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For Many CausesThe Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic Branch of the Boys & Girls Club participates in theAcumen Solutions Race for a Cause 8k in Arlington on Oct. 17. The race supportsthe following organizations: Bridge to Freedom, Boys and Girls Club-Alexandria-Olympic Branch, Boys and Girls Club-Fairfax, BUILD Metro DC, Child & FamilyNetwork Centers, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, For Love of Children, Friendsof Fort DuPont Ice Arena, Greenbriar Learning Center, National Fatherhood Initia-tive, The Women’s Center, and United for DC.

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Mary Millben got herstart in acting in amost unusual way —

working at the White House.

Graduating with a BFA from theWeitzenhoffer Department of Mu-sical Theater and a minor in po-litical science from the Universityof Oklahoma, she worked as aWhite House intern and WhiteHouse professional appointee in

the Bush administration for threeyears.

Laura Bush recognized Millben’stalent and invited her to sing atWhite House events. During thattime, Millben was a featured solo-ist for events hosting PresidentGeorge W. Bush, Queen Nor, Dr.Bill Cosby, Dr. Maya Angelou,Rudolph Giuliani, DavidMcCullough, Doris KearnsGoodwin, U.S. Sen. John McCainand U.S. Majority Leader StenyHoyer.

“I credit the Bushes with help-ing me,” said Millben. “The FirstLady’s office provided me with theopportunity to sing at variousevents during the holidays, as wellas at political and private events.I had great bosses in the adminis-tration and met patrons withShakespeare Theater and theKennedy Center. They were kindto let me pursue and support mydual passions.”

On Her Way to StardomMary J. Millben stars in “Sanctified” at Lincoln Theatre.

John McClure, Jr. as Pastor Harold P. Jones and MaryMillben as Sister Pauletta Denise Jones in “Sanctified.”

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Cash registers across Alex-andria are not seeing asmuch action as last year,

according to city tax records.That’s after a disappointing show-ing in 2009, and sales revenues areeven lower this year. Many retail-ers say the city is to blame for in-creasing parking meter fees 75percent before new multi-spacemeters are installed, creating aneed for more quarters than mostpeople carry with them for shop-ping trips. Yet budget officialspoint out that retail sales were al-ready down when the parkingmeters went up.

“The snowstorms explain some

of the decline,” said Budget Direc-tor Bruce Johnson. “We don’t havea good explanation for why salestax revenues were down in Juneand July.”

For most of 2010, sales tax rev-enues collected by the city werelower than the previous year. Andthe majority of months in 2009showed a decrease compared tothe previous year. That’s two yearsof declining local sales tax re-ceipts. Although sales taxes ac-count for only 5 percent of thecity’s revenue, the trend indicatesa weak point in Alexandria’seconomy.

“Consumers have cut back ontheir spending,” said StephenFuller, director of the Center for

Retail SlumpSales tax receipts continue to lag,even as meals tax revenue andhotel ratesimprove.

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Long after the end of normalbusiness hours, the lightsare still on in the account-

ing offices of Renner and Com-pany, where Joan and John Rennerare counting down the days to thisyear’s Taste for Giving charityfundraiser.

“We’re here pretty much 24hours a day,” said John Renner,who first proposed the idea for theevent to his fellow Rotarians backin 2008. “The vision has been topull the community together and

to share in the proceeds.”Now in its third year, Taste for

Giving will take place Oct. 22 atthe Torpedo Factory Art Center.

“The Rotary Club of Alexandriahas a long, long tradition of char-ity to organizations in the city,particularly those that supportchildren and families,” JoanRenner said. “The goal was tocome up with a new idea to raisemoney for many charities at onetime.”

This year’s Taste for Giving willbring together restaurants from

A Taste for GivingCharity fundraiser scheduled atTorpedo Factory for Oct. 22.

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Beauregard FolliesLike many of the streets in Alexandria’s West End, Beauregard

Street was named for a Confederate hero. In this case, the name-sake was none other than Pierre Gustave ToutantBeauregard, the Louisiana brigadier general who commandedthe rebels at Fort Sumter and emerged victorious at the FirstBattle of Bull Run. Perhaps that’s why today’s Beauregard small-area planning process has become mired in a civil war of its own.

“Is this what Alexandria has come to?” asked Seminary HillAssociation treasurer Jack Sullivan during Tuesday’s publichearing at City Hall. “A willingness to destroy neighborhoods toaccommodate a developer?”

At issue is the Beauregard small-area planning process, whichcould have a drastic influence on the next decade of growth anddevelopment in the city’s West End. Many neighborhood resi-dents want City Council members to table plans for higher den-sity until city officials can devise a workable transportation plan.Now planning officials must chart a course of action for theBeauregard area, where millions of additional residents are un-der consideration yet traffic considerations for current develop-ment has yet to be realized.

“This is madness,” Sullivan told City Council members.

Collaborative TakeoverCity Council’s plan to reduce the power of artists to manage

the Torpedo Factory took another step forward last week, whenelected leaders finally conducted a long-awaited public hearingabout the future of the waterfront art center. At issue is the com-position of a new governing board that will call the shots at oneof Alexandria’s top attractions.

“In the corporate world, such an action would be considered ahostile takeover,” said former Old Town Civic Association Presi-dent Michael Hobbs.

“It’s not a takeover,” responded Councilman Rob Krupicka.“It’s a collaboration.”

Several artists say they could accept a proposal circulated byKrupicka last week, including former Del. Marian VanLandingham (D-45). In a memorandum circulated last week,Krupicka suggests eliminating the voting power of so-called “exofficio” members and adding another representative from theArts Commission. That would create a governing board compo-sition of five artists and five City Council appointees.

“It has to be a collaboration,” concluded Krupicka, “not a war.”Now that the public hearing has concluded, council members

must decide if the Archeology Commission and the AlexandriaConvention and Visitors Association will get a voting seat on thenew governing board. They also must decide whether or not tomove forward with the articles of incorporation without firstconsidering the highly anticipated release of the waterfront small-area plan, which is expected later this year.

Boutique Land-UseSpeaking of the waterfront, one of the central tenets of a draft

plan released by planning officials earlier this year involves twoRobinson Terminal locations flanking north and south Old Town.Because the current industrial use is expected to vacate the prop-erties soon, city planners are considering so-called “boutiquehotels” in both locations. Yet the definition of “boutique” hotel isa matter of debate, and some are questioning if these spots mightserve a more public function.

“I’d like to see some other options pursued,” said former ViceMayor Andrew Macdonald. “Why aren’t we talking about thepossibility of putting museums there?”

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the waterfront plan isits timing. Planning Director Faroll Hamer said a draft versionof the small-area plan is expected this fall, and that she expectsto schedule another public meeting before the end of the year.Hamer acknowledged that process is currently awaiting a reso-lution with the Old Dominion Boat Club, which owns a parkinglot where city officials want to build a new pier.

“As you might imagine,” explained the planning director, “ne-gotiations are ongoing.”

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‘Shopping Well’Brooke Curran is inviting shoppers to “do

good” for at-risk Alexandrians by “shoppingwell” at the Holiday Shopping ExtravaganzaOct. 28 to raise money for The RunningBrookeFund. Curran runs marathons to raise aware-ness and dollars for Girls on the Run (GOTR),Community Lodgings, The Reading Connec-tion, Child and Family Network Centers(CFNC) and ACT for Alexandria. Her goal thisyear is $50,000 and she’s already half-waythere. Pictured is Curren (center) with two ofthe vendors who will be at Shop-ExtravaganzaSusan Hyre of Paperworks (left) and KarenWhite of Stella & Dot (right). Vendors not pic-tured are Beth Holcolmb of Willow House(formerly Southern Living) and CindyMcMahon of Scout Bags. For informationabout location and hours, call Curran at 703-684-7678. For more about RunningBrooke:www.runningbrooke.blogspot.com

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When Duhyun Choearrived at his Up-per King Streetcoffeeshop Satur-

day morning to open up for themorning, he made a shocking dis-covery. A large plate glass windowhad been shattered. Glass was ev-erywhere, and the Uptowner Caféwas a mess. He walked outside to

stealing cash or valuables. In many cases, nothingwas taken. A few blocks west of Old Town Deli, aplate glass window was broken at the Perfect Pita.Neighbors heard the sound of breaking glass andalerted police, who called the owner of the building.

“There was glass everywhere, but they didn’t takeanything,” said Perfect Pita manager Uyanga Tokhoi.“It must have been teeangers or a crazy person ormaybe someone who was drunk or on drugs.”

The Uptowner was the first to replace their bro-ken window, shelling out $900 to have new plateglass installed along the western wall of theircoffeeshop at the corner of King and Harvard streets.Rai said he hopes insurance will pick up the cost,but he said there’s no guarantee. Patrons of the popu-lar coffee shop have been speculating all week longas to who would do such a thing and what the moti-vation might have been.

“It’s sad,” he concluded, staring toward the newwindow. “You think you’re safe in Old Town untilsomething like this happens.”

At press time, no arrests have been made in thefour related cases. A spokesman for the AlexandriaPolice Department declined a request to interviewthe detective investigating the crimes.

“There are no suspects, no video and no leads atthis time,” said Jody Donaldson, commander of theMedia Services Unit. “The investigation is in the pre-liminary stages and so the detective does not wantto talk about the case as it will be an ongoing inves-tigation.”

Trail of Broken Glass

Sabatino Cleaners owner Hong Lee walks out of neigh-boring Old Town Deli. Both locations were vandalizedlast weekend, leaving a trail of broken glass alongUpper King Street.

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Upper KingStreet fallsvictim to runof vandalism.

tell a police officer, who informed him that severalnearby locations had also been vandalized.

“I was really surprised to learn that Alexandriadoesn’t have security cameras on King Street,” saidAju Rai, who works at the Uptowner. “Maybe that’ssomething the city should think about.”

Police have yet to make any arrests in the case,with four different locations. One was the Old TownDeli near the intersection of King and Payne streets.Owner Sue Ma received a call at 3 a.m. from theAlexandria Police Department alerting her to the factthat her storefront window had been broken and hercash register taken. Officers had already recoveredthe machine by the time she arrived at the deli andreturned it to her.

“They couldn’t get inside of it,” said Ma, who isstill using the register even if it’s a little worse forwear now. “The police checked it for fingerprints.”

Ma said she had to shell out $500 to get the win-dow boarded up, and Del Ray Glass gave her an es-timate of $1,225 to replace plate glass. Her neigh-bor Hong Lee owns Sabatino Cleaners, which wasalso vandalized that night. She received the sameestimate. Now the neighboring Korean retailers mustfigure out a way to repair the damage and set thingsright again.

“I was shocked,” said Lee, with Ma translating.“They even took coins from our register.”

THE MOTIVATION for the vandal or vandals seemsto have been more about causing destruction than


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It was ladies night out at TheFull Cup Monday, Oct. 18, asLisa Baker of the Office on

Women hosted a champagne re-ception to kick off an evening ofdining and shopping to supportSaturday’s annual Walk to FightBreast Cancer.

“A lot of restaurants are donat-ing a portion of their proceeds to-night to support the walk,” said

store manager Lindsey Palacios.“We’re not a restaurant but we stillwant to give back so we hold achampagne reception to give la-dies a chance to enjoy some shop-ping for a good cause.”

The store provided private fit-tings and donated 20 percent ofthe day’s proceeds to the WalkFund.

“This is a great evening but

please don’t take my picture,”laughed one woman who insistedon remaining anonymous. “I justspent a lot of money and don’twant my husband to know I washere.”

This year’s Walk takes place at8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in theparking lot of the AMC movie the-aters at Hoffman Center.

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Millben left the administrationafter President Barack Obama’sinauguration and planned to at-tend graduate school and pursuea career in the public service sec-tor. However, events conspired toallow her to continue not onlysinging, but acting as well.

In 2007, she performed in“Hellzapoppin” at The AmericanCentury Theater/Gunston Arts.Millben was Kate in “The Piratesof Penzance” or “The Slave ofDuty” at Washington Savoyards/Atlas Performing Arts Center in2008 and then she toured with theKennedy Center in “ChasingGeorge Washington: A WhiteHouse Adventure.”

In 2009, she performed asWanda in “Crowns” at ArenaStage/The Lincoln Theatre andmost recently she appeared in “So-phisticated Ladies,” starringBroadway legend Maurice Hinesat Arena Stage.

“I never thought I’d be perform-ing professionally,” said Millben.“Maurice Hines was wonderful towork with — he was so much fun,an unbelievable performer, an en


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City Tracks Decline in Sales Tax Revenue

City records show retail sales tax revenues have declined for the last two years.

Regional Analysis atGeorge Mason Univer-sity. “This is particularlytrue for discretionarygoods such as clothesand furniture — itemsthat can be postponeduntil the economic timesare more secure.”

THE GOOD NEWS isthat meals tax revenuesturned strongly positivein May, returning to lev-els of growth not seen since before the glo-bal financial meltdown in late 2008. AndAlexandria’s transient lodging tax receiptscontinue to rise, with a recent financial re-port showing the average room rate in-creased from $129 in July 2009 to $148 inJuly 2010. Plus, according to the report, theseasonally adjusted average room rate wasthe highest since the 2009 presidential in-auguration.

“On the negative side,” noted City Man-ager Jim Hartmann, “a three-month trail-ing average of sales tax collections [is] wellbelow last year’s collections.”

That puts retailers on the tail end ofAlexandria’s recovery, struggling to makeends meet when other sectors of the cityeconomy are humming along. Some say thisis because the city’s economy is so closelytied to tourism, with visitors throwing downmoney to eat and sleep here while refrain-ing from purchasing retail items. Anothertheory for the sluggish retail sales can be

explained by the rich getting richer whilethe poor are getting poorer.

“Luxury goods are doing great,” said Al-exandria Chamber of Commerce presidentTina Leone. “For now, the recovery appearsto be happening at the higher levels of in-come.”

THE POOR STATE of Alexandria’s retailmarket has created a chain reaction that isreplacing retail locations with more profit-able restaurants.For example, the old Olsson’s Bookstore andthe shuttered Wilfred Rodgers giftshop areboth being replaced by restaurants. Somesay this trend is creating an imbalance be-tween retailers and restaurants along KingStreet. “There certainly feels like an imbal-ance,” said Old Town Civic AssociationPresident John Goslin. “We’re concernedthat new restaurants along the waterfrontcould cannibalize existing restaurants upand down King Street.”

Unsurprisingly, restaurateurs disagreeabout the threat of a restaurant bubbleemerging in the city. Alexandria RestaurantCommission founder Jay Palermino dis-missed such concerns as overblown, citinga study conducted by the Alexandria Eco-nomic Partnership showing that King Streethas about 300 retailers and about 85 res-taurants.

“Get over it,” Palermino said. “I don’t seeany kind of imbalance on King Street.”

INSIDE THE CITY’S retail locations, re-views of the local economy are mixed. Al-though total revenues are down, somebusiensses report that sales have actuallyincreased since the global financial melt-down. One of those retailers is DonaldAlexander, owner of a used bookstoreknown as the “Book Bank” on Upper KingStreet. He said sales were at an all-time highin 2009. And sales have grown in 2010, butnot as fast as they did last year.

“We just had our best week ever,” saidAlexander, referring to second week of Oc-tober. “I’m not sure why we’re not follow-ing the normal trend.”

Other retailers say times are tough. Manyblame the city for raising parking meters75 percent, starting in July. During a pro-test conducted in Market Square last week,a handful of retailers say their sales num-bers have gone down since the city in-creased the need for quarters. Many of theretailers criticized City Hall for not makingquarters available for customers whowanted to exchange cash for coins. Otherssaid the city was being shortsighted by in-creasing the cost of parking so dramaticallybefore installing the credit-card machinesthroughout Old Town. “When we lose sales,the city loses sales tax revenue,” explainedLa Cusine owner Nancy Pollard. “And thereare a lot of empty parking spaces in OldTown, and those spaces used to be filledwith paying customers.”

