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Arlington Democratic Party leaders think they could reach a milestone margin of victory in November, if Donald Trump is the Republican standardbearer on Nov. 8.

Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip Malinosky says he believes the Democratic presidential nominee – likely Hillary Clinton – could roll up a 50,000-vote margin against Trump in Arlington, votes that “could be the difference” in determining where Virginia’s 13 electoral votes go.

Malinosky made the comments at a March 5 breakfast meeting of the Democratic rank-and-file, which featured remarks by U.S. Rep. Don Beyer.

Beyer (D-8th) acknowledged being stumped and befuddled by the direction national politics has taken in recent months.

“You’ve got to throw away the entire rule book,” he said.

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County Board Chairman Libby Garvey says she’s confident the board will be able to lower the real-estate tax rate when it concludes its fiscal 2017 budget process in the spring.

Cutting the rate is something “this board very much wants to do,” Garvey said at the County Board’s annual meeting with the Arlington County Civic Federation, held March 1.

County Manager Mark Schwartz’s draft $1.19 billion fiscal 2017 budget provides the option of cutting the tax rate from 99.6 cents per $100 assessed value to 99.1 cents, Libby Garvey which would reduce the tax on a $600,000 home from $5,976 to $5,946.

Board members advertised a tax rate of 99.6 cents, but retain the option of lowering it before a final budget is adopted. “I think we will get there,” Garvey said.

At least one delegate to the Civic Federation wants the board to go further.

Tim Wise, president of the Arlington County Taxpayers Association, introduced a resolution calling on the County Board to cut the rate a full penny, to 98.6 cents per $100, or lower if possible.

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Survey: Snow-Removal Ordinance Backed by Public SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

There seems to be no community groundswell to eliminate Arlington County’s five-year-old snow-removal ordinance.

An online survey COUNTY conducted by the NOTES county government in the aftermath of the Jan. 22-23 snowstorm found 78 percent of respondents supporting the ordinance, which was put in place after the nasty winter of 2009-10. It went into effect in late 2010.

The measure requires property owners to remove snow from sidewalks within 24 to 36 hours of the completion of a storm, depending on the amount of snow that drops, and provides civil penalties for those who don’t comply.

Because of the volume of snow that hit the region in the January storm, County Manager Mark Schwartz put the removal requirements on hold, saying his staff did not have time to be out checking for violators as they continued to work clearing roads and addressing other snow-related items.

Schwartz, who was tapped for the job last year, has appeared tepid on the need for the ordinance, and may come back to County Board members with recommendations later in the year.

Northern Virginia jurisdictions have a patchwork of snow-removal rules, or lack of them. Neighboring Fairfax County does not require property owners to clear sidewalks, while some other jurisdictions do.

In the online survey, 25 percent of respondents said they had no sidewalks and 73 percent said they did and cleared them after the storm. “Many” respondents said that county snowplows covered their sidewalks up with snow after they had first been cleared, county officials said.

Garvey: Meetings Running More Expeditiously: Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said progress is being made in streamlining board meetings.

Garvey on March 2 told members of the Arlington County Democratic Committee that the most recent evening board meeting wrapped up by 9 p.m., just twoand-a-half hours after it began.

“This board is having good discussions . . . but we’re moving on and getting our work done,” the board chairman said.

Garvey and other board members, including newcomers Christian Dorsey and Katie Cristol, have pledged to keep meetings on track in an effort to keep down the total time required to move through the agenda.

Government Preps for Bond Sale: Arlington government officials are expected to sell $55.2 million in voter-approved

bonds this spring, while also working to refinance $210 million in existing bonds at lower interest rates.

More than half the new round of funding will go to schools, with funds for parks, transportation, the Metro system and other government operations also included in the sale.

The sale of bonds was approved by voters in successive referendums held in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015. Combined, those bond packages have totaled $703.7 million, of which $497.3 million already has been issued.

Arlington officials typical go into the bond market in June or July.

The effort to refinance existing bonds will move forward only if the county government can net a 3-percent savings, and will be dependent on fluctuations in the bond market, with a deadline of June 30 to move forward.

County Wants More Time to Sell 2008 Bonds: Arlington County Board members will seek more time to sell bonds approved by voters in a 2008 referendum.

State law gives localities eight years from the time of approval of general-obligation bonds to sell them, but also permits governments to request a two-year extension if all bonds have not been sold.

Arlington officials have issued $45.85 million of a $50 million utilities bond approved by voters on Nov. 4, 2008, with the funding largely supporting upgrades

to the Water Pollution Control Plant. The remaining $4.15 million is not expected to be issued until sometime in 2017 or early 2018.

County Board members on March 12 are expected to ask the Circuit Court to extend the expiration date to November 2018. Under state law, the extension will be granted unless there is “clear and convincing evidence that the extension is not in the best interest of the locality,” county staff said.

The two-year extension would be a one-time-only event; there is no provision in state law to further extend it.

The 2008 utilities bond was the top vote-getter among four referendums on the ballot that year, passing with a margin of 4-to-1 – winning a higher vote total than presidential candidate Barack Obama among the Arlington electorate, and only slightly less than the total received by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner.

Vihstadt Takes Board Position with Statewide Group: Arlington County Board member John Vihstadt has been elected to the board of directors of the Virginia Association of Counties.

Vihstadt said he sees “a lot of commonality” between urban, suburban and rural counties across the commonwealth on issues ranging from education funding to land-use tools.

“I felt right at home,” he said.

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N.Va. Jack-and-Jill Initiative Reaches 50-Year Mark

Effort to Empower African-American Mothers and Children Began Locally in 1966 SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The year was 1966. Government-sanctioned segregation was becoming a thing of the past, but hurdles remained substantial for the black Americans across the local region, just as they did nationally.

Into those challenging times came the Northern Virginia chapter of Jack and Jill of America, an effort to develop common bonds among African-American mothers of children ages 2 to 19, and give their sons and daughters the leadership skills necessary for success in life.

“There were many challenges that faced minority children – our children – in our community,” noted Pauline Ellison, one of the driving forces behind establishing the local Jack and Jill chapter.

Those in the community “needed the opportunity to share their experiences in a positive and nurturing environment,” Mrs. Ellison recalled in a recent interview, conducted the day before the local chapter celebrated its 50th anniversary with a golden gala held at the Tysons Corner Marriott.

Ellison was joined by Renelda Brown, also a charter member of the Northern Virginia chapter, as honored guests at the gala.

Ellison – the wife of the late Dr. Os-

car Ellison and mother of a son and two daughters – organized the local chapter and, after installation ceremonies held Dec. 3, 1966 at Walter Reed Community Center in Arlington, served as its first president. Gatherings subsequently were held at the Walter Reed center (located near the historically African-American community of Nauck) and in the homes of members.

“From the very beginning, the mothers were very enthusiastic,” Ellison recalled. “The mothers were committed.

Every mother served as a mother to every child.”

Programs were set up for the youth, ranging from college-prep coursework to learning social courtesies and niceties.

The result was a corps of well-behaved, confident children ready to take on the challenges that awaited them in society.

The mothers invited to participate in the Jack and Jill effort were the wives of professional men, and sometimes the same themselves. Mrs. Ellison would rise to become director of personnel for the

At left, Pauline Ellison was lauded at the Jack and Jill 50th-anniversary celebration by current members. Above, Arlington Circuit Court Judge William Newman Jr. was an early participant in the program with his mother, the late Mrs. Geraldine Newman. He is shown with his wife, Sheila Johnson (left) and Darnell Wise Lightbourn (center).

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and at one time was ranked as one of the nation’s 100 most influential African-Americans by Ebony magazine.

The husbands of members often were doctors, lawyers and ministers. “Children idolized these people and wanted to be like them,” Ellison said.

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Clinton, Rubio Tops in Arlington Primary Vote SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio emerged on top of the Arlington vote in the March 1 presidential primaries, outperforming their statewide percentages.

And even as the votes were being tallied, political leaders on all sides were parsing the data, attempting to figure out what the information might mean for the Nov. 8 general election.

Clinton received 26,561 votes in Arlington, or 66.9 percent, in the Democratic presidential primary, according to complete but unofficial totals reported by the Virginia Department of Elections.

Bernie Sanders received 12,541 votes (32.8 percent) while Martin O’Malley received 134 votes (0.4 percent).

Statewide, Clinton garnered 64.3 percent of the vote to 35.2 percent for Sanders and 0.5 percent for O’Malley.

On the Republican side, Rubio garnered nearly half the Arlington vote, taking 10,944 votes for 49.7 percent. John Kasich was second with 4,971 votes, or 22.6 percent, followed by Donald Trump at 3,698 votes (16.8 percent) and Ted Cruz with 1,734 votes (7.9 percent) in the 13candidate ballot.

Statewide, Trump garnered 34.8 percent of the vote, followed by Rubio (32 percent), Cruz (16.7 percent) and Kasich (9.4 percent). Others trailed.

Arlington’s turnout of 60,268 represented 45.3 percent of active voters and 38.9 percent of all registered voters.

Carrie Johnson, who parses election data for the Arlington County Democratic Committee, said she believes about 5,500 to 6,000 voters who traditionally – but not universally – vote Democratic may have opted to cast ballots in the Republican primary, helping to boost the fortunes of candidates like Rubio and Kasich over Trump and Ted Cruz.

“I find this, frankly, very encouraging,” Johnson said. “Most of them seriously wanted to stop the Trump machine if they could.”

