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The photograph remains instantly recognizable: A single fragment of time captured on Sept. 12, 2001, when firefighters and military per-

sonnel unfurled an American flag atop the Pentagon as a symbol of resilience and hope for a nation still paralyzed with disbelief at the events of the day before.

Eyes remained riveted to images of horror as a stunned world slowly came to grasp the carnage of what would turn out to be the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Ramiro Galvez was assigned to an Annandale medical unit that was one of the first dispatched to the scene within minutes of American Airlines Flight 77 striking the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. He would remain part of the search and rescue efforts for 10 days.

“We did not have a lot of information when we first got the call,” said Galvez, now in his 27th year of service. “There were so many radio calls that we couldn’t interact with dispatch. All we knew was that there was a fire at the Pentagon and that it was significant.”

Galvez and other first responders worked tirelessly in the search and rescue efforts without knowing the scope of what had transpired.

“Because we didn’t have the benefit of social media, we didn’t have the ability to obtain information right away,” Galvez said. “When we heard later that afternoon that

the World Trade Center had collapsed, I couldn’t picture what everybody had seen. The complexity of the situation didn’t make any sense and we didn’t know that these

were terrorist attacks. We are more familiar with terrorism today but it was not the same back then.”

Alexandria Sheriff Dana Lawhorne was a detective with the police department in Sep-tember of 2001.

“When the plane hit the Pentagon several of us decided to respond there,” Lawhorne said. “That plan was interrupted when the school superintendent called seeking guid-ance. The safety of our schools became my priority. I will never forget the courage of the first responders that day. Now 20 years later, that same courage still exists in those who chose to serve and protect.”

Battalion Chief Todd Barb had just com-pleted his rookie year of training on what he now calls a career-defining day.

“I was dispatched to Arlington to trans-port a burn patient to the hospital,” Barb re-called. “A woman was walking on a sidewalk when the plane struck the Pentagon and a

‘God Was Watching Over Us’First responders remember 9-11.

Firefighters from Alexandria and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue join soldiers atop the Pentagon to unfurl an American flag during rescue and recovery efforts Sept. 12, 2001.

Spc. Craig Amundson Eddie A. Dillard Capt. Robert Edward Dolan

Cmdr. William H. Donovan

Diane M. Hale-McKinzy

Bryan C. Jack Steven D. Jacoby

Terence M. Lynch Maj. Clifford L. Patterson Jr.

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By Michael Lee PopeGAZETTE PACKET

Alexandria started press-ing for a plastic bag tax when George W. Bush was in the White House

and Virginia was a red state. Now the years of advocacy have finally paid off, and state Sen. Adam Ebb-in (D-30) has been able to pass a bill giving City Hall authority to impose a five-cent tax on each and every plastic bag that’s used in gro-cery stores and convenience stores. If the Alexandria City Council gives the green light to the tax next week, the city is expected to pull in about $50,000 a year of new rev-enue for environmental programs.

“This isn’t just about money from consumers,” said Ebbin, who first introduced the bill more than a decade ago when he was a mem-ber of the House of Delegates. “It’s more importantly about changing consumer behavior and reducing pollution, and I think we’re on the road to the start of that.”

The City Council is expected to consider the plastic-bag tax Sept. 14 and then vote for final approval at the Sept. 18 public hearing, the culmination of more than a decade of pushing the General Assembly to give the city authority to tax plastic bags. According to the Earth Poli-cy Institute, Americans use on av-erage nearly one plastic bag each day. Although they’re theoretically recyclable, most end up in landfills or littering rivers and beaches.

But grocery stores across Virgin-ia are urging Alexandria and other local governments to hit the pause button.

“We would encourage any lo-cality that is considering this tax to at least consider an implemen-tation date of after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Parker Slaybaugh, executive director of the Virginia Food Industry Asso-ciation. “Our employees and our stores are doing everything possi-

ble right now to keep employees safe, to keep customers safe and to keep shelves stocked, and adding a new administrative burden such as a new tax could certainly hamper those efforts.”

IF APPROVED, the new tax would apply to grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores and large re-tailers that contain grocery stores. It would not cover restaurants that use plastic bags for takeout or dry cleaners that wrap clothes in plas-tic or pharmacists who use plastic bags for prescriptions. The Virginia Tax Commissioner will collect the tax, enforce the rules and distrib-ute the money to local govern-ments across Virginia. In the first

year, retailers will get to keep two cents of the five-cent tax to help cover the cost of remitting the tax. After that, they’ll get to keep one penny of the revenue and the rest will go to Alexandria City Hall.

“It’s not a huge burden,” said Ebbin. “And it’s a small price to pay for not being complicit in pol-lution.”

The Roanoke City Council was the first local government to take action under Ebbin’s new law, ap-proving a tax back in May. That prompted the Virginia Department of Taxation to publish guidelines because “grocery store” wasn’t de-

fined in state law. Those guidelines were published earlier this month, and now Fairfax County and Ar-lington County are also consider-ing similar measures. Here in Alex-andria, city officials estimate that the tax could pull in about $50,000 a year in new revenue for environ-mental programs.

“That $50,000 is kind of a rough estimate,” said Helen Lee, Alexan-dria environmental program man-ager. “In reality, it’s really going to depend on consumer shopping be-havior. So there’s not really a per-fect number. That’s our best guess estimate for now.”

MOMENTUM FOR TAXING plas-tic bags has been building for de-cades. Denmark created the first plastic bag tax back in 1993. Since that time, countries across the world and cities across America have followed suit. More than 150 cities across the country currently have some kind of tax on plastic bags. Here in Alexandria, former City Councilman Tim Lovain start-ed pushing for a plastic bag tax in 2008.

“They are a plague,” said Lovain at the time. “The time has come to do something.”

Advocates for taxing plastic bags had Republican allies in the state Senate, including Sen. Jef-frey McWaters (R-8) who famously wore a plastic bag fashioned into a pocket square on the Senate floor. The bill even had the support of Republican Leader Tommy Nor-ment, but the effort was defeated in the much more conservative House of Delegates during the era of Republican control. Opponents of the plastic bag tax argued that imposing a new burden on busi-nesses was a bad idea.

“We don’t live in California,” said former state Sen. Bill Carri-co (R-40), who voted against the bill when he was in the Senate. “There’s a lot of things that oth-er states do that we don’t follow suit, and I think this is one that we should really take a hard look at. If we start doing this it’s going to put an undue burden on people.”

WHEN DEMOCRATS seized con-trol of the General Assembly after the 2019 election, the effort to give local governments authority to tax plastic bags was at the top of the list. According to the law, money raised by the tax can be used for specific purposes: environmental cleanup, mitigating pollution, ed-ucation programs and providing reusable bags to recipients of food stamps. If City Council approves the tax, it’ll go into effect Jan. 1, 2022.

“D.C. has had a bag tax for more than a decade now, so I think a lot of residents are familiar with this tax,” said Lee.

“But unlike D.C., which taxes plastic bags for any retailer that sells food or alcohol — which in-cludes restaurants — here in Vir-ginia local governments can only charge the tax to grocery stores, convenience stores and drug stores.”

