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Vol. 11, No. 19 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
may 7, 2015
Council restores
funding for schools,
Fire Station 210
City councilors make
steady progress towards
FY 2016 budget approval
By Chris Teale
Alexandria’s budget for the
2016 fiscal year moved closer to
approval Monday night as city
councilors and staff completed
their final add/delete work session with little drama in City
Hall’s council chambers.
City councilors arrived at
the session following a preliminary discussion last week
when they decided upon a
number of ways to make use of
a combined $4.38 million surplus available from the operating and capital budgets. Based
on their conversations that
evening, city staff prepared a
revised and balanced list of appropriations for final approval.
Included in that revised
list is an additional $1 million
for Alexandria City Public
Schools, about $1.3 million
to staff Fire Station 210 on
the West End and $250,000
in contingent funds for the
Maury Schoolyard Initiative
set aside until there is a comprehensive plan for the project
and an agreement to allow the
city’s parks and recreation department to use the field outside of school hours.
$55,000 in extra funding
was approved for nonprofit
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PHOTO/ERICH WAGNER
Mayor Bill Euille (left), former Mayor Kerry Donley and Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg squared off Tuesday night in a debate ahead of Alexandria’s June 9 Democratic primary for mayor. Although candidates
discussed an array of topics, most of the sparring centered on issues of development.
Development
dominates
mayoral debate
Candidates trade
barbs on waterfront,
Mark Center
By Erich Wagner
photo/Chris Teale
a powerhouse returns Episcopal pitcher Ivy Houde
looks on after she hits a pop-up against St. Stephen’s and
St. Agnes in their last softball game of the regular season.
For the story, see page 16.
Alexandria’s three Democratic candidates for mayor
sparred Tuesday night in a debate that revolved around how
best to develop various neighborhoods across the Port City,
from the waterfront to Landmark and North Old Town.
Incumbent Mayor Bill Euille
will square off against Vice
Mayor Allison Silberberg and
former Mayor Kerry Donley
in the June 9 primary, which is
open to all voters, not just registered Democrats. According to
the Virginia Public Access Project, Euille leads in fundraising
with nearly $96,000 raised as
of the end of March, compared
with Donley’s $40,000 and Silberberg’s $21,000.
The Alexandria Democratic
Committee hosted the event in
the Francis Hammond Middle
School auditorium.
The theme of development
started with candidates’ opening statements, as Silberberg
echoed her refrain that projects
should be “thoughtful and appropriate” with respect to their
surrounding neighborhoods.
Donley and Euille both referred
to the need for infrastructure
spending in their openers,
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along Highland Place, Masonic View, Moncure Drive
and Putnam Place. New water main installations that
began in 2013 and 2014 will
continue along North Henry
and Prince streets as well as
Wheeler and Taney avenues.
The company will invest
more than $15 million in
2015 on its combined Virginia service areas.
“Replacing these water
mains, which range in age
from 60 to 100 years old,
represents Virginia American Water’s commitment to
Alexandria’s continued eco-
nomic prosperity and quality
of life for its residents,” said
William R. Walsh, president
of Virginia American Water,
in a statement. “It’s an important responsibility, and
we’re proud of our record of
proactive investment to improve water service reliability and fire protection for the
community. We also greatly appreciate everyone’s
cooperation and patience
while the system upgrades
are completed.”
Residents should expect
pipe installation to run anywhere from a few weeks to
six months as weather allows.
Construction hours will be
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to avoid
traffic disruption during the
heaviest commuting hours.
There will be no weekend
construction, and no streets
will be completely closed to
traffic as the company will
keep one lane open to allow
vehicles to pass.
The
company
said
temporary water service interruption should be expected
as new valves are installed
or crews need to cap off old
mains, but said residents and
businesses will receive at
least one day’s notice prior to
service disruption. It is normal for water to be discolored
and customers to experience
a temporary drop in water
pressure immediately after
work has been completed.
The company advises customers to let the tap run until
their water runs clear.
Virginia American Water
has
made
representatives available for customer
questions and concerns at 1-800452-6563.
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deaths during the Thanksgiv-
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During its final add/delete session, city council approved a $1 million
increase in funding for Alexandria City Public Schools as well as around
$1.3 million to ensure the new Fire Station 210 is fully staffed by the
end of this year. Left on the cutting room floor, however, was $180,000
to provide rent relief for 29 seniors and people with disabilities currently on the city’s waiting list.
to complete funding of the
Cameron Run Trail design.
The remaining $930,000 would
be held in reserves for the next
year’s budget.
All the items on the revised
list received unanimous sponsorship and approval from city
councilors under the new budget
process, which sets a firm deadline on add/delete proposals and
requires the support of at least
three councilors, thereby eliminating much of the last-minute
horse trading that has plagued
past budget processes.
That new process meant just
two proposals were left Monday,
both of which put forward by
Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg
and co-sponsored by two other
city councilors: around $15,000
to allow the Ramsay Recreation
Center to stay open on Sundays
and approximately $180,000
to eliminate or reduce the 29
seniors and those with disabilities on the rent relief waiting list.
wards funding Ramsay on Sundays.
The conversation on AlexTV brought some tense discussion between Silberberg and
Euille — opponents in the upcoming Democratic primary in
the city’s mayoral race — with
Silberberg expressing her desire to cut to funds for the station and redirect them towards
the Ramsay Recreation Center.
Euille countered by saying that
in the past, the vice mayor had
been keen to explore new ways
to improve its content and spend
money on AlexTV, to which
Silberberg responded that she
merely had wanted to look into
replaying meetings and other
events rather than examining
new productions.
While councilors agreed in
principle on the funding for the
staffing of Station 210, there
was a testy exchange after City
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Euille cited his ushering of
the controversial waterfront redevelopment plan through to
approval and the upcoming city
council vote on the Potomac
Yard Metro proposal as proven
leadership to attract new tenants and rebalance the city’s tax
base.
“We’ve suffered through a
tough recession from 2005 until 2010, along with a housing
downturn and a banking crisis,
but we’ve still seen development
occur,” he said. “I’m always
meeting with developers and
property owners, so I know there
are challenges. The region has an
18 percent office vacancy rate,
and those are buildings that are
already built, open and empty.
“It’s going to take two or
three years to work off that
backlog before we really see
much new office, but with the
Potomac Yard Metro we’ll generate 26,000 jobs and see $2 to
3 billion in economic opportunities in Alexandria and across
the region.”
Donley said he would put
more focus on development of
the Eisenhower Valley and to leverage major tenants already in
place in that sector of the city.
“Eisenhower West is under a
small area plan review, and it’s a
good plan, but it has a projected
20- to 30-year build out, and we
just can’t wait that long,” he said.
“We need something in the interim, like big box retail. We’ve
got the [U.S.] Patent and Trademark Office and we’ll have the
National Science Foundation, so
we need to use those assets and
make Alexandria a home to science and innovation.”
Silberberg said the recently
approved Robinson Terminal
South project would have been
better located at the site of
Landmark Mall, not the waterfront. She said projects in Old
Town must fit seamlessly with
the Old and Historic District.
“We don’t want to ruin the
goose that laid the golden egg,”
she said. “Quality of life is why
we all moved here and continue
to live here, and that means de-
velopments need to reflect their change the fact that it got se- council,” Donley told Silberberg deal were taken away.”
surroundings. With Robinson lected, but we tried to minimize in a remark that evoked boos The candidates will meet
Terminal South, something the impacts to the neighborhood from some audience members. again for an Alexandria Chamneeds to be developed there, when it was.”
“But when you rezone some- ber of Commerce-sponsored
but what was proposed there Pressed further by Silber- thing, there are requirements. debate May 18 at George Washwas very modern. ... We have a berg, Donley seemed to un- We put requirements in place, ington Middle School. The local
‘look’ in Old Town and projects dercut some of his criticism of but when the feds took owner- Democratic Party will host the
need to reflect that.”
Euille over the BRAC building, ship of the properties, that re- final mayoral and House of Del Euille and Donley traded now known as Mark Center.
moved all local control. ... All egates 45th District debate on
barbs over Donley’s comments “I know you’re still new to the controls we had built into the June 2 at the same venue.
that Potomac Yard should have
been evaluated and approved
faster.
“We need to get Potomac
Yard going, and its lynchpin —
Metro — is two and a half years
behind schedule,” Donley said.
“I’d like to remind Mr. Donley that the Potomac Yard planning process actually started
in 1975, when planners said a
Metro stop should go there,”
Euille said. “You’re on the PoJeff Davis Highway near Bluemont and Swann Avenues
tomac Yard [work group], and
in Alexandria, Virginia
you know we’ve been negotiating with two federal agencies,
Dominion Virginia Power is committed to continually enhancing and improving reliability
so you know how long it takes
for our customers. We are continuing to make repairs to several underground fiber lines in
the area along Jeff Davis Highway at Bluemont and Swann Avenues in Alexandria, Virginia,
to get there.
over the next several weeks.
“It’s not for lack of wanting
to do it. It just takes time.”
Due to recent inclement weather and other unforeseen circumstances, these repairs will
continue through mid-May 2015. This work will continue to impact the northbound
Silberberg did not lay out a
lanes of Jeff Davis Highway between Custis Avenue and East Glebe Road. Work will be
position on the Potomac Yard
conducted Sunday through Thursday, 9:00 pm – 4:30 am. There will be temporary lane
Metro station project, but sugdetours surrounding each work site.
gested the neighborhood would
We are working with the city of Alexandria and VDOT as we plan our work activities and
benefit from a “large green
schedules to minimize disruption for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
lawn” like that on the campus of
We appreciate your patience as we complete this important project in your area.
the University of Virginia.
“We need a vision for develIf you have any questions, please visit our website at www.dom.com, key word: Route1,
opment, not just development
to find a map which illustrates the work locations or contact our Transmission team at
[email protected] or (888) 291-0190, Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm.
for development’s sake,” she
said.
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Councilor Justin Wilson suggested the money be placed
under contingency funds given
that the cost is still what he described as a “squishy number.”
Wilson received support in
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in contingency would enhance
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general public — especially
residents of the West End — to
follow the progress of the station’s staffing. City Councilor
Del Pepper, a West End resident herself, agreed on the importance of transparency.
