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Vol. 11, No. 27 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
July 2, 2015
Severance to face one
trial on murder charges
Judge denies motion to
separate Dunning death
from other cases
By Erich Wagner
Image/City Of alexandria
City council advanced a plan for a new recreation center at the site of
Patrick Henry Elementary School last week, despite complaints over the
lack of public engagement in the process. Above is one potential layout
for the new buildings.
Patrick Henry rec
center plan gets
city approval
Councilors express frustrations in tense meeting
By Chris Teale
Alexandria City Council gave
the green light to a new Patrick
Henry Recreation Center for
the West End at its legislative
meeting last week, but councilors were frustrated by a process that left them little choice
but to approve a plan in spite
of what they felt was a lack of
public engagement.
Councilors were presented with three options for the
new recreation center, slated
for the same site as the new
Patrick Henry Elementary
School, a plan for which was
advanced by the school board
last month. Of the three options, council selected the socalled “neighborhood” option,
designed for households within a one-mile radius. The other
two options were for one with
amenities to attract residents
citywide and another aimed
only at families with students
enrolled at the school.
The school and recreation
center projects have been
developed separately, even
though they will occupy the
same site on Taney Avenue.
The separation led to confusion and the ire of councilors,
who felt that it should be treated as a joint facility and a joint
construction project rather
than two separate proposals.
“Certainly this has not
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A judge denied a motion
last week requesting two
separate trials for the man accused in the deaths of three
prominent Alexandrians over
the course of more than a decade.
Charles Severance is
charged with capital murder
and first-degree murder in
the deaths of Nancy Dunning
in 2003, Ronald Kirby in November 2013 and Ruthanne
Lodato in February 2014.
Prosecutors have said they
will not pursue the death
penalty in the case.
Attorneys for Severance
argued in April that there is
not enough evidence to connect the decade-old Dunning
case with the two more recent slayings. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jane
Roush took the matter under
advisement at that hearing —
the last before proceedings
were moved to Fairfax — before issuing her ruling on the
matter last week.
In her ruling, Roush —
specially appointed to the
case after all Alexandria
judges recused themselves
due to their relationship with
Lodato’s father and brother,
who were both local judges
— said that although prosecutors’ arguments that various
images of Severance over the
years constitute “interlocking
evidence” fell flat, evidence
establishing common methods and objectives between
the crimes was sufficient to
keep the charges together.
“The offenses are sufficiently ‘idiosyncratic in character,’”
Roush wrote. “[The] commonwealth’s proffered evidence
suggests that the defendant’s
common plan was to exact revenge on the elites of the city
of Alexandria because of his
deep anger over the loss of the
custody of his child.”
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Timeline of prosecutors’ allegations against Charles Severance
Charles Severance
Late 1990s
Severance moves to Alexandria
2000
Severance loses child custody case
April 2013
Severance purchases .22-caliber revolver
December 2013
Nancy Dunning is shot dead in her home with
.22-caliber ammunition
February 2004
Police seize Severance’s revolver during a traffic
stop
May 2012
Severance convinces his girlfriend to buy two
.22-caliber revolvers
November 2013
Ronald Kirby is shot dead in his home with
February 2014
Ruthanne Lodato is shot dead in her home with
March 2014
Severance leaves girlfriend’s home,
The two .22-caliber revolvers go missing
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFING
Police officers and deputy sheriffs graduate
from academy
Fifteen Alexandria police
officers and six deputy sheriffs
graduated from the 132nd session of the Northern Virginia
Criminal Justice Training Academy last week. They were joined
at their graduation ceremony at
Dominion High School in Sterling by Sheriff Dana Lawhorne
and Police Chief Earl Cook, as
well as command and training
staff from both agencies.
The new police officers
successfully completed 20
weeks of training including
emergency vehicle operations,
firearms training, defensive
tactics, crash investigation,
basic legal training and other
areas, while the deputies completed four additional weeks
of training in jail and courthouse procedures.
Deputy Lemuel Houston, Jr.
was selected as class president;
Officer Stephanie Frank was
selected as vice president; while
Deputy Patrick Cushing earned
top academic honors in the fourweek deputy school.
Several graduates have strong
family ties to the city’s law enforcement. Deputy Houston is
the son of Alexandria Police
Sgt. Lemuel Houston, Sr.; Offi-
cer Andrew Compton is the son
of retired Alexandria Police Lt.
Jack Compton; Deputy Gerald
Wooden is the son of Alexandria
Deputy George Wooden; and
Deputy James Kennedy is the
son of retired Alexandria Police
Detective Tom Kennedy and the
grandson of retired Alexandria
Police Detective Tom Morehead.
The academy trains 17 participating law enforcement agencies
in Northern Virginia and D.C.
- Chris Teale
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Gadsby’s Tavern closed briefly after small fire
The Alexandria Fire Department extinguished a small fire
Monday morning that began
in the attic of Gadsby’s Tavern
Museum. Lance Mallamo of the
Office of Historic Alexandria
said he believed the fire was
caused by a 35-year-old generator overheating and setting
ablaze some combustible materials. The museum’s sprinkler
system immediately discharged
when the fire began and the fire
department were quickly on the
scene to suppress it completely
along with city staff.
The museum’s building, including Gadsby’s Tavern Restaurant, dates from 1792 and
was affected by the water from
the sprinkler system. City staff
followed the museum’s disaster plan to minimize damage
to the building and its collection. The building reopened to
the public the following day,
although that evening’s dance
class was cancelled.
Mallamo added that a new
generator will be located in a
different part of the building.
The fire came just a month
after the tavern reopened for
tours, having been shut for five
months after multiple pipes
burst during the winter, causing extensive flood damage.
Gadsby’s Tavern was the center of social and political life
in Alexandria during the late
18th and early 19th centuries,
and was a prominent gathering
place for residents, including
George Washington.
- Chris Teale
Housing America donates supplies to ALIVE! House families
Housing America donated
last week household and cleaning products to four families
in the ALIVE! House in Alexandria. Housing America is a
campaign by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials to raise awareness about affordable housing.
ALIVE! House is a transitional shelter that provides
between six and 12 months
of shelter and support for
income-eligible families and
also helps women and fami-
lies in emergency situations.
“Toiletries and cleaning
supplies are provided for all
the residents in order for them
to complete chores as required,
as well as get back on their feet
if they have just arrived or save
more money towards their permanent housing goal when they
are working,” ALIVE! House
director Amanda Isaac said in
a statement. “Items like this
cannot be bought with state financial benefits received and
can really impact their financial
goals. By supplying these items
for our residents, it helps them
get one step closer to permanent
housing and independence.”
ALIVE! House has been
in operation since 1972. It also
provides services to residents
such as life skills, parenting
classes, educational and career
development and assistance
in finding housing. Donations
like those by Housing America
allow families to save money
for other needs.
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detective and a struggle ensued. During the tussle, the detective fired one round from his
firearm. No one was injured.
Donta Boxley, 19, of Alexandria, and Nashay Tillis, 18,
of Springfield were charged
with attempted robbery, use of
a firearm in the commission
of a felony and conspiracy to
commit robbery. Boxley also
was charged with brandishing
a firearm. Both are being held
without bond.
Police ask that anyone with
information related to the investigation contact Detective
Bikeramjit Gill at 703-7466751.
- Chris Teale
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Roush’s summary of prosecutors’ arguments on the
motion provided perhaps the
most complete outline of the
evidence against Severance to
date. The defendant moved to
Alexandria in the late 1990s
and fathered a child with the
woman with whom he lived.
But in 2000, he lost what
prosecutors described as a
“contentious and prolonged”
custody case and never saw
the child again.
Prosecutors argue this
triggered a deep seeded resentment against local government, the courts and
eventually those he saw as
the city’s “Utopian elites.”
In April 2003, eight months
before Dunning was shot to
death, Severance bought a
.22-caliber
mini-revolver,
capable of firing low velocity Remington ammunition
— the size and brand of ammunition found at each of the
three crime scenes.
Attorneys for Severance
argued in April and in previous court filings that .22-caliber guns and ammunition are
among the most commonly
available in the U.S.
“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
in April. “[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.”
In February 2004, two
months after Dunning’s death,
police in Harrisonburg, Va.,
seized Severance’s revolver
during a traffic stop where
he was charged with a felony.
Prosecutors argued that the
gap between crimes stemmed
in part from the fact that Severance travelled “throughout
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been an ideal process at all,
and I am frustrated by that,”
said City Councilor Justin
Wilson. “For whatever reason, we have not well coordinated this build with the
schools over the last several
months and it’s frustrating
because we’re in a bad place
right now because of that.
“In many ways, the cart
came before the horse because
we talked about the site’s specific issues before we finalized
the use. An overarching issue
I’m frustrated about here and
have been frustrated about on
other projects is that we just
have to stop viewing these
public projects as single-use.
Let’s figure out both of them.
This is a joint facility we’re
developing, we have to see it
as that and develop it as that.
We’ve just been unable to do
that for whatever reason. We
have to get that right, because
This was not good at all, and we
can’t separate the programming
and the design and knowing how the
school is. Once we decide this, despite
the [special use permit] process, we’re
way down the path from dramatically
being able to impact anything here.”
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“I don’t think we can separate these issues, I agree there
should be a joint effort,” said
City Councilor Paul Smedberg. “This was not good at
all, and we can’t separate the
programming and the design
and knowing how the school
is. Once we decide this, despite the [special use permit]
process, we’re way down the
path from dramatically being
able to impact anything here.
