Marching for change

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Marching for change

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Vol. 9, No. 35 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
August 29, 2013
Homicide exposes
previous problems
Report reveals nursing
home lacked policies
dealing with combative
residents
By erich wagner
A Del Ray nursing home
that was the site of a January
homicide has a history of service and policy deficiencies,
including one that may have
contributed to the circumstances surrounding the death
of an 82-year-old patient.
On January 8, two residents
of the Envoy of Alexandria,
located at 900 Virginia Ave.,
got into a fight, according to
police accounts. Edward Heitz
was hospitalized briefly and
released back to the nursing
home.
But he died just a few days
later — January 11.
The incident was not considered a homicide until May,
when the medical examiner’s
office determined blunt-force
trauma was the cause of death.
The suspect in the homicide is
a 62-year-old resident of the facility, but police are undecided
on pressing charges, citing
both men’s pre-existing medical conditions.
According to publicly
available federal inspection
records of nursing homes on
the receiving end of Medicare
funding, several deficiencies
have been documented at Envoy in recent years. They range
from not developing policies
preventing the mistreatment of
residents to quality of care and
include minor administrative
issues.
Envoy of Alexandria reported that it had corrected the
problems listed in a December
report January 7 — a day prior
to the fighting incident.
But a February complaint
investigation report obtained
from the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services by the
Alexandria Times — through
a Freedom of Information Act
request — indicated that the
fight brought to light additional problems at Envoy.
The report, which health
officials believe Heitz’s death
triggered, found that the nursing home lacked necessary
policies to deal with combative
or easily agitated residents.
“[The] facility staff failed
to develop a comprehensive
care plan to address behaviors
for two of five residents in the
survey sample,” the inspector
wrote.
The report focuses on two
residents: a patient known as
resident No. 2 and a former patient referred to as resident No.
5.
Although No. 2 had been
through several room changes
since his admission in 2009
— as well as two documented
altercations with roommates
— the inspector said that his
care plan did not adequately
address his behavior.
“The comprehensive care
plan dated [August 6, 2012,]
documented … ‘Assess resi-
photo/National archives
Local activists crossed the river to attend the March on Washington in 1963, among them Ferdinand
Day. Fifty years later, Alexandrians are reflecting on the seminal event.
Marching for change
Locals recount MLK’s
effect on city race
relations
By Erich Wagner
Looking back on the
March on Washington, it’s
easy seeing it as a watershed
moment for the civil rights
movement. But Ferdinand Day
remembered being happy that
the event exceeded the low expectations held by many at the
time.
“I was very impressed,”
said Day, who attended the
August 28, 1963, rally and
made history himself by becoming the first black Alexandria School Board chairman.
“The first march gave us hope,
with all types of people com-
ing to Washington expressing
the same views that we had
about civil rights and freedom
and jobs.”
The many events marking the 50th anniversary of
the march and Martin Luther
King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”
speech over the past week
have Alexandrians thinking
about their connections to the
seminal moment as well as
how race relations in the city
have evolved.
At the time of the march,
Alexandria was still steeped
in racism and segregation,
Day recalled.
“It was a typical southern
city with all of the problems of
the Deep South,” he said. “As
a result of the march, people
began a trend to correct some
of those things. It was the beginning of real hope that there
would be greater justice and
fair play in the area.”
Audrey Davis, acting director of the Alexandria Black
History Museum, said that it
helped roll back discriminatory practices throughout the
city.
“At stores, African-American women couldn’t try on
something basic like hats or
gloves so they just had to buy
them, because it was thought
that white people wouldn’t
buy them,” said Davis, whose
father attended the March on
Washington. “That was the
way it was throughout the
South, and it was certainly
that way in Virginia.
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In Your
THE WEEKLY BRIEFING
School board chairwoman backs
lawsuit against Richmond
Alexandria School Board
chairwoman Karen Graf is
drafting a resolution in support
of a recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality
of a state agency tasked with
taking over struggling local
schools.
Graf revealed her plans
at an August 22 school board
meeting, on the heels of the
release of preliminary results
of the statewide Standards of
Learning tests.
Although the embattled Jefferson-Houston School made
marked gains on math scores
in the 2012-13 academic year,
it’s unlikely the institution
will receive accreditation next
month. Without it, the school
remains under threat of a state
takeover, which local officials
adamantly oppose.
The Norfolk City School
Board and the Virginia School
Boards Association filed a lawsuit August 21 in the Circuit
Court for the City of Norfolk
challenging the legality of the
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Jefferson-Houston is among the schools likely facing state takeover.
Local officials are opposed to letting Richmond run the school.
stitute. The newly formed state
agency oversees and takes over
troubled schools.
In a statement, opponents
of the state institute said that
the law establishing the agency violates a provision of the
commonwealth’s constitution
handing control of school operations to local officials. And
critics say the power to create
school divisions rests with the
state Board of Education, not
the legislative branch.
Graf, who was not available
for comment Tuesday, said at
last week’s meeting that the
board will consider the resolution next month.
- Erich Wagner
The proposed menu includes coffee from M.E. Swing
Coffee Co. — which also calls
the neighborhood home —
iced tea, and a choice of salads
and smoothies. Bender and
VanderGoot expect to serve
about 100 customers a day at
the store, which will offer 30
seats and open from 6 a.m. to
9 p.m.
Patrons can enjoy their
purchases at counter seating
or in an attached dining room,
Once a place by the shipyard where many took note
Of vessels built here like the Potomac longboat.
The O & A came near and the tunnel still stands,
Where the cars rumbled through with goods going inland.
Next, a water venture operated on this site
Then the Feds claimed the space — it was gone
overnight.
The ruins stood as a reminder of times gone by,
Then one day they disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Congratulations to last week’s winner,
Kilo, who correctly identified the clue as the
ice well at Gadsby’s Tavern.
Coffee shop planned for The Avenue
If all goes according to
plan, Del Ray will welcome
yet another coffee shop in the
near future.
Co-owners Daniel Bender
and Sara VanderGoot hope to
open Seva Cafe at 2016 Mount
Vernon Ave., the former home
of Mind and Media, according
to documents filed with City
Hall. Though it will not offer
cooked meals, the cafe will
serve an array of drinks and
salads.
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- Derrick Perkins
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CRIME
Federal prosecutor for Alexandria
region to step down next month
U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride, whose district includes
Alexandria, announced last
week that he will step down
from his post at the end of his
four-year term next month.
MacBride has held the position since his appointment
by President Barack Obama
in 2009 and prosecuted everything from financial crime and
political corruption to terrorism.
MacBride also created the
Virginia Financial and Securities Fraud Task Force, a part-
nership with civil regulators to
investigate complex financial
fraud cases in and out of state.
During his tenure, MacBride was successful in the
conviction of former U.S. Rep.
William J. Jefferson (D-La.)
for illegal conduct and bribery.
And he has spearheaded the
ongoing investigation into the
borrowing practices of Gov.
Bob McDonnell (R).
“It has been a dream job to
serve as U.S. attorney in the
Eastern District of Virginia for
the last four years,” MacBride
said in a statement. “My first
job as a lawyer was clerking for
Judge Henry Morgan here 21
years ago, and my wife and I
have lived and raised our children in the district.”
Upon his departure September 13, an acting U.S. attorney will replace MacBride
until Obama can present a new
appointee for U.S. Senate confirmation.
- Erich Wagner
POLICE BEAT
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Thefts
20
Assaults
0
Assaults with a
Deadly weapon
0
SEXUAL
OFFENSEs
Drug Crimes
8
Vehicle
thefts
9
Breaking &
Enterings
6
robberies
4
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“I think a lot of attitudes
changed [in the wake of
the march]. A lot of people
worked together, and [a lot of
people] saw whites and blacks
worked together and could be
a part of something really big
and that these rules about segregation made no sense and
had no reason.”
Day said the collaborative
nature of the March on Washington sparked a similar effort
photo/national archives
The March on Washington sparked improvements in equality and race relations in Alexandria, according
to Ferdinand Day, who attended the rally.
image/Library of congress
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered
his famous “I Have a Dream”
speech at the march.
in the Port City.
“There has been progress,
and it was brought about by
blacks and whites, the human relations commission,
the NAACP and the Urban
League all working together
to bring change,” Day said.
“There are still far greater
things that need to be done. …
There needs to be greater improvement and enlightenment
of progressive ways to improve job opportunities, housing, incarceration and school
problems.”
