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Wakefield High School running back Leon Young breaks through George Mason’s defensive line as defensive back Sam Selby, No. 7, attempts to make the tackle in Warriors’ Sept. 12 road game. Young rushed for 166 yards. Wakefield won big, 42-0, to improve to 2-0. See a game story in Sports.

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way through his first term to care for family matters.

She will serve through the remainder of Simon’s term, which runs through the end of 2016.

The board action brings the body up to four members. The fifth slot was vacated in late August by Sally Baird, whose term officially ends Dec. 30. Barbara Kanninen and Audrey Clement are vying in the Nov. 4 election to succeed Baird; with the backing of county Democrats, Kanninen is the odds-on favorite in that race.

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School Board Chairman James Lander welcomed Van Doren to the dais.

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She’s a grandmother of 14 and a great-grandmother of five.

Sounds like a candidate for a rocking chair, right? No way!

Roxie Curtis of Ashburn runs 7 miles a day to keep fit, and on Sept. 13 could be found pounding away on the track of Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington, taking part in her first, and the region’s 32nd, Northern Virginia Senior Olympics.

“It’s only a number,” the ebullient 71-year-old transplanted New Yorker said of her age, moments after reaching the finish line.

With family members in the stands to cheer her on, Curtis was entered in the three-milewalk competition, which kicked off the 10-day Senior Olympics.

Events are open to those ages 50 on up; the most senior competitor this year is 104-year-old Doris Woodring of Prince William County.

A record 772 participants are competing in 1,981 individual events. “Both of those numbers are records,” said Dave Jerome, chairman of the volunteer committee that oversees the annual competition.

When the program began in 1982, just 72 people took part.

The exponential growth has pleased boosters, but has not been without challenges.

“It takes a large number of volunteers – at least 150, probably much more than that,” Jerome said at the opening ceremony, where former committee chairman Janet Garber was selected to carry a replica torch that kicked off the competition.

Judy Massabny, who coordinates the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics initiative through the Arlington government’s Office of Senior Adult Programs, said the 5K run, a new event in 2014, had attracted a large number of athletes, while there also have been large increases in those participating in volleyball and cycling.

Events take place in venues across Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax County, the city of Fairfax, Loudoun County, Prince William County and Fauquier County. They range from athletic (diving, tennis, racquetball) to more recreational (Wii bowling, cribbage, yo-yo).

Arlington County Board Vice Chairman Mary Hynes, who welcomed competitors, said the Senior Olympics is one part of a

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Above, Roxie Curtis and family members at the opening of the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. At left, Janet Garber was torch-bearer.

multi-pronged approach to helping Northern Virginians enjoy their senior years vibrantly.

“Living well, moving, being engaged physically and intellectually is all part of living a healthy life,” Hynes said.

The goal for some of the athletes was to come in first, but for others, taking part was the key desire. One seasoned citizen took a good amount of time to com-

plete the three-mile walk, aided by a helper. Ultimately, and to the cheers of the crowd, she got to the finish line.

“All that counts is finishing,” one father told his child as they looked on.

For Curtis, the competition was not just about physical activity, but also about meeting new people and trying new things.

Next year, she’s going to sign up

to compete in volleyball and a number of other events.

Curtis’s advice for those on the fence about taking part? “Go for it,” she said.

Northern Virginia Senior Olympics runs through Sept. 24.

Results will be available on the Web site at www.nvso.us. Photos taken by Frank Ruth will be available at www.frankruth.smugmug. com.

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Politics

Sullivan Sworn in As Legislature Returns to Session SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) was sworn into office Sept. 12, giving the Arlington/ McLean district representation in time for the General Assembly special session called to address MedPOLITICAL icaid expansion issues.

POTPOURRI and“Iother hope that all members of the House of Delegates reflect on our responsibility to emulate the legislative body’s founding mission,” Sullivan said in a statement that urged forward movement on a host of progressive policy positions.

But with Republicans holding a margin of more than 2-to-1 in the House of Delegates, Sullivan may find it tough sledding to gain traction on campaign positions on issues ranging from energy and health care to gay rights.

Sullivan, an attorney who lives in McLean, easily won an Aug. 19 special election called after the resignation of Del. Bob Brink (D-48th). Brink departed June 30 after 17 years in the legislature to take a job in the McAuliffe administration.

Sullivan will fill out the remainder of Brink’s term, which runs through December 2015. He is unlikely to face difficulty in retaining it in the future, as the district skews heavily Democratic.

If he hangs on for five years – which appears more than likely – Sullivan will be able to participate in events marking the 400th anniversary of the General Assembly, which dates its founding to the unicameral Virginia House of Burgesses, which was established in 1619. Through that connection, the General Assembly can be called the oldest continuously operating legislative body in the New World.

While the legislature dates back centuries, the modern 48th House District can trace its roots back only to 1982, when the General Assembly switched from multi-

member districts to single-member districts in much of the commonwealth.

That year, Mary Marshall – who had served in the General Assembly since the 1960s – was elected as the first delegate from the 48th. She was succeeded in 1992

by Judy Connally and in 1998 by Brink.

Sullivan is the first non-Arlington resident to represent the district.

“I look forward to continuing the work of those who have held this seat before me . . . and to fighting for fairness, equality and opportunity for all,” Sullivan said.

Democratic Groups to Hold Immigration Forum: Arlington Young Democrats will join with Friends of Don Beyer to hold an “ideas forum” on the topic of immigration on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at Arlington Mill Community Center.

A celebration of Hispanic heritage will follow the forum, which will focus on immigration policies from the perspective of policy-makers, civic leaders and immigrant activists.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Don Beyer to give voice to important issues like immigration reform,” said Arlington Young Democrats (AYD) president Max Burns.

“AYD has made minority engagement a priority this year, and the response has been amazing,” Burns said. “People of all age groups want to talk about building a common-sense immigration policy.”

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

Sheriff Endorses Warner in Senate Race: It perhaps is not brrrrrrrrreaking political news that the Democratic sheriff of Arlington has endorsed the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, but Beth Arthur has made her backing of Mark Warner official.

Warner “has a strong record of working with and supporting Virginia sheriffs,” Arthur said in a statement released by the Warner campaign.

“From his time as governor, and now

New Del. Rip Sullivan (D-48th) was sworn into office Sept. 12 in preparation for the General Assembly special session this week. Sullivan won election in August to succeed Del. Bob Brink.

as our senior senator, he has always been committed to having a strong working relationship,” Arthur said. “I appreciate that Sen. Warner’s door is always open.”

Warner is facing Republican Ed Gillespie and Libertarian Robert Sarvis in the race.

Family of Late Legislator Receives Memorial Resolution: The family of the late John “Jack” Melnick on Sept. 10 was presented with a General Assembly joint resolution honoring the life of the former state lawmaker.

Melnick, an Arlington native, died in August 2013 at the age of 78. He had represented the county in the General Assembly from 1972-77, and in 1977 made an unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination for state attorney general.

“His legacy will live on through his family and all the work he’s done for the commonwealth,” said Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), who shepherded the memorial resolution through the 2014 General Assembly session.

“Generosity was a huge thing for him,” said Paul Melnick, one of the late legislator’s sons. “He’s gone in physical form, but his spirit clearly lives on.”

Paul Melnick, who also served as his father’s law partner, said the family was “deeply honored” by the resolution.

The presentation was made at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington, where Jack Melnick was a member for a half-century. Before him, his father had been in the club; his son Paul currently is a member.

Also on hand was his widow, Marjory Helter Melnick. The two had met in first grade at Monroe Elementary School in Arlington and were members of the Class of 1953 at Washington-Lee High School.

They reconnected after going their separate ways in college, married and raised four children.

Hope singled out Melnick’s efforts, while in the legislature, to set up a fund that would assist those who had been wrongly incarcerated. Melnick also championed financial compensation for victims of crime.

Melnick’s election to the House of Delegates in 1971 was part of a Democratic regrouping effort. Two years before, Republicans had won all four seats representing Arlington in the lower house of the legislature, defeating, among others, Del. Mary Marshall.

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What do Jay, Mary and Walter plan for affordable housing on the Pike?

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We’d like to know Here’s their streetcar plan: • Raise rents on 9,700 households by 10% (their idea of “economic development”).

• Bulldoze 1,900 affordable units at Arbor Heights, Barcroft, Buchanan Gardens, Columbia Grove, Columbia Park, Dorchester, Key Gardens, Oakland, Quebec and Westmont Gardens complexes.

• Ask the General Assembly for permission to subsidize landlords’ property taxes (wishful thinking about Richmond), and allow higher density in return for some affordable units (wishful thinking per their own plan).

To recap: All Pike tenants will get a 10% rent increase, 1,900 affordable units will get bulldozed, and anything good is just wishful thinking.

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THUMBS UP: To Audrey Clement, who – at least based on performances at the Arlington County Civic Federation debate earlier this month – is the only School Board candidate who seems worried about the looming fiscal time bomb that is the county school system.

It was Clement, a multi-time County Board candidate who is a longshot in the School Board race, who kept pressing both the per-student costs and the exorbitant construction costs of Arlington Public Schools. Neither of the Democratic contenders, Barbara Kanninen nor Nancy Van Doren, seemed particularly worried that these high costs, multiplied by a

rising school population, was going to push Arlington’s already stratospheric school spending even higher.

