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Change May Be On Horizon for Designation of Historic Districts

GILBERT & SULLIVAN NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE!

County Board to Consider Streamlined Process for APS SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Students at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program performed to near sellout-audiences for their recent production “Pirates of Penzance.” From PHOTO BY GEORGE LAUMANN pirates to a love story, the Gilbert & Sullivan work is always in fashion.

FY17 County Budget Season Set to Kick Off The Arlington County government’s fiscal 2017 budget season is set to kick off next week, with both County Manager Mark Schwartz and Superintendent Patrick Murphy unveiling their proposed spending packages for the year that starts July 1.

Schwartz’s proposed budget is likely to top $1.1 billion, including the annual transfer to the school system. Murphy’s budget proposal should be in the range of $550 million to $600

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The budget proposals are just the start of a multi-month process that will culminate with the County Board adopting its own budget (and setting tax rates), then the School Board ratifying its spending package.

Most of the revenue for the county’s overall budget comes from real estate taxes, split relatively evenly between residential and commerMark Schwartz cial.

Despite some complaints that it could create a double standard and preferential treatment, Arlington County Board members next month could rewrite the way local historic districts are set up – but only for the county school system.

Board members on Saturday are expected to approve public hearings for March on a staff proposal removing the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board, or HALRB, from the process of establishing historic districts when the process involves property owned or rented by the school system.

The proposal comes following a year that saw two showdowns between the School Board and HALRB, with school officials winning them both: • At the beginning of 2015, County Board members voted down a proposal to designate portions of the Wilson School building in western Rosslyn as historic. The decision paved the way for the structure to be razed for new development on the parcel.

• At the end of the year, County Board members worked out a compromise with their School Board colleagues on historic designation of the Stratford site near Lee Highway, bypassing (for that project only) HALRB’s oversight authority in order to keep that school’s renovation timetable on track and costs under control.

The proposed ordinance change would enshrine in law a two-track system for historic designation, with the historic-affairs board keeping its place in the decision-making process for privately owned

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More Than 500 Local Properties Have Benefited from Volunteer Efforts at Energy-Efficiency SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Efforts by a consortium of local organizations to give low- and moderate-income Arlington residents the tools to reduce utility bills recently reached a milestone.

The home of Lolita Smith, a lifelong county resident who lives in the Fort Henry Apartments in Nauck, was the 500th to be a beneficiary of the Energy Masters effort in its five-year history.

When offered the opportunity to take part, “I was very excited and wanted to participate,” Smith said on Feb. 5, when her home was used to demonstrate the many ways to make abodes more energyefficient and comfortable.

“It’s a huge difference,” Smith, who has lived in the AHC Inc. apartment for 17 years, said of the weatherproofing efforts and efficiency checks conducted by volunteers.

That’s the message partners in the initiative want to get out to the public.

Elenor Hodges, who leads Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment (ACE), calls the Energy Masters effort “a great idea that’s really helping people and our planet.”

ACE joined with Virginia Cooperative Extension and Arlington Thrive (then known as Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs) five years ago to start the effort, which is modeled after Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners.

which range from weatherstripping around doors and installing new lights to checking for toilet leaks.

Among the volunteers is Guillermo Ortiz, who said he came to the effort when looking to “get involved in an organization that was doing groundbreaking work at the local level.”

Ortiz said one of the most exThe Fort Henry Apartments home of Lolita Smith (foreground) was the 500th citing parts of to receive updates through the Energy Masters initiative across Arlington. volunteering is interacting with And while Smith’s apartment was the ceremonial 500th to receive improvements, youngsters.

“The kids in the apartments have a natthe efforts have now grown to nearly 550.

“We can really see the value of the ural curiosity,” he said. “That engagement work,” said Candace Fowler, board presi- is what I really value – we need to encourdent of Arlington Thrive, which provides age and foster that.”

Some volunteering is of the multi-genemergency assistance to county residents erational variety, including Washington– and last year spent $86,000 to pay utility bills for those at risk of having service Lee High School 11th-grader Helen Turvene and her mother, Tracy Hopkins. shut off.

“I hope that it spreads,” Turvene said A corps of 125 Energy Masters volunteers provides the upgrades to homes, of the effort, and in a way, it already has –

at least to neighboring Alexandria, which also is now participating.

“We’re excited to be part of this,” said the city’s vice mayor, Justin Wilson, who noted that Alexandria and Arlington “like siblings – we’re very much united by a shared set of values.”

The Arlington County government participates in the effort through its Fresh AIRE (Arlington Initiative to Re-Think Energy) program.

“It’s good for the environment, good for the renters, good for everyone – what’s not to like?” Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said.

Jennifer Endo, director of resident services for AHC, said those who live in affordable units are appreciative of the efforts to make the units more efficient.

“Savings of even $10 to $20 each month makes a difference for many of our residents living on limited incomes in such a high-cost area,” Endo said, while also praising the educational component that participating households take part in. (One tip: Clean underneath your refrigerator regularly to see a significant improvement in efficiency.)

Reaching the 500-participant level in the Energy Masters program is a start, with more to come, partners in the effort said.

“Don’t let that make you think that we’re stopping – before you know it, we’ll probably be having the 1,000th-unit celebration,” said Jennifer Abel of Virginia

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Democrats Thinking Toward General Election

Also: 2 GOP Candidates File for Congress; New School Board Candidate Emerges SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The Arlington County Democratic Committee’s efforts to entice unregistered local residents to get involved in the 2016 presidential race start with canvassing at Metro stations.

The party is deploying volunteers at eight of the stops in Arlington over the next two months, pushing both voter registration and awareness.

It’s part of a multi-pronged approach that will unfold in coming months, as county Democrats aim to roll up a big victory margin for the party’s eventual nominee for president.

With Virginia’s 13 electoral votes perhaps hanging in the balance, “we’ve got to be really on it,” said Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip Malinosky. “We have got a real challenge to get people out.”

The party has set a goal of registering 19,000 people between now and when the pollbooks close in the fall.

The effort is “not going to be easily done,” said Josh Katcher, who has been tapped to lead it.

Earlier in February, the county’s dominant political party took steps to buttress its get-out-the-vote operations, and has filled 83 of its 122 precinct-captain slots for the coming year. Those captains – two or three for each of Arlington’s voting locations – will be the taskmasters leading a corps of volunteers that will fan out in the months leading up to the general election.

Before Arlington Democrats can fully focus on November, however, there will be three intra-party contests: the March

presidential primary pitting Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders; the May School Board caucus between Nancy Van Doren, Tannia Talento and Michael Shea; and the June County Board primary between Libby Garvey and Erik Gutshall.

“We’ve got many elections on our hands. Plenty of things are going on,” said Malinosky, who recently was re-elected to lead Arlington Democrats for the next two years.

At the local and 8th Congressional District levels, Democrats remain largely impregnable, but Virginia remains a toss-up state in presidential politics, and its electoral votes are dispensed in winner-take-all fashion.

The question is likely not to be whether the Democratic candidate will win the county vote (Ronald Reagan in 1980 was the last Republican to take Arlington), but by how much.

In 2012, President Obama picked up 69 percent of Arlington’s 117,608 votes, giving him a margin of nearly 78,000 over Republican Mitt Romney. That was fully 52 percent of Obama’s total margin of victory in Virginia.

Just as Democrats are gearing up to try and widen any margin of victory, Arlington Republicans are prepping to cut into it by resurrecting their own precinct operations.

But first, the party has to deal with a change in its leadership ranks. Later this month, Jim Presswood is expected to succeed Matt Wavro as chairman of the Arlington County Republican Committee.

Wavro, who has served for two years, opted not to seek another term as chair.

