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work agreement say a positive vote by NVTC is essential.

“What we have in front of us is a true compromise,” said County Board member Jay Fisette. “If we don’t support this, that compromise essentially falls apart.”

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They lost a preliminary round in November, but two Arlington County Board members may by January have the votes they need to overturn the board’s recent action allocating $20 million in surplus funds.

At issue: Whether the board made the right call in deciding now how to spend the funds, or if deciding to push a decision back several months is the better call.

The three board members who voted to move forward with the allocation – Mary Hynes, Walter Tejada and Jay Fisette – had history on their side. In past years, County Board members have allocated budget surpluses prior before going through the next (fiscal 2017) budget process.

But John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey have time, and math, on their side, since Hynes and Tejada depart on Dec. 31 and are succeeded a day later by Christian Dorsey and Katie Cristol. At least one, and maybe both, of those new members might agree with Vihstadt and Garvey to slow the process down.

Those new members, who have promised to take a hard look at spending, may be coming, but “right now, you have to deal with us,” Tejada said to Vihstadt

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Members of Cub Scout Pack 111, sponsored by St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington, celebrate their efforts as part of the annual “Scouting for Food” initiative of the National Capital Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. Through the efforts of Scouts and those who supported the effort, more than 60,000 pounds of food was collected for the Arlington Food Assistance Center, part of a regional effort that brought in large amounts of food to support agencies and their clients across the region. The Arlington collection effort was the largest in the past three years, according to organizers.

Latest Showdown on I-66 Tolling Approaches

Northern Virginia Transportation Commission Vote Slated for Thursday SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The McAuliffe administration’s controversial plan for tolling Interstate 66 inside the Beltway moves to what could be another showdown vote this week.

Members of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) are slated to

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vote Dec. 3 on whether to move forward on an agreement with the state government that would lay out how funds raised through the tolls will be spent.

The vote could be the last major procedural step before the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which has the final say on the matter, meets on Dec. 9.

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Just enough chill was in the air the morning of Nov. 24 to set the ambiance as a tractor-trailer pulled up to the parking lot of the Wells Fargo Bank branch at the corner of Lee Highway and North Glebe Road.

The flatbed was packed with Christmas trees freshly cut in North Carolina, set to take center stage at the Optimist Club of Arlington’s annual sale.

“Sixty-nine years of doing this!” proclaimed Sandy Bushue (speaking of the club’s efforts, not hers specifically), as she supervised the effort to unload 800 trees, the first batch of a total of 2,000 that will be offered for sale through the holiday season.

Bushue, who has served as majordomo of the set-up operation for years, was joined by Optimist members and supporters supplied by Phoenix House of the Mid-Atlantic.

The Phoenix House personnel were “a blessing” that enabled the truck to be unloaded quickly, Bushue said.

“It’s hard; I’ve been up there many times,” she said of unloading the trees, which varied in size from 5 to 12 feet tall and will be sold at prices ranging from $30 to $230.

Bushue reminded those moving the trees from truck to sales stand that safety was paramount.

“If you get tired, please take a break,” she said.

Above: Members of the Optimist Club of Arlington gather as Christmas trees from North Carolina are about to be unloaded at the club’s sales lot, located at the corner of Lee Highway and North Glebe Road. At right: Supporters from Phoenix House of the Mid-Atlantic lend a hand.

Fraser firs will be the dominant tree in the Optimist lot, along with a few white pines. The club opted against stocking Canaan fir trees, since it had not been the best growing season for them.

Barbara Nicastro, a former Optimist Club president who is active in the tree sale, was happy about the mix of trees.

“A lot of times [in other years], we find ourselves running out of frasers,”

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she said.

Nicastro’s advice to those seeking a tree during the holiday season? Start looking early. Not only is the selection better, but “the sooner you get your tree and put it in water, the longer it’s going to last,” she said.

Funds raised from the sale of trees and other holiday-themed items are used to support Optimist initiatives at both the local and international levels.

“It’s a good feeling” to know the proceeds are put to such use, Nicastro said.

Hours of the sale through the holiday season will be Mondays through Thursdays from 2 to 8 p.m., Fridays from noon to 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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VOICE Leaders Say Voter-Outreach Effort Paid Off SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

A social-action group has declared success in its inaugural effort to increase turnout in areas where few voters participate in off-year elections.

Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement, or VOICE, targeted two South Arlington precincts (Glebe and Arlington Mill) for outreach in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 election.

More than 100 volunteers contacted prospective voters by phone and in person.

The goal: To increase turnout at least 5 percent from November 2011, the last time there was an election in Arlington with no races for president, U.S. Senate or governor on the ballot.

The results: Turnout in Glebe precinct was up 24 percent from four years ago, while at Arlington Mill it was up 12 percent.

County election officials cautioned that turnout in nearby precincts – including Claremont, Jefferson and Four Mile Run

– was up, as well, which could be attributed to the two Democratic candidates for County Board coming from South Arlington.

In addition, four years ago, the top race on the ballot (for County Board) featured two incumbent Democrats and a third-party candidate, leaving the end result never in doubt and perhaps keeping turnout down.

Those caveats notwithstanding, VOICE organizers said they were pleased with the result.

“We learned that, when you make the effort to truly engage people around their hopes and dreams, Arlington’s residents will respond and vote,” said Rev. Dr. James Victor Jr. of Mount Olive Baptist Church, who was among religious leaders participating in the outreach effort.

The VOICE effort was nonpartisan, but the two precincts chosen for the effort gave Democrats Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey larger percentages than their countywide totals. VOICE officials said they chose the two precincts, in part, because the organization already has a history of working with residents there.

Organizers of the effort suggested they would build on the 2015 efforts in coming years.

Rev. James Gibson of Macedonia Baptist Church, Imam Johair Abdul-Malik of Dar el Hijrah Mosque, Rev. Linda Olson Peebles of Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington and Rev. Dr. James Victor of Mount Olive Baptist Church were among religious leaders who participated in the PHOTO BY JIM COATES VOICE voter-outreach program.

“We look forward to continuing with organized voter-participation campaigns,” said Rev. Linda Olson Peebles of Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington.

“Our faith traditions teach us the trans-

formative power of coming together in community, and our community organizing teaches us the influence that citizens who engage can have on elected officials’ decisions,” Peebles said.

A Legislative Battle Over I-66 Tolling Could Be in the Works SCOTT McCAFFREY

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The McAuliffe administration’s plan to add tolls to Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway not only needs to win approval from RICHMOND the Commonwealth Trans2016 portation Board; it will need to survive a challenge from some in the General Assembly.

Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Fairfax/Loudoun) has introduced legislation that would prohibit tolls on existing components of I-66 east of mile marker 67 – everything inside the Beltway.

Note the words “existing components” in the legislation; the proposed prohibition on tolls would not apply to new construction, such as an additional eastbound lane.

LeMunyon’s bill was introduced on the first day of filing for the 2016 session, garnering “HB1” (House Bill 1) as its identifier.

Under existing state law, the Commonwealth Transportation Board currently has the power to impose and collect tolls on any interstate highway in the commonwealth, although General Assembly approval would be required before tolling implemented on any portion of Interstate 81, or on any part of Interstate 95 south of Fredericksburg.

Lopez Named House Democratic Caucus Whip: Del. Alfonso Lopez has been

named whip of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Delegates for 2016.

“I look forward to working with Minority Leader Toscano, the Whip Operations Team and the rest of the caucus to share our vision of a commonwealth that prioritizes public educa- Del. Alfonso Lopez tion, invests in transit and transportation infrastructure, protects our environment, preserves our social-safety net and grows a new Virginia economy,” Lopez (D-49th) said in a statement.

Party whips are responsible for organizing advocacy and strategy on the floor during legislative sessions.

Democrats picked up a net one seat in the House of Delegates based on results Nov. 3, but still hold only 34 in the 100seat body.

Levine Starts at #96 in House of Delegates: Del.-elect Mark Levine (D-45th) will start in the House of Delegates at 96th in seniority, based on a drawing held among the incoming freshmen members.

Levine ranks sixth out of 10 incoming legislators in the lower house. (An 11th, Republican Mark Dudenhefer of Stafford, will be at the top of the freshman seniority list because he previously served in the legislature.)

Counting Dudenhefer, there are seven

new Democrats and four new Republicans headed to the General Assembly session that starts in January, although Republicans retain a large majority in overall membership.

Levine was unopposed Nov. 3 in the race to succeed Del. Rob Krupicka, who retired. The 45th District is centered in Alexandria but includes a handful of precincts in southernmost Arlington.

Bill Aims to Close Loophole for Passing Stopped School Buses: Legislation has been introduced for the 2016 General Assembly session that will allow Arlington to resume imposing fines on those who improperly pass school buses.

Arlington and several other jurisdictions this year implemented exterior cameras on buses. But the implementation effort came to a halt when Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring – while saying that levying fines on those caught on tape was legal – opined that the General Assembly had not given localities the power to mail out citations to violators.

Under existing law, citations must be presented in person to the alleged violator.

The Arlington County Board and Arlington School Board have asked legislators to amend the law to permit citations to be mailed out. A bill to do that has been introduced by Del. Kaye Kory (DFairfax).

‘Model General Assembly’ Participants Gearing Up for 2016: Arlington students set to take part in the 2016

Model General Assembly will have their proposed bills vetted during a pre-session program Dec. 11 at George Mason University’s Arlington campus.

The 57 students – from the Arlington Career Center, Yorktown and Wakefield high schools and the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program – will present their draft legislation to state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st), Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos and Todd Yeatts, manager of government relations for Boeing and the incoming chairman of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce.

The students are preparing 20 bills for submission in the Model General Assembly, which will convene in April. The program is supported at the local level by the Arlington YMCA. Salome Gongadze, a senior at H-B Woodlawn, was elected to serve as governor during the 2016 Model General Assembly.

Each year, approximately 450 students from across Virginia travel to Richmond for the three-day session, serving as elected officials, lobbyists and media. Statewide, more than 50,000 Virginia students have participated since the program began in 1948.

Arlington began taking part in Virginia’s Model General Assembly in 2009, when six students from the Arlington Career Center traveled to Richmond to take part. Through 2015, a total of 126 Arlington students have taken part.

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Arlington County officials are aiming to be leaders in a nascent movement to remove excess antibiotics from foods.

County Board COUNTY members voted 4-0, one abstention, NOTES with on a resolution expressing concern about the health threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and authorizing county staff to take several steps.

The resolution directs county staff to take into account whether animals were raised using antibiotics when selecting vendors for food procured by the government – but only if such options are not higher in cost than others.

That is unlikely to happen, at least in the near term, making County Board member Jay Fisette’s resolution more directly aimed at building regional consensus on the issue.

“This is not about cost, because there is none,” said Fisette, who championed the Nov. 17 resolution. “This is about our health and our kids’ health.”

The County Board’s action feeds off a memorandum issued by President Obama in June, creating a federal-government preference for beef and poultry produced according to “responsible antibiotic-use policies.”

County officials were unable to report how much meat and poultry the government purchases each year, and acknowledged that, by itself, Arlington does not

Members of the Arlington Office of Emergency Management and the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network recently joined together for a clothing-collection drive. The resulting donations were presented to A-SPAN last week.

have enough clout to impact a national discussion on the matter.

But by teaming with other government agencies and school systems in the region and nationally, the county could have an impact. Fisette said one of his goals was “to engage others” in support of joint-purchasing agreements.

County Board member John Vihstadt abstained, objecting not to the main thrust of the resolution – “this is a very pressing issue at all levels,” he said – but over its reference to two specific pieces of federal legislation.

“This is the only time we’ve had to publicly discuss this,” said Vihstadt, noting that neither U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D) nor Tim Kaine (D), nor U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), had signed on as co-sponsors of

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the legislative referenced in the resolution.

Vihstadt asked that the reference to the congressional bills be removed from the resolution, but Fisette declined.

