Vol. XXI, No. 5 Mount Vernon’s Hometown Newspaper • A Connection Newspaper February 4, 2010 FBI Investigating Shooting Death

vation of Rights Under Color of Civil Rights Law which provides the authority Act cited. for the FBI’s involvement. On Nov. 13, 2009 Dave Masters, a former Green Beret and Vietnam By Gerald A. Fill veteran, and alleged petty larceny The Gazette suspect — he was alleged to have taken a plant from a Richmond hile FBI spokeswoman Highway nursery — was pursued WKatherine Schweit said north by Mt. Vernon District Po- the FBI is prohibited lice for several miles in his car be- from routinely confirming that it fore finally stopping him on a ser- is conducting an investigation, she vice road near the intersection of referred to Title 18 U.S.C. section 242 of the Civil Rights Act, Depri- See FBI, Page 18 County Settles with

Carolyn Gamble, assistant park manager, staff liaison to Historic Huntley Mansion. Family for $1.5 Million By Gerald A. Fill Police Department, the Common- The Gazette wealth Attorney’s office, and two District court trials. In the first Huntley: Ready shley McIntosh was killed trial, the judge absolved Perry of Norma Hoffman, AFeb. 12, 2008 in an auto any responsibility. In the second co-founder of crash involving former Mt. trial, Fairfax District Judge Ney Friends of His- Vernon District Police Officer then ruled that Perry was grossly For Restoration toric Huntley. Amanda Perry. After an initial rul- negligent and not entitled to sov- ing by a District Court Judge that ereign immunity. The second rul- vice through its Save America’s Treasures program. Perry is innocent of any wrongdo- ing was based in part on the fact Park Authority seeks bids U.S. Rep. Jim Moran sponsored the grant through ing, the family of Ms. McIntosh that Perry’s actions, and by her on $1.9 million project. the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. files a $6 million civil suit against own testimony during the trial, she “We look forward to the day the house will be the officer, charging negligence admitted she did not follow stan- open to citizens and fulfilling its role in educating and gross negligence. Judge Ney dard operating procedures re- By Gerald A. Fill the public about the early history of the area and Rules Perry was grossly negligent quired by all police officers when The Gazette the families who lived in the house as well as a and not entitled to sovereign im- traveling through a red light at a Civil War encampment on the grounds,” said Bar- munity. This sovereign immunity high speed. Perry testified that she he Fairfax County Park Authority’s an- bara Ballentine, president, Friends of Historic trial sets the tone and basis of the used “hybrid regulations” instead nouncement inviting construction con- Huntley, a citizens advocacy group formed to sup- civil suit. The family would only of following “General Orders.” Ttractors to bid on the restoration of port the Park Authority’s preservation efforts. have to prove simple negligence These guidelines require police Thomas Mason’s home and outbuild- Assistant Park Manager Carolyn Gamble of in a trial set for Feb. 8. officers to use a siren and flashing ings, now known as the Historic Huntley site, cul- Huntley Meadows Park said, “After many years of On the eve of the trial, Fairfax lights at all times when entering minates a 20-year effort to preserve and restore preservation efforts, this Mason family home on a County and family of Ashley McIn- an intersection while the light is this property. tosh agree to settle out of court for red. Her lights were on but she did The site is listed on the National Register of See Huntley, Page 18 $1.5 million. not have her siren on, and did not Historic Places, the Virginia Landmarks Register, This brings to an end a two-year and the Fairfax County inventory of Historic Sites. Details odyssey of investigation by the See County, Page 7 Thomas Mason, grandson of George Mason, built Fairfax County Park Authority Invitation to Bid on His-

a Federal Style Home in 1825. He and his descen- toric Huntley Mansion Restoration Project:

dants lived in the home and farmed the area until ❖ Exterior and Interior Rehabilitation of the main building; 2/5/10

the early 1900s. The Park Authority acquired the restoration of the outbuildings home in Requested

❖ Construction of an access road, parking lot and related material.

site in 1989. site improvements Time-sensitive The restoration project is funded substantially Schedule of Events in Support of the Restoration Project: Postmaster:

by two previously approved Fairfax County Feb. 1: Release of the Bid Project Description Attention Feb. 9: Pre bid conference; Huntley Meadows Park, 11 #482 Permit

bonds(1998 and 2008), and a $100,000 federal a.m. VA Alexandria, PAID

grant under the auspices of the National Park Ser- Feb. 25: Bid Deadline. Postage U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette Editor Steven Mauren News 703-778-9415 or [email protected]

Photo by Lashawn Avery/The Gazette Funds for UCM Jenny Corbett is Sara Palin as Cynthia Hull, executive director of United Communities Ministries, holds she performs during the Capitol a check for $45,000 with Felicea Meyer DeLoatch, president of board of Jon Bell is Tiger Woods Steps musical political satire on UCM, during the Capitol Steps benefit performance at the Knights of during a skit presented by Jan. 31. Columbus Hall on Jan. 31. the Capitol Steps.

MVCCA Briefs Mount Vernon School Construction Hyland Addresses Council Fairfax County Public Schools plans construction on the following schools in the Mount Vernon area. Mt. Vernon Supervisor Gerald Hyland shared the following School Type of Project Cost Completion Date Board of Supervisor’s announcements and actions during the Woodley Hills Elementary School Capacity Enhancement $5 million 2011-2012 school year Mount Vernon Council of Citizen Association’s Jan. 27 meeting: Hybla Valley Elementary School Capacity Enhancement $7.5 million 2010-2011 school year ❖ Resolution of Commendation for Mattie Palimore on 15 years Sandburg Middle School Renovation $66.3 million 2014-2015 school year service to Fairfax county as a Magistrate. In addition to her ef- Whitman Middle School Capacity Enhancement $4.3 million 2011-2012 school year forts as a Magistrate she has co-founded Women of Mt. Vernon, a non-profit organization that provides counseling and other as- sistance to abused women. Her magistrate colleagues will honor her on Saturday, Feb. 6, 4-8 p.m. in the community room of the Many Public Schools Outdated Mt. Vernon Governmental Center. During the reception Hyland will present her with a Board of Supervisors Resolution com- plete new school construction, building additions and mending her service. Increasing enrollment renovations. ❖ Requested the Board of Supervisors to proclaim the month puts pressure on limited Both school staff and county government officials of March as Women’s History Month in all of Fairfax county. agree that the county has been generous when it Hyland pointed out that the Occoquan Workhouse played a sig- school facilities funding. comes to school building funding. But what the nificant but often unrecognized role in women acquiring the right county can afford to do is simply not enough to keep to vote by the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Con- By Julia O’Donoghue up with the demand for renovations. stitution. Women’s History Month will be celebrated on March The Gazette Currently, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors 20 by the Fairfax County Commission for Women through their issues bonds annually for $155 million worth of Women Voices Forum. school capital projects. The system’s staff said it ❖ he Fairfax County School Board has set a Requested support of the Board to obtain information from would need approximately $225 million per year to goal of renovating school buildings ev- the Sheriff and the Chief Judge of the District Court on the num- ensure an overhaul of each facility every three de- ery 25 to 30 years, but in reality, most ber and length of stay of inmates incarcerated because they are T cades. schools are waiting approximately 40 unable to afford the bonds imposed on them, the success of the By contrast, School Board member Dan Storck years before their physical plants receive an upgrade. pretrial release program, and the number of people held in jail (Mount Vernon) has said that Montgomery County, School Board members unanimously approved a awaiting disposition of pending charges. Hyland pointed out that Md. spends approximately $100 million more per capital improvement plan Jan. 21 that included many the cost of keeping those unable to meet the bond may exceed year on school construction than Fairfax, even though school renovation projects several years overdue. the fine for the offense. He also said that the National Associa- the suburban Maryland school system has 30,000 When Franklin-Sherman Elementary’s renovation tion of Counties’ public safety forum discussed this issue as a fewer students. nation-wide problem that is costing local governments a lot of project gets underway this year, it will be the McLean school’s first total facilities overhaul since it was built money and causing overcrowded local jails. AN INCREASE in student enrollment has also put ❖ in 1952. Freedom Hill Elementary, which opened in Announced that he will conduct his 23rd Annual Town Meet- extra pressure on Fairfax’s limited school construc- Vienna in 1949, is scheduled to undergo its first “full ing on Feb. 20 from 7:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Mt. Vernon High School’s tion funding pool. renovation” in 2010 as well. Little Theatre. In attendance will be the Chairwoman of the Board The school system has seen enrollment grow by It is not clear yet when a building like West Spring- Sharon Bulova; Tony Griffin, Fairfax County Executive; Dan 8,500 students since the beginning of the 2006-07 field High School, originally built in the 1960s and Storck, Mt. Vernon District School Board member, and Jack Dale, school year, gaining 3,300 students from September approximately 100 students over capacity, would see superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools. 2008 to September 2009 alone. The boom in the stu- an upgrade to its physical plant, though a renova- dent population is expected to continue, with an es- tion is unlikely to get underway any time during the timated 11,500 more students in the school system Vision for Business Center next decade. in the fall of 2014 than were enrolled in this past The Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation (SFDC) has fall. WITH LITTLE HELP from the Commonwealth of An increase in students means that Fairfax schools See MVCCA Briefs, Page 10 Virginia, the school system relies almost entirely on the Fairfax County government for money to com- See Many Schools, Page 10 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 ❖ 3 Alexandria/Old Town 121 N. Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 ® 703-549-8700 ,Realtors www.weichert.com THINKING OF A REAL ESTATE CAREER? Call Kim Farina at the Alexandria/Old Town Office. 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By Michael K. Bohn The Gazette This is the first in a four-part series on the history and future of Gum Springs, a historically African-American community in the Mount Vernon area. It will run throughout February in recogni- tion of African-American History Month.

