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Del. David Englin, Del. Charlene Her- Northern Virginia ring, Clerk of the Court Ed Semonian, Mayor Bill Euille Remains Blue and Alexandria Democratic Committee chair Republicans Clark Mercer celebrate victory poised to take in Alexandria at state Senate. Los Tios in Del Ray on Tuesday By Michael Lee Pope evening. Photos by Louise Krafft/Gazette Packet Gazette Packet

epublicans experienced Democrats Maintain Control in City all the seasons Tuesday Rnight. First there was Alexandria’s politics tend to be largely divorced from the spring of excite- Republicans gain in state. statewide trends — staying true blue when the rest ment as they gathered at the of the state is turning red. Fairview Park Marriott eager to see By Michael Lee Pope election returns they hoped would Two of the three state senate races in Alexandria Janet Muldoon goes over Gazette Packet see them take control of the Vir- were only marginally contested, and neither of the the election returns with House of Delegates candidates had any Republican ginia state Senate. Then there was the long summer of anticipation, state Sen. Dick Saslaw at lexandria has always been somewhat of an opposition. Other than the six precincts in the West Los Tios in Alexandria. outlier politically. When the rest of the state End that had a hotly contested race for state Senate with election returns slowly arriv- A ing from far-flung precincts across 20). Then Republican Bryce went with the Democratic Republicans, Al- between incumbent state Sen. George Barker (D-39) exandria was a Federalist stronghold. And when the and Republican Miller Baker, most voters in Alexan- the commonwealth. That was fol- Reeves had an 86-vote margin of commonwealth became a Democratic state under dria had little reason to show up at the polls other lowed by a troublesome autumn, victory against incumbent state President Andrew Jackson, Alexandria threw its sup- a time when Republicans watched Sen. Edd Houck (D-17), prompt- port behind Henry Clay and the Whigs. Even today, See Democrats, Page 5 one targeted state Senate seat af- ing a recount in a district that ter another maintained by Demo- stretches from Fredericksburg to cratic control. By the winter of dis- Charlottesville. Shortly before content, the camera crews packed midnight, Bedell declared Repub- up and left the ballroom. Fairfax lican control of the state Senate County Republican chairman An- pending a recount. thony Bedell was almost ready to “A win is a win, and that’s how throw in the towel and admit the you have to look at it,” said Bedell. G.O.P. failed in its attempt to take “As Al Davis used to say, ‘Just win, control of the Virginia state Sen- baby.” ate. Then everything changed. REPUBLICANS SCORED the As if spring were arriving yet narrowest win possible, achieving again, the final precincts were an evenly divided state Senate posted bringing new life to their with 20 Democratic votes and 20 Alexandria Democratic Committee Chair efforts. Although none of the tar- Republican votes — pending the Clark Mercer thanks everyone for their geted Democratic seats in North- results of the recount, although re- work in this year’s election. Del. Charlene Herring checks the latest ern Virginia fell to Republican counts almost always go to the returns with Greg Curtis. challengers, a seat in southwest candidate with the majority head- Results Virginia moved into the red cat- ing into the recount. With Repub- RACE egory when Republican challenger lican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling expected CANDIDATE VOTE PERCENT Bill Stanley was declared the win- See Northern Virginia, Clerk of Alexandria Circuit Court ner over Democratic incumbent Page 4 Democrat Ed Semonian 12,948 65 percent state Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-

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time devoid of glamour for the Veterans share freedom and liberty Americans their stories. have today. Some stormed the beaches of Normandy while oth- ers fought at Khe Sanh or liber- By Jeanne Theismann ated Kuwait and Iraq. Gazette Packet In Alexandria, generations of men and women have answered heir numbers dwindle the call to serve. They are remind- each year at an alarm- ers of the bravery, valor and pa- Ting rate — the veter- triotism required of heroes. Here ans who fought in a are several of their stories.

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The French government presented F. William Bauers the Ordre National de la Legion D’Honneur at a ceremony on June F. William Bauers and his wife Joanne 6 at the World War II Memorial. It is the with some of the medals Bauers was highest honor awarded by the French awarded for his service during WWII. government. Lt. Col. F. William Bauers USAF (Ret.) . William Bauers was just L18 years old when he joined the Texas National Guard with plans of getting an ap- Staff sergeant Doug Gurka, right, with his interpreter on pointment to West Point. But he a mission in Vietnam. was called to active duty less than a year later, qualified for Officer’s Army Staff Sergeant Training School and went on to get his pilot’s wings before ending up Doug Gurka (Ret.) in Europe in January of 1944 fly- ing B-26 Marauders. hen Army Staff Ser- tion from Cambodia,” Gurka re- “It was exhilarating to be a pilot W geant Doug Gurka ar- called. “After a few months, we back then, to be in Europe and to rived in Vietnam in the were reassigned to the Brigade’s be part of a force fighting against spring of 1967, he was assigned main base adjacent to Ho Nai Vil- what we perceived as the enemy,” to the counterintelligence section lage. It was here at around 2 a.m. recalled Bauers of his decorated of the 179th Military Intelligence on the 31st of January in 1968 that service during World War II. “The Detachment, 199th Light Infantry we came under a major attack by war created a sense of urgency Brigade. large enemy units. The Tet Offen- because we never knew when we “At that time, the 199th was re- sive had begun.” said goodbye if it would be our last Capt. F. William Bauers, top right, and his flight crew in sponsible for eliminating the en- Jan. 31 was the first day of the time.” England in 1944. emy from the province surround- year on the traditional lunar cal- Bauers would fly 68 combat mis- See Doug Gurka, Page 8 ing Saigon and stopping infiltra- sions before transferring to Reims, France, where he planned and executed combat mis- “I was very surprised,” said Bauers, who received sions until the end of the war. Upon his return to the the award on the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. U.S., Bauers received his Air Force Commission and “There were only three of us honored and I’m very was assigned to the headquarters at the Pentagon. humbled and grateful to the French government.” “Returning from World War II was different from As Veterans Day approaches, Bauers recalls the the military engagements that the U.S. has subse- friends he lost in combat during the waning months quently become involved in,” of WWII. Bauers said. “Our country had “I know just how lucky I was been attacked, we had a com- to survive without any serious mon enemy and the pubic sup- injury,” Bauers said. “But see- ported the U.S involvement ing the death of a number of and the military forces.” my friends has affected me Bauers, who has been mar- strongly to this day. Unfortu- ried to his wife Joanne for 61 nately, I don’t think people to- years, was awarded the French day give Veterans Day much Legion of Honor Medal in a attention. But the men and ceremony at the World War II women who have defended Memorial in Washington on our country deserve a lot of June 6 of this year. It is the Capt. F. William Bauers as an air credit, or at the very least, our Doug Gurka today with his wife Linda and children Marie highest honor bestowed by the Force B-26 fighter pilot in Europe nation’s respect.” and Kurt. government of France. during WWII. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 3 Election ’11 Northern Virginia Remains Blue From Page 1 pendents and conservatives and Republi- to break the tie in organizational votes for cans with us.” naming committee chairmen, the G.O.P. will likely take control of the state Senate and ALTHOUGH REPUBLICANS were eager have full control over the executive and leg- to declare victory, the party failed to make islative branches of the commonwealth the sweep many were predicting. In what headed into the 2012 presidential election. may have been the most hotly contested “Virginia is the canary in Barack Obama’s race in Virginia, freshman incumbent state coal mine,” said Del. Tim Hugo (D-40). Sen. George Barker (D-39) was able to fend “There are very few Democrats left south off Republican Miller Baker. The race be- of the Rappahannock River once this is came a target for both parties, and televi- done, and I think that makes it a tough dy- sion viewers were besieged with advertise- namic for the president to win in 2012.” ments in the race. In the end, Barker beat Fair or not, the Virginia election will be Baker 53 percent to 47 percent. viewed as a dual referendum on Democratic Other key Northern Virginia races that President Barack Obama and Republican Republicans were targeting included the Gov. Bob McDonnell. Republicans view the open seat created by the retirement of state potential control of the state Senate as an Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31). After indication that Virginia is likely to flip in emerging from a bruising primary, Arling- 2012, voting Republican even though the ton County Board member Barbara Favola commonwealth was one of the states that beat Republican businesswoman Caren went with Obama in 2008. Perhaps more Merrick 58 percent to 42 percent. And importantly, with Republicans in control of former Republican Party of Virginia chair- the state Senate, the congressional redis- man Jeff Frederick was unable to beat long- tricting process will be controlled by the time incumbent Toddy Puller (D-36), with G.O.P. heading into the next year’s key elec- the incumbent Democrat beating the Repub- tion. lican challenger 55 percent to 45 percent. “Folks are riled up and upset with what’s “We certainly need to look at doing bet- going on in Washington,” said former Re- ter in other areas,” said Bedell. “We are very publican Gov. George Allen, who is engaged competitive in Fairfax County, but we in a campaign to reclaim his U.S. Senate weren’t in Arlington and Alexandria and we seat. “And so you have the energy on inde- need to figure that puzzle out.”

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From Page 1 than the fiercely contested clerk of court race between longtime incumbent Ed Semonian and former Alexandria Republi- ANTIQUES SHOW can City Committee Chairman Chris Marston. “That’s no accident,” said Clark Mercer, Photo by chairman of the Alexandria Democratic Committee. “In terms of purely cynical poli- tics, it’s a good strategy.” Louise Krafft NOVEMBER 11,12 & 13, 2011 Marston’s strategy was to leverage the low turnout by marshalling Republicans to the polls in an election when most Democrats would be staying at home. It’s a strategy GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIAL

that he perfected in May 2009, when he was /Gazette Packet able to unseat two incumbent Democrats 101 Callahan Drive Alexandria, Virginia 22301 from the Alexandria City Council by “plunk- ing” the Republican candidate and leaving the rest of the ballot blank. The idea was to bring a challenge against Semonian in a Friday 11-7 Saturday 10-6 Sunday 11-5 year when no presidential or gubernatorial race would be bringing Democrats to the Alexandria Democratic Committee polls. Although the strategy was not suc- chair Clark Mercer talks with Clerk cessful, Alexandria Democrats were worried of the Court Ed Semonian after his ADMISSION $12 WITH AD $10 that they might see a repeat of the 2009 Republican challenger David race. Marston conceded the race on “My approach wasn’t cynical,” said Tuesday evening. American Folk Art, American, English Marston, shortly after conceding the elec- & Continental Furniture Americana • Art tion Tuesday night. “It was based on the the campaign trail, Sarvis tried to tag Saslaw reality that fewer people participate in off- as a leader who has failed to deliver trans- • Majolica Prints • Porcelain • Pottery year elections. That’s not cynical, it’s just portation solutions for Northern Virginia. reality.” Saslaw oversaw a massive campaign Russian Icons English Copper Silver fundraising operation, funneling money to • Nautical Items and Objects D’Art ACROSS ALEXANDRIA, many Democrats favored candidates across the state while sailed to an easy victory. Del. Adam Ebbin Sarvis raised money largely from family (D-49) scored a landslide win against Re- members. publican candidate Tim McGhee, a first time Alexandria’s two House of Delegates seats candidate who received no support from the were unopposed. Del. Charniele Herring (D- party. Ebbin had a much more difficult time 46) narrowly beat out Republican Joe in the hotly contested primary, which he Murray in a 2008 special election then faced emerged victorious against Alexandria City Republican Sahsa Gong the following year. Councilman Rob Krupicka and Arlington Even though she is a relatively new legisla- School Board member Libby Garvey. tor, the Republicans were unable to field a Democratic Senate Majority Leader Dick candidate to oppose her. The G.O.P. was also Saslaw (D-35) also sailed to victory over unable to recruit a candidate to oppose Del. Republican challenger Robert Sarvis, an- David Englin (D-45), who beat Republican other first-time candidate hoping to use his Chris Gregerson in 2005, Mark Allen in roots in Fairfax County to gain support. On 2007 and Vicki Vasques in 2009.

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Photo by Photo Alexandria election official Bill Watts, Jr., greets voters on Tuesday and directs them to registration and greets (973) 927-2794 them again upon voting in the election with a sticker at Blessed Sacrament Church. WWW.JMKSHOWS.COM www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 5 News Promoting from the Streets Cirque Du Soleil surprises passers-by in Market Square.

By Montie Martin Gazette Packet

irque Du Soleil is coming to the

CD.C. area, and to build excitement Photo by for its newest performance, jugglers, plate spinners and unicyclists descended on Alexandria’s Market Square. Unicyclists dazzled passers-by on a sunny Thurs- Montie Martin day afternoon last week, handing out promotion coupons for the Nov. 16-20 performances of Cirque Du Soleil, Quidam, at the Verizon Center. Cirque Du Soleil Promoters Zach Daigneault and

Mike Grigas explained that while the famed event is /Gazette Packet well known, street performances help engage com- munities in a fun way. “Everyone knows Cirque Du Soleil, so there’s al- ways a good response when we promote,” said Daigneault. “Cirque Du Soleil is not just a circus, it’s a piece of art.” The upcoming show, Quidam, will have an Alice in Wonderland feel, featuring extended dream se- Anna Robb and daughter Lilly Robb, quences, colorful lights and unique characters. Zoé, from Winchester, stumbled upon unicy- clists and jugglers in Market Square See Cirque Du Soleil, Page 11 during their first visit to Alexandria.

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Please visit our Web site at: www.shillelaghtravelclub.com “He helped people,” said George Deiter, for a listing of all our upcoming trips and socials. scoutmaster of Barbara’s Boy Scout troop from 2000- Zachary Barbara with Nickinson, a Haitian 2006. “Service has always been part of what he does.” with cerebral palsy. Barbara grew up in Alexandria and went to George Washington Middle School and T.C. Williams High doing in the scouts, I think it would be a good thing School. for you.’ And I was like ‘OK.’” “I like Alexandria a lot,” said Barbara. “I’m glad I It took a year to put the trip together because Bar- grew up here. Obviously I moved back with my par- bara didn’t go down with any specific organization. ents after college so it’s not so bad.” But he was resolved that he would make it to Haiti. In 2001, directly following Sept. 11, Barbara spon- “I pretty much cold-called organizations in Haiti sored a car wash at Trinity United Methodist Church asking if they needed help,” said Barbara. “It’s kind that benefitted the Red Cross and the Methodist Di- of scary. It’s kind of stupid come to think of it.” saster Relief Organization. He was in Haiti for two months. For the first three “I was talking with my Mom about it and I was too weeks, he worked at an orphanage affiliated with young to give blood and this is what we came up Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa’s organization. with, raising money,” said Barbara. “I was basically taking care of babies that we were He received a citizenship and community service malnourished and had various diseases — AIDS, TB award from GWMS for his efforts in the car wash. and also giving them lots of TLC,” said Barbara. Through the Boy Scouts, which Barbara joined in He slept on the top floor of the orphanage, “above third grade, he continued to do good works. the babies and the children that were screaming all “Zachary was a very exuberant and caring,” said the time,” and had to fend for himself in terms of Tony Norwood, Barbara’s scoutmaster from 2000- food. 2006. “Outgoing and kind loud as a child, but he Through an interesting course of events, he began was always caring and good natured.” working at a clinic called Partners in Development. “The scouts instilled in me a desire to do service,” “I was essentially acting like a family physician,” The Shops said Barbara. “Throughout the scouts you have to said Barbara. “I sutured up kids. I prescribed antibi- execute service projects to move otics. It was a very small clinic. through the ranks. I liked that stuff People would come in with ail- and it was fun.” ments. I would diagnose them and In his senior year of high school, give them treatment and then of Fox Chase for his Eagle Scout project, he they’d be on their way.” hosted a garage band benefit con- The food and lodging were bet- cert that benefited ALIVE. He col- ter at Partners in Development but lected canned goods and other Barbara was careful to note that items to give to ALIVE and the he was not on vacation. While he Salvation Army. was in Haiti he did not even do Barbara attended Ohio any touring. Wesleyan where he majored in “I was really busy,” said Barbara. microbiology. In his freshman and “I went to the beach once on the sophomore years, he served as a last day I was there. I was able to mentor for the Delaware Juvenile go see the palace that was totally District Court. demolished by the earthquake. I “Basically they paired me up was not doing any sightseeing.” with two different kids,” said Bar- He said the most amount of im- bara. “I mentored essentially at pact he felt he had was at Part- risk youth. I took them out, hung ners in Development. out with them, tried to pretty “There was this 7 year old kid,” much give them a role model to said Barbara. “He had a massive look up to. Talked with them, took abscess — staphylococcus on this them away to from their homes for Zachary Barbara working throat. For some reason he wasn’t Everything a little bit.” as a paramedic in Haiti. getting any treatment for it. He He graduated from Ohio wasn’t getting it drained or anti- Wesleyan in 2010. biotics. I drained it and send it You Need in During the summer of 2010, Barbara worked as a home with some medicine. The very next day he ranger at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, came back and he had lost his medicine and he was One Convenient N.M. He guided crews of scouts and taught them bleeding a lot out of the incision. I fixed him up.” survival skills. One night, he had a conversation with Now that he’s returned to the States, Barbara has Place one of the Boy Scout advisors. plans to continue helping people. He’s hoping to get “We were basically having a moment of reflection a job as a firefighter paramedic and eventually be- in nature,” said Barbara. “We just went around and come a physician. “Before I went to Haiti, I was like, said what made them come to Philmont and the ad- ‘I can see myself being a physician’ but after I was Duke Street, visor said, ‘I was going through a divorce and I went like, ‘Damn, this needs to happen,’” said Barbara. “It through Haiti in 2008 and I had a great time there.’ wasn’t a wishy-washy dream anymore it was a course just west of Jordan Street in Alexandria And he said, ‘Judging by your interest and what you’re I needed to pursue.” www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 7 Veterans Day

Army Staff Sergeant Doug Gurka (Ret.)

