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Vol. 11, No. 18 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
April 30, 2015
Judge moves Severance
trial to Fairfax County
Attorneys debate separating
Dunning death from
other shootings
photo/Chris Teale
Moroccan Festival Comes to Alexandria A model gateway designed to look like old Mo-
roccan city walls welcomes visitors to the Moroccan Artisans Festival in the Alexandria Market Square.
For more photos, see page 6.
of piano teacher Ruthanne Lodato in February 2014, transit
guru Ronald Kirby in November 2013 and Del Ray realtor
By Erich Wagner
Nancy Dunning more than a
and Susan hale thomas
decade ago.
The Fairfax County judge
In a hearing for a number
assigned to preside
of pre-trial motions,
over the trial of the
defense
attorneys
man accused in the
argued that the trial
killings of three
be moved out of the
prominent Alexancity because of the
dria residents moved
“inflammatory” meall proceedings to
dia coverage of the
her home jurisdiccase and defendant,
tion last Thursday,
and because of the
after defense attor- Charles Severance fear felt by residents
neys argued finding an impar- immediately after the killings.
tial jury in Alexandria would Prosecutors resisted the
be impossible.
proposal, arguing in part that
Charles Severance, 54, is
accused in the shooting deaths
SEE Severance | 11
Looking to reduce the waterfront parking crisis
Council bans on-street
parking for Robinson
Terminal South residents
By Susan Hale Thomas
City councilors sought to
protect residents along Alexandria’s waterfront from an onslaught of new residents looking for on-street parking earlier
this month, but loosened parking requirements for other new
developments across the city.
In its deliberation over
the Robinson Terminal South
development, council voted
against staff recommendations
and banned future residents
from obtaining residential parking permits. At the same time,
the city unanimously approved
new parking regulations for
other multifamily residential
developments in other areas in
an effort to “right-size” parking
in the city.
What is right sizing? City
planner Carrie Beach described it in her presentation
to council as a paradigm shift
PHOTO/susan hale thomas
While city councilors banned residents of the planned Robinson Terminal South development from receiving residential on-street parking
permits earlier this month, they decreased the parking space requirements for new development projects elsewhere in the city as a way
to “right-size” parking and encourage other modes of transportation.
from a “Field of Dreams” approach — build parking and
the cars will come — to a
model encouraging people to
use a variety of transportation
modes. The idea is to find the
balance where parking garages aren’t sitting empty or
underutilized nor totally full
and overflowing into residential areas — adjusting supply
to match demand.
“The goal is to provide
enough parking, not more,”
Beach said.
SEE Parking | 7
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFING
Spring2ACTion raises $1.2 million for city nonprofits
Over the span of just 24
hours on April 22, Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s annual day of
online giving, raised $1,276,909
for 129 nonprofit organizations
in the city. That total was raised
through the donations of 9,431
individuals as well as participating restaurants and other shops.
Participating
nonprofits
represented a wide variety of
causes, including legal services,
animal rescue, food and shelter,
and health and wellness and education, to name a few. ACT for
Alexandria organized the event,
which celebrated its fifth year.
“Spring2ACTion is about
more than raising critical dollars for local nonprofits,” said
John Porter, president and CEO
of ACT for Alexandria, in a
statement. “It’s about bringing
the entire community together
to support nonprofits that give
back to our city every day. We
hope that by focusing our goals
on engaging more individuals
and businesses in giving, we’ll
further strengthen the connec-
tions between nonprofits and
the greater community.”
Top prize winners for their
fundraising efforts included
the Maury Elementary School
PTA, Casa Chirilagua and Arts
on the Horizon, while the Old
Town Boutique District and
the Del Ray Business Association both saw local stores and
restaurants contribute proceeds
from their sales.
In 2015, the average Spring2ACTion donation was $85.46,
with participating nonprofits
raising an average of $9,899
each in just 24 hours.
- Chris Teale
Volunteers come together for National Rebuilding Day
More than 800 volunteers
joined members of city council
and Katharine Dixon, president
of Rebuilding Together Alexandria, on Saturday for National
Rebuilding Day, providing free
repairs and upgrades to 40 lowincome homeowners across the
Port City.
More than 10,000 volunteers
took part in the national day of
service across the United States,
while in the Port City, 100 from
Booz Allen revitalized a whole
city block along Manning Street.
They were joined by U.S.
Rep Don Beyer (D-8), Mayor
Bill Euille, Vice Mayor Allison
Silberberg and city councilors
John Chapman, Justin Wilson
and Tim Lovain. The volunteers
made improvements such as repairing windows and doors, replacing cabinets, installing grab
bars and safety rails, painting,
Times staff takes home journalism prizes
The Alexandria Times
staff took home several
awards from the Virginia
Press Association’s annual awards ceremony
earlier this month in
Norfolk.
Editor-in-Chief Erich
Wagner (1) won second
prize in the breaking news
category for his coverage
of the announcement by
then-U.S. Rep. Jim Moran that he would retire
from public office at the
end of 2014.
And Reporter and
Photographer Susan Hale
Thomas (2) won first
prize in the sports feature photo for her shot
of local boxer Iesha
Thomas training, part
of the Times’ coverage
of the uncertain future
of the Alexandria Boxing Club last summer.
In advertising, Art
Director Jennifer Powell
(3) also brought home
two awards. She took
second place in entertainment advertising,
as well as a third place
prize for the layout of
multiple advertisers
and themed pages.
- Times staff
doing yard work, installing
smoke detectors and weatherizing, to make homes more
energy efficient and to protect
them from weather damage.
National Rebuilding Day
aims to revitalize and stabilize
neighborhoods for low-income
homeowners across the country.
- Chris Teale
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CRIME
Judge declares mistrial in Seyoum murder case
Photo by
Susan Knighton-Cavanaugh
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Alexandria Circuit Court
Judge Nolan B. Dawkins declared a mistrial last Thursday
in the Dawit Seyoum murder
case, after jurors reported that
they could not reach a verdict.
After a week-long trial
and more than two and a half
days of deliberation, the jury
sent two notes to Judge Nolan
B. Dawkins saying members
were “hopelessly deadlocked”
and unable to reach a unani-
mous verdict.
Seyoum is accused of first
degree murder and confessed
to killing Carolyn Cross,
deputy director of the D.C.
Department of Corrections
on September 7, 2014 in her
Seminary Towers apartment
on Kenmore Avenue.
The crux of the case revolved around whether Seyoum was legally insane at the
time of the killing. Defense
attorneys argued that he suffered from schizophrenia
and was driven by delusions,
while prosecutors said his
ability to plot out the crime
ahead of time was indicative
of his sanity.
Prosecutors declined to
comment on the trial, but a
date to retry the case could be
selected as early as today.
- Susan Hale Thomas and
Erich Wagner
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Alexandria police are investigating a single-car crash
that occurred early Tuesday
on Van Dorn Street that left
one man dead.
Around 3:40 a.m., a white
Ford Mustang was travelling northbound on Van Dorn
when it left the roadway
and crashed into a building
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Police investigate fatal crash near Fort Ward
near the intersection with
Braddock Road, said police
spokeswoman Crystal Nosal.
When first responders arrived at the scene, the driver,
46-year-old Anthony Freedman of Fairfax County, was
found dead in his car, Nosal
said.
Nosal said Wednesday po-
lice are still investigating the
incident, and do not yet know
whether speed or alcohol
played a factor in the crash.
Police are encouraging
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about the crash to contact
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Parking
FROM | 1
Beach said more than 60
percent of Alexandria households have two or fewer cars.
Driving has been on the decline in recent years, while
transit ridership has grown by
14 percent between 2004 and
2012, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
Beach said adjustments to
parking — dropping parking
requirements for new projects
within half a mile of a Metro
station to 0.8 spots per bedroom and one spot per bedroom elsewhere in Alexandria
— would bring city standards
in line with demand, allowing
for a more efficient use of land,
maximizing space for people
instead of vehicles, and would
reduce impervious surfaces.
But the thought of the
city tampering with parking
at all brought many worried
residents and businesses out
to address council. Speakers
voiced their concerns that the
new Robinson Terminal development’s request for a parking
reduction of 29 spaces would
result in an overflow and impact on-street parking, increasing an already tight competition for precious parking
spaces.
Trae Lamond, general manager of Chadwick’s restaurant,
told councilors businesses are
reliant on there being ample
parking to stay afloat and a
reduction for the Robinson
Terminal South project would
adversely affect both residents
and businesses.
“Taking parking away from
the waterfront will severely
damage local businesses and
downgrade the quality of life
for local citizens,” Lamond
said. “Reducing retail parking
from local popular businesses
will force patrons to park in
front of citizens’ homes.”
While members of staff
said they were comfortable
that their data accurately reflected trends in automobile
ownership and driving habits
in the city, City Councilor Del
PHOTO/susan hale thomas
Residents along the waterfront feared that new developments like Robinson Terminal South would bring a
massive influx of new drivers, taking away already meager on-street parking options. City councilors voted
earlier this month to ban new residents at Robinson Terminal South from receiving residential parking
permits to alleviate those concerns.
Pepper was skeptical.
“I don’t buy some of the
arguments that have been presented,” she said. “[We] are
trying to bring a lot of people
here. Where will they park?”
Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg agreed.
“We already have a problem … and it’s going to get
much worse,” Silberberg said.
“[We] can study it but we also
just have to bring common
sense to the table and say we
have a problem and [not just]
say we’re going to apply some
complicated rubric.”
Mayor Bill Euille said he
wanted to solve the problem
but also wanted the group to
be aware that what was being
discussed was about changing
the city’s approach to quality of
life issues.
“Parking is of concern, and
it should be,” Euille said. “It’s
not isolated just to Old Town.
The whole city has a parking
issue, [which is] all the more
reason we stress multi-modal
uses of people getting around.
“[That’s why] people move
into developments like these:
So they can not have to have
a car and they can bike, they
can walk or whatever, and have
groceries delivered.”
City Councilor Tim Lovain
called the behavior “induced
demand,” a term used by urban
planners.
“When you build that
highway, people change their
behavior to use that highway
and it fills up again,” he said.
SEE parking | 8
We already
have a problem
… and it’s going to
get much worse. [We]
can study it but we
also just have to bring
common sense to
the table and say we
have a problem and
[not just] say we’re
going to apply some
complicated rubric.”
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One of the reasons for revamping the city’s parking space requirements
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nationally is on the decline, city officials said. Staff said reducing the
amount of parking required for each development follows that trend as
well as promotes other modes of transportation.
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they work and why they’re
good for social policy.”
In eight data collection sites
near local Metro stations, staff
counted 718 unused parking
spaces, equivalent to nearly
five acres of vacant parking.
For reference, staff said the
size was roughly that of the
Target parking lot at Potomac
Yard and that the construction
costs for those spaces reached
upwards of $35 million, or 50
new DASH buses.
And councilors said the new
parking rules could be a boon
to the city’s waning affordable
housing stock. City planners
said that since affordable housing tends to see lower demand
for parking, developers looking to build low-income housing will see further reductions
in parking requirements.
Staff pointed to the underconstruction Jackson Crossing
project, where officials were
able to secure 78 affordable
apartments in exchange for a
lower parking requirement.
The new parking standards
likewise include the chance for
developers to secure a lower
parking requirement if they
include affordable housing.
