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Farmhouse Advocates Decry Surprise Decision Democratic Contenders Rap 3-2 Board Action SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The May 19 County Board decision to start the ball rolling on sale of the historic, though dilapidated Reeves farmhouse has left advocates for the property bewildered and outraged. Board members voted 3-2 to give County Manager Barbara Donnellan power to prepare a portion of the property, including

the farmhouse, for sale. The remainder of the 2.4-acre property, adjacent to Bluemont Park, would be retained by the government. Board members Mary Hynes, John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey voted to approve the request, with board members Walter Tejada and Jay Fisette voting against it. The staff position: Having failed to find a prospective partner with the financial reContinued on Page 16

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Democratic County Board candidates reacted angrily to the Arlington government’s plan to sell off the Reevesland farmhouse, rather than turn it into a community center or learning emporium. “It is a shameful decision, and the way the decision was made was shameful,” said Katie Cristol, one of six Democratic candidates

vying for the County Board seats of Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes. Five of the six candidates converged on Glebe Elementary School May 21 to debate (School Board Chairman James Lander was at a meeting of his own body). And while there was some disagreement over the merits of unloading the historic, but dilapidated, farmhouse, there was unanimity that the proContinued on Page 16

MARYMOUNT GRADUATES ITS CLASS OF 2015

COMMENCEMENT SEASON IN FULL SWING

Members of the Marymount University graduating Class of 2015 participated in undergraduate and graduate commencement exercises on May 17 at DAR Constitution Hall. About 700 undergraduate students were eligible to participate, and hear from Tony Hall, a former member fo Congress, U.S. ambassador and advocate for those facing hunger issues across the globe, while graduate students heard from Northern Virginia business leader Todd Stottlemyer. See full coverage inside on Page 5. MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

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Board Members Divided Over Redskins’ Name SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington County Board members on May 19 went on record asking – though not demanding – for a new name for the Washington Redskins. The 3-0 vote, with two abstentions, tiptoes around a direct call for a name change, but asks Redskins majority owner Daniel Snyder to consider it. “An important institution should not have a name that degrades people,” County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said. “This is an appropriate action to take. We are a place that has values about how people are treated.” “We get elected to reflect the views of the people and speak up,” said Vice Chairman Walter Tejada, who sponsored the measure and who for the past two years has pushed for a change of names. “Because it is our home team, its name reflects upon us,” Tejada said. “The current name offends many people, serves to divide us.” But two board members – John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey – countered that while they may think the name is ripe for change, it was not the place of the Arlington government to get involved. “We have no jurisdiction or control,” said Vihstadt, who said that not a single voter, media outlet or organization raised the matter during his two election campaigns in 2014. Garvey had a similar view; she said the local government should focus on “staying in your swim lanes” and not tackle issues with no direct local relevance. But board member Jay Fisette, who called the resolution “measured” in its wording, said Arlington should stand up and take sides. “Words can hurt us, and in fact, times have changed,” said Fisette, who rhetorically asked whether team names like the ‘Washington Wetbacks” or “Washington Fairies” would be acceptable. The D.C. City Council in 2013 went on record seeking a name change, but neither Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (who hopes to entice the Redskins to Northern Virginia) nor Maryland leaders (who currently host the team) have weighed in on a matter that has advocates on both sides. Snyder has said he had no plans to change the name under pressure, and supporters of retaining the name say it pays tribute to, rather than disparages, Native Americans. Tejada’s resolution praises the team’s contributions to regional unity and encourages a move to Virginia “with a brand new name.”  That part of the resolution also drew fire from Vihstadt. “I for one am not prepared to welcome an NFL stadium to Arlington,” he said. Other board members said the county was unlikely to be seen as a possible venue for the team. A late-1990s tussle over locating a Major League Baseball stadium strongly divided county residents before local leaders abandoned the idea.

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The honorees have been selected, and all that remains is raising awareness – and cash – to make the Virginia Women’s Monument a reality. The $3.5 million effort by the Women’s Monument Commission is being led, titularly at least, by Gov. McAuliffe. But the heavy lifting is up to its vice chairman, former state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, and other commission members. Whipple on May 17 hosted local leaders at her home, providing an overview of where the project has come and where it is headed. Despite occurring on a day when there were activities ranging from college commencements to the Taste of Arlington, Whipple said the crowd was a solid one. “It’s a pretty good turnout for a busy time of year,” she said. A number of key tasks in the project already have been completed: A sculptor has been retained, and 12 women have been selected for representation. Perhaps only two – First Lady Martha Washington and entrepreneur Maggie Walker – are well known to the public at large. But the other women span 400 years of Virginia history, from Anne Burras Layton, who arrived in Jamestown in 1608 as a 14-year-old and may have been the first Englishwoman married in the colony, to Adele Goodman Clark, a suffragist who was a leader in the League of Women Voters and the Virginia Art Commission in the

20th century. When Krysta Jones of Arlington was asked to join the commission several months ago, she was intrigued. “The diversity of the women is very attractive,” said Jones, the director of outreach for U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th). “When people hear about this and see it, they get excited,” Jones said. “It is very emotional that we’ll be able to have a women’s memorial.” (Krysta Jones shares a surname with one of the 12 women to be honored; Sarah Boyd Jones, who lived from 1867-1905, was one of the first women and African-Americans to pass the Virginia Medical Examining Board’s testing to become a physician. She founded a medical society for black doctors, and opened a hospital and nursing school that today is Richmond Community Hospital.) The planned design also features a “wall of honor” that will provide opportunities to honor other notable Virginia women. “This will be the first monument of its kind in the nation – it’s too good of a story not to share,” said Alice Lynch, executive director of the Virginia Capitol Foundation, which will oversee fundraising as part of its own $10 million overall campaign for improvements in and around the historic, Thomas Jefferson-designed building. With the exception of a young girl featured as part of a broader civil-rights monument on the grounds, women are woefully unrepresented among the statues of men ringing the capitol. “This particular monument will let peo-

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Community Split Co. Board Supports Privatization of Volunteer Services SCOTT McCAFFREY

