No.12 April 16, 2008 - The Current Newspapers

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Serving Burleith, Foxhall, Georgetown, Georgetown Reservoir & Glover Park
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THE GEORGETOWN CURRENT
Chief shuffles district commanders
HARDY VOLUNTEERS
■ Police: Kucick, Carter take
command in 2nd, 3rd districts
By KATIE PEARCE
Current Staff Writer
A high-level reshuffling in the
Metropolitan ?olice Department has
shifted two well-known Northwest
police commanders to new positions.
Larry McCoy, former command-
er of the 3rd District, is now head of
the department’s newly created
intelligence unit; and Andrew
Solberg, former commander of the
2nd District, is a field commander in
the patrol division.
Together, the two have more than
50 years of experience in the police
department, according to spokesperson Traci Hughes. “They’re going to
be critical” in their new assignments, she said.
McCoy took charge of the 3rd
District in June 2003. This district,
which includes the Adams Morgan,
Logan Circle and Columbia Heights
neighborhoods, sees the highest volume of crimes in the city, according
to police data. ?rior to heading the
3rd District, McCoy served as commander of the Lth District.
Solberg became commander of
the 2nd District — which includes
the neighborhoods west of Rock
Creek ?ark, as well as Foggy
See Police/Page 54
Alcohol board renews 2 moratoriums
By IAN THOMS
Bill Petros/The Current
Paul Eagleton of Casey Trees instructs a group of volunteers on
the proper use of a pickax during Sunday’s tree-planting event
at Hardy Recreation Center in Foxhall Village.
The city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board last
week unanimously voted to renew both the Adams
Morgan and Glover ?ark liquor-license moratoriums,
the first for five years and the latter for three.
In the more contentious of the two cases, the board
decided to alter the Adams Morgan moratorium to add a
prohibition on additional restaurant licenses. ?reviously
the moratorium, which was set to expire yesterday, prohibited only new nightclub and tavern licenses. The
renewed moratorium also keeps in place a cap of 10 tavern licenses for the area.
The moratorium covers the nightlife-swamped strip
of 18th Street from _alorama Road to Columbia Road
and along Columbia Road to Ontario Road.
The Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commission, as well as the Reed-Cooke and _alorama citiSee Licenses/Page 54
Bill Petros/Current File Photo
Three restaurants along the Glover Park business
corridor will be able to get full liquor licenses under
the terms of the moratorium extension.
C&O seeks volunteers
for ‘Pride Days’ events
Residents consider impact
of ambulance-fee increase
By NATALIE GONTCHAROVA
By JESSICA GOULD
Faced with a huge backlog of park maintenance projects, C;O Canal Trust officials last year founded C;O
Canal ?ride Days, a series of volunteer work events that
they hope to repeat annually.
About 600 volunteers have signed up to complete
nearly 100 projects in the C;O Canal National
Historical ?ark between Saturday and May 10, and the
organization hopes to recruit L00 more. The volunteers
will paint and repair signs, plant trees and flowers and
cut back overgrown vegetation, among other chores.
“We’re trying to do in a four-week period what the
park would have done in a two-year period in terms of
the number of projects,” C;O Canal Trust president
Matthew Logan said in an interview. “We wanted to get
News of Mayor Adrian Fenty’s
new rules for ambulance fees has
been lighting up local listservs and
prompting questions from residents.
The higher fees took effect upon
their publication in the March 21
issue of the D.C. Register, according to budget director Will Singer.
Under the new rules, ambulance
rides with basic life support cost
$530, as opposed to $268. Fees for
advanced life support are $832
instead of $Lb1. On top of that, there
is a $6.06 fee for every mile traveled
NEWS
Developer plans to
transform bank parking
lot into condos. Page 2.
■ Plans for new church
on 16th Street elicit
worry in Ward 4. Page 2.
■
Courtesy of C&O Canal Trust
The C&O Canal will kick off a series of volunteer
work days Saturday at Great Falls. The park has a
backlog of maintenance problems.
more volunteers involved and increase the park’s visibility.”
In Georgetown, the projects will include painting
over graffiti and removing leaves and debris at the
See Canal/Page 54
SPORTS
■ A big sixth inning
propels Maret softball.
Page 11.
■ St. Albans lacrosse
bounces back, big-time.
Page 11.
PA S S A G E S
■ In Georgetown, show
house puts designers
on display. Page 13.
■ WalkingTown, DC
weekend will feature
myriad tours. Page 14 .
and additional costs for services like
defibrillation, chest compression
and multiple injections of intravenous medication.
The mayor said the new rules are
designed to make District fees comparable to similar jurisdictions. The
fees are projected to raise $b.2 million annually for the city, and they
will generally be covered by insurance, he said.
“In cases where people have
insurance, even public insurance,
that insurance covers the cost,” said
Singer.
But according to Alfred J.
See Fees/Page 60
INDEX
Business/7
Calendar/48
Classifieds/61
District Digest/4
Exhibits/53
In Your Neighborhood/10
Opinion/8
Passages/13
Police Report/6
Real Estate/Pullout
School Dispatches/16
Service Directory/55
Sports/11
Theater/52
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
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Proposed 16th Street church
sparks Ward 4 land-use fight
Condo builder eyes
bank’s parking lot
By KATIE PEARCE
By VICTORIA SOLOMON
Any developer venturing into a community meeting with a design for a new condominium project in
Tenleytown or Friendship Heights knows he may be
in for a tongue-lashing.
At-large Council member Kwame Brown referenced the community’s longstanding tradition of
opposing large-scale development during a meeting
of the Tenleytown-Friendship Heights advisory
neighborhood commission last Thursday, saying he
promised not to use “the ‘D’ word.”
The “D” word — at least on upper Wisconsin
Avenue — refers to density. And it wasn’t entirely
absent from the discussion; Brown left the subject to
the developer in the room, Armond Spikell, a founding member of Roadside Development.
Spikell had come to talk about his company’s
plan for a new 44-unit, four-story condominium
building on a parking lot next to Bank of America at
5201 Wisconsin Ave. The company closed on its
purchase of the site in mid-February, and is partnering with developer Ellis Denning.
“I know the neighborhood well, and that people
believe the zoning is the zoning,” Spikell said, referring to community desire to prevent developers from
building above existing zoning limits. He said that
sentiment is why he chose to plan a condo building
no larger than what the zoning code allows.
Spikell is working with the Logan Circle-based
Square 134 Architects to build a U-shaped building
on what is currently the parking lot of the Bank of
America branch. The company will also construct,
on a sliver of the property zoned for residential use,
a single-family house, which will be similar in
Roadside Development is planning to build a 44unit condo building in this Bank of America parking lot at Wisconsin Avenue and Harrison Street.
appearance to houses next to the site on Harrison
Street.
The developer said he envisions a condo building
of somewhat modest means that will attract a blend
of ages. The condos will be a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units. Prices will start in the
high $200,000s.
“We’ve been looking at a more productive use of
what’s basically a parking lot,” said Spikell. He envisions condos that are “upscale, but not terribly
expensive, especially in this market.” Construction
will take approximately 14 months, he said.
Spikell told the community that he is planning
more parking than the law’s minimum requirement,
with 30 underground spaces.
The Bank of America branch will abut the condo
building and remain structurally intact at the corner
of Wisconsin Avenue and Harrison Street. It will
keep about half of its parking spaces and its drivethrough window.
The bank’s parking lot entrance will be used for
both the bank and the new condo building.
See Condos/Page 54
Bordering the vacant grass lot at
16th and Emerson streets are two
picket signs stating, “Too Big! Too
Many! Too Much!”
This is the mantra of a group of
residents in the Crestwood, Carter
Barron and 16th Street Heights
neighborhoods, who oppose the
planned construction of a new meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints on the
corner site.
The protesters’ main concern is
what they deem “institutional overload” in their residential area.
According to a pamphlet distributed
at a meeting Monday, the community is already host to “over 50 institutions, paying no taxes” — including churches and temples, schools
and nonprofit facilities.
“I know nobody in this community is saying, ‘We don’t want
church people.’ I’m hearing, ‘We
don’t want to see these streets
turned into commercial streets,’”
Ward 4 Council member Muriel
Bowser said that night.
The church plans to construct a
building more than double the size
of the chapel that formerly occupied
the site. In an interview, Wes
Andersen, a church spokesperson,
said plans call for a 33,000-squarefoot building that is 56 feet high at
its peak, with a 105-foot steeple in
front. The project will include 72
parking places, some in an underground lot.
It remains uncertain whether residents can block these plans. The
church has the legal right to build on
the lot. Because churches are
allowed in residential zones, it
needs only to adhere to height, lotoccupancy, parking and other basic
zoning requirements. No public
hearing will take place.
On top of opposing the church’s
size, some residents have concerns
about its potential impact on parking, traffic and noise. Residents said
around 400 churchgoers will attend
services on Sunday — mostly from
the Maryland suburbs. But
Andersen, the church spokesperson,
said all of the parishioners will hail
from the District. He said the
planned chapel should accommodate 243 parishioners at one time.
According to Andersen, the
church has submitted an environmental analysis to the city and is “in
the approval process.” Officials at
Monday’s meeting said the church
is also completing a traffic study
and will have to apply for building
permits.
Bowser said that if residents
can’t block the project — an outcome that some consider a “worstcase scenario” — the community
needs to consider “serious discussion” with the developer about
modifying the size and impact.
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JBG weighs boutique hotel M Street eco-friendly hotel gets zoning nod
as part of U Street project
By ELIZABETH WIENER
In the booming , Street corridor,
a luxury hotel may soon replace a
low-scale retail structure just west
of 1>th Street. @BB Cos. has been
making tentative plans for a mixeduse development, including new
retail outlets and a boutique hotel,
that would cover nearly half of the
block on the south side of ,.
Matt Valentini of @BB emphasized that plans are still evolving,
and that they face several hurdles —
including the fact that his firm does
not yet own the property. “What
we’d like to do is take some really
bad design, and replace it with great
design,” he said in a telephone interview Monday.
According to tentative plans,
@BB is considering a 100-foot-tall
new building, with ground-floor
retail, a hotel lobby on the second
floor, and above that roughly 180
hotel rooms and perhaps some
rental apartments. Valentini said the
second floor might also accommodate a restaurant, commercial sound
studio and shops. There would be
one level of below-grade parking.
The low-scale building that currently occupies the site was built in
the 1980s by @enco Development.
Current occupants include a RiteAid drug store, a nail and hair salon,
and the restaurant CrVme. It lies
within the Breater , Street Historic
District but is considered to be a
“non-contributing” structure.
That designation means alterations or even demolition could win
easy approval. Some residents say a
more attractive new building — and
a lively new use — would be welcome. @BB also believes the site,
less than half a block from the ,
Street Metro stop, is ideal for a larger, mixed-use project.
Valentini said it’s not clear yet
whether @BB would “work with the
existing owner” or try to buy the
property. Xther hurdles include
obtaining the required zoning
change to allow such a tall building
and approval from city preservation
authorities. A new building must
accommodate the Rite-Aid, which
has a lease until 2026.
