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County to Take Another Look at Aquatics Center

Staff, Community Task Force Asked to Find Ways to Bring Facility’s Costs Into Line With Available Funds SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

With $64 million in cash to work with, Arlington officials on March 17 restarted planning efforts for the next phase of Long Bridge

Park following a 15-month time-out. “It would be irresponsible not to give it one more shot,” said County Manager Barbara Donnellan, who asked for and received County Board approval to move forward on a project that she put on hold in January 2014,

when cost estimates for the proposed aquatics/ fitness facility proved to be a budget-buster. Arlington officials then cast their lot with those hoping to land the D.C. region as site of the 2024 Summer Olympics, hoping to leverage that possibility to build the pool facility.

But the local area didn’t even make the cut as the U.S. finalist, a role that was won by Boston. As a result, county officials now plan to reContinued on Page 14

Streetcar Fallout: On County Board, Animosity Lingers

YORKTOWN BOYS FALL SHORT IN SOCCER OPENER

Sniping Breaks Out as Staff Tries to Detail Forward-Looking Plans SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Yorktown’s Keith Witherall challenges for the ball with Langley’s Cameron Basco during the season opener for both soccer teams last week in Arlington. Yorktown fell, 1-0. See full coverage of the start of the spring season in Sports. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

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It was a random conversation on a bus that led Tirron Davis into the embrace of the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN). Homeless since 2010 and shuttling from friend to friend to find a place to crash, she had reached the end of her rope. “I lived everywhere – sleeping here, there. It’s so uncomfortable to live like that,” Davis said. “No one was ever there for me.” She had never heard of the nonprofit organization that works with the county’s homeless population, but that brief interaction on public transit gave her enough information to take a giant step forward in her life. To this day, Davis does not know who the woman on the bus was. She prefers to think of her as “my angel – my A-SPAN angel.” With the help of the organization staff, and her own determination, Davis is now a changed person. She has her own apartment, a job, re-connection with family and a new sense of self-respect. “I finally have got my life back, and it’s a beautiful thing. I feel like a real person,” Davis told a crowd of more than 300 who at-

tended A-SPAN’s second annual “Coming Home” breakfast and fundraiser, held March 20 at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association conference center in Ballston. Her new home, Davis said, already is “packed with love.” Becoming an “A-SPAN angel” is something everybody can do in one way or another, said Meg Tuccillo, a longtime backer of the organization and a former board chair. “Don’t we all want to be someone who can make that difference? Let’s all aspire to that,” she said. The breakfast fundraiser – just yogurt and platters of pastries, to keep the overhead down – came as A-SPAN and the Arlington County government continue preparations to open the region’s first year-round homeless-services shelter. The facility, located in the Courthouse area, is slated to begin operation in June. The new facility will bring many changes, said A-SPAN CEO Kathleen Sibert – “it’ll allow us to have all services in one place and under one roof” – but will not change the core mission of the organization. “It begins by listening and knowing every person,” Sibert said.

Community leaders and advocates for the homeless were among those at the A-SPAN “Coming Home” breakfast.

A-SPAN serves as “the ladder back” to those who have tumbled into the social safety net, said Jim Whittaker, who chairs the organization’s board. “It brings them back to dignity, brings them, eventually, to a home,” Whittaker said. Relying on a staff of 27 and a volunteer corps of 5,000, ASPAN serves 1,000 people every year with a wide range of services. It is part of a broader community effort to reduce and, potentially, eliminate homelessness in Arlington. “It is time for us to house everyone,” said Linda Kaufman, an Arlington resident and national movement manager for Com-

munity Solutions, who is leading an effort (www.zero2016.org) to find homes for veterans and the chronically homeless. The Arlington government has signed onto the effort to house all veterans in the community by the end of this year, and all chronic homeless by 2016. “How cool is that? You should be in awe of that commitment – and a little scared,” Kaurfman said. Kaufman said that 90 to 95 percent of those who move from the streets to housing have the prospect of successfully changing their lives. “Anyone can make it,” she said. But without support to find them housing, “those people

will die on the streets,” Kaufman said. Advocates say aggressive efforts at addressing the needs of the homeless are working. They point to the annual count of homelessness conducted by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, which last year reported the number of homeless in Arlington down 39 percent (to 291) at a time the region as a whole saw an increase of 3.5 percent (to 11,946). If the steep downward trend in Arlington continues, homelessness could, in theory, be eradicated within a few years. To boosters of the effort, it is not pie-in-the-sky optimism, but potential reality. “It is time for us to house everyone. We have the resources. The question is, do we have the will?” said Kaufman, who is not exactly a shrinking violet on the subject. “A-SPAN, Arlington and Virginia can do this work,” she said. “I commission you to go and work your asses off.” That might not have been exactly the way Sibert would have phrased it. But she, too, shares the tenacity expressed by Kaufman. “We refuse to give up,” Sibert said.

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Marymount Bids Farewell to Its ‘Blue Goose’

Iconic ‘60s Building, Which Has Been Showing Its Age, to Be Razed in Coming Weeks SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

You don’t see this too often: A sledgehammer-wielding Roman Catholic nun whaling away at the side of an office building in Arlington. Yet Sister Jackie Murphy of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary was first in line to swing the hammer at the “Blue Goose,” Marymount University’s iconic, and soon to be no more, Ballston building. Nuns can do anything well if they put their minds to it, and Murphy’s form with the sledgehammer suggested she might have taken batting practice earlier. “That wasn’t bad!” she said in reviewing

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Pauline Jeanne McKenna Pauline Jeanne McKenna, 84, joined her parents Albert and Cea (Lebouef) Desmarais, sister Lucille Minter; and infant twins in eternal life on March 7, 2015. Pauline was born August 15, 1930 in Lowell, MA and was a graduate of St. Louis Academy. She relocated to Arlington, VA with her family in 1965 and was employed by Arlington County from 1973 until her retirement in 1990. After retiring Pauline moved to South Daytona, FL and lived there until moving to Atlantic Beach, FL in 2012.

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Pauline is survived by her daughters, Jeanne (Ray) Breault of Atlantic Beach, FL and Ann (Neil) Reighard of Manassas, VA; grandchildren Kelsey, Andrew, Emily, Desiree and Elaine; great grandchildren Kathleen, Blake, Joshua and Jacob; brother A. Paul (Susanne) Desmarais of Spring Hill, FL; and many nieces and nephews.

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photos of her efforts. There was no Las Vegas-style implosion with pyrotechnics, but university and community leaders gathered March 18 to say goodbye to their old building and aim for success in building the new. “Marymount is making a bold statement,” said John Shooshan, whose development firm is partnering with the university on a two-building successor to the Blue Goose. One will serve as the Marymount’s Ballston academic campus, the other a residential building. Parking, which had been on a surface lot, will go underground. Shooshan has spent nearly a quarter-century working with a succession of Marymount leaders in an effort to redevelop the 2-acre parcel, strategically positioned at the intersection of North Glebe Road and North Fairfax Drive. “This journey has not been easy, nor will it be easy,” said Shooshan, who initially contacted then-Marymount President Sister Majella Berg about a potential partnership in 1991. Finally, “it was the right place at the right time,” he said. For Marymount, the redevelopment provides the opportunity to leverage pentup development potential. “We’re very excited,” university president Matthew Shank said, promising that the new building will serve as “a wonderful statement for the entire Arlington community.” “We want the finest learning environment and the finest working environment,” Shank said at a reception for about 150 university boosters, held in a tent on the parking lot outside the soon-to-be-demolished, Kennedy-era structure. When it was constructed a half-century ago, the eight-story building was described as Ballston’s first high-rise. Long before the arrival of Arlington’s “urban-village” days, it shared the neighborhood with a bowling alley and palm reader. In its early years, the building served as a training center for the Central Intelligence Agency, and due to its distinctive color, was known to a generation of CIA employees as “Blue U.” The origins of the name “Blue Goose” are shrouded in the mists of history. But Jeanne Broyhill, whose father and uncle were responsible for construction of the building and much else in Northern Virginia during the era, says she always remembers it by that nickname. (A nearby building, now long gone, was known as the Green Hornet, Broyhill said.) Berg, who served as Marymount president for more than three decades, agreed to purchase the building in the early 1980s to address a space crunch on the university’s main campus a mile north. At the time, the university’s cash coffers were somewhat

Olivia Shank, a daughter of Marymount president Matthew Shank, tests out her sledgehammering skills on the Blue Goose.

Sister Jackie Murphy, a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, was among those taking a whack at the Blue Goose.

light, but – as both God and financial wizards often work in mysterious ways – the funds were found. Berg then was faced with an aesthetic challenge: Arlington County Board members despised the blue color, and wanted it changed. Berg, for whom blue represented both her religious order and her university, was determined to keep it as-is – but needed a strategey to change the minds of board members. As lore goes, she was given the advice that a few well-placed tears at the appropriate moment could sway elected officials to her side. Feminists may not have approved,

but Sister Majella came away with what she wanted. (Shank joked that he tried the same technique, serving up a few tears in an effort to wheedle more density for the project from county leaders. “They told me to go away,” he said.) By the 1990s, the building had become tired and was proving a less-than-ideal setting for students and staff, while the rest of Ballston was teeming with new development. The nonprofit group Preservation Arlington believed the building deserved historic status, but the effort came to naught. Even Jeanne Broyhill, whose family put it up, said the time had come to move forward. “I have no qualms about it,” she said of the redevelopment. “I can’t believe it has lasted as long as it has.” The new Marymount building will take its place in a corridor that is now laden with educational institutions, including George Mason University, George Washington University and Virginia Tech. As construction begins, Marymount students and staff have settled into a temporary Ballston home just up the street on North Fairfax Drive. Cranes already are positioned on the parcel to start removing chunks of the old building. Clark Construction won the contract to build the new compound. The old building soon will be gone, but not entirely forgotten. Some of the iconic blue panels will be used as decorative pieces on the new facility. After having the chance to whack away with the sledgehammer, those attending the demolition party went away with 3-inch squares of the blue tile as mementos.

