Council approves waterfront plan

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Vol. 8, No. 4
January 26, 2012
www.alextimes.com
Council approves waterfront plan
Photos/Derrick Perkins
The Alexandria City Council passed a plan to guide redevelopment of the city’s Potomac River waterfront in the coming years. Andrew Macdonald, left, headed a group vocally
opposed to the plan, but Mayor Bill Euille, right, led the final push toward completion after years of debate and a marathon public hearing Saturday.
Monumental vote split
along party lines
By Derrick Perkins
The Alexandria City Council approved the controversial
waterfront plan in a 5-2 vote
Saturday night following nearly 10 hours of contentious debate. The approval came more
than two years after work on
the blueprint began.
The vote, split down party
lines with Republicans Frank
Fannon and Alicia Hughes
Human bones
still a mystery
dissenting, followed a marathon public hearing. Residents packed City Hall to
voice their support — and
critiques — of the proposal,
which calls for commercial
development and leveraging
developer dollars for public
amenities like parks.
In a nod to the plan’s public opposition, city council
members added several lastminute changes. For one, the
approved plan caps the number of hotels allowed along the
three-mile stretch of Potomac
shoreline at two — one north
and one south of King Street
— with a maximum of 300
rooms between them.
Hotels dominated the debate leading up to Saturday’s
SEE Approved | 11
Woman shoots dog to save man from mauling
Incident underscores safety
issues for animal control officers
Skeleton found last year
offers clues but no conclusion
By David Sachs
A human skeleton discovered by
a dog walker in a wooded, boggy
area not far from Ford’s Landing
nearly a year ago remains a mystery
despite an ongoing federal investigation.
A city man came across the
skeletal remains, which included a
skull, the morning of February 13
while going on a stroll not far from
Franklin and Union streets. Local
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An Alexandria woman shot her
dog dead as it mauled her boyfriend
at the couple’s Eisenhower Avenue
home January 18, highlighting safety
issues for pet owners and local animal
control officers.
An unidentified man was moving
the
dog’s toy with his foot
when the Doberman/pit-bull mix
lunged at him
and began biting, said Patrick
SEE Bones | 8
Animal control officers are on the front lines — ahead of police officers — when
potentially dangerous pets are involved but cannot carry weapons.
SEE Dog | 10
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFING
Light fight between Hammond Middle School, neighbors ends quietly
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School officials nixed a proposal to put lights on this Francis Hammond Middle School field earlier this month.
A bitter dispute between
Seminary Hill Association and
city officials ended quietly earlier this month with a school
board decision to upgrade Francis Hammond Middle School’s
field without lights.
The project initially called
for a new artificial turf field, reconfigured track, a storm water
management system and 60foot lights, but the prospect of
late-night games and over-illumination irked neighbors. They
claimed the proposal would lower property values and diminish
quality of life around the West
End school.
Led by SHA, neighbors ap-
pealed a split planning commission vote narrowly approving
the project in June. Though the
board of zoning appeals ultimately tossed out most of the
neighbor’s objections, residents
took the disagreement to court in
the fall.
But school officials effectively quelled the issue by voting to
move ahead with the project —
already more expensive than the
anticipated $1.6-million price
tag — and leave the lights by the
wayside. Upgrading the field,
which was scheduled for completion by the start of this school
year, took priority, said Margaret
Byess, deputy superintendent.
Reflections Contest winners announced
Alexandria’s most creative public school students
were honored during the Reflections Contest art festival
Sunday at T.C. Williams High
School.
The artwork of all students who entered the annual
program was on display, and
city winners in the literature
category read their work. This
year’s theme was “Diversity
means …” Seventeen Alexandria City Public Schools
students will compete at the
district level in the categories
of film production, dance choreography, photography, visual art, music composition and
literature.
A complete list of winners
is available on alextimes.com.
Frank Putzu, a neighbor and
SHA member, welcomed the
compromise.
“From our perspective, it’s
a good thing,” he said. “There
is going to be a new field and
track, and we’re actually quite
pleased about that. It ended up
working out for us and the students at Hammond. That’s what
they need. I think it was a good
solution.”
Work on the field could begin
as early as next month, Byess
said. The project will cost about
$1.9 million and should be finished by summer, she said.
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City police say they’re investigating
resident with pocketknife whether
two UPS packages ransacked
A local man suffered minor injuries
at the hands of three muggers during a
late night walk along the 3900 block of
Mount Vernon Ave. on January 16, city
police said.
The suspects — described as black
men with medium builds, 20 to 25
years old, and between 5-foot-10 and
6-foot-1 — approached the victim
from the front at 11:14 p.m., said Ashley Hildebrandt, department spokeswoman.
After demanding the victim’s valuables, the trio attacked him with a
pocketknife and repeatedly punched
him in the face. He was later taken to
Inova Alexandria hospital for treatment.
The robbers, who remain at large,
made off with the victim’s cellular
phone and wallet, which contained
cash and his native country’s identification card, Hildebrandt said. They
wore all-black clothing during the attack. There were no other witnesses.
Electronics stolen
in daylight heist
Alexandria police believe thieves
may have used a kitchen window to
break into a 5300 block Essex Court
apartment during a daylight burglary
earlier this month.
Apparently entering the terracelevel residence unseen — there were
no known witnesses — the burglars
got away with a television and computer. The victim reported the thefts at
10:20 p.m January 17.
Authorities did not describe the
missing electronics nor did they attach
a price tag to the stolen goods. They do
not have descriptions of the suspects,
though they are investigating the incident.
while on the doorstep of the same 200
block N. Patrick St. home are connected.
The latest theft occurred between
3:50 and 4:20 p.m. January 17, authorities said. After the UPS box was delivered, the suspects opened it and made
off with its contents. The victim later
reported the theft.
It’s not the first time the victim had
been targeted. Someone stole the contents of another delivery a week earlier,
she told police. Authorities did not describe the contents of either package,
but said they were different.
Incidents like this are generally
“crimes of opportunity,” said Ashley Hildebrandt, department spokeswoman. There were no witnesses, and
police do not have a description of the
suspects.
Victim, attacker knew
each other
Authorities don’t know exactly
what sparked a January 18 fistfight between two men at the corner of North
Royal and Pendleton streets, but say
they knew each other.
The two men had been at the same
house earlier in the night, officials
said. They met again when the victim
made his way to a store at 7:39 p.m.
The assailant punched him in the face
and fled, said Alexandria Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Hildebrandt.
The attack left the victim, who contacted police, with minor injuries. The
suspect has not yet been caught.
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Key waterfront properties slated for office, retail space
Cummings warehouses
on Union Street sold
for $3 million
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Before Alexandria’s elected officials began wading
through the waterfront plan
Saturday, a proposal to redevelop two key riverside properties linked to the controversial blueprint got City Hall’s
approval.
The city’s Board of Architectural Review gave Lawrence Brandt Inc. the green
light to restore warehouses
at 204 and 206 S. Union St.
during a January 18 meeting.
The buildings date back to the
mid-19th century and form
part of the Cummings and
Turner properties eyed for
redevelopment — possibly as
hotels — under the waterfront
plan.
But Robert Brandt, who
represented the company at
the hearing, said the interconnected buildings are slated
for office and retail space.
Waterfront plan supporters
had warned skeptics owners of key shoreline parcels
would redevelop their property liberally if not for the
plan’s guidelines. By increasing density at the Cummings
and Turner block as well as
the Robinson Terminals, officials hope to leverage developer dollars for public amenities.
The Union Street warehouses happen to align with
the waterfront plan, but they
could have just as easily gone
against the current, said Karl
Moritz, deputy planning director. It’s proof a framework
for the Potomac riverfront
was needed, he said.
“We are very lucky that
the folks who have purchased
it and are making the reno-
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Owners of the South Union Street warehouses could have developed their property by-right, but the waterfront parcels will coalesce with City Hall’s vision for the Potomac shoreline’s renewal.
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Superintendent
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Sherman unveiled Alexandria City Public Schools’
$236-million fiscal year 2013
operating budget January 19,
a proposal that shakes up several of the district’s popular
programs.
The proposal, which requires approval by Alexandria City Council, represents
a 2.4-percent increase on
last year’s operating budget,
slightly less than the rate of
inflation. ACPS officials hope
the city council will see fit to
increase its annual contribution — the bulk of the district’s dollars — by 3.2 percent for a total of about $180
million.
When expected revenue
from grants and school nutrition funds are added to
the calculation, the district’s
overall spending would rise
1.8 percent above last year’s
outlay.
“It is, from many of our
points of view, about the best
budget we’ve put together for
a lot of reasons. Most important, it’s for the good of the
kids,” Sherman said at the
press conference. “It’s a coalescing of the work we’ve
done these past couple of
years and … economically, it
respects the economy — local
finances.”
Rising student enrollment
is largely behind the spending
increases. Officials estimate
the district’s student population will fall just shy of
13,000 next year, a 3.3-percent increase from this year
and a 14-percent rise since
2009.
To meet the needs of the
district’s ballooning student
body, administrators overhauled several key programs
to free up critical dollars,
Sherman said. Officials already outlined changes to the
adult education program, detailing their proposals after rumors it would be closed spread
through the community.
High school equivalency
degrees will remain available, though adult students
pursuing a GED likely will
have fewer one-on-one opportunities with instructors.