Phil Spalding, a neighborhood
commissioner, said reaction at a
recent Cardozo-Shaw Community
Association meeting was mixed.
“A lot of jaws dropped when
they saw the size. Xne-hundred feet
will not be a very easy sell” with
preservation authorities, Spalding
said. But the design looked “very
classical, very pretty. And some say
it’s a perfect use, with a Metro station 50 feet away.”
Spalding noted that the , Street
and 1]th Street corridors have had
many new residential projects in the
past few years, but “not a lot of
commercial.” A new hotel would
add diversity, encourage more daytime activity and perhaps be easier
to finance, he said.
A spokesperson for the city
Xffice of Planning said @BB had “an
exploratory discussion” almost a
year ago but has not submitted formal plans.
@BB is a Chevy Chase-based
developer of offices, residential
buildings, hotels and retail. It is currently redeveloping the Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel site.
The week ahead
Thursday, April 17
Global Green USA and the DC Environmental Network at Friends of the Earth
will host a roundtable discussion on issues surrounding the burial of World War I
munitions in the Spring Valley neighborhood. The event will begin at noon in Suite
600, Friends of the Earth, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
■ The Kalorama Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will
include remarks by at-large Council member Phil Mendelson. The meeting will
begin at 7 p.m. at Good Will Baptist Church, 1862 Kalorama Road NW.
■ The George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus will hold its quarterly
community meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Webb Building, 2100 Foxhall Road NW.
The District’s first Leadership in _nergy and
_nvironmental Design-certified hotel will be built at
221> M St. The city òning Commission Monday
tentatively approved plans for a Starwood “1 Hotel”
on the north side of the West _nd block, former site
of Asia aora restaurant and the old aigerian
_mbassy.
Starwood Capital Broup launched the “ecofriendly” hotel brand in 2006, saying it would use
environmentally sustainable architecture and energy-saving features such as green roofs and natural
light. The first 1 Hotel is slated to open in Seattle this
year, but Starwood also plans to build new hotels in
aew bork and Los Angeles as well as the District.
The District’s branch, to be developed by Perseus
Realty, will have a “green wall” bisecting the hotel,
made with thin panels of plant material that will
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Tuesday, April 22
American University students will hold a panel discussion on “American
University Experiment Station: Chemicals on Campus?” Speakers will discuss the
World War I-era munitions testing and ongoing cleanup efforts. The event will begin
at 6 p.m. in Room 247 of the Mary Graydon Center, American University, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, call Christina Moretti at 917-498-7372.
Thursday, April 24
Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser will host a Ward 4 Age in Place
Symposium. The event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hattie
Holmes Senior Wellness Center, 324 Kennedy St. NW. For details, contact Joy
Holland at [email protected] or 202-724-8052.
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Babrielle cornely of Perseus. Another green wall
will line one side of a small outdoor “tea garden.”
A green roof will absorb rainwater and minimize
the heat-island effect, cornely said. Buest rooms
will feature recycled materials and energy-efficient
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Breadsoda seeks one of three restaurant liquor licenses in Glover Park
Bill Thomas, owner of the Bourbon restaurants in Glover Park and Adams Morgan, will
add another eatery to his résumé this month:
Breadsoda, which he will open in a basement
space at 2233 Wisconsin Ave., former home to
My Bakery & Cafe.
Breadsoda — which the owner said is an
old slang term for beer — will serve deli sandwiches, “fancy coffee drinks” and an array of
wine and beer. The sandwiches promise “traditional great meats and cheeses,” said
Thomas. The establishment will also have
pool and shuffleboard tables.
Glover Park seems to be welcoming the
upcoming restaurant. There are several empty
storefronts along the stretch of Wisconsin
Avenue, and some neighborhood activists
have said that the area’s business has slumped
recently. Last Thursday, the Glover Park advisory neighborhood commission unanimously
voted to support a full liquor license for
Breadsoda — one of three new liquor licenses allowed under a recent amendment to
Glover Park’s longstanding liquor-license
moratorium. The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage
School system unveils plan
to reduce teacher numbers
By VICTORIA SOLOMON
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor
Michelle Rhee announced last
week an incentive program that will
give financial bonuses both to eligible teachers who retire this year and
to any teachers who choose to leave
the 50 schools the chancellor is
closing or drastically restructuring.
Mayor Adrian Fenty and Rhee
unveiled the plan, called the
Teacher Transition Award Program,
at a news conference at the school
system’s
headquarters
last
Thursday. In it they have set aside
$10 million for eligible teachers on
a first-come, first-serve basis — an
amount that could cover buyouts
for as many as 500 to 700 teachers
at between $1,000 and $20,000
apiece.
The deadline for teachers to
apply for the program is April 25.
As of yesterday afternoon, 185
employees had applied, according
to the chancellor’s office.
“The program has been very
much anticipated by the teachers in
the system,” Rhee said at the news
conference. The mayor described
the awards as an “early out, easy
out” process for teachers who want
to leave the system either because
they’re ready to retire or due to the
major shake-ups and “fast-paced
changes” in the new administration.
The education administration is
closing 23 schools and overhauling
another 27 that have failed to meet
testing benchmarks set under the
federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The buyouts for teachers at these
schools range from $1,000 to
$20,000 based on the amount of
time they have worked in the system, regardless of their age.
The school system is also offering $20,000 bonuses to teachers
throughout the city who meet retirement eligibility and leave the system this year.
The school system did not
change existing rules that call for
teachers to be 55 years old with 30
years of service, 60 with 20 years of
service, or 62 with five years of
service to be eligible for retirement.
Fenty said the plan will save the
school system $13 million over the
next three years, despite the $10
million expenditure. Officials have
also been aggressively recruiting
new teachers.
Washington Teachers’ Union
president George Parker said in an
interview yesterday that he and
other members advocated for a traditional early-out program — one
in which teachers who are 50 with
20 years of experience could retire.
He said members “were angry
when they realized there was no
early out.”
Parker also said he is not in
favor of the plan to allow teachers
at schools that are closing or being
restructured to retire regardless of
age or years of experience.
“It’s not attractive to say that if
you go we’ll give you $20,000 but
no annuity will kick in,” he said.
The union’s vice president,
Nathan Saunders, attended the
news conference, and said he was
“flabbergasted” by the program.
“How do we have a reduction in
workforce but then go out and
recruit?”
Saunders said the school system
should not be in the business of
encouraging teachers to leave.
Aleta Margolis, executive director for the Center for Inspired
Teaching, said in an interview yesterday that her organization —
which trains many teachers in the
public school system — usually
hears loud and clear how teachers
feel about various policies.
“We haven’t heard much one
way or another about it,” Margolis
said of the early-out packages.
“There are a couple who’ve said,
‘Yeah, I think I’ll do it,’ or, ‘No, I
think I won’t.’”
Margolis said the school administration has offered similar buyouts
during her organization’s 12-year
history. A more important question,
she said, is future priorities for the
teachers who stay or are recruited.
“Buyout or no buyout, there’s
going to be thousands of teachers
who will remain in the system,” she
said. “The question should be what
will be done differently from here
on out — so we are retaining teachers and supporting them through
their careers to ensure they are
highly effective educators.”
Control Board last week unanimously voted
to renew the moratorium for three years.
Under the moratorium, the D.C. Alcoholic
Beverage Regulation Administration can
issue new licenses for restaurants to serve
wine and beer — but not spirits.
“We supported [the three additional licenses] because we wanted new storefronts in the
neighborhood,” commission chair Melissa
Lane said in an interview. “But we didn’t want
to approve too many because we didn’t want
to be overrun by liquor establishments.”
“I’m looking forward to it opening up,”
commissioner Alan Blevins said of Breadsoda
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provide live acoustic music or a DJ up to 25
times per year — and not more than four
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from April 7 through 13 by the
Metropolitan Police Department
in the 2nd District and parts of
the 3rd District. Each item
includes the type of offense;
the block; the type of property;
and the time and date.
PSA
PSA
201
201
■ CHEVY CHASE
Robbery (attempt)
■ Beech Street and Western
Avenue; sidewalk; 5:55 p.m.
April 8.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2600 block, Military Road;
school; 6:50 p.m. April 9.
PSA 202
■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS
PSA 202
TENLEYTOWN/ AU PARK
Robbery (pickpocket)
■ 5100 block, Wisconsin Ave.;
grocery store; 12:55 p.m. April
11.
Assault (knife)
parking lot; 5 p.m. April 9.
Burglary
■ 4100 block, Legation St.; residence; 2 a.m. April 11.
Theft ($250 plus)
store; 6 p.m. April 8.
Theft (below $250)
■ 5200 block, Western Ave.;
store; 3:41 p.m. April 8.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 4400 block, Butterworth
Place; street; noon April 12.
Theft from auto (below $250)
parking lot; 9:30 a.m. April 12.
PSA
PSA
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■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS
No incidents reported.
PSA 204
■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
HEIGHTS/ CLEVELAND PARK
WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER
PSA
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Robbery (pocketbook snatch)
■ 2500 block, Porter St.; sidewalk; 6:22 p.m. April 8.
Assault
■ 3300 block, Connecticut
Ave.; alley; 6:17 p.m. April 11.
Burglary
■ 3700 block, Reno Road; residence; 7:30 a.m. April 8.
school; 2 p.m. April 9.
Stolen auto
■ 2800 block, Ordway St.;
street; 2:40 a.m. April 13.
Theft ($250 plus)
residence; 12:15 a.m. April 7.
Theft (below $250)
■ 3300 block, Idaho Ave.; parking lot; 11 p.m. April 8.
store; 12:34 p.m. April 9.
■ 2800 block, 27th St.; residence; 6 p.m. April 9.
■ 2500 block, Porter St.;
street; 5:45 p.m. April 7.
■ 3700 block, 39th St.; street;
2 p.m. April 10.
■ 2600 block, Garfield St.;
street; 7 p.m. April 11.
PSA 205
■ PALISADES
/ SPRING VALLEY
PSA
205
WESLEY HEIGHTS/ FOXHALL
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 4400 block, Massachusetts
Ave.; university; 2 p.m. April 11.
PSA 206
PSA
206
■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH
Robbery (gun)
bank; 11:15 a.m. April 7.
Assault
■ 3100 block, M St.; restaurant; 2 a.m. April 8.
Burglary
■ 3200 block, Volta Place; residence; 7 p.m. April 9.
■ 3800 block, T St.; residence;
7:30 a.m. April 10.
■ 3200 block, Volta Place; residence; 6 a.m. April 11.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 3600 block, R St.; school;
1:15 p.m. April 9.
■ 3300 block, Water St.; office
building; 4:30 p.m. April 10.
■ 2900 block, Q St.; residence;
1 p.m. April 13.
Theft (below $250)
store; 11:50 a.m. April 7.
■ 3100 block, M St.; store; 11
a.m. April 8.
■ 2900 block, M St.; residence;
4:30 a.m. April 9.
■ 3200 block, O St.; school;
3:20 p.m. April 11.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 1000 block, Thomas
Jefferson St.; sidewalk; 7:30
a.m. April 8.