Affordable housing projects
that serve residents at 60 percent of the adjusted median
income would need parking at
When you
build that
highway, people
change their
behavior to use that
highway and it fills
up again. When
you build new
parking garages,
people change
their behavior to fill
up those parking
garages. It’s just an
endless, endless
cycle.”
- Tim Lovain
City councilor
0.75 spaces per bedroom, 50
percent at 0.65 spaces, and 30
percent at 0.5 spaces.
City Councilor Justin Wilson felt the new regulations
would have a positive impact
on the city’s affordable housing stock.
“This is essentially a very,
very large financial incentive
for creating affordable housing
around this city,” Wilson said.
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Mark Jinks officially
takes the reins
New city manager has
already faced a number of
challenges
By Erich Wagner
It’s been an interesting first
couple of months on the job for
Mark Jinks, to say the least.
From closing a substantial budget deficit to looking
for ways to oppose Norfolk
Southern’s plans to expand
its already unpopular ethanol
transloading facility, his tenure as acting city manager was
anything but smooth sailing.
“It was a bit harried, because the [budget] gap that
we thought was $16 million,
when we started working on it
in mid-December and put the
information together in more
detail, the number got as high
as $31 million,” said Jinks,
who was appointed as permanent city manager earlier
this month. “So just as departments were just about ready to
submit their budgets to us, we
AC
Our goal is
to be in the
middle of the pack
on pay. I think we
can make a big
difference by being
the employer of
choice.”
had to ask them to go back and
work on reduction options.”
Jinks has served in Alexandria for more than 15 years.
He joined the city in 1999 as its
chief financial officer and served
in that role for a decade before
he was promoted to deputy city
manager. He was awarded the
city’s top administrative job on
– Mark Jinks, city manager
an acting basis in January, after
the resignation of
it was a challenge, but
former City Manon the other, we had a
ager Rashad Young,
lot of help and a lot of
who left to become
ideas, and everyone
city administrator
pulled their weight
for D.C.
and contributed ideas
That decade as
that ended up with a
CFO made Jinks
responsibly balanced
prepared for whatMark Jinks
budget with no tax inever deficit a budget
creases and no gimmicks.”
might throw at him, he said.
“It certainly helped that I’ve Although Jinks has dealt
probably done something like with a number of challenges
37 budgets over the course of since coming into the job on
my career, in Michigan and then an acting basis, he said one of
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forward, compared with the
other main local governments
in Virginia and Maryland.
“Our goal is to be in the
middle of the pack on pay. I
think we can make a big difference by being the employer
of choice — having a rewarding workplace and providing
an opportunity to learn and
grow in your position and contribute to your community.”
Jinks said he wants to continue a number of initiatives
that Young started, especially
the community outreach efforts outlined in the framework
of What’s Next Alexandria.
“We’re using that very successfully in the Eisenhower
West planning process steering
group,” he said. “We’ve had
some very participative community meetings to help get
the pulse in regard to what the
best mix of land use and ideas
for parks and roads are for that
West End section of the city.
“That’s worked very well
so far, and we want to make it
more of a regular practice in
all sorts of areas.”
The next step in that effort
is finding ways to get people
who are not typically engaged
in city politics and governance
to join the process, he said.
“Getting the public into the
decision-making gets you better final decisions,” Jinks said.
“But we need better strategies
for getting to those who may
not regularly come to meetings,
because of work requirements
or family issues, and to get their
input as well.”
Jinks also wants to push for
more efforts to modernize city
offices and implement performance-based metrics for programs and services.
“It ties into our performance management initiatives,
but I want to create a performance accountability office,”
he said. “That way, we can find
out what are the outcomes of
our programs? What are the
right performance measures to
do that successfully and how
do we use those measures in
our decision-making process?
“One of the areas that focuses on is doing data-driven decision-making. Having worked
for many years on budgets and
finance, I know that the numbers tell a story.”
Jinks said he was very
proud of his ability to fund a
salary increase for police of-
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and commissions,
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nominees] and said,
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all addresses east of
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do something similar for fire/
EMS workers and other city
workers in the years to come.
And he wants to address
questions of citywide equity
— in both services and input
— head-on, despite recent controversies like the lack of staffing for the newly opened Fire
Station 210 on the West End.
“When we’re dealing with
appointments to resident boards
and commissions, I ask about
people’s addresses,” Jinks said.
“I want to know: Where do people live? And there already have
been times where I’ve looked at
the list [of nominees] and said,
‘This won’t work,’ because it
tends to be all addresses east of
Quaker Lane.
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already the loudest voices — so
I’ve said, ‘You need to look west
and ask people to participate.’
And if we can’t find someone,
we need to make phone calls.”
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if Boston courts could find an
impartial jury for convicted
Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Alexandria could find unbiased jurors
for this case. And Severance
interrupted discussions to object to moving the trial, arguing it violated his rights under
the Sixth Amendment.
Although Roush said she
did not think the media coverage angle was sufficient for a
change of venue, she was more
sympathetic to the “community fear” argument.
“It was a fear that the people of the city of Alexandria
experienced,” Roush said. “I
think it can be cured by moving [the trial] to Fairfax.”
Moving forward, all hearings and court filings in the
case will be hosted at the
Fairfax County courthouse
in addition to the trial itself,
which is slated to begin October 5. Severance, who has
been in custody in the Arlington County jail, will be transferred to Fairfax as well.
Also at issue last week was
whether to separate charges
related to the Dunning slaying from the other two killings.
Defense attorneys argued that
there was not enough evidence
to tie the decade-old case to the
two more recent homicides.
“The Lodato and Kirby
cases need to be connected
because of the way they’re
charged, but there is nothing
to connect them to Dunning,”
said attorney Megan Thomas.
“[The] Commonwealth’s theory that the [use of the same
type of] ammunition links the
three, but defense has argued
it’s easily available. It’s not idiosyncratic, not unique.”
But Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter argued
all three slayings contained a
number of similarities, particularly in how they were
carried out. He noted that all
occurred during a weekday,
within one mile of one another, and at the front door of the
victim’s home.
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“They were cold-blooded
assassinations,” Porter said.
Porter also pointed to Severance’s own writings, recovered
during a search of his home, as
a way to link the crimes.
“Thou shalt murder and vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord,”
Severance reportedly wrote.
“Knock. Talk. Enter. Kill.
Exit. Murder,” read another
passage, in an apparent reference to the Bible.
And Porter said another
sentence by Severance makes
reference to the 10-year gap
between Dunning’s death and
the killings of Kirby and Lodato: “I’ve been nudging and
trolling for over a decade, and
nobody has noticed.”
But defense attorneys disputed the idea that Severance’s
writings actually spoke to a
motivation to do people harm.
Porter also provided new insight on the nature of the prosecution’s ballistics evidence.
All three cases featured the use
of .22 caliber ammunition, and
bullets recovered at all three
crime scenes featured a similar
twist — an imprint made as a
bullet goes down the barrel of
a gun — and he said experts
would testify as to the rarity of
three different incidents all involving the same ammunition
and style of handgun.
Roush said she would take
the matter “under advisement,” meaning she will rule
on the matter at a later date.
At various points during
the hearing, Severance interrupted the proceedings, particularly as defense attorneys
requested he no longer be
shackled by the ankles during
his transport to and from the
Arlington County jail. Severance reportedly suffers from a
broken ankle, and he said the
shackles exacerbate the pain.
“When there’s a shackle on
this weak ankle, it is cruel and
unusual punishment,” Severance said.
“I had a broken ankle a few
years ago, and it still bothers
me sometimes,” Roush said.
“Are you wearing shackles?” Severance asked.
“No,” she replied.
“Congratulations,” Severance said.
Roush said that the transfer
of Severance to Fairfax County
should alleviate the issue. Deputies in the county do not use
ankle shackles unless a prisoner becomes disruptive, she
said, and he will not travel as
far to attend each court date.
After the hearing, John
Kelly, a Lodato neighbor who
serves as a family spokesman,
said the victims’ families respected the judge’s decision,
and are glad to see progress in
the case.
“They’re determined to see
that the process is fair, and that
we see a fair trial,” he said.
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But Dan Mathias, a friend of
Severance, said the defendant’s
writings should not be taken as
motivation for a crime. He said
one of Severance’s hobbies
were fantasy games and penand-paper role-playing games.
“They have no understanding of Charles’ hobbies or his
life,” Mathias said.
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Gayle Nichols-Grimes and Jennifer Lyons Pagnard star as Olive and Florence (above), the eponymous odd couple in The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s latest incarnation of the classic play/movie/TV show. Although
the show provides a fresh take on the comedy standard, the concept is
beginning to show its age.
‘The Odd Couple (Female
Version)’ is a highlight at
The Little Theatre
By Jordan Wright
Neil Simon’s long-running
and ever popular play “The
Odd Couple” has had more incarnations than The Smashing
Pumpkins. First there was the
Broadway premiere in 1965.
Art Carney of “The Honeymooners” was the obsessivecompulsive neat freak Felix
Ungar, and Walter Matthau
played the slovenly, devilmay-care Oscar Madison. Jack
Klugman later replaced Matthau for a TV adaptation. In
1968, Matthau was brought
back for the film version with
Jack Lemmon, and the two reprised their roles in 1998 for
“The Odd Couple II.”
In the 1980s, another TV
version came onto the landscape — “The New Odd Couple” featuring two black actors,
Ron Glass and Demond Wilson. And — drum roll, please
— in the current television
reincarnation, Matthew Perry
plays Oscar. People just can’t
seem to get enough of this disparate duo.
In the background of these
many productions was Simon’s
female version written for the
stage. Authored in 1985, he
cloned the personalities of Oscar and Felix, and breathed new
life into them as Olive Madison
(Oscar) and Florence Ungar
(Felix). The play too is set in
1985, a time of women’s liberation and the re-examination
both of traditional female roles
and changing sexual mores. It
all seems so old hat now.
I must confess that the stuff
of American sitcoms is not really
my cup of tea. Friends insulting
friends in the most jovial sort of
way and gleefully backstabbing
them when they leave the room
are not my ideas of charming
and witty humor. I didn’t like
“The Three Stooges” either, if
that tells you something. But if
“The Golden Girls” gave you
belly laughs, then this will be
right up your alley.
Florence is in the throes of
a divorce and Olive has already
been there, done that when she
takes her in as a roommate. The
unhappy duo is oil and water,
struggling to maintain their
friendship through hard times
and hysteria, of which there is
nearly too much to bear. Are we
bonding yet?
In addition to Olive (Gayle
Nichols-Grimes) and Florence
(Jennifer Lyons Pagnard), there
are Mickey (Michelle Fletcher), Sylvie (Kat Sanchez), Renee (Elizabeth Replogle) and
Vera (Natalie Fox). Later on,
we meet Olive’s two hot-totrot Spanish neighbors, brothers Jesus (Brendan Quinn) and
Manolo (Philip Krzywicki) —
one sloppy, one neat — what a
surprise.
All in all, the cast throws out
some lively, if stale, one-liners:
“Everything you do irritates me;”
“I can’t even have dirty dreams!
You clean them up;” and “She’s
changed our nice game into
the Christian Science Reading
Room.” It keeps the audience
happy and the actors working.