From Page 3 endar and the most important holiday in Vietnam. The surprise attacks came during a two-day cease-fire that had been declared by both North and South Vietnam. “After an initial 122mm rocket attack, ground forces moved in with the intention of overrunning the 199th and continuing on into Saigon,” Gurka said. “We had re- ports of these infiltrations and were on alert that night. When daylight came there were Jerome and Ashley hundreds of dead Viet Cong and North Viet- Schorr celebrate their namese outside our perimeter, but not one Doug Gurka with son Kurt, a Cap- Staff sergeant Jerome Schorr at Al Najaf chili cook-off victory at had penetrated it. The attacks went on for tain in the Army JAG Corps who Airfield in Iraq in 2003. Belle View Elementary. a few more days.” returned from a tour of duty in After the completion of his tour of duty, Iraq two weeks ago. Gurka was assigned to an intelligence unit Staff Sergeant Jerome Schorr, U.S. Army at the Pentagon and returned to the United “I love seeing the kids and how much they States in May of 1968 at the height of anti- enjoy singing the patriotic songs,” Gurka n the early hours of March 19, 2003, others waving miniature American flags war sentiment. said. “So many schools don’t do anything IArmy Staff Sergeant Jerome Schorr given to them by an earlier element of the “It was definitely disheartening to return for Veterans Day anymore but these chil- watched from the Kuwaiti border as convoy. We weren’t always received this to that environment,” Gurka said. “Today dren need to learn about the sacrifices our U.S. and British forces mounted final prepa- warmly but I cannot begin to describe the people have more of an appreciation for veterans have made.” rations for the assault on Iraq. emotion felt on both sides that day.” what we went through at that time but then Gurka, who has lived in Alexandria al- “We staged our convoy south of the berm Schorr returned to Iraq for a second com- it was difficult. I knew that the North Viet- most continuously since 1969, earned nu- separating Kuwait from Iraq,” said Schorr bat tour of duty in 2006 and counts among namese were taking photographs of people merous medals for his service including the recalling the night before the invasion of his numerous awards a Bronze Star and demonstrating here and using it in propa- Bronze Star, the National Defense Service Iraq and start of the conflict known as Op- Meritorious Service Medal. He currently ganda to discourage our soldiers still fight- Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and eration Iraqi Freedom. “Like kids watching serves as the senior enlisted leader of the ing over there. But I believed in our fight the Vietnam Service Medal. He and his wife fireworks, we sat on the roof of our vehicles Hematology Oncology Clinic at the new Fort against worldwide communism.” Linda have two children: daughter Marie as our artillery elements methodically elimi- Belvoir Community Hospital. Gurka left the Army in 1969 but remained and son Kurt, an Army Captain who just nated the Iraqi attack positions staged along “We are offering services never before in the area working for the U.S. Informa- returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. the border.” available in this community,” Schorr said. tion Agency. Since his retirement from in- “I know that in war people are going to Within hours, Schorr’s convoy began ad- “Fort Belvoir Community Hospital is the first telligence work, Gurka has been active as a get killed,” Gurka said. “But when it is in vancing through the desert. truly Joint Service facility of its kind — substitute teacher and for the last several vain is the worst part. Colin Powell said that “I kept thinking, ‘How are we going to be bringing together Army, Navy and Air Force years has put on the Veterans Day assem- if you are going to fight a war, go in and received by the civilian population, the professionals under one joint command.” blies for the students at Lyles-Crouch Tra- win it decisively. That is still appropriate families, the children?’” Schorr said. “Iraq The recently married Schorr (wife Ashley ditional Academy. advice for today.” was a country isolated from the rest of the is a sixth grade teacher at Belle View El- world — its primary source of information ementary School) will spend Veterans Day provided by the same dictator that we were at American Legion Post 24, where he a sent to liberate them from. Would they see member of the executive council. Veterans To Be Honored at The Fountains us as liberators or invaders?” “Veterans Day is a day for me to remem- lexandria resident Bartow Hodge Coming upon a populated region, Schorr ber and be thankful for those who served Aserved his country in multiple saw the roads lined with Iraqi citizens and before me,” said Schorr, whose father served branches between 1938 and knew it was the moment of truth. in Panama and Desert Storm and uncles in 1947, earning 33 medals along the way. “I didn’t know what to expect,” Schorr Korea and Vietnam. “My grandfather sur- Hodge will be among dozens of veter- said. “They weren’t waving guns, they vived the sinking of the USS Susan B. An- ans to be honored on Veterans Day at weren’t throwing rocks — they were smil- thony off the coast of Normandy on June 7, The Fountains at Washington House. ing. There were grown men with tears in 1944. They are my heroes.” Each of the participating resident veter- their eyes, townspeople on their knees and ans will be presented their framed color portrait in front of the American flag. Carleton Staff ser- Hodge started out in the Navy in 1938. Bartow Hodge Jones Jr. geant Seasickness forced him to resign. He re- Jerome turned to the Army Air Corps and retired ROTC at Johns Hopkins University. He Schorr, right, in 1942. In 1947, he served in the Air was a member of a “Military Advisory with his Force. Hodge later earned two Ph.D.s, Team” in the Me Kong Delta and re- Joint Ser- one in physics and one in math. ceived three medals including the vices team at “It was an experience being a colonel,” Bronze Star, Air Medal and Joint Ser- the hematol- he said during a recent interview. “I vice Commendation Medal. His essay ogy oncology learned how to manage people.” affirms why he is proud of his service clinic at Fort Tributes to Hodge and 24 other dis- and serves as a reminder of why every Belvoir tinguished veterans residing at Water- American should be grateful for the ser- Community mark communities coast to coast are now vice of generations of brave American Hospital. available for viewing at veterans. From left, www.watermarkcommunities.com/ “We at Watermark are proud to honor Army Medic veteransday, along with an essay entitled all Veterans on Veterans Day and every Sgt. Samuel “One among Millions,” written by deco- day,” said C. Jill Hofer, director of com- Ramos, and rated Vietnam Veteran Carleton Jones, munications for Watermark, which op- Navy Corps- Jr. of Philadelphia. erates retirement communities nation- men Kasey Jones served for 13 years in the U.S. wide, including The Fountains at Wash- Smith and Army after graduating in 1956 from the ington House. Tana Miller.

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Washington Gas volunteer John Morgan asks for the next address to work on.

Katharine Medina, Execu- Washington Gas volunteers tive director, Rebuilding Troy Delaney and John Together Alexandria, talks Morgan secure weather with volunteers in stripping to an outside Arlandria. doorframe in Arlandria. Energizing Alexandria

olunteers from Rebuild- outlet sealants, and caulking air ing Together Alexandria leaks were a few of the tasks un- Vteamed up with volun- dertaken. For clients interested in teers from the Washing- upgrading their own homes, En- ton Gas Company and winterized ergy Efficient Kits were distrib- Photos by Louise Krafft/Gazette Packet nearly 100 homes in Arlandria and uted. Supporters of the program Bags of Energy Efficient Volunteers distribute Energy Efficient Kits to residents Del Ray on Saturday, Nov. 5. included Honeywell, Lowes and Kits wait to be delivered by in the Arlandria neighborhood on Saturday morning. Weatherstripping, door sweeps, Sears. volunteers.

www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 9 News Virtue and Vice City officials and restaurant take their fight with the Boat Club to the Virginia Supreme Court.

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By Michael Lee Pope lic park. Club members have re- Gazette Packet jected the city’s advances, prompt-

Louise Krafft ing Banks to threaten taking the s with many stories in Old parking lot by the city’s power of ATown, the origins of the eminent domain last summer. Now city’s dispute with the Old the city has entered into a license Dominion Boat Club begins in the agreement with Virtue that allows

/Gazette Packet late 1700s. This was a time when the restaurant to use the alley, an former Alexandria mayor and agreement that stipulates the city Maryland businessman Valentine will “vigorously defend all legal Peers had joint ownership of land challenges to its authority.” Boat that’s now known as Wales Alley. Club members say the city is in Back then it was called Fitzgerald contempt of court for violating The Youth Ministry of Downtown Baptist Church enjoy refreshments at the Ice Alley, until Andrew Wales started Judge McGrath’s ruling. House on Commerce Street. Property owner Boyd Walker donated use of the build- selling beer in the alley in 1786. “What the city has done here is ing for the ALIVE! volunteers to serve refreshments. Three years later, Fitzgerald and give one private property owner Peers decided to dissolve their priority over another,” said Boat joint ownership, creating a deed Club member David Elsberg, a that allowed “free use and passage real-estate lawyer who stressed Mini-Walk Supports ALIVE! of the several streets and allies.” that he was not speaking on be- “They probably didn’t like half of the organization. “What the n Sunday, Nov. 6, af- working with each other on it,” city is doing is worse than eminent Oter church, four speculated Andrew domain because ALIVE! congrega- Carroll, attorney they failed to com- tions from the east end of Alex- for Virtue Feed and “What the city is pensate us.” andria participated in a mini- Grain Restaurant, walk to support the activities at according to court doing is worse THE CASE the ALIVE! House on South documents. “So WON’T BE heard Payne Street in Alexandria. they said, ‘let’s split than eminent in Richmond until Member churches involved in it,’ and they split at least January, the walk included: Old Presby- it.” domain because so both sides of terian Meeting House, Wash- Now, 222 years the argument ington Street United Methodist, later, the implica- they failed to have the next few Downtown Baptist and Good tion of that 1789 months to Shepherd Lutheran. deed is before the compensate us.” sharpen their re- ALIVE! House is a transitional Virginia Supreme — David Elsberg spective cases. home for women and families. Court. Last week, The Boat Club is Residents participate in learn- the court agreed to hear the city’s ready to argue that the city is be- ing job skills, money manage- appeal of an Alexandria Circuit having like a private landowner ment and parenting skills. Court case that pits the Old Do- attempting to gain property rights Co-chairs of the inaugural mini-walk Kevin Heanue and ALIVE! (ALexandrians InVolved minion Boat Club against the city that it can then lease to a third Susanne Arnold greet the walkers from Washington Ecumenically) is a 501(c)3 non- government and Virtue. The case party. Essentially, the club argues, Street United Methodist Church: Sean Hagan, Ashley profit organization of volun- was originally filed by the Boat it’s using the power of eminent Kent, Bonnie Thompson, Deborah Patterson and An- teers from more than 40 reli- Club in response to the city’s deci- domain to condemn public land to gela Melvin. gious congregations sion to lease part of the 30-foot use for private gain. The conse- alley to the restaurant, which has quences, lawyers for the organiza- now installed tables and chairs in tion have argued in court, could the public way. The Boat Club be stark. claimed ownership of part of the Every private citizen in the city alley and objected to any obstruc- of Alexandria may wake up one tion that would prevent its mem- morning to find a thank you note bers from using the alley. Visiting from the government for them Judge John McGrath issued a rul- having taken the property,” said ing that rejected the Boat Club’s David Chamowitz during part of stake to ownership, although he the Circuit Court case, according also said that the club’s members to transcripts. “How can the natu- had a right to use the alley. ral consequence of allowing mem- “We believe that the ruling is bers of the public to use your ac- logically inconsistent,” said City cess easement be that one day the ALIVE! House director Attorney James Banks. “No other city up and builds a restaurant Nicole Goodman and Co-chairs of the inaugural public alley in the city has this kind across it?” house manager Ben mini-walk Kevin Heanue of easement by an adjoining prop- Attorneys for the city, on the Caruthers greet the and Susanne Arnold thank Beverly Patton arrives erty owner.” other hand, are ready to argue to walkers as they arrive at the students for participat- with the Downtown The Boat Club has long been at the Virginia Supreme Court that the house on Sunday ing in the walk and prepare Baptist Youth Ministry at odds with the city, especially over the city has every right to close the afternoon. to take a tour of the facility. the ALIVE! House. a waterfront parking lot that the public alley for private use. Essen- city wants to transform into a pub- See City Takes, Page 11 10 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News Cirque Du Soleil Surprises Passers-by in Market Square

From Page 6 “I liked the man, he was funny,” said three-year old Titus Mueller, a girl bored with her sedentary life, who learned how to balance a slips into the imaginary world of spinning plate on a stick. Mueller, her mind to find who was visiting meaning in an oth- Alexandria with erwise purposeless “Cirque Du his family from existence. Iowa, had already “The beauty of Soleil is not just seen some of the Cirque Du Soleil is performers by the that it’s a controlled a circus, it’s a Alexandria water- environment, there piece of art.” front. “I started are lights and out as a street per- props, everything — Zach Daigneault , a former, and even can be manipu- promoter for Cirque Du worked by the Al- lated,” said Mark exandria water- Soleil, Quidam Photo by Lohr, an entertainer front,” said Lisa from west Alexandria. “Outside on Polinori, an entertainer from Bal- the street it is less controlled, there timore. “A lot of Cirque Du Soleil are children chasing us.” performers started out this way as Montie Martin Lohr amazed children with his well.” Quidam will run from Nov. juggling prowess and plate-spin- 16-20 at the Verizon Center. For ning technique. Much to their sur- more information visit: prise, many children learned to www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/

balance a plate all on their own. shows/quidam/ /Gazette Packet City Takes Fight with Boat Club to State Supreme Court Jeremy Worth, 3, Rilo Farmer, 4, and Zhyona Edwards, 3, stand still while Mark Lohr From Page 10 the city from blocking it. But city and Lisa Polinori fling juggling pins at each other. tially, lawyers for the city have ar- officials say it gives them the right gued in court, it’s a value judg- to lease it. “There are conse- ment. They are ready to make the quences to allowing public use for case that the revenue contributing something that you claim is pri- to the city’s overall income out- vate,” said Spera. weighs the needs of public infra- Since 1972, the city has treated structure. Wales Alley as a public street — “It is a very regular use of pub- plowing snow, issuing parking lic infrastructure through licensing tickets and filling potholes. Dur- to a private party for revenue that ing the Circuit Court trial, the city happens in every jurisdiction in brought witnesses to demonstrate this commonwealth every day,” that it plowed snow, issued park- said Chris Spera during the Circuit ing tickets and filled potholes in Court case, according to tran- the street. The city attorney’s ar- scripts. “So, respectfully, there’s gument to the Supreme Court is nothing sinister about that.” that the government has “implied The modern history of Wales dedication” under the city charter Alley dates back to 1972, when the because of the years of treating it Alexandria Corporation Court as if it were a public street. ruled that a business known as “The city’s position is that we Dockside Sales — located in the made every effort to balance the building where Virtue is now serv- rights of the restaurant with the ing gourmet entrees — did not Boat Club,” said Banks. have the right to erect a fence and “That’s not true,” replied block public access. Boat Club Elsburg. “They unilaterally did this member say that ruling prevents without even conferring with us.” Timeline ❖ 1789: Former Alexandria Mayor to transport boats to and from its water- John Fitzgerald and Maryland business- front parking lot. man Valentine Peers divide up their ❖ 1970: Dockside Sales erects a five- holdings, including the land that is now foot wooden fence blocking public Wales Alley. The deed allows “free use access to Wales Alley to store inventory. and passage of the several streets and The Old Dominion Boat Club files a law- allies.” suit, charging that it has the right to use ❖ 1850: In a case that doesn’t directly the alley to transport boats to its water- involve the alley, the United States Su- front parking lot. preme Court describes Wales Alley as ❖ 1972: The Alexandria Corporation public property, referring to it by its Court rules that Dockside Sales does not original name, Fitzgerald Alley. have the right to block access to Wales ❖ 1935: The Old Dominion Boat Alley for retail inventory storage. City Club begins operating a boat yard and workers begin treating the alley as a parking lot at Number 2 King Street. public way by clearing snow, issuing Club members begin using Wales Alley parking tickets and filling potholes. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 11 Alexandria Opinion Gazette Packet