“We are now in the position
of having to make a decision tonight, and by somehow we asking questions up here, [we] are
somehow being put in the position as representatives where
we are holding up the process
if we don’t make a decision tonight. That to me is really unfortunate and really unfair, and
that’s what I personally resent.
This could have been celebrated
by this neighborhood and this
community, but instead now
we’re in this position.”
Councilors also criticized
the lack of a council public hearing on the recreation
center project. City Councilor
Del Pepper said neighbors
were not given adequate time
to respond to the numerous
tweaks to the plan in the last
three weeks. She initially offered a motion to delay council’s vote and hold a public
hearing in September, when
councilors return from summer recess. In that hearing,
councilors would look to hear
directly from the neighbors
about the project and get
more of an idea of what they
would like to see in the new
recreation center.
“I have to say, this was a
really bad process,” Pepper
said. “Neighbors who were
opposed didn’t get their say,
their chance to speak before
an elected body. I’d like to
know from anybody who’d
like to answer, what would
make the difference if we did
not vote on this until there
was a public hearing either
during the summer, which we
wouldn’t really like, or until
September? What would be
the difference there?”
“I don’t want to be telling
the community what we want
in a building in terms of programming,” added Mayor Bill
Euille. “I think the community
ought to be making that decision — it’s their facility. Why
can’t we not slow this train
down and continue to have
community engagement?”
Councilors also decried
the lack of discussion about
the impact on open space a
new recreation center and
school would have on the
area, and also how the parking lots’ entrances and exits
would be configured. Vice
Mayor Allison Silberberg
said there were “so many
unanswered questions here,”
and went on to express her
unease at the lack of discussion about who would be in
charge of the center’s Head
Start location. She said preservation of open space should
be a priority, something City
Councilor John Chapman
agreed with.
Based on a report by city
staff, the neighborhood option
provides a variety of programs
for both the during school year
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$1.3 million in funding
released for West End
station
By CHRIS TEALE
Just months after coming
under fire for an ill-conceived
ribbon-cutting ceremony for a
fire station with no firefighters, city council unanimously
voted to release the $1.3 million set aside in the fiscal 2016
budget last week, ensuring an
engine at Station 210 would be
up and running by December.
Fire chief Robert Dube
told councilors that after a
number of interviews with potential new firefighters, he was
confident the engine could be
staffed before New Year’s.
The money appropriated by
city council will be spent on
hiring 20 overhire firefighters for the West End station,
with the recruiting slated for
a September start date. Were
there not enough recruits by
fall, the opening date of the
engine would be pushed back
to March 2016, but Dube was
adamant that a December
opening is achievable.
Officials came in for some
criticism in April when the
station opened with a medic
unit, paramedics, a fire truck
and other facilities but without any firefighters to staff
the engine. In 2014, officials
planned to pull staff from
Station 204 in North Old
Town to provide fire sup-
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Just two months after resident outcry over a lack of firefighter staffing
led to the cancellation of a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the West End’s
newest fire station, city councilors approved the funding for a new recruitment class that will ensure the facility has fire suppression capabilities before year’s end.
pression by the new station’s
opening, but backed down after community opposition.
As it turns out, there are
plenty of recruits interested
in staffing the station, something that gives councilors
cause for optimism.
“We put out a call, we had
a little bit of a look at the applications and see the qualifications, and I think the fire
chief felt a lot better about the
less squishiness of the application pool,” said City Councilor Justin Wilson, referring
to a previous budget meeting
in which he described the
number of applicants for 210
as being “squishy.”
“We had a lot of applicants who had the FEMA
certifications already; the
question was, ‘Can we find
some who are already certified and we don’t have to go
and train them,’ which would
take more time to get them
ready,” he said. “Based on
their read of their applicant
pool, they felt a lot more confident that they were going
to have the applicants. Still,
we have to send them all
through the vetting process
[and] background checks, but
based on their initial read, it
looks pretty positive and we
can stay on track.”
Adding funds in reserve
to the 2016 budget was key,
as city councilors wanted to
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dais proposed temporarily
keeping the $1.3 million in
reserve, said it ensured that
plans to staff the station were
formalized and that council
could keep up a heavy involvement in the matter.
“We wanted folks to really
understand, because I think
with a lot of West End projects
and initiatives, there’s not always clarity, there’s not always
transparency,” said City Councilor John Chapman. “[It’s important] that folks know that
something is getting done, in
what timeframe, what the resources we’ve used are. Those
in the past have been in question for some of the projects
and initiatives we’ve done on
the West End.
“If we had set aside funds
and could knock this out
whenever those funds are
able to be used, people who
are budget hawks or anybody
that’s watching the city budget
wouldn’t necessarily be able
to track where the funds were.
They could see where they
were used, but it wouldn’t be
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and over the summer, providing space for youth soccer programs, flag football, specialized summer camps for arts
and sports and other indoor
activities. It also would contain
space for meeting rooms and
senior club programs.
But councilors felt they
were being pressured into
a binding decision on the
project’s size and structure
through the discussion of
programming at the new recreation center.
“Effectively, after tonight,
the site configuration is basi-
cally done,” said Smedberg,
arms flailing out of sheer
frustration. “I think it’s basically done. If they’re keeping
the existing school, it’s done.
That’s it. The only thing we
could potentially configure
are the entrances and exits.
There’s public safety issues,
school requirements for bus-
I have to say,
this was a
really bad process.
Neighbors who
were opposed
didn’t get their
say, their chance
to speak before an
elected body.”
- City Councilor
Del Pepper
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effect, even that’s probably
pretty constrained in what we
can realistically do.”
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the United States” after his
conviction, as well as the fact
that he was unable to procure
a gun until May 2012, when
he convinced his girlfriend
to buy a revolver of the same
brand and model as the one
he owned in the early 2000s.
“At the defendant’s urging, his girlfriend purchased
two North American Arms
five-shot mini revolvers, one
in May 2012, and the other in
August 2012,” Roush wrote,
noting that her summary of
prosecutors’ evidence is not
yet proven in court. “[She]
recalls that the defendant emphatically wanted ‘low velocity ammunition only.’”
Prosecutors said .22-caliber Remington ammunition
also was found at the Kirby
and Lodato crime scenes and
that evidence indicates that
all three shootings were committed using very similar, but
different guns.
Commonwealth’s Attorney
Bryan Porter said in April that
two tenured ballistics experts
would testify “that in their entire careers, the only offenses
in which they have observed
this type of ammunition used
proval of the neighborhood
option was unanimous, but
the motion for approval came
with a series of caveats. City
staff was asked to continue its
collaboration with the school
board and staff over a number of design options and site
layout of the school and recreation center that are mindful
of residents’ concerns. It also
requested a written community
engagement process that would
then be deployed in summer
and early fall to get feedback
on those options ahead of the
fall, when a work session would
be held to review progress.
City councilors agreed on
one thing at the meeting: the
process needs to be tightened
up for future projects, and
should have been executed
much better for this one.
in a crime, any crime, let
alone murder, are these three
offenses that occurred within
approximately one mile of one
another in a low-crime neighborhood of Alexandria.”
Roush’s summary of evidence likely to presented by
prosecutors at trial included
more excerpts of Severance’s
writings recovered by police.
“Murder is good,” Severance wrote. “Court justice is
bad. Can you forgive someone for kidnapping your son?
Can you murder someone for
kidnapping your son?”
At a motions hearing last
week, Roush denied a series
of motions from Severance’s
defense team, most notably
an effort to exclude the defendant’s writings from evidence
at trial. She declared a motion
requesting notice of prosecutors’ intentions with regard to
prior “unadjudicated” criminal acts moot, as the prosecution said it would not introduce any.
Roush still is considering
motions by the defense team on
jury selection procedures and
whether to exclude evidence
involving vehicle reenactments.
The trial is scheduled to begin
October 5, with the next pretrial hearing slated for July 23.
Alexandria philanthropist dead at 90
Betty Wright supported
literacy and cultural
programs
By CHRIS TEALE
Betty Wright, a longtime
advocate for local literacy, cultural activities and helping underachieving children. died in
her Alexandria home June 20
at the age of 90.
Wright was born Betty
Rhoads in Asheville, N.C. and
arrived in the Washington region in 1942. She married insurance broker Frank Lester
Wright, Jr. in 1949, and the couple initially settled in Arlington.
They moved to Alexandria in
1953, and quickly joined what
was then a nascent effort to
protect and preserve Old Town
properties from urban renewal
efforts in the 1960s.
In 1979, the Wrights moved
to the property on South Fairfax Street known as “The Doc-
tor Brown House,” which was
once owned by William Brown,
surgeon general of the American Revolution. That same year,
they began the Frank and Betty
Wright Foundation and launched
a program called Wright to
Read, a tutoring and mentoring
program for underachieving and
under-privileged children.
From 1979 to 2010, Wright
to Read was administered by
The Campagna Center before
it became a separate, nonprofit
organization. Carter Flemming
has been involved with The
Campagna Center in a variety
of capacities since 1972, and
said Wright’s interest in preserving both Alexandria’s past
and its future was what made
her so special.
“I knew her through The
Campagna Center and the
Wright to Read program, but I
think we all understood that she
was a force in the historic pres-
ervation of Alexandria,” Flemming said. “I always thought
it was really such a wonderful
thing that she not only had the
interest in the historic preservation of the city, but that she
cared about the city as it is today and the people who live
here today.
“She put her money towards helping some of those
people have a better chance
at life. I thought it was a very
good balance that she struck
between preserving the old but
looking out and taking care of
the new.”
