 76.5 cents per $100 (1990-91) to $1.532 per $100 (1970-73), although actual tax bills on properties generally have risen most years. Massive commercial development and growing home values have allowed county officials to keep the tax rate under $1 per $100 since 2001, with the exception of 2013. Speaking to the Civic Federation, Donnellan said she has asked department heads

to give her proposed budget cuts in case projected revenues fall short of expectations. County Manager Aims to Put ‘Public Land’ Mess in Rear-View Mirror: If she had to do it all over again . . . she wouldn’t. That’s the shorthand version of County Manager Barbara Donnellan’s reaction to the beleaguered, and now scrapped, Public Land for Public Good process, which may have had the best of intentions but capsized in a sea of community discord. “A lot of lessons were learned,” Donnellan said at a recent community meeting. “Could it have been done better? Absolutely. Would I do it that way again? Absolutely not.” “That way” was a top-down directive from County Board members, who tasked

Donnellan and staff to come up with ways to shoehorn affordable housing and other community amenities onto existing publicly owned land. The effort quickly became a battle royale between supporters of housing and backers of open space, with groups ranging from the Planning Commission to the Arlington County Civic Federation urging the whole process be abandoned. And abandoned it was; new County Board Chairman Mary Hynes put the final dagger in its heart on Jan. 1, announcing formation of a new task force that would look at the same issue from a bottom-up perspective. Donnellan said she hoped the latest initiative would allow the community to “move forward in a positive way.”

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disagreed. She said the principles would be used to guide budget deliberations. “I don’t think we’re backing off on schools,” Donnellan said. At the Jan. 8 meeting, School Board Chairman James Lander attempted to tamp down criticism from school advocates that the proposed agreement watered down the county government’s commitment to education spending. “This school system has been funded every year,” Lander said, suggesting it would be a “colossal waste of time” to start nitpicking before either County Manager Barbara Donnellan or Superintendent Patrick Murphy had publicly detailed their respective budget proposals. Lander said he, like many property owners, has felt the sting of higher taxes in recent years, and said both the local government and school system will have to do more with less. “We are a different school system – efficiencies and effective ways of delivering instruction is something we must be accountable for,” he said. The arrival of Kanninen and Nancy Van Doren on the School Board also is likely to change some dynamics. “Ms. Van Doren and I have definitely made clear we’re ready and willing to dig in on this budget,” Kanninen said. School officials, led by Superintendent Patrick Murphy, say they face a projected $24 million gap between expected revenues and expenses for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Murphy told Civic Federation delegates that everything from higher class sizes to withholding pay raises could be on the table to close the gap. “All those things are still in play,” said Murphy, who is slated to unveil his proposed budget on Feb. 19.

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of advocates, including School Board member Abby Raphael. “I understand the environment is different,” she said. “[But] we need to advocate for our students and our schools.” Raphael proposed, and School Board members adopted, a revision to the new principles providing that the county government take into account “critical needs” identified by the school system, not just enrollment growth, in determining how much funding will be allocated to schools. That wording change, which still needs County Board approval, could be important, since funds from the county government account for nearly 80 percent of what is now a $550 million annual school budget. Like all School Boards across the commonwealth, the Arlington board lacks independent taxing authority. The one-page revenue-sharing agreement, while acknowledging that education funding is an “essential component” of a thriving community, puts education not on a pedestal, but on the same level as transportation, infrastructure and “many other government services.” At a Jan. 6 meeting of the Arlington County Civic Federation, Michael Beer – a co-chair of the federation’s schools committee – voiced concern about the new agreement. “It feels like the county is backing off some of its commitments of the past,” Beer said. County Manager Barbara Donnellan, to whom Beer’s comments were addressed,