MillbenFrom Page 5

courager and a mentor.”She had the opportunity to meet

Bruce Springsteen when she was thebackup singer for the XLIII Super Bowlhalftime show. She sang in the BarbaraStreisand tribute at the 2008 KennedyCenter Honors and the 2008 NationalSymphony Orchestra Pops concert un-der the direction of Broadway composer

A Taste for Giving Back at Torpedo FactoryFrom Page 1

around the city and feature an auction toraise money for 30 different local charities,including Alive!, SCAN, the Campagna Cen-ter, Carpenter’s Shelter, Senior Services ofAlexandria and Alexandria NeighborhoodHealth Services.

“Where else can you try 15 different res-taurants, nice wine and beer and enjoy goodmusic? It’s actually a pretty cheap date,”John Renner said. “That is unless your datestarts bidding in the auction,” Joan Rennerlaughed.

John Renner was quick to add, “But that’sOK,” as they chimed in unison “because itall goes to charity.”

Restaurants this year include Hard Times,Tempo, Union Street Public House,Overwood, Red, Hot and Blue and PorkBarrel BBQ. For sweet tooth cravings, Bit-tersweet Café and Ben and Jerry’s will beon hand.

“Restaurants like Hard Times and Tempoare real troopers,” Joan Renner said. “Fred[Parker] comes and serves the chili himselfand ‘Mango’ Mike will actually be thereserving up some barbeque. They come inperson because they see it as a chance togive back to the community.”

Asian food will be featured for the first

time with the addition of Red Curry and MaiThai and Indian food debuts with BombayCurry.

“Everybody that makes this event happenis a volunteer,” Joan Renner said. “All therestaurants are donating the food and a coregroup of dedicated volunteers work tire-lessly so that all the money raised goes di-rectly to charity.”

Some of those volunteers include KarenHughes as the set-up chief. “I picked herbecause I needed someone who could tellpeople what to do,” Joan Renner laughed.

Janet Barnett writes the script, JohnKreutzer handles the restaurants and GantRedmond will reprise his role as auction-eer.

“Tamara Gifford is chair for the silentauction,” Joan Renner said. “Darcy Tillmanis our volunteer coordinator and I handlethe logistics. I’m the person with the 20-page checklist.”

Both Renners are quick to single out SteveWharton, Rotary president in 2008, as theman that allowed John Renner’s dream tobecome a reality. “We owe a lot to Steve formaking this happen,” Joan Renner said.“Steve was in the leadership position to say‘yes, let’s do this.’”

Still, the visionary behind the event isJohn Renner, who together with Joan wasnamed as a 2010 Living Legend of Alexan-dria. “We all believed we could do this be-cause John believed and convinced us wecould,” Joan Renner said. “He was the driv-ing force and gave the club the vision ofputting on this event.”

Known for their many volunteer contri-butions, the Renners do get fatigued attimes.

“It does take its toll on us,” John Rennersaid. “We do get tired — no two ways aboutit. But it’s good for us and good for the com-

Joan and John Renner sortthrough auction items for Friday’sTaste For Giving fundraiser at theTorpedo Factory.

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Alexandria Sales Tax RevenueJAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

revenue* 1,725,508 1,486,065 1,978,829 1,944,380 1,949,058 2,104,822 1,899,993change** -2.5% -7.9% 6.9% -1.6% 1.7% -8.6% -6.8%

revenue* 1,769,618 1,612,837 1,851,427 1,975,215 1,915,634 2,302,513 2,039,133 1,806,144 1,951,952 1,962,694 1,844,845 2,064,548change** 10.1% -0.6% -2.6% 0.7% -3.9% 7.9% 5.2% -5.2% -3.4% 3.1% -3.2% -10.4%

revenue* 1,607,772 1,622,023 1,901,557 1,962,159 1,994,334 2,134,653 1,938,284 1,904,265 2,019,681 1,904,265 1,905,467 2,304,811change** -2.7% 2.2% -3.2% 4.8% 0.2% 4.3% 6.0% 5.7% 6.2% -2.8% 7.6% 4.2%

* total revenue for the month** this year’s revenue compared to the previous year

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2009

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munity. And it’s just the right thing to do.”The Renners continue to share an ongo-

ing passion to give back to the city they loveand call home.

“Joan grew up in the city and the city’sbeen good to her,” John Renner said of hiswife, who is a 1975 graduate of T.C. Will-iams High School. “We want to see the cityand everybody prosper. That’s really whatit’s all about.”

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Driven HomeTaxi drivers in Alexandria now face strict new rules that limit

their employment options. Yet the new taxicab regulation adoptedby Alexandria City Council members last week also softened theblow for companies that don’t meet dispatch requirements, re-ducing the penalty from shutting down non-compliant compa-nies to merely placing them on some kind of probationary status.

At issue is a classic labor-versus-management dilemma.Drivers want to work for companies with low stand-dues fees,

but company owners say they reinvest the money into technol-ogy that allows them to offer dispatch service. Somewhere inbetween are city regulators, who have now been authorized toenforce the new rulebook adopted last weekend.

“It’s a win-win,” said Yellow Cab Company owner Jim Yates,a vocal advocate of using regulatory rules to protect companieswith dispatch service. “The consumer will win by maintainingdispatch service, and the companies that don’t meet the require-ment will be able to survive.”

Former City Councilman Joyce Woodson disagreed that thenew regulation is a “win-win” scenario. She criticized the moveas a setback for the ability of drivers to transfer between compa-nies. Part of the new regulation forbids transfers that would re-duce a company by 5 percent, and another clause outlaws cabcompanies from growing more than 20 percent. Drivers who workfor companies that meet dispatch requirements can transfer whilethose who work for companies that don’t make the grade arefrozen in place.

“They are micromanaging the industry,” Woodson concludedafter the hearing. “And they are punishing drivers in the process.”

Fortifying OversightWhen does fortified wine cross the line? It’s a matter of taste,

and Councilman Paul Smedberg wants to make sure the streetsof Old Town do not return to the days when taxicab drivers wouldrefuse to stop at certain blocks on King Street. When City Councilmembers considered a special-use permit that would allow Up-per King Street wine cheese shop La Fromagerie to open a newrestaurant, Smedberg questioned a modification of standard con-dition language that permits the sale of fortified wine

“So we’re not talking about Mad Dog 20/20?” asked the coun-cilman, referring to a low-end fortified wine produced by NewYork winemaker Mogen David.

“That’s right,” explained deputy planning director BarbaraRoss. “We’re talking about specialized ports, sherries, that sortof thing.”

“Do they still make it?” asked Mayor Bill Euille.“I looked it up on Google,” responded Smedberg.

City of LightsWhen does a sign cross the line from sophisticated branding to

garish light pollution? The issue was spotlighted last weekend,when City Council members were called on to take action tochange existing regulation.

For years, Alexandria had a fairly restrictive rule outlawing il-luminated signs on any building taller than 35 feet. Now CityCouncil members have decided it would be a bright idea to lightenthe load of businesses seeking to light up the night. At issue wasa request by accounting firm Kearney & Company, which consid-ers “lighted signage … an extremely high priority” according to areport from city planners.

“We need something to show we’re up there with the big guys,”explained Concilwoman Del Pepper.

City Council members eventually agreed to scrap the restric-tive regulation, letting the auditors install the illuminated signhigh above Duke Street. Some criticized the action as a movethat would create more light pollution in Alexandria, obscuringthe constellations from being observed with the naked eye. Aftera brief discussion of the issue, council members agreed to revisitthe issue in two years.

“Might as well include a report about how much light pollutionhas increased,” said North Old Towner Tim McGhee.

— Michael Lee Pope

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Once again, Old Town Alexandria Con-nection (OTAC) held a reception formembers and friends.

This year, it was held at theWaterman Place in Old Town, Alexandria, courtesyof Carr Properties and Workplaces. The reservationwebsite was designed by Solution Works and refresh-ments were provided by Red Poppy Catering. Guestsenjoyed an evening of networking and door prizes.

OTAC member Peter Baldwin, said, “OTAC’s thirdannual reception had many more attendees than ourfirst two, was attended by an extremely diverse groupof regional business leaders, and many guests stillremained while we were cleaning up. I’d call that asuccessful event.”

Baldwin also received a note from Barbara AnnBeisler, Winning Ways, saying, “Thank you for in-viting me to be a guest at your networking event. Imet some wonderful people and heard some greatstories. When I meet with Joan [Fletcher], today Iwill definitely be telling her she missed a fabulousevent.”

Another OTAC member, Peter Williams receivedthis note from Heidi and Khalil, Fix4MyPC SupportTeam. “Thank you for inviting us to be part of the

OTAC Networking event this evening. We enjoyedmeeting everyone and we look forward to the nextvisit.”

OTAC is comprised of small businesses and orga-nizations. To apply for membership, OTAC candidatesmust attend at least two consecutive meetings be-fore they can submit a membership application forconsideration.

Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednes-day of each month at Belle Haven Country Clubin Alexandria, with luncheon costs borne indi-vidually, plus an annual membership fee is $50.Contact Peter Baldwin at 703-548-3108 [email protected].

Gale Curcio is an independent writer and publicrelations consultant in Mount Vernon.

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Send announcements to the GazettePacket, by e-mail to [email protected]. Deadline isThursday at noon for the following week’spaper. Photos and artwork encouraged.Call Steve Hibbard at 703-778-9412 withquestions.

Reunions of Alexandria is thinkingpink. For the month of October, this 22-year-old shop filled with antiques andgifts is giving back to women. A percent-age of all sales in October will go toSusan G. Komen for the Cure. Reunionsis located at 1709 Centre Plaza in Alex-andria. Call 703-931-8161.

Mark Stull has joined the MerrillLynch office in Alexandria as a finan-cial advisor. Stull has over 20 years ofexperience in the financial services in-dustry. He joined Merrill Lynch fromAmeriprise where he served as a finan-cial advisor.

Alexandria-area dressbarn storeswill join dressbarn stores around the

nation in observing National Breast Can-cer Awareness Month in October.Beginning Oct. 1 and continuingthrough Dec. 15, dressbarn stores willhave the “smoochable pooch” Skye, asoft, plush stuffed animal, available foradoption for $5. The entire $2 net profitfrom each sale will go to the AmericanCancer Society (ACS) to support localand national breast cancer initiatives.

Mary Peters, CTC, owner ofFriendly Travel of Alexandria washonored with ASTA’s 2010 Travel Agentof the Year Award, during a presenta-tion at The Trade Show in Orlando, Fla.The award, inspired by Joseph W.Rosenbluth, recognizes an active travelagent member who has made a signifi-cant contribution to the travel industryand whose influence and professionalactivity have advanced the status oftravel agents.

Federal Management Partners,Inc. of Alexandria received the Patriot

Award issued by the Virginia Committeefor Employer Support of the Guard andReserve in recognition of the firm’s out-standing support of employees whoserve in the National Guard and Re-serves. FMP is a strategic consulting firmdedicated improving the effectiveness ofthe Federal government.

Stites & Harbison, which has at-torneys in Alexandria, placed in the Top25 of all U.S. law firms. The nationalfirst-tier rankings will be in the Octoberissue of U.S. News & World Report,available Sept. 27. The rankings are alsoat www.usnews.com/bestlawfirms.

Alexandria Taxpayers United(ATU), the independent voice forAlexandria’s taxpayers, announces theselection of Old Town resident JohnStephenson as its new president. Inhis new role, Stephenson will work toadvance ATU’s mission of fighting forlower taxes, less spending, and moretransparency in the City of Alexandria.

Business Notes

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ments are based on which candidates will best serve theirlocal districts in Congress. While we disagree with eachof these candidates on significant issues, these are thecandidates who are best equipped to effectively deliverwhat is needed in each one’s local congressional district.

Jim MoranIn the 8th

Jim Moran knows a good thing whenhe sees it. Being in a position to de-liver billions of dollars for innovativework into the local economy via de-

fense and homeland security contracts is agood thing. He’s correct that it’s a major rea-son Northern Virginia’s unemployment rate ishalf what is it nationally. His efforts haveplayed a significant role in bringing more than

$40 billion in government contracts specificallyinto the 8th district.

While Moran has been in Congressfor nearly two decades, he started inlocal government in the City of Alex-andria. Smart people who have cuttheir teeth at the local level and whohave their hearts in the right place have a bigleg up when it comes to representing their con-stituents well, especially here in the Washing-ton region.

Moran is a great example of this phenom-enon at work over time. He is an effective ad-vocate for rail to Dulles and other transporta-tion improvements. He has been an advocatefor the environment and the Chesapeake Bay,humane treatment of animals and equal payfor women. He is positioned to help the re-gion make the best of BRAC and the unfortu-nate moving of 20,000 defense workers awayfrom workplaces with access to Metro.

Moran and his challenger Patrick Murrayaren’t playing to the center. Moran, aside fromhis role in delivering defense dollars to local

contractors, swings to the left. He haschallenged the Obama administrationon Iraq and opposed the surge in Af-ghanistan. He predicts that without a

change in approach, we’ll have 100,000 troopsin Afghanistan for more than a decade, an out-come no one embraces. Murray trumpeted thearrival of the “Bush/Cheney Alumni” into hisAlexandria and Arlington based district. He isprone to begin sentences, “The founders of thiscountry didn’t intend É”

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Congratulations Citizen MarcoShoplifter’s Alternative Program located atTarget store in Potomac Yard.

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Letters to the Editor

Leave TorpedoFactory AloneTo the Editor:

Your 30 Sept. article about anartistic versus business vision ofthe Torpedo Factory Art Center(“Counting Beans,” page 1) wasboth interesting and timely. Inter-esting, because it was followed onSunday, Oct. 3, by coverage ofmuseums in the style section of theWashington Post. Timely, becausethe Alexandria City Council willconsider changes of the Art Cen-ter governance, and possibly of thebuilding itself, at three Councilmeetings in October.

The meeting of the Agenda Al-exandria group, reported in yourarticle, covered many matters de-tailed in a management consult-ants report (MAI) prepared forCity Council and delivered last

February. Much of this focused onfinancial matters, revenue to theCity, and sales by the artists.Among the considered changeswithin the building, which yourarticle stressed, are the creation ofa gallery shop and a restaurant.Strange, when along the 17 blocksof King Street, from the river tothe metro station, there alreadyexist some 140 retail establish-ments plus some 75 places to eat.Why more of both and why morecompetition to those existing —and in space subsidized by theCity?

Let us turn to the Post’s museumarticle. Among the 95 listings inan area ranging from Richmond,through D.C., to Baltimore, theTorpedo Factory’s Target Gallerywas one of six named in Alexan-dria. But that failed to mentionothers attracting visitors to Alex-andria such as: Ramsey House,

Lyceum, Friendship Firehouse,Freedom Museum, Fort Ward Mu-seum, Del Ray Artisans, Ath-enaeum, Art League Gallery, andthe Alexandria Archeological Mu-seum.

The point from this listing is toemphasize the extent and diver-sity of artistic, cultural, and edu-cational activities now in Alexan-dria. And that can be said with-out even venturing into the realmsof music and drama. Combined,these constitute a large flotillaadvancing aesthetic matters andproviding for individual experi-ences. The Torpedo Factory ArtCenter can be viewed as the flag-ship of this fleet. As I said at theMay meeting of the AlexandriaCouncil for the Arts, to discuss theMAI report, there should be aneffort, comparable to the currentfocus on business and revenue,whose aim is to bring that fleet

into more unison and providemutual support for their endeav-ors.

While that expansive supporteffort gesticulates and grows, theeffort to codify a Torpedo FactoryGoverning Board should be aban-doned or put on hold. The Alex-andria community associations, aswell as City Council and City Hall,as well as the business community,need to contemplate such supportneeds and opportunities. The CityCouncil, Manager, and AssistantManager need to reconsider theparadigms that are moving themand replace commerce, income,and bean counting with art, cul-ture, education, and a good life forAlexandria residents as well asvisitors.