Republicans to Square Off for Congressional Nominations: Two contenders have filed for the Republican nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th).

Charles Hernick and Michael Webb had been the only two contenders to announce

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She will be remembered for her charm, her grace, her smile, her capacity to love, to forgive and how deeply she touched everyone in her life.

Services will be held on Saturday, March 5, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Dale City, VA at 11:00 am.

bids for the nomination, and each met the Feb. 12 d e a d l i n e, 8th District GOP chairman Mark Kelly told the Sun Gazette.

Hernick and Webb will square off at the 8th District Re p u b l i can Convention, to be held May 7 at Ke n m o r e Josh Katcher is leading efforts M i d d l e by the Arlington County Demo- School. cratic Committee to sign up T h e 19,000 Democratic-leaning vot- winner of ers for 2016. the GOP nod will face an uphill battle to unseat Beyer, as the 8th District trends Democratic.

Boundaries of the district incorporate all of Arlington and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, along with parts of Fairfax County.

School Board Race May Be Getting More Crowded: The Arlington School Board race may be picking up a new contender.

Chaz Crismon, a local real-estate professional, has filed a statement of organization with the county election office, the first step to getting on the November ballot.

If he completes subsequent necessary steps, Crismon will become the first of four declared candidates not planning to seek the Arlington County Democratic

Commitee’s endorsement for the two seats currently held by Emma Violand-Sánchez and Nancy Van Doren.

Violand-Sánchez, who currently chairs the board, is not seeking re-election. Van Doren is seeking a new term, and will compete in a May Democratic caucus with first-time candidates Tannia Talento and Michael Shea.

Candidates have until June to complete their general-election paperwork, including obtaining signatures of 125 qualified county residents.

While the three Democrats will square off in a number of debates prior to the endorsement caucus, the general-election campaign won’t formally kick off until the Arlington County Civic Federation candidate forum, expected to be held the day after Labor Day. Perennial Candidate Headed to the Ballot Again: Audrey Clement, who has run for office in Arlington six times over the past decade, will make it seven in 2016.

Arlington election officials said Clement has submitted the requisite paperwork to run for County Board in the November general election.

It will be the sixth County Board run for Clement, either as an independent or candidate of the Arlington Green Party. That would tie her with Ellen Bozman, who also ran six times from the 1970s to the 1990s.

(One difference: Bozman won all six of her races from 1973 to 1993; Clement so far has finished with no more than 30 percent of the vote in her own bids.)

Clement also ran once for School Board, also unsuccessfully.

Thus far, the only other announced candidates are Erik Gutshall and incumbent County Board Chairman Libby Garvey, who will face off in the June Democratic primary.

The winner will go on to be the odds-on favorite in the general election.

MIGUEL A. GOMEZ Miguel A. Gomez departed into eternity on Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Port Charlotte, FL due to gall bladder complications.

He was born July 27, 1952 in Bogota, Colombia and migrated to Washington, DC in 1965. Miguel was a cancer survivor for many years. He is survived by his parents, Januario and Lucila Gomez and his siblings, Mariela, Guillermo and Luz Stella.

He graduated from Wakefield High School in 1971, where he won the Gymnastics Rings Team State Championship that same year and was named “Lord of the Rings”.

He also attended Northern Virginia Community College pursuing a Biology major.

While residing in Arlington, VA for many years, he worked with Red Top Taxi for about 20 yrs., and later moved to Port Charlotte, FL where he founded and managed Skyline Taxi.

Miguel was married for 24 years to Elizabeth (Lisa) Ann Strand, the love of his life, had four children: Katie, Jessica, Mark and Matthew, and grandchildren Laura, Mathew and Abigail. His passion was to serve and help the needy in every way possible.

A Last Hurrah for Electoral Board Veteran

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The second-longest-serving member in Arlington Electoral Board history has won appointment to a new three-year term, but says he is unlikely to serve the entire length.

“It’s no secret I will probably be resigning . . . [to] give somebody the chance to get ready for the general election,” Allen Harrison Jr. said at the body’s Feb. 4 meeting.

Harrison, who currently serves as secretary of the three-member body, has been a Republican representative on the Electoral Board for 29 years.

“Nobody will ever fill your shoes,” board vice chairman David Bell, a Democrat, said at the meeting. (The third member of the panel is Democrat Charlene Bickford, who chairs it.)

Electoral Boards in Virginia localities are composed of two members of the party occupying the Governor’s Mansion and one representing the out-of-power party.

When there is a change in the party of the governor, Electoral Board members sometimes find themselves out of a position when their terms expire, as has happened to both Bickford (twice) and Bell (once) – but, despite his lengthy tenure, never to Harrison.

Harrison’s current term expires Feb. 29.

In order to have his services for the March 1 presidential primaries, county election officials asked the Arlington County Republican Committee to renominate him for a new term. Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr. made the appointment on Jan. 10, selecting Harrison from among three names submitted by Republicans.

If Harrison resigns sometime in coming months, the process will repeat itself, with the GOP submitting names to Newman, who has the final say.

Bickford said one of Harrison’s great strengths is his easygoing demeanor in dealing with confused or irate voters. She

marvels at “the patience level that he has.”

Bickford and Bell have expressed hope that the successor to Bell will be Scott McGeary, who served as a Republican member of the board from 1994-2003 and again from 2011Allen Harrison has been a mem14, each ber of the Arlington Electoral time being Board for nearly three decades. displaced when a Democrat succeeded a Republican as governor. (To follow the bouncing ball: McGeary in 1994 replaced Bickford and then in 2003 was replaced by Bickford; McGeary in 2011 replaced Bell, who had been appointed in 2009, and in 2014 was replaced by Bell. And yes, they all get along fine.)

Harrison’s tenure on the Electoral Board is lengthy, but not the longest in local history. Maynard Carmichael served 30 years from the late 1930s until his death in 1968, according to a list provided by the county elections office.

Harrison was long active in Arlington politics and made three runs for political office: • In 1962, nominated as the candidate of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party, he lost a County Board race to Leo Urbanske Jr., the candidate of the liberalleaning Arlingtonians for a Better Com-

Legislators Oppose McAuliffe on Out-of-State Concealed Weapons vote against the measure; his intention was noted on the roll call but was not reflected in the final vote total.

The measures provide that a holder of a concealed-handgun permit issued by any state who is at least 21 years of age is authorized to carry a concealed handgun in Virginia, effectively overturning an interpretation of existing law made late last year by state Attorney General Mark Herring.

The governor agreed to the compromise measure in order to win concessions from legislators on other gun-control matters.

While support for the measures came largely from Republicans and downstate Democrats, Northern Virginia Democrats who voted for the measure included state Sens. Dick Saslaw (D-Falls Church) and Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) and Dels. Mark Keam (D-Vienna) and Mark Sickles (DFranconia).

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He didn’t need their votes, but Arlington’s seven-member legislative delegation deserted Gov. McAuliffe (D) on the governor’s compromise with legislative leaders on recognition of out-of-state concealedweapons permits.

State Sens. Barbara Favola (D-31st), Adam Ebbin (D-30th) and Janet Howell (D-32nd) were among 13 Democrats who voted against the Senate version of the compromise measure. Six Democrats and all 21 Republicans supported the measure, worked out between the McAuliffe administration and the Republican legislative leadership.

A similar measure in the House of Delegates passed 72-26, with Dels. Patrick Hope (D-47th), Rip Sullivan (D-48th) and Mark Levine (D-45th) voting against it and Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) supporting it. Lopez later said he intended to

munity (ABC), in a race that also featured Republican Harvey Lampshire.

• In 1969, Harrison – who by then had switched parties – was elected to the House of Delegates when Republicans swept all four Arlington seats. He ran on a ticket that also included George Mason Green Jr., Henry Lampe and George Shafran.

