July 7, 2016 - Alexandria Times

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Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
Vol. 12, No. 27
JULY 7, 2016
Revamping West
End roads
Saquan Hall, 23, of Alexandria was
the city’s fourth homicide victim of
2016 when he was shot early Sat.... on the 1000 block
urday morning
of First St. and later died at a local
hospital.
Work begins at King and
Beauregard
BY CHRIS TEALE
Police investigate second
homicide since June
COURTESY PHOTO
Officials: Slayings may
be connected
BY CHRIS TEALE
Fewer than 500 feet from
where Pierre Clark was killed
in broad daylight last month,
the Parker-Gray neighborhood
was forced to grapple with another homicide early Saturday.
Saquan Hall, 23, of Alexandria, was shot along the 1000
block of First St., and died
from his injuries in a local
hospital. Officers responded to
the area around 3:33 a.m. July
2 after reports of a shooting.
Hall’s slaying came less than
a month after Clark was killed
June 8 on the 1000 block of
Montgomery St.
The APD held a community
meeting Wednesday evening
This was
a vigilante
shooting due to
misinformation
regarding a
previous incident
that he was never
charged [with] nor
had anything to
do with.”
-Patrice Hall, mother
after the Times’ print deadline
at the Charles Houston Recreation Center to discuss the latest killing and next steps.
In the immediate aftermath,
allegations surfaced that the
two homicides were connected,
including on a page started on
the online fundraising website
GoFundMe by Hall’s mother,
Patrice Hall, to cover funeral
expenses.
WUSA9 reported that Clark
and Hall knew each other, and
that Clark allegedly shot Hall
last spring. According to the
station, police investigated Hall
after Clark’s slaying but never
charged him, and Hall’s mother
alleged that investigation made
others think he was involved.
“This was a vigilante shooting due to misinformation regarding a previous incident that
he was never charged [with]
nor had anything to do with,”
With the West End Transitway making progress towards
construction and the new Gateway at King and Beauregard
development approved by city
council, work has begun on
improving the intersection of
King and Beauregard streets
on the West End.
A ground-breaking ceremony was held last
month to mark the
project’s commencement.
Officials expect it to be
finished
in
2019, after two
phases of construction and utility
line relocation.
“This marks decades
of hard work and the start of
a revitalized West End King
Street corridor,” said Mayor
Allison Silberberg in a statement. “This project addresses
long-term safety, infrastructure and aesthetic concerns.”
Mitchell Bernstein, the
city’s director of project implementation, said that while
the project has been revised
several times since it was
first conceived more than 20
years ago, its aim is to improve the experience for all
users, especially pedestrians
and transit users.
“To be honest, the project
has been scaled back a little
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bit, because it’s been so long
in coming, the money has
slowly drifted away, and also
things have gotten more expensive,” he said. “So we’ve had to
revise the scope somewhat, but
still the intent is the same: to
improve traffic movement and
to make it much more pedestrian friendly.”
The first phase of the project began last month, and
consists of grading, curb, and
gutter and retaining
walls that need to be
constructed prior
to the relocation of utilities
that run in and
around the intersection. That
helps the city, in
conjunction with
Dominion Virginia
Power, relocate the utilities
and then begin the more visible
roadway improvements.
“The phasing is driven by
the utility relocations,” Bernstein said. “In coordination
with Dominion Virginia Power, the new utility relocations
are in existing roadways. We
need to do some temporary
work, just enough so that Dominion can move everything,
and then we come through and
finish it. It’s basically three
separate operations.”
Bernstein said the need to
relocate utilities was something
that the city usually would look
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFING
City unveils annual USA and City
Birthday Celebration festivities
City officials announced last
week the schedule of festivities
for Alexandria’s annual USA
and City Birthday Celebration,
slated for 5 to 10 p.m. July 9 at
Oronoco Bay Park at 100 Madison St. The day will mark Alexandria’s 267th birthday and the
United States’ 240th.
The celebration will kick
off at 5 p.m. with The B2B Band,
a Jimmy Buffett tribute group.
They will perform a mixture of
covers and original songs.
At 6 p.m., Downrange, part
of the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” will play a collection
of popular rock, pop, country and
R&B music in addition to signature patriotic arrangements.
At 7:30 p.m., Town Crier
Benjamin Fiore-Walker will introduce Mayor Allison Silberberg and Guest Poet Laureate
Amy Young. Then at 8 p.m.,
Silberberg and city councilors
will distribute the celebratory
birthday cake.
Later in the evening, the
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra will perform, led by guest
conductor Victoria Gau. And at
9:30 p.m., Tchaikovsky’s “1812
Overture” will play during the
fireworks display with cannon
support by the Presidential Salute Battery of the Third U.S.
Infantry Regiment — The Old
Guard — from Joint Base MyerHenderson Hall in Virginia.
Admission is free. There
will be plenty of lawn seating
at the park, so lawn chairs and
blankets are encouraged. Refreshments will be available for
purchase, but officials said residents are welcome to pack a picnic. No grilling will be permit-
ted, and officials asked visitors
to refrain from bringing pets or
smoking at the event.
The King Street Trolley
will operate on an extended
schedule to accommodate the
celebration, with the last trolley
departing lower King Street at
11:45 p.m. For more information on public transit schedules,
visit www.wmata.com or call
202-637-7000 for Metrobus and
Metrorail. For DASH schedules, visit www.dashbus.com
or call 703-746-3274.
Parking will be available for a
flat rate of $5 at Simpson Properties Garage on 700 N. Fairfax St.
and at American Real Estate Partners at 44 Canal Center Plaza.
In case of inclement weather, fireworks will be rescheduled for July 10 at 9:30 p.m.
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CRIME
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An Oakland, Calif. man
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area and laundered the proceeds.
Amanuel Hagos, 29, was
sentenced June 30 to 20
years in prison with all but
seven years suspended, conditioned on 20 years of good
behavior and 10 years of supervised probation through
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Alexandria
Circuit
Court.
The prosecution was led
by the Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office,
while the Alexandria Police
Department led the investigation. In total, it was a
15-month long process.
During its existence, Hagos’ racketeering organization was responsible for
distributing approximately
1,900 pounds of marijuana
and laundering nearly $1
million worth of illegal drug
proceeds in the D.C. area.
Firearms tied to the criminal organization were seized
during the investigation in
various locations, including
Oakland and D.C.
The investigation began
with the September 2015
discovery of approximately
90 pounds of high-grade
marijuana in an apartment
in Alexandria. From January 2014 to September 2015,
Hagos’ organization was
responsible for trafficking
thousands of pounds of marijuana from California to locations in Northern Virginia
and D.C. The resulting cash
proceeds were laundered
through bank accounts and
casino transactions.
Hagos was the leader of
the organization and had
previously pleaded guilty to
racketeering, conspiracy to
commit money laundering
and two counts of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
Also convicted in connection with Hagos’ enterprise
were Beakal Shifferaw of
Oakland; Walied Faisel of
Alexandria; Afrom Hagos of
Oakland; Degoul Pietros of
D.C.; and Mikiyas Solomon
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APD’s vice narcotics section, with assistance from
the Financial Crime Intelligence Center of the Virginia
Office of the Attorney General, the Alameda County,
Calif. Narcotics Task Force,
the Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s Gun
Recovery Unit and the U. S.
Marshal’s Service.
“This case illustrates a
simple fact — when huge
quantities of illegal money
are made by racketeers, firearms are not far behind,”
said Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter in a statement. “All racketeering organizations require force to
protect their illicit proceeds,
no matter what illegal drug
is being trafficked. … This
state [racketeering] prosecution brought down a complicated criminal organization. The strict sentences
obtained in this case send a
clear message that organized
crime will not be tolerated in
the city of Alexandria.”
- Chris Teale
POLICE BEAT
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JULY 7, 2016 | 5
Charting a course for the city’s future
Strategic plan looks
to outline vision for
Alexandria in 2022
BY CHRIS TEALE
What should Alexandria be
like as a city in which to live,
work and visit in the year 2022?
That is the question city
staff, with input from residents
and city councilors, looks to
answer with its update to the
city’s strategic plan, a process
that began in February and is
slated for adoption in the fall.
The city’s previous strategic
plan ran from 2004 until last
year, with the community and
city council updating the document in 2006 and 2010. Since
that plan’s implementation, the
city introduced Results Alexandria, a system to manage and
track performance of staff and
its efforts to achieve targets.
City planning director Karl
Moritz said the strategic plan
helps guide how staff carry out
work plans, and also figures into
the annual discussions around the
city’s budget. He said staff is in the
midst of the community engagement process for the document,
and that discussions are continuing on what people want the city’s
future to look like as well as challenges it must address.
The updated plan, discussed
at council’s June 28 meeting,
the last before the summer recess, features a broad vision
statement that looks to emphasize a number of themes, all
with a view to improving life
for residents and visitors alike.
“In 2022, Alexandria is a
safe, healthy, economically
vibrant, well-managed, inclusive and green city with multimodal transportation, a unique
identity, and where children
and youth thrive,” a draft of
the vision statement reads.
To those nine broad themes,
city councilors added a 10th:
“resilient.” Several on the dais
agreed that a city’s resiliency
is often tested by a variety of
situations, and how it bounces
back from those challenges
I think
[resiliency]
is important that
a city situated like
we are, near the
national capital area
that could have any
number of issues
pop up, and then
weather-related
ones as well. If we
start to move in that
direction, I think it’s
beneficial for our
economic stability.”
- City Councilor John Chapman
helps define its character.