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Herndon, Rust was cognizant of, and sympathetic to, the needs of local government, Fisette said. “He was respectful,” Fisette said. Two years ago, Rust eked out a victory against Democrat Jennifer Boysko in his district. Boysko is running again in 2015, and demographic shifts suggest Rust would have had a hard time holding on tto the seat. With Rust’s departure, the seat is expected to flip to the Democrats, but that won’t have much impact in Richmond as Republicans have ironclad control of the House of Delegates. Meeting Goes On, and On, and On: Maybe soon they’ll be meeting around the

clock. County Board members on March 17 did something they may never have done before – spent three-and-a-half hours at their monthly 3 p.m. “board reports” session. (Technically, it was 3 hours, 29 minutes, as the proceedings were gaveled to a close by Mary Hynes at 6:29 p.m.) The meeting seemed to be running expeditiously until lengthy discussions over transportation issues and the proposed Long Bridge Park aquatics center, punctuated by sparring among board members, pushed the meeting to the dinner hour. It might well have gone even later, had board members not run into their 6:30 p.m. regular meeting.

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County Board members Jay Fisette and Libby Garvey will lead the hunt for a successor to County Manager Barbara Donnellan, who will retire COUNTY in June after nearly years at the helm BOARD five of the Arlington govNOTES ernment. “We understand the need to make a change and do something different,” County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said of Donnellan’s decision, which was announced March 13. As the search process moves forward, deputy county manager Mark Schwartz will serve as acting county manager. Hynes said she expected Schwartz, who has spent 10 years in the government workforce, would provide “great continuity.” Schwartz himself could be a contender for the job, but the search will be opened up nationally. While the county government has seen its share of problems in recent years, they pale compared to those being faced by many jurisdictions across the nation, which could make the job a plum for prospective applicants. Then there is the salary: Donnellan’s pay is nearly $270,000 a year. The decision to retire “was a very hard choice for me,” said Donnellan, who has spent 32 years in the county government, beginning as a budget analyst. Speaking to board members March 17, Donnellan said she expected government would continue to function after her departure as it did before. “I have a wonderful workforce and leave you in very good hands,” Donnellan said. Donnellan was tapped as county manager in October 2010, after then-County Manager Michael Brown was dismissed six months after his hiring. County Board members have never publicly admitted to sacking Brown, formerly the city manager of Savannah, Ga., but have clung to the story he departed voluntarily. Those who have served as county manager have included Roy Braden (1932-36), Frank Hanrahan (1936-47), A.T. Lundberg (1947-62), Bert Johnson (1962-76), Vernon Ford (1976-81), Larry Brown (1982-87), Anton Gardner (1987-98), William Donahue (1998-2001), Ron Carlee (2001-09), Brown (2010) and Donnellan. Advertising on ART Buses Pondered: As Arlington leaders work to cobble together cash, are they willing to address a previously taboo subject? There is no guarantee, but County Board members might consider allowing advertising on Arlington Transit (ART) buses that ply the county’s thoroughfares. The subject was broached March 17 by County Board member John Vihstadt. “We might want to have some conversation,” he said, noting that some other transit agencies across the region allow advertising in and on their fleets. But board chairman Mary Hynes, who has dealt with the matter from her perch on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said it was far more complicated than just a dollars-and-cents issue. “There are pros and cons,” Hynes said. “I don’t think we should just wander into this.”

County staff did some preliminary investigation of possibilities at Vihstadt’s request, but any further action is likely to require three of five board members to agree to move forward. The ART bus system is operated by a private contractor on behalf of the county government, and has expanded significantly in recent years. One reason is cost: Metrobus service is two-and-a-half times as expensive as ART service, county transportation director Dennis Leach told County Board members March 17. County staff have proposed augmenting ART routes to provide even more service. If the County Board agrees to fund it, the additional service would go into effect with the start of the county government’s fiscal year in July. Arlington Officials Will Miss a Retiring Republican: When’s the last time you saw a Democratic Arlington County Board member say something nice about a Republican in the General Assembly? Jay Fisette did it on March 17, lauding the service of Del. Thomas Rust (R-Herndon), who is retiring from the General Assembly at the end of the year. Fisette, who is the County Board’s liaison on state legislative issues, said Rust’s willingness to support transit projects has made “a positive impact” on Northern Virginia, including Arlington. “He had a very balanced approach,” Fisette said of Rust, who chairs the House Transportation Committee. As a former mayor of the town of

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To the measure, proposed by the county treasurer’s office and enacted by the County Board, that cuts the penalty for those who accidentally pay their real estate taxes late. Under the new rules, those who are late by less than a month will see the penalty assessed at 5 percent of the total due, rather than the 10 percent now charged. The proposal, which emanated from Treasurer Carla de la Pava, was seen as a way to cut some slack to those who have paid regularly for years but – whoopsie-doodle – happen to miss one of the two tax deadlines in June and October. (State law does not allow treasurers to waive penalties except under very limited circumstances.)

This seems like a reasonable, res- that the county government has on ident-friendly decision. Well done. hand. (There also is a goal of finding sponsors and benefactors for THUMBS UP: To the decision, an- such things as naming rights, but nounced last week, to restart plan- we are not willing to bet that such ning for the second phase of efforts will bear much fruit.) Long Bridge Park, including While they discuss the constructhe planned aquatics center. tion costs, county staff and a citiCounty Board members set in zen task force also need to keep in place a timetable that will have the mind the operating cost of any fucounty manager (whomever suc- ture water complex. We said before ceeds Barbara Donnellan) come the project was put on hold that the back with a recommendation by public shouldn’t be forced to subsinext January. dize those who want to use the faIt was Donnellan who, prudently cility, and that view is as valid today in our view, put the project on hold as it was in late 2013. 15 months ago when bids for the So long as everybody is on the aquatics center came in way over same page that there are limited budget. This time around, the goal funds to spend and that the faciliis to come up with a list of amenities need to be designed so they can ties for the second phase that will recoup operating costs, we’re on fit within the $64 million in cash board with moving forward.

County Democrats Don’t Embrace Black Women Editor: I attended the March Arlington County Democratic Committee (ACDC) to hear County Board and School Board candidates at Walter Reed Community Center. Listening to the seven candidates, I was unimpressed hearing “promises of change” and “progressive values.” Why is race and racial inequality ignored by candidates at political forums? How can Arlington Democrats, the party of inclusion, claim “progressive values” and not discuss racial inequalities in Arlington? Today, all over America, people are talking on racial inequality. In Arlington, “We, Have Not Overcome.” Looking around the audience, I saw few African-Americans. Black women were neither seen nor heard, and not a single African-American introduced any of the candidates. I could not be more disappointed

with Christian Dorsey and James Lander (both black) for their failure to notice. Is this the Democratic Party way to appeal to black voters? I felt like pulling a Kanye West: “Arlington County don’t like black people!” Neither Dorsey nor Lander had the courage to discuss racial inequality in Arlington. Neither invited a black male or female – a straight-A student, teacher, school principal or their pastor – to represent them at the forum. How can two black men pledge loyalty to the Democratic Party, yet deny the inclusion of black women as presenters at the forum? Are black women not good enough? Katie Cristol, the only woman seeking a County Board seat and a member of Arlington Commission on the Status of Women, said she would remain true to

Arlington’s “vision of inclusion” and “diversity.” Where was Cristol’s “unrelenting voice for women” when she saw no black women as presenters? Del. Rip Sullivan, who introduced School Board candidate Peter Fallon, once said, when he was sent to the Republicandominated House of Delegates, “being in the minority is awful.” Need I say more! A political tip for all seven candidates. When Terry McAuliffe defeated Ken Cuccinelli in the governor’s race, it was black women voters (91 percent of whom supported the Democrat) that made McAuliffe governor of Virginia. To Katie Cristol, Christian Dorsey, James Lander and the Arlington County Democratic Committee – I demand an explanation and an apology. Black women voices and representation matter. Bobbie Fisher Arlington

Government Takes Too Big a Bite Out of Sports Fees Editor: I write regarding the March 26 public hearing on Department of Parks and Recreation program and service fees for the upcoming fiscal year. Of the roughly $760,000 paid to the county government in sports-league fees in fiscal 2014, almost 50 percent paid salaries and benefits to county staff. That’s not for direct services like referees and gym and field monitors. That’s administrative overhead for scheduling games and making rosters. For the Arlington Soccer Association (ASA) recreational program, salaries and

benefits equal about 25 percent of fees, and the program has other sources of revenue which decreases that percentage. Smaller sports leagues use volunteers to schedule games, and create teams at no cost. Why do county-government salaries take such a big bite out of fees? The County Board has reduced taxpayer support for sports programs and requires full cost recovery through fees. While the county government is recouping its youth-sports costs, county staff have failed to make their programs more efficient. There’s no reason to continue inefficient county-run sports programs. In the fiscal

2016 budget, the County Board should direct DPR to move all sports leagues to community-based programs by fiscal 2018, and to work with community organizations to create a comprehensive sports entity similar to Vienna Youth Inc. or the Braddock Road Youth Club. With less overhead, more resources will support the programs – not staff salaries. Stephen Finn Arlington For nearly 80 years, the Sun Gazette and its predecessors have provided Arlington residents a voice.

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Senior Arlington Public Schools staff are recommending that the proposed spring school-bond sale be scaled back, so the school system will SCHOOL not have to be paying on funds for BOARD interest projects that are not NOTES yet ready to go. During a March 19 presentation to School Board members, staff recommended cutting the proposed $58.3 million bond sale to $30 million, which will save about $2.8 million in debt payments and allow expansion of capacity at Washington-Lee High School to be completed more quickly. The smaller bond package would not delay any projects in the pipeline; among those that would continue to go forward is a 12-room addition to McKinley Elementary School. But it would mean the school system would have not have the cash in the bank and would have to go to the bond markets later to fund future projects. Voter approval is required for the school system to move forward with bond sales, which in actuality are undertaken by the county government on the schools’ behalf. Voters have not turned down a schoolbond package in 30 years, and last November gave strong support to a $105.8 million package. Evaluation of Library Services Highlights Disparity in Availability: More professional-development opportunities and greater student access before and after school and during lunch are among recommendations to improve Arlington’s school libraries. The proposals come in a generally positive evaluation of Arlington Public Schools’ library services, set to be discussed by School Board members March 26. The report notes that there is an uneven amount of access to individual school libraries outside of regular class hours – particularly at the elementary-school level, where the average daily minutes libraries are open beyond school hours ranges from 19 to 166. While the disparity is less at higher grade levels, it exists: The average daily minutes libraries are open beyond school hours ranges from 67 to 96 at the middleschool level and from 40 to 123 at the highschool level. The report also notes disparity among schools in student access to libraries during their lunch periods. At the elementaryschool level, some schools provide access to all students, some offer limited access, and some no access at all. A survey of school librarians revealed a significant disparity in the number of students who visit their libraries during non-classroom hours, with the biggest gaps again at the elementary-school level – depending on the school, those visits ranged from an average of one student to 51 students per day. At middle schools, the range was 28 students to 190 students; in high schools, it was 151 students to 318 students per day. A survey of students conducted as part of the evaluation report revealed generally good reviews for school libraries and those who staff them, although a similar survey

