Vol. XX, No. 48 Mount Vernon’s Hometown Newspaper • A Connection Newspaper December 3, 2009 Library in the Woods Estate is planning national library to promote Washington scholarship.

By Michael Lee Pope Rees says the Gazette Packet building will probably cost iming to become the in- anywhere from tellectual capital for all $25 million to Athings George Washing- $50 million, at- ton, the Mount Vernon tracting as many Estate has been quietly working as 10,000 visi- behind the scenes for years to cre- tors a year. The ate a new “national library” near architecture will Jim Rees the historic mansion. In recent have its own months, the project has taken in- identity, not a phony colonial re- creased priority at the estate, tread of the 18th century riverside which is governed by the Mount mansion. Inside, visitors will find Vernon Ladies Association. A the complete collection of George prominent Baltimore architectural Washington’s papers, an archive firm has been hired to design the that will eventually be moved from building, and a bucolic setting in the University of Virginia. The fa- the woods has been set aside for cility will also offer a series of The Mount Vernon estate gingerbread house, created by Master Chef Roland the project. seminar rooms fit for academic Mesnier and his assistants Marlene Roudebush and Samantha Burdman, is on now Now all that’s left is encourag- conferences or leadership semi- display at the George Washington Mt. Vernon Estate. See related story, Page 3 ing the big-money donors to make nars. it happen. “We don’t want Johnny to write “We need an eight-figure lead- his term paper here,” said Rees, Ready for ership gift from a true George who has been executive director Washington believer,” said Jim since 1994. “At the same time, we The Holidays Rees, executive director of the want scholars to think of us first Mount Vernon Estate. “This is not in terms of the place to go — a for those donors seeking a lot of scholarly retreat that’s very much Anette Ahiens and publicity or someone who wants at home in the forest.” Linda Berg provide a their name on a wall seen by mil- chocolate-making lions of visitors every year.” See Mount Vernon, Page 8 demonstration to guests at the Mount Vernon Estate on Driver Dies in Single-Car Crash Nov. 25. Police are investigating a fatal compensated while trying to get crash that occurred around 5:30 back into the northbound lane and Photos by p.m. on Sunday, Nov.29 in the Al- hit a ditch on the right side of the Lashawn Avery/ exandria portion of Fairfax County. road. He was partially ejected The Gazette Ronnie L. Diggs, 51, of 8007 from his car when it rolled onto Murray Hill Dr. in Fort Washing- its roof. Speed and alcohol appear ton, Md. was pronounced dead at to be factors in the crash. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital at The only passenger in the car, a 6:05 p.m. 37-year-old woman, also of Fort Trees For Troops This Weekend Diggs was driving a 1989 BMW Washington, Md., was treated for northbound on Fort Hunt Road non life-threatening injuries and olly, Woods, and Vines is joining forces with 15,000 donated Christmas trees this year. By taking when he crossed the center line released from the hospital. HTrees for Troops and the Fed Ex Corpora- part in the Trees for Troops Weekend, residents can and into oncoming southbound Crash Reconstruction detectives tion to spread Christmas cheer to local come to the center, pick out the tree they wish to traffic. responded to the scene and con- military families and U.S. troops around the globe. purchase and donate, attach a personalized card that Investigators believe he over- tinue to investigate the incident. As the only participating gar- will be delivered along with that

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2 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ December 3-9, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News A Glimpse at Christmas at Mount Vernon By K.C. Gulino is a tent where more women in The Gazette colonial costumes demonstrate how people of the 18th century sneak-peek at what made one of Mount Vernon’s fa- Mount Vernon has in vorite holiday sweets, chocolate. A store for this holiday The demonstrators show how season was open to the chocolate did not come pre-made media Tuesday, Nov. 24. Mount in wrappers or boxes, and explain Vernon plantation is displaying fes- how there was a lot more time, ef- tive decorations, an exotic Christ- fort, and ingredients put into this mas animal and sweet treats that treat than one would think. Dur- would make even the Grinch want ing the colonial era people would to get in the holiday spirit. grate hard chocolate and put it As one walks through the en- into warm milk or water. This was trance, above there is fresh hand- different from today’s concept of made garland that frames a sign hot chocolate because colonials that reads, Christmas at Mount considered it an adult beverage

Vernon. Photos by and often consumed it at break- As one continues the tour into the fast. new facility there are 12 profession- ally decorated Christmas trees. Al- ONE CAN SMELL the sweetness though Christmas trees did not ex- K.C. Gulino of the holiday display that is ist during the time period of George Mount Vernon’s holiday highlight. Washington’s life at Mount Vernon, Renowned chef Dr. Roland the interior of the new facility ex- Mesnier returned to Mount Vernon hibits Christmas trees that represent and created the masterpiece of a Fresh hand-made garland frames the sign at the entrance to Mount Vernon. aspects of the history of Mount Mount Vernon Gingerbread Vernon today. The trees’ decorations House. Mesnier is a former White include: the Dove of Peace that George ing Room. Two more of the trees have or- yet another Christmas sensation to the his- House executive pastry chef. Standing five Washington added to the weathervane atop naments that are dedicated to the women torical site. feet wide and three feet tall, this ginger- Mount Vernon’s cupola in 1787, George who helped George Washington and Mount bread house weighs 225 pounds. Seventy- Washington’s Study, where he managed his Vernon: The “heart” of George Washington, OUTSIDE, while walking on the brick path five pounds of it consist of chocolate and estate and helped establish the federal gov- Lady Washington, and the Mount Vernon towards the mansion is a barn at the right 35 pounds of it consist of marzipan. Mesnier ernment, and George Washington’s Distill- Ladies’ Association which restored and re- where a friendly 2-year-old Camel named and his team of chefs created details on the ery and Gristmill where flour, cornmeal and opened Mount Vernon to the public. Aladdin resides alongside a woman in co- house ranging from window shutters, the whiskey were produced. The ornaments on the trees are available lonial costume explaining, “Why a camel?” weathervane, the brick walls, shingles on Other trees decorations were themed: for purchase at The Shops at Mount Vernon According to one source, George Wash- the roof, fences and grass, to the reminis- George Washington the Surveyor, George (open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., 9:30 p.m. during ington had shown a camel on the grounds cence of snow on the roof. There is even an Washington the Farmer, The President’s Mount Vernon by Candlelight). during the holidays. Washington was rec- opening to George Washington’s bedroom Tree, George Washington and His Gener- Bright red poinsettias guide the viewer ognized to have a great interest in exotic and an opening to the kitchen that displays als, the Children’s Tree, and The Large Din- through the border of the facility giving it animals and Washington’s camel may have a preparation for a holiday meal. Washing- been the third camel known in America ton family figures and 40 animals — all during the 18th century. hand-made — are scattered throughout the To the left of the Christmas camel there See Christmas Arrives, Page 5

Christmas trees’ decorations include: the Dove of Peace that George Washington added to the weathervane atop Mount Vernon’s cupola in 1787, George Washington’s Study, where he managed his estate and helped establish the federal government, and George Washington’s Distill- George Washington, according to one source, had shown a camel on the ery and Gristmill where flour, cornmeal and whiskey were produced. grounds during the holidays. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ December 3-9, 2009 ❖ 3 News Fairfax Sponsors Deer Hunt in Two County Parks Some residents say county should use other methods for controlling deer populations.

