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County Manager Holds Out Possibility of Cut in Tax Rate SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

determine how Virginia’s delegates to national conventions are allocated. Virginia will send 109 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, while Republicans will send 49 to theirs, slated to be held in Cleveland.

The typical Arlington homeowner would pay $7,859 in local taxes and fees – up $219 from last year – to help fund the $1.19 billion fiscal 2017 Arlington County budget proposed Feb. 18 by County Manager Mark Schwartz.

The proposed budget represents a 2.8-percent increase from the current spending plan, but will remain a work in progress until County Board members finalize their own package in late April.

Following direction he received from the County Board late last year, Schwartz put forward a budget package with no increase to the current real es- Mark Schwartz tate tax rate of 99.6 cents per $100 assessed value.

If that rate is the one ultimately adopted – which remains to be seen – many homeowners would still pay more due to rising assessments.

Schwartz held out the possibility that the tax rate could be cut a half-penny per $100, putting $30 back in the pockets of a typical taxpayer.

In a work session with County Board members, Schwartz portrayed his spending plan as one that focuses on “core programs and assets, not new programs,” and continues the government’s efforts to dig out from spending restraints in place since the onset of the nearly decade-old recession.

“Slowly but surely, we are reclaiming some of the cuts,” he said.

The draft spending plan calls for new hires across

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Voters Get Their Say in Presidential Primary SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Virginia voters head to the polls on Tuesday, March 1, casting ballots as part of the “Super Tuesday” presidential primary.

Voting will take place at regular precincts, which will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Because Virginia

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A total of 13 Republicans and three Democrats qualified to be on the Virginia ballot, although some already have suspended their campaigns and others may do so prior to the election.

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Silver Line Boosting Economic Growth in Fairfax Co. BRIAN TROMPETER

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Arlington officials long suspected that the opening of the Silver Line from East Falls Church to points west would be a game-changer in local economic development.

Eighteen months after the first stations opened up along the line, that guess turns out to have been correct.

Residential and commercial buildings are starting to pop up along Metro’s new Silver Line, Fairfax County Executive Edward Long Jr. told the Fairfax Board of Supervisors Feb. 16.

“About 86 percent of new office space under construction is with a quarter-mile of the Metro stations,” Long said while presenting his proposed fiscal year 2017 budget. “The Silver Line has been a very strong economic tool for the county.”

Since 2010, when supervisors authorized a new comprehensive plan for Tysons Corner, county officials have approved 145 major applications with a total of nearly 50 million square feet of space, Long said. Almost 3 million square feet of that development now is under construction, he added.

Sixteen development cases in Reston, amounting to about 13.5 million square feet of space, now are in pre-application or review status, Long said.

The first phase of the Silver Line opened in July 2014 and has five stations, one in Reston and four in Tysons Corner. Phase 2 of the project will build six more stations between Reston and Loudoun County, with one station planned at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Construction on the second phase began last year and will take about five years, although officials have not set a completion date.

Fairfax County supervisors for years have sought to increase the percentage of tax revenues supplied by commercial properties, which in theory would lessen the tax burden on residential homeowners.

Commercial properties account for about 18.9 percent of the county’s real estate tax revenues. The all-time high for that figure was 27 percent in 1990, Long said – compared to about 50 percent in Arlington.

The growth spurt along the Metro corridor may be a double-edged sword: Fairfax County’s office vacancy rate of 16.5 percent is the highest since 1991’s rate of 16.8 percent. More than 20 million square feet of the county’s 116.5 million square feet of office space currently is vacant, Long told Fairfax supervisors.

Arlington also is facing a high office-vacancy rate, which has led developers to focus on residential projects in recent years.

ADELE UPHAUS-CONNER Quantico Sentry

“Can you all say ‘Ooh Rah’?” Marine Corps Marathon director Rick Nealis asked the 700 children packed into the Claremont Immersion Elementary School gymnasium.

“That’s the only way my two dogs, Miles and Molly, will come out,” Nealis told the assembly.

“Ooh Rah!” screamed the elementaryschoolers as the two marathon mascots made their way to the front of the room, children tumbling out of the rows painstakingly organized by their teachers to give them high fives.

Miles and Molly, along with Nealis, Marine Corps Marathon staff and four Marine volunteers visited Claremont Feb. 5 to present the Healthy School Award.

The award is given to the five schools – out of 500 – that send the most students to participate in the Marine Corps Marathon Kids Run, a mile-long race held the Saturday before the marathon. Taylor Elementary School also was honored.

Each winning school received a $1,000 check from Sodexo and a concert by Jump with Jill, a rock-and-roll nutrition-education show.

Jason Cash, one of the school’s physical-education teachers, said that Claremont parents brought the Kids Run to the school’s attention four years ago. Since P.E. is the only department that sees every child in the school, he and the other phys-ed

teacher began promoting it heavily.

Two hundred Claremont students ran in the Kids Run this past October, part of an overall emphasis on health at the school.

Students in grades three, four and five run laps around the gym for half of every P.E. lesson, while those in the lower grade levels do other kinds of loco-motor activities.

“All kids in elementary school love P.E.,” Cash said, “but in middle and high school you see it drop off. So it’s about building healthy habits from an early age. Being healthy is going to improve the quality and the length of their lives. Of course, younger kids aren’t thinking that way – they’re into having fun. So we teach it in a fun way, which is important for habit formation.”

Larry McMarlin, district manager for Sodexo, said the company has 1,200 school contracts for food service and a contract with Marine Corps Base Quantico as well, so this was a natural event for Sodexo to support.

“It’s a good way to give back to the community,” he said.

McMarlin said health and nutrition are important to Sodexo.

“Our menus are written with input by nutritionists, we buy local products, and we use sustainable materials,” he said. “We need to start educating our children about healthy food at this age so that when they grow up, the idea will stick.”

Marine Lance Cpl. Lanay Chambers said she volunteered to help out at the award event because “it’s always good to

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Marines from Marine Corps Base Quantico open the door for Marine Corps Marathon mascot Miles during a presentation at Claremont Immersion Elementary School.

get involved with the future generations.”

“It’s important to be healthy because it increases your self-esteem and confidence,” she said.

Sgt. Nivia Huskey said she volunteered for the fun of being around little kids. The mother of a 1-year-old, she’s more interested than ever in modeling healthy, creative decision-making.

“It’s so easy to give the ‘easy’ foods and not think about other options that are available,” she said. “Yogurt instead of ice cream, for example. Fruits and vegetables can be easy; they just take a little more planning.”

This is the primary message of Jump with Jill.

We have to respect our one body!” “Jill” (AKA Hailey McDonell) told the students.

“We’re going to have this body our whole

lives. And whose job is it to take care of it?”

“Mine!” replied the students.

“You should want to take care of yourself and be healthy,” said Mark Jayne, Jump with Jill’s DJ. He conceived of the show 10 years ago with his sister Jill Jayne, the original Jill. Jump with Jill has performed more than 2,000 shows nationwide and in Europe, and has been seen by 750,000 children.

“We’re teaching nutrition tools and tips to last a lifetime,” Jayne said. “It’s about physical fitness, empowerment and self-efficacy. And we teach it through music and dance.”

The 700 elementary-schoolers at Claremont doing the watermelon shimmy in celebration of “nature’s candy” – fruit – seemed to have learned the lesson well.

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Arlington Republicans Elect a New Chairman

Also: Legislators Keeping Cash on Hand for Any Potential Future Challenges SCOTT McCAFFREY

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Evolution, not revolution, is likely to be the watchword as the Arlington County Republican Committee transitions to new leadership.

POLITICAL Jim Presswood, who had POTPOURRI served as the GOP’s precinct-operations chief, was unanimously elected to succeed party chairman Matt Wavro on Feb. 17. Wavro opted not to seek a second two-year term.

“It is indeed an honor and a privilege to follow in the footsteps of Matt,” said Presswood, whose election took place at the tail end of the monthly committee meeting, leaving him with just one formal duty – adjournment – that night.

The evening’s spotlight was focused on Wavro, who was honored for his two years at the helm and saluted for his birthday, which also was Feb. 17.

In valedictory remarks, Wavro pointed to the party’s role in electing independent John Vihstadt to the County Board, its success in derailing the Columbia Pike streetcar project and its efforts to force the Arlington government to rein in spending.

“We accomplished a great deal together,” Wavro told the rank-and-file. “I have been humbled by your support and trust; I hope I have lived up to it.”

He paid special tribute to vice chairman Jessica Talbert. “She has been instrumental” in sharpening the party’s message and dealing with administrative issues, Wavro said.

But challenges await the incoming chairman, as the local GOP has seen limited success in recruiting candidates, let alone seeing them to victory. The last Republican on the County Board was Mike Lane, who served briefly in 1999, and it’s been even longer since the Republicans have won constitutional or legislative races in Arlington.

Wavro, who himself once ran for County Board, said he would remain engaged in local governance.

“I’m not going away,” he said, adding that “the committee is in great hands.”

“Jim is a smart and principled conservative Republican,” Wavro said.

Democratic Legislators Keep Cash on Hand: They won’t have to face the voters again for a while, but members of Arlington’s legislative delegation all have some cash in their respective kitties.

The amount of cash on hand, however, varies widely, according to figures reported by the State Board of Elections and the Virginia Public Access Project.

As of Dec. 31, state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) had the largest amount of cash on hand among the seven members of the delegation, at $105,300. She was followed by

Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) at $72,033 and Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) at $10,556.

On the House side, amounts were lower: Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) has $6,745 on hand, followed by Del. Rip Sullivan (D48th) at $6,648, Del. Alfonso Lopez (D49th) at $5,736 and Del. Mark Levine (D45th) at $2,726.

Figures may not be an accurate reflection of the cash-raising prowess of the elected officials; all provide cash to their party’s coffers, although some more than others.

Among the 100 members of the General Assembly, the most cash on hand at the end of the year was held by Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk) at $437,090 and Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach) at $277,303.

The most cash on hand among senators was reported by Sen. Ryan McDougle (RMechanicsville) at $141,656 and Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) at $121,911.

Seats in the House of Delegates are next on the ballot in November 2017, with state Senate seats coming to voters in November 2019.

Arlington GOP Lauds Its First Lady of Hospitality: The Arlington County Republican Committee’s hostess-with-themostess has been honored for her role in promoting conviviality at monthly GOP meetings.

Delle McCrae on Feb. 17 was presented with the Hilda Griffith Award for Outstanding Service by outgoing Republican Committee chairman Matt Wavro.

“Thank you all – this is too much. I don’t really deserve this,” McCrae said as she was surprised with the award.

Au contraire: The award was wellearned, Wavro countered.

“She’s the hospitality side of the GOP, and has been for years and years,” he said.

McCrae supervises a spread of cookies, brownies and the like that bring a homey touch to monthly Republican Committee meetings.

(The Arlington County Democratic Committee sometimes offers a similar spread at its meetings, but usually only on special occasions.)

Illness prevented McCrae from working her magic during a number of GOP meetings in late 2015, and her absence was noticeable – store-bought treats replaced homemade, and the impact just wasn’t the same.

