THE REGION
Cleanup of 2 Metro Stations Underway
With power washers and paintbrushes in hand, cleaning crews have entered the Van Ness and Cleveland Park Metro stations to spruce up parts of the system's fading infrastructure.
Metro officials said workers will wash walls and concrete sections, repaint, refinish metal work and make any necessary repairs to the stations. Work will be done from 1 to 4 a.m. so it does not interfere with train service. Each will take two weeks to clean.
Twenty-six other stations are slated to be cleaned this year at a total cost of $6 million, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said.
2 Nonprofit Workforce Groups Merge
Goodwill of Greater Washington and Workforce Organizations for Regional Collaboration, both regional nonprofit groups that help the disabled and disadvantaged find jobs, said yesterday that they plan to combine operations. In a statement, the organizations said that their services are complementary and that an affiliation would better serve their clients.
Goodwill provides job training and job placement services. The workforce group, an association of area nonprofits based in Washington, provides similar services.
The groups said the association will fall under the umbrella of the area Goodwill but will remain a separate nonprofit corporation.
Goodwill of Greater Washington chief executive Catherine Meloy will become chairwoman of the workforce group, whose executive director, Summer Spencer, will remain in that position.
Stopped Motorist Fatally Hit on Roadside
A Northeast Washington man was struck and killed on the shoulder of a highway in Prince George's County yesterday afternoon when his overheated sedan was hit by a sport-utility vehicle, Maryland State Police said.
James L. Clyburn, 52, had pulled his 1998 Toyota Camry to the right side of westbound Route 50 near Interstate 495. He was standing next to the hood of the car about 3 p.m. when a 1991 Jeep Cherokee struck his vehicle, authorities said. The Toyota then struck Clyburn as both vehicles slid off the shoulder and onto their sides, police said.
Both drivers were taken to Prince George's Hospital Center, where Clyburn was pronounced dead. The 23-year-old driver of the SUV also was hospitalized, but his condition was not released by police last night.
THE DISTRICT
Man Has Heart Attack at White House
A 57-year-old man was revived by paramedics after having a heart attack at the White House on Tuesday, D.C. fire officials said.
The man, who was identified by White House officials as a part-time contractor, had chest pains and lost consciousness and went into cardiac arrest just after paramedics arrived about 2:30 p.m., authorities said.
