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Down to the Wire for Vihstadt and Howze County Board Result Likely to Be Decided, as All Elections Are, by Who Turns Out to Vote SCOTT McCAFFREY and OWEN BRITTON Staff Writers

It’ll be the same candidates but perhaps a different political landscape in next week’s County Board rematch between John Vihstadt and Alan Howze. Vihstadt, running as an independent,

trounced Democrat Howze in an April special election necessitated by the resignation of board member Chris Zimmerman. The two are the only candidates for County Board on the Nov. 4 ballot, with the winner garnering a full four-year term. Howze is banking on a higher turnout to carry him to victory, and says that in the days since the special election, he has worked to ad-

dress issues of concern to voters. “We’ve laid out specific proposals to address a range of community issues,” he said, pointing to issues ranging from school crowding to affordable housing to the Columbia Pike streetcar. “We have a very detailed agenda,” Howze said. Vihstadt is framing the rematch in terms of

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moving the county forward, rather than taking a step backward. “The issues that secured our April victory are still with us,” he said. “What has changed is that people have now seen me work to fulfill my promises, and that I John Vihstadt am serving them well on the board.” Arlington’s history suggests that Democrats have the advantage in general elections; this year’s turnout could be 70,000 or more, compared to 22,000 in the special election. The higher turnout Alan Howze causes exponentially more difficulty for candidates with relatively modest campaign war chests to reach out to the electorate. Both sides professed optimism. “With turnout in November certain to be Continued on Page 28

RESULTS Election results will be in next week’s paper, but you can find full coverage of the races and the verdict of the voters Election Night at www.insidenova.com/ news/arlington.

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Former state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (second from left) and Brian Coulter of the JBG Cos. (right) recently were honored as champions for housing issues by the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH). Presenting the awards on Oct. 8 were APAH president/CEO Nina Janopaul and APAH board chair Robert Rozen. See more on Page 3. PHOTO BY LLOYD WOLF

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For her tireless efforts encouraging minority youth in Arlington schools to reach for success, Dr. Margaret Wilson has been lauded with the Charles P. Monroe Civil Rights Award by the Arlington branch of the NAACP. The award was one of a number presented at the organization’s 68th annual Freedom Fun Banquet, held Oct. 18 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City. Active in local education efforts for 35 years, Dr. Wilson has chaired the education committee of the Arlington NAACP, leads the Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs, and was involved in the creation of the Minority Achievement Office and “Project Go,” both of which monitor African-American students in Arlington’s public schools. Wilson works “to ensure that the minority children of this community are not forgotten,” Arlington NAACP president Elmer Lowe Sr. said in announcing the award. During the ceremony, Wilson was reflective on what it means to have an impact in community life. “In my experience, being an activist means sitting in a dark back room somewhere, thinking about important matters, which makes you persona non grata to the powers that be and ensures that the people you are fighting for couldn’t pick you out of a lineup,” she said. Wilson maintained there is still much work to be done for minority students. “I wish I could say we were glorious or victorious, but we still need to fight,” she said. The Arlington NAACP’s top award is named in honor of the late Charles Monroe, an attorney who was serving as chairman of the County Board when he died suddenly in 2003. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins Jr., who received the President’s Award from Lowe, used his keynote remarks to focus on remembering the sacrifices of AfricanAmerican warriors and their long struggle for equality in the military. Hawkins, who serves as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, pointed out that many major posts in the Armed Forces are now held by people of color, naming Gen. Lloyd Austin, commanding general of the Army’s Central Command, and Adm. Michelle Howard,

Dr. Margaret Wilson accepts the Charles P. Monroe Civil Rights Award at the Arlington NAACP’s annual awards gala. Barbara Monroe is behind Wilson.

currently serving as Vice Chief of Naval Operations. However, he said that racism remains “a strong force in America,” and that contributions of African-American military personnel are not honored equally by all. Also at the ceremony, the Arlington NAACP’s Willard W. Brittain Community Appreciation Award was presented to Inez Dabney and Saundra Green, and the Henry L. Holmes Meritorious Service Award was bestowed on Arlington Lodge No. 58. Sarah Jane Webb joined with Hawkins in receiving the President’s Award. Four local students were honored with scholarships: Nia Copeland and Marcus Dennis, who attend Howard University, Leah Evans of Johns Hopkins University and Jeremiah Sylvain of Bridgewater College. The Arlington branch of the NAACP was founded in 1940 and was led for the first dozen years by Esther Cooper. Lowe, the current president, has been in office since 2008. The organization meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Walter Reed Community Center.

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The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) has recognized former state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple and Brian Coulter of the JBG Cos. for their efforts in supporting housing initiatives in the county. The awards were bestowed at the organization’s 25th-anniversary gala, held Oct. 8 at the Clarendon Ballroom. Whipple, who served on the School Board and County Board before being elected to the General Assembly, was

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‘Discovery’ Looks Like Name of New Elementary

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It looks like all systems are go for naming Arlington’s newest elementary school in honor of astronaut and political leader John Glenn. School-system policy prohibits naming facilities after living people – Glenn is still going strong at 93 – but the new school will honor his contributions by being named “Discovery Elementary.” It was on the Space Shuttle Discovery that Glenn in 1998 blasted back into space after an absence of more than three decades. He had become the first American in orbit, and a national hero, in 1962 as part of the Mercury space program, at a time when his family was living across the street from where the new elementary will be located.

The new school currently is under construction on the grounds of Williamsburg Middle School. “Discovery” and “Friendship 7” (the name of Glenn’s capsule during his 1962 spaceflight) were considered among 24 possible names, said the new school’s principal, Erin Russo. It was “Discovery” that “really created excitement for the students,” said Russo, who said youngsters who currently attend Jamestown, Nottingham and Taylor elementaries and will move into the new school next September were asked to critique name choices. “It’s their school. That’s what this is all about – if we’re going to name a school, who better than the students?” Russo said.

Members of the naming panel went along with the idea. “This is a wonderful name for what we hope will be a wonderful new school,” said Joanne Guerrera, who represented parents of Nottingham Elementary students on the 15member panel. School Board members, who next month are expected to ratify the name choice, raised no objections. “It’s a great idea,” School Board member Abby Raphael said. The county school system’s naming policy discourages selecting a name that would conflict with a nearby school. The nearest “Discovery Elementary” is in Loudoun County, school officials said.

School Board Keeping Its Construction Options Open School Board members used an Oct. 21 work session to take off the table a proposal to build additions to four existing county middle schools, but kept alive other options for adding SCHOOL capacity for the time, so long from now, BOARD not when the ballooning NOTES corps of elementaryschoolers moves to the secondary level. A day later, at the School Board’s Oct. 22 regular meeting, three dozen community members weighed in with their views. “We had so much fun [Oct. 21], we thought we’d do it again this evening,” School Board Chairman James Lander said with a perhaps weary chuckle at the start of the Oct. 22 meeting. Proposals still alive include construction of an urban-style secondary school at the Wilson School site in western Rosslyn, as well as construction of a new middle school on the H-B Woodlawn/Stratford parcel near Lorcom Lane, which would result in moving the Woodlawn and Stratford programs either to the Wilson parcel or the site of the Reed School in Westover.

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Each of the options could have a ripple effect across communities, said Scott Prisco, who heads facility design for the school system. “There would be a boundary decision that would be required” no matter which option was taken, Prisco told School Board members. School officials are aiming to create 1,300 new seats for students at a cost of no more than $126 million, but virtually every option proposed is generating opposition from some segments of the community. A final School Board decision on which path to follow is slated for December. Community meetings are set to be held Nov. 5 and 13; school officials aim to have refined cost estimates for each option at the Nov. 13 meeting. To accommodate growth before new construction is undertaken, Prisco said staff was investigating “short-term interventions,” and would work with a consultant to try and squeeze additional classroom space out of existing middle schools, as has been done at elementary schools and is planned for Washington-Lee High School. For information on the process, see the

Web site at www.apsva.us/moreseats. School Board Continues Search for ‘Plan B’ if TJ Site Nixed for Elementary School: School Board members are slated to vote Nov. 6 on what to do if the Thomas Jefferson Middle School campus is deemed unsuitable for a new elementary school. Arlington Public Schools’ staff on Oct. 22 formally rolled out a proposal that calls for additions at Barcroft and Randolph elementary schools, but only if the new elementary cannot be built. A total of 265 new permanent seats would be constructed at Barcroft and 241 at Randolph under the proposal. A task force has been convened to provide a formal recommendation by January on the feasibility of a new school on the Thomas Jefferson campus. The final decision rests with the County Board, both because it owns much of the land on the Thomas Jefferson site, and because it must issue a use permit to allow construction. School Board Honors Semifinalists: School Board members on Oct. 22 saluted Arlington students who have been named National Merit Semifinalists and National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalists.

“We know this is a group effort,” said Connie Skelton, the school system’s assistant superintendent of instruction, during the awards program. Local public-school National Merit Semifinalists include Alexandra Gartner and Amanda Hayes of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program; Andrew Fleckenstein, Quinn Montante, Isaac Mortimer-Lotke, Donia Nichols, Claire Spaulding and Katherine Windham of Washington-Lee High School; Jacqueline Anders, Keaton Anderson, Will Clay, Madeline Gardner, Margot Hanclich, Emma Hobday, Adam Howard, Warren McQueary, Joseph Potochny, Griffin Romanek and Sydney Stocks of Yorktown High School; and Corwin De Boor, Nolan Kataoka, David Lanman, Rebecca Merriman-Goldring, John Morris, Claire Murphy, Sushrutha Reddy, Zane Rossi and Katherine Salamido of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology. Named National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalists were Rim Haile, Adriana Mitchell and Brandi Moore of Washington-Lee High School and Lauren Miller and Elijah Taylor of Yorktown High School.

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We’d like to know What are the Top 10 Reasons Streetcar = Rolling Blunder? 10. Arlington taxpayers (no one else) would pay $264,000,000 in operating cost subsidies. 9. Bus Rapid Transit vehicles are bigger. 8. Streetcars would dump 10,000 commuters onto the overloaded Blue Line. 7. Bus Rapid Transit is flexible. 6. Streetcars get stuck on their fixed rails. 5. Bus Rapid Transit is faster. 4. Streetcars would cause a 10% rent increase for 9,700 families and the bulldozing of 1,900 affordable housing units (per County Board plan). 3. Bus Rapid Transit leverages more economic development investment (independent studies). 2. Streetcars have a much higher fatality rate per passenger mile. 1. Bus Rapid Transit will do everything streetcars can do (and more!) at a fraction of the cost. We’re Arlingtonians for Sensible Transit. For more info on what we’re saying — and to support our efforts — please visit us at www.sensibletransit.org.