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Despite vigorous opposition from one of their colleagues, a split County Board on May 19 voted to move forward with a process that could lead to privatization of the Arlington government’s volunteer-engagement efforts. In a 3-2 vote, board members authorized COUNTY County Manager BarBOARD bara Donnellan to try NOTES and find an outside group willing to take on the task, in return for a steady stream of county cash. The proposal to outsource volunteer services has been floating around for years; a task force set up to study the idea recently voted 7-3, with one abstention, to recommend going forward. “There is a great potential for enhanced volunteer services – I, for one, think it is time to explore this,” said County Board member Jay Fisette, who joined with Libby Garvey and John Vihstadt in supporting the measure. But the board’s vice chairman, Walter Tejada, who opposes privatization, suggested that Donnellan and her staff had rushed the process in order to meet their desired outcome. “Members of the task force did not even know this was coming to a vote,” Tejada said. “At least have the courtesy to let them know.” Tejada said the county government’s push toward privatization meant it “blew a chance” to build collaborative efforts among government agencies. As a result, staffers who worked on volunteer matters jumped ship, leaving no current full-time personnel overseeing the program. “We pre-supposed this was going to be outsourced – this is a part of the problem,” Tejada said. County Board Chairman Mary Hynes joined Tejada in opposing the measure. But other board members said they were comfortable enough to move forward. “This is not irreversible,” board member John Vihstadt said. “We can recalibrate and adjust. We’re not just dumping this on the private sector – this is something we’re going to be intimately involved in.” Board members approved about $240,000 in annual funding plus $75,000 in one-time spending for privatizing volunteer services as part of their fiscal 2016 budget adoption. Several local nonprofits appear to be salivating at the prospect of taking over volunteer services, which currently are housed in the Department of Human Services. But not so fast, cautioned board member Libby Garvey, who said moving to a private operator needed to be a re-evaluation of the big picture. “What we have not gotten clear yet is,

what are out goals with the volunteer program?” she said. County officials will send out a request for proposal to gauge interest among potential private-sector partners. The government is not obligated to move forward if none of the responses is deemed acceptable. “We have nothing to lose by trying it,” Donnellan said. While the citizen task force was divided in its final recommendation, the group did find broader unanimity in calling for more effort toward recruiting a more diverse group of volunteers; targeting the business community; and finding new sources of revenue to fund volunteer efforts in the county. Arlington Officials to Take on ‘National Mayor’s Challenge’: Arlington government officials have agreed to test the county’s mettle against other jurisdictions in the National Mayor’s Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets. The one-year competition was kicked off in March by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. About 200 communities nationwide have signed on to address seven challenges that are part of the initiative. County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said participation would provide an opportunity to determine “where Arlington’s ahead, and where we might learn something.” “Always good to have those comparisons,” Hynes said. Bus Service from Rosslyn to Dulles Again on Chopping Block: It has received previous stays of execution, but time may be running out for Metro’s 5A bus that provides a direct “one-seat” link between the District of Columbia, Arlington and Washington Dulles International Airport. “I think the days for this bus are probably numbered,” said Arlington County Board Chairman Mary Hynes, who serves as an alternate Virginia member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board of directors. Running from L’Enfant Plaza to Dulles – with stops in Rosslyn and Herndon – the 5A route last was on the chopping block two years ago, but survived. Now, with rail service extended west as far as Reston, there are other ways to connect out to the airport. Hynes and the Virginia members of the WMATA board do not want to scrap the bus line, which runs about 30 times a day on weekdays, somewhat less on weekends. But voting members from Maryland and the District of Columbia have the ability to shut it down. A public hearing on the bus line’s future is likely to be held in September, Hynes said. A one-way trip costs $7, with a running time from one end to the other of about an hour.

County Board Vice Chairman Walter Tejada is an opponent of privatizing Arlington County government volunteer services, but last week could not muster the votes needed to move the proposal forward.

Garvey Visits Sister Cities: From the “tough work, but somebody’s got to do it” file: County Board member Libby Garvey recently traveled through France and Germany, representing Arlington at events at two of the county’s Sister Cities. Garvey traveled to Reims, France, and Aachen, Germany. “It was a wonderful experience,” she said during a retrospective-cum-travelogue at the May 19 County Board meeting. While in Europe, Garvey was on hand for presentation of the Charlemagne Prize, given to a world leader for promoting unity. Presented in Aachen on May 14, the 2015 award went to Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament. Presentation of the award is a big deal: It drew participation of the presidents of Germany and France, the crowned heads of Spain and Jordan, and a host of other leaders. Garvey also had the opportunity to tour the 1,000-year-old cathedral in Aachen, and to its equally ancient throne on which once sat Charlemagne. “It was pretty cool,” she acknowledged. Garvey also participated in a number of roundtable discussions, met with leaders of both cities and worked to broaden relationships. She said she hoped to have brought back “some things that we could do to make [relationships with] our Sister Cities more useful.” In addition to Aachen and Reims, Arlington has Sister City agreements with Coyoacan, Mexico; San Miguel, El Salvador; and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. County Board Makes Appointments: County Board members on May 19 made the following appointments to advisory bodies: George Kelly, Teri Brzenski and Lisa Moore were appointed to the Arlington Commission on Long-Term-Care Residences. Eric Cassell was appointed and Jane Siegel and Barbara Selfridge were reappointed to the Crystal City Citizen Review Council. Girair Simon, Giles Crimi

and Lindsey Kelley were appointed to the Neighborhood Complete Streets Council and Eric Goodman was designated the representative from the Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Pamela Hawkins was appointed to the Commission on Aging. Dean Bonney and Jason Friess were reappointed to the Community Housing Finance Corporation Board. Jarrod Nagurka was appointed to the Community Services Board. Stephen Hughes and James Schroll were appointed to the Planning Commission. County Board Authorizes Bond Sale: County Board members on May 16 authorized the sale of $77 million in bonds for new projects, and to refinance up to $200 million in existing debt if the county government can obtain a lower interest rate. The sale of new debt, likely to occur by mid-summer, will pay for projects approved by voters in bond referendums held in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Projects include streets, parks, Metro, utilities and schools. Board of Equalization Ranks Could Be Trimmed: County Board members in June will decide whether to return the ranks of the Board of Equalization of Real Estate Appeals to five members, down from seven who have heard cases in the past four years. Board members on May 19 approved advertising the proposal for a public hearing next month. The increased membership in the quasijudicial body was expanded in 2011 after several years of record-setting numbers of appeals. The tide has subsided – the record 1,049 appeals in 2009 declined to less than half that figure in more recent years. Cutting the size of the panel would result in some cost savings, as members of the Board of Equalization are paid $200 per meeting attended. For property owners unhappy with their annual assessment, the Board of Equalization is one option to contest it. Property owners also can challenge the assessment in court.

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Anusha Sunkara used Marymount University’s 64th annual undergraduate commencement ceremony to urge her classmates to treat the unknown as a journey to be relished, not feared. “We are now prepared to face the great abyss known as our future,” Sunkara said at the commencement ceremony, held May 17 at DAR Constitution Hall. Just under 700 students were eligible to participate in the undergraduate ceremony, with hundreds more taking part in the graduate-degree ceremony later that day. “There are so many problems out there just waiting to be solved – go out there and do something,” said Sunkara, who earned a bachelor of business administration degree and was picked by the Class of 2015 to speak on its behalf. “We have this one life, this once chance. What you do matters, and how you do it matters even more.” At the ceremony, students were saluted for their “wonderful transformation” by Marymount leaders, including Sherri Lind Hughes, the institution’s provost. “You are poised to leave Marymount and make a difference,” Hughes said, noting that the day marked the culmination of a journey that began “two, four, maybe even six years ago.” Members of the Class of 2015 endured perhaps every type of weather event imaginable during their years at the institution, and also witnessed the demise of the “Blue Goose,” the university’s Ballston building that recently fell to the wrecking ball. On hand to watch the undergraduate commencement was Sister Jackie Murphy, a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) order of nuns that founded Marymount. It was Murphy who several months ago swung a sledgehammer against the side of the 1960s-era Ballston building to begin its dismemberment. (The sledgehammer is now in the RSHM archives in Tarrytown, N.Y., Murphy noted with some satisfaction.) Receiving an honorary doctor of humane letters degree was Tony Hall, a for-

