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Recipients of honors at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s annual Valor Awards ceremony pose for a group shot after the event, held PHOTO BY DEB KOLT April 19 at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club. The awards honor local public-safety personnel.

Public-Safety Personnel Lauded for Excellence SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

The call came in to the Arlington Emergency Communications Center last Nov. 14 from an Alexandria police officer, forwarding information that a suicidal woman had announced plans to jump from the seventh floor of an Arlington building somewhere in the vicinity of North Henderson Road.

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a seven-story plunge to her death.

Mulvaney quietly came within reach of the woman, said her name so she turned, and grabbed her arms so she could not harm herself.

For his quick thinking and stellar efforts, Mulvaney was honored with a Life-Saving Award at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s annual Valor Awards, presented April 19 at the Fort Continued on Page 18

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Upon arrival, he observed a vehicle matching the description of the woman’s parked facing North Randolph Street on the seventh floor of the garage, and then spied the woman looking over the barrier wall that separated her from

Most Arlington homeowners will see higher real-estate tax bills this year, despite a modest cut in the tax rate backed

by County Board members.

Board members last week settled on a cut of one-half cent – from 99.6 cents per $100 assessed value to 99.1 cents per $100 – but because most residential properties across the county posted assessment increases from 2015 to 2016, property owners will have to dig deeper this year.

The owner of a home valued at $700,000 last year that saw a 3-percent assessment increase to $721,000 in 2016, for instance, will see an tax increase of $173 to $7,145 for the year, payable in equal installments in June and October.

County Board members settled on the cut, which first had been proposed when County Manager Mark Schwartz unveiled his $1.19 billion draft budget over the winter, at a budget mark-up session on April 14. It won’t be official until board members adopt the fiscal 2017 budget on April 19 (after the Sun Gazette’s weekly deadline).

At the three-hour work session, board members skirmished over a variety of spending proposals before settling on the measure set for adoption this week.

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Civic Federation Lauds Activist with Sun Gazette Cup SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

For her nearly four decades of contributions to Arlington community life on issues ranging from education to telecommunications to zoning, Martha Moore on April 8 was honored with the Sun Gazette Cup, the top accolade presented by the Arlington County Civic Federation.

The award was presented at the federation’s centennial celebration, which drew about 300 community and neighborhood leaders to the Holiday Inn Rosslyn.

Since its founding in 1916 – largely to press for a modern sewer system in a community whose population had not yet topped 15,000 – the Civic Federation has grown to be a seminal cornerstone of the system that has come to be known as the Arlington Way. “An organization like this is incredibly important,” Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz said at the event.

From the beginning, “this was a forward-looking, ambitious kind of group” that “played a

distinctive role in our history . . . [to] make this county a wonderful, phenomenal place.”

At the celebration, Bob Brink delivered greetings from Gov. McAuliffe, state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) brought a resolution from the General Assembly and state Sen. Barbara Favola (D31st) did her darndest to cover a century of local history in a 15minute keynote speech.

Referencing the Civic Federation’s original goal of developing a sewage system, Favola couldn’t help but remark that the organization from the start had supported “Arlington’s reputation for clean government.”

“We continue to move forward; we care about doing the right thing,” said Favola, who years ago herself served as a delegate to the Civic Federation.

The evening’s celebration had been in the planning stages for months, and was overseen by Joseph Pelton (who noted he had served as Civic Federation president exactly 40 years before).

The organization’s goal is to “find common ground and try to make our community a better place,” said its president, Stefanie Pryor. “We still rely upon people

Martha Moore, center, receives the 2016 Sun Gazette Cup from U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th) and Arlington County Civic Federation president Stefanie Pryor as part of a symposium held April 14 at Central Library.

– volunteers who care about our community.”

Moore was recognized as recipient of the Sun Gazette Cup at the gala, and formally received the award during an April 14 symposium looking at Arlington’s past, present and future.

No matter Moore’s role in

civic discourse at any moment in time, Pryor said, “she always had the patience, the smile – she’s taught so many people.”

Moore said she’d come from a family of volunteers, so getting involved came naturally.

“You meet people you never would otherwise,” she said. “I’ve

been very lucky. People have been very nice to me.”

For years, Moore served as co-chair of the Civic Federation’s planning-and-zoning committee, part of a tag team with fellow civic activist Larry Mayer. But that was just the tip of the civicengagement iceberg.

“Name a committee and a subject, and she has been there,” Civic Federation officials said in announcing the award. They nicknamed her both “a civic-volunteer dynamo” and “the lioness of Lyon Village.”

What is now the Sun Gazette Cup is seen as the highest honor in Arlington civic activism, and has outlasted two newspapers that previously sponsored it. Presented annually, it was known as the Washington Star Cup from 1938 to 1982 and the Journal Cup from 1983 to 2004.

Moore becomes one of a rare group that has received both the Sun Gazette Cup and the Civic Federation’s other top honor, the Order of Distinguished Meritorious Service, which is given out only when a member shows exceptional dedication to the Civic Federation. Moore received it in 2007.

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Gutshall Begins Sharpening Attack Against Garvey County Board Challenger Raps Incumbent on Housing, Education, Transportation SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

His intended target was not in the room, but Erik Gutshall used an April 13 campaign event to sharpen his knife in an effort to knock off Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey.

Speaking at a gathering hosted by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) to raise funds for Democratic legislative candidates, Gutshall criticized Garvey for a lack of leadership during her almost 20year tenure on both the School Board and County Board.

“I think we deserve better,” said Gutshall, vice chairman of the Planning Commission and the lone challenger to Garvey in the June 14 Democratic primary.

His comments represented a conscious effort to more clearly draw distinctions between the two candidates, Gutshall said after the event. It’s an effort that is likely to continue as the two contenders move toward a series of debates in coming weeks.

Garvey had been invited to participate ct to speak – “she tract said she might not be able n a C o tr er Con d Under Un

[to come],” Lopez said – or send a surrogate. But no one was on hand to represent her at the event, which drew about 130 people to Arlington Cinema-n-Drafthouse on Columbia Pike.

With the floor to himself, Gutshall dispensed with niceties quickly and moved on to rap Garvey on three hot-button issues: • On education, Gutshall said Garvey failed during her 15 years on the School Board (including five terms as chairman) to take action to address what has evolved into a capacity crisis – “nothing was done,” he said – and said he was unimpressed with Garvey’s call for better school-building utilization to meet needs.

“I don’t think having my 10-year-old fifth-grader starting school at 5 a.m. is a ‘creative solution’,” he said.

• On transportation, Gutshall ripped Garvey less for her opposition to the Columbia Pike streetcar – which was scrapped in November 2014 – and more for what he termed a lack of effort to address transit issues in the corridor in the succeeding months.

“We’ve done nothing since then,” he said. “We have to have leadership that wants results.” ct Gutshall said Garvey ra • On housing, nt ct a C o tr er Con d Under Un

appeared too willing to cut funding for the county government’s Affordable Housing Investment fund.

“That sends a message that we don’t care” about those needing housing assistance, he said.

Garvey was elected to the County Board in a spring 2012 special election called when board member Barbara Far vola resigned eafter winning election to ller S e l l d the state Senate, and went on to win a full e te S

four-year term that November.

In the intervening years, Garvey has had her differences with the county’s Democratic leadership, leaving the Arlington County Democratic Committee (ACDC) for a year after supporting Republican-backed independent John Vihstadt over Democrat Alan Howze – twice – for County Board in 2014.

