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Aurora Hills a Possibility for New Elementary School Superintendent: Joint Project with County Government May Be Best Way to Address Growth SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington Superintendent Patrick Murphy wants to look at the possibility of a joint redevelopment venture between the county government and school system for the parcel currently housing the Aurora Hill library, senior center and community center.

In a report to School Board members

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set to be delivered April 7, Murphy said the site presents an “outstanding opportunity” for the government and school system to work together and solve several problems at once.

The site was proposed as the location for a new school by the South Arlington Working Group, which last year delivered recommendations to the School Board that included construction of a new elementary school adjacent to Thomas

Jefferson Middle School near Route 50.

School Board members subsequently ratified the Thomas Jefferson proposal, which later won support of the County Board.

The South Arlington Working Group said an additional school would be needed sometime after 2019 in order to accommodate rising student enrollment in the Pentagon City/Crystal City area.

But in his recent report to School Board members, Murphy said the bigger need is

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Inclusive Troupe Gives Performers the Chance to Shine SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

An aging superhero comes out of retirement to battle a gang of fashion-conscious ruffians who have kidnapped his daughter.

A group of walking-and-talking toys find a way to save their store when it is threatened with being replaced at the megamall.

Those are the plots of two one-act plays being performed at Gunston Arts Center, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ArtStream Arlington Inclusive Theatre Companies.

The shows not only give adult performers with disabilities the chance to shine on stage – they’re also a romp for those in the audience.

“I love to do funny things,” said Eric Niedringhaus, who portrayed Waldo of “Where’s Waldo?” fame in “Idle Playthings,” the second show of the evening – the one that had a cast of familiar childhood toys sleuthing around the mall at night to find a way to save the fortunes of Roy, their store’s owner.

Barbie, Ken, G.I. Joe, “Star Wars” characters, Carmen Sandiego and even Mrs. Potato Head were on hand in the production, directed by Elizabeth Cronin.

“We were trying to think of as many classic toys as we could,” said Carolyn

The Falcon (Claire Alrich, center) fights off attackers (Caitlin Davies, Chelsea Murray and Tammy PHOTO BY LIZ DEMAREE Kiser) in ArtStream’s production of “Crimes of Fashion.”

Ricks, who did double duty as an assistant director and the person inside the Mrs. Potato Head costume.

The two troupes rehearsed once a week for two hours over the course of 24 weeks at Fairlington Community Center, then moved into the large Gunston theater for tech week and performances.

And like all theater productions, the clock moves quickly from the start of rehearsal to opening night.

“It’s not nearly as much time as you think,” said John Newman, director of “Crimes of Fashion,” which saw superhero Timberwolf (Tom Davis) and his supercolleagues come together to rescue Timberpuppy (Christie DiPlacido) and Chameleon (Maya Ewart) from the clutches of a group of fashionistas.

The annual productions, created by Inclusive Theatre in conjunction with Educational Theatre Company, start as

a clean slate. The performers brainstorm ideas before selecting a theme for a show, then work on creating their characters.

“We draw a lot from our own experiences and our own personalities,” Newman said. (“I’m like the queen because I’m a queen in real life,” noted Debra Sue Chandler, who played the Queen of Hearts in “Idle Playthings.”)

Along with the adult performers, there are mentors on stage, who both portray characters and help the others in case of a flubbed line or case of stage fright.

The mentors “are really such an important part of the process,” said Ricks.

“For any person, being on stage and saying your lines can be challenges. [Mentors] learn how to really help each individual.”

“Mentors are a good thing to have,” said Davis, whose height and commanding stage presence have made him a standout in several of the annual productions.

“Otherwise, we’re sitting ducks.”

Among the first-time mentors on stage was Ewart, who played the Chameleon in “Crimes of Fashion.”

“I was just amazed at how friendly everyone was,” she said of the experience.

“It’s such an amazing process. It’s a really cool experience, much more than I expected.”

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Gutshall Wins Top Ballot Position in June Primary

Also: Local Election Officials on Hunt for Volunteers to Provide ‘Concierge Service’ SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Erik Gutshall’s name will be atop the ballot on the Democratic Arlington County Board primary in June, above that of County Board Chairman Libby Garvey.

Gutshall was the winner in a drawing held March 31 by county election officials to determine ballot order. Both he and Garvey had filed paperwork with Democratic officials simultaneously a month ago, necessitating the drawing.

Names were picked out of a hat supplied by Allen Harrison Jr., who attended the meeting as a civilian following his March 18 retirement after 28 years on the Electoral Board.

After Gutshall’s name was drawn, “anyone want to guess what the second one is?” chuckled Electoral Board chairman Charlene Bickford.

March 31 at 5 p.m. was the deadline for any candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for County Board to file paperwork with party officials. There were no surprise filers.

Garvey was elected to the County Board in a 2012 special election after serving 15 years on the School Board, and was re-elected later that year. Gutshall currently serves as vice chairman of the Planning Commission.

Absentee voting for the primary is set to begin April 29. The winner of the June primary will move on to the Nov. 8 general election.

School Board Contenders to Make Joint Appearance: The four candidates for the two School Board seats on the Nov. 8 ballot will have an opportunity to make their case in front of the Democratic rank-and-file in early April.

Incumbent School Board Vice Chairman Nancy Van Doren and first-time candidates Tannia Talento, Michael Shea and Chaz Crismon have been invited to participate in a forum held as part of the Arlington County Democratic Committee’s monthly breakfast, to be held Saturday, April 9 at 8:30 a.m. at Busboys and Poets in Shirlington.

The four contenders are slated to compete in Democratic caucus voting in May, with the two top finishers moving on to the general election.

(School Board Chairman Emma Violand-Sánchez is not seeking re-election.)

Those attending the breakfast are asked to bring cash for the communal check.

At the subsequent monthly breakfast – slated for Saturday, May 7 – Democratic County Board Chairman Libby Garvey and challenger Erik Gutshall will be featured.

Voters will decide between Garvey and Gutshall in a June primary, with the winner moving on to the general election.

Del. Lopez to Hold Annual Straw Poll: Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) will host his second annual Democratic Straw Poll at the Arlington Cinema-n-Drafthouse on Wednesday, April 13 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Those attending can cast ballots for the Democratic races for County Board, School Board and president.

The event is “a fun activity for local Democratic advocates and activists to participate in and share their views on who should represent Arlington in upcoming elections,” said Lopez.

“This is a great opportunity for candidates to build momentum, reach new voters and possibly foreshadow the outcome of their election,” he said.

Last year’s straw poll predicted the victories of Christian Dorsey for County Board and Reid Goldstein for School Board; Katie Cristol, who garnered the

Arlington elections chief Linda Lindberg, left, holds up the two pieces of paper containing the names of Libby Garvey and Erik Gutshall before the selection for ballot position in the June Democratic primary. Electoral Board chairman Charlene Bickford looks on.

second Democratic nomination for County Board in last year’s primary, placed third in the straw poll, slightly behind Peter Fallon.

The 2015 event raised more than $12,000 to support Democratic candidates for legislative races statewide. Lopez currently serves as Democratic Whip in the House of Delegates.

The Arlington Cinema-n-Drafthouse is located at 2903 Columbia Pike.

Election Officials to Recruit Volunteers for ‘Concierge’ Service: Arlington election officials are taking a page from the playbook of top-quality hotels, aiming to launch an “election concierge” service for the Nov. 8 general election.

The plan? Recruit volunteers willing to mingle among potentially long lines of Election Day voters at polling places, providing assistance as needed – from explaining what constitutional amendments are on the ballot to providing a chair to those feeling a bit woozy.

“It’s something we don’t have now,” said Deputy Registrar Gretchen Reinemeyer, who is spearheading the effort.

Well, not formally, at least: Paid pre-

cinct workers do work the lines of voters to provide assistance. By getting volunteers to help out, those staff could be freed up for other duties during Election Day. Reinemeyer pointed to past presidential elections, when some voters have stood patiently to get to the front of the queue, only to be told they have showed up at the wrong precinct.

“You don’t want somebody to wait in line two hours only to find they’re in the wrong place,” she said.

The effort also would provide opportunities for those who want to help at the polls, but can’t commit to the 15-hour-ormore day that pollworkers must endure.

“It you want to help out a couple of hours, great,” said county elections chief Linda Lindberg, who expressed hope that the effort would get more people “involved in the process.”

Volunteers will have to go through training, and will have a specific list of do’s and don’ts to follow.

More details are expected to be fleshed out in coming months before the initiative is formally rolled out.

Republican McGeary Returns to Arlington Electoral Board SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

A familiar face has been tapped for service on Arlington’s Electoral Board.

Scott McGeary, who twice before served stints on the body (1994-2003 and 2011-14) has been appointed by Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr. to serve as the lone Republican on the threeScott McGeary, center, makes a point as member panel.

McGeary succeeds Allen Harrison Jr., Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson and Arlington Electoral Board chairman Char- who retired March 18 after 28 years in oflene Bickford look on. fice.

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“I’m honored to be back – looking forward to it,” McGeary said at the March 31 Electoral Board meeting, where he was sworn into office by Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson.