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You can’t win them all, and despite large crowds on opening weekend, Encore Stage and Studio’s production of “Cinderella” failed to live up to ON the youth troupe’s usual STAGE standards. This is not to say that kids won’t enjoy it – for the most part, they seem to. Rather, the show has some weaknesses that can’t be overlooked in a review. The fault is not in the local cast and crew, but in the selection of a musical version of the oft-told tale that took perhaps 45 minutes of engaging material and stringed in into a 90-minute, two-act show. There was too little meat, too much filler. No need to review the plot; there isn’t a story more famous than this tale of the lowly stepsister who rises to become belle of the ball. One way to ensure this story’s stage success is to make the mean stepmother and stepsisters caricatures of evil, so audience are 90-percent rooting against them and (secretly) 10-percent urging them on to further malevolence. In this production, with book by Vera Morris and music and lyrics by Bill Francoer, the mean family members are just, mmm, unpleasantly cranky to Cinderella. And what fun is that? I did like many of the performances, including Malena Davis in the title role. Charlotte Maskelony was the nasty stepmother, Ana McMenamin and Gracie Slye her self-absorbed daughters. After a s-l-o-w start, the show (directed

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by Marji Jepperson) began to show sparks of life with the arrival of a waif (Helena Lessne) who turns out to be a scout for a wandering fairy godmother (Zoe Rocchio) sent to look after Cinderella. They add a degree of zest as the production moves toward intermission. The second half focuses on who ends up with the prince (Eric Ratliff), kept under the watchful eye of his mother (Erin Poplin). You may have guessed the ending, but never be sure there won’t be a few twists and turns. Costumes (Debra Leonard) and sets (Kristen Jepperson) are up to the task. The musical numbers could have used more amplification, especially at a Saturday matinee performance where there were audience members nearly all the way to the back of the large auditorium.

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And speaking of audience members . . . I am torn whether to even address this, but it may be time for Encore to reconsider its refreshments policy. No doubt the sale of soda, candy and chips helps the bottom line – local theater troupes need every penny they can get – but lordy, too many of the kids in the audience seemed overstimulated to begin with; enticing them with sugar and caffeine before the show and at intermission looks to be a problem. Not to mention the increasing tendency of audience members to flout the rule against no food or drink in the theater. Getting back to the production on stage, the bottom line is this: Encore’s “Cinder-

ella” probably works well enough for the younger crowd for which it was intended, although I would urge obtaining seats close to the stage so the young ones stay focused on the story, not be distracted by happenings throughout the large hall. “Cinderella” continues through Jan. 18, with final-week productions Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road in Arlington. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, children and military. For information, call (703) 548-1154 or see the Web site at www. encorestage.org.

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There may not be a choice, but if so, all involved should reconsider. For a couple of years now, ever since the Virginia High School League’s unpopular realignment of districts into conferences, there has been serious consideration of ending some natural neighborhood high school rivalries in various sports.

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One might be Madison against Marshall. Also, Marshall might not play McLean and Langley anymore. Those schools are located just a few miles apart, but Marshall is now in a different conference from the others. In Arlington, Washington-Lee and Yorktown will remain in the same conference, but Wakefield will no longer be grouped with its county rivals. That means Wakefield may not play W-L and Yorktown in a number of sports, or will face them less often. That would be very unfortunate. Nothing is definite, but ending such fan-favorite rivalries is in the works. Starting next season, conference opponents will be required to play one another twice in sports like basketball, baseball and softball. With only so many non-conference games permitted, there might not be enough opportunities for say a Wakefield to play both W-L and Yorktown in basketball and baseball. The same may be the case for Marshall, which might be able to play one of its geographic rivals, but probably not all three. Some of those games are big moneymakers. Anytime Arlington teams play in boys basketball, the gyms are packed with spectators. Same when Madison and Marshall play in boys hoops. Sometimes the games sell out. High school coaches and school administrators are not yet committing one way or the other, or blaming other schools, regarding the end of some natural rivalries. It’s that silence that makes fans worry that the end is near. Geographic rivalries are certainly natural and always have been one of the best things about prep sports. There should be more of such games, not fewer. But get prepared. Some annual high school rivalries of the past could be gone in 2015-16, unfortunately.