Vihstadt also zeroed in on whether existing staffing would be enough to search out food producers and keep on top of issues related to the resolution.

Acting County Manager Mark Schwartz said he was “confident we can do it within existing resources.”

Treasurer’s Office Responds to Letters Sent to Homeowners: The Arlington County government is asking residents who have received letters from a private entity, claiming they owe real-estate taxes and face the potential loss of their home, to report the mailings to the county treasurer’s office.

County officials on Nov. 23 reported

that “many” county homeowners had received the letter, purportedly from a company that specializes in purchasing properties on short notice.

“I want to assure county homeowners that, unless you have heard directly from the Arlington County Treasurer, you do not owe delinquent real-estate taxes and there is no risk of the county taking or selling your home,” Treasurer Carla de la Pava said.

Those who have received the letter, or have questions about it, are asked to contact the treasurer’s office at (703) 2283090.

Office of Emergency Management Supports A-SPAN: The Arlington County government’s Office of Emergency Management recently collected clothing and food for donation to the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN).

The donated items arrived at the county government’s new homeless-services center on Nov. 24.

Among the items donated: 32 pairs of pants, 38 coats, 11 T-shirts, 13 sweatshirts, four sweaters, five shirts, one blanket, one bag of new toiletries, four new knit hats, 68 pairs of new socks and a host of cereal.

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Highs & Lows ON THE VERY SAME DAY last month that the Arlington County government announced it was facing a potential budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins next July, County Board members voted to allocate about $20 million in funds left over from last year’s budget on a host of projects that apparently weren’t important enough to make it into the budget in the first place.

Only in the world of government does this sort of thing bear any resemblance to reality, but there is a degree of rationality about it. And neither side in the battle among County Board members is either totally right or totally wrong.

On Nov. 19, board members John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey attempted to get their colleagues to hit the brakes and defer deciding how, or if, to spend that surplus until the new board arrives in January and the fiscal 2017 budget process is

underway. (Perhaps not coincidentally, it’s likely that a coalition of Vihstadt, Garvey, new board member Christian Dorsey and, potentially, new board member Katie Cristol will have the upper hand then.)

Departing board members Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada balked at waiting, expressing umbrage at the idea that they might not exercise the authority one last time spend money that had accumulated during their tenures.

Fair enough – Hynes and Tejada are well within their rights to take part in deciding what to the with the funds, based on the board’s past practice. But the departing twosome had undercut their position just weeks before, when they abstained on setting up a task force on Fire Station #8, saying they wouldn’t be on the board to get the final report, so they shouldn’t be part of setting the parameters of its deliberation.

If they abstained on the fire station, why not abstain on spending the close-out funds? Because if they’d abstained, Garvey and Vihstadt would have controlled a 2-1 majority and won the vote. (Same thing with the I-66 vote of late November – had Hynes and Tejada opted out, Garvey and Vihstadt would have carried on that issue, too.)

It’s been a rough year watching various County Board members go at one another. To paraphrase, and mangle, Will Rogers, perhaps we can get the five elected officials Tshirts for their December meeting that say: “I’m Not a Member of Any Organized Elected Body. I’m on the Arlington County Board.”

At the same time, that’s what politics should be all about – a vigorous, and sometimes messy, battle over ideas and priorities. We’ve certainly seen that during 2015.

Affordable-Housing Project Is Worthy of Support Editor: We are writing as a collective body of Arlington clergy to express our support for the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing’s (APAH) proposed redevelopment of 3507 Columbia Pike (Arlington Presbyterian Church), which will be heard at the December County Board meeting.

Knowing the journey of the Arlington Presbyterian Church congregation, the reputation of Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing, and the need for committed-affordable housing in Arlington County, we are excited that such a partnership has come into being.

Through it much-needed housing will serve the community.

The project will integrate several complementary components: communityoutreach space, affordable housing and retail consistent with the Form Based Code’s plan.

The development is expected to serve 173 low-income households, including families and individuals, within the residential component of the new building.

The redevelopment will be an asset to the neighborhood overall, and the proposed mixed-use concept will become a lauded example of dynamic, creative partnerships between and among nonprofits and faith-based institutions.

As people of faith, we support our brothers and sisters at Arlington Presbyterian Church as they put their faith into

action. We are heartened by their courage and creativity.

We urge the County Board to approve the 3507 Columbia Pike project.

Signatories to the letter include: Rev. Allie Rosner Bass, Arlington Temple United Methodist Church; Rabbi Lia Bass, Congregation Etz Hayim; Rev. Sharon K. Core, Arlington Presbyterian Church; Rev. Laura Cunningham, Dominion Hills neighborhood; Rev. Kathryn Nystrand Dwyer, Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ; Rev. Dr. David Ensign, Clarendon Presbyterian Church; Rev. Judith Fulp-Eickstaedt, Trinity Presbyterian Church; Rev. Ashley Goff, Nauck neighborhood; Rev. Carla Gorrell, Arlington Heights neighborhood; Rev. Beth S. Goss, Church of the Covenant; Rev. Dr. Leonard Hamlin Sr., Macedonia Baptist Church; Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen, Central United Methodist Church; Rev. Diane Hendricks, Dominion Hills neighborhood; Rev. Timothy Hickey, C.S.Sp., Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church; Rev. Madeline Jervis, Parish Associate, First Presbyterian Church, Arlington; Pastor Steve King, Cherrydale Baptist Church; Rev. Rusty Lynn, North Fairlington neighborhood; Rev. Dr. Jeanne MacKenzie; Rev. Tim Malone, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church; Rev. Dr. Matthew A. Merrill, Little Falls Presbyterian Church; Rev. Andrew

Merrow, Rector, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church; Rev. Rebecca Messman, Madison Manor neighborhood; Rev. Dr. Bryan Mickle, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Arlington; Rev. Joseph Nangle OFM, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church; Fr. Brandon Nguyen, C.S.Sp., Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church; Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles, Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington; Rev. Scott Ramsey, Dominion Hills neighborhood; Deacon Tony Remedios, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church; Rev. Carolyn Richar, Bethel United Church of Christ; Rev. Yvette Schock, Faith Lutheran Church; Rev. Bill Shuler, Capital Life Church; Rev. Matthew Smith, Calvary United Methodist Church; Rev. Dr. Peg True, Parish Associate Clarendon Presbyterian Church; Fr. Tom Tunney C.S.Sp., Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church; Rev. Dr. Edward Walker, Mount Olivet United Methodist Church; Rev. Tracy McNeil Wines, Clarendon United Methodist Church.

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The School Board seats of Emma Violand-Sanchez and Nancy Van Doren will be on the ballot in 2016. Van Doren has announced plans to seek re-election; Violand-Sanchez, who currently chairs the board, has not yet announced her intentions.

cers: Arlington’s five constitutional officers will be sworn in for new terms on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. in Ceremonial Courtroom 11A at the Arlington County Justice Center, 1425 North Courthouse Road.

Taking the oath of office for terms that begin Jan. 1 will be Sheriff Beth Arthur, Commissioner of Revenue Ingrid Morroy, Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos and Treasurer Carla de la Pava.

All five are Democrats, and each was unopposed in the Nov. 3 election.

Ferguson will swear in the other constitutional officers; he, in turn, will be sworn in by Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr. All the incumbents will serve four-year terms except Ferguson, who as clerk of the Circuit Court has an eight-year term.

The community is invited to the ceremony; a reception will follow.

Arlington GOP May Dump Office Space: The Arlington County Republican Committee is considering giving up its leased space in order to free up cash for the 2016 election season.

Moving out of its office at the Dominion Arms apartment building would allow the party to reallocate funding to campaigns, said deputy GOP chairman Jessica Talbert.

The space rents for about $1,100 a month plus utilities, party chairman Matt Wavro said. If the office is closed, materials would be put into storage, and temporary office space would be found on an as-needed basis during campaigns.

Owners of the Dominion Arms building, located on South Glebe Road and 2nd Street North, are in the process of planning the redevelopment of the parcel.

School Board to Meet with Legislators: Members of the Arlington School Board will meet on Dec. 9 for breakfast with the Arlington delegation to the General Assembly.

The event will include a discussion of the School Board’s proposed legislative package for the 2016 General Assembly

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Marijuana-Reform Group Wins Membership in Civic Federation: The Northern Virginia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) recently was accepted into membership of the Arlington County Civic Federation.

“Membership was approved with overwhelming majority and a few abstentions,” Civic Federation president Stefanie Pryor said in the organization’s December newsletter.

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Arlington School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren will kick off her bid for re-election at the Arlington County Democratic ComPOLITICAL mittee’s Dec. 2 POTPOURRI meeting.

Van Doren, who in 2014 won a special election to fill out the term of Noah Simon, confirmed on Nov. 24 that she planned to seek a full term.

“I have been working hard to bring family and community voices to the table as the School Board makes critical decisions that directly affect student achievement and our capacity challenges,” Van Doren said in an e-mail to supporters.

“I have also maintained my focus on fiscal responsibility and ensuring we have a strong working relationship with the County Board, so we can collaboratively meet the needs of our growing community and student population,” Van Doren wrote.

Van Doren in 2014 unsuccessfully sought the Democratic endorsement for the School Board seat that was being vacated by Sally Baird, narrowly losing in a May caucus to Barbara Kanninen.

But less than two months later, Simon announced his resignation, and Van Doren was the only candidate to file to succeed him.

While the special election was held concurrently with the 2014 general election, School Board members appointed Van Doren to the board two months before the vote, saying that because she had no opposition, there was no point in waiting. (Kanninen in November 2014 defeated independent Audrey Clement to succeed Baird.)

Also on the ballot in 2016 will be the School Board seat of board chairman Emma Violand-Sanchez, who was first elected in 2008.

Should more than two Democrats file to seek the seats of Violand-Sanchez and Van Doren, the Arlington County Democratic Committee will hold an endorsement caucus – likely in May – to select its endorsees.

In Virginia, school board seats are officially nonpartisan; while political parties cannot nominate candidates, they can “endorse” candidacies, which often amounts to the same thing. All five current School Board members won the Democratic endorsement en route to general-election victories.

This past July, Van Doren was selected by her colleagues as School Board vice chairman, and is likely to succeed ViolandSanchez as chairman in mid-2016. The position usually, although not always, rotates among board members on an annual basis.

Van Doren is planning a campaign kickoff on Jan. 15 at Lyon Park Community Center.

Swearing-In Set for Constitutional Offi-

session.

The breakfast will be held at the Arlington Career Center.

Signer Featured at Democratic Breakfast: Attorney, author and political activist Mike Signer will be the featured speaker at the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s monthly breakfast, to be held on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8:30 a.m. at Busboys and Poets in Shirlington.

Signer, an Arlington native, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 2013. He is the author of the recently published “Becoming Madison,” about the early years and political education of Founding Father

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NAACP, County Board Also Plan to Meet The Arlington County Civic Federation this week is slated to weigh in on the contentious proposal to grant historic-district status to the current home of the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program.

Federation delegates are slated to debate and vote on a resolution adopted by the organization’s schools committee, calling on the School Board to reject proposed historic status for the 65-year-old building, known in earlier times as Stratford Junior High School.

The county government’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) has pressed for the campus to become an historic district, which would allow HALRB members to regulate changes to the exterior of the buildings.

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Obituaries SAMUEL COTTRELL IV On November 20, 2015, Sam Cottrell died peacefully at home following a months-long battle with ALS. Beloved husband of Mary Shepherd Cottrell, father of Samuel Cottrell V (Courtney), Andrew Bryce Cottrell, and Brian Cottrell (deceased), grandfather of Sammy Cottrell and Clara Cottrell, brother of Susan C. Ferguson (Jim), cousin of Joan L. Weeks, brother-in-law of Richard Shepherd (Linda Wildman), uncle of Erin Shepherd Crabtree (Carlton), step-brother of Linnea Turner (Michael), Rick and Rob Ahlberg, Donna (Phil) DeMattia, step-son of Richard C. Ahlberg , and many other friends and relatives.

