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Alexandria Gazette Packet Page 30 25 Cents Serving Alexandria for Over 200 Years • a Connection Newspaper September 22, 2011 Fight Public Vs Alexandria Gazette Packet Page 30 25 Cents Serving Alexandria for over 200 years • A Connection Newspaper September 22, 2011 Fight Public Vs. Private Like Two realms collide on A Girl waterfront as Locals take on small-area plan battle against hangs in balance. women’s cancers. By Michael Lee Pope Photos by Louise Krafft/Gazette Packet Gazette Packet By Jeanne Theismann With the Bishop’s Blessing Gazette Packet On Tuesday morning, Sept. 20, the lobby of the St. Rita’s Parish building filled or generations, Alexandria’s slowly with young mothers and their children all waiting for a visit by the Bishop Fwaterfront was closed to elicia Vaughn is a procras- of Arlington Paul S. Loverde. The bishop was ushered in by the Church Pastor the public. It was a dirty tinator. Twenty-three Daniel N. Gee and Deacon Stephen J. Dixon. The bishop gave his blessing to the and industrial realm, one that Fyears ago, her doctor told new school and offered a prayer. reeked of a rendering plant and her to “get her affairs in hummed with activity behind win order,” that there was little hope of her reaching her 25th birthday See Waterfront, Page 7 just a few months away. She has yet to get started. “I’ll get around to it one of these days,” laughed Vaughn, the smil- Go West, ing face behind the counter to many Alexandrians at the George Mason branch Post Office on Alexandria Washington Street. “I never was the best patient in the world.” Drastic change Diagnosed in the final stages of Stage 3 ovarian cancer, Vaughn Arlington Catholic Dio- is on the horizon didn’t dwell on her fate, nor did cese Superintendent of she take aggressive measures to Schools Sr. Bernadette for city’s combat the disease. Bishop Paul S. Loverde gives a blessing to Patricia Gold McManigal talks with the “I’m not sure what I was sup- who is the mother of St. Rita’s School principal Mary children in the morning West End. posed to do,” said Vaughn, now a Pat Schlickenmaier. 3’s preschool class. statistic among the 22,000 women By Michael Lee Pope diagnosed each year with the dis- Gazette Packet ease. “I was told I was going to die within three months so I was Perhaps Running Fowl of Zoning us-rapid transit. High-den- like, ‘OK, why should I worry Bsity development. An el- about it even more?’ I was just lipse at Beauregard Street going to let whatever was going Alexandria residents keep backyard hens for food, fun. and Seminary Road. Radical trans- to happen, happen.” formation that would expel thou- Her doctor, however, was not By Montie Martin essentially forbade rural practices. grown carrots, peas, and herbs is sands of low-income residents in giving up without a fight and Gazette Packet Of particular impact was Chapter only the beginning. Keeping a hen garden apartments slated for tracked Vaughn down at her 7, section 5-7-2 of the city zoning or two that can produce fresh eggs demolition. The city’s West End is sister’s house to make sure she n hideaways throughout the code which stipulated chickens went in for a series of aggressive Ibackyards of Alexandria, pro- and other fowl could no longer See Food and Fun, Page 27 See West End, Page 5 chemotherapy treatments. ponents of the urban farming reside on property less than 200 “I didn’t want to do it,” Vaughn movement have been able to keep feet from neighboring buildings. 22314 VA Alexandria, To: 1604 King St., King 1604 To: ted said. “I thought, ‘I’m going to die egg-laying hens under wraps de- In 2011, progress has changed Reques Service Address anyway, what’s the point of tortur- spite city zoning enforcement laws directions with respect to eco-con- material. ing myself?’” through open dialogue with neigh- scious citizens. Urban farming is Time-sensitive Postmaster: Vaughn braved the severe burn- bors. more than a trend; it is a way of Attention ing she felt during the treatments, Seen as a move towards life for many Alexandria residents Permit #482 Permit along with the sense of gloom she progress and modernity, in the who keep vegetable gardens in an VA Alexandria, PAID early 1960s Alexandria City offi- effort to grow food locally. Postage U.S. See Cancers, Page 9 cials instituted zoning laws that For some, the allure of freshly STD PRSRT www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ September 22-28, 2011 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ September 22-28, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Editor Steven Mauren 703-778-9415 or [email protected] Council Notebook News Thurman Alley The late Doug Thurman wasn’t the kind