July 28, 2016 - Alexandria Times

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Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
Vol. 12, No. 30
JULY 28, 2016
Police announce arrest
in First Street homicide
Dijuan Clark indicted for
Saquan Hall slaying in
early July
BY CHRIS TEALE
The Alexandria Police Department announced last Friday
it charged a man in connection
with the slaying of Saquan Hall
earlier this month.
Dijuan Clark, 30, was apprehended by authorities on
July 21 in another state and
was extradited to Virginia. Police spokeswoman Crystal Nosal confirmed he is the brother
of Pierre Clark, 28, who was
shot around noon June 8 on the
1000 block of Montgomery St.
Dijuan Clark is accused of
killing Hall, 23, who was found
shot on the 1000 block of First
St. early July 2 and died from his
injuries in a local hospital.
“This crime shook a community already dealing with a
death and made many worry for
their safety,” said Police Chief
Earl Cook in a statement. “I
want to thank the community
for uniting and helping end the
cycle of violence by understanding the necessity of allowing
Alexandria police detectives to
carry out their investigation.
“The police department has a
strong proven track record of arresting those who commit murder in Alexandria, and this case
can be added to their ranks.”
The U.S. Marshal Service
assisted the APD in its search.
Nosal said they helped find Dijuan Clark in the state where he
was arrested. His location was
not made public, Nosal said, to
protect the safety of local officers who traveled to that area to
pick him up.
In the immediate aftermath
SEE HOMICIDE | 6
Closing arguments made in
La Bergerie trial
Both sides file final legal
briefs; decision due soon
on new eatery location
BY CHRIS TEALE
Attorneys in the lawsuit
aimed at preventing the relocation of La Bergerie to 329 N.
Washington St. presented their
final arguments last week, with
a decision expected imminently
in the case.
Both sides went to court in
late May for three days of testimony, after which attorneys
filed a series of legal briefs to
lay out their closing arguments.
With all briefs now submitted,
specially appointed Judge Wil-
liam Shaw will likely issue his
decision in Alexandria Circuit
Court in the near future.
The French restaurant is currently located at 218 N. Lee St.,
and owners Laurent Janowsky
and Margaret Ticer Janowsky
applied to relocate their business
to a historic Old Town home on
North Washington Street. In
doing so, council agreed to rezone the property from residential to commercial, amend the
Old and Historic portion of the
city master plan and approve a
new special use permit.
SEE LA BERGERIE | 7
PROMISING ACES SEASON
COMES TO END - PAGE 10
FILE PHOTO
Closing arguments were made
by the legal teams on either
side of the lawsuit to prevent
La Bergerie relocating to 329
N. Washington St. A decision by
specially appointed Alexandria
Circuit Court Judge William Shaw
is expected soon.
PHOTO/CHRISTINE HALSEY
BACON AND BUTTONS In town to perform at The Birchmere,
the Bacon Brothers — Kevin and Michael — once again showed
interest in Alexandria with a reading of Kelly DiPucchio’s book
“Everyone Loves Bacon” at Hooray for Books. On Sunday, July 24,
Kevin Bacon personally collected bottle caps from Port City
Brewing Company and delivered them to UpCycle, where children
and adults use the materials to create their own artwork. His
organization, sixdegrees.org, uses everyday activities to connect
celebrities and causes like UpCycle’s — connecting creativity and
conservation through reuse art.
Police officer denied service
at Noodles & Company
Restaurant apologizes,
pledges to investigate
BY CHRIS TEALE
A uniformed officer with
the Alexandria Police Department was denied service at a
Duke Street eatery Monday.
At approximately 6:30 p.m.,
the officer entered the Noodles
& Company at 3105 Duke St.,
but was refused service while
she waited in line. The restaurant is a fast-casual eatery
that serves a variety of noodle
and pasta dishes from around
the world.
According to multiple reports, a female cook at the restaurant came out from the back
and told the cashier that she
refused to cook for the officer.
The officer, who wishes to
remain anonymous, then left.
Police spokeswoman Crystal
Nosal said the department
wishes to put the incident behind it and move on.
“These are very difficult
times right now in our relations with everyone, and to
have one of my officers treated
in that manner unnecessarily,
your first response is anger,”
Police Chief Earl Cook told
NBC4. “Then you calm down
a bit and say let’s just find out
what happened.”
Police officials said they do
not wish to see any acts of revenge on the restaurant, either
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stealing food or boycotting it
completely. The department’s
Twitter account began lightheartedly referring to the incident as
“Noodlegate” Wednesday.
“There should never be any
discrimination in America,”
Mayor Allison Silberberg said
in a statement. “It is outrageous
and will not be tolerated in Alexandria. This was blatant discrimination, and it was against
one of our finest. We cherish our
Alexandria Police Department
and all those who serve in law
enforcement. We thank them for
their service and courage.”
In a statement, Noodles &
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actions of its employee and said
it has launched an internal investigation.
“Noodles & Company expects the highest ethical and
personal behavior from its team
members,” the statement reads.
“We value each of our guests
and are committed to treating
everyone with dignity and respect. We do not tolerate any
form of discrimination.
“We are working with the
appropriate authorities and
local police association representatives to get to the bottom
of [this], and resolve this matter as quickly as possible. We
have made efforts to reach out
to the police officer involved,
but have not yet spoken with
her. We will continue to look
into the situation and will take
the appropriate actions at the
conclusion of this review.”
City spokesman Craig Fifer
said that since the restaurant is
handling the investigation internally and the officer dealt with
it appropriately, there is no need
for further escalation.
In an interview with FOX5,
Alexandria police union representative Pete Feltham said the
restaurant has agreed to put a
sign in its window that supports
the pro-police “Blue Lives Matter” movement.
“It appears that there is maybe just a couple of bad seeds and
the Noodles and Co. business
will be handling that internally,”
he said. “Noodles and Co. has
agreed to post signs on their
doors that they support blue
lives. They’ve been very cooperative with us in this matter and
we hope they continue the cooperation. We hope that the business is not judged by the actions
of a couple of individuals.”
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PenFed Realty, recently was
named branch manager of the
year for Berkshire Hathaway
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She took the top award for
financial performance and
training agents on a variety of
technology and marketing tools,
beating out brokers from a total
of 40 other offices in the region.
She also recently was
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Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers.
“Maxine has demonstrated
exceptional management skills
and financial success for her
branch offices,” said Kevin
Wiles, president of the company’s Mid-Atlantic region, in
a statement. “With the CRB
Designation, Maxine has added to her leadership capabilities
by honing her real estate management skills, which underscores her strong commitment
to the real estate industry and
her dedication to train and help
agents grow their business.”
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Officers from the Alexandria Police Department responded to the 5400 block of
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a.m. July 21 after reports of a
robbery. Department spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said four
unknown suspects stole personal items from the two victims,
who received wounds to the arm
and leg during the robbery.
Nosal had no further details on the weapon used, and
no further updates on the investigation as of press time.