Born to Samuel and Elise Cottrell in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 9, 1944, Sam moved with his family from St. Louis, MO, to Hollywood, CA, to Baltimore, MD, and to Little Rock, AR. From there he attended The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and the University of Illinois, Champagne/Urbana. Following graduation he went on active duty with the Army as a lieutenant, stationed at the Pentagon at their Radford, VA location for two years in Information Technology. During that time, he met Mary Shepherd and they were married in 1968.

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Following his two years in the service, Sam and Mary relocated to Arlington, VA. Sam worked in the field of information technology for Advanced Computer Techniques, manager of the Arlington location, Honeywell Federal Systems, as a vice president, and Data Network Associates, until retirement.

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Sam’s passion as a teenager was repairing an authentic Willy’s Jeep, and rekindled his jeep interest as a grandfather, acquiring two jeeps.

He joined the group of other Jeep enthusiasts, CJ2A’s, and attended many of their gatherings from MD and PA to IL and the Colorado Rockies, bouncing along the gravel roads, loving every minute.

A memorial service was held at Christ Crossman UMC. Burial will be at Arlington Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations in Sam’s memory made to the ALS Association at www.als.org, designating the gift towards Research.

Swanson Middle – is incorporated into an historic district.

The committee’s report voices concern that restricting development on the Stratford site could cause two problems: It would limit the school system’s ability to address growing student enrollment, and would potentially necessitate the use of existing open space in the county to build school facilities to address that growth.

The schools committee’s resolution takes direct aim at the HALRB’s contention that the Stratford complex has special architectural significance, noting that the building has been extensively modified since it opened in the 1950s; is one of 15 schools in the area built by the same architect; and its age is younger than the average age of Civic Federation delegates.

The resolution accepts the other reason for considering historic status (the school in 1959 was the site of first integration of public schools in Northern Virginia), but suggests there are other ways to note that moment than limiting development of the parcel.

The Dec. 1 Civic Federation discussion will take place as the issue of historic designation begins to move toward an as-yetundetermined conclusion.

Members of the Arlington branch of the NAACP are slated to meet with County Board members earlier that same day to press their support for historic status. Ultimately, the County Board will have the final say.

School Board members have yet to take a formal stance on support for, or opposition to, historic status, but one is likely to come by mid-December.

Superintendent Patrick Murphy has advocated a number of potential middle courses, which would include a detailed agreement between the school system and HALRB before any historic-district status is granted, or, alternately, having the campus put into an historic district but only after the renovation of the building is complete (similar to what occurred with Swanson Middle).

The contretemps over the Stratford site marks the second time in a year that the school system and HALRB have faced off over historic status for a school building.

Earlier this year, the County Board sided with Arlington Public Schools and rejected the HALRB’s proposal to grant historic-district status to a portion of the Wilson School building, which dates to the early 20th century but which, like the Stratford facility, had seen a great deal of architectural alteration over time.

Had the only issue involved in the Stratford designation been the building’s architectural provenance, it’s likely the County Board would take the same stance this time. But the school’s relationship with integration adds another factor that County Board members will need to work through.

Also during the monthly meeting of the Arlington County Civic Federation, acting County Manager Mark Schwartz will discuss issues and take questions.

Arlington County Board members on Nov. 17 honored the 25 members of the class of Neighborhood College, an initiative designed to give residents an inside look at the workings of local governance and civic life.

“Our participants come from all around the world,” said County Board Chairman Mary Hynes. “They come from all walks of life and from many different neighborhoods.”

The class features “some folks who’ve been very, very involved,” Hynes said, “and some for whom this may be their first venture out into the world of lending your voice to make sure we achieve our vision.”

Neighborhood College, which is free for participants, takes place one evening a week for eight weeks. Since its inception in 2000, the program has graduated 315 Arlingtonians, many of whom have gone on to become presidents of civic associations, members of county advisory boards, volunteers at nonprofit organizations, and activists regarding local issues.

One of the program’s graduates – Katie Cristol, who participated in 2012 – was elected in November to the County Board.

This year’s class may be the most diverse since the program began in 2000, including native speakers of Arabic, Lingala, French and Spanish.

Of all of Arlington’s engagement programs, “this is one that’s been a particular favorite of mine, because it goes to our grass roots, it goes to the heart and soul of Arlington County,” County Board Vice Chairman Walter Tejada said.

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Members of the Arlington County government’s Neighborhood College Class of 2015 pose for a group photo. Members of the class were honored recently by the County Board; with the recently-graduated class of 25, the total number of graduates of the program now totals more than 300.

“It’s really important for our community to have our diverse residents reached out to and be given the opportunity to know what the government does, how it works, who does what,” Tejada said.

Among those participating in the 2015 program: Brahim Salem Outhmane Mohammed, Raquel Pastor Escobar, Sarah Jernigan, Andrew Dumont, Laurel Starkey, Cristian Pineda, Kitty Clark Steven-

son, Kamilah McAfee, Laura Holman, Katherine Novello, Sara Steinberger, Katie Farrell, Lindsey Bartley, Amelva Spaine, Bessy Blanco, Cassandra (Sandy) Winger, José Castellón Guarachi, Angelique Earley, Anysolet Rodriguez, Baby Kabuya Mubombi, Nejoua Zeggoud, Jennifer Faust, Janet Dorn, Natalie Filzen and Brian Marroquin.

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Author Encourages Students to Have Love of Reading DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

For 90 minutes on Nov. 12, dozens of students at Oakridge Elementary School in Arlington were encouraged by bestselling author, attorney and former profootball player Tim Green to become regular readers and enjoy the experience.

Green, who played in the NFL for eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and is a former TV-sports commentator, was at Oakridge speaking to students about his-new book, “Kid Owner,” and discussing his involvement in the NFL’s Play60/Read20 program.

“I love turning kids into readers,” Green said. “I tell kids they don’t have to be a great readers to read books.”

He encouraged the students to keep searching for the one book that will ignite their love of the written word.

“Reading is weight-lifting for the brain,” Green said. “It makes you a smarter, kinder and a better person.”

Green has written 32 books, including suspense novels. His last 16 have been on topics that pertain to what he calls the “middle-grade” students in grades three through middle school. The novels have various sports themes – many are about football and baseball – have short chapters with cliff-hanger endings, and have

Author Tim Green speaks to students at Oakridge Elementary School (left) and chats with student Jack Voyda (above). Green also is an attorney and played in the NFL. PHOTOS BY BETH SCOTT

messages about working through tough times, being kind and persevering.

Green urged the Oakridge students to work hard in the classroom so they have more control of their own lives.

After reading a chapter from “Kid Owner,” Green told the students: “Read-

ing makes you smarter, not just in English, but in life. Reading makes kids more intercultural and compassionate.”

Green has visited more than 1,000 schools in the U.S. to pass along his message. The topics or his books come from his many experiences playing different sports growing up.

“I played everything: soccer, football, baseball, basketball, softball, rugby, I wrestled. So I have plenty of ideas for books,” said Green, who writes two mid-

dle-grade books per year.

The NFL’s Play60/Read20 focuses on the combination of physical fitness and reading as the building blocks of academic success.

Green played college football at Syracuse, where he was a Rhodes Scholar candidate. He receives fees for his school appearances, which he donates back to the schools and to support youth who would not otherwise be able to purchase new books.

Arlingtonian Finding Success in World of Poker Competition DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Winning a gold ring or bracelet is one of the biggest deals in poker competition.

Scott Billups now has his first.

Not long ago, the 43-year-old Arlington resident earned a gold ring by finishing first in a field of 132 players to win the no-limit hold’em event at the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore. It was his first gold ring in poker competition.

“Every player would love to say they have a bracelet or gold ring, and it’s nice to have that recognition as the mark of a champion,” said Billups, who lives off Columbia Pike. “The ring is a bigger deal than

the money.”

Billups has been playing the poker circuit for three years, mainly on the East Coast. He’s had some top finishes, but never a championship until Aug. 24.

“I’ve been on the bubble. I knew it was a matter of time until I broke through and won,” said Billups, who took home nearly $14,000 from the tournament.

In Baltimore, Billups was unsure how he would finish.

So he had signed up to leave for another competition, which began the same day he won the championship at the Horseshoe Casino. Billups never left.

“Things were going well for me, and that just continued,” he said. “I stuck to

my plan and basic skills.”

As a youngster, Billups was introduced to poker by his Aunt Lil. He wears a tattoo bearing her name.

“She brought me this game,” he said. “It makes me so happy to win and know that she was the one who taught me. None of this is about the money. I just want to represent my family well.”

Winning the event in Baltimore may have brought Billups his first poker championship ring, but it’s not his first in sports.

Back in 1996, Billups received a National Hockey League championship ring when the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup. He was an employee for the Avalanche that season.

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Local 7-Elevens Join in a Partnership With Arlington Little League Program

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Arlington Little League recently welcomed a new sponsor into its ranks.

In October, managers from 21 Arlington 7-Eleven stores preAt left, 7-Eleven managers in the picture, from left to right, are Mr. and Mrs. Amir Matter, Aftab Ahmad Shamim Sheikh, Jahanzeb Sheikh, Syed Ahmed, Asif Hafiz, Ali Zulfiqar and Daniel Tedla. They are shown with Arlington Little League players.

sented the league with a check for $12,604.

“7-Eleven wants its stores to be more integrated with their local community, and what better way to do that than sponsoring youth sports,” said Lee Nelson, 7-Eleven’s field consultant for Arlington and Falls Church.

The funds helped pay for uniforms for 35 teams Little League and Arlington Babe Ruth teams,

which recently completed a successful combined fall-ball season.

“We greatly appreciate 7Eleven’s support for the league,” Arlington Little League President Adam Balutis said.

Players attending the check presentation ceremony enjoyed various treats from 7-Eleven, especially sunflowers seeds.

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MEMORY OF HISTORIAN COLLINS SALUTED: The memory of local library

official and historian Sara Collins was celebrated at the Nov. 20 meeting of the Arlington County History Task Force.

At the event, Del. Alfonso Lopez (D49th) and county library director Diane Kresh joined to honor Collins, who died last December.

The General Assembly in 2015 issued a proclamation in remembrance of Collins.

It was Collins who, serving as what was then known as the “Virginiana librarian” of the Arlington library system, took an uneven collection of historic records and interviews and helped turn it into a systematic collection now known as the county’s Center for Local History.

Collins came to the county library system in 1975, a time when there had not been a comprehensive effort to preserve the records of community organizations and capture the lives of local residents through oral histories.

The oral histories are just one part of a community archive that developed during Collins’ tenure and continues to grow, with donations ranging from local political memorabilia to collections of historic area newspapers. Keeping up with the times, much of the collection has been, or is in the process of being, digitized.

‘MIRACLE ON 23rd STREET’ RETURNS:

The annual “Miracle on 23rd Street” holiday celebration, sponsored by Linden Resources, will be held on Friday, Dec. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 750 23rd St. South.

The event will feature a tree-lighting ceremony, holiday entertainment, children’s activities, a raffle and holiday treats, as well as the arrival of Santa, courtesy the Arlington County Fire Department.

Being honored at the event is Arlington Fire Capt. Robert Patterson, commander of Station #5, who is retiring after 35 years of service. He will be presented with Linden’s 2015 Community Leadership Award.

The honorary chair of the evening is Victor Hoskins, director of Arlington Economic Development.

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

YOUTH TO PERFORM CHAMBER-MUSIC CONCERT: Crescendo, the Arlington

CHURCH TO PRESENT ‘FESTIVAL OF

LESSONS AND CAROLS’: Saint Agnes

Catholic Church will host its inaugural “Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols” on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at the church, 1910 North Randolph St. The church’s adult choirs and handbell choir will present an evening of Scripture lessons and carols, hymns and motets, based on the Lessons and Carols service made famous at King’s College, Cambridge.

