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Vol. 10, No. 25
Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
June 19, 2014
T.C. students allegedly took
‘upskirt’ photos of teachers
Administrators pledge
to take necessary
disciplinary action
By Erich Wagner
Alexandria police are investigating four T.C. Williams
students accused of taking nonconsensual “upskirt” photos of
two teachers in class.
According to search warrant affidavits filed by detectives in Alexandria Circuit
Court, a group of students
encouraged each other to take
photos of female teachers’ buttocks and up their skirts.
According to court documents, on May 12, a student
took two photos of his female
teacher, one of her buttocks
and another up her skirt. He
showed them to two other students, who eventually informed
T.C. Dean Rene Cadogan.
In a separate incident on
May 15, three students —
which the Times will refer to
as students X, Y and Z — took
photos of another teacher. Student X allegedly told police
that “several people started
telling him, ‘Photo, photo, photo,’ encouraging him to take a
photo” of the teacher, according to the affidavit.
Student Y in the class took
video from under the teacher’s
skirt, but he said it “did not turn
photo/laura sikes
CLASS ACT Members of T.C. Williams’ graduating class toss a
beach ball around the Patriot Center during last weekend’s commencement ceremony. Several were smuggled into the event, popping up randomly among the 661 students receiving their high school
diplomas. Though the toys are banned, students and onlookers alike
delighted in the display. For more photos, turn to page 10.
out” and deleted it immediately, detectives said. But later,
he and Student Z got behind
the teacher, who was assisting
another student at a desk, at
which point Student Y handed
his phone to Student Z, who
took two photos from under her
skirt.
According to Student Y, one
was “out of focus” but the other photo showed the teacher’s
underwear.
Again, students who witnessed the alleged incident or
received text messages with the
photos informed Cadogan.
Only one of the four students was named in court
documents, and he has been
charged in Alexandria General
District Court with illegally
photographing a non-consenting person, a misdemeanor. He
was released under his own recognizance, according to court
records.
In 2005, Virginia lawmakers passed legislation prohibiting such photography after a
loophole in state law allowed a
man accused of using a video
camera to look up teenagers’ skirts at a Norfolk mall
to evade more than 10 days in
jail.
And in March, Massachusetts enacted a similar law just
one day after the state’s supreme court ruled that the previous law did not prohibit “upskirt” photos taken in public.
SEE photos | 10
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Sophomore Ashenafi Desta wraps teammate Eryk Williamson up in a
bear hug after the junior scored the first goal in Sunday’s state championship game against Washington-Lee. The Titans won 2-0.
Titans on top
T.C. boys soccer squad
secures title in rematch
with Washington-Lee
By jim mcelhatton
The biggest play in the history of the T.C. Williams boys
soccer program came with 28
minutes and 59 seconds to
go in the second half against
Washington-Lee on Sunday.
The two teams, which split
their previous two contests this
year, were scoreless in the first
half of the 6A state championship game held at Robinson
Secondary School in Fairfax.
But that was about to change.
Titans midfielder Abdurazak Abdulla intercepted a
slow, bouncing kick from a
Generals player about 20 yards
from T.C.’s net. And then he
was off.
By the time he reached the
midfield, he had blown past
three opponents. A few secSEE champions | 18
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFING
First female deputy police chiefs promoted
It’s official: the Alexandria
Police Department has its first
two female deputy chiefs.
The duo of Tammy Hooper
and Diane Gittins were formally promoted along with 23
other officers at a ceremony at
the city’s Wheeler Avenue police headquarters complex last
week. Hooper, who gave the
keynote speech, had a simple
reaction to the news: “It’s about
time.”
“We’ve already talked
about ... the first two female
lieutenants in the department,
and they retired in the 90s;
well, the third lieutenant was
me,” Hooper said. “Diane and
I, we earned this. We worked
hard for it.”
Police Chief Earl Cook
lauded Hooper and Gittins for
their commitment to the city
and its residents, noting that
Hooper that same morning was
awarded an honorary badge for
25 years of service in the department.
“We want to represent our
community and show that we
value diversity, but these two
sit here based on their merit and
their merit alone,” Cook said.
“If they were not females I still
would have chosen them to be
deputy chiefs.”
- Erich Wagner
Police chief and mayor: best frenemies?
During last week’s Alexandria Police Department promotion ceremony, Mayor Bill
Euille had a little fun at the
expense of his police chief.
“You guys have earned it,
you weren’t given it,” Euille
told newly promoted officers.
“When we were kids, Chief
[Earl] Cook used to beat me
up. So I know that he never
gives things away; in fact, he
takes them.”
Cook was quick to contest
the allegations, citing the age
discrepancy between the two
native Alexandrians. Euille is
several years older.
“I’d like to start by admonishing the mayor for starting
a fight with an infant,” Cook
quipped. “It was tough, but I
like to think I held my own.”
After the ceremony, Euille
admitted he was pulling the
chief’s leg. As a child, Cook
was quite the opposite of a
bully, he recalled.
“I like to joke around with
him when he’s in front of the
troops,” Euille said. “He was
actually a very nice kid, and
that’s how I knew he’d make a
good police chief. He was always so quiet, calm, collected
and innocent.”
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A possible explosive device
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are describing as an “apparent
suicide” Monday night.
Authorities descended on
the 400 block after receiving a
report of a suspicious package
at about 6:16 p.m. After identifying the device as a potential explosive — and finding a
handgun alongside it in the bag
— city authorities were joined
by Arlington County’s explosive ordinance unit.
A police helicopter from
Fairfax County circled the normally quiet Rosemont neighborhood Monday night as authorities detonated the device.
Nearby homes were evacuated
as a precaution, officials said.
Around that time, the helicopter crew spotted a body in a
nearby wooded area. Responding officers found the remains
of a man who likely died from
a self-inflicted gunshot wound,
police said. Authorities released a statement on Twitter
that evening indicating the
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related incidents.
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Throughout the evening, local
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department’s Twitter feed for
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risk to public safety.
“I just saw a lot of police,”
said resident Lynne Weir, who
reported getting unconfirmed
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from neighbors. “We heard a
shot in the middle of the evening and followed, maybe an
hour later, by another sound
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A river runs over it
Officials move forward
with flood mitigation
project on waterfront
By Derrick Perkins
Would a six-foot bulwark
along the city’s waterfront end
Old Town’s embarrassing tradition of flooding with every major storm? City officials say yes,
but not all residents are sold.
Part of the controversial waterfront redevelopment plan, the
flood mitigation efforts — overshadowed by concerns about
construction along the shoreline
— largely escaped debate. But
with redevelopment projects
underway at the Robinson Terminals and along the 200 block
of S. Union St., plans to staunch
the flood tides and rework the
series of waterfront parks have
taken center stage.
Officials believe adding
bulwarks, combined with other
measures like raising the land
elevation along the river’s edge
and building pump stations,
will stop much of the flooding that Old Town residents
and business owners have long
bemoaned. And that would
eliminate one of the city’s most
vexing reoccurring problems,
said City Councilor Del Pepper
when she and her colleagues
took up the early designs at
Saturday’s public hearing.
“I like what this is doing because at least it is going to address the day-to-day nuisance
that we have, that is such an
embarrassment with everybody
running for their sandbags. It’s
really been quite embarrassing,” she said. “And every time
there is any kind of flooding
… the reporters are right there
with their cameras to show it
to the entire Northern Virginia
region and I’m sure it goes beyond.”
Though most agree the routine flooding must end, several
residents remain skeptical of
the city’s plan for addressing
the decades-old problem. Bert
Ely, co-chair of Friends of the
Alexandria Waterfront, worried the bulwarks would trap
floodwaters in the neighborhood.
“The flood mitigation plan
is fundamentally flawed,” he
told city councilors Saturday.
“It proposes the construction
of a flood wall that will effectively create a bathtub that will
capture and hold flood waters
during severe flood events.”
Officials, though, noted the
two pump stations would begin draining the flooded area
as soon as the river recedes.
Together, they could clear the
neighborhood of water in just
a few hours, according to city
documents.
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Residents worry a shoreline flood wall will end up trapping water
when the Potomac spills its banks. Officials, though, say pumping stations will quickly clear the area. The flood mitigation project is part of
the controversial waterfront redevelopment plan.