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It also allowed me to support the soldiers serving in dreamed of being a nurse, a the opportunity to serve my the Iraq War. My goal is to get a G teacher, or an Indian princess. country by helping provide the small holiday gift for each soldier One thing I never imagined logistical support for the war that to brighten their spirits and let was that I would grow up to become a sol- has been ongoing for my entire them know someone is thinking dier, let alone an officer, in the U.S. Army military career. of them. I would like all of the on deployment in a war zone. Last year, in the middle of my gifts to be similar so that all sol- My childhood centered on activities school year, I found out that I diers receive an equal gift. Be- around the Old Presbyterian Meeting House would be deploying to the Middle cause of the delivery distance, in Old Town Alexandria and home school- East to transport equipment. small $5-10 gift cards to vendors ing with my siblings in Mount Vernon until Thankfully, the timing allowed available here would bless the 8th grade, when I started attending Carl me to finish the school year. How- lives of many homesick soldiers Sandburg Middle School. I moved on to ever, as a platoon leader, every who yearn to be Home for the West Potomac High School, graduating in day that I spend here I worry Holidays. Vendors here are lim- U.S. soldiers in Iraq would welcome some mail. 2003, and finished up my education with a about the soldiers in our Unit. ited to iTunes, Amazon, KFC, degree from University of North Carolina Not only do I pray that they stay Starbucks and Subway. Also, at Chapel Hill in 2007. Finally, I ended up safe, but also that they stay mentally strong their lives altered by long deployments popular titles of new DVDs and CDs would pursuing a master’s in education at GWU as they spend a year away from family and away from home. As thoughts turn toward probably be easy to mail as well. and teaching Spanish at KIPP DC: KEY Acad- friends. Most of my soldiers spend a sig- the approaching holiday season, many of The Alexandria Gazette Packet and Mount emy, a middle school in Washington D.C. nificant amount of time driving in convoys, my soldiers talk to their families with tears Vernon Gazette has agreed to accept and Along the way, I learned many lessons as I which means they rarely get to communi- in their eyes because they won’t get to see stage the delivery of the gifts. participated in Fort Hunt Basketball, Girl cate with their loved ones. their relatives this holiday. They are lonely Mail or deliver for receipt no later than Scouts, West Potomac Drama Department, Reading the newspapers over here in the and one of the moments that most bright- Nov 18 to: and West Potomac Cross Country. I learned Middle East, it seems that this war is one ens their day is when they are told to stop Alexandria Gazette Packet & Mount to do whatever it takes to accomplish my that will be a landmark in our history books, by the mail room because they have a pack- Vernon Gazette goals in life, which led me to join the Na- much like the Vietnam War. It was contro- age. All of the soldiers stop by the mail room 1606 King Street tional Guard in 2003, just as the war in Iraq versial and dangerous, but we also helped on a regular basis, but not all of them re- Alexandria, VA 22314 was beginning. The National Guard has many people in countries in the Middle East. ceive mail. I am searching for kind people Thanks to all of you who feel called to taught me valuable leadership skills, helped Above all, countless numbers of soldiers had in the area where I grew up who can send a brighten the holidays for these troops. Letters to the Editor

as the Alexandria City Manager for used to justify the new City Manager’s com- responsibilities, especially since Greensboro Salary Reflects $245,000 a year. Upon additional review, I pensation level should potentially worry has a much larger population than Alexan- Poor Leadership believe it to be unjustified and demonstra- and concern all Alexandrians. Did the City’s dria City (it’s almost twice the size of Alex- tive of poor decision making by the City’s leadership justify his salary by basing it on andria City). Did the City’s leadership jus- To the Editor: leadership. equivalent salaries of our federal tify his salary by basing it on his long track I was initially surprised to read the an- The process the City may or may not have government’s most senior roles? Clearly not, record and distinguished record of govern- nouncement that Rashad Young was hired his salary easily outpaces other top paid ment service? I don’t think so. He has ap- federal workers (for example Janet proximately 13 years total experience: five Napolitano, Secretary of DHS, and Leon years of experience in city manager posi- Panetta, Secretary of Defense, each have tions and approximately 8 years working salaries of $199,700 in 2011). Did the City’s in local government roles in Dayton, Ohio. leadership justify his salary by basing it on The best answer I can find is that it is sim- the salaries of other important executive ply a three percent inflation increase over roles in the U.S.? No. His salary easily what the previous city manager earned trumps the pay of state governors (the high- (about $238,000). That’s hardly a sound est paid governor in 2011 will earn financial approach to determining a senior $179,000). Did the City’s leadership justify official’s salary. his salary by basing it on Alexandria City’s In a city that has laid off city workers in own published pay scale for public employ- the last few years, struggled with the same ees? No. The general salary scale for 2012 economic issues that cities across the U.S. for Alexandria City has $184,843.53 listed have struggled with, and raised the prop- as the highest income level for government erty taxes of its residents multiple years in employees. a row, I believe this to be an unjustifiably Did the City’s leadership justify his salary high level of compensation for a moderately by basing it on a moderate salary increase experienced city employee. It shows excep- based on his previous salary that takes into tionally poor decision making by our City’s Be Healthy account the responsibilities of running a leadership and an inability to connect with These signs, discouraging smoking, were placed in 35 City-owned bigger city? No. First, it’s not a moderate the economic realities many Alexandria City playgrounds pursuant to a resolution adopted by City Council last salary increase. He earned approximately residents currently face. Lastly, by not of- May and supported by several boards, commissions, and commu- $145,000 in 2009 when he worked as the fering the City Manager a compensation nity-based organizations, chief among them were the Partnership city manager for Dayton, Ohio. He earned package that is financially justified, our for a Healthier Alexandria and the Public Health Advisory Commis- $179,500 when he took the city manager leaders squandered an excellent opportu- sion. The Council’s resolution indicated it would consider the place- post in Greensboro and was given a raise nity to reduce our operating burden and ment of similar signs in City parks and City-owned bus shelters to $186,600 earlier this year. (That’s a me- show fiscal leadership. following a favorable staff review of the sign program in the play- teoric rise in even good economic condi- grounds. Nov. 17 is designated as the Great American Smokeout, a tions.) Ian A. Northrop campaign launched by the American Cancer Society to spotlight the Second, the 31 percent pay premium Al- dangers of tobacco use and the challenges of quitting. exandria City agreed to increase his pay can’t possibly be related to his increase in See Letters, Page 14 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 13 Opinion Can’t Wait for Congress To Help Unemployed Veterans By David Englin among post-9/11 era Move for Veterans (www.MyNextMove.org/ authored the year before. The law would Delegate (D-45) veterans here is 10.6 vets) is an online tool that quickly and eas- grant employers a $500 income tax credit Vice Chairman, percent. Nationally, ily translates the codes that define various for each new job filled by a post-9/11-era House Democratic Caucus similar figures hold military occupational specialties into their veteran, as long as the job pays a salary of true, and the Obama closest civilian job equivalents. The National more than $50,000 per year. The Virginia irginia’s many veteran-friendly Administration has Resource Directory’s Veterans Job Bank Wounded Warriors Tax Credit would oper- policies and services are no sur- made addressing unem- (www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov) goes ate along the same lines, but it would grant Vprise. From the very founding of ployment among veter- one step further and actually lists civilian double the credit — $1,000 per employee our nation, the men and women ans a priority. While job openings relevant to a veteran’s mili- — and apply to employers who hire veter- who call Virginia home — and the families President Obama has tary experience. ans with service-connected disabilities who that support and sustain them — have borne used his executive au- In addition to these helpful services, as have been unemployed for more than six more than their share of sacrifice in mili- thority to enact some helpful new services, part of the American Jobs Act, President months. In both cases, the jobs must be tary service. Today, while fewer than seven his major proposals will require action from Obama is urging Congress to pass a Return- filled for a year before the employers can percent of all Americans a dysfunctional Congress. As a veteran my- ing Heroes Tax Credit for firms that hire claim the credit, so the income tax revenue have served, nearly one self, I’m not willing to wait for Congress to unemployed veterans and a more generous from each job can defray the cost of the Commentary in 10 Virginians is a vet- do its job. That’s why I will propose legisla- Wounded Warriors Tax Credit for firms that credits. eran, and Virginia is tion during the upcoming General Assem- hire veterans with service-connected dis- Communities throughout Virginia are home to six of the 10 places in America with bly session to create jobs for our unem- abilities. stronger for the presence of men and the highest concentrations of veterans. Un- ployed veterans. While these ideas are mired in debate in women who have been willing to go into fortunately, as the wars in Iraq and Afghani- Veterans have a harder time finding work Washington, I propose adapting them to the harm’s way for our country. Our communi- stan draw down, even in Virginia, far too in part because prospective employers don’t state level and moving forward with them ties will be stronger still if the General As- many veterans return from fighting over- understand how military training and ex- here in Virginia. sembly does its part to help ensure Virginia’s seas and struggle to find work that will sup- perience can relate to civilian jobs. To bridge The Virginia Returning Heroes Tax Credit post-9/11 veterans can find jobs and con- port their families. that gap, the Obama Administration re- would be modeled on the Green Jobs Cre- tinue to contribute their talents to our Com- While Virginia’s unemployment rate is cently launched My Next Move for Veter- ation Tax Credit, which passed in 2010 and monwealth. Let’s not wait for Congress to about 6.5 percent, the unemployment rate ans and the Veterans Job Bank. My Next is the final version of legislation I first act. Letters to the Editor

From Page 13 Clerk of the Alexandria Circuit Court. There is no impediment to any of the and to dismiss the citizens’ role in the plan- I am so proud of the level of service that landowners going forward now and build- ning process. Honoring my staff provides to our citizens and of our ing large buildings on those sites, buildings successful efforts to make dealing with our big enough to change the character of the Katy Cannady Veterans office a satisfying experience. surrounding neighborhood. The city and Alexandria To the Editor: I pledge to you that we will continue to landowners (notably The Washington Post As I think about Veterans Day, I am re- look for innovative ways to serve you. that owns two of the sites) want increased minded about the Veterans Memorial Walk- Thank you for your support. density and they want fewer restrictions on Renewable way along the bike path of the 500 block of what uses they can have in their new build- Is Costly South Columbus and Wilkes Street. Ed Semonian ings. The bigger the possible buildings, the The plaque on the rock there reads: Clerk of the Alexandria Circuit Court higher the owner can set the price for the To the Editor: “Dedicated to the City of Alexandria and land. All the sites are likely to be sold. Del. David Englin advocates bold action Alexandria’s veterans’ organizations on Vet- However, with an increased allowable to create jobs and protect the environment erans’ Day November 11, 1979, in honored No to More density of 25 percent, allowing buildings by, among other things, requiring 20 per- memory of the deceased Alexandria veter- Density with a floor area ratio of three or close to cent of all electricity sold in Virginia be from ans of all the United States wars. that, the actual increase in density over renewable sources. But what he didn’t say “Their service in war and peace contrib- To the Editor: what is sitting on that land today would be is that renewable sources are a lot more uted greatly to the welfare of their fellow In attempting to rebut the report from the 162 percent. expensive than conventional sources. Ab- citizens ... Charles E. Beatley, Jr., Mayor … Citizens for an Alternative Alexandria Wa- It is no wonder that many, many sent the kind of wishful thinking about re- Robert L. Calhoun, Vice Mayor ... Donald terfront Plan, acting City Manager Bruce Alexandrians do not welcome that kind of newable energy epitomized by the federal C. Casey, Councilman ... Margaret B. Inman, Johnson makes two claims that deserve change on the waterfront. It would drive government’s half-billion dollars down the Councilwoman ... comment. up the cost of land along the river’s edge. bankrupt Solyndra rat hole, I would prefer Nelson E. Greene, Jr., Councilman ... First, he says that without the plan the Purchasing any additional land for open that he level with the people as to how much James P. Moran, Jr., Councilman ... Carlyle city planning staff has put forward, we will space would become impossible. extra his proposal will cost in higher utility C. Ring, Jr., Councilman” have a static unchanging waterfront. That Second, Mr. Johnson defends the public rates, diminished (even Pepco-like) utility In honor of all our veterans and men and is unlikely, as Mr. Johnson must know. participation process by saying that the city service as Dominion Power has to redirect women in uniform who have served and The plan the city is proposing increases staff listened, it just did not agree. That is resources away from service to fulfilling fought for our country, may they not be for- density on three development sites by 25 just too bad for people like me who fool- quixotic government mandates, and lost gotten. percent. At present, each of those sites con- ishly wasted many hours attending meet- jobs as energy-intensive industries leave the Thank you for your service and sacrifice. tains warehouse buildings. ings. Planning Director Farroll Hamer spoke state. Their current uses attract much less traf- emphatically before the Planning Commis- We all need to fear the foreseeable “com- Geri Baldwin fic both vehicle and pedestrian than new sion about the great number of public meet- promise” our “Drill, Baby, Drill” governor Alexandria buildings would. New buildings replacing ings during the planning process. It should and quixotic “Saudi Arabia of offshore the warehouses could be built today under have been clear to Ms. Hammer after a year, wind” eco-boosters might reach which could current zoning. Right now, each site is zoned rather than two years, that the great ma- put a wind turbine atop every offshore oil Thank You for a density of a floor area ratio of two. jority of citizens attending the meetings did rig, thereby junking up our coastal waters For Support The floor area ratio is the measurement not like the city plan to increase density over with egregious navigational hazards and planners use to estimate the bulk of a build- an already high level. So why did she hold ruining the ocean viewscape. To the Editor: ing. Where today we have two or three story so many meetings? Evidently, it was just to The following open letter is addressed to all buildings on those sites, we could have five convince the Planning Commission that Dino Drudi Alexandrians: story buildings on two sites and an even Alexandria I want to thank every Alexandrian who there had been a public process. taller building on the third site, Robinson came to the polls yesterday to participate We can only hope that our incoming city Terminal North. in our democratic process. I am so gratified manager will not continue current city poli- Height is limited to five stories in the Old that the people of Alexandria chose to put cies that encourage our highest-level staff and Historic District, but the north termi- their trust in me for another term as the members to tell us less than the whole story See Letters, Page 32 nal lies outside the District. 14 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 15 Neighborhoods Taylor Run Old Town MUSICAL MIXTURES A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE How lucky we are in Alexandria to have Let’s ponder this one, ‘Towners: We have such a wide variety of musical offerings to been recognized as one of the most walk- listen to. I had never really expected to hear friendly communities in the country. King two trumpets tearing into the Hallelujah Street was named recently as one of the Chorus, but I did at Music for Brass and great streets by the American Planning As- Organ, presented by Tom Robertson, organ- sociation. ist at Grace Episcopal Church, and the King The experts are telling us, in short, that Street Brass Quintet. The musicians seemed our old port city ranks right up there with particularly happy playing Tico, Tico by the best anywhere to break out those old Zequina de Abreu. I was fascinated to hear walking shoes and hit the streets. Handel’s Water Music Suite voiced by brass Naturally, our city fathers will be quick instruments rather than the strings to which to advertise Alexandria’s good fortune. we are accustomed. The one that brought Come on down and stroll through history the entire audience to their feet was the the way we all should be able to stroll Hallelujah Chorus. The whole audience through history — by dumping the car and stood up as we are told George III did at breaking out the shoe leather. the first performance of this work. I have “Hurry to Old Town and find out what always thought myself that George III was it’s really like to visit a truly walk-friendly probably asleep and those opening chords town.” That could be a nifty slogan from brought him to his feet. our Chamber of Commerce or Visitors’ As- Trumpets were played by Karl Sweedy sociation or City Hall or whatever. and Nathan Clark. Jay Chadwick played the But wait, Nelly! Our pedestrian-loving horn, David Sisk the trombone and Willie town is about to get some competition and Clark the tuba. it may not be all that friendly. In case you’ve been away for the summer, you’ve missed NEW NEIGHBORS Resident musicians followed by children in costume march in the parade the red-hot news that a $400,000 bike share A delightful new family has moved into at the Taylor Run Citizens Association’s neighborhood Halloween party. pilot project that will make available more our Shuter’s Hill neighborhood. Jane and than 50 bicycles at six stations in Old Town Charles Preston with their children School where they are studying French in “It was too cold to play outdoors in Ger- next spring to share our already jammed Alexandra, 9, Charles, 8, and Annabel, 6, preparation for their next move, which will many,” says Jane. “We feel very lucky to find streets. Presumedly, they will use our streets came here from Stuttgart, Germany, where be to Senegal. Their parents are also study- ourselves in this Norman Rockwell-type and, hopefully, not the sidewalks. But you Charles, a marine, was at the Afrikan Head- ing French. All the children are enthusias- neighborhood on King Street.” never know. quarters Command Center. The children are tic soccer players and the entire family is delighted to be in Douglas Macarthur looking forward to outdoor activities here. — Lois Kelso Hunt See Neighborhoods, Page 31 FREE! Digital Edition of the Alexandria CELEBRATE Gazette Packet KISKADEE’S BIRTHDAY! delivered to In Honor of our Anniversary, your e-mail we have a special gift for YOU… box. 20 - 75% Off Fall Apparel Send your name, mailing AND address and e-mail address 20% Off all Shoes & Boots to: GoingGreen 5 Days Only! @connection Wednesday 11/9 - Sunday 11/13 news papers.com and tell us which paper or papers kiskadee you’d like to receive. A Specialty Boutique We’ll send in the heart of Del Ray the digital replica of our print 2205 Mount Vernon Avenue edition to 703-549-0813 your e-mail box each week. Mon.–Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12–5 • Thurs. night until 7