Since the Torpedo Factory ArtCenter was formed 30 years ago,during the Nation’s bicentennial

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celebrations, Alexandria has risen to aprominence which can be exemplified byits position as third of the top 25 art desti-nations designated by the American Stylemagazine. Did not the Torpedo Factory ArtCenter making a prominent contribution tothat? The MAI report (at page 9) attributessome $15 million spent in the City in 2009to that spent by visitors of the Torpedo Fac-tory Art Center. For the moment, leave italone.

John BelshéAlexandria

Matter of Spin?To the Editor:

Are the citizens of Alexandria asleep atthe wheel when it comes to the public edu-cation of their children and the spendingof their tax dollars? What is the AlexandriaCity Public School system doing spending$12,000 a month to hire a litigation com-munications consultant whom The Los An-geles Times deemed “a first call for thosewho find themselves in difficult high-riskcrises?” Alexandria Schools SuperintendentMort Sherman would have the people of thiscity believe that the hiring of yet another

consultant was done in order to answer thecomplicated question: “What kind of com-munications strategy is needed by Alexan-dria City Public Schools?” Is that even aserious question, let alone one which mer-its the spending of so much public moneyin this economy? No to both. If a dire com-munications strategy were truly the case,then that is a need which should be ad-dressed by the school system’s own Com-munications Department. After all, is thatnot why that department exists? If this burn-ing question can not be addressed by theCommunications Department, than surelyone of the many, already existing directors,

executive directors, deputy superinten-dents, or even the superintendent himselfcan lend some guidance. Or that may be aquestion best left up to the AlexandriaSchool Board to address. Sadly though, theanswering of that educationally imperativequestion is most likely not the reason be-hind this hire. More than likely, this hirewas made in order to spin declining num-bers and results into progress and reform.The citizens, parents, teachers, students,and press of this city need to begin to askserious questions about the direction ofACPS and not accept the spin which has




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By Alicia Hughes

Councilwoman, City of Alexandria

Regionalism is a concept that has permeated discussions throughout theCommonwealth for decades. How

various localities can work together to pro-vide mutual benefit across jurisdictionallines has been the subject of immense study.The Virginia Commission on GovernmentReform and Restructuring is spearheading

an effort to achieve ityet again and central tothe discussion is whatincentives can be of-

fered to stimulate cooperation.Recently, the Alexandria City Council and

Arlington County Board made history whensitting in a joint work session centered ontransportation around Potomac Yards inrelation to Arlington’s Crystal City Gatewayto discuss projects that have potential forregional collaboration. Naturally, given an-ticipated additional traffic ills due to BRACon the West End, the Beauregard Corridorentered the discussion, too. I write to eluci-date this joint transportation effort as a re-gionalism case study.

Alexandria, with approximately 150,000citizens has an annual budget of $531 mil-lion while Arlington County, with approxi-mately 225,000 citizens, has an annual bud-get of $1.1 billion. Thus while Arlington’s

population is athird larger thanAlexandria’s, itsbudget is double.Also, for years Ar-lington has as-sessed a commer-cial add-on taxand, though undercontemplation forthe upcoming fis-

cal year, Alexandria has not. At present,Arlington’s existing development aroundthe Yard is more than 30 times Alexandria’sexisting development and when evaluatingexisting plus approved development,Arlington’s development is 10 times greaterthan Alexandria’s. At full build-out ofplanned development, Arlington’s tax baseat the Yard will be four times greater thanAlexandria’s. The net effect is Arlington hasmore revenue and will continue to havemore revenue as we contemplate jointprojects, with some, such as the streetcar,requiring matching contributions.

There is, as should be, much ado aboutregional connectivity and multi-modaltransportation, especially given currentWest End gridlock and its exacerbation dueto BRAC. But Alexandria, in terms of densedevelopment, is not Arlington. And in real-ity, many Alexandria residents do not wantit to be. Thus, our most prevalent question

is how do we fund multi-modal transporta-tion and take advantage of opportunitiesfor regional collaboration when our fund-ing does not equate to that of surroundingjurisdictions and citizens do not want theadditional density that will generate moretax revenue? Does a sitting City Councilwith three new members approve a $140million streetcar project that does not pro-vide for citywide infrastructure? Or do weconclude that the streetcar is not the properanswer to what the public perceives as aruinous lack of intervention on the part ofthe previous City Council to encourageBRAC to locate its new facilities at the Vic-tory Center and instead give priority to lessexpensive options and the establishment ofinfrastructure that will connect through ourentire city rather than to another one only?Importantly, while looking at transporta-

tion, we can not do so to the derelict ofmaintaining public safety and building nec-essary structures as set forth in the City’sCapital Improvement Plan.

These are hard questions that we mustanswer and harsh realities and ugly truthsthat we must face. While I, as Virginia Com-missioner on Government Reform and Re-structuring wholeheartedly endorse theconcept of regionalism, I as an Alexandrianquestion the extent to which regionalismfor certain modes of transportation are rightfor Alexandria just now. While I am proudto be a Virginian and proud to be a North-ern Virginian, I am first and foremost proudto be an Alexandrian and the question thatmust be answered for me first is what is inthe best interest of our City? Please shareyour thoughts [email protected].

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been provided and will surely flow forthin the near future. Enough of the buzzwords and hollow promises. What is theclear goal for the school system over thisschool year and how is that goal beingmeasured? That is question which shoulddemand an answer, and not one from anyconsultant.

Tim Leary

Focus on LearningTo the Editor:

I submit this letter in response to the ar-ticle drafted by Morton Sherman, Ed.D.,superintendent of the Alexandria PublicSchools, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, titled“Technology for the 21st Century Learner.”

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Providing laptops to every stu-dent enrolled at TC. Williams maybe a point of pride for the employ-ees of central office, it neither gar-ners student achievement nor doesit bridge the digital divide. Dr.Sherman and his column does notreport that the laptops issued tostudents can not access theinternet using wireless service inany building other than TC Will-iams during school hours. It bearsrepeating, the student laptopscan’t access the internet when itis not at school, not at a public li-brary, a coffee house or at homeunless the student can master theobstacles of dial up service and theincompatibility of internet sitesthat operate at high speeds.

There is no manual or tech sup-port phone number provided tostudents to assist them with theoperation of the laptops. Evenwhen they are distributed, log innumbers, passwords, or start upinstructions aren’t issued so thatstarting up the computer and get-ting it to work is a matter of trialand error. No instructional time isdesignated to teach students howto use the software or features ofthe laptop, and information can’tbe transferred from the laptops toother computers either by attach-ing a zip drive, or e-mail (a ser-vice that was available to studentstwo years ago) thereby makingworking collaboratively as a groupmuch more difficult. Studentscan’t print completed work fromany other location but schoolwhere they are limited to150pages for the entire year, discour-aging the practice of revision andediting. In short, this technologyis not the for the 21st centurylearner extending the world fromtheir fingertips, it is a word pro-cessor, one evolutionary step pasta typewriter.

Given the restriction and limiteduse of the laptops distributed tostudents, some questions areraised by the assertions made inthe article, beginning with the verypremise of the program.

As it was initiated in 2003, isthere any data to support the the-sis that the distribution of the laptops in fact bridges the ‘digital di-vide’- or is there any discerniblecorrelation to an improvement instudent work product, research orperformance? The superintendent,a proponent of using data to shapeeducation, is uncharacteristicallymute on the subject.

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city will student laptops ever beable to access the internet fromthose networks?

While Blackboard is an excellenttool that students and teachersutilize extensively, how are the 24percent of students who don’thave computers at home, to accessthe site in the evening or on theweekend when their laptops willnot even be able to connect to theinternet? (My students refer toBlackboard constantly — but al-ways from a home computer).

Likewise, how are 24 percent ofthe parents who don’t have com-puters at home expected to usethe ACPS Academic Access whenit is an internet dependent pro-gram?

Did the 30 students who partici-pated in the online summer pro-gram use school issued laptops tocomplete their work?

Perhaps the most troubling as-pect of the article occurs when theuse of data is linked to the man-agement of Individual Achieve-ment Plans. Dr. Sherman writes:“Counselors will be able to accessthe most up-to-date informationabout student progress, and theywill serve as case managers foreach student’s plan.. How is it thatwe are now instructing guidancecounselors to manage the plan andnot the education of the student.Wasn’t it always their job to moni-tor the progress and requirementsof the students — is that not thejob description? Haven’t they hadBlackboard access for years? Theexample of a young mother tak-ing four classes over the summerto graduate is used to demonstratethe successful and innovative useof technology, instead highlightinga shocking failure in a system thatwould allow a student to fail morethan half of their course load be-fore providing a remedy.

Technology be it laptops, calcu-lators, or telephones are tools thatgo to assist the process of educat-ing students supported by able andresourceful teachers. It is so dis-appointing that in seven years ofuse the laptops have not been usedto ‘individualize’ the experience tostudents who needed additionalsupport in fundamental math orreading skills as the software couldhave been installed serving as aninstrument of remediation.

I agree that parents, and educa-tors need to prepare today’s stu-dents for using the rapidly chang-ing technological resources thatwill define the careers and mar-ketplace of the future. Having alaptop will not make someone asuccessful student as an unreadbook will not make them smarter.Having the power of a computerfor personal use is a luxury and aresource that our students are

lucky to have, but they would bebetter served by an administrativestructure that will deliver on thepromises it makes; technology thatis not burdensome and tedious touse, adapted to meet eachstudent’s needs, classes that aresmall enough to actually be per-sonal, and knowledgeable counse-lors who offer guidance and sup-port to becoming successful stu-dents. I sincerely hope that ACPScan develop a plan and procedureto unlock the potential inherent inthe laptop program (which shouldnot take seven years to develop).More urgently I expect, that be-yond the rhetorical flourishes ofthe superintendent, a serious andmeaningful education can be de-livered to our students so that theirpotential is transformed to successacademically and in the rest oftheir lives. Handing them a tooldoesn’t make that happen, teach-ing them how to use it does.

Tamar PowersParent of two T. C. Williams

students, Alexandria

WaterfrontCreativityTo the Editor:

Residents must take control ofwaterfront planning process.

The City’s so-called “draft water-front concept plan” reverses nearly40 years of efforts to create a pub-lic space in what was an historicseaport. If approved by City Coun-cil — as an amendment to thewaterfront small area plan — theresult will be the furtherprivatization of the waterfrontunder the guise of economic de-velopment.

As usual, an expensive consult-ant put together a plan that claimsto reflect the views of residentsand organizations like the OldTown Civic Association. I disagree.What the plan does is to promotea vision for the waterfront thatmirrors the City’s view of eco-nomic development and tourism.There appears to have been littleattempt to look at the currentlyapproved land-uses or to look atwhat other uses beyond those oftraditional retail might better fitwith this historic waterfront andAlexandria more broadly.

As a result, a developer whowants to buy two of the largestparcels — the north and southRobinson Terminal warehouses,for example — would very likelybe permitted to construct boutiquehotels and town homes there. Infact, this is precisely what city of-ficials think would spruce the wa-terfront up. These are not the kindof imaginative solutions that willbuild on what we have achievedover the last few decades and re-

tain what is so unique about theAlexandria riverfront.

A key reason to start this plan-ning process, now more than ayear old and years late starting,was to look at such questions andbrainstorm about what might re-place these older industrial uses.However, what many are calling ahostile takeover of the TorpedoFactory Arts Center by the city il-lustrates, I think, what is lackinghere: A sustainable plan thatbuilds upon what is unique aboutAlexandria. We are not NationalHarbor, which is a theme park. Weare a town with history, and onewould hope, imagination.

This process should essentiallybe started over. It should be a bot-toms-up plan, not a top-down ex-ercise. My first suggestion wouldbe to take a look at the ideas gen-erated by the arts community andin particular the Arts on the Wa-terfront committee. If the TorpedoFactory debate has made anythingclear, it is that such uses attracttourists. OK, maybe some of theideas seem a touch too modernis-tic for Alexandria, but the idea ofconverting old spaces into mari-time museums and other relateduses is a lot more interesting andsustainable. We must have a work-able parking plan too.

Yet all we can apparently imag-ine are boutique hotels and townhomes and erecting new restau-rants (with parking for an historicwaterfront use) right on top of anexisting park. This must not hap-pen. We can do better.

Andrew Macdonald

Meeting ‘Pope’To the Editor:

Bob Coulter and his wife, long-time Alexandria residents, broughtdaughter, Christie, 10, to meet Al-exandria Gazette Packet reporter-author Michael Lee Pope at thepremiere of his new book, “Ghostsof Alexandria.” As they got closerto the Athenaeum for the recep-tion, Christie announced she wasreally happy to finally get a chanceto meet The Pope. She was no lessenthusiastic, though, when insteadof meeting Pope Benedict XVI shemet Alexandria’s own Pope,Michael Lee Pope.

Harry Covert

EffectsOn SeniorsTo the Editor:

As a senior citizen, I think it’stime for Seniors to act againstwhat Jim Moran and his cohortshave done to Seniors withObamacare. We need to vote himout of office. To recap the effect of



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this bill on Seniors:❖ $575 billion in projected re-

ductions from the bill mostly bycuts in Medicare Advantage(about a 50 percent reduction inenrollment).

❖ Medicare payment rates fordoctors to be cut by 30 percentover the next three years.

❖ Cuts of $818 billion fromMedicare Part A (hospital cover-age) over the first 10 years.

❖ Higher taxes on drugs andmedical devices which are mostused by Seniors.

❖ Elimination of tax deductibil-ity for employers who providedrugs payments to retirees.

❖ Establishment of the Indepen-dent Payment Advisory Board todevelop even more cuts to Seniors’healthcare.

The net result of all this is thatdoctors and hospitals are certainto cut back on their willingness tohandle Medicare patients. There isalready a looming shortage in pri-mary physicians which is only ad-dressed to a limited extent by thebill. This bill just about guaranteesa reduction in the quality of carefor Seniors and the kind of wait-ing times now seen in the UK andCanada. They avoid use of the word“rationing” but if you can’t find adoctor, you’re getting rationed.

Jim Moran has voted to passhealth care reform on the backs ofSeniors and nothing will changeas long as he and his cronies arein office. Seniors, we need moreprincipled and independent repre-sentation of the kind offered byPatrick Murray who will work tofix the damage to Seniors done bythis bill. Please talk to your friendsabout this, get out the vote too, asthe bumper sticker says, “RetireJim Moran”!

A J Kearney, Alexandria

Cut SpendingTo the Editor:

I write in support of PatrickMurray, candidate for the 8th Con-

gressional District of Virginia. Ihave followed Mr. Murray from thebeginning of his quest for publicoffice. He has always been hon-est, articulate, and clear in his con-victions. More importantly, I agreewith him that lower taxes and cur-tailed government spending willkeep money in the private sectorwhere jobs are actually created.He will also work for real reformof our health care system, includ-ing allowing insurance companiesto compete across state lines andfixing the out-of-control medicalmalpractice industry. I believe hewill act as a watchdog to defendVirginia from federal encroach-ment on our state’s rights and pre-rogatives and refocus the federalgovernment on its proper job ofprotecting our national securityinterests. Mr. Murray’s long careerin military and diplomatic arenashas prepared him well for nationaloffice. He has conducted a hands-on, boots-on-the-ground campaignthat has connected with people inall the diverse neighborhoods ofthe 8th District, along the waywinning the endorsements of JohnMcCain, Governor RobertMcDonnell, Virginia State Board ofEducation member Dave Foster,and many local officials. For aman who has never run for publicoffice, that is a remarkableachievement.

I will be proud to vote for himon Nov. 2.