Flooding was not the only
topic of interest Saturday. The
project coincides with efforts
to redesign the parkland and
public space along the river.
Late last year, officials brought
in OLIN, a well-known architectural firm, to oversee the undertaking.
Despite a plethora of public meetings in recent months,
OLIN’s early designs for the
waterfront have drawn a great
deal of scrutiny. Even strong
supporters of the waterfront
plan expressed reservations
about everything from a proposed kayak launch to public
boat slips along the shoreline.
“[This plan] still lacks what
I would call an Alexandria
soul,” said resident Bob Wood.
“I don’t believe there’s a feature that makes these spaces
uniquely or even notionally
Alexandria. … We have made
a beautiful, generic space that
would be right at home along
any shoreline.”
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That there is no cost estimate for either undertaking
also worried residents. Officials said the March decision
by the Old Dominion Boat
Club to relocate its waterfront
building — thus freeing up
space at the foot of King Street
for a public plaza — threw a
wrench in their calculations.
They expect to return to city
council with a better idea of the
cost in the fall.
Saturday’s hearing largely
focused on just a small portion
of the waterfront and, responding to criticism to the designs,
Mayor Bill Euille noted of the
project remained in the early
planning stages. He called for
residents to stay involved in
the likely multiyear process.
“The [response] today certainly made clear … the importance of this,” he said, “but,
yet again, we still have at least
a minimum of two years … to
continue to work together and
solve this and we are committed to doing just that.”
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One of Old Town’s most storied watering holes is no more.
And you can bet Pat Troy is
among the mourners.
After building Ireland’s Own
into an Old Town institution over
three decades, Troy was ready to
hand over the keys. In October
2012, the Irishman-turned-Alexandrian did just that, passing it
off to longtime employees Scott
Holdt and Margaret Keane following one last blowout at the
111 N. Pitt St. restaurant.
But less than two years after his retirement, the doors are
locked up tight and the patio tables that once overlooked North
Pitt Street are missing. Ireland’s
Own is bankrupt, and Troy is out
a lot of money.
The trouble began about a
year after the night Troy led his
regulars in one last rendition of
“The Unicorn Song” and accepted toasts — as well as a bit
of good-natured ribbing — from
local dignitaries and city officials. In September 2013, Holdt
and Keane filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy.
By November of that year,
the owners weren’t paying taxes
or bills, according to documents
filed in bankruptcy court. Still,
they paid employees and covered insurance premiums.
Six months later, though,
the bottom had fallen out. Last
month, they entered into Chapter
7 bankruptcy, which generally
leads to the liquidation of assets
to pay off debts.
According to the court documents, the limited liability company Holdt and Keane formed,
IOP, LLC, owed $317,284.22
to their largest debtors as of November.
Of that, $180,000 belongs to
Troy and his wife, Bernie.
By December, Holdt and
Keane owed an additional
$5,596.48 for utilities. The own-
ers did have $290,875 in assets,
or value in their property holdings through financial accounts,
credit, customer information,
office supplies, inventory and
memorabilia.
Messages left with Holdt’s
attorney were not returned. An
IOP, LLC representative responded to a request for more
information made on the pub’s
website, but declined to comment on the closure.
Troy, disappointed in the
state of his old pub, is not shy
about saying he would have
done things differently. At his retirement party in 2012, he made
it clear he wanted to continue
playing a role in the business.
Looking back, he wishes his successors had taken him up on the
offer.
“It’s a sad way to see it going
[out of business] when it should
be going for another 33 years,”
Troy said. “In my 34 years, I had
great memories of that place. It
went so fast.”
The pub’s other major debtors include its landlord, a table
reservation app company as well
as state and city tax agencies, according to court documents.
Ireland’s Own shuttered its
doors May 30 after the landlord,
Tavern Square, LLC, took back
control of the property. The sentimental value of the memorabilia left inside the restaurant and
the memory of what Ireland’s
Own once meant to people sits
poorly with Troy.
“I was no dummy. I made
money on it [for] years,” Troy
said. “It was an institution. [It
is full of] memories of brides
finding grooms, boyfriends and
girlfriends, and troops. It was a
gathering place for history: [former President Ronald] Reagan,
senators, governors and regular
people. They go out to have a
good time and I made sure it did
that.
“This is the end of the story,
the end of the funeral for Ireland’s Own. It’s now buried and
you just walk away.”
Congratulations T.C.Williams
High School State Champions!
Boys Track and Field
State Champions
Head CoaCH
Mike Hughes
assistant CoaCHes
Jim Garner
Rashawn Jackson
Rodney Johnson
Jenny Geldermann
Greg Tardieu
Amanda Mullins-Hall
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Mahlique Booth
Jeremiah Clarke
Eric Folkerts
Michael Fowlkes
Anteneh Girma
Tyrice Henry
Rashawn Jackson
Brendan Kerwin
Josephus Lyles
Noah Lyles
Aaron McKinney
Phaivanh Rattanaphone
Reginald Thorne
Phillip Tyler
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Brett Nickley
players
Alvin Fermin
Steven Hetzer
Andres Avila-Riano
Edgar Martinez
Patrick Kelly
Kevin Herrera Rivas
Lloyd Kebede
William Rossello
Kaleab Ferede
Ramsey Benzina
Kevin Ortez
Eryk Williamson
Akable Wilson Miezan
Emir Crnovic
Andre Barrios Luizaga
Matias Hendi
Abdurazak Abdulla
Ashenafi Desta
Hector Alvarado
Douglas Lopez Portillo
Zackary Eisenhour
Abdiel Casillas Colon
Kevin Nunez
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Schools officials said in a statement that they cannot comment
about the incidents because of
the police investigation, but
said the district is dedicated to
creating a safe environment for
students and faculty.
“We take the allegations
very seriously and are cooperating fully with the police,” officials wrote. “We will take any
necessary disciplinary actions
and do all we can to protect
our teachers and students in the
classroom.”
T.C. sophomore Tayah San-
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the allegations.
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said. “I never thought somebody would do something like
that.”
Police spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said the department
does not comment on cases involving juveniles.
T.C. Williams
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You’ll also gain peace of mind knowing that health
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you ever need them.
T.C. Williams’ valedictorian, Carter Ward Goodwin (right) and salutatorian, Leia Marie Moran, visit with honors students and members of
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represented 80 countries from across the globe and
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City ramps up repaving efforts
Many roads went
neglected during
great recession
By Erich Wagner
After years of putting off
roadway repairs, Alexandria officials are gearing up to repave
its most ailing streets.
In the fiscal 2015 capital improvement budget, city council
allocated $4.3 million to road
resurfacing, nearly double last
year’s appropriation of $2.3
million. And city staff in turn
will resurface 40 miles of city
streets, up from around 18 to 21
miles in previous years.
Rich Baier, director of the
city department of transportation and environmental services, said the 2015 fiscal year
also marks the first full year his
agency will use a more analytical method of measuring road
health, called the pavement
condition index. The tool, first
employed last October, rates
every road in the city on a scale
of one to 100, with 100 being a
road in perfect condition.
“If you do an average index
for the entire city, weighing out
all of the roadways, it’s 57, and
Arlington’s average is at about
58,” he said. “So if you look at
that, all the streets we’ll be do-
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be completely rebuilding them
in the future.”
Baier stressed that the decision to prioritize certain roads
is not solely from a ride-ability
standpoint, but instead is based
on a street’s structural integrity.
Once the base structure under
the pavement of a road is compromised, it can cost anywhere
from two to three times as much
to fix, he said.
“Think of the wheel of a
car sitting on top of a layer of
pavement, with several layers
of structure beneath it,” he said.
“The pavement allows the load
of a wheel to be distributed over
a large structural area beneath
the pavement itself. With base
failures, the asphalt begins to
crack, unravel and separate.
“Then water can get down
[into the structure], and that’s
what begins to cause failure.”
So roads bumpy with repeated pothole patches may not be
in as dire straits as others, where
long term damage is less noticeable to a driver.
Among streets up for repaving this year are segments of
major thoroughfares like King
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of lanes that they’re going to be
working on. Even so, it really
needs to be an all-out effort.”
Baier said he hopes to get
closer to the 56-mile goal by
applying for funding from the
Virginia Department of Transportation as well as other grants
and revenue sources. And he
hopes council adds more money
for the effort in the capital budget next year.
