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Arlington’s Commuters Are Happier Than Many Across N.Va.

Seventy-two percent of Arlington residents surveyed say they are satisfied with their daily commute, a level slightly lower than neighboring Alexandria and the District of Columbia but considerably higher than those living in outer suburbs.

That is among the conclusions of the recently released “State of the Commute Survey,” conducted by the Mobility Lab, an initiative of the Arlington County government.

The results, released in early November, represent data from a 2013 survey of residents across the region.

Satisfaction with commuting generally decreased the more distant from the central core respondents lived. It stood at 73 percent for residents of both the District of Columbia and Alexandria, 68 percent in Prince George’s County, 64 percent in Montgomery County, 62 percent in Fairfax County, 59 percent in Loudoun County, 54 percent in Charles County and 52 percent in Prince William County.

Asked about transportation in general, commuters across the region are less satisfied than with their own personal daily grind – 56 percent of Arlington respondents said they were satisfied with the regional transportation network, compared to 49 percent regionally.

Among other findings from the report: • The average commute of 28 minutes for those who live in Arlington is less than Continued on Page 18

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County Says It’s Ready for When Winter Hits Area New Initiatives, Special Training Part of Battle Against Snow, Ice

Sue Gartner of the Optimist Club of Arlington transports a tree as club members last week geared up for their annual sale of Christmas trees, an Arlington tradition for nearly 70 years. See full coverage inside.

Whether she decides to be mild or wild, Arlington government officials say they are prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws their way during winter.

“We are ready and we have a well-trained team,” said Greg Emmanuel, who heads the county government’s Department of Environmental Services (DES), during a recent County Board briefing.

More than 90 drivers and nearly 50 trucks can be deployed by the county government to address the impacts of snow and ice on local roads, and Arlington officials have stockpiled 8,000 tons of materials to melt the precipitation and make getting around a little easier.

DES and the county’s parks department work in tandem to deal with inclement weather; new this year, some county trails will be cleared on a priority basis, and there will be a major effort at pre-treating roadways through brining, which – barring rainfall washing it away – can provide protection for roadways and drivers for several

weeks.

The winter of 201314 proved a challenge, with frigid temperatures and higher-than-average snowfall in the region: 32 inches at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (which serves as the region’s “official” total) and 52.8 inches at Washington Dulles International Airport.

As she does nearly every year, County Manager Barbara Donnellan predicted that Mom Nature would give the area a pass.

“Now that we’re so ready, I’m sure there won’t be any snow,” she said with tongue planted decidedly in cheek.

County-government officials made a number of requests of Arlington residents to help speed recovery after significant storms: • Clear out the areas around fire hydrants. “That really is a help to us,” Donnellan said.

• Consider “adopting” a bus shelter through the county government’s adopt-a-street program.

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School Board members on Dec. 4 are expected to add “e-cigarettes” to the list of substances students SCHOOL cannot bring to or use in class.

BOARD Board members NOTES will act on a recommendation by Superintendent Patrick Murphy, adding the vapor-based cigarette substitutes to a list of both legal and illegal substances that are banned on school property.

Students who violate the substanceabuse policy face a variety of potential sanctions, up to and including expulsion.

Electronic cigarette are battery-operated devices aimed at delivering nicotine and other chemicals via an aerosol that is inhaled by users.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which currently has only limited authority to regulate the devices, warns that the potential risks of e-cigarette have not fully been vetted.

Cautious Optimism Is Watchword for General Assembly Session: Even as they basked in the glow of a successful outcome, the chairs of the county school-bond campaign offered a warning of potential headwinds on the horizon.

Despite general support for the school system in the community, “we’ve heard concerns about the cost of our facilities,” said Greg Greeley, who chaired the 2014

bond committee with Martha Foster.

“We need to maintain the confidence [voters] have given us,” Greeley told School Board members during a wrap-up session.

“Listen to their concerns. We have a lot more work to do.”

The $105.8 million school bond received 75 percent of the vote on Nov. 4, which can be seen two ways: It’s a landslide by any measure – the highest margin of victory of the four bonds on the ballot – but the approval rate was down from the more than 80 percent received by a school bond in 2012.

The committee, activated every two years to rally support school bonds, usually, but not always, includes a Republican and a Democrat. That was the case this year: Foster is a longtime Republican leader (and wife of former School Board member Dave Foster), and Greeley has been active in Democratic politics, including a run earlier this year for the party’s School Board endorsement.

“What a grand adventure,” Foster said of the effort.

Foster said she viewed the support from voters as an “affirmation of the commitment” Arlington residents have for the school system.

“We got a resounding, positive vote,” she told School Board members.

The 2014 bond referendum includes funding for what school officials hope will be a new elementary school on the campus of Thomas Jefferson Middle School. A County Board task force currently is study-

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Greg Greeley and Martha Foster, who chaired the 2014 school-bond committee, warned School Board members not to take voter support for granted.

ing the viability of putting the school on the site; if it cannot be located there, school officials plan to build additions at several elementary schools to accommodate growing student enrollment.

Positives, Negatives on Horizon as General Assembly Gears Up: There’s the usual bad news – particularly on the revenue front – but maybe a glimmer of good news, too, coming out of Richmond vis-a-vis education issues.

“We’re really optimistic,” said Lilla Wise, who for more than a quarter-century has represented Arlington Public Schools as a lobbyist during General Assembly sessions.

Legislation planned to be introduced during the 46-day 2015 session could provide school districts with longer accreditation periods and the ability to test

students on state-mandated exams when they’re ready (rather than at a fixed point) and eliminate of the A-to-F school-system grading scale that has so rankled local education leaders across the commonwealth.

On the other hand, the state government’s financial picture is muddied.

“It does not look like we are going to get any additional money; in fact, we are probably going to be losing funding,” said Wise, who also represents the Alexandria and Falls Church school systems during the legislative session.

With thousands of bills dropped in the hopper each legislative session, there are always measures that come out of the blue.

“You get to the General Assembly and you get things that you wouldn’t even have thought you would see,” Wise told School Board members.

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Community Optimist Club Again Ramps Up for Tree Sales

Members of the Optimist Club of Arlington and supporters gathered last week to unload two tractor-trailers’ worth of Christmas trees for sale to the public.

The landscape across Arlington has changed dramatically since the 1940s, but there has been at least one constant.

Every holiday season for nearly seven decades, the Optimist Club of Arlington has taken over a patch of asphalt near the corner of Lee Highway and North Glebe Road for its annual sale of Christmas trees and holiday items.

“Sixty-eight years – that’s remarkable, all right!” said Sandy Bushue as she once again presided over delivery of 1,000 trees from the mountains of North Carolina in preparation for the annual sale.

More than 200 volunteers help support the effort, which raises thousands of dollars in support of Optimist Club initiatives.

Two tractor-trailers arrived at the Wells Fargo parking lot in the wee hours of Nov. 25, and by 8 a.m., club members and their supporters were busy hauling the Fraser firs and Canaan firs from the flatbeds and prepping them for the sale, which runs Nov. 29 until right before Christmas.

Trees vary from tabletop size to 12 feet tall, and range in price from $30 to $200.

They come from West Jefferson, a town located in the heart of the Appalachians

in the far northwest corner of North Carolina.

Bushue said the most popular height among purchasers was 6 feet tall, and those using the Optimist lot “are pretty traditional” in their tree preferences.

What is now the Wells Fargo lot has been home to a number of banks during the post-war era. Bushue said Paul Mount, a longtime banking executive and Optimist Club member, was first to allow the club to use the lot, and subsequent banking firms have extended the same courtesy.

Bushue credited Optimist Club member

Barbara Nicastro with rounding up volunteers to staff the lot during its operation.

“Barbara has done such a good job at recruiting,” she said.

The club benefits from volunteers earning community-service hours through Offender Aid & Restoration, and also receives support from Phoenix House of the Mid-Atlantic.

The club sold about 900 trees during the 2013 season, with the few remaining being recycled into mulch. The goal for 2014?

“We don’t want any left this year,” Bushue said.

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The Arlington County government has been honored with the Sterling Tree City Award, acknowledgCOUNTY ing local efforts to sustainable BOARD promote forests and urban trees NOTES in the community.

The award is bestowed by the Arbor Day Foundation to localities that are “regarded as leaders in community forestry and are often looked upon as innovators.”

Herndon, Front Royal and Luray are the only other Virginia communities on the list, according to the Arbor Day Foundation Web site.

Presentation of the award was made at the Nov. 18 County Board meeting by a representative of the Virginia State Forester.

“It is wonderful to be recognized for something we feel so strongly about,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said.

Arlington has been named a “Tree City USA” for 19 consecutive years, and for 10 of them has been named a Growth community for going above and beyond the minimum requirements.

County Board Members Acknowledge Legacy of Weihe: County Board members on Nov. 18 paid tribute to veteran Arling-

ton civic activist Elizabeth Weihe, who died Nov. 2 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. “She was up and active nearly to the end,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said.

Board Vice Chairman Mary Hynes, who referred to Weihe as “another giant in Arlington who made an incredible difference,” said her contributions including serving on the Planning Commission during a seminal period in the 1960s and 1970s; helping to develop the Neighborhood Conservation program; and serving as the first lady of Arlington beautification for decades.

“She lived an incredibly beautiful life,” Hynes said. “We are so grateful.”

Board Members Make Commission Appointments: County Board members on Nov. 18 made the following appointments to local boards and commissions: Deborah Tempio was appointed to the Economic Development Commission. John Antonelli was appointed to the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission. Noor Khalidi was appointed to the Environment & Energy Conservation Commission. Garrett McGuire was appointed to the Transportation Commission.

Elisha Rubin was appointed and Steven Campbell and Ed Hilz were reappointed to the Urban Forestry Commission. Ann

Randazzo was reappointed to the Workforce Investment Board. William Rhodes, Jesse Porter Jr. and Lt.(retired) Raymond Harp were reappointed to the Police Trial Board.

Tentative 2015 Meeting Schedule Set: County Board members have adopted their tentative schedule of meetings for 2015, with final approval set for the board’s organizational meeting on Jan. 1.