■ 1000 block, Thomas
Jefferson St.; street; 10:30
p.m. April 11.
■ 2300 block, P St.; street; 9
p.m. April 12.
PSA 207
PSA
207
■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 2500 block, Virginia Ave.;
drugstore; 3:45 p.m. April 9.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 1900 block, H St.; street;
2:30 p.m. April 10.
■ 2100 block, Pennsylvania
Ave.; street; 10 a.m. April 7.
■ 2400 block, N St.; street; 6
p.m. April 7.
■ 1300 block, 23rd St.; street;
5:30 p.m. April 12.
■ 2400 block, N St.; street;
11:30 p.m. April 12.
PSA 208
■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA
PSA 208
DUPONT CIRCLE
Robbery (gun)
■ 1100 block, 19th St.; parking
lot; 1:30 a.m. April 11.
Robbery (fear)
■ 1500 block, K St.; bank;
8:50 a.m. April 9.
■ 1700 block, T St.; sidewalk;
12:45 a.m. April 9.
Ave.; parking lot; 11:48 p.m.
April 10.
■ 1800 block, I St.; bank; 1:50
p.m. April 11.
Robbery (pickpocket)
■ 1800 block, M St.; restaurant; 2:45 p.m. April 12.
Assault (knife)
Ave.; sidewalk; 2:40 a.m. April
11.
Stolen auto
■ 1900 block, K St.; street; 6
a.m. April 9.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 1100 block, 19th St.; medical facility; 5 p.m. April 10.
■ 1100 block, 19th St.; office
building; 7 p.m. April 10.
■ 1200 block, 19th St.; store;
7:30 p.m. April 11.
Ave.; restaurant; 10:45 a.m.
April 13.
Theft (below $250)
■ 1600 block, P St.; store;
10:30 a.m. April 9.
■ 1600 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; university; 9:20 p.m. April
9.
■ 1600 block, 16th St.;
unspecified premises; 11 a.m.
April 10.
■ 1900 block, M St.; restaurant; 6:32 a.m. April 12.
■ 2100 block, P St.; hotel;
2:22 p.m. April 12.
Theft (bicycle)
Ave.; sidewalk; 7:08 p.m. April
9.
Ave.; sidewalk; 9:30 p.m. April
12.
Ave.; street; 12:10 a.m. April 9.
■ 1800 block, N St.; street;
1:30 a.m. April 10.
■ 1900 block, Sunderland
Place; street; 10 p.m. April 10.
■ 1900 block, Sunderland
Place; street; 6:30 p.m. April
12.
■ 1600 block, P St.; alley; 1:10
p.m. April 8.
■ 1700 block, M St.; street; 10
p.m. April 12.
10 p.m. April 12.
■ 2000 block, P St.; street; 1
a.m. April 13.
Simple assault
■ 1800 block, Jefferson Place;
tavern; 1:30 a.m. April 8.
Threats
■ 1800 block, K St.; office
building; 8:50 a.m. April 9.
PSA
PSA
303 303
■ ADAMS MORGAN
Robbery (knife)
■ 1700 block, Columbia Road;
sidewalk; 2:20 p.m. April 9.
Robbery (snatch)
■ 1600 block, Columbia Road;
sidewalk; 4:18 p.m. April 13.
Aggravated assault
■ 2300 block, Champlain St.;
Burglary
■ 1700 block, Euclid St.; residence; 11 a.m. April 13.
Theft ($250 plus)
Ave.; hotel; 10 a.m. April 8.
■ 1800 block, Calvert St.; residence; 9 a.m. April 10.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 2400 block, 20th St.; parking lot; 9 p.m. April 11.
Ave.; street; 6:30 p.m. April
11.
■ 1800 block, Clydesdale
Place; street; 7 p.m. April 11.
PSA
PSA
307 307
■ LOGAN CIRCLE
Robbery (pocketbook snatch)
■ 1200 block, 12th St.; sidewalk; 7:18 a.m. April 12.
Assault
■ 1100 block, N St.; sidewalk;
1:40 a.m. April 13.
Burglary
■ 1000 block, N St.; residence; 12:50 a.m. April 13.
Stolen auto
■ 11th and N streets; parking
lot; 4:30 p.m. April 11.
8:30 p.m. April 13.
Ave.; street; 11:20 a.m. April
11.
PSA 402
■ BRIGHTWOOD / MANOR PARK
PSA
402
LAMOND RIGGS
Homicide (gun)
■ 300 block, Riggs Road NE;
Robbery (force and violence)
■ 400 block, Marietta Place;
Robbery (fear)
■ 600 block, Kensington Place
NE; sidewalk; 1:38 a.m. April
13.
Assault
■ 1300 block, Missouri Ave.;
residence; 6:30 p.m. April 8.
Burglary
■ 6200 block, 7th St.; residence; 8 p.m. April 11.
Burglary (attempt)
■ 900 block, Missouri Ave.;
residence; 11:18 p.m. April 7.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 400 block, Quackenbos St.
NE; residence; 11:39 a.m.
April 8.
Theft (below $250)
■ 6500 block, Georgia Ave.;
drugstore; 4:30 p.m. April 8.
■ Unit block, Peabody St.;
■ 6600 block, Piney Branch
Road; street; 7 a.m. April 8.
■ 100 block, Whittier St.;
street; 5 p.m. April 8
■ 400 block, Oneida Place;
■ 1400 block, Somerset Place;
tavern; 1:20 a.m. April 11.
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Davis Kennedy/Publisher & Editor
Chris Kain/Managing Editor
Safety first
Four months after Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh introduced an important pedestrian safety bill, the Committee on Public
Works and the Environment has not yet held a public hearing on the
measure, which would boost the fine for motorists who fail to yield
for pedestrians from $50 to $500.
Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham, the committee’s chair, says
he doubts that raising fines is the most effective way to protect
pedestrians. And he is right to emphasize the need for more vigorous
police enforcement as the No. 1 way to improve pedestrian safety.
But that ought not stop the D.C. Council from adopting higher
fines for patently dangerous offenses, such as failure to yield for
pedestrians. Legislators also ought to raise the even-more-ridiculous
$20 fines for jaywalking or crossing against the light, offenses that
contributed to half of the city’s pedestrian fatalities in 2007, according to police estimates.
A stiff fine sends an important message to motorists, pedestrians
and police officers that top city officials take the issue of pedestrian
safety seriously. So does the kind of high-visibility sign that Council
member Cheh’s legislation would require at crosswalks: “D.C.
LAW: Failure to Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks $500 Fine.”
The current $20 and $50 fines do not convey much at all, except
that these offenses are no more serious than staying too long at a
parking meter.
The Council for Court Excellence, a local advocacy group that
tackles public safety issues, found that D.C. penalties for various
traffic violations are low compared with nearby jurisdictions and do
not match those found in Portland and Seattle, two cities known as
pedestrian-friendly. “It is cheap to drive badly in the District,” concluded members of the group’s Committee on Pedestrian Safety.
The findings suggest the need for a comprehensive look at current
fines for traffic violations. With 25 pedestrian fatalities in the city
last year, it is obvious that we must act now on two key offenses —
failure to yield, and jaywalking. Mr. Graham needs to schedule a
public hearing on the bill and the broader subject of pedestrian safety, at which he ought to push for the police to undertake meaningful
enforcement throughout the city.
A Central solution
For many months, dissension beset the Central Union Mission’s
plans to move its homeless shelter and community-outreach headquarters to Georgia Avenue. Critics said the project threatened to
erode burgeoning revitalization efforts in Columbia Heights and
Petworth.
Whether the worries were justified or not, the city and the Central
Union Mission deserve commendation for brokering a welcome
alternative. The new plan will avoid rancorous zoning hearings on
the shelter and tremendous ill will from longtime residents and newcomers who did not welcome the proposed use.
Mayor Adrian Fenty and Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham
successfully arranged for the Mission to take over the city-owned
Gales School shelter at 65 Massachusetts Ave. NW. The group will
operate a 125-bed emergency shelter with rehabilitation services for
men. The Mission will own and operate the facility without a subsidy from the District.
The Georgia Avenue site previously slated for the shelter will
instead accommodate a mixed-use housing development that will
include 50 units of “permanent supportive housing.”
The accord marked the culmination of a nine-year search for a
site where the Mission, a venerable Christian-oriented men’s shelter
that has operated in the District since 1884, can continue its work.
The Mission’s executive director, David Treadwell, rightly called it
“an inventive but pragmatic way” to forge a public-private partnership to enhance services for the homeless population.
THE CURRENT
Mayor Fenty … Mayor Williams …
W
hen Adrian Fenty was preparing to run in
the 2006 mayoral campaign, he made it
clear that he would run regardless of
whether then-Mayor Anthony Williams sought a
third term.
And in that campaign, Williams endorsed
Council Chairman Linda Cropp, who lost badly to
Fenty.
Not the sort of history to suggest any closeness between Fenty and
Williams.
But look at them
now.
Better yet, listen to
them now.
Fenty on Monday was praising all the aggressive
redevelopment that has taken place over the past 10
years.
“But I think one [person] obviously stands out,”
Fenty said, “who not only was able to set aggressive
financing and support mechanisms for projects, but
created a culture in the District of Columbia where
people wanted to invest, where they wanted to move
back to the city, where they thought there was going
to be a government that got things right.”
And here’s Mayor Williams on Mayor Fenty: “I
really do want to acknowledge my successor,”
Williams said, noting that as a former mayor he
doesn’t show up at a lot of events in order to give
Fenty full exposure as leader of the city. “And I am
proud to say that what’s he’s doing on the major
front — whether it’s in education or public safety —
and on the little things of making sure that every citizen feels that their mayor, his or her mayor, cares
about [them] ... I think speaks volumes about the job
he’s doing.”
Williams called Fenty a “worthy successor.” The
tone of his voice indicated he meant it.
The two mayors were together this week at
Senate Square, the new $220 million Jim Abdo mix
of condominiums and upscale apartments near
Union Station. (They all were going to be condos
until the market slumped.)
Fenty handed Williams the keys to a condo
Williams has purchased — the first property the former mayor owns in D.C., having rented while in
office.
But the public relations aspect of the FentyWilliams connection is the least important part.
More significantly, as we have reported previously,
Fenty has embraced the redevelopment goals of his
predecessor. That embrace largely has gone unnoticed in the daily press.
In his first 15 months in office, Mayor Fenty has
supported a dozen or more real estate projects that
were left pending when Williams departed office.
“I think there’s a lot of great developers in
Washington, D.C.,” Fenty told the crowd at Senate
Square. “That’s one of the great reasons that this city
has so much momentum right now.”
■ Another mayor. It’s not quite the same as being
mayor of Washington, but former D.C. Council staff
member Jeffrey Slavin
has moved up in the
world.
The stalwart
fundraiser for a host of
worthy civic and political groups — including
his parents’ Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation —
has been elected mayor of Somerset, Md., with 67
percent of the vote.
Somerset, some of you may know, is the close-in
residential community just over the District line off
Wisconsin Avenue. It’s not as well known as Chevy
Chase, but then again, it doesn’t want to be.