“I think [resiliency] is important that a city situated like
we are, near the national capital
area that could have any number of issues pop up, and then
weather-related ones as well,”
said City Councilor John Chapman. “If we start to move in that
direction, I think it’s beneficial
for our economic stability.”
“[Resiliency] gives hope to
everyone, and reminds people
that whatever is confronting
you today is not necessarily
the end-all, and that life goes
on and we do the best we can
and we will heal,” agreed City
Councilor Del Pepper.
Contained within each thematic area are several indicators and targets of how each
will be achieved by 2022, with
the community survey that
captures residents’ views on
a variety of city services and
conditions used as one such indicator in a number of themes.
For example, chief performance officer Greg Useem
said public safety goals would
include reducing violent crime
and response times for emergency services as well as having first-responders be professional and courteous when
dealing with the public.
One theme where council-
ors looked to make additions
was in making Alexandria a
green city, a theme Useem said
was arrived at after community outreach and focuses on
sustainability, a healthy envi-
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Mayor Allison Silberberg
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Patrice Hall claimed on the
GoFundMe page.
Police spokeswoman Crystal
Nosal declined to comment on
the investigation and any possible connection between the
two killings, except to say that
all avenues were being explored.
“We’re looking to see if
there’s any connection and we’re
investigating the possibility that
there is one,” she said.
Nosal also declined to comment on reports that Hall was
shot multiple times, as that is
deemed to be evidence that will
be necessary to convict a suspect.
She had no further details on the
investigation as of press time.
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
Early Saturday morning, officers from the Alexandria Police Department cordoned off the area around where Hall was shot as they
gathered evidence and interviewed neighbors.
Hall was a 2011 graduate of
T.C. Williams High School, and
is listed in the school’s student
newspaper Theogony’s June
18, 2011 issue as planning to
attend ITT Technical Institute
after graduation. He was the father of two small children, and
was nicknamed “Turk” by his
friends and family.
“As you can imagine, no
family is ever prepared to have
their loved one taken so suddenly,” Patrice Hall wrote on
the GoFundMe page. “Saquan’s
family and friends are absolutely heartbroken by this tragedy.”
Hall told WUSA9 that “I’m
not okay and I won’t be okay for
a long time,” and said such slayings damage more people than
the victim.
“It’s sad that they rob children of their fathers and their
mothers of their sons and daughters,” she said.
Judy Noritake, president
of the nearby Braddock Metro
Citizens’ Coalition, said despite
the killings, she and many of her
neighbors do not feel unsafe in
the neighborhood, and that it is
unfortunate that so many disagreements seem to escalate
into deadly violence.
“It’s not gangs, it’s not drugs,
it’s guys who have a beef of
some kind,” she said. “I don’t
know more details than that, but
the question is why are they using guns rather than using their
fists or using their words?
“[It’s] not random by any
means, and I don’t feel unsafe in
my neighborhood and many of
the people I talk to don’t either.”
At several previous community meetings, Police Chief
Earl Cook has said the police
department is continuing to look
at ways to engage in more community policing, which has officers get out of their squad cars
and walk around neighborhoods
and get to know residents.
Noritake said she has noticed more of this community
policing in the area near ParkerGray in recent weeks, but that it
is not the only solution to preventing violence and deaths on
the streets.
“Obviously, even with more
resources coming — and I think
after the first homicide there
were more cars and more guys
on the street — you can’t stop
it,” she said. “Somebody who
is compelled to do this will find
a way, a place and a time. …If
there are some guys with some
beefs with each other, how do
we as a community help mediate a resolution to that that
doesn’t involve guns?”
Noritake said her group
plans to present a list of suggestions to City Manager Mark
Jinks for what the city and community can do to help the situation. Noritake said among those
suggestions will be a proposal
to coordinate and synergize city
agencies and nonprofits to help
those in need, provide more job
training and recreational opportunities and to establish a citizens’ task force on gun violence.
“What else can we do?” she
asked. “We need to get a lot of
smart people in a room and figure it out.”
The slaying was the fourth
in Alexandria this year. The
first took place in April, when
Melaku Abraha was assaulted
and robbed on the 200 block of
S. Alfred St. and later died of his
injuries. In May, Shakeel Baldon,
43, was stabbed on Lincolnia
Road and died from his injuries
in the hospital. And last month,
Clark, 28, was shot on the 1000
block of Montgomery St.
Officials announced April
12 that George McGee II, 22, of
Capitol Heights, Md., had been
charged in connection with the
murder of Abraha. And on June
28, Clarence Terry, 53, of Alexandria, was charged in connection with Baldon’s slaying.
Clark’s case remains unsolved.
Police asked anyone with
information about this investigation to contact Detective Bikeramjit Gill at 703-746-6751.
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to carry out beforehand, but
their current location in travel
lanes complicates matters.
“One of [the slip ramps]
is going to have an overhead
utility pole in the location of
the existing ramp,” he said.
“Normally, we would move
everything before we awarded the contract, even. In this
case, we were unable to do
that. We needed to do some
work to get us to the point
where we could get into more
of the normal process where
we relocate all the utilities
and then award the bulk of
[the rest of] the work.”
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Improvements to the intersection at King and Beauregard streets began
last month, with a view to improving the area for the planned Gateway
at King and Beauregard development and the new West End Transitway.
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The relocation of utilities
is expected to be complete
by early 2018, and then will
bring about the final phase
of construction at the intersection, which will include
the improvements for all users. Those improvements include an additional turn lane
in each direction on King
Street, medians, improved
curbs, gutters, sidewalks
and pavement as well as enhanced drainage and storm
water management. Traffic
signals and crosswalks will
be upgraded as well.
The Gateway at King and
Beauregard promises to revitalize an area in the city’s
northwest corner near its
border with Fairfax County
filled with mostly vacant
lots, the former site of the
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
and a strip mall.
The new development
would be anchored by a 24hour, 72,000 square-foot Harris Teeter grocery store, with
352 residential — including
74 affordable — units, 94,374
square feet of office space
and 40,000 square feet of retail space. It would include
822 parking spaces, most of
which would be underground.
One of the biggest concerns raised during that
project’s approval process
was about heightened traffic
congestion in the area, but
the staff report said a traffic
impact study performed by
D.C.-based consulting firm
Gorove/Slade Associates indicated there will not be any
significant negative impacts.
The report noted that the
traffic levels at the intersections of King and Beauregard streets and Beauregard
Street and Seminary Road
are already unacceptable,
but said the applicant — developer Abramson Properties — has agreed to participate in the city’s plan to
encourage alternative means
of transportation.
The West End Transitway
was first approved in 2012
by city council. The plan
links the Van Dorn Street
and Pentagon Metro stations
with a bus route through a
combination of dedicated
transit lanes in one or both
directions and travel in
mixed traffic. The buses also
will make use of some of
the high-occupancy vehicle
lanes on Interstate-395 leading to the Pentagon.
Officials said they are excited to help contribute to the
new projects in the area and
help alleviate any future traffic congestion while making
the area safer for other users.
“By tightening up the
crossings and by making this
more of an urban intersection,
we’re actually making some
improvements that are going
to contribute to the planned
land use,” said city transportation director Yon Lambert.
“As The Gateway at King and
Beauregard comes on board,
it’s a very significant development for that part of the city,
and so ultimately we want
this intersection to be a gateway to Alexandria and a place
[where] all users can move.”
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Unfortunately for the Aces,
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the hosts lost 1-0 and saw their
record fall to 14-11 overall.
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While he was disappointed to lose and see a starting
pitcher’s strong work go unrewarded, Aces head coach
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looks strong.
“We continue to create
momentum,” he said. “A 1-0
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two innings where we didn’t
quite get the job done offensively that made the difference in the ballgame.”
One crucial moment for
the Aces offense came in the
bottom of the fourth inning,
with the score still knotted at
0. Outfielder Niko Hulsizer
led off with a walk, then infielder Mike Annone singled
to put runners on the corners
with no outs. Outfielder A.J.
Spencer was the next batter, but he hit into a fielder’s
choice to shortstop Garrett
Kueber, who threw to second
baseman Clayton Daniel for
the force out of Annone.
With Daniel seemingly
set to throw to first base for
the double play, Hulsizer was
sent home, but was tagged
out at the plate by Emodi,
who had received a bullet of a
throw from Daniel to prevent
the run from scoring. It was
the closest the Aces offense
would get to putting a run on
the scoreboard.
“We had a couple of opportunities here and there
and a couple of situations that
we didn’t quite execute in,”
DeSilva said.
Previously, DeSilva has
said his team need to be more
mindful of situational hitting,
and he repeated that call after
the game Sunday, as his team
could not take advantage of
having a runner on third with
no outs in the fourth inning.
“It’s a common theme for
us; it’s a trend,” DeSilva said.
“We continue to talk about it,
but at some point these guys
are going to have to figure out
how to execute or we’re going
to continue to lose one-run
ballgames. We’ve been playing
really well as of late. I’m really
pleased with what we’ve done
over the past week or so.”
The Aces continue to
make an impression in the
regular season, and remain
far ahead of the third-place
Herndon Braves in the South
Division. After losing 6-5 to
the Vienna Riverdogs in 11
innings last month, Alexandria beat the Rockville Express twice in two days, then
defeated the Braves 10-5 on
the Aces’ home field.
An 11-6 loss at the Gaithersburg Giants was followed
by a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Dodgers, and DeSilva
said even a loss to the strong
Big Train shows that Alexandria is among the best teams
in the league.