Board meetings are held Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m., with recessed meetings held the following Tuesday (or occasionally another day) at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

The 2015 meeting schedule is Jan. 24 and 27; Feb. 21 and 24; March 14 and 17; April 18 and 21; May 16 and 19; June 13 and 16; July 18 and 21; Sept. 19 and 24 (a Thursday); Oct. 17 and 20; Nov. 14 and 17; and Dec. 12 and 15.

The county government’s annual budget public hearing is tentatively slated for March 24, with the tax-rate hearing set for March 26. Both will be held at 7 p.m.

Board Members Approve Historic Designation: County Board members on Nov. 18 voted unanimously to make “Broadview,” a 19th-century residence in the Waycroft-Woodlawn community, Arlington’s 36th local historic district.

As a result of the action, specific guide-

lines will support preservation of the property while allowing future alterations that are compatible with the home, county officials said.

The property “is a testament to Arlington County’s architectural history and is an enduring example of an era long past,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said.

Constructed in 1881, Broadview features Queen Anne-style architecture with a prominent front-gable, wrap-around porch and a three-story tower.

Robert Stinson Lacey, a decorated Civil War veteran and Arlington County civic leader, built Broadview as a farmhouse; his property at one point totaled 220 acres, but the home today sits on approximately onethird of an acre.

According to county preservation staff, the original home underwent a major alteration in the late 1880s after the arrival of Lacey’s widowed niece, Sallie Lacey Johnston, and her three children.

After Lacey’s death in 1915, Broadview was home to a series of renters until John and Georgia Gerstein purchased the property in 1977 and rehabilitated the house. In 2011, the Gersteins sold Broadview to the current owners, Alex Deucher and Angela Guzman, who continue preservation efforts and sought the designation.

Given the clearly cranky mood of the Arlington electorate vis-a-vis gold-plated government spending, Arlington officials this year may not exactly be trumpeting the fact that it costs more to educate local students than anywhere in the Washington suburbs.

But Arlington Public Schools again ranked highest in the annual Washington Area Boards of Education (WABE) survey of per-student spending for the current fiscal year.

And it wasn’t close: Arlington’s per-student cost of $19,040 was more than $1,900 per student higher than neighboring Falls Church, next highest on the ranking at $17,109. The fiscal 2015 amount was a record for Arlington and a record across the Washington region.

Were Arlington spending the same as Falls Church, the county school system would have required $44.4 million less funding, about 8 percent less than it anticipates spending this year.

The annual comparison, compiled by the staff of Fairfax County Public Schools for the regional association of school boards, tries to provide an apples-to-apples look at per-student spending across the suburbs.

(District of Columbia Public Schools does not participate.)

The WABE per-student-spending cost for Arlington was up 1.94 percent from a year ago. Among other jurisdictions: Falls Church, $17,109, up 0.69 percent; Alexandria, $17,041, up 0.95 percent; Mont-

gomery County, $15,351, up 0.16 percent; Fairfax County, $13,519, up 0.35 percent; Prince George’s County, $12,902, up 11.58 percent; Manassas City, $12,613, up 5.25 percent; Manassas Park City, $10,836, up 6.52percent; Prince William County, $10,365, up 20.4 percent.

Put another way, Arlington’s per-student spending was 11.3 percent higher than Falls Church, 11.7 percent higher than Alexandria, 24 percent higher than Montgomery County, 40.8 percent higher than Fairfax County, 47.6 percent higher than Prince George’s County, 56.1 percent higher than Manassas, 75.3 percent higher than Manassas Park and 83.7 percent higher than Prince William County.

Tim Wise, president of the Arlington County Taxpayers Association, says he would be fine with the additional spending if it resulted in increased achievement. But he notes that the extra per-student spending means Arlington has $129 million more to spend on education (if compared to Fairfax County’s per-student costs) yet has essentially the same average SAT scores as Fairfax does.

Look at other achievement data, and “there are some differences [between Arlington and Fairfax], but the differences don’t seem significant,” Wise said.

On the other hand, Arlington voters have not punished the school system at the ballot box. The $105.8 million school bond on the Nov. 4 ballot received support from 75 percent of those taking a stand.

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Our View: Time for County to Stop Pleading Poverty And so it begins for yet another year.

“School Board Faces $20 Million Budget Gap” reads the headline of a news article in another publication, which quoted county school officials saying that without something being done, they don’t have enough funds to provide the education each and every one of the county’s precious students deserves.

It’s the start of the annual fivemonth fearmongering campaign by school and county officials. This time, however, we wonder if it’s going to work.

Rather than attack school or county officials for their grandiose spending – voters sent that message on Nov. 4 – we simply wish to remind county residents that their local government has accumulated a stash of hundreds

of millions of dollars that sits around, earning about the same level of interest we all get in a money-market account (read: not much). Meanwhile, the same government tells residents each year that it faces a budget shortfall and has to make up the difference with higher taxes.

There certainly is a reason for a local government to have rainy-day funds available. And it is true that some of these funds, which at certain times of the year can top $600 million, are designated for spending down the road.

But by our math, which has never been effectively challenged by government officials, there is at least $200 million sitting around that serves no function. It isn’t going to help solve school overcrowding, pave roads or buttress the social-safety net. It’s just there because many top county staff, and ap-

parently the County Board members who often seem to work for them rather than the other way around, think it’s prudent to have so much cash tucked away.

We don’t agree with that view, and have found that when most Arlington residents hear the full story, they don’t, either.

So when you hear the pleas of poverty, and demands that property owners pony up another record amount in taxes next year, maybe it’s time to demand a reality check of elected officials.

The good news: Those very same elected officials are running scared of the electorate. Time to ramp up the pressure, and either get the money that simply sits around collecting dust to do some good, or return it to those who provided it in the first place.

H-B Woodlawn a Vital Option for County Students Editor: Community attention has been directed at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program’s size and instructional model during the current process to relieve middle school overcrowding.

As the co-chairs of the H-B Woodlawn Parent Advisory Council (PAC) and the chair of its Capacity Committee, we want to respond to comments about H-B Woodlawn, particularly those made by James Falkner, in a letter published on Nov. 20.

With 652 students, H-B is the only public secondary program for sixth- through 12th-grade students in Arlington. Most students attend H-B Woodlawn for the full seven years, and during this time they benefit from the closeness and trust that comes from learning within the same small community of peers and teachers.

Increasing H-B Woodlawn enrollment substantially would fundamentally change this proven model, and jeopardize our program’s viability and success.

A program like ours cannot function as the primary relief valve for overcrowding. Yet we are doing our part as Arlington struggles with increasing enrollment.

Our student population grew twice in recent years by increasing the number of

spots available through our lottery admissions process.

In addition, every year a number of students with special educational needs are placed with us outside of the lottery process. As a result, H-B Woodlawn’s high school program is currently the most crowded (110 percent of capacity, vs. 107 percent for Washington-Lee), and the middle-school operates at the third highest capacity utilization rate (102 percent). Our school has four re-locatable trailers.

Furthermore, the Superintendent’s Nov. 18 capital-improvement-plan recommendation includes a 10-percent increase in H-B Woodlawn enrollment – an increase we recognize as taking our share of the growing student population.

Anyone walking through our school would see that H-B Woodlawn does not “receive a greater share of the community pie than its counterparts,” as Mr. Falkner asserts. We receive the same per-student resources as other secondary schools, and we function happily in a building little changed from the 1950s.

H-B Woodlawn’s sometimes-smaller class sizes are largely attributable to the fact that our teachers double as teachercounselors and the three administrators

teach classes.

Nor does H-B Woodlawn cater to a demographic elite. The lottery process is blind and ensures that students from every corner of Arlington attend.

Contrary to popular myth, there is no sibling preference, except for twins and triplets, who are admitted as a unit, without the extra numbers counting against the slots available to their home elementary school. But these cases are rare. Many H-B Woodlawn students have siblings who were not selected in the lottery.

Choice programs such as H-B Woodlawn are a vital part of what makes APS a top-ranked school system. We are sincerely grateful that the School Board and the superintendent in recent community discussions have agreed that it is important to keep the H-B Woodlawn program small. More Arlington students deserve the chance to benefit from a small school experience.

Meredith Wadman, Laura Saul, Kristen Colston Arlington Wadman and Saul are co-chairs of the HB Woodlawn Secondary Program Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), and Colston is chair of its capacity committee.

H-B Woodlawn Proves Its Worth Every Single Day Editor: Did “a proud H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program graduate and engaged Arlington Public Schools parent” really say, in a recent letter to the editor, that H-B has “traditionally struggled to prove itself”?

H-B proves itself every day by providing

the best education in Arlington and one of the best anywhere. And still, fools seem to want to crush its puny excellence beneath their heel of conformity.

I could go with the new-building idea; I could also see turning the current building over to the program itself and getting the

whole student body involved in taking care of it (how’s that for an education?).

But don’t try to tell me H-B has to prove anything to anyone who’s paying the least bit of attention.

Warren Emerson Arlington

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• To my neighbors in South Arlington opposed to the streetcar: Your assignment is simpler. No whining about what happens next. If development continues along the Pike, you don’t get to complain when you have vehicles parked in front of your house at all hours and the Pike itself turns into a parking lot choked with thousands more cars every day. On the flip side, if development stagnates or regresses, no complaining about a lack of restaurants, unsafe streets or crumbling infrastructure. Hopefully, neither of these scenarios comes to pass, but you need to be prepared for either possibility.

• To my neighbors in North Arlington opposed to the streetcar: Same as your South Arlington allies. No whining. I am going to assume that some of the more inflammatory stuff I’ve read about North Arlington taxpayers not wanting to spend money in South Arlington is pure bunk. I have many good friends north of Route 50 who have opposed this project and I know they don’t share this world view. In any event, folks in odd-numbered ZIP codes likely won’t feel the same impact that we will except for your periodic trips to Dick’s Sporting to buy a baseball glove or new set of cleats for your kids. However, there will be an impact, and you don’t get to whine about it either. If development along the Pike stalls, the tax base won’t broaden. This could be exacerbated as it becomes harder to lure businesses to any part of Arlington, as most businesses aren’t interested in locating in a jurisdiction that can’t be trusted to keep its word. Regardless of how severe the impact is, you all will be on the hook to fund more of the proposals that I expect to be coming from County Board members Vihstadt and Garvey. I’m assuming my home assessment won’t be increasing due to the streetcar decision, so perhaps the tax rate will need to increase more to pick up the slack.