“Our goal is to increase
the number of lane-miles each
year,” he said. “Next year is
slated for another 40, but the
goal is to move that up again.”
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Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite,”
which plays out over three vignettes and is set in room 719
of New York’s famed Plaza
Hotel, is a comedy that delights in the foibles and follies
of love and marriage.
For this Little Theatre of
Alexandria production, Director Shawn g. Byers has chosen
to represent three different
eras in the hotel’s 100-year
history, changing decors for
each period. To set the mood
and showcase the hotel’s glorious past, vintage photos of
celebrities living it up in its
famed Palm Court and Oak
Room are projected across the
stage while music of the era
plays in the background. The
show opens with the lovely
lilting voice of songstress Alicia Keys.
It is 2007 and Karen Nash
(Amy Solo) greets her workaholic husband. Though he
doesn’t recall, it is their anniversary and she has excitedly
booked what she thinks is the
same room where they honeymooned. But they don’t even
agree on that.
“We’re some lousy couple,” Sam, her husband, concedes.
Elsewhere,
preoccupied
with her age and weight, Karen has become a doormat for
her svelte husband, played
by Jack B. Stein, pardoning
his insults and ignoring his
foibles while they bicker and
flatter with equal measure.
Enter the sexy secretary, Jean
McCormack, played by Michelle Sumner. She drops by
with “important” papers for
Sam to sign, but with a sug-
gestive tossing of her locks
lets us know what’s going on
between them.
If you think this is a clone
of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?” it is not, as Simon is a
playwright fond of exploiting
everyday human frailties with
a massive dose of one-liners,
sarcasm and slapstick. It’s
more akin to the Marx Brothers and their style of physical
comedy.
The second act takes us
back to the 1960s. Photos of
The Beatles, the Rat Pack
and that most celebrated of
all couples from the jet setter days, Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton, blaze across
the stage.
Slick Hollywood producer Jesse Kiplinger (Richard Isaacs) tries to reignite
a high school romance with
30-something Muriel Tate
(Shelagh Roberts). Fueled by
multiple vodka stingers and
Muriel’s single-minded fascination with gossip about
Jesse’s movie star cronies, an
elaborate cat-and-mouse game
of seduction ensues.
The final act takes place at
the turn of the 20th century.
The very Victorian Norma
Hubley (Anne Paine West)
and her husband Roy (Bernard Engel) have booked the
Plaza’s Grand Ballroom for a
posh wedding for their daughter, Mimsey (Elynia Betts).
But the young woman has
locked herself in the suite’s
bathroom with a fierce case of
pre-wedding jitters.
“Think about my life,”
Norma pleads, trying to coax
her daughter out. “Your father
will kill me!”
In the film version from
1971, Walter Matthau played
all three male leads, and you
will see echoes of his bumbling everyman style in Roy,
Photo/Matthew Randall
Roy (Bernie Engel) and Norma Hubley (Anne Paine West) deal with
the wedding day jitters of their daughter in the final of three vignettes
in Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite,” now playing at The Little Theatre of
Alexandria. The show spans the famed Plaza Hotel’s long history, taking the audience from 2007 to the turn of the 20th century.
Photo/Matthew Randall
Amy Solo and Jack Stein as wife and husband Karen and Sam Nash
celebrate their wedding anniversary at the Plaza Hotel, but their
modern-day marriage is on unsteady ground in this fantasic rendtion of “Plaza Suite.”
whose approach to Mimsey
vacillates between sweettalking to pounding down the
door.
Set
designer
Marian
Holmes, along with set dresser
Larry Grey, nail the changing
decor of room 719, complementing the vintage “mod”
fashions designed by Heather
Norcross and Ashley Adams
Amidon.
The entire ensemble gives
solid performances throughout, delivering a tidily crafted
version of the long-running
Broadway show.
“Plaza Suite” runs through
July 5 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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WAR OF 1812 OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES Every Thursday, enjoy
a concert of 1812-themed live music on
the lawn of the Carlyle House. Admission
is free, with a suggested donation of $5.
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays
Location: Carlyle House, 121 N. Fairfax St.
Information: www.visitalexandriava.
com/1812
Now to June 29
SUITES An exhibition by the Del Ray
Artisans of the creations of area artists
on the theme of SUITES, which stands
for Scandalous, Uproarious, Intriguing
Titillating Entanglements & Seductions.
Time: Noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays and
Sundays; noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays
Location: Del Ray Artisans, 2704
Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: www.thedelrayartisans.
org
Now to June 30
PRINTED, PAINTED, POTTED
Local artist Avis Fleming’s latest exhibit
features etchings, lithographs, monotypes, paintings and ceramics.
Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: The Torpedo Factory, 105 N.
Union St., studio 325
Information: 703-683-1342
BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD
EXHIBITION From 1862 to 1865,
the Lee-Fendall House served as a
Union hospital under the direction of
chief surgeon Edwin Bentley during the
occupation of Alexandria. The exhibit
will be set up as a hospital room with
medicines on display. An intricate
diorama of miniature figures will depict
how wounded soldiers were transported
from the battlefield to house hospitals.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday
Location: The Lee-Fendall House, 614
Oronoco St.
Information: 703-548-1789 or www.
leefendallhouse.org
Now to July 31
BOUTIQUES UP LATE Every
Thursday, the Old Town Boutique District
boutiques will be open until 8 p.m. to
take advantage of the longer daylight
hours. Block parties will be hosted in
zones throughout Old Town to introduce
the community to the Boutiques Up Late
initiative.
Time: Stores open until 8 p.m., block
parties from 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Old Town
Information: www.oldtownboutiquedistrict.com/ai1ec_event/boutiquesup-late/
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Now to August 31
SIT DOWN AND TAKE A STAND:
THE SAMUEL W. TUCKER EXHIBITION This exhibition focuses on the
life of famed civil rights attorney Samuel
Wilbert Tucker and the historic 1939 sitin at a city library. Admission is free.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday
Location: Alexandria Black History
Museum, 902 Wythe St.
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Now to September 26
BASEBALL BOAT TO NATIONALS PARK Take a Potomac Riverboat
Co. ferry across the Potomac River to
catch the Washington Nationals at 80
percent of home games. Tickets are $15
one way or $25 for a round trip.
Time: Various
Location: Alexandria Marina, 1
Cameron St.
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June 19
NIGHT AMONG THE STARS
GALA Walk the red carpet, greet
paparazzi and dance with famous Hollywood personalities at this gala evening
in Alexandria. Special Stars of Honor will
be Alexandria foster parents and major
sponsors of the evening’s event. Tickets
are available at the early-bird rate of
$75 per person until May 27. Tickets
are then $85 per person. All proceeds
benefit The Fund for Alexandria’s Child.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Carlyle Club, 411 John
Carlyle St.
Information: 703.746.5663 or [email protected].
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CEMETERY Learn about the signifi-
cant Confederates buried in Alexandria’s
Ivy Hill Cemetery including Turner Ashby
and Frank Stringfellow in a lecture by
author and historian Don Hakenson.
Admission is free, with seating available
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Lloyd House, 220 N. Washington St.
Information: 703-746-4554
June 20
LAUREN MITCHELL With a mixture
of blues and soul, Lauren Mitchell
promises to rock the house along with
her explosive backing band.
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Old Town Theater, 815 1/2
King St.
Information: www.theoldtowntheater.
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ALEXANDRIA FOOD & WINE
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Food & Wine Festival features live
entertainment, children’s activities, food
and wine tasting and a competition in
which local restaurants compete for the
best main dish and dessert, as voted
upon by attendees. Admission is free,
with tickets required for food and wine
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Plaza Suite
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Three couples, separated by time
and circumstance, all visit room 719
of New York’s famous Plaza Hotel.
This wry tale with sparkling wit and
silly slapstick, as only Neil Simon can
tell, explores love, marriage, and the
bargains we make along the way.
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Alexandria Times’
Cause of the Month
Congratulations to Carter
Goodwin, named valedictorian, and Leia Moran, named
salutatorian, of the T.C. Williams High School Class of
2014.
Both seniors delivered
speeches at the high school
graduation ceremony at the
Patriot Center at George Mason University last weekend.