By Julia O’Donoghue Authority. It is unclear whether take place in the county each The Gazette any resident lives close enough to year. Overall, Virginia is the Laurel Hill hunt site to have ranked fifth among states in hen Eileen received the same type of notice deer-related automobile acci- Hanrahan dis- ahead of time. dents. W covered that The Belvoir Bow Hunters will be Deer are also associated Fairfax County conducting the Laurel Hill park with Lyme disease and other was allowing bow and arrow deer hunt. The group was one of two tick-born illnesses that are on hunts on local parkland, it did not to win one of the county’s bow the rise locally. In Fairfax, the sit well with her. So the Lorton hunt slots during a lottery process. rate of Lyme disease infection resident, who lives near Fort quadrupled from 2006 to Belvoir, started doing some re- 2007, according to county search. “We need to manage health officials. “I was troubled by what “Think of the deer as a tick seemed to be the long range plans the deer population Metro system. It is better to use bow hunting, I didn’t even than the Metro system be- know there was a deer manage- but I don’t think all cause the deer can take ticks ment plan in Virginia before this,” the community all over the county,” said said Hanrahan. health department staff But what Hanrahan read about viewpoints have been member Jorge Arias in 2008. bow hunts worried her. Some people have called bow taken into account.” FAIRFAX COUNTY has hunting the least humane way to — Eileen Hanrahan, used lethal methods for con- kill deer, since shooting an ani- Lorton resident trolling its deer population mal with an arrow can result in a for the last decade. But, out- File Photo slow death. Other reports she saw side of pilot program con- said deer hunts result in a higher The recreational and social group ducted in Huntley Meadows number of car accidents locally be- conducts hunts on Fort Belvoir’s Park several years ago, the lo- cause the panicked deer run out grounds and helps maintain the cality has mostly relied on into the middle of highways and army base’s archery facilities. The sharp shooters to kill off ex- Fairfax County staff have sanctioned bow and arrow deer residential roads, she said. Belvoir Bow Hunters are also ac- cess deer. hunts to take place in Laurel Hill Park and Colvin Run Park “We need to manage the deer tive in Hunters for the Hungry, Several wildlife activists starting this month. population but I don’t think all the which donates fresh deer and other and archers said the county community viewpoints have been types of meat culled from hunts to has turned to bow hunting be- pay for a more humane approach erty, is conducting the Vienna taken into account. There is a bet- Virginia’s homeless shelters, ac- cause it is a cheap deer manage- to controlling the deer population hunt. ter solution out there and it is trou- cording to the group’s Web site. ment tool. in the county,” said Hanrahan. Huppert added that bow hunt- bling to me that we are using one Even when the county uses Many archers reject the notion ing is safer for humans that sharp that is upsetting a lot of people,” SOME RESIDENTS may be up- sharp shooters from its own police that bow hunting is somehow “less shooting. The archers frequently said Hanrahan. set about the bow hunts but department, it has to pay the of- humane” than sharp shooting. stand on raised platforms 20 to 30 “I think we need a fuller discus- Fairfax County’s Environmental ficers overtime. Bow hunters, on Many of the studies that indicate feet above the ground and have a sion of this. I am not sure if the Quality Advisory Council, made up the other hand, will do the work bow hunting results in larger num- much better view of what they are implications of this particular of 13 Fairfax residents, supported for free. bers of woundings and slow deaths shooting than snipers. choice were fully though through,” the government-sponsored hunts But Hanrahan is uncomfortable for deer than sharp shooting are out Because bow hunters shoot from she added. in the group’s recommendations to with the prospect using bow hunt- of date. They were conducted de- high up in the air, their arrows are the Fairfax County Board of Super- ing to help close Fairfax’s large cades ago, before modern archery also much more likely to land di- FAIRFAX COUNTY launched its visors. budget shortfall, which is likely to technology existed, said Eric rectly in the ground if the archer second bow and arrow hunt on “This is a no win situation. I result in a reduction of library Huppert, founder and president of misses a deer or the arrow passes public property this season at Lau- don’t think anyone likes the idea hours, school and park programs Suburban Whitetail Management of through them, he said. rel Hill Park Nov. 30. Archers will of shooting animals. In a perfect next year. Northern Virginia, an archery group By contrast, bullets are not that be allowed on the grounds on and world, we would have coyotes and “I guess that is not really an an- that volunteers its time exclusively easy to control because they have off until Jan. 30. wolves that would balance out the swer to me, that there are finan- for deer management purposes. the ability to travel farther dis- The initial bow and arrow deer situation,” said Stella Koch, a cial concerns. I would be able to Huppert’s group, which mostly tances and are more likely to rico- hunt, located in the Colvin Run Great Falls resident who heads the pony up private contributions to works on private residential prop- chet off of surfaces, said Huppert. area of Vienna, is already under- environmental council. way and has upset nearby resi- The overpopulation of deer are dents. South county residents more than just nuisance, said seem largely unaware that a sec- Koch. In addition to eating the Whitman To Host Family Fitness Night ond hunt will be underway in their landscaping, deer are devouring Whitman Middle School is hosting Family Fit- lesterol and blood pressure screenings, a presen- area shortly. local vegetation at an alarming ness Night on Thursday, Dec. 3, beginning at 6 tation on gang awareness by the Fairfax County “I wasn’t aware the bow hunt rate, which has significant envi- p.m. Activities will be based on the theme Keep Police Department, a presentation on fire safety was happening,” said Mike ronmental implications. “Our Community Healthy.” by the Fairfax County Fire Department, chair mas- Grogan, president of the South “There are no baby trees to re- Presentations and demonstrations will be pro- sage, and taste tests. County Federation. place the big trees we have now vided including basketball, table tennis, karate, This year, the school’s Family Fitness Night is In the case of the Vienna bow that are going to die someday,” Walk Away the Pounds, weight and resistance being held in conjunction with the National Dairy hunt, residents living next to the said Koch. training, step aerobics, handball, and how to use Council and the National Football League as part park property were informed in Deer can also pose a danger for a heart rate monitor. There will also be a CPR (car- of the Fuel Up to Play 60 program, which encour- advance about the hunt through a humans. Fairfax reports 4,000 to diopulmonary resuscitation) demonstration, cho- ages healthful eating and physical activity. letter from the Fairfax County Park 5,000 car accidents involving deer