of principals suggests school leaders have during the construction period. The estiUnder the approved calendar, teachers a rosier view of the current situation than mated project cost is $28.75 million. will return for the year on Aug. 27. students do. The project will add 12 new classrooms, Students will get what amounts to a A total of 99 percent of elementary- representing a net increase of 136 seats, two-week winter break, with their last day school students, 90 percent of middle- bringing total capacity to 725. The expan- in classes Dec. 20 and their return Jan. 2. schoolers and 83 percent of high-schoolers sion also will include support spaces, a Spring break will run March 21-25. surveyed said school librarians were help- gymnasium and a kitchen. Graduation ceremonies for students in ful. The same question drew responses of The school is located in the Fairlington Arlington’s comprehensive high schools 95 percent, 93 percent and 87 percent from community. will take place June 23, 2016. teachers at those grade levels – and a uniCurrent plans call for bidding to take State law prohibits some school districts, form 100-percent rating from principals. place in February 2016, and construction including many in Northern Virginia, from Asked if their library is easy to use, 97 starting a few months later. opening prior to Labor Day, which in 2015 percent of elementary-schoolers, 86 per2015-16 School Calendar Approved: occurs on Sept. 7 – the latest it can fall on cent of middle-schoolers and 88-percent of The 2015-16 school year will start on Sept. the calendar. high-schoolers said yes. Principals? They 8 and end June 22-24, under the calendar While school leaders bristle at the proagain were unanimous, at 100 percent. approved March 19 by School Board mem- hibition, efforts to change it have fallen Asked if the library is a pleasant and bers. short in the General Assembly. comfortable place to visit, the results were 98 percent yes from elementary-schoolers, 89 percent from middle-schoolers, 92 percent from high-schoolers and (you guessed it) 100 percent from principals. Asked what they would change in their libraries, responses included increasing and updating the collection, adding books and resources for lower- or higher-level readers, changing the physical layout and adding FREE In-Home Consultation more technology. But there also were large numbers of students who said no changes Expert Installation were required. We Beat Next Day Blinds Everyday Prices! Abingdon Expansion Plans OK’d: Top Brands such as Hunter Douglas, School Board members on March 19 apUP TO Showcase Shutters, Cigma Blinds, CACO proved conceptual-design plans for a 27,000-square-foot addition to Abingdon OFF Elementary School. snydersshades@cox.net The timetable calls for having the expansion completed by the start of the 2017-18 2015-03 LeesburgToday_ShopLocalSale.pdf 1 3/2/2015 2:15:33 PM Visit snydersshades.com today and view our current promotions school year, and working around students

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Gov. McAuliffe on March 17 signed legislation allowing the Arlington County Board to directly employ its own auditor. Whether the board chooses to act on the opportunity remains to be seen – and the issue appears to be leaving some bad blood among board members. McAuliffe’s signature on the legislation patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) had been expected, as the proposal passed both houses of the General Assembly unanimously and had the support of the Arlington County Civic Federation, Arlington Chamber of Commerce and Arlington County Taxpayers Association. “I’m thrilled,” County Board member John Vihstadt said at the board’s March 17 meeting. It was Vihstadt and colleague Libby

Garvey who asked Hope to introduce the legislation. When County Board member Jay Fisette agreed to support it, giving the proposal a board majority, the county government dropped its expected objections and the measure sailed through in Richmond. The legislation does not require the County Board to hire an auditor, only gives it the ability to do so, and the details of the job are not included in the legislation, but left to be ironed out among board members. “We now have a tool; you still have to have goals,” County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said. (Hynes, who on March 17 was presiding over a meeting that seemed unusually acrimonious on a host of issues, herself took a shot at Vihstadt and Garvey for going directly to Hope to seek the legislation, rather than trying to get buy-in from all

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But filling the position seems a relatively foregone conclusion, with Hynes and Tejada leaving the board at the end of the year and Fisette, Garvey and Vihstadt remaining. “The majority of the board definitely supports it,” said Fisette, himself a former government auditor. Under its governing framework, the County Board currently only hires and supervises three positions: county manager, county attorney and clerk to the board. All other government employees report up the chain of command to County Manager Barbara Donnellan. Legislation adding the auditor position to that threesome goes into effect July 1.

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With the campaign of James Lander having submitted paperwork to get on the June 9 County Board Democratic primary ballot, the field appears set at five. Lander, who currently chairs the School Board, filed paperwork with the Arlington County Democratic Committee. He joins Katie Cristol, Andrew Schneider, Peter Fallon and Christian Dorsey, whose campaigns earlier had submitted the requisite materials to Democratic chairman Kip Malinosky. If the field holds – the filing deadline is closing fast – the five candidates will vie to be the party’s two nominees in the Nov. 3 general election. Incumbent Democrats Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada are not seeking re-election, marking the first time since 1975 that no incumbent will be on the ballot in years when there are two seats going to voters. Because they submitted paperwork on the first day of filing, the foursome of Cristol, Schneider, Fallon and Dorsey all have a shot at being at the top of the primary ballot. Arlington election officials will determine ballot order in a March 31 drawing. Because he submitted paperwork later, Lander will be listed on the primary ballot below the other four. Audrey Clement, who has run four times before for County Board, has filed paperwork to run as an independent. Krupicka Opts for Business Over Legislature: Being a Democrat in the House of Delegates is enough to make one go nuts. So one legislator has decided to focus his energy on doughnuts. Del. Rob Krupicka (D-45th) has announced plans not to seek re-election in November, setting up a potential scramble in the heavily Democratic district that includes portions of Alexandria, Arlington

and Fairfax County. “Between business, family and public service, it is clear that I’m burning more candles at more ends than I can sustain,” Krupicka said in a March 16 letter to constituents. “My family has tolerated me missing a lot due to public responsibilities.” ARS G 15 YE OAhis In the letter,BRKrupicka E R D... efforts ATIN N THsaid O LE opening andCErunning a doughnut shop in Alexandria made it impossible to juggle legislative duties, too. “I have a growing business with employees and investors that depend on me,” Krupicka said, adding that having the business “allows me to put my values into action.” Krupicka had been a longtime member of the Alexandria City Council when he won a 2012 special election to succeed Del. David Englin, who resigned. While in Richmond, Krupicka focused on education issues, including early-childhood education, and largely won plaudits from colleagues and others. A year before winning a seat in the House of Delegates, Krupicka unsuccessfully sought the 30th state Senate seat that opened up due to the retirement of Democrat Patsy Ticer. The Democratic primary, and general election, were won by Adam Ebbin. While mainly centered in Alexandria, the 45th District does include a handful of precincts in the Shirlington and Fairlington areas of South Arlington. Democrats Set Debate Schedule: The Arlington County Democratic Committee has announced a schedule of four debates among candidates vying for the party’s nomination for County Board. They begin on Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) conference center in Ballston, in a forum sponsored by Arlington Young Democrats. Other scheduled debates in Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University; Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at Glebe Elementary School; and Monday, June 1 at 7 p.m. at Campbell Elementary School.

board members.) Even if board members agree to fill the position, it’s an open question whether it will be someone who looks only at dollar figures, or – more like an inspector general – one who has powers to investigate government spending and the effectiveness of programs. Board member Walter Tejada, who seems disinclined to fill the position, expressed concern that the individual in the job could wield too much power. “What are the checks and balances for that person going to be?” Tejada asked, saying the county government needed to “put in place mechanisms to prevent . . . someone [doing] the wrong thing.”

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Police: Arlington’s 2014 Crime Rate Lowest Since 1961 Arlington’s overall crime rate dropped 8.2 percent from 2013 to 2014, representing the lowest rate since 1961, county officials said on March 20. There were 3,863 “Part I” offenses reported countywide in 2014, down from

4,209 a year before. The figures represent serious crime: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor-vehicle theft. “The historically low crime rate is a true testament to the partnership among the

community and the police,” said Douglas Scott, who last week retired as police chief. From 2013 to 2014, robberies were down 12.7 percent to 110, with the number of burglaries down 14.2 percent to 240. Larcenies and motor-vehicle thefts were

down 7 percent each, while aggravated assaults were down 19.4 percent. The number of rapes reported increased from 26 in 2013 to 2014. There was one homicide reported in 2014, the result of a domestic incident.

Planning Is Intensifying for World Police & Fire Games DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

With the calendar ticking down to the June 26 opening of the Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games, organizers continue their efforts to build community interest for a global event that is second only to the Summer Olympics in numbers of participating athletes. “We encourage everyone to embrace these games and to engage with the heroes and games,” said Bill Knight, president of the organizing committee behind the competition. “It takes the whole community to make this happen.” Organizers celebrated 100 days until the start of the competition, which will draw public-safety personnel from across the globe, with a March 18 update at Tysons Corner Center. Already, 3,000 volunteers have signed up to assist, three-quarters of the total number that will be needed during the 10day competition. So far, more than 5,500 athletes have registered from 58 different countries, with the total number of nations represented

expected to hit 70 by the time opening ceremonies are held at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. “Momentum and excitement is building,” Knight said. In the U.S., athletes from 44 different states are registered, with the goal to have all 50 represented. To date, Virginia has the most athletes registered. The competition runs through July 5, when closing ceremonies will be held at Wolf Trap. The span of the competition is expected to generate an economic impact of $60 million to $80 million for the region, and will provide a boost to area hotels during what traditionally is a slow time of year. Most events in the competition are traditional sports like basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, swimming, flag football and rugby. There will be nearly a dozen professionspecific events, ranging from a firefighter stair climb to a police K9 competition. The March 18 press conference included a live demonstration of Ultimate Firefighter, a multi-task competition that is one of many less-traditional sports taking place. (While the World Police & Fire Games

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may be second in size to the Olympic Games, they come with a distinct advantage – admission to all competitive events is free.) Most sports will include different age divisions for men and women. Athletes can enter more than one event, and there is no age limit. “We have 80-year-olds participating,” said Fairfax 2015 director of sports Tom Shobe, who works for the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office. “A lot of athletes come back every two years to compete and see their friends they have made.” The first World Police & Fire Games was held in 1985, with subsequent events taking place every two years. Canada will play host in 2017, followed by China in 2019. All 53 competition venues have been finalized. Most will be in Fairfax County,

including 13 at George Mason University and others at Centreville, Oakton, South Lakes and Westfield high schools and Robinson Secondary School. The Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington will host hockey events. Golf will be held at Evergreen Golf Club in Prince William County, Lansdowne Resort in Loudoun County and Laurel Hill Golf Club in Fairfax County. GMU will host some of the bigger events like swimming, baseball, basketball, volleyball and martial arts. Softball will be played at Braddock and Wakefield parks in Fairfax County. The new Springfield Town Center will host the ultimate firefighter event and National Harbor in Prince George’s County will host the dragon-boat competition. For more information, see the Web site at www.fairfax2015.com.