Finally, there is one team project for all of the folks identified above. I expect that you will continue to be vigilant about spending in all parts of the county. There have been plenty of “vanity projects” in my 13 years here, and many of you were completely silent on all of them.

I am going to assume at a minimum that all of you are opposed to the proposal to establish a second Metro line through North Arlington. From your collective perspective, it would seem to be an enormous expense that we cannot afford right now. I’ll look forward to seeing the Arlingtonians for Sensible Transit group’s ad campaign against that effort, should it gain momentum.

Going forward, there will be plenty of other projects that don’t meet the criteria you have now put in place. I trust that you will be consistent rather than selective in the bar you have now set for big investments in the county.

Nicholas Evans Arlington

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Editor: So the streetcar is dead. What comes next?

I don’t consider myself a pro-streetcar zealot. Both sides made very good arguments. In the end, living a few blocks from Columbia Pike and seeing that it wouldn’t work to have so many more cars on the road, I was generally supportive of the streetcar as the best way to spur growth and alleviate congestion. There was also an element of needing to keep a promise that had been made to developers and local business owners that has far greater ramifications beyond any single project.

However, I understood the passionate arguments made by many friends of mine in opposition. These are good people, who care about the community.

That said, we wake up to some harsh new realities. The Columbia Pike area is now a much less attractive place to buy a home or locate a business. Arlington has sent a signal to potential residents, businesses and other local governments that it cannot be counted on to hold up its end of the bargain when it makes a large commitment. Gov. McAuliffe has been told, “No thanks. Take the money you were going to give us and spend it elsewhere in Virginia.”

Those aren’t political statements. Those are facts. Elections have consequences. So do major policy decisions.

I’m going to take all five County Board members at their word that work will continue to develop new transportation options along the Pike. We’ll see where that goes. However, for people who are celebrating today, your work is unfinished, and I have some assignments for you: • To County Board member Vihstadt: Congratulations. You were successful twice in taking on the establishment and providing a channel within the system to combat the streetcar. Throughout your campaigns, I heard you say that you opposed the streetcar because you wanted to do more for “core services” – education, affordable housing and rebuilding our current infrastructure. OK, there is no more streetcar bogeyman to fight, so let’s see you keep your promises. I expect big proposals and results from you and, no, you are not allowed to pass the buck to the School Board on the school-overcrowding issue.

Education is as core as it gets, so get to work. If you deliver on your promises, you absolutely will earn my trust and support as well as my vote in 2018.

• To County Board Member Garvey: Over the past few years you repeatedly suggested that the notion of dedicated funding for this project was a farce and that “money is money.” This was a very effective argument: should we be spending money on a streetcar when we have so many other pressing needs? Well, no more streetcar, so I expect that you will have some bold and potentially expensive policy proposals involving significantly expanded funding for those core services described above, especially for more school-construction projects. Although I might be disappointed about the streetcar, I am very excited that we have more money to spend in other areas requiring investment. I would imagine your proposals are ready to go since you have analyzed this so thoroughly over the

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Editor: I am disappointed to see so many references to the streetcar decision expressed as a “North Arlington vs. South Arlington” choice. I have lived in both North and South Arlington over the past 48 years, and I don’t recall any issue being described in this manner.

Personally, I was against the streetcar project because of its cost and the traffic mess it would cause on Columbia Pike. I believe many of the people who favored it were not around when there were streetcars in D.C. with their tracks in the middle of the driving lanes and wires overhead.

Also, it angered me that the County Board would not allow a referendum on

the project.

I have friends in both North and South Arlington who were against it, and I suppose there are people in both areas who favored it.

The first time I heard it described in terms of a “North Arlington vs. South Arlington” issue was from Walter Tejada after the announcement. I think other pro-streetcar enthusiasts picked up on this rhetoric and are making this a divisive issue.

From my perspective, Arlington is a cohesive community – and “North” and “South” refer only to driving directions and mailing addresses.

Mary Fantucchio Arlington

Editor: I wanted to tear my hair out while reading Grant Maloney’s letter in the Nov. 27 edition, in which he blamed the streetcar outcome on the divide between North Arlington and South Arlington.

How slanderous, I thought, to accuse me of opposing the streetcar because I live in the “other” half of the county and wouldn’t benefit from it personally.

I have to acknowledge that Mr. Maloney’s charge may be correct with respect to some of the opposition. But I’d ask him (and George Barsky, whose letter also appeared) to reflect on the sincerity and diversity of the arguments against the streetcar that have appeared over many months on this very page.

I would love for there to be a streetcar – if one could be built beside the existing road.

Heck, I would love a streetcar down the middle of Four Mile Run Drive to Shirlington if that would serve enough people.

Maybe they could tunnel it under Interstate 395 and run it along South Glebe Road to the new Potomac Yard Metro station, get-

ting people to and from Barcroft, Nauck, Arlandria, Del Ray, Crystal City, and Old Town.

If it were feasible without causing undue dislocation of existing inhabitants and businesses, I would support the creation of a Metro line from the Pentagon, down Columbia Pike, through Skyline and Baileys Crossroads and Annandale all the way out to Fairfax. I would be happy for the easier commute for all the folks living and working along the route, and I would be delighted by all the (smart) development that it could lead to.

How about that? Does it look like I don’t care about South Arlington? I don’t know that these ideas are practical, but I’d be pleased if they were.

I oppose the in-traffic streetcar because I think the benefit to South Arlington would fall far short of the promise and it would lead to regrets.

So be careful when you accuse objectors of acting out of self-interest, as though we all share one same motivation.

Harlan Messinger Arlington

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Editor: In the streetcar kerfuffle, have trackless trolleys been considered as a compromise?

Trackless trolleys, also known as trolleybuses, are electric buses powered by two overhead wires (instead of the streetcar’s one overhead wire).

Like streetcars, they provide the environmental and psychological advantages of being emissions-free vehicles and of giving passengers the comfort of seeing exactly where the system runs. But like ordinary buses, they are maneuverable, able to pull to the curb to pick up and drop off

passengers, or to change lanes in the street to avoid obstacles.

The transportation needs of Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Dayton are met in part by trackless trolleys today; and around the world they move millions of people in such cities as Rome, Mexico City and Beijing. Perhaps these clean, quiet, flexible, and elegant vehicles could also meet the transportation needs of a revitalized Crystal City-Columbia Pike-Baileys Crossroads corridor.

John Herrmann Arlington

Editor: A big high-five to our County Board for the decision to cancel the streetcar project.

I hope this is a turning point in how our elected officials will proceed in managing

their wants and Arlingtonians’ needs.

Next up: Save TJ Park!

Stephanie Chong Arlington

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Editor: The new homeless shelter at the corner of North Courthouse Road and 14th Street North must be sold back to the private sector now, and the funds from the sale must be returned to Arlington taxpayers in the form of tax relief.

This unwanted and non-supported expenditure for this homeless shelter is causing people to move out of the Courthouse area, and is causing people who would like to live here to back out of buying condos once they find out about its presence.

This homeless shelter may cost Arlington taxpayers in the neighborhood of $80 million over its useful life. When looking at the amount of money being spent on this boondoggle, one must include the loss of interest on taxpayers’ dollars that will be spent on this building; cost of the building; monies needed to retrofit this building for the homeless-shelter use; monies needed to maintain this homeless shelter over its lifetime; the increase in county personnel needed to run and or oversee the operation of this homeless shelter and the loss of real estate taxes; and the loss of income taxes and other taxes like business and sales taxes that could come to Arlington if this homeless shelter was in private hands and the people in it would work and pay taxes.

By putting this homeless shelter back on the market, the homeless people that would have lived in it would greatly benefit from the increase in their self-esteem that will occur when they must provide for themselves, and they would be much more

motivated to go to work and pay their own bills without this shelter.

When it comes to “affordable housing” issues in Arlngton, I live in a 30-year-old, one-bedroom condo in Courthouse, and I am now supporting these needy people living in new two- and three-bedroom apartments with more than three times the square footage I live in. I am paying for their children to go to our schools, which cost $5,000 more per year per student than some surrounding jurisdictions, and am paying for their health insurance and their food.

Most of these people that I am supporting do not come from Arlington, but from other places that will not support them in the fashion and style that they think that they should live in. These people that are taking Arlington taxpayers’ assets do not want to take responsibility for their own actions, but they want other people to pay for their wrong choices in life.

I am over 65 and no one has ever helped me, nor would I expect anyone to help me, live my life and pay for the things that I want and have. When will I be able to spend my earnings myself and enjoy my life without the Arlington County government’s greedy hands in my pockets? When will our County Board leadership and their unjustified, unhelpful and unwanted expenditures end?

Wait until election time in 2015, and we will find out.

Stephen Holbrook Arlington

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Arlington may simply may reached its optimal maximum growth capacity. Any taxes and community benefits resulting from further growth may be more than outweighed by the inherent costs and decline in the existing quality of life associated with supporting that growth.

One approach to addressing these complex and divisive issues is to return to a comprehensive planning process that promotes balanced and evolutionary growth through rigorous zoning and development control based on community input (in advance) and measurable guidelines for feasible and sustainable growth.

It would help if the ruling troika on the County Board let the county manager and staff provide meaningful and honest assessments of the true and complete costs of proposed development, rather than just forcing them to be rubber-stamping cheerleaders for dubious developments.

Stephen Carey Arlington

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Editor: Rather than try to solve each challenge facing Arlington as a separate issue, the County Board should take a look at the underlying cause for all of the difficult demands made on them.

That would be a policy of promoting excessively rapid growth that is not feasible, sustainable or even desirable, especially if the existing quality of life is to be maintained in Arlington.

Arlington may not have the concentration of wealth, the unlimited resources or the available space to be “Manhattan on the Potomac.”

Growth has its costs, many of which have not been initially considered in the planning process – perhaps even deliberately so by those on the County Board trumpeting the benefits of uncontrolled growth.

The rapid increase in density associated with excessively rapid growth requires a corresponding increase in public facilities (like schools, green space and recreational infrastructure, affordable housing, public parking, fire and safety infrastructure, water processing capacity, public transportation, trash disposal and recycling capacity,

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The Arlington Community Foundation’s board of trustees recently approved grant awards totaling $194,000 to 51 nonprofit organizations and schools through its Community Enhancement and Homelessness Prevention grant programs.