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As our 11th district congress- Ann Oliver budgets of the Park Authority and Libraries is man, Gerry Connolly, has cosponsored H.R. having a devastating effect on the employees. CONNECTION NEWSPAPERS, 2116 and H.R. 2920, to reinstate a require- L.L.C. No one is left untouched. Job positions are ment that all bills be paid for and to return Peter Labovitz being abolished, not just left unfilled. So, not fiscal responsibility to the federal budget pro- President/CEO Artistic Vision only is there the threat of loss of services to cess. The House-passed health insurance re- Mary Kimm the public, of loss of resources in the county, Publisher/Chief Operating Officer Art at the Center hosted a com- form bill, ending discriminatory coverage de- 703-778-9433 munity art event for families but the county workforce is already looking nials, would reduce the federal deficit by over [email protected] for jobs elsewhere. These are incredibly hard supported by Good Shepherd $100 billion. He voted for that bill. Jerry Vernon Housing and Family Services last workers, public servants, and dedicated to their Mr. Medico urges everyone to get informed. Publisher/Executive Vice President [email protected] month. Children and families jobs. It seems to me that it is not good busi- I agree. Today’s Internet offers easy access to gathered at the studio to create ness practice. information about the U. S. Congress. You can Wesley DeBrosse Controller artwork around the theme of Those of us that live and work in Fairfax find Congressman Connolly’s votes here: http:/ dreams for their home and County are fortunate that we have such a vi- /thomas.loc.gov/. Debbie Funk brant and beautiful community with services National Sales, 703-778-9444 community. Above, Tyra Davis [email protected] works on an art project. that try to provide for all interests and needs. Karen Stallings Many of us volunteer incredible amounts of Alexandria A Connection Newspaper

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Caitlin Emily Webster and Paul Martin Duncan Webster and Duncan Engaged Lisa Webster of Alexandria is lic accountant and senior audit delighted to announce the engage- associate with Johnson Lambert ment of her daughter, Caitlin and Company in Raleigh, N.C. Emily, to Paul Martin Duncan, son Paul graduated from Mount Ta- of Joy Gembecki Duncan of Win- bor High School in Winston-Sa- ston-Salem, N.C., and Dr. David lem, North Carolina and received Sharing ‘Music Man’ Allen Duncan of Mocksville, N.C. his bachelor of science degree with When actress Shirley Jones got word that Mount Vernon Community Children’s The- Caitlin is the daughter of the late high honors in construction engi- atre “The Music Man” cast were going to be in the audience for her Nov. 27 perfor- Robert Timothy Webster. neering and management from mance with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, she invited them Caitlin graduated from Mount North Carolina State University. to meet with her after the show. Jones and the NSO were performing the music of Vernon High School in 2001 and He is a project engineer for “The Music Man” along with her son Patrick Cassidy, Broadway’s Mary Poppins star received her bachelor of science Ashland Construction Company in Rebecca Luker and the City Choir of Washington. More than 50 MVCCT cast members degree with honors in business Raleigh. and families enjoyed a shortened performance of “The Music Man” with Jones playing accounting from James Madison A May 2010 wedding in Alex- the part of Mrs. Paroo, Cassidy as salesman Harold Hill and Luker as librarian and University. She is a certified pub- andria is planned. piano teacher Marion Paroo (the role Jones played alongside Robert Preston in the classic 1962 film version). Afterwards Jones met with a long line of fans waiting for autographs before meeting MVCCT’s cast and posing for pictures. People Notes

Inova Mount Vernon efficiency of medical partments to increase communi- Hospital has named care. cation and support the delivery of Donald Brideau, MD, Before being named quality care. Brideau also is presi- as its new vice president of vice president of dent of a local family-medicine medical affairs. Brideau medical affairs, practice. brings more than 20 years Brideau served as a Brideau is a graduate of of experience in healthcare physician advisor for Georgetown University. He earned management to his new Case Management, his medical degree from George role. and chairman of the Washington University and a Brideau will be respon- family medicine de- Master’s degree in Medical Man- sible for improving quality Donald partment, at Inova agement from Carnegie Mellon initiatives, strengthening Brideau, MD Mount Vernon Hospi- University. Dr. Brideau is a board- communications between tal. While in those certified family physician and a the medical staff and administra- roles, he acted as a liaison be- member of the American Academy tion, and helping to oversee the tween physicians and various de- of Family Physicians.

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THE NEW BUILDING will not be a “presidential library” in a formal sense, with federal dollars that are overseen by the government-run Of- fice of Presidential Libraries. Instead the building will be solely owned and operated by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Although it will not be Photo by part of a tourist itinerary, the build- ing will offer better availability than

the by-appointment-only operation in Louise Krafft the basement of the Mount Vernon administration building. But it will also offer researchers easy access to

Photo by the historic estate and its breathtak- ing views of the Potomac River. /Gazette “Modern presidential libraries have

essentially become adjuncts to univer- Mechelle Schloss sities, but you lose something in the process,” said noted Washington his- Like the new $100-million education center, pictured here, the design of torian Richard Norton Smith, a his- a proposed George Washington National Library will attempt to blend tory professor at George Mason Uni- into the heavily wooded area south of the Wessynton neighborhood. versity and a former director of two

presidential libraries. “The idea of gular slice of /The Gazette creating a research facility at Mount property Vernon is in many ways a throwback that’s been to the original model of the presiden- selected for tial system — a kind of turbo-charged the project is model that seems to me to be an im- a heavily provement on traditional presidential wooded area Alicia Wheeler, co-owner of

library.” south of the Graphic by Holly, Woods, and Vines, Striking the right balance between Wessynton stands among the many being accessible and discreet will not neighbor- Christmas trees available for be easy. When the Ladies Association hood that is donation to the Trees for