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Our View: The Choice for Arlington School Board

Arlington is blessed with a nearly flawless candidate for the School Board seat being vacated after two terms by Sally Baird. But there is a catch. That near-perfect contender only materializes if you take the best parts of each of the two combatants – Democratic-backed Barbara Kanninen and independent Audrey Clement. Put them together, it’s a winning combination, but leave them separate and there are inescapable down sides. Kanninen, who won a three-way caucus in the spring to grab the Democratic endorsement, is solid on a lot of issues, particularly her focus on meeting the needs of each individual child. But we’re concerned that there have not been enough specifics emanating from Kanninen on the fiscal and landuse impacts of Arlington’s growing student population. We’ve seen position papers and platitudes, but we have not seen specificity and leadership. Kanninen got creamed by Clement in their first campaign appearance, held in

early September in front of the Arlington County Civic Federation. As any good debater should, Clement stuck to a single mantra – that there are specific ways to cut both per-student spending and Arlington Public Schools’ ridiculous construction costs. Her voice has been far stronger than Kanninen’s. But once beyond that issue, Clement has fallen short on the stump compared to Kanninen, who appears more knowledgeable on a host of education issues. And Clement, while making her first bid for School Board, unsuccessfully ran four times for County Board, leading some to dismiss her as a gadfly. We want to endorse a candidate in this race, we really do. Had Kanninen been stronger on fiscal issues, she would have gotten the nod. Had Clement presented a more rounded view of issues facing the growing school system, it would have gone to her. As it is, we’re going to sit this one out. Kanninen is the likely winner; we hope to see her build on her knowledge base

and become a force in addressing the looming budget woes that rising enrollment will bring. A reminder of Sun Gazette endorsements in other races: U.S. House of Representatives, 8th District: Democrat Don Beyer is the clear pick to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Moran. County Board: Independent incumbent John Vihstadt has earned the right to a full four-year term. School Board (special election): We have endorsed the candidacy of Nancy Van Doren, a Democrat who is running unopposed, but let us voice the same concerns about her as we do about Kanninen related to a lack of strength, on the stump, about the capacity crisis. Treasurer (special election): Democrat Carla de la Pava is running unopposed to fill the remainder of the term of her one-time boss, Frank O’Leary. We support her election. County bonds: We support the four bond referendums on the ballot.

Arrogance of County Board Has Got to Stop Editor: Arrogance is wasting $1 million on a bus stop and operating the Artisphere with major losses every year. Arrogance is saying the streetcar initially would cost one-third what the final cost will be. Arrogance is overtaxing to build up a surplus of more than $200 million in government coffers and then not returning the surplus to taxpayers – especially to retired people on fixed incomes. Arrogance is knowingly building a bikeshare program that will run a $700,000 deficit by 2018. Arrogance is running County Board meetings well past midnight, so discussion is held when residents cannot be there to comment. Arrogance is pretending to want citizen input about building a streetcar

when from the outset the decision was a foregone conclusion. Arrogance is destroying the Arlington Way of participatory government by repeatedly asking for citizen input with the full intent of disregarding it. Arrogance is three County Board members (you know who you are) refusing to allow the county manager to answer how our tax dollars could be spent on other transportation needs if the streetcar were not built. Arrogance is threatening to fine citizens for not removing snow from sidewalks while the county government cannot clear snow from many of its own streets. Arrogance is lying to the citizens about the firing of a former county manager. Arrogance is spending $340 million on

three brand new high schools with only 500 seats for growth. Arrogance is poor schoolfacility planning leading to precious green space being eaten up by new construction. Arrogance is spending $5,000 more per child in the schools than other area jurisdictions, then saying more money is needed. Arrogance is an imperious attitude of government that thinks it can do whatever it wants while turning a deaf ear to citizens. There are many more examples of the arrogant culture of our leaders. My question is: When will the people stand up to the arrogant bullies ruling over us? Lourdes Gonzalez Arlington

Editor: I am one of the people who helped to collect 10,300-plus signatures on the petitions by Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE) for more affordable housing, potentially including housing on county-owned land. I am also an Arlington Master Naturalist. Like other Master Naturalists, I pull invasive ivy and porcelainberry from our parks, teach the young about the interconnectedness of life, and participate in citizen-science. I understand parks are precious. I also understand that a sizable number of people in Arlington are experiencing extreme stress because of continuing rising rents and the lack of affordable units.

I am a recently retired teacher from one of Arlington’s Title I schools. I’ve seen what spending more than 50 percent of your income on rent does to a family. We have hard problems, yet solutions should not mean parks vs. people. People who work in the parks signed the VOICE petition. VOICE people use and value parks. I take to heart the opening words of the Arlington government’s vision statement: Arlington strives to be a world-class community that will be diverse and inclusive. I want that to continue to be a reality. The individuals who look out for our parks and the advocates for affordable housing are both “good guys” seeking to uphold Arlington’s vision. The last place

the “good guys” should want to find themselves is in a boxing ring, pitted against each other squabbling over limited resources. So, to those of you who honor Arlington’s vision, I say: Refuse to be cornered in this false dichotomy of parks vs. affordable housing or schools vs. parks. Refrain from making all-or-nothing statements; be not afraid to explore new ways to be in community with one another; embrace the whole community; think outside the box; widen your vision for what Arlington can be; know that creative solutions that serve all of our community exist. They are just waiting for us to work together to find them. Pat Findikoglu Arlington

Housing, Park Advocates Should Work Together

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Arlington County Artist’s Depiction

Arlington or Abu Dhabi? This giant water slide is one of the luxuries of the Long Bridge “aquatic park,” now projected to cost much more than $80,000,000. Plus the annual taxpayer subsidy, first promised not to exceed $450,000, is now guessed at $4,000,000. $80,000,000 aquatic park, $1,000,000 bus stop, $333,000,000 streetcar, $1,700,000 dog park, and so on. Meanwhile our schools are hurting, and we average the highest property tax bills in the region (Washington Post, 3/13/2014, page B1).

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Moving H-B Woodlawn Program to Reed Is Wrong Answer to Crowding Editor: I oppose any plan to move the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program to the Reed School site. In fact, the four civic associations surrounding the Reed School strongly oppose moving the program to Reed. The overwhelming majority of 602 surveyed respondents in the community – 82 percent – oppose any such move. We are in good company. The H-B Woodlawn Parent Advisory Council rejected a move to Reed by voting to keep the program on Vacation Lane. This recommendation was based on the results of approximately 400 respondents. (The council also endorsed the superintendent’s original proposal to build a 1,300-seat school at the Wilson site.) Here are some, but not all, of my concerns: • Moving the Woodlawn program to the Reed School will increase the number of teens and adolescents in the area by 700. Note that Swanson Middle School, located just three blocks from the Reed School, currently enrolls 1,030 students. Woodlawn would bring the total teens and adolescents schooled in Westover surging to 1,730, an unwieldy concentration in such a small neighborhood. • Since H-B Woodlawn is a lottery school, students from all over the county will need to be bused, driven or will drive themselves to Reed. This will result in a significant increase in traffic and parking

congestion in an area already bustling with commuters; buses that currently ship our elementary-school kids to schools outside this neighborhood; and Swanson students, many of whom are walkers. This traffic, concentrated in a small area full of pedestrians, will increase safety risks and erode the walkability we enjoy in this little village. • Each of the architect’s plans for Woodlawn at Reed involve a major construction effort to accommodate a middle and high school population. A second gym, parking structures and classrooms must be added to the $22.5 million, award-winning facility completed just five years ago. These plans, one of which includes a six-floor tower, are out of scope with the rest of the neighborhood and will materially change the village feel of our community. Like 71 percent of the survey respondents surrounding Reed, I support using the Reed site to address elementary-school overcrowding. The Reed School classrooms were built to accommodate young children, and could immediately house a K-2 program. A smaller scale (and cheaper) construction effort could expand the existing building to serve a K-5 population which would substantially solve the elementaryovercrowding problem. Further, most or all of these students could walk to the school. Cheryle Tucker Arlington

Editor: Arlington Public Schools is in a frenzied quest to find 1,300 middle-school seats, and I was dismayed to learn that one option being considered is moving the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program to the site occupied by the Reed School and Westover Library, to make way for a new middle school. Reed is the wrong location for a secondary school. Swanson Middle School is just two blocks away. Children in the surrounding neighborhood currently are bused out to four different elementary schools. The impact on traffic and parking in the neighborhood would be serious and detrimental. Further, the Reed/Westover site was renovated to the tune of $22 million. That new site was dedicated exactly five years ago this month. Back in 2009, then-School Board Chairman Sally Baird said, “We absolutely got the design right. This is an outstanding building, and it will serve the community for generations to come.” And yet here we are considering something completely different. How can we have any faith in the plans they put before us now? School officials remind us that way back in 2009, the Reed School plan included fortifications for a future second story, but that plan was designed for an elementary school, not a secondary school. I can’t see how APS would fit the Woodlawn program into a design that was intended for a small elementary school. And remember, despite the community’s desire to reopen Reed as an elementary

school, APS rejected that option back in 2012. If the school system wants to make the best use of Reed, go back to the plans that the community spent more than 600 hours working on. Or consider locating pre-K classrooms from nearby elementary schools such as McKinley or Tuckahoe at Reed. Or, to really think outside the box, consider it for a sixth-grade academy to relieve pressure from Swanson. That at least would be closer to the original intent to use the site for an elementary school. I am disheartened that APS is telling community members that we’ve got to choose from a limited set of options in a very short time, or we have to settle for expensive and disruptive renovations and additions at four separate middle schools. I find it hard to believe that these current options are the only ones. If Fairfax County can acquire and renovate a vacant office building into a fully functional school in 12 months, surely APS can take advantage of the sky-high officevacancy rate in Arlington and find a creative, innovative solution that works in the best interest of students. Even worse, we are told that the only criteria is “on time and in budget.” What this really means is “we listen to whichever group complains the loudest” and misses key issues including traffic issues, safety, previous plans and, most importantly, meeting the instructional needs of Arlington students. We can do better. Terri Schwartzbeck Arlington

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Editor: Arlington Public Schools is looking to add 1,300 middle-school seats to the pool in the next few years. Many APS facilities badly need refurbishment, but, bizarrely, one of the options being considered is shoving H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program into a new facility at the Reed School in Westover, to free up the current H-B Woodlawn site for development. Yes, demolishing and rebuilding the brand-new Reed School building that cost Arlington taxpayers $22 million and opened in 2009. Westover residents clearly stated their desire for the Reed School building to be turned into neighborhood school. The request was ignored, but the community willingly participated in hundreds of hours of planning and consultation and endured years of construction leading up to the Oc-

Editor: The plan to create a purpose-built middle school at the Wilson site to help address the capacity crisis is the most practical, fiscally responsible and most beneficial to preserving the quality of life in Arlington we as voters have come to appreciate. Why the Wilson site? It is the most underutilized of the proposed middle-school sites, and provides up to 1,300 seats in a location that can serve North and South Arlington as a neighborhood school or as an existing or new choice school.