Wavro said it is more than just providing the nibbles that endears McCrae to the rank-and-file; it is her personality and charm.

“She’s done wonderful work,” he said.

Young Republicans Tap New Leadership: The Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans has selected its leadership team for 2016.

Andrew Loposser, who works for the Republican Party of Virginia in field oper-

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) will be the guest speaker. Those attending are asked to bring cash for a communal check.

Since its founding in 2010, the breakfast program has brought local, state and national political figures to speak with Arlington Democrats in a convivial atmosphere.

The effort has been coordinated since its inception by Charley Conrad. For information, e-mail him at charleyconrad@gmail.com.

Democrats Aim to Expand Ranks of Roosevelt Society: Bob Platt has succeeded Charlene Bickford as head of the Arlington County Jim Presswood, left, last week succeeded Matt Wavro as head of the Democratic CommitArlington County Republican Committee. Wavro did not seek a sectee’s Roosevelt Society, ond two-year term, but plans to stay active in GOP circles. a group of committed ations, will serve as chairman, with Brenna party members willing Morlock as vice chair. to contribute at least $180 a year supportAlso serving in leadership posts: Terry ing the local Democratic cause.

Camp, treasurer; Emily Larsen, secretary; “Dig deep!” Platt said as he encouraged and Katie Johnson, director of communi- the Democratic rank-and-file to join. The cations. party has set a goal of 240 members in “I am very excited about the wealth 2016. of talent among this incoming executive Membership entitles Democrats to board, and I look forward to them continu- a number of perks, including a summer ing to build our organization and making picnic, annual reception and, some years, a tremendous impact in the 2016 election,” the chance to participate in a Rooseveltsaid outgoing president Matthew Hurtt. themed trip. (One memorable event was a The local affiliate is the largest Young bus tour to Hyde Park, N.Y., the home and Republicans group in Virginia, just as its final resting place of Franklin and Eleanor counterpart – Arlington Young Democrats Roosevelt.)

– is the largest of its kind in the commonBickford, a former Arlington County wealth.

Democratic Committee chair and cur8th District GOP Chairman Unopposed rently chairman of the Arlington Electoral for New Term: Arlington’s Mark Kelly is Board, recently retired from the Roosevelt headed back for a new term as chairman of Society leadership after a dozen years at the 8th District Republican Committee. the helm.

Kelly was the lone candidate to file for Young Democrats Prep for Date Aucthe position. Had there been more than tion: Arlington Young Democrats has anone contender, the chairmanship would nounced the time and place of its 15th anhave been decided at the 8th District Re- nual Date Auction, to be held on March 29 publican Convention, to be held in May at at 7 p.m. at Clarendon Grill.

Kenmore Middle School.

The effort will help to raise funds for Prior to service as chairman of the dis- the Arlington Food Assistance Center, said trict party, Kelly served several stints as Praveen Meyyan, president of Arlington chairman of the Arlington County Repub- Young Democrats. lican Committee, and also was the Repub“We hope that we can raise a whole lot lican nominee in campaigns for County of money so they can continue to do what Board and clerk of the Circuit Court. they do,” Meyyan said.

Democratic Breakfast Program to The annual date auction is a case of Mark 6th Anniversary: The Arlington truth in advertising – male and female County Democratic Committee’s monthly Young Democrats (and in some cases oldbreakfast program will celebrate its sixth er Democrats) put themselves up for bid. anniversary on Saturday, March 5 from Proceeds are split between the party and a 8:30 to 10 a.m. at Busboys and Poets in non-profit; last year’s beneficiary was the Shirlington.

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The late Arlington activist Charles Rinker has been honored by the General Assembly for RICHMOND his commitment to hous2016 ing, community development, workers’ rights and social justice.

Rinker, who died in January 2015, was a “moral compass” for the community and a “tireless champion” for those in need across it, the resolution noted.

Rinker was a founder of Arlington Housing Corp. (now AHC Inc.), Arlington New Directions and Affordable Home Ownership Made Easier (AHOME), and served as president of Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice (BRAVO). Through the years, he was honored with the Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award, the James B. Hunter Human Rights Award and a number of other accolades. He was inducted into the AHC Hall of Fame.

Rinker and his wife Lora were parents of three children, Matthew, Natalie and Jeremy.

The measure was patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), and won unanimous support in the House of Delegates and the state Senate.

Mary Ann Moran Wins Legislative Kudos: The General Assembly has voted to honor local civic leader Mary Ann Moran for her support of a range of issues, most of them centered on the youth of Arlington.

The measure, patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th), notes that Moran was the recipient of the 2015 William T. Newman Jr. Spirit of Community Award from the Arlington Community Foundation, and lauds her work with the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families.

Moran “has had a positive influence on the lives of thousands of residents of Arlington County as a teacher, mentor, change agent, advocate and community leader,” the resolution notes, while saluting her “gentle and unassuming nature” as a “selfless servant leader.”

Senate OKs Commemoration of Women’s Right to Vote: The state Senate voted 39-0 to support a proposed by Del. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) to create a commission heading up commemoration of the 100th anniversary of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the vote nationwide.

The commission, if approved by the House of Delegates, would plan for centennial events in 2020 and lead statewide educational efforts.

First introduced in Congress in 1878, the proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to eliminate prohibitions on voting by women was approved by Congress and sent to the states in 1919. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, putting it over the threshold for ratification.

Virginia’s General Assembly rejected ratification of the measure in 1920, but in 1952 adopted it in a symbolic vote to become the 41st state of ratification. Ul-

current state requirement that prospective organ donors affirm their decision every time they renew a driver’s license. Under the measure, organ-donor status will continue in perpetuity unless the individual makes a change in status.

The measure passed the state Senate, 40-0, and was sent over to the House of Delegates. It seems likely to win passage, as a companion bill patroned by Del. John O’Bannon III (R-Richmond) was passed unanimously in the lower house and sent to the Senate.

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timately, it was ratified by each of the 48 states that had been in the Union in 1919, with Mississippi the last, in 1981.

Arlington Judge Wins New Term: The General Assembly has elected Judge George Varoutsos to a new term on the 17th District Juvenile and Domestic Relations General District Court.

Varoutsos, who serves as chief judge of the two-member court, which has jurisdiction across Arlington, won support of the state Senate and House of Delegates for a new term of six years beginning March 16.

He was one of 12 Juvenile and Domestic Relations judges elected statewide.

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.

Election-Runoff Measure Defeated: A proposal calling for runoff elections in statewide races, if no candidate achieves a majority vote on the first round, didn’t last long in Richmond.

The proposal, patroned by Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), would have provided for runoff elections among the top two finishers for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate if no candidate achieved a majority of votes cast.

But the bill was killed in a subcommittee of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Ebbin Effort on Immigrant-Assistance Effort Fails: Legislation by state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) to create an Office of Immigrant Assistance fell short.

The measure would have established the office within the Virginia Department of Social Services, and would have assisted legal immigrants with help in employment, housing, social services and citizenship.

The measure passed the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on an 11-1 vote, but was then referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, where it languished before being passed over.

Similar bills have been introduced for nearly a decade by a number of legislators, including Ebbin and Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge). Ebbin’s 2014 bill on the subject passed the Senate but died in the House of Delegates.

Legislation patroned by state Sen. Janet Howell will take away a bureaucratic step for those who wish to donate organs and tissues after their death.

The bill by Howell (D-32nd) removes a

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To Arlington officials, for deciding to take a look at the need to have, and enforce, snowemergency routes in the county.

Those who pass the emergencyroute signage on various roadways across the county might have been surprised to learn that, for several decades at least, Arlington hasn’t enforced the rules requiring vehicles to be moved off certain key routes during major snow and ice events. Both County Board Chairman Libby Garvey and County Manager Mark Schwartz say they are inclined to start enforcing the rules.

The challenge, which is probably what led to the non-enforcement in the first place, is simple: Where will the drivers of vehicles who usually

park along snow-emergency routes (North George Mason Drive, just to single one out) put their cars?

With perhaps nine months of non-snowy climate set to arrive shortly, it would be a good time to take a serious look at whether – given the non-enforcement of the past – snow-emergency routes are needed at all, and if they are, whether the existing network needs to be tweaked.

Having rules and then not enforcing them is the wrong way to go. If having cars off the sides of major local roadways is necessary, so be it; if not, then get rid of the long-ignored rules.

mulled by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

The WMATA board will consider whether to do away with allowing Metrobus riders to top off their SmarTrip cards on the bus when the cards run low on funds.

Metro staff say eliminating that option will speed up boarding, lower costs and “improve the customer experience.” But they acknowledge that, for many bus riders, the most convenient way to add funds to the SmarTrip cards is on the bus itself.

Unless there are some new options given to those riders in order to make the change of policy hassle-free, we’d say sticking with the THUMBS DOWN: To one facet of existing policy is the way to go. proposed changes to service being

Vienna Good, But Arlington Better, in Tax Collection Editor: I read with interest your recent article about the Town of Vienna’s delinquency rate [“Arlington Has Up-and-Coming Rival in Tax-Collection Rate”].

While I applaud my colleagues in Vienna for what is by any measure an excellent collection rate, it is not even close to Arlington’s. Unfortunately, there are two major problems with the comparison made between Vienna and Arlington.

First, like apples to oranges, the article compares Vienna’s collection rate for 2015 taxes with Arlington’s total delinquency rate.

A collection rate is for those taxes collected for the one year in question. A delinquency rate, on the other hand, is not

just 100 percent minus the collection rate; a delinquency rate includes all delinquent taxes for the entire statutory period.

Specifically, Arlington’s delinquency rate of 0.27 percent includes all unpaid personal property taxes for the past five years, plus all unpaid real estate taxes for the past 20.

Second, it is significant that Vienna does not have a personal-property tax, so their collection rate is for real estate alone. Personal property is a more difficult tax to collect than real estate, because cars can move, and frequently do.

Real estate, on the other, tends to remain in one place and is, therefore, much easier to collect.

If we compare just the real-estate col-

lection rates, we see that Vienna has a collection rate of 99.82 percent to Arlington’s 99.99 percent. Now, to put that in dollar terms, if Arlington had the same collection rate as Vienna, the unpaid real estate taxes for 2015 would have been a whopping $1.262 million instead of the actual $74,346 – a difference of $1.19 million!

It is always good to hear about one of our neighbors taking delinquency collection as seriously as we do in the Arlington Treasurer’s Office. However, let the record clearly state we still remain unrivaled.

Carla de la Pava Treasurer, Arlington County

Arlington

Electoral Board’s Harrison Deserves Kudos for Service Editor: I write in praise of Allen Harrison, who, the Sun Gazette has reported, plans to retire from the Arlington Electoral Board after many years of distinguished and honorable service.

Allen is a kind and generous person with an enormous sense of duty, as demonstrated by his extra hours of service in assisting the Arlington Treasurer’s office conduct the annual design competition for the county tax decal, featuring the work of local high-school students.

For more than a decade, Mr. Harrison has taken this assignment very seriously.

