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KLMNO Latest headstone revelation hits home cemetery from B1
affect service personnel who are dying right now and in years to come. They deserve some honor and respect.” “We thought it was a sacrosanct
place,” said his wife, Judé McLaughlin. “I can’t believe they’d be so cavalier with such an important thing.” Cemetery officials said they will
take corrective action immedi- ately and are to meet with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Fri- day to figure out how the head- stones can best be removed with- out harming the stream or sur- rounding environment. They confirmed that one of them be- longed to J. Warren McLaughlin, a retired Navy captain who died in 1971. After his wife, Elizabeth, died four years later, the cemetery or- dered a new headstone and en- graved both names on it, said Kaitlin Horst, a cemetery spokes- woman. That headstone is still there today, in Section 47. The old headstone was discarded and somehow ended up in the stream, along with many others. It was still unclear Thursday how they ended up there or why. But who was J. Warren
McLaughlin? A patriot, his son said. And a hero. A dedicated father and hus-
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band, whose military career spanned five decades and in- spired his son to join the Navy. He was born in Burr Oak, Kan., in 1896, the son of a railroad man, the oldest of nine children. He went to college and made good grades but dropped out over the objections of his father, who wanted him to be the first mem- ber of the family to receive a col- lege degree. It was 1917. World War I was
raging, and the young J. Warren McLaughlin wanted to serve. Af- ter the war, he left the Navy, moved to Arlington and worked as an engineer for the Depart- ment of the Interior. Mike McLaughlin remembers
sitting on his father’s lap as a young boy in 1941 when the news of Pearl Harbor broke on the ra- dio. His father leapt up at the news. “I was dumped on my butt on the wood floor,” Mike McLaughlin recalled. “I joke that I was the first Washington area cas- ualty of the Second World War.” The next day, he said his father
A full schedule of fare changes
Metro is scrambling to implement its largest and most complex fare increase, which will occur this year in three phases:
1 METRORAIL June 27
● 18 percent fare increase, peak and off-peak.
● 15 percent pass increases: One-day pass
$9
7-Day Short Trip Pass $30.35 7-Day Fast Pass
SmartStudent Pass
$45 $30
D.C. student 10-trip card $9.50 Transit link card
$92 METROBUS
Regular fare increases SmarTrip Cash
Express fare increases SmarTrip Cash
$1.50 $1.70
$3.65 $3.85
Flash pass fare increases Weekly pass
$15
Adult tokens (10-pack) $17 D.C. student tokens (10) $7.50 Weekly senior pass
$7.50 Weekly disabled pass $7.50
● Reduce bus-to-bus transfer from 3 hours to 2 hours. ● Increase airport fare to $6. ● Continue practice of supplementing some fares.
METROACCESS
● Increase fares to two times the new bus fare or $3, with a maximum fare of $7, including the new supplemental fares:
Zone 1 Zone 2
Zones 3 and 4
BIKE LOCKERS, PARKING
SOURCE: WMATA
$2 $3 $4
The yearly bike locker fee will be $200. There will be no increases in regular-fee or metered parking, but reserved parking might increase by $10 to $65 per month.
Metro shifts into fifth gear metro from B1
still hasn’t given final approval to the fare package; that is expected to come June 24. According to Metro officials, it usually takes six to eight weeks to implement such changes. “This is a very compressed
time frame,” Farbstein said. Already, a few snags have
emerged. The fare changes for the first phase were not in place in time to allow all federal agen- cies to update information for the 170,000 federal employees who use SmartBenefits, Farb- stein said. Also, the reserved parking fee increase requires a month’s notification to custom- ers, meaning Metro will miss one month of revenue, she said. The June 27 changes will in- clude increasing rail fares by about 18 percent for peak and off- peak travel and raising the price of rail passes by about 15 percent. They will also include an in- crease in bus fares and bus pass prices; an increase in the price of trips on MetroAccess, the pa- ratransit service for elderly and disabled people; as well as in- creases in the bike locker fee and reserved parking fee. Metro plans to begin selling the new bus and rail passes immediately
after the board vote June 24. The second phase, scheduled to begin Aug. 1, will involve only rail fares and will introduce a peak-of-the-peak surcharge of 20 cents that will be in effect for rail passengers boarding between 7:30 and 9 a.m. and between 4:30 and 6 p.m. At the same time, a 25- cent surcharge will become effec- tive for customers who use paper farecards. Some rail passes will increase in price again because of the peak-of-the-peak change. In the fall, MetroAccess fares will increase again to twice the fixed-route fare, with a cap of $7. Also in the fall, Metro might im- plement an additional fare sur- charge of 5 cents for rail pas- sengers entering and exiting cer- tain stations as a way to fund capital improvements at those stations. So far, the only station proposed for the 5-cent levy is Union Station, and the board has not approved that. At a meeting at Metro head-
quarters on Tuesday, Hughes huddled with about 30 other Metro employees for an update on the critical steps that must come together to carry out the first phase of the increase. “So you have all your forces lined up?” Hughes asked a Metro employee handling sign installa-
tion at rail stations. “It will take 30 to 45 people,” came the reply. New fare programs, currently
undergoing testing, must be downloaded electronically to all the fare machines and fare gates at rail stations, with technicians in the field fixing any machines that do not accept the changes, Hughes said. Metro’s fleet of 1,500 buses must pass through special service lanes to have their fareboxes reprogrammed. The rail station downloads
take about an hour. Reprogram- ming the buses takes days. That process will start just two days before the June 27 increase, Hughes said. Updating signs is also compli-
cated. Metro does not have a flat fare for rail, so three different types of price chart signs must be changed at fare machines and ki- osks in each of the 86 rail sta- tions — with 258 different signs being printed overall. Decals and signs must also be changed on the buses. New passes for bus and rail must be printed and dis- tributed to sales outlets. Metro employees have no rest in sight. “We are . . . getting ready to do it all over again for the be- ginning of August,” Hughes said.
