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Wilson School: Preserve It or Knock It Down?

Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board Says County Officials Should Find a Way to Keep the Facility SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Preservation advocates on Jan. 21 won a round in their effort to prevent demolition of the 104-year-old Wilson School building in western Rosslyn, but they likely face an uphill battle to carry the day.

The county government’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB)

voted unanimously to recommend that the building be given the status of a local historic district, something sought by those who do not want to see the building razed for redevelopment.

“The community won a significant victory,” said Stan Karson, president of the Radnor/Ft. Myer Heights Civic Association and Continued on Page 22

County Board Members Showing Little Appetite for Squelching School Board’s Desire to Level the Building SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

County Board members have telegraphed that they are unlikely to interpose themselves between their School Board colleagues and the plan to raze Wilson School.

Deciding what to do with the century-old building in western Rosslyn is “a School Board decision at its base,” County Board Chairman

Mary Hynes said at the board’s Jan. 24 meeting, held several days after the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) suggested that the building be preserved.

Such a preservation effort would put “significant limits” on plans to redevelop the parcel for a new home to H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, as desired by the School Continued on Page 22

SCHOOL SYSTEM TRIES TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD

School Board members in early February are slated to approve the expansion and renovation of McKinley Elementary School, another effort by the school system to stay ahead of a growth spurt in elementary-school-age children across Arlington. School Board members last week also approved (on a 3-1 vote) tweaks to elementary-school boundaries in North Arlington. See full coverage inside.

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School Board members voted 3-1 Jan. 22 to tweak boundaries at McKinley, Nottingham and Tuckahoe elementary schools, as they try to stay ahead of ongoing growth in student enrollment.

The vote ratified a proposal from Superintendent Patrick Murphy, but came under criticism from the lone School Board dissenter, Nancy Van Doren, who suggested it was premature.

“I’m just uncomfortable,” Van Doren said. “When we were done engaging [the public] we had one conclusion and then, two weeks later, we surprised people with a different option.”

Van Doren suggested waiting several months to look at data and see if the superintendent’s recommended course of action held up. But other board members suggested there was no time for delay.

“While I don’t think [the superintendent’s proposal] is perfect . . . it is the way forward,” said School Board member Abby Raphael, who was joined by Barbara Kanninen and chairman James Lander in supporting the measure. (Emma Violand-Sanchez was absent due to illness.).

Under the proposal – dubbed “Plan D” during three rounds of public hearings in recent weeks – the following changes will occur: • Students residing in planning unit 1607, currently attending Tuckahoe Elementary School, will move to Nottingham Elementary School in the 2015-16 school year.

• Students residing in planning unit 1608, currently attending Tuckahoe Elementary School and previously scheduled to move to Nottingham Elementary School in 2015-16, will remain at Tuckahoe for the 2015-16 school year and move to McKinley in the fall of 2016.

• Students residing in planning units 1410 and 1411, currently attending McKinley Elementary School and scheduled to move to Ashlawn Elementary School for 2015-16, will remain at McKinley.

• School Board members approved grandfathering provisions for students in planning unit 1608.

The changes come against the backdrop of rising school enrollment, particularly in North Arlington elementary schools.

“This is not the end,” Lander said. “We will continue to have discussions on how we can ad-

dress capacity moving forward.”

Concerned parents have the “full attention” of the board, he said.

With a projected deficit of about 1,000 elementary-school seats next year, even with the opening of a new school, Raphael said school officials have little choice but to bob and weave, making adjustments as needed.

“We keep working,” she said.

School Board Set to Vote on Improvements to McKinley Elementary: School Board members are moving closer to final approval of the proposed $21 million renovation and expansion of McKinley Elementary School.

An overview of the project was presented to board members Jan. 22, with final approval slated for early February. If approved, bidding is expected to take place later in February, with construction starting during the summer break.

School officials aim to have the project complete in time for opening of the 2016-17 school year, but acknowledge that the “tight” construction schedule and other factors could put stresses on the budget.

The design envisions additions of three stories and one story, with a new gym (multi-purpose

School Board member Nancy Van Doren discusses her opposition to boundary adjustments, while board member Abby Raphael looks on.

room) and classrooms and significant upgrades to the cafeteria and media center, among other spaces. Capacity would rise 225 students to 684.

Most of the funding for the project was approved by voters in 2012 and 2014 bond referendums.

One of Murphy’s ‘Superintendent of Year’ Competitors Out of a Job: Turns out that being nominated for National Superintendent of the Year isn’t enough to keep a disgruntled School Board from firing its school system’s leader.

To wit: The Hillsborough (Fla.) School Board recently voted to dismiss Superintendent MaryEllen Elia in a 4-3 vote.

Despite having won acclaim at

the national level, Elia “has faced criticism in her own district, and failed to win the trust and confidence of the full board,” the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Don’t feel too bad for her: Elia will walk away with a severance package of more than $1 million, which includes the nearly three years of her $280,000 salary remaining on her contract, according to the newspaper.

And she will remain in the running for AASA’s 2015 National Superintendent of the Year, set to be announced in late February in San Diego.

Elia in late 2014 was named one of the four finalists for the honor, part of a field that also includes Arlington Superintendent Patrick Murphy. Philip Lanoue of Clarke County School District in Georgia and Patrice Pujol of Ascension Parish Schools in Louisiana also were named finalists.

James Minichello, a spokesman for Alexandria-based AASA (an association of school administrators), told the Sun Gazette that Elia’s dismissal would not impact her status as a finalist in the competition.

The four finalists were in Washington Jan. 15 to participate in a roundtable discussion on education issues.

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Va. Leaders: State Must Continue Its Innovation certifications and apprenticeship training for its future workforce, Staff Writer Jones said, and make the work To illustrate how Virginia environment more attractive by must reduce its dependence on boosting incentives to compete government-related jobs to re- and keeping the cost of living main economically competitive, low.

In addition, state leaders Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones gave a should provide more “incubators” to encourage entrepreneursports allusion.

“Our big risk is similar to that ship and target growing and highof the Denver Broncos,” Jones paying economic sectors, such told TysonsRegional Chamber of as cyber-security, health sciences Commerce members at a Jan. 23 and tourism, Jones said.

Despite ongoing peril caused breakfast meeting in Merrifield.

“If Peyton Manning has a good by shifts in federal employment day, Denver can’t be beat. If Pey- and contracting, Virginia continton Manning has a bad day, they ues to be a “blessed state,” Jones can’t beat Langley High School.” said.

The commonwealth has the The Department of Defense is Virginia’s biggest employer, and highest amount nationally (10 13 of the commonwealth’s top 20 percent) of employees working in job providers are governmental technology-related jobs, possesses agencies or public-sector contrac- a prominent world gateway in Washington Dulles International tors, Jones said.

Last year, Virginia was ranked Airport and has the East Coast’s 48th nationally for economic deepest port.

The latter, located in Norfolk, growth, ahead only of Maryland and the District of Columbia, will be the only one on that coast which ranked 49th and 50th, re- capable of serving as first and last ports of call for new megaships spectively.

State officials are seeking to plying the deepened and expandboost private-sector economic ed Panama Canal, he said.

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“We need more than one Peyton Manning,” he said of the challenge to create more privatesector jobs. “If we don’t solve it with the urgency of that fire alarm, we’ll be speaking about that ‘Virginia economic miracle’ in the past tense.”

Chamber members also received updates from U.S. Reps.

Gerald Connolly (D-11th) and Barbara Comstock (R-10th), who touted the region’s economic-development efforts.

Connolly said two projects upon which he’d worked – Merrifield’s new Mosaic District and Tysons Corner’s redevelopment – have begun bearing economic fruit. The Dulles Corridor, aided

by Metrorail’s new Silver Line, accounts for 25 percent of the region’s gross domestic product and will provide 40 percent of its GDP at full build-out, he said.

The Democrat, who formerly served as Providence District supervisor and later chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, especially was happy that a 1960s-era movie theater in Merrifield had been replaced with a thriving mixed-use development.

That theater, although its company’s most heavily attended, had “more surface parking than

Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones spoke to a recent PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER regional gathering in Merrifield.

God intended man to have,” Connolly said.

Comstock, who defeated Democrat John Foust last November to succeed 34-year veteran U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th), said Northern Virginia’s congressional delegation would continue its tradition of working together.

Comstock said she would work to bring back businesses

and jobs that have left the region, sometimes for overseas locations, and help Dulles Airport recover from its current slump.

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It’s a debate that has a lot in common with cicadas: They both arrive at regular intervals across Arlington, and cause a lot of racket before disappearing.

Cicadas won’t be back until 2021, but the Jan. 24 County Board meeting brought out that other issue – whether top-ranking county staff members should be required to live in Arlington.

The consensus among board members?

Yes, they should. Kind of.

“Everyone’s on the same page,” said County Board member Jay Fisette.

That page: It makes sense to strongly encourage staffers to move into Arlington if they are hired from outside the area, but not to force them to move if they already live somewhere else in the D.C. region.

“Especially at the top, county employees ought to live in the county – it’s apropriate and beneficial,” said board member John Vihstadt. “At the same time, we don’t want to foreclose talent and experience [by instituting residency requirements].”

The issue was brought up, as it has been in the past, by vocal local activist Jim Hurysz. He asked County Board members to require top-level position be filled by Arlington residents, or by non-county residents who will commit to moving in.

Non-residents who make and implement county policy “don’t suffer the social and economic consequences of their decisions,” Hurysz said. “It’s very easy to be a

booster and a facilitator for an expensive vanity project or program if you don’t have to pay for it.”

County Manager Barbara Donnellan, who was appointed to the post in 2010 after nearly three decades in the government workforce, took the job on the condition that she would not be required, as her predecessors dating back to the 1930s had been, to make Arlington her home.

Donnellan had lived in the Clifton area of Fairfax County for two decades, and “my husband was not willing to move,” she said at the board meeting.

(Donnellan got a chuckle when she noted of Arlington: “I actually live here – I sleep in Fairfax a couple of hours per night.”)

Donnellan said her goal is to have her top staff live in the county. The incoming planning director, who currently works in the Midwest, is being encouraged to find a home in Arlington. The same is likely to be true during the recruitment of a successor to Police Chief Douglas Scott (a Fairfax resident).

But, Donnellan said, she draws the line at requiring those recruited from other parts of the region, such as the new economic-development director or the newest deputy county manager, to relocate.

“I will encourage people to live here, but I will not uproot,” she said.

As part of his contract, Arlington Superintendent Patrick Murphy is required to live in Arlington, and it’s possible, even likely, that most localities – at least coun-

County Manager Barbara Donnellan is one of a number of top staff members who do not live in Arlington. County Board members say they want to encourage, but not require, top staff to live in the county.

ties and large cities – in Virginia require

their top staff member to live within the boundaries. County Attorney Stephen MacIsaac (not an Arlington resident) said he didn’t know of any Virginia-specific case law, but surmised that a residency requirement could be found legal if challenged in court.

County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said it was always a balancing act to deal with the issue.

“Our goal is to get the best and the brightest,” Hynes said, although she, like many before her, may have missed the irony of that phrase – David Halbertam’s book “The Best and the Brightest,” which brought the phrase to public attention, focuses on how the hubris of those with great minds from academia and business crafted a disastrous foreign policy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

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THUMBS UP: To two pieces of legislation introduced down in Richmond we think are worthy of highlighting, even if they are not assured of success in the General Assembly.

Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) followed through on his plan to introduce legislation giving the County Board the authority to hire and supervise a county auditor. Currently, only the county manager has that power.

We’re not sure whether having an auditor reporting directly to elected officials is a good idea or not, but it gives County Board members another “tool in the toolbox” in case they want to use it down the road. Apparently, a board majority (Mary Hynes, Jay

Fisette and Walter Tejada) is not interested in doing so, and that’s OK – better to have the option available and not used, than not available at all.

We also want to give praise to state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) for a piece of legislation we like.

Is it Ebbin’s bill to decriminalize marijuana? Get real. His measure to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment? We’d consider it . . . if this were still 1979.

Nope. We like an Ebbin measure that would force the state government to resume issuing checks for tax refunds to those who want them.

The government a few years back switched to requiring that refunds either be sent directly into bank accounts, or paid out via an

ATM card that was sent to those owed money.

It may have seemed like a good idea, but it isn’t. People who want their refunds by check should get them by check.

THUMBS UP: To the Arlington Players and Dominion Stage, for picking up nominations in the annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) awards program.

The well-organized awards effort salutes the talents of those on stage and those behind the scenes in the world of local community theater.

We look forward to seeing who brings home statuettes; the awards ceremony is set for mid-March.

Plan More Smartly for Capital Projects Editor: What I would have said at the County Board hearing on building an elementary school on TJ Park if I’d planned ahead: County Board, I’d like to share a bit of advice from my own experience that may be pertinent to the issue you’re being asked to resolve here.

Over at my house, building an elementary school is a fairly straightforward job – at least until after it’s built.

The family all agrees that the new school looks fantastic and that we really should have built it years ago. But, then my wife says that word that makes me instantly cringe every time.

“Honeeeeeeeeee.”

I take a long, deep breath and wait for the inevitable.

“You know, we never did like that middle school, and the new elementary school makes it look pretty shabby. Besides, the

cafeteria is just too small, the roof leaks and we never can get good wi-fi in the auditorium.”

Exhale. She’s not wrong, I just wish this had come up at the very beginning.

Arguably, we didn’t have the money to build an elementary school and a middle school at the same time, and we might have had to relocate to an empty office building or trailer for awhile if we did both at the same time. But there clearly would have been some advantages and probably cost savings with that approach.

For example, when we were at the paint store picking colors for the elementary school, we could get some ideas for the middle school and not have to go through the whole process later from the beginning.