Although City Councilor
John Chapman had not been
born early enough to witness
the worst instances of local
segregation, he still has seen
the progression of race relations.
“There has been a huge
shift ... for the good,” Chapman said. “People can now
expect to sit in classrooms and
be graded on an equal basis as
their peers of a different color.”
While race relations are
still important, Chapman sees
the next front in the fight for
equal rights coming not along
racial lines, but socioeconomic ones.
“We are experiencing a
transition from issues of racial inequality to economic
inequality,” he said. “How we
deal with inequality when it
comes to economic opportunity and prosperity, that’s a
challenge for my generation.
We had to dig down deep and
look at how we structure organizations and government and
evaluate how people continue
to live and ask, ‘Are they able
to in fact pursue the American dream, and what does that
mean?’”
Volunteer needs an attitude adjustment
Dear Hobie & Monk,
I’m a corporate guy, and
the expectations for appropriate behavior and job
performance are very clear
in my professional setting.
It has become increasingly
frustrating in my volunteer
organization, however, to see
one person in particular spoil
the enjoyment and effectiveness of our group. Do you
have any recommendations
for how to handle a volunteer
who’s making everyone else
miserable?
- Coping with a party-pooper
Hobie: I’m assuming this
fellow volunteer is merely
annoying, rather than inappropriate in a way that necessitates immediate dismissal
from the organization. My
advice for handling “The Annoying One” is akin to firefighters’ advice for dealing
with self-conflagration: stop,
drop and roll.
When the volunteer is
spoiling something, stop
what’s going on in the moment and drop a hint or two:
“Tom, I think we’re supposed
to let the Boy Scouts set up
the tents themselves. Step
away from the hammer.” Or:
“Bernice, maybe the board
could set the agenda together.
Step away from the gavel.”
And if none of this shapes
a change in behavior but
you’re really invested in continuing to volunteer, find a
way to roll with it and enjoy
yourself. Tom and Bernice
may eventually burn out anyway.
Monk: You would do well
to apply Hobie’s fire-safety
measures when things heat up
at your volunteer organization, but you also might consider adopting a fire brigade
mindset. You know, every-
Hobie and Monk are two Alexandria women with husbands, children, dogs, jobs, mortgages, unmet
New Year’s resolutions, obsessions with impractical shoes, English novels … and Ph.D.s in clinical
psychology. Their advice, while fabulous, should not be construed as therapeutic within a doctorpatient context or substituted for the advice of readers’ personal advisors.
thing goes better when you’re
all working as a team.
You might enlist the help
of similarly minded colleagues. Presumably, your
group will agree on a few
basic performance standards
and share the responsibility
for conveying organizational expectations to new and
knuckleheaded volunteers.
To submit questions to Hobie
& Monk, email [email protected].
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dent for effectiveness of prescribed medication in addressing resident’s mood/behavior
issues,’” the report said. “No
further information regarding
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the resident’s behaviors was
documented on the care plan.”
On January 8, resident No.
2’s patient record included a
physician order for a room
change, without explanation.
Resident No. 5 only had
moved into the facility Decem-
ber 20, 2012, but the inspector
wrote that there were several
documented incidents of agitation — from curses and insults
leveled at staff to throwing
chairs during his previous stay
at an assisted living facility
— in weekly progress reports.
Those incidents were not adequately reflected in his care
plan.
The report stated that No. 5
had a “re-admission” January
9, one day after the altercation
leading to Heitz’s death. And
in Envoy’s response, which
outlined plans to correct the issues brought up in the report,
the facility said, “Resident No.
5 was discharged” January 11
— the day of Heitz’s death.
In an interview with an Envoy social worker, an inspector
brought up No. 5’s agitation incidents.
“When asked if she was
aware of any behaviors exhibited by resident No. 5, [the social
worker] stated, ‘Not that I saw;
I heard reports that he got upset and would pull his fist but
never hit anyone,’” the report
said. “[When] asked if resident
No. 5’s behaviors should be
care planned, [the social worker] stated, ‘Yes, they should
have been.’”
The inspector noted that the
director of nursing and administrator at the facility “stated
that they were unaware of the
documented behaviors of resident No. 5.”
MaryAnn Griffin, director
of the city adult services office,
said that while she could not
speak specifically about Envoy
or the homicide, all long-stay
nursing home patients are required to have comprehensive
plans of care established within two weeks of admission.
And those plans must be
updated on a quarterly basis.
Griffin said the documents
should address behavioral issues as well as any mental or
physical impairment.
LaKesha Davis, executive
director at Envoy of Alexandria, did not return calls for
comment. But in the facility’s
response to the report, the
nursing home said it had corrected all issues by March 7.
“An [sic] review of current
residents in the facility was
conducted on or before [March
7] to ensure that behaviors
are addressed on their plan of
care,” wrote Envoy officials.
“The staff development coordinator will re-educate staff on
addressing resident behaviors
on the plan of care ...
“The unit manager/designee will review 10 percent of
the residents with behaviors
on a weekly basis for [three]
months to ensure that behaviors are addressed on the residents’ plan of care.”
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Former nursery school will again welcome children
New owners plan for
pediatric dental office
By Derrick Perkins
The sale of the former
Carver Nursery School —
announced last week after
months of anticipation — will
see the building once again
serve local children as a pediatric dental office.
More importantly, the estimated $695,000 deal between local developer William Cromley and VSPD Properties LLC
settles a longstanding fight for
the building’s future.
Cromley bought the 200
block N. Fayette St. building
for a little less than $500,000
about five years ago, but his
plan to demolish it sparked
backlash from residents who
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Local developer William Cromley planned to replace the former
school with environmentally friendly condos. Though he later helped
preserve the Parker-Gray neighborhood landmark, Cromley said giving up on his design wasn’t easy.
consider the property as one
of the few remaining vestiges
of the Parker-Gray neighborhood. Though Cromley received the city’s go-ahead to
supplant the rundown structure with condos, opponents
successfully sued to prevent
demolition.
The settlement — struck
between Cromley, his critics
and city officials — put the
project on hold for two years,
as all sides looked for a buyer
interested in preserving the
building.
Not a single party stepped
forward.
But when the deadline
passed in February, which put
the property’s future back in
Cromley’s hands, the developer announced a change of
heart. And shortly thereafter Cromley revealed he had
found a prospective buyer,
though he said little else about
the pending deal or interested
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He still is keeping mum on
the people behind VSPD — at
their behest — but said the
reason behind their anonymity was “nothing nefarious”
and that their identities will
become public knowledge as
they renovate and expand the
building. In the meantime,
Cromley is pleased to put the
property, and land-use battle,
behind him.
“The good news for the
neighborhood: It’s an appropriate use and a good community use,” he said. “Again,
I’m really happy with the outcome.”
His former critics agree
with him — for the most part.
Boyd Walker and Gwendolyn
Day-Fuller, who spearheaded the campaign to save the
building, applauded the move.
Still, they had hoped the
building might have been used
in a way that paid homage to
its past role in the historically
black community. Built in the
1940s, the schoolhouse served
local black children before
transforming into an Ameri-
can Legion post.
“I’m very happy that it’s
not going to be demolished; I
would have loved to have seen
it used as a school or something like that. But certainly
I’m happy it will be used in a
positive manner,” Day-Fuller
said. “I’m happy to see that it
will serve children in one way
at least.”
While Day-Fuller and
Walker celebrated the salvation of a neighborhood landmark, Cromley noted the
building’s preservation came
with a cost: a shining example
of environmentally friendly
modern architecture.
“When things are preserved, things are lost. What
I had designed there was cutting-edge architecture with
cutting-edge environmental
technology,” Cromley said.
“I’ll never get that opportunity
again, nor will the city get that
opportunity again to get that
type of building. I certainly
don’t want to sound like sour
grapes, but it should be mentioned.”
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one-time nursery school and American Legion post up in
the air until developer William Cromley inked a deal with
VSPD Properties LLC earlier this month.
Hostel project dealt
major setback
Building landlord nixes
deal, rents space to
school district
By Derrick Perkins
Paul Cianciolo spent years
pursuing his dream of opening a hostel in Alexandria —
only to watch it unravel just
before becoming reality.
The young businessman
learned last week that his
prospective landlord had received a more palatable offer
from Alexandria City Public
Schools for the building along
the 200 block of S. Peyton St.
The last-minute switch leaves
plans for a hostel in south Old
Town in limbo.