He would start by attending the Saturday-morning gathering of local residents that culled down the dozens of designs by the students to the “Final Four,” en-

suring absolute accuracy in tallying the hundreds of votes cast by the committee.

Once the four finalists were promulgated and the votes from Arlington’s residents started arriving, he would regularly visit the Treasurer’s “Registrar of Voting,” Susan Anderson, and review the voting. When the voting deadline passed, he would rigorously confirm the absolute accuracy in the tally of the several thousand votes cast before announcing the results to the public At the succeeding County Board meeting, the four student finalists would be introduced and their individual decal designs discussed. Then would come the moment of truth: Lacking only a drum roll, Allen would rise and in the most solemn, gracious and dramatic manner

build up the suspense, until finally announcing the winner.

I believe that his prospective successor on the Electoral Board – Scott McGeary – will inherit Allen’s role in next year’s decal competition. I know that Scott will agree with me when I say that Allen will be a hard act to follow.

Thank you, Allen, on a job well done.

You will be missed!

Frank O’Leary Arlington O’Leary is the former treasurer of Arlington County.

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half of Capt. William Holohan, who led the Mangosteen-Chrysler mission in Italy in August 1944. Some of Holohan’s comrades, either out of partisan feelings, personal dislike or desire to steal the $14,000 their leader was carrying, poisoned him with potassium cyanide and then shot him to death. The main two conspirators never had to pay for their crime.

President Harry Truman dissolved the OSS in 1945 after the war, but the immediate commencement of the Cold War led American officials in 1947 to form the Central Intelligence Agency, which took over many functions previously performed by the OSS. Lulushi was born in Albania and emigrated to the United States in 1991. The 15-year Oakton resident works in information-technology services.

He previously authored “Operation Valuable Fiend: The CIA’s First Paramilitary Strike Against the Soviet Union,” which detailed the agency’s paramilitary operation to overthrow Albania’s communist regime.

The author speaks Albanian, French, Italian and German, and took pains to include comments from foreign soldiers and civilians who experienced the war.

“I focused on the simple man – ordinary people, most of them first- or second-generation Americans, who responded to the call of duty and went behind enemy lines to fight the Germans and Italians,” he said.

“My hope was to bring a multidimensional picture that was as close as possible to reality.”

Few Americans know about the OSS, which preceded the CIA and the U.S. Special Operations Command, said Charles Pinck, president of the OSS Society Inc. “Fewer still have heard about the OSS Operational Groups that were the predecessor to U.S. Special Operations Forces,” he said. “Albert Lulushi’s book is the first account of their breathtaking courage during World War II.”

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Americans now take for granted feats of derring-do by unconventional warriors, such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, who possess almost super-human strength and stamina and wreak havoc behind enemy lines.

But it was under the Office of Strategic Services, led by William “Wild Bill” Donovan, during World War II that American forces pursued such guerilla-fighting methods systematically and enthusiastically.

Oakton author Albert Lulushi’s new book, “Donovan’s Devils: OSS Commandos Behind Enemy Lines – Europe, World War II,” details the rigorous training and daring missions undertaken by OSS agents.

Lulushi obtained much of his material from declassified OSS documents at the National Archives.

The book has plenty of entertaining asides, from doggerel about lethal dangers facing low-altitude parachutists to quirky methods used to convey coded messages over open radio channels.

“I tried to bring this human aspect into the stories to flesh out the rigid narrative that’s been built around these events,” he said.

The fledgling OSS had much to learn from the Germans and British, who had engaged in such operations for years.

OSS agents gathered military intelligence, worked with and encouraged local resistance fighters, rescued escaped prisoners of war and sabotaged enemy operations and infrastructure.

Recruits were astonishingly fit, often spoke foreign languages and trained to do everything from basic first-aid and bullet-wound dressing to parachuting, silent killing, and operating and repairing enemy weapons and vehicles.

The operatives’ underwent some of their training at Prince William Forest and Quantico and took pistol training at specially designed buildings, where they learned how to fire at targets while crouched and not looking over their weapons’ sights.

Lulushi’s book is not a cut-and-dried, black-and-white tale of good guys vs. bad.

Both sides had heroes and villains, engaged in summary executions and faced treachery from within.

German troops sometimes committed horrific atrocities on enemy personnel and civil populations, often as reprisals for the commandos’ actions. But in other cases, the Germans showed restraint, surrendering in the face of certain defeat and even trying to prevent the execution of captured guerilla fighters.

The Germans shot to death 15 OSS operatives in 1944 following the failed Ginny mission in Italy. German Gen. Anton Dostler later told a Allied tribunal he ordered the killings while carrying out an order from Hitler that he could not disobey without facing a court martial. Despite a strong defense put forth by a Judge Advocate General colonel, the tribunal found Dostler guilty of war crimes and had him executed via firing squad.

No such justice was obtained on be-

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County Board to Take a Look at Open-Space Proposal SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The president of the Arlington County Civic Federation used COUNTY the County Board’s 20 meeting to BOARD Feb. press for a commitNOTES ment on acquiring additional open space.

“Parks-and-recreation resources are important core services,” Stefanie Pryor told board members. “Our neighbors [Fairfax County and the District of Columbia] have more parkland acreage per person than Arlington.”

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In a near-unanimous vote in early February, Civic Federation delegates approved a resolution calling on county leaders to acquire an average of three acres of open space per year over the next decade.

Doing so would help compensate for the drop-off in acquisition that began in 2009, Pryor said.

“It’s a fiscally achievable target,” she said, noting it had won the support even from the conservative wing of the Civic Federation membership.

Noting that County Board members would be meeting with the Civic Federation on March 1, board chairman Libby Garvey said the resolution would be taken under advisement.

“We certainly will be talking to you about this,” she told Pryor. “We’re all concerned about having enough green space.”

County leaders may have the chance to signal their interest in parkland acquisition later this year, when they set the level of funding for bond referendums that will go to the public in November.

“There presumably will be a parks bond of some sort,” County Board member John Vihstadt said.

Board Members Still Critical of I-66 Deal: Arlington County Board members are still smarting from the compromise on Interstate 66 agreed to by Gov. McAuliffe and legislative leaders.

“Very disappointed” is how County Board Chairman Libby Garvey put it on Feb. 20, a higher degree of irkedness than “disappointed,” which is how Garvey

phrased it in a public statement after the deal was made public.

Under the agreement, widening of Interstate 66 eastbound from the Dulles Toll Road to Ballston would come sooner rather than later, but most other facets of the plan to add tolls for single-occupantdrivers on I-66 during rush hour will stay as adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

McAuliffe made the deal after finding himself deserted by some prominent Democrats and facing strong opposition from some Republicans in the legislature. Members of the Arlington delegation, however, all opposed the compromise when it came to a vote in the General Assembly.

The deal still has multiple regulatory hurdles to pass, and “we will be following this very carefully,” especially with regard to the environmental impact, Garvey said.

County Board to Fund Neighborhood Conservation Efforts: Arlington County Board members are slated to approve four new Neighborhood Conservation projects, totaling $1.37 million, and allocate an additional $228,000 to a previously approved project that requires an infusion of cash.

The funding was recommended by the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee, and will use funds approved by voters in a 2014 bond referendum.

The four projects proposed for inclusion in the Neighborhood Conservation program include an upgrade at Nelly Custis Park in Aurora Highlands ($798,222); street improvements in the 4800 block of

9th Street South in Barcroft ($532,561); beautification efforts adjacent to Calloway United Methodist Church cemetery in High View Park ($129,625); and a neighborhood sign in Shirlington ($12,500).

Additional funds will be expended on a project on South Fern Street, using funds from other Neighborhood Conservation projects that came in under budget.

The cost of the latest round of spending will bring the Neighborhood Conservation budget balance down to $3.7 million.

Voters approved $12 million in funding in a November 2014 referendum, with a new bond referendum likely to be placed on the November 2016 ballot.

Board Takes Procedural Steps on Western Rosslyn Redevelopment: County Board members on Feb. 20 approved a number of actions to implement the Western Rosslyn Area Plan’s objectives.

Board actions included revisions to the General Land Use Plan, Master Transportation Plan and Zoning Ordinance, steps to move forward on the redevelopment framework approved last summer.

The Western Rosslyn Area Plan’s coverage area is bounded by Wilson Boulevard to the south, North Quinn Street to the west, Key Boulevard and 18th Street North to the north and the eastern boundary of the 1555 Wilson Boulevard property. The development plan calls for a new H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, new fire station, commercial and residential redevelopment and a new Rosslyn Highlands Park.

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Abingdon Elementary School principal Joanne Uyeda discusses the plan to renovate and expand her facility during the Feb. 18 School Board meeting.

where employees live may not be the same as where they work.

“Many of our staff come from outside of Arlington, and that is a piece of the whole picture as how our whole decision-making process goes,” he told School Board members.

For parents, who may be shaking one first at Mother Nature and the other at school officials, Murphy offered an olive branch.

“Thank you for your patience,” he said.

Activist: Get Teachers Back in Class Ahead of Students: Veteran civic activist Maureen Ross of Cherrydale says school officials should revise their policies to get teachers back after snowstorms before students return.

Speaking Feb. 20 to County Board members, Ross decried as “very, very inefficient” current school policy that doesn’t have teachers return to class until students do.

As a result, Arlington students not only lost more than a full week of instruction due to the Jan. 22-23 storm, but then lost another day (Feb. 1) because of a previously scheduled teacher workday.

Other school-system staff were back Jan. 27; had teachers been brought back that day or later in the week, they could have done their grading then, allowing students to be back on Feb. 1.

“There’s no reason teachers couldn’t come to school,” Ross said, encouraging County Board members to speak with their School Board colleagues.

County Board Chairman Libby Garvey commiserated – “I feel your pain,” she said of the lengthy amount of time students were out of class in January – but suggested Ross direct her views to School Board members.

Oversight of Student Advisory Board May Be Switched: Members of Arlington Public Schools’ Student Advisory Board will be appointed, and supervised, by school-system staff rather than the School Board, under a proposal slated for a final vote early next month.

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Arlington School Board members on March 3 are set to approve the final design for expansion of Abingdon Elementary School, a project its SCHOOL architects say can be in at the projBOARD brought ect’s nearly $33 million NOTES available funding.

Board members were presented on Feb. 17 with the final design plans, which include renovation to existing areas and a three-story addition.

The project, most of which was funded by voters in a 2014 referendum, is designed to accommodate student growth in the surrounding Fairlington and Abingdon community.

“We have seen kind of a sharp, sharp increase in enrollment there,” Superintendent Patrick Murphy said.

Construction costs will total about $24 million, and the overall $32.84 million cost includes a contingency. School officials will get a better idea of whether the budget aligns with reality once they send the project out to bid in early spring.

Construction will be phased in to allow students to continue using the school, but they will lose use of an adjacent field, which will play host to parking and temporary classrooms during the project.

While the renovation will add classroom space, “we’re not anticipating any boundary changes directly related to this construction project,” said John Chadwick, the school system’s assistant superintendent of facilities.

Superintendent Set to Unveil Budget Proposal: Superintendent Patrick Murphy is slated to present his draft fiscal 2017 budget to School Board members on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.