Unfortunately for Clement, the public doesn’t seem to care. Too many people appear to equate high spending with high quality.

That’s not always true; the correct question is whether Arlington taxpayers are getting the best value for their money.

We hope and suspect that, having been taken down by Clement in the Civic Federation debate, Van Doren and Kanninen will have better answers throughout the coming campaign season.

“ready-fire-aim” prematurity by the county government.

Arlington’s PR apparatus recently put out a statement saying that the County Board was supportive of a regional bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Lesser media outlets took the bait; the Sun Gazette did some checking around, and it turns out that there’s actually some quite reasonable concern being expressed by a number of County Board members about jumping into this issue without fulling vetting it.

We’re dubious about holding the Olympics in the Washington area, in 2024 or ever. County ofTHUMBS DOWN: To more ficials should be wary, too.

Facts are Not on Side of Streetcar Proposal SAM ZIMMERMAN and ROBERT DUNPHY Commentary

We feel compelled to respond to a recent opinion piece in a Crystal City online newsletter by an Arlington resident regarding the proposed Columbia Pike Streetcar, because it was so replete with the myths that have been repeated ad nauseam by many on the County Board in the past and now as part of the pro-streetcar advertising campaign.

We will respond with facts from transit research rather than repeating anecdotes and platitudes.

Myth: “Buses mean service is temporary, while streetcars are permanent and thus have a much greater impact on development.”

The op-ed piece and some of our County Board members refer to the permanence of streetcar tracks, compared to the flexibility of bus service, by which they apparently mean that bus services can be easily eliminated while streetcar service cannot, because it relies on expensive “fixed” infrastructure.

History in Arlington has demonstrated just the opposite. Bus services have expanded over the years and never been completely eliminated in any major corridor, while all the extensive streetcar lines that used to run in the county and in D.C. are gone – a casualty of their high costs of all kinds, poor performance and customer dissatisfaction with them.

To transit planners, the flexibility of bus services is a major advantage, creating the ability to serve a variety of travel markets

without forcing unnecessary transferring, stopping or indirection of travel – impossible with transit services fixed to rails. A properly designed “BRT lite” system on Columbia Pike would probably have express buses going non-stop between the western part of the Columbia Pike Corridor in Arlington County and Fairfax County. It might also combine services on Leesburg and Columbia pikes without forcing unnecessary, ridership reducing transferring, something impossible for a trolley confined to a single pair of tracks on Columbia Pike.

All the above should make the BRTlite service significantly faster than the streetcar for this important market, even in mixed traffic, and add to the over-all transit capacity for the corridor.

Myth: “A streetcar would have significantly more capacity than a BRT-lite line.”

The county government’s own study demonstrated this was false, that even the primitive bus alternative, which was referred to as “enhanced bus” by county staff, and was not the integrated system, which is BRT lite, could deliver almost the same capacity as the streetcar option.

The capacity of a transit line is equal to the unit capacity of each vehicle (or train) multiplied by number of vehicles passing the busiest point during a given period of time. Given the inability of streetcars to get around stopped cars and trucks or each other, a more flexible bus option will necessarily have a maximum vehicle flow higher than the possible maximum streetcar volume in the same traffic environment, a fact that more than makes up for the slightly

larger carrying capacity provided by about 70-foot-long streetcars compared to 60foot-long articulated buses.

Since buses can use both lanes on Columbia Pike and are likely to do so (local buses in the right lane, expresses in the left), the bus flow could be much higher that the streetcar flow. Moreover, there is an emerging industry for modern, larger BRT-lite vehicles, increasingly common in Europe.

Myth: “Streetcars will more than ‘pay for themselves’ by the significantly greater development they will induce.”

Given the tremendous impact of Metrorail in Arlington due to its high speed and reliability, it is doubtful that the slow speed and unreliability of a streetcar will do much to add to Arlington’s relative attractiveness for development.

The county consultant estimated speed of the streetcar line proposed for Columbia Pike is 13 mph. This is significantly higher than most, if not all, existing mixed-traffic streetcar lines actually operating in the U.S., and compares to an average of over 30 mph for Metrorail.

At the same time, BRT lite is likely to offer a similar level of development attractiveness, with its higher speed, reliability and service frequency, the same permanent, attractive stations and terminals, and the off-board fare collection, and multipledoor-boarding convenience of streetcars without the expensive constraints of tracks and an ugly overhead catenary. And the bus option can be implemented quickly, a great appeal for businesses nervous about the eight-year schedule for the streetcar.

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Editor: More than once, I have heard the puzzling argument that since streetcars have been around for a while, therefore they are out of date and unsuited to the modern world. Brian Gray, in his letter of Sept. 11 states this, pointing out that streetcars existed in San Francisco in the 1940s.

And so what? Plenty of modern cities have done very well with them today.

My wife and I were in Prague this sum-

mer, and we noticed that streetcars seemed to be the only form of above-ground public transportation in use. They moved at a good clip, and seemed almost wholly to avoid traffic congestion. We used them frequently.

Our test for transportation systems should be “do they work well?” not “when were they invented?”

Wayne Bert Arlington

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Board publically stated that “BRT would never work for Columbia Pike and is suitable only in low density suburban environments.” (Despite the proliferation of dense, highly urban cities all over the world, such as New York, London, Seoul, Beijing, and Paris pursuing full BRT or BRT-lite lines!)

There was never an honest appraisal of anything other than the streetcar, let alone a high quality BRT-lite alternative.

With the chairman of the board telling anyone who would listen (e.g., staff) that there was no option worth considering other than streetcars and the staff low-balling the cost estimates by at least $100 million to qualify for a special category of federal funding, how can anyone say that the decision to proceed with the streetcar came out of an “Arlington Way” planning process?

One can hardly call treating the citizens of Arlington like mushrooms (keeping them in the dark and covering them with horse-doo cost-and-benefit estimates for a pre-selected alternative) the Arlington Way.

Facts Not on Side of the Streetcar The already high level of mixed-use, urban development on Columbia Pike, on Lee Highway in Arlington and Fall Church. and the development on H St N.W. in the District of Columbia, predating any talk of streetcars there, illustrates the importance of these other factors in inducing sustainable development in certain locations.

Myth: “The streetcar has been adequately vetted through ‘the Arlington Way’ participatory-planning-and-decision-making process.”

Participatory planning or “the Arlington way” has historically involved an open, honest debate involving all stakeholders in a particular issue in the run up to a decision. This was clearly not the case for the decision on the best way to improve public transportation and promote sustainable development in the Columbia Pike corridor.

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Elected officials from Prince William, Fairfax and Arlington counties joined other regional leaders to offer a collective “count us in” Sept. 11 when Russ Ramsey and Ted Leonsis, chair and vice chair of “Washington 2024,” delivered their first formal pitch about the area’s new Olympic bid to board members of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.

The two last week gave an informal but passionate appeal aimed at inspiring the region’s leaders to inspire their communities to embrace the idea of hosting the summer Olympics in a decade’s time.

Leonsis – a former AOL executive who who is an owner of the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Mystics and Verizon Center – said bringing the Olympics to Washington is “a big, audacious goal,” and compared the effort to putting a man on the moon.

He said Washington’s political leaders can encourage the creativity and enthusiasm needed to make the nation’s capital the first U.S. city to host the summer games in 28 years.

“It pains me personally that the U.S. hasn’t hosted an Olympic Games in a long, long time. And it’s inconceivable to me that [the Washington region] has never hosted a U.S. games,” Leonsis said. “We’re the only capital of a hosting country that hasn’t hosted. When I realized that I said, Why not us? Why shouldn’t we put our hands up and bring together this great extended community?”

Leonsis said he recently visited London, home of the 2012 Summer Olympics, and found people still wearing their volunteer T-shirts and talking about what hosting the event meant to their city.

“They said it was the one thing that brought everyone together, regardless of race, regardless of economic standing, regardless of age,” he said. “It was a rallying point.”

The U.S. hasn’t hosted the Summer Olympics since Atlanta in 1996. Ramsey, an investment banker and former George Washington University board chairman, said he believes it’s “America’s time.”

“If we’re successful, it will have been 28 years since the [Summer Olympics] have been in America,” Ramsey said. “We’ll have a whole generation of Americans who have grown up without the Games, and that’s just something, in our judgment, that we just shouldn’t let happen.”

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced in June that Washington is one of four finalists to be considered as the U.S. nominee for the summer 2024 games. Also in the running are Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston.

The committee is scheduled to select one of the four finalists sometime by February, Ramsey said.

If Washington is successful, it then will compete against international cities that have expressed an interest or have formed organizing committees, a list that includes Rome, Paris, Durban, Melbourne, Doha and Casablanca.

Ramsey and Leonsis were short on specifics regarding what the area’s jurisdictions can do to help now, saying only that they’ll be “open about the process.”

After their remarks, elected officials from localities across the region offered enthusiasm for the concept. But they also noted that during a time of a stagnant regional economy, it’s important to help Washingtonians understand the long-term benefits of an Olympic investment.