OVERVIEW n 1966, Fairfax County authorities de manded that 42 families in Gum ISprings “fix up or get out” of houses so ramshackle that they violated a county housing code. The county Board of Supervisors eventu- ally voted to issue a temporary reprieve of the eviction order, largely because the board chairman insisted that a leaky roof was bet- ter than no roof at all. The Washington Post West Ford, shown here in an 1858 headlined the story, “Fairfax Slum Dwellers drawing, founded the African- Get Word. They Have Reprieve, Help on American community of Gum Way.” Springs in 1833. Fairfax County The 1960 census found that the majority Public Library, Virginia Room. of dwellings in Gum Springs were either dilapidated or deteriorating. Half of the Julia — were also free. adults were unemployed, children were sick Virginia required freed slaves to register, from drinking water from contaminated and the 1831 entry for West Ford described wells, and some houses lacked plumbing him as “a yellow man about forty-seven facilities. Despite the presence of many years of age, five feet eight and a half inches solid, respectable homes, a reporter called high, pleasant countenance, a wrinkle re- the assemblage of tarpaper shacks “the larg- sembling a scar on the left cheek ….” Ford est concentration of slum housing in North- was a mulatto, a term of the time that was ern Virginia.” used to describe a person of one African and The neighborhood traces its history to the one European parent. 1833 purchase of the land by West Ford, a Bushrod Washington died in 1829. An slave freed by George Washington’s sister- The present limits of Gum Springs correspond with the 214-acre parcel associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in-law. After the Civil War, Bethlehem Bap- bought by West Ford in 1833. for 30 years, Washington left West Ford 119 tist Church and its associated school at- acres of land on the south side of Little tracted former slave families to the area. pulling themselves up by their own boot- slave. His path to freedom started when his Hunting Creek. Most worked as tenant farmers or hired straps. They lobbied successfully for drain- owner, George Washington’s younger Ford sold his inherited land and used the hands on nearby white-owned farms; oth- age systems, formed a community action brother, John Augustine, died in 1787. proceeds in 1833 to purchase Samuel ers joined the staff at the Mount Vernon association, resisted heavy-handed urban John’s will left a third of his slaves to his Collard’s Gum Spring Farm, a 214-acre tract estate. renewal by the county, and pooled their land wife Hannah, including a couple named on the north side of Little Hunting Creek. Gradually, more families settled in Gum for the construction of new homes to re- Billy and Jenny, their daughter Venus, and Collard sold the property to Ford for $500 Springs. In 1907, there were 27 African- place the shanties. Slowly, a better life re- her son West. Upon Hannah’s death in 1801, and five annual installments of $84.80. American landowners there, and World War turned to Gum Springs residents, seventy- her will stipulated that young West be freed In 1857, Ford deeded his Gum Springs I activity at the new Camp Humphreys (now five per cent of whom were African-Ameri- when he reached the age of 21. She also land to his four children, dividing the tract Fort Belvoir), attracted even more residents. can in 1990. Despite the many challenges, asked her heirs to inoculate West for small into equal parts of 52 3⁄4 acres. The prop- The interwar years were the most prosper- the community somehow kept its unique pox and bind him to a “good tradesman.” erty lines of those parcels coincide exactly ous in the community. There was even a character and history. Hannah’s son Bushrod assumed owner- with many of today’s lot lines, as well as nascent black middle class, but most folks The identity that Gum Springs residents ship of West, then 16 or 17. Also, Bushrod the main north-south roads in Gum Springs who lived in Gum Springs worked on the have fought to keep is being eroded by the inherited Mount Vernon when Martha — Holland, Andrus, and Fordson. many farms in the Mount Vernon area. very prosperity they have achieved. Grow- Washington died in 1802, and he moved By 1860, Ford and his daughter Jane’s The relatively good times ended when ing numbers of non-black homeowners are there and took West with him. Following husband, Porter Smith, were growing cash developers bulldozed farmland into hous- moving into town homes in the Village at Hannah’s will, Bushrod freed West in about crops of corn, oats, and potatoes. The total ing tracts after World War II. Jobs for Afri- Gum Springs and brick colonials built off 1805. According to oral family history, West tract was assessed at $1,800 in 1860, mak- can-Americans in Northern Virginia soon Holland Road. At the time of the last cen- adopted the surname Ford upon gaining his ing West Ford the second-most wealthy became as hard to find as equitable schools sus in 2000, the African-American popula- freedom. freedman in Fairfax County. and decent housing in the white-dominated tion was down to 60 percent, and future Ford remained at Mount Vernon, work- Ford was near death in the summer of suburbs. Oppressive segregation kept Gum demographics of Gum Springs might even ing as a wheelwright and carpenter. He 1863 when staff members at Mount Vernon Springs residents from enjoying the ameni- approach those of surrounding neighbor- could read and write, and ultimately be- brought the weakened man back to the es- ties of life that people in adjacent neigh- hoods. came foreman of the house servants and a tate for his final days. He died on July 30 borhoods took for granted — sewers, run- guardian of Washington’s tomb. In 1812, and The Alexandria Gazette marked his ning water, streetlights, and paved roads. THE BEGINNING he married Priscilla Bell, a free black woman passing: “He was, we hear, in the 79th year Buoyed by the 1960s civil rights move- The founder of Gum Springs, a mixed race from Alexandria. Because of her status, their of his age. He was well known to most of ment, civic activists in Gum Springs began man named West Ford, began his life as a four children — William, Daniel, Jane and our older citizens.” Bulletin Board

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Call 703-339-4610. 6 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News County Settles McIntosh Case From Page 1 Chronology of Events slow down as required by the emergency FEB. 12, 2008: Ashley McIntosh is killed in auto response regulations of Fairfax County. Her crash by Mt. Vernon Police Officer Amanda Perry while leaving Hybla Valley Shopping actions were recorded on the police cruiser Center in her automobile at the intersection of recorder. Route 1 and Boswell Avenue. Lead attorney for the McIntosh family, 2008: Officer Perry is placed on restricted administrative duty pending an internal Thomas J. Curcio, in commenting on the investigation by the Police Department lawsuit, said, “The settlement shows that SEPT. 18, 2008: District Court Judge Sarah L. the civil justice system works and that or- Deneke, who was assigned because the Fairfax District Court Judges recused themselves from dinary citizens can resort to the courts to presiding, rules that Amanda Perry is not guilty seek redress in tragic wrongs and can re- of reckless driving; no criminal or civil judgment cover a fair settlement for their claims.” is rendered against Perry. Officer Perry is dismissed from the police Mother of the late Ashley McIntosh, department after it is discovered that she Cynthia McIntosh-Colasanto, said, “I am falsified time and attendance reports while on glad this has come to an end after two long restricted duty. JAN. 9, 2009: Parents and family of slain Ashley years. There is comfort that Fairfax County McIntosh file a $ 6 million civil suit charging did take some responsibility … Looking former officer Perry with negligence and gross ahead I will be back before the State Crime negligence in the performance of her duties. AUG. 12, 2009: In a bench trial to determine if Commission in 2010 to push for passage of Officer Perry is entitled to sovereign immunity, what I would call Ashley’s law. … If enacted Fairfax District Court Judge Terrence Ney rules Ashley’s legislation will amend existing state that Perry was grossly negligent in the auto accident that took the life of Ashley McIntosh law to require all law enforcement and and is not entitled to sovereign immunity. other emergency response drivers in the [FEB. 8, 2010: Date for McIntosh civil suit trial Commonwealth to use their flashing lights against Officer Perry.] JAN. 27, 2010: Board of Supervisors and and siren when proceeding through a red McIntosh family agree to $1.5 million out of light, or come to a complete stop before court settlement. proceeding through a red light if making a silent approach to the assigned emergency red, or come to a complete stop if a silent response location. If Officer Perry had done approach is required.” just that my daughter would probably be Mt. Vernon Supervisor Gerald Hyland, alive today. More than half the other states who is chairman of the board’s Public Safety in the U.S.A. already require this procedure Committee, said, “I regret the litigation that in their State laws, including New York and transpired. I believe this case should have California.” been settled a long time ago. Judge Ney John McIntosh, father of Ashley McIntosh, ruled that the officer was grossly negligent said, “I think the settlement is fair and it and not entitled to sovereign immunity. amounts to closure and the family can move Based on the facts as I know them I agree on … The two trials and facing still a third with the ruling and for the county’s agree- trial kept opening up the sordid details of the ment to bring this tragic case to an end. accident and terrible avoidable wrong that Looking ahead I fully support state Sen. took my daughter’s life; so I am relieved that Puller’s legislation to require the use of si- we don’t have to go through a third trial.” rens and emergency lights when entering a “Also,” he said, “the settlement means the red light intersection, or to come to a stop county finally admitted responsibility for if the emergency response procedure re- the action’s of one of its own.” quires a silent approach.” Collingwood Springs resident Chris “I AM RELIEVED for the McIntosh fam- Parente said that there remained many ily that there is closure to the lawsuit. I can questions to be answered regarding the only imagine how difficult these last two McIntosh case. “The county should be ask- years have been for them,” said state Sen. ing itself how in the first trial the police Linda Puller. “Next year I will be working officer was ruled innocent of wrongdoing with the State Crime Commission and Del- but in the second sovereign immunity trial egate David Albo, chairman of the House the judge ruled that the officer was grossly Courts of Justice Committee, to reintroduce negligent and not entitled to immunity. So, my previously introduced bill to amend the which is it — guilty or not? The family de- State law regarding emergency response serves every penny for their loss, but this procedures requiring sirens and flashing case needed more transparency every step lights to be used by police and other emer- of the way. Now that the case is closed I gency response drivers at all times when hope steps are being taken to prevent an- entering an intersection where the light is other tragedy like this in the future.” Crash Kills Woman in Mason Neck A 25-year-old woman died in a traffic scene. The 44-year-old driver of the dump crash on Friday, Jan. 29 around 11:30 p.m. truck was transported to a local hospital at Richmond Highway just south of Mims with non life-threatening injuries. Street. According to police, the woman was The crash is still under investigation by driving her 2007 Toyota Corolla in the right the Fairfax County Crash Reconstruction lane and failed to stop before striking the Unit. Anyone with information is asked to rear of a 1994 Mack dump truck that had contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866- already established itself in that lane. 411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrime Lauren Elizabeth Whitestone of solvers.org or text “TIP187” plus a message Woodbridge was pronounced dead at the to CRIMES/274637. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 ❖ 7 Opinion