Immediately following the presentation, School Board members will hold their first work session to discuss the budget, starting a process that will last more than two months until a final package is approved.

Most of the school system’s funding comes from the county government. In his own draft budget for fiscal 2017, County Manager Mark Schwartz has proposed allocating the schools $462.5 million (up 2.4 percent) plus an added one-time injection of $2.4 million more.

Superintendent Hoping for Fewer Inclement-Weather Days: Superintendent Patrick Murphy on Feb. 18 told School Board members he’s hopeful for a benign end to the winter season.

“Believe me: I want to be back in school on a regular basis more than any of you,” Murphy said.

Counting weekends, the two-week Christmas holiday, other holidays, teacher workdays and inclement-weather days, Arlington students spent more time out of the classroom than in it during the first part of the winter season. Schools were closed for more than a week during and after the Jan. 22-23 snowstorm.

Murphy said one of the reason schools are closed for longer periods is because of safety issues, and because conditions

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Diane Kiesel will discuss her biography of Ferebee, “She Can Bring Us Home,” and the impact she had on public-health, civil-rights and foreign-assistance efforts.

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affairs in Ukraine, with an emphasis on the impact of Arlington’s Sister City of IvanoFrankivsk, will be presented on Sunday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at Central Library.

The event is sponsored by the IvanoFrankivsk Committee of the Arlington Sister City Association. Board member Carl Lankowski will discuss his recent trip to various regions of Ukraine.

The community is invited.

Church has kicked off the celebration of its 150th anniversary, with events to continue throughout the year.

The church, located at 3500 19th St. South and led by senior pastor Dr. Leonard Smith, traces its roots to the close of the Civil War. In 1866, several African-American Christians banded together to establish a Baptist church in Freedman’s Village that would evolve into Mount Zion.

“We’re excited and thankful beyond measure for the privilege of reaching this magnificent chapter in our church’s history,” Dr. Smith said.

“I’m convinced that we’ve been blessed with longevity solely to serve God’s people beyond our walls,” he said.

The celebration kicking off the anniversary will be held on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at the church. The event was postponed from Feb. 15 due to inclement weather.

For information, call (703) 979-7411 or see the Web site at www.mountzionbaptist. com.

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“Echoes of Little Saigon: Southeast Asian Immigration and the Changing Face of Arlington” will be researched and written by Kim O’Connell. It will look at the impact on Arlington, centered largely in Clarendon, that came via an influx of South Vietnamese immigrants following the collapse of that country in 1975.

In addition to state funding of $9,000, the county government will add about $5,000 plus in-kind staff time.

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The awards will be presented at the “Go Gaga for Green” environmental celebration, to be held on April 30 at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of GMU. For information on the awards program and the celebration, see the Web site at http://relations.gmu.edu and search for “Green Patriot.”

‘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-blues, 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.

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of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church has started two programs for senior adults who find it difficult to leave their homes.

The Friendly Visitor Program matches volunteers to seniors who would like a visit periodically, while the Friendly Caller Program allows volunteers to call seniors to let them know they haven’t been forgotten.

Volunteers interested in participating in either, or both, programs can call (703) 506-2199 or e-mail info@scmafc.org.

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY PLANS MORE OPEN HOURS FOR MUSEUM: The Ar-

lington Historical Society is making progress in opening its historical museum during weekdays.

Docents have been recruited to open the Arlington Historical Museum one Wednesday afternoon per month, “and this will soon expand to two,” society president Karl VanNewkirk said in the organization’s January newsletter.

VanNewkirk credited volunteer coordinator Robert White and docent coordinator Matt Keough with spearheading the initiative.

The museum, located in the historic Hume School at 1805 Arlington Ridge Road, traditionally has been open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The museum has both permanent and rotating exhibitions on local history; admission is free, but donations are accepted.

The society also operates the Ball-Sellers House, a rare surviving example of 18thcentury middle-class living. It is located at 5620 3rd St. South and is open Saturday afternoons from April through October.

For information, call (703) 379-2123 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUP TO HOST FUNDRAISER: Postpartum Support

Virginia will host its 10th annual LUNAFEST fundraiser on Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Arlington Cinema-n-Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike.

LUNAFEST is a traveling film festival of six award-winning short films by and for women, addressing issues ranging from health and motherhood to aging and cultural diversity. Funds raised will support women overcome post-partum anxiety and depression, which affects up to one in five women after childbirth.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. For information, see the Web site at www.postpartumva.org.

YOUNG-PROFESSIONALS GROUP HOSTS BINGO NIGHT: Arlington Thrive’s young-

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JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER TO HOST PARTY-PLANNING EXPO: The Jewish

Community Center of Northern Virginia will host the 2016 NoVa Simcha Expo, a planning event for bar mitzvahs/bat mitzvahs, weddings, bris and other celebrations, on Sunday, Feb. 28 from noon to 4 p.m. at the center, 8900 Little River Turnpike.

The event is sponsored by the Jewish Community Center, Gesher Jewish Day School and the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

Admission is free. For information, call (703) 323-0880 or see the Web site at www. jccnv.org.

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Rivendell School will present “West Side Story Meets Romeo and Juliet,” a play by students studying Shakespeare, on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27, at 7 p.m. each night at the school, 5700 Lee Highway.

The suggested donation is $10 for individuals, $30 for families. For information, call (703) 532-1200.

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free home-buying seminar featuring representatives from Keller William Realty, MVB Mortgage and Ekko Title will be held on Wednesday, March 2 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Westover Library.

Speakers will discuss the state of the housing market, the home-buying process and tips for success in the search for a home.

To R.S.V.P., call Dawn Wilson of Keller Williams at (703) 217-4959 or e-mail dawnwilson@kw.com.

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environmental group Green Drinks Arlington will host its sixth annual Heart+Pints Bazaar on Wednesday, March 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Samuel Beckett’s Pub in the Village at Shirlington.

The event will raise funds for the Arlington Food Assistance Center and showcase the work of local artists and crafters.

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Admission is free; 10 percent of proceeds from food and drink sales will be donated to Arlington Thrive (formerly Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs).

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

zero waste on Wednesday, March 9 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Navy League, 2300 Wilson Blvd.

The event will include an overview of strategies to prevent wasteful and polluting practices, said Elenor Hodges, ACE’s executive director.

The community is invited; light refreshments will be served. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonenvironment. org.

Arlington’s 24th Annual Feel the Heritage Festival Saturday, February 27, 1 - 6 p.m.

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The Woman’s Club of Arlington recently donated 40 sets of hats and scarves that had been knitted by Andrea Morici to the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network for use by clients.

Shown from left are Morici (who knits year-round to provide donated items), former club president Pat Fisher and current president Anne Kauzlarich.

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BASICS TO IMPROVE HOMES DISCUSSED: Home-improvement basics will

be detailed on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 11:30 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO REMODELING, GARDENING EXPO: Arlington County

55+ Travel hosts a trip to the Capital Remodel and Garden Show in Chantilly on Friday, Feb. 26. The cost is $19. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

TRAVELERS TAKE IN HISTORIC SITES:

Arlington County 55+ Travel will host a trip to the Frederick Douglass Home and Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Monday, Feb. 29. The cost is $8. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

BASICS OF THERAPY DOGS DISCUSSED:

A discussion of training a therapy dog will be presented on Monday, Feb. 29 at 1 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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discussion of how memory works will be held on Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

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WORKS OF MARK TWAIN DISCUSSED:

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2015 Virginia Home Sales Up 11% from 2014 Total A booming summer helped propel Virginia’s real estate market to a doubledigit increase in sales from 2014 to 2015, according to new figures from the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

A total of 109,201 properties went to closing commonwealth-wide in the 12 months ending Dec. 31, up 11.1 percent from 98,310 a year before and the best year-end total since the peak of the realestate boom in 2007.

The Virginia market “is still growing steadily,” noted an analysis from the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, which reviews data and trends for VAR. The commonwealth’s real-estate market continues to benefit from relatively low statewide unemployment and low, if rising, mortgage-interest rates.

The 2015 market’s most robust strength came in the summer – June’s sales (10,643) were highest of the year and approached peaks last scaled in 2005 and 2006 – but year-over-year increases were reported each of the 12 months of 2015.

For the fourth quarter of the year, statewide sales totaled 24,282, lower (as expected) than the second and third quarters of the year but up 3.8 percent from the same period in 2014. By month, the increases were 4.4 percent to 8,819 in October; 4.6 percent to 6,958 in November; and 2.5 percent to 8,505 in December.

Sales during the quarter “followed a very similar trajectory compared to the

fourth quarter of 2014, with a decline in sales from October to November and then a substantial increase in sales in December,” Virginia Tech analysts noted.

For the quarter, year-over-year sales were higher in four of the geographic reporting areas across the commonwealth, and down in three. In Northern Virginia, transactions were up 3.2 percent to 10,176, and represented 42 percent of all sales in the commonwealth.

Other areas posting increases included Hampton Roads, Central Virginia and Roanoke/Lynchburg/Blacksburg. The Central Valley, Southside Virginia and Southwest Virginia slumped somewhat in the fourth quarter. (“Northern Virginia,” as defined by the Virginia Association of Realtors, includes the counties of Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Westmoreland and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester. Full data, along with maps detailing the different geographic areas, can be found on the Web site at www.varealtor.com/homesales.)

Statewide, the median sales price of residential real estate in the fourth quarter was $255,000, unchanged from the same period in 2014.

Prices “remain very stable, while fol-

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In Northern Virginia, the median sales price of $368,850 was down from $372,000 a year before, but continued to lead the commonwealth. Median prices elsewhere were $218,500 in Hampton Roads, $214,925 in Central Virginia, $207,250 in the Central Valley, $160,000 in Roanoke/Lynchburg/Blacksburg, $119,500 in Southwest Virginia and $82,500 in Southside Virginia.

Total sales volume of $7.73 billion for

the quarter was up from $7.4 billion a year before.

Interest rates rose from the start of the third quarter to the end, but for the period as a whole were 3.9 percent on average for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, according to national data from FreddieMac. That’s down from 3.95 percent in the third quarter.

Sales and price data represent most, but not all, sales during the period. All figures are preliminary, and are subject to revision.

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A bonus room, adjacent to both the living room and family room, works well as an office or den.

The highlight of the upper level is the master retreat, featuring a custom-fitted closet and master bath with soaking tub.

Three additional bedrooms can be found on this level, one with its own bath and two sharing a Jack-and-Jill bath.

Laundry facilities also are here.

The lower level is home to a large recreation room, the home’s fifth bedroom, a full bath and plentiful storage.

Located within walking distance of the Lee Heights Shops, the home is a standout of urban-village living. Well worthy of

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Featuring spacious and airy formal rooms with gleaming accoutrements, the home represents the best of old and new, a welcome venue for anyone who appreciates excellent design, quality materials and beautiful craftsmanship.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,499,000 by Cheryl Herzog of Tradition Realty. An open house is slated for Sunday, Feb. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Featuring 4,300 square feet of living space spread over three levels, the home is ready to exceed expectations for both family living and entertaining in style, with its showplace features in evidence from the moment we step inside the center foyer and spy the open staircase.

