Sun Gazette Arlington Community Guide September 25, 2014

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Who Runs Arlington? Here’s a Primer Who runs Arlington? Technically, it would be the voters, but on a day-to-day basis, the following elected officials are in charge.

Since the 1980s, Arlington has been a Democratic bastion. Currently, every elected office at every level is occupied by a Democrat, with one exception.

County Board Arlington’s current form of government dates to the early 1930s, when the three-member Board of Supervisors that had governed the community since Reconstruction was replaced with a five-member County Board, whose members delegate general operations to an appointed county manager and staff.

Current County Board members are Jay Fisette (chairman), Mary Hynes (vice chairman), Walter Tejada, Libby Garvey and John Vihstadt. All are Democrats except for Vihstadt, who is an independent.

All County Board members serve four-year, staggered terms. Arlington does not have districts; all members represent the entire county.

The resignation in February of Chris Zimmerman led to a special election that brought Vihstadt to the board. He is defending his seat in the Nov. 4 election against Democrat Alan Howze. No other board seats are on the ballot this year.

Day-to-day management of the county government is in the hands of County

Manager Barbara Donnellan.

School Board Like the County Board, Arlington’s School Board consists of five members who are elected in staggered terms and serve countywide.

Current School Board members are James Lander (chairman), Emma Violand-Sanchez (vice chairman), Abby Raphael and Nancy Van Doren. The fifth seat is vacant.

In November, voters will cast ballots for two School Board members. Van Doren is running unopposed to fill out the remainder of the term of Noah Simon, who resigned in August. Barbara Kanninen and Audrey Clement are competing for the lone four-year term on the ballot, to fill the slot left vacant by the departure of Sally Baird.

Under Virginia law, School Board seats officially are nonpartisan. But political parties can endorse candidates; all four current School Board members won the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s endorsement prior to joining the board, and Kanninen has the Democratic endorsement in the upcoming election.

Unlike County Board members, the School Board does not have taxing authority. Most of the school system’s budget comes from allocations made by the County Board.

Day-to-day school operations are overseen by Superintendent Patrick

Since the 1930s, Arlington government has been overseen by a five-member County Board. Current members (from left are Walter Tejada, John Vihstadt, Jay Fisette, Mary Hynes and Libby Garvey. All five represent the county as a whole.

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Constitutional Officers Arlington has five constitutional officers, so named because their duties are spelled out in the Constitution of Virginia.

Beth Arthur serves as sheriff, Ingrid Morroy as commissioner of revenue, Paul Ferguson as clerk of the Circuit Court, Theo Stamos as commonwealth’s attorney and Carla de la Pava as trea-

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Arthur, Morroy and de la Pava represent Arlington; Ferguson and Stamos are elected by residents of Arlington and the city of Falls Church and serve both jurisdictions.

All five constitutional officers are Democrats, and all serve four-year terms except for the clerk of the court, who serves an eight-year term.

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Did You Know? Hospitals Have Long History in the Community The stork waits for no one, not even one with “M.D.” after his or her name.

And so it’s perhaps no surprise that the first patients of Arlington Hospital (in 1943) and Fairfax Hospital (in 1961) were expectant mothers whose babies didn’t want to wait.

The Northern Virginia Sun not only was all over both these stories, but for years in advance of the openings had covered the challenges facing

local residents eager to see local hospital service evolve beyond the mere rudimentary in Northern Virginia.

While Arlington Hospital and Fairfax Hospital weren’t the only ones of their kind in the region, their stories are emblematic of the efforts made in the pre-war and post-war years by growing communities to build health-care facilities worthy of a rapidly growing part of the nation.

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a community hospital began in the early 1930s during a period of significant growth in the community.

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For years well into the 20th century, mothers and those in need of surgery looked across the Potomac River to Washington or to Alexandria for hospital care, as much of Northern Virginia was still something between modest bedroom communities and farmland.

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Baird then surprised the community by departing office in August. Her seat will remain unfilled until a winner is elected and sworn in.

Simon’s Departure Leads to School Board Special Election: School Board member Noah Simon surprised some by announcing in July that he would resign the seat he had held for 18 months in order to spend more time with his children. Simon’s wife, Kedron, had lost a battle with cancer in December 2013.

Simon’s resignation set up a special election that was slated to run in conjunction with the Nov. 4 general election. The result is not in doubt, as Nancy Van Doren was the only candidate to file either for the Arlington County Democratic Committee endorsement or for the election itself.