There was a stretch early in the fourth quarter when the Bishop O’Connell Knights felt in control of a game they had never led. The host Knights, aggressive and attacking the lane, trimmed a double-digit to BASKETBALL deficit five and had the visiting DeMatha Stags on their heels in O’Connell’s eventual 54-48 loss in the Jan. 9 boys high school basketball game. O’Connell, however, failed to make the most of its opportunities as the Knights struggled from the free throw line, making 4 of 16 attempts in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference showdown. “We didn’t shoot it well from the freethrow line and we’ll have to work on that. But overall, we just have to get better,” O’Connell coach Joe Wootten said. “DeMatha’s the No. 1 team in the region for a reason. They’re very good defensively, and I thought we did not get good shots off tonight.” O’Connell (12-2, 5-2) started the game slowly, with DeMatha (13-1, 60) opening the first quarter on an 8-2 run. Senior guard Terrell Allen’s drives opened the floor for the Stags, giving DeContinued on Page 21

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With a victory by the slimmest of margins and another by a blowout, the Yorktown Patriots swept the host Washngton-Lee BASKETBALL iGenerals on Jan. 9 in a girls and boys high school basketball doubleheader between Arlington rivals. In the nightcap, the Yorktown (9-2) boys won, 47-46, as Washington-Lee’s Alex Seff missed a final shot. The Generals remained winless (0-10) with the loss. In the girls game, Yorktown sophomore point guard Sydney Davis netted a single-game team record 34 points in the Patriots’ 51-22 victory. Yorktown im-

proved to 7-3 and W-L fell to 1-7. Davis shot 58 percent from the floor and made four three-pointers. “It just happened that way; it wasn’t planned for her to score that much,” Yorktown girls coach Devaughn Drayton said. “Sydney is so humble, she was trying to get others involved in the scoring. We had to tell her she was having a hot night shooting so keep trying to score.” The Yorktown girls led 11-4 after one period and 19-9 at halftime. Alison Criswell had seven points for Yorktown. For W-L, Kierra Nelson scored eight and Arielle Hogan five. The next day, the Yorktown girls lost to Chantilly, 49-43, as Criswell and Davis each scored 14 points. In the boys game, Yorktown led by

two points at the end of the first period and one at halftime and after three quarters. Early in the fourth, Yorktown surged to a 45-37 advantage before W-L went on a 7-0 run to narrow the deficit to 45-44. “We didn’t score for something like three minutes, and Washington-Lee kept chipping away,” Yorktown coach Rich Avila said. “We were lucky we still had the lead following their surge.” Down the decisive stretch, Yorktown’s Robert Sondheim converted a layup on a pass from James Carroll to give the Patriots a 47-44 lead. Seff made two free throws to pull his team within 47-46 with 1:18 to play. AfContinued on Page 21

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High School Roundup to 10-1 and won for the ninth straight time with a 66-58 home victory over the Hayfield Hawks on Jan. 9. In that win, Wakefield senior center Dominique Tham scored his 1,000th career point on a dunk. Alan Treakle had 17 points, Marqua Walton 16, Tham 14 and Xavier Cooper nine for Wakefield. The Warriors trailed, 45-43, after three quarters then eventually rallied to win. SCHOOL REMEMBERS, HONORS JIM MON, ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIP: Jim

Mon, a longtime head wrestling coach as well as an assistant football coach at Washington-Lee High School, died in December. Mon had been a math teacher at the school, before retiring. In recent years, he continued to help with the wrestling program and was an equipment coach with the football program. For a long time he was the school’s head freshman football coach. On Jan. 7, the school held a ceremony in the Little Theater where parents, fac-

ulty members and students gave their memories of Mon. “We liked having him around because he was helpful in a variety of settings – Jim Mon was an institution here,” WL head football coach Josh Shapiro said. “He knew a lot about the program’s history and would talk to the players a lot about things like that.” A Washington-Lee athletic scholarship has been established in memory of Mon. Contributions can be delivered or sent to the W-L student-activities office. Make checks payable to WashingtonLee Athletic Boosters.

Double winners among the girls were Yorktown’s Suzanne Dolan and W-L’s Ellie Ridgeway. Individual winners for the Yorktown girls were Abby Didawick, Elizabeth Romano and Michaela Morrison. Katherine Emanuel and Evie Gieseman won individual events for the Generals. Yorktown had two double winners among the boys – Jacob Larsen and Brady Almond. Individual winners for the Patriots were Mike Poppalardo, Jacob Krieder and Jonathan Day. Jaya Kambhampaty and Brian Meade each won events for W-L.