Wright to Read serves
around 100 elementary school
children who are reading at
least one grade level behind. Its
aim is that every child can improve their literacy skills and
achieve success, and they are
served by volunteer tutors who
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Renowned local philanthropist Betty Wright died June 20 at the age
of 90. The longtime Alexandrian was known for her support of literacy
programs like Wright to Read, as well as her efforts in the realm of
historic preservation.
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work closely with each student.
It is in keeping with Wright’s
passion for literacy and a desire to see everyone given the
opportunity to succeed.
“Today, friends and family gathered to remember our
beloved founder, Betty Wright,
who dedicated her time, talent
and treasure to her community in
many different ways,” an email
to the program’s volunteers said.
“Wright to Read, which she and
her late husband Frank started in
1979, was very precious to her.
“She believed that literacy
was essential to giving each
child a chance to succeed in
school and in life. While we
will miss Betty, we are so grateful to our volunteer tutor/mentors who continue her legacy
every day by helping Alexandria’s children learn to read and
develop a love of learning.”
The program’s current executive director, Leigh Nida,
also remembers Wright as
someone who emphasized the
importance of one-on-one time
between student and tutor.
“One of my favorite thoughts
about Betty is that she really
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valued the time that staff and
the volunteers spent one-on-one
with the children,” Nida said.
“I’ve always liked to do some
special projects that reach a
larger group, and Betty thought
it was very important that we
spend most of our time really
putting significant effort into
helping each child.”
In addition to her work with
Wright to Read, Wright donated an outdoor reading garden
to the Charles E. Beatley Jr.
Central Library in Alexandria
in 2000, after learning in the
late 1990s that no funds had
been set aside to build one. The
garden was dedicated in June
of that year.
Wright had a passion for antiques and historical preservation, and was president of the
Landmark Society of Alexandria as well as a member of The
International Society of Antique
Scale Collectors. She purchased
an array of documents, letters
and orders from the earliest
days of the Stabler-Leadbeater
Shop after retiring from her role
with the Landmark Society, and
donated them to the shop’s museum. Wright also was heavily
involved in refurbishing the U.S.
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Wright was a tireless worker who remained on the board
of Wright to Read until last
year, something Nida said was
“astounding” but reflected her
desire to stay involved in its
day-to-day operations. Those
who knew her said she will be
remembered as someone who
had an interest in both the past
and the future, and was willing to invest in the preservation of both.
“I just always thought of
her as such a gracious person,”
Flemming said. “There are
people who often involved in
one thing and that’s really their
passion, and for Betty, it was so
interesting to see the mix of the
dedication to historic preservation combined with the realization that Alexandria needed their
help today, not just to preserve
the past but to move forward.
“I always just was such an
admirer of her for that kind of
duality in her thinking. I spent
time with her at meetings and at
events, and she was always so
gracious and well-spoken and
very, very committed to Alexandria and her program.”
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City council endorses schools
long range facilities plan
Plan looks to deal with
future enrollment crunch,
building renovations
By CHRIS TEALE
It has been two and a half
years in the making, but a joint
city council-Alexandria City
Public Schools framework to
cope with rapid student enrollment growth is now in place
after endorsements last month
from both the school board and
city council.
The ACPS Long Range Facilities Plan was formulated by a
work group that included members of city council, the school
board, as well as representatives
of local PTAs, The Campagna
Center and the community, as
well as city staff from a variety
of departments.
It anticipates that enrollment will grow steadily from
the 2014-2015 figure of around
14,000 students to 17,419 by the
2024-2025 academic year, and
lays out a number of options the
system can use to cope with increases at the elementary level.
It proposes building a new elementary school on the West
End and a new middle school
in another location in the city
while also renovating existing
sites. It also recommends allowing Cora Kelly and JeffersonHouston to absorb overages of
students from Matthew Maury
and Mount Vernon elementary
schools.
One of the major recommendations is a complete renovation and/or replacement of
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School on Janneys Lane
to alleviate what the report
describes as “failing infrastructure and capacity issues.”
It proposes a new or renovated
building to accommodate 850
students for a projected cost of
$37 million, but does not say
whether it would then become
a pre-K-8 school, as is proposed
for the Patrick Henry Elementary School project, which was
approved last month.
The report mentions that
there currently are only two
small sites set aside for new
schools in Alexandria: one in
North Potomac Yard and another near Simpson Stadium Park.
While the plan does not call for
either site to be utilized for a new
school, it does recommend a
number of other options. On the
West End, it proposes reserving
space through the Eisenhower
West Small Area Plan and considering use of a vacant site near
Francis C. Hammond Middle
School, and says that officials
should consider retrofitting existing commercial buildings for
use as a school.
The lack of space in the city
for a new school is something
that troubled members of the
work group, but they believe it
can be worked around by using
some creative thinking.
“A new site for a new building from scratch, that’s a tough
thing to figure out,” said school
board member Justin Keating,
a member of the work group.
“There’s not a whole lot of real
estate in the city that’s available.
I don’t want to say I’m optimistic
about it.
“They’re doing the new
Eisenhower West Small Area
Plan, and they are trying to figure out a space for a small school
over there. I think policy-makers
are paying attention at the city,
they’re paying more attention
now than they were 10 years ago
in thinking about this.”
“We’re going to have to
think creatively going forward, we’re going to have to
look at multi-use sites, we’re
going to have to look at potentially shared municipal services
where we do a couple of different things there, we’re going to
look at partnerships with the
private sector and development
that comes forward and maybe
building non-traditional schools
where we’re building schools
that are not where people would
think of as being a school,” said
City Councilor Justin Wilson,
another member of the group.
“We’re going to have to look at
urban schools and all kinds of
different models.
“The first thing to note is
that we’re not the first to do this
— you’ve got to look around the
country and look at ways we
can make this happen. We’ve
got a steep challenge ahead of
us, and I think we’ll rise to the
occasion and, quite honestly,
we don’t have a choice.”
Another challenge will be
finding funding for the proposals; the plan recommends some
kind of reconfiguration, renovation or expansion at every
elementary and middle school
in the city between 2018 and
2040 except Patrick Henry,
which was excluded due to the
execution of a separate feasibility study about its future, and
Jefferson-Houston, which reopened in September 2014.
The plan outlines a funding mechanism that would pay
for new improvement projects
in mostly five-year increments,
with the first set to begin in
2018 with either renovating or
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thur, building a new middle
school and reconfiguring Cora
Kelly Elementary School. That
first set of projects as proposed
would cost $130.2 million before interest, which is estimated
at a rate of 2.5 percent, a figure
slightly under the $131.9 million budgeted in ACPS’ 10-year
capital improvement plan.
To fund all of the projects,
which the report estimates
would cost upwards of $496.5
million, it suggests a number of
methods to find and appropriate
funds. It suggests four options:
constrained use of bonds and
cash capital; the city raising its
self-imposed debt limit; funding improvements with cash;
and utilizing public-private
partnerships to raise money, as
was done successfully in the fiscal 2016 budget by the Maury
Schoolyard Initiative as they
partnered with the city to pay
for improvements at Matthew
Maury Elementary School.
The report does not reach a
conclusion on which funding
model would be best for all the
projects it outlines, and only recommends that city and ACPS
staff work together on a comprehensive long term financial plan.
One aspect of the growth of
enrollment not addressed in the
plan is the need for increased
capacity at the high school
level. It recommends further
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been different ideas thrown
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The pair impressed on the
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SCENE AROUND TOWN
From bear to bore
‘Ted 2’ quickly grows
tiresome
By Richard Roeper
The thing about Ted is,
he’s a jerk.
Yes, it’s quite a thing — a
talking, beer-swilling, potsmoking, foul-mouthed teddy
bear interacting with the humans of Boston, working as
a cashier, even falling in love
with and marrying a hot and
trashy woman who is crazy
about him even though he
doesn’t have a…
Driver’s license.
It’s a testimony to Seth
McFarlane’s
wonderfully
twisted imagination and to
the special effects that we
pretty much buy into the
character of Ted as he engages in juvenile hijinks with
his best friend John (Mark
Wahlberg), cracks wise about
pop culture, spends much of
his time chasing the perfect
high and insults the majority
of people he encounters.
That’s the problem. The
first time Ted makes a joke
about Amanda Seyfried’s
character and her big eyes,
it’s startling and hilarious.
The second time, it’s just flat
and unfunny.
The third time, Ted just
comes across as cruel.
Of course, Ted has redeeming qualities, including
his undying loyalty to John.
Ted’s obviously a lot more human than teddy bear — which
is the launching point for the
overwrought, disappointingly
preachy story line in “Ted
2.” In between the expected
battery of gay jokes, poop
jokes, sex jokes, drug jokes
and more sex jokes, “Ted 2”
stops for speechifying about
the closed-minded being on
the wrong side of history, and
how the talking bear should
be treated as an equal, just
like gays and minorities and
everyone else who was once
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Amanda Seyfried and Mark Wahlberg star in the latest summer comedy sequel,
Ted 2. Although Seth McFarlane’s latest exercise in voice-acting has a promising
start, it quickly loses its charm as the foul-mouthed teddy bear shifts from funny
to downright mean.
treated like a second-class
citizen.
I don’t know about you, but
I don’t come to a “Ted” movie
expecting to see Morgan Freeman delivering a courtroom
soliloquy about the traits that
define a human being.
So here’s what’s what.
After Ted marries the gumcracking, sexually voracious,
good-hearted
Tami–Lynn
(Jessica Barth), their marriage quickly goes sour.