School Board members in September appointed Van Doren to Simon’s seat so she could participate in deliberations before the election. When factoring in her upcoming special-election victory, Van Doren will serve the remainder of Simon’s term, which runs through 2016.

Treasurer Calls It a Career After 30 Years in Office: Treasurer Frank O’Leary had served in office since first winning election in 1983, and some expected he would hang in at least until he became the longestserving elected official in Arlington history, which would have happened in 2015.

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The announcement by U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) that he would not seek re-election in November 2015 led to a large field of contenders hoping to succeed him.

But O’Leary opted for retirement midway through his eighth term, and in July, his chief deputy, Carla de la Pava, was sworn into office as his successor. De la Pava had served as No. 2 in the office for six years.

O’Leary’s resignation set up yet another special election, to be held in conjunction with the general election, but as in Van Doren’s case, no one came forward to challenge de la Pava. As a result, she will fill out the remainder of O’Leary’s term, then run again in 2015.

Brink’s Departure Leads to Special Election: It perhaps wasn’t a complete surprise when Del. Bob Brink (D-48th) announced in June that he’d be resigning the seat he’d held for 17 years and joining the McAuliffe administration. Veteran legislators often take senior posts in Richmond toward the end of their tenure, and Brink

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would likely have remained in the minority party in the House of Delegates had he stuck it out there.

House Speaker William Howell called the special election for mid-August, which gave political parties but a few days to hold their nominating processes for the district that includes portions of Arlington and McLean.

Democrats chose Rip Sullivan, a lawyer from McLean, from a field of seven (all the others were from Arlington). Republicans went with former Arlington School Board member David Foster, the only candidate to seek the GOP nod.

The result was one-sided, with Sullivan winning every precinct in the district. He was sworn in on Sept. 12, in time to take part in the General Assembly’s fall special session, and will fill out the remainder of Brink’s term, which runs through the end of

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You need a scorecard to keep track of all the surprise comings-and-goings among Arlington’s political establishment in 2014.

And we have one for you: Rep. Moran Announces Retirement: The decision of U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) to retire at the end of 2014 from the seat he had held since 1991 set off something of a feeding frenzy among potential successors.

Once the field for the June Democratic primary settled, it became a race of Don Beyer – former lieutenant governor and U.S. ambassador to Switzerland – against the rest of the pack.

Beyer ran a cautious campaign during primary season, made no unforced errors and capitalized on an advantage in money and name recognition to cruise to victory in the winner-take-all primary. Given the demographics of the 8th District, he should have no problem retaining the seat for the Democrats in the Nov. 4 election.

In what shaped up as a battle for second place, Del. Patrick Hope (D-48th) took tops among the Democratic combatants in a field that included several legislators and the mayor of Alexandria.

Zimmerman Departure Sets Up Special Election: County Board member Chris Zimmerman had about a year left in his term when he announced that he would resign early to take a job in the private sector.

Zimmerman, a Democrat, had held the seat for nearly two decades.

Due to the timing of Zimmerman’s departure, the special election was set for April. Three Democrats emerged to run for the seat, with Alan Howze winning the party caucus. He went on to face off against John Vihstadt, who had ties to the county Republican establishment but ran what he called a “fusion” campaign, bringing together a coalition of Republicans, Green Party members and some disaffected Democrats.

With voters clearly irked at the spending priorities of the County Board, and apparently sending a message about the proposed Columbia Pike streetcar, Vihstadt romped to victory in the special election. He became the first non-Democrat on the County Board since Mike Lane’s brief stint in 1999.

Because the filing deadline for the general election came before the special election, Howze was the only Democrat to file and won the nomination by default. He and Vihstadt are going head-to-head again this fall, with odds likely favoring Howze due to the composition of the electorate that will turn out for federal races on Nov. 4.

Baird Announces She Won’t Seek Third Term: School Board member Sally Baird announced in January that she would not seek a third four-year term, leaving the door ajar for a succession battle among fellow Democrats.

Three candidates emerged to seek the Arlington Democratic endorsement. In a race that went to a second ballot under the relatively new instant-runoff procedure adopted by county Democrats, Barbara Kanninen narrowly defeated Nancy Van Doren for the party’s nomination.

Kanninen, who narrowly missed knocking off incumbent School Board member James Lander a year before in a similar caucus, heads into the general election the odds-on favorite against Audrey Clement.