Much of their course work
can be completed online, and
the district will provide additional computers at its family
and community engagement
centers across the city. English language learner classes
will likewise continue at the
district’s FACE centers.
The emphasis will shift to
provide 15- to 22-year-olds
with a pathway to a standard
or advanced diploma, officials said.
In another twist, the budget proposal calls for reducing the intersession programs
at ACPS’s two quasi-yearround schools, Mount Vernon Community School and
SEE Budget | 7
Warehouses
FROM | 5
vations are people that have
the same kind of goals as [reflected in the plan],” Moritz
said. “[W]hat if there were an
owner not so willing to take
the plan to heart?”
Brandt said his firm has
long been interested in waterfront property. He jumped
at the offer when Cummings
Investment Associates Inc.
contacted his company about
selling.
“I think that the buildings
Budget
FROM | 6
Samuel Tucker Elementary
School, from five weeks to
three. The move allows officials to pool the savings for
extended learning programs
at the district’s other schools.
Then, for example, teachers at the city’s schools could
apply for some of the rerouted dollars to offer extra tutoring, ELL courses or extended
learning opportunities, Sherman said. Officials cut elementary-level summer school
programs to bolster the fund.
The district also is chang-
were underutilized,” Brandt
said. “There’s an opportunity
for a better use of those buildings. You can probably see
that from looking at the buildings from the outside. I live
about four blocks away, and I
drive by them every day.”
Brandt plans to remove
the fading paint job from the
interlocked buildings, build
new ground-level entrances,
restore windows and demolish a portion of the third floor
for a rooftop deck. It’s a proposal Al Cox, the city preservationist, supports, and one
where a BAR hearing likely
wasn’t needed.
ing up the way it partners
with community organizations. Officials still want to
work with outside affiliates,
Sherman said, but beginning
in FY13, those groups will
have to apply for funding and
show they meet core district
goals, ensuring the opportunities actually improve students’ education.
If approved, the budget
will keep classroom sizes
among the smallest in Northern Virginia, provide a full
step to eligible employees
midway through the year and
offset about $6.8 million in
new Virginia Retirement System costs handed down by
Richmond, Sherman said.
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“It’s terrific use [of the
buildings],” he said. “The
buildings look like eyesores
— they haven’t been painted
or maintained terribly well.”
Brandt also scooped up
several adjacent buildings,
the structure housing Big
Wheel Bikes at 2 Prince St.
and an office building at 10
Prince St., from Cummings
Investment Associates. There
are no plans for those properties yet.
When the transactions are
finalized, the Brandts will
have put about $4 million into
the deal.
The firm’s interest in the
city’s waterfront plans is partially behind the acquisitions,
Brandt said. He understands
the heartburn it’s generated
— warehouses on the other
end of the block could still
end up as a boutique hotel
— but the firm isn’t proposing anything radical with its
properties.
“I understand there is controversy with big, tall buildings, but I don’t plan on
building them,” Brandt said.
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police initially investigated
the case before passing it off
to U.S. Park Police after determining the skeleton was
found on federal land.
Park police went to the
public for help identifying the
remains last week after their
efforts to match the skeleton
to a known missing person
turned up few results. Though
medical examiners worked on
the remains, authorities ended
up bringing in an anthropologist to build a biological profile, said Sgt. David Schlosser, park police spokesman.
They’ve determined the
skeleton’s gender is male and
was between 30 and 40 years
old. He was between 5-foot-3
and 5-foot-10 and likely came
from Southeast Asian ancestry, including Vietnamese, Indian, Laotian or Cambodian,
Schlosser said.
He died about a year-anda-half to two years before his
remains were found, but the
cause of death remains unknown.
In life, the man suffered
from torticollis — wryneck.
Authorities believe his head
would have naturally tilted
down and to the left and he
might have compensated by
thrusting out a shoulder. He
also would have complained
of neck pain.
After examining his skull,
officials also discovered he
had a deciduous right incisor,
essentially a tooth that would
have overlapped other teeth
and stuck out slightly. Based
on wear and tear on the bones
of his lower body, authorities
believe he habitually squatted.
Schlosser hopes the description will lead to someone
stepping forward and possibly
identifying the remains.
“Our interest is in identifying him and giving closure
to his friends and family,”
Schlosser said. “We don’t
have cold cases, we have old
cases. With any death investigation we want closure — for
the family, most importantly.”
Turning to an anthropologist for help is standard prac-
tice, especially when the remains have little or no tissue
left, said Douglas Ubelaker,
curator of the physical anthropology collection at the
National Museum of Natural
History. He’s helped authorities with more than 855 cases
in his career.
The first step is ensuring
the remains are human and
whether it’s just one person
or several. Then experts use
a variety of tests to determine age at the time of death
and gender, Ubelaker said.
Ancestry is later determined
by careful observation of the
bones, usually of the face and
skull.
To calculate the time of
death, anthropologists gather
as much environmental information as possible. They
use those variables to deter-
mine when the body began
decaying. If it’s suspected
the remains are much older,
anthropologists might use radiocarbon dating techniques,
Ubelaker said.
“It’s an intellectual inquiry,” he said, describing the
job. “I look at this as problemdriven science. Through our
training, through the work we
do, we have all this science
at our disposal, but there’s
no cookbook to it. You have
to look at the evidence itself
and apply the appropriate science.”
Schlosser urges anyone
with information about the
body’s identity to contact the
U.S. Park Police tip line at
202-610-8737. Callers can remain anonymous.
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Cole, spokesman for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria. While waiting for
police and animal control to
arrive, the owner tried to pin
his pet to the ground. Unable
to subdue it, he told his girl-
friend to shoot it, which she
did, in the head.
The man was taken to the
hospital and treated for his
wounds — five to nine bites
all over his body.
“These kinds of attacks are
rare,” Cole said. “Most of the
dog bites we receive calls for
are a dog biting someone or
another dog on the street …
but in terms of a dog basically
mauling its owners at home,
that’s rare.”
The dog had a history of
aggression, including multiple biting incidents and “resource guarding” that went
unreported by its owners,
according to animal control
officers who investigated the
matter.
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animal control, regardless of
severity,” said Joy Wilson,
Alexandria Animal Control
chief. “Dog bites do not result in automatic detainment
of the animal. We’d rather
have all of the facts and work
with owners to prevent future
safety risks.”
The incident also highlights the risk animal control
officers take to protect the
public, Wilson said. They are
not permitted to carry guns
— a catch pole is the extent
of their defense — yet the Alexandria Police Department’s
policy is to call on the force
in all animal-related situations, said APD spokeswoman Ashley Hildebrandt.
This time was no different, though the dog was dead
by the time officers arrived.
Animal control officer Erika
Jewel, who responded to the
scene before police officers,
shivers at the thought of arriving to an unknown home,
hearing a man being mauled
and seeing a gun in the hands
of an unknown person —
with nothing to protect her,
not even pepper spray.
“We didn’t know what we
were walking into,” Jewel
said. “I’m not sure I wouldn’t
have said, ‘Shoot the dog.’
[The pet owners] were defending themselves.”
It’s not just pets officers
worry about. They deal with
humans just as often, and they
aren’t always happy with uniformed officers telling them
how to treat their animal,
Wilson said. She is lobbying the police department for
self-defense training and certification with pepper spray,
but members of the APD,
which certifies officers, believe training animal control
officers is a liability; if they
misuse a weapon the department would be held accountable, said Capt. Al Tierney.
Plus, the use of pepper spray
on animals is an unproven
practice, he said.
But it all could be moot,
because Tierney, who advises
animal control officers, says
there is no established basis
to arm them in the first place.
“I have a Glock 40 caliber
at my side right now and I
could be in a position where
I would need to use a sniper
rifle to save someone’s life,
but that doesn’t mean I walk
around with a sniper rifle,”
Tierney said. “I’m equipped
for the general situations I
encounter.”
He’s unconvinced pepper
spray would have changed
anything. And if Jewel had
arrived during the mauling to
see a firearm in the house, she
should have exited the home
immediately, Tierney said.
Yet animal control officers
are contracted by City Hall
and are technically agents of
the city. They are sworn in to
protect residents. The Animal
Welfare League of Alexandria, a quasi-city agency that
gets significant funding from
taxpayers, employs them.
And animal control officers
remain on the front lines —
ahead of police officers —
when unpredictable pets are
involved. Wilson’s officers
were lucky this time, she said.
“When thinking about the
scenario, I and any other one
of my officers would say, if
they arrived on scene, ‘We’re
certainly not going to stand
by and listen to somebody get
mauled by their own animal.’
So we definitely would have
stepped in,” Wilson said.
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vote. Under prior versions
of the plan, 150-room “boutique” hotels were permissible
Plan void on a technicality.
CAAWP members pledged
to have the board of zoning
appeals take a second look at
the decision. If the BZA sides
with city officials, opponents
could pursue the issue in circuit court. As of Wednesday,
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McBrinn: I grew up playing at Lee Street park in the
’80s. Not one of my friends from that time approves of
this. Not one of my neighbors approves of this. As far
as I can tell, the only people that approve the plan are
those with a business interest in the development …
This is beyond shady. It’s kind of scary.
at three waterfront sites slated
for redevelopment: the Robinson Terminals and Cummings/
Turner properties.