Anyone with further information about the incident is
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a robbery. Police spokeswoman
Crystal Nosal said an unknown
male suspect stole cash from a
female victim. She described it
as a strong-arm robbery, meaning no weapons were used, and
that there were no injuries.
Nosal had no further details
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‘Techies will talk to techies’
Deputy undersecretary for
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world, and present numerous
problems that must be solved
by homeland security officials.
“The adversaries, as we
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laws,” she said. “They make a
lot of money at what they do,
and sometimes they’re funded
by lots of governments.”
But with threats increasing in number and becoming ever more sophisticated,
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BY CHRIS TEALE
For two weeks, students
at T.C. Williams High School
broke new ground as one of
38 school districts in Virginia to take part in a virtual
camp to learn more about cybersecurity.
After hearing guest speakers, learning about career and
college readiness and working on subjects like coding
and cryptography, the camp
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with a showcase of the robots
the students have been building and programming so they
can move and flash lights
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The previous day, the
camp hosted its final guest
speakers, as Phyllis Schneck
and John Robinson of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security discussed careers in cybersecurity and the
opportunities available in the
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worked on coding and cryptology among other cybersecurity topics.
federal government.
Schneck is deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity
and communications for the
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security official. Robinson is
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and also Schneck’s chief of
staff.
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In an interview before a
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Saquan Hall were connected,
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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 a local hospital. Last
month, Pierre Clark was shot
on the 1000 block of Montgomery St.
Police announced April
12 that George McGee II, 22,
of Capitol Heights, Md., was
charged in connection with the
murder of Abraha. Clarence
Terry, 53, of Alexandria, was
charged June 28 in connection
with Baldon’s slaying. Clark’s
case remains unsolved.
Officials asked anyone
with further information
about the investigation into
Hall’s death to contact Detective Bikeramjit Gill with the
Alexandria Police Department at 703-746-6751. Those
with further information on
Clark’s slaying are asked to
contact Detective William
Oakley at 703-380-5019.
The announcement of Dijuan Clark’s arrest came days
before the first of two community meetings convened
by city officials to help in the
search for a successor to Cook,
who announced last month he
would retire as chief, effective
October 1, after more than 37
years of service.
The meetings — held in
conjunction with the International Association of Chiefs
of Police — along with an
online survey, are to help
officials identify the most
important skills for the new
police chief and the biggest
challenges they will face on
taking the job.
The first meeting took
place Tuesday night at the
Charles Houston Recreation
Center, while the second occurred the following evening
at Charles Beatley Central Library, after the Times’ print
deadline. The online survey
is available through July 29.
The meeting at the Charles
Houston Recreation Center
was sparsely attended compared to community gatherings following homicides,
which have drawn several
hundred people in the past as
neighbors wrestled with the
causes of violent crime and
how it can be prevented.
Attendees were generally positive about the relationship between the police
department and the city it
serves, with the caveat that
they wish to see more community policing, which involves officers getting out of
their patrol cars, talking to
residents and building relationships with them.
City Councilor Willie Bailey cited the example of San
Jose, Calif., where he said the
police chief would be visible
at various fairs, block parties
and other events. City Councilor John Chapman said it was
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Neighbors of the proposed
new location sued city council
last year under the name “Rettig, Shirley et al v. City Council
of Alexandria, Virginia,” arguing that councilors’ unanimous
approval was unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious. Plaintiffs
also argued council approved
the proposal as a favor to Ticer
Janowsky’s mother, former Mayor, City Councilor and state Sen.
Patsy Ticer.
In the new location, La
Bergerie would include 100 indoor and 50 outdoor seats, a bar,
live music and a five-bed inn.
Plaintiffs’ testimony centered on
the argument that the Janowskys
were given an easy path to approval by city council and planning staff due to their political
connections, and that the plan
had not been properly vetted for
its adverse impacts on the neighborhood.
Several neighbors testified
against the decision, while attorneys representing council
submitted sworn testimony by
city councilors in depositions
as evidence along with the 958page legislative record, which
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includes all documents and
presentations that had been presented to council by the day of
their decision as well as a record
of their deliberations.
The first round of closing
briefs were submitted June 30
by the three legal teams: Williams and Connolly, LLP, on behalf of the plaintiffs; McGuire
Woods, LLP, on behalf of city
council; and Walsh, Colucci,
Lubeley and Walsh, P.C., for the
Janowskys.
In the plaintiffs’ opening
brief, attorneys accuse the city
of ignoring the complaints of
local residents about the proposed location of La Bergerie,
and for violating its own rules
on approvals of projects in nine
instances. They said the lack of
defense witnesses in the trial
mean the evidence the plaintiffs
presented was unrebutted, and
that the legislative record is an
inadequate means to do so.
The plaintiffs alleged the decision made by council was not
fairly debatable, meaning that
one side of the argument held
more sway than the other.
They accuse the city of approving the proposal due to the
applicant’s connections to Ticer
and her connections to the city,
pointing specifically to her eating lunch with city councilors
during the October 18, 2014
public hearing when the application was discussed.
“In approving the application, city council ignored the significant harm [the Janowskys’]
proposal for the property will
cause to the neighborhood and
excused material violations of
law,” the brief reads. “But why?
Because [La Bergerie] was no
ordinary applicant.”
In their opening brief, council’s lawyers reject these claims,
in particular the idea that the decision was not fairly debatable,
pointing to the fact that councilors added new conditions in
their approval and were presented with enough evidence from
both sides with which to make
a decision. They also took issue
with the accusation that Ticer
had undue influence given her
standing in the city.
“Incredibly, after 18 months
of litigation, including unprecedented depositions of each
and every city council member,
plaintiffs’ only evidentiary support is speculative evidence of
favoritism based on applause
and lunch plates,” the attorneys
wrote. “This claim is a shameful and unsupported attack on
the integrity of hardworking and
dedicated public servants.”
The second round of briefs,
which respond to the first series,
were submitted by the respective legal teams on July 21. The
Janowskys’ attorneys dismissed
the allegations that Ticer had
undue influence on proceedings as “preposterous,” and that
there was no evidence that city
councilors or staff had made
an unreasonable decision given
that both sides were given a fair
opportunity to state their case.
“The undisputed evidence
showed that plaintiffs fully participated in the political process
and are simply unhappy with
the city council’s decision,” their
reply reads. “That is not, however, a sufficient basis to overturn
that decision.”
But the plaintiffs stood by
their accusations of impropriety
in their reply, and said the evidence presented at trial suggested that there had been numerous
missteps in the approval process.
“Without this lawsuit, city
council’s and the city staff’s
unlawful actions would have
remained cloaked behind the
procedural violation of local
government and shrouded in the
secrecy of purported legislative
privilege,” their reply reads.
Shaw is expected to issue a
decision in the near future.
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Meanwhile, U.S. Sen.
Mark Warner (D-Va.) formed
the bipartisan Senate Cybersecurity Caucus with U.S.