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Arlington Public Schools closed the Reed School as a “walking” neighborhood elementary school in 1984, despite studies showing that, within 20 years, elementary schools would be desperately needed. Sure enough, McKinley and Tuckahoe are now two of the most overcrowded elementary schools in the county. Then the Reed School sat empty and unloved for years. The Westover community demanded a solution. The solution they wanted (reopening as a neighborhood school) was denied, but they endured years of construction. Arlington Public Schools promised that the new Reed School building would serve as an anchor to Westover and the surrounding area for years to come. It’s time to honor that promise. Matthew Gillen Arlington

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tober 2009 opening. The building now holds the Westover Library, the Children’s School (a pre-K program for the children of Arlington government employees), and the Integration Station (a specialized pre-K program students ages 2-5 who have disabilities). Arlington Public Schools is considering wiping away the community’s investment in time, energy, aggravation – not to mention the huge investment of tax payer money. The APS proposal to move H-B Woodlawn is, of the options being considered, uniquely damaging to the surrounding community. It would destroy all the green community space, in addition to the loss of almost all grassy areas at nearby McKinley and Swanson schools due to overcrowding. It would add 800 students to the area, in addition to the 900 currently attending Swanson Middle School two blocks away.

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It allows an innovative, state-of-the-art school facility. It could be built without disruption to current students, and would be the least disruptive option to neighborhoods, small businesses and families. It does not result in lost green space in Arlington and can provide the necessary green space for a middle school. The Reed site, in contrast, puts 1,800 middle- and high-school students in a twoblock area, rising to 2,100 if the middle school needs to be expanded. The Reed option also fundamentally

alters the Westover community, reduces usable green space (both total space and time available for use) despite best efforts of design firms. Reed can be used, and is suitable for use, as an elementary school, but not as a four- to six-story middle school as some have proposed. I urge the School Board to look at the possibilities carefully and support the utilization of the Wilson site for a purposebuilt middle school. Mark Whitehouse Arlington

Moving Woodlawn to Reed School Would Disrupt Local Neighborhood Editor: The school system’s proposed plan to locate a new H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program on the current Reed School site is a mistake. Reed School is a cherished neighborhood gathering place, where three generations of Arlingtonians can regularly be found enjoying the best this county has to offer: carefully preserved open spaces and active, thriving local communities. I’m in branding. Over the past two decades, the Arlington County “brand” – what people think and say about you when you’re not in the room – has enjoyed a welldeserved and hard-earned meteoric rise in the national consciousness. But for those of us who live in Arling-

ton, those same decades have seen a string of ill-advised decisions surrounding the closing of public schools, particularly as the county population was swelling with young families. The School Board is now poised to compound the mistakes of past with what will ultimately be another poor choice: one that will intrinsically and forever change a neighborhood so vital to the lifestyle sought by those living in – and moving to – Arlington. Once the Arlington brand begins to unravel from within, the damage is likely to be irreparable. We can’t afford to take that chance. Steven Goodwin Arlington

Answers Needed on Streetcar Proposal Editor: With the County Board election appearing as a proxy referendum on the much debated streetcar, at least one side, more likely both, appears to be intentionally misleading the constituency. I’m of the opinion that there is a silent majority with no strongly formed position on the streetcar, and little attempt is being made to educate, only manipulate them. Among issues that need clarification: • Could Arlington County’s portion of the streetcar funding be used for nontransportation, or non-infrastructure, projects, like schools? If so, how much? • Would future operating costs of the

streetcar come from funds that could be used for schools or other non-transportation projects? If so, how much? • What is the most likely impact of the streetcar on affordable housing? Both sides claim increased economic development, but maintaining, or increasing, affordablehousing units and nurturing economic development are not necessarily mutually exclusive. It seems the County Board’s commitment to affordable housing along the Pike dictates the future of affordable housing, rather than either of the options in this debate. Joshua Kandies Arlington

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Immediate Action AND Long-Term Strategic Plan Built Upon Broad Community Engagement Our community faces a once-in-a-generation challenge to determine how best to use public lands, including land for our rapidly growing schools. Arlington Public Schools (APS) recently announced that 1,213 new students were added this year. Working groups and community meetings have convened across the county to discuss potential school expansion and new schools at multiple sites. These recent events highlight the urgent need to continue developing near-term capacity solutions and plan strategically for school expansion over the next ten years and beyond. As Democratic leaders, we pledge to work closely together, and with the community, to address immediate capacity needs and develop a smart, sustainable, long-term plan to provide sufficient space for our growing student population, while continuing to provide important park and recreational amenities. This must be done expeditiously and cost-effectively, because even as we address overcrowded schools today, it is projected that within a decade, we will have 30,000 students, with a shortage of 1,900 elementary seats, 1,600 middle school seats, and 2,800 high school seats. We are impatient to begin a broadly inclusive community process that examines how best to use public land in Arlington – including schools, parks, recreation, affordable housing, and public safety facilities – to meet our community’s needs. At the same time, we are confident - because of our high quality teachers and staff - that Arlington children will continue to receive a top rate education as we develop our strategic plan to provide more permanent classrooms. As an immediate first step, we urge Arlington citizens to submit comments through the County Planning Department website on the Public Land Site Evaluation Guidelines being developed. In the end, Arlington’s Comprehensive Plan, which sets our course for growth and development for the next 30 years, needs to incorporate schools and ensure that we balance all of our community needs. Arlington has great public schools that are well supported by the community. The Washington Post rates Arlington’s high schools in the top 2% of U.S. High Schools. In its 2014 Community Satisfaction Survey, APS found that 90% of parents rate the schools as very good or excellent. Year after year, community members overwhelmingly support bonds to build and maintain our schools. Arlington taxpayers – with and without children in school - know that great schools are a core value and asset of our community. We have a responsibility to our children to provide great education, to residents to protect and enhance neighborhoods, and to taxpayers to be frugal and make prudent investments. With a solid plan that meets schools and community space needs, we can ensure that Arlington continues to be a vibrant, diverse and livable community for decades to come. We commit ourselves to working with the community and our colleagues to make this happen.

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“…implementation of a seamless streetcar system between Columbia Pike and Crystal City will provide significantly more mobility benefits than enhanced bus service, to the long term benefit of Northern Virginia’s overall transportation network…The streetcar project provides a sound example of leveraging transportation investment to enhance economic competitiveness…” AUBREY LAYNE, VIRGINIA SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

“A main goal for this Plan is to retain or replace the 6,200 existing, market affordable rental units along the Pike. The Plan calls for INCREASING affordable housing units at numerous locations.” INTA MALIS, REID GOLDSTEIN, NINA JANOPAUL, TAKIS KARANTONIS, DAVE LEIBSON, KATHLEEN MCSWEENEY (THE SIX CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE COLUMBIA PIKE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN) LETTER TO THE EDITOR, ARLINGTON SUN GAZETTE, 10/2/14

“With your plans for the future – including the Fairfax Arlington streetcar project, expanded service on VRE, and the addition of bus rapid transit on I-66 –that legacy is only set to grow.” VICTOR MENDEZ, U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

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SMART, SOUND AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN TRANSIT IS THE ARLINGTON WAY FORWARD. ANY OTHER WAY IS OFF TRACK. THE DIRECTION HAS BEEN CLEAR FROM STREETCAR SUPPORTERS IN ALL CORNERS OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. “Arlington is held up as an example of how to do smart growth correctly…the time for the Columbia Pike streetcar is now… If we don't act, we'll miss a generational opportunity to place a modern transportation system in a corridor where congestion will only increase...” RICK KELLER, SIERRA CLUB

“Modern streetcar systems have consistently shown around the country to reduce congestion, move people, promote regional connectivity, enhance capacity, reduce environmental impact and foster economic development. Studies of the proposed streetcar system in Arlington show that we can expect all of those benefits to occur here once the system is operational.” ADAM EBBIN, ALFONSO LOPEZ, BARBARA FAVOLA, DEL. PATRICK HOPE, RIP SULLIVAN, ROB KRUPICKA, SEN. JANET HOWELL, STREETCAR, VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Streetcar’s Re-Elect JOHN VIHSTADT Opponents INDEPENDENT FOR ARLINGTON COUNTY BOARD Set to Meet The Arlington County Board has Va. Official 4 Democrats and 1 Independent

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The advocacy group opposing the Columbia Pike streetcar plans to meet with Virginia’s secretary of transportation next month, to clarify what process is being followed before state funds are expended on the project. Arlingtonians for Sensible Transportation announced Oct. 8 that Aubrey Layne, the state transportation chief, has agreed to meet with its leadership on Nov. 19. The group had requested the meeting in a letter to Layne sent Oct. 1. It was Layne who, over the summer, announced that the state government would be willing to provide up to $65 million for the five-mile transit system, helping Arlington and Fairfax counties avoid the need to apply for federal dollars to support the Columbia Pike project. In their letter to Layne, Arlingtonians for Sensible Transit declared itself “puzPrioritiz zled” that the McAuliffe administration would proffer the cash without first prioritizing the need for a streetcar line comImprove pared to other traffic-relief efforts across Northern Virginia. State officials announced Sept. 18 that Create a a new prioritization process was being put in place to determine which transportaStop the tion projects should get top priorities. The new process was required under legislation passed by the General Assembly and No to an signed by Gov. McAuliffe. In September, Layne called priorization a “significant development in transportation because – for the first time – law requires a consistent and objective analysis to screen and score projects according to critical transportation needs.” The prioritization process applied to projects being funded by the Commonwealth Transportation Board starting in July 2016, which may allow the streetcar funding to be allocated without going through the process. But Arlingtonians for Sensible Transit, which claims 700 public supporters, said the spirit of the law should mean no state funds will be allocated until the project has been through the prioritization process. The Commonwealth Transportation Board is soliciting comments until Oct. 30 on its updated Six-Year Improvement Program. For information, see the Web site at www.virginiadot.org/2014fallmeetings/.

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will host a trip to the National Cryptologic Museum in Annapolis on Monday, Nov. 3. The cost is $9. For information, call (703) 228-4849. WORKSHOP LOOKS AT HOME-CARE SERVICES: A seminar looking at home-

care and assisted-living programs will be presented on Monday, Nov. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555. BRAIN-FITNESS EXERCISES PLANNED:

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shop for women will be hosted on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955. TIPS FOCUS ON PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT: Tips on preventing identity theft

and fraud will be offered on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300. DANCE LESSONS PROFFERED: Popular

dances – from foxtrot to the Texas twostep – will be taught on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555. STAYING HEALTHY IN WINTER DISCUSSED: Health-safety tips for winter

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The decision to shut down Metro’s Blue Line service on Veterans Day, to address crowds expected for the Concert for Valor on the National Mall, was a decision made by staff, not the board of directors, of the Washington MetroCOUNTY politan Area Transit BOARD Authority. “I read about NOTES this for the first time in the paper – the Metro board did not have a role in this,” said County Board Vice Chairman Mary Hynes, who represents Arlington on the WMATA board and who, at the Oct. 21 County Board meeting, expressed concern about the impact of the closure on Arling-

ton commuters. “It has some real consequences to people who still need to get to work,” Hynes said. WMATA officials have announced plans to replace Blue Line trains with additional Yellow Line trains on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) in order to move what is expected to be a crush of passengers going to and departing from the planned concert, which will salute U.S. military veterans. The result? Metro service will not operate between Pentagon and Rosslyn. The Arlington Cemetery station will be accessible only from Pentagon, not from Rosslyn. The transit agency does plan to run free express-shuttle buses between Rosslyn and Pentagon stations every 12 minutes throughout the service day (5 a.m. to midnight).