Reform Is in the BagCity Council to consider new five-cent tax for each plastic bag.

Next week, the Alexandria City Council will consider a new five-cent tax on plastic bags in grocery stores and convenience stores.

“This isn’t just about money from consumers. It’s more importantly about changing consumer behavior and reducing pollution, and I think we’re on the road to the start of that.”

— Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30)

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‘God Was Watching Over Us’fireball consumed her from the waist up. I was then assigned to the Pentagon looking for survivors and stringing lights into dark corridors so that a task force could begin shoring up the structure.”

Barb described the destruction at the Pen-tagon as “surreal.”

“It was hard to imagine what had hap-pened,” Barb said. “This was a huge concrete structure that became an incinerator when the jet fuel exploded. I remember seeing the remains of people sitting at a conference table for a staff meeting who never had a chance to get out. I carry that image with me and it pushes me to do better to help people in their direst needs.“

Firefighter Jim Morris, now retired, was one of the first responders pictured atop the Pentagon in the iconic photograph of the American flag as it was unfurled. As he par-ticipated in the recovery efforts in Arlington, his mind was 225 miles north in New York City, where his brother Seth was still unac-counted for in the rubble of the World Trade Center.

Seth Morris was a broker with Cantor Fitz-gerald working on the 105th floor of World Trade Center One. He did not survive.

The coordinated attacks at the Pentagon, World Trade Center and outside Shanksville, Pa., resulted in 2,977 deaths. Remains of more than 1,700 of those who perished have never been recovered.

“God was watching over us that day,” said Barb. “There are normally 20,000 people in those outer rings. If the Pentagon hadn’t been under construction or the plane had hit on the other side of the building, it would have been a far worse tragedy.”

As he looks back 20 years later, Barb said he will remember most the way the commu-nity came together.

“Cell phone companies provided phones for us to call our families, Home Depot and Lowes showed up with tractor trailers of supplies, restaurants like McDonald’s and Burger King had their mobile restaurants there to feed the troops,” he recalled. “In the depths of one of the worst tragedies of our lifetimes, there was still some good that it brought out of people.”

Added Galvez: “A lot of first responders and citizens died that day. Each year we take time to remember those who lost their lives not only that day but in subsequent terror-ist attacks and those who died serving their country. And we take time to remember the lessons that we learned.”

Remembering Alexandria’s victims of 9-11Spc. Craig Amundson

Spec. Craig S. Amundson, 28, was as-signed to the Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel as a graphic artist and was at work at the Pentagon the morn-ing of Sept. 11, 2001. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Meritorious

Service Award. He left behind his wife, Am-ber, and children Elliot and Charlotte.

Eddie A. Dillard Eddie A. Dillard, 54, was a passenger

aboard American Airlines flight 77. He left behind a wife of 15 years, Rosemary, and one son, Edrick L. Dillard.

Capt. Robert Edward Dolan Captain Robert Dolan, 43, was working on

the first floor of the Pentagon as head of the U.S. Navy’s Strategy and Concepts Branch when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building. He was a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and commander of the USS John Hancock. His class ring was found in the remains of the Pentagon. Dolan was sur-vived by his wife Lisa and children Rebecca and Beau.

Cmdr. William H. DonovanCommander William Howard Donovan,

37, was commissioned at the Naval Acad-emy with the Class of 1986. He had been on the Chief of Naval Operations staff for a little over a year when Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. Known as “the Waynewood Dad,” Donovan left behind his wife Elaine and three young children. His remains were nev-er recovered.

Diane M. Hale-McKinzyDiane Hale-McKinzy, 38, was a civilian

employee for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon. Born in Lithonia, Ga., she served in the Army for four years before beginning a career in civil service.

Bryan C JackBryan C. Jack, 48, was on American Air-

lines Flight 77 when the plane struck the Pentagon, where he worked as the head of the Defense Department’s programming and fiscal economics division. Jack and his longtime companion, artist Barbara Rachko, were married on June 16, 2001, just 87 days before his death.

Steven D. Jacoby Steven “Jake” Jacoby, 43, was the chief op-

erating officer of Metrocall and a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77. A commu-nity leader, Jacoby sat on the board of Men Against Breast Cancer and was actively in-volved with the Camp Fantastic Special Love charity golf tournament as well as Catholic Charities. The weekend before his death, Jacoby had celebrated the birthdays of his wife Kim and son Nicholas.

Terence M. Lynch Terence Michael Lynch, 49, was one of

three consultants from Booz, Allen and Hamilton who perished during a meeting at the Pentagon. On the day of his death, he was attending a meeting to extend survivor benefits to military families. He was sur-vived by his wife Jacqueline and daughters Tiffany Marie and Ashley Nicole.

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Service Award. He left behind his wife, Am-ber, and children Elliot and Charlotte.

Eddie A. Dillard Eddie A. Dillard, 54, was a passenger

aboard American Airlines flight 77. He left behind a wife of 15 years, Rosemary, and one son, Edrick L. Dillard.

Capt. Robert Edward Dolan Captain Robert Dolan, 43, was working on

the first floor of the Pentagon as head of the U.S. Navy’s Strategy and Concepts Branch when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building. He was a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and commander of the USS John Hancock. His class ring was found in the remains of the Pentagon. Dolan was sur-vived by his wife Lisa and children Rebecca and Beau.

Cmdr. William H. DonovanCommander William Howard Donovan,

37, was commissioned at the Naval Acad-emy with the Class of 1986. He had been on the Chief of Naval Operations staff for a little over a year when Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. Known as “the Waynewood Dad,” Donovan left behind his wife Elaine and three young children. His remains were nev-er recovered.

Diane M. Hale-McKinzyDiane Hale-McKinzy, 38, was a civilian

employee for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon. Born in Lithonia, Ga., she served in the Army for four years before beginning a career in civil service.

Bryan C JackBryan C. Jack, 48, was on American Air-

lines Flight 77 when the plane struck the Pentagon, where he worked as the head of the Defense Department’s programming and fiscal economics division. Jack and his longtime companion, artist Barbara Rachko, were married on June 16, 2001, just 87 days before his death.

Steven D. Jacoby Steven “Jake” Jacoby, 43, was the chief op-

erating officer of Metrocall and a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77. A commu-nity leader, Jacoby sat on the board of Men Against Breast Cancer and was actively in-volved with the Camp Fantastic Special Love charity golf tournament as well as Catholic Charities. The weekend before his death, Jacoby had celebrated the birthdays of his wife Kim and son Nicholas.

Terence M. Lynch Terence Michael Lynch, 49, was one of

three consultants from Booz, Allen and Hamilton who perished during a meeting at the Pentagon. On the day of his death, he was attending a meeting to extend survivor benefits to military families. He was sur-vived by his wife Jacqueline and daughters Tiffany Marie and Ashley Nicole.