Garvey last December was accepted back into the ACDC fold, albeit without much public enthusiasm, and in January was selected by her board colleagues to chair the County Board for 2016.

The winner of the Garvey-Gutshall primary becomes the odds-on favorite in the November general election. Republicans have yet to field a candidate, while one perennial independent has filed to seek the seat.

Lopez’s April 13 event also offered a chance for the four Democratic School Board candidates to speak. Two of them (Chaz Crismon and Tannia Talento) took him up on the offer, while a third (Nancy Van Doren) sent a surrogate to represent her.

The four will face off in Democratic caucus voting in May, with the top two finishers moving on to the general elecct tion. ntraact

Board vice chairman, won 46 percent of the vote against 35 percent for Talento, 11 percent for Michael Shea and 7 percent for Chaz Crismon. The four are vying to finish in the top two in Democratic 3645 Npositions Monroe St. 3645toNtake Monroe St. caucus voting place in mid-May. r e Voting was open to those at the event uyer d BBuypaid but were unable to and those who e t en d attend. rActual esente vote totals were not rep s leased.

Re re ld Rep o S The straw poll, now in its second year, old is Sdesigned to raise funds for Democratic candidates running for the state legislature. Lopez serves as Democratic whip in the House of Delegates.

While Republicans hold majorities in 4918 N.legislature, 25th Rd. both houses of the “there are 4918 N. 25th Rd. all these districts where we’re within the margin of victory,” Lopez said.

Success in some of those districts is in sight if the party can raise “just a little more money,” he said.

At the event, candidates for local office were invited to make their case before the conclusion of voting. Gutshall, Talento and Crismon stumped in person; Van Doren sent a speaker on her behalf; 3401 N. Woodrow St.Garvey 3401 N. Woodrow St. and Shea skipped the event entirely. r Boosters of ye Gutshall dominated the Buyer room, andtedGarvey’s challenger said the u dB entevictory marginresof showed discontent with n eprese herd Rperformance among the Democratic l ep Sold R rank-and-file.

So “Voters sent a clear message to Libby Garvey about her record of failed leadership,” the Gutshall campaign said in a statement after the votes were tallied.

Those4736 attending alsoSt. were 32nd N. asked to cast votes for Democratic presidential 4736 32nd St. N. contenders.

Hillary Clinton won 77 percent of the vote to 23 percent for Bernie Sanders after a surrogate for each candidate gave a three-minute pitch.

Erik Gutshall will face off against Libby Garvey in a June Democratic County Board primary. The winner moves on to the Nov. 8 general election.

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Garvey Outraised in 1st Quarter, But Retains Cash Advantage SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Despite being outraised by her opponent2200 duringWestmoreland the first quarter ofSt. the 2200 Westmoreland St. year, Arlington County er Board Chairman Libby uyer B y d Bu Garvey finished the e t en d reporting period with esente r p s more cash in her camRe re ld Rep o S ld paign coffers.

So Garvey’s campaign reported $42,000 in the bank on March 31, compared to $33,655 for Erik Gutshall, according to figures detailed April 15 by the State Board of 4727 38th PL N. Elections. 4727 38th PL N. Garvey, who has been on the County Board for four years, benefited from having more than $27,000 in her coffers at the start of the year, while Gutshall was starting from scratch.

Gutshall raised nearly $52,000 during the quarter and spent a little more than $18,000; Garvey raised about $34,600 and expended slightly more than $20,000.

The 3512 two square off in a Democratic N Dinwiddie St. Dinwiddie primary3512 in June,Nwith the winner St. moving on to the Nov. 8 llgeneral election. er Seller Doren, Talento Top Gutshall,tedVan e dS enArlington e Straw Poll: County Board cans t e presen eErik didate Gutshall and School Board r R ld ep Sold R candidates Nancy Van Doren and Tannia So Talento were top vote-getters in a straw poll held April 13 during a fund-raiser sponsored by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D49th).

Gutshall garnered 88 percent of the 4775 Old County Dominion Dr. vote to4775 incumbent Board Dr. ChairOld Dominion man Libby Garvey’s 12 percent at the event, held at Arlington Cinema-n-Drafthouse. The two will face off in a June primary.

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Opinion

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Highs & Lows THUMBS UP (at least in principle): To County Manager Mark Schwartz’s revised proposal for the stalled Long Bridge Park aquatics center, which may prove a middle-ground, downscaled, non-gold-plated facility that still goes a long way to addressing the real need for additional aquatics space in the county.

Some will say the revision, which still has a long way to go before being approved, cuts too much. Others will say it doesn’t go far enough to pare down the cost from the original. But it seems like a reasonable starting point for further community conversation.

Our big concern remains less with the construction cost and more about operational expenses, which were one of the key reasons

cratic nomination for County Board.

Challenger Erik Gutshall last week sharpened his attacks against incumbent Libby Garvey, and we’d expect that she, too, will start drawing sharp differences with her opponent.

This is good for democracy – we were concerned the two candidates might sashay all the way to the June primary without discussing the elephant in the room: Garvey’s sometime tempestuous relationship with the county’s Democratic establishment.

We see no sin in her behavior in recent years – just as many people seem to have applauded it as have been angered by it. But the matter does need to be fully aired before THUMBS UP: To the gloves com- Democrats decide which candiing off in the race for the Demo- date to support in the primary. this project was put on hold in the first place.

County officials just need to keep repeating one word – “Artisphere,” “Artisphere,” “Artisphere” – and remember how initial projections of costs vs. revenues for that star-crossed facility proved to be embarrassingly inept. We need to keep the economic prognostications grounded in reality when dealing with the aquatics center.

Also key: Arlington taxpayers should not have to subsidize the swims of those living outside the county. If people want to trek over from D.C. to use the facility, they should be required to pony up enough cash to fully recover the cost of their use of the facility.

County Needs to Get Serious About Housing Editor: I am perplexed.

While the Arlington County Board adopted unanimously the Affordable Housing Master Plan, and strong support for funding the plan was evident at the March 29 budget hearing, the budget now under consideration by the County Board does not reflect long-term funding for the plan as a priority.

Rev. Andrew Merrow, speaking for VOICE – a coalition of religious organizations across the county – recently articulated what is needed to translate

the plan into reality. I urge the County Board to study and support these recommendations.

Failing to put in place a budget that forms a sound foundation for implementing the housing plan undermines the quality of life here in fundamental ways. Pediatricians, parents and educators affirm that having a safe home significantly improves children’s health and their ability to achieve in school.

Children are not immune to the uncertainty of their family not having a place to call “home.” Children caught

up in a cycle of moving from one place where the family can’t meet the rent to another perceive – validly – that they are castasides and become prone to the anti-social behavior that plagues our society.

I urge County Board members to look upon implementing the plan in a timely way, not simply as an expenditure, but as an investment in the quality of life that is a proud legacy in this place.

Norma Kacen Arlington

Editor: There is an epidemic in Arlington of which the root cause could be linked to “#affluenza” – the Arlington County Board’s relentless policy for higher density along with the feeling by some of entitlement, white privilege and blatant disrespect for traffic laws, and lack of manners and common courtesy.

This dreaded epidemic is not the Zika virus, but rather red-light-running drivers.

I am a long-time Arlingtonian who regularly bikes, drives a motorcycle, drives a car and walks the dog. Every day, my life is jeopardized by my fellow

Arlingtonians.

On a beautiful sunny January 2015 morning at 11 a.m., my daughter was hit and injured in the crosswalk at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and North Kirkwood Drive by a 53year-old North Arlington male driver who sped through the red light.