Metro officials say the plan was devised to “provide the fastest, most direct trip for the greatest number of riders, and to provide longer, more frequent trains.” The transit agency will keep all stations open across its system except for Smithsonian. The Concert for Valor, to be aired live on HBO, is slated to feature performances by Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood, Dave Grohl, Eminem, Rihanna and Metallica, among others, and include special appearances by Tom Hanks, Meryl Street, Jamie Foxx and Steven Spielberg. Donnellan Lauded by Regional Group: County Manager Barbara Donnellan on Oct. 17 was presented with the 2014 Visionary Leadership Award. The annual honor is bestowed by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Institute for Regional Excellence, or IRE. Students in the IRE’s public-policymanagement program select the recipient based on leadership in urban and regional governance. The award represents “a nice feather in your cap,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette told Donnellan, marking “many years of service to the community, and beyond the community.” “You do us all proud,” Fisette said. Donnellan has been employed by the county government for more than 30 years, and has served as county manager since October 2010. Donnellan said she almost didn’t make the awards ceremony, since an ebola scare that day caused the mobilization of the county government’s crisis-management apparatus. The episode later turned out to be a false alarm. Donnellan said the awards ceremony was “a very humbling experience – lovely.” Government to Collect Blankets for Syrian Refugees: The Arlington County government will collect new and gentlyused blankets in support of Syrian refugees at two locations from Nov. 1-21. The collection effort is part of an initiative of local governments across the Washington region. Collected items will be shipped to refugee camps in Turkey, where more than 1 million displaced Syrians are now waiting out their country’s civil war. “The situation has worsened; we hear about it every day,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said. Blankets (no sheets) will be collected weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at both the county-government headquarters at 2100 Clarendon Blvd. and the Warren G. Stambaugh Department of Human Services headquarters at 2100 Washington Blvd. County Seeks VDOT Matching Funds: The Arlington County government will apply for $4.2 million in state funding to support seven transportation improvements. The funding is available through the Virginia Department of Transportation’s annual revenue-sharing program. Among the projects for which funding is being sought: • $1,450,000 to rehabilitate the Shirlington Road Bridge across Four Mile Run. • $800,000 to reconfigure the interchange of Boundary Channel Drive and Interstate 395. • $530,000 for design and construction of sidewalks and bicycle lanes on South

Walter Reed Drive from Arlington Mill Drive to Four Mile Run Drive over Four Mile Run. • $245,000 to construct sidewalks and nubs on North Carlin Springs Road from North Edison Street to North Vermont Street. • $500,000 to reconstruct the intersection of Arlington Ridge Road and South Lang Street and South Lynn Street. • $235,000 to construct sidewalks and improve crossings on Pershing Drive from North Barton Street to North Piedmont Street. • $455,000 to construct sidewalks and improve crossings on Military Road from Nellie Custis Drive to 38th Street North. Localities can apply for a maximum of $10 million in state funding per year through the grant program, and must provide a dollar-for-dollar match of the funds. For the current fiscal year, Arlington received $2.2 million to support six projects. Government Seeks Federal Transportation Grants: The Arlington County government will apply for $840,000 in federal transportation funding for three improvement projects. The funding would come from the federal government’s MAP-21 Transportation Altneratives Program, administered by the Virginia Department of Transportation and the regional Transportation Planning Board. Projects for which funding is being sought: • $440,000 for bicycle and pedestrian improvements in the vicinity of McKinley Elementary School. • $200,000 to improve accessibility of streets and sidewalks throughout the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, to comply with federal Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. • $200,000 to support expansion of the Capital Bikeshare initiative. Under the program, localities must provide a 20-percent match to the federal funds. County Board Members Make Appointments: County Board members recently made the following appointments to local board and commissions: Amanda Herrmann, Samantha O’Leary and Laura Maristany have been appointed to the Commission on the Status of Women. Michael Sampson has been appointed to the Community Development Citizens Advisory Commission. Dr. Asha Patton Smith has been appointed to the Community Services Board. James Archie has been appointed and Bryant Monroe has been reappointed to the Economic Development Commission. Patrick Bogenberger has been appointed to the Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission. Mark Turnbull has been reappointed to th Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board. Mao Lin has been appointed to the Human Rights Commission. Doug Ross has been appointed to the Sports Commission, and Ross and Erick Vandemeulebroecke have been reappointed and Donald Hess has been reappointed to the aquatics subcommittee of the Sports Commission. The Sun Gazette provides full coverage of County Board issues.

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After a modest decline the previous month, existing-home sales bounced back in September to their highest annual pace of the year, according to figures reported the National Association of Realtors. But the sales figures remained below comparable 2013 rates. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 2.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.17 million in September from 5.05 million in August. Sales are now at their highest pace of 2014, but still remain 1.7 percent below the 5.26 million-unit level from last September. All major regions except for the Midwest experienced gains in September compared to August. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, says the improved demand for buying seen since the spring has carried into the fall. “Low interest rates and price gains holding steady led to September’s healthy increase, even with investor activity remaining on par with last month’s marked decline,” Yun said. “Traditional buyers are entering a less competitive market with fewer investors searching for available homes, but may also face a slight decline in choices due to the fact that inventory generally falls heading into the winter.” The median existing-home price for all housing types in September was $209,700, which is 5.6 percent above September 2013. This marks the 31st consecutive month of year-over-year price gains. Total housing inventory at the end of September fell 1.3 percent to 2.3 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 5.3-month supply at the current sales pace. Despite fewer homes for sale in September, unsold inventory is still 6.0 percent higher than a year ago, when there were 2.17 million existing homes available for sale. All-cash sales were 24 percent of transactions in September, up slightly from August (23 percent) but down from 33 percent in September of last year. Individual investors, who account for many cash sales, purchased 14 percent of homes in September, up from 12 percent last month but below September 2013 (19 percent). According to Freddie Mac, after falling for four consecutive months, the average commitment rate for a 30year, conventional, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.16 percent in September from 4.12 percent in August.

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not necessarily expecting billions and billions of entries – a little astronomical humor there – but boosters of the David M. Brown Planetarium are holding online voting to determine which episodes should be shown during a “Tribute to ‘Cosmos’” that will be held Nov. 21-23. Participants can vote from among five options from the television series, which ran for 13 episodes on PBS in the 1970s and 1980s and was hosted by the late Carl Sagan. “Mark your calendars and tell your friends – get your turtleneck and sports jacket ready!” proclaimed Friends of Arlington’s Planetarium, which will present a Sagan look-alike competition and a debate

between those performing as astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler as part of the Nov. 21-31 celebration. For information and a link to the voting, see the Web site at www.friendsoftheplanetarium.org. FORUM, FILM SCREENING FOCUS ON LATINO IMMIGRATION: A forum on “La-

tino Immigration in the U.S.: Past, Present and Future,” to be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 12:30 p.m. at Kenmore Middle School. The event will feature a screening of the documentary “Harvest of Empire,” followed by a panel discussion. The program will run in English and Spanish. The community is invited. ANNUAL MEETING ON HOMELESSNESS TO DETAIL SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES: Virginia Secretary of Veterans

and Defense Affairs John Harvey will be the keynote speaker on Arlington’s annual community meeting on homelessness, to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) conference center, 4301 Wilson Blvd. At the meeting, there also will be a celebration of the recently completed “100 Homes” campaign, which resulted in the housing of 100 homeless Arlingtonians. The community is invited. Free parking is available in the NRECA garage, entered through North Taylor Street. STATE LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS AGING ISSUES: The Arlington and Alexan-

dria Commissions on Aging will host a legislative forum on Friday, Nov. 7 from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. at Fairlington Community Center. Members of the local legislative delegation have been invited to discuss issues related to seniors and aging in preparation for the 2015 General Assembly session. For information, call the Arlington Agency on Aging at (703) 228-1700 or email arlaaa@arlingtonva.us. HOLIDAY BAZAAR TO SUPPORT LEUKEMIA RESEARCH: More than 25 ven-

dors will be on hand at a holiday bazaar on Sunday, Nov. 2 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 5115 Little Falls Road. The event, sponsored by Dawn to Dusk Realty of Keller Williams, will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. CHURCH TO HOST SOUP, PIE BAZAAR:

Arlington Church of the Brethren will hold its annual Soup and Pie Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 300 North Montague St. The event will feature homemade pies and soups, crafts, a yard sale and handcrafted fair-trade items. For information, call (703) 524-4100 or see the Web site at www.arlingtoncob.org. CHURCH HOSTS ALL-SAINTS COMMEMORATION: Arlington Presbyterian Church,

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MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Oct. 15 at 9 p.m., a man allegedly assaulted his girlfriend in the 2100 block of South Pollard Street, causing significant but not life-threatening injuries, Arlington police said. Warrants for malicious wounding and strangulation were issued for 33-year-old Kamau Brooks of Arlington. n On Oct. 23, a man arrived at Virginia Hospital Center with a gunshot wound following an incident in the 2200 block of South Shirlington Road. Police described the injury as non-life-

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County government’s Office of Senior Adult Programs (OSAP) celebrated its 60th anniversary at a Diamond Jubilee held Friday, Oct. 24 at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) conference center in Ballston. At the event, County Board Chairman Jay Fisette recognized the growth of senior programs and participants since the first senior-citizens’ group was organized in 1954 by the Department of Parks and Recreation. That first social club has evolved into six senior centers offering more than 150 programs a week, including 50 fitness programs, plus a travel program that offers 14 trips a month. Fisette presented a proclamation recognizing OSAP’s programs that are “enriching the lives of Arlington’s senior residents.” Cheryl Johnson, manager of the office, reported that membership has reached an all-time high. County parks director Jane Rudolph recognized the wide array of programs and activities offered at the county’s senior centers and community centers for residents 55 years of age and older, while Barbara Karro, a former director of OSAP, recalled the history of program offerings. Cindy Miller, who chairs the county’s Senior Adult Council, shared what the program has meant to her family. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S TOURNAMENTS BREAK RECORDS: The Arling-

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tinue to make a significant difference in Arlington through our grant and scholarship programs, and the management of charitable funds.” For information, see the Web site at www.arlcf.org. CHURCH PLAYS HOST TO EQUALITY FORUM: “Out and Equal: Stories of Women

Forging and Navigating Change,” featuring a discussion of gender and sexual-orientation issues in the broader community, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd. The event is sponsored by the The Transition Network in collaboration with the Arlington branch of the American Association of University Women; Metropolitan D.C. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG); and Equality UUCA of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. For information, e-mail marsha.semmel@gmail.com. To register, see the Web site at http://goo.gl/Z0lKCi FESTIVAL CELEBRATES RENOVATIONS TO ROCKY RUN PARK: A fall festival to

celebrate the recently upgraded Rocky Run Park will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the park, 1109 North Barton St. The event will feature fitness activities, arts and crafts, games and a moonbounce, with food available for purchase. There is no admission charge. For information, call (703) 228-4773. CHURCH TO HOST HARVEST FESTIVAL:

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will hold its annual harvest festival on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 1132 North Ivanhoe St. The event will feature a barbecue, baked goods, handcrafted items, music, a whiteelephant sale and special events for children. Evelyn Bence, the author of several books and a contributor to Daily Guideposts, will sign her latest work, “Room at My Table: Preparing Heart and Home for Christian Hospitality,” from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the event. The event is free; those attending are asked to bring an item of non-perishable food for donation to the Arlington Food Assistance Center. For information, see the Web site at www.stmichaelsarlington.org. CHURCH HOSTS HOLIDAY BAZAAR: St.