“Part of our job [in November] is to

get them to cross back,” Johnson told Arlington Democrats on March 2. “We have a real opportunity.”

Top turnout for the Democratic primary was found in the Woodlawn precinct, followed by Fillmore, Park Lane, Overlee Knolls and Marshall. Turnout in the Republican primary was highest in Madison, Rock Spring, Virginia High-

lands, Park Lane and Fairlington.

Clinton’s night in Arlington, and Virginia, was a far contrast from 2008, when she lost badly to Barack Obama in a Valentine’s Day presidential primary.

Eight years ago, Clinton won a majority of votes in only one of Arlington’s 50-plus precincts. This year, she won every precinct; the best Sanders could manage was 42.1 percent in Fillmore.

Even though 63 percent of those voting in the primaries across Arlington cast ballots in the Democratic race, the party saw some concerns. Turnout was low – “subdued,” Johnson said – in minority-laden districts, and also appeared to be low where there are concentrations of younger voters.

Arlington County Democratic Committee chairman Kip Malinosky said those results raise the specter of an enthusiasm gap developing.

“We shouldn’t be terrified,” but “we’ve got to take them seriously,” he said.

Local Democratic leaders said their efforts were moving forward irrespective of who was picked as the GOP nominee.

“Our game plan is to register voters,” Malinosky said.

ten amounts to the same thing.

All five incumbent School Board members won the Democratic endorsement en route to general-election victories.

Democrats to Host Dueling Campaign Events: Democratic C o u n t y Board conChaz Crismon tenders Libby Garvey and Erik Gutshall will host competing March 13 fund-raisers just a block from each other along Columbia Pike.

Garvey has slated “An Afternoon on the Pike” from 2 to 4 p.m. at Rincome Thai Cuisine, while Gutshall is prepping a “St. Pat’s Fund-raiser” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at P. Brennan’s Irish Pub. The two are slated to square off in a June primary, with the winner moving on to the Nov. 8 general election.

Garvey has served on the County

Board since 2012, and currently is its chairman. Gutshall, vice chairman of the Arlington Planning Commission, was the lone candidate to file against her in the primary.

Information on the events is available at www.libbygarvey.com and www.erik4arlington.com.

Young Democrats to Import GeneralElection Assistance: Arlington Democrats usually find themselves exporting volunteers to other jurisdictions as elections approach, but in 2016, the local area will itself be getting help from areas even more Democratic-leaning than Arlington.

Praveen Meyyan, president of Arlington Young Democrats, said his organization has received offers of support from Young Democrats’ organizations in the District of Columbia and Montgomery County (Md.) to provide legwork across Northern Virginia in the run-up to the general election.

“They have committed they will be here,” Meyyan said.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are seen as foregone conclusions on Nov. 8, with the eventual Democratic presidential nominee expected to cruise to election victories. Virginia, however, could be more of a swing state, and Northern Virginia could provide the difference.

Arlington Democratic leaders think some from their party voted in the Republican primary to express disapproval of Donald Trump, shown in December at a rally in Prince William County. If so, it worked: Trump finished well back in Arlington voting.

Democratic School Board Caucus Field Firms Up at Four SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington Democrats will have four choices for two seats on the School Board when they head to caucus voting in May. Chaz Crismon, a real-estate professional who earlier was expected to run as an independent, on March 2 kicked off his bid for the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s support.

Crismon and his wife are parents of a son who attends Hoffman-Boston Elementary School. He said that, if elected, he would work to “do the right thing for our schools.”

“The school system needs more value for our money,” Crismon said during remarks at the party’s monthly meeting, pressing to give teachers “more time and resources” to do their jobs – and working with them to find ways to upgrade the 25,000-student system.

“The best ideas for improving our schools will actually come from our teachers,” said Crismon, making his first bid for elected office.

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dorsement prior to the Feb. 29 deadline, adding his name to a ballot that also will include Michael Shea, Tannia Talento and School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren. (School Board Chairman Emma Violand-Sánchez, whose term expires at the end of the year, is not seeking re-election.)

Democratic caucus voting will take place May 19 and 21. The top two finishers move on to the Nov. 8 general election, where so far there are no candidates awaiting them.

The caucus will use instant-runoff voting, eliminating the lowest-performing candidate and reallocating his or her votes to the second choice as directed by voters.

The process, in use for several years in Arlington Democratic caucuses, is designed to ensure the endorsed candidates win a majority of votes, even if it requires them several rounds to get there.

The Arlington County Democratic Committee plans to hold a candidate forum at the party’s next monthly meeting, to be held on Wednesday, April 6 at 7 p.m. at Fairlington Community Center.

A second debate is being organized, party officials said.

In Virginia, School Board seats officially are not partisan posts, meaning political parties can’t nominate candidates. But they can “endorse” candidacies, which of-

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Women’s-Leadership Conference Revamped for ’16 BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

Accomplished speakers, more networking time, additional break-out sessions and a new award will mark The Women’s Center’s 30th Annual Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 9.

This year’s event, to be held at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Drive in Tysons, will center around the theme of “Powerful as One, Unstoppable Together.”

“It means that when we work together and collaborate, there isn’t anything we can’t do,” said Shirley Clark, the center’s executive director. “We can make positive changes.”

Event registration and a continental breakfast will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., followed by opening remarks that last until 9 a.m. Ninety minutes’ worth of keynote speeches will follow, then concurrent breakout sessions will be held from 10:35 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Women’s Center officials this year increased the number of sessions to 12 and will let attendees choose three, as opposed to two at previous conferences, Clark said.

After lunch, there will be more speeches until 3:15 p.m., followed by a new networking event from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., when the conference ends.

The conference’s speakers and honor-

ees will include Martine Rothblatt, CEO of United Therapeutics Corp.; U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James; Alison Gleeson, a senior vice president at Cisco Systems; Toni Townes-Whitley, a corporate vice president with Microsoft’s World Public Sector; and U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th).

This year’s breakout sessions will consist of: • “Whose Brand is it Anyway? Why Your Professional Brand Matters to Your Career and Your Company,” led by Jen Dalton.

• “Ignite Your Career: Golf Your Way to The Corner Office,” led by Donna Hoffman.

• “Facing the Leadership Challenge: How to Unlock the Door to Opportunities, Influence, and Income,” led by Lisa Marie Platske.

• “The BOLD Speaker,” led by Jan Fox. • “Neuroscience of Peak Leadership Performance,” led by Wendy Swire.

• “Leadership Conversations, Relationships and Results,” led by Joan Fletcher and Vinay Kumar.

• “Is Your Grocery Cart Making You Sick, Tired and Fat?”, led by Anita Capizzi.

• “What’s RIGHT with You? Why Character Strengths Matter for Higher Performance,” led by Shannon Polly.

• “Don’t Check Out Early: How to

About 750 people are expected to attend The Women’s Center’s 30th annual Leadership ConPHOTO BY IRENE OWSLEY ference, slated for April 9 in Tysons Corner.

Maintain Momentum When You’re Ready to Move On but Stuck Where You Are,” by Carol Robert.

There also will be three other sessions – “Sensitivity for the Assertive/Assertiveness for the Sensitive,” “Lighting the Creative Spark” and “Powerful You: 7 Techniques to an Intentional Image” – but speaker information was not yet available.

The Women’s Center will start a new tradition at this year’s conference by bestowing a “Giving Back” Award to a member of the local business community.

Center leaders at the event will announce a new educational program, The Leadership Center, which will hold events with area corporations on topics such as improving productivity, Clark said.

Founded in 1974, The Women’s Center is based in Vienna and has an office in Washington, D.C. The organization offers career and mental-health counseling and other services to about 4,000 people each year.

Tickets for the leadership conference are $199.89. For more information, visit www.thewomenscenter.org.

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Opinion

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To the new ability of Arlington public-safety officials to take emergency 911 messages via text-message.

As county leaders note, a phone call is always preferable when seeking help, but there are times when a text is either the only option, or the safer one.

This new option is worth keeping in the back of the mind, in case something happens. It may just come in handy.

THUMBS DOWN: To the seven members of the Arlington legislative delegation to the General Assembly, for wading in unnecessarily in the com-

munity conversation about the planned gun store set to open on Pershing Drive.

The three state senators and four delegates – who, being in the minority in Richmond, surely have some excess time on their hands – fired off a joint communiqué opining that, while the shop was perfectly legal, it held the prospect of “potentially nefarious and illegal activities” and “does not reflect the Arlington community’s values.”

They may be right and they may be wrong in those views, but it seems unnecessary and unhelpful for them to wade in on this, unless a craving for publicity is what they seek. If so, mission accomplished.

THUMBS UP: To U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), for the line of the week.

Beyer was speaking to a breakfast meeting of Democrats last Saturday, noting how topsy-turvy the world of national politics had become.

He suggested that, if Donald Trump makes it to the White House and can’t convince the Mexican government to pay for a border wall, “maybe he can get Mexico to pay for the new Memorial Bridge.”

In the immortal catch-phrase of Ed McMahon: “Hi-yo!”

More proof that all politics is local.

Textbook a Disservice to History and Students Editor: When I was a child, my schools assigned history textbooks that were almost entirely accurate. But my daughter’s third-grade history textbook is anything but accurate.

Its false claims may reflect a clumsy, ham-handed attempt to make certain people (like minority children and residents of non-wealthy areas) feel better about themselves. But it is unlikely to achieve anything other than depriving kids of a solid grasp of their country’s history.