“We have so many wonderful and talented scholars at this school,” said T.C.
Williams Principal Suzanne
Maxey. “These are two of the
brightest.”
Carter finishes his high
school career with a 4.56 GPA.
He is attending the University
of Pennsylvania in the fall.
Outside of the classroom,
Carter was a two-year captain
of the T.C. Williams lacrosse
team (earning honorable men-
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Leia Moran
tion all-district honors as a
senior), student liaison to the
Alexandria City School Board
and president of the National
Honor Society.
Leia closes her high school
career with a 4.54 GPA. She
will be earning a Joint Degree,
Bachelor of Arts (International Honours), at the College
of William and Mary and the
University of St. Andrews.
Leia distinguished herself
as a standout performer in
T.C. Williams drama department productions and served
as president of the school’s
Environmental Club, publicity
manager of the Breast Cancer Awareness Club and vice
president of the Random Acts
of Kindness Club.
Alexandria Country Day School students enjoy
success at Optimist Club public speaking competition
Olivia Moll, an eighth grader at Alexandria Country Day
School, placed first in the girls
division at the annual Optimist Club of Alexandria public
speaking contest.
Olivia advanced to compete
against winners from other
area Optimist Clubs where she
came in third behind two high
school students. Olivia, along
with Cristian Medrano, who
placed second in the boys division at the Alexandria contest,
were selected to represented
ACDS at the Optimist Club
on the strength of their performances in the school’s Speeches & Sweets program.
Dating back to the school’s
founding, Speeches & Sweets
provides students in fifth
through eighth grade the opportunity to hone their public
speaking skills by preparing
and giving speeches to classmates, parents and friends.
This year, the eighth graders
were given the topic “How My
Passion Impacts the World.” In
her speech, Olivia shared that,
as an eighth grader, she has yet
to find her passion, but is confident that she will discover it
as she continues to grow. Olivia also conveyed, through
examples set by her mother
and others in her life, an understanding of the courage needed
to fully pursue one’s passion.
Reading tutors give students the gift of literature
Reading tutors for Alexandria students celebrated
the completion of a year-long
tutoring program May 15 by
selecting gift books for the Alexandria City Public Schools
kindergarten and first grade
students they tutored.
The tutors selected books
targeted to each student’s interests and skill level. The gift
book program is part of the
Alexandria Tutoring Consortium’s (ATC) plan to recognize
the work the students completed to improve their reading
skills.
Hooray for Books, a bookstore specializing in children’s
literature, hosted the event and
provided the books at a special
rate in support of ATC’s reading program. Tutors selected
the books for their students at
the bookstore.
The event was also an opportunity for ATC to thank the
volunteer tutors. There were
more than 170 volunteers involved in the program this
school year.
The goal of the year-long
one-on-one tutoring program
is to improve the reading skills
of struggling readers. ATC provides gift books twice a year
for participating students to
build a personal library so they
will have books of their own to
read at home.
Jefferson-Houston achieves Baccalaureate status
Jefferson-Houston School
is now an official International
Baccalaureate Primary Years
Programme (IB-PYP) school.
The school’s leadership,
teachers and students completed a multiyear training
and implementation initiative
to achieve recognition as one
of an elite group of elementary
school programs worldwide
that teach high-level academics to all students. IB-PYP
teaches students through the
philosophy of educating the
child to be an inquirer, both in
the classroom and the outside
world.
“I’m proud of our staff
and students at JeffersonHouston for working hard to
receive this much-anticipated,
well-deserved recognition,”
said Alexandria City Public
Schools Superintendent Alvin
L. Crawley. “This exciting
news gives our school division even more to celebrate
as we prepare to open the new
Jefferson-Houston building
this fall.
The
Alexandria
City
School Board, at its May 22
meeting, accepted a letter of
authorization from the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) conferring the
IB-PYP status on JeffersonHouston. The authorization
makes Jefferson-Houston one
of only 11 IB-PYP schools in
Virginia, and one of 414 IBPYP schools in the nation.
“We are thrilled to have
earned this wonderful status,”
said Principal Rosalyn Rice-
Harris. “Our parents advocated for IB-PYP several years
ago, and our teachers and students took on the challenge to
bring this rigorous and holistic
way of learning to JeffersonHouston. Our students are
thriving, and our community
celebrates our rich diversity
because of IB-PYP.”
“This is a culmination of
hard work and dedication
from teachers, students, administration and ACPS,” said
Jefferson-Houston Pre-K to 8
IB Coordinator Kermit Burks.
“Our students are more confident learners and our teachers are even more equipped to
provide complex and meaningful education experiences
for our students to function effectively in a global society.”
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Farm Country Day School’s
eighth grade musical performance of The Wizard of Oz
was performed in mid-May
to packed houses. Fictional
twins Dorothy and Gale,
played by Matea Bebic and
Katherine Conner, went on
a familiar journey to find
home. Above, Christian
Gardner as the Scarecow
poses with crows he could
not scare: Ethan Steinberg,
Jacqueline Thompson and
Spencer Wigodsky.
EDITOR’S NOTE A photograph of Lyles Crouch Traditional
Academy students was erroneously labeled as from Saint Rita
Catholic School in last month’s Out of the Classroom section.
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Let’s Eat
A special advertising feature of the Alexandria Times
A taste of the Mediterranean comes ashore in Alexandria
Bistro Du Soleil, one of the
newest additions to Alexandria’s restaurant scene, seems
destined to become one of
the city’s most popular dining
spots thanks to superb Mediterranean food, friendly service
and live music from the region
during the weekends.
This bustling, fine dining
establishment at 1504 King St.
is a culinary experience to savor. Mediterranean scents waft
through the restaurant, which
offers excellent appetizers. For
example, the smooth, flavorful
hummus — accompanied by
pita points — delights the palate.
A recent informal survey of
diners determined the mezza
sharing platter as a success
thanks to its combination of
hummus, Baba Ghanouj, grape
leaves and a variety of cheeses.
The baked Brie puffed pastry
with honey and almonds as
well as the Casablanca Bastilla, which includes saffron
chicken, caramelized onions,
eggs and almonds, topped with
cinnamon and sugar in filo
dough, are recommended as
other must-haves.
When you’re done with the
appetizers, it’s time for one of
Bistro Du Soleil’s wonderful
salads. Choosing between the
delectable Moroccan, Greek
and Tabboula varieties is a
toss-up. You really can’t go
wrong.
As for the main course,
the selections are once again
excellent. The salmon tagine
d’Agadir, served in a chermoula sauce of tomatoes, olives,
preserved lemons and herbs,
is so good it almost melts in
the mouth. Lovers of Spanish
cuisine will find the paella Andalucia heavenly thanks to its
combination of fresh seafood
and saffron chicken.
Looking for a vegetarian
option? The couscous Casablanca is not to be missed. The
caramelized onions and chickpeas topping a mix of vegetables and couscous enhance
the flavors effectively withoutoverpowering the dish.
For owners Samir and
Hanane Labriny, Bistro du Soleil is a dream come true. When
they heard about available restaurant space along upper King
St., they jumped at the chance
to create a place with the most
popular cuisine and wine from
the sunny Mediterranean countries of Morocco, Portugal,
Spain, France, Italy, Lebanon
and Greece.
In addition, if the menu isn’t
enough to entice you, try popping in for the weekend performances put on by Spanish
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Upscale residential building nears completion
Oronoco Waterfront
Residences to open
this month
By Katie Callahan
As redevelopment heats up
along Alexandria’s waterfront,
one riverside project is winding
down.
Residents will begin moving into Oronoco Waterfront
Residences by the month’s end,
which will mark the first addition to housing stock along the
city’s Potomac shoreline in 12
years. Forty-eight of the 119
Oronoco St. building’s 60 onelevel condominiums have sold,
fetching between $1.6 and $4.5
million each.
Owned by regional real
estate heavyweight EYA, the
building has undergone years
of renovation work. Once home
of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, it has
been transformed into what A.J.
Jackson, EYA senior vice president, describes as a unique and
grand residential building.
“Our goal is to really bring
something to the waterfront
that we don’t think exists today,
which is expansive, one-level
living and then access to all the
amenities of Old Town,” Jackson said.