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2015 World Police & Fire Games Host Sports Draft Fairfax 2015 and the World Police & Fire Games (WPFG) hosted their official Sports Draft Party on Thursday, March 12th with nearly 500 guests in attendance including WPFG sponsors, dignitaries as well as community, public safety and sports enthusiasts. The event which featured interactive activities related to this summer’s Games was capped off by the WPFG “Sports Draft” emceed by NBC4 morning show anchor Aaron Gilchrist. WPFG sponsors, choosing in a predetermined order based on their level of involvement with the Games, each selected a specific sport at which they will receive additional activation opportunities. Special guests including Secretary Brian of public safety and homeland security, Virginia, Delegates, Kenneth Plum, Vivian Watts, Eileen Filler-Corn and Mark Sickles, former Redskins, Ken Harvey, Mark Moseley and Doc Walker, Washington Mystics Guard, Tierra Ruffin Pratt and D.C. United midfielder, Davy Arnaud, were among the audience as 28 sponsors selected their sports and received their WPFG Draft jersey from the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Sharon Bulova and Fairfax 2015 Board Chairman, Kevin Reynolds of Cardinal Bank. In addition to other sponsorship rights, WPFG sponsors drafting sports will have additional welcome signage at their selected sport venue and the opportunity to activate on site. These and other corporate and community groups will provide volunteers to help support Games operations.

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15. Northern Virginia Media Services – Wrist Wrestling 16. Nobils – Baseball 17. Booz Allen Hamilton – Cycling 18. LMI – Dragon Boat 19. Globe – Rugby 20. Galls – Toughest Competitor Alive 21. Home Depot – Indoor Soccer 22. Dewberry – Swimming 23. Apple Federal Credit Union – Basketball 24. IMC and NBC4 – Table Tennis 25. ESPN 980 – Flag Football 26. City of Fairfax – Cycling Criterium 27. International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) – Tug of War

“ICMA-RC is extremely excited to be sponsoring the World Police & Fire Games, and the Draft Party reinforced how successful the Games this summer will be,” said Chris Matkze, SVP/Chief Sales Officer, ICMA-RC. “In addition, it was a great opportunity to meet some of the public safety athletes who will be competing.” WPFG Sports Draft party guests were encouraged to visit with Fairfax County service dogs, take photos in Sheriff and Firefighter gear, watch the police department bomb squad robot in action, participate in various sports simulation games or take on a WPFG gold medalist in a game of darts. “The World Police & Fire Games Sports Draft Party was an exceptional event for sponsors, public safety officials and invited guests alike,” said Bill Knight, President and CEO of Fairfax 2015. “The Draft served as a kick-off event for our sponsors and their opportunity to begin activation around the Games.

2015 WPFG hits 100 day out milestone! On March 18 the Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games hit a milestone… 100 Days to go until the torch will be lit at the Opening Ceremony for the 2015 World Police & Fire Games. Venues are set, ceremonies are planned, the community and volunteers are preparing to welcome the athletes and their friends and family. The only thing missing is you! Want to be a volunteer? Over 4,000 are needed. Volunteers will take on roles in every aspect of the Games – media relations, protocol, field of play, registration and accreditation and so much more!

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The Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games will take place from June 26 to July 5, 2015. 12,000 athletes from over 70 countries are expected to compete in 61 sports in 53 area venues. The Games present an amazing opportunity for our region and our communities as we honor and celebrate our everyday heroes – first responders – who do so much to serve and protect us all. DONATE. We need your help to support the athlete experience and help our region shine. Please donate today. FAIRFAX2015.COM/DONATE VOLUNTEER. Be one of the 4,000 volunteers needed to showcase Fairfax County and the National Capital Region to the World. GET INVOLVED. Businesses and individuals alike can get involved through our Official Partner, Proud Host, or Merchant Incentive sponsorship programs. BE A SPECTATOR. Viewing of all sport competitions are free of charge. For more information on how you can be a part of the World Police & Fire Games, please visit FAIRFAX2015.COM

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Imagine that the biggest school dance of the year came with a script by Agatha Christie, music by Stephen Sondheim and choreography by Bob Fosse. That gives an indiON cation of what is goon in “Murder on STAGE ing Prom Night,” a musical mystery spoof that debuted last weekend, performed by members of the Arlington Inclusive Theatre Cos., a collaboration between ArtStream and Educational Theatre Co. The premise: On a rainy, stormy prom night, the popular principal keels over dead. Investigators unravel a situation in which every clique has its secrets and every plot twist seems to open up another door before the final curtain. The production – and “Tale of Two ZIP Codes,” which shared a double bill – featured performers with intellectual and developmental disabilities, paired on stage with mentors. Produtions in Arlington are held at Gunston Arts Center. The end result is a celebration of “the amazing work of these actors, directors and other artists,” said Morey Epstein, executive director of ArtStream. The nonprofit organization supports theater troupes and other initiatives in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. “Murder on Prom Night” is a whodun-

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nit in the classic sense. Was it the jocks? The cheerleaders? The nerds? The band? Into the mix comes a band of police officers masquerading as students, plus a number of masked superheroes trying to get to the bottom of the story. Songs and some jokes help move the plot forward. Among those on stage was Thomas Davis. It was his fourth ArtStream production; this time, he portrayed one of the crime-fighting superheroes. “I love acting – I’ve been doing it since preschool,” Davis said. Long before productions reach the

stage, the participants are involved in the creative process. They help define their characters and provide input to aid director John Newman fashion the show. Matt Strote, an education associate at Signature Theatre, was one of the mentors on stage. “It’s gotten better and better,” he said of first-weekend performances. After a few shows, “we know when to pause, to sell the jokes.” For this show, “we had a really good group” of performers, Strote said. Both Davis and Strote said the compressed rehearsal schedule proved a chal-

lenge, but said the overall creative process was a positive one. “It was pretty cool,” Davis said. Barbara Schelstrate served as musical director for “Murder on Prom Night.” Elizabeth Cronin was director and Sarah Horick musical director of “Tale of Two ZIP Codes.” Performances of “Murder on Prom Night” and “Tale of Two ZIP Codes” continue on Thursday and Friday at 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Gunston Arts Center, 2700 South Lang St. Tickets are $12.50 to $15. For information, see the Web site at www.art-stream.org.

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county staff held out hope that partners and sponsors could be found to augment the funding. Discussion among board members brought out somewhat testy exchanges (although they were mild compared to sparring that went on over transportation issues earlier in the same meeting). County Board member John Vihstadt wondered aloud whether the parks department didn’t already have enough going on. “We’ve got a lot on our plate right now – how do you plan to manage that?” he asked staff. “We’re able,” parks director Jane Rudolph said. “We’re prepared to handle this.” Vihstadt did win a concession from other members, who agreed to include consideration of operating expenses in the dis-

cussion of the task force and staff. Shortly before Donnellan halted the planning effort in early 2014, it had become public that the expected taxpayer subsidy needed to operate the aquatics/fitness center could be millions of dollars per year, far higher than previously had been reported. County Board Vice Chairman Walter Tejada, a prime advocate of the park, said he wanted the entire effort expedited. “How long can we continue to drag this along? I hope we don’t drag it on forever,” he said. Board members instructed staff to come back with a preliminary report by January 2016. At that point, three of the key players will be gone from the scene: Donnellan is retiring in June, Tejada and Hynes are not seeking re-election and their terms end Dec. 31.

ward more quickly. “I’d like a sense of urgency – I’d like [that] message to be clear,” said board member Libby Garvey. Tejada, meanwhile, pressed staff on why they were moving forward on pricey transit stops along the Columbia Pike corridor, and continued to seek a full accounting on how much had been spent on the streetcar projects before they were abandoned. “Was it a couple of thousand dollars?” he said. “Was it a million?” Caught in the crossfire was county transportation chief Dennis Leach, whose department had been forced into a transit about-face when County Board members abandoned the streetcar idea four months ago. Leach said the post-streetcar plan for 2/19/15 1:34 AM will include “more buses, Columbia Pike

larger buses, replanned service,” largely using Arlington Transit (ART) service, which is significantly cheaper than providing additional Metrobus service. County officials are updating the government’s Transit Development Plan, which will include “really substantial and ongoing outreach” to the public, Leach said. More details are expected when the County Board is briefed again in May. Trying to salvage the presentation, Fisette said county staff deserved praise for redirecting their planning efforts in the months since the streetcar project was abandoned. “That might not have been easy, but you guys are doing it incredibly well,” he said. Fisette, who along with board member (now chairman) Mary Hynes switched sides last November to kill the streetcar projects,

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not about starting from scratch. The development plan for the park’s second phase already is in place, they said, and the time had come to figure out how to make it work within available financial resources. The county government has $44 million left in bond funds for the park approved by voters in 2004 and 2012 referendums. The remaining $20 million in the kitty comes from funds obtained from a developer in exchange for higher density on a Pentagon City project, along with some budget savings from past years. County Board members gave every indication they planned to stay within that $64 million cap on the next phase, which in addition to the aquatics/fitness center is expected to include an expanded esplanade plus rain garden, public art and other accoutrements. As they have in the past,

said board members need to “keep our eyes looking forward” rather than continuing to pick at old wounds. “We’re trying to do this right – like we try to do everything,” he said. Economic Impact of Streetcar Decision Not Entirely Clear: The County Board’s decision last November to scrap the Columbia Pike and Crystal City streetcar projects appears not to have caused any developer to scale back or scrap new projects along what had been the proposed routes, said County Manager Barbara Donnellan. In the same breath, Donnellan acknowledged that she couldn’t be sure some of the projects in the development pipeline might not be delayed or deferred now that the streetcar plan was history. Streetcar supporters had used the prospect of millions, perhaps billions, in new development along the Columbia Pike corridor as one reason to back the transit project. Streetcar opponents simultaneously questioned the dollar amounts, and suggested development might come regardless of the type of transit. Quizzed by streetcar opponent John Vihstadt at the March 17 County Board meeting, Donnellan said there was no proof the change of plans has had a negative impact. “I don’t have any indication that has changed anyone’s direction,” she said. Donnellan did acknowledge getting negative feedback from the business community, which saw the $500 million streetcar project as a way to build economic-development efforts both along Columbia Pike and in Crystal City. That economic development has already begun – Columbia Pike is sprouting new, pricey apartments and townhouses that are sharing the landscape with a funky mix of low-lying retail and older, more affordable housing units. In promoting the streetcar, county officials hoped to make deals with developers, offering higher density in exchange for support of affordable-housing initiatives in the corridor. The goal was to see no net loss in the approximately 6,400 affordable units currently on the Pike. At the same time, county officials are fielding complaints that the western end of Columbia Pike is seeing too high a concentration of new affordable units, while other areas of the corridor (and the county) are not.