The name of McGeary, an attorney who is employed by Washington Gas in government relations, was one of a trio submitted to Newman by the Arlington County Republican Committee, as is the normal procedure when there is a vacancy

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on the Electoral Board. He takes office along with Democrats Charlene Bickford and David Bell.

McGeary, Bickford and Bell have played musical chairs on the body for more than a decade, due to the requirement that two of the three members of the Electoral Board be from the party that occupies the Governor’s Mansion at any given time.

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VDOT: Upcoming Projects Will Give Commuters Choices BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer

The brief respite from orange barrels and detour signs was nice while it lasted, but Northern Virginia commuters can expect a whole lot more road construction in the near future.

State transportation officials on March 31 gave updates on several upcoming projects that they said would move more people through the region quickly and give commuters more transportation options.

“For the first time in over 30 years, we believe relief is coming to Northern Virginia,” said Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne during a briefing at the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Northern Virginia District Office.

“Compromises have been made by all parties to ensure improvements can now move forward,” he added, thanking state legislators for helping advance the projects.

Transportation officials’ goal is to build a seamless 84-mile network of Express Lanes by 2021, which not only would improved speed and reliability for those using the lanes, but free up capacity on non-tolled regular lanes as well.

Since the opening of Express Lanes on Interstate 495 between Springfield and McLean, motorists using regular lanes

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have seen 20-percent improvements in their travel times, Layne said.

This will include Express Lanes on Interstate 66 from just east of the Beltway to the District of Columbia line and the addition of another eastbound lane along 4 miles of that highway between the Dulles Connector Road and Fairfax Drive, which long has been the site of traffic gridlock.

Construction of those toll lanes would begin this summer and be completed a year later. Vehicles that have two or more occupants, and are equipped with EZPass or E-ZFlex devices, initially will be able to use the toll lanes for free, but the threshold will change to three occupants in 2020.

The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission would use toll revenues from I-66 inside the Beltway to pay for a variety of multimodal projects, including park-

and-ride lots, improvements to parallel roadways, enhanced bus and Metrorail service, and upgraded carpool and vanpool options.

Construction of the new eastbound I-66 lane inside the Beltway would begin in early 2018 and open to drivers in early 2020. Planners are minimizing the project’s footprint so that no land outside VDOT’s right of way will have to be taken, officials said.

Commuters using I-66 outside the Beltway also can look forward to road construction. Using a public-private partnership, transportation officials plan to provide two Express Lanes in each direction between I-495 and Haymarket. The project would build two new lanes and convert both existing high-occupancy vehicle lanes for tolling. Three non-tolled lanes would remain in each direction.

Officials also plan to enhance bus service on I-66 outside the Beltway and by 2021 build new park-and-ride lots with 4,000 new parking spaces for commuters.

All of the improvements on I-66 outside the Beltway would cost about $2.1 billion. Construction is scheduled to start in 2017 and finish by late 2020.

Included among those efforts, although not being considered as a standalone project, would be a $385 million effort to improve the highway’s intersection at Route 28.

Other projects would extend Express

Lanes by 8 miles north on Interstate 395 and by 2.2 miles south along I-95 near Stafford. Most or all of the I-395 improvements would be built within VDOT’s right-of-way and that project should be completed in 2019, said VDOT Commissioner Charles Kilpatrick.

The I-95 Express Lanes opened in 2014. The $50 million project at the southern end of those lanes would add a new northbound entrance ramp just south of Garrisonville Road and extend southbound lanes past that area, while keeping the existing flyover ramps at Garrisonville Road.

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Opinion

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Our View: Is Anti-Gun Side Up to Challenge?

With limited regulatory options open to them, opponents of gun stores in Northern Virginia have resorted to the court of public opinion, using protests, social-media whirlwinds and the threat (ill-advised as the tactic is) of boycotts against neighboring businesses in their effort to keep the gun emporiums out.

Over the past year, inside-theBeltway gun opponents have gone 1-for-3, having successfully worked to scuttle plans for a gun store in the Cherrydale section of Arlington but then having watched, and fulminated, as Nova Firearms relocated to a larger and more prominent location in McLean and Nova Armory opened late last month on Pershing Drive in Arlington.

In each of those last two cases, officials in Fairfax and Arlington coun-

ties noted, correctly, that their hands were tied by state law prohibiting them from enacting zoning rules that would keep such shops out.

We’ve opined before that having a gun store in the neighborhood – and the newish Nova Firearms is two blocks down from the Sun Gazette’s office – is not one of the top 1,000 fears that keep us up at night.

However, we understand that others take a different view, and to be sporting, we will offer some advice for the gun-control advocates to consider . . . assuming they are actually serious about their concerns, rather than using the shops as convenient political whipping boys.

The biggest challenge for those who oppose the idea of gun stores near residential areas in Northern Virginia: The fact that it’s going to require

a lot more than online petitions and the occasional rally to effect change. It will take a full-throttle effort to affect the mindset in the General Assembly, which controls whether localities can or (as is the case here) cannot do much to regulate gun outlets within their borders.

Given that the most of the Northern Virginia delegation would be happy to slap restrictions on gun stores, there’s no point in concentrating efforts at the local level. It’s a case of trying to change hearts and minds in other parts of the commonwealth.

Not an easy assignment, but if those who are passionate about the issue seek to make a major impact, they’re going to have to roll up their sleeves and get to work on having an impact in General Assembly races statewide.

State Demeans Local Autonomy on Gun Issue Editor: It is no secret that firearms regulations are a hot-button political issue in this particularly contentious election year. And sadly, a series of attempts to strategically place gun stores near educational institutions, and the densely populated residential neighborhoods around them, have turned Arlington communities into microcosms of this national debate.

All the players are already here. You have the gun-store owner who believes that the Second Amendment somehow gives him the right to sell firearms wherever he pleases; you have threatened local residents who don’t want weapons being sold near their homes, schools and playgrounds; and you have the National Rifle Association looming over the whole thing.

With all this national drama magnified onto a local arena, it is no wonder that some obvious truths get lost.

Here is an obvious truth: The purpose of a gun is to threaten, injure or kill. This is one of the only indisputable facts in an otherwise emotional, illogical and profit-driven debate.

Whether you love guns or hate guns, whether it’s a high-end gun or a lowend gun, whether it is used for protection or hunting or homicide or suicide – guns threaten, injure or kill. This is a black-and-white statement. There is no nuance.

So, in an era of mass shootings, with more child casualties than ever before and lockdown procedures practiced in kindergarten, why place this controversial and dangerous product near schools?

Why force young children to grapple with such inconsistent environmental messages? Why force an unwilling community to encounter firearms when taking the dog out for a walk? Why not show some empathy and social responsibility when choosing a location for a gun dealership?

Oh I know: because they can. Because the laws of Virginia sanction the bullying of an entire region by a specialinterest group and its allies.

History has shown us time and again that egregious abuse of power spawns activism. And so is the case here.

This is not a quarrel over the Second Amendment. This is about education, safety, the local economy and Arlington’s cultural and legislative autonomy.

Medha Shah Arlington

Newspaper Has Been Derelict in Coverage of Gun Issue Editor: The Sun Gazette’s March 10 Highs & Lows section chastises the entire Arlington legislative delegation for “wading in unnecessarily in the community conversation about the planned gun store set to open on Pershing Drive” and indulging in their “craving for publicity.”

I find it peculiar that a newspaper – particularly one that has failed to write and publish new stories and analysis on the earlier Cherrydale and current

Pershing Drive gun store controversies – should criticize legislators for bringing public attention to one of the most significant local political issues in Arlington today.

I agree that, in the first instance, it should be courageous news outlets acting in the public interest that explore significant issues of public safety and cultural preferences and take a stand.

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John Seymour Arlington The Sun Gazette always welcomes your letters to the editor on topics of local interest.

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Turnout Will Determine the Winner of Democratic County Board Primary Editor: This letter responds to your March 17 article “Pressing for Accountable Government,” which you began: “The winner in June’s Democratic Arlington County Board primary is likely to be the candidate who best convinces voters he or she is the choice for improving government accountability and customer service.”

“That theme was struck by both incumbent Libby Garvey and challenger Erik Gutshall at dueling campaign events,” the article said.

I don’t think that gets it right, despite both candidates’ claims, and in fact I think the rest of your article goes a long way to refute it.

Arlington is still feeling the aftershocks of a voter-revolt earthquake, which I think first shook the walls with Libby Garvey’s primary victory over Melissa Bondi, continued with Republican-now-independent John Vihstadt’s two wins over Alan Howze, and arguably was extended by the Cristol-Dorsey wins in the most recent primary.

None of these elections was won by the candidate(s) anointed by the Democratic inner circle. But those aiming to

topple Garvey in the June primary include Gutshall endorsers Jay Fisette, Mary Hynes, Alan Howze, and Andrew Schneider – inner circlists every one.

I think Garvey and Gutshall are quite right that voters are eager for more userfriendly government, one that enables pleasant and convenient interactions.

But the primary aim of Gutshall and his endorsers is, I believe, to retake control of the County Board from those who’ve been elected without their imprimatur.