Its false claims also may make bright children cynical about the value of their studies, and discourage them from studying history at the college level, leading to a further decline in the study of the humanities.

The book is “Our World Far and Wide,” by Five Ponds Press, used in conjunction with the Virginia Standards of Learning.

Among claims in the book, written

by Joy Masoff and liberal academics, is that “Roanoke is a fast-growing city.”

Roanoke is a charming city worth visiting, but there is nothing fast, or fastgrowing, about it.

The book’s claims about history also are very misleading.

It depicts a historically insignificant nation in Africa as one of the world’s three great civilizations. And its portrait of seven great Americans includes relatively insignificant black and Hispanic

activists in order to make a majority of the seven be black or Hispanic.

In a ham-fisted effort to make black kids feel good about themselves, it depicts the relatively short-lived Empire of Mali in West Africa as one of the world’s three great civilizations, along with ancient Greece and Rome.

The narrative ignores far more historically significant China, Egypt, India and Persia.

By ignoring China and India, it understates the contributions of Asians in world history; if its purpose was to improve minority kids’ self-esteem, it may backfire with Asian-American kids, like my nephew and niece.

Mali was not even the most historically significant empire in black Africa.

It was far less significant than ancient Ethiopia (sometimes called the “cradle of mankind”), which gave us things like coffee (which the Ethiopians originally consumed as a paste rather than as a drink).

The book also misleads students about American history. It features seven great Americans, but two of them are historically relatively insignificant figures, chosen to make it look like most historically-significant Americans were non-white.

In addition to three white males included because they were indispensable in creating and preserving America (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln), it also lists

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four black and Hispanic people of lesser importance.

Two of those four were major historical figures in their own right: Martin Luther King, and Thurgood Marshall.

The other two listed as among the seven great Americans were far less significant, however.

For example, Cesar Chavez was added to the list in a quixotic attempt to make Hispanic kids feel good about themselves, even though he merits but a footnote in American history. He was the leader of an agricultural union, but his union was tiny and uninfluential in comparison to more significant ones, like the American Federation of Labor founded by Samuel Gompers, or John Lewis’s United Mine Workers. Chavez did not cause the passage of any significant labor legislation, either. Nor did he shape immigration law in any major way.

As a history major and one who studies and writes about legal history, I am embarrassed by “Our World Far and Wide,” and the fact that it is used in schools in my state.

But sadly, it’s far from the worst history textbook used in the nation’s schools, as you can find by doing searches on Google. Some widely-used textbooks are even more inaccurate, and even more mentally shackled by political correctness.

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Conroy Was Great Writer, and Had Ties to Local Community Editor: When people ask who my favorite writer is or what my favorite book is, I always find this a tough question.

Pat Conroy, who died on March 4, was certainly one of my favorites. In “My Losing Season,” Conroy reveals that he lived for two years in a house behind Wakefield High School and attended Gonzaga College High School in 9th and 10th grades. He played basketball at the Barcroft courts on Four Mile Run. While I was a member of the Arlington County Board, I was determined to get Conroy to speak in Arlington.

Unfortunately, I never succeeded. I was told by people who knew him that he didn’t like to leave his home in Beaufort, S.C., much.

“My Losing Season,” “Prince of Tides” and “The Great Santini” are three of my favorite books. Conroy explains in “My Losing Season” that when a person or place wronged him, he wrote a book about it. Through fiction, Conroy told incredible stories about himself, his family, and the times they lived in.

Conroy and his family members were often fighting depression. His brother committed suicide. He openly discussed his depression and how writing brought him out of it.

Conroy attended The Citadel during the Vietnam War. However, he did not go to Vietnam and opposed the war. His Father (The Great Santini) served two tours in Vietnam. He had classmates that were close to him who died in Vietnam or were badly injured. The Citadel and the Vietnam War influenced his writings.

Because of basketball and his mother’s influence, Conroy had more contact and friendships with African-Americans than most of his peers. Mistreatment of African-Americans was highlighted in “The Great Santini.” Issues of race and class are raised in “The Water Is Wide,” which is based on his experience as a teacher of African-American children.

Conroy truly made you feel like you were there during his stories. When reading “Prince of Tides” in an airport, I actually thought I was at the football game in the story. When Tom Wingo runs back his second punt for a touchdown, I stood up and cheered. I then realized everyone around me was staring.

Fortunately, this occurred in an airport long before 9/11, or I might have been detained.

The scene in “Prince of Tides” with escaped convicts and the tiger is one of the most haunting that I have ever read.

Even though Pat Conroy was a South Carolina guy, he did spend two years in Arlington. He learned many of his basketball moves on Arlington courts and likely formed and shaped some of his opinions during those two years.

While I wish we could have honored Pat Conroy in Arlington, his books will continue to be enjoyed by future generations.

Although I did not meet him personally, I will miss him. Anyone who has read his books also feels that personal connection and will miss him.

Paul Ferguson Arlington Ferguson is clerk of the Circuit Court for Arlington and Falls Church.

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To make matters worse, Friedman tried blaming a local online-news site for overblowing the issue.

I would have loved to have reviewed the entire original proposal myself, but the now infamous Chapter 52 document has been removed from the county government’s Web site.

I’m hoping that the County Board will do the right thing and call for the resignations of Schwartz and Friedman.

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School Board to Win Exemption from HALRB Oversight SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

County Board members on March 12 are slated to approve new rules to govern the designation of loSCHOOL cal school facilities as districts, and BOARD historic to regulate future NOTES changes to school buildings that are so designated.

The proposal, in the pipeline for several months, would remove the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) from the designation process, centralizing it in the County Board’s hands. Proposed historic-district status for non-school parcels will remain with HALRB, whose members make recommendations to County Board members.

The proposal also strips from HALRB the power to regulate exterior changes to school facilities in historic districts, also moving that authority to the County Board. HALRB members would retain the power to approve or reject the socalled “certificate of appropriateness” applications for all other buildings in historic districts.

The measure has the support of the School Board, which twice in the past 15 months has battled HALRB members over historic-district status, first for the Wilson School site (the County Board

sided with the School Board in rejecting the recommendation) and then over the Stratford site, currently home to the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program but soon to be renovated and expanded for use as a community middle school.

School Board members contend that HALRB oversight of renovation to those facilities would result in delays and cost overruns, pointing to the impact of historic designation on Swanson Middle School, currently the only Arlington Public Schools facility designated as a local historic district.

The package of proposed changes were placed on the County Board’s Saturday-morning “consent agenda,” but if it is pulled off by either a board member or member of the public, the matter will be pulled and a hearing held on March 15.

Legislation on Mailed-Out Summonses Moves Forward: Arlington officials this summer will regain the ability to mail out summonses for those caught on camera passing stopped school buses.

The school system last July began rolling out cameras on the “stop arms” of school buses, which capture still and video images of vehicles illegally passing buses that have their red lights flashing.

The effort was barely off the ground befor Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) issued an advisory determination that, while it was legal for the fines to be levied by localities, the General As-

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As a result, Arlington and other localities that had been issuing the summonses backed off, asking the legislature to amend the law and provide the power for them to be mailed.

A number of General Assembly members introduced bills on the subject. A measure by state Sen. Charles Carrico (RGalax) on the matter passed the Senate on a 35-5 vote and moved through the House of Delegates, 89-8.

A companion bill sponsored by Del. Dave LaRock (R-Hamilton) also has moved through the legislative process on similar vote totals.

Herring’s staff provided technical and legal assistance with the drafting of bills to close the loophole, his office said.

“The old law created some pretty obvious enforcement problems for localities, but these bills should fix them and help improve safety for students,” Herring said in a statement.

The measures moving through Richmond include protections for the owners of vehicles who contend they were not driving the vehicles when infractions occurred.

Both the Arlington County Board and Arlington School Board have voiced support for changing the law to allow citations to be mailed. Like most Virginia legislation, the bills will take effect at the start of the state government’s fiscal year on July 1.

Last year, the school system entered into an agreement with a private firm that would provide the necessary equipment in exchange for a share of the proceeds from fines.

Committee to Study Possible New Name for Arlington Mill High School: Arlington school officials are bringing together a panel to brainstorm new names for Arlington Mill High School.

The original name made sense when the school was located at Arlington Mill Community Center, but with its relocation to the Arlington Career Center, “the School Board has asked that the program be renamed,” said Linda Erdos, Arlington Public Schools’ assistant superintendent of school and community relations.

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The switch from the usual chloramine to chlorine is slated to run from March 7 to May 2. Those who find the taste or smell unpleasant can use water filters, let the water sit in the refrigerator or run the tap for about two minutes to reduce odors.

The annual cleaning also includes an addition of a corrosion-control inhibitor to the water system, designed to prevent the release of lead from the network of pipes across the region.

The Washington Aqueduct is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, and supplies water for Arlington, the District of Columbia and northeastern Fairfax County.

PARISHIONERS PAINT ‘SEEC’ OFFICES: A group from Rock Spring Congre-

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“It was a big job, and it really looks great,” SEEC executive director Andres Tobar said of the effort. “What a nice way of being involved and lending a helping hand.”

The 16-member painting party included both adults and youth of the church.

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Deeds (D-Charlottesville) has been announced as the keynote speaker at the annual awards ceremony of Arlington County Crime Solvers.

“He’s a jewel of an individual,” said Crime Solvers president Andres Tobar, predicting a large turnout.

The focus of the 2016 event will be the intersection of mental-health services and public safety.