“All eyes are going to be
on this,” she said. “This is a
neighborhood in uproar.”
Those two exchanges were
the only real moments of tension between city councilors,
a departure from the April 28
work session when things got
particularly heated in chambers after some last-minute
requests for nonprofit funding
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City councilors said they
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savings from the capital budget,
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City Councilor Paul Smedberg
was particularly vocal in his opposition to taking money from
the capital budget and moving
it to the operating budget for the
proposals.
“I do not think that is a
good practice for us to be in,
and I would be really concerned about it,” he said. “[The
King Street, Braddock Road
and Quaker Lane] project is
not a piggy-bank. It has been
on the books for a number of
years now, it’s already been reengineered and re-evaluated I
don’t know how many times.
“I know we can’t do the
full project right now, but that
doesn’t mean it becomes the
piggy-bank. If anything, that
money should go into capitalrelated projects. This process
we put in place is not that difficult, it’s not that onerous, and
it’s to prevent these last-minute
additions so things could be
talked about in their entire
context of the budget.”
Wilson agreed with Smedberg’s sentiment, while Chapman argued that a lack of communication between council and
the community about the revised
process had also played a role.
Later in the discussion, Smedberg continued his criticism.
“There are numerous discussions that happen on all kinds
of worthy causes in this city all
year long,” he said. “I’m not disputing any of the facts. The process, in effect, has not changed
all that much. The only thing
that has changed is the form, getting a threshold [of co-sponsors]
so we’re preventing this kind of
thing from happening. That’s the
only point I’m trying to make.
“If you have an issue, if
you’re concerned about hunger and you knew about this,
you should have brought this
forward in a [previous budget]
work session. It’s that simple;
this is not that hard a process.
I’m sorry, it just isn’t.”
With the work sessions now
over for this budget session, the
fiscal 2016 budget will be formally voted on for approval at
6:30 p.m. tonight at City Hall.
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Officials from Alexandria City Public Schools announced Monday that
Jesse Dingle will succeed the retiring Suzanne Maxey as principal
of T.C. Williams. Dingle met with school staff Tuesday at the school
auditorium, where he discussed his experience growing up and his
vision for the city’s only public high school.
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described his entry into the
world of education.
Schools
Superintendent
Alvin Crawley introduced
Dingle to teachers for the
first time after classes Tuesday in the school auditorium.
Crawley said after Principal
Suzanne Maxey announced
her retirement in February,
the search was on immediately to find a new leader.
Dingle shared his story
with staff. He said he didn’t
mean to speak badly about
the teacher, but one of the
things the event instilled in
him was the desire to make
sure that when he grew up, no
child would face that type of
behavior from anyone in education.
“When I began that first
year of school, I was a natural left-hand child,” Dingle
said. “When I walked out of
school that first year, I was
a right-handed child. And to
add insult to injury, she gave
me nickname. It was ‘Messy
Jesse,’ because my handwrit-
ing was so messy.
“I’ve always dedicated
myself to making sure that we
saw the very best, and only
the very best, in each and
every child we meet.”
After a nationwide search,
the process of sifting through
potential candidates, conducting phone interviews
and going on campus visits,
Crawley said they were particularly drawn to Dingle
after seeing him interacting
with students and staff at his
current school, John Handley
High School in Winchester,
Va.
Discussions with parents
and students as well as teacher surveys determined what
key characteristics would be
desired for a new leader: a
clear vision, approachability,
visibility, trustworthiness, an
ability to increase academic
achievement and a strong
background as a principal.
Dingle completed his
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Local educator wins Fulbright
scholarship
Art teacher to travel to
India, incorporate yoga
into curriculum
Local educator Kate Fitzpatrick has been touching the lives
of at-risk children for years,
teaching students at the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention
Center. Last week she was honored for her efforts with a Ful-
bright scholarship to travel to
India next year to explore new
ways to incorporate elements of
yoga into her lessons.
Having taught for 15 years,
with the last eight of those at
the detention center, Fitzpatrick
feels a connection with middle
and high school students.
Fitzpatrick said challenges
are something she has never
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ther working for the U.S. State
Department, Fitzpatrick moved
frequently as a child. The family lived in Germany, Uruguay
and South Africa while she was
growing up.
Fitzpatrick said those experiences made her an adaptable
person. From the age of 14, she
worked with youth as a camp
counselor and throughout her
college years. All of her jobs
were focused on youth, arts and
music.
After graduate school,
Fitzpatrick started her career
working with disadvantaged
youth in a rural school outside
of Albuquerque, N.M. — one
she described a “tough” environment with gang issues. Fitzpatrick moved to Alexandria
and taught at William Ramsay
Elementary School for a year
before moving to Egypt, where
she taught at an international
school. Fitzpatrick eventually
saw and applied for the job at
the juvenile detention center.
“I do my best work with
kids in that age group,” she
said. “It is a challenge to teach
middle school kids and high
school kids. I really like it and
I found I had some kind of connection with them.
“I could work with the kids’
instabilities because they’re always questioning things. I really like having those kinds of
conversations with kids where
they’re questioning what’s next,
or sharing their opinion. You
can kind of see where they’re
coming from and learn more
about them.”
After the first three years
teaching at the detention center, she felt she needed to take a
step away. Beginning to doubt
herself and the way she was educating her students, she wondered if she was really helping
them.
“I needed to figure out if
that was the route I wanted to
take with my career,” Fitzpatrick said. “I was really stressed
out and that’s when I turned
to yoga. I really hadn’t made
Kate Fitzpatrick was honored for her work as an art teacher at the
Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center last week with a Fulbright
scholarship. She plans to spend three months in India next year, studying new ways to incorporate elements of yoga into her curriculum.
the connection that yoga was
something I should bring here
yet.”
Her goal had always been to
give students a way to communicate and express themselves,
but the rules and regulations at
the center proved challenging.
“I thought, ‘This is not
working. I’m not doing the
quality of work I could be doing,’” she said.
She left the center to teach
at Charles Barrett and Matthew
Maury elementary schools but
the draw to return to the center
gnawed at her.
“I think I was missing the
challenge,” Fitzpatrick said.
“But I wanted to be responsible
about it. If I went back to the
detention center, I knew that
they needed consistency. They
needed someone who was
strong and could guide them.
“But I couldn’t go back and
just leave again. I needed to go
back and stay for some time.
That’s when I was trying to
think about what they needed,
and I thought, ‘Oh, I can teach
them yoga.’”
In 2011, Fitzpatrick com-
bined art and yoga, which
she said gave the students
more opportunities to express
themselves. Her parents are
musicians and made the arts a
priority in their children’s lives.
“I always had to find ways to
navigate my way through middle school and high school,”
she said. “I realize those are
tumultuous times.”
In her first yoga class, 10
teenaged boys sat against the
wall in her class watching.
Fitzpatrick wasn’t sure what to
expect. She asked the boys
what they thought yoga was.
“Isn’t that when you just sit
crisscross applesauce and say
‘Ohm,’ or something?” they
said.
Only one boy participated
that day as the others looked
on. But at the end of the lesson, she invited the boys to do
savasana, a pose of relaxation
known as the corpse pose, and
they all joined in.
“That can be like the most
vulnerable place for them,
but they really take to it,”
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doctoral thesis in education
at the North Carolina State
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of all races and ethnicities.
He taught for 11 years before becoming a principal.
Dingle served as principal of
two Raleigh, N.C. elementary
schools and a middle school
in Apex, N.C. Before taking the reins in Winchester,
“In my core,
I believe that
it doesn’t matter
where you come
from, no matter
who you are, or
how you started
out. It doesn’t
matter.”
- Jesse Dingle
Incoming principal
T.C. Williams
New T.C. Williams Principal Jesse Dingle discusses how his experience
as a poor black child with a stutter in North Carolina shaped his views
on education and how to cultivate students’ talents.
Dingle was principal of
Chapel Hill High School in
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Dingle and his wife have
two daughters. Their oldest just passed her nursing
boards and plans to continue
her studies to become a neonatal nurse. Their youngest
daughter is a student at Appalachian State University
and is studying to be a speech
pathologist.
“In my core, I believe
A change in name, but not
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that it doesn’t matter where
you come from, no matter who you are, or how you
started out. It doesn’t matter,”
Dingle said. “There’s something about you that’s going
to make somebody say, ‘You
can do this. You can achieve.’
“That’s part of the spirit
I’m going to bring here to our
school. … We’re going to see
the very best in each and every child. When they walk in
here, we’re going to embrace
them. We’re going to love
them. Support them. We’re
going to give them what they
need. And when they walk
out of here, we’re going to
do the same. We might kick
some of them out, but when
they walk out, they’re going
to know they received the
very best they could from us
here at T.C. Williams High
School.”
School board member
Marc Williams said in an interview that he is confident
Dingle will be a worthy suc-
cessor to Maxey.
“I am impressed with Dr.
Dingle’s credentials and his
belief that every student can
achieve at high levels,” Williams said. “Dr. Crawley’s
and Ms. Maxey’s endorsement is high praise. I look
forward to meeting him.”
Maxey expressed her
thanks to staff and said she
was sad to be leaving, but she
knew T.C. would be in good
hands with Dingle.
Maxey presented the new
principal with T.C. athletic
wear and a bumper sticker,
and recommended Dingle
take his Handley sticker off
his car immediately.
“That’s what we call
hookin’ a brother up,” Dingle
laughed.
“Remember, sometimes
he’ll do better. Sometimes I’ll
do better,” Maxey said with a
smile.
“Don’t you go messing up
my school,” she joked with
her successor.
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who are experts in general medicine and adult
specialties.
Mount Vernon Cardiology’s four offices, two in
Alexandria, one in Lorton and one in Woodbridge,
will keep providing a broad range of services and
cardiovascular care, guided by the belief that “the
interest of the patient comes first.”
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Turning Back Time
Yates to take over
Old Town Theater
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After months of rumors, speculation and uncertainty, Jeff Yates announced he was taking control of the
embattled Old Town Theater in special use permit applications filed with city staff. Despite fears that
current owner Rob Kaufman would convert the property to a retail space, Yates said he plans to keep the
theater as a venue for live events and the arts.