The diver was not charged with reckless driving, but he did receive a ticket for running a red light, paying a mere $160 fine. The accident/injury he caused, however, cost my family thousands of dollars in medical expenses.

One interesting fact that I discovered was published in a report by the Insur-

ance Institute for Highway Safety that, at the very intersection where my daughter was hit and injured, 17.9 percent of drivers run the red light.

This means that there is the probability of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of opportunities per month to for drivers to injure another motorist, pedestrian, bicyclist – or a distracted, hashtagging hipster doofus.

Ronnie D’Errico Arlington

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Downscaled Aquatics Center Proposed

Plan from County Manager Would Cut Construction and Operating Costs SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz on April 12 resurrected planning for the Long Bridge Park aquatics center, offering a proposal that cuts the size of the facility more than 35 percent and makes inroads into high construction and operating costs that sunk an earlier incarnation of the plan.

Schwartz’s proposal, detailed to County Board members, calls for a 73,000square-foot complex – down from 116,000 square feet – that would cost $40 million to $44 million to build (not including design, project-management and contingency fees).

That’s well below the construction cost of the facility as first proposed, but it comes with cuts to the original plan. A therapy pool has been eliminated in the new incarnation; the original separate teaching and family pools have been combined into one; spectator seating has been whacked by more than half; one of two meeting rooms is now gone; and energyefficient design elements have been banished to a list of options.

“We’re on track with a scaled-down version,” County Board member Katie Cristol said after the briefing.

Cristol said while there may not now be

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unanimity among board members to move forward, she believes there is “more than a 50percent chance” the aquatics center will see the light of day.

“They’re going to continue to work on the design,” Cristol said. “We want a lot of community

input.”

Schwartz’s new proposal also projects lower taxpayer subsidies to operate the facility. It was those high subsidies, along with higher-than-expected construction bids, that led then-County Manager Barbara Donnellan to put the proposal on hold in January 2014.

A little over a year later – which proved to be a lifetime in Arlington’s political history – County Board members in March 2015 directed Donnellan and the Long Bridge Park Advisory Committee to move forward on a new look at the project, with an eye to reducing costs. Schwartz succeeded Donnellan as county manager four months later, and the effort fell in his lap.

Schwartz expects to lay out more details on the proposal as the county gov-

ernment moves forward with planning for a capital-improvement plan for the 201722 fiscal years.

The aquatics center is just one facet of the multi-phase development of Long Bridge Park, which sits on the north end of Crystal City. The original parts of the park, including sports fields, have been in operation for more than five years and have garnered positive reviews in the community.

At an opening ceremony held in No-

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Arlington Players’ Musical Lengthy, But Packs Punch MATT REVILLE Staff Writer

Let’s get this out of my system right up front: My one and (mostly) only prejudice when it comes to theater is an absolute revulsion at ON any producclockSTAGE tion ing in at three hours or more.

Attention spans of the 2010s are not those of the 1940s. In this modern mile-a-minute Twitterverse we live in, spending that much time in a theater should be a deal-breaker for all of us, no matter how engaging the performance.

Fortunately, the season-ending production of The Arlington Players – “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – clocks in about a dozen minutes shy of that mark, escaping my wrath.

It’s still long (blame the playwright, not this troupe) and at times comes across as everything but the kitchen sink has been thrown in. But there are an awful lot of very solid moments, backed up by strong performances, to be had.

Set in Prohibition-era New

York, an era of boozies and floozies, and featuring a plot cobbling together a raft of tunes by George and Ira Gershwin, the show follows a charming rogue who’s headed down the altar for the fourth time when he finds himself distracted not by chorus girls (as had been the case before) but bootleggers. One bootlegger – a female one – in particular.

From this beginning comes a tale that incorporates music, comedy, romance, slapstick and a degree of suspense. Plus tapdancing!

Director John K. Monnett (who also choreographs) is blessed with enchanting leads in Christopher Smith and Maureen Goldman, who over the course of two acts and several dozen songs take a roller-coaster ride of emotions, from love to hate (if pouring hot soup down someone’s pants constitutes “hate” – and in my book, it does).

Smith, as bon-vivant Jimmy Winter, falls for Goldman, as street-smart Billie the bootlegger, even though he’s ready to marry Eileen (Kate Collins Brown), whose father the senator (James Pearson) and aunt the duchess (Melanie Jennings-Bales) vie to

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outdo one another as pompous sticks in the mud.

And then . . . well, things get complicated.

Those five actors all acquit themselves well and offer strong voices (Goldman in particular) that are backed by a dozen-pluspiece orchestra under conductor Steve Przybylski, which proved adept and versatile.

There are other charmers in the show, notably Jack Stein as one of the bootleggers who ends up as a butler, and a darn good one, at the 47-room Long Island cottage of Jimmy’s mother (Judy Lewis, who makes the most of her late-in-the-show arrival).

Watching over the proceedings with the goal of pouncing on the gin-soaked assemblage is the local police chief (Mike Usowski).

It’s all quite fun, and in the second weekend of a three-week run, things were humming along – scene changes moved efficiently and the sound (Drew Moberley and Chris Kagy) was solid. Costumes (Grant Kevin Lane) and sets (David Moretti) were up to snuff for a big, brassy musical.

And you will like the music, with tunes ranging from “I’ve Got a Crush on You” to “’S Wonderful” to “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” along with some less familiar ones.

The production’s length (and again, blame the rights-owners, who don’t let local theaters tinker with such things) could have been cleaved a bit with the elimination of a couple of the songs.

But the reality is, the ones that most easily could be axed, as they contribute the least to moving the plot forward, also are among the most engaging.

The show – more accurately termed a revue, really – had a modest run on Broadway in 2012-13, with the always-bankable Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara as the leads. Reviews were mixed, trending slightly positive, but the production had enough oomph behind it to engender a national tour.

The Arlington Players takes the summer off, and will be back in autumn with “Man of La Mancha” to kick off its 66th season.

“Nice Work If You Can Get It” finishes its run April 22-23 at 8 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road in Arlington.

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

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The Appalachian-themed show centers around the character of a witch-boy who seeks to become human after falling in love with a human girl.

The show originally was performed at the University of Iowa in 1942, and later enjoyed a successful run on Broadway.

“The issues it addresses are timeless,” said Keith Cassidy, director of WashingtonLee’s theater-arts program.

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Gardening Day” will be held on Saturday, April 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the grounds of Walker Chapel United Methodist Church, 4102 North Glebe Road.

Volunteers will spruce up the grounds of the historic landmark in honor of Talmadge Brock, who died at the age of 3 in 2013. Last year, more than 100 volunteers participated in a clean-up event sponsored by the foundation.

For information, see the Web site at www.T-for-Tal.com.

WALKER CHAPEL HOSTS ANNUAL ‘APRILFEST’: Walker Chapel United

Methodist Church will host its annual Aprilfest on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, 4102 North Glebe Road.

The event will include a plant sale, bake sale, book/media sale and a café serving breakfast and lunch. A dixieland band from the Falls Church Concert Band will perform at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

For information, call (703) 538-5200 or see the Web site at www.walkerchapel. org.

‘SPELLBINDERS’ FEATURED AT NATURE CENTER: Long Branch Nature

Center will present a Spellbinders Story Fest for families with children ages 3 and older on Saturday, April 23 at 3 p.m. at the park, 625 South Carlin Springs Road.

Members of the Arlington Spellbinders will serve up favorite tales from around the world.