“We were in the final negotiations on the lease, going
back and forth with the attorneys and all of that, kind of finalizing all the little details,”
Cianciolo said. “I was expecting to get the lease back and
getting ready to sign it and get
going on [the project], and the
owner came back and said,
basically, he had another offer.”
The owner of the property,
listed as JRN 216 Peyton LLC,
had been hesitant to enter into
a lease before the hostel partners had received City Hall’s
permission to open in Alexandria, Cianciolo said. So the
two sides agreed to draw up
the contract after the project
got city council’s blessing.
But that was no walk in
the park. Cianciolo and his
partner, James Brogan, faced
fierce opposition in June from
neighbors, who worried the
hostel would invite trouble.
The concerns varied,
but many feared the idea of
strange people wandering
about in the same neighborhood as daycares. Add to that
the hostel’s plan to serve alcohol — local wine and beer —
and it took a bit of convincing.
Ultimately, though, city
council granted Cianciolo’s
wish, though with a few caveats. And he hoped to open as
early as this fall — until receiving the bad news from his
prospective landlord.
Christina Mindrup, a local
business expert with the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, described
the tentative agreement that
Cianciolo struck as one of two
ways entrepreneurs generally navigate the early stages
of launching a new venture.
Business owners also often
sign a lease with a condition
that absolves the agreement if
they can’t get the city’s OK for
the project.
“The landlord may have
just said, ‘I’m not willing to
take the risk on this,’ and all
of the sudden this other lessee
comes along,” Mindrup said.
“It’s a shame. It’s good for the
City of Alexandria [that the
space will be filled], but it’s a
shame for the hostel. We’ll try
to help them regroup and find
another location.”
Cianciolo is less understanding. He estimates they
put between $3,000 and
$4,000 into the project, only
to be sent back to square one.
Though he’s still committed
to opening a hostel, Alexandria may not be a good fit, he
admitted.
“It feels like a failure, but
we’re not giving up on it,”
Cianciolo said. “It’s just tough
for a small business to come
in and kind of start something
from nothing these days.”
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Battlefields by bicycle
Soak up Civil War history
on two wheels
By Derrick Perkins
photo/derrick perkins
A short walk from the trail at the Spotsylvania Courthouse battlefield
offers visitors a view of eroded Confederate trenches and unit monuments.
There’s no better way to
tour the battlefield than on bicycle, says our guide while we
look at a faded and wrinkled
National Geographic map, depicting the meandering journey of the armies before their
collision in Gettysburg.
Bob Steenstra, owner of
Gettysbike Tours, didn’t need
to sell us. After all, we reserved the tour weeks earlier
and had risen early on a chilly
April morning to meet up in
the parking lot of the national
park’s visitor center.
But Steenstra wanted us
to know why we had paid to
pedal along a roughly 13-mile
route with him rather than
take advantage of the roads
winding throughout the battlefield. On two wheels, he said,
you get a sense of the terrain
that the soldiers marched and
fought across in July 1863.
And it wasn’t long before
the veteran guide was proven
correct. The best example,
perhaps, is Little Round Top.
The scene of intense fighting
on the second day — and the
spot where the battle’s outcome hung in the balance as
Confederate soldiers nipped
at the Union Army’s flank —
doesn’t look like much from
below.
The perspective from the
base of the hill, though, belies
the commanding view offered
by the jutting rock face above.
And the ride up (the toughest
stretch of the four-hour grand
tour) leaves the rider with a
firm understanding of the obstacle it presented to the waves
of men clad in gray.
The tour features a few
other inclines, but Steenstra
takes his group on a generally level route and adjusts his
pace to your skill level. During frequent stops, he launches into detailed accounts of
the battle, jumping nimbly
from big-picture strategy to
individual tales of heroics or
horror.
Though not carried out in
chronological order (an impossibility given the different
events occurring all across the
lines during the three days of
fighting), Steenstra offers a
riveting — and easy to follow
— narrative of the harrowing
fight. His account takes riders
through the narrow streets of
Gettysburg, across wide and
rolling fields, and into wooded
thickets.
Having toured the battlefield by car twice before —
once with a guide and once
without — there’s no arguing
with Steenstra: taking two
wheels rather than four is the
way to go.
Inspired by the spring
jaunt, I decided to visit two
other battlefields a little closer
to home earlier this summer.
Fredericksburg, situated about
50 miles south of Alexandria,
is a great jumping-off point to
tour several pivotal points of
the Civil War.
With our trusty Schwinns,
we spent our first day on the
quiet and heavily wooded
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Touring a Civil War battlefield, like Gettysburg, is best done on two
wheels.
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ALEXANDRIA SUMMER
RESTAURANT WEEK
For 10 days, more than 50 restaurants
throughout Alexandria will offer a $35
prix-fixe three-course dinner or $35
dinner for two. Foodies can savor the
flavors of the city’s distinctive collection of eateries — from fine dining to
casual neighborhood gems.
Time: Various
Location: Various
Information: 703-746-3301 or
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Now to September 30
OCCUPIED CITY: LIFE IN
CIVIL WAR ALEXANDRIA
EXHIBITION
This exhibition examines life in an
American town seized and held by
its federal government, following
Virginia’s decision to secede from
the Union in May 1861. Explore the
experiences of Alexandrians and
others who lived here during this
tumultuous time through their words,
as well as period photographs and
collections items. Suggested admission is $2.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
Information: 703-746-4994 or www.
alexandriahistory.org
Now to December 31
MARSHALL HOUSE INCIDENT
EXHIBITION The deaths of Union
Col. Elmer Ellsworth and secessionist
James Jackson at the Marshall House
Hotel along King Street during the
Federal occupation of Alexandria on
May 24, 1861, stirred patriotic fervor
in the north and south. This exhibit at
Fort Ward features objects from the
museum collection — like a star from
the flag which had flown over Marshall
House and loan items from the Mary
Custis Lee chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy — to tell this notable
story about the event that launched the
Civil War in Alexandria.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday
Location: Fort Ward Museum, 4301
W. Braddock Road
fortward.org
Now to January 4
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS EXHIBITION Living Legends
of Alexandria is an ongoing project,
conceived by Nina Tisara, to create an
enduring artistic record of the people
whose vision and dedication make a
positive, tangible difference to the quality of life in Alexandria. Over the years,
13 African-Americans have been chronicled as part of the project: Ferdinand
Day in 2007-08; Lillie Finklea, Carlton
Funn Sr., Eula Miller, Melvin Miller and
Bert Ransom in 2008-09; Nelson
Greene Sr. in 2010; Lynnwood Campbell in 2011; Lillian Patterson, Gwen
Menefee-Smith and Dorothy Turner last
year; and Willie Bailey Sr. and Rosa Byrd
this year. Admission is $2.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday
Location: Alexandria Black History
Museum, 902 Wythe St.
Information: www.alexandrialegends.
com or www.alexandriava.gov/blackhistory
Now to September 1
ALEXANDRIA SUMMER RESTAURANT WEEK For 10 days, more
than 50 restaurants throughout Alexandria will offer a $35 prix-fixe three-course
dinner or $35 dinner for two. Foodies
can savor the flavors of the city’s distinctive collection of eateries — from fine
dining to casual neighborhood gems.
Time: Various
Location: Various
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August 29
FILM SERIES: ‘MOONRISE
KINGDOM’ Set on an island off the
coast of New England in the summer
of 1965, this film tells the story of Sam
and Suzy, two 12-year-olds who fall in
love, make a secret pact and run away
together into the wilderness.
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Time: 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Location: Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, 5005 Duke St.
Information: 703-746-1702
CARAVAN OF THIEVES New
England’s Caravan of Thieves return
to Alexandria in support of their recent
release, “The Funhouse.” The album is
exemplary of a band on the high road
to musical perfection and channels pop
bliss. Tickets are $20.
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Old Town Theater, 815 ½
King St.
oldtowntheater1914.com
August 31
THE OUTLAWS With original singer,
songwriter and guitarist Henry Paul as
well as original drummer and songwriter
Monte Yoho, the Outlaws released their
first album in more than decade last
year with “It’s About Pride.” The group is
also known for singles such as “There
Goes Another Love Song” and “(Ghost)
Riders in the Sky.” Tickets are $35.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Birchmere, 3701 Mount
Vernon Ave.
birchmere.com
September 1
MAYSA The jazz singer returns to The
Birchmere on the heels of releasing her
latest album, titled “Blue Velvet Soul.”