Agnes Catholic Church will hold its annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will feature holiday items, handmade gifts, knitted and crocheted accessories, doll outfits, used books, a money tree, a white-elephant sale, bake sale and lunch. The church is located at 1910 North Randolph St. For information, call (703) 525-1166. Your items are always welcomed for inclusion in the Sun Gazette. Items can be sent to the editor by mail, e-mail or fax; contact information is found on Page 6 of each week’s edition.

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The community needs to come up with a strategy to prevent the youngest Arlingtonians from heading off to school with too much meat on their bones, leaders say. “It’s easier to prevent obesity than to cure it,” said Bill Browning, chairman of the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Family, presenting results of that organization’s “report card” to County Board members Oct. 21. Childhood obesity has been added to the list of most pressing issues facing youth in Arlington, along with bullying and depression, in the first update of the group’s

report since 2011. One in four Arlington kindergarten students – a total of 550 youth – are either overweight or obese, according to recent findings, with rates varying from 7 percent to 44 percent depending on the elementary school. Browning said he thinks the data understates the problem. “It’s worse than that, in my opinion,” he said. County Board officials said efforts have been made to address the matter. “There’s a lot of progress” that has been made, County Board member Walter Tejada said. He pointed to the FitArlington initiative, the installation of “healthy” vending machines throughout schools and

county offices and the school system’s farm-to-school effort highlighting fresh food produced in the local region. Browning said that more work was needed. “There is room for [additional] county-school collaboration,” he said. Also from the report: • While underage drinking among Arlington students has been reduced, according to surveys, it still remains at the national average. • The percentage of students exhibiting or detailing depressive systems declined from 2001 to 2007 but has not been reduced since. While Arlington is performing better than much of the rest of the country in

relation to students’ physical and mental well-being, Browning said complacency was a constant enemy. “It’s easy to fool ourselves” into thinking things are fine, he said. County Board Vice Chairman Mary Hynes said the report, which also will be shared with the School Board, provides “an incredible base of information” to address issues. “When we focus, we can move the dial,” she said. Browning agreed. “When we focus and pay attention . . . we can make a difference in the lives of our children,” he said. For information, see the Web site at www.apcyf.org.

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‘Report Card’ Puts Childhood Obesity on List of Concerns

School Officials Finding Ways to Get Kids to Eat Healthy SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Somebody hook Amy Maclosky up to a lie-detector machine. Because, at least based on the school-cafeteria experience of years gone by, we’ve got a suspicion she might just be telling tall tales. Maclosky, the Arlington school system’s food-services director, swore to School Board members that her staff has not only found a way to make today’s students eat their vegetables (even spinach? yes, even spinach), but to make the youngsters WANT to eat them. Consider the case of sautéed cabbage. “Everybody said that kids are not going

to eat that – [but] they came for seconds,” Maclosky said in detailing successes of the school system’s “farm to school” initiative, which brings items from regional farms and lets students learn about them, even helping to choose how they are prepared. Back to spinach for a second: At local elementary schools, it wasn’t the most popular item on the menu. In fact, when given the option, only 8 percent of students would select it. But get a little creative and pair it with strawberries in a salad, and suddenly the selection rate zoomed to 78 percent. Creative use of other maligned healthy foods, from broccoli to black beans, also resulted in more student interest.

“They’re taking it, they’re selecting it!” Maclosky said in her annual briefing to the School Board, held Oct. 9. School Board members seemed momentarily stunned by the potential ramifications.“Children eating foods people thought they would not eat!” pronounced board member Abby Raphael, expressing the hope it would engender “a lifelong habit” of good nutrition. School districts across the nation have been under federal edicts in recent years to make meals healthier. Whole grains are in, saturated fat and sodium are out. It hasn’t been smooth sailing making the transition, for Arlington or for other districts, but Maclosky told School Board

members they have learned from past experiences and are putting new ideas into practice: • The farm-to-school program this year will expand to every school in the system, rotating among them on Fridays. • At elementary schools, “meatless Mondays” have morphed into “mentoring Mondays” in order to boost participation. Menus remain without meat, but teachers are encouraged to come sit with their students during the lunch period. In return, the educators get their lunches for free. • At Carlin Springs Elementary School, a two-month pilot program last school year brought families together in the evening to learn about cooking and menu selection.

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Prognosticator: Turnout Favors Howze Victory Democrat Alan Howze should be able to use “the power of the sample ballot” to overcome John Vihstadt in their Nov. 4 County Board rematch. That’s the prognostication of former county Treasurer Frank O’Leary, who says it is “probable” but not guaranteed that the higher turnout of the general election will be enough to take Howze to victory. Speaking to Arlington Senior Democrats at the group’s monthly luncheon meeting Oct. 23, O’Leary predicted that turnout on Election Day in the county was likely to run about 67,500, with about 60,000 residents casting ballots in the Howze-Vihstadt race. “I don’t think Mr. Vihstadt could get 30,000 votes,” said O’Leary, who has studied Arlington election turnout and results for more than 30 years. He also has served as campaign treasurer for the Howze campaign. History is on the former treasurer’s side

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in this one: The high point for Republican County Board candidates in recent years came in 2012, when Matt Wavro took 25,252 votes. But that was in a presidential-election year, when turnout was much higher and Wavro ran a distant second to Democrat Libby Garvey. Many of those likely to turn out for the general election will be interested only in federal races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and have little knowledge of, or interest in, local races, O’Leary said. Some will not vote for the local offices, but others in the overwhelmingly Democratic county will cast ballots as directed on the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s sample ballot. Asked to grade the likelihood of his prognostications bearing fruit, O’Leary gave himself a “B” to “B-plus” chance of being on the money. Richard Barton, who heads the Arlington

Senior Democrats, said O’Leary has earned his prognosticating bona fides. “He’s a great political analyst,” Barton said. (Barton and O’Leary share a common political thread: Barton was defeated in a 1975 County Board race by Republican Dorothy Grotos; Grotos in 1983 ran for treasurer but was defeated by O’Leary, who went on to serve until this past July.) If Vihstadt loses, he could run again in 2015, the so-called “constitutional year” when turnout is likely to be less than half 2014’s total. Democrats privately concede that they could have a hard time defeating him next year, when the seats of Democratic County Board members Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada are on the ballot. Vihstadt crushed Howze in an April special election, but turnout for that race was only about one-third of what is expected at the polls Nov. 4.

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They aren’t exactly going like hotcakes, but Arlington election officials say they are seeing some interest among prospective voters in obtaining photo-IDs to meet new Virginia election requirements. County Registrar Linda Lindberg on Oct. 21 said her office had processed just over 40 requests for the free IDs, which can only be used for voting purposes. “Not a vast number by any means,” Lindberg said, but still enough to place Arlington in the top 10 of Virginia’s more than 130 cities and counties in number requested. Under new rules, enacted by the General Assembly in 2013 but not going into effect until this year, voters will have to show some form of acceptable photo-identification before casting ballots. State election officials estimate that upward of 200,000 Virginians who are eligible to vote do not have valid photo-IDs, and made provision for providing free IDs. “We have had a couple of absentee voters who didn’t have proper ID, and we’ve been able to immediately process them for the new ID,” Lindberg said. “They get a temporary ID good for 30 days while they wait for the permanent one to arrive.” “We’ll do the same thing on Election Day – a voter without ID can either come here first to get the temporary ID, or vote a provisional ballot at the polls and then come in to get an ID,” Lindberg said. As of Oct. 21, the commonwealth’s elections office reported that about 2,200 state residents had requested the photo-ID. The city of Roanoke had the largest single total, at 303, followed by Fairfax County (231), Richmond (94), Suffolk (88) and Halifax County (59). While many jurisdictions across the

commonwealth have seen a small number of applicants for the IDs, only four communities – Bland, Middlesex and Tazewell and the POLITICAL counties city of Buena POTPOURRI Vista – had seen no requests as of the third week of October. Construction Necessitates Change of Lyon Park Precinct Location: Construction work at Lyon Park Community Center has led county election officials to change the polling place at Lyon Park precinct for the Nov. 4 election. Voters living in the precinct will cast ballots at Garfield Park apartments, 925 North Garfield St. Construction at the community center is expected to last until next summer, “so we’ll likely be at Garfield Park for any potential June 2015 primary, as well,” Arlington Registrar Linda Lindberg told the Sun Gazette. Because of the proximity of Election Day, the Arlington Electoral Board made the change on an emergency basis, and will ask the County Board to ratify the decision after the election. Since notice of a public hearing must be given, the County Board action likely would be held in December. Localities in states under the federal Voting Rights Act are no longer required to receive pre-clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for precinct changes, Lindberg said. The office is making efforts to ensure all impacted voters know of the change. “We’re sending notices to all active registered voters in the Lyon Park precinct, and will post signs on the community center doors, directing them to Garfield Park, which is only about three blocks away,” Lindberg said. “I’ve notified the candidates, campaigns and political parties of the move.”