• Two years later, in 1971, local Democrats narrowly recouped their losses in the House of Delegates, with Harrison falling less than 300 votes short of winning reelection.

Harrison and his wife are avid cruisegoers, and are likely to spend more time at a second home they own in Pennsylvania once his service on the Electoral Board comes to an end.

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To what we can only hope is the end to a five-year battle to see restoration of Arlington’s ability to levy a surtax on hotel stays in order to fund tourism promotion.

So much ink has been spilled on this situation since 2011 that we won’t repeat it, only to say that it looks like bills by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) and state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) are on track to make it to the governor’s desk, and to be signed into law.

But we’ve thought that in other years, notably 2013 (when the taxing authority was restored by the legislature only to be vetoed by Robert McDonnell). So we’ll wait until we have the final answer before exhaling. Still, it’s good to have the possibility of success so close.

THUMBS UP: To Gov. McAuliffe, who has been taking a more realistic and flexible approach to issues in this, his third legislative session as the commonwealth’s chief executive.

Many on his left flank are upset with the governor over compromises he has made with the Republican legislature on guns and Interstate 66, to name just two. But most other residents of the commonwealth seem pleased that the executive and legislative branches are putting aside some of their differences and coming to consensus.

Any number of issues remain out of reach of compromise, at least so far. But perhaps with the momentum of 2016’s legislative session behind them, there can be creative solutions to other is-

sues (like health-care) hammered out between now and 2017, when McAuliffe will be in his final year in office.

THUMBS UP: To the Arlington County Civic Federation, whose delegates recently reached near-unanimity (63-1-1) on a measure calling on County Board members to emphasize the acquisition of open space.

The proposal was not everything that everyone wanted; it was watered down somewhat by taking out specific targets and replacing them with aspirational goals. But the approved resolution is a good one, and the large majority achieved on what had been a contentious issue shows the Civic Federation is the right place for such dialogue.

Let McLean Drivers Pay Tolls to Use Interstate 66 Editor: Marty Smith of McLean [Letters, Feb. 11] wrote that widening Interstate 66 in Arlington is preferable to putting tolls on I-66 on drivers during rush hour as the Virginia Department of Transportation has chosen, saying it is not right for VDOT to “force him out of his car.”

Smith does not acknowledge that VDOT would have to force adjacent landowners to sell their properties to widen I-66 under his plan. He also never says who is going to pay the hundreds of millions of dollar that such widening would cost.

There is no free lunch in public transportation – either gasoline taxes must be raised or tolls must be imposed. Which one, Mr. Smith?

Those of us who live in Arlington and would give up our scarce land adjacent to I-66, and put up with even more noise and pollution from even more cars on a wider I-66, have a different understand-

ing than a McLean resident who wants to continue to drive by himself for free during rush hour.

We in Arlington understand as an urban area that widening highways merely takes valuable land away from use for residences, businesses and parkland and puts it into a use that generates no tax value or community value for us.

There has never been a single example of a wider urban highway actually reducing congestion long-term during rush hour in the U.S.; widening a highway merely brings out more traffic and singledriver vehicles.

It seems reasonable that if a person chooses to drive in rush hour by themselves on a congested urban highway that they should pay for that privilege. Otherwise, they can join a carpool and ride for free, or ride a subsidized bus or the subsidized Metrorail.

We in Arlington contribute many millions of dollars annually to subsidize Me-

trorail, Metrobus and Arlington Transit (ART) buses. Metrorail recently added the Silver Line through McLean at a cost of more than $3 billion, a portion of which Arlington County paid. Thousands of McLean residents use Metrorail today.

Arlington County and McLean, the site of Tysons Corner with hundreds of commercial offices and apartment buildings, are urban cities today. Interstate highways for single-driver cars can never supply the transport needs of such urban areas, rather it is buses, subways, carpools and ride-sharing that should be the norm.

The option for a single-driver vehicle to pay for the privilege to use a public highway that otherwise could be serving HOV vehicles and buses and moving thousands of commuters efficiently seems reasonable to me.

John Reeder Arlington

Gondola Proposal Could Make Sense to Ease Gridlock Editor: The Sun Gazette [Transportation Notes, Feb. 4] quoted Chris Slatt of the Arlington Transportation Commission describing the commission’s 6-3-2 vote to support joining the Rosslyn and Georgetown Business Improvement Districts, the District, and Georgetown University to fund a study of a Rosslyn-Georgetown gondola.

He said those who opposed the proposal on the commission believed it “does not solve a real transportation need,” and

that many commissioners expressed the view that “even contributing to a study will provide substantive fodder for transit nay-sayers” This letter is to resist what I think is the mischaracterization of those of us who opposed the Columbia Pike Trolley. We were NOT “transit nay-sayers”; we were “giant give-away to developers which would not substantially increase capacity on the Pike” nay-sayers.

It’s absolutely the right thing to do to study the gondola proposal. Interested

readers may want to look at the remarkable parallels between this proposal and the Portland, Ore., aerial tram, which was built in 2005-6, cost $57 million, costs under $2 million a year to run (approximately $2/passenger), and has wide public support.

It carries 3,400 riders a day for a threeminute ride that avoids a former traffic nightmare.

If we can do as well, I’m for it!

Dave Schutz Arlington

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The January market remained balanced, favoring neither buyers nor sellers, said NVAR chairman Virgil Frizzell.

“For the mid-range of homes, properly priced properties in good shape will sell relatively quickly,” Frizzell said. “More expensive homes, or homes that need work, may remain on the market longer.”

Low Northern Virginia unemployment, and the threat of looming increases in interest rates, may make the spring market a solid one, he said, as prospective purchasers hop into the fray.

For homes that sold in January, it took an average of 75 days to go from listing to ratified sales contract, up from 72 days in January 2015. Homes garnered 95.8 percent of listing price, essentially unchanged from a year ago.

Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 578 cases, followed by cash (133) and FHAbacked mortgages (101).

At the end of January, there were 3,259 properties on the market across Northern Virginia, up about 6 percent from the 3,074 a year before. Listings coming on the market during the month were down more than 10 percent from a year before.

The Jan. 22-23 storm and its aftermath could leave its mark on the springtime sales market.

“The historic snowstorm impacted the number of new listings, as well as new ‘under contracts’ and new pending listings,” said Suzanne Granoski, chair-elect of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

But, she noted, when people could finally dig out and move about, they took advantage of the opportunity.

“The cabin fever from not being able to see things the week before brought out house-hunters in droves,” Granoski said.

“Jan. 31 open houses were well-attended, with agents noting some record numbers.”

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

D.C., Inner Suburbs See Higher Sales, Lower Prices: Total year-over-year home sales were up but average prices were down across the District of Columbia and the inner suburbs in January, according to new figures.

A total of 2,702 properties went to closing last month, up 5.8 percent from 2,554 a year, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

Figures represent sales in the District of Columbia; Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia; and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland.

The average sales price of $462,308 was down just under 3 percent, with declines reported in all three segments of the market: Single-family homes were down 3.2 percent to $550,228; attached homes were down 3.8 percent to $383,402; and condominiums were down 4.9 percent to $329,499.

Total sales volume for January was $1.25 billion, up 2.7 percent from a year before.

For homes that sold during the month, it took an average of 66 days to go from listing to ratified sales contract, up a day from a year before, while homes garnered

an average 96 percent of listing price, up from 95.7 percent.

Falls Church Had Priciest Sales Prices in January: The city of Falls Church led all localities in the Mid-Atlantic region in average home-sales price in January, with its eye-popping $928,000 up 21.6 percent from a year before.