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3 Fall
● MetroAccess fares will increase to twice the fi xed-route fare with a cap of $7. The supplemental fee remains the same. There are no anticipated changes to bus and rail fares this fall.
2 Aug. 1
● Peak-of-the-peak surcharge of 20 cents will be in effect from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
● A 25-cent surcharge for non- SmarTrip fares.
● Some pass prices will increase:
7-Day Short Trip Pass $30.35 7-Day Fast Pass Transit Link Card
$47 $102 No anticipated changes. MCLAUGHLIN FAMILY PHOTO
J. Warren McLaughlin, pictured with his wife, Elizabeth, in the 1940s, had a military career that spanned five decades.
went to rejoin the Navy and was soon deployed to the Pacific. There, while helping unload a ship, U.S. forces came under at- tack. An artillery shell landed close to the ship, causing him to fall from one of the decks. Mike McLaughlin said the Navy wanted to award his father the Purple Heart, but he refused, say- ing that “his injury was caused by his stupidity, not enemy action,”
because he was leaning too far over the rail when the shell hit. After World War II, the elder
McLaughlin served at the Penta- gon in the Naval Reserves until the late 1950s. Mike McLaughlin followed in his father’s footsteps and became a Naval Reserve offi- cer after college, retiring as a com- mander. Arlington has long been an im- portant place for him. It’s not only
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Elizabeth McLaughlin’s name is on the back of her husband’s headstone. The stone replaced one that had only his name on it, and that was one that was found in a stream at Arlington Cemetery.
where his parents are buried but his daughter as well. She died when she was 4 days old. And it’s where he used to ride
his bicycle as a kid with friends from the neighborhood. “We’d ride through Fort Myer into the back of the cemetery and have one whale of a downhill ride and out the main gate,” he said. So he was especially dismayed when the scandal at Arlington Cemetery broke last week. The Army’s inspector general found that more than 200 grave sites were unmarked or misidentified and that at least four burial urns were unearthed and dumped in an area where excess dirt is kept.
As a result, the Army has repri- manded Superintendent John C. Metzler Jr., who is retiring July 2, and his deputy, Thurman Higgin- botham, who was placed on ad- ministrative leave pending a dis- ciplinary review. Mike McLaughlin had been fol- lowing the news closely. Then on Thursday, after he settled into his favorite chair with the paper, the story was no longer just about the cemetery. It was about his father’s memory.
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Staff researcher Julie Tate, staff writer Rick Rojas and editorial aide Brian Kuhta contributed to this report.
Va. could jeopardize Metro plan Federal transit official
McDonnell (R) wants to ap-
says McDonnell’s threat puts funding at risk
by Lisa Rein and Anita Kumar
The chief of the Federal Tran- sit Administration said Thurs- day that a $1.5 billion federal funding plan for Metro will be in jeopardy if Virginia carries through on a threat to withhold its share. FTA Administrator Peter M.
Rogoff also questioned whether Virginia is in compliance with the law passed by Congress to dedicate money to fix the re- gion’s troubled transit system — because the state apparently never made a formal pledge to provide its share of matching funds.