Admission is free, but attendees are asked to bring a canned good to support the Arlington Food Assistance Center.

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

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CHILDREN’S CHORUS PRESENTS HOLIDAY CONCERT: The Arlington Children’s

Chorus will present its winter concert – “Button Up Your Overcoat” – on Sunday, Dec. 13 at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 915 North Oakland St. The free concert begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a bake sale. Donations to support the Arlington Food Assistance Center will be accepted.

NORTHWEST ARLINGTON LIONS HOST SALE OF CITRUS, NUTS AND SYRUP:

The Northwest Arlington Lions Club will host a sale of fresh Florida citrus, Georgia pecans and Vermont maple syrup Dec. 813 at the Overlee Community Association swimming pools (lower level) 6060 Lee Highway.

Hours will be Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Proceeds will benefit charitable endeavors of the Northwest Arlington Lions Club.

For information, call (703) 528-1130.

CHURCH PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SHENANDOAH RIVER: Clarendon United

Methodist Church’s Faith, Food and Fellowship program continues on Thursday, Dec. 10 with a presentation by Sue Eisenfeld, who will discuss her book “Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Renewal.”

The program 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 community is invited; the church is located at 606 North Irving St. For information, call (703) 527-9574 or see the Web site at www.morefaith.org.

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Philharmonic’s new youth chamber-music program, will hold its inaugural concert on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theater.

Made up of students in grades 8-12 selected by audition, Crescendo musicians rehearse weekly and receive instruction and coaching in chamber-music techniques from professional musicians.

The inaugural concert will feature two small ensembles. A quintet will perform a piece by the composer George Onslow, and a quartet will showcase a Beethoven selection. All nine youth musicians will combine to play a number of holiday tunes.

Rosslyn Spectrum is located at 1611 North Kent St. Admission is free, but goodwill donations ($20 suggested) will be accepted.

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

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) and county library director Diane Kresh pose with a resolution approved earlier this year by the General Assembly in memory of Sara Collins, a local historian and library official who died in December 2014.

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Meditation Museum Is Serving Up Serenity in Tysons BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Tysons Corner probably is the last place where frazzled commuters would seek peace of mind, but the newly opened Meditation Museum II provides an environment for reconnecting with one’s better self.

“We want the space to offer more openness, inner strength, peace and happiness, but also encourage people to maintain determination and never settle for less in life,” said founder and director Sister Jenna.

Staffed by her and a group of volunteers, the museum is affiliated with the non-profit organization Brahma Kumaris, which has more than 9,000 branches in 120 countries.

The first Meditation Museum first opened six years ago in Silver Spring, with Sister Jenna as its founder and director. It holds about 200 free events per year and has served about 30,000 people.

The organization also served Virginia for a decade out of a location along Georgetown Pike in McLean, then opened the second museum Oct. 14 in Tysons.

The Meditation Museum II is located upstairs in a small strip mall at 1984 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 201. Climbing the stairway, visitors are enveloped in a fragrant scent resembling that of a botanical garden. It’s a happy coincidence, as the smell emanates from a florist shop next door.

Visitors entering the museum must take off their shoes, which keeps the floor clean and symbolically represents leaving one’s

burdens behind, Sister Jenna said. Attendees also may be followed around by an inquisitive, white Havenese dog named Happy.

The museum’s first section has explanatory charts and symbolic statuary. A massive pot of red poinsettias anchors a window facing west, which has been given a soothing blue tint at the bottom. Soft, calming music plays in the background.

Turning left, visitors enter the main room, an open space for classes and lectures. Mini-sculptures protruding from the wall depict eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth and a pair of hands, which represent the five senses and the need to filter feedback from them positively.

The museum focuses on purging ALGAE – anger, lust, greed, attachment and ego – from people’s minds, Sister Jenna Sister Jenna, director of the Meditation Museum II in Tysons Corner, poses by some of the artifacts said. She drew a distinction between soul and posters designed to induce harmony and constructive thoughts. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER awareness, in which one’s mind is focused on positive energy and making contribu- states, “Nothing in nature is a straight line. dicated radio show “America Meditating.” tions to the world, and “body awareness,” Why should human nature be an excepJulio Mendoza, who has volunteered at which is more selfish and hung up with tion?” the museum for three years, formerly was conflicts from the past.

Another wall hanging explains the con- in the corporate world and now runs his A pair of four-section folding screens cept of Man Mana Bhav, which is Sanskit own business. highlights people’s innate powers to dis- for “Be with me in your mind.”

“I had the need of something beyond cern, judge, cooperate, withdraw, tolerate, Adjacent to the main room are a class- what I was doing,” said Mendoza, a native accommodate, pack up negative thoughts room and a quiet room for meditation. of Venezuela. “Being Catholic, it compleand face obstacles head-on.

There also is a smaller healing room with ments my spiritual beliefs.”

“The goal is not to feel hopeless, but a high-backed double-chair where visitors Executive coach Kanu Kogod has facilito keep thriving,” Sister Jenna said. “If we can hold private discussions or counseling. tated programs at the museum’s Maryland don’t give anything to our lives, why should The museum works in partnership with location, and called Sister Jenna an acceswe expect anything in return?” the Oprah Winfrey Network to help foster sible and humble spiritual teacher.

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ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC NAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: The Arlington

Philharmonic has tapped county resident Betsy Campeau as its executive director.

“The depth and breadth of Betsy’s experience combined with her love of classical music is an ideal match for the Arlington Philharmonic,” said A. Scott Wood, its music director and conductor. “She will contribute immediately to our 10th-anniversary activities, and to the growth and development of our organization.”

A clarinetist, Campeau performed in the Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra and chamber ensembles of the United States Air Force Band after graduating with honors from the University of Michigan’s School of Music. She served as the director of marketing and outreach and chief announcer for the Air Force Band until 2009, when she retired with the rank of chief master sergeant, the highest rank attainable by an enlisted musician.

A private clarinet instructor since 1988, Campeau also has served as a board member of the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association and served on the faculty of the Levine School of Music.

The mission of the Arlington Philharmonic, a professional non-profit symphony orchestra, is to make classical music accessible to every Arlington resident; to promote the value of classical music in civic life; and to build strong, creative partnerships with schools, local government, businesses and other organizations.

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

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SYNAGOGUE TO PRESENT HOLIDAY SING-ALONG: Temple Rodef Shalom will

present “Yes Virginia . . . There Is Hanukkah,” a community sing-along, on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Quincy Park, 1021 North Quincy St. The synagogue’s teen, youth and children’s choirs will be featured, along with food and drink.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for youth (ages 6-13) and $5 for those under 5. For information, see the Web site at www.templerodefshalom.org.

‘ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR’ ON THE HORIZON: The fifth annual Alternative Gift Fair

will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Key Immersion Elementary School, 2300 Key Blvd.

Charitable organizations ranging from the Children’s National Hospital Foundation and Bikes for the World to the Arlington Food Assistance Center will be offering gifts ranging from $5 to $125.

The event is sponsored by Gifts That Give Hope. For information, see the Web site at http://giftsthatgivehope.org/arlington.

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‘ARLINGTONES’ TO PRESENT MUSIC AT METRO STATIONS: The Arlington Bar-

bershop Chorus will be performing barbershop music at local Metro stations on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m.

Performances will be held on Dec. 2 outside the Court House station; Dec. 9 outside the Ballston-MU station; and Dec. 16 outside the Clarendon station.

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are expected to gather at Thomas Jefferson Community Center on Dec. 6, part of an effort to assemble 100,000 meals for starving children around the world.

The effort marks the fifth partnership between Grace Community Center and Stop Hunger Now. Parishioners at the church will skip the Sunday worship service to join with others in the community to aggregate meals that include rice, soy, dried vegetables and vitamins.

“With all the problems in the world today, this is an opportunity for us to be part of the solution,” said Pastor Derek Adye. “We are going to impact the lives of 100,000 children in one day – this is a fun, easy and meaningful way to make a differ-

ence.”

One-hour shifts will begin at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the middle school’s gym.

The community is invited.

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

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The Inter-Service Club Council of Arlington recently presented Leadership Arlington with a contribution to support its youth program, held each summer. Shown in center are Sarah Miller and Christina Falck of Leadership Arlington; they are flanked by Kim Durand and Joe Lott of the Inter-Service Club Council.

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CHURCH TO HOST TAIZE WORSHIP SERVICE: St. George’s Episcopal Church will

host a Taize prayer service on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the church, 915 North Oakland St. The church’s labyrinth will be open from 6:30 to 8 p.m. as part of the event.

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Arlington AAUW Showcases STEM Opportunities

Alyssa Simpson and Ella McHugh make adjustments to a robot’s programming before setting it down for a test run during the STEM event sponsored by Arlington’s AAUW. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

Dr. Kelli Slunt, professor of chemistry and director of the honors program at the University of Mary Washington, and her colleague Dr. Leanna Giancarlo host a panel discussion.

Participants Have Chance to Meet with Top Women in Fields of Science and Technology The Arlington branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) recently held its “Tech Savvy STEM Conference,” bringing female students to the Annandale campus of George Mason University for a day of educational (and fun) exposure to science, technology, engineering and math.

Activities ranged from cybersecurity to geospatial imaging to robotics. Among highlights of the day was a “Build a RoMaura Barrera and Tabitha Fuery make programming adjustments to their robot before it makes bot” effort, in which participants had to program a robot to run a course that a final run during a built-a-robot workshop.

included straight sections and 45-degree turns.

Another group effort involved programming a mobile app that included a photo of a cat that, when petted on the screen, would purr, Educational institutions including the University of Virginia, George Mason University, the University of Mary Washington and Marymount University sent representatives to give the participants Tabitha Fuery reacts as the robot she proreal-world exposure to science and tech- grammed with Maura Barrera makes a successful nology careers. turn during the event.

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Rock Spring Garden Club Brings Beauty of Outdoors to Students

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Six nature-loving Arlington youth had the chance to sample a week of summer camp at Arlington Public Schools’ Outdoor Lab in Fauquier County through the efforts of the Rock Spring Garden Club.

The children received scholarships for the program based on their interest in science and recommendations from teachers, counselors and principles.

“As a garden club, we have a solid commitment to share our message with the next generation,” said Dorinda Burroughs, a longtime member of the club. “It is essential to seek deserving APS students who may be a future horticulturist, environmentalist, landscape artist or biologist, for example.”

Participants included students from Barrett and Abingdon elementary schools.

They bring to 11 the number of students receiving scholarships from the garden club since 2011, a number the club seeks to expand in coming years.

In addition, the garden club presents nature programs to students at Tuckahoe Elementary School and garden-therapy

programs to youth at Glebe Elementary School.

“The Rock Spring Garden Club has been an amazing resource in giving students who would not otherwise have attended the Outdoor Lab an opportunity to enjoy a week of learning and fun in the outdoors – just what summer should be,” said Chris Reid, a science supervisor with the county school system.

The Phoebe Hall-Knipling Outdoor Laboratory, a 225-acre nature preserve, was founded by a visionary Arlington educator in 1967. The non-profit Arlington Outdoor Education Association operates the Outdoor Lab to benefit more than 9,000 Arlington schoolchildren during the school year and summer.

The Rock Spring Garden Club’s sixth annual Holiday Design Event, featuring celebrated floral designer Jo Oliver, will raise funds for 2016 scholarships. For information, call Thea McGinnis at (607) 425-4770 or e-mail theamcginnis@gmail. com.

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Three sisters who attend Abingdon Elementary School were among those benefiting from a trip to the Arlington Outdoor Lab, sponsored by the Rock Spring Garden Club.

Featured Property of the Week

Top Amenities in a Prime Location End-Unit Townhome in ‘The Birches’ Proves a Testament to Style

The impressive exterior is welcoming, and that feeling continues as we move inside to being our exploration of three levels of interior space with more than 2,600 square feet to discover Formal rooms are amply proportioned and benefit from copious natural sunlight.