Arlington ($638,821, up 2.8 percent from a year before) and the District of Columbia ($605,128, down 2.9 percent) came in the second and third slots, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local

multiple-listing service.

They were among six localities across the Mid-Atlantic where average home prices topped a half-million dollars during the month, a list that also included Rappahannock County ($591,790, up 2.7 percent), the city of Alexandria ($568,538, up 5.6 percent) and Fairfax County ($504,805, down 4.2 percent).

Among other local jurisdictions, Loudoun County posted an average price of $483,270, up 2.6 percent, and Prince William County reported an average of $346,591, up 1.2 percent.

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With sales ticking up slightly and average prices in two of three market segments increasing, Arlington’s real estate market got off to a reasonable, if not exuberant, start to the new year.

A total of 144 residential properties went to closing last month, according to figures reported Feb. 10 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiplelisting service. That’s up one home, or 0.7 percent, from sales in January 2015.

The average sales price of all homes for the month was $638,821, an increase of 2.8 percent from a year before. Singlefamily homes saw an 8.8-percent decline to $849,840, but attached homes ($492,349, up 9.7 percent) and condominiums ($443,071, up 15.4 percent) were in positive territory.

The median sales price for all homes was up 12.5 percent to $585,000.

The total sales volume of $91.99 million for the month was up 3.6 percent from $88.84 million a year before.

A total of 22 properties closed for more than $1 million.

Of homes that went to closing in January, it took an average of 71 days between listing and ratified sales contract, an improvement from 72 days a year before, while homes sold for an average of 96.1 percent of listing price, up from 95.4 percent.

Conventional mortgages (91) and cash (19) were the top methods of transacting sales.

At the end of the month, the number of listing on the Arlington market totaled 439, up three (0.7 percent) from a year before.

Where is the market heading? The snows of Jan. 22-23 and the week-long digout that followed may impact the market in the short term, but the number of pending sales in January was in positive territory.

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

N.Va. Market Sees Relatively Strong January: The wintry mess that shut down much of the Washington region during the third week of January could have an impact on home sales in coming months, but the first month of the year proved a passable, if not robust start to 2016 home-buying in Northern Virginia.

“Reasonable momentum” is how Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) CEO Ryan Conrad described the state of the market, after sales figures reported Feb. 10 showed January 2016 outperformed January 2015 across the region.

Sales for January totaled 1,007, up a little less than one percentage point from the 999 properties that went to closing a year before, according to figures reported by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The totals include sales in Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.

The average sales price of all homes that went to closing during the month was down 2.1 percent to $532,863, with modest declines reported in all three segments of the market: single-family attached and condominiums.

The median price of all homes that sold, however, was up 2.7 percent to $460,000.

Seventy-three of the 1,007 sales were for more than $1 million. Total sales volume for the month was $536.6 million, down 1.3

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Arlington County government is planning a Feb. 24 community forum to gather feedback about the local response to both the Jan. 22-23 whopper winter snowstorm and the small, but potent, storm that snarled local roadways on Jan. 20.

The event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Key Elementary School, 2300 Key Blvd., and will feature County Manager Mark Schwartz, County Board members and senior staff.

“We’re asking people to tell us about their experiences before and after [the storms], and to offer suggestions on how we can improve our efforts to quickly recover,” Schwartz said.

The county government also has set up an online survey, open through Feb. 19, to garner response. It can be found at https:// www.surveymonkey.com/r/BZKSH79.

Among questions on the survey: Would residents be willing to pay more in taxes and fees for improved snow-removal efforts, and should the county government retain its snow-removal ordinance?

INCARCEREES PASS FOOD-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: Five inmates of the Ar-

lington County Detention Facility recently passed the SafeServe food-certification program, part of a initiative of the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office and Aramark.

Carleton Thompson, John Hawk and three other incarcerees who asked not to be identified were presented with their certificates by Sheriff Beth Arthur and Aramark representatives Geri Zachetti and Jeff Kurtz.

Sheriff’s Office officials noted that the graduates passed the program with high scores, ranging from the 85th to 98th percentile. Certification will enable them to obtain employment in the food, restaurant and hospitality industry after their release.

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Arlington Historical Society looks at the evolution of grocery shopping – from neighborhood stores to supermarkets to farmers’ markets – in a new exhibition on view through May. “What’s for Dinner: Buying Groceries in a Century of Change” features photos, packaging and advertisements from the past 100 years.

“History isn’t always about the huge, momentous events,” society officials said in announcing the exhibition. “Looking at how our forebears went about their normal lives is just as illuminating.”

The exhibition looks at neighborhood groceries in the early part of the 20th century, which by World War II were beginning to be supplanted in Arlington and the rest of Northern Virginia by names like A&P, Piggly Wiggly and Sanitary (which in 1941 became Safeway).

The exhibition is open weekends from 1 to 4 p.m., plus two Wednesdays a month, at the Arlington Historical Museum at the Historic Hume School, 1805 Arlington Ridge Road. For information, call (703) 379-2123 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

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from Arlington, won one of 12 $8,000 professional fellowships recently awarded to artists statewide by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

In addition, Paul Norton of Arlington won a $6,000 graduate-student award in the category of film/video.

With the 2016 awards, the fellowship grants have totaled nearly $5.5 million to 1,275 recipients since the program’s inception in 1940.

The fellowship program “is committed to nurturing artists throughout the commonwealth,” said Alex Nyerges, director of the museum.

‘SOULFUL CELEBRATION’ COMES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL: The Arlington Com-

munity Learning Program and Arlington Public Schools will present “A Soulful Celebration” on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at Gunston Middle School.

The event will feature the Arlington Concert Orchestra and Voices of Mount Zion, with guest speaker Dr. Leonard Smith and narrator James Lander.

The concert is free; donations will be accepted.

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY HOSTS ‘QUARTETS’: The IBIS Chamber Music

Society will present “An Evening of String Quartets” on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyon Park Community Center.

Works by Schubert, Beethoven and Debussy will be among those performed.

The concert is free; good-will donations will be accepted.

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

SUMMER-ACTIVITIES FAIR RESCHEDULED: The 2016 Arlington Public Schools

Summer Activities Fair, which was postponed by inclement weather on Feb. 12, has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

Organizations representing a wide array of summer camps and programs will be on hand for the event, sponsored by the County Council of PTAs. Admission is free, and the community is invited.

CANCER RESOURCE CENTER HOSTS SUPPORT GROUPS: Virginia Hospital

Center’s Cancer Resource Center hosts a variety of free programs throughout the month for those facing cancer and their families.

For information on programs offered, call (703) 558-6913.

Restoration of Tourism-Tax Authority Clears House of Delegates, But Hurdles Remain on the Horizon Staff Report

It’s not over ’til it’s over, but the Arlington County government appears on the verge of getting back taxing authority it saw stripped in 2011.

The House of Delegates voted 75-25 Feb. 9 in support of legislation patroned

by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), returning Arlington’s authority to impose a 0.25percent surtax on hotel bills, with the

funding going to tourism promotion.

The tally was eight votes above the two-thirds majority required of tax bills.

Hope’s measure now moves to the state Senate, while a similar – but not identical – bill by Sen. Janet Howell (D32nd) moves over to the House.

The two bills differ in a key respect: Hope’s requires that Arlington officials come back in two years to seek reauthorization of the taxing authority, while

Howell’s gives Arlington the taxing power in perpetuity.

That facet of Howell’s bill is likely to cause the Senate measure difficulty in the House of Delegates, but as long as one of the two bills makes it to Gov. McAuliffe’s desk and receives his signature, Arlington will get its taxing power back.