The formal living and dining rooms are expansive and welcoming, while the kitchen is a chef’s delight, featuring Wolf and Bosch appliances, a prep island and a sunny breakfast area that overlooks the private patio and rear yard.

The family room is a more informal spot on our tour, but retains a sense of

Statistically speaking, at least, Denver is the top spot in the nation to be a real-estate agent, Detroit is at the end of the list and D.C. is closer to the top than the bottom, according to be new survey by Wallethub.

The Web site graded 150 communities on 13 key metrics, looking at both the strength of the individual market and the overall quality of life for agents.

Following Denver in the top 10 were Irvine, Calif.; Seattle; Austin; Aurora, Colo.; Portland, Ore.; Indianapolis; San Francisco; Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Boston. Down at the bottom of the rankings close to Detroit were Columbus, Ga.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Jackson, Miss.; Brownsville, Texas; Aurora, Ill.; Philadelphia; Mobile, Ala.; Haileah, Fla.; and Milwaukee.

Washington ranked 19th nationally, coming in 31st in health of the local real-estate market and 25th in job opportunities for those in the professions.

Among highlights from the survey: • Knoxville reported the highest number of annual sales per agent (120), with Houston the lowest (six).

• Indianapolis had the highest median wage for agents ($105,378), with Wichita, Kan., at the bottom of the list ($24,320).

• San Francisco has the highested median home price ($765,700), 17 times higher than that of Detroit ($45,100, lowest in the nation).

• Orlando has 24 times the number of agents compared to the overall workforce than Detroit.

• Henderson, Nev., has the highest turnover of homes (9.8 percent annually), while Yonkers, N.Y., has the lowest (2.6 percent).

• Fort Wayne, Ind., was tops in the “market heat” ranking on the survey, but weak job opportunities in the industry pushed the community down to 93rd overall.

No matter the community, real estate is a boom-and-bust profession, with good times intermingled with difficulties.

How should agents prepare, both financially and psychologically, for an ever-changing landscape? Jeff Engelstad, a clinical professor at the Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management at the University of Denver, said it comes with the territory.

“It will happen multiple times in your career,” he said of the boom-andbust cycle. “Since you know it’s coming, why not plan for it? Don’t set up your personal lifestyle to survive only that the top of the cycle.”

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Schools & Military Jun Du of Arlington earned a master of laws degree and Neha Alluri of Arlington earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics during recent commencement exercises at the University of WisconsinMadison. n

n Jacob Mendelowitz of Arlington, a graduate of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, and Cristian Carrillo of Arlington, a graduate of Yorktown High School, have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bucknell University. n Jennie Basile of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Virginia Tech.

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n Alexandra Zachem of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Saint Joseph’s University. n Anna Guerrero of Arlington has been promoted to the rank of sergeant with the New York Army National Guard.

Guerrero is serving with the Intelligence and Sustainment Company, 42nd Infantry Division.

Students a Long Branch Elementary School recently received a visit from Andrea McCarren of WUSA-TV (Channel 9) and Bunce, a service dog for wounded veterans.

“Ms. McCarren talked about how she is training Bunce to help people in the military that have been hurt,” said Sheyla Ralda, a reporter from The Little Lion, the school newspaper. “Bunce is learning to do cool things, such as helping people to stand when they have hurt their legs, and picking up things that they would have dropped.”

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but will allow for greater efficiency and less rigorous meeting rules, school leaders said in proposing the change.

“I don’t believe in any way it does diminish the board’s relationship” with School Board members, Superintendent Patrick Murphy said.

Unlike neighboring Fairfax County, Arlington does not have a student representative to the School Board. The Student Advisory Board, however, meets periodically with School Board members, and at the end of each year makes recommendations for changes in school-system policies.

In recent years, the group successfully advocated for a two-week break over Christmas, and also has pressed school leaders to use more creativity in addressing class sizes at the high-school level.

The panel “is very active,” School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren said.

Van Doren said she supported the change in oversight, but voiced concern

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The Medical Education Campus (MEC) of Northern Virginia Community College hosted the 2016 Give Kids A Smile event on Feb. 5.

The event, sponsored by the Northern Virginia Dental Society, provided free dental services to 342 preschoolers from the Arlington County Head Start Program.

The children were seen by 34 volunteer dentists, 6 volunteer hygienists, 43 dental assistants, 24 second-year dental-hygiene students and 13 dental-assisting students enrolled in the program.

Cathy Griffanti, executive director of the Northern Virginia Dental Society (NVDS), said approximately $61,000 worth of dentistry was provided to those who received care and several of the society’s member dentists volunteered to take on the children as patients, pro bono, into their own practices.

Maria Gerald, a teacher with the Arlington County Head Start Program, said her class of 18 students was eager to see the dentist. The children received free evaluations, prophylaxis (teeth polishing) and fluoride treatments.

“Our parents take full advantage of the event and we encourage them to let their children participate,” Gerald said. “For some of our students this was their first time visiting a dentist, so it helped for them to experience this with their classmates, making it a more comfortable situation.

Now our students know what to expect the next time they have a dental visit.”

In addition to receiving free dental care, all participants left the event with goodie bags that contained a toothbrush, toothpaste, stickers and dental floss to help maintain a healthy smile.

The American Dental Association began the nationwide Give Kids A Smile program in 2003 as a way for dentists to join with others in the community to provide dental services to under-served children. n

that there had not been an effort to obtain input from students on the panel.

“I do want to know what the people, who are affected, how they perceive the change,” she said.

Student-Decal Finalists Saluted: The four finalists in the Arlington treasurer’s 2016-17 decal competition were honored Feb. 18 by School Board members.

Wakefield High School sophomore Ryan Kovich, who won the 12th annual competition, said he had taken a photo of the “ARLINGTON” sign at the Arlington Cinema-and-Drafthouse on Columbia Pike as part of an assignment for class.

When he heard of the competition, “I immediately thought of it” and entered the photo in it, Kovich told School Board members.

Kovich’s entry was tops among 85 entries submitted by students at Wakefield, Washington-Lee, Bishop O’Connell and Yorktown high schools. Starting in the summer, his design will start to be seen on 160,000 vehicles garaged (and taxed) in Arlington.

For his efforts, Kovich received $750 from Arlington Community Federal

Yorktown High School recently sent its first team to compete at the National Science Ocean Bowl, held at the Arlington campus of George Mason Universty and featuring teams from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Coached by Curt Dorman, the team includes captain Scott Kilmer, Joshua Rosenblatt, Sam Grossman and Benjamin Stoffel.

Sheyla Ralda, a reporter with Long Branch Elementary School’s The Little Lion student newspaper, and Michael Urtnasan, a reporter with WVLB (the school’s weekly news program) join with Andrea McCarran and Bunce, a service dog for wounded military members.

Credit Union. Other finalists – Gabrielle McKenna of Washington-Lee High School, Schuyler Workmaster of Bishop O’Connell High School and Amelia Wilt of Wakefield – received $500.

The student-decal competition began in 2003 under then-Treasurer Frank O’Leary, and was continued by his successor, Carla de la Pava.

“This is one of my favorite presentations I give all year,” de la Pava told School Board members. (“It beats the delinquenttax presentation I give to the County Board,” she deadpanned.)

The submissions were winnowed to the final four by a group of community notables in December, then 1,814 local residents voted online and in the Sun Gazette.

Decals are required to be placed next to the state inspection sticker on vehicles, in order to prove payment of personal property tax, which brings in $70 million a year to the Arlington government’s coffers.

In past years, Arlington was the only jurisdiction in the commonwealth to open decal design to a community vote.

Earlier this year, the city of Falls Church started its own student competition, with

a winner recently announced.

Integration Documentary Sees Uptick in Viewership: Renewed interest in the integration of Stratford Junior High School has been reflected in an upsurge in viewership of a documentary on the subject.

Arlington school officials recently reposted the documented “It’s Just Me” on the school system’s Web site, and it already had garnered 1,000 downloads.

“I was excited” upon hearing the news, said Superintendent Patrick Murphy.

The film, created by Arlington Educational Television staff for the 50th anniversary of the 1959 integration of the school, saw a boost in interest after a Feb. 2 community forum that brought together three of the four black students who integrated what was then Stratford Junior High School (and is now the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program).

The school was one of a number integrated under court order across the commonwealth in early February 1959, marking the beginning of the end of the Virginia state government’s “massive resistance” again desegregation of public schools.

BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Instead of embarking on a different track to build economic momentum, the Washington region should capitalize on its existing advantages as a well-connected, knowledge-based economy centered on the nation’s capital.

“Diversification is building on what you have, not building on what you want to have,” said Stephen Fuller of George Mason University’s (GMU) Center for Regional Analysis during a Jan. 14 economic forum at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.

“We are already the model of the economy for the future. We need to building on those strengths, not deny what we’re good at.”

The event, titled “Roadmap to Our Region’s Economic Future,” was hosted by GMU, Cardinal Bank, Washington Business Journal and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

A major element of the region’s future success will depend on how well it reduces its overreliance on the federal government, speakers said.

The region needs to foster an entrepreneurial ethos, as its bureaucratic culture is risk-averse and not very inventive, Fuller said.

“We haven’t built a workforce of senior managers who know how to start and run businesses,” he said.

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complicates matters and raises the cost of living and doing business, Fuller said. The Washington area needs a regional source Joanne Marshall Selvin Clemens Akkus of revenue, similar to the Port Authority in New York, he added.

Katherine Merseth Matthew Barker “We’re too selfish to raise our own taxPatricia Nielsen Shandean Bell es,” he said. “We need the public, private Larry and Jill Nixon Leila Borazjani and non-profit sectors to work together.”

Leon and Cenovia Ocampo Barry Buchholz John Backus, managing partner of the venture-capital firm NAV.VC, advocated Nick and Amy Ovuka Michael Clemens for support of companies under five years Andrew Parker Roger Cressey old, which create about 2 million U.S. jobs Reginald and Janet Ridgely Tom and Charlotte deButts per year.

The D.C. region generates few start-up Stuart and Claudia Scott Craig and Nancy Doty companies. It has plenty of entrepreneurs, Colin Seftor Jeffrey Douglas but not many seed and venture investors, Paul Sicari Ben Dzikowicz he said.

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Facing Mortality, Author Plunges Ahead with Work BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The brain tumor that struck Oakton author Robert F. Dorr last fall did more than deliver a death sentence. It deprived him temporarily of his ability to type, his principal activity for decades.

“For me, the difference between life and death is being able to type on a computer keyboard,” he said. “If I can’t do that, what is there?”

Dorr, 76, underwent surgery for the glioblastoma multiforme and is undergoing daily chemotherapy and radiation treatments. He has regained enough control over his fingers to work, but his oncebooming voice is garbled. He’s not feeling any discomfort, but has only six to 12 months to live.

“Even though there is an end to this story, I’m not feeling it because I’m feeling like an observer,” he said. “It heightens my awareness of what matters. It gives me a better sense of what I ought to do with my time.”