Potential buyers can choose
between a two-bedroom condominium, a two-bedroom with
a library, three-bedroom and a
three-bedroom with library or
family room. The largest option
offers 3,500 square feet while
outdoor terraces measure up to
1,000 square feet.
Faced with a choice between
cramming in more units or taking advantage of expansive wa-
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terfront views, EYA’s architects
chose the latter, company representatives said. The decision
also let them include high ceilings in the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design
(LEED) certified building.
Among the amenities are
a lobby with a concierge desk,
24-hour security, a heated outdoor pool, an outdoor bathhouse and kitchen, a fitness center with yoga room, a children’s
playroom, a meeting room, a
dog washing station and a bicycle storage area. Residents also
have access to two garage spaces and a private storage room.
Construction on the building
should be completed by the end
of the summer, company officials said.
Though perhaps the first
major redevelopment project
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The first residents of Oronoco Waterfront Residences will begin moving in this month. The massive upscale residential building, once
home to the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, marks
the first influx of housing on the waterfront in more than a decade.
years, EYA’s riverside undertaking was overshadowed by
the passionate waterfront plan
debate. While other projects
along the river’s edge have garnered headlines and drawn the
ire of neighbors and activists,
the Oronoco quietly underwent
extensive renovations.
Though not specifically targeted by the waterfront plan,
which was approved after years
of discussion and litigation,
EYA also offered to help beautify the area, city officials said
in 2012.
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Eryk Williamson tears down the pitch during the state championship game Sunday. Williamson was behind the
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onds later, he passed and found
his target: teammate Eryk Williamson.
As the sprinting Williamson
took off — unopposed — hundreds of Titans fans stood up
and cheered. A week earlier, the
star junior scored four times to
beat the Generals in the regional
championship game.
Five yards from the Washington-Lee net, Williamson slid
to the ground and nailed a shot
off his right foot all in one motion. The ball, traveling only a
few inches off the ground, flew
just low enough to skip under
the outstretched arms of the
Generals goalkeeper.
The Titans were up 1-0.
Williamson plays with a
quiet forcefulness. He isn’t one
for big goal celebrations, but he
allowed himself a little smile
and a few high-fives as T.C.
sophomore Ashenafi Desta, who
would go on to score the only
other goal of the match, hoisted
him up.
The 2-0 state championship
win took place on Father’s Day.
And head coach Martin Nickley, whose family has been a
constant presence in T.C.’s program over the years, called the
school’s first state championship win in the sport “a great
gift.”
“My family’s been a part of
this for years, but these boys
came together as a family, too,”
Nickley said after the game.
“After every practice, they get
together and they have a little
cheer that includes the word
‘family.’ Words can’t express
how happy I am for them because they worked really hard
for this.”
But at halftime, the only
thing clear about the outcome
of the state championship was
that it wouldn’t be like either of
the teams’ two previous contests
this season.
During the regular season,
Washington-Lee beat T.C. by a
margin of 4-0. Last week, the
Titans won 5-2 to claim the regional championship title. This
time around, a blowout seemed
unlikely.
“They’re a great team, an
absolutely amazing team,” Williamson said. “Going into the
game, they knew us like the
back of their hand because it’s
our third time seeing them. So,
to win against a team like that,
it’s just an amazing feeling.
We’ve been working so hard all
season and it’s absolutely amazing how it’s paid off.”
Minutes after Williamson’s
goal, the Generals tried to strike
back, but the Titans defense and
goalkeeper Edgar Martinez kept
Washington-Lee star Maycol
Nunez off the board. It was a
bitter pill for the Generals, who
went scoreless just twice during the regular season. Even
on those two occasions, however, Washington-Lee’s squad
walked off the pitch with ties.
At halftime, Nickley and his
assistant coaches gathered the
team near the net. There was
no talk about anything that had
gone wrong — no discussion of
missed shots.
“At halftime, we just told
them how great they were playing,” Nickley said. “We thought
that when you get to the state
championship and you’re playing
against a team that’s as great as
they are, for us to be able to attack
and create some opportunities, we
thought it was a great half and just
wanted to keep it going.”
“The whole group here
bonded together,” Nickley added. “None of them are selfish
players.”
As if to prove the point, Desta had no interest in talking
about his own breakaway score
that all but ended the game later
in the second half.
“It wasn’t me — it was all
the team’s work,” he said. “I just
did my job.”
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Time: Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: John Carlyle Square, 300 John
Carlyle St.
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PREMIERE SCREENING EVENT:
NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR Medieval
Templar Knight Lord Morris McGuirk
Gregoire of Reading travels to the modern
day to exact revenge on those who betrayed him long ago. Tickets are $75.
Time: 7 p.m.
King St.
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CINEMA DEL RAY Community family
movie night held on the field of the Mount
Vernon Recreation Center with food and
beverage sales.
Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon Recreation
Center, 2701 Commonwealth Ave.
Information: 703-683-3560 or [email protected]
June 22
PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH
JAMES MADISON Learn about the
political and personal issues of 1814 with
President James Madison. Reservations required, tickets are $15, $10 for
students. Advanced registration recommended at https://shop.alexandriava.
gov/events.aspx.
Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or gadsbys.
[email protected]
June 23
HERBALISM WORKSHOP Led
by professional Therapeutic Herbalist
Lin Porter, participants will learn about
the use of herbs to relive stress-related
symptoms and also examine options
for controlling and dealing with stress in
modern life. Admission is $8 per person
with reservations required.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
Information: 703-746-3852 or
www.apothecarymuseum.org
OLD TOWN DIVAS See a perfor-
mance by some of the best female
impersonators as the likes of Beyonce,
Diana Ross, Tina Turner and others are
replicated by the best singers in the D.C.
metropolitan area. Tickets start at $20.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Old Town Theater, 815 ½
King St.
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THE ART OF BALLROOM DANCE
Taught by Gary Stephans, learn the fox
trot, waltz, tango, swing, salsa, meringue,
rumba, cha-cha and samba with or without
a partner. Beginners and more advanced
dancers welcome. Admission is $15.
Time: Beginners class 7 to 7:45 p.m.,
advanced class 7:45 to 8:30 p.m., free
practice to 9 p.m.
Location: The Athenaeum, 201 Prince St.
OAKVILLE TRIANGLE-ROUTE 1
CORRIDOR ADVISORY GROUP
The fourth community meeting to assist
in developing Plan principles for the
area regarding potential land uses, open
space, sustainability, transportation and
connectivity, and potential community
benefits, among other topics.
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: Charles Houston Recreation
Center, 901 Wythe St.
Information: 703-746-3858 or amy.
[email protected].
June 24
A CONVERSATION WITH JIM
VANDEHEI Co-founder, president and
CEO of POLITICO Jim VandeHei will address the Business Leaders Circle about
the political website’s creation, rise and
growth. Tickets are $25, RSVP required.
Time: 7:30 a.m. networking breakfast, 8
a.m. presentation
Location: The Campagna Center, 418 S.
Washington St.
Information: www.campagnacenter.
org/events/blc
HOMESCHOOL DAY: DEBATING
THE CONSTITUTION The chance to
join the debate over the “new” Constitution. Explore the different sides of the debate in one of the spaces that housed the
original discussions, with time to research
sides and participate in a re-enactment
of the debate, complete with costumes
and a vote. Space is limited to 15 children
per program. Designed for family groups,
recommended for ages 6 and up. Admission is $8 for children, adults free.
Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
Information: https://shop.alexandriava.
gov/events.aspx
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE Featuring a different artist every week, host
Patty Reese explores the songs and song
writing of three artists: Holly Montgomery
on June 10; Justin Trawick on June 17
and T. Edwin Doss on June 24. Tickets
start at $9.
Time: 8 p.m.
King St.
com/calendar.html
JOE HENRY CONCERT Grammy
winner Joe Henry celebrates the release
of his 13th studio album, Invisible Hour,
with a concert at The Birchmere. Tickets
are $25.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Birchmere, 3701 Mount
Vernon Ave.
Information: www.birchmere.com/
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COMMISSION ON PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES AWARDS
The Commission on Persons with Disabilities will present its John Duty Collins
III Outstanding Advocate for Persons with
Disabilities Award and Gerry Bertier Scholarship at a reception co-hosted with the
mayor and City Council in the Vola Lawson
Lobby at City Hall.