Maj. Clifford L. Patterson Jr. Major Clifford L. Patterson Jr., 33, was a

native of Washington D.C. and graduate of St. John’s College High School. In 1991 he graduated from Howard University as a Dis-tinguished Military Graduate. He was work-ing at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel Cmdr. Robert A. Schlegel, 38, followed

his father and brothers in the Navy. Prior to being posted to the Pentagon, he was execu-tive officer of the USS Arthur W. Radford, a 9,000-ton destroyer.

Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith (Ret.) Retired Army Lt. Col. Gary Smith, 55, was

at a meeting at the Pentagon when Ameri-can Airlines Flight 77 struck. A resident of Waynewood since 1984, Smith coached his daughter’s soccer teams, kept time for the West Potomac High School track team and was a fixture at high school football games on Friday nights.

A 23-year Army veteran, Smith received the Soldier’s Medal for Heroism after saving a number of soldiers from a helicopter crash during his service in Vietnam. He was sur-vived by his wife Ann and daughters Natalie, Nicole, Kristie and Tracy.

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“I will never forget the courage of the first responders that day. Now 20 years later, that same courage still exists in those who chose to serve and protect.”

— Alexandria Sheriff Dana Lawhorne

Norma Lang Steuerle Norma Lang Steuerle, 54, was active in

the Old Town community as a clinical psy-chologist and through Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She was aboard American Airlines Flight 77 en route to visit a daughter in Japan and her husband Eugene, who was teaching a seminar in Singapore.

Sandra C. TaylorSandra Carol Taylor, 50, worked as a civil-

ian for the U.S. Army for 30 years and at the Pentagon for almost 10. She was a volunteer at the Hospice of Northern Virginia and at the time of her death was engaged to Timo-thy Dudgeon. She left behind her daughter Smantha.

Meta L. Waller Meta L. Waller, 60, was a 12-year civilian

employee of the U.S. Army at the Pentagon and was at her desk when the hijacked air-liner struck the building. Named after her grandmother, the African American sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller, Waller received a mas-ter’s degree in government from Harvard University and was active in civil rights af-fairs.


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By Marcus DowneyVice President IUPA Local 5

The taxpayers of Alex-andria City deserve to know that after four years of mismanage-

ment and ineptitude at the execu-tive level of the police department, decades of false promises from Al-exandria City Hall, the pressure of maintaining premium policing ser-vices through a global pandemic, and skyrocketing crime rates, both staffing and morale within the Po-lice Department are plummeting.

Alongside our partners within the Alexandria Fire Department, the Police Department is experi-encing an exodus of staff and an inability to add new officers at the same pace. And just like our fire department allies, it takes al-most a full year to replace those who leave. Combine this with City Council’s defunding of the police department of almost $1,000,000,

the elimination of half a dozen sworn positions, and the removal of several “over-hire” positions, the department struggles daily to meet the law enforcement demands of this densely populated suburb of Washington, D.C.

The citizens need to know that police services are being negative-ly affected due to the above issues. The department has had to trans-fer officers from our Detective, Community Oriented Policing, and Motors Sections just so that we can properly address routine calls for service.

Because of the changes, these officers are unable to focus their attention on solving open crimes, engaging the community in neigh-borhood events, or addressing traf-fic complaints as we have in the past. The department was forced to make these adjustments so that we could provide adequate service to the community. However, these changes are not sustainable, and

the community should soon ex-pect to see drastic changes to our ability to provide the same level of service.

We have fought for fair pay for decades and yet our starting salary ranks 13th out of the 14 Northern Virginia law enforcement agen-cies. The City of Alexandria’s pay philosophy is to “maintain a com-petitive compensation program to attract, retain, and motivate qual-ified employees.” It is simply not reasonable to believe we can hire and retain public safety staff when our compensation is second to the last.

We are told the only way to in-crease pay is to increase taxes; lo-cal politicians use this line because they know taxpayers will feel hes-itant. Yet somehow, $5,000,000 in brand new programs have been funded by the City just this calen-dar year without a tax increase. We are also told that our compensation issues will be rectified in collective

bargaining. City Council and the City Manager neglect to mention that at best, we are 24 months re-moved from any contracts. The department and community can-not wait that long as staffing and morale continues to tumble.

The facts listed above are con-tributing factors to officer burnout which will ultimately have a neg-ative impact on police officers’ mental and physical health, per-formance, and interactions with the community. We recognize that the solution to this problem is complex.

The answer begins with the City of Alexandria properly investing in public safety through increasing authorized staffing levels and fair-ly compensating those who protect this great city.

We stand united with our fire department partners and ask that City Council fully fund Alexan-dria’s public safety departments, increase staffing, and pay us fairly.

Alexandria Police: Staffing and Morale Plummeting

Big Money for Big Biz

Michael Lee Pope’s “Big Money for Big Biz” www.connectionnews-papers.com/news/2021/aug/12/big-money-big-biz-not-much-poor should win a journalism award, but likely it won’t because it blows the whistle on an almost taboo topic, the degree to which corpo-rate interests, not content to “own” the traditional Republican Party, have lucratively invested in “own-ing” today’s Democrat Party too.

Liberal money in places like Hol-lywood has long leaned left, but it has in recent decades increas-ingly been joined by mainstream wealthy, corporate interests, so that, increasingly, Democrats have been reluctant to do anything which might impair overall stock values. All the country’s major fi-nancial centers are increasingly Democratic, as hedge fund man-agers, megabankers, and others whose wealth derives not from traditional production, but from financial manipulation, line up behind today’s Democratic Party and its centrist candidates, help-ing them not only to win out over Republicans, but also to marginal-ize the “Squad” who have placed a young, avant garde face on the Democratic Party’s long-standing social democratic wing which was the Democrats’ mainstay from the New Deal to Walter Mondale’s sweeping 1984 loss to Ronald Rea-gan. Phoenix’s rise as a financial center (more financial services jobs

than Manhattan) and Atlanta’s rise as a financial and media center are the drivers behind flipping those traditionally reliably Republican states. Because asset valuation fac-tors in long-term trends, the finan-cial industry is among the first to demand policies to address global warming and to embrace “diversi-ty” as a corporate practice. Once a swing state, California rapidly transitioned into a liberal bastion once technology became its main-stay industry.

The rise of technology, finance, and media in Northern Virginia explains not only the Democrats’ takeover of the state’s politics, but the much more important corpo-rate takeover of today’s Virginia Democratic Party, even if so quietly undertaken that the average vot-er and the Republican opposition failed to notice. Only now, with the Democratic Party firmly under corporatist control, have the cor-porate Democrats asserted them-selves.

The modern economy produced plenty of losers too, such as Amer-ican workers who were slow to catch on to how the Democratic Party was abandoning them amidst the Democratic rhetoric extolling them, while their jobs were sold out to foreign “free trade” competi-tion and increasingly given over to out-of-control immigration. Only when Donald Trump stepped into the political vacuum this created, pointing out how these trends had harmed U.S. workers and hollowed out entire towns which lost their economic base, was the Republi-

cans’ small, but enduring populist wing able to take control away from a corporatist wing whose core constituency was abandoning it for the better deal the other party was offering. Trump, ironically, made most of his fortune from the hospi-tality industry, which has become increasingly Democratic in recent decades. Resorts favor stricter en-vironmental policies which assure that these resorts remain attrac-tive, while hotels and restaurants rely on the sort of business travel increased international commerce and financial services drive and on a workforce disproprotionate-ly composed of illegally present persons. The greatest irony of all is that Trump’s hotel business suf-fered from the protectionist trade policies and restrictionist immigra-tion practices he championed.