Owners of two buildings
mentioned in the plan, the
warehouses at 204 and 206 S.
Union St., had the city’s goahead to renovate and redevelop the historic property as
office and retail space prior to
the plan’s passing.
Officials cleared up one
potential roadblock to the
plan’s passage earlier in the
day. Planning Director Farol
Hamer ruled a last-minute
protest petition filed by members of Citizens for an Alternative Alexandria Waterfront
nothing had been filed with
the BZA, a city spokesperson
said.
Nearly every party involved in the longstanding
debate weighed in during the
The crux of the discussion
remained where it has been
these past months — fixated
on the three sites ripe for redevelopment. Where the plan allows commercial and limited
residential development, plan
opponents want museums and
parks.
“To the folks who feel like
we haven’t looked at every
option … We have looked at
every option. We’ve looked at
and considered and had reasonable discussions of what
by-right development would
allow,” said City Councilman
Rob Krupicka. “We can’t put
all of our money into these
few blocks around the waterfront.”
While Fannon and Hughes
did not disagree with the
plan’s goals, they argued the
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colonelken: By having a plan we have a benchmark to
move forward with. By not having a plan we continue to
have those awful warehouses, limited revenue potential
and limited access to the riverfront … And progress is
just what this city needs.
hearing: resident groups, business leaders, former politicians and city staff. More than
100 people spoke in the hours
before the vote.
blueprint had potentially fatal flaws. Hughes raised the
specter of the Washington
Headquarters Services buildings at Mark Center, saying,
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over things that can and do go
wrong.”
Fannon later said he felt
the plethora of ideas and proposals the plan encapsulated
would have been better dealt
with on a case-by-case basis.
It was a “loaded” piece of leg-
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As the debate wound down
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Criticism of the plan
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The waterfront plan might be
approved, but the debate is far
from over, he said.
“Whatever the action we
take tonight does not mean
this is never to be looked at
again,” Euille said.
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Lady Titans tower
over T.C. hoops
Savage ravages St. Albans
The Episcopal Maroon extended their win streak to 11
Tuesday, toppling a 6-11 St. Albans team.
Kethan Savage carried his teammates to the 76-70 road
victory with 27 points. It wasn’t the senior guard’s best
performance of the season — he put up 35 against Bullis
in December — but it was his strongest since a 28-point game against
Potomac on January 4.
Savage went 10 for 15 from the free throw line on the night.
Though the Maroon let the Bulldogs outscore them in the first quarter,
they tightened up in the remaining 24 minutes of play. Episcopal scored
46 points in the second half.
Episcopal heads into the season’s final stretch boasting a 14-1 record,
5-0 in conference action. They face Landon — a team they previously
beat — on the road Friday.
Saints drop three in a row
After pummeling Benedictine on January 13, the St.
Stephen’s and St. Agnes Saints have dropped three consecutive games, including a 52-44 loss to Landon on Tuesday.
The two teams traded the lead throughout the matchup,
but the Bears’ 17-point fourth quarter put the game out of
the Saints’ reach. Despite the loss seniors Justin Goldsborough and Phil
Guglielmo enjoyed 16-point performances.
The struggling Saints are 3-10 and 0-5 in their district. They fell
against Bullis and St. Albans prior to their loss to Landon. The team hits
the road Friday to take on Georgetown Prep. The last time the teams met,
the Little Hoyas left Alexandria with a 76-59 victory.
Ireton falters against ranked squads
Bishop Ireton’s troubles continued this week, with road
losses to regionally ranked Paul VI Catholic and Gonzaga
teams.
The Cardinals faced down a No. 4-ranked Paul VI
squad Saturday only to see the Panthers emerge with an
83-61 victory. The loss came despite junior Louis Khouri’s heroic efforts
to keep the Cardinals in contention. The 6-foot-1 guard put up 24 points
against the perennial powerhouse.
Ireton fared little better against top-ranked Gonzaga on Tuesday.
Though Khouri was limited to just four points, teammate Da’von Wiley
racked up 20 for the struggling squad.
Still, it wasn’t enough to overcome Gonzaga — the Cardinals lost 8059.
The 10-9 Cardinals, 2-7 in the WCAC, hit the road again Friday to
take on Carroll before facing St. Anselm’s on Saturday night.
Montrose Christian, Woodson top T.C.
“We don’t get as much support as
[the boys],” said Roberts, a junior guard.
“We support each other.”
We play like a family, said Moss,
echoing her teammates sentiments, and
it’s paid off. A year ago, the Lady Titans
surged through the three-tiered playoff
system before falling to Princess Ann in
the state tournament quarterfinal game.
That success has carried over into this
Back-to-back losses to Montrose Christian and W.T.
Woodson have left the T.C. Williams Titans with a .500
record heading into the season’s final stretch.
Though the Titans gave Montrose Christian — ranked
No. 2 in the region — a run for their money a year ago, the
Rockville squad easily brushed off T.C. this time around. When the dust
settled Sunday, Montrose Christian was left standing with a 72-49 win.
Things didn’t get much better Tuesday. Despite a 25-point performance from senior small forward T.J. Huggins, the Titans fell to Woodson, 73-70, in double overtime. Teammate Landon Moss, a junior small
forward, also enjoyed an impressive night, racking up 22 points in the
loss.
The dual defeats leave T.C. at 8-8 in overall play and 5-5 in Patriot
District action. The Titans welcome Lee, a team they previously beat 7132, to Alexandria for a Friday night conference matchup.
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- Derrick Perkins
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T.C. Williams guard Gaby Moss, a senior, has led the Lady Titans to a solid season record
so far. The girls squad, 12-5 overall and 8-1 in disctrict play, face Lee on Friday.
Varsity girls lack the fan base but
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By Derrick Perkins
Lacking the fans, accolades and constant coverage of their peers on the T.C.
Williams boys basketball team, Gaby
Moss, Christian Roberts, Johnee Lewis
and coach Kesha Walton have quietly
built a winning program.
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Crenshaw honored by sportsman’s club
The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club recognized rising
St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes
basketball star Dhyamond
Crenshaw as the city’s athlete
of the month for January.
The junior forward leads
her teammates in scoring,
racking up 254 points in the
squad’s first 15 games of the
season. The 6-foot standout
enjoyed her best performance
of the year — singlehandedly scoring 27 points — in
a 50-47 win against Sidwell
Friends on December 13.
The Saints have gone 10-5
overall, 5-0 in conference action, with Crenshaw as cocaptain. She also has been se-
lected to two all-tournament
teams in the past year.
Crenshaw returns to the
court with her teammates Friday to take on Highland at
home. The game is scheduled
to begin at 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Bishop Ireton grapplers take silver
Bishop Ireton’s wrestlers
celebrated a second-place effort at the Capital Duals hosted by St. John’s over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
Fast on the heels of a silver-medal finish at the Alexandria City Tournament, Ireton’s grapplers bested Sidwell
Friends, Bullis and St. Mary’s
Ryken during the course of
that Saturday’s competition.
But the Cardinals came
up short against Boy’s Latin
in the championship round.
The Maryland school beat
Ireton 42-33 on the mat. Still,
their performance was good
enough to earn the Cardinals
second place.
Cardinals Nick Womack,
Andrew Bladen and Andrew
Lutterloh won all four of their
matches.
Lady Titans
in the state tournament,” she
said. “The funny thing is, that
wasn’t even one of our team
goals last year. Now our team
goal is let’s get back to states,
we’re able to do it.”
Beating West Springfield
is the team’s other core goal.
The Spartans have spelled
trouble for the Titans the past
few seasons, defeating T.C.
twice during last year’s regular season and then again in
the Patriot District and Northern Region tournament championship games.
They’ve been just as bothersome this season, barely
beating the Titans in a 49-48
showdown January 6. Moss
and Roberts will have another
chance at the Spartans Monday, that first loss just a blip
on an otherwise solid record.
But despite their continued
success, the team has been
unable to draw the same level
of attention and support as
the boys squad. It’s frustrating, said senior guard Sofia
Schedler. People say they’re
going to the games but fail to
show up, she said. Still, it’s
not worth getting upset about.
“What matters is our record, our team,” she said.
Schedler’s practiced indifference aside, the girls use it
as motivation, said Walton.
The school newspaper previewed the two teams at the
season’s start, she recalled.
The paper gave the boys a
full article and devoted a few
paragraphs to the girls. It’s
given them something to fight
for.
“The girls are pretty upset
about that, that right there,”
she said. “The fact that we’re
having more success this
year, that [lack of notice] is
kind of turning around. Our
fans are increasing in the
stands and now when we get
back to the regional or state
championship games, they
can say, ‘Yeah, the girls went
there, and yeah, they won.’”
At least one player, Moss,
is relishing the thought.
“Now we feel like if we
win state, everybody is going to be like, ‘Dang, shoulda
gone to their games,’” she
said.
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season. While the celebrated
boys team has struggled —
going 8-8 overall and 5-5 in
conference action — the girls
have enjoyed an 12-5 record,
8-1 in the Patriot District.
It’s owed in part to a newfound sense of confidence after a deep playoff run, Walton
said. They proved, without
any real postseason aspirations, they could run with the
best teams in the commonwealth.