was in the planning stages for the new certain to re- Laurence Foong Troops project this weekend, education center, neighbors expressed new environ- Dec. 4-6. concerns about the scale of the new mental con- building, increased amount of traffic, cerns about Trees For Troops parking availability and the number trees. “My advice From Page 1 would be to / Gazette “The idea of creating a minimize the to the families on base. number of For more information on Trees for research facility at trees that will Troops Weekend, contact Vanessa be removed,” Wheeler, 703-799-1607 Mount Vernon is in many said Gerry Hyland, who represents the States Green Building Council. “In his day, Mount Vernon District on the Fairfax County George was all about sustainability and I ways a throwback to the Board of Supervisors. “It’s their land, and I would like to see this project mirror that.” original model of the suppose they can do whatever they want with it. But people won’t be happy if there’s THE GOALS of the library include assem- Bakery Employee presidential system — a significant tree loss.” bling a definitive collection of archival ma- Robbed at Gunpoint terial on Washington, hosting conferences kind of turbo-charged ALTHOUGH THE IDEA has been kicked relevant to the 18th century and conduct- A 36-year-old woman was robbed on around at Mount Vernon for more than a ing an aggressive outreach program that Thursday, Nov. 19 while working at the Casa model that seems to me decade, plans to create a new national li- would dovetail with the mission of the new Blanca Bakery, located at 2258 Huntington brary began to gather steam in 2006. That’s education center. With the rise of social his- Ave. The employee was inside the store to be an improvement on when the project was added to a master tory over the last half century, Washington’s around 7:30 p.m. when a man walked in, plan in the wake of a $110-million cam- star has faded as emphasis has shifted away locked the door and displayed a handgun. traditional presidential paign to create a 66,700 square-foot edu- from the “great man theory” of history to- The suspect demanded money, stole an un- library.” cation center bankrolled by the Donald W. ward economic and social interpretations. disclosed amount of cash and fled the store. Reynolds Foundation and the Ford Motor But the George Washington National Library The victim was not injured. — Richard Norton Smith, professor Company. Now that he’s seeking funding for would serve as a counterbalance to that The suspect was described as white, about of history, George Mason University the next phase of the expansion, Rees has trend, presenting the first president as a 25 years old. He was between 5 feet and 5 scheduled two different meetings with model of leadership whose lessons can be feet 5 inches tall and 125 pounds, with black neighborhood groups to hear their con- applied to government officials and aca- hair. of trees removed in the construction cerns. demic scholars alike. Anyone with information is asked to contact process. Now that planning for the “I encouraged him to seek the highest “George Washington coverage in the Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/ new library is moving forward, Rees LEED certification possible,” said Mount American classroom is a fraction of what it 8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or has already met twice with neighbor- Vernon Council of Citizens’ Associations co- was 40 or 50 years ago,” said Rees. “We text “TIP187” plus a message to CRIMES/ hood groups in an effort to be proac- chairwoman Katherine Ward, referring to want to re-introduce him as the best ex- 274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691- tive about the project. But the trian- a rating system developed by the United ample of leadership.” 2131. 8 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ December 3-9, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Home Sales October 2009 $1,161,957 ~ $275,000 Make it Merry & Bright Address ...... BR FB HB . Postal City .. Sold Price .. Type ...... Lot AC ...... 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Mount Vernon High School will continue to celebrate its 70th An- niversary with a day of basketball on Saturday, Dec. 5. MVHS alumni will take to the court for two games of bas- ketball. Afterwards, the alumni will be treated to a building tour and a food reception followed by a continuation of a fierce rivalry as the MVHS boys varsity basketball team take on the West Potomac Wolverines. The sched- ule of events are as follows: Alumni games ($1); Women’s Game 12 p.m.; Men’s Game 2 p.m.; MVHS Building Tour 4 p.m.; Food Reception (no cost) 5 p.m.; Boys Varsity Game vs. West Potomac High School 7 p.m. The var- sity basketball game is $3 in advance and $5 at the door. Contact Dawn Dickerson at [email protected] or 703-619-3289. Thanksgiving for 30 Families Fort Hunt High School, Alex- The First AME Church of Alexandria partnered with UCM andria, class of 1980 announces its Sacramento Neighborhood Center on Tuesday, Nov. 24, to 30th reunion. Plans are underway provide Thanksgiving Dinner to 30 Sacramento area for a fun-filled weekend in July families, most of them SNC program participants. An 2010. Visit the web site to register estimated 100 guests were served a Thanksgiving dinner and stay connected on all of the prepared by the church members and then Thanksgiving happenings. Go to fhhs80.com or gift baskets were distributed to more than 10 needy email: [email protected]. families at the event.

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Launch of Local Drucker Society he Drucker Society of ter receiving his Medal of Freedom Since 1983 T Mount Vernon an- from President George W. Bush, the nounced its formation on Society celebrates Peter Drucker’s Nov. 19 on the 100th anniversary return to Washington D.C. of Peter F. Drucker’s birth. Through the dedication of Soci- Drucker made his last trip to ety volunteers around the world, A Child’s Place Washington D.C. at the invitation and now joined by the Drucker of the President of the United Society of Mount Vernon, his spirit States to receive America’s high- and commitment to excellence at Hollin Hall est civilian award, the Presidential and ethical leadership will be rep- Medal Of Freedom. He was hon- resented and pursued in the Wash- ored for his work and influence on ington D.C. area. Ages 2 - 14 years the success of modern American Help others learn these principles business enterprise. that have proven effective in orga- • Before & After School Care Today, as business and commu- nizational management across all nity leaders participate in the sectors of society by joining now. • Holiday Camps worldwide Drucker 100th Centen- Visit www.druckerinstitute.com • Summer Camps nial activities and seven years af- for ore information. Now picking up • Teacher Work Day School children at Robbery on Richmond Highway Belle View & Other schools provided pick up: 40-year-old man was black, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, Hollin Meadows • Fort Hunt A robbed at gunpoint around 160 pounds and wear- • Stratford Landing around 1:43 a.m. on ing a black jacket and blue Sunday, Nov. 22, in the 8100 jeans. • Waynewood block of Richmond Highway, ac- Anyone with information is cording to police. The victim was asked to contact Crime Solvers approached by a man who dis- by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/ FREE REGISTRATION 703-765-8811 played a handgun. The suspect 8477, e-mail at www.hollinhall.com took cash from the victim and www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or For NEW Students Only fled in a green Ford Explorer. text “TIP187” plus a message to 1500 Shenandoah Road The victim was not injured. CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax Valid through Jan. 30, 2010 The suspect was described as County Police at 703-691-2131. Alexandria, Virginia