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Did You Know? Facts and Figures Want the “411” on Arlington? Here are some common (and maybe not-socommon) questions and answers about the community.

Much of the information in this question-and-answer session comes from “Report to the Citizens 2014-15,” a publication jointly produced by the Arlington treasurer’s office and commissioner of revenue’s office. The report is available on the county government’s Web site at www.arlingtonva.us, with hard copies available at the county government headquarters, 2100 Clarendon Blvd.

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nity Planning, Housing and Development.

How big is Arlington? The total land area is 25.8 square miles.

What’s the tallest point in Arlington? The peak of the county rises to 461 feet.

What is Arlington’s population?

According to the 2010 federal census, the population was 207,627, up from 189,453 a decade before. The county government’s population estimate for Jan. 1, 2013 was 215,000. Officials estimate that the population could grow to 252,000 in 2040.

How densely populated is Arlington? With more than 8,000 residents

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per square mile, Arlington is in the top 20 jurisdictions in the U.S. in terms of population density.

What percentage of Arlington residents speak a language other than English at home? County officials estimate that rate at 27 percent.

What is the racial and ethnic composition of the county population?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arlington in 2010 was 64 percent white, 15.1 percent Latino, 9.6 percent Asian, 8.2 percent black and 3 percent multiracial or other. The percentage of the population that was white and Asian increased from 2000 to 2010, while the percentage that was black, Latino or multi-racial declined.

What is the average household size in Arlington? The average household, based on the 2010 federal census, was 2.09 people in Arlington, down from 2.15 people in 2000. About 41 percent of households in 2010 included one person, 32 percent were two people, 12 percent were three people and 15 percent held four or more people. There were 98,050 households in the county in the 2010 federal census, a figure county officials estimate rose to 92,992 by in 2012.

What type of housing units are found in Arlington? According to county estimates for 2014, just over 26 percent of the 109,000 housing units in the county were single-family detached homes, with 10 percent single-family attached, and 64 percent multi-family units (apartments, condominiums or cooperatives).

What do downtown Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Seattle and Atlanta have in common? All have less private office space than does Arlington, according to county officials. Arlington’s Metro corridors contain 35.6 million square feet of offices space, with 1.3 million square feet under construction as of Jan. 1, 2014.

What’s the office-vacancy rate? In the fourth quarter of 2013, the officevacancy rate in Arlington was 19.9 percent, according to CoStar.

Is Arlington “built out”? County officials say the county is about 85 percent built-out in terms of development.

When did the county government’s current form come into being? The current county-manager form of government was adopted in the early 1930s, establishing a five-member County Board of at-large members to replace the three-member, district-based Board of Supervisors that had governed the county since Reconstruction.

Why is Arlington named “Arlington”? The General Assembly renamed “Alexandria County” as “Arlington County” in 1920 for two reasons: First, to avoid confusion with the city of Alexandria, and second, to honor Robert E. Lee, whose plantation house (by marriage) was called Arlington House.

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Recreational opportunities of all types abound in Arlington, like the acclaimed miniature-golf course at Upton Hill Regional Park.

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nature centers, six senior centers, 138 athletic fields, 152 tennis and basketball courts, and 86 miles of bicycle and jogging paths.

How many public schools are in Arlington? The county has 22 elementary schools, five middle schools, five high schools and four other educational facilities.

How much does it cost to run the Arlington County government? The overall budget for fiscal 2015 is about $1.2 billion.

How much do Arlingtonians earn?

The median household income in Arlington in 2013 was $106,600, according to a county estimate, with a median percapita income of $86,300.

What is the assessed home value in Arlington? Based on 2014 figures, the average assessed value of all residential units was $552,700, up slightly from a year before. The average assessment of single-family detached homes in 2012 was $749,049, while the average assessment of single-family attached properties, such as townhouses, was $674,645, the average assessment for condominium townhouses was $553,050, the average assessment of all condominiums was $363,071 and the average assessment of cooperatives was $155,355.

What is Arlington’s real estate tax rate? The real estate tax brings in the bulk of the county government’s revenue, and the current tax rate is 99.6 cents per $100 assessed value, down from $1.003 per $100 assessed value a year before, with a surcharge of 12.5 cents per $100 assessed value for commercial property.

How does Arlington’s tax rate compare to other jurisdictions? For homeowners, the real estate tax rate in Arlington is lower than that in Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax County, although higher average assessments mean the actual tax bill in Arlington can be higher than for comparable types of real estate in other communities.