Most of the voters I know personally are quite happy with the recent changes in the County Board, but who knows whether their intensity of feeling is as great as that of the inner-circlists.

Back to the Sun Gazette: “‘The only way she’s going to win is if we get up and vote,’ said Mitch Opalski, a Garvey booster.”

Opalski has it right: If inner-circlists are the majority of a small number of actual voters in June, advantage Gutshall. If a broader Arlington Democratic electorate happy about recent changes turns out in large numbers, I think advantage Garvey.

Dave Schutz Arlington

Lawmakers Need to Put Spotlight on Eradicating Extreme Global Poverty Editor: I recently joined 200 volunteers from all 50 states on Capitol Hill to advocate for global health funding on behalf of the ONE Campaign, a nonpartisan advocacy group that pushes for effective government programs to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease in the developing world, particularly in subSaharan Africa.

Members of Congress are crafting the federal budget for fiscal 2017 right now. When attempting to balance the budget, many look to foreign-assistance programs as an easy target to slash funding.

However, as Marco Rubio noted during the March 10 Republican debate, these cost-effective, life-saving initiatives fight diseases like HIV/AIDS, tackle hunger and help the world’s poor pull themselves out of poverty, all for less than one percent of the federal budget.

Global-health initiatives go a long way in strengthening diplomatic ties, bolstering the global economy and providing people with opportunities that

keep them from falling into desperate acts of violent extremism.

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has a special leadership role in setting priorities for America’s foreign policy priorities.

Kaine has long been a champion for global-development issues, ever since he took a year off of law school at Harvard to work at a Jesuit mission in Honduras.

But as a representative of the people of Virginia, he needs us to support these issues, too. This is why I am writing in support of programs like the Global Fund, Gavi – the vaccine alliance, and USAID nutrition initiatives.

Extreme poverty has been cut in half since 1990. We’ve come too far in the fight against extreme poverty to turn back now. Helping our neighbors in less fortunate circumstances isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s also the smart thing to do for the future of our nation and the world.

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“Our analysis favors cities where you can make a living without spending an outsized portion of your paycheck on rent,” the site said, noting that Arlington’s relatively high rents were offset by high median wages.

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ENCORE LEARNING LOOKS AT BUILDING GROWTH FROM LOSS: Ann Hisle

will speak on “Learning to See the Stars: Reflections on Losing and Finding” on Monday, April 11 at 3 p.m. at Central Library.

The program is part of the “Meet the Author” series sponsored by Encore Learning in conjunction with the county library system.

Hisle, a practicing psychotherapist, will suggest ways to strengthen the ability to turn the inevitable losses of daily life into an awareness of new possibilities in life.

The community is invited. For information, call (703) 228-2144.

LIONS CLUB TO HOST ‘APPRECIATION FOR LADIES’: The Arlington Host Lions

Club will hold its second annual “Appreciation for the Ladies” luncheon on May 3 at Washington Golf & Country Club.

Local residents can nominate their “special ladies” for the chance to receive a luxury gift basket, by telling the club how special she is.

The luncheon will feature music, an auction and items from Mary Kay Cosmetics, Premier Jewelry and Pampered Chef, with a portion of the proceeds supporting Doorways for Women and Families.

The cost is $30 per person, and reservations must be received by April 22 by mail to Arlington Host Lions Club, P.O. Box 50055, Arlington, Va. 22205.

For information, call Elizabeth Schindler at (703) 598-8266.

HOME GARDENS TOPIC OF CHURCH PROGRAM: The Faith, Food and Fellow-

ship series at Clarendon United Methodist Church continues on Thursday, April 14 with a program on home gardens that support birds, bees and butterflies, featuring staff from Home Depot.

The program begins with a brief worship service with music at noon, followed by lunch ($5) at 12:30 p.m. and the program at 1 p.m. The community is invited.

The church is located at 606 North Irving St. For information, call (703) 5279574 or see the Web site at www.morefaith.org.

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Carlee to Stay as Charlotte City Manager – for Now SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Former Arlington County Manager Ron Carlee’s tenure as city manager in Charlotte, N.C., appears to be almost – but not quite – at an end.

City leaders announced in February that Carlee would not seek reappointment when his three-year contract expired March 31. But the Charlotte City Council then agreed to extend his employment on an at-will basis, paying him a pro-rated share of his $290,000-a-year salary plus a bonus of $25,000 if he stays through June 30, the Charlotte Observer reported.

Carlee was serving as chief operating officer of the International City/County Management Association in 2013 when he was tapped to be top staffer for North Carolina’s largest city. Prior to that, he spent nearly three decades with the Arlington County government, rising to serve as county manager from 2001-09.

Carlee was the first person from outside the ranks of the Charlotte government to be appointed city manager in 30 years. “My goal from the start of my service to the Charlotte community was to help create an inclusive, forward-thinking government,” Carlee said when announc-

ing in late February he would not seek a new contract.

Less than a year into Carlee’s tenure in Charlotte, Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested and charged with accepting nearly $50,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents. Cannon resigned as mayor and currently is serving a 44-month sentence in a minimum-security federal prison.

Carlee, who had started his career with the Arlington government as a budget analyst in 1980, was chosen by Ron Carlee the County Board as manager in 2001, after board members sacked William Donahue. Upon his retirement, Carlee was succeeded by Michael Brown, then the city manager in Savannah, Ga., who lasted only six months before being sent packing by the County Board.

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AAUW ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS: The Arlington branch of the Amer-

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The Yorktown High School theaterarts department will be honored with the Elizabeth Campbell Award for the Advancement of the Arts in Arlington award, while the Kenmore Middle School arts program will be presented with the Excellence in Middle/High School award.

Connie Skelton will be saluted as Educator of the Year, while Brian Bersh will receive the Notable Achievement in the Arts award.

Awards will be presented at the Arlington AAUW’s spring luncheon, to be held on Saturday, April 30 at noon at Washington Golf & Country Club. The community is invited; the cost is $40 per person The reservation deadline is April 22; for information, call luncheon chair Debbie Powers at (703) 241-8015 or e-mail Betsy Marron at betsymarron2@gmail. com.

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Last year, more than 6,000 volunteers participated, removing approximately 110,000 pounds of litter and debris along 450 miles of shoreline.

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HOME SHOW, GARDEN EXPO APPROACHES: The 2016 Arlington Home

Show & Garden Expo will be held on Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Center.

The expo is sponsored by the Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development in conjunction with the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization. For information, call (703) 228-3765 or see the Web site at https://housing.arlingtonva.us/events/ home-show-2016/.

ARLINGTON PLAYERS PRESENT GERSHWIN MUSICAL: The Arlington Players

presents the George and Ira Gershwin musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It” April 8-23, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road.

“The champagne flows and the gin fizzes in this musical extravaganza bursting with girls, glamor and glorious Gershwin tunes,” notes the producer.

Tickets are $24.50 for adults, $21.50 for students and seniors, and can be purchased in advance or at the box office.

For information, call (703) 549-1063 or see the Web site at www.thearlingtonplayers.org.

COMMITTEE OF 100 TOURS NEW ELEMENTARY: The Arlington Committee

of 100’s monthly meeting will take a look at Arlington’s newest public school – Discovery Elementary – with dinner and a tour on Wednesday, April 13.

There is no charge for the tour; the cost for dinner is $30 for Committee of 100 members, $32 for non-members. For tickets and information, see the Web site at www.arlingtoncommitteeof100.org.

MARYMOUNT CHORAL GROUP TO PERFORM: The annual concert of Blue

Harmony, Marymount University’s choral group, will be held on Sunday, April 10 at 4 p.m. in the Reinsch Library on the university’s main campus, 2807 North Glebe Road.

Admission is free, and the community is invited. A reception will follow.

AUTHOR TO READ FROM POETRY WORK: Arlington author Frederick Foote

will present a poetry reading and sign copies of his book, “Medic Against the Bomb: A Doctor’s Poetry of War” at the Fairfax County Public Schools’ STEMH Expo, to be held on Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Arlington School Officials Amenable to Naming Rights Stadiums, Auditoriums Could Be Available in Future SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Could the name of a commercial entity be coming to a local high-school stadium or gymnasiums in Arlington?

County school officials say it’s a possibility, although they aren’t nearly as far along as their counSCHOOL terparts out in LouCounty.

BOARD dounThere, according NOTES to media reports, F.H. Furr Inc. has inked an agreement to donate $250,000 to the Stone Bridge High School Athletic Boosters. In return, the firm’s name will adorn the high school’s football stadium for the next 10 years.

The donation from the HVAC firm will help the sports boosters pay off their share of the cost of synthetic turf for the field.

The Loudoun school system paid most of the $1 million cost, but the boosters had agreed to provide $250,000 for it.

Back to Arlington: Could the same thing happen?

“I am not aware of any companies who have approached APS for naming rights,” said Linda Erdos, the school system’s assistant superintendent for school and community relations.

But, Erdos said, that doesn’t mean the school system wouldn’t be interested in a partnership.