The county had authority for the quarter-percent surtax for 21 years until it was allowed to die in 2011 by General

Assembly members furious about the Arlington County Board’s lawsuit on highoccupancy-toll lanes.

The General Assembly in 2013 restored the taxing authority, but the bill was vetoed by then-Gov. Robert McDonnell.

Restoration of the taxing authority has had the support of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and hospitality industry.

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In Largely Symbolic Vote, Local Senators Back ERA Proposal SCOTT McCAFFREY and BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writers

The three members of Arlington’s state Senate delegation joined a very narrow majority votRICHMOND ing to support ratification 2016 of the Equal Rights Amendment, although the measure is likely to be smothered in the House of Delegates.

The 21-19 vote was largely symbolic in nature; last year, something similar passed the state Senate (20-18) but never got a hearing in a House subcommittee. A similar fate likely awaits the measure this year.

A total of 35 states, three shy of the necessary 38, approved the constitutional

amendment before the ratification period ended in the 1980s; supporters of ratification say the congressionally-imposed deadline for ratification is itself unconstitutional.

Meanwhile, several state legislatures have rescinded previous ratification of the amendment, which was sent to the states in 1972.

Arlington’s three senators – Barbara Favola, Adam Ebbin and Janet Howell, Democrats all – voted to support the measure, patroned by state Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon).

Favola, Lopez Efforts on Ex-Incarcerees Fails: Efforts by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) to remove an impediment for the formerly incarcerated to receive social-service payments failed in a tie vote in a Senate committee.

For several years, Favola has patroned measures in the legislature to remove a prohibition on those convicted of non-violent but drug-related felonies from receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF. In the 2016 session, the measure failed on a 7-7 vote in the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services.

Similar legislation patroned by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) was reported out of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on a 15-7 vote, but was then referred to the House Committee on Appropriations, where a subcommittee by voice vote killed it.

Sullivan Bill on Out-of-State Voter IDs Dies: A proposal by Del. Rip Sullivan (D48th) to allow students attending out-ofstate colleges to use their student IDs when

voting has been killed by a House of Delegates subcommittee.

Currently, photo-identification from instate colleges and universities (public and private) are acceptable to satisfy Virginia’s voter-ID requirements, but those from other states are not.

Sullivan’s bill was killed by voice vote Feb. 9 in a subcommittee of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Partisan Voter Registration Killed in Committee: A measure authorizing voter registration by political party in Virginia has died in the House of Delegates.

Virginia currently does not register voters by political party. The measure, by Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), would have allowed party registration, but was snuffed out on a 16-5 vote in the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

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Traditional camps are still very popular — maybe more popular today than even a decade ago, as young people are very concerned about the environment, global awareness, mentorship, and getting along with one another. The camp community embraces those values.

There has also been a rise in the popularity of specialty camps, day camps, and family camps, as camps constantly adapt to meet changing needs of families. Many young people like to use the camp experience to sharpen a special skill or develop new ones. Even traditional camps are offering year-round camp experiences, as well as any number of specialty programs. This exciting diversification is an example of how the camp community is meeting the needs of today's families.

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This week’s featured property is a living embodiment of that sentiment. Set along sought-after Old Dominion Drive just north of its intersection with Glebe Road, the four-level colonial is within walking distance of Marymount University and Washington Golf & Country Club, and provides easy access to Arlington’s urban-village corridors, along with central McLean and Tysons Corner.

All this, and you have an exceptional, solid-brick home that has stood the test of time and is ready to take a step in to the future.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,149,000 by Stacey Romm and Peggy Richardson of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Constructed in 1965, the home exudes quality craftsmanship, from the hardwood floors to the crown moulding throughout. A flexible floor plan (including a first-floor master suite) is a touch of modernity, and the glorious rear patio will be a marvelous spot to entertain during the warm-weather months. It’s like having a bit of Georgetown in the 22207 ZIP code.

The large living room features a woodburning fireplace to add to the ambiance, while the dining room – large enough for holiday gatherings – is augmented by a sun room and access to the patio area.

The kitchen is a visual standout that will exceed expectations.

Three of the home’s five bedrooms are located on the first upper level, while one floor above sits a versatile loft space that could be used as game room, exercise area or artist’s retreat.

The lower level is home to the fifth bedroom, while the family room is a more informal spot, featuring a wet bar and another fireplace.

Beautiful plantings, which will jump to life as spring makes its approach, and tall trees highlight the superb rear yard.

The location would be hard to top – you’re just minutes to so many employment and enjoyment corridors of Arlington and Fairfax counties.

Builder confidence in the singlefamily 55+ housing market remains strong in the fourth quarter of 2015 with a reading of 61, up one point from the previous quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI).

This is the seventh consecutive quarter with a reading above 50.

“Builders and developers for the 55+ housing sector continue to report increased optimism in the market,” said Jim Chapman, chairman of NAHB’s 55+ Housing Industry Council and president of Jim Chapman Homes LLC in Atlanta. “We are seeing steady consumer demand for homes and communities that are designed to address the specific needs of the mature homebuyer.”

There are separate 55+ HMIs for two segments of the 55+ housing market: single-family homes and multifamily condominiums. Each 55+ HMI measures builder sentiment based on a survey that asks if current sales, prospective buyer traffic and anticipated six-month sales for that market are good, fair or poor (high, average or low for traffic).

An index number above 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.

One of the three index components of the 55+ single-family HMI posted an increase from the previous quarter: traffic of prospective buyers increased six points to 52. Present sales held steady at 65 while expected sales for the next six months decreased four points to 63.

The 55+ multifamily condo HMI dropped eight points to 42, falling back to a range typical of the past year and a half.

All three components decreased as well: present sales fell 10 points to 44, expected sales for the next six months fell 10 points to 46 and traffic of prospective buyers edged down three points to 37.

Three of the four indices tracking production and demand of 55+ multifamily rentals posted gains in the fourth quarter.

Present production and expected future production both rose one point to 56 and 61, respectively, and future demand increased three points to 71, while current demand for existing units fell four points to 66.

“This quarter’s 55+ HMI is in line with our forecast for the overall housing market, which shows a gradual, steady recovery,” said NAHB chief economist David Crowe.

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lington Free Clinic has been awarded a $39,000, one-year grant from the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program, designed to increase awareness about the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer.

The initiative provides low-income, uninsured women in Arlington with clinical breast exams and information. Women age 40 and older will be referred to Virginia Hospital Center, which donates mammogram services to the program.

“With these funds from Avon, we have been able to increase the number of referrals – in 2015, we provided 573 mammograms,” said Martha Ware, nurse-manager of the clinic’s women’s-health program.

Funding from Avon has been ongoing since 2002, and has reached nearly 8,000 Arlington women.

SYNETIC ANNOUNCES 2016-17 SEASON: Synetic Theater has announced plans

for two new adaptations, two “re-imagined” performances and a reprise of the 2012 production “Taming of the Shrew” in its 2016-17 season.

All productions will be wordless, relying on Synetic’s combination of music and movement to showcase timeless tales.

The season begins with a performance of Dante’s “Inferno” from Sept. 28-Oct. 30, and will be followed by “Sleeping Beauty” (Dec. 7-Jan. 15), “The Taming of the Shrew” (Feb. 15-March 26), “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (May 10-June 18) and “Carmen” (July 19-Aug. 13).

All performances take place at 1800 South Bell St. in Crystal City. Ticket prices begin at $35.

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‘FEEL THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL’ ON HORIZON: The 24th annual Feel the Heritage

Festival, spotlighting African-American history and culture, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Drew Community Center, 3500 23rd St. South.

The program will include music and dance, rhythm-and-bues, Motown, gospel, vendors, a DJ workshop, activities for children and a “Hall of History” with photos and artifacts from Arlington’s AfricanAmerican churches and organizations.