Walton recalls being as
taken aback by their results as
her players. Then in her first
year at the program’s helm,
she was busy easing them
into her coaching system.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t
say [I was] surprised. I had
a goal, but my goal really
wasn’t taking them to regionals. My goal was to focus on
the district and turn it around
and take it game by game.
When I looked up, we were
- Derrick Perkins
Hockey
Saints secure first win
The St. Stephen’s and St.
Agnes hockey squad got a
much-needed win on a big
stage earlier this month,
beating St. John’s College
High during a showdown at
the Verizon Center.
Hitting the ice following
a Washington Capitals victory against the Tampa Bay
Lightning, the Saints took a
3-goal lead in the first period on the way to a 9-0 rout.
Sophomores Sam Movius
and Parker Phippen scored
their first goals as members
of the team during the drubbing.
Juniors James Boden and
Drew Nirenberg also scored,
as did freshmen Zach Phan
and Drew Butler.
The win was the Saints’
first of the season. They are
1-7 heading into this afternoon’s matchup with Bishop
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SOLO PREVIEW 2012 In lieu of
a solo exhibit in January, The Art League
Gallery hosts a group preview exhibit
featuring work by artists who have been
selected for solo exhibits in the coming
year. The show features work by Cecily
Corcoran, Theresa Esterlund, Elissa
Farrow-Savos, Juan Hernandez, Pattee
Hipschen, Marcia Jestaedt, Georgia
Nassikas, Suzanne Vigil and Andrew
Zimmermann. The exhibit is free.
Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: The Art League, 105 N.
Union St.
Information: 703-683-1780 or
www.theartleague.org
Now to February 12
ROCK YOUR PARK The City of
Photo/Kimberley French
Dermot Mulroney, second from left, acts alongside Liam Neeson in the action thriller, “The Grey,” opening Friday. Mulroney, a T.C. Williams graduate, also is known for his roles in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “Zodiac.”
Playing the sensitive roughneck
An interview
with
hometown
movie star
Dermot
Mulroney
By David Sachs
Hometown Hollywood actor
Dermot Mulroney’s character in
“The Grey” spends most of the
film being hunted by vicious,
territorial wolves alongside
Liam Neeson in the Alaskan arctic. He may have encountered
some ornery neighborhood dogs
as a teenager while biking his
Rosemont paper route for the
Alexandria Gazette, but it’s safe
to say growing up here was less
death defying.
Mulroney, a T.C. Williams
graduate, has a supporting role
in “The Grey,” out Friday. He
plays a sensitive roughneck —
one of seven survivors after a
plane carrying him and his fellow oil riggers crashes into the
deep wilderness. The crew is unwelcome in wolf country, where
civilization is nonexistent and
snow is omnipresent. The movie
makes viewers want to put on a
sweater on a 90-degree day.
Mulroney spoke to the Times
last week about growing up in
Alexandria and his role in “The
Grey.”
Alexandria Times: Assuming
you’re old enough to call your
hometown hangouts ‘haunts,’
what were your haunts growing up in Alexandria?
Dermot Mulroney: At the [T.C.
Williams High] school, at Chinquapin. We were always just
looking for places where other
people were. We used to just
mess around on the sports field
and all that, taking out the poll
vaulting mat and launching
ourselves into it. We were just
looking for trouble wherever
we could find it. I know it’s not
the safest, but we’d jump off the
piers into the Potomac.
SEE roughneck | 18
Alexandria Department of Recreation,
Parks and Cultural Activities offers
free community open play days
and nights at Ben Brenman Park’s
synthetic turf field. Families, friends
and neighbors of all ages can visit the
field to play soccer, lacrosse, touch
football, rugby and toss a Frisbee.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1
to 5 p.m. Sunday
Location: Ben Brenman Park Field,
4800 Brenman Park Drive
Information: Contact Mac Slover
at 703-746-5402 or mac.slover@
alexandriava.gov
January 26
WORLD SHORT STORY
DISCUSSION GROUP The group
will discuss stories in “Short Shorts:
An Anthology of the Shortest Stories,”
by Irving and Ilana W. Howe.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Ellen Coolidge Burke
Branch Library, 703-746-1704
Information: Contact Mark
Schwartz at 703-746-1770
LEARN ABOUT FREE EBOOKS
Thousands of eBooks, not to mention eAudioBooks, are available on
Alexandria Library’s website: www.
alexandria.lib.va.us. Come to this free
event to learn more.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Charles E. Beatley Jr.
Central Library, 5005 Duke St.
Information: 703-746-1702x3
MAYSA The jazz singer returns to
the Birchmere after recording her first
live album at the Alexandria music
venue back in September. Maysa’s
latest album is “Motions of Love.”
Tickets are $45.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Birchmere, 3701
Mount Vernon Ave.
www.birchmere.com
ALEXANDRIA TIMES CIVIL WAR DANCE CLASS In
preparation for the Civil War Ball on
January 28, learn the waltz, polka and
Virginia reel from an expert dance
master. Reservations are recommended; tickets cost $12.
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242
January 27
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
PLAYGROUP Children learn valu-
able social skills and improve their
developmental skills through play.
Parents and caregivers will join their
child in stimulating activities that
reinforce physical, cognitive and
social development. The playgroup
is free.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to noon
Location: Cora Kelly Recreation
Center, 25 W. Reed Ave.
Information: Contact Deatrice
Williams at 703-746-3430 or
[email protected]
IRIS DEMENT The singer-songwriter performs country and folk
music. Iris Dement’s last album was
“Lifeline.” More recently, her version
of “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
played over the closing credits of
“True Grit” (2010). Tickets are $35.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Ave.
www.birchmere.com
January 28
OLD TOWN FARMERS MARKET
The market includes local dairy, fish,
fruits, vegetables and features artists.
There is free parking in the garage
during market hours.
Time: 5:30 a.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King
St.
‘AMERICA’S HISTORIC KILNS’
LECTURE The Alexandria Archaeolo-
gy Museum will offer a free illustrated
lecture about historic pottery kilns.
Independent scholar and functional
potter Brenda Hornsby Heindl of
Liberty, N.C., will present “America’s
Historic Kilns: A Potter’s Perspective.” This lecture is sponsored by the
Friends of Alexandria Archaeology.
Time: 10 to 11 a.m.
Location: Alexandria Archaeology
Museum, 105 N. Union St.
PREPARING FOR A BALL Balls
were a girl’s favorite thing to do in
the 18th century. Come explore the
tavern where famous balls were held,
like George Washington’s Birthnight
Ball, and practice the tasks involved
in preparing for a ball. The event will
include an 18th-century dance lesson
and a craft to take home. Tickets are
$6 per person for the hour-long program. Reservations are required.
Information: Contact Michele
Longo at 703-746-4739
January 26, 2012 | 15
Krick, an author and former chief
historian for the Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania National Military Park,
will give a free lecture on “Robert E.
Lee and His Detractors in the Age of
the Anti-Hero.”
Time: 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Charles E. Beatley Jr.
Central Library, 5005 Duke St.
Information: www.alexandria.lib.va.us
decisions impacted the movement toward the War of 1812. The event also
includes a session with the mayor
and city officials to discuss the city’s
use of social media.
Time: 2 to 5:30 p.m.
Information: Contact Liz Williams
at 703-746-4242 or
[email protected]
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY “Capitol
PRESIDENTIAL SALON Join
AUTHOR LECTURE Robert K.
Knits” is a book full of history and
knitwear inspired by the District. Tanis
Gray, a D.C. local and Daughter of the
American Revolution, pairs her design
aesthetic with landmarks in Washington, D.C. Come meet the designer
and check out the knitwear in person
for this free event at fibre space.
Time: 2 to 5 p.m.
Location: fibre space, 102 N.
Fayette St.
www.fibrespace.com
ONE MAN LORD OF THE
RINGS Charlie Ross, a Canadian
actor and playwright, performs all
the roles from Peter Jackson’s movie
adaption of “Lord of the Rings.” Tickets are $35.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Ave.
www.birchmere.com
CIVIL WAR BALL Enjoy an eve-
ning from the 1860s in the historic
Gadsby’s Tavern ballroom at the Civil
War Ball. Part of Alexandria’s Civil War
sesquicentennial commemoration,
this distinctive event includes live
music, dance instruction and period
desserts. Period attire is encouraged.
Tickets are $45 in advance and $50
at the door.
Time: 8 to 11 p.m.
January 29
CIVIL WAR SUNDAY Explore
the Civil War in Alexandria with
Civil War Sundays, a showcase of an
original May 26, 1861, edition New
York Tribune detailing Col. Elmer
Ellsworth’s death in Alexandria; a
Peeps diorama illustrating Ellsworth’s
death; a TimeTravelers Passport exhibit featuring the Civil War drummer
boy; a diorama of a heating system
constructed in Alexandria to warm
Civil War hospital tents during the
winter of 1861; a cocked-and-loaded
Wickham musket discarded in a privy
during the 1860s; and an exhibit on
the Lee Street site during the Civil
War. The event is free.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Archaeology
Museum, 105 N. Union St.
SALON TWEET-UP WITH
JAMES MADISON The city’s first
tweet-up will provide a unique opportunity to learn about the nation’s
history through the eyes of the fourth
president. This in-depth access to
James Madison will help illuminate
his presidency and ultimately how his
former President James Madison
in Gadsby’s historic Assembly
Room as he discusses political and
personal issues of 1811. Take part
in this conversation with the fourth
president of the United States and
be a party to the public debate in
the company of James Madison,
as presented by John Douglas Hall.