The event is free. For information, call (703) 228-6535.

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ety will present a concert featuring French Chamber music on Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m. at Clarendon United Methodist Church, 606 North Irving St. The concert will feature works by Chausson and Ravel for violin, piano and string quartet.

The concert is free, and a reception will follow. For information, see the Web site at www.ibischambermusic.org.

Ivano-Frankivsk Committee of the Arlington Sister City Association will present a screening of the documentary “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” along with the shorter documentary “Pianino for Peace” on Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m. at Founders Hall on the Arlington campus of George Mason University, 3351 Fairfax Drive.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors in advance, $25 at the door. Proceeds will benefit a shipment of medical supplies to hospital in Ukraine.

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partnering with Tuckahoe Elementary School students to present “The Impossible Task,” an original musical based on Russian folklore, on Thursday and Friday, April 28-29, at 7 p.m. the school.

The story focuses on a talented archer who is forced through a series of tasks placed on her by a jealous king. With a surprising group of friends joining her along the way, the impossible becomes possible.

The production is the culmination of a 10-week residency at the school, focusing on students in second through fifth grades.

The community is invited to the show.

Praise Team will host a seventh-anniversary event on Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m. at the church, 1961 North Culpeper St. Unique vocal arrangements and creative musicianship will be presented by Exalt Music Ministry during the concert, which is part of a series of events saluting the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Hall’s Hill/High View Park community.

The concert is free; a free-will offering will be taken.

Center will present “Big Living in Tiny Spaces” for families on Saturday, April 23 at 2 p.m. at the park, 3608 Military Road.

The program will show how animals find ways to live in small outdoor spaces, and will include a search through tree bark, fallen logs and under rocks.

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

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Arlington Notes II ‘GREEN PATRIOT’ NOMINEES ANNOUNCED: Nominees have been an-

nounced for the People’s Choice competition in the annual 2016 Arlington Green Patriot Awards, sponsored by the Arlington campus of George Mason University.

Patty Shields, Jennifer Abel, Cathy Lin and Chris Conway have been nominated in the individual category. Friends of the Occoquan, Discovery Elementary School, Rock Spring Garden Club, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, Mom’s Organic Market and EnviroHomeDesigns have been nominated in the business/organization category.

Voting runs through April 22, with the awards to be presented on Saturday, April 30 at the Arlington campus of GMU. Proceeds from the “Go Gaga for Green” event are designed to benefit GMU’s Early Identification Program as well as the Arlington County Council of PTAs and Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment. For tickets and information, see the Web site at http://relations.gmu. edu/community-relations/programs-andservices/go-gaga-for-green/.

NOMINATION PERIOD EXTENDED FOR ‘WOMEN OF VISION’ AWARDS: The

Arlington Commission on the Status of Women has extended through April 29 the nomination period for its 2016 Women of Vision Awards.

The awards are presented to individuals who demonstrate a strong commitment to women’s issues and have, over time, developed and communicated their vision for women and engaged community members and other leaders to realize that vision.

Awards will be presented June 28 in business, non-profit and government categories.

For information and nomination forms, see the Web site at www.arlingtonva.us and search for Commission on the Status of Women.

‘REEP’ PROGRAM CELEBRATES 40 YEARS: The Arlington Education and

Employment Program, known as REEP, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a gathering on Friday, April 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Arlington Mill Community Center.

The event will feature dancing, food, games, face-painting, a cake walk, prizes, raffles and more. The cost is $5 for adults, $2 for children.

For information, call (703) 228-4200 or see the Web site at www.apsva.us/reep.

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of AARP, will discuss her new book – “Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Any Age” – on Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. at Central Library.

The event will conclude with refreshments and a book-signing.

Advance registration is not required; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For information, see the Web site at http:// arlingtonva.libcal.com/event/2515735.

CHURCH SERIES FOCUSES ON ‘BECOMING A TRANS ALLY’: Unitarian

Universalist Church of Arlington will host a four-week series on “Why Bathrooms Matter: Becoming a Trans Ally” on Wednesdays, April 27 to May 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the church, 4444 Arlington Blvd.

The series will explore gender identity in collaboration with a number of organizations, including the TransGender Education Association of Greater Washington, Human Rights Campaign and National LGBTQ Task Force.

For information, call (703) 892-2565 or see the Web site at www.uucava.org.

KIWANIS CLUB PREPS PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Kiwanis Club of

Arlington will hold its annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, April 30 from 8 a.m. to noon at Clarendon United Methodist Church, 606 North Irving St. The event will feature pancakes (including, new for 2016, chocolate-chip and blueberry varieties), sausage and other items, along with a moon bounce, raffles and more.

The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 5 to 10.

Funds will support Kiwanis International’s efforts to eradicate neonatal tetanus, a disease that kills 160 babies worldwide each day.

For information, see the Web sit eat www.arlingtonvakiwanis.com.

SOUTH ARLINGTON KIWANIS TO HOST AUCTION, SOCIAL: The South Arlington

Kiwanis Club will hold its 26th annual Auction/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, musical entertainment and live and silent auctions. Proceeds will benefit community-service organizations aiding children.

The cost is $25 per person; raffle tickets for a week’s stay at resorts across the world are available for $10 or three for $25.

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Vacation-home sales cooled off in 2015 but remained at the second highest amount in nearly a decade, while investment purchases increased for the first time in five years, according to an annual survey of residential home buyers released by the National Association of Realtors.

Mirroring the strong price growth seen throughout the U.S., the median sales price of both vacation and investment homes surged in 2015.

NAR’s 2016 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in 2015, found that vacation-home sales last year declined to an estimated 920,000, down 18.5 percent from their most recent peak level of 1.13 million in 2014.

Investment-home sales in 2015 jumped 7 percent to an estimated 1.09 million from 1.02 million in 2014.

Owner-occupied purchases jumped 15.9 percent to 3.74 million last year from 3.23 million in 2014 – the highest level since 2007 (3.93 million).

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It would be a tight squeeze, but building a larger Fire Station #8 on the site of the current station along Lee Highway is feasible, Arlington County officials now acknowledge, a turnabout that could have a profound impact on discussions whether to move the station north to Old Dominion Drive, or raze and replace the existing facility.

Placing a three-bay or four-bay station on the existing site, even without purchasing additional land, is possible, county officials have told members of the task force prepping a recommendation on the station’s future.

“It would fit – it would work,” said Rodney Turner, who lives near the existing station and serves on the task force, which is set to deliver recommendations to the County Board in late May. For those on the task force – and in the community – who have argued in support of building the future station where the current one stands, the new analysis seemed a gift from heaven.

“I’m excited. This is outstanding news,” said Marguarite Gooden, who (like Turner) represents the John M. Langston Civic

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This 4 bedroom 3.5 bath home with 4,000+ square feet of finished living space is located in an exclusive enclave of only 24 homes just steps from Columbia Pike. Hardwood floors, granite and stainless kitchen, gas fireplace, two car garage, and a lower level family room with a large wet bar round out a truly spectacular residence.

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was projected by county officials in the government’s last capital-improvement plan.

While acknowledging that the $14.1 million figure is “a guiding number” rather than the absolute maximum, task force chairman Noah Simon still voiced concerns about going beyond that figure.

“We don’t want to present an unreasonable [dollar] number” to the County Board, he said at the task force’s April 14 meeting.

If the task force’s recommended option is too pricey, “we’ll be ignored,” Si-

mon predicted.