“The Big Train always
puts a competitive product
out on the field; [head coach]
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those guys. We won the first
matchup [4-2 on June 15],
they walked off on us in the
second matchup [a 6-5 loss
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to lose a 1-0 ballgame, we’re
right in there with some of
the best in the league.”
The closing weeks of the
regular season promise to be
busy for the Aces, who have
very few days off between
now and their final regular
season game on July 22. They
returned to action after the
Independence Day holiday
Wednesday at home against the
Baltimore Redbirds, and have
a grueling run of 14 games in
17 days, even with the league’s
brief all-star break.
With plenty still to play for,
DeSilva thinks his team will
have opportunities to impress,
especially with the postseason
also fast approaching.
“The parity in the league
is fantastic,” he said. “You
still have got seven or eight
teams vying for six playoff spots, maybe nine teams
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Abbey L. Oklak is an architectural and urban designer
at Cooper Carry in Alexandria.
She works on entitlements for
mixed-use buildings and develops master plans for both the
public and private sectors.
Alessandra Colia has had a
diverse career in the nonprofit,
corporate and public sectors.
Colia launched the Urban Alliance’s Alexandria and Arlington
efforts, and in 2015 was promoted to executive director for
the Northern Virginia program.
Allison Louise Priebe is the
jewelry designer behind Queen
Bee Designs. She is active at Aldersgate United Methodist Church
and is a member of The Junior
League of Washington, its garden
club, Junior Friends of Campagna
Center and raises money for the
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra.
Alston Waller has worked for
the Dunbar Alexandria Olympic
Boys and Girls Club since he
was 17. After graduating from
college, Waller served as the
athletic director of the club and
is now the branch director.
Blair Copeland is the director of
case management at Carpenter’s
Shelter, having previously served
as a case manager and a family
stabilization case manager. Copeland has worked with ex-offenders
re-entering the population, helping
them overcome barriers of homelessness, poverty and addiction.
Brittany C. Patterson is a licensed Realtor and works alongside
her mother, Phyllis Patterson, at
TTR Sothebys, co-founding its Old
Town office, which sold more
than $81 million in local real estate last year. She is a contributor to Alexandria Stylebook and
serves on the board of The Junior
Friends of The Campagna Center.
Brittany Rice is general manager of Carr Workplaces and is
active with several local organizations such as Old Town Alexandria Connections and the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce. She has organized blood
drives, clothing drives, book
drives and more.
Carter Batey worked in Virginia politics for the past decade,
before working with former
Delegate Rob Krupicka to bring
Sugar Shack Donuts to Northern Virginia. He serves on a variety of local and state boards
and commissions.
Visit Alexandria's Claire Mouledoux
influences the city’s destination
branding and launched a new
communications department, increasing national press hits by 83
percent and quadrupling its social
media following in a year. She has
worked to promote the city’s independent boutiques, restaurants
and attractions and the historic
sites that inspired the PBS drama
series “Mercy Street.”
Danielle Raye Romanetti is
founder and CEO of fibre space,
which specializes in unique yarns
from independent and local sources, and was awarded Business of
the Year by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and Best New
Retail Store and Best Craft Supply
Store by the Washington City Paper. Romanetti serves on a number of local business and government committees.
Dawnielle Miller is the executive
director and a founding partner
of Casa Chirilagua, a local
faith-based nonprofit that fosters relationships to unite and
transform people and communities in the Arlandria/Chirilagua
neighborhood, where she has
lived for nine years.
Dipti Pidikiti-Smith lends a
voice to disadvantaged groups
through her job as a legal aid
attorney as well as through her
community advocacy. She is
the chairwoman of the housing law and consumer law practice groups at Legal Services of
Northern Virginia and served as
past-chairwoman of the Economic Opportunities Commission.
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Amanda Dawn Foster-Baril
Hungerford has worked at
Grace Episcopal School for the
past 10 years. She teaches fifth
grade, coordinates new teacher
orientation, facilitates a faculty
diversity discussion group, organizes a supply drive for the Animal
Welfare League of Alexandria and
other volunteer efforts.
Amanda Fanning is a marketing specialist at the Washington
Speakers Bureau in Alexandria,
where she manages corporate
marketing projects, digital campaigns and special events, and
also mentors a high school intern through the Urban Alliance.
Andrew Carlson is a veteran
of the U.S. Marine Corps and the
local restaurant industry. After
working with the Neighborhood
Restaurant Group, Carlson joined
Kimpton Hotels, working at Poste
in D.C. before returning to Alexandria, where he serves as general
manager of Jackson 20.
Drew Hansen is a veteran Alexandria journalist and digital
editor at the Washington Business Journal, where he oversees the publication’s web operations. During the last two city
elections, Hansen moderated
mayoral and city council debates
and has volunteered with the
Four Mile Run Farmers Market.
Ann Harbour serves as the government and community relations
liaison for Inova Health System,
representing its hospital in Alexandria. Since 2013, she has led government relations and regulatory
affairs for Inova’s Medicaid managed care plan, INTotal Health.
Catharine Grace Young
serves as the science and innovation policy advisor and head
of the D.C. team for the British
Embassy, where she fosters
international collaborations to
tackle societal challenges. She
co-founded Blueprint International, a nonprofit aimed at improving vaccine delivery.
Catherine Portner is president
and co-founder of Portner Brewhouse, a brewery, restaurant and
test kitchen set to open this fall
in the Modera Tempo Apartments.
She is the great-great granddaughter of pre-Prohibition beer
titan Robert Portner, who ran
the largest brewery in the South,
headquartered in Old Town.
Charles Anthony Sumpter, Jr.,
is a senior advisor for congressional affairs in the U.S. Department of Defense. As chairman
of the Alexandria Commission
on HIV/AIDS, Sumpter is an
outspoken advocate working to
increase support for prevention
efforts and advocating for those
hit hardest by the disease.
Chris Denby is the CEO of Markitecture, an architecture and engineering marketing agency. Denby
and two partners recently launched
juxtaposed.media, a web startup
that allows users to compare and
contrast media coverage on breaking stories and share via social media, and he volunteers with numerous local youth organizations.
Christopher Joseph Lewis is
vice president of the public interest tech advocacy nonprofit Public
Knowledge, leading their efforts
on Capitol Hill and with federal
agencies. He advocated in favor
of net neutrality and blocking the
Comcast-Time Warner merger. He
is vice chairman of the Alexandria
City School Board.
Eric M. Williams Jr. is CEO of
the A. Roy Heron Global Foundation, a local nonprofit focused
on combating childhood obesity. He is board chairman of
The Sir Williams Group, an IT
and holdings corporation. Williams is known for his pragmatic
management style and entrepreneurial spirit.
Frances R. Reimers leads PCI
business and client development,
managing over $2 million annually.
Through her content marketing
and digital strategy efforts, she has
tripled the agency’s website traffic,
while overseeing projects for many
clients such as the Washington
Redskins Charitable Foundation,
Washington Nationals, and the
U.S. Department of Transportation.
Garrett “Gee” James is a local
activist and president of the
Norhtern Virginia Urban League
Young Professionals Network,
where he is committed to bringing equity and addressing the
needs of Alexandria’s diverse
population. He has donated more
than $100,000 in money and
services and has provided affordable housing to local residents.
Hillary Orr is the city’s Complete
Streets program manager, where
she strives to enhance the multimodal transportation network
to create a safe, healthy and vibrant community. She works with
neighborhoods to design roadways that improve safety and access and she manages the city’s
Capital Bikeshare program.
Jen Lachman is committed to
improving the efficacy of local
nonprofit organizations. She runs
Lachman Consulting, a firm specializing in strategic planning,
leadership coaching and other
tools. She has worked with nonprofits like Miriam’s Kitchen,
N Street Village and RunningBrooke. She is a board member
at Carpenter’s Shelter.
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John Taylor Chapman has spent
the last decade working for Fairfax
County Public Schools, currently
as a community use specialist,
for which he has been awarded
the Distinguished Partner Award.
Now a second-term city councilor,
Chapman was recognized in 2013
as a “Top 30 under 30” leader,
as well as the Virginia Leadership
Institute’s “Top 10 under 30.”
Jonathan D. Frederick has over
10 years of experience in the fields
of affordable housing and urban
planning. He serves as the executive director of the Alexandria
Housing Development Corporation,
which works to increase affordable
housing options in the city. He has
worked a city housing analyst and
is an appointee to the city’s Housing
Affordability Advisory Committee.
Vice Mayor Justin Marshall
Wilson is a leader in protecting
the city’s fiscal health, promoting transportation solutions, and
ensuring the success of every
student. He serves on numerous
local and regional boards and
commissions, from education
and the environment to affordable
housing. Wilson works as a director for Amtrak and lives in Del Ray.
Lindsay Houff is a public policy
research fellow for Meals on
Wheels America. She serves on
the Advisory Council of the Fund
for Alexandria’s Child, an organization that provides support to
foster and at risk youth. Houff is
an active member of the Junior
Friends of the Campagna Center
and teaches parenting classes at
Carpenter’s Shelter.
Lisette Torres serves as coordinator of the Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy,
where she manages a coalition
focused on preventing adolescent pregnancy by providing education to the community, collaboration among organizations
and leadership opportunities
for youth. She mentors a young
girl with Space of Her Own.
Luisa Reyes is a first generation Latina raised in Alexandria
and works as the volunteer and
outreach manager for Wright to
Read. She recruits volunteers to
work one-on-one with elementary
school children who are reading
below grade level. She also volunteers with Give Back Alexandria,
a group that aims to serve the Alexandria community as a whole.