And maybe the roofer would give us a discount for doing two schools because they could be done at the same time. It makes sense in a lot of ways.

I know, you’re thinking we should have spent more time developing a long-term plan in the first place, not just “lets do this now and think about what we’re going to do next some other time.”

Well, yeah, but it’s not like we’ve got planning staff that comes over every two weeks and revises our HIP (Household Improvement Plan).

But think about it, County Board: You guys do have people whose job it is to look ahead, forecast needs and develop smart ways to deal with them, so you don’t have to make the same mistakes that we make over at our house.

That’s doing it the right way, the Arlington Way. It’s the way that makes board members look smart. And you don’t end up sitting at home like Alan Howze, thinking “what the heck happened?”

John Adair Arlington

Editor: The remit announced for the Arlington Community Facilities Study task force looks to me both too limited to bring the scrutiny needed as the county government makes facilities choices.

Here’s my take on what the task force should be thinking about: Arlington has permitted the building of housing for tens of thousands of people in recent years, which has had the utterly predictable result that new schools and other facilities are necessary.

During this building spree, the County Board spent enormous amounts of proffer money from developers on board-favored initiatives, notably housing and the arts.

Let’s call them the “nice-to-do.”

The long-term costs of providing “mustdo” new facilities – both in the form of money from taxpayers and in the form of attempted land grabs on our limited park space – are now apparent, but the proffer slush fund was spent on other things.

Going forward, the funding of mustdo facilities should be as much as possible

from proffers paid by the developers whose projects create the need. When the County Board is considering nice-to-do initiatives, they should be paid for from the budget, which will mean they get a meaningful comparison to other expenditures.

This is the good-government way to do it, and it is far more like the practice when task force chairman John Milliken was on the County Board, a period also known as “the good old days.”

Dave Schutz Arlington

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County Board members on Jan. 24 approved a new set of principles that will guide funding of the county school system.

The new revenueCOUNTY sharing arrangement, previously had BOARD which been approved by the NOTES School Board, will provide “a transparent, predictable and flexible framework” between the county government and the school system, County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said after the vote.

Previously, the county government and school system had an agreement with a fixed percentage (nearly 50 percent) of general county revenues being funneled into the school system’s $550 million annual budget.

The new set of principles is not as cast in stone as the earlier revenue-sharing agreement, but does provide County Board assurances that it will consider “critical needs” identified by the school system in determining how much cash to provide.

The agreement, however, notes that schools are just one important budget priority of the county government, not the top priority.

Future of Lubber Run Community Center Remains Open Question: County Board members say they have not forgotten their promise to rebuild Lubber Run Community Center.

Whether an upgraded facility could, or should, share space with other uses, such as affordable housing, remains an open question.

Money is available to plan a successor to the 50-year-old community center, County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said at the board’s Jan. 24 meeting.

“All five of us [on the board] know it’s time,” she said, calling replacement of the deteriorating building a focal-point.

The question of whether a new community center could evolve into a mixed-use facility remains an open question.

“There are options we should consider, have our minds open to,” said County Board member Walter Tejada. “We have to plan for multi-uses – we are going to have to combine in some areas.”

The mere prospect, suggested by county staff last year, of putting housing in the Lubber Run area caused a robustly negative reaction from some in neighboring communities and open-space advocates. But Liz Birnbaum, a former chairman of the county government’s Environment and Energy Conservation Commission, said the two parts of the parcel need to be separated in the public’s mind.

“Lubber Run Community Center is not a park – the park is separate from the community center,” she said.

Birnbaum, who lives nearby, said a jointuse facility could be created without damaging parkland. The project also could address

the current parking lot at the center, and could evolve into a win-win-win solution to a number of problems.

Hynes seemed open to the prospect of joint use, but suggested it would not be the prime consideration.

“Our first priority is to get a good community-center replacement,” she said.

Putting Utilities Underground Too Expensive for County Coffers? County leaders say progress toward undergrounding electrical and telecommunication wires across Arlington will continue, but that taxpayers won’t be the ones asked to pay the bill.

Responding to a speaker at the board’s Jan. 24 meeting, County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said the local government doesn’t have the funds – which she pegged in the “billions of dollars” – to underground utilities in neighborhoods across Arlington.

“It’s a really tough nut to crack,” Hynes said of the cost considerations.

The upshot: Putting the wires underground will continue when county officials can convince (or demand) developers do the job, or when utility companies decide to do the job on their own.

It’s hard to nail down a definitive average cost for undergrounding utilities, but a 2012 project in Fairfax County was pegged at $2,400 per linear foot – about $12.5 million per mile.

And there would be another price involved: When utilities go underground, a lot of trees must be removed.

County Board member Jay Fisette pointed to Dominion, the energy giant, as the most likely scenario for getting residential wires moved underground.

“Hopefully, down the line, Dominion sees the self-interest” in moving above-ground wires underground, he said.

His colleague Libby Garvey said that effort was already under way, but it was more complicated than simply paying the cost and digging ditches.

“It’s more than about undergrounding the wires, and Dominion is working on it,” she said, marking one of those rare times elected officials stand up for a utility company.

Board OKs Contract to Upgrade Infrastructure on Old Dominion Drive: County Board members on Jan. 24 voted to award a contract worth $7.3 million – with about one-third the money coming from the Virginia Department of Transportation – to upgrade infrastructure along Old Dominion Drive from 38th Street North to a point west of North Glebe Road.

The project represents the second phase of an effort to improve safety along Old Dominion Drive.

As part of the new project, sidewalks will be constructed and there will be upgrades to curbs, gutters, crosswalks, signaling, streetlights, bus stops and stormwater facilities.

VDOT will cover $2.34 million of the project’s cost, with the county government paying the rest through transportation funds.

The project is expected to be wrapped up by the fall of 2016.

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ty has donated more than $250,000 worth of used furniture and other items to help furnish transitional or permanent housing for homeless veterans in the Washington region.

The donation totals about $250,000 worth of items.

“Marymount has really been great,” said Elliot Duvall, outreach coordinator for the D.C. Office of Veterans Affairs. “This is really good starter furniture.”

The donation included more than 400 surplus beds, 80 chairs and 45 dressers, along with desks, filing cabinets and carpeting from the university’s Ballston Center – known to generations as the “Blue Goose” – which is slated to be redeveloped.

According to Meg Dalmut, Marymount’s associate director of community engagement, the top one-and-a-half-floors of the building had been used as storage for years.

Coordinating the logistical aspects of the furniture pick-up was challenging, said Anne Vor der Bruegge, director of the Marymount University Nonprofit Resource Center in Partnership with the Arlington Community Foundation.

Dalmut and a group of volunteer veterans spent a Saturday moving kitchen equipment. Last semester after a final exam, all of the students in the doctor of physical therapy program helped load furniture for two hours.

Altogether, more than 35 Marymount volunteers worked 300 combined hours moving furniture from a warehouse so it can be sent, as needed, to area veterans’ facilities.

“I’m just so happy it’s all going to good use,” Dalmut said. “So far we’ve already furnished 40 or 50 apartments.”

For more information or to donate furniture, contact Duvall at elliot.duvall@ dc.gov.

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spring course preview on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University, 3351 North Fairfax Drive.

At the event, instructors will present brief overviews of their academic courses, and there will be information on Encore Learning’s clubs, special events and volunteer possibilities. There also will be light refreshments.

Since 2002, the nonprofit Encore Learning has offered a variety of college-level, nonprofit courses and other activities to those 50 and over in the local area. For information, call (703) 228-2144 or see the Web site at www.encorelearning.net.

SYNETIC TO HOST VEGAS-STYLE FUNDRAISER: Synetic Theater will present a

1950s-style Las Vegas benefit on Tuesday, March 3 at Signature’s performance space, 1800 South Bell St. The event is co-chaired by Angie Fox and Allison Foster. In addition to a performance of the troupe’s production of “Much Ado About Nothing,” the benefit will feature a pre-performance reception and post-show champagne/dessert celebration.

The cost is $250, and sponsorships are available.

Founded in 2001 by the husband-andwife team of Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, Synetic has been the recipient of 25 Helen Hayes Awards and 94 nominations. The Tsikurishvilis were named “Washingtonians of the Year” in 2014 by Washingtonian magazine.

For information on the event and sponsorship opportunities, call (703) 824-8060, ext. 104, or see the Web site at www.synetictheater.org.

AARP TO OFFER TAX-PREPARATION ASSISTANCE: AARP and the AARP

Foundation are offering free assistance to taxpayers with low and moderate income, with special attention to those age 60 and older.

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is offered in cooperation with the IRS. Services will be available Feb. 3 to April 14 on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Central Library.

ORIENTATION OFFERED FOR PROSPECTIVE PAGEANT CONTENDERS: Feb. 6

is the registration deadline for a Feb. 25 orientation session for those planning to participate in the 2015 Ms. Virginia Senior America Pageant.

The free orientation session will feature former winners discussing how to become a contestant and best prepare for the talent competition.

The 2015 pageant will be held in Staunton on May 21. The competition is open to Virginia women over age 60.

For information on the pageant and the orientation session, call Annmarie Pittman at (703) 549-7012 or e-mail msvirginiasenioramerica@gmail.com.

ENCORE LEARNING LECTURE TO FOCUS ON BRAIN SCIENCE: Encore Learn-

ing will present “Brain Gain: The Promise and Problems of Neuroscience and Need for Neuroethics” on Monday, Feb. 2 at 3 p.m. at Central Library.

Featured speaker Dr. James Giordano is a neuroscientist and neuroethicist at Georgetown University Medical Center.

He will discuss recent developments in the world of brain science.

The upcoming program is sponsored in conjunction with the Arlington library system.

The community is invited. For information, call (703) 228-2144 or see the Web site at www.encorelearning.net.

CHURCH TO FEATURE CLASSICAL STRING TRIO: St. George’s Episcopal

Church will host the Vivaldi Project in Concert, featuring a classical string trio performing on early instruments, on Friday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 915 North Oakland St. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students. For information, see the Web site at www.saintgeorgeschurch.org/music/musicevents.

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ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE JOINS EFFORT TO SUPPORT DOGS FROM FLORIDA: The Animal Welfare League of Arling-

ton is among shelters nationwide that have taken in dogs surrendered by a Florida rescue group.

The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) coordinated the effort among animal-welfare agencies in 12 states to find homes for animals removed in October from Sabbath Memorial Dog Rescue Center in Okeechobee.

The center surrendered the dogs due to a lack of sufficient resources. After months of medical care and behavioral enrichment at a temporary shelter, the dogs were transported to shelters from Minnesota to Texas, which were slated to care for the animals before they are ready to be put up for adoption.

“We urge the local communities to open their hearts and homes to these dogs – they’ve had a hard start in life, and have never known what it’s like to be someone’s pet,” said Jessica Rushin of the ASPCA. ‘ENERGY JOURNEY GAME’ RETURNS:

The Arlington County government’s “Fresh AIRE” (Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy) program will hold an updated version of its “Energy Journey Game” on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Wakefield High School.

Making its debut by drawing 600 participants in 2013, the game, which takes about an hour (participants take part at their own pace), will showcase decision-making about energy choices. The event is open to all ages, with the last entry at 4 p.m.

The snow date is Feb. 7.

For information and to register, see the Web site at http://freshaireva.us.

NOMINATION DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR PARK-SERVICE AWARD: Feb. 5 is the

deadline for nominations for the 2015 Bill Thomas Outstanding Park Service Award, sponsored by the Arlington County government.

The award is presented to those who demonstrate a passionate dedication and support for the county’s parks and open space.

For information and a nomination form, see the Web site at http://environment.arlingtonva.us.

MOUNT OLIVET PLAYERS HOST 25thANNIVERSARY PRODUCTIONS: The

Healthy-Aging Series will continue on Friday, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. with a program on “Using Technology for Health.”

The event will be held at 601 South Carlin Springs Road. To R.S.V.P., call (703) 558-6859.

SUPPORT GROUP FOCUSES ON EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER: “Support

Sisters,” a support group with women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, will be held the first and third Tuesday of the month from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Cancer Resource Center of Virginia Hospital Center.

For information on the hospital’s full range of cancer-support groups, call (703) 558-6913.

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CRYSTAL CITY GALLERY OPENS NEW EXHIBITIONS: Gallery Underground will

present the exhibition “Coastal Therapy,” featuring oil paintings by Keith Wilie, as well as a members’ showcase from Feb. 228 at the gallery, located in the Crystal City Shops, 2100 Crystal Drive.

An opening reception for the exhibitions is set for Friday, Feb. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m.

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

OPERA NOVA PRESENTS MOZART CLASSIC: Opera Nova will present a pub-

lic production of Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” on Friday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at Gunston Arts Center Theatre I, 2700 South Lang St. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and $5 for students.

A special performance for seniors will be presented on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $5, and a reception to meet the performers will follow the performance.

For information, call (703) 536-7557 or see the Web site at www.operanova.org.

REEVESLAND LEARNING CENTER FOCUSES ON CABBAGE: The Reevesland

Learning Center will host a celebration of Serbian cabbage recipes on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. in front of the historic Reevesland farmhouse, 400 North Manchester St. Participants should bring a large, whole green cabbage. Ivana Pelikan will explain how it will be fermented to make Serbian stuffed-cabbage rolls known as sarma.

About a month after the event, participants will reconvene for a sarma-making class.

For information and to R.S.V.P. by Jan. 29, e-mail Joan Horwitt at shorwitt@aol. com.

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Nature Center will host “Under the Ice,” a program for ages 8 to 12 looking a wintertime in local ponds, on Friday, Jan. 30 at 4 p.m.