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)
last month to allow senators
to discuss cyber threats.
“It turns out, no matter what country you live
in, technology is a universal language,” Schneck said.
“Techies will talk to techies.
Techies will help techies.”
Schneck talked repeatedly
about the need for the government to engage with those in
the private sector, not only to
share ideas but also to allow
for people to move from one
to the other and not be hung up
in an overly long and complicated hiring process. Having
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country bolster its cybersecurity. Schneck said that
is all the more important as
newly constructed buildings
contain so many electronics that can be susceptible to
hacking, even systems as innocuous as air conditioning
and elevators.
And the growth in importance of cybersecurity is
something that has crossed
borders and partisan lines.
Schneck spoke of meeting
with Russia’s Federal Security Service and forging cooperation even between what
have been two powers historically hostile to each other.
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successful as well as enjoying
it in this field is understanding it
inside out, build your technology
skills, know your field … but know
how to communicate it to someone
who’s maybe 8 years old.”
- Phyllis Schneck, Deputy undersecretary for
cybersecurity and communications,
National Protection and Programs Directorate,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
had experience in the private
sector with security software
company McAfee and other
firms, Schneck said she had
complementary experiences
in both worlds.
“These days, we want
people to think about doing
some time in government,
and some time at a company,”
she said. “They are totally
different things and your
skill sets will come together.
… You come into government, and you see things you
never thought existed, you
see things you never thought
you’d learn about before,
you see things that happen
to each and every one of us I
never thought possible.”
As for getting into a job
with the federal government,
Robinson said it is imperative for young people to keep
their noses clean, especially
on social media. He spoke of
being quizzed on his personal
Twitter account at an interview, and how actions in your
youth can have far-reaching
consequences.
In terms of skills necessary for work in government
cybersecurity, Schneck said it
was important for her to have
people in leadership positions
with technical knowledge, to
help bridge the gap between
technicians and their supervisors. She said that learning to brief superiors is a key
skill, especially boiling down
what can be very specialized
knowledge into something
that others can understand.
“One of the tricks to being
successful as well as enjoying it in this field is understanding it inside out, build
your technology skills, know
your field … but know how to
communicate it to someone
who’s maybe 8 years old,”
she said.
Robinson and Schneck
agreed there is plenty of need
for young people to become
involved in the cybersecurity
field, especially given how
far technology has come already and how far it still has
to go.
“Part of the fun of cybersecurity is that whatever we
do, there’s a role for you in
this field,” Schneck said.
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BY REGINE VICTORIA
For the first time ever, Alexandria’s voter registration office has hit the road, setting up
mobile voter registration offices
across the city on select days between now and August 5.
City registrar of voters
Anna Leider said her office
hopes to capitalize on the publicity and interest surrounding the upcoming presidential
election to get people active in
the political process. With the
main parties national conventions underway, Leider said
now is the perfect opportunity
to convert people’s interest
into action to get ready to vote
in November.
The stops on the agency’s
journey are primarily local libraries and recreation centers.
At these locations, the AVRO
offers several different services to the public.
Those who stop by are able
to check their voter registration status. If they would like
to register to vote or if some
of their personal information
has changed and needs to be
updated — such as changes to
their name or address — they
will be able to update their
status with laptops made available by the AVRO.
In accordance with Virginia’s voter ID law, voters must
be able to display an acceptable
form of photo identification.
Staff at the mobile voter registration offices will be on hand
to confirm which forms of ID
will be accepted on Election
Day. If voters find that they do
not have a valid ID, they will be
able to apply for a voter photo
ID card — free of charge.
Leider said in order to receive a free photo ID, voters
must make sure their voter
registration information is up
to date and fill out a short application. Afterwards, their
photo will be taken as well as
their signature. In two weeks,
the voter identification card
will be mailed and delivered to
their current address.
One main roadblock officials wanted to target through
the mobile voter registration
effort is the fact that some
residents don’t have secure Internet access. The laptops and
computers provided at these
locations enable those who
need these tools to get ready to
vote in an easy and safe way.
Leider said coming to City
Hall to register to vote can be
a laborious process for residents who do not live in Old
Town. Reaching out to residents through efforts like the
mobile voter registration office makes signing up quicker
and less of an ordeal.
“What we really hope to accomplish is to make this whole
process easier and more accessible for those who don’t normally have the means,” Leider
said. “Because we’re moving
around to several locations,
we’re hoping to reach more
people.”
If voters are unable to go or
fear they will not have the time
to go to the polls on Election
Day, staff at the mobile voter
registration office will be able
to provide an absentee ballot,
which can be completed and
mailed in.
So far, the turnout has only
brought small groups, but that
doesn’t discourage Leider.
Though she admits that their
initiative may not be as “cool”
as the van from the state Department of Motor Vehicles going around, she feels confident
that they will be able to reach a
lot of people who need it.
“Though we haven’t seen
huge groups of people, the
people who have come have really been appreciative of what
we’re doing,” Leider said. “A
lot of people don’t feel comfortable going to register with
third party organizations because there’s a lot of sensitive
information they have to give
out. Those who have come
have shown more confidence
in entrusting us with their information.”
The mobile voter registration office will be at Charles
Barrett Recreation Center,
located at 1115 Martha Custis
Drive, from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday,
and at the Kate Waller Barrett
Library at 717 Queen St. Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. For a complete list of dates, times, and
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visit www.alexandriava.gov/
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She began her career with Xerox in
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a year, she joined a national sales
recruiting company for 13 plus
years and was recognized nationally
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Kim then took a year off to focus
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTS
Aces drop tough one
against Braves in playoffs
Strong season ends with
6-5 defeat to Herndon in
play-in round
BY CHRIS TEALE
In a game of offensive
explosions, rallies and lead
changes, there would be no
late-inning heroics for the Alexandria Aces Sunday night in
their playoff game against the
Herndon Braves.
The No. 3-seeded Aces trailed
6-5 at Frank Mann Field in the
bottom of the eighth but loaded
the bases after Niko Hulsizer was
hit by a pitch, then Drew Huff and
AJ Spencer walked. Designated
hitter Shane Connahan flied out
to shallow center field, and Hulsizer was sent home to try and
tie the game on what would have
been a sacrifice fly.
Unfortunately for the hosts,
Evan Alderman’s throw was on
target and gunned Hulsizer down
at the plate to end the inning and
extinguish any remaining hopes
for the Aces. The defeat ends
their season in the first round of
the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League playoffs in what
was a single elimination game.
“[Head] Coach [David
DeSilva] told me to tag up on
that no matter where it was in the
outfield,” said Hulsizer. “It was a
risky play; it was really shallow
but we had to do it because we
didn’t know if we were going to
get another opportunity to score.
You had to go all out, but it happens. That’s how baseball is.”
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Aces infielder Mike Annone (above) lays
off a pitch in the play-in round of the
playoffs against the Herndon Braves.
Annone went 2-3 with an RBI and was
twice hit by pitches as Alexandria lost
6-5 Sunday at Frank Mann Field. Tyler Morder
(left) winds up to pitch in the same game.