Local businessman to keep
property as arts venue
This week in 2010:
Waterfront vision draws mixed reviews: Concept
plan for Potomac shore revealed at Lyceum –
“The unveiling of the city’s concept plan for the Potomac
waterfront on Monday night was in many ways like the
opening of any art collection. Residents getting their first
glimpse of the newest rendition of a redeveloped river’s edge
moved from one sketch to another at the Lyceum making
comments that were at times curious, snarky, exasperated
and pleased.”
After almost three decades, Waterfront Festival
cancelled – “After a run of 28 years, the Alexandria Red
Cross Waterfront Festival, a summer staple in the city, will
take at least a year off. If it ever returns, the Red Cross will
not organize it because the festival’s fundraising capacity has
not been sufficient for the last few years, according to the
organization.”
T.C. students team with alums Virginia Coalition
to raise money with rock – “It all started on Facebook. After an earthquake struck Haiti this winter, a T.C.
Williams High School student questioned on his wall the
wisdom of aiding the poorest country in the western hemisphere as so many people struggle here in the United States.”
After months of uncertainty
over the future of the centuryold Old Town Theater, local
businessman Jeff Yates confirmed he will take over the
struggling venue.
Yates filed special use permit applications to change the
ownership of the business at
815 1/2 King St. with city staff
last week. Current owner Rob
Kaufman said they have not established a closing date for the
deal, but Yates confirmed he
plans to keep the theater primarily as a venue for live events.
Yates said he is excited about
helping to diversify attractions
along the King Street corridor.
One idea Yates has is a haven for
speaking events and lectures.
“There are numerous retail
shops and restaurants, but not a
lot with entertainment,” he said.
“I’m looking to add substantive
entertainment to the area and
attract speakers who can speak
to environmental, political and
other important issues.”
Yates expressed the desire to
draw names like Al Gore, Mary
Matalin, James Carville, Ralph
Nader and Dennis Miller, who
could come and share their insights — much like a TED Talk
— and then have a question and
answer session afterward with
the audience. Although some of
these names he suggested might
be out of his budget, Yates admitted, it is an idea he is considering.
Rumors about the theater’s
future have kept residents guessing. Some media reports floated
the possibility of a car museum
to replace the shuttered longtime movie theater. Attempts
as a movie theater and comedy club fell flat. Some adjacent
businesses confirmed they had
heard the car museum rumor as
well.
The idea of an automobile
museum would seem natural for
Yates, who owns a number of
classic and exotic cars, while his
family owns Yates Select Auto
Sales on Duke Street along with
a number of other businesses
in the area. But Yates said that
idea only would cover a certain
segment of the population.
“It was a one dimensional
idea,” he said.
But to say Yates’ intent is
strictly just a speaking venue
would be wrong. Yates wants
to be flexible with the slate of
events hosted at the theater.
“The Alexandria Film Festival is hot and heavy to do something with me, and that would
be nice,” Yates said.
He admitted he was using
the media as a sounding board
and was hopeful to get community feedback.
Kaufman bought the property in 2011 but struggled to find
the right combination of programming to draw Alexandrians in. The building underwent
a restoration as an arts venue
under his ownership.
In January, Kaufman applied
for a special use permit to alter
the building from a theater to
space more suitable for retail, all
the while hoping to find a buyer
who would keep the building
true to its original purpose.
“I’d like to put a theater-oriented business in the building,
and if someone wanted to buy
the theater, I would try and preserve it,” he said at the time.
Old Town property owner
Boyd Walker, who led the original push to encourage Kaufman
to restore the theater, said Yates
is a successful businessman.
“He has his fingers in a lot of
pies,” Walker said. “The family built Yates Corner, bought
Alexandria Automotive Service
Garage on Fayette and Oronoco
[streets]. There’s a real estate
group, a Yates laundromat and
now there’s Generous George’s.
“I hope he has a good plan
that he’ll be able to implement
soon so the theater isn’t vacant
for a long time,” Walker said.
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Fitzpatrick said. “They’re lying
on their backs. They are closing
their eyes. They are being still.
And they’re noticing after all
that movement and stretching
using their body weight they
feel like they can just melt.
“This one kid said ‘I feel
lighter,’” she said. “And if
that’s one kid feeling that, that’s
enough.”
After the yoga, there isn’t a
lot of time for art, but the students often sketch how they felt
before and after the activity, or
create art projects related to
different poses.
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Fitzpatrick said she notices
a difference in herself as well.
“When I first came to this
position I just accepted working here,” she said. “It was
open and I said, ‘Sure, why
not?’ … I wasn’t prepared
for the different rules and
regulations of being in an
institution.
“Working here year after
year, I get to leave every day.
But there’s just a lot of extra
stuff in this building just by the
fact that there’s a lot of trauma
that comes into the building. I
don’t think I was ready for it.
So, I had to leave and I had to
work on myself.”
Her plan during her
three months in India is to
collaborate with teachers in
local schools and research how
yoga is woven into the school
curriculum.
“You see every kind of kid.
You see the kids that did something minor to something like a
huge offense,” Fitzpatrick said.
“I’m trying to give them skills
to manage themselves to be
able to go back to the breath. I
always tell them: ‘Even if you
don’t do the yoga pose you can
breathe with us.’ That’s yoga. If
you’re aware of your breathing,
that’s yoga. … You’re in the
moment. You’re not thinking
about the past, or the future.
You’re just thinking about right
now.
“A lot of our kids get really bad information from
lawyers, probation officers,
or court dates. That’s a lot of
stress. For them, they’re minds
are already all over the place
because they’re teenagers.
They’re impulsive. They have a
lot of things that they want, but
they can’t necessarily see a certain path. In my class, we don’t
worry about that path. ‘What
are you doing right now?’”
When students leave the
center, they need mentors and
transition services so they can
make a change.
“A lot of the kids go back to
their same neighborhood doing the same things with their
friends and then we see them
here again,” she said. “Some of
the kids I’ve known here, I’ve
known for four years or longer.
They grow up here. It is my hope
that through art and yoga, I’m
giving them a way… to manage
their impulses and emotions to
deal with them in the moment.”
Although yoga might not be
life changing, Fitzpatrick said,
it can help students right now.
“I think if that’s my focus,
then maybe the impact will have
a longer lasting value,” she said.
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When their five current seniors arrived in the program
as freshmen four years ago,
Episcopal’s softball team was
in a phase of transition with
just two upperclassmen on the
roster. Since then, the Maroon
have undergone a building
process that has seen them
improve each year as their
then-freshmen have taken on a
dominant role both on and off
the field.
After a 2013-14 season in
which they won the Independent Schools League A Division tournament and finished
with an 11-3 record overall,
Episcopal yet again have
something to cheer for on the
diamond as they secured their
first ISL A Division regular
season title since 2008.
The Maroon won their conference with a perfect 6-0 record, securing their title with
an emphatic 15-1 win away
to St. Andrew’s of Potomac,
Md. April 23 as they closed
out their divisional schedule
two weeks before the end of
the regular season. As of press
time, their record stood at 9-4
overall.
They were set to finish their
regular season slate Tuesday
afternoon away to local rivals
St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes,
but their game was curtailed
by rain in the top of the fourth
with the Maroon leading the
Saints by a margin of 12-7. It
was resumed on Wednesday
afternoon, after the Times’
print deadline.
The team saw a rough start
to the season, going 1-3 with
three straight losses, but the
Maroon came roaring back to
win eight in a row. Head coach
John Dooley says triumph
over adversity has been one
of the biggest factors in their
success this year.
“One of the things that
they’ve learned to do is that
in any game, some bad things
are going to happen,” he said.
“They don’t let those bad
things beat them up. They’ve
learned to be resilient; they’ve
learned to bounce back from
some adversity.
“We’ve had some games
where we’ve gotten behind
and they’ve been able to fight
through it and ultimately end
up on top in the majority of
the games.”
The Maroon have been led
by pitcher Ivy Houde, who
has been the only Episcopal player to throw from the
pitching plate this year and
has balanced that responsibility by being an offensive force
and a strong fielding presence
at her position too. Over the
course of the season, Houde
has thrown three shutouts, and
also managed to come away
with victories from games
with close margins.
Other offensive weapons
have been Houde’s fellow senior captains Aubree Phillips
and Mary Helen Tarbutton.
They helped engineer a strong
start to the game against the
Saints on Tuesday as the visitors batted around in the first
inning without giving up an
out to move ahead 7-0. By the
end of the second, Episcopal
were up 8-0 and well on top.
The Saints got after Houde
in the second inning and managed to score five runs, but she
stayed calm in the third after
her teammates upped their
lead to 11-5. The hosts’ batters
then grounded out to Houde
for all three outs in the bottom of the third as they could
add only two runs before the
rain started in the fourth with
Episcopal up 12-7.
Once they bring that game
to a conclusion, the next challenge for the Maroon will be
the ISL A Division conference tournament, which they
enter as the No. 1 seed at the
semifinal stage. Dooley said
that while they are filled with
confidence ahead of a possible
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Maroon sophomore Lauren King prepares to swing hard against
St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes. Episcopal begin their ISL A Division
tournament schedule on Saturday.
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playoff run, they will need to
stay alert against some strong
opponents.
“We move into the conference tournament next weekend, and going in there, having faced all the teams once
and beating them is certainly
a boost,” he said. “However,
we’ve had some games where
the scores were tighter than
we’d hoped, specifically the
game against Stone Ridge [a
16-13 win for Episcopal]. If
we face them again, it’ll be another very, very good contest.”
In addition to the ISL A
Division tournament, the Maroon can look ahead to a berth
in the Virginia Independent
Schools Athletic Association state tournament as well,
which is set to begin on May
12 and conclude three days
later with the state final at the
Dinwiddie Sports Complex in
Sutherland, Va.
Having been ranked No. 6
in the VISAA poll released on
April 28, the Maroon fell to
No. 8 in Tuesday’s latest poll,
which would leave them in the
last playoff place for the state
tournament. With a strong
possibility of taking on some
of the best teams in Virginia, Dooley knows that there
are plenty of challenges still
ahead for his team, and they
must keep their discipline,
even as other commitments
dominate in the spring.