M.S. Ellsworth, Alexandria

DisappearingCampaign SignsTo the Editor:

As the chair of the AlexandriaDemocratic Committee, I workevery day with volunteers fromacross our community to supportthe principles of the DemocraticParty. The volunteers I work withbelieve that we need a strongeconomy that benefits all Ameri-cans; that in the richest and most


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powerful country in the world that every-one should have access to affordable, qual-ity health care; that public education is vi-tally important and that our teachers aretrue heroes to our community; and that ourenvironment is a precious resource thatmust be protected.

Because we share these values, we sup-port Congressman Moran’s reelection andshow our support by putting up campaignsigns in legal public spaces across the city.Over the past week, there have been doz-ens of reports of Congressman Moran’s signsbeing taken down and replaced with hisopponent’s signs; I have put up signs my-self that have been taken down and replacedwithin just a few hours. I know how hardvolunteers from all campaigns work to putthese signs up and call on those who arebreaking the law to stop doing so. As Mr.Murray states on his website: “I want theMurray for Congress campaign to be onewith which all involved were proud to beassociated.” If that’s the case, I’d call onMr. Murray to remind his supporters thattaking down his opponent’s signs is illegaland not something to be proud of.

Clark Mercer, Chair,Alexandria Democratic Committee

Where’sDemocrat Label?To the Editor:

What’s come over Jim Moran? He oncewas proud to call himself a Democrat, tell-ing the party faithful at the annual Kennedy-King Dinner here in Alexandria on Oct. 2that the “Democratic donkey” was going tostart kicking the GOP’s “butt.”

So how come there’s no party identifica-tion on his campaign website, or on the “Re-elect Jim Moran” yard signs that have beenpopping up? Candidates in Alexandria al-most always have wanted voters to knowthey were Democrats. In Arlington County,where races for a County Board seat are alsoon the November ballot, the Democraticcandidates proudly identify themselves assuch on their yard signs.

But not Jim Moran. One wonders why.Is it because he knows that his “yes” vote

on the House “cap and trade” bill wouldcost Virginia $1.2 billion and 2,000 jobs?Is it because he knows that the health-carebill will saddle the nation with $1.7 billionin unfunded mandates, which along withthe $1 trillion in stimulus money — mostof it borrowed from China — adds up to adebt load that will make many home fore-closures look like child’s play?

Is it because he voted to adjourn theHouse without adopting a budget, the firsttime that has ever happened, or withoutpassing a single appropriations bill? Orwithout voting on whether to extend theBush-era tax cuts, which, if allowed to ex-pire, will cost Alexandrians who pay fed-eral income taxes an average of $2,800?

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Is it because he has voted with HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi — the quintessentialDemocrat’s Democrat — 97.5 percent of thetime? Is all this why the word “Democrat”is absent from his yard signs and his website?

One wonders.Jerry Lipson

Alexandria

Who To TrustOver Debt?To the Editor:

The three candidates for Congress inVirginia’s Eighth District squared off re-cently at a debate in Reston. During thedebate, each candidate could ask a ques-tion to the other. Col. Patrick Murray, theRepublican challenger asked Democrat JimMoran what he would do differently interms of the deficit if he were re-elected.Congressman Moran said he would keepdoing what he has been doing in Congress.The rest of Moran’s response was layeredwith many erroneous claims, which deservea fact check.

At the beginning of his response to thequestion posed by Col. Murray, Congress-man Moran said, “During the Clinton Ad-ministration, I chaired the ‘New DemocratCoalition.’ We put together a Balanced Bud-get Amendment. We passed it.”

The New Democrat Coalition was formedin 1997 by Congressmen Cal Dooley (D-

CA), Jim Moran (D-VA), and Tim Roemer(D-IN). The last Balanced Budget Amend-ment to pass the House was in March of1995. The bill was submitted by Congress-man Joe Barton (R) with 177 co-sponsors,three of which were Democrats (none wereCongressman Moran). This bill came withinone vote of passing in the Senate duringthe same year.

So there is no possible way Jim Moran’sNew Democrat Coalition could have puttogether a Balanced Budget Amendmentthat was passed in the House.

Let’s be honest. I am all for paying downthe debt because I do not want my two-yearold being saddled with debt I let the 535 inCongress get away with. A Balance BudgetAmendment is just not the way to go. Infact, if Congress could pass a law to bal-ance the budget, why not pass a law to justerase the Federal debt altogether or one togive every American $25,000?

A Balance Budget Amendment does nogood without first controlling Governmentspending and would bring about annual taxincreases. Lawmakers at all levels of Gov-ernment have historically responded to bud-get deficits with tax increases rather thanspending controls. With a Balance BudgetAmendment, we could certainly see tax in-creases back toward pre-JFK levels.

Congressman Moran continued. “We leftPresident Bush with a surplus of $5.6 tril-lion. Bush cut taxes, increased spending on



Arts ❖ Entertainment ❖ Leisure

The Potomack Company auctionhouse in Alexandria establisheditself as an industry leader at its

October Auction by achieving record pricesfor Asian works of art with 124 Asian lotsbringing $1,112,000 in vigorous interna-tional bidding.

The Potomack Company achieved thethird highest record worldwide for a Chi-nese Carved White Jade Table Screen (Lot74) that brought $411,250. In the last 25years, approximately 400 Chinese jade tablescreens have sold worldwide at auction, andin that time only two higher sale prices forsimilar items have been realized at Christie’sHong Kong and London.

The Potomack Company also set a worldrecord for a Chinese Jade Partial Zodiac Set(Lot 61) that sold for $164,500.

Asian Art RecordsSet at PotomackCompany Sale

SATURDAY/OCT. 30

3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Free. Parade, art, and mas-querade with multiple performances. Art Out-let and the Torpedo Factory Art Center col-laborate for a marathon Dia de los Muertos(Day of the Dead) day to night-long festival:an afternoon of artist-made altars andofrendas (offerings), Mariachis, an eveningparade through Old Town; and a night-timemasquerade including bands (MariachiEstrellas, DJ Gringo, Hootenanny Orchestra,Stripmall Ballads, American Sinner, and TheTorches), Dragon Fire Drummers, and tribalbelly dancing with Rhythm & Cues.

Parade, Art, and Masquerade, PerformancesOfrenda – Art for the Dead

Photos by Jennifer Beinhacker

By Jeanne Theismann

The Gazette

The Alexandria Symphony Orches-tra already knows how to satisfy themusical palette of any patron.

Come Monday, Oct. 25, they will take amore traditional approach with a SupperWith the Symphony fundraiser at theCarlyle Club.

The evening will feature appearances byABC-7 news anchor Maureen Bunyan,Mayor Bill Euille and Vice Mayor KerryDonley. Maestro Kim Allen Kluge and se-lect ASO musicians will mingle with gueststhroughout the evening.

More than 20 celebrity waiters will servepatrons, including state Sen. Patsy Ticer andDr. Mort Sherman, and City Council mem-bers Frank Fannon, Alicia Hughes, RobKrupicka and Paul Smedberg.

Acclaimed pianist Carlos Rodriguez willprovide entertainment along with tenor Pe-ter Burroughs and jazz saxophonist Vaughn

Ambrose. Michael Lee Pope, author of “Ghostsof Alexandria,” will be signing books.

A $25 two-course meal, $35-three-coursemeal and $10 children’s meal will be offeredat two different seatings and all tips willdirectly benefit the symphony.

Prior to Monday’s dinner, the ASO, in part-nership with the Alexandria Performing ArtsAssociation, will present a free chambermusic concert Sunday at 4 p.m. the Lyceum.

ASO Concertmaster Claudia Chudacoffand cellist Sean Neidlinger will present a

A Feast for the Senses

Violinist ClaudiaChudacoff

Cellist SeanNeidlinger

recital of music by Ravel, Kodaly andBeethoven.

“These are incredible musicians,” saidASO executive director Adrien Finlay.“The recital of duets features someamazingly hard pieces.”

On Nov. 6, crossover violinist JennyOaks Baker makes her ASO debut in aone-night-only concert at RachelSchlesinger Hall.

Baker is an accomplished musicianand former first violinist with the Na-

tional Symphony Orchestra.“Ms. Baker’s latest album, Then Sings My

Soul, hit number one on the Classical Bill-board charts this summer,” said KarynGarvin, ASO operations and marketingmanager. “She bumped Yo-Yo Ma out of thetop spot and we are very excited to haveher performing with us.”

For more information on the upcomingconcerts or to view the Supper With theSymphony menu and wine list, visitalexsym.org.

Eclipse Opens 19th Season

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William Wielgus will perform inSunday’s opening concert of theEclipse Chamber Orchestra at theGeorge Washington Masonic Me-morial.

Eclipse Chamber Orchestra kicks offits 19th season on Sunday, Oct. 24,at the George Washington Masonic

Memorial with a concert that includesworks by Bartok, Strauss, Stravinsky andHaydn.

Conducted by music director SylviaAlimena, the concert will be highlighted bythe Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss. Wil-liam Wielgus, a founding member of EclipseChamber Orchestra and oboist with theNational Symphony Orchestra, will be fea-tured in the three-movement concerto.

“We are excited to be kicking off the sea-son with this concert,” said Jane Kratovil,executive director of the orchestra. “It’s agreat mix of pieces that I know will encour-age strong audience participation this sea-son.”

In addition to the oboe concerto, TheEight Instrumental Miniatures by IgorStravinsky will be performed. Originally

titled Les Cinque Droigt — meaning “thefive fingers” — each of the melodies can beplayed in one five-finger position on thepiano.

Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 6, LeMatin (Morning) was among the first com-positions that Haydn wrote for his orches-tra at the court of Eszterházy and is the firstof a cycle of the three symphonies to bepresented by Eclipse this season.

“We have an exciting year ahead,”Kratovil said. “Our concert series, MozartFestival and Musicales all have somethingwonderful to look forward to.”

Following Sunday’s performance, therewill be a reception and question-and-answerperiod with the conductor and musicians.Tickets may be reserved by calling 703-635-2770 or purchased at the door. For moreinformation visit www.eclipseco.org.

— Jeanne Theismann

Cooking Demos atSpice & Tea Exchange

The Spice & Tea Exchange Alexandria ishosting a series of cooking demonstrationswith Old Town Alexandria’s finest chefs. Chefswill use the selection of fresh spices availableat The Spice & Tea Exchange Alexandria todebut their favorite dishes that can be cookedat home. Customers will learn and taste. Res-ervations required; $20 in advance, $25 dayof (if seating is available). [email protected] or call, 571-312-8505. At The Spice & Tea Exchange ofAlexandria, 320 King Street, Alexandria(across from City Hall). Call Joy Quinn andTaruna Reddy at 571-312-8505.

Schedule❖ Oct. 28, 7 p.m. — Chef Michelle Poteaux,

Bastille❖ Nov. 28, 6 p.m. — Chef de Cuisine Chris Watson,

BRABO by Robert Wiedmaier & BRABO TastingRoom

❖ Jan. 27, 7 p.m. — Dennis Marron, ExecutiveChef, The Grille at Morrison House & Jackson 20

❖ Feb. 21, 7 p.m. — Executive Chef AnthonyChittum, Vermilion

❖ March 29, 7 p.m. — Chef Shannon Overmiller,Majestic Cafe and Todd Thrasher, PX Lounge

❖ April 25, 7 p.m. — Chef Nick Flores, Hank’s Oys-ter Bar

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Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!

You may bat an eye as local Alexandria

canines come out to strut their stuff at

the annual Doggie Howl-oween

Happy Hour on October 28th.

All proceeds benefit the Animal Welfare

League of Alexandria.

480 King Street, 703.549.6080,

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Spooky Stuff Every year, The Wanderer

looks forward to darting through the streets of town on

Halloween night. Wearing his mask with a rather large

treat bag in tow, he is thrilled to see new haunts through

the spider webs and jack-o-lantern light. Ghosts hung

out of windows, gnarled hands crawling out of the

ground in front of a R.I.P grave marker for Jim Beam,

cackling witch sounds through steamy earth marked by

black cats, can give even a grown-up nightmares.

Where does this stuff come from anyway?

ALEXANDRIA APASTRY SHOP

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cakes! Spooktacularly

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everyone smile.

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B PUMPKIN PATCH

An Alexandria tradition.

Pumpkins are on sale every-

day until October 31st from

10 am to 8 pm and all the

profits go to charity.

Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill,

3606 Seminary Road,

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D REUNIONS

Treat a little ghost or goblin to

a festive bag for collecting lots

of Halloween booty and find

seasonal napkins and decora-

tions to set your party mood.

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UNWINED EDelicious autumn treats and

libations are sure to liven the

party! Adorable Ghost Truffles

from Chocolaterie Wanders,

Inc. of Manassas, for you or

your (g)host, $10. Be sure to

try a mini keg of Bell’s Best

Brown Ale, $23. Toast a lovely

fall evening with a spicy,

bistro-style red from

California’s central coast,

Kenneth Volk Negrette, $20.

3690 King Street-

Bradlee Center, 703.820.8600,

unwinedva.com

F THE CHRISTMAS ATTIC

Ghosts and ghouls abound at the

Christmas Attic. You will find everything needed

for a creepy Halloween from ghoulish garlands

and skull soaps to spider salt and pepper sets

and slithering snake candles. Stop in to pick up

flashing reflective safety lights for your

little angel and Vampire Cabernet Sauvingon for

your big devil.

125 South Union Street, 703.548.2829,

christmasattic.com

G WHY NOT

Fear not the bunny bats, wicked bear witches,

and warty toads in the windows at Why Not.

This is where the Wild Things are and inside

you will find the most delightful

costumes for young ballerina-fairy-

princesses and astronauts to wear

on their quest for treats.

200 King St, 703.548.4420

H THE CREAMERY

These days the folks at The Creamery

are filling cauldrons and cones with

their homemade pumpkin ice cream.

A scrumptious seasonal treat!

110 King Street, 703.549.4527

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14th Annual Del Ray Halloween Parade

thanks to the Alexandria Jaycees, there willbe free games and activities for the children.They will take place at the Mt. Vernon fieldsimmediately following the parade.

For the sixth year, Halloween costumeswill be distributed to children who wouldotherwise have to go without. Donated cos-tumes can be dropped off at the CabooseCafe, 2419 Mt. Vernon Avenue and A Showof Hands, 2204 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexan-dria. They will be distributed on Saturday,Oct. 23, from 2-4 p.m. at the Mount VernonRecreation Center, 2701 CommonwealthAve. Finally, if you would like to help stuff2,500 goodie bags, join your neighbors onSaturday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. at the MountVernon Recreation Center. To volunteer, e-mail [email protected] Gayle Reuter at 703-684-3535 [email protected] or visitwww.visitdelray.com.

It isneitherwealthnorsplendor,but tran-quilityandoccupa-tion,whichgive hap-piness.

—ThomasJefferson


Following Art on the Avenue on Oct. 2,Del Ray has a new landmark right next tothe Del Ray Recreation Center on Mt.Vernon Avenue. Entitled the Del Ray Com-munity Mural, the brightly colored56x15-foot Del Ray street scene shows howhuman rights play an integral part of anytrue community. Literally hundreds ofchildren and parents left their creativemark on the art piece while teachers andlocal artists helped guide throngs of enthu-siastic children armed with brushes andpaint containers. Hundreds of othersstopped and watched “art in action” as themural took shape throughout the day.

The project was organized by local art-ist Leisa Collins. After arriving in Old Townseven months ago she began painting por-traits of historic houses and streets scenesand decided to combine these skills withher love of working with children in a

Mural Becomes Del Ray’s Landmarkproject involving the entire community.Collins recruited fellow local artists ForestAllread and Corinne Marlow who becamean integral part of the mural. The projectinvolved the creativity of five youthteams that each painted their own sec-tions. It also includes a number of articlesof the United Nations Universal Declara-tion of Human Rights, namely “The Rightto Education,” the “The Right to Play,”the “Right to Nationality,” “Freedom ofExpression,” and “Workers Rights” inte-grated into the mural setting, which is aportrayal of life in Del Ray, conveying itsspirit of community. The five youth teamsinvolved represented the Mt. Vernon Rec-reation Center, the Charles HoustonRecreation Center, Youth for HumanRights Alexandria Chapter, City of Alex-andria Mentoring Partnership and theAlexandria/Fairfax Boys and Girls Club.