Morder gave up one hit in five innings of relief.
The Aces ran into trouble
early against the No. 6 seed
Braves, who put up four runs
in the top of the first inning
against Aces starter Chesdin
Harrington. Conner Hall and
William Redding each hit an
RBI single for Herndon, while
Dakota Graham stole home on a
wild pitch and Zach Barron hit
a sacrifice fly to get the visitors
rolling early.
“Chesdin’s been our go-to
guy; he was an all-star for us
and I would consider him our
ace,” DeSilva said. “He just
didn’t have it tonight, and that
happens. You see it in the big
leagues. Sometimes, guys just
don’t have their stuff. They
jumped on him early.”
Despite the early deficit, the
home side battled back early.
Spencer was hit by a pitch with
the bases loaded in the bottom of the first inning to bring
home Liam McArthur, then in
the second, Alex Stephens hit
an RBI double that scored Kevin Heiss. Catcher Drew Bene’s
RBI single in the bottom of the
fifth reduced the lead to 4-3 in
favor of the visitors, but then
the Aces charged into the lead
in the sixth.
First, Huff hit an RBI single to
tie the score at 4-4, then Mike Annone hit an RBI double to send
Alexandria into the lead, 5-4.
“[Down] 4-0 isn’t an easy
task, but we kept battling,” Annone said. “We said, ‘We don’t
got to get all four back in the
first inning.’”
“I think these guys could
have easily packed it in and
said, ‘This is our last game,
we’re down 4-0,’” said DeSilva. “But they really didn’t. I
think that’s just a tribute to the
guys and the hard work they
put in all summer that they
weren’t ready to go home yet.”
The Aces could not hold their
lead, as in the top of the seventh
Barron came through with a tworun double off of Aces pitcher
Drew Morrison to go ahead 6-5.
Braves pitchers Dom Morabito
and Cayden Stover closed the
door on the hosts’ offense, with
Stover earning the save after
pitching a perfect ninth inning.
With the loss, the Aces’ 2016
season is over, but the team reflected on a year in which they
secured a 23-17 record overall,
their second best in team history.
As the team huddled after the
final out, DeSilva told his team
that despite their postseason defeat, his players could reflect on
an impressive summer’s work.
“This group of guys, I told
them on day one I thought there
was something a little bit different,” he said. “These guys were
showing up at 4 or 4:30 p.m.
when batting practice doesn’t
start until 5 p.m. They were getting their extra work in, pitchers
were getting band work in and
running in, and the position players were getting extra swings in.
“[I] hope they had a positive experience. I know they got
some exposure with some MLB
scouts and more importantly, I
hope they had a lot of fun.”
As for the players, they
agreed it was a positive experience, even with the grind of
playing 40 regular season games
in the space of two months.
“It was a great time,” said
Hulsizer. “I loved every single
guy on the team. The coaches
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were phenomenal, and I wouldn’t
take it back for anything.”
“I’m disappointed that we
lost, but at the end of the day
everybody got a lot better,”
said Annone. “We wanted
to win the whole thing but
it didn’t happen. But there’s
nothing to be down on, nothing to really put our heads
down. We just came out on the
wrong end. But it was a great
season, one of the best we’ve
ever had for Alexandria Aces
baseball. I’m happy to have
been a part of it.”
Lyles brothers
turn pro, forego
college track
careers
Noah and Josephus Lyles,
the former T.C. Williams track
stars who have made significant strides in international
competition, will both enter
the professional ranks and not
run in college.
The pair had committed
to run for the University of
Florida, but elected last Friday to turn professional and
sign eight-year contracts with
Adidas. The sprinters will still
have schooling, paid for by
Adidas, but under NCAA rules
are ineligible to run in college
competition.
Noah Lyles came within
0.09 seconds of qualifying
for the U.S. Olympic team in
the 200 meters, and since then
won the 100 meters and was
part of the U.S. team that won
the 4x100 meter relay at the
IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Josephus Lyles was forced
to miss the Olympic trials in
Eugene, Ore. with a quadriceps injury, but has impressed
in the 400 meters this season.
As juniors, they helped T.C.
win the Virginia High School
League 6A state indoor and
outdoor track titles in 2014.
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IT’S HOT OUT THERE PEOPLE
TIME TO REGISTER YOUR GARDEN
A tight ensemble cast, frenetic film energy and
light comedy throughout make the new “Star
Trek Beyond” movie an enjoyable summer outing for kid and adult Star Trek fans alike.
Alexandria has plans in spite of the August
temperatures. Circle a few of these calendar
listings and plan to enjoy some great indoor
and outdoor activities throughout our city.
Certifications such as the National Wildlife
Federation’s Backyard Habitat program are
raising awareness of gardens as natural environments to be honored and emulated.
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‘Beyond’the usual blockbuster
Latest “Star Trek” boldly
goes to new territory
BY RICHARD ROEPER
What a load of fun.
Sometimes in the whitehot center of summer, all we’re
looking for is a whiz-bang sci-fi
adventure saga featuring a host
of familiar and beloved characters (and increasingly familiar
faces) having another adventure that falls somewhere in the
middle of the spectrum on their
overall epic adventure.
Even with its big-screen pyrotechnics and its feature-length
running time, “Star Trek Beyond” plays like an extended
version of one of the better episodes from the original series,
and I mean that in the best possible way.
There’s nearly as much light
comedy as gripping drama,
nearly as much talk of family
unity as end-of-the-world
gloom and doom.
It’s a welcome break from
all the “heaviosity” in so many
recent franchise films, with superheroes bickering over the collateral damage they cause and
government agencies debating
whether the good guys are really
bad guys, and men in capes and
costumes nearly paralyzed by
their inner existential conflicts.
“Star Trek Beyond” is directed with kinetic enthusiasm
by Justin Lin (“Fast and Furious”) and is bolstered by the
return of the tight ensemble cast
including Chris Pine as Capt.
James T. Kirk; Zachary Quinto
in that fabulous Ringo wig as
Spock; Zoe Saldana as Uhura;
Karl Urban (a deadpan delight)
as Bones; John Cho as Sulu;
Simon Pegg (who co-wrote the
script) as Scottie, and the late
Anton Yelchin as Chekov.
(The film pays tribute to
Yelchin and to the late Leonard
Nimoy with subtle class.)
As hardcore Trekkers
(Trekaholics?Trekadekafanatics?) know, “Beyond” is the third
Chris Pine (top), Zoe Saldana (bottom left) and John Cho all reprise their roles as the crew of the Starship
Enterprise in “Star Trek Beyond.” The latest in the franchise is a fun movie that feels like an extension of
the original television series.
installment of the alternate timeline reboot that kicked off with
the fantastic and simply titled
“Star Trek” in 2009 and continued with the smashing “Star
Trek Into Darkness” in 2013.
“Beyond” picks up some
966 days into the five-year
mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise. (Geek alert! The original
series debuted on NBC in September of 1966: 9/66.)