“Obviously, we will not be in a position to commit federal matching funds to [Metro] if the size and certainty of the local funding commitments are in doubt,” Rogoff wrote in a letter late Thursday to Metro’s interim general manager, Richard Sar- les. Federal officials sounded the alarm a day after Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s adminis- tration threatened to renege on a pledge — also made by the Dis- trict and Maryland — to match the federal money unless the state gets two members on Met- ro’s board of directors.
850 Montgomery County TRUSTEE'S SALE THE WASHINGTON POST
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by premises known as 11408 CHERRY HILL RD Unit 204, Beltsville, MD 20705. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust from ADOLFO C. GONZALEZ CRUZ AND REINA C. GONZALES, dated October 31, 2006, and recorded in Liber 33325 at Page 116 among the land records of the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, in the original principal amount of $165,600.00 with an interest rate of 6.875% . Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the front of the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, on June 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
Unit MC 204 in condominium known as "MARYLAND FARMS CONDOMINIUM PHASE M" pursuant to the condominium plat recorded in condominium plat Book 9 at plat 924, et seq, among the land records of Montgomery County, Maryland, Appurtenant to the master Deed recorded in liber 4472 at folio 656 among the aforesaid Land Records
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $16,600.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.875% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. 09-163691P. 322009V LOAN TYPE = Conventional.
John S. Burson,William M. Savage, Gregory N. Britto, Jason Murphy, Kristine D. Brown and ErikW. Yoder, Substitute Trustees.
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point two of the four seats now held by elected officials from Fairfax and Arlington counties and Alexandria. His transporta- tion secretary said that Virginia wants more accountability from Metro in the aftermath of last year’s fatal Red Line crashand noted that the state contributes more to Metro than the North- ern Virginia governments. The threat threw into ques- tion a capital program long sought by the cash-strapped transit agency, which must use the money — $300 million a year — for safety improvements. The first $12.5 million of Vir- ginia’s $50 million share is due July 1, and state officials said this week that they would not pay without an agreement on state board seats. The political rhetoric escalat-
ed Thursday, with Virginia’s Re- publican leaders defending Mc- Donnell, and Democrats assail- ing what they called a political power play. All members of the Metro board are Democrats. Rogoff said he is “deeply trou-
bled” by reports that Virginia “may be revisiting its commit- ment” to pay its share. Metro officials have said
McDonnell’s hardball play jeop- ardizes an $886 million contract for 428 new rail cars that the federal money would pay for. “Anything that prevents us from replacing our oldest rail cars is of major concern to everyone at Metro,” said the board’s chairman Peter Benja-
850 Montgomery County 851 Prince Georges County TRUSTEE'S SALE
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by premises known as 815 NEW ORCHARD PLACE, Upper Marl- boro,MD20774. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust from JAUHAR ABRAHAM, dated April 24, 2006, and recorded in Liber 24971 at Page 455 among the land records of the COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S, in the original principal amount of $347,000.00 with an interest rate of 9.75% . Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the front of the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S, in front of the Duval Wing of the Courthouse Complex located at 14735 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772, on June 29, 2010 at 3:43 PM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
Being known and designated as lot numbered nine (9) in block lettered "A" in a subdivision known as "section one , new orchard estates" as per plat thereof recorded in plat book NLP 108 at plat 35 among the land records of prince George's county, Maryland; being in the 13th election district. Also being the same property described in liber 7301-folio 164. The improvements thereon being known as No: 815 new orchard place, upper Marlboro, Maryland, 20774. TAX ID NO.: 13-1396324
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 9.75% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. 10-176384. CAE10-12320 LOAN TYPE = Conventional.
John S. Burson,William M. Savage, Gregory N. Britto, Jason Murphy, Kristine D. Brown and ErikW. Yoder, Substitute Trustees.
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min, who represents Maryland. “Virginia is preventing this pro- gram from moving forward.” Under the law, the federal gov- ernment will give Metro the money during the next 10 years, but the District, Maryland and Virginia are required to match it with a dedicated fund that can- not be used for other spending. On Wednesday, Virginia
Transportation Secretary Sean T. Connaughton said the state appropriated the money for this year’s share and included the funds in the state’s two-year budget. In his letter, Rogoff “calls into question” whether Virginia is in compliance with the law. But on Thursday night, Connaughton said the General Assembly passed a bill in 2007 that set aside $600 million for transit, effectively creating a stream to match the federal money. He also said the state’s six-year plan allocates money for Metro. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-
Va.) called it “budgetary black- mail.” Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) said it was a “raw power grab by Richmond bureaucrats.” But the author of the federal law, former Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), said McDonnell is right to withhold Virginia’s $50 mil- lion match until he gets what he wants. “The mayor [of the District] has a vote” on the Metro board, Davis said. “Why shouldn’t Vir- ginia have the same?”
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