Reservations are recommended.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10
for students.
Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
alexandriava.gov/gadsbystavern
ARTIST’S RECEPTION Join the
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association at the Athenaeum to welcome
artist GA Gardner. Jarvis DuBois will
curate the free event.
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: The Athenaeum, 201
Prince St.
www.nvfaa.org
January 30
LEARN ABOUT FREE EBOOKS
Thousands of eBooks, not to mention eAudioBooks, are available on
Alexandria Library’s website: www.
alexandria.lib.va.us. Come to this free
event to learn more.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Ellen Coolidge Burke
Branch Library, 4701 Seminary Road
DUNCAN LOCAL AUTHOR
SERIES Local author Thomas
Kaufman will discuss his ever-thrilling
book, “Steal the Show.”
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: James M. Duncan Jr.
Branch Library, 2501 Commonwealth
Ave.
January 31
MARC BROUSSARD The artist
performs songs with “strong currents
of R&B, sanctified church and the
many other flavors of his Louisiana
bayou home,” according to the
singer-songwriter’s website. Marc
Broussard’s latest album is self-titled.
Tickets are $35.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Ave.
www.birchmere.com
February 2
BIRTHNIGHT BALL DANCE
CLASS In preparation for the
Birthnight Ball on February 18, learn
18th-century English country dancing
from expert dance instructors. The
class costs $12.
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
February 3
OPENING RECEPTION —
LOVE, POLITICS AND
SCRABBLE Area artists were chal-
lenged to interpret games people play:
sports, electronic games, mind games
or board games. Come see how these
creative people constructed their
ideas in 2D and 3D. There also will be
a fine art and craft marketplace. The
show runs to February 26.
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.
Location: Del Ray Artisans gallery,
2704 Mount Vernon Ave.
www.thedelrayartisans.org
STEEP CANYON RANGERS
The group from North Carolina
performs American bluegrass music.
Steep Canyon Rangers paired with
comedian Steve Martin for the album,
“Rare Alert Bird.” The combo also won
Carryout Items:
wing platters, hot
dog platters, fresh
cut baskets of fries
and whole fresh
baked cakes
Come by for
Super Bowl
and March
Madness snacks!
2004 Eisenhower Ave. Alexandria, VA 22314
703.519.0055 • Independently Owned & Operated
the Entertainers of the Year Award
at the International Bluegrass Music
Association. Tickets are $25.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Ave.
www.birchmere.com
February 4
OLD TOWN BOUTIQUE DISTRICT WAREHOUSE SALE The
seventh annual Old Town Boutique
District Warehouse Sale will feature
high-end boutique merchandise —
clothing, shoes, jewelry and home
furnishings — for as much as 80
percent off retail prices.
Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive
Information: www.oldtownboutiquedistrict.com
SEE Calendar | 19
JAN 27th
A Tribute to the Music of
Frank Sinatra
Dinner from 6:30, Show at 8:00pm
JAN 28th
A Tribute to the Music of
Teena Marie & Rick James
JAN 29th
Zumba Explosion Fundraiser
4:00pm
FEB 2nd
Swing Machine Big Band
FEB 3rd
A Tribute to the Music of the
Women of Motown
411 John Carlyle St.
alexandria, Va 22314
703-548-8899
theCarlyleClub . Com
Shop Around the Corner
A special advertising feature of the Alexandria Times
Conrad’s
Furniture
is a
hidden
gem
Old Town Transit Shop
Your best place to buy DASH, Metro, and VRE passes,
and SmarTrip cards!
Friendly customer service agents will help plan your trip
and inform you of the most economical way to travel.
OPEN: Monday—Friday n 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
LOCATED: 1775-C Duke Street (Across from the King Street Metro Station)
SmartBenefits® vouchers, cash, and credit cards are accepted.
Bus and Rail schedules are available.
In the heart of Old Town
rests a hidden gem of a furniture store: Conrad’s Furniture Gallery. When it comes
to luxury and comfort, there
is no place better.
It’s hard to find high-quality furniture at down-to-earth
prices. But Conrad’s commits
itself to quality, design and
value. And the 101 King St.
store doesn’t stop after your
purchase. Conrad’s wants to
satisfy customers for years
to come and looks forward to
repeat visitors.
If you dream it, Conrad’s
can build it. No one can compare with the store’s outstanding service, quality or
expertise. Conrad’s only carries the finest brands and best
fabrics and finishes of today’s
styles. The store also has premier interior designers waiting to meet you with a smile.
DASH and local transit services: 703-746-DASH (3274) n www.dashbus.com
Metrobus & Metrorail: 202-637-7000
BW Art, Antiques,
and Jewelry
Visit BW Art, Antiques and Jewelry for
exquisite paintings, bronzes, period furniture,
Herand, Wedgewood, designer clothing,
handbags, accessories, estate jewelry, and
Alexandria's finest selection of costume
jewelry, organized by color and category.
www.bwantiques.net
108 N. Fayette Street (One block from King St)
(703) 518 - 8464
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For more information,
call 703-683-2290 or visit
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Roughneck
FROM | 14
Were you a drama kid at
T.C.?
Yeah. The drama teacher at
the time was Jerry Gibbs. I
did a few plays, I had done
some already at G.W. [Middle
School] because they were
still finishing the reorganization leftover from desegregating.
You were in the movie, “J.
Edgar,” with Leonardo
DiCaprio, which used the
stairs at the Masonic temple
for a scene last year. We
know because our reporter
was kicked off the premises.
Did you get to see friends or
family while you were here?
Oh man! Did Leo have like
a personal bodyguard escort
him away? I don’t have family there anymore, but I have
some of the best friends of my
lifetime there. I was there for
just one night and got to spend
it with [current T.C. Williams
English teacher] Taki Sidley
at his house. I’ve known him
since first grade — a great
family that has created this
kind of spawn of hippies.
About the film: What’s the
backstory of your character,
this kind of sensitive roughneck?
I agree with you. That’s one
of the things that appealed to
me — this tough guy who’s
used to tough conditions,
working outside at oil rigs.
But he’s got this other side
that begins to come out as his
resistance wears down. The
movie delivers on its promise of a hell ride through the
frozen north, but it does what
others don’t do in that it has a
heart, a deeper meaning.
What’s up with the ‘WY’ hat
you wear throughout the
film? Is that ‘Wyoming’?
Yeah. I designed that hat. I
wanted my character to be
from Wyoming, so I had that
hat made. For me it unintentionally added more of a
metaphysical element — if
you want to get deep. It was
kind of intended accidentally.
So you had a lot of free rein
with your character?
Joe Carnahan wrote the screenplay and gave actors a lot of
room to flesh out the character,
what his life might be outside
of this story. I explored that
deeply. We made up a bunch
of stuff as actors because we
were given free reign creatively … how each of us tailor the
character to what happens to
them in the movie.
I have to go back to something. Taki Sidley had a ponytail when I attended T.C.
Does he still have it?
Oh yeah, and it’s going strong.
“The Grey” opens Friday
at movie theaters across the
country.
The Little Theatre of Alexandria presents
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee Jan 14 - Feb 4
Experience the pressure, angst, and joys of childhood
as you follow the quirky adolescent outcasts (and some
even quirkier adults) as they engage in this classic and
contentious form of schoolhouse competition.
600 Wolfe St, Alexandria • 703-683-0496 • www.thelittletheatre.com
Calendar
Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S.
Fairfax St.
alexandriava.gov/apothecary
FROM | 15
WONDERS OF SCIENCE The
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum will host special tours and demonstrations exploring 18th-century
natural and medical science. Discover
curious objects — from poison bottles
to dragon’s blood — and find out how
they were used, and if they worked.
Tours are recommended for thirdgraders and older. Tickets are $6.
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater
FIRST SATURDAY LECTURE:
‘TAKE A WALK THROUGH
TIME’ Take a walk up King Street
through photos from the last hundred
years with special collections photo
librarian Julie Downie. She will focus
on buildings with an interesting story
to tell. The lecture is free.
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Library, 717
Queen St.
‘THE MOUSE OF AMHERST’
Jane Franklin Dance will present “The
Let’s Eat |
Mouse of Amherst.” This original work
for children, adapted from the book
by Elizabeth Spires, is about a mouse
forming a friendship with reclusive
poet Emily Dickinson. As the unlikely
duo grow closer, children learn everyone can write about their feelings and
even a mouse can create beautiful
poetry. Tickets are $15 for adults and
$10 for children.
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Prince St.
www.nvfaa.org
to this concert of recent works by
choreographers Daniel Zook, Wayles
Haynes and Jane Franklin, featuring
ageless performers and younger company members. Tickets are $20.
Time: 5 p.m.
Prince St.
janefranklin.com
FORTY + OR MINUS Forty + is a
group of community-based dancers
and performers older than 40. Come
Take in the memories of the historic
Parker-Gray neighborhood with this
free exhibition of miniature dollhouses by Sharon J. Frazier and Linwood
February 9
OPENING RECEPTION — OUR
ALEXANDRIA: AFRICANAMERICAN DOLLHOUSES
M. Smith. This local showcase
features more than a dozen buildings
and rooms in 1:12 scale, including
buildings and rooms inspired by
places in Alexandria. Guests also will
have the opportunity to meet Frazier
and Smith.