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Fine Arts

OCT. 23-24Kingstowne Art Exhibit. Free.

Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundaynoon to 5 p.m. Sponsored by theKingstowne Area Artists Association.Acrylics, oils, watercolor, mixed media,pastels, photography, pen and ink,digital media, etc. At the SnyderCenter, 6450 South Van Dorn Street,Kingstowne. Visit www.kingstowne.orgor contact Ginny Sywyj [email protected] or NancyHannans at [email protected].

Stoneware brie baker byBarbara Gatterdam of GreatFalls.

OCT. 25 THROUGH NOV. 28“Dinner is Served.” The Kiln Club’s

potters serve up handcraftedtableware for Fall feasting. At theTorpedo Factory’s Scope Gallery.Hours are Monday through Sundayfrom 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., open until 9p.m. on Thursdays. At 105 NorthUnion Street, ground floor, Studio19, Alexandria. Call 703-548-6288 orvisit www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/scope.htm.

Aunt Prissy’s Quilt, 16 x 20,Acrylic on Canvas

OCT. 27 TO DEC. 23Artist Jan. E. Moffatt. Featuring the

2010 Blue Door Collection and more.Artist’s reception is Sunday, Nov. 7from 1-3 p.m. At Art in the Garden atthe Historic Manor House, GreenSpring Gardens Park, 4603 GreenSpring Road, Alexandria. Hours:

NOW THROUGH OCT. 31Melissa Parkinson Photo Exhibit.

Melissa resides in Alexandria and is anMFA graduate from University ofWyoming. At BUZZ Coffee House, 901Slaters Lane, Alexandria.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 31J.J. Cromer: A Study of Passing

Events. This show is presented by theNorthern Virginia Fine ArtsAssociation in association with GreyCarter—Objects of Art. Regular galleryviewing hours are Thursday, Friday,and Sunday from 12 – 4 p.m. andSaturday from 1 – 4 p.m. At theAthenaeum Gallery, 201 Prince Street,Alexandria. Call 703-548-0035.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 24Out on a Limb: Birds, Branches and

Growing Creativity in Clay. Hours areMonday through Sunday from 10 a.m.to 6 p.m., with Thursdays until 9 p.m.At the Torpedo Factory Art Center’sScope Gallery, Studio 19, 105 NorthUnion Street. Call 703-548-6288 orvisit www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/scope.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 24Once Upon a Time. Fantastical-

Magical-Nostalgic Re-imaginings.Artists revive, deconstruct, andreinvent a rhyme, story, fairy tale, ormemory. At the Del Ray Artisans,Alexandria. Visitwww.TheDelRayArtisans.org.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 25Fall 2010 Art Show and Sale.

Sponsored by the Springfield Art Guildand Friends of Green Spring GardensPark. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.and Sundays noon to 4:30 p.m. AtGreen Spring Gardens, 4603 GreenSpring Road, Alexandria.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 25Clearly Color: Jill Finsen and Nancy

Varipapa. The Gallery will be openMonday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., and by appointment. At VanderZee Gallery, 105 S. Lee St., Old TownAlexandria.

THURSDAY/OCT. 28DigiLink Celebrates Art. 5 to 8 p.m.

Will feature art work of Daniel Wiseand six other artists. At DigiLinkCorporate Office, 840 South PickettStreet, Alexandria. To attend the event,visit www.digilink-inc.com and click onthe Celebrating Art graphic.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 28Crossing the Line. Nine artists with

studios at Convergence have worked toprobe the limits of their media and tofind new visual ways to expressfeelings and ideas. Reception onFriday, Oct. 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.At The Gallery at Convergence, 1801North Quaker Lane, Alexandria. Call571-235-3221.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 31New Heights. The Atacama — Chile’s

Amazing High Desert. A PhotographyExhibit Featuring New Works by AlanSislen. At Multiple Exposures Gallery,Torpedo Factory Art Center #312, 105

N. Union Street, Alexandria. Call 703-683-2205 or [email protected] or visitwww.MultipleExposuresGallery.com.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 31Kaleidoscope. Acrylic paintings and

collage by Gail Spencer Saour. AtGallery West, 1213 King Street in OldTown, Alexandria. Visit www.gallery-west.com or call 703-549-6006.

NOW THROUGH OCT. 31Closed Captioned. Free. Featuring

work by Shaun Richards, 2010 OpenExhibition Winner. At Torpedo FactoryArt Center, 105 N. Union St.,Alexandria. Visit www.torpedofactory.org; 703-838-4565.

NOV. 3 THROUGH NOV. 28“The Power of Color.” A juried show

of 2- and 3-dimensional fine artcelebrating the qualities of hue andcolor in affordable, original artworkcreated by regional artists. Receptionon Nov. 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. At Gallery

West, 1213 King Street in Old TownAlexandria. Call 703-549-6006 or visitwww.gallery-west.com.

NOW THROUGH NOV. 14“Carnival of Animals.” Free. Potomac

Fiber Arts Gallery artists are inspiredby wild, domestic and imaginaryanimals. Jewelry, sculpture, clothing,and wall pieces will be exhibited. AtStudio 18 of the Torpedo Factory ArtCenter, 105 North Union Street in OldTown Alexandria. The gallery is opendaily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except onThursdays when it is open from 11a.m. to 9 p.m.

NOW THROUGH NOV. 14From Earth to Sky. Artist Janet Gohres

displays her stoneware ceramicsculpture. Opening reception Saturday,Oct. 23 from 5-7 p.m.; Artist talk at 6p.m. At the Schlesinger CenterMargaret W. & Joseph L. FisherGallery, Alexandria campus ofNorthern Virginia Community College,3001 North Beauregard St.,Alexandria. The gallery hours are 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday andduring performances.

NOW THROUGH NOV. 20“On My Vacation — Places Traveled

To.” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The SpringfieldArt Guild Art Show. All paintings arefor sale. At Goodwin House, 4800Fillmore Ave. Alexandria. ContactDonnalynne Lefever at 703-644-6677.

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OCT. 21-23Fall Book Sale. Sponsored by Burke

Branch Friends of Alexandria Library.Wednesday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. is theFriends-only preview sale; Thursdayfrom 1 to 8:30 p.m.; Friday from 10a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday from 10a.m. to 3:30 p.m. At Burke BranchLibrary, 4701 Seminary Road,Alexandria. Call 703-746-1704.

THURSDAY/OCT. 21“Vodka Lemmon” film. 7 p.m.

Donation of $10. Presented by theAlexandria-Gyumri (Armenia) SisterCities Committee. At The Lyceum, 201South Washington Street, Alexandria.RSVP Jane Coughran at 703- 836-3824or [email protected].

Mt. Vernon Branch AAUW. 7 p.m.Speaker Weis Sherdel will discuss therole of newcomers in our society,cultural identity and the AmericanDream. At the Mt. VernonGovernmental Center, 2511 ParkersLane, Alexandria. Call Mary EllenMehler at 703-780-8494.

“Breast Talk.” 6 to 8 p.m. Learn aboutbreast cancer prevention, risks, what toavoid, and general breast health. WithDr. Anne Favret; presented by The FullCup Women’s Health Series. At TheFull Cup, 218 N. Lee Street, Suite 206,Alexandria. Space is limited, RSVP [email protected] orcall 703-836-9441.

Virginia’s Role in Restoring theTreasure of the Chesapeake Bay.10:45 a.m. Free. Presentation byClaudia Hamblin-Katnik, WatershedProgram Administrator, City ofAlexandria, on things homeowners cando in their yard or garden to reduceharm to our local water resources,which feed into the Bay. Sponsored bythe Garden Club of Waynewood,Fellowship Hall of Plymouth HavenBaptist Church, 8523 Ft. Hunt Road,Alexandria. Call 703-549-4245.

18th Century Dance Classes. 7:30 to9:30 p.m. Dance master Corky Palmerwill lead a fun series of 18th-centuryEnglish country dance classes inpreparation for the Masquerade Ball onSaturday, Oct. 23. The cost is $30 forthe series or $12 per class.Reservations are requested and can bemade by calling 703-746-4242. AtGadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 NorthRoyal St., Alexandria. Visitwww.gadsbystavern.org.

OCT. 21-24Excavate Shuter’s Hill. 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. Gain hands-on experience in site-

excavation methods and recordkeeping. On the grounds of the GeorgeWashington Masonic Memorial, 101Callahan Dr., Alexandria. Sponsored bythe Alexandria Archaeology Institute.www.alexandriaarchaeology.org or call703-746-4399.

FRIDAY/OCT. 22Career Fair. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free.

With 20 employers signed on. Hostedby Westwood College in Annandale. AtLandmark Mall, 5801 Duke Street,Alexandria.

OCT. 22, 23“La Boheme.” 8 p.m. Repertory Opera

Theater of Washington presents G.Puccini’s “La Boheme,” fully staged andsung in Italian with English Supertitles.Tickets are $25/adults; $20/studentsand seniors. At Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road,Alexandria. Call 571-403-0814 or

[email protected] orvisit www.repertoryoperadc.org.

SATURDAY/OCT. 23Del Ray Chili Cook-Off. 4 p.m.Chili and cornbread tastings andcontest. Awards ceremony at 6p.m. Bring $10 and your best poto’ chili and any fixins you need.You are responsible for handingout samples, so bring a table. Youmust also name your chili. Newthis year is an award for bestVeggie Chili. At 1904 La GrandeAve., Alexandria. Visitwww.delraychilicookoff.com.Designer Jewelry TrunkShow. Featuring designer LaurenK’s antique cushion–cut rings, bigstone pendants, chandelierearrings and hand-hammered gold.At Mystique Jewelers, 211 TheStrand, Old Town Alexandria. Visitwww.mystiquejewelers.com.Rummage Sale. 8 a.m. to noon.Great deals on gently used infants’,children’s and adult clothes, toys,games, gear, books, electronics,household wares, furniture andmore. At Tauxemont CooperativePreschool, 7719 Fort Hunt Rd,Alexandria. Visit http://www.tauxemont.org.Haunted Old Town AfterDark. 8:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Bars, food, live entertainment and aghost tour of Alexandria. Hear ghoststories of our founding fathers andcreep through the dark night of OldTown. Have drinks at Chadwicks, pizzaat Bugsy’s Restaurant, hear live guitarmusic at the Fish Market and hear alive Irish band at Murphy’s. Cost is$35. Meet at the corner of King andFairfax Street (by the Town Square) inOld Town. Call 301-519-8030 oremail: [email protected].

“Mousequerade” Ball. 1 p.m. AuthorCheryl Barnes will sign her book,“Alexander, the Old Town Mouse” andread the story of Alexander and his ballat Gadsby’s Tavern. For kids ages 4 to7. Admission is $10/child. At Gadsby’sTavern Museum, 134 North RoyalStreet in Old Town Alexandria. Call703-746-4242 or purchase tickets atwww.gadsbystavern.org.

Woman’s Workshop. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.In honor of Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month. Workshops from9:30-11:30 a.m. Keynote speakerCharlyne Braxton, Survivor ofDomestic Violence, at 12:30 p.m. AtGum Springs Community Center, 8100Fordson Road, Alexandria. [email protected].

Rebuilding Together Event. 8:30 a.m.Volunteers are needed for RebuildingTogether’s Energize Alexandria eventto winterize homes for in-needhomeowners. 100-plus volunteers willbe repairing 30 homes throughout theCity of Alexandria. To volunteer, visitwww.RebuildingTogetherAlex.org orsend an email to:[email protected].

Walk to Fight Breast Cancer. 8 a.m.Walkers can choose from a 1.5K/3.5K/5K walk or run. Sponsored by the Cityof Alexandria and the Inova AlexandriaHospital Foundation. The Walk willbegin and end at the AMC HoffmanCenter Theaters, Eisenhower Ave. andSwamp Fox Rd. in Alexandria.Registration is $30 for adults and $15for children, if pre-registered by Oct.20. On-site registration is $40. Visitwww.alexcancerwalk.com or call 703-746-5030.

Fall Open House. Noon to 5 p.m. Cometo the Washington’s area’s oldestantique mall and meet many localdealers with many specialties. At theMount Vernon Antique Center, 8101Richmond Highway, Alexandria.

FACETS’ “A Taste of Fall.” 7 p.m.Tickets are $35. Food, fun,entertainment, and a live and silentauction to raise funds to help familiesand individuals struggling withhomelessness. At 8333 Little RiverTurnpike Annandale. Register atwww.FacetsCares.org or call 703-352-3268.

Lecture. 5 to 7 p.m. “The Lees of Virginiain the Digital Age.” Learn about theeffort to bring online the papers of thehistoric Lee Family of Virginia. Thepresentation will be made by historianand author Frank E. Grizzard, Jr.,Director of the Lee family DigitalArchive at Washington and LeeUniversity in Lexington, Virginia. AtLee-Fendall House Museum & Garden.Call 703-548-1789 or visitwww.leefendallhouse.org.

Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m. to 1p.m. At Raceway Farms, Newington,off Telegraph Road, between BeulahRoad and Fairfax County Parkway. TheRain Date is Sunday, Oct. 24.

Halloween Party. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.:Book Sale by The Burke BranchFriends; 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.:Story Time with Miss Beverly; 11:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Face Painting byHeavenly Face Designs; 12:30 p.m. to2:30 p.m.: Live Interactive Music Showw/ Mr. B.; at Alexandria’s BurkeBranch Library, 4701 Seminary Road,Alexandria. Call 703-746-1704.

Fall Tree Sale. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Alexandria’s Urban Forestry SteeringCommittee (UFSC) and theDepartment of Recreation, Parks andCultural Activities will hold its sixth

SUNDAY/OCT. 24In the Company of James Madison. 3 to

4:30 p.m. John Douglas Hall will discuss thedifficult relationship between America andGreat Britain as of October 1810. Ticketsare $15/person/ $10/students. At theAssembly Room at Gadsby’s TavernMuseum, 134 North Royal Street,Alexandria. To purchase tickets, visitwww.gadsbystavern.org or call 703-746-4242.

SATURDAY/OCT. 23Masquerade Ball. 8 p.m. Tickets are

$45/advance; $50/door. Comedressed in pre-19th century costume.Enjoy live music, English Countrydancing and a seasonal dessert. AtGadsby’s Tavern Museum ballroom,134 North Royal Street, Alexandria.Visit www.gadsbystavern.org or call703-746-4242.


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annual tree sale. At the George Washington MiddleSchool, 1005 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Visitwww.alexandriava.gov/recreation.

OCT. 23-24Fall Harvest Celebration. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Horse-

drawn wagon rides, wheat treading in the 16-sided barn, a straw bale maze, early-Americangames, music and demonstrations. $15 adults; $14seniors; $7 children 6-11; free for children under5. At George Washington’s Farm in Mount Vernon.Visit.MountVernon.org or call 703-780-2000.

OCT. 23-31Recycling Electronics Event. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All

electronics from old computers, hard drives,monitors, modems, fax machines, and printers toold TVs and microwaves are welcome. AtImmanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 SeminaryRoad (corner of Seminary Road and Quaker Lane).

SUNDAY/OCT. 24Doggie Trick, Treat or Howl. 1 to 4 p.m. Bring

your canine all dressed up to enjoy a festiveHalloween celebration filled with lots of spookysurprises. At The Christmas Attic, 125 S. Union St,Alexandria. Co-sponsored by Old Town DoggieBoutique - Chateau Animaux http://www.chateau-animaux.com and www.christmasattic.com.

Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. 3 p.m. SylviaAlimena leads the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra in aprogram of works by Haydn, Bartok, Stravinsky,and Richard Strauss. Tickets are $20-$25. AtGeorge Washington Masonic Memorial, 101Callahan Drive, Alexandria. Call 703-635-2770.

Free Chamber Music Concert. 4 p.m. FeaturingClaudia Chudacoff, concertmaster of theAlexandria Symphony Orchestra and cellist SeanNeidlinger. At the Lyceum, 201 South WashingtonStreet, Alexandria. Open seating. Visitwww.alexsym.org or 703-548-0885.

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. 7p.m. Free. Conducted by Ulysses James. Pre-concert lecture with Dr. Stephen Bertino at 6:15p.m. At Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge

Road, Alexandria.Boarding Schools Reception. 7 to 9 p.m. The

Ten Schools Admissions Organization will beholding an informational reception for prospectivestudents and families to learn more aboutsecondary boarding schools. At the HiltonAlexandria Old Town in Alexandria. Contact DianeJameson at The Loomis Chaffee School, 860-687-6321, email at [email protected], orRSVP online at http://www.tenschools.org/rsvp/

Del Ray Halloween Parade. 2 p.m. Meets at Mt.Vernon Ball Field, 2701 Commonwealth Ave.,Alexandria. Sponsored by Delray BusinessAssociation. Call Gayle Reuter at 703-684-3535 oremail [email protected].

“Great Opera Moments.” 4 p.m. New DominionChorale and Bel Cantanti Opera company;featuring soloists who perform with the

Metropolitan Opera Co. The soloists areShannon Roberts, soprano; KevinCourtemanche, tenor; and Mikhail Svetlov,bass. $30/admission; $25/seniors; students/$5.At the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall andArts Center, 3001 North Beauregard Street,Alexandria. Visit www.newdominion.org or703-442-9404.Salvation Army 125th Anniversary. 4 to6 p.m. Expected guests are Alexandria’s Mayor,the National Capital Area Commander for TheSalvation Army and Alexandria Citadel BrassBand. At Market Square, 301 King St., OldTown Alexandria. Call Cpt. Ken Argot at 703-836-2427 [email protected]. Swordsmen’s Training. Free. 11 a.m. to 4p.m. Fencing Master Peter Ryan of the LivingHistory Foundation will provide the instruction.At Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 North RoyalStreet, Alexandria. Contact Michele Longo,Curator of Education, at 703-746-4242.Bella Voce Singers. 5 p.m.Sundays@Heritage Concert featuring WestPotomac High School’s Bella Voce Singers. AtHeritage Presbyterian Church, 8503 Fort HuntRoad, Alexandria. Call 703-360-9546.

MONDAY/OCT. 25Supper With the Symphony. Two seatingsavailable at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Three menus

offered: $35/$25/$10 Prix Fixe. Presented by theAlexandria Symphony Orchestra. With guestsMaureen Bunyan, ABC-7 News; Mayor William D.Euille; and Vice Mayor Kerry Donley. At TheCarlyle Club, 411 John Carlyle Street, Alexandria.Make reservations by calling 703-548-0885 oremailing Adrien Finlay at [email protected]. Orvisit www.alexsym.org.

TUESDAY/OCT. 26Mount Vernon Quilters Unlimited. 12:30 p.m.

Free. Thread expert Cindy Needham will visitMount Vernon Quilters Unlimited to present aguild lecture entitled “Thread Facts and Fiction.”At Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500 ShenandoahRoad, Alexandria. Contact:[email protected]

Independent School Information Night. 7 p.m.Free admission. Learn about the value of anIndependent School education as well asaffordability and financing, the financial aidprocess, the admissions process and admissionstesting. Also present will be representatives fromAlexandria Country Day School, Browne Academy,Grace Episcopal School, and St. Stephen’s and St.Agnes School. At Burgundy Farm Country DaySchool, 3700 Burgundy Road, Alexandria.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 27“The Fountainhead.” 7:30 p.m. Whatever one’s

own politics might be, Ayn Rand’s paean to artisticfreedom, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, isan interesting statement on the individual’s rightto control his or her own creative idea. At theGeorge Washington Masonic Memorial, 101Callahan Drive, Alexandria. “Cinema 22” issponsored by the Alexandria-Washington LodgeNo. 22. Contact Andrew Hammer at 703-765-9015or [email protected].

Art on the Rocks. 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The ArtLeague has challenged five mixologists to eachselect a juried piece from the October exhibitDinner Party as inspiration to create a cocktail.Ticket holders may sample the cocktails and votefor their favorite at the event. Buy tickets byphone at 703-683-1780, in person, ordownloading an order form from http://theartleague.org/content_pages/view/184 andfaxing it to 703-683-5786. Tickets are $25/advance, $30/door. At The Art League Gallery,105 North Union Street, Torpedo Factory.

THURSDAY/OCT. 28Doggie Happy Howl-o-ween Costume

Contest. $10 registration fee. Contest registrationfrom 5 to 6 p.m. Contest begins at 6:30 p.m. Prizeswill be awarded to the best dressed owner/dogcouple, the most glamorous canine, the overall“top dog,” (best costume), and the best poundpuppy. To benefit the Animal Welfare League ofAlexandria. At the courtyard of Hotel MonacoAlexandria/Jackson 20, located at 480 King Street,Alexandria. Visit www.jackson20.com orwww.monaco-alexandria.com.

(From left): Christoph Luty, bassist; JeffHamilton, drummer; and TamirHendelman, pianist.

THURSDAY/OCT. 28Jeff Hamilton Trio. 7:30 p.m. Free concert. At Episcopal

High School, Pendleton Hall, 3900 W. Braddock Road,Alexandria. Visit www.episcopalhighschool.org or call703-933-4135.

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Business

By Jeanne Theismann

The Gazette

The stars of Alexandriaturned out Oct. 8 forthe annual Chamber ofCommerce business

awards, which served as a good-natured roast of Charlotte Hall,who was presented with the 2010Business Leader of the Year Award.

“Her accomplishments soundlike an eHarmony commercial,”said Willem Polak, founder of thePotomac Riverboat Companywhere Hall is a partner and vicepresident. “It’s all about relation-ships.”

Held at the U.S. Patent andTrade Office, more than 300people turned out for the eventthat recognized several businessesfor their contributions to the city.

The Business of the Year Awardwent to fibre space, with owner

Danielle Romanetti joking that herhusband, a PTO employee, “wasn’ttoo excited about coming here to-night.”

Other awards included Associa-tion/Non-profit of the Year(Campagna Center), Eco-FriendlyBusiness of the Year (Bike andRoll) and Large Business of theYear (Intercontinental HotelGroup). The Small Business of theYear award was a tie, with AidaSpa and New Target sharing thehonors.

But the focus of the evening wasHall, and Deputy City ManagerMark Jinks and “Mango” MikeAnderson joined Polak at the mi-crophone.

“Believe it or not, over at CityHall we don’t intentionally createthings for people to laugh at,”deadpanned Jinks before gettingmore serious.

“Charlotte has an irreplaceableknowledge of the community,”Jinks said. “Her ability to siftthrough information and give cityofficials good advice is invaluableto the community.”

Anderson, chiding Hall for her“cloak of secrecy,” joked abouthow the King Street trolley cameabout.

“Charlotte wanted to dig a ca-nal between the river and theMetro but city wouldn’t let her,”Anderson said. “So she settled forgetting the trolley.”

As Hall took to the stage, attend-ees donned sunglasses in herhonor courtesy of Jack Taylor.

“I need to start by saying a spe-cial thank you to Nita Whitesel andRalph Capobianco,” Hall said.“They are no longer with us butthey were my mentors and left agreat legacy to the community.”

Hall thanked Polak and hermother Ann for “keeping me en-ergized” and looked ahead to thecity’s future.

“This award is about us,” Hallsaid. “Together we survived Hur-ricane Isabel and 9/11. I take greatpride in being a part of this com-munity and am excited about thegood times that are still to come.”

Incoming Alexandria Cham-ber of Commerce ChairmanMike Anderson.

Association/Non-ProfitBusiness of the Year — theCampagna Center and itsExecutive Director, KarenHughes.

Eco-Friendly BusinessAward winner Bike and Rollowner Stephen Marks.

Chamber president Tina Leone presentsthe Large Business of the Year Award toHubert Huerre of the IntercontinentalHotel Group.

Alexandria Business of theYear awardee, fibre spaceowner DanielleRomanetti.

Laura Machanic also wasawarded Small Business ofthe Year for her companyNew Target.

One of the two Small Busi-ness of the Year Awardwinners Aida Fekir of AidaSpa.

Winner of the 2010 Business Leader of theYear Award Charlotte Hall with WillemPolak and Charlotte’s mother Anne Hall.

Chamber HonorsBusinessesWith AwardsCharlotte Hall named 2010Business Leader of the Year.

Business LeadersThrough the Years

Past recipients of the Business Leaderof the Year include:

1994 Taylor Burke of Burke andHerbert Bank and Trust Company

1995 Gant Redmon of Redmon,Peyton and Braswell

1996 WJD Associates - DonnieWintermutte, Cindy Jackson and BeckiDonatelli

1997 Randy Kell of The MarkWinkler Company

1998 Jim Wilding of MetropolitanWashington Airports Authority

1999 Mike Anderson of MangoMike’s Cool Caribbean Café

2000 Lou Scanlan of Outbounder,Inc.

2001 Bill Euille of Wm. D. Euille &Associates

2002 Roger Machanic of MRE Prop-erties

2003 Jack Taylor of AlexandriaToyota, Inc.

2004 Kerry Donley, Virginia Com-merce Bank

2005 Shawn McLaughlin,McLaughlin Investments, LLC

2006 John McEnearney -McEnearney Associates

2007 Lynn Hampton - MetropolitanWashington Airports Authority

2008 Mayor’s EconomicSustainability Workgroup

2009 Charles Collum, Burke &Herbert Bank

Photos by

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Business

By Brian Cain

Gazette Packet

The Alexandria Convention &Visitors Association, a nonprofitmembership organization thatencourages tourism to increase

revenues and promote the City of Alexan-dria, held its 2010 annual meeting Sept. 30at the George Washington National MasonicMemorial. The association highlighted theresults of an advertising effectiveness study,honored outgoing board members and pre-sented its 2010 Partner of the Year Award.

Denise Miller, vice president of StrategicMarketing & Research Inc., gave the key-note address, which detailed theassociation’s return on investment for its fallmarketing campaign. Strategic Marketing& Research conducted 1,301 online surveysto gauge the campaign’s effectiveness.

“It’s always scary to go out and measure,but in this case it’s very positive findings,”Miller said. The association spent approxi-mately $300,000 on the campaign, whichtargeted 20 million households situatedwithin five hours of Alexandria. The find-ings showed the marketing campaign’s ROIwas $133 for every $1 in marketing expen-ditures, for a total economic impact to theCity of Alexandria worth $40 million. “Thiscampaign is going to continue to impact[growth] in the future.”

Not all of the figures presented to themembers of the ACVA were as promising asthose presented by Miller. Dr. Suzanne

Cook, senior advisor with the U.S. TravelAssociation and 2011 ACVA chairman, pre-sented some national figures that were notas positive.

“I kind of have a bad news/good newsstory for you today,” said Cook, as she be-gan her presentation. Travel, spending, con-sumer confidence and traveler sentimentwere all down last year. The good news is2010 will be better than 2009, but 2011 islooking increasingly uncertain. Look for2012 to be a major turn-around year, Cooksaid.

Cook replaces Charlotte Hall, vice presi-dent of the Potomac Riverboat Company,as chairman of the ACVA. The associationhonored Hall, who was also honored Oct.8 as the Chamber of Commerce BusinessLeader of the Year [see page 30].

“Charlotte Hall’s commitment to the suc-cess of the ACVA has been an inspiration tome,” said Stephanie Brown, president andchief executive officer of the ACVA. “As our2010 chair, she gave generously of her timeand talent, because she cares so much aboutour ability to serve all of you and to make adifference for the City of Alexandria.”

Hall thanked the ACVA staff, city staff andcity council. “While I am leaving the board,I will continue as an ambassador to ACVAand I will continue to champion those thingswhich [Stephanie Brown] tells me I needto get behind,” Hall said. “If she wants boattickets, I’ll give her boat tickets. If she wantsa boat party, I’ll give her a boat party,” Halladded.

The association also honored outgoingboard members Charles Banta, John Renner,

Marketing Campaign Adds to City’s CoffersPhoto by Chuck Fazio Media/Corbin Harris

Outgoing ACVA board members Charles Banta, John Renner, EllenStanton and Wendy Albert.

Stephen Marks, Catherine Pear andZack Petry of Bike and Roll cel-ebrate winning the Tourism Part-ner of the Year Award. Alisa Carrel and Helenmarie

Corcoran.

Eric Nelson, Charlotte Hall, City Councilman PaulSmedberg and Jody Manor.

Amber Jefferson, Andrea Zahn, Elisabeth Park andStephanie James.

By the NumbersAccording to the Alexandria Convention &

Visitors Association, visitor spending topped$616 million and overnight stays increasedby 66,000 room nights in calendar year2009. Visitor spending generated $22 mil-lion in City tax revenue and supported 6,000jobs with a payroll of $111 million in 2009.

Photos by Jeanne Theismann/Gazette Packet

BECKMANN HONOREDINTERNATIONALLYOur neighbor David Beckmann has

gone to Iowa to receive the World FoodPrize from the international foundationwhich gives the award once a year tosomeone prominent in the fight againsthunger.

NEW BOOK COMINGDavid is the author of “Exodus from

Hunger” which will appear this month.A recent edition of Newsweek, speak-

ing of David, explained his philosophyand his current focus on poverty inAmerica.

“Poor people here are uncomfortably

Taylor Run close,” Beckman says. “You can go to ameeting about helping poor people inAfrica and not get your hands dirty. Ifyou work with poor people in this coun-try, well, you’ve got to work with them.It’s not easy to do that in a way that’sglamorous.”

“Anyone who says there’s no povertyin America is just turning a blind eye.”Charities have proliferated in America,especially since 1980, but according toBeckmann “we have seen no progressagainst hunger and poverty in our coun-try. A thousand points of light is notenough light.” Beckmann is especiallydisturbed that in this election year nei-ther party has made poverty reductiona priority. “Even the Democrats hide it.It’s sort of like they’re concerned, but

don’t want anyone to know. “Beckmann has been chatting with the

philanthropist Melinda Gates at theUnited Nations about why highly visiblecelebrities don’t take up the cause ofdomestic poverty. Beckmann believesreal change comes through politics, notsoup kitchens, which is why Bread forthe World, the organization he heads,encourages its member churches tolaunch letter writing campaigns on suchunglamorous issues as tax credits for theworking poor.

CHANGE NEEDED“Moses” David points out, “was not

sent by God to pick up a few cans andwarm blankets at Pharoah’s court. Hewas sent to change the world.”

TRCA PARTY

Taylor Run Civic Association will holdits usual Hallowe’en Parade and Party at3 p.m. on West View Ave. Oct. 31. RSVPemails should be made [email protected] There is no rain datefor this event.

CORRECTIONI must correct a typo in my last col-

umn which said that the friend withwhom Mickey Campagna jumped out ofan airplane was 44 years old. He was 84.

SURPRISE!Marian Van Landingham and Bill

Clayton, secretary of Agenda Alexan-dria, tell me I absolutely must writeabout their forthcoming dinner meetingon Oct. 25 at 7:30. The program is allabout recycling and includes the view-ing of some extraordinary things made

of trash. There will be door prizes, someof which are things artists have made byrecycling, and a buffet dinner. Reserva-tions should be called in to SherryBrown at 548-7089 by Oct. 21.

Speakers will be Stacey Herring,Alexandria’s Recycling Coordinator, JimMarcinko of Waste Management andJohn Snarr of the Washington Metro-politan Council of Governments.“People will be surprised at what can bedone with throw-aways,” says BillClayton. The program starts at 6:30 andwill cost $25 for members and $30 fornon-members of Agenda Alexandria.The location is the Holiday Inn,Eisenhower Metro, 2460 EisenhowerAve.