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Sportsman’s A Thanksgiving Club To Host Tradition Army Navy Since 1988 Football Night The Alexandria Sportsman’s Classic Thanksgiving Feast Club will host an Army-Navy Football night at its monthly Fresh Baked Shenandoah Turkey meeting Nov. 15 at the Old Do- served with Harvest Dressing, minion Boat Club. Guest Homemade Gravy and Cranberry-Orange Relish. speaker for the evening will be Sizes to serve 14-22 guests. Robert Sweeney, president of the Greater Washington Sports Alliance, who will discuss how the Army-Navy Game came to Savory Tasty be played for the first time in history in Washington D.C. this Trimmings Sweets year. Choose from Roasted Apple Tart with Walnuts Also attending the event will Vegetables, Candied Sweet and Cranberries, be Kurt Gutierrez USMA -West Potatoes, Potato Au Gratin, Traditional Point Class of 1986 and Bob Spinach Casserole and Thanksgiving Pies Misch USNA Class of 1987 who more! Each serves 3-4 Cranberry and will speak about playing in the guests. Pumpkin Cheesecake Army-Navy game. Mike Ander- son will provide food from Mango Mike’s. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with featured presentation at 7 p.m. at the Old Dominion Boat Club, 1 King St (end of King, on the water). The event is free of charge and open to the public. www.alexandriapastry.com Bradlee Shopping Center, King Street 703-578-4144

www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 17 Benches, Fountains, Trees News 25%25% Shrubs & Statues, Bonsai, Perennials Open House OFF Wallstone, November 16th Cactus & Succulents OFFOFF at 9 am Cactus & Succulents In-Stock Pavers Veterans Ceremony preschool and Off-Season Pricing elementary 50% Off school tours At Versace Plaza Japanese Maples, The “Friends of Rocky Versace” will host the 10th Annual Veterans’ Day Cer- New Preschool Program Evergreen Magnolias, emony on Friday, Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. at Blue Atlas Cedar & the Mt. Vernon Recreation Center, 2701 Featuring the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd FREE Commonwealth Ave. The one-hour cer- Select Shade Trees Landscape Estimates emony includes: ❖ The reading the names of the 67 9023 Arlington Blvd., heroes; 60-75% Fairfax, Virginia ❖ Recognition of all U.S. military 2 miles west of I-495 on Rt. 50. veterans; OFF POTS 1 mile from I-66 (Vienna Metro) ❖ Reading the Captain Versace 703-573-5025 Medal of Honor Citation; Buy 1 Get 2 Free www.cravensnursery.com ❖ Reading the tribute to Captain (See(See storestore forfor details)details) Open 9-5, 7 days a week Versace written by his fellow POW, 1st Lt. James “Nick” Rowe; ❖ Wreath laying; and ❖ The playing of “Taps.” Pedestrian Struck on I-395 At 6:48 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, Virginia State Police Trooper D.M. Garasimowicz was called to the scene of a pedestrian fatality in the northbound lanes of Inter- state 395 near the 5-mile marker in Alexandria. A 2004 Toyota Sienna was traveling northbound in the far left lane when a man ran in front of the vehicle. The Sienna was unable to brake in time and struck the man. The man died at the scene. Based on witness accounts, it appears the man was running across the lanes from the right shoulder. He was a black male dressed in dark, gray clothing. His body has been transported to the Medi- cal Examiner for identification. The driver of the Sienna, a 47-year- old Alexandria man, was not injured in the crash. No charges will be filed. Center Earns National Accreditation The Center for Alexandria’s Children has been awarded accreditation by Na- tional Children’s Alliance. As the accrediting agency for Children’s Advo- cacy Centers across the country, National Children’s Alliance awards various levels of accreditation and mem- bership to centers responding to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective and efficient, and put the needs of child victims of abuse first. Accreditation is the highest level of membership with National Children’s Alliance and denotes excellence in ser- vice provision. The genesis of the Center for Alexandria’s Children came in the year 2000, when an Alexandria preschooler was killed by her mother’s boyfriend shortly after she was returned to her mother’s custody. In the aftermath, pub- *Special Valid for Alexandria Office Only. Minimum deposit to open is $1,000. Offer requires the account lic officials and private citizens in the holder to open a checking account at The Business Bank. Special APY is paid on entire balance up to a City of Alexandria examined strategies MAXIMUM balance of $100,000. Anything over $100,000 will earn at current savings Annual Percentage to improve the community’s response to Yield (APY) of 0.75%. The 0.75% APY is accurate as of October 1st, 2011. If special account balance falls below $300 during a quarter, the account will be accessed a $3 service charge. Offer only applies to funds child maltreatment and identified the not currently on deposit at The Business Bank. After one year, the APY will return to the Bank’s prevailing need for a Child Advocacy Center, a savings APY. The availability of the offer is subject to change and may be withdrawn at any time. Fees child-focused, community-oriented, fa- could reduce earnings on the account. The special offer is effective as of October 13, 2011. cility-based program in which representatives from many disciplines meet to discuss and make decisions about investigation, treatment and pros- ecution of child abuse cases. In 2004, ACT for Alexandria, Alexandria’s community foundation, committed funds, formed a board of di- rectors composed of government leaders and individual citizens, and created the Center for Alexandria’s Children that opened its doors in April 2007. www.tbbva.com For more information about the Cen- ter for Alexandria’s Children, visit www.centerforalexandriaschildren.org. 18 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 19 20 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 21 Home Life Style Creating Dream Kitchens

Many approaches, GO GREEN most include When Holly and Rick Wolff bought a second home in their green-design elements. North Arlington neighborhood, they gutted and remodeled it. Hav- ing lived across the street in a By Marilyn Campbell smaller home for 30 years, they The Gazette wanted more space, especially in the kitchen. hether used to sip “[Our previous house] had a tiny morning coffee or kitchen, and I wanted a big kitchen Wto host a large din- with an island where our family ner party, the could congregate and talk and re- kitchen is often the most occupied lax,” said Holly Wolff. room in a home. Local interior de- Environmentally active since they signers and the National Kitchen started a paper recycling program and Bath Association say the trendi- as students at George Washington est kitchen design elements of 2011 University, the Wolffs hired green and 2012 are glass, cabinetry with architect David Peabody, to design dark finishes, energy-efficient light- the new kitchen. ing and accessories, double-wall “Almost everything in the kitchen ovens, walk-in pantries and induc- is green,” said Holly Wolff. “Our tion cook tops. cabinets are bamboo. We have a cork floor that is sustainable. Our ELEGANT AND DARK Photo courtesy 2 Ivy Lane Interiors counters are Riverstone concrete.” The owner of a home in Old Town This Mount Vernon kitchen, designed by Alex Deringer and Courtney Cox of 2 Ivy Lane Peabody, an Alexandria-based Alexandria eschewed glossy Interiors, has a dramatic skylight and large windows to let in natural light. architect, added a long wall of win- countertops and embraced dark wood cabinetry during a recent remodel of her kitchen. The home, which was built in the 1880s, has large rooms with high ceilings and bay windows. When the homeowner decided to renovate the kitchen, she wanted a design that was compatible with the home’s exist- ing architecture. “For this new kitchen, we wanted an open, flowing work space, a large island and room for a family dining table,” said the Photos by homeowner. She hired designer Sarah Pak, who added custom cabinets in cherry wood and used

Marilyn Campbell honed black granite for the counters. There is an island in the center of the room that is topped with granite in shades of gray, green and red. “[Manufacturers] now have the ability to finish stone to give it more interesting fea- tures,” said Pak. “Counters now have stone with a softer finish, moving away from the Alexandria based interior designer Sarah Pak used custom cherry 90’s countertop that is slick and shiny.” wood cabinets and honed black granite counters when she remod- Cabinet-covered appliances give the eled the kitchen of this Old Town Alexandria home. The homeowner kitchen a clean, polished look. wanted the kitchen to be an open, flowing workspace with a large “The backsplash is a nod to Victorian island and room for a family dining table. whimsy,” she said. “It has a variety of tile shapes, dimensions and sizes in a creamy signed, painted wood cabinets, in- dows and placed the sink in the middle. The crackle finish.” rich colors and a variety of surface textures,” cluding some glass-front cabinets with in- breakfast room, which was once a screened The kitchen has two sinks. One is wide said the homeowner. terior lighting. The island has a rosewood porch, is now enclosed in glass and adjoins and deep to accommodate the grill from the counter surface, creating a dramatic con- the kitchen. cooktop during cleaning. “There is a small LET THERE BE LIGHT trast against the light-hued wood. “What we decided to do was to expand black prep sink in the island that adds func- When Alexandria-based designers Alex “The appliances have cabinet overlays, so the kitchen out in the back about six feet tionality to the work space,” said the ho- Deringer and Courtney Cox of 2 Ivy Lane they blend in with the rest of the cabinetry,” and then enclose the porch so it is one meowner. Interiors designed a kitchen in the Mount said Cox. “Custom cabinets give you a more streaming room,” said Holly Wolff. “It added The homeowner chose hardwood floors Vernon area recently, they took a light ap- refined look.” all this light to the back end of the house. with radiant heating and stained them to proach. The most dramatic feature in this room We put windows everywhere we could. Now match the original heart pine flooring in the The homeowners wanted a spacious and is the colossal skylight above the island. we have light everywhere: sun tubes, sky- other rooms of the house. elegant room for entertaining that also ac- Other large windows add additional natu- lights. David is a firm believer in light.” “Pak [helped create] the design aesthetic commodated their children. ral light. Peabody used energy-efficient lighting, that works so well in this house—a combi- The result was a kitchen with white “[This owner] is a very light-driven per- nation of a simple, clean, elegant look with marble counters and white, custom-de- son,” said Deringer. See Kitchen, Page 23

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WHEN PASSIONATE COOKS Bradlee Center with a flair for coordinating col- 3610 King Street ors and a commitment to energy Alexandria, VA 22302 efficiency collaborate on a kitchen design project, it is no surprise that 703-379-5800 the end result incorporates current trends. That is what happened when David Bauer, an environ- mental consultant, and Joanne Bauer, a museum curator and art- ist, hired Alexandria-based archi- tect Laura Campbell to remodel their Reston home. The couple had lived in their home for 20 years when they de- cided to do a major renovation. “The kitchen was so small that you could only open one appliance at a time,” said Joanne Bauer. “I cook a lot, and we entertain a lot. When we had a lot of people over, I was always holed up in the kitchen while everyone else was having a good time [in another part of the house].” The Bauers wanted their kitchen to be a spacious room in which family and friends could flow in and out freely. “[Our new kitchen] is the kind of kitchen where [there is room for] people to help with cooking. It has an open floor plan and works well for entertaining,” said Bauer. “Now what was once our kitchen is a walk-in pantry,” Because their appliances can be seen from the living room, the design covered them with cherry wood cabinet fronts and attached brushed stainless steel pulls for opening and closing. Campbell created a niche just outside the kitchen where Joanne Bauer could display art, including her own. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 23 Photos by Louise Krafft/The Connection Alexandria REAL ESTATE Top Sales in September

In September 2011, 128 Alexandria homes sold between $1,335,000-$88,000.

1 624 Kings Cloister Circle, Alexandria — $1,335,000

4 1020 Prince Street, Alexandria — $1,250,000

3 2406 King Street, Alexandria — $1,250,000 6 215 Nelson Avenue East, Alexandria — $975,000

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1 624 KINGS CLOISTER CIR .. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... ALEXANDRIA .... $1,335,000 ... Detached ... 0.24 .... 22302 ...... KING’S CLOISTER ...... 09/22/11 1 2 101 UHLER TER W ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ... ALEXANDRIA .... $1,325,000 ... Detached ... 0.61 .... 22301 ...... DEL RAY ...... 09/30/11

3 2406 KING ST ...... 4 ... 4 ... 0 ... ALEXANDRIA .... $1,250,000 ... Detached ... 0.17 .... 22301 .... GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK ... 09/16/11 3 4 1020 PRINCE ...... 5 ... 5 ... 0 ... ALEXANDRIA .... $1,250,000 ... Detached ... 0.10 .... 22314 ...... OLD TOWN ...... 09/30/11

5 1200 STONNELL PL ...... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ... ALEXANDRIA .... $1,110,000 ... Detached ... 0.38 .... 22302 ...... SHERWOOD FOREST ...... 09/20/11

6 215 NELSON AVE E ...... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ... ALEXANDRIA ...... $975,000 ... Detached ... 0.32 .... 22301 ...... BRENTON ...... 09/09/11

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This home, purchased by former Hewlett Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina sits on 5.1 acres and has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and two half-bathrooms. It has spectacular views of the river from virtually every room.