Your Notebook first met Mayor Slavin in the
early 1980s when he worked for Ward 3 Council
member Polly Shackleton and the Notebook was a
scribe for The Washington Post. Slavin has the soul
of a bleeding-heart liberal but the fiscal mind-set of
a practical businessman. It’s a nice combination for
the new mayor of Somerset and the people he
serves.
■ A final word. If you’ve ever tried to park around
the Wilson Building downtown, you’ve probably
gotten a parking ticket. And Officer Fred Watkins
probably wrote that ticket.
But he won’t anymore.
Last Friday, Officer Watkins retired. He was on
the job 31 years, many of them spent around the
Wilson Building.
“He had very good judgment,” said one former
high-ranking D.C. Council staffer. “He was out there
in the snow, in the rain, in the heat.”
Watkins ran herd on the comings and goings of
what passes for the District’s city hall. He shooed
away people trying to park illegally and suffered
good-naturedly the questions of lost tourists.
We can’t say he always did his job with a smile,
because our NBC4 news crews tested him time and
again on parking. He more than once grumped at
your Notebook and, on one occasion, reminded us
that he had arrest powers.
We’ll miss Officer Watkins, especially because he
had taken to riding a Segway around the building,
making it more of a tough game to escape his notice.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’S
NOTEBOOK
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Klingle Road study
is taking too long
The Federal Highway
Administration is abusing application of the federal environmental process to legislation enacted
by the D.C. Council requiring
repair of a 0.7-mile section of
Klingle Road.
The process has been on a
treadmill for nearly 50 months
since the Federal Highway
Administration and the D.C.
Department of Transportation
issued a “notice of intent” to
environmentally assess Klingle
Road on March 17, 2004.
In contrast, information provided by the federal agency identifies 64 recent road and bridge
building and repair projects
throughout the United States for
which it completed the full environmental process in less than 50
months. For the 18.8-mile
Intercounty Connector being built
through parkland, streambeds and
residential areas in Prince
George’s and Montgomery counties, the Federal Highway
Administration completed the
federal environmental process in
36 months.
On March 9, 2007, the agency
forecast January 2009 for release
of the Klingle Road Final
Environmental Impact Statement
for public comment and July
2009 for issuance of a “record of
decision.” From start to completion, that would have been an
estimated 65 months.
Since March 2007, the agency
has introduced further delays. The
January and July 2009 dates have
slipped for an indeterminate period that will far exceed 65 months.
Your April 9 article “Local
funds may help launch Klingle
project” states that some environmental groups decry the use of
city funds to “short-circuit the
federal environmental process.”
Thirty-six months to assess the
environmental impact of building
a brand-new, 18.8-mile superhighway through parks,
streambeds and residential areas
in Maryland, and more than 65
months to study repair of a 0.7mile stretch of an existing public
road in the District of Columbia?
Rather than short-circuiting
the federal environmental
process, Mayor Adrian Fenty and
Ward 1 Council member Jim
Graham recognize that the circuit
is blown and won’t be fixed in a
reasonable time. Their Klingle
Road local-funding initiative
deserves support.
William Carroll
North Cleveland Park
THE CURRENT
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
City shouldn’t waste
funds on Klingle
Ward 1 Council mem0er 1im
2raham 4ants full local funding
for the reconstruction of 9lingle
:oad, asserting that <people in my
neigh0orhoods are tired of the
delay? @<Aocal funds may help
launch 9lingle proBect,? April 9EF
But HrF 2raham is listening only
to a small 0ut vocal minority of the
population of Ward 1F
Jn April 2, the Hount Pleasant
advisory neigh0orhood commisM
sion unanimously passed a resoluM
tion as follo4s: <ANC1D advises
the Hayor and the District Council
not to fund any reconstruction of
9lingle :oad entirely from District
funds, 4ithout Federal funding
support?R and further, <to refrain
from spending any money on
9lingle :oad 4orS that might 0e
considered do4n payments on
road construction, 0ecause such
eTpenditures could imply a comM
mitment to full construction even
if Federal funds are not availa0leF?
9lingle :oad has 0een closed
for 1U yearsF Priorities have
changed, traffic patterns have
changed and Ward 1 has changedF
VtWs time for the DFCF Council to
reconsider this proBect according to
todayWs conditions, not those of
1991F
Jack McKay
Commissioner, ANC 1D03
Higher fines could
help fight fatalities
Pedestrian fatalities in the
District (there 4ere 2Y last year
and have 0een t4o already in
2008) and inBuries (a0out ]00
4alSers are hurt in collisions annuM
ally) demand effective deterrentsF
Fines can play an important role
^ if their level is sufficient to
affect conduct @<Delayed hearing
sparSs pedestrian de0ate,? April 9EF
A study 0y the Committee on
Pedestrian Safety of the cityWs
Council for Court `Tcellence
sho4s that DFCF penalties for trafM
fic violations:
a are lo4 compared to near0y BurisM
dictionsR
a fail to match cities considered to
0e eTemplary in protecting pedesM
triansR
a are not proportional among drivM
ers, 0icyclists and pedestrians (any
of 4hom may cause an accident)R
a do not adebuately discourage
dangerous actionsR and
a do not give police officers adeM
buate incentive to enforceF
Significantly raising the cY0
fine for such violations as failure
to stop for a pedestrian in a crossM
4alS 4ould stimulate complianceF
Posting the penalty pu0licly 4ould
provide a continuous 4arning of
consebuences for 0oth DFCF drivers
and motorists from dirginia and
Haryland 4ho commute as part of
the cityWs daily 4orSforceF
Fines are not a fee or a taTF
They can 0e avoided 0y complying
4ith the la4F Failure to do so is a
voluntary contri0utionF Pu0lic
roads are not a private preserveR
the privilege to use them is condiM
tioned on respect for the rules and
responsi0ility in follo4ing themF
Today 4e have fines of c100
for parSing in a 0us fone, failing to
display current identification tags
and operating 4ith a condemned
inspection sticSer ^ infractions
not too liSely to contri0ute to
inBury or deathF diolators are fined
c2Y0 for parSing in spaces
reserved for persons 4ith disa0iliM
ties ^ a violation that poses
inconvenience 0ut is unliSely to
harm or Sill someoneF Some have
suggested that a fine of cY00 for
failure to stop for a pedestrian in a
cross4alS is too high, 0ut 4e
already have fines of cY00 for covM
ering tags and eTcessive idling ^
violations that do not endanger
human lifeF
A DFCF Department of
Transportation 200U online survey
of District residents asSed 4hich
factors maSe it difficult or unpleasM
ant to 4alS in the cityF The top
ans4er from 4,800 respondents
4as drivers not stopping for pedesM
trians in cross4alSs ^ nearly three
times as many as those 4ho cited
crime as a reasonF We need to
match our penalties 4ith our priorM
itiesF
Larry Hobart
Cathedral Heights
Statehood wouldn’t
solve D.C. failures
V am 4riting in response to the
April 9 letter <911 failure sho4s
need for DFCF voteF?
Believing that statehood 4ill fiT
the fraud and failures in the DFCF
government has no 0asis in factF
The 4idespread incompetence in
emergency services, the dismal
education system, the continuing
fraud in multiple agencies and proM
grams ^ all these and much more
are totally 4ithin the purvie4 of
the mayor and DFCF Council and
have no connection to congressionM
al controlF
ThinSing a commuter taT 4ould
0ring a flo4 of revenue and cause
no flight of 0usinesses is ebual
follyF Aasting improvements to city
services are not 4aiting for stateM
hoodF They are 4aiting for an end
to tolerance of incompetenceR instiM
tution of strict managerial and
financial controls and oversightR an
end to cronyismR and severe sancM
tions for 4aste, fraud and a0use at
all levelsF
Anne Allen
Chevy Chase
Activist offered help
whenever necessary
:on Aeve, a 4onderful mem0er
of the Dupont Circle community
and my Dupont Circle Citifens
Association Program Committee
coMchair, died on Harch 20F
:on and V met more than t4o
years ago, 4hen the citifens assoM
ciation 4as looSing for someone,
or ones, to taSe over program planM
ning from `llen Hercer and FranS
hornsteinF 1erry WnucS made the
match, and V gained a great colM
league 4ho 0ecame a dear friendF
2radually, V realifed ^ 0ut V
donWt thinS that V ever fully comM
prehended ^ ho4 deeply, in Bust a
fe4 years, :on had involved himM
self in our community and its conM
cerns, as 4ell as in arts, religious
and social Bustice issues affecting
the 0roader DFCF areaF :on AeveWs
congregation, Beth Chai 1e4ish
humanist Congregation of 2reater
Washington, plans to hold a
memorial serviceF
Saying that :on is, and 4ill
continue to 0e, missed does not
0egin to convey our lossF We are
getting used to not having :onWs eM
mails 4aiting for us 4hen 4e
come home, and V Sno4 not to
thinS immediately of him 4hen V
4in concert ticSets or see an art
eThi0it that V really liSeF ho4ever,
V am committed to continuing to
thinS of :on 4hen my energy
flags, and then, instead of focusing
on reasons not to get involved or
taSe advantage of more of the
opportunities availa0le to all of us,
to Bust say to myself <:on 4ould
do itF?
Judith Neibrief
Dupont Circle
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ANC 2E
ANC 2E
'eorgetown
■ GEORGETOWN / CLOISTERS
Cloisters
BURLEITH / HILLANDALE
At its April 1 meeting, the
commission:
■ supported this year8s Nation8s
Triathlon, scheduled for Sept. 1@,
under the condition that the commission receive firm plans on traffic
mitigation and police coverage Dy
its Eune meeting.
■ agreed to withdraw a protest of the
liquor license for Rhino Bar I
Pumphouse, 329M M St., when all
parties have signed an eOisting voluntary agreement.
■
urged
the
Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
and the D.C. Department of
Transportation not to eliminate DC
Circulator service on Wisconsin
Avenue Detween M and Whitehaven
streets, and opposed its replacement
Dy the new 31 MetroDus.
Commissioners are concerned aDout
the infrequency of the proposed 31
Dus, which would run from Foggy
Bottom to Friendship Heights, as
well as the quality of its service.
■ did not oDTect to the design of the
rooftop mechanical enclosure at
Washington HarDour, 3000 K St.,
Dut had concerns aDout noise
Decause the proposed chillers would
not De completely enclosed. The
commission encouraged the applicant to discuss possiDle noise issues
with condo representatives.
■ oDTected to a rooftop railing for
303@ M St. Decause Wit would
Decome essentially a rooftop terraceX it would violate the historic
nature of the M Street corridorX and
we are concerned aDout the setDack
and the visiDility of the railing from
areas on M Street.Z
■ had no oDTection to signage at
Eanus et Cie, 330@ M St.
■ had concerns aDout the design of a
proposed outdoor cafe at Morton8s
The Steakhouse, 32M1 Prospect St.
The commission asked the Old
'eorgetown Board to take into consideration the sightlines from
Prospect Street, the narrowing of the
entrance to the restaurant, handicap
accessiDility and the relationship of
the common space to the neighDoring Duilding. The commission also
had a concern aDout the si\e of the
umDrellas used in the outdoor dining area, and oDTected to the numDer
of signs in the proposal.