“The School Board did discuss this issue way back when they were looking at building Kenmore [Middle School], and the board indicated at that time that they might be interested in naming a theater or specific wing of a building for a company in exchange for a sizable donation to fund that portion of the capital project,” she said.

Doing so would be outside the school system’s existing naming policy, which is designed to govern how schools and administrative offices are named, since the donation would be for only a feature or structure within the school. The School Board would have the final say.

Of the county school system’s three primary high schools, only WashingtonLee’s football stadium (War Memorial) has a formal name. None of the highschool baseball or softball fields or basketball gymnasiums have names.

The county government, too, has expressed an openness to offering naming rights for facilities.

Among the efforts: Finding sponsors for facilities – from soccer fields to the stalled aquatics center – at Long Bridge Park in Crystal City.

So far, no big-ticket donors have stepped forward.

Overcrowding at Oakridge Drawing Concern: Superintendent Patrick Murphy is raising alarm bells about ongoing overcrowding at Oakridge Elementary

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In a memo to School Board members, Murphy pressed for new strategies to address short-term overcrowding at Oakridge, including the prospect of boundary changes.

Current projections have Oakridge facing a shortfall of 165 seats by the 2020-21 school year and 342 by 2025-26, according to school officials.

Church to Provide Parking for Swanson Staff: Arlington school leaders are set to ink a deal with a local church to provide overflow parking for teachers and staff at Swanson Middle School.

The school will need more relocatable classrooms in order to deal with rising enrollment; as a result, parts of the parking lot will be off limits for several years.

The agreement with Westover Baptist Church, set for School Board approval April 7, totals $100 per month for each of 45 parking spaces for 10 months out of the year, totaling $45,000 a year.

The agreement runs through the end of the 2018-19 school year; the opening of a new neighborhood middle school on the Stratford site (currently used by the H-B Woodlawn Program) in the fall of 2019 is expected to relieve crowding issues at Swanson.

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General Assembly Wrapup: Legislators Score Successes SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The 2016 General Assembly session may have come to an end (except for the veto session), but there are some odds and ends remaining to be detailed: Hope Homeowners’ Measure Wins Signature of Governor: Gov. McAuliffe has signed legislation, patroned by Del. Patrick Hope, that removes a procedural hurdle for homeowners seeking to obtain building permits when their homes are part of a condominium, cooperative or homeowners’ association.

Hope’s bill prohibits Virginia’s local governments from requiring that condo or homeowners’ associations or co-op boards provide a letter in support of permits prior to their issuance.

Hope (D-47th) said he patroned the legislation after hearing about the requirement from a constituent in Arlington.

“I don’t want the government to act as the enforcer of [association] rules,” Hope said. The request for a permit, he said, “should just be approved on its own merits.”

Though the bill had a modest rewrite during its journey through the halls of the General Assembly, it escaped unscathed, winning passage 99-0 in the House of Delegates and 40-0 in the state Senate.

A companion bill patroned by state Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax) also won unan-

imous approval.

The measure goes into effect July 1.

Ebbin Optimistic on Support for Commission on Women’s Suffrage: State Sen. Adam Ebbin says he has faith efforts to commemorate the centennial of women’s suffrage will find support in the General Assembly.

Legislation patroned by Ebbin (D30th) to establish a commission commemorating ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and provide small grants to organizations that plan commemorative efforts, passed the state Senate on a 39-0 vote during the 2016 General Assembly session. But both Ebbin’s measure and a companion piece (one without grant funding) in the House of Delegates were stopped in the House Committee on Appropriations.

There’s still time to get the ball rolling prior to the 2019 anniversary, Ebbin told the Sun Gazette.

“I don’t think the committee meant any malice to the concept of this commission, and am optimistic that this initiative will move forward in the future,” he said.

“There is still time to appropriately recognize this milestone in American history.”

Ebbin said he planned to introduce similar legislation in 2017.

Virginia’s General Assembly rejected the federal constitutional amendment during a vote in 1919, but when the requisite number of states approved it, Virginia

by the Virginia Eugenical Sterilization Act, but a study conducted by the University of Vermont estimated the total at about 7,300.

During the 2015 session, Hope introduced legislation calling for a payment of $50,000 to each living person who had been sterilized. The measure was killed by the House Committee on Appropriations, largely over concerns about cost: Virginia officials estimated that about 722 living victims of forced sterilization might be alive and qualify for compensation under Hope’s bill, which would have led to a possible total payout of $36.1 million, with additional costs to staff the program.

Virginia’s eugenics program was similar to those in a number of other states during the era, although it lasted longer than most. Some of those who were sterilized were not told about the procedure until years later, if at all.

Legislators Cosponsor Scalia Memorial Resolution: They may not have been on the same side of the political spectrum as the honoree, but four members of Arlington’s General Assembly delegation signed on to commemorate the life of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

State Sens. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and Janet Howell (D-32nd) and Dels.

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women gained the right to vote in local, state and federal elections.

Virginia was among states that ratified the measure, largely symbolically, after national ratification. The General Assembly approved passage in 1952, more than 30 years after the amendment was ratified and 30 years before the last state (Mississippi) approved ratification.

Eugenics-Compensation Effort Wins More Funding: The General Assembly has approved $800,000 in one-time funding to support compensation for those who were forcibly sterilized while in the custody of the state government over a 55-year period throughout the mid-20th century.

State officials have agreed to pay $25,000 for those still alive who were sterilized between 1924-79. The $800,000 in new funding is in addition to $400,000 authorized in 2015 under a legislative coalition of Dels. Patrick Hope (D-47th), Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) and Ben Cline (R-Amherst).

Speaking at a recent event, Hope said he was gratified that the additional funding had been approved.

“You can’t find any opposition” to the concept of compensation, Hope said.

“It’s one that has unified people you would think would be on opposite sides,” he said.

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Scalia lived in McLean, which is represented by a number of the legislators whose districts also include Arlington.

Hope, whose district is totally within Arlington, said he signed on as a patron “out of respect.”

The resolution notes that Scalia “enjoyed vigorous debate, but fostered collegiality and mutual respect in his personal life; he enjoyed close friendships with colleagues on both sides of the political spectrum.”

Like nearly all such resolutions, the Scalia memorial passed both houses of the General Assembly without opposition. It expresses the General Assembly’s condolences to Scalia’s widow, Maureen, their nine children and other family members and friends.

Though a native of New Jersey, Scalia had significant roots in Virginia. He taught at the University of Virginia Law School from 1967-74, then settled in Northern Virginia after being appointed an assistant attorney general in 1974.

In 1982, while serving on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Scalia was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court. At his death, Scalia had served longer than all

but 14 of the 112 justices who have sat on the court.

Hope Again Praises Vihstadt for Support in Richmond: Del. Patrick Hope has picked up a BFF (Bipartisan Friend Forever) in Arlington County Board member John Vihstadt.

Hope (D-47th) on March 16 again lavished praise on the Republican-leaning independent Vihstadt for his efforts at helping secure passage of legislation restoring Arlington’s ability to impose a surtax on hotel stays in order to fund tourism promotion.

“We could not have been successful this year without John Vihstadt,” Hope said at the monthly meeting of the Arlington County Republican Committee.

(For the record: Hope is not a regular habitué of Republican confabs. He was on hand to present a General Assembly resolution in honor of retiring Electoral Board secretary Allen Harrison Jr.) Hope said he and Vihstadt traveled to see House Speaker William Howell (RFredericksburg) prior to the start of the 2016 session, in an effort to gauge Howell’s willingness to restore taxing authority that had been stripped away in 2011.

It was one of the few times a County Board member had direct interaction with the Republican legislative leadership on the issue.

“And that’s what it takes,” Hope said, noting the Vihstadt is “not afraid to go

Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) discusses the 2016 General Assembly session during a recent community meeting.

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down there and build those relationships.”

State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd) patroned a companion bill in the upper house of the legislature. Both bills passed, but House Republicans insisted that the measures include a two-year sunset provision, meaning Arlington will have to come back in 2018 to seek reauthorization.

Hope said there is reason for optimism that the General Assembly ultimately will agree to lift the sunset clause.

Gulf Branch Nature Center Lauded

by General Assembly: Gulf Branch Na-

ture Center is in line for legislative kudos in the run-up to its 50th anniversary.

The Arlington center was established in 1966 as the first nature center in Arlington, later joined by Long Branch Nature Center (1972) and Potomac Overlook Regional Park (1974).

The 38-acre facility is located on what had been a Native American fishing camp; the 1920s cabin on the property is alleged to once have been home of Pola Negri, a star of the silent screen who later is believed to have lived in Northern Virginia.

The legislative resolution, patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) congratulated the community on the facility’s “historic and unique role in protecting and promoting Arlington County’s parklands and green space.”

A 50th-anniversary celebration is slated for June 12.

Community Residences Wins Legislative Honors: The General Assembly is adding its kudos on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Community Residences Inc, which provides support and services to local residents with disabilities.

After being started by a group of families in Arlington in 1975, the organization expanded its scope and service area, and provides services “to facilitate independent and dignified living within the community,” notes the resolution, patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st).