County fire officials long have sought to replace the 1960s-era Station #8 with a modern facility, and for just as long have desired to put it on the 7-acre Old Dominion parcel, which is about 3 minutes from the existing station by car and currently is home to the county government’s salt dome.

That proposal hit rocky shoals last year, when residents in the Hall’s Hill/High View Park community rallied to keep the fire station where it is, and residents living around the proposed new location gave a lukewarm response to having the station in their midst.

Proponents of moving the station to Old Dominion say it will provide quicker response time to single-family neighbor-

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hoods in far northwest Arlington, while those eager to keep it where it is say the county government should consider building a mini-station, with one or two bays, somewhere closer to those neighborhoods.

That option would add $7.6 million to $10.1 million to the total cost if a ministation were built on county-owned land, and even more if property had to be acquired. Funding would have to come through cuts in other parts of the government’s capital-spending plan, a decision that would rest with the County Board.

What is now Fire Station #8 began life in the early 20th century as a volunteer station to serve the segregated neighborhood of Hall’s Hill, whose residents felt shortchanged in fire coverage. Staffed first

by African-American volunteers and later by the first black paid firefighters in the commonwealth, the station’s history retains an emotional pull on many residents in the community.

At the April 14 meeting, it was clear the task force is not yet at the point of consensus on what to recommend. It may boil down to whether task-force members think that improving response times to areas in the far northwest portion of the county is worth the tradeoff of lowering

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vember 2011 at the 30-acre site, thenCounty Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman called the park-development plan “staggering in its ambition – representing in every way what this county stands for.”

But quickly, the aquatics-center piece of the plan drew criticism as a gold-plated luxury in a time when the government needed to tighten its belt.

Voters in 2012 approved a park-andrecreation bond that included additional funding for the facility, but in a warning shot that elected officials either did not notice or chose to ignore, its margin of victory – 63 percent – was about 20 percentage points lower than for several other bonds on the 2012 ballot, including those for schools and Metro.

The drumbeat of criticism began to intensify, and even though Donnellan had put it on ice, the aquatics-center proposal was one of a number of capital projects that became the centerpiece of a campaign against Arlington government extravagance.

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those times to areas along and south of Lee Highway.

“We want to make sure the maximum number of people get adequate service,” said Richard Samp, who represents the Old Glebe Civic Association on the task force. (But even trying to define what constitutes “adequate service” has proved a challenge for the county government and task force members.)

At the beginning of the task-force process in January, members believed the existing Lee Highway site was too small for a modern station bigger than two bays.

Schematic drawings, however, showed it could be done, with or without incorporating an adjoining property that currently is on the market.

“This actually works very well – very efficient use of space,” said Alisa Cowen, a representative of the Old Dominion Civic Association.

Task force members will reconvene April 28 to further work toward a final proposal. Simon earlier said he expected the group could go all the way to its mandated deadline of May 31 before dispatching a recommendation to County Board members. He has not ruled out recommending multiple options, rather than just one. ing independent John Vihstadt to the County Board in 2014. (Vihstadt got his chance at the seat when Zimmerman resigned early to take a job with a nonprofit group.)

Vihstadt’s victories in both a special election and the general election that year convinced Democratic County Board members Jay Fisette and Mary Hynes to reverse their support for the Columbia Pike streetcar (another big-ticket project targeted by fiscal hawks), derailing the five-mile, $300-million transit project.

County leaders also killed off the Artisphere art center and scaled back the cost of high-tech bus stops on Columbia Pike.

After Donnellan put the aquatics center on hold, some held out hope that the Washington area would win the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, providing the project a new raison d’etre. But the somewhat lackadaisical D.C. bid for the Olympics didn’t even make the final cut among U.S. cities.

For most of the 20th century, the site on which Long Bridge Park sits hosted industrial uses. The county government was able to trade land it owned elsewhere in Crystal City to acquire much of the site, then worked to remediate the ecological problems in order to make use of it as parkland.

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Arlington Real Estate Market Saw March Downturn If April showers bring May flowers, what do January blizzards bring?

In the case of the Arlington real estate market, the snows of late January appear to have led to diminished late-winter sales totals.

Sales of residential properties across Arlington in March were down slightly – off 2.7 percent from 219 to 213 – while average and median sales prices also declined. As a result, total sales volume for the month was down nearly 6.8 percent from a year before.

The average sales price of all properties that went to closing last month was $602,381, according to figures reported April 11 by RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

Average prices were down in all three segments of the market: • The average single-family home sold for $844,133, down 8.2 percent from

$919,858 a year before.

• The average attached home, including townhouses and rowhouses, saw a decline of 2.7 percent from $454,083 to $441,842.

• The average condominium posted a decline of 6.5 percent, from $422,006 to $394,641.

The median sales price of all homes that went to closing in March was $542,000, down 4.9 percent from $570,000.

There were 18 million-dollar-or-more transactions reported during the month.

Add up the sales and prices, and the total sales volume across Arlington for March stood at $128.3 million, down 6.8 percent from $137.6 million a year before.

Homes that went to settlement in March had spent an average of 55 days on the market between listing and ratified sales contract, up from 49 days a year before, and garnered 98 percent of original

listing price, down from 98.7 percent.

Of homes that went to closing, conventional mortgages were the method of transacting sales in 150 cases, followed by cash (28) and VA-backed mortgages (15).

At the end of the month, there were 541 properties on the market countywide, up 6.1 percent from a year before.

Where is the market headed? Shortterm, at least, figures look solid, with both homes under contract and pending sales both in positive year-over-year territory.

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

Falls Church Homes Priciest on Square-Foot Basis: Homes in the city of Falls Church sold for the most of any Washington-area jurisdiction on a persquare-foot basis during the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures.

At $535 per square foot, the Falls

Church average is up nearly 27 percent over comparable 2015 figures, according to figures from RealEstate Business Intelligence, an arm of the local multiple-listing service.

The District of Columbia ($468, unchanged from a year before) and Arlington ($461, up 1.3 percent) were the only two other jurisdictions in the region to surpass an average of $400 per square foot, while the city of Alexandria ($370, down 0.3 percent) was the only local jurisdiction in the $300-to-$400-per-squarefoot range.

Also in the ranking: Fairfax County ($297, up 1 percent); Loudoun County ($208, up 2.5 percent); Fauquier County ($191, up 2.1 percent); Prince William County ($188, unchanged); and Stafford County ($153, up 1.3 percent).

For March, Falls Church led the pack at $476 per square foot, followed by D.C. ($471) and Arlington ($459).

Valor

safety community.

“Valor is not just about what you do, but what you stand ready to do if called upon – standing ready to do what is needed to be done,” said Arlington Chamber Chairman Todd Yeatts of Boeing.

The annual event was sponsored by Virginia Hospital Center.

“It’s really special for us,” said James Cole, the hospital’s CEO. “We have a special partnership relationship [with public-

safety agencies] – we’re true partners to make a difference of the lives of people in Arlington.”

Also honored with Life-Saving Awards at the ceremony: • Officer Mathew Chattillion and Officer Korinna George of the Arlington County Police Department, who were saluted for their efforts on May 4, 2015, helping to subdue a suicidal individual who was at risk of jumping from the over-

pass on South Glebe Road onto Interstate 395 below. Working together, the officers were able to control the suspect, who later voluntarily committed himself to the psychiatric unit at Virginia Hospital Center – and also later thanked the officers for their work saving his life.