Weighing this production on
its merits, I give kudos to set designer MYKE for creating a believable 1980s era living room
for Olive’s Manhattan apartment, costume designer Ceci
Albert, who has dug deep into
the wardrobe trunks for plenty
of polyester and pearls for the
six women in the cast, and note
another fine performance by
Michelle Fletcher, this time as
the tough-talking cop.
The Odd Couple (Female Version) runs through May 16 at
The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St. For tickets
and information call the box
office at 703-683-0496 or visit
www.thelittletheatre.com.
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please email
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Each Monday
TAVERN TODDLERS Join other
families as you and your toddler (walkers through 36 months) have fun in
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum’s historic
ballroom. Playtime features a craft
table, book corner, toys, as well as
group dancing.
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: American Legion, 400
Cameron St., check in at museum first.
Information: 703-746-4242 or
www.gadsbystavern.org
Now to May 8
PRINCESS FOR A NIGHT
COLLECTION The Princess For
a Night (PFAN) project is collecting
dry-cleaned formal dresses, shoes,
handbags, jewelry, unused make-up
and “nice” shopping bags so young
ladies across the region can attend
prom without breaking the bank.
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
to Friday
Location: T.C. Williams Main Office,
3330 King St.
Information: eleanor.muse@acps.
k12.va.us
plants as well as a wide variety
of annuals, perennials, heirloom
tomatoes and herbs, each carefully nurtured in the Mount Vernon
greenhouse, will be available for
purchase. Spectacular hanging baskets, grown at Mount Vernon, will be
available in limited numbers. In the
gardening tent, you will find books,
tools, seeds and decorative items.
Time: All day
Location: George Washington’s
Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway
Information: 703-780-2000 or
www.mountvernon.org
Now to September 26
BASEBALL BOAT TO NATIONALS PARK Avoid the crowds
and take a leisurely cruise from to
Nationals Park along the scenic Potomac River for a select number of
Washington Nationals home games.
Boats returning to Alexandria depart
20 minutes after final pitch.
Time: Nationals home games
Location: Alexandria Marina, 1
Cameron St.
Information: 703-684-0580 or
www.baseballboat.com
April 30
CIVIL WAR LECTURE “The
Meaning of Freedom in the Aftermath
of Slavery, 1865-1867” by Leslie
Rowland of the University of Maryland.
Drawing from the work of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project
(FSSP) at the university, Dr. Rowland
will discuss the aspirations of former
slaves following the end of the Civil
War and their struggle to make freedom a reality.
Time: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
Information: 703-746-4994
May 1-2
PRINCESS FOR A NIGHT DRESS
SHOPPING The Princess for a Night
project’s shopping and dress selection. All
students in Northern Virginia welcome.
Time: Friday 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon.
Location: T.C. Williams High School,
3330 King St.
Information: eleanor.muse@acps.
k12.va.us
T.C. WILLIAMS DRAMA PRODUCTION The T.C. Williams Drama
Department presents their production
of “The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee,” a musical, whimsical
take on life, love and vocabulary. Tickets
cost $15 for adults; $10 for ACPS staff,
students and senior citizens.
Time: May 1, 7:30 p.m.; May 2, 2 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
Location: T.C. Williams High School
Main Auditorium, 3330 King St.
Information: [email protected]
STICK
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written by
Lydia R. Diamond
directed by
Kevin Sockwell
produced by
May 2-30
HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA ATTICS
AND ALLEYS TOUR Visit rarely seen
spaces at four of Alexandria’s historic
sites on this special three-hour walking
tour of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, the
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum,
Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden
and Carlyle House Historic Park. Tickets
are $35 each and can be reserved online.
Time: Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Departs from Lee-Fendall
House Museum & Garden, 614 Oronoco
St., or Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134
N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or www.
alexandriava.gov/gadsbystavern
May 2-3
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENCAMPMENT Step back in time and
walk through a reproduction of the
marquee tent that served as General Washington’s field headquarters
throughout most of the Revolutionary
War. With more than 450 Revolutionary
War military re-enactors, learn more
about life in the 18th century, discuss
military techniques, and watch battle
re-enactments.
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: George Washington’s Mount
Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway
Information: 703-780-2000 or www.
mountvernon.org
May 2
GENEALOGY WALKING TOUR Join
Char McCargo Bah of FindingThingsForU
on a tour of the Parker-Gray District to
provide genealogical information. Admission is $30 for adults, $15 for children.
Payment due on the day of the class in
check or cash only.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Black History
Museum, 902 Wythe St.
Information: 703-746-4356
JAVA JOLT Blair Meerfeld discusses
the Germanic influences on early
American stoneware craftsmanship.
On display will be several historical
examples from his personal stoneware
collection, as well as specimens from
the museum’s collection.
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Alexandria Archaeology
Museum, 105 N. Union St.
Information: [email protected]
May 3
TITAN EXPO An annual community
event for people of all ages, featuring
carnival games for children and teens,
a car bash, bake sale, bingo, used book
sale, inflatables and music. All funds
raised benefit the Larry Trice PTSA/
SCA Scholarships for student graduates
from T.C.
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The Odd Couple
4/25 - 5/16
The Odd Couple - LTA presents Neil Simon’s
comedy classic with a twist! Unger and
Madison are at it again — Florence Unger
and Olive Madison, that is — a in Neil Simon’s
hilarious contemporary comic classic. Come
watch this time-honored comedy reinvented
from a different perspective as the ladies take
over the juicy roles of the Coming soon
famously mismatched
couple to give this wellknown play a whole new life. Watch and laugh as
this “odd couple” learn that friendship may have
its ups and downs but in the end it overpowers
all. Warning — show contains adult language.
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and the housekeeper’s daughter, who is
filling in while her mother is ill – gathers
at their home on Martha’s Vineyard for
their annual summer holiday. Personality
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anything but a relaxing family vacation.
May 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 15, & 16 • 8pm
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Sports
From football star to rugby standout
Darien Pickett continues
meteoric rise with U.S.
Under-20s appearances
By Chris Teale
Growing up playing rugby,
Alexandria native Darien Pickett did not necessarily anticipate it becoming such a big part
of his life, given that he spent
four years playing football for
West Potomac High School and
had ambitions of playing at the
college level.
However, since the spring
of his freshman year, when he
and classmate Austin LaGow
helped form the Fort Hunt War-
riors — a rugby club associated
with West Potomac — Pickett’s
involvement in rugby has escalated to such an extent that he is
now playing the sport in college
and has already earned recognition with several United States
youth national teams.
Pickett is part of Grand
Canyon University’s roster, a
new program that has gone
from strength to strength and
capped off a successful first
season with a berth in The
Rugby Bowl, a four-team invitational tournament held at
Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz., a venue more wide-
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The former offensive lineman and defensive player on the
Wolverines football team now
plays normally as a loosehead
prop for the Lopes — one of
the three players at the front of
a scrum — and represented the
U.S. Under-20s in two matches
against Canada in March. He
also played for the U.S. High
School All-American rugby
team in England and Argentina.
Having not touched the ball
at all in his days on the football field, Pickett relishes the
chance to be in the thick of the
action when he plays rugby.
“The best part going into
[playing rugby] was knowing
that I could get the ball,” he
said. “All my life, playing football I was an offensive lineman
and defensive player, so I never
got the ball. It was just a good
experience to actually have the
ability to run with it.”
Having become more involved in the sport as a freshman, Pickett went on to help
Fort Hunt win two state championships, with the Warriors
going unbeaten in his senior
year. It was the perfect prelude
for him to head to Grand Canyon to start the next chapter —
he was one of a number of players from West Potomac to head
to the university and help start
the rugby squad.
Alongside Pickett and
LaGow came Ethan Hall, Kris
Sheckels and Joshua Ransom to
become Lopes for their inaugural season of rugby. That preexisting chemistry helped GCU
cap off a strong first year with
a 59-8 win over the University
of Southern California at The
Rugby Bowl, and was key in
Pickett making the decision to
play at Grand Canyon.
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“I picked GCU because I
saw it would be best for me,
bringing a new team and new
traditions and bringing my
skills to the players that are already here,” he said. “Having
that chemistry already there
in place helped us a lot and
helped the players that were
already here. We were able to
branch off with the chemistry
and bring it to the people here
and have that good camaraderie and friendship as a tight
unit.”
With that collegiate level
exposure has come international honors for Pickett, who
described the opportunity to
play for his country as “humbling” and expressed his gratitude to his coaches for helping
him along the way.
“I’ve done it since high
school when I went with [U.S.
high school All-Americans
head coach] Salty Thompson
and [assistant coach Michael]
Engelbrecht,” he said. “Working with them in high school,
they’ve really groomed me and
taught me lessons on how to
become a better rugby player
and they’ve made me strive to
enhance my skills and become
the best player I can possibly be.
“Knowing that [the U.S.]
have called my name up every
single year is a humbling opportunity and an honor that
they see potential in me. It’s the
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best feeling. It’s outstanding.”
For the organizers of The
Rugby Bowl, who welcomed
traditional rugby powerhouse
Ohio State for the event as well
as Arizona State University in
addition to GCU and the Trojans, it was particularly pleasing to see the new Lopes program make an impact against
more established teams.
“Having a team like GCU
that’s a new team come to the
event and play in the event, it’s
good for us and it’s also good for
the teams in building a fan base,”
The Rugby Bowl spokesman Cepand Alizadeh said. “In terms of
how it affects the quality of play,
it makes it that much better when
there is a team that does feature
U.S. national teamers on it.
“It just makes the players want to compete harder, it
makes the opponents that much
more aware that they’re going
to have to step up their level of
play because of the fact that they
know they’re going up against
national teamers. It raises the
bar of competition and makes it
a much more pleasing game to
watch for fans.”
Currently, Pickett, a prephysical therapy major, intends to play for the Lopes for
the entirety of his four-year
college career. Beyond that,
he is unsure what the future
holds, but said that if he keeps
working hard and improving
his game, other opportunities
may well arise.
T.C. Williams relay teams
impress again at Penn Relays
The track and field team of
T.C. Williams continued to impress over the weekend as their
boys 4x1,600-meter relay team
finished fourth at the annual
Penn Relays, the highestplaced American team
in the event.
Brothers
Noah
and Josephus Lyles
ran alongside fellow
juniors Thomas Huston
and Mahlique Booth and finished with a time of 3:13.97
in the event, which was won
by Calabar High School of
Jamaica in 3:09.97.
The foursome also finished fifth in the 4x400-meter
relay championship, which
was again won by Calabar in
a time of 39.63, a record for
the Penn Relays.
The impressive showing came a year after
the Titans finished as
the No. 1 American
team in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay
events, advancing to the showpiece Championship of America
in both events for the first time
in school history.
- Chris Teale
Courtesy Photo
Darien Pickett is tackled during a game for
Grand Canyon University against Arizona
State University earlier this season. Pickett
has also represented the U.S. national team
at the Under-20s age group.
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At Home
Finding new ways
to connect indoor and outdoor spaces
By John Byrd
For Sun Design’s Craig
Durosko,
remodeling
is
all about staying on top of
emerging applications that
will outperform old standards.
“Creating a stronger connection between the house
and the setting was our core
specialty when we started
this company 27 years ago,”
Durosko said. “Sunrooms,
window walls, skylights are
basically designed to bring
the outdoors into your home.