■ had no oDTection to a new gate at
the historic Wormley School, 332M
Prospect St.
■ oDTected to the proposed secondstory awning and neon signs at
Easel Hair Studio]Vicky Nails, 1616
Wisconsin Ave. The commission
did not oDTect in concept to a firstfloor WDladeZ sign ` which would
De perpindicular to the shop front `
Dut urged the Old 'eorgetown
Board to review the proposed sign
carefully.
■ did not support a third-floor rear
addition at 1717 3@th St., a residence where construction is already
in progress, Decause of neighDors8
concerns and lack of a presentation
to the commission.
Citizens Association of Georgetown
Most topics that make news generate a variety of feelings. Police
Chief Cathy Lanier8s reassignment of Cmdr. Andy SolDerg from head
of the 2nd District to a field commander position is no different.
While it is a good thing for the city as a whole to gain his eOpertise,
'eorgetown has lost a good friend and partner. This move will enaDle
SolDerg to Decome more directly involved in patrol police work
across the entire city. He Decame commander of the 2nd District two
years ago almost to the day.
Lanier has appointed Mark V. Carter Sr. acting commander of the
2nd District. He Toined the Metropolitan Police Department in 1983
as a patrol officer in the 3rd District. He was promoted to sergeant and
assigned to the Mth District in 1991. fn 1997 he was promoted to the
rank of lieutenant. fn 2007, he was promoted to captain and assigned
to serve in his most recent capacity as deputy director of the
Metropolitan Police Academy.
The Citi\ens Association of 'eorgetown wishes SolDerg the Dest
in his new endeavors. And in an odd yet timely twist, our association
had already scheduled a presentation of an award of appreciation for
his efforts in keeping 'eorgetown safe for its residents. We will present the award on May 12 at the association8s annual meeting. Please
come out to help eOpress our gratitude to Cmdr. Andy SolDerg.
— Denise R. Cunningham
Georgetown Business Association
Part of the mission of the 'eorgetown Business Association is to
Dring issues that are important to 'eorgetown Dusinesses to the attention of local leaders. We work with our memDership to learn aDout
issues that affect day-to-day operations and aDout larger community
trends that can help improve the Dusiness environment. Our monthly
networking receptions provide a chance to discuss these issues and
work together toward improving the community as a whole.
The April networking reception will take place tonight at the home
of Ward 2 Council memDer Eack Evans. This is the perfect opportunity to Decome more involved in the association, whether you are a
Dusiness owner, employee, resident or university representative. The
association works to provide our memDers with direct access to leaders like Evans Decause we strongly Delieve that Dy creating coalitions
with local officials we can improve 'eorgetown for all memDers of
the community ` Dusinesses, residents and representatives of the
university alike. We Delieve that, as leaders in one of the most powerful Dusiness communities in the country, we have an opportunity to
influence the puDlic dialogue to create changes that will positively
impact all memDers of our community.
Please take advantage of the networking reception tonight as an
opportunity to engage in dialogue with fellow Dusiness representatives and Council memDer Evans on issues that affect you and your
Dusiness. For event details, visit georgetown.Di\.
— Beth Dagi
suggested that the design of the
new antennas at the 'ateway
'eorgetown Condominiums, 2M00
Q St., make them as inconspicuous
as possiDle.
■ continued to have concerns aDout
the overall si\e and massing of the
proposed new side and rear additions at 32M9 R St. The commission
also had reservations aDout the
amount of glass in the new addition.
■
requested that the D.C.
Department of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs immediately
conduct an inspection at 30@M N St.,
a multifamily residence, to advise
the commission, applicant and
neighDors on the proTect8s fire safety, structural staDility and permit
compliance.
The applicants propose window
replacements, an areaway enlargement, roof replacement and skylights, and the proTect is already in
progress. The commission noted
that if after two weeks, issues
Detween the applicant and neighDors
remain unresolved, the commission
will request that the Department of
Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
immediately stop all work on the
■
site pending resolution of the issues.
The commission will meet at
6:30 p.m. April 29 at
Georgetown
Visitation
Preparatory School, 1524 35th
St. NW.
For details, call 202-338-7@27 or
visit anc2e.com.
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For details, call 202-363-@130 or
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St.Albans lacrosse rides hard with a vengeance
■ Boys lacrosse:
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THE CURRENT
Northwest Sports
NCS lacrosse hopes the best is yet to come
By DAVE O’CONNELL
If you want to win the
Independent School League’s AA
division in girls lacrosse, you’ve got
two options.
cou can either throw your
weight around like 13-time defending champion St. Stephen’s & St.
Agnes, or you can be like National
Cathedral and wait around for your
talent to bloom.
“I’ve coached these girls since
they were in seventh grade and I
knew they were going to be good,”
said National Cathedral coach ]ane
DeGrenier. “I’m very excited to get
to this point. We’re here and now
we just have to make things happen.”
Why is the coach excitedd
Because she’s got a lucky 13 of her
own: Thirteen of her players will
become seniors next year, a wealth
of experience that might finally put
National Cathedral over the top.
But for now, the expectations are
modest, with DeGrenier aiming for
a top-five finish this season as a
springboard to title contention in
2009. “I think this year we’re aiming to flip our record from O-9 last
season to 9-O or 10-3,” she said. “I
think that’s realistic, given what we
have and what the other teams
have.”
So far, National Cathedral is off
to a 3-1 start, opening the season by
throttling St. Andrew’s, BethesdaChevy Chase and St. Mary’s Ryken
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in its ISL AA opener Thursday at
Bullis was a bit of a comedown, but
the good news was that one of
DeGrenier’s
juniors,
Helen
Conaghan, continued to impress.
The midfielder scorched the
Bulldogs for three goals, boosting
her total to 17 on the season.
“She’s very competitive,” said
DeGrenier. “She finds a way to get
the job done. I coach her in field
hockey and lacrosse and she’s just
that kind of kid.”
Another junior, Angelica Acosta,
is also getting the job done, with
three-goal performances against St.
Mary’s Ryken and St. Andrew’s
giving her seven on the year. She
also has two assists. “She’s creating
SOFTBALL
From Page 11
fifth brought in Maret’s other run, as the Frogs finished
with 11 hits on the afternoon.
As for the Mighty Hoppers, they started out strong,
with Pockros’ hit and two big defensive plays keeping
them in the ballgame until the killer sixth inning.
Maret’s Claire Gittleman threatened to score on a Lucy
Dana wild pitch in the second, but Pockros quickly
retrieved the ball and tossed it back to Dana at home
plate for the tag to keep the Frogs G5-1J off the board.
Becker’s two-out RBI bunt single in the fourth should
have kept the inning alive for another Maret batter, but
Duffy overran third base and couldn’t get back in time
to beat the tag.
Those alert plays made the score O-0 instead of 60 and gave the Hoppers a chance to pull even in the
fifth. Molly Appelbaum led off by reaching first on
LACROSSE
From Page 11
April 27, 2008, SUNDAY, 4pm–8pm
Practice makes perfect, and the NCS girls have had plenty of it under
longtime lacrosse coach Jane DeGrenier.
past the Ireton goalie from a few
yards out for a O-1 halftime advantage.
“We play together all the time, so
I like to think we know each other
well,” Balaban said of the scoring
combination. “We like to beat the
other team with just us.”
]ust us was just fine for St.
Albans in the third period, as the
Balaban-McUillop duo teamed up
again for a goal less than three min-
a lot and making a lot happen,” said
DeGrenier. “She’s quick and speedy
and able to get a lot of ground-ball
pickups.” ]uniors Natalie Dugan G10
goalsJ and Alison Courtney G6J
round out the top four scorers.
Four seniors, all captains, complement this junior-heavy lineup,
with Adele Hedden notching 21
saves thus far as starting goalie.
“She’s been our starter for three
years, but she’s really upped her
level of play this year,” said
DeGrenier.
National Cathedral faced 11-0
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Tuesday
afternoon in a game that concluded
too late for this edition. The Eagles
will host Holy Child on Thursday.
an error and moving over to third on a pair of wild
pitches by Sealander. Pockros then drove in
Appelbaum by blasting a single off Sealander’s right
glove, and when Chelsea Wood drew a walk, the
Hoppers had the tying run at the plate in the form of
Sara Wallace. And while Wallace was the only runner
to reach base against Becker, she was no match
against Sealander, grounding out to first to end the
threat.
Even with the loss, Georgetown Day coach Uaren
Epstein still has high expectations for her Hoppers. “I
see us competing for the banner in our division and giving everybody in the upper division a good game,” she
said.
On Friday, it was Georgetown Visitation’s turn to
give Maret a good game, with the Cubs G6-3J handing
the Frogs their first loss of the season, 1-0. Becker had
a complete-game two-hitter, but Visitation pitcher Uatie
Uolbe trumped her with an 18-strikeout, one-hit performance.
utes in, this time with Balaban doing
the scoring honors. Balaban would
find the net again in the fourth,
while McUillop tacked on two second-half goals to pick up a hat trick
of his own. Miller chipped in with
two assists.
“We always tell our guys that the
good teams put it away in the third
quarter,” said Lester. “That’s the
focus for us. Every quarter is important, but a goal or two early in the
second half can put the game out of
reach.”
Next up for St. Albans is a Friday
showdown at St. Stephen’s & St.
Agnes, from whom the Bulldogs
kept the Interstate Athletic
Conference banner out of reach last
season with a thrilling 7-6 doubleovertime win in the championship
game. Even though the Saints have
plummeted to 1-9 overall and 0-3 in
conference play, Lester is wary of
them, especially with his team still
trying to gain traction in the conference at 1-2.
“They’re solid and wellcoached,” he said of his upcoming
opponent. “They’ve lost a number
of seniors, but everyone in this conference is good.”
The People and Places of Northwest Washington
April 16, 2008 ■ Page 13
HOME & GARDEN
ALL FORM,
NO SUBSTANCE
David Brown
Stones at Uptown?
Craggy but good
M
uch is made of the rich
cultural offerings
Washington offers to visitors. And much is taken for granted
by its residents. We live here. That’s
what we do.
Last week I rediscovered one of
our city’s treasures. And if you
haven’t been in a while, now is a
great time to go. I went to the
Uptown Theatre to see “Shine a
Light,” the new Rolling Stones concert film by Martin Scorsese. Go see
it tonight. And make sure to see it at
the Uptown. You can skip
“American Idol” for once. Trust me,
you won’t miss a thing.
Any self-respecting reader of this
newspaper has surely been to the
Uptown. So you really don’t need
me to tell you that it’s Washington’s
greatest film
venue. It’s an
old-school
movie
palace: only
one theater,
850 seats, a
balcony and
the biggest
screen this
side of an
IMAM. The Uptown will scare your
children. It eats multiplexes for
breakfast.