Kirk and Spock are questioning their commitment to the mission, for very different reasons.
In fact the whole crew is in
something of a rut. Another
day, another encounter with an
alien life form, another threat
to the ship and crew, another
victory, another lesson learned
about the importance of disparate cultures learning to get
along. To what end?
Kirk applies for a supervisory position that will ground
him. Spock and Uhura are
“on a break.” Spock is driving
Bones crazy. Sulu and Chekov are stuck in background
shots, waiting to deliver what
precious few lines they have.
Scottie’s crabby.
Maybe this collective funk
contributes to the crew of the
Enterprise falling for an obvious trap in which a rescue mission leaves them vulnerable
and under siege.
Forced to abandon ship,
trapped on a hostile planet teeming with aliens that want to kill
them and separated into pairs
or alone, the crew of the Enterprise has to set aside internal
differences and figure out a way
to band together to save themselves and of course save the
universe, because what’s a sci-fi
adventure without a megalomaniacal villain who wants to blow
up all of creation so he can rule
what’s left of the rubble?
In this case the alien villain
is Krall, played by the great
Idris Elba, nearly unrecognizable beneath his fantastically
cheesy Krall mask and makeup.
(It feels as if many of the alien
beings in “Beyond” are outfitted with deliberately retro rubber masks and old-school costumes, which is going to make
it easy for Trekkers to duplicate
the look for all the Comic-Cons
and other Cons to come.)
Krall’s suitably nuts, and
Elba has a powerful dramatic
scene late in the film when we
learn his true motives — but the
real breakout star on that alien
planet is Jaylah (Sofia Boutella),
who moves like a jungle cat and
looks a little like a model in an
edgy ad touting Fashion Week.
Jaylah is a fierce warrior and
she’s hot, and she’s loyal and a
little weird, and there’s just the
slightest chance she might be attracted to the nerdy Scottie.
In other words, she’s pretty
much every fanboy’s fantasy
woman.
At times “Star Trek Beyond”
gets a bit overcrowded, what
with the twin crises Spock and
Kirk are grappling with, the apparent death of one character
who’s still alive, the game of
hot potato with the MacGuffin
of a device everyone so desperately needs, quick-cut battle sequences where it’s a bit hard to
tell who’s shooting whom, and a
passing reference to Sulu’s sexuality that happens so fast we
barely have time to absorb (and
applaud) it.
But once the action subsides and we have a chance
to take it all in and reflect on
what transpired, it all pretty
much makes sense.
In a parallel timeline kind
of way.
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WWW.ALEXTIMES.COM Time: Each Sunday, 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
Now through Aug. 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.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St.
Now through Aug. 26
CHARLES HOUSTON LIVE
A free community-based event
featuring performing artists, art
activities, the city’s Art Mobile,
face painting, fitness-craze and
movement exercises, a late swim,
movies on the lawn, table games
and more. Admission is free.
Time: Each Friday, 6 p.m.
Location: Charles Houston Recreation Center, 901 Wythe St.
information: 703-746-5451 or
[email protected].
Now through Aug. 31
COOL YOGA 2016 A communi-
ty yoga event taught by Maureen
Clyne, with each class ending
with an after party at Senzu Juicery. Admission is free.
Time: Each Wednesday, 6:30 to
7:30 p.m.
Location: Just ASK Publications
& Professional Development,
1900 Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: 703-967-8884,
[email protected] or www.
prasadayoga.com
Now through Sept. 4
SPECIAL CIVIL WAR
APOTHECARY 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.
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: Each Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St.
Thursday, July 28
JULY 28, 2016
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.
Location: John Carlyle Park, 300
John Carlyle St.
Saturday, 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
hour-long 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.
Fairfax St.
Information: www.apothecarymuseum.org
Sunday, July 31
THE REAL SCIENCE BEHIND
HARRY POTTER: ALL AGES
Celebrate the release of “Harry
Potter and The Cursed Child”
by enjoying an all-ages 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 tour
includes a special take-home
activity book, photo opportunities, and trivia run by Hooray for
Books.
Time: 1:30 to 6 p.m.
Fairfax St.
Information: www.apothecarymuseum.org
Monday, August 1
MARKET SQUARE CONCERT
A city concert series with a
performance by the 257th Army
Band, known as “The Band of
the Nation’s Capital.” Attendees
should feel free to bring a picnic
supper and chairs, or sit around
the fountain or bench seating in
front of City Hall.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 301
King St.
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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.
Location: Fort Ward Park Amphitheater, 4301 W. Braddock Road
FAIR CHANCE BUSINESS
SUMMIT The Alexandria Re-
Entry Council invites area businesses to attend an informational
and networking event to encourage employers to hire individuals
who have had involvement in the
criminal justice system. The keynote speaker will be U.S. Deputy
Secretary of Labor Chris Lu.
Time: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Beth El Hebrew Congregation, 3830 Seminary Road
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Get certified: The garden signs of the times
BY MARTY ROSS
Deep in the concrete jungle
of New York City, in an exuberant community garden surrounded by tall buildings and
enclosed by a chain-link fence,
a sign proclaims that this blocklong space is a certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat. Step inside. The birds are singing.
Certifications such as the
National Wildlife Federation’s
Backyard Habitat program
are raising awareness of gardens as natural environments.
Birds, butterflies, toads and
turtles never pay any attention
to signs when they are sizing
up a garden, but official signs
do the work of informing your
neighborhood and community
of your commitment to nature
and the environment.
“Any kind of sign — whether it shows your garden is a pesticide-free zone or a backyard
wildlife habitat — it’s a signal to
your neighbors that you are doing something different, and it
defines what you’re doing,” says
Kim Eierman, a horticultural
consultant in New York. Eierman’s company, EcoBeneficial,
works with clients to improve
their environmental footprint.
Eierman lives in a suburb of
New York City where gardens
are very small. “My message
to folks is, ‘If I can landscape
for the environment, anybody
can,’” she says. “A small lot can
make a big difference.”
You don’t need credentials
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LaGuardia Corner Gardens, deep in the heart of New York City, is a flower-filled oasis for the whole neighborhood. It’s an official National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat and a Monarch Waystation.
The community garden was established in 1981.
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The living room has a large
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the chef’s kitchen with highend stainless steel appliances,
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Three bedrooms
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The home features plenty of
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Location: 3900 Gresham Place,
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Price: $799,000
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The spacious, level fenced-in yard (left) features a pergola-covered
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Year built: 1967
Bedrooms: 3
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Parking: Attached garage
Lot size: 9,625 sq. ft.
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to raise their young. The NWF
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have more extensive landscaping — a mixed-shrub border, a
couple of trees, pretty flowers
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a first-class habitat gardener.