“But the larger objec-
tive has always been finding
a design solution that will
reconcile the house and the
grounds into a more cohesive
whole — one that enhances
the possibilities of enjoying
the home more fully — and
that really performs well over
the long term.”
That said, the veteran remodeler has observed homeowner expectations of integrated outdoor spaces evolve
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The Zabens’ outdoor kitchen is equipped with both a traditional grill and a power burner. There’s also dining for two, a refrigerator and other amenities.
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ly little repair and perfectly
complement a home’s existing architecture.
It’s a rising bar, one that
keeps Sun Design’s technical
staff continually assessing
new design concepts, building materials and code issues
amongst other aspects.
“Homeowners are using
their outdoor spaces more
than they were ten or twelve
years ago,” Durosko adds.
“It’s a real renaissance.”
By way of example, the remodeler points to three recent
indoor/outdoor solutions.
Poolside pavilion features
outdoor kitchen
Entertaining outdoors has
become a primary recreational activity for Monte Zaben
and family. Though he commutes into the city regularly
from his home in Fredericksburg, Zaben’s weekends by
the pool have become treasured quality time.
The reward is all the
sweeter knowing that 18
months ago his expansive
backyard playground was
plain and uninviting.
“The house was built to
my requirements, but I hadn’t
thought much about the
grounds,” he says. “We added a
saltwater pool a few years ago
— only to realize that the back
of the house was so sun-exposed sitting outside on warm
days was uncomfortable.”
For about a year, Zaben
stockpiled ideas; finally, he
looked online, came across
a portfolio of indoor-outdoor
projects by Sun Design and
set up a meeting.
From the start, the homeowner was impressed with
Durosko’s plan for a shaded
pavilion outside the home’s
lower level.
With its vaulted entranceway reaching to the pool, the
new structure provides shady
space for several interrelated
activity zones while simultaneously enhancing the home’s
Victorian architecture.
Craftsman-style piers supporting an angular metal-clad
roof present a distinctive period ambiance accented with
wicker chairs and cafe tables.
Under roof, three distinct
activity areas offer privacy
within easily interactive
sightlines: a lounge area in
the re-designed entrance to
the lower level changing area;
a closer footprint with a cozy
poolside vista; an outdoor
kitchen equipped with a traditional grill, a smoker and a
power burner.
The kitchen accommodates a dining table for two
— perfect for sampling a new
wine or one of the chef’s special spring dishes.
When the summer guest
list rises to fifty or more, the
floor to the vaulted canopy is
set up with buffet tables.
Careful detailing — an
architecturally
sympathetic
overhang to an upper level
kitchen window, a redesigned
dormer — give the new elevation an appealing symmetry
that incorporates planters and
other focal points.
“We use our outdoor space
on just about every seasonable day of the year now,” Zaben says. “It’s very much part
of our lives.”
Weather resistant materials finely applied
As Joanne Alger tells it,
the defining element to their
Georgian-style home — a
classic wooden portico on
the front façade — had failed
twice in 14 years; meanwhile,
the two-level wooden decking system on the home’s rear
elevation was deteriorating.
On a friend’s recommen-
dation, Alger called Durosko,
who inspected the facade and
found an old story: the effect of a northwestern exposure on comparatively fragile wooden soffits, trim and
other detailing.
His solution? Replace the
portico’s flat roof with a metal
concave-shaped alternative; use
an aluminum-frame arch-topped
window in lieu of the existing
wood-trimmed variant, all seamlessly integrated with other exterior elements. For added weather-resistance, the new portico
supports are trimmed in PVC.
Impressed with the outcome,
the Algers now sought Durosko’s ideas for a grander
rear elevation indoor/outdoor
component, one that would
better reconcile the sprawling house with its six acre
wooded setting.
Over the years, there had
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Remembering a piece
of education history
New plaque commemorates
former Parker-Gray High
By Chris Teale
The former site of the second Parker-Gray High School
has changed a great deal in
the 50 years since its closure
as part of the desegregation of
Alexandria’s school system,
but last week the city’s former
blacks-only high school was
honored with the unveiling of
a new plaque to commemorate
where it once stood.
Now the home of Alexandria City Public Schools’
headquarters on Braddock
Place, more than 100 alumni
of the school joined Mayor Bill
Euille, members of city council
and the city school board in an
unveiling ceremony.
There had been a plaque on
the site in the past, but it was
found to contain some incorrect information, highlighted in
a post on the website Jaybird’s
Jottings by local blogger Jay
Roberts. The former director of
the Alexandria Black History
Museum, Eugene Thompson,
wrote in response to Roberts’
post that there were two mistakes on the original plaque.
According to Audrey Davis, the current director of the
museum where the ParkerGray archives are kept, there
was an error with the middle
initial for former assistant
principal John T. Butler, while
the middle initials of Sarah A.
Gray and John F. Parker, for
whom the school was named
when it opened in 1920, were
missing altogether.
For no charge to the city,
the Washington Real Estate
Investment Trust agreed to
make the new plaque. Davis
successfully asked that the
memorial mention that ParkerGray was a segregated school
for black students, something
that was not included on the
original plaque.
ACPS plans to commemo-
rate the 50th anniversary of
the desegregation of the city’s
school system later this year.
When the Parker-Gray plaque
was unveiled, schools Superintendent Alvin Crawley
noted how the experiences
of the past continue to shape
school staff that supported
the students and encouraged
them. When I thought about
those three things, these are
the same traits and goals that
we continue to embrace today
as we strive for excellence and
equity in our school division.”
PHOTO/chris teale
The new plaque commemorating Parker-Gray High School at
Braddock Place, the site of the
second African-American high
school in Alexandria, adorns the
home of Alexandria City Public
Schools’ administrative offices.
Courtesy Photo
Members of the Parker-Gray High School Alumni Association pose in front of the plaque commemorating
where the city’s former blacks-only high school once stood in Alexandria.
the present and future in the
school district.
“As I read a lot of the historical information, there
were three things that jumped
out at me,” he said. “One of
the things that was referenced
in the historical brief was that
there was a supportive community of families and organizations that provided advocacy, resources and support to
keep the school going.
“The second was the determination of the students to
rise to the challenges facing
them and the perseverance, as
many of them traveled miles
for an education beyond the
eighth grade. It talked about
the students getting up and
taking the bus and then walking 21 blocks. The third reference was around the dedicated
In her remarks, Davis
spoke of her aunt’s experience as a second grade schoolteacher in a segregated school
and using the courts to challenge a system that espoused
the supposed “separate but
equal” mentality. She also
emphasized the importance
of education and the struggle
that people endured to achieve
equality.
“Every
time
AfricanAmericans in this country have
fought for right for education,
it has been a struggle, but we
have persevered because we
realise the value of education,”
she said. “Your presence here
tonight shows that. In an area
where a lot of the AfricanAmerican historical sites, a lot
of the oldest sites, are no longer
there, it’s important to remem-
ber what were landmarks for
this community.
“Even though we don’t have
a physical Parker-Gray building, we have the legacy. You
have all made a difference in
your community, and you’re
not letting the legacy of ParkerGray go, and that’s why I think
this is so important.”
After the ceremony, Davis
expressed the importance of
ensuring that sites of black
historical significance are not
lost as areas change.
“So many African-American sites are lost in this country,” she said. “We are trying
to keep this footprint still alive
of the people who lived here.
There are different uses for
some of the buildings, adaptable reuse, but they’re an important part of the community.
Just because they’re not the biggest or the most grand or maybe
have the oldest pedigree, they
still really have history.
“It’s a part of history that
doesn’t get discussed much. I
think if you’re often for minorities, groups that are lowincome, their history isn’t
really looked on in the same
way, and that’s our job as museum professionals to preserve
everyone’s history, that everyone has an equal right in this
country to have their history
preserved.”
Davis said she was proud to
be able to commemorate one of
the two Parker-Gray sites, with
the first having been at the intersection of Wythe and North
Alfred streets, especially as
numerous school alumni have
volunteered at the Alexandria
Black History Museum.
“[The Parker-Gray alumni
are] great people, and I think
it hurt them when both schools
were torn down,” she said.
“They’re no longer there, and
it’s unfortunate that one of
them couldn’t be saved.
“These schools can be preserved, and unfortunately we
weren’t able to do that in Alexandria, but we have acknowledged that these schools were
here, we have the plaque and
we’re hoping to expand the archives and make that more accessible to people. I think it’s
really important.”
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Jefferson-Houston eagerly pursues
International Baccalaureate certification
Special curriculum stresses
interdisciplinary learning,
critical thinking
By susan hale thomas
Jefferson-Houston School
teacher Carlos Seward stood
before his eighth grade Civics
and Economics class Tuesday
holding that day’s newspaper.
On the front page was an image
of the unrest in Baltimore that
occurred just after the burial
of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old
black man whose spine was
severed while in police custody
earlier this month. In the photo,
black teens defiantly stand on
top of a police car making obscene gestures.
“Look at this picture closely,”
Seward asked his class. “What
does this picture have to do with
the death of a young man?”
A young black female student answered, “Nothing,” she
said. “They’re making all of us
look bad.”
Then the conversation blossomed through the classroom.
With Seward’s guidance, students discussed the repercussions of the riots: businesses
being destroyed, insurance premiums increasing for property
owners, families affected, transportation being disrupted and
the like. The class determined
through their conversation that
the riots not only have a direct
impact on them, but also have
global consequences.
Seward’s class is an example
of the International Baccalaureate program currently being
implemented within JeffersonHouston at the middle school
level, making the school one of
just two IB schools in the D.C.
metropolitan area.
Principal Chris Phillips said
the IB curriculum teaches students to be critical thinkers and
global learners.
“The students learn a subject
from all angles,” Phillips said.
“In IB, the student is the center
of learning.”
PHOTO/susan hale thomas
Holding up a newspaper he picked up on his way to to work that morning, Carlos Seward asks his eighth
grade class to look closely at the image of the unrest in Baltimore on the front page. Seward uses current
events to spark conversations as part of the International Baccalaureate program in his civics and economics
class at Jefferson-Houston School.
Jefferson-Houston received
full IB authorization for its primary grades in April 2014. The
middle school program is currently in the application process
with IB representatives and is
scheduled to receive full accreditation in October.
IB and the standard curriculum differ in perspective and
approach. IB stresses interdisciplinary learning, where students
not only learn to succeed taking
a test but learn to analyze a subject from different angles and
contexts. As part of International Baccalaureate requirements,
students also study a world language. Jefferson-Houston students take Spanish.
The walls of Phillips’ office
are plastered with the school’s
education plans. As the next
school year approaches, he is
busily anticipating what students
and staff will need for support.
His hope is that all of his students eventually will participate
in the program.
“The IB program is more
stringent than the standard curriculum, but everyone is authorized to be an IB student.” Phillips said.
Phillips and the city’s Schools
Superintendent Alvin Crawley
presented the school’s work to
the Virginia Board of Education
in Richmond in January, and received their support in helping
the school reach its goal of accreditation.
“This year we have done
some restructuring at the school
and have taken an in-depth look
at instructional programs, teachers and staff in the building to
make sure what we are doing results in student success and helps
the school meet accreditation
standards,” Crawley said. “IB is
a big part of this and we are confident it will make a difference.”