At the local level, the Democratic Party’s corporatist evolution shows

up in development deals where developers are afforded enormous grants of density, while historic preservation and other neighbor-hood concerns get short shrift. The hospitality industry gets extraordi-nary concessions, including use of public space, street configurations designed around its imperatives rather than the general public’s, and political advocacy on behalf of its illegally present workforce.

Huge amounts of money, largely in the form of economic influence, coalesce around these agendas, sidelining not only an increasing-ly irrelevant Republican opposi-tion, but also old-style Democrats now thrown once in a while a few scraps to keep them on board with the Democratic Party’s new politi-cal agenda in service to special in-terests.

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Across the country, Wil-lard Scott was Ameri-ca’s jovial weatherman, entertaining viewers of

the Today Show with lighthearted antics and his trademark centenar-ian birthday wishes. But before the world took notice, Scott was just a kid from Alexandria with an early passion for radio.

“When Willard was very young, he built a crystal radio,” said Tom Hulfish, who would play with Scott near the Scott home on Commonwealth Avenue. “Every afternoon he would get on his ra-dio and broadcast the news to the neighborhood. That didn’t always go over well so the neighbors got together and agreed that Willard had a certain amount of time to do his broadcast then the neighbors could listen to what they wanted to hear. Mind you he was only 8 or 9 years old when he did this.”

Scott parlayed his boyhood pas-sion into a lifelong career in broad-casting, spending 65 years with NBC, first in Washington then in New York. On Sept. 4, the televi-sion icon died at his country home in Delaplane. He was 87.

Willard Herman Scott Jr. was born on March 7, 1934, in Alex-andria to Willard Herman Scott Sr. and Thelma Phillips. He grew up at 125 Commonwealth Ave. and graduated in 1951 from George Washington High School where he served as class president.

“Willard and Patsy Ticer were the popular student body leaders,” said Hulfish of Scott and Alexan-dria’s former Mayor and state Sen-ator.

While still in high school, Scott got his first job at the age of 16 as an NBC page in Washington. He went on to study philosophy and religion at American University. It was there that he met Ed Walker and together the two co-hosted WRC’s nightly Joy Boys radio pro-

gram until 1972. This run was only interrupted from 1956 to 1958 when Scott served on active duty with the U.S. Navy.

While still in high school, Scott and Hulfish performed together in the city’s bicentennial pageant in 1949.

“The pageant was held in Lee Street Park,” recalled Hulfish. “The intermission was not short so Willard and I went to my parent’s house at 200 Duke Street where my father usually had a mason jar full of white lightning stashed under the sink. We decided to hit the white lightning even though we had never done that before. After the show, the stage director came up to Willard and said ‘Wil-lard, you were so much better in the second half.’ So for the whole run of the pageant we kept up that routine.”

Scott’s first assignment as a weathercaster came in 1956 when he was asked to do the weather on WRC-AM radio. In 1967, he began

doing the forecasts on WRC-TV.A man of many talents, Scott por-

trayed Bozo the Clown on Wash-ington’s PBS channel from late 1950 to late 1962. The Bozo stint led to one of his greatest but per-haps lesser-known achievements. As Bozo, Scott did commercials in Washington for McDonald’s. When the hamburger chain asked him to think up a promotional clown for a national advertising campaign, Scott created the now- famous Ronald McDonald character.

Despite being passed over as the national Ronald McDonald, Scott performed locally as that character for six years.

His local prominence grew and in March of 1980, he was recruited to join the Today Show. He was a daily presence until his semi-retire-ment in 1996 but remained with

NBC until his full retirement on Dec. 15, 2015.

During his early days at WRC, Scott met Mary Dwyer, who he married in 1959. The two were to-gether for 43 years until her death from cancer in 2002 at the age of 66. In 2014, he married Paris Kee-na. In addition to Keena, he is sur-vived by two daughters from his first marriage, Sally Scott Swiatek and Mare Scott, and two grand-children, Sally Marie Swiatek and John Willard Swiatek.

Funeral arrangements are pri-vate. Contributions may be made to the Salvation Army at Salvation-ArmyUSA.org.

“Willard was always fascinating to be around,” Hulfish added. “I don’t think anyone who knew him growing up was surprised at the success that he achieved.”


Decades before boutiques be-gan lining the streets of Old Town, there was Frankie

Welch, a designer to Washington’s political elite who operated a shop on Cameron Street that became known around the world as the center of fashion for First Ladies and the wives of international dip-

lomats.A resident of Alexandria for

more than 50 years, Welch is best known for her scarves and nap-kins, which she designed for White House functions, gatherings of governors and countless corpora-tions and associations.

On Sept. 2, the couturier to the political stars of the day died at her home at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottes-

ville. She was 97.Born Mary Frances Barnett in

Rome, Ga., on March 29, 1924, Welch married her childhood sweetheart William Calvin Welch during World War II on June 3, 1944. She studied Clothing and Design at Furman University and did post-graduate work at the Uni-versity of Georgia and the Univer-sity of Wisconsin.

A Fond FarewellAlexandria’s Willard Scott dies at 87.

The Today Show’s Al Roker, left, with Willard Scott at Scott’s country home in Delaplane in 2015.

NBC television personality Willard Scott, left, with Sheriff Dana Lawhorne and former Mayor and State Senator Patsy Ticer at the 2008 Scottish Walk Parade. Scott, an Alexandria native, died Sept. 4 at the age of 87.

Willard Scott as a senior in the 1951 George Washington High School yearbook.

“I don’t think anyone who knew him growing up was surprised at the success that he achieved.”

— Tom Hulfish on Willard Scott

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Designer and longtime Alexan-dria boutique owner Frankie

Welch, shown with one of her fa-mous Cherokee Alphabet scarves,

died Sept. 2 at the age of 97.

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NBC until his full retirement on Dec. 15, 2015.

During his early days at WRC, Scott met Mary Dwyer, who he married in 1959. The two were to-gether for 43 years until her death from cancer in 2002 at the age of 66. In 2014, he married Paris Kee-na. In addition to Keena, he is sur-vived by two daughters from his first marriage, Sally Scott Swiatek and Mare Scott, and two grand-children, Sally Marie Swiatek and John Willard Swiatek.

Funeral arrangements are pri-vate. Contributions may be made to the Salvation Army at Salvation-ArmyUSA.org.

“Willard was always fascinating to be around,” Hulfish added. “I don’t think anyone who knew him growing up was surprised at the success that he achieved.”