The luncheon program is slated for Thursday, May 12 at the Salsa Room, 2619 Columbia Pike.

At the event, awards will be presented to representatives of the Arlington County Police Department for their service to the community.

Tickets are $25, and sponsorship opportunities are available. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtoncrimesolvers.org/.

‘EMPTY BOWLS SUPPER’ RAISES FUNDS: St. Ann Roman Catholic Church

will present an Empty Bowls Supper on Monday, March 14 at 6 p.m. at the church, 5300 10th St. North. [The date was listed in error in last week’s edition.]

The event will feature a dinner of soup, bread and dessert, with guests taking home a handmade bowl crafted by local artists.

The cost is $25; proceeds will benefit So Others May Eat (SOME). For information, see the Web site at http://some. org/events/empty-bowls/.

NATURE CENTER PUTS EMPHASIS ON FROGS: Gulf Branch Nature Center will

host a “Singing Frogs and Toads Campfire” on Saturday, March 19 at 6 p.m.

Those attending will learn how little frogs make big noises and which amphibians make which calls, and will be invited to join in as part of a “frog chorus.”

The cost is $5. For information, call the nature center at (703) 228-3403.

SOUTH ARLINGTON KIWANIS PREPS ANNUAL AUCTION/SOCIAL: The Ki-

wanis Club of South Arlington will hold its 26th annual auction and social on Friday, April 29 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of Arlington, 700 South Buchanan St. The event will feature food, drinks, a live auction featuring former County Board member Walter Tejada as auctioneer, silent auction and musical performance by Out of Nowhere.

The event also features the annual raffling of Nunc Kiwani, a statue of a Native American warrior.

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Arlington Notes II ‘ARLINGTON THRIVE’ NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Andrew Schneider

has been named executive director of Arlington Thrive. He succeeds Geraldine Shannon, who had headed the organization since 2007.

“With his breadth of experience, enthusiasm and commitment to the Arlington community, Andrew Schneider is a great fit for Arlington Thrive,” said Candace Fowler, president of the non-profit’s board of directors.

“Under his leadership, we will further our mission: to deliver same-day emergency funds to our neighbors in crisis, so they can be secure in their jobs, health, and homes and thrive in a caring community,” Fowler said.

An Arlington native, Schneider most recently served as director of the College of William & Mary’s Washington Area Alumni Business Alliance. He has served as president of the Yorktown Civic Association and on the county government’s Transportation Commission, as well as serving on the board of Community Residences.

“I am so excited to be joining Arlington Thrive and to help continue Thrive’s important and vital mission in our community,” Schneider said. “For over 40 years, Arlington Thrive has helped those in our community who need it the most at their greatest moments of need.”

In another staff move, Shandra Niswander has been promoted to the position of director of development of Arlington Thrive.

Founded in 1975 and previously known as Arlingtonians Ministering to Emergency Needs and Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs, Arlington Thrive in 2015 provided $730,000 in direct financial assistance to nearly 1,500 county households.

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

ARLINGTON DIOCESE TO HOLD GAELIC MASS: The Roman Catholic Diocese

of Arlington will host a Gaelic Mass honoring St. Patrick on Monday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas More Cathedral, 3901 Cathedral Lane in Arlington.

The annual event is sponsored by the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, and features liturgy and music in the Irish language. Ireland-born Father Gerard Creedon will be the celebrant, with Bishop Paul Loverde providing a homily.

The community is invited. A reception will follow the Mass.

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The event will include a reception featuring food by chef Matt Hill of Lyon Hall, remarks by special guests and clients, an art sale and gourmet wines.

Tickets are $50 for individuals, $75 for couples, and can be purchased at the Web site at https://bridges2.org/blackgoldtickets.

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The forum will focus on four core areas: emergency preparedness, elder abuse, caregiver support and accessibility.

A tour of the senior center and hot lunch ($7 contribution suggested) will be available. For information and to R.S.V.P., call (703) 228-1747 or e-mail arlaaa@arlingtonva.us.

COMMUNITY CHORUS TO PRESENT CONCERT: The Arlington Community

Chorus will perform in concert on Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m. at Wakefield High School in a family-friendly performance that will be followed by a post-concert reception with the singers.

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Business Briefcase GARVEY: INCENTIVES NOT A HUGE PART OF ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: The Arlington County

government’s renewed push to land economic-development deals does not mean the government is giving away the store, County Board Chairman Libby Garvey told delegates to the Arlington County Civic Federation on March 1.

Garvey said that the county government (or state government) had provided financial incentives in only three of 35 recent economic-development projects, which she said “is not too bad” considering that the government weighs the benefits of landing projects against the costs to taxpayers.

“If it’s not good enough,” she said of the payoff, “we don’t do the deal.”

The latest such deal involved Basket, a software-application firm that will relocate from the District of Columbia to Clarendon. The firm plans to create 65 jobs and invest $10 million in the local operation.

Basket received a $125,000 state grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund, which will be matched by the Arlington County government. State support also will go to provide employee training.

Arlington’s new focus on providing economic-development incentives came after years of rising office-vacancy rates, which – while down from a year before – remain above 20 percent countywide.

“We’re starting to make progress,” Garvey said of efforts to cut into the vacancy rate. “In the long run, we’re going to be healthier.”

ADVISORY PANEL SPLITS ON USE OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES: The Ar-

lington County government’s Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission has decidedly mixed views on the advisability of using taxpayer dollars to provide economic-development incentives.

The advisory panel split 7-5, narrowly supporting a budget proposal allocating $1.5 million to Arlington Economic Development for offering incentives to firms that relocate to, or stay in, Arlington.

Of the five nays, some objected in principle to an incentive fund, while others felt the funding could be used other ways to provide a better return on investment in making Arlington more attractive to prospective new businesses.

The $1.5 million in one-time funding was proposed by County Manager Mark Schwartz in his draft $1.19 billion fiscal 2017 budget.

OFFICIALS THINK MILLENNIAL BOOM ISN’T OVER: Is Arlington set to see a Mil-

lennial “bubble,” with the hot-commodity age group having reached their apex in the county?

Probably not in the short-term, and maybe not in the long-term, a top county-

government demographer says.

“There’s nothing telling us they have peaked just yet,” Elizabeth Hardy said of the group born from 1982 to 2000. “We probably haven’t seen them peaking.”

Hardy laid out statistical data at the March 2 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington. She said the question of whether Millennials will stay in Arlington as they age “is a question we’re trying to answer.”

“We’re trying to look at as many data sources as we can – we’re looking at the best sources we have,” she said.

Arlington government leaders have banked on the Millennial generation for economic development, hoping to entice tech firms and the like to call Arlington home. The group will be the next big wave, replacing both the 1946-64 Baby Boom generation (whose population in Arlington peaked about 1990) and the subsequent Generation X, which peaked in Arlington about 2000.

Whether Millennials choose to stay or leave Arlington could have a major impact on schools, since the bulk of that population group has not yet embarked on creating families.

With or without Millennials, county officials continue to bank on rising population, estimating that the U.S. Census figure of about 207,000 in 2010 could grow to 283,000 by 2040.

“We do still have room to grow,” Har-

dy said. “We still are drawing many, many people.”

Most of that population growth will come from building out multi-family corridors; single-family neighborhoods will see redevelopment, but largely that will be one home replacing an older one.

The Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development currently is in the process of updating its annual demographic profile for 2016. Information is available by email at cphd@arlingtonva.us.

ARLINGTON CHAMBER PREPS FOR ‘VALOR AWARDS’: The Arlington Cham-

ber of Commerce will hold its 34th annual Valor Awards on Tuesday, April 19 at 11:30 a.m. at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club.

The event honors the achievements of members of the Arlington County Police Department, Arlington County Fire Department, Arlington Sheriff’s Office and Arlington Office of Emergency Management.

Tickets are $55 for Chamber members, $70 for others. For tickets and information, call (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber.org.

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Schools & Military n Jennifer Perez of Arlington and McKenzie Nelson of Arlington have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Ithaca College. n Jack Walten of Arlington has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Clemson University. n Arlington Career Center students picked up 60 gold medals, 21 silver medals and six bronze medals at the SkillsUSA District 5 competition, held at Edison Academy in February.

A total of 51 Arlington students competed in 13 categories.

Gold medalists, some of whom won more than one medal included Kyree Payne and Dominique Maderal in automotive technology; Brandon Hopson in auto-body repair; Rachael Jacobson, Allison Yee and Grant Lewis in computer graphics; Alan Barrera, Irvin OlivaresMonge, Tania Dobrescu, Catherine Klein and Iris Guzman-Benitez in cosmetology; David Price in culinary arts; Brenda Quintanilla, Joanna Paniagua, Carolyn Worley, Selenalen Saplad and Tim Perales in early-childhood education; Rodgrio Hernandez-Martinez, Alvaro CruzMorales, Jorge Cabrera-Sales, Edgar Montoya-Marquez and Ever OrdonezVasquez in electricity; and Nikolai Karamyshev, Rachael Osborne, Bryce Rusk, Brian McTyre, Ian Crovella, Mohamed

Muainudeen, Kofi Roberts, Fernando Rocha, Laura Londono Iza, Michael Schwartz, Jhonathan Ostrander, Flor de Maria Caceres-Godoy, Carlos Arebal Ramriez, Santiago Cerquera Cabrera, Virginia Long, Alondra Duarte Pena, Brandon Mack and Christian Porter.