• Arlington Fire Capt. Trevor Burrell, Lt. Robert Bowen, Firefighter/Paramedic Nate Buchanan, Firefighter/Paramedic Joaquin Ibarra, Firefighter/Paramedic Kurt Zepeda, Firefighter/EMT Leslie Bates and Firefighter/EMT Corey Sherrill were honored for their teamwork on Jan. 27, 2015, tending to a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured on Columbia Pike.

The victim had been hit by an SUV, whose driver then reversed and ran over him again, causing significant upper-body injuries. The injured patient twice had to be resuscitated by open-heart massage and underwent hours of surgery at George Washington University Hospital, and several months later was able to walk out of the hospital.

• Arlington County Police Officer Ryan Williams was honored for his work on Jan. 16, 2016, on Interstate 395 near Boundary Channel. Officer Williams used his baton to gain access to a vehicle involved in an accident, and, working with Officer Steven Wallace, began life-saving efforts that restored the victim’s pulse.

Their work continued as fire personnel arrived on the scene; the victim was fully revived and transported to Virginia Hospital Center for treatment.

Also honored at the ceremony were four recipients of Meritorious Service Awards, paying tribute to their longtime service to their departments.

Cpl. Charles Butler was saluted for his service to the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office; Officer Charles Bane for his work for the Arlington County Police Department; Kathleen Keller for her service with the Arlington County Fire Department; and Debbie Powers for her work for the Office of Emergency Management.

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It was one of four life-saving awards presented to Arlington public-safety officers during the event, and part of a broader salute of the county’s public-

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ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WINS INTERNATIONAL ‘CANSTRUCTION’ COMPETITION: Fresh off a 2015 victory at the

regional level, Arlington-based MTFA Architecture has won the “Juror’s Favorite” award at the 2015-16 International Canstruction Competition, which challenges architects to create designs featuring canned food while calling attention to hunger issues.

MTFA had won the Juror’s Favorite and People’s Choice awards at the Northern Virginia Canstruction competition last November, moving on to compete against 1,200 structures internationally.

“MTFA hopes this win will bring more awareness to the reason we all participate in Canstruction: to raise money and food to feed the hungry in our community,” the firm said.

Internationally, Canstruction competitions are held in 1,200 communities each year, At the local level, the competition supports the Arlington Food Assistance Center.

For information on the competition, see the Web site at www.canstruction.org.

For information on MTFA Architecture, see the Web site at www.mfta.net.

ARLINGTON GOVERNMENT TO HOST SMALL-BUSINESS SUMMIT: The Arling-

ton County government will host a smallbusiness summit on May 6 from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Rosslyn Spectrum, 1611 North Kent St. The event will feature an information expo, one-on-one interaction and clinics on topics related to law, finance and business development. Small-business awards also will be presented.

The event, sponsored by Arlington Community Federal Credit Union, is free, but registration is required. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtoneconomicdevelopment.com.

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MTFA Architecture’s award-winning entry in the “Canstruction” competition.

TO TERRACOTTA WARRIORS: The Ar-

lington Chamber of Commerce’s annual trip to China comes with a twist in 2016.

Participants headed to China in October will now have the option to take an alternate trip that, in addition to visiting Beijing and Shanghai, will visit the city of Xi’an to see the “Terracotta Warrors,” who guard the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, dating back more than 2,000 years.

The cost for the Terracotta Warrior trip is $2,499 for Chamber members, families and guests, $2,699 for others, including transportation, hotels, three meals per day, a deluxe tour bus and English-speaking guides in each city.

An information session for both trip options will be held on Monday, May 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Chamber, 2009 14th St., N. For information on the journeys, call (703) 525-2400 or see the Web site at www. arlingtonchamber.org.

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Michael Emanuel, the son of Greg and Beth Emanuel of Arlington and a 2014 graduate of Washington-Lee High School, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the past three semesters at Virginia Tech.

Emanuel also is a member of a Virn

ginia Tech research team exploring realworld electromagnetic applications.

Aislyn Rivera, a graduate of Yorktown High School, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Virginia. n

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Teeing Off

An Abundant Variety of Spring’s Sports Oddities

Starting with the weather – sunny and in the 70s one day and snowy and in the 30s the next – there have been a number of oddities when it comes to high school and youth sports so far this spring in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas.

Once Again, Team Loses Home Game

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DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Their home field continues to be a tough-luck venue for the Yorktown Patriots, with another loss April 14 as the proof.

Ahead and no-hitting the Fairfax Rebels 2-0 through four innings, Yorkwound up BASEBALL town losing 3-2 in eight frames in a Liberty Conference high school baseball game. The Patriots (5-8, 3-5) are 0-7 at home this season, with three one-run losses in two weeks.

“This one is the toughest,” Yorktown coach John Skaggs said. “We go from leading 2-0 and no-hitting them, to giving up two runs, then losing.”

Fairfax scored two to tie in the top of the sixth with the help of a throwing error, a lead-off walk and bloop RBI single that was nearly caught. The Rebels manufactured the winning run in the eighth without a hit, thanks to two walks, a sacrifice bunt and a delayed steal of home.

Each team had four hits. Tanner Wall had two hits for Yorktown, Michael Lowen and Andrew Simmons had the others. Carson Wood and John Merlene Continued on Page 22

Yorktown High School’s Gavin Andersen had a no-hitter through four innings against Fairfax on April 15 in a Liberty Conference game in Arlington.

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Yorktown Gets Fast Start in Rout Over W-L DAVE STEINBACHER For the Sun Gazette

There wasn’t much suspense in this all-Arlington clash as the Yorktown Patriots routed LACROSSE the host Washington-Lee Generals, 15-1, in boys Liberty Conference lacrosse action April 15.

C.J. Stowell gave the Patriots a 1-0 lead, Yorktown led 6-0 after the first quarter of the April 15 boys high school clash and was well on its way to improve to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in the league.

“I wanted to give our team some quick momentum,” Stowell said of his

first goal. “We have switched our offense pretty dramatically from early in the season. Now we are more of an offensive-ball-movement type team.”

Stowell, Matteus Jaramillo, Gaelen Creedon and Pearson Savarino had two goals each for Yorktown, which won 16 of 20 faceoffs. Stephen Glagola, Blake Elliott, Tyler Stowell, Ethan Chase, Mark Puglisi, Brennan Henning and Gordon Coates netted a goal each.

“We’ve been pretty inconsistent the past few weeks,” Yorktown coach Greg Beer said. “We wanted to put together a complete game in all facets. There is a lot of emotion in this rivalry. We tried

to run our stuff as well as we could.”

Mason Pollack led the Yorktown defense with 10 saves in goal. John Aldinger, Sutton Coyle and Conor Shears also played well on defense.

“We put pressure on them when we could,” Pollack said. “We forced a lot of turnovers. We still have to work on communication and stick skills.”

For W-L, Phelan Burns scored the goal in the second half and goalie John Doll made 11 saves.

“We fought hard. It was a battle on the turf, even though the score doesn’t reflect it,” Washington-Lee coach Alex White said.

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Here’s a list of a few: n The Marymount University baseball team played regular-season home games at three different fields – Bishop O’Connell, Barcroft Park and the Nationals Youth Academy. n Arlington’s Bishop O’Connell girls varsity softball team has played home games at two venues – Tuckahoe Park (its regular home field) and at the Larry Graves Park diamond in Falls Church. n Little League opening-day ceremonies in Vienna and Great Falls were postponed because of snow, rain and cold conditions. n With games still to play, the Flint Hill girls varsity high school lacrosse team has been involved in five onegoal contests, with three being losses. n In closely-contested and very balanced boys Liberty Conference high school tennis competition, there have been five matches with the same 5-4 final results, with seven different teams being involved. n Two high school baseball games were played a night sooner than scheduled to avoid rain predicted the next evening. That rain never came. n The final scores of the first four games for the Oakton High School girls soccer team were 1-0, with three being victories. n Through April 12 action, the Yorktown High School baseball and girls softball teams were a combined 0-9 in home games this season. n The Marshall High School boys soccer team has four ties so far this season, with three being scoreless. n Through 15 games, the Bishop O’Connell baseball team either scored or allowed three runs in nine of those contests, including five in a row.