When I first moved to Dupont
Circle in 2001, there were three
movie theatres located a short walk
from my home. The Janus 3 on
Connecticut closed in 2002, though
it lives on for me as the only movie
theater I’ve ever been in with
obstructed-view seating (remember
the pillar?). Visions Cinema Bistro
Lounge, which made most art-house
joints look like your typical shopping-mall cineplex, closed its funky
Florida Avenue doors in 2004. And
Dupont’s sole remaining theater, the
Dupont Circle 5, just south of the
circle on 19th, closed in January.
Every movie theater in Dupont is
dark. Dead. Six feet under. And I
spit on their collective grave. Who
needs _em? Their tiny screens barely eclipsed most big-screen TVs.
Their thin walls bled sound, or at
least they would have if any of
those theaters ever showed an
eardrum-shattering action film. But
no, they preferred to give us the latest Jane Austen adaptation or
The Uptown
will scare
your children.
It eats
multiplexes
for breakfast.
See Uptown/Page 18
A D.C. design
Georgetown show house unites
where others tend to divide
By CAROL BUCKLEY
Current Correspondent
T
he charity showcase home is a difficult
beast. It often poses as a graceful, sleek
thing but in reality usually resembles
one of those head-of-this, tail-of-that Frankenmonsters of mythology. Or, to continue the
classical theme, a serpent of which each head
is an overdecorated room that pretends all the
other headsarooms
don’t exist.
A classicizing
element does run
through
Georgetown’s D.C.
Design House, but it
is fortunately not of
the monstrous variety. The 15 designers
who offered their
services to benefit
the Children’s
National Medical
Center appear to
have been aware —
if not positively
accommodating — of each other’s designs.
For instance, allusions to the antique in the
living room constitute a call-and-response
relationship with another ground-floor gathering space. The living room, designed by Basha
White, features a 19th-century apothecary’s
pestle, used here as a planter, atop a cream
column. That pairing is answered on the opposite end of the house in the sitting room,
designed by Craig Henson. There a sculpted
torso twists on a supporting Lucite plinth.
Beth Cope/The Current
Show house rooms, clockwise from top left: It’s a
secret-garden-goes-preppy theme in the girl’s room; a
sheep picture adds whimsy to the confection of a dining
room; and the sitting room’s green-and-brown palette
reflects environmental trends, says the designer.
The pairing invites comparison between the
spaces. Formal symmetry defines the living
room: Two klismos chairs are separated by a
leather-wrapped waterfall coffee table from a
sofa. The look is far from staid, however; linen
wallpaper and a giant pewter chandelier introduce casual materials into the space, and a
contemporary sculpture drags the eye to its silver-leafed cubby. “We think of it as surrealist,”
Tom Preston of Basha White Interiors said of
the attention-grabbing teapot-cum-portrait
bust. “We just love the fantasy of it.”
The seating in Henson’s room is more
fluid. A small-scale apartment sofa from Lee
Industries is joined by an enveloping wingback chair. A palette of brown and green
reflects for the designer “the current environmental movement. Everyone wants green
now.”
Uniformly painted walls assist the soothing
room. The designer said of his decision to
See Design House/Page 18
FAVORITE PLACES
More than art: National Gallery offers refuge from elements
By LAURA SCHAEFER
I
t was insufferably hot that
July Fourth. I remember
because in a moment of
foolishness I had chosen to wear
jeans. It was a couple of years
ago, and a group of us had caravanned from Fairfax to D.C. for
the fireworks display. We
arrived early to beat the afternoon rush and wandered the
perimeter of the Mall. Even as
the sun’s piercing rays grew
more and more unbearable, we
enjoyed watching various street
performers. Someone suggested
taking a respite in the National
Gallery of Art, and we sluggishly made our way to the 6th
Street and Constitution Avenue
entrance.
Entering the grand marble
building, where the sun could
no longer fatigue us, was like
drinking cool water. The whispered conversations that surrounded me under the protection
of the great rotunda were soothing; I immediately calmed
among the grand columns and
halls. Once our sticky bodies
felt refreshed enough, we joined
the mingling throngs and headed into the main hallway. From
here we disbanded, allowing
our curiosity to lead us, for this
museum is most ideally suited
to quiet, solo reflections.
I opted to turn right and
meander down the West
Laura Schaefer came to D.C. for
July 4 fireworks but found another attraction.
Sculpture Hall. The gallery’s
space is designed to flow from
the earliest works to the latest,
and so I began with pre-15thcentury Italian works. The items
I found there were enjoyed
mostly by the upper class and
took after earlier Greek and
Roman styles. As I continued
along, the scope of nations represented grew to include
Spanish and French works of
the 17th century.
I allowed myself to progress
through the gallery with the
crowd and found myself entering one of the museum’s permanent exhibitions: the Dutch
Cabinet Galleries. These rooms
are dedicated solely to display
Dutch and Flemish paintings.
Grand portrayals of sea and
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One stop on the Old Tenleyto8n
tour is the t8o ?loc>s of Jrant
Woad that are designated as a historic district9 :t2s the ?est surviving
eLample of the type of country
road that used to crisscross the
D9C9 area ?efore the X2Ynfant plan
8as eLtended out8ard9 Raendler, a
resident of the historic district 8ho
participated in the research for its
designation, calls it Na thro8?ac>
to a ?ygone era9P
A tour on Saturday from 9 to 11
a9m9 eLplores a hidden gem of
D9C9, the Florida (or Capital City)
!ar>et, 8ith ?utcher shops, fruit
mar>ets, seafood vendors and ethnic-food stores9 N:t2s the >ind of
place that2s ?een hospita?le to people of different ethnicities for
decades, although the miL has
changed,P says ur?an revitali[ation
consultant Wichard Xayman, 8ho
?logs a?out the mar>et at capitalcitymar>et9?logspot9com9
:f you2ve moved here from else8here, the Florida !ar>et might ?e
the >ind of place you complain that
other cities have and D9C9 lac>s9
:t2s easy to ?e una8are of it9 This
reporter shops regularly at A9
Xitteri2s, the :talian specialty store
on the periphery of the mar>et
8here the tour ?egins9 But someho8 : have never eLplored further
0 and : discovered that my hus?and had no idea it eListed9
This doesn2t surprise Xayman9
N:t2s a ?unch of old ?uildings and
Frank Haendler will lead a tour of Tenleytown, the second-oldest
settlement in the city, on April 26 as part of WalkingTown, DC, a
weekend of free walking tours. Details are at walkingtowndc.com.
8arehouses that2s not set up li>e a
Jiant,P he says9 N:t2s not really legi?le9P Part of his goal is to ma>e
tourgoers feel comforta?le enough
to come ?ac> and shop 0 ?ecause,
as he says, it2s an interesting place
Nand you can get great prices9 :n
Fe?ruary, they 8ere selling honeyde8 melons for a ?uc>9P
The Ta>oma neigh?orhood is
not only another unli>ely tourist
destination, ?ut also one that may
ma>e you thin> N!aryland,P even
though the !etro conductor al8ays
reminds you that Ta>oma is the last
stop in the District9 Ta>oma straddled the ?order from the very
?eginning, says Diana ]ohn, mem?er of the ?oard of Ristoric
Ta>oma, 8ho 8ill lead the tour
Sunday from 10 a9m9 to noon (meet
at the !etro)9 And although the
issues have changed over the years,
its activist history goes ?ac> to the
start, too 0 its founder2s first ?usiness 8as a temperance lunchroom9
Yven though :2ve ?een going to
Ta>oma nearly every 8ee>end for
more than 10 years, : had no idea
until no8 that it has a D9C9 ?ranch
li?rary, much less that it 8as the
first one in the system9 And the
story of the li?rary2s origin places
Ta>oma sûarely in the D9C9 political tradition: A local citi[en convinced Andre8 Carnegie to give a
`40,000 grant to ?uild the ?ranch9
NBut it too> from 190T to b10 to
actually get it ?uilt, ?ecause they
had to get Congress to agree to
release the funds,P says ]ohl9
The later history of this fine
?uilding is a perhaps-timely
reminder that economic ?ad times
can have an upside9 N:n 19Fc, they
8anted to tear it do8n, ?ut fortunately there 8as no money to ?uild
a ne8 one,P says ]ohl9
:f you2re interested in history
that really goes 8ay ?ac>, nothing
?eats the tour led ?y Callan
Bentley, professor of geology at
Northern dirginia Community
College, called NRistory Before
Ristory: The Jeologic Saga of
Washington, DCP on Saturday
from 1 to 4 p9m9
NPeople 8al> ?y every day and
have no idea of the incredi?le stories loc>ed 8ithin these roc>s,P
says Bentley9
!odern D9C9 life may seem
calm for a change compared 8ith
the drama of tectonic plates and the
fact that underlying our city is 8hat
Bentley calls Nthe mangled corpse
of this ancient ocean ?asin9P And
you can see it all right in Woodley
Par> and Adams !organ9
!ore information is at
Wal>ingto8nDC9com9 All tours are
free and 8ill ta>e place rain or
shine9 A fe8, including the geology
tour, reûire advance reservations9
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Spotlight on Schools
Annunciation School
Today, students will have the
honor of singing “Happy Birthday”
to Pope Benedict <VI? He will be
81 years old. This is Pope
Benedict’s first visit to the United
States, and he will visit D.C. and
New York City. The whole school
has worked very hard with our
School DISPATCHES
music teacher, Mrs. Daniels, to sing
“Happy Birthday” in German, the
Pope’s native language, and Latin
and English.
We have been preparing for the
pope’s visit to D.C. in many other
ways. Many grades have done special projects to learn more about
him. The eighth grade wrote creative messages on what we believe
the pope will learn during his trip
to the United States. Seventhgraders made a timeline of the
pope’s life and studied the many
popes in the history of the Roman
Catholic Church. The fourth grade
created a world map identifying
where Catholics have lived in the
world. Third-graders created a storyboard with papal trivia. And the
lower grades drew their own interpretation of what Pope Benedict
<VI looks like.
— Andrea Lopez and Isabel
Yuri, eighth-graders
Beauvoir School
On April 2, our class toured
famous monuments and visited
other sights in our area. We visited the White House, Washington
Monument, Jefferson Memorial,
Lincoln Memorial and Iwo Jima
Memorial. We learned that Harry
Truman’s daughter liked to play
the piano in the White House.
One day while she was playing,
the piano fell through the second
floor and crashed to the floor
below. There was so much damage that the president and his
family moved to Blair House
across the street while everything
was being fixed.
We also learned that the
Washington Monument is the
tallest structure in D.C. It took a
very long time to build because
construction had to stop when all
the workers left to fight in the Civil
War. After the war ended, the work
continued, but they used a slightly
different type of stone, and today,
you can see the place on the monument where the workers restarted
construction.
We really enjoyed visiting the
Jefferson and Lincoln memorials.
Jefferson was famous for finishing
the U.S. Constitution, and Lincoln
was famous for freeing the slaves.
The Arlington National
Cemetery is where people who
served our country are buried, and
there are graves as far as you can
see. We watched the changing of
the guards who protect the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier.
Our last stop was for a picnic
lunch at Iwo Jima, a monument
built to honor our brave soldiers
who fought and won one of the
bloodiest battles of World War II.