The formal living room features a woodburning fireplace as an added bonus, and the dining room is large enough to host a holiday gathering. Gleaming hardwoods add to the overall appearance.

The standout kitchen features new stainless-steel appliances and is designed to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

Three bedrooms can be found on the upper level, starting with the master retreat – a perfect spot to unwind from a busy day, with copious closet space and a sumptuous master bath.

Each of the other two bedrooms here features plenty of space, as does the lower-level bedroom.

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Also on the lower level is an expansive family room with a second wood-burning fireplace and a wall of built-in cabinetry and shelving.

Rarely on the market, townhomes at The Birches offer a winning combination of location and amenities. Well worthy of consideration.

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For information on the home, contact the listing agent. For information on having a house reviewed, contact the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department at (703) 738-2520.

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Address: 4720 24th Street North, Arlington (22207).

Listed at: $799,000 by Jennifer Caterini, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty (703) 609-6258.

Schools: Discovery Elementary, Williamsburg Middle, Yorktown High School.

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The year was 1976. Our nation was engrossed in the Bicentennial. “Good Times” and “Happy Days” were making TV viewers laugh. And in Arlington – believe it or not – one of the big issues was the declining number of students in local schools. (Times change!)

Into this interesting era came a creative colonial-style townhouse development called The Birches, strategically set just east of North Glebe Road and a few blocks north of Lee Highway. Classic exteriors combined with creative interiors to showcase elegance and élan.

This week’s featured property is one of the best of the community, an end-unit townhome filled with sunlight and featuring high-end accoutrements and a lovely enclosed private park area to add to the ambiance. There’s even a Georgetownstyle patio and koi pond.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $799,000 by Jennifer Caterini of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

Not to skip ahead of ourselves, but perhaps the most ingratiating part of this property is that, while located not far from the amenities of “urban village” living, it’s truly tucked back in a world of verdant solitude. Truly an amazing feat of location, being set back in bucolic splendor while having easy access to everything from the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor to McLean.

Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 in November from an upwardly revised October reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

New figures were reported Nov. 17.

“Even with this month’s drop, builder confidence has remained in the 60s for six straight months – a sign that the single-family housing market is making long-term headway,” said NAHB chairman Tom Woods, a home builder from Blue Springs, Mo. “However, our members continue to voice concerns about the availability of lots and labor.”

“The November report is pullback from an unusually high October, and is more in line with the consistent, modest growth that we have seen throughout the year,” said NAHB chief economist David Crowe. “A firming economy, continued job creation and affordable mortgage rates should keep housing on an upward trajectory as we approach 2016.”

Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair” or “poor.”

The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as “high to very high,” “average” or “low to very low.” Scores for each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.

Two of the three HMI components posted losses in November. The index measuring sales expectations in the next six months fell five points to 70, and the component gauging current sales conditions decreased three points to 67.

Meanwhile, the index charting buyer traffic rose one point to 48.

Looking at the three-month moving averages for regional HMI scores, the West increased four points to 73 while the Northeast rose three points to 50.

The Midwest and South held steady at 60 and 65, respectively.

Complete statistical tables related to the Housing Market Index can be found at nahb.org/hmi.

More information on housing statistics is also available at housingeconomics.com.

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Young Thespians Accentuate Comedy and Mystery JACK POSEY McLean High School

The Stage One Players at the St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School took their audience on a wild ride across the European countryside in a ‘CAPPIES’ comedic mystery with REVIEW adventure their polished production of “The 39 Steps.”

The play, adapted from the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, was written by Patrick Barlow in 2005, and is markedly more comedic than its source material. The plot follows protagonist Richard Hannay on a chase through London and the Scottish Highlands in hopes of exposing a secret plot of espionage against the British military, with assassins and policemen hot on his heels.

The Stage One Players’ production was very aesthetically pleasing. The set was comprised of a central frame resembling that of a vaudeville stage with a roll-out stage platform (operated by a diligent duo on a large crank at the back of the stage) flanked on either side by wooden scaffolding and with a wooden balcony overhead.

Two layers of projection screens were used for visual effects and backdrops, and accessory set pieces (such as roll-on doors and crates) would be brought in like clockwork by the show’s ensemble cast in fluid, eye-catching scene changes.

The swiftness of such scene changes provided refreshing bursts of energy that helped counteract the tendency of scenes

to drag occasionally.

Jack Dewhurst was a likable every-man as Richard Hannay, providing an effective foil to the many caricatures of Germans, Brits and Scots to be found throughout the show. His romantic follies made for some snappy comedic moments.

One scene of budding affection between Hannay and reluctant partner-in-crime Pamela (a poised Helen Cunningham) drew spirited laughs from the audience when & St. Agnes School enchanting mood Greer Beterman, Sasha Koch and Jack Dewhurst were among those performing in the St. Stephen’s PHOTO BY SUSAN HAMON production of “The 39 Steps.” lighting and swelling, cinematic music consistent and authentic accents, Stevens lively energy, most notably in a standout (composed by students Katie Henshaw and Brooks excelled, playing up their Scot- swing-dance sequence in which the dancand Dokken Shapero) was abruptly pulled tish brogues to much success. ers started and stopped their partying with away upon Pamela’s admission of an obNicki Gray played a vital role in the sharp timing upon the opening and closing tuse oversight. production as theatrical performer Mr. of a door.

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MIXED RESULTS FOR OFFICE-VACANCY RATES: Arlington’s third-quarter office-

vacancy rate of 21.4 percent was up a tick from 21.3 percent in the second quarter, and was unchanged from a year before, according to new data.

Among various sub-sectors of the commercial-office market, rates for the third quarter stood at 29.6 percent in Rosslyn, compared to 28.4 percent in the second quarter and 28.5 percent in the third quarter of 2014; 24.2 percent in Crystal City (compared to 25 percent and 23.6 percent); 18 percent in Ballston (19.3 percent and 19.5 percent); 17 percent in Clarendon/Courthouse (16.8 percent and 9.8 percent); and 10.3 percent in Virginia Square (10.6 percent and 21 percent).

Figures come from CoStar and were reported by Arlington Economic Development.

For Northern Virginia as a whole, the office-vacancy rate of 17.3 percent in the third quarter was down from 17.4 percent a quarter before, but was up from 17 percent in the third quarter of 2014.

HOTEL-OCCUPANCY RATES REMAIN HEALTHY: Arlington’s hotel-occupancy

rate for the first nine months of the year is up from the same period in 2014, as is the average daily room rate, according to new figures.

The year-to-date occupancy rate of 79.3 percent from January to September is higher than the 78-percent rate reported in 2014, according to figures from Smith Travel Research, reported by Arlington Economic Development.

For the same period, the average daily room rate of $160.01 was up from $152.33 in 2014.

September’s occupancy rate was 78 percent, and the average daily room rate for the month was $166.09.

FAIRFAX CHAMBER TO REBRAND WITH REGIONAL FOCUS: The Fairfax County

Chamber of Commerce will become the “Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce,” effective in January.

The business organization’s board approved a rebranding and restructuring effort as “an answer to the call from business and political leaders for one unified business voice for Northern Virginia,” officials said in announcing the action.

“The Fairfax Chamber is the ‘Voice of Business in Northern Virginia,’ and has been for some time now,” said Mitchell Weintraub of Cordia Partners, who chairs the Chamber board.

“The rebranding and restructuring will allow us to better serve and increase our value to our members, stakeholders and business community,” Weintraub said.

During the next several months, the Fairfax Chamber will bring together other chamber executives, business and political leaders, and community partners in what the organization describes as a collaborative manner to help shape the launch of the new entity in January 2016.

“The new Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce will seek to complement, not compete with, the other chambers,” Weintraub said. “This is about strengthening and unifying the regional business voice region.”

The Fairfax Chamber comprises about 700 members with 500,000 employees around the region.

Regional Briefs CENSUS: NEARLY 170 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN REGION: Residents of the

VDOT ADJUSTS TIMING OF SIGNALS AROUND SHOPPING CENTERS: From

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Using traffic data gathered during last year’s holiday season, VDOT developed time- and location-specific signal-timing plans at 222 intersections.

Engineers also will use traffic cameras and traffic sensors to monitor conditions and make adjustments in real time to help keep traffic moving in especially congested areas, such as Tysons and Fair Oaks.

Holiday traffic signal timing will be in effect from Nov. 26 through Jan. 1 at Tysons and Galleria shopping centers; Reston Town Center; Fair Lakes Shopping Center; Fair Oaks Mall Springfield Town Center; Potomac Mills Mall; Manassas Mall; Cascades Town Center; Potomac Run Center; Dulles Town Center; Leesburg Outlets; Dulles 28 Centre; and Virginia Gateway Shopping Center.

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Washington metropolitan area speak at least 168 different languages at home, and in just over a quarter of the region’s households, English is not the primary language, according to new analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The figures are part of a new report, based on data collected from 2009 to 2013, and expand the number of languages surveyed from the previous 39 to 350.

“While most of the U.S. population speaks only English at home, or a handful of other languages like Spanish or Vietnamese, the American Community Survey reveals the wide-ranging language diversity of the United States,” said Erik Vickstrom, a Census Bureau statistician.

“Knowing the number of languages and how many speak these languages in a particular area provides valuable information to policy-makers, planners and researchers,” Vickstrom said.

Based on the survey, the Washington area ranks second only to New York (192) and Los Angeles (185) among the nation’s largest metro areas in number of languages spoken.

Rounding out the top five communities are Seattle, Phoenix and San Francisco, followed by Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston.

Full data can be found on the Web site at www.census.gov.

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Police Beat ATTEMPTED MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Nov. 22 at 5:42 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 2900 block of South Glebe Road for a report of a fight in progress.

Officers located the suspect in a vehicle.

The suspect accelerated toward an officer, striking two parked vehicles before fleeing, police said.

Police attempted to track the suspect with a K-9 unit, but were unsuccessful.

Warrants were obtained for the suspect, identified by police as 21-year-old Javier Torres Bustos of Arlington, for attempted malicious wounding on law enforcement, eluding and two counts of hit-and-run.

ARMED ROBBERY: n On Nov. 19 at 11:34 p.m., a man robbed an employee of a gas station in the 5900 block of Lee Highway at gunpoint.

The suspect is described by police as a white male, in his late 20s, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds.

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funds for economic development, affordable housing, land acquisition, capital maintenance and public safety.

Garvey, who through much of the past year has been allied with Vihstadt on the dais, said she wasn’t against those priorities, but said the community should have a chance to weigh them against others.

It would be “much better governance to actually make sure all your spending goes through the budget process,” Garvey said, “so that all the different groups that want may come . . . and know where we are.”

Allocating the funds near the end of the calendar year – which some critics liken to Christmas presents for specialinterest groups – “feels a little ad-hoc to me,” Garvey said.

ROBBERY: n On Nov. 18 at 10:35 p.m., a 19-yearold woman was shoved to the ground in the 3200 block of Columbia Pike after a man attempted to steal change from her, police said.

A witness attempted to intervene, and the suspect fled the scene.

Police arrested 38-year-old Marlow

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and Garvey during a contentious Nov. 19 meeting.

At that meeting, Vihstadt proposed holding off on allocating some of the leftover funds, keeping them in a pot of money that could be used after the fiscal 2017 budget process worked itself out next spring.

“Let’s take a step back,” Vihstadt said.

“I’d really rather have that flexibility and have the wisdom and conversation with our two new board members.”

The $20 million proposed for allocation into the fiscal 2017 budget includes

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Dugger of no fixed address. He was charged with attempted robbery and was held on a $5,000 bond. n On Nov. 18 at 10:41 p.m., a man was reported inside a woman’s apartment in the 2300 block of Columbia Pike.

After investigation, police determined that the suspect also was wanted in connection with a robbery at a Liberty Gas station earlier in the day.