Candidate Q&As Online: The Sun Gazette has offered candidates for U.S. Senate and the 8th District U.S. House of Representatives seat the opportunity to participate in a question-and-answer session, and responses will be available online. The candidate responses can be found on the Sun Gazette’s Web site at www.insidenova.com/news/arlington and clicking on “Politics,” or by searching “Q&A” on the home page. Kanninen Wins Backing of Teachers’ PAC: The political-action committee of the Arlington Education Association has endorsed Democrat Barbara Kanninen in the School Board race against Audrey Clement. Kanninen “brings a positive, constructive approach to problem-solving that will serve our schools and community well,” said Gerry Collins, co-chair of APAC (the Arlington Education Association Political Action Committee) and president of the Arlington Education Association. “We are impressed with Barbara Kanninen’s commitment to all of Arlington’s students,” Collins said. “Barbara understands that all types of students need personal support and that teachers are important partners in making this happen.” The endorsement is a turnaround from the Arlington County Democratic Committee caucus in May, when APAC threw its support to Nancy Van Doren. Kanninen narrowly defeated Van Doren in that race to move into the general election against Clement. They are vying to succeed Sally Baird, who is retiring after two terms. Virginia law prohibits collective bargaining among public-sector employees, so the Arlington Education Association is not in the strict sense a union, but rather a professional organization. Democrats to Hold Tradition Post-Election Luncheon: The Arlington County

Democratic Committee will host its annual post-election luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 5 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Nam Viet Restaurant, 1127 North Hudson St. The event will feature dissection the results of the Nov. 4 election, along with a buffet lunch. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtondemocrats.org. Nixon, FDR Hold Arlington Records: Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt wouldn’t seem to have had much in common except occupying, at different times, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But when it comes to Arlington’s election history, Nixon and Roosevelt each have a place at the top – albeit of different, though related, rankings. When it comes to presidential elections, Roosevelt is the all-time Arlington champion, having won the county vote all four times he was on the ballot (1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944). But, as former county Treasurer Frank O’Leary reminded a recent gathering of Arlington Senior Democrats, Nixon holds the record for the most wins while being on the ballot in a presidential election. He won the Arlington vote five times (as Dwight Eisenhower’s running mate in 1952 and 1956 and all three times he ran for president in his own right, in 1960, 1968 and 1972). Roosevelt was on the ballot five times, too having been the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1920. But the ticket of James Cox and Roosevelt was defeated in Arlington by the Republican ticket of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, 996 votes to 883. While Nixon racked up more total victories, Roosevelt had a decidedly bigger impact on Arlington: It was FDR who decided that both the Pentagon and Washington National Airport would be located in the county.

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The anti-streetcar faction on the County Board represents 40 percent of board membership, but is getting zero-percent assistance from county-government staff in getting its message out to the public. And that, apparently, is the way it’s going to stay for now. Anti-streetcar board member John Vihstadt complained at the Oct. 21 meeting that county staff continue to put out a “one-way, pro-streetcar narrative” that allows no dissenting voices to be heard. At the board meeting, criticized a series of “false premises” and “red-herring arguments” in the materials the government disseminates. Vihstadt, who was elected in an April special election but faces a rematch with Democrat Alan Howze on Nov. 4, pro-

fessed himself “a little disappointed [but] not completely surprised” that he and antistreetcar colleague Libby Garvey do not get a chance to make their case through government channels. He noted that while pro-streetcar forces hold a 3-2 board majority, the last two board members elected ran on anti-streetcar platforms. County Board Chairman Jay Fisette, who presides over the streetcar majority, professed himself confused by Vihstadt’s complaints. “I find it odd” to suggest that the county government would expend resources to provide an opposing point of view on the issue, Fisette said. “It doesn’t make sense,” he said, comparing it to President Obama offering critics of health-care reform access to the federal government’s PR machine to make their case. “I do not see why you believe the county

County Board Vice Chairman Mary Hynes is one of three board members who support the Columbia Pike streetcar project.

should spend money challenging its own policy,” Fisette told Vihstadt. “I don’t understand that point of view. It doesn’t logi-

cally make sense to me.” Opponents of the streetcar will have their chance to wrest control of the County Board in November 2015, when the seats of pro-streetcar Democrats Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes are up for grabs. A Vihstadt victory this November would mean his side would only need to win one of those seats; a Howze victory would mean anti-streetcar advocates would need to win both seats in 2015. If they pull it off, streetcar opponents would be able to kill the project on Jan. 1, 2016 – before construction will have begun – but pro-streetcar forces could take back the majority, and resurrect the project, by knocking off Garvey in the 2016 general election. Unlike some previous County Board meetings, where both sides sparred interminably over the issue, Fisette kept the debate short before moving on to the next topic.

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County Board Streetcar Opponents Get No Staff Support

County Board Lauds Pauline Ellison for Her Service County Board members on Oct. 21 honored Pauline Ellison for decades of service on Arlington’s Civil Service Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee. “We’re just proud that she lives in our community and proud that she chooses to give back – you have contributed so much,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said at the recognition ceremony. Ellison and her husband moved to Arlington in 1956, at a time when racial seg-

regation was the norm. Since then, “I have seen the great growth, development and unprecedented changes,” Ellison said, turning Arlington into “one of the best places in the country to live and raise a family.” Ellison served on the Civil Service Commission for 28 years, including seven terms as chairman, and served on the Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee for 24 years. Beth Wolffe, who served with Ellison for 12 of those years, said Ellison was the

one who welcomed her and showed her the ropes. “She was the inspiration” to new members, Wolffe said. “It was a labor of love,” Ellison responded, reminding Arlington residents that “we don’t stand in the shadow of the nation’s capital; we shine a glorious light upon it.” In her professional life, Ellison rose to become director of personnel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – the first African-American wom-

an to serve as personnel chief for a federal agency – and at one point was ranked on Ebony magazine’s list of the nation’s 100 most influential African-Americans. Fisette noted a litany of organizations, both local and national, that benefited from her counsel and leadership. They include service with the Arlington Community Foundation, Jack-and-Jill, The Links (where Ellison was national president) and the Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington.

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ACT Scores, Participation Rates Each See Increase Arlington Public Schools students took the ACT college-entrance exam in record numbers last school year, and the average score among county students saw a slight increase from the year before. The composite score of 25.2 (on a 1to-36 scale) for Arlington’s graduating seniors was up from 25.1 a year before, and was above the Virginia (22.3) and national (21.0) averages. Arlington students saw improvement in average scores on the mathematics, reading and science portions of the exam, with the

average English score posting a decline. Of the 403 Arlington seniors who took the test in 2013-14, 55 percent reached its “readiness benchmark” in all four sections of the test, compared to 37 percent of students across the commonwealth and 26 percent nationally. Among various components of the test, 84 percent of Arlington students hit the readiness benchmark in English, 73 percent in math, 72 percent in social studies and 62 percent in science. The ACT (originally standing for Amer-

ican College Testing) was introduced in 1959 as a rival to the College Board’s SAT college-entrance exam, and for many years was more commonly taken by students in the western half of the nation. In recent years, it has expanded its geographic scope, and in 2011, for the first time, more highschool students took ACT exams than SATs nationally. Arlington students also saw improved results on the SATs from a year before. “Results are moving in the right direction – this translates to opportunities for

our children,” Superintendent Patrick Murphy told School Board members on Oct. 9. Murphy pointed to scores increasing even as a broader spectrum of students took the exams, calling it “a signal that doors are getting opened” for all students seeking to further their education after high school. Full data on Arlington students’ performance can be found on the Web site at www.apsva.us. – Scott McCaffrey

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clusive average cost of the nearly 2.2 million unions that take place nationally each year. Loudoun’s average cost was $51,281 and Fairfax’s was $49,806. Only eight of the communities surveyed saw weddings cost an average of less than 50 percent of median household income. At the other end of the scale, dozens showed a cost of 100 percent of median income or more. Sometimes much more. At the top of the list: Brooks County, Texas, where the $34,580 cost of a wedding was 161 percent of median household income. Rounding out that top five list were four other communities where median income was relatively low and wedding costs were near the national average.

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was never far from the minds of candidates in the rematch, but voters may have started to tune out the issue. No matter the Nov. 4 outcome, the streetcar project will remain an open question: • If Vihstadt wins, anti-streetcar forces need only to knock off one pro-streetcar Democrat in 2015 to take control of the County Board. • If Howze wins, the pro-streetcar faction returns to 4-1 on the County Board, but with pro-streetcar board members Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada on the ballot next year, it is possible – though the route is far more complicated – that antistreetcar forces could emerge with a 3-2 majority at the start of 2016. Others local races on the ballot have been running largely under the radar. Barbara Kanninen and Audrey Clement are squaring off for School Board, while Nancy Van Doren is unopposed in a special election to fill the remainder of another School Board term, and Carla de la Pava is unopposed in a special election to fill out the last year of O’Leary’s term as treasurer. Four county bond referendums, totaling more than $200 million, also are on the ballot; history suggests all will cruise to victory. Once the 2014 election season is in the rear-view mirror, eyes will turn to what could be an interesting 2015 in Arlington politics. If they choose to seek re-election, Hynes and Tejada could face intra-party challenges early in the year. Also on the ballot next year will be a School Board seat, all five constitutional offices (sheriff, commissioner of revenue, commonwealth’s attorney, clerk of the Circuit Court and treasurer), plus races for state Senate and House of Delegates.

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ful women executives,” Chandler said. Through networking events, NEW provides opportunities for women to share ideas and to foster professional and personal relationships. In September, 2009, Linden Resources’ board of directors appointed Chandler as the organization’s fourth CEO in its 55year history. The organization operates three commercial businesses and 15 federal contracts, and provides work for more than 400 people with disabilities, making it the largest employer of people with disabilities in Arlington. “It is rewarding to work with people who have different abilities, but who are full of attributes that you admire,” Chandler said. BOEING EXECUTIVE TO HIGHLIGHT CHAMBER’S ANNUAL MEETING: Timo-

thy Keating, senior vice president of government operations at Boeing, will be the keynote speaker at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s 90th annual meeting, to be held on Friday, Dec. 12 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. Keating joined Boeing in 2008 and leads the company’s public-policy efforts, including all U.S. government-liaison efforts at the federal, state and local levels. A resident of McLean, Keating previously served in the Clinton administration and as senior vice president of global government relations for Honeywell International. The annual meeting also will feature the introduction of the 2015 Chamber officers and directors, as well as presentation of the Chair’s Award, President’s Award and Committee of the Year Award. Tickets are $55 for members, $65 for non-members, and sponsorship packages are available. For information, call (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber.org.

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ington Employment and Education Center (SEEC) will host a Latino Women’s Business Development Conference on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Arlington Presbyterian Church, 3507 Columbia Pike. The goal is “to identify up to 100 Latino women who are interested in or trying to start their own business and to bring these Latinas resources and information to help them succeed,” said SEEC executive director Andres Tobar. The program will be primarily in Spanish, and will include presentations from business-counseling organizations. Follow-up sessions will be held in succeeding months. The initiative marks “a great opportunity to open the door for so many Latinas who are trying to start their own business,” said SEEC board chairman Leni Gonzalez. “We look forward to making this project a major success in the months ahead.” SEEC has provided employment assistance to local day-laborers for the past 14 years. During the past three years, it has offered training to immigrant women on “green housekeeping.” For information on this initiative, e-mail seec.mujer@gmail.com.