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Dominion’s ‘Project Plant It!’ Celebrates 10 Years of Teaching about Trees SUYAPA MARQUEZ | DOMINION

or the past decade, elementaryschool students throughout the Northern Virginia region have been digging into Mother Nature thanks to Dominion’s “Project Plant It!” A hallmark of this educational program is the distribution of a free redbud tree seedling to all children who are registered for the program.

The seedlings are shipped to arrive in time for Arbor Day, which is April 29.

This year, for the first time since the program began in 2007, enrollment was open to all grade levels instead of just to third graders as in the past. Also, scout troops, civic organizations, preschools, homeschools and other entities that work with children –including parents and grandparents – could participate.

Registrations in 2016 include not only third-grade classes in the greater Northern Virginia area, but also a Girl Scout troop in Stafford County, a Pre-K class in Reston, a kindergarten and fourth grade class in Arlington and a 10th-grade class

in Prince William County, just to name a few.

Although the registration period closed in mid-February, there are still many opportunities to engage children in Project Plant It! All of the instructional materials – including lesson plans in math, science, language arts and social studies, along with other teaching tools – can be downloaded at no charge from the web site, www.projectplantit.com. Teachers, parents and facilitators can easily adapt these materials to different grade levels.

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In 2016, up to 50,000 redbud tree seedlings will be distributed to children in 10 states where Dominion conducts business. This means Project Plant It! has provided a grand total of about 350,000 tree seedlings over the past ten years, representing almost 875 acres of new forest if all of the seedlings are planted and grow to maturity. [Source: Virginia Department of Forestry] Project Plant It! was created by Dominion to teach children about the benefits of trees to the ecosystem and to inspire a new generation of tree-planters to protect the environment. For more information, visit www.projectplantit. com.

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Business Briefcase ARLINGTON CHAMBER PLANS CUBA TRIP: The Arlington Chamber of Com-

merce has announced plans for a five-day trip to Cuba in November.

“We are thrilled to expand our Chamber travel program – we look forward to continuing to provide our members and the community unique opportunities like this trip,” said Chamber president Kate Roche Bates.

The journey, to run Nov. 10-14, will be operated under State Department rules as a people-to-people exchange, designed to focus on leisure. It will include first-class hotel accommodations, a bilingual Cuban guide and deluxe motorcoach, eight meals, admissions and Cuban medical insurance.

The cost begins at $2,695 for Chamber members, families and guests, $2,895 for others, with airfare from Miami (air travel from Washington Dulles International Airport can be arranged for an additional cost).

The early-bird registration deadline is May 31, with the final registration deadline of Aug. 27. For information, call the Chamber office at (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www.arlingtonchamber. org.

McAULIFFE VETOES ANTI-LIVINGWAGE BILLS: The Arlington County

government’s living-wage requirement

on contractors appears likely to survive a challenge in Richmond.

Gov. McAuliffe has vetoed a pair of bills aimed at restricting the ability of localities to require those doing work for them from paying employees more than the current federal and state minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

In his veto message, McAuliffe described living-wage efforts as “laudable,” and said government “should be focused on increasing wages, which will improve the lives of our families and aid our efforts to build a new Virginia economy.”

Both measures passed the General Assembly on largely party-line votes, with Republicans supportive and Democrats opposing, but the margins were not large enough to override a veto when the legislature returns to session April 20.

The political back-and-forth in Richmond does not, however, answer the basic question of whether living-wage requirements on contracts are in fact legal under Virginia law. Fairfax County officials a decade ago looked into the issue and determined they do not have authority to force one on contractors absent authority from the General Assembly.

While Arlington County imposes such a requirement – contractors receiving more than $100,000 a year from the county must pay employees at least $13.13 per hour – the Arlington Chamber of Com-

merce long has contended doing so violates state law.

The matter has never been fought out in the courts, however, perhaps because contractors are fearful of incurring the wrath of government procurement officials.

In his proposed fiscal 2017 budget, Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz has recommended increasing the livingwage requirement to more than $14 an hour.

AIRLINE ACQUISITION TO HAVE LIMITED IMPACT ON LOCAL AIRPORTS: The

planned acquisition of Virgin America by Alaska Airlines is not likely to have a major impact on the balance of power at the region’s two main airports.

The two carriers announced April 4 the makings of a $4 billion deal to have Alaska Airlines take over Virgin America, creating an airline with total revenues of approximately $7 billion a year.

“We look forward to bringing together two incredible groups of employees to build on the successes they have achieved as standalone companies to make us an even stronger competitor nationally,” said Brad Tilden, chairman and CEO of Seattle-based Alaska Air Group.

Alaska and Virgin America each have presences at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles

International Airport, but the merged operations will still remain relatively small compared to the dominant carriers at each.

At Reagan National, Alaska currently ranks sixth in passenger totals, Virgin America ninth. With about 46,400 passengers, combined, traveling through National in January, the two airlines would still rank sixth, well below the nearly 800,000 passengers using American Airlines during the month and also behind Southwest, Delta, JetBlue and United.

At Washington Dulles, Virgin America ranked as the seventh largest carrier in January, with about 22,600 passengers.

Alaska did not rank in the top 10.

United Airlines was dominant at Dulles, carrying more than 860,000 passengers during the month.

AIR SERVICE BETWEEN REAGAN NATIONAL, MICHIGAN CAPITAL TO RESUME: After an absence of about eight

months, nonstop air service between the local region and the capital of Michigan will resume over the summer.

The Department of Transportation has approved a request by American Airlines for a “slot exemption” at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, so the airline can serve Lansing, Mich., with once-a-day service. Flights could start as early as late June.

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Real Estate Featured Property of the Week

Unique, Whimsical, Enchanting Home

Classic Pre-War Property Includes a Surprise: An Indoor Pool!

Think back to January’s whopper weekend snowstorm. Wouldn’t it have been better to have lived through it by frolicking in your own indoor swimming pool?

This week’s featured home, a prewar classic, is one of the few properties throughout Northern Virginia offering that option. And it’s just one of many special features you’ll find while embarked on a tour of this charmer.

The property currently is on the market, listed at $849,000 by Betsy Twigg of McEnearney Associates.

Many homes in Arlington have character and grace, but it is not often coupled with the wit and whimsy found in this traditional Tudor home, located on the tree-lined streets of Tara.

Constructed in 1937, when Americans were enamored of English-style architecture, the living room features a fireplace set in a wood-paneled wall with built-ins, and the paneling continues into the adjoining dining room.

The kitchen is reminiscent of a ship’s galley, with built-in drawers and a very efficient work triangle.

Upstairs, there are three spacious bedrooms; the third serves up a balcony for early-morning coffee or late-night relaxation.

The lower level is perfect for hobbies and crafts, or a children’s playroom.

The focal-point indoor pool is presided over by the aptly-named mannequin “The Texture of Life Aboard Ship” (or “Tex” for short). Vaulted ceilings with skylights and clerestory windows brighten the pool area, and there are sliding-glass doors to the patio.

The home is conveniently located between the charms and attractions of urban Ballston and the Main Street flavor of Westover Village. Residents can walk to three parks, the bike path, library, shops and restaurants.

Classic pre-war elegance coupled with a perfect location and the bonus of an indoor pool? No matter what the season, this home is a keeper.

Well worthy of consideration.

Articles are prepared by the Sun Gazette’s real estate advertising department on behalf of clients.

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: 1610 North Greenbrier Street, Arlington (22205).

Listed at: $849,000 by Betsy Twigg, McEnearney Associates (703) 9674391.

Schools: Glebe Elementary, Swanson Middle, Yorktown High School.

Pending Sales Up Nationally, Except for in the Northeast

Pending home sales rose in February to their highest level in seven months and remain higher than a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Led by a sizeable increase in the Midwest, all major regions except for the Northeast saw an increase in contract activity in February.

The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, rose 3.5 percent to 109.1 in February from a downwardly revised 105.4 in January and was 0.7 percent above February 2015 (108.3).

The index in the Northeast declined 0.2 percent to 94.0 in February, but is still 12.6 percent above a year ago. In the Midwest the index shot up 11.4 percent to 112.6 in February, and is now 2.5 percent above February 2015.

Pending home sales in the South increased 2.1 percent to an index of 122.4 in February but are 0.4 percent lower than last February. The index in the West climbed 0.7 percent in February to 96.4, but is now 6.2 percent below a year ago.

Although the index has now increased year-over-year for 18 consecutive months nationally, February’s annual gain was the smallest in that run.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, said pending sales made promising strides in February, rising to the highest index reading since last July (109.8).

“After some volatility this winter, the latest data is encouraging in that a decent number of buyers signed contracts last month, lured by mortgage rates dipping to their lowest levels in nearly a year and a modest, seasonal uptick in inventory,” he said. “Looking ahead, the key for sustained momentum and more sales than last spring is a continuous stream of new listings quickly replacing what’s being scooped up by a growing pool of buyers.”

Without adequate supply, “sales will likely plateau,” Yun said.

Existing-homes sales this year are forecast to be around 5.38 million, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2015. The national median existing-home price for all of this year is expected to increase between 4 and 5 percent.