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Vola Lawson Lobby, City Hall,
301 King St.
Information: 703-746-3148, Va. Relay
711 or [email protected]
Obituaries
ODELL J. CARTER, of
Alexandria, June 6, 2014
JULIA JEHAN GRAF
(57), formerly of
GARY R. GRIESMYER
SR., of Alexandria, June
11, 2014
FRED SAMUEL
HUDSON, of Alexandria,
June 10, 2014
CHRISTINE V. INGRAM
(80), of Alexandria, June
13, 2014
ANNA L. JEFFRIES, of
ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK
WILLIE JAMES JELKS
(77), of Alexandria, June
12, 2014
LEE RANDOLPH
MAJOR (66), formerly of
FRANCES KOONZ
PAQUETTE FRANCES, of
FRANK O. STROBEL, of
EULA MOODY
TEASDALE, formerly of
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Green Bean loves exploring, loves his toys and loves our
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warms up quickly when he gets acquainted. A visit to
the Shelter will confirm his charms, we promise.
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
At Home
Bring the beach to you
by Mary G. Pepitone
Make waves inside your
home. Having waterfront property need not be a prerequisite
to create a home with beach
appeal.
“People want the calm and
peace they feel at the beach inside their homes,” says Ashley
DeLeon, interior designer and
co-owner of Sirene Coastal
Interiors in Venice, Florida.
“Your home should be a sanc-
tuary, and for many, that means
bringing natural colors and
textures into the spaces they
live.”
If a trip to the beach isn’t
on your vacation itinerary,
you can still surround yourself
year-round with sea colors and
motifs without spending all of
your traveler’s checks. Whether a homeowner’s design aesthetic is contemporary or cottage, bringing nature’s color
and shapes into a home soften
a modern edge.
“People respond to natural
colors and organic shapes, such
as shells, rocks and driftwood,”
DeLeon says. “The blues,
greens and natural colors found
at the beach make for an inviting indoor environment.”
A light, bright and white
color palette is the backdrop
for refreshing nature themes,
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A light, bright and white color palette is the backdrop for refreshing
nature themes, with a beachy blue accent in a home’s “water closet.”
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woman for Pottery Barn, based
in San Francisco. Stewart also
says to ditch the kitschy beach
signs and opt for a more natural beach-scene approach in
home design.
“Incorporate organic elements like textural nautical
rope, faux coral and seashells
to evoke a peaceful beach scene
and create a serene and relaxing space,” she says. “The key
to making neutral beach decor
stand out is to incorporate a pop
of color to create a focal point in
the room and add contrast.”
Sea colors and natural motifs can swimmingly accentuate every room in the home.
While furniture and walls can
be in neutral tones, accessorizing with pillows, linens and
draperies that mimic coral oranges and sea-glass blues make
a seaside statement.
Linen pillow covers in the
colors of sea and sand, as well
as embroidered pillow covers
with oceanic motifs of sea stars
and shells range from $25 to
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Bedding in soothing blue tones
becomes a quiet respite when
coupled with an all-white
headboard and bedroom furniture, whether it’s purchased
new or is a repurposed and repainted flea market find.
DeLeon actually brings
water elements into her house
with fountains that make a big
splash in her modern home.
“There’s something very
soothing about running water,”
she says. “The sound a fountain
makes while water is circulating is as important as the look
of the water feature itself.”
When making a bubbly
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tabletop fountain fluidly works
on a family room sofa table,
bedroom night stand or bathroom vanity.
To balance out the beachside decor, DeLeon likes to
bring the element of fire into a
space as well. “While the water in a home is cool, the fire
brings warmth to a space,” she
says. “Candles not only are
elemental, they also make the
space smell inviting.”
But a beach aesthetic doesn’t
have to be watered down into an
all-or-nothing endeavor in your
home. Sometimes, a contemporary coastal look can come from
a need to extend a vacation experience. Start small — by creating small tabletop vignettes
— or limit the space — by creating a reeflike refuge in your
home office.
Use shells and rocks gathered beachside for inspiration,
but Pottery Barn also sells faux
coral display pieces that start
around $20.
“Decorating with organic
elements works well for beach
decor because it brings beauty
and a sense of balance found
in nature into your home,”
Stewart says.
A well-designed watery respite should be a sensual and
multi-sensory experience, says
DeLeon.
“Your home should not only
feel good to you, but also be
pleasing to the eyes, the ears and
the nose,” she says. “A home
that brings a beach vibe inside
is very soothing and should
make you feel like you’re not
surrounded by four walls.”
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Our View
Technology and a culture of
disrespectfulness do not mix
News that several T.C. Williams students are accused
of sneaking “upskirt” photos of unsuspecting female teachers will probably elicit the usual mix of reactions: outrage
in some quarters, and snickers and yawns in others. With
schools facing problems like lagging academic achievement,
drugs and teenage pregnancy, it would be easy to dismiss this
as a low-priority issue.
They were just having some fun, right? After all, kids will
be kids.
But if you are tempted to brand this episode as harmless
high school high jinks, think again. This actually is a microcosm of two larger issues.
The first is a lack of respect for authority, particularly for
female authority. The second is the misuse of technology.
Respect for authority figures has eroded in all facets of
life. This is evident in our popular culture, where TV has
been filled with shows about mouthy children-in-charge for
years. Respect for parents, teachers, policemen and even the
office of the presidency has eroded in the Honey Boo Booization of America. Meanwhile, our airwaves are filled with
misogynistic songs that degrade women.
Against that backdrop, it’s not even slightly surprising
that local high school students would use technology in an
offensive manner toward their female teachers.
Whether our popular culture shapes attitudes or merely
reflects them is a debate for another day. What is clear is that
instilling in children a respect for others, particularly our society’s authority figures, as well as setting boundaries on the
use of technology, has to take place at home and in school.
Parents are the first line of defense, monitoring how much
time their children spend watching television and using their
phones, tablets and computers.
It’s also vital for parents to spend time teaching their children values, and explaining how those values match up with
— and differ from — the messages they receive from the
radio, television, Internet and movies. There are many teachable moments in each day — parents just have to make the
effort, or summon the energy, to take advantage of them.
Schools have their own set of behavioral expectations,
which hopefully mirror what children are learning at home.
Respect for teachers must top the list.
Educators need to be able to control the use of phones,
tablets and computers in the schoolhouse. In many schools,
students are barred from carrying phones with them during the school day, particularly in class. Instead, phones are
stored in lockers and students can check them, in their lockers, if they need to make logistical arrangements.
Alexandria City Public Schools should consider instituting such a policy. It would go far toward preventing phones
from being a distraction in class. If a student brings a phone
to class in violation of the policy, the school holds the phone
for a set period of time.
Controlling tablets and computers is a more difficult task,
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Opinion
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- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
Why have resident-led boards if city
councilors don’t listen to them?
To the editor:
The way city council handled the food truck issue is
indicative of a troubling trend
of recent origin: city council circumventing, overriding,
short-circuiting and disrespecting its appointed boards,
commissions and task forces
with a growing and alarming
frequency.
Why even have these bodies if city councilors don’t
feel bound to give formal
consideration to their recommendations or even wait for
them to fully vet an issue?
Halfway into its term, this
city council has overruled
the traffic and parking board
three times. The first time, the
board’s chairman wasn’t even
given the courtesy of being
forewarned until an hour beforehand. The city council
also overruled the planning
commission when it allowed
lights at T.C. Williams’ new
tennis courts.
Now city councilors have
adopted a food truck pilot
program before the city’s task
force even issued its report.
Their recent treatment of the
city’s appointed boards, commissions and task forces is so
back-handedly rude as to demean the residents who serve
on and appear before them.
This is a new phenom-
enon, coinciding with — and
likely an unforeseen consequence of — the rescheduling of city council elections
from May to November. It
is worth noting that this is a
civic, not partisan, concern
because Democrats have won
majorities on city council in
May elections as far back as
anyone can remember.
These May elections
consisted primarily of a
relatively small core of informed voters — regardless
of party. The stated rationale
for shifting to November was
to increase turnout, but the
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The spotlight belongs on student
achievement, not athletic lights
To the editor:
Once again the “fear of
change” putdown is being
wielded by a small group
of contentious promoters
who want athletic lights
installed
permanently
at T.C. Williams’ large
sports stadium. They propose that the sound and
lights would be fully amplified and lit for a variety
of year-round night activities, led by football.