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Newspaper of Mount Vernon An independent, locally owned weekly Adding More Painful Cuts newspaper delivered to homes and businesses. 1606 King Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 for music or some sports programs? With talk of cutting programs that make it Pay cuts for staff with salaries more than NEWS DEPARTMENT: To discuss ideas and concerns, bearable to go to school for students, $75,000 should also be on the table, holding Call: 703--778-9410 classroom teachers harmless. Here are some e-mail: [email protected] pay cuts should also be on the table. suggested guidelines, more moderate than many of the cuts in many private companies Steven Mauren Editor, 703-778-9415 with revenue shortfall in the past two years: [email protected] ome of the cuts proposed by Fairfax it’s an art class. For others it might be a con- ❖ 5 percent for employees who make Michael Lee Pope County Public Schools might sound nection to friends made through freshman $75,000-$90,000 Reporter, 703-778-9437 Slike they will not affect learning very sports. ❖ 10 percent for employees who make [email protected] much. Education succeeds for many different rea- $90,000-$115,000 Steve Hibbard Freshman sports, for instance, involves 2,200 sons. It is a huge mistake to cut off the very ❖ 15 percent for employees who make Associate Editor, 703-778-9412 [email protected] students across the county who are engaged things that help students engage. $115,000-$140,000 in the delicate transition from middle school Nevertheless, schools across the area will ❖ 20 percent for employees who make Julia O’Donoghue Education & Politics, 703-778-9436 to high school. Why would it matter? have less money per student this year, $140,000-$200,000 [email protected] How about the 5,000 students who and they will have to make cuts. Be- ❖ 30 percent for employees who make more Editorial Ken Moore participate in indoor track? fore they cut the life out of the school than $200,000 Courts & Projects, 703-917-6417 Or the thousands of students who day for some many children, parents This budget crisis is different than in the past. [email protected] find their love of learning through music. and the rest of local taxpayers deserve to see Right now for the first time, taxpayers are look- Jon Roetman Or the students getting a second chance on administration and staff over a certain level ing at drastically lower home values, and many Sports Editor, 703-224-3015 [email protected] success at Pimmit Hills Alternative School. willing to share the pain. are underwater. Tens of thousands of taxpay- Succeeding in school is all about finding a No doubt many administrative cuts are not ers in Northern Virginia are unemployed. For ADVERTISING: niche, a reason to go, particularly in high receiving as much publicity as cuts that im- the public to press for more money for schools, To place an advertisement, call the ad department between 9 a.m. and school. For some students, this is band. For pact students. But what administrative depart- schools will have to demonstrate that they “get 5 p.m., Monday - Friday. others it is the chance to run track. For some, ments will face cuts similar to those proposed it.” Display ads 703-778-9410 Classified ads 703-778-9411 Employment ads 703-778-9413 Julie Ferrill Working To Save Taxpayer Dollars Display Advertising, 703-778-9446 [email protected] By Scott Surovell the most complex litigation and islation requiring the same enve- Ginger Krup Richmond Display Advertising, 703-778-9447 State Delegate Report heavy court dockets. This system lope for absentee voters who vote [email protected] would also save tax payers millions. in the United States and those who Andrea Smith e are lucky to live I also introduced legislation to vote abroad. Federal law requires Classified Advertising, 703-778-9411 Win a forward- avoid hand-carry- authorize our courts to install elec- a simplified envelope for absentee [email protected] looking county ing papers to court, tronic recording systems in every voters abroad. The existing system Barbara Parkinson that is an international tech- speed up pay- courtroom in the Commonwealth. results in confusion when count- Employment Advertising 703-778-9413 nology leader. Technology — ments, and police Currently, courts have either no ing votes, lost time, unnecessarily [email protected] the computer revolution — officers on the one keeping a record during the printed envelopes and many can help all of us be more ef- street instead of proceeding or in most cases, courts disqualifed votes. A subcommittee Publisher Jerry Vernon ficient and Virginia’s govern- pushing paper. must hire court reporters costing rejected my bill last week because ment needs to catch up. Techno- I also introduced legislation to $350 per day. Electronic recording they did not want to conform Vir- Editor & Publisher Mary Kimm logical approaches can streamline foster electronic filing of pleadings would bring savings to the state ginia law to federal requirements. service to the public, and be part in Virginia Courts. These systems, and to litigants, and create a record I will try again next year. Editor in Chief Steven Mauren of the answer to balancing the used in federal courts and the Dis- in all proceedings. U.S. District Good government depends on Photography: budget. As I promised in my cam- trict of Columbia, eliminate the Court in Alexandria has used these your involvement and you can con- Louise Krafft, Robbie Hammer Art/Design: paign, I have introduced several need for paper pleadings, couriers systems for over 10 years. My leg- tact me, comment on legislation or Geovani Flores, Laurence Foong, “fixes” that would bring new tech- and filing and data entry clerks. islation was tabled for this year, but request a meeting on my Web site John Heinly, Wayne Shipp, John Smith nologies to state operations and The Courts of Justice Committee in I am working with Fairfax County’s – http://www.scottsurovell.org/ or Production Manager: cut state expenditures. the House of Delegates will con- Circuit Court Clerk and Attorney read more of my views on my blog Jean Card Fairfax County generates over sider this legislation this week General Cuccinelli to implement “The Dixie Pig” at Editor Emeritus: 270,000 traffic and criminal cita- along with three other bills. Fairfax these systems in Fairfax County. ScottSurovell.Blogspot.com. Also, Mary Anne Weber tions each year. Today, officers in County is the largest jurisdiction in The Fairfax County Electoral don’t hesitate to call me at 571- CIRCULATION: 703-778-9427 police cruisers write out citations the Commonwealth with some of Board asked me to introduce leg- 249-4484. Circulation Manager: by hand in triplicate on carbon Ann Oliver paper. One copy goes to the ac- Letters to the Editor CONNECTION NEWSPAPERS, cused person, one to the Police L.L.C. Department and one to the Court. week’s take, it begs the question the park clean. County budget Peter Labovitz President/CEO Each of the 270,000 summonses Who’s Minding of who is responsible for our cuts have made us keenly aware then is entered into a computer. treasured park? Are there squat- of the need to do our part and Mary Kimm The Park? Publisher/Chief Operating Officer I introduced legislation with bi- ters settling in at sunset? Is there pitch in as needed. We all have a 703-778-9433 partisan support to authorize a $3 To the Editor: a nightly party to which none of responsibility to keep the park [email protected] Are beer cans, empty cigarette fee for an “E-Summons” system us has been invited? clean, now more than ever. And Jerry Vernon enabling officers to laser scan a boxes, and urine-soaked paper Fort Hunt Park is a place of se- let’s not forget that the same goes Publisher/Executive Vice President [email protected] driver’s license bar code and gen- towels becoming the new “green” renity used by more than just for picking up trash along Fort erate a ticket using a computer method of building for foxes, neighbors who are walkers and Hunt Road. Wesley DeBrosse Controller and printer in their cruiser. The in- birds, and deer in Fort Hunt runners, children visiting the formation would be automatically Park? Having just picked up a horses, or those of us who walk Julia Greenway Debbie Funk little more than a 12-pack of National Sales, 703-778-9444 uploaded to the court’s system, our dogs daily. But it’s more than Alexandria [email protected] avoid the need for 10 data entry empty beer cans and several bags unsettling to see that no one is A Connection Newspaper personnel, minimize mistakes, of trash, and that’s just this taking responsibility for keeping More Letters, Page 19

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From Page 3 must use more of its construction fund- A Long Time Between Renovations ing to build new schools and to add extra The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors would have to increase the school system’s annual bond funding from approximately $155 million to $225 wings onto older school buildings. million for each school to be renovated every three decades as the school board desires. In the construction plan passed last Currently, most schools are waiting approximately 40 years before their building receives an upgrade. Below is a list of schools that are currently being renovated or scheduled to begin renovation soon and the year they were originally built. This in- month, the school system included a new formation was provided in the school system’s documents on capital improvement projects. South County Middle School for the Lorton area and 11 “capacity enhancement” School Year Constructed Partial Renovation Years To Full Renovation Scheduled Years projects for older elementary and middle Partial Renovation To Full Renovation schools around the county. Franklin-Sherman Elementary (McLean) 1952 1974 22 2010 36 Freedom Hill Elementary (Vienna) 1949 1974 25 2010 36 SOME ELECTED officials are looking at Great Falls Elementary (Great Falls) 1952 1985 33 2010 25 ways to address the school system’s capital Mount Eagle Elementary (Mount Vernon) 1949 1973 24 2010 37 needs. Vienna Elementary School (Vienna) 1921 1984 63 2010 26 The school system’s capital funding is Longfellow Middle School (Falls Church) 1960 1978 18 2012 34 supposed to fall from $155 million to $130 Marshall High School (Falls Church) 1962 1984 22 2014 30 million annually in 2012, but Supervisor Woodson Secondary School (Fairfax) 1962 1981 19 2009 29 Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield) has proposed keeping the school construction and reno- vation dollars at their current level. “Right now, there is a big school construc- tion and renovation need,” said Herrity, who Overcrowded said other supervisors would also likely sup- Fairfax County Public Schools enrollment has grown by 8,500 students over the past four years and the school system is facing serious overcrowding issues in some schools. To combat this problem, the School Board plans more funding for additions and other capacity enhancements, thereby divert- port the additional funding. ing funding that could be used for more renovation projects. But keeping the school facilities’ funding The following is a list of the most crowded school buildings in Fairfax County. elevated means that other county facilities would have to go without renovations and School Name Building Capacity* Current Enrollment Amount of Building Capacity Used some other government buildings are also Longfellow Middle School (McLean) 815 1,201 147% in dire need of repairs, according to County Haycock Elementary (Falls Church) 601 780 130% Executive Tony Griffin. South County Secondary – Middle School Grades (Lorton) 711 888 125% Herrity has also suggested the school sys- Annandale Terrace Elementary (Annandale) 660 827 125% tem try to “fast track” some of its construc- Annandale High School (Annandale) 2134 2649 124% tion and renovation projects during the cur- Powell Elementary (Fairfax) 858 1,031 120% rent down swing in the economy, when the Woodley Hills Elementary (Mount Vernon) 535 662 124% price of building material is lower and con- struction companies are hungry for work. * Fairfax County Public Schools includes outdoor “modular” classrooms as part of a facility’s overall capacity. Trailers, which are smaller and often “We can use techniques like design-build contain only one classroom, are not considered party of the campus’ capacity. to get these schools renovated quickly. I think we have to take advantage of this with a design-build contract and the project “I am much more comfortable with a school facilities would suddenly have more 25-to-30 percent reduction in operating bidding process would ultimately be less project going to bid three to four months open classrooms than the school system costs. We have a limited opportunity to competitive, he said. from now than I am seeing the project bid originally thought it would. get a bunch of renovations done,” said But the school system may be able to get 12 months from now,” said Tistadt. An increase in class size of one student Herrity. through more renovations in this competi- per teacher would make space for 146 more The schools’ chief operating officer Dean tive construction market if the county sped PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS to school students at Oakton High School and 139 Tistadt said it could be difficult for Fairfax up its permitting process, said Tistadt. programs could also end up saving the more students at Robinson Secondary schools to take advantage of a strategy like According to Tistadt, acquiring permits school system money on some facility School for example. design-build contracts. Few companies ex- from Fairfax County that allows the school projects, particularly capacity enhance- This means that the school system may ist that would be able to do a “phased reno- system to open a construction project up ments. possibly be able to spend fewer dollars on vation,” in which construction takes place for bidding can take between 12 and 18 If elementary schools lose their music projects like building additions and more while students remain in a building, along months. programs and full-day kindergarten, many money on existing school renovations.