mer member of Congress from Ohio and one-time U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. “Always keep in mind those who are less fortunate,” Hall advised the newly minted graduates. “Most of the world’s children will never see a ceremony such as this.” Noting that 25,000 people die every day across the globe due to hunger-related issues, Hall recalled his despair when, years back, congressional leaders decided to eliminate funding for the Select Committee on Hunger. “I wanted to quit,” he said. “I told my wife, ‘I want to leave Congress – I can’t stand these people. They don’t care about the poor.’” Instead of departing, he embarked on a 22-day, water-only fast to draw awareness of the cuts. The resulting publicity engendered similar actions from young and old. “I was amazed at the power when somebody steps out of his comfort zone,” said Hall, whose daughter Jill is a Marymount graduate. “I took the chance. I didn’t really know what I was doing. But God knew what was going on.” Hall “exemplifies Marymount’s vision” of service to others, said Joseph Maurelli, chairman of the university’s board of trustees. In his remarks, Hall urged the graduates to stay positive – “the best is yet to come,” he said – and to start off each morning with an acknowledgement that “it’s too short a day to be selfish.” “Sometimes, it’s enough to be kind to somebody, to smile,” he said. At the afternoon ceremony for graduate students – totaling 355 master’s-degree candidates and 58 doctoral candidates – the gathering heard from Todd Stottlemyer, a veteran business leader from Northern Virginia who serves as a Maximus Federal Services board member. Among his roles in the business world, Stottlemyer served as a member of the executive-management team at the Inova Health System and was president and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business.

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Marymount Students Urged to Embrace Their Futures

Elizabeth Mueller expresses joy after receiving a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies during Marymount University’s commencement exercises on May 17 at DAR Constitution Hall. MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Arlington GOP Waiting Until June to Decide on C. Board Endorsement The Nov. 3 County Board ballot will consist of McMenamin, independent Audrey Clement, the two Democrats selected in the June 9 primary – plus anyone else who might file by the deadline. Dorsey Gets Endorsement of ‘New Virginia Majority’: The New Virginia Majority, an advocacy group aimed at bringing a more diverse group of state residents into the political process, has endorsed Christian Dorsey in the June 9 Democratic County Board primary. The group noted Dorsey’s commitment to expanding civic-engagement outreach, his “aggressive” ideas on Columbia Pike and affordable housing, and as a “promising voice” that will take the County Board in a new direction. The group plans to be reaching out “to 500 voters of color who seldom participate in primaries to grow the electorate,” Liss said.

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The Arlington County Republican Committee will wait until June to determine whether to endorse independent County Board candidate Michael McMenamin and other candidates that might materialize, party chairman Matt Wavro told the Sun Gazette. McMenamin, who ran for County Board in 2006 and 2007 as a Republican, this year qualified for the ballot as an independent. Republicans have until June 9 to formally nominate any candidates for the two open County Board seats and for the five local constitutional offices on the generalelection ballot, but candidates have not emerged. Last year, the Arlington County Republican Committee endorsed independent John Vihstadt for County Board in both a special election and the general election. Vihstadt won both.

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Our View: Our First Look at County Board Field With two weeks until the pivotal Democratic County Board primary, the time has come to start culling the field in terms of an endorsement. Of the six contenders for the seats being vacated by Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes, we believe four have the depth and breadth of experience that would serve the community well on the job. That doesn’t mean we agree with each of the four on all – or even necessarily most – of the issues, but that their background suggests they should be given due consideration. Before that, however, we need to eliminate from contention two of those on the ballot. It gives us no joy, as they have added positivity to the campaign. But we feel they are just not ready for the job. Bruce Wiljanen seems to be a great guy, has added a touch of folksiness on the stump and has offered flashes of insight into how Arlington’s budget

policies affect the community’s growing population of seniors. But he just doesn’t have enough experience in Arlington’s unique, quirky governance structure – either as an insider or outsider. Nor has he broken away from the pack with a strong vision of where he would like to take a county government that is about to see a good deal of change in both the elected ranks and senior staff. Katie Cristol has more experience, with service on the Commission on the Status of Women, and has run a relentlessly upbeat campaign. She also deserves credit for some of the most specific, out-of-the-box ideas promulgated during the campaign, particularly on how to address Arlington’s ever-decreasing stock of affordable housing. But she seems to be making a leap just a little too far in parlaying her limited experience to a top policy-making

post. And that causes us pause, as does her overreliance on pressing for generational shift as a reason to put her in elected office. We can see ourselves getting behind a future Cristol bid – perhaps enthusiastically - but 2015 is not the year. Voters may have a different view; unlike Wiljanen, who is a long-shot at best, Cristol could find a way to finish in the top two on June 9. If so, we’ll give her fair consideration as Democrats head into the November general election. With Wiljanen and Cristol out of the running from an endorsement perspective, that leaves us with James Lander, Andrew Schneider, Peter Fallon and Christian Dorsey. At this writing, each has a shot at winning our nod; we still have to weigh the pluses and minuses each brings to the table before rendering a final verdict next week.

Housing Proposals Lack Elements for Success Editor: As a development consultant, I have visited myriad “affordable”/subsidized housing projects throughout Latin America. I am struck by the fact that Arlington County, which purports to be a “worldclass” urban community, is beginning to show symptoms similar to those in poor urban areas one typically finds in the Third World. The draft 3.0 Affordable Housing Master Plan being considered by the County has major defects that are usually associated with poor urban areas that have been built according to pie-in-the-sky housingmaster -plan precepts. Defects of Arlington’s master plan include: • Promising more than can (or perhaps even should) be delivered. The proposed master plan asserts that 15,800 committed-affordable units (CAFs) need to be built within the next 25 years, for an aver-

age of 632 units per year. Since 2003, the county government’s current target of 400 units per year has been met only twice. The county has not demonstrated the ability to construct 400 or more units per year consistently, much less 632 units per year. • Not contemplating public-service requirements for the increased population generated by affordable-housing projects, especially schools and open space. In my travels, I’ve been struck by how many residents of affordable/subsidized housing projects complain about the lack of quality schools, and that there is little or no open space available for their kids to play a pick-up game of soccer. Arlington’s master plan is silent on both quantifying those inevitable impacts, as well as how to address the impact on services. I could support a responsible Affordable Housing Master Plan that includes the following elements: 1. Realistic expectations of what can (and should) actually

be built and sustained; 2. Realistic impact statements upfront in the plan concerning the public service requirements to meet the needs of the residents in these housing units; and 3. Identification of new, ongoing revenue streams to finance these services and acquisition of additional public land or property for schools, open space and recreational facilities without increasing taxes and exacerbating the already existing conflicts in the use of our limited public land. Without these elements, pie-in-the-sky master plans for low-income housing can result in creating the tenements of tomorrow while imposing negative impacts on the rest of the community, as has happened in countless cities in the Third World. This would make a mockery of our “world-class community” vision statement. Duke Banks Romero Arlington