In 2015, existing-home sales increased 6.3 percent, while prices rose 6.8 percent.

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County Bond Ratings Affirmed

As the Arlington County government gears up for debt sale later this month, the nation’s three main bond-rating houses have reaffirmed the government’s AAA/ AAA/Aaa bond ratings.

Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s provided their reviews of the county government’s fiscal health in ratings issued March 31 to April 4. They were made as the county government plans to sell up to $55 million in new general-obligation debt and refinance $210 million in

existing bonds at lower interest rates.

The sale is slated for the week of April 18, depending on market conditions.

In announcing its rating, Moody’s noted that Arlington has “a history of conservative fiscal management and demonstrated adherence to adopted policies.”

Fitch noted the government’s solid reserve funds and the liquidity of its assets.

Fewer than 40 counties in the nation currently have the top ratings from each of the three major bond houses.

n Annie Hatcher, a 2015 graduate of Washington-Lee High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Virginia.

School Chorus and All-Virginia Middle School Chorus.

Performances will be held at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach on Saturday, April 30.

Local students selected for All-Virginia High School Chorus include Julia Landini, Washington-Lee High School; Callie Randall, Washington-Lee High School; and Zeke Albro (alternate), WashingtonLee High School.

Local students selected for All-Virginia Middle School Chorus include Joel Brown, Swanson Middle School; Annaliese Dubras, Swanson Middle School; Sophia Gerensky-Greene, Swanson Middle School; Mayarí Loza Muñoz, Thomas Jefferson Middle School; Rylei Porter, Swanson Middle School; and Noah Troppe, Swanson Middle School.

Schools & Military n Sophie Hatcher, a 2015 graduate of Washington-Lee High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Virginia Tech. n Dana Arbaugh of Arlington has been inducted into the Ithaca College chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. n Wakefield High School senior Anthony Box recently placed third in the Chinese Bridge Speech Contest at the Confucius Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

A total of 175 contestants from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Connecticut participated in this year’s contest, now in its 11th year.

There were three groups of contestants: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Box competed in the advanced group. Each contestant gave a three- to four-minute speech, then answered questions from judges.

As the third-place honoree, Box will participate in the China Bridge Summer camp for two weeks in Shanghai or Nanjing.

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Police Beat COUNTY CRIME TOTAL DECLINED IN 2015: n Criminal activity in Arlington declined 6 percent in 2015, according to figures reported March 31 by the Arlington County Police Department.

The grand total of Part I offenses (homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor-vehicle theft) was 3,631 in 2015, down from 3,863 in 2014.

Property crimes posted the most significant decline, with burglaries down 13.6 percent and larcenies down 7.1 percent. Thefts of motor vehicles, however, were up 7.1 percent.

Robberies increased 4.6 percent to 115, while aggravated assaults were up 2.1 percent to 144. The number of reported rapes were unchanged.

The Arlington County Police Department received a total of 87,475 calls for service during the calendar year.

“Safe communities are built on strong partnerships between police and the communities they serve,” Police Chief Jay Farr said in a statement accompanying the data. “We are committed to engaging with our citizens and making our community safer together.”

MURDER: n Arlington police have charged a 17year-old youth with the April 1 murder of

a 46-year-old Arlington man, an incident police say was domestic in nature.

Police were dispatched around 8 p.m. to the 100 block of South Glebe Road for a report of an assault. Arriving officers located a juvenile male suffering from minor injuries. A responding unit was flagged down by medics at the intersection of South Glebe Road and 3rd Street South, where an older male victim was found suffering from numerous stab wounds.

The second man – identified by police as Dennis Adams – was transported to George Washington University, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said their investigation uncovered a “number of inconsistencies” in the juvenile’s account, and subsequently charged him with murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony.

The youth’s name has not been released, although it will be if he ends up being charged as an adult in the incident.

MALICIOUS WOUNDING: n On March 26 at 4:30 p.m., a verbal altercation in the 300 block of North Glebe Road turned physical when a man was struck in the face by a metal pipe, police said.

The suspect – 41-year-old Robin Good Stewart of Arlington – was arrested, charged with malicious wounding and

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The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

cleto Perez Aguilar, both of Arlington – were arrested, charged with assault by mob and drunk in public, and were held on a secured bond.

UNLAWFUL WOUNDING: n On March 25 at 8:37 a.m., a bus driver attempted to remove a man from the bus in the 900 block of South Dinwiddie Street due to improper behavior, police said.

The suspect refused to leave, and when a supervisor arrived on the scene, the suspect attempted to strike him with a stick, police said.

Arriving officers located the suspect on a stolen bicycle in the neighborhood.

The suspect – 25-year-old Eugene Joel of no fixed address – was arrested and charged with unlawful wounding, assault, grand larceny and trespassing on public transportation. He was held without bond.

PEEPING TOM: n On March 27 at 10:05 p.m., a woman observed a man looking inside her bathroom and bedroom windows in the 5100 block of 10th Street South.

The individual then fled on foot, police said.

The suspect is described as an Hispanic male, 5’2”, 140 pounds.

ASSAULT BY MOB: n On March 27 at 2:05 a.m., a man was driving in the 400 block of North Pershing Drive when he felt an object strike his helmet while driving a moped.

While attempting to flee the area, the man lost control of his moped and was assaulted by four individuals, police said.

Two suspects – 26-year-old Byron Gamaliel Jimenez Vail and 21-year-old Ana-

BURGLARY: n Sometime between March 14 at 8:30 a.m. and March 29 at 5:15 p.m., a home in the 2700 block of North Quebec Street was burglarized.

Entry was gained by forcing open a sliding-glass door. n On March 27 at 4:51 a.m., a man forced entry into a business in the 3400 block of Wilson Boulevard and stole several items of value as well as cash.

The suspect is described as a white male. n Sometime between March 29 at 11:10 p.m. and March 30 at 7:50 a.m., a home in the 300 block of North Glebe Road was burglarized. Entry was gained by forcing open a window.

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Va.’s Home Sales Show Strength During February Year-over-year home sales across Virginia were up in February even as median sales prices took a slight dip, according to new figures from the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR).

A total of 6,391 properties went to closing during the month, up 5.5 percent from the 6,058 transactions reported statewide in February 2015 – a direction that offi-

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developing and performing a script, but those who do return year after year.

“I love it,” said Merry Casillas, who portrayed a take-charge Barbie in “Idle Playthings” and has been performing since she was 12 years old. As for learning

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election. In 2011, he took the slot of Bell after the 2009 victory of Robert McDonnell.

While Bickford, Bell and McGeary have served in various combinations on the Electoral Board, this is the first time they have all served together.

cials in the real-estate industry hope will continue as the market transitions into the busy spring-summer season.

“With continued low interest rates and inventory increasing into spring, sales should continue to rise, in keeping with both seasonal trends and the sustained strengthening of Virginia’s real-estate industry,” VAR president Bill White said.

While sales were up, the median price of $242,600 reported in February was down about 1 percent from $245,000 a year before. The median price also was down slightly from January 2016, marking only the third time since 2008 that the state market has seen a price drop over the January-to-February period.

The decline is not necessarily due to

similar homes selling for less, VAR officials suggested, but perhaps to limited inventory in some price categories of the market.

Buoyed by the higher sales, total volume for the month was up 4.9 percent from a year before, standing at $1.93 billion.

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the script, she gets help from her family – “and I have a big family,” she said.

Niedringhaus didn’t miss a line during an opening-week matinee before about 200 people. Like any actor, getting those lines memorized requires “practicing every day.”

Among the veterans on stage was Steve Korn, who has been in ArtStream productions for the past five years.

“It’s hard work – six months it takes,”

he noted. “We get together in September, we all sit around and think about a theme.

Using improv, they’ll write the script from that.”

Korn likes to play good guys; past efforts to cast him as a villain didn’t work because he “has such a sunny attitude,” Newman said.

ArtStream also has theater troupes in Rockville and Silver Spring, and hosts camps, social clubs and classes – rang-

ing from improv to Broadway show tunes – throughout the year for adults with disabilities.

At the March 31 Electoral Board meeting, McGeary was elected to succeed Harrison as secretary, with Bickford retaining her post as chairman and Bell vice chairman.

Under state law, the chairman and secretary must be of different political parties.

Harrison in February had been appointed by Newman to a new three-year term, but it was anticipated that the appointment was only to permit him to

serve through the March 1 presidential primaries.

Favola to Headline Civic Federation Gala: State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31st) has been tapped as keynote speaker at the Arlington County Civic Federation’s centennial banquet, to be held April 8 at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn.

Favola, who before her election to the state Senate in 2011 served 13 years on the County Board, will present an overview of the Civic Federation’s growth since its

inception in 1916, when the organization was founded by six civic associations.

The centennial gala, to be hosted by Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson, also will include presentation of the Sun Gazette Cup, the highest honor in Arlington civic activism, and a special Centennial Award in honor of the late Elizabeth Campbell, whose efforts in the community ranged from working to integrate schools to the founding of public broadcaster WETA.