What’s the average tax burden on a typical Arlington household? According to estimates by the county government, a typical household (those with the average assessed home value) can expect to pay $7,791 in local taxes and fees in 20014, up from $7,435 in 2013 and $7,154 in 2012.

The 2014 figure compares to $7,637 in Fairfax County, $7,491 in Alexandria and $10,898 in Falls Church.

Those estimates include real estate, personal property and utility taxes and water/sewer, trash and decal fees.

What do renters pay to live in Arlington? The average 2013 rent for an apartment in Arlington was $1,934 per month, down from $1,999 a year before but up from $1,768 in 2011.

The averages are $1,503 for an efficiency, $1,770 for a one-bedroom, $2,255 for a two-bedroom and $2,759 for a three-bedroom. The rental vacancy rate for 2013 was 2.5 percent, up from 1.1 percent in 2012 but down from 4.6 percent in 2011.

What are the largest retail facilities in the county? By square footage, they

are Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, Crystal City, Ballston Common Mall, Pentagon Centre, Clarendon Market Common, Pentagon Row, Shirlington Village and the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center.

How big is retail spending in Arlington? The Virginia Department of Taxation reports retail sales of $3.23 billion in 2013, up from $3.27 billion in Arlington in 2012.

How many hotels and motels are there in Arlington? According to county officials, there are 42 hotels or motels with 10,759 rooms and 314,000 square feet of meeting space.

How many restaurants are there in Arlington? The total fluctuates, but currently there are approximately 650 in the county.

Who are the largest employers in the county? The federal government is the largest employer in Arlington. The top 10 largest private employers, as of January 2014, are Deloitte (7,000 employees), Accenture (4,500) Virginia Hospital Center (2,698), SAIC/Leidos (2,300), Lockheed Martin (2,187), Marriott Internaitonal (1,950), Booz Allen Hamilton (1,400), Corporate Executive Board (1,279), BNA Bloomberg (1,015) and CACI (813).

Arlington has more daytime employees than residents now, but will that continue into the future? County officials say daytime employment will continue to stay ahead of county population for well into the future. By 2040, projections are for a population of 252,000 and a daytime workforce of more than 308,000.

Where do those who work in Arlington commute from? According to federal and local surveys, more than 48,000 residents of Fairfax County work in Arlington, as do more than 16,000 residents of Prince George’s County, more than 13,000 residents of the District of Columbia, more than 12,000 residents of Alexandria and more than 9,000 residents of Montgomery County.

Where do Arlington residents commute to? According to the same survey, while nearly 40,000 county residents also work in Arlington, a larger number (more than 47,000) commute to work in the District of Columbia. Additionally, more than 22,000 Arlington residents work in Fairfax County, more than 5,000 work in Alexandria, more than 4,500 work in Montgomery County and more than 1,500 work in Prince George’s County.

What institutions of higher learning can be found in Arlington? By enrollment, the largest colleges, universities and graduate programs are Marymount University, George Mason University, Art Institute of Washington, George Washington University, Argosy University, DeVry University, Westwood College, Graham Webb International Academy of Hair, Troy University and Eversey College.

What is the average educational attainment of Arlington residents?

Among adults 25 and older, more than two-thirds of residents have bachelor’s

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Did You Know? Facts About Resident Services LIBRARIES: Central Library: 1015 North Quincy St., (703) 228-5990. For circulation questions, call (703) 228-5940. For the audio/visual department, call (703) 228-6340. For the reference desk, call (703) 228-5959. For the Center for Local History (formerly Virginia Room), call (703) 228-5966. For Youth Services, call (703) 228-5946. Manager: Margaret Brown. Open seven days a week.

Aurora Hills Branch: 735 18th St. South, (703) 228-5715. Manager: Gale Koritansky. Closed Sundays.

Cherrydale Branch: 2190 Military Road, (703) 228-6330. Manager Karen Sullivan. Closed Sundays.

Columbia Pike Branch: 816 South Walter Reed Drive, (703) 228-5710. Acting manager: Diane Gates. Open seven days a week.

Glencarlyn Branch: 300 South Kensington St., (703) 228-6548. Manager: Steve Carr. Closed Sundays.

Plaza Branch: 2100 Clarendon Blvd., (703) 228-3352. Manager: Kerby Valladares. Closed Saturdays and Sundays.