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Most of the time of the concert was de- here was a very unusual celebra- voted to singing some of the songs of “Glory Ttion at Signature Theatre in Days.” Blaemire and Gardner sang some of Shirlington on Monday night. Two the songs that had been written but not used young men who wrote a musical and the in the final version of the show while the four young men who played in that musi- cast members sang a number of the songs Arts ❖ Entertainment ❖ Leisure cal took the stage for a one-night-only con- that were in the show and are on the CD. cert to celebrate something that had never Blaemire and Gardner are working on an- happened before: the release of an original other musical and they sang one song from Broadway cast album of a musical that that project as well. started right here in Arlington. A touching moment in the evening was “Glory Days” had its premiere here in the appearance of Gardner’s brother Matt January of last year. It was an unusual who was the assistant director of the show project to begin with, but few could have at Signature and on Broadway. He told the predicted that it would become the first story of his first reading of an early version Steven Booth played Will and musical that premiered in Arlington to of the script which he found less than im- Andrew C. Call played Andy in transfer to Broadway, even if the reception pressive. It was just out of loyalty to his “Glory Days.” there wasn’t quite as positive as everyone brother that he agreed to direct its first try- would have hoped. The opening night at out reading. He then resisted his brother’s Signature Theatre was met with unbounded brought each other up to date on their lives efforts to have him read subsequent drafts optimism. The opening night on Broadway and reminisced about the highs and lows for over a year, but when he finally returned five months later was also the closing night of their high school careers. to the piece he was moved. on Broadway. The two who wrote the musical were Nick “Glory Days” has already had a post- Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette The musical was the work of two Mont- Blaemire, who had previously appeared in Broadway life. It was translated into Japa- gomery County lads who played some of musicals in Washington and Maryland, and nese and opened in Tokyo with a Japanese Old Town Walled the music from their project for Signature’s James Gardner, who had featured roles in rock band performing the piece. Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer when they musicals at Signature. Neither, however, Not all musicals that are produced on Garden Club Holiday were 20 years old and attending the Musi- appeared in the cast of their musical. In- Broadway get an original Broadway cast cal Theatre Institute he teaches at The stead, Steven Booth, Andrew C. Call, Adam recording but those that do often have more Decorating Contest Kennedy Center every year. He liked what Halpin and Jesse JP Johnson portrayed the productions afterwards because of the ex- he heard and agreed to work with them to four friends. All had national tour or re- posure the album gets them. People become The judging of exterior holiday develop the musical. gional theatre experience. familiar with the score and are more likely decorations in the Old Town His- It told a simple story of a reunion of four The six twenty-somethings got back to- to explore the possibility of a production. toric District will take place on buddies from high school on the first anni- gether on the stage at Signature Monday ❖❖❖ Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. The versary of their graduation. After being in- night for a “CD Release Celebration” con- Brad Hathaway reviews theater in Virginia, decorations are handmade using separable during high school, they have had cert on the occasion of the issuance of a Washington and Maryland as well as Broad- natural greens, fruit and flowers. a year of growing up and, it turns out, a recording of the full score on Sh-K-Boom’s way, and edits Potomac Stages, a Web site Photos of the winners will be year of growing apart. The one-act musical Ghostlight Records label. Blaemire and covering theater in the region published in this newspaper the had a pop-rock score of 15 songs ranging Gardner told some of the story of the de- (www.PotomacStages.com). He can be following week. from high-spirited to touching as the four velopment of the show and then Booth, Call, reached at [email protected]. CPC Kicks Off Holiday Toy Drive

Each holiday season, Community Part- ing child or infant at a CPC donation ners for Children (CPC) collects toys for box. deserving youngsters in the Alexandria Volunteer: Contact Kendra Chambers area, and asks the community for help. ([email protected] or 703-717- CPC volunteers have delivered deco- 0373). rated boxes to local businesses and gov- Volunteer Dates: ernment offices. In mid-December, vol- ❖ Help pick up donations during unteers will pick up the donated toys. week of Dec. 14 through 18, as needed. On Distribution Day, Saturday, Dec. 19, Drive to drop-off locations and pick up CPC will sort the donations by age group, items and boxes. Deliver to storage ar- and then help deserving families select eas. toys for their children. ❖ Help pick up donations on Satur- Here’s how to support the holiday toy day, Dec. 19 from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. drive: ❖ Pick up donations from storage ar- Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club Holds Tree Sale Make a cash contribution by sending eas and deliver to Cora Kelly Elemen- The Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club is holding its annual fund-raiser by selling 750 a check to Community Partners for Chil- tary School. choice Fraser firs, door wreaths, and rolls of garland to the community. This three- dren, P.O. Box 2738, Alexandria, VA ❖ Help sort and count toys on Satur- week long effort began Saturday, Nov. 28, in the Belle View Shopping Center park- 22301. day, Dec. 19, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 ing lot near Fort Hunt Road. This is its major source of raising money for 2010, Donate a Grocery Gift Card at a CPC a.m. at Cora Kelly Elementary School. which is used exclusively to run projects and programs to help needy individuals, donation box. ❖ Assist families to select toys on Sat- families, and especially the children of this community. The tree lot will be open Donate toys. Leave a doll, toy truck, urday, Dec. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 for sales from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends and noon to 9 p.m. on weekdays game, or any other new toy for a deserv- p.m. at Cora Kelly Elementary School. through Dec. 20. Visit www.mtvernonvakiwankis.org.