Congress Needs to Support Alzheimer’s Funding Editor: Thank you, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D8th), for cosponsoring the HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act, which will provide care and support services to those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. I hope we can count on you to support the $300 million in additional funding for Alzheimer’s research in fiscal 2016. From 2014 to 2015 alone, Alzheimer’s disease cost Medicare and Medicaid an additional $3 billion, going from $150 bil-

lion to $153 billion. This research funding request is small compared to what is spent on treatment (not cures or prevention, but reactionary spending). I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s in 2013. It was devastating to my family’s psyche to watch her waste away. With monthly care costs of $8,000 per month, it wouldn’t have been long before my family’s savings were drained. How many Virginia families can afford that expense?

Without doing something to find a cure, the Alzheimer’s Association predicts Virginia’s Alzheimer’s population will balloon by 46 percent in ten years, from 130,000 now to 190,000 in 2025. Virginia gets only about one-half its Medicaid funding from the federal government. Can the commonwealth’s budget afford to cover Medicaid’s costs when this happens? David Lusk Arlington

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Emerson said considering a switch to VHSL could be explored in the future if Paul VI moves from its current Fairfax campus to a proposed site in eastern Loudoun County. That would leave the school considerably farther away from its league opponents. “There has been no official announcement, but if we do move, for traffic reasons alone, you would have to explore that situation,” Emerson said. “In Loudoun, we would be on average 20 miles farther away from our league opponents. In this traffic, any time of the day, that’s at least 40 more minutes of travel time. You would have to do what is best for the school, the kids and the families.”

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tive-grant cycle in 2016. The celebration also honored the Future Fund’s two 2015 grant-winning organizations – Access Hope and Youth for Tomorrow. Each organization received grants of $20,000 to support individuals age 13 and above and families with limited access to mental-health care. Julie Simmons, managing director of Human Capital Strategic Consulting and co-founder of the Future Fund, received the inaugural Infinity Award for her dedication to the effort. Simmons “has recruited countless new members, generated community support, and been one of the most steadfast supporters of its work to engage the next generation of philanthropists in meeting the critical needs of the Northern Virginia community,” foundation officials said. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOST ‘STATE OF THE COUNTY’: The Arling-

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host a ceremony on Friday, June 5 to dedicate the community center of its Gates of Ballston property in honor of Charlie and Lora Rinker, for their commitment to community service in Arlington. Both Charlie Rinker – who died in January – and his wife Lora were active for decades in a host of efforts, including affordable housing and homelessness. The event will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the Gates of Ballston Community Center, 4108 4th St. North. For information or to R.S.V.P., call (703) 533-5667 or see the Web site at www.ahcinc.org. ‘FAITH, FOOD, FELLOWSHIP’ SERIES CONTINUES: The Faith, Food and Fel-

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Brett Hitt, co-president of a nearly-billion-dollar general-contracting company that bears his family name, is not a jobjumper. “I’ve had only one boss – he is gold,” Hitt said. The Arlington Chamber of Commerce agreed, naming Brett’s father, Russell Hitt, as a member of the 2015 class of inductees into the Arlington Business Hall of Fame. Sidney Dewberry and the late Ashton Jones Jr. also were added to the pantheon during a May 19 ceremony at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. The inductions bring the ranks of the Arlington Business Hall of Fame to 16. The Hitt company started in 1937 in the living room of Russell Hitt’s parents. When Russell Hitt because president in 1975, the firm had grown to revenues of about $4 million – and the growth only accelerated. With $915 million in 2014 revenue, the firm ranked as the 60th largest U.S. contractor, according to Engineering News-Record. Like most hall-of-fame inductees in the program’s history, Hitt – who was inducted by Bill Buck – has been as active in the local community as he has in the business world. His interests ranged from the Arlington Jaycees and Washington Golf & Country Club to the Arlington YMCA. Illness prevented Russell Hitt from attending. In his place, his son told stories of entrepreneurial spirit, including the summer a 10-year-old Russell (an Arlington native) convinced someone to buy beer for

him over the river in D.C., then proceeded to sell it to workers on the Arlington side, pocketing the difference. It’s an example of his “extremely entrepreneurial” spirit, his son said. “He has a huge heart and works hard every day.” It was on a Friday the 13th – April 13, 1956 – that Sidney Dewberry founded the firm that bears his name. Like Hitt, the Dewberry firm – which provides a wide array of architectural and management services – has grown exponentially, now employing 2,000 people with annual revenue approaching $400 million. “My life has been lucky and fortunate,” Dewberry said at the ceremony. Like Hitt, Dewberry has been active in the local community, including service on the George Mason University board of visitors and on the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He served on the Arlington Planning Commission during a period of massive post-war growth. Scott McGeary, who has known him for decades, recalled Dewberry’s 1971 run for Arlington County Board. He lost the race to Joseph Fisher (who later went on to Congress) and Everard Munsey, but McGeary said that unlike some first-time candidates who don’t find success, Dewberry didn’t disappear from the scene. He remained active and engaged. McGeary pointed to the inductee’s high personal standards that guide how he conducts himself and treats others. “Sid Dewberry embodies these special qualities, and lives by them daily,” McGeary said.

Brett Hitt, the son of inductee Russell Hitt, is shown with Sidney Dewberry.

In his remarks, Dewberry paid homage to Hitt and to the third inductee, the late Ashton Jones Jr., as “two great men I’ve known practically all my life.” Dewberry said Jones, who died in 1989 at age 80, was not only a bridge partner – “a darn good bridge partner, too” – but perhaps should be described as “the father of modern Arlington.” Like Hitt, Jones came from a Northern Virginia family – his father, Ashton Sr., was a partner in the Geo. H. Rucker Co., which developed communities including Country Club Hills and Ashton Heights and

assembled parcels that became Buckingham, Parkfairfax and Army Navy Country Club. Chamber chairman Kevin Shooshan, who also is a part of a family development firm, marveled at Jones’ ongoing legacy. “Here we are, 106 years after his birth, still talking about him – that really is unbelievable to me,” Shooshan said. Jones was born on Wilson Boulevard when it was a dirt road, and except for service with the Army Corps of Engineers, spent his entire life in Arlington, and served as president of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in 1964. His middle daughter, Margaret O’Grady, said his passions included golf, ice skating, photography, the Baptist church – and development. “We can look around this community and see the results of his efforts,” said O’Grady, who was joined at the induction by her sisters, Sally Brodie and Susan Jordano. Hitt, Dewberry and Jones are now part of a group that includes previous inductees W. Sydney Albrittain, James Cole, Jonathan Kinney, Joseph Wholey, Mort Zetlin, Dr. Kenneth Haggerty, Fred Burroughs, Preston Caruthers, Joel Broyhill, Herb Morgan, Elizabeth Campbell, Dr. Jack London, Neal Nichols, Henry Lampe, David Guernsey and Bob Peck. Arlington Chamber leaders have purposely kept each year’s class of inductees small, in order not to dilute its importance. “Choices like these are never, ever easy,” Shooshan said at the ceremony.