“Our constituents are looking at precious and fewer tax dollars and are wondering if that’s what will be used and if that’s what it’s going to take,” said Arlington County Board member Walter Tejada (D).

“The easiest always is to oppose and to be skeptical and to say ‘oh, no, it can’t be done,’” Tejada said. “But those of us sitting at the table here didn’t get to where we are by thinking that way. We want to be creative, we want to be positive, we want to do whatever we can to make things happen.”

“Oh, no, it can’t be done” was exactly the initial reaction of the some local residents.

Stephen Carey, who lives in Arlington, wondered aloud in a recent letter to the editor if elected officials had lost their collective minds.

“They are ready to throw our hardearned tax dollars down the deepest black hole in the world,” Carey said.

“Can you even imagine the security nightmare and security costs that would occur hosting the Olympics in the Washington area?”

But elected officials suggested they could overcome any hurdles.

“I personally think this could be one of those galvanizing events that brings the region together in a really positive way,” said Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D).

Prince William County Supervisor Frank Principi (D-Woodbridge) said he worked with Peter Ueberroth on the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, and noted that private partnerships allowed that effort to leave the city with a $250 million surplus that was invested in youth sports programs.

Principi asked what Washington 2024 members were doing to leverage private support. Leonsis and Ramsey again were short on specifics, but insisted that Washington is a good candidate for the games because it already has the necessary venues and infrastructure.

Leonsis acknowledged that cities like Beijing and Sochi spent “crazy money” on their Olympics, but added: “We don’t have to do that, because we’ve already built, for the most part, what they had to envision.”

In an interview after his remarks, Leonsis said he had “no idea” what the city’s chances might be in the Olympic race, and declined to say where the Olympic Village might be built or what sites are under consideration.

Leonsis said U.S. Olympic Committee officials would visit finalist cities between now and the end of the year to assess transportation assets, venues, traffic flow, budgets and local economies.

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Home sales across August were anemic in Arlington, but the average sales price held on to record a slight year-over-year increase, according to new figures.

Sales of residential real estate across the county totaled 233 properties last month, according to figures reported Sept. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

That’s down almost 20 percent from the 291 sales recorded in August 2013.

Buoyed by slightly stronger average sales prices in the single-family market, the average price recorded for all homes that went to closing during the month stood at $595,113, up 0.1 percent from the $594,479 reported a year ago.

The average price of single-family homes rose 0.6 percent to $842,077, but there were declines in the other two segments of the market: The average sales price of attached homes, such as townhouses or rowhouses, was down 3.9 percent to $445,232, while the average sales price for condominiums was down 3.1 percent to $402,823.

The median sales price of all homes that changed hands during the month was $529,000, up 5.8 percent from $500,000 a year before. The median is the point at which half of homes sold for more, half for less.

A total of 25 properties sold for $1 million or more.

Total sales volume for the month stood at $138.7 million, down 19.9 percent from $173 million a year before.

Conventional mortgages were the method of transacting sales in 157 cases, followed by cash (40) and VA-backed mortgages (16).

Inventory continues to be running well above 2013’s figures, with a total of 593 properties on the market at the end of the month. That’s up nearly 51 percent from the 393 properties on the market at the same point a year before.

Some good news for the Arlington market: In a break from regional trends, the number of pending sales were up in September compared to a year before, which may help the market going forward.

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

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County Board members on Sept. 20 are slated to approve four projects worth $2.54 million in the latest round of Neighborhood Conservation funding.

The projects were selected from among 26 submitted to the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee. Government staff agrees with the committee’s recommendation.

Among the projects slated for funding: • $608,749 for pedestrian-safety improvements on Vacation Lane from North Utah Street to North Stuart Street in the Donaldson Run neighborhood.

• $756,581 for street improvements on North Quintana Street from Washington Boulevard to 19th Street North in the East Falls Church neighborhood.

• $798,845 for improvements in Oakland Park in the Ballston-Virginia Square neighborhood.

• $376,000 for improvements at Lucky Run Stream in the Fairlington/Shirlington community.

Slightly more than half the funds for the projects are available from the community-conservation bond approved by voters in 2012. The remainder would come from a bond issue slated to go before voters on Nov. 4.

County Board to Consider School-Bus Arms with Cameras: County Board members on Sept. 20 will be asked by staff to amend the county code to permit cameras on the “stop-arms” that are designed to

alert motorists when school buses are loading or discharging students.

The cameras would capture high-resolution images and videos of vehicles that pass the bus from behind or the front when the bus is stopped with flashing red lights.

After review by county police, a citation would then be sent to the registered owner of the vehicle.

Localities are now empowered by the state government to implement such a system, and several Northern Virginia jurisdictions already have done so. Previously, about the only way to charge someone with passing a school bus illegally is for a police officer to witness the event. Those charged are subject to a $250 fine if convicted.

Under the proposal, a private vendor would install they system on a select number of buses at no cost to the county government, then split the revenue under a formula to be worked out through the bidding process. The county’s revenue likely would go to the school system, as is allowed under state law.

“Arlington Public Schools is considering earmarking revenue from this program to school-bus and pedestrian safety, to deflect any complaint that this is a revenueproducing program,” staff said in a memorandum to County Board members.

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The Arlington County government on Sept. 11 announced the composition of a 20-member Thomas Jefferson Working Group, which in coming months will tackle the controversial question of whether to place a new elementary school on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson Middle School.

As the Sun Gazette first reported, veteran community leader and Democratic activist Carrie Johnson has been tapped to lead the group, which is tasked at completing its work within five months.

The group will report back to the County Board on whether a new school is feasible on the Thomas Jefferson site (which is owned by the county government), and if so, where it should be located on the site.

The County Board will have the final say.

The School Board wants a new school placed there in order to alleviate overcrowding in other schools across the county. Voters are being asked to fund the school as part of the education bond on the Nov. 4 ballot.

If the County Board does not approve the Thomas Jefferson proposal, school officials plan to build additions at two existing elementary schools.

The appointments to the working group won’t be official until a Sept. 16 County Board work session. The group will hold

its first meeting on Sept. 20 and is expected to report its findings around January.

In addition to Johnson, working-group members will include Stacey Whyte (atlarge), Steve Sockwell (Planning Commision), Michael Perkins (Transportation Commission), Mike Hanna (Environment and Energy Conservation Commission), Elizabeth Gearin (Park and Recreation Commission), Steve Hughes (Arlington Heights Civic Association), Lois Koontz (Alcova Heights Civic Association), Gregory Morse (Ashton Heights Civic Association), Daniel Weir (Barcroft Civic Association).

Also, Alison Tomlinson (Douglas Park Civic Association), John Goldener (Lyon Park Civic Association), Andrew Moore (Penrose Civic Association), Rene Gornal (Arlington County Fair Board), Janine Velasco and Greg Greeley (Arlington Public Schools Facilities Advisory Council), Jim Pressword (Friends of TJ Park), Craig Esherick (Sports Commission), Polly Hall (Thomas Jefferson PTA) and Nora Palmatier (Urban Forestry Commission).

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DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON PREVENTION OF FALLS: A discussion on preventing

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will sign and talk about their new adventure picture book story that is told against the backdrop of Washington’s famous, child-cherished sites. Daniel, himself, will be on hand for our events. Eight-year-old Daniel, the Superhero, merrily meets danger and excitement with humor and wit. He’s determined not to let the robber have the money back. Ages 4 to 9 years.

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JAM SESSION FEATURES BLUEGRASS:

A “firehouse jam” session featuring bluegrass and traditional music will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

DISCUSSION LOOKS AT ESTATE SALES:

A discussion of how estate sales and auctions work will be held on Tuesday, Sept.

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COMPUTER MAINTENANCE DISCUSSED:

A discussion of computer maintenance for beginners will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Arlington Mill Community Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

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DISCUSSION LOOKS AT FINANCIAL SCAMMERY: A discussion of financial

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Family-friendly living abounds, and this week’s featured property offers the opportunity for the next owner to enjoy it as an entertainer’s delight, or consider the possibility of expansion into a showplace.

Set on a charming lot, the home offers quality of the immediate post-war period coupled with a modern feel with elegance and élan.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $825,000 by Carol Temple of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

We begin our tour with a hearty welcome, followed by a stop in the formal living room. Large enough to host a grand piano as well as a group of family and friends, it features a fireplace to warm the environment.

The dining room also can welcome a crowd at the holidays or any time of year.

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And it is here in the family room that the showplace nature of the home takes root. A soaring ceiling and skylights add the perfect ambiance, and doors lead you out to the deck for grilling throughout the year.

The upper level is home to three comfortable bedrooms, which provide optimum flexibility and opportunity both in their present configuration and, if desired, for expansion in the near or slightly more distant future.

The light and bright, walk-out lower level adds another dimension to the property, ideal for a home office or for the hobbyists among us. There is even a walk-in, temperature-controlled wine cellar here.

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The voluminous talk among regional leaders about “aging in place” appears to be coming up against the reality that the D.C. area isn’t the best spot in the nation to spend one’s golden years.

At least not according to one recent survey.

A review of the 150 largest cities in the nation ranks the region a relatively lowly 128th as best to retire, with both affordability and “quality of life” helping to drag down the area.