The event is free, and the community is invited. For information, see the Web site at http://parks.arlingtonva.us.

AAUW PROGRAM LOOKS AT WOMEN LEAVING JAIL, PRISON: The Arlington

branch of the American Association of University Women will present “Help, Hope and New Beginnings” on Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of Arlington, 700 South Buchanan St. The program will feature speakers from Friends of Guest House, who will share the challenges and successes experienced by women re-entering society from jail and prison.

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LIONS CLUB TO SELL CITRUS, NUTS,

Luisa Aburto, Rosa Scott, Marlene Alvarez, and Gloria Jimenez, staff members at the Arlington Free Clinic, attend a community event to provide information about breast cancer to women in the local area.

SYRUP: The Northwest Arlington Lions

Club will sell fresh Florida and Texas citrus, Georgia pecans and Vermont maple syrup from Feb. 26 to March 2 at the Overlee Bath House, 6030 Lee Highway.

Sales will take place Friday from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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To register, call (703) 228-1630 or see the Web site at http://arlington2016resourcefair.eventbrite.com.

YOUTH TROUPE TO PRESENT ‘TREASURE ISLAND’: Encore Stage & Studio

will present “Treasure Island” with performances Feb. 26 to March 6 at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road.

Performances will run Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. The production is designed for ages 6 and older.

The March 5 performance at 3 p.m. will include accommodation for children and families with special needs, ranging from sign-language interpretation and braille programs to a backstage tour.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children, seniors and the military. For information and tickets, call (703) 548-1154 or see the Web site at www.encorestage.org; for information and registration for the accessible performance, e-mail info@encorestage.org.

OPERA NOVA TO HOST FUND-RAISING BRUNCH: Opera Nova will host a fund-

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Tickets are $50, with sponsorships available. For information, call (703) 536-7557 or e-mail mcdm1@verizon.net.

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I-66 COMPROMISE DRAWS WIDE SWATH OF REACTION: Reaction has been mixed

to the Feb. 10 news that the McAuliffe administration and leaders in the General Assembly have agreed to a framework proposal that would have a four-mile eastbound stretch of the highway from the Dulles Toll Road to Ballston widened sooner rather than later while retaining many of the other components the administration’s earlier plan that would bring toll lanes to the highway in 2017.

Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey (D) said her government was “disappointed with the news” that widening – using $140 million in statebudget funds – would occur sooner rather than later.

But Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (D) said the compromise would “advance this critical project” by avoiding a showdown in the General Assembly.

“We thank Gov. McAuliffe for keeping this project moving forward,” Bulova said in a statement put out shortly after word of the compromise plan emerged.

Republicans and some Democrats in Richmond were working to kill the tolling proposal outright. Some of their measures already had been killed in committee, but others looked likely to find success – progress that forced McAuliffe to decide whether he should take a stance of confrontation or compromise.

He chose the latter.

Among those generally pleased with, if somewhat equivocal about, the decision was state Sen. Barbara Favola (D31st), whose district runs from Arlington through northern Fairfax and into Loudoun County.

“I support the governor’s efforts to improve I-66 and provide relief to Northern Virginia commuters,” Favola said. “However, we need to ensure that the localities directly affected by widening I-66 are part of this conversation.

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) was more in the unhappy contingent, saying that the decision changes the longstanding understanding that I-66 would not be widened inside the Beltway.

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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova (center) and Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey (right) had different reactions to Gov. McAuliffe’s compromise on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway.

“My initial reaction is one of concern,” Beyer said. “But I continue to learn details of the proposal and to listen to constituents on all sides of the issue.”

Environmental and transit groups largely were unhappy with developments.

VDOT RESCHEDULES I-66 HEARINGS:

The Virginia Department of Transportation has rescheduled public hearings on the design of Interstate 66 improvements inside the Beltway, which had been postponed due to snow in January.

Hearings will be held on Monday, March 7 at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington; Tuesday, March 8 at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Loudoun County; and Wednesday, March 9 at the VDOT Northern Virginia District office in Fairfax. All hearings run from 6 to 8 p.m., with brief presentations about the proposal at 6:30 p.m.

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Participating in the campaign is “a great way for volunteers to strengthen their existing relationships and form new connections,” Chamber officials said in a statement seeking support for the 2016 initiative.

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In the girls Independent School League (ISL), many of the high school sports are split into two divisions.

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The most notable performance by an Arlington high school athlete at the recent Liberty Conference Track and Field Meet came in the shot put.

Washington-Lee High School junior Benedict Draghi set a new meet and record TRACK & FIELD school with a throw of 61-feet, 43/4-inches to finish first.

The winning throw was an indoor school record, and by a lot. The old school mark was 52-9, set in 1966 by Billy Whit. The Washington-Lee outdoor school shot record of 60-8, set in the spring, is held by Reggie Harrison and was set in 1977.

Draghi’s record throw with the 12pound-shot came on his fourth and final put of the meet. He fouled on his first three attempts.

“I was confused and frustrated after the three fouls,” Draghi said. “So I set down and really got focused for that last throw. Everything worked together. I drove out of the back of the circle with a lot more power, then I kind of jumped at the end to get more height on the throw.”

Before the 61-footer, the previous longest throw for the 6-foot-1, 260-pound Draghi was 57-7 earlier this season. His

Washington-Lee High School’s Benedict Draghi set a new indoor school and conference record with his recent shot put in the Liberty Conference championships.

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longest throw as a sophomore was 50 feet, coming last spring. So he has made an 11-foot improvement this winter.

Draghi quickly began improving this winter with a throw of 53 feet. Next came 57 and 58, then the record put.

“I’m a lot stronger, faster and quicker this year,” said Draghi, who can squat 500 pounds and power-clean 350.

Washington-Lee throwing coach Josh Patulski credits Draghi.

“He has just an incredible work ethic, he is extremely strong and he likes to weight train,” Patulski said. “He does a lot of Olympic weight lifting and training. Throwers like him come along about Continued on Page 18

Wakefield, Yorktown Teams Sweep in Hoop Action A Staff Report

The Wakefield Warriors were victorious in boys and girls basketball last week, each with blowout wins over the Jefferson Colonials in Capitol Conference action.

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Finlay had 12 points and six rebounds, Summer Matlack had 11 points and eight assists, Olivia Bayne scored 12 and had four steals, Lyrin Hatcher had 10 points and three assists, and Jami Tham had four points and three blocks.

Wakefield had one game to play when the week began. n The Yorktown Patriots were victorious over the visiting Hayfield Hawks in girls and boys Liberty Conference games on Feb. 11.

The boys won 68-40 behind a strong second half. Connor Van Kirk led Yorktown with 13 points. Viktor Green scored 12, Conor Shears 10, Daniel DeButts nine and Anton Hessler seven. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Yorktown (9-12, 5-8) with one game to

play when the week began.

The Yorktown girls (6-15, 3-10) won 58-42. Maggie Shipley scored 18, Alison Criswell 15, Sydney Davis 10 and Thor Gibbs eight. n The Washington-Lee girls (12-9, 7-7) finished the regular season with a 50-29 loss to host South Lakes on Feb. 13 in Liberty Conference action. Amelia Ack had 13 points and Ashley James 10 for Washington-Lee. n The Washington-Lee boys lost to the host South Lakes Seahawks, 62-48, Feb. 13. The team (8-13, 4-9) had one game left to play. Against South Lakes, Derrick Harris had eight points; Gene Jones had seven points and four rebounds; and Evan Schadelbauer had three points, two steals and eight rebounds

At the end of each regular season, one team moves up and one moves down. The team that wins the A Division advances to the AA for the next year. The last-place AA team falls into the A. Only two teams move each season, which probably isn’t enough, yet that has been the case for years.