MVCCA Briefs From Page 3 entered into a partnership with Virginia Tech’s Urban Affairs and Haitian Relief Efforts in Mt. Vernon Planning (UAP) Program to develop a vision for the Woodlawn Com- mercial Business Center (CBC) and the area south of Old Mill Road to ocal Jazzercize program will conduct a “Relief for Haiti” super session Jazzersize the Fairfax County Parkway. Fairfax County’s office of community revi- Lclass on Saturday, Feb. 20, 9:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. at the Hollin Hall Community talization and the SFDC collaborated to design the scope of work. Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road. Local Oakbrooke resident Peggy Frydenlund will The project is expected to utilize urban planning students to develop conduct this class. Minimum donations for the class are $20. All the proceeds will go to a comprehensive plan for over a 20-year period. The project is expected Partners in Health for Haiti Disaster Relief. to conclude in April. The United Methodist Church of Mt.Vernon has assembled 50 health kits that will be sent to the church’s central receiving office to be shipped to Haiti. The health kits contain: Wash cloths, hand towels, comb, bandages,s oap, toothbrush and toothpaste. Plans are to assemble Smitty’s Site Purchased 100 more kits for the next shipment. To help, contact Martha Flanagan at 703-820-7200. A family-owned business — Mt. Vernon Center LLC — has purchased Any organization in the Mt.Vernon region that is providing Haitian relief donations and is 8.176 acres of land commonly known as the Smitty’s site on Route 1 in interested in soliciting for donations should email [email protected]. the Mt. Vernon District. The purchasers plan to construct a 30-40,000 sq. foot building to — Gerald A. Fill house an international grocery store. The purchase was completed on Dec. 31,2009 for $7.15 million.

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Send announcements to the Mount Vernon Gazette, by e-mail to [email protected]. Deadline is Thursday at noon for the fol- lowing week’s paper. Photos are encouraged. Call Steve Hibbard at 703- 778-9412 with questions.

West Potomac Academy Fash- ion Design students will be participating in the second annual Crys- tal Couture fashion event on Thursday, Feb. 4, sponsored by the Crystal City Business Improvement District. Students will showcase a runway col- lection based on the Crystal Couture event theme — Jungle, Jeans, Tats, and Tees — from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 4. They will also staff a boutique display area to sell prom gowns and original garments; all proceeds will benefit the West Potomac Academy Fashion Design Turning men program. Events are free and open to the pub- lic. Available retail space at 23rd Street and South Crystal Drive in Arlington will Ethan Ruby, 2nd grader at Fort Belvoir into heart thieves be turned into a runway, boutique, and Student Art night club featuring fashion trunk Elementary School. shows, live theater, disc jockeys, come- since 1953 dians, and dancing. then participate in enrichment activi- or Jennifer Julian Radcliffe: ties, which have included sending [email protected], 703-968-3072. The Bucknell Elementary holiday cards to U.S. troops serving School and West Potomac High overseas, creating a thankful tree, and Mount Vernon High School is School Mentoring Partnership building relationships. Mentors and hosting a mulch sale as a fund-raiser for has been named winner of the 2009 mentees also spend time together out- its All-Night Grad Party. The delivery Virginia Mentoring Partnership Mentor side mentoring sessions and, in the date is Saturday, March 13. Pick-up in Program Award. Bucknell Elementary past, have attended a West Potomac the Mount Vernon High School parking and West Potomac High are Fairfax basketball game together. lot. Orders of 10 bags or more will be County public schools. The program, in delivered to your home. Cost is $5/bag B&C Jewelers its fourth year, pairs 61 elementary stu- Mount Vernon High School’s of 3 cubic feet of shredded hard bark dents with 65 high school student Class of 1980 is gearing up for its 30th mulch. Contact Edna Primrose at 703- 3652 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22302 mentors. Sessions are held every Reunion on July 31, 2010 at the Mount 360-3002 or [email protected]. Phone (703) 379-6010 • Fax (703) 379-8136 Wednesday after school from Novem- Vernon Inn at the Mt. Vernon Estate. To Orders and payment must be received www.bcjewelers.net ber through May. Students focus on be added to the list, contact Leisa Gates no later than March 1. Mail your order homework for the first 30 minutes, Less: [email protected], 281-536-3121 with Robin Gordon at 703-799-1330.

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Peter Shaffer’s play plods on Jefferson Stage.

By Brad Hathaway The Gazette Cal Whitehurst, Dell Pendergrast, Michael Kharfen, Xandra Weaver, Michael Kharfen in “Amadeus.” Katherine Biscula, Jessica Sperlongano, Marji Jepperson and Gail Seavey he Arlington Players tackle a seri- in “Amadeus.” Tous drama, Peter Shaffer’s intellec- Where and When tually challenging play of genius room to react as Salieri recognizes that his social behavior in her search for the social The Arlington Players‘ production of and jealousy, “Amadeus,” at the Thomas competence pales to insignificance when and financial security she assumes genius “Amadeus” continues through Feb. 13 at Jefferson Theatre through Feb. 13. The play compared to the genius of a Mozart. will accrue, and later, to yield to the de- Arlington’s Thomas Jefferson Theatre, 125 Tom Witherspoon has also earned respect mands of Salieri in order to advance her South Old Glebe Road. Performances are Fri- provides a host of interesting questions day and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 about the nature of creativity. It can be an for his on-stage skill, but he too seems to husband’s prospects. p.m. Tickets are $12 - $15. Call 703-549-1063 engrossing evening of ideas explored in have but one note to play as Wolfgang Bleck spreads the action out over the or log onto www.thearlingtonplayers.org. lively language, and the production is suc- Amadeus Mozart. He plays him as the im- wide stage of the Jefferson. She has cessful with some of them but fails to reach mature genius whose greatness drives Katherine Biscuca, Marji Jepperson, Gail the heights that the play deserves. Salieri to at least contemplate geniuscide. Seavey and Jessica Sperlongano as a late Mozart’s life and death, there are better One of the more talented directors work- In his hands, however, it becomes question- baroque version of a Greek Chorus com- sources than this play. If, on the other hand, ing in community theater in Northern Vir- able whether Salieri would poison Mozart menting on the action in full court rega- you are interested in an exploration of such ginia today, Zina Bleck, is at the helm, and because he can’t stand the comparison with lia while Cal Whitehurst prances satisfy- questions as “how a kind and benevolent in the two leading roles, she has two actors his talent or simply because he can’t stand ingly as the royal Joseph II whose court God can distribute his blessings so un- with proven track records with challenging the little twerp. While it is true that Shaffer’s supports the artistic life of Vienna. The evenly” or “why great talent can reside in material like this. Michael Kharfen, who script leaves less room for the actor por- court includes Dell Pendergrast, Michael less than great individuals” this is an richly deserved his WATCH Award for a su- traying Mozart to moderate his moods than Gerwin and Steven Feder who each cre- evening well spent. perbly moderated and ultimately searing the actor playing Salieri, the contrast be- ate a believable count or baron with dis- ❖❖❖ performance as the accused killer of Charles tween Mozart’s genius and his boorishness tinct personalities. Brad Hathaway reviews theater in Virginia, Lindbergh’s baby in “Kaufman,” hits just one needs to become clear at some point in the As with his other plays, “Equus” and “The Washington and Maryland as well as Broad- level of emotion all night long as the merely proceedings. Royal Hunt of the Sun,” Shaffer takes liber- way and writes about theater for a number competent composer Antonio Salieri. It is Mari Davis is Mozart’s wife who is will- ties with historical fact in the search for of national magazines. He can be reached at an exhausting high that leaves him little ing to put up with his infantile sexual and artistic truth. If you want a lesson on [email protected]. New Parade Route and George Washington Pre-Parade Fun Run for 2010 Birthday Parade

DATE: Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 By Mechelle Schloss TIME: 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. LOCATION: Old Town, Alexandria. The Gazette ROUTE: Start Point is on So. Fairfax St. at its inter- section with Gibbon St., North on Fairfax St. to Queen ew and exciting things are in store for the George St., East on Queen St. to N. St. Asaph St., South on N. N St. Asaph St. to Cameron St., East on Cameron St. to N. Washington Birthday Celebration Parade on Monday, Royal St., and South on Royal St. (past reviewing stand Feb. 15. As of Jan. 26, Alexandria City Council has ap- on King St.) to End Point at Wilkes St. 1.3 miles. Route proved the Inaugural “Washington Win Sprint” One-Mile maps are available on the Web site. Dash, a pre-parade race to be held on the new parade route. REVIEWING STAND: on Royal Street just West of its intersection with King Street. Proposed by GW parade committee member Kathy Kelly, HANDICAPPED: Handicapped viewing area and

the fun run may get 200-300 runners. This USATF-certi- Gazette Krafft/The Louise Handicapped parking on Cameron Street between Royal fied course, “tag timed” by Pacers Events Inc., will begin at Daniel Storck as Abe Lincoln in last year's parade. Street and Fairfax Street (in front of City Hall). 12:30 p.m., a half hour before the parade. Expect this miler COST: Free for the public and for those marching in visitors a memory-making event. the parade. to be an exciting all-out sprint to the finish, ending at the “I love it! It’s a lot of fun, and a good contributor to the city. I PARTICIPATING: Those wishing information on Parade Reviewing Stand on Royal Street at its intersection joining the parade as a marching unit should contact the get to meet wonderful people and it’s a pleasure to do,” said with King Street. The top three male and female finishers parade director, Joseph Shumard at 703-549-7662 and/ Shumard. One of the issues ironed out by Shumard and the pa- will receive $200 (1st place), $150 (2nd place), and $75 or visit the Web site via http:// rade committee has been a new parade route. Moving the route to www.washingtonbirthdayparade.net. (3rd place), to be awarded at the Parade Reception after- its end point on S. Royal Street, the committee members were able PARKING: On Parade Day, parking is free at some wards. Online entries will be accepted up to midnight on parking lots adjacent to the Eisenhower Avenue Metro. to reduce the parade footprint, and save at least $14,000 in secu- Saturday, Feb. 13. INFORMATION: Available on line at the George rity fees, while preserving the size, scope, and viewing enjoyment Joseph Shumard, Chair of the GW Birthday Celebration Washington Birthday Celebration Committee Web site of the celebration. Go to www. washingtonbirthday.net. via http://www.washingtonbirthday.net or 703-991- Parade, and parade committee members work tirelessly 10 4474. Parade Director, Joseph Shumard, 703-549-7662. months out of the year to bring Alexandria residents and www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 ❖ 15 Calendar