Within a year, he’s sitting
at the kitchen table in their
crummy apartment, swilling beers, grumbling about
Tami-Lynn’s spending habits
and calling her a “whore.”
See what I mean about the
jerk thing? The more time we
spend Ted, the less we like
him.
Ted and Tami-Lynn decide to adopt, thinking a child
will save their marriage, and
that leads to the inevitable
sperm-donor scenes — one
involving Tom Brady as Tom
Brady, another featuring John
covered in, um, unfortunate
humor. The process leads to
a series of red flags, resulting
in Ted losing his job, seeing
his marriage declared null
and in a courtroom trying to
prove he’s not property. He’s
a real boy. Man. Human.
Seyfried plays a young attorney named Samantha, who
represents Ted in his case,
shares Ted and John’s addiction to pot and becomes
a possible love interest for
John. (When we pick up the
action in “Ted 2,” John is
divorced from Mila Kunis’
Lori. Which kind of puts a
sour spin on the whole story
from the original film.) Seyfried’s a gamer, mostly playing the straight woman as Ted
and John bicker and banter
and slapstick it all over the
place.
Director and co-writer McFarlane is fearless, but jokes
aimed at the Kardashians and
Justin Bieber feel warmed-over
at this point, and even some
of the funnier set pieces (one
involving an improv troupe)
seem apart from the movie and
utterly irrelevant. Even a celebrity cameo featuring a major star lampooning his recent
film roles goes nowhere. And a
climactic scene at Comic-Con
feels like a wasted opportunity.
Wahlberg
does
have
chemistry with Ted, which is
kind of amazing given Ted’s
a combination of McFarlane’s
voice and a stuffed animal
and CGI magic. And every 15
minutes or so, I got a hearty
so-wrong-it’s-right laugh out
of a visual gag or a cringeinducing bit of dialogue.
Mostly though, “Ted 2”
feels like far too many other
sequels: born of box office
expectations more than a
bona fide reason to return to
the characters we loved the
first time around.
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please email
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NEW FAMILY ART LAB AT THE
APOTHECARY MUSEUM New
this summer, guests can explore the
Family Art Lab. The Lab features a
new activity every week that brings
together history, science, and art in
a way all ages will enjoy. Lab only
admission is $5 per family.
Time: Each Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
Information:703-746-3852 or www.
apothecarymuseum.org
July 4
AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION
Includes a naturalization ceremony
for 100 new citizens, daytime
fireworks, military re-enactments, a
special wreath laying ceremony, free
birthday cake for all (while supplies
last), a visit from “General and Mrs.
Washington” and a performance by
the National Concert Band during its
“Red, White and Blue” concert.
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: George Washington’s
Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway
Information: 703-780-2000, info@
mountvernon.org or www.mountvernon.org
PLANT SALE A plant sale by the
Garden Club of Waynewood, featuring
plants that are known to thrive in
this area. Members from the club
will be available to answer questions
on plants, while there also will be a
children’s table to help them start
planting themselves.
Location: Waynewood Recreation
Park, 1027 Dalebrook Drive
Information: 919-924-6449
July 5
AUTHOR TALK: MIKEY “J”
Join author and poet Mikey “J” as he
discusses his work and shares readings from his book, “Color of Word”.
Admission is free.
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
Location: Beatley Central Library,
5005 Duke St.
Information: www.alexandria.lib.
Concert series with a performance
of rocking blues by the ensemble
Crimestoppers.
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Canal Center Plaza Amphitheater, 44 Canal Center Plaza
July 9
CITY CONCERT SERIES A city
sponsored concert at Market Square,
with a performance by the American
Accordionist Association.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
July 10-19
ALEXANDRIA LIVE MUSIC
WEEK The first ever Alexandria Live
Music Week from, with 10 days of live
music at more than 30 restaurants and
venues. The week will feature acts ranging from jazz to bluegrass, folk rock,
country and more
Time: Various
Location: Various throughout
Alexandria
Information: www.livemusicweek.com
July 11
USA/ALEXANDRIA BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION Celebrate the
country and the city’s birthday with
a program that includes an awards
presentation, food sales, birthday cake
distribution, a premier concert and then
concludes with a fireworks barge shoot.
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.
Location: Oronoco Bay Park, 100
Madison St.
MOVIE NIGHT AT FOUR
MILE RUN The Cora Kelly Center is
ty Church its First Annual Family Movie
Night at the Conservatory Center on
the Plaza. The community participants
will enjoy free popcorn, cotton candy,
drinks and a (PG) movie.
Time: 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: Cora Kelly Recreation
Center, 4109 Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: 703-746-5554 or [email protected]
July 17
MAKE A SPLASH Bring the
whole family to Family Fun Nights
for swimming and fun for all ages on
Friday evenings. Pool games include
beach ball relays, water basketball,
diving for prizes and fun on the ‘Aqua
Challenge’ floating obstacle course.
Admission is $4 per person.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Chinquapin Park Recreation
Center & Aquatics Facility, 3210 King St.
Information: www.alexandriava.
gov/c/1028
July 17-18
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OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL
The 13th Annual Comcast Outdoor
Film Festival, with movies shown on
a 40-foot inflatable screen. Friday’s
featured movie is How to Train Your
Dragon 2, Saturday’s is X-Men: Days
of Future Past. Admission is free.
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Location: Waterfront Park, 1 Prince St.
July 18
TONS OF TRUCKS Children of all
ages will have the unique opportunity
to explore their favorite vehicles,
get behind the wheel and meet the
people who protect, build and serve
the city. Event is rain or shine.
Location: Chinquapin Park, 3210
King St.
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a tight-knit New York community where the
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
At Home
Integrating indoor and outdoor spaces
in renovations
By John Byrd
Sometimes a significant
home improvement starts with
small repair considerations. In
fact, as Roger Lataille, senior
design consultant at Sun Design
Remodeling, recalls it: his first
discussion with Jeff and Sharon
Roman concerned how to solve
a water drainage problem.
“There were no gutters over
the three garage ports, and rain
water splash back was causing
the garage doors to deteriorate,” Lataille said. “Also, the
front entrance was too exposed.
And the original wooden deck
on the back of the house had decayed so badly it wasn’t being
used much at all.”
Then there was the problem
with woodpeckers regularly
attacking the house, a result
of moisture build-up and bug
infestation under the home’s
sprayed-on stucco exterior.
Yet rectifying these every-
day dysfunctions turned out to
be a comparatively small part of
the Romans’ agenda, as Lataille
soon discovered.
As the conversation progressed, the outlines for a
sweeping, state-of-the-art makeover began to take shape, even
as home’s exterior was gradually re-imagined as a distinctive
architectural statement, fully
integrated with its sumptuous
green setting.
At 6,500 square feet, the
nearly 20-year-old six-bedroom
Colonial offered considerable
grandeur, yet the facade lacked
detail, definition and warmth.
“There were a lot of distinctive architectural themes in
place,” Lataille said. “Our first
concern is always helping the
owner articulate a program that
suits their goals, and then initiating an effective collaboration
process.”
With this in mind, the solu-
PHOTO/GREG HADLEY
The spacious new screened porch demonstrates how highly durable materials can be shaped to meet
demanding aesthetics. The Ipe decking chosen to the porch flooring is one of the one of the most enduring natural hardwoods offered for outdoor surfaces; installed in a tongue-and-groove pattern, it keeps
out bugs more effectively than screen mesh.
tions proposed for the home’s
front elevation came right to the
point. A metal-clad overhang
supported by decorative brackets above the garage doors not
only redirects rainwater into
a discrete functional drainage
system, but also gives the facade
a unifying linear accent that ties
in with the redesigned front entrance that now features a distinctive Adam-style portico.
More pointedly, the defec-
tive stucco cladding has been
replaced with sand-colored
Hardiboard and a stonework
water table motif that scales
back the mass of the looming
three level facade.
Likewise, on the rear elevation, opportunities for self-expression quickly became inspirations. Situated on two rolling
acres in Great Falls, the home’s
setting provided the perfect
sprawling backdrop for an ex-
tensive indoor-outdoor solution.
Boasting a southwesterly
view from the rear elevation,
the existing rear deck was usually bathed in soft sunsets on
summer evenings. The visual
display was likewise available
from the house — except the
windows were too small and
the only exits to the outside
converged in a recessed hyphen
SEE Renovation | 19
HOME OF THE WEEK
A home rich in character, style and comfort
This inviting Colonial home
on Wilkinson Place lives up to
its half-acre setting with a
wealth of additions and quality
upgrades.
The large foyer opens to a
living room with six-foot windows and fireplace. The dining
room with an elegant archway
leads to the spectacular kitchen
that features a pantry and appliances by Viking and Bosch.
An island accommodates six
barstools, while the flooring
is the same hardwood that ex-
At a Glance:
tends throughout the home.
The family room with a stone
fireplace is the heart of the home.
It leads to a terrace and an expansive, private yard. On the same
level, a powder room, laundry
room and a two-car garage are
located off of the library.
A split landing at the top of
the staircase enhances the privacy of the master suite, which
also has a walk-in closet and
renovated bath. There is also a
second master suite plus three
large bedrooms are served by a
Address: 2104 Wilkinson Place,
Price: $999,900
Style: Colonial
renovated bath, while from the
hallway is a large floored attic.
The walk-out lower level includes a recreation room with
space for a pool table and a separate seating area, plus a powder
room and a wine cellar that can
hold up to 600 bottles.
The home is located close
to the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Old Town
Alexandria. Nearby schools, libraries, a rec center and the bus
to nearby Metro stations make
living easy and hassle-free.