All gold-medalists are eligible to participate in the Virginia SkillsUSA state championships, to be held April 15-16 in Fredericksburg. n The nonprofit Parent Encouragement Program will host a free parenting workshop – “Why Don’t My Kids Listen to Me?” – on Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. at St. Michael’s Church, 1132 North Ivanhoe St. The program is designed for parents of children ages 2 to 18, and will provide an introduction to the Parent Encouragement Program curriculum.

For information, call (301) 929-8824 or see the Web site at www.pepparent.org. n Arlington teachers would be in the classroom on Aug. 25 and students would follow on Sept. 6, according to the 201617 school-system calendar proposed by Superintendent Patrick Murphy.

The measure, which now goes to the School Board, has enough time built in to allow for the loss of 10 days due to inclement weather before school officials need to start looking at options for extending the

Charlotte Crockett stars as the title character and Orion Bress is the Parrot in Yorktown High School’s production of “The True Adventures of Pinocchio” with performances March 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. and March 12 at 2 and 7 p.m. at the high school. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or on the Web site at www.yhstheatre.org/pinocchio. There also will be a pre-show dinner café ($10) at 6 p.m. prior to evening performances and an ice-cream social with the cast ($3) after the matinee performance.

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The three members of the Northern Virginia congressional delegation have been joined by the commonwealth’s two U.S. senators in calling for action to fully fund needed repairs to Memorial Bridge.

The bridge’s condition “symbolizes the neglect of our nation’s transportation system,” said U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th), reacting to a report by the National Park Service suggesting the span may have to close to vehicular traffic by 2021 unless a full rehabilitation is undertaken.

Beyer’s calls for full funding were echoed by U.S. Reps. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) and Gerald Connolly (D-11th): • “We must ensure proper funding for the bridge so that this critical piece of infrastructure remains safe and usable,” Comstock said.

• “The potential closure of Memorial Bridge, a major commuter route for many Northern Virginians, will have a profound negative impact on all our regional roadways,” Connolly said.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D) and Tim Kaine (D) also called on the federal government to address the issue.

Constructed between 1922 and 1932, Memorial Bridge not only serves as a commuter route – carrying about 68,000 vehicles per day – but was designed to serve as a symbol of national reunification in the post-Civil War period, as its siting is on a direct line between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House, the one-time home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The bridge’s original drawspan has been closed since 1961. In more recent years, corrosion has been detected in various parts of the bridge, leading to the closure of one lane and enforcement of weight restrictions on vehicles using the bridge.

The bridge is part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, falling under jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Our quest for the best in the earlyspringtime market this week takes us to the always-in-fashion Lee Heights community, where a substantial, late-1940s colonial has been significantly updated and expanded with a two-story addition, and sits in turnkey condition, ready for the next owner to enjoy its showplace amenities.

From the sumptuous formal rooms to the idyllic master retreat, the home – set on a large, landscaped lot across from Lee Heights Park and close to many more recreational amenities – is a masterful mix of classic and modern, ready to exceed expectations.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $1,249,000 by Dave Lloyd of Weichert, Realtors.

After a welcome in the covered porch, we are ushered inside. Our first stop is the expansive and enchanting formal living room, with wood-burning fireplace featuring period brick surround and flanked by large windows.

The dining room is located to the rear of the home, with a marvelous vista of the patio space, while the chef’s kitchen gives you access to a side porch and enchanting covered terrace at the rear.

The family room offers a vaulted, beamed ceiling and vistas over two sides.

The master suite is the highlight of the upper level, with a large bedroom area, separate sitting room with views of the rear yard, dressing room, “fashionista”-worthy closet and a glorious bath.

Two additional bedrooms can be found on this level, along with the laundry room.

The lower level is home to a fourth bedroom (or guest suite) with full bath, along with a nice recreation room or office area, and plentiful storage space.

The detached garage is yet another bonus of this substantial and elegant abode. Well worthy of consideration.

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

Facts for buyers Address: 2448 North Utah Street, Arlington (22207).

Listed at: $1,249,000 by Dave Lloyd, Weichert, Reatlors (703) 593-3204.

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

Median U.S. Prices Higher in Metro Areas A moderating pace of sales had little impact on the trajectory of home prices during the final three months of the year, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors.

The median existing single-family home price increased in 81 percent of measured markets, with 145 out of 179 metropolitan statistical areas showing gains based on closings in the fourth quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2014.

Thirty-four areas (19 percent) recorded lower median prices from a year earlier.

There were slightly fewer rising markets in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, when price gains were recorded in 87 percent of metro areas.

Thirty metro areas in the fourth quarter (17 percent) experienced double-digit increases, a jump from the 20 metro areas in the third quarter.

Twenty-two metro areas (12 percent) experienced double-digit increases in the fourth quarter of 2014.

For all of 2015, an average of 89 percent of measured metro areas saw increasing home prices, up from 2014 (83 percent) and 2013 (88 percent).

Total existing-home sales in the Northeast increased 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter and are 7.3 percent above the fourth quarter of 2014. The median existing single-family home price in the Northeast was $254,500 in the fourth quarter, up 3.7 percent from a year ago.

In the Midwest, existing-home sales decreased 6.9 percent in the fourth quarter but are 5.2 percent higher than a year ago. The median existing singlefamily home price in the Midwest increased 6 percent to $171,600 in the fourth quarter from the same quarter a year ago.

Existing-home sales in the South declined 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter and are 0.6 percent below the fourth quarter of 2014. The median existing single-family home price in the South was $195,400 in the fourth quarter, 6.6 percent above a year earlier.

In the West, existing-home sales fell 10.4 percent in the fourth quarter but are 2.1 percent above a year ago. The median existing single-family home price in the West increased 8.4 percent to $323,600 in the fourth quarter from the fourth quarter of 2014.

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School Board Wants More Study of Background Checks Should parents who provide enrichment services in schools be subject to criminal-background checks? The Arlington School Board has sent staff back to do more work before bringing forward a new proposal.

School-system staff on March 3 presented a plan that would classify parents who provide enrichment services, and receive cash for their work, as vendors, sub-

ject to new regulations requiring formal background checks. Parents who provide such services but did not receive financial rewards would not be required to undergo the checks, under the draft plan.

The differentiation drew the ire of School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren, who said parents who provide tutoring and enrichment services and charge a modest cost should not be singled out

for more scrutiny than those who do not receive financial compensation.

“The issue is not money,” she said.

“The issue is whether [those in schools are] supervised” by school-system employees or not.

Van Doren also took issue with moving some decision-making on fees charged to those using school facilities from the School Board to staff, and with a lack of

time for the County Council of PTAs to review the entire proposal.

That last point was underscored by School Board Chairman Emma ViolandSánchez. “I don’t think there was enough time” for the PTA group to review the proposed changes, she said.

Superintendent Patrick Murphy agreed to revamp the proposal after more outreach to the County Council of PTAs.

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(Beyer went after Trump in a humorous vein, suggesting that if the billionaire front-runner couldn’t get the Mexican government to pay for a border fence, he’d be happy if he could “get Mexico to

pay for the new Memorial Bridge.”)

Beyer suggested that if the Republican Party fractures between now and the election, Democrats might be able to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, where they currently are on the losing end of a 247-188 GOP majority.

“We just have to keep working and working, and make our luck,” he said.

Pointing to the results of the March 1 presidential primary – where Trump finished a distant third in Arlington even as he won the statewide vote – Malinosky said he could envision a scenario in which Democrats, independents and disaffected

Republicans in Arlington banded together in a stop-Trump movement.

If that bandwagon rolled up a 50,000vote margin of victory, it would be a record: Barack Obama won in Arlington with 49,118 more votes than John McCain in 2008 and with 46,795 more votes than Mitt Romney in 2012.

Currently, there are nearly 35,000 people in Arlington who are eligible to vote but have not registered.

The Arlington County Democratic Committee has developed a plan to register 19,000 new voters in time for the general election.

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Until a few years ago, the Civic Federation’s revenues-and-expenditures committee would produce a complete countybudget alternative for consideration by delegates, including a recommended tax rate, but the committee has since abandoned the effort due to a lack of time among the volunteers.

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“I saw the same need here,” she said of her experience in Northern Virginia, where her husband in the 1950s became the first physician to integrate what previously had been all-white Arlington Hospital.

Her desire to help others learn the ropes of new surroundings wasn’t limited to children: Ellison served for 28 years on the Arlington Civil Service Commission.

When she retired from that volunteer post in 2014, one of her colleagues – attorney Beth Wolffe – praised her as “the inspiration” to new members, welcoming and getting them settled.

Her involvement also included service as national president of The Links Inc., and in 1986, Ellison was honored as Woman of the Year by the Inter-Service

Club Council of Arlington.

Today, the Jack and Jill Northern Virginia chapter’s service area embraces Arlington and Fairfax counties and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church. Times are ever-changing, but Ellison is convinced that the Jack and Jill effort remains a vital constant in the lives of youth.

“The children are becoming aware of the world at a much younger age,” she said. “There are many distractions and detours.”

Those who came before, and those part of the program today, “will always be Jack and Jillers,” Ellison said.

The Jack and Jill movement traces its roots to the first chapter, established with 21 mothers in Philadelphia in 1938.

Today, there are more than 300 chapters nationally, with Tara Dunlap serving as president of the Northern Virginia chapter.

The keynote speaker at the March 5 celebration was Lt. Col. Myles Caggins III, a graduate of the local chapter who rose to become director of strategic communications for the National Security Council.