All photos courtesy of Sue Goodheart, of McEnearney Associates $6.1 Million for Waterfront Home

floors. Ideal for entertaining, the home has a library and a large library that overlooks the gardens. High profile buyers “It was built in 1870 and has … eight fireplaces and beautiful gardens,” said Goodheart. She says the acquire top properties. double lot, large for the area, was another attraction for buyers. While those homes are no longer on the market, By Marilyn Campbell Goodheart says there are others that are just as spec- The Connection tacular. She names, a $4.85 million home on Fairfax Street in the heart of Old Town with six bedrooms, ome waterfront and Alexandria real estate four bathrooms, two half-bathrooms and an air-con- gems have been scooped up recently. Former ditioned two-car garage. SHewlett Packard chief executive Carly Originally built in 1770, it is an 8,000-square-foot Fiorina shelled out $6.1 million for a home home on a quarter-acre lot. The home has built- in along the Potomac River on Gunston Road in the book cases, antique limestone mantels on six fire- Mason Neck section of Alexandria. places and ceramic tile in the bathrooms. It has grand The house, which originally listed for $7.7 million, rooms for entertaining. Other amenities include an sits on 5.1 acres and has six bedrooms, eight bath- historic smokehouse and a chef’s kitchen with an rooms and two half-bathrooms. It sold in Septem- adjoining breakfast room. ber. “This home is located on a par- ticularly beautiful part of the Potomac River,” said listing agent Sue Goodheart of McEnearney As- sociates. “The lot was leveled so that you can have direct access to the water. In every room you have a spectacular view of the river. There are a lot of open areas and open stairwells.” Goodheart says the home is in a gated community, offering privacy. Ferry Point is the location of an- other Alexandria water-front prop- erty which sold recently. Originally listed at $10.7 million, the 7,000- square-foot home sold in August for $8.2 million. It sits on 11.7 acres and has six bedrooms, five bathrooms and one half- bath- room. A winding, tree-lined driveway leads visitors through the lush grounds to the main the house. The property includes a carriage house with a two- bed- room, one-bathroom guest apart- ment. The main house features four fireplaces including one outdoor fireplace, a pool, a green house, stables and a boat dock. In Old Town, a five- bedroom, four-and-a-half- bathroom home in the historic district sold for $3.5 million, originally listed at $4 million. The four- story home includes a pool, 12-foot ceilings and eight fireplaces. It still has The living room and master bedroom of this Gunston the original woodwork and Road waterfront home offer views of the river. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 25 Talk of the Town is a new Alexandria Gazette Packet feature. Even though The Wanderer is quite technologically astute, Questions, comments, or suggestions can be e-mailed to Post Stop [email protected]. he does love to see an occasional handwritten envelope with a special stamp postmarked with a return address. The contents are usually so engaging— an invitation, a card or note marking a special occasion. Alexandria has quite a few stationers signifying that all niceties are not lost to cyberspace.

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A SCRIPTORIUM Judy Shavin has been advising customers on proper etiquette for wedding invitations since 1976. She carries quality lines of stationery for all types of party invitations along with place cards and thank you notes. You will find just the right greeting card in her lovely selection to send your well wishes across the miles this holiday season. 309 C Cameron Street, 703.549.2880, scriptorium-alexandria.com

B NOTABLES D SUSAN HYRE PAPERWORKS Notables is an exclusive stationery bou- E DIVERSIONS CARDS Susan Hyre is in her 19th year of tique offering consultations by appoint- Diversions is the go-to place in providing personal service to her ment and online shopping. Their collection Fairlington for unique greeting and individual and corporate clients. includes Boatman Geller Collection and birthday cards. They have a huge See some of her large selection of Stacy Clair Boyd Fine Stationery. selection every holiday for every stationery and monogrammed items They can also advise on event programs, special person on your list. online. Make an appointment for a maps and menu cards. 1721 Centre Plaza-Fairlington, consultation in her famous 805 King Street #1, 703.549.3555, 703.578.3237, diversioncards.com “messy basement” or you can find her notablesinc.com around town at many fundraising and “fun-raising” sales events. E 1306 Kingston Avenue, 703.370.1750, susanhyrepaperworks.com

F PAPER SOURCE EverythingC you need to create your own holiday cards and invitations from sparkly gingerbread men, dazzling snowflakes to peppermint paper or, if you prefer, select from a gorgeous array of printed cards for all your holiday events. 118 King St, 703.299.9950, paper-source.com

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26 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Theater Hilarious Hijinks With ‘Noises Off’ LTA’s production is not to be missed.

By Jeanne Theismann Gazette Packet

hen “Noises Off” made its Broad- Wway debut in December of 1983, New York Times critic Frank Rich — often known as the Butcher of Broadway — said it “is, was, and probably always will be the funniest play written in my lifetime.” His comments propelled English playwright Michael Frayn to international fame and set off a quest for theater companies around the world to replicate the hilarious hijinks for lo- cal audiences. With an ingeniously synchronized script, “Noises Off” demands impeccable technique Photo by Shane Canfield Photo by Shane Canfield and spot-on timing to succeed and The Little Kat Sanchez as Brooke, Gayle Nichols-Grimes as Dotty, Ron Bianchi as Adam Downs as Garry and Kat Theatre of Alexandria does not disappoint. Selsdon, John Crowley as Timothy, and Rachael Hubbard as Belinda. Sanchez as Brooke. “Chris is just brilliant to work with,” said Gayle Nichols-Grimes of director C. Evans cast that is surely one of the most finely-tuned Rounding out the cast is Ron Bianchi as lov- be a standard set is actually a giant turntable Kirk. “The show requires so much precision ensembles ever assembled. Nichols-Grimes able lush Selsdon Mowbray and LTA new- that rotates 180 degrees between scenes. and concentration and Chris pulled it all to- is joined by Bruce Alan Rauscher, Adam comer John Crowley as stage manager and Some of the funniest moments in “Noises Off” gether for us.” Downs, Kat Sanchez, Elizabeth Heir, Lars “Nothing On” understudy Timothy Allgood. come during the backstage brawls and bed- For those unfamiliar with “Noises Off,” it is Klores, Rachel Hubbard, John Crowley and The role of Belinda Blair is played by Rachel lam that arise from the intricately crafted sce- a play-within-a-play where each of three acts Ron Bianchi. As a team they execute with Hubbard, who especially shines in the over- nic design. is a performance of the first act of the fic- razor-sharp precision Frayn’s descent into the-top syncopated slapstick of Act Two. The original 1982 London production of tional farce titled “Nothing On.” delirium. What sounds confusing is spectacularly funny “Noises Off” won the Evening Standard and Act One opens on the final run through of The award-winning Nichols-Grimes plays as each member of the cast exhibits unparal- Olivier Awards for Best Comedy. The follow- “Nothing On.” Things are not going well as with aplomb the questionable competence leled verbal dexterity and physical agility. ing year, it earned a Tony Award nomination the frustrated director is faced with a cast of of faded star Dotty Otley, who is financing In an evening of highs, no one does brain- for Best Play when it opened in New York as has-been and wanna-be actors still fumbling the disastrous “Nothing On.” Dotty is directed less more beautifully than Sanchez while well as a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding with missed cues and misspoken lines. by the self-important cad Lloyd Dallas, played Downs and Bianchi turn in the solid perfor- Ensemble. In Act Two, the same opening act is ob- to arrogant and exasperated perfection by mances theater audiences have come to ex- Under Kirk’s tautly timed direction, the served from backstage during a matinee per- Helen Hayes nominee Bruce Alan Rauscher. pect. In the midst of all the madcap mayhem, dazzling LTA cast is peerless in delivering an formance one month later. Lloyd is one part of a three-way gnarled Klores delivers an unflappable deadpan per- evening of side-splitting, laugh-’til-you-cry Act Three is yet again the opening act of romance involving terminally underdressed formance while Crowley and Heir are delight- hilarity. It is as clever and comical a show ever “Nothing On,” a bungling performance seen ingénue Brooke Ashton (Kat Sanchez) and ful as the frantic stage managers trying to hold performed and is not to be missed. from the audience during its final stop on the stage manager Poppy Norton-Taylor (Eliza- the neurotic “Nothing On” cast together. “Noises Off” is playing now through Nov. 26 tour. beth Heir). Dotty, meanwhile, is keeping An essential element to the success of the at The Little Theatre of Alexandria. For tickets This deftly written comedy about putting company with Garry Lejeune (Adam Downs) LTA production is the set co-designed by Kirk or more information, call 703-683-0496 or visit on a comedy is expertly performed by an LTA and possibly Frederick Fellows (Lars Klores). and Dan Remmers. What at first appears to www.thelittletheatre.com.

Photo by Jeanne Theismann/The Gazette Director C. Evans Kirk, second from right, joins the cast of ‘Noises Off’ following the Nov. 5 opening night performance at The Little Theatre of Alexandria. From left to right: Ron Bianchi, Elizabeth Heir, Lars Klores, Photo by Jeanne Theismann/The Gazette Rachel Hubbard, Adam Downs, Gayle Nichols-Grimes, John Crowley, Kat Gayle Nichols-Grimes and Ernie Sult at the LTA opening night reception Sanchez, C. Evans Kirk and Bruce Alan Rauscher. for ‘Noises Off.’ www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 27 Entertainment Free Parking on Black Friday Dozens of boutiques open at 6 a.m, offering sales.

Alexandria is rolling out the red carpet for shop- tended hours on Black Friday. Shop as early as 6 a.m. pers on Black Friday, Nov. 25, one of the biggest shop- and warm up with a hot beverage and breakfast from ping days of the year. The City of Alexandria is of- some of Old Town’s favorite cafés. Holiday shopping fering free parking at parking meters and in all City- becomes a charming one-of-a-kind experience on owned garages and parking lots as a special incen- Alexandria’s historic streets. tive for shoppers to visit Old Town to make their After shopping all day, stay to enjoy the City of Al- holiday purchases. exandria Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. These City-owned garages and lots are opening on the picturesque and historic Market Square. As early and will offer free parking for patrons: the official kick-off to the holiday season in Alexan- ❖ Market Square Garage, 108 North Fairfax St., dria, you’ll enjoy a performance from Santa’s Frosty Open 6 a.m. Friday – 6 a.m. Saturday Follies, a special visit from Santa Claus, and commu- ❖ Courthouse Square Garage, 111 South Pitt St., nity caroling. 6 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Then, visit Santa throughout the season in Old ❖ Thompson’s Alley Garage, 10 Thompson’s Al- Town. Starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. ley, 6 a.m. – 11 p.m. 26, Santa will be available for photos every Saturday ❖ North Union Street Garage, 220 North Union and Sunday until Dec. 18 at 210 South Union Street. St., 6 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. ❖ South Henry Street Lot, 112 South Henry St., 6 Sunday. Special parade day schedule is 1 to 6 p.m. a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Cameron/St. Asaph Street Lot, 210 North St. For more information on all the Black Friday fes- Asaph St., 6 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. tivities, free parking, participating shops, and many Dozens of Alexandria’s independently owned more holiday events in Alexandria, go to shops are offering deep discounts with early and ex- www.VisitAlexandriaVA.com. Fine Arts NOW THROUGH DEC. 31 Alexandria. Call Scope Gallery at 703-548-6288 or visit www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/scope. “The Art From Three Rivers.” Presented by The von Brahler Ltd./Gallery, the work will be on display at NOW THROUGH NOV. 27 the American Horticultural Society’s River Farm Del Ray Dozenz Photography Show. Del Ray Artisans headquarters. The exhibition will feature paintings by Gallery hosts an all-photography show that highlights Nikolai Antyuchin of Russia’s Moscow River, Yuri the skills of DRA members. This builds on the success of Kokoyanin’s paintings of St. Petersburg’s Neva River, the previous photography shows with an expanded and art by Robert Murray from the Potomac River. cadre of participants. www.TheDelRayArtisans.org. Call 703-798-8686 or [email protected]. NOW THROUGH NOV. 13 NOV. 9 TO DEC. 4 FotoWeekDC 2011 Celebration + Small Works “Fissures, Fossils and Fragments.” Free. Jewelry, Show sculpture, clothing and wall pieces will be exhibited. . Second Thursday Night Art Night is Nov. 10 At Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery, Studio 18, Torpedo from 6 to 9 p.m. Artist’s reception is Saturday, Nov. 12 Factory Art Center, 105 North Union St., Old Town from 5 to 8 p.m. Gallery West is celebrating Alexandria. FotoWeekDC 2011 by filling the walls with an eclectic show of photographs by gallery members. Visit NOW THROUGH DEC. 4 www.gallery-west.com or call 703-549-6006. Artist Carol Reed. Carol Reed’s abstract works on NOW THROUGH DEC. 10 paper feature bold shapes, usually in charcoal or ink Back to Nature — Paintings From Life. on paper, that dance alone or with similar shapes. Landscape Artist’s reception is Sunday, Oct. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. and still life paintings by Christine Lashley and Trisha Artist’s Gallery Talk on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. At Cherrington Ratliff. Artist’s reception is Saturday, Nov. the Athenaeum Gallery, 201 Prince St., Alexandria. 12 from 3 to 7 p.m. At Broadway Gallery, 5641-B Visit www.nvfaa.org General Washington Dr., Alexandria. NOW THROUGH DEC. 4 NOV. 15 TO JAN. 8 All That Glitters “Artful Eating: Tablescapes.” At the Torpedo “ .” Artists are inspired by everything that Factory Art Center’s Scope Gallery. Hours are Monday is not gold. Featuring jewelry, sculpture, clothing and through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with wall pieces. At Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery, Studio 18 of Thursdays open until 9 p.m. The gallery is located at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 North Union St., The Annual Meeting 105 North Union Street, ground floor Studio 19, Old Town Alexandria. Visit Merry Membership www.Potomacfiberartsgallery.com. HolidayBreakfast Reception presented by SunTrust Save the Date Announcement December 6 CrowneDecember Plaza 9, Hotel2010 from 5:30-7:30 p. m . Speaker: Terry McAuliffe Register at: www.alexchamber.com

28 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Entertainment Winners Named in the Alexandria Film Festival “Voices From Mariel,” a film chronicling the struggles of Cuban exiles who fled their native country in search of the American dream took the Best of Fest prize in the Fifth Annual Alexandria Film Festival Sunday night. Directed by James Carleton, the film chronicles the return of Jose Garcia to his native Cuba, more than 31 years after join- ing 125,000 refugees who departed the country in the Mariel boatlift of 1980. Filmgoers who attended the four-day fes- tival gave Audience Award honors to Direc- tor Emiko Omori for her film “Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World,” the story of classically trained artist Ed Hardy, whose fascination with body art made him one of the leading Best of Fest Winners — Dr. Jose Garcia (center), re- icons of pop culture today. ceived Best of Fest nod for the film “Voices From Best Local Film — Alexandria Mayor William Euille, “Des Indiens Comme Nous” (Indians Like Mariel,” which depicts his return to Cuba 31 years after left, awarded Best Local Film honors to Helen and Us), a French entry by up and coming Di- he joined 125,000 refugees fleeing the country in the Mike Stine for the film “God and Vodka,” directed rector Sylvie Jacquemin, garnered the Fes- Mariel Boatlift of 1980. Also pictured are, from left, by their son Daniel. tival Jury Prize. The film depicts a group Jesse Larson, Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille and of French nationals fascinated with Native the film’s producer, Rob Tritton. American culture who travel across the United States in search of an idealized Audience Award Win- world. received more than 200 films from 25 countries, the largest number ner — Emiko Omori, “God and Vodka” received the nod for Best of submissions in the festival’s history. The festival was organized Director of “Ed Hardy: Local Film. Director Daniel Stine shot part and presented by the Alexandria Commission for the Arts and the Tattoo the World,” of the film, a romantic tragicomedy about Alexandria Office of the Arts, Department of Recreation, Parks & Cul- took the Audience unrealized love in Manassas. tural Activities. The festival exhibited both curated and juried films Award at the Alexan- The Alexandria Film Festival, which ran ranging in length from 5 minutes to 2 hours. For more on this year’s dria Film Festival. from Thursday Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 6, films, visit AlexandriaFilm.org The Best in Family Dining We Welcome Autumn & You!