Tickets are $45.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Vernon Ave.
birchmere.com
September 2
CITY OFFICES CLOSED The city
will close city offices for the Labor Day
holiday.
Time: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Various
Information: www.alexandriava.gov
September 3
AUTHOR TALK Mary Radnofsky will
discuss her book, “Escape From Romania to 9/11: Rebuilding the American
Dream,” which was written with Liviu
Borota.
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, 5005 Duke St.
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EXPLORE THE NATURAL
WORLD A Buddie Ford Nature Center
naturalist will come to talk about various topics (and possibly be accompanied by live animals). The event is for
kindergartners through fifth-graders.
Time: 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Location: James M. Duncan Branch
Library, 2501 Commonwealth Ave.
September 5
FIRST THURSDAY IN DEL RAY
This event along Mount Vernon Avenue
will feature music, exhibitions by local
organizations and businesses open late
with special activities.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon Avenue
Information: Contact Pat Miller
at 703-258-4516 or pmiller1806@
comcast.net
September 6
MAMMOVAN Global Health College
will host George Washington University’s Mammovan to promote breast
health screening to women 40 and
older. Mammograms are free to those
who meet financial eligibility requirements. Otherwise insurance will cover
the screening.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Global Health College, 25 S.
Quaker Lane
OPENING RECEPTION: ONE
PERCENT This all-area artist show
Alexandria, VA
www.Hermitage-Nova.com
is about defining and depicting the 1
percent of anything each artist chose in
a representational, abstract or symbolic
form in any media. Come chat with
the artists in the show and other art
appreciators during the official opening
of this exhibit, which runs through
September 29.
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.
Location: Del Ray Artisans gallery,
2704 Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: www.thedelrayartisans.
org
STEEP CANYON RANGERS This
North Carolina band plays traditional
bluegrass music with a progressive flair
for more people than any other bluegrass group in America thanks to their
partnership with Steve Martin. In 2011,
their collaboration “Rare Bird Alert”
earned them all Grammy nominations
and the coveted IBMA Entertainer of
the Year Award. Steep Canyon Rangers
released their latest album, “Nobody
Knows You,” last year. Tickets are
$29.50.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Vernon Ave.
birchmere.com
September 7 - 8
11TH ANNUAL ALEXANDRIA
KING STREET ART FESTIVAL
Come discover spectacular paintings,
life-size sculptures, jewelry, photography and ceramics. This popular
outdoors, community festival will
feature art for every taste. More than
$15 million in art will be on display, and
visitors will meet the artists behind the
work. The event is free.
Time: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Location: King Street, Royal and
Fairfax streets
September 7
APD: FREE CHILD IDENTIFICATION EVENT The Alexandria Police
Department — in partnership with the
community and human services department, the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office
and the Center for Alexandria’s Children
Inc. — will host a SafeAssured Child
Identification event for city residents.
Free SafeAssured child identification
kits will be available to families with
children 16 and younger.
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Police Headquarters, 3600
Wheeler Ave.
BOOK LAUNCH: ‘ALL OUR
YESTERDAYS’ Cristin Terrill, an
Alexandria resident, will launch her
young-adult novel, “All Our Yesterdays,”
at Hooray for Books! The novel has
already caught many people’s attention,
and the story has been optioned to be a
full-fledged motion picture.
Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Hooray for Books! 1555
King St.
hooray4books.com
Raising a toast to ‘The World’s End’
By Richard Roeper
The World’s End is a tavern. It is the last stop on the
golden mile — a legendary,
unfinished pub crawl that
still haunts one Gary King 20
years after the night he and his
best mates tried but failed to
down one pint apiece in each
of the 12 joints along the way.
As we see in the perfectly
conceived, hipster-nostalgic
opening sequence in “The
World’s End,” Gary was a
young king of sorts in 1990,
a charismatic, devil-may-care
teenager leading “The Five
Musketeers” on a pub crawl
through the idyllic city of
Newton Haven, a pub crawl
that was punctuated by beer,
brawls, fistfights and more
beer.
Cut to present day. Four of
the musketeers have grown up.
Jobs, marriage, children, suits,
ties — all the trappings.
Not Gary. He’s still dressing, drinking and acting like
he did two decades ago. Desperate to re-create the greatest
night of his life, Gary talks his
mates into a return to Newton
Haven, where they’ll finish
that pub crawl.
Following the zombie
apocalypse comedy “Shaun of
the Dead” and the buddy-cop
sendup “Hot Fuzz,” this is the
third genre spoof from writerdirector Edgar Wright, writer-actor Simon Pegg and the
invaluable actor Nick Frost,
and it’s the best of the terrific
bunch. (The three films are
referred to as the “Cornetto
trilogy,” a reference to the ice
cream company, because —
well, you already know all this
if you’re one of the legions of
hard-core fans, and you don’t
need to know any of it to enjoy
the hell out of these films.)
Pegg plays Gary, the selfcentered misfit who either
doesn’t realize or doesn’t care
how pathetic he looks to the
mainstream world. His reluctant buddies include Paddy
Considine’s Steven; Eddie
Marsan’s Peter; Martin Freeman’s Oliver — and Nick
Frost’s Andy, Gary’s former
best friend who’s still nursing
a grudge (and rightfully so)
over something Gary did way
back in the day.
Gary and his mates are
chagrined to see many of their
favorite pubs have fallen victim to “Starbucking,” with
nearly identical interior designs, from the placement of
the dart board to the chalkboard menus to the overly
buffed floors.
It’s all quite well-rendered.
If “The World’s End” continued on as a British “Big
Chill,” we’d all have quite the
fine moviegoing experience.
But then something startling happens, and though the
trailers (and much of the online discussion about the film)
reveal the massive plot twist,
I’ll still issue the obligatory
SPOILER ALERT.
Suffice to say there’s a reason why some of the familiar
faces in Newton Haven haven’t
aged in 20 years, and there
are elements of “The Stepford Wives,” “The Martian
Chronicles” and “Invasion of
the Body Snatchers” at play
here. When Gary gets into a
fight with a robotic young upstart, his opponent bleeds blue
“blood” and is able to heal
from injuries that would kill a
human.
Once Gary and the guys realize the town has been invaded, with a sizable percentage
of the population now halfalien robot and half-human,
their solution? Continue the
pub crawl! Maybe if they keep
moving and they keep drinking, they won’t fall victim.
It’s a brilliantly stupid
plan.
“The World’s End” contains some of the funniest
stunts and battle sequences
in recent memory, with Frost
executing some particularly
nimble moves. You gotta love
an alien whose legs wind up
where her arms used to be —
and it doesn’t slow her down
one bit as she just keeps on
swinging.
Even after some tragic setbacks, Gary keeps on barging
into pubs, pouring a pint himself if the places have been destroyed and abandoned. He’s
on a quest that’s only symbolically about those beers, and
he’ll be damned if an alien
invasion is going to stop him.
Even as “The World’s End”
segues into a spot-on scifi satire (and say that three
times fast), it stays true to its
reunion-movie roots as well,
with Gary and Andy working out their differences in the
midst of all the insanity.
It’s the end of the world,
and they don’t blow it.
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The whole experience works
well at Zento. The restaurant offers
delicious cuisine, fantastic prices,
friendly service and a cheery ambience that makes this spot a place
to check out sooner than later.
“I’m thrilled to have opened
Zento in Alexandria because the
people are so friendly and they
seem to enjoy going out to eat,”
says owner Max Tangjaitaweesuk.
And people seem to enjoy
Zento’s scrumptious fare, which is
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There also are box specials for
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Zento also nails portion sizes,
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fried ice cream. One diner called
the dessert treat “amazing.”
On Friday night, an informal
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that not only did they love their
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For commuters, Zento provides
a nice stop on the way home from
work, either to pick up dinner or
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As an added bonus, Zento is
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Mistake will cost city
$275,000
By erich wagner
City Councilor Justin Wilson was checking his monthly
bills when he noticed a rather
unorthodox red flag: His electricity bill hadn’t gone up.
Wilson realized, after examining the various monthly
taxes and fees, that his utility tax cap was still $2.40
and hadn’t increased to $3. It
should have; city council had
voted on it before leaving for
summer recess.
“Well, you know, I pay attention to my bills, and I said
to someone earlier, ‘I pay attention to my bills, and I pay
attention to the city’s bills,’”
Wilson said. “[When] I got
my bill last week that was a
bill covered completely in the
new fiscal year, I said, ‘Uh
oh, something’s wrong,’ and I
didn’t know if it was Dominion [Virginia] Power’s mistake
or a city issue, so I sent a note
to staff.”