Shirlington Branch: 4200 Campbell Ave., (703) 228-6545. Manager: Jennifer Rothsch. Open seven days a week.

Westover Branch: 1644 North McKinley St., (703) 228-5260. Manager: Shari Henry. Closed Sundays.

Library cards can be obtained at any branch library or via the library Web site at www.library.arlingtonva.us.

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Rosslyn (15,360), Crystal City (12,248), Ballston (11,434), Court House (7,505), Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (6,018), Clarendon (4,669), East Falls Church (3,997), Virginia Square (3,730) and Arlington National Cemetery (1,311). Most of those figures are down slightly from 2012.

How many passengers use Ronald Reagan Washington National Air-

COMMUNITY CENTERS: Aurora Hills Community Center: 735 18th St. South, (703) 228-5722.

Arlington Mill Community Center: 909 South Dinwiddie St. (703) 2287790.

Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center: 4200 South Four Mile Run Drive, (703) 228-0701.

Carver Community Center: 1415 South Queen St., (703) 228-5706.

Charles Drew Community Center: 3500 23rd St. South, (703) 228-5725.

Dawson Terrace Community Center: 2133 North Taft St., (703) 228-4712.

Fairlington Community Center: 3308 South Stafford St., (703) 228-6588.

Gunston Community Center: 2700 South Lang St., (703) 228-6980.

Langston-Brown Community Center, 2121 N. Culpepper St., (703) 2285210.

Lee Community Center: 5722 Lee Highway, (703) 228-0550.

Lubber Run Community Center: 300 North Park Drive, (703) 228-4712.

Madison Community Center: 3829 North Stafford St., (703) 228-5310.

Thomas Jefferson Community Center: 3501 2nd St. South, (703) 228-5920.

Walter Reed Community Center: 2909 16th St. South, (703) 228-0935.

NATURE CENTERS: Gulf Branch Nature Center: 3609

Military Road, (703) 228-3403.

Long Branch Nature Center: 625 South Carlin Springs Road, (703) 2286353.

Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 2845 North Marcey Road, (703) 5285406.

SENIOR CENTERS: Aurora Hills Senior Center: 735 18th St. South, (703) 228-5722.

Culpepper Garden Senior Center: 4435 Pershing Drive, (703) 228-4403.

Langston-Brown Senior Center: 2121 North Culpepper St., (703) 228-5321.

Lee Senior Center: 5722 Lee Highway, (703) 228-0555.

Walter Reed Senior Center: 2909 16th St. South., (703) 228-0955.

(The Carver, Fairlington, Madison and Thomas Jefferson community centers also offer programming for seniors.)

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How many passengers use Arlington’s Metro stations? Average weekday entries in 2013, per station, reported by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for 2012 were Pentagon (15,859), Pentagon City (15,483),

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How many passengers used the ART bus system in Arlington last year? The total passenger count of 2.65 million was up 5.2 percent from a year before, according to county officials.

How many people are using Capital Bikeshare: In fiscal 2013, a total of 187,940 miles were ridden in Arlington

by Capital Bikeshare users, with the average trip of 1.12 miles and the average duration 17 minutes. In fiscal 2013, there were 54 Bikeshare stations in Arlington.

How can I get involved in county government? The County Board appoints members to approximately 50 standing advisory groups; a full listing and applications for appointment can be found on the county government’s Web site at www.arlingtonva.us.

Was Arlington always a true-blue Democratic bastion? Hardly. Until about 30 years ago, there was relative parity between Republicans and Democrats in county politics. Fun fact: Richard Nixon won the county’s vote each of the three times (1960, 1968 and 1972) he sought the presidency. Ronald Reagan (1980) was the last Republican to win Arlington’s presidential vote, and no Republican has served in local elective office since Mike Lane had a brief stint on the County Board in the late 1990s. (John Vihstadt won the April County Board special election as an independent.)

Where is the border between Arlington and the District of Columbia?

By law, the border is set at the Virginia shoreline, meaning the District of Columbia has jurisdiction over the Potomac River.

What role did Arlington play in the Civil War? When Virginia approved secession, federal troops marched over a Potomac River bridge and occupied what is now Arlington County for the duration of the 1861-65 conflict, cutting down many of the trees for fuel and to prevent Confederate scouts from find-

ing hiding places. The federal government also established a number of forts to protect approaches to the nation’s capital; one of them, Fort Whipple, eventually became Fort Myer.