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NOV. 10 TO 13 chief justice and chair of the Lincoln Forum, and Dr. Edna Greene Medford, chair of Howard Designer Reception. To commemorate Periwinkle University’s history department and board member as Alexandria’s exclusive Beija-Boutique, Emilie of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation. Moça Whitaker, co-owner and designer, will be At the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts have her Fall/Winter 2011 collection available for Center, Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia shoppers for three days. Shoppers can RSVP to Community College. Contact Dr. Wendy Matthews meet Beija-Flor’s Jeans designer on Friday, Nov. 11 at [email protected] or 703-845-6252 or Ken from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. At Periwinkle of Balbuena at [email protected]. Alexandria, 1557 Potomac Greens Dr., Alexandria. Holiday Marketplace. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 to 9 Call 703-519-5242 or visit p.m. With 20 vendors selling everything from www.periwinkleshop.com. hand-crafted art and accessories to reps from local THURSDAY/NOV. 10 businesses providing services from party planing to hand-picked childrenswear and toys. At St. Aidan’s Army Community Covenant Renewal. 8 a.m. Episcopal Church, White Hall, 8531 Riverside The Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce Road, Alexandria. will renew its Community Covenant with Fort Mount Vernon Celebrates Veterans Day. 11 Belvoir and celebrate Veterans Day at a special a.m. Harmony Heritage Singers perform; 2 p.m. ceremony hosted by The Fairfax, Belvoir Woods wreathlaying at the tomb of George Washington. Parkway, Fort Belvoir. Special guests are Fort Cost is $15/adults; $7/children 6-11; and free Belvoir Commander Col. John Strycula and Mount under age 6. At Historic Mount Vernon Estate. Vernon Supervisor Gerry Hyland. All veterans and Fashion Show and Silent Auction. 10:30 a.m. to community members are welcome. 2 p.m. Tickets are $43. Sponsored by the Board of The Big Cheese. 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. At The Lady Managers, Founder and Supporter of INOVA Athenaeum, 201 Prince St., Alexandria. Visit Alexandria Hospital. Fashions by Lord & Taylor www.nvfaa.org or call 703-548-0035. and modeled by INOVA Alexandria physicians, “Inherit the Wind” cast members Eliza Lore (Rachel Brown) and Joe 18th-Century Dance Classes. 7:30 to 9:30 nurses and staff. Proceeds support the Board of Quinn (Bert Cates). p.m. In preparation for the Anniversary Ball on Lady Managers current pledge to purchase Nov. 12, learn 18th-century English country anesthesia machines for the Surgical Service. At NOV. 11, 12, 13 dancing from expert dance instructors at Gadsby’s the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center. Contact Lynda “Inherit the Wind.” West Potomac Drama Department presents “Inherit The Wind,” a fictional retelling Tavern Museum, 134 North Royal Street. Class is West 703-836-8853. of the 1925 “Scopes Monkey” Trial. Friday Nov 11 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2:30 p.m. and $12 per class. Reservations are recommended. 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. in the Kogelman Theater, West Potomac High School, 6500 Visit www.gadsbystavern.org or call 703-746- NOV. 11 TO 20 Quander Road, Alexandria. Tickets $10. Call 703-718-2585. 4242. The Sound of Music. Show times are Nov. 11, 12, Promoting Native Bee Abundance. 7:30 p.m. 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m.; matinees on Nov. 13, 20 at 3 anesthesia machines for the hospital’s surgical Join Maria Van Dyke, the Program Coordinator for p.m. Tickets are $10/advance; $12/door. Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. services. Monday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Virginia Working Landscapes for a slide lecture Presented by the Mount Vernon Community With harpist Yolanda Kondonassis. Mozart’s Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open to the about the importance and habitat requirements of Children’s Theater. To be held at Carl Sandburg Symphony No. 10, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, public in Education Rooms 1 & 2 at INOVA native bees. At Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Middle School, 8428 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria. Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, Barber’s First Essay for Alexandria Hospital. Spring Road, Alexandria. Call 703-642-5173. Visit www.mvcct.org or call call703-360-0686. Orchestra, and Schubert’s Symphony No. 5. Free pre-concert discussion for ticketholders at 7 p.m. NOV. 14 TO 19 FRIDAY/NOV. 11 NOV. 11, 12, 18, 19 Tickets $25-$55. [email protected]. Angel: A Nightmare in Two Acts.” Spirit of the Civil War. 7:30 p.m. Donation of “ Tickets “The Laramie Project.” 7:30 p.m. The Laramie “Standing On My Sisters’ Shoulders” Film. are $18/adults; $16/seniors and students; $14/ $10/adults; $5/students. NOVA’s 80-member, in- Project is a play that tells the story of the brutal 4:30 p.m. Explore a missing chapter in our nation’s house performance ensemble, The Alexandria groups of 10. Opening night is Friday, Nov. 4, beating and death of Matthew Shepard, a gay record of the Civil Rights movement with a film at with further performances on Saturday, Nov. 5; Band, and its 100-member NOVA Community college student, in Laramie, Wyo. Presented by the Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe Chorus will be joined by the Mount Vernon Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11-12 and Nov. 18- T.C. Williams High School. Tickets are $5/ Street. Part of Movies with a Mission Series. Visit 19; and Tuesday, Nov. 15. The evening Concert Band and the Arlington Children’s Choir students; $10/adults. www.alexblackhistory.org or call 703-746-4242. to perform Civil War period music. At the Rachel performances on Friday, Saturday and Tuesday Boston String Quartet Concert. 7:30 p.m. The begin at 8 p.m. In addition, there will be M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, SATURDAY/NOV. 12 Boston String Quartet is seeking 104 high school Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia matinees on Saturday, Nov. 12 & 19 at 2 p.m. Christmas Market & Silent Auction. 9 a.m. to 2 orchestral, band, and choral students to join them Presented by Port City Playhouse, which Community College. p.m. High-end vendors, crafts, jewelry, collectibles, for two days of workshops, master classes, and Veterans Day Program. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The performs at The LAB at Convergence, 1819 N. youth-sponsored White Elephant Sale, children’s rehearsals, culminating in a final performance. At Quaker Lane, Alexandria. Alexandria Black History Museum’s annual shop, bake sale, Casserole’s to Go, homemade café The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Veterans Day program, co-sponsored by the lunch and silent auction. At Aldersgate United Center, Northern Virginia Community College, TUESDAY/NOV. 15 Alexandria Branch of the NAACP, at the museum, Methodist Church, 1301 Collingwood Rd., Alexandria Campus. Students can pre-register until Mount Vernon SALT: Safe Online Shopping. 902 Wythe Street. Visit www.alexblackhistory.org Alexandria. Call 703-765-6555 or Oct. 23 at www.xibus.org. Call 617-875-7851. 10:30 a.m. Mount Vernon Seniors and Law or call 703-746-435 www.aldersgate.net. Enforcement Together (SALT) will present Safe Veteran’s Day Concert. 3 p.m. With the Air Force SUNDAY/NOV. 13 Anniversary Ball. 8 p.m. At Gadsby’s Tavern Online Shopping with Vee Johnson, community Strings. At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Museum. At a reception at 7 p.m., enjoy a preview Coffeehouse Cabaret. 6 to 8 p.m. Two outstanding outreach liaison, Consumer Affairs, from the 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount tasting of the new Winter Menu by Klaus acts: Mike Gillispie Jazz Quartet and Sarah Jebian, Department of Cable Communications and Vernon. Call 202-767-5658 or visit our homepage: Keckeisen, executive chef of Gadsby’s Tavern vibrant vocalist with six-piece back up of singers Consumer Protection. At Hollin Hall Senior www.usafband.af.mil Restaurant. The ball begins at 8 p.m. and features and instrumentalists. Coffee, tea, and snacks. Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road. Call 703-765- “At the Crossroads of History: Bailey’s a variety of English country dances, live music, Adults $12, students $6, family max $25. 4573. through the Century.” 8:15 a.m. Tickets are dessert collation, and cash bar. Period costume Proceeds benefit music and racial/social justice “On the Shoulders of Giants.” 10:30 a.m. Film $30/person. Keynote speakers include Frank J. optional; “after-five” attire encouraged. Tickets for programs at MVUC. At Mount Vernon Unitarian spotlights the all-black Harlem Renaissance Williams, a retired Rhode Island Supreme Court the reception and ball are $75 per person, and Church, 1909 Windmill Lane. See www.mike basketball squad during the 1930s. At Hollin tickets for the ball only are $45. gillispie.com and www.jebian.com/sarah. Hall Senior Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road, Advance reservations are required. Musician Nassar Abadey. 4 p.m. Donation is $15. Alexandria. Call 703-765-4573 At 134 North Royal Street, Old Town Part of the Jazz at Meade program. At Meade Eat Smart, Stay Healthy. 11 a.m. Hollin Hall Alexandria. Call 703-746-4242 or Memorial Episcopal Church, 322 N. Alfred St., Senior Center Hosts “Eat Smart, Stay Healthy.” www.gadsbystavern.org. Alexandria. Call 703-549-1334. Visit With Jolanta Coleman, an avid health and Swordsmen’s Rendezvous. Join www.meadechurch.org. nutrition advocate. At 1500 Shenandoah Road, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum for a Civil War Sunday. 1 to 5 p.m. Explore the Civil Alexandria. Call 703-765-4573. unique living history program as you War in Alexandria with Civil War Sundays at the Author Nancy Lynch. 7 p.m. Free. Author of learn a skill all 18th-century Alexandria Archaeology Museum, 105 North Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War, 1968- gentlemen must know – swordplay! Union Street, #327. Visit 1972. Sponsored by the Friends of Beatley Swordsmen tours are between 11 www.alexandriaarchaeology.org or call 703-746- Central Library. At Beatley Library, 5005 Duke a.m. and 4 p.m., with each tour 4399. St., Alexandria. Call 703-746-1702. lasting one hour. Admission is $6/ Violin/Cello Duo: Claudia Chudacoff and person, ages 5 and up. At 134 North Sean Neidlinger. Works by Gliere, Ravel, WEDNESDAY/NOV. 16 Royal Street in the heart of Old Schulhoff. 7 p.m., The Lyceum, 201 S. Community Appreciation Day. 5 to 8 p.m. The Town Alexandria. Visit Washington, Old Town Alexandria. $15 admission YMCA Alexandria will host food demos, recipes, www.gadsbystavern.org or call 703- payable at door. Cash or checks only. Info: exercise activities such as ZUMBA, youth swim 746-4242. www.alexperformingarts.org or 703-505-0700. team information and more. At 420 East Monroe Back to Nature — Paintings An American Girl Experience. Tickets are $50. Ave., Alexandria. Call 703-838-8085 or email from Life. Landscape and Still Life American Girl fans of all ages are invited to bring [email protected] Paintings by Christine Lashley and their favorite dolls to Mount Vernon for a chance Swing Dancing. 9 to 11 p.m. Admission is $10. Trisha Cherrington Ratliff. Artist’s to meet the book series’ creator and one of its With the Atomic Swing Club. At Nick’s reception is Saturday/Nov. 12 from authors, Valerie Tripp. Ticket sales begin at 10 Nightclub, 642 South Pickett St., Alexandria. 4 to 7 p.m. At Broadway Gallery, a.m. on Oct. 3. At Mount Vernon Historic Site. Jane Franklin Dance. 1 p.m. Hollin Hall Senior 5641-B General Washington Dr., Visit MountVernon.org. Center hosts a performance and interactive Alexandria. Concert. 7 p.m. Admission is $15. Claudia program by Jane Franklin Dance. At 1500 Volunteer Appreciation & Chudacoff, violin; and Sean Neidlinger, cello. Will Shenandoah Road, Alexandria. Call 703-765- Holiday Party. 6 to 8 p.m. perform a special “Blue Ribbon” salon recital at the SATURDAY/NOV. 12 4573. Celebrating 50 years of Archaeology Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria. At The Lyceum, Senior Housing Options. 10 a.m. Senior Choreographers Collaboration Project. 7 p.m. in Alexandria. At the Alexandria 201 South Washington St., Old Town Alexandria. Services of Alexandria is hosting a free Admission is $10/adults; $5/kids 12-17. Will present Archaeology Museum, 105 N. Union NOV. 14 AND 15 conversation about senior housing options in repertory and new works-in-progress, plus, St., #327, Alexandria. Call 703-746- Alexandria. At Shiloh Baptist Church, 1401 Duke improvisation inspired by scientific concepts. At the 4399 or Jewelry Sale. All jewelry is $6. Designer inspired St., Alexandria. Visit www.seniorservicesalex.org Athenaeum, 201 Prince St., Alexandria. For information, [email protected]. handbags $12 - $48. Sponsored by The Board of or call 703-836-4414, ext. 13. [email protected], 703-683-2070, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 8 Lady Managers of INOVA Alexandria Hospital. www.ccpdance.org. p.m. George Mason University All proceeds go to the purchase of new 30 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Neighborhoods

From Page 16 make a difference by helping oth- ers during a time of need around City Council last month OK’d the the holidays. program, reportedly without a Lots of news for our T.C. Will- public hearing, to enter into a con- iams students: the school’s fall sea- tract with an Oregon-based com- son gets underway with “The pany to operate the bikeshare. The Laramie Project,” a dramatization Gazette Packet quoted the city’s of events following the murder of pedestrian and bicycle coordina- Matthew Shepard. Not surpris- tor as saying, “We’re confident it ingly, this production is not for will be a success.” The Oregon people under the age of 12 or 13. company will build six stations West End cast members include and operate the sharing program Brielle Welch, include Sam Jones for the first year. and Ben Ribler. The show runs for On top of that news, we’re also the next two weekends: Nov. 11- told (again by the Gazette Packet) 12 and 18-19. that Moped Scooters are also be- On Sunday, Nov. 13, the March- coming favorites of some ‘Towners ing Band Uniform Fundraiser will to zip around town. According to be held in the T.C. Williams caf- the news story, Mopeds are becom- eteria; the event, co-sponsored by ing the preferred form of transpor- the Alexandria Choral Society and tation in some communities. the T.C. Williams Band Boosters, They’re quick, economical, don’t will feature a spaghetti dinner and really smell and you can own one a silent auction. For more informa- for about $1,000. The newspaper tion, go to quoted the owner of an Alexandria www.tcwilliamsband.wordpress.com. Moped company: “Scooters just The fundraiser starts at 5 p.m.; work. It takes less than an hour to current and former band geeks learn how to ride one, they’re fun (and those who love them) are and they’re cheap.” encouraged to attend. On my Old Town walk the other Fall leaf collection has started; morning I wondered if maybe I you can rake or blow your leaves was showing my age by frowning into the street for collection on at the idea of tooling through town Nov. 12 and 30 and on Dec. 17. on a motor bike. The answer was Or, place leaves in a biodegradable easy but my nearest and dearest bag (available at recreation cen- suggested getting off the street for ters) on Wednesdays. The City also a coffee and donut at Market encourages us to compost our Square. leaves. But I’d probably be taken out by Our neighbors at the St. Martin one of those food carts that buzzed dePorres Senior Center, just across around the square last summer. Oh from Patrick Henry School, have Visit These Houses of Worship well. some volunteer opportunities. The Center needs a volunteer janitor Join A Club, Make New Friends, or Expand Your Horizons... — Bob Feldkamp to help clean up at the end of the day (1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.), take out Good Shepherd Seminary Valley trash and recycling, and help clean Christ the Saviour Catholic Church bathrooms and kitchen. The Cen- Anglican Church From Nov. 1-10, Francis C. ter is also is looking for a smiling Mass Schedule Hammond Middle School Campus face and friendly phone voice to “To Love & Serve the Lord with Gladness & Singleness of Heart” Saturday Evening Weekdays AVID (Advancement Via Indi- staff the reception desk Fridays (Mass or Communion 5:00 pm; 6:30 pm (en Español) Service) 9:00 am (followed by Rosary) vidual Determination) students from 8 a.m. to early afternoon, Location – Washington Mill E.S. 9100 Cherrytree Drive Sunday Children’s Liturgy of the Word are sponsoring a food drive for the lovingly greet our seniors each Sundays (Sept.-July) during 9:00 am 7:30; 9:00; 10:30 am; 12:00 Noon Mass (English) Worship Service – 10 a.m. ALIVE (Alexandrians Involved morning and assist them with sign- 2:00 pm (en Español) Sign Language Interpreter Inter-generational Sunday School – after service Ecumenically). AVID students will ing in, making reservations, and 6:30 pm Mass (Starts Sept. 11) Sunday at 9:00 am Mass be responsible for designating getting name tags. Contact www.christthesaviouranglican.org 8710 Mount Vernon Highway, Alexandria VA, 22309 drop-off boxes at sites across the Maryanne McMillan at 703-751- 703-953-2854 Tel: 703-780-4055 Fax: 703-360-5385 www.gs-cc.org campus and will also collect and 2766 or [email protected] for Loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves deliver the food as it’s donated. more information. UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST VICTORY TEMPLE…703-370-2233 ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-765-4342 Suggested food items include pea- HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST...703-960-8772 PLYMOUTH HAVEN BAPTIST...703-360-4370 ST. MARK EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-765-3949 CHURCHES—BRETHREN nut butter, jelly, pasta, rice, cereal, — Mia Jones CHURCHES—AFRICAN METHODIST GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH…703-548-1808 CHURCHES—LUTHERAN EPISCOPAL ZION ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF GOD...703-548-5084 EPIPHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA ALLEYNE AME ZION CHURCH…703-548-3888 ….703-780-5077 spaghetti, mac and cheese, canned Halloween has come and gone but BUDDHISM BETHANY LUTHERAN….703 765-8255 once again, our neighborhood was very CHURCHES—ANGLICAN THE VAJRAYOGINI BUDDHIST CENTER...202-331-2122 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH….703-765-5003 fruit, soup, tuna, canned meat, CHRIST THE SAVIOUR…703-953-2854 CHURCHES—ROMAN CATHOLIC GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN busy with ninjas, princesses and ST. ANDREW & ST. MARGARET GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH-ELCA….703-548-8608 canned vegetables and crackers. OF SCOTLAND…703-683-3343 CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-780-4055 IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, vampires. The Joneses gave away all CHRIST THE KING ANGLICAN CHURCH…703-535-6815 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-836-3725 MISSOURI SYNOD…703-549-0155 Together, AVID and ALIVE can their candy by 8:30 p.m.! ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-765-4421 MESSIAH EVENGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHES—APOSTOLIC ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-836-4100 CHURCH, ELCA...703-765-5003 LOVE OF CHRIST CHURCH…703-518-4404 CHURCHES—CHRISTIAN NATIVITY LUTHERAN HIS KINGDOM MINISTRIES... 703-313-5029 CHURCH, ELCA….703-768-1112 CHURCHES—BAPTIST FIRST CHRISTIAN OF ALEXANDRIA ALFRED STREET BAPTIST CHURCH… CHURCH... 703-549-3911 ORTHODOX Suspect Arrested in Pennsylvania 703-683-2222 SAINT APHRAIM SYRIAC…201-312-7678 COMMONWEALTH BAPTIST CHURCH… CHURCHES—CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ALL SAINTS OF AMERICA...703-417-9665 703-548-8000 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST An investigation in the whereabouts of the suspect wanted in CONVERGENCE CREATIVE ALEXANDRIA...703-549-7973 CHURCHES—PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY OF FAITH... 703-998-6260 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH...703-768-8510 the felonious assault that occurred on Sunday, Sept. 11 has led to DEL RAY BAPTIST CHURCH…703-549-8116 MT. VERNON...703-768-2494 ALEXANDRIA PRESBYTERIAN DOWNTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH…703-549-5544 CHURCH…703-683-3348 his arrest in Pennsylvania on Oct. 27. Shaun Carlan, 44, was FIRST AGAPE BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST OLD PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY OF FAITH…703-519-9100 ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF CHRIST…703-836-3083 MEETING HOUSE…703-549-6670 taken into custody and is being held at the Armstrong County FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERITAGE PRESBYTERIAN…703-360-9546 OF ALEXANDRIA…703-684-3720 CHURCHES—EPISCOPAL MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN…703-765-6118 PROVIDENCE- ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH…703-683-2565 EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-683-0798 Adult Detention Center pending extradition. SHILOH BAPTIST…703-683-4573 ST. AIDAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-360-4220 CHURCHES—UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST Shaun Carlan, 44, was wanted in connection with an assault MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH...703-256-1239 ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH... 703-780-3081 MOUNT VERNON UNITARIAN...703-765-5950 that occurred near Eisenhower Avenue on Sept. 11, at approxi- To Advertise Your Faith Community, call Karen at 703-917-6468 mately 2 a.m. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 31 Opinion Legal Notices Legal Notices