Dorr, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former diplomat, has donated his archive of aviation photos – including 140,000 8by-10-inch prints – to museums, in order to spare his wife the hassle of dealing with collectors.

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public-safety agencies; more funds for affordable-housing initiatives; and a pot of cash to provide economic-development incentives. County staff would all get a pay raise – some of them more than one – while the school system would receive $462.5 million (up 2.4 percent) plus an added onetime injection of $2.4 million more.

Take out the school funding and other ancillary funds, and the county govern-

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The actual delegates themselves will be selected by each party in district and state conventions leading up to the national conventions. Most, but not all, Virginia delegates will be obligated to vote for specific candidates on the first ballot at the convention. (Full information on the process is available at http://elections.virginia.gov/.)

Other states holding primaries or caucuses on March 1 (although not necessarily for both parties) include Alabama, Alaska,

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“I did not want the vultures to come for their prey,” he said, adding that the main recipient is the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum.

A published writer since age 15, Dorr once sought to write enough books to fill a bookcase shelf. He ended up writing about 80 books, or three times that goal, plus 6,000 magazine articles and 2,000 to 3,000 newspaper columns.

The author wishes the U.S. armed forces would field citizen-soldiers instead of maintaining a professional military.

“In World War II, we had the citizensoldier who went in, did his job, came home and took off his uniform,” he said. “That person represented the wishes and desires of the country, of the population. We have gone from having a citizen-soldier to what we call now the ‘warrior ethos.’ I don’t like American military members to be called warriors. I want them to be members of a county that goes to war only reluctantly and only when it must. “ Dorr published his first novel, “Hitler’s Time Machine,” last year and carried some characters from that book into a detective story, “Crime Scene: Fairfax County,” which was came out Jan. 1.

The crime novel is set in Oakton in 1947 and centers around the shooting death of a local Congresswoman and intrigue sur-

rounding a phantom highway project. It uses classic devices that long have drawn fans to that genre: terse sentences, a cornucopia of potential suspects, copious false leads, escalating tension and climactic revelations.

“I had written about half this book before I decided who murdered her,” he said.

Dorr not only is making the transition from non-fiction to fiction, but from traditional book publishing to self-publishing.

Unlike in decades past, the former realm no longer contains budgets for book promotion. Dorr assiduously markets his works and enjoys the far greater control that self-publishing affords, but he still pays for editing.

“You’ve got to have another set of eyes looking at it,” he said. “You may think that word is in that sentence, but it’s not there because you didn’t type it.”

Aviation has been the primary focus of Dorr’s writing career. He has been inside two of history’s most famous Boeing B-29 Superfortresses: the Enola Gay and Fifi.

As a child in Suitland, Md., Dorr used to clamber around in the Enola Gay when it sat on the grounds of Andrews Air Force Base. The aircraft, used to drop the first of two atomic bombs on Japan in World War II, later was refurbished and now is displayed at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.

Dorr last year flew aboard Fifi, the world’s only flying B-29, after it was brought to the region for the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover.

He has ridden in all kinds of aircraft, including an F-15E Strike Eagle, Cobra helicopter gunship and B-52 and B-1B bombers.

“That was a fulfillment of a dream of a kid who couldn’t become a pilot because of a hearing impairment,” he said.

Dorr considers “Hell Hawks,” a book co-written with astronaut Tom Jones about P-47 Thunderbolt pilots in World War II, to be among his best.

ment’s proposed operating budget stands at $727 million.

Schwartz also has found use for more than $22 million in funds left over from the last fiscal year.

The average Arlington residential real estate assessment grew from $587,100 in 2015 to $603,500 in 2016. With no change in the tax rate, the typical homeowner would pay $6,011 in real estate taxes, up from $5,848 last year. With the half-cent reduction dangled by Schwartz as a possibility, the average real estate tax bill would be $5,981.

No changes are proposed to most other

taxes and fees, including trash collection and water/sewer rates.

The budget package calls for the hiring of six new police patrol officers, eight firefighters (bringing all units to four-person staffing) and four sheriff’s deputies, the first significant public-safety growth in more than a decade.

The county government’s budget picture was helped by revenue projections that are higher than expected, and by a rare drop in the cost of the government’s retirement program.

“Our pension system is funded at, I’d say, 99.99 percent,” the manager said.

Schwartz was tapped as interim county manager last summer and given the job on a permanent basis last month. His budget proposal is the start of a two-month process that ends when the County Board adopts a budget and sets tax rates in late April.

On Feb. 23, the County Board will advertise tax rates, which will set a ceiling on how much can be imposed when the budget is adopted. Public hearings on the budget, taxes and fees are slated for March 29 and 31.

The fiscal 2017 budget takes effect July 1.

Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming. American Samoa also is holding a Democratic Party nominating caucus that day.

Presidential Elector Picked for 8th District: If the Republican nominee for president wins Virginia’s popular vote, it will be party activist Sean Spicer who has the only ballot in the 8th District that really matters.

Spicer was the lone contender to file to be the 8th District’s Republican elector.

If the GOP nominee wins the presidency, Spicer will cast his vote in December as one of Virginia’s 13 Electoral College voters.

Virginia’s electoral votes equal 4.8 percent of the 270 needed for a candidate to win the presidency.

Like most states, Virginia allocates its electoral votes in a winner-take-all fashion. Republican candidates won the statewide presidential vote in every election from 1968 to 2004, but Democrat Barack Obama was the victor in 2008 and 2012.

Spicer was the lone individual to file with the 8th District Republican Committee to serve as elector, eliminating the need for a contested race at the party convention in May. Under the rules, candidates seeking the position had to pay a $2,500 filing fee.

Filing Deadline Approaches for Demo-

cratic School Board Contenders: Last call for those seeking the Democratic endorsement for the two Arlington School Board seats on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. is the deadline for any latecomers to join the Democratic endorsement process, which already has attracted newcomers Tannia Talento and Michael Shea and School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren. (School Board Chairman Emma Violand-Sánchez is not seeking a new term.)

Democrats will select their two endorsees in caucus voting set for May 19 and 22.

Information on the process is available at www.arlingtondemocrats.org.

absentee voting passed the state Senate but quickly was snuffed out in the House of Delegates.

Howell (D-32nd) proposed legislation allowing for a 21-day, no-excuses-voting period in the run-up to an election.

The measure passed the state Senate, 27-13, but was struck from the docket by a voice vote in a subcommittee of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Proposal for Postage-Paid Absentee Voting Dies: Those casting absentee ballots in the 2016 general election will have

to provide their own postage.

The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections voted 7-6 to reject a measure patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) requiring that localities across the commonwealth provide postage-paid envelopes to voters casting absentee ballots.

Measures to Ban, Tax Plastic Bags Fail: Efforts giving localities the power to prohibit, or tax, single-use plastic bags appear to be going nowhere in the 2016 General Assembly session.

The Senate Committee on Finance killed

a measure by state Sen. Chap Petersen (DFairfax) imposing a 5-cent-per-bag tax on bags supplied by retailers in locations within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Senate Committee on Local Government defeated a bill by state Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) giving localities commonwealth-wide the power to prohibit the distribution of disposable plastic bags.

The Arlington County Board has long sought the power to tax such bags, but the measures have never gotten far, particularly in the tax-resistant House of Delegates.

A brain tumor momentarily slowed, but did not stop, the output of Northern Virginia author Robert F. Dorr. PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER

Transportation Notes Reagan Washington National Airport in 2015 posted a double-digit increase in passengers from a year before, setting its sixth consecutive annual record with 23 million travelers using the airport.

Washington Dulles International Airport posted a small increase over 2014, with 21.7 million passengers in 2015, according to figures reported Feb. 16 by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Add it all up, and the 44.7 million passengers using the two airports represented a 5.4-percent jump from 2014.

The vast majority of the increase came at Reagan National, which was up 10.7 percent from 2014 to see the highest passenger total in its 75-year history. Washington Dulles posted a 0.4-percent increase, but remained well below its all-time high of 27 million passengers, set in 2005 as United Airlines and the now-defunct Independence Air sparred for passengers.

To close out the year, Reagan National in December saw 1.82 million travelers, up 3.5 percent from a year before, while Dulles saw 1.7 million, down 1.3 percent.

Combined, the two airports posted a yearover-year increase of 1.1 percent in the last month of 2015.

American Airlines, the dominant carrier at Reagan National with nearly a 50percent market share, had a 2.1-percent year-over-year increase in passenger totals in December, having increased service to 24 destinations, reduced it to 29 others and restarted service to Destin-Fort Walton Beach (Fla.) and Key West over the period.

Southwest (15 percent market share), Delta (13.1 percent), JetBlue (9 percent) and United (7.1 percent) rounded out the largest carriers at Reagan National during the month, when tallying passenger totals from regional partners as well as mainline service.

At Washington Dulles, United’s market share of 64.3 percent, including regional carriers, was up from 61.9 percent a year before. Rounding out the top five carriers there were American (4.8 percent), Delta (4.5 percent), Southwest (2.5 percent) and British Airways (1.9 percent).

The region’s third major airport – Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall, operated by the Maryland state government – saw 2 million passengers

during the month, up 10.1 percent from a year before.

WMATA ACCEPTING COMMENT ON SERVICE-CHANGE PROPOSALS: The

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is accepting feedback through the end of the month on proposals related to the transit agency’s fiscal 2017 budget.

Among the items under consideration by the WMATA board are elimination of SmarTrip loading on Metrobuses.

“While convenient for passengers, this also slows the boarding process,” Metro officials said. Eliminating it would “increase bus speeds, improve the customer experience and reduce costs,” staff said, but noted that it would take away a benefit to bus riders who might have difficulty adding funds to their SmarTrip cards in other ways.

Metro officials are evaluating the addition of a number of products, including a new pass for college students and new combo passes for those who use both bus and rail.

Another proposal is to provide a 15minute grace period for those who enter and then exit Metro stations without using train service. Currently, those who do so are charged the base rail fare ($2.15 during peak hours, $1.75 off-peak).

Complete details on the proposals can be found on the Web site at www.wmata. com. Comments can be sent by e-mail to writtentestimony@wmata.com, or by filling out a survey at www.wmata.com/budget. Comments are requested by 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 29.

UNITED TO REDUCE D.C.-BRAZIL SERVICE: United Airlines has informed the

U.S. Department of Transportation it plans to scale back service between Washington Dulles International Airport and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The carrier’s year-round, daily Boeing 777 service between the two capitals will be reduced to seasonal service, with flights suspended in early April, according to the Web site www.airliners.net.

United said the change reflects reduced customer demand.

The airline inaugurated service between Dulles and Sao Paulo in 2002. In the mid2000s, it had been expanded to two flights a day during peak times of the year before being cut back as the Brazilian economy softened.

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ments in recent months, “we still find ourselves at a disadvantage in competing,” Schwartz told County Board members on Feb. 18.

“We need some incentive funds to try and get [businesses] to locate here,” he said.