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Continued from Page 1 constitute the park’s existing design committee into a broader task force, expand its membership and have it work with staff to come back with a viable plan by next January. The March 17 action breathes new life into the multi-stage development of the park, located at the north end of Crystal City. Sports fields, parking and other amenities already are in place. The second phase encompasses 10 acres. During a lengthy discussion at the March 17 County Board meeting, county staff were clear that the new process was

Sniping Continued from Page 1 looking toward the future of transportation in the two South Arlington corridors. The theme of the presentation: The streetcar may not be coming, but significant other improvements are. “We’re moving forward,” County Manager Barbara Donnellan said. “There’s no slowing down whatsoever.” Staff say that more than $200 million in transportation-infrastructure improvements for the Columbia Pike and Crystal City corridors are in the pipeline. While Donnellan said the planning would continue in a deliberate manner, HBM SUN GAZETTE AD 2-20-1015f.pdf 1 some board members pushed to move for-

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Business Briefcase VETERAN HOSPITALITY WORKERS HONORED: Richard Nixon was hunkered

down in the White House with prosecutors nipping at his heels. Gasoline had spiked to an outrageous 42 cents per gallon. Scientists were voicing fears of the effect of global cooling. And Arlington school officials were wringing their hands over declining enrollment. It was the early 1970s, and while much has changed in the intervening four decades, there have been at least a few constants. One is Joydene Smith of the Crystal City and Crystal Gateway Marriott hotels. A fixture in the housekeeping and laundry departments for 42 years, Smith was the most-tenured of nearly two dozen county hospitality workers honored with the 2015 Bob Klein Legendary Service Award by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. The awards, named to honor the memory of a former general manager of the Holiday Inn National Airport, provide recognition to those whose service to their hotels has surpassed a quarter-century. Smith at times has served as acting supervisor of her department, and “is never afraid to take the lead when her team needs to get a tough job done,” Chamber officials said. “Her exceptional commitment to her work and the well-being of her team has earned her great respect and admiration,” hotel officials said in their nomination. Smith was one of two front-line hospitality workers honored for more than four decades of service. Gloria Urrutia, also

of the Marriott hotels in Crystal City, has spent 41 years in the laundry department. “Her insight and commitment to the quality of work she puts out is exceptional, and does not go unnoticed by her team members,” hotel officials said. “She is always ready to go above and beyond to ensure the job gets done.” The annual Bob Klein awards are presented in conjunction with the Hospitality Awards, an initiative of the Arlington Chamber’s general-managers’ committee. Also receiving Legendary Service accolades were Sheila Ennison, Crystal City and Crystal Gateway Marriotts (35 years); Vieng Chanthachack, Crystal City and Crystal Gateway Marriotts (35 years); Gerald “Jerry” Gminder, Crystal City Marriott (33 years); Isaac Armstead, Crystal Gateway Marriott (33 years); Blanca Vasquez, Crystal City and Crystal Gateway Marriotts (31 years); Theoun Chay, Hyatt Regency Crystal City (31 years); Gardenia Benjamin, Americana Hotel (30 years); Joanne Hemsley, Americana Hotel (30 years); Teka Habtemariam, Crystal City and Crystal Gateway Marriotts (30 years). Also, Hien Tho, Key Bridge Marriott (30 years); Hanh Vu, Hyatt Regency Crystal City (30 years); Juana Cruz de Saravia, Westin Crystal City (29 years); Jennifer Scott, Hyatt Regency Crystal City (28 years); Thanh Ly, Crystal Gateway Marriott (28 years); Ever Aguilar, Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston (27 years); Vino Mohan, Holiday Inn Rosslyn (27 years); Barbara Moore, Holiday Inn Arlington

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(27 years). Also, Blanca Rodriguez-Acosta, Key Bridge Marriott (more than 25 years); Fidel Andrades, DoubleTree Hotel Washington D.C.-Crystal City (more than 25 years); Fidel Castellanos, Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City (more than 25 years); and

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employment in the Washington region declined in January, part of an overall trend across the nation. With 3.26 million people in the civilian workforce and 159,600 looking for work, the D.C. region’s jobless rate of 4.9 percent in January was down from 5.3 percent a year before, according to figures reported March 20 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Washington region was one of 339 metropolitan areas across the nation to report lower year-over-year joblessness. Rates were higher in 38 metro areas and unchanged in 10. Midland, Texas, had the lowest unemployment rate in January at 2.6 percent, followed by Lincoln, Neb., at 2.8 percent and Ames, Iowa, at 2.9 percent. The highest rates were found in El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., at 21.3 percent and 19.8 percent, respectively. Among metro areas with more than a million people, the lowest unemployment rate was reported in Salt Lake City at 3.6 percent, followed by Austin and Oklahoma City at 3.7 percent each. The highest jobless rate was found in Memphis at 7.9 percent. The national, non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate of 6.1 percent was down from 7

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Nearly 70 Receive Honors at Ceremony Some were born and grew up just around the corner, others all across the globe, but the 67 recipients of 2015 Hospitality Awards share something in common. Each goes the extra mile. The awards program, now in its 11th year, celebrates the achievements of front-line workers in the county’s hotel and tourism industry. It is sponsored by the hotel-general-managers’ committee of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. The event is an opportunity to celebrate employees who seldom get the spotlight yet are “those

who make Arlington a great place to live, work and visit,” said Dori Familiant, general manager of the Doubletree Crystal City Hotel and co-chair of the general-managers’ committee. “We all represent different hotels, different companies, different brands, but at the end of the day, all of us represent Arlington,” said Familiant said at the March 17 breakfast, which drew about 200 to the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel. Award recipients were chosen Continued on Page 27

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Outstanding service among front-line workers in the local hospitality industry was honored last week by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in its annual awards program. PHOTO MEREDITH SMITH

Tales of Hospitality Workers Going Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Some of the achievements of the award recipients:

a new battery, and even helped him install it.

Maritza Corova of the Residence Inn Arlington Capital View, a hotel that hosts a large number of extended-stay visitors, purchased a birthday cake for one of the regular guests, and gathered a group of fellow guests and staff to sing “Happy Birthday.”

When a number of large groups were checking into the hotel, Andrea Urqvidi of the Westin Crystal City received an inroom dining order. Rather than take space on the elevators away from the guests, she took the stairs to the 14th flood to deliver the meal.

Richard Coles of the Renaissance Arlington View Hotel assisted a group whose materials for a presentation did not arrive on time, taking the material (on his own time) to an overnight Fedex Kinko’s and working through the night to assemble the presentation. He returned to the hotel the next morning, despite not being scheduled to work, and dropped off the materials.

Madeliza Carrasquillo of the Crowne Plaza National Airport helped a guest’s wife in sending him a cake with a note attached after the couple had had an argument. The thankful woman later said that the effort helped to save their marriage.

When Nelis Mejia of the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City learned that a guess was expecting a baby girl, she came to the office and prepared a gift bag with toys, baby clothes and a note congratulating the family on their pending new arrival. When a guest and her two teenage sons arrived at the hotel to begin a 45-day stay after their home caught fire, Jonathan Alderson of the Residence Inn Arlington Ballston completed all the paperwork with the relocation company to reduce stress on the family, and made an effort to ensure their stay was a comfortable one.

Learning that a guest was having vehicle problems, and even though he was at the end of his work day, Belter Hernandez Escobar of the Holiday Inn Rosslyn took the individual to a local store to purchase

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Set amid the strategically located Douglas Park community is Virginia Gardens, a private enclave of nine properties constructed in 2003 by Arlington Designer Homes. Our featured property is one of the nine, a glorious Craftsman-style colonial that is situated on a lot of more than 12,000 square feet and surrounded by verdant landscaping. The feeling of privacy and serenity is all around, and yet you are close to everything from the evolving Columbia Pike corridor to the north to the stylish restaurants of Shirlington to the south. There’s easy access to all major commuting routes; a 10-minute bus ride takes you to the Pentagon. The property currently is on the market, listed at $899,000 by Christopher Wilkes and Jinny Wilkes of Washington Fine Properties. With plentiful parking and tremendous curb appeal, first impressions of this architecturally pleasing property are robustly positive. We are greeted on the charming front porch, the perfect spot to watch the evening sunset. After a welcome in the spacious entry hall, we are ushered into the formal living room. Like all the formal spaces of the main level, the size is conducive to both daily living and entertaining in style, and traffic flow is wonderful. Hardwood flooring is found on the main and upper levels. The dining room also provides plentiful space, with natural sunlight streaming in from two sides and space for eight to 10 to fit comfortably. The kitchen continues the theme of open spaciousness, with granite and stainless steel, plus great storage. From the family room, which is a wonderful spot in and of itself, you have access via French doors that take you out to the private stone patio, the marvelous trees and garden area. It’s a verdant, tranquil spot. The second level is home to the master retreat, an expanded and expansive space that provides all that’s needed for rest and relaxation. There also is a luxurious master bath with double vanities, a separate tub and a custom-designed tile rain shower with bench. Each of the additional bedrooms on

the upper level comes with plenty of space, and laundry facilities are here, as well. The lower level opens up a world of additional possibilities. The recreation room is a great spot for fun and games, and the sunny au pair suite features its own bath with Jacuzzi tub. The two-car garage is accessed via the lower level, and there is parking for four additional vehicles. The location is the best of all worlds, with proximity to shops, commuting, parks and more. Sounds like the perfect way to start off spring! Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising depart-

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Facts for buyers Address: 1625 South Taylor Street, Arlington (22204). Listed at: $899,000 by Christopher Wilkes (703) 282-0634 and Jinny Wilkes (703) 241-0635, Washington Fine Properties. Schools: Ranolph Elementary, Thomas Jefferson Middle, Wakefield High School.