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supports monarch butterfly
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their own backyards a haven for
monarchs. The Xerces Society’s
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gardeners to “sign the pledge”
to provide habitat for pollinators
and protect them by avoiding the
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Our View
Lowering tensions
requires a conscious
choice
Our country is at a precarious point. In recent weeks,
we have seen black Americans killed by police, and police officers ambushed in the aftermath, all against the
backdrop of political conventions and an extraordinarily nasty presidential campaign. Tensions are high and
clashes frequent.
In times like these, to paraphrase Eldridge Cleaver, individuals can choose to either be part of the problem or
part of the solution.
This adage was illustrated this week several times over
in Alexandria. An example of being part of the problem
took place Monday evening at Noodles & Company on
Duke Street, when an Alexandria police officer was denied service by a line cook. The officer was reportedly
upset by the incident.
Discrimination of any kind against any individual
on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation — or
occupation — is simply unacceptable in America, and
in Alexandria.
We can’t go inside the mind of the Noodles employee to understand their rationale. But their action only
poured fuel on what’s already a fire of racial tension and
gun violence. Hateful expressions like this need to stop
because they only make matters worse.
And yet many in our city are trying to heal wounds and
diffuse tension. Just the day before the incident at Noodles, an ecumenical group of clergy held a prayer vigil at
the scene of two recent city homicides. This gathering, an
offshoot of the clergy council established earlier this year
by Mayor Allison Silberberg, gathered in near 100-degree
heat to pray for peace and unity.
Our city needs its faith community to play a leading
role in healing, and this was a helpful and positive public
gesture.
Additionally, another local restaurant, Atlantis in Bradlee Shopping Center, has a sign in its window offering
free meals this week to first responders — police officers,
fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. This
gesture is symbolic of the long-standing good relationship
between police and the public in Alexandria.
While not perfect, our police are generally responsive to city residents. They make an effort at being
visible members of the community. Police Chief Earl
Cook, who is set to retire this fall, has done a good job
of interacting with the community and holding public meetings in neighborhoods affected by crime. The
chief personally intervened after the Noodles incident
involving one of his officers.
As Cook nears his retirement and our city searches for
his replacement, it’s imperative that his shoes be filled by
someone who shares his commitment to community engagement and responsiveness.
And it’s time for all of us — police, clergy, restaurant employees and regular residents alike — to make a
conscious choice to be part of the solution. A polarizing
incident happens in a second, but reconciliation requires
long-term commitment and an open dialogue.
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Ramsey Homes and Parker-Gray
can still be saved
To the editor:
Parker-Gray BAR vice
chairwoman Purvi Gandhi
Irwin’s plea to preserve one
of the four Ramsey Homes
buildings (“Reconsider the
Ramsey Homes decision,”
July 14) is a well-intentioned,
but misplaced attempt to
unscramble an egg. Mayor
Allison Silberberg did the
best she could with her lastminute compromise to make
sense of the hash her colleagues created out of a series
of non-sequitors.
Last year, the ParkerGray BAR did the right thing
by voting 5-0 to deny the Alexandria Redevelopment and
Housing Authority’s request
to demolish Ramsey Homes.
But not only did ARHA appeal to city council, the
agency provided an entirely
different justification than it
had presented to the BAR.
Instead of making ARHA
wait a year to present the
new justification to the Parker-Gray BAR or removing
that half-block site from the
Parker-Gray Historic District, city council approved
demolishing Ramsey Homes
without affording the BAR
an opportunity to consider
ARHA’s new justification.
ARHA’s new justification
implied that under the ParkerGray BAR’s recent reforms,
any post-1932 structure like
Ramsey Homes was less historically significant than pre1932 structures and therefore
could be torn down, despite
the property’s wartime significance.
Many blocks in the ParkerGray neighborhood contain
only post-1932 structures,
so city council implied, by
accepting ARHA’s new justification, that much of the
neighborhood was a historic
district in name only. The
next person who wants to
tear down a 1940s structure
in the Parker-Gray neighborhood will have city council’s
ill-conceived precedent upon
which to rely, unless the
BAR moves quickly to beef
up protections for post-1932
buildings, without reverting
to the overly burdensome
former restrictions.
City council could then
adopt them, rendering the
precedent of the Ramsey
Homes decision moot.
Absent a lawsuit, which
Silberberg’s last-minute compromise may have averted,
there are only two ways to
save Ramsey Homes: a letterSEE RAMSEY HOMES | 19
Bikeshare’s fuzzy math
To the editor:
When we were surprised by the
Capital Bikeshare station on South
Royal Street and asked the city
why proper outreach and permitting was not followed, it came to
my attention what a poor job that
some members of staff do disseminating data and information
to city council, committees and
commissions. This means that
these entities are not making decisions affecting our neighborhoods
and businesses based on comprehensive facts and knowledge of the
situations being presented.
These examples pertain to Capital Bikeshare, but this is not about
the merits of the program. Rather,
this is how city staff appears to be
presenting less than accurate statistics. While these examples are minor, they should exemplify that the
larger problem is staff presenting
misinformation.
In several memos, staff from the
city department of transportation
and environmental services stated:
“Capital Bikeshare has been very
popular with residents and visitors
to Alexandria, with over 105,000
trips departing from Alexandria
stations since the program began,
and 17,600 members in Alexandria.”
This is a misleading statement and statistically worthless
metrics. These are cumulative
numbers over the life of the program. The life of the program is
not an analytical measurement.
The 17,600 statistic comes
from when Alexandria installed
the first Bikeshare station until
the present. This means members may have been counted
multiple times. I have to say
I was surprised that no one on
city council said, “Wow, that
means over 10 percent of our
city’s population are members,
that does not make sense.”
And of the 17,600 “members,”
14,044 are one-day members. A
more relevant number would have
been the number of current members, or a graph showing current
members over time.
Transportation staff often refers
to an online survey when discussing how they gathered community
input about bicycling and pedestrian activities. This survey was not
sent out on the city’s general email
list, but only to a list of residents
they thought would be interested.
The survey was conducted by
Toole Design, which admitted the
results were not statistically meaningful. Only 540 people responded, with very little response from
residents of the West End. Over 85
percent of the respondents claimed
to be white, 99.2 percent spoke
English and 71.4 percent reported
having a household income in excess of $100,000.
Meaningless bar and pie graphs
have been produced for the public and for other city commissions
from the survey results without
a note that the survey lacked adequate representation from lower
income, minority, disabled and diverse geographic areas of the city.
And city staff continues to cite
this as a prime reason for its decisions about bike stations and bike
lanes while refusing to talk to the
relevant civic associations in the
affected neighborhoods.
Assuming city staff genuinely
wants the best outcomes for Alexandria and its residents, it’s critical that all departments that create and disseminate data ensure
that the information is reliable,
valid and, most of all, accurately
reflect the topic under discussion.
Capital BikeShare should be the
starting point for doing so.
- Ayne Furman
Alexandria
RAMSEY HOMES
located, were there the will to
provide the necessary funding.
Once relocated, they could be
entered into the private housing
stock as workforce housing in
exchange for the city or some
private charity bearing the cost
of their relocation.