Warrants are pending for 21-year-old Stephen Leon Roberts of Capitol Heights, Md., police said.

North Troy Street was burglarized. Several items were taken. n Sometime between Nov. 17 at 6:15 p.m. and Nov. 18 at 5 a.m., an office in the 1900 block of North Fort Myer Drive was burglarized. Several laptop computers were taken. n Sometime between Nov. 23 at 5:30 p.m. and Nov. 24 at 8:25 a.m., an office in the 1900 block of North Moore Street was burglarized. Several laptop computers were taken.

BURGLARY: n On Nov. 13 between 8:05 a.m. and 5:45 p.m., a home in the 1300 block of

Reported items are compiled from reports issued by the Arlington County Police Department and public-safety agencies across the region.

“When we go through the budget process, it’s very measured and we look at all the different needs and balance them all out.”

Critics also have questioned why the Arlington government plans on spending the surplus when leaders are projecting a budget deficit for the coming fiscal year.

County officials need to “stop catering to their special interests, and stop growing government a little bit at a time,” said Arlington County Taxpayers Association president Tim Wise.

But for Hynes, who has spent eight years on the County Board and 20 in elected office, the whole discussion seemed to border on the surreal.

“There’s nothing random about this,” she said of the funding allocation. “It’s all supported by plans and it’s all based on things our community has told us, over and over and over, [matter] in the budget.”

“To think of our budget process as irrational – that’s somewhat of an insult,” Fisette added. “It’s completely rational.”

“Nobody said it’s irrational,” countered Garvey.

Tejada said he was “incredulous” that Vihstadt has sprung an “unreasonable and unneeded” proposal on board members at the last minute. (Very nearly

at the last minute, at least: Vihstadt delivered his proposal to other board members about 90 minutes before the meeting began. Vihstadt apologized for the short notice, saying he needed time to wordsmith it and receive information from county staff.)

Despite the sound and fury, the Nov. 19 vote on allocation of the surplus actually may signify nothing. The incoming County Board will not be bound to support any of the spending, and could vote – as early as Jan. 1 – to rescind the direction given to acting County Manager Mark Schwartz, county officials acknowledged.

Vihstadt said he wanted to address the matter before the new board arrives, because the 2015 board’s allocation of funds serves as “a preliminary road map” that could be seen by some as promises that need to be kept.

In the end, the Hynes/Tejada/Fisette faction voted down the Vihstadt/Garvey proposal.

The roughly $20 million in excess funds is actually a small percentage of the hundreds of millions of dollars the county government has on hand at any one time. Most of that funding, however, is allocated toward future projects or is used as a reserve.

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officials can expect, given that other localities – including behemoths Fairfax and Loudoun – are eager to get I-66 eastbound widened, and that the General Assembly seems poised to get involved when it convenes in January.

“All the forces are aligning in a way that can really adversely affect Arlington’s interests,” MacIsaac said. “This agreement is designed to protect those interests, to the extent they can be protected.”

Without NVTC’s imprimatur, “this proposal basically falls apart,” predicted Dennis Leach, the Arlington government’s transportation chief.

Staff analysis of the situation did not, however, sway County Board members John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey, who said there were too many moving parts to the proposal to back it. They opposed the motion of support, which passed on a 3-2 vote.

The NVTC meeting begins at 8 p.m. at 2300 Wilson Blvd. Meeting materials are available on the Web site at www.novatransit.org.

Continued from Page 1 Commission includes representation from Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church. Arlington’s three representatives – Fisette and fellow board members Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada – support moving forward with the draft agreement.

If NVTC and the Commonwealth Transportation Board agree to the framework in front of them, it will be the regional body, rather than the state board, that will pick the transportation projects to be funded through toll revenues over the next four decades. The agreement also sets out when, and how, widening of the highway in the eastbound direction can be carried out.

Under questioning from County Board members, County Attorney Stephen MacIsaac said the deal currently on the table may be the best Arlington

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n Noah Winslow, a member of Boy Scout Troop 62 in Arlington, led the building of two garden beds to benefit Reevesland Learning Center as part of his Eagle Scout project.

Twenty volunteers participated in the effort, including baseball players from Washington-Lee High School and Scouts from Troop 624. Together, they worked more than 59 man-hours to complete the project on Nov. 28. n Theater-arts students from Arlington middle and high schools will come together on Saturday, Dec. 2 at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program’s auditorium for the first annual Countywide Comedy Charity Improv (CoCoChimp).

Students will team up to participate in classic improv games in the style of “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” The event will be emceed by Josh Rosenblum of Education Theatre Co. Students from Yorktown, Washington-Lee and Wakefield high schools, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program and Kenmore, Gunston, Williamsburg and Thomas Jefferson middle schools will participate.

“The event unites students from across Arlington not only in the cause of entertainment and creativity, but also to raise funds and awareness,” organizers said, with proceeds benefiting Arlington Thrive and Casa Ruby.

The Dec. 12 event is part of a new effort by Arlington Public Schools’ theater students and their teachers to connect and unite. The efforts have included creation of a new social-media presence, www.facebook.com/apstheatrehub.

Tickets for CoCoChimp are $5, and are available on the Web site at www.hbwoodlawn.tix.com.

ferings of Devising Hope, a partnership between Street Sense and the Educational Theatre Co. Once a week for the past two months, students from H-B Woodlawn bridged a physical and cultural divide to work sideby-side with homeless and formerly homeless artists at Street Sense’s downtown D.C. office.

“Theater provides powerful, engaging and transformative opportunities for all communities,” said Devising Hope director Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang, a founding member of Arlington-based Educational Theatre Co. “For men and women experiencing homelessness, exposure to theater helps them rebuild a vital sense of belonging, contribute their creative talents to the community and develop employment skills,” Kitsos-Kang said. “For the high-school students, the project offers an innovative and intimate window into the issue of homelessness in ways that challenge stereotypes and humanize myths.”

The project, which is supported by the Reva and David Logan Foundation, is the latest addition to a burgeoning Street Sense multimedia center that strives to empower the voices of those experiencing homelessness while creating empathy within the community around them.

“This production springs from an intimate theater workshop that brought together people who otherwise might have never shared a conversation,” Street Sense executive director Brian Carome said.

“We have suburban high-school students and men and women who have known the harshness of homelessness. The performance shares the common ground they discovered together.”

For information on the initiative, see the Web site at http://streetsense.org/devisinghope-theatre-workshop/. n Northern Virginia Community College is expanding its efforts allowing students to take classes – and potentially earn degrees – without paying for books.

The initiative is part of a collaboration between NVCC’s Extended Learning Institute and Lumen Learning, which provides

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n Local high-school students this month are taking the stage alongside homeless artists for a pair of theater performances exploring how the lives of housed and unhoused people intersect.

The two performances – Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. on the campus of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program and Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Church of the Epiphany in the District of Columbia – are the inaugural public of-

Members of the Washington-Lee High School baseball team joined with Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 69 on Nov. 28 in assisting Noah Winslow in building two garden beds to benefit Reevesland Learning Center as part of Winslow’s Eagle Scout project.

“open courseware” – materials that are available through public-access Internet use.

Efforts “have been about both increasing student success and creating material to be shared with more educators to impact more students,” said Dr. Wm. Preston Davis, director of instructional services for the college.

“With open pathways, we provide a huge boost to students who can’t afford textbooks, and we put them on a clearer path toward completion,” Davis said.

The courses are designated “zELI” (“z” for zero cost and ELI for Extended Learning Institute). A total of 24 online courses are available, enough to fulfill requirements for NVCC’s certification in general studies and associate degrees in general studies and social sciences.

The college and faculty “are taking bold steps to show educators everywhere what is now possible with open educaiton,” said Dr. Cable Green, director of global learning for Creative Commons, which licenses materials for free use.

Working with Oregon-based Lumen Learning, NVCC is making its courses available to educational institutions across the nation. The goal is “to give colleges essential building blocks to rapidly develop and offer their own zero-textbook-cost degree programs,” said Dr. David Wiley, chief academic officer at Lumen Learning.

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n A team from the Arlington Career Center has won the fourth annual studentvideo challenge sponsored by the Virginia School Boards Association, taking home the top prize for the third year in a row.

The contest challenged high school students across Virginia to create a 30-second video around the theme of “Student Achievement: What Does It Look Like?”

A total of 74 student groups submitted entries.

Career Center students who worked on the video are enrolled in Thomas O’Day’s television-production courses. They include Nikolai Karamyshev, Rachael Osborne, Bryce Rusk, Kofi Roberts, Mohamed “Kiyam” Muainudeen, Brian McTyre and Fernando Rocha.

Videos were judged on how well they addressed the topic and the quality of the production of the video, as well as the depth of thought and creativity of the video.

The video can be found at https://vimeo. com/141050551.

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October Sales Volume Up 5% in Va. Real Estate Market

Modest increases in both transactions and median prices combined for a 5-percent year-over-year increase in sales volume across the Virginia real estate market in October, according to new figures.

A total of 8,684 properties went to closing in October across the commonwealth, an increase of 2.8 percent from the 8,445 transactions reported in October 2014, according to data from the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

The median sales price of $250,000, meanwhile, was up 1.5 percent from $246,200 a year before, part of a “relatively stable” pattern that has been in place throughout the year, according to the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which provides data analysis for VAR. In terms of both sales and prices, the market has been following its traditional trajectory lower from mid-summer. Compared to the year’s peak month of June, sales were down 31 percent and median

prices were down 11 percent.

“The number of sales will likely decrease through early 2016,” Virginia Tech analysts said, although prices have as much chance of rising in coming months as falling.

Add up both the sales and prices, and the total volume of $2.72 billion in October was up 5 percent from $2.59 billion a year before.

Homes that went to closing in October spent an average of 78 days between listing and ratified sales contract, a slight improvement from the 80 days required a year before.

Add up all the data, and analysts conclude that “inventory and demand from buyers is generally in sync.”

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

Full data can be found on the Web site at www.varealtor.com/homesales.

Median Prices Flat in N.Va., But Mood Remains Optimistic: Median sales prices

of real estate sold across the inner suburbs of Northern Virginia in October was off slightly from a year before, although there were significant variations within the five jurisdictions comprised by the region.

The median sales price of $461,000 was down 0.9 percent in October from a year ago, according to figures reported by the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR).

The city of Falls Church had the highest median sales price of residential real estate that went to closing in October, at $665,000, up 8.1 percent from a year before. Second was Arlington at $545,000, up 1.7 percent, followed by the city of Fairfax at $500,000, up 5.7 percent.

Rounding out the five localities were Alexandria at $495,000, down 0.5 percent, and Fairfax County at $449,000, down 0.2 percent.

(Figures take into account all types of housing, including single-family, attached homes and condominiums.)

Leaders in the local real-estate market say both buyers and sellers are in a healthy mind-set at the moment.

“Confidence is high,” said Veronica Seva-Gonzalez of Compass, who sits on the NVAR board of directors. “Although many buyers take a break over the holidays, I believe there is great opportunity now for both buyers and sellers. There is less competition, and I see many motivated buyers.”

Some prospective purchasers may be ready to jump in now, rather than deal with what are likely to be higher interest rates in 2016. And they seem to have put the recession in the rear-view mirror.

“While the shadow cast from the financial crisis is not totally gone, there is a lot of improvement,” said Mary Bayat, president of NVAR. “More people are working, gas prices remained low, and the Northern Virginia region has seen improving equity in homes.”

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Va. Consumers Benefited from Lower Thanksgiving Costs Virginians will be able to feed their families a Thanksgiving meal for less than $4.50 per person this year – about 56 cents per person less than the national average – according to an informal price survey conducted by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.

The survey of the price of basic items found on Virginians’ Thanksgiving tables places the average cost of a traditional

meal for 10 adults at $44.52. The menu includes turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, rolls, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, milk and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Prices were reported using no promotional sales or coupons.