Back in Seward’s class,
Seward held up a portrait of
Charles Hamilton Houston, a
black lawyer who mentored the
first black Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall. Many
of the students recognized his
name from the Charles Houston
Recreation Center, but didn’t
know his relevance in history.
Seward told the students of
Houston’s past growing up in
segregated South Carolina and
witnessing the lynching of his
father.
“If anyone had a reason to
light up South Carolina, Charles
Hamilton Houston did,” Seward
said. “But he didn’t.”
Tying the lawyer to Baltimore had the students completely engaged, with hands raised
and the conversation at full pace.
Seward said Houston took the
high road and fought injustice
with his intelligence and skill as
a litigator.
Seward said Houston’s motto
was: “The way to beat the system is to know it backwards and
forwards.”
Seward looked to the classroom clock and wound up the
discussion for the day by posing
a question.
“Is robbing a liquor store going to help convict the perpetrators of this crime?” he asked.
“No, it’s not. What would you
have done? Why?”
Seward excused the class and
seemed pleased as his students
packed up their bags, still engaged in conversation with each
other about the day’s subject.
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porch, a grilling deck and a
ground-level patio.
To preserve sightlines from
the house, Durosko situated
the grilling deck immediately
outside the kitchen door. From
here, a stairway descends to a
landing where it splits in two
directions before reconnecting at a ground-level patio.
The patio, in turn, segues to a
hard-scape platform featuring
an eight-foot stone hearth and
comfortable seating.
Meanwhile, the screen porch
demonstrates how highly durable materials can be shaped
to meet demanding aesthetics.
A Trex “transend” railing with
black aluminum balusters was
selected since it won’t obscure
views by reflecting light. The
fiberglass charcoal screen, likewise, makes it hard to see the
porch interior from the outside.
Pressure-treated southern
yellow pine flooring undergirded with screen mesh keeps
the bugs out, while the fir-beaded tongue-and-groove wood
ceiling lends a natural burnish
to the open-air ambiance.
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inside wall and a neutral backdrop for the wide-screen plasma
TV, which is mounted next to a
window that serves as a food
and beverage pass-through.
Overhead fans and portable heaters keep the outdoor
room habitable in all but the
coldest days of winter.
“It’s our preferred gathering place now, “Alger says.
“And so comfortable we can
use it from early spring to
late fall.”
Bringing the outside in
Nick Bonadies, Sun Design’s director of new business
development, points to the 25foot by 16-foot custom window wall in a newly remodeled
Fairfax home as a kind of triumph of glazing technologies
over the strong wind.
“The homeowners come
to us for ideas that would
open up space and invite visual continuum,” he explains.
“But rules on the wind-resistance requirements of largescale windows can compel
you to search for innovations
that yield a better view.”
Simply put, since windload can cause windows to
crack and even shatter, the re-
lationship of a window’s size
to its distance from adjacent
bracing panels must meet an
exacting metric. Finding engineering solutions that will
assure homeowners the exceptional effects they seek is, thus,
critical to doing the job well.
A case in point is Gini Mulligan, whose 2,200 square foot
circa 1960s split foyer home
Sun Design converted into a
4,238 square foot French colonial complete with wraparound porches, a new master
bedroom suite addition, and a
spacious gourmet kitchen with
a jaw-dropping view of towering backyard trees.
“We bought the house
over 20 years ago — mainly
because of the lovely wooded
setting,” Mulligan explains. “I
then spent many years gazing
out of a small back window,
trying to imagine how the
house would feel if we had a
better view.”
The scale of Mulligan’s vision — a two-story rear elevation window wall — presented
several feasibility questions.
“We had to custom design
the window frame, since a traditional wooden frame with
the tensile strength required
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The 25-foot by 16-foot window wall in the home of Gini Mulligan was
designed to maximize a dramatic backyard view while meeting tight
local code regulations. To accomplish dual goals, Sun Design replaced
the bulky traditional bulky wooden frame with a steel “moment” frame
that covers less of the window surface.
by code would be so thick it
would actually restrict the
view,” Bonadies says.
Bonadies and team thus proposed a steel “moment” frame.
It’s an unusual in a residential
application, but allows for as
much as a 40 percent increase
in unobstructed glass surface.
Among the challenges:
zero tolerance for error.
Since all the frame’s constituent parts must be created
off-site, there’s no way to cut,
bend, or shape its pure tempered steel once the on-site
assembly is underway.
“The design and fabrica-
tion must be precise,” Bonadies says.
The glass panes — which
feature a high-level of thermal
resistance — were, likewise,
fitted into the frame on site.
“It all looks very delicate
— but this window can
withstand winds of up to 90
MPH,” Bonadies says.
Adds Mulligan: “Every
room in our house is now visually linked to the setting. We
are treated to flowering trees
in spring and summer; oak and
maple foliage in the fall, then
snow-dusted hollies. It’s all
very special.”
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Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Location: T.C. Williams High School,
3330 King St.
Information: [email protected]
VISION WALK Stop by the Lions of
Virginia screening unit for sight and
vision screenings, and join the Lions
Club for a walk to raise awareness of
fighting blindness.
Time: Registration begins 9 a.m.,
walk 10 a.m.
Location: Cameron Run Regional
Park, 4001 Eisenhower Ave.
Information: 703-723-0077 or
[email protected]
SHELTER WALK FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS A 1.5 mile walk for
people and their companion animals
to raise awareness and funds for the
Vola Lawson Animal Shelter and the
activities of the Animal Welfare League
of Alexandria.
Time: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
Information:703-746-5580 or
[email protected]
STEPALIVE WALKATHON A 5K
or five-mile fun run from First Christian
Church through Old Town and back.
Time: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: First Christian Church,
2723 King St.
Information:703-837-9320
GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY CLASSIC 10K Join the Wash-
ington Nationals’ George Washington
and Woodrow Wilson, as well as 3,000
runners for this flat, USTA certified 10K
race and 2K Fun Run. $35 per runner
for 10K, $10 for 2K Fun Run.
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: U.S. Patent & Trademark
Office, 401 Dulany St.
Information:703-829-6640 or
[email protected]
WALK FOR ANIMALS Visit
animal and people-friendly exhibits,
play games, win prizes and walk to
support the Animal Welfare League of
Alexandria.
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
Information: www.alexandriaanimals.org
May 4
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST
AID TRAINING (1 OF 2) The first
of two sessions in which young people
can learn how to give initial help to
someone showing signs of a mental
illness or mental health crisis. Registration is free, but space is limited to
20 per class.
Time: 4 to 8 p.m.
Location: 4480 King St.
Information:703-746-3523,
[email protected] or
www.alexandriava.gov/dchs
May 5
U.S. PTO COMMUNITY DAY
USPTO hosts its annual community
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day celebration to celebrate diversity
and similarities of USPTO employees
at the USPTO Headquarters.
Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: U.S. Patent & Trademark
Office, 401 Dulany St.
Information:571-272-6310
May 6
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST
AID TRAINING (2 OF 2) The
second of two sessions in which
young people can learn how to give
initial help to someone showing signs
of a mental illness or mental health
crisis. Registration is free, but space is
limited to 20 per class.
Time: 4 to 8 p.m.
Location: 4480 King St.
Information: 703-746-3523,
[email protected] or
www.alexandriava.gov/dchs
May 9
BARRETT BAZAAR A PTA-spon-
sored carnival with children’s games
and activities; food sales; music and
pony rides
Time: 3 to 6 p.m.
Location: Charles Barrett Elementary
School, 1115 Martha Custis Drive
Information: 703-819-1506 or
[email protected]
SPRING ART MARKET Del Ray
Artisans’ Spring Art Market offers
original artwork from over 25 artists
working in ceramics, photography,
jewelry, fiber, paper and glass.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Colasanto Park, 2704
Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: www.thedelrayartisans.
org/artmarket
May 10
FREE MOTHERS’ DAY MUSEUM
TOURS In honor of Mothers’ Day,
moms enjoy free admission to two of
Alexandria’s premiere historic sites.
At the Friendship Firehouse Museum,
mothers will receive a complimentary
family photo.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m. at Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 1 to 4 p.m. at
Friendship Firehouse Museum
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
and Friendship Firehouse Museum,
107 S. Alfred St.
Information: www.visitalexandriava.
com
May 14
LECTURE WITH WINE AND
DESSERT The Alexandria-Caen
Sister Cities Committee presents
a lecture called, “The Hero of Two
Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette, the
Revolutionary War, and the French
Revolution,” presented by Marc Leepson, author of “Lafayette: Lessons in
Leadership from the Idealist General.”
RSVP at http://herolafayette.eventbrite.com
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: George Washington
Masonic National Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive
Information: 202-203-0177, [email protected] or
www.alexandriacaen.wordpress.com
Turning Back Time
May 15
BIKE TO WORK DAY A regional
celebration where participants bicycle
in, enjoy music, food and gifts, while
there will be various vendors who will
offer information.
Time: 5:30 to 11 a.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
Information: 703.746.4083 or
[email protected]
SPRING FOR ALEXANDRIA
In partnership with the City of Alexandria, Spring for Alexandria 2015 is
Volunteer Alexandria’s Community
Service Day. Hundreds of volunteers will perform community
service at nonprofit and city
agencies throughout the city.
Time: 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Location: Throughout Alexandria
Information: 703-836-2176
or [email protected]
May 15-17
SPRING WINE FESTIVAL AND SUNSET TOUR
Celebrate the history of wine in
Virginia with exclusive evening
tours of the Mansion and cellar,
appearances by “George and
Martha Washington” and live jazz
on the east lawn overlooking the
scenic Potomac River. Admission costs $40 on Friday, $46 on
Saturday and $36 on Sunday.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon: George
Washington’s Estate & Gardens,
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway
Information: 703-780-2000, info@
mountvernon.org or www.mountvernon.org
May 16
SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT
WARD Tours of the historic fort led by
an interpreter in Union uniform highlight the history of Fort Ward and army
life in the defenses of Washington.
Tours begin in the museum at 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m., and last about 90 minutes
each. This event is free of charge but
weather dependent.
Time: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, 4301 W. Braddock Road
Information: 703-746-4848
FIREFIGHTING HISTORY WALKING TOUR Participants learn about
volunteer firefighting in early Alexandria, three devastating fires, and the
five volunteer fire companies. The tour
begins at the historic Friendship Firehouse, goes east on Prince Street and
returns to Friendship via King Street.
For age 10 and older.
Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Friendship Firehouse Museum, 107 S. Alfred St.
Information: 703-746-4994
This week in 2006:
School Board adopts new start times – “School
Board members approved new school start times for the 200607 school year. Elementary schools will begin at 8 a.m. and
end at 2:35 p.m., with the exception of Douglas MacArthur,
which will start at 8:10 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m. MacArthur’s different start time is due to traffic concerns related to
Bishop Ireton’s 8 a.m. start.”
Generous George’s snags first franchisee –
“Generous George’s Positive Pizza and Pasta Place on Duke
Street in Alexandria has signed its first franchise agreement
with Northern Virginia entrepreneurs Lauren and Gary
Crum. The Crums, Generous George’s patrons for 15 years,
have the rights to open 11 units in the Northern Virginia
area and hope to open the doors to their first store in 2006.”
Virginia ranked nation’s leader in tech job
creation – “The nation’s largest trade association representing the high-tech industry, has ranked Virginia as the
national leader in high-tech job growth.”