Maintaining, updating and improving the community’s aging capital infrastructure emerged as the No. 1 priority in a survey of the Arlington County Civic Federation’s membership. “Preserving a sense of place” and finding a way to balance competing needs for different government services tied for second, with improving transportation placing third. Results were reported Oct. 7 and will be available on the Web site at www.civfed. org. The online survey, which was open from March to June, drew nearly 200 responses, with 75 percent of Civic Federation member organizations heard from. “That must be some kind of record,” said Kim Klingler, a member of the Civic Federation’s executive committee who led the survey effort. While transportation in general was near the top of the list of priorities, Metro service was not seen as a major priority among respondents. “Very interesting,” Klingler noted. The results will be used to enable the

Civic Federation to interact better with the broader community and with the county government, president Michael McMenamin told delegates. “The survey results are great – it’s our job to let the County Board know,” he said. “Let’s move forward and try to make this happen.” The survey also asked questions about the 98-year-old Civic Federation itself, and results were decidedly mixed: 58 percent of respondents said the federation’s mission remained relevant today. Klingler said one key concern is that those who participate as delegates to the Civic Federation are not representative of the demographic makeup of the broader community. “Look around; is this Arlington?” Klingler said as she surveyed a sea of mostly middle-age-and-older, white faces. To improve relevance in the community, the Civic Federation could embark on networking and family events, civic forums and training programs, respondents suggested. The organization also could downplay

long meetings leading to formal votes on policy positions, and instead have more informal discussions and decision-making, Klingler suggested. Civic Federation Rejects Bylaws Change to Permit More Than One Vote Per Delegate: Delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation on Oct. 7 turned down a proposal that would have allowed some in their ranks to cast more than one vote on key issues. The proposal was championed by Kathryn Scruggs, who heads the federation’s housing committee and represents two organizations – the Alliance for Housing Solutions and her own civic association. She is one of about a dozen delegates who represents two or more organizations, but can only cast one vote. The proposed generated “spirited discussion” among the federation’s bylaws committee, said Sarah Shortall, who chairs it. In the end, the committee proposed retaining the current practice of giving each delegate no more than one vote. “Nobody on the committee thought this was a good way or an effective way” to

improve the status quo, Shortall said. She also predicted an “administrative nightmare” trying to keep track of how many votes individual delegates were entitled to. Each of the Civic Federation’s more than 80 member organizations is entitled to send up to four delegates to monthly meetings, creating a potential voting pool of more than 300. Yet declining membership – and votes taken late at night after some delegates have gone home – often means issues are decided by far fewer people. Those supporting the change said member organizations were being shortchanged by not getting a vote. Opponents said those organizations simply need to find four people to regularly attend meetings exclusively as their delegates, and they’ll then have full voting representation. A bylaws change requires a two-thirds vote among those in attendance to win passage. Scruggs’ measure drew six hands in favor, but federation president Michael McMenamin opted not to formally count the dozens of hands raised in opposition.

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– Scott McCaffrey

Upon Further Review, ‘ADUs’ Not Such a Controversy Under the county government’s rules, ADUs are limited to the interiors of single-family homes, and in general can be no larger than 750 square feet. They must be fully self-contained, with a separate entrance, kitchen and sleeping area. One or two people can live in them. County officials acknowledged in 2008 that many homeowners already were illegally operating what are colloquially termed “granny flats.” Those who turned themselves in and applied for legal status would not be not counted toward the annual cap, although they may have found themselves dissuaded by the cost – some housing advocates estimated a property owner might need to spend $100,000 to bring illegal ADUs up the modern codes. Of those who were on the County Board for the 2008 vote, three remain: Jay Fisette, Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada. Fisette and Tejada voted for the ADUs, while Hynes opposed it, saying it was a piecemeal approach to addressing housing needs. Despite the limited numbers approved, the idea still has boosters. Peter Owen, a Civic Federation delegate and longtime planning activist in Arlington, said on Oct. 7 that the concept was “an especially good tool for achieving diversity in low-density neighborhoods.” County Board Contenders Mostly in Sync on Accessory-Dwelling Units: Despite divergent views on a host of topics, the two candidates for County Board seem on the same page when it comes to the matter of accessory-dwelling units, or ADUs. “I don’t know that we disagree too much on this issue,” independent County Board member John Vihstadt said during an Oct. 8 debate with Democratic challenger Alan Howze, sponsored by the Arlington Committee of 100. The County Board in 2008 approved the concept of ADUs – separate, self-contained living spaces within single-family homes that can be rented out or used by

family members. The issue was hugely controversial at the time, with critics vocally contending it would impact the quality of neighborhood life. But both Vihstadt (who was not on the County Board at the time) and Howze said the government acted prudently then,

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It was the hottest political fight of 2008, pitting, on the one side, proponents of what are called accessory-dwelling units (ADUs) who said they would help solve the housing crunch in the county and legalize what was occurring surreptitiously anyway, and on the other, opponents contending they might turn single-family neighborhoods into mini-slums. Six years later, it appears both sides got it wrong. ADUs, it seems, have had precious little impact, either way, on Arlington life. “Less than a dozen” have been built across Arlington in intervening years, said Russell Danao-Schroeder, a senior housing planner for the county government’s Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development. In approving the proposal, County Board members set a limit of 28 ADU approvals per year. But “there hasn’t been much usage” of the regulations approved by County Board members in July 2008, Danao-Schroeder told delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation on Oct. 7. The 4-1 County Board vote six years back wrapped up a cantankerous, sixmonth community debate, and came at the tail end of a seven-hour hearing in which critics of the accessory-dwelling proposal significantly outnumbered proponents. The Arlington County Civic Federation was opposed to the measure, as were most civic associations that took a stand on it. At the time, then-County Board member Chris Zimmerman called the adopted plan a “cautious” proposal that “isn’t that ambitious” and shouldn’t get neighborhoods hot and bothered. Ron Carlee, then the county manager, was prescient in his prognostication about what would transpire if the measure was approved. “I don’t see an onslaught,” Carlee said then. “I’d be surprised if people will be lining up at the door [for approval].”

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Five Runners Place Among the Top 13 DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Individually, some of the Bishop O’Connell Knights were tough critics, saying they could have run better on the uddy CROSS COUNTRY mLake Fairfax Park course during the Oct. 25 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls cross country championship meet. Yet, as a team, the O’Connell runners were certainly satisfied to achieve their goal of winning the high school title for the eighth straight year. The Knights won with 36 points, holding off the Good Counsel Falcons with 43. O’Connell had its five scoring runners place in the top 13, led by sophomore Isabell Baltimore in second in 20:53 on the 5K course, and senior Sarah Davis in fifth in 21:39. “Our focus was to win as a team and we were able to do that,” Baltimore said. “I wanted to run better and maybe win, but I fell too far behind the first girl.” The winner was Good Counsel’s Claudia Wendt in 20:12. Baltimore’s sister, Gabriella, a junior, placed ninth in 22:04. “It was a hard course because it was muddy and it took a lot out of you. I fell in the woods,” Gabriella Baltimore said. Continued on Page 33

Top: Bishop Ireton’s Maggie Lohrer and O’Connell’s Sarah Davis sprint the last few yards to the finish line. Above left: O’Connell’s Mackenzie Nihill and Grace Pulliam avoid a fallen runner as they splash through a creek, as does Isabell Baltimore, above right. PHOTOS BY DAVE FACINOLI

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The best season in years continued and got even better for the Wakefield Warriors with their 42-0 home victory over the Stuart Raiders on Oct. 24. With the win in the National District school footFOOTBALL high ball game, Wakefield (6-2, 3-2) clinched its first winning season since the 1983 campaign, when the Warriors finished 6-4. Wakefield also most likely earned its first region tournament playoff berth since 1986, which was the only season the Warriors earned a post-season bid. “Tonight was our most complete

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game,” Wakefield coach Wayne Hogwood said. “Our players played from the opening whistle to the closing whistle.” Leading the victory was Leon Young. On offense he had three touchdowns, ran 124 yards, and caught a pass for 18. On defense, Young intercepted two passes. Also, running back Kareem Hall had 112 yards rushing and a TD, and quarterback Riley Wilson was 3 of 9 passing for 39 yards. On Wakefield’s second possession, Young ran 27 yards for a score, and the Warriors had a lead they did not lose. “I followed offensive lineman Ryan Jones into the end zone,” Young said. On special teams, Anthony Tham blocked a punt and returned the ball 12

yards for a TD to help Wakefield to a 140 lead. “I saw the ball in front of me,” Tham said. “I scooped it up and scored.” The 14-0 advantage stood at halftime. Wakefield exploded for 28 second-half points. “Our offensive line was very good,” Hogwood said. “If you can run the ball in high school football, you can be successful.” That line consisted of Jones, Miles Kirby, Julius Johnson, Ian Harris and Evan Ross. “Kareem is a big bowling ball out there.” Hogwood said. “No one wants to Continued on Page 33

Anyone who has spent even a brief amount of time on an artificial athletic field has experienced the pesky problem with those tiny black rubber pebbles. They are about the size of, but probably smaller than, mouse droppings, and they bounce and move around. The pebbles are also referred to as “crumb rubber,” made of pieces of old tires. The technology is used as infill to make the fake fields softer. Often when a player slides or falls on a synthetic surface, the black pebbles are seen flying up in the air and spreading about. Recently, the crumbs have become a cancer-causing concern, with more research and studies needed before anything is known for sure. What is a lesser concern, but certainly an annoyance, is where those black pebbles wind up. They are everywhere. Those pebbles attach to hair and scalps, the soles of shoes, get inside of shoes and sometimes on and in the clothing of anyone moving about on such fields. They can even get under fingernails, in mouths, eyes, ears and skin abrasions. If the fields and pellets are wet, the more the pebbles cling to everything, even the skin. Brushing them off is then a challenge, kind of like trying to blow out a flare. That means the pebbles are spread to other places, like the floors, seats and trunks of cars, plus inside various places of living quarters, like beds, miles away from those fields. They also are found in carpeting and lodged in the crevices of hardwood flooring. They get in chairs and couches, washing machines and dryers, dishwashers and showers and tubs. True story: A mother of a high school soccer player explained how she found black crumbs in her refrigerator, then once removed a single dropping that was floating in her cereal bowl. She didn’t know if that meant the pebble had first somehow found its way into the carton of milk before being poured onto her Cheerios. If not there already, such pebbles are likely coming to a place near you.