E-mail announcements to the branches and containers. At Gazette, gazette@ Green Springs Gardens. connectionnewspapers.com. Pho- Alexandria Coin Show. 9 tos and artwork are encouraged. a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be 50 Deadline is Thursday at noon for tables with U.S. coins and the following week’s paper. Call currency, world coins, banknotes, Steve Hibbard at 703-778-9412 ancient coins, hobby books, gold, with questions. silver, medals, tokens and collectibles. Prizes and coins are given away. At the Hampton Inn ONGOING & Suites on the corner of the I- 495 beltway and Route 1, The Alexandria Commission Alexandria. Visit the Alexandria for Women seeks Coin Club Web site at: nominations for its 2010 www.members.cox.net/ Salute to Women Awards alexandriacoinclub. recognizing women leaders who have made outstanding contributions to women and SUNDAY/FEB. 7 girls living in Alexandria. The Washington Metropolitan deadline to submit Philharmonic. 3 p.m. Free. nominations is Wednesday, Pre-concert lecture at 2:15 p.m. Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. To make Ulysses S. James, Music Director. nominations, visit At Bishop Ireton High School, www.alexwomen.com. 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria. The Del Ray Farmers Market Super Bowl Party. Mayor is now open year round — Enjoy a Cozy Candlelit Dinner Euille’s 13th annual Super Bowl located at the corner of Mt. SATURDAY/FEB. 13 Party. At Joe Theismann’s Vernon Avenue and Oxford “The Finest Lebanese Cuisine” Birthnight Banquet and Ball. 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Restaurant, 1800 Diagonal Road, Avenue in Del Ray. During (Ball starts at 9 p.m.) Celebrate George Washington’s Alexandria. Tickets are $35/free Carryout, catering & delivering available the winter months the market Birthday with a banquet and ball. The evening agent; $60/Top Draft Pick; $100 Family owned & operated will be open 9 am to noon includes a four-course 18th-century banquet by Hogette’s Rate (family of four). each Saturday. The Del Ray Gadsby’s Tavern Restaurant, English country dancing, Call 703-751-7970 or contact Market farmers that will be toasts, a special 18th-century style dessert collation, www.euilleformayor.com. there are Smith Meadows and character re-enactors — including General and Jazz Leanings. 2 p.m. United meats, eggs, fresh pasta and Mrs. Washington. Tickets are $100 to $200 per States Marine Band performs. sauces; Amish cheese, yogurt, person, or $50 for the ball only. At Gadsby’s Tavern With Michael Mower and Michael bakery goods, eggs and jams Museum. Call 703-838-4242. At 134 North Royal Colgrass. At the Rachel M. and jellies; winter vegetables; Street in Old Town Alexandria. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts fancy nuts; pralines; and Center, NVCC, Alexandria bakery goods. Any questions, contact Call 703-635-7770 or visit Campus, 3001 North Beauregard Pat Miller at www.TheCocoaGallery.com. Street, Alexandria. Call 703-845-6156 [email protected]. or www.schlesingercenter.com 407 Cameron St. Old Town Alexandria • 703-684-9194 Ms. Senior Virginia America is Managing Wildlife Conflict. 1:30-3 searching for candidates statewide for SATURDAY/FEB. 6 p.m. Are you having troubles with deer www.thepitahouse.com • Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner this year’s May Pageant, which will be Historic Alexandria Museum Gala. and rabbits feasting on your garden? held Thursday, May 6 at the Lee 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dining and This is the lecture for you. Victoria Center Kauffman Center, 1108 dancing to Doc Scantlin and his Monroe, Wildlife Biologist for Fairfax Jefferson St., Alexandria. Doors will Imperial Palms Orchestra. Tickets are County will discuss strategies for open at 1:30 p.m. Showtime is 2-4 $150/person or $300/sponsor. At the managing wildlife conflicts in your p.m. Admission is free with a donation Holiday Inn Old town, 625 First Street garden. $10. At Green Springs of $10. A deadline for entries will be in Alexandria. Visit Gardens. Call 703-642-5173 to Feb. 8. Call 703-978-3663 and www.historicalexandria.org or call the register. directions at 703-838-4343. The Office of Historic Alexandria at 703- Valentine Dinner current Ms. Senior Virginia America, 746-4554. Maureen Ribble, will end her reign in National Brass Collective Inaugural MONDAY/FEB. 8 May. The Pageant showcases women Concert. 4 p.m. Fund-raiser for Haiti Tavern Toddlers. 10:30 a.m. and noon. age 60-plus who live in Virginia and Relief. At Washington Street United A special program for toddlers and are U.S. citizens. Friday, February 12 Methodist Church, 115 S. Washington their caregivers. $7 for a group of Street, Alexandria. Visit three, which must include one adult, or Saturday, February 13 FRIDAY AFTERNOONS www.wsumc.com. purchase a 5-week pass for $30. At Benefit for Haitian Relief. Ten Gadsby’s Tavern Museum. Call 703- Tea Dances. 1-3:15 p.m. Group class Thousand Villages Alexandria is 746-4242. Visit 5 PM - 10 PM from 1-1:30 p.m. Ballroom, Latin and donating 15 percent of the day’s sales www.gadsbystavern.org. Swing music. $11/person. At the to the Mennonite Central Committee, Dance Studio Lioudmila, 18 Roth earmarked for Haiti. At 915 King Street, 2nd Floor (off Duke Street), Street, Alexandria. Call 703-684-1435 TUESDAY/FEB. 9 Alexandria. Call 703-751-8868. or visit Ars Choralis. Recruiting singers in all www.alexandria.tenthousandvillages.com sections for a concert featuring Ars THURSDAY/FEB. 4 Evening with the Chefs. Featuring Choralis. The concert is entitled prominent chefs from local restaurants “Spirituals and All That Jazz.” Special Valentine Menu 18th Century Dance Classes. 7:30- showcasing their finest cuisine. Hosted Rehearsals from Tuesday, Feb. 9 9:30 p.m. Learn the dances of Jane by the Dunbar Alexandria Olympic through Sunday, April 18. The concert Prime Rib of Beef - Broiled Breast of Lemon Pepper Chicken Austen, George Washington, and Boys and Girls Club. Proceeds will will be performed twice: Saturday, Abigail Adams in Gadsby’s Tavern Broiled Salmon Steak w/ Dill Sauce benefit the club’s youth programs. At April 17, 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 18, Museum’s historic ballroom. At the Belle Haven Country Club, Fort 7 p.m. Rehearsals are 7:45-9:45 p.m. Shrimp Scampi - Surf & Turf (Shrimp & Steak) Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 North Hunt Road, Alexandria. Contact Dave at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 228 Royal Street. Cost is $30/series or $12/ Served With Baked Potato - Or Rice Pilaf Woodbury at 703-867-5570 or e-mail South Pitt St., Old Town Alexandria. class. Call 703-838-4242. [email protected]. Call 703-549-3312 or email Fresh Vegetable, Fresh Garden Salad Winter Boutique District [email protected]. FEB. 5 TO FEB. 21 Warehouse Sale. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A Books to Film Discussion Group. 7 one-day clearance spectacular p.m. Readers and movie buffs are Romantic Dessert Artioms. Artists are being challenged to featuring high-end boutique invited to talk about the film, “The express their favorite (or not so Coffee, Tea and Soft Drink Included merchandise from Old Town Accidental Tourist” (1988), based on favorite) idioms, clichés, word phrases Alexandria’s boutiques. At the George the novel by Anne Tyler. All should or play on words in their artwork. Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 read the work and view the movie $45.00 Per Couple Reception Feb. 5 from 7-10 p.m. A Callahan Drive, Alexandria. before attending. At Beatley Central prose reading by the Tuesdays at Two (Tax & Gratuity Not Included) John Carlyle’s Birthday Library, 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria. Writers Group is on Friday, Feb. 12, at Celebration. Noon to 4 p.m. $5 Call Mark at 703-519-3498. 7 p.m. At Del Ray Artisans at the admission. Costumed interpreters will Cocktails, Beer, Wine Available Nicholas A. Colasanto Center, 2704 be dancing and performing 18th- Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria. century music throughout the house. WEDNESDAY/FEB. 10 Reservations Accepted Visit www.TheDelRayArtisans.org or At Carlyle House Historic Park, 121 N. Valentine Luncheon. 11:30 a.m. to 703-838-4827. (No Coupon Use) Fairfax St., Alexandria. Go to 1:30 p.m. sponsored by the www.nvrpa.org or call 703-549-2997 Springfield/Alexandria Women’s FRIDAY/FEB. 5 or e-mail [email protected]. Connection. Cost of $17 includes lunch Tel: 703 548-1616 Family Fun Flower Power: and free childcare. Reservations must Wine and Chocolate Tasting. 6:30- Blooming Branches for a Winter be made by Friday, Feb. 5, to 703-569- 8:30 p.m. Free. Artfully Paper and 734 N. St. Asaph Street Old Town, Alexandria Bouquet. 2-3 p.m. Get a jump on the 4670 or 703-590-6562 or email to ACKC have teamed up with First Vine seasons by forcing flowers. Learn to cut [email protected]. At the a for the sake of love — love of wine and y Free Parking On Premise branches of flowering trees and shrubs Springfield Golf and Country Club, chocolate — that is! At ACKC Del Ray, and coax them to bloom indoors for an 8301 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield. 2003-A Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria. early spring! $18/project includes See Calendar, Page 17 16 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Calendar