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Our View
Does ‘right-sized’ parking fit all?
Adequate parking is a crucial element of Alexandria’s livability
and sustainability. Without sufficient parking for customers, some
businesses will fail. Without enough parking for residents, Alexandria may become a less desirable place to live. This could cause
a drop in property values, which would reduce our local government’s ability to raise enough revenue to fund city services.
It is against this backdrop that Alexandria’s city staff and
council approved changes that would in some cases dramatically
reduce the parking requirements for development projects. City
councilor Tim Lovain, in championing the change, invoked the
urban planning term “induced demand,” meaning, essentially, if
you have less room for parking, fewer cars will come to your city.
Does that also mean fewer people would come to Alexandria? Lovain’s statements indicate a belief that people still
would come, but would use public transit. City Councilor Del
Pepper and Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg have said they think
most people still would drive but have no place to park, making
a bad situation worse.
We share the skepticism of Pepper and Silberberg, unless there
are additional initiatives to encourage garage or off-street parking.
It’s easy to produce data that support pre-conceived narratives.
And it’s tempting to use such data to push for changes that we
already wanted to make. This happens all the time. But data must
be weighed against what we all see and experience. Particularly
when changes would affect existing residents, they need to pass
the “smell test.” We are not sure that so-called “right-sized” parking alone does that.
Experience tells us that in Old Town and, to a lesser extent,
in Del Ray, on-street parking is not adequate to meet existing demand. City officials need to look for ways to protect residents’
access to on-street parking, not further diminish an increasingly
scarce commodity.
We support some of council’s recent parking changes, such as
requiring residents of the EYA development at Robinson Terminal
South to park only in their own lot by denying them access to onstreet parking permits. This would mitigate the project’s impact on
existing neighbors, though coupling this own-lot-only requirement
with an attendant 29-space reduction in required on-site spaces
seems counter-intuitive.
In addition, the provision that allows for parking reductions
for affordable housing projects in some parts of the city seems
like a good idea — so long as this is about affordable housing and
not a loophole for developers to reduce parking in predominantly
non-affordable housing projects.
The city still needs to do more to protect Alexandria residents
from the impact of waterfront redevelopment — particularly the
Carr Hospitality hotel at the foot of Duke Street. We continue to
believe the best way to do this is to implement some form of resident-only parking for sections of Old Town and possibly Del Ray,
where development along Mount Vernon Avenue makes resident
parking difficult on adjacent streets.
Large sections of Cambridge, Mass. are resident-only, while
parts of D.C. have resident-only parking on one side of the street
and open parking on the other. Designating parts of Alexandria
as resident-only for parking would be a logical way to get more
people to park in local garages across the city.
Clearly, parking in Alexandria does not warrant a one-size- or
right-sized-fits-all approach. Common sense and empathy need
to be considered along with data in making decisions that affect
people’s neighborhoods and livelihoods.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Opinion
“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
The value proposition for public servants
To the editor:
From the beginning, residents of Old Town have only
wanted the very best for the
Old and Historic District,
starting with the group of
women who spearheaded the
drive that made us the third
nationally designated Historic District in the country.
They were motivated by the
extraordinary role this “small
town” had played in founding
our country, and the critical
need to protect it from those
stimulated solely by economics. As it turns out, their fears
were well founded.
When public servants insist that “value” is only measured by money, you can be
assured that they are violating a fundamental tenet of
their oath of office. When
someone whose primary responsibility is to the public
defines “value” as wholly
When public
servants
insist that
‘value’ is only
measured by
money, you can
be assured that
they are violating
a fundamental
tenet of their
oath of office.”
financial, they belong in the
private sector. And unless
our current public officials
are strict libertarians, their
apparent belief that money
is the only measure of a city
official’s performance is an
abdication of progressive
leadership and civic responsibility.
The city of Alexandria is
now coming up short in continuing to use this “dollars for
density” approach to running
a city. The mayor, city council and former Mayor Kerry
Donley are responsible for
pushing projects that trade
off residents’ long term wellbeing for a few dollars —
none of which have managed
to either reduce taxes or repair damaged infrastructure.
In the case of the Old and
Historic District, any initiative that lacks the “value”
propositions of high esteem
and respect for the powerful emblems of the city of
Alexandria and our country, and the fundamental
shared understanding that it
is an anchor for civic pride
and a rallying point for visitors around the globe sadly
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Straw poll article didn’t paint the whole picture
To the editor:
The Times’ article on
the results of the Alexandria Democratic Committee’s April 19 mayoral straw
poll (“Clarence Tong, Kerry
Donley win local Democratic committee straw poll,”
April 23) omits a critical
fact: each straw voter paid
$45 to cast a vote.
Therefore, saying that
Donley won the straw poll
is totally misleading. Each
of his votes was paid for
— as were the other candidates’. The only thing
this straw vote showed
was which candidate was
most successful in strongarming his supporters to
attend the event and pay
$45 apiece to vote for him.
By neglecting to report that the ADC straw
poll charged per vote, the
Alexandria Times article
failed miserably to show
which way the wind was
blowing. Instead, it was
just more hot air.
- Becky Squires
Alexandria
Allison Silberberg is just what Alexandria needs
To the editor:
For a long time, civic
activists have been telling
our mayor and city council that Alexandria is on
the wrong track by pushing 20th century development ideas and ignoring
the requirements of the
21st. We Alexandrians
find ourselves with recurring operational budget
deficits, a fire station that
cannot be staffed, overcrowded schools and hints
from some quarters that
City Hall may have to be
mortgaged or sold, while
a building may be built on
historic Market Square.
The upcoming threeway Democratic primary
on June 9 offers the possibility for change. I like
and respect Mayor Bill
Euille and former Mayor
Kerry Donley. But Euille
represents “more of the
same” and Donley wants
the same things — but
pledges to implement
them faster. Only Allison Silberberg, our vice
mayor, is listening to
citizens’ concerns and
seems aware of the larger
environment that makes
change necessary.
No longer can we expect that federal spending will provide the momentum for Alexandria’s
growth. The region is lagging behind the nation in
economic activity. Com-
dacy represents.
Clearly, it is just a start.
City council could remain
mired in the policies that
have put Alexandria in the
present difficult situation.
The position of mayor is
one of leadership, however, and a fresh perspective
in that office would be a
The position of mayor is
one of leadership, however,
and a fresh perspective in that
office would be a beginning
toward creating a better
Alexandria.”
mercial enterprises that
depend on government
dollars are stagnant. The
vacancy rate on commercial properties in the region continues to climb.
The idea that people must
go to an office to work is
obsolete. Clearly the 21st
century presents new
challenges and the need
for new ideas and creative
thinking. That is what Allison Silberberg’s candi-
beginning toward creating
a better Alexandria. Since
no Republicans have yet
announced their candidacy for mayor this year, all
concerned citizens should
consider going to the polls
on June 9. It is a primary
open to every registered
voter and offers a chance
to take Alexandria in a
new direction.
- Jack Sullivan
Alexandria
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The Business Plan
with Bill Reagan
Maximizing our small
business treasure
Larger corporations and gov- and neighborhood business assoernment agencies might grab the ciations help prospects make conheadlines, but Alexandria’s small nections and share helpful insights
businesses contribute significantly about doing business in the city.
to the local economy. Businesses Additionally, the Small Busiwith fewer than 20 employees com- ness Development Center focuses
prise more than 90 percent of Alex- on all the questions and issues that
andria’s businesses; generate more concern small business owners,
than half of the city’s gross receipts; from objective feedback on the
and their aggregate revenues are feasibility of business concepts to
improving operations.
almost 14 times the total
It also assists owners
sales of all of the big box
in putting together viretail in Potomac Yard.
tal expansion plans and
Small businesses are
acquiring much needed
ideally suited to many of
capital. Over the last 15
Alexandria’s small and
years, the center has faquaint spaces. Their owncilitated more than $70
ers often become engaged
million in loans to Alexin the community, joinBill Reagan
andria businesses. That
ing business organizations, contributing to good causes is money that goes directly into Aland participating on commissions, exandria’s economy and strengthschool committees and cultural ens our community.
events. In addition, we know that Citizens can help by keeping
our citizens love the variety of their eyes and ears open for Alexsmall independent shops and res- andria business owners that might
taurants that give Alexandria its benefit from these connections,
whether it’s an existing business
authentic and unique character.
Our city would be very differ- confronting challenges or a new
ent if we did not have such a vi- business hoping to open. Entrebrant small business community. preneurs might not be aware of the
To maximize the treasure that is free resources available to them.
our small businesses, we must fo- The city’s economic development
cus on ways to retain and attract the programs welcome citizen input to
best and brightest entrepreneurs help us connect to business owners
to add value, build diversity and at their earliest stage of need.
enhance our quality of life. With Few communities have such
small businesses, we find one-to- closely coordinated resources readone contact to be the most effec- ily available to assist small business
tive way of engaging with small owners and welcome them into the
business owners, and our city has community. Others might have simibuilt its economic development lar institutions, but nobody beats Alexandria in the way organizations
programs around this philosophy.
The Alexandria Economic De- and officials work collaboratively
velopment Partnership markets both together and individually with
the city’s strong business infra- business owners to promote small
structure to attract and retain in- business success. We are here to
novative businesses. They help protect our city’s small business
companies relocate or expand to treasures and secure Alexandria’s
Alexandria and help prospects find prosperity for many years to come.
their ideal location. Groups like
the Small Business Development The writer is the executive director
Center, Visit Alexandria, city staff,
of the Alexandria Small Business
the city’s Chamber of Commerce
Development Center.
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misses the mark.
As for the waterfront, residents have been articulate,
responsible and consistent
with well-documented and
solid arguments for appropriate development of what they
have always known is an unsightly — and toxic — river’s
edge. The National Trust for
Historic Preservation and the
National Park Service expressed serious doubts about
the city’s preference for massive, large-scale buildings.
Residents have used legal
tools, including the favorable
ruling of the city’s Board of
Zoning Appeals, the city’s
own Protest Petition and the
courts to shift the character
of the wall of building on
the historic waterfront. They
have probably logged far in
excess of the city’s handy little rubric of “over 100 community meetings,” of which
there is little hard data.
The city understands and
plays the game of development as one where all city
points are non-negotiable.
However, civic engagement
implies negotiation as a process of trade-offs where both,
not one, party gives in order
to gain, and that the trade-off
is meaningful in order to be
equitable. Today, the city has
gained almost everything,
and residents have gained
very little and even stand to
lose when it comes to things
such as parking and quality
of life.
Let’s help the mayor, city
council and Mr. Donley lose
their notion that the “value”
of our city can only be measured in monetary terms.
Vote for Vice Mayor Allison
Silberberg for mayor. Her
record of listening keenly
and standing with citizens to
preserve neighborhood integrity and citizens’ wellbeing
is a powerful statement of
her commitment to reasoned
governance.
- Kathryn Papp
Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Potomac Yard Metro is a foregone conclusion
To the editor:
Last Thursday, I heard the
three Democratic mayoral
candidates tell an audience
why they should be mayor.
Former Mayor Kerry Donley
and incumbent Bill Euille’s
views on the Potomac Yard
Metro station project are
embedded in concrete. No
amount of reason will dissuade them from this very
costly project. Euille declared
that city council will approve
the station on May 20.