The analysis of existing data by WalletHub determined that Tampa was the best area of the country for those 65 and older, followed Grand Prairie, Texas. Rounding out the top five were two additional Florida cities (Orlando and St. Petersburg) and Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ranking close to the Washington area in the survey were areas as disparate as Anchorage (126th); San Francisco (127th); Bakersfield, Calif.

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On the plus side, the D.C. region outperforms a number of big cities, including Boston (136th) and Baltimore (142nd).

Affordability alone isn’t enough to guarantee a high ranking; Laredo, Texas, scores tops in affordability, but only ranks 78th overall. The reverse stands true for Scottsdale, Ariz., which ranks 100th in affordability but sixth overall (boosted by a No. 3 quality-oflife ranking).

Ranking lowest of the 150 cities were Providence, Newark, Philadelphia, New York and Chicago.

Among Virginia cities, Chesapeake ranked 55th nationally, followed by Richmond at 59th, Virginia Beach at 67th and Norfolk at 73rd.

Boston and Providence were among cities held back because of abysmal weather; those who want temperate climes should head for California cities (Glendale, Riverside and Bakersfield led the pack).

Those who like the company of seasoned citizens should head to Scottsdale, Ariz., or Hialeah, Fla., which had the largest percentage of the over65 crowd. Those preferring a younger vibe should pack up for Santa Ana, Calif., and Gilbert, Ariz., which had the lowest percentage of 65-and-older among the population.

Those who plan to keep on working into retirement should consider Plano, Texas, and Anchorage, which had the largest percentage of those over 65 still in the workforce. (Washington ranked fourth). The lowest percentage could be found in Modesto, Calif.

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NVCC President Templin Is Planning to Retire in 2015 Having shepherded hundreds of thousands of students through the doors of Northern Virginia Community College over the past dozen years, college president Robert Templin Jr. on Sept. 8 announced he plans to step down in 2015.

He made the announcement at the monthly meeting of the college board, calling his years as president “the highlight of my career.”

Templin was president of the Center for Innovative Technology when he was tapped to lead Virginia’s largest institution of higher education in 2002, focusing on under-served populations of the region.

Eighty percent of the enrollment growth comes from minority, low-income and first-generation college students, college officials said.

During his tenure, NVCC increased the number of graduates by 120 percent to more than 6,000 annually, and now transfers more students to George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, James Madison University, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia than any other institution.

NVCC “is one of the very top colleges in the country for creating higher-education opportunities and producing outstanding graduates,” Templin said in a statement.

“I’m thankful for the experience of working with so many dedicated elected officials and business, civic and education leaders across our region to expand educational opportunities for tens of thousands of additional students.”

Templin also has encouraged partnerships between the college and local business community, as well as community organizations, and put an emphasis on preparing students for careers in growing fields, such as science and medicine.

“You don’t replace a Bob Templin,” said Michael Wooten, who chairs the college’s board. “The best you hope to do is to find a worthy successor. Bob is leaving us the legacy of a superior institution; we hope that this legacy will attract a world-class leader to succeed him.”

During his tenure, the college developed “Pathway to the Baccalaureate,” an award-winning college-access and baccalaureate-completion program serving more than 10,000 students annually from 55 high schools and centers located in low-income, minority and immigrant communities. For Pathway graduates, the baccalaureate-completion rate at George Mason University currently stands at 83 percent.

Templin also was the founding board chairman of Achieving the Dream, a national non-profit organization serving more than 200 colleges in 34 states. Achieving the Dream is dedicated to helping more community college students, particularly low-income students and students of color, gain access to college, stay in school and earn a post-secondary credential.

“I’ve worked with many college presidents during my career, and Bob is at the top of the list for his commitment to change lives and improve communities,” said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of the Virginia

Community College System.

To accommodate the college’s growth, Templin opened three new centers and began major capital projects totaling nearly 1 million square feet of classroom and laboratory space.

NVCC also initiated Virginia’s first statewide community-college distancelearning network, linking 22 community colleges and serving nearly 3,000 students annually, primarily in rural areas, within the first three years.

Templin started his educational journey at a community college. He earned an associate degree at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Md., before going on to Towson University for a bachelor’s degree, Georgetown University for a master’s de-

gree and North Carolina State University for a doctorate in education.

After retiring, Templin will continue working to improve higher education, officials said. He has accepted a part-time appointment with The Aspen Institute where he will serve as senior fellow with the College Excellence Program. He also will hold a part-time appointment as professor of practice with the Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University.

Both roles will focus on developing leadership programs to help prepare the next generation of community-college presidents and to develop resources to improve student success across the highereducation sector, officials said.

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DIGITIZATION OF ‘SUN’ ARCHIVES MOVING FORWARD: The Arlington County

library system’s Center for Local History is making progress in its bid to digitize historic copies of the Northern Virginia Sun. The process of digitization of editions from the early 1950s to the late 1970s has been completed, and the library is working to hammer out technical issues before going “live” with the project, said Judith Knudsen, director of the Center for Local History.

The library’s collection of Northern Virginia Sun copies is comprehensive if not totally complete. It was augmented through the years by donations made by the family of early publisher Howard Bloomer and by the Sun Gazette’s parent company, Northern Virginia Media Services.

Because the current microfilm collection has no index, researchers had to know the rough date of a news item in order to find coverage. With digitization, the process will be as simple as typing in a few words and hitting the return button, library officials said.

The Northern Virginia Sun was published from 1935 to the mid-1990s, starting as a weekly and then transitioning by the 1950s to a daily.

COUNTY SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR ‘NEIGHBORHOOD COLLEGE’: The Ar-

lington County government is seeking applications for its next Neighborhood College initiative.

The eight-week civic-engagement program will run Oct. 28 through Dec. 15 with weekly sessions on Mondays from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the county government’s headquarters at Courthouse Plaza.

“This program helps anyone who cares passionately about our community and neighborhoods better understand the county’s processes and develop skills to help them work effectively for constructive change,” County Board Chairman Jay Fisette said.

“If you want to learn about how Arlington County government operates and how to become more engaged in local issues, I recommend you consider applying,” said Neighborhood College alumnus Richard Nelson. “The classes are lively. You’ll interact with folks from every Arlington neighborhood, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the speakers from the Arlington County Board and government.”

The program is free, with dinner and child care provided at each session. The program is conducted in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation.

A graduation ceremony will take place at the Dec. 17 County Board meeting.

Applications are due Sep. 29. For information, call (703) 575-8152 or e-mail ml@ arlingtonnc.info.

ship for Affordable Housing will hold its 25th-anniversary fund-raiser on Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Clarendon Ballroom, 3185 Wilson Blvd.

At the event, former state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple and Brian Coulter of the JBG Cos. will be honored for their contributions to affordable housing in the community.

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Margaret Whipple will be honored at the 55th-anniversary celebration of Linden Resources, to be held Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club.

Whipple will be honored for her efforts, while serving on the School Board and County Board, to enable Linden Resources (formerly SOC Enterprises) to purchase the former Nellie Custis Elementary School building on 23rd Street South, which for the past two decades has served as the nonprofit organization’s headquarters.

There is no charge. For information on the event or to R.S.V.P, call Trish Smith at (703) 299-3236 or e-mail tsmith@linden. org.

AMERICAN CENTURY OPENS SEASON WITH COMEDY: American Century The-

ater opens its 20th and final season with a comedy, presenting “The Seven Year Itch” from Sept. 20 to Oct. 11 at Gunston Arts Center’s Theatre Two. The production represents an encore for American Century, which first performed it in 2002. The original production ran for 1,141 performances at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway from November 1952 to August 1955.

“When we first did it, hardly anyone remembered that it has been a Broadway hit,” said American Century artistic director Jack Marshall. “All they remembered was Marilyn Monroe and the white dress in the movie. Yet the play had audiences laughing from the start, as well as caring about the character.”

Marshall said the play “is funnier, more complex and racier” than the film.

“If we can help get it recognized as the classic it is, that would be another achievement for the company’s legacy,” he said.

Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. There is no matinee on Sept. 20.

For tickets and information, call (703) 998-4555 or see the Web site at www.americancentury.org.

ARLINGTON PLAYERS’ SEASON DETAILED: The Arlington Players opens its

2014-15 season with a production of “The Wedding Singer,” running Oct. 3-18 at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

The production kicks off a season that also will include Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” (Jan. 30-Feb. 14) and “Peter Pan” (April 17-May 2).

The non-profit, community-theater troupe has been presenting productions since 1951, and is a member of the Washington Area Theatre Community Honors, a coalition of nearly three-dozen community-theater companies across the local area.

For information on the upcoming season, see the Web site at www.thearlingtonplayers.org.

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‘APAH’ PLANNING 25th-ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: The Arlington Partner-

The master of ceremonies will be County Board Chairman Jay Fisette.

For information and sponsorship opportunities, see the Web site at www.apah. org.

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The second annual Arlington Festival of the Arts will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on North Highland Street in Arlington.

More than 100 participating artists will be part of the event, with their works covering a wide variety of mediums.

The event is put on by Howard Alan Events & American Craft Endeavors. For information, see the Web site at www.artfestival.com.