That lack of movement leads to regular inequities, with a good example being girls basketball this season. Based on game results, there are at least four A Division teams arguably better than some of the teams at the bottom of the AA standings.

The Flint Hill Huskies of the A Division have defeated three teams this season in the AA. The same situations have occurred over the years during the fall and spring seasons in field hockey, lacrosse, softball, soccer, tennis and volleyball.

An idea to prevent those inequities and make the divisions more balanced would be to seed the sports prior to each season. Coaches and team representatives from each sport could hold seeding meetings to determine which teams belong in the different divisions.

Seedings could be based on the number of returning starters and players, the previous season’s victories and defeats, and the talent level expected from new players.

That information could be hashed about to determine the division makeups for the upcoming seasons.

The Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) does that prior to each summer season, holding February meetings to determine the makeup of its 17 swim divisions that begin competition in June. Same for the NVSL’s diving league. There are multiple swim and dive teams that move each year.

Going forward, ISL’s brain trust might be wise to implement some type of similar seeding system to make for more balanced competition.

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The boys high school team won 82-27, with Deng Nhial scoring 16 points, Amari Cooper 15, Alan Treakle had 11 and Eric Martin 11, including three threepointers. Treakle had seven rebounds, seven assists and eight steals.

Wakefield improved to 19-1, 10-1 with one game to play in the regular season when the week began.

For the Wakefield girls (14-6, 9-2) in their 61-24 win over Jefferson, Hailey

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Yorktown Continues Strong Postseason, Wins Region DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

A couple of seasons ago, with talented gymnasts already in hand and more to join GYMNASTICS about the team, the Yorktown Patriots realized their time could come for big accomplishments.

Those achievements have occurred in consecutive weeks for the girls high school gymnastics squad.

The latest came Feb. 12 when Yorktown won the 6A North Region Championships with a 146.05 team score. The region crown came a week after the Patriots won the Liberty Conference meet.

“We knew we came in with a competitive score, it all fell together, and things kind of carried over from the conference meet,” Yorktown coach Joanne Price said about the region. “The girls really supported each other well, and they had a strong sense of team. They seemed pretty relaxed and wanted to enjoy the journey.”

The region team title was the first for any team at the school since the football squad won the 1999 region crown.

Leading Yorktown at the region was the one-two punch of freshman Julia Hays and junior Juliette Mitrovich.

Hays won the all-around with a 37.65 point total. She won the floor exercise at

Yorktown High School freshman Julia Hays won the 6A North Region all-around championship and helped her team finish first in the competition.

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9.55, despite a malfunction with her music, and balance beam (9.775), and was fifth on the uneven bars (8.925) and vault (9.4). Her music didn’t play at first, so Hays returned later in the meet to perform her floor routine to music played from a recording on her mom’s cell phone.

“It was confusing, annoying and frustrating, so we had to figure it out,” Hays said. “I was worried I would have to scratch my floor routine. It worked out OK.” Mitrovich was second in the all-

around (37.475). She was second on the beam (9.725), tied for third on the floor (9.5), was fourth on the bars (9.05) and tied for ninth on the vault (9.2).

“We all kept our calm and we did not get caught up in what was going on around us,” Mitrovich said. “We started on the floor and got off to a good strong start there.”

Price praised Mitrovich, one of the team’s three captains.

“Juliette didn’t feel she was her best at the conference meet. She really stepped

up at the region and was consistent on everything,” Price said. “To have the best top-two all-arounders is a big deal.”

Yorktown junior Olivia Zavrel had a 36.0 all-around score. She won the floor (9.075) and was third on the bars (9.1).

Her vault score was 8.95 and her beam 8.875. Sophomore Marisa Daugherty had a 33.875 all-around score, with highs of 9.2 on the vault and 8.6.25 on the bars.

Yorktown’s Courtney Frisk had a 33.15 all-around score, with a high of 8.7 on the beam and an 8.5 on the vault.

The Patriots had the highest scores of any of the eight teams on the bars and beam.

Washington-Lee’s Allie Webster scored an 8.8 on the vault and an 8.775 on the beam. Her teammate Sylvia Shea had a 7.775 on the bars.

Next for Yorktown is the 6A state meet Feb. 19 and 20 in Virginia Beach.

The team competition is Feb. 19. According to the Virginia High School League record book, Yorktown’s only girls state gymnastics title came in 1975, with a runner-up finish the previous year.

NOTES: The last time any Yorktown sports team won a state championship was in 2005 and 2006 when the girls swim and dive squad won consecutive titles . . . Price and assistant coach Jessie Everett are former gymnasts at Yorktown.

High School Roundup ARLINGTON WRESTLERS PLACE AT REGION MEETS: Yorktown High School’s

Talha Farooq placed third at 113 pounds at the 6A North Region Wrestling Tournament with a 4-1 record. His wins included two pins and a technical fall. He won his third-place consolation match, 18-8.

“I knew I had some tough opponents,” Farooq said. “I was glad that I was able to finish third. Coach Matt Gavin said to be really aggressive [in the consolation final]. I got an early takedown in period one. I woke up and I knew that I had to bring it to him. I hit a reversal and got ahead 5-2. That was the key.”

Washington-Lee’s T.R. Sheehy finished fourth at 145 with a 4-2 record.

Sheehy had a pin and a major decision, and won four straight matches after losing his opening match by decision.

Sheehy and Farooq advance to the 6A state tournament this coming weekend.

Washington-Lee’s Nikolay Valov at 160 and Gage Backstrom at 182 finished among the top eight in the region in their

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Throwing is in Draghi’s genes. His older brother, Dominic, was a 50-foot shot putter at Washington-Lee. He’s now throwing at Tiffin University in Ohio.

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WAKEFIELD GYMNAST MOVES ON TO STATE MEET: Wakefield High School’s

Gabby Spranger placed fourth on the vault with a 9.55 score in the 5A North Region girls gymnastic meet.

As a result, she qualified for the 5A state meet in Virginia Beach.

A week earlier, Wakefield finished second at the Capitol Conference Championships to qualify for the region meet.

O’CONNELL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WINS THREE: Following a loss to league

weight classes. n At the 5A North Region Wrestling Tournament, Wakefield High School’s

Dennis Jimenez was fifth at 152 pounds and Loranzo Rajaonarivelo was sixth at 138.

power DeMatha, the Bishop O’Connell Knights won three games in a row to improve and stand 18-9 overall and 11-6 in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. O’Connell defeated St. John’s, 67-60, in one of its most recent wins.

Other victories for O’Connell were against Bishop Ireton, 66-50, and St. Mary’s Ryken, 75-58.

The victory string ended for O’Connell on Feb. 14 when the Knights lost a home game to WCAC rival Gonzaga by a close 67-63 score.

indoor shot putter in Virginia, by milestat.com, and has qualified to compete in the New Balance Indoor Nationals next month in New York.

Draghi throws the discus during the spring as well as the shot, where he placed third in the state (149-11) in 2015 in the discus. He’d like to keep breaking records, holding all of the Virginia High School League’s state throwing marks by the time he graduates in June 2017 Also for the W-L boys at the conference meet, Justin Robinson was third in the shot; the 4x800 relay was second;

Jonny Jackson was third in the 1,000 and Justin Szczerbinski fourth; Marco Viola was fourth in the 3,200 and sixth in the 1,600; James Gusmer was fifth in the 1,600; and the 4x200 and 4x400 relays each placed fourth.

For the Yorktown boys, Derrick Isaac was third in the high jump, and Tyler Stowell was fifth in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump.