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Black History
Museum, 902 Wythe St.
To have your event considered
for our calendar listings, please
email [email protected]. You
can also post your event directly
to our online calendar by visiting
www.alextimes.com.
A special advertising feature of the Alexandria Times
Baja Fresh is fun, festive and tasty too
Baja Fresh Mexican
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The eatery, at 3231 Duke
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serves flavorful Mexican
food with fast service,
upbeat music and lots of
fun.
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fast-food-type dining establishment. The food is
delicious and colorful.
Every menu item is prepared for the individual
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Mondays, the restaurant even lets children,
younger than 10, eat
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purchase an adult meal
and drink. (The offer
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up the big game. Your
guests will be delighted.
But it’s not just the
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Alexandrians don’t
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Animal control officers:
in harm’s way
Alexandria’s police officers do an excellent job
of keeping city residents safe from crime — in 2010,
city crime reached a 45-year low. Our police officers
are well-trained, well-equipped and normally on the
scene quickly if there’s a problem.
Unfortunately, another set of Alexandria public
safety servants who risk their lives for city residents
are not so well equipped: animal control officers.
Though police officers have weapons and training for
self-defense with handguns, pepper spray and tasers,
animal control officers are only permitted to use catch
poles.
Yet animal they encounter aggressive creatures
of the two- and four-legged variety. As evidenced by
last week’s vicious attack by a dog on its owner that
ended when the co-owner shot and killed the dog in
self-defense, animal control officers encounter lifethreatening situations. In fact, when Alexandria police
officers enter a dwelling with a dog present, it’s policy
to call animal patrol first — yet police officers are the
ones with weapons.
Asking Alexandria’s animal control officers to protect us from dangerous creatures without giving them
the means to protect themselves isn’t just a shame: it
borders on criminal. It’s time for city police to collaborate with the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria and arm its officers.
Other jurisdictions in Virginia arm their animal
control officers with pepper spray and some allow
handguns. It begs the question: Why is Alexandria allowing these public servants to enter harm’s way daily
without adequate armor?
Part of the problem is status. Our animal control
officers are not technically city employees. They work
for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, which
has contracted with the city since 1989 to provide
animal control. The city does not allow these contract
employees to carry pepper spray or handguns.
It seems a simple solution to arm Alexandria’s
animal control officers, and to train them in the use of
pepper spray and handguns by piggybacking on existing police training programs and facilities. Yet police
have resisted this move, citing liability issues. This
is a hollow argument. Knowingly sending an animal
control officer into a dangerous situation without adequate tools for protection opens the city to far greater
liability than the outside chance an animal control
officer will accidently pepper spray a bystander.
Alexandria is well known for being welcoming to
pets — dogs in particular. Dogs are welcome in many
stores and at outside restaurant tables. But the sad reality is not all pets are gentle. Then there are the other
non-pets our animal control officers encounter, such
as raccoons, foxes and bats, which can be rabid. Top
that off with pet owners, who are sometimes hostile
toward animal control officers, and there is a basis to
arm animal control officers so they can protect us.
Opinion
“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
On the waterfront, resident
voices fall on deaf ears
To the editor:
There was a time when
the opinions of civic associations would have
carried some weight at
City Hall. That no longer
seems to be the case.
On Saturday, Old
Town Civic Association,
Rosemont Civic Association and Seminary Hill
Association joined with
Citizens for an Alternative Alexandria Water-
front Plan in asking the
city council to defer the
vote and improve the
plan. Council ignored
their requests and voted
5-2 for a plan favored by
a business group called
Waterfront For All.
No wonder Alexandrians are so dissatisfied
with their elected officials.
- Anne Peterson
Using Metro not
worth the hassle
To the editor:
A better choice for your January 19 poll regarding the Metro
fare increase would have been: “If
you rarely or never use Metro, is it
because it already has become too
expensive?” I bet most of those
who don’t use Metro would if it
were affordable. I used to use it
daily, now rarely. It’s far cheaper
to drive and less of a hassle.
- Pat Webb
Alexandria
Four steps to a sense of place on the waterfront
To the editor:
Now that city council has
approved the waterfront plan,
the really hard work needs to
begin: transforming the waterfront into a vital, distinctive place.
Unfortunately, in approving the plan, the council made
this challenge even more difficult by limiting hotel use.
This will significantly reduce
projected tax revenues and
thus money available for distinctive features. Even before
this change, the plan lacked
enough money for distinctive
elements — its biggest flaw.
If we can’t create a distinctive waterfront, we’ll never
have a successful waterfront
— one that people value and
want to visit. That will take
money, and it is clear money
is lacking.
The challenge of transforming the waterfront was
never going to be easy in any
event, given that one of the
chief features of today’s waterfront is its lack of distinction. But the plan includes a
variety of ideas for distinctive
elements and designs. The
best of all are the art walk and
history proposals.
To help create a distinctive
difference. If the waterfront
is to be a special place for all
residents, funding from all
taxpayers can be justified.
a special place. This committee can work to overcome a
major obstacle to creating a
distinctive place: the tenden-
Appoint a committee — distinct
from any implementation
committee — of design
professionals, artists and others to
educate the public and refine and advance
the thinking about the elements and
features of the plan that can transform the
waterfront into a special place.
waterfront, the council should
take four steps:
1. Ask staff to do a detailed
study of the cost of the elements needed to create a distinctive place. If money from
developers and tax revenues
isn’t sufficient, consider taxpayer funding to make up the
2. Appoint a committee —
distinct from any implementation committee — of design
professionals, artists and others to educate the public and
refine and advance the thinking about the elements and
features of the plan that can
transform the waterfront into
cy of people to be too rigid in
their thinking about design.
3. On the two development
sites in which hotels are allowed, demand the highest
architectural standards and
even insist on design competitions. The challenge south
of King Street will be to find
designs that fit into our historic fabric. Surely this can
be done while also creating
distinctive architecture.
4. For the Robinson Terminal North location, consider
a truly striking piece of architecture of the caliber done
by one of today’s signature
architects. This site lends itself to iconic architecture
because the land juts into the
Potomac River and overlooks
the Washington skyline. Also,
modern office buildings and
townhouses with little trace
of Alexandria’s history now
surround it.
I feel fortunate to live in
the Washington area where
there are so many distinctive
places to visit. It is far from
clear that Alexandria’s waterfront will ever become one of
these. But we have an enormous opportunity.
- Bill Hendrickson
Alexandria
How to cope with the winter blues as a senior
Short days, cold nights, in appetite — such as eatgloomy weather; these hall- ing too little or over eating
marks of winter lead the best — and reports of feelings of
of us to curtail social activi- depression.
ties and hibernate. For elders How can you tell if somewho may have difficulty with one has a seasonal disorder
mobility and isoor an ongoing
lation, the winter
depressive dismonths
might
order? It usuhave a more proally goes away
nounced impact,
when the weather
leading to the
clears up, but a
winter blues.
true depressive
The
winter
disorder will be
blues, also known
ongoing and reas seasonal affeccurrent. DepresMyView sion remains a setive disorder, affects people with Jo-Ann Leitch Callender rious problem in
normal
mental
older adults and
health. It is a serious mood increases as their functional
change that occurs when the level becomes more limited
seasons change. Look for with the presence of other illthese symptoms in elderly nesses. Seniors are one of the
relatives or friends: sleeping most at-risk groups for suimore, changes in activity lev- cide, accounting for 16 perel and not wanting to engage cent of all suicides, accordin regular activities, changes ing to the National Institutes
of Mental Health.
Don’t wait for the weather to clear to determine if
your relative or friend has
the “winter blues” or ongoing depression. Here’s how
you can help.
Exercise: Encourage your
senior friend or loved one to
exercise regularly. Exercise
releases brain chemicals that
improve mood and diminish
the winter blues. Alexandria’s recreation centers have
programs geared to seniors.
Improve diet: Feeling down
can lead to loss of interest
in food or overeating. Diet
can improve a person’s overall feeling of well-being.
Choose foods with complex
carbohydrates — such as
wheat bread, vegetables and
brown rice — and drink plenty of water. If your friend or
loved one has difficulty preparing meals, they may wish
to consider Meals on Wheels.
Improve social network:
Family members have their
own busy schedules, often
making it difficult to interact
with their elderly relatives.
As seniors age, their social
network diminishes with illnesses and deaths. Seniors
can expand their network by
joining one of the three Alexandria senior centers offering lunch, exercise activities,
trips and social interaction
Sunight therapy: One of
the most common reasons
for seasonal affective disorder is lack of sunlight. If going outside every day is not
possible, then consider light
therapy. A device called a heliostat reflects direct sunlight
into the windows of a home
by a computer-controlled
mirror device. You also can
purchase a light box device
which emits much brighter
light than a customary incandescent lamp.
Medication: It is a good idea
to discuss symptoms with
your doctor. There may be
other causes of the symptoms
and he/she may suggest additional therapies such as an
anti-depression regimen. To learn about all of the
city programs, contact the
city’s division of aging and
adult services at 703-7465999x5 or on the web at
www.alexandriava.gov/aging.
The writer is supervisor of
Adult Services in the Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services.