Michael Suppa is chairmanelect of city council’s child, youth
and families collaborative commission and an educator in Alexandria City Public Schools. He wrote
a curriculum implementation plan
through Georgetown University and
the NCTA that was published into
a national database for teachers
across the country and has won national teachers grant competitions.
Monika Jones is the chair of
community impact for the Northern Virginia Junior League and
chairs the city Commission for
Women. She also serves with the
city Human Rights Commission,
Junior Friends of the Campagna
Center and the United Way’s Alexandria Regional Council.
Nathan M. Macek is vice
chairman of the city planning
commission and is a member
of the waterfront commission.
He is a vice president with WSP
Parsons Brinckerhoff, where
he leads a national team to advance major capital projects in
rail, transit and aviation.
Rebecca Schrier is a performance analyst with the city’s office
of performance and accountability, overseeing nine departments
and assisting them with identifying strategic goals and improving
performance management techniques. Schrier focuses on improving outcomes through the use of
data analysis and evidence-based
best practices.
Rev. Ross Kane, associate rector
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
in Old Town, marries vocation to
priesthood, commitment to scholarship and service to the local community. Ross has helped to launch
and sustain new efforts to serve
the city’s most vulnerable citizens,
such as the Hunger Free Alexandria
campaign and emergency financial
assistance for West End residents.
Rick Muse, Jr. is an Alexandria
firefighter who has served the
city for more than 10 years. He
focuses heavily on educating the
public on fire safety and prevention, teaching new recruits and
serving the community through
on boards and as vice president
of the Black Fire Service Professionals of Alexandria.
Seth Kennard is the principal
of Charles Barrett Elementary
School, where he has been
credited with greatly increasing student achievement and
community support, as well as
establishing a formal partnership with The Kennedy Center
to bring arts integration into all
classrooms.
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Steven Spielberg's latest movie, "The BFG," is a visually stunning fairy tale
of a movie, based on the novel by Roald Dahl. Unfortunately, it is boring
and cloying, rather than wondrous and amusing.
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Exiting the theater after
the technically impressive
but listless and tedious “The
BFG,” I wondered:
Of the more than 50 films
Steven Spielberg has directed,
was this my least favorite?
No, I haven’t forgotten
about “The Adventures of
Tintin” or “Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull” or “Hook” or “1941.”
But if I had to rank all of the
Spielberg-directed films, from
the myriad four-star classics
through the terrific but slightly lesser movies down to the
very small handful of misses,
I think I’d rather see every one
of Spielberg’s previous films
before having to sit through
“The BFG” again.
It’s not awful. I’m not sure
Spielberg could deliver a thudding clunker if he tried. But
it’s painfully cutesy, silly and
gross, rather than whimsical
and funny — and it moves so
slowly I got to the point where
I found myself thinking BFD
about the BFFs in “The BFG.”
Set in 1980s Great Britain
(and Giant Country), “The BFG”
gets off to a promising start
with a nifty late-night sequence in which the adorable
and precocious orphan girl Sophie (Ruby Barnhill, all pluck
and spunk with little subtlety)
wanders around the cavernous,
cold and forbidding orphanage
deep into the witching hour —
telling herself not to get out of
bed, not to go to the window
and not to throw open the curtains, which of course she does
every night.
This leads to a sighting of
one Big Friendly Giant (voiced
by “Bridge of Spies” Oscar
winner Mark Rylance), who
has no choice but to scoop her
up and take her to Giant Country, lest she spill the beans
about his existence.
As is the case with all
Spielberg fantasies, the special
effects are terrific and the attention to detail in the sets is
so vibrant and precise it almost distracts from the action
in the foreground. Spielberg
and his team have done a marvelous job of bringing Roald
Dahl’s 1982 illustrated chil-
dren’s book to big-screen, 3-D
life. But here’s no surprise:
The 3-D is underwhelming.
The 3-D is underwhelming in
about 95 percent of 3-D films.
One of the big problems
with “The BFG”: Life in Giant Country isn’t particularly
exciting or interesting or even
all that scary, even though it’s
supposed to be at least scary.
It’s kind of a drag, truth be told.
Maybe that orphanage ain’t
looking so bad after all, kid.
Turns out that even at 24 feet,
the BFG is known as “Runt” to
the nine other giants in his village, such as it is, who appear
to be about three times his size
and about one-tenth as intelligent. They’re all male giants,
which could explain why these
behemoths are so grumpy all
the time.
Led by the grunting, drooling and disgusting Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement), the
giants bully Runt with nasty
fervor, and spend nearly every
waking moment either hunting down human beings, a.k.a.
“beans,” or roaring about how
they love the taste of human
beings. They’re a grotesque,
dim-witted bunch, and other
than their leader, they have no
distinctive personality traits. In
this movie, a little Supporting
Player Giant goes a long way.
Meanwhile, the BFG talks
in a patience-stretching language known as Gobblefunk,
in which common words are
rearranged in a manner that
plays well on the written
page, but is more annoying
than amusing on film. All
the “squibbling” and “uckymucky” and “whoopseysplunkers” and “squiffling”
and “delumptious” talk will.
Wear. You. Down.
Also, about the 10th time
little Sophie wails, “BFG!
BFG!” I was expecting him to
say, “What? Can’t you just sit
and read for a little while!”
Nobody tops Spielberg
when it comes to heart-tugging
moments involving a child and
an otherworldly creature, and
the bond between Sophie and
the BFG will indeed grab you
from time to time.
What’s largely missing is
the sense of wonder and adventure. The BFG works in
the field of dreams, and we’re
not talking Iowa cornfields.
He catches dreams, he brews
dreams — and deep into the
night, he gently prowls the
streets of London, using a
trumpet of sorts to literally
blow specific dreams into
the sleep cycles of little boys
and girls.
It’s a cool concept, but the
onscreen visualization of the
dreams themselves, while
competent, doesn’t reach out
and stun us on the level we’ve
come to expect from Spielberg.
Even less satisfying is a
stunningly unfunny and overlong sequence in which Sophie and the BFG visit the
queen (Penelope Wilton from
“Downton Abbey”), who decides it’s a grand idea to invite the giant into Buckingham Palace and serve him the
world’s largest breakfast —
even though Sophie and the
BFG have just told her about
nine giants who are gobbling
up the children of England.
Come on, Queenie. Get
it together. Stop feeding the
friendly giant and go get the
ones who are EATING THE
CHILDREN.
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heroine of the Civil Rights Movement.
Director Robin Hamilton will discuss her
work to shine a light on the life of this
bold, unlettered woman in this awardwinning documentary film. A question
and answer session with Hamilton
follows the film.
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Black History
Museum, 902 Wythe St.
Information: 703-746-4356 or
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USA/ALEXANDRIA BIRTH DAY CELEBRATION Celebrate
Now to September 4
SPECIAL CIVIL WAR APOTH ECARY TOUR A 30-minute tour
that will feature themes similar to
PBS’s “Mercy Street.” Topics include
abolitionism in the Quaker community,
prescriptions from the Civil War era, and
the Leadbeater family during the war.
Tickets cost $6 per person.
Time: 12:15 to 1 p.m.
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
Information: 703-746-3852
SPECIAL FAMILY TOURS AT
GADSBY’S TAVERN Led by junior
docents from grades four through seven
families will be able to start a tour as
soon as they arrive and move through
the museum at their own pace, and
children will be able to connect with the
museum through their peer tour guides.
Tour ends with activities in the ballroom
that explore the science behind the
historic ice well, including making and
tasting ice cream.
Time: 2 to 5 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
July 7
FIRST THURSDAY Recognize our
veterans and military families at First
Thursday, the theme of which is “A Nation’s Celebration: Red, White & Blue.”
The event features patriotic activities,
discounts for veterans and military
families at various businesses, music
by Mars Rodeo, an old-fashioned cake
walk and more.
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon Avenue
Information: www.visitdelray.com
Alexandria and the country’s birthdays
with a program that includes pre-show
entertainment, awards presentation,
food sales, birthday cake distribution, a
premier concert by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and concludes with a
fireworks display.
Time: 6 to 10 p.m.
Location: Oronoco Bay Park, 100
Madison St.
July 12
SUNSET CONCERT A City concert
series with a performance by Janna
Audey Band featuring pop rock. Attendees should feel free to bring chairs or a
blanket and a picnic supper.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: John Carlyle Park, 300
John Carlyle St.
OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL
The 14th annual Comcast Outdoor Film
Festival, where movies are shown on
a 40-foot inflatable movie screen. The
featured movie is “Inside Out.” Admission is free. Gates open at 5:30 with the
film beginning at dusk.
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Location: Waterfront Park, 1 Prince St.
Information: www.alexandriafilmfest.com
July 16
OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL
The 14th annual Comcast Outdoor Film
Festival, where movies are shown on
a 40-foot inflatable movie screen. The
featured movie is “Star Wars: The Force
Awakens.” Admission is free. Gates open
at 5:30 with the film beginning at dusk.
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Information: www.alexandriafilmfest.
com
FAMILY FUN DAY: THE
WRIGHT FLIGHT Celebrate the
107th anniversary of Orville Wright’s
historic flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria and test the basic principles of
flight! Experiment with forces — gravity,
lift, drag, and thrust — and make two
kinds of paper airplanes.
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
TONS OF TRUCKS Children of all
ages will have the unique opportunity
to explore their favorite vehicles and
meet the people who protect, build and
serve our City. Get behind the wheel of
more than 30 different vehicles from
seven city departments, including a fire
engine, armored police car, ambulance,
front end loader, dump truck, bucket
trucks, trash truck, sewer truck, vacuum
truck, buses and more. The free event
includes other truck-themed activities.