City Manager Rashad
Young confirmed Tuesday that
City Hall had erred.
During the sprint to the end
of the city’s legislative session
in June, staff had forgotten
to schedule a public hearing
and final vote on the measure, which includes a 10-percent rate hike for businesses.
Councilors had agreed upon it
during the budget process.
“During the docket management process, we enter the
bills into the electronic system for first reading, and then
when the council acts, we enter
it again to schedule the second
reading and public hearing, but
we just did not put that back
into the system,” Young said.
He has directed city staff
to enter new legislation next
month when Wilson and his
colleagues return to session.
The plan is to put the measure
into effect October 1. In the
meantime, the oversight will
cost the city around $275,000.
“The city plans to resolve
this situation by constantly
monitoring revenue collections throughout the year and
controlling expenditures when
possible to ensure this does not
cause any service impacts,”
Young said.
In the future, according to
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Though city council agreed to raise taxes on utility fees, a mix up at
City Hall meant they never voted on it.
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Setting the agenda
Budget process, Internet
access top city council’s
priorities
By erich wagner
Included in the issues that
city councilors will address
after returning from summer
recess are improving competition for high-speed Internet
access as well as introducing a
multiyear budget process.
While the Alexandria City
Council will begin preliminary planning for the budget
when the legislative session
kicks off September 10, Mayor
Bill Euille said that he wants
to discuss adopting a two-year
budget process. Taking a longer view could make financial
planning easier and more accurate, he said.
City Councilor John Chapman said the benefits of multiyear budget planning outweigh
the potential drawbacks. For
example, he expects it will
push city agencies and outside
organizations dependent on lo-
cal tax dollars to prepare properly or risk being left out in the
cold.
“I think the downside to
it can be that if you don’t get
money, you don’t get it for two
years instead of one,” he said.
“We might have more competition and urgency from partners
or agencies surrounding the
money, and I also think that
will hopefully push groups,
agencies or partners to develop
some outcomes and expectations of outcomes when we do
give out funding.
“It forces us to think a little
bit longer into the future, so
I’m for it.”
But Vice Mayor Allison
Silberberg will need a bit of
convincing before agreeing to
replace a process that city leaders have relied on for decades.
“That came up last year at
the retreat, and I think [City
Councilor] Justin [Wilson]
brought it up,” Silberberg
said. “[We’ve] always had the
system we have, so I’m curious to hear about the pros and
cons of each. I’m not wedded
to switching and not against
it either. ... I’d like to talk to
economists and see what other
well-managed cities are doing.
“Personally, I want to make
sure we’re careful about decisions like that.”
Along with multiyear budget planning, Euille also wants
to improve broadband and
fiber-optic Internet access in
Alexandria.
“We need to be active in
the effort to expand broadband
throughout the city,” he said.
“It could be through pilot programs, or it might be specific
to certain neighborhoods, but
we need to see what we can do
to make it a reality.
“It’s long overdue. We keep
getting businesses and others
asking, ‘Why can’t we have fiber?’ And if we keep waiting
for others to bring it, we probably won’t ever get there.”
Silberberg believes the best
way of promoting investment
in tech infrastructure could
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Mayor Bill Euille wants to weigh adopting a multiyear budgeting
process during the upcoming legislative session.
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Will more education
spending fix schools?
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A report issued by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, found
that increasing education spending doesn’t always produce results.
Report questions role of
money in academics
By Kathryn Watson
Maybe Jessie J. was onto
something with the lyrics, “It’s
not about the money, money,
money” — at least, when it
comes to state spending on
education.
Virginia isn’t giving an accurate price tag when it comes
to per-pupil spending, basically failing taxpayers with
a D-minus for transparency
— just as many of the state’s
schools are failing students —
according to a new report by
the libertarian Cato Institute.
And when states such as Virginia don’t show the real price
tag on per-pupil spending, they
cloud the reality that per-pupil
spending has soared over the
past 40 years.
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Young, the city hopes to avoid
similar slip-ups by scheduling public hearings along with
first readings.
“We’ll just automatically
schedule that second meeting,”
he said. “It’s easier to remove
something from the docket
rather than add it a second
time.”
Wilson said it was unfortunate that the mistake hap-
Test scores haven’t.
“Certainly, I think it adds to
the public perception” — even
if that’s hard to measure, said
Jason Bedrick, policy analyst
with the Cato Institute who authored the report.
Per-pupil spending is about
$14,000 in Virginia, according
to Cato.
Virginia’s per-pupil spending data is missing a few key
elements, according to the report. There is no total dollar
figure for actual expenditures,
including things such as pensions for teachers and administrators. The state also doesn’t
list that data over time, making
it tough for people to track actual spending.
Here are three myths people often have about K-12 public education spending nationally, debunked.
SEE schools | 21
pened. But he feels confident
about the new procedures, including one that will — in future budget cycles — consolidate tax and fee changes into
a couple of pieces of omnibus
legislation for passage simultaneously.
Doing so will prevent such
errors from happening again.
“It’s not an incredibly large
amount of money,” Wilson
said. “But hey, I guess it actually ended up like a little bit of
a tax break for residents.”
State confirms hearing on Norfolk
Southern permit request
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Norfolk Southern is seeking state permission to expand the operation at its West End facility, which local officials oppose.
State environmental officials will hold a public hearing on Norfolk Southern’s request to expand the scope of
its West End ethanol facility,
but the details remain up in
the air.
City officials petitioned
the state Department of Environmental Quality to hold
public hearings in Alexandria after learning of Norfolk
Southern’s plans to more than
double operations earlier this
year. Before the company can
expand, it must secure an air
permit from Richmond.
While a VDEQ official
confirmed Monday that there
would be a hearing, no date
or location has been set. But
officials expect to determine
both in short order.
The transportation giant
caught city council unaware
when it quietly took the first
step toward expanding its facility, which is located about
schools
said.
“In recent years, there’s
been a slowing in the rate of
growth, and if you adjust for
inflation between 2008 and
2009, there was a dip slightly,”
Bedrick said. “But otherwise,
really, we’ve seen persistent
growth in education spending.”
FROM | 20
STATES DON’T SPEND ALL
THAT MUCH ON STUDENTS
In a recent survey, U.S. citizens guessed that — on average — that states spend just
less than $7,000 per pupil.
The actual figure, according to
Education Next and Harvard
University’s Program on Education, which conducted the
study, is just less than $14,000.
“The public vastly underestimates the amount of money
that’s spent per pupil on public
education,” Bedrick said.
THE AMOUNT PER PUPIL HAS
PLUMMETED DURING THE
GREAT RECESSION
That just isn’t true, Bedrick
SUCCESS COMES DOWN TO
MONEY
The average amount spent
on a student’s entire K-12 education has — adjusted for inflation — soared from $56,903 in
1970 to $164,426 in 2010, according to the Cato Institute.
What about math and reading scores? Well, they haven’t
changed.
“At a certain point, it’s not
clear that resources — obviously you need a certain
amount of resources to provide
a stone’s throw from Cameron Station. Officials only
learned of the company’s
plans in May after receiving
notification from Richmond.
The lack of communication did not sit well with Mayor Bill Euille, who directed
City Attorney Jim Banks to
explore Alexandria’s legal
options while also asking
VDEQ for a local hearing.
Even if the hearing happens in Alexandria, city officials are pessimistic that
they can convince Richmond
to refuse Norfolk Southern.
City Manager Rashad Young
warned that the company’s
request was “relatively minor” as far as the state was
concerned during a council
meeting in May.
Despite seeking the air
permit, Norfolk Southern
spokesman Robin Chapman
said the company has not decided whether to expand its
transloading operation in Alexandria.
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a good quality of education —
but at a certain point, there’s no
good evidence that resources
are determinant,” Bedrick said.
Encouraging school choice
and empowering parents to
make schools competitive is
the way out of the upward
spending cycle, Bedrick said.
“You want parents to be
able to choose the school that
best meets their children’s individual needs and that competition makes schools more
responsive to the needs of
parents,” Bedrick said. “So,
we don’t think that it primarily comes down to a resource
issue.”
Kathryn Watson is a reporter
for the Virginia Bureau of
Watchdog.org, and can be
reached at [email protected].