The 2015 state average represents a decrease of $1.93 from the 2014 average total.

The locality surveyed that had the high-

est average cost for a meal was Powhatan County at $59.83. The locality with the lowest average cost was Carroll County at $31.61.

“This year it will most definitely pay you to shop for your prices, as we are seeing a wide range of prices statewide,” said Jonah Bowles, a Virginia Farm Bureau agriculture-market analyst.

“All livestock prices are down, and tur-

key hasn’t seen as much of a decrease as other poultry, but we are seeing a decline of more than $3 from the 2014 average price for the centerpiece of the meal. We also have seen a decline in dairy prices for the consumer compared to last year.”

Based on surveys of grocery stores throughout Virginia, Farm Bureau found the average cost of a 16-pound turkey was $18.86 or $1.18 per pound.

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The high school basketball season began in Arlington this week, and rightoff-the-bat included two big all-county clashes.

Those girls and boys games were played Dec. 1 between the Wakefield Warriors and BASKETBALL Yorktown Patriots.

Visit www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington for results and details about those contests. The campaign continues later in the week with other games for all four teams.

On Friday, Dec. 4 at 7:15 p.m., the Yorktown boys host the Lake Braddock Bruins. The Yorktown girls had a game scheduled against Herndon on Dec. 2, then host Lake Braddock at 6 p.m. Dec. 4.

The Yorktown boys finished 14-10 last season and the girls 11-11. The boys have a new head coach in Joe Reed.

The Wakefield girls and boys have games Dec. 4 and 5. On Friday, Dec. 4 at 7:15 p.m., the girls host Tuscarora, while the boys play at Tuscarora at the same time. On Saturday, Dec. 5, the girls host T.C. Williams at 5 p.m. and the boys host T.C. at 6:45 p.m.

Both Wakefield teams had winning records and strong seasons last winter.

Alison Criswell is expected to be a key returning player for the Yorktown High School girls team PHOTO BY DEB KOLT this season when the 2015-16 basketball campaign tips off this week.

The boys were the Capitol Conference Tournament champions and finished 242. The girls were 16-11 and were second in the conference tournament.

The teams are expected to be conference contenders again this season, despite graduating some key players.

“It will be a new team, but there are

some talented players back,” Wakefield coach Tony Bentley said.

The Washington-Lee boys team was scheduled to open its 2015-15 season Monday, Nov. 30 with a 7:15 p.m. road game at Potomac Falls, Continued on Page 24

Arlington Girls Flag Team Headed Back to Nationals

The Arlington girls 14-under flag football team is headed to the national championships.

touchdowns in each game.

Players on the girls team were Senam Adedze, Roberta Biden, Lucille Colaccino, Michelle Emery, Azzi Fudd, Shea Messman, Sara Park, Carly Rivera, Elizabeth Shean and Kate Vietmeyer.

n Arlington’s 14-under boys team played in its second straight regional championship, finishing second to Leesburg. The Arlington boys defeated the second and third seeds in the single-elimination bracket before facing Leesburg.

Arlington players were Nick Beatrice, Kyle Gerner, Chris Warner, Will Cantwell, Jay Maddox, Zak Tripodi, Max Fortney, Jack Winslow, Griffin Bailey and Joe Core. n A 12-under Arlington co-ed team won its pool at regionals with a 3-1 record, then lost in the first round of playoffs. In pool play, Arlington defeated the eventual regional champion Leesburg team.

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As a hobby, basically, people like Frank Haddock, Rusty Payne, Greg Paspatis and Rick Guggolz have worked diligently over the years to develop and keep an amazing encyclopedia, either in their minds or recorded in some manner, regarding some aspects of local high-school sports.

There are probably others, but those are the four we are most familiar with at the Sun Gazette.

Haddock is the ultimate go-to-guy about the history of Wakefield High sports, plus he has a strong general and reliable overall knowledge about other sports throughout Arlington.

Payne and Paspatis are record-keepers and fact-checkers about the history of high school football in Northern Virginia. Payne has a particular expertise regarding McLean High School, where he played a couple of sports.

For years, Haddock and Payne have been the public-address football announcers at Wakefield and McLean, keeping them plugged into the gridiron hot stove at those schools and others.

Want to track down a score of a football game or the record of a particular team from back in the 1960s or ’70s? Ask Paspatis.

For 25 years, Guggolz has kept track of boys high school basketball throughout Northern Virginia, as well as the entire state. He recently compiled his second edition of “The History of Northern Region and Virginia Boys High School Basketball.”

If our records aren’t as complete at the Sun Gazette, or we have a question or an uncertainty, one of those fabulous foursome often has the correct answer at their fingertips, or between their ears. They are a terrific resource.

We thank them for their past help and what we will ask going forward.

We also thank them for being good watchdogs. Publish an incorrect fact in their area of expertise, and it’s not unusual to be contacted by one of the four to set the record straight.

We’ve learned. If there is any doubt, it’s better to double-check. Haddock, Payne, Paspatis and Guggolz will have the right fact and our backs.

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The Arlington NFL Flag 14-under girls football team won its second consecutive regional championship recently at the Washington Redskins Regional competition.

More than 40 teams from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Ohio, Florida, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania and Georgia competed in this year’s event. The first-place teams earned berths to play in the NFL FLAG Championships during Super Bowl week in Santa Clara, Calif.

At regionals, the Arlington girls were dominant, finishing with a 4-0 record.

The defense extended its streak of allowing no points in regulation, and the offense lit up the scoreboard with multiple

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High School Roundup O’CONNELL VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS CHOSEN ALLSTATE: Bishop O’Connell High School girls volleyball

player Maxine Freidman was chosen Division I firstteam all-state.

Making second-team from O’Connell was Sarah Lawler.

Friedman was chosen second-team all-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. Making third-team was Lawler. Honorable mention players were Olivia Giaquinto, Lucie Drahozal and Katie Boehm.

O’Connell played in the WCAC and state tournaments this fall.

W-L, YORKTOWN FOOTBALL PLAYERS MAKE ALLCONFERENCE: A number of players from the Washing-

ton-Lee and Yorktown high school football teams were chosen to the all-Liberty Conference teams.

On first-team offense, Washington-Lee’s Gene Jones was chosen as a wide receiver and his teammate Henry Casey as a utility player. On second-team offense, WL center Justin Robinson was chosen along with his teammates Mick Appel (lineman), Ceneca Espinoza (running back) and Quinn Parks (kick returner). From Yorktown, place-kicker Mehran Roshanaei and receiver Matt Paredes were chosen.

Honorable-mention offensive players from W-L were Casey (receiver) and Parks (receiver), and from Yorktown Drew Maddox (receiver), Stevie Picot (receiver) and Stephen Glagola (quarterback).

Making first-team defense from W-L were Keani Solorzano (lineman), Ethan Hall (linebacker), Espinoza (defensive back) and Parks (defensive back). Espinoza was the co-Defensive Player of the Year. From Yorktown, Roshanaei was the first-team punter.

Second-team selections were W-L linebacker Tyler Lutz and punter Parks and Yorktown linebacker Paredes.

Honorable-mention defensive selections from W-L were Jack Johnson (lineman) and Nick Conklu (punter), and from Yorktown Zane Kildo (defensive back), Connor Boyle (linebacker), Thomas Richardson (linebacker) and Blake Edwards (lineman).

O’CONNELL FOOTBALL PLAYERS MAKE WCAC: Two

Bishop O’Connell High School football players – senior wide receiver Brandon Magee and place-kicker Ethan Torres – were chosen Washington Catholic Athletic Conference first-team offense in football for their performances this fall.

Senior wide receiver Brandon Magee was one of those players and place-kicker Ethan Torres the other.

Making second-team offense was receiver Myles Hudzick. Making third team were quarterback Dejuan Ellis, tight end Drew Bonner and lineman Jay Jay McCargo.

Making second team on defense was linebacker Landan Word.

LIBERTY CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL: Yorktown High

School’s Catherine Vaccaro was a second-team all-Liberty Conference in girls volleyball.

Making honorable mention were Yorktown’s Isabel Zavada and Rachael Osborne, and Washington-Lee’s Emma Mobley and Leonie Alders.

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Basketball Continued from Page 23 then the Generals don’t play again until Monday, Dec. 7 at 7:15 at home against Falls Church.

The W-L boys struggled to a 4-18 finish last season.

Washington-Lee High School’s Ceneca Espinoza was chosen allLiberty Conference at multiple positions.

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Schools Athletic Association all-state selection for his efforts this fall. O’Connell’s Andres Garcia was chosen to the second team.

The players helped O’Connell finish second in the Division I state tournament.

In the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, both players were chosen first team. Making secondteam all-WCAC was Andre Toledo. Making honorable mention were Daniel Catalfamo and Albert Ujevic.

For the O’Connell girls, Gigi Foster and Lily Harkes made first-team all-WCAC. Maggie McDonough made second-team. Making honorable mention were Grace Boras, Ashley Wilson and Elysse Anderson.

KNIGHTS’ RUNNER FINISHES FOOT LOCKER RACE:

Bishop O’Connell High School Knights’ senior runner Kevin Dannaher finished 93rd in the boys seeded division of the Foot Locker South Regional cross country meet Nov. 28 at McAlpine Greenway Park in Charlotte, N.C. The race was the final cross country meet of Dannaher’s high school career.

He enjoyed a strong senior season. Dannaher won the Arlington County meet at Bluemont Park, placed a close second at the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I state meet, and was fifth in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships.

ICE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: The Washington-Lee Gener-

als (3-0) defeated West Potomac, 5-3, in club ice hockey to halt the Wolverines’ 10-game unbeaten streak dating back to last season.

West Potomac took a 2-0 lead, but Generals’ goalie Carson Chircop made several saves to keep his team close. Scoring goals for W-L were Ned Huffman with three and Max Lustig and Ben Stanley with one each. n The Yorktown Patriots (1-1-1) fell to Broad Run, 9-2.

Scoring for Yorktown were Bobby Wells and Matt Neuman. In goal, facing 40 shots and stopping 31, was Dylan Amrogi.

In another game, Yorktown defeated Riverdale/Rock Ridge, 6-1. Leading the way was Matt Amons with three goals. Single goals were scored by Neuman, Teddy Dahlquist and Jacob Dormuth. Wells had three assists.

The Washington-Lee girls were set to open Dec. 1 at 7:15 p.m. at Falls Church, then play at Potomac Falls on Friday, Dec. 4 at the same time. The Generals were 1-18 last season.

On the private-school scene, Arlington’s Bishop O’Connell Knights were scheduled to start their seasons on Dec. 1, the girls away against Holy Child and the boys at home versus Ideal.

Yorktown High School’s Rachael Osborne was a Liberty Conference honorable mention selection.

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Single assists went to Amons, Dahlquist, Neuman and Victor Kelly. Ambrogi faced 21 shots.

W-L FOOTBALL COACH REACHES MILESTONE: Wash-

ington-Lee High School’s Josh Shapiro finished his ninth year as the Generals’ head football coach this fall.

That made Shapiro the W-L head football coach with the most longevity since at least the 1940. From 1941 to 1948, Harry Deming coached the Generals for eight seasons. He held the longevity mark until Shapiro’s Generals finished the 2015 campaign with a 5-6 record.

Shapiro began coaching the Generals in 2007 and has 46 victories and six playoff appearances, including three in a row. His district and conference records are 37-24, with one championship.

Rusty Payne contributed information for this item YORKTOWN COACH HANSON HAS 240 WINS: York-

town High School head football coach Bruce Hanson finished the 2015 season with 240 career wins after his Patriots had a 3-7 season. That total ranks among the top 20 for records kept by the Virginia High School League.

Hanson has been Yorktown’s head coach since 1985, and has 210 wins with the Patriots. He had a 30-28-2 record as Wakefield High’s head coach from 1974 to 1979.