ABC LICENSE Guac & Roll, LLC trading as Moe's Southwest Grill, 7698 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22306. The above establishment is applying to Revealing the Art of Bounty Hunting the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Beer On premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverag- By Harry Covert I tracked down the bond- es. Frank Maresca, Member Guac & Roll, LLC NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license jumper though. He simply didn’t must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days ounty hunting is alive and well in Alexan- want to return across the Potomac from the publishing date of the first two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be dria and throughout Virginia. And there’s River. He may be getting a job he registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552- B plenty of business to go around. said. I gave him a choice on the 3200. Public Hearing will be held by the City Council For a decade in my eclectic professional career I phone. Would he prefer the D.C. of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, in the Council enjoyed the bail bond business. It was interesting jail or the Alexandria Jail? With- Chambers, City Hall, City of Alexandria, Virgin- LEGAL NOTICE ia, on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at 9:30 and could be fun. I made a lot of friends. Some still out hesitation, he agreed to meet a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard on owe me money but can’t pay because they’re serv- me on a street corner and ride Notice is hereby given to members of the NY, the hereinafter described items. nonprofit, American Society of Clinical ing long jail terms. On occasion I had to go hunting back to Virginia. He didn’t want Oncology, Inc., that eligible ASCO members ******* and I did. the D.C. jail either. may vote by proxy ballot from Oct. 13 to Nov. AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Sec- 21, 2011 to elect the President Elect, Treasurer, tions 3-2-185 (APPEAL OF REAL ESTATE AS- One particular weekend, I had to find an On another occasion, we chased a young mother five seats on the Board of Directors, and two SESSMENTS TO BOARD OF EQUALIZATION) seats on the Nominating Committee for service and 3-2-187 (ASSESSMENT OF NEW BUILD- Alexandrian on which I risked a $5,000 bond. I was through a heavily Latino area near Columbia Pike, beginning on June 4, 2012. Information about INGS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED) of Divi- a little jumpy because then General District Court finding her in a third floor apartment housing nine proxy ballots is available at www.asco.org. sion 1 (REAL ESTATE), of Article M (LEVY Completed proxy ballots will be delivered to the AND COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAZXES), Chief Judge E. Robert Giammittorio was putting the men, hiding in a 50-gallon trash bag. None in the ASCO President or his designee for casting at a of Chapter 2 (TAXATION), of Title 3 (FINANCE, meeting held on Nov. 30, 2011, 7:30 AM – 8:00 TAXATION AND PROCUREMENT), of the pressure on me to pay up. The court agreed to a room could speak English nor would they point out AM at ASCO Headquarters, 2318 Mill Road, Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, brief extension or else I’d have to fork over the cash where she was hiding. We poked and prodded every Suite 800, Alexandria, VA 22318. Members as amended. with questions can email — every dollar. I didn’t want to do that. I checked closet and then the trash bag. She attempted to jump [email protected] or call 571-483-1316. The proposed ordinance would amend sections 3-2-185(a) and 3-2-187 of the City Code to re- out every address, including the “bail jumper’s” girl- out of the bag and the third floor window. quire appeals of real property tax assessments to be filed with the Board of Equalization by friends’ apartments (he had numerous female com- June 1. City Code section 3-2-187(d) is also panions) and other assorted places to no avail. When IT CAN BE A DANGEROUS business for some fu- LEGAL NOTICE amended because it references the filing dead- ON NOVEMBER 3, 2011, LIBERTY UNIVERSI- line contained in section 3-2-185. I least expected it his mother called and said he gitive recovery agents around these parts. Caution is TY, INC. TENDERED FOR FILING WITH THE would be on a Metro train stopping at Braddock Road always important even though sometimes it can be FCC AN APPLICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT ******* OF FM TRANSLATOR STATION AN ORDINANCE making supplemental appro- in Alexandria. He was coming to mama’s house for humorous situations. A very good bondsman in Prince priations for the support of the government of supper. My good fortune. William County was caught off balance apprehend- W275BO, CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, TO METRO the City of Alexandria, Virginia, for fiscal year RADIO INC. W275BO OPERATES ON CHAN- 2012. So as not to alarm other passengers and users of ing a dangerous guy known for fighting. The bad guy NEL 275, WITH 130 WATTS EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER AT 38-51-18 The proposed ordinance makes supplemental public transport, I donned a clerical collar with a grabbed the bondsman’s gun. He grappled to avoid appropriations for the operation of the city gov- sporty shirt and Panama hat. A bicycle-riding Metro the handcuffs, tore off the bondsman’s pants, and then NORTH, 77-22-28 WEST. AFTER APPROVAL ernment in fiscal year 2012. OF THE APPLICATION W275BO WILL RE- Transit policeman was taken aback when I intro- shot the bondsman in the leg. [It wasn’t me, folks]. BROADCAST THE SIGNAL OF WTNT, 730 ******* KHZ, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Sec- duced myself. He was willing to help me though. As One Thursday afternoon a fellow riding his bicycle tions 5-7-31 (DEFINITIONS), 5-7-33.1 (RUN- NING AT LARGE PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC we discussed technique, the 5:15 p.m. train arrived. down King Street thought I was out looking for him. PARKS OR PLAYGROUNDS; OWNERS NOT I looked up and there was my man, walking smartly He tried to run me over at the flagpole in front of the TO LET DOGS RUN AT LARGE IN PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICE PARKS OR PLAYGROUNDS KEEPING DOGS down the steps and dressed to the nines. He was all Backus Alexandria Courthouse. Two alert deputies Pursuant to the provision of section 4-1-16 of UNDER PHYSICAL RESTRAINT IN PUBLIC smiles with a pretty girl on each arm. I walked up to jumped him. I didn’t have any warrant for him but the code of the City of Alexandria, the PARKS OR PLAYGROUNDS), and 5-7-35 Alexandria Police Department located at 2003 (KEEPING DOGS UNDER PHYSICAL RE- him as though I was passing out a religious tract the deputies did. Mill Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 is now in STRAINT) of Article C (DOGS AND OTHER possession of unclaimed bicycles, mopeds, ANIMALS) of Chapter 7 (ANIMALS AND and slapped the handcuffs on him. He didn’t know “Be Prepared” is a very good motto to remember. A lawn equipment, money, scooters, and other FOWL), Title 5 (TRANSPORTATION AND EN- what to say. I said, “Bless you, my son.” bondsman or bounty hunter can’t be too careful. On items. All persons having valid claim to the VIRONMENTAL SERVICES) of the Code of the property should file a claim to the property with City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended. The girl friends screamed a bit but off we went to a spring Sunday morning, I tracked an elusive bond reasonable proof of ownership or the items will be sold, destroyed, converted or donated. For a The proposed ordinance modifies Sections 5-7- the Alexandria Jail, now called the William G. jumper to a Whiting Street convenience store. The complete listing go to 31, 5-7-33.1, and 5-7-35 of Article C, Chapter 7 Truesdale Adult Detention Center. 24-year-old decided not to come quietly with me, he http://alexandriava.gov/police/ and contact the of Title 5 to clarify the definition of a dog or other Police Property Unit at (703) 838-4709. animal running at large. wouldn’t cooperate when I tried to handcuff him and SOMETIMES BOUNTY HUNTERS can run into most certainly he wasn’t returning to jail. I struggled ******* AN ORINANCE to add a new Section 5-7-58, jurisdictional disputes that can be testy. The Alex- with him for a moment. He pulled away and then I MEMORIAM (CONFINEMENT OF ANIMALS IN VEHICLES andria General District Court had given me a docu- drew my .38-cal. Smith & Wesson as I held on to his BARBER, PEGGY WARD PROHIBITED) of Article C (DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS) of Chapter 7 (ANIMALS AND FOWL) ment authorizing arrest of a young man on another arm. I threatened to shoot him dead on the spot. For- APRIL 5, 1929 - NOV.9, 1996 of Title 5 (TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRON- MENTAL SERVICES) of the Code of the City of $5,000 criminal bond. The catch was he lived in tunately, an Alexandria police officer came to my aid. Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended. southeast Washington, D.C. I headed across the 14th The guy kept yelling that “the old guy” was threaten- The ordinance modifies the City Code to add a Street Bridge, visited the police precinct in south- ing to shoot him. new Section 5-7-58 to Article C, Chapter 7 of Ti- tle 5, creating a prohibition against the confine- east to present my credentials and court orders. No “I know him,” said one of Alexandria’s finest. “I ment of animals in unattended, enclosed vehi- cles. professional courtesy I found. I was warned by the believe he would have shot you, too.” police commander I’d be arrested for kidnapping if I At that moment I realized youth was a thing of my ******* PUBLIC HEARING on the Proposed City Legis- picked up the defendant. No way to that. The dis- past. And, it was probably time I looked for another lative Package for the 2012 General Assembly trict doesn’t allow bondsmen or bounty hunters to line of work or perhaps return to my computer key- Session. (Consideration of the item will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011). arrest its citizens. I wouldn’t risk spending one sec- board. There are a million stories out there and these

THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED THAT AMEND- ond in the D. C. facility. are just a few in “the Naked City.” MENTS OR ADDITIONS MAY BE MADE TO PROPOSED ORDINANCES WITHOUT FUR- Another year has sadly passed THER PUBLICATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED Letters to the Editor away since you were called away, THAT PERSONS INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE ORDINANCES OBTAIN FREE FULL- From Page 13 but fondest memories still remain TEXT COPIES FROM THE CITY CLERK AT and hopes to meet in heaven CITY HALL. JACKIE M. HENDERSON, MMC, density development to the north also reduce traffic in the already- someday. CITY CLERK end of the waterfront. The entire congested Union Street corridor. Consider development will be created from With Love, Marvin and children scratch, and will allow for build- Susan Pettey GenOn Site ing appropriate infrastructure and Alexandria ORDER OF PUBLICATION To the Editor: parking that are needed to support Case No JJ031119-05-00 Commonwealth of Virginia Closure next year of the GenOn higher density hotels and other VA. CODE § 8.01-316 plant will be a great boon to Alex- Series of Alexandria J & DR Juvenile and Domestic uses. Moving higher density devel- Relations District Court andria, and the timing of the an- opment to the GenOn site will al- Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Grievances JAYDEN WARD nouncement of closure could not low other improvements such as The object of this suit is to: have been better. The City may still To the Editor: Terminate the residual parental rights and re- parks and lower scale develop- sponsibilities of unknown father to Jayden consider the great possibilities of ments that are more in keeping Before I became a chiropractic Ward, born on 11/19/2010 to mother Sophie the site in its current waterfront physician here in Alexandria I was Ward, and to authorize the placement of the with the mixed-use and residen- child for adoption. planning efforts. The imminent a history major. I have long been It is ordered that the defendant uknown father, tial for the area of the waterfront. appear at the above named Court and protect availability of the 25-acre parcel Moving hotels or other higher den- his or her interests on or before 12/02/2011 at will allow planners to shift higher 2:30pm sity projects to the GenOn site will See Letters, Page 34 32 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com 703-917-6464 703-917-6400 Zone 3: • Alexandria Employment Zone 3 Ad Deadline: Zone 3: • Alexandria Classified Zone 3 Ad Deadline: • Mount Vernon Tuesday 4 p.m. • Mount Vernon Tuesday Noon

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Basement Framing, Garbage Disposal, ANGEL’S that can be •Patios •Walkways LAWN MOWING Painting, Power Wash, Siding Repairs. made in his The last grievance is with the City’s de- •Trimming •Leaf & Snow sire to steal the personal property along the Licensed, Bonded, Insured •Retaining Walls •Removal •Yard Clearing subject and how Potomac river known as the Old Dominion 703-266-1233 •Drainage Problems •Hauling •Tree Work to avoid them. 703-863-1086 -Werner Boat Club so they can socialize this “North- 703-582-3709 Heisenberg •Landscape Makeovers 240-603-6182 ern Republic of Virginia.” This club is the The HANDYMAN oldest private boat club in the state and has A DIVISION OF NURSE CONSTRUCTION Call: 703-912-6886 Now! Complete contributed to the well being of Alexandria BATHROOM REMODELING, DRYWALL, Free Estimates for over a century. How soon we forget his- PAINTING, CERAMIC TILE, CARPENTRY, Print Editions tory. The people who founded this area were POWER WASHING & MUCH MORE MASONRY MASONRY independent pioneers of business and com- You have tried the rest - NOW CALL THE BEST!! Proudly serving Northern VA - 46 yrs. exp. Online! merce. Today it has been turning into a so- Licensed We Accept VISA/MC BRICK AND STONE The full print editions of all 18 cialist state propelled by special interest Insured 703-441-8811 Connection Newspapers are now groups greedily trying to get their hands available on our Web Site in PDF format, onto the precious waterfront property. Custom Masonry page by page, identical to our weekly A&S Landscaping newsprint editions, including print I have been looking at the Citizens For an advertising. Go to Alternative Alexandria Waterfront Plan. • All Concrete work 703-768-3900 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com They certainly have a much better option • Retaining Walls • Patios www.custommasonry.info and click on “Print Editions.” • Decks • Porches (incl. as opposed to the destructive agenda of the screened) • Erosion & Patios, Walkways, Stoops, Steps, Driveways City. Old Town as it exists today is too con- Grading Solutions gestive. The horror that would follow the • French Drains • Sump Pumps Repairs & New Installs•All Work Guranteed City’s proposal can be observed: just go to • Driveway Asphalt Sealing Georgetown and take some time to look SNOW REMOVAL SNOW REMOVAL about. 703-863-7465 LICENSED COMMERCIAL SNOW Dr. Robert Knapp Serving All of N. Virginia Alexandria REMOVAL SERVICES ITIONS PPRINTRINT EDITIONSED M Letters Send letters to Gazette@Connection newspapers.com 703-823-5156