Who was responsible for deciding that both the Pentagon and National Airport would be located in Arlington?

President Franklin Roosevelt picked the sites for both facilities. Each opened in the early 1940s.

Which presidents are buried at Arlington National Cemetery? William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy.

Why was Feb. 2, 1959, an important date not only in local history, but in state and national history, as well?

On that date, four African-American students began attending previously allwhite Stratford Junior High School under state order. Arlington was the first Virginia locality (along with Norfolk) to begin the process of integrating its schools following years of “massive resistance” against the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Why did Arlington celebrate its centennial in 1947, then turn around and celebrate its bicentennial in 2001?

Those two events commemorated two different things, as the centennial marked the 100th anniversary of the return of present-day Arlington from the boundaries of the District of Columbia to Virginia (“retrocession”) while the bicentennial commemorated the 200th anniversary of the incorporation of modern-day Arlington into the District of Columbia.

What was the biggest tax battle in Arlington history? Arguably it was the battle between Robert E. Lee’s families and heirs and federal officials, who for years after the Civil War battled over the legality of the seizure of the Arlington House estate, allegedly for the family’s failure to pay taxes after it fled during the onset of the Civil War. The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled in favor of the Lee family, which was awarded $175,000 (a princely sum in the late 19th century) as compensation for the taking of its property.

Did You Know? Arlington Offers Many Youth Sports For many years, year-round youth and high school athletics have flourished in the Arlington community, and are as much a part of our everyday lives as traffic headaches, rising property taxes and summer heat and humidity.

Every year, thousands of girls and boys and adults participate in various games and events, ranging from the traditional sports of baseball, football, basketball and soccer, to some of the more peripheral games like badminton or synchronized swimming.

Other sports like lacrosse, crew and volleyball have become much more popular in recent years.

Most of those sports are available for people to play on some type of organized level. Many are included as varsity or club high school sports.

As for adults, there are leagues for men and women, as well as co-ed leagues in a variety of games.

Arlington’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources offers numerous adult and youth sports.

For information on sports and organizations in Arlington for youths and adults, call (703) 228-1801.

Within the county, there are many independent youth-sports leagues. A list of some of those leagues and phone numbers follows. Numbers for Arlington are:

Baseball: Arlington Little League, (703)351-5111; Arlington Babe Ruth/ Cal Ripken Division and Arlington Senior Babe Ruth, contact arlbaberuth@ yahoo.com; and Arlington Post 139 American Legion, (703) 231-6884.

Basketball: Call the sports division at (703) 228-2801.

Football: Arlington Youth Football Association, (571) 276-3935.

Girls Softball: Arlington Girls Softball Association, (703) 237-6365.

Lacrosse: Arlington Youth Lacrosse, visit www.arlingtonlacrosse.org.

Soccer: Arlington Soccer Association, contact arlingtonsoccer.com; Arlington adult soccer, (703) 228-1818; Arlington co-ed soccer (703) 228-1818; Arlington women’s soccer see: www.aw-s-l.org.

For the Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League, visit www.nvyll.org.

One of the biggest adult-sports organizations in Northern Virginia is the Northern Virginia Senior Softball League. The slowpitch league is for men age 50 and over and women age 40 and over. Call Dave Scheele at (703) 5245576 or visit www. nvss.org.

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The effort was not a rip-roaring success at first, but began to pick up steam.

The very first issue of the Northern Virginia Sun – Dec. 12, 1935 – spent part of its front page discussing fund-raising efforts.

Just a few weeks later, on the very last day of 1935, a contract was signed by boosters to purchase part of the 15.1-acre Sealock farm, where the hospital would be located, for $15,000. Six years later, the hospital board owned the property outright, although it still did not have a hospital.

It would take the advent of World

War II and both prodding by, and funding from, the federal government to make the hospital a reality. The 50-bed facility opened March 15, 1944; its first admitted patient was Frances Stallings, who was in labor.

Not only was her hospital bill (including $6-a-day charge for her bed) waived, but she also received a $25 war bond for being the first client.

A decade later, a similar effort would be ramped up in Fairfax County to establish a comprehensive hospital facility in that community. The Board of Supervisors was supportive, and after much effort, the hospital opened in Feb. 6, 1961. Its first patient, too, was a mother in labor.

Both hospitals saw nearly continuous growth, and occasional controversy, as they worked to serve the local region.