His 240 victories are the most of any high school football coach in the Arlington, Fairfax and Alexandria jurisdiction of Northern Virginia.

Hanson has no plans of retiring, only wanting his 2016 team to improve on his past season’s disappointing record.

“We had some injuries and other things that were hard to overcome,” Hanson said about the 2015 campaign.

The losing regular-season record was Yorktown’s first since 1995.

The girls don’t play again until Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Washington Catholic Athletic Conference rival Paul VI Catholic at 7:30 p.m.

The O’Connell girls finished 16-16 last season, losing in the private-school Division I state-tournament championship game to Paul VI. The O’Connell boys play at WCAC rival St. John’s on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7:30

p.m., then have a game Saturday, Dec. 5 in the Morgan Wootten Tip-Off Tournament. O’Connell hosts Paul VI at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

The O’Connell boys were 20-11 last winter, with a 1-2 postseason mark.

“We will be young, we have some key players back, and we should be in the mix in our conference,” O’Connell boys coach Joe Wootten said.

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COMETS RED WIN STATE CUP SOCCER TOURNAMENT: The Arlington Comets Red are on a roll.

Earlier this fall, the under-15 girls soccer team won the Washington Area Girls Soccer Tournament (Flight A).

The Comets then became the first Arlington girls team to win the Virginia State Cup since the early 2000s, outscoring their opponents 16-2 through the course of fall tournament play.

The Comets capped their season by winning the Bethesda Premier Cup (under-15 Patriot Division). The Comets’ recent strong performance has led to their rise in the national polls, from 209th a year ago, to their current ranking of 33rd in the nation, and third in Virginia.

The Comets lost in overtime in last year’s State Cup finals.

The players this year include Nikki Alderman, Caroline Bates, Katie Belt, Ana Coutlakis, McKenna Cromwell, Sam Haga, Sydney Jones, Livia Leiter, Kendall McBride, Rose McCullough, Maggie McDonough, Mc Monticello, Petie Nassetta, Maria Purcell, Carly Rivera and Cadyn Westhoff.

The coaches were Mo Tayari and Moe Jebali.

A dozen of the 16 Comets have been with Arlington Travel Soccer since the under-10 age group.

BARCA WHITE WINS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: Arling-

ton Soccer Association’s Barca White under-13 boys soccer team won the Elite Division of the Columbia Fall Classic with an undefeated record.

In the championship game, the Barca White won 4-2 over Dynamite FC Vasquez Academy of Sterling.

Players were Jack Pinson, Grant Weeter, Aman Khemka, John McMahon, Jackson Harms, Cameron Viator, Jack Sasaki, Danny Werner, Simon Powers, Aidan Seymour, Ben Montano, Bohdi Patil, Michael Soto, Ethan Bacica, Carlos Wylde-Gladbach, Nathan Bizuwork, Ethan Schroeher and Kris Metsavainio. Yassi Ghahramani coached the team.

UNITED WHITE TAKES FIRST IN TOURNEY: The Arling-

ton under-15 United White boys soccer team won a fall classic.

Arlington’s strong defense and goalie Luke Sedor allowed only a single goal during the tournament.

Goals were scored by Jesse Bloome, James Core, Matthew Cornfield, Liam Emson, Woody Golden, Cristhian Iriarte, Paul Sfecla, Connor Salazar and Max Sasaki.

Other players were Wyatt Biddle, Zach Bobeczko, Greg Curtin, Tywan Campbell, Nicolas Hobbs and Ryan Van Kirk.

Festus George was the coach and Rick Sasaki the manager.

ARLINGTON SOL WHITE WINS CLASSIC: The Arlington

The Comets Red gather with their State Cup banner.

The Barca White won the Columbia Fall Classic in Maryland.

The United White finished first in a fall soccer tournament.

Sol White under-12 girls soccer team won the highest 8 vs. 8 (Red) Division at the Columbia Fall Classic in Maryland.

The team defeated a highly-ranked Stars United SC squad from western Pennsylvania in the finals after nine rounds of penalty kicks.

The Sol White finished the tournament undefeated, allowing only one goal.

Players were Sydney Belt, Margaret Benson, Taylor Bream, Parker Friedli, Leila Greene, Lydia May, Sanam Milani, Jenna Pivnick, Lily Randles, Summer Sanie, Phoebe Scarborough, Irene Williams and Ryan Wilson.

Coaches were Mike Woods and Jesse Phillips.

COUNTY TEAM WINS LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP: An

Arlington Youth Lacrosse under-11 boys team won the Fairfax Fall Brawl Tournament.

Arlington defeated Ashburn, 13-6, in the championship game to win in a field that included 17 teams.

Players were Peyton Smith, Hudson Greene, Nathan Graves, Quinn Castelli, Ryan Dalton, Jack Leeland, Brendan Mulcahy, Thomas Gilhooly, Matthew Bailey, Gavin Ohler, Ryan Johanek, Garrett Wing and Jack Martinez. Coaches were Andy Smith, Scott Dalton and Dave Bailey.

ARLINGTON BABE RUTH NEWS: Registration is open

now for girls and boys ages 4 to 12 and at all skill levels at the Arlington Babe Ruth Web site at www.arlingtonbaberuth.com.

Scholarships and financial aid are available. Register

by Dec. 31 for the early-bird discount. Practices begin in early March and games will begin in early April.

The Arlington Sol White were champions in a soccer tourney.

An Arlington 11-under lacrosse team won the Fairfax Brawl.

ARLINGTON SENIOR GOLF: The Arlington Senior Golf

Club’s 2015 traveling league is recruiting new players.

For information, contact Terry Townshead at artistic_ dimensions@msn.com or call Jennifer Collins at (703) 228-4745.

POTOMAC VALLEY TRACK CLUB: Potomac Valley

Track Club is seeking young athletes in grades 1 through 8 to join its Young Flyers youth track and field training program, held every Sunday until Dec. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

In 2016, the club holds three Sunday morning indoor track meets at the community center, Jan. 10, Jan. 24 and Feb. 7. Fees for the 11 sessions are $90 for club member families, $100 for non-members, and $50 each for groups of five or more.

See www.pvtc.org/indoor for full information, or call Jay Jacob Wind at (703) 505-3567.

College Roundup ASHLEY ROCK: Yorktown High School graduate Ash-

Arlington’s 14-under boys flag team was second in the region.

Continued from Page 23 Arlington NFL Flag is an Arlington County Parks and Recreation program that included more than 1,050 boys and girls from ages 6 to 14. Registration for the 2016 season will begin Aug. 1. Information can be found at: http://parks.arlingtonva.us/programs/sports/sportsfootball/sports-football-youth-flag.

ERIC SCHMIDT: Washington-Lee High School graduate

Eric Schmidt finished his senior season for the James Madison University men’s soccer team with three goals, one assist, seven points, and the mid-fielder took 32 shots. He had two game-winning goals.

For his career, Schmidt scored six goals, had three assist and took 53 shots.

AUSTIN BROWNE: Yorktown High School graduate

Austin Browne played in 10 games this fall for the Christopher Newport University football team. The senior running back caught 12 passes for 110 yards.

CHARLIE WALL: Yorktown High School graduate Char-

lie Wall was a sophomore place-kicker for the 8-0 Amherst College football team this fall in Amherst, Mass.

Wall made 9 of 10 field goals with a long of 31. He made 24 of 27 extra points. He scored 51 points to lead the team in scoring. Wall led the league in field goal percentage, and is tied for first place in all of Division III football for field goal percentage. Wall was chosen second-team all-conference as a place kicker.

ADAM MICHALAK: Washington-Lee High graduate

Adam Michalak was a freshman member of the Stevenson University men’s cross country team that won the recent Shannon Henretty Memorial Twilight meet.

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ley Rock finished her senior volleyball season for the Christopher Newport University women’s volleyball team with 153 kills, a team-high 100 blocks, 76 digs, a team second-best 40 aces, and 13 assists.

She helped the Division III team finish 30-3 and advance as far as the regional semifinals in post-season play. For her career, Rock had 316 kills and 210 blocks.

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

December 4, 1942: n The County Board is considering adoption of an ordinance to regulate taxi service. n Architectural drawings of the design for Arlington Hospital have been released. n The minister of Westover Baptist Church has become the first Arlington religious leader to leave for active military duty. Rev. Perry Mitchell also served in the Chaplains’ Corps in World War I. n Washington-Lee walloped George Washington, 33-6, in the Old Oaken Bucket football game.

December 3, 1944: n With more and more draftees being ruled unqualified for service as the war drags on, Virginia’s draft boards are planning to call 15 percent more men than usual this month in order to meet the quota.

December 4, 1950: n With one day left until Arlington’s tax deadline, Treasurer John Locke Green says only 50 percent of county residents have paid up.

December 2, 1961: n The state attorney general says Prince Edward County is within its rights to close its public schools rather than integrate them, because the Virginia constitution does not require public education. n Washington-Lee topped George Washington, 51-44, in boys basketball.

December 4, 1968: n A School Board task force has recommended easing the ban on student smoking in schools, saying trying to stop all students from smoking is like trying to stop all students from getting pregnant. n The Arlington County Civic Federation has voted to oppose a plan to raze part of the Buckingham Apartments and build high-rises. n U.S. Rep. Joel Broyhill, R-10th, spent $115,000 on his re-election bid.

December 5, 1975: n The Metro system is “on the verge of default” due to cash-flow problems, and the general manager has announced he plans to step down in January. n On TV tonight: “Chico and the Man,” “The Rockford Files,” “Sanford and Son” and “Wall $treet Week.”

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23. Gourmet mushroom 24. Windows to the soul?

25. “Hee ___” variety show 28. Persian backgammon 30. Knowledgeable 35. Shining armor 37. Oriental ware, pl.

39. One of seven dwarfs 40. St. Louis’ Gateway 41. *“Mele Kalikimaka is the ____ to say” 43. Singer-songwriter Amos 44. Scout’s mission 46. End of line 47. Mint product 48. Mrs. Potts of “Beauty and the Beast” 50. Falling-out 52. Lamb serving 53. Thomas the Engine’s warning 55. Plays for pay 57. Part of a flower, pl.

60. *The weather is frightful but this is so delightful

64. Natural talent 65. Nightcap rocks 67. Run ____ of the law 68. Full of curd 69. *“Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Lean your ____ this way” 70. First light, pl.

71. Algonquian people

72. Dashboard acronym 73. Wipe it clean to start fresh

DOWN 1. No this without pain?

2. Longer forearm bone 3. Member of people of eastern Europe 4. Second T in T&T

5. ABBA’s home 6. Doofus 7. *“____ the fields we go laughing all the way” 8. Short and plump 9. Town 10. Sashimi choice 11. “____ Buy Me Love” 12. Liquor store pony 15. Composed and self-assured 20. Like exes 22. Christian minister, abbr.

24. Most avant-garde 25. *“It” in “...but the very next day you gave it away” 26. Come to terms 27. Neopagan religion 29. German industrial valley 31. Drilling group 32. Thread holder 33. Chill-inducing 34. *”The fire is slowly ____, and my dear, we’re still goodbying” 36. Do this until you drop?

38. Finger move 42. Charted record 45. *“You better watch out! You better ____ ____” 49. Beneficiary of holiday toy drives 51. Found on a tire 54. Basketry stick 56. Butcher’s refuse 57. Its out of focus 58. Like pink steak 59. Assistant 60. 4 years to a President 61. Caucus state 62. Litter member 63. Someone ____ 64. TV monitor, acr.

66. Part of graduate’s ensemble

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55+ News TRAVELERS HEAD TO SUPREME COURT: Arlington County 55+ Travel

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DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON LOCAL, WORLD EVENTS: A discussion of local

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DAIRY-FREE-COOKING OPTIONS DETAILED: A discussion of dairy-free

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SKIN ISSUES TAKE CENTER STAGE:

A discussion of melanoma compared to age spots will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

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