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Mount Olivet Players of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, in conjunction with Keegan Theatre, will present a twin bill featuring “The Cat in the Hat” and “The Seussification of ‘Romeo and Juliet’” to benefit youth-mission trips.

The 2015 production makes the 25th anniversary of the Mount Olivet Players, which has raised more than $320,000 in support of groups that include Habitat for Humanity. The partnership with Keegan Theatre began in 1996.

Performances are Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 6, 8, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday-night performances are in a dinner-style arrangement, with the meal beginning at 6 p.m.

For tickets and information, call (703) 527-3934 or see the Web site at www.mountolivetumc.com.

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Former County Board member John Milliken has been tapped to chair the new Arlington Community Facilities Study task force, a 24-member body that is being tasked with determining where new schools, public-safety facilities and other government facilities should be placed, and how they will be funded.

The County Board approved the group’s membership on Jan. 23. The School Board approved its designated members the night before.

The panel has been tasked to return to the County Board School Board later in the year with initial recommendations.

County Board Chairman Mary Hynes announced the planned task force on Jan. 1. She will serve as a County Board liaison to the group, along with board member John Vihstadt. Nancy Van Doren will serve as the School Board’s liaison.

Milliken served on the County Board from 1981 to 1990, and also served as state transportation secretary during the Wilder administration.

Ginger Brown, a member of the Planning Commission, was tapped as vice chairman. Other board members include Christer Ahl, Tyra Baker, Hans Bauman, Andi Cullins, Sal D’Itri, Carolina Espinal, Moira Forbes, Greg Greeley, Saundra Green, Alan Howze, Kelly King, Kathleen McSweeney, Bryant Monroe, Kirit Mookerjee, Lynn Pollack, Kate Roche, Jason Rylander, Toby Smith, Jackie Snelling, Ann Steen, Tannia Talento and Gabriela Uro.

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William Hafer, the son of Tom and Ann Hafer of Arlington and a graduate of Yorktown High School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earned a Ph.D in aerospace engineering during recent commencement exercises at Texas A&M University.

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n Elizabeth Catalano of Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications studies, cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Clemson University.

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n The following Arlington students have

been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University: Callie Adams, Kelsey Barnes, Torie Coppa, Rosemary Girard, Anna Johnson, Louis Linden, Allysa Reimer, Helen Rickey and Timothy Ryan.

Mary Frias, the daughter of Michael Frias and Christine Williams of Arlington and a 2012 graduate of Yorktown High School, has been named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Elon University. n

n The following Arlington students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University: Hannah Aiken, Mara Berkland, David Bernhardt, Isaac Bloom, Victoria Corapi, Molly Crum, Kaitlin Delenick, Cailin Dyer, Eleanor Ellison, Abigail Fram, Julia Golojuch, Osscar Gonzalez-Sandoval, Zachary Gordon, Matthew Grieco, Beatrix Haddon, Devon Harkins, Douglas Hendry, Charles Hilla, Reafa Hossain, Benjamin Klingelhofer, Helen Land, Monica McAndrews, Lisa McNabola, Kelsey Moffitt, Camille Mundt, Alexandra Ott, Rebekah Peterson, Jesmine Roberts-Torres, Anvar Sarbanov, Joseph Shirey, Elise Strongin, Erica Taylor, Kevin Tomlinson and Anna Toth.

Christian Carrillo, a senior at Yorktown High School, has been selected by the Posse Scholarship Foundation to receive a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to attend Bucknell University.

Founded in 1989, the foundation promotes leadership and diversity among students. Students are nominated by their high schools or community organization, then go through three rounds of interviews of other assessments. n

n A total of 227 members of the James Madison University Marching Royal

Dukes participates in the New Year’s Day Parade in Rome.

The band members also visited Tuscany, Siena and Florence, where James Madison has a study-abroad program.

Band members “take seriously our responsibility to represent JMU both nationally and internationally,” said Marching Royal Dukes director Scott Rikkers.

“Performances and trips such as this one allow our students, staff, alumni and band families the opportunity to experience different cultures and share our music with different audiences,” Rikkers said.

Arlington students participating in the tirp included James Infantino (percussion), Evan Kopca (clarinet), Scott Liddell (trumpet) and Allie Woodbury (trumpet).

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George Mason University’s Patriot Center ranked 56th in the world in 2014 ticket sales, according to a new survey by Pollstar magazine.

The magazine ranked the top 200 venues by attendance figures, a list that was topped by London’s O2 Arena. Madison Square Garden in New York City ranked fourth, and the Verizon Center in Washington ranked 28th.

“I don’t see other buildings affiliated with [college] campuses ahead of us, certainly not in the U.S.,” Patriot Center general manager Barry Geisler said in a story

by Buzz McClain posted on the university’s news feed.

The 10,000-seat arena is managed by Monumental Sports and Entertainment.

Geisler told McClain that the Patriot Center is able to compete with larger venues because it offers strong events, concerts and family-oriented programs.

“If you do a good job, people want to come back,” he said. n

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Whether it’s a special event or the news of a student (at any level) winning an award, the Arlington Community wants to hear about it, and the Sun Gazette is your source to get that news to them. Find contact information on Page 6.

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n Brock Lively of Arlington, a student at Loyola University/Maryland and an Eagle Scout with Troop 111, spent his Christmas break preparing for and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in northeastern Tanzania.

At 19,341 above sea level, the peak is the highest in Africa and the highest freestanding mountain in the world.

Lively and his father Rob spent seven days ascending via the western route (the least traveled but most scenic among seven options) to the summit.

At the top, Lively planted a Troop 111 flag. Previous Eagle Scouts from the troop have planted its flag at the North Pole and at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

Troop 111 Eagle Scout Brock Lively and Tanzanian guide Pendaeli Lawo reach the “Roof of Africa” at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro on Jan. 4. The troop’s flags also have been planted at the North Pole and Antarctica.

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Arlington Players, Dominion Stage Vie for Honors The Arlington Players picked up 17 nominations and Dominion Stage garnered one, and will vie for statuettes in the 15th annual WATCH (Washington Area Theatre Community Honors) competition.

The competition is the community-theater equivalent of the Helen Hayes Awards for D.C. professional theater.

Nominees were announced Jan. 18, and awards will be presented on March 8 at the Birchmere.

A total of 111 productions – 77 plays

and 34 musicals – from 31 communitytheater troupes were adjudicated in 2014.

Awards will be presented in more than three dozen categories.

The Arlington Players’ “The Most Happy Fella” was nominated for Outstanding Musical, and will compete against “The Addams Family” (Kensington Arts Theatre), “Children of Eden” (2nd Star Productions), “Hello, Dolly” (2nd Star Productions) and “Monty Python’s Spamalot” (Little Theatre of Alexandria).

In addition to being nominated for Outstanding Musical, “The Most Happy Fella” picked up 12 additional nominations: David Rohde (Outstanding Music Direction), Heather Whitney (Outstanding Lead Actress), Jimmy Payne (Outstanding Lead Actor), Teresa Danskey (Outstanding Featured Actress), Quinn McCord (Outstanding Cameo), B. Keith Ryder (Outstanding Light Design), Angie Anderson (Outstanding Properties and Outstanding Set Direction), Bill Wisniewski (Outstanding Set

Construction and Outstanding Set Design), Mary Speed (Outstanding Set Painting) and Stan Harris (Outstanding Sound Design).

The troupe’s production of “Clybourne Park” received three nominations in the play category: Dereck Bradley (two nominations for Outstanding Featured Actor) and Rebecca Lenehan (Outstanding Featured Actress). The production of “The Continued on Page 23

County Students Lauded with Reflections Awards The Arlington County Council of PTAs on Jan. 14 honored award recipients in the annual Arlington PTA Reflections competition.

Participating students – more than 1,200 – submitted entries in six categories on the theme, “The World Would Be A Better Place If . . .” The annual program was coordinated by Veronika Folz and Michael Swisher.

Honorees include:

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DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY Primary Division (Kindergarten through Grade 2): Outstanding Interpretation: Genevieve Gruver, Arlington Science Focus. Award of Excellence: Jasmine Sklarew, Key Elementary. Award of Merit: Myla McNair, Nottingham Elementary.

Intermediate Division (Grades 3 through 5): Outstanding Interpretation: Madeleine Kaczmarek, Nottingham Elementary. Award of Excellence: Samantha Gilbert, Arlington Traditional. Award of Merit: Winston Gruver, Arlington Science Focus School; Cordelia Davies, Taylor Elementary.

Middle School Division (Grades 6 through 8) and High School Division (Grades 9-12): Outstanding Interpretation: Isabella Schneck, Kenmore Middle. Award of Excellence: Karuna Sinha, Swanson Middle. Outstanding Interpretation: Justin Gonzalez, Yorktown High.

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PHOTOGRAPHY Primary Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Elijah Na, Nottingham Elementary. Award of Excellence: Genevieve Gruver, Arlington Science Focus. Award of Merit: Declan McCleaf, Oakridge Elementary; Lauren Elisabeth Bissett, Randolph Elementary; Carter C. Gentry, Patrick Henry Elementary; Emily Elizabeth Borum, Arlington Traditional Elementary; Benji Sklarew, Key Elementary; Skye Van Giesen, Taylor Elementary Intermediate Division: Outstanding Interpretation:Tamzin Folz, Claremont Elementary.

Award of Excellence: Aleksandar Olic, Taylor Elementary.

Award of Merit: Kendall Parker

Brown, Arlington Traditional; James Watkins Bissett, Randolph Elementary; Theresa Provasnik, Notingham Elementary; Audrey McDonald, Tuckahoe Elementary; Adelina Hartley, Key Elementary; Anna Cherry, Long Branch Elementary; George Allen III, Jamestown Elementary; Olivia Bandini, Drew Elementary; Irina Bakke, McKinley Elementary; Mary Catherine Superata, Arlington Science Focus School; Beryl Audrey Braden, Patrick Henry Elementary.

Middle School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: William Clough, Williamsburg Middle.

Award of Excellence: Liza Harold, Gunston Middle. Award of Merit: Sarah Marie Superata, Swanson Middle; Lena Lee Smith, Kenmore Middle.

High School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Amelia Wilt, Wakefield High. Award of Excellence: Justin Wu, Yorktown High. Award of Merit: Miranda Katzenberger, Washington-Lee High.

FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION Primary Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Honour Avamei Brock, Nottingham Elementary.

Award of Excellence: Ray Greco, Claremont Elementary. Award of Merit: Aidan Chen, McKinley Elementary; Jason Albert Rosenberger, Arlington Traditional School; Samantha Parker, Tuckahoe Elementary, Addison Smith, Jamestown Elementary; Ciara Dooley, Drew Elementary; Genevieve Gruver, Arlington Science Focus.

Intermediate Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Daniel Torg, McKinley Elementary.

Award of Excellence: William Savage, Tuckahoe Elementary.

Award of Merit: Benjamin Wilson, Jamestown Elementary; Maya Solis, Claremont Elementary; Julia Torti, Arlington Traditional School; Quinn Bartow Bryer, Barrett Elementary; Mackenzie Kaczmarek, Nottingham Elementary; Abigail Blake, Long Branch Elementary; Anna Sophia Rupert, Taylor Elementary; Meredith Lane, Taylor Elementary

Middle School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Sona Lina Kallel, Kenmore Middle.

Award of Excellence: Thomas Bolles, Gunston Middle. Award of Merit: Karuna Sinha, Swanson Middle.

High School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Stephanie Schofield, Yorktown High.

Award of Excellence: Ramiro Pena, Wakefield High.

LITERATURE Primary Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Isabella Defilippi, Long Branch Elementary. Award of Excellence: Carrie Torg, McKinley Elementary. Award of Merit: Matthew Voight, Taylor Elementary; Matthew Reid Moneymaker, Arlington Traditional School; Ava Belcastro, Barrett Elementary; Angel McPhee, Randolph Elementary; Honour Avamei Brock, Nottingham Elementary; Benji Sklarew, Key Elementary; Natalie Vipond, Jamestown Elementary; Julia Markomtz, Arlington Science Focus; Gabrielle Harber, Hoffman Boston Elementary.

Intermediate Division (Grades 3 through 5): Outstanding Interpretation: Annemarie Clark, Nottingham Elementary. Award of Excellence: Melissa Tarq-Rodriguez, Arlington Traditional.

Award of Merit: Ben Nelson, Drew Elementary; Ethan Drake, Claremont Elementary; Meili Haan, Patrick Henry Elementary; Anuj Khemaka, Ashlawn Elementary; Tenley Alexandra Kennett, Barrett Elementary; Alexandra Burns, Randolph Elementary; Anne McElhaney, Tuckahoe Elementary; Adelina Hartley, Key Elementary; Maya Jones, Long Branch Elementary; Alexander Leon, Jamestown Elementary; Anna Cristina Fatemi, McKinley Elementary; Ava Merrill, Arlington Science Focus School; Aidan Cullinan, Taylor Elementary.

Middle School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Sarah Murphy, Williamsburg Middle.

Award of Excellence: Sophia Wu, Gunston Middle; Carson Brooke, Kenmore Middle. Award of Merit: Sofie Dalton, Swanson Middle School

High School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Thomas Odlum, Washington-Lee High.

Award of Excellence: Deanna Subhi, Wakefield High. Award of Merit: Grace Stroup, Yorktown High.

VISUAL ARTS Primary Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Benjamin Kerr, Barrett Elementary; Christian Ruiz Santos, Barrett Elementary.