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gift giving. Times are: Friday, Dec. Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Musical Event. 2 p.m. Mystic Harmony THURSDAY/DEC. 3 4, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. noon to 4 p.m. Unique handmade will perform Celtic-influenced folk Holiday Open House. 6 to 9 p.m. Shop 5, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, fine arts and crafts from 16 music. At Washington Street UMC, 115 for one-of-a-kind gifts as live music and Dec. 6, 12 noon-5 p.m. exhibitors and bake sale items to S. Washington Street, Alexandria. Go refreshments get you into the holiday The Jewelry Show and Sale, benefit Food for Others. Free. Go to to www.wsumc.com. spirit at this annual bash! Guests are featured Friday and Saturday, www.TheDelRayArtisans.org. The Concert Featuring Ars Choralis. 7 also invited to give back with a food will showcase a variety of Del Ray Artisans Gallery is located p.m. Ars Choralis, under the direction drive benefiting Carpenter’s Shelter. jewelry to fit all tastes. Times at the Nicholas A. Colasanto Center, of Douglas A. Beck, will be featuring At the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 are: Friday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m.-9 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, selections from Handel’s “Messiah,” N. Union St., Alexandria. Visit p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 Alexandria. Call 703-838-4827. with soloists and brass and strings www.torpedofactory.org or call 703- a.m.-6 p.m. At the Madison Mount Vernon by Candlelight. accompaniment. Ars Choralis is the 838-4565. Annex in Old Town Alexandria. 5-8 p.m. Mrs. Washington hosts choir-in-residence of St. Paul’s Old Holiday Concert. 7:30 p.m. NOVA Parent’s Night Out. Once a 18th-century Christmas with Town Episcopal Church, 228 South Pitt Community Chorus, Dr. Mark Month from 5-10 p.m. At Meade candlelit walks, fireside caroling, Street, corner of Pitt and Duke Streets Whitmire, Director, with the Episcopal Church, Alexandria. and early American décor. Cost is in Old Town. Call Douglas A. Beck, Alexandria Band. At the Schlesinger Meade staff will entertain kids $18/adults, $12/children under 11. 703-549-3312. Concert Hall, Northern Virginia ages 1-9 with age-appropriate At Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens, Holiday Boat Parade of Lights. 6-7 Community College, 3001 North educational theme activities. 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial p.m. Some 50 brightly lit powerboats Beauregard Street, Alexandria. Call Cost is $15/child ($80 family Hwy., Mount Vernon. Call 703-780- and sailboats parade down the 703-845-6097. maximum). Call Meade Church 2000 or www.MountVernon.org. Potomac River from D.C. to at 703-549-1334. Alexandria’s harbor. Free viewing. A Christmas Marketplace. 9 Santa arrives by fireboat at 4 p.m. at DEC. 3-4 a.m. to 5 p.m. Special shopping SATURDAY/DEC. 5 the Alexandria Marina, One Cameron Holiday Market. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. hours for Taste of Scotland 7- Christmas Fair. St. Joseph’s Street. Sponsored by Burke & Herbert Shop for jewelry, purses, soaps and 10:30 p.m. At the George Catholic Church basement hall, 711 Bank. more. At St. Luke’s Day School, 8009 Washington Masonic Memorial, DEC. 3-19 North Columbus St., 9 a.m. – 3 Holiday on the Avenue. Alexandria’s Ft. Hunt Road, Alexandria. Call Tracey 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria. A Tuna Christmas. By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears p.m. Vendors with jewelry, Del Ray neighborhood gets into the Navratil at 703-417-9219. Visit and Ed Howard featuring Katherine Bisulca and Christmas cards, gifts, food, festive spirit with Holiday on the www.ScottishChristmasWalk.com Erin Gallalee. Presented by Zemfira Stage. Dec. cosmetics and more. Call 703-836- Avenue. Local businesses around the or call 703-549-0111 x107. 3725. one-mile stretch of Mount Vernon FRIDAY/DEC. 4 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15/adults; $10 Respite Day for Kinship Care Avenue feature all-day events and stay Holiday Luminarias. 6-9 p.m. Free Families. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free open until 9 p.m. The Del Ray tree DEC. 4-5 seniors, students. At The Lyceum, 201 S. viewing. Lit candles and Christmas Washington Street, Alexandria. Call 703-615- activities for kinship children ages lighting is at 6 p.m. at Colosanto Park trees line the streets, providing a Campagna Center Scottish 6626. 3-12 who are residents of Fairfax at 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue. Then holiday glow. In the Historic Del Ray Christmas Walk, Parade County or the cities of Fairfax or follow Santa down the luminary-lit District, Mount Vernon Avenue from and Weekend. Free. Parade is dance and gymnastics. Joint venture Falls Church. At Gum Springs Mount Vernon Avenue. Kids can sit on Bellefonte to Hume Avenues. Saturday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. Even dogs between West Potomac Academy and Community Center, 8100 Fordson Santa’s lap for a photo at the end of ArtFest 2009 Open House. 6-9 p.m. wear kilts during the annual Scottish Alexandria Community Dance. At West Road, Alexandria. Pre-registration the walk. Join in the caroling and stop Free. Exhibits, holiday sales and more. Christmas Walk. Christmas Potomac High School’s Springbank required by Dec. 1. Call 703-324-3517. in the shops for a hot drink. Free. The event features 2D/3D exhibits, Marketplace is Friday, Dec. 4 all day, Auditorium. For tickets, contact Opera Production. 7:30 p.m. $20 www.VisitDelRay.com. holiday ceramic sale, jewelry sale, George Washington Masonic Courtney Betzel at 703-718-2641 or admission/$15 students. The Ornament Decorating Workshop wearable fiber art show and sale, Memorial. Taste of Scotland, Friday, [email protected], or Gennifer Repertory Opera Theater of for Families. 1-4 p.m. Be inspired by music by Rew Smith Band, artist Dec. 4, evening. Call 703-549-0111, or Lissenby, Alexandria Community Washington presents Guiseppe Verdi’s the colors and patterns of pottery demos and food and drinks. go to Dance director, at “Un Ballo in Maschera;” a story about excavated in Alexandria and make a The Ceramic and Pottery Show and www.ScottishChristmasWalk.com. [email protected]. love, betrayal, and the fate that binds memorable holiday keepsake. 1-4 p.m. Sale will run through the weekend and The Nutcracker. Friday, Dec. 4 at 6:30 us all. At Immanuel Church-on-the- Free. At the Alexandria Archaeology will feature ceramic vessels and forms p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at 2 and 6:30 DEC. 4-6 Hill, 3606 Seminary Road, Alexandria. Museum (inside the Torpedo Factory), made by students and associates of The p.m. Performance includes ballet, For advanced tickets, call 571-403- Alexandria. Call 703-838-4399, Art League that are perfect for holiday pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical and hip hop Holiday Market at Del Ray Artisans. 0814 or email [email protected]. See Calendar, Page 18