“One of the things that
we need to do with the number of seniors we’ve got is to
try to keep them focused,” he
said. “It’s a big time of year
for them. Episcopal graduates
earlier than the majority of the
other schools around here, so
they’re already working on
senior seminars or going to
work each day instead of going to school, looking forward
to their graduation at the end
of the month.”
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A sticky and shouty family situation
‘Stick Fly’ at Port City
Playhouse is an intense,
thought-provoking drama
By Chris Teale
Families often have secrets,
and sometimes people make
mistakes that come back to
haunt them and their families
further down the road.
There is no worse place for
those mistakes to be revealed
than during a family vacation,
and so it proves in the Port
City Playhouse’s production of
“Stick Fly,” which sees the affluent LeVay family descend on
its holiday home in Martha’s
Vineyard for some relaxation
time together.
Directed by Kevin Sockwell and produced by Mary
Beth Smith-Toomey, “Stick
Fly” explores the experience of
the upper-income black family.
Playwright Lydia R. Diamond’s
script follows the action as
brothers Kent (Mack Leamon)
and Flip (Chaz D. Pando) both
bring home their significant others for the first time to meet their
father (William Greene) and the
rest of the family.
Kent’s middle-class fiancee,
Taylor (Brittany Caldwell), struggles almost immediately with the
family’s maid Cheryl (Kashanya
Johnson), as she is not used to
having hired help to take care
of her food, laundry and dishes.
Meanwhile, Flip’s girlfriend
Kimber (Fatima Razi) is white
— not Italian as she is described
before her arrival — and that immediately causes some concerns
as his family is not prepared for
someone of her color.
As the play develops, Taylor
and Kimber start to quarrel regularly about their experiences of
race relations growing up, with
Taylor’s perspective affected
somewhat by the fact that her father was a well-renowned cultural anthropologist. On the other
side of the family, Dad continually questions Kent’s decision to
become a published author. He
makes his disappointment in his
son clear, frequently reminding
Kent of the considerable amount
of money his education cost.
In addition to all these disagreements, it quickly becomes
apparent that there are a number
of secrets brewing in the family,
with one surrounding the conspicuous absence of the wealthy
matriarch, the relationship between Dad and Cheryl and an
encounter that Flip and Taylor
shared a number of years ago.
Set designer David Correia and his assistants deserve a
great deal of credit for doing so
much with a relatively small
space. The audience immediately feels transported into the
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In the Port City Playhouse’s production of “Stick Fly,” the affluent
LeVay family arrive for a vacation
at their home in Martha’s Vineyard, with brothers Kent (Mack
Leamon) and Flip (Chaz D. Pando)
bringing home their significant
others for the first time. As the
play goes on, it quickly becomes
clear that there are real tensions
between the characters and a
number of family secrets that
have not been revealed. When the
revelations and the arguments
begin, Dad (William Greene) is
shown to have been a cause of
many problems, although other
characters are similarly guilty.
family’s home, with the stage
serving as a window into their
existence. The musty smell of
the theatre even recalls the scent
of a beach house that has been
closed for the winter.
As for the actors themselves,
Greene dominates every scene
he is in, while Johnson provides
a level of sass and comedy befitting of a girl who is just about
to head to college for the first
time. The camaraderie between
the two brothers is clear and is
well portrayed, while Caldwell
and Razi manage to convey an
extreme level of awkwardness
between each other that shows
how far apart they feel.
Unfortunately, the play itself
can feel tiresome at times, especially considering its running
length of two and a half hours.
Comedic moments are fleeting, and do little to break up the
vast majority of scenes that start
at a loud volume and only get
louder. Every second feels like a
crescendo of intensity, until the
audience loses track of who is
shouting at whom and why. By
the time of the final plot twist
audience members are so worn
out that the scene fails to have
the desired impact.
While the play examines
some interesting themes — including but not limited to race
relations, class issues and the secrets that can dog any family —
all too often they are not examined in any real depth and there
is little development of discussion. Taylor and Kimber disagree
about the state of race relations in
the United States, but they have
the same argument several times
over the course of the play and do
not see it developed any further
than where it started.
“Stick Fly” is clearly a labor of love on the part of the
actors and production team.
However, it can feel exhauast-
ing, especially as the characters
are either yelling at each other or
building towards another shouting match. By the end, viewers might well be weary from
all the shouting, but it does raise
some interesting and thoughtprovoking questions about
the state of the world and family life.
Through May 16 at Port City
Playhouse, 1819 North Quaker
Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302.
For more information, visit
www.portcityplayhouse.org.
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families as you and your toddler (walkers
through 36 months) have fun in Gadsby’s Tavern Museum’s historic ballroom.
Playtime features a craft table, book
corner, toys, as well as group dancing.
Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: American Legion, 400 Cameron St., check in at museum first.
Information: 703-746-4242 or www.
gadsbystavern.org
Now to May 8
PRINCESS FOR A NIGHT COLLECTION The Princess For a Night
(PFAN) project is collecting dry-cleaned
formal dresses, shoes, handbags,
jewelry, unused make-up and “nice”
shopping bags so young ladies across
the region can attend prom without
breaking the bank.
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
to Friday
Location: T.C. Williams Main Office,
3330 King St.
Information: eleanor.muse@acps.
k12.va.us
Now to May 25
MOUNT VERNON’S HISTORIC
PLANT AND GARDEN SALE His-
toric trees, shrubs and plants as well
as a wide variety of annuals, perennials, heirloom tomatoes and herbs,
each carefully nurtured in the Mount
Vernon greenhouse, will be available
for purchase. Spectacular hanging
baskets, grown at Mount Vernon, will
be available in limited numbers. In the
gardening tent, you will find books,
tools, seeds and decorative items.
Time: All day
Location: George Washington’s
Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway
Information: 703-780-2000 or
www.mountvernon.org
Now to May 30
HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA
ATTICS AND ALLEYS TOUR
Visit rarely seen spaces at four of
Alexandria’s historic sites on this special
three-hour walking tour of Gadsby’s
Tavern Museum, the Stabler-Leadbeater
Apothecary Museum, Lee-Fendall
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House Museum & Garden and Carlyle
House Historic Park. Tickets are $35
each and can be reserved online.
Time: Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Departs from Lee-Fendall
House Museum & Garden, 614 Oronoco St., or Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
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Now to May 30
HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA ATTICS
AND ALLEYS TOUR Visit rarely
seen spaces at four of Alexandria’s
historic sites on this special threehour walking tour of Gadsby’s Tavern
Museum, the Stabler-Leadbeater
Apothecary Museum, Lee-Fendall
House Museum & Garden and Carlyle
House Historic Park. Tickets are $35
each and can be reserved online.
Time: Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Departs from Lee-Fendall
House Museum & Garden, 614 Oronoco St., or Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
www.alexandriava.gov/gadsbystavern
and take a leisurely cruise from to
Nationals Park along the scenic
Potomac River for a select number of
Washington Nationals home games.
Boats returning to Alexandria depart
20 minutes after final pitch.
Time: Nationals home games
Location: Alexandria Marina, 1
Cameron St.
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May 9
BARRETT BAZAAR A PTA-spon-
sored carnival with children’s games
and activities; food sales; music and
pony rides
Time: 3 to 6 p.m.
Location: Charles Barrett Elementary
School, 1115 Martha Custis Drive
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SPRING ART MARKET Del Ray
Artisans’ Spring Art Market offers
original artwork from over 25 artists
working in ceramics, photography,
jewelry, fiber, paper and glass.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Colasanto Park, 2704
Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: www.thedelrayartisans.
org/artmarket
moms enjoy free admission to two of
Alexandria’s premiere historic sites.
At the Friendship Firehouse Museum,
mothers will receive a complimentary
family photo.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m. at Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 1 to 4 p.m. at
Friendship Firehouse Museum
Happy Hour
Mon._ Fri.
5 _ 7 pm
ALEXANDRIA SESQUICENTENNIAL LECTURE “When did the war
between the states end (ever?) and
what did Australia have to do with it?”
Given by William Connery. Admission
is free.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Lloyd House, 220 N.
Washington St.
Information: 703-746-4554
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directed by
Kevin Sockwell
produced by
Mary Beth Smith-Toomey
A wry but affectionate look at the unique
experiences and attitudes of upper-income
African-Americans. The LeVay family –
father, two adult sons with their girlfriends,
and the housekeeper’s daughter, who is
filling in while her mother is ill – gathers
at their home on Martha’s Vineyard for
their annual summer holiday. Personality
clashes and revealed secrets make this
anything but a relaxing family vacation.
May 10
FREE MOTHERS’ DAY MUSEUM
TOURS In honor of Mothers’ Day,
TIME FOR HAPPY HOUR
May 11
Now to September 26
BASEBALL BOAT TO NATIONALS PARK Avoid the crowds
Straight Up
Location: Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.
and Friendship Firehouse Museum,
107 S. Alfred St.
Information: www.visitalexandriava.
com
May 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 15, & 16 • 8pm
May 9 and 16 • 2pm
1819 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria
At the corner of Crestwood
Drive and N. Quaker Lane
Purchase tickets online
portcityplayhouse.org
The Odd Couple
4/25 - 5/16
The Odd Couple - LTA presents Neil Simon’s
comedy classic with a twist! Unger and
Madison are at it again — Florence Unger
and Olive Madison, that is — a in Neil Simon’s
hilarious contemporary comic classic. Come
watch this time-honored comedy reinvented
from a different perspective as the ladies take
over the juicy roles of the Coming soon
famously mismatched
couple to give this wellknown play a whole new life. Watch and laugh as
this “odd couple” learn that friendship may have
its ups and downs but in the end it overpowers
all. Warning — show contains adult language.
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SUMMER THEATRE CAMPS
At Home
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By Elaine Markoutsas
Just two years ago, there
was a color tsunami at the international housewares show
in Chicago. From spatulas,
knives and cook pots to mixers, blenders, irons and, of
course, the ubiquitous water
bottle, a rainbow of pigments
electrified booths.