Award of Excellence: Rori Ibrahim, Drew Elementary; Katie Kwak, McKinley Elementary; Evelio Garay-Herrera, Barrett Elementary. Award of Merit: Andrew Yoo, Claremont Elementary; Nominjin Nancy Shinekhuu, Arlington Traditional School; Alec Wanat, Arlington Science Focus; Madeline Patterson, Oakridge School; Vaugh Lloyd Walkosal, Hoffman Boston Elementary; Esme Carter, Oakridge Elementary; Kailen Ronald Hackmann, Patrick Henry Elementary School; Nora Lyon, Ashlawn Elementary; Elena Rochard, Randolph Elementary; Aida Heitshusen Young, Nottingham Elementary; Emily Snelbecker, Tuckahoe Elementary; Keyven Olson, Key Elementary; Phoebe Trejo, Long Branch Elementary; Maya Batenhorst, Jamestown Elementary; Caroline Schwebach, Taylor Elementary; Jeremy Canles, Hoffman-Boston Elementary.

Intermediate Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Amelia Alcorn Rodrigue, Patrick Henry Elementary. Award of Excellence: Theresa Provasnik, Nottingham Elementary. Award of Merit: Margaret Yacobucci, McKinley; Corinne West, Claremont Elementary; Aidan Alexander Morrison, Oakridge Elementary; Kaya DeMarco, Oakridge Elementary; Morgan Leathwood, Ashlawn Elementary; Thi Ley, Arlington Traditional School; Finlay Austin Edward Kerr, Barrett Elementary; Alexandra Burns, Randolph Elementary; Anais Lowenthal, Tuckahoe Elementary; Marina Cura, Key Elementary; Melina Axelrod, Long Branch Elementary; Julia Logan, Jamestown Elementary; Sophia Bandini, Drew Elementary; Katie

King, Arlington Science Focus; Elizabeth West, Hoffman Boston; Teddy Rockey, Taylor Elementary; Bobby Langham, Taylor Elementary.

Middle School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Alexandra Provasnik, Williamsburg Middle. Award of Excellence: Alfredo, Echevenia, Gunston Middle. Award of Merit: Gemma Roberts, Kenmore Middle; Emily Mucchetti, Swanson Middle.

High School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Gillian Doby, Yorktown High.

Award of Excellence: Agiimaa Erdenebaatar, Washington-Lee High. Award of Merit: Maya Mohamed, Wakefield High.

MUSIC Primary Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Alex Foehrkolb, McKinley Elementary. Award of Excellence: James Jacobs, Arlington Traditional. Award of Merit: Colin Phoel, Nottingham Elementary; Genevieve Gruver, Arlington Science Focus.

Intermediate Division (Grades 3 through 5): Outstanding Interpretation: Mia Rose Shenkman, Tuckahoe Elementary. Award of Excellence: Sam Watchman, Nottingham Elementary. Award of Merit: Christopher Brian Tate, Arlington Traditional; Ananya Sinha McKinley Elementary; Clara Crawford, Claremont Elementary; Ariel Dooley, Barrett Elementary; Georgia Thomas, Long Branch Elementary; Lindsay Glaccum, Jamestown Elementary; Olivia Bandini, Drew Elementary; Erin Wills, Arlington Science Focus School; Janey Volkwein, Taylor Elementary; Beth Van Giesen, Taylor Elementary Middle School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: George Stutzman, Swanson Middle.

Award of Excellence: Seth Allen Black, Jefferson Middle. Award of Merit: Lena Lee Smith, Kenmore Middle; Samantha Whichard, Gunston Middle.

High School Division: Outstanding Interpretation: Justin Gonzalez, Yorktown High.

Award of Excellence: Jerel Matthias Johnson, Wakefield High.

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DANCE LESSONS OFFERED: Walter

Reed Senior Center hosts a dance lesson focusing on the foxtrot and rumba on Monday, Feb. 2 at 6:45 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

ROUNTABLERS TO LOOK AT CURRENT EVENT: A current-events roundtable will

take place on Monday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

ORCHESTRA HOSTS OPEN REHEARSAL:

An open rehearsal of the Tom Cunningham Orchestra is slated for Monday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

FOLK-MUSIC SING-ALONG SET: A folk-

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COUNTRY MUSICIANS TO TAKE THE STAGE: The Just Playin’ Country Musi-

cians will perform on Monday, Feb. 2 at 10:15 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

BELLY-DANCING CLASSES OFFERED:

Belly-dancing classes will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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Mill Senior Center hosts an interactive game night on Wednesday, Feb. 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-7639.

BILINGUAL DISCUSSION LOOKS AT SCAMS: A discussion, in English and

Spanish, on protecting against scams will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

BAND PERFORMS TUNES FROM 1950s, ’60s: The Rockin’ Chairs, the new in-

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Higher Tax Bills Could Impact Upcoming Races SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Owners of single-family homes are likely to bear the brunt of real-estate tax increases in 2015, which could have a ripple effect across the local political scene.

The average assessed value of detached single-family homes rose 5.7 percent from $747,700 in 2014 to $790,300 in 2015, according to figures provided to the Sun Gazette by county finance officials.

That jump is above the overall increase of 4.9 percent for all residential property, which rose from $552,700 to $579,800 – a figure that includes single-family homes, attached homes (such as townhouses and rowhouses) and condominiums.

Because commercial assessments were largely flat, it appears unlikely that County Board members could, or would, be able to lower the existing tax rate of 99.6 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The rate could, in fact, begin rising to pay for the cost of county government and the school system.

Board members have directed County Manager Barbara Donnellan to propose a draft budget that does not include a taxrate increase, but could opt to increase the rate themselves prior to adopting the fiscal 2016 budget in April. (Donnellan is set to unveil her budget proposal on Feb. 21, with public hearings on the budget and tax rates set for March 24 and 26.)

If the tax rate remains untouched, the owner of a typical single-family home would see his or her tax rate rise $425, from $7,447 to $7,872. Every additional penny on the rate would amount to an additional $80 in taxes.

An increase could be problematic for the county’s Democratic establishment,

which found local voters in a foul mood all throughout 2014 and will face the electorate this year during a low-turnout, off-year election that could benefit challengers, if any materialize. The party will be defending two County Board seats, one School Board seat, seven legislative seats and five constitutional offices in November.

The average assessment on single-family homes is supposed to equate to the market value of properties as of Jan. 1 each year, but the figures usually lag a strong real estate market.

The assessed value and the average price of home sales is not an apples-toapples comparison; for a variety of factors, assessmentaverages generally trail sales prices. One reason: the sale of new homes, which due to the high price of land across Arlington tend to be in the million-dollarand-higher range and can inflate average sales prices.

The average sales price of all single-family homes sold across Arlington in December was $880,991, according to figures reported by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

That’s essentially flat from a year ago.

The average sales price of a single-family home with four or more bedrooms was $1,025,796 in December, up 1.8 percent from a year before. The average price for a home with three bedrooms was $659,507 (down 0.7 percent), while it was $517,232 (down 16.9 percent) for a home with one or two bedrooms.

Homes sales across Arlington were down in 2014 compared to a year before, but average prices rose – a fact that was captured in the assessments. According to county officials, assessed valuations rose on 87 percent of residential properties, were unchanged on 6 percent and declined on 7 percent.

Stamos said she was happy to be back.

Democratic Candidates Could Start Announcing Next Week:From the stand-

point of political fireworks, the January meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee proved a bit of a dud.

February, however, could be different.

The Democratic rank-and-file will gather Feb. 4 at a meeting that is likely to include announcements of candidacy by several prospective County Board members and, potentially, other candidates.

The seats of County Board Chairman Mary Hynes and Vice Chairman Walter Tejada will be on the ballot in November; Tejada is expected to seek re-election, while Hynes continues to mull her options.

Hynes and Tejada could announce their plans at the meeting, but even if they don’t, several other prospective Democratic candidates are considering runs and could make their intentions known then.

Also open in November is the seat of School Board member Abby Raphael, who is not seeking a third term, as well as the five constitutional offices and seven General Assembly seats.

All members of the legislative delegation are expected to seek re-election, although they may wait until after the General Assembly session is over at the end of Febru-

ary before formalizing their bids. Four of the five constitutional officers already have formally announced quests for new terms, and the fifth – Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson – has informally announced plans to run.

The Feb. 4 Democratic meeting will be held at Walter Reed Community Center.

Legislators Have Varying War Chests: They are not expected to face serious competition in November, but the seven members of the Arlington delegation to the General Assembly have varying degrees of money tucked away for their upcoming campaigns.

“Varying,” indeed: The legislator representing parts of Arlington with the largest amount of cash on hand had more than 36 times the moolah than the one with the lowest at the end of 2014, according to figures reported by the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project.

As of Dec. 31, state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) had $139,476 in her campaign coffers, with state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) at $129,770 and state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) at $41,923.

The three legislators have had four years to raise the cash; all three are expected to seek re-election to new terms in November.

On the House of Delegates’ side, where campaigns take place every two years, the cash-on-hand was generally lower. Del. Rob Krupicka (D-45th) reported a nest egg of $59,729, with Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) reporting $22,988, Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) $14,046 and Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) $3,818.

All are expected to seek re-election.

The highest total cash on hand? On the Senate side, it was House Majority Leader Thomas Norment (R-Williamsburg), at $889,871. On the House side, it was Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk) at $431,359.

Figures are based on reports filed with the State Board of Elections.

dead – killed by Democratic board members Jay Fisette and Mary Hynes – there appeared to be no reason there couldn’t be a rapprochement.

Garvey attended the January Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting, and while some in the party steered clear, she received a level of applause on par with other Democratic elected officials when she was introduced by party chairman Kip Malinosky.

(Malinosky said Jan. 22 that while Garvey is back on the Web page, she is not back as a voting member of the committee.)

Garvey won election to the County Board in a 2012 special election, and later that year won a full four-year term. She has not indicated plans for 2016, but should she run, Garvey would be likely to face a challenge within the Democratic ranks.

With the return of Stamos and Garvey into their party’s good graces, Democrats are back to claiming 21 of 22 Arlington elected officials as their own – four County Board members, five School Board members, five constitutional officers and seven General Assembly members. The lone exception is Vihstadt.

Between the inauguration of Democratic statewide officeholders Terry McAuliffe, Ralph Northam and Mark Herring in January 2014 and the swearing in of Vihstadt in April, Democrats held each of the 30 elected positions representing Arlington residents – from president to Congress to the governorship to local offices.

If that had ever happened before – nobody seems to know for sure – it would have been at least 80 years since it last occurred.

REAL ESTATE TAX RATES

Rate listed is the cost per $100 assessed valuation of residential real estate as adopted by the County Board. Since 2008, it also includes the sanitary-district tax surcharge.

Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rate $1.532 $1.532 $1.532 $1.532 $1.512 $1.512 $1.512 $1.490 $1.450 $1.290 $1.120 $0.960 $0.980 $0.990 $0.970

Year 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Rate $0.950 $0.940 $0.920 $0.890 $0.780 $0.765 $0.765 $0.820 $0.860 $0.897 $0.940 $0.960 $0.986 $0.998 $0.998

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Rate $1.023 $1.023 $0.993 $0.978 $0.958 $0.878 $0.818 $0.818 $0.848 $0.875 $0.958 $0.958 $0.971 $1.006 $0.996

SOURCE: County government

Democrats All Back Together? Signs Suggest . . . Maybe SCOTT McCAFFREY

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The Arlington County Democratic Committee is showing further signs that, while feelings might still be a little raw, the gang’s all back together.

Photos and contact information for both Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos and County Board member Libby Garvey have been reinstated on the “Our Elected Officials” section of the committee’s Web site, www.arlingtondemocrats.org.

The two were banished last year for their support of independent John Vihstadt over Democrat Alan Howse in both an April special election and the November general election. Vihstadt trounced Howze each time.

It was long expected that Stamos would

return to the fold in early 2015, since she will be running for re-election this year.

Democrats probably need her more than she needs them, as Stamos likely could have won as an independent.

At the Democratic Committee’s January meeting, Stamos was back to formally kick off her re-election bid.

The return of Garvey, at least at this moment, might be more surprising. The board member has more publicly feuded with the Democratic leadership and her Democratic County Board colleagues, and was on track to being expelled from the Democratic Committee last spring. She opted to resign from the committee instead.

Garvey’s main bone of contention with other county Democrats has been over the Columbia Pike streetcar project, which she vehemently opposed. With that project now

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A stunning, yet also charming, 6,000square-foot abode set on a lot of more than 11,000 square feet in sought-after Country Club Hills, the home was designed by the stellar creative team of Tradition Homes. Featuring an open floorplan that pays tribute to the Urban Prairie style of architecture, it is visually appealing while also being suitable for both daily living and entertaining in style.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $2,199,000 by Tradition Realty.

Spacious formal rooms compete for attention with creative touches throughout all three levels of the home. Natural sunlight streams in, and attention was paid to ensuring that the home is ready to accommodate the needs of 21st-century living.

The covered front porch bids us welcome and serves as an introduction to the property. From there, we are ushered into the first level, where the foyer provides vistas through the depth of the home.

Two thirds of Americans say they like their neighbors, even though only 53 percent actually know their neighbors’ names, according to a recent survey by the Trulia online real estate site.

Residents living in suburban areas are more inclined to like their neighbors and know their names than people who live in more urban areas; homeowners, too, are much more likely than renters to like their neighbors (74 percent vs. 58 percent) and know their names (61 percent vs. 39 percent).

Looking across regions, Midwesterners are the most likely to know their neighbors’ names: 60 percent do, compared with 51 percent in the Northeast and the South, and 49 percent in the West.

Some neighbors, even the friendly ones, can be judgmental, passive-aggressive, or nosy. One fifth of Americans say they judge their neighbors on the appearance or condition of their home and property, with suburbanites a bit more likely to judge their neighbors than urban dwellers.

31 percent would actively ignore a neighbor if they were in a disagreement with them, and 30 percent would complain to their landlord, homeowners’ association, the police or a local authority, the survey found.