— Lois Kelso Hunt

Neighborhoods

Ellen Stanton and Wendy Albert for theirdedication and years of service.

The association awarded its 2010 Part-ner of the Year Award to Catharine “Cat”Pear of Bike and Roll for her enthusiasm,creativity, and pragmatism. Pear was alsocommended for her work to develop the OldTown bike tour, along with her collabora-tion with Potomac Riverboat Company forMount Vernon by Bike and Boat.


People

By Nicole Macon

Gazette Packet

Alexandria Seaport Foun-dation hosted events atfour locations on Sept.25 to spread awareness

of the organization’s educationalprogram for at-risk youth whileengaging the public by allowingthem to make their own smallboats.

The foundation’s flagship edu-cational program teaches at-riskyouth carpentry skills and helpsthem obtain a high school diplomaand driver’s license, said StanDeardorf, a McLean resident andvolunteer Alexandria SeaportFoundation for 6 years.

Deardorf got involved with thefoundation when he worked at theTorpedo Factory and would oftenvisit the workshop at 2 Duke St.and chat with some of the shop’semployees to learn more aboutboat-making. Deardorf decided tovolunteer for the foundation toeducate himself and others aboutthe organization’s educational out-reach.

Bill Humley, former chairman ofthe Alexandria Seaport Founda-tion, was working on a steamboathe and foundation apprenticesbuilt, docked near the SeaportCenter for the event. It wasHumley’s vision that helped shapethe educational focus of the foun-dation, “where troubled kids arementored and taught to maketheir lives better and become pro-ductive citizens.”

Humley wanted to continue af-ter his retirement to educate

young people as he did foryoung engineers while hewas in the Navy. When he dis-covered the Alexandria Sea-port Foundation and laterjoined its board, he helpedshift the organization’s focusto increased educational ef-forts, establishing the appren-ticeship program in 1994.

Apprentices work from7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. anddivide their time among anacademic classroom, mathand sciences classroom, andthe workshop. The program

usually lasts for four months,but those working on a GED orwith limited English languageskills finish in six months.

Roy Campbell, 20, was re-ferred to the foundation by atenant where he worked inrental property maintenance.Campbell was attracted to thefoundation because he wantednot only to advance his jobskills, but to also obtain hisGED, as he dropped out of highschool in Prince George’sCounty at 16. Graduates fromthe program have gone on towork for union jobs such as theWilson Bridge Project, Penta-

gon, and National Stadium, saidDeardorf.

Before attending Seaport Day,the Miller family knew nothingabout the foundation, but daugh-ter Lily Vi, 4, “loves riding boatsand the scenery.” She and otherchildren built small boats with thehelp of parents and volunteers andsailed them in a makeshift poolnear the Torpedo Factory. Aboutthe size of a large wading pool, thepool attracted many children tothe event.

For more details about the or-ganization, log on to thefoundation’s website atwww.alexandriaseaport.org.

Seaworthy Education from Seaport DayAlternative program helps at-risk youth.

Tom Dugan, right,demonstrates sawsharpening to John, 7,during Seaport Dayfestivities at the water-front Sept. 25.

Tom Dugan sharpens saw bladesat the Seaport Foundation build-ing during Seaport Day Sept. 25.

Volunteer David Painter, right, shows Meghan, 11, howto round a mast during Seaport Day events Sept 25.

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two wars, and there was a $9 tril-lion fiscal reversal.”

This is completely and utterly false.There never was a $5.6 trillion sur-plus at the end of the Clinton Admin-istration.

The projected surplus CongressmanMoran refers to was a 10-year figurethat was already made dubious by aweakening economy at the end of theClinton Presidency and a pent-upCongressional urge to spend. Thelargest annual surplus actually real-ized was $236 billion in fiscal year

2000, which ended a month before Bushwas elected.

As for the truth, there was at the end ofFY 2001, however, about $3.3 trillion indebt held in federal treasuries, and about$5.7 trillion worth of total debt, includingthat existing in trust funds and other gov-ernment accounts. Look up the data your-self on Treasury.gov.

Now as for Congressman Moran sayingthe economy is in a shambles because ofGeorge Bush’s economic policies and hiswars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is falseas well.

Another erroneous claim in CongressmanMoran’s response is an alleged $3 trillion

cost for the wars. While the cost of the warshave been expensive, in both blood andtreasure, the CBO puts the total cost for theIraq war at $709 billion (the 2009 Stimu-lus bill alone was larger) and the cost ofthe Afghanistan war is a shade over $300billion. So no, Congressman Moran, the“War on Terror” did not cause a “$9 trilliondollar fiscal reversal.”

Here’s what we do know: In the first 19months of the Obama administration andwith a super majority of Democrats in Con-gress, the federal debt held by the publicincreased by $2.526 trillion, which is morethan the cumulative total of the nationaldebt held by the public that was amassed

by all U.S. presidents from GeorgeWashington through Ronald Reagan.

We are a nation that is $13 trillionin debt. Who’s going to pay that back?At some point our kids’ generation isgoing to get the bill for this fiscal ir-responsibility.

So do as I am doing and supportPatrick Murray for Congress becausehasn’t Jim Moran committed enoughfiscal child abuse on our kids? Even$5 will help kick Jim Moran out.

Lee HernlyAlexandria

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Letters


Chet Avery, a long-time residentof Alexandria, has been activein devising and promoting pro-grams enabling those with dis-

abilities to participate fully in all life’s op-portunities. For nearly 30 years he hasserved as a member of the Alexandria Hu-man Rights Commission. His life’s work isdedicated to extending accessibility to allpersons.

While many Alexandrians don’t know hisname, they take for granted many of theimportant enhancements he helped to bringabout: curb cuts; a central library with nostairs and an office dedicated to servingTalking Book users; an accessible court-house, including accessible courtrooms;voting machines that persons with all dis-abilities can easily use independently anda human rights ordinance that includes per-sons with disabilities as a protected class.

Mayor Bill Euille first met Avery in 1974.“I was a youngster who had just been ap-pointed to serve on the AlexandriaSchool Board when I met Chet,” Euillesaid. “As a School Board member, Isaw the need for a Special EducationAdvisory Committee and we selectedChet to be a member of that firstgroup. For more than 30 years, he hasbeen an advocate for children withspecial needs and for all persons withdisabilities in Alexandria andthroughout our country. He hashelped to bring about changes thathave made a difference in all of ourlives. He is very deserving of thishonor.”

Avery began his work as an advocate forpersons with disabilities when he lost hisown sight because of detached retinas. Hewas 17 years old. During his last year ofhigh school, he visited friends at Harvardand decided he wished to attend that insti-tution. “I spoke with the dean during oneof my visits and he told me to go back home,get good grades and demonstrate my lead-ership skills and I would be a strong candi-

date for Harvard,” Avery said.Avery earned his bachelor’s degree in his-

tory but decided to return to Harvard for amaster’s degree in counseling and educa-tion. On the first day of class, a youngwoman sat down next to him and they weremarried a year later. “She was beautiful thenand is still beautiful now,” Avery said of hiswife Sabra.

In 1964, the couple moved to the Wash-ington, D.C. metropolitan area. “I was of-fered a job with the federal government inthe department of education,” Avery said.Their only son was born shortly after themove. Avery remained with the federal gov-ernment, first at the Department of Health,Education and Welfare and then with theDepartment of Education, until his retire-ment in 1996.

IN 1967, the Averys moved to Alexandria,to the home where they still live on LindenStreet. “We’ve lived here longer than almost

everyone on the block and we love it,” Averysaid.

Jean Niebauer is the director of the Alex-andria Office On Human Rights. “ChetAvery is a tireless advocate for persons withdisabilities and I admire his tenacity, intel-lect and commitment to Alexandria. Chetpushes all of us in the City to do more, andmore quickly, and I have no doubt that wewould not have achieved as much as we

have, as an accessible City, without him,”she said.

As part of his federal job, Avery oversawthe development of a handbook on federalstudent financial aid, served in the Officeof Special Education monitoring the imple-mentation of Section 504 of the Rehabilita-tion Act of 1973 and then in the Secretary’sOffice of Disability Concerns. He is also amember of the Board of Directors of TheWashington Ear and was instrumental indeveloping the first descriptive videos intheaters.

“When blind people attend plays, theyhave no idea what’s happening on stagewith regard to scenery and activity. In 1981,Arena Stage began offering descriptive vid-eos for visually handicapped individualsduring plays. Since then, that has expandedand many venues have descriptive videos,including movie theaters,” Avery said.

SINCE HIS RETIREMENT, Avery has con-tinued his work in Alexandria and servedon the Virginia Rehabilitation Council andthe Virginia Assisted Technology Commis-sion, appointed by then Gov. Mark Warner.“Both of those groups have accomplished alot,” Avery said.

Most recently, Avery was instrumental inadvocating for the purchase of an electronicvoting system that is accessible to all per-

sons with disabilities. “He went with us tolook at the available voting equipment andadvocated for the system he felt was themost accessible to the most people, the sys-tem we eventually purchased,” said TomParkins, Alexandria’s registrar of voters. “Ireally believe that it was his persistence thatconvinced City Council to purchase the en-tire system rather than phasing it in. He’samazing.”

He is the recipient of the Alexandrian ofThe Year Award for 2008 fromalexandrianews.org, was enrolled in theSanford High School Hall of Fame, receivedthe Alexandria United Way Volunteer of theYear Award, the 1998 John Duty CollinsOutstanding Advocate for Persons with Dis-abilities Award, special awards from theAlexandria Special Education AdvisoryCommittee and the Alexandria HumanRights Commission.

Avery spends his time reading and enjoy-ing Alexandria’s parks with his two grand-daughters. He also watches movies on hiscomputers and stays in touch with friendsand colleagues via email.

Living Legends:The Project

Now in its third year, Living Legends ofAlexandria is an ongoing 501(c)(3)photojournalistic project to identify, honor andchronicle Alexandria’s Living Legends. Theproject was conceived by Nina Tisara to createan enduring artistic record of the people whosevision and dedication make a tangible differenceto the quality of life in Alexandria. GoldSponsors of the project this year are Rotary Clubof Alexandria, McEnearney Associates andDominion Virginia Power.

This is one in a series of 12 profiles that willappear this year. Visit www.alexandrialegends.com to nominate a Living Legend.

Chet Avery

Living Legends

Chet Avery: Dedicated to People with Disabilities

“For more than 30 years, hehas been an advocate forchildren with special needsand for all persons withdisabilities in Alexandria andthroughout our country.”

— Mayor Bill Euille

Model A Car ShowMembers of the George Washington Chapter of the Model A Club of America displayed

their antique cars at the Fountains Retirement Home last month on N. Fillmore Street.Guests were treated to a barbecue with all of the trimmings.

Model A Ford owner Stan Laziere poses for a photo with his wifeJanet and daughter Leslie.

Marlee Sample and ValentineZadnick.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson relax underthe awning at the entranceway as asoft rain begins to fall.

Photos by Louise Krafft/Gazette Packet

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ALEXANDRIA TRANSIT COMPANY

REQUEST FOR MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS

The Alexandria Transit Company (ATC) requests proposals for the management of the local transit system serving the City of Alexandria, Virginia. Sealed proposals are invited not later than 12:00 PM, Monday, December 6, 2010. This request for proposals (RFP) is made pursuant to the ATC Board of Directors.

A copy of the RFP can be obtained from the Secretary, Alexandria Transit Company, 3000 Business Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: 703.746.5637.

Paul AbramsonChairman

Legal Notices Legal Notices

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURTFOR THE

COUNTY OF RICHLAND FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Anthony T. Winbush, Docket No. 2010-DR-40-1101

Plaintiff,

v. SUMMONS

Michele L. Winbush,

Defendant.

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in this matter, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his offices located at 2000 Park Street, Suite 100, Post Office Box 8596, Co-lumbia, South Carolina, 29202-8596, within thirty (30) days from the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

ISAACS & ALLEY, L.L.P.G. Robin Alley, Esquire2000 Park Street, Suite 100Post Office Box 8596Columbia, SC 29202-8596(803) 252-6323Attorneys for the Petitioner

[email protected]

Columbia, South CarolinaFebruary 24, 2010

NOTICE: The Summons in this action, of which the above is a copy, together with the Complaint therein was filed with the Clerk of Court of Richland County on March 5, 2010.

Legal Notices Legal Notices

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ABC LICENSEMeriwether Godsey, Inc trading as Meriwether Godsey at Virginia Theological Seminary, 3737 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304. The above

establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Mixed Beverage, Beer, Wine

on Premise plus catering license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Donald C. Beck CFO

ABC LICENSEPremier Cru, LLC trading as Le Tastevin, 1309 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. The above

establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer off Premises

license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Seung Yon Choi, sole member of

Premier Cru, LLC

ABC LICENSEUptown at Aventine, Inc trading as Uptown Market, 2801 Park Center Dr, Ste 2801-Ly,

Alexandria, VA 22302. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or

manufacture alcoholic beverages. Jung Rae Park/President.

ObituaryLinda Laverne Terry

Alexandria, VADied on October 15, 2010

Viewing Thursday 10/21/2010 7pm-9pm at Shiloh Baptist Church,

1429 Duke St, Alexandria, VAAdditional viewing Friday 10/22/10 10am-11am

at Victory Chapel Church Accokeek, MDFuneral to follow at 11am. Interment Heritage

Cemetery, Waldorf, MDArrangements by Johnson Funeral Service

White Plains, MD

Alexandria Board of Architectural ReviewOld & Historic Alexandria District

LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING====================================A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNES-DAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010 beginning at 7:30 PM in Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia on the following applications:

CASE BAR2010-0223Request for after-the-fact alterations and HVAC installation at 17 Keith's Lane, zoned W-1 Wa-terfront. APPLICANT: Daryl Reinke by M.E. Flow, Inc.

CASE BAR2010-0224Request for alterations to the front stoop and HVAC screening at 9 Keith's Lane, zoned W-1 Waterfront. APPLICANT: Nurruddin Noori

CASE BAR2010-0294Request for a wood fence at 514 Cameron Street, zoned RM Residential. APPLICANT: Claudia Kostel by Lynnette Ca-mus

CASE BAR2010-0293Request for signage at 500 South Washington Street, zoned CD Commercial. APPLICANT: Capital One Bank

CASE BAR2010-0295Request for HVAC screening at 207 S Fairfax Street, zoned RM Residential. Applicant: Betty and Wesley Foster by Robert Bentley Adams & Associates, P.C.

CASE BAR2010-0296Request to demolish a brick wall and new fence, deck and replacement windows at 903 Green Street, zoned RM Residential. Applicant: Thomas and Kristine Schulz

CASE BAR2010-0297Request for window replacement at 815 S Washington Street, zoned CRMU/L Commer-cial. Applicant: W.R.I.T. Limited Partnership

CASE BAR2010-0307Request for reapproval of previously approved demolition/encapsulation and addition and alter-ations at 1314 King St, zoned KR King Street Urban Retail APPLICANT: Marie Potier by Ray Lewis

Information about the above item(s) may be ob-tained from the Department of Planning and Zoning, City Hall, 301 King Street, Room 2100, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, telephone: (703) 746-4666

TRUSTEE'S SALEOF VALUABLE

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE

Improved by the premises known as2826 Preston Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Car-los A. Sorto and Jesus Sorto, dated September 14, 2005, and recorded September 19, 2005, in Deed Book 17757 at page 554 among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, the under-signed substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judi-cial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on

Friday, October 22, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

the following property being the property contained in said Deed of Trust, described as follows:

Tax Map No. 093-1-18G-0232, 093-1-18G-0233 & 093-1-18G-0234

Commonly known as 2826 Preston Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22306.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $35,000.00 or ten percent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the pur-chaser at the time and place of sale; the bal-ance of the purchase money being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 3.0 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement. Provided, however, that if the holder of the secured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash de-posit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebtedness, including interest and costs, se-cured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit and stand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all existing easements and restrictive covenants as the same may lawfully affect the real estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or material-man's liens of record and not of record. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, covenants, restrictions, rights of redemption of federal lienholders or encumbrances, and agreements of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to convey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at the time of sale.