Arlington officials long resisted getting into the fray and tossing financial incentives to prospective tenants, believing the county’s location and access to transit should be enough – while also banking on what had been gentlemen’s agreements among D.C.-area governments not to poach existing firms from Contonued on Page 22

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County Manager Mark Schwartz’s proposed fiscal 2017 county-government budget includes a pot of $1.5 million to entice firms to locate, or stay, in Arlington.

Acknowledging that the dollar amount pales in comparison to incentive funds in some surrounding jurisdictions, Schwartz said it represented a step toward returning to stability in an increasingly competitive, and acrimonious, regional economic-development landscape.

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Even as Arlington’s county manager proposes an increase in the county government’s “living wage” requirement on some of its contractors, the General Assembly is working to shut down the effort altogether.

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But both legs of that strategy broke down in recent years; while jurisdictions from Prince George’s and Fairfax counties to the city of Alexandria landed bigname tenants, once mighty Arlington found itself falling by the wayside.

The arrival of Victor Hoskins as the county government’s economic-development director two years ago led to a re-evaluation of how the county government goes about economic development, as well as the hiring of a new corps of mostly younger staff members who could relate to new trends in business recruitment and retention.

The county also has benefited from the support of Gov. McAuliffe – himself an indefatigable economic-development promoter – in competing against locales in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

A combination of local and state incentive dollars recently helped Arlington hang on to Opower, a high-profile business that had been making noises about moving out of Arlington.

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The House of Delegates has passed and sent to the state Senate legislation that would outlaw the imposition of living-wage requirements on those doing business with local-government entities across the commonwealth.

Arlington is one of a handful of local governments in Virginia that imposes the requirement; any contractor that does more than $100,000 a year in business with the county government must pay its workers no less than $13.13 per hour, 81 percent more than the federally mandated minimum wage of $7.25.

In his proposed fiscal 2017 budget, County Manager Mark Schwartz proposes upping that amount to $14.50 per hour.

Whether local governments currently have the right under state law to require contractors to pay living-wage amounts has never been litigated in the Virginia courts, so it remains an open question.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce long has contended the county government does not have the power to impose one.

The General Assembly measure may have a rocky road ahead – though it passed 65-34 in the House of Delegates, the bill may falter in the state Senate, or could face a veto from the governor that might be overridden in the House but likely would be upheld in the Senate.

If the legislation fails, the Arlington County Board will then have to determine whether to raise the amount as proposed by Schwartz.

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ROBBERY: n On Feb. 9 at 3:28 p.m., a man blocked the path of two women in the 2900 block of Clarendon Boulevard and demanded their purses, implying he had a weapon, police said.

The victims fled and alerted police. The suspect – 22-year-old Michael William Lewis of the District of Columbia – was arrested, charged with attempted robbery and was held without bond. n On Feb. 12 at 4:02 p.m., two individuals attempted to steal items from a drugstore in the 2400 block of Jefferson Davis Highway.

The suspects are described as black males, in their 20s, one 5’8” and 150 pounds, the second 5’5” and 130 pounds. n On Feb. 16 at 2:35 p.m., a convenience store in the unit block of South Carlin Springs Road was robbed. Cash was taken.

The suspect is described as a black male, in his 20s, 5’10” and heavyset. n On Feb. 18 at 12:50 a.m., an Arlington police officer observed a vehicle driving with its lights off in the 2700 block of Washington Boulevard. Shortly thereafter, a man was seen running from the parking lot of a convenience store toward the vehicle, police said.

Upon investigation, the suspect – 21year-old Camron Richardson of Arlington – was charged with robbery and possession of burglarious tools, and was held without bond. n On Feb. 18 at 2:41 a.m., two men – one armed with a handgun – entered a recording studio in a home in the 700 block of North Lincoln Street.

One of the suspects fired a shot into the ceiling, then the suspects robbed the victims of cash and electronics.

The suspects are described as black males, in their 20s, one 5’8 and the other 5’9”, with thin builds.

PEEPING TOM: n On Feb. 8 at 11 p.m., a witness observed a man peering from across the parking lot through the window of an apartment in the 2700 block of South Veitch Street.

The suspect is described as a black male, in his 30s, 5’11”, 160 pounds.

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UNLAWFUL ENTRY: n On Feb. 13 at 2:15 a.m., a man entered a vacant house in the 2700 block of Washington Boulevard, broke approximately 10 windows and ripped a door off its hinges, police said.

The suspect – 22-year-old Ryan Thomas Doolin of Dumfries – was arrested and charged with unlawful entry, destruction of property and public intoxication.

BURGLARY: n On Feb. 8 at 7:34 a.m., an office suite in the 2200 block of Wilson Boulevard was burglarized. A laptop computer was taken.

The suspect is described as a black male, in his 30s, 5’10”, 200 pounds. n Sometime between Feb. 13 at 5:20 p.m. and Feb. 14 at 9:15 a.m., someone force entry through a hole in the wall of a bank in the 6400 block of Williamsburg Boulevard.

No money was taken and there was no damage other than cuts made to an ATM, police said.

FALSE POLICE REPORT: n On Feb. 11 at 8:40 p.m., police responded to a call of an attempted stabbing in the 1000 block of North Quincy Street. The victim told police he was able to employ self-defense techniques to fend off the attacker, who then fled with three other men.

After what police termed significant investigation, it was determined that the incident did not occur. Nineteen-year-old Julian Leiter of Arlington was charged with filing a false police report.

ELECTED POLICE CHIEF UNLIKELY: n Might Arlington voters someday elect their chief of police, just as they currently do their sheriff?

Not for now, at least, as a bill on that theme has died in the General Assembly.

Del. David Albo (R-Springfield) patroned a measure would require any county with a police force to begin electing the police chief no later than Jan. 1, 2018.

Albo told the Sun Gazette his legislation was aimed at bringing direct accountability to police departments, which in many suburban counties have supplanted the sheriff’s office as top law-enforcement agency.

“Sheriffs are elected because of the immense power they have to arrest and charge people,” Albo said in response to a query. “Then, that went away when we created separate police forces – they answer to boards of supervisors/city councils, but the people only have indirect control, because their vote is for the supervisor and not the chief of police.”

“The idea is just to get back to what the rule was many, many years ago – people who have the power to charge someone with a crime should be elected.”

Albo’s bill was a longshot, and a subcommittee of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections sent it to the political graveyard on a 4-2 vote in late January.

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MISSILE INTO OCCUPIED DWELLING: n On Feb. 14 at 2:48 a.m., a man threw a brick through the basement window of a home in the 200 block of North Cleveland Street, causing it to shatter.

After police had investigated the incident and departed, the suspect returned and pushed his way into the home before leaving again, police said.

The suspect – 24-year-old Luke Anthony Drayer of Arlington – was arrested

and charged with missile into an occupied dwelling, destruction of property and unlawful entry.

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MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On Feb. 16 at 11:37 a.m., a verbal argument in the 1900 block of North Calvert Street escalated to a physical confrontation as one individual struck a second in the head with a metal grate, police said.

The suspect – 32-year-old Junita Sharp of an unknown address – was arrested and charged with malicious wounding. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Another Crown for Wakefield

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It’s Time to Pony Up for An Indoor Track Facility

For years now, decades really, it’s been an ongoing embarrassment.

Northern Virginia has some highlyregarded public-school systems, yet the region’s indoor track and field high school boys and girls teams have to travel to Prince George’s County near Landover to hold conference and region championships.

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By building a halftime lead then holding on at the end, the host Wakefield Warwon their BASKETBALL riors fourth straight Capitol District/Conference Tournament championship on Feb. 20.

Top-seed Wakefield (22-1) held off the second-seed Marshall Statesmen, 50-47, in the boys high school basketball contest.

“Coming in, we wanted them to play to our style. We didn’t want to play from behind,” Wakefield coach Tony Bentley said.

The teams also played two close games during the regular season, with Wakefield winning at home, 42-41, then Marshall (20-4) doing the same on its court by a 52-44 score in a later contest.

The Feb. 20 loss snapped Marshall’s 10-game winning streak.

“It came down to just a couple of possessions,” Marshall coach Dan Hale said.

“Our boys played their hearts out. Our seniors stepped up. We didn’t give up and we fought back. We got back into the flow of things. Our guys did a good job.”

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Wakefield High School’s Deng Nhial scores against the Stuart Raiders during the Warriors’ semifinal victory in the Capitol Conference boys basketball tournament.

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They came much closer, but for the second year in row the Wakefield Warriors to the BASKETBALL lost top-seed Edison Eagles in the girls championship game of the Capitol Conference Tournament.

The second-seed high school basketball team fell in this year’s final, 65-53, Feb. 19 at Edison. A year ago, Wakefield was blown out by Edison, 76-35.

In this year’s game, Wakefield (16-7) led early, 9-7, the score was tied at 14, then Edison took the lead for good at 17-14. The Eagles were in front 33-27 at halftime and

52-41 after three quarters. Wakefield got no closer than nine points in the final period.

“We have progressively gotten closer to Edison,” Wakefield’s Olivia Ceccato-Bayne said. “We played as a team.”

Lyrin Hatcher had 21 points to lead Wakefield. Ceccato-Bayne scored 12 with three three-pointers, Hailey Finlay 11 and Summer Matlack six.

“The energy for us was awesome,” Wakefield coach Marcia Richardson said.

“We played hard and at halftime we were still in the game. Then we came out flat in the third quarter, and we could have controlled the boards a little better.”

The loss snapped Wakefield’s five-game winning streak. The Warriors have lost to

Edison three times this season.

Wakefield was 2-1 in the tournament.

The Warriors defeated Marshall, 45-20, in the first round and Falls Church, 58-46, in the semifinals. Both games were at Wakefield.

In the win over Marshall, Matlack had 13 points, Ceccato-Bayne scored nine and Hatcher and Tae’lor Willard seven each.

Against Falls Church, Hatcher had 18 points and seven rebounds. Willard had 11 points and five rebounds. Matlack added seven points and four assists, CeccatoBayne scored six, and Jami Tham had five points and five rebounds.

Wakefield now moves on to the 5A North Region Tournament.

The reason is because there isn’t a public indoor facility suitable or available enough in Northern Virginia to hold significant multiple-school championships. The indoor venue at Arlington’s Thomas Jefferson Middle School isn’t quite adequate enough.

Region and conference indoor meets used to be held in the George Mason University Field House, and sometimes at private Episcopal School’s inside venue in Alexandria. Those sites aren’t currently used because of scheduling and financial reasons.

So the teams travel across the Potomac River, into another state, to hold their biggest meets.

For years, the Friends of Indoor Track organization has lobbied Fairfax County Public Schools and the Fairfax County Park Authority to build an indoor facility, maybe piggybacking on one of the existing recreation centers at Audrey Moore, Oak Marr, Cub Run or South Run, where area high school swim and dive teams hold their winter competitions. The land is there.

But nothing has happened. There’s never the money in the budgets, or serious followups to set the funds aside.

An indoor track and field facility wouldn’t exactly break the bank. We’re talking a basic rectangular warehouselike structure with plumbing and electric, a few bleachers for spectators and a parking lot. When not used for high school track and field events, the venue could be a money-maker – renting time and space to the many area youth leagues, which always need space for indoor soccer, lacrosse and other sports.