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Events will begin at noon, with stage events beginning with live bands, followed by opening ceremonies at 1 p.m.

Event chairman Portia Clark and Nauck Civic Association president Dr. Alfred Taylor Jr. will welcome the community and introduce dignitaries, and the event will be emceed by Dr. Shakina Rawlings, executive director of Jireh’s Place.

At the event, awards for their community leadership will be presented to Terron Sims, the Nauck Community Service Center and Vulcan. Student awards will be presented to Kirsten Pettiway (Robert Winkler Award for Public Service), Kiana Carter (Jennie Davis Leadership Award) and Layla Amarir (Gary Barbee Memorial Award).

There will be events for all ages throughout the day, and at 3 p.m. there will be a celebration of Nauck’s 170th birthday.

For information, call (703) 486-0058 or see the Web site at www.ncaarlington.org.

CHURCHES TEAM UP FOR COMMUNITY-SERVICE EVENT: The Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints and Trinity Presbyterian Church will host an interfaith community-service event on Saturday, Sept. 20 as part of the national Day to Serve initiative.

Parishioners and community members will assemble meals for Stop Hunger Now, support the Arlington Food Assistance Center and participate in a youth-focused activity preparing meals for those in need.

All events will take place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1600 North Inglewood St. For information and to sign up for activities, see the Web site at http://bit.ly/1opJv93.

ANNUAL HOUSING FAIR MAKES A RETURN APPEARANCE: The 2014 Live-In

Arlington Info-Fair will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Arlington Mill Community Center.

The event will feature vendors and workshops. There also will be a screening of the documentary “American Winter,” as well as food and entertainment on the plaza outside the center.

The event is sponsored by the Arlington County government and Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization. Admission is free. For information, see the Web site at www.liveinarl.org.

GLENCARLYN LIBRARY HOSTS GARDEN FESTIVAL: The Glencarlyn Library Com-

munity Garden hosts its annual AutumnFest Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The library is located at 300 South Kensington St. For information, call (703) 671-5310.

PLANETARIUM TO HOST MONTHLY SCREENINGS, SPECIAL EVENTS: Friends

of Arlington’s David M. Brown Planetarium are planning a host of public screenings of digital productions the weekend of Sept. 19-21.

Admission to each program is $7 for adults and teens, $5 for seniors and $3 for children up to age 12. The planetarium is located at 1426 North Quincy St., between the Arlington Education Center and Washington-Lee High School.

The weekend’s events also include a visit from Sir Isaac Newton, as well as live music courtesy of the Yorktown Yahoos, a demonstration of nitrogen ice cream making and a program on creating child-safe rockets.

For a complete list of upcoming screenings and other events, see the Web site at www.friendsoftheplanetarium.org.

ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE PLANS ‘GOLDEN PAW GALA’: The Animal Wel-

fare League of Arlington will hold its second annual Golden Paw Gala on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel.

The gala “is not only a benefit event to help advance our mission . . . but also serves to generate awareness for the many adoptable animals in our care that are in need of a home,” said Animal Welfare League CEO Neil Trent.

Attendees will have the chance to mingle with shelter VIPs (Very Important Pooches) that will strut their stuff on the red carpet.

At the event, the organization’s Animal Welfare Achievement Award will be presented to U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) for his work as co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus.

Tickets are $150 per person or $250 for VIP admission. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.awla.org.

CHURCH PROGRAM LOOKS AT VALUING TREASURES: The “Faith, Food and

Fellowship” series at Clarendon United Methodist Church continues on Thursday, Sept. 25 with a program on “Is Your Jewelry Box a Treasure Chest?” Jamie Grasso of NovaGold will discuss how antique and estate jewelry is valued, and will provide one free verbal evaluation per person.

The event begins with a brief worship service with music at noon, followed by lunch ($5) at 12:30 p.m. and the program at 1 p.m.

The church is located at 606 North Irving St. For information, call (703) 5279574 or see the Web site at www.morefaith. org.

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n Twenty-eight Arlington Public Schools students have been named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. for 2015.

All semifinalists are eligible to compete for 7,600 National Merit Scholarship awards worth $33 million, to be awarded next spring.

Merit semifinalists from schools in the Sun Gazette coverage area include: • From H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program: Alexandra Gartner and Amanda Hayes.

• From Washington-Lee High School: Andrew Fleckenstein, Quinn Montante, Isaac Mortimer-Lotke, Donia Nichols, Claire Spaulding and Katherine Windham.

• From Yorktown High School: Jacqueline Anders, Keaton Anderson, Will Clay, Madeline Gardner, Margot Hanclich, Emma Hobday, Adam Howard, Warren McQueary, Joseph Potochny, Griffin Romanek and Sydney Stocks.

• From Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology: Corwin De Boor, Nolan Kataoka, David Lanman, Rebecca Merriman-Goldring, John Morris, Claire Murphy, Sushrutha Reddy, Zane Rossi and Katherine Salamido.

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Three types of Merit Scholarship awards will be offered in 2015: National Merit $2,500 scholarships, corporate-sponsored scholarships and college-sponsored scholarships.

Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Patrick Murphy and Assistant Superintendent for School and Community Relations Linda Erdos presented a session on community engagement at the National School Public Relations Association’s annual seminar in Baltimore.

Their presentation highlighted the wide range of innovative approaches and technologies, including an online-boundary tool, to successfully draw boundaries for a new Arlington school, earning a unanimous board vote and almost no community opposition.

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Police Beat MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Aug. 20 at 12:20 a.m., a man described by police as intoxicated threatened and physically assaulted a woman in the 800 block of South Arlington Mill Drive, police said.

The suspect, 67-year-old Vasken Vartanian of Arlington, was arrested, charged with malicious wounding and was held without bond. n On Aug. 24 at 1:20 a.m., a man sustained a laceration on his head after being struck with a bottle during a fight in the 4800 block of Columbia Pike.

Witnesses “provided very little suspect information,” police said.

The victim was transported to Virginia Hospital Center for treatment. n On Aug. 24 at 11:54 p.m., a 25-yearold man sustained a stab wound to the chest and numerous lacerations to his back during a fight in the 3500 block of 8th Street North, police said.

The suspect, 30-year-old Rafael TemajJiguan of Arlington, was arrested, charged with malicious wounding and was held without bond.

The victim was transported to Virginia Hospital Center with non-life-threatening wounds. n On Aug. 25 at 9:34 p.m., a man struck a woman several times with a wooden chair leg in the 4000 block of 27th Road North, in what police described as a domestic incident.

The suspect claimed diplomatic immunity and was not charged, police said. The victim was transported to Virginia Hospital Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

ATTEMPTED MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Aug. 30 at 11:40 p.m., an altercation between two women in the 2200 block of Fairfax Drive escalated, and a knife was brandished, police said.

As the suspect approached the victim, witnesses intervened and police were called.

The suspect, 25-year-old Briday Brazzle of Arlington, was arrested, charged with attempted malicious wounding and was held without bond. n On Sept. 2 at 1:45 p.m., a man threatened a another man with a knife at a bus stop in the 900 block of North Stuart Street, police said.

The suspect, 51-year-old Richard Hill of Takoma Park, was arrested, charged with malicious wounding and was held without bond.

ROBBERY: n On Aug. 24 at 6:13 a.m., an individual assaulted a convenience-store employee in the 3900 block of Lee Highway and stole several cartons of cigarettes before fleeing on foot.

The suspect is described as a black male, 25 to 35 years old, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY: n On Sept. 9 at 12:57, two individuals grabbed a 25-year-old man at Rocky Run Park in the 2300 block of 11th Street North and demanded his cell phone.

The victim was able to break free and flee the scene on foot.

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ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION: n On Sept. 8 at 10:35 p.m., two individuals allegedly grabbed an 18-year-old woman as she was attempting to enter a vehicle in the 3800 block of 12th Street South.

The woman fought off her attackers, but sustained minor injuries, police said.

The suspects fled the scene when they observed a police vehicle that was responding to a separate incident.

The victim flagged down police, but a search using a K-9 unit was unsuccessful.

The suspects are described as Hispanic males, between 5’5” and 6 feet tall.

INDECENT EXPOSURE: n On Sept. 2 at 9 a.m., a man was reported to be masturbating in front of a woman in a laundry room of an apartment building in the 5500 block of Columbia Pike.

After the incident, the suspect grabbed the victim and attempted to persuade her not to report the incident, police said.

Warrants for indecent exposure and assault-and-battery were issued for a 34year-old Arlington man.

BURGLARY: n Sometime between Aug. 23 at 5 p.m. and Aug. 24 at 6 p.m., a home in the 6800 block of 27th Street North was burglarized. It is unknown if anything was taken. n Sometime between Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m. and Sept. 8 at 9:45 a.m., a learning center in the 1700 block of South Taylor Street was burglarized. Three laptop computers were taken.

ANOTHER SURCHARGE MAY BE COMING TO TRAFFIC TICKETS: n Critics may grumble that it’s getting to the point where paying a traffic ticket features as much nickel-and-diming as buying an airline ticket.

County Board members on Sept. 20 are slated to consider a proposal to add a $5 charge, on top of other fees, for each criminal or traffic case in circuit or district court.