Built: 1968 with recent addition
Bedrooms: 5 on the upper level
Contact: Susan Anthony, McEnearney
Associates, Inc., 703-795-9536,
[email protected]
Photos/Lindsey Hobson
The home is sited on a hill and is built of low maintenance stone, brick
and hardiplank. The beautifully renovated kitchen and step down
family room with fireplace (below) both have plenty of room for everyone and every activity.
PHOTOs/GREG HADLEY
On annual vacations to Deep Creek Lake in Maryland, the Romans
discovered how much they enjoy sitting by an open fire (left). Situated on two rolling acres and surrounded by woodland, the home’s
setting provides perfect backdrop for an extensive indoor-outdoor
solution.To assure the durability of the deck’s surface (above), Sun
Design specified Trex planking instead of wood, and narrowed the
span between joists from 16 inches to 12 inches.
Renovation FROM | 18
joining the two main blocks on
the rear of the house.
“Ironically, we’ve always
loved spending time outdoors,”
Sharon Roman said. “So it’s surprising that we hadn’t changed
the exterior of the house in the
13 years we’ve lived here.”
During summer vacations at
Deep Creek Lake in Maryland,
however, the Romans discovered how much they enjoy sitting by a fire pit on pleasant evenings. This revelation prompted
thoughts of adding not only a
fire pit, but also a screen porch
on the rear of the house — one
that could be used from early in
the spring and well into the fall.
“I also pictured more natural
light in the back of the house,”
Sharon Roman said. “A rear
elevation with oversized windows and doors that invites-in
the beauty all around us.”
As the vision evolved, the
Romans decided on a plan with
four main components: a 20-by15-foot screened porch, a 21-by16-foot grilling deck, a ground
level sunken patio that exits
from the lower level and a standalone fire pit with seating for six.
“We were thinking ahead
in many ways,” Sharon Roman
said. “Jeff and I have elderly
parents and a lot of family in the
area. A direct entrance to the
lower level, for instance, might
make it easy to convert the space
into an in-law suite if needed.”
Overall, the Romans sought
the capacity to comfortably entertain up to 40 or 50 people.
Of course, for a fete of that
size, well-constructed decking
is essential. Phase one to the
new plan was, thus, a nod to architectonic necessity: redesign
the decking system to accommodate traffic circulating from
directions never previously in
the picture.
“We learned immediately
that the concrete supporting
the existing 20-year-old deck
hadn’t been properly set,” Lataille says. “Also, to assure the
durability of the deck’s surface,
we specified Trex instead of
wood, and narrowed the span
between under girding joists
from 16 inches to 12 inches.”
Structurally, the new decking is not only an upgrade, but
thoroughly necessary since
it’s now directly accessible —
through oversized double glass
doors — from the family room,
the dining room and the billiards parlor. It’s also linked via
a new flagstone walkway to the
both fire pit and the new rear entrance to the lower level.
“Access to the outdoors from
the house is one of the most
fundamental features of an integrated indoor/outdoor solution,”
Lataille notes. “Bringing the
aesthetics of nature into your
daily life is a lifestyle change:
the goal is to create spaces that
can be easily maintained, yet allow owners to comfortably extend the open-air season.”
On this point, the spacious
new screened porch demonstrates how highly durable materials can be shaped to meet
demanding aesthetics. The Ipe
— Brazilian walnut — decking
chosen to the porch flooring, for
instance, is not only one of the
most enduring materials offered
for outdoor surfaces, but when
installed in a tongue-and-groove
pattern is more effective in keeping out bugs than a screen mesh
under girding. Ipe was also specified for the porch handrails.
Meanwhile, the fiberglass
charcoal screen — which makes
it hard to see the porch interior
from the outside-- creates a cozy
sense of closure. Overhead, the
fir-beaded tongue-and-groove
wood ceiling lends a natural burnish to the open-air ambiance.
Taking the leads from other
finish work details, the design
team installed a stonework water table for the porch’s inside
wall — a textured backdrop for
the wide-screen TV.
Equipped with both overhead fans and portable heaters,
the outdoor room is habitable in
all but the coldest days of winter.
“It’s really our preferred
family room now,” Sharon Roman said. “With overhead fans,
shades and other convenient adjustments, we can use the porch
from early spring to late fall.”
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20 | July 2, 2015
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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pet matters
Tips for keeping your dog
fit and feisty
With the sunny, warm
weather of summer upon us,
now is the perfect time to
make sure your dog is in top
physical condition.
Our business, Alexandria’s
first indoor dog gym Frolick Dogs, recently partnered
with “The Pet Show with Dr.
Katy,” FreshPet and the Belle
Haven Animal Medical Center to work with four dogs to
change their diet and exercise routines for six months
to shed extra weight and get
fit. The #FreshFit2015 canine
fitness challenge comes to an
end this month, with the finale
being featured at 11 a.m. July
11 on NewsChannel 8.
We look forward to sharing their terrific results. Individual weight loss ranged
from one to more than five
pounds — a big deal for
these small dogs — and each
achieved significantly increased energy and activity
levels.
Throughout this experience, we learned some great
lessons that we are pleased to
share with all of you. Is your
dog obese? According to the
Association for Pet Obesity
Prevention, nearly half of
dogs in the U.S. are overweight and those numbers
are on the rise. Fit dogs have
longer and more fulfilling
lives; those at an ideal body
weight live nearly two years
more with significantly less
disease per the Journal of the
American Veterinary Medical Association.
If you want to help your
dog get and stay fit, here are
some tips:
faster when the activity involves their mind. Try some•Dedicate exercise time for
your dog. Just like humans,
thing new with them, challenge their nose, reinforce
it is important to make your
their obedience skills by
dog’s exercise a priority.
Aim for 30 minutes of brisk
practicing targeting, or sign
up for an agility class. You’ll
activity each day. Take a
walk, play fetch, swim or,
be amazed at how much more
if the weather won’t coopexhausted they’ll be.
erate, find an indoor alter- •Monitor your dog’s weight.
native, like a visit to a dog
Start by knowing your dog’s
ideal weight — your vet can
facility, running on a treadmill, climbing
help with this or
stairs, playing
you can visit the
Association for Pet
h ide -a nd- se ek
with their faObesity
Prevention for suggested
vorite treat or
ranges for specific
toy or setting
breeds. Then weigh
up an obstacle
them every week
course in your
or two to monihome.
tor their progress.
•M ix it up. Dogs
Overweight dogs
can get bored
should lose about 1
with the regular
By Kim Gilliam
to 2 percent of their
exercise
roubody weight each week with
tine. Change your activities
increased exercise and deperiodically to keep their
creased calorie intake. Lastly,
interest. This will help to
measure their food carefully
ensure it is both challenging
to dispense the right amount
and fun.
and try not to give them extra
•Make them work for their
reward. Most dogs are mofood or treats.
tivated by something, wheth- Exercise does more than
er it is treats, toys, tugs or simply help combat obesity.
praise. Use that as a reward It helps encourage a stronto get them excited about ger bond between owners
their exercise, especially and their dogs and combat
when they need encourage- boredom that can lead to bement to try something new. havioral problems. There are
But remember: don’t overdo many great reasons to devote
it with the treats; a few small time to your dog’s fitness.
morsels can go a long way.
These tips should help you
•Engage your pup both men- get started today
tally and physically. We all
know that in addition to fit- The writer is the co-owner of
ness, a big benefit of exercis- Frolick Dogs, an indoor dog
ing your dog is getting them gym in the Eisenhower Valley.
tired out. This happens even
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Information: 703-746-5553 or [email protected]
EDIBLE BOOKS CONTEST Ama-
teur cooks have the chance to face
off against professional chefs. Create
a culinary item based on the content,
characters, titles, and/or shape of
a book or just vote on your favorite
creation.
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
Location: Beatley Central Library,
5005 Duke St.
SOLO BAROQUE CONCERT
Take a journey down some less-traveled roads of the Baroque solo violin
repertoire with works by Biber, Tartini,
Telemann and Johan Helmich Roman
(the “Swedish Handel”) performed on
the baroque violin, a period instrument,
by Michael De Sapio.
Time: 3 to 4:15 p.m.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
Information: 703-409-5859 or
[email protected]
July 19
PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH
JAMES MADISON Hear President
July 2, 2015 | 21
AID TRAINING (1 OF 2) The first
of two sessions in which adults 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: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: 4480 King St.
Information: 703-746-3523, [email protected] or
www.alexandriava.gov/dchs
July 29
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.
ADULT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST
AID TRAINING (2 OF 2) The second of two sessions in which adults
can learn how to give initial help to
someone showing signs of a mental
illness or mental health crisis. Regis-
tration is free, but space is limited to
20 per class.
Time: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Turning Back Time
July 30
MUSIC AT TWILIGHT CONCERT
A city concert series with a performance of modern/Americana and
folk-rock music by The Muddy Crows.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: John Carlyle Park, 300
John Carlyle St.
July 31
SCIENCE BEHIND HARRY POTTER In honor of Harry Potter’s birth-
day, explore the real world of science
and medicine behind J.K. Rowling’s
series Harry Potter. Family tours last
from 3 to 7 p.m., adult social from 8
to 10 p.m. Tickets cost $6 per person
for the family tour, $30 for the adult
social.
Time: 3 to 10 p.m.
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
Information: 703-746-3852 or
[email protected]
James Madison discuss events as
they unfolded in his time in honor of
the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
Public questions and opinions related
to the salon topics are welcome and
encouraged.
Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
July 22
CANAL PLAZA CONCERT A con-
cert series with a performance of soul
infused rock by The Sidleys.
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Canal Center Plaza Amphitheater, 44 Canal Center Plaza
July 24-25
BEASLEY OUTDOOR MOVIES
Beasley Real Estate, in partnership with
the City of Alexandria, invites you to free
screenings of the movies The Big Hero 6
on Friday and Blank Check on Saturday.
Admission is free.
Time: 8 to 11 p.m.
Location: Waterfront Park, 1 Prince St.
July 27
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.
ADULT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST
This week in 2011:
Current debate is latest chapter of change
along the Potomac: Long before talk of hotels,
Alexandria’s waterfront ebbed and flowed “For more than two centuries the Potomac has flowed as Alexandria’s lifeblood, carrying with it traders, sailors, soldiers,
gamblers and prostitutes and for a time transforming the city
into a major port of call. The bustling fisheries, wharfs and
factories have long since disappeared, giving way to the shops
and restaurants of King Street, waterfront housing developments and aging warehouses.”
For Aces, youth rules the diamond and the
dugout: At 22, Corey Haines is entrusted with
coaching ballplayers barely his junior “Corey Haines arrived at his interview for coach of the Alexandria Aces carrying a playbook with at least 15 pages on
base running alone. Don Dinan, team CEO, was duly impressed. The team offered him a one-year contract not long
after, putting the 22-year-old in charge of the city’s summer
wooden bat college league team, a squad of players barely
Haines’ junior.”
22 | July 2, 2015
Our View
The Fourth is for
celebrating American
heroes, old and new
This Fourth of July, as we mourn attacks at home and deal
with threats from abroad, we are reminded that this holiday
is not just a three-day weekend. Yes, it’s a chance to catch
our breath and relax for a few days in the middle of summer.
But more importantly, it’s a time to celebrate the foresight of
those who came before us, the sacrifice of those who serve to
protect us, and heroes both old and new.
July 4 has been celebrated on a yearly basis since the
signing of the Declaration of Independence destined it to be
the United States’ national holiday. The document was the
ultimate political expression of freedom. Its signers publicly
stated their opposition to British rule in 13 colonies, and in
so doing were branded traitors. In expressing their desire for
self-governance, they risked their lives.
John Adams once said in a letter, “… you will never know
how much it cost the present generation to preserve your
freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.” His statement begs the question, are we making a good use of it?
Americans have sacrificed significant personal liberty in
recent years in exchange for security. We allow the federal
government to track our phone calls and invasively scan our
bodies before we fly as precautions against terrorism. Our
national legislature requires us to buy health insurance to
protect us from medical and financial catastrophe. Our local
city council restricts the number of cats we can own to protect us from … fur balls?
Some sacrifices are worth it for security, and some are
not. A person’s place on the political spectrum may determine how they view these encroachments on liberty.
But the Fourth of July is about more than freedom. It’s a
celebration of America and of all that makes our country great.
It’s a recognition that, warts and all, we are still Ronald Reagan,
John F. Kennedy and John Winthrop’s shining city on a hill.
Abroad, we remain committed to freedom and human rights. At
home, our pursuit of liberty and security are joined by a commitment to tolerance, inclusion, charity and diligence.
This July 4, the event foremost in our minds is the recent,
heartbreaking tragedy in Charleston, S.C., where a young
white supremacist gunned down nine black church members
attending a prayer meeting.
And yet even from this unspeakable tragedy, something
beautiful — and very American — shines through: grace.
The grace shown by the victims prior to their deaths in welcoming the troubled young man into their midst, and by their
relatives afterwards in offering public forgiveness to the assailant, is both astonishing and motivating.
As we celebrate our national holiday with parades, fireworks and neighborhood gatherings, it is a time to remember the bravery and foresight of our founding heroes. But we
also should remember modern day heroes like the Charleston
victims and their families. They set an example for us all
with their charity and forgiveness. Being American is about
being free, but as Adams said, we must also make a good use
of that freedom.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Opinion
“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
Alexandria’s development process
is disheartening
To the editor:
It’s really disheartening to live in this wonderful
city I call home and watch
it slowly lose its historic
charm, ambiance and cache.
With each and every planning decision, we slowly are
becoming just like every
other city. And it’s all because current decision makers apparently have little
concern about anything but
getting things built.
This is also disheartening since the mayor of storied Charleston, S.C. told us
at a conference here several
years ago how to get the kind
of development that protects
the historic character of our
city. Mayor Joseph Riley
— again in the news with
the recent horrific shooting
and a 10-term mayor of the
city — told conferees that he
tells developers what he and
Charleston want, demands
it and, consequently, gets it.
What Alexandria decision
makers depend on instead is
the property owners and developers dictating what we
can have.
What is even more disheartening is that it continues in spades. A visiting
professor from Cornell just
told us that what we’re getting is not worth having —
in so many words. Nothing
will make me forget what
a mother told a group of us
in a local coffee shop as we
were condemning this lack
of good architecture. She
said she and her 10-year-old
son were driving by Potomac
Yard when her son asked why
we were building all those
“jails.” Imagine. Out of the
mouths of babes, someone
who recognizes lousy design
even at a young age.
Furthermore, it is disheartening when certain
Alexandria residents keep
asserting in the press that
those of us who live in Old
Town don’t want development, that in fact we like the
run-down waterfront. Nothing is further from the truth.
We do want development and
redevelopment, but we want
architecture that defines us,
and does not take away what
little historic fabric we have
left.
- Linda Couture
Alexandria
Allison Silberberg needs
Democrats’ full support
To the editor:
Winning precincts
across the city from the
West End to Parkfairfax
to Old Town, Vice Mayor
Allison Silberberg won
the primary on June 9 by
a convincing plurality to
become the Democratic
nominee for mayor of the
city of Alexandria. She
defeated the incumbent
Mayor Bill Euille, who has
served since 2003. She also
defeated former Mayor
Kerry Donley, who served
as mayor eight years prior
to Euille.
Despite running against
a combined 20-year incumbency as well as being outraised by both candidates, Silberberg pulled
off an upset. She won in an
old-fashioned way: She actively listened to one voter
at a time with the promise
to bring new energy to the
table.
Since the election, some
of my Democratic colleagues are trying to negate
Silberberg’s win by invoking sexism — “she can’t
do the job,” “it’s bad for
business.” They speculate
that her margin of victory
resulted from Republican
and Independent crossover
votes and complain about
low voter turnout.
Let’s be clear. Silberberg won the election fair
and square by keenly focusing on the needs and
desires of her constituents.
While on council, she developed a deeper core base
of constituents across the
city that want to change the
present dynamic of government. She hosted monthly
coffees and welcomed all
to join her. Citizens came
out in droves. People experienced her commitment
to public service and caring leadership, such as her
response to Russell Road
families after a child was
struck and nearly killed on
a dangerous stretch of road.
For years they asked the
city to do something, and
Silberberg got things done
to bring them a safer stretch
of road.
As vice mayor, her leadership and principled votes
often went against the grain
of “business as usual.”
Guess what: she wasn’t
alone in those 6-1 votes after all. With her victory, we
now have an opportunity
for thoughtful, appropriate
development that is in scale
and a more transparent government with open debate.
Let’s be clear about
something else. If Silberberg had lost the primary,
she would have been expected to, and would have,
immediately endorsed the
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Revisit the King Street bike lanes
To the editor:
Alexandria residents on
King Street — from Rosemont Avenue to Janney’s
Lane — look out on empty
bike lanes that occupy 30
percent of the roadway.
Last year, parking that was
available to residents when
they bought their homes
was removed and the roadway was narrowed by two
feet to accommodate these
bike lanes.
On May 15, “Bike to
Work Day,” I counted
only 15 bike riders using this section of King
Street between 7 and 9
a.m. The weather was
beautiful — sunny, with
a few clouds and temperatures in the upper 50s.
During the same time
period there were 1,978
motorized vehicles, in-
cluding 76 buses. There
was plenty of room on the
sidewalk to accommodate the 15 bike riders, or
they could have used the
George Washington National Masonic Memorial
Bike Trail. These options
especially make sense
when you view pictures
taken by residents documenting the dangerous
overlap of vehicles into
the bike lanes.
The city has committed to review council’s
decision on King Street
bike lanes by October
2015. Considering, a year
after implementation, that
only 15 bike riders traveled this section of King
Street during the morning
rush hour on a day designated for cycling to work,
I would make the case that
we reverse the decision for
these dedicated bike lanes.
At the time of implementation, city plans advised
that King Street had a low
potential for bike lane usage, suggested alternative
bike lane routes and did
not suggest the removal of
on-street parking, which
served as a buffer. Basically, empty bike lanes
have proven the wisdom
of these original plans.
Restore King Street.
Restore it for its primary
users — drivers of motorized vehicles and those who
live every day on this major
roadway that takes them to
and from Old Town. Bring
reality back to the complete
streets plan.
- Louise Welch
Alexandria
Filling in the blanks
with Karen Graf
Summer is the perfect
time to pick up a book
Summer is a wonderful time to Blume; the “Magic Tree House” sepick up a book and read. Not only ries by Mary Pope Osbourne; “The
should we want to do this as adults, Mystery of Mr. Nice” by Bruce Hale.
but we also definitely want children
Fourth and fifth grades: The “Time
to get in the habit of summer reading. Warp Trio” series by Jon Scieszka;
There are some pretty straightfor- “The Earth Dragon Awakes” by
ward facts as to why this is important Lawrence Yep; “The Misadventures
for children. Students can experience of Maude March” by Audrey Cousignificant learning loss when they loumbis.
do not participate in reading during
Middle school: “Inkheart” by
Cornelia C. Funke; “Al Capone
their summer vacations.