We learned a lot about our history
and city.
— William Boggs, third-grader
Wednesday, their math teacher
]uizzes them on their set of cards.
You have to complete a number of
]uestions under a certain amount of
time to jump to the next level. If
you work hard, you get to move up
to the next level or next set of
cards.
— Samantha Shapiro,
third-grader
Blessed Sacrament School
Ms. Blanco is teaching fourthgraders about famous artists, such
as Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo
Picasso. We also have to draw,
paint or sculpt a piece another artist
has done.
In the fifth grade, students
recently went on a field trip to the
National Gallery of Art. The point
of the trip was to help us understand the elements of art. Students
took part in activities that involved
artists such as Alexander Calder. In
one activity, the students made
sculptures out of wire. Calder used
wire to create much of his work, so
using wire was a good way to learn
about his art.
Soon the entire school will participate in our annual Levie Arts
Festival, which is also known as
“week of the arts.”
— Fred Kardos, fourth-grader,
and Vincent Kardos, fifth-grader
Deal Middle School
Deal students proved they are
winners through the history and
science fairs and the spelling bee.
Twenty-two students won honorable mentions in the city’s science
fair and yielded placement in nine
out of the 12 project categories. In
the National History Day event, 2[
students will move on from the
schoolwide competition to the citywide contest, which will take place
April 2\. In the citywide spelling
bee, which took place March 18,
Deal students won third and fifth
places.
Deal’s six-member debate team
won the debate competition in D.C.
and will travel to California to participate in the National Debate
Tournament, which will take place
this Friday. The students will discuss topics such as a possible discontinuation of the penny and
whether high school students
should be re]uired to learn a second language in order to graduate.
— Austen Hamilton,
eighth-grader
Eaton Elementary
Our class just went on a field
trip to the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center.
We split into groups of eight, and
each group went to different stations. One of our activities was to
catch fish in a special way. Two
people went out into the Rhode
River in waterproof pants with a
net and then came back to shore.
We hoped to find fish in the net.
We caught silversides and
anchovies. We even got to touch
the fish.
In another activity, we took
water samples and then studied the
phytoplankton and zooplankton
under microscopes in the lab. We
also tested the water using a spe-
Holy Trinity School
Caroline Holtz founded the Washington Girls Chorus when she
saw cuts reducing arts offerings in many area schools.
Sidwell music teacher
launches girls chorus
By TERESA G. GIONIS
W
hen Caroline Holtz
launched the
Washington Girls
Chorus last fall, she didn’t ]uite
know what to expect.
A veteran choral director
with a decade of experience,
including seven years at Sidwell
Friends Middle School, Holtz
wanted to create something
uni]ue in D.C. — a choral
group for girls that was not
affiliated with any school.
“I had thought about doing
this for some time,” said Holtz,
“particularly when I became
aware of how budget cuts were
eliminating arts programs in
local schools.”
When Holtz first moved to
the Washington area around
nine years ago, she landed a job
teaching music with Arlington
County Public Schools. “I was
there for just one year before
funding was eliminated,” she
recalled.
Holtz moved on to Sidwell,
to a job she still has and still
loves. But she says she wanted
to do more for the community.
“Last year my mother finally
asked me if I was going to do
this thing or just keep talking
about it,” she said. “So I decided to give it a shot.”
Once Holtz made her decision, she spent time building
her Web site and securing a
practice space. “Then I just put
the word out there,” she said. “I
put notices announcing auditions on community bulletin
boards, like those in the local
Whole Foods, and tried to build
awareness through word of
mouth.”
The response caught her
completely by surprise, and it
has proved to be her greatest
challenge.
“I thought 1[ would be a
great number to start with,” she
said with a laugh. Instead, nearly [0 girls and their families
re]uested auditions.
Sidwell fifth-grader Joelle
Jackson auditioned because she
didn’t play an instrument and
wanted to try to use her voice as
one, according to her mother,
Carlene Jackson. It has been a
transforming experience,
Carlene said.
“Caroline Holtz is so professional — she has such incredibly high standards and works so
hard with these girls,” said
Jackson. “It has allowed my
daughter to really blossom.”
Now, eight months into its
inaugural season, the
Washington Girls Chorus has
c0 members, ages 8 through 1c,
from five different area schools.
The group is divided into a
training chorus and a more
advanced concert chorus. Holtz
anticipates growing by 20 percent next year, and would like
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On March _1, 11 members of
our sixth-grade homeroom walked
to St. John’s Episcopal Church on
O Street in Georgetown, where
there are activities and lunch for
senior citizens. We served lunch
and ate with the senior citizens. It
was fun because they were all so
nice to talk with. After everyone
was finished eating, we helped
clear the table and washed the
plates in the church’s kitchen. The
seniors all smiled and said thank
you.
Then we handed out desserts to
them. Everyone enjoyed the
desserts. After we cleaned up, the
seniors went to listen to music that
was performed by two ladies. They
said goodbye and waved as we left.
When we were done, we felt like
we had just done something nice
for our neighbors in Georgetown.
We would all love to do it again as
a whole class.
— Jessica Burke and
Alayna Kelly, sixth-graders
Key Elementary
The DC-CAS standardized
achievement test is almost here. In
three weeks, third- through fifthgraders will take this important test.
The test does not affect grades, but
tests what the students have been
studying all year. We will be tested
on math and language arts for two
days each. Fifth-graders also have
to take a science section.
Three DC-BAS tests lead up to
the DC-CAS. They are all pretty
difficult, but not as difficult as the
DC-CAS. The DC-CAS is difficult
because there are more ]uestions
and it’s more detailed. If you are in
fifth grade, you have to take this
test three times and you get used to
it.
We have a school newspaper
called The Lock, which recently
produced its first issue. Fourthgrade student teacher Ms. Shandly
runs it. One of the kids in the newspaper group said that the next
sports article will be on the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association and how the Kansas
Jayhawks beat the Memphis Tigers.
The newspaper team consists of
third- through fifth-graders.
— Jack Walters, fourth-grader,
and Michael Avery, fifth-grader
Kingsbury
cial chemical.
— Mica Carroll and Raine
McKeython, fourth-graders
Georgetown Day School
We recently had “jumping day.”
This is not the kind of jumping that
defies gravity. Instead, it involves
math? Jumping is a math challenge
that involves special math cards.
Students get a deck to practice
with at home and then each
Middle school flag football is
under way at Kingsbury, but unfortunately, our numbers are down. In
past years, football was one of the
main sports at the school, but this
year, only six people have attended
multiple practices. This year’s
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football season might be canceled
due to the fact that not many peo4
ple are showing up at practices.
8art of the problem is that many
students on the previous team have
gone on to high school or graduat4
ed and left for college. :nother
part of the problem is that this year
flag football is in the spring and
not in the fall like last year.
:ll of that aside, =>m looking
forward to this season and hope to
win the championship game. =
think if we can get it together, we
can have a great team. = think our
new coach is great and is going to
take us all the way. ?ome of the
drills we do are really helping us
become a team. @e are starting to
gel as a team.
— Sari Arafat, middle-schooler
Lafayette Elementary
@ednesday after @ednesday,
the cafeteria is full of sweaty, hot
siAth4graders working their feet off
for the annual B:frican Cnsemble.D
En Fay G, their hard work will pay
off. =n music class, students have
been preparing rhythms, dances
and songs in small ensembles. =n
art class, students have been mak4
ing :frican masks. ?tudents also
have been rehearsing fables.
?everal years ago, the teachers
wanted to do a fun proHect that
incorporated a lot of subHects.
:frica was a main part of the cur4
riculum, so they came up with this
event. =t>s still a maHor siAth4grade
tradition, even though the curricu4
lum has changed somewhat.
=n its fourth year, the :frican
Cnsemble is better than ever,
according to some teachers. Fs.
Iackie ?nowden, the siAth4grade
science and social studies teacher,
said she thinks that this year>s class
is learning the dances much quick4
er than classes did in past years.
Fusic teacher Kebecca ?tump said,
B=t>s going very, very well. = think
it>s going to be the best show ever.
= say that every year, but it>s trueLD
Fs. ?nowden said she has
always thought highly of this event.
B@hen you can have a venue for
children to demonstrate all that
they>ve learned in a performance of
this magnitude, then it makes you
proud to be a teacher and proud of
your students. Mot to mention that
it>s fun.D
— Hannah Gellman,
sixth-grader
Lowell School
The fourth grade has been
growing wild celery, a type of grass
found in the freshwater marshes of
the Ohesapeake Pay that is endan4
gered by pollution. @e are partici4
pating in the Ohesapeake Pay
Qoundation>s BRrasses for the
FassesD program. The program
gives you all the supplies to plant
the seeds, including a filter, tubs,
lamps, sand, soil and a thermome4
ter.
Eur class worked in two
groups to plant the grass. Cach
group got a tray for planting. Then
we miAed soil and sand together
and filled the trays with it. :fter
that, we put the seeds in water and
spread a layer of the seeds and
water on top of the sand and soil.
Then we put a thin layer of sand
on that so the seeds wouldn>t float
away when we put the trays in
tubs of water. @e filled big tubs
with water, covered the trays with
?aran @rap and slowly put the
trays into the tubs. @e put lamps
over the tubs as a light source. The
grass has sprouted, and some
blades are S to T inches tall. The
only problem has been that algae
has been growing and has to be
cleaned out every day.
En Fay S, we will send the
trays back to the foundation, and
they will put them in the bay. Eur
teacher, Ioni Uuckuck, said, BThis
has been a terrific proHect because
it has been fun and educational. =t
is a hands4on way to use the scien4
tific method while giving back to
the environment.D
— Sita Strother, fourth-grader
Mann Elementary
The third grade has planted
seeds in our science garden.
Kadishes and lettuce have begun to
sprout. There are also grubs, rolly
pollys Vpill bugsW, worms and other
creatures in the dirt. The fairy
houses from the fall are starting to
disappear. Mow everybody is look4
ing for bugs.
=n readers> theater, we present
plays, fables, myths and even
poems very dramatically. =t>s like a
little show. Cverybody has a group,
and the groups practice their lines
and then recite them in front of the
class.
Eur class has a pet frog named
Uiwi. ?he is sweet and eats crick4
ets. Two students feed Uiwi. Ene
pours the crickets, and the other
cleans out the water. @e get the
crickets from the science room.
Eur frog was named seven years
ago by a third4grader named Faya.
?he named the frog Uiwi because
kiwis have brown skin and green
fruit.
@e recently finished our rain4
forest unit.
— Camille McDermott and
Astero Skilras, third-graders
Maret School
8hysical education is the best
subHect at school. Eur teachers are
eAtremely nice and pick the best
games. The games are really athlet4
ic and fun. The most fun game in
physical education is BIackpot.D
:nother favorite game of ours is
BXula Xut Throw4Yown.D This is a
game in which we build huts out of
Xula Xoops. @e try to hit other
people>s huts with foam balls and
knock them down. 8eople try to
block the balls with their hands.
8hysical education is intense and
awesome.