The subject property and all improve-

Jill Elizabeth McGregor

Jill Elizabeth McGregor, age 49, passed away October 14, 2010 in Reston, VA after a coura-geous battle with breast cancer. Born in Red Bank, NJ, she grew up on Moon Lake in Iron Mountain, MI where she became an outstanding water skier and later an accomplished snow ski-er. After graduating from Arizona State Universi-ty with a degree in Business in 1984, she man-aged her mother’s congressional campaign. In 1987, she founded Capitol Services, Inc. with her sisters, Katy McGregor Gaietto and Sara McGregor and became the CEO and President. Over the years she was active in local and na-tional groups and was a founding member of the Association of Destination Management Execu-tives. After being diagnosed with breast cancer 17 years ago, Jill began living every day to the fullest and was an inspiration to many. She traveled widely with her sons, Kyle and Patrick Hainline, who survive, along with her parents, Jackie McGregor Lewis and Robert Lewis; fa-ther, Ken McGregor; fiancé, Dr. Ron Driggers; siblings, Katy McGregor Gaietto, Sara McGre-gor, Peter, Sarah, Mary, John and Dan Lewis, Beth Lewis Cole, and Susan Lewis Bergin; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, un-cles, cousins, and many close friends. Family and friends will gather at Everly-Wheatley Fu-neral Home, 1500 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA 22302 on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 310 S. Royal Street, Alexandria, VA 22312 on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Memorial con-tributions may be made to the Jill McGregor Me-morial for Moms with Breast Cancer, 2316 Jef-ferson Davis Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22301. The funds will be used to help families with costs as-sociated with losing their mothers to breast can-cer. www.everlyfuneralhomes.com

ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSIONNOVEMBER - 2010

===================================The items described below will be heard by the Planning Commission and the City Council on the following dates. NOTICE: Some of theitems listed below may be placed on a consent calendar. A consent item will be approved at the beginning of the meeting without discussion unless someone asks that it be taken off the consent calendar and considered separately.The Planning Commission reserves the right to recess and continue the public hearing to a fu-ture date. For further information call the De-partment of Planning and Zoning on 838-4666.

ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSIONTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010

7:30 PM, CITY HALLCITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

301 KING STREETALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCILSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010

9:30 AM, CITY HALL CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

301 KING STREETALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

The Planning Commission will hold a work session on November 4, 2010 at 6:00pm in City Hall, Council Chambers to discuss the Planning and Zoning Work Program and the Potomac Yard Amendments.

DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0015

1701 DUKE STREETPublic hearing and consideration of an

amendment for special use permit approval to allow a sign with illumination on a building taller than 35 feet and an amendment to an existing development special use permit condition to al-low an illuminated sign; zoned OCH/Office Commercial High. Applicant: 1701 Duke Street, LLC presented by Leigh Bell and Jude Collins of Kearney and Company

MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT #2010-0004

CDD CONCEPT PLAN #2010-0001

AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES

ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT #2010-0004

DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT

#2010-0012

SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0033

SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0058

1401, 1801, 2401, 2403, 2405, 2901, 3901 POTOMAC AVENUE; 2301, 2801, 3951 JEF-FERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY; 800, 1000, 1400, 1600, 1800, 1801, 2000, 2001, 2300, 2301, 2600, 2601, 2800, 2801, 2802, 2900 MAIN LINE BOULEVARD; 650 MASKELL STREET; 600 EAST MONROE; 1702, 1880 POTOMAC GREENS DRIVE (Properties within the bounda-ries of CDD #10 and the Potomac Yard/Poto-mac Greens Small Area Plan)

POTOMAC YARD DEVELOPMENTPublic hearing and consideration of : a) an amendment to the Potomac Yard/Potomac Greens Small Area Plan to increase building height limits within Landbays H, I and J, to in-crease the amount of office floor area, decrease the amount of retail floor area and allow the flexibility to convert office use to residential or retail uses in Landbay G, and to allow flexibility in the location of residential and commercial uses in Landbays H, I and J; b) various amend-ments to the CDD concept plan and design guidelines related to uses, floor area, densities, surface and above-grade parking and parking ratios, infrastructure, and to provide for a mone-tary payment in the lieu of requirements for the North Trail and pedestrian bridge and other changes to update the conditions of the CDD concept plan; c) an amendment to the CDD ta-

ble in Section 5-602 of the City's Zoning Ordi-nance to increase the total office floor area, to decrease the total retail floor area, and to allow flexibility for office floor area to be converted to residential units or retail floor area in Landbay G; d) an amendment to conditions of develop-ment special use permit #2006-0113 to remove or revise the requirement for construction of the North Trail and other enhancements in Land-bay K and provide for a monetary contribution in lieu of designing and constructing the North Trail and associated amenities, and to remove any references to the construction of the pe-destrian bridge; e) an amendment to remove conditions of special use permit #2008-0028 re-garding the construction of the pedestrian bridge; f) an amendment to conditions for spe-cial use permit #2008-0027 to modify the timing of and provide an option for a monetary contri-bution in lieu of requirements for the Rail Park, Landbay D; zoned CDD #10/Coordinated De-velopment District #10 - Potomac Yards/Greens. Applicant: Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC and RP MRP Potomac Yard, LLCby M. Catharine Puskar

SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-00503015 MOUNT VERNON AVENUEPublic hearing and consideration of a request to operate a restaurant and and a request for a parking reduction; zoned CL/Commercial Low.Applicant: Central Cafe Group, LLC represented by Larry Ponzi

SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-00521605 & 1611 MOUNT VERNON AVENUEPublic hearing and consideration of a request for the continued use of a nonconforming vehicle storage and display lot; zoned CL/Com-mercial Low.Applicant: Alexandria Hyundai LLC represented by Kevin Reilly

SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-00511601 MOUNT VERNON AVENUEPublic hearing and consideration of a request for the continued use of a nonconforming serv-ice station and for a change of ownership; zon-ed CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: MVSC, Inc., represented by Asif Mahmood

SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0053116 EAST DEL RAY AVENUEPublic hearing and consideration of a request to operate a restaurant and a request for a parking reduction; zoned CL/Commercial Low.Applicant: Culinary Concepts, LLC, represented by Christine PonziTHE FOLLOWING WILL BE HEARD BY PLAN-NING COMMISSION ONLY, (AND BY CITY COUNCIL ONLY UPON APPEAL.)

DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN #2010-00174001 EISENHOWER AVENUECAMERON RUN REGIONAL PARK Public hearing and consideration of a request to install and operate a multi-level children's play feature; zoned POS/Public Open Space. Applicant: Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, represented by Dan Iglhaut

SUBDIVISION #2010-0006250 & 296 SOUTH WHITING STREET

Public hearing and consideration of a request to resubdivide property to adjust the boundary line; zoned RC/High Density Apartment and RCX/Medium Density Apartment. Applicant: Broadstone Foxwood, LLC, and FP Landmark, LLC represented by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney

DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN #2010-0017

4001 EISENHOWER AVENUEPublic hearing and consideration of a request to install and operate a multi-level children's play feature; zoned POS/Public Open Space. Applicant: Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, represented by Dan Iglhaut

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ments thereon will be sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Purchaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zoning code violations whether of record or not of record, as well as for all unpaid andenforcea-ble homeowners' or condominium owners'asso-ciation dues and assessments, if any.Purchas-er also shall be responsible for obtaining pos-session of the property at his/her expense.Pur-chaser shall assume the risk of loss and shall be responsible for any damage, vandalism, theft, destruction, or the like, of or to the proper-ty occurring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special warranty deed. Conveyanc-ing, recording, transfer taxes, notary fees, ex-amination of title, state stamps, and all other costs of conveyance are to be at the expenseof purchaser. State and local taxes, public charg-es, and special or regular assessments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and there-after shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditionally reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit re-quirement; (ii) to approve or disapprove the creditworthiness of any bidder and/orpurchaser; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to termination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v) to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date or time of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlement hereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be announced at the time of sale.

DAVID N. PRENSKYSubstitute Trustee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:David N. PrenskyChasen & Chasen5225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. #500Washington, D.C. 20015(202) 244-4000

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Sports

By Jon Roetman

Gazette Packet

St. Stephen’s & St.Agnes senior WillHathaway turned to-ward the goal in the

closing seconds of the first halfagainst Episcopal and sent ashot that traveled wide right.

“How about that: a shot ongoal before the half,” Saintshead coach Bo Amato joked onthe sideline. “We’ve got agame.”

Offensive opportunities werefew and far between for SSSAS,which spent most of its Oct. 19match against Episcopal sag-ging back on the defensive, hoping tomanage the flow of play against thenationally ranked Maroon. The strat-egy worked into the second half as theteams remained scoreless, but Episco-pal junior Ntokozo Tshuma put theMaroon on the board in the 49th

minute, pro-pelling Epis-copal to a 2-0home victory.

T s h u m ascored on acorner kickfrom RossHiggins andjunior ArnaudAdala Motoadded a sec-ond goal inthe 58th

minute.“We’re not a

prolific teamgoing forward, but we make it diffi-cult for people and it’s worked wellfor us,” said Amato, who used the de-fensive strategy against Episcopal ear-lier in the season, losing 1-0 on Sept.28. “We don’t play this defensiveagainst anybody else. … For the mostpart, we bought in and did the rightthing.”

Episcopal was prepared for the de-fensive strategy having faced SSSASearlier in the season, but that didn’tstop head coach Rick Wilcox from feel-ing the nerves produced by limitedscoring opportunities. After the game,Wilcox said he was pleased with theway his players stayed focused.

“Our style of play is not about pump-ing balls into the box and hoping fora goal off of a knockdown,” Wilcox

said. “We’re all about stretching ateam out, possessing, working theball laterally, creating angles andthen being dangerous when weget to the attacking third. It’s dif-ficult because [the Saints are] verydisciplined, they know their roles,their kids defend hard and they’regood athletes, so we really had tomake sure that we were patient.

“On the bench, I was getting alittle anxious, but thankfully theguys on the field were not.”

The win improved Episcopal’srecord to 13-0-1.

The Maroon have outscoredtheir opponents 51-6, includingnine shutouts. The two-time de-fending IAC champions are unde-feated in their last 59 games andare ranked No. 20 in the countryin the latest National SoccerCoaches Association of Americapoll. Episcopal finished last sea-son ranked No. 3.

Tshuma, a midfielder/forward,is Episcopal’s leading goal scorer.The junior missed the 2009 sea-

son due to knee surgery after scoring 18goals as a freshman.

“Having him back with the team this yearhas been a huge lift,” Wilcox said, “becausehe’s such a dynamic player and goal scorer.”

The 6-foot-6 Adala Moto, a forward, se-nior midfielder/forward Dominique Badjiand junior midfielder Ross Higgins are alsooffensive threats for Episcopal. Senior goal-keeper Bennett Jones is committed to Will-iam & Mary. Badji, Jones and senior for-ward/midfielder Trevor Bobola are teamcaptains.

The loss dropped SSSAS to the .500 mark,but Amato said he’s pleased with the efforthis team puts forth.

“We’re very young and we compete witheverybody,” he said. “We’re 5-5-2 and I’mamazingly proud of the group I have for thataccomplishment.”

Amato said sophomore midfielder TaylorJackson played well against Episcopal andspoke highly of junior goalkeeper RyonHuddleston.

“The keeper is amazing,” Amato said. “Hemade some great saves. He’s just extremelyathletic and brave. He’s 5-9 but he playslike he’s 6-3, 6-4. He comes off his line ex-tremely well.”

Episcopal will travel to face St. Albans at4:15 p.m. on Oct. 22. SSSAS will travel toface Bullis at 4:15 p.m.

Patient Episcopal Beats Defensive-Minded SSSASMaroon remainsundefeated withpair of second-halfgoals.

“On the bench,I was getting alittle anxious,but thankfullythe guys on thefield were not.”

— Episcopal headboys soccer coach

Rick Wilcox

Episcopal’s Ntokozo Tshuma scored what proved to be the game-winning goal againstSt. Stephen’s and St. Agnes on Oct. 19.

Episcopal’s DominiqueBadji (14) and KurtAnderson (6) jump tohead the ball against atrio of SSSAS players.

Alexandria Gazette Packet Sports Editor Jon Roetman

703-224-3015 or [email protected]

Photos by

Louise Krafft

Gazette Packet


Sports

TC FootballWins ThirdStraight

The T.C. Williams football teamoutscored Woodson 20-0 duringthe fourth quarter of a 41-21 roadvictory on Oct. 15. The Titans im-proved their record to 4-3, includ-ing 3-1 in the Patriot District, andextended their winning streak tothree games.

Zaquan Summers rushed 22times for 163 yards and one touch-down, giving the junior 66 carriesfor 476 yards and six scores in thelast three games. Quarterback AlecGrosser completed 9 of 14 passesfor 111 yards and two touch-downs. Grosser, a sophomore, hascompleted 39 of 50 throws (78percent) for 450 yards and sixtouchdowns without an intercep-tion during the winning streak.

Defensively, Damien Benton ledT.C. Williams with 17 tackles, oneinterception and one fumble re-covery. Deontre Sanders finishedwith 12 tackles and Ed Massaquoirecorded nine.

Next up for TC is a road gameagainst West Potomac at 7:30 p.m.on Oct. 22. The Wolverines are 5-

2 and tied atop the Patriot DistrictStandings at 4-0. The Titans’ finaltwo games are against SouthCounty and Lee, both of whichhave a 1-6 record. TC will likelyhave to win two of its final threegames to make the playoffs.

TC Field HockeyLoses in Districts

The T.C. Williams field hockeyteam ended its season with a 3-2loss to Annandale on Oct. 18 inthe opening round of the PatriotDistrict Tournament. The Titansfinished 10-7.

Episcopal WinsFifth Straight

The Episcopal field hockey teamdefeated Madeira School, 5-2, onOct. 15, improving its record to 8-1 and extending its winning streakto five. The Maroon will travel toface Sidwell Friends at 11:30 a.m.on Oct. 23.

BI Football LosesThe Bishop Ireton football team

dropped to 1-6 with a 28-20 loss

to St. Christopher’s on Oct. 16.The Cardinals will travel to face

Pope John Paul the Great at 2 p.m.on Oct. 23.

SSSAS FootballLoses to Bullis

The St. Stephen’s & St. Agnesfootball team held a six-point half-time lead against Bullis but even-tually dropped to 1-5 with a 42-31 homecoming loss.

The Saints will travel to faceLandon at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 23.

MVHS 5KTurkey Trot

The Mount Vernon High School5K Turkey Trot and Wellness Walkwill take place on Nov. 13 rain orshine.

Registration is at 7:30 a.m. andthe race starts at 8:30 a.m. Gen-eral registration fee is $35. Teach-ers or students with a valid ID cardcan participate for $25. The racebegins at the Rock entrance ofMVHS.

The race benefits the MVHSCares Emergency Fun, to help pro-vide education-related assistanceand incentives for MVHS students.

Join SundayRunning Club

The Mount Vernon Milers run-ning club meets at 8 a.m. on Sun-days. The group usually meetsalong the Potomac River, but theexact location is listed in an e-mailsent every Wednesday for the com-ing week.

Distances vary but runners canexpect between four and eightmiles.

E-mail lbritton7@yahoo. com tobe put on the e-mail list.

T.C. Williamsrunningback ZaquanSummers,seen earlierthis season,rushed for163 yards ina win overWoodson onOct. 15.

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