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Chinquapin Park, 3210
King St.
Information: 703-746-5553 or [email protected]
July 17
PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH
JAMES MADISON Join President
James Madison as he discusses and
engages guests about political and
personal issues of 1816. Reservations
required.
Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
134 N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or [email protected]
MUSIC AT TWILIGHT CON CERT A city concert series with a per-
formance by Shenandoah Run featuring
folk Americana. Attendees should feel
free to bring chairs or a blanket and a
picnic supper.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Fort Ward Park Amphitheater, 4301 W. Braddock Road
July 15
FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE
SQUARE A city concert series with a
performance by the Alexandria Citizens
Band. Attendees should feel free to bring
chairs or a blanket and a picnic supper.
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
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processing methods. Uncover Alexandria’s buried past while protecting the
City’s valuable historic resources.
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Archaeology
Museum, 105 N. Union St.
July 18
MUSIC ON THE GREEN A city
concert series with a performance by 40
Miles Home featuring indie/bluegrass.
Attendees should feel free to bring chairs
or a blanket and a picnic supper.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Montgomery Park, 901 N.
Royal St.
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well as a typical infantryman’s uniform
and equipment. The cost per child is
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An illumination game
New technology helps
brighten our world
BY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Lighting design is brightening the home decor landscape. The advent of LEDs
has been illuminating, and it
led to the rethinking of shapes
and mixing of materials. Besides offering more versatile
design, the smaller lightemitting diodes are attractive
because they consume less energy and last longer.
By 2030, LED lighting
will account for 75 percent
of all lighting sales, according to the U.S. Department of
Energy. Switching to LEDS
just over the next two decades
could save the U.S. $250 billion in energy costs.
Leading the innovation
is the pendant light, which
continues to wend its way
through nearly every room of
the house. Often a staple in
kitchens, where it shows up in
pairs or a trio for task lighting
over counters, the pendant has
grown in size and importance.
It is now taking on the chandelier — even with its price
tag, as the range may be from
a few hundred dollars to just
under $4,000.
“Everybody loves the
pendant,” say the folks at the
LampsPlus catalog, suggesting it could be because of its
artistry or its practicality.
“Without a doubt, the pendant chandelier is one of the
most exciting types of hanging
light fixtures available today,”
the Shades of Light catalog
states. “A unique alternative to
chandeliers, pendants can make
a dramatic impact.”
Some even suggest that for
millennials, the pendant is simply a hip chandelier. While it
may feature crystals or quartz
that make it fancier, it’s not as
ostentatious as the more glitzy
formal dining fixture, a plus
for a younger generation, but
also for Baby Boomers who are
looking to simplify.
Although the discussion
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PHOTO/JOHN POMP
Philadelphia-based glassblower John Pomp sculpts these glass pieces with thick clear bands and optic lens
canopies that come in circular, rectangle and square shapes, with oil-rubbed blackened steel or in a range of
other metals and polished, satin or antiqued finishes. The lights shown gather from a central square mount
and are staggered in heights.
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could well be semantic, Cecil
Adams, creative director for
Currey and Company, an Atlanta-based lighting and furniture
brand, still holds on to the oldschool definition: “To me, a pendant is a light bulb on a string.”
He did concede, though,
that usage has pushed the
pendant to more creative applications, as well as more
innovative designs that cross
categories. There is stunning,
artisan handblown glass, clear
or colored, wavy, seeded or
mottled. Fabric that’s puckered or sheer, stretched over
geometric frames. Paper that
resembles puffy clouds. Wood
or steel that’s bent, laser cut or
perforated so that light dances
through it, as in charming
Moroccan lanterns.
“We do show and sell a lot
of our fixtures in multiples,”
says Adams. “Someone might
purchase three to take place of
a traditional chandelier, or hang
in clusters in stairwells, foyers,
powder rooms, or above a fancy
bath tub,” sometimes staggering the heights for interest.
“Pendant lighting has become huge,” says Patricia Davis Brown, a licensed interior
designer and certified kitchen
and bath designer based in
Vero Beach, Fla. Davis Brown,
a member of the trend-forecasting panel for the National
Kitchen and Bath Association,
says that horizontal formats
and gold finishes are especially
engaging. “And the size of the
pendant has gotten much larger,” she notes, with LEDs and
other lights as well.
Davis Brown’s blog, Dig
This Design (digthisdesign.
net) includes features on lighting from trends to tips.
She cites the crossover of
drum lampshades to pendant
styles that put the light inside
as a pivotal point — a handsome, modern option. “Some
had a shabby chic style,” she
says. “The look is industrial,
traditional, for a lot of mix
JULY 7, 2016
PHOTO/FRAMBURG
A light, airy cage frames a
minimal pendant with candle lights. The 36-inch Etoile
nine-light chandelier from
Framburg comes in a mahogany bronze finish, matte
black or satin pewter.
and match in decor.”
As we become acclimated
to more substantial volumes
and shapes, the design envelope continues to be pushed.
You’ll find styles that parallel what’s happening in furnishings — so mid-century
modern, a hint of Art Deco,
industrial and neo-Chinese,
as well as forms compatible
with emerging ‘70s looks are
among them, and also finishes of the moment, like goldmatte and polished, burnished
bronze and copper.
To track what’s trending in
pendants, just page through
current home design magazines or retail or specialty catalogs like Lumens (www.lu-
mens.com), LampsPlus (www.
lampsplus.com) and Shades
of Light (www.shadesoflight.
com). You’ll often find handy
tips about styles, where to use
and how to hang.
Some of the most prevalent
directions in pendants include:
• Seeing the light.
Looking though a fixture to its
light source — Edison bulbs,
LED tubes or candle lights is
a favorite in industrial style.
Sometimes the dressed bare
bulb is beefed up or refined by
a textural collar of metalwork
around it, as the Hooked/Nude
bulb pendant from the London
brand Buster and Punch.
A few years back, a conventional chandelier hung
inside an acrylic box or a
drum shade, surprised, with
its modern, cool layered effect. Now, there’s a whole
new cagey category, with
metal wires, rods, thick black
graphic frames or narrow
wood strips geometrically
composed to frame the light.
Or in a globe crisscrossed in
a string-like effect, as in the
24-inch Nido Orb from Currey and Company. Or a spokey oval shape by Foscarini that
spotlights its light source at
the base, also a downlight.
• Out of this world.
Movies like “Star Wars” and
“The Martian” seem to have
revved up interest, but perhaps
it’s simply nostalgia for ‘50s
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and ‘60s expressions of space
in galaxies, constellations or
satellites. The ‘60s vintage
Sputnik lighting by the Italian
company Stilnovo is cousins
with Regina Andrew’s Constellation collection.
Many examples in this
genre have 15 or more lights.
The Copernico 500 suspension
lamp from Artemide, which
features seven concentric circles cut from a single aluminum plate, supports 384 white
LEDs. The orbs also rotate
independently on two axes, allowing a range of spatial configurations, as well as closing
to a completely flat plane.
• Thin skins. Isamu Noguchi’s paper light sculptures
have been an icon of mid-century design, with simple crafting from handmade washi
paper and bamboo ribbing in
metal frames. Parisian lighting designer Celine Wright
added copper foil as an accent
to her Japanese paper lights
in sun and moon shapes. Today, paper and fabric, some
in a stretchy fiber, are being
explored in a variety of looks
like cotton candy, folded organic looks like nautilus, or
pleated or ruched material.
• Shaping up. With a
palette including wood, stainless steel, resin, and plastics,
designers are exploring ways
to bend and shape, creating
ribboning and ribbing, as in
a bell-shaped pendant by the
Scandinavian brand Muuto
(available thru Lumens), which
is finished in felt that hugs its
fluted frame. But even traditional shapes show a spunky
side with unexpected color, like
four stripey bands in a pleasant
range of hues on the aluminum
Cirque collection, from another
Scandinavian manufacturer,
Louis Poulsen.
• Tiering up. From meshy
chain mail to dangling crystals and quartz to mirrored
glass (Global Views), these
layered pendants beef up
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Is your pet
feeling the heat?
With temperatures in the
80s and 90s and the trademark
D.C.-area humidity making a
frequent appearance, it’s officially summer. While we
humans have discovered or invented many ways to
stay cool — a dip
in the pool, an icy
treat, or retreating
to the indoors for
air conditioning
— let’s not forget
about our fourlegged
friends
with their thick
fur coats and limited abilities
to cope with the heat.
We all know how dangerous it is to leave pets unattended in the car when it is
hot out. Even in moderate
weather, the interior can
reach deadly temperatures
in a matter of minutes, but
there are other things to
think about as well.
It is of the utmost importance that you ensure adequate shade for your pets
when outdoors and plenty of
access to water. Cats usually
have enough sense to laze
about on hot days, but dogs
tend to overdo it. To combat
this, try to:
• Exercise your pet during cooler times of day like
morning or late evening.
• Bring along plenty of water for them and yourself.
• Know when it’s time to
take a break. Remember, dogs
and cats have no sweat glands
except in their feet, so their
main method of cooling off is
panting. If your pet is panting
heavily, offer water and stop
the activity.
• Help them
cool off by offering ice cubes,
frozen treats, or
hosing them down.
Soak a toy and
freeze it beforehand, or play fetch
into a sprinkler,
creek or kiddie
pool.