The awards bring the total amount distributed through the foundation in 2014 to more than $1.16 million in grants and scholarship awards. Since the foundation’s inception 23 years ago, it has distributed over $11 million in grants and scholarships.

“The grants awarded this year reflect the work of stellar nonprofits and educators in the Arlington area and the commitment of the Arlington Community Foundation to support their work in the community,” said Wanda Pierce, executive director of the foundation.

The Community Enhancement Grants program is an annual competitive grant cycle that awards grants to nonprofits for either projects or general operating support. This year’s grant awards range from $1,000 to $8,000.

Award recipients include All Ages Read Together; Alliance for Housing Solutions; Arlington Arts Center; Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC); Arlington Free Clinic; Arlington Neighborhood Villages; Arlington Pediatric Center; Arlington Retirement Housing Corp. (Culpepper Garden); Arlington Thrive; Arts for the Aging; A-SPAN (Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network); Best Buddies Virginia; Bonder & Amanda Johnson Community Development Corp.; Borromeo Housing; Bowen McCauley Dance; BU-GATA; Centro De Alfabetización en Español; Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization; Communities In School of Nova Community Residences; Doorways for Women and Families; Edu-Futuro; Encore Stage & Studio; ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia; Fenwick Foundation; Friends of Guest House; Greenbrier Learning Center; H-B Woodlawn.

Also, Insight Memory Care Center; Jill’s House; Just Neighbors Ministry; Latinas Leading Tomorrow; Legal Aid Justice Center; Linden Resources; Music for Life; Postpartum Support Virginia; Prelude: the Arlington Youth Orchestral Program; the Reading Connection; SCAN of Northern Virginia; Shirlington Employment and Education Center; Signature Theatre; the Student Conservation Association; Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia; Synetic Theater; Tahirih Justice Center; Teatro de la Luna; and WSC Avant Bard.

The Homelessness Prevention Fund’s Looking Toward Tomorrow grants program is an annual grant cycle which supports homelessness prevention by funding organizations that develop and use new and innovative approaches to provide more effective support for their clients. This year’s grant awards range up to $10,000.

Recipients include Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing; Arlington Thrive; Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless; A-SPAN; Doorways for Women and Families; Jireh’s Place; and Volunteers of America Chesapeake.

Arlington Notes organizations will be presented with the James B. Hunter Human Rights Award during ceremonies Dec. 11 in Arlington.

Annual honorees are selected by the county government’s Human Rights Commission.

Being honored with the 2014 awards are Barbara Amaya, an advocate against human trafficking and violence; Stephen Fowler, board president of Legal Services of Northern Virginia; the Reading Connection; the Animal Welfare League of Arlington; and Doorways for Women and Families.

Recipients are “the true heroes of our community – we should all be grateful for having such outstanding individuals and organizations [that] dedicate their lives and their work to look after those in need,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said.

The awards ceremony and reception will be held on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. in the County Board room, located on the third floor at 2100 Clarendon Blvd.

William Kellibrew IV of Mauldin Brand Agency will speak on “Working Toward a Violence-Free Community.”

The award is named in honor of former County Board member James Hunter III, who died in 1998.

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Court Paul Ferguson and the Four Seasons Garden Club will be presented with the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance’s 2014 Equality Awards during a ceremony in December.

Ferguson, who has served as clerk of court since 2008 and previously was a County Board member, is being honored for his willingness to accept marriage-license applications from same-sex couples prior to this year’s court ruling legalizing gay marriage in Virginia.

Ferguson could not process the applications, but his action in accepting them was in accordance with his support for samesex marriage.

The Four Seasons Garden Club describes itself as a “garden club mostly for the gay community, but all are welcome.

Only requirement is love of plants.”

The local chapter of the club helped to preserve elements of the healing garden formerly at the (now closed) WhitmanWalker Clinic office in Arlington, moving the contemplative healing garden and labyrinth to Barton Park for all to enjoy.

The awards will be presented at AGLA’s annual holiday party, to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Freddie’s Beach Bar & Restaurant on 23rd Street South. For information, see the Web site at www.agla.org.

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“Its education-themed amenities are really fun and creative, and it’s a great place for tots to ride safely along paths that wind through a series of intertwined arches,” said county parks director Jane Rudolph.

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Naughton previously worked as a hospital administrator at the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda and at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. She chaired the advisory council of the Medical Care for Children Partnership from 2006-08.

Pallesen, who was the founding executive director of the Arlington Free Clinic, announced her retirement earlier this year.

A search committee, composed of members of the organization’s board, continues the search process for a permanent successor.

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County government’s Office of Emergency Management and the county government’s Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission will host a town-hall meeting to discuss the community’s readiness to tackle contagious diseases.

The event will be held on Monday, Dec. 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hazel Auditorium at Virginia Hospital Center.

A panel of experts will address issues related to contagious disease. The community is invited.

AUTHOR TO DISCUSS BOOK ON SYRIA: Arlington author Andy Ankovitz will

discuss and sign copies of his new book, “The Middle East at Street Level View: A Dark Side of History in Syria” on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Martha Washington branch library at 6614 Fort Hunt Road in Alexandria.

‘NUTCRACKER’ COMES TO STAGE: Bal-

letNova will present a holiday production of “The Nutcracker” Dec. 4-7 at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre.

Productions will run Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 5 p.m., with the weekend dates featuring a behind-the-scenes educational program at 11 a.m.

Tickets are $13-$35. For information, see the Web site at www.balletnova.org.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOOKS AT TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES: The

Joy of Christmas Celebrate the season with Christmas favorites and a carol sing-along. Special guests: Washington Symphonic Brass and the C.D. Hylton High School Troubadours.

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Arlington Historical Society’s monthly meeting will look at “Bringing History Alive: Teaching Social Studies in Arlington Public Schools.”

The event, to be held on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at Central Library, will feature Cathy Bonneville Hix, a third-generation Arlington resident and currently supervisor of social studies for Arlington Public Schools.

The program will feature an overview of the K-12 social-studies curriculum, as well as how local history is incorporated into the school year.

The community is invited. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

HENDRY HOUSE HOSTS ANNUAL ARTS, CRAFTS SHOW: Hendry House at Fort

C.F. Smith Park will host its ninth annual Holiday House juried arts-and-crafts show from Dec. 6 to 14.

The event will feature new and returning artists and a special area for children with gifts priced at less than $15.

On the opening day, there will be a demonstration by local florist Anne Holcome on wreathmaking from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hours are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. and weekdays from noon to 8 p.m. For C.F. Smith Park is located at 2411 24th St. North.

For information, call Sharon Casey at (703) 243-7329 or see the Web site at www. fortcfsmith.com.

‘MIRACLE ON 23rd STREET’ RETURNS:

Linden Resources will host its annual “Miracle on 23rd Street” community cel-

ebration on Friday, Dec. 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 750 23rd St. South.

The free event will feature a tree-lighting, musical performances, children’s activities, tasty treats and Santa arriving by fire truck.

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

CHURCH TO HOST LIVING NATIVITY:

Cherrydale United Methodist Church will host its 30th annual Living Nativity on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church, 3701 Lorcom Lane.

The community is invited.

LIONS CLUB HOSTS CITRUS SALE: The

Northwest Arlington Lions Club will hold a sale of fresh Florida citrus, Georgia pecans and Vermont maple syrup during an upcoming sale, to run from Dec. 9 to 14 at the Overlee Main Pool pump house, 6030 Lee Highway.

Hours are Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds will benefit local philanthropic efforts.

For information, call (703) 528-1130.

MARYMOUNT HOSTS EXHIBITION OF STUDENT ART: Marymount University

will host its annual Senior Art Exhibit from Dec. 5-11 at the Barry Gallery in the Reinsch Library on the university’s main campus.

An opening reception is slated for Friday, Dec. 5 from 5 to 7:30 p.m., featuring student-artists Annemarie Casella, Lilianne Graybiel, Amber Kirkwood, April Myhre, Loan Nguyen and Lauren Reimer.

For information, see the Web site at www.marymount.edu/barrygallery.

MOUNT OLIVET HOSTS ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR: Mount Olivet United Meth-

odist Church will host an Alternative Gift Fair on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the church, 1500 North Glebe Road.

The event will feature fair-trade and handcrafted items from around the globe, with proceeds benefiting a host of international initiatives.

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

TRINITY HOSTS ALTERNATIVE GIFT MARKET: Trinity Presbyterian Church will

host its annual Alternative Gift Market on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the church, 16th Street North and North Inglewood Street.

The event offers the opportunity to support a number of fair-trade retailers as well as the Barrett Elementary School Partnership.

LIBRARY FORUM FOCUSES ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING: A panel

discussion on socially responsible investing will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Central Library.

The event is sponsored by the library department in conjunction with Virginia Cooperative Extension. The community is invited.

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A discussion on keeping leg veins healthy will be held on Monday, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

ing healthy treats for the holidays using fruit will be held on Monday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

Brain-fitness exercises will be offered on Monday, Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

WORKSHOP LOOKS AT CREDIT-CARD USE: Using credit cards will be discussed

on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. at LangstonBrown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

HISTORY ROUNDTABLERS TO GATHER:

The history roundtable at Lee Senior Center will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 11:15 a.m. for a discussion on “Gold and Silver.”

For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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ATTEMPTED RAPE: n On Nov. 22 at 11:08 p.m., officers responded to the 4200 block of 2nd Street North after an officer heard a woman scream.

The woman was located and told police that a man who had been observing her through a window while she was at work attempted to rape her while she was on her way home.

The victim said she was able to free herself by biting the suspect’s hand, then began to scream.

The suspect ran off, but was located by other officers in the area and was arrested.

Police did not provide information about the individual’s identity.

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY: n Police continue to investigate the case of an individual who was assaulted by a known suspect in the 1500 block of North Pierce Street.

SEXUAL BATTERY: n On Nov. 24 at 9:22 p.m., a woman reported to police that she had been assaulted in the 4200 block of 11th Street North by a man who approached her, shouted unintelligible statements, then grabbed her buttocks and ran off.

The victim followed the suspect, but lost sight of him. He is described as a white male, possibly Hispanic, 30 to 35 years old, 5’8 to 5’10”, 150 pounds, with a light complexion and slim build.