The funds would be used to support costs of implementing an electronic-summons system for the Arlington County Police Department. Currently, officers handwrite summonses and then have to re-enter date in electronic form.

A new system would “significantly improve efficiency and accuracy” and would lessen the chance of officers being injured while on the side of the road during a traffic stop, county staff said in a memo to board members.

Those receiving tickets would still get a paper version, county officials said.

At $5 per instance and with about 5,100 arrests and 42,000 traffic citations a year, county officials estimate the new fee will generate a net of about $200,000 annually.

That would be enough to fund the $150,000 that officials estimate will be needed to fund the new system, although the county staff report gives no indication if the fee will be retained, or eliminated, after costs are recouped.

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Southwest Expanding Its Footprint at Local Airports Southwest Airlines has the potential to become the second-largest carrier at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport by the end of the year.

Not bad for a carrier that didn’t even serve the airport until July 2012.

By December, Southwest will expand to 300 trips and about 46,000 seats per week at the airport through its purchase of landing and take-off slots from the merged American Airlines and US Airways. Federal regulators required American/US Airways, which now is a combined corporate entity but is still flying as two different carriers, to divest some of its slots at Reagan National to win merger approval.

Southwest itself is completing a merger with AirTran Airways that began in 2011, and will continue to operate the two brands for several more months. The final AirTran flight is slated to operate from Atlanta to Tampa on Dec. 28, then all flights will operate under the Southwest brand.

In the most recent passenger counts for Reagan National reported by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority – for May – the combined Southwest/ AirTran ranked as the fifth-largest carrier at National by total passengers. Its 111,948 passenger total for the month gave it a 5.8percent market share at the airport, behind American/US Airways (57.6 percent), Delta (15.6 percent), United (9.4 percent) and JetBlue (5.9 percent).

The expansion of Southwest’s footprint at Reagan National, which is being phased in through the fall, will increase its daily departures from 17 to 44, to a total of 14 destinations: Atlanta, Akron/Canton, Aus-

Southwest Airlines earlier this month introduced new livery for its planes. The airline soon will vastly expand its presence at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and also is adding flights at Washington Dulles International Airport.

tin, Chicago Midway, Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby, Fort Myers, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, St. Louis and Tampa.

To accommodate the growth, Southwest is expanding its presence in Reagan National’s Terminal A to six of the terminal’s nine gates. It takes over space from JetBlue, which relocated to Terminal B. JetBlue (and Virgin America) also obtained additional take-off and landing slots as part of the American/US Airways divestment.

Until recent years, Southwest had been dominant at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where it currently controls more than 70 percent of all passenger traffic, but had no presence at the D.C. region’s Virginia airports. At Washington Dulles International Airport, where United operates what’s called a fortress hub due to its dominance, Southwest’s market share in May was 2.7 percent, up from 2.5 percent a year before.

As part of its strategy, Southwest is adding nonstop service from Dulles to Las Vegas and San Diego, and will augment existing nonstop service to Denver and Chicago Midway.

Southwest officials told the Sun Gazette their goal was to have a presence at all three of the region’s airports, giving passengers options that hadn’t been possible when the airline was concentrated at BWI. Earlier this month, Southwest introduced new livery (design) for its aircraft and marketing.

Nationally in 2013, Southwest/AirTran ranked second in total domestic passenger enplanements with about 133.1 million, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, with Delta second at 120.4 million. But both will fall short of the merged American/US Airways, which in 2013 combined to carry 143.8 million passengers domestically, according to federal figures.

Military Jet Appears at Reagan National: A new-generation military aircraft will be on the ground at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from Sept. 13-19.

But, no, you can’t book flights.

The Scorpion military fighter jet was brought to Washington by Textron AirLand LLC for marketing purposes. According to plans reported by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, arrived on Sept. 13 and is slated to depart Sept. 19 at around 10 a.m.

The plane will not be carrying armament, and will be stored in a closed facility at the Signature Flight Support Terminal while on the ground. General airport operations will not be impacted by its presence.

A scale model of the aircraft will be on display at the Textron AirLand booth at the Technology Exposition, taking place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor.

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1.4 percent from $21.2 billion a year before.

Emily Cassell, director of the government-funded Arlington Convention and Visitors Service, called it “great news” that Arlington turned in growth in 2013, “especially in light of the challenges our hospitality business faced.”

She pointed to cuts in federal spending, the government shutdown and sequestration of government funds as challenges that the local travel and hospitality industry had to overcome.

On the worrisome side, Arlington’s annual rate of travel-spending growth continues to decline. It stood at 7.6 percent in 2011 and 3.9 percent in 2012 before falling to 1.9 percent in 2013.

For the county government, spending related to tourism is a boon to tax coffers.

The county received $78.4 million in local tax receipts related to the travel and hospitality industry during 2013, more than 50 percent more than any other jurisdiction in the commonwealth. The state government took in $94.8 million in tax receipts from Arlington tourism and business travel.

Data and analysis were compiled by the

United States Travel Association for the Virginia Tourism Corp. It is based on visitor spending for travelers within the U.S. but at least 50 miles away from home.

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Domestic-travel expenditures in the county totaled $2.83 billion, accounting for 13.2 percent of the statewide total, according to new figures reported by the state government.

Arlington remained ahead of secondplace Fairfax County, which had total tourism expenditures of $2.73 billion in 2013, according to the new report.

In 2012, the two jurisdictions had been more tightly matched, but Arlington saw a growth rate of 1.9 percent from 2012 to 2013, while spending in Fairfax declined 0.6 percent.

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

BUSINESS INITIATIVE PICKS ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE COMPUTERS:

The Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN), Literacy Council of Northern Virginia and Synetic Theater have been selected as recipients of computer equipment through an initiative sponsored by Technology Management Inc. (TMI) and the Arlington Community Foundation.

The Technology Management Initiative was created to provide computer equipment and support services to non-profit organizations in the Arlington community.

Additional donations will be made on an as-available basis.

Patricia Donnelly, executive director of the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia, said the computer equipment will be put to good use.

“This is a generous and meaningful donation,” she said. Through it, her organization “will now have the capacity to set up

VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION RELEASES BUSINESS-DEVELOPMENT E-BOOK: Virginia Cooperative Extension

recently released a new e-book, “Question and Answer Guide for Starting and Growing Your Own Business,” to provide Virginia business owners with essential information in an easily accessible way.

Scott Tate, senior economic-development specialist in Virginia Tech’s Office of Economic Development and former Extension community-viability specialist, and Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Virginia Cooperative Extension community viability specialist, authored the publication.

The e-book covers entrepreneurial basics, business plans, legal considerations and more. The publication can be accessed on the Virginia Cooperative Extension publication Web site at http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/.

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County Should Promote Its Hall of Fame to Fullest One of the great things about Arlington County is the government’s willingness to spend money to enhances athletics.

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Team’s 2-0 Start Is Match to Last Year ALLEN KHA For the Sun Gazette

When second-year head coach Wayne Hogwood took over his alma mater’s football program last season, he was foFOOTBALL particularly cused on creating a culture of confidence and increasing his Wakefield Warriors team’s collective “football IQ.” A season later, those efforts appear to be paying off. The Warriors (2-0) showed their growth in a comfortable and methodical 42-0 victory against the host George Mason Mustangs on Sept. 12, dominating all aspects of the high school football game.

Wakefield scored 14 points in each of the first three quarters, exploiting its speed on both sides of the ball.

Senior quarterback Riley Wilson typified his team’s execution. He completed 10 of 11 passes for 181 yards, with the only incompletion coming on the final play of the first half on a dropped pass.

Wilson otherwise led an offense that averaged 11 yards per play.

Junior running back Leon Young featured prominently with 166 yards rushing and two touchdowns – both on 18-yard runs – on 11 carries. Kareem Hall added Continued on Page 28

Top: Wakefield High School’s Leon Young makes a long gain against George Mason behind George Brooks’ blocking. Above: Wakefield’s Bemnet Seyoum, No. 6, couldn’t shake George Mason’s Finn Roou, as he dragged him for several yards. George Mason’s Henderson Beam comes up to help PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT finally make the tackle and stop Seyoum.

W-L Gets First Win Thanks to Strong Second Half DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

South Lakes added a late touchdown.

Washington-Lee was led throughout the game by the offense provided by Harris.

The senior had 145 yards rushing on 24 carries and caught three passes for 65 yards.

Fecso was 15 of 27 passing for 212 yards with three TD. He threw two firsthalf interceptions that were costly and led to South Lakes scores.

Kelsch caught six passes for 93 yards, Quinn Park had two catches for 54 yards, and Casey had two catches for eight yards and kicked four extra points.

Washington-Lee’s other touchdowns came in the first half on passes of 32 yards to Kelsch and 36 to Harris. The scoring pass to Harris came on a screen

that the back broke down the sideline to paydirt.

South Lakes scored its 14 points in the first half on an interception return and a short run that was set up by another interception.

On defense, Harris and Gene Jones had interceptions for the Generals to stop South Lakes’ drives.

“Our defense played lights-out all night and made some big plays and stops,” W-L coach Josh Shapiro said. “In the second half, we established field position, scored some points and we stopped them. Overall, Harris had a great night and Ronnie made some big throws when it was needed.”