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FROM | 19
After touring the nearby battlefields, downtown Fredericksburg boasts excellent spots to refresh and
refuel.
be disappointed by the multitude of placards expounding
FROM | 12 on the bloody fight. A view of
weather-eroded Confederate
Fredericksburg Battlefield just trenches at the aptly named
outside of town. The route “Mule Shoe” — so called for
is rolling and — at times — the shape of the rebel lines —
steep, but very doable on bike. is well worth dismounting and
The nearby site of the taking a short walk out onto
Battle of Spotsylvania Court- the field.
house, which we tackled our The two battlefields offer
second day in the area, offers a the ambitious traveler polar
better ride for enthusiastic cy- opposite experiences. Though
clists, and history buffs won’t Spotsylvania Courthouse is by
bike
far a better trip into the past,
Fredericksburg offers easy
access to a quaint downtown
reminiscent of Old Town.
And on two wheels, an intrepid visitor can easily ride
from the battlefield into town
for a drink and bite to eat.
It probably doesn’t need
repeating a third time, but just
in case you haven’t realized it
yet: A trip to the battlefield is
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be through competition. She
said in some parts of the city
it seems like cable and Internet
options are “Comcast or bupkis.”
“It seems to me that in the
future we’ll probably have
Wi-Fi everywhere, then perhaps that is an option that the
city should consider down the
road,” she said. “But in the
meantime we need more competition.”
But Euille isn’t the only city
official coming with an agenda
this fall. Chapman said he’s
preparing legislation — mirroring a bill passed this summer in Prince George’s County
— that provides the city with
the first right of refusal to purchase, or enables local nonprofits to purchase, properties
for use as affordable housing.
“It’s going to be different [from the Prince George’s
County legislation], but I’ve
been sitting down with city
staff to see what we think we
can get done,” Chapman said.
“[I’m] working with the development community on it
to find a happy medium there
… as well as empower some
of the nonprofits to make sure
that they can have the strategic
plans in place to take advan-
tage of this.”
For Silberberg, she wants
to make it easier for entrepreneurs to start businesses in Alexandria, possibly by providing a roadmap showcasing the
necessary steps before opening
a store.
“One person told me that
he had walked in to handle one
thing and then found out by
chance, ‘Did you handle this
or that?’ And he found out at
the last second — just before
his grand opening — that he
needed to do one or two things
in addition to that,” she said.
“He said it was very stressful.”
Silberberg also wants to set
up a “conservation shield” for
city parkland and open space,
partially in light of the buzz
surrounding the aborted proposal to lease Hensley Park to
private developers for a sports
and entertainment complex.
“As we become even more
dense than we already are, it’s
all the more critical that we
have that open space so that
people can reflect and get out
of their four walls,” she said.
Councilors also will grapple with such lingering concerns this fall as how to regulate food trucks in Alexandria
as well as zoning and development issues like the city housing master plan.
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At Home
Back in black (and white)
By Elaine Markoutsas
With black and white,
there’s no middle ground. It’s
high-contrast. Crisp. Classic.
In home design, the teaming is a perennial favorite —
one as beloved as it is in apparel, especially by purists. It
has its place in traditional decor, with styles from Art Deco
to Country French (think toile
prints) to Neoclassical. And, of
course, it’s about as modern as
it gets. It runs the gamut from
sleek black-tie Hollywood
glam to romantic country casual, where the fabrics may be
washed linens and soft plaids
and the finishes matte and distressed.
But this year, black and
white has emerged as one of
the big furnishings stories. It
started across the pond, where
it was not a coincidental occurrence, at the big Paris show,
Maison et Objet. It continued
on this year’s fashion runways, from Dolce&Gabbana
oversized horizontal stripes to
Jason Wu black-on-white luxe
embroideries to Marc Jacobs
animal prints — zebra, snow
leopard and giraffe — as well
as cheeky op art prints and
Louis Vuitton’s playful checkerboard.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from all that black and
white is its current moxie
— from color blocking (bold
swaths side-by-side a la
Mondrian) to distinctive pat-
terns (houndstooth, chevron,
stripes, op art and geometric
designs are packing the most
punch).
“The energizing power of
black and white is not confined
to apparel,” says Ron Fiore,
creative director for Bernhardt
Furniture. “Black-and-white
combinations are easy to live
with, grounding and mix with
any palette. Stripes are familiar, and to mix a floral pattern
with black-and-white stripe is
kind of cool.”
What’s especially cool
is the unexpected — teaming up a traditional silhouette
and frame with a very modern cover. Holly Blalock, vice
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Our View
Lessons for
preservationists
With the sale of the former Carver Nursery School, we
can close the book on one of Alexandria’s many land-use
controversies. But let’s not let it go to waste.
No, let’s see what we can learn from this years-long
squabble for a historic landmark — or example of community blight, depending on your point of view — in the ParkerGray neighborhood.
For those who haven’t followed the story, developer William Cromley bought the property about five years ago. But
his plans to replace the building with an environmentally
friendly piece of modern architecture quickly ran afoul of
neighborhood preservationists.
They sued and successfully forced Cromley — and the
city — to spend two years looking for a buyer who might save
or repurpose the building, which served black children during segregation. When the two-year mark passed in February, though, not a single person or organization had stepped
forward.
The fate of the one-time nursery school was back in
Cromley’s hands.
But the developer had moved on to other projects. Giving
up on his plans for the property, he successfully found a buyer who will expand and repurpose the ramshackle structure.
It’s a story with a happy ending. But we see a few lessons that the community can draw from it, so Alexandria can
hopefully avoid years of strife when another landmark is put
on the chopping block.
Perhaps most importantly, we need to be proactive. Alexandrians care about preserving their past but, as we saw with
the former nursery school, the Old Town Theater and even
with the waterfront redevelopment plan, too often wait until
the last moment to leap into action.
Going forward, neighborhood preservationists (all good
people with good intentions) must identify the things and
places worth saving before they get slated for redevelopment.
After important landmarks are selected as worthy of preservation, plans for raising money — whether it comes from
grants, deep-pocketed donors or crowdfunding — must be
drawn up. And this fiscal roadmap must consist of more than,
say, petitioning City Hall to hand over taxpayer dollars.
Lastly, we must embrace compromise. Yes, in a perfect
world the former Carver Nursery School would serve the
neighborhood as a museum, community center or even educational facility as grassroots preservationists had wished instead of a dental office. But, at the end of the day, the building
has been saved.
Preservation sounds nice, but it requires work. In this
case, Cromley ended up doing most of the heavy lifting. It
was a generous gesture. We can’t count on other developers
being so community-spirited.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Opinion
“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
Jefferson-Houston was on the
road to success, but no longer
To the editor:
In the August 8 edition of
the Alexandria Times, former school board chairman
Arthur Peabody argued that
Jefferson-Houston School is
actually a success and state
education officials were using too rigid numerical measures in evaluating educational
progress (“Jefferson-Houston’s
dirty little secret? It’s a success story”). He basically rehashed the arguments made
to the Virginia Board of Education in October, when Superintendent Morton Sherman
and former board chairwoman
Sheryl Gorsuch unsuccessfully sought a pass on accreditation for the troubled school.
Their arguments were
not convincing then and they
aren’t convincing now.
According to the Virginia
Department of Education,
in 2012-13 some 93 percent
of schools (1,716 in all) were
fully accredited. This included
many Title I schools and even
a few with 100 percent of the
students eligible for free or
reduced meals. (Meanwhile,
Peabody wrote that 73 percent
of Jefferson-Houston students
are eligible for subsidized
meals.) Still, less than 1 percent of Virginia schools were
denied accreditation as Jefferson-Houston was.
It is preposterous to argue that the state’s regulatory
benchmarks are unfair when
so many schools across the
state make the grade, including those with similar demographics.
Like others who have volunteered — or been recruited
— to defend Sherman, Peabody blurs the history of the
school’s accreditation efforts
by sweeping under the rug past
compliance with state standards. It’s time to set forth the
facts once again for the record.
State Standards of Learning tests are administered near
the end of an academic year,
and the results are used to determine status for the following academic year. For examSEE success | 26
Next governor must sustain
Virginia’s energy supply
To the editor:
Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial election is likely to
be one of the most important
in the past decade.
The commonwealth has
been named one of the top five
states in which to do business
for the past five years. In fact,
our business-friendly climate
helped the state’s GDP reach a
record $445 million last year.
While many factors contribute
to this success, none are more
important than Virginia’s balanced energy policies.