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UNLAWFUL WOUNDING: n On Nov. 22 at 1:20 a.m., an employee of a restaurant in the 1100 block of North Highland Street sustained a cut under his eye while being punched in the face attempting to break up a disturbance.

A male suspect was arrested; information on his identity was not provided by police.

ARSON: n On Nov. 20 between 11:05 and 11:40 a.m., officers on routine patrol observed a fire in the treeline of the 6000 block of Wilson Boulevard.

A witness reported observing two men coming from the area of the fire, both Hispanic males approximately 18 to 20 years old.

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ABDUCTION: n On Nov. 22 at 4:20 p.m., a man was attempting to leave a vehicle in the 1900 block of North Sycamore Street when an unknown man entered the rear of the vehicle, demanding that they drive on and threatening them if they called police or used their cell phones.

The victims drove into Falls Church, where they pulled into a gas station, exited the vehicle and called police.

The suspect, who was asleep in the back, was awakened by police sirens and fled the scene.

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ROBBERY: n On Nov. 16 at 6:56 p.m., an individual reported being robbed by a known suspect in the 900 block of South Dinwiddie Street.

The investigation is continuing.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY: n On Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m., a man was walking his dog in the 1300 block of Key Boulevard when a man approached him, demanded his money and punched him in the face.

The suspect is described as an Hispanic male, 5’6” or 5’7”, 150 pounds.

BURGLARY: n Sometime between Nov. 12 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 1:09 p.m., a vacant home in the 3600 block of North Nelson Street was burglarized. It is unknown if anything was stolen. n On Nov. 14 between 1:15 p.m. and 3 p.m., a home in the 200 block of North Cleveland Street was burglarized. Electronics were taken. n On Nov. 17 between 8:15 a.m. and 9:46 p.m., a home in the 5700 block of 36th Street North was burglarized. n On Nov. 17 between 10:30 a.m. and 10:29 p.m., a home in the 100 block of North Abingdon Street was burglarized.

Entry was gained via an unlocked slidingglass door. Electronics, jewelry and coins were taken. n On Nov. 20 between noon at 1:43 p.m., a home in the 500 block of South Quincy Street was burglarized. Entry was gained through an unlocked side door. Several small electronic items were taken. n On Nov. 21 between 7:30 a.m. and 8:43 p.m., a home in the 600 block of 25th Street South was burglarized. Entry was gained by forcing open a rear door. A laptop computer was taken. n On Nov. 24 between 9:10 a.m. and 4:16 p.m., multiple homes were burglarized in the 800 block of 19th Street South, 1300 block of 22nd Street South and 900 block of 18th Street South, and there was an attempt to enter at least one other home.

Police found a man matching the description provided by residents in the area, apprehending him after a foot pursuit. Police say they found items taken from several of the homes. n On Nov. 25 between 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., a home in the 2100 block of Jefferson Davis Highway was burglarized. The victim told police that the door to the apartment was unlocked but closed. Two laptop computers were taken. n On Nov. 25 between 2:45 and 3 p.m., officers responded to a residential alarm in the 5800 block of 25th Street North. They found an open window without a screen and other indications that entry was made.

Officers in the area stopped a vehicle they described as suspicious and reported they found items from the house in the vehicle. The suspects were arrested; information on their identity was not provided by police.

LARCENY: n On Nov. 14 between 5:30 and 8:37 p.m., lockers in the 3500 block of South Clark Street were broken into. Various items were taken. n Sometime between Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 10:53 a.m., multiple vehicles in the 1600 block of North Queen Street had their windows smashed and items stolen.

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Existing-home sales in October were above year-over-year levels for the first time in a year, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.26 million in October, up 2.5 percent from a year before Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, says the housing market this year has been a tale of two halves.

“Sales activity in October reached its highest annual pace of the year as buyers continue to be encouraged by interest rates at lows not seen since last summer, improving levels of inventory and stabilizing price growth,” he said.

“Furthermore, the job market has shown continued strength in the past six months. This bodes well for solid demand to close out the year and the likelihood of additional months of year-over-year sales increases.”

The median existing-home price for all housing types in October was $208,300, 5.5 percent above October 2013 – the 32nd consecutive month of year-over-year price gains.

Total housing inventory at the end of October fell 2.6 percent to 2.22 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 5.1-month supply at the current sales pace – the lowest since March. But unsold inventory remains 5.2 percent higher than a year ago, when there were 2.11 million existing homes available for sale.

“The growth in housing supply this year will likely prevent the drastic sales slowdown and coinciding spike in home prices we saw last winter due to low inventory,” Yun said. “However, more housing starts are needed to increase supply, meet current demand and keep price growth in check.”

All-cash sales were 27 percent of transactions in October, up from 24 percent in September but down from 31 percent in October of last year.

Individual investors, who account for many cash sales, purchased 15 percent of homes in October, up from 14 percent last month but below October 2013 (19 percent). The percent share of first-time buyers in October remained at 29 percent for the fourth consecutive month; first-time buyers have represented less than 30 percent of all buyers in 18 of the past 19 months.

Distressed homes – foreclosures and short sales – were in the single-digits for the third month this year.

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Schools & Military Arlington Career Center students received first place for their entry in the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) student video contest.

Students were challenged to create a 30-second video around the theme of “Virginia, we are one!” Videos were judged on how well they addressed the topic as well as the quality and creativity of the video.

Students participating in the effort were David Thorp, Washington-Lee High School; Gus Hebner, Langston High School Continuation Program; Rudy Henriquez, Christian Porter and Andre Juste, Wakefield High School; and Ethan Bowman, Arlington Career Center.

The video is available on the Web site at http://vimeo.com/107750135.

A number of Arlington Public Schools music students recently have been selected to participate in competitive regional and state music ensembles.

Maddie Ashton (Soprano 1) of Washington-Lee High School and Asa Meyer (Soprano 1) of Wakefield High School participated in the Virginia Music Educators Association Senior Honors Choir, which

performed recently in Norfolk, according to the school system.

Ben St. Pierre (tuba), Caeley Niess (trumpet) and Jacob Dormuth (string bass) of Yorktown High School and Olivia Taylor (violin) and Kai-Lan Olson (harp) of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program recently performed with Senior Regional Orchestra.

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average distance traveled (14.7 miles) is less than the regional average of 16 miles.

• Among Arlington residents, the percentage who primarily drive alone to work has remained about the same since 2004.

• The combined share of Arlington residents biking and walking to work con-

tinues to increase, but remains a relatively low percentage (7 percent in 2013, mostly walking).

• A total of 93 percent of Arlington respondents work a traditional five-days-perweek schedule.

• Arlington respondents reported relatively little differences in their choice of commuting options based on different demographic groups.

• One in 10 Arlington respondents report they work at home every day, but the percentage who telework at least occasionally has increased to 30 percent both for those who live in Arlington and those who work in the county.

• About one-quarter (24 percent) of those employed in Arlington live in the county, a decline from 26 percent in a 2001 survey. The share of Arlington employees reverse-commuting from the District of Columbia has grown from 5 percent in 2001 to 9 percent in 2013.

• Arlington has 5 percent of the region’s population but is home to 7 percent of the region’s jobs.

About 6,400 local residents were surveyed, including at least 575 from each of the 11 jurisdictions that were the focus of the study. The questions were offered in

both English and Spanish, and both landlines and cell phones were called.

Full data can be found on the Web site at http://mobilitylab.org.

Deadline Approaches for WMATA General-Manager Candidates to Apply: The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has set a deadline of Dec. 12 for candidates interested in becoming the next general manager and chief executive officer of the Metro system.

Lochlin Partners of McLean has been hired to conduct a national search for the transit agency’s next CEO, a post that will be vacated when Richard Sarles retires in early 2015.

The six-page job description – available at www.wmata.com – seeks candidates with at least 20 years’ experience who have “demonstrated impressive success in driving operational excellence in businesses with major capital infrastructures, largescale unionized workforces, and significant government regulation and oversight.”

Sarles, who has served since January 2011, is the ninth Metro general manager, not counting interim and acting appointees, in the transit agency’s 47-year history, according to information posted on WMATA’s Web site.

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patient . . . and be careful” in order to get through the winter months ahead.

VDOT Gears Up to Fight Winter Weather: Virginia Department of Transportation officials say lower overall funding for winter snow-removal efforts in Northern Virginia does not mean there will be any negative impact on residents.

VDOT has budgeted $52 million for winter efforts across the local region, down from a budgeted $63 million last winter.

“A new way of tracking state labor costs makes the figure lower, but overall, the funds available for snow removal are about the same as last year,” VDOT officials said in a Nov. 18 statement.

(While last year’s budget was $63 million, the rough weather of 2013-14 resulted in VDOT spending $152 million in Northern Virginia.)

The transportation agency is responsible for 17,737 lane-miles across the region, split nearly evenly among highways and neighborhood streets. In Arlington, the state agency is responsible for primary roads, including highways, while the county government has responsibility for secondary streets, including those in neighborhoods.

More than 4,000 trucks and plows will be available for clearing roads in Northern Virginia, all equipped with automatic-vehicle-locator equipment. VDOT also will deploy a jet-powered snow melter to clear out massive snow piles, and has access to a “super-sized salt dome” at the Beltway and Van Dorn Street holding about 22,000 tons of road salt.

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The ordinance provides for fines if sidewalks are not cleared within 24 or 36 hours, depending on the amount of precipitation.

Last year, more than 100 violation notices were sent out to property owners.

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All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate that violates the fair housing law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. For more information or to file a housing complaint call the Virginia Fair Housing Office at (804) 367-9753. Email: fairhousing@dpor.virginia.gov.

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The average sales price of $911,943 was up 3.8 percent, while the median price of $776,250 was down 3 percent. Homes spent an average of 50 days on the market, up from 36, and garnered 96.5 percent of listing price, up from 98 percent. There were 121 properties on the market, up from 107.

22209: Sales totaled 13, down from 18.

The average sales price of $759,062 was up 25.1 percent, while the median price of $649,900 was up 65 percent. Homes spent an average of 58 days on the market, up from 56, and garnered 97.9 percent of listing price, up from 97.5 percent. There were 76 properties on the market, up from 58.

22213: Sales totaled eight, up from five.