Also on hand was Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr., whose late mother Geraldine was a charter member of the local chapter.

Since way back in 1935, the Arlington Sun Gazette and its predecessors have shined a spotlight on the news of Arlington communities, the county as a whole and the region. Today, the tradition continues both in print and online, with the most comprehensive coverage of Arlington news to be found.

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Kristin Kelly and Craig Mastrangelo closed over $38 MILLION in sales in 2015. The average SOLD price, for their listings - 99.54% (of the original asking price).

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Regional Home Prices High; Appreciation Rates Lagging Despite a decline in year-over-year median home prices, the Washington region remains the 14th priciest real estate market in the nation, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors.

The D.C. region’s median sales price of single-family homes stood at $371,600 in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to new figures, down 0.3 percent from $372,800 during the same period in 2014.

That’s 67 percent higher than the national single-family median price of $222,700 for the last quarter of 2015, a figure up 6.9 percent from a year before.

The Washington region’s sales prices never dipped quite as significantly as most of the nation during the recession, but also have not been growing as much – if at all – over the past several years. Washington was one of only two metro areas in the 15 highest-cost communities to post a yearover-year decline in median sales price, and was one of just 34 out of 179 metro areas nationally to see a decline.

Nationally, the highest median sales price for the fourth quarter was $940,000, reported in the San Jose, Calif., metropolitan area, followed by $781,600 in San Francisco and $716,600 in Honolulu.

California locales held down spots 4-56, with Anaheim at $708,700, San Diego at $546,800 and Los Angeles-Long Beach

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Rounding out the top 10 for the quarter were Boulder, Colo. ($469,900); New York-White Plains ($464,600); NassauSuffolk, N.Y. ($426,600); and NaplesMarco Island, Fla. ($432,500).

At the other end of the scale was Youngstown, Ohio, with a median sales price of $81,200, followed by Cumberland, Md. ($86,100); Rockford, Ill. ($87,600); Decatur, Ill. ($90,000); and Wichita Falls, Texas ($101,900).

In many parts of the country, price growth reawakened in the final months of 2015 despite the pace of sales slowing from earlier in the year.

“Even with slightly cooling demand, the unshakable trend of inadequate supply in relation to the overall pool of prospective buyers inflicted upward pressure on home prices,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. “As a result, home ownership continues to be out of reach for a number of qualified buyers in the top job-producing, but costliest, parts of the country – especially on the West Coast and parts of the South.”

“Without a significant ramp-up in new-home construction and more homeowners listing their homes for sale, buyers are likely to see little relief in the form of slowing price growth in the months ahead,” Yun said.

Despite lower mortgage rates and an increase in the national family median income ($68,034), rising home prices caused affordability to fall in the fourth quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.

Among the four broad geographic regions of the nation, the median sales price in the Northeast rose to $254,500 in the fourth quarter of 2015. In the Midwest, it was up 6 percent to $171,600, while in the South it was up 6.6 percent to $195,400.

In the West, appreciation was most pronounced, with the median sales price growing 8.4 percent to $323,600.

Data for the first quarter of 2016 will be reported in May.

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O’Connell Is State’s 2nd Best

Teeing Off

The State of Girls Hoops Was Strong This Season

How about a loud shout out for the big success and improvement a number of the girls varsity high school basketball teams from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas enjoyed this season.

Knights Defeated In Tourney Final

Dave Facinoli

DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

They were hoping for first and got close, but for the second straight year, Bishop BASKETBALL the O’Connell Knights finished runner-up in the girls high school state basketball tournament.

No. 3 seed O’Connell (20-9) lost to the top-seed Paul VI Panthers, 61-57, March 5 in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association’s Division I tournament title game at Richard Bland College in Petersburg.

Paul VI (33-1) has won 10 straight state championships and has now defeated O’Connell 17 times in a row.

O’Connell received a first-round bye and was 2-1 in the state tourney, defeating Bishop Ireton, 69-58, in the quarterfinals at home on March 2,s then No. 2 seed St. Anne’s-Belfield, 46-44, in the semifinals at Richard Bland on March 4.

“We played well and we played hard,” O’Connell coach Aggie McCormickDix said about the state final. “The first Continued on Page 24

Bishop O’Connell High School’s Brie Perpignan helped her girls basketball team earn a Division PHOTO BY DEB KOLT I state-tournament berth this season as the No. 3-seeded team.

Warriors Nip Wildcats in First Round of State DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

A change to a more patient and deliberate offensive strategy and aphelped BASKETBALL proach the Wakefield Warriors win their first-round game of the boys 5A state basketball tournament.

Wakefield – normally a fast-paced, high-scoring high school team – edged the Deep Run Wildcats of Glen Allen, 50-48, March 5 at Robinson Secondary School, sending the Warriors (25-2) to a state semifinal game against the L.C. Bird Skyhawks (24-2) of Chesterfield

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on March 8 in Richmond. Bird has won five games in a row.

The state semifinal appearance was Wakefield’s third in four seasons. Visit www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington for information about that game.

“We were able to change things up, slow it down and be more patient, and that worked,” said Wakefield junior point guard Alan Treakle, who was 8 of 10 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. “We followed our game plan.”

Treakle (10 points, four assists, six rebounds) gave Wakefield the lead for good at 47-46 by making two free throws with 1:11 to play. He then made a clinching foul shot with seven seconds

left to up the lead to 50-46.

“I was very calm at the line,” Treakle said. “My teammates have faith in me, and I want to be there in that situation.

I wasn’t nervous.”

Neither was Wakefield coach Tony Bentley. “Give me Alan Treakle at the free throw line down the stretch anytime,” Bentley said.

The coach explained his staff believed the Warriors had the best chance to win against Deep Run (24-5) by slowing the tempo. “Slowing it down, grinding it out and being patient is what we thought we had to do,” he said.

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Collectively, it has been one of the best seasons in recent years.

In Arlington, three of the four teams had winning records and improved on last season’s victory totals.

The biggest jump came from the Washington-Lee Generals (11-11).

The team won just once in 2014-15.

The Wakefield Warriors (17-9) and Bishop O’Connell Knights (19-9) also upped their victories totals a bit from last winter.

In the Vienna area, the Flint Hill Huskies, Madison Warhawks and Oakton Cougars girls teams were strong, as usual.

Flint Hill made the biggest climb from a year ago, winning 23 games, its conference regular-season championship, and finishing 1-1 in the Division I private-school state tournament.

The Huskies won 19 games in 201415, but didn’t do nearly as well during the postseason.

Oakton is undefeated at 29-0 and has reached the Virginia High School League’s 6A state semifinals. The Cougars were 27-2 last season, losing in the state semis.

As has been the case for decades, Madison had another winning and solid season, with a 15-10 record.

In McLean, the Langley Saxons enjoyed their best campaign in team history, with 24 wins, a conferencetournament championship, and their first berth to the state tournament.

The McLean Highlanders finished 12-13. That was six wins more than last season. Seven of McLean’s losses were against Fairfax, Langley and Oakton, teams that all had 20-pluswin records.

The Potomac School Panthers (18 wins) improved its win total by four.

The state of girls basketball is strong in Sun Gazette coverage areas.

Find daily updates on the Web at www.insidenova.com. Stay in touch through Twitter (@sungazettespts) and Facebook (sungazettenews).

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High School Roundup ALL-LIBERTY CONFERENCE BASKETBALL: Washington-Lee High School

senior Gene Jones and Yorktown High School senior Daniel DeButs were chosen second-team all-Liberty Conference in boys basketball, with W-L senior Audrey Bartz, W-L junior Amelia Ack and Yorktown senior Alison Criswell making second team in girls hoops.

Making honorable mention for the boys was Washington-Lee sophomore Chris Ozgo. Yorktown senior Conor Shears made the boys all-defensive team.

Making the all-defensive team for the girls were W-L’s Ava Singh and Yorktown’s Maggie Shipley.

Washington-Lee’s head coach Angie Kelly was picked as the Coach of the Year. The head coaches made the selections.

ICE HOCKEY HONORS: Washington-

Lee High School ice hockey players Ben Stanley and Carson Chircop were chosen to the all-Capitol Scholastic Hockey League first team for their play during the winter season, and Ned Huffman

was honorable mention.

TENNIS PLAYER WINS DOUBLES CROWN: Yorktown High School tennis

player Valerie Marshall, together with partner Nicole Hammond of Centerville, won the USTA Mid-Atlantic girls 16-and-under doubles championship at Greenspring Racquet Club in Baltimore last month.

From a field of 32 teams, Marshall and Hammond defeated Anna Soffin of Henrico and Sophia Mitchell of North Chesterfield, 9-8, in the final.

YORKTOWN LACROSSE FUNDRAISER:

The Yorktown High School boys lacrosse team will hold a spring mulch fund-raiser. The team is selling 3-cubicfoot bags of premium hardwood shredded mulch for $4.99 per bag.

Minimum order of 10 bags includes free delivery. Orders must be received by April 10 and delivery will be on Saturday, April 16.

Visit www.yorktownlacrosse.com to place orders or contact yhslacrossemulch@gmail.com or call (703) 3048029.

Sports Briefs ARLINGTON TIGERS GYMNASTICS UPDATE: Mohamed Eltaeb of the Arling-

ton Tigers gymnastics program was the recipient of the Jerrell Steele Man of the Year Award, presented at the Jerell Steele Invitational Meet.

The award recognizes the spirit of Steele, a gymnastics coach, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2001.