The Potomac Yard Metro
station proposal that is being presented to the public
for comment is emblematic
of what’s wrong with our city
governance. Here is what’s
afoot: In the next four weeks,
you — the gentle public —
are being presented with a
number of forums and council hearings at which you
can express your approval
or disapproval of this massive project, the most costly
in Alexandria’s long history,
and potentially our financial
undoing. But here’s what’s
phony about this political
theater: your views matter
not one wit.
Our current mayor publicly declared the city council
will approve the new station
next month. It’s a done deal.
And because you have no say
in the matter, their decision
is going to burden you, your
progeny and theirs too with a
massive debt. If that isn’t bad
enough, the costly project
likely is going to be overseen
by one of three individuals
seeking to be our next mayor:
Euille, Donley or Vice Mayor
Allison Silberberg.
On an individual basis,
these are nice, civic-minded
received in revenue. Good
money managers they are
not.
Worse: Euille and Donley,
in their respective capacities
as current and former mayor,
are twin pillars of gold-plated
project overruns. Think T.C.
Williams and Jefferson-Houston. These two schools’ construction costs exceeded their
Our current mayor publicly
declared the city council
will approve the new station
next month. It’s a done deal. And
because you have no say in the
matter, their decision is going to
burden you, your progeny and
theirs too with a massive debt.”
people, but when given the
public’s purse strings, they
morph into high-dais overlords who believe their visions are incarnate and their
right to spend your money is
inviolate. As you watch this
Potomac Yard Metro debacle
unfold, keep in mind that
Euille and Donley have revealed themselves to be renegade over-spenders. Their
habits are so bad that, for the
last eight years, our city has
spent more money than it has
already pricey budgets. These
events secured their standing
among the most expensive high
schools and middle schools in
the nation, respectively. The
real ignominy is their academic standing. Both schools
are palaces that produce, on
average, students with sub-par
academic achievement, with
standards so poor at JeffersonHouston that the state threatened to take it over.
But here’s what’s really
awful about the Potomac
Yard Metro station: It’s being
sold not because it’s good for
current residents, but because
it’s expected to be a faucet
pouring money into city coffers. This is because residents
and businesses expected to
locate near this new station
are going to find themselves
in special tax districts requiring them to pay more taxes
than you and I pay for living
closer to other Metro stops.
All revenue projections are
guesstimates, but the ones for
the Potomac Yard Metro station are awful; they are nothing but numerical cotton candy. Consider this: Alexandria
already has plenty of commercial vacancies near existing Metro stations. Now, the
city will have us believe businesses will move to specially
created high-tax districts in
Potomac Yard. Higher taxes
are simply not an enticement
for any venture.
But this reality does not
comport with the visions of
Metro lucre held by Euille and
Donley. They are known to be
poor money managers while
Silberberg is an unknown. But
all three are alike in one respect: None have explained the
project’s debt repayment options in the event that its rosy
revenue projections fall short.
- Jimm Roberts
Alexandria
Federal trade agreements need greater scrutiny
To the editor:
The negotiation of a new
trade deal presents participating nations with a unique
opportunity to improve upon
existing policies. Ultimately,
they have the chance to create a better system that benefits workers and consumers
worldwide. But we can only
be truly successful in developing an economy that works
for all of us if those deals are
conceived with the best interests of people, not corporations, at their core.
The TPP
is being
negotiated in
secret, and
rumor has it that
the document
reads more like
a corporate wish
list than a trade
deal.”
People must come before
profits. However, the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Fast
Track Trade Authority are bad
deals for workers. The TPP is
being negotiated in secret, and
rumor has it that the document
reads more like a corporate
wish list than a trade deal. It
seeks to maximize profits with
little to no regard for the welfare
of working people, consumers,
the environment, or the laws of
any nation involved.
If Congress agrees to grant
President Barack Obama Fast
Track Trade Authority, they
will limit themselves from
being able to read, debate or
amend the TPP before it is enacted. That is not smart policy
creation. I hope that Congress
will act swiftly to stand up for
working people everywhere
and stop Fast Track Trade Authority and the TPP. Workers
deserve to be protected by fair
trade policies, not the corporate free-for-all outlined in
the TPP.
- Jessica Bowser
Alexandria
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of robert
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the children
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on April 23,origin
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became ensconced
in Mrs. Lee moved
just three days after debt and was forced to sell the to a home owned by a rela-
A dyed-in-the-wool Alexandrian
tt the
the start
start of
of the
the Civil
Civil
resigning
his
post
in
the 1861,
U.S.
War
on
April
War on April 23,
23,
1861,
Army and
exactly
one
month
illiam
Gregory
just
three
days
after
just
three
days III,
after
before
Virginia’s
inoffavor
the
sonthe
a
resigning
his
post
in
U.S.
resigning
hiseldest
postvote
in
the
U.S.
of
secession,
Robert
E. Lee
acrespected
wool
facArmy
and
exactly
one
month
Army
and
exactly
one
month
cepted
command
of
thein
Virgintory
owner
of Kilmarnock,
before
Virginia’s
vote
favor
before
Virginia’s
vote
in
favor
ia
state
forces.
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handsome
Scotland,
wasRobert
born E.
inLee
that
of
acof secession,
secession,
Robert
E.
Lee
acthe
start
of nearby
the Civil
general,
who
lived
at
city
int March
1789.
cepted
command
of
the
Virgincepted
command
of
the
VirginWarHouse,
on
April
23, up
1861,
grew
in
Arlington
He
came
to
Alexandria
in
ia
forces.
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handsome
ia state
state just
forces.
The days
handsome
three
after
Alexandria
and
con1807
to work
as
alovingly
clerk
in the
general,
who
lived
nearby
at
general,
who
lived
nearby
at
resigning
his
post
in
the
U.S.
sidered
the
city
his
hometown.
King
Street
dry
goods
store
Arlington
House,
grew
up
in
Arlington
House,
grew
up
in
Army
and exactly
month
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bornlovingly
atone
Stratford
of
merchant
Robert
McCrea,
Alexandria
and
conAlexandria
and
lovingly
conbefore
Virginia’s
vote
in
favor
the
Lee
family
plantation
aHall,
fellow
Scot
and
local
imsidered
the
city
his
hometown.
sidered
the
city
his
hometown.
of
Robert
E.woolen
Lee acin secession,
Westmoreland
County,
porter
of carpets
Although
born
at
Stratford
Although
bornand
atthe
Stratford
cepted
command
of
Virginyoung
Robert
was
brought
goods
from
Kilmarnock
Hall,
the
Lee
family
plantation
Hall,
the
Leethe
family
plantation
ia
state
forces.
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handsome
to
his
sibfactory
knownwith
asCounty,
Gregory,
in
Westmoreland
in Alexandria
Westmoreland
County,
general,
who
lived
nearby
lings
at
the
age
of
four
in at
Thompson
and
Co.
young
Robert
was
brought
young Robert
was brought
Arlington
House,
grew
winter the
ofwith
1810-11
toup in
the
During
Warhis
1812,
to
to Alexandria
Alexandria
with
hisofsibsibAlexandria
and
lovingly
conlive
atat
611
Cameron
St.
the
young
enlisted
lings
the
age
of
in
lings
at the
theGregory
age
of four
four
in
sidered
city
his
hometown.
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awinter
member
of Blues
two of
in
Alexandria
the
of
1810-11
to
thethe
winter
ofborn
1810-11
toand
Although
at Stratford
Virginia’s
most
illustrious
in
1814
participated
in
live
at
611
Cameron
St.
live atthe611
Cameron
St. the
Hall,
LeeWhite
familyHouse
plantation
families,
his
parents
Ann
Battle
of
the
As
a
member
of
two
As Westmoreland
a member of County,
two of
of on
in
Hill
Carter
and
Henry
Lee
the
Potomac,
which
played
Virginia’s
most
illustrious
Virginia’s
most
illustrious
young
Robert
was
brought
III
feigned
to parents
haveVernon.
moved
out
below
Mount
By
families,
his
Ann
families,
his
parents
Ann
to
Alexandria
with
his
sibtheir
children
north
to
take
that
time,
Gregory
had
been
Hill
Carter
and
Henry
Lee
Hill
Carter
and
Henry
Lee
lings
at the
age
of
four
inwith
advantage
the
fine
educationelevated
asofto
ahave
partner
III
moved
III feigned
feigned
to
have
moved
the
winter
of
1810-11
tosucal
facilities
Alexandria.
McCrea.
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1827, to
their
children
take
their
children
north
tohe
take
live
at
611
Cameron
St.
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in fine
reality,
ceeded
theof
Scot
inHenry
the
advantage
the
educationadvantage
ofelder
the
educationAs
ahad
member
offine
two
of
Lee
just
emerged
from a
dry
goods
business.
al
facilities
in
Alexandria.
al
facilities
in
Alexandria.
most illustrious
debtor’s
prison
in Montross,
Virginia’s
By
February
GregoHowever,
in
reality,
Henry
However,
in 1829,
reality,
Henry
families,
his
parents
Ann
Va.,
after
serving
a
one-year
ry
had
acquired
a
three-quarLee
had
just
emerged
from
aa
Lee
had
just
emerged
from
Hill
Carter When
andinterest
Henry
Lee
sentence.
he
emerged
ter-ownership
in
the
debtor’s
prison
in
Montross,
debtor’s
prison
in Montross,
III
to have
from
his jail
term,moved
the
ninth
lot
atfeigned
400-406
King
then
Va.,
after
serving
aSt.,
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Va.,
after
serving
one-year
their
children
north
toa take
Governor
of
Virginia,
former
owned
by
Presley
Jacobs,
on
sentence.
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he
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sentence. of
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heeducationemerged
advantage
the
fine
Revolutionary
War
commander
the
southwest
corner
of
South
from
his
jail
term,
the
ninth
from
his jail
term, the ninth
al
facilities
in“Lighthorse
Alexandria.
nicknamed
Harry
Royal
Street.
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Governor
of
Virginia,
former
Governor
of
Virginia,
former
However,
in reality,
Henry
of
Lee’s
Legion”
and
the
man
Gregory’s
portion
of
the
lot
Revolutionary
War
commander
Revolutionary
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Lee
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who
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eulogized
George
comprised
400-402
King
St.
nicknamed
“Lighthorse
Harry
nicknamed
“Lighthorse
Harry
debtor’s
prison
in
Montross,
Washington
with and
theownerphrase,
while
Jacobs
retained
of
Legion”
the
man
of Lee’s
Lee’s
Legion”
and
the
man
Va.,
after
serving
apeace,
one-year
“First
in
war,
first
in
first
ship
of
one-quarter
of
the
lot
who
had
eulogized
George
who
had
eulogized
George
When
heas well
emerged
in
the
hearts
of
his
countrymen”
atsentence.
404-406
King
St.
as
Washington
with
the
phrase,
Washington
with
thethephrase,
from
his
jail
term,
found
himself
in
seriously
disan
adjacent
property
at 113ninth
S.
“First
in
war,
first
in
peace,
first
“First
in
war,
first
in
peace,
first
Governor
of
Virginia,
former
tressed
circumstances.