“Two thirds of Americans generally like their neighbors, but that doesn’t mean unconditional love. There are strings attached,” said Jed Kolko, Trulia’s chief economist. “That nice family next door might be judging you – or going behind your back.”

Curiosity strikes more than a quarter of residents: when a neighbor’s home goes up for sale, 27 percent of adults say they check out the home on an online real estate site, and 11 percent attend the open house.

Even though most Americans say they like their neighbors, even more are picky about them, with 75 percent preferring that their neighbors have particular characteristics.

Speaking the same language fell second on the list of important neighbor traits among Americans (33 percent), above having the same race/ethnicity (10 percent), age (nine percent), family structure (16 percent), and political views (four percent).

But the most important neighbor attribute was home ownership: 35 percent of respondents said it was important that their neighbors are homeowners, and this percentage increased among Americans who are homeowners themselves (51 percent).

For further information and data, see the Web site at http://info.trulia. com.

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State Legislators Enjoy Free Trips, Events, Meals SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Trips overseas, tickets to gala dinners and admission to amusement parks again could be found annual GENERAL among disclosure forms ASSEMBLY of Arlington’s legislative delegation.

State senators and members of the House of Delegates representing Arlington accepted travel, personal gifts and entertainment valued at more than $20,000 for the period between December 2013 and October 2014, according to an analysis by the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP).

It was a year that saw legislators statewide take a fewer number of gifts and travel, although 78 percent of Republicans and 96 percent of Democrats in the legislature reported at least one freebie for the period.

Among Arlington elected officials, state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) reported the highest value of gifts, at $5,727, including a trip to Reims, France, costing $1,512 and bankrolled by the Arlington Sister City Association.

Like many members of the legislature, Favola’s list of gifts includes a host of free tickets to dinners and other events sponsored by organizations ranging from the Wolf Trap Foundation to the Performing Arts and Northern Virginia Family Services to the Arlington Free Clinic and Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Complimentary admission to entertainment venues like Signature Theatre (whose financial straits required a taxpayer bailout during 2014) also can be found on the Statement of Economic Interests, which are required to be filed annually by members of the legislature.

There also was a smattering of tickets to inauguration ceremonies of Gov. McAuliffe, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring that local legislators reported having comped.

Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) accepted $4,658 in free items, including $1,625 worth of VIP tickets to Busch Gardens Williamsburg from the theme park’s parent, Sea World Parks & Entertainment.

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Hope told the Sun Gazette he took his family both for the entertainment value and to see the conservation efforts under way at the park.

Among other members of the delegation, state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) reported $4,041 in travel, entertainment and gifts, including transportation to, and lodging at, meetings of the Southern Leadership Conference, National Council of State Legislators and Southern Regional Education Board.

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) reported $2,761 in travel and gifts, including free transportation and lodging for a meeting of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators; state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D30th) reported $1,834 in freebies; and Del. Rob Krupicka (D-45th) reported $1,106.

Full details are found on the Web site at www.vpap.org.

Hope Introduces Bill on County Auditor: Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) on Jan. 22 introduced legislation that would allow County Board members to appoint an auditor for the Arlington government that would report to them, not the county manager.

Hope said earlier in January that he was mulling introduction of such legislation, which has the support of County Board members John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey.

Under Virginia’s county-manager form of government, the elected County Board employees only three people – the county manager, county attorney and clerk to the board. All other government workers report up the chain of command to County Manager Barbara Donnellan.

The measure would not require County Board members to employ an auditor, only give them the option to do so. Currently, the county government is in the process of hiring an auditor, who would report to a deputy director of the Department of Management and Finance.

County Board Chairman Mary Hynes reacted tepidly to the proposal, saying she thought it might be a solution in search of a problem.

Lopez Measure on Retaliatory Evictions Moves Forward: A subcommittee of the House Committee for Courts of Justice has unanimously approved legislation patroned by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) to tighten regulations on landlords related to retaliatory evictions of tenants.

The 9-0 vote on Jan. 21 sent the measure to the full committee.

“After working on this issue for the past two years, I am thrilled to see it receive unanimous support,” Lopez said in a statement. “No Virginian should have to live in fear of losing their home if they report a code violation for substandard housing.”

Lopez brought the bill to the Virginia Housing Commission over the summer, where a working group of interested stakeholders debated the issue and found common ground. The compromise legislation was then endorsed by the full commission in December.

This legislation would give greater discretion to the courts to determine if a landlord has retaliated against a tenant, by taking actions such as raising the rent or terminating the tenancy after the tenant does any of the following: makes a com-

plaint regarding a code violation; files suit against the landlord; joins a tenants’ organization; or testifies against the landlord.

“These tenant actions are protected under current law, but it is very difficult for tenants to benefit from these protections because the wording of the current law contains a loophole – the express requirement that the retaliation be the ‘primary’ reason for the landlord’s action,” Lopez’s office said in a statement.

Krupicka Wants Higher Cigarette Taxes: File this in the “probably not going far in 2015” category: Del. Rob Krupicka (D-45th) has introduced legislation calling for a massive increase in Virginia’s cigarette taxes.

Under Krupicka’s proposal, the state tax would rise from the current 30 cents to $2 per pack, and the excise tax on “rollyour-own” tobacco would increase from 10 percent of the manufacturer’s sales price to 60 percent.

According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Virginia in 2014 had the lowest tax rate on tobacco in the nation.

New York, which imposed a tax of $4.35 per pack, was highest.

(That differential has led a number of legislators, including state Sen. Janet Howell, D-32nd, to voice concern about cigarette smuggling from Virginia to high-tax states. Howell last year successfully patroned several pieces of legislation last year addressing the issue.)

According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the average state tax rate last year was $1.54 per pack, but the average among tobacco-producing states (of which Virginia is one) was 48.5 cents per pack.

Among neighboring jurisdictions, the District of Columbia imposes a tax of $2.50 per pack (11th highest in the nation) and Maryland taxes cigarettes at $2 per pack (12th highest).

Virginia’s relationship with tobacco stretches back 403 years, to 1612, when planters in Jamestown began cultivating the crop for export to Europe.

Hope Aims to Tie Gun Permits to Child Support: Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) is seeking to ensure prompt payment of child support by taking a unique tack – threatening to revoke gun privileges for those who fall behind.

Under the measure, an individual’s concealed-handgun permit could be revoked if the individual is delinquent in the payment of child support by more than 90 days or more than $5,000.

The bill, if enacted, also would allow for revocation of the permit if an individual has failed to comply with a subpoena, summons or warrant relating to paternity or child-support proceedings.

In each case, if the matter is addressed by the individual, he or she could reapply for a concealed-weapons permit, but would not automatically get it back.

Hope said his proposal is not going unchallenged.

“There will be the usual pushback on this bill,” he told the Sun Gazette. “Gunrights advocates have already challenged me on revoking their constitutional right to carry a gun.”

“My response is no constitutional right is absolute, and deadbeat parents ought not be protected,” he said. “Are we really

going to protect parents from meeting their financial obligations to their children? My view is if you cannot take responsibility for your children, then you cannot take responsibility to carry a gun.”

The measure was directed to the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety, on which Hope sits.

Ebbin Seeks Return to Paper Checks for Tax Refunds: State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) has introduced legislation that would require the state government to return to issuing paper checks as tax refunds for those who do not wish the funds to be electronically transferred into their bank accounts.

For the past several years, the state government has not offered checks to those getting refunds. If they did not wish an electronic transfer of the funds, they would receive a prepaid ATM card with the amount of the refund installed on it.

Ebbin’s legislation, which has been sent to the Senate Committee on Finance, would require the Virginia Tax Commissioner and State Comptroller to return to issuing paper checks to those who want them.

“If the individual makes no election on his income tax return as to the method of payment of his refund, the refund would be paid by check mailed to the address provided on his return,” the bill notes.

The measure also would prohibit the use of prepaid debit cards as a means for the payment of individual income-tax refunds.

Favola Bill Aims to Give Counties Parity on Power to Regulate Speed Limits Around Schools: State. Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) has introduced legislation giving Virginia counties the same powers as cities and towns to regulate speed limits in school zones.

The measure was sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation.

Statewide, the maximum speed limit in designated school zones is 25 mph, but cities and towns have the power to increase or decrease that limit based on local conditions and after an engineering investigation. Counties, however, do not have the same authority.

Favola’s district spans across three different counties: Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun.

Talmadge Williams Wins Legislative Honor: The state Senate has passed, and the House of Delegates is expected to pass, a memorial resolution honoring the life of Arlington civic leader Talmadge Williams, who died in September.

A measure patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) lauds Williams for his service in the military, in education and as an active member of the Arlington community.

Williams was the driving force behind the effort to create a Black Heritage Museum in Arlington, and also founded initiatives that include Computers4Students and Parent Allies for Student Success. He also served as president of the Arlington branch of the NAACP. Williams “encouraged the Arlington community to invest in the future, supported fair and accountable government, and sought to create new opportunities for all Arlington residents,” notes the resolution, which passed Jan. 15 without opposition.

PASSENGER COUNT UP AT NATIONAL, DOWN AT DULLES IN NOVEMBER: Pas-

senger traffic at Northern Virginia’s two main airports was up a collective 2.1 percent in November compared to a year before, but the growth was concentrated at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Reagan National saw 1.69 million passengers come and go during the month, up 5.9 percent from the 1.6 million in November 2013, according to figures reported by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

For the first 11 months of 2014, the airport’s passenger total of 19.1 million was up 1.4 percent, putting it on track to surpass its all-time yearly record, set in 2013.

It was a different story at Washington Dulles International Airport, where November’s passenger total of 1.62 million was down 1.6 percent from a year before. The 19.8 million passengers traveling through the airport during the first 11 months of the year was down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2013.

In November, Dulles saw declines both in the domestic and international sectors, down 1.7 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively.

At Reagan National, the combined American Airlines/US Airways remains the dominant carrier, but its market share in November dipped to just under 50 percent, compared to nearly 60 percent a year before.

Federal regulators required the two airlines to give up some take-off and landing slots at the airport as a condition of approving the merger. As a result, Southwest, Delta and JetBlue have seen significant increases in passengers counts at National.

At Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which is owned and operated by the Maryland state government, November’s passenger total of 1.76 million was up 1.1 percent from a year before.

ARLINGTON AGAIN MAKES ‘INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY’ FINALS: Will the

BUSINESS GROUPS CALL FOR COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION EFFORT:

A coalition of Northern Virginia business organizations has signed a compact calling for a regional effort to solve transportation inertia, with “focused and leveraged” funding of large-scale projects.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce, however, opted not to sign on.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Coalition, a group of 20 business organizations, called on the state and regional transportation agencies to invest in projects that will move the greatest number of people, reduce congestion, increase reliability, promote economic development and enhance regional security.

The signatories expressed dissatisfaction with the current mechanism for funding projects in Northern Virginia, which partially relies on returning to localities a share of funding proportional to their contributions through taxation.

Such a method “impedes the region’s ability to address its most important regional transportation needs,” the group’s resolution notes.

Among the projects requiring priority attention, the group said: Interstate 66, Route 28, the proposed Bi-County Parkway, Fairfax County Parkway, a new Potomac River crossing, an upgraded American Legion Bridge, an upgrade to eight-car Metro service and a regional express-bus service.

“Political leaders and our local governments must rise to the challenge and join together to think and act as a region in order to ultimately improve and grow our economy,” said James Corcoran, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, one of the signatories to the policy statement.

Chambers of Commerce in Fairfax, Springfield, Tysons, Dulles, Reston, Loudoun County and Prince William County signed the resolution, as did the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Among other organizations agreeing to the principles laid out: Northern Virginia Technology Council, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, Washington Airports Task Force, Associated Builders and Contractors, Committee for Dulles, Apartment and Office Building Association, NAIOP Northern Virginia and the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association.

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Arlington County government be able to trade in its collection of aquamarine and teal bridesmaids’ dresses for something befitting a bride?

That’s the hope – it springs eternal – as the county for the third time has made it to the finals of the international “Intelligent Community” list.

Arlington is one of three American localities to have made the final seven in the competition, which is based on how well a community plans for its technological future, and then implements those plans.

“Each is ‘revolutionary’ in its own way, and each has planned its future in a way that is consistent with its cultural identity, while using universally available digital tools and broadband technology,” said Lou Zacharilla, co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum, which sponsors the awards.

The finalists were announced Jan. 22, having been culled from a group of 21. The 2015 awards will be presented at a conference in Toronto in June.

Also in the running are Columbus, Ohio, and Mitchell, S.D. They are joined

by Ipswich, Queensland, Australia; New

Taipei City, Taiwan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

(Full information on all finalists is found at www.intelligentcommunity.org.)

In making the finals, Arlington was lauded by the Intelligent Community Forum for its collaborative community-decision-making process, and for using “smart planning to leverage the benefits of its location.”

Arlington, Columbus and New Taipei City all were finalists in 2014, but lost the crown to Toronto. Arlington was first named a Top 7 community in 2010, but lost out to Suwon, South Korea, for the international title.

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Quarterly State Home Sales Up Everywhere by N.Va. Year-over-year homes sales across Virginia in the fourth quarter of 2014 were up 2.3 percent from a year before, according to new figures, suggesting to analysts that a healthy market may continue through the winter months and into the spring.

A total of 22,968 residential properties went to closing in October, November and December, up from 22,458 during the same period in 2013, according to figures reported by the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

The increase marks the fourth consecutive year-over-year increase in the fourth quarter.

The figures, including an especially robust December market, represent “a good indicator that sales may be relatively high through the remaining winter months,” said the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides analysis of the VAR data.

The improved quarterly sales “may be

evidence that decreasing unemployment and low mortgage-interest rates may be influencing market activity,” the analysts said.