Washington-Lee plays at Stuart (1-1) Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Synthetic fields are resurfaced, recreation centers, sports complexes and skateboarding parks are built, and an elaborate – if not controversial – aquatic center is proposed.

With that in mind, maybe the county could take on another venture by ponying up funds to create a permanent home in a public venue for the Arlington Sports Hall of Fame. The organization was established by the Better Sports Club of Arlington in 1958, incorporated in 1992, and is most certainly worthy of increased promotion.

The locale could be in a hallway or lobby inside of a prominent or notable county building. Or it could be in a separate room someplace. There would never be a charge for admission.

Such a venue and funds would allow the hall to permanently display the 35 names of its proud inductees with appropriate plaques noting their athletic accomplishments and even some memorblia. Area high schools have plaques of hall members hanging in gym lobbies. Those are impressive mazes to meander through, especially at Mount Vernon and Madison highs.

Having its own venue would be a wonderful and deserving upgrade for the Arlington Hall, which many don’t know exists. A home of its own could also allow, and maybe provide incentive, for the hall to expand, possibly inducting multiple members each year.

There are many deserving male and female athletes who have made big marks in Arlington sports, yet are waiting for enshrinement.

If that first step happens, then maybe the county could donate a bit more to provide upgrade to the Hall’s current Web site at www.arlsportshof.org and to host an annual banquet.

The Web site includes the list of the inductees, but not bios. Wouldn’t they be nice to read?

Arlington has a long, proud and recognized history regarding its excellence for athletics. So its Sports Hall of Fame should be put on display and promoted to the fullest.

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With a strong start to the second half, the Washington-Lee Generals (1-1) won for the first time FOOTBALL this season by downing the host South Lakes Seahawks, 34-21.

The Generals won the Sept. 12 high school football game by scoring the first three touchdowns of the third quarter to break a 14-14 halftime time.

Running back Daquay Harris scored those first two touchdowns on runs of 28 and 33 yards, then Will Kelsch added the third on a 34-yard pass from quarterback Ronnie Fecso. Henry Casey booted all three extra points and W-L led, 34-14.

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Productive Offense Sparks O’Connell to Yet Another Win DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Through three games, the theme has been the same for the Bishop O’Connell Knights.

They win by significant margins and do a lot of good things, yet continue to a conFOOTBALL amass cerning number of penalties, like the 19 for 161 yards O’Connell was flagged for Sept. 12 in the team’s 27-10 home victory in an off-andon rain over St. Christopher’s from Richmond in high school football action.

O’Connell improved to 3-0 as the Knights gained 396 total yards, of which 216 were rushing, and had 21 first downs.

“We have to clean that up, and we’re trying, or it’s going to cost us a game,” O’Connell coach Del Smith said about the penalties. “Some are just penalties, but some are mistakes that we shouldn’t

FOOTBALL ON THE WEB Among local high school football games being played this weekend that will be covered on the Web site at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington: n Edison at Yorktown n Washington-Lee at Stuart n Jefferson at Wakefield n O’Connell at Fork Union make.”

In the win over St. Christopher’s (1-1), O’Connell started slowly on offense, punting on its first three possessions.

The Knights then scored on their fourth possession when senior quarterback Michael Galvan, 17 of 31 for 180 yards passing and 65 yards rushing, threw four yards to Drew Bonner for a touchdown on a corner route. Bryan Vega kicked the extra point, and O’Connell

led, 7-0, with 11:11 left in the first half.

The Knights were largely in control the rest of the game.

The initial 10-play, 49-yard scoring drive was typical of the way the Knights moved the ball throughout the contest, with a mix of running and passing but a lack of multiple big plays like in their first two games. The first half was played in the rain, which Smith said grounded O’Connell’s air game a bit.

To compensate, O’Connell had its best running game this season.

“We had to run today because of the weather, and we ran well,” Smith said.

Anthony Howard had 82 yards on a ground, including a five-yard fourth-period scoring run to lead the attack. Nick Shaw had 41 and Anton Woody 32, in addition to Galvan’s 65. Howard’s carries were limited in O’Connell’s first two games because of an ankle injury.

“We have multiple weapons in our backfield and Anthony was ready to help

us today,” Smith said.

The Knights also have weapons in the receiving game, like George Hawkins and Brandon Magee. Hawkins had seven catches for 86 yards against St. Christopher’s, including a leaping 17-yard touchdown reception from Galvan in the second period, helping the Knights to a 14-3 halftime lead. Magee (2 catches, 48 yards) caught a 41-yard scoring pass from Galvan in the third period to build the lead to 21-3 after Vega’s third extra point.

Drew Bonner had four catches, and Landan Ward and Myles Hudzick had two each.

St. Christopher’s had 194 total yards, with 67 coming on one pass play, and turned the ball over four times, twice in each half.

O’Connell’s Shaw and Christian Holloman had interceptions, and Jerome Brooks and Terrell Dance had fumble recoveries. Sacks went to Ward, Trayvon Shorts and Tyler Thompson.

Yorktown Unable to Contain H.D. Woodson Quarterback in Loss OWEN BRITTON For the Sun Gazette

The Yorktown Patriots struggled with consistency in all phases of the game, according to FOOTBALL its head coach, and as a result lost to the visiting H.D. Woodson Warriors, 34-21, in a Sept. 12 high school football contest.

Yorktown (1-1) had trouble containing the scrambling of Woodson quarter-

back Rashad Cooper in key situations.

Cooper passed for 236 yards and threw three touchdown passes, a couple to Parnell Motley. Cooper also ran for a score.

“Special teams was a big thing,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said. “We had terrible field position all game. But our problems ran deeper. Woodson was just better than us at everything.”

Yorktown led, 14-12, at halftime thanks to touchdown runs of 7 and 50 yards by Jack Storrs, who had 110 yards

rushing.

Woodson then scored the first three touchdowns of the second half to build a 34-14 lead. The Patriots added their final touchdown on a six-yard pass from Joe McBride (9 of 18 for 84 yards) to Charlie Tiene (2 catches, 12 yards).

Also for Yorktown, Tayvon Brown had 77 yards rushing, Ben Calvert had four catches for 26 yards and Parker Dean had two for 48.

Brown’s running helped Yorktown

drive to its first touchdown. Mehran Roshanaei kicked the extra points.

There were bright spots on defense for Yorktown, which recorded three sacks and made two fourth-down stops of Woodson drives in the red zone. Quinn Cox made some key tackles for Yorktown. On special teams, however, a couple of lengthy kick returns helped set up Woodson touchdowns.

Yorktown hosts Edison at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 19.

team as a walk-on defensive back, then later was eventually switched to running back.

At O’Connell, both played for the late Steve Trimble, who was Josh’s father. They were two-way starters for O’Connell and played on nearly all of the special teams for the Knights.

Gadell played in 13 games in 2013, mainly on special teams. He initially made the

Drew Powell had a productive opening game to the 2014 college football season as the starting quarterback for Division II Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C., earlier this month.

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound junior completed 18 of 29 passes for 256 yards and five touchdowns, and he ran 21 times for

117 yards and a TD. In addition, Powell threw three fourthquarter touchdowns to lead the Blue Bears’ comeback for a 46-44 win over Millersville.

Livingstone trailed, 30-13, in the game.

Powell is beginning his third season as the starting quarterback for the Livingstone team.

Powell is the former Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s Rookie of the Year.

He was a two-way starter on offense and defense when he played at Wakefield.

Powell was the Sun Gazette’s 2011 Offensive Player of the Year and was also a first-team all-defensive player at linebacker that year.

On defense, Wakefield successfully contained Mason’s focal playmaker – junior running back D’Montae Noble – to only 46 yards on 14 carries. The Warriors swarmed to the ball, recording a handful of tackles for losses and frustrating the hosts (1-1).

“Our performance on defense was great,” Hogwood said. “We had our guys swarming the ball and the box, but still maintaining discipline on their assignments. But also important, when [Mason] got one or two of their big plays, our kids wouldn’t drop their heads down. They stayed focused and made plays.”

Wakefield’s performance left Hog-

wood with the quiet confidence that his team could make some noise in Conference 13 play this season. While the Warriors also opened last season with two wins (before stumbling to seven straight losses), Hogwood believes this year will be different.

Hogwood attributed that development to “football IQ.” “At this point last year, we beat Mason in a [41-34] shootout, and the team thought it was like a professional football team, or something,” Hogwood said.

“We got caught up in the success. But we’re returning a lot of players that were sophomores and juniors last year. The

team knows better this year, and we’ll keep working hard.”

Said Young: “We’re going to stay humble. We can get better by continuing to put time in the weight room and learning from the film. We may have thought that after feeling on top of the world and starting 2-0 last year, but that’s not the case now.”

Wakefield hosts Jefferson on Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in its home opener.

NOTE: The back-to-back road wins were the first for Wakefield since the 1998 season. The road shutout was Wakefield’s first since blanking Falls Church, 16-0, in 1990.

College Roundup O’CONNELL GRADS PLAYING FOR VIRGINIA TECH: The college football season

is very early, but two Bishop O’Connell High School graduates have made contributions for the Virginia Tech team so far.