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With a 17-14 walk-off road victory over the Chantilly Chargers on Oct. 24, the Yorktown Patriots (5-3) put themin a good FOOTBALL selves position to earn a berth to play in the 6A North Region Tournament football playoffs later this fall. The Patriots have qualified for postseason action for eight straight seasons. Yorktown faces the Mount Vernon Majors (0-8) and Washington-Lee Generals (5-3) in its final two high school games. With the win over Chantilly and winless Mount Vernon coming up, the postseason looks likely. “I told our guys this was like a playoff win for us tonight,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said. Yorktown defeated Chantilly (4-4) when junior place-kicker Mehran Roshanaei split the uprights with no time remaining with a 33-yard field goal out of the hold of Parker Dean after Jason Smith’s clean snap. The kick had plenty of distance to spare. “I wasn’t really nervous, I was more

Among local high school football games being played this weekend that will be covered on the Web site at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington: n O’Connell at Good Counsel n Mount Vernon at Yorktown n Wakefield at Washington-Lee excited,” said Roshanaei, a soccer player for Yorktown who has been a placekicker for only two years, about his first game-winning field goal. “I had a great hold and snap, then I kicked it through the middle like I’m supposed to.” Said Dean: “I told Jason to give us the best snap of his life, and it was a great snap. It was just like we work on in practice.” The field goal capped a 51-yard drive that began with only a minute remaining. The march included a fourth-and-10 conversion when quarterback Joe McBride completed a 10-yard first-down pass to Dean, who caught four passes on the drive for 30 yards. Charlie Tiene caught

one for six on the play before the field goal. On the drive, which included two Yorktown timeouts, McBride was 5 of 8 passing for 36 yards. Hanson thought his team could have won much more comfortably had it not squandered numerous scoring opportunities prior to the winning field goal. The Patriots committed three turnovers, all deep in Chantilly territory, including a lost fumble at the Chargers’ 1-yard line with 2:46 to play. Chantilly then punted back to Yorktown, which took over with a minute to play. “We had the ball down there three or four times where we could have scored, but we messed up,” Hanson said. “We were disappointed with that.” McBride threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Dean in the first quarter, and Jack Stoors ran three yards for a Yorktown TD in the third period. Roshanaei kicked both extra points. Dean caught 10 passes for 86 yards. Tiene had five catches for 45 yards and Ben Calvert three for 22. McBride was 23 of 32 passing for 204 yards and threw an

interception. Storrs rushed for 42 yards, Tayvon Brown had three catches for 19 yards and Parker Denny had one for 29. On defense for Yorktown, Zane Killgo had an interception that he returned 41 yards that set up Stoors’ scoring run, Quinn Cox made multiple tackles for losses, Austin Kasmer made numerous tackles and Sean Coleman broke up a pass. n The Washington-Lee Generals (5-3) lost on the road, 35-7, against the defending 6A state champion Centreville Wildcats on Oct. 24. Washington-Lee moved the ball against Centreville, gaining nearly 300 total yards, but the Generals struggled to score. Twice they had the ball on the Centreville 1-yard line but wound up with no points. The Generals had one touchdown called back because of a penalty. Daquay Harris scored W-L’s touchdown on a six-yard run and had more than 80 yards rushing. Ronnie Fecso completed some 20 passes, a half dozen going to Bled Aliu and another handful to Henry Casey. On defense, Tate Fitzmaurice had an interception and fumble recovery.

Washington-Lee, the No. 7 seed, lost to Madison in the first round to finish with a 5-12 record.

for 10th place, seven shots off the winning score of 74. She was one of 13 players to qualify at that competition.

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High School Roundup CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FIELD HOCKEY: The Yorktown Patriots re-

sponded well following a 1-0 overtime loss to the Washington-Lee Generals on Oct. 1. The girls field hockey team won its final four games of the regular season to earn the No. 3 seed in the eight-team Liberty Conference Tournament. Two of those wins were in overtime. Then in the first round, Yorktown (99) blanked the visiting Hayfield Hawks, 2-0, for its fifth straight win as well as the Patriots’ fifth shutout in a row. The Patriots then lost to the No. 2 seed Madison

Warhawks, 2-1, in the semifinals. Yorktown still advances to the 6A North Region Tournament. After losing its first five games of the season and seven of its first eight, Yorktown won eight of nine entering the conference semifinals. Among Yorktown’s leading goal scorers are Sydney McMahon, Laura Koskinen, Kathleen Herriein, Rebecca Joskow, Lexi Peck, Kate Rita, Katie Calvo and Margaret Doyle. Peck and McMahon scored goals in the first round against Hayfield, and Peck scored against Madison.

Taylor shot an 81 on Oct. 21 in the Northern Zone Qualifier to earn a berth to play in the Virginia High School League’s Girls State Open Golf Tournament. The 36-hole Open was scheduled to be paly Oct. 27 and 28 at Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria. The qualifier was played at Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton. Taylor’s 81 tied her

O’Connell

In the boys meet, O’Connell enjoyed its best finish in years, taking third with 68 points. Good Counsel won with 25 and Gonzaga was second with 47.

shifty. He has decent speed and he doesn’t go backwards.” Hogwood said linemen Tham, George Brooks and Maurice Gaskins, as well as inside linebackers Kevin Greenwell and Mike Crawford, played good defense.

“Last year, our first year [as coaches here], I knew that we were going to take our lumps,” Hogwood said. “But this year there has been a change in the mentality. We have raised our football IQ.” Wilson had his thoughts on the sea-

son. “It means a whole lot to be the team with the first winning record since 1983.” Ben Kline made six extra points for Wakefield, which scored a defensive TD when Devin Quarles recovered a fumble in the end zone.

Wakefield Continued from Page 32 get in his way. Leon, on the other hand, is

Bishop O’Connell’s top seven cross country runners hold the conference championship trophy the team won for the eighth straight year on Oct. 25 in Reston. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

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on themselves. There is a lot of pressure to continue this streak. They cared about the championship and ran as a team. The goal was winning and they won.”

“The boys keep improving,” Walls said. O’Connell senior Josh Speier was hoping to win the race. He wound up seventh in 17:43, after going out fast early in the race and fading in the final meters. “It’s a credit to the competition, because it was very good,” Speier said. “I think I took it out too fast. Mentally that threw me off. Then I started losing ground. I was disappointed individually, but our team did its best in years.” O’Connell junior Kevin Dannaher finished ahead of Speier in sixth in 17:42. Also for the Knights, senior Marty Knauf was 14th (18:10), juniors Andrew Elias (18:49) and Neil Lucas (18:52) were 20th and 21st, freshman Alex Dudley was 30th (19:21), and sophomore Luke Brinkmann was 34th (19:41). Next for O’Connell is the Virginia Independent School Division I state meet on Nov. 7.

Continued on Page 32 Also for O’Connell, junior Briana Broccoli finished seventh (21:59), freshman Grace Pulliam was 13th (22:24), senior Theresa Matula was 14th (22:25) and senior Mackenzie Nihill was 18th (22:49). “It wasn’t my best race, but we were still able to push through and win the title. Obviously, that was our goal,” said Matula, who has run on championship teams all four years of her high school career for O’Connell. As they often do, the O’Connell runners finished strong over the final meters to pull ahead of Good Counsel. “We thought it was going to be a close meet and our girls ran well,” O’Connell coach Cindy Walls said. “They are tough

ing only a couple of wins, Wakefield High School coach Latefia Bradley said her team has “shown great strides of improvement.” Outside hitter and captain Erika Zelaya has been a consistent player along with Heidi Batres, according to Bradley. Tiara Jones had 10 kills in a recent match against Lee. The conference tournament begins soon for Wakefield.

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Sports Briefs ARLINGTON ARSENAL WIN BASEBALL TITLE: The Ar-

lington Travel Baseball Arsenal 9-under team won the Nations Baseball Virginia Select State Championship. In pool play, Arlington defeated the Virginia Mariners, 14-5, and tied Hampton Roads Hurricanes, 3-3, which earned the team a first-round bye as the top seed. In the elimination round, the Arsenal defeated the Hurricanes, 12-2 In the title game, Arlington topped Virginia Select from Virginia Beach, 5-4, after trailing 3-0. Pitcher Jonah Carlson closed the game by stranding a runner at third as he forced a fly out to shallow left field where Landon Huth made a good catch on the final play of the game. Other players for Arlington were Mason Bull, Isaac Hobbs, Andy Fronczek, Jack Rucker, Eric Ito, John Sharkey, Andy Palma, Tyler Niederhausen, Charlie Grove, Michael Powell and Jon Bhojwani. Arlington Travel Baseball is a year-round program for players 9-under to 12-under that is composed of both Arlington Babe Ruth and Arlington Little League players. Visit www.arlingtontravelbaseball.org. ARLINGTON RESIDENTS SUCCESSFUL AT NATIONALS: Four athletes from Northern Virginia competed in

the National Aquathalon Championship in Oklahoma for a spot on the National team. All four were successful in the 1.5k swim, 10k swim, and will move on to the World Championship next year in Chicago. Allison Rainey and Anne Viviani, both of Arlington, placed second in their age groups, Donn Viviani of Arlington was fifth in his and Daniel Avondoglio of Sterling was 10th. Two weeks earlier Anne and Donn Viviani competed in Weihai China for the U.S. in the World Long Distance Triathlon. Anne won a bronze medal (F65-9) in the 2.5

From left: Daniel Avondoglio, Allison Rainey, Anne Viviani and Donn Viviani competed in the National Aquathalon meet. The Arlington Arsenal won a recent baseball tournament.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. For information on local history, see the Web site at www. arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. October 31, 1941: n Two planned hotel projects could be jeopardized by the need to build roads to serve the War Department Building (now the Pentagon). n Local builders say there is enough land and private capital to construct needed housing for war workers. n State officials are drawing up civildefense plans. n The editor says he was “shocked” to learn of projections that Arlington’s population could grow to 300,000 and that Northern Virginia’s population could rise to over 3 million. n Interest in Virginia’s election is “slight,” with little in the way of competitive races. n Washington-Lee students have a new pastime: badminton. October 30, 1959: n The D.C. area has lost out to New York City in its bid to host the 1964 World’s Fair. n The Virginia Education Association, which represents white teachers, has backed the governor’s plan to allow localities to set up private schools in an effort to skirt around court-ordered integration. n Northern Virginia’s state senators seem to be wary of Gov. Almond’s plan to impose a sales tax. October 29, 1968: n The Sun has endorsed Joe Wholey over Leslie Phillips and Reidar Claffy for County Board. n Virginia voters are set to pass judgment on the liquor-by-the-drink referendum on Election Day. n Republican vice presidential candidate Spiro Agnew made a campaign swing through Virginia this week. n Arlington police are planning a crackdown on uninsured motorists. October 31, 1978: n The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the validity of Virginia’s obscenity law. n Democrat Andrew Miller says he is in a “dead heat” with Republican John Warner in the U.S. Senate rate. n Sun sports columnist Lois Thomas says any parent who wants a child to succeed in high school athletics “would be a fool” to move to Arlington. She blamed school officials, coaches and students for disinterest in sports.

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