From Page 16 each month. Enjoy waltz, fox trot, cha Valentine Workshop. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. THURSDAY/FEB. 11 cha, swing and more to live music on Use traditional Victorian materials to Heart Art. 6-9 p.m. Free. Flowers and large wooden dance floor in Mount make a modern and lovely Valentine. Candy, Printmaking Demonstration, Vernon area; Cost is $15/person. Suitable for children over age 4. At Target Gallery Reception from 6-8 p.m. Private club; reservations required Lee-Fendall House Museum and At the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 www.fridaynightersdancingclub.com Garden. Cost is $1 per Valentine. Visit N. Union St., Alexandria. Visit the Web site at www.torpedofactory.org; 703-838- www.leefendallhouse.org or call 703- 4565. SATURDAY/FEB. 13 548-1789. 18th Century Dance Classes. 7:30- Water Wise Landscaping. 11 a.m.- Tamburitzans Perform. 7 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Learn the dances of Jane 12:30 p.m. Well designed, installed Duquesne University Tamburitzans Austen, George Washington, and and maintained landscapes offer years perform. Tickets are $22, $25 and $30. Abigail Adams in Gadsby’s Tavern of environmental benefits and beauty. At Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Museum’s historic ballroom. At Green Spring horticulturalist Brenda Cambridge Road, Alexandria. Call 1- Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 North Skarphol discusses these concepts and 877-826-6437. Royal Street. Cost is $30/series or $12/ provides practical information for you Stroll Through Park. 1-3 p.m. Stroll class. Call 703-838-4242. to implement in your garden. with a naturalist through forest and Siobhan Quinn and Michael Instruction takes place inside and meadow then warm up with a hot Bowers. 7 p.m. Gracious and gritty outdoors. Dress accordingly. $16. At beverage and pastry. Cost is $10 and songs brimming with seamless Green Springs Gardens. Call 703-642- refreshments are included. Huntley harmonies. At The Athenaeum, 201 5173 to register. Meadows Park is located at 3701 Prince Street, Alexandria. Call 703- Birthnight Banquet and Ball. 5:30 Lockheed Boulevard in Alexandria. 548-0035. Visit p.m. to 11 p.m. (Ball starts at 9 p.m.) Meet at the Harrison Lane entrance. dreamersloversandoutlaws.com. Celebrate George Washington’s Call 703-768-2525. Birthday with a banquet and ball. The evening includes a four-course 18th- FRIDAY/FEB. 12 century banquet by Gadsby’s Tavern FEB. 13-14 Music for Tuba and Euphonium. 8 Restaurant, English country dancing, All-Beethoven Concert. Saturday at 8 p.m. Free. At the George Washington toasts, a special 18th-century style p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. Alexandria Masonic National Memorial, 101 dessert collation, and character re- Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Kim Callahan Drive, Alexandria. Call 202- enactors — including General and Mrs. Allen Kluge and pianist Yuliya 767-5658 or visit Washington. Tickets are $100 to $200 Gorenman. Symphony No. 6, Piano www.usafband.af.mil. per person, or $50 for the ball only. At Concerto No. 4. At Rachel M. Prose and Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Gadsby’s Tavern Museum. Call 703- Schlesinger Concert Hall, NVCC, 3001 With Tuesdays at Two Writers Group. 838-4242. At 134 North Royal Street in N. Beauregard St., Alexandria. Tickets Free and open to all to enjoy this fun, Old Town Alexandria. are $20-$80, youth is $5. Call 703-548- spoken “art” event. Email: George Washington Birthday 0885 or visit www.alexsym.org. [email protected]; or visit Classic 10-K Race and 2-K Fun www.theDelRayArtisans.org. At Del Run. 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. rain or shine. Ray Artisans Gallery, 2704 Mount Certified racecourse through SUNDAY/FEB. 14 Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Contact Eisenhower Valley and Alexandria’s Valentine’s Day Concert. 7 p.m. With Tracy Wilkerson at 703- 501-1736 or parklands. Prizes, T-shirts and blues singer/guitarist and historian [email protected]. refreshments will be provided for Scott Ainslie and David LaFleur. Singer/Songwriter Janna Audey. 7-9 runners, with the proceeds benefiting Tickets are $18 general, $15 in p.m. At Spill the Beans, 1900 Elkin the Alexandria Police Youth Camp. advance at FocusMusic.org. Part of the Street, Suite 4, Alexandria, Cost is $25; after Feb. 10: $30. Call Focus Music Series. At Church of the spillthebeansva.com. 703-991-4474 or visit Resurrection, 2280 N. Beauregard St., Ballroom Dancing for Couples. www.washingtonbirthday.org. in Alexandria. Contact: Kay Coyte at 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. 2nd Friday of [email protected] or 703-501-6061.