Both players initially made the team as walk-ons.

Red-shirt senior running back Greg Gadell caught a pass for 11 yards in Tech’s victory over William and Mary and has played on special teams in its other games.

Red-shirt junior linebacker Josh Trimble has played in three games for Tech and has made a tackle.

The 6-foot-1, 217-pound Trimble played in 12 games last fall for Tech and made 20 tackles. The 5-10, 209-pound

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44 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries, while Bermnet Seyoum added 46 yards on eight attempts.

“All the credit goes to the offensive line. They opened the lanes where we could run and make plays,” Young said.

“Our improvement is a result of hard work. Going to the weight room every day, and continuing to improve and learn about more advanced points of the game so we can execute and get better.”

WAKEFIELD GRAD OPENS WITH BIG GAME: Wakefield High School graduate

Drew Powell

Daniel alphonse proko sr.

DAVE FACINOLI

Daniel Alphonse Proko, Sr. of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on September 6, 2014 at the age of 82, due to natural causes.

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Friends and colleagues from the American Legion District 17 summer baseball league remembered Charlie Viars, the former Arlington Post 139 athletic director, chaplain and commander, for the support he demonstrated for the baseball league in recent years.

Viars, 79, died on Aug. 31 after a short illness.

“Charlie was a great guy and was someone who had American Legion baseball in his heart,” Alexandria Post 24 baseball manager and Post Commander Jim Glassman said. “We will really miss him.”

Two years ago, Viars hired Bob Romano to manage the Post 139 summer team.

“Charlie was so good to me and gave me the chance to manage Post 139,” Romano said. “I only knew him a couple of years, but the two of us had a nice relationship. He was supportive. I’m going to

On June 13, 1932, Dan was born in Worcester, MA, to Anna (Blazko) and Julius Prokopowich, both ethnic Poles who had immigrated to the US during the early 1900’s.

Dan had 8 siblings and was eighth in the Prokopowich line-up: Alphonse, Stacia, Vitella, Julius, Jane, Joseph, Lucien, (Daniel), and Annie. He is survived by his sister, Jane (87), who still lives in Worcester.

Charlie Viars

miss his help.”

Viars was often a presenter at the annual Better Sports Club of Arlington awards banquet.

Viars, an Oak Hill, W.Va., native, coached youth baseball himself for many years.

Viars was buried on Sept. 12 at Quantico National Cemetery.

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After a short stint in the Air Guard, Dan joined the US Air Force in 1950 and served at Nouasseur, Morocco, where Strategic Air Command had a forward deployment base with the B-47/Stratojet and the huge B-36/ Peacemaker. After achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant, Dan returned stateside to change careers, seeking training and job opportunities in the emerging field of “computers”.

This led to Dan taking a job with the Central Intelligence Agency as a communications/ crypto technician, where his initial involvement was with the early U-2 AQUATONE program. Supporting this program meant deployments to Nevada, Alaska, and bases in the Far East. It was during this time one of his best friends, and later his best man, introduced him to Shirley Prendergast, whom he later married in 1956, after a two-year courtship. She remained the love of his life.

One of his favorite pastimes was spending time with his work buddies at reunion lunches and picnics, or hunting and fishing at the cabin, where the “war stories” would start to flow. His “work hard/play hard” at the cabin and lake passed his parents’ work ethic to his children, surrounding them with a life experience bolstered with his most trusted and best of friends. Until the end, these “silent heroes” supported Dan with visits to boost his morale during his lengthy hospital recuperation periods.

The 90’s arrived with many challenges. In 1990, Dan and Shirley lost their daughter Rosalie due to complications from Leukemia, which had a great impact on the entire family. Further, in 1991, while gardening at their retirement lake home, Shirley suffered an aneurysm, which hampered her mobility and dramatically altered her personality, as well as her near-term memory. After saving her life, for over the next two decades, Dan was by her side at every waking moment to help her every step of the way, along with the devotion of her children, to ensure Shirley had adult companionship for her comfort and safety. This allowed Shirley and her grandchildren to know each other, even to get reacquainted in some ways, and giving 20 more years to travel and experience her family in retirement. Both Shirley and Dan loved to dote on their grandchildren. Shirley passed recently in January, 2013, a huge loss for Dan and his family.

Dan is survived by his three children and their spouses: Eugene (Corinna), Danny (Renee Remick), and Rita (Wes) Driskill; six grandchildren (Jake, David, Daniel, Natalie, Nicholas, and Michael Trent); and three great-grandchildren (Ryan, Abigail, and By 1957, they started a family with four Emma). children (Eugene, Danny, Rosalie, and Rita).

Now, Dan loved to travel and see the world; The family received guests from 5 to 8 however, it was clear Dan going overseas for p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014 at AdU-2 deployments, alone, wasn’t Shirl’s idea of ams-Green Funeral Home, 721 Elden Street, raising a family. By 1960, Dan began a series Herndon, VA. A graveside service was held of overseas Cold War support assignments, at noon on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at taking the family to England, Germany, and Mount Comfort Cemetery, 6600 State Route Australia. Living overseas provided the fam- 663 Alexandria, VA. ily with outstanding and unique opportunities for cultural interactions and making new In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donafriends during the 60’s and 70’s. Between tions be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma overseas assignments, Dan would take his Society (www.lls.org) in the name of his late family every year to summer reunions in daughter, Rosalie Proko Cessna. ArrangeWorcester and Cape Cod, to visit his mom ments have been made by Adams-Green Fuand brothers/sisters and their families, magi- neral Home. The family would like to extend cal times for the entire Proko family. After deep appreciation to the staff at the Inova a debilitating work-related accident dating Loudoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center back to the early 60’s, Dan retired in 1985 to in Leesburg, VA for their dedication to Dan face a string of medical challenges. and Shirley.

Growing up in the city, Dan loved the outdoors and country living…fishing, hunting, weekends at their mountain log cabin, quiet times at the lake, cooking, and shopping for good deals. Dan knew his way around the tools, and he would often putter around fixing small engines as a hobby, after retiring.

Dan supported Christ the Redeemer Church in Sterling, VA during their annual fundraiser carnival, running the chicken BBQ stand with his special sauce, using help from his coworkers and family. He would negotiate spe-

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The Prokopowich’s were a traditional Catholic family. Julius worked for US Steel, and Anna raised the children. Dan’s parents were hardworking and instilled this ethic into their children, to be responsible and fiercely selfreliant. Dan’s mother used to tell him, “No money, no funny!” in her broken English.

All of the children were successful in and contributed to a diverse set of communities.

All of the sons proudly served in various active or guard military roles, including combat tours during WWII and Vietnam.

cial discounts for the supplies from vendors to keep the profits higher, with proceeds going to the church. Normally, the BBQ stand had the highest profit margin, of which Dan was always proud. He cooked many batches of his Carolina and Redneck BBQ sauces over the years, and his distribution network consisted of his supportive friends, family, and doctors and nurses.

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September 17, 1937: n The owner of a home valued at $10,000 would pay $175 in taxes in the District of Columbia and $163.10 in taxes in Montgomery County, but only $108 in taxes in Arlington County, the county’s commissioner of revenue told members of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce.

September 16, 1940: n Treasurer John Locke Greene wants the County Board to ban outhouses across Arlington.

September 11, 1956: n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, wants the federal government to build Arlington a community center, which could also be used as an armory. n State Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. is among the patrons of an amendment to a General Assembly bill that would withhold state funding from any locality that integrates its schools.

September 13, 1963: n A 29-year-old grandson of former Vice President Alben Barkley is shaking up local politics; the new appointee to the Arlington County Democratic Committee plans to “actively” oppose any political efforts by Del. Harrison Mann, D-Arlington. n Republican legislators from Northern Virginia are seeking a statewide vote on repeal of the poll tax. Meanwhile, a Sun editorial says “the poll tax must go.”

September 13, 1969: n Democratic gubernatorial candidate William Battle says he doesn’t think President Nixon’s “prestige” will help Republican Linwood Holton in the race for governor. n In first-week football action: A last-second field goal lifted Fairfax over Washington-Lee, 10-7; Wakefield pummeled Oakton, 28-6; and O’Connell was manhandled by Stuart, 46-0. n At the movies this week: “Valley of the Dolls”; “Dr. Zhivago”; and “True Grit.”

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6305 15th Road

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(Web ID 1234567) $1,299,000

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$1,529,900

Charming Craftsman inspired exterior, open and airy contemporary interior.

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4834 N. 33rd Road

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1925 ARLINGTON RIDGE RD S

$1,789,000 9113 SAUNAS CT

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Sales Associate 703-555-1234 jsmith@weichert.com

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$1,500,000

$1,599,000 1300 CRYSTAL DR #910S

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Great market, many locations.

www.insidenova.com

You’re a free agent, so you can sign on with an exciting team at Weichert – whether you’re an experienced Sales Associate who wants the support to make your business grow or you’re wondering how to kick off a great new real estate career. If you’re new, you can earn your real estate license quickly and return to Weichert for the industry’s best training. If you’re experienced, we’ll help you succeed with our innovative Internet strategy, our industry-leading Open House program, and much more.

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