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T.C. Williams junior quarterback Alec Grosser will be a key part of the Titans’ football T.C. Williams senior Za’Quan Summers intercepts a program in 2012. pass against West Potomac on Nov. 5. Titans Conclude Season With Loss to West Potomac dium, dropping the Titans’ record to 3-7. streak, during which the Titans averaged Randolph stepped away due to health prob- Quarterback Grosser After back-to-back seasons of narrow play- 13 points per contest. The low point was a lems. Williams, who was the head JV coach will be one of key off misses, the Titans started 1-5 this year 14-13 home loss to previously winless at H.D. Woodson (Washington, D.C.) for six and extended the program’s playoff drought Woodson on Oct. 6. seasons prior to joining the T.C. Williams returners in 2012. to 21 seasons. In addition, health problems Along with beating Wakefield and West staff as an assistant in 2009, led the Titans forced head coach Dennis Randolph to step Springfield, the Titans also defeated to a 2-4 record as interim head coach. Wil- away from the program indefinitely after Annandale 38-21 on Oct. 21. Each victory liams said he plans to return to the Titans By Jon Roetman four games, adding to a stressful season for came on the road. coaching staff in some form for the 2012 Gazette Packet the Titans. Against West Potomac, Grosser completed season. “This feeling right now, [we need to] take 19 of 47 passes for 289 yards, two touch- “It’s been a great experience,” Williams railing by three touchdowns and it into next season,” Grosser said outside downs and one interception. The junior sig- said of being interim head coach. “I’ve en- facing fourth-and-10 in his own the Titans’ locker room after the loss to West nal caller will be a key part of the Titans joyed everything. I definitely enjoy work- Tterritory, T.C. Williams quarter- Potomac. offense in 2012, along with running back ing with these guys as well as the coaches back Alec Grosser let fly with a “When we’re in the weight room [or] we Dealo Robertson, receiver Landon Moss and from top to bottom. It’s a lifelong dream pass deep down the right sideline. Senior don’t want to come out to the summer work- others. for me to be a high school head football receiver Percy Haskins pulled in the throw outs [or] come to practice, just remember “We have a strong core of guys that will coach.” and made his way into the end zone for an what it feels like right now.” be coming back next year,” interim head Against West Potomac, senior running 82-yard touchdown and a glimpse at the T.C. Williams opened the season with a coach Avery Williams said. “I think that this back Za’Quan Summers carried 35 times for kind of playmaking ability that led to high 51-7 victory against Wakefield on Sept. 1, experience this year will only make them 118 yards and a touchdown. He also expectations prior to the 2011 season. but didn’t win again until beating West stronger moving forward.” snagged an interception on defense. T.C. Williams lost its season finale to West Springfield 24-21 on Oct. 14. Between vic- Williams took over head coaching duties Haskins finished with seven receptions for Potomac 41-27 on Nov. 5 at Parker-Gray Sta- tories, TC experienced a five-game losing for the final six games of the season when 125 yards and a touchdown. Sports Briefs “I didn’t know how close it was until I to states, especially being my senior year. I T.C. Williams reached the woods,” Smythe wrote in an wanted to beat my district time — a per- Senior Smythe email. “I heard how adamantly everyone sonal best for me — which didn’t quite hap- was screaming at me and I realized I was pen but I think I ran my best race. The lead- Qualifies for near the (top 15) cutoff. Because of that I ers set a really fast pace. It was a harder pushed hard in the woods and was able to race than the district championship.” State Meet pass two girls. Right at the finish, one of Smythe also qualified for states as a

Photo by Katie Smythe Shannon Smythe was unaware of her those girls was able to squeeze past me be- sophomore with a 15th-place finish at place amongst the field while running in cause I didn’t hear her coming over the regionals. At the 2009 state meet, Smythe the Northern Region cross country champi- noise of the crowd. finished 38th with a time of 19:49. onship meet on Nov. 3. But once the T.C. “I was pretty nervous in the shoot line As a team, T.C. Williams finished ninth at Williams senior heard spectators screaming because I was worried I had missed the cut- the 2011 regional meet with 203 points. encouragement, Smythe knew it was to off. It wasn’t until my coach reassured me West Potomac won the event with 86 points. push forward. that I started getting excited.” West Springfield, Thomas Jefferson and Smythe finished 15th with a time of 18 Smythe finished sixth with a time of 18:10 Oakton joined the Wolverines in earning T.C. Williams senior Shannon minutes, 12 seconds during the Thursday at the Patriot District meet on Oct. 26. The team berths to the state meet. Smythe qualified for the state afternoon race at Burke Lake Park, earning Titans also qualified for regionals as a team, Sydney Schaedel finished 28th for the cross country meet with a 15th- the final all-region spot and berth in the finishing fourth at districts. Titans with a time of 18:56. Hanna Smythe place finish at regionals on Nov. 3 state meet. “I felt I ran well at regionals,” Smythe at Burke Lake Park. wrote. “I was extremely excited to make it See Sports, Page 36 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ November 10-16, 2011 ❖ 35 Sports

From Page 35 his 2011 season with the Washington Episcopal, but the circumstances surround- “I just try to come back, try to stay rel- (19:30) was 51st, Hannah Clark (19:36) Redskins, the running back got the chance ing this visit were unfortunate. evant and stay involved in the school,” finished 60th and Grace Garrahan (20:09) to do something he’s normally too busy to “Unfortunately, [I] got the chance” Hightower said. “The school meant so much was 77th. The state meet will be held on Sat- do. Hightower told the Gazette Packet about his to me. … Every time I get the chance to urday, Nov. 12 at Great Meadows. Hightower, a 2004 Episcopal High School injury allowing him to attend an Episcopal come back on this campus I embrace it be- — Jon Roetman graduate, returned to the Hummel Bowl on game, “but fortunately [I] get the chance cause it brings back a lot of memories.” Friday, Nov. 4 to watch the Maroon take on to come back and see them.” Hightower played college football at the Bullis. The 25-year-old was on crutches af- Episcopal fell short against Bullis, losing University of Richmond and was a fifth- Redskins RB ter suffering a torn ACL in his left knee 42-7. round selection of the Arizona Cardinals in Hightower Attends against the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 23. Hightower attended Episcopal as a jun- the 2008 NFL Draft. Hightower was the Redskins’ leading rusher ior and senior, totaling 2,010 yards and 22 During his rookie season, Hightower Episcopal Game when he got hurt and was placed on injured touchdowns in 14 career games. He said reserve. he tries to visit Episcopal once or twice a Tim Hightower wishes he was still play- Hightower said he enjoys coming back to year. See Sports, Page 37 ing football, but after a knee injury ended

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From Page 36 ing in from the northwest. But neither the cold nor HolidayHoliday Sale!Sale! the wind stopped the men and women of ODBC from played in Super Bowl XLIII, where Arizona lost to giving it their all. Lowest Prices of the Season Pittsburgh. The Cardinals traded Hightower to the In the women’s competition, Maddy Stone coxed Redskins prior to the 2011 season. the women’s junior 4 to an impressive eighth-place — Jon Roetman finish in a field of 23 competitors, with Kate Banchoff stroking and Alexandra Lemke, Emily Breeding, and Kate Arnold filling out this solid crew. In the women’s SSSAS Field junior 8, coxswain Lauren Soriente and rowers Banchoff, Lemke, Nadia Magallon, Katie Pickup, Hockey Wins ISL Chloe Reynolds, Kelin Baldridge, Gabriela Salcedo, The St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes field hockey team and Allyson Emblom placed 15th out of 34 competi- defeated Episcopal in overtime to capture the ISL tors. championship. Cat Doulis scored three goals for the In the men’s competition, the ODBC junior men’s Saints and Sophie Davidson added one. 4, with coxswain Emily Kubik and oarsmen Madison Weitekamp, Henry Walch, Sam Hanoura, and Chris ODBC Select Crew Team Dobson came in 33rd, while the men’s junior 8, with Guaranteed Installation before the Holidays! coxswain Kubik and oarsmen Weitekamp, Walch, Competes in Greg Montenegro, Dru Hodgens, Sam Hanoura, Sam Zickar, Chris Kidd and Chris Porter finished 33rd. Head of the Schuylkill The Old Dominion Boat Club Select Crew Team One day after a nor’easter stormed up the East rows out of the Dee Campbell Rowing Center in Old Coast dumping up to a foot of snow in parts of the Town Alexandria. Composed of rowers and coxswains Mid-Atlantic region, the Old Dominion Boat Club from T.C. Williams High School and other schools and elite programs in the Washington, D.C. area, the Arlington Dulles Select Crew Team stormed up to Philadelphia to com- 4748 Lee Highway 23430 Rock Haven Way #130 pete in the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on Oct. team is guided by men’s coach Meredith Mariani and 30, a race that not only pitted them against tough women’s coaches Stephanie Patton and Lori Simon 703-524-7275 703-661-3999 boats, but tough conditions, as well. Criado. The sky had cleared and the snow had ended by www.parkcarpet.com the time the ODBC men and women arrived at Boat- Military Note house Row along the Schuylkill River on Sunday Air Force Airman Joseph E. Rudder-Matthews morning. But the cold temperatures and breezy con- graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force ditions had not. Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Beatrice Rudder By race time, the mercury was barely touching 36 of Wetherbourne Court, Mitchellville, Md., and Hubert Matthews of Vernon Square Drive, Alexandria. Rudder- Prefinished Flooring on the thermometer, and 12-mph gusts were blow- Matthews is a 2007 graduate of Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Springdale, Md.

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We need to raise $135,000 by May 2012 so the special field will be built. Previously, we told you about over $30,000 raised recently. Well, you all are stepping up! We raised close to $7,000 just in the past week. Donors this past week were: Alexandria Youth Sports Foundation Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc. Marilyn and Sean Doherty Amy Fries and Mark Eisenhower in memory of Brian Schutzius Donna Schmidt ~ Join the movement and donate this week for the Miracle Field ~ Look for more ads in November recognizing our donors Fall fund raising NOW through November 15 Find out more about the Field and the Miracle League at our Website: www.miracleleagueofalexandria.com Go to the Website to find out how to donate Or contact Bill Rivers at: [email protected] or 703-683-6526

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By McKenya Dilworth-Abdalla the United States and abroad. and that for me has always been plays. Jason Ellis’ Berg Diaries is a play about Center Director The festival is about the everyday ARHA is the co-sponsor for this event. the struggles and triumphs of living in pub- Nannie J. Lee Memorial Recreation person’s story — everybody has one, but it With the recent successful productions lic housing. It challenges stereotypes and Center takes a special kind of courage to share of ARHA’s resident playwrights of Shanelle gives a voice to issues that are universal: one’s story onstage for all to watch, wit- Gayden and Jason Ellis, it seemed that a love, acceptance, fear and finances. Ellis’ he Inaugural Anybody’s Story ness, like, dislike and critique. Festivals like play festival would be the next best logi- play starts Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. Play Festival is this weekend this one gives voice to those who have been cal step in opening an avenue up to other promptly. Excerpts (brief scenes) from Re- Tstarting Friday, Nov. 11 at the silent too long; their dreams left dormant aspiring playwrights in Alexandria. The demption by yours truly (MD Abdalla) will Kauffman Auditorium at the Lee and aspirations delayed by fear and self- festival is open to all people, as long as also be performed each night before each Center in Old Town. Admission is basically doubt. you have a story that you want to share full length play. to give what you can. The inspiration behind the play festival with the greater community. Although the Shanelle Gayden’s play is about women The play festival is the community out- came from a conversation that I had with plays produced this weekend are two full coming of age and all that they must over- reach component of the ACCT (Alexandria Roy Priest, the CEO of ARHA (Alexandria length plays by the abovementioned local come in order to successfully transition into City Community Theatre) program. The vi- Redevelopment and Housing Authority) playwrights and one excerpted version of adult womanhood. Gayden’s play starts sion for the festival is for it to become an about using the arts to provide platforms a full length play there were submissions Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. promptly. Both annual event that showcases the writing of expression that empowers. Since I am a from other playwrights from as far away plays are family friendly events. For more talents of Alexandrians specifically, and re- lover of words I could only think of words as Berlin, Germany and as near as Gary, information or to reserve your group’s seats mains open to aspiring playwrights all over put together to heal through highlighting; Indiana. contact Shenika Farmer at 703-746-5535. School Notes Send announcements to the Alexandria in the College of Liberal Arts and Hu- Christian Burnette, a fifth-year Harrison-Lane is the treasurer of Phi Mu Oct. 29 and 30 to the Phi Eta Sigma Gazette Packet, by e-mail to man Sciences, has gained membership student from Alexandria, majoring in Alpha Sinfonia. Harrison-Lane is a se- National and Golden Key International [email protected]. to the Marching Virginians at Virginia electrical engineering in the College of nior music recording technology major. Honor Societies. Justine, a resident of Deadline is Thursday at noon for the fol- Tech. Engineering, has gained membership to Alexandria, is a member of the T.C. lowing week’s paper. Photos are the Marching Virginians at Virginia St. Lawrence University in Canton, Williams High School graduating class encouraged. Call Steve Hibbard at 703- Corinne Mayer, a sophomore from Tech. NY, welcomes the following students as of 2010. 778-9412 with questions. Alexandria, majoring in biological sci- members of the class of 2015. ences in the College of Science, has Michael An, a sophomore from Al- ❖ George B. Alberts of Alexan- Alexis Grace Vlasho, daughter of Kyle Parker, a sophomore from gained membership to the Marching exandria, majoring in chemical dria. Alberts graduated from T.C. Vince and Jerri Vlasho of Alexandria, was Alexandria, majoring in general engi- Virginians at Virginia Tech. engineering in the College of Engineer- Williams High School in Alexandria. inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma neering in the College of Engineering, ing, has gained membership to the ❖ Marie H. Smeallie of Alexan- honor society on Oct. 19, along with 55 has gained membership to the Marching Tracy Laux, a freshmen from Alex- Marching Virginians at Virginia Tech. dria. Smeallie graduated from Bishop other students. She will graduate in May Virginians at Virginia Tech. andria, majoring in Spanish in the Ireton High School in Alexandria. 2012 with a Bachelor of Business Admin- College of Liberal Arts and Human Sci- Garrett Harrison-Lane of Alex- istration degree in International Business Jackie Desrosiers, a fifth-year stu- ences, has gained membership to the andria is serving as a student leader at Justine V. Johnson, University of and French from James Madison Univer- dent from Alexandria, majoring in music Marching Virginians at Virginia Tech. Lebanon Valley College this year. Virginia Second Year, was inducted on sity, Harrisonburg.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS The Auburn School The Lab School of Washington The Benedictine School Little Keswick School Chelsea School Landmark School The Children’s Guild The Maddux School Commonwealth Academy MANSEF Schools The Diener School The McLean School of MD Eagle Hill School The Newton School The Frost School The Nora School GMS Institute’s Minds In Motion Academy Oakwood School The Gow School Parkmont School The Ivymount School Riverview School Katherine Thomas School The Siena School Kildonan School The Summit School Kingsbury Day School

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