www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 ❖ 17 News “Ask me about the AARP Auto Insurance Program FBI Investigating Police Shooting from The Hartford.” From Page 1 Masters shooting incident. section 242 reads as follows: Now available in Mt. Vernon Supervisor, and chair “This statute makes it a crime for your area! Fort Hunt Road and Richmond of the Board of Supervisor’s Pub- any person acting under the color Highway. One of the three police lic Safety Committee, Gerald of law, statute, ordinance, regula- officers in the police cruiser who Hyland said, “I welcome the FBI’s tion, or custom to willfully deprive This auto insurance is pursued him, thinking that Mas- civil rights investigation. If there or cause to be deprived from any designed exclusively for ters was going for a gun, shot is a violation of the civil rights laws person those rights, privileges, or AARP members - and is twice and killed Masters through concerning this shooting incident immunities secured or protected the rear driver’s side window of his I want to know about it, and I am by the U.S. Constitution and the now available through your local car. Later reports indicated that certain the entire board will want laws of the U.S.” Additional expla- Hartford independent agent! Masters was not armed and in fact to know also. Today I have asked nation of section 242 is available did not own a gun. At the time he Police Chief [David] Rohrer to by accessing the following Web Call Today for your FREE, was shot, he was sitting in the car brief the entire board in executive site: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/ no-obligation quote: behind the steering wheel. session as soon as he has com- civilrights/statutes.htm Since then the Fairfax County pleted his internal administrative Within the Mt. Vernon commu- LORI PEDERSON 703-660-9090 Police Department conducted an investigation.” nity, one resident was concerned PENTECO Insurance internal criminal investigation of Schweit, the public information about the shooting incident, the & Financial Services the shooting incident and for- officer for the FBI’s Washington circumstances, with no public dis- warded the results several weeks Field Office, said, “It is not unusual closure detailing the results of the LORI PEDERSON ago to Fairfax County Common- for the FBI to examine shootings investigation. In a letter dated Dec. PENTECO Insurance & Financial Services wealth Attorney Ray Morrogh. No from a civil rights perspective since 6, 2009 to Hyland, Nicholas R. Auto, Home, Life & Annuities public disclosure was provided of the FBI is charged with that re- Beltrante proposed establishing a 8000 Fort Hunt Road the police department findings. sponsibility ... It does not infer Citizens Review Board. The Pub- Alexandria, VA 22308 Last week Morrogh announced wrongdoing, but gives a second lic Safety Committee of the that based on his review of the look at the incident.” Mt.Vernon Council of Citizens As- The AARP Automobile Insurance Program is underwritten by Hartford Fire Insurance Company and its affiliates, Hartford Plaza, Hartford CT 06115. AARP membership is required for Program eligibility in most evidence presented to him by the Schweit provided statistical data sociations (MVCCA) considered states. AARP and AARP Financial, Inc. receive from The Hartford payments for AARP’s license and intel- lectual property for use by The Hartford and for services rendered in connection with the Program. police department and his own on past investigations under Title his proposal and, after some dis- Amounts paid by The Hartford for this license are used for the general purposes of the Association and review, there was insufficient ba- 18, U.S.C. Section 242. In 2008 cussion, decided not to support the its members. Applicants are individually underwritten and some may not qualify. Specific features, credits and discounts may vary and may not be available in all states in accordance with state filings and appli- sis to criminally prosecute the of- there were 403 criminal investiga- proposal. The committee felt there cable law. The premiums in this Program include the costs associated with the advice and counsel that your local agent provides. 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of the Mount Vernon community as a whole. County Wetlands Board — any other result about two dozen out of the 125,000 Mount Where Did Its Bylaws require notice of ratification of damages the MVCCA’s reputation. People Vernon residents. Surely he realizes that this The Money Go? Committee Chairs to be placed in its publi- who can distinguish right from wrong don’t practice precludes others who are interested cation, the MVCCA Record, prior to the need to read bylaws or parse their mean- in serving, many of whom are more quali- To the Editor: meeting at which the Council will be vot- ing to know what is the right thing to do. fied than the usual people chosen from his I am writing as a follow up to Jay ing on ratification. No such publication no- And our supervisor should be more careful short list, from serving in these positions. It McConville’s Jan 21 letter to the editor and tice was made, yet the ratification vote was in his appointments to avoid placing citi- is also a cause of the conflict concerns ex- Ron Brandt’s Jan 28 letter. Unfortunately, taken anyway, approving the nominated zen volunteers in the position of having to pressed above — too few people wearing Mr. Brandt failed to respond to Mr. chairmen. I estimate that at least 60 per- worry about whether civic involvement too many hats. This operates to the detri- McConville’s statement that the Fairfax cent of the member communities were not raises conflict issues. ment of our community. I’ve been appointed County budget has experienced “10 years represented at the Council meeting and, as If the MVCCA does not wish to abide by by Supervisor Hyland to a few Task Forces of growth above the rate of inflation.” such, were unaware of the impending vote, certain of its Bylaw provisions, it should but never under circumstances in which Herein lies the problem. given the lack of prior publication. delete them. If it believes certain Bylaw pro- there was a concern about a conflict. Come I believe it is imperative that citizens and Among the newly ratified chairmen are visions are unclear or ambiguous, it should on, Gerry, expand your list of appointees parents truly understand these facts: two who, in my opinion and that of others straighten them out. It should strictly abide and give a few fresh faces an opportunity A review of 10 budget cycles, from FY I respect, are ineligible to serve as MVCCA by those Bylaw provisions that currently to serve. 1999 to FY 2008 shows that Fairfax County Committee Chairmen as a result of their cur- exist. revenues (and expenditures) increased from rent membership on “policy-making” com- Supervisor Hyland has a record of mak- H. Jay Spiegel $1.86 billion to $3.296 billion. During this mittees of Fairfax County. David Dale, the ing appointments from the same list of Mount Vernon 10-year period, our county budget increased ratified P&Z Chairman, is a member of the over 77 percent. During the same 10-year APR Task Force and Elizabeth Martin, the period, the population of our county in- ratified E&R Chairman is a member of the creased just under 8 percent. Clearly, the Fairfax County Wetlands Board (Co-chair Al Doing More with Less growth in the county budget increased far Bornmann is also on the APR Task Force). more than population. Supervisor Hyland opined at the Jan. 27 From Page 11 you would like to learn more about how When viewed another way, and factoring MVCCA Council meeting that he doesn’t for cuts and savings in administrative and these budget cuts will affect you and your in inflation during this period, spending per consider the APR Task Force to be a “policy- overhead areas first, then, if no other op- family, please join us Saturday morning, capita increased from $2055 per citizen in making” body and as such he sees no prob- tions are available, to minimizing the long- Feb. 6, at 9 a.m. at Marshall High School 1999 to $3152 in 2008. Had our represen- lem with MVCCA Board members serving term impact on children and families need- for an FCPS Budget Forum. Details are avail- tatives been fiscally disciplined and held on the APR Task Force. With all due respect, ing it the most. That focus will continue. If able at www.fcps.edu. spending to a combination of population Supervisor Hyland has no standing to de- growth and inflation, spending per capita cide this issue. Supervisor Hyland claims to in 2008 would have been $2,558 per capita. have a “fire wall” between his office and The real growth of spending over and above the MVCCA — he should leave interpreta- inflation during this 10-year period is nearly tion of the MVCCA Bylaws to the MVCCA. $600 per citizen. While I am not in a position to decide this Where did the money go? What programs issue for the MVCCA, my opinion is shared exist in 2008 that did not exist in 1999? universally with those pillars of our com- What county agencies and services received munity I consulted including at least one funding increases over and above inflation involved in inclusion of that Bylaw provi- and population growth during this time sion in the MVCCA Bylaws. frame? Why were these decisions made? The MVCCA Bylaw provision states as its Many citizens and representatives now seek purpose to “maintain the nonpartisan sta- to increase taxes to fund services when they tus and reputation of the Mount Vernon should be reviewing the baseline funding Council.” How is that possible when a citi- of previous budgets and questioning the zen expects an MVCCA official to represent necessity of the increased expenditures. that citizen’s interests before the County, Mr. McConville’s main point was that only to be confronted by the same MVCCA none of this happened overnight, and now official sitting on a County Board as an ap- we are faced with the need for draconian pointee participating on a decision concern- cuts in order to balance the budget. Clearly, ing that citizen’s project. Imagine your prop- as Mr. McConville stated, “poor planning erty has been made the subject of an and lack of fiscal responsibility” share in the MVCCA nomination to the Comprehensive current budget mess that we face. The wind- Plan and a particular MVCCA official was fall of revenues that have streamed into the involved in the MVCCA process for making county coffers over the last ten years per- that nomination. You go to the APR Task The host of the “It’s Academic” TV show, Mac McGarry, is shown with mitted our representatives to engage in Force to testify against the MVCCA nomi- MVHS students, Josephine Lintot, Cameron Pelkey and Scott Klein. profligate spending rather than exercising nation in an effort to protect your property fiscal discipline. rights only to find that very same MVCCA As citizens, we need to demand better. official sitting on the Task Force judging the We need to demand accountability. We need nomination on your property he had a role MVHS Competes on ‘It’s Academic’ to demand transparency. These all seem to in creating. This could very well occur. Three Mount Vernon High School stu- Thomas Wootton High School (Rockville, be the buzz words of the moment in our David Dale, as an MVCCA Co-Chair and dents represented their school by com- Md.) and the Landon School (Bethesda, charged political environment, but really, acting Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Chairman, peting on the NBC-TV (Channel 4) “It’s Md.). The team correctly answering the where did the money go? was involved in creation of the MVCCA Academic” quiz show on Saturday, Jan. most questions during the half-hour con- Nominations to the Comprehensive Plan 23. The team included senior Cameron test proceeds to a next round match Steve Parker that are currently being considered by the Pelkey (captain) and juniors Josephine against two other winning teams. The Alexandria APR Task Force. Now he is both P&Z Chair Lintot and Scott Klein. Mount Vernon’s team from Mount Vernon did an outstand- and a member of the APR Task Force. varsity cheerleading squad turned out to ing job responding to the questions asked Parsing the definition of “policy-making” Bylaws Violated support the team, and even got to lead a of them, but, in a close and exciting match, to serve a political purpose while ignoring To the Editor: cheer during the broadcast. A crowd of ultimately fell short to a Wootton team that the clearly stated purpose of that provision, At the Mount Vernon Council (MVCCA) 40 family members, friends, and fellow was quick on the buzzer. maintenance of the non-partisan status and meeting on Jan. 27, the MVCCA demon- students also attended the event and This particular “It’s Academic” pro- reputation of the MVCCA, does a disservice strated that it is unconcerned about abid- cheered on the Majors. gram will be broadcast on Saturday, to the MVCCA and our community. Mem- ing by its Bylaws when conducting its busi- Mount Vernon faced competition from March 27 at 10:30 a.m. on Channel 4. bers of the MVCCA Board should not con- ness that it claims it carries out in the name currently serve on the APR Task Force or www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ February 4-10, 2010 ❖ 19 Alexandria Gazette Packet Sports Editor Jon Roetman Sports 703-224-3015 or [email protected] Jones Carries Majors with 34-Point Effort

have to have different guys buy into their Majors coach Smith roles a little bit more and then get out there wants other players to and execute and perform those roles. One through 13, it wasn’t at the level where we step up. need for it to be, but we have confidence that it will get there.” The win improved Mount Vernon to 14- By Jon Roetman 3, 9-1 in the National District. The Majors The Gazette are one game behind district newcomer Hayfield for first place. ount Vernon boys basketball “We need to do the things that we do well coach Alfonso Smith stood better,” Smith said. “Do we totally stink it Moutside the Majors’ locker up from quarter one through four? No, we room Friday night and said don’t. We do some positive things, but we’re he was less than enthused about his team’s looking for consistency. Consistency on the effort against Wakefield. boards, consistency with moving our feet “I’d give our performance a C,” he said. on defense, consistency with communica- “I’d definitely give Wakefield an A. They tion — all of which are not the kind of things played well, they played hard.” that our guys are going to see on any While Smith issued Wakefield a superior SportsCenter highlights. Those are the mark, Mount Vernon did enough to stay in things that we have to become much better the game. The coach wanted a team effort at.” with multiple Majors embracing their roles. While Smith awaits team consistency, Instead, he had to “settle” for a Skylar Jones Jones routinely bailed the Majors out of scoring solo and a 76-70 victory at Mount trouble. After a five point first quarter, No. Vernon High School. 22 dropped 15 in the second period. Jones, who signed with Division I Niagara Wakefield built a 35-28 lead before Jones prior to the season, finished with 34 points closed the first half by outscoring the War- on 14-of-23 shooting. Jones said his career riors 9-2 during the final 1 minute, 28 sec- high is 36. He scored 13 of his team’s final onds, tying the game at 37. Jones buried a 14 points of the first half. He drove to the pair of corner 3-pointers during the final basket. He knocked down free throws. He 38 seconds. buried 3-pointers. The senior scored 10 points in the third Jones accounted for the Majors’ final 10 quarter. After a Konadu bucket cut points of the third quarter, twice beating Wakefield’s lead to 46-41 midway through the Warriors with a baseline move. He kept Photo by the quarter, Jones outscored the Warriors Mount Vernon close while a feisty Wakefield 10-7 during the final 4:03. Each of Jones’ team built a lead as big as seven in the sec- five consecutive buckets to close the period

ond half. Louise Krafft came in the paint, highlighted by a two- Smith complimented the performance of handed dunk after Jones went baseline. his 6-foot-4 star, but the coach wanted more Jones scored four points in the fourth players to get involved. Jesse Konadu fin- quarter, his final field goal putting Mount ished with 18 points for the Majors and Vernon ahead 59-57 with 5:22 to play.

Robert Smith, who played through an in- /The Gazette “I was trying to get to 40 but [Robert jury, finished with 11 points. Dylan Bischoff Smith] wasn’t trying to pass me the ball in grabbed 10 rebounds. the fourth — but that’s all right,” Jones said “I was disappointed with our effort to- jokingly with Smith 10 feet away. “… I just night,” Smith said. “I thought we leaned a felt like they were playing off me and I just little bit too much on Skylar. With some of went to work and did what I do best.” the goals that we have as a team, it’s going Mount Vernon forward Skylar Jones attacks the basket during Friday’s Mount Vernon took the lead for good to make it very difficult for us to reach those 76-70 win over Wakefield at Mount Vernon High School. The senior goals if we’re one and two dimensional. We finished with 34 points. See Team Effort, Page 21 Sports Briefs Tracy King scored 11 points for Mount Vernon and Jas- Spring 2010 Season information for the sport. See the WP Boys Beat mine McDonald added 10. The Majors host Stuart at 7:45 “Softball” link at the top of the fhyaa.org Web site for Lake Braddock p.m. today. information on the softball program. Register online at fhyaa.org. For questions about the spring softball sea- The West Potomac boys basketball team defeated Lake son, contact Commissioner Ilene Dranoff Braddock 48-43 on Thursday, improving its record to Mount Vernon Wrestling ([email protected]). 10-7, 7-4 in the Patriot District. Daryl Copeland scored 15 points for West Potomac and Terrell Ward added 11. Beats West Potomac The Wolverines travel to take on West Springfield at The Mount Vernon wrestling team defeated West Potomac Fort Hunt 7:30 p.m. Friday. 44-36 on Friday. Baseball Registration Registration for Spring Baseball is available. Prior to MV Girls Beat Wakefield Fort Hunt registering a child for a Fort Hunt Spring sport, review The Mount Vernon girls basketball team defeated Softball Registration the Spring 2010 Season information for the sport. See Wakefield 56-34 on Friday at Wakefield High School. the “Baseball” link at the top of the fhyaa.org Web site The Majors improved their record to 11-5, 8-2 in the Registration for Spring Softball is available. Prior to reg- istering a child for a Fort Hunt Spring sport, review the National District. See Sports Briefs, Page 21