Housing Costs Put the Squeeze on Renters The gap between rental costs and household income is widening to unsustainable levels in many parts of the country, and the situation could worsen unless new home construction meaningfully rises, according to new research by the National Association of Realtors. NAR reviewed data on income growth, housing costs and changes in the share of renter and owner-occupied households over the past five years in metropolitan statistical areas across the U.S. The findings reveal that renters are being squeezed in many metro areas throughout the country due to the disproportionate growth in rental costs to incomes. New York, Seattle and San Jose, Calif. are among the cities where combined rent growth is far exceeding wages. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, says the disparity between rent and income growth has widened to unhealthy levels and is making it harder for renters to become homeowners. “In the past five years, a typical rent rose 15 percent while the income of renters grew by only 11 percent,” he said. “The gap has worsened in many areas as rents continue to climb and the accelerated pace of hiring has yet to give workers a meaningful bump in pay.” NAR’s research analyzed changes in the share of renters and homeowners, mortgage payments, median home prices, median household income for renters and the rental costs in 70 metro areas. The top markets where renters have seen the highest increase in rents since 2009 are New York (50.7 percent), Seattle (32.38 percent), San Jose, Calif., (25.6 percent), Denver (24.14 percent) and St. Louis (22.26 percent). Looking ahead, Yun says a way to relieve housing costs is to increase the supply of new home construction – particularly to entry-level buyers. Builders have been hesitant since the recession to add supply because of rising construction costs, limited access to credit from local lenders and concerns about the re-emergence of younger buyers. “Many of the metro areas that have experienced the highest rent increases are popular to Millennials because of their employment opportunities,” adds Yun. “With a stronger economy and labor market, it’s critical to increase housing starts for entry-level buyers or else many will face affordability issues if their incomes aren’t compensating for the gains in home prices.”

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INITIATIVE AIMS TO SIGN UP MORE FOR HEALTH-CARE SERVICES: North-

ern Virginia Family Service is providing free enrollment assistance, and educational material, to those who qualify for the special-enrollment period under the federal government’s Affordable Care Act. The effort runs through April 30. The initiative “is specifically for those individuals and families who have been penalized on their 2014 taxes for not having health insurance, and who do not have coverage for 2015,” said Mary Agee, president of Northern Virginia Family Services. “Although we cannot help with the 2014 penalty, we can help families from paying this fine in the future – and also guard against catastrophic accidents and surprise events that can really set families back financially,” Agee said. For information about the initiative, call (571) 748-2580 or see the Web site at www. getcoveredamerica.org/connector. ARLINGTON PLAYERS SCORE 2 WINS AT ‘WATCH’ AWARDS: Having garnered

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A March 18 contribution by the Kiwanis Club of Arlington wrapped up fundraising for a new Marymount University initiative

that will bring the stars to students across the Washington area. The university will purchase a “portable planetarium” and software for use at schools in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and perhaps other jurisdictions. The planetarium is a tent that can be set up in many locales, and will keep the light out while engaging students on issues of astronomy and science. “We have many community partners” to help fund the purchase, said Barbara Favola, who accepted the grant at the Kiwanis Club meeting. AAUW ANNOUNCES AWARD-WINNERS:

The Arlington branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) has announced recipients of its annual spring awards, to be honored at a luncheon on Saturday, May 2 at Washington Golf & Country Club. The Arlington Artists Alliance will be presented with the Elizabeth Campbell Award for Advancement of the Arts in Arlington. Witt’s End Puppetry will be presented with the Notable Achievement in the Arts award. Tom Mallon and Bill Podolski of HB Woodlawn Secondary Program will be honored with the Excellence in Middle/ High Schools, and Micaela Pond will be presented with the Educator of the Year award. The cost for the luncheon is $35, with a registration deadline of April 24. Checks, made out to Arlington Branch AAUW, can be sent to Betsy Morrison, 2801 Lee Highway, Unit 302, Arlington, Va. 22101. Individuals should include their choice for lunch (grilled chicken or vegetarian). For information, call Marron at (703) 243-1915 or e-mail betsy@marron.org. FREE CLINIC’S RAFFLE HAS TRAVEL THEME: The Arlington Free Clinic’s an-

nual raffle will feature a chance to spend your next vacation anywhere in the world there is a Hilton International hotel. The winner of the raffle will receive a voucher good for seven nights at any Hilton property, including Waldorf Astoria and Conrad Hotels & Resorts, as well as round-trip airfare up to $2,500. The cost is $100 per ticket, and only 300 tickets will be sold. Sales close on May 19 or when sold out, whichever comes earlier, and the winner will be drawn on May 20. For information, call Mimi Mongtomery at (703) 979-1425 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonfreeclinic.org. FUNDRAISER TO FEATURE COMEDIAN JEFF FOXWORTHY: The Esophageal

Cancer Action Network will present “No Laughing Matter: An Evening with Jeff Foxworthy,” on Sunday, April 12 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel. The event begins with a VIP reception with meet-and-greet at 5:30 p.m., followed by a cabaret-style performance at 7 p.m. There also will be a live celebrity auction. Proceeds will help the organization increase awareness of the link between reflux disease and cancer. For information, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, call (410) 358-3226 or see the Web site at www.ecan.org.

Arlington Notes II oldest building in Arlington – opens to the public for the 2015 season on Saturday, April 4. On opening day, free tours will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m., with colonial snacks and beverages. Farmer John Ball built the original portion of the home in the 1750s. Three generations of the Carlin family owned the house next – the patriarch, William, was a tailor who counted George Washington and George Mason among his clients. Marian Sellers, a later owner, donated the house to the Arlington Historical Society in 1975 to preserve and share it with the public. It is located at 5620 3rd St. South. The museum gives visitors an opportunity to see how ordinary Virginians lived in colonial times. It is open Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. from April to October. Private groups of any age are invited to tour the house throughout the season, and should contact Annette Benbow at annette. benbow@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org or (703) 577-7042 to arrange a date and time. For more information and a list of events during the season, see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS HOUSING STUDY: A community forum

to discuss the draft report of the Arlington Housing Study Working Group, which has been in the works for nearly three years, will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at Washington-Lee High School. The draft study will be considered later this spring by the County Board. PARK ADVOCACY GROUP TO RALLY:

Friends of Rosslyn Highland Park, a civicaction group, is planning a rally on Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m. as part of its effort to protect the parkland from development. Members of the County Board, as well as candidates for County Board, have been invited to participate. The parkland is part of the site being discussed for future development as part of the Western Rosslyn Area Planning Study (WRAPS). PANEL TO FOCUS ON RUNNING FOR OFFICE: A panel of four experienced can-

didates for local office will share tips and ideas for those seeking to run for County Board, School Board and General Assembly during a forum on Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m. at Shirlington Library. The program is sponsored by the Arlington Green Party. The community is invited. For information, e-mail info@greensofarlington.org.

Center will host an egg hunt and arts-andcrafts festival on Saturday, March 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is designed for children ages 4 to 11, and also will feature face-painting, a balloon artist, concessions and moon bounce. Participants should bring a basket, and parents must attend with their children.

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“Meet the Speaker” series continues on Monday, March 30 at 3 p.m. at Central Library with a lecture on Rembrandt. Jean Moore, an Encore Learning member and retired lawyer, will discuss the painter’s rise to fame and fortune, and how by his death he was impoverished and forgotten. She will focus on “The Night Watch,” one of his most famous paintings. The program is free, and is cosponsored by the county library system. For information, call (703) 228-2144. MARYMOUNT STUDENT-ART SHOW TO OPEN: An opening reception for Mary-

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percent in January 2014. Among Virginia metro areas outside the District of Columbia vicinity, jobless rates were down from a year before and stood at 4.2 percent in Charlottesville; 4.8 percent in Winchester; 4.8 percent in Harrisonburg; 4.8 percent in Staunton; 4.9 percent in Roanoke; 5.2 percent in Richmond; 5.4 percent in Lynchburg; and 5.5 percent in Virginia Beach. The statewide unemployment rate of 5 percent was down from 5.6 percent a year before. Full data can be found on the Web site at www.bls.gov. BUSINESSES HONORED FOR EFFORTS SUPPORTING TRANSPORTATION EFFORTS: County Board members on March

17 honored businesses and organizations that had been recognized as platinum-level “champions” by Arlington Transportation Partners, a division of the county government’s commuter-services arm. Boeing, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Convention Store, George Mason University, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the National Science Foundation and SRA International were honored for innovative approaches to addressing the needs of commuting employees. County Board Chairman Mary Hynes said the recipients were “pioneers” in crafting solutions using out-of-the-box thinking. “It’s mult-dimensional,” Hynes said of addressing commuting headaches. “There are many ways to solve the problem.” Efforts from the platinum-level recipients ranged from helping to establish Arlington Transit bus routes and “adopting” transit stations (Boeing) to providing a carshare subsidy (National Science Foundation) to helping employees buy homes near their work (Consumer Electronics Association). All told 122 businesses and organizations were recognized as champions at various award levels.

Awards on Wednesday, April 15 at 11:30 a.m. at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club. The event will honor performance above and beyond the call of duty by local public-safety personnel, as well as those who have provided exemplary service to their departments. Tickets are $55 for Chamber members, $65 for nonmembers, and sponsorship packages are available. For information, call (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber. org.

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Schools & Military n Anna Santiago of Arlington, a graduate of Washington-Lee High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Colgate University.