The average sales price of $894,507 was up 26.7 percent, while the median price of $645,000 was up 7.7 percent. Homes spent an average of 26 days on the market, down from 77, and garnered 98.9 percent of listing price, up from 97.6 percent. There were 16 homes on the market, down from 20.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

Fewer sales but slightly higher average and median prices were the top stories of the October real estate market across Northern Virginia, which continued its transition from the busy spring/summer months to the mellower autumn/winter time frame.

A total of 1,466 properties went to closing across the region last month, down 5.9 percent from the 1,558 transactions in October 2013, according to figures reported Nov. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the multiple-listing service.

Data represent sales in Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.

Sales prices moved slightly upward, with the average sale price of all transactions working out to $535,845, an increase of 1.1 percent from $530,216 a year before.

The average price of single-family homes declined a fraction of a percent to $705,501, while the average price of detached homes, such as townhouses, was up 1.8 percent to $407,281, and the average price of condominiums was up 2.9 percent to $336,700.

There were 84 million-dollar-or-more sales across the region in October.

Total sales volume for the month stood at $785.5 million, a decline of 4.9 percent from the $826.1 million reported a year before.

Of homes that went to closing in October, the average time spent between listing and ratified sales contract was 53 days, an increase from the 35 days a year before, and the average sales price represented 96.4 percent of average listing price, down from 97.6 percent a year ago.

Inventory remained significantly higher than a year ago, with 5,125 properties on the market compared to 3,656, according to the data.

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Home inventory across Arlington remains plentiful as the autumn/winter season arrives, with most ZIP codes across the county reporting more homes on the market than a year ago.

Homes also are generally taking longer to sell in most areas of the county, according to year-over-year figures for October reported by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

(Because of the relatively small number of sales within a single ZIP code each month, there are wider variations in sales and sales prices than for the county as a whole.)

Among ZIP codes in Arlington: 22201: Sales for October totaled 37, down from 44 a year before. The average sales price of $606,285 was up 4.4 percent from a year before, while the median sales price of $494,000 was down 10 percent.

Homes spent an average of 39 days on the market between listing and ratified sales contract, up from 23 days for homes that sold a year before, and garnered 97.7 percent of listing price, down from 99.2 percent. At the end of the month, there were 101 properties on the market, up from 64 a year before.

22202: Sales totaled 15, down from 25.

The average sales price of $676,782 was up 8.1 percent, while the median price of $685,000 was up 24.6 percent. Homes spent an average of 53 days on the market, up from 37, and garnered 96.8 percent of listing price, down from 97.1 percent.

There were 68 properties on the market, up from 34.

22203: Sales totaled 33, up from 25.

The average sales price of $523,833 was down 2.6 percent, while the median price of $575,000 was up 11.1 percent. Homes spent an average of 48 days on the market, up from 29, and garnered 97.8 percent of listing price, up from 97.5 percent. There were 70 properties on the market, up from 50.

22204: Sales totaled 41, down from 50.

The average sales price of $410,607 was down 1 percent, while the median price of $359,000 was down 7.1 percent. Homes spent an average of 35 days on the market, up from 20, and garnered 96.7 percent of listing price, down from 99 percent. There were 122 homes on the market, up from 77.

22205: Sales totaled 18, down from 22.

The average sales price of $796,578 was down 4.3 percent, while the median price of $737,500 was down 4.5 percent. Homes spent an average of 44 days on the market, up from 19, and garnered 97.4 percent of listing price, down from 98.8 percent.

There were 33 properties on the market, up from 22.

22206: Sales totaled 29, down from 31.

The average sales price of $405,328 was down 1.5 percent, while the median price of $384,900 was down 5 percent. Homes spent an average of 43 days on the market, up from 19, and garnered 98 percent of listing price, down from 99.7 percent.

There were 59 properties on the market, up from 43.

22207: Sales totaled 28, down from 38.

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Thank You!

The Northern Virginia Building Industry Association and its Custom Builders Council, led by Touchstone Custom Homes and 10 trade partners, made major updates to an old kitchen and installed a badly needed new water heater in a home owned by Community Residences — an organization that offers individuals with disabilities supportive housing and the physical, mental and emotional services needed to facilitate independent and dignified living.

Greater than 88% of the cost of the $52,000 project was donated by Touchstone Custom Homes and the following trade partners: REC Construction

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Rep. Moran Decries Demise of Earmarks in Legislative Process U.S. Rep. Jim Moran departs Congress unrepentant on the need for those muchmaligned targeted budget items known as earmarks.

Moran – who once famously, if jokingly, promised to “earmark the shit out of” the federal budget if Democrats regained control in Congress – told the annual meeting of the Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington that the spending measures that used to be inserted at the behest of individual members of Congress should be brought back.

Horse-trading among members of Congress, or between the executive and legislative branches, is hardly new. Moran noted that Abraham Lincoln had to trade things in order to win congressional support for emancipation of slaves.

“It may be messy, it may not pass muster with the good-government groups,” Moran said of the earmarks process, but “it’s a system that has worked for 200 years.”

Without them, Moran said, it is no surprise that Congress can’t manage to pass a budget, as there is no incentive for individual members of Congress to support a spending plan where they can’t bring home the bacon.

“Members have no reason to vote for it, because there’s nothing they can show their constituency,” he said.

The Nov. 19 stop at the Inter-Service Club Council luncheon was another in what is becoming a long line of events honoring Moran, who has served in Congress

more than 20 years but is retiring in December.

Elizabeth Schindler, who is wrapping up two years as president of the Inter-Service Club Council, said it was no coincidence that the organization asked the veteran lawmaker to keynote the gathering.

“You have served really, really hard and really well,” she told Moran. “We are service organizations, we thought it would be a good fit to have you.”

(Anticipating that Moran might pack on a few unwanted pounds due to all the testimonial lunches and dinners he is being invited to, the Inter-Service Club Council purchased him two sessions with a personal trainer at Gold’s Gym. “Use it well and use it wisely,” Schindler said.)

Why is he leaving? At the luncheon, Moran expanded on earlier frustrations.

“Congress as an institution is dysfunctional,” he said. “Life’s too short to be part of an institution that only produces frustration.”

Things were different when Moran first was elected to Congress in the early 1990s, he said, pointing to partnerships and friendships with Republicans like Frank Wolf, Tom Davis and John Warner that helped find funding for a new Woodrow Wilson Bridge, support the redevelopment of the former Lorton Reformatory and restore the lost wages of federal workers caught in the wrangling over sequestration. Today, “that whole sense of camaraderie [in Congress] is not working,” Moran said.

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Politics

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Yipes: The Race Is on for Governor . . . Already Here’s more proof that the 2017 race for Virginia governor already has passed the “on your mark” and “get set” stages and has moved on to “go.”

State Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), who last year lost a squeaker to Democrat Mark Herring for Virginia attorney general, braved the elements – and, he noted, the county’s rigid parking enforcement – to keynote the Arlington County Republican Committee’s annual awards dinner, held Nov. 19 in Ballston.

During remarks, Obenshain stressed to the Republican activists the need to turn out as many GOP voters as possible in statewide races, since those extra votes could make the difference. “[The number of] Republicans in Arlington are probably equal to the number of Republicans in 10 counties downstate,” he said. “You have a lot of Republicans here – they just think their votes do not matter. We have got to make sure that we get the message out that we are not giving up on any part of Virginia.”

In the 2013 race, Obenshain lost to Herring by just 165 votes out of more than 2.2

million cast, according to state election figures, equating to 49.89 percent of the vote for each candidate.

Herring’s majority in Arlington was more than 48,000, as he took nearly 75 percent of the vote, enough to secure his victory and put all three statewide political offices under control of Democrats.

Obenshain said Virginia Republicans have two very different, though related, problems with turnout: In urban areas like Arlington, Republicans think their votes have little impact and stay home, while in Republican strongholds (which include most of the commonwealth outside urban and suburban areas), Republicans roll up such big majorities that some of their voters are tempted to sit out races.

Democrats know how to “squeeze out those extra votes – we’ve got to learn that lesson,” Herring said.

Perhaps he’s just making the rounds of Virginia localities for the heck of it, but most believe Obenshain is mulling a run for governor when Terry McAuliffe wraps up the single term that is allotted to Virginia’s governors.

SCOTT McCAFFREY

Sullivan (D-48th), who was elected in an August special election, is 1-for-1 in legislation, having seen the state Senate on Nov. 10 agree to a measure approved by the House of Delegates on Sept. 18.

It was not the most controversial of items, rather a joint resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean. Nonetheless, a win is a win – both the House of Delegates and state Senate approved the measure on voice votes.

Ebbin Preps ERA, Marijuana Bills: Call it an homage to his predecessor, or maybe a desire to tilt at windmills, but state Sen. Adam Ebbin is set to patron legislation calling on the General Assembly to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment.

Ebbin (D-30th) is taking over from former state Sen. Henry Marsh (D-Richmond), who in the 2014 legislative session patroned the measure.

Results were predictable: The bill won approval in the state Senate, 25-8, then died an ignominious death in the Privileges and Elections Committee of the House of Delegates, which dispatched it to oblivion by voice vote in a subcommittee.

Marsh departed the General Assembly over the summer after being appointed to the panel that oversees the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Board.

Ebbin’s predecessor in the 31st District, former state Sen. Patsy Ticer, patroned the bill prior to her retirement after the 2011 session. In her last attempt, Ticer got the measure through the Senate on a 24-16 vote, but the House of Delegates never took action.

If he wins the GOP nomination, it could set up a Herring-Obenshain rematch, but for higher stakes, in 2017.

Obenshain comes from a family with deep political roots in Virginia Republicanism.

His father, Richard Obenshain, ran for Virginia attorney general in 1969 and served as party chairman in the 1970s. He was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 1978, but died in a plane crash while campaigning and was replaced on the ticket

by John Warner, who won a narrow victory over Democrat Andrew Miller and went on to serve longer than any other Virginian in the U.S. Senate, save Harry Byrd Sr. Another of Richard Obenshain’s children, Kate Obenshain, served as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from 2002-06 and is a political pundit.

State senators were not on the ballot in 2013, so Mark Obenshain’s run for attorney general did not impact his status in the General Assembly. At the GOP meeting, he noted that the entire Arlington delegation in Richmond is of the Democratic persuasion.