Ignited by strong forechecking, the Washington-Lee club team defeated Forrest Park/Hylton, 3-1. Washington-Lee (5-2) jumped out to a three-goal lead on Sandy Harvie’s natural hat trick, aided by a number of assists from Geoffrey Henderson. The return of defenseman Sukhman Nahal provided toughness and experience that, along with solid play from fellow defensemen Peter Harvie, Henderson and Vincent Chouinard, helped stifle Forrest Park/ Hylton’s attack. Goalie Carson Chircop turned away all but one shot.

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ging rights in Arlington, the undefeated Yorktown Patriots swim and dive teams scored a double win over the Washington-Lee Generals on Jan. 9. The Patriots won the girls and boys meets by the identical scores of 197-118. The Yorktown boys won nine of 12 events and the girls won eight of 12. The meet was more competitive than the scores show, with outcomes in 10 races decided by less than a second.

ice hockey club team (3-3) defeated Langley, 4-1. Alex Hayes and Teddy Dahlquist led Yorktown’s offense with three points each, Hayes scoring twice and getting an assist while Dahlquist scored once with two assists. Nick Puglisi added a tally, assisted by Bobby Wells. Joe Freund and Christian Pages also added assist. Stephen Lovelace was in the net for Yorktown, turning away 22 of 23 shots on goal.

O’Connell Continued from Page 20 Matha space to execute its half-court sets and find uncontested shots. O’Connell, meanwhile, struggled on offense, making 2 of 10 field goals attempts in the first quarter. “I thought DeMatha did a great job with their pressure defense,” Wootten said. “We didn’t have great receivers. Our guys weren’t doing enough to get open and create outlets for the ball. DeMatha also did really well defending the passing lanes.” Juniors Ako Adams and Lewis Djonkam helped rally O’Connell in the second quarter. Led by Adams’ aggressive slashing into the lane and Djonkam’s offensive rebounding, the Knights trimmed the Stags’ lead to 19-18 midway through the second quarter, but trailed 25-20 at halftime. “By halftime, I think we got some defensive stops and rebounded, and I think, at times, we got good shots,” Wootten said. “We just didn’t string enough of those possessions together.” After a third quarter where DeMatha switched briefly to a full-court press and expanded its lead to 40-29, O’Connell regrouped and opened the fourth quarter

Yorktown ter that, both teams had multiple possessions, with the Generals having the last when Seff missed an off-balance jumper near the top of the key in the final seconds. “I am proud of how our kids continued to fight back,” W-L coach Bobby Dobson said. “We showed a lot of character

and the effort was good. Unfortunately, we didn’t make that shot at the end. We had something else set up. Alex said that he didn’t see it, but he made a very good basketball play [nonetheless] at the end. It unfortunately just didn’t go in.” For Yorktown, Carroll led the way with 19 points, 11 rebounds and two steals. Edmund Pendleton had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Sondheim had five blocks and six points, and Daniel DeButts had 10 assists and two points. “We won the game on defens,” Sond-

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heim said. “They were double-teaming us a lot, but we kept our heads up and found the open man. It’s always a fun game when we play Washington-Lee.” For the Generals, Halil Parks scored 13, Seff 11 and Gene Jones 10. “Washington-Lee is tough, they are dangerous and they have had opportunities to have won games this season,” Avila said. “It was hard to communicate tonight with all of the crowd noise. We’re still learning how to play in big moments.”