Makes sense, especially for Fairfax County to take care of its own. Instead, county track and field teams have to load onto yellow school buses each winter, then inconveniently travel some 45 minutes or longer to another state.

That’s embarrassing.

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WASHINGTON-LEE SHOT PUTTER WINS REGION:

Washington-Lee junior shot putter Benedict Draghi won the shot put at the 6A North Region indoor track and field meet, and his teammate Tony Auguste was second.

Draghi’s winning throw was 55 feet. Auguste threw 50-101/2 to place second. Also for W-L, Justin Robinson was 10th at 42-1.

In other region-meet events for the Washington-Lee boys, Jonny Jackson was 12th in the 1,000-meters, James Gusmer was 12th in the 1,600 and the 4x800 relay was sixth. The W-L boys had 21 points and placed 12th.

For the Washington-Lee girls at the region meet, Laura Ramirez was 11th in the girls 1,000.

For the Yorktown girls, Bridget Hart was 14th in the 500.

YORKTOWN RUNNERS THIRD IN REGION 1,000: Being

in what he says is the best running shape of his life has resulted in high finishes in conference and region indoor track and field boys meets for Yorktown High School’s Ryan Lesmez.

The senior won the 1,000-meters (2:38.5) and was second in the 3,200 (10:15:14) at the Liberty Conference Championships. Next, Lesmez was third in the 1,000 in a personal-best and school-record time of 2:34.22 in the boys 6A North Region meet. He finished one-tenth of a second out of second place.

“I got a good start and kind of paced off the front pack,” Lesmez said of his region race, a personal-best time by 4.5 seconds. “I almost got second.”

Lesmez said his times have improved by 10 seconds in the 1,000 in the last couple of weeks.

“This is the best shape I have been in, and that is paying off,” Lesmez said.

At the conference meet, Lesmez had just 75 minutes between the 1,000 and 3,200.

“What he did with just that little rest was special,” Yorktown coach Mark Stripe said. “He ran very well and hard.”

Next for Lesmez is the 6A state meet, then the outdoor spring season where he hopes to set personal-best times in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 distances.

Lesmez credits former Yorktown runner Ryan Hart, now at Notre Dame, for getting him started in track and field at the school.

“He convinced me to give it a try, and we trained and ran together a lot,” Lesmez said.

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T.R. Sheehy at 145 pounds and Yorktown’s Talha Farooq at 113 finished fourth in the 6A state tournament in Virginia Beach. Both had 2-2 records and won their opening matches by pins. Sheehy pinned a No. 1 seed.

Each lost in the second round, then won a consolation match, before losing in the match to determine third and fourth place. Sheehy finished the season with a 30-10 record.

YORKTOWN FOURTH IN STATE GYMNASTICS: After

winning Liberty Conference and 6A North Region championships in consecutive weeks, the Yorktown Patriots fell short of winning a third straight title Feb. 19 in Virginia Beach by finishing fourth in the girls 6A state competition.

Yorktown’s point total was 142.825. Kellam won with 145.45. The Patriots’ state total was well short of their 146 scores at the conference and region meets.

“We did not have our best performance and we didn’t come in as high as we wanted,” Yorktown coach Joanne Price said. “This was definitely a growing year for us.

Being at the state meet was absolutely a worthwhile experience. The girls are eager to go back and do better.”

Price explained that with the competition as high caliber as it was at the state meet, it was hard for the Patriots to make up ground from its poor start on the unevent bars, their first routine.

On Feb. 20 in the state individual competition, Yorktown freshman Julia Hays and junior Juliette Mitrovich tied for first on the balance beam, winning a state title with 9.75 scores. They also tied for thirdon the floor at 9.575. Mitrovich was sixth in the all-around with a 37.375 total.

six points and two steals. Nhial had eight rebounds and two blocked shots and Adams pulled seven rebounds.

For Marshall, Tyler White (two blocks) scored 17, Murray (two steals) 15, Jack Foley nine and Jordan James four.

“The key was to contain them in the first quarter,” Nhial said. “Give credit to our guards [Treakle and Eric Martin] for pressuring their guards.”

Wakefield had a first-round bye and was 2-0 in the tournament, with an 87-42 semifinal win over Stuart.

Marshall was 2-1, defeating Falls Church, 63-33, in the first round and Edison, 53-37, in the semifinals.

Against Stuart, Nhial scored 16, Parks 14, Adams 11, Cooper 10, Eric Isler eight and Treakle seven.

Against Edison for Marshall, Chase Barrand made three three-pointers and scored 13 points, Murray and James had 10 each and Foley eight for the Statesmen.

Against Falls Church, Barrand and White had 13 points each and Murray and Mikey Briody 10 each.

Yorktown High School’s Catherine Vaccaro displays her award for the best server in a tournament. PHOTO FROM THE VACCAROS WAKEFIELD REGION TRACK & FIELD RESULTS: The

Wakefield Warriors’ Lydia Dunbar finished fourth in the 3,200-meters at the 5A North Region Indoor Track & Field Championships. Her time was 12:00.35.

Also for the Wakefield girls, Cierra Jenkins was sixth in the 500 and ninth in the 300.

In the 5A North Region boys meet, Wakefield’s Hisham Azizi was seventh in the high jump and Julius Johnson was ninth in the shot put.

Some of the Wakefield athletes advance to this weekend’s 5A state track and field meet.

CATHERINE VACCARO: Catherine Vaccaro, a sopho-

more at Yorktown High School, was awarded best server in the 16-under Open Division for her girls club volleyball team at the recent Capitol Hill Volleyball Classic.

Vaccaro plays for the 16-under-open travel Metro Volleyball Club of Washington D.C. The team finished third out of 64 open teams at a recent Capitol Hill competition.

At Yorktown, Vaccaro was a varsity player as a sophomore this past fall, as well as during her freshman season.

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deadlocked at 42, Wakefield made one field goal and was 6 of 9 from the foul line in the game’s final 2:27.

Marshall led 11-10 at the end of the first quarter when Jelani Murray made two three-pointers for the Statesmen.

Behind the scoring of Jonathan Adams, Wakefield outscored Marshall 17-5 in the second frame to take a 27-16 halftime lead.

“The coach said to score, and that’s what I did,” Adams said.

Amari Cooper scored only three points, but according to Bentley, did a lot of little things to spark Wakefield.

“It was a team win,” Cooper said.

“Basically our defense is our offense. We got out in transition pretty well. We had a lot of energy and that led to the win.”

Alan Treakle (two steals) led Wakefield in scoring with 13 points. Adams scored 12, Deng Nhial nine and Halil Parks had

Washington-Lee’s T.R. Sheehy, left, and Yorktown’s Talha Farooq show their fourth-place medals. PHOTO FROM ELIZABETH SHEEHY

Wakefield HIgh School’s Alan Treakle drives to the basket between two Stuart players during a Capitol Conference Tournament semifinal victory for his team.

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Washington-Lee Boys Reach Semifinals of Liberty Tourney A Staff Report

The No. 5 seed Washington-Lee Generals (10-14) upset the host and No. 4 FairBASKETBALL seed fax Rebels, 57-49, in overtime in a first-round game of the boys Liberty Conference high school basketball tournament, then lost to top-seed Langley, 60-50, in the semi-

finals.

In the Generals’ first-round win over Fairfax, Chris Ozgo scored 20 for W-L, Gene Jones 13, Evan Schadelbauer eight and Andrew Jensen seven. The game was tied at 44 at the end of regulation.

Against Langley, Jones scored 12, Ozgo 11, Derrick Harris 10 and Schadelbauer eight.

Washington-Lee qualifies to play in

the region tournament for the first time since the 2011-12 season. n No. 3 seed South Lakes downed the No. 7 seed Yorktown Patriots, 55-48, in a first-round boys Liberty game.

For Yorktown (9-14), Daniel DeButts scored 12 points, Connor Van Kirk 11 and Michael Spicer eight.

The loss ended Yorktown’s season. n In girls first-round Liberty Tourna-

ment action last week, No. 5 seed Washington-Lee (12-10) lost to host and No. 4 seed McLean, 53-45, and the No. 7 seed Yorktown Patriots (6-17) fell to host and No. 2 seed and eventual champion Langley, 49-32.

For W-L, Amelia Ack scored 27 points and made five three-pointers. Alison Criswell scored 16 for Yorktown in its game.

In addition, Dolan, who will swim at Duke, placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.6. She helped Yorktown’s 200 freestyle relay place third and the 400 medley finish fourth. Yorktown’s Kayle Park was ninth in the breast.

The Yorktown girls finished sixth.

In the boys state meet, Yorktown’s Brady Almand was fourth in the 100 breaststroke and diver Jacob Kreider was

sixth with a lofty point total.

For Washington-Lee at the boys state meet, Jay Kambhampaty was fourth in the boys 100 backstroke and 10th in the 100 butterfly.

For the W-L girls, Evie Gieseman was eighth in both the 50 and 100 freestyle events, setting new W-L records in both (24.33 and 52.82); Ellie Ridgeway was ninth in the 100 fly and 14th in the 200

individual medley, and Bryn Edwards was 10th in the breast.

The Washington-Lee girls medley relay of Bella Lee, Edwards, Ridgeway and Gieseman was 12th in a new school record of 1:49.62.

The W-L boys medley relay of senior Noah Swisher, freshman Kai Green, Kambhampaty and Lachlan Flatin was 13th.

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The top finisher for the Yorktown Patriots at the girls 6A state swim and dive was seSWIM & DIVE meet nior Suzanne Dolan, with a second in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.56.

The swimming finals were Feb. 20 at George Mason University.

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February 24, 1939: n A large field is expected to emerge for the Aug. 1 Democratic County Board primary. n The Arlington County Fireman’s Association wants the county government to start hiring paid firefighters, a view shared by the Sun’s editorial page. n Flag codes are being distributed to all county schools. n Gov. Price has announced a reorganization of the state budget department. n While 900,000 people born in Virginia are now living outside its borders, there are only 400,000 non-natives who currently call Virginia home, state officials say.

February 23, 1963: n The Arlington Education Association has rejected a proposal for “merit pay.” n Arlington officials are planning to crack down on out-of-county taxi drivers who solicit fares in the county. n Washington-Lee’s boys basketball team defeated Yorktown to win its 33rd game in a row and nab a spot in the state tournament. n Apartments at Southern Towers near Arlington are running from $87.50 to $225 per month, utilities included.

February 25, 1970: n The Arlington Education Association will hold contract negotiations with school officials. n The General Assembly is considering whether to allow Arlington and Fairfax to enact taxes on stays at hotels and motels. n A state Senate committee has recommended increasing Virginia’s gas tax from 7 to 9 cents per gallon. n The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled it is constitutional for states to spend more on schools in well-off areas than is spent on poorer districts. n Northern Virginia Savings & Loan is offering 5 percent to its passbook-savings customers. n At the movies: “Oliver,” “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

February 23-24, 1982: n Washington-Lee High School alum Warren Beatty’s “Reds” will vie for the most Academy Awards with “On Golden Pond” on March 29.

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