• Remember
that indoor activities are always an option, like practicing obedience, teaching
tricks, or making them use
their nose to find treats hidden around the house.
Be alert for the signs of
heat stress, a life-threatening
rise in internal body
temperature. Although this is
mainly a problem in dogs, it
can occur in
cats as well.
Some animals
are more susceptible, particularly
older or overweight
pets, short-nosed breeds like
pugs, bulldogs and boxers,
and pets with a history of respiratory problems.
The main signs are vigorous panting, difficulty
breathing, drooling, vomiting and fatigue. With milder
forms, the pet still may be
standing, but acting agitated. The head may be extended with rigid or stiff legs.
A dog’s normal temperature is 100.5 to 101.5 degrees
Fahrenheit — you can use a
rectal thermometer to check.
If the body temperature stays
high for too long, the pet
may experience organ failure, shock or seizure, any of
which can lead to death. This
must be taken seriously.
To treat heat stress, the goal
is to bring the pet’s body temperature down as soon as possible, but not too quickly. Begin
cooling the body by pouring
water over the belly, legs, head
and neck. Apply cool packs
to the groin area, and wipe its
paws with cool water.
Contact your vet immediately, as your pet will likely
need additional treatment and
monitoring. Heat stroke
can cause potentially
serious internal
problems that
may not become obvious
for some time
after the event.
Summer is
the time for fun
activities, but it is also
a time of potential danger. As
pet owners and caregivers, it
is our job to help our furry
friends have a safe, happy and
comfortable summer.
The writer is the co-owner of
Frolick Dogs, an indoor dog gym
in the Eisenhower Valley
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22 | JULY 7, 2016
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Opinion
Our View
Maintaining our
common bonds
requires effort
In a span of six short days this week, Alexandrians celebrated our nation’s independence on July 4
and will fete our city’s founding this Saturday. Fireworks, bands, summer foods and public gatherings
are hallmarks of both days.
These celebrations are fun and festive. But they’re
also important, perhaps now more than ever in this
era of political hyperbole and divisiveness. Because
when we celebrate America and Alexandria, we are
making a public display of unity. We are in effect
saying, “I love my country and my city.”
And despite what the movies tell us, real love —
whether for our family, friends or country — is not
just a feeling. Love that lasts is a commitment. Unfortunately, unity, love and commitment don’t just
happen. It takes hard work and conscious action for
any of them to sprout, grow and last.
The divisiveness is all around us and easy to see,
particularly on the national stage. But our local discourse is at times not much better. On issue after issue, from waterfront redevelopment to the Ramsey
Homes, elected officials and prominent Alexandrians have taken to social media to criticize one another, at times viciously. To what end?
Reasonable, well-intentioned people can hold opposing views on issues. They should be able to voice
those opinions without being subjected to insults or
ridicule. Each barb that finds its mark, each public
act of incivility, is a blow against our overall unity.
And it is so much easier to destroy community than
it is to rebuild it.
This week, our civic celebrations present opportunities to reflect on steps we all can take to recommit ourselves to the concepts of community, unity
and yes, even love.
One obvious step is to stop and think before posting something on social media that amounts to a personal attack. It may feel good to hit the send button, but generally it’s the poster, not the target, who
winds up looking bad.
It also would help if we could think on a longterm basis. Whatever today’s contentious local issue
— seldom of true life-and-death importance — is,
another contentious issue will replace it tomorrow.
While the problems come and go, the wounds of uncivil conduct linger. Let’s all do better.
Our city and our country — and our local and national leaders — are certainly not without flaws. But
let’s try to remember that what unites us is still far
stronger than what divides us. It’s the responsibility
of each of us to try and keep those common bonds
strong.
Happy birthday Alexandria and America.
“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
Alexandria is pushing back against
Old Town commuter ferry stop
To the editor:
In response to your June 30
editorial regarding commuter ferry service (“Old Town
commuter ferry idea needs
permanent mothballing”), I
would like to reiterate the City
of Alexandria’s serious concerns about the proposal to locate a commuter ferry stop in
Old Town.
While the city supports
using the Potomac River as a
regional transportation corridor, we have expressed clear
and consistent opposition
to this proposed stop in Old
Town. After reviewing the
ferry study conducted by the
Northern Virginia Regional
Commission, we are deeply
concerned about the impact
that the proposed commuter
ferry stop would have on our
residents and businesses.
Old Town should not
serve as a parking
lot for Joint Base
Anacostia-Bolling
or other federal
facilities to be
located at the
St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital site.”
Based on current parking
capacity in Old Town, attempts
to integrate a commuter ferry
stop here would cause considerable challenges to the existing infrastructure and add
vehicular trips to an area with
limited parking.
Old Town should not serve
as a parking lot for Joint Base
Anacostia-Bolling or other
federal facilities to be located
at the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
site.
In April, city staff and I had
a meeting and a good conversation with regional and federal
officials, and we have repeatedly made the city’s position
clear to the U.S. Department of
Defense and reminded representatives that the city controls
its own piers.
We have encouraged officials to consider ferry stops
at Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport or the Pentagon to transport their workers
across the river to D.C. Both of
those ferry stops would have
Potomac River access. Thank
you for giving me this opportunity to share our perspective.
- Mayor Allison Silberberg
Alexandria
Commuter ferry service could
work under Wilson Bridge
To the editor:
While the notion of
a commuter ferry picking up and dropping off
at or near King Street,
where there is no parking,
is almost as irrational as
building a Metro station
at Potomac Yard with no
parking, there is an option
that should be explored.
The Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge project
produced more than 100
parking spaces, 54 clearly marked with their own
cement curbs, under the
bridge and in the shade.
None of those 54 have
ever been used. There is
also a small docking area,
also not used.
The Wilson Bridge
project did what it promised to do, but once turned
over to the National Park
Service, they chose for
their own reasons, which
is their right, not to use all
that was constructed.
The National Park
Service is not limited in
what it can do with its
property, so why isn’t city
council or the Northern
Virginia Regional Commission talking to them
about using their area for
a commuter ferry service? It would be a perfect site for those commuting to park without
affecting Old Town.
It would provide a
wonderful option for
connecting to downtown.
I’m sure the National
Park Service would have
no interest in putting a
penny into this, but they
may well be enticed if
they saw some financial
benefit from it.
There are indeed few
sites for a commuter ferry service in Old Town.
I hope that this idea is at
least explored, as I think
it is very regrettable that
this ready-to-use parking
sits unused.
- Jim Larocco
Alexandria
The legacy of the shopping cart
on local public safety
To the editor:
Earlier this summer,
I noticed an abandoned
shopping cart sitting behind Jefferson-Houston
School, so after a few
days I dragged it home
and called the city’s service line. I have no idea
how a shopping cart
found its way miles from
that chain’s nearest store.
Later, an official from
the Alexandria Police
Department called back,
saying they had alerted
the store manager, who
would send someone by
to pick it up.
Three days later, it was
still sitting in front of my
house and had not yet been
picked up, so I dragged
it to the nearest DASH
bus stop, but the driver
wouldn’t let me on — he
even confirmed with his
dispatcher — because it
couldn’t be collapsed and
could block the bus’ aisle.
So I dragged it to the
Metro station, where the
Metrobus driver was more
lenient after I explained
the shopping cart was getting off before I did. I had
to put my leg through the
cart to keep it from rolling
around when the bus accelerated or decelerated,
went up- or downhill, or
turned a corner, vaguely
reminding me of what had
happened, some decades
ago, when I had brought a
Halloween pumpkin I had
bought on the bus.
When the bus stopped
in front of the store, I
kicked the cart out so it
rolled into the store’s entryway patio. Apparently,
the store hadn’t missed
it while it was gone,
couldn’t be bothered to
take it back, and wouldn’t
notice it any more than
just another shopping cart
now that it has returned.
The park across from
where I used to live in
D.C. found itself with
a similar problem. For
whatever reason, shopping carts from a shopping center over a mile
away found their way to
the park.
I called the police, who
— initially at least — gave
me a number to call some
outfit that collects and returns shopping carts, but
the carts kept collecting
in the middle of the park,
so I dragged them into my
back yard.
Eventually, after I
raised the topic at a community meeting, the police sent an officer who
loaded them into his
police van and returned
them. Around this time,
the neighborhood had
started to experience a
spike in homicides —
eventually amounting to
15 in a decade in a fiveblock radius of my house.
I am an unwavering
devotee of the broken windows theory and believe
few things scream “neighborhood that doesn’t give
a hoot” more than abandoned shopping carts.
- Dino Drudi
Alexandria
Filling in the blanks
with Karen Graf
Taking stock after the
final bell rings
Alexandria City Public Schools English language learners, expanded
continues its journey towards aca- at Francis Hammond Middle School
demic excellence with a focus on and grew throughout the year. This
educating lifelong learners and in- program started at T.C. Williams and
spiring civic responsibility. T.C. its first class graduated this year.
Williams’ Class of 2016 was sent The International Academy is a
off with proper pomp and circum- program that supports language learnstance. The last day of school was ers in up to four classes throughout a
met with students running out of the year. Students engage in learning in
buildings all across the city, cheer- mixed groups of language levels and
ing for summer.
native languages, so they are able to
The first year of the five-year advance their knowledge during the
ACPS 2020 strategic plan has
acquisition of English. After
now come to a close. It is time
four years of the supports beto take a moment to reflect
ing in place for a language
on our school year successes
learner, Crawley reported,
before evaluating the data and
attendance increased, dropbenchmarks to prep for the
out rates decreased and the
next school year.
graduation rate improved.