These policies are the result of electing pragmatic
leaders eager to pursue energy
development of all types. Indeed, this leadership has enabled Virginia to move toward
an “all of the above” approach
that serves as a model for the
nation.
[If] outof-state,
antidevelopment activists
have their way,
Virginia’s energy
pragmatism — and
continued economic growth — could
be at risk.”
According to the Energy
Information Administration,
nearly 40 percent of the state’s
electricity is provided by nuclear energy and 34 percent is
generated using natural gas.
At the same time, energy from
renewable sources has doubled
in recent years and provides 5
percent of Virginia’s electricity supply. Add it all up and
nearly 80 percent of the commonwealth’s electricity comes
from low, or zero, emission
sources.
The remainder of the state’s
electricity is provided by coal.
This industry is not only of
great importance — last year it
fueled $2.9 billion in economic activity and 10,637 jobs —
but also helps keep our energy
costs low while providing the
stability needed for continued
economic growth.
This is a critical point when
considering that the commonwealth’s electricity use is expected to grow by 1.5 percent
each year. At this rate, Virginia
will need to expand its energy
supply by 14.6 percent to meet
expected demand through
2020. While the state’s renewable energy portfolio target
will help, coal will continue
being an important part.
However, if out-of-state,
antidevelopment activists have
their way, Virginia’s energy
pragmatism — and continued
economic growth — could be
at risk. In fact, Californian
billionaire and activist Tom
Steyer recently announced
he intends to pump millions
of dollars into the state’s gubernatorial election to “send
a national message about the
power of climate-oriented politics.”
Regardless of this, Virginians already know that the
state is an energy leader. This
is evident by the state’s diversity in electricity production,
its renewable electricity objectives and the fact that, in 2010,
the commonwealth’s vehicle
fleet was ranked eighth for the
portion of alternative-fueled
vehicles in use.
For this reason, Consumer
Energy Alliance is proud to
host the 2013 Virginia Energy and Opportunity Forum:
A Discussion with Virginia’s
Gubernatorial
Candidates.
The forum — being held at
George Mason’s School of
Law today — will allow state
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) and Terry McAuliffe
SEE Governor | 26
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We are glad to have a resource to help Alexandria
business owners develop
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their business.
The writer is the executive
director of the Alexandria
Small Business Development Center.
26 | August 29, 2013
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Waterfront plan opponents
don’t have a choice – they
must fight
To the editor:
The Alexandria Times
appropriately applauded the
Alexandria Aces for their
4-3 near-comeback against
Bethesda Big Train in the Cal
Ripken Collegiate Baseball
League playoffs. Just as the
Aces didn’t quit when they
were down 4-0, the waterfront
folks shouldn’t give up just because City Hall has the votes
to approve the redevelopment
plan.
Their continuing opposition to waterfront hotels is not
“opposition for opposition’s
sake,” but opposition for principle’s sake.
Until the Virginia Supreme
Court rules in the city’s favor,
the ballgame isn’t over. Even
if the court allows City Hall’s
waterfront plan — or if city
council simply re-passes the
plan with the requisite supermajority if the court rules
against it — plan opponents
must mount a challenge for
three reasons.
One, the tactics City Hall
used to circumvent legal requirements — including suing
its board of zoning appeals and
denying the board independent
legal representation in earlier court cases — constitute
a breathtaking abuse of power,
which must be fought on principle lest it be relied upon as
a precedent and used against
other zoning challenges. “The
Iron Ladies’” fight is not just
about the waterfront; it is a
fight for the rights of property
owners anywhere in the city
to petition for a supermajority
vote to change zoning.
If their challenge fails, who
knows whose neighborhood,
stripped of a key tool to fight
City Hall’s slick schemes and
cozy developer deals, will be
next on the chopping block?
Secondly, unlike in nearby
Arlington County, where bond
referenda have forced competence on the county’s heavyhanded, one-party government, Alexandria’s one-party
government is a comedy of errors. Multiple votes (the waterfront plan so far has endured
three) are necessitated to correct elementary errors.
City Hall falls over itself
to sacrifice land for publicprivate partnerships for which
it lacks legal authority. And
legislation is passed against
the advice of its appointed
committees. Because the politicians have so badly bungled
the waterfront plan politically,
clean closure of the kind the
Times’ August 8 editorial (“If
it’s going to be a hotel, let’s
make sure it fits”) seeks isn’t
possible.
City Hall designed a waterfront plan with the expectation of hotels at the two Robinson Terminal properties to
moot legal challenges, but instead the proposed hotel is at
the Cummings-Turner block.
Does approving a hotel there
mean three hotels on the waterfront, or does it mean some
unplanned, unintended use at
one of the Robinson Terminal
sites?
When Vice Mayor Allison
Silberberg attempted to bring
Alexandria, this is
YOUR Times
FROM | 25
closure to the waterfront plan
controversy with a one-hotel
compromise earlier this year,
her colleagues on city council
didn’t even press waterfront
plan opponents as to whether
they would settle the disagreement amicably on this basis.
What choice do they have but
to continue their opposition
when the other side won’t offer
a reasonable settlement?
Finally, what happens when
a neighborhood is sacrificed
for overall public betterment?
There has been no referendum
on the waterfront plan, but we
know it cost the city council
two voting precincts in the last
election. Did the other voting
precincts support the waterfront plan or just not care?
No neighborhood that fails
to stand up for itself is safe
from politicians’ and planners’
predations. And a neighborhood that fights to the bitter
end is one that cares about
itself deeply, with residents
bonded in a common cause of
self-defense.
Those with designs on such
a neighborhood will think
twice before pressing their
schemes. No one will know the
disasters avoided because developers and officials did not
have the stomach for the fight
likely to ensue. The waterfront
neighborhood’s continuing opposition will stave off future
development catastrophes.
- Dino Drudi
Alexandria
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success
FROM | 24
ple, tests administered during
2012-13 will determine status
for 2013-14.
According to documents
prepared for the October state
board meeting, JeffersonHouston was classified as provisionally
accredited/needs
improvement in 2002-03
and 2003-04, a classification
that does not include areas of
warning. This was two years
after Rebecca Perry was hired
as superintendent and three
years after the disastrous 1999
redistricting.
From 2004-05 through
2006-07, Jefferson-Houston
was accredited but with warning in several subject areas.
However, with each passing
year, there were fewer subject
areas meriting a warning.
By 2007-08, the school was
conditionally accredited. Then
— based on tests administered
in spring 2008, shortly after
Perry departed — the school
was fully accredited for 200809 with no warnings in any academic areas. Her tenure saw
a solid record of improvement
leading to accreditation.
Contrast this with the
school’s history under Sherman, who was hired in June
2008 and arrived in Alexandria at the start of the 2008-09
energy, will be key to continuing Virginia’s economic success.
Now, more than ever, we
need to move forward with
pragmatic energy policies that
support energy innovation and
economic growth. After all,
whether you’re a manufacturer
in Virginia Beach or a stayat-home parent in Charlottesville, energy has a huge impact
on your everyday life and the
state’s continued growth.
- Adam Waldeck
Executive director of the
Southeast Energy Alliance, a
regional chapter of the Consumer Energy Alliance
school year. In tests administered during spring 2009, the
school’s status for 2009-10
slipped back to accredited
with warning.
With each passing year,
more subject areas of warning were added. Finally, the
school was denied accreditation altogether last year, when
four areas of warning were
identified: English, mathematics, history and science.
The accreditation history
of the school can be found on
the commonwealth’s Department of Education website by
using this link: tinyurl.com/
k7o5eld.
Perhaps Peabody, who was
on the school board at the
time, has forgotten that — in
an August 29, 2008, letter to
the Jefferson-Houston community — the newly-arrived
Sherman expressed pleasure
not only at Jefferson-Houston’s recent accreditation by
the state, but also because the
school made Adequate Yearly
Progress under the federal No
Child Left Behind Act. The
letter can be found at tinyurl.
com/k32syms.
It’s fascinating, and also
sad, how the school has arrived at this inexplicable place.
- Leslie Zupan
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Prominent resident hit hard by Panic of 1819
C
ontinuing the story of
Adam Lynn Jr. from
last week’s Out of
the Attic — which described
his residence at 518-520 King
St. — is the nearby “tenement” he built at 532
King St. around 1815.
Located on the same
quarter-block property
he’d inherited after his
father’s death, this corner spot housed Lynn Jr.’s
silver shop soon after the
building was completed.