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In Loss, O’Connell Coach Believes His Team Made Gains DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

Tommy Orndorff never wants to settle for a loss.

Yet, in the Bishop O’Connell Knights’ 1-0 setback against the host McLean on April SOFTBALL Highlanders 16 in a neighborhood non-conference clash between perennial girls softball powers, the longtime head coach of the high school team saw some good and needed attributes from his players, mostly regarding emotion and attitude.

“We displayed some fight and guts and grind-it-out toughness today, and I saw some tears after we lost. That’s what we want to see,” he said. “As a team, we are more talented than good right now.

We’ve needed to get some toughness,

and we did that with some very good competition this week. That was good for us. We are getting where we want to be. I think we are better now than two hours ago before we played McLean.”

With the loss, the defending and multiple-time Division I state champion Knights fell to 12-3 and had their eightgame winning streak snapped. The day before, O’Connell held off St. John’s, 2-0, in a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference game. O’Connell is 9-1 in the WCAC and ranked No. 1 in the Division I private-school state poll.

Capped with the game against McLean, O’Connell played five contests in six days, with sophomore righthander Kathryn Sandercock (7-3) pitching four straight. The games included a 3-0 win over Elizabeth Seton, the twohit shutout win over St. John’s with 14

strikeouts, and the four-hit, seven strikout loss to McLean, the 2010 Virginia High School League AAA state champion and a perennial conference, region and state contender.

“That was four straight games against tough competition,” Orndorff said. “She grew up because of that.”

O’Connell had five hits against McLean. Caitlin Jorae had two hits.

Patty Maye Ohanian, Olivia Giaquinto and Kayla Turner had the others.

The winning run came on Zoe Dobson’s solo homer in the sixth.

O’Connell’s other wins in recent days were over WCAC rivals Holy Cross, 15-1, and McNamara, 12-2.

The game between the Knights and Highlanders was a contest that pitted a number of former McLean Little League teammates, who are now both

members of O’Connell and McLean.

Dobson hit the homer off Sandercock, a former teammate.

NOTES: The annual Saturday-afternoon rivalry between O’Connell and McLean began in 2009 and has been played for eight straight seasons, with the games always at McLean.

O’Connell has won five and McLean three. Two have been decided by a run and two more by two runs. O’Connell won 6-1 last spring. “You only get better playing the best, and that’s why we like playing this game,” Orndorff said . . . Jorae was batting .578, Giaquinto .522 (four homers), Ohanian .431 (two homers), Sandercock .410 (three homers), Leah Hammes .391, Turner .341 and Jenna Spille .313 entering the game against McLean. Ohanian is 4-0 on the mound and Giaquinto 1-0.

High School Roundup COLLEGE SIGNEES: A number of Washington-Lee

High School athletes recently signed college letters of intent in a ceremony at the school.

Noah Winslow will play baseball at Lynchburg. Jordan Grimaldi will run cross country and be a member of the track and field team at Pomona College.

Also, Justin Robinson and Michael Appel will play football at the College of Wooster; Lucas Mendez will play men’s soccer at the University of Virginia; Meghan Fox will join the women’s lacrosse team at York College; and Hayley Roy will play women’s soccer at Amherst College. n Yorktown High School senior pitcher and position player Parker Denny signed a college letter of intent to play Division II baseball at Seton Hill College.

Denny has been one of Yorktown’s top pitchers and hitters this season.

FOOTBALL AWARDS: Washington-Lee three-sport athlete T.R. Sheehy was chosen as a high school scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation.

In addition, Yorktown High School seniors Steven Glagola and Matthew Paredes and Cameron Graves from Wakefield High were also recognized as scholarathletes by the National Football Foundation at a banquet at Army-Navy Country Club on April 10.

One of the speakers was the Army head football coach Jeff Monken. Another was former Yorktown football player Matthew Stotler.

YORKTOWN GIRLS LACROSSE GOES 1-1: Despite a

four-goal rally in the final minutes, the Yorktown Patriots lost to the Madison Warhawks, 15-12.

Goalie Sydney Stropes had 13 saves for the Patri-

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Yorktown scored all its runs in the fifth. Wall had an RBI infield single and Vince McGean scored on a balk.

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Al’Rubaly scored goals and Chris Palacos made four saves in goal. Washington-Lee improved its overall record to 4-0-2 YORKTOWN SOFTBALL NIPS FAIRFAX: The host York-

Yorktown High School baseball player Parker Denny, with head coach John Skaggs to his right along with teammates and friends, signs a letter of intent to play college baseball.

ots. Emma Thurman and Laura Crawford each had seven draw controls. Claire Kuwana had three goals and one assist, Kate Grattan and Crawford each had three goals, and Thurman had three assists.

In Yorktown’s 20-8 win over Hayfield, Stropes made nine saves. Kuwana had three goals and three assists, Katie Calvo had three goals and two assists, Crawford and Sarah Bloomquist each had two goals and two assists, and Grattan and Megan Hemstreet added two goals each.

WASHINGTON-LEE BOYS SOCCER: The WashingtonLee Generals remained unbeaten with a 2-2 tie against the McLean Highlanders and a 3-1 win over the Lee Lancers in recent games.

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ing the ball away on a force play at second base after fielding a come backer from the next batter.

“Gavin pitched great and so well through five,” Skaggs said. “He was throwing strikes. In the sixth, the walk and error really hurt, but we almost caught that bloop hit.”

Alec Glasser took the loss in relief in three innings of work.

Sam Ryan got the win in relief for Fairfax and Travis Huisman the save. n In another Liberty Conference baseball game last night, the visiting

town Patriots fought back from early deficits and defeated the Fairfax Rebels, 6-5, in walk-off fashion April 15 in Liberty Conference girls softball action.

For the second time in two games, the Patriots fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning. Yorktown fought back in the second inning when senior Madeline Marshall knocked in a run following a Kate Cressey double. Sarah Strickland later singled, cutting the lead to 3-2.

Fairfax scored a run in the top of the fifth, but in bottom half of the inning, senior pitcher Maddie Silk belted a three-run homer to put Yorktown ahead, 5-4.

Fairfax scored again in the top of the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, Strickland singled to lead off the inning, followed by a walk to Camryn Marino.

With two outs, Silk singled to left driving home the game-winning run. Silk was also the winning pitcher, tossing seven innings allowing six hits, three earned runs with four strikeouts.

In a previous game, Cressey had two RBI in a loss to McLean, and Marino and Silk each had two hits in the contest.

In a loss to Hayfield, Silk was 3-4 with a home run and three RBI and pitched six innings. She allowed three hits, two earned runs, and fanned eight. Evie Marceca hit her first career home run.

In a 3-2 loss to Langley, Bryanna Lansing, Lindsay Smith and Cressey had hits, along with two hits from Silk and two RBI from Madeline Marshall.