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www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org. A Soldier’s Christmas. Noon-4 p.m. The “Soldier’s Christmas” program will feature re-enactors from the First Virginia Regiment, as well as interpreters from the Carlyle House and will highlight life in Alexandria during the holidays at the time of the American Revolution. At 121 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria. Call 703-549- 2997 or go to www.nvrpa.org/parks/ CarlyleHouse/index.php. Women’s Holiday Breakfast Bazaar. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event hosted by Agape Embassy Ministries will feature special musical guest Minister Martha Munizzi and speaker First Lady Dee Dee Freeman of Spirit of Faith Christian Center. Ticket purchase includes a full breakfast and access to a vendor exhibit hall. Hosted by Agape Embassy Ministries. Go to www.agapembassy.org. “Lion, Witch and Wardrobe.” 9 a.m. At Medieval Madness at Renaissance Hall, 1121 King Street. Alexandria. Tickets are $5. Call 703-912-4005 or Enjoy a Cozy Candlelit Dinner email [email protected] to reserve seats. Free parking is available in the “The Finest Lebanese Cuisine” garage at 1101 King Street. Entry to Carryout, catering & delivering available the garage is on Cameron Street. Visit www.ktheatre.org. Family owned & operated SUNDAY/DEC. 6 “Classical Christmas.” 4 p.m. Featuring Amanda Gosier, soprano, the 200-voice New Dominion Choral chorus and full orchestra. At the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, NVCC, 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria. Tickets and information: www.newdominion.org or by phone at 703-442-9404. 407 Cameron St. Old Town Alexandria • 703-684-9194 Brass of Peace Recital. 4 p.m. Free. www.thepitahouse.com • Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner Holiday music and more. Hosted by the Alexandria Performing Arts Association. At The Lyceum Museum, 201 S. Washington Street, Alexandria. Call 703-505-0700. Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. 3 p.m. Admission by donation. With Music Director Ulysses S. James. Pre-concert talks for WMPA Visit These Houses of Worship members at 2:30 p.m. in the atrium. At Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria. Call 703- Join A Club, Make New Friends, or Expand Your Horizons... 845-6097. Holiday Concert. 3 p.m. NOVA ORTHODOX SAINT APHRAIM SYRIAC…201-312-7678 Community Chorus and the Washington Metropolitan Christ the Saviour Can You Hear Me Now? ALL SAINTS OF AMERICA...703-417-9665 Philharmonic perform. At Bishop Anglican Church 10 am Sunday Worship Service CHURCHES—PRESBYTERIAN Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge “To Love & Serve the Lord with CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH...703.768.8510 Road, Alexandria. Sunday School classes (child to adult) ALEXANDRIA PRESBYTERIAN Gladness & Singleness of Heart” Shopping Holiday Party. 1-4:30 p.m. and youth group (7th to 12th grade) CHURCH…703-683-3348 The Alexandria Commission for OLD PRESBYTERIAN Location - Washington Mill ES Women and Friends of the Commission 9100 Cherrytree Drive 9 am to noon Monday through Friday Pre-School MEETING HOUSE…703-549-6670 HERITAGE PRESBYTERIAN…703-360-9546 present the “Women, Art, and Christmas Eve Service - Dec 24th at 5:00 pm Wesley United Methodist Church MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN…703-765-6118 Shopping Holiday Party.” Some 30 Sunday Worship Service - 10am WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN artists offering pottery, jewelry, Inter-generational Sunday School - after service 8412 Richmond Ave, Alexandria, VA 22309 CHURCH…703-549-4766 handcrafted clothing, crafts, Vicar, The Rev. Huey J Sevier (just off Richmond Highway, near Fort Belvoir & Mount Vernon) CHURCHES—UNITED METHODIST photography and more. At the Charles www.christthesaviouranglican.org 703-780-5019 • www.wesleyva.org ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST...703-765-6555 Houston Recreation Center, 905 Wythe BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY Street, Alexandria. Call 703-746-5030. 703-953-2854 UNITED METHODIST...703-836-2406 Holiday Art Show. 1-4:30 p.m. More Good Shepherd DEL RAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH...703-549-2088 than 30 exhibitors will display their FAIRLINGTON UNITED METHODIST wares. At the Charles Houston UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCHES—BRETHREN CHURCH....703-671-8557 Recreation Center, 901 Wythe Street, HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST...703-960-8772 GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH…703-548-1808 Catholic Church ROBERTS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF GOD...703-548-5084 CHURCH...703-836-7332 Alexandria. Contact Lisa Baker at 703- CHURCHES—AFRICAN METHODIST Mass Schedule ST. ANDREW’S UNITED METHODIST 746-5030 or e-mail EPISCOPAL ZION BUDDHISM Saturday Evening Weekdays [email protected]. ALLEYNE AME ZION CHURCH…703-548-3888 CHURCH…..703-751-4666 THE VAJRAYOGINI BUDDHIST CENTER...202-331-2122 5:00 pm; 6:30 pm (en Español) (Mass or Communion Service) 9:00 am (followed by Rosary) TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH…703-549-5500 Toys for Tots Benefit. 1-5 p.m. “Gonna WASHINGTON FARM UNITED CHURCHES—ANGLICAN CHURCHES—ROMAN CATHOLIC Sunday Children’s Liturgy of the Word Thrive at Thirty-Five” Toys for Tots METHODIST...703-780-4696 CHRIST THE SAVIOR... 703-953-2854 GOOD SHEPHERD 7:30; 9:00; 10:30 am; 12:00 Noon Sundays (Sept.-July) during 9:00 am annual benefit round and square ST. ANDREW & ST. MARGARET 2:00 pm (en Español) Mass (English) WASHINGTON STREET UNITED CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-780-4055 Sign Language Interpreter dance. At Lee Center Exhibit Hall, OF SCOTLAND… 703-683-3343 6:30 pm Mass (Starts Sept. 13) METHODIST CHURCH…703-836-4324 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-836-3725 Sunday at 9:00 am Mass 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria. The CHURCHES—APOSTOLIC ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-765-4421 8710 Mount Vernon Highway, Alexandria VA, 22309 CHURCHES—UNITARIAN Capital Square Demonstration team LOVE OF CHRIST CHURCH…703-518-4404 ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-836-4100 Tel: 703-780-4055 Fax: 703-360-5385 www.gs-cc.org MT. VERNON UNITARIAN...703-765-5950 will perform at 3 p.m. Recommended Loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves donation per couple is a new, CHURCHES—BAPTIST CHURCHES—CHRISTIAN CHURCHES—UNITY HIS KINGDOM MINISTRIES... 703-313-5029 UNITY IN ALEXANDRIA…703-931-8507 unopened toy or $10 contribution ($5/ ALFRED STREET BAPTIST CHURCH…703-683-2222 CHURCHES—EPISCOPAL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH…703-548-8000 FIRST CHRISTIAN OF ALEXANDRIA singles). Call 703-746-5418. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-683-0798 CHURCH….703-765-5003 SYNAGOGUES DEL RAY BAPTIST CHURCH…703-549-8116 CHURCH... 703-549-3911 Holiday Concert. 2 p.m. Shir Tze’ir, a ST. AIDAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-360-4220 AGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATION…703-998-6460 DOWNTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH…703-549-5544 GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN performer of Jewish a cappella music, ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH... 703-780-3081 CHURCH-ELCA….703-548-8608 FIRST AGAPE BAPTIST CHURCHES—CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SYNAGOGUES—ORTHODOX will perform at 301 King Street, Old COMMUNITY OF FAITH…703-519-9100 ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-765-4342 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, CHABAD LUVAVITCH OF Town Alexandria. Call 703-883-4686. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA…703-684-3720 ST. MARK EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-765-3949 MISSOURI SYNOD…703-549-0155 ALEXANDRIA...703-549-7973 ALEXANDRIA-ARLINGTON…703-370-2774 Advent Procession. 6 p.m. Free. “From PROVIDENCE- ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH…703-683-2565 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH MESSIAH EVENGELICAL LUTHERAN SHILOH BAPTIST…703-683-4573 CHURCHES—LUTHERAN Darkness to Light.” Presented by the MT. VERNON...703-768-2494 CHURCH, ELCA...703-765-5003 To Advertise Your MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH...703-256-1239 EPIPHANY LUTHERAN NATIVITY LUTHERAN choirs of Grace Episcopal Church, the VICTORY TEMPLE…703-370-2233 CHURCH-ELCA….703-780-5077 Faith Community, services include music by Paul Manz, PLYMOUTH HAVEN BAPTIST...703-360-4370 CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH, ELCA….703-768-1112 ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF CHRIST…703-836-3083 BETHANY LUTHERAN….703 765-8255 call Karen at: 703-917-6468 Stephen Paulus, Sergei Rachmaninov, Charles Wood, and G.P. Palestrina. At Grace Episcopal Church, 3601 Russell Road, Alexandria. Call 703-549-1980. 18 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ December 3-9, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News 703-917-6400 Employment Zone 3: • Alexandria Home & Garden Zone 3 Ad Deadline: • Mount Vernon connectionnewspapers.com CONTRACTORS.com Tuesday Noon