Royal
in
hearts
his
in the
the St.
hearts of
of War
his countrymen”
countrymen”
commander
Stratford
Hall
had built
to disbe
Revolutionary
Gregory
immediately
found
himself
in
found
himself
in seriously
seriously
disnicknamed
“Lighthorse
Harry
transferred
to
his
son
from
an
atressed
three-story,
four-bay comcircumstances.
tressed
circumstances.
of
Lee’s
Legion”—
and
the
man
earlier
marriage,
Henry
Lee
mercial
building
complete
Stratford
Hall
had
to
be
Stratford
Hall
had
to IV
be
who
had
eulogized
George
with
fine Federal-style
de-an
transferred
to
his
son
from
transferred
to
his
son
from
an
Washington
with apartments
the phrase,
tails
— marriage,
with three
earlier
Henry Lee
IV
earlier
Leefirst
IV
“First
inmarriage,
war, firstHenry
in peace,
known
known as
as “Black
“Black Horse”,
Horse”, who
who
homestead
within
a few years
quickly
became
ensconced
in
quickly became ensconced
in
after
the
older
Lees’
move
to
debt
and
was
forced
to
sell
the
debt and was forced to sell the
Alexandria.
homestead
homestead within
within aa few
few years
years
The
after
the
older
move
after
theFederal-style
older Lees’
Lees’ dwelling
move to
to
at
611 Cameron St., as seen on
Alexandria.
Alexandria.
the The
left side
in this photo
dating
Federal-style
dwelling
The
dwelling
known
asFederal-style
“Black was
Horse”,
who
from
the
1920s,
actually
at
St.,
as
at 611
611 Cameron
Cameron
St.,
as seen
seen on
on
quickly
became
ensconced
in
built
inside
1795
by
cabinetmaker
the
left
in
this
photo
dating
the
left
side
in
this
photo
dating
debt
and
was
forced
to
sell
the
John
for his
own
use,
from
the
was
actually
from Bogue
the 1920s,
1920s,
was
actually
homestead
within
a few
years
along
with
the
companion
home
built
in
1795
by
cabinetmaker
built in
byLees’
cabinetmaker
after
the1795
olderwas
move by
to
next
door
that
purchased
John
Bogue
for
his
own
John
Bogue
for
his
own use,
use,
Alexandria.
rope
maker
James
Irwin.home
That
along
with the
companion
along
the
companion
home
Thewith
Federal-style
dwelling
next
door
that
was
purchased
by
next
that wasSt.,
purchased
by
at
611door
Cameron
as seen on
rope
maker
James
Irwin.
That
rope
maker
James
Irwin.
That
the left side in this photo dating
aa year.
year. When
When the
the lease
lease ended,
ended,
tive,
William
Fitzhugh
Lee, at
Mrs.
Lee
moved
the
Mrs. Lee moved the children
children
607
St., near
to
home
by
relato aa Oronoco
home owned
owned
by toaa other
relamembers
of
the
family.
tive,
tive, William
William Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh Lee,
Lee, at
at
after St.,
relocating
Al607
Oronoco
near
607Soon
Oronoco
St.,
near to
totoother
other
exandria,
amid
British provomembers
the
members of
of
the family.
family.
cations
that
would
lead to
the
Soon
after
SoonWhen
after relocating
relocating
to AlAla year.
the War
leaseofended,
declaration
of
the
1812,
exandria,
amid
British
provoexandria,
amid
British
provoMrs.
Lee
moved
the children
Henry
Lee
was
offered
ato
milications
that
would
lead
the
cations
that
would
lead
the
to a commission
home ownedasbya ato
relatary
Major
declaration
of
the
War
of
1812,
declaration
of
the
War
of
1812,
tive,
William
Fitzhugh
Lee, at
General.
Hewas
readily
accepted,
Henry
Lee
offered
aa miliHenry
Lee
was
offered
mili607
Oronoco
St.,
near
to
other
but
on
the
way
to
receive
his
tary
commission
as
a
Major
tary
commission
as
a
Major
members
ofonthe
family.
command
July
27,
1812,
he
General.
He
readily
accepted,
General.
He readily
accepted,
Soon
after
relocating
to Alwas
seriously
injured
in
but
on
the
way
to
receive
his
but on theamid
way British
to receive
his
exandria,
provoBaltimore
while
trying
to
command
on
July
27,
1812,
he
command
July 27,
1812,
he
cations
thaton
would
lead
to Althe
defend
his
close
friend
was
seriously
injured
in
was seriously
injured
in
ofHanson,
the War
of 1812,
from the 1920s, was actually declaration
exander
editor
ofto
Baltimore
while
trying
Baltimore
while
trying
toa
built in 1795 by cabinetmaker Henry
Lee
was offered
a mililocal
newspaper
opposed
to
defend
his
close
friend
Aldefend
his close
friend
Alcommission
a attack.
Major
John Bogue for his own use, tary the
war, Hanson,
from
aas
mob
exander
editor
of
aa
exander
Hanson,
editor
of
He readily
accepted,
along with the companion home General.
Hanson,
Lee
and
others
local
newspaper
opposed
to
local
newspaper
opposedhis
to
on
the
way
tobeaten
receive
purchased
were
severely
by the
During
his
lifetime
he was
innext
the door
rear.that
Twowas
were
for his by but
the
war,
from
aa mob
attack.
the
war,
from
mob
attack.
command
on
July
1812, sehe
rope
maker
JamesforIrwin.
That married
crowd,
and
Lee27,
suffered
to two
women:
Maruse
with
the other
Jacobs.
Hanson,
Lee
and
others
Hanson,
Lee
and
others
was
seriously
injured
in
rious
internal
injuries
and
Bartleman,
daughter
After the large building was garet were
severely
beaten
by
were
severely
beaten
by the
the
Baltimore
while
trying
to
head
wounds.
Alexandria
merchant,
completed in 1830, two of of an crowd,
and
Lee
suffered
secrowd,
and
Lee
suffered
sedefend
his
close
friend
AlTo
recuperate,
he
traveled
daughter
ofand
Gregory’s brothers joined him and Mary
rious
internal
injuries
riousLong,
internal
injuries
anda
exander
Hanson,
editor
of
around
the
West
Indies
year, Bogue
a ship a Nantucket
sea
captain.
Heand
insame
Alexandria.
But opened
each died
head
wounds.
head
wounds.
local
newspaper
opposed
his
way
back
joineryafter
thattheir
doubled
as a cabinet hadonfive
children
withtoeach
of to
shortly
arrival.
To
recuperate,
he
traveled
To
recuperate,
heVirginia
traveled
the
war,
from
a
mob
attack.
at died
the
home
of Gen.
home
building
workshop
wives and
in Alexanand
Despite
these
setbacks,
around
the
West
Indies
and
same
year,
opened
aa ship
around
the
West
Indies
and
same
year, Bogue
Bogue
opened
ship hisstopped
Hanson,
Lee
and
Nathanial
Greene
on
Cumon
Princess
Street,
near
Hepdria
in
1875
at
the
age
of
87.others
the
family
business
continway
back
to
Virginia
joinery
on his
his
way
back
to
Virginia
joinery that
that doubled
doubled as
as aa cabinet
cabinet on
severely
beaten
by the
Island,
Ga.,
he
burn’s
Wharf.
former
British
Thiswere
photograph
ofwhere
ued
thrive
inAVirginia.
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stopped
at
the
home
of
and
building
workshop
stopped
at and
the Lee
home
oftheGen.
Gen.
andtohome
home
building
workshop
crowd,
suffered
sedied
suddenly
in
1818.
Robert
subject,
Bogue
had
earlier
been
two
Gregory
buildings
shows
1841,
Gregory
finally
acNathanial
Greene
on
Cumon
Princess
Street,
near
HepGreeneinjuries
on Cumon Princess Street, near Hep- Nathanial
rious
internal
and
was
thenbefore
only
11
years
old and
naturalized
as aA
just
their
demoquired
Jacobs’
lotcitizen.
to British
the them
berland
Island,
Ga.,
where
he
burn’s
Wharf.
former
berland
Island,
Ga.,
where
he
burn’sthe
Wharf.
AU.S.
former
British
head
wounds.
had
only
bare
memories
of
his
His
business
prospered
lition
in
1968
as
part
of
the
west.
There
he
constructed
a
died
suddenly
in
1818.
Robert
subject,
Bogue
had
earlier
been
in
1818.
Robert
subject, Bogue had earlier been died suddenly
Tourban
recuperate,
heprojtraveled
father.
But
years
later,
during
quickly
andas
he opened
renewal
second
structure,
designed
to Gadsby’s
was
only
11
old
and
naturalized
U.S.
citizen.
was then
then
only
11 years
years
old
and
naturalized
asinaa1796
U.S.
citizen.
around
the
West
Indies
and
same
year,
Bogue
opened
a
ship
the
War
Between
the
States,
a large
store
near
his
workshop
ect.
Although
the
first
floors
look
like
an
extension
of
its
had
only
bare
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ROCKING PARTNER By Bill Bobb
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5 Certain undercover agents
10 Literary slips
16Campaigned
19Not a pretty sounding fruit
20“We live in ___ of wonders”
21 Dance-hall instruments
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23It lays out the dough
25Put down stakes?
26Fan setting
27 Metallic alloy
28“Beetle Bailey” character
30Big wheels at sea
32Certain discriminator
34Small cities
35Scuttlebutt
37 Declares to be true
38Instruct
39Billy the Kid, for one
40No-good
42Like a newly laid road
44Bit of financial planning
47 Humdrum life
48It’s a wrap
50“___ have to do”
51Attempt
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62VW model
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64Biblical measure
65Boxer’s stat
66Adjusts to new circumstances
68Luxury auto for this puzzle
69Postal workers
72Nat and Natalie
73Paint ingredient
75Duel tool
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78Like some columns
80Off-road vehicle
81 Make a boo-boo
82Where one can go in circles
86Persistent pest
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92Earth-to-satellite connections
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62 Formerly divided city
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79 Made waves?
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94 Farmer, at times
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HANNA GRAHAM BARNES,
of Alexandria, April 15, 2015
BRENDA J. BICKFORD (75),
formerly of Alexandria, April 17,
2015
FRANSCENIA BOYD,
of Alexandria, April 3, 2015
DONALD CANNAVARO (96),
of Alexandria, April 22, 2015
MICHAEL V. CARDOZO (28),
of Alexandria, April 20, 2015
ELIZABETH L. CARNES,
of Alexandria, April 20, 2015
DAVID ALAN DUNN,
of Alexandria, March 14, 2015
ELEONORE I. GRIMLEY,
of Alexandria, April 20, 2015
ELMER W. HANAK III,
of Alexandria, April 19, 2015
LYMAN W. HARBOTTLE,
of Alexandria, April 15, 2015
CHERLYN ARLAINE SLIGHT
HARRIS, of Alexandria, April 14,
2015
KATHRYN W. HOOK,
of Alexandria, April 24, 2015
JOHN S. JENKINS,
of Alexandria, April 23, 2015
PATRICK J. KEANY (88),
of Alexandria, April 19, 2015
BETTY S. MITCHELL (92),
of Alexandria, April 24, 2015
HELEN V. ORTOLANI (106),
of Alexandria, April 24, 2015
RICHARD M. THOMPSON (88),
of Alexandria, March 8, 2015
JUNE E. S. WARD (83),
of Alexandria, April 8, 2015
JEFFREY BRENDAN
WILLIAMS (35),
of Alexandria, April 21, 2015
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