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provides copious open space, much of it in the rear yard – making it perfect for family time or entertaining out of doors. With more than 3,500 square feet of living space, there is plenty of room, and the floorplan is designed to accommodate convenient traffic flow for those times when the home is filled with friends and loved ones. The restoration ensured that every room is its own special space, but that they work together as a coherent package. Sizes of the formal rooms are ample, with a wood-burning fireplace in the living room, and a den could be transformed into a main-level bedroom, if desired. On the second level, the master retreat is a testament to elegance. There’s even a large recreation room on the low-

er level, further adding to the versatility of the space. Back to the gardens. You will find more than 500 bulbs – daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, day lilies, peonies, as well as a pear tree, gooesberries, blueberries and strawberries. There is a rose garden, herb garden, four vegetable gardens and so much more in the private rear yard. Not only that; there also are two brick patios for entertaining, with a lower-level kitchenette connecting directly to them. Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients. For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703) 738-2520.

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There is so much to talk about – and celebrate – when it comes to this week’s featured property, it’s hard to know where to start. But we’ll begin in 1937, when this classic Cape Cod in sought-after Waycroft-Woodlawn made its appearance in a county that was growing rapidly. Stylish when it first arrived, the home has benefited from TLC throughout the decades, and for nearly 60 years, the oversized lot has blossomed with a carefully tended, zestful garden that may be one of the standouts in all of Arlington. All this, and you are less than a mile to the Ballston Metro station! Now, the owners are off to pursue their dream of owning a coffee plantation in Hawaii, making this home (which has been restored and is in showstopper condition) and the verdant grounds available for prospective purchasers. The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,050,000 by Kelly Tierney of Re/Max Distinctive Real Estate. A glorious curb appeal, with a charming fencing and wonderful angles on the home, are our introduction to this space. Set on nearly a full quarter acre, the home

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in May dropped two points to a level of 54 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). In spite of the drop, last month’s figure represents a nine-point increase from the May 2014 reading of 45. “Despite this month’s slight dip, builder confidence in the new home market remains above the 50-point benchmark,” said NAHB chairman Tom Woods, a home builder from Blue Springs, Mo. “Overall, the second quarter of 2015 is shaping up to be very solid.” “Consumers are exhibiting caution, and want to be on more stable financial footing before purchasing a home,” said NAHB chief economist David Crowe. “On the bright side,” Crowe said, “the HMI component measuring future sales expectations has been tracking upward all year, mortgage rates remain low, and house prices are affordable. These factors should spur the release of pent-up demand moving forward.” Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair” or “poor.” The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as “high to very high,” “average” or “low to very low.” Scores for each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor. The index’s components were mixed in May. The component charting sales expectations in the next six months rose one point to 64, the index measuring buyer traffic dropped a single point to 39, and the component gauging current sales conditions decreased two points to 59. Looking at the three-month moving averages for regional HMI scores, the South and Midwest each rose one point to 57 and 55, respectively. The Northeast fell by one point to 41 and the West dropped three points to 55. HMI tables can be found at nahb. org/hmi. More information on housing statistics is also available at housingeconomics.com.

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Reevesland Continued from Page 1 sources to upgrade the property, a sale is the best course of action. “With the sale of the Fraber House at Oakgrove Park in 2013, the county has demonstrated that there are potential willing buyers with an interest in purchasing and renovating historic properties,” county officials said in a memo to County Board members. County officials say they have tried – and tried, and tried – to find possible partners who would restore the farmhouse, which was purchased by the county government for $1.8 million in 2001, but was left to deteriorate when county officials couldn’t determine what to do with it. Twice, in 2011 and again in 2013, the county government formally sought partners to pay part or all of the cost of renovating the home. The only respondent that seemed a good match was the nonprofit Reevesland Learning Center, which has sought to turn the building into an educational emporium focusing on Arlington’s

Democrats Continued from Page 1 cess was seriously flawed. Christian Dorsey called the episode “bad business,” and bemoaned the fact that the county government owned the property for nearly 15 years but let it fall into disrepair.

rural past and the importance of agriculture both in the county’s history and its present day. County staff continued to meet with Reevesland volunteers, but on May 18 the group was informed of the proposal to sell the property. Joan Horwitt, who has helped spearhead efforts of the Reevesland group, called it a “hurtful slap in the face.” “Virtually nobody in Arlington, including the civic associations that support the renovation of the farmhouse, was informed of this possible vote in a timely fashion,” Horwitt said. “That is not fair, it is not transparent, it is not democratic.” County officials counter that funds raised by the sale of the property could be used to improve the adjoining raised-garden beds, where the Lawns2Lettuce4Lunch program grows produce and teaches local schoolchildren about nutrition and the property’s past. Horwitt and others also took aim at a new county estimate saying it would cost $2.5 million to bring the property up to code for use as a community resource. “Our strong suspicion is that it’s a wildly inflated figure cooked up for self-serving reasons,” Horwitt told the Sun Gazette.

A year ago, county officials pegged the cost of restoration at $1 million. Richard Krumenacker of the county government said the new estimate takes into account the recommendations of a 2011 study of the property, as well as factoring in a 20percent contingency since no design work has been done. If an owner is found for the farmhouse, tearing it down is not likely an option, since the entire property sits in a local historic district. County officials acknowledge, however, that the historic-district overlay “is not an absolute protection against the demolition of historic properties.” Any proposed changes to the exterior of the farmhouse would require approval by the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board, or HALRB. A sale would, however, likely open the way for development of part of the open space, although officials deny that is the intent. County Board members last year appropriated $500,000 in surplus funds toward a potential restoration of the property. Approximately $410,000 remains, and will be used to prepare the home for sale and enchance urban-agriculture activities on the

“That’s beneath Arlington,” he said. The question, which led off the Q&A section of the debate, was perhaps a gimme-putt for candidates, like asking if they were in favor of motherhood and apple pie. None of the contenders at the debate called on current board members to rescind the vote, suggesting they had made their points and were moving on. County Board members voted 3-2 on May 19 to authorize County Manager Bar-

bara Donnellan to start the ball rolling on the sale of a portion of the 2.4-acre property, located adjacent to Bluemont Park. County officials purchased the parcel for $1.8 million in 2001, and let it languish for more than a decade before trying to find partners that would bring it back to life. Having failed in that effort, county staff recommended selling the home and some of the parcel. While the home itself likely will be protected from redevelopment, some of the open space could be turned into new homes. The County Board vote came with less than 48 hours’ notice to the community, and it was that part of the process that seemed to anger candidates the most. The rushed effort “undermines confidence in the County Board,” said candidate Andrew Schneider. Schneider did not completely rule out supporting a sale of the property – “it’s a tough decision; Arlington is facing a lot of tough decisions” – but said County Board members should have deferred action to allow for greater input. A motion to do just that, offered on May 19 by County Board Vice Chairman Walter Tejada, was turned back. Board members then voted 3-2 to authorize the sale, with Tejada and Jay Fisette against