Eltaeb is co-captain of the Arlington Tigers.

A number of Arlington Tigers per-

Wakefield Continued from Page 23 The game was close throughout, with seven lead changes.

The Capitol Conference champion Warriors led 10-7 at the end of the first quarter and 21-20 at halftime, despite eight first-half turnovers. Wakefield was in front 34-33 after three periods.

A three-pointer by Deep Run’s Jorge Pacheco (27 points, six three-pointers) gave the Wildcats a 46-45 lead with 1:19 to play.

Pacheco “Is a special player,” Bentley said.

After Treakle’s foul shots regained the lead for Wakefield, the Warriors

O’Connell Continued from Page 23 time we played them this year we lost by 30. So there has been big improvement.

We don’t have the size they do, so we had trouble controlling the boards.”

In the state final, Paul VI led 21-7 after the first quarter, and O’Connell was playing catchup the rest of the way. The Panthers led 36-26 at halftime and 51-36 after three quarters.

Brie Perpignan led O’Connell with 27 points and made three three-pointers. Jasmine Taylor scored 11 and Janiya Clemmons nine.

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formed well at the recent Excalibur Cup competition in Virginia Beach.

Mark Bjorn (age 5-6 group) placed third in the all-around, taking second on the high bar, third on the rings, fourth on vault, fourth on pommel horse and fifth on the floor.

Connor Welch (age 10 group) was fourth in the all-around, taking second on the parallel bars; fourth on the horse, rings and vault; and fifth on the high bar.

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then went up 49-46 with 22 seconds left when Eric Martin passed to Halil Parks (10 points) for a back-door layup.

Deep Run turned the ball over, its sixth giveaway of the quarter, then Treakle scored the Warriors’ final point with another foul shot.

Senior forward Deng Nhial had 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists for Wakefield in the win and Amari Cooper had seven points, six rebounds and a block.

Bentley said L.C. Bird is a very good team.

“They are big and fast, and they play smart,” Bentley said. “They will be tough.”

NOTE: In its previous games this season, Wakefield scored 50 points or fewer just three times.

Wakefield’s Deng Nhial drives to the basket PHOTO BY DEB KOLT against Deep Run.

Wakefield’s Halil Parks shoots between defenders against Deep Run. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT

winter, winning 80-49 and 66-54.

Against Belfield in the semifinals, O’Connell won on two free throws with three seconds left by Taylor, who scored seven points and made a three-pointer.

“We thought it would be a close, tough game,” McCormick-Dix said.

O’Connell trailed 24-22 at halftime, was in front 37-35 after three quarters, and stretched its lead to eight. A couple of three-pointers by Belfield closed the gap.

Anna Hovis led O’Connell with nine points. Clemmons and Maura Leveron (two three-pointers) scored eight each, Perpignan had seven points and Maddie Cherry five.

Against Ireton in the quarterfinals, Perpignan scored 23 points, Clemmons scored 11 and Taylor, Cherry and Hovis had nine each. The Knights were 21

of 28 from the foul line and led 32-24 at halftime and 53-42 after three periods.

O’Connell was 3-0 against Ireton this season. n The No. 3 seed Bishop O’Connell Knights (20-11) lost to No. 2 seed Paul VI, 69-61, in the boys Division I semifinals of the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state tournament at Virginia State University in Petersburg on March 4, ending the Knights’ season.

O’Connell led 35-24 at halftime, but Paul VI rallied. A late 6-0 run by Paul VI gave the Panthers the edge at the end.

O’Connell was 1-1 in the state tournament.

The Knights topped No. 6 seed Trinity Episcopal of Richmond, 70-57, in the quarterfinals after receiving a firstround bye.

Randall Gaskins Jr. had 22 points; Matt Lewis had 13 points and four assists; Xavier Johnson had 12 points; and Nate Watson had 10 points and 14 rebounds against Trinity.

O’Connell led 28-27 at halftime, then 49-42 after three quarters. The Knights took the lead for good at 43-41 with 1:39 left in the third period on a threepointer by Jay Heath (five points).

“I was at the right spot, they got the ball to me and I made the shot,” Heath said.

Gaskins said O’Connell stuck to its game plan.

“We wanted to get open shots and be aggressive offensively,” he said. “In the second half, we had to rebound better and up the defensive pressure.”

Dave Steinbacher contributed to this story.

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Dancing in March has been a familiar theme for the Marymount UniverSaints over BASKETBALL sity the years – this winter making 18 times, to be exact.

This past weekend in Pennsylvania, the women’s basketball team danced to the tune of finishing 1-1 in the first two rounds of action of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Saints (23-6) defeated the Cabrini College Cavaliers, 60-49, in a first-round game March 4, then lost to the host and undefeated University of Scranton Royals, 60-44, in the second round on March 5.

Marymount, which last played in the NCAA Tournament in 2013, received an at-large bid after losing to Mary Washington in the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament final.

In the win over Cabrini, Marymount led 25-23 at halftime. Nicole Viscuso had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Saints and added two blocked shots. Leah Hurst had 16 points, four steals, three assists and made two three-pointers.

Aileen Maknati had 14 points and three assists, and Tyffani McQueen had six points, four assists and four steals.

Marymount outrebounded Cabrini, 41-31, and won despite 24 turnovers and playing without injured starter Kievanna Lacey. The Saints shot 44 percent from the floor to Cabrini’s 30.

In the loss to Scranton, Miranda Krott had 17 points in defeat.

The Saints were the top seed in the CAC tournament, but were without starting senior guard Lacey in the final.

The first-team all-CAC player, who averages 13.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, was injured in a semifinal win

over No. 4 seed York.

Lacey (1,272 career points) and sophomore forward Viscuso, another CAC first-teamer, led CAC Coach of the Year Ashley Rogers’ Saints.

Also for Marymount, senior center Krott averaged 8.5 points and seven rebounds per game entering the NCAA tournament; freshman guard McQueen scored 6.5 points a contest; and sophomore point guard Hurst scored 6.9, pulled 3.9 rebounds and dished out 3.7 assists. She had made a team-high 26 three-pointers and had 101 assists.

Marymount started the season strong, winning its first three games, dropping the next two, then running off nine straight victories. The team later had a seven-game winning streak. In the CAC tourney, the Saints were 1-1.

In their 61-52 CAC win over York, the Saints finished with a strong run, with Viscuso scoring 16, Krott (12 rebounds)

14, Hurst (six assists, four steals) 13 and junior guard Kiki Laux nine. McQueen had seven assists.

In the loss to No. 3 seed Mary Washington, the Saints didn’t shoot well from the floor (39 percent) and were outrebounded, 39-21, as the Eagles hit 49 percent of their shots. Krott scored 17 and had five rebounds, senior guard Aileen Maknati had 15 points, Viscuso had six points and four steals, and Hurst had seven points and four steals.

NOTES: Rogers was a four-year starter for Marymount and played in the NCAA Tournament all four years in college, helping the Saints reach the Final Four in 2002 . . . Three CAC teams earned berths to the NCAA women’s tournament. Marymount, Mary Washington and Christopher Newport. Yorktown High School graduate Ellen Nye plays for Christopher Newport. She is a freshman forward.

College Roundup COREY ROBINSON: Washington-Lee

High School graduate Corey Robinson finished sixth in the weight-throw event at the Division I National Junior College Track and Field Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C. Robinson is a sophomore at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.

ALEX SEFF: Washington-Lee High

School graduate Alex Seff was a freshman player for the Division III men’s basketball team at Vassar College this winter. Midway through the season, Seff became the starting point guard.

For the campaign, Seff averaged 22 minutes of playing time per game; 7.4 points, with a single-game high of 18; 4.2 rebounds (high of 10), and 1.3 assists (high of five.)

WASHINGTON-LEE THROWERS IN COLLEGE: Washington-Lee High School

has a number of throwers of the shot put, discus and hammer on various college teams.

Elli Panagiotopoulous is a freshman on the women’s team and Sean Pratt is a junior on the men’s team at Florida International University.

Corey Robinson is a sophomore thrower at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.

Dominic Draghi is a sophomore thrower at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio.

COONCE CHOSEN DIVE COACH OF THE YEAR: Brian Coonce, the summer

diving coach for Donaldson Run pool, was named Coach of the Year for Women and Coach of the Year for Men in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Coonce is the dive coach for the University of Delaware. His divers took the majority of the medals at the conference meet.

Coonce is a graduate of Yorktown

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Donaldson Run’s summer dive coach Brian Coonce was chosen Coach of the Year at the University of Delaware this winter.

Washington-Lee High School graduate Corey Robinson is a community college thrower.

Washington-Lee High School graduate Elli Panagiotopoulous is a college thrower.

High School. He dived for Yorktown and Donaldson Run.

team in both scoring (13.4) and rebounding (7.1), and was chosen firstteam all-conference.

This season, Negri was chosen second team all-Northeast Athletic Conference.

In three post-season games this winter, she scored 65 points and yanked 28 rebounds, making the all-tourney team.

Negri scored in double figures in the final eight games of her college career.

ELLEN NYE: Yorktown High School

graduate Ellen Nye was a freshman forward on the women’s basketball team at Christopher Newport University this winter.

Entering the Division III NCAA Tournament, Nye had played in 11 games, averaging 3.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 14 minutes a game, and had 12 blocked shots.

LENA NEGRI: In 28 games this winter,

Yorktown High School graduate Lena Negri was the leading rebounder (8.1 per game) and second leading scorer (12.4) for the Emmanuel College women’s basketball team of Boston.