- Dino Drudi
Alexandria
FROM | 18
writing campaign to state and
federal authorities who will need
to sign off on the disposition of
these properties, or physically
relocating one or more of the
structures elsewhere.
Ramsey Homes are structurally sound and could be re-
The Business Plan
with Bill Reagan
Entrepreneurs:
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Small businesses and nonprofits Additionally, the small business
often face situations where it makes center has more leasing guidance
sense to get expert guidance to avoid and a leasing checklist on its website.
costly mistakes. At the very earliest Both economic development and small
concept for a business venture, there business center staffs can advise you
are resources available that can pro- on local neighborhoods, their civic
vide objective feedback and suggest and business groups, and how to make
approaches an entrepreneur might not the best entry with your business.
have considered.
Financing is another area where
The Alexandria Small
entrepreneurs may need to
Business Development Center
get advice before making a
provides experienced resourcformal application. Every
es through its staff and expert
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these include zoning or other locational There are other professionals whose
considerations, licenses, permits and expertise will save entrepreneurs many
potential restrictions. Forewarned of headaches — and dollars — if they are
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City staff even help entrepreneurs your management team from the start.
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ning, hopefully before leases or other you avoid potential pitfalls as you start
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city small business facilitators, who Marketing professionals can advise
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The history of Alexandria’s own beef industry
I
t’s hard to believe that
Alexandria was once the
scene of western-style
cattle drives, but for nearly
a century this was common
along Duke Street in the
area just southeast of what
is today the King Street
Metro station.
In 1792, Lawrence Hooff
purchased a five-acre parcel of West End land from
John West that stretched
from King Street southward
to Duke, and from what is
now Peyton Street east of the
creek that became known as
Hooff’s Run, now enclosed in
a concrete culvert underneath
the King Street Gardens and
Daingerfield Road.
At the time, the Alexandria corporate limits were
just a few blocks to the east
of the property at the edge of
Fairfax County, and Prince
Street had not yet been extended westward through
the property. The low-lying
land was comprised of a large
grass-covered meadow, kept
fresh with periodic washovers when waters rose in the
adjacent creek.
Lawrence Hooff recognized that the open grassland
with water access was perfect
for development into a cattle
storage facility and slaughterhouse. Steer would be walked
to Alexandria along the Little River Turnpike from as
far away as the Shenandoah
Valley to what soon became
known as Hooff’s Meadow.
There they would then be
stored, fattened and ultimately killed for distribution
to nearby butchers who dispersed the meat at the local
market or at the port.
Hooff’s Run was a constant
nuisance to early Alexandrians. Even with small bridges
over the creek, the water
course frequently shifted depending on the river tides, rising across nearby streets and
inhibiting passage along King
and Duke streets. But the
West End butchers seized on
this calamity each fall, damming a portion of the crested
waters in a field north of King
Street to create a pond where
ice could be harvested in the
winter months.
By the 1830s, four buildings stood on the Hooff property; a hog house, stable, hay
barn and the slaughterhouse,
located close to the corner
of King Street and Diagonal
Road. The facility remained
in the Hooff family through-
out the Civil War, but when
the war ended the widowed
owner, Martha J. Hooff, put
the property up for sale and
moved to Maryland with
her children. It would be six
years before the sale to an adjacent landowner, Townsend
Baggett, would be executed.
Baggett lived and farmed
land on the north side of
King Street, where years
later one of Alexandria’s
first ball fields, Baggett’s
Stadium, would be built. As
seen in this 1927 aerial photo, Baggett’s Stadium can be
seen just to the left of center
at the top of the photo, and
south of King Street, Hooff’s
Run meanders past what remains of the meadow in the
center of the view.
In 1937, soon after Prince
Street was cut through the
parcel and development of
the site intensified, longtime
Alexandria resident R.E.
Lee Tyler wrote about his
early memories of the original West End of Alexandria,
describing the upper end of
King Street by the late 19th
century in great detail:
“This meadow was owned
by the late Townsend Baggett.
It was a great place in winter
for sledding, as our winters in
those days were very severe.
How often have I seen this
meadow filled with cattle and
horses? These horses were
owned by men who made their
living with them by hauling
and other ways. They would
turn these horses in the pasture on Saturday evening and
leave them there until Sunday
evening late; this was during
spring, summer and fall.”
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Tuesday, August 2
FUNDRAISING PERFOR MANCE OF “WEST SIDE
STORY” Gadsby’s Tavern
Museum Society cordially invites
you to a special fundraising
performance of “West Side
Story.” The evening will feature
a reception offering appetizers
and desserts made by members of the GTMS board and a
signature champagne punch.
The proceeds from this event go
to Gadsby’s Tavern Museum to
assist them with their preservation, cultural and educational
mission. Tickets are $35 per
person.
Time: 7 p.m. reception, 8 p.m.
performance
Location: The Little Theatre of
Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St.
Information : 703-546- 4242 or
www.gadsbystavernmuseum.us
GARDENS
JULY 28, 2016 | 21
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT Join the
Alexandria Police Department, city
officials, public safety partners and
your neighbors for National Night
2016. The annual celebration is
part of a nationwide crime and drug
prevention effort sponsored by the
National Association of Town Watch.
Time: 5 to 9 p.m.
Location: Across Alexandria
Information: 703-746-6838 or
[email protected]
Thursday, August 4
LECTURE: THE HISTORY OF
CHOCOLATE Dave Borghesani,
chocolate history research manager
at Mars Chocolate North America,
will present the fascinating story of
how chocolate became a part of our
culture and everyday life. Tickets
cost $25, and include the lecture
and a special chocolate tasting
of food and beverages made with
Mars’ Historic Chocolate.
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S.
Washington St.
Friday, August 5
FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE
FUNDRAISING EVENT An event to
benefit the preservation of two important fire-fighting vehicles on display
at Friendship Firehouse Museum:
The Rodgers Suction Engine, built in
1851, and the Prettyman Hose Carriage, built in Alexandria in 1858.
Time: 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S.
Washington St.
FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE SQUARE
A city concert series with a performance by the Alexandria Harmonizers. Attendees should feel free to
bring a picnic supper and chairs,
or sit around the fountain or bench
seating in front of City Hall.
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 301
King St.
FROM | 17
gravity of this situation, a number of conservation and garden
groups have joined forces to
form the National Pollinator
Garden Network and sponsor
a Million Pollinator Garden
Challenge. Their goal is to register one million public and private gardens, parks and other
properties whose owners are
committed to growing plants
rich in nectar and pollen to revive pollinator populations.
The map of registered gardens
on the network’s website shows
the impressive progress of their
efforts.
Another group, The Pollinator Partnership, offers visitors
to its website a virtual gardening tool: You can plant a window box for pollinators online.
You can share your virtual
window box on Facebook, to
get the word out, and take your
plant list to a garden shop so
you can create the real thing.
The Pollinator Partnership also
offers a bee-friendly certification program for farmers.