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Liberty’s Big Clash Ends in Tie

Teeing Off

Suggestions on Speeding the Slow Pace of Baseball

How about holding an exhibition baseball game between a couple of local high school teams for the sole purpose of speeding the pace of what is far too often slow play.

Dave Facinoli

W-L Takes a Lead But Can’t Hold on DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

Nothing was decided.

A Liberty Conference showdown between two of the area’s top boys high soccer teams SOCCER school ended in a 1-1 tie March 31 between the defending 6A state champion Langley Saxons (3-0-1) and the visiting Washington-Lee Generals (2-0-1).

“Langley has always been a physical team,” said W-L coach Jimmy Carrasquillo, whose squad was a 6A state finalist in 2014. “When we did our thing tonight – dictate the run of play – we did pretty well. When it got physical, they took us out of it.”

Washington-Lee scored the first goal in the second half on a shot from 15 yards out by senior midfielder Lucas Mendes, to give the Generals a 1-0 lead.

“Maycol [Nunez] got the ball at the top of the box,” Mendes said. “I turned and he found me on the left side. I saw that the near post was open. Thankfully it went in.”

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Top: Washington-Lee defeners Colin MacEwan and Noah Goodkind squeeze Langley’s Timmy Le in front of the W-L goal with goalie Chris Palacios looking on. Above: Harrison Ramos of W-L, left, and and Langley’s Taylor Hosley battle for possession.

PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

Patriots Allow Second-Half Goal in a 1-0 Loss ALLEN KHA

For the Sun Gazette

The Oakton Cougars squeaked past visiting and preSOCCER the viously undefeated Yorktown Patriots, 1-0, in an early-season matchup pitting girls high school soccer teams with lofty expectations.

Oakton (2-1) dominated play on March 31, possessing the ball for most of the game, and generating 13 shots.

Yorktown (3-1) was without its entire starting defensive back four, because 0f club-team commitments.

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to create space once they pushed the ball toward the Patriots’ goal. Yorktown’s midfield duo often dropped deep to shield their back line and close off space in the middle for Oakton’s attackers.

Oakton also was the recipient of some good defense. Sophomore Yorktown center back Annette Shumway made three goal-line clears on shot attempts from University of Floridabound Oakton senior Tess Sapone.

The game was scoreless at halftime.

Yorktown almost took the lead shortly into the second half when Sydney Jones’ long cross to the box flew in the wind and bounced down from the

crossbar.

Oakton scored the only goal after the Yorktown backline defended an initial counter, then Sapone got control of the ball away from Shumway and put a shot past Patriots’ goalie Sydney Davis.

“Against a ranked team [Yorktown], it’s great to get this result,” Oakton coach Kasey Davenport said. “It’s good to know that we can still grind through.

Both teams were missing players, and it’s only our third game. So we all have to continue improving. The players, our attackers, will continue to gain a better

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The teams, coaches and umpiring staff would have to meet, plan and be completely coordinated and 100 percent on board about how such a contest could demonstrate, with maybe a few exaggerations, how action could be significantly sped way up.

Here are a few suggestions. n Catchers call all the pitches, eliminating having to get the signs from the bench, then relay it to the pitcher, which would save tons of time. n No huddles in front of dugouts, which has unfortunately become too common, before the defensive team takes the field. The players should sprint to their positions. n Pitchers and catchers should be in position for the warm-up pitches within seconds of the changeovers, not minutes, which has too often become the case. The umpires should speed this along. n Cut way down on the meetings at the mound between pitchers and catchers, as well as the one-on-one chats between batters and the coach in the third-base box. Plus, a coach should jog quickly, not walk slowly, when visiting the mound, then have only 15 seconds to talk. n Hitters not be allowed to step out of the box, and be required to jog to the plate upon their turn to bat. n Pitchers have to throw a pitch within five seconds of getting the sign from the catcher, and not be allowed to hold the ball, forcing the batter to ask for time. n Start games on time. If action is supposed to begin at 6 p.m., that’s when the first pitch should be thrown, not when introductions commence.

They should start 15 minutes earlier.

If all of these suggestions were tried, the pace of a great game would be much more enjoyable to watch.

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All-Arlington High School Hoop Teams Boys

Girls

First Team Name

Nate Watson Alan Treakle Gene Jones Deng Nhial Ako Adams

Name

Halil Parks Jonathan Adams Chris Ozgo Randal Gaskins Daniel DeButts

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Position Height Yr. Name Forward Guard Forward Forward Guard

6-8 5-9 6-1 6-4 6-3

Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr.

Summer Matlack Janiya Clemmons Alison Criswell Jasmine Taylor Lyrin Hatcher

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Guard Guard Guard Guard Forward

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5-8 5-7 5-6 5-9 6-0

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Honorable Mention: From O’Connell: Justin Nwosu, Jay Heath, Matt Lewis, Quentin Millora-Brown. From Wakefield: Eric Martin, Amari Cooper, Chris Warner. From Washington-Lee: Michael Stearman, Andrew Jensen, Sean Killalea, Evan Schadelbauer: From Yorktown: Conor Shears, Nate Kaniut, Connor Van Kirk, Matt Paredes, Viktor Green, Michael Spicer.

Maddie Cherry. From Wakefield: Olivia Cecato-Bayne, Hailey Finlay, Tae’lor Willard. From Washington-Lee: Enas Nigatu, Ava Singh, Ashley James, Kierra Nelson, Maeve Marsh. From Yorktown: Maggie Shipley, Sydney Davis, Alexis George, Liz Shean, Kathleen Columba.

Player of the Year: Deng Nhial (Wakefeld) Coach of the Year: Tony Bentley (Wakefeld)

Player of the Year: Jasmine Taylor (O’Connell) Coach of the Year: Angie Kelly (W-L)

Rookie of the Year: Amari Cooper (Wakefield)

Honorable Mention: From O’Connell: Alicia Gonzales, Anna Hovis,

The Sun Gazette’s 2015-16 all-Arlington boys and girls teams were chosen from the county’s four high school teams: O’Connell, Wakefield, Washington-Lee and Yorktown.

Rookie of the Year: Tae’lor Willard (Wakefield)

High School Roundup WAKEFIELD BASKETBALL PLAYERS PICKED ALL-STATE: Wakefield High

School boys and girls basketball players Deng Nhial and Summer Matlack were chosen second team all-state in the 5A classification.

Nhial was a senior forward on the boys squad, and Matlack a junior guard for the girls.

Patriots Continued from Page 25 understanding of how their teammates play, and we’ll do a better job of creating space.”

Liberty Continued from Page 25 the tying goal when Shayan Harandi drilled in a direct kick from 25 yards.

“Shayan bent it around a five-man wall there,” Langley coach Bo Amato said.

Harandi said he made a good move on the W-L goalie.

“Their keeper sold me front post,” Harandi said. “He was daring me to hit it front post, and that’s what I did.”

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Both helped the Wakefield teams reach the state tournaments in 2015-16.

The Wakefield boys won the Capitol Conference Tournament championship and the girls were second. The boys were second in the 5A North Region tourney, and the girls lost in the second round.

Nhial was the co-conference Player of the Year.

WAKEFIELD BOYS SOCCER TEAM WINS TWICE: The Wakefield Warriors

YORKTOWN MATTRESS FUND-RAISER:

blanked South County, 1-0, and Stuart, 1-0, in boys high school soccer games last week.

Mauricio Rojas and Felipe Caceres scored goals and junior goalie Armando Polio recorded the shutouts in the victories.

The Yorktown High School baseball and girls softball teams will conduct their third-annual mattress sale fundraiser in the Yorktown High cafeteria on Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Mattresses are name-brand and at deeply discounted prices.

Yorktown coach Mariano Alonso was pleased with his team’s performance, despite the loss.

“We played tough and we had a lot of players step up – an entirely new backline,” he said. “I’m not upset about the result because we were resilient, and given Oakton’s chances, it was a logical

result. Tonight was always a game where the first team to score would probably prevail, and credit to Oakton that they did.”

Yorktown won its first three games, defeating Lake Braddock, 1-0, George Mason, 5-1, and Langley, 3-1.

In the win over Langley, Kelly Em-

son scored two goals and Zoe Lunn the other. Assists went to Meredith Beam and Sarah Brooks.

Kiely Westhoff had two goals and two assists against George Mason, with Cadyn Westhoff netting the goal and Gillian Schiffer tallying the assist against Lake Braddock.

ting a goal post.

“I sort of thought that we outplayed them, but W-L is a good team,” Amato said.

Washington-Lee goalie Chris Palacios made numerous big saves with his feet and hands.

“The key to playing keeper is being able to judge the ball and being aggressive,” Palacios said. “I thought that our defenders – Isaac Gamboa, Colin MacEwen, Noah Goodkind and Marty Hockey – all played well. We need to take it step by step to get there.”

Langley’s defense was led by Grant Hughes, Taylor Hosley, Tim Murray and Rashid Maen Areikat.

“We had to contain them,” Maen Areikat said. “We knew that they were dangerous up top. Soccer is a team game. It’s not a one man show.”

Harandi said one of Langley’s goals is to repeat as state champions. “We have the ammo to do it,” he said. “We need to improve on finishing our chances.”