Waterfront plan approved long before city council voted
To the editor:
I was not surprised, sadly,
by the 5-2 city council vote in
favor of the waterfront plan.
What astounds me is city
council’s Democrats’ disregard for residents who disagree with them.
Saturday’s public hearing
was a shameful pretense; an
orchestrated event to make
it appear the plan could be
changed. Residents who
spoke eloquently and thoughtfully against the plan, those
who asked for more time to
consider alternatives and potential consequences, might
as well have kept silent.
Former City Councilman
Dave Speck came out of retirement to speak in favor of
the plan and was asked leading questions that kept him
speaking far beyond his allotted time. The message Mr.
Speck delivered on behalf of
city council was our taxes will
go up without development
and we won’t be able to support public services.
His argument was misleading — designed to prop up the
views of development-hungry
Democrats. Have your taxes
declined lately? This is an
example of partisan and misleading rhetoric designed to
divide the community in an
election year.
Judy Noritake, park and
recreation committee chairwoman, spoke for three minutes and was kept at the podium much longer, giving
prescripted answers to the
council’s questions. From Ms.
Noritake we learned there is
too much green space on the
waterfront, and we must buy
more land elsewhere.
But on a per-capita basis
Alexandria has well below
the minimum amount of open
Casting light on broken street lamps
To the editor:
Beginning in 2007, residents of
the 100 and 200 blocks of Duke St.,
200 and 300 blocks of S. Lee St.,
and 100 block of Wolfe St. were
subjected to more than two years
of noisy, dirty and often damaging
disruption of our property and daily
lives.
Our streets and sidewalks were
torn up. Deep trenches were dug
inches from our front doors. Picks
and shovels pounded and scraped
against house foundations. Our cars
suffered flat tires from construction debris in the streets. The roots
of many of our lovely, old trees
were severed. When it rained, water poured into basements from the
holes dug just outside.
We were not compensated for
any damages incurred; our reward
was charming, little colonial-style
street lamps replacing the unattractive lights and unsightly wires our
city leaders deemed unsuitable for
a historic district. It was a nice idea
despite the agony of realizing it.
Now, three years after the project’s completion, our streets look
decidedly different. We have no
poles or wires and far fewer trees.
But we do have attractive street
lamps, though more than half no
longer work. On the 200 block of
Duke St. all five have been dark
for months and the only light, other than from an occasional porch,
comes from a privately owned gas
lamp. It is very dark at night, and
with our uneven sidewalks, it also
is very dangerous.
Since June, I’ve made at least
five calls to City Hall and Dominion Virginia Power regarding the
broken lights. I’ve always been
told to call the other entity; the one
I’m speaking with is not responsible. During my most recent call
I learned there is a jurisdictional
question about the lamps: Some fell
under the city’s control and others
to Dominion.
What will it take to bring some
light back to our Old Town streets?
Perhaps a lawsuit brought by a tourist who trips in the dark? Or must
we conclude that the ordeal we endured several years ago was all for
nothing, and we will forever remain
in darkness?
- Jane Coughran
Alexandria
Root, root, root for the home team
To the editor:
Come out and support the Lady
Titans. On Monday, the Lady Titans
play the West Springfield Spartans at
T.C. Williams. The Lady Titans lost
a close, 49-48 game at West Springfield on January 6, so let’s cheer
them on in their next-to-last regular
season game. They’ve earned our
support.
Go, Titans!
- Mike “Grandpa Titan” Oliver
Alexandria
space compared to national
standards. The amount we do
have per person is declining.
As all great cities are learning,
open space improves property
values and is a great asset that
also attracts tourists.
More than 100 people
spoke Saturday. Half supported the plan and were mostly
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce or Waterfront For All
members. The rest were residents who live here and who
asked for more time to study
issues like traffic and density.
That was never going to
happen. City council mem-
bers made up their minds long
ago, and this was a day to pretend they were listening. The
five Democrats listened all
right, but they listened to the
speakers they consider their
November constituents.
The mayor and city council had a chance to show leadership. Instead, they chose
partisan self-interest. All Alexandrians lost Saturday.
- Andrew Macdonald
Former vice mayor and
co-founder of Citizens for
an Alternative Alexandria
Waterfront Plan
Why I voted against the waterfront plan
To the editor:
I voted against the waterfront plan
and I want to clear up any misunderstanding on why. Reading post-vote
emails from constituents, I was most
struck by the following statement
that may frame the issue for others
so I wanted to share it: “I’m not sure
what motivated your decision to vote
against a very reasonable, marketdriven waterfront plan — political
My history on
council is as
a spendthrift
committed to low
taxes and a balanced
commercial-residential tax
base, which in essence,
requires more — not less
— development to be
realized. But it has to be in
the right place.
opportunism or a conviction that additional taxes are a tradeoff for ‘historical’ preservation.” The constituent
went on to say, “[F]or the city’s sake
I hope your cynical vote is mere opportunism and not a deeply held belief
on how to sustain an urban economy.”
The answer is neither. Public service requires more from me and my
history on council is as a spendthrift
committed to low taxes and a balanced commercial-residential tax
base, which in essence, requires more
— not less — development to be real-
ized. But it has to be in the right place.
In making my decision, I first removed personal passion and individual emotion from my thinking. I objectively evaluated the facts and the law,
considering what decisions would be
legally defensible and winnable if the
city was sued. As a steward of our resources, that’s my job.
Second, I considered the will of the
people I represent, to the extent that
their will would not put the city in a
compromised legal or financially deleterious position. A distant third were
my personal views.
My “no” vote can be summed up
with the following: 1. The 1992 comprehensive down-zoning was legally
defensible and winnable based on
comments made by our city attorney
during the work session preceding the
public hearing. 2. The economic analysis remains presumptively flawed
and too incomplete for comfort in
that it does not adequately cost out
how the plan can be realized without
an undue burden on taxpayers. 3. An
option to seize property owned by the
Old Dominion Boat Club by eminent
domain is unacceptable but part of the
plan in order to open the foot of King
Street. 4. A deeply held belief that
there can be development, but it must
be controlled one project at a time.
5. Serious flaws in our processes,
including how we have engaged and
treated our residents, with the bulk
of my constituents siding against the
plan.
- Alicia Hughes
Alexandria City Councilwoman
OUT OF THE ATTIC
Montgomery Ward and the ‘Spirit of Progress’
Photo/Alexandria Library Special Collections
Montgomery Ward,
first established in Chicago in the 1870s, was a
mail-order business that
allowed customers, even
those outside of urban
areas, to purchase dry
goods through a catalog.
After more than 40 years
as a mail-order-only business, Montgomery Ward
began operating retail
outlets in the mid- and
late 1920s. Among the
hundreds of new stores
it opened was one along
King Street.
In late 1928, Montgomery Ward chose a site
on the south side of the
900 block of King, and
excavation and foundation work began in February 1929. That spring, as
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the new three-story building was under construction, other department
stores similar plans for
retail on King Street. S.S.
Kresge Co. leased store
space and J.C. Penney
was building a new store,
both in the 600 block.
Montgomery Ward’s
building featured a cut
stone facade, urn finials
and bas-relief carvings.
Above the top windows,
in the center, is a depiction of a woman balancing on a globe and holding a torch. Based on
an earlier sculpture and
known as the “Spirit of
Progress,” it also appeared as a bronze statue
at Montgomery Ward’s
Chicago offices.
In the 1960s, Montgomery Ward opened new
stores in larger shopping
centers and malls around
the area, and by the end
of the decade, the store
at 906-908 King St. had
closed. A furniture repair
business and an antiques
shop operated there at different times in the 1970s,
but by the late 1970s,
when this photo was taken, the store was vacant.
In 1984, this building and those adjacent
to it were remodeled
into a new complex today known as Firehouse
Square.
Out of the Attic is
provided by the Office of
Historic Alexandria.
Should Alexandria animal control officers
carry weapons (see story, page 1)?
A. No.
B. Yes, but not guns.
C. Yes, including guns.
Thumbs UP to the Olde
Town Fencing Club
for offering classes to the young
and old alike. It is
very interesting to have this
unique sport offered here in
Alexandria. En garde!
— Patrice Culligan
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Thumbs UP to the waterfront plan and
to the owner of
the warehouses
at 204 and
206 S. Union
St. The owner of these old
warehouses will restore the
buildings as office and retail
space, which fits in with the
waterfront plan. If it were not
for the plan, a developer like
Robert Brandt might have redeveloped this property more
liberally. This is a positive
first step in the overall redevelopment of the waterfront.
— Patrice Culligan
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Schools for
compromising on
its original plan to
add artificial turf
and lights to the Francis Hammond Middle School field. With
the project already exceeding
the original $1.6-million price
tag and neighbors up in arms
with concerns athletic lights
would hurt their quality of life,
proceeding without lights was
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At Home
A modern twist on contemporary home design
By Bill LaHay
While interpretations of contemporary home design vary from
person to person and even country to country, most people know
it when they see it.
Ask for a detailed explanation of what makes a home’s style
“modern,” however, and you’re
likely to get little more than a
few vague comments about geometric or boxy shapes, flat roofs,
big windows, and other common
“signature” elements.