“I’m just sorry you’ve got to import a Republican member of the General Assembly,” he said with a chuckle.

“We’ll work on that,” promised Arlington County Republican Committee chairman Matt Wavro.

Assuming for a moment that the measure makes it out of the General Assembly alive during the upcoming session, whether ratification of the ERA would have anything but symbolic importance remains a question.

The deadline for ratification of the amendment came and went in the early 1980s with proponents a few states shy of the 38 required to make the measure part of the U.S. Constitution.

The Virginia General Assembly, then solidly controlled by Democrats – albeit mostly conservative Democrats – came close several times to approving the measure, but it failed every time. In addition to Virginia, states that did not ratify the amendment include North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah and Nevada. Several other states later rescinded their adoption.

In case anyone is wondering “What is Ebbin smoking?” by introducing a measure with zero chance of passage, he also is patroning a measure to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. That bill would eliminate the criminal penalty of 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $500, replacing it with a $100 civil penalty.

Legislative Kudos Offered to Free Clinic’s Chief: The General Assembly has approved a joint resolution honoring the work of Nancy Sanger Pallesen, who is retiring at the end of the year after 20 years as executive director of the Arlington Free Clinic.

Pallesen was lauded for her “passion and commitment to the well-being of Ar-

lington community members . . . ensuring that low-income individuals and families in the Arlington community receive compassionate, high-quality health care.”

The measure was patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st).

Reception Will Acknowledge Legislative Honors for Rinkers: AHC Inc. will hold a reception in mid-December to honor Charlie and Lora Rinker for their dedication to those in need across Arlington.

At the event, the Rinkers will be presented with General Assembly resolutions honoring their work over several decades in the community.

Charlie Rinker was lauded for his efforts at establishing AHC (then Arlington Housing Corp. and Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (AHOME), as well as leadership of Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO) and, with his wife Lora, the Arlington New Directions Coalition.

Lora Rinker was honored by the General Assembly for her work as the first executive director of the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network and leadership of the Arlington Interfaith Council, as well as service on the Arlington Human Services Commission, Arlington Arts Commission and Arlingtonians for a Better County.

Both resolutions were patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st).

The reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Gates of Ballston Community Center, 4108 4th St. North. Registration is required due to space limitations. To R.S.V.P., call (703) 533-5667.

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Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) will serve as campaign and political chair of the House of Delegates Democratic Caucus for the coming year. The appointment was made by House POLITICAL D e m o c r a t i c POTPOURRI Leader David Toscano (DCharlottesville).

In the role, Lopez will be responsible for helping restore the depleted ranks of Democrats in the House of Delegates. Currently, the party has a relatively anemic 32 seats compared to 68 for Republicans.

“Virginians deserve to have a House of Delegates that truly reflects their values and priorities,” Lopez said. “Too often, the Republican supermajority in the House fails to represent mainstream Virginians.”

All 100 House of Delegates seats will be on the ballot in November 2015, and while Democrats may not expect to win a majority, they are angling to cut into the GOP stronghold.

Lopez “has shown extraordinary leadership, passion and a tireless work ethic that will serve him well as the new campaign and political chair,” Toscano said.

“I look forward to working with him to strengthen and grow our caucus for many years to come.”

Del. Sullivan Scores Success in First Legislative Foray: Were he to depart from his new position now – unlikely though that may be – Del. Rip Sullivan would leave the General Assembly undefeated.

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Wakefield Tips Off On the Road at T.C. DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

The 2014-15 high school basketball season tips off this week, with the defending 5A North Region Tournament boys champion Wakefield Warriors leading the way.

Wakefield opens its season Friday, Dec. 5 at 7:45 p.m. on the road in Alexanagainst the BASKETBALL dria T.C. Williams Titans. The Warriors also opened against T.C. last season when Wakefield won, 5651, en route to a 24-5 season.

Wakefield returns two key starters from last season in senior center Dominique Tham and senior guard/forward Marqua Walton. The two were among Wakefield’s leading scorers, and are expected to be again this season.

Other returners for Wakefield who saw action a year ago and will challenge to make the 2014-15 starting lineup are senior forwards Xavier Cooper and Elijah Callwood; junior forward Deng Nhial; and senior guards Alex Sentayhu, Nick Epperson and Jordan Allen.

Nhial was a starter at times last season until he was sidelined with an injury and saw limited action the rest of the way.

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Wakefield High School senior center Dominique Tham returns as a three-year starter to lead the PHOTO BY DEB KOLT defending 5A North Region champion Warriors this season.

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The Wakefield High School football team had eight players chosen to the coaches’ first team all-Capitol Conference 13.

On offense they were Riley Wilson (quarterback), Leon Young (running back) and Ryan Jones (guard). On defense, first-teamers were Maurice Gaskins (line), Anthony Tham (line), Kevin Greenwell (linebacker), Chris Robertson (linebacker) and Antoine Juste (defensive back).

Making second-team offense were Justin Moore (tight end), Zain Khokar (wide receiver), Kareem Hall (running back) and Ben Kline (place-kicker). Sec-

ond team on defense was Young at defensive back.

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Wakefield's Wayne Hogwood was chosen as the Coach of the Year. n Making first team all-Liberty Conference 6 on offense from WashingtonLee was running back Daquay Harris.

Making second team was center Jeff Kruger. On defense, Kruger made first team as a lineman.

Making first team all-Liberty Conference 6 on offense from Yorktown was place-kicker Mehran Roshanei. On defense, Quinn Cox (lineman), Jack Stoors (linebacker), Tayvon Brown (defensive back) and Austin Kasmer (utility) made first team. Making second-team offense

was Cox (lineman) and Stoors (running back). n The No. 8 seed Wakefield Warriors were big underdogs in their second-round 5A North Region football playoff game against the top-seed and undefeated Tuscarora Huskies on Nov. 21 in Leesburg.

But that didn’t seem to be the case once Wakefield (8-4) took the opening kickoff and drove 65 yards in 11 plays to score a touchdown and take a 7-0 lead in the high school game.

On the drive, Wakefield mixed its plays, led by 21 yards rushing by quarterback Riley Wilson and his two completed passes covering 42 yards, including a six-yard scoring pass to tight end Justin Moore.

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That happen for two different teams this fall in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas: Arlington’s Wakefield Warriors in football and Vienna’s Madison Warhawks in girls volleyball.

Wakefield had a winning season for the first time since 1983, earned its first playoff berth since the 1986 campaign and the Warriors won their first postseason game in school history.

All of that created quite a buzz at the school. Student cheering sections were the biggest in years for home games and social media was lit up with chatter about the Warriors.

The student sections weren’t quite as large for Wakefield’s two playoff games. That probably was a combination of the cold weather and lofty playoff-game ticket prices.

Still, Wakefield had a winning sports team to follow and cheer for during the fall, which had not occurred their very often in recent years.

The Madison students, school and community had a blast following a volleyball team that won conference and region tournaments, compiled a 33-1 record and wound up second in the state tournament, losing in a close fifth set of the championship match.

Vocal and large student sections often filled a section of the bleachers for Madison’s eight home playoff matches.

The participants came dressed in a different color-coded getups, then would explode onto the court after a victory.

An announcer/D.J. was hired to enhance the atmosphere.

With their strong and dominating play, more than the usual administrators and school support staff began hanging around to watch. Custodial staff sometimes would peaked inside the gymnasium doorways to get a peak of the action and scoreboard.

Community members who had never attended a volleyball match began happening by to witness the mania.

Madison’s volleyball matches became the place to be, just like Wakefield football became a popular sports-talk topic in Arlington.

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with an assist.

uate Anthony Taylor finished his college career as the all-time leading rusher with 4,456 yards for the Division II Ashland University football team in Ohio.

Taylor also finished as the team’s career leader in carries with 768, the single-season rushing leader as a junior with 1,691 yards, and ran for the most yards in one game with 311.

This fall, Taylor ran for 1,177 yards and 13 touchdowns, and he caught nine passes for 78 yards and a TD. Taylor was a four-year starter and played in 43 games.

TRIMBLE AND GADELL: Bishop O’Connell High School

graduates Josh Trimble and Greg Gadell each have one catch for the Virginia Tech football team this fall. Trimble is credited with one tackle.

Gadell is a senior running back and Trimble is a junior defensive back.

M.J. STEWART: Yorktown High School graduate M.J.

Stewart had played in 10 games through Nov. 22 and had an interception and had broken up four passes and defended six as a freshman defensive back for the University of North Carolina football team this fall.

Stewart had made 24 tackles.

RYAN FORRESTER: Arlington resident Ryan Forrester

was a sophomore punter and place-kicker for the Lafayette College football team this fall.

Forrester made 2 for 5 field goals with a long of 37.

He was 9 for 11 on extra points. He punted 66 times for a 39.4 average. Forrester played high school football at Gonzaga.

MICHAEL DOLA: Yorktown High School graduate Mi-

chael Dola made 4 of 6 field goals and 25 of 27 extra points for the Middlebury College football team this fall. His longest field goal was 33 yards.

The senior scored 37 points, third most on the team.

As a punter, Dola had 54 punts for an average of 36.0 yards per kick, with a long of 58 yards. He did not have a punt blocked and had 16 settle inside the 20-yard line.

Dola helped Middlebury finish 6-2, including wins in its last five games.

DREW POWELL: Wakefield High School graduate Drew

Powell was a first-team Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association selection this fall for the Division II Livingston College football team in Salisbury, N.C. The junior quarterback was 171 of 313 passing for 2,224 yards and threw 26 touchdowns passes. Powell rushed for 881 yards.

TIM REYNOLDS: Yorktown High School graduate Tim

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KAMRIN MOORE: Bishop O’Connell High School gradAnthony Taylor became the all-time leading rusher for the Ashland University football team this fall.

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College football team this fall in Ferrum.

Reynolds, a senior, played in eight games. He was 78 of 181 passing for 1,113 yards and threw seven touchdowns passes. Reynolds ran for 679 yards and nine TDs. He caught one pass for 20 yards.

AUSTIN BROWNE: Yorktown High School graduate

Austin Brown had five catches for 60 yards and two touchdowns for the Christopher Newport University football team this fall.