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This wonderful split level home offers three bedrooms, two and half bathrooms. Tucked in a quiet neighborhood in North Arlington, the home is just minutes from everywhere you want to be. Situated on a corner lot, this attractive home has been nicely updated with remarkable attention to detail for modern living inside and out. Enter from an open foyer that directs attention to the generous family room with a fireplace and space enough for an office area, a half-bath and a full coat closet. The lower level offers a large recreation room that’s perfect for entertaining. A few steps up, and you are graced with a large and open formal living room that flows beautifully into an open kitchen. The kitchen joins a spacious family room that opens beautifully to the backyard.

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The gardens around the Reevesland farmhouse, which are used to teach students about urban agriculture and the county’s history, could remain after a portion of the parcel is sold off.

site. Any leftover funds would be deposited in the county government’s parkland-acquisition fund. The Reeves property was the last working dairy farm in the county. The Reeves family began selling off its acreage in the postwar era, but kept the home and the land immediately adjacent to it, and sold the remainder of the land to the county government shortly after the death of family patriarch Nelson Reeves. the motion. The other contenders at the May 21 forum, Bruce Wiljanen and Peter Fallon, said they too had concerns about the sale – Wiljanen saying it would reduce open space and Fallon saying it gave away the opportunity to develop the farmhouse into a community resource. The property represented “a trust that we were holding for the next generation,” and the decision “illustrates what some of the problems with the County Board are right now,” said Wiljanen, who opposes selling off any county-owned open space. The debate, one of several sponsored by the Arlington County Democratic Committee leading into the June 9 primary, saw renewed attacks from the candidates on the current County Board and county governance in general: • Dorsey criticized board members for not strenuously opposing a state-government plan to add toll lanes to Interstate 66 and, potentially, to widen the roadway. He called it “a capitulation . . . of epic proportions.” (Cristol countered that the decision by board members to pay heed to the I-66 proposal represented “a little bit of wisdom,” since the County Board’s 2014 reversal on the Columbia Pike streetcar had infuriated regional and state leaders.) • Wiljanen said county residents were not being well-served by a government PR staff that couldn’t explain decision-making. “It needs to be professionalized,” he said of the public-relations efforts. • Fallon rapped current board members – four Democrats and one independent – as insular. “The County Board needs to get out more,” he said. • Schneider said an ever-spiraling tax burden on Arlington residents might be a recipe for disaster. If taxes keep rising, “we’re all going to be having an affordability problem,” he said. The Arlington County Democratic Committee will hold its final debate among board candidates on June 1 at 7 p.m. at Campbell Elementary School. For details on the primary, see the Web site at www. arlingtondemocrats.org.

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tal of 9.4 million was up 2.2 percent from a year before. Complete data can be found at www. mwaa.com. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HONORED FOR CONSTITUENT-SERVICE EFFORTS:

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Business Briefcase Arlington economy,” said County Board Chairman Mary Hynes, noting that there were 221,000 jobs in Arlington (roughly equal to the resident population), as well as 50 firms with annual revenue of $100 million or more. The proclamation was presented to Arlington Chamber of Commerce president Kate Roche, who said that the county government continues to “move things in the right direction” in its interaction with the local business community. MWAA TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL GROUND-TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS:

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There Is Much Optimism Regarding Legion Season There could be progress and improvement for local Posts throughout American Legion play this summer.

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High Schools Set to Return Starters DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

With the 2015 season concluded for Arlington’s four high-school baseball teams, those squads begin preparing for next season. There is reason for optimism: All four expected to reBASEBALL are turn key players, both on the mound and in the field. The Washington-Lee Generals, who finished 11-9, return starters such as ace pitcher Teddy Herbert; pitcher Noah Winslow; catcher T.R. Sheehy; and infielders Will Burgess, Andy Collins, Chris Brady, Will Stengle and Will Siegal. The Bishop O’Connell Knights were 17-11 this spring. Next year, pitching ace Rafi Vazquez will lead the returners. The Wakefield Warriors and Yorktown Patriots each won six games this spring while relying on many young players. The majority of Wakefield’s starters were freshmen and sophomores. Wakefield made progress with youth starters, including sophomore Ethan Heckler, and new coach Mike Ruck. The six wins were the team’s most since 2006. Yorktown also had a new coach in John Skaggs. He looks forward to the return of 2015 freshmen starters Carson Wood and Michael Lowen.

The Washington-Lee Generals’ Teddy Herbert will be one of a number of top pitchers who are expected to return next season for Arlington’s four high school baseball teams. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

Post 139 Ready to Start Legion Season June 2 DAVE FACINOLI

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With new uniforms and caps that highlight the color blue on tap this summer, Arlington Post 139 will have a different look. But on the field, manager Bob Romahopes his AmerBASEBALL no ican Legion District 17 baseball team continues its run of strong play of recent years. Arlington is scheduled to open its season the evening of Tuesday, June 2 at its home Quincy Park field against Alexandria Post 24. Post 139 finished 15-13 last summer and 1-2 in the playoffs. Two summers ago, Arlington went 14-13 and finished second in the district tournament. The 2015 team consists of players

from Arlington’s three public high-school teams – Wakefield, Washington-Lee and Yorktown – plus one player from Gonzaga College High, who is an Arlington resident, and college returners. “We will be a competitive team, but the other teams in the district will be competitive too,” Romano said. “We will have plenty of pitching and a strong roster.” Arlington’s top pitchers will be Patrick Girard and Ethan Heckler from Wakefield; Austin Kasmer, Alec Glasser, Michael Lowen and Harry Smith from Yorktown; Andrew Long from Washington-Lee; college returners Hunter Gray, Nate Jones and Mike Rozynski; and George Casey from Gonzaga. “We won’t really know how the pitching shapes up until after the first week or

so,” Romano said. Many of those pitchers will be position players as well, with Gray in center field; Smith in the outfield and at first; and Jones, Lowen, Girard and Heckler in the infield. T.R. Sheehy, Chris Seymour and Foster Gray from W-L will do the catching. Cam Anderson from Washington-Lee is a first baseman, Andy Collins from W-L is an infielder, along with Aaron Lee from Yorktown. Harry Spitz from Yorktown is another outfielder. Arlington plays in the six-team district. Additionally this season, District 17 teams will play some Sunday doubleheaders against teams from District 16, such as Leesburg Post 34, Manassas Post 158, Front Royal Post 53 and Winchester Post 21.