Arlington Hospital, which is now known as Virginia Hospital Center, added 77 beds in 1953 and two decades later would see a major expansion with a four-story wing. In the late 1990s, the hospital would build a new facility from scratch on its North George Mason Drive campus.

There were struggles. State officials considered closing the hospital’s maternity ward in the 1970s, which generated community outcry. There also were concerns, pro and con, raised when the hospital considered adding mentalhealth services.

Perhaps the most controversial period in Arlington Hospital’s history was also one of its most short-lived: The acquisition of the non-profit hospital by the for-profit HCA chain, which lasted just a few years in the 1990s before the

facility returned to its original status as a locally-based health-care provider.

Fairfax Hospital also has grown and evolved throughout its half-century of operation, serving the community as a non-profit facility governed by a local board.

Beginning life as a 96-bed facility, the hospital 50 years later had evolved into a regional medical and research center with 833 beds and the flagship of the Inova chain of health-care facilities in the area, which also include hospitals in Alexandria, Leesburg, Mount Vernon and Fair Oaks, as well as a host of specialized facilities and outpatient centers.

No matter how advanced they become and how large they might grow, though, the stork still arrives at his own timetable.

Who Governs Arlington? Here are the Basics for You Continued from Page 3 De la Pava became treasurer in July following the resignation of incumbent Frank O’Leary. She is running unopposed on Nov. 4 to fill out the remaining year of O’Leary’s term.

All five constitutional officers have indicated they plan to seek re-election in November 2015.

State Offices Virginia voters in November 2013 elected Democrats Terry McAuliffe as governor, Ralph Northam as lieutenant

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The NVSL also has a diving league.

For diving information, visit www.dive. mynvsl.com or call (703) 455-2276.

In addition to the summer NVSL, there are the Colonial Swimming League, the Dominion Country Club Swimming League and the Country Club Swim & Dive Association.

For the Colonial League information, visit csl.nvblu.com. For the Dominion League, visit dccl.nvblu.com.

For the Country Club Swim & Dive Association, visit countryclubswimand-

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Once September comes, that means the beginning of high school sports, and there are high schools, both public and private, throughout the Sun Gazette coverage areas.

The athletic-office numbers of the high schools in the Sun Gazette coverage area follow: Bishop O’Connell (703) 237-1455; Wakefield (703) 228-6733; WashingtonLee (703) 228-6204 and Yorktown (703) 228-5388.

All of those schools have athletic Web sites. They are: www.bishopoconnell.org, www.wakefieldathletics.org, www.wlathletics.org and www.yorktownsports.org.

Federal Offices U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) currently represents all of Arlington as well as areas in Alexandria and Fairfax County in the House of Representatives.

Moran announced earlier in the year he would retire. Democrat Don Beyer, who won a contested June primary, is the most likely successor.

Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine represent Arlington, and the rest of the commonwealth, in the U.S. Senate.

Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden are in their second and final terms as president and vice president.

The county next votes for those jobs in November 2016.

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governor and Mark Herring as attorney general. Those are the only statewide offices in Virginia; occupants serve fouryear terms, and while the governor is constitutionally prohibited from succeeding himself, the other two offices have no such limitation.

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Virginia State Senate Virginia’s state Senate has 40 singlemember districts, with each member representing about 200,000 people.

Arlington is represented in the upper house of the legislature by three members: State Sens. Barbara Favola (D31st), Adam Ebbin (D-30th) and Janet Howell (D-32nd).

All three districts include portions of Arlington as well as areas outside the county.

Favola lives in Arlington, while Ebbin is a resident of Alexandria and Howell lives in Reston.

State senators serve four-year terms.

All seats will be up for grabs in November 2015.

House of Delegates Virginia’s House of Delegates is made up of 100 single-member districts, with each delegate representing about 80,000 people.

Arlington is split up among four districts, currently occupied by Dels.

Patrick Hope (D-47th), Alfonso Lopez (D-49th), Rob Krupicka (D-45th) and Rip Sullivan (D-48th). All districts but Hope’s include areas outside Arlington as well as portions in the county.

Hope and Lopez live in Arlington, Krupicka lives in Alexandria, and Sullivan is a resident of McLean.

Until June, the 48th District was represented by Del. Bob Brink (D), who left to take a job in the McAuliffe administration. In August, Sullivan won a special election to serve out the remainder of the term.

All 100 House of Delegates seats will be on the ballot in November 2015. Delegates serve two-year terms.

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