The 5-foot-11 junior fullback’s touchdown catches were for four and seven yards in different games.

SAM APPEL: Washington-Lee High School graduate

Sam Appel was a freshman quarterback for the Kenyon College football team in Gambier, Ohio, this fall.

Appel played in four games, completing 27 of 46 passes for 239 yards.

FRED WILLIAMS: Washington-Lee High School gradu-

ate Fred Williams was a sophomore running back for the Randolph-Macon College football team this fall.

He ran for 30 yards on six carries and made two tackles

uate Kamrin Moore has played in 11 games as a defensive back for the Boston College University football team through Nov. 22 action.

Moore has made 15 tackles and had broken up three passes.

ALEX HARRINGTON: The Colonial Athletic Associa-

tion announced that senior goalie Alex Harrington, a Bishop O’Connell High School graduate, earned allacademic honors for the College of William and Mary’s men’s soccer team this fall.

ROB DEWALD: Washington-Lee High School graduate

Rob Dewald was a team captain and senior goalkeeper for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III men’s soccer team this fall in Troy, N.Y. He helped the Engineers to a 12-4-3 record, the best in his four-year career. Dewald was named Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year, also earning AllLeague first team and Liberty League All-Tournament team honors. Dewald had a 10-4-2 record as the starter, had a 0.62 goals against average and an .841 save percentage, recording 53 saves. He registered five shutouts.

Dewald played in 63 career games for the Engineers, including 60 as a starter. He had 34-15-10 record and 27 shutouts.

Sports Briefs BETTER SPORTS CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY: The Better Sports Club Arlington’s

holiday party is Wednesday, Dec. 10. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. The dinner and program start at 7:15 p.m. in the Paradise Ballroom of the Columbus Club of Arlington.

Live entertainment will be provided by J.C. Reigns under the direction of Kevin Havens.

Basketball Continued from Page 22 Eastern, in Washington on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m., then hosts its home opener on Friday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. against the Stuart Raiders.

The game against Stuart will be the conference/district opener for Wakefield.

Continued from Page 22 Tuscarora responded by scoring the next 42 points in its eventual 42-14 victory.

Huskies’ head coach Michael Burnett

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Super Slam Ball is a tee-ball program for kids ages 3 to 5. Registration is $70.

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The Warriors also won the Capitol Conference Tournament a year ago.

The Washington-Lee Generals boys team opens on the road, Saturday, Dec. 6, against Largo High School in Prince George’s County at 12:30 p.m. The Generals’ home opener will be on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. against the Herndon Hornets.

Also in boys action, the Yorktown Patriots were scheduled to tip off their

season on Tuesday, Dec. 2 on the road at Lee High School at 7:30 p.m., then play a week later on Dec. 9 at Oakton at the same time, and the Bishop O’Connell Knights were set to begin play Dec. 2 at home against Takoma Academy at 7 p.m.

Then on Friday, Dec. 5, the Knights play in Vienna at 7 p.m. against the Madison Warhawks, followed by a 6 p.m. home game Dec. 6 against Virginia Academy.

In girls action, Wakefield and York-

town were scheduled to open on Dec. 2 at McLean and Lee, respectively. Then, Wakefield plays games in the West Springfield Tournament on Dec. 4 and 5.

The Washington-Lee girls begin Dec. 5 at home against the Lake Braddock Bruins at 5 p.m.

The Bishop O’Connell girls also were scheduled to open Dec. 2 with a home game, play on the road Dec. 3, then host Southern Garrett on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.

said Wakefield’s scoring drive got his team’s attention.

“They did some good things on that drive,” Burnett said. “I thought our defense played well after that.”

Wakefield’s other five first-half possessions resulted in three points, an interception return for a touchdown and a lost fumble. By that time, Tuscarora had

a 28-7 lead and the game was all but decided. n The Bishop O’Connell Knights lost to DeMatha, 37-31, during Washington Catholic Athletic Conference regular season play.

It was O’Connell’s smallest margin of defeat against DeMatha in many years.

DeMatha went on to win the WCAC

championship by defeating Good Counsel in the title game. n Arlington’s four varsity high school football teams combined for 26 wins in 2014. That is the highest combined win total in decades.

Of the four teams, only O’Connell missed the playoffs, and probably by one victory.

lington Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1958, is accepting nominations for induction in 2015. An athlete, coach, contest official or other sports-related person can be nominated. Write: Executive Director, Arlington Sports Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 101321, Arlington, Va. 22210, or download an official nomination form at www.arlsportshof.org.

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High School Roundup YORKTOWN ICE HOCKEY: The York-

town ice hockey club team (1-1) earned its first victory of the season against South Lakes, winning 8-0.

Yorktown opened quickly in the first period with combined goals from Alex Hayes, Christian Pages and Jacob Dormuth. Hayes, Nick Puglisi, Teddy Dahlquist and Frank Lackey each had assists. Yorktown extended its lead in the second period with scores by Hayes and

Dormuth. Dahlquist, Hayes and Dormuth also picked up assists. In the third, Matt Neuman scored while Joe Freund picked up an assist. Hayes and Dormuth each added tallies before the buzzer.

Yorktown took 52 shots on goal while Stephen Lovelace, in net for Yorktown, recorded the shuout by turning away 11 shots.

O’CONNELL RUNNER TAKES 10TH:

Bishop O’Connell High School senior Josh Speier finished 10th in 17:33 in the boys seeded race at the ninth annual Battle of the Potomac Meet in Gaithersburg, Md. The meet pitted a team of runners from Virginia against a team from Maryland, with Maryland winning.

Speier was the top runner for the O’Connell boys during the fall season.

He finished second in the Division I boys

state meet and finished high in the conference meet earlier this season.

WAKEFIELD COACHING VACANCIES:

Wakefield High is accepting applications for the following coaching positions: varsity softball, varsity boys lacrosse, junior varsity boys lacrosse and crew assistant.

Contact the director of student activities, Noel Deskins, at (703) 228-6733 or e-mail noel.deskins@apsva.us.

Marymount Men’s Basketball Team Enjoying Best Start in History Senior Jesse Konadu was on target from beyond the three-point circle Nov. 30, dropping a game-high 22 points to lead MaryBASKETBALL the m o u n t University Saints to a 89-75 victory over visiting Shenandoah in Division III men’s college basketball action.

Marymount improved to 5-0 with the non-conference win, which is the best start in the program’s history.

Marymount’s J.C.Hoellich chipped in 17 points, while D’Ondre Stockman rounded out the Saints’ attack with 11.

Marymount rebounded by committee, winning the battle of the boards 28-26.

The Saints trailed 2-0, but used an Alex Danko three-pointer at the 19:08 mark to take a 3-2 lead it would not lose.

Marymount went on a 7-2 run to snatch a 15-7. Shenandoah battled back

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to within one, 26-25, with 6:57 to play.

The Saints scrapped together 7-1 run to lead 33-26 and were ahead 33-31 at halftime.

The second half saw the Saints take immediate control. Marymount used an explosive 15-4 run to swipe a comfortable 48-35 lead at the 15:34 mark.

With 12:42 remaining, Konadu made his first of three consecutive three-pointers, upping the lead to 62-44.

The Hornets chipped away, but never truly threatened the Saints’ insurmountable lead.

In its previous game, Marymount defeated Southern Virginia, 65-60, as Hoellich registered his first double-double of the season. Hoellich scored 16 points and yanked 13 rebounds, while Konadu paced the offense with his game-high 20 points.

The largest lead Southern Virginia held over the Saints was three points that had disappeared by the 16:48 mark.

A Konadu three-pointer tied the game, while the senior’s ensuing layup gave Marymount its first lead, 9-7. The squads traded leads until the Saints burst for a quick 9-0 run to snatch an 18-12 advantage with 11:10 remaining in the opening half.

Marymount saw its biggest lead register with only 10 seconds left in the first half, 37-24, before a three-point buzzer beater closed the Knights’ deficit to a clean 10 points at the break.

Unlike the first half, it took almost two minutes for either team to find the net in the second half. The host came out with a vengeance of sorts – using a 10-2 run to close the Saints’ lead to a paperthin 42-39.

It was at the 9:28 mark that Southern Virginia actually retook its initial lead, 48-47, though it proved rather shortlived.

A pair of free throws from Michael Anderson knotted the game at 51-51, while his ensuing layup just moments later put the Saints on top again.

The Knights did fight back for a brief 60-60 stalemate with 2:35 remaining, but the host’s scoring efforts proved exhausted.

Marymount’s final run of the day proved its most vital, as the 5-0 rally secured the Saints’ first CAC win of the season.

Prior to that win, Marymount won its own Pablo Coto Tipoff Tournament with a 2-0 record to open the season, then defeated Southern Vermont, 73-69, in its third game.

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Arlington history Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. For information on local history, see the Web site at www. arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

December 4, 1942: n The County Board is considering adoption of an ordinance to regulate taxi service. n Architectural drawings of the design for Arlington Hospital have been released. n The minister of Westover Baptist Church has become the first Arlington religious leader to leave for active military duty. Rev. Perry Mitchell also served in the Chaplains’ Corps in World War I. n Washington-Lee walloped George Washington, 33-6, in the Old Oaken Bucket football game.

December 3, 1944: n With more and more draftees being ruled unqualified for service as the war drags on, Virginia’s draft boards are planning to call 15 percent more men than usual this month in order to meet the quota.

December 4, 1950: n With one day left until Arlington’s tax deadline, Treasurer John Locke Green says only 50 percent of county residents have paid up.

December 2, 1961: n The state attorney general says Prince Edward County is within its rights to close its public schools rather than integrate them, because the Virginia constitution does not require public education. n Washington-Lee topped George Washington, 51-44, in boys basketball.

December 4, 1968: n A School Board task force has recommended easing the ban on student smoking in schools, saying trying to stop all students from smoking is like trying to stop all students from getting pregnant. n The Arlington County Civic Federation has voted to oppose a plan to raze part of the Buckingham Apartments and build high-rises.

December 5, 1975: n The Metro system is “on the verge of default” due to cash-flow problems, and the general manager has announced he plans to step down in January. n The School Board has cut 25 high school courses, and shifted 13 more to the Career Center. n On TV tonight: “Chico and the Man,” “The Rockford Files,” “Sanford and Son” and “Wall $treet Week.”

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