Many schools and bookstores Does My Shirts” by Gennifer
provide summer reading programs Choldenko; “The Book Thief” by
to structure reading and provide Markus Zusak.
High school: “The Outsiders” by
incentives. But it is also a fun task
to do at home with your family. My S.E. Hinton; “Ender’s Game” by Orhusband and I developed a reading son Scott Card; “Journey to the Cenpyramid with our kids where they ter of the Earth” by Jules Verne.
can earn money for each level of the Adults: “The Gardner Heist” by
pyramid they move up. We picked Ulrich Boser; “How the Garcia Girls
books that were age appropriate and Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alverfun to read. These are typically titles ez; “Wake Me When It’s Funny” by
they would not read throughout the Garry Marshall.
Remember, if your child
school year but that we are
is fighting these efforts,
proposing to increase their
read out loud to them. You
skills and interests.
can start reading and then
The feeling of getting
encourage them to join
lost in a story is like no othyou or participate by reader. We want all kids in our
ing a character’s dialogue.
community to experience
Reading does not always
this. Our local libraries
have programs and there
have to be a solitary event.
Karen Graf
are also free bookshelves
Actually, reading specialists tell us that we should
in our recreation centers
so that kids can swap books. You are continue to read out loud into adultable to donate books to these shelves hood. Reading out loud can help
throughout the summer as well. This improve listening and reading skills
is a powerful program because it as well as sharpen your focus as you
reaches children of all ages and dif- concentrate on the task and comprehension at the same time.
ferent backgrounds.
So we are all set to read. But the For those adults and children
biggest challenge is to decide on the alike that are wigglers, reading out
books. Here are some ideas for some loud can give you an opportunity to
good reads my husband and I found play and exercise your body while
you apply more theatrics to your
this summer:
K-first grade (emerging readers): reading practice. It also trains you to
“Shark vs. Train” by Chris Barton; play with the use of intonation. And it
“If You’re a Monster and Know It” is just plain fun to read out loud.
by Rebecca Emberley; “Hi Fly Guy” Have fun reading this summer.
by Tedd Arnold.
Second and third grades: “Tales
The writer is the chairwoman of
of a Fourth Grade Nothing” by Judy
the Alexandria City School Board.
24 | July 2, 2015
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
What Allison Silberberg’s victory
could do for Alexandria
A new face in the mayor’s hoods keep the rest of the city
office could eventually do alive by providing alternating
wonders for Alexandria, but streams of pedestrians, patrons,
at the moment this only can students, workers and other
be seen as an early step. Many users. They keep Main streets
people have pounced on Al- from lapsing into cyclical ups
lison Silberberg, accusing her and downs. The path to sound
of seeking to paralyze con- development lies in respecting
struction and hinder business. the scale and diversity of our
Nothing could be
neighborhoods, disfurther from realtributing movement
ity, and to prove it
so that narrow streets
she has come up
are not choked by
with a stack of proswarms of motor
business bona fides
vehicles while oth(supporting develers are empty and
opment at Potomac
resisting mindless
Yard, redeveloping
development
that
Landmark
Mall
will turn us all into a
and taking a stand
single industry town.
against the use of By Hank Savitch While hotels and
eminent domain to
restaurants are good
oust a private boat club). She for Alexandria, an overreliance
seems to be saying: “Build can only make the city more
and build intensely, but pay vulnerable to economic swings.
attention to what is built and Silberberg will have to work
where it goes up.”
on a different kind of develop These statements alone ment that takes better account
will not give her a solid plat- of varying scales and densities.
form from which to govern. She will have to invigorate our
The next mayor will need to commercial thoroughfares in a
play a new development game different way, by introducing
and demonstrate how she dif- incentives for bringing needed
fers from her predecessor. uses into our commercial cenSilberberg must recapture a ters. In order to reduce the
vision of Alexandria that is threat of more restaurant rows,
both inspirational and practi- the city should offer tax abatecal — not only because it is ments for businesses that quala mark of honesty but also ify as needed uses.
because it runs to her politi- High-end uses for tourists
cal core. She would do well should not drive out ordinary
to consider smart growth as a uses for residents. Hardware
benchmark for assessing our stores, shoe repair shops, green
city’s future. Smart growth is grocers, newspaper and magaabout strategic development zine kiosks can be encouraged
that weighs long-term ben- through targeted fiscal relief
efits against short-term con- and land use incentives. A visiderations; it means that cit- able theater on King Street
ies must position themselves would go a long way toward
within a larger environment joining both residential and
so they can make optimal tourist trades. It also would
choices, and it requires out- generate an innovative multicomes that are balanced, sus- plier effect for other land uses.
tainable and equitable.
The trick is to bring in talented
The best cities do smart management that will reprogrowth neighborhood by neigh- duce the success of theaters in
borhood. Healthy neighbor- other small cities.
My View
There is a pragmatic and indeed a pro-business side to smart
growth. For one, it will temper an
oversupply of buildings, thereby
avoiding local market depressions. Second, it will assure that
Alexandria does not fall into
the trap of a race to the bottom,
where cities compete with each
other to attract the same tourists and chase the same industry
— often to their own detriment.
Third, it will keep Alexandria
whole, with an array of mixed
land uses, reasonable traffic conditions and a healthy mix of residence, commerce and leisure.
This is no easy task, but
there are both short- and longterm paths. The results of November’s general election either can leverage Silberberg’s
victory into a larger movement
or keep the June primary result as a one shot affair. We
will have an opportunity to opt
for a new politics by voting in
a new city council. Yes, these
are Republicans, who have
already spoken up in favor of
supporting preservation with
growth, who are fiscally responsible and who are likely
to work with our new mayor
despite party differences.
A longer-term path lies in
changing our council from its
an at-large system to voting
by districts. At-large elections
are a vestige of the 1920s and
have been found to create more
distance between citizens and
their representatives. Voting by
districts shortens that distance
and increases accountability.
Alexandrians would do themselves a favor by choosing to
balance an at-large mayor with
council members from smaller
districts. That is the kind of balance commensurate with smart
growth and deserving of our
attention.
The writer is a visiting fellow
at Virginia Tech’s
Metropolitan Institute.
silberberg
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winner. I applaud Donley’s immediate endorsement on election night. I hope that our other
Democratic elected officials and
candidates will expressly endorse her soon.
Frankly, it’s been disheartening to read social media and listen to the elitism among some of
my Democratic colleagues who
set a double standard for the
rules of the game to choose who
leads the city. When Silberberg
won the November 2012 city
council election, she received
the most votes and became
vice mayor. She also out-polled
Euille in six precincts.
In 2009, city councilors
changed the elections schedule
to increase voter participation.
Knowing the historical trend of
Democratic voter performance
in Alexandria, it is no secret that
whoever won the Democratic
nomination will most likely be
elected mayor in the general
election. Thus, Alexandrians
knew that their best chance to
have their say meant participating in the Democratic primary.
Although the voter history data
won’t be available for several
months, people hypothesize that
Silberberg won by attracting
Republican voters and Independent voters to the Democratic
primary. I disagree.
Silberberg ran a masterful
campaign that attracted different
kinds of voters to vote Democrat
by talking to non-voters, swing
voters and new voters. She won
11 out of the 26 precincts citywide, from Chinquapin to Agudas Achim, from MacArthur to
George Mason, from the Hermitage to the Durant Center, from
Lyles Crouch to City Hall. Voter
turnout exceeded the 2013, 2012
and 2009 Democratic primaries.
That’s her formula for success in
November and her mandate to
govern our city.
Don’t make it harder for her.
My fellow Democrats: Support
a popular nominee who brings a
new vision of thoughtful leadership for all Alexandrians. Stop
the whining and shenanigans.
Get to work. We must do better.
- Eileen Cassidy Rivera
Co-chairwoman, Friends of
Allison Silberberg
Commissions need a refresher
on meeting processes
To the editor:
I recently attended a meeting of the Old Town Area Parking Study (OTAPS) group at
City Hall. The meeting started
off with the chairperson asking
for comments from the public. I was aghast, since not one
item on the agenda had even
been discussed. What were the
citizens in attendance going to
base their comments upon? As a
result, only a few citizens commented at this meeting.
The city should be specific
as to how their boards, commissions and committees run their
meetings. In my opinion, those
that cover their entire agenda
and then request public comments at the end also do a disservice to the process.
The most effectively run
meetings should use an agenda,
and after each item on the agenda is discussed, public com-
ments should then be solicited
prior to voting on the issue. In
this manner, comments by the
citizens attending the meeting
are germane and timely to the
issue being discussed, which
makes for a truly democratic
process.
In addition, it would behoove
all chairs to become familiar
with “Robert’s Rules of Order,”
so they can efficiently run their
meetings. Recently, I witnessed
a chairperson who was totally
unaware of how to conduct a
vote, and needed another committee member to do it instead.
In some cases, city staff appoints
the committee chairperson, so
staff needs to ensure that the individuals whom they select are
provided a set of guidelines —
as a minimum — on how to run
a meeting.
- Townsend A. “Van” Van Fleet
Republican city council candidate
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Expansion of City Hall to reflect
changing uses in new century
A
fter the completion
of the 1872 City Hall
designed by Adolf
Cluss, few changes were made
to the building over the next
few decades. However, by the
early 20th century, the fire department had moved out of its
location at the southeast corner
of the building along Fairfax
Street to allow for the
expansion of the adjacent police headquarters into that space
and the construction
of new jail cells on the
first floor. At this time,
bathrooms also were
added throughout the
building. Gradually,
market stalls within
the courtyard south
of the Cameron Street
entrance were enclosed and subdivided into government offices for the growing
city.