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20 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ December 3-9, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette Sports Editor Jon Roetman Sports 703-224-3015 or [email protected] Mount Vernon Girls Add Depth to Talent Majors look to defend their National District crown with mixture of youth and experience. By Jon Roetman The Gazette “As far as finishing 24-3, whether we do he Mount Vernon girls basketball team or we don’t, we’ve Tclimbed to the top of the National District got our eyes on mountain last season. Now the

Majors will fight to stay there. Photo by trying to get back to Mount Vernon set the bar high during the 2008-09 campaign, fin- that regional ishing 24-3 while wrestling the

Louise Krafft district crown away from Edison semifinal game and and eventually losing to Oakton in going from there.” the regional semifinal. The senior trio of Tracy King (5-foot-8), — Terry Henderson, Mount Vernon head girls basketball

Jalinda Venable (5-3) and Jasmine /The Gazette McDonald (5-7) assure the Majors coach will be one of the most talented teams in the district, if not the re- haven’t made it there yet.” gion. But it’s a group of freshmen McDonald is one of the team’s that could make the Majors even top defensive players and will be better in this season. The Mount Vernon girls basketball team is the defending National District champion. looked upon as a senior leader. Kelly Loftus (5-7), Taylor Dun- team all-state selection last season, the year Myisha Goodwin and fig- top rebounders at 8.3 per contest. “We just help [the freshmen] out ham (5-3) and Tiffany Webster (5- is expected back in late December ures to be tough once again. King is practicing with the team when we’re running over plays 6) will play important roles for or early January. “The main thing is just to con- and hopes to return by Christmas. and going over the defenses,” she Mount Vernon. The three fresh- “We have a young team, but we tinue to work hard every day and “At 75 percent,” Henderson said, said. A leader shouldn’t “yell at men, along with sophomore have a very skilled team,” King continue to give [the Majors] chal- “I’ll take [King] over half the them and get down on them be- Lafatima Gray (5-9), provide said. “We had a skilled team last lenges,” Henderson said. “As far as people in the region.” cause they’re new to this, they’re Mount Vernon with a deep nucleus year, but we have more to look finishing 24-3, whether we do or freshmen.” of talent. While the Majors will forward to coming off the bench. we don’t, we’ve got our eyes on AT POINT GUARD, Venable was Seniors Anita Johnson (5-8), rely on young players for key min- … We have it to where there won’t trying to get back to that regional a first-team all-district selection as Gabrielle Gadson (5-7), junior utes, additional talent coming off be so much stress on the starting semifinal game and going from a junior. Henderson said he consid- Casey Thompson (5-7) and sopho- the bench provides the team more five. We will be able to get breaks there. I think we can have a better ers Venable the second-best point mores Nichole Parker (5-7) and weapons for its up-tempo offense and … be ready at any time.” team this year than we had last guard in the Northern Region be- Elizabeth Owusuwaa (5-6) will and in-your-face defense. Second-year head coach Terry year and accomplish some of the hind Edison’s Goodwin. Venable compete for playing time. Henderson said the Majors have a same goals.” will once again be the catalyst for Mount Vernon travels to take on THE MAJORS’ DEPTH should chance to be strong team, but he Upon her return, King will be the the Majors’ up-tempo offense. West Potomac at 7:45 p.m. Friday. pay dividends early as King recov- hasn’t allowed them to rest on last Majors’ most potent offensive “She sees plays two and three “I feel that the games aren’t go- ers from tearing the anterior cru- season’s success. Edison, which threat. She averaged 19.1 points seconds before they actually hap- ing to be as easy as they were last ciate ligament in her right knee in won five consecutive National Dis- per game as a junior and can score pen,” Henderson said. “Sometimes year because we have a younger last season’s regional semifinal trict championships before last from anywhere on the floor. At 5- she’s actually putting the ball in team,” McDonald said. “There’s loss to Oakton. King, a second- season, returns district player of foot-8, she was also one of team’s places girls should be and just always room for improvement.” Sports Briefs

Cheerleading Exhibition on Saturday, Dec. 12 at T.C. Will- for 6-12 years are $2, and youth 5 and under are free. Mount Vernon, West iams High School beginning at 11 a.m. Tickets will be sold at the door for $6 for adults and $3 Potomac Face Off The exhibition features cheerleading teams from Charles for children. Barrett, Charles Houston, Cora Kelly, Mount Vernon, Nannie For more information on the cheerleading program The Mount Vernon and West Potomac boys basketball J. Lee, Patrick Henry and William Ramsay Recreation Cen- and other youth sports programs, call the Youth Sports teams will meet Saturday for a 7 p.m. game at Mount ters. T Office at 703-746-5402. Vernon High School. here will also be special performances by the T. C. Will- iams High School cheerleaders and others. Winter Box MVHS Dinner and The exhibition features teams in three divisions: the pee wee, junior varsity and varsity divisions. Lacrosse Registration Auction Approaching Teams will display their skills and enthusiasm as they The Beltway Box Lacrosse League is registering now Mount Vernon High School Girls Basketball 11th An- prepare for the main event, the cheerleading competition, in April of 2010. The April competition will be an invita- for a boys high school and youth winter box lacrosse nual Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction will be held program beginning Dec. 19. Games will be played in on Dec.19. Tickets are $5. See a student athlete from tional event with teams from the Washington D.C., Vir- ginia, and Maryland areas competing against the Alexan- Alexandria at the in-line hockey rink behind Francis C. the girls basketball team or contact Terry Henderson at Hammond Middle School. Divisions are boys high school 703-619-3146 or [email protected]. dria teams. Tickets will be on sale in advance of the exhibition at the varsity and JV and youth U-9/U-11, U-13, and U-15. A neighborhood recreation centers as well as at the Lee Cen- seven-game season is planned. US Lacrosse member- Cheerleading Exhibition ter Recreation Services Division Office now through 5 p.m., ship is required. Information is available at www.BeltwayBoxLacrosse.com. The Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks and Dec. 10. Cultural Activities will host the Annual City-Wide Adult tickets for ages 13 and older are $5; youth tickets

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U.S. Department of Defense, Partners in Flight Program manager Chris Eberly receives an Important Bird Area marker. Eberly is stationed at Fort Belvoir. It’s for the Birds

he Audubon Society of Northern Virginia hosted a dedication on Nov. 7 at State Park district man- TMeadowood Recreation Area, designating ager of the Virginia De- the 800 acres as an Important Bird Area. partment of Conservation According to the National Audubon Society, the and Recreation Jeff Foster Important Bird Areas Program is a global effort to picks up a few more identify and conserve areas that are vital to birds and markers. other biodiversity. Located in Mason Neck, Meadowood is the winter home of 30 different species of migratory songbirds and over 20,000 waterfowl. This dedication marked the 20th site in Meadowood Special the Commonwealth of Virginia that has been so Recreation Area is designated. Meadowood is part of the property located at 10705 owned by the Federal Bureau of Land Management. Belmont Blvd., Lorton. Federal Bureau of Land Management

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