For the W-L girls at the Liberty meet, Laura Ramirez was second in the 1,000 in 3:09.68; the 4x200 and 4x400 relays were second; Juliana Walker was third in

the 300; Ro Kula Mcgough was third in the 55 dash; Isabella Corry was fifth in the 300; and Jordan Grimaldi was sixth in the 1,600.

Leading the Yorktown girls in the conference meet was a victory by sophomore Katherine Cressey in the shot put in 28-11/2.

Julia Carroll finished fourth in the 1,600; the 4x400 relay was fifth; Bridget Hart was sixth in the 500; Sophie Banchoff took sixth in the 1,000; and Catherine Whitehouse was seventh in the 3,200.

Yorktown High School’s Talha Farooq finished third at 113 pounds at the 6A North Region Wrestling Championships on Feb. 13 at Fairfax High School.

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Schools & Military Corbin Bird of Arlington earned a degree in psychology, summa cum laude, during recent commencement exercises at Virginia Tech.

He plans to pursue a doctorate in psychology beginning in the fall. n

n James “Sky” Leyden V of

Arlington, a graduate of Yorktown High School, earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering during recent commencement exercises at Virginia Tech.

Historic Continued from Page 1 parcels but being stripped of it for school properties.

The proposal “will allow historic-district requests [for school property] to proceed with minimal delay, as only one set of public hearings, by the County Board, will be required,” county staffer Rebeccah Ballo said in a memo to County Board members.

At a Jan. 19 meeting of the zoning committee of the county government’s Planning Commission, some concerns were

He is now employed by Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, Conn.

McKenzie Nelson of Arlington, a graduate of Washington-Lee High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ithaca College. n

Mattias Palm of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Mercer University. n

Marist College. n Eleanor Avery of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Kelly Hart of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Notre Dame. n

n Phuc Truong and Noah Rennie of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at McDaniel College.

Sharon Gustafson of Arlington and a graduate of Washington-Lee High School, have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Grove City College. n Margaret Klappert Stewart of Arlington is studying in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a study-abroad program of Wofford College.

n Kyle Bell of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at

n Mary Grace Brown, the daughter of Dale and Gay Brown of Arlington and a graduate of Yorktown High School, and Garrett Gustafson, the son of David and

n A team from Williamsburg Middle School finished third in the Northern Virginia chapter of regional MATHCOUNTS competition, held Feb. 6 at George Mason University.

The team of Ryan Berry, Victoria Graf, Addison Phelps and Zhejia Yang was coached by Heather Willis.

raised that the two-track process would give the school system preferential treatment. (HALRB members are slated to discuss the matter at their Feb. 17 meeting.)

County staff were able to find one other locality in Virginia – the city of Fairfax – that has a hybrid approach to historic districts. There, the city council, not an historic-preservation panel, has the power to decide on the appropriateness of historic-district designation for all city-owned buildings, including schools.

Unlike inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register, which are largely symbolic, inclusion in a local historic district in Virginia requires property owners

to obtain approval for exterior changes to properties or demolition. That power, which rests in Arlington with the HALRB, would not change under the proposal being considered.

The historic-affairs board’s Feb. 17 agenda is relatively representative of the degree of detail of its oversight powers: There are proposals by property owners to install a new concrete driveway at a property in Maywood; to replace an existing garage door at a home on North Van Buren Street; and to replace windows in Colonial Village. All three are on the consent agenda, suggesting they are noncontroversial.

Only one building currently in use by Arlington Public Schools – the circa-1939

Swanson Middle School – has been designated a local historic district in Arlington, and that occurred after a renovation of the facility, rather than before as would have been the case with the Stratford site.

During debate over the need for an historic district at Stratford (home to H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program), School Board members griped on numerous occasions that the historic-district status of Swanson led to higher costs and delays for relatively routine maintenance, such as the replacement of windows.

The proposed ordinance change is slated to be heard by the Planning Commission on March 1 and the County Board on March 12.

n Jhonn Guzman-Gonzales of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Clarkson University.

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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.

February 17, 1939: n Arlington’s new branch of the Division of Motor Vehicles is the first in Northern Virginia. n County Board member George Yeatman has announced his bid for reelection. n The Arlington County Girl Scout Council has formed. n A&P has eggs on sale, two dozen for 39 cents.

February 18, 1963: n Virginia Tech researchers say the life expectancy of Virginians has grown from 50 years in 1900 to 71 years now, due largely to fewer deaths of infants, children and pregnant women. n The U.S. now has enough falloutshelter space to accommodate 103 million people. n A local committee has proposed a pay scale of $5,000 to $12,000 a year for Arlington’s teachers. n Washington-Lee’s boys have extended their winning streak to 32 games, with a 67-53 victory over Fairfax High.

February 18, 1970: n An Arlington woman died in a car accident just 48 hours after her wedding. n The House of Delegates has OK’d sending the proposed new Virginia constitution to voters in a referendum. n State legislators are debating whether to liberalize Virginia’s abortion law. n Pre-packaged school lunches are drawing complaints from Arlington parents. n At the movies: “True Grit,” “Midnight Cowboy” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

February 20, 1979: n A near-record snowfall totaling two feet, the largest since 1922, has essentially paralyzed the Washington area. n The House of Delegates has given final approval to a bill establishing a law school at George Mason University. n On TV tonight: “Happy Days,” “Laverne and Shirley.”

February 17-18, 1987: n The Planning Commission has recommended turning down a proposal to expand Washington Golf & Country Club.

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14. ____ ____ mode 15. Baggins of the Shire 16. DNA and RNA 17. Any high mountain 18. Daisylike bloom 19. *Hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” 21. *First Republican President 23. Lungful 24. Darn a sock, e.g.

25. Bldg unit 28. *John Adams to John Quincy Adams 30. Soldier’s knapsack 35. Inside scoop 37. 16 of these in Tennessee Ernie Ford song 39. Masonic doorkeeper 40. Smoothie berry 41. *George to George W. 43. Hindu serpent deity 44. Most are now wireless 46. Glacier’s deposit 47. Smiley face 48. Chole____ 50. Windshield option 52. “C’____ la vie!”

53. Number of judges on Supreme Court 55. Leave speechless 57. “On guard” to a fencer 61. *Under him, the White House debuted its Web site

65. “Will comply” in radio communication 66. One of five W’s 68. Smooth 69. Fill with high spirits 70. Tan maker 71. October 31 option 72. Scarlet and crimson 73. Indeed

74. Hollers DOWN 1. Unwanted correspondence 2. Type of type 3. Policemen’s surprise 4. Calcutta’s home 5. Blake Lively’s “____ Girl” 6. Indian flatbread

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10. ____phobia, fear of heights 11. Cain’s unfortunate brother 12. Between dawn and noon 15. Movie “Smokey and the ____” 20. Talk like Demosthenes 22. Cartridge contents 24. Official command 25. *First to live in Executive Mansion 26. Lace loop 27. *Clinton signed North American Free ____ Agreement 29. *First “Dark Horse” presidential candidate 31. Sound of a small bell 32. Emanation from a loudspeaker 33. Knight’s breastplate 34. *First to run against a woman 36. Wedding cake layer 38. 18-wheeler 42. Of the kidneys 45. *Liberia’s capital named after him 49. Jar cover 51. “American Horror Story” disgraced clown 54. Full of news 56. Accustom 57. Water carrier 58. World’s longest river 59. Alternative to Saran 60. Parts of play 61. Flipside of pros 62. Asian weight unit 63. *Like President’s office 64. Brooklyn players 67. Tint

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TRAVELERS TAKE IN BALLET REHEARSAL: Arlington County 55+ Travel

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DISCUSSION CENTERS ON FINDING EMPLOYMENT: A discussion of employ-

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