Five Arlington Public Schools students have received Gold Awards in the National Scholastics Art Competition, sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Gold Medal recipients included Yorktown High School freshman Marisa Daugherty for “Sister Running Down Hill” (photography); Yorktown senior Noah Gaby for “Bloody Wrists” (ceramics and glass); H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program eighth-grader Cole Goco for “The Island Adventure” (comic art); Yorktown High School senior Catherine Hall for “Dead Language” (ceramics and glass); and Yorktown High School senior Cal Ries for “Destructea” (ceramics & glass). Ries also won a Silver Medal for an individual project and a Silver Medal with Distinction for his portfolio of work. Silver Medal recipients also included Hiba Hamwi of Yorktown; Caroline Nelson and Olivia Wadzinski of WashingtonLee High School; and Deanna Subji and Grisel Vasquez of Wakefield High School. Candace Seeger of Yorktown received the Gedenk Award for Tolerance, while Jungyoon Hong of Wakefield earned a gold American Visions Medal and Deqing Zha of Yorktown received a silver Visions Medal. (Award-winning art from Arlington stun

dents is available for viewing in the online gallery of the school system’s Web site at www.apsva.us.) Gold Key-winning entries from the local area were judged at the national level against winning artwork from across the country where they earned Gold Medals, Silver Medals, American Visions Medals and Best in Grade Awards. National medalists will be celebrated at an award ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the U.S. Established in 1923, the awards have recognized students who have become some of the nation’s most celebrated artists, including Richard Avedon, Robert Indiana, Phillip Pearlstein and Andy Warhol. More than 300,000 students participate in the program each year. Four Arlington Public Schools students received national awards in the annual Scholastic Writing Awards program, sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Malina Nelson, a seventh-grader at Gunston Middle School, won a national Gold Medal Award and the national bestin-grade award for her short story, “Paper Cranes.” Claire Spaulding of Washington-Lee High School won a national Gold Medal for her poetry, “Looking Into the Metamorphosis of Girl Into Laurel Tree.” n

Bradley Trumpfheller of Yorktown High School won a national Silver Medal for his personal essay/memoir, “Prattville, AL,” while Elizabeth Woolford of Yorktown High School won a national Silver Medal for her poetry, “Fall.” The students were among 58 from Arlington Public Schools who earned Scholastic Writing Awards at the local level. n Leni Bronstein, a Spanish teacher at Williamsburg Middle School, has been named 2015 regional teacher of the year by the Southern Conference on Language Teaching. Bronstein represented Virginia in the competition, and was selected on the basis of her teaching portfolio, letters of recommendation and an interview. “Middle-school students are by nature self-centered and entrenched in their own popular culture,” Bronstein said. “The challenge for language teachers is to broaden students’ world view and help them see commonalities and differences in language and culture.” Bronstein earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 1972, and began teaching that year. She subsequently earned a master’s degree in linguistics from Georgetown University, certificates in ESL and instructional technology, and had taken multiple courses in Spain. “She embodies the wisdom of best practices that have continued to evolve over a lifetime of work,” competition officials said.

Bronstein will now advance to national competition, sponsored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, to be held in San Diego in November. One of five regional nominees will be selected as National Language Teacher of the Year, and will serve as the national spokesman for language learning during 2016. n Dr. Michelle Picard, the Englishlanguage supervisor for Arlington Public Schools, has been named recipient of the James D. Mullins Leadership Award by the Virginia State Reading Association. The award was established in 1994 to recognize administrators who show exceptional support of reading and have a proven track record of success.

Dr. Ann Kennedy, a teacher at Arlington Mill High School, gave the keynote address to a group of educators from Pakistan who are taking part in the U.S. Department of State’s International Research and Exchange program. Kennedy discussed the diversity of U.S. classrooms, the strategies and challenges for English-language learners in the U.S., and trends in English as a Second Language instruction. n

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quite give a guest the shirt off his back, but came pretty close. Little was on duty when a man heading down to a big soirée at the hotel spilled mustard on his tie. Little “took off his own tie, ironed it, and gave it to the guest to wear,” his hotel supervisors said. It was par for the course for a worker described as “warm, inviting and genuine.” It’s the attention to detail that keeps hotels highly rated and ensures guests return time and again. And that, in turn, helps Arlington maintain its ranking as tops in the commonwealth in tourism spending. In 2013, the last year for which data are available, Arlington had the most receipts from the hospitality industry, up 1.9 percent from a year before, according to state figures. Fairfax recorded $2.73 billion in tourism-related spending in 2013 to place second. Rounding out the top five jurisdictions were Loudoun County at $1.56 billion (down 0.8 percent from a year before), Virginia Beach at $1.28 billion (up 1.9 percent) and Henrico County at $746.5 million (up 5 percent). Statewide, total domestic-travel expenditures stood at $21.5 billion in 2013, up 1.4 percent from $21.2 billion a year before.

Continued from Page 17 from more than 100 nominations made by their employers, said Chamber president Kate Roche. “Each one of these nominees performs above and beyond the call of duty,” she said. Consider the case of Lucio Rodriguez of the Holiday Inn Rosslyn. Rodriguez was finishing up his shift when he received a frantic call. A VIP guest who had checked out of the hotel and arrived at Reagan National Airport had left vital documents in his room safe, and with less than an hour to go before his flight left, could not return to the hotel without missing his plane. Without any prodding, Rodriguez found the items and delivered the materials with just minutes to spare. “The guest was overwhelmed with joy,” said hotel officials, praising Rodriguez for “always coming to work with a positive attitude.” Then there is the case of Kenneth Little of the Key Bridge Marriott, who didn’t

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Arlington saw little change in year-overyear overall employment in the third quarter of 2014, but did see a healthy spike in average paychecks, according to new federal figures. With an average weekly wage of $1,545, those who are employed in Arlington get the sixth biggest paychecks of those in the nation’s 339 largest counties, according to figures reported March 19 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Arlington’s year-over-year uptick in average salary – up 4.8 percent – was enough to put the county’s growth rate within the top 20 among those 339 counties. Arlington ranked No. 19. (Figures represent data based on where someone works, regardless of where he or she lives.) The increase in average wages is a posi-

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from the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Yorktown joins 120 schools across the country in receiving the award in 2015. The SupportMusic Merit Award is presented to individual schools that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify, Yorktown answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music-class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by the Center of Public Partnerships and Research, an affiliate of the University of Kansas. The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported in part by the National

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In a defensive struggle typical of soccer, the visiting Langley Saxons scored minutes into the SOCCER six contest en route to a 1-0 victory over the Yorktown Patriots on March 18 in Liberty Conference boys high school action. Langley improved to 2-0, with both wins against Arlington schools. The Saxons blanked the Wakefield Warriors, 3-0, in the squad’s season opener. For Yorktown, the loss came in its season opener. “Overall, our defenders [captain Will Vernew, captain Jeremy Frenzel, Sam Dokken, Daniel DeButts and goalie Hayden Kickbush] played well,” Yorktown coach Peter Truitt said. “They held the back line. They didn’t allow too many runs. In the first half, we didn’t get the aerial challenges, and we didn’t get the 50-50 balls.” The sequence on Langley’s goal began with a corner kick from Max McKee that was headed in by Saxons’ striker Jacob Labovitz. “I was kind of lingering at the back post,” Labovitz said. “I saw the ball come Continued on Page 29

Top: Yorktown’s Noah Chase changes directions while defended by Langley’s Daniel Levetown. Above: Yorkown’s Jonathan Farfan shoots past Langley’s Onur Marsan. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

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For the second straight season, the Washington-Lee Generals are off to a 2-0 start in high school baseball. The Generals won their first game, 4-2, over the visiting West Potomac Wolon March BASEBALL verines 18, then were victorious, 13-8, against the host Edison Eagles the next night. The victories resulted because of solid defense, strong starting pitching, timely hitting and taking advantage of opponents’ mistakes. The Generals return a number of key players from last season’s 11-12 team, and are expecting to be improved this spring. “We have a pretty solid lineup through-

out. We have some speed and we should be pretty good,” said Washington-Lee coach Doug Grove, who recorded his 250th career win by virtue of the Generals’ defeating Edison. In the win over West Potomac, junior right-hander Teddy Herbert, the ace of the staff, pitched four innings of two-hit ball with three strikeouts to get the win. Senior righty Andrew Long worked the final three frames, allowing two hits, to earn the save. “Teddy pitched OK,” Grove said. “He got out of a jam in the first and that was big. We played good defense behind him.” Senior left fielder Jeff Kruger made a nice catch in left field to highlight that defense.

The Generals had just four hits in the game, but made them count when they scored the four runs in the first inning to take a 4-1 lead. In the first, junior shortstop Will Burgess tripled, Long had a two-run single, senior Jeff Constantz had an RBI single, and Herbert doubled. Against Edison, Washington-Lee led 13-1 into the fifth, then gave up seven additional runs after pulling starters in the final three innings. Junior right-hander Noah Winslow started and got the win in three innings of work. He allowed four hits, one earned run, walked three and struck out four. Winslow pitched out of a bases-loaded Continued on Page 29

After many delays and postponements in recent days because of too much snow on those fields, high school sports teams are getting outdoors to hold real regular practices and actually partake in authentic action. There were baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse games played last week, tennis matches occurred, and crew practices were held on wet bodies of water, not dry docks. Certainly there will be other weather setbacks this spring, like temperatures too cold to play and maybe another minor snowfall, as is often the case in March and early April. As for high school athletes, an annual rite of spring is the traditional delays and postponements of the season. Soon, probably by late next month, all of those threats of cold-weather delays will end. The seasons will be off and running, with the conclusions coming by late May or early June. Once play is fully underway, Arlington teams with the potential to have strong seasons include the Bishop O’Connell Knights’ girls softball and baseball squads, the Yorktown Patriots’ girls and boys lacrosse and soccer squads, and at Washington-Lee, the Generals’ boys and girls soccer and baseball teams. The O’Connell baseball and softball teams are expected to make strong bids to win conference and state tourneys. The Yorktown lacrosse and soccer teams should be in the mix for conference titles, as will the three W-L teams. The Washington-Lee boys soccer and baseball groups return numerous players from last season, when both teams had winning campaigns. The boys soccer team finished second in the region and state tournaments. Generals’ boys soccer coach Jimmy Carrasquillo believes his team has the potential to do better than last spring. Also, the boys and girls tennis teams at W-L and Yorktown should be solid. With the weather better, those teams get the chance to show their strengths.