Working with the BISSELL Pet Foun-dation and several local animal shelters and rescues, the Animal

Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA) is helping to bring dozens of animals to North-ern Virginia from Louisiana shelters that were ravaged by Hurricane Ida. A plane transporting more than 100 animals landed in Virginia on Sept. 1, with cats and dogs who would be moving to facilities in Virgin-ia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Animals on this flight were ones who were in Louisiana shelters before they were affect-ed by the hurricane. By transporting them to the AWLA and other facilities, these animals have a new chance at finding homes across the region, while also making more room in the Louisiana shelters. This means that the southern shelters have greater capacity to take in animals displaced by the storm, with the goal of reconnecting them with their families when circumstances allow.

“Even with the plane doors closed, we could hear the dogs and how excited they were to be here,” said AWLA Adoptions & Transfer Coordinator Jeannette Acosta.

The AWLA has taken in a number of dogs ranging in age from 3 months to 9 years, as well as several kittens who will spend time in the AWLA’s foster program until they are ready for adoption. As these animals become ready for adoption, more information about them can be found at AlexandriaAnimals.org/Adopt.

“We are so grateful to everyone who has been part of this collaborative effort, from our partners on the ground in Louisiana to those helping here in Virginia, taking these pets into their shelters so they can be adopt-ed,” said Cathy Bissell, founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “This was a massive team effort with people all across the country helping each other, and while part of the

work is finished, there is more to be done as we continue to help the displaced pets in Louisiana.”

“Every animal transported to our area means one more animal who has the chance to reconnect with their family in Louisiana,” said AWLA Director of Operations Katie DeWillems.

Animal Welfare League of Alexandria Helps Bring Animals Hurricane-Ravaged Louisiana SheltersNearly a dozen animals will be available for adoption from the AWLA.

Safe and secure, the AWLA’s newest residents are ready for their trip to Alexandria; Skid takes her first step toward a new life.

Skid was one of the first animals to exit the plane.

Grits, Grillades, Roux and Beignet enjoy their first meal in Alexandria.

“I don’t think anyone who knew him growing up was surprised at the success that he achieved.”

— Tom Hulfish on Willard Scott

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Designing WomanIn 1952, the family moved

to Alexandria, where Welch offered private fashion consult-ing and taught classes at the University of Maryland. While teaching at Washington & Lee High School in 1959, she was honored by Ingenue Magazine as Outstanding Home Econom-ics Teacher of the Nation and awarded a trip to attend Fash-ion Weeks in Paris and Milan.

In 1960, Welch designed a versatile dress called “The Frankie” to help show students how to handle various waist-lines. By the time she opened her shop, Frankie Welch of Vir-ginia, at 305 Cameron Street in 1963, the dress was being sold nationwide.

The Cameron Street bou-tique, located in the historic Du-vall House, catered to political notables including First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford and Rosalyn Carter. A highlight of Welch’s career was the gift from Ford to the First Ladies Hall of the Smithsonian Insti-tution of her gown designed by Welch.

Welch was best known in the fashion world for her over 4,000 scarf and fabric designs. Her shop became an institution soon after it opened, bringing high end retail acclaim to Al-exandria and contributing to the resurgence of historic Old Town. After the shop closed its doors in 1990, Welch continued her gift and accessories design business. She retired to Charlot-tesville in 2001.

Welch was an active member of the Twig Hospital auxiliary

Couturier Frankie Welch outside her boutique at 305 Cameron Street in 1970.

Designer Frankie Welch, left, with First Lady Betty Ford and Smithsonian Institution Deputy S. Dillon Ripley with the gown donated to the First Ladies Hall at the Smithsonian’s Muse-um of History and Technology in June of 1976. The sequined chiffon gown embroidered in a chrysanthemum pattern was Ford’s State Dinner Dress in 1975.

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and the Alexandria Rotary Club. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Churches in Alexan-dria and Charlottesville.

Welch is survived by her two daughters, Peggy Welch Williams (Page) of Charlottes-ville, and Genie Welch Leisure (David) of Deer Valley, Utah; three grandchildren, Lindsay Williams Dota (Bryan) of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Kevin Page Wil-liams (Dana) of Charlotte, N.C., and Ramsey Ratcliffe Stew-art (Charles) of Salt Lake City, Utah; and great-grandchildren Anneslee Page Dota, Emma Mae Dota, and Rowan James Wil-liams. She was predeceased by her husband in 1975.

A private family graveside service will be held at Monti-cello Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Westminster Can-terbury of the Blue Ridge Foun-dation, 250 Pantops Mountain Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911.

HomeLifeStyle

By Marilyn Campbell Gazette Packet

A mud room is a small space with a big job. It needs to be hearty enough to stand up to items ranging from muddy soccer cleats to overflow-

ing backpacks is no small feat. Local designers share ideas that marry style and function.

“Mudrooms continue to be a popular request when renovating as young families search for ways to organize backpacks, school books, sports equipment, team uni-forms, cleats and sneakers,” said Stephen Gordon, presi-dent of InSite Builders & Remodeling, based in Bethesda, Md. “Traditionally, mud rooms were attached to or an extension of the garage; however, I’m seeing a trend to-wards placing mud rooms in a wider variety of locations throughout a home — off a kitchen or eating area, at a basement entrance, and even as an addition on the front of a house.”

When creating a mud room, assessing your needs is the first step. “A mud room is a great landing zone for everyone’s shoes, jackets and backpacks,” said Jessica Parker Wachtel, GTM Architects. “A few must-haves in-clude a locker or cubbie for each family member, a dog washing station, and a closet for additional out-of-season jackets. Each member of the family can have their own hooks and baskets for extra storage. Additional elements to consider include durable flooring and lots of baskets.”

The purpose of a home’s mud room will vary, but organization is the end goal. “For families, mud rooms serve as a great drop zone for everyday items [such as] car keys, purse, wallet, shoes, coats, jackets, dog leash-es, kids’ sports equipment and backpacks,” said Danielle Steele, Lead Designer, Marks-Woods Construction Ser-vices, based in Alexandria. “Having a dedicated mud room prevents clutter from happening in other areas of

Mud Room Design that Keep Chaos at BayStyle and function combine to create an organized space.

the home.” Function might be the impetus for including a mud

room in the design of a home, but elements of style can be just as important.

“[They] are the perfect place for a surprise, wheth-er it’s crazy wallpaper, a colorful floor, brightly painted cubbies, or a whimsical light fixture,” said Annie Elliott, Annie Elliott Design. “Because mud rooms are separate from the main living area, they don’t have to match any-thing else in the house, and they don’t have to stay tidy. They’re chaotic spaces by nature so why not have a little fun?”

Mud rooms serve as a great drop zone for every-day items — car keys, purse, wallet, shoes, coats, jackets, dog leashes, kids’ sports equipment and backpacks, advises Danielle Steele, designer for Marks-Woods Construction Services.

“Having a dedicated mud room prevents clutter from happening in other areas of the home.”

— Danielle Steele, Marks-Woods Construction Services

Mud rooms are the perfect place for a surprise, whether it’s crazy wallpaper, a colorful floor, brightly painted cubbies, or a whimsical light fix-ture says Annie Elliott of Annie Elliott Design.