Preschool is an important
In an effort to develop
Karen Graf
component to a child’s success
emotional and social supin the travel through primary and sec- port for our students, Crawley and
ondary education. ACPS showed a his team formed an equity commitcommitment to early education and tee and a cultural competence plan
wrap-around services by proposing a for the district. This plan looks to
pre-K model that would help families foster positive self-perception, proaccess the best start in ACPS.
vides a myriad of opportunities
In partnership with The Campag- for students, supports families and
na Center, the city and the early care fosters great communities.
in education workgroup, the city took There are so many successes that
another step in the Youth Master Plan our students have had, from winand the common agenda. With every ning music and choral awards to scismall step, our community advances ence and history day competitions.
the concepts of early care and our There are so many more impressive
commitment to the youth in the city.
student accomplishments, like poet When city council fully funded ry or film awards, that it would take
the school system’s capital budget, up far too much space to list them.
ACPS also was able to build a new But to learn more, sign up for the
elementary school, which helps ease ACPS Express through the district’s
some of the over population on the web site at www.acps.k12.va.us.
West End.
You will learn how hard your city’s
Schools Superintendent Al- school system is working to give every
vin Crawley and his team made child access to educational opportustrides in developing and tracking nities. I am truly impressed with our
school and department plans. He teachers and school staff. I do hope
also kicked off training and devel- that they get some rest over the sumopment of the multi-tiered system mer, but I know that they are quietly
of support, a practice for assisting working to set up for another successeducators in addressing the needs ful year for our children.
of their unique student populations.
The writer is the chairwoman of the
The International Academy, a
Alexandria City School Board.
program to support the education of
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B
y the time of Alexandria’s founding in 1749,
horse racing had become part
of the fabric of Virginia society. In 1674, a York County
tailor was fined 100 pounds
of tobacco for wagering
2,000 pounds of tobacco on
his mare beating his neighbor’s horse in a race. The
court declared “it being contrary to Law for a Labourer
[sic] to make a race being a
Sport only for Gentlemen.”
Saturday afternoons were
often devoted to horse racing,
with court houses, churches,
or taverns the most common
venues for such entertain-
ment. Short sprints were the
most common form of racing,
with a quarter-mile the preferred distance. Horses specifically bred for racing that
distance became known as
quarter horses, and they are
still raced today in the Southwest.
Gadsby’s Tavern was the
headquarters of the Alexandria Jockey Club when it was
founded in the second half of
the 18th century. Prominent
members of the club included
John Carlyle, who brought
horses bred for racing over
from England as early as
1762, George Washington
and Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick,
who served as Washington’s
physician.
By the end of the 18th century, the members of the Alexandria Jockey Club wanted
a venue and clubhouse of
their own. John Gill bought
property on the 800 block of
Franklin St., and a new clubhouse was built on what is
now 814 Franklin St.
You can see that despite
the utilitarian appearance of
the current structure, which
has been owned by the Greene
Funeral Home since 1959,
the detailing of the doorway,
which is part of the original
structure, is very ornate.
The Alexandria Jockey
Club erected a racetrack behind the clubhouse, which
allowed its male members as
well as non-members including women and children to
view the races from the side
of the track.
Alexandria banned horse
racing and cock fighting
within the city limits in 1816.
The club sold its property to
James H. Hooe for $7,000
that same year.
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31% Yes.
117 Votes
This Week
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you plan to attend Alexandria’s annual birthday
celebration on Saturday?
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July 20
CANAL CENTER CONCERT A
concert series with a performance by
Dave Chappell featuring roots rock.
Attendees should feel free to bring a
picnic lunch.
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Canal Center Plaza Amphitheater, 44 Canal Center Plaza
PORT CITY COMMUNITY
GIVE BACK NIGHT Port City
Brewing Company and the Friendship
Firehouse Company present a Community Give Back event. Help raise
money to restore two historic handdrawn fire vehicles from the 1850s.
Time: 4 to 9 p.m.
Location: Port City Brewing Company, 3950 Wheeler Ave.
BEN BRENMAN PARK
CONCERT A city concert series with
a performance by Fast Eddie & the
Slowpokes featuring blues and soul. Attendees should feel free to bring chairs
or a blanket and a picnic supper.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Ben Brenman Park, 4800
Brenman Park Drive
July 21
MUSIC AT TWILIGHT CON CERT A city concert series with a
performance by The Seth Kibel Trio
featuring jazz and klezmer. Attendees
should feel free to bring chairs or a
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
July 22
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
SERIES A free screening of the mov-
ie “Finding Nemo.” Attendees should be
sure to bring blankets or a beach chair
and a picnic supper, and arrive early to
choose seating. Some light concession
sales are available.
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
July 23
DEL RAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
The ninth annual Del Ray Music Festival
is a celebration of local talent, demonstrating an exciting music community.
Local musicians including Anthony
Pirog, Wanted Man, Jack Kilby & The
Front Line and Elroy Jenkins will perform
on two stages at Pat Miller Neighborhood Square in the heart of Del Ray.
Time: 3 to 8 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon Avenue
Information: www.delraymusicfestival.com
July 26
SUNSET CONCERT A City concert
series with a performance by Collective
Delusion featuring rock. Attendees
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should feel free to bring chairs or a
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
John Carlyle St.
July 28-August 11
JANE AUSTEN DANCE CLASS
In preparation for the Jane Austen Ball
on August 13, learn 18th-century English country dancing from expert dance
instructors. Classes cost $12 per class
or $30 for the series.
Time: Each Thursday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
134 N. Royal St.
July 28
MUSIC AT TWILIGHT CONCERT A city concert series with a
performance by men’s a cappella
ensemble The Alexandria Harmonizers. Attendees should feel free to bring
chairs or a blanket and a picnic supper.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
July 29
FOUR MILE RUN MOVIE SERIES Movie lovers of all ages should
head to the Four Mile Run Park on the
last Friday of the month this summer,
when the park is transformed into an
outdoor cinema. This month’s selection
is “Back to the Future,” rated PG-13.
Time: Activities start at 6 p.m., film
starts at dusk.
Location: Four Mile Conservatory
Center 4109 Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: www.fourmilemovieseries.com
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
SERIES The City of Alexandria invites
you to a screening of the movie “Mrs.
Doubtfire.” Admission is free. Be sure
to bring blankets or a beach chair and
enjoy an outdoor movie. Arrive early
to choose your seating and feel free
to bring a picnic supper. Some light
concession sales are available.
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
John Carlyle St.
July 30
THE REAL SCIENCE BEHIND
HARRY POTTER: 21 AND
OLDER Celebrate the release of
“Harry Potter and The Cursed Child”
by enjoying an adults-only tour of the
Apothecary Museum. Relive the magic
of the original book releases and explore the real world of Harry Potter while
enjoying an inspired cocktail. The hourlong tour includes time for pictures in
the photo booth and a make-and-take
inspired by the Weasley twins.
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
Information: www.apothecarymuseum.org
STRATEGIC PLAN
FROM | 5
cific target. She said including
that stated goal would give city
leaders a firm target to aim for,
especially since the city currently falls short of that.
“The national goal is at 40
percent, we’re at 34 percent,”
she said. “We can do better.”
Useem said continued discussions with the community
will bring more specific targets
for all themes and goals, including the tree canopy. Pepper and
Vice Mayor Justin Wilson said
that goal was perhaps too specific for what is intended to be
a general statement of intent.
“This is the aspirational goal
of a strategic goal,” Wilson said.
“Just like we don’t say, ‘We want
this much carbon pollution, we
want this much renewable energy,’ we don’t do any of that
stuff at this place. We translate
this to goals elsewhere. This is
the aspirational part.”
Wilson said he was “shocked”
about a lack of discussion in the
draft plan on recreational or open
spaces in the city, and how those
active and passive spaces are
expanded or maintained. Moritz
said staff would add a section on
that issue.
Silberberg said that under
the theme of the city having a
unique identity, she wished to
see a stronger commitment to
historic preservation, beyond
simply marking the city’s history within its identity. There was
broad agreement on council,
but Chapman said he was wary
of the phrasing, as he said he
wished to give sufficient leeway
to an area like the Eisenhower
Valley to be itself and be different from other areas.
Staff will continue to work
on the strategic plan over the
summer using a series of community workshops as well as the
city’s online feedback tool AlexEngage. According to the presentation given to council, a final draft is expected in August,
with council slated to hold a
public hearing on the document
in September. Official adoption
is expected later in the fall.
PHOTO/LOUIS POULSEN
Classic rounded forms are distinguished by graphic bands of color in
the new aluminum Cirque pendants designed by Clara von Zweigbergk
for the Danish brand Louis Poulsen, available in three sizes and three
different color combinations.
LIGHTING
FROM | 19
volume and offer interesting
pairings. A pendant “chandelier” from LUXXU that channels the interior architecture
of New York’s Guggenheim
Museum, for example, features four stacked gold-plated
brass bands, from which dangle graduated strands of black
Swarovski crystals.
• Surface interest. Textures and dimensions are explored with materials unusual
for lighting, such as concrete, at
Regina Andrew, and laser cutting and perforation, digitally
etched metals as well as threedimensional layering from Tom
Dixon. One pendant from Kelly
Wearstler resembles a porcupine: It’s an assemblage of thin
rods pointing out, with LEDS
nestled within.