of person to seek the limelight, so the recent City Council decision to name a by Photos building after him would have probably made him uncomfort- able. “He wouldn’t want it,” said restaurateur Pat Troy. “He would say, ‘Pat, you mean to tell me that these people got together Jeanne Theismann and named an alley after me? Will you check to see if their brains are all right?’” Thurman was so secretive that many people didn’t know the extent of his activity until after he died, a portfolio that in- cluded everything from shutting down a coal-fired power plant to advocating for historic preservation. /Gazette Packet “He is the only person I’ve ever met who insisted on watch- ing every City Council meeting,” said Claire Gregory. “When he didn’t agree, he would argue with the television.” After several people spoke in support of designating the alley behind Thurman’s house in the 800 block of Duke Street as Patxi Uy, 8, takes to the Thurman Alley, Councilman Rob Krupicka took the opportu- plate with help from his nity to question how the naming process works, calling for a Ellen Hawkins, a participant in the adult therapeutic father Jonathan at the “fair and clear way” of recognizing people who have contrib- recreation program, takes a swing during her first at-bat season opener of the fall uted to the civic life of the city. during the opening game of the fall Miracle League Sept. Miracle League Sept. 17 at “What happens is that people who understand the process 17 at the Lee Center. the Lee Center. can apply to have something named,” Krupicka said. “And oth- Washington Nationals to host ers who maybe don’t have connected friends or connected ac- cess don’t have the same kind of clear opportunity.” Alexandria Day Sept. 24 Substandard Decision Play Ball! to benefit Miracle League. For years, neighbors on Little Street assumed that the stretch By Jeanne Theismann of land in the 600 block would remain open space — a green special needs participants. Gazette Packet lawn smaller than the standard lot on the leafy Del Ray av- “The Washington Nationals have partnered with enue. us in our efforts to bring a Miracle Field to Alexan- But when the property was recently sold, the new owner un- ielding a ball at second base is no small feat dria,” said Miracle League of Alexandria chair Bill derstandably wanted to build something on it. At the same time, Ffor any Little Leaguer. So when 7-year-old Rivers. “They are hosting the first Alexandria Day neighbors were understandably concerned that they would be Tucker Riley, who is confined to a wheelchair, Sept. 24 at Nationals Park to benefit the Miracle losing a spot of open space on the densely packed street. did just that Saturday, his mother Deb erupted in League of Alexandria and Alexandria’s special needs applause and beamed. community.” “Is this what we want Alexandria to become, a city where “It’s great to be back out here,” said Riley, whose The Nationals also donated 80 tickets to the game, any open space — no matter how small — can be called suffi- son participated in the inaugural Miracle League an afternoon match against the Atlanta Braves, so cient to build a house despite long-existing zoning laws and season last spring. “I am so proud of Tucker and of that Miracle League participants can attend the game. recent infill regulations?” asked Joanna Chusid in a letter the city for being one of the first in our area to em- “The Nationals have been a great partner for us,” opposing the permit. “Just because it may be legal to put a brace the Miracle League program. Now we just need Rivers said. “Earlier this year they set up a special house on the Little Street property (and I’m not convinced it is) to get the field built.” website where a portion of any home game ticket does that make it right, ethical, good or necessary?” Tucker’s accomplishments were just one highlight purchase would go to the Miracle Field. They are Apparently it did. City Council members approved the spe- of opening day for the fall Miracle League season also going to recognize us on the scoreboard and cial-use permit allowing owner Brian Thomas to build a one- Sept. 17 at the Lee Center. The game also officially over the PA system at Saturday’s game.” and-a-half story single-family house that will be 1,800 square kicked off fundraising for the Miracle Field, a syn- MLA is using the fall Miracle League season to work feet in size and 23 feet high. But the decision didn’t come with thetic turf baseball diamond designed specifically for See Nationals to Help, Page 6 having to wrestle with some complicated issues, including the precedent it sets for future development on substandard lots across the city.
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