Washington-Lee Generals (5-8, 3-5) lost to the McLean Highlanders, 5-1. Teddy Herbert took the loss for W-L, which had just three hits. They went to Herbert, Noah Winslow and Will Stengle. n In a Capitol Conference contest last night, the visiting Wakefield Warriors (7-3, 3-3) blanked the Falls Church Jaguars, 5-0, as Colton Poythress hurled the shutout. He did not walk a batter, allowed three hits and struck out two.

Wakefield scored two runs in the fifth and three in the seventh. Ethan Heckler was 4 for 4 with two RBI, Jake Karton

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The seven wins is one better than Wakefield’s victory total last season, when the Warriors finished 6-14 and won just two conference games.

Also last week, Wakefield rallied to defeat Jefferson, 6-5, in eight innings in conference action.

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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 23, 1937: n Arlington’s lone ambulance has been stuck in the repair shop since February, as the county manager, police and fire departments wrangle over its future. n State officials are considering making Wednesdays and Thursdays “rest days” when game can’t be hunted. n Army troops have been dispatched to repair dilapidated sections of Military Road. “Hallelujah!” declared the Sun’s editor. n May 5 has been set as the date of the cornerstone-laying at the new Arlington post office. Meanwhile, Colonial Village is set to get its own branch postal facility.

April 21, 1952: n Dry conditions are leading to concerns about fire across Northern Virginia.

April 21, 1959: n The House of Delegates is considering legislation to hold a statewide referendum on shutting down Virginia’s public schools rather than integrating them. n On the national scene: Police had to use fire hoses to disperse 5,000 fanatical fans trying to see teen idol Fabian in Jersey City.

April 21, 1966: n County police are reporting a recent spike in burglary rates. n VEPCO officials say Virginia’s use of residential energy is increasing at twice the national average. n On the baseball diamond, Washington-Lee has started the season with a 6-1 record while Wakefield and Yorktown are 5-2 each. O’Connell has won six games in a row.

April 23, 1977: n Arlington firefighters plan to battle new County Board regulations that they be clean-shaven and wear their hair short. n The Wakefield girls came in first in the all-county track meet. n On TV tonight: “Mary Tyler Moore,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Carol Burnett Show,” “All in the Family,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Paul Lynde Comedy Hour” and the Miss World pageant.

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SAYS WHO? © StatePoint Media ACROSS 1. Urn contents 6. Mischief-maker 9. Yahoo 13. Turf, as opposed to surf 14. Bygone bird 15. Slow, musically speaking 16. *“I’ll knock you off your broom!” he said 17. Barley bristle 18. Type of flu 19. *“My precious!”

21. *“I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” 23. ____ Francisco 24. Hindu woman’s dress 25. Apple’s opponent, 2016 28. *“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way” 30. *“Et tu, Brute?”

35. Not to be broken?

37. Finish a road 39. Chef’s headgear 40. Seed covering 41. *“Sign your name across my heart,” sang Terrence ____ D’arby 43. Botticelli’s Venus, e.g.

44. Tsar’s edict 46. *“Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,” sang The Kingston ____ 47. It propels some boats 48. Abscond 50. Month of Purim 52. Disk operating system 53. Inlaid furniture decoration 55. Witness 57. *“May the Force be with you” 61. Slanting character 64. Roundish 65. *“If you can’t change your

fate, change your attitude,” said Amy ____ 67. ____ of Pergamum, Ancient Greece 69. Short for pinafore 70. Santa’s helper 71. Leaning 72. Middle of March

73. *“If you want to be happy, be,” said ____ Tolstoy 74. Not o’er

DOWN 1. Mary Kay’s last name 2. Rudolph, e.g.

3. *Bette Midler: “Did you ever

know that you’re my ____” 4. ____ Grey and James ____ Jones 5. U.S.’s first manned space station 6. Mosque V.I.P. 7. Yard work 8. Shoots-eating bear 9. Prefix in levorotary 10. *The Fonz: “Sit ____ ____!”

11. Home to Bryce Canyon 12. *“They’re grrreat!” he said 15. Cowboy’s rope catcher 20. Unsuitable 22. Middle-earth creature 24. More than one 25. Ponzi scheme, e.g.

26. Dr. Preston ____ of “Grey’s Anatomy” 27. Relating to #62 Down 29. *“Ai, caramba!”

31. Ages and ages 32. Small group of soldiers 33. A in AV 34. Rods and ____ 36. *“The cold never bothered me anyway” 38. Children’s author Blyton 42. Breakfast side 45. Personify 49. Afghan monetary unit 51. *“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” 54. The Eagles’ “____ California” 56. Make one ecstatically happy 57. Arizona Indian 58. Like a devoted fan 59. “Master of ____” on Netflix 60. Deadly ones 61. Facts and figures 62. Hipbone 63. Medieval Northern European 66. Draft pick 68. Indefinite degree

55+ News TRAVELERS ARE OFF TO A CHURCH RECITAL: Arlington County 55+ Travel

will host a trip to First Baptist Church in D.C. to hear an organ recital on Saturday, April 23. Participants also can have lunch on their own at Union Station before the event. The cost is $7. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

LESSONS OFFERED TO PROSPECTIVE SHUTTERBUGS: Photography lessons

are offered on Sunday, April 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Arlington Mill Senior Center.

For information, call (703) 228-7369.

TRAVELERS HEAD TO HUNT COUNTRY FOR GARDEN WEEK: Arlington County

55+ Travel hosts a trip to Middleburg for Historic Garden Week on Monday, April 25. The cost is $47. For information, call (703) 228-4748.

CRANIUM CRUNCHES OFFERED: Walter Reed Senior Center hosts brainhealth exercises on Monday, April 24 at 10:30 a.m. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

‘YARN CRAFTERS’ KNIT, CROCHET ITEMS FOR THOSE IN NEED: The Yarn

Crafters group at Aurora Hills Senior Center knits and crochets items for babies and the elderly on Monday, April

24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center. Supplies and instruction are provided; donations of washable yarn are appreciated. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

will amble in the National Arboretum on Wednesday, April 27, departing Culpepper Garden Senior Center at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $4. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

AGING ISSUES TACKLED: Aging alone unexpectedly is the topic of a discussion on Monday, April 25 at 1:30 p.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

DISEASE-BUSTING DIET OPTION DETAILED: Fighting chronic disease

DISCUSSION CENTERS ON CHINESE CULTURE: A discussion of Chinese cul-

ture will be held on Tuesday, April 26 at 10:30 a.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Center. For information, call (703) 228-4403.

PHONE BASICS DETAILED: The basics

of smartphones and tablet phones will be detailed on Wednesday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center.

For information, call (703) 228-5722.

SINGER TAKES THE STAGE: International singer Elsa Riveros performs on Wednesday, April 27 at 11 a.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

WALKERS HEAD TO NATIONAL ARBORETUM: The Arlington Walking Club

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through a Mediterranean diet is discussed on Thursday, April 28 at 1 p.m. at Walter Reed Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0955.

TIPS PROFFERED TO ATTRACT BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES: Attracting but-

terflies and birds into backyards is the topic of discussion on Thursday, April 28 at 10 a.m. at Lee Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

DEMONSTRATION OF GADGETRY SLATED: A demonstration of gadgets

and gizmos will be presented on Friday, April 29 at 11 a.m. at Aurora Hills Senior Center. For information, call (703) 228-5722.

WALKERS HEAD TO NATIONAL ARBORETUM: The Lee Walkers will travel

to the National Arboretum on Friday, April 29, departing Lee Senior Center at 10 a.m. The cost is $3. For information, call (703) 228-0555.

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