By the time World War II
had begun, a massive influx
of defense and federal government workers to the nation’s
capital caused a severe housing shortage in the region. To
service the huge population
increase in Alexandria, major alterations were needed
to accommodate an increase
in government services, and
serious thought was given to
constructing a new City Hall
on St. Asaph Street. Architect
Ward Brown prepared a number of plans for city leaders to
evaluate including both a new
center for municipal govern-
The Ariail family
William Dunbar
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ment, as well as renovations to
the existing City Hall.
Ultimately, due to cost
considerations and the limited
availability of building materials, most options were rejected
or deferred, with only minor
interior renovations and a concrete boiler room added during
the 1940s. In about 1945, the
Masonic Lodge moved from
the building to its new location
atop Shuter’s Hill, which allowed the former lodge space
to be converted to city offices
on the upper floors. In 1952,
a stairway core adjacent to
the Cameron Street lobby was
replaced by elevators, to the
design of architect Richard A.
Willgoos, and major renovation and enlargement of the
building was once again considered.
Over the course of the next
several years, Willgoos partnered with architect Dwight
G. Chase to design a new addition to City Hall, filling in
the old U-shaped courtyard
used for the market place and
reorienting the main entryway southward towards King
Street. This new addition was
constructed in 1961, several
years before the construction
of the plaza and fountain, now
known as Market Square, during the urban renewal projects
of the 1960s.
Before the new plaza was
built, with a multilevel parking garage
under neath, the
City Hall facade to
the south faced the
crowded blocks of
buildings that had
once been the only
public open space
in the original 18thcentury town. This
early 1960s image looking across
Sharpskin and Market alleys, towards what is
currently the Market Square
covered stage and fountain,
just captures the corner of
a brick archway of the new
City Hall addition. After the
completion of the formal Market Square plaza, the primary
entrance and address of City
Hall was changed from Cameron Street to 301 King St.,
which had formerly been the
address of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company building that stood at the
northwest corner of King and
Fairfax streets.
Out of the Attic is provided
by the Office of
Historic Alexandria.
In response to “Old Town
Theater set to become retail
space in return to owner’s
original plan,” June 25:
JoeO writes:
It’s nice to save the facade, but
it is hardly remarkable. It is easy
to pass by the location now and
not realize that it is not just another store. A lot of wishful thinking
here. And it’s not like the Arlington Drafthouse is all that great,
aside from being able to drink
beer while watching a movie on a
big screen.
In response to “Your View:
Bike lanes assessment
on King Street must have
established metrics,”
June 25:
NW Alexandrian writes:
Why? That would suggest that
more motor vehicles means less
need for the lanes. I would suggest more motor vehicles means
more need for the lanes. And it
is not like we gave up a general
travel lane to get the bike lanes —
we gave up parking.
It would seem the logical metrics are A: the number of cyclists
using the lanes; B: some metric on
use of parking; C: speed of the top
10 percent of motor vehicles, since
the lanes are supposed to help calm
traffic; and D: the number of pedestrians.
WHO CARES?
WE DO.
Email comments,
rants & raves to
[email protected]
Weekly Poll
Last Week
Is it time to give up on the Old Town Theater
remaining a venue for the arts?
50.4% Yes.
49.6% No.
123 votes
This Week
Are you taking a trip this Fourth of July weekend?
A. Yes.
B. No.
Take the poll at alextimes.com
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MEDIC! By Paula Cole
across
1 Skim milk?
6 Voluminous hairdo
10 Lift on slopes
14 Apt rhyme for “Cheers”
19“When ___ Eyes Are Smiling”
20Be artistic, in a way
21 “If all ___ fails ...”
22Really enjoy
23Reduced, as a price
25Any opera
27 Cassandra, for one
28Before-vows contract, for short
29First public appearance
30Cleans up text
32Drink maker
37___-o’-shanter
40Brewpub spigot
41 Neural transmitter
42Light, one-seated carriage
44Inspire with affection
46Lopsided win
48European language
49Thing passed in class
50Bread bit
52Commotions
54“Leave it,” to a typesetter
55Not false
56Rhyming verse
57 Computer network
59Irons out software
61 Ready money
63Source of poi
65Astronaut’s employer, for short
66Do Aspen
67Istanbul bigwig (var.)
68Bonesetters and this puzzle’s theme
69Some spa mixtures
71 School of whales
74 Snack in Madrid
76 Hillside, in Edinburgh
78In a manner of speaking
80Traffic cones
82Basketball’s path
83Now’s opposite
84Miner’s way out
85Utilized a bus
86Breaks down, in a way
88Work, as dough
90Take a break
91 “... and make it fast!”
92Fool
94“Fiddler on the Roof” setting
96Antifreeze component
99Joule fragments
100 Santa ___, Calif.
101 Bambi’s parent
102 “___ change-o!”
(magician’s command)
103Aggregate
105 Deprive of heat?
107 Certain metal worker
109 Sock menders
112 Fakes out, in a way
116 Part of some ocean liners
119 Abbot’s underling
120 “... ___, whatever will be, will be”
121 Away from the weather
122 Mount of Moses
123 “It follows that ...”
124 “Iliad” city
125 Quad building
126Disdain
DOWN
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2 Significant parts of history
3Terminate
4Inquired
5 Legalese adverb
6 Makes sense
7 Fall event
8 How Rocky ate his eggs
9 Have possession of
10 Working for a while?
11Say suddenly (with “out”)
12Appraised
13Bridle part
14 Patient’s “restroom,”
sometimes
15Listening device
16 Airport info
17 Daiquiri ingredient
18Evian or Vichy
24 Hinder, legally
26Where the conga originated
30Course concluder, often
31 British buses
33Type of monkey
34Proof of homeownership
35Altar locations
36Depilatory brand name
37 Tithers’ amounts
38Arctic pullover
39When a bond is paid off
41 Homecoming attender,
for short
43Paced back and forth
45Fitting recompense,
archaically
47 Four inches, to an equestrian
50Brit’s blackjack
51 Physical therapy, briefly
53Submit
56Nonbelievers
58Circulars, basically
60Cordage source
62Banjo key-changer
64Cornhusker State hub
68Deface
70Brought into play
72Blue blood, for short
73It’s tested in battles
75Alphas, in Hebrew
77 Horseshoer’s need
79Stereotypical thing on
a witch
80Baffler
81“Eh”
83Williams and Knight
85Expressway entrance
87 One on one foot
89Inferior horses
93Grapevine tidbit
94Tangle
95Bring under control
97Clothing
98Black, along the Somme
100 Boston Marathon award
104 French subway system
105 Milk dispenser
106 Battlefield 115-Down
108 Aerie, e.g.
110 Nevada city
111 Surgery reminder
112 Car speed rate
113Anger
114 Go against God
115 “How is he?” addressee
116Bonkers
117 Agency of the U.N.
118Relatives
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WEDNESDAY, July 15, 2015 beginning at
7:30 PM in Council Chambers, second floor
of City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria,
Virginia on the following applications:
CASE BAR2015-0109
Request to partially demolish and capsulate
at 311 S St Asaph St.
APPLICANT: Patricia and Ricky Fisher
CASE BAR2015-0110
Request for alterations at 311 S St Asaph St.
APPLICANT: Patricia and Ricky Fisher
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CASE BAR2015-0191
at 1211 Duke St.
APPLICANT: Tom Milani and Alison Sigethy
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Request for alterations at 1211 Duke St.
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OBITUARIES
Dr. HAROLD BERMAN,
of Alexandria, June 28, 2015
AUSTIN B. CREEL (85),
formerly of Alexandria,
June 29, 2015
SAMUEL J. DODSON (81),
GISELA U. RODRIGUEZ (78),
JOHN J. MCINTYRE (89),
SUZANNE MEYER (85),
of Alexandria,
June 26, 2015
KATHERINE G. MORRISON
(87), of Alexandria,
June 28, 2015
LINDA L. PAYNE (73),
NANCY J. VALENTINE (83),
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through all obituaries are subject to editing by the News Department.
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CASE BAR2015-0194
at 821 S Royal St
APPLICANT: Karen Campbell
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821 S Royal St
APPLICANT: Karen Campbell
CASE BAR2015-0197
at 609 S Fairfax St.
APPLICANT: Tyler and Ruby Schropp
CASE BAR2015-0198
Request for alterations at 609 S Fairfax St.
APPLICANT: Tyler and Ruby Schropp
CASE BAR2015-0200
at 733 S Fairfax St.
APPLICANT: Charles Sypula
CASE BAR2015-0201
Request for alterations and an addition at
733 S Fairfax St.
APPLICANT: Charles Sypula
CASE BAR2015-0204
Request for alterations at 403 N St Asaph St.
APPLICANT: Ted and Karen Borek
CASE BAR2015-0206
Request for alterations at 207 King St.
APPLICANT: Sonoma Cellar, LLC
CASE BAR2015‑0207
Request for approval of previously approved
plans at 1124 Prince St.
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The BAR will hold a work session on Site Elements and Historic Interpretation at 2 Duke St.
Information about the above item(s) may be
obtained from the Department of Planning
and Zoning, City Hall, 301 King Street,
Room 2100, Alexandria, Virginia 22314,
telephone: (703) 746-4666.
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4,200 SF commercial building on
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