What is truly remarkable about the longstanding pact barring permanent lights between the
school and its neighbors
is that it has worked for
everyone. When special
or noteworthy events requiring a lighted stadium
come up, everyone gets
on board and supports the
one-time exception to the
rule.
It is a sign of resilience
and good healthy relationships when people can
come together over rare
events. It demonstrates
openness to change and
flexibility. The best multiparty agreements withstand the test of time because they are built on
trust, shared purpose and
enduring values. We’d
like to believe those still
SEE lights | 24
mal standing before city under a carte blanche set of
council unless one of their operating principles vulFROM | 22
number moves and anoth- nerable to abuse of power.
er seconds. If city council- The relatively small core
increased turnout brought ors prefer the city staff’s of informed voters who
a larger proportion of recommendations instead, dominated May elections
less informed voters. The the resident-led board’s served as an electoral
trade-off city council con- recommendations fall by check on this potential for
sciously made was to sub- the wayside.
abuse of power. Now some
stitute quantity for quality. In more legalistic other mechanism must be
City council has similarly substituted quantity
I doubt anyone would have foreseen
for quality by overriding
that, as a result of changing the
its appointed boards, comelection
to November, city council would run
missions and task forces.
roughshod
over its appointed boards, but that
Desperate to bring issues
to closure — and clear is one of the consequences of this change.”
the docket so other items
can be taken up — city
council imposes artificial terms, city council gives designed to achieve this
deadlines on its appointed every issue a de novo end.
boards. And when the sub- hearing, even though an City council should
stance of their work re- appointed board, commis- change its operating rules
quired more time — like in sion or task force already so that the reports and recthe case of the food truck has heard it. In parliamen- ommendations of appointtask force — they took the tary procedure, a commit- ed boards and commissions
issue away from them and tee report has automatic are treated like committee
made a hasty decision.
standing on the agenda reports and automatically
I doubt anyone would without needing to be sec- come before the council for
have foreseen that, as a re- onded for consideration. a vote. Although city counsult of changing the elec- If city council is to give cilors could amend these
tion to November, city issues de novo consider- reports and recommendacouncil would run rough- ation, why bother to route tions, if they wanted to do
shod over its appointed them through appointed something entirely differboards, but that is one of boards, commissions and ent, they would have to
the consequences of this task forces in the first vote down the resident-led
change. When these ap- place?
group’s recommendations
pointed groups bring for- Giving every issue a de first.
ward recommendations, novo hearing means city
although it might be listed council operates not under
- Dino Drudi
in the docket, it has no for- normal due process, but
Alexandria
boards
Senior Corner
with William Harris
The growing need for assisted
living facilities
Most people dream of enjoy- individuals whose incomes are
ing a happy and healthy old age. low, the city’s division of aging
Old age brings joys and ben- and adult services can lend a
efits, but occasionally health hand with finding a placement at
difficulties interfere. If you live Birmingham Green in Manassas,
long enough you inevitably will which offers assisted living.
become frail and often unable Alexandria’s population is
to perform basic tasks, such as aging dramatically, and their
long-term care needs
dressing, eating, going
are increasing. Acto the toilet and bathcording to the U.S.
ing. When that hapAdministration
on
pens, long-term care
Aging, 70 percent of
services are needed.
people over 65 can
Families once cared
expect to use some
for their frail elderly
form of long-term
parents in their homes.
care while 69 percent
But beginning about 60
of people over the age
years ago — following
William Harris
of 90 have a disability.
World War II — families became more and more scat- In addition to increasing physitered and were less able to pro- cal disabilities are increasing instances of dementia, which frevide home care.
In the late 19th and early 20th quently requires memory care.
centuries, long-term care facili- According to the Alzheimer’s
ties were basically dormitories, Association, one in 10 Ameribut by the latter part of the last cans over 65 — and nearly one
century they were becoming in two Americans over 85 —
modern facilities with better care suffer from Alzheimer’s. People
with dementia may not need asand more services.
Living at home and being sistance with the usual activities
cared for by a family member of daily life, but can be confused
or hired caregiver often is the about time and place, which
preferred option. As care needs requires special living arrangebecome more significant, this ments and care.
arrangement can be a burden People who have spent their
— and expensive if a caregiver lives in Alexandria generally
is needed 24/7. And life can be- want to keep living here in their
come lonely when leaving the old age. That is increasingly difhome for recreation and social- ficult because the number of assisted living residences are limization is no longer possible.
The cost of long-term care is ited and no new facilities have
always an important consider- been built in the past 14 years.
ation. If you or a loved one needs The occupancy of existing assisthelp with bathing and some ed living and memory care units
housekeeping, it may be cheaper runs between 94 and 98 percent,
to hire a home care aide by the so very few beds are available.
hour. As the amount of care in- As the baby-boomer population
creases, moving into an assisted ages, the need for additional faliving facility may become more cilities will become acute.
practical and even economical.
The writer is the former chair
The cost runs from $4,000 to
of the Alexandria Commission
$10,000 a month depending on
on Aging and chair of the comthe living accommodations and
mission’s housing committee.
the amount of care required. For
24 | JUNE 19, 2014
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
LIGHTS
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exist, but the school board’s
certified letters to the community telling them of this new
intent to erect athletic lights
shows a preference for harassment.
It is ironic that “fear of
change” is the charge leveled
at the engaged and honest
community that surrounds the
school. It is well recognized
and generally agreed that T.C.
has failed to improve the educational performance of all
of its students, even as they
face a changing world. Having been awarded significant
amounts of money to upgrade
the facility, school officials
failed to install good math
and science labs, ignored the
global advantage of speaking
more than one language and
instead did a major build-out
of athletic facilities and parking garages. As a result, we
live with a revolving door of
supervisors, teachers and residents who move out of town
when their children reach
school age.
I highly doubt that any college application requires filling a special box for the number of hours spent playing or
cheering for sports in lighted
stadiums. Access to lighted
arenas is not now, nor has it
ever been, a good measure of
success in life, unless one is
blessed with the natural ability to be among the tiny minority of athletes at the top of
their field. The vast majority
of students must contend with
competition from those ex-
I highly
doubt
that any college
application
requires filling
a special box
for the number
of hours spent
playing or
cheering for
sports in lighted
stadiums.”
celling in math, science, languages, computer skills and
the capacity to empathize with
others.
Finally, making the connection between the change in
race relations — that was not
only long overdue but also required great personal courage
— and the change of adding
lights to a sports stadium is
contemptible. What the football team at T.C. did was extraordinary, indeed. They led
the school, city, their families
and many others in the kind
of change the high school
now needs to embrace again.
Rather than light up a football
field, the school needs to shine
the lights on how students, individually and together, can
find a better way to win on the
playing field of life.
- Kathryn Papp
Alexandria
of these agreements should be
linked to a corresponding loss
FROM | 22 of tablet and computer privileges.
as they are used in classwork. Teaching our children to
However, many schools re- treat authority figures with
quire students to sign “ac- respect and controlling techceptable use of technology” nology use are daunting tasks.
agreements at the beginning But they are goals worthy of
of each school year. Violations the effort.