Mud rooms continue to be popular as young families search for ways to organize backpacks, school books, sports equipment, team uniforms, cleats and sneakers, says Stephen Gordon, InSite Builders & Remodeling.

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The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club opens its 2021-2022 meeting schedule with the annual High School Football Night featuring special

guest speaker Tynan Rolander, Head Football Coach of South County High School.

Rolander will be joined by the football coaches of Alexandria City, Bishop Ireton, St. Stephen’s & St. Ag-nes, and Episcopal high schools.

Born in Alexandria, Rolander attended Hayfield Secondary School then South County High School as a member of its first graduating class. Following high school, he attended The Citadel, earning a degree in Political Science.

Rolander returned to Northern Virginia and began coaching football at South County in 2011. As a part of the football staff he has won 6 District titles, 3 Re-gion titles, and 1 State final. South County has consis-tently ranked in the top 10 schools for points scored since 2013 and have had no less than 30 players con-tinue their careers in college.

He was named Head Coach in the Winter of 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic. He guided his team through a spring season where they won their third district title in a row, repeated as Region champions, and made a second straight appearance in the state title game.

“We emphasize our Core Values of F.A.M.I.L.Y. above all else and believe these values are instrumental in

ASC High School Football Night ReturnsRolander to be guest speaker Sept. 15.

building the type of young men we desire to see in the community,” Rolander said. “These values are Focus, Accountability, Meaningful, Integrity, Leadership, and Yearning.”

The meeting will be held Sept. 15 at the Old Domin-ion Boat Club, 200 Strand Street, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.alexandriavasports.org.

South County High School head football coach Tynan Rolander will be the featured speaker at the Sept. 15 meeting of the Alexandria Sports-man’s Club.

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EntertainmentNOW THRU SEPT. 25ALEXANDRIA OLD TOWN ART FESTIVAL19th Annual Alexandria Old Town Art

FestivalSaturday, Sept. 18, 2021, 10 a.m. to

5 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, 10 a.m. to 5

p.m.Where: 300 John Carlyle St. in Alex-

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festivals/19th-annual-alexan-dria-old-town-art-festival

”Stigma” Art Exhibit. At Del Ray Artisans Gallery in the Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. The STIGMA exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery features art that shines a light on stig-ma — how it feels, how it affects lives, and how it can be overcome. Stigma affects many different people in many different ways. These art works include viewpoints on mental health disorders, HIV, homelessness, disabilities, sexual orientation, bullying, race and ethnicity, and more. Open Thurs-days 12-6 p.m., Fridays 12-9 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 12-6 p.m. Visit https://DelRayArtisans.org/exhibits

THURSDAY/SEPT. 9Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society

Virtual Trivia Night. 7-8:30 p.m. Grab your favorite beverage and settle down for some trivia fun (with prizes) that will test your knowledge of American history, the Presidents, Alexandria, and the American work force throughout the years in honor of Labor Day. You’ll learn some fun and

interesting facts as we reveal the answers! Tickets are $20 per

household, with all proceeds benefit-ing Gadsby’s Tavern Museum. To

register, visit gadsbystavernmuseum.us.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 10Art on the Rocks. 5 to 8 p.m. At Wa-

terfront Park, 1A Prince Street, Al-exandria. Experience the exciting kickoff to Old Town Cocktail Week. Join the Art League in tasting cocktail creations and small bites crafted by competing bartenders from favorite local establishments. Find out who will win Judges’ Choice and cast your own vote for the People’s Choice award. Admission: $55 per person. Visit Oldtownbusiness.org

SEPT. 10-12Stonebridge Artists Tour. 11 a.m. to

6 p.m. At three locations: 1234 Shenandoah Road, 2100 Mason Hill Drive and 2219 Martha’s Road, Alexandria. The show will feature the work of nine prominent local artists with displays of painting, prints, bronze, ceramics, and photography, all in three relaxed residential settings. Friday time is 5-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SEPT. 10-18By the Seashore. At Leonadus K.

Plenty Amphitheater at Lee Dis-trict Park, 6601 Telegraph Road, Alexandria. This sensory-filled production specifically designed for children ages 0-3 uses an imagina-tive mix of puppetry, movement, and sound to take children on a magical journey to the beach. Dates:

Friday, September 10 at 10:30 a.m.Saturday, September 11 at 10 a.m. and

11:30 a.m.Sunday, September 12 at 11 a.m.Thursday, September 16 at 10:30 a.m.Friday, September 17 at 10:30 a.m.Saturday, September 18 at 10 a.m. and

11:30 a.m.Visit the website:https://www.artsonthehorizon.org/

by-the-seashore-2021.html

SEPT. 10-19Old Town Cocktail Week. Guests can

celebrate the world of cocktail in-novation enjoying special libations at Old Town Alexandria restau-rants, bars, and as well as themed events at boutiques, historic sights, and other places. The week will kick off with Art on the Rocks on Friday, September 10, 5-8 p.m. at Waterfront Park, held by The Art League at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The week will conclude

with a Meet the Makers Tasting Event at Market Square.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 11 Plants & Design: Perk Up Your Fall

Garden. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (Adult) September is a great time to inject some autumn beauty into your home garden. Green Spring horticulturist Brenda Skarphol discusses dividing perennials, planting cool season plants, and beautifying your garden with fall season show-stoppers so it looks its autumn best. Special emphasis placed on plants for pollinators and other wildlife. $18 per person. Reg-ister online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.

SUNDAY/SEPT. 12Tall Ship Providence with Captain

Gregory’s. 1 Cameron St., Alex-andria. Sail Times: 12:30 - 2:30

Old Town Cocktail Week will be held Sept. 10-19 in Alexandria.

p.m. and 3 - 5 p.m. Be immersed in the seaside culture and history of rum as we learn the history of a maritime favorite. Guests can come aboard the Tall Ship Providence for tastings and sailing with enter-tainment by Captain Gregory’s. Tall Ship Providence Happy Hour Cruises. Friday evenings through-out the fall, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission: $45 per person. Call 703-772-8483. Visit Tallshipprovi-dence.org

MONDAY/SEPT. 13Yoga for Gardeners I. 9:30-10:25 a.m.

At Green Spring Gardens, Alexan-dria. (Adults) This class features a gentle introduction to the Vinyasa method which helps participants increase the strength, flexibility and endurance necessary for gar-dening. Class held indoors. $130 for 11 lessons. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. Code 6E6.Z4N4.

MONDAY/SEPT. 13Garden Sprouts Fall Nature Playgroup.