Amato said his team still has to do more developing. “We need to get fitter – more cardiovascular – as a team,” he said. “If so, we’ll be able to execute our chances better.”

For the season for Washington-Lee, Mendes has four goals and two assists, with Nunez having three goals and two assists.

Other top players for the Generals are Alejandro Maldonado, Jose Argueta, Jake Muskovitz, Harrison Ramos and Abdullah Al’Rubaly.

For Langley, Harandi has a goal and four assists.

Other top Langley players are Tim Le, Damian Street, Jordan Shklyar, Claudio Conde, Cameron Basco and goalie Alexander-Halim Barakat.

In earlier games, the Generals blanked W.T. Woodson, 3-0, and downed Madison, 4-1. Argueta, Mendes and Nunez scored the goals against Woodson. In the win over Madison, Nunez scored two and Mendes and Maldonado the others.

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They are Cathy Ahn, Megan Armstrong, Susan Ashcom, Mateo Ayala, Shannon Beebe, Shannon Beydler, Melissa Bishop, Tony Black, Melissa Bodeau, Samantha Bryant, Cristina Burbach, Kelly Buroker, Dave Cahill, Grace Chan, Huan-Chou Chang, Laura Chipkin, Taylor Coffey, David Colman, Brian Danza, Jack Dasilva, James Defilippi, Melissa Divecchia, Kate Dochelli, Jilanne Doom, Carrie Dunn, Keely Eckberg, Jim Economos, Alexis Fairbanks, Chris Farley and Jon Fulginiti.

Also, Brooke Gagnier, Page Griffith, Scott Guichard, Jeffrey Horwitz, Charmaine Jamerson, Miki Jamerson, John Kelly, Albert Kim, Daryle Lademan, Sean Laffey, Christina Lauer, Donna Lekang, Corey Letichevsky, Alexander Mackler, Steven Maguire, Rosalie Malsberger, Lynn Marcotte, Phoebe Markle, Emily Marsh, Marshall Martin, Jackie McCarthy, Justin McCarthy, Lucy McCausland, Brian McElhaney, Heather McGee, Rich Mendelowitz, Melinda Metz, Julieanne Miller and Gary Morgans.

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Last year, Wardian, 42, was Arlington’s top finisher.

GAME OFFICIALS NEEDED: Northern Virginia Base-

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He was 60th overall and 52nd among men in 2:27:20.

Phoebe Markle, 32, was Arlington’s first female. She was 3,732nd overall and 257th among women in 3:05:41.

The list of Arlington runners was compiled by Jay Jacob Wind SAMBA BLUE WINS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: The un-

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Formal classroom and on-the-job training will be provided. Visit www.umpires.org or call John Porter at (703) 978-3601 for more information.

ARLINGTON SENIOR GOLF: The Arlington Senior Golf Club’s 2016 traveling league is recruiting new players. For information, contact Terry Townshead at artistic_dimensions@msn.com or call Jennifer Collins at (703) 228-4745.

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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.

April 9, 1943: n The U.S. Senate has postponed action on a bill that would place certain federal areas in Arlington under control of the District of Columbia. Arlington officials are vigorously opposing the measure, as is U.S. Sen. Carter Glass (D-Va.). n At Penney’s, men’s all-wool suits are on sale for $29.75, with sports slacks at $5.90 and ties from 49 cents to 98 cents.

April 10, 1958: n Superintendent Edward Rutter has announced plans to take a job at a school system near Philadelphia. n The School Board will decide whether to uphold the superintendent’s decision to fire a teacher who admitted membership in the Communist Party during the 1930s and 1940s. n Three Democrats have lined up to seek the nomination for the 10th District U.S. House of Representatives seat held

by Arlington Republican Joel Broyhill.

April 9-10, 1965: n The Planning Commission has launched a beautification effort. n At the movies: “The Pink Panther,” “Night of the Iguana” and “Goldfinger.” n Washington-Lee topped Marshall, 21, in its baseball opener.

April 10, 1973: n The Northern Virginia Sun sent a number of its top-selling newsboys to Florida, with stops at Disney World, Daytona and the Kennedy Space Center. n Democrat Ira Lechner has announced plans to seek a House of Delegates seat.

April 10, 1984: n Gov. Robb has signed legislation creating a state holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Three years before, Gov. Dalton had vetoed similar legislation. n A private firm plans to provide helicopter service between the area’s airports.

The trip from Dulles to National will take 12 minutes. n Lyman Kelley Sr., who in 1931 was elected one of the first five County Board members in Arlington (from a field of 51 candidates), has died at age 82.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

NAME THE SPORT © StatePoint Media ACROSS 1. Something proclaimed true without proof 6. Trigonometry abbr.

9. *____surfing with no board 13. Shrek and Fiona, e.g.

14. “____ the Games Begin!”

15. Core of personnel 16. Motion picture 17. Baseball stat 18. Spock or Mork 19. *Mask and epee 21. *Pistes and moguls 23. Santa ___ winds 24. Attention grabber 25. *____-wrestling, like in “Over the Top” 28. Openmouthed astonishment 30. Hollywood’s lighting person 35. 1970s carpet 37. “Cheers” regular 39. a.k.a. Pleasant Island 40. Queen of Carthage 41. *____ racing, on a singlemast vessel 43. Slang for safecracker 44. Altogether 46. 1952 Olympics host 47. No neatnik 48. Candy containing fruit or nut 50. Spanish earthen pot 52. Porky’s home 53. Log splitter 55. A in IPA 57. *Scored with love 60. *Most popular sport in India 64. Battle royal 65. Color quality 67. Fill with happy spirit

68. “... for _____ waves of grain...”

69. Sixth sense 70. ____ Academy in Annapolis 71. Popular newspaper page 72. Hi ____ monitor

DOWN 1. Remove, as a hat 2. Eye rakishly 3. Sheepish expression

55+ News CARE-GIVER FATIGUE IS FOCUS OF PROGRAM: Reducing care-giver fatigue

is the topic of discussion on Thursday, April 7 at 11:15 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 2280555.

PHOTO LESSONS OFFERED: Photography lessons will be offered on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. Participants should bring their cameras. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

SING-ALONG SLATED: A sing-along

with guitarist Ed Girovasi will be presented on Monday, April 11 at 1 p.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

RHYTHM-AND-BLUES BAND TAKES THE STAGE: A rhythm-and-blues band

will perform on Monday, April 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

APPRECIATORS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC GATHER: The classical-music-apprecia-

tion group at Langston-Brown Senior Center will meet on Monday, April 11 at 1 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

HOME-BASED AGING DETAILED: Ag-

Sun Gazette

73. Market booth

4. Hajj destination 5. Inquiring 6. Horsefly 7. Old-fashioned “over” 8. Squirrel away 9. Island east of Java 10. Norse deity 11. Residue 12. Japanese monetary unit 15. Alligator’s cousin 20. Indian bread, pl.

22. Liquor store pony 24. Kind of can 25. Echo sounder 26. Prized for its horns 27. Address to a woman 29. *Played on horseback 31. Fairies 32. Diesel and natural gas, e.g.

33. Cereal killer 34. *____ union or _____ league 36. *Played by Rory 38. John Dillinger’s girlfriend, e.g.

42. “____ Express” movie 45. Portrait painter 49. It often precedes “chi” 51. Plural of #18 Across 54. Theater guide 56. “Bravo! Bravo!”, e.g.

57. Short-term employee 58. Major European river 59. Sometimes you get what you ____ 60. Porcinos 61. Pacific Islands’ ceremonial drink 62. And others 63. Rossini’s William ____ 64. Communist Zedong 66. Put to work

ing well at home will be discussed on Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

normal brain loss will be discussed on Thursday, April 14 at 1 p.m. at Langston-Brown Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

TRIPS FOR TRAVELING SAFELY ABROAD OFFERED: Safety tips when

CAUSES, TREATMENT OF LEG PAIN DISCUSSED: The causes and treatment

traveling abroad will be discussed on Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

HISTORY ROUNDTABLERS LOOK AT TREATIES: Famous treaties in history

will be discussed at the Lee Senior Center history roundtable on Tuesday, April 12 at 11:15 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

FORUM FOCUSES ON AGING IN PLACE:

Aging-in-place options will be discussed on Wednesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

TIPS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, INSTAGRAM PROFFERED: Tips for smart-phone

photography, and information on using Instagram, will be presented on Wednesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-7369.

WORKSHOP ZEROES IN ON BRAIN LOSS: A discussion of what constitutes

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of leg pain will be discussed on Thursday, April 14 at 11 a.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-6300.

IMPORTANCE OF A WILL DETAILED:

Why having a will is important, and how to get started, will be discussed on Thursday, April 14 at 11 a.m. at Culpepper Garden Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

GARDENING WORKSHOP LOOKS AT GROWING VEGETABLES: Growing veg-

etables in small spaces will be explored on Thursday, April 14 at 1 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

PRESENTATION OFFERS ANIMALS FROM NATURE CENTERS: A presenta-

tion of nature-center animals will be held on Thursday, April 14 at 10:15 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

News for active seniors runs each week!

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