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From Page 20 at 7:45 p.m. Friday and hosts first- when Smith scored in transition place Hayfield at 7:45 p.m. Mon- to give the Majors a 65-64 lead day. with 3:18 remaining. Kondau “It’s great having a Skylar Jones scored six of the Majors’ final 11 on the team that you can lean on points. when you need to,” coach Smith “We have a lot of things we need said. “That’s part of the investment to work on,” Konadu said. “We that you made in him over the 5Qs don’t feel like a lot of effort is com- course of a high school career — ing from the kids who aren’t play- he’s been playing varsity since his ing [often. They] need to step up freshman year. You expect him to because they don’t know when do that as needed — but I empha- they’re going to be called on.” size the as needed. We shouldn’t Mount Vernon’s Sean Stewart need that on a regular basis. We’ve scored six points against Wakefield got some other guys that can get Five questions and Bischoff added five. Smith it done and really make us … al- with Mount dished nine assists and recorded most impossible to defend. But if four steals. we don’t have everybody on one Vernon guard The Majors travel to face Stuart page that makes it a lot more dif- Jesse Konadu Sports Briefs ficult than it should be.” From Page 20 Washington D.C. Metro area. Sup- port local community’s sports Q: What is your favorite for information on our baseball leagues by signing up. Call Ken food? program. Register online at Williams (703-400-3232) for more A: My favorite food is lasa- fhyaa.org. information or go to umpires.org gna. For questions, contact the appro- to fill out a “New Ump” form. priate baseball representative: Q: What is the farthest President Paul Murphy (FortHunt Umpires Needed location you’ve traveled? [email protected]) or Registrar A: Las Vegas. I went there for Jeff Lerner (fhll.registrar For Slowpitch @verizon.net). an AAU tournament. Fairfax Adult Softball (FAS), the largest softball organization in the Q: Your teammate, Skylar Umpires Needed area, is seeking umpires for our Jones, gets a lot of atten- Northern Virginia Baseball Um- adult slowpitch softball leagues in tion. What is it like pires Association (NVBUA) is in Fairfax County. Umpires net pay playing on a team with a starts at $25 per one-hour game basketball player? Q: What are you doing need of officials for baseball and Division I signee? and are paid monthly. Experience A: My favorite college player is when you’re not playing volleyball. Umpires are needed for A: It’s good. It’s good to work is desired but ASA training is pro- [Kentucky guard] John Wall and basketball? colleges, men’s leagues, high with him. He shows you stuff vided beginning early February. my favorite NBA player is [Miami A: Hanging out with friends. schools and youth recreational that you don’t know. Flexible scheduling is based on guard] Dwyane Wade. leagues. Experience is helpful but not required. Formal classroom availability. Contact FAS at 703- Q: Who is your favorite and on-the-job training will be 815-9007 or email to: provided. Classes will begin in [email protected]. mid-February. Umpires are needed for all communities in the greater

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COMPANIONS & GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY Justice CNA’s NEEDED Work at Historic Mount Vernon Enable seniors to live independently in their own Part-Time Tour Guide positions homes with our non-medical companionship and home Gerry Hyland calls care services. Rewarding P/T days, evenings, weekends, available live-ins, medical benefits offered. Call or email: Gail Cassidy for policy review. Home Instead Senior Care. 703-799-8610 Call Today: 703-750-6665 [email protected] By Michael Lee Pope The Gazette BEST CHILDCARE JOBS! F/T, DENTAL FRONT DESK very night, the magistrate’s office in F/T, P/T, On-Call, Top Salaries Burke, VA. Experience with collections EFairfax County jail is buzzing with No Fees, Must be 21, Legal & Drive preferred. Softdent and insurance action. Wife-beaters mingle with References Req’d knowledge a plus. Must be personable, pickpockets and drunk drivers — all wait- reliable, detail-oriented and possess ing for some kind of disposition to the 703-838-2100 good communication skills. Excellent benefits. Fax resume to 703-978-0423. charges against them. Will they sleep in jail Office Manager White House Nannies, Inc or go home for the night? The answer de- Established Northern Virginia com- pends on how much cash they can provide mercial architectural firm seeking — a phenomenon that Mount Vernon Dis- Internships Available an Office Manager to help the firm MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS Unusual opportunity to learn many aspects of trict Supervisor Gerry Hyland has asked reach the next level. Tasks involve the newspaper business. Internships available in county staff to investigate. supporting a 20+/- person creative & EDUCATION SUPPORT reporting, photography, research, graphics. “Across the county, we have hundreds of staff in a variety of business and APNA is looking for a full time adminis- Opportunities for students, and for adults consid- people who are spending a lot of time in design aspects of the practice. trative specialist who will concentrate on ering change of career. Unpaid. Email internship@connec jail who don’t pose any risk to the commu- Qualifications include: member email blasts, updating web- • having strong communication sites, maintaining newsletter schedules, tionnewspapers.com nity but they are kept in jail because they skills - written and verbal monitoring & updating social networking can’t afford bond,” said Hyland. “This is not • light accounting experience sites, etc. Candidate will have strong equal justice.” • possessing a high level of energy interpersonal skills & an understanding For those who are arrested in Fairfax and willingness to stay busy of Microsoft & social networking soft- 2010 County, the cost of freedom is initially set • ability to be nice and to play well ware. Only those with salary history & by a magistrate. Detainees can choose to with others requirements will be considered. Please Email resume to post the bail set by the magistrate or pay a send your resume to Lisa Nguyen at EXPANSION [email protected] [email protected]. premium to a bail bondsman for their re- Great Pay! lease. Sometimes the judge set a lower FT/PT. Temp/Perm. Ideal for bond. Most of the time, Fairfax County Gen- students/others. Sales/Svc, Flex eral District Court judges set the same bond Schedules. Conditions apply. All ages 18+. as the magistrate. Other times, judges will ask for more money. 703-359-7600 “I got a call in the middle of the night from one man who had been arrested, and LEAD MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN I advised him to sleep it off in jail and hope Mount Vernon’s Operations and Maintenance Department is seeking a Lead PRE-SCHOOL DIRECTOR the judge set a lower bond,” said Harry Maintenance Technician to assist in the installation, maintenance and repair St. Aidan’s Day School is seeking a new Covert, a former bail-bondsman in Fairfax of electrical, heating, air conditioning, domestic water and various other sys- preschool Director to oversee 125 chil- County. “Well it turned out to be bad ad- tems. The position includes housing on the estate but relocation is not paid, dren and 20 staff for the upcoming vice because the judge doubled the bond.” and supervises a staff of 4 technicians. 2010-11 school year. A complete job description is outlined on our website: Essential Functions: Assists in the installation, maintenance and repair of THE VAST MAJORITY of those who are www.staidansepiscopal.com/school.php. electrical systems, pumps, motors, valves, security and fire alarm equipment Please send resumes by February 19th unable to post bond for release from Fairfax and HVAC equipment and controls; Various maintenance tasks including County’s criminal justice system are home- to Search Committee, Attn: Elizabeth electrical and HVAC diagnostics, installing piping & electrical wiring, digging Rees, [email protected] or less or suffering from mental illness and trenches, working with sewer tanks, drainage, and pumping equipment, substance abuse. While keeping these St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 8531 assembling scaffolding/rigging, & setup and operation of audio/visual Riverside Road, Alexandria, VA 22308. people incarcerated because they cannot equipment; Conducts all work/orders & compiles a daily record; Operates, afford to pay a bail-bondsman may seem maintains & secures tools and equipment; Practices, maintains and enforces like unequal justice, some say keeping them safety regulations and procedures; Performs preventive maintenance and incarcerated is best for everybody. repairs to all electrical systems. “It’s a vicious circle in many ways,” said Special Requirements: Requires standing/walking for long periods of time, Dale Race, a longtime defense attorney in entering dark, dusty and close spaces, using solvents, lubricants, adhesives -Clinical Director- Fairfax County. “If these people are released, and other hazardous materials, and exposure to all weather conditions; No. Va. Eye Surgery Center, Fairfax Va. they might get frostbite or be hit by a car.” Weekend and holiday work and rotating 24 hour duty shift required; Our fast growing ASC is looking for a skilled For this reason, Race said, bail tends to Classified as essential and requires participation in all emergencies, ice and Clinical Director to manage and supervise be set at higher rates in the winter. Those snow removal and special events. the clinical aspects of our beautiful, new ASC. involved in the court system say that people Qualifications: 7+ yrs. experience in electrical, emergency power systems, Applicant must be an RN with at least five with good jobs can find a bail-bondsman to year’s experience as well as BLS & IV release them from jail with little more than energy management, general repairs and fire safety; good understanding of MEP and architectural drawings; Good written & verbal communication skills certified. Experience in PACU, or the OR, or a promissory note. Yet it’s the population an Ophthalmic ASC a major plus. and proficiency w./MS office suite; Knowledge of life safety codes preferred; that can’t afford the bond that Hyland’s re- The Clinical Director’s position commands a quest is aimed at. These are people with no valid driver’s license required; Employment contingent upon successful drug test and criminal/background check. highly competitive salary & full complement job, no support network and no chance of of benefits. Send application materials: paying the price of freedom. Mail resume and cover letter to NVESC, “In the vast majority of cases, somebody Via email- [email protected], atten: Artisan Medical, 11951 Freedom is going to get you out of jail,” said Dave or fax- 703.780.8320. Applications may be downloaded and printed from Drive, 13th floor, Reston, Virginia 20190 or Gambale, owner of Freedom Bail Bonds. the website (under employment) at www.MountVernon.org email response to: “Those who are indigent should be let out MOUNT VERNON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. [email protected] under pretrial release in my opinion.”

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