were ranked No. 1 in the first Division I boys basketball rankings of the season by the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association. The ranking was posted last week on the VISAA’s Web site and did not include this past weekend’s games. Paul VI of Fairfax was ranked No. 3 in the poll In the girls Division I state poll, O’Connell is ranked No. 8. Paul VI is ranked No. 1. on a 6-0 run to trim the visitors’ lead to 40-35 midway through the final period. The Knights missed a handful of free throws that could have closed the deficit even further, but DeMatha eventually regained footing and sealed the victory when Nate Darling made a pair of three-pointers and Markelle Fultz closed the game, netting six straight made free throws. Wootten pointed to a key sequence in the fourth quarter as a learning point for his team. “When Darling missed a three – which doesn’t happen often – and DeMatha gets the offensive rebound and kicks it back out to Darling, who then makes it. Those sequences hurt,” Wootten said. “This conference is a long road. We’ll get better from this and grow from this.” Senior guard Jamaal King led O’Connell with 12 points. Adams and Djonkam each finished with 11 points, while Djonkam also grabbed a gamehigh 11 rebounds. Fultz led all scorers with 17 points, while Allen and Darling each added 12 points for the Stags. O’Connell was scheduled to play three games this week, including non-conference contests against W. T. Woodson and Thomas Dale, then a WCAC game on the road Friday, Jan. 16 against St. Mary’s Ryken. In a game earlier last week, the Yorktown boys were outscored 25-6 in the fourth quarter in a 55-38 home loss to Chantilly. Carroll had nine points and 10 rebounds; Sondheim had nine points, five assists and two blocks. The W-L boys lost to Westfield, 7154, earlier last week. Seff scored 16 and Parks 15. The Yorktown and W-L teams have two games each scheduled this week. Dave Facinoli contributed to this story.

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Sports Briefs KENMORE WINS BASKETBALL TITLE: The Kenmore

Middle School Cougars boys basketball team placed first among Arlington middle schools this season with an 8-0 record. The players were Joe Core, Brody Karton, Brandon Warner, Robert Miller, Khyree Johnson, Chris Warner, Gabriel Tham-Morrobel, James Core, Davion Owens, Lukai Hatcher and Kayden Spraggins. George Vaughan was the coach. The Capitals Academy Peewee B team won a championship.

ARLINGTON AERIALS GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL:

The Arlington Aerials Gymnastics Invitational meet is Jan. 16-18 at Barcroft Sports & Recreation Center. The meet will host more than 500 gymnasts from around the region from levels 3 to 10 and in divisions Xcel, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. A number of the gymnasts have qualified for regional and national competitions, and are top performers at the high school gymnastics level as well. ARLINGTON POWERLIFTER SETS RECORD: Arlington

resident Roy Apseloff set a new USA Powerlifting Federation American record in the dead lift at the national championship meet Dec. 12. Lifting in the 55-59-year-old, 198-pound class, Apseloff, 57, dead lifted 510.25 pounds, shattering the old record of 457.5. USA Powerlifting is one of the leading powerlifting federations in the U.S. It is affiliated with the International Powerlifting Federation, which stages the World Games every four years in the year following the Summer Olympics and is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee. As a national organization, USA Powerlifting records are American records, not world records. Apseloff’s 510.25 dead lift exceeds his world record of 500.25 pounds, set Nov. 1 in the 100 Percent Raw Powerlifting Federation, a global powerlifting organization. HOCKEY TEAM WINS TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP: The

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Capitals Academy Peewee B ice hockey team, which consists of many Arlington residents and plays homes games at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex, won the South Eastern Region International Silver Stick Tournament in Frederick, Md. with a 4-1 record. Capitals Academy lost its first game, then won four straight, including blanking the Red Bank Generals, 30, in the championship game. In the playoff round Capitals Academy was the No. 4 seed. The players were Nicholas Hunter, Nicholas Leoni, Riley McGraw, Nicholas Carline, Ricky McGolerick, Cam Scott, J.T. Carpenter, Peter Sjoberg, Warren Hy-

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son, Braxton Bjornson, Connor Ransom, Jason Meyers, Tucker Gaskins, Drew Hecker and Finn Schmidt. The coaches were Kevin Scott, Mike Leoni and Rick McGolerick. YORKTOWN GRAD ON POTOMAC STATE ROSTER:

Jake Marshall, who played baseball at Yorktown High School, will be a freshman baseball player on the Potomac State College team in West Virginia this coming spring. Marshall is listed as a 5-foot-11, freshman outfielder, who can also catch, on the 40-player roster. The roster includes players from nine states. Marshall is one of four players from Virginia. Last year, the Catamounts began the 2014 season ranked 19th nationally and completed a 38-13 season, but were upset in the regional NJCAA D-1 tournament by Harford College of Maryland. This year’s 55-game schedule begins in early February with the Pepsi Invitational held in Florence, S.C. SLAM BALL REGISTRATION: Registration is open for

the 2015 Super Slam Ball spring season. The program begins Saturday, April 18 and run for seven Saturdays. Practices and games are Saturday afternoons between 3 and 6 p.m. in Arlington. Practices and game sessions last 45 to 50 minutes. Super Slam Ball is a tee-ball program for kids ages 3 to 5. Registration is $70. For information, visit www. eteamz.com/smbl or contact Alex Filides at superslamball10@gmail.com. ARLINGTON SENIOR GOLF: The Arlington Senior Golf

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Above: The Bishop O’Connell High School student section was dressed in a Hawaiian theme for the Knights’ home game against the DeMatha Stags on Friday, Jan. 9 in Arlington. Despite the cold weather, the O’Connell students declared the evening “Tropical Night,” complete with Hawaiian shirts, leis and even grass skirts. Right: O’Connell’s Lewis Djonkam drives to the basket and is defended by DeMatha’s Jaelin Grant. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

Arlington powerlifter Roy Apseloff set a new American record. BASEBALL CAMP: Catholic University and head base-

ball coach Ross Natoli are holding winter baseball camps at the college through Feb. 15 for players ages 7 to 18. For more information, contact Natoli at natoli@ cua.edu or (202) 319-6092 or visit: www.rossnatolibaseballcamps.com. SAGE TRYOUTS: The Arlington Sage girls fastpitch

travel softball teams will be conducting tryouts for their 2014-15 seasons. Information about tryouts is available at www.arlingtonsage.com/home.html. GAME OFFICIALS NEEDED: Northern Virginia Baseball

Umpires is in need of officials for baseball, softball and volleyball. Officials are needed in all communities across the metropolitan area for youth recreational leagues, men’s leagues, high schools and colleges. Experience is helpful but not required. Formal classroom and on-the-job training will be provided. Visit www.umpires.org or call John Porter at (703) 978-3601 for more information.

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Court of Loudoun County, 18 E Market St, Leesburg, VA on January 23, 2015 at 11:30 AM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address and briefly described as: LOT 168, SECTION 5 GREAT FALLS FOREST, AS THE SAME APPEARS DULY DEDICATED, PLATTED AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 0846 AT PAGE 1473 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA. . Tax ID: 007-37-3043-000.

CASH. A bidderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deposit of $13,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required in cash, certified or cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustee may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. This is a communication from a debt collector. This notice is an attempt to collect on a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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In execution of a Deed of Trust in the origiFEI # 1074.01786 nal principal amount of $421,504.74, dated 1/8 & 1/15/15 March 24, 2006, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for Loudoun County on March 29, 2006, as Instrument Number 20060329-0028008, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will Loan Type: Conv/Conv offer for sale at public (Trustee # 549623) auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit TERMS OF SALE: ALL Substitute Trustee:

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8. Unnerve 9. One who makes deceitful pretenses 10. *Gaspar, Balthasar and Melchior 11. Luau strings, pl. 12. Craggy peak 15. Marine trade route 20. Of or relating to deism 22. Johnny ___, nickname for a Confederate 24. Twisted Sister: “We’re not gonna take it _______” 25. *_____, Stinky and Stretch 26. English physicist who studied quantum mechanics 27. Make aware 29. Caused by defects in uric acid metabolism 31. Cereals or grains 32. Ink stains 33. A vacation or _ ____ 34. *Robin, Maurice and _____ Gibb 36. Scorch 38. Steak condiment 42. Send to a specialist, e.g. 45. Situation that is ideal for rapid development 49. ___ Gershwin 51. Alarm button 54. Bovine milk dispenser 56. Italian title, pl. 57. Ski lift 58. Arizona Indian 59. Level 60. Turned to the right, like a horse 61. British tax 62. Passionate dislike 63. December stone 64. Downed a sub, e.g. 66. Miner’s bounty

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