10:30 a.m. to noon. At Green Spring Garden, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria. This playgroup is for parents and children age 3 to 5. Your preschooler will enjoy nature-themed toys and puzzles, while you meet other playgroup parents. Activities may include games, songs and a garden walk to explore seasonal topics. This program will take place outdoors, weather permitting. The cost is $10 per person. Call 703-642-5173.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 16Poetry & Reception. 5-7:30 p.m. At

Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexan-dria. Gather at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey to immerse yourselves in the imagined emotions, words, and voices of enslaved ancestors of the former Woodlawn plantation as told through poetry, spoken word, music, and artistic expression. This event will include special read-ings from the Voices of Woodlawn poets, artwork by Diane Wilbon Parks, music by Cliff Bernier, and written poetry displayed through-out the Woodlawn mansion. Re-freshments will be provided. Please register to attend this free event.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 16Virtual: Love French films and cock-

tails? 7-8:30 p.m. Virtual event via Zoom. The Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee invites you to join the online movie discussion to review “Le Chant du Loup” (The Wolf’s Call), a 2019 French action thriller about a submarine’s sonar officer who must use his brilliant sense of hearing to track down a French ballistic missile subma-rine and prevent a nuclear war. After the demo of the fun evening

cocktail, they will lead a discussion about the story, its characters, and the military context with insights from our members and exchanges with the audience. The movie is available on Netflix and you must watch the movie before participat-ing in the online discussion.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 16The Taste of Old Town North. 4-8 p.m.

At Montgomery Park, 901 North Royal Street, Alexandria. The Taste of Old Town North is free, kid- friendly, and offers the chance to sample a variety of delicious food from local restaurants including Cafe 44, Grateful Kitchen and St. Elmo’s Old Town North. Visitors to the Taste can also shop at the local farmers’ market, try their hand at Art in the Park with KidCreate, watch a karate demonstration from Seichou Karate, and picnic in the park. Live music will be provided by two local bands - Sally and the Mander, starting at 5 p.m. and Three Man Soul Machine, starting at 6 p.m. The rain date for the Taste of Old Town North is Thurs-day, September 30, 2021 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Visit www.oldtown-north.org or call 703-836-8066.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 17Garden Talk: Landscaping with

Shrubs. 1:30-2:30 p.m. At Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria. (Adults) Is it time to replace those overgrown and tired-looking shrubs? Fall is the best time to plant new ones. Extension Master Gardeners introduce you to easy-care shrubs that add shape and structure, fragrance, berries, and seasonal color to your landscape. $12 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. Code HVL.ZX2O.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 18Floral Design Workshop: European

Hand-Tied Bouquet. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. At Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria. (16-Adult) Hand-tied bouquets are the European standard for flower gift-giving and bridal bouquets. Certified designer Betty Ann Galway shows you the techniques for constructing and balancing this lovely arrange-ment, which you can use to make floral gifts and bouquets for any occasion. Please register for both program and supply fee. $40 per person (plus $30 supply fee). Reg-ister online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. Code CA0.U5DK.

ALEXANDRIA OLD TOWN ART FESTIVAL19th Annual Alexandria Old Town Art

Festival

19th Annual Alexandria Old Town Art Festival

Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: 300 John Carlyle St. in Alexandria, VAFree Admissionhttp://www.artfestival.com/festivals/19th-annual-alexan-

dria-old-town-art-festival

Art On the Rocks Returns for Old Town Cocktail Week

The Art League is kicking off Old Town Cocktail Week with the return of Art on the Rocks, a spirited evening featuring fine art, refreshing cocktails, and tasty appetizers. This year’s version is al-fresco at Waterfront Park (behind the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria) on Friday, Sept. 10, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Art on the Rocks challenges local mixologists and chefs to cre-ate the most artistic cocktail and appetizer pairing, inspired by the artwork of a local Art League artist. Ticket holders get to sample all of the delicious pairings and vote for their favorites during the event. A panel of experts will crown the winners of the most cre-ative cocktail, appetizer, and artwork pairing, and announce the crowd favorite.

Participating restaurants include Chadwicks, The People’s Drug, Landini Brothers, Whiskey and Oyster, Bastille Brasserie, and King’s Ransom. Beam Santory, the company behind Jim Beam, Courvoisi-er, Cruzan, and other popular brands, is the Spirit and Tasting Gar-den sponsor.

Tickets are $55 and can be purchased here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-on-the-rocks-2021-tickets-142805921355

Location:105 North Union StreetThe Art League Gallery in Studio 21(Located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center)Alexandria, VA 22314 Information:www.theartleague.org703-683-1780

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State Water Control Board Public Notice

An enforcement action has been proposed for Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority for violations of the State Water Control Law and Regulations at the Great Waves Waterpark located in Alexandria, Virginia. The State Water Control Board proposes to issue a Consent Order to resolve violations associated with the Great Waves Waterpark. A description of the proposed action is available at the DEQ office named below, or online at www.deq.virginia.gov. Benjamin Holland will accept comments by email, [email protected], or by postal mail, Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193, from September 14 through October 14, 2021.

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ABC LICENSEFoxtrot Retail DC LLC trading as Foxtrot, 701 King St Alexandria VA 22314-3014.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine & Beer On Premises license to sell or manu-facture alcoholic beverages. Mike Lavitola,

Officer/ The Veritas Law Firm. NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license

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I admit, I watch more than my share of television. However, that being admitted, there certainly seems to be an awful lot of cam-paign-style, public service-type, advertising/announcements on television. From Medicare negotiating drug prices - or denying access to much-needed medication, to building back America by fixing our infrastructure, to creat-ing millions of climate-improving, alternative energy driven “good paying jobs” to the NRA espousing their core values that everyone should carry a gun, and on and on and on. Where it stops, nobody knows.

I can appreciate how important it is for one to get their message out as often as possible, but now the message is not only often, but on multiple channels. And it’s not even an election year. However, it is a legislative year and there’s still a few months before Christ-mas recess. Will all the bills presently under consideration, amid the hyper partisan politics affecting pending legislation, allow any bills to ever see the tip of President Biden’s pen? Nevertheless, there appears to be no shortage of dollars to promote any and all viewpoints. Now how much of it makes sense is beyond me. But since I don’t really have a direct vote, I suppose a phone call will have to suffice. It seems too little too late though. The elected officials have their own agendas, and my voice is really only heard every two years anyway.

But with the Republican Party making it ever more difficult for us average voters (those of us not already in “the Big Tent”), perhaps all these “info-type-mercials” will fall on deaf ears, so to speak, or at least attached to heads attached to bodies finding it ever more difficult to actually vote. Granted, I may not be in the minorities that seem to be particularly targeted, but I am in a minority nonetheless: the percentage of Americans that actually casts a ballot. Often elections are won not by a ma-jority, but by a plurality. If more people voted, perhaps some of us wouldn’t be so angry about a regularly disenfranchised minority being further discriminated against. It’s not fair, but apparently it’s partisan: divide and conquer.

And right now, with all this pointed outreach on television, I feel, as a country, we’re going backwards instead of manifesting our destiny going forward. So what if there’s diversity? My grandparents were part of that diversity. It’s what made all of us big and strong. Obviously it’s wrong to restrict access for any segment of the population. America has always been about diversity. That’s what’s been right about this country ever since George Washington crossed the Delaware and forever changed the fortunes of America. You can’t stop a trane (and I don’t mean the HVAC company) of thought that is, or change; and certainly you can’t stop free speech (except in a movie theatre). It happens naturally and frequently because it’s been characteristic of America ever since the Founding Fathers took quill to parchment.