Originally, the structure
looked quite similar to
the one built earlier at
518-520 King St., but the
gabled roof and dormers
were removed around
1900.
A full story and Italianate cornice were added
at that time. As seen in
this photograph — taken
before the building was
demolished as part of urban
renewal efforts in 1969 — the
building had been modernized
for commercial use by the mid20th century.
In the early years of the 19th
century, Lynn Jr. was a wellrespected member of the community and moved in the city’s
highest social circles. His skills
at commerce — and deft hand
as an artisan — were surmounted only by his shrewd ability
to take advantage of emerging
consumer trends and speculative business opportunities.
He constantly moved his
home and business locations
along the King Street corridor,
acquiring new properties and
increasing his income through
escaped the impact of the
nation’s first peacetime financial crisis, but Lynn Jr.
was hit hard by the Panic of
1819. Overextended, he immediately attempted to
liquidate a few of his
properties, including
532 King St., which
he tried to convey to
his niece’s husband,
Thomas Childs, in
1820 for $3,000.
But the transaction
was contingent on release of a trust held on
the property since 1817,
which he was unable
to remove. With the
real estate market in
collapse, and crippled
by a serious decline in
income associated with
Alexandria’s economic
woes in the 1820s,
photo/library of congress Lynn Jr.’s financial fate
was sealed.
rentals and risky real estate Ultimately, this property
ventures. At the same time, joined all of his holdings at
he proudly served Alexandria a public auction in Februduring the “Era of Good Feel- ary 1822 and sold for a mere
ings” as a community leader, $2,040. Despite greatly restaying heavily involved in the duced circumstances, which
religious, political and military left him renting the residence
he once owned, Lynn Jr. reaffairs of the city.
But as a businessman, Lynn mained a well-loved AlexanJr.’s fortunes were closely drian until his death in Dealigned with those of the city. cember 1835.
When economic setbacks beOut of the Attic is provided
fell Alexandria after the War of
1812, Lynn Jr. was one of the
by the Office of Historic
first to suffer.
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in spite of new texts, standardized tests with implied
threats or laptops in the
classroom. At some point,
maybe we should admit that
math, as it is taught currently
and in the recent past, seems
irrelevant to a large percentage of grade school kids.
Why blame a sixth-grade
student or teacher trapped
by meaningless lessons?
Teachers are frustrated. Students check out.
The missing element is
reality. Instead of insisting
that students learn another
16 formulae, we need to involve them in tangible life
projects. And the task must
be interesting.
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math that they may have ignored in the standard lecture
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president of merchandising
and marketing for CR Laine, a
furniture manufacturer based
in Hickory, N.C., did that with
a couple of recently introduced
chairs. The frame for the Bradstreet chair was inspired by an
18th-century chair with a series of turnings on the front
arms and feet.
“There’s something almost
odd about it,” says Blalock.
“It turns from thick to thin. It
doesn’t follow columnar scale.
And the ball at the end of the
arm is even more exaggerated.
I liked that quirkiness.”
And although even the finish of the chair is distressed,
Blalock chose a totally modern
zigzag pattern for upholstery.
For another traditional
armchair, the Aledo, Blalock
pieced together linen in black
and white to create an asymmetrical sassy stripe.
“We have always interpreted this chair more traditionally — with hand-blocked
prints and matelasses,” says
Blalock. “Sometimes you just
have to start from scratch and
reinvent. When the linens are
sewn together, they create this
overscale graphic stripe, which
completely comes alive.”
A sort of color blocking in
furniture in the last year or so
has teamed light and dark finishes in single pieces. For example, an ebony dresser is set
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with contrasting ivory drawers. Also popular are inlays,
typically of bone or mother
of pearl. Many of these have a
range of global sources as well
as styles, some with Moorish
inspiration.
Inlays add textural dimension as well, because they’re
essentially like mosaic strips
or tesserae that create a pattern. And mother of pearl
lends sheen as well.
One versatile cube (table
as well as stool) recently introduced by Bernhardt is the
zebra, which is composed of
white bone inlay with black
poured resin. Its op-art pattern
snakes around the corners and
adds a compelling graphic focal point, almost like visual
upholstery. The piece certainly
will add an exclamation to a
quiet corner.
Indeed, one enormous advantage of a black-and-white
palette is its ability to change
attitude, with a simple addition
of color. And just about any
color is smashing. Lipstick red
is a favorite go-to combination for pop. So are yellow and
mustard. Cobalt blue or turquoise. Purple, magenta or hot
pink. Orange or coral. Lime
green or emerald.
“Once when I was in New
York, I saw a woman in a Kelly
green trench coat with a zebra
bag,” says Fiore. “It’s an image I’ve never forgotten. When
a black-and-white room gets
hit with a piece of color, that
brings it out even more. The
color could be in throw pillows
or a slipcover, a funny little ottoman, a couple of vases, a big
dish or a book.”
So just as in fashion, a single black-and-white piece goes
with just about everything —
it just depends on how concentrated the graphic is to pull it
off.
“Black and white is a classic combination which can
both ground a room and add
a pop of intrigue and excitement,” says New York-based
international designer Sara
Story. “It is timeless and modern at the same time.”
When Story introduced a
wallcovering collection called
Story late last year, she included a black-and-white palette
for each of the five patterns, all
contemporary interpretations
of Asian motifs.
“It’s a way to make it fresh,
hip and new,” says Story. “You
don’t see too many black-andwhite wallpapers, and I wanted
the line to stand out.”
If you want to furnish a full
room in black and white, you
can create an envelope with
walls painted simply in either
hue, perhaps with contrasting
moldings. Choose white or
off-white slipcovers for a soft
look, and furniture in ebony
frames. In this kind of setting,
amped-up patterns can be especially effective.
Or stick to all-white furnishings with patterned walls
— muted or high octane. A
black-and-white floral or a
wide stripe, perhaps horizontally placed, can be dramatic.
Ground it with a graphic blackand-white rug in a different
pattern. Then pop in a few
black accents: a vase or a lamp.
Designer showhouses often
spark clever ideas, and with
black-and-white themes there
often are surprising applications. Earlier in the year, one
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With the look of fine suiting, the stylish Gerston slipcovered tuxedo
sofa from Bernhardt sports a smaller-scale woven houndstooth.
Shown in an all-white envelope with strong black-and-white art leaning against the wall and regal heathered gray and violet accents, the
effect is tailored and sophisticated.
showhouse in Greensboro,
N.C., for example, featured
a bedroom with white walls
and bedding on a natural linen upholstered bed. The bed
was framed in black, with a
canopy and curtains in a stripe
of varying widths. That same
fabric was repeated in the window treatment. But what really
punctuated the scheme was a
treatment on the ceiling, where
the designer had a pair of double borders painted around the
room.
Another room in the same
showhouse did black borders
as well, but these were actually applied moldings painted
black.
For a real modern edge,
that’s the kind of edginess that
transforms a space.
“Graphic shapes breathe
new life, making black and
white modern,” says Story.
“There are a million ways to
reinvent it — you just have to
keep it fresh.”
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DEBORAH L. CRUMP (50),
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HUBERT S. FINK JR., of
Alexandria, August 21, 2013
GEORGE G. GILMOUR, of
Alexandria, August 19, 2013
DORIS “DORSEY” JEAN
JOSEPH, of Alexandria, August
20, 2013
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twist
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30 Character in “Beowulf”
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42 Prefix meaning “bone” (var.)
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45Lummox
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52Wretched
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dusting
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records
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Inventor’s brainchild
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Caused damage to
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Inclined to dawdle
Hot breakfast fare
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Pulitzer-winning playwright
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301 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia
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203-205 S Fairfax Street
RM Townhouse/Residential
Appeal of the determination by the
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for lots of record as of February
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901 Little Street
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Request for special exception to
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required north side yard. If the special exception is granted, the Board
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relating to physical enlargement of a
noncomplying structure.
Applicant: Denise Benoit & William
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relating to physical enlargement of a
noncomplying structure.
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Request for alterations & signage at 801 King St & 803 King St.
APPLICANT: David Malek, Thompson Hospitality by Rich Markus Architects
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Request to partially demolish & capsulate at 1202 & 1204 S Washington St.
APPLICANT: Hunting Point Apartments by Laramar Construction Services, LLC
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Request for an addition & alterations at 1202 & 1204 S Washington St.
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Request for signage at 1129 King St.
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and 513 & 515 Oronoco St.
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