The forward was a graduate student this season, and scored more than 1,000 points (1,025) during her college career.

She missed last season with an injury.

Also this season, she blocked 24 shots, had 47 steals and averaged 23 minutes per game. She started all 28 games.

In her junior season, Negri led the

KELLY HART: Yorktown High School

Washington-Lee High School graduate Alex Seff became a starting college point guard.

graduate Kelly Hart was a freshman runner on the women’s cross country team at Notre Dame during the fall.

Hart finished 83rd in a Gold Division 5K race in 19:01 at the Joe Paine Invitational.

Hart also runs for the women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams for Notre Dame.

She played in 19 games, which included four starts.

Noel averaged 2.5 points per game and 11.5 minutes of playing time.

She pulled 48 rebounds, had nine assists, two steals and eight blocked shots.

Noel, an all-district player at Wakefield, shot 64 percent from the foul line.

Wakefield High School graduate Michelle Noel was a red shirt freshman forward for the women’s basketball team at the University of Charleston this winter.

School graduate Edmund Pendleton was a freshman guard on the men’s basketball team at Colorado College.

The 6-foot-3 Pendleton has played in four games.

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6. Up to the task 7. Foot the bill 8. Sleep in one’s eye 9. Acapulco money 10. “____’em” in pool 11. Huron’s neighbor 12. Tire measurement 15. *Occasional Cinderella team from OH 20. Uncredited author?

22. Not a thing 24. Emu relative 25. *March Madness, a.k.a. “The Big ____” 26. Homer’s famous poem 27. Female principle, Hinduism 29. *1 or 16, e.g.

31. Lots 32. Response to pain 33. Candidate’s concern 34. A useful part 36. Religious offshoot 38. Tolstoy’s Karenina 42. Styluses 45. *Show off 49. Beluga yield 51. Equestrian gear 54. Annoy a bedfellow 56. Inhabit 57. *College athletes don’t earn one 58. Singer “on the dock of the bay” 59. Sound on a farm 60. Fix 61. Archaic exclamation of surprise 62. Ditto 63. Ivan the Terrible, e.g.

64. Bachelor’s dwelling 66. Like a dim star

MARCH MADNESS © StatePoint Media ACROSS 1. Kindergarten disrupters 6. Lending letters 9. Secondary school 13. Balance in the sky 14. Sheepish sound 15. Darlings 16. Continental divide 17. Caustic soda 18. Binary digits code 19. *Requirement to play in March Madness 21. Unhitch 23. Baseball bat wood 24. Fail to mention 25. Bad-mouth 28. “____ and turn” 30. Colonnade 35. “Oh, my!”

37. “____ ____ good example” 39. Socially acceptable behaviors 40. *Major bball outfitter 41. Sea swallows 43. Constricting snakes 44. *____ and shoot, without dribbling 46. Exertion 47. Wise one 48. Newspaper VIP 50. Florida Keys and such 52. *March Madness winner’s reward 53. TV’s “____. O” 55. Male child 57. *Winningest coach 60. *One region 64. BBQ spot 65. Be in debt 67. Famous ballerina painter

68. Winery process 69. Did a marathon 70. Pack animal 71. Secretary station 72. Armageddon 73. *Senior to freshman

DOWN 1. Coalition of countries 2. Puerto ____ 3. Cain’s victim 4. ____-____-la refrain 5. Least crazy

55+ News LINE DANCING AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES: Line dancing is offered at vari-

ous county senior centers throughout the week. For times and locations, call (703) 228-4721.

ACTIVITIES PUT FOCUS ON BRAIN HEALTH: Brain-healthy exercises are

offered on Monday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

DISCUSSION LOOKS AT MEDICARE FRAUD: A discussion of Medicare

fraud will be held on Monday, March 14 at 11 a.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

LOVERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC UNITED: The classical-music appreciation

group at Langston-Brown Senior Center will meet on Monday, March 14 at 1 p.m. The topic is opera arias. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

APPRECIATORS OF R&B MUSIC GATHER: The rhythm-and-blues appreciation

group at Lee Senior Center meets on Monday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO LOCAL HISTORIC SITES: Arlington County 55+ Travel

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Arlington on Tuesday, March 15. The cost is $8. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

speaker is former Foreign Service Officer Peter Himmelberger. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

EVENING OF MUSIC IS IN THE OFFING:

BASICS OF PHONES, TABLETS DETAILED: The basics of smart-phone and

An “acoustic café” featuring live music will be presented on Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center.

For information, call (703) 228-0955.

tablets will be discussed on Wednesday, March 16 at 1:30 p.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

RUBBER-STAMPERS GET TOGETHER:

A rubber-stamp workshop will be held on Tuesday, March 15 at 11:30 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON TAKING A CRUISE: Information about cruising will

be presented on Wednesday, March 16 at 1 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center.

For information, call (703) 228-0955.

SEAFOOD SUPPERS SPOTLIGHTED:

“Speedy Suppers with Seafood” is the topic on Tuesday, March 15 at 11 a.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

TRAVELERS ENJOY ST. PATRICK DAY FEATURE: Arlington County 55+ Travel

‘IRA’ ROLLOVERS TAKE CENTER STAGE: Understanding IRA rollovers

is the topic of discussion on Thursday, March 17 at 4 p.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

hosts a trip to the Shamrock Restaurant in Thurmont, Md., for a pre-St. Patrick’s Day lunch on Wednesday, March 16. The cost is $6 for transportation.

For information, call (703) 228-4748.

GROUP GATHERS TO SOLVE PUZZLES:

GALAPAGOS ISLAND TOPIC FOR ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS: Armchair travel-

GUITAR-PLAYERS CONGREGATE: A guitar-players group meets on Friday, March 18 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

ers head to the Galapagos Islands on Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. The

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

March 9, 1951: n The Civic Federation is pressing county officials to fast-track placement of an $8 million school bond on the ballot. n Most potential candidates for the 14 offices on the local ballot in November seem to be taking a wait-and-see attitude to announcing election plans. n Bids will be opened this week for a major expansion to Washington-Lee High School and later in the month for an expansion to Hoffman-Boston High School. n A total of 58 county men are slated for induction into the U.S. Armed Forces. n Arlington police and firefighters are pressing for a 15-percent raise and a fiveday work week. n Oakridge Elementary School is set to open Monday, with a capacity of 650 students. n Crandal Mackey, 84, who as commownealth’s attorney at the turn of the century led a posse to clean up Rosslyn, has been injured in a car accident.

March 11, 1964: n Officials say two weeks of good weather is all they need to complete the entire Virginia route of the Capital Beltway, which is expected to open in April.

March 9, 1968: n Members of the General Assembly have passed a two-year, $3.127 billion state budget. n William Battle, Fred Pollard and Henry Howell are shaping up to be the contenders for the Democratic nomination for governor next year. n Virginia officials want to impose a $1 “enplanement fee” on passengers departing from airports in the commonwealth, but need congressional approval first. n Northern Virginia Community College president Robert McKee will resign to join Bell & Howell. n Religious leaders are considering establishment of an ecumenical center at George Mason College.

March 11, 1989: n U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) spent $803,080 on his recent re-election bid, while Democratic challenger Robert Weinberg spent $242,787.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

A group approach to solving Sudoku puzzles is offered on Thursday, March 17 at 1 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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Police Beat ATTEMPTED ROBBERY: n On Feb. 28 at 3:05 a.m., a man was punched in the face in the 1200 block of South George Mason Drive by an individual who implied he had a weapon and attempted to rob him.

The suspect fled without obtaining any possessions. He is described as a black male, in his 30s, 5’6”, 150 pounds.

INDECENT EXPOSURE: n On Feb. 26 at 11:15 p.m., a woman observed a man with his genitals exposed outside her window in the 2800 block of South Wakefield Street.

The suspect is described as male, 5’10”, 180 pounds.

BURGLARY: n On Feb. 26 between 2 and 8:15 p.m., a home in the 3800 block of 7th Street North was burglarized. Entry was gained through a window. Several items of value were taken. n Sometime between Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 28 at 6:45 a.m., an attempt was made to burglarize a home in the 3400 block of 13th Street North.

Entry was not gained, but two door handles were broken in the attempt.

RABID RACCOON FOUND: n The Animal Welfare League of Arlington on Feb. 28 received information about a sick raccoon, which then was captured in the 3700 block of Military Road.

The animal was euthanized, and on March 1 officials received confirmation that it had carried rabies.

Anyone who may have had contact with any raccoon in the vicinity, or whose pets may have had contact, is asked to call the Animal Welfare League at (703) 9319241.

DISPATCHERS NOW TAKING 911 TEXTS: n Arlington officials say they still much prefer telephone calls, but are now offering the public the opportunity to textmessage the Emergency Communications Center.

The county is joining other jurisdictions around the region in a “Call If You Can, Text If You Can’t” initiative.

“Use it only when you cannot establish voice communications, or when speaking into a phone would present a significant safety risk,” said James Schwartz, a deputy county manager.

The system allows sending and receiving text-messages of up to 250 characters to 911.

“It is important that anyone who does have to use ‘Text to 911’ provide as much information as possible, including the exact location and nature of the incident,” said Jack Brown, director of the Arlington Office of Emergency Management.

The Sun Gazette runs news of interest from public-safety agencies, including the Arlington County Police Department and Arlington County Sheriff’s Office.

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