Now, after some of the legislative changes which have occured, and some others which have been “filibustered” to near death, there’s a sense that what’s blowin in the wind is not going to make Bob Dylan happy or guarantee my constitutional rights since I may play for the wrong team. I’m not looking to denigrate a percentage of the population, or restrict people’s access to life-saving medication or censor all the news that’s fit to print. Moreover, I don’t want anything inhibiting my ability to find a job, raise my family, get an education or deny other groups similar opportunities. Quite frankly, I wish I could just mind my own busi-ness. Unfortunately, that seems short sighted and ill-advised. And besides, there’s no “I” in my team.

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Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: 300 John Carlyle St. in Alexandria, VAFree Admissionhttp://www.artfestival.com/festivals/19th-annu-

al-alexandria-old-town-art-festival COMING UPHollin Hills House + Garden Tour, Sept. 25,

2021, from 12 to 6 p.m.Admission: Regular: $50 per person; VIP: $80

per person SOLD OUTRegistration at Hollin Meadows Elementary

School, 2310 Nordock Place, Alexandria, VA 22306

hollinhillsmodern.comThis self-guided walking tour will showcase

stunning examples of mid-century modern architecture, landscaping and interior design. New this year, participate in special activities throughout the day such as morning yoga, a furniture showcase and more. All ticket hold-ers are must check in at registration to receive a wristband and program that includes a

listing and map of all the homes and gardens open during the tour. The tour will take place rain or shine. Sponsors and VIP ticket holders can register beginning at 10 a.m. and access the tour early at 11 a.m.

THE BIRCHMEREAll shows are at 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise

noted. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com. Contact The Birchmere at 703-549-7500 or www.Birchmere.com.

Thu. Sept. 9: Julia Fordham $29.50Fri. Sept. 10: Al Stewart w/ The Empty Pockets

$35.00Sat. Sept. 11: Madeleine Peyroux ‘Careless Love

Tour’ $55.00Sun. Sept. 12: NAJEE $45.00Mon. Sept. 13: Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush

w/ Patty Reese & Dave Chappell $45.00Tue. Sept. 14: Suzanne Vega – An Evening of

New York Songs & Stories $49.50Fri. Sept. 17: Reckless Kelly w/ Tyler & The Train

Robbers $29.50Sat. Sept. 18: James McMurtry $35.00*All shows are at 7:30pm, unless otherwise

noted.

Submit civic/community announcements at ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos and artwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, at least two weeks before the event.

ALEXANDRIA TO HOST 9/11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONYThe City of Alexandria invites the public to at-

tend a remembrance ceremony Saturday, Sep-tember 11, from 10 to 11 a.m., at Waterfront Park (1A Prince St., Alexandria), to mark the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The event will remember all those killed, injured or otherwise affected; show gratitude to those who risked their lives while responding to the incident; and honor those who gave their lives to save others. In the event of rain, the ceremony will take place inside City Hall in Council Chamber (301 King St.). Masks are required in City facilities, regardless of vacci-nation status.

The ceremony will feature remarks from Mayor Justin Wilson and representatives from Alexandria’s public safety agencies, including: Fire/EMS Chief Corey Smedley, Acting Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Dana Lawhorne. The tribute will also include a wreath-lay-ing and “Return to Quarters” bell-ringing ceremony.

FILL THE BOOT CAMPAIGNThe Alexandria Fire Department will participate

in the Muscular Dystrophy Association “ Fill the Boot” Campaign, managed by Alexandria Fire Fighters Local 2141. The campaign began August 31.

Every boot drive helps families with muscular dystrophy in your community by funding research for new treatments, supporting MDA Care Centers, and sending kids to MDA Summer Camp.

AFD crews and volunteers will be collecting donations at the following locations:

Fill the Boot Locations – Sept. 7-9King Street/Washington StreetKing Street/Braddock Road/Quaker LaneGeorge Washington Parkway/Slaters LaneDuke Street/Patrick StreetSeminary Road/Beauregard StreetDuke Street/Quaker LaneVan Dorn Street/Edsall RoadRichmond Highway/East Glebe RoadOther LocationsOld Town Farmers’ Market (Sept. 11)West End Farmers’ Market (Sept. 12)King Street/Union Street (Sept. 10, 11)You can also donate to this year’s Fill the Boot

fundraising campaign online. VOLUNTEER WITH AFSS. Alexandria Families for Safe Streets. Help spread

the pedestrian street safety message by volun-teering for 2-hour shifts to staff an Alexandria Families for Safe Streets (AFSS) table at one of the following Farmers’ Markets: Dates

Calendar

available: 9/18, 10/9, 10/30, 11/6, Nov TBD.Del Ray Farmers’ Market: 9/18, 10/30Old Town Farmers’ Market: 10/9, 11/6Visit the website: https://www.alxffss.org/

VOLUNTEERS WANTEDACPS- Help Provide Meals to ChildrenAlexandria City Public School (ACPS) will pro-

vide two days worth of breakfast and lunch meals with a snack pack free for any enrolled ACPS student on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Friday distribution will include a meal(s) for Saturday. Volunteers will meet at various schools to assist with packing boxes and loading buses with boxed meals. Then, volunteers will ride the bus along to distribute the meals while on site at a few ACPS mobile pop-up locations. Click on each location to sign up: Francis C. Hammond Middle School, TC Williams High School, or Jefferson Houston School. www.volunteeral-exandria.org

Alexandria Dept. of Community and Human Services-

Volunteer GuardianLooking for individuals who can assure the

well-being of an incapacitated Alexandri-an living in an Assisted Living Facility or Nursing Facility. Volunteer Guardians are appointed by the Court to make decisions for older Alexandria residents who have lost the capacity to understand the consequences of their decisions. The volunteer will visit the resident monthly and follow the person’s wishes as much as possible. www.volunteer-alexandria.org

Alexandria Families for Safer Streets - Executive Assistant to AFSS Board of Directors

The agency is seeking an executive assistant to help coordinate a diverse group of tasks necessary to keep us on track and moving forward. Someone with office manager skills would be the ideal candidate. www.volun-teeralexandria.org

ALIVE! Volunteers are needed to assist with multiple programs relating to their Food Program, ALIVE! House, and Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership Program will distribute food at Mobile Pop-ups and Truck to Trunk events, etc. https://www.volunteer-alexandria.org/ALIVE

Alzheimer’s Association – Walk to End Alzhei-mer’s

Saturday, Sept. 25 (National Harbor) & Satur-day, Oct. 9, 2021 The National Mall, Wash-ington, DC. Volunteers are needed on the day of the events to help with set up, sign placement, information services, promise flower distribution, cheerleaders, and route monitors. https://www.volunteeralexandria.org/

Volunteer Drivers Needed. Drivers needed by the American Cancer Society to take cancer patients to treatment in Northern Virginia. To volunteer, call 1-800-227-2345 or go to cancer.org/drive.



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