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High School Roundup coached the boys varsity basketball team at Yorktown High School the past 12 seasons, will not return to that position next winter. “I enjoyed my time here and am proud of what we accomplished,” said Avila, who is moving on to other potential basketball opportunities. “We put a competitive team out there each night that the community was proud to root for. We made the program respectable.” During Avila’s tenure, Yorktown compiled a 146-148 overall record. His teams won two National District Tournament championships, advanced as far as the region tournament semifinals in 2010 and qualified for the region tourney 10 times. The Patriots had a 19-19 playoff record, and won three holiday tournaments, including a title this past season. In 2014-15, Yorktown finished 14-10 and was 1-2 in the playoffs. Under Avila, Yorktown played a patterned flex offense, which included a lot of passing and back-door layups, that many opponents didn’t like to face. “We really appreciate coach Avila’s dedication to Yorktown over the years for what he accomplished, and we wish him the best in the future,” Yorktown di-

Soccer Continued from Page 28 and I got on my guy and headed it in.” In the second half, no team came close to scoring, but Yorktown was credited with three shots and two corners. Langley had five shots and two corners. In the final few minutes, Yorktown’s DeButts unloaded two shots. One was

rector of student activities Mike Krulfeld said. Avila said he has not yet decided if he will continue to be an assistant football coach at Yorktown during the fall. – Dave Facinoli PATRIOTS BLANK MAJORS IN GIRLS LACROSSE: The Yorktown Patriots shut

out the Mount Vernon Majors, 14-0, as 11 different players scored. Multiple goal-scorers were senior midfielder Kristin Somers (two goals, three assists), junior attack Kate Grattan (two goals, three assists) and junior midfielder Emma Thurman (two goals, four draw controls). Senior goalie Erin Morrissey and freshman Lindsey Ellison combined for the shutout. WASHINGTON-LEE, YORKTOWN WIN SOFTBALL OPENERS: Led by a core of

juniors, the Washington-Lee Generals opened their girls softball season with a 10-3 road win against the Edison Eagles on March 19. Shortstop Megan Main had two hits, scored four runs and stole two bases. Catcher Audrey Bartz had two hits, scored twice, drove in a run and swiped two bases. Also, Lyli Bonilla had a threesaved by Langley goalie Cole Stinger, and the other one went wide. “In the second half, we had more energy,” Truitt said. “We did better job winning the balls and we competed.” Yorktown’s midfielders are Noah Chase, Jona Farfan and Jack McCreary. Its forwards are tri-captain Keith Witherell, Mehran Roshanari and Justin Gonzalez. Langley had defeated Wakefield two days earlier prior to facing Yorktown.

run hit in the sixth inning and pitcher Liana Ashby got the win with five strikeouts. Washington-Lee combined to steal 11 bases by seven different players. n The Yorktown Patriots blanked the W.T. Woodson Cavaliers, 15-0, in their season softball opener. Senior Joanna Domson and junior Madeline Silk each went 3 for 3 with three RBI, and senior McKenzie Silk had two RBI. Pitcher Madeline Silk, helped by a solid defense (no errors), allowed no runners on and threw a no-hitter. Freshman Kate Cressey made strong plays at third base, and sophomore Bryanna Lansing had a key sacrifice bunt. WASHINGTON-LEE WIN OPENERS IN BOYS SOCCER: The Washington-Lee

Generals won their opening boys soccer games of the season by blanking visiting Centreville, 3-0, on goals by Maycol Nunez, Roger Rojas and Genry Baires. Nunez, Jacob Muskovitz and Tim Collins had assists. Washington-Lee goalie Julian EsquerPerez made four saves. The Generals defeated Marshall, 5-0, in its next game.

players, the Wakefield High School girls freshman basketball team finished undefeated the past season with a 16-0 record under head coach Paul Greenfield. The team won by an average of 36.3 points, holding five opponents to single-digits. Wakefield opened the season with a 33-21 win over McLean and closed the campaign by defeating Mount Vernon, 44-21. The most points Wakefield allowed in any game were 26 against Marshall. The players were Kayla Bankhead, Zoe Beardsley, Lindsay Kelly, Kaiyah Fluitt, Jami Thamand and Delina Yibrah. YORKTOWN HIGH GIRLS LACROSSE CLINIC: The Yorktown High School girls

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“Tonight, [against Yorktown] I was hoping that our legs would stay fresh, and we needed to keep the ball,” Langley coach Bo Amato said. “We came out of the gate fired up. We lost to them last year, 1-0. Yorktown played well in the second half this year. I would say we had the better first half and they had the better second half.” Said Labovitz: “Our expectation is to get better with each game and to peak down the stretch when we need it most.”

In addition to Stinger, Langley’s defense is led by Richard Lindholm, Cameron Basco, Taylor Hosley and Sam Golan. The midfielders are Daniel Levetown, Max Furman and Shayan Harandi and the forwards Labovitz, McKee and Grant Hughes. In the win over Wakefield, Labovitz scored two goals and Golan one. Stinger earned the first of his two shutouts. Wakefield and Yorktown have games scheduled this week.

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Washington-Lee High School’s Teddy Herbert holds Edison’s Cameron Hall on first base during the Generals game March 19 in Franconia. The Generals won 13-8. PHOTO BY DAVE FACINOLI

two doubles and four RBI. Carson Wood also was 3 for 3 with a double and two RBI, and James Levenberg had two hits and multiple RBI. “Matt pitched a strong five and our defense made the plays,” Skaggs said. “My family was here to see the game, so to get that first win was real nice. Now we want a lot more.” The Patriots will be without starting pitcher Graeme Fineman for a while as he recovers from an injury. “Our pitching will be OK,” Skaggs said. “We need to throw strikes and let our defense make the plays.” Other key players for Yorktown are expected to be shortstop Aaron Lee; third baseman Parker Denny; pitchers Jake Al-

len, Joe DiConsiglio, Austin Kasmer and Arthur Speck; outfielders Harry Spitz and Harry Smith, and freshman infielder Michael Lowen. “We can throw strikes and I really like our defense a lot,” Skaggs said. In it’s second game on March 21 at Barcroft Park against West Springfield, Yorktown lost 8-3 after leading 1-0 entering the sixth inning. Allen started and pitched well into the seventh innings for Yorktown by pitching to contact, according to Skaggs. He walked one and struck out one. “We had an error that hurt and open things for them,” Skaggs said. Of Yorktown’s seven hits, Kasmer and Levenberg had two each. Moeller had an RBI. n The Wakefield Warriors fell to 0-2 with a 6-3 home loss to the Field School on March 19 at Barcroft Park. Ethan Heckler and Noah Sampson each had two hits for Wakefield. Patrick Girard drove in two runs. Heckler was the starting pitcher. He struck out three and allowed five runs in five innings. In a season-opening 10-4 loss to Park View, Colton Polythress had two hits for Wakefield, Jack Karton scored two runs, David Baron had a hit and two RBI, and Girard pitched four innings with two strikeouts.

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Sheehy has moved from center field to do the catching. n The Yorktown Patriots (1-1) opened their season under first-year head coach John Skaggs with a 12-2 home win in six innings over the Stuart Raiders on March 19. The competition was the first full action Yorktown has had on its field this season, which had otherwise been too wet. Matt Friedman pitched 51/3 innings to get the win, and Alec Glasser worked the final two-thirds. Stuart’s runs were unearned. With the bat, David Moeller didn’t start, but after entering the game went 3 for 3 with a two-run homer to left center,

WAKEFIELD FRESHMAN TEAM FINISHES UNDEFEATED: With a roster of only six

varsity lacrosse team hosts its annual youth lacrosse clinic for girls in grades 3-8 on Saturday, April 11 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. (rain or shine). The cost is $45 per player, and registration can be found at www.sportability.com/yorktownlax.

Baseball jam in the first inning with consecutive strikeouts to end the frame. The Generals had 10 hits and took advantage of 10 walks by Edison pitchers, five wild pitches, five errors and an incident when an Edison batter was called out for throwing his bat after singling home a run. For Washington-Lee, Herbert (two RBI) and Kruger (one RBI) each doubled and had two hits, Winslow had two hits and an RBI, junior T.R. Sheehy had a hit and two stolen bases, and Quinn Montante had a two-run bloop single. Will Siegal and Henry Bendon had the other hits. Burgess stole a base and scored twice. Washington-Lee made no errors in the field and turned two infield double plays in the 2:35 game. Key returners for W-L – in addition to Herbert, Burgess, Constantz, Kruger and Sheehy – are junior catcher Chris Seymour and senior infielder Cameron Anderson, out with injuries right now. Sophomore infielder Andy Collins, also hurt, is another key player, in addition to sophomore Chris Brady. With Seymour,

High School girls basketball players Jasmine Taylor and Janiya Clemmons were Division I first-team all-state Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association selections. On the boys side, O’Connell’s Ako Adams made second team.

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O’Connell Football Coach Resigns After Three-Year Stint DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Del Smith is no longer the head football coach at Bishop O’Connell High School. Smith resigned last week to accept the head high school job at Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz. A couple of days later, Smith changed his mind.

“After serious reconsideration, my wife and I have decided to decline the of head FOOTBALL position football coach at Notre Dame Preparatory,” Smith said. “For personal and professional reasons, we have chosen to pursue employment opportunities that have presented themselves in this region of the country.” Smith will complete the school year as

a faculty member at O’Connell, where he is the strength-and-conditioning program director. O’Connell is accepting applications for Smith’s replacement. Smith coached O’Connell for three seasons. The Knights finished 5-5 each year, which was the team’s longest stretch of non-losing seasons in many years. Smith was chosen the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Coach of

the Year in 2012, and was also a Sun Gazette Coach of the Year. This past season, O’Connell’s losses against perennial WCAC powers DeMatha (league-tournament champion), Good Counsel (regular-season champion) and St. John’s (overtime loss) were by a combined 14 points. That was the closest combined single-season point total against those three in many years.

Sports Briefs SOCCER PLAYERS CONNECT WITH KIDS IN UGANDA:

A team of young soccer players in Eastern Africa had huge smiles on their faces along with tears of joy when the players received a special gift of uniforms from three 11-year old girls from Arlington – Jackie Betz, Evelyn Lowen and Shay Montgomery. The girls play soccer for Arlington Travel Soccer’s under-11 Sol team. When their team changed uniforms in recent months, the girls began collecting the old uniforms, making posters and bringing a collection box to Sol practices. The three players wrote letters and boxed the uniforms and, through an Arlington family living in Uganda, Gregg and Tracy Weltz and son Max, they connected with an enthusiastic group of young soccer players in Busega, a neighborhood in Kampala, the country’s capital, and gave the team their old uniforms. The Uganda girls sported their newly arrived soccer kits while holding up a picture of their benefactors. AMERICAN LEGION COACHES, MANAGERS NEEDED:

Coaches who interested in moving up to the summer-

previously established teams that are trying to re-enter the district. SENIOR SOFTBALL: The Northern Virginia Senior Soft-

bal League is holding registration for the 2015 season. Seven-inning games are held Tuesday and Thursday mornings, April 7 through Aug. 6. Placement on one of 26 teams in three ability-level leagues is by ability assessment, not a tryout. Everyone bats, with 11 players on defense. To register, visit www.nvss.org and call Dave at (703) 524-5576. A soccer team from Uganda near Kampala sport uniforms from an Arlington team, while holding a picture of its benefactors.

time American Legion baseball level (for high-school age players and college freshmen) in the Fairfax County area can contact the District 17 baseball chairman Bill Murphy at bigmerf@gmail.com or Bob Romano at rdr33cjr@msn.com. There are manager and coaching positions open for

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