Now what? No longer
shocked by the novelty of hip,
hot hues (or even the revolutionary silicon), we can observe ever-emerging favorites (always shades of blue)
and shifts in popularity —
perhaps away from neon lime
(although not abandoning
orange or magenta). Or take
in a mini-moment for purple
cookware, thanks to an intriguing speckled lavender
from Paula Deen or a plum
from Rachel Ray’s Cucina
line, both from Meyer. But
we’re not color blind to great
form, style and design.
More and more, manufacturers are aiming to please
— with a look to modern,
simple and sometimes elegant designs — especially
targeting the millennial consumer. Crossovers from other
areas of home design capture
microtrends like the use of
wood, wood-metal mixes,
hammered and relief finishes,
colors, textures and patterns
such as animal prints from
fashion runways.
With so many products
to peruse, the show organizers divvy up the wares into
categories including wired &
well; dine & design; clean,
contain & sustain; global
crossroads. With a lens on
the kitchen, dining and entertaining, here is what to
expect at retail this summer
and fall.
TALKING TECH
The networking of appliances continues to ramp up,
as do options allowing Bluetooth connectivity. High-end
appliance
manufacturers
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This multicooker from Philips slow cooks, braises, stews, simmers,
steams, makes fresh yogurt (or, as the company advertises its repertoire, “from quinoa to ribs”) and reheats, keeping warming up to 12
hours, with a 24-hour pre-set timer. Suggested retail is $249.
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Gorgeous Craftsman home in desirable College Park
This property is a perfect
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an open, light-filled floor plan
and wonderful flow. The foyer
entry opens to a living room
with stone fireplace and dining
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of French doors to a beautiful
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a gourmet kitchen with granite
counters and breakfast bar with
an adjoining family room.
On the main level is a bedroom and full bathroom, while
on the upper level are three
bedrooms and two full bathrooms including the Owner’s
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spacious third level also includes
a bedroom with full bathroom.
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This beautiful home in College Park is on an 8,255 square foot lot,
with plenty of space outside for entertaining.
There is plenty of closet and
storage space including walk-in
wardrobes in each bedroom.
Outside, the yard is
professionally
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At a Glance:
Address: 1107 Dartmouth Road,
Location: College Park
with a flagstone patio and
walkways,
while
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parking.
Price: $1,075,000
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4
Parking: Driveway
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This 3,438 square foot property comes with five bedrooms and four
bathrooms, as well as an open floor plan that gives it a spacious feel.
Contact: Christine Garner,
Weichert Realtors
[email protected], 703-587-4855
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It’s not just the color that’s a standout with these beautiful oven-to-table pots designed by architect Stefania
Vasques, from the Italian maker Sambonet. Cool modern style, as well, with distinctive square handles and
simple lifts. The Terra.Cotto collection is made from terra cotta with a stylish matte finish. The company says
the material promotes gradual heat diffusion, which “enhances the organoleptic properties and flavors of
food.” Saucepots and casseroles run $115 to $170.
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such as Dacor have integrated graphic user interfaces
that, for example, alert your
smartphone when the roast is
ready. A Samsung refrigerator features a Wi-Fi enabled
LCD screen to watch TV, pull
up recipes and even make or
answer phone calls. There’s
even a “Perfect Drink”
scale and app that’s loaded
with recipes and walks you
through steps to blend a single portion or a pitcher full of
margaritas and other beverages (www.amazon.com).
Thermometers for grilling
and cooking can be synced
up with your smartphone and
whole-house devices control
thermostat, garage openers,
lights and locks (check out
www.iDevicesinc.com for its
new whole-house Switch).
One show demo dazzled,
with its application of 3-D
technology in the kitchen. A
PancakeBot from Storebound
can be programmed to produce colorful and fanciful
creations — kid drawings,
butterflies, dinosaurs or even
the Eiffel Tower. Save original artwork or photos to an
SD card or USB, and then
print your design. A “smart
batter dispensing system”
outlines the desired image
onto a griddle. The product,
which has a suggested retail
price of $299, is expected to
launch in early fall. Storebound gets kudos for helping
inventors get products to the
marketplace. This particular one benefited from Kickstarter, where it met a goal
of $50,000 within the first 40
hours.
EYE ON HEALTH AND COOKING STYLES
Demand for professional heavy-duty juicers like
Omega and Vitamix remains
robust — high price tags
notwithstanding. But the offerings (and price points)
continue to expand. Salton’s
newest professional power
blender is marketed with celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak. It can whip up smoothies, soups and even mill rice
for rice flour. Best of all is a
more modest price point of
just under $200 (compared
to $500 to $700 for others).
And the Hamilton’s Jamba
affiliation draws that brand’s
aficionados to fresh squeezed
juices.
One category that has
taken off is slow cookers
— a blast from the past, but
capturing a new generation.
However healthy you cook,
of course, depends on what
exactly you toss in to simmer all day. Low temperature
settings are said to retain flavor, vitamins, minerals and
antioxidants, but attractive
to many, of course, is the
set-and-forget factor; coming
home to an aromatic, readyto-eat meal.
Steam cooking continues to attract those seeking
healthier cuisine. So aside
from uber-pricy, dedicated or
combination, built-in steam/
convection ovens, there are
more than a smattering of inexpensive gadgets that allow
you to adapt the appliances
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Performs Beethoven No. 9
Historic Alexandria
Attics and Alleys Tour
May 2- 30, 2015 (Sat. only)
Sweet Sven
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to charm his way into your
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Saturday or Sunday from
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
For more information
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pet matters
Be vigilant on springtime pet strolls
Spring is a great time to be gers. These seasonal realities
in Alexandria. There is no bet- are not as simple to deal with
ter time to wander the streets — often they are entirely out of
of Old Town, discovering our control. Even more often,
what new shops popped up we just don’t know any better
while we were in hibernation. and inadvertently put our pets
It’s the perfect
in harm’s way
season to flock
while simply tryover to one of our
ing to beautify
many beautiful
our outdoor livlocal parks to ening spaces.
joy the sunshine
Those of us
with family and
living in apartfurry friends.
ment, condo or
And waiting
townhome comjust a little longer
munities rarely
for an outdoor
get a say in what
table at our favorplants are choBy Isabel Alvarez
ite restaurant is
sen to decorate
well worth it — at least until the public areas. We certainly
the summer heat takes hold. have little clue as to what ferBut being outdoors at this time tilizers, herbicides, pesticides
of year comes with a price: it and insecticides are being
makes me sick; it makes me used to keep these areas looktired and seems to be just as ing their best. We are often not
tough on my dogs.
present when these chemicals
Luckily, while common are being applied. And, unforspringtime allergens like rag- tunately, it isn’t until our pets
weed and pollen and their ef- start to show signs of irritation
fects on our pets can seem and inflammation that we realtough to manage, we can con- ize that they have even been
trol our pets’ responses to such exposed.
stimuli with a little TLC and Those lucky enough to
some planning. My favorite
springtime pet product is not
a pet product at all. As a matter of fact, it’s unscented baby
wipes, which I use to wipe my
dogs down after every walk.
My dogs used to be all
sneezes and itchy eyes this
time of year until I discovered that cleaning off the triggers when we came indoors
relieved many of their symptoms and helped me keep the
allergy-inducing mess off my
carpeting and furniture. By have a say in what plants and
targeting their heads, ears, products are used on the expaws and bellies, the problem terior parts of their home are
is pretty much solved and we frequently uninformed about
all feel a little better.
which plants and materials are
Unfortunately, springtime poisonous to animals. It’s easy
woes don’t end with mere pol- to get sucked into the vision
len. Apart from the usual aller- of a bright green lawn, colorgens, spring brings some ad- ful flower patch or bountiful
ditional pet-related headaches vegetable garden and forget
including landscaping hazards about the four-legged memand gardening chemical dan- bers of the family who might
put their nose in it when we’re
not watching.
Popular plants such as azaleas, common treatments such
as cocoa mulch and vegetables
like avocados and onions are
highly toxic to both dogs and
cats when ingested, but that
doesn’t mean that they won’t
indulge in a taste. Composting, for example, is great for
the earth, but putting moldy
human food in range of our
pets is a sure-fire way to land
them at the vet.
For these reasons, it’s important to read and re-read
product labels, to look for
products that are deemed safe
to use around pets, and to be
on the look-out for landscaping flags that warn of recent
chemical treatments. I have
seen dogs burn their paw pads,
develop severe rashes and
make themselves sick over
wholly preventable oversights
and misinformation this time
of year.
The Internet is chock-full
of gardening advice but, this
year, add the words “pet safe”
to your Google searches to
ensure that those with green
thumbs and no thumbs alike
both can enjoy the outdoors
safely. And don’t hesitate to
see your vet if an allergy persists. If you would seek treatment for similar symptoms,
chances are your pet deserves
the same.
The writer is the owner
of The Wag Pack.
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Marquis de Lafayette, the Revolutionary War, and the French Revolution,”
presented by Marc Leepson, author of
“Lafayette: Lessons in Leadership from
the Idealist General.” RSVP at http://
herolafayette.eventbrite.com
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: George Washington
Masonic National Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive
Information: 202-203-0177, [email protected] or
www.alexandriacaen.wordpress.com
ASCENSION DAY EVENSONG
A celebration of Ascension Day with
a special evensong. Any proceeds
from donations will go to the St. Paul’s
Lazarus Ministry.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 228 S. Pitt St.
Information: 703-549-3312 ext. 17
or [email protected]
May 15
BIKE TO WORK DAY A regional
celebration where participants bicycle
in, enjoy music, food and gifts, while
there will be various vendors who will
offer information.
Time: 5:30 to 11 a.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King
St.
Information: 703.746.4083 or
[email protected]
BIKE TO WORK DAY BOOTH
Nonprofit VeloCity Bike Coop welcomes
donations of bikes or accessories
donations to help welcome our newest
riders and support the local community.
Time: 6 to 9 a.m.
Location: VeloCity Bike Coop, 2111
Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: [email protected]
SPRING FOR ALEXANDRIA In
partnership with the City of Alexandria, Spring for Alexandria 2015 is
Volunteer Alexandria’s Community
Service Day. Hundreds of volunteers
will perform community service at
nonprofit and city agencies throughout
the city.