• Lining up. You may
notice that this type of linear rectangular or elliptical
pendant or chandelier also
is referred to as “suspension
lighting,” because it is suspended by one to three cords,
depending on its length. Hybrids feature arms coming out
of a smallish central globe or
twisting, turning and angling
about. The linear look has become a go-to for modern style
and is resonating not only in
use over counters and dining
tables, but even in hallways,
says Cecil Adams, where a
narrow configuration may be
more suitable. ET2 Lighting
(at Lumens) features an arresting fixture with 24 LEDS
suspended in glass droplets
from a metallic canopy.
• Strength in numbers.
Designers have played with
positioning by staggering
pendant heights, sometimes
even mixing sizes and shapes.
The effect can be quite artistic, like light sculpture that
adds a new dynamic to space.
Kichler’s Danika linear suspension is an example.
Simple steel pendants with
adjustable arms, in a white finish
and natural wood accents, are assembled in three heights. Lighting designers surely have taken
note, and are “pre-assembling.”
John Pomp’s glass lights are especially impressive, as they combine clusters of up to 20 under a
square or round canopy.
With so many options, consider your needs for the strength
of light you need as well as making a statement.
“Decorative lighting is there
to create a mood,” says Davis
Brown. “Lighting is so important for the ambience of a room.”
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
PRE TEST By Timothy E. Parker
ACROSS
1 Like some cheddars
6 Detonate
11Created without machinery
19Boring tool
20Common greeting
21 Gets under someone’s skin?
22Like many TV shows
24 Predominant or rife
25 Holmes and Columbo, for two
26 Grasslike marsh plant
28Adroit
29Tidy
30Boston hoopsters, in headlines
32 Dashboard item, for short
35Disrespects with backtalk
38Firewood measure
40Tax-form expert, familiarly
43“How exciting!”
45Fox rival
46Word with “world” or “regions”
48Sign up, as for a class
51 “Can you ___ little faster?”
52 Slimy semiliquid
54Alphabetize, e.g.
55Canvas coats?
57 Enveloping emanations
59Nothing, to Caesar
62 007’s profession
63Religious pamphlet
64Horrid smell
66Jason ditched her
68Sermonizing
70 Discoverer’s shout
71 Proud peacock, at times
74 Big coffee holder
75 Right on the money
79 Person with the best-selling
album of 2015
80Old ankle covering
84Made the crew team
85Payable on demand
88Path behind a mower
90Shirt size
91 Leaving alone?
93Come down hard, as rain
95Ephron or Dunn
96Pilot’s guess, for short
97 Name on a book jacket
99In dreamland
101 Williams or Kennedy
102 Maze mouse
103 “Be Prepared” org.
104 Ran at a red light
106 Cockatoo features
108 They run in kitchens
111 Rolled office supplies?
113Requirement
114 Misplaced or errant
117 Honeydew, e.g.
119 Point guard stats
123 Command, as one’s mind
127 Part of speech
129 Runway model?
130 Quarters in a sultan’s palace
131 Orphaned boy of comics
132 Took a downturn
133 Short-tailed lemur
134 Cereal grass fungus
DOWN
1 Drains, as of strength
2 Deliver, as a pitch
3 “A Death in the Family”
writer James
4 “Friends” telecasts, now
5 Twelve-year-old, e.g.
6 Spirit of Halloween?
7 “ ___ the ramparts ...”
8 Cutlass Supreme producer, once
9Swindler
10 Livestock feed
11Vert.’s counterpart, on old TVs
12Did an impression of
13Campbell of “House of Cards”
14 Rough manuscript version
15Mediterranean island nation
16 Chowed down
17 Division of 103-Across
18Ending for “wild” or “fair”
23Pursues rapidly
24 Four-footed family friend
27Cheerfulness
31 It may be converted into currency
Last Week’s Solution:
Weekly Words
33Courvoisier, for one
34Booze
35Long, drawn-out tales
36Approximately
37 Film’s music
38It may be jumbo in oxymorons
39Restraint for a dog
41 Sea anemone, for one
42 Any high mountain
44Excessively quick, as a decision
47 Ship’s weight unit
49 Turndown words
50Gridiron pitchout
53Cure-all
56 Tehran resident
58Egg-laying mammal
60Mental invention
61 English university city
65Is afflicted with
67 With a fresh start
69Hardwood floor protector
72 Pass by, as time
73 Like stale jokes
75 Head-scratching question
76 Snare drum sounds
77 Manuscript mistakes, collectively
78 Acts the 107-Down
81 Casual running gaits
82White heron
83Enjoys literature
86Remove one’s baseball cap, e.g.
87 Cause of a power trip
89Graduation of color
92Bring on the knight life?
94Break for young students
98Like a yellow banana
99Second-place finisher, e.g.
100 Have the chair
105 Oracle site
107 Story fixer
109 Falls like fat raindrops
110 Architectural column base
112 Adams or Grant
113 Watts or Judd
115 Check out groceries
116 Whistler’s output
118 One short on social skills
120 Do more than hum
121 List heading, sometimes
122 Irritated mood
123 Friendly dog’s offering
124 “Christ the Redeemer” city
125 Be wrong
126 ___ XING (road sign)
128 “As to”
Obituaries
MILDRED L. BARRETT
(87), of Alexandria,
June 30, 2016
JACOB BERGER (88),
of Alexandria, June 28, 2016
PATRICK H. BUTLER III (70),
formerly of Alexandria,
June 23, 2016
EDWIN H. COPENHAVER,
SARAH A. CROSS (74),
July 3, 2016
WILFRED R. DELBRIDGE
(77), of Alexandria,
June 27, 2016
CATHERINE M. DOYLE (96),
June 30, 2016
VIVIAN M. FRANTZ (89),
of Alexandria, July 2, 2016
DAVID W. GARRETT,
RICHARD G. HARMAN,
HELEN HOOK (93),
ADAM J. JIRGL,
ROGER W. REINKE (85),
JOSEPH A. RERES,
OBITUARY
John Jules Unfricht
John Jules Unfricht, 69,
passed away on Wednesday,
June 22, 2016 in Bristol, Conn.
John was born on July 1,
1946, in Bridgeport, Conn.
to the late August John and
Jeanette (Parent) Unfricht.
John graduated from Cheshire
(Conn.) Academy, Cornell
University and the University
of New Hampshire, where he
earned his MBA. He enrolled
in the U.S. Navy, where he
proudly served his country
during the Vietnam War. He
worked for the U.S. Postal
Service for 30 years, mostly in
Washington, D.C.
John was a long-time resident
of the Huntington, Va. area. John
was a member of the Knights of
Columbus for 22 years in both
Virginia and Connecticut. He
served as Board of Director for
the Plymouth, Conn. library,
and volunteered for the Food
Bank in Plymouth. He was also
in the H.S. Liederkranz German Singing Society. He was an
avid reader and enjoyed reading
cowboy poetry. Most importantly, John loved his family and
cherished them dearly.
LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD & HISTORIC
ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC
HEARING
John Jules Unfricht
John is predeceased by his
brother, Stephen Ray Unfricht,
and is survived by his brother,
William Unfricht and his wife,
Mary, of Beacon Falls, Conn.;
his sisters, Victoria Unfricht of
Branford, Conn., and Jean Loethen of East Haven, Conn.; his
niece, Bree Loethen; his nephews, Gregory Unfricht and his
wife, Laura, and Darryn Unfricht and his wife, Vickie;
and his great nieces, Natalie,
Sophie and Noelle; and a great
nephew, Samuel Unfricht.
A funeral mass was held at
St. Thomas Roman Catholic
Church in Thomaston, Conn.,
where he was given full military honors.
ABC NOTICE
A public hearing will be held by the
Alexandria Board of Architectural
Review on WEDNESDAY, July
20, 2016 beginning at 7:30 PM in
the City Hall Council Chambers,
second floor of City Hall, 301 King
Street, Alexandria, Virginia on the
following applications:
CASE BAR2016-00228
Request for alterations at 310-314
Duke Street
APPLICANT: Saint Mary’s Catholic
Rectory/Thomas J Welsh, Bishop of
Arlington
CASE BAR2016-00188
Request to partially demolish and
capsulate at 106 Quay St.
APPLICANT: Renee & Jim Novakoff
CASE BAR2016-00189
Request for alterations and an
addition at 106 Quay St.
APPLICANT: Renee & Jim Novakoff
CASE BAR2016-00221
Request to partially demolish at
200 King Street
APPLICANT: Comfort Management
Corporation
CASE BAR2016-00222
Request for alterations at 200 King Street
APPLICANT: Comfort Management
Corporation
CASE BAR 2016-00220
Request for signage at 700 South
Washington Street (Parcel address:
600 Franklin Street)
APPLICANT: SDC 700 South
Washington, Inc.
Discussion Item: By-laws
Committee Report
AUCTIONS
Information about the above
item(s) may be obtained from the
Department of Planning and Zoning,
City Hall, 301 King Street, Room
2100, Alexandria, Virginia 22314,
telephone: (703) 746-4666.
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ALEXANDRIA PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW
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For information about this
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City’s website at www.alexandriava.
gov/planning or call (703) 746-4666.
Special Use Permit #2016-0045
5201 Dover Place– Proposed
Business: Day Care
Request for a new administrative
Special Use Permit to operate a day
care; zoned RT/ Townhouse zone.
APPLICANT: Sara Tezera
Berhanemeskel
PLANNER: Ann Horowitz – Ann.
[email protected]
In accordance with section 11-500
of the zoning ordinance, the above
listed request may be approved
administratively by the Director
of Planning and Zoning. If you
have any comments regarding the
proposal above, please contact
Planning and Zoning staff at
703.746.4666 or email the planner
listed no later than July 28, 2016.
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