Help our kids learn to read by
bolstering the city’s library budget
To the editor:
Alexandria’s
libraries
Public libraries are funded by our taxes
provide wonderful opportuand are meant to be for public use.
nities for families and children to engage in activities Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that
that promote literacy for our Alexandria’s libraries serve the entire populace
youngest residents, including offering a variety of story of Alexandria.”
times for children as young
as 12 months old.
for children as young as 12 fortunately, these times are
Books pave a child’s path- months is a positive for our inconvenient for the children
way to success in education city. However, I noticed on of our low-income residents,
and in later life. As an educa- the Alexandria Library web- since the majority of their
tor and resident of Alexandria, site that not all our libraries parents are working and unI was saddened to learn that offer the same opportuni- able to participate with their
approximately $25,000 would ties. At least one, the Charles children. By bolstering the libe cut from Alexandria’s li- Beatley Central Library, does brary’s funding in upcoming
braries. This was money that not offer any programs where budget cycles, Saturday procould have gone towards buy- young children can listen to grams could be included for
ing books and other materials. a story during the month of those families that can only
Such cuts hurt our children June, despite being across access the library on weekand deprive Alexandria’s the street from Cameron Sta- ends.
youngest residents of early tion, a community dominated Public libraries are funded
learning opportunities.
by families. The Kate Waller by our taxes and are meant to
Research shows that pro- Barrett branch offers three be for public use. Therefore,
ficiency in oral language programs at various times it is of the utmost importance
combined with vocabulary on various days; the Ellen that Alexandria’s libraries
and early literacy skills lead Coolidge Burke branch of- serve the entire populace of
to achievement in reading fers four different programs, Alexandria. I believe that
later in the academic career. including Paws to Read, if the library budget can be
A young child engaged in which offers children in the increased — or at least kept
read-aloud sessions, where first through sixth grades intact — there would be none
books are read to children an opportunity to read to a of the time discrimination
and used interactively, re- dog for 15 minutes; and the that affects our low-income
ceives aid in the learning James Duncan branch offers families and their accessibilof vocabulary and enjoys six programs, including a ity to story time for their chilan increase in their use and French story time and a Paws dren. I ask all the tax-paying
knowledge of expressive to Read program.
residents of our beautiful city,
and receptive oral language. Imagine having all these whether you have children or
Studies demonstrate that a programs available in all of not, to actively voice your
child’s success in the first our library locations at vari- support and demand that our
year of formal education is ous times of the day, so that libraries’ budget remain fully
linked to their background all residents can attend. The funded for the benefit of all
knowledge and proficiency calendar section of the library the children of Alexandria.
with oral language.
system’s website shows the That our libraries of- majority of story times are
- Aixa Dengate
fer early reading programs in the middle of the day. UnAlexandria
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s captured in this photograph
on June 26, 1920, the ninth ship
built at the Virginia Shipbuilding
Co. yard at Alexandria’s Jones Point was
launched.
Christened the Colin H. Livingstone, the
ship was constructed for the United States
Shipping Board as a cargo vessel. With a
gross weight of 6,400 tons, the large ship
was typical of others built at the site just
after World War I.
The namesake of the ship was a Northern Virginia railroad executive who served
as president of the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad, which was renamed the
Washington and Old Dominion Railroad in
1911 following the line’s conversion from
coal to electricity.
Livingstone’s partners in the business
were Stephen Benton Elkins, a West Virginia senator that Livingstone worked for
earlier as a personal secretary, and John
Roll McLean, owner and publisher of The
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Livingstone also was a close friend of
millionaire William D. Boyce, founder of
the Boy Scouts of America. Legend has it
that in 1909, an English youngster who was
“just doing his duty” as a Boy Scout led
Boyce out of a dense London fog. Livingstone helped Boyce promote the concept
of scouting across this country. In return,
Boyce asked him to serve as the first president of the new organization. He accepted
and held the job for 15 years.
Livingstone’s position at the Boy
Scouts of America led to national prominence. Along with the ship, the Livingstone Heights community in Arlington
was named for him. And what is now 24th
Street in that county also was named in
his honor for a while. Livingstone died in
Fisherville, Va., in 1943, three years after
the ship that bore his name was torpedoed.
Regarding [the Taft] Sellers incident, I hardly think the comparison
is justified. The police-involved
shooting of a suicidal person waving a gun around in public hardly
caused a loss of faith or trust in the
police department. Clearly, that
incident was going to be found
justifiable from the beginning by
the commonwealth’s attorney.
I do agree with much of the
substance of the editorial: Is there
a problem endemic to law enforcement in Alexandria? Perhaps
we “get what we pay for.”
In response to “Caught
on camera,” June 5:
joanb writes:
What about the surveillance cameras that are everywhere? Technology has evolved and as long
as you are in public, you should
expect to be filmed. It’s not a violation of rights or privacy if the
police are not trespassing. [Automatic license plate readers] seem
like a great tool.
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Hosiery shade
Home of the Dolphins
“Major” constellation
Mongolian desert
Makes weaker, as drinks
Machu Picchu denizen
Juicy fruit
Aid partner
“Ready or not!” game
Some hardwoods
Nautical command
1960s protest type
Carpenter’s tool
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Banded metamorphic rock
Prefix meaning “flat”
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Ending with bi- or triScottish bays
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Santa ___, California
Former Chinese chairman
Overly melodramatic acts
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Hamilton is its capital
Twine fiber
Winter fall
Mined rock
___ Aviv
Low wiggler
Broke a fast
Cook eggs by baking
Basketball venue
Heating apparatus
In a merry way
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84 Of no avail
86 Bag for a mall
87 Quick haircut
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94 One who works his land
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monsters
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Old & Historic
Alexandria District
LEGAL NOTICE OF
A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the
Alexandria Board of Architectural
Review on WEDNESDAY, July
2, 2014 beginning at 7:30 PM in
Council Chambers, second floor
of City Hall, 301 King Street,
Alexandria, Virginia on the following
applications:
CASE BAR2014-0178
Request for new construction at
122 Prince St.
APPLICANT: James & Christine
Garner by Steve Kulinski
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Request for alterations and signage at
100 King St.
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Deferred from May 21, 2014 meeting
CASE BAR2014-0113
A concept review work session to
discuss the proposed development
project at 2 Duke St.
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July 10, 2014 - 7:30 PM
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Information about these items may
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www.alexandriava.gov/planning.
BZA Case #2014-0015
110 Gibbon Street
Request for special exception to construct three story addition in required
rear yard. If the request is granted,
the Board of Zoning Appeals will be
granting an exception from section
12-102(A) of the zoning ordinance
-relating to the physical enlargement
of a non-complying structure; zoned
RM/Townhouse Zone.
Applicant: Kathleen Cummings and
Greg Wilson by Scot McBroom,
architect
BZA Case #2014-0016
402 East Bellefonte Avenue
Request for special exception to
construct an open, front porch in
the required front yard; zoned R2-5/
Residential.
Applicant: Daniel and Paula Goldman by Kim Beasley, architect
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heard by the Planning Commission
on the date and time listed below.
NOTICE: Some of the items listed
below may be placed on a consent
calendar. A consent item will be
approved at the beginning of the
meeting without discussion unless
someone asks that it be taken off
the consent calendar and considered
separately. The Planning Commission reserves the right to recess and
continue the public hearing to a future
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Department of Planning and Zoning
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(X) the establishment or modification of a child support order.
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(X) Approve a parenting plan or residential schedule for the dependent
children.
(X) Approve reasonable visitation.
(X) Determine support for the dependent children pursuant to the Washington State Child support statutes.
(X) Order either or both parents to maintain or provide health insurance
coverage for the dependent children
(X) Enter a continuing restraining order.
(X) Award the tax exemptions for the dependent children as follows: Every
year to Petitioner ZANE HUCKINS.
3. You must respond to this summons by serving a copy of your written response on
the person signing this summons and by filing the original with the clerk of the court. If
you do not serve your written response within 60 days after the date of the first publication of this summons ( 60 days after the__29__day of__May___, 2014), the court may
enter an order of default against you, and the court may, without further notice to you,
enter a decree and approve or provide for other relief requested in this summons. In the
case of a dissolution, the court will not enter the final decree until at least 90 days after
service and filing. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you
are entitled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be entered.
4. Your written response to the summons and petition must be on form:
(X) WPF CU 01. 0300, Response to Nonparental Custody Proceding.
Information about how to get this form may be obtained by contacting the clerk of the
court, by contacting the Administrative Office of the Courts at (360) 705-5328, or from
the internet at the Washington State Courts homepage: http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms
5. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so
promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.
6. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner is to send it by
certified mail with return receipt requested.
7. Other: Does not apply.
This summons is issued pursuant to RCW 4.28.100 and Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1
of the state of Washington. Dated: 4/7/14 TESSA COHEN, WSBA #40081 Attorney
for Petitioner.
File Original of Your Response with the Clerk of the Court at:
Clark County Superior Court,1200 Franklin Street Vancouver, WA 98660
Serve a Copy of Your Response on:
Petitioner’s Lawyer: Tessa Cohen, Cohen &Cohen, PLCC 601 Main Street, Suite 401
Vancouver, WA 98660
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