— Julian Dawson, Julia
Calomiris, Zack Kreisberg and
Anjali Barrett, second-graders
National Cathedral School
(upper school)
Ene of the unique aspects of our
school is its continued connection
to alumnae. Ourrent Huniors and
seniors were recently fortunate
enough to participate in this year>s
BOareers Yay,D held before spring
break. Fany alumnae returned to
the school to host panels and talk
about their professions. The girls
each chose to attend two out of
eight possible panels, which includ4
ed B?cience and Cngineering,D
BIournalism and FediaD and
BTechnology.D
:fter the panels, everyone
assembled to hear some of the
alumnae who have started their
own businesses speak about entre4
preneurship. The women all spoke
about how their time at Mational
Oathedral ?chool prepared them for
college and life as a working adult.
Oareers Yay has been a success for
GZ years.
— Libby Ulman, 11th-grader
National Presbyterian
School
=n fifth4grade social studies, we
are going to study the rise and
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spread of =slam. =n math, we are
multiplying fractions, miAed num4
bers, Btop4heavyD fractions and
whole numbers. @e are also going
deeper into the concept of the par4
tial products method. =n science,
we are studying insects and how to
observe things. @e are also work4
ing on a proHect called the BFillion
Yollar 8roHect,D where you are
BgrantedD [G million and have to
tell the class how you would spend
it.
=n reading, we currently have
our faces stuck in a book called B:
8roud Taste for ?carlet and
Finiver.D =n writing, we are writ4
ing essays about the fall of the
Koman Cmpire. =n art, we are
depicting peace in our own words
and pictures for an event. =n music,
we are composing songs with a
computer program.
— Michael Stevenson,
fifth-grader
Ross Elementary
Kecently the fifth4 and siAth4
graders had theater classes with
Fs. :udra. @e played a lot of
games with her. ?he is from the
@ashington Theatre \egacy
8roHect. @e also recently went to
the Uennedy Oenter to see a pro4
duction of BUite on the @ind] :
Tale of 8akistan.D Qrom Fs.
:udra>s classes, we found out that
we all have a natural talent for the
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theater.
There was also recently a stu4
dent council bake sale. =t was a
huge success. Cverything was sold
within ^_ minutes. @e raised a lot
of money for 8ilar, a former stu4
dent who is now in the hospital.
— Mario Velasquez, fifth-grader
Shepherd Elementary
Xere at ?hepherd, there is now a
new poetry clubL =t gives students a
chance to eApress their feelings
through poetry. They read some of
their poems to the rest of the club,
and other students give the reader
constructive criticism.
The club also reads from books
such as ?hel ?ilverstein>s B@here
the ?idewalk Cnds.D They also get
advice from a book called BXow to
@rite 8oetry.D
=n other news, Uelly
`nderwood won seventh place in
the citywide geography bee. This
brings her into the finals.
— Summer and Shauna Durant,
sixth-graders
Sheridan School
Qifth4graders are learning about
?hakespeare. They have read
?hakespeare>s greatest plays a
BXamlet,D BFacbethD and BKomeo
and Iuliet.D En Fay G^, they will
perform scenes from BXamletD at
the Qolger Theatre, as part of the
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DESIGN HOUSE
little girl. The poppy-pink and leaf-green color scheme
was fearlessly followed, up to and including a green
ceiling. “It’s a hard sell to a client,” said Neale. “But it
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always makes such a difference.” And it does here,
capping off the secret-garden-goes-preppy scheme of
paint the substantial millwork, “It’s much more calmthe room defined by walls upholstered in a luscious
ing not to have those sharp divides, and I wanted this
Osborne and Sittle floral.
to be a calming room.”
Trends almost seemed
Showcase homes are about
beside the point, however, in
incipient trends as much as
certain rooms. The master bedclassic design, of course, and
room is a refined pale-aquathe D.C. Design House is no
and-cream retreat with gold
exception. Matte gold adds a
accents. Designer Kelley
metallic dimension to a linear
Proxmire updated that classic
lamp and cocktail tables in
1950s palette with crisp tailorHenson’s sitting room. “I’ve
ing and dramatic bed draping
been doing chrome and nickel
for a modern yet timeless look.
forever. It’s time for something
“This isn’t a room you’ll have
new,” he said.
to redo after a few years,” said
Something new in Dana
Proxmire.
Tydings’ powder room and
Indeed, for these prices,
Michael Roberson’s kitchen is
who wouldg White, for exama penchant for hand-painted
ple, gave as a rough estimate
wall design. An oversized and
of the cost of her living room
off-center damask in the pow$150,000, including artwork.
der room echoes the white
Beth Cope/The Current
Those looking for inspiradamask wallpaper that unites
tion at a less-rarefied price
the ground and second floors
Designers eschewed overstuffed seats,
point will still find gems here.
of the home, and scattered
with single-cushion sofas in the living
In the guest room Page Palmer
daisies add a touch of whimsy
(above) and sitting rooms, and a singleframed three pieces of trim,
to the decidedly nonwhimsical cushion banquette in the dining room.
angling them in a way remiPread: loads of marbleQ
niscent of regatta stripes, for
kitchen.
an easy and not overly literal interpretation of a nautiThe D.C. Design House strikes the latest blow in
cal theme. Mitchell’s dining room is an object lesson
the ongoing designers’ battle against overstuffed and
in adding humor to a room: A giant black and white
oversize upholstered furniture. Not only have these
photo of a sheep looms over the so-pretty-it-hurts
designers scaled their seating perfectly to the 1840s
home, with not a bit of batting straining against seams, lavender and mint-green dining setting that gestures at
Victorian England. A club chair in Susan Beimler’s
they have even excised multiple cushions in the quest
basement media room is outfitted in a men’s-suitingfor a clean and uninterrupted line.
inspired plaid. With the untreated pine walls i salSingle-cushion sofas in the living room and sitting
vaged from the home during renovation i the impact
room are joined by a single-cushion custom banquette
is masculine and clubby, but not overwhelmingly so.
in David Mitchell’s confection of a dining room.
Tickets for the design house, located at 3014 P St.
Henson tried to explain the decision in democratic
NW, cost $20 and can be purchased online at
terms. “With multiple cushions, someone always gets
DCDesignHouse.com or at the door. The house will be
the crack. This way, everyone’s comfortable\”
open Saturday through May 11 i from noon to 5 p.m.
After you’ve thrown away the excess padding on
Saturday and Sunday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
your sofas, you can implement other lessons from this
Tuesday through Friday. The house will also be a feayear’s design home. To begin, look up.
tured stop on the Georgetown House Tour and the
“People always neglect the ceiling,” said Victoria
Georgetown Garden Tour.
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country captured the crowd. I was
struck with the desire to go there,
wherever the “there” in the painting happened to be. Wanting to
share these stunning gems, I
sought out a friend to appreciate
them with me.
Then I set off on my own
toward the Monet exhibit. Since
first setting eyes on his “Madame
Monet and Her Son” many years
ago, I haven’t been able to forget
Madame Monet’s eyes gazing out
from behind her wisps of loose
hair. I spent a long time absorbing
Monet’s paintings. His bright colors and beautiful seaside collaborated with the coolness of the
museum to subdue the outside heat
still slightly present in my body.
Here our small party rallied
again, all of us eager to share our
favorite painting. I stifled surprise
at the enthusiasm we had for
UPTOWN
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Bernardo Bertolucci film festival
or nightly midnight showings of
“Donnie Darko.” The horror, the
horror ...
I’m not a big movie buff. I
prefer the cozy confines of my
living room or media room PbasementQ where I won’t be bothered
by the conversations and
Twizzler-wrapper rattlings of
strangers. But when I actually go
out and spend the big bucks for
the movie tickets and the tub o’
popcorn and the baby sitter, I
want a real cinematic experience:
big screen, big sound, big movie.
The Rptown delivers in ways my
basement never could.
And it delivered big two Fridays
ago. It was opening night for
“Shine a Sight.” I went in unsure
of what to expect. The concert
footage captured the Stones live in
2006 at New Work’s Beacon
Theatre. The Rolling Stones might
be the greatest rock Yn’ roll band of
all time, but they’re a tad long in
the tooth. They were an oldies act
25 years ago.
But when Scorsese puts you in
the front row, and Mick Jagger’s
lips are coming at you off that
screen like a couple of manatees,
and Keith Richards smacks that
first chord of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,”
if you don’t feel your pulse quicken and your feet start to move,
baby you must be dead Ycause you
sure ain’t livin’. Although I’m not
sure whether Keith himself is still
technically alive.
The Rptown’s massive screen
practically puts you on stage with
the band. Although given their
age and lifestyle, that can be a
scary proposition Pmy one-word
review: craggy\Q. But fear not.
Seeing a close-up of Richards’
face on a 40-foot screen is not as
horrifying as you might think^
whoever embalmed him did great
work. Jagger is the one that
something we normally have no
acquaintance with: art. Inside the
gallery, our party of twentysomethings was transformed into pseudo-experts, with each of us
intensely scrutinizing paintings
and then feigning an expertise we
certainly couldn’t back up with
real knowledge.
We contentedly meandered
toward the entrance, refreshed
and ready to face the July Fourth
heat once again. Our conversation
was peppered with painters and
paintings. We rallied around this
appreciation: Our little group of
friends, all with diverse backgrounds and interests, wholeheartedly agreed on the beauty
and special charm of the gallery. I
can’t recall now many of the
artists and exhibits featured that
day, and the paintings have
formed a colorful blur in my
mind, but I know that as I left the
National Gallery of Art that July
Fourth, my soul was ready to celebrate.
freaked me out. At one point I
thought I was watching my
grandmother sing “As Tears Go
By.”
But as brilliant as the images
were, the sound is what drives
this film. Mick’s histrionics and
aging voice notwithstanding,
these geezers can still play. The
Rptown’s surround speakers put
the crowd noise behind you and
the band right up in your face, as
if you were standing front and
center, amplifiers blowing the
hair right off your scalp.
Although judging by the audience, there wasn’t a lot of hair to
be blown. Set’s just say it was a
mature crowd.
And let me take a moment to
congratulate the folks at the
Rptown for cranking the volume
up to 11. This movie is supposed
to be loud, and it was. I would
have been disappointed had my
ears not been ringing a bit after
the show. Bravo.
If you’ve read reviews of
“Shine a Sight,” try to forget
them, and if you haven’t, don’t.
This is not a film to be ruined by
critics. It’s a rock concert, not
“Sawrence of Arabia.” Any critics underwhelmed by Scorsese’s
vision or bothered by the lack of
nuance in the band’s performance
deserves to have Ronnie Wood’s
Stratocaster smashed over their
head.
If you like the Stones, or once
liked them, I implore you to see
this film at the Rptown. Drag
your friends away from their laptops, have a few drinks in
Cleveland Park and get your
sorry behind to the theater. I
encourage you to clap, hoot and
holler after every song. Shout
“KEEEEEFFFF\\” every time
Keith Richards comes on the
screen. And when it’s over, run
out into Connecticut Avenue, stop
traffic, strut around and scream
the lyrics to “Satisfaction.” And
enjoy the rest of your evening in
jail.

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