Year-over-year sales posted an increase in six of seven Virginia geographic areas, but a dissenting voice came in the massive Northern Virginia market, where fourth-quarter sales were down 2 percent to 9,545.

(VAR’s definition of “Northern Virginia” includes a much larger swath of territory than just the inner and outer suburbs of Washington. It encompasses the counties of Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Loudoun, Manassas, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Westmoreland and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester.)

In other corridors of the commonwealth, year-over-year sales increased 22.6 percent to 418 in Southside; 16.7 percent to 1,369 in the Central Valley; 14.5 percent to 355 in Southwest Virginia; 6.2 percent to 3,868 in Central Virginia; 2.6 percent to 5,382 in Hampton Roads; and 0.6 percent to 1,815 in Roanoke/Lynchburg/Blacksburg.

The median price of all homes that sold statewide during the three-month period was $255,000, up 2.5 percent from $235,000 a year before.

Median prices tend to decline from autumn through winter each before picking up the following spring, “but if interest rates remain low and unemployment continues to decrease, prises may remain fairly steady – we may even experience an increase in median price in the first quarter,” the Virginia Tech analysts said.

Northern Virginia, as usual, posted the largest median price, $370,000, which

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“Hoarding conditions can have deadly consequences for the occupants and first responders,” officials said, urging residents to “seek assistance if you encounter potential hoarding conditions.”

was up 2.2 percent from a year before.

Other increases were found in Roanoke/ Lynchburg/Blacksburg (up 5.6 percent to $159,400); Central Valley (up 4.5 percent to $203,707); Hampton Roads (up 4 percent to $206,925); and Southwest Virginia (up 0.9 percent to $111,000). Declines were reported in Southside Virginia (down 2.5 percent to $82,800) and the Central Valley (down 4.2 percent to $207,900).

Sales volume for the quarter stood at $7.27 billion, up nearly 5 percent from a year before, and homes that sold during the quarter spent an average of 81 days between listing and ratified sales contract, essentially unchanged from a year before.

Figures represent most, but not all, homes that sold during the period. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

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MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Jan. 12 at 11:21 p.m., an individual smashed a glass across the face of another person at a bar in the 800 block of North Quincy Street. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

The suspect fled the scene, but was identified through surveillance video, police said. A warrant for malicious wounding was issued for Todd Lewis, a 37-year-old Arlington resident. n Arlington police report that on Jan. 3 at 5 p.m., an individual struck his girlfriend in the head with a cup, causing a laceration to her forehead, during an altercation in the 1400 block of North Taft Street.

After the victim’s release from the hospital, the suspect made threatening remarks toward her, police said.

The suspect, 24-year-old John Becci of Arlington, was arrested, charged with malicious wounding and was held without bond.

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BURGLARY: n Sometime between Jan. 11 at 3:30 p.m. and Jan. 12 at 2 a.m., a home in the 1400 block of 28th Street South was burglarized. Electronics and a gaming console were taken. n On Jan. 13 at 11:06 p.m., surveillance video captured a masked suspect enter a restaurant in the 1100 block of South Hayes Street and empty the contents of the safe.

The suspect was wearing a gray jacket, black pants, black shoes and a black mask, police said. n On Jan. 15 between 8 and 8:15 a.m., an apartment in the 1100 block of Arlington Boulevard was burglarized. Several items, including a purse, were taken. n Sometime between Jan. 15 at 9 p.m. and Jan. 17 at 6 p.m., an apartment in the 2100 block of Jefferson Davis Highway was burglarized. A laptop computer was taken. n Sometime between Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 19 at 8 p.m., a gas station in the 4700 block of Lee Highway was burglarized. The cash register was taken.

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MAN SENTENCED IN RAPE CASE: n A 31-year-old former hospital employee who pleaded guilty to rape in a case involving a patient has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, with 18 years suspended.

Roy Jones, a District of Columbia resident, pleaded guilty in the incident, which occurred at Virginia Hospital Center on Jan. 13, 2014. A woman reported to police that she had been attacked by Jones, who was employed at a CT-scan technician.

County officials said the hospital cooperated fully with the investigation.

Jones was taken into custody in April 2014, was charged with rape and was held without bond at the Arlington County Detention Facility.

Under the sentence imposed by Circuit Court Judge Louise DiMatteo, Jones will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release, and will be on supervised probation for 12 years.

SMOKE ALARMS, ESCAPE PLAN HELP RESIDENTS SURVIVE HOUSE FIRE: n Arlington fire officials are crediting working smoke alarms and a fire-escape plan with helping the occupants of a North Arlington home survive a Jan. 21 fire.

According to officials, firefighters arrived at the residence to find two adults trapped on the roof of their two-story home, and used ground ladders to rescue them.

The occupants told fire officials they were sleeping when awakened by the sound of smoke alarms. Being unable to go downstairs due to the amount of smoke, they activated their previous fire-escape plan.

“The occupants remained calm, climbed onto the roof and called 911 for help,” fire officials said.

The individuals were transported to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries. No one else was injured.

Fire officials say they were hampered in their efforts by the amount of clutter in the

HOUSE FIRE PROVES FATAL: n A 73-year-old Arlington man died due to smoke inhalation during an early-morning house fire on Jan. 22.

More than 70 firefighters responded to the 2100 block of South Randolph Street for the fire in a single-family home and the report of a man trapped inside. They were able to extinguish the fire within about 30 minutes.

The victim, identified as Dennis Leigh, was transported to Virginia Hospital Center but did not survive.

The home had fire detectors, but it was not known if they were working, fire officials said. Damage to the home was estimated at $90,000.

The fire occurred not far from a November 2014 incident in the 1100 block of South Emerson Street that took the lives of a 43-year-old woman and 8-year-old girl.

POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE IN MARCH: n Arlington officials announced Jan. 22 that Douglas Scott, who has served as the county’s police chief since 2003, would retire in March.

Scott “is always thoughtful, measured and focused on the bigger strategic picture,” County Manager Barbara Donnellan said. “He is results-oriented and focused on solutions, and I very much value his contributions to the big questions we wrestle with.”

Before coming to Arlington, Scott served as chief of the police departments both in Fairfax County and the city of Fairfax. He also has been active with the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police and International Association of Chiefs of Police.

“Retirement in 2015 feels like the right decision for me and my family,” said Scott, whose career in law enforcement has

Police Chief Douglas Scott

spanned 40 years. “I have had the pride and privilege leading the men and women of the Arlington County Police Department. It has been an absolute honor to have served in this position and to wear this badge.”

Scott’s last day is expected to be March 20. County officials plan to launch a national search for a successor.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE CHANGES PROCEDURES ON CUSTODY: n The Arlington County Sheriff’s Office has announced it will no longer hold people in custody solely on a detention request from the federal Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The policy change, announced Jan. 9, was in response to an advisory opinion issued four days earlier by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, who ruled that a detainer notice “is merely a request” that does not provide “either an obligation or legal authority” for local law enforcement to hold a prisoner who otherwise would be eligible for release.

The sheriff’s office will continue to hold an individual if federal officials present them with a judicially issued warrant authorizing such detention, Sheriff Beth Arthur said.

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In their continued effort to provide a premier experience for participating athletes, Fairfax 2015 has re-launched their donation outreach program for the 2015 World Police & Fire Games.

The new program, which will be prominently promoted on the Games website (Fairfax2015.com) and in event advertising, will feature varying levels of commitment with corresponding “gift” or “Games experience” options.

“One of our key objectives since the Games were awarded to Fairfax County was to provide our athletes with a truly memorable Games experience,” said Fairfax 2015 president and CEO Bill Knight.

“We want to provide these everyday hero athletes with the best possible experience while visiting our region and we need the public’s help to make this happen.”

Donation dollars will go directly to enhancing the experience of visiting first responder athletes by helping to fund transportation needs, venue enhancements, athlete’s village programming and other athlete experience efforts.

To donate or to learn more about the 2015 World Police & Fire Games visit Fairfax2015.com. Fairfax 2015 is a 501c(3) non-profit and all donations are tax deductible less gift costs.

Fairfax Athletics to Serve as Sports Coordinators for World Police & Fire Games Volleyball, Dodgeball and Flag Football Competitions When you already service more than 18,000 athletes across 1,100 competitive sports teams, it would seem only natural that your organization should be selected to aid in producing one of the largest multi-sport athletic events ever slated to take place in the Washington metropolitan area.

That was precisely the thinking of organizers from the 2015 World Police & Fire Games when they selected Fairfax Athletics (FXA), Northern Virginia’s largest adult sports league management organization to serve as sport coordinators for the indoor & beach volleyball, dodgeball and flag football competitions taking place as part of this summer’s Games.

“A company like FXA is the ideal partner to serve as the management team for three of the competitions that will take place next summer here in Northern Virginia,” said Fairfax 2015 COO D.J. Mackovets, “They clearly understand each sport. They already have strong connections with local venues and officials and they embrace what’s truly important to the athletes. What’s more, several of their existing teams across multiple sports already come from the ranks of police and fire, so that familiarity will help a great deal.”

in the Washington metropolitan area,” he said. “We’re hoping that once these teams get to experience flag football, volleyball and dodgeball – the FXA way – they might sign on as regular competitors. Regardless, it’s a great way for us to become involved in this spectacular event while also giving back to our first responders who do so much for us all year ‘round.”

According to Purcell, registration in all four sports has been brisk but, as he says, “we still have room for more teams.”

Flag Football will take place from June 26 through 29 at Oakton High school and Dodgeball will be contested from July 1 through 3 at Lerner Town Square at Tysons II Galleria while Indoor Volleyball takes place from July 1 through 4 at George Mason University. Teams in all three sports must register both as individuals and as a team. For registration and information, please visit fairfax2015. com/registration. For more information on FXA and their line-up of sports activities, please visit PlayFXA.com.

The World Police & Fire Games is one of the largest multi-sport events in the world, surpassed only by the Summer Olympic Games. This year’s event will draw more than 12,000 athletes from the ranks of police, fire and other public safety agencies representing 70 different countries to compete in 1,600 medal events across 60 sports. The competition will take place throughout the National Capital region from June 26 through July 5.

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Regional: Great Falls Group Favors Hunting Deer BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Christine Sullivan had high hopes for landscaping when she moved to a 2-acre property in Great Falls several years ago, but hungry deer gobbled up all her plantings except for ones with thorns or prickly flowers.

“I saw deer every day and saw their droppings on the lawn all over,” she said. “I threw my hands up and said, ‘Somebody’s got to help me!’”

Sullivan turned to the non-profit group Green Fire, which supports the use of archers to pare back the deer population.

Sullivan let archers associated with Green Fire hunt on her property last September and they harvested six does, which equates to about 18 deer if one assumes the killed animals would have birthed 12 fawns in the coming year.

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“But,” Karson in the next breath cautioned, “we have a long way to go before we can truly celebrate.”

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All harvested deer were donated to Hunters for the Hungry, a food charity, according to proponents.

Deer have ravaged the region’s forest understory, harming tree growth and allowing invasive plant species – which deer tend to detest – to flourish, said retired environmental scientist Jerry Peters, Green Fire’s founder and director.

Green Fire encourages systematic archery hunting on private properties throughout Great Falls. Harvests in isolated areas do not prevent deer from finding shelter elsewhere, Peters said.

The organization favors methods implemented successfully at Fairfax County parks. County officials have conducted deer-management efforts in county parks since 1998, a year after a Great Falls librarian was killed in a vehicle-deer collision.

Fairfax County police with rifles have hunted deer in some parks. Following

unsuccessful archery hunts in 2002 and 2003, officials had better luck with a pilot archery-hunting program begun in 2009.

In fiscal year 2014, archers harvested 848 deer at 27 parks and failed to retrieve just 31 other deer that they shot, according to the county’s Web site.

Safety – for hunters and residents – is paramount. Hunters who have shown proficiency with their crossbows or compound bows anchor themselves securely in tree stands and shoot their arrows and bolts at deer on the ground, thus minimizing the chance the projectiles will travel farther and strike unintended objects.

Hunters shoot at deer no more than 30 yards away and retrieve all arrows or bolts fired, to prevent injury to others later. Using lighted nocks (i.e., the notched rear part of the arrow or bolt into which the bowstring is placed) makes the latter task easier.

Hunting advocates showed an eightminute-long, edited version of “Lords of Nature,” a program showing how Yellowstone National Park’s ecosystem benefited when wolves were reintroduced. The wolves culled the park’s overabundant elk population, which allowed aspen and willow trees to grow and helped other animal species thrive.

But the only predator for deer in Fairfax County is cars, said Bill Canis, vice president of the Great Falls Citizens Association (GFCA), which has been raising public awareness of the issue.

“We need a different kind of predator: the hunter,” Canis said.

Hunting supporters cited results from a spring 2014 GFCA community survey, in which 95 percent of the 681 respondents had seen evidence that deer had nibbled plants on their properties and 73 percent had espied deer daily.

staff acknowledged that keeping the building may not be worth the effort, because it has been significantly altered from its original state over the past century.

“The building’s impaired integrity of design, materials and workmanship suggest restoration would be the appropriate treatment for the historic building,” staff said in a report that ran more than 50 pages.

“How practical or cost-effective it would be to restore the building to its period of significance, however, is debatable.”

A 1957 remodeling of what was then known as Woodrow Wilson Elementary

School “compromised numerous character-defining features” of the original building, county staff said, with alterations ranging from the front portico to arched basement windows.

The school’s original hexagonal wood cupola and domed cap were removed sometime after the 1957 renovation.

Despite the alterations, “the remaining physical elements . . . continue to express the feeling and association of an early20th-century institutional building,” the report noted. “The massing, materials and remaining ornamentation of the original 1910 Fort Myer Heights School building are discernible.”