Time: 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Location: Throughout Alexandria
[email protected]
May 15-17
SPRING WINE FESTIVAL AND
SUNSET TOUR Celebrate the history
of wine in Virginia with exclusive evening tours of the Mansion and cellar,
appearances by “George and Martha
Washington” and live jazz on the east
lawn overlooking the scenic Potomac
River. Admission costs $40 on Friday,
$46 on Saturday and $36 on Sunday.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon: George
Washington’s Estate & Gardens, 3200
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Information: 703-780-2000, info@
mountvernon.org or www.mountvernon.org
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May 16
SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT
WARD Tours of the historic fort led by
an interpreter in Union uniform highlight the history of Fort Ward and army
life in the defenses of Washington.
Tours begin in the museum at 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m., and last about 90 minutes
each. This event is free of charge but
weather dependent.
Time: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, 4301 W. Braddock Road
FIREFIGHTING HISTORY
WALKING TOUR Participants learn
about volunteer firefighting in early
Alexandria, three devastating fires, and
the five volunteer fire companies. The
tour begins at the historic Friendship
Firehouse, goes east on Prince Street
and returns to Friendship via King
Street. For age 10 and older.
Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Friendship Firehouse
Museum, 107 S. Alfred St.
May 16-17
RELAY FOR LIFE OF ALEXANDRIA A community event to walk and
raise funds for cancer research. This
event also honors survivors of this
disease. Sponsored by the American
Cancer Society.
Time: Noon to midnight
Location: George Washington Middle
School, 1005 Mount Vernon Ave.
[email protected]
May 17
ST. MARY’S SPRING FLING
St. Mary’s School will host this end-ofyear festival for the community. It will
include fun events for kids such as carnival rides, games, crafts, entertainment, book sale, bake sale and food.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: St. Mary’s School, 400
Green St.
Information: 703-569-1646 or [email protected]
TAKE 25 An outdoor event to provide
safety information to parents in honor
or National Missing Children’s Day.
Features community vendors, entertainment, and free child friendly activities.
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
MATTIE MIRACLE WALK &
FAMILY FESTIVAL A fundraiser to
raise awareness for childhood cancer
with a walk and family festival.
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Location: St. Stephen’s and St.
Agnes School Upper Campus, 1000 St.
Stephen’s Road.
[email protected]
TEA WITH MARTHA WASHINGTON Experience history with Martha
Washington as she discusses 18th
century tea customs as well as clothing
of the period. 18th century tea includes
the museum’s special blend of tea,
pound cake, dried fruit, and assortment of cookies. Party attire requested.
Admission costs $25 per person.
Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or [email protected]
May 19
ALEXANDRIA SPORTSMAN’S
CLUB ANNIVERSARY BANQUET The Alexandria Sportsman’s
Club celebrates its 60th anniversary
with a banquet and the presenting of
its Athletes of the Year awards.
Time: Welcome reception 5:45 p.m.
Location: The Westin Alexandria, 400
Courthouse Square
alexandriavasports.org
May 21
CIVIL WAR LECTURE “The Art of
Memorializing the Civil War” by Susan
Cumbey, of Fort Ward Museum and
Historic Site. This lecture will present
an overview of commemorative Civil
War art, with selected examples ranging from sculptural monuments to
cycloramas.
Time: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
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MAKE A SPLASH Bring the whole
family to Family Fun Nights for swimming and fun for all ages on Friday
evenings. Pool games include beach
ball relays, water basketball, diving for
prizes and fun on the ‘Aqua Challenge’
floating obstacle course. Admission is
$4 per person.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Chinquapin Park Recreation Center & Aquatics Facility, 3210
King St.
Information: www.alexandriava.
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NATIONAL EMS MEMORIAL
BIKE RIDE The National EMS
Memorial Bike Ride is an annual event
that honors EMS providers who lost
their lives in the line of duty. The event
will end at Oronoco Bay Park.
Time: 3 to 5 p.m.
Location: Old Town at the block of
King Street between Royal and Fairfax
streets
Information: 571-238-8771,
[email protected]
May 24
ALEXANDRIA RUNNING AND
FAMILY FESTIVAL A half-marathon
and 5K race as well as a family festival
that features music, beer garden,
inflatable amusements, food and
booths.
Time: 6 a.m. to noon
Location: U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, 600 Dulany St.
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and cookware you already
have. There are devices for
the microwave and inserts for
pots, with some cleverly retractable for storage.
This all speaks to added
value and double duty. Dedicated appliances like rice
cookers gain even more traction when they add functions,
like Philips’ new all-in-one
multicooker, which steams,
braises, slow cooks and even
makes yogurt.
Practical add-ons also
make sense. For example,
a number of cutting boards
have morphed to include
storage as well. A new ecofriendly bamboo cutting
board from Curtis Stone
(www.curtisstone.com) includes recessed containers on
top for cut up ingredients and
storage drawers tucked beneath, all made from plastic
BPA-free material.
One company that delivers with wit as well is
Dreamfarm. Its well-thought
solutions are tagged with
clever names, like click-lock
tongs (“clongs”) or chop and
sit up spatulas (“chopulas”),
and scrape level measuring
spoons called “levoons.”
OTHER LIFESTYLE TRENDS
While single-serve coffee
makers continue percolating, other methods of java
brewing also are emerging.
KitchenAid introduced three
other coffee makers to “bring
the barista home.” One is a
siphon brewer with vacuum
technology that fully immerses grounds in water to
create a more complex flavor.
And French press is making
a strong showing — its simple brewing process, which
measures coffee and water by
weight instead of volume, is
touted for its strong flavor.
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Nambe metal ware has
upped the ante on stylish,
sculptural pieces that can
go from freezer and oven to
table. And cookware manufacturers of stainless and
enamel-clad pots have paid
more attention to design. One
standout with a modern sensibility is the Italian maker
Sambonet. Its square handles
and matte-finished terra cotta
give it a distinctive look that
handsomely transitions to
tabletop.
And sturdy cast iron has
been gaining new devotees.
FINEX takes design to a new
level with its handcrafted
cast iron skillets. Octagonal lids are not only fashion
forward, but they also allow
easy pouring from six directions. Stylish, ribbed, polished stainless steel handles
also are ergonomic, shaped
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City leaders honor first responders
29th annual valor awards
honor more than a dozen
public safety workers
an, who continued to struggle to
break free and jump.
Nugent leapt over the jersey
wall onto the ledge and attemptBy Susan Hale Thomas
ed to restrain the woman, but she
The Alexandria Chamber of continued to resist. She managed
Commerce honored the heroics to use her legs to inch herself
of local first responders at the closer to the edge, dragging Nu29th annual Public Safety Valor gent along with her. The tussle
Awards last week at First Bap- continued, with Nugent forcing
the woman back and
tist Church on King
the woman fighting to
Street. Members of
get to the edge.
the police and fire deWith the slick ice,
partments and city ofNugent told Doyle he
ficials gathered for the
didn’t think he could
luncheon and award
control the woman
ceremony.
any longer. With Host and local
out hesitation, Doyle
journalist Julie Carey
jumped over the barfrom NBC Washingrier onto the ledge and
ton shared the many
pinned the woman by
stories of the 16 men
sitting on her, helping
and women whose
PHOTO/susan hale
Nugent keep her away
quick thinking and
thomas
bravery kept citizens Valor Award attend- from the edge until
out of harms way. Two ees applaud resi- help arrived.
After what was dedogs from the K-9 unit dent Mamie Doyle
also were recognized. for helping Officer scribed as several long
The highest award, Michael Nugent minutes, the Alexanthe gold medal, was save the life of a dria Fire Department
woman who tried
awarded to Officer to jump off a bridge arrived, and with the
Michael Nugent for at Interstate 495 additional help responders were able to
his actions on the last week.
remove the woman
morning of February
28. Nugent was dispatched to safely from the ledge and transan overpass near the intersec- port her to Inova Alexandria
tion between Interstate 495 and Hospital for evaluation.
South Patrick Street where he Doyle was present for the
came across a woman standing awards and was applauded for
on top of a jersey barrier. On the her efforts.
other side of the barrier was a 75- Other first responders honored for their service included
foot drop into Cameron Run.
Mamie Doyle, a passerby, Silver Medal winners Officer
had stopped on the bridge and Carlos Rolon and his dog Xigwas trying to talk with the dis- Xag, Officer Steve Escobar and
traught woman. With tempera- his dog Gracie; and Bronze
tures below freezing, conditions Medal winners Officer Erik
were icy on top of the bridge. Nygren and Assistant Fire MarNugent saw the woman take a shal Andrea Buchanan.
step forward as if she were going A number of public safety
to jump. Nugent shouted for her employees also received the
to stop when she leaned forward Certificate of Valor: Officer
and fell from the bridge.
Daniel Canniff, Officer Ryan
Doyle was closer to the jump- Waple, Firefighter Michael Faer and rushed forward, catching ber and Firefighter Daryoush
the woman’s arm just in time. In- Hematti. Sheriff’s Office Sgt.
stead of falling from the bridge, Chris O’Dell, police Sgt. Nichothe woman landed on a narrow las Ruggiero, Officer Matthew
icy ledge between the two ramps O’Malley, Firefighter Michael
of the overpass. Nugent rushed Ambrose, Firefighter Joseph
to grab the woman’s other arm. Porcelli and Firefighter Michael
Both Doyle and Nugent fought to Lyons all won the Life Saving
maintain their grip on the wom- Award.
The Combined Public Safety Honor
Guard presents the colors at last week’s
Valor Awards ceremony, hosted by the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.
Officer Michael Nugent receives the Gold Medal, the highest honor
for valor and heroism awarded by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, at last week’s Public Safety Valor Awards ceremony.
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Election season and new process
produce sound budget decisions
When budget season rolls around, we always talk about the
difficulty of balancing competing priorities, interests and causes
in an effort to balance the city’s ledger. In Alexandria, there is always a cavalcade of worthy causes, but not enough money to aid
them all.
What’s more important in any given fiscal year? Public safety
spending increases, maintaining affordable housing, nonprofit
contributions; all sound and deserving of tax dollars on their own,
but the decision becomes more difficult when considered together.
In previous budget cycles, an avalanche of last-minute budget
requests made it to city councilors’ dais during their final add/
delete session for the fiscal roadmap. Councilors struggled to balance the various proposals and the debate often took a turn toward
the raucous.