This lack of specificity
shouldn’t surprise anyone; the
human eye and brain tend to hone
in first on the overall gesture of
what they are seeing, not the
subtle details. That recognition
comes later, when we’ve had time
to absorb more visual information
and put it into a context that we
recognize and understand.
A lot of modernist architecture
tends to evoke a mixed response
among Americans, in part because most of us don’t have much
exposure to it. And those who do
like what they see might have a
different kind of problem: How
do you learn the essential design
details if you don’t get more than
occasional glimpses of them?
Enter the book “200 Tips for
Modern Interior Design” by Marta Serrats. As thick as a telephone
directory (you remember those,
right?) from a large city, this compilation brings hundreds of contemporary homes from around the
world directly to a reader’s fingertips. It is primarily a collection of
photographs (more than 800) that
showcase modern residential design in its many forms, with floorplan illustrations and enough text
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Photo/Catherine Tighe
Exposed concrete columns and structural steel reflect the industrial origins of this living room
design, but soft layered lighting, warm wood tones and a textile-rich seating area give it an
unexpected cozy ambience.
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It boasts spacious and
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Serving area seniors
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to the individual desires of
discerning seniors and their
families. Perhaps best of all,
as an accredited continuing
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the Hermitage offers excellent health care services,
affording residents peace
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with no entrance fee.
Some of the life-enhancing services include:
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premium cable; transportation to stores and local
physicians’ appointments;
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to ensure readers understand
the essential design elements
depicted.
Serrats sets the stage with
a brief introduction to the
modern aesthetic, emphasizing three key points: First,
that contemporary homes,
like any other style, are a personal extension of the owner/
occupant and thus aim for being a source of solace and individual expression. Second,
that other creative disciplines,
such as fashion, graphic arts,
and industrial design, are increasingly interwoven into
modern residential architecture. And third, that the stark
minimalism sometimes associated with modern design
gets tempered considerably
in houses; clean and simple
lines still rule the day, but
there is enough personal and
tactile softness to make it feel
like home.
Concrete, steel and glass
still make regular appearances in the examples shown,
but wood, textiles, copper and
other warmer elements are
increasingly common. What
results is a wider array of colors, textures, lighting and materials that complement the
smooth surfaces and simple
shapes we recognize as “modern.”
The book’s formidable
thickness is made manageable by individual chapters
that highlight room types
rather than entire homes.
Each opens with a discussion
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of how the larger themes of
modernism find small expression in a given space:
Entrances and hallways
These spaces are seen frequently by both residents and
guests, but they aren’t “lived
in.” Keep the function intact
with good lighting and clean
traffic flow, and include selective accents (a sculpture or
a unique rug) that hint at the
personality and decor to be
found elsewhere in the house.
As in any space, it’s easy for
ornate elements to read as visual clutter, so keep the furnishings spare and simple.
Living rooms
According to most 1950s
sitcoms, this room sees only
occasional use for entertaining formally, but the living room in a modern home
should be versatile enough to
accommodate guests and everyday activities equally well.
Provide plenty of seating in
flexible arrangements, use
built-in storage and shelving
to reduce clutter, and layer the
lighting with multiple sources
and types of fixtures. If you
want the room to reflect your
design flair, include bolder
colors and contrasts. If you
want serenity, lighter tones
are fine for a more relaxed
ambience, but beige is still
too blase.
Kitchens
Here is another room with
a shifting historical and cultural role. The earliest human
shelters featured a dominant
hearth so the fire could provide warmth, light, and in-
tense heat for cooking. As
long as structures stayed small
and simple, this arrangement
continued, but a century or
so ago the messiness of food
preparation and cleanup got
the kitchen demoted to utility
room status, out of sight and
out of mind. Dining rooms
and parlors were the public
spaces where guests could be
entertained agreeably.
Now, of course, the
“hearth” has reclaimed its
central role in the form of
the efficient and clean modern kitchen. The functions of
food storage, preparation and
cleanup are still essential, but
the social hub has returned.
By their nature, kitchens
features a lot of smooth, hard
surfaces, so use softer touches
to warm things up where you
want. Wood or cork flooring,
fabric seating, and window
coverings can help here, but
the look is always no-frills
clean. The sleek look of contemporary cabinets comes
mostly in custom goods, so
budget accordingly, and mix
up countertop materials depending on the zone or function of each area. Stainless
steel appliances are still a favorite.
The book offers similar advice about decorating
other spaces: dining rooms,
bedrooms, bathrooms, home
offices, and even studio apartments and outdoor spaces.
Admittedly, a few examples
do sport that barren look that
makes you wonder how any
actual persons might live
there, but for the most part
these homes are crisp, clean,
and user-friendly.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA)
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
)
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
) CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2011-CP-10-8424
First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.
)
)
)
Plaintiff,
) SUMMONS
v.
)
)
Jeffrey A. Mosher and Lauren K. Mosher, )
)
Defendants. )
______________________________________)
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your
Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff ’s attorney, Scott B. Umstead, 4226
Mayfair Street, Suite 100, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29577, within thirty (30)
days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to
answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S)
UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM
THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL
DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment
will be made by the Mortgagee immediately and separately and such application
will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such
an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and
Complaint upon you.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of South Carolina Code ‘ 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents
contained in the mortgage identified in the Complaint is hereby perfected and
Plaintiff hereby gives further notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by
delivery of the same to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default forward.
In the alternative, the Plaintiff will move a Judge of this Circuit Court on the tenth
(10th) day after service hereof, or as soon as counsel for Plaintiff may be heard, for
an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and/or profits, if any, compelling payments of all such funds covered by the mortgage and/or by status and/
or by common law directly to the undersigned attorneys for the Plaintiff, which
Motion is based upon the original Note and Mortgage identified in the Complaint
therein and attached hereto as well as any applicable laws, statutes or regulations.
SCOTT B. UMSTEAD, P.A.
/s/Scott B. Umstead
4226 Mayfair Street, Suite 100
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Ph: 843-913-4610
Attorney for Plaintiff
01/06/2012
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Charleston County in Civil Action Number 2011-CP-10-8424.
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ALEXANDRIA PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW
The following request has been received
for administrative review and approval.
The Director of Planning and Zoning
may approve the permit unless a request
that the application be forwarded to City
Council is received by February 16, 2012.
For information about this application
or to comment, visit the City’s website at
alexandriava.gov or call (703) 746-4666.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2012-0005
2201 Mount Vernon Avenue
Massage Establishment – Vital Body
And Mind Therapies
Request to operate a massage establishment; zoned CL/Commercial Low
APPLICANT: Michael Nicotra
PLANNER: nathan.randall@
alexandriava.gov
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING
COMMISSION
FEBRUARY - 2012
The items described below will be heard
by the Planning Commission and the City
Council on the following dates. 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 date. For further
information call the Department of Planning and Zoning on 703-746-4666.
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
7:30 PM, CITY HALL
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
301 KING STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
9:30 AM, CITY HALL
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
301 KING STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
CDD CONCEPT PLAN #2011-0004
MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT #20110005
DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0020
TMP SPECIAL USE PERMIT #20110046
2425 MILL ROAD (Block 3); 312 & 314
TAYLOR DRIVE, 301 & 315 STOVALL
STREET (Block 2)
2401 EISENHOWER AVENUE - HOFFMAN BLOCK 8
Public hearing and consideration of
requests for: A) an amendment to the
Eisenhower East Small Area Plan to
transfer floor area between blocks in
CDD #2; B) an amendment to the CDD
Concept Plan to transfer floor area
and parking spaces between blocks; C)
amendments to a development special
use permit, with site plan, (DSUP #20000028) to transfer office floor area from
Blocks 2 and 3 to Block 8 and approval
of a penthouse taller than 15 feet; D)
amendments to a Transportation Management Plan Special Use Permit (SUP
100 EAST WINDSOR AVENUE - DEL
RAY MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Public hearing and consideration of a
request for an SUP amendment to operate a private school and day care center
with a parking reduction; zoned R2-5
and RB / Single and Two-Family Zone
and Townhouse Zone. Applicant: Del
Ray Montessori School
2607 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE BOMBAY CURRY COMPANY
Public hearing and consideration of
a request to operate a restaurant with
a parking reduction; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Bombay Curry
Company, Inc.
200 COMMERCE STREET - GELATO
SHOP/RESTAURANT
request for amendments to an existing
SUP to operate a gelato shop/restaurant;
zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant:
Boyd Walker
SUBDIVISION #2011-0006
813 WOLFE STREET/399 S. COLUMBUS STREET
subdivision request to resubdivide two
parcels; zoned RM/Townhouse. Applicant: 813 Wolfe Street LLC and Burgess
Square (Block 11) Owners Association
4536-4598 EISENHOWER AVENUE
Public hearing and consideration of a request to amend an umbrella SUP to allow
dog day care with overnight pet boarding;
zoned OCM (100)/Office Commercial
Medium (100). Applicant: Claremont
Investors, LLC by M. Catherine Puskar
TEXT AMENDMENT #2012-0001
PUBLIC SCHOOL USE IN CR/LANDMARK MALL ZONE
A) Consideration of initiation of a text
amendment; B) Public hearing and consideration of an amendment to Section
4-700 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow
public school use within the CR/Commercial Regional Zone, with the approval
of a special use permit.
Update and a request for deferral of the
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(3601 Jefferson Davis Highway) SUP
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