The District 17 will consist of the same six baseball teams. Each could field stronger squads, with perennial powers Vienna Post 180 and Springfield Post 176 again leading the way. Falls Church 130, Arlington 139 and Alexandra 24 each had records right at .500 last year. All three look to have improved rosters in 2015. The biggest turnaround could come from Annandale 1976. The team was winless last summer, forfeiting many contests because of a lack of players. With a new manager in Jason Doherty and more reliable commitments from its players, Post 1976 has the promise to be much more competitive, which should make the league stronger. Doherty is associated with veteran Vienna manager Frank Werman, who undoubtedly has tutored the rookie skipper about what’s necessary to put a formidable team on the field. In addition, Post 1976 could include some players from the always strong Lake Braddock Secondary School baseball squad. “He is putting together a pretty good team,” Werman said. An improved group is welcomed, because the Post 1976 situation last summer was unfortunate, embarrassing and did the district no good. “It will be really good to have them back as a stronger team,” Arlington manager Bob Romano said. “We all look forward to that competition.” Those in the district also are excited because of two other twists. There will be a few Sunday doubleheaders when District 17 teams will face squads from rival District 16, which includes Manassas Post 158, Ashburn 2001, Winchester 21, Front Royal 53, Leesburg 34 and the two Stafford 290 teams. Those games will not count in regularseason district standings. Plus, the traditional and popular 10 a.m. July 4 District 17 all-star game at Waters Field in Vienna will be different. Instead of an all-District 17 affair, the 2015 classic will have District 17 hosting the best from District 16. Could be a memorable season.

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Patriots (10-11) wrapped up their best girls softball season in three years with a 1-0 loss to host and No. 3 seed South Lakes Seahawks in a quarterfinal game of the Liberty Conference Tournament. The game was almost a carbon copy of a regular-season contest between the teams, also won by South Lakes, 1-0. In a pitchers’ duel between South Lakes’ Tess Rayle and Yorktown’s Maddie Silk in the quarterfinal, the Seahawks got an early lead in the third inning. In the third, South Lakes had runners on second and third with one out when McKenzie Silk and Kate Cressey combined to pick off the runner at third base for the second out. After a walk, the Seahawks had a bloop hit beyond the reach of second base and right field, which scored the only run. Yorktown had singles from Joanna Domson and Lindsay Smith in the first and second innings, plus a double from Madeline Marshall to lead off the fourth. South Lakes was never threatened again, as Rayle set down the last nine Yorktown batters in order. Maddie Silk allowed five hits in the complete-game loss. Several Yorktown players received all-conference honors. Senior Carolina Martyn was a second-team outfielder, as was junior Maddie Silk as a pitcher and freshman Cressey at third base. Seniors Domson and McKenzie Silk received honorable mention at shortstop and catcher, respectively. YORKTOWN GIRLS SOCCER TEAM LOSES FIRST: The top-seed Yorktown Patri-

ots (13-1-3) lost to McLean in penalty kicks in girls soccer in the Liberty Conference tourney championship game. Yorktown defeated Fairfax, 5-2, in the first round; Langley, 3-0, in the semifinals; then played McLean in the championship game. The loss snapped Yorktown’s six-game winning streak. Against Fairfax, Sarah Brooks scored two goals and had one assist; and Audrey Denkler, Marisa Fitz and Bella Krider had a goal each. Kelly Emson, Kiely Westhoff, and Denkler scored the goals against Langley, and Krider had an assist. Krider leads Yorktown with 15 goals, Denkler has 12, Westhoff 11, Fitz and Emson four each. Lilly Bernhart has three. Krider and Denkler each have 11 assists, Westhoff has four and Tatyana Prisco three. WAKEFIELD BASEBALL TEAM DROPS

and girls lacrosse teams lost in semifinal games of the Liberty Conference Tournament last week. The girls (11-5) lost to top-seed Madison, 26-3, after defeating WashingtonLee, 12-8, in the quarterfinals. The Yorktown boys (11-5) fell to Langley by a 10-5 score in the semis after nipping South Lakes, 5-4, in the quarterfinals. Both Yorktown teams move on to the region tournaments.

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O’CONNELL SOFTBALL TEAM BELTS 18 HOME RUNS: After hitting just two home

Maddie Silk pitched a five-hitter in Yorktown High’s 1-0 playoff loss to South Lakes.

Wakefield High’s Marisa DeFranco pitches in the conference tourney. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

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fielded a base hit and threw out the lead runner headed to third. Second-team all-conference players, Madelyn Wood (second base) and Lydia Dunbar (third) played well defensively, along with first-team all-conference player DeFranco. First team all-conference catcher Taylor White also made key plays. “Our team is so fortunate that Taylor decided to sacrifice playing shortstop this year and catch,” DeFranco. Also against Jefferson, in the playoff win, DeFranco stole home in the third inning to give Wakefield a 1-0 lead. She had five stolen bases in the game and scored three runs. In the same inning, White plated Wood who had reached on a walk. Wakefield increased the lead in the fifth when Wood’s bunt scored Dunbar and DeFranco. A base hit by Kayla Bankhead, later in the inning, scored White, who had reached on a hit. After defeating Jefferson, Wakefield was eliminated from the tournament with a 9-1 loss to the top-seed Marshall Statesment. White has a scholarship to play softball at Monroe College.

riors (6-14) had their baseball season end with a 6-2 loss on May 18 to the host Stuart Raiders in a quarterfinal game of the Capitol Conference 13 Tournament. Senior right-hander Patrick Girard pitched a complete game for Wakefield, with three strikeouts and a walk. With the bat, Ethan Heckler was 2 for 4 with an RBI; Jake Karton was 2 for 4; and Noah Sampson, Jonthan Parker and David Baron all had a hit each. The loss snapped Wakefield’s twogame winning streak. The six wins were Wakefield’s most in a season since the 2006 campaign. WAKEFIELD SOFTBALL TEAM QUALIFIES FOR REGION: In a quarterfinal

game of the Capitol Conference Tournament, the No. 5 seeded Wakefield Warriors needed to avenge an 8-7 regular-season loss to No. 4 seed Jefferson to qualify for the region girls softball tournament. Led by its defense and pitching, Wakefield did so with a 6-0 victory. Jefferson threatened to score several times, but key defensive plays helped secure the shutout. In the third inning, Wakefield pitcher Marisa DeFranco caught a line drive and doubled up a runner at third base to end the inning. In the fourth, right fielder Adriana Jaramillo

YORKTOWN LACROSSE TEAMS ELIMINATED: The Yorktown High School boys

runs during the 2014 season, the state champion Bishop O’Connell Knights (27-3) belted 18 this spring en route to defending their Division I state privateschool championship. Leading O’Connell with nine homers was Patty Maye Ohanian, who was chosen as the Division I State Player of the Year. She also drove in 57 runs and batted .594. On the mound, Ohanian was 4-2 with a 1.75 earned run average in 44 innings. She struck out 32. O’Connell’s Olivia Giaquinto, who had the two homers last year, smacked seven this spring, had 58 RBI and hit .491. Leah Hammes and Erin Sweeney had a homer each. As a team, O’Connell batted .390 this season, had 67 doubles and 22 triples. Other top hitters were Kayla Turner (.413, 31 RBI), Shannon Murphy (.377, 11 doubles), Jenna Spille (.333) and Kathryn Sandercock (.319). In addition to Ohanian, making allstate for O’Connell were first-teamers Sweeney, Giaquinto and Murphy. O’Connell’s Tommy Orndroff was chosen as the Division I Coach of the Year. O’CONNELL SPRING FOOTBALL CLINICS: Head coach Colin Disch and the

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College Roundup points. Her 73 draw controls ranked second in the CAC and established a new single-season school record. Galvin posted 10 hat-tricks, including a career-high six-goals against Lynchburg. Galvin became just the third Captain to earn first-team honors twice in her career, and the first to do so in her first two seasons.