Last year, it even led to a tax increase. City councilors had
stressed publicly that they did not want to raise taxes last spring
and advertised a half-cent property tax hike “as a precaution.”
But after a marathon final add/delete session, council voted to
implement the precautionary tax increase to help fund last-minute
spending additions.
This was no way to discuss funding local departments, projects and services. So this year, councilors introduced a new process for making changes to the budget: All proposals needed the
endorsement of at least three city councilors and had to be submitted by April 23.
As a result, Monday’s final add/delete session was rather
tame in comparison to past years. Councilors had to prepare their
ideas earlier in the process, and run them past their colleagues to
gain their support. What resulted was not only fewer last-minute
changes, but also a more thoughtful and informed discussion of
the ones that did make it to the table.
Council did not elect to raise taxes this year either, although
that was already predestined — it voted not to advertise a possible
tax hike weeks ago.
This is partially the result of governance during an election
year. City councilors have been loath to impose upon taxpayers’
wallets when their names are on the ballot, although they have
had no trouble doing it in each of the previous two years.
Still, council faced some quandaries in its last budget work
session this week. It could add funding to staff Fire Station 210
this fiscal year, it could pay to remove 29 residents from the waiting list for rent relief for seniors and people with disabilities, but
councilors couldn’t do both without pulling money out of the
capital budget.
Council made the right decision. As we have said in past editorials, Fire Station 210 needs fire suppression capabilities as soon
as possible, and that service will improve the quality of life for
the many residents on the West End, who already feel the sting of
a perception that local services are inequitably distributed across
the city.
And pulling money out of the capital budget — even if it is
from a project that has suffered delays or needs re-evaluation, like
the renovation of the intersection of King Street, Braddock Road
and Quaker Lane — is bad practice and would set a bad precedent.
Thanks to this new process — and the politics of an election
year — council was able to have a focused and well-informed
debate about these competing priorities, and came out with the
right answer.
Opinion
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Potomac Yard Metro station will
be good for business
To the editor:
As part of the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce’s
2015 legislative agenda, the
chamber’s board of directors
identified the building of the
Potomac Yard Metro station
as its primary focus item
for this legislative term. The
Chamber of Commerce is extremely committed to bringing Metro to Potomac Yard
and has been pleased with the
progress the City of Alexandria has made to date. Given
the chamber’s previous support, we formally endorse the
staff-recommended position
of locating the new Potomac
Yard Metro station at Alternative B as soon as possible.
Alexandria must maximize
the potential for commercial
development in this area in order to meet its projected revenue numbers. Robust commercial development of Potomac
Yard is critical in order to responsibly meet the obligations
the city will incur as a result of
building the station.
Recent reports have indicated that a staggering 86 percent of new commercial de-
This Metro
station,
which is a historic
investment for
Alexandria,
will play a vital
role in keeping
Alexandria
competitive for
major commercial
activity for years
to come.”
velopment in the D.C. region
is occurring within a quarter
mile of a Metro station. If Al-
exandria is to make itself regionally and nationally competitive for significant future
commercial real estate opportunities, building the Potomac
Yard Metro and selecting Alternative B is the most logical
course of action.
The Chamber also would
like to endorse the current
financing plan that has been
proposed by the City of Alexandria. We encourage
the city to continue to apply
this financing strategy to future transportation projects
around Alexandria and feel
the common-sense financing
strategy that has been developed for the Potomac Yard
Metro station should be the
model for these types of revenue-generating infrastructure
investments in the future.
In closing, we would like
to congratulate city leadSEE metro | 28
What’s the plan for potential Potomac
Yard Metro cost increases?
To the editor:
At the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority hearing on
the proposed Potomac Yard
Metro station, there was no
public consensus around
City Hall’s preferred Alternative B. However, all official organs of government,
including a representative
from the Commonwealth
as well as the Chamber of
Commerce, seem united
behind it.
The proposed Potomac
Yard station is only the second in-fill station to be constructed in the Metro system. The only other one, in
D.C.’s NoMa neighborhood,
experienced a huge cost
overrun. Slated to cost $75
million, it ended up costing
$103 million — 37 percent
over budget. A Metro station sandwiched between
an active railroad, wetlands
and parkland quite easily could experience even
greater cost overruns.
What is City Hall’s plan
for financing any cost overrun? Who will bear the borrowing and interest costs?
What will the Chamber of
Commerce say when citizens suggest that, since the
chamber wanted the Metro
station that most citizens
didn’t, a commercial addon tax should cover any
budget gap?
- Dino Drudi
Alexandria
Reduced parking standards are the
wrong approach
To the editor:
Alexandria’s
leaders
have too warmly embraced
the notions of public transit
and Capital Bikeshare, forgetting a large portion of its
retail and restaurant users:
car-reliant residents. Not everyone in Alexandria lives
on a Metro or DASH line, or
wants to spend over an hour
getting to a place in town
that is an otherwise five to
10-minute drive.
For 17 years, my family
and I lived on Mount Vernon Avenue, one block from
the Braddock Road Metro
station. When I wanted to
walk to Old Town, I did
so. When walking to lower
King Street was not conducive, I drove. Why would
I spend 30 minutes due to
weekend transit schedules to
get someplace that is a fiveminute drive from home?
In May 2014, my family and I moved to Beverley
Hills. DASH is available
only on the neighborhood’s
for four people?
City council and staff
need to take a step back and
realize that public transit
should be one option, not the
only one. My taxes pay dear-
City council and staff need
to take a step back and
realize that public transit should
be one option, not the only one.”
borders along Russell and
Cameron Mills roads. Why
would we spend close to
an hour of walking, busing
and trolleying to Old Town
when in 10 minutes we can
drive to our destination,
not to mention spend less
money on parking than we
would on public transit fares
ly for public transit and other
planning mechanisms that
go into making Old Town a
destination. To my family,
Old Town is not a destination; it is our community.
This was part of why we
chose to continue to make
SEE parking | 28
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with Karen Graf
A reminder of Alexandria’s
segregated past
The landmark Civil Rights Act from proud and angry to happy,
of 1964 cemented a ban on dis- nostalgic and sad. The alumni
crimination in the workplace, gen- shared stories of what it was like
eral public facilities and in schools. during the 1960s in Alexandria,
While the ability to enforce the how difficult desegregation was
act was initially inadequate, local, to implement and that it ultimatestate and federal agencies eventu- ly led to a better community.
ally started to require communi- There is no mistaking the
ties to change their practices, but powerful message conveyed by
the location of ACPS’
not before the country
central office on this
erupted into protest,
historic site. It is a
marches and civil rights
symbol that today,
movements that have
in 2015, the school
shaped our society’s
system promotes the
thinking around race,
ethic that all children
gender and religion.
can learn, that all chil Today, our nation
dren need to be prostill struggles with what
vided for equitably.
that looks like in our
Karen Graf
Teachers, principals
communities. We have
and leaders are having
seen this in Ferguson,
New York and Baltimore. As pic- honest dialogue about the needs of
tures that could have come from our diverse student body and are
that era flash across our television moving toward solutions that emscreens, the question rings in our brace our differences and support
ears: Just how far have we come different learners from various
backgrounds.
since 1964?
Three weeks ago, the Alexan- Our nation is not perfect, nor
dria City School Board and city is the city of Alexandria. Our city
councilors came together for a has not met a magical place of full
joint meeting on the former site of enlightenment. But from City Hall
the segregated Parker-Gray High to the schools, I see leaders and
School, where Alexandria City role models who are not afraid of
Public Schools’ central office now having honest conversations and
stands. Alumni from Parker-Gray cutting through bureaucracies and
were invited to a reception to cel- prejudices to help provide for the
ebrate the installation of a plaque youth in our city.
acknowledging the history of our Martin Luther King said, “A
riot is the language of the unheard.
school system.
Fifty years since the end of … And what is it that America
segregated education in Alexan- has failed to hear?” Let’s continue
dria, this plaque commemorates to listen to our city and our neighthe second location of the city’s bors. Let’s try not only to hear
all-black high school. It stands as a what our community needs are,
poignant reminder of children who but to act on them fairly.
had to walk many blocks to attend Go out into your community
a school that did not have suffi- and listen. Then, when you are
cient books or materials, but which ready to act, the schools are here
produced people who learned and to receive your tolerance, humanwent on to live resoundingly suc- ity and kindness.
cessful lives despite the nature of
their beginnings.
The writer is the chairwoman
The emotions that I observed
of the Alexandria City School
from alumni at the event ranged
Board.
metro
FROM | 26
ers for their efforts to date
to make the Potomac Yard
Metro station a reality. This
Metro station, which is a
historic investment for Alexandria, will play a vital
role in keeping Alexandria
competitive for major commercial activity for years
to come. We urge the City
of Alexandria to choose
the staff-recommended site
of Alternative B as soon as
possible and maintain the
current financing strategy to
pay for the station.
- Walter Clarke and
John Long
Board chairman and president and CEO, Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce
Parking
FROM | 27
Alexandria our home when
we needed to move to a house
better suited to our family’s
needs.
City leaders and staff
need to think about its entire
constituency and stop assuming that enacting methods
to force people out of their
cars is good for all. There is
a breaking point when parking becomes enough of a conundrum that residents will
avoid patronizing the restaurants and businesses that they
have enjoyed for many years.
I highly doubt that such a
result is what our business
owners, and the city’s ensuing tax receipts, intend to
produce.
- Kimberley Moore
Alexandria
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Vote for Bill Euille in mayoral election
To the editor:
Bill Euille has been an excellent mayor. I have not agreed
with him on all issues, especially
his vote approving the move of
the La Bergerie restaurant into
my residential neighborhood.
But he, unlike most politicians,
has been willing to spend political capital to pursue goals he sees
as important for the city’s future.
It took great political courage,
for example, to obtain approval
of the waterfront plan in the face
of strenuous opposition. And he
works at his job 24/7.
Kerry Donley was an effec-
tive mayor too. However, his
entry into the current mayoral
race will act as a spoiler and
all but guarantee the election
of Allison Silberberg, the third
mayoral candidate in the Democratic primary. Euille and
Donley will split the vote of
those who see development as
generally positive for the city.