In her business, Eierman advocates relying on native plants
of all kinds, but she does not do
so at the expense of good garden design. Garden paths, walls,
patios and other hardscape features define a garden’s spaces
and give it much of its character.
Within this context, plants need
[This] is on their summer,
they could be doing
something else, but they’rehere
with us from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
getting immersed into that
whole cybersecurity world.”
- Chris Speich,
World history teacher, T.C. Williams High School
CYBERSECURITY
FROM | 8
PHOTO/MARTY ROSS
Show your support for insects with a Pesticide Free Zone sign.
not all be trimmed and tailored,
she says. For inspiration, she
recommends the extensive plant
lists available on the Xerces Society’s website.
The first step toward making your garden a better ecosystem may be the decision to
eliminate some of the lawn.
“Typically, people cling to a lot
more lawn than they could ever
possibly use,” Eierman says.
“They don’t think about how
harmful it can be, especially
if they are not managing it organically.” A smaller lawn also
saves you time and energy.
Eierman suggests creating
what she calls a “pollinator victory garden” full of an assortment of flowers, with blooms
from spring through frost, concentrating on pollinator-friendly
plants in large groups to help
sustain healthy populations of
beneficial insects. A diverse
planting makes any garden
more beautiful. Milkweeds,
hyssop, zinnias, cosmos, day lilies and joe-pye weed are among
the many great flowers that will
bring butterflies and other pollinators to your garden.
It’s fine to grow nonnative
plants, Eierman says, but native plants support native insects — many of which depend
completely on them. Trees and
shrubs give the garden depth
and character and also provide
habitat.
The birds and the bees can’t
read signs, but they can read the
signals you send them by planting a garden they will regard
as an attractive habitat. The
signs are really a statement for
the benefit of your neighbors.
Good things sometimes need to
have attention called to them.
there is more need for people just like you than there
are to go around and fill the
needs,” Robinson said. “You
have a huge advantage.”
Chris Speich, a world history teacher at T.C. who is
involved in the school’s science, technology, engineering and math academy, said
the fact that the students
were willing to give up part
of their summers for the cyber camp bodes well.
HOMICIDE
FROM | 6
lice chief is brought in from
outside Alexandria, they be
brought fully up to speed
with the way the city works
and its various stakeholders.
An APD officer who declined to be named said it
was important for the new
chief to work on retaining
talent, and that one way to
do so would be to ensure
police pay stays competitive
“[The camps are] part of
Gov. [Terry] McAuliffe’s
initiative to get kids interested in cybersecurity, and
Gov. McAuliffe’s really interested in trying to make
Virginia the center of cybersecurity, so this is the state’s
initiative to get these kids
exposed to it early enough
before college,” Speich said.
“[This] is on their summer,
they could be doing something
else, but they’re here with us
from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. getting immersed into that whole
cybersecurity world.”
with other jurisdictions.
Steve Mason, the city’s
acting director of human resources, said the search will
be long, beginning with community engagement. IACP
officials will interview stakeholders on their priorities for
a new chief and present their
findings to the city manager’s
office, and it likely will take
several months for a new
chief to be hired in what is a
multi-stage process.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
FEEL GOOD By Timothy E. Parker
ACROSS
1 Palindromic address for a woman
6 Veggie spheroid
9 Use a semi
13“Dragnet” actor Jack
17 Suspect eliminator
18Assured vigor
19Easier version, in musical scores
21 Natural burn soother
22Cavalry mount
23Support at sea?
24 Certain Greek letter
25Sub ___ (privately)
26 Like some debates
29Commotion
31 Wolf chicken?
32 Part of a sentence
33Satisfied
34Book excerpts
39The point of writing?
40Canary, e.g.
41 Muggy and hot
42 “Physician, ___ thyself”
44Old crone
45Croce’s “Bad, Bad ___ Brown”
49Canine command
50Light measurement
51 Inscribed stone pillar
53Deadly virus
54Little nipper
55Stomach purger
58Former communist country, briefly
59Common MIT grad
60Confidential matter
62Quarry piece
64Finnish relative
67 Hot place for hops
68Not at all enthusiastic
70 Nursery powder
71 Prevented from happening
75 Gambling mecca
76Routine
79 Nutmeg skin
80Used a doorbell
82Twists out of shape
84Defensive tennis shot
86Lady Liberty holds it
88Emulates a donkey
90“___ to Billy Joe”
91 “Ristorante” beverage
92Provide, as with a quality
93Giant Hall of Famer Mel
94Cajun staple
96Very cold
98Cherries’ leftovers
100 Unhealthy-sounding drink?
101Dependence
103Bother
106 Cheese from France
107 Tout’s offer
108 They’re spineless but well-armed
109 When disclosures are made?
116 Extract juice from
117 10,000,000 rupees, in India
119 Spots in high school?
120 Spaghetti topping
121 “Why, certainly!”
122 Negatively charged atom
123
124
125
126
127
128
Word with “second”
or “landing”
It’s fit for a queen
Mimicking one
Diarist Frank
Atlantic coast hrs.
Church official
DOWN
1 Hawkeye’s TV show
2 Lowest female voice
3 Middle management?
4 Brother of Cain
5 June 30
6 Arrange in advance
7 Direction of the dawn
8 Satellite dish predecessor
9 Spa feature
10 As white as a sheet
11What “new to you” means
12Kiddie ___ (book genre)
13Be a team substitute
14 Abscond to wed
15Warship warrant officer
16 Beauty’s admirer
18Milk a scene for all it’s worth
20Brother of Moses
27 Sly or crafty (var.)
28 Loam and marl, e.g.
30Your aunt’s husband
33Smoky place?
34Whispered call for attention
35You can fill a lot with them
36Chalkboard material
37 Digs on Pork Avenue?
38Open’s counterpart
40Many a test answer
43Live and breathe
44First word of “Nowhere Man”
46Rice-a-___, “the San Francisco
treat”
47 Gold-medal gymnast Korbut
48Knitting ball
50Thin explosive device
52 Fun river activity
55Particular periods of history
56Engage, as gears
57 Ordained group
61 One who is difficult to rattle
63Parrot or mimic
65Hardly height-challenged
66Auto pioneer Ransom Eli
69Arts supporter
71 Leonardo’s “Titanic” co-star
72 Rustable metal
73 It may have a nest egg
74 Pub game
77 Adjust, as car wheels
78 Pick-me-up beverage
81Crooner ___ King Cole
83Jewish month
85Indicate by signs
87 Highly perturbed, old-style
89Type of gold or ground
91 By means of
95Merchant ship fee
96Move like a butterfly
97 Sharp comeback
99Kane of “All My Children”
100 Garfield’s girlfriend
102 Knockout gas
103 Backs, anatomically
104 Freeze over, as a windshield
105 Long, hard look
106 Element with the symbol B
109 Element of change?
110 Decorates, as a cake
111 Small flying insect
112 Get a bad grade
113 Group of two
114 Farm section
115 Annual time period
118 It’s stranded in the human body
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