The HALRB vote, which was supported by the advocacy group Preservation Arlington, takes the form of a recommendation to the County Board. The county school system has long opposed granting historic status to the school, which began life in 1910 and currently is leased out to the Mongolian School of Washington, D.C. While it is the second-oldest school building remaining in the county (the 1891 Hume School now houses the Arlington Historical Society’s museum), school officials contend it does not have a similar provenance to the schools that have been

granted the designation of historic.

In addition to the Hume School, two other school buildings have been granted historic status by the county government: Maury School (built in 1910 and now home to the Arlington Arts Center) and Swanson Middle School (1939).

At the HALRB meeting, school officials argued against granting the site historic status. After the vote, school officials were studying the decision and had no immediate reaction because School Board members had not been briefed, said Linda Erdos, the school system’s assistant superintendent for school and community relations.

School officials plan to use the Wilson Boulevard site for construction of a midrise school that will house the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program and several other school programs. Final say on that project would rest with the County Board.

Karson said he hoped leaders of Arlington Public Schools would “take to heart” criticism leveled by HALRB at the system’s stewardship of the facility in moving forward.

“The ball is now in the School Board’s court,” he said. “APS is merely a steward of school property, while the true owners are the residents of Arlington.”

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fully ran for School Board in 2014, said elected officials were being shortsighted.

Renovation and restoration is “an option that has broad-based and long-standing community support,” she said.

Hynes suggested that a final decision hadn’t been reached. “There’s a lot of moving pieces, and a lot of conversations to have,” she said.

County Board members, however, said there were plenty of roadblocks standing in the way of the building’s retention.

“We’re also talking about practical realities,” said County Board member John Vihstadt, saying it would be “extremely expensive” to bring the school back to its glory days, before a 1950s-era renovation significantly altered the original design.

That same concern was voiced by county staff in putting together an extensive report for HALRB members. Staff said that while the school building could be preserved, it might not be worth the time or money required to do so.

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That group continues to work through options for redevelopment of a large parcel that includes the school, a county fire station and private land. A report is likely by early spring.

School Board members have been steadfast in their desire to demolish the school in order to accommodate new facilities. And when setting up the WRAPS task force, County Board members left historic preservation out of the list of issues for the panel to consider.

But Audrey Clement, who unsuccess-

BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Drivers headed into Vienna from Tysons Corner lately may be scratching their heads and asking, “Where did that come from?”

“That” would be a new monument sign announcing “Come Back Soon. Tysons, America’s Next Great City.” The flip side of the tall, white sign bids visitors welcome to Tysons and adds the same tagline.

The Tysons Partnership had four such signs installed Jan. 16 and 19, with a break in between because of inclement weather.

In addition to the sign at Vienna’s eastern border, the partnership installed roadway-median markers on Route 123 near Anderson Road in McLean, Route 7 near the north end of Tysons and at International Drive near Spring Hill Road, said Michael Caplin, the organization’s president.

The partnership also installed seven

landing-pavilion markers – two each for the Silver Line’s Spring Hill, Greensboro and Tysons stations and just one for the McLean Station, not on the Capital One side, he said.

Each of the Metro station signs has a map of that neighborhood map and a “You are here” star to help pedestrians find their way.

The project cost roughly $50,000 and was financed by the group’s members, Caplin said. The partnership first had to go through a permitting process, he said.

“It was a tight budget and we had to stretch it,” Caplin said. “Over time, these signs will probably evolve, along with the new buildings. There will be new technological capacity for materials and strengths.”

All the signs incorporate the partnership’s signature round logo, which honors Tysons’ heritage as a peach grove. The insignia has three overlapping triangular wedges of blue, yellow-green and red-orange.

While the logo has been ubiquitous in Tysons for more than a year, some in the community are puzzled by its message.

“What is that?” one woman wondered at the Greater Merrifield Business Association’s Jan. 22 meeting.

In the next five weeks, the partnership also will place banners with the same logo and color scheme on 127 light poles on ei-

ther side of Route 7.

“There are a few last-minute wrinkles to be ironed out,” Caplin said.

All the signs are transitional and will be replaced as they wear out. The partnership’s place-making efforts fortify Tysons’ sense of community and help visitors know exactly where they are and how to reach their destinations, he said.

“It will make the environment more enjoyable, distinctive and pleasant for everybody,” Caplin said. “The social-media buzz has been very positive. People all seem to enjoy them.”

The town of Vienna has a green “Welcome” sign located about 125 long strides down a grassy median from one of the new Tysons monoliths.

Vienna’s weathered wooden sign, situated between two low brick pillars, has peeling paint and looks somewhat dowdy compared with the tall, sprightly, colorful Tysons sign located just to the east outside the town line.

from 11.3 percent in 2013, according to new data.

Nationally, New York had the highest union-membership rate (24.6 percent) while North Carolina had the lowest (1.9 percent).

Public-sector workers had a unionmembership rate of 35.7 percent, com-

pared to 6.6 percent for private-sector workers. Virginia’s low overall rate is due in part to the ban on public-sector collective bargaining in the commonwealth.

Figures are based on a monthly sample of about 60,000 households. For information and full data, see the Web site at www. bls.gov.

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Business Briefcase the most to reduce congestion and improve travel times,” said David Birtwistle, chief executive officer of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, which also is a signatory to the resolution.

After discussion at its November board of directors meeting, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce decided against participating in the compact.

“While the Chamber recognizes the importance of regional collaboration regarding transportation, becoming a signatory would have expressed the Chamber’s support for everything listed in the document and the board as a collective was not comfortable with that,” Arlington Chamber president Kate Roche told the Sun Gazette.

said in a statement.

For state officials, a record number of attendees also helps the bottom line. State officials say park-based tourism had a direct-and-indirect economic impact of $208 million in 2014, up from $206 million in 2013.

“Tourism is a major stimulus in Virginia, and our state parks provide jobs and help spur spending in rural areas of the state,” McAuliffe said. “With lower gas prices, a growing economy and the state campaign to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War in Virginia, we could see another record-setting year in 2015.”

Virginia has 36 state parks, which are managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. For information, see the Web site at www.virginiastateparks.gov.

STATE OFFICIALS LAUD ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PARKS: Virginia’s network of

RATE OF UNIONIZATION FALLS IN COMMONWEALTH, NATION: The percentage

Theater

Dominion Stage’s Larissa Norris was nominated for Outstanding Makeup Design for the production of “Black Coffee.”

A total of 21 theater companies received nominations. Little Theatre of Alexandria picked up the largest number of nominations, at 35.

The awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 at the Birchmere in Alexandria. Tickets are $17.50 and are available through the box office or Ticketmaster.

For details and a complete list of 2015 nominees, see the Web site at www.washingtontheater.org.

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state parks saw a new attendance record set in 2014, according to officials, which translated to a record economic impact to the commonwealth.

The parks received just under 9 million visitors during the year, up 1.4 percent from the record-breaking 2013 total.

“The message is clear – Virginians look to our state parks for affordable, enjoyable family fun and recreation,” Gov. McAuliffe

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of Virginia workers who are members of trade unions declined from 2013 to 2014 and remains less than half the national rate, according to new federal figures.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 22 that 4.9 percent of Virginia’s 3.67 million workers were union members last year, down from 5 percent a year before.

Nationally, the rate of unionization declined from 11.1 percent in 2014, down

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Wedding Singer” picked up a nod for John Monnett (Outstanding Choreography).

In the running for Outstanding Play: “A Few Good Men” (Colonial Players of Annapolis), “Of Mice and Men” (Providence Players), “Other Desert Cities” (Silver Spring Stage, “Proof” (Little Theatre of Alexandria) and “Rumors” (Providence Players).

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This Time W-L Tops Yorktown

Teeing Off

Hoop Teams Tallying in 30-and-40 Somethings Something seems to be going on because a number of final scores have been significantly lower this winter compared to most recent past seasons involving many local boys high school basketball teams.

Teams Take Turns Nipping the Other

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All season, in various girls gymnastics competitions, the Washington-Lee Generals and GYMNASTICS Yo r k t o w n Patriots have taken turns finishing just ahead of the other.

Earlier last week, Yorktown placed second, just fractions ahead of W-L, during a weeknight meet. Then, Jan. 24, at an afternoon weekend meet at the annual and long-standing Barbara Reinwald Invitational at W-L, the host Generals finished ahead of their rival, winning the 12-team high school event with a 105.75 total. Yorktown was second at 101.55.

“Our kids competed pretty well, and a couple of Yorktown girls were sick and weren’t there,” Washington-Lee coach Joe D’Emidio said. “That hurt them, but we weren’t at full strength, either.”

Washington-Lee was led by sisters Sophie and Annie Hatcher. They were second and third, respectively, in the allaround with scores of 36.35 and 35.35.

Yorktown’s Juliette Mitrovich was fourth in the all-around (34.975) and Olivia Zavrel was ninth (32.3).

Yorktown, W-L and McLean are expected to be the top teams competing in

The long-standing and annual Washington-Lee High School Invitational girls gymnastics meet was held at the school on Jan. 24, with many teams competing, including Arlington’s W-L Generals, Yorktown Patriots and Wakefield Warriors.

The teams have been busy in various competitions this winter. Above: Yorktown’s Sophie Zidlicky performs her floor exercise routine during a recent meet at Marshall High School. Left: Washington-Lee’s Annie Hatcher performs on the uneven bars at the same competition. Washington-Lee and Yorktown are among the favorites to challenge to win conference and region titles in coming weeks.

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Yorktown Boys Lose 3, Wakefield Wins as Many DAVE STEINBACHER

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The Yorktown Patriots were unsuccessful as far as victories last week, losing each of their BASKETBALL three boys high school basketball games.

In contrast, the Wakefield Warriors won all three of their games to improve to 15-1.

For Yorktown, the most recent loss came at home on Jan. 23 against the Fairfax Rebels by a 61-40 score. The Patriots fell to 10-6.

Yorktown trailed 13-12 at the end of the first quarter, 24-21 at halftime, then were outscored in the third period, trailing 37-25 at quarter’s end.

action.

Senior forward James Carroll, the Patriots’ leading scorer and one of their top rebounders, was hurt in the first half and did not play in the final two periods.

“James took a head shot, and we will put him through concussion protocol,” Yorktown coach Rich Avila said. “When we lost him, we lost a lot. We just didn’t have enough to play with those guys.

They have a deep bench. Their defensive intensity was too much. We gave them too many possessions.”

Yorktown was led by Robert Sondheim with 13 points. Carroll scored eight, Edmund Pendleton seven and Daniel DeButts four.

“We did play hard the whole game, but with the injury, our substitutions were different,” Pendleton said. “We didn’t have a

whole lot of experience playing together with James on the bench.”

Earlier in the week, Yorktown lost to Edison, 55-46, and Centreville, 41-40.

Against Edison, Pendleton had 14 points; Sondheim had nine points, eight rebounds and two blocks; and Carroll had 12 points, five assists and four rebounds.

Yorktown led 21-18 at the end of the first quarter, then was outscored in the next two periods.

In the loss to Centreville, Pendleton scored 16 and had four steals. Sondheim had 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks, and Carroll had 11 points and six boards.

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High school football scores this past fall had higher combined totals than some recent basketball finals.

Final basketball scores in the 50s are pretty normal for local high school boys teams. Yet, so far this season, there have been a number of finals in the 40s and 30s, from a variety of teams.

On the night of Jan. 20, the Langley Saxons defeated the Jefferson Colonials, 34-32. During the fall, Langley’s football team scored more than 34 points in five of its 11 games.

(Maybe game balls have been deflated a bit. It’s considerably harder to accurately shoot a flat basketball.)

Even the highly regarded and fastbreaking 15-1 Wakefield Warriors have a low score among their results, winning a recent game 48-41.

So why the scoring drought?

Is this one of those seasons when players aren’t as offensively talented as past seasons? Declines in such talent cycles occur every so often. That could be a reason.

More likely is that many of the local teams involved in the low scoring are playing more deliberate half-court offenses this winter. On the other end of the floor, these teams are using tight and stingy zone defenses in an attempt to hide a lack of height and prevent opponents from fast-breaking and finding an offensive rhythm.

Maybe defenses are better than offenses right now.

Whatever, the combination of the two work to lower the scoring.

Many of the low scores are being posted by teams from the Liberty Conference, where the Langley Saxons play.

So far, there has been considerable parity among the league’s eight teams. In any given game, one is capable of defeating the other.

Langley coach Scott Newman agreed many of the Liberty teams are using more deliberate styles to best help them win.

Such for lower-than-usual scoring.

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High School Roundup La’Shea Thomas scored 13 against Jefferson, Olivia Ceccato-Bayne added nine and Summer Matlack eight. Matlack scored 19 and Lyric Hatcher 12 against Falls Church.

SWIM & DIVE ROUNDUP: The Yorktown

Patriots swept the Edison Eagles on Jan. 23.

Both the Yorktown boys and girls won 11 of 12 events. Yorktown’s double winners were Suzanne Dolan and Mike Poppalardo. Individual winners were Lauren Allard, Jacob Kreider (dive), Jacob Larson, Katherine Lundy, Juliette Mitrovich (dive), Nick Pasternak, Elizabeth Romano, Zach Rosenthal and Alexander Zidlicky. n The Washington-Lee Generals girls and boys swim and dive teams scored a double win against the Wakefield Warriors Jan. 23. Both W-L teams completed their dual meet season with 6-1 records.

The W-L girls outscored Wakefield 228-74 and won all 12 events and finished second in 11 events. Katie Moore and Evie Gieseman were double winners for the Generals. Individual winners were Kerry Meade, Ellie Ridgeway, Bryn Edwards, Pia Kramer and Katherine Emanuel.