Donley feels the mayor has
not been energetic enough in
attracting business to the city.
But commercial development
throughout the region is weak.
It is true that the city and the
local Chamber of Commerce,
which jointly runs the Alexandria Economic Development
Partnership, has not provided the
resources necessary for the city
to compete with neighboring
jurisdictions.
In my view, Allison Silberberg will be a disaster as mayor.
She is a populist, telling people
what they want to hear rather
than leading. She is often indecisive and appears not to have
studied council issues and staff
memos. And she has demonstrated an inability to effectively chair council meetings in
the absence of the mayor.
Silberberg is usually the only
“no” vote among city councilors.
If most of the current city councilors are returned to office —
all are running — how will she
lead?
Silberberg, in what will
be a low turnout primary, will
attract the Republican crossover vote mainly in Old Town
— most of these voters opposed
the waterfront plan — and others that see the city and developers as being engaged in an evil
conspiracy.
- H.J. Rosenbaum
Alexandria
Robinson Terminal South hearings ignored critical issues
To the editor:
If there was ever an occasion to disband a city commission and reappoint new
members, it occurred last
month, after the city planning
commission’s consideration of
the Robinson Terminal South
development. Regrettably, the
decision to approve the plan
was unanimous, with Stewart
Dunn proposing the motion
for approval.
For six hours, commissioners, city staff and developer EYA’s parade of experts
discussed mostly noncritical
issues on the project. It was
obvious that this obfuscation
was a red herring to divert the
attention from citizens’ concerns expressed in the public
hearing about the project’s
overall mass, scale and general inappropriateness within
the Old and Historic District.
The fact that there was
such citizen concern should
have sent EYA back to the
drawing board, but it has
been evident that EYA and
city staff have determined all
along that nothing was going to deter this development
from being approved.
The three monolithic,
glass-walled condo buildings
evoke the West End of Alexandria, or even a more mundane section of Miami Beach.
Either
honesty,
integrity and
truth in our city
government
officials
are rapidly
diminishing, or
their memories
are failing at an
alarming rate.”
Moreover, these buildings
wall off the waterfront from
any view for an entire city
block. The 26 townhouses
in this development have extremely redundant architecture, and are evocative of the
Lofts developments just opposite the Wythe Street post
office. The Lofts are suitable
for a non-historic area of Old
Town, but not for the waterfront. A good example of a
non-historic development that
is compatible with the Old and
Historic District is Harborside.
At least an hour of the
public hearing was taken up
by the commission and EYA
discussing social activities
that can be scheduled on the
site, including their frequency
and cost per activity. This
is supposed to be a part of a
neighborhood adjacent to the
Harborside and Waterford
housing areas. The last thing
those neighbors need is an increased amount of noise and
commotion.
A legion of residents spoke
to the cumulative effect of
anticipated developments on
the already overstressed parking situation. The waterfront
plan calls for a comprehensive
transportation management
plan before the approval of
any new development, but no
such plan exists. This begs the
question of the legitimacy of
the approval of the Carr hotel and the validity of EYA’s
request for reduced parking.
During the hearing, Charlotte
Hall, vice president of the Potomac Riverboat Company,
said her company was not able
to secure sufficient parking
for customers who were boating to the Washington Nationals game on Opening Day,
which calls into question the
claim that excess parking is
available.
There are two groups independently working on aspects of the parking situation.
The Old Town Area Parking
Study Group is trying to address the overall problem,
while the Parking Standards
for New Developments Group
is independently attempting to
reduce parking ratios in new
developments. Moreover, EYA
is trying to figure out how they
can secure a parking reduction
in their Robinson Terminal
South parking garage. Parking studies for Old Town are
out of sync with the current
and future parking situations
and far from reality. Despite
all of this, one member of the
planning commission focused
on the availability of Capital Bikeshare for the site, and
even stated that people would
ride bikes to the new restaurant within the development,
obviating the need for cars.
One of the most contentious events of the evening
occurred when the board of
architectural review staff said
economics was not a factor in
allowing a no-setback design
on the Union Street side of the
Wolfe Street condo building.
But at a previous BAR meeting, EYA’s Bob Youngentob
said economics was in fact
the reason for having no setbacks in this situation. Either
honesty, integrity and truth in
our city government officials
are rapidly diminishing, or
their memories are failing at
an alarming rate.
- Townsend A. “Van” Van Fleet
Alexandria
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Last Week’s Solution:
Obituaries
Merle Miller
DeLancey, Sr.
Merle DeLancey, Sr., of Annapolis,
Md., and previously of Alexandria, Va.
passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015.
Born on September 14, 1938 to the late
Clyde and Helen DeLancey in Martinsburg, W.V., Merle was a graduate
of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Merle would go on to a successful
career in printing, as one of the founders
of the East Coast’s largest sheetfed pressroom, Peake DeLancey Printers. He also
loved entertaining, golf, horseracing and
spending time with family.
Merle is survived by his wife Connie;
his son, Merle, Jr. (Jacque) of Alexandria, Va.; his daughter, Susan DeLancey
of Annapolis, Md.; four stepdaughters,
Dianne (Karl) Oristian of Centerville,
Md., Donna Miller of Crownsville, Md.,
Darlene (William) Hackett of Chester,
Md., and Suzanne (James) Spencer of
Centerville, Md.; two sisters, Peggy
(Charles) Stephey of Waynesboro,
Pa. and Helen Jean Kerlin of Burnt
Cabin, Pa.; two grandchildren, Addison
and Miller DeLancey; and numerous
step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Friends are invited to celebrate
Merle’s life on Wednesday, May 6 from
2 to 5 p.m. Please contact a family member for more information. An online
guestbook is available at: www.kalasfuneralhomes.com
LOUISE ANGLE (89), of
Alexandria, April 28, 2015
PATRICK J. CONTE (81),
formerly of Alexandria, April 29,
2015
MERLE M. DELANEY, SR. (76),
formerly of Alexandria, May 1, 2015
HAYS BETTY CLARE COOPER
HAYS (92), of Alexandria, April
20, 2015
ROSALIND ROBINSON
MODLIN (87), of Alexandria, May
2, 2015
JEAN R. PHILLIPS (89), of
LUCAS TOMAIOLO REINKE (5),
of Alexandria, April 27, 2015
MARY L. SAUNDERS (93),
formerly of Alexandria, May 4, 2015
ROBERT M. WARD (88), of
JEFFREY B. WILLIAMS (35), of
ARNOLD K. WINKELMAN (81),
of Alexandria, April 29, 2015
Classifieds
LEGAL NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
!
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
FILE NO. 14 CVD 1654
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
BRITTANY SMITH,
Plaintiff
v.
DARRYCK D.E. SMITH,
Defendant
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TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the abovecaptioned action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:
COMPLAINT FOR CHILD CUSTODY AND ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 15, 2015 and upon
your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief
sought.
This the 28th day of April, 2015.
!
legal notice of
a public hearing
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2015 beginning
at 7:30 PM in Avery Conference Room
2000, second floor of City Hall, 301 King
Street, Alexandria, Virginia on the following
applications:
TO: DARRYCK D.E. SMITH
Address Unknown
!
!
Alexandria Board of
Architectural Review
Old & Historic Alexandria
District
PARISH & COOKE
James H. Cooke, Jr
JAMES H. COOKE, JR.
Attorney for the Plaintiffs
343 Person Street/P.O. Drawer 1824
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302
Telephone: (910) 483-7680
ABC NOTICE
CASE BAR2015-0112
Request for alterations at 735 S Alfred St.
APPLICANT: Susan and Benjamin Space
CASE BAR2015-0113
Request for alterations at 624 S St Asaph St.
APPLICANT: Susan and John Nelson
CASE BAR2015-0114
Request for partially demolish and capsulate
at 312 Queen St.
APPLICANT: Miguel Estrada
The Alexandria City School Board will hold a
Public Hearing on the following topics during
the Special Called School Board Meeting at
7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
•FY 2016 Combined Funds Budget and
FY 2016-2025 CIP Budget
•Redistricting Framework
•Patrick Henry Construction Project
Online
all the
time:
The meeting will be held in the School
Board Meeting Room, located at 1340
Braddock Place, Alexandria. For more
information or to register to speak at the
public hearing, please contact the Clerk
of the Board at 703-619-8314 or email
[email protected].
Business Directory
CASE BAR2015-0115
Request for alterations and waiver of fence
height at 312 Queen St.
APPLICANT: Miguel Estrada
CASE BAR2015-0116
Request for alterations at 202 S Saint Asaph
St.
APPLICANT: Patrick O’Connell
CASE BAR2015-0117
Request for alterations at 610-612 Bashford
Ln. and 1251 Abingdon Ln.
APPLICANT: Riverton Condominium
CASE BAR2015-0122
Request for signage at 1309 King St.
APPLICANT: Whim Pop
Information about the above item(s)
may be obtained from the Department of
Planning and Zoning, City Hall, 301 King
Street, Room 2100, Alexandria, Virginia
22314, telephone: (703) 746-4666.
ABANDONED WATERCRAFT
Notice is hereby given that the following watercraft has been abandoned
for more than 60 DAYS on the property
of: William Harding, 2823 East Side Dr.
Alexandria, VA 22306.
Description: Bay Liner, 26’, 1996, white,
Hull# USCA08FHH596, Registration#
VA 7235 AZ
Application for Watercraft Title will be
made in accordance with Section 29.1733.25 of the Code of Virginia if this
watercraft is not claimed and removed
within 30 days of first publication of
this notice. Please contact the Virginia
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with questions.
The Alexandria City School Board will
hold a Public Hearing on the Strategic
Plan during the School Board Meeting on
Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The
meeting will be held in the School Board
Meeting Room, located at 1340 Braddock
Place, Alexandria. For more information or to register to speak at the public
hearing, please contact the Clerk of
the Board at 703-619-8314 or email
[email protected].
St. Martin de Porres
Senior Center
4650 Taney Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304
Alexandria residents 60+ are welcome!
Daily activities, lunch, and
bi-weekly field trips.
Transportation provided. For more info, call 703-751-2766
or e-mail [email protected]
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