In two seasons, Galvin has amassed 89 goals and 41 assists, and boasts 139 draw controls. Christopher Newport finished the 2015 spring season with an 8-9 overall record, losing its first-round tournament game. HUGHES: For the second straight year, men’s swimmer and ArNATHAN

lington resident Nathan Hughes from Worcester Polytechnic Institute was named to the Division III Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District team, voted on by the region’s sports-information directors. The junior was chosen to the men’s at-large team. Hughes also was selected first team in District I, and advances to the national ballot for All-America consideration.

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GALVIN: Yorktown High School graduate Meaghan Galvin earned first-team All-Chesapeake Region honors from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association after a strong sophomore season for the Christopher Newport women’s Division III team. This spring, Galvin led the Captains and finished second in the Capital Athletic Conference with 47 goals and 69 MEAGHAN

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New Crop of Inductees Set employment for Wakefield Hall-of-Fame INSIDE SALES The Wakefield High School Education Foundation will induct seven new members of the high school’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony, to be held June 10 at 7 p.m. at the school. They will represent the seventh class of inductees, with their achievements ranging from business to sports to literature. Inductees include: • Tom Hawkins (Class of 1959): A fire chief in Arlington and Alexandria who participated in rescue and recovery work at both the 1983 Air Florida crash and the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. • U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Moe (retired) (Class of 1961): He was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five years and earned two Silver Stars, two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Medal for Valor during his military career, later serving as director of the Ohio Department of Prisoner Services. • Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings (Class of 1963): An esteemed translator of historical texts from French, she has translated de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” as well as “Greek Thought” and “The Mind of Thucydides.” • James Rosapepe (Class of 1969): A member of the Maryland State Senate and

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board of regents of the University System of Maryland, he served as U.S. ambassador to Romania during the Clinton administration, and wrote “Dracula is Dead.” • Christine Boyd Stopka (Class of 1972): While a professor at the University of Florida, she established the athletic-training specialization and the Study Injury Care Center, and also is an acclaimed teacher of adapted aquatics for children and teens with disabilities. • Kenya Hunter (Class of 1990): A member of the Wakefield High School regionalchampionship basketball team, he went on to be an assistant coach at a number of colleges, including Georgetown University and the University of Nebraska. Also being honored is George Richardson, who came to the staff of Wakefield during integration of the school in the mid-1960s. Richardson had served as principal of all-black Hoffman-Boston High School, and was appointed assistant principal at Wakefield in 1965. He helped smooth the integration of the school, and also was one of the first African-Americans in the Arlington Committee of 100.

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. Find out more on local history at the Web site www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. June 1, 1945: n Nineteen Arlington men have been liberated from German prisoner-of-war camps. n Six names have been floated for the current vacancy on the School Board. n Giant Food has cucumbers on sale for 10 cents a pound. Veal cutlets are on sale for 47 cents (plus 11 ration coupons) per pound. n Penney’s has sport shirts on sale for $1.59, and men’s bright rayon swim trunks available for $2.59. May 30, 1962: n Local dairy workers are threatening to strike when their contract runs out in early June. n Four Virginia Air National Guard units called to active duty during last year’s Berlin crisis will soon be back from Germany. n The Fairfax Board of Supervisors will take up the proposed Tysons Corner development plan later this week. May 30, 1972: n Selected Arlington households will be asked to take part in a telephone crime survey. n A Circuit Court judge estimates that 50 percent of students at the University of Virginia are using illegal drugs, and says the university administration is turning a blind eye to the situation. n CBS’s Eric Sevareid will be Northern Virginia Community College’s commencement speaker at the Filene Center. n Washington-Lee’s baseball team will square off against George Wythe High School in the state semifinals. n The San Francisco Giants have traded Willie Mays to the New York Mets. May 31, 1983: n Republican Bonnie Newlon kicked off her bid for the 48th House of Delegates seat with proposals to raise the drinking age to 21 and to impose tighter sentences for criminals who use guns. n Gov. Robb says proposals to raise academic requirements among publicschool students will not lead to an “elitist” education system. n The State Board of Education has approved a new textbook for middleschool Virginia history courses, the first to be approved since the previous standard text was removed in 1973, after criticism that it suggested slaves had been happy, satisfied workers.

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FREE Real Estate Seminar Got questions about our real estate market? We’ve got your answers!

Saturday, June 20 • 10 A.M. Weichert, Realtors® Arlington Office

Seating limited!

4701 Old Dominion Drive — Arlington (corner of Lee Highway and Old Dominion Drive; FREE Parking in rear of building)

RSVP by 6-18-15 to reserve your seat. Weichert Realtors® 703-527-3300 x. 110 nbagley@weichertrealtors.net

Invite us in…we’ll bring results! Rent vs. Own

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Rent a little high? You might be surprised at what you can afford to own. For more info about home ownership programs designed for the budget-minded, stop by and visit with us.

Luxury CoLLeCtion 3469 ROBERTS LN

$1,260,000

Stop throwing your money away!

Nicole Salop Gold Services Manager Weichert Financial NMLS: 613806

O: 703-527-3300 C: 410-294-5648 nsalop@weichertfinancial.com 3514 36TH ST N

$1,200,000

3917 14TH ST S

$1,169,000

9111 SAUNAS CT

$1,050,000

Subject to qualified buyers. Mortgage produce and rates subject to change. Weichert Financial Services Company NMLS #2731 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.com). Mortgage Access Corp. d/b/a Weichert Financial Services, Executive Offices, 225 Littleton Rd, Morris Plains NJ 07950.

Get your Real Estate license now!

Our next evening class starts Monday, June 1st @ 6 p.m.

Great market, many locations

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(meets Monday and Wednesday eves).

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Enroll today!

Industry-leading training, both in class and online

For more information contact

Jaclyn Jacobson 973-656-3435 jjacobsen@weichertrealtors.net

Equal Opportunity Employer. We will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, a disability or familial status.

Weichert® Arlington

4701 Old Dominion Drive • 703-527-3300