The Washington-Lee boys won 199-96. Nick Reeves was a double winner for W-L. Bryan Meade, Noah Swisher, Noah Kennedy and Jaya Kambhampaty all won individual events.

Washington-Lee hosts the Liberty Conference 6 meet this coming weekend.

ARLINGTON

WRESTLING

ROUNDUP:

The Washington-Lee Generals finished third with 129.5 points and had two champions at the National District Individual Tournament.

The winners were Matt Ellis at 170 pounds and Ethan Guenther at 220. Finishing second were Garrison Sakes at 106 and T.R. Sheehy at 152. Third were Jose Aroujo at 145, Will Grossman at 160 and Nikolay Valov at 182.

Yorktown was fifth with 70.5 points.

Talha Farooq (113) and Jason Kappel (182) were second. Third were Kyle Callan (120), Lucas Degraw (152) and Michael Gilbertson (170).

For Wakefield, DeAngelo Jones won at 145. Dennis Jimenez (138) and Yasser Azizi (195) were second.

YORKTOWN ICE HOCKEY CLUB TEAM WINS: The Yorktown ice hockey club

team (4-3) took on division leader Flint Hill (4-1-1) and prevailed 7-1.

Yorktown had 38 shots on goal. Jonathan Malks led Yorktown with three points, scoring twice and assisting once.

Jacob Dormuth added two tallies, assisted by Christian Pages and Alex Hayes.

Pages, Hayes and Joseph Freund added single tallies, assisted by Jonah Hoff-Davis and Freund.

Stephen Lovelace was in the net for

the win.

In another match, Yorktown tied Oakton at 4. Yorktown had single tallies

by Joe Patterson, Zach Stropes, Malks and George Kent. Assists went to HoffDavis with two, Malks, Matt Neuman and Nick Puglisi. Lovelace was in the net for the win.

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BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: To mention that the Yorktown Patriots faced tough competition and a tall order in their three basketball games this past week would be stating the obvious.

Yorktown lost all three contests, falling to the host Fairfax Rebels, 53-21, in the most recent on Jan. 23. Prior to that, Yorktown lost to the host Centreville Wildcats, 47-35, and to the visiting Edison Eagles, 64-30. Those three teams had a combined 33-6 record through Jan. 22 action. With the losses, Yorktown fell to 9-7.

Against Fairfax (12-3), Yorktown was never able to maneuver against the Rebels’ full-court pressure defense. The Patriots turned the ball over more than 30 times and struggled to get shots (5 of 28 from the floor).

The Patriots led very early at 3-2. Fairfax then closed the first quarter on an 110 run and was in control the rest of the game for its sixth straight win.

Alison Criswell, Ellen Nye (five rebounds, two blocks) and Sydney Davis (two steals) all had four points for Yorktown. Anaca Florimon-Reed had seven rebounds and a point, Thora Gibbs had two blocks and Kirby Eule had four rebounds.

In the loss to Centreville, Nye scored 17 and Criswell eight. n The Wakefield Warriors (8-8) defeated Falls Church, 54-30, and Jefferson, 4233, last week.

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W-L ICE HOCKEY TEAM BEATS ROBINSON: The Washington-Lee Generals

entered their hockey match against Robinson allowing a league-low 2.5 goals per game, while the Rams featured the leading scorer.

Something had to give, and that worked in Washington-Lee’s favor to the tune of a 7-4 victory.

In the second period, the Generals erupted to score four goals, three assisted

by Spencer Brown. Sandy Harvie finished with four goals, Brown with four assists, and goals by John Petrich, Ben Stanley and Theo Vargas rounded out the scoring.

In another match, W-L (7-2) nipped W.T. Woodson, 3-2. Harvie, Stanley and Vincent Chouinard scored for Washington-Lee. Carson Chircop stopped 30 shots in goal.

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Sports Briefs ARLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION: Registration for Arlington Little

League’s spring baseball season is open, and offers eight levels of play for boys and girls ages 4 to 12. There is a Challenger program for players 5 to 22.

Evaluation are in February and March to determine the correct level of play for players 8 and older. Registration costs $80 until Feb. 15 and $90 until March 15.

Practices start March 14 and games begin April 11. Register at www.arlingtonlittleleague.org or call (703) 351-5111.

The league seeks coaches at all levels, and provides several coach-training ses-

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Basketball Continued from Page 24 Yorktown led 10-0 in the seesaw contest.

With its three wins, Wakefield upped

ARLINGTON TIGERS GYMNASTS HAVE STRONG SHOWING: The Arlington Ti-

gers boys gymnastics team had a strong showing at the recent Jerrell Steele Invitational in Richmond.

The Tigers’ Level 10 finished third.

The gymnasts were Collin Carey, Mo Eltaeb and Corwin deBoor. Chris Yurek is the coach.

At Level 8, Iain Ramsey was first on pommel horse, second on the high bar, and fifth on parallel bars and in the all-

around. Ethan Valencia was 10th on parallel bars. At Level 6, Dominick Cocozza was fifth on the floor. The Level 4 boys, coached by Jesse Clay, earned several medals. With 65 gymnasts in their age group, Max Eichers was 10th on the pommel horse and parallel bars and was 10th in the all-around. Kai Yaeger placed seven on vault. Antonio Abela was third on parallel bars. Rayce Winn was fourth on vault and fifth on parallel bars. Ryan Phillips placed second on vault.

boys basketball team placed first among Arlington middle schools this season with an 8-0 record. The players were Troy Helton, Jr., Joe Core, Brody Karton, Brandon Warner, Robert Miller, Khyree Johnson, Chris Warner, Gabriel ThamMorrobel, James Core, Davion Owens, Lukai Hatcher and Kayden Spraggins.

George Vaughan was the coach.

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KENMORE WINS BASKETBALL TITLE:

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will be close and it will be a lot of fun.”

Sophie Hatcher won the vault (9.55) and floor exercise (9.425) at the Barbara Reinwald meet, and Mitrovich won the balance beam (9.525). Annie Hatcher was second on the vault (9.475), Sophie Hatcher was second on the uneven bars (9.025) and Washington-Lee’s Jennifer Laredo was third on the beam (9.1).

Also for Yorktown, Zavrel was sixth on the beam, tied for eighth on the vault and was eighth on the bars; Mitrovich was fifth on the floor, ninth on the bars and 13th on the vault; Sophie Zidlicky

tied for sixth on the vault; Sydney Stocks was ninth on the beam and Marisa Daugherty was eighth on the bars.

Also for W-L. Sophie Hatcher was eighth on the beam; Annie Hatcher was fourth on the floor and beam and ninth on the bars; Kristen Castro had a fifth on the vault; Laredo was and 11th on the vault and Sylvia Shea was fifth on the bars.

In the meet prior to the Barbara Reinwald Invitational, Yorktown finished second with a 138.45 score, nipping third-place Washington-Lee (138.225).

McLean won with a 141.75 total.

Mitrovich tied for first place on vault with Sophie Hatcher. Zavrel was second on bars. Annie Hatcher was second on floor and Sophie Hatcher was third in the all around.

NOTES: Wakefield High School senior standout gymnast Leah Corr will miss the rest of the season with an injury she suffered recently . . . During one of its last meets, Yorktown honored seniors Stock, Zidlicky, Mariah Bowman and Alice Wilbur, who all competed at the meet.

its winning streak to 14.

Wakefield rallied from a 9-0 deficit to defeat Cesar Charter School, 48-41, at Coolidge High School in D.C. Wakefield quickly rallied to tie the game at 11. The lead continued to seesaw, as the Warriors trailed 29-28 after three periods. A strong fourth period gave Wakefield the victory.

Senior guard Marqua Walton led Wakefield in scoring with 15 points, including three three-pointers. Senior center Dominique Tham scored 12, sophomore guard Alan Treakle added seven and Jordan Allen had six, with two threepointers. Deng Nhial also scored six.

In Wakefield’s 75-58 win over Falls

Church, Tham scored 31, Walker 18 (four three-pointers), Xavier Cooper nine and Nhial seven.

Finally, Wakefield routed Jefferson, 71-47, as Tham scored 24, Treakle 12, Nhial 10 and Cooper nine.

Wakefield and Yorktown play two games each this week.

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the upcoming Liberty Conference meet next week at McLean High. The top two move on to the 6A North Region meet, where those two will be among the favorites, as well.

“We all three have good teams and all three can win at any time,” D’Emidio said. “It will depend on who stays healthy and on the beam in those big meets. They

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Sports Briefs Continued from Page 25 physical fitness beginning in late January.

The program trains runners, experienced and beginners, to participate in races of various distances.

For information, contact: info@arlingtonthrive.org or call (703) 558-0035.

SUCCESSFUL SPORTS EQUIPMENT DRIVE: Heather Cocozza, owner of Co-

cozza Organizing & Design, LLC and a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, participated in the national public awareness initiative by hosting a used sports equipment collection drive in recent weeks.

Cocozza, who also is a member of the Arlington County Sports Commission, thanked the Maywood neighborhood.

More than 70 pieces of sports equipment were donated, with Maywood residents contributing the majority. “I am excited that Arlingtonians are getting organized and more folks in the local community will be able to enjoy the benefits of athletic involvement,� Cocozza said.

For more information, contact Cocozza at hcocozza@Cocozzaorgdesign. com or call (703) 276-1243 ext. 2.

PEE WEE CAPITALS WIN TOURNAMENT: The Pee Wee A Kettler Capitals

Academy travel ice hockey team won all four of its games and the championship

The Pee Wee A Kettler Capitals Academy travel ice hockey team went 4-0 to win a tournament.

Heather Cocozza displays some of the sports items she collected from an equipment drive.

at the Liberty Cup Hockey Tournament in Philadelphia.

The team consists of fifth- and sixth graders from Arlington schools and neighboring communities.

Playing on defense were Ethan Baxley, John Fortney, Sam Sheldon and Henry Vitan. On offense were Maksim Watton, Atticus Beane, T.J. Kouba, Dante Rohlck, Jackson Dove, Ethan Davidson, John Lis and Lance Filippone. The goal-

ies were Luka Sokolovsky and Jack Dunham. Travis Reirden is a team member but did not attend the tournament.

The coaches are Jack Blumenthal, Steve Kresse and Nathan Vitan.

ARLINGTON TIGERS GYMNASTS HAVE STRONG SHOWING: The Arlington Ti-

gers boys gymnastics team had a strong showing at the recent Jerrell Steele Invitational in Richmond.

The Tigers’ Level 10 finished third.

The gymnasts were Collin Carey, Mo Eltaeb and Corwin deBoor. Chris Yurek is the coach.

At Level 8, Iain Ramsey was first on

pommel horse, second on the high bar, and fifth on parallel bars and in the allaround. Ethan Valencia was 10th on parallel bars.

At Level 6, Dominick Cocozza was fifth on the floor.

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

January 29, 1943: n The assessed value of Arlington real estate is up 11 percent in the past year. n Arlington residents are being urged to salvage tin cans for the war effort. n Fifteen county drivers are under investigation for “pleasure driving” under war-rationing restrictions. n The County Board has OK’d the hiring of a probation officer to work directly with juvenile delinquents.

January 27, 1959: n Gov. Almond is “racing the clock” to try to maintain segregation in Virginia’s public schools, as Alexandria, Arlington, Norfolk and Charlottesville are now under court order to integrate. n Arlington officials have unveiled their first master plan for parks and recreation.

January 31, 1967: n In boys basketball, Wakefield is 9-2, Washington-Lee is 9-3 and Yorktown is 6-5.

January 29, 1971: n Gov. Holton is reacting with “dismay” over a proposal by District of Columbia officials to tax the earnings of Northern Virginians who work in D.C. n Yorktown’s wrestlers fell to McLean. n At the movies: “Rio Lobo,” “Hello, Dolly” and “Alaskan Safari.”

January 26, 1982: n U.S. Rep. Paul Trible is the likely Republican nominee to succeed U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr., I-Va., while Democrats do not have a clear front-runner. n A Sun editorial has blasted as “spineless” a proposal in Richmond to replace Columbus Day, Lee-Jackson-King Day and other potentially controversial holidays with a generic “Notables Day.” n U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10th, is unlikely to face a challenge within the party this year. n Washington-Lee’s girls basketball team routed Langley for its 10th win of the season.

January 26, 1993: n Arlington’s crime rate declined 11.4 percent in 1992 from a year before. n Jerry Norris of Virginia Power is the new chairman of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Scott McGeary is chairman-elect.

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DOWN 1. *”All About That ____” 2. Dismounted or climbed down 3. “Animal House” party garb 4. It starred Erik Estrada

5. Sabbath loaf 6. Steeped beverages 7. Mischief-maker 8. Rid of impurities 9. Real estate ____ 10. *_____ Levine of Grammy winning band, Maroon 5 11. C in NYC 12. “A likely story!”

15. It revolves around a star 20. Geologic period 22. Hi-___ 24. Trembling effect in music 25. *”Shake It Off” singer 26. A helicopter parent might do this 27. Muse of love poetry 29. Eurasian mountain range 31. Do like bees 32. Path of #15 down 33. First-year undergrad 34. *Iggy Azalea’s hit 36. *Best Rock Song at ‘96 Grammy Awards, “You Oughta ____” 38. *Grammy in ‘75 for Best Original Score, “The Way We ____” 42. Is it really that common?

45. Made a new picture 49. French lake 51. Take the first steps 54. Condescend 56. “Diary of a _____ Kid” 57. *Pharrell Williams’ album 58. “Watch out!” in golf 59. Double-reed instrument 60 *Grammy winning group, Kings of ____ 61. Homework to a student 62. Clarified butter 63. Feed bag contents 64. Old horse 66. Dove’s sound

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